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Middle Georgia Argus RLIBHLD THURSDAY JOR^fisY;. zarrim&B as at thf. rOgtOyyrCß AT IxPTAN' SpP.IXO, Ga. INDIAN SPRING, GA., APR 7, 1881 LOCAL MATTER. Don't fail to call at this office and >-ce our new sewing machines. We can fit you up with any kind von waht. Don’t for get to go to see the '‘slight of hand’’show at the acade my at Stark Friday night tho Bth. Wo have been informed that Mr. Thomas Harris had his leg broken bv a fall, from the steps of Mr. James P. Neal's house Sunday night last. - - . D. J. Eviris of Bartlesville failed L ; i week, and some over confiding farmers are among the lookers, of -he ten thousand dollars liabilities. everai “blizzards*,” Has visited oar office in the last week, Wiz ard! blizzard!! What is that? Oh : its one of those storms that stands up on its hind legs und howls. Actual ocCufence, meeting in the ioad near this office : Bay John ! your mammy home? Yea um, she down dar he hang ai up dat great big midlino* meat our’n. * . Ladies who Appreciate Elegance' and beauty are using Parker,s Hair Balsam. It is the best article sold for restoring gray hair to its original color aridbeauty. tpir 7 . . lm Do vuu want it first-class one horse wagon for the cash? if you do, call at this office and see the /Little Gem” that wJ have just re ceived front Cincmnaiti. we can get ’ou one just like it. .. " Tho female plalirtiil in a Western di vorce suit was asked up an fakir.g die Hand owl prior -to • ' ciiig s*\ dm/ndne believed iti a tutor- life. ~! used to,‘‘ tshe answeijeu* ~but since I was marri ed I've liHoall Hie noiieeuse took cut of nie. h ? The youngest couple we’ nave heard‘of fiiaklng lovo is aged four And three years old, and live in Dublin Dis’t. in this comity. Jakey says to Dovie, Dubby “Dubby I five mv, do uwuve mo? Ui, Jakey a-U-s-b uw musu; ,t-dk that way. The Bank of Rome failed last week, from their inabilility to real ize on cotton damaged by the fresh et, the state was a depositor to the Amount of .fifty two thousand dol lars, but the .state was secured by a bond that is thought will make it good, Y - Mr. Leandet Lindsey of Dublin Dis’t. was severely hurt last week, by a pair of mules running with a ‘wagon, the wagon was literally torn o peices. ; y- Aluuclreds of .Men,; > vVuinyn and Children Rescued from beds of. pain, sickness and almost death and made strong and hearty by Parker’s Ginger lonic are the best evidehces in world of its ster ling worth. ‘Yoiijcah find these in every coinmuniiv. Post. See ad vertisement. apr.7 01-im Gneoiour country darkies rush ed into the Doctor's office and ex claimed s “Ccfjnri on doctor, .right oil, dav some body in my house in an awful fix. Laid up in bed grown in ah a grownin. Who is it? queiiyd the doctor. Its me, you see 1 didn t Info nobody’ to send, so I corned myseli, - A has returned to Texas j •tim £r which she won in 1876 j i'cr giving the iargest Democratic majocrit-V of any Southern State. In |ho last Presidential election j Texas gave 03)570 majority and Georgia 48,321, ep Tuxiis take.s the Rag. Governor Colquitt has for warded it to the Lone otar State j by express, Capt. Wm. Nutt and daughter has gone to the land f flowers, j on a visit to their relatives, they loin the excursion Irani Macon to Jacksonville, wo have beep in formed that Col. Y. A. Wright of Jackson has aiso gone with the excursion. We wish them all a merry trip and hope to able to: give our readers something from the happening of the pleasure trip, j J. D. Rhodes, a representative of the “drug house” of Howard A Cos., of Atlanta, was in our town last week, soliciting otderk For his House, Mr. Rhodes is ail atflblo business gentleman and represents one of the best houses in the couth, he understands the wants ot the lynadeand knows -how* to supply the HHits of hjs customers, wv hope to ; .Silrimin our town again at an do> , Killed by a fau.iso tree. W<- learn £!tt Mr Elijah Hayes of Randolph i‘o<mfy ! \vas. working in Ips field o:i th* ifilh qj tigs mouth wheijj, his littlc/1 mgL ter, aged two or rhrec years, ran oi X to be v/ith him; when within a row vards of where her father was at work, and while he was looking in affection at her with a glad smile wreathing his features, a sudden gust of wind blew v large tree down, the branches of which swept the child down killing her instantly. ■— ■ ■ The Fairburn News-Letter says : Mr. W. D. Tatum, who lives near Palmetto, is in passession of the flag of Company C., 19th Georgia Regiment, which was carried out with the company when it was first organized. When Lee surrendered, he secured the flag and concealed it beneath his shirt and brought it home with him. He also has two balls with which he was wounded, ahd two furloughs, with T. J. Jack son's (Stonewall) name to them. One of our Meriwether farmers drove to Hood, last week after a of guano. Returning home he en camped liehr a worthy, observant old Harris farmer. Pipe in mouth, the old Harris gent strolled out tc the camp of the Meriwether guanc purchaser. After being seated and getting tile preliminary remarks about the weather, roads, etc., the Harris veteran asked his Meriweth er neighbor what he had in his wagon. “Guano/’ said- our , Meri wether friend. “Yes,” said the ol<l loan, “I see a great many wag ons coining IVoni vour section ; they all come empty and g away load ed. The drivers, appear iii excel lent spirits, loudly singing, ‘Lord revive us.’ Next fall i expect to see you coming back with haggard faces and hanging heads, singing ‘show pity Lord, oh, Lord forgive.”’ —Meriwether Vindicator: NEW bar: 1 l:a. e iiaf\v^pointed my new bar in fclu Mrlut eh House at Indian Spring and am ready to serve the public , I will keep on hand the very best and is nest brands of liquors wines and brail’dios the market a (fords, choice cigars ike. Mr. McCord familiarly known as ••Cook’" McCord will preside as ‘’mixologist ’ f will also continue to se've die public at my old stauc ill Jaeksoh. u j J. EASToN. a Lah alt went. Mr.Henry ilaj-gm* one oi -own most worthy fanners fc-'-ls very seriously hurt, by a runaway horse mi Menetuy last. Air Early Hkr*e-i •• •! •• .. t'rvbvVed man Wat* uying to .plot, a .youiig horse lie longing to Mr. •Plvitude, and.ip its eff orts to runaway, managed’ter?nlip the “hit” from its 'mouthy thus*, rendering it impossible to'hold it and having broke loose dashed off towards where Mi- Henry Higgins was standing-in-thisfield, •and before ho could get out .of die wav was knocked down rail over, and the plow stock draged over him. As his injuries aire internal. We can not tell how serious they maydie. Dr. ■Saunders was with : him soon after the 'occurrence and we iiope lie may re store his usnal health. WHAT A SMALL ?0Y CAJS DO. Little Eddie MeUehee commenc ed in this office last year at one dollar pe> month,- with the prom ise of higher wages ns he made himself WtoYthV' he’ Was then only eleven years olu, he hajs Lamed to }>e one of the fastest compositors in the state of his age amd lids saved enough money of dais wages To pur chase a lot fro ill Dr. Saunders worth >sßo, ail’d ex| hcrs. at an early, day to begin Lie building at a business house in town as a inehns ot-invest ment of his earnings riiis example is worthy of imitation by persons of mature l years. DO YOU WANT THEM. Several dillcTcpt kinds of Sewing Machine: row. arriving at Alto Vista. • ... A full supply • f Aid mixed paintc ior sale at A to v One uw Double s.v.t buggy for sale at A. to Yist-iri • • •' Dry t;i<4 ds, Gr.oc.ei'ics, Hardware,. Tinware, ’ Glides, Sega is and SnuH. Or -at.’ at Alto Villa. ' ■ The Paragon pau-m ‘hum lor sale at Alta V ista. Nails *2O lbs. to the dollar good Sugar nine pound to the dollar Are at Alto Vista.. WHIPPED BY HIS WIFE FOR PLAYING FOOT * 2UJ *sr : i A telegram fvvit: Ouihey Ohio. March 18, o ay- a"x- and (yhjda are the Christian names; ol b young couple here who were niarried a bout a month, ago. -ha* is given to whiling his time away claying ‘•pool very much to the disgust of his wife. Lust nignt ho was engaged with eight of his companion in see ing who could stick the most balls in the pocket. Oinda > followed and requested him to return to his home but 'he heeded -not. She departed" and all went, until the house was closed and sh met -Ibst pii with a tough apple sprout ct tifU thiuku essf ortr mania* tdiddhi finger She collard him she puHt all ovc? him : to put H'truthfully auri mildly, site whipped him eamercifiVUr. She is a shiaAT delicate woman while lie is : a big strong fellow but he was os 1 ) i icek u? e la tub iMA'TjJF PRINTER. Wheu thy rM sform howls around (In door And you by the iignt of taper. Sit closely by the evening tire, Enjoying tin* last paper. * lust think of him whose work rhu? bejp~ To wear away the winter, And put this query to yourself— Have I paid the printer? From east and west, from north and smith From lands beyond the water, lie weekly brings yon lots of news From every hook and quarter; No slave <>n earth toils more than he, T irough summer’s heat And winter ; How can you tor a moment then, Neglect to pay the printer? Your other bills you promptly pay, Wherever you do go sir; The butcher for his meat is paid, - For sundries is the grocer ; The tailor and the shoemaker. The hatter and the vintner: All get their pay—then why neglect x To settle with the printer? THEY WENT A-FISHIXGL _ Due moaning, when spring was in her teens— A morn to poet,s wishing, All tinted in delicate pinks and green— Miss Bessie and I went fiishing; .* I in mv rough and easy clothes, \ With my face at the sunshine,s mercy : She with her lidt tippep down to her nost And with iier nose tipped—vice versa: l with my rob my reel and hooks, And a hamper for lunchiug accesses: She with the dait of her comely looks, And th seine of her golden tfesses. So we sat down on the sunny dike Where the white pond-liliesteeter, And I went ro fishing like quaint did Ike, And she like Simon Peter All the noon I lay in the light . j (ler eve*. And dreamily watched and waited But the fish were cumlih’g and woliid no lloiSß, > . . lt! f . .. . ■ And tho baitei alone was baited. And. when the time for departure c; Afire, Tlie bag was liat as a fioitnd, But Bessie Had neatly hooked her game— A hundred-and-eighty pouiider. A 1) It UN KE N HUSIS AN I) SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND ES CAPES. Augusta, G..v., April 1. —3 he Eve ning New-s prints the; following < dispatch,,.from BranclivUle, Si C.: One of the .most, outrageous mimes of -tike many : terrible ones; whicii have . been perpetrated ip -South Carolina by .a white man , n nned Ha rtii-. r i Homas. 'lt .setJsiriJst 1 - that riiomas.\yejit Home bea>ty r.drunk about Mght c-elock on the night in question, and imagined thqt his inoffensive wife had done him some injury, took down the:shot-gup and discharged a loAd iiiio tier j-ody, killing her instantly. Froni „■ the fact that some of the shot were found in the door shutter, it is sup posed that he .was out in the ward and she standing inside the door. After the shooting, Thomas TKoirnt ed his hdrse, and taking Inn gun and dogs with , him, disappeared and has not. been seen,,.since.j ;The last heard ot him he was goiing in the direction of the road. A'.': , A RUNAWAY. ~— „ F On Tuesday evening la£t as*Mis? McCord of Monroe county, niece ol Mr. John M. Hodge deceased; who was buried yn that dayi was' re turning from the burial if 't huggj with her younger brother, a>s they were descending the hill near, this office, a holt dropped pout Fling the shaft drop and causing the horse to f’ffie fright and Runaway. Had it not been for a remarkable presence qf mind it would haye no doubt proved disastrous, but. the young lady with heroic resolution held ofi to the reins while the fran tic horse dashed down the hill at a frightful rate of speed, while the dashing zig-zag motions of the buggy tame very jltgur unseating her ■yi every surge, but she succeeded-in holding h< iUiotd until the bottom .of the hill was leached and a position readied where the advantage, could be obtained and tlie lmj.sL cheeked, fortunately no dainagtiyas:doucy gxeept a broken wheel. T-is escape "droit a dis astrous result is d.u to the timely forethought and coolness of the young lady. TAX RECEIVES NOTICE. 1 will lx* at the following places on the days annexed Tor the pur pose of taking the property <fcer! Dublin Monkfa) April Yltli hHiiau.Bpa.-1 bur.- . - . 2th i Goody 3 \Ved. * 48tli Towaliga I ri. 45th Jackson btri 46th j Buttrelis Mum m 18th WTrthville W ed. ‘ 2(41i Iron "1 burs. ' ; 21th s. P. VICKtKSi . A . FI!. B- G. friends please clip; and post up.thmin youf District. y, f. . Fin* bargains,t ui doors blinds, and all kinds of 1 nilflhr's supply address li. 11. Picclnhead & Go * ongty A: Ryb* Atlanta they .will, by ikronfpt iiltelillt*n to bustle -> and fair deai it g merit the patronage of the public See their ?<d b another I dohnou OUR BUSINESS MEN. WHO TEY ARE, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Me. E. E. Pound: is one of the leading merchants of onr town and has a well established trade, from which he receives a comfortable living. He has been a citizen of our town since 18G5, he came to this county from Putnam county, where he was born in 183d, be attended school at she ‘‘Devils half acre’ until fifteen years old, when he en tered Emory College where lie re mained three years, graduating with honor, in the class of ISAS. After which he engaged in teaching tor he purpose of reviving his studies, un ill the result of the war forced him ro pursue the same, for iiyelyhooc he tought school successfully for sever al years iii our town, until lie abandon ed it, to enibark in the business he is iow engaged in, a business that he ha£ been enabled to carry successfully through all the financial depressions of the last few and ntaintaihed his credit, without Having to press any of liis customers to make ‘‘ends meet.” He L always generous towards those )f his customers that may be unfortu nite. in their business enterprises, (thb ve know from personal experience) and ilways shows a desire to 1 iVe dud let ive. That ho is aunan of noble cxpulses -Oiul a “big heart/ is dvedeueed by his, fondness for music. He wits elected su perin tendaut of p-iiblic schools In Butts •ounty at the inauguration of the sys em by the state, a position lie -has Tiled, to the present time., Has been the eluUfmaii bt tile Demo •ratic Committe of Butts county for five >r six years, and still fills) the -ppsition vith credit to hihiself and satisfaction :o the Democratic party. His stock of goods consists, -of Dry roods, Groceries, Hardware.and gener 3ral merchandise, and occupies the build ing at the soiitli end of the rock building known as the Mclntosh House. We do not remember what firm occu pied this .building, in jofmer years, but suppose, old residents af this county who have emigrated, will rehiember the loca tion. , Mr. Pound has now iu his employ as salesman Mr. Eddie Lawsoii, a son of Mr. Robt. Lawson who died about the ’lose of the late war, and the-old friends af Mr. Lawson who resided in this coun ty several years ago, will bq,gratified to know that. ‘ ’Eddie ” has grown up a moral sober and industrious youiig man. Communicated. Henry Cos., Weekly] Permit me space enough to brief ly refer tp.fjne oi the social events )f the season, that has recently ta ken place in our vilLl?/ On last Thursday - cyoniitg.yqvr, correspon dent, having, pveyipusly been hon ored with an invitation, wended bis wav to the residence, of Mr. VV. C. Sloan to witness-. tlm .wedding ceremonies of Ids charming and accomplished daughter,- Miss Wil lie, to Prof. Emerson, Ham. On reaching the house We found in ■vaiting a large number of friends gathered in the parlor, to grace with their presence and approval the happy occasion. Soon after our arrival the bride, attired in a handsome suit of silk, •vas led into tlie room leading upon the arm of the groom, and soon the happy twain were united in matrimony by Ifim -Mr; . Thomas, of the Methodist GJrarch. After the hearty congratulations of as sembled friends and relatives, tlie party w r efe invited, to am elegant repast prepared tor the i occasion. The tables fairly groaned beneath a weight of good things, and would have tempted the taste Of an expi cure. A hove 'the' table was sus pended tire’ dHoide Shoe ? of Good Luck,” wbven '.from floral wreaths, and down from' its tAiitre hung an oval, belPshawed- 1 ilpwer, whose crimson lips, tlldugh. silent; spoke volumes, to cur hearts of 7wedding bells." ■ After discussing the viands to an almost unpardonable extent, and wishing our young friends a long life of married, love and hap piness, we left .with only A regret tkat wo did not have. a._ wedding every week iii VleDonouglq Early tlie next morning the bride and groom, in company w ith a few friends, ielt for Jackson, v here they will spend the Tost days of their honeymoon. ,V r av the tender feel ings ‘whi hti e\ elierish now bloom to fuller richness in the years to com A arid may their feeaVts know ng always save tT/e.happiness of their united loves and. lives, is the frecjiient v isk of March 28th, ’Bl. A I riend. WOMAN’S SUPERIORITY. ‘ It was evideiitln some married man who remarked: “A woman is a strange beings and the more you study her tlie more interesting she appears. - : When a womanY feet get cold she can draw the pi up and sit on them until they become warm, and no one is Urn wiser. How she manages tlie. movement is a inystefy,' but nevertheierS she accomplishes it with quiet grace.] w hich discounts the greatest sleight-! of-hand performance that was ev- i er invented. .This bit of informa-, tion will doubtlest , astonish thou sands of men who have- foolishly imagined, that-.they could read a! woman likq ahqokA but * what else can be yxpevtpd. when- conceit; and ignorance stalk thrcaigli . the lpnd? Tlie idea that irai. . is .superior.' to wopian ‘iiVeNerytbing.is.too absurd to be cnUifained even a moment. A man may practice for years; and yet he unable to catch a Hera with the skill 'hi ah diet ingui die - .• woman. He will get fleas iU ins socks, and when he undertakes to capture them he lie clutches and slaps frantically, but when he opens his hand there is no game in sight and a ,sad vacant stave settles on his clannnv countenance. Does a woman proceed in this rude way to destroy the carnivorous insect? N T o she locates its exact position, and suddenly her hand dives down like the swoop of an eagle, and the next moment she is calmly rubbing the life out of a flea between her thumb and forefinger. A woman may not be able to wing a bird with a shotgun, but when she fires at a ilea there is a funeral, and yet she never goes around challenging oth er women to a shooting match. Her modesty will hot allow her to boast of her deeds, Man is not and never will be equal to woman in some respects, and this* w<? trust, has been clearly denied. SCALPIMG BEX HILL. Washington Maitli 81— The Senate had its its Usual divertise ment to-day in running debate, wherein everybody hit a head when he saw it. \\ hen the Mahone busi ness came up Dawes got in a really good hit on Hill, who read a letter issued front the .Read juste r head quarters iii October, 1880, by Ma hone, in which lie alluded to the Republican party the “Grip sack” party. “Did the Senator know What he meant - by the ‘Grip sack* party?” inquired Dawes. “No, Id< .n't,” said HiR. “I on ly want to know what the Grip sack party is.”. . “Well,” said Dawes. ”1 don’t know. They bate all sorts of par ties South. I do , not know what they represent.. r l lie Senator {from Georgia odglit to know, and know every phase of every political party that ever existed,. for certainly if anybody has..tried them .ill, it is the .Senator from. Georgia. [Laugh ter.] Ido not know any party that the Senator has not given his ad hesion to. 1, remember * a letter writen by. Him after. Garfield’s elec- advising everybody -to join ihe Garlivh . party, nut! invoking the public to come and join the party which had succeeded. [Laugli ter.J *That gee ms .to be the first notion in the mind -of the .Senator in hi.s pciiitH-.al sailing, about the country to find out what party has succeeded, au<j then to announce his desire to go .with that party. I thiiiß tie .said nobody eoiild tell how much he loved. Gar tied, passing the love of woman.” Inis floored Hill. He did Vvrite such a letter as this, hut the peo ple had forgotten it. THE G., M. A It. R. SCHEME REVIVED; AVe hav.e bebii .that for some Weeks past a . movement was on fopt among certain well known capitalists to revive the Griffin, Montieello and Madison Railroad scheme, and to build the road. To this end negotiations have been pending for some time with every prospect of being saiisfaetorilv per- teeted. AVo hope to he able to lay the details before pur readers in a fev dais. The- people Griffin, who onc e subscribed heavily fob the road and witnessed it die in its infancy, have ilev'ef since regarded -the prospect 6fi its . completion with any degree of etHhuSiasn .■ Still the completion ol the r< ad would be a a ho no fit to Griffin, and should be liberally encouraged: • Some of our people are not m uivor of the road, under the idea that it would cut ofl a part of trade of this market. W e are satisfied this apprenension is greatly.exaggerated, find at any rate . more , than ' balanced bv ac cruing uidvailtaggs. The people of Griffin tani\cit afford lo ej pose this railroad developetm 14. X short sighted iicw'bf this kind. upheld by our Ucst citizens many years a go. diverted an important road from makmgdts terminus here, add thus lost did whfoh mi§f i have made Griffin the most important inland c itv in Gtoigin. TAT ertnnot a fiord fo repeal tie blonder.— Griffin News. idEffi On Sunday night last while nil nature \\ as shrouded in darkness, and all ani mation silent in slumber, excc-pr de voted friends who watched around the BUILDERS* SUPPLY HOUSE • l ; 11, BHOO\fH*EAD J CO . .successor*!© LOKCiLEY & KOBIXSON, Office and V arerooiu. *2O DECATUR Street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA DOORS. SASH". ! - BLINDS. : MOTXDLNGs, BRACKETS, £IA£R RAILS. •NEWEL.-. , SCROLLS, < RALISSTERS;* BOLDER*’ HARDWARE. 1 NAILS., MIXED, PAI^T, PI KE W HITEHEAD; LINSEED. OIL, Odors of -all Kinds, Dry , inOil GLASs.RUTTY, GLAZIERS’ POINTS, KAIV SOMININE, PAPER BORDERS WiirvvTßfS bed of affliction, the “man on the dark horse” passed through our community and taken from our midst one of our most highly esteemed and dearly loved follow ’ citizen, Mr. John M. Hodges/ and on Monday a dark shadow ol gloom passed Through the county when it was made known. How sad! Cut down in the prime ol manhood, by the dread desease eon sumption. while surrounded by all tlio ties that bind us to earth, a worthy and estimable young wife, one little daughter, floating Parents, loving sis ters, and a large*circle of warm friends, these, with an ample supply of world’s good he possessed, but “he that giveth taketh away,” lienee we should not murmer at ihe dispensations of au alwise providence, but while we stood* at tire gaping tomb arid l’odked for thp last time on the emaciated form ok our friend and old comrade in arms, we; could hot resist the thought that it would have been better, could he have been taken while marching to the canon’s mouth, than to have been spared, to* be wasted away, by the slow and tortur ing disease, of consumption,, and .torn loose from so many ties of a flection, but the one who hath called him* hence doetii all things well, and wd have a strong hope that the affliction ol the bcidy was to prepare the soul . fei that liobler existence beyond the lane’ of tears. Another, one id the little hand of “brothers” that composed company * 46th Ga. Reg’t. is gone, and one by oik the remnant of siwwiveis must soon fol low, we know there is no shirking tin “battle” that he lias fought, then let us prepare, for the struggle that we may be enabled to hear the pain with Chris tian fortitude. Rest on dear comrade, for we know, that thou art only gone before and wc will shortly come, beyond the chilly waters of Jordan where we hope// meet under heautifnl bowers of tlie tree of life, there to pari no mode. Farewell’ uritill we irieet again. 1788. iBBI MASON 10 i ? A/A R AM) 1- ItP At Oglethorpe Barracks, Sa\ commencing Monday, April 18tli, midei the auspices of tlje Masonic Fraternity and the Lady friends of the Order. This exliition will be the largest and grandest that lias ever taken place in the .. In addition to the variety ol articles, contributed from.all parts of tfie T and by the people ,01/ayannah, there will be a magnificent display >oi Fancy, work end other things donated hv the .ladies. , The occasion will be in e very respovl what its name indicates—a grand B.uan and Fair-*—Worthy of the pet ion age pt the people at large. Vocal apd ,Ip strumental Music, Readings, jfheati/, cals, the Bohemian Glass Blowers, am other entertainments will form features of each eVhning’s exhibition. Special excursion rates over all rail. roads and steamer lines -to Sav:nd>;d during the Fair. A Truthful Man A flat looted old fashioned West rn meacliant hailing from a. coun try store in Miehitigan, w as buying stock in New York,- and tlie fine took advantage of the occasion to* make inquiries concerning some oj, their customers around him. When they asked about Smith, of Cash ville, he replied Smith! Yes he.s in he,s just married a second wife and she,s going thro'ugh his wealth likp saltpeter. Ho.ll fail in less,n si? months/ ,How abougt Jones of your town Jones ! AVell, Jones is pegging along got a bycicle and. everybody says he’ll go to the wall in a year.’ And Brown A S#n —are t lie i right?' ‘Brown A Am? Wall, they nifty keep along till spring, font J dembt it. Old Browne has got m irgfo sighted that he cun i tell, a sheep pelt 1 from a coon skin,, and the fon is dead struck on a widow* Woman who never wears anything less than $6 stockings.’ ‘But Davis is doing a good trade isn’t he? ‘Davis : Woll, pooty fair, but h<! woff’t last. ife rented the upfier pa rt o i iiis st ore to a C hie ago mi I -and sheffiroke up two fami lies,' and daned a preacher. Every; body blames Da via,and Ills sales lasi week only footed up a pound ot sakratus and a washboard.’ ‘Well, you arc the only custiimef out there, amb of course, you art all {right? * . 1 Lie ! Wall, l.mall right just now but things may change., My wifebffi longs to three literary societies.and is 'the big Toad at church festivals while I’ve bought a 2:40 trotter and learned to play old sledge You needn’t bo surprised any da to hear that I’rc been busted, iroi garret to cellar; so* clean th&. creditors can’t find, enough <h goods to wipe Vbabv s tiosfc oi: '