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The Cartersville Demi-Weekly Express.
published on every Tuesday and Friday Mornings
VOLUME X.
The Cartersville Express
ih -1 Homi-Weekly on every TUES
v vni> FRIDAY, l>y
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\ L tu'vn of Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga.
Terms of Subscidption:
ONLY $2 A YEAR!!!
IS VAIII ABLY IN AD VA NCE.
Thursday Morning Edition, one year) 1.50
This latter proposition is conlineilto citizens
, pirtow county only.
Torms of Advertising:
r , <n!fnt < On* Month or Less.) per square often
/a Sont)arid or Brevier lines or less, One
*i ii ir for tie* first, and Fifty Cents for each sub
*' oi'Uhl or Contract, One Hundred and Twenty
. i,er column, or in that proportion,
y.onai
~J«3tan W. Wott*«rd,
ATTOffNcY at law.
CARTKSSVILLK, QKORf.IA.
(>fiice over Biukorton’s Drug Store. Oct. 17.
i. ’r. vrovi'dttn, a. r. wokkohd.
Wofl’ord «fc Wofiord,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CA UT E KS V ILLS, GEORGIA.
June 18, 1870.
21. W. lurplicy,
ATTTORNEY AT LAW,
OADTERBTILLI, GEORGIA.
Will practice in the courts of the Cherokee
i in:nit. Particular attention given to the col
lection of claims. Otlioe with Col. Abda John-
_ Oct. 1.
John 4F. Jones,
MTORNEY AT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to all proffessional busi
[W,. entrusted to his care; also, to the buying
j, selling of Real Estate. Jan 1.
Jere. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County.
CARTRitSVII.LF., GEORGIA.
Jan 1, lffflfc
A.53. Foute,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CAKTEIISVILLB GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warre.n Akin,)
Will pr ictice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, Kl ,yd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ud
joiuiug counties. March 30.
T. W. UILXKR, O. n. MILNEB.
31 i liter & M3l iter,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CAKTKRSVIIiLE, GEORGIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
their care. Jan. 15.
Warren Aklsi,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTRRSVI' LE, GEORGIA.
Wul practice in all the courts of the State.
Ham. IS. Fat ilia,
Tailor and Agent
for Sowing Machines,
WILL attend promptly to the Gutting, Re
pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mans'
nothing; also, Agent for the sale of the cele
rated Grover <% Baker Sewing Machines. Of
tico over Stokely & Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. feb 17.
W. H. Motanteaxlle,
Joweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
OARTEIISVILI E, GEORGIA.
I'ltice in lront of A. A. Skinner A Co’s Store.
Me*iuse;*mw Mouse,
MARIETTA, ..GEORGIA,
IS ■.till open to the traveling public as well a«
summer visitors. Parties desiring to make
nrrangcincnls for the season can be aecomtno
ii i Rooms neat and clean and especially
adapted lor families. A fine large piazza has
Win recently added to the comforts ol‘ the estab
lishment. FLEI’CILEIt & FREYER,
junelSwtf Proprietors.
S. 0 \SI IIE L DS7~
Fashionable Tailor ,
Cartersville, Georgia.
• 8 ' Kin .i received the latest European and
5 1 American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Clotli
| ; ami is prepared to Cut and Making to or
der. Olliee upstairs in Liebman’s store, East
side of the Railroad. sept. 29.
I>P. J, A . J«<‘kJ4ol»,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OF Fit ’E iy THE ME W DR UG A TORE.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Jan 4th, 1871.
¥31.0. BOWLER,
MANUFACTURER OF:,
AND DEALEK IN,
SINGLE AND DOUBLE
HARNESS,
..
.*£«
Saddles,
COLLARS, LEATHER, AC.
REPAIRING DOVE
With neatness and dispatch.
~&?!s“*Shop on West Main Street, near the old
Market House, CAKTJEKSVi LLK, GA.
_f I)21-wly WM. O BOWLER.
“ GEAR SHOP,” by. jyfcT
% i mwsm
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Manufacti iieh of Harness, Bri
(Bes, Gear, etc*, and Dealer in
W SnJdles, Lentliei*.
tug uoii® on short notice 4 . Work war—
S}° lest - Wanted M4l
jan. 1871.-swly
v .
■
t!i drawn without pain, by the useoi nar~
Cohc »Pray. inch 9.
V S SEEN HOUSE,
1 ' over Nos. 10 and 40. between W. It.
fowe & Cos. and Lawshe & Haynes,
* uHeltall Street, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Dansient Board $2 00 per day.
20.-swtf ER. SASsEKSr. Ag’t. Pvop’r.
Ma Jl.
IT is well known to
Doctors and to Ladies
that Women are subject
to nunivrous diseases pe
culiar to their sex—£iich
a- .Suppression of*tlie
Menses, Whites, Painful
M’nthly ‘Periods,’ Itheu
inatuin of the Back and
Womb, Irregular Men
struation, Hemorrhage,
or Excessive ‘Flow,’ana
Prolapsus L’terior Fall
ing or the Womb.
Thc.se diseases havesel
dom been treated successfully. The profession
has soughtdilligcntly ior some remedy that we’ld
enable them to treat these diseases with success.
At l.i si. ill fir remedy has been discovered by
one of the most skilful physicians in the State of
Georgia. The remedy is
Bradneld’s Female Regulator*
It, is purely vegetable, and is put up in Atlan
ta, by braDfield a CO.
It will purify the blood and strengthen the
system, relieve irritation of the kidneys, and is
a perfect specific for all the above diseases; as
certain a cure as Quinine is in ( hills and Fevers.
For a history of diseases, and certificates of its
worderful cures, the reader is referred to the
wrapper around the bottle. Every bottle war
ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded.
LaGkangk, Ga., March 23, 1870.
BRADFIELD & CO., ATLANTA, GA.:
Dear Sirs: T take pleasure in stating that!
have used, for the last twenty years, the medi
cine you are putting up, known a- DU. J. UR VD
FIKLP’S FEM ALE REGULATOR, and con
sider it the best combination ever gotten to
gether for the diseases for which it is recom
mended. I have been familiar with the pre
scription both as a practitioner of medicine and
In domestic practice, and can honestly say that
1 aonsider it a boon to suffering females, and
can but hope that every ’adv in our whole land,
who may be suffering in any way peculiar to
their sex, may be able to procure a bottle, that
their sufferings may not only he relieved, but
that they may'be restored to health & strength.
With my kindest regards, 1 am, respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. !>.’
Wo, the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure
in commending to the trade, I>r. J. Bradfleld’s
Female Regulator—believing it to be a good and
reliable remedy for the diseases for which he
recommends it. W. A. LANSDELL,
PEMBERTON. WILSON, TAI LOR A CO.
RED WINE & FOX,
w. C. LAWS HE, Atlanta, Ga.
W. ROOT & SON, Marietta, Ga.
A CTS with gentleness and thoroughness
.xjL upon the Liver and General Circula
tion—keeps the Bowels in Natural Motion
and Cleanses the System from all impuri
fal I J ! to"Cure Li
v«ri|i)r. 0. S. rropnitvsjpisoase m
an yj| a |Jform. Tor
pidi- . K „|.
meat, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Loss of Ap
petite, Nausea, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn.
Debility, Low .Spirits, Cold Feet and Hands,
Costiveness, Listlessness, Colic, Chronic
Diarrhea, and Chronic Chills and Fever.
Comdhuned in strict accordance with
skillful chemistry aud scientific pharmacy, this
purely veg-i "*”7—l Je t a b 1 e
Compound 3 I [has. after
the severe-!! CELEBRATED Iji’st test of
t w e n t yS j 1 'years in
cessant TTUTlfbeeu styl
ed the Great Restorative and Ruccperant
by the enlightened testimony of thousands us
ing it; so harm 'doi’ dy adjusted that it keeps
the Liver in healthful action; and when the
directions are observed the process of waste
and replenishment in the human system con
tinues imiuterrhptedlv to a ripe old ago, and
man, like the patriarchs of old, drops into Die
grave full of years, and without a struggle,
whenever j i ""** |D e a th
ctaiinshis *. ('preroga
tive. Ada-j{Liver Medicme.iipt ed to
the most) J l (delicate
tempo r a-„ &
robust constitution, it can be given with equal
safety and success to the young child, invalid
lady or strong man.
june 2, IS7I.
nn. o. s. jphodiiittts
Anodyne Pain Kill It.
NEVER FAILING!
KILLS PAI3V IV EVERY FORM.
CURES Pains in the Boole, Chest, Ilips nr
Limbs, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Coughs,
Colds, Bronchial Affections. Kidney Diseases, Dys
pepsia, Liver Complaint ; Colic. Cholera, Cholera
Morbus, Pleurisy, Asthma. Heart Burn, Tooth
Ache, Jaw Ache, Ear Ache, Head Ache, Sprains,
Bruises, Cuts, Contusions, Sores, Laoerated
Wounds, Scalds, Burns, Chill Blaine, Frost Bites,
Poisons, of all kinds, vegetable or animal. Os all
IJPAIN KILL L T ill
the Remedies over discovered for the relief of
Buffering humanity, this is the best Pain Med-tea
tor known to Medical Science. The cure is speedy
and permanent in the most inveterate diseases.
This is no humbug, but a grand medical discovery.
A Pain Kilt.er containing no poison to inflame,
paralizo or drive the inflammation upon an in
ternal organ. Its efficiency is truly wonderful
—Relief is Instantaneous. It is’destined to
banish pains and aches, wounds and bruises,
from the face »f the earth,
may 6, 1871.
CERTIFICATES:
We, the undersigned, haved used Dr. Proph
itt’s Prepaartions, and take pleasure in recom
mending them to the public, as being all,he
claims for them:
Cob R-T Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog
ers, Covington, Ga.; O S Porter, Covington. Ga.;
Prof. J L Jones, Covington, Ga.; Rev. M W Ar
nold, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Os!in, Ga.
Conference; F M Swanson, Monticcllo, Ga.; Ro
bert Barnes. Jasper County, Ga.; AM Robinson,
Monticello, Ga.; James Wright, Putnam county,
Ga.: A Westbrook, Putnam County, Ga.; Judge
J J Floyd, Covington, Ga.; IV L lichee, “Cov
ington Enterprise,”; A H Zaehry, Conyers, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.;’ Dick' Lockett,
Davis county, Texas; W Hawk Whatley, Cus
seta. Texas; W C Roberts, Linden conntv, Tex
as; Tommy & Stewart, Atlanta, Ga; W A Lans
dell, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; R F Maddox & Cos.;
Atlanta,pa.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville, Ga.;
A N Louis, Lowndes county, Ga.; Joseph Land,
Lowndes county, Ga.; Jus. Jefferson. Carters
ville, Ga.; W L Ellis, Dooly county, Ga.; W A
Forehand. Dooly coimtv. Ga.; John I>. Davis
Newton Factory, Ga.; B F Bass, Lowmlnes co.
Bridles,
GOWER, JONES & CO
MANUFACTURERS OF
And Dealers in
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
u, F i *7oj fZX-/ 1
Di*. IF. M.
J ohnson,
■ DENTIST.
Cartersville, Ga.
A.isrr>
1, 2 & 4 Hors 3 Wagons.
MATERIALS, &C.
REPAIRING , of all Hath, BONE
WITH NEATNESS and DURABILI
TY.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
feb. 7, ISTl.wly
i*
BSP Suits of Clothes from $2,00 to
$4,00 at
Sattehfztld, Pylon & Co’s.
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COL ORGIA, JUNE %?, 1871.
■S. '.,A
Scliedule of* i ho
CARTEUBVILLE k YAN-D'EST 11. ]£.
AN’ and after .January 90th, 1871,"the trains
A / will
LeaveTAYLOTiNVILLE, at <V», A. M.
*’ STILESRORO’, at in \ y
“ FORREST HILL, at 'l()2.»*A *M
Arriving at CARTERSVILLE, at 10.50, A M
Leave CARTERSVILLE, at l p m
Arrive at TAYLORSVILLE, at 3,' P.' M.‘
A Hack will soon be running from CeUartown
to laylorsville via. Van Wert, connecting with
the trains, R
An Extra train will bo run to Cartersville and
Return to Taylorsville, every Friday evening.
By order ol the President.
D. W. K. PEACOCK, Seedy.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE,
WESTERN & ATLANTIC It. It. CO.
ON and after2Bth Inr-tant, trains will run oa
tin- Road as follows :
N IGHT PASSENGER TRAIN—CnWABP.
Leave, Atlanta. r, so, r. M .
Arrives at C hattanooga, l 43, a. m.
DaY Pas.-jEXGER TRAlN—Outward.
Leaves Atlanta 8 15, A. m.
Arrives at Chattanooga 4 25, p. m.
NIGI H PASSENGER TRAlN—lnward.
Leave- Chattanooga 5 10, r. M.
Arrives at Atlanta l 42. a. m.
day passenger train—lnward.
Leaves Chattanooga 5 00. a. m.
Arrives at Atlanta l 38, p. m.
DA LTON ACCOMMODATION.
Leaves Atlanta 340, p. m.
Arrives at Dalton It 58, p. m.
Leave. Dalton 3 25, A. M.
Arrives at Atlanta 10 20, a. ai.
E. B. WALKER,
may 25,1871. Master of Transportation.
Lawshe & Haynes,
HAVE ON HAND AND are receiving
the finest stock of the
Very Latest Styles
of Diamond and Gold
JEWELRY,
in upper Georgia, selected, with* eat care for
tiie
Fall and Winter Trade,
Watches,
of t.liQ BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A
merica;
American and French Clocks;
Sterling and Coin Silver Ware*
aud the best quality of
Silver Plated QGods,
at prices to suit the times;
Gold, Silver and Steel
Spectacles,
to suit all ages.
Watchcs and Jewelry
Repaihs« by Competent Workmen;
Also Clock and Watch Makers
Tools and materials.
sept 13.-swly ATLANTA, GA.
W. H. GILBERT. A.BAXTER, T. W. BAXTER, Jr.
BAXTER,
(SUCCESSORS TO W. 11. GILBERT & C 0.,)
Dealers In
hardwyre,
IStOX, STEEL,
CLOVER & GRASS SEED.
AGENTS FOR SALE OF
COAL CREEKCOAL.
Peruvian Criumo.
And other Fertilizers.
Agricultural Implements,
Agricultural and Mill Machinery.
ALSO
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For sale and Purchase of
COTTON, WHEAT, CORN.
And all other
Country Produce, Cotton, Hay
AND OTHER PRODUCE SHIPPED ON
LIBERAL TERMS.
CIL&ERY& BAXTER,
Cartersville <Ga.
Jan. 19, 1871—ly.
J AS. W. STRANGE,
Dealer In, and Manufacturer Os
TTX WARE, A^ T l>
Honsc-Furnisliing (J GotL ,
ALSO DEALER UV
First-Class Stoves At
The Liowest Cash Prices,
WILL BARTER
FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RAGS, AC.
Cartersville, Jan. 20th, ’7l-lv.
Five Acres of LAND
IS CARTERSVILLE
For Sale S
mn.VT BEAUTIFUL PLAT OF LAND in
JL Cartersville, known as the
Tobacco Factory Lot,
containing FIVE ACRES, more or less. On the
premises is a splendid well of freestone water*.
The laud will be sold in a body, or in town lots,
to suit purchasers. For further particulars ap
ply to M. L. Pritchett, Cartersville, or Thos.
HUTCJTEJu-oN, Wulesoa, Ga., or i.\ },. JioON, who
lives near the premise*. jam 24-swtf
S. 31. ~ PATS'! !TalzO,"a -eilt
GROVER & BAKER'S CELEBRATED
1!I« MMmm.
BOTH THE
ELASTIC ANU> SHUTTLE
OR
LOCKSTITCH.
SUITABLE FOR ANY KIND OF FAMI
LY SEWING- JIONE BETTER.
Men and Koys 9 Clothing
Made on tbo Most Reasonable Terms.
In fact, almost any description of
SEWING done
As Cheap «js the Cheapest!
AND
IVTnEBW STYIzE.
Qtuvard and XJvward.”
SHARP & FLO YD,
to Geo. SHARP, Jr.,
ATLANTA) GA„
Wholesale And Retail Jewelers.
We Keep a Large and Varied Assortment of
FINS WATCHES, CLOCKS,
DIAMONDS, JEWELRY,
AND
SPECTACLES.
sea® mm i m,
A SPECIALTY.
We Manufactuae Tea Sets, Forks, Spoons
Goblet', Cups, Knives, etc.
Jfhjemiums I‘or Ain'icuUuryl Fairs.
We are prepared to fill anj - order for Fairs at
short notice; also to give any information in
regtird to Pretniitmn.
Orders by mail or in person, will receive
prompt and careful attention. We ask a com
parison «f Stock, Prices and Workmanship with
any house in the State.
Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired
and Warranted. Masonic Badges and Sunday
School Badges made to order.
All Work Guaranteed.
ENGRAVING FREE OF CHARGE.
SHARP Sc FLOYD.
May 23, swly.
CONSUMPTION,
Its Cure and 14* Preventive
BY J. E. SOHENCS, M. D.
MANY a human being has passed away,
lor whose death there was no other reason
than the neglect of known and indisputably
proven means of cure. Those near and dear to
family and friends are sleeping the dreamless
slumber into which, had they calmly adopted
Dll. JOSEPH M. SCHKNCK’S SIMPLE
TREATMENT.
aud availed themselves of his wonderful effica
cious medicines, they would not have fallen.
Dr. Schenck lias in his own case proved that
wherever sufficient vitality remains, that vital
ity, by his medicines and his directions for
their use, is quickened into healthful vigor.
In this statement there is nothing presump
tuous. To the faith of the invalid is made no
representation that is not a thousand times
substantiated by living and visible works. The
theory of the cure by Dr. Schenck’s medicines
is as simple as it. is ui failing. Its philosophy
requires no argument. It is self-assuring, self
convincing.
The Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills are
the first two weapons with which the citadel
of the malady is assailed. Two-thirds of the
cases of consumption originate in dyspepsia
and a functionally disordered livei. With this
condition the bronchial tubes “ sympathize’’
with the stomach. They respond to the morbific
action of the liver. Here then comes the cul
minating result, and the setting in, with all its
distressing symptoms, of
CONSUMPTION.
The Mandrake Pills are composed of one of
Nature’s noblest gifts—the Podophillum Pelta
tum. They possess all the blood-searching,
alterative properties of calomel.
But unlike calomel, they
“LEAVE NO STING BEHIND,”
The work of cure is now beginning. The
vitiated and mucous deposits in the bowels and
in the alimentary canal are ejected. The liver,
like a clock, is wound up. It arouses from its
torpidity. The stomach acts responsively, and
the patient begins to feel that he is getting, at
last,
A SUPPLY OF GOOD BLOOD.
The Seaweed Tonic, in conjunction with the
Pills, permeates and assimilates with the food.
CliyliQeatioir*is now progressing without its
previous tortures. Digestion becomes painless,
and the cure is seen to be at hand. There is no
more llatulcnec, no exacerbation of the stomach
An appetite sets in.
Now comes the greatest Blood Purifier ever
yet given by an indulgent, father to suffering
man. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup comes in to
perform its functions and to hasten and com
plete the cure. It enters*at once upon its work.
Nature cannot be cheated. It collects and
ripens the impaired portions of the lungs. Tn
the form of gatherings, it prepares them for
expectoration, and lo ! in a very short time the
malady is vanquished, the rotten throne that
it occupied is renovated and made new, and the
patient, in all the dignity of regained vigor,
steps forth to enjoy the manhood or the woman
hood that was
GIVEN UP AS LOST.
The second thing is, the patients must stay in
a wa,gm room until they get well ; it is almost
impossible to prevent taking cold when the
lungs are diseased, but it must he prevented or
a cure cannot lie effected. Fresh air and riding
out, especially in this section of the country in
the winter season, are all wrong. Phvsirians
who recommend that course lose patients, if
their lungs are badly diseased, and vat because
they are in the house they must not sit down
quiet ; they musj, walk about the room as much
and as fast as the strength will hear, to get up a
good circulation of blood. The patients must
keep in good spirits—tie determined to get well,
i his has a great deal to do with the appetite,
and is the great point to gain.
To despair of cure after such evidence of its
possibility in the worst cases, and moral cer
tainty in all others, is sinful. Dr. Schenck’s
personal statement to the Faculty of his own
cure was in these modest words :
Many years ago 1 was in the last stages of
consumption; confined to mv bed. and at one
time my physicians thought that I could not
live ii weeki then, like a drowning nimn catch
ing at straws, I heard of and obtained the pre-
Davations which I now offer to tiie public, and
they made a perfect cure of me. ft seemed to
me that I could feel them penetrate my whole
system. ■ hey soon ripened the matter in hit
lungs, and I would spit up more than a pint of
offensive yellow matter every morning for a
long time.
As soon as that began to subside my cough,
fevei, pain and night sweats cK began to leave
me, and my appetite became so great that it
was with difficulty that I could keep from
eating too much. I soon gained my strength,
and have grown in flesh ever since.””
“I was weighed shortly after my recovery ”
added the Doctor, “then looking'! ike a mere
skeleton; my weight was only ninety-seven
pounds ; my present weight is two hundred and
twenty-five pounds, and for rears 1 have
” Enjoyed good health.”
Dr. Sclicnck has discontinued his professional
visit to New York and Boston, lie or his son,
Dr. J If. Schenck. Jr., still continue to sec
patients at their office, No. 15 North Sixth street.
Philadelphia, every Saturday from !) a. m., to 3
p. in. Those ivlip wish a thorough examination
with the Rcsmromctcr will hi* charged five
dollars. The Respirometer declares the exact
condition of the lungs, and patients can readily
learn whether they arc curable or not.
Tho directions for taking the medicine are
adapted to the intelligence even of a child
Follow these directons, and kind nature will do
the rest, excepting that in some eases the Man
drake' Pills are to be taken in increased doses ;
the three medicines need no other accompani
ments than the ample instructions that do
accompany them. First create appetite. Os
returning health hunger is the most welcome
symptom. When it comes, as it will come, let
the despairing be of good cheer. Good blood at
once follows, the cough loosens, the night sweat
is abated. In a short time both of these morbid
symptoms are gone forever.
l.)r. Schenck’s medicines nre constantly kept
in tens of thousands of families. Asa laxative,
or purgative, the Mandrake Bills are a standard
preparation; while the Pulmonic Syrup, as a
enrer of coughs and colds, may be regarded as a
prophylacteric against consumption in any of
its forms.
Price of the Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweed
Tonic, .$1.50 a bottle, or $7,50 a half dozen. Man
drake Pills, 25 t cents a box. For sale by all
druggists and dealers.
JOHN F. HENRY,
EIGHT College Place, New York,
WHOLESALE AGENT.
"ATLANTA SACK FACTORY.
WE are prepared, at all seasons, to till or
ders for Grain and Flour Sacks, of nny
size, quality, or quantity at our factory in At
lanta, Ga. W A. MITCHELL & CO.
sept. 20, 1870.w1y
[From the New Yoik Journal of Commerce.'
The Tempi atlonn of SI. Anlliony.
We have published this celebrated
dosoiiptive vers”, but the demand ior
it is to-day as fmh as ever. Corres
pondents from all parts of the country
have been pleading with us for more
than a year past to reproduce it for
their benefit, aud in compliance we
once more present it to our readers.—
We first saw it many years ago in
Bentley's Magazine, over tho signature
of “T. H. S.” It has been ascribed to
the author of “The Ingoldsby Legend,”
but who the writer really is we cannot
say. Those who have seen Tenier’s
paintiug3 cannot fail to recall his vivid
and comical picture of the temptations
to which our poor St. Anthony was
subjected.
“He would have parsed a pleasant
life of it, in despite of the Devil and
all his works, if his path had not been
crossed by a being that causes more
perplexity lo mortal man than ghosts,
goblins, and the whole race of witches
put together, and that was —a woman.”
—Sketch Book.
St. Anthony sat on a lonely stool,
And a book was in his hand;
Never his eyes from its page lie took,
Either lo right or left t» look ;
But with steadfast soul, as was his rule,
Ihe holy page he scanned.
“We will woo,” said tho imp, St. Anthony’s
eyes,
Off from his holy book ;
We will go to him all in strange disguise,
And tease him with laughter, whoops and
cries,
That he upon us may look.”
The Devil was in the best of humor that day
That ever his highness was in ;
And that’s why he sent out his imps to play ;
And he furnished them torches to light their
way,
Nor stint themincense to burn as they may—
Sulphur, and pitch, and rosin.
So they came to the Saint in a motley crew—
A heterogeneous rout;
There were imps of every shape and hue,
And some looked black, and some looked
blue.
And they passed and varied before the view,
And twisted themselves about;
And bad they exhibited thus to you,
I think you’d have felt in a bit of a stew —
Or so should I myself, I doubt.
There was some with feathers, and some
with scales,
And some with warty skin ;
Some had no heads, and some had ails,
And some had claws like iron naila,
And some had combs and beaks like birds*
And yet, like jays, could utter words ;
And some bad gills aud fins.
Some rode on skeleton beasts, arrayed
In gold and velvet stuff,
With rich tiara? on the head,
Like kings and queens among the dead;
While face and bridle-hand displayed;
In hue and substance seemed to cope
With maggots in a microscope,
And their thin lips, as white as soap,
Were colder than enough.
And spiders big from the ceiling hung,
From every crack and nook,
They had a crafty, ugly guise.
And looked at the Saint with their eight
eyes;
And all that malice could devise
Os evil to the good and wise,
Seemed willing from the look.
Beetles and slow-worins crawled about.
And toads did squat demure;
From holes in the wainscoting mice peeped
out,
Or a sly old rat with his whiskered snout;
And forty feet a full span long,
Danced in and out in an endless throng;
There ne’er has been seen such extravagant
rout,
From that time to this, I’m sure.
But the good St. Anthony kept his eyes
Fixed on the holy hook;
From it they did not sink nor rise;
Nor sighs nor laughter, shouts nor cries,
Could win away his look.
A quaint imp sat in an earthen pot,
In a big-bellied earthen pot sat he:
Through holes in the bottom his legs shot
out,
And holes in the sides his arms hadgot,
And his head came out through the mouth,
God wot!
A comical sight to sec.
And he drummed on liis belly so fair and
round, '
On his belly so round and fair;
And it gave forth a rumbling mingled
sound,
1 wixt a mu filed bell, ani},a growling hound,
A comical sound to hear:
And he sat on the edge of a table-desk,
And drummed with his heels;
And he looked as strange and as pictu
resque
As the figures we see in an arabesque,
Half-hidden in flowers all painted, in
fresque,
in Gothic vaulted cells.
Then he whooped and hawked, and winked
and grinned,
And his eyes stood out with glee;
And he said these words, and sung this
song,
And his legs and his arms, with their doub
le prong,
Keeping time with his tune as it galloped
along.
Still on the pot and the table dinned
As birth tv liis song h v gave;
“Old Tony, my boy ! shut up your book,
And learn to be merVy and gay;
You sit like a bat in his cleistf' , #d neok,
Like a round shouldcre'd fool of an owl yon
look;
But straighten your hack from its booby
crook,
And more sociable be, 1 pray.
“Let us see you laugh, let ns hear you a ng;
Take a lesson from ma, old boy !
Remember that lifa has a Heeling wing,
And then comes Death, that stern old king*
So we’d better make sur® of joy.”
But the good St. Anthony bent his eyes
Upon his holy book!
He heard that song with a Uugh arise.
But he knew that the imp hail a naughty
guise,
And he did not care to look,
Another imp came in masquerade
Most to a monks attire,
But of bring bats his cowl was made,
Their wings stitched together of spider
thread,
And round and about him they muttered
and played;
And his eyes shot out from, their misty
shade
Long parallel bars of firo.
And his loose teeth chattered like clanking
bones
When the gibbet-tree swayed in the
blast;
And with gurgling shakes and stiSed
groans,
He mocked tho good St. Anthony’s tones
As he muttered his prayer full fast.
A. rosary of beads was hung by his side—
Oh, gaunt looking beads were they 1
And still, when the good Saint dropped a
bead,
He dropped a tooth, and took good heed
To rattle liis string, and the bones replied,
Like a rattlesnake’s tail at play.
But the good St. Anthony bent his eyes
Upon the holy book-;
He heard that mock of groans und sighs,
And lie knew that the thing had an evil
guise,
And he did not dare to look.
Another imp come with a trumpet snout,
That was mouth and nose in one ;
It had steps like a flute, as you never may
doubt,
Where his long lean fingers capered about,
As he twanged his nasal melodies out,
In quaver, and shake, and run.
And his head moved forward and backward
still
On his long snaky neck;
As he bent his energies all to fill
His nosey tube with wind and skill,
And he sneezed his octaves out, until
’Twas well-nigh ready to break.
And close to St. Anthony’s ear ho came,
And piped his music in :
And the shrill sound went through the good
Saint’s frame,
With a smart and a sting, like a thread of
flame
Or a bee in the ear—which is much the
same—
And he shivered with the din.
But the good St. Anthony bent his eyes
Upon the holy book ;
He heard that snout with it gimlet cries,
And he knew that the imp had an evil guise,
And he did not dare to look.
A thing with horny eyes was there, •
With horny eye like the dead;
And its long sharp nose was all of horn,
And its bony cheeks of flesh were shorn,
And its ears were like thin cases torn
From feet or knee, and its jaws were bare,
And fish-bones grew, instead of hair,
Upon the skinless head.
Its body was of thin birdy bones
Bound round with parchmeut skin ;
And when ’twas struck, the hollow tones,
That circle round like drum dull groans,
Bespoke a void within.
Its arm like a peacock’s leg,
And the claws were like a bird’s ;
But the creep that went, like a blast of plague,
To loose the live flesli from the bones,
And to wake the good saint’s inward groans
As it clawed his cheek, and pulled his hair’
And pressed on his eyes in their lair.
Cannot be told in words.
But the good St. Anthony kept his eyes
Still on the holy book ;
He felt the calm on his brow arise ;
And he knew that the thing had horrid
guise,
And he did not dare to look.
An imp came then, like a. skeleton form
Out of a charnel vault;
Some clingings of meat had been left by the
worms,
Some tendons and string on his leg and arm,
And liis jaws with gristle were black and
deform,
But his teeth were as white as salt*
And lie grinned full many a lifeless grin,
And he rattled his bony tail;
His skull was decked with gill and fin,
And a spike of bone was on his chin,
And his bat-like ears were large and thin,
And his eyes were the eyes of a snail.
He took liis stand at the good Saint’s back,
And ou tiptoe stood a space ;
Forward he bent, all rotten black
And he sunk again on his heel, good lack !
And the good Saint uttered some ghostly
groans,
For the head was caged in the gaunt rib
bones,
A horrible embrace 1
And the skull,hung o’re with an evlish pry,
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And cocked down its India-rubber eye
To gaze upon h s face.
Yet good St. Anthony sunk his eyes
Peep it the holy book.
He felt the bones, and so was wise
To know that th« thing had a ghastly guise,
And he did not dare to look-
I.ast came an imp—hew wniiko the rest !
A beautiful female form ;
And her voice «ai like music, that slecp
opproesod
Sinks on some cradling zephyr'a breast;
And, whilst with a whisper, his ohock the
press’d,
Her check felt soft and warm.
When over his shoulder she bent the light
Os her soft eyes to his p«ge.
It came like a iuocnb«?m silver bright,
And relieve him iLen wiib a mild delight;
For the yellow lamp lustre soorched his sight
That wns weak with the mist of age.
Hey ! Hie good Ft. Anthony begoggleu his
eyes
Over the holy book;
Ho, ho! at tLe corners they ’gan to rise.
Fur he knew that the thing had a lovely
guise,
And he could not choose but look.
There are many devils that walk this
world,
Devils large, and devils small:
Devils so meagre, and devils so stout;
Devils with herns, and dsvila without;
Sly devils that with their tails upcurlcd,
Bold devils that carry them unfurled ;
Meek devils, and devils that biawl;
Serious devils and laughiug devils;
lrnpe for churches and impg for revels;
Devils uncouth, aud devils polite;
Devils black, and devils white ;
Devils foolish, and devils wise ;
But a laughing woman with two bright eyes,
It is the worst devil of all. T. H. B,
Basis of Social Equality !u New
England.
Harper's Magazine is good authority,
especially in matters pertaining to ne
gro civilization, New England miscege
nation, &c., and “Harper says;”
“The actual practical social condi
tion and status of the freedman seems
to be, up here in the North, pretty
much as it was before we had a Fif
teenth Amendment. To all appearan
ces he doesn’t study any moie than ho
used to; certainly doesn’t work harder;
doesn’t go to meeting more frequently;
and differs from Sambo of old only
perhaps in this, that he votes. Per
haps—-and it is to be hoped that it will
—the sense of this great privilege in
time arouse his ambition for better
things. In New England, as per the
following anecdote, his position is much
as it was of yore. Mr. Dickson, a col
ored barber in one of the largest towns ■
of Massachusetts, was one morning
shaving one of his customers, a respect
able citizen, when a conversation oc
curred between ihem respecting Mr.
Dickson’s former connection with a col
ored church in the place:
“‘I believe you are connected with
the church in Elm street, Mr. Dickson V’
said the customer.
“ ‘No, sah, not at all.’
** ‘Why, are you not a member of the
African church ?’
“ ‘Not dis year, sah.’
“ ‘AY hy did you leave their commu
nion, Mr. Dickson, if I may be permit
ted to ask ?’
“‘Why, I tell you, sah.’ said Mr.
Dickson, strapping a concave razor on
the palm of his hand, ‘it was jess like
dis. I jiued dat church in good fait
I gib ten dollars toward de stated
preachin’ of de Gospel de fusyear, and
de people all call me Brudder Dick-on.
second year my business not good,
and I only gib five dollars. Dat year
de church people call me Mr. Dickson.
Dat razor hurt jou, sah ?’
“ ‘No, sir, goes tolerably well,’
“ ‘Well, sail, de third year I feel ber-.
ry poor—sickness in my family—an* I
gib noffin for preachiu’.'' Well, sah, ar
ter dat dey call mo 010 Nigger Dick
son, and 1 less ’em.’
“So saving, Mr. Dickson brushed Lis
customer’s hair, and the gentleman de
parted. well satisfied with the reason
why Mr. Dickson left his church.”
A Noble Wife. —A bankrupt mer
chant, returning home ono night, said
to his wife:
‘My dear, I am ruined; everything
WC have is in the hands of the sheriff.’
After a few moments of silence the
wife looked calmly into his f ce and
said:
‘W ill the sheriff sell you ?’
‘Oh, no!’
‘Will he sell mo ?’
‘Oh, no!’
‘Will he sell the children ?’
‘Oh, no!’
‘1 hen do not say that we have lost
overy thing. All that is most valuable
remains to us—manhood, womanhood,
childhood YYe have lost all but the
results of our skill and industry. We
can make another fortune if cur heart
and hands are left us.’
Can we wonder that, encouraged by
such a noble wife, he is on the road to
fortune again ?
A girl in Wisconsin swallowed twen
ty percussion caps. Corporal punish
ment is temporarily suspended.
“I have not loved lightly!’’ as the
man said wiion ho married a widow
weighing three hundred pounds.
A coquette is a rose from whom ev
ery lover plucks a leaf; the thorn re
mains for her future husband.
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