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About The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1866-1868 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1867)
gatosoa aatcckln louraal, PnblUhed Every Friday. E. & J.~E. CHRISTIAN EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. TK RMS—Strictly in Advance. Three month*. |1 00 Bix months I'd 00 On* year. $3 00 Haiti* of •Advertising t One dollar per square of ten lines for the Hr*t insertion, and Seventy-five Cents per ■quare for each subsequent iuserlioo, not ex ceeding three. Oue square three months I 8 00 on* square six months 12 00 ons square one year 20 00 Two squares three months 12 00 Two squares six months 18 00 Two squares one year 80 00 Fourth of a column three moths 80 00 Fourth of a column six months 60 00 Half column three moths 45 00 Half oolumn six months To 00 Ooe column three months TO 00 Ous column six months 100 00 Job Work of every description ere cniedwith neatness and dispatch, at moderate rales. HOYL & SIMMONS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, njtW'SOJ*', - - GEORGMJ. L. o. UOTL. jan2s Iv. a r, sumps*. C. B. WOOTEN, ATTORNEY] AT LAW, 21y Y^a. J. P>. ALLEN, gjgWATi'U REPAIRED JEWELER. Dawson, Ora-, TS prepared to do any work in his line m A the verr beat style. (eh2B iL j. (x. S. SMITH, OUX SMITH and Machinist, BUtWStKr, : > Georgia. Rop-tirs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, Sewing Mahines, etc., etc. 2 \ll W. G- PARKS, attorney at Law. M a . 81 T nan~S€EY\GJ. cTwTwAßwTcicT attorney at Eau> and Solicitor fit Equity- I. -- - GEO., \\ T ILL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrel > V and Webster. J. E. HIGGINBOTHAM, . ATTORNEY aT LAW) Jtiorgan , Calhoun Cos., Gu., Will practice in all Hi* Courts of the South western and Pa aula Circuits. June 1 DAWSON HOTEL BY WILY JONES f|IHE Proprietor has neatly *Uted up the 1 Dawsoq Hotel, aud is prepared to make bit customers aaiiatied wit.ii both Ftlrt and Lodging- Counected with the Rotel Is s **BdiMt HOOJli” iu which is kept the btst li quors in the city. No o*ins will be aoarH to pleane. fV226m PAIMING ! PAINTING ! J AS. M.DODWELL, HOUSE AND SIGN PAIKTER, 4c DAWSON, G .A-, IS prepared to do all work in his line — such as house and sign painting, grainin?, pa per hanging, Ac., in the very best style, and on short notice, at reasonable prices. fehl.Sm. MILLS HOUSE. Corner Queen A Meeting Sir*., CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS First Class Hntsl has been thoroughly repaired, refitted and refurnished through -at and is now ready for the accommodation of the Traveling Public whose patronage is respectfully solicited. 0. aches always in readiness to couvey Passengers to and from the Hotel. Th* Proprietor promises to do everything in bis power for the comfort of guests. {JOSEPH PURCELL, f*b22-tf ' Proprie BROWN HOUSE, E. E. BROWN A SON, Fourth St., Opposite PasseDger Depot, Macon, Georgia. FROM the Ist of Jalr the business of this House will be conducted by K. E. Btown & Ron, the Senior having associated his sou, Wm. F. Brown, in tbs management and in tereat of the Hotel. The house contains sixty rooms, which are reserved chiefly for the use of tiavellers and transient guests. Competent assistants have been ses cured in every department, and eve ry attention will be paid to ensure comfort to their customers. Rooms clean and airy, and Che table always supplied with the best the country affords. Porters attend arrival and departure of all trains to convey baggage and conduct passengers across the street to tbeir quarters. julv27,tf j.krot naown, tbos. u. stiaabt. BROWN & STEWART, "Ware House and COMTission merchants, at Sharp A Brown’s old stand, J»«f WASO-V GEORGIA. We are determined to use our utmost en deavors to give entire satisfaction to all who jnay favor us with their patronage ! and as far as possible to be to them, in this depart tncnt, (what we have often felt, and what eve ry planter must feel that he needs) ju-t and erliahle friends. That we may be better ena bled to carry out this design, we have secured a> business agent, the well known and reliable Capt. John A. Ful'on. “A just balancs," is our motto. Afareh 8 1867. W. R. & N, M. THORNTON Practioal J>entists 3 A4 W'SOJT, GJi. h) o®oa lo Barden's new building, West We, Depot Street. Dec. 14 THE DAWSON JOURNAL. Yol. 11. IMi’.TKV. Always Love. Because Love’s sigh is but a sigh, Doth it the loss Love’s heart disclose ? Because the rose must fide and die, Is it the less the lovely rose? Because black night must sbreud the day, Shall the brave sun no mors be gay ? Bemuse chill autumn frights the birds, Shall we distrust that spring will come? Because sweet words are only words, m Shall Love forever more be dumb ? Because our bliss is fleeting bliss, Shall we »ho love tot bear to kiss ? Because those eyes of gentle mirth Must some.imes cease my heart to thrill; Because the sweetest voice on oanh Sooner or later must be still; Because its idol is unsure, Shall my strong love tba less endure ? Ah, no I let lovers brea'he their sighs; And roses bloom, and mu-tic sound, And passion burn on lips and eyes. And pleasure’s merry world go round; Let golden sunshine flood the skv, And let me L ve, or let me die! Baby oil the Porcb. Out on the porch, by the open door, Sweet with roses and cool with shade, Baby is creeping over the floor— Dear little winsome blue eyed maid. All about her the shadows dance, All above her the roses swing, Sunbeams in the lattice glance, Robins up in the branches sing. Up at the blossoms her fingers reach, Lisping her pleading in btoken words, Cooing away in her tender speech, Songs like the twitter of nestling birds. Creeping, creeping over the floor, Soon my virdie will find her wings, Fluttering out at the open door fcito the wonderful world of things. MISCELLANEOUS. [From The Weekly Ramancist ] TWO WEEKS A DETECTIVE. by bbickiop. T havo tried my hand at almost every thing and nave urnu experience in certain thinga that will probably do me more good and lay up for my mor al benefit. But among them ail I re member none with so many pleasant emotions us those that relate to my ex pe ience as a defective. Now, don't stra ghten yourselves back, expecting to hear of blood and thunder, for I have nothin jot the kind to relate. Tho whole thing happened in this citv, where they do sometimes eneoun ter funny incidents, as well as those of a graver character I had been floundering about for some time in quest of I onest labor, and finding that my board bill was like’y to increase faster than my means of liquidation, I resolved to strike a bee line for something different lr«un what I had sought for bes re I attempted to cenvirioe a Wall Street broker that I was honest an I understood his busi ness like a top, and that I could make my services worth from thirty to forty do Jura a week. Bit hones’ people are always eus pi cions and he gave me to understand th it he could get along very well with out me. My next attempt was at one of our larg, dry goods establishments but strange as it may seem, they, too. thought they could gel along witi out me. A publishing-house on Broadwuj 'seemed ju-t as blind to their interests, and so 1 presented myself at the bar of a drinking-saloon that flourished in $.50 magnificence on one of the cross streets in the immediate neighbor hood. ‘•Do you wish to hire a first class bar keeper ?” I said, presenting myself to the proprietor. “No, sir,” said .hat individual, plac ing back the tumbler that he had si and upon the bar in expectation of choking twenty cents out of rne. “Do you know of any one who does ?” “No, sir. Where have you beeD tending?” *■ Well—l—l have done a fairsharo of bar business at the Express on Nas sau street, and—” ‘ Buy ; who do you think I am ?” said the knight of the toddy stick, placing both hands upon the bar and looking any thing but pleasant at me. “Well, sir, I took you for the boss,’ said I. “Ycu did, eh ? and did you take me for anything else ? Did you, or do you take me for a fool ?’’ “Why do you ask that?” “Because you are trying to p’ay a poiut on me; but it won’t work old boy ; it won't work.” “Whatdoyeu mean?” He looked at me a moment, as much as to say, I would like to punch your head if I dared to. “I hope l have done nothing to of fend you,” I said. “By tt ravy, you are a hard one!” “1 hank you ; but I don’t See it,” “Oh, of course not.” - “What do you mean ?” “You are a detective,” he said, after a moment s silence. “Bad guess for you j I am only plain Mr. ” “Oh, of course you are cot going to ow n it. Bui I know you, and have half a mind to m»6h you 1” “For what?” “For bringing your ugly red head in here for the purpose of finding out something.” DAWSON, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1867. “1 have found out all I wanted to.” “You have, have you?” tml he turned toward hitt tnon.y drawer and produced a revolver. “Now what?” I asked, somewhat bewildered. ‘•Now you take yourself nut of here!" “Would you assault a pencable cit izen 7” “You are a sneak in the employ of the Excise Comm'ssion.” “You were never more mis'uken in your life. I am a better man than you take me for." “And you are not a detective?” “No, sir, I am nothing of the kind.’ “I wi/1 bet you fifty dollars that you are.” “I am sorry thnt I haven’t the means of taking that amount from you, but the truth is lam so rear dead broke that I could not patronize a band organ.” ‘•Then I will bet you the drinks,’ he staid placing his revolver back again. “I tdl vou I have suspended pay ment until I can get a job. lam sor ry.” “Ah 1 here comes my friend Young; he will know about you ” And as that individual put in on ap pearance the proprietor took him one side aud inquired as to who I was.— Th s operation seemed to tone the fel low down wonderfu ly, for his friend immediately turned and took me by the hand. “My dear fellow,” said he “how is this ?” “You know as much about it ns I do It appears that this man is labor ing under a mistake of some kind.’’ “lie takes you tor a detective ” “So it seems. Bather unkind eh ?’’ ‘•Not much of a compliment sure ly." “Say no more about it,” paid the propri tor, placing three tumblers up on the bar. “What shall it be ?” Everything was nicely washed down and we started for the door, armed with smoking evidences of the bar keeper’s forgiveness. I soon made known my tightened cond tion to the detective and that he at once made my heart light by telling me that he thought I would make a good detec tive and that he would at once take yie upon his force and give me employ inent. It was sole’y cut of respect fi r his official dignity ' that I refrained from dancing a breakdown then and there upon the sidewalk. 1 slept sound ly and happily that night, and the next morning, in answer to a hint from my landlady. I as onished her by the immensity of my expectations. I went to the oflire and received my instruc ions. It was real y a serious case that I had taken in hand, and puzzled me considerab’y at first It appeared that a robbery had been committed, and suspicion rested up in a fashionable woman, who, in compa ny with several young lady boarders, occupied a bouse that was sel h tn vis ited by any other of her sex. This per son had quite a gt od share of our world's goods and rode out in splendid style. H‘ e was, therefore, a hard person to arrest without first obtaining posi tive evidence of her guilt, and this was now my work :to find out by some means or other all that there was to be tound out respecting this mysteri ous affair I v sited the locality of the mansion and took the measure of the place so far us it could Le done ex terna ly. My r.oxt step was to disguise my self as a peddler of cheap jewelry, oh ta Ding the outfit from the office. Jn this disguise I visited the basermnt door and was met by a pert little Irish beauty, to whom I discovered my wares. Bhe cast a contemptuous look upon iny stock, evidently knowing that there w ere but a few, it any, real dia monds among them, and, wi h a shake of the head, was on the point of shut ting the doer in my face. Nature has furnished me with some things, among which may be mention ed a flippant tongue—a tongue that always wags in the pre-enoe of ladies v ith remarkable fluency So I sot that organ in motion to its fullest ca pacity. Mie rather seemed to Ike it. At all events she opened the door ani listened, while the pert frown that she had ornamented her features with when she first learned my errand en tirely disappeared and gave way to a smile—a smile that gradually grew bewitching. I warmed to my task all the while, Bbowing her a flashing set of jewelry and expaciated upon its real worih and beauty ; and above all how well they would become her. She look these* and looked it over with some more attention than at first, and, uuder my skillful handling, she actually sighed when she plaoed it back into my tray again. Bat that was not the last of it, by any manner of means. I set down my bundle and taking her by the band, I proposed that she should accept the jewelry as a token of my esteem. She lock, and up arobly in my face and I clinch cd the whole arrangement by avowing myself a bachelor aud somewhat better off in the world than mv calling would indicate, and that I loved her. This was a clinoher, indeed. She ac ccp'ed my gift with a pleasant smile and gave me her name in return for one I gave her, and roadily consented to have me call on her the next evening. She acknowledged that sha had no lov er, aud that I was fully as Iri.-h a man as she could well conceD herself with, and so, with a sly kiss and a warm good by, I loft the house The next night I called again in the eapaeity of a lover Nelly was ready to receive me in the kitchen. Bbo was all miles and swoctness and seemed not a little delighted to find that I owned better clothes than I wore while follow ing my profession. She woro the jew elry that I gave her, and for all the world looked liko a regular coquette. •We had occupied a seat together on the sofa for sometime when Mrs. Winslow came iu to make some inquiry of Nelly, and that individual, with much evident pride introduced me as her lover, in or der to put to rest any suspicions that her mistress might entertain regarding my honesty. That done, we were left alone again. The neat Irish brogue that I had dawned upon her with' completely car ried the fort by storm, and she freely ac knowledged that in all probability I was the man that fate had ordained for her, and was not long in finding her toDgue to say ‘yes’ when I asked her if she wnu'd be my own darling. In this way a week passed Ly-., °nj found me every night by the side of Nolly, and sho began to reporfe all sorts and degeees of confidence io me all of which was thankfully received. One evening I visited her in an ab stracted manner, which at once attracted Nelly’s attention and oaused her to make inquiries. ‘Nelly,’ said I, ‘I am in samo troub le.’ ‘Trouble, is it ? What for V ‘For you darling,’ said I approaching her. ‘Faith, what has happened to me? ‘You are in great dai ger, Nelly.’ ‘From what, sure ?’ Nelly, darliog do you love me ?’ said [ placing one hand upon the table an 1 the ohtcr behind me aud lookiog into her face very lovingly. ‘What makes you ask, sure?’ ‘Beoause I wished to be sore of it.’ ‘Why, of course I do and she laughed quite prettily. ‘Then I wish to save you.’ ‘From WLat ?, ‘From beiug arrested,’ I said eyeing her closely. ‘Bad manners to ye, what would I be ’rested for?’ ‘I will tell you Nolly. There is al most certain proof that your mistress committed the robbery in the house be low bore the other night, and they pre tend to B*v that you are knowing to the whole uifai aud have a put of the tuon ey.’ At this she seemed to loose all power of speech, and seated herself involunta rily iu a chair. 1 continued : ‘Now, Nelly, as we are soon to be married, aud I do not wish to have you f, und out in any thing of this kind, I vak you caudidly if you know anything about the robbery or if you have got any of the money,’ ‘No a cent; I know nothing about it; divii a thing.’ ‘Well, I am gild to hear you say 60; it docs my heart giod. But do you know darling, that they will arrest you, for all that, and then your eharroter is gone entirely.’ ‘But if they don’t find any thing—’ ‘You'are all right, darling. lam not at all backward iu saying that it 1 had any of the money I would see tbom in a mighty warm place befoie I would givo it up to them, at all.’ ‘Do you say so ?’ soe asked, springing up. ‘Faith I do, and if vou have got any of it, give it to me, and if ihey do ar rest you there will be nothing to eon vict. ID you sec ?’ ‘Och I murder, murder 1 what will I do ?’ she moaned, alt the while rocking herself backward and forward in her chair, and to all appearances in great trouble. ‘Do at once and get the money. Stop tell m», you bad no hand in the rob bery ?’ ‘No only I took a part of the money to keep.’ ‘Then who did commit it?’ ‘My mi-tress and her man, sure.’ ‘Who is he ?’ ‘Bill Duckers ; he’s up stair now.’- ‘Say nothing, but go and bring me the money.’ She left the room and I went to the window and set a signal that had been agreed upon between two officers and myself, and then waited her return. In a about five minutes she catne down ■ ‘airs with a large roll of bills, and king c.ntioasly around, she plac ed them tu my hand. ‘There, now, away wid yees out of this. Bad luck to the dirty thaves that got me into this scrape.’ ‘Ab, never mind, Nelly ; its all right now.’ ‘Ah ! there goes the door-bell,’ and away sbe fljw up stairs, closely followed by my humble self. The doer opened, and in there step ped a p ir of itlalwart officers who were to see me out, Nelly screamed murder and ran for the kitcbeD, which scream brought the mistress and her lover to the scene of actiOD. ‘What does this mean?’ demanded they both. ‘lt. means that you arc my prisoners,’ said I, approaching them. Then and there followed one of the mest exciting fl gbts of oriooline shat I have ever witnessed, for in less than a moment the entire corps of boarders were in ’ nr hair, aud, for one, I am con fident that I was doDe brown. Nelly scorned to see through the cheat that had been praot.ioed uoon her, and she joined in the fight with a pan of dirty water that I found to be any thiDg but eye-water. But the battle was a short one, and we marched our prisoners off to haad quarters and succeeded in obtaining all the stolen money ; but up to the present writing my bead has not ceased to re mind me of the two wocks that I acted in the capacity of a detective. THE H(il1» OF FOni’KII. How They Strike a Stranger. An Italy correspondent ol the Clove land [Ohio] Plain Dealer rays : I don’t think Pompeii was ha’f as much noted before the eruption as since. She Las been partially dug up, and her streets are small, as her !>t id iugs. There is nothing approaching the grandeur we had reason to look for. Now und then there is a house or pal ace of some dignitary that has a par tial air of grandeur, with its marble statuary, founta nsand courtly grounds but it is no great shakes There is a great deal of puny statuary in Pompeii —a vast amount of chiselling—that don’t show up much for these times of big things. It seems as if the whole city was n mass of one story huts, poorly ventila ted and still more poorly lighted. Vast numbers of rooms of all characters wo into that had no signs of a window; ns the roofs were all burned off we can form do idea how they got their lights; pel haps the ancients had a cheaper light than the light of the sun The streets are all sosignificunt ly small and narrow, although tolera bly straight; the average width from curb to curb is noi ovei ten feet and the sidewalks from two to three. You will observe a very singular obstruc tion iu all the streets of tuoso immense ttenes placed in u line across the strei ts and protruding eight or ten inches above the pavement, and not over a foot apart. How their wagons or carts managed to get past these it is diffi ult to guess, iu fact, the carts, or what ever Vt hides they used, could not have had axles longer tnun throe or throe and a half feet; ‘.hey may have been twice that, but how could they meet ? 'J he stone pavement is badly worn in many places, and the construe tion of the houses was so inconvenient that perhaps it was thought better to be wiped out and begin aga n. I can seo no where possible for light to enter these rooms except from the outer doors. We pass into many in ner rooms and cannot see where light could enter; the r rmv are mostly small in every part of the city. The tragic theater is small, and the comic theater still smaller. They had gay old wine cellars ii> those days, large enough to hold a considerable quanti ty—l dare not tell how much, for I may under estimate Their baths public baths, a > called—arc very small affairs ; a marble pool of a circular form, not ten feet across; another of an oblong square, not over eight by ten feet, was called the public baths and th sc were on the street called “Public Bath Street.” There nre one or two baths of a lesser denomination. The end walls of the above named baths have been preserved, aud a small fan light s.ih remains at each end of the gabie. The lead pipes for supply look like ours, except til y w ere closed at the edge and soldered. The faucets look exactly lise a brass shut-off gas fuiie.t nf modern make. The whole of the ruins resemble the photographs; except in view witn the uuaided eye, they don’t lo k quite so grand ; there is scarcely a wall or col umn or any ruin, remaining over twelve or fourteen feet high at the ex treme. All this may be dull to you, so it was to me. I felt it a duty to go und see Pomp ii, and dow nrr satisfi ed. It did not reach my expectations by a long distance. The nariow streets for a people who used wagon*, were Ik rritde. Why did not Gluuees or Diomede attend to widening them ? There was hardly any gardener in Pompeii. There were some frescoed walls rather curious to look at, ahd some chiseling in marble rather nice. The Neapolitans have taken all the works of art under their jurisdiction, and show them up at two francs a head. Nothing but lizards are to be seen in the streets and among the ruins. They seem to think that all that is left belongs to them, and they are more than than half right. They jump out and in their holes in number less quantities as you pa s, and many times seem to look you in the face, as much as to say : W hat are you hero for ? We went to the excavating pi*, where about a dozen n.on and boys were busy carrying out the liri und ashes of two thousand years. It is easily removed, about like a mass of wet coal od y a little harder anu heav ier. They were excavating a street and a room of a house as we were there. The dirt was shoveled into a basket, and boys carry it to a cur, which is run on rniis, to a pit and dumped. As they rem ved the earth from the wails, they seemed to have the appearance of being newly built Most of the outside wa'ls are of brick Wherever a door is, it is always brick, then the wall is continued with a sort of soft stone, and the whole is usuahy plastered over wi’h this universal out side covering which sometimes resem bles marble. Their columns were mostly so built, although inside of court were found many nicely wrought marble co’umna. 1 think I said that we were some what disappointed in Pompeii; so we were. Somehow people write these things up too high. Pompeii is r,ot s > big a thing as we are induced to be lieve from what we read ; and you’ll say so when you come to look at it.— A small collection of oue-storv houses without windows Perhaps they may get down to where the houses are two aud three, and perhaps several more, storios high Perhaps they will find roofs and windows before they get through We see plenty of places for distil ling or manufacturing tbe r wine. In fact, it wus a smart little city for the TVo. 343. time it throve, and it may bo worthy of all that has been said of it yet T still think it has been writton up a Iteth too high. A Deaf Florida Rebel. The New Orleans Picayuao has the following: They had down in Florida, not long since, and perhaps have now, a shrew 1 old fellow known as ‘Old Hunter. 1 Eve ry body know him. lie was was deaf us a poit aud thiough his deafness and his shrewdness be managed eompletoly to hide bissym pathy for either party during the war. It was suspected, however, that be was with tbo Confederates io heart, and that though his house was guarded by the Union troops, ho sold as many sup plies to one as the other, for be dealt h 'stores.’ Every means bad been tri ed by the Union officer* to procure some admission of preference but of no avail. When reduced to a corner, he never lacked an expedient to get himself out. But one day a Union captain put up a bet that he could trap him aud get his secret. lie accordingly went up to Hunter’s and skirmished, but not one hint could ho get. lie would be deaf to questieno that were uupleasant, and the enquirer was bafl-d. At last there came two l»rgo bull dogs into his stoie —fi- rce fellows, aud exactly alike. ‘Fiuc dogs, these,’ yelled the inquisi tor in liij ear. ‘Yes,’ was the reply. ‘What are their Domes?’in the same loud tone. ‘Why,’said the old man. I dal 1 one Beauregard and t'other .McClellan.’ ‘You do?’ shouted the enquirer; ‘which do you like bes* ?’ ‘Hey.’enquired Hunter, putting down his ear. ‘Which do you like best?' was repeated ‘Ob, wall,’ said he wit Tia twinkle in his eye, ‘both of ’em are as ugly as the devil.’ The captain paid the bet. O.i another occasion a party was dri k ng in hi ■ ore, wh n -me of i’ em, faking advantage of tho old man’s deaf ness proposed a toast: ‘Here’s to old Hunter, the two sided old villain ; may he be kicked to death by mules,and his body be sunk in th< sea a hundred fathoms deep. .May n prayer be said over him, and bis blind soul wonder raylces through all eter nity.’ Tbo toast wss drunk in great glee, in which the old man j >in. ‘The same to yourselves, gentlemen,’ said he, ‘the same to yours-lves.’ Os course he had not heard a wo-d that was said. Street Ktiiics. —When you tread on a lady’s traiD, in the street, you are not required ti apologize. You havo a right to be io the street. So has the lady; bat she has no more rigLt to car ry her train, with the expectation of having it respected, (bar she has to oring her cradle in tho street and rock her baby in if. A train iu tho drawing room, however inemveuient, is graceful and appropriate; and il you do not like it, y„u may keep out of the room You must go into the s‘roet, yu have a right there, and you have a riaht to step on tb6 sidewalk, and if any f ioli*h w Jinan ebros-’s to lay five yards of satin between your feet and the fl igs, it is at her ri.-k, n it yours.— rrjviden.ee Juurml. Curious Love-Letter. —Madam— M st worthy of my admira ion, after long eonsidera'ion, and much medita tion of the great reputation you possess in the nation, I havo a strong iucliaa tion to become your relation. On your approbation of the declaration, I shall make preparation to move my situation, to profess my admiration, and if such obligation is worthy of observation and can obtain commisscration, it will be an aggraudizatjon beyond all calculation, of joy and exuliation, of Yours, Sava Desidsrmox. Tiib Answer.— Sir: I perused your orrtiou with much deliberation, and a little consternation at the great iufatua tion of your weak imagination, to show cueb veneration on so light a foundation. I suppose your animation was the fruit of ricrcati' n, or had sprung from osten tition to display your education by an odd enumeration or rather multiplica tion ( f words of the same determination, though in great variation, in such re st cctive signification. Now, without disputation, your lab.ri -us application, too tedious au oecupaticn, dcsetves com mcniation, and thinking imitation sufi cient g.aiification, I am without beiita tiou, Yours, Mart Moderation. To Test Super-puo piiates Su per pbo phates show a better < Sect up n the turnip crop than any other. If then, yin wi*b to know which is really the best in the market, prepare for every super phosphate you wioh to try, two or three rows of turnips. Ma nufe moderately eaob throe rows with the same weight, or valu’ of super-phos phates—Dave between each three rows n • anmanurtd Plant all at tie same 1 time, and with the same sort of teed, ar and weigh or measure the product, and you cau very easily decide which ma nure is the best worth the money By exchanging super chosphates with your neighbors, who may Lave of a different make, you can make a general test, with out baying all the sorts. Those kind that make the best turnips, you may be sure are tboso that will make the best cotton and other erops. No other plant is as good to test them with." Southern Cul. “Steel your heart,” said a consider ate father to bis son,. “for you are go ing now among some fascinating girls.’’ “I had much rather steal theirs,” raid tbo unpromising young man FIJI!, FACT, AUD FANCY. What kind of a ship hi.* two mate# and no eaptuin. Courtship. Spiri'uul munifisstntion* —Pimpl«». The be«t throw ut dicei* to throw them ax ay. A girl that has If •! her boao may M well hong up her fiddle. “Lot’s organize,” as the music grin der auid wheu ho slopped in front ol our c ffice. A henpecked husband saya that In stead of himself so 1 wife being one, thay are ten; for she is 1 and he is 0. An indiscreet roan confided a secret to aoother, and begged him not to re peat it. ‘lt’s all right,’ was the reply, ‘l’ll be as close as you were/ If a man reap ‘whatever he soweth/ what a harvest of coats and brecchaa tho tailor will havo one of these dajs. An exchange writes the following epi t ph over tho late 1L and cat paper at Washington : ‘Qnck ripe, soon rotten, little known, soon firgotton/ In winter it is sometimes difficult to understand the elerk of the weather ; but when it sn ws violently you cau al ways see bis drift.’ A merenant’s advice in selecting a wife was, ‘Get bold of a piece of a cal ico that will wa. h.’ We are curious to know how many feet in female arithmetic go to a mile, because we DcVtjr met with a lady yet, whose shoe was not, to say the very least, ‘a mile too big for her/ A maiden being asked what fortune she would bring her husband, re plied : “I will bting him what gold cann .1 purchuse—a heart unspotted and vir tue without n stain ; the inheritance from parents who had these, and noth ing else to leavo ine.” An enthusiastic ornitho'ogiat writ ing from Jersey city, where tbry havo sparrows, discourses ns lollows ; “It were a blue bird I seen first.— Last year it were a owl. The instance lmn about to relate are a fact. Tho bird to which I allude to, were theoao I seen.” ’Twero the first bird of spring; lie attempted to sing, But ere he bad uttered a note, lie fell fr.-m tho limb, A dead bird was him, — The music had friz in bis throat. A pretty and young girl s'epped in to a linen draper'* shop, wtiero a Spruce young m; n who had long been enamored of her, but dured not speak, stood behind tbo counter In order to remain as long as sho cheapened everything. At last aho said : “I believo you think I am cheating you.” “Oh no,” said the young man, “to me you aie always lair." ‘ Well,” whispered the lady, blush ing us she laid an emphasis on tho words, “I would stay so long bar gaining, if you were not so dear !” ‘Oh, pray lit me Lavo my way Ibis time, saida young gentleman to hi-, la dy-love. ‘Well, Willie, I suppose I must this once, but you know that after we are man id I shall aU ays have a Will of my own:’ ‘I wonder said a Scotch maiden, what my broth r J hn sees in the lasses that he hkbs sae well. F r my part 1 would uae eie the company o’ one lad for twenty lasses. ’ * A pootintorded to say' ‘See the pale martyr in a sheet of fire,’ iustead if which the printer made him siy, ‘see the pale mirtyr with his shirt oa fire.’ An old rrvolutljList says, that of all the solemn hours ha ever saw, that oc cupied iu geing home one dark night from the widow Ben’s, ifter being told by her daughter Sally that he ‘needn’t come again* was tho solemn. We frequently hear of our generals eapturing ‘pieces of artillery.’ ‘Wbat’s tho use of capturing pieces V says Mrs. Partington. ‘Why net capture wholo ones V At first the di.-ipated resort to wido to stimulate their wits, and in the end have to resort to their wits to prooure their wine. Readers, did yon ever enjoy the ec staoy of courting? You didn't! then you had better get & little gal an-try. An English temperanoe paper ex plains tho fall of tin..' by saying that tho apple which Eve plucked contained al cohol. An Ohio paper tells a novel love ato* ry. A young couple planned an elope ment, the young girl descending from her room upon the traditional ladder, but at the gate they were met by the f ither of the girl and a minister, by whom tho young couple were eecortcd to the parlor, where to their surprise they found all their relatives collected for the marriage ceremony, which took plaoc at ocee. It was a neat paternal freak. Rancid Butter —We cut from ad exchange the following rceeipe: ‘To a pint of water add thirty drops (about half teaspoonful of liquor of chloride of lime. Wash in this two and a half pounds of rancid butter. When every partiole of butter hascomo in con tact with the water, let it stand an hour or two: then wash the butter again in pure water. The butter is then left without any odor, and Las the sweet ness of fresn butter. These prepara tions of lime have nothing injurious in them.’ The aitae paper says : ‘Wo forthwith obtaieed some of the most rancid butter and it was bad enough for any stomach that had more sens bility than a wagon wheel. We and lotored it as per receive, and when plaoed on tbs table along with the new good butter, very able judges could not distinguish which waa the new butter Hero is a factworth a year’s inbseription to a papr,
