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THE DAWSON JOURNAL
Vol. 11.
TXIE ECCLATRIC IfABOB.
Some two or three miles from the
little town of Aylesbury, England,
there once lived three cousins, of tne
family name Barrett. They were all
married and settled on farms, within
a few miles of each other, and each of
them had grown up children around
tfiein. They were not rich, but in fair
circumstances, —each had expecta
tiofifl. An eccentric uncle had gone
out to Tndia when quite a young man,
and rurfiOT told them that he had be
come very wealthy, and would proba
bly die a bachelor. Who, then, but
themselves, would be heirs to Lis prop
erty ?—they being, at the time, his
nearest kin.
One day the three families Wofe
thrown into great commotion by each
of them receiving a letter whicli con
tained, besides date and signature, only
these words:
“I am rich Fools here call ttle a
nabob. I wouldn’t give such a title
to a cat. No matter—l shan’t live al
ways—and when I die my property
must go to somebody. lam coming
to England to find an heir. I shall
come and see you, and hope you will
please me. I hope you are net trou
bled with beggars. Ido not like to
see them about.”
One dark, rainy night, about three
weeks after the reception of these let
ters by the cousins, the family of Mos
es Barrett was thrown into a great
state of excitement by the appearance
at the door of two men in livery, who
announced themselves as the avaot
courieis of his excellency, Joshua Bar
rett, of India, who would claim their
hospitality for the night. Saying
which, the messengers put spurs to
the horses and dashed away, without
giving the astonished listeners timo to
ask even a single question.
Now Moses Barrett was a hunks
his wife shrewd, and his three children
chips of the two blo.sks, but all and r
took to change their natures for the
time—or ratheh, to be ready to change
them on the appearance of the rich un
cle, —for what was the u?e of acting
with the curtain down.
“Now, Mose, you stingy old brute, - ’
said his wife, “If you know on which
side your bread’s buttered, it’s to be
hoped you’ll have some Chickens kill
ed sot his excellency’s slipper, which
is more’n you did for Christmas, and
some of that wine fetched up that
you’ve had in the cellar since the year
one, arid a fire rtlade in the best room
that hasn’t leen there this ten years,
and a 1 our nice clothes put on ’.hat
ain’t much—for you’d n ver al ow us
nothing decent to wear.”
“And it is to be b iped, old woman,”
reltmted the ang-y husband, “that
you’ll soften down that screeching
vo ce of yours, and twist your wrinkles
into smiles, and that’li be something
I’ve never sect) since the fir t week of
our mar iage.”
Great activity was displayed by all
in getting ready to give ihe rich uncle
the best recept.on possible, and all re
joiced, aft much as such a hopeful fam
ily could r’ejol o. that they would be
the first to receive a visit from him
hoping, of course, that they might
thus forestall the other relations in his
wood giaees. It would have been a
strange way for any othei person to
have made his first visit; but* then)
they know the uncle was very eccen
z ic, and his being so very wealthy
made it all right in their eyes. Be
might come and stand on his head,
provided he paid for his antics.
In the midst of their hurried prepa
rations, there appeared at the door an
old, feeble looking, whitehaired man,
thinly clad, and with his soaked gar
ments clinging to his shriveled frm
“Will you be kind enough, good
people,” he said, “to give me some
thin" to eat, and a place to sleep to
night?”
“We’ve got nothing to spare,! and
if we had, we don’t barber beggars !’
replied the master of the bouse, in a
coarse, brutal tone.
“But I'm old and feeble, and hun
gry, and wet, and tired,” said the aged
applicant, in a pleading tone, “and if
you drive me away, I may perish ”
“Well, that’s what you ought to
have done long ago,” put in 'be cross
dame. “When people get too lazy to
work for an honest living, find start
out begging, tt/s my opinion they’re
better dead nor alive. Besides; we
expect company soon—a rich gentle
man from India—and bam’t got no
room for the likes of you ”
“Well, then,” returned the old man,
with a sorrowful look, “since you cun’t
keep me over night, will you please
give me something to eat, and I’ll go
further.”
Tho dame brought up a piece of
brown bread, with an angry look, and
was about to hand it to the mendicent,
more for the purpose, as it seemed, of
getting ri 1 of him, than from any feel
ing of compassion, but her miserly hus
band interposed, and said sharply :
■‘l to’d you we hadn’t nothing for
you, and so trav.l on!”
“I’ll set the deg on you if you don’t,
you old beggar !’’ cried a lad of ten.
“My rich uncle’s coming here to-night,
and he can’t bear beggars ; so you
bad better be going while jour bones
are whole !”
“May heaven be more merciful than
you,” sighed the old man, as he turned
and d'sappeared in the darkness.
Seine half an hour later, heknock“d
at the door of Stephen Barrett, an
other one of the nephews, and asked
for food and lodging.
“It isn’t convenient for us to keep
to night,” said the master of the
house, in a mil 1, dignified tone. ‘ Be
sides, we don’t like lo encourage beg
gare. If you are poor and Dot able
to work, the parish where you belong
i« bcond *.o support yon.
DAWSON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 36, 1867.
No ofie reed starve in this country,
which the Lord, praised be Hfa mime,
has so bountifully blessed. I trust I
am not wanting in charity as an hum
ble follow er of the Lord Jisus Christ,
I htrpe I am not—btft what with tuxes
for the support of the government and
the poor, donations to benevolent soci
eties and heathen missions, it is ns
much as I can do to live and give my
family a respectable maintenance
Now, my friend, if you are poor, and
not able to work, (though I don’t see
why you may not work as well as trav
el,) you had better throw yourself on
the parish where you belting.”
“But I am tired, wet and hungry,”
said the old man, “and all ihe parish
es in the world can’t do me any good
to night.”
“But you should have thought of
that before you lett home,” now chim
es in the good housewife, with a sanct
ified air. “It is sinful to tempt Prov
idence, as it is called; and whoever
sins must expect punishment. I never
go uway without pioviding for the
journey, and, of course, I don’t expect
anybody to teed and shelter me for
nothing It is a sin, too, to be idle
wheh one is able to work, and it is
against my principle, as a true Chris
tian, to encourage any one in sin
ning.’’
“Then, I suppose, Pin to under
stand that you refuse me both food
and lodging,” said the old man.
“As .o food,’’ said the pi us dame,
glancing at her husband, “If you are
very huilg.’y, I suppose ve can do
something for you in that way ; but
lodging is out of the question—for the
two mounted couriers have been here
to say that a very rich uncle ot ouri
from India will be here very soon ;
and he wrote Some time ago, that ha
didn’t like to have beggars about
where he was, arid we wouldn't like
to offend h ; m. True, we hardly ex
pect he will come to-night; bu , then,
lie might, you, know, and we wouldn’t
like to run any risks.”
“Well, then,” said the old man with
a sigh, ‘I will take the food, if you please
and ga od, evch it I perish.’
‘Put your trust iu the Lord, my
friend, put your trust in the Lord!’ said
Stephens Barcrtt, solemnly.
‘Yes,’ echoed his wife,‘put your trust
in tho Lord I —that is what we do wheu
in troutle Sarah Jane, go down in
the cellar and bring up a couple of
those cold potatoes (w this old mat
they aro very good eating when one is
bu gry —I bko them n yself. Yes, put
your trust, iu the I, ird ' and don’t leave
tuneagaiu without means By-tbc
by, while 1 think of it,’ added the good
woman, laving dowu a cap-frill, on
which she had been busily at work
while talking, and looking up with a
bright twinklo of her eyes, ‘I do believe
you can get a uight’s lodging at Harry
lia-.’ t’s who lire only a lalf a in le
from here, on the rood south. He’s a
great baud for taking in stranger. ’
She looked at her hu-baod, and both
smiled knowingly, for both were think
ing that in case the rich uncle should
find the begg'r there, it might increase
S ephrn Berrett’s chance of being for
lunate hrir.
Sarah Jane now returned and banded
the old man two little cold potatoes.
He took them, turned them slowly over
examined them on all sides, and mur
mured i
‘They have eyes —but can they see?
I tbiuk not—for if they could they’d
blush red, instead of keeping such a
dark eolor.*
Then g'aocing slowly around the neat,
tidy, cheerful room, taking in three
prime girls and their pious parents, he
duiekiy tossed the potitoe* into the lap
of the astonished mistress, saying as he
did so, ‘I beg your pardon, madam, but
1 did not intend to rob you.’
‘Oh, you sinful Wicked old creature !
exclaimed the good dame, in holy hor
ror, as the disgusted old men turned
and went out and shut the door with a
slam,
In less than half a hour the ttnfortu*-
Date wayfarer was trying his chance at
the house of Harry Barrett.
‘Gome in,’ said a strong, hearty,
cbeoriul voice, in answer to a timid
knock.
He entered a large, plainly furnished
apartment, and beheld a group of six
persons—father, mother, two sons, and
two daughters—seated around a pleas
ant fire, with a bright light on the ta
ble near them, and all looking contented
and happy On seeing his visitor was
au old man and a stranger, the master
of the house arose and invited him to
walk forward and take a seat, and all
the others drew back respectfully, to
enlarge the circle and give him the best
place at. the fire.
‘I have called,’ said the old man,
stopping and emoving bis bat from bis
white head, ‘to ask if you w aid be kind
enough to give me some food and lodg
ing fir the nigh’.’
‘Of course we will, my friend, and
g’sd of ihe o’nnco to help a fellow in
n.ed !’ said Henry Barrett, in a s ank,
cordial tone. ‘Sit down and make your
self at home ! here give me your hat!
come, girls, hurry up something warm
for the old gentleman, who is we t, tired
and chilled through, as I can readily
see. You ought not to have been out
so late in this storm, father.'
‘Ob, 1 know,* returned the old gen
tleman, bolding his tremblig hands to
the fire, ‘but the person whioh I applied
to, wouldn’t take mein.’
‘What 1 refuse lodging to an old man
liic you on such aright, in this Chris
tian community I’ exclaimed the indig
nant host. ‘Who were the inhospitable
wretches ?’
The man described the Louse and
people where he had called.
‘I see !’ said the host, with a grim
smile ; I understand 1 The first fami
ly kicked you out?’
‘Almost.’
'The second family prayed you out !’
‘Almost,’ again smiled the stranger.
'Well, they are both relations of
mine, but 1 aril ashamed to own them.’
‘They said, by way of excuse,,’ pur
sued tho old man 'that they were ex
pecting a rich tfncle from India, who
wouldn’t like to see a begger aboat.’
'Aye, my friend, and we are expect
ing the name rich uncle, too—an ecocn
tric old bachelor, who says ho wants to
make one of us heir to his vast posses
sions, Two gaily mounted messengers
arrived this evening, to say he would he
here to-night, or tomorrow, probably
the latter. But whenever ho does
come, ho will fiud us as we are j and if
he don’t like our looks, or the company
we keep, he can take himself off again.’
‘Nay, my friend,’ said the agod stran
ger, rising in some trepidation, ‘do not
fur the world, let uiy presence jeopard
ize your interest with your rich kioaui; n.
I will merely get something to cat,
and travel on till I find another lodg
•No, you wont,’ said Harry Bsfictt,
bluntly. ‘You wont leave this house
to-night, for all the uncles that all tho
Indies can turn nut! Sit down again,
sir, sit dowri and make yourself at home,
I know the duty of man who hath faith
in God, and lam going to do it What
Is his money to me ? I cant eat it, nor
drink it, nor wear it, nor carry it into
the other world, and I’m sure it wouldn’t
bring me any happiness that 1 don’t now
enjoy, and I know it couldn’t ever com
pensate mo frjm mean action. No ! Let
Joshua Barret settle his money as Le
chooses—l’ll arrange my conscience to
suit mvself.’
‘God bless you 1’ murtnufed she old
man in a trembling voice, aud bribed
h ; s head upon his hands, he wept in si
lence.
lie remained at that hospitable house
during the night, and was enlertaincd
like an he n red guest. The next day
being fa : r, he took his leave ;as ho was
about to depart, Harry Ba rett put a
Crown into Lis hand saying:
‘Take it, my friend, and not a Word !
t dont know who you are, and I’ve not
felt it mv duty to enquire; but this I
know—from your appearance, manners
and language—that you are rio com
mon begger, aud that you have ecen bet
ter day*, which I sincerely hops you
may see again; It’s as much as my cir
cumstance* wiil justify, and it may
perhaps, serve to keep you from starv
ing s.-me uightj or sleeping by the way
side ’
‘God will repay you/ said the old
man solemnly, and he walked slowly
away, wiping the tears frem hiseyes.
‘He has already!' mused Harry Bar
rett, jplacing hisband upon his heart
Long, and in vain, did the selfish
families of Moses and Stephens Bar
re t look for the appearnoe of their rich
uncle from India io a carriage find four,
and great was their disappointment and
vexation thereat. Then Came the in
telligence that he was sick in London
Next enme t,!>e news tiiathe was dead,
and had lift a will. What an intense
desire to know the contents of that will;
what a wild, furious exoitement when its
O'in’eits became known 1
To Moses Barrett he devised one
pouod to buy a coffin for the dog that
his precious on had threatened to set
on a begger.
To Siepben Barrett he had bequeath
ed one pi ttnd three pence—the pound
to be devoted to the parish poor—the
the three pence to buy cold potatoes for
beggars, with the hoje that be and his
pious family would put their trust in
the Lord.
To Harty Barrett, and his heirs for
ever, he had willed all the remainder of
his vast wealth, some half a million
pounds sterling, with a hope that he
and they would sometimes recall with
pleasure tho visit of the old, white-hair
ed man they once so kindly entertained.
Tho old beggar of tho dark, rainy
night, was no othet than Joshua Bar
rett himself.
An attorney who wished to show his
smartness by quizzing an old farmer at
an election dinner began by asking him
if there were many girls in the neigh
borhood.
‘Yes, there’s a dreadful sight of ’em,’
replied the old man; so many that
there ain’t half enough respectable hus
bands for etn all and so some of ’em
are beginning to take up with lawyers !'
Nearest the Firk.—During the
sitting of a court in Cennecticut not
long ago, on a very cold evening, a
crowd of lawyers had ga'bered round the
open fire that burned cheerful! on the
hearth iu the barfoom, when a traveler
enterd, benumbed acd cold ; but no one
moved to give him room to warm his
shins, so he leaned against the back
part of the room,
Presntly a smart young limb of the
law addressed him and the following di
alogue took place.
‘You look like a traveler.’
‘Wall, I suppose I am; I come all
the way from YVisconsin afoot, at any
rate.’
‘From Wisconsin 7 What a distance
to e mo on a pair of legs,!’
‘Wall, I done it, anyhow.’
‘Did you ever pass through hell in
any of your travels
•Yes, sir; I’ve been through the out
skirts.’
•I thought likely. Wei', win.l are
the manners and customs. Some of us
would like tokhow.’
‘Oh, you’ll find them much tne same
as in this place. The lasers sit near
the fire.’
i
A Vermont man recent’y bought
twenty six rai'road tickets, intending
to take his wife and twenty-four chil
dren to the West. Among the two
dozen are eleven pairs ol twine—all
boys.
The Income Tax.
I The following is the form of making
income return for 1966, under the new
I law. The readers will sea at a glance
the character of the articles to be re
turned opon, and the deduction to be
made;
RETURNS.
! 1. From the profits in any trade, bu
siness nr Vocation from which income is
actually derhved or any interest therein
wherever carried on.
2. From the payment of debts in a
former year considered lost, and which
have not paid a previous income tax.
3. From rents.
4. From farmtDg operations—amount
of live stock sold, amount of agricultu
ral products sold.
5. From profits realized by sales of
real estate purchased sinee December
31,1863.
6; From interest on any hot da or
other cviueoocs ot indebtedness of any
railrord, turnpike, oanal navigation or
slack water company, ct interest or div
idends on stock, capital or deposits in
anyjbatik, trust company, savings insti
tution, insurance railroad, canal, turn
pike, canal navigation or slack water
company.
7. From dividends of any ineorpota
ted company other than those above
mentioned.
8. From grains and profits of any in
corporated company not divided.
9. From interest on notes, bonds 01
other securi ies of the United States.
10 F.orn interest on notes, bonds,
mortgages nr securities other than those
enumerated above.
11. From any salary other than as
an officer or employee of tho United
States,
12. From any salary or pay as an offi
cer or emph yee of the Unied States
13 Fain profits on sales of gold or
stocks, whenever purchased.
14 From all sourctß not above enu
merated.
Gross income,
DKCUCTION.
1. Exempt by law, SI,OOO.
2. National, State, county and mu
nicipal taxes within the year.
3. Losses actually sustained during
the pear from fire, ship wrecks or in
currcd trade and not already deducted
id asseatrining profits.
4. Losses on sales of real estate pur
chased since December 31, 18G3.
2. Amont paid for hirsd lrbor to cub
tivate lard from wh.cb income is deriv
ed.
6. Amount paid for the live stock
which was sold with n the year.
7- Amount actually paid for rent of
homrstead.
8. AmouuUpaid for usual or ordinary
repairs, excluding payments for new
buildings, permanent improvements or
betterment.
9. Interest paid out or falling duo
within the year.
I'. 1 . Salary or pay as an officer or em
ployee of the United States, from which
a tax has been withheld.
11. Interest on dividends from cor
porations enumerated above in para
graph six.
Taxable income.
Amount of tax at 5 per cent.
Carriages, Gold Watches, Billiard Ta
bles, and Silver Plate.
(Schedule A.—Section 100, Act June
30, 1864, as amended July 13, 18G6 - )
TAXABLE PROPERTY.
Carriages, phaeton, carryall, rocka
way, or other like carriage, or any coach
hackney coach, omnibus or four-wheel
carriage, the body of which rests upon
springs of any description, which is
kept for use, for Lire or for passengers,
and which is not used exclusively in
husbandry or in the transportation of
merchandize valued at exceeding SSOO,
including harness used therewith—s 6.
Carriages of like description valued
above ssoo—slo.
Gold watches, oomposed wholly or in
or in part #f gold or gilt, kept for use
valued at SIOO or less —$1.
Gold watches composed wholly or in
part of gold or gilt, kept for use, val
ued at above sloo—2.
Billiaed table kept for use, and not
subject to special tax—sloo.
On plate of silver, kept for use, pet
ounce troy, exceeding forty ounces, ured
by one faa.i'y—so cents
Advice Gratis.
Chimney on Fire. Remedy and
Conduct —ls your chimney should ever
be on fire, wrap yourself up in a damp
blanket, and swallow a quarter of a
pound of hot water.
Hysterics.—ls any one goes off into
hysterics, knock him down and pump
on him ; take off his shoes and hit him
with them several times behind the
ears.
In the case of a lady, prepare to
throw a mixture of sweet oil aDd soot
over her dress. This will have the de
sired effect.
Butter Scotch —Receipt. Take an
ugly Highlai der This will s, rve for
the “S otih.” Tell him he’s the hand
soinest mar you ever saw. This will
butter him And the thing isdone.
Cure for a Cold.—Take two quarts
of anything you like, rub in with soap
and water, stir briskly and let some
one stand for five minutes while
you’re doing it. Then go to bed, if
its time.
How to tame a Savage Mastiff who
bites every one and eats Chiidreu—
Take out his teeth.
Core foe Deafness—Divideen on
ioD, and from the centre take out a
piece the size of a common walnut, fil
this easily with a fresu quid of t bac
co, and bind the onion together in its
usual shape; roast it then trim oft the
outer part uutil you come to lhat por
tion slightly colored or penetrated by
j the tobacco; put it into a vial Three
I drops of this oil to be poured in the
ear jut before retiring to bed.
No. 13.
Advertiiiing,
la every branch of business, the ben
efits of advertising ire immense. There
is a risk, but it is small, and the proba
bilities are largely in favor of suosess
when you Ift it be known that you have
something for Bale, thereby going stead
ily to tgork to turn up something, rather
than sit still, “waiti'ug sot something to
turn up.”
The bent frs of advertising arc kn wn
and realized by some, aud we see con
stant proof of it.
The »ame means are open to all, but
he who neglects them, not only robs
himself of u fur advantage, lut leaves
the field open and the game free to bis
wiser fellow.
Life abounds io cases of brilliant re
sults to gonerous policy, and in support
of our recommends ion of such aconrse
as wise, we car, ask no higher authori y
tl an the w< rds of Solomon, who says :
1 There is that scatt 1 red and yet in
creasetb, and there is that withboldeth
more than is meet, but it tendeth to
poverty.”
Time is money; give your business
publicity, and as much may oftentimes
be accomplished in a few days as would
otherwise require weeks and months of
time, with labor and expense in propor
tions.
If a man has good property for sale,
and time is any object to him, it is idle
to speak of the cost of od or iting as an
objection ; as well might he object to
any other expense attendant upon the
care of his property, or the prosecution
of his business; for the small amount
ordinarily required for judicious adver
tising is as nothing when compared with
the advantages a;tendant upon a quick
sale and a (air price, secured by com
petition among a uumber of oust- mer .
An advertisemtn should be clear,dis
tinct, and to the point, conveying in as
few words as peseikle, the description
and prominent advantages ot the pro
perty offered. Such an advertisement,
inserted once, twice, three, five, ten, or
twenty times, ct s f s but little, is read,
aud in a majority of cases. IT BAYS.
[T. II Leavit.
Terrible Affair.
The following we clip from a letter
in the Indianapolis Journal:
I learn from auditor PfafiT that a
most horrifying tragedy occurred in
the viciLitv of Peru, Inch, a few days
since. J
Tho report is that a farmer living a
few miles from that city, sold his place
tor $14,000, and wont, lute in the af
ternoon of the same day on which the
sale was made, to Peru to deposit
Arriving after the banks were closed,
he put up at a hotel for the ni-ht, with
the intention of transacting his busi
ness in the morning. Two of his
neighbors were with him. Sometime
after Le had gone to bed and to sleep,
he suddenly awoke in a state of high
mental excitement, aroused his friends
and informing them he had a presenti
ment of something wrong in his fami
ly, declared his intention of going
home. An earnest, persistent remon
strance, however, finally quieted him,
and he again went to s'eep. But in
the course of about a half hour he
awoke the second time, in a more ex
cited condition than before, and put
ting on his clothes, started for home.
His friends accompanied him. On
reaching his house he found the doors
locked and heard a noise within.—
Looking through a window he saw hi#
wife und bis four children murdered.
The perpetrators of the bl ody deed
were still in the house, ransacking
every cornet and receptacle for booty.
The farmer and his lrionds forced an
entrance and attacked the murd rous
freebooters, four in number, shot three
of them dead, and severely wounded
the four;b. On being aa>hed and strip*
ped ol disguise, the wounded man
proved to be no oth r than the pur
chaser of the farm !
Bleeding kRdM the Nose —Some
two years ago, whi'e going down
Broadway, New York, blooa com
menced dripping from my no6e quite
rapidly. I stepped aside and applied
my hankerchief intending to apply to
the nearest hi tel, when a gentleman
accosted me, saying, “Just put a piece
of paper in your mouth and chew it
tapidiy, and it will stop your nose
blooding. Thanking him rather doubt
fully, I did as he sugges ed, and the
flow of blood ceased almost immediate
ly. I have seen the remedy tru and since
qu'te frequently, and wi h success el
ways. Doubthsa any substance would
do as we!! as paper, the stoppage of
the flow of blood being caused by the
rapid motion of the jaw?, and tho con
traction of the muse es connecting the
aws and nose— Cur], Cultivator
Thad Stevens was 75 on Thursday.
Old enough to know better.
It is said lhat Butler has another
rod in pickle for Bingham.
Russian influence is at work towards
a reneral war in Europe.
France is engaged in extraoidinary
naval preparation
Military commanders at the South
have hi en instructed i ot to removo the
Governors of Slates
North Caro ina has lolhvwed the ex
ample of some other Southern States,
in passing a law punishing horse steal
ing with ueatli.
A recent census of Florida shows
the population to be 140,424, of w hich
there were whites 77,747, and co’ored
G‘2,677 ; whites over colored 15,070;
white ma’es over co’ored males 9,326
In six counties out of tbirty-sevei the
colored e'etneDt preponderates.
[For the Dawson JsmneL
A Glioel Story.
RT OVB FOZT.
Tls *ahJ that seven times or moro
The poor «ld widow Jones
Had seen her husband after death—
A ghost with fftobnleM bones.
Excited to the highest pitch.
She told her mournful tale,
Aud sympathizing neighbors came.
Her sorrows to bewail.
The clock pealed forth that witching hows
That ghost delight te stalk,
And every month was duly closed
To bear the solemn walk.
The latch was raised, the hinges aqueok’d
The ghost, with measured tread,
Approached the doleful widow's ooocb.
And (his is what it said f
I hive been tortured since the day
On earth 1 did decease
Take this, my printer’s bill te pay.
And let me rest in peacw.
pat and Deacon*
A few months ago as Deacon Ingalls
of Swnmpseot R. I, was traveling
through the western part of the State
of New York, he fell in with an Irish
man, who had lately arrived in tkn
country, and was in search of a broth
er who had come b fore him, and set
tled in some of the digg'ms in that pan
of the country.
Pat was a strong man, a true Ko
mnn Catholic, and had never seen in
the interior ol a Protestant Church.
It was a p easant Sunday morning
that brother Ingalls met Pat, who in
quired the road to the nearest cuureu.
Ingalls was a pious man. He told
Pat he was going to church, and inyy*
ted his new made friesd to keep him
company thither, his destination being
a small Methodist meeting house near
by. There was a great revival there
at that time, and one of the deacons,
who was a very small man in stature,
invited brother Ingalls to take a seat in
his pew. He accepted the
fo'lowed by Pat, who looked in vam to
find the alta-, etc After he was seat,
ed he turned round to Brother Ingalls,
and in a whisper that could be heard
all round he inquired : .....
‘Sure and isn’t, this a heretto church r
‘Hush 1’ said Ingalls; ‘if yon
a wotd they will put you out.
‘Divil a wotd will I speak at all, re-
plied Bat. ,
The meeting was opened by prayer t»y
the pastor. ,
Pat was eyeing him very o'osely whin
an old gentleman, who wan standing in
the pew directly in front of Bat sbout
‘Hist, ye devil,’ rej fined he, with his
loud whisper, which was heard by the
minister ‘be daoent, and don’t make a
blockhead of yourself.’
The parson gretf more fervent in his
devotions. Presently the deacon utter
edan in.uiiblo groan.
‘Hist ye blackguard, have ye no.da
eency at all ?’ Baid Pat, at the same timo
giving him a punch in the ribs, which
caused him to lose hia equilibn-
urn.
The minister stopped, and extend
ing bis hand in a suppliant manner,
said:
‘Brethren, we cannot be disturbed in
this way. Will some of you put that
man out 7’
‘Yes, you riverinee,’ shouted Pat, ‘I
will 1’
And suiting the action to tbe word,
he collared the dcacoD, and to the utter
horror of the paster. Brother Ingalls,
and the whole congregation, he dragged
him up the aisle, and with a tremen
dous kick, seat him into the vestibule
of the ohurch.
Wnat ‘ bus’’ has found room for ths
greatest number of people ? Colum
bus.
It is remarkab’e that in Connect’-
cut the Irish nearly all welt for Eng
lish.
A country paper speaks of “a man
who died with- ut the aid of a physi
cian.” Very rare instance.
“Here’s to internal improvements,”
as D.ibbs said when he swallowed ■
do e of Balts.
A farmer being a ked if raising hemp
.was a good business, replied ) *‘l can’t
say certain; but it’s surely better than
being raised by it.”
Three reporters in New Orleans,
while enjoying a sociable nap together,
w- re robbed of their pocket books
The three pocket books contained fif
teen cents.
An Ohio editor refused to speak to
the toast of “Woman” on the ground
lhat she was able to speak for herself,
and any man who undertook to do it
for her would get into trouble.
A person asked an Irishman why ho
wore his stockings wrong side out
“Because,” said he, “there’s a hole on
the other side,”
A correspondent criticising a prims
donna rather deficient in physique says
“a cnest is as essential to a singer as a
bureau to a freedman ”
“It is well to leave something for
those who come after us,” as the gen
tleman said who threw a barrel in the
way of a coustable, who was chasing
Lim.
A Mississippi negro worked on
g yres. When asked the amount of his
promts, replied :
“Nutfin. I worked for the seventh
an de boss made only a fifth ; darfore,
I go) nuffin.”
A wounded Irishman wrote home
from the hospital, and finished up by
saying, “I’m for this country. I’ve
b’ed for it, and I shall soon ba able to
siy I've died for it.”
VY ithin twenty r our hours < fter tho
burning of the Lindell Hotel, the cit
izens of St. Louis had pledged $1,040,<-
! 000 to relu Id it.
To ascertain the weight of a horse
| —put your toe under the animal’s
i foot.
If you go to a lecture or a “eseetin”
wear squakin’boots which phova that
i you have some si le if no braias!