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“Your name?” uttered the judge.
“Rev. Abraham Clearstarch. ”
Bottles cpuld -hardly hold in the titter,
wlpch. notwithstanding the solemnity
th( j Occasion, was ready to bubble from
his lips.
i t You are a minister, are you not?”
The reverend gentlemen bowed. *
“Mr. Clearstarch, you may state
case in ns few words as possible,”
i t Yes. sir. Day before yesterday
noon, I purchased a ring for my daughter,
I put the ring,.into my purse, and walked
dqwn.- to , India wharf upon business,
Upon ‘returning to my hotel 1 found that
my purse was gone. 1 retraced my steps;
but to no avail; I could not find my
purse. Yosterday afternoon at dinner in
t he hotel where I was stopping I saw
I he ring upon the finger of this girl,
I recognized the ring, and knew
at once that she must know of the
purse. 1 left the dining room, found an
officer and had him make the arrest. The
girl picked my pocket.”
“Sure of that, Mr. Clearstarch?” asked
his honor.
“She must have done so. I certainly
could not have lost it,” responded the
reverend gentleman.
i i Was the purse and ring found upon
I he person of the culprit?” asked the judge
of the officer.
i if rhe ring was upon the girl’s finger,
the purse in the boy’s pocket.”
“Bad case. Now, my little man, tell
your story. ”
“If you please, sir, I’m only a boy,
rough and all that, sir. I swear sum
times and—maybe you wouldn’t believe
me. She’ll tell you all ’bout it. You
see, she’s only a little girl what liain’t
got no friend in all the world but Bottles
—Bottles is me, sir. Rags is her name,
She never swears and—she never picked
fnaryouJs”° w that ’ wer " ber
sr made thc 3ndge smile good
“Now, Rags, tell it all. Don’t be
’feared. The'trosnel 1 sharn can’t hurt us ”
whispered Bottles to the trembling girl by
his side
With u nit freouent licqut Jit «'obs -oos and ana choking cnoxing excia excla
nmtions Rags told her story, which you
i already 11 ‘ 15 know ?V‘ one She also aiso told tom how now good goixi
Bottles had , been to lier; how he had often
gone without anything 1 ll X to eat so that she
should have food. she gave ufaitl,
ful picture of the peculiar life which
surrounded the pair. The judge was as
sured of her truth, and after she had
ceased ‘it’s he said:
t * evident that the girl has told what
is true. Is there any one in the room ac
qualified with the pair?” A sleek, fat,
jolly looking man stepped forward and
ga j ( ] .
“1 know them your honor. I keep a
butcher shop down in South street. A
newsboy came and told me last night that
Bottles and Rags had been arrested.
honor, I stand here to say, from the bot
tom of my heart, that I know both of
them to be honest, square and upright.
They are unfortunate children of
street who make an honest living. I
hope your honor won’t be hard on the two
poor little kids.”
i » They are both discharged. Mr. Clear
starch, you will get your purse and ring of
thc clerk. One thing more—you’ll not find
the whole amount. The cashier of the Craw¬
ford restaurant just, sent me a note, tell¬
ing how the two little unfortunates eu
joyed their Thanksgiving dinner at his
place yesterday. Of course, having re
covered your property, you will willingly
donate that dinner for charity’s sake,
Next.”
The Rev. Abraham Clearstarch got his
purse and ring, and went on his way.
And Bottles and Rags found in a kindly
st ranger who had been present a friend in
whom philanthropy was largely devel*
oped. The pair are, this day of Thanks¬
giving. eat ing a noble dinner at a home in
one of our great western states.
At last the two waifs, Bottles and Rags,
are safely harbored from the sterner blows
of poverty.—II. S. Keller in Commercial
Travelers' Magazine. ’
JYineo ______
Albert Victor and Prince ot
Wales are not likely to bo made peers for
several years, as their father does not wish
them to enter tba house of lords during the
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! THE PILGRIMS’ THANKSGIVING.
How It Was Observed by Direction of
Governor Bradford.
The Pilgrim Fathers landed at Ply
mouth, as we all know, on Monday, Dec.
21, 1020.
Under favorable auspices the first har
, vest was gathered. With hearts of joy
they secured the bountiful crop of Indian
corn which had ripened in the fierce heats
of August and the warm haze of Septem
her. As they looked on the heaped up
i stores—the first fruits of their toil in the
j new thankfulness land—their that the hearts Lord swelled had with
so merci¬
! fully cared for them, and that, though
sorely smitten with pestilence, they were
| dom now from blessed with health, peace and free
j the dread of famine.
I Mindful of the Providence to whom
those blessings were due (those stern, bold
men were very devotional), Governor
Bradford proclaimed a solemn Thanksgiv¬
ing feast, and ordered that preparations
should be made for celebrating it with
such festivities as were in their power.
Four men were dispatched into 1 he woods
to shoot wild fowl, and though the game
had been scanty throughout the summer,
the quartet of sportsmen returned at night
staggering under their burden of turkeys,
geese and pigeons sufficient to provision
the entire settlement, for a Avhole week,
There was rare labor done by the good
Puritan dames, plucking and dressing the
game, pounding corn and baking it, get
ting out and polishing the tin and pewter
table services brought from England and
Holland, and scrubbing the wooden
trenchers that served the poorer pilgrims
in lieu of tin or pewter.
The roar of one of the great guns on the
hill top announced the commencement of
Thanksgiving. It was Thursday, Oct. 24,
xs
abreast, with firearms shouldered,
marched orderly and silently toward the
meeting house. Behind came Governor
Bradford in his long robe of office, walk
ing gravely, as befitted a governor. On
his right m hand inf i walked wnlkerl the the vene™hle veneraoie lUd- Fid
er Brewster in his preacher’s cloak, A bear
mg . the Bible reverently in ms T lianas, 0 un
the governor’s left was the military chief
of the colony, Miles Standish, his heavy
armor laid aside for a short cloak, his
trusty sword at his side, and a small cane
in his hand as a mark of office. Proudly
he watched the firm tread, sturdy frames
and serviceable weapons of the little troop
before him, and was half regretful that
among the subjects for the day’s thanks
giving was the blessing of peace with all
the tribes about them. It was also a pity
so many good muskets should be used
only in shooting wild fowl, so doubtless
he thought; for the , sturdy , little , captain
was, as he had said, a man of war, half of
whose thirty-seven years had been spent
in knocking about the world as a soldier
of fortune.
The sermon of Elder Brewster was ap¬
propriate to the occasion. Never was lie
known to preach a better discourse or a
shorter one, though it would be thought
long enough now, particularly if the
steam of roasting Meleagris gallopavo
tickled the nostrils of preacher and con¬
gregation, as it did them.
It was a Thanksgiving dinner, and nc
mistake about it. To be sure the tables
were of the rudest, and there was not
much display, nor were there the many
little delicacies that can often be found
aow on Thanksgiving tables. But the
turkey was there in all his glory of
browned skin, rich gravies and palatable
stuffiing, and so were a number of other
birds, great and small, roasted and boded
an( * baked over the embers. There w a.
corn bread and hominy and puddings,
and several little nicknacks such as skillful
housewives could make up of the mate
rials at hand. Nor were the tables alto*
gether wanting in display. Some families
had brought a few household relics from
their English homes, and these were set
out to do honor to the day of rejoicing.
The dinner over, the pilgrims turned to
the homes they had left. As the day
closed and darkness came creeping in
from the pine woods around Plymouth,
the settlers trod once more, in fancy, the
green lanes of England or the busy streets
of Leyden. They sang the psalms and
songs that had been sung around tneir
English firesides, and mingled memories
of the past with thankfulness for the pres¬
ent and hope for the future.
Hark! An Indian shout, followed by
a challenge from one of the guard. A
sharp rattle of a drum, and every man
grasped his firelock and rushed out in
alarm. Nearly a hundred savages were
pouring into the village with shouts and
cries. But there was no occasion for
alarm. It was Massasoit and his braves
coming in to thank the white men for
their assistance and to share their festivi¬
ties. They brought with them five deer
and a good supply of other game, as their
contribution to the feast.
So the thanksgiving feasting was con¬
tinued another day. By daybreak the fires
were again set going and the work of
roasting, broiling and boiling was re¬
sumed. This time venison was added to
the turkey.
While the feast was preparing the In¬
dians performed their dances, startling
the white men and frightening the young
folks and women with their wild yells and
fierce gestures. When they rested Capt.
Standish ordered out his soldiers in full
armor and put them through their mili¬
tary exercises, winding up with the dis¬
charge of a volley from their muskets,
and a salute from the great cannon on the
hill top and the little cannon before the
governor’s door. The crash of the mus¬
ketry and the roar of the ordnance terri¬
fied the savages, and they begged the
“great captain” that he would not thun¬
der again, lest he should kill them all.
On the third day the feasting was re¬
sumed, the Indian hunters going out
before daybreak and returning early with
| a ™ e , ^ ® ^™n nd V , $ ssw«- LSfwta A
SiSS
dians a short distance from the settlement
Thus, with prajer^ fJ^ 1: an^feltting and feasting, with with
P su ms aru ! Indian dances, with
joyous J J songs, mincrUrur roaring artillery and Eng
h&h shouts , mingling pLppHIv cheerily with with Indian Tmiinn
whoops, t was celebrated the first New
England my Thanksgiving. 1 „ n1ra ~ ivin{r _ H. r Maria Mrtmr ftenrere George
In Demorest's Magazine,
EDUCATIONAL GLEANINGS.
Colorado shows the highest average paid to
women teachers.
In West Virginia . . the average of men and
women teachers’wages is the same.
The winter meeting of the National Educa*
tion association will be held nt Washington,
Feb. 14-16, 1888.
Harvard college is at a high tLan tide of fortune,
having received no less $3,000,000 in
gifts during the last five months.
The great telescope of Dearborn university,
Chicago, has passed into the possession of th6
Northwestern university of Illinois.
The fact is shown that a very large major*
ity of all eases of myopia, near sightedness,
have their origin during the period of school
lifa
It is expected that the new fire proof build¬
ing of Syracuse university, to contain the
Von Ranke library", will be completed within
a year.
A school for the teaching of the Volapuk ia
to be opened by the Bavarian minister of
worship at the Luitpold gymnasium in
Munich.
It is in . Boston that fiftyjlady teachers unite
m securing an instructor and lecturer, devot
mgtheir spare hours to hard study of psy
gy
The election of Miss Alice M. Longfellow
to a place on the school board at Cambridge,
Mass., is viewed with much satisfaction in
that section.
The first college president in this country
0 f Scandinavian origin is Edward Olson, re
cently elected to the presidency of the Uni
versity of Dakota.
It was on account of his rigorous treatment
of students in the gymnasium that M. Delia
noff, the Russian minister of public instruc¬
tion, was dismissed.
In Brief and to the Point." 11
Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disord
liver is misery. Indigestion is a f t
to good nature.
The human digestive apparatus is
one of the most complicated and
wonderful things in existence. It
easily put out of order.
Greasy fool,tough food,sloppy food
bad cookery, mental worry, late hours
rre'ilir 11 bits, and may of.Yiefc
things which ought not to be, h.
made the American people a
of dispepsia.
But Green’s August Flower has done
a wonderful work in teforming this
sad business and making the Ameri
can people so healthy that they can
enjoy their meals and be happy.
Rc-member:-No happiness without
health. But Green’s August Flower
brings health and happiness to
dyspeptic. Ask your druggist for a
bottle. Seventy-five cents.
BUSY AS BEES.
“Please say to the readers of the
Journal that while we are too bus"'
to write an advertisement, we are not
too busy to give them careful atten¬
tion if they are in need of anything
in the way of clothing, hats, furnish
ing goods, &c. Our stock is full and
complete and the great rush upon
is evidence that our prices are satis
factory. Never before haue we been
so well assured of the wisdom of our
motto “Quick sales and small profits.”!
Thus spoke the senior of .J. K
Harris this & ibe, Co., Clothiers, hurried Columbus^
to sc r as he off to at¬
tend a waiting customer. |
The finest line of Toilet Soap^i
ever exhibited in Hamilton just re
ceived at the Drug Store. tf
About the Crops.
If ymj want to save money in yom
foot wear and at the name time get firp I
c’ftsa boots and shoes, call at the sign j
the big Black Bear, Columbus’, Ga anc*
,
I ny from C. J. Edge.
THE MORNING NEWS j
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE! i-l
Printing .Lithographing ,Engr^i
ring , Stereotyping 9 Book Bin¬
ding and Blank Book i
Manufacturing .
The Largest Concern of the kid is the Soot'
J hnrongbly eqnipped and complete ^
ip it>elf;the latest machinery and thej i
most skillful workmen. 'i!
Corporations. Banks Manufacturers. County ■I i ■
Earmers. and Bankers, Merchants, IVIechanics, Officers;
And Business Men Generally
about placing orders for anything { <
in t,
above lines, from a visiting card tat
raaronaoth poster, or from a noemoranc^ J
boob to a mammoth ledger, are reqtv*
to give f 1 is b u»e a trial. Aj' Jm
J.H. F?.TILL, rfi
3 Whitaker St., Savanna#) A
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