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poson KUelilE Jaurual
pOBUSHItP E7EIIV THUItSDAV.
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Three months ?
Six months ••••' * -
One year. 2 00 .
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vertising considered due after first inser
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..wired as new each insertion.
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Advertisements under the head of Spe
cial Notices" will be inserted for 16 cents
nor line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents
L line for each subsequent insertion.
P Advertisements in the “ bocal Column,”
iviUbe inserted at 26 cents per line for the
first, and 20cent* per line for each subse-
quent insertion.
All communications or letters on business
Btended for this office should be addressed
*9 “Tni Dawson Jooknal ”
LEGAL ADVERTISING RATES.
Sheriff sales, per levy of 1 square $4 00
Mortgage sales, per levy 8 00
Tai sales, per levy 4 00
Citations for Letters of Administration 400
Application for Letters of gunrdia
Application for Dismission from A
ministration 10 00
Application for Dismiseiom from
Guardianship 6 00
Application for ifeevo to sell Land—
one sq $5, each additional square.... 4 00
Application for Homestead 8 00
Notice to debtors and creditors ... 600
Land sales, per eqanre (inch). -4 00
Sale of Perishable property, per sq 3 00
Estrav Notices, sixty days 8 00
Notice to perfect service 8 00
Bale Nisi, per square 4 00
Buies to establish lost papers, per eq 400
Eulee compelling titles, per square.. 400
Buies to perfect service in Divorce
cases .... 10 00
Tbe above are the minimum rates of legal
adveriieing now charged by the Press of
Georgia, and which we shall strictlv adhere
to in tho future. We hereby give final no
tice that no advertisement of this class wil
be published in the Journal without the fee
ia paid in advance, only in cases where we
have special arrangements to the contrary
grsfflSisicMl
N. B. Barnes,
REP-' IRKR OF
jgjvUTCHES, MS,
and Jewelry. Office on Main street, Dawson,
Ga. Satisfaction guaranted. Charges >cas
omble. sep 6,6 m.
JAMES ICEEL,
ATTORIEYAT LAW,
LEARY, Calhoun Cos., Georgia.
BUSINESS intrusted t~ my ore wil be
promptly attended to. Special attention
will be given to collections.
JAMES C. PARKS,
Attorney At Law,
DAWSON, - GEORGIA ,
And Counsel for the Corporation of Dawson.
IJRACTICKS in the Courts of S. W. Ga,,
A State Supreme Courts, and U. S. Courts
fur Georgia. Collections a specialty. -
Promptness iusured. aun2,Bin
J. F. WALKER,
Attorney at Law,
dawson, - Georgia
1\ T ILL practice in the Pataula Circuit. —
* * Office at the Court hause. Mch ‘22 ly
V. at. WOOTNT^
Attorney at Law,
Itß.f.rr, - GEORGIA.
WILL practice in the State Courts and in
n * the Oirouit and District Couits of the
waited States in Savannah sept‘27.
•!. Xbeck,
Attorney at Law,
J
H organ, Calhoun Comity,Ga.
" ill practice in the Albay Circuit and else
!|ere in the State, by Contract. Prompt at
ution given to all business entrusted to his
tare. Collections a specialty. Will also in
stigate tit.L.j and buv or sell real Estate in
- a haun, Halter aud Parly Counties.
L. G CA RfT EDGE,
Attorney at Law
Morgan, - - Georgia.
V\ ILL give close attention to all busi
ness entrusted to his cate in Albany
(lr =uit. 4 _I T
JaToTuoYL,
Attorney at Law,
Dawson, Georgia.
D. H. MILLER,
at law,
Moi gan, Ga.
Office in Ordinary’s Office. 030,3 m
JAMES H. GUERRY,
Attorneys at Law,
"•'R’SO.r, - GEORGE*.
n: —to: —
Office in the Court House. Feb. 4
J- L. JANEST
attorney:at law,
DAW SOY, - GEORGIA.
osce over .5 \V~. Johnston’s store. Jtn*l
Crampton’s Imperial Soap
IS THE BEST !
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best.
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best.
Craraptou‘B Imperi.-.l Soap is the Best.
Crampton s Imperial Soap is the Best.
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best.
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best.
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best.
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best.
r | HIS SOAP is manufactured from pure
-l materials; and as it contains a large per,
centage of Vegetine Oil, is warrantee fuilv
equal to the impor ed Castile Soap, and at
the same time contains all the washing and
clensing properties of the celebrated German
and
French
Laundry Soaps.
It is therefore recom
mended for use in the
Laundry, Kitchen & Bath Room,
and tor general household purposes;
also for Printers, Painters, Engineers,
and Machinists, as it will remove spots of ink
Grease, Tar, Oil, Paint, etc., from the hands.
The Huntingdon Monitor of April 6th,
1877, pronounces this Soap the best in the
market, as follows;
Reader, we don't want you to suppose
that this is an advertisement, and oaes it
over unheeded. Read it. We want to direct
your attention to the advertisement of
"Crampton's Imperial Soap." Having used
it in sur office for the past year, we can re
commend it as the best quality of soap in
use. 11 is a rare thing to get a Soap that will
thoroughly dense printing ink from the
hands, as also from liner; but Crampton'-
laundry soap will do it, and we know Where
of we speak. It is especially adapted for
printers, painters, engineers and machinists,
as it will remove grease rf all descriptions
from the hands as well as clothes, with little
labor. For general household purpeses it
cannot be excelled.
Manufactured only bj
CRAMPTON BROTHERS,
Nos. 2,4, 6,8, and 10, Rutgers Place, and
No. 38 and 86 Jefferson Street, New Yoih.
For sale by
J IS (Rill.
aug 23, tf Dawson, Ga
TO THE PLANTERS
O F
SOUTH WESTERN GEORGIA
OWING to the decline in the price of Iron
we have reduced the price of
SlOi tlt .11IL .8,
METTLES,
and GIJT G E.llif.YU
as well as other work In o;li line. We will
continue o sell at the low price we have
eetablishe until iron advances, or we will
receive >Triers for future delivery.
We manufacture several kinds of
COTTON SCREWS.
SEASONED, PLANED
AND
rough lumber
always on hand.
O. O. NELSON,
Pres. Dawson Mf g Cos.
Dawson, Ga. July 30. tf.
To Co llin p t ives.
The advertisers, having been permanently
cured of that dreod disease. Consumption
by a simple remedy, is anxkus to make
known to his fellow sufferers the means of
cure. To all who desire it, he will send a
conv ri the prescription used, (free ol
change), with the directions ter preparation
and using the Same, "Men they wnl find a
sur - cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bron-
Cl, p!.n.fs’wishing the perscription will please
IJI9 Pern Si., W illiamsburg, New loik
LOST JSTOTLS
me bv J I? CRIM, dated in March or April
“J. an i due or .hi 25th day of Decen ber.
1877, for Two Hundred and *'“*
as the Mine is lost ° r A '*° ? M ®
note on Mr*. Moreen Pool, given to me las
Sprii e (about March) tor Ten Hollars, *nd
JT ' . la , 1077 tbesame being lost
due October Ist, IS7 I AfiAII U . LA ISO.
or mislaid. SiAaa
Sept 20, '877, 4t
/ >t EVKUI *, Terrell 4
It To all wh mi may cone* fn .
1 hate ibis day made apphe**'™ *
Court of Ordinary ot said e°U"t>, of
to sell the Lind belonging w ‘ h ®, , f
MRS R CULPEPPER, deceam d,* 01
“Id county. The application *< b heard
on the Ist Monday in October ncr
J. C. F. CLARK, Adnt r (* bon won
Sept. 3, 1877, 6,41
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1 1577.
FOR SALE OR LEASE,
%
THE CARRIAGE AND BLACKSMITH
A Shops, on south side of Broad street,
“ear ilie business center of Albany. For
terms apple to B. T KEMP, Albany, Ga.
CTj LOIUiIA, Teiri'll Count}'.
-I By virtue of an order of the Court of
O dinary of said county, I will sell to the
highest bidder, at the Court house door, in
Dawson, on the Ist Tuesday in November
nex', all the Real Estate of James Johnston,
deceased; the same being about 300 acres of
land, eitute in the 4tb district ol Terrell
county. Terms cash.
R. F. SIMMONS
October 4, 1877. 4t Administre or.
CN LUKGIA, Terrel! Comity
M HENR7 B. DAVIS Iras upjlied tome
lor letters ot administration on the estate of
Mrs. U. L. Huckaby, late of said county,
dec’d. All persons interested are hereby
notified to file their objections, if any they
have, within the time prescribed by law,
else said letters will bo grained.
Given under my hand ofileiaHv, this Octo
ber 3rd, 1877. H. S BELL, Oid’y.
October 4,4 t
Adminisir^tor'ShSale,
I 'BORGIA, Tern'll Comity.
V I By virtue of an order of the Honorable
Court of Ordinary of Terrell county, at the
Nov, term, 1877, I will sell to the highest
bidder, at the Court house door, iu the ciiv
ol Dawson, on the first Tuesday in Novem
ber, nex', the following lot of land belong
ing to the Estate of Mrs. Remilsent Culpep
per, deceased, viz;
One lot of land No. (225) Two hundred
and fifty-six, in the (11) Eleventh district of
Terrell county. Sold for benefit of the
heirs and creditors. Terms cash.
Oct. 4, 1877. J. C. F. CLARK,
Administrator de bums non
Terrell Sheriff Sales.
WILL be sold before the Court House
door, in the city of Dawon, on the first
TUESDAY in November next, between the
legal hours of sale, the following described
projierty, to-wit:
Oue two story b'iek house and lot, on the
west side of the street leading from the Pub
lic squire to the depot, known ns Depot
street, in the city oi Dawson, Terrell county
Ga., front ng twentv-five feet and tanning
back one hundred feet, the lower story now
occupied bv R. L. Melton & Bro., as a s,ore
room, and the 'npper story by J. D. Hoyi &
Cos., as a punting office. Levied upon 10
satisfy a fi la bom the Superior Court of
Henry esuntv, Go, in favor of Durham,
Taft &Cos, vs Harper & Ammon. Tenants
notified.
Also, at the same time and place will be
sold, the reversion in fee simple after the
termination of U. C. Truss' Homestead Es
tate in and to the South halt ef city lot ot
land No. J6O, in the city of Dawson, in said
County, except, one-fourth of au acie off
the east side of said half lot. Levied on as
the property of C. C. Truss to satisfy a fi la
from Terrell Superior Court in favor of the
Florence Sewing Machine Company vs C.
C. Tidrs,
Also, at the same time and pface will be
so'd, the undivided half interest of Leroy
Brown in and to lo’s ot land Nos. 224 and
2i5, in the l2ih district ot Terrell county,
except what has been deeded off oe the
the north side ot the Southwestern Rail
Road. Levied on as the property ot Loro
Biown to satiety a Tax fi fa issued by W. E.
Sessions, T. TANARUS" , tor S'ate and County 'fax tor
the year 1878, against Leroy Brown.
8. R. CHRISTIE, Sheriff.
Oetob r 4. 1877. td
ITMB SAILLBL
ONE NEW FORTY SAW GIN, Findlay’s
make. Applv to the undersighed, or io
R. ft. Martin, at Brown Station.
aug9,2m J. T. LAMAR, Dawson. Ga.
DRESS MAKING*
MRS. M. M. ANTH 'NY respectfully in
. forms the ladies of Dawson and Terrell
county, that she is prepared to do Dress-
Making in ttie latest and most fushionable
styles, at reasonable rates. Sun bonnets and
Children’s Pique Hats made to order.
Brading and Embroidery Stamping done
cheap. Give mi a call at my residence.
MRS. M M ANTHONY.
April 6th, 1877, tt
C-d GORGIAi Terrell Comity.
I To all whom it may concern :
Application ha“ been idade to me by J. A.
Varner to have J. C. F. Clark appointed
Guardian of the person and property ot
Byron 0.-oar, a minor son of L. D Rey
nolds, deceased. All persons interested are
hereby required to show cause, if auy they
can, whv said applicati n should not oe
granted at the October term of this Court.
Witness my hand and official signature,
this 3rd day of September, 1877.
sep6 4t H, S. BELL, Ordinary.
111! If if
Association!
—:o‘ —
r pIIE FIRST Exhibition of the Amcricus
1 Fair Association will begin on Tuesday,
the P.Oth ot OCTOBER, and con*in jo FIVE
DAYS. The beautiful giounds and amplo
buildings will be ready, and evorv facility
afforded exhibitors to make a SPLENDID
DISPLA Y.
NO ENTRY FEES
Will be charged.
The people ot Macon, Doo’v, Schley, Web
ster. Marion, Stewart, Terrell, Worth and
Lee couuties are invited and expected to en- j
ter the contest for premiums.
Everybody,
North, South, East and West are invited to
t ttend.
Premium list will furnished on application.
J. W. JORDAN, Jr.,
SCet’y A. F. A.
IN Tilt: MORNING.
“And witii the dawn those angel
faces smile,
That I have loved long since and
lost awhile.”
In the quiet hush of morning,
When tbo sunlight, gioties tall,
Glaamiug with their sunny radiance
All along my chamber wall;
When the day with du'ies laden
Comes to meet :ne all untried;
Come those angel forms around me :
Who from earth have turned aside. |
In the si'enco and the dailtuess
I can see thefr faces fair,
And the robes of sunny whiteness,
And the gleams of shining hair;
I eon hear them whisper suit y
As they bend my pillow o’er,
I can catch the dietaut music,
Floating from the unseen shore.
One who, in her life’s fair morning,
From earth’s cold and clouded gray
Turned to meet the golden dawning
In the land of perfect day—
A’ho, with pale hands folded lowly,
Bleepeth where the lilies blow,
From 'he realms so pdre and holy
Comes to meet me nere heluw.
Tell us not our loved and lost ones
Who have found the fairer shore
Can torget us sadly toiling,
And return to us uo more;
For ti’e spiiit world around us
Lie h closer thau we dream;
And gives purer thoughts, and nobler,
Daily felt, though btill unseen.
In the hours of grief and sadness
When dark shadows seem to fall
Blank and hard acio3s our pathway
Like seme giim and stony wail,
Unsf/n Lands will gently lead us,
Unheard voices <:ut;ie to cheor,
Loving eyes bend softly on us
And we know our lost are near.
W hen lor us the radient drawing
Of the morn eternal bieaks,
Wfien for us the solemn shadows
Flee away, and life awakes
To that realm where all that’a noble
In our natures shall expand,
Guide us ever, O ye loved ones!
Upward to the unseen .’and.
VEGETABLE MOULD.
The Gardener’s Record in giving
directions for tbe prepc ration of mould,
“ays: As early in November as the
leaves of trees can he collected, let
then; be brought in a considerable
quantity, into a close place and press
up there in the form of a hotbed. —
Let this be well satuiated with the
drainings from the dung heap, with
suds from the wash house, with
mine from the stables and cow house,
where this latter article can be pro
cured. Let this bed be covered and
lined with fresh stable manure to
make it heat. When the heat is suf
ficiently subsided, let the leaves bo un
covered and hired over, to mix thb
dry and wet together, fttui if moisture
be required, let them have it of tlie
same description, repeating the pro
cess till all be reduced to flue mould
This will be for use in two
months from the time of collecting the
leaves, and to prevent any waste of
the liquid recommended, a layer of
mardrn earth, ot two feet thick,
should be made the substratum, which
would receive any of the valuable li
quid that would otherwise run to
waste. Leaves of slow decomposi
tion should bo avoided, as those of
oak, etc., which however, are the best
for retaining bent in hot bed aud pits.
The leaves of fir should also be avoi
ded, but those of the sycamore, elm,
alder, maple and all the soft kinds are
better suited for the purpose. This
compost should l 6 kept dty, in airy
place and tidghed up, so that the rain
can not wash out the salt with which
it abounds.
SHE DIDN'T i
At 10 o’clock yesteiday forenoOD, a
young man with very white eyes, and
a girl of eighteen with very long curls,
stood together on the City Hall tower,
to gaze upon the beautiful panorama
below. In a mirfute or two the girl
began to feel giddy, and as the sensa
lion increased she cried out:
‘Oh! Will, I am going to faint
away!”
“What’s up !” 1.0 shouted, as he
put an arm around her.
“Oh f I’m so—l’tn so—!” she gatp
ei as she began sittling down.
“Here, now ! don’t you do it!” he
bluntly exclaimed, as be held her up.
“I !ovo jou like jewhittaker, and j
you kuow it; but I couldu t j ick you >
up and carry you down those winding j
stmra if I was engaged to the whole
family! Biace up now ! If you fain’,
I’ll run?”
She didn’t Lint but it was necessa
ry for him to keep bis arm around
her for the next three minuter,— De~
1 troit Free Preset
ATLANTA FOR THE CAPITAL.
LitAttr, Ga., Oct. 23, 1877.
} Editors Calhoun Be,art meat Dawson
Journal ; Almost every body within the
| limits of Georgia has expressed an
' opinion on the new constitution, the
j ratification, the homestead and the
capital, and over the last question, !
some of the lending papers of the i
State are becoming quito enthusiastic.
I have, for noire time, kept s il en |; not
o.s the o’d saying is, to “come in on
the last quarter and give assistance
to the weakor side,” but bing an
inexperienced and inexpert hand with
the pen, end rather slow to gather rnv
ideas, I have been fearful that I might
get into a newspaper muddle with
the electric trio of the Macon Telegraph
8g Messenger, or fall into the all devolv
ing clutches of Ham and Speer, of the
MiUedgeville Old Capital, since I am
not persuaded to look at matters ex
actly as they do. However, if your
Department will give me a litt'o space
this week, I will venturo to soy some
thing on this subject, then get back
into my hole and “let ’em shoot.” The
Telegraph if- Messenger is the only pa
per which 1 have had an opportunity
of reading to any extent, and it has
afforded mo much pleasure to peruse
its columns and consider the argu
ments set forth on tbe removal of our
State Capital. I‘, and the Milledge-
vi lie Old Capital, expressed themselves
at ouoe for the removal, ami they are
daily becoming more deeply inter
ested in the matter, and are using
every available means within then
grasp to influence the people ol Geor
gia to vote “Milledgoville” on their
tickets ol the c ruing election. I no
tice, too, the TJgraph §• Messenger
time and again sailing the Constitution
to task for making use of so many un
faii and “sil y personalties” in defend
ing Atlanta and prope; ly setting up
her claims before the people. And
the Old Capital makes an oecneicnal
sweep among {lie “obscure weekly
journals” like a hungry hawk midst
a gang of hlack birds, and with a
powerful stroke of hornide spread
pinious sca'tersl?; the editors promis
cuously through the air like atoms of
ttash in a whirl wind. I heartily en
dorse the Telegraph Messenger in sav
ing “abuse is not argument,” but sug
gest the propriety in gptting the
beam out of its own eye before mak
ing any further effort to pull the mote
out of the eye of the Constitution. It
is contended by some, and it seems to
me by the friends of Milledgevtlle,
that the capital question is a “mere
question of dollars and cents,” and that
it iH the only legitimate question eu
vo'ved. Well, I agree with them, and
sny that, according to my judgm nt,
tho issue ought to bo joined only up
on that question, At first, I was
rather irt favor of Milledgeville—fair
ing an economical view of the matter
not that 1 thought it the more ap
propriate place, but since Atlanta has
made the proposition, aud agreed to
build anew capital without one dollar’s
expense to the State, I favor tier, and
ask tbe thousands ol unthoughtful
men who have been prejudiced against
Atlanta, where lies the [rudence and
economy in voting for Milledgeville?
And, so far as Milledgeville being
more accessible to the majority of peo
ple, I would be glad to have someone
explain what that has to do with the
issue, when wo remetnber that it
should only he considered upon the
question of economy in behalt of the
State. It i* said that near y all who
have ever been in attendance on tho
legislature in Atlanta, favor that city
as the seat ot government; then, why
should the mu-ses of the people caie
so much about the inaccessibility of
t ,e place, when one out of every five
hundred ever expects to visit the
capital for the purpose of trensacUug
business fur the State? A great many
in thtrir z-.sal to support the cause of
that ancient city enter Atlanta in
search of the “gambling halls,” “grog
shops.” “beer saloons,” etc , and com
ing out with a long catalogue of those
“damnable dens,” say that is why they
want the capital carried back to Mili
edgeville. And they call that argu
ment! Can they sry there me no such
places in Milledgevilh?, and guaran
tee that there never will be? But
where is the legitimacy in such stuff?
In my opinion it has not been shown
! by legitimate reasoning that it will
j cost tlie state ten dollars extra to let
! the capital remain where it is, but all
admit *hat accompanying the return of
i the cnpiatal back to Milledgeville,
. tlu-re will be an expense oi at least
1 fifteen thousand dollars. It is said,
j too, that there is a mortgage hanging
over the"old Opeia Huuse in Atlanta,
sufficiently largo to consume the
whole proceeds, should the bttildihg-
i be sold; hence, we can’t, with any de
gree of safety, depend upon that source
for roony to repair and refit the pub
lic buildings in Milledgoville. Auoth
jcr argument brought to bear on the
question is that, because Miiledgt villo
was first chosen by our “fore-fa'hers”
as the seat of government, it should
still hold the preference over auy
other city in the State. This is per
fect nonsence. Tell me Dot that, be
cause my guardian left tbe old home
stead of tnv father contrary to my
wishes, and even with fraudulent in
tentions, and after having passed a
decade of y rare in somo pleasant vi -
lage is laid m his grave, it would be
wisu in me to move back to my old
home and spend hundreds of dollars
in repairing the dilapidated old
mansion, after some kind fiiettd had
entered into a solemn obligation to
build me anew dwelling as commodi
ous as the old one without one dollar’s
expense on my part, provided I re
main at my present.home. I believe
in holding in sacred memory the leg
islative halls of our fore fathers, so
long as it is consistent with our oir
oumstances, but the idea of removing a
state capital tor tho sake of grotifiy
ing a mere sentimental desire of a few
people, eeeuis to me does not bespeak
sound judgment and deliberate con
sideration. I have heaid some say
that it ought to bo carried back to
Millodgeville because it was taken
away by tbe tadioals. Well, I dislike
radicalism as much so as any one, but
I think it unfair to tako advantage of
vandalism and g"t behind tbe radi
cals to make the fight. If Atlanta is
lha proper place for the capital, let it
remain there, even though it was ear
ned there by the republican party. —
Such fume onty shows a spirit of re"
vetige, tmd a hatred for tbe acts of tho
radical party, whether they be good
or had. Let the question be discuss
ed fairly and squarely, apart from
radicalism, for indeed such stuff has
nothing to do with the question at is
sue.
My ticket will be ‘'Ratification,’’
the “Hnmestad of 1877” and “ Atlanta
for the capital.” Juki us.
HINTS TO YOUNG HUSBANDS.
Love and appreciation are to a wo
man what dew and sunshine are to a
flower. They refresh and brighten
her whole life. They make her
strong hearted iu every thing afUcting
her home. They enable her to cheer
her husband when the earea of life
press heavily upon fim, and to be a
very providence to he; chiidten. To
know that her husband loves hor,
and is proud of her and believes in
her; that even her faults are looked
upou with tndeiness; that her face
to one at least, is the fairest fac6 in
the woild; that tho heart which to
her is the greatest and rtoblest holds
hor sacred in its inneimost recesses
above all women, gives her astrength,
autl corn age and sweetness, and viva
city which all the wealth of he world
could not bestow. Let a woman’s
life be pervaded with such an influ
ence, and tier heart and mind will
never grow old, but will blossom and
brig ten in perpetual youth.
A darkey was once attempting to
steal a goose, but a dog laise l an ob
joution, and Hauibo retired. Tite
next night, during a thunder-shower,
tie attempted it again, and just ns he
was on the point of getting away with
his fowl, lighting struck close by, and
the noise r\6>uly frightened the poor
fellow to death. Dropping the goose,
tie started away, mutteiing, “Peers to
me der am a mighty lot obfuss made
’bout a common goose.”
.. . -
At some place out West, where the
ommi.-sariat’ appears to be imperfect
ly organized, a youth was seen futl
ously scratching at the side of a grav
elly hill.
“What are you after tny friend?”
inquired a passer-by.
“Alter a eround-hog I saw run
in this hole.”
“Why, yon don’t expect to got him
in that way ?”
“Git him? Bound to git him! Were
out of meal/”
Y negro, says the Atl inta News,
was very busy eating a water-melon
at the \\ hitehali crossing as the State
road train cinie in, when the locomo
tive with its glaring headlight stiuck
him aud landed him s*m rods out in
the darkness. As be picked himself
up, he exclaimed. “Who swung dat
lamp! who fro wed dat briek !” The
locwmuttve is but slightly injured^
It must indeed be dry in Kansas,
if i} be true, as a local paper sajs,
thnt‘‘tbe suffering catfish lies strand
ed on the b'ia'.er ng bottom of his late
i happy home, waving his tail in tho
crisp breezes as a signal of dUtrees.
VOL. XII. —NO 28.
Tilt L. I ItGESTSNA KE IN A MERICA
We were yesterday informed by
Mr. Smith, living on Qua paw bayon,
that while he ami his son William,
aged about thirteen years, were out
in the woods on Monday afternoon
last driving up their cattle, their at
tintion was attracted by the hieatißg
of a ca’f some distance from them.—
Thinking probably that the poor ani
mal had bogged, they started to i 8
assistance. They had gone only a
shoit distance down the bayon when
they discovered a yearling in the coils
of a huge snßke, fhe body of which
was suspended fiorr. the limb of a
Linck-gam tree, about twenty feet
from the ground, and which ptojected
from the bank immediately over the
water. Mr. Smith and his son weir
almost terror-stricken at the sight, and
stool speechless for several moments,
unconsciously watching the move
ments of the huge reptile as he en
twine! himself around tho already
dead body of the yearling, and at eve
ry coil of the snuke they could heartho
bones of the calf break.
After coiling itself around the life
less form of tho yearling and crush
ing every bone in its body, the serpent
let loose its hold from the tree and
dropped down alongside of its victim
and began licking it all over, prepara
tory, it is supposed, to swallowing it-
About this time Mr. Smith recover* and
his senses, and after watching the
monster B nake open its capacious
mouth several times, he fired on it
with his rifle, striking it near the
head, and was quickly followed by bis
son, who discharged a double-barrell
ed gun loaded with buck shot. Both
loadel as quickly as possible and
again fired on his snakesbip. Inthe
meantime the rept.le had coiled it
self into a huge mass, and was mak
ing a hi sing sound that could be
heard fully 100 yards, and was pro
truding his forked tongue several
feet. After discharging about a doz
en volleys each, Mr. Smith and his
son succeeded in dispatching one of
the largest snakes ever seen in Louis-
Lina, and probrbly. North America.—
!t moasured thirty-one feet in length,
and the body measuted, ten feo'. from
tl.e head, thirty inches in circumfer
ence, and about the centre of the body
about forty two inches. It has a
regular succession of spots, black and
yellow, alternating, extending ffom its
head to its tail, while either side ie a
deep purple. Mr. Smith has no idea
what kind ol a snake it is, but thinks
it must be ol the boaconstrictor spec
ies. No doubt this snuke hes for
many years inhabited that section of
country, and dnpredated upon tbe
young calves and animals that came
within its reach. Tite skin of this
huge 6nake ha.s preserved, and
will be sent to Shreveport and put
on exhibitiron.
Why are your oyes jlike friends
separated by distent climes'? —They
correspond but never meet.
Tho only thing that it bothers a
grasshopper to swallow is a! tour-le'j
ged table. A well-developed noppt r
can worry it down, but thejegs tick
lo his throat.
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The San Francis.?o sea-captain who
tiarbdtho ship's Bible for thirteen
plugs of tobacco, is spoken of very sp*
verely by the religious pioss of that
city
Next to a rooster in a rainstorm, or
a man with his mother-in-law in his
arm. the most wretched-looking thing
in the world is a candidate who has
ju.-t overheard some friend wanting to
bet three to one that ho won’t be
elected
—-
“The prisoner at the hair soema to
have a very smooth face,” said a
spectator to the jailer. ' Yes,” re~
I plied the jailer; ‘me was ironed just
defore he wa3 btought in ”
What with drawbacks on sugars,
and pullbacks on ’lasses, the sweet
things of this earth would seem to
have a difficult time in coming fui
ward.
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A man who had jtist lost three of
his toes by a railway carriage run
ning over his foot, and who was
howling w ith pain, was checked by a
bystander, who exclaimed: “Stop your
internal din, there! You niuke more
/
noise over the loss of your toes than ,
that st:anger did yesterday over the
loss of his head '’
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A fastidious English lady, on her
travels, stopping tempmrily at the
log cabin of a literary trapper tn*'Ore
gon, and seeing the esseys of Carlyle
slid Mucauiay on the table, asked the
frintiersmTn whathe thought eft hose
authors. “0 !” s-id he, “them fellers
la some pumpkins.. They kin slicgf
ink thry ken, now Flail you P