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THE DAWSON WEEKLY IWI J{\ J. D. IIOYL & CO. pMOit aalcclilo Jsitrual PUBLISHED eyeby tihjrspat. TlZtt'MS—Sli'ielty in Udvance. Three months * 75 Si* m° ntbs \ lo itliertiwrs The money for ad rertising considered due after first iuser "Adrertl-eacnts inserted at intervals to be chir e.l as new each insertion. An additional charge of 10 per cent will beinade cn advertisements ordered to be ih serted on a particular page. Advertisements under the head ol bpe cialNotice's” will be inserted for 15 cents , r line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents cer line for each subsequent insertion. * Advertisements in the “ I.ocal Column,” irillbe inserted at 25 cents per line for the g r ji, and 20cent- per line for each subse- iiient insertion. Allcnraiminications or letters on business ,tended for this office should be addressed t o “Thb Dawson Jocrsal ” LRGAb ADVERTISING RATES. Sheriff sales, per levy of 1 square $4 00 Mortgage sales, per levy 8 00 Tii Biles, per levy 4 00 Citations lor Letters of Administration 400 application for Letters of guardin'- ship 6 00 Application for Dismission from ministration 10 00 Application for Dismissiom lhOm Guardianship 6 00 Application for leave to sell Land— jne sq $5, each arhiitional pqinife.... 4 01) Application for Homestead..! Soft Notice to debtors and creditors ... 500 find sales, per sqiare (inch) 4 00 Saleof Perishable property, per sq 8 00 Betray Notices, sixty days 8 00 Jislice to perfect service 8 00 Rills Nisi, per square 4 00 Rules to establish lost papers, per sq 400 Rules compelling titles, per square.. 400 Rules to perfect service in Divorce cases 10 00 The above are the minimhm rates of legal AlVertieing now charged bv the Press of Georgia, and which we shall strictlv adhere to in the future. We hereby give final no tice that no advertisement of this class wil ho published in the Journal without the fee ii paid i>t advance, onl- in eases where we have special at - aogemenia to the contrary itoftsSUttal (Sarsa. -q t 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, TEF’FTV* f r A i \\'lii!c the iiifltiehce J | % I sof thu-e pills, r,{ itself in , I dirates their adaptability e’TBE riravr? 0- i „, rW , the f.Hly.tmd f J l:i t:i ethcirct!ic 11 y incur .,Er.A P-.-B f a| ii:gmTV..:-,M!ity.mcl- FtM hLIS}-“;^X y SK^ : CURE TC2PID HViia I-i .l , H ~s ol the liver. - | fhronio for.siipntitfn, unit imnarf-.g! •••’> eml iHrt-nwth v—ilie srsftm. Sol.l lu'mvwo. Uhle-c, 35 •• u r.i.v .Mr.-vJ. New Yo.k. BTfptSt’ii'r'rt £SStBsSS 1 I br TcTT'sH Wo. It acts likr m.'gic, | and is warranted as l- .irmless s water. S gS P-ice Jt .00. Office 35 Won -y bt., N.- • 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 i- < .he oresrri (Htotl used, fir - ■ r r... t the direetiona !r orep.rA.oo . .. ;..k f-uT will find a ! ,tl* Bron f> r' e. w -bio, ZiSsT “ 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-” ■ —■* ♦ ... 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.” V ♦ *- 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. ..■ 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.