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i/arch 8 1867.
N.M. THORNTON
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April 12th, 18ft’ T lm E. B LOYLESS.
THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
Yol. 11.
THE lionr. GUARD.
” 11T BRirKTOr. r
“110 who fights and runs away
Lives to fight an other day.”
That’s the Idea exactly ;so thought
the valiant Falstaff, and so have thou
sands thought since thoso cbivalric days.
If yru arc convinced that your enemy
has got the best, or is likely to get the
best (f jon, whv, be suic that your re
tria* is kept open and make use of it
at the first appna h of anything bfcllig
erei*.
About tho time our late family broil
was at its height and drafts were tho or
der of the day, there came on wind ru
mors bosh great and wild which nearly
drove seme portions of ourvad country
mad with excitement. More especially
were such r fleets noticed in our border
to vtis, and interior ones where there
was nufhing t> be depended upon but
lumoror an occasional newspaper that
was oftentimes as much a viet.m of ru
mor as they were themselves.
In the town cf Sweatham, situated
on the line that divides this State from
Canada, there was unusual excitemen',
one day, occasioned by the r.port of an
intruded ra'd from the other side by
some C niedesate sympath'zors. The
r. a' fighting men had left for the front,
and these who rem; i led were compos
ed of the white liveied gentry, who sick
en at at the smell of gunpower.
But they would never acknowledge
t at there breathed any mor t u'y bn ve
or more div ited to their country, only
(bey couldn’t leave thrir business very
well. An 1 yet they went in fjr puah
i g things: oh, res.
So when these warlike rumirs began
to excite the goed people of Sweatbam,
these feroei ius sons o l say at-home
Mirs formed themselves into a heme
(U rl, who were designed to shake
t ings to their foundation.
Tim Lusty was chosen captain Tler
tvi'es Snod, first lieutenant; Motet
S uithereeniman, second do ; and so on
through the whole list of officers
In fact, there seemed to bo acommend
ab e desire on the part of all of them to
serve in the capac'ty of leader, regard
less of the dinger that was in store for
them So things were all arranged
nicely, afid the officers, who ,hy the
way, constituted seven-eighths of the
II .me Guard, had furni-bed themselves
with unifirms of the most costly and
g irgeam patterns, wiib.ut regard to
regulation i r adaptability. Thus the
captain more resembled a fat su geor,
and the first lieutenant w uld pars for a
pivmasser short of funis, and so on to
b lowest grade.
There was excrement enough
so w, Trent a drill ev. ry night, and
if it ran very high they assembl -d in
the afternoon to perfect themselves in
t e ns l of arms, but the officers usual
ly h. Id a nice ing for drill and lhe study
of tactics every and iy, let the excitement
blew high or low : and the fat capta n
put his inferior brothers through a
oour-ic of military sprouts that promised
well fo> tho shoots under them-.
Sim Lusty, the largest and first > f
the gia I, way a bachelor of about for
ty five, and had manifested by both usu
al aud unu-tnl signs that he was deep
ly in love with Amelia (1 rimes [daugh
ter of the old man) ,who was tho be! 1 of
Sweatbam, without tho luxury of a riv
al It was his delight to march his
(Otnpaiiy past bet house and show off
his marshall figure in the best B‘yle,
hoping to ctrry things ly storm.
Hut Amel’a Grimes was lookrd up
on by eyes other tl at those in the head
of captain Lusty. Id fact, there were
several ambitious youths in town who
would ruu greater lisks in hope of ob
it t : rg her favorable opinion than they
vo and have done to drive <u‘ a crowd of
raiders.
Amelia w: s a laughing light hearted
beauty, who oared as much about mar
riage, apparently, as she did about visi
ting the mooh because it had a man in
it. Hut for all her ligLt-hearted in
d.ff rence, (here was a handsome fc’-
loa who hal ‘gone for a soger’ that look
ed full as sentimental as she did wheu
he marched away ; and ever since that
time Iter favorite song had been—
‘When this cruel war is over,’
Hut the home guad, meanwhile, was
enjoying themselves hugely. They ro
e;ived invitations to supper, to concerts
and balls, and, in fact, were laying up
on their ribs the fat of the land. If at
any tiire the towDS people mtnifested
any inclination to do away with these
festivities, and the subj.cts cf them,
they immediately s’artod a rumor of an
iutendod raid from the Canada side and
at once put tho town in a state of great
alarm an i consternation.
Well, the gu'.libtcs were easily con
vinced, that it was solely owing to the
pre ern e of such a noble and courageous
home guttf 1 that they were not sacked
and murdered ; as the milk and honey
cootiuued to fl w upon them, while the
officers wers looked upon with enlarged
eyeballs and enjoyed the grateful hom
age at a protected people.
While these festivities were at their
height, about half a dozen of the genu -
ine volunteers of the town returned for
a few days’ furlough, and for a time
shared the honors with tho noble home
guard. The transparency of the gilded
houor with which they had dressed
themselves was easily seen by these
regular soldiers and they made up their
minds to have somo fun tut of it
Os course thev had an invitation to
be present at their meetings and join
in the general good time, whioh real
soldiers know so well how-to make tba
best of. So things went on fora few
days, and tho visiting volunteers were
at length invited to participate in a little
supper which the officers were to in
dulge in the next night and for which
the townspeople were expected to pull
their wallets.
Hut by this time the true state of
DAWSON, GA,, FRIDAY, .JUNE 7% I*o7.
aflaiis became known to Dick Slighter,
the goad-looking chap who had looked
and behaved so sentimentally when he
had left tho equally sentimentally not
ing Amelia Grimes. lie saw that Sim
Lusty was fully bent on making an irn
prossion on her heart and on leading
her in triumph to the matrimonial al
tar
There was no particular understand
ing between Dick and Amelia, but,
some how or other, he felt that she
would greatly prefer him to the fat cap
tain ,whom no believed to boa Falstaff
and who was only making thismilitary
show for the purpose of winning the
beautiful A uselia, and the manygtod
things that came by the way, she being
r eh.
So Dick opened bis heart to his com
panions and they seemed to see it in
the same light as he did. lie also
called tremblingly upon the youbg lady
before whom lie had acted so bashfully.
She was fully as mneb at a loss what
to say as he was, aud so they locked in
each others’ faces very foolishly.
But presently the subject of the Home
Guard came.up, and, contrary to his ex
pectations, she lost the groater portion
ol her baslifulnoss and launched out in
fl iwery encomiums of the gilded he
ms that made Dick feel anyi Ling but
happy,
‘1 hear that you and Captain Lusty
are—’
‘Are, what ?’asked Atnslia.
‘At least, it is hinted that—’
‘That w aat ?’
‘That you and he arc—’ and the bash
ful fellow would have given a year’s pay
if he had not put his foot in if.
‘What did you hear, Mr. Slighter?’
she asked again, with a little grain of
something in her voice, that, somehow,
B'crnee to grate upon his heart. Mr.
Slighter! Dick felt like going, and was
looking about for his hat when be
thought he saw sometbiog of the old
light in her eye that induced him to
charge again.
‘Well, to tell the truth, Miss Grimes
—but it’s none of my business—l
heard that you were to fce married.
‘Why, Mr. Mr. Slighter ! ha! ha 1
ha !’ and she laughed iu such merry
dental that Dick began to take heart j
but when she finished her face again a9
sumed a look that made the sensitive
organ under his vest start a s ill livelier
breakdown ; she added :
‘People have a right to do such things
you kn w.’
‘Yes but— 4
‘But whai ?’
‘Well, never mind Are yen going
to the i fficcrs’ supper to night at Man-j
gey hail ?’
•J have had an invitation and sen n« i
reus m wbv I should not,’ said iho lit-!
tie tormentor.
‘I believe the while lot. e.f them to j
bo humbug .' after a few moments si- j
lenoe.
‘What! our noble Heme Guard hum
bugs ?’
‘lep.s Pet of cowards, Who would run 1
at the first sign of danger.’ mid I>i--L
net ling in his choir.
And Captain Lus'y— ’
‘A Falstaff’ ■ j
‘ Ilu ! ha! ha! if 1 only thobght
so.’
‘lf you knew so ?’
‘Then I should know bow to act.’
‘ Ami?) eu will be at the ball to night ?,;
‘Y»s ’
‘Ard if there is no one to come home
with you shall I have that pleasure V
he was coming right to the point now ;
oorning to it like a brave fellow he
was.
‘I shovld most certainly be glad of
your company under such circumstan
ces.’
‘At all events, I will see you there,’
and, taking a polite leave ot her he
hastened to his friends.
During the nfternocn there were sev.
eral large sized rumors floating about,
relative to a laige hand of lawless raid
ers who wfcre intending to cr ss a few
toilet above the town. Os course the
usual consternation fidlowid, and the
usual parade of the Home Guard. But
there was something in this announo
ment, For it bad not been started by ei
tbeir of the officers, and seemed to como
from a man who lived in the neighbor
hood, of wLere the raid was threaten
ed.
They paraded, but with some little
anxiety lest something should turn npi
in earnest ard'soil their gilded uniforms
From mouth to mouth the inquiry
went, ‘Who started it?’ and echo an
swered ‘Who started it V but as Dight
approached, tho mes'-enger that had
been sent to watch the opposite shore
returned and reported all quirt along
the lines. This restored confidence
among the t Akers, aDd the promised
suppvr was not dispaired of.
Night came and there was a gay
as«ent hlago of the beautiful and the best
of Swcatham town, gathered tc do hon
or to the brave men who held the aegis
of their valor over them. Music and
danc’ng were indulged in, and the gal
lant captain was by all means the lar
gest toad in the puddie He was all
smijes and military order, and he led
the beautiful Amelia Grimes into the
fl tor whore others as lovely were whirl
ing through the witch mazes of the danco
and he managed to become the observ
ed of till observers.
The moments sped on and still they
were chasing the hours with their feet,
regardless cj anything without. The
I thing was a success in every way, and
B<>cial goose bad reached an attitude sel •'
dom attaiued by the country bird under
the most favorable circumstances.
Then e.tmc supper; and to say it was
good w-aid be hut a poor compliment to
the matrons of Sweatham, although it
would wot detract rauoh from tho p<v r<l '
: Urity of the notorious Brown. •• i<s g en ‘ j
j etal getter-up of such so—F* 1 ® 008 • n * er ‘
' taiuments..
Supper w»s followed by speeches, and
the speeches by general good humor.—
At ltDgth, “Our gallant and noble cap.
tain’’ was toasted ; aud that important
personage rose to respond amid the rat
tle of forks, knives, and crockery-ware,
cow and then enlivened by a hi ! hi ! or
a graceful wavo es a lady’s handkerchief.
Silence followed, aud Lusty begau :
“Ahem ! Ladies and Gentleman—Be
ing less accustomed to making speeches
than to the use of my sword, you must
not expect to hear much eloquence from
ime on this occasion. But, my friends
who could I e silent on such an occasion ?
No one who loves this tremendous coun
try ! The inspirati nos the American
eagle seems to have fallen upon me.
Where, under the extensive canopy of—
of—of the star spangled banner, where
can such people be found ? such splen
did wiDe such lovely women? (Ap
plause.) But, my friends, I wax warm
in the contemplation es it. (Applause.)
W hen we have nailed the star-spangled
emblem of our immensity to the North
pole, and its shadow frigthens tho giants
on the extreme of South America” then
we shall have only partially filled the
measure of eur uu-iiuy Tiie noble
women and beautiful soldiers of our
country, or rather the vice versa, as I
was about saying, that is—well, we arc
all considerable, if not more. Lot the
wond tremble: let the raiders come, we
are ready to meet them and scud them
howling back to their filthy home 1 Let
them daretssail the eagle, aud his talons,
his newly adjusted spurs shall make
them whine like a stuck pig I” (Im
mense Applause.)
lie had by thi- time got the people
worked up to a fever bear, and was ab iut
to clench the whole thing with a burst
of eloquence, when a sergeant rushed*
into the room out of breath, and fell
headlong over a lady’s dress just as he
placed a letter in tho hands of thd cap
tain. Vi ich trembling hands he broke
the seal, and with pallid check he read
its contents, dating which his listeners
manifested much anxiety and gtzed iu
qoiripgly in each other’s face.
lie called bis brother officers to follow
him to the aute-room, and requested the
people to await their di liberations.—
Hastily collecting tho anxious candi
dates lor the benors of war he read the
letter to them. It proved or purported
to be written by the .-cout that they had
sent out, as he galoped from tho advan
eing raiders. They were coming in full
force, and would doubtless be upon them
before there was any other alarm.
\\ tiat was to be done ? There were
several to ask the question, but none to
answer it : aid wLile they stood there
iu c uncil ihere arose a great clangor
outside, and without sending in his card
in arnnd raider sprang into their midst.
'J he fat captain immediately camd to
'he right about ; and, in company with
t i-bm h r officers, made a sudden chaDge
of base.
; ‘ They eomd they come ! the Can-
J n neks ! the Cannucks!" wag the uni
i versal shout, and such a getting out and
.rotting homo as was at teat time seen
as sold jin if ever been witnessed before
The A-tp’aio and his valiant officers took
'o the woods, and wrhe hot seen for
hree rf'Mk, attain order to fell all evil
suspicion of th ir valor they pretended
o have been chasing a detachment of
j the enemy over the line Hut after
they bad all left the hall but Amelia
I Hr mes, Dick SI ghtor, who, in company
with bis friend, made nil the row, threw
ffbis mask, extended his arm and
waited uj tln her boftv\ In a vear from
that time he married her : but that lit
tle epis de opened the eyes of the town
people, and the Home Guard scon after
disbanded.
A Quaker widower, tire I of single
blessedness, hunted up a second wife,
whom he found in a ‘‘strong tn tin hood
suflrage” neighborhood, lie took her
to his home, and time flew on with
azure wings, they indulging in bright
dreams And, says the Gazette, feotno
times in those dreams they would im
agine that the word “white” was
stricken from the constitution, and
start frorti theit slumber in ectacies of
joy. And thtis the pensive autumn
.receded before the stern breath of w in
ter, and anon the springtime came,
“gentle Anna,” and with it hyacinths
and bird carols, and into the house
hold of our Quaker —a nigger baby.—
A baby with the word “white” strick
en out. That’s so! That's what’s the
matter.
Remedies for the Bite of a Mad
Dog. —A writer in the National intel
ligencer says spirits of hartshorn is a
certain remedy for the bite of a mad
dog, the wound should be bathed con
constantly with it, nod three or four
doses, diluted, taken inwardly during
the day The harNhorn decompose
chemically the virus insinuated into the
wound, and immediately alters and de
stroys its and Jereriousness.
Mr. Youatt, the famous veterinary
surgeon, who has been bitten eight or
ten times by rabid animals, the
crystals of nitrate of silver, rubbed into
the wound, will positively preveDt hy
drophobia in the bitten person or aDi
*o*l.
Croup. —-Nlfcring a linen cloth—cot
ton will do. but linen is preferable—
out of cold vvater, fold it so as to make
several thicknesses, and place it upon
! the child's throat nnd chest, then lold
a dry flannel arid wrap earefully over
it. Wnrm the child’s feet—with hot
igtones if necessary—and cover with
[plenty of bed clothes and let it go to
| sleep: you cannot perctive when i-i
] wakes that it has even a cold. It acts
like a charm.—fKx.
AN ho were the first newspaper sub
scribers of whom we have any ac
count ? Cain, wbo took A-Bell's Lite,
and Joshua, who ordered the bun to
be stopped.
Sociability Among I’aimci*.
Nuturu'ly, tho farmer is an unselfish
mud. His labors are mostly out of
doors His culling takes him much
abroad, and enables him to mingle con
siderably with the world. Yet, look
ing at the very large proportion of the
population embraced in this pursuit,
and the important influence exercised
hy it over all our affairs, it is a sub
ject rs common remark, even by nil
agricultiiralli-'s themselves, that the ir
social intercourse should be so much
restricted.
There is no cause for exclusiveness
on the part of farmers that we can see
than tho "treading in the footsteps of
their predecessors.” Be this ue it may
there are other causes at. work chang
ing this for tho hotter. CouWy fairs,
bringing agriculturalists together from
districts sufficiently near to each other
to make acquaintanceship pleasant
and lasting, and putting them in friend
ly emulation in matters and things in
volving their agrestic skill and their
success, are clearly working to form
more do e companionship between
those whose domestic comforts tmd
family enjoyments trust bo gteatly pro
tnoted in future.
Little clubs among the farmers of a
neighborhood, to meet once a week to
discuss or tufa over tho innumerable
subjects connected with the intelligent
prosecution of their noble profession,
produ c a decidedly fraternizing and
socializing effect. While these local
associa’im,s should not be too formal
and restricted, they shou'd nave an
official organization us better calcula
ted to cause punctuality at the meet
ings, as well us to add to their pettua
nency.
On these Occasions, the wives ami
daughters of families should always
accompany their husbands, fathers or
brothers—not to participate, of course,
in the proceedings that may take
place, bu to increase the agraeab lily
of the tneotings, and to share in the
pleasure of these deligh’ful inter
changes of good neighborhood. In
deed if the truth must bespoken—and
we are ready to do it on all occasions,
especially upon such a 'ne as this—
there is Very little social enjoyment in
tb j world which is not refined and
made doubly enjoyment by the pres
cnee of woman.
Neck-Twisting in Clitirclt.
A good story is told of all eccen
tric parson, who was sorely an
noyed by a habit his people bad ae
quTed(nnd which prevails, by the way
in all other Churches, even now and
hereabouts to some extent,) cf twist
ing their hecks around every time any
body entered the door, and missed up
the aisls of the meeting house, to see
whtt manner of person it might be.—
Wearried with the annoyance, the old
man exclaimed ohe Sunday :
“Brethren, if you will only cease
turning ynhr heads round whenever
the door opens, and will keep your at
tendon on me, I will promise to tell
you, as I preach, who it is that cornea
in ”
Acfeordin rly he went on with the
Services, and presently made a stop as
one of the dca-ons elite ed* Sayihg—
“That is Deacon who keeps
the grocery opj bSite.”
And then announced, in turn, the
adv nt of each individual proceeding
the while with his sermon nS cotrlpos
edly as the circumstances would ad
mit, when at last a stranger came in,-
when he cried out—
“A lit le old man in green specta
cles, and a drab oVercOat —don’t know
him—you nil can turn round and look
for yourselves this time ”
It is hardly necessary to a Id, that
the good man carried his point, and
them wms but little neck twisting Seen
in his congregation after that day.
War Anecdote —At one time du
ring the w ar a large number of 'ne of
ficers were stopping at hotels in Wash
inglon, at the time, perhaps, when sev
wi brigadiers were hit by the stone
which it was thrown from off Wil
lard’s. At that time one of those ter
rible youngsters was crying, in front
of the National :
“Extra Evening Star, third edition,
another great battle 1”
An officer, coming out just then, (a
captain,) the boy accosts him :
“Colonel, have you a Star ?’’
(They always indu'ge iu a littlo flat
tery of breveting, when occasion of
fers.) The officer buys, and running
his eyes over the paper eagerly, calls
out:
“Here, boy, I don’t see any bat
tle I”
Getting beyond tho range of the
officer’s boot, the newsboy replies :
“Xo, you never w ill, lounging about
these ’ere hotels V
Quick Acting Composts.—Materi
als are within easy reach of most peo
ple that, judiciously compounded, will
make first rate fertilizers for the gar
den, for field crops in the bill, for the
lawn, or for the top dressing mowing
lands or grain. There are some whieh
every one has on his own place; others
he must buy. Almost any rnan can
afford to pay for good hard wood ash
es as many cet ts a bushel as hay is
worth dollars a ton. There are other
things, like gjrpsnm and lime, that it
will always pay to have cn band.—
boap suds, chambet lye, and many ar
ticles ol household w aste are often lost
which mignt, if collected make many
dollurs’ worth ol rich fertilizers in tiie
course ol the year.
An o’d toper uddressed bis bottle
*d)HS :
“Ti« very strange that yorr and I
Together cannot pt>|f—
For you are hi I when I am drv,
And dry when I am full.”
TVo. 30*.
A Duel jiikl its Consequences.
The Havana correspondent of the
New York Times relates the follow
ing:
An amusing duel took pface yester
day about five miles from the city.
It originated in a remark made by a
man to his friend on seeing a lady corn
ing out of churcti. The lady was un
known to the person making the re
mark, but happened to bo the other’s
wife. A slap in the face was the con
sequence, end a challenge came - soon
after, 't his was accepted, and the
seconds selected a place. The wife
got wind of the affair and imnieili itelt
took steps to prevent the dreadful ca
tastrophe. Her filst tin light Was t"
notify tho police, but that might have
given her husband the reputation of a
coward, and she took better method
ly g ing to the home of the other par
ty', where she mot his wife, and a plan
was soon concocted between the femi
nines Tt is morning both husbands
got up early; wives ditto. Husbands
took cartistgcN, and their wives—one
armed w ith five children and the other
with three— i ok other vehicles in waft
ing. \t hen tho duelists arrived at
the spot they were somewhat astonish
ed on seeing the other enrrieges drive
up with their passengers, who coluly
informed the men that they nud also
come to fight so ns to make it a com
plete family qtfnrrel, each at flic shine
time producing an empty p'urse and a
package of baby litien as thefr nrffis
and munitions of war. 'The little ones
had popguns umj fire crackers, aoo
soon some indulged in a cry. It is
useless to add the Mo.dltiirs y Derm
facts made peace on the* spot and ' re
iurneA.tr Havana in company with
their seconds, to celebrate the affair
over a ebampague dinner.
rut Thlv OuL”
1 he Mercantile Times' 9 (■,,]
lowing seasonable-rules fol* young rm-i,
corimienrifigbtisniess:
The world estrWafes ftiort' bv f licit
success 111 life— find, by> general con
sent, success is evidence ot stiperiorf
lyv
s' ever, under any ciecune-tnners
assume a responsibility yon ban avoid
consistently with ytiur tfuty to vonr
se’f and others
Base all your actions ujmn a piinei
pie or tight; preserve yuan integrity of
character, ami in doing' thm, never
reckon the-cost
Remember that self interest h more
likely to warp y our judgement than all
othr-r ci curnstunces eoinoined ; there
fore, look well to your duty, when
yc\u interest GohetTned.
Never make motley at tho expense
of your reputation.
Bo neither lavish or niggardly; «.|
the two, avoid the la*.or. A mean
man is universa’ly despised, but pub
lic favor is it stepping stone to prefer
ment therein, e, gehernus facings
should he cultivated.
Say but little-*-think much —and do
more.
Let yotlr-eXpehses be sm b as
leave a balance in your pocket. Ready
is u friend in need.
Ket p clear of the jaw ; for, even
if yon gum ujur case you are gener
ally a loser or money.
Avoid borrowing and lendihg.
W ine dr nking ami cigar smoking
are bad habits. They impair tliß
mind and pockets, and lead to a waste
of time.
“Browniiw’s melish” have arrived at
Brownsville. The Memphis Avalanche
states that their first act was to capture
<eme fifty dollrrs’ worth of lumber at
he depot on tboir artival. Afterwar’s
ihey directed their attentim to the rob
bing cf hen roosts O ie, more decent
than the rest, deserted on the first
day , but wns captured ind brought
hack, and has tho gloomy propect be
fore him of having “to serve out his
time.” Their time is DKS'ly employ
ed in stealing chi kens, and the officers
take exereise by wrcstl ng with the men’
If they do nouhing worse they will cer
tainly disappoint the expectation of
Browclcw, their master.
Tiif. Profit of Market Garden
ing Wbat is known as raising ‘truck’
for the markets in New York and Phil
adelphia, is a leading Lranob of the
New Jersey agriculture, and solneoftbe
most unpromising portions of the State
have boen made to return handsome
revenues from this source. The New
York Journal.of commerce reports that
from one farm of eighty acres, lying iy
thodesola’c reg’on of sand barrens', the
reward es the husbandman in one sea
son wero 5,000 baskets of tomatoes,
Worth 68,000 ; more than 1,000 baskets
of white potatoes, producing $1 200;
1,000 baaskets of pears, whi m sold for
more than SBOO, ana mire’ than 1 ; 500
baskets of othar ‘truck,’ which return
ed SI,OOO, making an agerepat®, inde
pendent of farm erdps, of $6,000. Os
enuf-.e these resubs were not attained
withsut energy, skill and plenty of fer
tilizers.
Swinging as a Remedi:.— Dr. B.
Sequtrd, an eminent Physiologist and
physiciin to one of the Parisi.n hospi
tals, recommends the uso o! a swing as i
a preventive nf Dervous attacks, whioh ]
occur periodically. Tn certain cases
of hysteria and eppilopsy he has pr>
vented the coming on of the fit hy en
gaging his patient in violent winging
at the fi »t indications of it approach.
The Steubenville Herald perpetrates
the following .-
“Mart led, up town, the other day,
ut Mrs. William-,’ Mr. VVilliam \Yii
litttns, of Wi liumsport, to his cousin,
Miss Lizzie Williams For particulars' j
see small BiU's.’’
Licreria.
Let me kiss her for her mothvr
The sweet Lucre old Ann
Let me ki s her fr r her mother,
Or any other map.
Let me kits her for somebody
Anybody in the world,
TV ith her hair ao feweetly auburn,
And so gloriously curled.
L it m_> Lisi her for irer ‘feL'er,’
And 1 do not care a red,
If he taps me on the rimeher
With his ‘billy made ol lead.
Let mo kiss her for her sister—
Gitls fhoold not ‘bill and coo,'
Rat rather than be partial,
Let me kiss her sister too.
Let me kies her far her daddy
The pretty pouring t il
Or, i! that don’t suit die family,
Let me kisa In r for myself l
Tllllt I’aK'l 3l||(l FilllC)'.
“May I be mariiud, ui>i ? ' asked a
young miss of sixteen.
“Vt bat do you want to get married
tor?’’ inquired her mother.
“U hy, ma, you know the children
have never seen any oho married, and
l I bought it might please them a liu)e
—’bat’s all.”
“Nonsense 1 You can't fool me !”
remarked ti e t hi lady, with a sigtrifi—
cant shake of ti e head.
Why is the-fishuo eccentric nnirnal ?
Because ho will have his (s)whini.
Last Saturd y seven steamships Jqft
NcwYaiklor -Europe. They carried
with them more *fhau two thousand
passengers. •, s . a,
We ascertain the quality r.f a bell by
•ringing it. A young man had better
afacfjjin the qualities of a bpllq before
rrngfag her. .
Why is the early gi ves,like a pen
knife ? D -cause the apt ing brings out
the b’udes.
Many a girl thinks she can do noth
ing wit limit a husband, and when she
gets one finds she cun do nothing with
him.
What was the diffa reneo .between
ihcrl Vrsiuti and Foi inti invasions ?
The former was routed iu Greece and
the other in Tullagh,
Why will the monsters of tho \faep
he bc'ikcr pupled than the cable opera
tors,' Lievquse they tame the news
lief re it reaches eittn r ride
, Why are sheep lhe most diss'pated
and unfortunate of animals ? Becau.io
fbOy ghmhel iu their you h, frequent
the tin I, and are aiways fleeced.
1 wo young ladies holding converse
over the v rtuee of anew dre-s :
“And does it fit well ?’’ asked one.
“Fit ! Y es; us if I’d been melted
and poured iu ! ’
A distinguished physician recom
mends the upp icution of siipjiery elm
to tile bit'.- ol a mad dog. “\\ fa>
wou-d suppose,’ 4 says Goblin, “that
the bnrk w ould cure the bite
Horace Greeley says that the dark
est day in any man’s earthly career is
that wherin lie fancies that there is
some easier Way of gaining a dollar
than Dy qua rely earning it.
An insurance agent, urging a cilia n
to get hjs life insti ed, said :
(ict your life insured for ten thousand
dollars, and then if you die next week
the widder’s heart w ill sing for jdV.”
A gentleman who had built a small
house in a sequestered part of h ; s
grounds for hie private study, showed
it to a friend, remark ng :
“Here 1 sit read ng from mnruing
till night, and nobody a bit the wiser."
A forlorn cuss of the male persua
sion gets off lhe following poetical ef
fusion :
‘When Sailie’s arms her clog im *
prison, I always wish my neck was
hisen; how often wou'd I s‘op and
i urn to get a pat from a hand like,
hern; md vvhen she kisses Towser’s
nose, 0 don’t I wish that I were
those I’’
“Ahem ! So here I am between two
tailors,” said a dandy at a public ta
ble, where a couple of young tailorn
were seated, who had juit begun bus—
ine s ” ■, -
“Very true,” paid one of them , “wo
are but new beginners, anti cm only
afford to keep one goose between us ”
A servant girl in Covington, Ken
tucky, living in the family of a doctor,
filled tiro pepper castor with horse
powders which the doctor had left
oose. The unsuspecting sawbones,
being greatly addicted to pepper, us
ed a large quantity of the condition
.powder at Jits next meal. He is now
in fine condition, lias rented a stall irv
a livery stable, uni talks about running
for Mayor. B
“Your handwiiting is very bad in
deed, ’ raid a gentleman to a young
col egt? friend, who was mire adict
ed to boating and cricketing than to
hard studio; “you really ought to learn
to write better.”
“Ay. ay,” returned the young man,
‘it is all very well for you to tell mu
that; but it 1 were to write better,
people would be finding out how I
rpellv” ;
A woman begins to hare a great
antipathy to dates when she finds her
sell out of dute«.
Little girls believe in the man in the
moon—big girls believe in the man iu
the honey-moon.
FitECKLKs.—To disperse them, take
one ounce of lemon juice, I drain of
powdered borax, and { dram of su
gar ; mix them let stand a few days
in a glass l«»Ule, till the liquor is fit
lor use.; then rib it ou the bauds and
face oecufiionylly.
A col red eyok, expecting company
of her own kit*l, was at a lews how tie
ehtortJin her friends. Her mistress
sai 1, “Polly, you must make an apol
ogy.” “La? Missus, Ikiw can L inaku
it I got oo apples, t,o eggs, no but
cr, no Quifitu to inuke it wid/*