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TOWN DIRECTOR F.
Mayor—Thomas <3. Barnett.
ComytsiUonerr—W. W. rnrnipseed.D. B
Bivins. K <3. Harris, K. ft. James.
Clerk — V G Harris.
Marsualr— R. A. Be Ming, Marshal.
L. 11 Moore, Deputy.
JUDICIARY.
A. M. Spijkr, - Judge
Dlskuke, - - Solicitor Genera!.
Biltta—Second Mondays in March aud
September
Henry—Third Mondays in January and
July.
Miinfoe —Fourth Mondays in February,
and August.
K’ewton—Third Mondays in March and
September.
Elite— First Mondays in April and Octo- ;
her.
iioickdale —Third Mohdoys in February atail
nod Art/ list.
Spalding—First Mondays in February
anil August
Lpsota —First Mbtldaye in May and No
vember.
ttiUr.cn DIRECTORY.
Methodist Kimsooral. Church, (South.)
fev. Wjaduy F. Smith, Pastor Fourth
Sibbath in each month. Sunday-school it
p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesduy evening
Christian Cnußcn, W. S. Fears, Pastor.
Second Sabbath in each month.
Baptist Church, Rev. J. P. I.von, Pus
tot. Third Sabbath in each month.
DOCTORS
I\R. J. 0. TURN IPSKKD will attend to
1 * all calls day or night. Office i resi
dence, Hampton. (3a.
nR. W. II PKFBLKS treats all dis
eases, and will attend to all calls day
and night. Office at the Drug Store.
Broad Street, Hampton, Ga.
KKK BILL,
E ich visit. in dav, sl.
Each visit, in night,s2.
Mileaee.jn day. 50c.
Miteaae. in night, sl.
Prescription $1
Obstetrics, from $lO to SIOO.
Oonsultaliuu. $iU.
DR. D. F. KNOTT huvFg permanently
located in Hampton, r fids bis profes
siotial seivices tn the citizens of Hampton
and vicinity. All orders left at Mclntosh’s
store will receive prompt attention. sp26
»R. N. T. BARNETT tenders his profes
sional services to the citizens of Henry
and adjoining counties, and will answer calls
day or night. Treats all diseases, of what
ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Stoie.
Hampton, (3a. Night calls can be made at
my residence, opposite Berea church. »pi2G
JF PONDER, Dentist, has located in
• Hampton, Ga.,and invites the public to
cull at his roo.n, upstairs in the Bivins
House, where he will be found at all hours.
Warrants all work for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
CVV. lIODNETT, Attorney ard Ooon
• sellor at Law, Jonesboro, Ga. Prompt
nl'eulion giveo to ail business.
TH C. NOLAN Attorney at Low, Mc
-I- • Donough, Georgia. Will practice in
the counties composing the Flint Circuit ;
the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
Uuited States District Court.
WM. T. DICKEN, Attorney at Law, Me
Doonugh, Ga. Will practice in tbe
counties composing ihe Flint Judicial Cir
cuit. the Supieme Court of Georgia, and the
United States District Court. (Office op
stairs over W. C. Sloan’s.) apr27-ly
GKO. M. NOLAN, Attorney at Law.
McDonough, Ga (Office in Court boose )
Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun
ties, and in the Supreme and District Courts
of Georgia. Prompt attention given to col
lections. mcb23-6no
JF. WALL, Attorney at Law, //amp
ton, Ga Will practice in tbe 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 op stairs in the Mclntosh
building, Hampton. Ga. Special attention
giveu to commercial and other collections.
BF. McCOLLUM. Attorney and Coun
• sellor at Lw, Hampton, Ga Will
practice in Henry, Clayton Fayette, Coweta
Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Su|»e
rior Courts, and in the Supreme and United" 1
States Courts. Collecting claims a specially
Office uo stain in the Mclnosb Building.
RUSE BUD.
0 little maid in jour roseOud bower,
Dreumitig of growing old.
Wishing youth ulways would linger, a flower
Never in Infcte to uuloid ;
Lilt from the shadow your euntbiuy bead
Growing old is nothing to dread.
O little maid iu the rose-tree rhade, -
See bow its dry boughs shoot!
The green leaves (all and the blossoms fade,
But youth is a living root.
There are always buds ic the old tree’s heart,
Reudy at btckou ot Spring t^tart.
0 little maid, there is joy tdR-ek—
Glory ol earth and sky
When the rosebud-streak fades out of your
cheek,
And the deajr gleam from your eye ;
Deeper and wider must life take root ;
Redder and higher must glow its fruit.
0 little maid, be never afraid
That youth fr< m your heart will go—
Reach forth iuto heaven, through shower and
shade I
We are always young, wliile we grow.
Breathe out in a blessing your happy breath 1
For love keeps the spirit from age and death !
—Lucy Lai com.
Wliy he Ditdu’t Save His Gold
Dust.
‘•Why didn't I snve my gold dust when 1
had it, young feller?” sneered an old pioneer
last night, who hud been bragging to the
loungers in Knox's court-room of the piles
of gold he hud got rid of in early days
•Well, p'r’aps its nat’ral to ask that, sr-ein’
\ou don’t even know what gold dust looks
like. In them days atn n hud to be his
own batik' r, an’ the on’y Fafe bauk was a fel
let's pocket. It wouldn’t do to leave your
dn.-t nowheie if you il dn’t want it to turn up
missiii’-when you went after it. A thou
sand dollars in dust weighs just übout five
pounds, and when yon get four or five thou
sand in your bell, it ain't no easy load to
puck around. I'tn Mowed if the dead weight
of mm y a mail's belt hasy’t driven him from
the diggin’s down to 'Frisco uDd Baciam*n
io just to Have"
8 pose you try packin’ 10 or 15 nonn-s*
lead around your waist for a mouth or two,
young feiler, and lb n you'll savvy why I
wasn’t so dreadful anxious to bold oo to the
dust when I got it.”
Having thus sat down on the presumptu
ous Joliuny-Come-lailely, the relic of the
days when gold could be had for tbe digging
grew garrulous.
‘Lord, how free I was with the dust I
Jedge, d’ye remember the time when you was
keepin' bar iu tbe Riund Tent in Sacramen
to? What tricks you fellers was up to in
tin in days! Boys, I’ve seen the jedge here
take his knife of an evenin' an’ pick ad iuucb
as $5 or $G oaten the cricks m tbe red
wpod counter. When one of us culled up
the crowd we just yanked out our buckskin
sack and told the bar keeper to take out $4
woitk. They u!l had scales and a born
spoon, an’ they'd shovel it oat uu’ weigh it.
Stine ’ud drop, hu’ that’s how the jedge here
gouged high w iges out o’ tbe cracks ot the
counter. The j dge didn’t take no chances
them times neither. He bad the bar built
up w ith rock inside, an' when the guns b>'gin
to go iff he was on his belly behind that
there stone Ha, ha! I’ve seen that there
old Round Tent of a mornin’ lookin’ like a
walkin’ hung out to dry. Nobody didn’t wait
to go out o’ the door when the shoot iu’ was
bein’done. Every feller jest out with his
knife an’ ripped a door for himself.
“D’ye see i hut bare spot oo top o’ ray co
coanut!” ii quired the venerable argonaut,
removing his hat aud holdiug down his gray
poll for inspection.
Tbe boys got up and made for tbe door.
They knew whet wus coming. That was
only the first of 18 "bullet ano knife wounds
that every man in town bad seen and beard
the minute history of The judge came to
the rtseue of the deserted and iudignaut p;o
r.eer with :
“Will you come and have a drink, Billy ?’’
“Will a terauiuler sting?” ie*ponded the
old chap, with recovered cheerfulness.— Vir
ginia City ( Nev ) Chronicle.
It rather disturbs the unices for a lover to
bear hie girl talk about ethcrealized friend
ship, the gossamer wing* of love, the thin
and permeable texture of affection, and that
sort of thing, aud !b»'U see her sit down and
eat a big piece of roast beef, four biscuits
aud an apple pie.
A well known Evangelical e’ergyraan.
ou being aceased of leaning toward Uoiver
saliein, replied that he hoped everybody
would get to he>ven ; “and,” said he, "there
are seme persons I wish were there now.”
A man’s faith is often shown by the length
of time for which be subscribes for his paper
and pays for it in advance.
Hampton, Georgia, Friday, January 30, isso.
A California Hcmance.
•
One of those strange episodes in human
life, which makes us sometimes wonder at
-the eternal fitness of things,” ocrnrted last
night at the Vallej > junction. The tide be
ing low on the nnivil of tbe Contra Costa,
passengers for Vallejo were compelled to
make quite a descent from tbe wharf to the
boat, and the ladies required the assistance
of the gentlemen present. A Mr. G-, a
grain speculator, was doing the agreeable in ;
this respect, Bi.d one of the last ladies to
descend was overburdened with a few bun- j
dies, whieb Im-took wboeffoof, and accom
panied 'he lady to the cabin, wlrre they sat
and engaged in conversation. The subject j
finally touched upou lire nativity of each, j
VtheD it wua found they were both Irom the ;
fume town in Kentucky. This fact mads j
each more communicative, when he inquired
her name which was given as Mrs G. Im
mediately the gentleman grew pale and ej
cited, and asked :
“You had a daughter, did you not ?”
“I did,” she responded. “Bray how did
you know that ?”
“Js that-daughter living?”
“She is, end at present on a visit to friends
at Yallijo, where I uni now going."
“Merciful heavens!” he gasped. My 1
child ! ’
•'Sir,” said the lady, rising ; “what do you
mean ?"
‘•Mean?” he crazily replied. “Mean?
Whv,l mean ill it that daughter is my own
child mid you are my wife I” *
Almost overpowered at this confession she
plied him with questions, to every one of
which he returned a correct answer, when she
was Convinced that the man was really her
husband, fio.n whom she had been separated
twenty years It seems the twain weie mir
ried at Paris, Ky , iu 1858, and thirteen
months afterward he went to Liverpool on
business The vessel oi which he took
passage wa-- wrecked and ali on board were
supposed to have perished. The uews min
ing to the young wife’s ear*, she was utterly
prostrated and wag order d to California by
her physicians. Arriving here Bbe took op
her tesidence in Los Angeles. Thu husband
was picked up froth Tbe wreck bv a fist**-
ouracH anil taken to some remote foreign
port, where he was thrown npon a bed of
sickness, which lasted some fifteen months.
In the mean litne ho had written repeatedly
to his wife, but received no answer. In his
despair lie concluded to ri-k u journey across
tne Atlantic. Fei ble as he was he shipped
before the umst on u sailing vessel, and in
due time arriv'd in New York From there
be wrote three times to his wife,but leceived
no answer. A’most frenzipd at the thought
that she might be dead, and t>( iug without
lunds and :io frieuda, he “faced” his fare
clear to Kentucky, and shortly after arrived
at Paris Inquiries throughout the towu
assured him that bis wife bud disappeared u
year or so befoie, no one knew whither.
Some said she had gone in searen of her
hu-oaud. others that she might be dead, and
others that she had gone to California. He
sought the oil family physician, but be had
left the town some time before. Mr. G
then went to work at Looisvi le and made
enough to bring him to California a year
ufier his arrival in Kentucky. He searched
everywhere for his absent wife, bat without
success, and Hardly gave ber up as dead, and
she also had moutm d for bis death. Neither,
however, had married again, and ! ust evening
ou board the Contra Costa was tbe first inti
mation either had that the other was in ex
istence.
The now happy coople arrived lu re last
night, aud to the surprise of the Iriend t ot’
the lady she introduced her husband, from
whom she had beeu separated twenty years.
But imagine his unutterable surpiise and
joy when the mother led into the pirlor a
beautiful young lady, his owo daughter,
whom he bad not seen since she was a babe
Father, mother and child will leave to
morrow for San Francisco, where Mr. U.,
who is new a comparatively wealthy inau,
has bis business and where they will here
after reside.— Valhj) Chronicle
A poke commences, “Under the willows
lie’s lying.” He must be a tramp. They
lie under all aorta of trees One was dis
covered lying uuler uu axle tree the other
morning. The owner of the wagon made him
wbeel-wrigbt rouud and leave.
A touno man went into a florist’s store
the other d>J to buy a rosebu I for his affi
anced. Seventy-five cents was the price
asked. *• Will it keep ? ’ inquire I the young
man. “Ob, yes a long while.” “Then
keep it.”
The other day the professor of German
asked an nuregenerate Junior wo.tt tbe
geoder of a certain uoun was. The Junior
quickly rep'ied : “l think it U neater, sir;
at any rate.it is neu ter me.”
A few evenings since the daughter of a
prominent and well known citizen oo
street, near Kim, was married to a well
known young merchant of this city. Tbe
bride and groom were numerously congratu
lated. and the bridal supper was partaken of
and enjoyed t>v the happy guests. The
groom had made arrangements to leave the
same evening with his blonde bride for the
East, where they ioleuded enjoying a honey
moon of two weeks The bride doffed her
wedding dress and donned her traveling
snii; the gloom had regi ved Jiis full-dress
costume for one appropriate for a journey,
and the carriage that was to convey them to
the depot was waiting at the door. Good
byes and adieus were said in the parlor, in
the sitting-room, and in the ball. The fa
ther and mother of the bride nrged them to
hasten, “or they would get left ’’ But tbe
gallaat groom and blushing bride, in their
new found j>y and exlinb.rant happiness,
lii gered nod tarried to chat with this friend
and fo say n last word with that one. At
last tjbe bride and groom, and bun lies, and
sjtlehels were humed into the carriage, and
finding (heir liar* 1 was short, the new aud
Itesbly made husband , in a loud and ener
getic tone of voice, told Hie driver ‘‘to drive
as lust us he could.”
The driver lashed his horses On'il they
fairly flew over the pavements. Oorners
were turned and streets crossed at break
n- ck speed At last the depot was reached,
but—it was in time to be too late I As the
carriage drove up to the depot door the
train moved slowly out. To try to halt it
was useless ’['was too late. The .traiu
had disappeared.
The bride and groom sit in the carriage
looking at each other iu dismay. Said the
giooni:
“ Wiiat shall we do ?”
Said tbe bride :
“What shad we do ?”
Said the d iver :
‘ Wbgt shall l do !'*
••Shall we gtfbaek to your horn'- ?’’ mod
estly as-kerl the groom to bia abashed wife.
“Indited, 1 don’t know,” replied the timid
»-»* ‘•u'shThif 1 I’m afraid'”• said she,
•‘i hat papa and mamma are iu -A
sides I I I don't know where they can-can
pat us. Mamma didn’t expect us to to-you
know to (witli a gulp) slay all night, am)
ihe won’t have any bed room ready.”
• Well," replied Ihe groom, ’’apoae we go to
a hotel- No one will ever know we’ve beeu
left, and we’ll get up and start early iu
tbe morning."
“O. ao,’’ said the fair bride, to
go to a hotel. O, please tiihe one borne ; do
lei’s go to mamma, won’t yon, plea-« ?"
The ynoug husband could uot resut Ibis
appeal and reluctantly ordered the driver to
dive back to street. Toe hom •of the
bride wns soon reached, but it was nut the
gay and brilliant home they left a short hoar
before. The gas iu the parlor* and the ball
was turn-d out and the gu«*t» bud departed.
Both the groom and bride felt disappointed
end mortified They didu’t want to rmg
tbe door bell; they did not want to tell of
their trouble and have to ack ibat some ar
rangement be raide for tbeir remaining un
til tbe morning train. Bat there »«* no al
teroalive and the m>r»ifi“d young man gave
the door bell a vicious sort of pall ai d.
polling his arm around his pretty wife, wait
ed (or tbe door to open
When it open-J, of c >ur«e tbe surprise ou
the part of the father and mother was great.
But tbe explanation waa soon made, aud
one of tbe bed-room' quickly changed into
a bridal-chamber. Oir read r* can be as
sured that tbe happy couple did not miss the
early Eastern-bound train in the morning
They are now, we believe, enj tying the
sweets of newly married life in N-w York
or some Eastern city. —Cincinnati Enquirer.
Adversity hu9 i'S uses like any other
disagreeable thing. Tbe man who ia never
sick, never knows how good it is to have a
troop of frieeda rush ra and sit down at
bis bedside aod tell him iu the most solemn
manner that his doctor has lost at least
three out of four of his patients all tbe year
round.
Thu Whitehall Times has learned why
Samson was so strong. He never look the
trouble to bathe iu the Jordau.
a winter's tale.
A boy once took it iu bis head
That he would exercise his sled.
He took that sk-d into the road
And, lord a mercy ! how he slode.
And as he slid, be laughing cried :
•‘Wtiat fun upou my sled to slide ”
And as be laughed, before he knewed,
lie from that sliding sled was slude.
Upon thatslab where he was laid
They caivrd this Hue : ‘lbis boy was
siade.V
The Friday Superstition.
Some discussion has ricently taken place
as to the origin of the superstition in regard
to Friday. Mr. Proctor, in n recent lecture
on the “Religion of Astronomy,” dn'es this
superstition buck four or five thousand
years. Robert Southey, on the contrary,
speaks ot it as arisingTimm the crucifixion.
It seems to ben question whether the selec
tion nf Friday as the day nf the crucifixion
was a cause or an effect —whether the day
was selected on account «f a then prevailing
superstition, or whether the chance select ion
of Friday baa made it in Christine countries
a day of omen. Whatever the origin of the
superstition, it is rapidly falling into disre
pute. The spirit of the age is opposed to
all such ab«urd notions. Accidents attend
ventures undertaken on all days, and there
is no reason iu Nalure to hold Friday more
unfortunate than other day.*. That fear of a
thing sometimes brings the thing about is
doubtless true ; Hut it is a sign of weakness
to entertain such fears. Toe creative pow
er made Friday as good as any other day.
People, however, who are laperstitiousty in
clined will make a great ado about the casu
alities that happen on that day, and others
puss unnoticej. Hud tbe 'eceDt appalling
catastrophe at Tay R vor happened on Fri
day, there would have been tliose who would
attribute it to the day, rather than to the
weakness of the bridge. It is time that peo
ple who feel the mfl lence of this supersti
tion should reason thenselves out of It. If
there is any fact in Nature established be
yond controversy, it is tint a universal law
pervades and controls the physical forces, and
is the antne on Fridays a* other days. The
absolute folly of supposing that this law is
held in suspense on Friday that nvsfortane
muy overtake individuals, must be apparent
to the average understanding. Toe '-vil in
fluence of such a superstition cannot well
be measured or defined. Tiie relations of
mind aud body arc so close that tho latter
often snccombe to the con litmus of the for
mer. Persona in good physical health have
been knowu 'o waste away and die under a
prediction of early di.raiie. If the mind be
hcvestbat tbe predictiaa will come true, the
body could hardly fail io sympathize widi
the spirit pervacfTng it. Tml occasional
"o—- . .. f prediction* of foitnne tel
lers is generally tho reamr <>i uie ac't-'n ol
mind upon rrntter. A sickness is foretold,
and the inied sometimes preys upon the body
until sickuess is prodiC’i. Toe healthy
mind divests itself of all such superstitious.
It recognizes inviolability of the law that
governs the Universe, an t bends to tlmt law
alone. Health is tbe sure result of a good
c institution and correct habits of life, and
sickness a sure result from violations of Na
ture’s laws i'be enlightened mi ml seeks to
know wtmt N aturc’s laws really are, and
does not hesitate to obey them.— TnsleyS
Magatrne.
Whm are Womm Lovely I
Loveliness in women, though it may vary
in its character and manifestation* at dtfler
ent periods of ITe. is not the property of
youth only. There is a great and undenia
ble charm in a fresh beauty of eighteen, to
which inexpert' one and early romance lend 4,
(lerbup 4 , additional fascination. A pretty
girl of that age, who hm been untouched by
care, and who know* of the world through
imagination only, is « very delightful object;
and many men wish they might take captive
hr-r first afl'ctiona. Between eighteen and
twenty one I tie changes in a girl, so fares
the charms of her peraoo go. are not likely
to be great; but in that time, by longer in
tercourse with society, and by natural <1 vet
opment, she may get more companionable
for men of maturity, aod bar carriage und
self control become better aud greater.
Those are important years in a young
woman’s life, the years during which, in our
climate, tbe majority of the -ex are married
And yet, from twenty-two to tweoty-five or
twenty-six a maiden may, and generally
docs, still far'h r sdvanca in attractiveness,
and add to the store of her oharras. She i*
still young, but she has outlived some of Ihe
youth la! fancies, and feels some of the d.g
nity of worn inhoo I. No better ages than
tbo-e *n * maiden’s life, and never is she
lovelier. Bat why stop at twenty-six T
What fairer women are to l e found than
many of tho-e between twenty-six and
thirty, and even older? Girl* of eighteen
may look ou them as unsought old maids,
and yet they are iu their wonmly prime,
and tnt»y capture hea ta that have been
gieeh d against girlish fascinations. Oden
t m * they m ke the beat ot wives, and men
find a solace and jommuuion-bip in tbeir
society which immaturity cannot give. They
have the advantage of experience, and ibty
have learned tbe lessons taught by longer
contact with the world, whde still they may
not be averse to lulling iu love.
Mealing a Tombstone.
William Boggs was arraigned before Jus
tice Oary, of Carson, yesterday, charged
with giand lariony. The charge made by
the nries'iug officer was that a tombstone
had been stolen by tbe defendant from the
cemetery. It appears, says the appeal, that
tho officer was passing near tbe consecrated
spot at uigbt, ~hcu be saw Boggs stagger-*
ing along with a tombstone on bis back.
The toH:b-tone was exhibited to the jury.
It read :
“Sacred to the memory of W. RoggstOnS.
Died .Fan. 3, 183(f. A kind father, an in
dulgent husband, and a true irtau. Itequi
esent in pace. 1 ’ j
Boggs, the defendant, went on the staod,
and acknowledged that he had stolen the
tombstone. It was so much like his own
tlmt, by filling up the superfluous letters
with plaster of paris, he could use it himself
in case lie died.
The Courts You Imve the np pea ranee of
being a pretty besliby man. Why do you
ex|)cat to die ?
Boggs—l am going to Bodie to start in
business, and—
The Court —Oh, I see, pneumonia. But
(■veil if you do die, ns 1 have no doubt you
will, wtty do you steal another man’s tomb
stone ? Do you really think it’s the correct
thing ?
Boggs—lf o mitn has had the use of a
tombstone since 1856, it strikes me he’s got
his money's worth. Besides this stonp is a
Waited lie all over Bill Boggstone wasn't
a kind lather and an indulgent husband. He
was a thieving, tbtee-card monte sharp, and
had U lied lour men. A meaner scalawag
nev.-r was born. When he first came out in
'49 he nsed to shave off the comers of 850
slugs, and pay off his hands in old bills on
the Farmer's Batik of New Haven.
“ We know him," cried several of the jury ;
“he was the worst in the deck.”
One of Ihe'jutors went on the stand and
testified that lie an* the man rdn out of
P acerville in ’52 for robbing hen roosts.
He turned a widow out iu a snow storm be
cause she couldn’t pay the house rent. B v
eial old-'inters in the court-room testified to
the scampish character ot the deceased. One
man swore 'tiai Uic hrotiicr . . .
i ,i„i ;t iii the night.
put tbe-tdnib""’"'" . , ~ *■.
It was ft monumental lie and a disgrace to
the cemetery.
The jury acquitted, and Mr. Boggs left
on the stage tor Bodie with the tombstone.
Virginia City Chronicle.
A Kenti cky preacher rose to speak, and
opened the Bible. The first verse that met
his eye happened to be, ‘‘The voice of tho
turtle -hall be heard io the land.” ‘Breth
ren,- ’ said ha, “at first sight on* would nut
think there was much in this text, bat, on it
little consideration, yon will sec there’s a
great deal in it Now, you all know what ’
a tnrtle ia. If you're been along by a pond,
yon hive *een them sitting on a log sootiin#
them selves. Now. it is said, 'The voice of
tbe tnrtle shall be beard in the land.’ Bat
lb* turtle hs!>!'t any voice thn* anybody ever
heard ; so it mast I>e the noise lie nrkc* in
plunging off the log into the water. Hence,
we most conclude 'that immersion is mpan',
and that imin“r4ou will become universal ”
A Gkoruia colored debating society was
lately discus-in? : “Which is best for the la
boring m m. to work for wages or part of Ihe
crop?” An old •‘uncle’’ apote the sense of
ihe meeting when he said: “Bole was do
beat, if dey could only be bruog togedder
somehow.”
A n Indianapolis barber, who abandoned
his business and went info the ministry,
wag suddenly called upon one Sunday l<>
baptize three candidate 4 . He got along very
well, but after baptizing the first, be aston
islted bis congregation by lu-tily shouting.
• Next I”
A WRITER says that “humor consists in
a aeries of surprises.” If that is humor,
tbe fan that exists in a colony of wasps is
immense enough to move a stone image to
laughter.
Tnkkk are lots of men who have attained
high reputation for strict attention to busi
ness, but the trouble lias been il wssu’t
tbeir own business.
Oh, the pop, the Seautifal pup.
Running along with his 'ail curled up,
lo oking a-< br'ght as a day in Veroua, —
Beautiful pup, you w 11 soou be belogna.
Thirty persons in a small town in Mich
igan were recently poisoned by eating sau
sages. This conus from leaving brass col
lars on dogs.
It’s not only hard work to pop the
question, but it is equally hutd to question
tbe pop übout it alterwards.
Says tbe snow storm to Ihe farmer :
• If you have any steers to sued prepare to
abed them now.”
NO. 30