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The Cedartown
Published every Thursday by D. B. FR,EF!M A 1ST.
Terms: $1.50 per annum, in advance.
OLD SERIES-YOL. YII-NO. 45.
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CEDARTOWN, GA., DECEMBER 9, 1880.
NEW SERIES—YOL. II-NO. 52.
Buyout Drags Fran
BRADFORO&WALKER.
MaijfSt. Cedartown Ga.,
1? rOU WANT THEM PUKB AND FRESH.
C. G. JANES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CEDARTOWN, GA.
tr omce In the Court nouse. febl»-!y
JOSEPH A. BLANCE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CEDARTOWN, GA.
DRS. LIDDELL & SON,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
OFFICE EAST BIDE OF MAIN ST.
CEDARTOWN, GA
Jan8-ly
W. G. ENGLAND,
Physician and Surgeon,
CEDARTOWN, GA
OFFICE over J. A. Wynn’s where he may be
Xound ready to attend cailB either day or night.
JaulS-iy
DR. C. H. HARRIS,
Physician and Surgeon,
Cedartown. ----- Ga.
B. FISHER,
Watchmaker & Jeweler*
CEDARTOWN, GA
W. F. TURNER,
Attorney at Law.
CEDARTOWN, GA
will practice In the Superior Court* of Pott,
P m dtng, Haral'On, Floyd and Carroll counties.
**P*‘clal attention given to collections and real
e lute h islue8=>. . marll-ly
DR. L. S. LEDBETTER,
DENTIST,
CEpARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA.
All Dental work performed in the most skill
ful manner, office over J. S. Stubbs 4 Co. ’s.
febi9-iy
m
F. M. SMITH
Attorney at Law and
L ESTATE AGENT.
CEDARTOWN, GA
ular retention given to the selling or
r or city property. Buying and selling
rdai;ds a specialty. Parties owning wild
1 nda In Georgia would do well to correspond
with me. as 1 have app lemons for thousands
of a-'rea whose owners are unknown. No tax fl.
fa. or other b 'gus title need apply. Look up
yuir beeswax and write me. Terms: Ten per
cent, c mml-slon on sales. For locating and
ascertaining ptobable value, $1 per lot. For
searching records tor owners, bo cents per lot.
For ascertaining If land la claimod or occupied
by squatter. $1 per lor* Alwa'8 In advance. To
insure at ent on enclo-o a 3-cent stamp. Parties
own ng wild lands should look to their interests,
as many of these wild .ands are being stolen by
f quatters urxl r a bogus title. All communica
tions p omptly answered. Satisfaction guar
anteed lo all honest men. Jan2&ly
LIVERY PEED,
SALE STABLE!
Wright & Johnson Prop’rs.
CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA.
Being supplied with now Hors?
g supplied with now Horses, N
; we are prepared to meet the
bile in our line.
JAMES H. PRICE,
CEDARTOWN, GA
Keeps on hand and manufactures to order
MATTRESSES!
Mv work recommends itself wherever used,
and Is guaranteed to render the most perfect
satisfaction. No flimsy material used, no work
slighted. I ask a trlaL JAMES. H. PRICK
:ebl9-ly.
CALHOUN
Livery and Sale Stable.
FOSTER & HARLAN. Props ,
CALHOVir,
GEORGIA.
Having lately purchased the above Stable and
supplied It with good Horses and a splendid
line of new Vehicles, we are prepared to meet
the wants of the traveling public In our lfne.
Parties wishing vehicles sent to any of the
trains on the Selma, Home and Dalton Railroad
or to any other point, may telegraph us, and
have their wants promptly ana properly at
tended to.
FOSTER & HARLAN, Calhoun, Ga.
janstf
ISAAC T. MHp,
CEDARTOWN, GA.,
—dealer in-
STOVES TINWARE,
Hardware and Hollow-Ware,
OF ALL KINDS.
House-Furnishing Goods
A SPECIALTY,
Every variety of Job work in my Una neatly
done. I respectfully solicit the patronage or
the public, and would be pleased to have aU my
friend* and customers call and see me when in
town. 1- T. MEE
Jan8-ly
GOLD.
Great chance to make money. We
need a person In e.very town to take
subscriptions for the largest, cheap
est and best Illustrated family Publication In
the w.tICL Anyone can become a successful
a-rent. blx elegant works of art glean free to
subscribers. The price Is so low that almost
everybody subscribes. One agent reports tak
ing 193 suosertbers In a day. A lady agent re-
por s making over $200 clear profit in ten days.
All who engage make money fast. You can do
you want profitable work, send us your address
at onoc. it cos:s nothing to try the business.
No one who engages falls to make great pay.
W. M. PHILLIPS & CO.
MANUFACTURER’S AGENTS FOR
Machinery of all Kinds.
Sixty-four different makes of Steam Engines and Boiler, ranging
from S to 40 horse-power—new and second-hand—all at very low prices.
Also agents for the
Albany and Brown Cotton Gin,
PACKING, SCREWS, SEPARATORS, THRESHERS, CORN MILLS
and Farming Implements In general. We had a fine trade In this line
last year, and general satisfaction was given. Wa are also
Dealers in General Merchandise*
And have in store a well selected stock of
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS, CAPS, CLOTHING AND GROCERIES,
All of which we will sell low, either for each or to prompt paying time cus
tomers. We are agents for GEORGE A CLARK’S
“0. H. T.” Thread,
And will sell at retail and also will job It to merchants at regular whole
sale prices.
10,000 Pounds of Wool Wanted.
We will pay highest prices for all the washed wool brought to us.
Persons contemplating the erection of buildings may save money by
calling an us for prices of LUMBER, LATHS and SHINGLES. Come and
see us.
W. M. PHILLIPS & CO.,
Cedartown, Gla.
A. J.' YOUNG,
DEALER IN
Corn and Rye Whiskies, Wine, Gins
and Brandies. .
Noyes Warehouse - - CEDARTOWN, Ca.
SOLE AGENT FOR COX, HILL ft THOMPSON'S
STONE MOUNTAIN WHISKIES
In Cedartown.
I keep such Liquors as may l>e used as a beverage er for medical
purposes with perfect safety. Give me a call. Good treatment
guaranteed. mrl8-ly
NEW HOUSE! NEW MERCHANTS I
New Goods and New Prices.
SMOKOS BTIKSON t CO, Portland, Mala*.
A. D. HOGG & CO.,
MAIN Street, CEDARTOWN, Georgiy
Have just opened a select stock of General Merchandise in their new store,
and want all their friends and the public generally to call and let them
show their goods and prices. Their stock was bought before the recent
rise in prices, and they feel confident of having goods at bottom figures.
They have beautiful Dress Goods, Calicoes, Corsets, new styles; Bleach-
ings, Flannels, Casslmeres, Kerseys, Kentucky ,Jeans, Hosiery, Gloves,
Hardware, Notions, etc., etc. Extra nice Gentlemen’s Underwear Vsnr
Low. Remember the place—hist Brick btore on South MAIN Street, west
side. nov6-ly
BAKER & HALL,
DEALERS IN
GENERAL HARDWARE,
SUCH AS
Ready-Made Plows, Plow Stocks, Nails, Iron am
Steel, Spades, Shovels, Hoes, Bakes,
' Manure Forks, Ete.
BUGGY WHEELS. SHAFTS, POLES AND CIRCLES,
WHEBLBAJinOWS,
SAWS, FILES, LOCKS, HINGES, CHAINS, ETC.
We have just opened a Hardware House in Cedartown, and
ask a trial in Goods and Prices. We are
Strictly in the Hardware Business.
and will be prepared to furnish goods in our line as cheap a.*
they can be bought in any market. Give us a trial before
going elsewhere.
DON’T HORRY TOO FAST TO BE RICH.
Jour road through life may be thorny,
Your bed not of roses or devrn—
Remember what bhakespeare bad writtea
Of those on whose bead lies a crown ;
[t is hard to toil late aud toil early—
To delve or to wearily stitch—
Do your best to improve your oonditiob—
But—don’t hurry too fast to be rich !
iYe find in the Good Book this sentence—
As long as the world 'twill endure—
He who to be rich”—it says—* ‘ha&teneth,
Becometh the suddenly poor ;**—
Tost turn to the passage and read it
When for lucre your ringers shall itoh y—
.nd of the camel and eye of the needle,—
■ And don't hurry too fast to be rioh ! .
’here are those in a palace residing.
Yes, many, I venture to eay, 1
Yho’d rejoice and be glad to change plaoes
With yea, my dear fellow, to-day l
Vh l little we know ot the lronkle# ,
The cares and anxieties which
ittend, like a shadow, these people—
Bo don’t hurry too fast to be rich !
.low exalted and noble the wages
That always reward honest toll,
3e they earned ’neath the fierce sun of noon-
a»y.
Or by those who consume midnight ell ;—
[here lies between Wealth and Contentment
Oftiimes an impassable ditch ;
Don t fall in it, brother, be careful!—
Don’t hurrv too fast to be rich 1
Slippery Courtships.
“Has May come ”
“Yes, Bertha. I have stowed her away
safe and sound in the carriage. ”
And Mr. Webb, of Frami>on Ball,
busied himself in lifting various parcels,
bags, &c. } from the old family carriage.
While so engaged he did not perceive
the antics of bis irrepressible son, who was
capering about the road in the vain en
deavor to catch a glimpse of his cousin
May’s face.
At last Sir. Webb assisted his niece to
alight, in response to her impatient remark,
“that he was going to keep her there all
day.’’
She was a slender, delicate girl of about
eighteen summers, with a soft, pearly
complexion, and great laughing brown
eyes; her hair fell in ringlets about her
shoulders, and looked like a shower of
gold as the setting sun lit up the darker
shadows of her. nut-brown hair. She was
the orphan niece of Mr. Webb, and had
been brought up entirely at a fashionable
boarding-school. On the completion of
her education she came to her uncle's home,
in accordance with the wish of her mother,
but May did not like the idea of residing
in a “dull, stupid country place,” as she
described :t. ..to nerroom, too
She was speedily made welcome by h.rsQ th m famil
aunt and cousins, who had collected at the
garden gaie, aU impatience to see her.
Mrs. Webb was a gentle, placid lady,
with a kind, motherly manner very com
forting lo the stranger. Iler cousin Bertha
was a very pretty girl. Her hair was
fastened into a careless knot behind that
became her wonderfully.
Edwin came next, and it did not take
May many minutes to learn that he was the
most incorrigible tease she bad over met
He was a good-looking fellow, wiih a tall
well knit figure.
“Well, May. I suppose your mind Is
filled with rapture at the thought of spend
ing your futnre days in this country place?”
said Edwin, looking, with a teasing smile,
at his cousin, who was leaning against one
of the columns, covered with ivy, that
supported the verandah.
A shadow fell over her bright face as
she replied, warmly—
“I should think not, indeed:”
Edwin laughed slightly, and went on to
say, in the same light vein:
“I know yon would like to be a fanner’s
wife. Yon would make a capital one
with those dainty white hands. ”
May said, emphatically, with a pout,
•That I will never be! To have a great
clumsy fellow treading on your train con
stantly—I could not bear it!”
“What are you talking about?” exclaimed
another voice.
And Bertha came slowly towards them,
swinging her broad hat in her hands, for it
was an intensely warm day in July.
“May was expressing her delight at the
prospect of settling down as a fanner’s
wife.”
Bertha looked at them both, and said:
"Oh, I know you have been teasing her
already. Really, it is too bad. But it is
no use to quarrel with him, for ho is incor
rigible.”
May found that the time passed very
quickly even in the country, and did not
regret her town home. What with her
drives, boating, walks, erogpiet parties,
<foc., her time was so fully occupied, that
she did not find an opportunity for griev-
Shortlv after her arrival at the Hall, she
made the acquaintance of a wealthy yoong
farmer, who owned a large farm and coon-
try seat a few miles away.
He was not handsome, but possessed a
frank, ingenuous countenance that was
very attractive. His manner was a trifle
awkward arid constrained; and Slay made
him the butt for her constant ridicule.
Ho bore all this with undimlmshed good
humor, and was her constant companion.
From the first be had been ha- devoted ad
mirer.
It was a pleasant day in September, and
early in the morning young Oakland drove
up in his pretty phaeton, and stopped before
Mrs. Webb’s door. He jumped down,
and darted through the flower beds, regard
less of the damage they sustained, to the
lawn, where he had seen a little figure in
white muslin vanish. At last he found ha
demurely sitting on a fallen log, and look
ing as dainty and fresh as a rose.
“Miss May, will you come with me and
take a ride?”
“What!—at this hour? Why, surely not,
Mr. Oakland!”
“Neva mind the early hour. The roads
are so good, and this air will revive you.
Do come, pleasel” pleaded he, eagerly.
She looked mischievously at him saying
merrily.
“Why are you se anxious) So aad And
Bertha, and take her with you. She will
be delighted I am sure."
Oakland turned away at last, wounded
by ha refusal, aad in a moment she was
beside him, a rosy flush mantling ha eheek,
and a gay smile on ha red lips.
‘ I did not think yon would desert me so
soon, ” she began.
He looked at her searchingly, but she
bore his scrutiny well; upon which his
countenance lost its gloomy expression, and
a happy smile played over his features.
He helped May to a seat beside him, and
they started off at a brisk trot.
They did not return till near noon, and
when they arrived, Edwin came out to
meet them at the gate.
Oakland leaped out of the carriage, and
stood by ip readiness to lift her out.
May danced from one to the other, and
finally allowed- her cousin the privilege of
helping her.
Oakland looked on angrily, and drove off
without deigning to eay a word.
Several days later, Oakland called at the
Hall, and was taken into the parlor, where
the family were assembled. They all wel
comed him gladly, for it was a dull, wet
day, and they did not expect any callers.
Bertha sat at the piano, talking to Gerald
Oakland from time to time, and finally
coaxed him into giving them a song. He
had a clear, melodious voice, and sang with
great taste: but he was so very shy of his
accomplishment that May did not know he
possessed a fine voice, and complimented
him so highly that he begged her to desist
with blushing face.
Edwin at least seated himself beside
Gerald Oakland, and, after some desultory
conversation, said, in an andibie tone:
“Do you wish to know what my cousin
said about you the other day!"
May turned round at this, and said,
quickly and imperatively:
“Edwin, do not repeat what I said to
you!”
He looked at her with a provokingly In
nocent face, and went on, heedlessly:
“Well, she told me privately that she
would never marry a farmer, and that you
were too awkward and simple for her re
fined taste.”
Gerald glanced at May’s downcast
countenance, and asked, quietly:
“Is that true. Miss May?”
She shot a withering glance at Edwin,
and replied “Yes” in a low tone.
Gerald changed color, rose abruptly, and
bade them all good night He kept his
eyes studiously averted from May
came to her side; then he went hastily
away.
After he had gone, May went np-stairs
to her room, too sad and mortlHed to remain
. jsj-sfn^sss^srjsssr.
—if*** ■ar.r’.’si:
accompanied with an amount of absolute 1 , A . A .* - , ® A ,
wastefulness tfmplv appalling. “Make it i ***** ^ 7*
1 °red Indian goods, and which, thus cnliv-
_ inven^^rf rhtarao. -n has dft! ened > looks at a distance like a material
covered TSns ^fco^sing s^d^t! tin the tissue. Th*+*»g go the brute’s tail or the higher branch
bran, tea, and kindred bulky'substance? 1 U8ual >“™>trohs for*ph
of our affection for aaoh other if it had not
bean fer our tamrrel”
Fancy Work.
My advice to you is to get her home as: . Baste ‘ decoration is a great preoccupa-
... . _ , . , , tion. and is extended to the commonest
soon as possible to change her wet cloth- ’
, . . . . wicker reoeptacles used in a household,
ing, said Edwin, who was of a practical \ \y or jj baskets of new shapes are made on
turn of mind. ; the same principle as the nursery or baby
His advice was so good that they accept- basket—that is, with maroon, mulberry or
ed it without a question- and all started for garnet satin linings, divided by stitched
U. IH A. ungual»
with bappines*_________ i handles as well as borders are set with
dangling bails or tiny tassels of combed
Hoed Me for Sawdust. ; wool with lemon, nied
: lemon, medlar, pale flesh and
photo frames hat* which enabled him to keep his feet^pt go
r’ 1 ” I «ga in broken out like an epidemic disease, the former.
original bulk. " The Lumb^man some ! J* 1ta 0 ull !;? at *? «““»««« al * Chan 6° cou1 ' 1 now tetreaTnffSCer,aud
weeks since spoke of this invention «-“f- lhe m<*t fanciful are col-
terms somewhat of disparagement, wkh Jw e H d Vbh h fn, “ ’
it subsequently mofeTed of seeing speci* ^ P ° rcheS “" d Goth,c P*tne-
mens ^sawdust and bran coinoressed into I d ™, These are very suitable,
a remarkably small compass. It8 crcdu .; “the f^e reproduced appears to be look-
lity is further shaken on being shown a ! ?* 0 , ; . U f ° r ,he , ln «.-nt«D P tauon.
model of a car wheel consisting of an iron T 7, - TT
tables, xhe palette is an artistic trifle,
an iron
rim of seven inches outward diameter by
one-half inch thick, fitted with a well pro
portioned hub, the space between the nub
and rim filled with pine sawdust, pressed
in so solidly that we are ready to believe
the assertion that, resting the iren rim
upon bearings, a pressure equal to 23 tons
applied to the hub failed to develop any
signs of weakness. We hesitate il these
days of progress to assert that anything is
impossible, and we begin to think that even
sawdust possesses elements of value hith
erto unsuspected, and that the day may
come when the filled grounds adjacent to
which sometimes attains very high prices.
It is made of walnut, and in the center is
kctched, or entirely finished, or perhaps
again only begun, a bit of landscape, a
portrait, or a family scene. The colors
are dabbed all round, as they would be by
an artist squeezing them out of the tubes
while preparing his palette -for a work of
art. These palettes are negligently hung
up on small satiuwood or ebony easels..
The new antimacassars are of a soft linen
and washable canvas, finished all around
with a broad handkerchief hem. The cen
ter is crewel work, or the antioassamar is a
all saw mills may be seen to have a great , 13 ” or K l an V OBK “ m “ 19
value in the mechanical development and •'^ RQ ® Se h . ,Hllsl ? pe ’ for a , bord . cr
„.ti;...!~ „r - „1 ..! wide Torchon lace insertion and a deep
utilization of the now useless debris placed 3 .y„iiwi.TTuPl. -
upon them to get it out of the way. Saw-1 £” d l^.^wUhjery
dust car wheels, sawdust brick, kwdustl **' M !S2 c S I £ lh
. „„ „ | and white or drab and white. This is
lence posts, railroad ties, and FTen saw- ... , ... a . . .
worked with a flowiDff tambour desurn in
n S I ’>“y Of the art colors. If olive green is se.
'o-.f. l'°; lected it is shaded from 1 •ery dark to its
palest hue,and the foliage is generally a vine
Oakland did not come to the Hall for
some time after that: but he treated May
with a marked coolness that pained her
excessively, although she, true to her
womanly instincts, retained her gay, co
quettish manner still.'
The months passed swiftly on, till, be
fore any one realized it, winter had come
with its keen, frosty breath.
Then came the liveliest time for the
young people, and May soon learned to be
skillful in skatiDg, as she was in waltzing,
and almost every day her slight, graceful
figure could be seen flitting os lightly as a
bird over the ice. '
It was a clear, cold day in January, and
May accompanied by her cousins, set ont
for Glonwood Brook, which was situated
about two miles from their home. They
had not gone far before they were overtaken
by Oakland, who came along whistling, his
skates slung over his shoulder.
“Ah, Oakland; just the fellow we want
ed 1 You help May along, aad l will take
care of Bertha,” exclamed Edwin, who
good-naturedly wished to bring the estrang
ed couple together.
Thus addressed, Gerald could not do
otherwise than offer his services to .Mar,
who ecccpted them nonchalantly enongh,
although her heart was beating loudly at
the same time.
The pond was a large one, and soon May
and Gsrald found themselves quite separa
ted from the rest of the party.
She started along fearlessly, and was
making for the opposite bank, when Gerald
called out, anxiously:
“Do not go too near that bank, for there
is a swift current underneath, and the ice
is thin. ”
May did not pause in her course, and
sect a clear, silvery peal of laughter after
her.
“Ah, I am not afraid, and I am deter
mined on reaching that bank. ”
The words were barely uttered when the
ice gave an ominous, creaking sound, and
in a moment she sank under it.
She gave one qniek scream, and then re
mained silent, holding on to the ice with
fast benumbing fingers.
“Oh, I hope he will soon come!” she
moaned.
Gorsld was soon beside her, and, bracing
himself against a tree, he took her little cold
hands in his, and, after considerable exer
tion succeeded In drawing her out of the
water.
He held her half unconscious form in his
arms, aud murmured, softly:
My darling, what should 1 have done
had I lost you?”
She opened her eyes, wet with tears,and
whispered:
“Would you have cared, Gerald?”
“Cared? Life wonld have been worthless
to me had you gonel ” he exclaimed, pas
sionately.
He was very pale with suppressed emo
tion, aud his eyes shone with such a clear
light that they fairly dazzled her.
At this interesting point they were inter
rupted by the appearance of Edwin Webb,
who could hardly conceal hlz laughtei at
the turn affairs had taken.
‘Well, Cousin May, have you forgiven
me yet? Had it not been for me, you would
never have appreciated each other so much.
What do you say Gerald—do you not owe
me many thanks?”
Gerald looked at May, and replied:
“Y ea, Edwin; I do owe you many Hanks;
or wo should oarer have kaawm the depth
possibilities of the immediate future, baw
dust hair pins, watch chains or cases, and
sawdust kqives and forks, or saw tiffs t
shovels, pitch forks, or hoes, will probably
not be urged upon this generation, which
will remain satisfied with utilizing saw
dust in place of the more expensive bass
wood in the manufacture of hams and
oakes of soap, but the field of possibilities
is still large enough to utilize a vast amount
of this valueless material. Seriously, bow-
over, the compression of bran and oats
into one-tenth of their original bulk, with
out injury to the Bubstancc, moans cheaper
transportation, which will enable their
shipment to foreign lands at a profit which
their bulk has rendered impossible, while
with the freight on tea from China, cost
ing about $2S per ton on account of the
space it occupies, a compression into one-
third its bulk would mean a saving cf
from three-quarters of a cent, to one cent
a pound on freight and labor of handling.
It-is not by any means impossible that we
may bay a “brick of tea” in the near
fnture which we can carry home in our
vest pocket, or that the housewife may
keep her truant husband at borne evenings
to saw the coffee up into thimblefuls suit
able for the preparation of the morning
draught. Verily it would seem that with the
recent discoveries of the Rip Van Winkle
of the press, who after being absent from
home for a year had to have a pilot to
show him about the city of his former resi
dence, and who in his absence developed
a sixty year stock of pine on the Jleno-
mincW, and about as large a supply tbrough-
ont the State of Michigan, there is no
danger after ail of a timber famine, at
least so long as tbe sawdust holds out.
Wind-Powers.
or an ivy pattern, but .Moorish arabesques
arc more appropriate. The coverlet is sold
with two small ones for the elbow ends of
the sofa. Between each band of oatmeal
cloth alternates one of drawn threads, in and
among which a geometrical design is work
ed, the border is a fringe made by draw
ing out the threads of the oatmeal cloth,
and by knotting the strands together.
Helping Along a Churcii Fair.
In a section of from fifteen to twenty } right, thirty dollars.
1 Du.i..— ‘‘Anri hprp ” mrv
Mrs. JTugleson is quite wealiny, and
always on hand at church fairs—a man
ager, of course. She had one recently.
“1 have thought of away to raise a little
more money at our fair,” said that lady, as
she entered the hall where the other mem
bers of the committee were setting out and
preparing the long tables; and taking a bas
ket from the boy who had accompanied
her, she produced an old plated silver tea-
set, which had done good service for a
quarter of a century,-but was lfot needed
any longer, a new and much better one
having taKen its place.
“This tea-set will bring thirty dollars by
selling it in si«ty chances at fifty cents
each,” continued the lady.
The proposed plan struck all the ladies
right, and it went through with a bound—
the set being placed on Mrs. Fugleson’s
table, and her son John appointed to take
charge of the sales and receipts. One gen
tleman took ten chances and another six;
not because they wo uteri the tea-set, but
thought that a good and quick way to put
a little more money in the treasury.
At the close of the fair, it w^as announced
that Miss Priscilla Jones, the lucky girl,
holding only one chance, aDd that a gift,
was the owner of the set;, while Mrs. Fugle
son, announced that the receipts were all
ul a9W
I close™
Chango was not the boy to leave bis broth
er and rescuer in the lurch. Waiting until
the enraged brute was well embarked upon
Mango’s branch, he pulled his tail, as he
had seen his brother do before. Again
Bruin turned awkwardly, and resumed the
interrupted chase of Change.
The twins continued their tactics ’
success. Whenever the bear was well 1
vanced on odb limb, and dangerously <
to one twin, the other twin would sally
from the other limb and pull his taiL Tbe
silly animal always would yield to his
latest impulse of wrath, and suffer himself
to be diverted from the enemy whs was
almost in his clutches.
After two hours of disappointment he
learned his mistake. He was now, for the
tenth lime, on Change's branch, and Tery
near Chango. In vun .Mango dragged at
his binder extremity; he kept grimly on
ti 1 Mango, forced to choose between let-
Chango could now retreat 1
he was hardly a yard beyond the
reach. The branch was swaying more
than ever, and the beast seemed quite ^
aware that he might tax its strength too
far. After a pause he advanced one of
his forfeet a quarter of a yard. To increase
the bear’s difficulty in seizing him, the ter
rified boy let himself down and swung
with his hands from the bough.
He was hanging in suspense between two
frightful deaths, nis heart was sinking,
his fingers were relaxing.
Then the deep baying of a hound struck
his ear, and his hands again dosed firmly
on the branch. In a moment, a blood
hound and a horseman sprang through the
underwood.
Chango held on like grim death—held
on till he heard the sharp report of a rifle
ringing through the air; held on till the
falling carcass of the bear passed before
bis eyes; held on till I had climbed the tree,
crawled along the branch, and grasping his
wearied wrist, had assisted him to get
back to the fork of the tree, and rest a
bit.
If that bear had understood in time that
a boy in the hand is worth two in the bush,
he might have lengthened his days and
gone down with honor to the grave.
Comfort for Old Maids.
miles around Philadelphia wind-powers
have so greatly multiplied within the last
five or six years that they are to tie seen in
aimost every direction, and have Become
regarded as one of the necessities of a farm,
especially where much stock is kept. It is
true that their first cost draws sometimes
a little heavily upon the general farmer
who may not have his place cleared of in
cumbrances ; but when once this expense
has been incurred, (which is not more than
the cost of a good horse,) the subsequent
expense of it is not felt, while the great
convenience is found to be indispensable
and would not be given up for twice the
expense. The labor to pump water from
a well, and especially a deep one, the
wives and daughters of farmers need not
be told of; and it amounts to about the
same or more labor even when there is a
spring on the premises,
power the water can be drawn from a well
or a spring and delivered by pipes wher
ever it may be needed—in the kitchen,
house-yard, bath-tub, garden or stablc-yard,
always ready for use and requiring no car
rying. It is true that where there is a
spring of sufficient volume and fall, a
hydraulic ram may be introduced, which
can be done at very much less cost and in
some respects possesses other advantages
over the wiud-power: but it can be ap
plied only where, as we here say, the
spring has the necessary volume and fall.
But one or the other would seem to be of
so much real importance to a farm of any
considerable size as to warrant its use as
an improvement of actual economy.
And here,” continued thelady, turning
to the treasurer, “is seven dollars for you.
The remaining twenty-three dollars, of
course belong to me, that being just what
my first husband paid for that set twenty-
seven years ago.”
.Mrs. Fugleson has a couple of old bed
steads, also a silver-plated warming-pan,
which she intends to raffia off at the next
fair, and give the church all they bring,
after deducting fi-st cost.
A Yacitlatiaz Bear.
"Down, Tice, Sir!'
‘Any chestnuts ’round here?” asked one
»f the three city boys, who met an aged,
benevolent looking farmor out in Livonia
township. Michigan. Tho old man hesi
tated.
‘You don’t want to steal cm?” he ask
ed.
“Oh, no, we just wanted to find out.”
“Well, there’s a few trees back there,
but if I thought you wanted to steal them
I wouldn’t hare told you, fer the owner s
gone to town; but you’re bright, honest
looking boys. ”
The boys blushed with the pride of con
scious goodness.
“When will the owner be back?”
“Well, not before dark, I reckon.”
The boys respectfully thanked the old
man, waited till he got ont of sight, jumped
the fence and were soon shaking down the
burrs. The shaking was easy, but tho open
ing of the chestnut burrs was more difficult
and unpleasant. At last the boys had a
splendid pile of handsome, brown nuts on
the ground, and they prepared to put them
in the bags they brought with them.
“Please don’t take any more trouble ”
said the benevolent old man, who stood by
the fence beaming kindly on the startled
boys. “I’m not so strong ss I once was,
and I fear I can’t hold - in this dog muoh
longer. If you’ll hurry, though, I guess I
can keep him here till you get to the rail
road track. Down, Tige, sir!”
As the bovs looked back from the rail
road fence,' they could see the stooping
figure of the (fid man scooping the rich,
hiown chestnuts into a two bushel bag.
My negro gardener came to me one eve
ning in great alarm, and stated that his
own twin sons, Mango and Chango, had
taken out his gun that morning and had
been missing ever since. I at once loaded
my rifle, loosened the Cuban bloodhound.
With the wind- i and followed the man to his hut. Then I
put the dog on the boy’s scoot, following
on horseback mysolf.
it turned out that the young scamps had
gone on the trail of a large bear, though
they were only thirteen years old, and
their father had often warned them not to
meddle with wild beasts. They began
their adventure by hunting the bear, but
ended as often happens, in being hnnted
by the bear; for Bruin had turned upon
them, and chased them so hard that they
were fain to drop the gun and take a tree.
It was a sycamore of peculiar shape,
sending forth from its stem many Bmall,
but only two large branches. These two
were some thirty feet from the ground, aad
stretched almost horizontally in the oppo
site directions. They were like each other
as the twin brothers themselves, Chango
took refuge on one of these, Mango on the
other.
The bear hugged the tree till he had
climbed as far as the fork. Then he hesi
tated an instant, and then began to creep
along the branch which supported Chango.
The beast advanced slowly and gingerly,
sinking his claws into the bark at every
step, and not depending much upon his
balance powers.
Chango’s position was now far from
pleasant. It was useless to play the trick
—well known to bear hunters—of enticing
the animal out to a point where the branch
would yield beneath its great weight, for
there was no higher branchwithin Chango’s
reach, by catching which, he could save
himself from a deadly fall,—thirty feet
sheer.
Three more steps, and the bear wonld
be upon him, or he would be upon the
ground. Brave as the boy was, his teeth
chattered.
At this moment, Mango, nerved to hero
ism by his brother’s peril, moved rapidly
from the opposito limb of the tree. Step
ping behind the bear, he grasped with one
hand a email higher bongh, which extend
ed to where h e stood, but not to where his
brother lay; with the other hand he seized
the animal firmly by its stumpy tail. The
bear turned to punish his rash assailant;
but, angry as he was, he turned cautiously.
It was no easy task to right about face on a
branch which already had begun to tremble
and sway beneath his weight
Chango was saved, for the bear evident
ly had transferred his animosity to Mango,
whom he pursued, step by step, toward
the extremity of the ’ other limb. But
Old muids are useful. They can cook,
sew and take care of the children and
nurse sick people, and generally play the
piano. Old bachelors are useless. They
do not even know how to drive n»ila or
split wood.
Old maids are amiable. If one wants
anything done that requires patience and
kindness of heart, a single lady is sure to
be tbe one to do it.
Old bachelors are ill-natured. They
snub children, despise babies and
young mothers, and are always so busily
employed in seeing that other people take
care of them that they have not a moment
to give^to auy one olse.
Old maids are nice looking, and “young
for their years.” Old bachelors generally
have red noses, rheumatism in the-fuSEa,
bald heads and months that torn down at
the corners.
Old maids can make a home of one little
room, and they cook delicious meals for
one over tbe gas jet, in cunning little tin
kettles, besides making all their own ward
robes. Old bachelors need an army of
tailors, waiters, cooks and distant relatives
to keep them comfortable.
When old maids are ill they tie np their
heads in pocket handkerchiefs, take boms-
pathic pellets out of two bottles alternately,
and get well again. When old bachelors
are ill they go to bed and send for four
doctors; have a consultation, a mantle-
piece full of black bottles, all the amiable
married men who belong to the club to ait
np with them at night, besides a hired
nurse; they telegraph to their relations,
and do their best to persuade the world
that they are dying.
When an old maid travels she takes a
sandwich, a piece of pound cake and a
bottle of lemonade in a basket, and lunches
comfortably in the carriage. When an
old bachelor travels he orders a meal in
courses at the station, and raves twenty
he has no time to eat it before the “fifteen
minutes for refreshments” has expired.
Old maids drink weak tea, and it cures
their headaches.
Old bachelors drink strong liquor, and
it gives them headaches.
Old maids are modest. They think their
youth is over and their beauty gone. If
after a while some autumnal love is given
them they take it as a sort of a miracle,
and hope people will not laugh at them for
“marrying so late in life.”
The Dlgattj of the Law,
As s prominent lawyer was enjoying his
otinm cam dignitate in bis private office,
the door was pushed- hurriedly open and
the head of a flustered and excited woman
was thrust into the aperture.
“Are yee in ?” she asked in a hoarse
voice; then she advanced to the table and
laid.down fifty cents. 4
“My good woman,” said the lawyer in _
his most judicial voice, “what is this w
for?”
“Ets your retayning fee ; sureit’s a good
Iyer I want, and one that wili see that jus
tice is done me—me, that’s as decent a
woman as iver lived to be called a thafe *
and a blaggard by that meddlesome’ old
Maloney woman. Oh, dear! oh dear! Ye .
sec, it was just like this: We lived fore-
ninst each other, wiff a brick wall between;
and her ugly spalpeen Jimmy he came over
on our side and he says, says he, ‘And me
mother would be obkegea if ye’d loan her
the loan of her own flat-irons that she
brought from Tipperary wid hir.’ And I
sea, ses I, ‘Yonr mother never was in Tip
perary,’—no more she was, your honor;
‘and she never had no flat-irons’—no more
she had, your honor; and wid that he
picked up a brick and—■”
“Stop, stop, ray good woman,” said the
bewildered lawyer at this point in the pro
ceedings. “This, as I understand it, is a-
controversy between two persons. Yon
crave the law. Let me explain. A con.
Crete legal tight exists only when tbe con
ditions are to be found which the abstract
principle of law has attached to its being.
This desuetudo corresponds to loss of coo
ciete legal rights, by non-user. Do you
follow me, madam. This is an actio in-
jurtarum. Modern jurisprudence has de
cided—"
“Oh, holy mother of Moses, gimme
me fifty cints,” exclaimed the confused
client. “I’ve had me fill of the law. Ez
I was sayin’, Jimmy picked up a brick and
broke me last pane of glass, but it would
be chaper to boy a whole window than to
go to law about it; your honor’s eloquence
has convinced me of that.” But when ahe
Mrs. Maloney she says to her neigh
bors, ‘ ‘I’d ’av hail thu law av-her, but I
consulted wid one of the lading lyers of the
city, ar d he advised me to the contrairy.
4 Whint * liTR hp ‘ahp Ain't U Tv.
coort niver could collect the cash av her,’
and thin he gave me some bootifnl pints of
law!”
—Out of 7,456 pupils in Charleston
public schools 6,441 are colored,
