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TOWN DIRECTORY.
Mayor—Thomas G. Barnett.
CouuisstoNuas —D B. Bivins, E: It.
James, G. P. Bivins. W. B. Pierce.
Ci.sau —G. P Bivins.
Tsuascrkr —W. 8. Shell.
Marswai.B—S. A. Bolding, Marshal.
B. H. McKneely, Deputy.
JUDICIARY.
A. M.Sprkr. - - * Judge.
|\ D. Dismukk, - - Solicitor Genera!.
Butts —Second Mondays in March and
•September
Henry—Third Mondays in January and
Jsly.
Monroe —Fourth Mondays in February,
and August.
Newton —Third Mondays in March and
September.
Pike—First Mondays in April and Octo
bsr.
Backdate —Third Mondays in February and
and Aug ust.
Spalding—First Mondays in February
aud August.
(Jpson—First Mondays in May and No
“CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Mruouibt KrisuorAL Crouch, (South.)
Rev. Weatey F. Smith, Pastor Fourth
Bahh«th iu each mouth Sunday-school 3
r. u. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
Memo mar Puotbstast Chorch. First
Babbatb in each mouth. Sundaj-school 9
a. u.
Ohumtiaw CiiotcH, W. S. Fears, Pastor.
H- cond Sabbath io each month.
Baptist Cnnacn, Rev. J. P. Lyon, Pas
tor. Third Sabbath in each month.
DOCTORS
T\R. J. 0. TURN IPS RED will attend to
J* all calls day or night. Office i resi
deuoe. Hampton. Ga.
TiR. W. H PEEBLES treats all dis-
J * oases, and will atteod to all calls day
aud night. Office at the Drug Store.
Broad Street, Hampton, Ga.
DR. D. F. KNlJlf having permanently
located Iu Hampton, offers hi* profes
sional services to the citizens of Hampton
and vicinity. All orders left at Mclntosh’*
store will receive prompt attention. ep26
DR. N. T. BARN dm' tenders his profes
sional services to the citizens of Henry
and adjoining counties, and will answer call#
dsy or night. Treats all diseases, of what
ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store.
Hampton, Ga. Night calls eat) be made at
my residence, opposite Berea church. spr26
JP PONDER, Dentist, hag located in
• Hampton, Ga.,and invites the public to
call at his roon. upstairs in the Bivins
House, where he will be found at all hours
Warrants all work for twelve months.
LA IVYERS
CW. HODNETT, Attorney and Ooun
• sellor at Law, Jonesboro, Ga. Prompt
attention given to all business.
GEORGE P BlVlVg. Attorney at Law.
Will practice iu the State and Federal
Ovarts. Collections promptly attended to.
Office up stairs in the Mclntosh building.
Hampton, Ga. matl2<f
TC. NOLAN Attorney at Law, Mc
• Donough, Georgia: Will practice in
the counties composing the Flint Circuit ;
the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
United States District Court.
WM. T. DICK.EN, Attorney at Law, Me
Douougb, Ga. Will practice in the
counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir
cuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
Uoited States District Court. (Office up
stain over W. C. Sloan’s.) apr27-ly
GEO. M. NOLAN, Attornky at Law,
McDonough, Oa. (Office iD Court bouse)
Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun
ties, and in the Supreme and District Court*
of Georgia. Prompt attention giv“o to col
lections. mch23-6m
JF. WALL, Attorney at Law, Hamp
ton, Ga Will practice in the counties
composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia
Prompt atteutioo given to collections. ocs
EDWARD J. REAGAN, Attorney at
law. Office up stairs in the Mclntosh
building. Hampton, Ga. Special attention
given to commercial and other collections.
BF. McCOLLUM. Attorney and Coun
• sellor at L*w, Hampton, Ga. Will
practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta.
Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Snpe
rior Courts, and in the Supreme and United
States Courts Collecting claim* a specialty.
Office uo stairs io the Mcjalosh Building.
ISIS.
Low at her feet I watch and dream ;
She will Dot lift her veil ;
[ dimly see a brow sublime
And features grand and pale,
And feel a mighty heart replies
To all my rapture or my sighs.
She is so near her breathing falls
On my attentive ear,
She is so far the twilight star*
Shine through her mantle clear —
As silent as the grave may be,
And yet the soul of mtdody
The lotus trembling on her brow
Exholes divine perfume;
The mystic splendor of her smile
Pervades my narrow gloom.
The dearth of solitary hours
She answers with a thousand flowers.
Oppressed with haunting, hindering cares,
My heart rebels at fate ;
She stoops to me, and Io ! I shore
Her own imperial state.
I glide beyond my prison bars,
And walk with her the path of stars.
Forever sorrowful in death,
Forever glad in birth,
Her face th- glory of the skies,
Her steps the bloom of earth —
As nature’s sell, the fallen, the free,
0 Isis, 1 interpret thee 1
Among Counterfeiters.
Five or six years ago, when I was detail
ed to look up the Rogers gang of counter
feiters, I had but one clue to begin work
on. One of the clerks in the dead-letter
office had saved and sent to the chief the
following letter :
Pitt. bubo May Bth. Friend Ned : I
have got rid of *ll the “queer” which l
bought and shall be in Parkersburg next
week for asu ply. I have found and will
tiring with me a «»«"" engraver. I lie
p et.t currency pa.-ses right along, but l
have had lome trouble with the l’a and s>.
Look out for my arrival. Dick.
we had tor a wnoie year been trying to
find the headquarter* of half dozen counter
feiter* who hud banded together under the
control of a man named Edward Rogers,
formerly employed ns a banknote engraver
by a New York establishment. Ho had
flooded C ncinnati, Pittsburg and other cities
with counlfcfeit postal currency, and na
tional banknotes, and, first and last, ten or
a dozen d»tectives had failed to find the
headquarters of the gang and bre\k them
up. Several parties had keen arrested for
"shoving” the counterfeits, but they were
suloon-keepers and showmen, and men mere
ly acting as agents to get rid of the money.
We argued'among ourselves that Rogers
and lour or five (perhaps more) engravers
and printers had headquarters somewhere in
Virginia, Ohio or Pennsylvania, where they
priuted their money, and that they employed
a general agent to take it from them and
sell it out to »uch unprincipled persons in
town* and cities as would enter into the
speculation. It would not help us much to
arrest those who ut last passed the stuff out,
but we could only stop the business by ar
resting the engravers aod printer* with their
tools and stocks
We had once sent a detective fo Parkers
burg, and had had them in other cities where
the money had been mo»t freely passed out,
but they had not been able to get a clue to
Rogers’ headquarters. The letter really
amounted to nothing. “Dick” might have
made a previous arrangement tomeet‘'Ned”
in that city, but the fact that the letter had
not been called for was a proof to several of
the detectives who were looking over the
case with me, that Rogers was not in that
part of the country. Had be been.be would
not have allowed tho letter to remain uncall
ed for.
No matter what my companions thought,
I bad an idea of my own. Among all the
complaint* coming in from cities and towns,
we had Dot received a single one from Par
kersburg, although towns twenty miles from
there were sending in compi* ints almost ev
ery day. This made me believe that the
gang were located at or near Parkersburg,
and refrained from issuing any of their notes
there in order not to alarm the local author
ities At any rate, I might as well go on io
that direction as any other, as I mu9t start
out blindfolded, and let luck furnish me a
clue, or abandon the case in despair as others
bad done.
1 took the letter along with me, read and
re-read jt so often that I could repeat every
word, aud the cramped characters were be
fore ray eyes like a photograph. It is no
Dew theory that ooe can judge something of
the looks of a mao, as well as of bis charac
ter, by studying his cbirography. I never
see a lioe of writing, from man or woman,
without holding op an imaginary photograph
of the writer, and I have often been quite
correct. As I Bat in my seat on the train, I
HAMPTON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1880.
made np my mind about how ' Dick” would
look, and wm determined that if ever I ran
across an individual resembling my mental
photoeraph, 1 would watch his movements
until satisfied that he was an honest man.
I arrived in Parkersburg in due time, and
registered my»elf at the hotel for a week’s
stay in the name of “John Fay, showman,
New Jersey” I had scarcely finished writ
ing the line when the inquisitive landlord
asked where my “show” was, and it I in
tended visiting Parkersburg with it 7
I replied that my circus establishment was
traveling in New England, and that my
health being poor I had made up my mind
to hunt and fish and do a general “loafing”
business for two or three weeks, choosing
Parkersburg because 1 had some acquaint
ance back in the country.
These explanations were entirely *ati«fac
tory to the landlord, and he at once proceed.-
ed to make me at home.
To carry out my plans I purchased a rifle,
ammunition and fishing tackle, and for the
first four day* was in the woods among the
hills the greater portion of the time Io
t truth I did and do yet hive a ramble in the
woods, and I did not have to force myself to
take the long jaunts which I did. I grew
tiied, hawever, alter the fourth day, and
lounged übout the hotel nearly all day, close
ly watching the guests and towos-people
who came in. Toward evening I walked
down to the landing, and after being gone
half an hour came back. I was just about
to enter the door when some one came out.
Looking up I saw a familiar face—one that
I had seen a dozen times before, but I could
not remember where.
“How are you?" I exclaimed, holding
out tny hand. “I remember your face like
a book, but hang me, if I can recall your
name.”
“I don't remember that I ever saw you
t»elore,” replied the man, slowly, but accept
ing my hand he guvr it a hearty iqnecze.
“What may I call your name T”
I gave him my assumed name ai.d stated
my occupation, as I had given to the land
lord ; but after a conversation of ten or fif
teen minutes he failed to make out tlmt we
ever bnd a previous acquaintance. He stated
that he had traveled in the North a good
deal, and that 1 had perhaps met him several
times at hotels. I would not give up in my
own mind but that I had met him many
timts, but, as the subject did not seem alto
gether pleasant to him, I soon dropped it, and
he went to his room, and did not appear
again that evening.
Just before going to bed, in fact I was
taking mv lamp from the landlord behind
his bar, I glanced over tho register. The
lust name on it was "Cbas. J. Barton, New
York.” The momeot my eye fell upon the
cramped cbirography I gave a start which
made me almost lose my lamp, and the face
of the man I bad shaken hands with looked
at me from the page as distinctly ns a pho
tograph In a moments time I made up mv
mind that “Burton" was “Dick.” “ Burton’s”
face was the face which I hid painted when
reading the letter, and while the landlord
was mixing himself a “night cap,” I slipped
out "Dick’s” letter, compared tbe chirogra
phy wiih ‘-Burton’s’’ and found that the same
hand bad held the pens.
“So, you've got a New Yorker stopping
here, have you 7” I inquired of tha land
lord, pointing to Burton's name on the reg
ister.
“Yes, he signs hi* name that way this
time,” replied the host. “I guess he must
be a traveling agent, lor he never has the
same location twice alike.”
He then turned back over a period of sev
en months, and showed ma Burton’s name
six different times. Sometimes he was Bur
ton, of New Orleans, then of Boston, then
of Omaha, but never twice of the same
place.
“I don’t know what he does come for ”
returned the landlord to my querry. “He
always puts up here, stays about three days,
and always goes away on boat or train dur
ing the night, generally about midnight. No
matter whut the weather is when he is here,
he borrows my gun, goes off to the bill, is
gone from one to two days, and is always in
a burry to be off out of town as sooo as be
gets back. He is ao odd chap, and 1
slmuid'ot wonder if be was a bit crazy.”
I went to bed to study over the case. 1
need not say that I differed from tbe land
lord as to Burton’s eccentricity. I was cer
taio that tbe fellow came to Parkersburg to
supply him»elf with counterfeit money, and
that hie “going banting” was a blind to
cover his going to some den io the hills where
the gang were at work, i laid out and re
jected a dozen d ffereot plan* to trip Burton
aod «ecore the arrest of the gang. I felt
that I must gel into his ooofideuce and get
him to trust me, or I might Dever get ioto
the living place of tbegaog, who were sharp,
| keen fellows, as was shown by tbe manner
in which they so successfully conducted bus
iness. I might wait until the man had gone
off and his stipp'y of the stuff, and
arrest him with proofs enough to convict
him, but this would not be catching Rogers
I rolled and tossed about for two hours
and then l suddenly got the idea. I would
torn “shover” myself, I had with me about
#2OO of counterfeit currency, all wi II execu
ted. The notes hud been sent Io the chief
a* one time and another, and were handed
me the day I left Washington. I mopped
out a programme, felt certain tlmt 1 could
follow it, aod then turned over and went to
sleep.
When I woke up in the morning it was
raining heavily, with no prospect of clear
ing away bclore noon. I believed that Bur
ton would net start out in such weather, and
he did not. After breakfast he sat down to
a cigar and a newspnper, and one could see
that he bad not a care bow long the storm
lasted.
Holding in my fingers a five dollar note,
which I knew to have come from a plate of
Rogers’ engraving, I drew a chair up to
Burton, sat down and remarked :
“You ought to be a good judge of money.
Tell me what you think of that.’’
He took the bill, gl meed from it to me,
turned it several limes over, and then replied
that it was ns good as wheat. I hoped for
just such an answer, and I kuew now that I
was on the right track.
“Well, the bill might deceive even an ex
pert,” I replied giving him a wink, “for it’s
one of the be»t counterfeits l ever saw. If I
had SIOO,OOO of it I could get rid of every
bill without detection."
“But would yon turn criminal and rob
honest men in that wny f” inquired the mtin,
hi* voice betraying considerable anxiety.
“Why not ?" I returned “The world
owes every man a living. If you buy of a
merchant he cheats you, and if you slop for
a day at a hotel the landlord overcharges
you. It’s s game of cheat and plunder all
the way tip and all the way down, and it any
one is slmrp enough to cheat back l admire
instead ol condemn him ”
"That's rather dangerous philosophy,” re
plied Burton, laughing good-naturedly.
“Yon don’t mean to tell me that you carry
counterfeit money with you 7”
‘ See here, my friend,” said I, lowering
my voice to a whisper, “I mean Just this—
muke money the beat way you cun.”
Taking the bill in my hand, I wdked up
to the landlord, asked him to give me small
bills in exchango, received thtm, and then
walked buck to Burton. He looked at me
fixedly a moment or two, and then inquired
if I meant what I had done 7
“Certainly,” I replied, ‘‘lie will cheat
me when I settle np, and why shouldn't I
cheat him back 7 I «tn going out on the
street now to make some purchases, and 1
shall sot pay out a dollar of good money.”
The man got up, walked about a moment, ■
and then asked me sp to Ins rooms. Arriv
ing there, he Inquired how much of that
kind of money I hud, and I showed him my
stock. He examined every note carefully,
and theu asked how l came by them.
I told him th.it they were furnished me by
a Boston man, and that I got rid of two or
three thousand dollars within a month
“Now, see here, friend,” remarked Burton,
looking me square in the face, “1 know you
are a ‘shover,’ and am witness that you
passed a bill on the landlord. So I have
some security in telling you that I occasion
ally deal in tbe‘queer’ a little myself, and
there ure certain reasons why you must uot
pass any of the stuff io this town.”
I could not get it out of him that it was
on account of tbe headquarters of Rogers
being near the town, but I knew that to bo
tbe reason. He then showed roe a few bills
like the C/e 1 bad, and stated if I wanted to
supply myself he could give me very liberal
terms. I, of course, was very eager to bar
gaiu with him, and it was agreed that on
the next night be should furnish me with
$4 000 at forty cents on the dollar.
I worked every way I could to find where
he was to procure it, but it was no use. He
had not known me long enough. He said
it must be ruffioient for me that 1 got the
counter leits.
It was my intention to dog bis steps to
the headquarters. I bad my gun all ready
for going out, and did not allow Burton out
of my sight for several hours. At noon tbe
weather cleared up, and be borrowed the
laodlord’s guo. I took mine and started for
the bills, believing he would have to pass
me romewbere, bat be eladed me after all
I traveled about, watching everything, had
au eye oo the bill road, but did not catch
sight of bim. Returning to tbe hotel, I
louud that be was absent, and, iu brief, be
did uot return until after dark the next eve
luing.
I knew from what bad passed (bat I could
not gain tbe man's eonfideuce for weeks or
months, nnd might never induce him to
guide me to headquarters. By arresting
him I might make him turn informer, by
holding out the inducement of eseape for
himself. I had everything arranged when
he returned ; I was in his room, nnd two
constables with in", and we hud him hand
cuffed in a moment. Ho had about $lO 000
of the stuff with him, nnd there was no lack
of proof. He “poached” on me in a moment,
and fairly raved when 1 established my
identity with him.
The attempt to wring anything from him
in regnrd to the others was a failure. Me
declared that he would submit to torture
before he wou'd betray lbo*e who had fur
nished him the money. I oouxed, threatened
and discussed, but he was firm; nml after on
hour vainly spent I gave up the attempt. I
would send him to Washington, and then
hope that accident might assist me to find
Rogers' den. 1 wus de'ermind to find it if
I had to call out every man in Parkersburg
Going out of the room to arrange for
sending Burton off I stumbled agaiust a
small deg at the door, and I remembered
that tbe dog hod come in with the counter
feiter. It was not hi* deg, nnd the thought
struck me that it might belong to some of
tho gong, and had followed him from the
den. lat once tied the animal up, deter
mined to make him useful After sending
Burton off by the ten o’clock train, I secured
the services of eight men, including four
constabks, nnd, nil well armed, we sot out
after the dog. We had given him n flog
ging before starting, “to nviko him home
sick,” ns one of the constables asserted, nnd
he was held from going too fast by a string
around his neck.
We had eqnipped ourselves wi'h lanterns,
expecting a jaunt of several miles, and wure
therefore much put out when the dog. after
going two or three blocks, led us down a
back street, and stopped before the door ol
a one story building which hud the sign
“shoe-shop” over the door. Tbe door was
locked und there was no evidence o life
about tbe place. We dragged the dog away,
but no sooner gave him tbe stuck of tho
string than he led u* Imek.
The constables stated that a stranger
occupied the shop* and after one more triul
with the dog I consented that they should
force open the door. Closing it behind ns,
we lighted one of tho candles, and passed
through a partition door into a rear room.
The room was empty, nml one of the con
stables caught sight of and lilted up a trap
door.
Tho moment the door camp up I heard the
clutter of a printing press. 1 know the sound
in an instant, and realiz'd that we were
about to make o discovery.
Looking to our weapons, nnd leaving the
lanterns above, we descended a rough lad
der, aod were soon in a passage which one
of the men declared to he an old ravins which
had been walla! up and covered over several
years before. Gioping forward a few yards,
tbe clatter of the pi ess growing nearer all
the time, we at length bumped against a
door. Feeling around, I found the handle,
gave a pull, and a blaze of light was lot into
the passage.
We sawn printing press, three or four
men, tables, papers, troughs and so forth,
and we rushed into the collar on a run.
There was a i-bout.the counterfeiters all run,
and in s moment all but two hud escaped
out through a door in the far end of the
room. Tbe two were Rogers and compan
ion, known to the cralt as “Shinplaster
Jirn.”
We followed through tbe door after two
or three minutes, taking one of the light*,
reached and mounted a pair of Biairs, and
found ourselves on the first floor of au empty
1 store across tho street from the shoe shop.
Tbe counterfeiters had rented both buildings,
and were using the cellar of the store as
their printing office. We found “piles” of
counterfeit notes, secured all tbe plates, dies,
tools, presses and paper, and the haul broke
up one of the worst gangs in the country.
Rogers and Burton went to prison for twen
ty years each, and “Jim” got ofl with a sen
tence oI ten. But (or tho little dog the
rascals were so well hidden that they might
have worked away for mouths without de
tection.
It was written, “Her dainty feet were
incased in shoes that might have been ta
ken for fairy bools” but the compositor
made it reud, ‘Her dirty feet were incased
in shoes that might huve been taken tor
ferry-boats,” and lie is no longer a dweller
io Chicago, bat a fugitive iu tbe laud.
When evening pale o'er dewy vale
A sombre shade la throwing,
And twmkliug eyes and azure skies
With gold are overflowing j
Wheu all ia still, and wood and hill
Proclaim the day’s abduction,
Then do tbe base inusquiLocs begin
To douoie ou thetr suytivq..
A Good Joke on a Preacher.
A funny anecdote is told of R-v. George
Wiieller, illustrating the power of imogina-*
linn Sunday lu- preached in the Cen
tral M K Church. Now it happens that
among the members of this church there is
a v.ry worthy lady ffl eted with deafness.
In order to enable her to hear the preaching,
a speaking tube running under the floor con
nect* her pew with the pulpit. At the
pew end i« a flexible in tie. with ear piece at
tached. which, when Ihe service begins, she
takes in her hand and holds up to her ear.
The pulpit end terminutns in a tunnel
shaped attachment extending downward
from the desk, ami covered with a sort of
grating or perforated metal disc. On the
Sunday in question Mueller repied the grated
opening in the top of the desk and came
to the conclusion that it wus a hot nir reg
ister. The fancied heat arising from it
seemed to annoy him First he moved as far
away from it u* possible, but finding < that
inconvenient, he clupiied tho Bible right
over the opening, and, it is to be hoped, ex
perienced no more discomfort. When
the services were over the great apo*t!e of
faith innocently remarked to Dr. Beyliss,
the pa-tor, “Dr. you will kill yourself io
that pulpit. Such a current of hot air
constantly arising in your face must be ex
ceedingly prejud cial to health What won
deifully curious people you Americans
are in vour methods ol beating.” Dr. Bay*
liss was too polite to undeceive the old
gentleman, who will probably return to
England with the impression that pulpit,
desks in this country are provided with
heating apparatus for the comfort of tho
preacher's hands and fuce. What the lady
thought of the seriuou in not recorded.—
Detroit Newt.
The “Devil’* Bible.”
The biggest bible in I lie world, known
ah the “Devil's Bible,” is to be found in the
royul library of Sweden, at Stockholm,
which it is mid contains, altogether, over
70.000 volumes. ()( this bible, frequently
denominated “Asses’ B><>k,” because of be
ing written on asses’ skins, a correspondent
recently visiting the royal llWavy- wy# : "I
was shown the biggest book in the world,
the wonderful and gig.intio ‘Asses’ Book,’
not so called for the aome reason that the
I’ons Asiuorum gets its title, but because
it is written on 300 nsscs’ skin*, which look
like thick, heavy parchment, while the
binding is of ouken bonrds covered with
velluin, and tlte claups nr« great misses of
ironmongery, snd its weight is such that
four men cm scarcely carry It. It contains
the Old and Now Testumoiit, the Apocrypha,
and a sort of encycloj .'e lia of then existing
knowledge, nod profuse in gilding and col
oring, green and red being the predominant
colors. It was found in a convent in
Prague, when the city was taken and sock
ed by the Swvdss during the thirty years’
wnr. and is commonly called the ‘‘De
vil’s Bible.” The story ' runs that a
monk condemned to death for violation of
his vows, nb'uuied promise of pardon on the
supposed impossible condition tlmt be.should
transcribe the Bible during the night before
bis execution, which he accomplished with
diabolical aid, at the n»ual prioe : Satan,
in the Apocrypha and encyclopedia, to
show what he could do when he tried. A
loathly portruit of its diabolical insplrer or
transcriber, hoefs, horns, claws, eyeballs
and all is on the back page. The monk
might have nude biiu prettier out of sim
ple gratitude.
A Pownarim Uksokk. —“Anything in
the literary line to day, gents?” said the
old book peddler, as he rested bis bundle 00
u tuble in the boai’s cabin.
“What hev yer got thar V querried one
of the passengers, who was dressed in a
butternut suit.
“Most anything. Here’s Dickens,Tlwck
eray, Sir E. Bulwer Ly(ton, Emerson, Beo
net. Ned Buntiine, and oilier distinguished
authors. Toko a look ”
“tJot there a life of D»vy Crockett ?”
‘ Here it is, complete iu one volume.
Price 50 cents.’ ’
“Wall, jis* do me op two of am, Mister ;
I’m a powerful reader •, I reckon tbeyll do
me till I git ter Texas.”
A stiuhokb, passing » churchyard aud
seeing a bearse standing bard by, inquired
who was dead. The sexton mforiued.
“What complaint?” asked the inquisitive
one.
“There is no complaint ; everybody is sat*
istkd,” was the reply.
“Tins wickoii stam) in slippery places,”
out lor a perfect picture ol reckless insecu
rity, you waot to look at a frightened wo
man trying to slaud on a camp- woof to
.keep out of the way of a mouse.
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