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By Elam Christian.
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SIMMONS & HOYL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
n.t irso.p, - - geoiigi.i.
L. o. HOYL. jan2s Iv. n. v. bimuonb.
C. B. WOOTEN,
ATTORNEY! AT LAW,
21y Dawson. Gn.
J. P.
WATCII JpLg AM)
REPAIRER JEWELER.
Dawson, Gra.,
18 prepared to do any work in his line in
the very best style. feb23 ts
j. (U.Y. syuth,
GUN SMITH ant
Machinist,
IU n'SO.r, : : Georgia.
Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, Serving
Maiiines, etc., etc. 2 lv.
W. C- PARKS,
.Attorney at Law.
Mar Sly 11. 1 SI 'SO.V\O.I.
~~C. W. WARWICK,
Jllornrg at tain ««*•- .....
in Equity.
4MITUCIEEE ... CEO.,
WILL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell
aud Webster.
J. E. HIGGINBOTHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Morgan, Calhoun Cos., Go..
‘■Will practice in all the Court* of the South'
western and I’ataulaCircuits. June 1
DAWSON HOTEL.
BY WILY JONES
THE Proprietor has neatly fitted up the
Dawaon Uotel, and is prepared to make
hia customers aatisfied with both Care and
Lodging-
Connected with the Hotel is a ‘‘ 11. ISi
HOOM in which is kept the best li
quors in the city.
No pains will be spared to pleane. fe226m
PAINTING ! PAINTING !
JAS. M-DODWELL,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, it
DAWSON, GA-,
IS prepared to do all work in his line—such
•a house and sign painting, graining, pa
per hanging. Ac., in the very best style, and
•a short notice, at reasonable prices,
febl.fim. _
BROWN HOUSE,
E. E, BROWiI & SON,
Fourth St., Opposite PasseDgcr Depot,
Macon, Georgia.
FROM the Ist of July the business of this
House will be conducted by E. E. Brown
k Son, the Senior having associated his son,
Wm. F. Brown, in the management and in
terest of the Hotel.
The house contains sixty rooms, which are
reserved chiefly for the use of travellers and
transient guests. Competent assistants have
been sen cured in every department, and eve
ry attention will be paid to eneuro comfort
to their customers. Rooms clean and airy, and
the table always supplied with the best the
country affords. Porters attend arrival aud
departure of all trains to convey baggage
and conduct passengers across the street to
their quarters. ju!y27,tf
kroy urows, tuos. n. stkwart.
BROWN & STEWART,
Ware House and
connsfiiom merchants,
at Sharp & Brown’s old stand,
DJ n'SO.r GEOIIGI.I.
We are determined to use our utmost en
deavors to give entire satisfaction to all who
m *J favor us with their patronage sand as
far as possible to be to them, in this depart
ment, (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
as business agent, the well known and reliable
Capt. John A. Fulton.
"Ajatt balance," is our motto.
Jfarch 8 1867.
W. R. & N. M. THORNTON
Practical Hentists,
IM H'SO.r, G.I.
tW Offioa in Harden’s new building. West
Bide, Depot Street. Dec. 4, i
THE DAWSON JOURNAL,
Yol. 11.
POETRY.
BSTOK.es vows.
[From the London Fun.J
Promises aro lightly spoken ;
Vows on which we blindly build
(Uttered only to be broken)
Go forever unfulfilled.
Oft betrayed, but still believing—
Duped again and yet again—
All our hoping, all our grieving.
Warns us, hut it warns in vain.
From the cradle and the coral—
From the funny days of youth—
We aro taught the simple moral,
Still we doubt the moral’s truth.
When a boy they found me rather
Loth to do as I was bid.
“I shall buy a birch.” said father,
Lrul.cn vows! He never did.
Grown extravagant when youthful,
In my tailor’s debt I ran ;
He appeared about as truthful
111 his talk as any man.
Let me tell you how he sold me ;
“Look you Mr. What’s-Your-Name,'
I shall summons you," he told me—
But the summons never came !
Through the meadows, daisy-ladeu
Once it was my lot to stray,
Talking to a lovely maiden
In a very spoony way ;
And I stole a kiss—another—
Then another—then a lot—
“ Fie!" she said. “I ll tell my mother.’
Idle words; for she told her not.
POLITICAL.
From the Mobile T.ibune.
A Sluiigc Prophecy.
A Colored Prophet Foretell"
the Woe* of ill* People.
THE WHITE MAN SHALL JOIN
WITH A STRANGE NATION.
We publish the following strange
prophecy, and recommend its careful pe
rusal by our colored readers) it will al
so be retd with interest by the public
at large. Great excitement lias been
created in Itawamba county, Mississip
pi, by a recent prophecy made by Louis
.Saxton DeCosta, a colored preacher.
It is said to have created immense sen
sation among the blacks in that part of
Mississippi. DeCosta is a very old
man, who claims to be the son of Afri
can parents, his father who was a priuce
having been, with hi3 mother liiluap
ped some distance up the Niger, by a
slaver, who sold them to l’edro Blanco,
the great trader, at the gallinir. They
belonged to the DeCosta
raised. Alter forty years of’slavery he
got his freedom by saving from a burn
ing building the children of Lis mis
tress. He is said to boa man of re
markable purity of life, and an army
officer, (Captain Vau Vlcet) who heard
him preach in Georgia, declares that he
was the most eloquent man he ever
heard in his life. During tho war he
could not be induced to give aid to ci
ther the Federal or Confederate side,
bis unvarying reply being that it was
bis mission to comfort the hearts of his
people. Widely known aud every
where regarded with extremo venera
tion by tho blacks, it is not strange
that they should bo deeply moved by
his words.
A Vision.
Lo !my eyes are opened and I sec
clearly. Fqr many days l fasied and
prayed ; I put away from mo all mal
ice and sought to make my heart clear,
my life pure before God. Alas, the
heart of man is prone to evil. Like
the dumb ox, be learns wisdom slowly.
I confessed my sins; 1 trusted not in
myself. Then wisdom came :my eyos
saw the present and tho future. The
great books of time were opened.
8o profound was my astonishment that
I hungered not, although T fasted long
I asked the one who stood by me, ‘what
means these rr-oords V
The shining one said,‘They are the
lives of nations—mighty people that
have passed away and left no trace.’
“Don’t God always rniro up those
who havo been debased,’ 1 asked
“No,’’ be replied, “more often de
basement goes before extinction ; open
thine eyos and see the future of thy
people. They are proud. They trust
in thomsclvcs rather than in God.—
They have forgotton tho gospel rule,
“Bless your enemies, pray for thoso
who wrong.’ They speak bitterly.
They arc led to hate. They are made
to stand in hostile array. Look broad
now and see the future.’
Then was I lifted up and through the
bluo sky 6f a summer day, l saw all
my people. 1 saw them working on
the plantations and in shops—L saw
them in schools and churches. They
were sometimes wronged, sometimes
shamefully abused becauso they were,
i but men wanted their labor, and they
were slowly rising above wrong and
prejudice.
Then they went forth two bearing vi
als of wrath, and these they poured out
upon the whole land ’Then tho sound
of busy labor became hushed. My peo
ple left the field and the work shop.
Weeds choked up tho cotton. The
weeds smothered the corn. The work
shops slept. Some men lay all day un
der the shade trees in tho vain hope ot
sometimes taking all tho property of
the white man. Others crowded into
liquor stores and spent thnr time in
speaking bitterly of tho bad past and
wisbing for revenge.
The white people upon whom the vi
als of wrath were poured became bitter
against the colored man. They said
there are ten millions of whites while
there are only five millions of those
DAWSON, CijV., FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1807.
blaoks. Why should wo bear with
them longer ? They seek now to op
press us They are our enemies. We
will put such burdens upon them that
they will be driven out or blotted out
as people. We no longer need their
labor. We caa biro men fioin Asia.
We can get theso men who will work
harder, and be glad to get for a year’s
work what we now pay to a black- man
for working one month.
Thou I saw two milliofis of people
brought with exceeding swiftness from
Asia, aDd they tilled up tl o whole South
ern country, and they were everywhere
preferred to colored men, and they set
tled in tho land. Then hard laws
were made against the blacks, and they
were outcasts and vagabonds.
Then the angel brought mo back to
my own place and said, “They that
seek strife and bitterness shall perish
thereby,” and I wept much for the ca
lamities of my people. A remnant may
bo saved if they seek peace with all
men, aud labor as God has appointed
them. Louis Saxton Dfl Coai>.
MISCELLANEOUS*
A Conductor Caught.
“Halloa, Limpy, the cars will start
in a minute; Lurry up, or we will leave
you behind.’
'I he cars were waiting at a station of
one of our Wtstrrn railroads. Thr bag
gage mas er was busy with cheeks The
men were hurrying to aud fro with
chests and vali-cs, packages aud trunks
■ men, women and children were rush
ing for the cars and busily securing
their seats, while tho locomotive snort
cd and puffed and blowed.
A man carelessly dressed was stand
ing on the platform of the depot, He
was lo king around him, and seemingly
paid littlo attention to what was pass
ing. It was easy to see that he was
lame. At a hasty glance one might
easily havo supposed that he was nei
ther a man of wealth nor influence.
l he con luctor of tho train gave him a
contemptuous look, and slapping him fa
milliarly on the shoulder called cu! —
‘•Halloa, Limpy, better get aboard,
or the ears will leave you behind 1’
“Time enough, I reckon,’ replied the
individual addressed, and retaining Li,
seemingly listless position.
The last trank was tumbled into the
baggage car. “All aboard.’’ cried the
conductor. ‘Goon, Limpy!’ said he,
as be passed the lame curiously dressed
man.
Tbe lame man made no reply. Just
as the train was slowly moving away,
the lame man stepped on tbe last car,
aud w alking in quietly, took a si at.
'J he train had moved on a few miles,
a".ku , \Vvi>, J 'cai''.vetr.-i um ik ;
sitting. Passing along ho soon discov
ered the stranger whom he had seou at
tho station.
“Hand out your money, here.,
‘ [ de>u’t pay/ replied the lame man
very quietly.
“Don’t pay ?’
‘No, sir.’
‘We’ll sec about that. I shall put
you out at the next station.’ And he
sciz-d lbe valiee which was on tho rack
over the Lei 1 of our friend.
‘Better not bo too rough, young man,
returned the stranger.’
Tho conductor released lbe carpet
bag ; and seeing he could do no worse
then, he eron passed on to collect the
faro from the other passengers. As he
stopped at a seal a few paces off, a gen
tleman who had heard tbe conversation
just mentioned looked up to the con
ductor and asked him :
‘Do you know to whom you wero
speaking just now ?’
‘No, sir.’
‘That was l’ctcr Warburton, the Pros
ident of the road.’
‘Are you sure of that, sir ?’ replied
the conductor, trying to conceal his ag
itation.
‘I know him.’
Qhe color rose in the young man’s
face, but with a strong effirt he control
ed himself, aud went on collecting fare
as usual.
Meanwhile Mr. Warbcrtoa sat quiet
ly in bis seat—none of those neat him
could uuravcl the expression of his
face, nor could fell what would be the
next movement in tho sccno. And ho
—of what thought he? He bad been
rudely treated, he had been unkindly
taunted with the infirmity which had
ootnc, porhap«, through no fault of Lis.
He could revenge himself if ho choose.
He could tell tho directors the simple
truth and the young man would be de
prived of his place at ouce. Bculd he
do it ?
And yet, why should he care. He
knew how ho had risen by bis own ex
ertion to the position ho held. When
a young orange peddlor, ho stood by
the street eios.iogs, be had many a re
buff. lie had outlived those days of
hardship; ho was respected now. —
Should he caro for a stranger’s rough
ness or taunts. Thoso who sat near
him waited curiously to seo the end.
Presently the condutor canio back.
With a steady energy he walked up to
Mr. Warburton's side, lie took his
book from bis pocket, the bank bills,
the tickets, which he had collected, and
laid them in Mr. Warburton’s hand.
‘I resign my place, sir/ ho said.
The President looked over tho ac
counts for a moment, then motioning
him to tho vacant scat at his side,
said :
‘Sit down, sir, I woutd like to talk
I with you.’
j As the young man sat down, tho
: President turned to him a face in which
there was no angry feeling and spoke
1 to him in an under tone.
‘My friend I have no revengeful
feelings to gratify in this matter ; but
you havo been very imprudent 1 l’our
manner bad it been thus to a stranger,
would have been very injurious to the
interest of the company. I might tell
them this, but 1 will not. By doing so
I should throw you out of your situation,
and you might tiod it difficult to find
another. But in future, remember to
bo polite to all you meet. You cannot
judge a man by the coat ho wears aud
even the poorest should bo treated with
civility. Take your book sir, I stiall
tell no one of what has past. If you
change your course, nothing that has
happened shall injure you. Your sit
uation is still continued. Good morn
ing, sir.
1 he train of cars swept on, as many a
train Las done before -but with it a les
son bad been given and learnod, and
tho purport of tbe lesson ran somewhat
thus—Don’t judge from appearan
ces.’
-Niglit Scene in ;i Boarding
House.
Mistakes in boarding houses for la
dies and gentlemen are not unfrequent
and often they give rise to considera
ble gossip and scandal, receive the re
nown of a nine-day’s wonder, and then
aro forgotten. We have hoard ot gen
tlemen mistaking their rooms because
of the important fact that the doors
and frame-work, and the lia'l carpets,
being pretty much alike. Besides this,
sometimes gentlemen are in a doubt
ful state ot mental or vinous uncer
tainty, and all bed-rooms at such a
lime are pretty much, the same to
them—in they go, and perhaps half
undressed, throw them elves uj on tho
bad, and soon become enwrapped in
the dreamy embrace of sumnux, fla
vored w ith Bacchus and tobaccos.
A 1 a<ly whose husband is ir Califor
nia^Calcutta, or Chicago, suddenly
awakened from her sleep tho other
morning, about 2 o’clock, and spring
ing from bed, dashed out of her room,
cn dishabille, screaming at 'he top of
her voice, “Murder ! Help 1 Murder !
Help ! Man in my room,” etc., etc.
I nder the circumstances this was quite
natural, inasmuch as more than one
mistake of this kind had happened in
the house recently.
Now it appeared that no less than j
three husbands were absent when they
should have been there, and conse
quently there was more or less won
der, mixed up with a species of appre
hension on the part of tho three wives,
each one wondering whether it was her
husband who had thus forgotten him
self or the room.
“Ob, come up quickly,” shouted tho ■
terrified female, bolding on to the out
side door knob.
“I’ve get him in.”
“If it’s my Josey,” said another dis
tonna mesa- nTgni ‘mqq-nn-t. , ...... ......
been at one of them, and has mistaken
the ro in, and there I’ve been alone ull
night.” > ,
“Has be got whiskers TANARUS” anxiously
asked the wife upon reaching the land
ing on tbe upper floor.
“Yes, mum, great big busby whis
kers, laying right aioiig side of my
cheek when 1 awoke. Dear mo, if my
Alexander was horo, he’d learn him
better, I’ll warrant you.*’
“Joseph ! Joseph !” shouted the wife
at the doer.
No answer enmo; r.ot even a grunt,
incident to inebriation.
“May be he has jumped out of the
window,” suggested the four or live
females, all at once, who made a splen
did group of long white drapery.
“Hero—help ! bring a light—bring
a light,” shouted several of the fe
males.
Presently a light was brought, and
several of the mule boarders api eared
all armed to give the thief or lubber
such treatment us he had justly earned
for himself.
The door was opened, and in rushed
the valiant squad, and sure enough tho
fellow was still it) bed, with the top of
his head just peeping above iho
sheet. ~,
“Come out of here, you scoundrel .’
said one of the men, at tho same time
grasping him by Uie hair.
The tublaux was strikingly interest
ing and graphic.
The resolute boarder almost fell
from the impetus ho had given hitnself,
for instead of jerking out a man, it
was c thing but a ‘‘frizz'ed chignon,” ,
w hich the lovely occupant of t’ne bed ,
had forgotten to take off when she re- j
tired for tbe night. It had been do- ]
tached in her sleep, and grazing her
cheek, awakened her. Ibo alarm, of
course was quite natural Ihe toard- j
era had a hearty laugh, all rc.tred to
happy dreams.
A little man in the west of Maryland
rushed to the Potomac river, last sum
mer swearing that he would drown him
self.' When he bad waded in to tho
depth of his waist, his wife, who bad
followed him, seized him by the hair,
and then, as a spectator describes it, she
led him back until she bad reached a
place where the water was abiut two
Let deep, where she pulled him over
backwards, sousing bis bead under, and
then pulling his head up again : ‘Drown
yourself, (down he went), leaving me
to keep the children 1 (another plunge)
Get drunk 1 (another souse) aud start
for tho river 1 (another dip,) Better use
water instead of rum 1 (another dip and
shake of the head ) l’lUearu you to
leave uie a widow 1”
After sousing Lim to her heart’s oon
tcut, she led Lim out, a wetter if not a
wiser man, and escorting him to the
house, shut the door.
Snooks sajs the words, ‘No cards,’ are
affixed to marriage notices because the
parties played all their cards beloro their
; marriage. This is a Dew theory, and
will bo generally accepted.
Hint* about W ork.
Animals at Pasture. —Took to the
water, supply and sco that no animal
suffer for it. Nothing nut absolute
| starvation pull* them down in eondi
. tiim faster than thirst In tho very
I hottest and dryest weather, horses get
I little good in tho fiel I, unless they have
j tho thickets and woods to stand in and
j get away from tho flies. It is best to
stable horses during the heat of the
. day, il one lias no use for them aud
turn them out towards night. Flies
are exceedingly aunoying on damp
days, w hen storms ate approaching,
and at such times horses should be ta
ken in. Give salt regularly, or keep
it in sheltered troughs, always accessi
ble lo cattle and sheep at pasture,
away from the sea shore, where lrom
10 to 20 miles inland, it is regarded
as unnecessary.
bilCKi* should ha\% their noses tar
red ; ruins should bo separated from
the civs, und lambs of suitable age and
f vigor, weaned. In weaning lambs,
t l>ut the ews on tho drye-t pastures,
but leave tho lambs where they are ac
customed to be, vi ilb a lew large
weathers for flock leaders They
should be out of one another’s cal I .
'I he ews should be driven several even
j iugs into pens and examined, and if
their bags are tender, caking, or hot,
they should be milked,
Milcu Cows need regular feeding
w itli some green fodder as the pastur es
get dry; yarded and thus fed in the
evening, the gain in manure, to say
nothing of the milk, pays well for the
trouble.
! Swine —Giro plenty of green food,
jlf there are no weeds to pull or mow
J lor them, thou cut clover or grass.—
The trimmings along tho fences, and
sods cut wherever the ordinary field
culture cannot extend, aro excellent
j Some fresh earth, either upon the root
'of weeds or in tods is essential to
health. Char, oal is very beneficial,
ana plenty of fresh water desirable
At all events, tho hogs should have
daily n good drink of pure water, no
matter ’now liquid their usual loci, and
last, not least, they should havo a dry
I clean bed at all seasons.
] Wounds upon animals, at this sea
son of flies and quick putrefaction,
need the mot prompt attention. We
know no bettor up plication than hot
piuo tar (not hot enough to burn.) —
It may bo put oa alone, or as a p'as
ter npou a piece of cotton cloth
Look .specially to tho heads of tho
j rums.
Poultry. —lt is desirable to shorten
tho moulting season as much ns possi
j b!e. To this end feed well and give
range, or green food, daily. Make
the most liberal provision for their
it will never get wet is best. Give
them tlio rouge of stubble fields, if pos
eible.
Corn. —Litt o good will bo done by
plowing or hoeing after tho first of Au
gust. Weeds should Lc pulled by
hum] if they grow largo. Let the
suckers alone ; they are often needed
for fertilizing tlio the tips of tho cars
If coin is blown down, it is usuully
best to let it get tip ns it best can, yot
if the field bo entered at once, certain
ly with'i) 12 hours, it may lie helped a
good deal. Take earn not to crack tlio
stalk, bend it or injure tlio roots us is
often done.
TuaNiis.—Sow early in the month
mid up to the tenth or fifteenth below
latitude 40, putting them in wherever
tho ground is n 't otherwise occupied.
A sptinkling of bone-dust or super
phosphate of lime, with wood ashes,
will tell finely upon the cron.
W heat —Land intended for winter
wheat will probably need once or
twice plowing and harrowing, and if a
good dressing ot tine compost can bo
applied, all the better. Sov at the
end of this month or first of next. Use
tiie drill. Put wheat on well drained
or naturally dry laud lfit does not
winter-kill, water in the soil will pre
vent the crop being profitable. Wheat
needs thorough tillage.
OaT6. — Harvest before fully r’pe,
and thus secure better straw for feed
ing, aud equally good grain.
Honorable Em illation.
When tho Portuguese vrero overrun
ning and subduing tho New World with
astonishing rapidity, a large array of In
dians besiegud them in a citadel of
which they bad gained possession In
1516. The Portuguese defended them
sulves with a courage which scarcely
[appeared human. Their impetuosity
and ardor were so far that a sold er, in
the heat of the action, tore out several
of his teeth and put them in an aique
buse instead cl balls, of which ho was
in want.
This si 'gc exhibited a singular oxam
ple of emulation. Two young gentle
men, Juan Manorl and Juan Faucon
had gone out to fight a duel, but learn
ing Uiat tbe order was given to drive tbe
besiegers lroui thiir entrenchment, they
changed instantly tho object of their
challenge to tbe glorious contention of
who should appear first on the enemy’s
entrenchments. Manccl reached them
the lirit, and was on the point of mount
ing when a blow from a sabro cut off
his right baud, so that it fell upon the
wall ; another blow equally disabled bin
left hand, aud as be was still endeavor
ing to meunt and supporting himself on
bis two wrists, a third blow nearly
struck off bis bead. Faucon, bis rival,
who mounted at tho same time, shared
a similar fate.
Tea.—lt has been discovered that by
grinding tea in tbe same manner as cof
fee, before ’iifu.-i m, thu quantity ot <tc
bilira.ing fluid obtained is nearly dou
ble.
No. til.
“I*H*S Oil.’’
Rome time since, when Jackson coun
ty was in its infancy and the native*
were governed by them enacted and en
forced at wi It, there Was a character
among them known as “fiddling Joe.’
."his man Joe was a character known
among the “cane biters” as being de
void of fear, particularly upon tbe sub
ject of future punishment, being the
offspring of rough, though Christian pa
rents.
The Methodist Church, with its usu
al caro for those who arc unable to or
uuwi ling to employ ministers, or pur
chase biblcs for Iho dissemination ol
Christian knowledge among them, sent
a lnisssouary to iuruish the inhabitant!
with bibles and preach tho gospel for
their benefit.
Ouc bright sabbath morning in the
pleasant month of May, tho minister
in passing from one appointment to an
other, came upon the aforesaid Jon, sit
ting astride a log, pl.ying a favi ri-t<*
tuuo of his ‘Soap Suds over the Fence’
to his entire satisfaction and that of
“Old liitig, ’ who wagged his tail in
appreciation of his master’s endeavor
f be minister appioachcd and quietly ad
dressed the fiddler :
“My friend are you not aware that
you are doing wrnDg —that you aro vio
lating tho teachings of the Bible by
playing your fiddle to-day V
‘Well, Iduu’uo,” said Joe.
‘Then let me inform you, my friend,
that you will be callid to account for
this violation of the ordinance of !be
Bible at the day of judgi nicßt!’
Joe (excitedly)—Hold on there,
parson, you have hit on the very thing
l want to ask you about. I want to
know is there but one day of judge
ment ?’
‘No, my friend, there is to be but
odd day when all aro to be judged ac
cording to tbe deeds done in the body.’
Joe (resuming bis favorite pastime,)
“Well, old hose you can pass on. 1 j
am safo enough il’ there ain’t but o»e
day of judgement, for there’s an o)d
cock-eyed Judge for the county Court
in these parts, who has tho brown crit
ters, and will dio just afore me, and I
am ready to swear thut his ease will
take up that day, sure.’
The parson, of course, passed on.
Country Courting.
“Get emit, you nasty pnppy—let mo
alone, or I’ll tell my ma 1” cried Bal
Smith to her lover Jack Jones, who
sat shout ten from her pulling dirt
from the chimney jam.
“I ain’t touchin on you Sal,” re
sponded Jack.
“Well, perhaps you don’t mean to,
nuthcr, Jo you ?”
“No, I don't.”
(M”FUIMWCU, : -vtsr;, Vt-i
bain’t got a tarnal bit of tenso. Get
along home with you.”
“Now, Sal, I love yon, and you
can’t help it, and of you don’t lot mo
stay and court you, my daddy w ill
buo your’n for that cow ho sold him
t’other day. By jingo, ho sod he’d do
it ”
“Well, look here, Jack, if you want
to court me, you laid belter do it aw a
white Ilian does that thing—not wet
way ofl there as though aw if l was pi
zen.’
“Ilow on airtn iw that Pal ?’’
“Why, wide rignt up here and hug
and kiss mo, as if you really had some
of the hon« and sinner of man about
you Do you suppose a woman’s
only made to look at, you 6tupid fool
you?”
“Well,” raid Jack, drawing a long
breath, “if I must, I must, for I love
you, Saland ro Jack commenced
sidling up to her like a maple poker
going to battle. Laying hiw arm gcut
ly upon Sal’s shoulder, wo ltout'd Bal
say:
‘That's the way to do it, old boss,
that is uc iug like a white man or
ter.”
“0 ! Jerusalem and pancakes !’’ cx -
claimed Jack, “if itram’t better than
any apple sauce inarm ever made, a
darned sight. Crack ee l buckwheat
cukes and 'lasses ain’t nowhere 'long
side you Sal ! Oh ! how I love you I”
Hero their lips came together, and the
rtkmr- which followed was liko pulling
a horse’s hoof cut, of the mire, and on
the following Sunday they were mar
ried.
Attempt to lion a National Bank
bt Tunneling. A bold attempt to
rob the National Rank of Lawrencc
burg, Indiana, canio to light a day or
two since. TLc facts of tbo case
are thus stated :
The batik buiiding is located in such
a way that its rear is on an alley, while
iu a yard across tbe alley iu deep pi ivy
vault, recently dag. Ibo thieves evi
dently had made themselves fully con
versant with tbe uaiurc of tbo ground
before commencing operations, and
went to work with a fall knowledge of
what was to be done. For many nights
mysterious nr iscs wero beard in the
back ; ard of the bank building, but tbe
watchman was unable to trace them out,
or even form a rational conjecture as to
their nature. Other parties were then
called, but they were *s much puzzled
as the watchman, and tbe whole thing,
.night after u'ght, remaining a mystery.
Ouc thing was noticed; it gradually ap
proached tho bank building, and on
Sunday night last, it became louder, aud
appeared to be filiug and pound'ug iu
the vicinity of tbe bank vault, where tbe
money was kept, and accordingly several
parties went ihto the building, and in
so doing made a disturbance, and tbe
noise erased aud was heard no more.—
S ill there was no clue to the niatur,
i but a strict guard was kept around the
, premises, and this morning it was dis
covered that the privy vault was nearly
filled with fresh dirt, when au invest!—
gation showed t hat a tunnel had been
dug from it to tho exact spot where tbe
bank safe was, and had not tho watch
man been alarmed at the noise they
would soon have succeeded in obtaining
auu oairyingoff the treasuro they oov
eted.
An Ikisuman’s Will.— l, in tbe
name of God, Amen ! I, Timothy Doo
lan, of Ballydownderry, in the county of
Clare, farmer, being sick and wake in
tho legs, but of sound bead and warm
noart—Glory be to God I—do make this
me first and last will, and ould and new
testament; do give sowl to God whin it
plazcs him to take it, sharo no thanks
to me, for I eau’t help it thin, and ma
body to be buriod iu the ground in Bal—
downderry Chapel, where all my kith
and kin that have gone before me and
those that live after me, belonging to
me, are buried I’ace to their ashes, and
may tbe sod rest lightly on tbeir bones.
Bury mo near me godfather, Felix
O’Flarherty, bcehuxt and betune him
and me father and me mother who lie
separated all together, at the ether side
of the ehapcl-yard.
1 lave tlio bit of ground, containing
10 acres—rale old Irish acres —to me
eldest son, Tim, after tho death of his
mother, if she survives him. Me daugh
ter Mary aud her husband, Faddy (_)’-
Began, are to got the white sow that's
going to havo twelve black honifs.—
Badiiy, mo Seecnd boy, that was killed
in tbe war in America, might have got
his pick of tho powltry, but as ho is
gone, I’ll lave thim to his wife, wha
diid a wako aforo him. I bequeath
to all mankind the fresh air of Heaven,
and all the fisbi sos tho the say they can
take, and the birds of the air they
can shoot. I lave thim all the Sun and
Moon and Blhars. I lave to Peter
Rafferty a pint of potheen, I oan’t fin
ish, and may God be merciful to him.
bis
Tikoth v X Doolan.
mark
A Second Cly**c*.
An old man of very accurate physi
ognomy, answering to the namo of Je
cofc Wilmot, was brought before tho po
lice court, llis cloihca looked as if
they had bocu bought in his youthful
priuij, for they had suffered more from
tlio rubs of the world than lrom the pro
prietor himself.
“Wlift business do you follow, Wil—
mot ?”
“Business ! None, I am a traveller.”
“A vaganond, I suppose.”
“You are not fur from right; travel
lers and vagabonds are about the same
thiug. The difference is, that tho latter
travel without money, and the former
without brains.’
‘Where have you travelled V
‘All over the Continent.'
‘For what purpose V
‘Observation.’
‘What havo you observed V
‘A Rule to commend, much to cen
sure, and very much to laugh at.’
‘Uuiph ! What do you commend?'
“A handsome woman that will stay,
an elegant preacher that will not write
ton much, and a fool that has sense
‘A in tin whu tnarrtraa gm tm mt
fine clothing, a youth who studies
law or medicine wbilo he has the
use of his hands, and people who elect
a drunkard or a jackaia to oflico.
‘What do you laugh at?’
‘I laugh at a man who expects bis
position to command that respect which
his personal qualities and qualifications
do mt meri‘.
Ho was dismissed.
A dealer who advertised wit us two
years since to the amount of fifty dol
lars, told us a few Says since that as
near as he could calculate he had real
ized ciijh/ti u hundred dollars from ten
transaction. Perhaps it is not of tho
that the circumstances admit of any
thing like an accurate calculation of
tho profits of advertising, yet experi
ence has di monstrated beyond question
that they aro very largo— Lew. Jour.
A Western editor thinks if the prop
er way of spelling tho is ‘though/ tho
proper way of spelling potatoes must bo
‘pougbteighteaux.’ The now way spell
ing softly is ‘psoughtlcigb.’
Truk Faith. —Rev. John Newton
once said-: “A good old womao, a dear
friend of mine, was asked upon her
death bed if she was comfortable in her
mind. “Very far from it,’sbo answer
ed. Then you aro not willing to dio ?*
‘ Quito willing,” said slv\ “if my Father
choose to put mo to bed in the dark, I
can trust him.”
‘Jn’ia,bcre are two cakes—one for
you and one for Mary. Mary dou’fc
want hers just now, and you may car
ry it for her till we get homo.’
After a while the mother observed
that Miss Julia began eating upon the
seooud cake, having already disposed of
one. Os course she thought it was tiuia
to speak.
‘Julia, whose cake aro you eating V
‘Mine, mi.’
‘And where is Mary’s?'
Why, I oat hors up first ’
Westcru newspapers arc always
great in promising future prospeiity
for their cities, but the most rxtensivo
statement of this kind we havo lately
seen is that tho town of “Fort Scott
requires but two tilings to make it one
of'he largest cities in the world, and
these are buildings and population.”
A cedar post is standing in Sharon,
N. J., wbicu is uot all decayed, though
it was put in its present position in 17-
49—118 years ago.
The to’ril cost of the New York
Central Park up to this time, is *et
down at $ 10,014,879 15.
A Nevada paper wishes batchelors
to bo taxed heavily enough either to
drive them to matrimony or suicide
A man "an go without advertising,
and so ci u a wagon without greas
ing, hut it goes bard. —Abington Stan •
dard. ■ -i, .