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DA ft SON, - GEORGIA ,
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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL.
A MATRIMONIAL ltd-
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she 1 cm l ied.
An E utiia (New York) cotrespon
dont ot theNtw Yoik Sun furnishes
the following paitieularg >fa strange
stoiy, the ti uth ot which is affirmed hy
the pai ties iuteiested:
‘‘About ten years ago tlie wife of
Amzi S. liner, a prosperous miller, in
a small village in Southern Pennsvl
vaniw, near the Marylaud Slate line,
eloped with a young man named
Geoige Mill?, a Virginian l.y birth, a
4AfitkJ<L the short of Ori Gates, the
father ot Mrs; 'finer. The match be
tween Miss Gates and 'finer was made
by her father against his daughter’s
wicheij. She desited to marry young
Mills, She had been married less than
a ikonth when the elopement took
place. The manways wete followed !
by the husband as far as Wheeling, |
W est Virginia. There all traces of'
them whs 10.-t, and nothing Was heatd
of them afterward. In 1870, Gates
the father of the tunaway wife, died
He made a will leaving his propeity,
valued at $20,000, to Tiner, the
daughter having been bis only child.
There was in the will a provision that
if afiy news should be heard of the i
daughter within two years after bet i
father’s death, and she was in want, I
site was to receive the iuten&ton $lO,.
000 for one yeat at seven per cent., to
be paid in installments of ten dollars
a week. If at the end of a year after
her being found she had not volunta
liiy returned home and begged her
husband’ti forgivnes“, no further claim
of hers on the estate was to be allow
ed. In the event of her being wi ll
Mills, if found within the two years,
she coal 1 l.ave no ci-.int against the
estate. It site returned repentant
within a year, the executors of tlie
will were to provide her a suitable
home and allow her ten dollars a week
as long as she lived. The executors
were Amzi B. Tiner and Myiou Pool,
a cousin of the teslator.
“Tiner made rveiy effort to find
some trace of his Ibng missing wife,
but failing, procured a divorce from
her in 1872, and married egain. IJis
second wife died in 1875, leaving him
two Children. On tie 221 of July last
a letter addtessed to Mr. Gates, and
postmaikel Litchfield, Minn , a3 (lan
ded Mr. Pool as one of the executors
of the estate of the deceased. It prov
ed to be front tho runaway wife and
daughter. It bieailied a S l 'i rLt of le
pentance, and declared tliat the writer
was anxious, after ten years of suffer
ing, to ask furgirness of those she had
Wrouged and he permitted to ceme
home, if only to be a servant. Pool
went with the letter to Mr. Tiuei, —
The latter resolved to go af once to
Litehfidd. He was accompanied by
Mr. Pool. On Wednesday last liner
and the wife who bad deseited him
ten years ago, and wh> m he had
found working as a seamstress in a
Litchfield family, ariived in Elmira,
where he has relatives. The story .if
his wife siuce she left him satisfied
him that, while she had Cornpr udsed
both his and her honor, she was more
sinned against than sinning, and they
were remarried in St. Paul on the 4th
isnt. The rirnaway wife’s story is
substantially as follows;
“She accompanied Geotge Mills on
ly as far as heeling. Thore be left
her to go to St Louis. She then
went to ludiana. She refused to he
cutye the companion of Mills until she
could legally become his wife. He
had ?500. He gave her 8200. She
went to Lafayette, lud , whore she
obtained a divorce, through the agen
cy of a divorce lawyer nr rued Bow
ditch, being in the place but a few
monti s. Mil s, meautime, had gone
to the plains, and brought up at Cen
tral City, Col. She joined him there,
and ttiey wete married. Miiis made
Cousuieiable money by supplying
miners witu stoios, and they lived
Content diy together fur a your. Tfnu
Mills ieh into tne habit of gambling ;
ire squandered a 1 his gains, and bis
business passed into other hands.
1 Lev then went to Utah. Miils got
a position as a mining clerk at Corin
ue, and for a time was steady in bis
habits- The life of a clerk was net
stirring enough for h,rc, however, and
he fiuHlly resigned the position and
went to Salt Lake City. There in
company with a miner named Olney,
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 1877.
i l 0 opened a faro bank. He heg-n
drinking, and abrned his wile. To
cap the fclitnax if her misery Mills
joined the Mormons, and added two
more wives to his family. T his indig
nity the unfortunate woman, who had
. left her ht me aud friends lor Mills,
could not brook, and one night in 18-
i 1 she ran away from bis bouse, and,
after months of hardship, reached
Denver. She was a year wnd a half
in tliut place, working itt a betel. —
V bile there she read the account ot
the killing of George Mills, in Salt
Lake City, by his partner, Bill Olney,
w hile quarreling in their gambling
saloon.
“In 1873 sire engaged as wailing
maid to an English lady- who was
tiavelirg with a party in the Rocky
! Mountains. She visi'ed New Mexico,
the Spanish Peak and all the princi
pal points of interest thereabouts with
j the party, returning to Denver in 18-
74. There she left the party and star
ted East. She was propost rated with
I lev r iu St. Louis, and all of her mon
ey was used op before she was able
to leave. She then engaged as trav
eling companion to a Mrs. Van Atta,
of New Jersey, who, with her husband,
was going to Minnessota for her
health. They traveled through the
State until September, 187 G, when
Mrs. Van Atta died in the vuinity of
Itaska lake. Having some nmney
Shb determined to return to her old
home. On the way from the lakes to
tlie iai road, some fitly miles, she wa
robbed by her guide, a half breed In
dian. Blio walked thirty miles to
Bruinerd, on the Mississippi, aud bad
been woikicg as a seumtress in differ
ent towns theieabcuts ever since,--
Her health fulling, she feared she
would die in 6trange land before she
had told her story to her father and
received his forgiveness, and she wrote
the letter that resulted in so unexpre
ted a sequel to her ten years’ hitter
experience. Mr. and Mrs. Tiner have
returned to their old name, apparently
as happy as if there had never been
a shadow in their lives.”
Apt \ liiteiatiwii’s Artful Aid.
The following is from Rev Henry
J. Van Dyke's receut address at
Chicago;
Christ is the advocateof thesinner,tin
Angel of the Covenant, the Author
and Finisher of faiih, the Alpha ami
Onnga of all human hopes He is the
Brightness of the Father’s gloty, the
Bishop of fouls, the Bread of Heaven,
the Beloved of God, oi men, and an
gels. He is the Covenant the Coun
sellor, the Corneistoue, tho Covert, ihe
Captain of salvation, the Desire of all
nations, the Elect of God, the Eman
uel, the Everlasting Father, the Eter
nal Life, the Fouuta'u of living waters,
tho First born among many brethren,
the First Begotten from the dead.—
He is God over ui! blessed forever, the
Head of the Church, the Husband,
the Heritage, the Habitation of His
people, the Judge and King of saints
and angels. He is the Light, the Life,
the Leader and Lawgiver of men the
Lamb ot God that taketh away 'he sin
of the wot Id, the Mediator and Mes
senger of the new covenant, thf) Mes
siah of all the prophets, and the Morn
ing Star of the everiastlir.g day. He
is the Only begotten of the Father,
the root and offspring of David. He
is the Prophet, the Prince of Peace,
tho Propitiation for sin, the physician
of souls, the Power of God unto sal
vation. Ho is the RoOk, the Kefngo
the Hansom, the Righteousm s the
Ressut rection of all who shall be saved.
He is the Son of God ar.d of man, the
Seed of woman, Ihe Shiloh, the Surety
and tho Shield, the Sacrifice and
Sanctuary, the Sanctification and the
Sun of all saints. Ho is theTtuth,
the Pleasure, tho Teacher, ttie Tem
ple, the Incarna'e Wisdom, the faith
ful and time Witness; in short, he is
the very Word of God. In His name
all divine revelations are summarily
comprehended,
A young man of twenty-five years
married the widow of his gradlather,
aged forty-five, in Kentucky recently.
Site was his grandmother, and his
grad mother’s children will he his
aunts •ti.d uncles, and the lami'y tree
in that lam'ly is likely to be the w, rst
gnarled and twisted vegetable oi 4
earth, by he time he gets through
with it.
The late riot in Oglethorpe county
will cost the people of tho county
eighteen hundred dolbre, and if ihe
outstanding liabilities <>f the county
are liquidated thetx levy will not fall
much below ten thousand dollars.
Nils.* AYilsow"* Leg.
Twenty-seven vehts Miss Wil
son, of Pineville, N- CL lost lur right
leg. She was then’young and pretty,
and had she merely mislaid her leg
'every chipalfous Carolinian in the
country would have Lined in the
search for it. Unfortunately her loss
was an irrevocable on<*. Having un
intontional'y insetted her h-g under
the w heel of a. heavy loaded wngon,
she found that the otire shapely limb
was so complete 1 )- mitred that she eon
sen'od to have it cut ‘if and thrown
away. Its place Was in tinre su[-
p ieii with a cork fpg, aud Miss Wil
son sorrowfully resSgffiPil herself to
limping through a loveless lit a to a
soli'ary grave.
I There never lias been an? active de
j maud to< women with wooden legs
. A y|an wi .h a weed * Jog snil'cVs a
| certain amount of inconvenience, but
! tie loses nothing in character or popu
i 1 .iity, whereas a wooden-leggeu wo
man is, whether justly or unju>tly,
under a social ban. In fact, for a
woman to lose a leg is ordin icily to
lose ali hope ot marriage. A man
who is abort to many cannot be
blamed lor preferring a whole wife
to one partially made of cork— espe
cially as the former costs no more than
the latter •
A superficial tfiitiksr might, per
haps, fancy that a husband whose
wife had but one oiigitial leg would
save fifty- per cent, in the price of stii- !
ped atockings and Kid shoes; but a
little reflection will show that a cork
leg requires as tnUch clothing as the
usual style of leg, and hence is not an
economical contrivance. Of course it
is mean and selfish in a man/to pet
mit the presence or absence of a ineie
trifle of leg to affect Lis feelings to
ward an estimable woman ; but hu
man natuie is weak, and be wot and be
a bold man who could calmly look for
ward to marrying a wort.an who
might some morning inti rrupt him
white shaving by asking: “James,
would you mind handing me my leg ?
1 think you’ll find it be. ind that rock
it g-ehair.”
It is alleged by Miss W ilson’s naigh
bors that as she grew i ider site be
came hatd and cynical. This was
pet Imps to have been expected. She
saw hot self ignored by all marrying
men, while girls with half her beauty,
,md whose sole superiority consisted
in a larger number of legs, captured
husbands without any difficulty.—
Gradually she became embittered
against her bipedal fellow creatures —
and ttie local Baptist preacher was
probably iigb' when he characterized
tier as a bard heat ted, worldly wo
man One day, however, Miss Wil
si.n attended a camp meeting, and
was softened by the eloquence of the
preacher and tlie shouts of the woi
shippers, and soon alter Rmeville was
surprised and pleased by the announce
ment that on the next Sunday Bister
Wilson would lie baptized.
Now, the public performance cf the
right of t aptistn I y Rev. Mr. Waters,
of the Poieville Eleventh-Diiy Baptist
Church, always drew a large audience.
That powerful and agile preacher was
admitted to he without a lival as a
lapid and rffeu ive baptizer. On one
occasion, when a Presbyterian minis
ter, preacbingegains' baptism, showed
that St. John the Baptist had once
hap'ized a multitude of persons at tl e
rate of tuornen and a half pei min
ute, and that hence he could not have
immersed them, Mr. W ateis publicly
baptized twenty-five persons in eight
minutes thus heath g Bt. John’s best
time by two full minutes and complete
ly ove- throwing the Presbyterian’s
argument With alt his unequaled
rapidity of execution, he was uevr
careless or inconsiderate.
Tfieie was a lival Baptist minister
in the next cofinty who would some
times become carried away by his
emotions, and would sing an entire
verse of a long metre hymn wlii.e
holding a convert under the water;
and although a stalwart teamster who
was thus treated once fell from grace,
aud upsett.ng h s minister in the wa
ter held him under until lie was neat
ly drowned, the reverend enthusiastic
wa not cured of his careless habit
V\ (ten, therefore. Miss Wilson con
sented to be baptized by the Piueville
minister, she knew that she wou and
be tf ated in a considerate and skill
!al manner; and tho public knew that
the spectacle would be well worth
witnessing.
It is very easy, to say now that the
affuit isover,that Miss Wilson ought to
have left her leg at home. In that
case, however, she would have been
compere either to limp to riui wat r
on crutches or to be ca.ried there by
self-sacrificing deacons Moreover,
tier appearance in public without her
eustou.any leg, would have excited o
good deal of r* mark, which would not
only have shocked her sensilivu leel- |
logs but would have de racted lioai I
the solemnity of the scene. \\ lien j
we remember, iu addition to these
facts, that sho was a woman residing
in a country town, to which champaign
baskets rarely penetrated, and was
lienee presumably ignorant ot the so:-1
entific fact t at tot kis light aud buoy- !
ant, her neglect to r. move her cork j
leg prior to baptism seems entirely ex
cusable.
So long as the water wa.- Only two I
feet deep. Miss Wilson, who weighed 1
fully two tiundted pounds, managed i
to wado toward the minister, but so !
soon as the iatier tiok her hand and
led her into deeper water the cork as
sorted its buoyancy and Mi s \\ i's n
was sudden y revers. and The minis
ter, with much difficulty, placed her
otr her feet again, aud ratlur shortly
requestit g her not to do tout again,
began to make a br.efand formal ad
dress. Boloio lo had spoken teu
words, Miss Wilson, with a wild
shriek, fell backward, and her cork
b g’shot swiftly upon the surface.—
Peihaps this is the pioint where a veil
should he dropped. To finish the
narrative in as few words as possible,
it might he said that after half a doz
en futile efforts, tho attempt to bap
tize Miss Wilson was abandoned.—
With all his'skill and strength, the
minister Could not counteract theeffort
of the cm ?i leg, and could not keep 1
tlie convert right side up long enough j
to baptize her. She bore it with pa- |
tmrice until the monster called for a j
titty six pound ueight, with a view to
ballasting her, when she indignantly
scrambled ashore, hastened home, and
subsequently joined the Presbyteri
ans.
We thus learn that there are times
when cork legs conflict with the most
important duties. The leg-furtlt-ms
should fake a hint from this suggest
ive incident, and devi-e a light metc.l
io leg wherewith tosupply tire Baptist
market.—AVtc York Turns.
lieruium Kowarded.
Some days ago a young lady, while
1 bathing in the ocean, opposite the
West End lintel, Long Branch, ven
tured too far citxt find found herself be
ing earned away by the undertow.—
Her critical situation was witnessed
by several spectators on sho r e and by
several bathers. Wa'tef S. Hildreth
f
son of David B. Hi dreth, one of the
prop* ietoi sof the ho'el, seeing the
great durigeV the young lacy was in,
rushed from the bluff, plunged into
tho breakers, and rescued Miss P ,
who was quite exhausted. It was a
nobie and heroic act, and so thought
the guests at the West End, who,
through a committee of gentlemen,
quietly and genc-r. us'y procured a
muqhificciit watch and chain, which
they presented to vouug Hildreth as
a souvenir of his h roism. Ou the
outside case of the vtatoh is a mono
gram of the initials of tlie recipient,
and the inside bears the inscription;
‘‘Walter E, Hildreth, from guests of
tlie West End Hotel, Lcng Branch,
recognizing his bravery in rescuing a
you- g Indy from drowning.”
Tlae Pioscsit Cotton Crop.
The Macon Telegraph in discussing
the present status of the cotton crop
says:
Tlie first 1 ales of this and last year
eanre in with no material difference in
dates, but they are not relinl le indica
tions „f the forwardness of the crop. —
Current i<Ph in this part of Georgia
has teen that tha growing crop is at
least two weeks behind that of lasi
year. It doubtless is at least that
much smaller in growth of weed, and
yet tho generally dry weather and hot
suns of the summer may have pushed
the fruit to much earlier development.
The bolls eo far brought to this cffiie
are sfnail a< and look prematurely open
ed As to the genera] forward nese of the
crop, much, of course, depends cn the
weather of the next few’ weeks. The
who'e month of July was well calcula
ted to push the crop forward, and the
same may he said of so much of Au
gust.
There in ag.eat ojipositti i> to thoactioe
of theconventicu. First, from fundhold
ers second, fioin off' e lioldresand third,
from tlie holdersof propei ty that doesn’t
pay taxes. The people who liavegiven
their sovereignty to the convention will
ratify it because it represents iht ir
will, which is State sovereignty, edu
cation of the masses, honest retoinr
and rofien* limchf, and a stiict con
struction of the organic iaw. In oth
er words, the new constitution means
tree trade, free labor, no debts, no
banks, ooonnmy, reform, and tho gen
eral good of the many. It vHfi be
ratified by a majority ao large as that
which elee'ed Colquitt, —Savantiih
„Y< -rs.
It was “bourt week” at a country
tavern, and a late comer was given
uni) of a dozen cots, w hich had been !
put up temporarily iu the parlor.—
lhere was a grand chorus of snores
from the o;htr cots. After an hour
or more "f this uproar, 6 fro of the
most resonant snorors brought up
with a snort, end wussudueotly silent.
A Frenchman, who occupied .. cot in
the extreme coiner of the room, ex
claimed; ‘‘Thank God, ynu-eesdead!”
Oue of the largo t women iu the
j world, Fannie \Va 11 ace, died in Eph-
rata, Pa., a few day# g”. She was
fifty-lour years ohl, seven feet four
inches in height, and weighed five
hundred aud eighty-five pouuds. Her
coffin was seven feet eight inches in
length, three feet six inches in depth,
four feet wido at the centre and two
f et wile at tho foot.
, IGiOIGIiITIC CAAAiiILS.
They Predict a I'oi tntic for
Colonel 15. A. Alston.
Several months ngo General Gor-
I don and Colonel R. A. Alsion were
walking down Pennsylvania avenue
in Washington city. They noticed a
' crowd standingou lire sidewalk,and up
,on investigation discovered that tho
crowd had assembled around a porta
bio stand upon which a
UKAVE AND SJ'KGTLATIVK GUOOP OF CANA
RY lIIIIDS
were engaged in telling the fortunes
of tho bystanders.
The titodus operandi was simple. A
stiiitiger would give one of the birds
a nicklo. Tlie b’H would then hop
off to a basket sitting near by; and
pick up a little envelope in Iris bill ami
•
carry it to the expectant customer. In
this envelope he would find a small
piece of piiper, on which was printed
the history of his future life—at least
a canary bird’s eye view ol it.
OBEATNF.SS L’NIUND'KO ON TIIE SI'BEET.
Moved by one of thhed unaccounta
ble impulses, that operate viith t/ie
great as well as tho lowly, General
Gordon announced his purpose of try
ing his luck with the birds, lie band
ed the wisest looking canary he could
-ee a carefully selec’ed i.itkle, and
awaited tlie tesult The bird return
ed with an envelope, which this So n
- opened. It anor.t ceil that the
Senator “talked too much; had tiro
children; and would live to he eighty
six years cl ag e .” The Senator re
marked tha' tlie first of the fortuna
was not true; that the si conil was,
and ho Imped the third would he.
Upon litis encouraging resume,Col.
Alston deti rntined to have Lie tor tune
tried, so lie chased a nick'te into the
corner of his breeches pocket and cap
turing one, handed it to a likely look
ing bird, and nquested him to move
ahead with the pnnoiuiua The biid
locked at '.he Colonel careful'}’, as it
he felt the caso in hand required Lit*
very finest judgement, and then moved
off in a profoundly contemplative and
reflective state. He soon returned
with an envelope, which he delivered
to the Colonel. The first clause ol the
fortune was this: “You invite too
many people to your house; maty of
those that you invite me not your
fiiends.” That much was tiue, The
hospitality of Col. Alston is ns wild
and as spontaneous us th.it of the Ilib
lical gentleman who, wh n lie had a
wedding in his house, felt so good
about it that he sent out tho po’ico to
heatup his guests fiom the bushes
and thickets. But tho above was a
small part of the prophecy.
A FORTUNE BY INHERITANCE PROMISED
The printed slip went on to recite
that the Colonel would in a short tiuib
receive a laige sum of money. He
thought at first that this was tidings
dire but greatful—about his big fee
whi It whs thou iu the prospective. So
ihe paper went on to say that he
would leceive this ft rtune as un in
heritance, aud that it would be the
basis on which he would build to a
definite prosperity.
HINTS OF lIKAI.IZATK ft.
lie loliled the scrap of paper in Iris
pocket and went to Willard’s, where
lie u:*H Judge Lichrane. Ha was
showing the paper to this genial gentle
man with the big liish herfit, when
he was interrupted by the exclama
tion :
“Why, my dear sir, yi nr fortune is
alre. dy left you. I saw this very day
ill the Baltimore Sun that John E.
Alston, ot Boston, had died and had
left a fortune of about six hundred
thousand dollars to be divided among
his heirs and relatives in the South.’’
Colonel Alston then huirled out to
find tho Baltim re Sun lie failed,
hiiAovci, and ti e matter dronpad out
of his mind. A day or iso after
wctil Attorney General D \t-ns asked
him if he was any km to J E. Alston,
of Boston, retnail ing that that geir
tleir.an had left a largo fortune to he
divided among his fmr!y. Cul. Als
ton replied carelesaiy and came to
Georgia soon afterwards, and had veiy
sc n lorgotton about the clear-eyed ca
naries and their prophecy.
Ihe END OF TIIE I AINBU WIN SICIIT
A few days ago, however, he re
jeeived a printed copy of the will of
James E Alston, addressed to him as
one of the heirs of the estate. The will
bequeathed various amounts to spec
ial heirs and then reunited that the
balance, amount ng to $137,000, 1
should I>e distributed to the heirs in
Georgia and South Carolina, through
the agency of Mr. Albert Glover
Col. Alston ye.-today revived a letter,
which we examined, (rum Mi. Allcrt
VOL. XII. —NO. 29;
| Glover, Announcing that he would be
' out to Georgia soon to have a person*
i dl inh tview with Colonel Alston eon*
j coruing the distribution, and unnouiic
i inglie was bringing the matter to 11
close as tapidiy as possible. Mr.
Kor Boyce,ofAugusta,hasthecardup
-1 on which the fortune was printed,hut
j Col. A. has written to him for if, that
he may be ready to meet the tide of
inquiry that this aitieio will turn loose
upon bifrf,
CAS IT BK BEATEN?
The above story is true in every
paiticular. It is a remarkable story
in its If, hut when taken in conne<-
tion with the numerous miracles of
luck that have been worked in behalf
of Culnel A(s ton becomes much more
remarkable. We predict that be will
clear $6*1,000 by (belittle inhei tai.ce.
— D, ily Constitution.
Same of the I'oiiiM-cliciif *• Bluc
f.avvs.”
“No food or lodging shall be affoi
ded to a Quaker, Aduniitp, or other
heretic.
Tf any person f urrs Quaker, he
shall be banished, and Dot suffered
to return but upon pain of death.
“No Ihiest shall abide in the Do
minion; he shall be banished, and
suffer death on his return. Priests
may be seized by any one without a
warrant.
“No one shall read Ctimificn -Prayer,
keep Christmas or Saints days, make
minced pies, dance, play cards, or play
on an instrument of music except the
Drum, Trumpet, and Jewsharp.
“No one shall run on the Sabbath
duy, or *vuik in bis garden or else
wheie, except rt vereirtly to and from
mooting.
“Nj one shall travel, cook victuals,
make beds, sweep houie, cut hair or
shavo on the Sabbath day.
“No woman shal kios tier child oh
the Sublmtli or lusting day.
“No man shall court a maid in per
son or by letter without first obtaining
consent of her parent: 5. penalty for
the first offence; 10. for the second;
and, for the third imprisonment du
ring thenleaauroof the couit.— Peters’
History of Connecticut.
J#li Uilliitgx’lli'iui.
I have often known the toa ova
cowhide hoot, located in the rite spot;
to be ov more value to a young man,
than tlie legacy ova riefc unkle.
Tim man who expekts, in his old
age, to bo taken care of hi the W'orld,
bekaso his life baz bean spent in their
amusement, or iristrukshun, reasons
like a phool and will starve like one
too.
I nodes that when a man runs his
bed against a post, he eui-ses the post
first, ah kreaehuu next, and sumthing
a lye last, and never thinks of cussing
himself.
One quart ov cheap whisky (the
cheaper the hettei) jad i iously ap
plied, will do more fuzziness for the
devil than the smartest deakon he has
K ot .
lie mersipliull to ell the durn itii
uials—no man can ride iutoheaven oa
f. soro bucked horse.
Young man, learn to Wait' if you
undertake to ssrt a hen before she is
reddy, yu will loze yuie time and con
fuze the lien beside;.
There iz two men prowling around
who want ch ss watching, tlie one
•hat iz allwcz praising, and the one
who iz allwuz kondeimng himself.
Those peoplo who ere tricing to git
to heaven on their breed will find ou£
at last that they didn’t Lava thru
ticket.
It ra>3s a Jive man to do buzziness
now days. I don’t cure if yu hav got
a copy ov the bihie tu te l yu liav got
to taik it up strong.
I am v.illing to admit that man iz
mi brother, but I contend at the same
time that 1 have got u lot ov kussid
slia'y relisbuns.
I havo never known a second wife
but what wnz boss tv tlie situashun.
Whisky iz a hard thing tc convince,
therefore I never r.rgy with a drunk
en man.
Experience iz a good teacher, but
she iz a dreadful slo one; before vve
nit buff tlnu her lessons the bell rings'
and we are summoned to judgement.
Said Horace Grecly: “There is
nothing eaci-t than to e it a black
guard paper, and nothing more diffi
cult thnu to get up a newspaper free
lrotn fi ulness and blackguardism.—
Fish worn; n and bar-room loafers are
ski! ed in the ait of bandying epithets
end bespat'ering each other with dir
iy words. It iequirt’3 no brain to < o
tide; it does require both heart ami
brairs to print a newspaper that a
decent mail could read without a
blush.” m
Tnis is the way P. T. Baruum puts
it: “I halu’t the remotest idea of
lectuiiig when 1 came over, l.ut f
have a wife who can spend a hundred
pounds as f-st as I can make it/ so S
thought I might as well.”