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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL
BY J. D. HOYL & CO.
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02 REPAIRER OF
HATCHES, CLOCKS,
ini Jewelry. Office on Main street Dawson,
6a. Satisfacticu guaranted. Charges ,ea 9
omble. sep 6,6 m.
J.n. OCFKRT, JAS, 0 PARKS
GUERRY & PARKS,
/llfey? apj Calijigeloj? al Law,
DAWSON, - GEORGIA.
:o:
PRACTICE in the State and Federal
Courts. Collections made a specialty.—
and dispatch guarantied and
insured. Nov ltf
R. F. SIMMONS,
>if| al Lain J Ileal Jlg’t,
Dawson, Terrell County, Ga
CPE IAL a tendon given to collections,
U conveyancing and investigating titles to
Real Estate. Oct. 18, if
7 AMES I CEEL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MORGAN, Calhoun Cos., Georgia.
I3U3INE4S intrusted to mv c,re will be
-*-* promptly attended to. /Special attention
W!l1 given to collections.
C. B. WOOTilil,
Attorney at L a w,
Htß.i.vr, _ tiF.onuiit
I\\ P r *Uce in the State Courts and in
L . Ciroi*it and District Courts of the
Baited State* in Savannah gept‘27.
I r. J. BECK,
rll or n e y at Law,
■ \\ tt h Sa,, t ttnllionn i'oimtv.fia.
I t'practice in the Alhay Circuiiandelse
■• <\re in the State, by Contract. Prompt at'
■ n 'n given tc ail business entrusted 'o hi?
: Collections a specialty. Will also in
■ ''Otetitles and buy or sell real Estate in
VA”’ aud i?arly Counties.
■ march 21—Lf
I- Q CART LEDGE,
I Attorney atLaw
■°uga\, _ . geosiba.
give close attention to all busi-
I ( _ ness entrusted to his care in Albany
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IL- O. HOYL,
■Attorney at 7__a\v.
Georgia.
D - H. MILLER,
at law,
Morgan, Ga.
J O^cem Ordinary’s Office. 080,3 m
■J. i^janes,"
l T TOr?NEY AT LAW,
J Urr SOV, - OEOIiGIA.
J 'V. J*hnston's store. Jan 7
i 1;!)I c alTcar i >
W'J m - aTgladden,
MfORGAX, ■ GEORGIA,
v-
V/nonr,!. ? ls „ professional services to the
. of Calhoun. All calls promptly
,0 ‘ Cffice East side of the public
Sept 20,
Advertisement'
Terrell Sheriff Sales. -
Wi L o b ® 80 , M belore ,he Court-house
first Tnesd’ of Dawson, on the
fi st Tuesday in January next, between the
Xny!" *""•*
T‘ ber Two and
conn, 206 1 a he 4th dif,trict of Terrell
~ v ' Kevted on as the property *of
bom'‘u A ' fo 1 /, 0 Sl,i9ry a Justice court fi fa
from the 1284th district. G. M., of Pulton
county , n favor of T. M-Clatk & Cos., vs
Marcus A Bell.
Nov. 29, 1877. S. R CHRISTIE, Sheriff
DISSOLUTION.
Trn ] , nn ' 0F KIMBROUGH & PAS
*■ 1 *IAL i, this dav dissolved bv mutual
consent, All those indebted to the above
hi m will please settle at once
Dec. 1, 77. KIMBROUGH & PASCHAL.
T WOULD respectfully sav to th? public
x that I will continue business at the same
p ace, and would be glad to see all of our
old customers and twice as many new ne
Dec 6,1 m W. C. PaSCHaL
UJ I? 'PL! should send 25 cts.
T 1 Cj to n. M. Glider of
York, Pa , for a s.tuple copy of his beauti*
ful Photograph Memorial Record.
This is anew invention and will find many
anxious purchasers in every neighborhood.
Write for terras to agents of the grand
picture entitled “The . Illustrated Lord’s
Prayer. H. M. CRIDER, Pub., York, Pd.
Piano and Organ Playing
Learned in a Da/ !
MASON’S CIIARPS, wh’ch recently ce
ated such a sensation in Boston and
elsewhere, w ill enabl , any person, of my
age, to Ma ter the Piano or Organ ,n a day,
, ver though they have no know.edge of n ,tes
etc. The Boston Globe says :
“You can learn to play on the piano or
organ i a day, even >t' you never played
before and have no* the slightest knowledge
ot notes, by the usj n! Mason's Charts. A
child ten years old ca ) le irn easily. They
are endorsed by the be3t musical people in
Bos'on, and are the grand culmination of
the inventive genius of the nineteenth cen
turv. Circulars giving full particulars and
many testimonials will be sent tree on a pli
cation. Oue set of Mason’s Charts, and a
raie book of great va.ue, entitled “Singing
Made Easy,” both mailed, post paid, to any
address for only $2. Worth more than SIOO
spent on music lessons. ’ Address
A. C. MORTON,
Gene-al .Agent, At anta, Ga.
Agents wanted at once everywhere. Best
chance eve r i llVi ed. Secure territory before
too lute Terms free. dec 6,tf
TIiTT'S PILLS
A Noted Divine says
They are worth their
weight in gold,
READ VYh'AT HE SAYS:
Pu. Tutt: —Dear Sir: For ten years T have been
a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. Last
spring your palls were reoonii vende.l to nxe ; I used
them (Gut with little tuith). lam now a well man,
have"'; ;1 app-thc, di ,r e* non per cct, regnlar stools,
piles gone, ami I have gained forty pounds solid fiesh.
They are worth their w< ijrlit in "dd.
Rev. 1L L. SlMrt-ON, I-ouisville, Ky.
wnwvnA m,t * n ** Dr. Tutt has been en
k S Pj? i* .V g; •.red in the practice of
“ - y 3 ■ * "**■“' J medicine thirty years, and
CURS PICK BEAD- for a long-time was demon.
ACIJ2. strator of anatomy in the
Medical Ollege of Geor-
TfjYYJC Pfl I 0 eia, hence persons using
U 8 i v tlktav his Pills have the guaran-
CURE DYSPEPSIA. tee that t hey are prepared
fc ‘ or stientihe principles,
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U I FILLS qu.ickcry.
He has succeeded in
CURD CONSTIFATIOIT com lining in them the
M.wMr-.n liercdolore antagonistic
TiiTTJQ i Q qualifies of 9. strengthen-
BU 3 i O ! rialLv mo - .fu>/rative,anJafur-
CURE TILES. ' tO V :c - ,
1 heir first apparent ef
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to properly assimilate.
CURD FEVER AND Tims the system is noun
AGUE. ished, and hy tlu ir tonic
."T“.T ,„• ~ 1 action on the digestive or-
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CURE BIIIOTJ3 COLIC ] The raphiitv with which
J fir non* iokr on flesh,
n “ t O i .VMle umter theinfiuence
Ey i\ O I IJ, Lis 3 oi >hv '■ l ,ills > o 1 itself it
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nwmiiivr | chronic constipation* ard
tTO.Sa B? *SB®SS.‘l
Gray II i r tan be changed to a U
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Read Answer
' NATURE’S OWN REMEDY,
Fnterinsr at once into the Wood, expelling all scrof
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it it a’se'ari lima alt- rative. Imt when combined with
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Dr. Tutt’s Sarsaparilla
and Queen’s Delight,
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secret practices, disordered ,l "-' r P j lir com .
strengthens the nervous syslem imparts a lair com
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t HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH.
As an antidote to syphilitic l*>ison,h* e w£ww2e
recommended. Hundreds ol cases 1
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The advertisers, having been pe rm ane n 1 1 y
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’wishing the perseription will please
address, Rev. F. A
189 Penn St., W illiameourg, New Aor
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 1877.
IIE WANTED HIE DOCTOR.
One night last week a jolly old Ger
min farmer rode to Chestnut Hill
from Whitoraarsh after a physician
for hii wife, who was very sick,—
He dismounted from his hoTse in
front of a saloon just as the boys inside
had begun to moke merry over tho
first keg of beer. He approached
ard locked cautiously around the
screen. The foaming glasses were
held high above the heads of me re
ve.ers, as one of the number pro
nounced a toast appropriate to the oc
casion.
The silent watcher licked his lips
and wished his errand had been one
no' requiring so much dispatch. He
was turning reluctantly away, when
the crowd saw him.
“Hallo!” they shouted, “there’s
Fri'z. Bring him in!”
H was laid hold upon and hauled
up to the bar, all the while protest
ia *' %
“Toys, I was in quick hurry. Ole
voornan sick liko de tuyval. I vos
comemit der toctor,sooner as lightnin’!’
“Well, you can tako some beer
while you’re here, and kill two brids
with one stone,” was the reply.
“Yaas, I kill vou chicken mit a cou
ple of stones, und der ole vooman die
mitout der toctor. 1 ton’t forget mvself
of it, eh?”
“Oh, she won’t die. You don’t get
beer often, and you’ve got the ole
woman al! tho time. Fill ’em up
again.”
“Yaas, I got her all der tim-, hot
oAposen’ she go dado, I don’t got her
any more somedimes. It’s better to
go milder toct'r, seldom right away.”
But he did’t go As one glass after
another was forced upon him by the
reckless crowd, the object of his errand
was floated further and further
from bis vision, until it was car
ried out of his mind altogether and
his voice, un'ingod with anxiety, join
ed in the drinking songs, and arose
above all others
Thus he was found by bis son, lato
that night. The boy grasped him by
the sleeve, and said:
“Fader, come home.”
Fritz turned, and at the sight of his
boy a great fear arose in his mind,
swept away the fumes of the beer and
brought him to a scuseof the situation.
In an awf-s’ruck tone he asked :
“Yawcup, how you vas come bore;
vas somedings d8 matter?”
‘■Yaw,” replied the boy.
“Veil, spoke up about it. Vas der
ole voomn —was your mu filer—is
she dade? I can shtand dom best.
Don't keep your fader in expense, poy.
Shuid it out. Vas ve a couple of op
ftanses, Yawcup?”
‘ Nein,” answered the boy, “you vas
at uder. A ieedle baby coom mit ter
house.”
Fritz was overcome for a moment,
but finally stammered out;
“Vos dot *o! I e-pose it vas not so
soon a’ready. Veil —veil, in der mid
dle of life, we don’t know vath’s to
turn next up. Men exposes. Fill up
der glasses ”
The boy ventured to ask the old
man why, bo had not seen the doctor.
“Vv did she want a to"tci ? Patter
she told me so. I got him poo’y quick.
Nnvare mind, I safe more as ten dol
lar tocter hill on dat baby Dot vos a
good child, Fill up der glasses. \ v hoo
ray for dat little buck baby ! V von’t
go home till yesterday.”
Fritiz got home at last, and was in
Chestnut Hill again a'ter a couple of
lavs after some medicine. The t oys
crulueß’t get him back •gain, though
he said to them:
“Yeu hate I ten to my peesness
notv.”
I have heard it stated that Senator
Cook'ing’s purpose was to provoke a
challenge fiom Senator Gordon with a
view ofplar ir.g himself under the aegis of
the law, and holding up Gordon before
the coun'y as a blood-thirsty Southron
of the old reqime, hoping thereby to
arouse in the North that soit of sym
pathy which did su-h wonders for Sum
mer. In short, that Ccnkling has de
liberate y planned to present himse f
as a victim ol Southern outrage. It
is needless to say that these suggest
ions emanate lrom persons of Mass* -
chusetts birth or education, or both
Conk ingisnotthatsortof mau. Wnat
ever he may he, he certainly is not cue
of thos*' MolW-coddles whoina moment
of peril, are ready to take advantage
ef any cover, from a New England
statute to a woman’s petticoat.— Cor
respondent of the Washington Capitol.
Cancels prefer to eat women of
about sixteen to twenty-four years ot
age, end invatiably roast that delicacy,
hut people over fifty are generally
boiled. —Du ChaiUu.
DID HE TET-L A LIE.
A good story is told of a ship own
er of Liverpool, which will hear re l
peating. Our merchant was a Quak
er and prided himself on his honesty,
lie would not hive told a downright
falsehood tosave the value ol his best
sli p. Jacob Penn was his name.
Once upon a time Friend Jacob suf
fered one of his ships to set sail from
Calcutta for homo without any insur
ance upon eilhei vessel or cargo. At
length he became uneasy. He was
confident his ship had encountered
bad veither,and lie feared her safety.
In this strait he went'to hi- friend Isa- |
sc. He called him Ftiend; though I
am under the impression that Isaac
was of tho children of Israel.
“Fr-.end Isaac,” he said, “I would
like for the to insure my ship which is
at sea, I should have done it before,
but have carelessly neglected it. If
the canst have the policy signed, all
ready for delivery, at three o’clock on
the afternoon of the, morrow, I will
send and get it, and send the money in
full.”
Isaac did not seem to be anxious to
insure the ship, but upon being a-
Bured that no unfavorable intelligenc
es hail been heard from her, he said
he would have the policy made, out,
to take effect on and after!lire-o'clock
of the following day, but to cover the
ship and cargo from the day of bet
leaviug India.
Early the following dly Jacob re
ceived a messnge by the hand of a
Captain just arrived, to the effect that
bis ship was stranded and her cargo
iosh This was veiy unfortunate.—
Should Ftiend Isaac happen to hear
the news before lhe policy was made
out, he would not make it at all; or, if
it was made and not signed, he would
notB!gn!•; Whatshould he da? He want
ed to ant honestly. It would not be
rigtit to let Isaac go on and make a
policy under such circumstances. —
Finally he hit upon a p'an. Ho sum
moned his coufi iential clerk, and sent
him with his it ossnge:
“Tell Friend Isaac,” hesaid,“that I
have hsatd from my ship, and if the
policy is not signed, ho need not sign
it at all ”
The cicck was close upon the stioko
of throe when the clerk arrived.
Friend Jacob’s message was deliver
ed. The ship had been heard from,
and if the pole? was not yet signed
he need not sign it,
“I thiuk I am iu season to save it,”
the clei k said.
“No, sir,’ answered Isaac, prompt
ly ar.d emphatically. Now, in t'U’h.
the poll yof insurance had not been
signed, for the insurer had been iu
doubt; hut when he heard the mess
age he judged at om e that the ship
was safe, aud that Jacob sought to
save the heavy item of the premium
hb had agreed to pay
“No, sir,” ho said; “you are not in
time. It is past three o’clock. The,
policy is signed. I will go and get
it.”
na slipped out and hastily finished
and signed the policy, and, having
dried the ink, he brought itto theclerk
demanding in return the sms which
had been agreed upon. The money
was paid, and the policy was taken
home to Friend Jacob, who received
it very gladly.
The end we c n readily imagin ;
and it is not difficult to judgs which
of the two felt more sore over the
ma.ter.
A lady reader writes the New York
Herald, lor a recipe to remove heck
les. A ladyin Rome who has tried
the remedy recommended the fallow
ing; Bathe the face lightly with
co ogno water after tea, and at about
ten p. m. brush ho'.h cheeks the fore
head and chin with acarefully selected
muctache. If this does nol remove
the freckles it will, under ordinary
circunts'ances cause them to be for
gotten.
A Tree Groani-g Like a Human
Ueiko. —Quite a sensation has been
created in Amitychtirch neighbnrh'
Clark county, Ala. byapine tree which
groans like a human being in dis'ress
dying. A number of persons of both
colors visited the place Sunday to hear
the doleful sound- With the colored
people the interest in the mysterious
sound enhanced by the fact that the tree
stands hard by a large graveyard, and
near the place where a man cf their
c olor was killed by lighiuing ayear or
two ago.— Clark County Zemocal,
WHY TIIE OLD TRAPPER. JOHN
,NO R 7 ON, DO EX IP T SMOKE.
I filled a pipe with a choice brand
of tobacco and proffered it to him.
“Thank you, Henry,” said he, “if it
he all Ihe same to yon, I won’t take
it. I know it’s a comfort to ye, and
lam glad to see yon enjoy it. But I
have never used the wend; not for the
reason that I had a conscience in the
matter, but because the Lord gave
n e a nose like a hound’s and better
too, I dare say. for I dpubt if a hound
knows the sweetness of things, or can
take pleasure ftom the s out that goes
into his nostrils, But he has been
more merciful to man, and gave him
the p< wer to know good ami evil in
the air, aud sntellia’ has always been
i
ono of my gifts, and I could not make
you understand, I dare say, the pleas
ure I have had in tho light oxetcise
of it. For you know that natur’ is
no more bright to tho eye than it is
sweet to the nose, and l have never
found a root, or shrub or leafthat had
not its own scent. Even the dry moss
on tho rocks, dead ami juiceless as it
seems, has a smell to it. And as for
the ’arth, I love to put tny nose into
the fresh sile, as a city loves
the n. zzie of her smeltin’ oottle. Many
and many a timo when alone hero in
the woods, I have taken my boat, and
gono tip into tho inlet, when thu wild
roses were in bloom, or down into
some hay where ’.he white lily cups
was all open, and sot in my boat ami
smelt ’em by the hour, and wondered
if heaven smelt so, Yos, I have cer
tainly Leon gifted in tny nose, for 1
always It no wed I smelt things—the
men and women I was guiding did
not — an l f >und things in tho air they
never susppioioned of!
And I have feared that smokin’
might, t'ke away my gift; and that if
I got the stiong smell of tobacco in
my nose. I should never scout any
other smoli iheJ was lesser and finer
than it. Bo lam sorter o’ naturally
afeard of the weed. But wh-t is
medicine for one man, may be pison
for ano her, as I 1 aVo noted in ani
mals that the bail; that fattens the
beaver kills the rat. And so you
must tjot take offense at tvhat I have
said, but sinnke as much as you want
to, and I’ll scent the edges of the smell
as it comes over niy side of the fire,—
Ami so we’ll soit o’jine works, as they
say in the settlements; you do the
smokin’ tnd I’ll do tho smelin’ and
think I’v got the lightest end of tho
stick at that.” And the old man
laughed in every line of his time-wrin.
k'ed face. —From one of Murray’* Adi
rondack Stories.
A HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN INDIANA.
Cincinnati, Decambor 14. —An ao_
count of a most atrocious fratricide,
at the instigation of the mother of the
murderer and the wile of the mur
dered man, reaches us from Indiana.
The murder ocouried at Lawrenceville,
Dearborn county, lu ffana. The vic
tim was a lumberman named Joseph
Kungler. He had trouVe with his
wile, and had sued foi a divorce, but
was yet living in the same house with
lo r. On the night of tho murder he
went down town, and in his absence
his wife persuaded rh.-ir son', thirteen
years r.f age, to kill his father on his
rt-’urn. He proposed to do eo, and,
hilling a shotgun, lay in wait for his
father. When ho came the hoy shot
him through the hack f the head.—
Hi' fell motally wounded and
for help. The mother then took the
gun and laid it by his side, he teing
still alive and cading lor t help. The
mother and son then retired, hut
could not sleep, snd finally arose, and,
cooking supper, ate it. and thus spent
the night, all the time hearing the
moans and pleadings of the wound' and
and dying may. Iu the morning a
neighbor came an 1 found Kungter
still alivo and lying in a pool of blood,
Inti unable to speak The wife was
meantime at work, paying no atten
tion to him. Cstie said he had Com
mitted the act himself. After he diel
the Coroner made an examination,
found tl is could not be true, and began
an investigation. The boy, be*ng ac
cused, finally confessed the whole
etlair, atid said his mother had heen
urging him to shoot his father for a
. year. Both parties are under arrest.
' The excitement in the town and sur
rounding country is intense.
My Araheiler,
So ripe and meller,
And goodness!
Can’t sho love a a feller!
Her eyes ere black
And j ink her smeller,
And, gvodness!
Can’t she hug a feller 1 .
Her checks are red!
Her hair is yeller
And goodness!
Can’t she kiss a teller.'
TiIKIIOMEXTRA D A S’ A FFKCTED BY
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
In a communication to the Atlanta
Constitution non. \V. 0. Toggle, of
Troup county, a prominent,member of
the late Constitutional Convention,
Says;
Tho new constitution settles tho dif
ficulties suggested about the home
stead. As to all debts existing at the
timo of its adoption tho homestead of I
IBGS can be taken at any timo.
“Fection 111, Artic’e IX. Home-
s'ead and exemptions of peisonal
propetfy, which have been heretofore
set apart by virtue of the provisions
of the existing cunsti’ution of this
State, and in accordance with the laws
for the enforcement thereof, or which
may be hereafter so set apart, at any
time, shall be and remain valid as
against nil debts and liabi’fiies exis’-
ing at the time of tho adoption of this
constituticn, to (he same extent that
they would have boon had said exist
ing constitution not been revised.”
As to debts created after the adop
tion of the new constitution, the old
homestead before 18G8, called tho
“pony homestead,” contained in the
Code in paragraphs 2 )40 to 2049 in
clusive, and the acts amendatory
thereof, can ho taken, cr the now
homestead of 1877. The homcs’oad
of 1877 takes the place of the home
stead nf 18G8 in the constitution, but
the enactments for he enforcement of
tho constitutional provisions, except
such parts ns are inconsistent with the
new constitution, temaiii of force until
modified or repealed bv the General
Assembly. Art! XII., Par. 111.
THE FIRST BANJO.
WHY TIIE POSSUM ms NO II.VIIL ON HIS
’tail.
Go’way, fiddle!—folks i tired o’
liearin’ you a-squawkin’.
Keep silence fur yo’ betters—don’t
you lie,ill de banjo talkin’?
About de ’possum’s tail she’s gwine
to lector —ladies, listen—
About de ha’r what isn’t dar, an’ why
de ha’r is uiissiu’.
“Dar’s gwino to be a oboiflow,” said
Noah, lookin’ solemn
For Noah tuk tho Herald, an’ ho
reud do ribber column
An’ so he sot his hands t<> work n
cl’aiin’ timber patches
An’ ’lowed lie’s gwine to tiild a boat
to beat do steamah “Natchez.”
0” Noali kep’ a-nailin’, an a-chippiu’,
an’ n-snwin;
An’ ol! de wicked neighbors kep’ a
lnughin’ an’ a pshawin':
But Noah didn’t min’ ’em—knowin’
whip. Win gwine to happen;
An’ forty days an' forty nights de raiu
it kep’ a-drappin’.
Now, Noah had done ootched a lotob
ebry sort o’ It ns’es
Ob all do shows a-trabbellin, it beat
’em all to pieces!
He had a Morgan colt, an’ sebrul li6ad
o’ Jersey cattle
An’ druv ’em ’board de Ark as soon’s
fie homed de tblinder rattle.
*Den soch annder fail obrain!—it come
so awful hobby,
De ribber liz imrtiejitly, an busted
troo de Jelihne;
Do ppople all wuzdrownded out—cep
Noah an’ do critters,
Aii’ men he’d hired to work de boat—
en’ one to mix de ‘jitters.
Da Ark she liep’ a-asilin’, an’ a-jailin’,
art a-sailin’;
Do lion got his dander up, an’ like to
lin k de pallin’
De sarpints biased— de painters yel’ed
toll what wid a-l de fin-sin’.
You e’n,dn’t hnrdiy henh de mate a
hossin’ rouu an’ cussiu.
*w, Ham, de only n'ggnr what wuz
runnin’ on de packet,
Got lonesome in de barber simp, an’
c’Ujdn’t stan de rnckef;
An’ so, for to amu." he-se’f, he steam
ed some wood an’ bent it,
An’ soon ho had a banjo made —de
fust dat wuz^iavented.
lie wet de ladder, strstjhed it on;
made bridge, no’ screws an' apron;
An’ fitted in a prop >r neck—’twuz
leiry loh’an’ tap’rin’;
He tuk some tin, an’ twisted him a
thirn! ie for to ring it;
An doft de mighty question riz; how
wuz he gwiue to string it?
Da ’possum had as fine a tail a3 dis
dat l’s a-singin’;
De ha’rs so long, an’ thick, an’ strong
—des fit for hanjo-stringin’;
Dut nigger shaved ’em oil as short as
wash day dinner g aces;
An' sorted oh ’em by de t,irse, from lif
t e E’s to basses.
Ho 6ttung her, tuned her, struck a jig
iwz ‘‘Nehber min’ de we.idar”
She siun’ like foriy-leben band a
hlayin’ all to-geddei;
Some went to patin’; some to daucin;
Noah called do figgers—
Au’ Ham he sot an’ !:ti"ck"d do tune,
de happiest ob niggers!
Now, senco dat time—it mighty
strange—ddfe’a holds slight’s sho win'
0% any Ua’r open de 'possum’s tail a
groWiafi
An' con * *rdat nigger’s ways;
bln peeßje nebber toe' ’em—
Fur wtMf fvtrdnds de nigger—dat’a
de banjo au' de 'poestnt.
VOL. XII. —NO 46.
AN OLD TIME DA NOE IN COL
HA DO.
The fits? settlers of Boulder came
here in 1858. In 1859 quite a num
ber came, and some sixty log-houses
were erected before 1800 stepped in.
Of these loghnuses but a few romain.
Christmas, 1850, saw a jovial crowd
ot dancois in one of these house', win
dowles", we be ieve, at that tim r .‘
The hardy pioneers when after fun
bad it. On tho night in question
about two hundred sons of toil and
seekers of gold and thsir fort anas and
seventeen ladies had assembled at the
above-named place to partake of a
frontier terpsichoroan. Marinus Q.
Smith was then one of the beaus ot
the town, and his dress suit consisted
of pants made out of seam’ess sacks
and colored blue by the aid of log
wood. A Icdy now living in town
had an e!eg mt dross ma le out of flour
sacks, also colored hy the ail of log
wood. There were few white shirts
in the neighborhood then, most of the
pioneers woari/ig woolen or flannel
ones. A man with a wlu'e shirt ou
was in style. Hud caul l dance with his
coat off; a man wi bout any would
wear a c< at buttoned up to the neck.
Coats for dancing purposes did net
seem to be any too numerous, conse
quently the pioneers helped oaoh other
out. For instance Alf. Nicholas had
six white shirts, which were all at the
ball, and the coats of those white-shir
ted lellows went to cover the backs of
someone else. When one fellow had
a dance he weald loan his coat to an
other, and then his turn would come,
and so the white shirts tmd long coats
were .all night, and went
around among the two hundred melt.
There w6re no va'l flowers among the
aeventeeu ladles. But they say the
supper for the occasion was a grand
affair. Wash boilers full of coffee,
groat hunks of black-tailed deer, jack
rabbits, ILh, game and delicacies
brought from the states in cans, all
went to make tip a glorious supper—
ot e that the partakets would like to
see repeated. There may not have
been much style, but the seamless
sacks and llmr bags saw as much
pure onj'iyrhent as does the finest and
gaudiest attire of Ui-iiy.~Bou'(hr ( Col. l
Mirror.
A 1)00, A MAX AXD A MOLE.
A North Carolina wagoner gold his
dog to a Laurens county man tha
oilier day for half a barrel of sot"
ghum syrup. The dog, however, re
fused to he sold, and took refuge un
der tha wagon. The Laurens comity
man crawled after him, with a piece
of meat in one hand and a rope in the
other. Although there were severnl
spectators of tho scene that ensued,
it is diffi tiilt to got at Hie facts
All sgiee that there was a scuffi *
under the wagon, accompanied by
yelps and yells; hut no one is willing
to affirm t.iat tho man had the dog.—
Finally the dig, as it would seen;,
brushed up against the hind legs' of
tho off mule, and then all was still.—
It is net certain what killed the dog.
One of the spectators said he thought
lie hoard a trace chain rattle; but
when he went nrouniFto examine the
mule it wa* nrleep. The man had
lost his hat, his coitjand the greater
part of his trousers, and subsequent
examination proved that the dog died
with one ear and a handful of hair iu
his mou'h. —Atlanta Constitution.
PoCndixo trr TtiK Wrong Watch
During a recent charitable perform
ance at a theatre in Portsmouth, u
gallant major, who volunteered to
amuse tlie audience between the parts
with some conj iring tricks, asked for
a lady's watch. A valuable gold one*
said to be wrrlhjfifty guineas, was
band ad to hint. The trick was to
pound up a counterfeit iu a mortar
and hand the real one barkjuninjured.
Being a novice, however, the gallant
inajor.it is said, poundel thereal one
up and handed tho counterfeitjibaek.
Fancy the ladv's feelings.— London
World.
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Nothing so thoroughly pleases a
man who has learned that ft collection
is to be fallen in his church on Sunday
morning, aud who has consequently
been unab'e to be present, on ascouc*
of a seveie patn in his back as to at,
tend the evening service, and hear the
clergyman announce that "as many
who desire to, give werArot present at
the it will now b*
repeated.”,