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A Sixteen Thousand Dollar Bo*
nanza for Macon.
In looking the-ohl records of the
city, for the years- 1861, ’62 and ’03, a
few days since, an agreement between
the Mayor and council and the author¬
ities of the ’Xfacon and^Jkugusta rail¬
road was found, by which the city was
to receive an annuty^Srom that road of
one thousand dollars for the privilege
of crossing the Ocmulgee river. The
agreement was made and commenced to
run in 1863. A further examination
tevealed the fact that no part of the
money had ever been paid the city, but
the annuity bad been permitted, each
Fear, to go uncollected, until the con
tract, becoming cobwebbed wer with
time, was at last lost sight of and for
gotten
The arrangement was at first that the
road pay #1,666 66 per annum, but that
amount was subsequently reduced to
#1,000. The city bad, and still has. an
Undoubted right to govern the construe
tion of all bridges or ferries over the
Ocmulgee river for a distance of three
miles each way, up and down the stream,
deriving this franchise directly from the
State. Mayor Iluff is engaged investi¬
gating the case, and we hope talflrtrteps that he
Will, with bis usual energy,
towards the performance of the contract.
If the money is justly due the city, it
should be paid, and #16,000 - would ma¬
terially help the corporation in its pre¬
sent financial straight.—Macon Telegraph.
«—• —
Bravery of Massachusetts Troops.
The Washington correspondent of the
NeVr York World has been interviwing
old Captain Bassett, tlie veteran Door¬
keeper of the Senate, formely Daniel
Webster’s page. Mr. Bassett told him
a story of great interest about the seat
in the Senate Chamber which Jefferson
Davis used to occupy. He said :
“I opened the doors of the Senate
Chamber during the war to admit the
Massachusetts regiment, which was
mobbed at Baltimore on its wav South.
The troops lodged in the Chamber.
The seats and desks had not been taken
out at the time. One morning when I
came to the capitol I heard a terrible
noise in the Senate. 1 hurried through
the loby, and opening a door to the
yelled to them to stop, - and asked them
what they meant by demolished the
furniture ‘This is that old traitor
we mean 1 to amMlHt^'N™itftot“l
cried. ‘That Seat belongs to the United
States. Davis only occupied it.’ The
boys saw the sense of what I said and
SyonS” ' 3 S '
BaRimore “People have been found,” say the
Sixtli Massachusetts Gazette, “to regiment assert ttiat the
was not
'-n%
regiment did not display much valor
during its memorable promenade
though Baltimore, but its heroic charge
•qpon the fierce and warlike desk of Jeff
Davis must forever silence tlie tongue
of calumny. Jack Falstaff used to
thrust his sword into the bodies of the
slain on the battle-field, but the world
never witnessed a grander spectacle
than a platoon of Massachusetts soldiers
storming a rampant rebel desk and car¬
rying it at the point of the bayonet.
However, We this is tlie era of conciliation.
must forget these warlike events.”—
Savannah News.
What is Done With Buttermilk,
A young , lady , from , tbe ,, city .. hoarding ,
^ or ie summer a a a a u 10 s
borders. of De awarri County, ^si ed the
i anj a ac ie< ‘ in< ll 1
maid m her toil with marked attention attention.
ourtas'isa a nous one s le
is^indeed m“ma » was the reply
“Nature wonderful in her
workings,” continued the lady. “Ob
serve the green grass in fields, and in a
short time it is converted into milk, and
from milk to butter.”
“Yes ma’am”
“Honey is anomaly also.
Observe the little bee wandering from
flower to flower 1ml extracting the sweet
fherefrnm denositinir it in the
“Yes, ma’am.”
. “After the formation of butter I have
been told the milk is termed butter
milk.” .
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Is there sufficient nutriment in it
tobenf anvnractical ma’aT” use?”
‘Yes l’am
“If not exhausting yonr patience,
may I ask you what use is made of the
buttermilk?”
“Wo W e fowl feed some of of it it-to to the the lines hogs, ami and
what’s left we feed the boarders.”
His Turn Next.
Abovcameupin the New Orleans
Picayune office to insert a death notice
last night. ,. havi
advertfsiue no
of f he deoartment ■
“Another one gone: that makes
eight.” ?” asked the
“What do you mean gen
tIe D i)ov
The answered : “I mean that is
tbe eighth one of my family that has
died, five brothers and three sisters.
I wonder who will come next ?”
SriTS Only me, be replied, as « be ce wen, went
out.
The Democrat.
Vol. 2.
Poettv. J
A Song of September.
September strews the woodland o’er
With many a brilliant color ;
The world is brighter than before—
Why should our hearts be duller ?
Sorrow and the scarlet leaf,
Sad thoughts and sunny weather,
Ah me ! the glory and the grief
Agree not well together.
This ts the psrttng season—this
The time when friends are flying
. , "7’
Their ,0 " R f ‘ reWellS n are S,RhmK '
Why is earth so gayly drest ?
This pomp that autumn bearetli
A funeral seems - where every gucst
A bridal garment wesreth.
Each one of us, perchance, may here,
On some blue thorn hereafter,
Return to view to gaudy year,
But not with boyish laughter.
Wo shall then be wrinkled men,
AndThen Oqj>Tows with silver laden,
this glee may’st seek again,
But never more a maiden!
Nature, perhaps, forsees that spring
Will touch her teeming bosom,
And that a few brief months will bring
The bird, the bee, the blossom .
Ah ! these forests do not know—
Or would less brightly wither—
The virgin that adorns them so
Will never more come hither.
—Thomas W. Parsons.
Miscellaneous.
“HANG THE BABY.”
“Then you won’t go Alice ?”
“No, Herbert—I am sorry—but the
baby 1”
“Oh, hang the baby 1” and Herbert
flung out of the room, slamming the
door behind him.
Alice stood looking at the door,
growing whiter and whiter. Then she
gave a heart-breaking cry, fell on her
knees by the .cradle, and hiding her
face in her hands, sob! *1 bitterly.
•••—•* ’«*- ~
going to this particular party. It was
given by Mrs. Mountjoy, one of the
leaders in society, and all who were
eminent in politics, diplomacy, or liter
atiire, as well as distinguished in tlie
fashionable world, were sure to be there,
She had been kept at home so much
«ince baby had been born, that she really
felt the need of a little variety and re
taxation. But baby bad been threat
ene( } with croup a week before, and the
tad Mother ,iad not yit recovered Iron,
!‘ er fright. Baby, she admitted, was
now better, “but not fit, ” she declared,
u to be i eft at least with only tho nurse
to look after it. Nurses are so careless.
everybody . , had told her, the best
even
of them. So she felt it her duty to g>ve
up the party. 8he had not asked Her
bel t to give it up also, and even said
there was no reason he should stay at
home; but still, in her heart of all
hearts, she hoped he would.
“Ile said, ‘hang the baby yes, lie did
darling,” she murmered, with indignant
emphasis, as she bent over the little un
conscious sleeper. “It was your papa
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ to #
brilliant party, J’ with such thoughts of
hfe wjfo a child , Di(1 you come ,
dearest i to estrange us from each
^
Thjg awful i(lea calle(1 for bitter
Bights.
Herbert ha>1 9aid such beautiful things
in her trus ting young maidenhood,
“Never should their lives run in sepa
rate channels, as those of some married
people of their acquaintance did”—
“never a joy accepted that did not
™ ke them one”-“never a barrier
should come between them. ” And now
to think that this wee babe, with its
golden curls, this beautiful little helpless
—* P»* ««. « ~~
strong hands could !
She pictured the gay assemblage, and
her Herbert dancing with fair young
smiling on others, and leaving her
to die of heart-break.
Her imagination, always too vivid,
viewed him in his triumphs, until her
misery took almost the form of mad
^ss.
“He didn't want me to go,” she
said ; “he acted as if lie didn’t, Jand
then lie pretended to throw all blame on
^
Suddenly she heard tlie sound of
carriage wheels outside ; they stopped
at the door; the bell rung; and a fairy
like figure stood on the threshold of
the room, in all the wistfulness of ex
pectancy, with dimpling smiles and
langhing eves.
l ‘Oh, Mabel!” cried Alice, starting
^ her feet with a glad cry# uxbis is
indeed, a surprise. I’m so glad you’ve
come. My darling sister 1”
Forthwith!ensued a scene oi xapturous
welcome. Then the baby was exhibited,
and ene .o.dd Dot havedrewned that a
teJlr had evfir stamfed the cbf * k of the
Crawfordville, Georgia, 4, 1878.
proud mother. Then the visitor’s
trunks were ordered to be carried up
stairs.
“But where’s Herbert ? In the
study ?” said Mabel at last
All the light went out of her sister's
eyes; her hands fell.
“lie’s out—out, dear.”
“Good! Don’t be angry, because
I’m glad, for we can Wave such a nice
little chat. You didn’t expect me.”
,
you kaow, for a month jet. But I
thought it would be‘so nice to surprise
ou ’
“Oh ! I’m so glad.”
And then 1 aul is coming,’ she said,
blushing, “next week, to stay a month ;
he has business here : and lie wanted
me so badly to be here too. I declare,”
she said - lau 8hing, “I’ll have to marry
him soon to get rid of him.”
“Oh, Mabel! don’t marry him unless
you’re certain you’ll be happy!” cried
Alice, hysterically. “Be sure, first he
won’t go to parties, and le—ave you
a—lone with ba—by,” she sobbed.
“What! Is Herbert at a party?”
_______, quered Mabel, quite subdued. ,, ,
“Yes, he is; and when I told him
couldn’t go on account of baby, he said,
tagta-tab,,. ; V„, J o»l , t, to « T l,
your own father said those awful words,
and then lie si—slammed the door.”
“He’s a viper I” exclaimed Mabel,
with sudden vehemence. “A nice way
to ticat a wile like >011 a baby like
that! But why couldn’t you leave
hab y ?”
“Because ho was threatened with
croup last week.”
“But lie’s well enough now—sleeps
deliciously. He’ll not wake up all the
night, perhaps. And the nurse would
have taken good care of him.”
“I should have been thinking of fire,
and all that.”
“Oh, nonsence 1 You ought to have
gone. But Herbert lias no right to be¬
have as he did ; and lie must bo pun¬
ished and Mabel threw her wraps on
the bed, and took her seat by the glow¬
ing fire. “It won’t do to let him get
a*.ir. a- nft>v ivi x f«
thought of a ’splendid plan. A charm
mg, delightful little plot,” and she clap
ped her bands in glee.
“Oh, Mabel, what is it ?” and Alice
slid down at her sister’s feet, gazing in
her face with expectant smiles. “What
are you going to do ?”
“I’m not going to do it. I shall slay
here and watch baby. You are going to
the party.”
“Mabel 1 impossible 1”
“Quite possible. In fact it must lie
done. You must let Herbert see that
j'ou are as pretty as anybody, and quite
as much admired. It is decided. You
are to go to tlie party and play a part.
Let me arrange tlie programme.”
“But, Mabel, I liavn’t a dross pre
pared—or anything. I gave up going a
week ago, you see, when baby was
threatened with the croup.”
“Pshaw! You shall wear ono of
mine, one of tlie most bewitching, bewil
dering of dresses, bought from my last
allowance from Uncle Curtis. Only to
see it will throw you into ecstacies.
Wortli never composed anything more
lovely . i wan t to see it on you. Come,
come, call your maid.; lam all impa
tience. We’ll shame our bad husband
into good bohavior, see if wo don’t. No
irresolution, pretty sisters, mine, I’ll stay
at home and fancy myself mistress here
and count your pictures, vases, and pret
ty things, and catalogue them, aoaa to
make mamma.happy wUhaletterlo
morrow. Order John, or Jack, or Bill
or whoever your coachman is to get
the carnages—if that’s impossible, send
for a cab.”
InlessthananhourMabelledhersis
ter to the great French mirror, and
laughingly introduced her to the loveli
est and best-dressed woman she had al-
Alice trembled a little „„ when , she , found , ,
herself actually on the way to Mrs.
Mountjoy s but her sister s urgent will
had conquered, and her heart was hard
ened by Herbert’s emphatic expression
concenng the baby, bho was reassured,
however, by Mrs. Mountjoy’s hearty
welcome.
“So glad you’ve come, rny dear,” she
.said, -lour husband said he feared
‘baby’would keep you at home ; but I
told him it was all nonsense. You did
right to reconsider the matter.”
Herbert, like many handsome society
men, was a little spoiled and selfish
without knowing it. He ioved Alice
devotedly; but he was not unwillingly
to receive the sweet smiles and honeyed
words of others ; while, with a man’s
inconsistency he was not desirous that
his wile should play tbe part of a mar
Tied belle.
It was while he was dancing with one
of the most note *\ and beautiful women
of the metropolis, who was more than
willingly to listen to his nonsense, that
Herbert, looking up tom ,be f«.
leaning against bis sbonlder, while the
dreamy waift music “thrilled hearts
sensitive to qfUfcftng sadness as to joy,” encoun¬
tered the face of his wife, and
saw her arrfjtjl in the Freshest and most
graceful coS ime in the room. She was
moving quia v along with an escort in
uniform.
“Pray, doOt stumble,” said bis part
ner petulantly, for from that moment
the grand r;]>ose of his manner was
gone, am , j, ’/ u , 0 ,lis arra might
-
How the ickens came she here t
be muttered ,o himself, a* he led his
partner, abi ntly, to a seat, deaf to all
lid pretty w ids, and to all her fasci
nations, “h certainly is Alice! But
that dress- j o prettiest thing hero and
I left her qv*o determined not to come.
I don’t und ’.stand it. Dancing with
that military i-uppy, Guinett, too. 81m
knows With I thes^amiable hatejnm.” thoughts, he laid
himself out again the attention of his
wife, and r ake her explain. It was
some time b--ore he had the chance, so
lie had to coi >nt himself with watching
her graceful ^notions, angry with him
self and with her.
“Alice, ca^ I believe my eyes?”
said, at last, during a pause in the
d™o.
1 should Hunk you might, rather,”
was the non'Indent reply.
“Pray, ho-*- did you come ?”
“Pray, bo-C did you come? I rode,
did you walk
“Well, but”—
“Excuse li e. I am engaged four deep
already,” and Herbert was forced to
move aside, a . a pompous acquaintance
claimed ta b «*.
“I’d like l*- knock that fellow down,”
he muttered ingry in earnest.
Another i uise, and another Utc-a
tete. No s; 1 ^faction given. Herbert
had hardly the grace to redeem his danc¬
ing engagen - its.
“About t!-' ’ aby, Alice ?” lie asked
anxiously. A
subdued She put h< l | V” rosy said lips to his ear, and in
a \ :
!'Sv'' A
lSWuer®’wfOrWGU turn' CiiUilgeu
To be sure, he had used the same
guage, but from her it was too exasper¬
ating. How lie got through the evening
he could loudly tell. When, at last,
they were together in the carriage driv¬
ing home, there might have been an open
rupture but for the determined calmness
of Alice, who took everything as a mat
ter of course,
One glance in tho beautiful nursery
unsealed bis eves. There by the lire sat
Mabel, in all the abandon of a negligent
toilet, her luxuriant tresses falling in
glossy freedom over her shoulders, while
Uio little fellow on her lap, clutching at
one long, shining curl, crowed and
laughed as well as he could for “aunt¬
ie’s” smothering kisses.
A sudden revulsion of feeling came
over tho father’s heart at the sight of
this sweet homo picture.
“Alia 1 1 know who contrived this
plot,” he said. “But I am glad to sec
you, nevertheless, Mabel.”
“Wasn’t she the belle of the ball?”
answered Mabel, saucily.
“There’s no doubt of that. At any
rate I didn’t get a chance to dance with
her.”
“Of course. Who ever beard, in so¬
ciety, of dancing with one’s wife ?” she
saiil sarcasticaly. “I see that she fol¬
lowed my directions implicitly. You
must learn, sir, that a house divided
against itself cannot stand—that is, if
one half is flirting at a party, and the
other half at home crying her eyes out.”
“Oil, Alice—were you really ?”
“I should think she was. I can as¬
sure you that I myself saw half the
house dissolved in tears, and so wretch¬
ed that”—
“Mabel, hush said Alice imploringly,
“Traitor, do you turn on me?” ex
«itb mock .11.,>1—
“My child,” she went on, tossing the
crowing cherub, “teM your selfish papa,
that he also lias some obligations, and
that if you bail known you were to lie
the bone of contention in this family,
y0U M have staid in the garden of the
angels, where you were wanted.”
Herbert was strongly affected by this
audacious outburst, but it had the effect
to lead him to see his duty in a new
light. It taught him to reflect; opened
his eyes to his selfishness; and made
him, from that evening, a better and
more considerate husband.
Six months from that time Alice was
dressed for a party. But thislimethe
party was at her own house, and in hon
or of Mabel’s marriage. Even the bride
did not look lovelier ; for nothing now
occurred to mar Alice’s happiness; and
happiness, after all, is the best preserva
live of beauty.
wl^^^^h^rth^inthl! “Ah! how charming y0T, h
1 ' dank'
•
f ’ When and that is saying a
great Led, deaJ than I cured your bus
sending r* •» Mrs. Monnt.
joy’s party.”
89.
No Encouragement.
A brisk light between two boys at the
foot of Griswold street yesterday was
interrupted by a citizen, who, after
releasing one of them, made the other
sit down ou a salt-barrel and be talked
to.
“Now, then,” he began, “it is a ter
fible thing for a boy like you*to be con
ducting in this manner.”
“I’d a licked him if you hadn't come
“Suppose you had. Do you'try vou want to
be a dog? Why don’t and be
a good boy and get along peacefully
with everybody? Suppose you lmd
rolled up the wharf and been drowned P”
“Supposed I hadn’t, too ! It’s the
good boys who get drowned !”
“What?”
“ It ’s so, and I kiu prove it! I'll bet
a dollar agin a cent that more Sunday
'
school boys have been drowned this year
than bad ’uns!”
The man reflected and did not dispute
the assertion
“And more run ^v over bv the e „-« »
continuedthe conunuiu me uoy.
No answer again.
“And more of’em got sick and died
and I'll bet I’ve not more ,„on..v 77, >.,,,1
„„r» f„u ,«„uu tta,
good boy in Detroit 1
“But tlio good are rewarded ’ ” quietly
observed the nvm
“So are the bad,” replied the boy.
I’ll bet I make fifty cents before dark !”
“But tlie good aro respected. ”
“So am I. I kin go up to tlio post
office and borry three dollars’tbout
security, and I’ll bet ten to fivo you
c.n-t, Came, »«»-,,»l up Lb.
My boy, sadly observed tbo man,
“you must think of the future. Don’t
you want to bo looked up to aud respect
t-d when you arc a man ?”
iimt s too fai ahead, was tho , lone
some reply. “If anybody thinks I’m
going to be called a clolhes-piu and a
wheelbarrow and a hair-brush liy all the
boys and not go for ’eta, jist for the.
sake of lookin’ like an augol when I git
to be a man, they is mistaken in the
iimt.bc, j* ... i.v. ** r> *»». ^ ■
Aud lie “dasn't. ’—Detroit Free Press.
Stubbs Seoks Rovongo.
“Pappy, Old Mr. Smith’s gray colt has
broken into our cabbage patch again.”
“lie has, has he ? Well, just load my
rifle, my son, and wo will see if an ounce
of lead will not lead Mr. Smith’s colt to
reform his habits.”
This colloquy passed between Mr. and
Master Stubbs, just after tea. As soou
as it was dark, Mr. Stubbs takes his ri¬
fle, marches over towards old Mr. Smith’s
farm, and when within about thirty rods
of old Mr. Smith’s barn, bo raised tlio
deadly tube, pulled tho trigger, and
dropped ono of the very best looking gray
colts in the country.
Stubbs having fulfilled his mission, re¬
turned homo, went to bed, and slept
with a lighter couscionoo than ho bad
enjoyed for tho last eight months. Tho
next morning while seated at breakfast,
who should bo seen striding towards tlie
domicil of Mr. Stubbs, but old Mr.
Smith. Smith entered tlie house—Smith
was excited, and for a moment lacked
words to express himself.
“Mr. Stubbs, I’ve come over to tell
you that a horse was shot near my barn
last night.”
“Sorry to hear it, Mr. Smith, al¬
though not much suprised, for that gray
colt of yours was not calculated to make
many friends.”
“But it was not my colt that got
shot.”
“Wasn’t your gray colt? Well,
which horse was it ?”
“That gray colt you purchased last
week of Widow Duois. lie broke in iny
pasture last evening ; I intended to send
him over this morning, but it’s no use
now—his brains lay scattered around
Ml , stubbs was thunderstruck. The
id ,. a thaL Jl0 kMIe(1 the wrong horse
lIrovc hiin to .iteration, and caused
k r , ll( . f in a(lireclion that rather
astol)iHhod his household. The last seen
o£ Slllb bs, he was chasing liis elder son
n.n ™ down tuding the tumnike with an eight
" 7-----------
Mi(Jf) Ma rtha Atlanta Lumpkin,
daughter of Governor Lumpkin, is the
guest of Mrs. John M. Johnson. It may
not be generally known that Atlanta
iadv , fl ;mVaf ter wards' h^Vecond'ni.r'!^
a talanta, was given to the place. This
was changed into Atlanta gradually.
-
^
_______
Th(; Rasscx In< Upem<leM says: “Sul
jj van county X. Y. has one town bur
dened with 180 dogs a cat with six toes
reilread-tS called
‘Whoa, Emma,’ a large Greenback
party, two girls that killed a rattlesnake
live feet Iong, aplace calledWpantuck^’
and a P P°° k
The Democrat
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Quarter Half Column Column, twelve mouths . . 10 00
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Z &~ One Inch or Less considered as a
square. We hare no fractions of a square,
all fractious of squares will be counted as
squares, uiteral deductions made on Con¬
tract Advertising.
Pompeii.
Excavations at Pompeii prove the
city to have been one of the moot
fashionable and beautiful of Roman
summer resorts, and but for the eruption
it might have remained so to this day.
As with Pompeii, so with thousands of
people who have beauty of form and
feature. They might always be ad*
mired but for the eruption, that makes
the face unsightly, and betrays the
but one remedy that positively cure*
these affections, and that remedy is Dr.
Iherce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It
is the best known tonic, alterative, and
resolvent. It speedily cures pimple*,
blotches, liver spots, and all diseases
arising from impoverished or impure
blood. It also cures dyspepsia, and
regulates the liver and bowels. 8old by
druggists.
Shooting his own Hons.
A person in a passion very frequently
jumps at conclusions so suddenly as to
Jork bis own head off, as they say.
don’t , V keep “eighlmr chickens Thompson, if you
your out of my
garden, 1 will shoot them.”
“Very well, Doolittle, shoot away;
on,y if yon kUl any ot Uly hens throw
'ZXf’L followibs-pleot
morning after morning, and the largo
fi Thompson’s 4 hens wore pitched They into neighbor well,
yard. cooked
irnod tbtfffi. ^ “u'neweT'lmd Tf
bene, and that lie bad been shooting hit
own, they having broken out of his
t ' 00,, •
n ° w aa U1U ^ '
with acquaintance, S£G$&£lJ$ and seeking
au to
haVt*him change into bettor paths, but
11,0 h'end aaid ho was too often tempted
to permit liim to become a Christian.
“Whar’syer backbone, dat 1” ye can’t
rose up aud stand temptation exclaim¬
ed the good man. “I was dat wa
myself once. Right in dis yere town
had a chance to steal a pa’r of boots
mighty fine ones, too. Nobody was dar
to see me, und 1 reached out my baud
and oii do whispered debil said take ’em. Den a good
» it for me to let dem boot*
' “\o„ sail—not much. 1 took a pa’r o’
cheap shoos off de shelf, an’ I left deni
boots alone I”
Facta Worth Knowing.
A correspondent sends us tlie follow*
ing assertions, which lie claims are
absolutely the truth :
There never was a woodcock seen on
the Pacific coast.
There never was an ocean steamer
Unit ever burst the boiler.
There never was a dog went mad west
of tlie Rocky Mountains.
There never was a boeeh or sycamore
struck by lightning.
There never was an eel caught on the
Pacific coast.
There never was a locomotive or a
steamer struck by lightning,—Ex.
Why it Will Be Disliked.
Tho common council o( S«n Antonio,
Texas, is getting itself very of much dis¬
liked. At a mass meeting its citizen*,
it was resolved Unit the alderman hail
lost Uio respect and confidence of tho
ixiople, because they had appointed as
superintendent of public schools a man
who liears the reputation of bring a bore,
a drunkard, a libertine and an igno¬
ramus. it is thought in Texas that
these things disqualify a man for tho
siirpi.qliiteiidence Times. of educators .—Ohicago
In New Mexico tho following method
of catching ants is Isith popular and ef¬
ficacious. A few largo champagne bot¬
tles are buried in the ground dost tho
entrance to the nest till their, tops aro
just flush with the ground. Every ant
going from or coming to the colony will
at moo walk up, peep oyer, and then
drop in. When he gets to tho bottom he
finds himself in the middle of a free
light, in which legs anil antenn® aro
chewed off with alarming recklessness.
Two or three days suffleo to accumulate
l half a dozen quarts of ants,*aml com¬
pletely exterminate the colony. Gun¬
powder, coal oil aud boiling water are
not half as sure.
Deakino, September candidate 91 .-A mass
meeting to nomihato a for the
legislature in place of Dr. J. Jones,
moUmi D.^no JmfC* cal^d on
whose G n was to
the Chair and Jack Harris, Esq., ap
pointed Secretary. The venerable Chair*
™'l miwl ° a h 7f° Me ^
nplUqVrii'iTfoV^ImrnionC , ,
oL
Elias Wilson, of Wrightsboro, was nom
mated by acclamation. Col. Wilson is
86 years of age, and has represented
barren county several tunes m the
We learn from young Mr, Longino, of
Meriwether, that a sure remedy for
Aomn*o«'^ “ . , *'a U . ick „_____.
1 imt that
will hold atiout 30 pounds, lay it on the
small of tlie horse's back and continue
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and Home.
Any person in Maseehustts who
. permits bis Ibwls to over or remai«
on a neighbor s premises, after being
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