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jatooit dciteekln Journal,
PUBM3IIUD EYBRY THURSDAY.
TK ttJUS— Strictly in Advance.
Three months * ?■>
Six months 1 4o
One year 2 00
Vcarl-H<tt the race.
‘But you do not soom to know,
said Mrs- Moore, to her husband, ‘how
ttg ly that fittlo ono is. Do you, Wil
liam ?’ , ~ .
•\nd Mr. Moore, who was sitting m
a rocking-chair, amusing himself with
pokin'- tho tiro, laid down tho tongs
lie hold, and gravely answered his
trifo: ‘But, my dear, you have already
said so ono hundred times, and were
you to say it ono Hundred times more,
lia&D woulu not bocomo leas ngly tor
your saying so- . , „ , ,
Hosanna was a little girl of about
fourteen. Sho was thoir only child,
aud to do her mother justice, was
really very uglv-nay, almost revolt
ing; with her httlo gray eyes, flat
noso, largo mouth, thick protruding
lips, red hair, and, abovo all, a form
romarkablc awry. , , .
Huso was then, very ugly—but she
was a sweet girl, nevertheless, hind,
and intelligent, sho possessed a inmd
of tho highest order.* N aturo set
to have compensated her with evOTV
good quality of tbo heart for the want
of every beauty of person.
Tho poor little thing was proiound
ly hurt, as sho listonod to her mother s
observation: ‘Oli, you little fright,
you will never get a husband.
Eight o’clock struck ; Mrs. Mooro
was sorely vexed.
‘Go to bod, Hosanna.’
Tremblingly, tho little girl approach
ed her mother, to give her tho kiss of
good night. , ~
*>Tis useless, you little monster, said
hcgMuothor. ,
Ttcar rolled from tho little ono s
eve. Sho hastily wiped it away, and
turning to her lather, presented him
tho yet humid chock. Ido kissed her
tenderly. .
‘I am not altogothor miserable, sho
murmured, leaving tho room.
Retired to her chamber, she com
menced embroidering a scarf, and
worked thus part of the night, for sho
desired to bo able to present it to her
mothor, when sho rose in tho morn
ing. The dock struct twelve. _ She
had just finished, and putting it by,
tuo little gill calmly resigned horse f
to rest, llor roposo WBfl undistuiuGu.
Ou tho morrow, Boso presented tho
scarf to her mother. NVhat was tlio
pain the little one experienced \\lien
her mother received it colmv, aim im
pressed none of those tender senti
ments which wore to have boon tho
sweet little girl’s reward, llor eyes,
by tlianco glanced over a neighbor
ing mirror.
‘Yes,’ she said, internally, ‘I am
ugly—they aro right;’ and sho sought
in her young lioart to find a remedy
for ugliness. Aud then in tho world
—new pangs wounded tho little ones
heart. A first impression alienated
all tho young girls of her own ago ;
but then sho was so good, so amiable,
that they approached, then listened,
and thon loved her. Now, indeed,
our littlo was happy.
Ono day, Mr. Mooro wont homo in
a violent passion, aud became, in con
sequence of some trilling prevarica
tion highly incensed against his wife.
Thoir domestic felicity was troubled
fur eight long days—for eight long
days Mrs. Moore was continually cry
ing. llosanua in vain racking her
young brains to discover why—but
her lather still continued angry, and
her mothor w as still continually weep
ing. At last, sho reflected in her
mind how to reconcile them.
They wore all three seated in the
parlor—Mr. Mooro was arranging the
tiro; when this was concluded, bo
throw tho tongs from him, snatched a
book from tho mantle, and opened it
abruptly; but after a moment’s perus
al, ho closed it again, in a violent hu
mor, cast a fierce glance at his tremb
ing wife, and hurridly rose from his
chair. i
Ilosamia, deeply moved clasped her
™is about his neck, as ho was about (
E° rise, and affection (Holy careesud
aim. Hu could iK,t reject her inno
cent coaxing; ;,ud the girl Clinking
C.icecodcd in touching hU
•icart, Cjo’k in her hands the moistened
,‘ lir -iiorchief wherewith her mother
bad beon drying her wooping eyes,
and dried them a second time there
with ; hlio then tenderly embraced her
mother, who returned her affectionate
caress witli all a mother’s fondness
Tho parties being favorably disposed,
naught remained but to establish the
peace. This was no easy matter —
aeitker would make tho first overturo
and without tho penetration of little
Koso, roconciliatiou would cot then
have taken place.
She took her father’s band between
her own little hands, and pressed it to
her bosom; she then took her moth
er s hand, and joined it to her father s
as it lay near lior heart. Human
pndo could resist no longer —the alion
ated parents rose at tho samo mo
-lll''nti1 '' n ti and cordially embraced each
®r. From that hour lloso was tho
them both.
” !x years after this, Hosanna, tho
u o'y ltosanna, was tho oruamont to
cy cry society to which her mother
presented her. Amiable, witty, and
observing, her conversation was uni
'orsally courted.
Later in lift, b j lo became the adored
J' 1 0 of a noble husband who loved
“ e r for bur goodness.
home 319.000 has been subscribed to
proposed street railrond...Repairs
J halston’s Hull nearly complete.
Tlic Uttl« Boy's Song,
Ladies and gentlemen,
List to my song- •
Huzzii for temperance
All the day long |
•/dl taste not, handle not,
Vouch not the wine,
Kor every little boy like me,
The temperance pledge should sign.
/ am a temperance boy,
Just four years old,
1 love temperance
/letter than gold.
T!1 taste not, handle not,
Touch not the wine,
For every little boy lik<* me,
The temperance pledge should sign.
Let every little boy
Remember my song,
For Cod loves little boys
That never do wrong.
I’ll taste not, handle not,
Vouch not the wiue ;
For every little boy like me,
The temperance pledge should sign.
A memory.
Just twenty times the smiles of spring,
Have gladdened all the meadows,
fFhen my wee angel plumed its wings,
■dud left me in the shadows,
Oh, summer skies have burned with li-ht,
And summer birds have spoken,
Vut life aud hope were wrapt iu night,
A sorrow-dream unbroken.
Just twenty years 1 Oh, weary spaw^
To one who watts in sorrow,
And vainly watches for a face,
Vo-morrow and to-morrow.
Ah ! only God and angels know,
/lie dreams / dreaiu about her,
ylnd how, though lonely here below,
1 try to do without her.
I know she rests secure from blight,
„4udall caith’s sickening shadows,
Where white feet patter in delight,
Ocr God’s unfading meadows.
I know she rests in sweet content,
By streams all pure and pearly,
My little fair-haired babe, who
To play with angel’s oarly,
/ne’er complain—l only wait
The dusk of holy even,
When little hands shall opo the gate,
And welcome me to heaven.
/hi know her ’mong the little ones,
IFIio long since crossed the river,
J/y wee, wee babe who early sought,
The peace of God forever,
711 know her ’mong the shining ones,
A s by the gate she pusses,
The little form we laid to rest
Beneath the tangled grasses.
My baby then, my baby still,
With brow so pure and pearly,
Who wandered up the shining hill,
To play with angels early.
Tom Poulton's Joke.
A social club of seventy or eighty
choice spirits, calling itself ‘‘Tho Soi i
ous Family,” and having for president
or chairman Ear- Tom Poulton, bavri
tor at law in theory, and nothing at
all in fact, hold its weekly meetings
for some years in throe or four large
rooms in a dull, guaut Upusq m Suho
square. Tho primary object of this
association was tho promotion of good
fellowship by tho conciliatory medium
of wholesome spirits and good tobacco.
It possessed a secondary, or rather in
cidental, featuro in tho shape of a
Provident Loan Fund, and, according
to the by-laws of this fund, all mem
bers of the club who had proved thoir
general solvency by twelve regular
monthly payments of one sovereign,
wore entitled to ono loan of £24, to be
repaid in six months of tho date oi
borrowing. The fund was projected
by Mr. Tom Poulton, who proved by
statistics that taking tho general pop
ulation of Great Britain and Ireland,
including women and children and ex
cluding all tho. members of tho house
of peers, and all registered paupers,
only ono person in four lived beyond
his annual income ; or, in other words
only ono poison in four had occasion
to borrow money to meet his yearly
expenditures. Assuming that thoso
statistics wore applicable to 80. many
members of the Serious Family us
elected to become subscribers to tlio
projocted Provident Loan Fund, it fol
lowed that for every annual sub
scriptions of £l2 oi_.iy one annual loan
of £24 would applied for, leaving a
clear annual balance of £24 in the
fund’s fa*; or.
But sir. Tom Boulton did not close
hi;, eyes to tho possibilities that the
■ statistics which hold good when ap
pl e1t035,000,000 poop'e, inclulmgwo-:
men and children, might stand in need
of some modification boforo they be-,
came applicable to an exceptionable
gathering of seventy or eighty young ;
and middle-aged persons, among j
whom there wero no women and no j
children. 110 very fairly admitted tho j
exceptionable character of the club, in j
the course of his speech on the motion :
that the fund bo instituted, hut h ]
contended that, if as many as one m j
three, instoad of one in four, wero to
apply at the year’s end for the loan of
i*24 tho result would show a clear
balance of 20 per cent, in favor of the
protected fund. He went on to show
that, if an application from one in
threo resulted in a profit of uU per
cent, an application from one m ono
and a half would result in a profit of
25 per cent., or, carrying the princi
pal still farther, and application from
ono in three-quarters would result in
a profit of 121 per cent , from which
an easy calculation would show that it
every member of the Loan land who
profit'' ’of tho club would be
iS por cent, and Mr Tom Boulton
would undertake, in writing, to be re
sponsible for the accuracy of lus cal
culation. It was immediately pro
posed that this fund be forthwith l in
stituted, and the propositionwas lorth
with cairied by acclamation. Mr.
Tom Boulton was immediately elected
chairman, treasurer, socreUry, an
trusteo of the fund and the whole
club became subscribers to it.
DAWSON. GA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1871.
Now this wus ono of Mr. Tom Foul
ton’s practical jukos. Mr. Tom Poul
ton had, among other valuablo gilts, a
keen sonso of humor, so keen, indeed,
that it was in no degroo blunted il tho
joko turnod against himself. Most of
Mr. Tom l'oulton’s jokes turnod
against himself, aud tho particular joke
that Mr. Tom Poulton perpetrated in
connection with tho Serious Family
Provident Loan Fund proved especi
ally disastrous to Mr. Tom Poulton,
and, in tho long run, especially bene
ficial to his intended victims, tho sub
scribers to tho fund.
As tho year drew toward its close,
and as all tho £l2 subscribers to tho
fund announced their intention of ap
plying for loans of £24 apiece (leav
ing a dear annual balanoo of 15 J per
cent, in favor of tho fund, according
to Tom Poulton's own .- bowing,) Tom
Poulton began to cast about for anoth
er joko that should have tho ellbct of
eclipsing, by tho richness of its humor,
the humor of tho fund joke, and of
obliterating by the force of his agroo- ,
able denouement, all recollection of tho ,
disappointment that would he occa
sioned by tho denouement of tho fund.
joke. j
Ouo morning Mr. Tom Poulton
called upon Mr. Kichard Harris, tho
secretary of tho Serious Family. Mr.
Harris was the chosen abettor of Mr. [
Poulton’s littlo jokes, 110 also acted |
tho part of traitor-in-ordinary to that
gentleman, and brought all his ingo- j
nuity to bear upon the best means of
causing Mr Poulton’s jokes to recoil j
upon himself. But Mr. Poulton’s keen .
sense of humor reconciled him to all
misfortunes that proceeded from it,
aDd he and Mr. Harris wero on tho
best of terms.
“Harris,” said Tom Poulton, “I’ve
arranged another sell for tho Family,
and I want your help.”
“It is yours,’’ said Harris. “De
tails.”
“You aro aware that all tiro Family
will bo down on mo, in six week’s
timo, for their £24 loans ? "W ell, be
fore they fall duo I’m going to die.”
“Don t do that,” said Harris.
“Yes, my mind is made up. Lis
ten. I’ve found an old man of my
name—Tom Poulton. Ho is wretch
edly poor, and ho lives by himself iu
Clump Cottages, Haversack Hill.”
Well.”
“Well, ho can’t live throe weeks,
and I’ve taken lodgings at his houso. ’
“Still I don’t see—”
“You’re very dull. Ho can’t live
three weeks—that is to say in three
weeks he’ll die and lio’il be burned.
Tlio Family must hoar of this through,
you, will all como to the funeral and
the'. I’ll turn UE rs tHc-ia. »*cm,
‘‘But if you die, and don’t repay tho
money they ItaVG subscribed to the
fund, I don t think they will como tv
tho funoral.”
‘Yes, I’vo arrainged about that,
I’ll make my will, leaving everything
I have to be equally divided among
them. The will must be opened by
you immediately after my domiso.
I'll appoint you executor, and I'U loavo
y CU —I - U toavo you £IOO for your trou
ble.
“Thank you— thank you, heartily.
“Spend it judiciously, Rickard
when you get it.
* * * *
“On tho 17 November, at No. o
Clump Cottago, Havorstaek Hill, -* honi
as Poulton, Esq., of tho-Inner Temple
barrister-at-law.
Tho Serious Family were very angry
at Tom Boulton’s death. He had
pocketed nearly £I,OOO of tlioir money
and out of this sum they had counted
on borrowing £2,000 of their money
out of this sum they had counted
on £2,000 more at Christmas., But
by their chairman and treasurer a de
mise not only was there no prospect
0 f effecting the contemplated loan,
but it became a very serious question
whether they would ever soo any of
paid-up capital again. It was voted
abominable on Tom Boulton spait to
dio at such crisis, and nobody express
ed anv intention of going to lus funer
al. However, Mr. Hick Hams com
pletely testified Tom Boulton s dying,
by producing his will at the next
meeting; the will left everything that
Tom Boulton possessed to tho society
to bo divided equally among its mem
bers and, as Tom Boulton had three
m , fmir hundred a year from house
property, every ono expressed an in
tention cf going to Ins funeral.
The funeral was plain, not to say
meagre, in its appointments ; but no
doubt Hick Harris, as executor did
not fool justified in putting tho benous
Family to any unnecessary expense.
It was voted thoughtful in Hick Har
ris, and never did any body of mon
fee'l more thorughly convinced of the
vanity of funeral like pomp than did
the members of tho Serious Family
as they stood around poor Tom Boul
ton’s grave. . 4 . , , . .
But, between the dennso and burial
of tho Tom Boulton who really did
die Mr. Hick Harris had mado an
important discovery.
The Tom who did dio turned out
to he au extraordinary wealthy old
m i s or. IBs mattress was stuffed with
bank notes, and so was his easy chair,
and under the boards of his room was
e-old to the amount of £9,000. More
over ho appeared to have died intos
tate ■ at all events tho only will that
was found was the will made in favor
of the Serious Family by the Torn
Boulton who did nut dio. lu tiro ab
sence of any other testamontary docu
ment applying to the property of the
Tom Boulton who did dm, Mr. Hick
Harris had no alternative but to apply
to it tho testamontary document drown
up and signed by the Tom Boulton
who did not dio. 1 will not attempt
1 to describe how the grief of tho fcor-
ious Family for the ’ oss of Torn Puul
tou was toiuporoa by tho rapture
with which they learned his estato
was worth altogether sumo £30,040
or £40,000.
Tho day of Tom Poulton’s funoral was
a bitterly cold one. A drizzling No
vember mist shrouded ono half of tho
funeral party from tho other half, and
all woro drenched to tho skin. There
had boon much moralizing among tho
mourners ou tho good qualities of poor j
Tom Poulton, <>n the eccentric taste
that induced him to hoard away so
much good money, and ou tho irrepa- j
ruble, almost irreparable loss that his 1
death would can -o to- tho Family. As ‘
they stood arouu 1 pe >r Tom Poulton’s :
grave, discoursing iTesaddened wbis-1
per» to this ...feet, the, e .oro naturally ;
rather surprised to find Tom Poulton j
standing among thorn, his eyes rod
with weeping, and his general ap
pearance carefully -contrived to convey
tho idea that his griof at his own
death was unbounded. It was natu
ral enough that ho should bo sorry
for his own doatli; tho only uuae
couutablo feature iu tho matter was
being present as a mourner at his own
funeral. This consideration appealed
powerfully to Mr. Peter Hodgson, tho
member of the Serious Family who
first became conscious of Mr. Tom
Poulton's presenco among them.
At first Mr. Peter Hodgson was
not at all surprised. Mr Tom Poulton
was so thoroughly identified with all
gatherings of the Serious Family, par
ticularly with all funerals of deceased
members (for it was a point of honor
with tho Family to muster in full
strength on such occasions), that Mr.
Peter Hodgson accepted his prcscuco
almost as a matter of course. 1 lis at
tention, however, was directed to tho
anomaly by Tom Poulton’s first re
mark :
“Whose funoral is this,” (jaid Tom.
Peter turned dead white.
“Why, it’s—it’s yours, Tom,” said
Peter.
“Mino ?”
“Yes, Tom—yours ”
“This is scarcely a place or timo for
a joke, sir,” said Tom, sternly.
“Joko!” said Peter, “it’s no joke !
Didn’t you die last week ?”
“I ? Nonsense 1”
“Well, anyway, wu’ro burying you,
Tom Poulton !”
“Why do you call mo Tom Poul
ton ?”
“Aren’t you Turn Poulton ?”
“Certainly not—l don’t even know
tlio namo ; I happened to bo passing
through the cemetery, and, seeing a
largo crowd of mourners, 1 joined them
from motives of more curiosity.”
‘,ilT’ «»«•,” said IN tor Hodgson.
Thcwi-cvyw’such a-’wonderful like
ness of fie very man wo are burying
iu tho whole course of ;,,y life I”
Tom glided mysteriously away from
Totor Hodgson, aud made his way in
to tho throng of mourners.
“Tom !” said another; “why, wo aro
burying you!”
“My name, sir, is not Torn, and 1
hat o never boon buried in my life !”
“Tom Poulton 1” “Tom Poulton !”
“Torn Poulton’s alivo and present!”
passed from mou'h to mouth, as the
astounded Serious Family gazed in
horror at’ his familiar but by no means
vulgar features.
“Gentlemen,” said Tom Poulton, “I
must again assure you that you aro
deceived by an accidental resomblace;
I am not Tom Poulton, and I never
heard of him.”
And with a slight bow ho waikod
away.
* * * *
Tho priuoipal topic of conversation
that night, at the meeting of tho Glo
rious Family, was tho miraculous ap
pearance of somebody very liko Tom
Boulton, at Tom Boulton’s funeral. It
was hold that it could’nt possibly have
been Tom Boulton, becauso Tom Boul
ton was doad and bulled, and Tom
Boulton’s will had been opened, by
which he left £BO,OOO or £40,000 in
ready money to the Serious Family.—
This was held by implication only, as
it never entered anybody’s head to
suggost that the mysterious stranger
could possibly have boen Tom x’oul
ton. .
Tho club had resolved itself into a
committee to consider the host means
of investing, or otherwise disposing
of, tho handsome legacy which Tom
Boulton liad left thorn.
It was decide 1, as a first step, that,
as a mark of respect to poor loin Boul
ton’s fund scheme, every member
should bo permitted to borrow £24
from Tom’s estate.
The question then aroso whether it
would be bettor to apply tho balance
to allowing every member a reasona
ble quantity of tobacco and spirits for
life, without any payment whatever,
or to divide it equally among tho sur
viving members —a course ot proced
ure that would givo every member, af
ter allowing for probate and executo
rial expenses, nearly £IOO each.
As this interesting question was be
in ,r put to tho meeting by Mr. Rich
ard Harris, Mr. Tow Boulton walked
Everybody looked uncomfortable.
Mr. Butor Hodgson, however, quickly
recovered himself
“Sir,” said he, “this is a private
club-room, and strangers are not ad
mitted, unless they are introduced by
members.”
“Ha! ha .” said Tom; “bravo, IV
tor.”
“Bir,” said another, “wo don’t know
who you are, but wo must request you
to withdraw.
“Allow mo introduce mysolf,” said
Tom, with much mock gravity. “1
am Mr. Tom Boulton, whoso funeral
you attended this morning.” And hu
took a chair and filled a pipe.
“If you imagine, sir, thut becauso
vou bv.ir a certain distant rcsowbla^oo
to our poor friend Tom Poulton, you
, are justified in horrifying his friends
| with a highly indecent practical joko
—” began Peter Ilodgson.
“A distant resemblance !”
“Avery distant and shadowy 10-
scmhlanco, sir. Nuthii gmore, I assure
you.”
“Don’t boa fool, Peter,” said Tom ;
“we’ve had enough of this, haven’t wo
Dick 7”
“Wo have . ir,” said Dick ; “I must
insist upon you withdrawing immedi
ately.”
“Como, como,” said Tom, rather
chap-fallen ; “it was only my joke I
personated a poor old chap who hap
pened tu boar ruy no.no, in order to
coll you all. Dick Harris and 1 ar
xa.igod -t together; didn’t we, Dick V”
“Sir,” said Dick, “I liavon’t tho
pleasure of your acquaintance. You
will bo good enough to withdraw, or
wo shall bo under the necessity of ex
pelling you by force.”
And us tlio mombors of tho club
rose in a body, with tlio evident inten
tion of carrying Did? Harris’ throat
into olloct, Mr. Tom Poulton withdrew
with a very blank expression of coun
tenance.
In onlor to tost tho feeling of the
club on tbo subject, it was immediate
ly proposed by Mr. Dick Harris, and
second by Mr. Peter Hodgson, that
Mr. Tom Poulton was dead and bur
ied. Tho motion was carried by ac
clumatiou.
It was then proposed by Mr. Peter
Ilodgson and soconded by Mr. Dick
Harris, that if, by any miracle, Mr.
Tom Poulton camo to life agniu, tbo
wliolo legacy should bo refunded to
him, if possible, without driving him
into chancory for ita recovery. This
motion, also, was carried by acclama
tion.
Finally it was proposed by Mr.Hick
Harris, and soconded by Mr. Peter
Ilodgson, that tho person who had
just represented himself to bo Tom
Poulton, restored to life, was not in tho
least liko Tom Poulton; and that he
had no claim, and novor, by any pos
sibility, could have any claim to tho
legacy in question. This motion, al
so, was carried by acclamation.
Tho question was considorod settled
by all bat Tom Poulton himself.
Tom Poulton besieged tho club
doors day after day, but to no effect.
Tho hall porter, —they had started a
hall porter, and many other conven
iences since Tom Poulton’s death—
had received strict injunctions not to
admit any person calling himself Tom
Poulton. Ho treated Tom kindly
enough, behoving him to boa harm
less monomaniac, but no consideration
fcvUtd tL..l .ton tiiiii Is. w--- ’ t m OUi with
i in the (Hub threshold,
i Tom noxt tried tho parish surgeon
I who gave tho certificate of the dead
Tom Poulton’s death. But all tho
surgeon could prove was that tho Tom
Poulton who died was not at all liko
tho Tom Poulton who stood before
him. On tho whole this materially
strengthened the club’s easo, particu
larly as the description given by tbo
surgeon of tho dead Turn Poulton’s
personal uppearanoe corresponded ox
| actly with every member’s recollection
!of tho unfortunate chairman of tho
Serious Family. It was finally voted
! that on tho surgeon’s evidence, poor
Tom Poulton was more dead than
over.
Ho what ho might, Tom Boulton
could not prove liimsolf to bo alive.
Nobody would hear of it for a mo
ment. lie apqioalod (at some pecuni
ary loss) to his trudesuiou for identifi
cation. They identified him without
hesitation as tho Tom Boulton who
' owed them money, but they furnished
no clue that would serve to identify
him with the Tom Boulton who had
been chairman of the Serious Family.
He never rested. Ho prepared pe
titions but no ono would present them.
Ho commenced actions, but ho broke
down at the declaration for want of
monoy. Ho called day alter day at
tho club, but the hall porter was ada
mant. Ito addressed letter aftor let
ter to every member of the elub, and
inclosed stampied envelopes for reply,
but they tore up tho envelopes, and
applied tho stamps to other uses.
At first these appeals amused thp
elub immensely, but, after six or eight
months persecution, tho I* amily began
to gee tired of it. The soi-dutant Tom
j Boulton was voted a bore, and at
length it was solemnly proposed, that
negotiations should bo opened with
1 him with a view of arriving at some
| compromise. Mr. Tom Boulton was
I formally invited into tho club-room;
I but he was informed that lev tho pur
: poses of that meeting his namo was
Maj. Gen. Arthur Fitzpatrick. Tom
was roducod to that condition of self
abnegation that ho really had no üb
: jection to this arrangement
j It was then and there arranged
I with Maj. Gen. Arthur Fitzpatrick
t that so long as Tom 1 oulton contiu
! ued to bo dead an annual salary of
i £IOO should bo paid, quarterly, to the
’ major general by tho committee of tho
' Serious Family. Tho major General
! ucoepted this proposition with alacrity
and ho was forthwith elected an hon
i orary life member of tlio Serious Fam
i Hy, vico Tom Boulton, deceased.
' ‘ And Maj. Gen. Fitzpatrick accepted
his election, and eventually became
chairman of the club. And poor
I Torn Boulton lies dead and buried at
1 a salary of £199 a year, payable quar
-1 terly in advance. < 'll one occasion in
deed, when tho major general’s quar,
terly iiu-talniont was somo three w eeks
in arrears, poor Tom Boulton showed
strong symptoms ot revivification, but
his disturbed spirit was eventually ap
peased by additional advance of £5
on account of tho major general's next
1 quarter's salary.
Buttei is u drug iu l’eorik
71 y Jlotlivr.
Throtitfli long yearn of patient care,
tfhc'B watched my wayward feet,
And trained my proud, unyielding heart
Realities to meet.
She'* guided me with loving liamlu
91« rough all life* trying way**,
And net a model In her nets
To mould my youthful days.
Grant that my lianriw may ever be
As willing hu my heart
To smooth all tlioniN from out her path,
And bid each owe depart.
A happy father in Florida is wri
ting 1 1 tho papers of his State about
his baby, which is two weeks old, nine
inches in length—weighs two pounds,
and is remarkable for its beauty, Vi
vacity and cheerfulness.
Thorn is a littlo throo yonr old dar
key at Horn Lake, Miss, who has grey
bairn in her head, and who presents
tho staid appearance of and acta Liko
au old woman. Without knowing a
single loiter in tlio book, slo can spoil
correctly any word in tho English
language that has over boon apcllod
in her heating, and oven words that
sho novor has hoard boforo sho spells
phonetically, leaving out no letter
that is not silent when tho wold, is
pronounced. Bo said.
A Nkw Mode ok Meascbino Life.—
An ingenious author assorts that the
length of a man’s life may ho estima
ted by tho number of pulsations ho
has tlio strength to perform. Thus,
allowing seventy for tho common ago
of man, and bixly pulso in a minuto
for tho common moasuro of pulso in a
temperate person, tho number of pul
sations in his whole life would amount
to 12,207,520,000; but if, by intoni
porance, ho forces his blood into a
more rapid motion, so as to give sev
enty fivo pulse in a minuto, tlio same
number of pulses would be completed
iu fifty-six years; consequently, bis
life would l>o reduced fourteen years.
The Dawson Journal.
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sCwfesiJiaurt (SarAsi.
Ir.M.HABFEK
attorney ajii Colwell of at Law,
Mt.m'SO.M, fi./.
J. L. JAttES,
Attorney At Law,
D,HVSO\, « t.
ri}7”Offiee at Court Douse.
Feb. 9-6ra.
””dr7g.' wTfarrar
Has located in this city, and offers I ! s
Pi occasional services to the public.
Office next door to the “Journal office,” on
W ain Street, wi.eio he wn be found hi the
dsv, unless professionally engaged, nmi at
tiiijht at his residence opposite the Baptist
. ;:h feb. 2-U:
C. B. WOOTEN. U. lIOYI.E.
WOOTEN S HOYLE,
Attorneys at la&w,
»,/fs vso.r, v.t.
Jan 6-1 y.
G. W. WARWiCK,
Att'y u.t Law and Solicitor iu Equity
SMITH VILLE , OA.
Will practic** in South Western and P.itaula
circuits. Collections promptly remitted.
OTT iOTMJ] j
N liU!
We are now prepared to sell
PROVISIONS ON TIME.
C’lltJl &TUCKEU.
uay ti*
VOL. VI. —NO 19.
Dawson Business Director)!
l>ry Cioods flcrcltauk,
pKIJI,* TITCKI7K, Dealers iu
V 7 Dry Goods Olothmg, Hoots and Shoes
Groceries &o. .il»o ageuts for some of liio
most approved Furtiluors, Maiu Street.
KtJTNirB, HOWARD, Dealer it.
Staple and Fancy l)ry Goods, Groceries
Hardware, Crockery etc.
OIIK. W. S\ Dealer in Fancy and sta
ple l)i v Goods, Main at., next door to
.r. W. Reddick's.
Grocery iUereliauts.
HOOI», 11. »!., Dealer in Groceries and
Family supplies generally, at W. K.
Oit's old aland, under ‘Journal’’ Oilice,
Rain st.
rOV I.I7*»S, J, Grocer and Coro-
J mission A/aruhatlt, Dealer iu Ducon,
Flour, Liquors, &e.
I> It I)3* ff K'j Si, ,S. Grocer dealer in ba
ll con. Flour, Lard, Tobacco, die.
HARDWARE.
I EC dc It HOT HER, Dealers in
lj Hardware. Iron and Steal, Wagon Tint
burs, and Plantation Tools. Also Manufac
turers of Tin Ware,Mum st., at J. b. Perry’s
old stand.
D U.DWn, ANDREW. Dealer
1 ) in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware C’ut
toi ly, Furniture, 2d door from tlio Hotel.
Dnismists.
Ct II HATH A VI, <G. A., Druggist and
) Physician. Will visit by day or night,
patients in Town or Country—will prescribe
for any iiud aii the ills that flesh is heir to.
K"cps a complete supply of Drugs and Med.
icines. School Books mid stationary—Gar.
den Seeds &c , &0., At his old stand, The
Red Drug Store on Main St., TBB.I/S Strict-
It/ Cash for aM articles sold. Monthly seLtlc.
moots for Professional .Services.
TAIES BMt. J. It., Dealer in
fl Drugs, A/'dioines, Oils, Paints, Dye
Stuffs, Gulden Seed, Ac., Ac.
Livery Mablc.
pnivcr., IX. «. A J. 14., Sale,
I Feed and Livery .Stable. Carriages,
Hacks, Bnsrgiee, Drays, Wagons, Harness
and Mules for sale or hire. Ilo'ses boarded
at reasonable rates. Depot Street.
BL ICKiniTH SlfOi*.
WARE, RAKDALL. Will make
and repair Wagons, Buggies Plows,
Dickson Sweep, Shoeing horses, near Post
Office. Always ready to uo work good and
cheap. Jan. 10-ly
DEMUREST & WOODRUFF,
( Successors to Tomlinson, Pemarkst ft do
028 und C3O, Broadway, N. Y.
MAN (' KACTCRKUS OF
Carriages, Buggies, &c.
Especially adapted lo Lite Southern Hoads.
our f toclf rouritiSKs
Light Victorials,
t’baetons,
(ahrlolas,
UocLaways,
And nil other style" of Fine damages,
For one and two 1101 see.
TOB AND NO TOl’ HUGGIEB,
On Rliptieand Ride Springs.
COM OKil RlbblFN.
.’suil Clnel.k aiui .l< i>«-y Wagons
We are also sole Manufacturers of the
WOODRUFF CONCORD BUCGY
AND
Plantation Wagon for 1,2, 4 and 6 florses.
7lie best Buggy and Wagon in America for
the money.
We have bad an experience of thirty years
in making work lor the Southern Stutcs, and
know exactly what is wanted to stand tho
roads. We invite all to send lor Circulars
and parlies visiting New York we especially
invbe to cull at our Wareioornf.
We solicit Uie pade of merchants and
dealers.
Illustrated Circulars, with prices, furni°hed
by mail. A. T. VKMA A'E.b'T, N. Y.
W. W. WOODRUFF. OA.
£VfWe have also bought out Mr. W. A
Huff, of ii aeon, Ga., where we expect to
keep a large stock. June 2t» i.y
l!l M
MUSKICS
OF
KIUUEKE&Y GOODS,
I have bought from Mrs. E. A,
Thompson her entire stuck ol
JMUincry a asd Fancy Good*,
and lievo added tlisrctq tbe latest
styles of Bpriug Gouda, and risk that
tiie old customers of Mrs, Thompeou,'
and many new ones may csil to see
me at my Store under the Telegraph
(ilfii-o and neatly opposite tho “Jour
nal Utfi.o.”
MRS. JESSIE t’CHLLL.
April G-omt
McAFE.E HOl/SE,
At Suiiliivillc, U.
r • >IIK undersigned having fitted up the Kc.*
I Alee ouse at Smithville, takes pleasure
in notifying tbo travelling public that the
above house is now iu tho "full tide” of suc
cessful administration by liiulsclf. Ho wilt’
ap.iiu no expeo o to make it a b msi-t Lass
1 oru. J/eah lead J on tlm a* rival of tfcs"
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