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About Cuthbert weekly appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 18??-???? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1877)
GXJ APPEA.L. VOL. XI. THE APPEAL. Published Every Friday Morning Terms $2.00 ; All Papers slopped at expiration of time paid for. rr No attention paid to orders for Hie pa per un’essaccompanied by the Cash. Rates of Advertising. s = j ® r rx S I | I Ij | . ? ? MI ) | i .... 8 3.00;$ 6.00 $ 9.00 $ 12.00 ■2 5.00 12.00 10.00 20.00 37.0 o! 15.00 22.00 j 27.50 A 8.00 17.00 25.00 33.00 i c 9.00 22 00 30.00 45.00 £ c 17.00; 35.00 50.00 75.00 1 e 30.00! 50.00 75.00 125.00 5 c 50.00i 75.00 Drs. SMITH & TACKETT, Office on College St., C U TUB Ell 2\ GE Oil GIA , BESPECTFULLY* offi-r their services, (united when necessary) to the people of Kaaduiph and adjoining counties. janCCtf B. E. KE N NO IV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FORT GAINES, GA. BUSINESS of all kinds attended to in the State Court, and in the United States District Court for this State. niayl i-ly Dr. S. G. Robertson, Surgeon Dentist, CUTHBERT, GA. oc‘2fitf JAMES G. PARKS, Attorney at Law, DAWSON, GEORGIA, And Counsel for the Corporation of JJawson. 13T Practices in the Courts of S. W. Geor gia, State Supreme Courts, uud U. S. Courts tor Georgia. Collections a specialty. Prompt ness Insured. jy27-3m JAS. H. GUERRY, Attorney at Law. Office—Dawson,2 Ga. •etlo-tf A, W. GILLESPIE J JAB just received a large lot of FLOUR, Which he warrants to give entire satisfac ti*n. fel)23 1y Call in and Subscribe for c Renew Your Subscription to the DAILY, Semi-Weekly or Weekly TELEGRAPH & MEsSENGE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, £JUNNY SOUTH, QUTHBERT APPEAL. T. S. POWELL, Agent, Drnggist, Bookseller and Stationer. Fresh Turnip Seed. Crop 1877, Just received from D. Landreth & Son’s, Early Flat Dutch, Early Flat Red Top. Ponieranean Globe, Amber Globe, Improved Yellow Rutabega, Hanover, Seven Top, In 1 packages, and single papers. For sale by T. S. POWELL, Druggist. Bookseller aud Stationer. Important TO OWNERS OF WILD LAM THE undersigned, being largely interested in the Mining Interests and 'Mineral re searches of tiie different Counties of CHEROKEE, GA., And having received many letters of enqui ry from parties owning Lands in the above named section, relative to their location, val lie, *te., takes this method of informing all those interested, that he will attend to tiie Locating of Lands, Furnish owners with a descriptive statement mto qual'ty, value and mineral indications, if there be any. Will attend to the establish ing of Lost Papers, paying Taxes, Ousting Intruders, aud selling said Lauds when de sired. His charges for locating and furnishing parties with a descrip.ivestatement, Five Dol lars per Lot. For selling and paying of taxes, Ten per cent. For establishing lost papers, ousting intruders, etc , parties will be adviced and a fee agreed upon. ET Liberal reductions made with parties owning a number of Lots, and desiring them looked after. Many of these Lauds, heretofore considered worthless, are very valuable —some are rich in Mineral, others are valuable for Farming pu rposes, and ALL are woufli looking after. All letters of enquiry will receive prompt attention. Address, I. Y. SAW TELL, apr7-tf Atlanta. Ga. Lazarus & Morris’ PERFECTED SPECTACLES, Eye Glasses & Colored Classes. Have received a Full Assortment of STEEL FRAMED SPECTACLES, BIFOCAL SPECTACLES, NEAR SIGHTED SPECTACLES, RUBBER EYE GLASSES, GOGGLES, GREEN & BLUE SPECTACLES, For sale by TANARUS, S. POWELL, Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer. Notice ! THE undersigned has opened an Auction & Commission House in the cifv of Cuth bell, and will hold ioitii in the Staudley Rock /-oruer. Jiwsolicits Consignments. JOHN W. BRAG AN ANDREW F E 31 A L E COLL EG E, Cuthbert, Ga. rSEV. A. L. HAMILTON would respect fully annonnee to his friends generally, that this old and popular Institution will be re opened under his immediate supervision on MONDAY, October 1, 1 877, His former patrons and friends will please take due notice, and govern themselves ac cording! j’. The spacious and comfortable hoarding House and College buildings are now being repaired and re furnished in ele gant "style, and two week? in advance of the opening will he ready for business. The Corps of Officers and Teachers shall not be surpassed either North or South, and will represent the principal branches of the Chiii-tian Churches. JSgT The College will be thoiunghly non-sectarian. 2'he Course of Study Has been prepared with great care, and with an especial eye to the requirements of the age. It embraces equally the Physical, Men tal and Moral cultivation of the pupils. The Discipline Shall he very mild, but thoroughly systemat Ic and exacting. TJ\e Terms Have been reduced so far as possible to meet the necessities of tbs times, as will appeur from the following exhibit: Per Session of Nine Months. REGULAR COURSE. Preparatory Department, §3O 00 Academic “ 45 00, Collegiate “ 60 00. HOARD—Furnished room, washing, lights and fuel, 102 00 “ Washing not included, 144 00. EXTRA COURSE. [To be charged extra.] This department will otter unusual advan tages, and will embrace the Ancient aud Mod ern Languages, Vrcal and Instrumental Music Drawing and Sketching, Painting, in Oil, Pastel Grecian and Antique Painting, Orna mental Needle-Work, Mantua Making in all its varieties, Physical Gymnastics, tScc. PAYMENTS In all the Departments will be expected quarterly in advance There can be no devi at ion (rom this mie. Cuthbert is the handsomest, little city in Georgia, is approachable from all directions by Railroad ; and lor good health, good mor ale, and cultivated society, is unsurpassed iu no United States. For additional information address— REV. A L. HAMILTON, D. I) Pres’t. augltl-tf Cuthbert, Ga. CRAM LYONS imperial Soap Is the “Best Crampton’s imperial Soap is the Best. Crumpton's Imperial Soap is the Best. Ciampton’s Imperial Soap is the Best. Crampton’s Imperial Soap is the Best Crampton's Imperial Son.p is the Best. Cramp toil's Imperial Soap is the Best. Crampton’s Iperial Soap is tile Best. Cramptou’s Imperial Soa p is the Best Crumpton's Im.perial Soap is the Best. Crampton’s Imperial Soap is the Best. Tl l iSnap is manufactured from pure materi als. ami as it, contains large percentage of Vegeliiie Oil, is warranted fully equal to the best imported Castile Soap and at tV.e same time contains all the cleansing proper ties of the celebrated German and French Laundry Soaps. It is therefore recom mended for use in the Laundry, Kitchen and 13aih Room, and for general household purposes ; also printers Painters. Engineers, and Machinist, as it will remove spots of Ink, Tar, Grease, Oi', Paint, etc., from the hands. The Huntingdon, Pa., Monitor of April st,h, 1877, pronounces this soap the best in the market, as follows : Reader, we don't want yon to suppose this is an advertisement, and pass it over unheed ed Read it We want to direct, your atten tion to rite advertisement of ‘‘Crumpton’s Imperial Soap.” Having used it in our of fice for the past year, we can recommend it as the best quality of soap in use. it is a rare tiling to get, Soap that will thoroughly cleanse printing ink from tiie hands, as also from linen, but Crumpton’s laundry soap will eo it. and we know whereof we speak. It is specially adapted for printers, painters, eu gineers and machinists, as it will remove gr> ase of all descriptions from the hand as well as clothes, with little labor. For gener al household purposes it cannot be excelled. Manufactured only by Crampton Brothers, 2. 4, 8 and 10, Ru'-gm-s Place, and 38 and 33 Jeiierson St., New York. For sale bv ALLISON & SIMPSON, auglll-tf Cuthbert, Ga. Fire Insurance Safe, Prompt and Reliable! Georiija Home Insnrasce Compasy, Columbus, Ga., Virpia Home Insurance Cos, Richmond, Va. T. S, POWELL, Agent. MANHATTAN Fire Insurance Cos., Of New York City. Cash Capital & Surplus over SBOO,OOO TIIOMAS MUSE, Agent, Cuthbert. Ga. *3?“ Office in Judge Clarke’s office. jas ly A Nice Black-Walnut Extension Dining Table. At T- S. POWELLS, Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer. THE GEORGIA STATE FfeSR W ill be held in ATLANTA, beginning Monday, October 15th, 1877, AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK. IARGE and Liberal Premiums lor Stock. J Manufactures, Machinery, Agricultural Implements, Fancy Work of Ladias, Fine Aits and Farm Products are offered Premium Lists and other information can be o mined by application to MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary. aug3l-td Atlanta, Ga. The 3&otlei°s limitl. A wandering, orphan child was I But meanly at the best attired ; For, oh, my mother scarce could buy The common food each week required ; But when the anxious day had fled, It seemed to be her dearest joy To pros 2 her pale hand on my head And pray that God would guide her boy. But more, each winter, more and more Stern suffering brought her to decay ; And then an angel passed her door. And bore her lingering soul away ! And I —they know not what it; grief, Who ne’er knelt by a dying bed ; All other woe on earth is brief, Save that which weeps a mother dead. A sailor’s life was soon my lot, ’Mid reckless deeds and desperate men! But still I never quite forgot The prayer I ne'er should hear again ! And oft, when half induced to tread Such paths a- unto sin decoy, I’ve felt her fond hand pres3 my head, And that soft touch hath saved her boy ! Though hard the mockery to receive, Who ne’er themselves 'gainst sin bath striven ; Tier, who on earth I dared not grieve, I could not—would not--grieve in heaven; And thus from many an action dread, Took dark for human eyes to scan, The same fond hand upon my head That blessed the boy—hath saved the man. A Slight Touch of licli. lire. A young parson of the Universal ist faith many years since, when the Simon pure Universalism was preached, started west ward to at tend a convention of his brethren in the faith. lie took the precaution to carry a vial of cayenne peper in his pocket to sprinkle his food with as a preventive against ague and fever. The convention met: and at dinner a tall I lousier observed the parson as he seasoned his meat, and addressed him thus: “Stranger, I’ll thank you for a little of that ’ere red salt, for I’m o’curious to try it.” “Certainly.” returned the parson, “but you will find it very powerful; be careful how you use it.” The Iloosier took the proffered vial, and feeling himself proof against any quantity of raw whisky, thought he could stand the “red salt” with impunity. Accordingly he sprinkled the chunk of beef rath cr bountifully with it, and forthwith introduced it into his capacious mouth. It soon began to take hold, lie shut his eyes, and his fea tures began to writhe, denoting a very inharmonious condition, phys ically. Finally he could stand it no longer. lie opened his mouth and screamed “fire.’’ “Take a drink of cold water from the jug,” said the parson. “Will that put it out?” asked the martyr, suiting the action to the word. In a short time the unfortu nate man began to recover, and turning to the person, his eyes yet swimming in water, exclaimed : “Stranger, you call yourself a ‘Versalist,’ i believe?” “1 do,” mildly answered the par son. “Wal, I want to know if it is consistent with your belief to go about with hell-fire in your pock ets ?” When a woman makes up her mind that a lien shall not set, and the hen makes up her mind that she will, the irresistible meets the immovable, and every law of nature is broken or prevented. “Bob,can you tell me why I’m like the moon when it is twenty-three days old?” Bob couldn’t tell,and the questioner explained: “Because I’ve passed my last quarter.” A small loan was advanced immediately’. A woman was offered a thousand dollars if she would remain silent for two hours. At the end of fifteen minutes she asked : “Isn’t the time nearly up ?” And thus lost. Anew question is presented for philosophers. Abale of cotton tight ly’ pressed and iron tied, which orig inally weighed 460 pounds, was re covered from the steamer Clifford, recently sunk near Shreveport, and without bursting its ties or being any larger, it was found to weigh 80Q pounds. There are moments of desponden cy’ in every life, moments when Shakespeare thought himself no po et, Rapheal no painter; when the greatest wits have doubted the excellence of their happiest efforts. There is more rejoicing in a well regulated printing office, over one subscriber who takes the paper and pays for it in advance, than there is over niuty-and-nine persons who want the paper at dead head rates. —S dam. CUTHBERT, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1877. The Man With the lie<l Eve. About eight years ago, when I had not railroaded it as long as 1 have now, I was employed as mes senger on a Western railway. I don’t know as it is necessary for me to say just what line it was, but I will call it the R. T. &G. 11. 11, just to save myself the trouble of pronouncing the whole name. I had not been on the run more than a month previous to the date of the occurrence of which I am going to tell you. I had been running on a branch route for more than a year, and I might of stayed there a good deal longer, if I had not been chosen to takePaxson’s place when he went off. You see two or three attempts had been made to rob the express car, and last, at the end of a long night run, Paxson was found dead in the car with a bullet hole in bis head. But the safe was closed tight and secure, though an at tempt had been made to blow it open, which had proved ineffectual. But the strangest part of it all was that the key was missing from Pax son’s pockets, and it was not found till a good six weeks afterward.— Then it was discovered at the side of the track, with a card tied to it on which it was written that rob bers were in the car, and he expect ed they would murder him if he refused to give up the key. He was true to the last ! Well, you may suppose that 1 felt just a little bit squannsh about accepting such an uninviting berth ; but the supers intendant gave me my orders, and I aLvays meant to do my duty, howev er disagreeable it might lie. Then the pay was larger than I had ever received before ; and as I was ac quainted with a good girl who was ready to help me inhabit a house whenever I should be able to own one, that was quite an object to me, I can assure you. Well ,everything passed off smooth ly enough for several weeks, and 1 had become accustomed to the route, and made a dozen or so of very pleasant acquaintances, and 1 was growing to be pretty well con tented with my life. I bad almost begun to think the robbers, w hoe vs er they might be, had given up all thought of ever making any thing out of my car, and had sought another field of operations. One day I was infomed by the agent at R that sometime with in a week I would have £to take charge of eighty thousand dollars in specie in its transit over the road, on its way from Washington to San Francisco. The officers of the ex press company had been advised of this intended important shipment, in order that they might exercise re doubled vigilance in view of the great risk incurred in the transpor tation of such a valuable consign ment. The evening alter my conversa tion with the agent he called me in to the office, and told ine the specie was to go over the road the next day but one. He produced an en velope, and banded it to me, saying as fie did so : “There, are your .orders, di rect from the superintendent, with his own signature attached. Read them carefully,and obey them to the letter ; for a little missmove might cause a great loss to the company’, and cost y r ou your position.” “I shall do my duty to the very letter,” I replied. “I am sure you mean to do so,” returned the agent, “but you can’t he too careful. Some members ot the light fingered profession are as smart as lightning. The plans they can’t devise ain’t worth thinking of, and they are as fertile in expedients as the evil one himsell. I thought I’d just put you on your guard in a friendly way, and—” There was a slight sound at the door. If the depot haden’t been de serted by every one except us two and the switch engine hadn’t been up at the head of the yard, where we couldn't hear its incessant puf fing, I don’t believe we would have heard the sound at all. But we both noticed it at once, and as I looked out of the office into the large room beyond, I saw a man stand ing just inside the outer door, with his head inclined toward us as if he was trying to overhear our conver sation. He saw me about the time I first noticed him. I knew it from the little start of surprise he gave as his eyes met mine. He was all over bis awkwardness in a minute, for he drew his face down into an expression of the ut most unconcern, and came boldly for ward to the window of the office, through which the agent always transacted any business lie might have with persons without. lie was a very fair appearing man apparently about forty, though he might have been a little older. lie was dressed in black, and wearing a high hat, lie might have passed for one of the cloth, if his nose had not been just a trifle luminous. The only other peculiarity I noticed about the man was that ho had a queer sort of a red-looking eye. It ap peared fixed and staring, and, as he came nearer, I concluded that it was glass. It was so strange and unnatural in its expression that I thought I should know it if I should see it peering at me over the top of the great wall of China. “Is there a small package here for Isaac G. Van Scoter ?” he ask ed in u business like way, in an swer to the inquiring glance of the agent. The agent referred to one of the big registers on the desk, and an swered in the negative. “Queer,” said the man with the red eye. “It ought to have come yesterday. Have you read the Eve ning Chronicle ?” And after this abrupt interroga tion, the stranger stood quite mo tionless, eyeing the agent intently, for as much as a minute. We both answered “No.” The man took a [taper out of his pocket, and spreading it open be fore us, put one of his slender fore fingers upon the following paras graph : “Fatal Accident. —This after noon, as two men,named respestivc ly Henry Van Scoter and C, 11. Giiggs, were at work chopping tim ber in the pineries near Scranton, a tree fell upon them, killing Van Scoter instantly, and inflicting inju ries upon the person of Griggs from the effects of which he died in less than an hour. They are residents of G •, and it is understood that their remains will be taken to that place for burial.” “Ilenry Van Scoter was my only brother—my twin brother—who re sembled me very much,” said the strange, “and Charley Gi iggs was my sister’s husband. It’s a gad blow ! a sad blow 1 I don’t know how my poor sister will bear it. It’s about this sad affair that I came here, chiefly. I want to send the two bodies through to G by express, Thursday, by the 11:40 train. What will be the charges ?” “The charge will be twenty five dollars,” answered the agent. The stranger only bowed solemn ly in recognition of the reply. Then be was silent for a minute or two, during which time he appeared to be struggling with his grief. ‘‘The bodies will be here Thurs day morninghe said. “I hope you will make all arrangements to prevent any delay. I guess my package won’t come this week.” The agent assured him that there would be no delay, and he might de pend on having the bodies go through to G with the greatest possible expedition. The man bowed again politely; then he said: “Is the telegraph office near ? I must break the sorrowful news to my poor sister, I suppose, through it’s anything but a pleasant duty.” I told him how to reach the place he sought, and, with a polite “Thank you,” the sad man with the red eye walked out of the office, and in a couple of inmates the sound of his footsteps died away in the distance. “A queer sort of a chap,” said I. “A little odd,” answered the agent. “I wonder if he heard us talking about the specie?” I queried. “lie seems honest enough.” “Yes,” said I; “but I’m sure he was listening to our talk when I first saw him.” “Are you certain of it?” the agent asked, eagerly. “Well—no,” I replied, “not alto gether certain, beyond all mistake; but it looked mightily like it, I can tell you.” “Suppose you go to the telegraph office, and see what sort of a mes sage he sends,” suggested the agent. No sooner said than done. I hastened around to the telegraph of fice, and as I went in tqe man came out. He didn’t seem to remember me —at least, he didn’t look at me — and I thought it prudent not to ap pear to notice him. “Did that preacher looking chap send a message to G ?” I asked of the operator, when I fiad ®?- ,? in to the little office and closed the door after me. “Yes. Why do you ask?” “Oh, only out of curiosity,” I replied. “Was it anything of im portance. The man said his brother and brother in-law were both killed this afternoon.” The operator took a copy of the message from a file on the table and laid it before me. It was address ed to Mrs. C. 11, Griggs, G , and signed Isaac G. Van Scoter.— It read: * Henry and Charles are both dead They will bo sent home Thursday.” Everytcing seemed consistent, and any doubts which I had enter tained of the good intentions of the stranger were speedily dispelled.- I didn’t go back to the express of fice, but turned my steps toward my boarding place, thinking, as I walk eu along, that Thursday would be an uncommon day with me, with two corpses anil eighty thousands dollars in specie in my car. The money was safely deposited m the car an hour before the time for the train to leave, Thursday morning. It was securely locked in two strong iron-bound chests, and when they were stowed away in the large safe and the heavy doors made fast, I thought every thing was pretty well fixed. A few minutes before we pulled out two wagons paused by the car, one of them containing two coffins and the other six men, who were evi dently acting as pall bearers. I looked around for the bereaved brother with peculiar eye, but he was nowhere to be seen. I thought it a little strange that he should be absent at such a time, but I forgot all about it in a moment. The coffins were placed in one end ot the car, and it had been ar ranged that one of the men should come into the car, and take a look at Redwood, he shook hands with the others and entered one of the coach es. As the door closed on him, the bell rang and vve went steaming away. I was pretty busy for an hour or more, and we had passed three or four stations before I had time to cast more than a casual glance to ward the quiet passengers at the end of the car. But after a little, when I had more leisure, an unoon trolable wish took possession of me to look at the faces of the two dead men. It was not mere morbid curiosity, and I can’t de scribe it in any way better than to say it was a sort of a vague desire which I could not quiet without satisfying it. I noticed that the lids were not fastened down. My next discove ry was that the screws were gone. This struck me as being strange, for 1 was sure I had noticed them when the coffins were lifted into the car. I remembered that I had given the attendants permission to arrange the caskets to their own satisfaction, and that they had been a long time doing it. If they had removed the screws unobserved at that time,what possible object could they have had in doing so ? With this question in rny mind, I raised the upper por tion of the lid of the coffin nearest me, and took a good look at the face of the occupant. lie was a young man with a full face and square features. His cheeks w'ere not sunken, and lie had a decided ly fresh appearance for a man who had been dead nearly two' days, I thought. Replacing the lid, I passed away to the other coffin. Here anew and startling surprise met me. The man in the coffin was the man whom I had seen in the express office ! That red eye staring straight at me, and I was not mistaken ! For a moment my consternation was too great for words. 1 could not have uttered a sound, had my life depend ed on it. This man, who was alive after the accident which the paper said caused the death of Van Scoten and Griggs, and who had made ar rangements for the transportation of their remains, was now here in this coffin, to all appearance ! Then I remembered the be reaved stranger said that his dead brother resembled himself very closely. But two brothers are not apt to both have red glass-eyes 1 Such a coincident as this was be yond the pale of a reasonable proba bility. While I yet gazed at the supposed corpse, the other eye opened a lit tle, and I was sure it was looking at me ! I was convinced there was fraud here, but to show that I bad discovered it might cost me my life. So I very quietly replaced the coffin, and took a moment’s time to think the matter all over. I remembered my conversation with the express agent, which we feared had been overheard by the clerical appearing stranger, and could only come to the conclusion that the whole thing was a deliber ate plan to murder me and gain possession of the eighty thousand dollars in my charge. There was no denying that the man with the eye was alive, and 1 had no doubt the other man was also.— Kneeling down, I placed my ear close by the side of the coffin, and could hear him breathe quite dis tinctly. I remember that it was the intention of the attendant, who had boarded the train, to enter the car at Redwood, ostensible for the pur pose of seeing to the bodies ; and 1 could not doubtthat the three men intended to attack mo after the train pulled out of the station, and rob the car before our arrival at the next stopping place. There was but one station between us and Red wood and I knew we would be there iu ten minutes more. I had no time for hesitation. Instant ac tion was my only chance, for safe ty. Il l could secure myself against an attack until we reached the next station, I felt that all would be well. In one instant I had decided upon a plan of action. As quietly as possible, I piled several heavy boxes of merchandise on top of the two coffins, and then I knew I was safe. Scarcely was this accomplished when we ran into the station. I immediately found two or three officers. First the man in the coach was secured. He was highly indig nant that he should be disturbed on such a solemn mission. But it was no go. He was hancuffed in less than two minutes and marched out on the platform. It was ari easy matter to secure the two quondam dead men. They were taken greatly at a disadvan tage, and were deprived of all pow er to icsist almost before they be came aware how their nice little scheme had terminated. All three had been well armed. Bound and guarded, tho three miscreants were taken to Redwood and lodged in the county jail. Before 1 left, I took a good look at them through the grated doors of their cells. When I paid my re spects to the man with the red eye, ho smiled a little and remarked pa tronizeingly : “You’re a pretty sharp young man. It takes middling sharp boy to outwit us.” “Permit me to sympathise with you in your sorrow at the loss of your dear brother,just a little,” I said, “and more at your failure to get that eighty thousand dollars.” They all broke jail in less than a week, but not before one of them, the young corpse, was recognized as the notorious Jessie James ! There is no doubt it was the James boys, or some of their crew, who killed poor, honest, brave Pax son. A. Mean Iff an. Some gentlemen were talking about meanness, yesterday, writes “Eli Perkins,” when one said he knew a man on Lexington avenue who was the meanest man in New Y'ork. “How mean is that?” I asked. “Why, Eli,” he said, ‘lie is so mean that he keeps a five ceDt piece with a string lied to it to give to beggars, and when their hacks are turned lie jerks it out of their pock ets!” “Why, this man is so confound ed mean,” continued the gentleman, “that he gave his children ten cents a piece every night for going to bed without their supper, but during the night, when they were asleep, lie went up stairs, took the money out of their clothes, and then whipped them in the morning for loosing it.” “Does ho do anything else?” “Yes, tho other day I dined with him and I noticed the poor little ser vant girl whistled all the way up stairs with the desert, and when I asked the mean old scamp what made her whistle so happily, he said: “Why, I keep her whistling so she can’t eat the raisins out of the cake.” “Landlord, you have done me too much honor—you let me sleep I among the ‘big bugs’ last night.” “Oil dont he too modest, my dear lodger, I doubt not they have some of your blood in their veins.” §ii£gc§(ioßis to Farmers. Farmers are advised not to buy any fertilizer, or chemical for com pounding or composting the same, unless it has both the manufactur er’s guaranteed analysis and the in spector’s tag upon and attached to it; and all farmers are requested to inform the Commissioner of Agri culture of any case where a fertili zer is sold or offered for sale, with out having both the guaranteed analysis and the Inspector’s tag at tached. A fanner may safely purchase a fertilizer that has the manufacture’s guaranteed analysis and the In spectors tag attached, but if any farmer wi.-hes to be further assured and made secure from imposition iu purchasing a fertilizer, lie can savo a fair sample of it, aud have it an alyzed at the Department Laborato ry. Let such sample be fairly ta ken—a small quantity from every sack or barrel of the same brand, or if a large quantity is puichased from a sufficient number of tho packages to fairly represent the whole lot. Then thoroughly mix, (but not grind triturate) these small quantities taken from differ ent sacks, aud from the mixture fill a common quinine bottle, or any bottle holding a like amount; cork it closely and sea! it with wax, and correctly label it. Let this be done in the presence of witnesses and place it in the hands of a disinterest ed party for safe keeping. Lot a cor rect and certified copy of the guar anteed analysis, and the Inspector’s tag which was attached to it, be al so carefully preserved by the same party. Then, after the crop is made, if the fanner has reason to believe that the fertilizer was not such as it was represented to be, let the sam ple be sent to the Department, eith er by the hand of some reliable disinterested party, or by express, and it will be analyzed without charge. Section 2, of the Act of 2Gth Feb ruary, 1877, provides tiiat that tho manufacturer’s guarantied analysis “shall be binding on said manufac turer, agent or dealer, aud may be pleaded in any action or suit at law to show total or partial failure of consideration in the contract for the said fertilizer.” A clause in Brigham Young’s will directs that lie shall be burned, in a rosewood coffiu three inches wider than his body so that if lie had a disposition to tun over he could do so; that lie be laid, it! je tstone vault, a stone slab to be placed over the top. lie requests that none of the male members of the family should wear crape or emb lems of mourning and that the fe males should no- purchase mourning dresses, though they might wear them if they had them. The corn husk are thin, indicating a mild winter; the woods are full of masts; there are myriads of spiders, mild winter; acres of caterpillars hard winter; the squirrels are idle and listless, mild winter; the squir rels noisy and buisy, Jhard winter; the goose bone is white and gray, mild and hard winter; the wood chuck has gone in; mild winter; tho W'oodchuck stays out, hard winter. It is indeed, only a question of lime when the system of weather prognostication will become one of tho exact sciences. Men are made to be eternally sha ken about, but women are flowers that lose their beautiful colors in the noise and tumult of life. “Ma,” said a little boy, returning from Sunday School, to his nn-iher: “ain’t there no kitten chisms for the little boys?—this catechisms is too hard.” “My son, hold up your head ancf tell me who was the strongest man.” “Jonah.” “Why so?” “’Cause the whale couldn’t hold him after he'd got him down.” A man’s w’ite is his best lawyer, his best counsel, bis best judge, bis best advisor, also the cheapest and most reasonable. Let us not judge a character hasti ly, for in the W’eb of life a golden thread twincth, unseen by mortal eye, but which in the upper world shall be woven into a crown of glory’. The paper shirt has had its day.—. It was good enough to go to a pi c . nic in, but wouldn’t stand a Baptist Association worth a cent. Be firm in every foitune, be bon* est in every cause. XO. 44
