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THE DAWSON JOURNAL
Vol. 11.
valehthe scuagg.
BY BItICKTOI’.
In one of our interior towns, not
miriy years ag), there lived an honest
farmer by the name of Sorscg, who in
course of time raised up two suir, undo
fcis mortal exit, and lift, them to act
the:r parts ou the stage of lifu as ho had
dune In f >re them.
But the eldest son, Valentine, wa
inclined not only to net more, but to
possets much mure than his part of his
father s earthly leavings; going so far
in his little game as to produce a written
document purporting to have emanated
from their father just prior to his death,
in which that partis] old worthy gave
everything to Valentino, with the ex
ception of a farrow cow anu a woudeu
toothed harrow, which useful articles
went to Timothy.
Now, Timpthy was an easy, happy
go-lucky sort of a fellow, and had been
a sort of a hewer of wood and drawer
of water for Valentine from childhood ;
and when this new and startling revela
tion was made he hardly raised his
voice against it, lot continued to work
as usual for very low wages, doing the
heaviest, and the dirtiest, doing it earli
est and latest, while Valentine lived on
the fat of the farm and took to himself
a wife.
This made poor Tim’s case w rse
than ever; for his new ' sister-in-hw
looked upon him as a fifth wheel to the
agricultural coach, and a poor one at
that, although always well tired. She
let pass no opportunity of annoying aud
giviug him to understand how much
more preferable his room would be to
bis company, until poor Tim touud the
baru a much mere agreeable place to
lodge in than the house where he was
baru and raised. At length the towns
folk began to look upon him as a saw—
ney, knowing just about enough logo
in when it rained, and concluded tb; t
the old man knew what he was about
when he gave the farm to Valentine and
the furrow cow to Timothy.
Thus things went ou until the Cali
fornia fever broke out and raged all over
the country. Tim was taken with it in
its an oat violent form. He sold.his cow
and hurried to raise the funds neeessiry
to a thorough cure; but me sum real
ized was far too small to meet the de
mand, and once more he was in the
lhr< es between the fever and a cure
But Valentine, in the greatness of his
soul, wrs touched with pity for his uu
fo:tuna‘e relation, and, thinking how
oouveoient it wouli be to have him
safely landed in that fir- ff la id, and
what exiello t ehinois there were f »r
his returning alive and well, he took his
wife’s advice and furnished hi to wi.li th •
i<quitcd amount, and so.ot him ou Li
way r j deieg, wbiie he indulged in the
same thing at home, j dned the church
and RoOa became a uiu.u of o.al not-.
Time wore on aui he received no ti
dings fr uu his beloved brother, ami often
turned up his eyes in pi -in le v r as ho
■ elated Lis fears that I’itnoihy had f.llou
a victim to gamblers or Indians, aud
u ft* r the lapse of twelve years he conclu
ded him as geol as dead,wore a weed
on Lis Sunday hat, and eons led Lis
lacerated heart with the comforts of re
ligion. In due time he bicauie aJ. sc n
of the church, the richest man iu town,
growing old and mellow atu.d the go.id
works that cugiged his hear: f.om time
to time.
Iu the mca .time Timithy had readi
ed that lar off land of rare deiights and
yellow metal, and after undergoing the
usu.l amount of privation and unwashed
liuen, be had the sa isfaction < f finding
himself, at tho end of ten year-, ju-t as
poor as ho landed, with tho biil.iant ex
ception of his experience. Bat even thn
enriched but little, ari l is was a serious
quos'i' n with him vrhethir be could or
could no! turn it into a bank aeomir.
It note procure him a lodging or a meal
of victuaiS if put to its fullest test, hut
it wouideevor pnyhis fare home, tow; ich
jlace he was now resolved to move.
Iu this extremity (a reaction cf his
original fever) he fl under.d abaufSan
Francisco for along time,until he ‘struck
a lead” and was himself led to the hy
meneal altar by an old maid who had
gone out there with- her tiine-w ;ru
guods with a desperate attempt to palm
them oft’in a less fastidious mmket.
But she too was disappointed. The
mines could not be seduced iuto raa'ri -
mony and were determined to wait for
a fresh importation of more attractive
goods.
But she was bent on marrying s me
day ; and, possessing money enough to
pay for two passages home, agreed to
see Tim home if he would see her mar
ried. Marry her! why, he would have
married her whole family ! So the thing
was done, aud in due time they arrived
in New York.
Mrs. Timothy Seragg was an original.
She had been reared in the give and
take school, and labored heroically
agaiost many misfo tunes chief of which
were a squint eye, sharp Dnfe. a wid.q
thin pair of lips, carroty hair, and a
geneious supply of dark complcxioned
freckles. She had bearded the lion in
his den, and wrestled with fiokie foitune,
until she conquered, as above alluded
to. But when ebo learned her bus
band’s history, and the wrongs ho had
submitted to so long, she give up the
idea she had niU'iffied of shaking him
when she bad shown her friends that
she had really got a husband, and now
resolved to wring justice from his fliDty
hearted brother.
She requested Timothy to accompany
her to see him, but ho, poor fellow, re
membered h s loving brother and sister
too well to desire a renewal of their ac
quaintance; besides, be knew that by
ibis time they most believe him dead,
and thought what a pity it would bo to
wake them Bom such a pleasint enjoy
ment at such short notice.
: But his wife said ye?, and clcoohed it
DAWSON, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH ISUJ7.
by putting her foot, down in a very sub'
stantial way, anl Tim ootild only follow
her lead. She was far from h dng a had
woman, and possessed many good quail
*ies of head and heart, aud, what was
better Btill, had a fair sbaro of common
sense, and know her husband from keel
to truck.
They arrived at the village tavern,
but saw no one who knew thorn ; not
even those who had been brought up
with Timothy Scragg, knew the return
ed Californian. Bhe f*und but little
difficulty in coming face to faoo with her
brother-im-law, Valentii e, and, passing
hers-If off as a travoler, she managed
to g> t inside the house and get some re
freshments by paying for them at city
ra'cs. While doing this, she acquanted
herself with tbo location of the principal
rooms in the farmhous, and theu, taking
her leave, she soon re tched the village
by -a circuitous route. Bhe rt once
sought the village lawyer, and made a
few roundabout inquiries respecting
Timothy Seragg, and the legality with
which his brother held th- farm.
She was informed tint Tim was dead
and the worthy deaeou and his fellow
helper iu the great vineyard of the Lord
had worn a weed for him for some time,
an finally, that he was better dead thau
alive, as lie was not smart enough to hoe
a hill of com propcrK, muoh less carry
on a large farm ; that the deacon had
it, au i, iu ail human prubi bility, would
keep it.
That night she It ft her husband and
started for the deacon’s h u-e. There
had been a prayer rn e i g there that
eveuing, and as be had taken a very ac
tive part in it be felq nr imagined he
felt, somewhat more at-peace with his
eonseieueo than he had for many a
month. The fact was he had j lined the
ebureh f >r conscience sake, as some peo
ple go to rr ediciual springs to soothe
their physical ailments. But it had
failed to i ffeet a perfect cure, aud be ha 1
been subjected to many a cold sweat in
consequeuce of i's activity, lie made
two very long prayers and delivered his
hearers quite a lecture on doing by oth
ers as you would be done by yourself;
ind after the meeting broke up and ho
bad retired bis mind mutually wandered
over portions of his own life; and as the
retrospect was not well calculated to b.;
sleep-inviting, he rolled and tumbled iu
his bed, to the great annoyance of his
wif .
A noise attracted his attention, and
on looking up he saw, just outside his
bedroom window, a white figure rise and
glare upon biai with an angry loik.—
"With a cry of terror he drew the clothes
over his head and kicked his snoring
wif-, who at gry at the m-lostation,
sprang at him Ike a wakened tigress,
ad was on the point oi pdishing him
il baud- nuiy, when her eyes fill on
the strange apparition, and she in turn
screamed au and got under the clothes,
f’his li tle’csdiling arrangement lust
: ed for some matuents, during which the
quilts certainly suffered irotu tho eo
d-acors of each to appropriate the whole.
Fin ally, the who proviug ths strongest,
as slio hud t hen done before, g‘ripped
her (lightened spouse entirely naked,
wh i. alter sitting b dtupright for a mo
rn a it, sli 1 fn Ml the bed and crawled un
der -t on aii fours, groaning like a stuck
P'g-
Then follow and a momentary sdeuc o ,
'during which they both held their breath
and i-.toned.
‘ ii w ire of the doom of Lite damned!'’
‘O-, L >r 1 !” they both groaned.
“li • ja«t, repent, or you shall receive
it” again came from beneath the win
d w.
“Wha—vha—what is it ?” asked the
deacon, from between hit chattering
teeth, as he lay crouched up baneatn the
bed
“Your br ther Timothy yet lives !’’
“Ob, dear !’’came from both.
“Give him cm half of what you pos
soss, and all will then be well; refuse
and—”
“Y yes! Oh, Lord, bring him
along !*'
“Vis well. Remember, remember
vour father!”
It. was fully fivo minutes bcfire either
of the guilty pair ventured to unkennel
'hemselves. Tho wife was the first to
peer firth and call upon her husband,
who finally cr-wled out, mucC afrnr tho
fashion of a dog who bad ree.ived a hi
ding and cxpec's the finishing strokes
af er bis short respite. Fur another
hour they debat din Lushed whispers
o i the sir >nge apparition, and finally
tho piou> deaeou mustered courage sut -
fio cut to open the windows aud look
about. Nothing but ;Le calm moon
light greeted huu, and drawing a long
breath aua the curtain at the same time
he crawled back to his bed again his
chattering teeth giving evidence of his
thorough fright.
Til- re was no sleep visited (heir couch
that night, the remaining hours of which
were devoted to meditation. The next
day they booh investigated the vicinity
of the window, but found nothing to
hinge a h *pe upon that their nocturnal
visitation was not what it seemed. They
debated as to what should be done, but
tiually concluded to let the matter dr- p
until Timothy should put i;i aa appear
ance to ojutirm tho wolds of the spec
ter.
Night ag>iu came upon them, and
taking a stiff horn of New E iglanl rum
for the purpose ot laying any other spir
its that might bo ruuniug ab >ut loose,
they again letired to re.-t. Ttie spirits
put down kopt tboir spirits up untii
sleep kindly to.*k them away to (he land
of dreams. Bit that land proved to be
anything but tl >wery, f r they boih
saw cv irything but the devil, and he
promi-ed to put iu an appeaiar.es the
next night an 1 dance a hornpipe on the
deacon’s stomach.
Tho next day Timothy Seragg, act
! ing on his wile’s instructions, made Lis
I appearanoe at the farmhouse The dea
con and bis wife exchanged glances as
they extended their trembdrig hands to
greet him, and for tho moment firmly
beli*. v-d Ift ran honesty of the ghos*.
The nt-un and b otLer'hsd lmt little t<
say, and that was to 'he p int, lie siid
ho had returned from the land of g-ld,
poor as quartz yielned one dollar to the
ton : that ho had been directed to do so
by tho spirit cf their father, who told
him to demand one-half of the farm a
his legal right, and that was what had
procured them the honor of this visit.
The deacon was violently agitatod,
but in the end promise 1 to comply with
the request and to meet him at lawyer
Scrib’s that evening tnd sign the neces
sary documents.
Night came, but wi*b it a sad relent
ing on tha p*art of the p ous disoon ;
who, on looking over his broad acres,
thought, what a pity it would he to have
them divided in halves, more especially
a f ter ihe mjny years spent in improv
jv.g them But his his wife told him
to keep his app >intui-'tit, and be sure to
find some way if wiggling out of his
foolish offer
He met Timothy at tho magistrate’s
who had in the meantime drawn up the
papers and had them ready for the dea
con’s signature. But lo ! that good man
and sometime repentant brother inform
ed them that he had concluded to do
nothing of tho sort, and, after bestow
ing a Lalf hour’s lecture upon his less
fortunate brother, the burden of which
was that poor relation have no business
to return after so long an absence un
less they return rich, and concluding
his spreoh with an exrressiveperotation
—‘ good nighr, sir—” ho left tho office
in the direction of home.
He w s bus? with h'.s i iiouhts at and an
xious to commutiii a o thorn to his wife,
he left, the main rai ands ruck into a
path that, led through a field whose
chief productions w- re weeds and this
les, clothed t ere and there by an old
oak tree that seemed to stand like time
spared tomb-stones to mark the las rest
ing place o< departed grandeur. He had
proceeded about half way across this
field when a wild shliek, tbat seemed to
com.' from each of the oak trees, from
the weeds, thistles, the air, and in fact
from nowhere in particular, broke unon
liis ears and froze the marrow in his
brnes in spite of bis being a deacon.
He turned and beheld a real ghost,
whose bones still inhabited the shroud
of its last re; o e, and whose extended
arms, still covered with the mouldy
mantle, gave it an appearsn *e not at alt
unlike a vampire bat, while the grim
. kail sttemed r. inhabited with eyes aud
its lungs with little less than its living
strength.
The deacon (' II up >n his knees facing
the spectre whose peculiarities he had
noticed ou mother ocoassi-*n
“ \Vbat would you with me?” he said,
as he clasped hishitids impla.ingly to
gether
“11 'urn anl sign those papers!” said
the ghost in a <le*p, sepulchral v i:e,
“0 i, Lord! ' he grocued in bis agony
“B -.vure h wy> u use that name, lie
'urn at or*e !”
Poor Scrag* waited for noo ther com
mand, but t .ok to his heels and ran like
a frightened calf, looking behind him
every n w an 1 then, as though he ex
pected a blow from the avcn-iog ghis
to aco derate his spaed, wliiou thou was
too much f'>r liis wind, anJ, i ntirelv out
of t'iat u.-cfu) a“icl , he rushed iuto the,
migi-trUe’s office, wnere Tim sti'l eat,
ruajiuatir.g on Lis hard luck, and,ca;ch
ieg his tec in the door mat, he fell
headlong under the table, tipping Tim
and several chairs over and landing with
bio head in the spittoon, where h< groan
cd like a bull.
Os course such a sensational rcentrcc
create 1 some alarm, and the first thing
done was by the old lawyer and iellow
deacon, who threw a bucket of water
in the 1 tco of the winded prostrate,
which had a good effect, and they drag
ged him out somewhat revived.
As soon as Lib breath began to como
aud go with any degree of regularity he
grasped a pen and atlixeu his Dame on
the bottom of tho document which plac
ed his brother Timothy in possession of
cDe-half the farm and its appurtenances.
After resting an hour or so bo went out
un i found one of bis neighbors, who ac
companied bim home, where a fit of sick
ue“s consoled hi in for several weeks.
Timothy and bin wife built a hou*c
upon their part of the farm, where they
spent their lives quietly and happily, a!
hough she g rieU well th - secret wfitre
by sue obtaiued her husband's rights an
bowed the stiff neck of Valentine
yCKAOO.
“D *cs the court understand y u to
say, Mr. J iocs, that you saw the editor
of the Augur of Freedom intoxiuated ?”
“Not at all, sir. I merely said that 1 bad
seon him*frequcntly so flurried in his
mind thn he would undertake to cut
out copy with the snuffets, that’s all.”
“You say, Mrs. Smith, tint you have
lived with tbo defendant for eight years.
Does the court nndemand from that that
you are married to him?” “In course it
does.” “Have you a marriage certifi
o*te?” “Yes, your honor, three on ’em
—two galis aud a b y.”
A remarkable discovery is reported
in Italy, by which two persons may
convetse by telegraph recognizing
even the sound of each other’s voice.
There was something like it here,
some years ago, between New York
and Boston, bit it was given up on
account of the New York operator’s
breath sir effing to strong of bad gin.
Plutarch says, in bis life of Aloxan
der, that tho Babylonians used, (luring
d«*g days, to sleep on sk ns tiilsd with
water.
In these days many nen sleep on
skins tilled with whiskey.
A man who has married twice, tu
ladies botu named (’utharlne, advised
qis friends against taking dup i-A 'ales.
I lUn>t 1>» More for M] Molher.
“Is there nny place vacant in this
bunk which I could fill?” was Ih in
quiry of a boy us with a glowing
cheek ho stood before the presi lent.
“There is none,” was the reply.
‘■Were you told that you might ob
tuin a ritiia'ion here? Who recom
mended you ?"
“No one recommended mo, sir,”
cnlmlv answered the boy. “I only
thought I w uld see ”
The e mas a strnig Iff forwardness in
the manlier, nnd honest determination
in tho countenance of the lud, which
pleaded the man of bu in era, and in
dueed him to continue the conversa
tion. He said ;
“You must ImVe’friends who could
aid you in obtaining a situation. Uuve
you advised with them ?’
The qu ck flash of the deep blue
eyes was quenched in tho overtaking
w ave of sadness as he said, though
half musingly : .
“Mv mother said it would be use
less to try without friends.”
Then reeolluiting himself lie apolo
gised for the mterrup ion and was
alnut to withdraw, when the gentle
man detained him by asking tv hy he
did not remain it school a yuur Or
two longer ami then enter the buninetss
world.
“I have no time,” was the. instant
reply, “but I study at homo and keep
up with the other boys.”
“Then you h ive had a place al
ready ?" mid his interrogator; why
did you 1> avu i' ?”
“I have not left it,’’ answered the
boy quietly.
1 Yes, but you wish to leave it.--
Whnt is tne matter ? ’
For an instant tho child h 'sitn'ed,
but he replied with half reluctant
frankness:
“I must do more for my mother/’
Brave words 1 Talisman of suc
cess anywhere and everywhere. They
sank ii*t > tho heart of the listener, re
calling the radient past. Grasping
the hand of the astonished child, he
said, ttitn a quivering v ice;
“Vly good boy, tt hat is you r name?
You shall fill the first vacancy lor en
apprentice that occurs ih the bai k.
If, in the meantime, you want a
friend, come to mo But r.ow givo me
your confidence Why do you wish
to do more for your mother? Have
you no f.ther ?’’
Tears filled his eyes as tie replied :
“My fa'her is dead, my broth* >
ands stere are dead, and my mother
and 1 are left alone to help each oth
er; bat ah ' Is not si rung, and I want
to take cure of her. It will please
her, sir, that you have been so kinJ,
and I am much obliged to you.”
B<* saying the boy lef', little dream
iug that his own nobleness of charac
ter hud been as a bright glance of sun
shine into that busy woil 1 he hud so
tremblingly entered.
Tiie Yeung Widow on a (slcigli
Kid«>.
S* me wrtor has said that a young
an t beautiful widow “is the most lov
ing and loveable creature in existence.’
There is much truth in tho remark,
and, as Samivol Weller intimates they
are at the same time the most danger
ous to the liberties of a bacbeloi,
when they once take a noti n that way.
Is it not a singular fact that mosi of
the greatest men tho world hat pro
duced, have been brought to the feet
of widows 1
It was winter,'clear, cold, nnd the
.-now was f imbed. Br. Meadows was
one of a sleighing party, which he
describes, so lar as lie and the widow
Lambkin were concerned, .u tho words
lo’lowing :
The lively widow Bambk'n sat in the
sleigh, under the same buffalo robe
with me
“Oh ! dont.” she exvla’mod, ns we
came to the first bridge, at the same
time catching hold of my arm and
turning her veiled fa e toward me,
while her eyes twinkled through the
moonlight.
“Don't what ?'’ I asked. “I am net
doing anything ”
“Well, but l thought you were go
ing to take to I ],” replied .Mrs. Lamb
kin.
“Toll,” I rejoined ; “what’s that?”
“Weil! I declare !” cried the widow
in her clear v ice ringing out above
tile music bells, “you pretend you
don’t know what toll is !”
“Ind ed lil n't then,” I said, laugh
ing ; “pray explain iTydu please.”
“You never heard, then,” said t’ne
willow must prevailingly, “you never
heatd that when wx> rre on a sleigh
ride the gentlemen always, that is
sometimes wh* n they cross a bridge,
claim a kiss, and can toll it. But I
never pay it.”
I said that T never he ird of a before;
but when w e came tt* the next bridge,
I claimed tho toll, and the widow’s
-trugglo to hold the veil over her face
was n t enough to tear a. At lasl the
veil was removed, her round rosy face
was turned and rectly towards rniiio, and
in the clear frosty moon, the toll was
taken, for the first time in bis life, by
Dr. Meadow's Son we came to a
long bridge w ith several arches. The
widow said it was no use to resist a
man that would have liis own way,
so she paid tne toil without u mur
mur.
“Butvouvori’t take the* toll for
every arch,Will you, doctor?” the
widow said it so archly that I did not
fail to exact all my dues and that was
the begit nin» Bit never mind the
rest, the Lambkin bad the Meadows
all to burs If iu the spring.
A Maine paper says it is so.hil’y in
some parts of New HampsbiNtfiatthc
people lock up their chimneys to see if
the cows are coming h me.
IVo. 7.
Kclructioii.
Tho following anecdote is told of u
distinguished lawy r of M issiohosetts,
who but. a tow years ago went “the way
of all flesh ” He had been engaged in
a certain case ia It nhury, wherein he
believed the jii’-y had and >ne injustice to
client. Declaiming against the verdict,
ho said;
“Tho whole of them mi flit have b"on
bribed far a pock **f beans 1”
“What is that ? ’said the judge, “You
dishonor yourself at.d the court, «s well
as (he jury, by such impeachments.”
“1 mean no disrespect for the eiurt,
your lienor, and »s fur myself—”
'You will see tho pronnety, I hope,
of roti acting tho words.”
“With due rcvercnco to yonr honor,
I eanuot see tho propriety of unsaying
wha* is true.’’
“I)j you moan to aggravate the *>ff<-nce
by lopeating it ? Be', mo toll you, sir,
.tL.i, is n t to be suffer* and, and unless you
roiraet forthwith we sualj d' C’.n it neee -
ary tr s r ka you from the r > It of the |
oour . ’
“Well since ibe crurt insist* up*n i',l
I supposo 1 can do no less than retract,-”.
“And in very auqio terms, too.”
“Certainly, yonr honor, an lon the
second thought T do ft wi h no re pleas
ure. lain o nvinced that I wrunged
tho jury in saying that they coul 1 be
bribed for a pock of beans, uud publicly
retract th-e assertion. 1 hope tho jury
aud court are suti-fiod.”
They expressed themselves in the af
fii-n a ivc, when theluwier rejoined:
“But tuny it pirate the court arid
jury, had l wai l half a bush 'd instead of
a peck, I would have been hung before
I would have retract' and.
Moncmhntai, Begad Phinctplus in
Mkkc.vntilk Baw.— The following
geoer-1 rules nro worthy of preserva
tion :
1. That which is orig'nally void
does not by lapse of time become
va.id.
± A personal right of action dies
with the person
3 The law compels no one to do
impossibilities.
4. No person shall be twice vexed
far one an 1 the same cause.
5. Tho great* r contains the less.
6 The law favors things which are
in the custody rs the law
7- The husband and wife are on"
p-rson.
8. Every act shall be taken most
strongly against tho maker.
9 Whan two titles occur the elder
should be preferred.
10 Agreements overrules the law.
11 He who derives tho advantage
ought to sustain the burden
It! No man shall take advantage of
his own wrong.
13. When the right is equal the
claim of the party in actual josessioti
>hall prevail.
14 He lias the best title who was
first in the point <*f tinif.
15- A right of action cannot arise
out of fraud.
10 It is fraud m conical lratid.
17 The law assists those aho are
vigilant , and not those w ho sleep over
their rights.
18. Ignorance of the law excuses
no one.
ID. Who does not oppose what he
might oppo o s t ins to consent.
!!0. Wnen contrary laws come in
question the inferior law must yield to
the superior; the law general to the
law special; and old law •to a new
one ; man’s law to God’s law.
Boii.fd Peas fob Mii.cii Co\vsant>
Boos.—Build p'as, savs a correspond
ent of the Richmond Firmer, are good
for u:i ch c *Ks aud for fattening bogs,
hr suptriq to corn, meal, or anything else
I Lave ever seen tried. My honest oriin
ion is that two bushels of peas am supri*
or to or worth m ire for fa toning hogs or
to increase tbo milk of cows than three
bushds of c. ra applied to tho same ob
ject. la ixperimentirg, I have f.und
that li ga not only fatten dc übly asfa"t
hut tho improvement o? their genera!
condition was in like pr portion. With
respect to cows, he says, the effect was
in ten days to dcable tho yiold of milk
My plan ia using them is to soak them
in water twelve h< urs, or through the
night, before b* i in* them. By this
proves* tboir bulk is doubled, aud eon
s q lent ly require less boiii (g. Be.-id**
this advantage, I found soaked peas au
excllent substitute for green food, hav
ing not only the effect ou stock produced
by turnips, catrots tiro! beats, in improv
ing the milkbig qualities, but imports
uone * f the bad taste to tnilk which is
often derived fiom the green crops above
referred to. it was ru *reovei found Lo
exhibit fattening qualities almost equal
to the boiled pa. He concludes by
saying :“I regard soaked food iu water
as decidedly supciior to all rout crops,
and recommend that nay brother farmers
sbou'd lofo no time in testing its value
in their own practice.”
‘ Did you reoe.vo my remittance,
Nathan, my sou J"
“Ye{ lather.”
"Then why did j-ou n t buy anew
coat—thy present ono is rather fra*
gilt’-”
“\\ By —tho fact is—that— T left all
my in* ney in tho Bank nt New Or
leans ”
“Ah, 'by economy is certainly com
mendable—in what bank?”
‘ L don't exactly remember what
bank father— I Know it was a very
good one, as it had a scriptural nmne
It was um ! let me see—it was tlm
Pharoali Bank, I think.”
You tn~y compare irrmeination to a
pretiy young girl who cheats at cards
The cheating is so agreeable, and
w itbal so playful, that far from stop
ping the game, you rather encourage
the young lady n her tricks.
What We aius Made O#-- *LJi°
fallowing is from au articlo by Dr- Olr.
EIoloics: ,
If the reader cf this paper lives anoth
er year, his self-nonsoi' us principle will
have migrated from its present tenement
to another, tbo new mat* rials of which
have n**t been togoihor. A portion of
that body of which it is to be will ripen
in the corn of the next harvest.
Another portion of his futnre person be
will purchase or others will puri hacofor
him, hea led up in the form of oertaiu bar
rels of potatoes. A third fraction is yet
to be gathered in the Southern rice fields.
The limbs with which he is then to
walk will be clad with tho flesh borrow
ed from the tenants of many stalls ami
pastures now uucons'jus of thicr doom.
The organs of speech with which he
asks so wisely, pleads so eloquently or
spe-ks so < ffeethely, must seive his hum
b'e bretheren to bleat, to bellow, and all
the vafitd u'terances of bristled or feath
ered barn yard life. Ills bones tbem
sel v,.b are, to a great extent, in posse and
not o-se, A bag of pho-pbato of Bine,
which he has urdured from Prof. Map* B
f*r his ground, oontaina a large part ot
wtiioh is ti be his skeleton. And mora
than all this, and by far the greater part
of hia body, is nothing at all but wale - ,
the niaiu stiWaree if h s mattered mem
bers is to boiinked for in the reservoir,
the runt ig-stream, at the bottom "f lh'»
well, in the clouds that float over his
head or ana ng them all.
T.itat, Absinkxce. —A young lady
who was a firm advm ate of total r»b
stinenoo, whun ri-ing fivm her fathers
county seat to a neighg village,
mot n young frtaft W f»t, who
carrying a suspicious looking jug. Hhe
at ernes reined in her horse and m-ked
him w hat he had in liis jug.
Booking up with a comical leer, he
simplv winked one eye and smacked
his dips to indicate that U contained
s methiug good.
The young lady, supposing that bo
meant ul.-oliol, immediately began to
talk temperance, hut her auditor asked
the privilege of first asking just one
timple question.
‘Wlmt is it ?' she inquired.
‘Why is mv jug like your tide sad
dle ?’ *
Bhe couldn’t tell.
‘Because it holds n i/nl-on.’
‘What ttifiing,’ exclaimed the indig
nant young lady, and then continued :
“Voting man, do you n >t pen eive—
‘Just one more question,’ interrupted
her auditor‘and I'm done. ‘Why is
my jug also like the assembly room of
u fen ule soinm-iry at roil call ?’
‘Pm sure I don’t know,’ petulantly
replied the young lady.
“Well, it s tioenns it’s full o'lusset,"
said the incorrigible auditor
Tho fair 1 cturer touched her spirit
ed horse witn the whip and was soon
out of hearing of the ru ie young man’s
laughter.
Napoleon in Greek.. — A rhiqter of
Paris gossip in the London Herald
contains the foll iwing:
‘At the faubourg they are just now
fond ot Greek and anagrams ll*re
is u fa r sample :
N tipoleon.
A poleon.
P olcon.
O loon.
L eon.
E on.
t) n.
‘They tell you that every one <>f
these words is a Greek word, that
their w hole forun a Greek senUncs
written in this order: (Na
poleon on a leon Icon con apoPon pal
con, ) and that the sentence means in
English t Napoleon, being the lion of
the people, was matching ou destroy
ing the cities.’
A disagreeable o'd baehe'or, whoso
proposal to marry was refused f r the
fifteenth time last week, by a young
lady, was heard immediately after tho
refusal to deliver a most bitter philip
pic against the fair sex in general, find
hi concluding remarked :
“That th<- reason why Adam was
put to sleep before tho creation of Jive
from his rib. lay in tho fact that if lie
had been awake fie never would have
consented to any such outrage ape ii
his future peace ”
Pr.tNDPOtis —A miserubl old bn he
lor poked his heud into our sanctum
door the other day and proposed tho
following:
“W hy are young lad'es kßsinir each
other like an emblem of etiriftianity."
We fold him we did nut know. He
answered .
“Became they are doing unto each
other is they would that mm should do
tit t' them’
Out of pa’lan'ry w:» hurld our ink
| stand at his head ns be disanpeard <ut
j of the door for she ovti ng-'tis libel. Tho
1 impudent fellow— Vinjmian.
If yon wish to cure a scolding wife,
never fail to lit ugh at her with all your
might until she closes —then kiss her
—Su-e cure.
What kind of fever has a man who
is going to piy up his creditors who
! live at a distance? ’ihoibiliious remit
tent.
Old Bachelor Sneer wou’d like tp
know what kind of a broom the young
woman in the hast now novel used
when she swept back the raven ring
lute from her classic brow.
‘ Hurrah for the girls of’76 ”
“Thunder!” said New Jersey w*g f
“that’s too plaguey old. Ko* no—
hurrah for the girls 17."
‘ I wish I had~your head," said a lady
one day to a gentleman w ho bad solved
for her a kno'iy point.
“And I w'sh I had yonr heart." vai
the reply
“Well,” said sh', “since your head
and my hear! c-n agiee, I don't see why
they should not go into partq?r f hir
Some mischievous w*gs, one rd. ht
pulled down a turners sign, and it
over a lawyer’s door; in the
“All sorts oftwi tin > nuk turn ug dong
here.”