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lisher may continue to send it until payment
is made, and collect the whole amount,
vhether the paper Is taken from the office or
d >t.
3. The courts l.ave decided that refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from the
postoffice, or removing and leaving them nn
»ailed for, is prima fade evidence of inton
tional fraud.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
Mayor— Thomas (4. Barnett.
Commissioners— W.W. fnrnipseed, D. B.
Bivins. E <4- Harris, E. R. James.
(’mirk —E. <4 Harris.
Thkascrer —W. S. Shell.
Marshals —S. A. Bolding. Marshal.
L. H. Moore, Deputy.
JUDICIARY.
A. M. Speer. - Judae.
F. D. Pismi re, - - Solicitor Genera!.
Putts—Second Mondays in March 4ud
Septemher.
Henry—Third Mondays in January and
July.
Monroe—Fourth Mondays in February,
and August.
Newton—Third Mondays in March and
September.
J’ike —First Mondays in April ntid Octo
ber.
Rockdale—l bird Mondays in February and
and Aug ust.
Spalding—First Mondays in February
and August.
Upson—First Mondays in May and No
vember.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Methodist Episcopal Church, (South.)
Rev. Wesley F. Smith, Pastor Fourth
Sabhath in eaeh month Sunday-school 3
p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
Christian Church, W. S. Fears, Pastor.
Second Sabbath in each month.
Baptist Church. Rev. ,T. P. Lyon, Pas
tor. Third Sabbath in each month.
DOCTORS
■J\R. J. O. TURN IPSEKD will attend to
-1-r all calls day or night. Office i resi
dence, Hampton. Ga
liR. W. H PEEBLES treats all dis
.l * cases, and will attend to all calls day
and night. Office at the Drug Store,
Broad Street, Hampton, Ga.
PEE BILL,
Each visit, in dav, #l.
Each visit, in night. 82.
M ileage, in day. 50c.
Mileage, in night, sl.
Prescription, ft
Obstetrics, from sio to SIOO.
Consultation. StO.
DR. D. F. KNOTT having permanently
located in Hampton, oilers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Hampton
and vicinity. All ordeis left at Mclntosh’s
store will receive prompt attention. sp26
"JAR. N. T BARNETT tenders his proles-
J/ sional services to the citizens of Henry
ond adjoining counties, and will answer calls
day or night. Treats all diseases, of what
ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store.
Hampton, (4a. Night calls can be made at
my residence, opposite Berea church. apt 26
F F PONDER, Dentist, has located in
v* • Hampton, Ga.,and invites the public to
cull at bis roon. upstairs in the Bivins
House, where he will be found at all hours.
\V arrants all work for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
CW. HORN KIT, Attorney and Coun
• seller at Law, Jonesboro, Ga. Prompt
attention given to all business.
O. NOLAN Attorney at Law, Me
lt Donoiigh, Georgia. Will practice in
the count ics composing the Flint Circuit;
ihe Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
Uuited States District Court.
W VI .T. DICKEN, Attorney at Law, Me
Dnnough, <4a. Will practice in the
counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir
cuit. the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
United States District Court. (Office up
stairs over W. C. Sloan’s.) apr27-ly
GKO. M. NOLAN, Attorney at Law.
McDonough. Ga. (Office in Court house )
Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun
ties, and io the Supreme anil District Courts
of Georgia. Prompt attention to col
lections. mch23-6m
JF. WALL, Attorney at Law, //amp
ton.Ga Will practice in the counties
composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia.
Prompt attention given to collections. ocs
EDWARD J. REAGAN, Attorney at
law. Office up stairs in the Mclntosh
building, Hampton. Ga. Special attention
given to commercial aud other collections,
BF. MeCOLLUM. Attorney and C“un
• Bellor at Liw, Hampton. Ga Wifi
practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta.
Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Bull® Su|»e
rior Courts, and in the Supreme arid United
States Courts. Collecting claims a specialty
Office uo stairs in the Mclntosh Building.
THE LILIES OF THE FIELD.
Wide scattered o’er the pleasant land,
In gmments white ond radiant, stand
God’s sentinels, fresh from his hand,
The lilies of the field.
They never weep, nor toil, nor spin,
N‘>r evei grieve, nor ever sin,
But, lair without and pare within,
Sweet praise and incense yield.
Beneath the daylight’s sultry bcatn,
Or low beside the murmuring stream,
They meekly bow their heads, nor set m
To know of discontent.
No high estate by them preferred,
No voice of sad repining heard,
Sweet, silent preachers o( the Word,
To weary moitals sent.
Not treasures rare, nor priceless gem,
Not costly robe with jeweled hem,
Nor royal monarch's diadem.
Nor wealth of Indian seas.
Can with these humble flowers compare
In spotless gaiments, soft and.fair;
Not kings, in all their glory, are
Arrayed like one of these.
Sweet, simple lilies of the field,
In you how much of God revealed !
Faith finds a bulwark aud a shield
In lessons you imuart.
O, teach my will to be resigned,
Instruct my proud and wayward mind
Pbe highest, tiuest peace to find,
To sanctify my heart.
Cenhal Presbyterian
A Colored Kihoilci’s Version of
the Bible.
Borne time ago a lew ol the '‘white trash"
were invited to attend the luntral of tin oh)
setvant ol the ante belh tn du\B. The exer
cises took place iu the neighborhood of
Horn ny Ridge, in this couuty. M hen tb
preacher in charge had concluded, he called
upon a tall, lean, lank-lookmg fellow from
Franklin county, by the name of Dan
Knapp, to conclude, when lie arose and de
livered l.imsell of ti e following characteristic
jargon, wlicli can be atle-led by several
repu'able witnesses, your correspondent
•inning the number :
•*De occasion ov m.y apearin befo you, my
lubbed sist’rio an brudderin, am de death ov
sister Judy. An all flesh am grass, mid all
grass am flesh, ah ; an de grass am cut down
an diy np, an go to its long home, ah. An
in dis hur cas’n we’s reminded ob de certain
luct dal man am ov but a few days, an so
is de woman. Yes. my Lord ! An dis re
minds me ov a circum. lance long time ago
’lore de flood ; yes, fore de flood, ah.
“Der blessed Book tol’ us dar war a man
rich man—and his name war Diverse, and
dat man lib in a big fine house, ah ; and he
iiab nice grabble walk allround da! hous 1 ,
an roses, on twinin’ vines, an flowers, and
little green bushes, an nice little iron fence
all round dat yard. Yes, my Lord ! An
lie hub a big yard dat run down on the pub
lic road, and hab a big, high plank fence ter
him; an a big gate. Yes, my Lord ! An
all in dar he hab big trees wid der tops cut
off, sheeps, an ealfs, an colts, an muda griss,
an ebry thing de heart can wish, ah. Yes
my Lord I An old Divetse he lib up dar in
all der sumptiousness ob der season, ond he
hab der maid servant and der man servant,
an he hab a big fine carriage, an when he
ride out lie had on der carriage a fore nigguh
an a hind niggah—one to open der gate a*>
one ter shut der gate. Oh, my Loid ! An
when he eat he Imb all der good things ob
dis world handed round by der yaller gals
And none ob yer half split pork meat like
dese country stores give us now. No. my
Lord ! Ana poo’ man name ob Lazarus he
cum along an he war hungry, an tiled, an
sick, an naked, arid hab sores all over hi
back, lor da h d been a whaling him. Yes,
my Lord ! An be stopped at dat big gate
an sent a little niggah to Diverse to get
some cold supper, and to git to stay all night
in de barn stable Oh, my Lord !
“An what he done ! Did be let him stav
in the stable? l)id he send him dat supper?
No, my Lord! Diverse, when be got dat
word, just picked np the double- barrel gun
and called at him dogs and went down to
dat gate a cussin an a runnin. An when
Lazarus seed dat lie bieuk d-wn dat road,
ah. Diverse, he lain way wif bof barrels ot
dat gun, an den all de dogs took after
La Zaras —he run an da ron. He ran, an
Diverse slap his hands and sot der dogs on,
an de dogs da war 100 much for poor old
Lazarus, an da coteh him an tore up poo’
old Luzaius Yes, my Lord. An poo’ old
L'Zarus he war a niggah, like our sister
Jody.— Fayetteville (Miss) Chronicle
“Fash well! tny own H' sang tbe maD who
took his swietheart into a fashionable res
taurant. banded her tbe bill of fare, and
then slipp'd out the back way and left her
to settle the bilL
HAMPTON, GEORGIA, 'FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, ISBO.
Kissing the Baby.
While Co'. Alien was discussing national
finances on the hotel plan, Col. Tom Crit
tenden quietly slid down oil the platform and
eirculatid among the crowd. He wore a
delicate white duck suit, blue necktie and
patent-leather pumps, and was the cynosure
of all female eyes on the premises Colonel
Torn, with an tye to business, began ogling
i he babies.
-Oh, yon sweet little darling," said Col.
Tom, addiessing a fuzzy, pop eyed brat Hint
lolled 1 1> z : Iy in its mother’s arms under one
of ihe trees ; “I ow old is it, ma'am ?”
••Four months, sir,” said the lond mother.
“A little girl, eh ?” sni.i Colonel Tom.
‘ No, a boy,’’ replied the mother.
“Ah, ves, now that I come to look at it
more closely 1 d< tect the strong manly
features of a hoy.” Colonel hastened to
say. “Please, may I kiss the little cherub ?’
Col. Ton shut his eyes and exploded an
osculaiory sound on the (tizzy lace and the
child put np a big lip and threatened to cry
• He is sucli a teauiiful child,’’ murmured
Col. T< m, “such eyes, such » head, such an
expanse of forehead, such a mouth, such a
wealth of comultxion, such a sweet, tranquil
expression ! ’
•*La me, yon don’t really think so, do
you?" simpered the flattend mother.
“1 never raw a sweeter little cherub,” said
Col-Tom, “1 believe I’ll Imve to kiss him
gain."
Having gone through a second o eulatory
mai'yidom. Col 'lorn assumed a seraphic
look—a look calculated to strike taffy to the
most hardened feminine heart, and got right
down to bu-iness.
‘ I’m u candidate for Governor,” said he,
• at d nothing would do me greater joy than
to leel assund that 1 had the support of the
lather ol this sweet babe. * Gome, let me
hold the little darling in my arms. I do
ihnk he is just the sweetest little angel I
ever saw !”
The flattered mother gave up the fuzzy
baby with profuse apologies about its not
being well dressed, etc., Imped it wouldn’t
trouble the gentli man, etc., glad to know he
admired it so much, etc
The tuzz , b.,hy writh'd and squirmed and
grew rod in the lace, and wrinkled itself all
up a d b< Iched a tiillc, and then lay oa'm
and composed on Col. Tom’s strong right
arm.
• The little pricious !’ cried Colonel Tom.
•You’ll tell his lather how much I I bought
ol his little chetub won’t you. ma’am? And
you tell him I’m a candidu'e lor Governor,
eh ma’am.”
The poor woman’s face dropp' d, and big,
salt tears eatne into her eyes
“Ob. sir,” she said, “you don’t know wiial
you ask—my poor husband died of the
j Hinders two months ago.”
There was a far off look in Colonel Tom
Ci itlendcn’s goldod-glinted eyes as he gently
hut firmly dumped tlfat fuzz, baby on the
bereaved woman’s lap and walked straight
hack to the platform uiid replaced liim-ell
on a bench.
Not alone was sorrow confined to Colonel
Tom Crittenden’s upheaving bosom. There
were silent truces ol suffering upon his right
coat .-leeve.— St Louis Tim s-Journal.
liuw Marriages are Arranged in
Russia.
Russian marriages ate generally arranged
through priests. A well-bred bride
groom mast present a gift to a monastery
and another to his parish church ; the bride
through her friends, is expected to clothe
some statue ol a virgin with a gown of sil
ver brocade, enriched with inoie or leg
jewels, according to the piety ol the donor ;
and in some parls of Southern Russia she
adds a gift of two white doves to the Pope,
wh eh looks like a relic of the worship of
Venus. The consent of parents is necessary
for ant rringe until tbe age of 36 in the
case of and 25 in the case of women ;
but young people are at liberty to appeal
to the civii authorities if consent be arbi
trarily withheld. In this event parents are
called op to show reason (or their refusal.
The teason must not be mercenary, unless
oue ol tbe young pfople be heir to a landed
estate; then the question is referred to the
marshal oi the nobility in the district, whose
decisions are based upon rxpediency rather
than upon fixed principles. These appeals
arc rare, because the Russians are a marry
ing people, aud dispose of their children
early. In the middle nod lower classes
men marry at 20. when not drafted by the
conscription. In the higher aristocracy a
young man goes the “graud tour” before
settling down, int he is often betrothed lie
tore giarting, to a young lady not yet out
ol the schoolroom There is no country
that bus so few old maids as .Russia.
YVbeu a girl has reached the age ot 25
wi hout finding a mate, she generally sets
out on what is called a pilgrimage, ii poor
—on n round of travels if rich, and iu either
case she turns up some years later as a
widow. Widows are plentiful as old
spinsters aie scarce, and widows whose
husbands were never seen are more numer
ous than the rest. Etiqu’ite forbids any
allusion to u lady’s dead husband in her
presence, and this is sometimes convenient.
When a couple me engaged, a betrothal
feast is held and the bride elect has a lock
of her hair cut off in the presence of wit
nesses and given to the bridegroom, who in
turn presents a silver ring set with a tur
quoise, an almond cake and a gilt ot bread
and salt. From ttifcrmoment the two are
plighted, nor can the relatives break
the in itch except with the consent of
the parties them reives, winch is signified
the return of tire ring and lock ol
hair, bo much importance is attached
to the ring that among poor people who
cannot afford silver and turquoise, tin and
a hit of bluestone are substituted. On tin*
wedding day the bride comes to the church
dresstd in white; but it is only among the
higher classes that the bridal costume is
' ntirely white, and that a wieath of orange
flower blossoms is worn.
Banged Ilair.
To our sight there is nothing sadder than
a sane woman with her hair banged.
A lunatic inght be excused ; hut why a
woman in the full possession of Tier faculties,
und with the knowledge that she has u char
acter to keep up, can wear her hair bunged
is to us a profound mystery.
From whence came this style ? Who
originated it? Whose: it tiff >at ? Nobody
on earth can say truthfully that it is beauti
ful We have never heard that it was
hialthy We have never heard of its curing
the liver complaint or the rheumatism. It
does not render oue more liable to draw a
pi z* in a lottery. It does not insure the
wearer against being dro .vned, or struck by
lightning, or bored by sewing machine
agents. *
It does Dot make a tali woman look
shorter, or a short one taller, or a fat one
leaner ; and if it is becoming to any human
faey, then that lace has escaped our notice.
It will metamorphose the prettiest girl of
on acquaintance into a monstrosity ; and
as for its effect on a plain woman !—may the
saints deliver us from seeing it ! It imparts
to the average leinale face the most dis
couraged, woe begone, done-lor-geucrally
expression we h.ve ever seen—as if the per
son had played her last card, got euchered,
and was willing to sell out cheap to the first
purchaser. Just imagine lady Washington
with her hair banged I Think of Barbara
Fre’chie waving the flag iu Stonewall Jack
son’s face with her hair banged 1 P cture
to yourself Joan of Arc leading her troops
to victory with her hair hanged !
A woman in this style often resembles a
Shetland pony which has not beeo well
groomed, and which is to doubt about bis
dinner. Banged hair gives the wearer an
expression of uncertainty, as if she felt anx
ious lest the thatch on her forehead might
not be securely fastened, or that it might
suddenly go back on her, and show f ame
thing which ought not to be seen.
We nlways commiserate the woman whose
hair is banged. We leel like asking hir if
there is anything we can do (or h'r. Ehe
appears to us like a woman in trouble. YVe
s[>ouk roftly to her, as if ordinary tones
might jar her uerv s. We look at her and
wonder how it wou'd seem if that mask were
taken off her forehead. We wonder if she
has got moth patches on her temples, or a
mole on her classic biow. Her forehead is
to us as profound a mystery as fortune telling
or iwychomancy, or materialism ; and we
get so lull of doubt over the matter that we
would give half a dollar to see the fringes
lifted and wliat is under brought to the light
of day.
We wonder if she admires herself in the
glass? If she thinks bangs are bewitching ?
But fashion is omnipotent; so is folly,
and we do not doubt that somewhere in the
world to-day, somebody is saying, '‘bangs
are so becoming.”— Ex.
A girl was singing in the parlor the
other evening the Sunday-school song be
ginning “Nothing but leaves,” and a knock
kneed young nnn who was present, who
ought to have known better, said the words
always reminded him ol Mother Eve’s tail
style of underskirts.
Y’ou never see a woman button anything
she can pin, aud you never see a man piu
anything that he can tie with a string.
You would have trouble making some men
believe that they couldn’t tie a buttonhole
into a wristband with a piece of twine
3tring.
If time is really money, any man ought to
be worth his w^Ljngold.
Wrongly Named Substances.
Black lead dues not contain a single pur
tide ol black lead, being composed of car
bon of iron.
Brazilian grass does not come from BruZ 1,
or even grow there; nor is it grass at ull.
It consists of strips of palm-leaf [chnmamps
argeutca) und is imported chiefly from Gobi.
Burgundy pitch is not pitch, nor is it
manufactured or imported from But gundy.
The best is a resinous substance prepared
from common fratikinoeuse and brought
from Hamburg; bat by far the greuter
quantity is a mixture of resin anil palm oil.
Giiiua. as n name fo‘r porcelain, gives rise
to the contrud ctory expressions, British
china, Dutch china, Chelsea china, etc., like
wooden millstones, iron millstones, brass
shoe-horns, iron pens, steel [tens.
Cuttle bone is not bone ut all, hut a
structure of pure chalk, once em'todi d
loosely in all the substance of certain extinct
species of cuttlefish. It is inclosed in a
membraneous sac, within the body of the
fi-dt, and drops out when the sac is opened
but it has no Connection whatever with the
sue o', the cuttlefish.
Galvanized iron is not galvaniz'd. It is
simply iron coated with zinc ; and this is
done by dipping it in a zinc bath containing
muriatic acid.
German silver is not silver at all, nor was
th> metallic alloy called by that nunv* in
vented by a German, but lias been in use in
China time out ol mind.
llouey soap contains uo honey, nor is
honey any way employed in its manufacture.
It is a mixture of palm oil soap, each one
part, with three parts of etude soap or yellow
soap, scented.
Japan lacquer contains no lac at all, but
it is made (rum a kind of nut tree called
cardlucse
Kid gloves are not made from kidskin,
but of lamb or sheepskins. At present miny
of (hem ate made of ratskins.
Meerschaum is not petrified “sea foa.n,” as
its name implies, hut is a composition of
silica, magnesia aiffl water.
Mosaic gold has no connection with
Moses or tbe metallic gold. It is an alloy
of copper and zing, used iD the uncieni mus
ivntn or TeS-elnted work.
Mother of pearl is the layer of sev
eral sorts of shells. It is not the mother of
pearl, a? its name indicates, but iu some
eases the matrix of pearl
Pen means a feather (Latin penna a wing )
A steel pen is not a very choice expression.
Salad oil is not ail inr salad, but oil for
cleaning sail,ides, i. e , helmets.
Whalebone is not bone at all, nor does It
possess any of the properties ol bone. It is
a substance attached to the up|ier j.iw of the
whale and serves to strain the water which
the creature takes up in large mouthfuls.
An Essay on Man.
Man was made in dry weather.
He was made of dust.
Q iite*a number havo never recovered from
their creation ; they are still dry.
It’s u man’s nature to b“ discontented.
Adam hail a monopoly, but he could not
be happy without some one to crow over.
For awhile be knocked around over the
Gulden of Eden, and then went to the house ;
but he had to cook his own supper ; there
was no stove-wood chopped, und things
went on in a bad fix generally.
The next morning it was the sam • way.
He had to make up his own be ! and sweep
out. His socks were dirty, and his arm
would run through a hole in his sleeve. So
he was dissatisfied.
The uext night, when he weut to sleep the
Great or punished him by making one of his
ribs into a woman—a great misforiuuc to
the lace.
It Ima been six thousand years since that
rib was lost, aud yet miu continues feeling
for It. •
This is a very feeling subject.
Puisuit io this case is said to be sweeter
than possession.
Goliah was a min.
A lop is a male who is ashamed of his
sex, and attempts to conceal the fact that he
is a man.
Goncealment in such cases is attended
with but little trouble It is only necessaty
to part his hair iD the middle.
A family man resembles an oyster on the
bull shell.
'Hie shell is known at home—the soft side
abroad
Some men carry this resemblance iu tl»eir
faces. A gie.it many men have couafe
onuees like oysters.
Job is said to have been a very patient
mail.'
lie had boils all over him.
Many a man now boils all over himself
i when the pieacher reaches “thirteenthly’’ on
j a hot summer day, ami never thinks of the
[ grandeur oj Juba example.
Fmicb Home I.ife.
Every morning the housekeeper, or .'he
bonne, goes to the market or the slores Io
buy what is strictly needed for the da£, and
no more. You will see one, for instance,
walking along with her small basket or her
arm. carrying ten cents’ worth of cltarooal
and two cents' worth of kindling-wood, and
do it with as much unconcern and with evi
den'ly us much relish as if it were a busk"t
full of luscious fruit or fragrant flowers.
Another will be on her way to buy provi
sions for the second breakfast. If, for in
stance, llure be four in the family, she will
stop at the fruitier to buy a bunch of nice
fresh red radishes, with a quarter of a pound
ot good butler, to be set on the tabic as kart
d'auLue, then she will trot along to the
butcher’s—looking so nice, with her pretty
white cap encasing her black, crispy hair,
and her bright, smiling face shining under
it; she is often heard humming a well knowii
air as she goes along, und docs not think ic
un adyiike a bit to poke up her turned up
nose, even a little higher than is becoming,
ut souie'hing she secs snd does not like; on,
1 say, she trots to the butcher’s to get four
chups, one apiece, ut a price of about fliteen
cents a chop; then a pound of potatoes, to
cut fine arid fry ciisp and pnfly, as only the
Fiench know how to do ; on she will weod
her way to the cheese store, and among the
hundred kin Is lor sule there she will select
ten cents worth ol the kind «he wants ; on*
ward she trots to the fruit store, and there
she daintily picks two nice bunches of
grapes, or two large, luscious pears, to be
divided among the four for dessert; then
passing by r she drops io at the grocer's, and
asks for a quarter of a pound of ground
eoflee, for the indispensable little enp of
black coflee to be sipped at leiuure while the
merry talk goes round, m >king both help to
digest the humble, but still refined, dejeuner.
So you see, with what you would call a
meagre meal, they will have almost a feast,
because the meat his beeo tastefully selected
und tastefully cooked ; because the potatoes
have been goldenly and invitingly fried ; be
cause it lias all been prepared as if it was
meant not only io be eaten, but to be good ;
because it was very daintily put on the
tatile; because each dish was ealeu sepa
rately, with a warm, clean pi ite for each,
and because the French enjoy their food,
and eat with the most inviting appetite.
You will mike that nice little family cry out
in holy horror if you only imagine that they
might sit down to this breakfast without one
or two bottles of wine on the table. They
will, of course, put water in their wine while
partaking of the gros plats, but at dessert,
just before the enflee, they will swallow a
wine glass of it pure, to tone down the meul
and hasten digestion. Yes, indeed, French
people, high and low, know how to live, and
1 believe God intended that it should be so;
use all with moderation, but use it ns if you
liked what God give* you. Paris Cor. of
Cmctnna'. i Gazelle.
v
Irwin Unwell.
Readers of Sc> ibnet 's Monthly doubtless
huve noticed in that mug z ne. in the Bric
a- Brae department, occasional poems mark d
by a p-rculiar and original humor, und signet]
Irwin Rissell. This young man, a native of
Port Gibson, La., died ou the 23J ult iu
New Orleans, after a short but severe ill—
ness. At the time of his death he was em
ploy! d on the New Orleans Times, which
paper suys of him pathetically :
‘■He was u young man of bright intellect
anil finished education ; he practiced law in
Port Gibson lor a while, but becoming
enamored of a Bohemian life, set out in
search of fume and fortune. Few men ever
got “0 mmy buffets from the baud of fate,
and still fewei go little benefit 11 is exist
ence was a struggle with necessity from the
time be left his borne, and although his pros
pects were always fine, he never lived to
establish himself unywh -re. ”
In the Tunes, of December 14, appeared
the following touching and strangely sug
gestive poem from Russell’s pen—the lust he
ever publistied :
TUB CBMKTRRY.
I stand within this solemn place,
And think of days gone by
1 think of many an old-time face—
Here’s where those luces tie.
1 think of when, what time tiod please,
The hour shall come to me,
i hut, covered by the clay, like these,
My face shall masked be.
No marble monument will rise
Above that grave of mine—
No loving friends shall wipe their eyes
When tile 1 shall resign.
Rut when I leave my life—have left
My every present care
I’ll find a home of care bereft; *
My friends are living there!
Wk welcome cold weather with as much
wunuth as we can uiuaier up.
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