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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL
BY S. R. WESTON.
gjiusoit (Mletliln Joanial,
Published Erery Thursday.
fE It.liS— Strictly In .Advance.
Three months 00 76
Bis months >1 26 ,
One yeur $2 00' |
JOh Work oi every description exe
cnted»ith neatness and dispatch, at moderate
rates.
/tales of Legal »/ drertisinunls.
•Sheriff's Sales, per levy, |4 00
Mortgage Ft Fa Sale, each 1evy...... 6 00
Tax Col. “ 8 00 .
Citations for Letters of Administration, 4 00
>i n “ Guardianship, 400
Dismision from Administration...... 6 00
>i “ Guardianship,....... 6 00
Application for leave to sell land 4 00
Notices to Debtors and Creditors,.... 4 00
Land Sales, Ist sq. #4, each additional. 3 00
Sales of Perishable Property per eqn’r, 4 00
Katray Notice, * A 4 00
Notice to perfect service, 7 00
K iles to Foreclose Mortgage, per sq. 4 00
Rules to establish lost papers per sq... 400
Rules compelling titles 3 60
Rules to perfect eorvice, divorce cases. 10 00
All legal advertisements must bo accompa- I
nied by cash, or will not appear.
Sales of Lind, &0., by Administrators, Ex
ecutors or Guardians, are required by law to
be held on the first Tuesday in the month, bes
tween the hours of 10 !o the forenoon and 3
in the afternoon, at the Court llouse in the
county in which the property is situated.
Notices of these sales must be given in a
public gazette 40 days previous to the day of
Sidle.
'Notices for the sale of personal property
mast be given in like manner 10 diiys previ
ous to sale and iy.
Notice to the debtors and creditors of au
estate must also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, etc.,
must be published one month.
Citations for letters of Administration,
Guardianship, C'c., must be published 30 days
_fordiMnis-ioii from Administration, month
ly's inouflts—for dismission i7 om Guardian- j
ship, 40 days.
Rules of foreclosure of Mortgage must be
published motitlilY for four months—for es
tablishing lost papers for the full space of 3
months—for compelling titles from Executors
or Administrators, where bond has been giv
en by the deceased, the full space of three
months.
Publications will always be continued ac
cording to these, the legal requirements, un- I
less otherwise ordered.
C3T« riage *ud Obituary notices of five |
lines or less, no cha'ge. Oree five lines, reg
ular rates will be charged.
RAIL-ROAD GUIDE~.
fionfhwidilcfK Railroad.
\YM. IIOLT., Prcß. | VIKGIL TOWERS, Sup
Leave Macofi 6.15 A. M ; arrive at Colum
bus 11.15 A. Jf. ; Leave 6’olu-bus 12 46 P.
il ; arrive at. Macon f> 20 P. M.
Leaves Macon 8 A Af: arrives st Eu
faula 5 SO, P M ; Leaves Eufatrla 7 20, A M ; )
Arrives at Macon 4 50, P M.
ALBANY BRANCH
Leaves Stnitliville 1 46, P M ; Arrives at
Albany 3 11, P M ; Leaves Albany 9 36, A M;
Arrives at Simthvffle 11, A M.
Leave Outhbert 3 57 P. M. ; arrive at Fort
Grins 5 40 P. M ; Leave Fort Gains 7.05 A
il. ; arrive at Cuthbert 9.05 A. M.
Western A Atlantic Railroad.
F Htn,BERT, Sop’t..
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN,
l.ravo Atlanta . . • 845A. M.
l eave Dalton .... 2.30 P. si.
Arrive at Chattanooga • . 6.25 P. M.
Leave Chattanooga . . 3.20 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta . . . 12.05 P. M.
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . . . 7 00 P. M
Arrive st Chattanooga . .410 A. M
Leave Cbattauooga . . 4.30 P. M
Arrive at Dalton . » . 7.50 P. M
Arrive at Atlanta . . . 1.41 A. M
•gustiKjgj CSardja.
LEVI C. IIOYL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dawson, - - - - Ga.
AT7ILL practice in the several Courts of
Law and Equity in this State and the
Circuit Courts of the United States for the
State of Georgia. Also, attenti n given to
COMMISSION in BANKRUPTCY.
C. B. WOOTEN. R. W. DAVIS.
WOOTEN & DAVIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
liatcson, Ga.
dec 24 1868 lv
G. W. WARWICK,
Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity,
SMITHVILLE, GA.
1 P rac, * ee >n South Western and Patau
* Circuits, Collections promptly remitted.
J. G. S. SMITH,
GUXgMITH
ai.ro ju«tciiZ rlST
DA WSON, i : : C^ r 'J ia -
Keeps constantlv ou hand a well splectu
tTWfr Pf Guns, Pistole, Caps, Cartridges and
4 i ?V u * , *° n of nil description.
Oliver f?l nf all kinds done. Ateo,
Sewing Machine Needles for sale.
Also Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, sew
ing ifachines, etc., etc. J>’eb 11 ’69 ly.
T J. PRATT. J. B. CRIM
PRATT & CRIM,
dry goods and
Grocery Merchants,
BAWSOX, - . GEORGIA.
I IBERAI* advances made on Cotton
shipped to opr correspondents in Savan
nah and Baltimore. oc*22 fißly*
J. W A RREN,
attorney at law,
JOB WORK.
Seatly Executed a! this Office.
It. F. SIMMONS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Heal Estate Agent,
—AND—
Cfluuty Agent for Land & Immigra
tion Oilice of the State of
Georgia, Dawson Ter
rell County, Ga.
PROMPT attention given to all business
intrysred to his care. Will examine ti
tles to laud and effect the sale or purchase of
the same. augs;tf
Saddlery and Harness Emporium.
' Q.C. ROGERS,
On the Site of the Old 77ieatre y and opposite
United States Hotel ,
decatui st. Atlanta , aa.
Convenient to the Passenger Depot. Pri
ces will be found more reasonable and Stock
more complete than any in the city. Also,
all kinds of Harness and Skirting Leathers.—
Also, Enameled leathers and Cloths constant
ly on haDd, wholesale and Retail.
CARRIAGES AND BIGGIES,
Baby Carriages, Rocking Horses, and Buggy
Umbrellas, of the most approved style and finish,
on hand and made to order. janlt-ly
Alk’d H. Colqcitt, James Bagus,
Baker County, Ga. Newton, Ga.
Hcgu H. CoLquiTT, Savannah, Ga.
COLQUITT & BACGS,
COTTON FACTORS & GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
Special attention to the sale of Cotton,
Lumber and Timber. Liberal advances on
consignments. may6;tf
MEDICAL CA R D.
jDR- J. H. JOHNSON,
HAVING Located at Brown’s Sta
tion, Ga., will take great pleasure
in waiting on all those, who desire hi-t servi
ces, No other ptactee solicited.-May 2iHh-tf
Nlw attractions
—AT—
PAT. W« BAR.
JUST received a New Stock of Fine
Liquors, Segura, Xc., Xc.
Will also keep for the accoumiodaiion of
my customers,
USMONS & ICE.
Dawson, Ga., May 13,1869-ts
brown HOUSE'
E. £, BROW A A SO A,
Fourth St., Opposite Passenger Depot.
.11 hcon, Georgia.
' I"" III."? flotise it&Ving lately been refilled
I and repaired, and is now one of the best
Hotels in ihe State, and the most conve
nient in the city. The is'ole 13 supplied whh
everything the maiket affords. ieblß'69
McAFEE HOUSES^
,U Smitlivilie and Ft. Valley, Ga.
r ■ ’’IIE undersigneo having taken the Bying
I ton House at Ft. Valley, lakes pleasure
in notifying the travelling public that both
the above houses are now in the ‘ full tide"
of successful administration bv himself He
will spare no expense to make them both
First-Class Holki.3, ifeals ready on the
arival ot the traih. W. M. McAFEE.
BYINGTON’S HOTEL.
(Opposite Tire Depot.)
HIACOI, w * GEORGIA.
TIHIS well known Hotel is now conducted
bv the Sons of tbe late J L. Byington,
who was so well known throughout the State
for keeping a good Hotel. feblß,iß69
Pro ilono Publico J
TICKETS FOR ONE VARE.
Southwestern Railroad Ok hue )
Macon Aug.*l6, 1869. y (
ON and after the 19ih inet., Retu.rn Tick
ets, to and from either terminus ot sa
tion on this Road can be purchased for One
Fare. Said Tickets good until October Ist,
and no longer. VIRGIL PO
aug2C;6w Engineer and Sup t.
HOUSE AND 10T IN DAWSON,
FOR SrIEE.
rrtHE LOT FORMERLY OWNED BY Jfaj.
1 q B, Wooten, on Depot Street, contain
ing Six Rooms, aDd all necessary OU houses,
the _ _
most desirable residence
in town For particulars applv »t this Office,
or to ' T. E. LANGLEY,
Brown's Station.
jNO. W. O’CONNER,
Wholesale dealer in
PURE WHISKIES, BRANDIES,
tins, Rums, H ines, &c.,
60 Cherry St., - - Macou, Cia.
. , l, *»cent for ihe sale of that celcbra
rated brand rare RYE WHISKEY
“XXXX”
n Macon All those who wish « cure article
S, , h n« vt irhiskey, b*vH<far,
and Porter, can get it |
»* * no. IV. t.’tuiiner. ,
b, He tow aho » fitm stock of Faun Toilet |
Soap 9 ""icb he t;ff ' rßV * r - T LOU' for
cJisit- Be keeps always pn baud a lyU j
and complete Stock of
Fancy loccrics,
, .. . /,t'STERS, Sardines.
V 'ettiSTl'RS, Currants ,
sf Btatian Macaroni,
Tomato?*, Tea#,
U’*R—A full Stock of all 0 edes.
25 BOXES LEMONS-At $10.60 per Box.
jj23,oui
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1:869.
Dawson Business Directory,
Dry Goods Olerehanl).
Kir T Hi ER , .t A COB, Ifoaler in all
kinds of Dry Goods, Main street.
KI'TNER. E., Dealer in Fancy and
Staple Dry Goods, and Groceries, Bald
wiueold stand, A/aiu Street.
IOYLKSS A GRIFFIN, Dealer's
-2 in Sisple Dry Goods and Groceries, also
Warehouse and Commission J/ercbants,
Jfoin Street,
ORR, W. F. Dealer in Fancy and sta -
ple Dry Goods, Main st., under ‘‘Jour
nal" Priuting Office.
IIRATT& CKI.U, Dealers in Til
kinds of Dry Goods and Groceries. Main
Street.
PEEBLES, W. iTI., Dealer in Staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, Loyless’ Block,
Main atreet.
Grocery Jlcirlinnl.t
AETHER, S. I>., Dealer in Groceries
and Family Supplies. A/ain Street.
J. A., Dealer in Bacon,
Flour, Meal and Provisions generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, Main st,
F ARNE n A SHARPE, Dealers
in Groceries and Provisions, opposite
Public Square, Main st.
GTtEEIt A M.tinOAS, Grocery
and Provision Dealeis, South side Pub
lic Square.
HOOD, B. 11., Dealer iu Groceries and
Family supplies generally, next door to
‘Journal" Office, Main st.
MIZELL, K . C. A Vo. Grocery and
Provision dealers. Next door to the Ho
tel Main Street.
CONFECTIONERIES.
I) 1C II ARDS ON, D. c. Dealer in
Fish, Oysters, Ac Main
Street.
Drnssist.
CtIIEATHAAI, C. A., Druggist and
I Physician. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for all
the ills that fl-sh is heir to. At bis old stabtS,
the Red Dmg Store, Main st.
13 RICE. Dr. J. AV. A SON. Brae
. ticing Physicians. Office at Dr. Gilpin’s
old stand, East side Public Square, Dawson.
Wiilcli Repairer.
ALLEN, JOHN I*., will repair
XI. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Jfueic Books,
Aeco d'ons, Ac , always to be fount! at hie
old stand, on North side of Public Square.
Gunsmith.
SVIITII, .! G. S., Dealer in Guns,
Pistols, Cans, Cartridges, and sporting
goods generally, Main st.
TIN SHOP.
Soil ie, it. J. Dealer in Stoves and Tin
ware of all desorptions. Repairing done
on short notice. Northeast side Public square
Livery Stables.
IT'ARNIirH, SII X R PE A Cos., Sale
1 and Lively Stable, Horses and Mules for
sale and Mre Horses boarded. North side
Public Square.
Boot and Shoe Shop.
F> (J.HN EY, B. F., Makes and repairs
A Boots and Shoes of all kinds, next door
to Gun Shop, Depot st., Dawson.
C. A. CHEATHAM,
General Commission Merchant,
Dawson, Georgia.
ITTTLL buy on the beet terms possible, anything
VV the planters need, or sell for the Merchants,
anything they have to sell.
Cotton bought and sold on commission,
march 11-’O9-1 y
Now on hand aud to arrive 20 casks clear Bibbed
Sides which will be sold low for cash.
C. A. CHEATHAM.
D. R. ARAMS, H. K. WASHBURN, A. A. APAMS,
Eatonton, Ga. Savannah, Ga. Americus.Ga.
' ADAMS. WASHBURN j CO.
FACTORS
—•AND
Commission Merchants,
No. 3, Stoddard’s Lower Range,
mayl3’69;6m Savannah, Ga,
KI FAILA HOTEL,
Eufaula .Ala.
MODERATE,
L. W. VICK & Cos.
May 6*h 1869.
HEAR™ e _WITNESS !
NO ARSENIC! EO Q UINIRE! !
.VO MERC ER r ! ! !
Bibb County, Ga., Feb. Uth, 1869.
Messrs. L. W. Bunt & Cos.
Gknts— l have taken Dr. Wilheft’s Antipe
riodic. and have given it in my family, and
unhesitatingly pronounce it to be the best
Chill and Fever Medicine that I ever saw. I
have never known it to fail in a single in
stance. Yours truly,
Thos. J. Gibson, Bibb county.
For sale in Dawson by Janes A I.ovi.itss,
| Druggists. ’ marchll’B9tf
marshall house,
A, B- LI)€E, Proprietor,
Sam tin "It, • m Oa.
ibe new hotel.
bahlow HOUSE,
AMERICUB, GA.
w , J- BARLOW, Proprietor.
POETRY.
From the Constitution.
'HALLOW’D GROUND.
BY MRB. L. B CURTISS.
Tread lightly—this is hallow’d ground,
The dead are sleeping bore;
Beneath each grassy cover'd mound,
A soldier rests from oare;
Speak gently—let no mirth be heard,
For here 'tis sacred air;
Bo silent, let no idle word
Disturb the mourner near.
Tread lightly—this is hallow'd ground,
The strange soldior’s grave;
The weary soul sweet rest has found,
Beneath tbe tail pine’s shade.
8 r -ently—here our country’s dead
t, «.i dly have been laid;
A,..; re, perchance, strangers may shed
Tears for the gallant brave.
Tread lightly—this is hsllow’d ground,
The flowers brighv ands Cet,
Wafting their fragrance all around,
The passing strangers greet.
Speak gently—hear ye not the sound
Os coming angels’ feet?
Be still, a spirit they have found,
Born for the mercy seat
Tread lightly—this is hallow’d ground,
Perhaps, when years pass by,
Some mother’s lov’d one may be found,
Who left his home to die.
Speak gently—here beneath the sod
Clos’d is the flashing eye;
The soldiers gone to meet his God—
In a brighter world on high.
Tread lightly—this is hallow’d ground,
Oh ! bring sweet flowers here,
And as you place them on each mound
A mother's blessings hear.
Speak gently—hear the anthem ring
Out ou the silent air ;
Come brothers, come and help us sing,
They’re done with earth-born care.
*Sung bv the choir of - l “ at the deco*
ration of the soldiers’ gra' vear.
Nicely Caj e
At the masked fireman's ball in
New Orleans week before last, a gay
and handsome man who had refused
to take hm wife to the ball on the plea
of business, was much struck by a
stranger, a lady in a mask. On her
he exerted all hits fascination.
•Oh, sir, you quite put me out with
your flattery. 1 suspect you are a
married man." replied the lady.
‘No indeed ; but I confess a willing
ness to get married, since I have had
the pleasure ot seeing you,’ was the
gallant reply
‘lndeed! but you haven’t seen my
face yet!’
‘N>>, but I know it is beautiful. The
exquisite giuce that jiccqmpunies ev
erything you do and say tolls me as
much.’
‘lndeed !’
‘I think sc; but you will no longer
deny me tbe satsfue.tir n, for 1 assure
you lady, I am in love.’
‘lndeed !
‘lt is true. Until I met you to night
women have looked to me homely and
commonplace.’
‘Oh you are jestwig.’
‘ludeed, i am not ’
‘And you never loved any one be
fore ?’
‘Never ! your sex always appearod
to me deceitful, and my heart always
r<fused them all sympathy; but for
you I feel ft passion attraction I
have no power or d „' ing ation to re
sist ’ >siness n»-
‘Can this be trrndvan
‘lt is, indeed.’
‘I am mad with impatience, since it
will be the only face my heart will ever
mirror. Il has upon it no rival im
pression ’
■Y u are so | ersuasive I can no lon
ger the privilege—look!’ and the
mask wa- removed.
It wok his wife.
‘The Devil !’ said the discomfitted
Benedict, indulging in a prolonged
whistle.
‘Oh no, my dear only the face that
has no rival impression on your heart.’
‘Say, Maty, let’s call it square, und
go home.’
‘I think we’d hotter.’
And they went.
Yankee soldier was goihgoff
the field too hastily when the provost
guard cried:
‘Halt!’
‘Can’t.’
‘"Wounded ?’
‘No.’
‘Sick ?’
‘No.’
‘What’Bthe matter?’
‘I am scared and w ant to go to the
rear to rally.’
A “Buro” scboolinasicr by the name
of Anus—“Mijar Ames’’—carpet-bag
ging in Texas, fell in love with one of his
pupils, a “queenly Etbiopinness,” whose
dad became so enraged at the indignity
offered his family, he sought the advice
and assistance of bis friends, and tarred
and feathered the Lrthario, concluding
the performance by riding the white
brother on a rail for three hours, lie
then left in supreme disgust!
last gift received at the
White House was a box of one thousmd
fine cigars from a San Francisco firm,
packed in glass boxes of 000 hundred,
with the monogram of the President on
each, and tbe tin'll end oi each cigar
lipped with gold leaf.
Why is a one dollar greenback
| better than a silver dollar? When you
1 fold it you double it, and when you open
it you fiud it inoreases,
A negro boy to St. Louis sold all the
j furniture in tho bouse for ?12, while hii
master’s family were in the oouutry,
'l’ll*' Viicxpeeteil Fricml.
A TRUE STORY OF 0601101 WASHINGTON.
“It must be my child !" said the poor
widow, wiping away tho tears which
slowly trickled down her wasted ohecks
“There is no other resource. I am too
sick to work, aud you canuot surely see
me and your little brolher starve. Try
and beg a saw shillings, and by the time
that is gone I may be better. Go, Har
ry, my dear—l grieve to send you on
suoh an errand, but it must be done.”
The biy, a noble loiking little fellow
of about ten years, started up, arid threw
ing his arms around his mother’s neck,
left the house without a word. He did
not hear the groan of anguish that was
uttered by his parent, as tho door closed
behind him ; and it was well that he did
not, for his little heart was roady to
break without it. It was a by-street in
Philadelphia, and as ho walked the
street to and fro on the side walk, he
looked first at one person and tbeu an
other, as they passed him, but no one
seemed to look kiudly at him ; and the
longer he waited the faster bis courage
dwindled away, and the more difficult
it was to muster courage to beg Tbo
fears were running fast down Lis cheeks,
but no one noticed them, or if they
did, Bobody seemed to caro ; for al
though clean, Hoory luoked poor and
miserable, and it is common for the poor
and miserable to cry.
Every body seemed in a hurry, and
the poor boy seemed qirte in despair,
when nt last be spied a gentleman who
seemed to be very leisurely taking a
morning walk. He was dressed in
black, wore a three-cornered hat, and
had b face that was mill and benignant
as an angel’s. Somehow, when Henry
looted at him he felt all his fears vanish
at once, and instantly approached bim.
His tears had been flowing so long that
his eyes were quite red and swollen, and
his voice trembled, but that was with
weakness, for bo had not eaten for twen
ty-four hours. As Henry, with a low,
faltering voion, b'ggod fora little char
ity, the gentleman stopped, and his kind
heart melted with compassion as be
looked upon the fair countenance of the
poor young boy, and saw the deep flush
that spread over his face, and listened
to the modest, humblo tones which ac
companied bis petition.
“You do b it look like a boy that ha?
been accustomed to beg his bread,’’ suid
he kindly laying his hand on the boy’s
shoulder —“what has driven you to this
step ?”
“Indeed,” answered Hirry, his tears
beginning to fl>w alresh, “indeed I was
not born in this condicioc. But the
tnifortunes of my father, and the sick
nces of my mother, have driven me to
the necessity.”
“Who is your fuller?” inquired the
gentleman, with still more ioterest.
“My father was a rich merohant o?
this city, but he became bondsmau for
a friend, who soon after failed, and he
was entirely ruined. He could not live
after this los?, and in one month be died
of grief, and his death was moro terri
ble than any trouble. My mother, my
little brother aud myself, soon sunk in
to the lowest depth of pover’y. My
mother has, until now, managed to sup
port herself and my little brother by her
labor, and I have earned what ] could
by shoveling snow and othor wirk that
I could fi id to do. But night before
last mother was taken very sick, and
she has since become so much worse” —
here the tears p ‘Hied faster than ever—
“l do fear she will die. I have not bad
any work to do for several weeks. I
have not had the courage to go to any
of my mother’s old acquaintances, and
tell them that she had come to need and
charity. I thought you looked like a
stranger, sir, and something in your face
overcame my shame, and gave me cour
age to speak to you. Oh ! sir, do pity
my poor mother I’*
Tbo tears, and the simple, moving
language of the boy, touched a chord in
the stranger that was accustomed to vi
brations.
‘‘Where does your mother live, my t
boy,” said ho in a husky voice; “is it
far from here 1”
“She lives in tbe last house on this
street, sir,” replied Harry. “You can
see it from here, in tho third block, on
the left band side.”
“Have you sent for a physician ?”
“No,” said tho hoy, sorrowfully, shak
ing his head. “I bavo no morey to pay
for a physician or medicine.”
“Here,” said the stranger, drawing
pieces of silver from his pocket—“here
are three dollars ; take them and run
immediately and get a physician.”
Harry’s eyes flashed with gratitude ;
he received the money with a stammer
ing and inaudible voice, but with a look
of the warmest gratitude, and vanished.
The benignant gentleman immediate
ly sought the dwelling of tho sick wid
ow. lie entcied a little room in which
ho could soe nothing but a sow imple
ments of female labor, a miserab'o ta
blo, ru old bureau, and a little bed
which ttood iu ono corner, on which lay
the invalid. Bhe appeared weak and
utmost exhausted, and in her bed, at
her feet, sat a littlo boy, crying os if his
heart would break.
Deeply moved at tho sight, tbe stran
ger drew near to tho bedside of the in
valid, and feigning to boa physician,
inquired into tho nature of the disease.
Tho symptoms were explained in a few
wnrds, when the widow, with a deep
sigh, added ;
“Oh,‘ sir, my sickness has deeper
cause and is beyond the art of the phy
sician to cure. lam a mother—wretch
ed mother. I see my children sinking
daily deeper and deeper into waot,
which I have no means of relieving.—
My sickness is oi tho heart, aud death
alone our. end my sorrows, but even
death is dreadful to mo—for it awakens
the thought of misery into which my
children would bo plunged ”
Her emotious choked her utterance,
and tears flowed unrestrained down her
cheeks. But tbe pretended physician
spoke so consolingly to her, aud mani
fested so warm a sympathy for her con
dition, that the heart of tho woman
throbbed with pleasure that was unwou
nd.
“Do not despair,” said the benevolent
stranger ; “think of preserving a life that i
is so prec'ous to your children. Can I
wiito o prescription here
The poor widow took a little prayer
book from the hand of her child who
sat with her in tho bol, and tore out a
blank leaf.
“I have no other paper,” said she,
•‘but perhaps that will do.”
The straoger took a penoil from his
pocket, aod wrote a few lines upon the
paper
“This prescription,” said he, “you
will find of great service to you. If it
is necessary, I will wrue you a second.
I have great hopes of your recovery.”
He laid th3 paper upon the table and
went away.
Searoely was he gone when the elder
son returned.
“Cheer up, mother,” said lie going to
her bedside, and affectionately kissed
her. “See whal a kind and benevolent
stranger has given us. It will tnako us
rich for several days. It has enabled us
to have a physician, and he will be here
in a moment. C impose yourself now>
dear mother, and take courage.”
“Come nearer, my son,” said the
mother, looking with pride and affection
upon her )hi Id. “Come nearer, that I
may blest j' u. G"d never for- akes the
innocent md good. Oh, may ho still
watch over you io all your path* ! A
phjsiciau has just boon here. He was
a straDger, but spoke to mo wi h com
passion aud kindness that was a balm to
my heart. When he went away he left
that prescription on tho table—see if
you can read it,”
Henry glanced at tho paper and start
ed back ; be took it up, and as he read
it through and through, a ciy ot wander
and astonishment (scaped him.
“What is it, my son ?” exclaimed the
poor widow, trembling with an appre
hension of, she kno v not what.
“Oh, read, dear, dear mother ! God
ba« heard us !"’
The mother took the paper from tho
hand of her son, but no sooner bad she
fixed h;r eyes upon it than—‘My God!'
she exclaimed, “it is W«*hing*on !’’ and
fell fainting upon her pillow.
The writing was an obligition frirn
Was! iogton (for it was hira,j by which
the widow was to receive the sum of one
hundred dollars from his own private
property, to bcdiuhlcd in case cf neces
sity
Meanwhile tho expected physician
made his appearance, and c ccn awoke the
mother from her fainting fi‘. The joy
ful surprise, together with the good
nurse which the physician provided her,
and a plenty of wholesome food, soon
restore 1 her to perfect health again.
Tbo influence of Washington, who
v'sitod her more than once, provided for
! the widow friends who furnished her
with constant and profitable employ
ment; and her sons, when they had ar
rived at the proper age, were placed in
respectable situations where they were
able to support themselves, and to ren
der the remainder of tbeir mother’s life
comfortable and happy.
Let those who read this story remem
ber, when they think of the great and
good Wasington, that he was not above
entering the dwellings of poverty and
carrying joy and gladness into the hearts
of its inmates. This is no fictitious tale
but is ono of a thousand incidents which
might be related of tim, and which
stamps him one of tbe best of men.
A married lady being asked to waltz,
gave the following sensible and appropri
j ate answer,- “No, thank you sir. I have
hugging enough at home."
VOt. IV. —NO. 30.
N. Y. correspondence of Chicago Tribune.
Thu marrying Question.
tub drmohalization or mobkrn dress
WIIT MBN DO NOT MARRY.
Much of tho -jurcloss morality of that
present day is owing lo tho way in
w bicb women dress. There is no ca
villing nt tho fact or protending to ig
nore it, but the moderately-dressed
wife and mother is fast disappearing
from our homes. Tbe domestic daugh
ter has long since become a myth, an and
in her place we have a creature of hair
and humps—wasp hips, Grecian bend
ed, high heeled, chignoned young lady,
who laughs loud and talks fast, and
writes herself “Murie’* or “Julie;” ar.d
who is a complete success in doing
nothing and knowing nothing except
the slnng literature of tbe day. This
model of young womanhood has a
splendid wardrobe, a waist that meas
ures eighteen inches, and a lover with
tight pantaloons and a side whisker
whom she marries under the protest
that if she sees someone that she likes
better she need not cleave to him any
longer, knows as well as you and I do
that divorces can be procured without
publicity She vvoul 1 not have any
children for the world —can’t endure
the trouble—should die, & ■. —the only
sensible thing she was likely to do.—
You can see her any day on the side
walk, or in a carriage—often at the
church, always at the opera—and she
is a representative of a large class, not
wicked or intentionally immoral, but
oh 1 so weak with the overburden of
dry goods, laces, jewelry, enough to
crush out any better primiple that
► might assert itself. Overdressing do
moralizes a woman. It takes from her
that purity of thought and charac
ter, the high prerogatives of a perfect
life, which is her legitimate birth-right,
and she sells it for a tness of pottage.
It opens the avenues of her soul to n
thousand destroying influences, and
Dads her by silken tendrils over into
tho valley of tbe shadow of death. I
thin’: of this when I see mothers help
ing tho;** little one into the thraldom; I
thought of it last Sunday, as I glanced
from tPo chapel-master, in his robes, to
a babv-worshippor in blue silk, en pa
nitr, all ruffles und folds, and Grecian
bend—to the white hat, with its clus
ter of mature red roses—to tbe small
wrists clusped in jeweled hands—to tho
shapely baby finger heaped with dia
monds. I looked at the soft, pale, gol
den hair, arranged just like mamma’s
to tbe white brow on which the lace
hat so properly rested—to the clear,
cut features of the nature, precocious
face, luminous with goveu years’ wis
dom, and I could not reiterate the
good mao’s assertion; “Os such is tbe
Kingdom of Heaven.” It 6eemed to
me too much in the fashion of this
world “which passeth away.” I think
the reason young men do not marry is
became girls have ceased to bo do
mestic, and spend a great deni of mon
ey up an dress They are not content
ed to live in that quiet way, and dress
moderately; they must go out, dress
and ride, and frequent places of amuse
ment ; have suppers and bouquets, and
receive adulation; It costs a great
deal of money, which the young man
furnishes, and he never gets ahead
enougli to marry : so they repent and
tiy their luck over again, it is the
easiest thing in the world to do with
less luxury, but u involves a little sell'-
sacrifice and economy, and these vir
tues are fast becorr ing exotics. Fully
one half of tho girls who are now till
ing situations iri stores, offices, etc , go
the;o in the first place in order
to bo able to diess better. They
live in plain but comfortable homes,
and must help with the housework or
the children of their own kin ; but they
hoar glowing accounts of tho city ; they
want the finery that is denied them,
and they want to go ftom those peace
ful home lives, from tho kind guardian
ship of parents, to the toll and tempta
tions of th ) ta i hunt system. They
go plain country girls, with modest,
blushing cheeks and smooth, shining
hair. They stay there a year or two,
an f their cheeks aro pale and their
hair is frizzed. They have lost the
cjuacherie of blushing and are bold at
repartee
' J
They dress somehow ; but they have
hours of despondency that make them
old. It is oi.e long straggle with labor
und temptation, and how they preserve
tbeir integrity God only Knows. Now,
would uot these girls be happier as the
wives ts farmers and mechanics?—
Would nor one word of genuine Jove
out .veigli a ton of admiration ? Would
not the smile of a little child be a thou
sand tiin-’s batter than the gaze of a
libertine ? Is it not easier to work for
one’s own than for strangers '< To feel
that you are Ling in your own oastle,
if it is only a ono-stoiy cottage ? \\ o
inan’s independence will work a dead
lier wrong than any bond she has ever
worn. When sho steps beyond the
fair threshold of womanly power—the
archetypal home, where God has made
her supreme, to fight the demons of
politics or commercial life, she laya
down a sceptre to take up a chain
whose iron canker will eat into her soul
That was a true and beautiful reply
which one of our strongest advocates
of suffrage in this city gave a gentle
man who called on her at her office
and demanded to know the meaning of
Woman’s lights She looked up
with a troubled sac face of a
delicate, thoughtful woman—from the
pile of exchanges and manuscripts
whioh lay before her, and answered
with earnest solemnity:
“I can give you its entire definition
at this moment in two words, ‘Home
and Peace j”
An Indiana woman advertise for her
truant husband, stating that be guy be
identified by a scratch along bis nose.