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r sales, per lew 4
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eg REP.' IRER OF
£I,WATCHES, CIOCKS,
and Jewelry. Office on Main street, Dawson,
Ga. Satisfaction guaranted. Charge* >eas
ouible. sep 6,6 m.
f. 11. GBERIIt, JAB. G. FAUK3.
GUERRY & PARKS,
Im? apd Colwelors at LaW,
DAWSON, - GEORGIA.
•—to:
PRACTICE in the St tie and Federal
Courts, Collections made a specialty.—
Promptness and dispatch guarau'ied and
insured. Nov ltf
R. F. SIMM NS,
)tt’y at LaW & Real s?tate t,
Dawson, Terrell County, G
SPEOIAL a ten tier >_mn • collections,
conveyancing and inv<* g ing titles te
Real Estate. Oct. 18, tf
JAMES KKEL,
attorney at law,
MORGAN, Calhoun <. 0., Georgia
BUSINESS intrusted to my c-re w<H be
promptly attended to. Special atte ion
will be given to collections.
J. F. WALKER,
Attorney sit Law f
dawson, . Georgia
WILL, practice in fh* Pataula Ci'cuit.—
j * Olfip. n. the Oou rr wbmise Mch 2*2 ly
C. it. WOoTrtN,
Attorney at Law,
JIIM.Vr, - CEOA6U
\ \’ILI, practice in the State Courts and in
V the Circuit and District Courts of *he
United States in Savannah sept 27.
•r. J. BJiCKi
Attorney at Law,
Callioun County,Oa.
ill practice in the Albay Circuit aid else
*oere in the State, by Contract. Prompt at'
entlon given to ail business entrusted to bis
care ; Collections a specialty. Will also in
’rstigatetitles and buv or sell real Estate in
"*>i>aun, Baker aud Aarly Counties.
J^archjl-tf
L . GCARTL&DGE,
Attorney at 1 >aw
- . GEORGIA.
\\ give close attention to all busi~
p . ness entrusted to his care iu Albany
"tcmt. 4 .j v
L-C- HOY L..
Attorney at Law-
Dawson, Georgia,
k D. H. MILLER,
£OBIEy AT LAW.
Morgan, G. ;
in Ordinary’s Office. OSO,Sn
J ANEB7
F Tt ORNEY at law,
tiAWSOV, - GEORGIA.
C®ee over .J \V. Johnston’s etore. Jan 7
Advertisements
County.
MRS. SARAH E. MARSHALL, Anm n
iT\K ,Xi h T T b , g applied t 0 me ,or le we o
sell the real esUte of Geo. T. Marshall, late of
said county, deceased! therefore, all persons
concerned will take notice t*>at said leave
will be granted to t e applicant on the first
MoLday in December next, unless good
cause be shown to the contrar\.
Nov 1, 1877.41 H. S BELL Ord’y.
CNEORGI A, Terrell Connlf.
A GEO. C. EDWARDS has applied for
letters of administration oj the estate of
Isaac 0. Edwards, dec'd. AH persons inter*
ested are hereby notified to show cause, if
any they can, why said application should
not be granted at the December Term of
this Court.
R itcess my haDd and official signature,
ihls 80th dav of October, 1877.
Nov ] 4t H.S BELL, Ordinary
GEOREf A, Terrell County.
T. K. I 088 has made application for
letters of administration on the estate of
Thomas Seav, late of said eounty, deceased.
All persons interested are hereoy notified to
show cause, if any they can, whv a aid let
ters should not be granted at the December
Term of this Court.
Witness my band and official signature,
this 80th day cf October, ! 877.
Nov ), 4l H. S. BELL, Ordinary.
| ' LOhWIA, Cullioiiti County.
By virtue of an order from the Court
of Ordmarv of aaid geouuty, will be sold on
the first Tuesday in December, next, within
the usual hours of sale, at the JOmrt-house
door, in Calhoun County, ODe halt of lot of
land No 17, in the 3rd district of said county
belonging ■< the estate of Andrew I a
biuett, deceased. Sold for distribution,—
Terms Cash. W. D MURRAY,
October 81 1877. Guardian.
Terrell Sheriff Sales.
WILL be sold before the Court House
door, in the city of Daw on, on the first
TUESDAY in December next, between the
legal hours ot sale, the following described
property, to-wit:
Lot of land No. (14) fifty-foar, in the Brd
district • f Terrell county. Levied on as the
property of P. M, Harden tosatisfv a fi fa
from Terrell Superior Court in favor of John
Williams vs D. M. Harden, prii ~ and Wash
ington Woolbright. security.
Also, at the same time and place will be
so'd, the west half of lot No. 233 and south
portion of lot No. 210, south ot the crek
running through said lot, all in ih the 12tb
district of Terrell countv Levied on as the
prepertv of W. H Cra • ford to satisfy a
mortgage fl fa from Terrell Superior court in
lavor of Johnson k Lee vs W H. •. rawfoid.
S. R. CHRISTIE, Sheriff.
November 1,1877. td
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DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 22 1877.
JUDGE REESE’S LETTER.
ATLANTA OR MILLEDGEVILLE.
As the time is near at hand when
the peop'e will be called on to decide
; the location ot the capital, tmeng
oiber questions, and as many are ask
ing for light on the subject, we pub
lish below, a letter from Judge W. M.
Reese, written some time ago.
Judge Reese has been a leading
member of the state senate for the
past seven years, and much of the leg.
islation that has placed Georgia in her
present ehviable position among
southern states, is due to him—his en
ergy, his judgment am’ his patriotism.
We ask all ourfreaders to study his
letter carefully, and can assure them,
from personal knowledge of the man,
that Judge Reese is about the last
man in the state to he governed, in the
discussion and determination of such
matters by anything else than what
he reg.a ds as the best intere t of all
t< e peop e of the state.
Read the letter, carefully, severs)
times, and keep on rending it until
the day of the election. We heard a
prominent and sensible man say, the
other day, tha* it had changed his
views on the capical jjue&tion, anu de
termined him io vote for Atlanta.
Edi'ors Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
Having heeu ashed by many persons
why I am opposed, under present cir
cumstances, to the removal of the cap
ital from Atlanta to Milledgeville, I
will, with your pei mission through
your paper, answer all these inqui
ries at once.
I am opposed to the removal now
on account of the great loss which the
state will sustain thereby, one tvkieh tee
are poorly able to endure. I do not un*
der this head, count the expenses of
removal and the expenses of an extra
session of the legislsture this winter,
tchich must be called to provide for the
expense of such removal, amounting
to a considerable sum, probably fitly
thousand dollars. I shall only •* urn
up losses in public property, sufficient
ly great in my judgment, to deter pru
dent men item v ting for r-m val at
this time. The state has paid for the
present capitol in Atlanta $2.80,000
n gold b nos, which have all been
ml aie now im< ( guzied as valid, and
the city of Atlanta has paid for the
same capitol $179,000, making the
cost to the slate and city of Atlanta
$429,000. This amount paid by the
ciiy of Atlanta was paid os xn: cjm
diti n that Atlanta should r* main the
capital, and will have to be refunded
as soon as it is removed. It will not
do to say that Atlanta has acted in t ad
faith about the and therefore
we wil' not regatd her claim to indem
nity full and complete. The late con
vention, by a committee of some of
its very best men, reported to the con
tention, to which report no objection
was offered, after full research into ail
the facts that Atlanta had acted in
the utmost good faith and paid ev°ry
dollar that she agreed to pay, that the
city an 101 ities, besides closing this,
had paid off a mortgage judgment ol
$79,000, which was a valid lien on
the capitol building.'’ The claim of
Atlanta for compensation will be made
and can not be resitted, and by removal
we at once lose *179,000. This sum
is now as much as the capitol will
firing if sold, and the loss, if made,
carries with it as a matter of course
the loss of the $250,000 paid by the
state. This, however, is not the only
loss from removal, as the executive
mansion, cos’ing the state SIOO,OOO in
gold bonds, now a part Ot the public
del t, must also ! e f anil Will not
bring more than $50,000, so tha
there is another loss of $50,000 to be
edited to the oiliei losses, making up
a sum total of $479,000.
Another loss consequent upon a re
moval is the loss of a splendid offer ot
the city of Atlanta :o subscribe toward
the building of a now capi’nl, the very
choicest bui ding lot and the whole city,
and also u mm of money sujictent to build
a capitol as good as the one at Milledyc*
ciUe, which will he at he Incest calculation
65.000.
This proposition of the cry of Atlnn
*b, which lms not been equalled and
eannot be equalled hy that of ary otb
er city or town in the state, it is said
is an electioneeiing trick, a fraud and
not intended to be executed, etc., that
it cannot be carried out according to
the new constitution, etc. To which
objection I reply that as Atlanta has
hi*hr to acted in the bettfaHh, not on
ly with the itaie bw with her creditor* , it
•s unjust and wrong to make such ac
otiaations. She has not flinched or
refused to meet her promisee or debts.
In th3 lexicon of the people of Atlan
ta there is no such words as 'fail.” —
The constitution of 1877, if adopted,
provides in itsef for the acceptance and tx.
eeution of this offer of the city of Atlanta,
so there is no difficulty from w#nt of
power to carry out her promise by
the city of Atlanta.
There is one other view on this of
fer of the city of Atlanta which I
deem perfectly conclusive, and that is
we have the means iu our own power
of forcing Atlanta to comply with her
offer by amending at any time th>
constitution so as to remove the capita ,
and not ing w. uld be eas< ir to do or
more certain to be d<*ue should Atlan
ta act in bad faith. Add the loss of
not accenting this offer to the other
losses not above enumerated and we
bavs losses by removal $779,000,
nearly one million of dollars.
W hat is the loss by remaining in
Atlanta? The capitol and mansion in
Milledgeville are estimated by good
judges as worh $85,000, which is all
we would lose by not removing to
Milledgeville. If, however, it is nee 1
essary to remove from Atlanta to se
cure honest legislation, I, for one, say
let uh make any and all sacrifices. Is
it necessary, and will such legislation
be secured by a removal to Milledge
ville? What says the history of the
past on this subject? This history
says that three millions and a half of
dollars of tbe piesent public debt aris
ing from state aid te worthless rail
roads was created in Milledgeville,
while the portion of said debt incur
red, for the same purpose iu Atlanta
doos not am unt to three hundrds
thousand dollars. This history say
furthtr that through the old Central
bank by the worst and most corrupt
legislation at Milledgeville one half
million of dollars of public money was
wasted on partisans and favorites. , fh>-
history says further in Milledgeville in
1866 was set the precedent of paying
members of tfie legislature rune dol
lars per diem and their clerks anti
their doorkeepers and messengers nine
dollars per diem. To show how little
place has to do witli the puiity of leg
islation I refer to the tact that the
democratic legislature whici sat in
Atlanta exposed the Bullock fr uds,
repudiated his dishoues: udministia
tion, his state aid schemers, ana de
nounced the traudulent bonds; that
the dome-tic legislature of 1875 and
1876, which was held in Atlanta, pro
posed the amendment to tha constitu
tion repudiating the bogus bonds; that
the legislature of 1877, which sat in
Atlanta, called the consiimtional con.
vention; that the c invention of 1877
was held in Atlanta ; wherefore I think
it may be safely cou luded that ihs
p’ace of holding the legislature has lit
tle or nothing to do with the proceed- 1
mgs of the genera! assembly. The
purity and honesty of legis’ation de
pends on the constitution of the
and tbe men sent to the legislature.
Some persons may argue, no matter
what it costs, let us re uke the fraud
of temoVal from Mille Eeville to At
lanta. To this argument I siy, that
fraud has fully rebuked by the action
of the convention in submitting the lo
cating of the capital to the peoph
Its location now, under this action, de-
pends on the reasons lor and against
removal lo be considered and acted ou
bv a free people. If Atlanta is retain
ed as the c.pital the fraud will be re
moved and the UcatloS will be fixed
by the votes of the people. Again,
ou this ban ; I would say that when
the constitution of 1868 fixing Atlanta
as the capital was submitted to the
voters of the state, the u terrified peo
ple of Atlan'a, surrounded with sol
diers, and living under the hardest
and severest military control, Vo.ed
against removal to Atlanta In view
of theee tacts, what good man ir. the
state will say that the people of Allan
. .... ! a#,,, )..,■> 1 rid nQtr a Acrn.
ta a>e ptomise-breakers, and havs con
cocted a great fraud to deceive the
people ol Georgia? It is rot necessary
to it cur the losses above stated, be
cause Atlanta is not accessible to the
people of the state, for she is accessi
ble to more people of the s’ate than
any other city or town in it. If is not
necessary to make the losses above
enumerated hecause living is so expen
sive in Atlanta, as no cify or town in
the state can i fiord to provide and
does provide lor legislators and visit
ors so cheaply and substantially as
|At anta. Il we throw out of the ca'-
| cula’iou the $250,000 paid by the
’ state on th capital, and the $50,000
paid for the executive mansion, over
and above its value, on the oround,
that the loss uou ! d be estimated only
on the present value of the property,
not "ounting as Worth anythi' g the
prospect of a gieat increase in the val*
ue ol the public prop< rtyoin Atlanta
from the| growth of that wonderfulcity,
then the loss by the removal of the
capital from A lanta to Milledgeville
would fie fully $450,000. What then
is tbe wisest solution of the capital
question? la my opinion it i to re
tain tie capital a Atlanta, accept the
offer of the c : ty, requite Atlanta to
make a deed to the city hall square,
deposit in the* state trea ury the
amout promised by'her, and then with
this money and the proceeds <>f the
sale of the capitol building in Atlanta
build a convenient and comfortable
state-house. This sum of money wil!
be ainp e for the pnrpase, and we will
have disposed fof tbe whole matter
without costiogjthe 6tate anything
Very respectfully, W. M. Reuse.
Washington, Ga., October 27.
A Lome Widow’s Device. —An
amusing story?comes from the Arden
nes, where, according to the tale, an
agriculturist recently died, leaving a
wife, a horse, arid a dog. A few mo
ments before his death hejjcalled his
wife to him, and bade her sell the
horse, and give the proceeds of the
sa eto liis relatives, sell ttie dog
and kt-p the money thus gained ILr
herself.
Soon after his death, the wife went
to ti e market with the horse an! dog,
and exhibited’them, with'the annouce
ment that the price of the dog was
five hundred francs, and that of the
horse five ftanos. The passers-by s’op
ped and stored, and judged *he wo
man mad, inure especially as the in
formed all would-be purcheseis that
to bt.y the horse it was necessary to
buy the dog first. At last a curious
passer-by concluded the bargain ; after
which the skillful woman handed over
five, trances to the family of her de
cea-ed husband, ani retained five
hundred bancs for i.erself, thus con
triving at the same time to carry out
thi letter, if not the spirit, of the
wishes of her husband, and to secure
the largest sum of money for heiselt.
The Gwinnett Herald says; ‘‘There
occured last week ia the western part
of tin's county one of .the saddest ncci
ents we have ever been called upon
to chronicle. Living in Suwannee
district is a family by the name of
Mitchell, who have recently movel
into the county. On last Wednesday
two of the children, a boy,' ten or
twolv-* years old and his si-tier two or
three years'youngerjwere picking cot
ton in a field a short distance from
the huUse. A short time before night,
for some came, the little girl threw 8
8 one and hit her brother on the head.
He shortly afterwards left the cotton
patch, saying he was going to the
house. After awhile the girl also went
home, and, not finding her brother,
she informed the family ot what heo
necu red. Search being made, tbct
boy Was found in a dying condition
and expired in about five minutes af
ter being discoveud It is thought
that it W is hardly probaMe tnat death
was the result of the' blow, but it
seems to have been the only known
cause, as no post mortem examination
was made.”
The United Siates Senate Since
8171 the jLpu'-licsns have Ic-t six
teen Senators and gained one-not
co side i- g the seats now in dispute.
The gain is in California and the
losse.l are in the following S'Stes:
Connecticut (2), New York, Nw Jer
sey, Pen> syVania, Indiana (2), Illi
nois, Wet Virginia, N oth Carolina,
Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Mis-'
souii, and Texas (2) Un essa bn ak
ing up of 1 aities should sooner occur,
the Democrats will ho ce> tain, duiing
the next two years, to make further
gains of one Senator in each of the
following States: Ohio, South Carolina,
• VS SV
Eloiidi, Alabama and Arkansas. In
no State have the R| uhlicans any
pro-pecta of gaining a sea', unless ft
bo Connecticut Ii would therefuie
S'Oin us well assured as anything can
be in politics that the control of the
Senate will pass into th 9 hands of the
.Democrats in 1879 — W. Y. Tribune.
A littie b< y whose sprained Wrist
* * j l _ . .1: . j 1.. i \ _l.:
had been relieved by hathiag in whis
ky, surprised his uiot.ier by asking,
‘‘lf papa had soiained his throat ?”
It’s a wise child that kuows, etc.
■■■ i ■ ■ — >—
1 A witty old woman says: “If yott
want to find out a man’s real disposi
tion, take him wet and hungry. If he
is aimiahle then dry him and fill bita
1 up, uad you have an angle.”
GEORGIA STATISTICS.
We tak> the following extracts
from the Atlan a Constitution, which,
will be of iuterorf o the general reader
touching the statistics ot the state:
The area of Georgia is 58,000
square miles. The population is ex
ceedingly sparse, being only 22 to the
square mile.
The popula’ion of Georgia is 1,250,-
000. Of these, 00 per cent, are wh'tes
and 40 per cent negroes. The popu
lation is mostly native, only about
12,000 being foreign born. The wo
men are in excess of the men by
about 2 i per cent Of this population,
six per cent, are Ungaged in manu
facturing, fc -,r p*f. ednt. in trade and
commerce, fifteen per cent, in pro
fessional or personal service, Bnd sev
en'y-five per cent in agriculture. The
average of persons to the family is
five, and there is a dwelling for every
five persons.
The agricuitural population of
Georgia is 900,000 souls, and the
number of acres in cultivation is a
trifle over 600,000,
In 1860 Georgia was a Very rich
State. It was the sixth in tho Ameri
can union in point of wealth. It av
eraged $l,lOO to each white inhabi
tant, the total being $645,000,000. —
At the close of the war her total
wealth
three years afterwards, this had in
creased to $268,000,000.
The debt of Georgia is lower than
that of any Southern State, population
and extent considered. The State
owns property that wou'd pay her
debt if it we.e sold. The tax is the
lowest of any Southern State if not of
any State iu the union, being only 5
mills.
In 1875 there were 169,910 children
at school. Of these, 114,000 were
while and 2,000 colored.
The Baptist church in Georgia has
193,000 members, nearly one to every
six persons iu the State. Of these,
81,000 are negroes. There are 114
associations.
The Methodist chu r, ‘b, South, have,
95 000, of which 13,000 are negroes
belonging to the colored Methodist
church, an independent organization
has over I,6oopieachers
The Preshyteiians haYe in Georgia
149 Churches, 55,000 sittings, 9,400
members and property worth $652,-
460.
The Episcopal church has 29
churches, 11.000 sittings, 4,500 com
municants and 39,clergymen.
The Catholio church has over 30,-
000 members, 25 churches, 35 chap
els, 24 priests.
There are iu Georgia 2,620 Israe
lites.
Private Smith, of Company E 18th
United States lufantry, at McPhersou
Barracks, Atlanta, met with a horrible
accident on Sunday morning last,
a*>out four 11 ’cock, by accidentally fa’ *
ing in'o a diy Well some twenty-five
feet deep, and insecurely protected.—
In falling tbe unfortunate man was
impaled through the groin on a stake
in the well, where be hung for over
three hours in the most terrible agony
before bis cornrad s heard his cria-t for
help and went to his relief. Although
badiy maimed for life by the critical
injuries, the sufferer may live, as he
was doing well up to Tuesday n.orn
ing. Infl irnation of the Gcerated parts
is now ti e only cause for apprehend
ing fatal results.
WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE POOR*
Silver spoons are used to scrape
kettles-
Ci-ffa' - , tea, pepper artd spices are left
to stand op-n and loose their strong h.
Potatoes in the cellar grow, and
sprouts are not removed until the po
tat es become worthless.
Brooms are never hung up and are
soon spoiled.
Nice hnnd'ed knives are thrown
into hot water.
The flour is sifted in a wasteful
manner, and the bread pan is left w ith
the dough sacking to it.
Clothes are left on the line to whip
to pieces iu the wind.
Tubs and barrels are left in the sun i
to dry uud tall apart.
Dried fruits are not taken care of i
in season and become wormy.
Rags, stiings and paper aie thrown i
into the life.
Pork spoils for want of sa’t, and
beef because the briue wants scalding.
Bit 9 of meat, vegetables, bread and
cold puddings are thrown away when
thoy might be warmed, steamed and
served a* good as new.
Although ft woman’s are is undssia
tly bet oWn, she nevor uwus it^
VOL. XII.-“NO 41
A NEGRO HYMN.
By J. C. Harris, of the Atlanta Consult tion.
Oh, whsr shall we go w’en de great
day pomes,
Wid de tluwin’ tiV de trumphits au’
de bangiu’ uv de drums ?
How many po’ sinners’ll be notched
out iate;
An' fine no latch to the goldin gate?
No use fer ter wait twell to-morrer!
Da sun mustn’t set on yo’ sorrer,
Dili’s ez sharp az a bamboo brier—■
Oh,Lord! fetch de mo’ners up higher!
When de nashuns uv de earf is a
stna’in’ all aroun’,
Who’s a gwino ter be choosen fer ter
war de glory crown?
Who’s a gwine fer to stan’ stiff kneed
an’ bcl’
An’ answer to deie name at de callin'
uv de roll ?
You better come now ef you cornin’
Old Satan is loose an’ a bumuiin’—
Do wheels of disttuchsLun is a
huntin’—
Oh, come along, sinner, if you
cumiu’.
De song: uv ealvaahum, is a mighty
sweet song 1 ,
An’ de pairwise wiu’bLy fur an, blow
strong,
An’ Al erham’s buzzutn is salt an’ its
wide.
An’ dat’s de place war de sinners
oughter hide!
No use ter bsstoppin’ and a looking
£1 you fool wid old Satan you'll git
took in;
You’ll hang oh do odgo Bn’ git
shook it!,
Ef you keep on a stoppiu’ a / a
lookin’.
De time is right now, an’ dit here’s de
place—
Let de salvashun sun shine squar’ in
yo’ fade,
Fight de battles uv de Lord, fight
soon an’ fight late;
An’ you’ll allera fine a latch on de
gulden gate*
No use ferter wait twell tomorref
De sun mustn’t set on yo’ sorrer,
Sin’s a* sharp as a batnhoo brier
Ax de Lord ter ter letch you up
higher)
The Poofeu dir Is.
The poorest girls in the world ars
those who havefnever 1 den taught to
work. are thousands of them.
Rich parents have petted them; they
have been taught to despise labor and
depend upon others for a liting, and
are perfectly helpless. If misfortune
comes up'<n their friends, as it often
does, their case is hopeless. Tba
most forlorn and miserable women
upon earth belong to this class. It
belongs to parents to protect their
laughters from this deplorable condi
tion. They do them a gieat wrong if
they neglect it. tlVer y daughter
should be taught to earn hef own liv
ing The rich as well as the poor re
quire this training. The wheel of For
tune rolls swiftly refund; the rich are
very likely to become poor and the
poor rich. Skill to labor is no disad
vantage to the rich and is indispensa
ble to the poor. Well-to-lo parents
must educate tbeir children to work.
No reform is more imperative than
this.— Ex.
Mr, A. H. Stephens lives at the
National Hotel, Washington, and
despite his desperate physical condi
tion, is ajehery invalid. He wearsgloves
on hands as small as those of a ten
year old child; relishes rich food,
though butter and eggs are forbiden
him; takes an occasional whiff of to
ll eco, and when in health has two
ounces of whiskey or brandy after
dinner. He would rather be hanged
in the United Stares *ban live io any
other country; supports Mr. Hayes
because his ad mini tratijn has
brought peace tothe country,and likes
Grant personally as a man without
guile, who made a tremendous blun
der in abandoning the Generalship of
the army for the Presidency.— lf. Y.
World.
— .. -
When a girl gets mad and rises
fmm a fellow’s knee, but thinks bet
ter of it and goes back again, it in
a hat they call a relapse.
■ ■
“Parson, don’t you think marriage
a means of grace?” “Certainly; any
thing leading to repentaDee is ft
means of grace.”
“M,” said a littie girl, “does God
(tick the hairs oi onr heads in by the
ends?” “I guess so, child,” said the
busy mother. “Well then, how does
He get niggers’ hair iu when it ain’t
got any ends?”
Professor (describii g afreiefit Greek
theatre): “And it had no roof,” Junior
(sure he had entigti; professor in w
mi-take): “What did they do wen it
! rained?” Professor (taking off his
glasses and pausing for a moment):
“They gut wet. sir/’
A “ woman's rightist” says / that
gills ate not particular enough about
the men they marry; but there is a
woman over iu Chelsea who is s>
patticu’ar about the i..n che married
that the takes her sewing to his offke
.'ttd sits there all day til* he is rm<iy
to go home.