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THE DAWSON WEEKLY IWI
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AlVertieing now charged bv the Press of
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itoftsSUttal (Sarsa.
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N. B. Barnes,
eg! REP ' JRKR OF
pw u/atpucc Pinpifc
*1! H I ullLOj I-IUUI\UI
and Jewelry. Office on Main street Diwsop,
Ga. Sattslaction guaranted. Charges teas
omble. Sep 6,6 m.
1. H OCFRUT, JAS. 0 PARKS
GUERRY & PARKS,
prw and Culippuiorfi at Lata,
DAWSON, - GEORGIA
•—:o:
|)RA.CTICE in the Sf<te and
l- Courts. Collections made a ppoci i'v v.—
Promptness and dispatch guarantied and
insured. NovJ.f'
r. F. Salmons',
IIFf at La'Jf & Heal !jfala llg’t,
Dawson, Terrell County, G.i
SPR lAL.a tention jciyvvi to lollccli ns.
eonveyanoiiig and invciigaii' g *i irs i •>
Real Estate. Oc'. 18. if
JAMES ICKEU
ATTOftHBY AT LAW,
MORGAN, Calhoun i 0., Georgia
lIUSIN'E-sS intrusted to mv o re will b'
•J promptly attended to. S >-ri.,: attention
wHUn* given to collections.
c. u. jymwrsif,
Attoi-ney at Lw,
A L HA.V 1\ - (i F. < St G 1. 3
WILL practice in the State Courts and in
, t * the Oironit and District Coutts of the
baited States in ttavannah sept 27.
57j. BtedK,
Attorney at Law,
CsilSioein oiuity, Ga.
>v ractice ir the Albiy Circuit hi and elsr
v 'ere in r,ht* Stat#% hy Contract, prompt ‘at*
nl 'oo :iven to nil business entrusted f o his
' • re ; Collections a specialty. Will also in
'iries n*i buv or veil reel Estate in
"’ uun Baker and 2£trly Counties,
jnarch 21—if
L. G CA Rl' L£ DGE,
Attorney at J-nw
’tORtSA.V, - - UiiOKUIA.
V\ IbL give close attention to all bus -
* mss entrusted to his oai e in Altiauv
'ircuit. 4_I V
L* cThQY i..
Attorney at Law,
Ditw.oii, tSeorji t.
D. H.
AT LVIV.
Morgan, Ca.
® in Ordinary’s Office. OW,"*;
J. L .r N K
ATTORNEY at la .V,
DAWSOV, - GEORGIA.
" 0? OT ‘' r JW. J >hnston\s store. J 7
CAH 1 >
D >h JPJO. XTgudden,
Morgan, ; Georgia,
( his professional services to the
of Calhoun. All carts promtol,
tended to. Office East side of the public
<!U:o - Bept 20,
El ew Advertisements
Terrell Sheriff Sales.
WitV* flo , !d be,ore ,he Court-house
first TW • e r C,ty of Dawson - 'he
first Tuesday in January next, between the
legal hours of sale, the following described
property, to-wit:
Lot of land number Two Hundred and
ive (2n6) in the 4th district cf Terrell
county. I-evied on as the property of
Marcos A. Bell to Satiufy a Jusiiee court fi fa
ftom ihe 1234th district, G. M., of Fulton
° f T - Clark & Cos., vs
Nov. 29, 1877. S. R CnRISTIE, Sheriff
dissolution.
|'Tod^ IRM ° F KIMBROUGH & PAS-
R- LtdAL 1, tins dav dissolved bv muiual
consent. All those indebted to the above
tv in will please settle at, once
r,e *- 77- KIMBROUGH & PASCHAL.
T WOULD respectfully say to the public
, lhiit 1 wil ‘ continue at the name
p aee, and would be glad to see all of our
old customers and twice as many new ne
Dec ®. im w. o. paschal
A ( 2 B VT TQ Should send 26 cts.
1 *0 to H. M. Crider of
! Pa ’ ,or a 4 |p /l e copy of his beauti
ful Photograph Memorial Record.
This it anew invention and will find many
anxious purchasers ip every neighborhood.
Write for terms to egents of the grand
picture entitled “The ui Ußtrated L Lor a * a
: Prayer. H M. CRIDER, Pub , York, Pi.
Piano and Organ Playing
Lifanicd its a Bay !
M* SON’SH AUT9, which recently cre
ated -uch a In Boston and
elsewliere, >id erub! any person, of any
age, to Ma ter ihe P'-ano or Organ in a day,
, ever though they have no knowledge of notes
| elc. The Boston Globe savs :
‘Yon can learn to play on the piano or
i organ in a dav, even >1 von never played
before and. have no. the slightest knowledge
of notes, by the use of Mason’s Charts. A
child ten years old ca . learn easily, They
are endorsed by <bw best musical people in
Boston, and are the gr ind culmination of
ihe inventive genius of the nineteenth cen
tury. • Circulars giving full particulars arid
many testimonials will be -ent tree on a pli
cation. 0 e sat ci Mason’s Charts, and a
rs.e book of great vaiue, entitled “Singing
Made Eisv,“ both moled, post piid, to any
address for only $2. Worth more than §IOO
spent on music lessons. ’ Address
A. C. MORTON,
Gme-al .Agent, At anta, Ga.
A geuts wanted at once everywhere. Best
chance eve roffeu and. Secure territory before
too late. Terms free. dec 6,tf
tiiths phis
A Noted Divine says
They are worth their
weight in gold,
READ WHAT HE SAYS:
Du. Tutt:—Dear Sir: For Jen years I have been
n martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. Last
sprimr your pills were ret ■oniiv ended tome; I used
them (bat with little laii.lD. lam now a well man,
have fjord appetite, digestion per ect, regular spools,
and I hi ivc gained toriy pSdads solid flesh.
Thev are -ivorli thrir weight ii< uold.
Ktv. U. L SI:.! ''.'O N, Louisville, Ky.
gnu ■ pam• p* 'n p fi Dr Tutt lias been cn-
I Pe§ fPA <1 in the practice of
8 \0 i a I | nietijrinc thirty years, and
CUKE BICK HEAD- | lor a longtime'was demon.
_ ACSBtE. str:>':-r 04 '’•’Atomy in the
V 1 Medical College of Geor
i Q pin. hence persons using
t .J I l iJ : his Pi)is have the guaran-
CVH E DYSPEPSIA. tee that they are prepared
•cvt.jwr,.or reientinc principles.
THTTie D s i 5 O :u ' d -y c frce lro! ” ali
ttil l : ‘LLq (piai kerv.
lie has succeeded in
CURE CONSTIPATION COll ,| bring in them the
■r-—luretolore antagonistic
THTIIv Pm ? S qualities of a stmwthen-
Eb t fi L vcjkw 7 ':gd,l>gviii'e^andapur
6uiti: PILES. / yu’cr 'tojnc.
. I ’ • ir first apparentel-
feet is to increase the ap
lUii ; C’ . ILL© 1 ' hyt'tmth.g the food
to properly assimilate.
CUKE FEVER AND q ; •‘the system is nour*
/ vl -- 8 i : .l;fd, and by th ir tonic
; Mi. in on thc"d:*?estive or-
Tii V'i 1 and £Trt*s. mruUiriu.ll h.ealthv
• —■ and w W i tv.unafions reproduced.
CURE BIIICU3 COLIC i 'fTie ra; iditV with which
s per ovs lake on /les/z,
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J | % I sof thu-e pills, r,{ itself in
, I dirates their adaptability
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imnarf-.g! •••’> eml iHrt-nwth v—ilie srsftm. Sol.l
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and is warranted as l- .irmless s water. S
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What b Bam?
Read the ilnssraea*
NATURE’S CWK REMEDY,
Entering at once into the Hood, expelling all scrof
nlnu., svpl-.ilitic. and rheumatic affections. Alone
Dr. Twit’s Sarsaparilla
and Queen’s Delight,
The most powerful Mood purifier known to medical
scteiict- for the core of old nice rs. diseased joints, foul
t om the ears and nostrils, abscesses skin
diseases,dropsy, kidney complaint evd effects of
secret practices, disordered liver and spleen . Its use
strengthens ,he nervous system •'"!*• *** COm '
plexion, and huilds up the body wilu
(. HEALTHY. SOLID FLESH.
As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly
recommended. 1 lundreds of cases of the worst type
have been radically cured hy it. Being purely veg
etable and "com,nurd use will do no harm Ihe best
♦ tn tikt' t is during the summer and fall, ana
Price, SI.OO. Office, 35 hi array Street, New i ork.
1 'Fn Cos* lslum P t^ves *
Th, ulvorttser., huvingbeen rerntanentlv
I_ , .. It dread di we. Coßwmjrthrti
, ... nm' remedy. >s anx'e'ts to make
~ . hi. fellow cofferers U,e nt'-.tis f
\ T i -II who d.-vreit ' o vtu j>en a
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“ dd ' 189 Penc S'.., W i!Hmeurg, New York
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 1877.
WILD LAXD SALK
From the Marietta Journal.
To tho owners of wild lands in Geor
gia, mostly widows and oq hans, I
'srite to tell you by forms of law you
are now being robbed cf your lands
by an act of tho Legislature. All un
rolurned wild lands after a certain
time were to be sold. Under that act
j the Cimptroler General lias aeon fit
to issue ft. fas. against all lois that
6eem to be in default, and lias sold
and given control of said fi. fas. to
any one who paid the tax, and fifty
; cents extra for the fi. fa. Land specula
tors have gone m many instances and
got control of these fi. fas., and num
bers of lots are now advertised for sale
on the first Tuesday of January tux
and will be sold should the Governor
not issue some order forbiding it.
On the 10th day of March, 1870,
the CoraptroW General issued a sheet
headed “Wild Land Sales,” two of
which were sefit to every county in
the State, one for the Ordinaiy and
one for the Cletk, containing a list of j
all numbers that were not returned
for 1874, and on August 31st, 1877, he
had published in the Atlanta Constitu
tion two lists of numbers, one for 18-
75 and one for 1878. In these lists
there must be from ten to twenty
thousand lots varying in (rom
frjietionn of a few acres each to four
hundred and ninety acres each, The
tax has been paid on hundreds of
these lots, honestly paid, and still they
will be soltl, and the reason is this,
the Tax Receiver >'n many instances
allowed taxpayers to give in their
lands, some without regard to num-
ber, some without regard to district
>
and some without regard to section.—
When either was omittted the land is
advertised for tax, as the Comptroller
could by no means locate the lot.—
And another way, many lots are ud.
vertised in detault. Many mistakes
are made by lax Receivers by the
misplacing of oue figure, and by mak
ing figures that no person can lei)
wliat they are. Thore are plenty of
books made one out by the receivers
of tax that lias hundreds of numbers
that they could not eveu tel! what they
are, and not a man on earth can.
Many of you look nt your tax hooks
and find your number and think you
are -ati. I have found Ihe lands giv
en in perfect, and paid for, and by a
mistake of the clerk ip the wild land
office the iaud was advertised in de
fault and a fi. fa. is eued against it.—
There is no srfety that 1 can see o ily
to get one of tho lists of 1874, issued
on th“ 10; li dry of March, 1875, and
the two lists published in the Atlanta
Constitution of August 31st, 1877, and
1 ■ k through them, and when you
look through them you will find that
they are very complicated, especially
the lists of 1877. In fact, I don’t be*
lievc the man who made it could de
fine it. My honest opinion is the
whole thing is a fraud and the Gov
ernor ought to put a stop to it. The
persons most'y to be injured hie
estates, widows and oiphanr who can_
nol see that they are being robbed. —
They ought to have some nn rey shown
them, and I trust the Governor will in
tercede, If hfl and it’B nor, we must a! 1
do the best we can, i.d go to work
and find out how many of our lots ate
gobbled up. We will he put to a
World of trouble and much expense,
but we may save something out of I lie
wreck by close watching and great
perseverance. I propose to d>> all I
can to save my t wo land and the land
of all for whom 1 am acting tot rger.t,
and I mute this proposition to al
own, rs'oft wild land, who have not
been so lucky ns to get hold of these
three wild land adonis', nr nts lot 18-
71, 1875 and 187 G, 'hat .f they will
send me tln-tr land numbers, with
district and se-iion, with two postage
stamp 1 to pay for stationery end Stamp
to return, I will examine the three
lists 1 have, mid if I find their lands
adveitisel I will inform them of it.
that they no.y go to woik and save
some part •<) their lands’value. We
have twelvemonths from the day of
sale to save what will be lelt after
paying tax and all costs with twenty
p(-j- cont. hfidoil, X Bflv in coticlusii'u,
my ptivate opinion publicly exptessed
is that a greater wiong has nevpr been
done the B r te of Georgia ant’, its citi
zens, anti new r will be if the proj
gramme now going on is earned out.
If the land has to be so and why could
the State r.ot have done it. What rea.
son is there for controlling these fi. fas.
to merciless speculators that they
may advertise them in county papers
for four woeks, where the true owner
will in many instances never see or
hear of it? The number now adver
tised throughout tho Slate will not be
seen or heard of by one man out of
ten. until after they are sold. You may
talk of Bullock and Yazoo frauds; if
carried nut, this will car them ail.—
Owner? of wild land, watch and see.
Stand and let your hard earnings be
filebod out of you.
With my respects, etc.,
to’*, p. AsDF.KSOtV.
"ALL HAXD3 BETOW"
A story is told of a parrot who had
always lived on board a ship, but who
escaped at one of tho B'iuthern ports
and took refuge in a church. Soon
afterwards, when' the congregation as
sembled aud the miiii'ter began
preaching to them in bis earnest fash
ion, saying there was no virtue in
them —that every one of them would
go to endless perdition unless they
speedily repented. Just as he spoko
the sentence, up spoke the parrot from
his hiding-place: “All hands below .
To say that ‘‘all hands” were startled,
woul l be a mild way cf putting it.—
The peculiar voice and unknown
source ha:l much more effect on them
than-tbe parson’s voice evor bad. He
waited a moment, and then, a shade
or two paler, he repeated the warn
ing. “All r,amis below 1” rang out
from somewhere. The preacher s-ar
ted from his pulpit and looked anx
iously arcund, inquiring if anybody
had spoken, “All hai.ds below!” was
the only reply, at which the entire
panic-stricken congregation got up, and
a moment afterward they all bolted
for the doors, tho p r eticlter trying his
best to ho first, and duiing the time
the mischievous bird kept up his yell
ng, “All hands below 1 Them was o e
old woman present who was lame and
con'd not get out as fast as the rest,
and in a short time she was lef’ entire
ly alone. Just as sha was about to
hobble out, tho parrot flew down, and
alighting on her shoulder yelled in
lie. ear, “Adi hands below ! ’ “No, no
Mister Devil!” shiieked the old w oman
f
‘you can’t mean me. I don’t belong
here. Igo to the other chuich across
the way.”
Titanic Death of ax vEttoXACT. A
young Irishman named Charles Hi' 1
attached to II fFinati’-i Balloon Show
while performing at Manning, S. C.
on Thursday last made nn ascension
in a balloon to which was attached a
cord several hundred yards long.—
When the 4 alloon had roached a suffi
cient altitude, in attempting :o pull >t
and wn the crod broke, and the balloon
shot tip like nn nrrow, bearing the
helpless 80'Onaut astride of a ’rupezo
tint suspended from it. Ascending to
a dkzy height, the ballcor was seen
to encounter various currents of air,
and afier driting a mile away to de
scend, when it disappeared from sight
among the trees of Ox Swamp. After
some time, bearing no tidings of the
remnant, seveo l persons search-d lor
him in the swamp till far in tho ho
Oti the following morning the lihdess
body of the young man, was found pai tly
hu’ merged ir. the waterof the swamp,
impaled on a sharp stump, or what is
usually known ns a “cypress km-e.”—
nnd tiie balloon was found in a tree
hard hy
A white rftan named Jim Taylor
shot and ki led a colored b >y, tfie eon
r f the ferryman, Lemon Caiutfier, at
the ferry near llawkirtsville on Satur
day evening last. If the account of
the killing, as it corues to u*, is cor
rect, it can be viewed in no other light
than ns a most wanton, brute! ,nd j
cold-blooded murder, and no pains
should to spared on the p-rt of the:
authorities to bring the perpetrator to j
speedy and ctjndign punishment. Tflt [
account is as follows Taylor and a
companion were crossing in the flat
and ti e boat had been tout loose.—
Tavlor was making some very violent
and personal remarks about r.egroes
in g<*n< ral, and of these negroes in par.
ticuiar, this ferryman and his son,
when the boy said, “I've soon some
very mean white men.” As the boy
gai.t this Taylor drew his pistol nnd
said, “I’m going to shoot you.” All
thought he was je-ttng and the ba y
weDt rn with his duties. As he
walked ntar Tajlor, in going f.om
one olid of the craft to the ether,
Taylcr fired, ilia bail taking effect ill
the forehead and upper part of the
cranium. Taylor made his escaft 1 at
ihe time, but was subst quently arres.
ted and lodged in jail at Hawkinsville.
WIIA T AP Oil . ED THE AUC n l 'AS OF A
WOMAN'S SERMON.
The Rev. Miss Smith had preached
to Edgarton, Wig., a year nr more,
and was well liked. Sue was learned
and eloquent, and the male port un of
the congregation remarked that she
was also very sweet. \\ li at ’he la
, dies said is not recorded. They were
waiting, perhaps, for Icyp opportunity
to say something which would
have a powerful effect. A few Sun
days ago tl e opportunity came. Tile
revorend Indy, handsouie'y attired and
looking as fresh and blooming as a
June rose, trippod into church aud,
gracefully ascended the pulpit stair.— !
The stair was carpeted a snowy white. I
The lady had scarcely ol eared it when j
there appeared on one of ihe steps, j
and in full view of the congregation, j
a scarlet something, peih ’ps a foot j
long, au inch wide, and in shape a
charming and only partially eyinp'ot
ed ciro'e. The mysteiious band was
ornamented with a silver clasp, and
we understand that closer invust’gi
tior. showed tho initials of the IGv.
Mi-8 Smith handsomely done in mon
ogram. The lady went through ihe ;
opening -oivices aud finally got well
into the meiits of her sermon. Ihe
atentioo of the congregation was riv
ited on t!) charm on the stair, how-
ever, and it is believed tha’ no mem
ber of *no congregation could have
fold the text or was even aware ttiat
lhere were ary seiviews, or perhaps
any call lor ai;y. It was a chann in
deed. It was thersynosure of hII eyes
It was tho sermon that is said to be
in stones, and the running brooks.—
One old gentleman saw tho effect it
was prodif ing, and got lip to remove
it ; but the old iady at his side pulled
him down by the coat tai , incidentally
remarking in a whisper ol much hor
ror: “VYiduiin Henry, don’t you touch
it!” There was whispering all over
the room. There wot© a variety cf
giggles There were blushes and a
great turning away of gentle eyes
from the guzo of enquiring ones. The
Rav. Miss Smi-hclosod qni’e abrupt
ly, and turning to descend the stair
saw the cause of the ‘.louble. Her
fane became as the scarlet of the mys
terious c rcle, and, stm ping with
great haste, she .taught up and whip
ped the circle info her pocket. Bhe
might have turned her face to the
wall and wept, because sho was a wo
man, as Mrs. Livermore did ; but eho
preserved nor dignity with u great ef
fort and } aseed out of tho chuich,
speaking no word and apparently a
pray to'sonio most oppressive thought.
We do not know what the article
wag. It may have been a band from
her nee!, or a. bracelet, or a charm
from tier watch-chain, or a hair pin.
VV ha over it was, it was the cause of
giest talk and excessive trouble.—
The old r gent emeu of the congiega
•ion remarked, with smile-, that it
wus of no cons* quence, The older in
dies looked dnggets, and said it was.
The younger gentlemen stated with
exceeding incptsi'iveriess at the wall
when lie sotJe t was mentioned. The
younger ladies Mushed and said, spite
fully: “-She did it purposely, the bra
zen thing.’" Ail of which reached the
Rev. Miss Smith’s < ats through (he
communicativeness of some of Iter
dear friend ; and site never ascended
that pulpit again. She shook the
dust ot Edgarton, Wisconsin, from
her indignant feet and went out into
other postures, sme at hem! anti fixed
in her determination never to re
turn.
The S.uidersvir.ft Courier lias the
following account of n to nrtren<fi"g
accident: ‘On Friday lest Mr 0. ll■
Odum, who resides three miles west of
this oi*v, went fothe gris l rniil of tho
Messrs. Warfhen, known as *he Car
ter's mill, for his grist. While send
ing near the flouring mill his ovet
coat was caught hy tne upright, sh ift
of the elevate, and in an fns'an' dtnv
him eo firmly totheshaft it wnsitnpns
sihle for him to extricate himself. Ho
was whi'led around at th“ rateot one
hundred and twenty circles to the
minute. Tie was compelled to pass
at each tevolution, between four up*
right posts, a'i in such close proximi
ty that any one of them would have
crushed him to death. B-fore the
w ater could be .‘■hu*. off he w as mang- j
led and torn to pieces. We am in- •
formed that his hones, flesh and blood
were li orally show at edever the house.” ,
Mr. Oium leave.s a helpless and de
pendent family to mourn his untimely
death.
- o • - ■
Pittsburg has a female blacksmith.
When tho horses oo nut behave sbo
takes 1 11 tier switch to them.
PRESENT ST A TE OE SOUTHERN
BATTLE El EL I) A.
The batfb -fields around Richmond
are quiet meadows how, reclaimed by
nature, with few signs of tire days of
blood and iron,” Af Cold Harbor,
Fair Oaks, Seven Fines and Malvern
Hill, one sues little to remind him of
the terrible scenes enacted twelve or
fifteen years ago. In,, tho woods and :
on hill-sides and river b'uffs in thePe- j
ninsuln, where no rttempt lias been |
made to cultivate tho land, sloping
earthworks are still lo be seen, but i
elsewhore tho entrenchments have
j Loon levelled. Below Petersburg
I there are tew traces even of such b>.
j midable fortifications ns “Steadman,”
: ‘‘Hell and Damnation.” The Crater .and
j 'he fields around it nro owned bv Mr.
j Griffiths, who was born close by, anil
[ was in Petersburg when the mine wa
fired. He has built a house n< ar the
cratef, and now has his fathei’s faun
under excellent cultivation. The Cra
ter itself has been left almost untouch
ed, and a thick underbrush of peach
trees and sp-outs has sprung up from
the pits thrown away by the soldiers
during the seige. Tho ravine whore
tne dead lay in great heaps cn that
terrible morning has been brought un
der the plow year after year, until
now only a slight depression in the
field can lie pointed out. The visitor
lias to pay twenty-five cents for a
glimpse of the Crater and the interior
of a shed stocked with battle relics.
The same paper lias the following
fatal accident recorded : “On Satur
day last Mr. John L. I.inton and Mr.
Frank M Jones wont nut hunting.—
They were riding horselmrb, and Mr.
Jjinton carried his young son, Lawson*
between seven and eight years of age,
behind fiinu Sotao time during the
afternoon tWy bolh dismounted and
left Lawson to hod the horses. Thov
went off some little distance, and Law
son commenced riding toward them,
but soi.n gat into a boggy place, when
it seemed as if the horse he was load
ing might ptfll him #/f. His father
called to him to turn Frank’s horse
loose and hold on to the one ho was
on. He did this, and seemed to be
getting a ong all right for awhile but
the horse getting deeper into the hoy
oornniencqd plunging and threw the
little fellow off his to t catching in
tfin stirrup. The horse ran kicking
and jumping towards Sir. Linton, who
seeing the danger of his boy, fired
both ban els of l.is gun at the horse,
without stopping him. Lawson’s foot
got loose soon afterwards and they
rati to him, hut life was almo t ex
tinct—h> gasped once cr twice and
was gone. The deceased ffru* a very
of the family-”
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jo a ii bilLjxga on punk IN PIES
Punkin pi iz. the sns ov No Ingltind.
'i hey are vittlec ar and drink, they are
j‘>y on tho la f shell, tin y bio glory
enough for one dnv, and are good kohl
or Manned up. I wud like tube a boy
agin, jest for sixty mint-. t.--, and eat
misnlf phiill of the bles-ed n'd rniksure-
Euny man who dcn,t lov punkin
pi want* watching c’ose, for ho trains
to jo somethbg mean the fuss chanc
he knn git. Givi me all the punkin
pi I kood eat when I wus a boy, and
I didn,f kare whether Sunday skool
kept 'bat day oi net And n< w that
1 hav’grnnn up to manhood, and hav
run for the Legislature wunco and only
got I) et ate hundred end fifty'ft voms
and am thnroiiglv aianied there ain’t
untiling I banker f r truss and kan
Soiiv qircker than two-tliurds of a
good od fuilinn pntdrin pi. an inch
and a half thik, wate nine pounds, and
well smell up with gingor and nutmeg
J’unkiu pi I/, 'he oldest American
beverage I knn ov, and ought to go oown
to posterity " i'll the trade mark of our
grandmothers on it; hilt I’m afrtd if
I won’t for it is tuff even n' w to find ont
; that ts sin the mouth at all as they
! did fifty ye rs ago.
“Como, pa,” said a y ung-ter just
home from school, “bow many peas
are theie in a pint?” “How can any
body tell that, you foohsh boy f “I
ceu, eveiy time If you don’t believe i
i', try uni.” “Wed how many a*e J
there, then?” “Just one p in every j
pint, pa.”
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A newspaper biographer, trying to
; say liis subject “was hanliy af>!o to
bear the demise of his wife,” was
made Hy the inexorable printer tn say;
“Wear the chemise of bis wife.”
“Have you a suit of clot has here
to fit a Urge body of water?” “No,
h v ,t wo can s*nd you a needle and
thread with which to 6ew a t o at*
patch on the pants of a tired dog.”
VOL. XII. —NO |.l.
TO iJIUVK A H AY RATS.
A lady writer, in a Now York jbtlf
nai discourses fo tire following stylo
eoncci-n'ln;* her treatment of rats and
rnico. Wo cleaned our premises of,
theke detestable vermin by making
witowash yrllmv with copperas and
i "o"erir.g the stones and rafters of tbs
I cellar with a thick coating of it. In
j every Crevice a here a rat might (road
\ns put crystals of the copperas and
scattered the samo in the corners of
the fl.ior. Tho lesult was a perfect
stampede of rats and mice. Since
that time not afoot fall of either rat
or mouse has*been heatd about the
house. Every spring a coat of the
veflow wnsh i given to the cellar, as a
I purifier ns well as a rat exterminator,
and no typhoid, dysoptqry or fever at
'rtojjs the family. Many persons
del.berately n'tract tho rats io the
neighborhood f>y leaving fruits and
vegetables uncovered in th 9 cellar;
and somMimPs even the soap Scraps
are tuft open fir their regalement
Cover up everything eatable in the
cellar and pantry and you will soon
starve them out. These precautions
joined to disservice of a good cat will
prove ns g'-'od n rat exterminator as
the chemist can provide. We never
W'ould allow rats to Impoisened in our
dwelling; they are so liable to die be
tween the walls, mud produce much
'annoyance.
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A X EXTBA OUT)IXAIIY 8110 T.
A gentleman living near Savannah,
Georgia, noted for his hospitality,
gi od dinners, wines, &c , was alio
equally his storp of anec
dotes, Sometimes, however, he would
call upon his body-servant, Cno-ar, (a
negro,) to help h'm out. On rne oc.
casion, when giving a largo dinner
party, ho had for roast a haunch of
venison, which his guests praised for
its excellence, '*L'.js, gentlemen, it is
not only good, hut (hat deer wM
killed bv tho most extraordinary shot
pver heard of ”
“flow was it?" enquired the gues's.
“Tho bail thnt ki'led that deer en
'ered the right hind foot and carr.e
out of the right cur,’' said the host.
The guests, astonished at such a
statement, pxrhiiined how was it
done?"
The host had ‘o call upon Cm ar in
this instance to explain. So said h °,
‘Cronr bow was it done?”
“Jess ns m sfsaTfT de giiD to shoot
do deer raise lie light hiud foot to
scratch, lie ear. Go ball den went
f: oo om bofT,"
This mi is'L'ul the guest, but B 8 inn
gentleman was retiring that night,
Cmsir said to him:
‘ M.isss, I’se alius willin to lio’p yen
out oh dem light places,tint next time,
'or God’s sake don’t shoot sc wide
apart.”
Tim Tnom .svitle Timet has the fo’-
lowirg account of a sad accident; “Oil
Friday night last Miss Minnie Well
ington, daughter of Mr. A. Wething
ton, was sitting ! y the firo in her
room writing, with a kerosene lamp
burning on a table beside her. Her
dress caught fire from a spark, and
ng up, attracted her attention.—
'■lie thoughtedlv blew out the lamp,
threw a crumb cioth over her head
and ran screaming from the room.
IL-r father hastened to her rliof, and
after some tia.e succ o tod in extin
gui.-biig the 11 .mug Ilis hands were
terribly burned and .Mis Minnie was
severely and soiinusly and fatally
! ui od, and breathed her last on Sat
urday night. She was a very lovely
and inteilig n’ young lacy, a member
of the senior Hass in Young Female
College, and considered by the Presi
dent one of the best and brightest pu
pils in his who e schco’.”
EAI LY POTATOES
Gardeners, if you want early Irish
p tames next spring, ve will toll you
how you may have them: “iSometiino
during this or next month prepare
your ground -lay •ft the rows three
feet apart, and plant the whole pota
to—it you cut them they will rot
then with your hands, null enough of
diit on the potato to just fade it, and
fid up the furrow about hall full with
manure —then fill up with dirt, mak
ing a small ridge upon the potatoes.—
When spring comes tins ridge can
he raked oft with a hoe, so the sun can
have a frir sweep to bring up the po
tatoes. By this means you can have
potii'ni's ahoOst as early as you waot
them By the mi Kilo of Marob, be
fore tho tops think of making thoir
app< Hiatus--, tubers as large as a gui
nea egg t in he found among potatoes
thus p anted. Try it. and it you suc
ceed ntl we will charge you for lertrn
ing you bow. will be a mess or two of
potatoes CI refund ( Tmn. ,) Bonner.