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TO fP.V DIRECTORY.
Mayor— T.Uomas G. Garnett.
(lomvtsstonkrs— f) x B. Bivins, E: I?-.
J.imes, G. P. Bivins. \V. B. Pierce.
Gr.ERK —G. P. Bivins.
Treasurer— W. a. Shell.
Marshal —S. A. Gelding, Marshal.
JUDICIARY.
A. M. Spekr, - Judge.
F. D. Dismuke, - - Solicitor General.
Butts—Second Mondays in March and
September
Henry—Second Mondays in Janaary and
July.
Monroe—Fourth Mondays in Febronry,
and August.
Newtop—Third Mondays in March and
September.
Pike—First Mondays in April and Octo
ber.
Rockdale —Third Mondays in February and
and Aug net.
Spalding—First Mondays in Fcbrnnry
arnl August.
Upson—First Mondays in May and No
Yomber. '
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Methodist Episcopal Church, (South,)
Hov. Wesley P. Smith, Pastor Fourth
Sabbath in each month. Sunday-school 3
p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
PsoTKSTAYT Crurson. First
Sabbath in.eaeh oioctb. Sunday-school 9
A. X.
Onßmrrw Cirjscrr, W. R. Fears, Pastor.
Second Sabbath in each month.
Baptist Churcti, Rev. J. P. Lyon, Pas*
tor. Third Sabbath in each month.
CIVIC SOCIETIES.
Pine Grove Lodge, No. 1 77. F. A.; M
Stated communications, fourth Saturdays In
each month.
DOCTORS
T\R. J. C. TURNIPSEKD will attend to
all oalls day or night.' Office »t resi
den*e, Hampton, (la.
7\R. W. H. PKEBLES treats all dis
•l * eases, and will attend to all calls day
and night. Office at the Drug Store,
Broad Street, Hampton, Ga.
OR. D. F. KNOTT having permanently
located in Hampton, oflers his profp°*
sional services to the citizens of Hampton
and vicinity. All orders left at Mclntosh’s
store will receive prompt attention. sp26
DR. N. T. BARNETT tenders his profes
sional services to the citizens of FJ pnl 7
and adjoining counties, and will answer calls
day or night. Treats all diseases, of what
ever nature. Office nt Nipper’9 Drug Store.
Hampton, (la. Night calls can be made at
my residence, opposite Berea church. api26
JF FONDER, Dentist, has located in
• Hampton. Ga.,and invites the public to
enll at his roo-n, upstairs in the Bivins
House, where he will be found at all hours.
Warrants all work for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
CW. HODNKTT, Attorney and- Oonn
• sellor at. Law, Jonesboro, Ga. Prompt
attention given to all business.
GEORGE P. BIVINS. Attorney at Law.
Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Collections promptly attended to.
Office np stairs in the Mclntosh building.
Hampton, Ga. rnnrl2tf
TO. NOLAN Attorney at Law, Mo
• Donongh, Georgia: Will practice in
the coonties composing the Flint Circuit;
the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
Uuited States District Court.
W\l. T. A/torney at Lew, Lo
cust Grove, Ga Will practice in the
counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir
cuit. the Snpreme Court of Georgia, and the
United States District Court. apr27-ly
GEO. M. NOLAN, Attobsky at Law.
McDonough, Ga. (Office in Court bonse)
Will practice in Henry and adjoining eoun
ties, and in the Smpreroe and District Courts
of Georg** Prompt atteotjbn given to col
lections. meh23-6ra
JF. WALL. Attorney at Law, Hemp*
ton, Ga Will practice in the counlies
composing the PTTht Judicial Circuit, and
the Snpreme and District Courts or Georgia
Prompt attention given to collections. ocs
EDWVRD J. REAGAN, Attorney at
law. Office np stairs in the Mclntosh
building. Hampton, Ga. Special attention
given to commercial and other collections.
THE ROVERS.
• T will re'urn.” the swallow said,
‘■To piy old nest once more ;
M.v home beneath the spreading eaves
Ot von gray cottage, framed ip leaves,
A waits me ns of yore “
She sped across the scented land
Qne bine and breezy day;
But where the house was wont to stand
A heap of futes ley.
“I will return.” the rover said,
• To my old' love oner* more ;
-So true she is that well 1 know
The hrnrt that held me long ago
Awaits me ns of jore.”
He rune, when south winds sighing pass
O’er fields of cows'ips gold ;
But underneath the trembling grass
Her heart lav stih and cold.
IVot a Minute too Soon..
You see, I was Bherifl of Hempstead
county, Arkansas, for a number of yeurs,
and we bad some ol the hardest kind of
characters to deal with, llorse thieves,
renegades, onjlaws and highwaymen roam
ed over tha State, and when they struck into
my copnty we tried to make it hot for them.
1 had u number of deputies, who were bound
to enforce the law pi any cost, and when we
wanted help there were a score of citizeus
who could be bad at a moment's warning.
I hadn’t served out my first term before
our county 1 d the name of being one of
the safest and most orderly comities in the
State. Desperadoes at length passed ns by,
and there were weeks at a time when not
even an arrest was made.
I was jailor, of course. The county be
ing poor we had a wretched apology for a
jail ; in fact any man who did not choose to
remain eonld easily work his way out of it
It was for this reason that very few of
the known desperadoes found their wav into
the jail. When run down they would be
takeD iulo the woods and left there, and po
one ever heard of them again.
One day, while I was serving on my lust
six months, ar outuw called “Bloody Tom,”
murdered a farmer within a mile of town,
robbed tfie Wly. nciYtheV) tdok ton swnrfip
and sent me word by a negro that I couldn’t
raise men enough in Hempstead county lo
take him. I summoned a posse, surrounded
the swamps and vvitbio loor hours after the
nmrder the outlaw was hanged to a limb.
He made a hard fight, killing two men and
wounding a third, and the affair stirred up
a good deal of excitement. “Bloody Tom”
lied a brother who went by the name of
•‘Rid Juck.” lie was a wicked, cruel rns
eal, on whose head' there were a d< zen coun
ty rewards, and he lived mostly in the
swamps and forest. People said that he
would be revenged on me for the death of
Tom, and I was advised to look out tor
him.
When they said “look out” in these days
it meant business, and for a whole month 1
kept both eyes watching for Jack. One
day when 1 was out o( town he rode info
the village, shot two ineD, tried to set tire to
the jail and ride out again, no one daring to
follow him. He eveo hitched his horse at
the tavern and took a drink of whisky, while
the excitement was geatest, and lie left word
with the landlord that he might be expect
ed back within the next month
Upon returning home I scoured the coun
try for miles aroand with a force of men.
but Jack had made good his escape. 1 think
the rewards for his capture, dead or alive,
footed up fifteen hondretf dollars. He was
outlawed, and his death would be s public
hlessing. We therefore planned to effect it.
There were four roads lending into town,
and for the next three weeks two men were
stationed in the burho along each road,
prepared to shoot Jack on sight.
The fellow did not appear. He might
have received warning, or he might not have
been ready ; at any rate, the watching all
went for nothing, and alter the fourth werk
it was the general idea that he had fled
from that part of the State, and I began to
relax my vigilsr.ee and to grow careless.
About this time a young white boy, som
twrlvc years of age, wandered into the vil
lage. Hisnnme was Daniel Smith, hut ev
erybody called him Dan He worked at
odd jobs for a few days. 1 then employed
him to assist in beeping the jail in order,
take care of mv horses, and render other
uselol aid. He was a very sedate lad, hav
ing lit lie to say to any one, and the most
that I ever got out of him. in relation to hi*
family history, we' that be was ou orphan •
and had lived in Vicksburg all bis life. He
was prompt and obedient, an 1 when not en
gaged al his work was sure to shoulder my
shotgun and take a turn in the woods. He
never came back without some sort of game,
and fioallj be became a fixtuie in the fam
ily. ; .
HAMPTON, GA„ FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1880.
I thi'-k it was three months after ‘ Red
Jack's” raid on the 'village th'jf ‘I rpectvcd
a letter asking my presence at Tbornbu.-h, a
village six miles away. Bn' when 1 told 1
Dab to saddle my hong it was. discovered
that the horse had jumped the fence and ta
knn to the woods Dan shouldered the gun
slid went .jijit to search, while 1 gpt ready foe
the journey.
•The r.iqruing passed nod he did .not re
turn, and at noon I went down across a va
cant field to the edge of the woods, hoping
to henr trim him. It was in August, very
wsrqt, weather, and 1 h<vl uo coat on. I
did uot intend to go far, birt getting down
to the edge of the woods, I found that the
horse had passed that wav, discovered Dun’s
tracks in the ruud, and 1 kep* on. There
was an old rend through the woods, running
to what was called * the French clearing,”
two miles from town, aid ns gross was
abundant there, it was prrft? plain that the
bqrse hud taken that direction.
I grew indignant ns I walked along, be
lieving that Dnn had wander'd from hii
errand in snitch if game, and lvd neither eyes
nor curs for ncything about mo until I sud
denly heard o voice cry, “Halt!” ijump
ed to One side and locked op, and there
stood Red Jack. 1 had bede’r sden him be
fore, bui hid often heard hint described, and
I rteogntz.'d him almost instantly. Me stood
beuide a tree, a cocked revolver iu eijher
hand, aud as 1 halted Uncalled oat :
"Gome here ! If you try to run away I
will shoot you f"
I had no weapons, and it did not 'tnk<
long for me to understand tfiat 1 was in the
power of-tbe man who had gi-cle such ter
rible threats against my life. He was not
fi’:<Mi feet away, and if I hud attempted to
run he could ensily have killed me.
There was no other wuy but ty übey his or-t
der. and I walked forward. ' ■
“Go into the woods,” he paid, ns
preached him
lie motioned with bis baud for me ,14
leave the trail. I never saw a more utfly
face in mv life. I knew he W>nnt to mVir-i
der me, and I stood for rd instant and Jrt' c j
itnted whether I should su Idenly
him or obey. The revnlvw* wvrss- Vnt'd
Steadily at my breast, his fingers on the
triggers, and t left the road. He fofitwed
clo-e behind me chuckling to himself, ixiui os
we walked through th'* woods, he said t
“You remember 1 said 1 would cohi'f Air
you You got tbe advantage of brother
Tom, but I dou’t think you’ll get much
ahead of me. Go more to the left.”
Aflbr a walk of about twenty minutes he
said :
“Stop, now. and back up ngn‘>?«t * that
tree and put your hards behind you.”
What was the use of asking if he meant
to murder me 1 Of conrse he -did ! 1 could
read it in his looks and actions, and I won
dered that he didn’t shoot me as vve walked
r ’4 ‘ » » ,
through the woods. 1 backed up to the
tree, put mv hands behind me. and he came
around and drew them behind the Gee and
made them fast. I was sorry th“n tlint 1
had not made some eflort to save my life,
though any struggle of mine mu-t have result
ed in my receiving a bullet.
“There ! Now !” he said, as he fini'-hed ty
ing, and come in front of me. “Nov/ I’m go
ing to have roy fun. You've raised h—l
among the bors. hanging and ‘hooting, ’but
you won’t bother us any more ! Fin gA'ing
to scalp you Jhe firs! thing, and tncu we’ll
do something else 1”
‘ You can’t bo such nr, irvhumim fiend ns
that !” I exclaimed, twisting nt m? bond*.
“I can’t, eh ?’’ he laughed, producing a
bowie-koife and at yapping it on his boot
leg.
“If yon want to kill fee, why don’t yon
shoot me I” I asked.
‘tß*cause that wouldn't hurt yon enough !’’-
he replipd, rising up -“I shnll your
seidp of] a* neatly as an Indian could do it,
and then II! slice-off your ears | ’
I drew io tny breath to shout, but he
aeiz > d my throat ur.d choked me until sparks
of fire danced before my eyes.
“None o’ that 1” he growled, as he let
go, ‘ just give one yell and I’li open your
throat from ear to ear 1”
lie threw rfl my hat, seized a handful of
hair, and said: “Here goes to revenge
poor Tom
Th# last words were yet on his lips when
he staggered hack, raised his arm, and 1
felt a pain in rfiy shoulder. After fchat
seemed a whole minute l heard the report of
a shot gun, and lied Jack Punk down. There
wb» a boyiph yvlh, and little Dm bounded
p'St me, waring-the clubby gun, nnd la*'
'truck the dying outlaw over the head until
the stock was broken and the bore! bent,
though the man wn3 dead when ti e first
blow fell.
1 i searching for jjic horse, D»u had dis
covered Red J,uk prowling tbrouah the
woods. The boy louial-lhe pony, made n
t• • I
logg circuit home, nod reached there soon
after 1 left. He knew .Turk w»* waiting
me. and without saying n word to any
ono, he shouldered the pou and tank my
trail, end eatne upon n« Just et the right
moment. Iu firing 'he shot he buried a few
4 them in my shoulder, but tbe wound 1
get was, of no account, ,
the villagers went pat for the body,
agd heard flip story, they made op a putse
qfs2flo for Dan, ond I aided him to get
county rewards. I was made his guardian,
ro i>to day be is one of the roost successful
mrtrnlpttg the ijoathern seaboard*
for wbigb belonga to Up-’.
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A Mountain IMc-ntc.
w.
hWeral days ago 1 had the pleasure of
acting as chief mourner at a mountain pic
nic., This subject has bean pretty well rep
rwiited in ronmiice and song already,
ven'twe to give my experience pa bcijig a
litHi out of the ordinary. T.ie joy which
is experienced in the glad free life of the
pie-ifctkar is always before the prc-nic. On
the evening before he m il*ep the excursion
lie i- tr.o lull of fleered *plewsijrq oud lavender
colored tmnquility fur auyahifg lie ghdi s
about tbe house softly warbling to himself
the ImtjTiient of some lender love i<wg whild
be p els the eoik-screws and matches and
other vegetables for t|ie morrow.
T was p'acod, iti command of n party of
ladirs, who liud evirylhing arranged so tbut
nil 1 needed to do would be to get into th 4
buggy and drive to the mountains, eat my
lunch and drive back again. 1 like to go
with a party of ladies, because they never
make suggestions about thp route or h#w to
drive. They ure just ns full of gentle trust
and child like confidence and qnestio <a a*
they cun be. They get the lunch ready and
get into the buggy and keep thinking of
things they have forgotten till they get 400
> inflow front home, and ihey sing little jiieees
iof old songs and won’t f t the great botrid
ne*» in eburtre of the excursion h»ve any
lunch when lie grts hungry bcc-iuae they
were hunting for a romantic spot beneath
the boughs of n magnificent, dm, while every
a+TC- T«**t Usat
| isn't an elm, big or little, witbin
mile 3.
VVe went up in the mnwntn : ns befjuse we
wnuted to go where it would be cool. As
n search for a cool result, this piotiic of
outs was tbe most briUiar.t success. VVe
kept going op ot an angle of forty fivi'.df
grees from the lime wit left home until wp
had to get out and wain lo keep warm. VVp
get into one of the upper strata o! clouds,
and a cold mist mixed with of
ice-cream and large chtink* of ftai! and
toisdty about the size of a burglar proof
safe came gathering over ns. Then we
campl'd in the midst of the mountain storm,
and thp vnrTbns ladies sot down on tbfir
(eit and put the lap-robe* over them sad
looked reproachfully a’ me. VVe hovred
iuound under the buggy and'wo nr three
little parmols and watched tbs
sfofm. It was a gbrions spectacle to the
tßinkiDg mind ThPy hegSn to abme me
becati*' V did not make a circus of myself
find'thus drive away the despair and misery
of the occasion. They had brought me
along, it rrt'nv’d, because 1 was such no
amusing little en j s. It made me a good
deal sadder thAn I would have been other
wise. Here iu the midst of a wild and hiitqr
mountain storm, so thick lti,it yon c*G'dt)*t!
see twenty yards away, with nothing
btft some marble cake rraked in vinegar,
and a piece of cold tongue with a rpd ant
onji, l was expected to make a hippodrome
aod negro-mmsti'el show ot myselt. f Wrst
into" tears, and tried To sit on my feet ns the
ladies did. I couldn’t do it so simultane
ously and so extemporaneously, as it Were,
as they conM. 1 bad to take them by sec
tions and sit on them. My feet to re not
large, bilt at time I cannot hoVer
over them both at the same time. A
Dear Rader, did you ever sit umiiNt the
f silence aiid solitude of the mountains and
reel the half-stones rolling down your brick,
melting and soothing you, and (Fling your
heart wilh gr°at surging thoughts of the
sweet h/and by. and death, tied the grave,
ard other mirth provi kng topics? We
had now been about two hundred years
without food; it penned to fne, nihl I mih.iy
suggested that I would like something to
eat lather tfisn die of starvation in Ihe midst
of plenty, but the ladies wouldn't giwe me so
much as a sam hardwieh to pr serve my
life.' They'to'd m* to smoke if I felt that
! must have nourishment, and coldly refudefl
to let ml' sample thepiekM spider-nod ef>H
pressed flip*. So in the mlifft of all this
prepared food T had to go out into the sago*
bm*h and cat raw grassliopp'rrp nob prickly
peat'.
By and by, when we concluded tbnt *ve
had .-aka boout all the moßbbuu atorui.’we
needed in our bnsine*?, an ) didn’t pine for
any more hail-stones nnd dnmpne«, we'
hitched up ngn ; n and started home. Then
we got tost. The ladies felt indignant, hot
I was delighted 1 net' r *m»" lost in «ir
my life. When I was asked where T thought
I was, I could eh-erfnlly reply that I didn’t
know, and that wbuld stop the Conversation
tor as much a* two minutes.
The beauty of being lost is that yon are
all tbe time seeing new object*. There is a
charm of novelty about ’>ei:vg lost that one
cloys not fnlly understand until he has been
there, so to apeak Mhen I aon id say that
T’didpst know where the roc<F I ed' fll “ tTYn f
were froVefiog hnfW the%«mr wriiihfsiic*
pest, with mingled hitti-me-S and'regret,
that v-e had better furp hock. Then I
wop Id turn tuck. I turned back sevefftheu
times at the request of Various memhers ef
the party for whom I had snd still have the
most unbounded respect. Fin’ifly we got so
accustomed to the virions object* o'Mb;? this
line Of travel that We blnf d'for w change,
Then we drove afcr)d a lit fie further and
found the road. 1: hud bicn tlierc all the
time. It is there yet.
j nyver had §o mueii in, alt my life!
It don’t take aia 'h to pn-, however.
I ?m of a cheerful di.prujitipn anyfiow
Some of the ladies brought home coluinbines
that had hpen drowned ; others brought
home beautiful jjreen mosses wi'h red bugs
in them, aim others broggijt funne iichens
and ferns and neuralgia. T didn’t bring
anything homo. I was glad to
myself aod know that I was aft thfre.
I took tbe lunch basket and cxmnimx] it.
It looked sick and unhappy. At first I
thoushf I would pick thu red ants out of the
lynch ; then I thought it would sHvetime to
pick the lunch out of the red ants, but finally
1 thought I would compromise by throwing
the whole thing into the alley. Inm now
preparing a work to be called the “Pick
Nicker’s Guide, or Starvation Madia Easy
and Even Desirable. ’’ It will supply u want
Ion? felt, and will be wiihin the reach of a'l.
—Dill Ntje in the Salt Lake Tribune.
Why Cannut a Woman Become
it Ma-ou l
At a late nrniverssry celebration of thp
Afasons, tho orator of the day thus discoursed
upon this vexed qun’ion :
“Womrfn sometimes complain* thnt *he is
not permitted to enter onr lodges and work
witli the craft in their labors, and learn all
there is to he learned Lo the institution. We
will dxnlain the reason. We learn that
before the Almighty had finished His work,
He was In some doubt obout creating Eve.
The creation of. rvery living and creeping
thing had been accomplished, and the Al
mighty had mrtde Adam (who w*s the first
Mason,) und elected for him the 6ne«t lodge
in tbe world, and culled it Paradise No. 1.
He then canned all the beasts of the fivld
and the fowls of *toealr to pass before Adam
for him to name them, which was a piece of
wo-k he had to do alou", so that no coc/u
--sinn might, thereafter arise from Eve, whom
he knew would mike tmuhlp if she was
allowed to participate in it, if He created
her beforehand. Adam, being very ‘much
fn'igued with the labors of his first task, Ml
asleep, and when he awoke he found E»e in
•h" lodge wi'h him. Adncn. being senior
wurdco. placed Eve as tbe pillar of beau'y
iu the Siuth.und they received their ir>
structians frotiivWnr Grand M:inter iq tiie
jf'tfjg she hnmediately
called the craft from labor to refrc@hpt;nt.
Instead of attending to the duties of her
offices as she ought, she left bur station,
violated her obligation, .and let in m expnli*-d
Mason, who had nf business there, and wen*
around with him. leaving Adam to look
after the rare)*; 'HmMiow had been ex*-
polled from * to o Grand Lodge. with several
others, some time before. But heariog the
foo'steps of the Uraad Master, he suddenly
took hi* lenvff, telling Ea* to go If* making
aprons—she nod Adnra we-e ict to proper
regalia Bhe went and t()kl Adorn, ft’d,
when the (imm) Matter returned to the
he found k« gavel. Iktd been stplen.
He cattad fo/ fee armor and junior waydenfe
who hud oegleote* to guard Abe door, and
lound them nte-ont. After searching »oo».-
time he c.ims to wbaa they were Ui>|. and
demanded of Adam what be was doing there,
instead of ow.-up.vtpg bia official. t»!#»iff.
Adam replied that be- w**.waiting .
to call the craft Horn rvfrfcahutcajt to iavor
again, aud that the craft was pot proparly
clothe*), which they were nt.dtiog prov-uou,
for. lurniu« to Kve he asked Lcr whpt alto
had to offer in excure for unofficial and
anmaxonic conduct, iiuo rep.ied that a
fellow passing *df as a grand lecturer
had been giving bgr aud she.
thought it was no harm >o learn the*. Tbo.
Grand Master the* asked her what hud
bceonie'of His g.tVel ; she said she didn’t
kiiaw, unless iclicw bud taken it aw^y.
Finding: Hint Ere \vn« no trmjrpr trustworthy,
nnd that she hud oatrsed Adam to neglect
his doty, and had Te* in him wftorn He had
expelled, the Uriiud Mister closed the lodge,
and tnrning fh**m on*, set a faithful tyler to
gmi.d the door with » ft ming sword.
Adam, rrpented Of his* (oily, wen* to work
I attain lii-e n mnn and n (food Mason* io
order to |t(t retnetnhd attain. Not so with
sC*e ; she ge« angry a boat, it, and com
menced raising (lain. Ach«t«. on. accnuat of
hi« reformation, wup pet mpted to establish
lodge- and work in the lower degrees; and,
while Kre was allowed to Join him ir, the
vroVRU' rf** Mkrity rrrtrrrhh*, she *bs -never
again to he admitted to assist in the regular
work of the cruft. Ifeoeo the reason why
wnm::n cannot heo'tn? an inside Mason.”
ISow (In* (’arson Fished on Snq
d«f-
Of course it is wrong fd go flshlnfr or)' the
Sabbath day, and the clergyman of a rf* rli-
county church felt that it wns so When
he addressed his Snnd ly-Moot, and durnesHy
exhorted the hoys to relfriin from siehvllftro
eecding Hnt there wu» one hoy in the neUtyol
whiy. initiftd of Irging led - away from the
evil by tiro pi.-tijri* oddn *s UV fvl# jtui) ,n
i<|ejt thiyt verp afternoon,
and syhen the tgrerepd jrcutletn »n, (who on
six days io the week was a 9 ready to pull a
trout from the watVr us the next rnan^ 1 was
s' rot ins; In the nradows later in the day,
wn’s pained 1b Come npttn that wicked
smalt boy stated under some bushes «4td
angling in a deep hole in n brook. He
aTopped and said to the confased und blush
ing youth : “Mr boy, I’m sorry to see that
you pay so little regard to whnt i said this
morning.” The boy hud dropped hia pole
at being addressed, and at that instant tbe
line straighted with n yank that betokened
a big trout on the hook. Thu boy saw it,
but he dared not tonch the pole until the
clergyman Baid,“You had better take your
pole and go home. Be quick, too, boy I"
Then the youngster tried to obey, but he was
a Tory small boy, nnd the fish did not cotne
out verv easily, nnd the way that clergyman
fretted nnd fumed tor n minute was a cau»
lion, and then tie said, “I—! am afraid—
Jit t trawe yvtcsvKl! tbe pote, yoa'lt tew it
again when I’m gone, (jo horn-; and i’ll
take it home for you,’’ and he seized the
pole and the sin ill hoy skipped aw ay, and in
a minute there was a splendid three pound
troat in the clergyman's bands ; and then
before he could hi fe ,ttye pole ai d wrap tbe
fish in his handkerchief to put it in his pock,
et, along carau oue of'be deacons, and the
pastor bad a terribly embarrassing time ex
plaining the matter, and had to name seven
different days that he expected the deacon to
dftie with him before the lattur would believe
that the pnstor found a boy tticre with the
pole and fish, but that tbe youth ruo oil ou
thd pustor's approach.
Where (he Difference Modestly
Came In.
A certain gentleman r-quiring legal as
sistan. c had been recommended to one of
two brothers, but had forgotten the Chris
tian name of him he sought, so he called at
the ofll o of the one 6rst found aud asked
for Mr. Podger.
“ Pbot is mv nnmp sir.”
“But there n-e two of you ot that name
hern in towu
•*Ysw."
‘•Well. I wish to consult the Mr. Pudger
—excuse me for tbo allusion—wtio wear* a
wig.”
“We bath wear wigs, sir.”
“Wgll, the moo I seek was divorced from
his wife Dot long ago.”
“There J°u hit us both agaiu, sir.”
“The mun to whom I was recommended
has recently been sccu-ed of forgery, though,
I trust, unjustly.”
“There we are again, my dear sir. We
have both biai thaf insinuation laid
» * "Vt , s* >j •
at Our obmr
'• tfelf,’njfob my wo-d. you two brothers
bp«r a Striking regemhtunee. But ! guess l
hnvip it now. The one lam aftef is in the
habit of occasionally drinking to excess
son*'timesib inloxicsti ui.”
‘ My dear mao, that little vice iMsnforln
n t-ly a characteristic of the pair of us, and I
doubt i! nut best frieuit* ccuU tell you
which was the winst.”
“Wca, yon are a mAtclurd pair, csrtainly.
Bat tslkme,’ cootimtol the visitor, - which
of die. twain it was steal took Ibe pom d bN
or’s oath a few months, ago ?” •
“il :, ha, we wi re lioth jn that mudd : e. t
W’S on Boti.V pyper and be was on mine.”
“In me.ey'n name!** cried the applicant,
1 desperately, “willyou tell me which of the
twb is the most stnsible man ?"
-Ab, there y n touch bottom, my friend.
Poor Bob, 1 can’t snatch the truth, even to
serve a brotller If you want the more
sensible one of the two I suppo-e I must
ackoowltdge the corn. Ira the man.
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