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The Worn-Oat Font of Type.
I'm sitting liy my desk. George :
Before rue on the floor.
There lies a worn mil font'of type,
Full twenty thousand score.
And many months have passed. George,
Since they were briaht and new,
And ina y were the tales they've told—
The false, the strange, the true.
What talcs of horror they have told,
0* tempest and of wreck ;
Os murder in the midnight hour,
Os war full many a•• Speck"!”
Os ships that, lost away at sea—
Went down before the blast,
Os stifled erms ol agony,
As life’s last moment passed !
Os earthquakes and of suicides,
Ot faiimg crops of cotton,
Os bank defaulters, broken banks,
And banking systems roiten, • '*
And boilers bursting, steamboats snagged,
Os riots, duels fought,
Os robbers with their prey escaped,
Os thieves, their booty caught.
Os flood, and fire, and accident,
Those worn-but type have told ;
And how (he pestilence has swept
The youthful and the old ;
Os marriages, of births and deaths,
Os things to please or vex n^;"
Os one man’s jumping overboard,
Another going to Texas. .
They’ve told us how sweet summer da3 r s
Have faded fiom oui view.
How autumn’s chilling winds have swept
The leaf crowned forest through;
How Winter’s snow hath come and gone—
Dark reign of storm and strife —
And-how the smiling spring hath warmed
The pale fitwers back to life.
I can’t pretend to mention half
My inky friends have told, 1
Since shining blight and beautiful,
They issued I rum the mold—
Ilow unu> some they joy have brought,
To others grief ami tears;. v
Yet faithfully Die record kept • •
Os last receding years.
THAT TROUBLESOME INSECT.
As through the street you pass along,
You think it very queer
To hear one universal song
Resounding in your ear. •
A fiiend you meet, and ae you greet
One whom you're glad to see, v
He Wat bins making'quick retreat
“Shoo fly, don’t bodder me I’’
.■ • >v- 4, H I'Oi-W
Ale voly weftian'nCifVf brthan:..b
You-venture to salT-te 1 ? 1 > t 4. .' S
She views you l with a waiicgbincc,
i A«d tltun prepares.To “scoot”
Yon prvss hcT gently to explain
Tl.e tvdur you cannot see ;
She answers with a cal n disdaiu,
* Shoo fl}’ do’t bodder me !”
• ■ ..j.- ■ o ’ •< 1
On Sunday you may go to church
With feelings of devotion ;
The preacher in his lofty perch,
Gets up with grave emotion.
It may be that lie feels perplex’d—
His mind is not quite free ;
He states cu fuscdly his next
“Shoo fly don't bodder me.”
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When he gives out the opening hymn,
AU hearts with rapturo bound, ■ •
As though the cloisters, vast and dim,
There peals the swelling sound—
The organist, with earnest gaze,
Strikes up with pious glee,
And with tierce vigor, wildly playe,
“Shoo fl\! don’t bodder me.,’
The congregation are dismiss’d; —
The tune is rather vain;
But still they cannot we 1 desist
From huuunir g that new strain.
It haunts as they homeward go
To dinner or to tea —
They whisper very soft and low,
“Shoo liy! don’t bodder me!”
Encouraging a bosom friend,
You to bin* with check,
“C.in you to me five dollars lend
Until some time next week,
When l my little dog shall sell?”
Now what reply makes he?
He hums a tune-you know it well—
“ Shoo fly, don’t bodder me.”
A lady flushes like the rose;
Your arm’s round her waist,
Then matrimony you propose
While she is thus embraced.
But while she gazes in your eyes,
As lovingly as can be,
Mischievously the fair one cries.
•‘Shoo fly—don’t bodder me!
When credit shall come to you
About “that little bill,
And say, “That small account is due,
Just pay it, if von will,”
Tut into the expectant ear
The largest kind of flea
By whistling, very loud and clear,
“Shoo fly- dont bodder me.
From nonsense we may draw some good;
A moral there is here,
Which, when ’tis fuMy nnderstood,
We hope ymYll prize most dear;
When troubles come, the burden beai
With laughter loud and ft ee >
Aud say to sorrow, grief and care,
“Suoo FLY! DOS’! BODPEK ME.
An. lndopendont Journal-Devoted to too Intoresta or ooor ß lft
BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1870
| LIFE IN K \ST TKNNK'fES UNDER THE
BROWN LOW REGIME.
| From the Richmond Dispatch.]
We «n "anecdote" which we den ire
to tell. It is a story told l>y Bub that
boat of good fellows, and now repealed
with dramatic excellence by F. R. We
arc nuc ekdh/d ns these men nrc, hut will,
tell it the best way wo can. The imagin’-
alive reader may adorn it, m, as the cook
ery book says, ’season to stir."
One day at the close- of the war, n horse
’maiTßn a lank st°ed was riding along a
1 loi+'j. road in East Tennessee, when sud
denly leaped from the road six men crying
out : ‘Halt !’ Amazed and fearful, the ri
der, arrayed in sulunissivencss, reined up
crying out, ‘I done and halted gentlemen.
Holding the steed by the bridle, the leader
interrogated him where lie lived—where
lie was going—what for, etc. He replied
that he lived fifteen miles from Morristown—
was going after medicine for his daughter
who was mighty sick —and while lie was in
Morristown would buy a little coffee, sugar
and molasses. That was all, and lie beg
ged to be permitted to go on.
.To this the leader replied. ‘Not so fast.
What are your politics?’. ‘I ain’t got no
p^lit’cs—never bad any-—don’t ki;ow any-
thing about (hem, and don’t meddle with
them. ‘What’s your ‘sympathies?’ Ain’t
got any of them either been a
healthy man—never had nothing but jaun*
ders—never gwine s o have them agin.’
‘You don’t get off so, old weather-wax.
On which side did you go in the 'war, and
vvhieh do you belong to now?’ ’On no side*
I'm an ondisturbing man; I never had any
trouble with anybody, I kept clear of both
sides, and tried to live in peace with all
mankind.’ The leader assumed an air of
great determination, and told the horse
man that he could not move a foot until h<.
told on which side he was, and if he denied
being on either they would whip the skin
off* of him. The poor fellow seeing how it
was, gave in, and suspecting lie was de
tained by rebels, declared that if he must
<e!l the truth, ‘his heart was with tile rebels!’
That settled his hash. One held the
horse by the nose, while another took off
the bridle with which ah nl)le«bodied man
with the utmost lain upon hteiuire
back some hundred- of heavy blows, the
steel buckle: of the reins, as the man said
cutting the’fli*«h at eVery,tick.
Having dispatched* liim< in thio regular
way,’ lie was placed on.his horse and sent
off at a gentle pace asiif tiethiijg had hap
pened. The rider bled and ached in every
limb, and ‘cussed’ aloud Wfieri out of : hear
ing of his tormentors. Hti, had got far on
IdjS.Jdiii'neyj entered a ford* where his mare
heartily, giving him. time to reflect
oh .his Flatter: end, and. had i just emerged
from the. flood, when nineiarmed men leap.-
ed from the “Woods;' and, brought him to a
second halt. The same questions propound
ed by his first captors were repeated by
his present detainers, and answered with
fear and trembling in a similar manner
As in the first case he found lie could
not baffle them, and thinking it safest
to try the other sids, he declared while he
did no fighting, his 'heart was with the
Union men.’
‘Nuf sed’ —bis captors were enraged, and
tieng his innocent and unsuspecting steed
in the bushes, cut a bundle of keen hicko
ries, and proceeded to persecute their vic
tim. He remonstrated, he implored mercy
Ho assured them he had gone through the
experience, they plied hickories with mali
cious energy amidst his roars and groans
Once more dressed off, squirming with
pain and all aflame with counter irritation,
the victim essayed to go on to Morristown.
His reflections were not calculated to give
consolation; but at last catching a glimpse
of the village, he thought he was safe.
Just then a single individual, hedged
around with guns and pistols, suddenly ap
peared aud arrested hi» progress.. This
person had no time for parley, and came at
once to the point, ‘Union or rebel?’ Sorely
perplexed and full of dread, our hero begs
god to be allowed to goon. He had already
suffered severely—he had been cut aud
slashed behind until lie was oue great sore.
His cateclT.ser was inexorable; whereupon
the rider dismounted, and with the tear of
distress glimmering in his eye, and a smile
ts huqjU’.ty and supplication on his face, he
threw an arm affectionately around the
walking arsenal aud said:
‘Stranger, won’t you speak fus?’
A little Connecticut boy, asking a mate
who Good Friday was, received the wither
ing reply: ‘Well you go home and read
your RobiDSon Crusoe.’
WESTERN NEWS.
j Cli cago l« Nicolauaixing a largo number
of her atrveta. ,
Thu Chicago Journal ia congratulating
itself on MS lwcnty«nixth anniversary.
Davenport Brothcra’ performance*
arc caponed in every city they exhibit, but
r IVy continue their tiuvcU, and compla*
| ctMiUy giro their exhibition* a» heretofore.
C« ' Tobii Hancock »<f Oshkosh, *Via., hn*
received f.ir distribution $2,087,62, being
the Awarded seven members of the
Ist \V,B. Cavaliv,engaged in the captute ol
Jeff Davis.
A convention is called for the 4th of
at Cedar Rapidc, to initiate anew railway
from Cedar Rapids, on the Northwestern
railroad, to Marengo, on the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad, thus giving di
rect communication by rail between Dubus
que and Des Moines.
The lowa City Republican says:
Richard Popham, cf Washington town*
ship, brought us a sample of sugar the
other day made from the sap of the box
elder tree. We would not have suspected
it anything else than maple sugar, although
the flavor is a little different It is of a
lighter color than maple sugar usual
ly, and sweet and nice. Mr. Popham says
the box elder will run more sap than the
sugar maple, but the 6ame amount of sap
will not make quite as much sugar. Any
one can have a sugar orchard by planting
the box elder. It was anew idea to-Us
that any tree but the maple would make
such nice sugar:
An Ex- CoNDUCToa’s Truoble. —A certain
railroad conductor furnishes a brilliant iL
’lustration of the force of habit. After sev
oral years of faithful service on the road,
he was offered and excepted the position of
train dispatcher. He thought it would be
an agreeable change from the wear and
tear of the more active duty to which he
had been so long accustomed. But he
found it impossible to resist the force of old
associations. As he sat in the office he
would start every time he heard a bell ring
and yell, ‘All aboard.’ Then he would go
about the office at intervals aud tr,y to col
lect fare of his assistants, or would ask
friends who dropped in if‘they had a pass.’
He couldn’t get accustomed to his new po
sition at all. He pined to be again on tire
road. He missed the exhilirating motion^ of
the moving train, and said he couldn’t enjoy
life unless he was shook every day. ; The
boys would shake him up occasionlaly, but,
it afforded him only momentary relief. One
day he begged of the boys to put him
through a collision, which they did to his
entire gratification.. They tore his clothes
nearly off, bl icked his eyes, broke a kero.*
sene lamp over bis head, and piled a red
hot stove on top.of him.He was in an ec
stacy of delight, and declared he hadn’t
been so happy and enjoyed himself so much
since ho had a bile.’ But the next day he
was more melaucholy than ever. He had
been Gain dispatcher only four days, and
he was nearly dispatched himself. He had
fallen away nearly oue hundred and fifty
pounds. He 6aid he could'ut bear it any
longer, and accordingly took an emetic,
threw up his position, and is now back on
the road.
A Poikt of Etiquette. —A young and ver
dant married youth was confidently informs
ed by two or three shopmates that his wife
was receiving attentions from a man who
was already the* father of a family. Havn
ing full confidence in his wife, he refused to
listen to the stories told him; but finally his
friends pressed him so strong, that one day
he left his work and stealthily entering his
house, found there, of course to his surprise,
the man he had been warned against. He
saw enough to convince him ot his wife’s
infidelity, and, turning on his heel without
giving any alarm, returned to his work
heart.-.sick and crest-fallen. His ghopp
mates, who hud interested themselves in
his behalf, noticed the marked change in
his appearance, and inquired as to the re
suit of his investigations. ‘O, he was there,’
was his reply. ‘Well, what did you do tp
him?’ ‘I did nothing.’ ‘But,’ more anx*
iously spoke his interrogator, ‘what did you
say to him?' ‘Say to him!’ exclaimed the
poor fellow, ‘I didn’t say anything; I never
had an introduction to biml’
The Canadian expedition to Red river
will number ten thousand picked men; in
cluding the steel battery aud the picket
brigade, as well as two thousand loya
Indians.
Here ere » few ‘Brick* from the Louis
vfll*? C<>nri«r<*Jmirnai of the 23th :
Somebody urge* as an objection to the
S income tax that it makes the people a na
tion of liars. This is ns sort of an ohjec
| lion in the eyes ot Congress, a majority of
j whose members are too busily engaged in
stealing to euro how much tho nation is
addicted to lying. < .
The evening Journal is the name of ft pa»
per which has just been started at Wash
ington lor the purpose of everybody
a liar and a scoundrel who doesn't want to
see tho Bowen ye-elected
Mayor of that uuhnppy ,citv. * J V % -
Congress has appropriated $230,000 to
enlarge Ilcll Gate. A strange appropria
tion, certainly. Why k the majority of
Congress will go through that gate, even
though two hundred and fifty millions
should be spout in stopping it up.
‘We should like to know,* says the Cam
den Express, ‘what Admiral Porter thinks
of Secretary Robeson.’ Why, he thinks, as
everybody else does, that Robcaon knows
scarcely enough about naval affairs to pad
dle his own canoe.
An exchange paper says ‘Mr. Delatio
cannot make laws.’ Whether lie can or
not, lie lias made a thousand things which
the business men of the country are forced to
obey as laws.
The London Times lias discovered that
‘the American political system is faulty.’ It
is very remarkable that the thing was never
suspected in this country 7 . , .
In its dealings with the Indians the gov*
eminent has never found that honesty was
the best policy, for the simple reason that
the.government has never tried it.
The Hartford'Post says ‘Shoo Fly’ is dy
ing out. Wo should be • glad to know that
the author of it is already dead out.
In 1845 there werb eleven daily papers in
Boston. Seven of them are dead, and three
or four more ought to be.
v i-Mk j.
The Wheat Crop —The Norfolk Journal
of the 22d instant, sayej ‘ “
We are glad to learn, by accounts ’we see
from various parts of the State, that- the
wheat looks very > welt * everywhere:
Throughout the Valley it is extremely’pront
iaing; oft the Roanoke and its branches *it'
never presented a finer appearance at, this
lime of the year, while the same may be
said of the counties along James river. -
The Chicago Tribune thinks (hat wheap
the great staple of the Northwest, can
scarcely get much lower. , /Farmers,* in
their present preparations for planting, will
probably turn their attention more to other
grains, and it is hardly probable that this (
a s well as all other wheat producing regions
will have another as abundant crop this
year as during the last two.
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Raising Tomatoes.— lt may he Worth
while for otir farmers to read the following
account of the Frcnclv ihelhod of raising
tomatoes. -It isfrom an "exchange: >• ,
As soon as a cl ustef of flowers are visible,
the stem >is topped down to the cluster, so
that the flowers terminate "the stem. Thb
effect is that the sap is immediately impell
ed into two buds nekt helow the cluster,
which ■ soon push strongly and produce
another cluster of flowers each. When these
are visible, the branch to which they be
long is also topped down io their level, and
this done successfully. By this means, the
plants become stout dwarf bushes, not
above eighteen inches high. In order to
prevent their falling over, sticks are
stretched horizontally along the rows so as
to keep the plants erected. In addition to
this, all the laterals that have no flowers,
the fifth topping, all laterals whatsoever, aro
nipped off. In this way the ripe sap »is di
rected to the fruit, which acquires a beauty,
s’ze and excellence not maintained by other
means.
A Detroit negro prisoner, on bis way to
the Penitentiary for larceny, was asked
what he thought of his trial. He said: ‘Fore
God, when dat lawyer dat Tended me made
his speech, I thought shnah I was going to
take my oie hat and walk right out of dat
co’t room, but when de odder lawyer got
up and commenced talking, I knew I was
de biggest rascal on top ov de earth.’
! )eath of Hon. Richard Yeadon. —The
Charleston Courier of the 26th utimo, comes
draped in mourning for the above gentle
man, who was senior proprietor of that
journal. Mr. Yeadon was in his 68th year.
He has been for over forty years identified
with the Courier as proprietor, editor and
contributor. A long, just and feeling trib
ute is paid to his many virtues.
TtMXSMKt to SB KsOOXHTaUCTU).—OId
Brownlow writes os follows from Woolm
in^ton to the* Knoxville Chrouiclc, under
date of the 11th instant: *i» «,
I expect the Committee cf tho • House to
report a bill looking to tho reconstruction
of Tennessee.’? We propose to wipe outthd
Legislature and the late Convention, sod
order an election of a new Legftdature un
der the old law, and’ with'* new registra
tion, leaving tho Kxetfntiro I 'and -Judiciary
undisturoed. Tho bill will meet With oppo
sition in tho House from th# t>eumißracy
and tho tender footed Rtpublicr.d*,' but 1
will, nevertheless, pars. In thd Seriate we
will have less trouble, as wo. are divided;
politically, sixty Republicans4o teuDomos
crats. They will, of course-; go on to elect’
Judges in Tennessee. * What Gov. Seutei*
will feci it his duty to do I but unable to'
say, but if I were Governor I would refdse
to commission their Judges and other offi
cers.
— - **’■ '»*
Death From tiie Bite of a Rattlesnake,—-
Last Thursday, Simon Gainey, a negro
working on the plantation of Mr, Thos.
McJuukins, about seven miles from town f
returned to the field ’after dinner to plant
cotton. As he was lifting up his basket he’
was bitten by a large rattlesnake, about 12»
years old, through his clothes just above tho
ankle. At dark he was a corpse,. The
snake struck a vein and the flow of blood'
was profuse. By the time it was checked,
the poison had taken' effect, indicated by
excessive vomiting, which continued until'
the death of the man.— Quincy Monitor, 22 d
The ludiana negroes swear they will brand
any of their number 1 who dare to vote the
Democratic ticket, with the word ‘Cain,’ on
their forehead with white paint. This Is
the general uegi’o Radical idea of freedom.
AH of them are free to vote—the Radical:
ticket, and none other. ’Maybe, one of
these days, they will see what little mtu>-
gin there is between this sort of freedom
anil old time slavery.
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To Make Blackberry on MtißramNit Gr-ax*
Wine.— Measure the'berfries or grapes, and
bruise them. ;» To every gallon add one
quart of water}' and let the mixture stand
twenty-four hours, stirring occasionally ;
. then strain the liquor into a cask, aud to
every gaHbn add two pounds of sugar*,
Cork it .lightly'until .fermintatibhi subsides,
then tighten the cork and 1 let it stand for
three?nionhts. It is then ready for Use.
fThe above recipe is applicable to berries"
or grapes suitable to 1 wine making, other
than those above mentioned.
I.—
• Dick Taylor, (frfeedrnari,) of- Cuthbert,'
says the Early County News, aged 105
year's*and the father of sixty children, died’
about twd weeks ago. He was quite a*
favot ite with‘‘the boys,” and cursed every,
body loud and strong.
!> A destructed fire occured at Selma, Ala./
on Tuesday night last, burning'tile depot’-
of the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad, and'
injuring other property in the neighbor l - *
hood. The total loss is estimated at $65,-
000, The railroad company wa* partigUy
if not fully insured.
The trial of McFarland, who kilted Rich**
ardson for ruining his conjugal happiness/ >
is progressing before the Recorders Court
in New York City.
t«j■ * .
The Albany News gets after the Thorns *
asville Southern Enterpriirfe far having i(a*
supplement printed in ’ Yankccdootlledoiii/
and concludes that it is poor Southern em»
uprise. s
wi— "'■* ,•t > j j
J. D. Alexander. Esq., has retired front
the Georgia Herald, W, T. Weaver, Rsq.
succeeds him. ■»
Without a Hotel.—The Floridian am*’
nouncGs that the City Hotel-figs closed up, ’
and Tallahassee caunbf'bontft » -ingle pubs
lie borise. We trust that fine place is not
going to’seed. ? .... _ j
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W. J. L ARG EN,
WITH— . • ‘ .
CLARK BROTHERS & CO.,
Late D. P. Clark & Bros, and .Draper, Clark & Cos,
STRAW GOODS,
fats, (Saps and £m ■
NO- 830 B OADWAY,
NEW YORK.
flff° Orders addressed, to Mr. I<argen s care will
be promptly filled.
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