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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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RAIL-ROAD GUIDE.
Soulliwegtoris Railroad.
WJf. HOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWER. S uj.
Leave Hxcen .6.16 A Jf ; arrive at Oolnm
hja 11.15 A. .If.; Lcive CMu">bus 12 46 P.
J/ ; arrive at llacerr 6.2“ P. M,
brute* Mtcnn 8 A If: arrives at Ktr
fault 5 30, f M ; Leu*,;* Fufml* 7 SO,- A M ;
Arrives at Macon 4 50, P M;
ALBANY BRANCH
Leaves S nhhville 1 46, P M ; Arrives at
Aitrcov ! II; PM; \> v«'S Albany 0 35, A ‘>l;
Arrives at S-nilhviile tl, A SI:
Leive Cuchl.ert 567 P M. ; arrive at Fort
Sains 540 P. Mi L *ve Fori G■ 1 17 05 A
H.\ trrive it Cutiiber' 0.05 A. J/.
JL-con nnd Brnu* wick Passeii
j;ef Train*.
GEO. T.' 11 vZKLHCRST, President.
l-tie Ma - nn *...8:30 a. m
Arrive a' Brunswick 8:20 p w.
|-ave Brunswick 8:00 A 1 M.
i rive a! Men 7:50 p. 11.
TRAINS TO IIAV. KINSVILLS
Leaves Mscnn 3:00 r. V
Lrrive at H twktn *viltc 6:30 p u.
L-ara n iwkin«ville .7:i>Oa M'
Arrive at Macon 10:20 a. m.
faia train tuns daily, Sundays excepted
TRAINS TO J'SStJp'
,rive Macao 5:00 a. M'
Irrive at Jesup 4:40 P. M
tearr Jesiio ... "6:411 A M.
Lrrre si jfaenn. r 6:50 t M.
This iraio runs daily, ffuadays excepted.
i’etlcrii & Atlantic Railroad.
Foster blodgett, Sup’t.
bay passenger train.
Pare All.uU . . . 8.45 A. V
rive Dalton .... 2.30 P. M
rrive at Chattanong* 1 . 6.25 P. M
Save Chattanooga . : 8.20 A. M
irrive at Atlanta . . . 12.05 P. M
NIOHT train.
lave Atlanta , . . 7 00 P. M
trive at Chattanooga . . 4.if) A M
Ore CRatlatiooga . . 430 P. M
rrire at Uilton . . . 750 P. M
nive at Atlsnta . . 1.41 A. M
grofessicmul ©ante.
» WOliTlfl. L. C. lIOTLF.
WOOTEN & HOYLE,
Attorneys at Law,
i>*in'so.r,a«i.
Jan 6-ly.
R. W, DAVIS,
•11 orney at Law,
oaivbox.
trotti.e over J. jj. Pe rv’w 8 off.
Dec 23'il, '69.
IGEBS, BQTSFO3D & CO.,
nt 'lL ESTATE A HE.TVS,
iw*uh, Terrell County, Ga.
RE offering lor sale desirable dwellings,
i teta and plantations.
. Rfgister is open to all, f»ee of cost, to
Her the property the) h*v* for rhl** ami,
lor the ia-pectb'i of those wishing to
mm
oct2B;tf
C. W. WARWICK,
ty at Law and Solicitor in Equity,
SMITHYILI.E, GA.
in South Western and Patau-
promptly remitted.
r J - WARREN,
| attorney at Law,
. . . hA.
u - F. SIMMONS,
"rORMEY AT LAW,
J>* f H’oO V, aA.
to * u bn,ine?B
»ugfi '69;tf
EINSTEIN, tCKMAN & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES,
AiYD HATS,
No. 153 Congress Street,
E. Rinstein, j
8. H. Ei kmun, S Savannah, Ga.
A. Vetsburg y
oo'7;6an
OUNDIP 8
Mi Ci
Tin fi Sheet Iron Worker,
r 1 7 A KE3 pleasure in announcing to the citi-
JL it-im of D twsort, and surrounding coun
try, that he fa now readv to manufacture
Tinware at Wholesale or Retail, as low it
can rre had elsewhere. Also, Ruofing. Gut
tering, and all kinds of Repairing practically
and cheaplv done, at.short notice.
Copper, Zmc, and all kinds of fie,tie work
done. Give him a call at Soule’s old stand
Ras tsde Public Square. Jan. 27, ly
11. R. ADAMS, n. K. WASBnURN, A. A. ADAMS,
Ratonton, Ga Saraonah, Ga. Americus.Gs.
ADAMS. WASHBDRH & CO.
FACTORS
AND—
Commission Merchants,
No. 3, Stoddard’s Lower Range,
■tylS’MjVn St'ra tin a It, O
Alp’:> H Crt.QriTT, James Baous,
Rake* Onunrv, Ga Newton, G*.
11 t oil iJ, Coi.qciTT, Savannah, Ga.
COLQUITT & BAGGS,
CO TON FACTORS & GENERA!
COM M iSSION M RIII:H A NTS.
B.v. slrocf. C»'a.
y ,e< ■-,! a’terrrio to the sale of Oo'ton,
Lijmh r 'tid T rnlier. LiOei-.l aJ»or
'■Tonsisnments. n.iav6;f
BROWN HOUSE.
E. IN BKOHM & SOU,
u'ouith St., Opp si:,-Pusserg; r Depot
Macon, Georgia.
I^IIIS House haviusr Intel* been refitted
i a"d repaired, ami is now one of the best
Hotels in Hie Suto, and ih* moat conve
nient m the ci'y. The fable is supplied wj*h
evert thing the market affords. leblß’69
THE TOMLINSON QEMAREST CO
Manufacturers of
FINE CARRIAGES,
260 Broad way, Sew York.
Are minus ictufieg i x'cn.-isely ev
ery 6tyle (f Carriage, Buggy, and
Wagon suitable for the S urh, from the
finest. Latidaa and Phaeton down to the
Vtdocipr.de
Mr. W. Woodruff, of Griffin, Ga.,
well known thr ugbout the S'.u'h as
he otigitia'of of the eel* brated Boggy
called "’l’be Wo d.uff C/ne'.rd,” is<id
“The Wo-nuff Plantation Wagon, and
associated wi'h us in N. Y , where we
will always k< eo a good stock of these
Buggies aud Wag .ns oo hand, which
are said to be superior to almost any
ti ad« in America.
Jf you want, any kind of a Vehicle,
good WakRANTKD Wobk, send your or
ders directly t 6 this Bouse,-or tbroOgb
any of our Agents,- --nd they will have
prompt attention Illustrated circulars
will be sent to any person who vtiH
write for them. May 6 ly
C. A. CHEATHAM,
Genera! Commission Merchant
Dawson, Georgia.
WILL buy oil the beat terms possible, anything
the planters need, or sell lor the Merchants,
anything they have to sell.
CO’ttbn bought and sold oil commission.
Now on hiuid uud to arrive irtJcaHks c lear RiObe
Sides which will be sold low for cash.
C. A. CHEATHAM.
march 11-’&My
LYON, btCUiAKFLNRLID & IRVIN,
Ljrti,
Macon , - - - Georgia.
WILL give rfitetitfoti to Professional Busi
ness iu the Macon, South.w. stern, and
Pita ala Circuits; in the U S Courts, in Sa
vannah and Atlanta; and by Special Con
tract in anv par; of the Mate.
Sept. 23,'69 ; ly-
L.COHEN&CO.
IMPORTERS OF.
Brandies, lines. Gins, Segars,
A* fl DEALERS IN
RYE, eO'FRBON O MONOIWftHEU WHISKY.
Also, tf.muf ictarers of the Celebrated
St<>n- VA a! 1 Bitters,
St.. A laities, (Ja.
,n. Ja3nk 13,
BAiv HOOM !
also, choice Cigar, WJo -eU
call at
I tou7;tf
Dawson Business Directory,
Dry Good* Nrrrliaiill.
DVRNEY & MELSOH, Dealers in
1 * Dry Goods, Groceries and //sidware,
Jfain street.
C JR 1.71, & TUCKER, Dealers in all
/'kinds ot Dry Goods and Groceries. Main
Street.
17 UTNER, JACOR, Dealer in all
Avkinds of Dry Good., Main street.
I»YM»S A- GRIFFIN, Dealers
-t in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries also
and t.'ommiaaion Aferchants, M* in Street,
Ip-KKUWEY A CROUCH,
Dealers in Drv Goods, Clo'hing, Staple
Goods and Family Groceries, Mi\a street.
/ \ K R, W. F. Dealer In Fani'y and sta -
V 'nle Drv Goods, Slain st., under "‘Jour
nil’’ Printing Office.
I)EEd,Ef>, IV. 71,, Dealer in Staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, Main street.
4 NiVNino
Grocery Tlcrctmiit*
ARTII UR, S. !>., De/ler in Groceries
and Family Supplies. /Vain Street.
I^U I.TOW, ,9. A., Warehouse and
Comrnis-ion Merchant, and Dealer In Ba
cob, Floor, Meal and Provisiona generally, at
•Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, M ain St.
1' in Groceries and Pioviaious, opposite
/’uhlic Square, Main st.
GJREERA SI7I7IOKS, Grocery
I" and 7 J rovision Dealers, South side 7>ub
lic Square.
HOOI>, R. H., Dealer in Groceries and
Familv suoulies generally, 2nd door to
Journal” Office, Main si.
\ riZEI/I/, K. C. A Cos. Grocer? and
iv 1 /Novision dealers. Next door to the Ho
lel Main Street, Dawson.
DrngkiMi.
/'I HEATH A 71, C A., Druggist and
V 7 Physician. Keep® a good supply of
Drugs -and Medicines, and prescribes for all
the ills that flesh is heir to. At his old stand,
the Red Duig Store, Vain st
JANE* A I.OVI.ESS, Dealers in
fj Drugs, J/edicines, Oils, Paints, Dye
Stuffs, Garden Seed, &-■ , &e.
Mint" A TaySor’s Shop.
Rlllllltcy Brt/’s., Boot & Shoe ma
kers, ,nd Tavlors. West, side Public
t’qnare, same budding wi'h T 11 shop.
BAKERY.
I I. SOS.O7IOH, Baker, Confec
?* • Loner, and dealer in F niily Grrcerics
Fi-h and O-'ter-, Jfain Street, next- to J. W
Roberts & 00.
I‘lt -MCIAS*.
HOD\E * T W. If. P'acricinp f’hv
siciarr, and Surgeot:. Office at Gheai
ham’s Di ug S ore.
Dll*. .1. IV. P.tICE A sov,
'lnuktul for past patronage bv do e
a'.rention and moderate charges hone to re
ceive a continuance of the same. Office, Dr.
Gilpin’s old s'and j »n 13, ts.
Watch Repairer.
VI.I.EX, JOIIM P., will , epair
Wa ches, Clocks, Jewelry, Jfusic Books,
Acco d'ons, Ac , always to he found at his
oid stand, on North side of .Public Square.
I/ivcry Nlables.
PARMCW, & SH tR I*l/, Pale
r and Fred Stable. Horses and J/ul s
for sale. Horses boarded. North side Pub
lic Square.
HAH ROOM.
PAT WARD. Dealer in Fine Wines,
Brandies, Whiskies, Lager Boer, &c ,
West side public Square, Main street.
mAXBMT
AND
CONFECTIONERY.
,T. 1,. SOLOMON
'I'AKES pleasure in announcing to the ci i
I zens of and surrounding coun
try, that be has determined to relieve the
wants of the people bv the permanent estab
lishment, of a first class
Bakery & Confectionery,
in this pi lie, on Depot 9treef, next door to
J. W. R bens & Cos, whe.e he is ready, at
all times, to lurnish families with
FRESH BREAD AND CAKES.
And w : U, at the shortest notice, furnish all
Linds of delicacies for
WEDDINGS, PARTIES, AC.
RESTAURANT.
I N addition to the above; I am fitting up,
and will have open, by the First of Octo
ber, a
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT.
Where I will be prepared to cater to the
warns 6T the inner man, in the way of
OrSTEitS, H'lLli GAME Sic.
servi and ;n suit everv variety of taste.
We would say to our customers that no
Liqii i'S will bn kept, and ladies can, without
diffidence Visit onr house, with the assurance
that we will do eve-yihing 'n our power to
me-it 'heir pa'roitag . O've me a call.
Din’i forget the place. D-pot street "fit
door U J W. Rubens it'o
J L SOLOMONS.
f»ept23,’69, ly.
Sale ami Feed Stable.
Wr. .meet • keep nn hand, all the season
«,<, ill . s 8.-tS at'd el-S nr sa ». It. Our
.1 ~, m- o-* io'.wliat in needed .n » bis
- to merit » libera! narrooage
| r , „ ihose wh >mu need “lock. C.ll on as
--•,r" bH "" FARSIDI & SHARPE.
BRICK FOR SALE !
T have on band * large lot of BRICK
1 which I will S.ll at a -edueed pr.ee; Par
ses wishing tp purchase -■»
„ .Mi... »
Jan 27, 3m.
Dawson, ga., Thursday, march 3, i8?o
A Mmim 'I lial Hurries By.
BT GKRALD GRirriN.
Tlu* stream that hurries by y<F' tlxod shore
Keturns no more#
The wiutl that dries at ih'orir jxm dewy lawu
Breathes and is gone;
Those wither’d tlowerH to summers ripening glow
No more shall blow;
Those fallen leaves that strew yon garden bed
For aye arc dead.
Os laugh, of jest, of'mirth, of pleasure past,
Nothing shall last:
On shore, on sea, on htlt, on vale, on plain,
Naught shall remain;
Os all for w hich poor mortals vainly mourn,
Naught shall return:
Life hath his hour in heaven and earth beueath,
And so hath death.
Not alt the chains that clank hi eastern ettine
(’an fetter Time.
For all the phials in the doctor’s store
Y outli eomes uo more ;
No drug on .dgo’a wrinkled cheek renews
Lite’s early hues;
Not all the tears that pious motirndrs shed
Can wake the dead.
* or all spring gives, and winter takes again,
We grieve in vain ; ' %
Vainly for 6uushine fled, and joys gone by,
We heave the sigh ;
Oh, ever on, with unexhausted breath,
Time hastes to death ;
Even with each word we speak a moment flies,
is born and dies.
If thus, through Nature’s empire wide
Nothing abide,
If wiud, and wave, ami leaf, and suu and flower,
Have each their hour,
He walks on ice whose dallying spirit clings
To earthly things;
Jud he alone is wise well taught love
Is fixed above.
Truths firm ns bright, but oft to mortul ear
Chilling and dear,
Harsh as the raven’s croiik the sounds that tell
Os pleasure’s knell f
Pray, rcadei, that at least the iuiustrel’s strain
Not all be vain ;
And when thou bend’st toG’od the suppliant knee
7iemember me.
Curuhill Magazine.
Domestic Economy—A Fasli
ioiiabSe Lmuii.
Mrs. Smith has a lot of cake left
upon her hands after New Year ( s, and
announces the fact to her husband in
these words:
“Mr. Smith, I must give a party.”
Mr. Smith groans approval.
The cake itself was superlious, as
110 told his wile, for men like pickles
and ‘swikaiser, or nasty stuti with
some such horrid name, much better.
But when Airs. Smith remarked se
verely :
“Mr. Smith, I have set my table
with seventeen kinds of cake and a
pyramid in the centre for thirty years,
aud I ant not going to stop now 1”
Os course there was nothing more
to be said.
And the cake was bought.
Now it was to be got rid of, and
how could that bo done except by giv
ing a party ?”
Mr. Smith succomed —
As men, tyrannical as they are, al
ways do, under such circumstances.
It would not be a very costly enter
tainment, Mrs. Smith argued—
Having the cake —
Only music, for the young people
would want to dance.)
Ice creams and creams from the
confectioner’s.
A few dozen oranges, a pine-apple
or two, and some grapes for show.
A couple of boned turkeys, a few
moulds of jelly, and a Charlotte Buss.
Five hundred pickled oysters, some
chicken salad, and other trifles.
“The wine,” as Mrs. Smith re
marked to a friend, “Mr. Smith never
grumbled at, and always sent home
himself.”
Even from Mrs. Smith’s light, and
every point of view, the party is a
more bagatelle, and I fear Mr. Smith
will be surprised, not to say dumb
founded, when the bills come up, for
really having the cake does not make
so much difference as it did, when the
cake and tea formed the principal part
of tho bauquet at a party.
Already he observes with somo dis
may the possession of the cake does
not prevent the days of discomfort
which precede and follow a modern
evening entertainment.
Ho lias, moreover, a dim suspicion
that the thing won’t “pay.”
There was only one man that he
wanted to ask, and he “couldn’t come.
And wouldn’t if he could.
Ho told him so.
Told him he didn’t believe in par
ties unless people could afford house
room enough for the men to move
without stepping on the women’s
trains.
But then Boggs was always a bear.
At least Mrs. Smith says so.
The party will boa success un
doubtedly.
A number of people will arrive in
carriages, eat some chicken sallad,
drink a glass of champagne, aud go
away again.
The carpets will be a great deal
soiled.
Ono of Mrs. Smith’s crystal fruit
dishes will be broken.
The gas bill will be double.
The house will be in a state of siego
for a week.
Mr. Smith will be unable to take his
afterdinnev nap during all that space
ol time.
The children will be sick and want
tlie doctor.
Tho servants will be cross.
The beggars dem >rali/.ed by tho
amount ol cold victUYiir, they, will get.
Mrs/ Smith laid up with a nervous
headache.
Sarah Jane with a sore throat.
Five hundred dollars, more or less,
will be spent.
But the cake will be saved.
There’s economy for you !
And there’s work. If that is not
living for others, and living hard for
thorn, too, I dont know what it is.—
N. V U r or!J
Al|tiil«> Horrors.
Three travelers, it is stated, have
just lost their lives on tho Great Ber
nard Mountain. They hud been trav
eling from Martigny toward the Italian
froutior, with the intentiou of resting
for the night in the famous Hospice
that stands almost on the boundary
between Switzerland and Italy. By
seven o’clock in the evening they had
reachod a little inn on the way to the
monastery; they had still to journey ,
for seven toilsomo milos before reach
ing tho monkish place of welcome;
and, sinco the night was dark and
stormy, tho innkeeper besought them [
to stay until morning. Being poor, I
they refused. They belonged to that
class of poverty-stricken pilgrims who
aro constantly passing between Switz
erland and Italy, and who carry all
their worldly goods in a knapsack of
mi tanned doer’s hide. A few minutes
will sufliee to take such travelers from
any part of the great Canton Valais to
Aosta. They shun inns with horror,
as places of unscrupulous extortion
aud their aim is to break tho journey
at tho Hospice, where they got food
and lodging for the night free of charge
and in the morning are provided with
the necessaries of travel on the same
benevolent terms. Hence, although
the night was pitchy dark, aud the
wind was coming down with hurricane
liLe gusts from tho mountains that
shut in the valley, the three travelers
resolved that they wouhl push on to
Ilospice. Soon after leaving tho inn,
they began to ascend the winding,
roc y and steep path overhanging a
In wling torrent and leading to the
monastery. The road is psrhaps one
of the roughest in Europe So many
rocks jut out, so sharp are the turns
round the courso of tho brook, and so
steep are some of the ascents, that a
mule wight be pardoned for slipping.
When the night is dark and the mists
como down, the path could hardly be
kept, even by a man who had daily
traversed it for years : and tho only
safe guide would bo the roaring of the
torrent. The ascent is so steep that,
after a couple of hours’ climbing, the
traveler tmds himself sevoral thousand
foet above the level of the sea, and at
that elevation, even the hottest day in
August, the cold is at nightfuil often
intense. On tho night of the fatal ac
cident all those perils were combined.
So black was the sky that the wayfar
ers had slowly to grope along by way
of the precipice which hems in the
sides of the path farthest from the tor
rent. Had the moon been up, they
might have been guided by the poles
which tho monks havo planted in a
direct line from tho lTospieo to the val
ley, to indicate the direction when the
path is buried under the snow, and the
torrent is frozen. But, in the pitchy
darkness, the friendly beacons wore
obscured. Hence the travelers seem
to have again and again been brought
to a standstill before reaching that lord
of the brook at which the road dips
and often goes up with one swift i-p.ing
to tho spot where the great barrack
like Hospice guides and cheers tho be
nighted traveler by its beacon light.
The poor pilgrims were so near to the
blaze that, had they been able to ex
ert themselves for a few minutos lon
ger, they would have been safe. But
the toil and cold had so paralyzed
theiff faculties that they could not pro
ceed one step farther ; they were over
come by that craving for sleep, for
rest, which is tho effect of intense cold
aud, within sight of the friendly gleam
that beckoned them overhead, all the
travelers laid down and died.
On the Great St. Bernard the winter
season begins soon and ends late. Al
ready it is winter beside the moun
tain dwelling; and during tho long
months when tho snow covers the
ground, or the cold makes traveling
perilous, it is the daily custom of the
good monks to journey as far as tho
bottom of the pass, in order that they
may lend assistance to any traveler
who may havo dropped by the way.
Clad in their long, black serge gowns
and broad-brimmed hats, accompanied
by attendents, who carry winj and
provisions for tho restoration of the
weatied or fainting travelers, and
guided by the famous St. Bernard
dogs, who do the work of pointers,
two or three monks daily make the
seven miles’ journey to the valley be
low. Until the occurrence of tho late
accident, they have not for some years
found any traveler or beyond tho reach
of restoratives. Gradually, indited,
the perils of the terrible pass have
become so fully appreciated, that even
tho poorest traveler shrinks from at-
tempting tho ascent to the monastery
after nightfall, if tho ground is covered
with snow, or if tho great gie-ts blow
down from the hills. The three who
have last fallen victims, however, were
loss discreet; and next morning when
tho searching party of monks had pro
ceeded to a short distance from tho
Hospice, they found tho bodies stiff
and cold. They were taken to tho
little “mourge” which is situated at a
short distance from the priuciplo build
iud of tho monastery, and in that nakod
mausoleum tho remains will abide
with other relics of mortality, unloss
claimed by the kinsfolk of the lost. It
is a grim Testing place. In that small
hut peiched among the wintry moun
tains dwell the skeletons of the men
and women aud children who, in the
course of many generations, havo
perished in the fatal pass. So intense
lis the cold, that the unembahned
bodies resist for long years the hand
of decay. Un coffined, and dressed in
I the clothes which they wore when
found ,dead among tho snow, they
1 perched against the wall, and while
visitor looks through the iron grating
of their tomb, they peer grimly forth,
as if soliciting recognifion and an uu
dosecrated place of rest. An old man
I leans against the wall, his head hare,
his staff in his hand, and his attitude
; stiftend forever by tho death that
smote him years ago. A wonifcn
clutches in her arms tho babe that
perished with her in the Bnow. From
the other grim figures the clothes have
rotted away by fragments, leaving
blached protruding bones. The floor of
tho dungoon-liko tomb is strowm with
■ memorials of the dead ; and going from
the blazing fire of tho monastery to
the “morgue.” the travehr can pass
in a single inslant from the hum of
mirthful conversation or tho joyous
sounds of musio to what might seem
a place of the living dead. Europe
contains no more weird or gloomy
sight than that prison house of clothed
skelotons, perched in the Alpine wil
derness, and seen through the misty
and wintry gloom. —London Telegraph,
S:iyii«K« «f Josh Stillings.
A lie iz like a kat, it never cum tow
yu in a strate line.
What iz an old, bachelor ? The he
ro of a cot bedstead.
The time tew be carefulost iz when
you havo a handful ov trumps.
Tew loam youro offspring to steal,
make them hog hard for all that you
give them.
Bo kerful how yu soko your mak
rol too much, sokeing tukes the wear
out ov them.
If a man haint got a well balanced
head, i like tew see him part his hair
in the middle.
U- How long kan a goose stand on
one log Y A. Try it—tliats the way the
goose found out.
The devil iz a mean kuss ; he never
keeps his own promises, but always
makes us keep ours.
U- What is the best kure for lazy
ness ? A. Milking a cow on the run
and living on the milk.
If i had a mulo who wouldn't neith
er kick nor bito, i should watch him
dreadful cluss till i found out whare
hiz malico did lie.
When you soo IT geese walking in
jun file, and toeing in, yu kail deliber
ately bet youre last surviving doUar
on a hard winter.
Tharo iz only one good substitute
for the endearment of a sister, aud
that iz the endearment of some other
phellow’s sister.
Love iz said tew ho blind : but i
know lots ov fellows in love, who kan
see twice az much in their sweethearts
nz i kan.
V.iiilc Children.
yiiaiifrGod for little children—
Jffti'ti our skieH are cold aud gray,
They hteal as aimahinc iu our heart**,
And charm our cares away.
7 almost think the angels,
Who tend life’s garden’s fair,
/>rop down the sweet wild blossoms
That bloom around us here.
It seems a breath of heaven
bound many a cradle lies,
Ami every little baby
lirmgs a blessing from the skies.’
A Tuii<-liiiig Obituary.
A disconsolate husband thus bewails
tho loti of his wife, and apostrophises
her memory:
Thus my wife (lied. No more will
those loving hands pull off my boots
and part my back hair , as only a true
wife can. No more will those willing
feet replenish coal hod and water pail.
No more will she arise ’mid the tem
pestuous storms of winter, and gaily
hie herself away to build the lire,
wiliout distubing the slumbers of the
man who doted on her so artlessly.
Her memory is embalmed in my heart
of hearts. I wanted to embalm her
body, but I found 1 could embalm her
memory much cheaper.
I procured of Eli Mini get, a neigh
bor of mine, a very pretty gravestone.
Ilis wife was consumptive, and ho had
kept it ou hand several yea.s in expec
tation of hor death. But sho rallied
that spring, aud his hopes were blasted.
Never shall I forget this poor man’s
grief, when 1 asked him to pari with
it. “Take it, Skinner,” said ho, ~take
it, and may you never know what it is
to have you soul racked with disap
pointment, as mine has been !” and
he burst into a flood of tears. Ilis
spirit was indeed utterly crushed.
I had the following epistle engrav
ed upon the gravestone: “To the
memory of Tabitha, wife of Moses
Skinner, Esq., the gentlemanly editor
of the Trombone. A kind mother
and exemplary wife. Terms, two dol
lars a year, invariably in advance.—
Office over Coleman’s grocery, up two
flights. Knock hard. ‘We shall miss
thee, mother; we shall miss thee,
mother.’ Job printing" solicited.”—
Thus did my lacerated spirit cry out
in agony, even as Rachel weeping for
her children. But one ray of light
penetrated tho despair of my soul
Tho undertaker took his pay in job
printing, and the sexton owed mo a
little account 1 should not have got
ten in any other way. Why should
wo pine at the mysterious ways of
Providence and vicinity ? (Not a co
nundrum) * * * I here
pause to drop a srlont tear to the mem
ory of Tabitha Ripley, that was.—
Sho was an eminently pious woman,
and could fry the best piece of tripe 1
ever slung under my vest. Her pick
ed-up dinners were a perfect success,
and she always .doted ou foreign mis
sions.”
Is a rotigous excitement iu Boston,
a person met a neighbor who took him
by the hand and said :
“I havo become a Christian.”
“1 am glad of it,” ho replied. Sup
pose wc now have a settlement of that
little account between us. Pay me
what thou owest.”
“No,” said the now born child,turn
ing on his hool: “Religion is religion,
and business is business.”
VOL V.--NO. 3.
Ho v r End ffh-eltd Hiimolf
iiilo Fortune and lufliieitee.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
a prominent railway corporation, re-
I contly held in this city, there were
! present two gentlemen, both well up
in years, one, however, considerably
the senior of the other. In talking of
old tunes gone by, the younger gen
tleman called the attention of his
friends and told a pleasant little story
which should be read with profit by
every poor, industrious and striving
la.!. We use his own language :
“Nearly hall’ a century ago, gentle
men, 1 was put upon‘the world to
make my living. I was stout, willing
ana ablo, considering my then tender
years, and secured a place in a hard
ware store to do all kin.ls of chores re
quired. I was paid sevenfy-five dol
afs per year for my boyish services.
Ono day, after I had been at work
three months or more, my friend there,
. Lr. 8., who holds his age remarkably
well, came into the store and bou-ht %
large bill of shovels and tongs, sad
irons and pans, buckets, scrapers and
scuttles, for lie was to be married
next day, and was supplying his
household m advance, as was tho
groom’s custom in those davs. The
articles were packed on the barrow
and mado a load sufficiently heavy for
a young mule. But, more willing
‘ban ablo, I started off, proud that I
could move such a mass on the wheel
barrow. I got on remarkably well till
L struck the mud road, now Seventh
avenue, loading to my friend B.’s
house. J here I toiled aud tugged,
and tugged and toiled, but could not
budge the load up the hill, the wheel
going its full half diameter in the mud
every time I would try to propal for
ward. Finally a good natured Irish
man passing by with a dray took my
barrow, sell and all on his vehicle,"
aud in consideration of my promise to
pay him a ‘bit’ landed mo at my des
tination. I counted the articles care
fully as I delivered them, and with
my empty barrow trudged my way
back, whistling with glee over my tri
umph over difficulty.
feonie weeks after 1 pai 1 the Irishman
the bit,, aud never got it back from
my employers. [Mr. 8., I am sure,
would have remunerated me, but he
never before heard this story, so if he
is inclined lie can compromise the deb!
by sending me a bushel of his rare
ripe peaches next fall.] But to the
■ moral. A merchant had vyitn’oswd
my struggles, ami how zealously I
•labored to deliver that load ol hard
ware, he even watched me to the bouse
and saw mo count each piece as I
handed it in the doorway. He sent for
■ for next (lav, asked my name, told mo
he had a reward for my industry and
cheerfulness under difficulty, in the
: shape of a five hundred dollar clerk
ship in his extensive establishment.
T accepted, and now, after nearly a
half century has passed, I look back
'and say I wheeled myself into all I
own, for that reward of persovorance
was my stepping stone to fortune ”
The speaker was a very wealthy
hanker, a man of influence and posi
tion, and one universally respected
for many good qualities of head and
heart. Boys, take a moral from this
little stoi y and be Willing and indus
trious. You do not know how many
eyes aro upon you to discover whether
you aro sluggish and careless, or in
dustrious and willing, or how many
there are who, if you are moral and
worthy, will give you a stepping stone
to wealth and position.— l'iUehura Ga
: lette:
In Washington, on Friday, a man 1
stepped on an orange pool and broko
bis log.
The latest invention is a horse shoe
that can bo taken off and put ou at
pleasure.
The Attorney-General of lowa has
decided that women aro eligible, un
der tho law to hold office in the State.
Thk Buffalo Commercial Advertis
er, response to Hon. J). Bennett’s li
bel suit, says it is prepared to prove
all they have charged.
A Cincinnati man compelled his wife
to give hirn her wedding ring, on
Monday, that lie might pawn it for
rum.
Blood wall tell. A younger brqlher
of tho Marquis of Waterford has
eloped with tho wife of the colonel of
his regiment.
Tho Mormon missionaries on Txmg
Island have “converted” live young
and pretty girls, and will send them
to Utah noxt month.
The female firm of Woodhull Clafiin
& Cos. have perfected arrangements to
enter into tho banking business in New
York city, under the aiispicios ofCom
modore Vanderbilt.
Oliver Dyer says that the outcast
children of New York, inarching two
abreast, would make a procession
eleven miles long. This is a dire com
ment on file morals of the metropo
lis.
Unxvehsal Amxkstt.—The New
York Tribunt, cotnmentiug tut tho fact
that the Fifteenth Amendment is now
ratified beyond question, makes a loud
call for universal amnesty. It saw,
and with great force and truth, that
Our triumph is not perfect so long as
one man shall remain disfranchised'
aud incapable of taking offtee becaiiso
of our late convulsion. We haver
fought secession; the republic has
conquered; hor triumph is perfect.
Now, “let us havo peace,” and a peace
l that can best be secured by universal
amnesty.
