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THE DAWSON JOURNAL
.Yol. 11.
POKTRY.
The Siuack in School.
BY WILLIAM FITT FALMia.
A district school not far away
'Mid Berkshire hill*, one winter's day
Was humming with its wonted noise
Os threescore mingled girl* and boys;
Some few upon their task intent.
But more on future mischief bent.
The while the master's downward look
Was fastened on a'copy-book;
When suddenly, behind his hack,
Bose sharp and clear a rousing smack t
Aa 'iwere a battery of bliss
Set off in one tremendous kiss t
“Wbat’s that 1" the startled master erie* ;
"That, thir,” a iiltie imp replies,
“Wath William Willeib, il you please—
I saw him kith Thuthannab Peathel"
With frown to make a stature thrill,
The master thundered, “Hither Will!”
Like wretch o'ertaken in bis track,
With stolen chatties ou his back.
Will bang his head in fear aßd shame,
And to the awful presence came—
A great, green, bashful simpleton,
The butt of all good natured fun—
With smile suppressed and birch upraised,
The threatener faltered—“Pm amazed
That you, my biggest pupil should
Be guilty of an act so rude 1
Before the whole set school to boot—
What evil genius put you to itf’’
“ 'Twas she heraelf, sir,” sobbed the lad,
“I didn’t mean to be so bad—
But when Susannah shook her curl*,
And whispered I was Trade of girls,
And dursn’t kiss a baby’s doll,
I couldn’t stand it, air, at all,
But np and kissed her on the spot I
I know—boo boo—l ought to not;
But somehow from her looks—boo boo—
I thought she kind ’o wished me to !”
MISCELLANEOUS.
STORY OF A BLACK. CAT.
“There’s that eat again 1”
We were t eated, five of as, around the
fire ia the deserted log hut which serv
ed us as head quarter during our week’s
bunting excursion among the bills. It
was late in October, and the nights were
sufficiently chiil to render a fire agreea
ble ; beside which our sapper wa* in
course of preparation, under the auspi
ces of old Joe Sauders, an experienced
champaigner; and we, as hungry] men
relurned from a long day’s bunt, weie
naturally inteiested in observing its pro
gress.
It was Robinson who bad spoken, and
we all turned in the direction indicated
Sure enough, there was the huge, gaunt
uncouth-looking ar.imal, which had, ever
since our arrival, mysteriously haunted
us, now slinking stealthily along the
wall with a still cunning of a panther,
while she glared *t ns over her ah -ulders
wi'h two great gleaming, yellow eves.
“Curse that oa'!" exclaimed F>ank
Lewis, with a litter intensity, which
could be explained only by bis unnatu
ral hatred of the ft line race. ‘Tit igh 1
hist, at her, Rollo!’
The two dogs sprang in at the door
way with a deafening ciamor, but the
enemy Was too quick, and in an instant
disappeared in the remote regions of
darkness above our heads.
Robinson laughed.
‘You’re not foud of cats, Lewis?’
‘Food of the deuce !’ be replied bitter
ly; ‘I bate the whole race of cat*, but
espcceally a black one, and this is, I ver
ily believe, some degrees blacker and
more villainous-looking than any I have
ever seen. I’ll kill her the first chance
I get.’
Old Joe looked op at the yonng man
with a curious askance gax”, then drop
ped his eyes meditatively upon the
fire.
‘Where did she come from, I wonder?’
remarked Will Wbitehurse, Frank’s
particular friend. ‘lt’s three miles to
the nearest house.’
‘Some domestic animal, I presume,
indulging like ourselves, in a banting
excursion,’ replied Robinson.
‘Not igzactly,’ sail Joe, dryly, speak*
ing for the first time; sbe,s been seeo
about here afore now, I reckon. But
supper’s ready, boys. Fall in, and fall
to I’
We readily obeyed the order, and ate
voraoeously, as only hungry men can eat
after a twelve hour tramp through the
woods and among the bills.
As our appetite diminished we be
came more fastidious, and indulged in
the daintiest morsels alone, throwing
the rest to the dogs, wbo sat eager and
expettan’.
“Look at the cat!’
We raised our eyes simultaneously
There perched on a beam above oar
heads, crouched the animal, exactly op
posite Erank Lewis, ber btek up, ber
tail erect, her hair on end, and the vil
lainous greon ey«.s fixed unmistakably
upon him. So diabolical was her whole
appearance that we simultaneously glanc
ed front her at each other.
‘What a she-devil!’ muttered Robio
son.
‘As be spoke, Lewis had hastily
snatched up a clasp-knife, and hurled >t
point foremoat, at the animal, whose
head it just missed, striking deep in
the wall beyond.
With something between a fairs and
a growl, the cat sprang forward, ear*
back and teeth gleaming, full upon tie
heat! of ber assailant, and fixed her
sharp teeth and claws for an instant in
his flesh. Then, before he could grasp
her, or Whitehurst strike at her with the
stick he bad picked up, she had loosen
ed her hold, and darted like lightoiog
through the casement close by.
Old Jew laid his hand on the yonng
man’s arm,
‘S’op, stop, Master Frank,’be said
seriously. ‘lf it’s the cat you’re arter,
better let her alone and give it ever. 1
never knowed anything good come o’
meddling wi’ » black cat/
DAWSON, CJ-A.., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1807.
‘The young mao impatiently shook
off Lis grasp and went cut, Rollo follow
ing
Joe looked at us mear irgly, his head
on one side, and bis eyes half closed.
‘I tell you boys,'said be, there’s ?o
thin’ qnare about them critters. I ain’t
over fond o' eats myself, specially black
ones; but I’d no sooner think o’ killin’
one than I’d kill my own grandmoth
er.’
‘Why Sanders you are not supersti
tious ?’
The old man shrugged his shoulders,
as be helped himself to a plug of tobac
co.
‘Call it what you will, Marter Rob
inson ; but there’s more things on airth
than we knows on, uith alii our cute
ness.
‘Shakespere couldn’t beat that, Joe.
But I should like to kuow what there
ia supernatural about a black cat?’
,Twould be hard to tell, I reckon.
All 1 know is, that there’s so’thin”bout
them critters that’s not ’gzictly righ .’
‘ A r aecaame , as the Scotch say.’
‘Just 80.'
‘And about this particular cat,?’
Joe turned his ‘quid,’ meditatively, in
his moutb,and thou said slowly :
‘Do yen know wbo lived here once,
Mister Robinson ? In this here oid trap
1 mean 7* glancing round thedilapidated
hut.
‘Not I. ‘Twas before my time, prob
ably, judging from the apparent antiqui
ty of the ruins.’
•Just so, master Dick, and 'fore mine,
as well, though I've heard my father
tell on it often. Msbe you’ve beern o’
tbe witch-drownin’ that tuck place in
old time 6 down in the mill race, nigh
Rocky Hollow ?’
*Oh, yes, Joe. That is, I know there
is such a tradition, though l doubt its
truth.’
‘lt’s as true as gospel, for I’ve hcer’d
it from my own father, wbo was s boy
at tbe time and saw tbe whole eonsarn.
It was a wretched old humped critter
they drowned, named ’L : zabeth Starke.
Her husband was hanged for horse-steal
in', and one o’ ber sons for murder
That was up in Greene county; and
then the old hag, wbo was as bad as
any of ’em, acme down nere and patch
ed np this old log-nalin; and here she
lived, all alone, until, twin’ to the pota
to crops failin’ and the eows dryin’ up,
and other diiiltry o’ hem, the folks tri
ed her lor a witch, by throwin’ ber iu
tbe mill rac*. Ynu'seeifshe wasinnr
cent she’d swim, but if she was guilty
sh-’d go down like a stun; and down
she did g >, as if a forty- was at her hells .
‘What barbarous superstition !’ ex
claimed Robins»n. in disgust ‘I won
der that the more intelligent of tbe pop
ulation should have permitted i:. Were
there no magistrates in the county ?’
‘There’.-the rub,’ said Joe, significant
ly. ‘Twas the magi-tra'es themselves as
was the movf rof it, and it was one of
them—old M jor J Bper Lewis, Master
Frank’s grandfather—that wi'h bis own
hand- pushed 'he eld woman into the
water; though l’vo heerd my father
-ay she clung io him, and screeched and
clawed, for all the world like a wi!d-cat.
And speakin’ o’ cats,’ continued the old
man, lowering his voice, ‘for a long
time arter tbe old witch's drowuin’a b'g
bladk can used to be se< n down along ’o
the mill race—an’ here’s another 'o the
critters sneakin’ about the old bag’s
quarters.’
Whitehurst had paid but little atten
tion to this narative until the mention
cf Lewis.
‘Did you say it was Major Lewis,
Frank’s grandfather, who drowned the
unfortunate woman, Joe ?’ he asked.
‘Jest to., Mister John. It was bitn
as pushed her into tbe river; and they
did say, some on 'em,'that he had put a
sruu into tbe sack along with her. You
see she bad done him a sight o’ barm
in the way o’ 100-in’ stock and crops ’
‘lt is very strange,’ said Whitehurst,
in a musing tone. ‘Did you ever hear,
Joe, how Major Lewis died ?’
‘I ean’t say as I did; leastwise, I dis
rc member.'
‘He wasdrowned—drowned on a dark
night, at e bridge just above tbe mill
ra, e, and tbe cause of it was a black eat
running bet ween bis feet as he was cross
ing the narrow bridge 8o said his
brother, who was little behind him at
tbe time, end who swore that be saw the
animal.’
‘Triumphant corroboration of tho
witch tbe< rj,’ remarked Robinson.
•It may or may not be true,’ added
Wbi’eburst—l mean tbe appearance of
tbe oat on tbe bridge—-but I know from
the family that from that day to this
tbe Lewises have bad a singular hatred
and instinctive dread of cats. One of
Major Lewis’ children, it is said, an in
fant, lost its life through a eat sucking
itt breath; and Frank’s father, who was
the only remaining child, bad bis bouse
burned down and near y lost bis own
fife through a black cat’s overturning a
candle upon tbe bed where he bad fallen
asleep, reading a newspaper. He i ever
entirely recovered from the injuries
thus received ; and they did infact even
tually cause hi* death.'
‘And Frank is the only one of the
name left. No wonder that be should
have a hatred of eats,’ a- id Robinson,
‘since they have proven so fatal to his
family.’
Oid Joe wdded knowingly.
‘I told you boys, there was so’thin
cur’ous about them critters.’
At this moment a terrible barking
was heard, whieh ap[roaehed nearer,
and tbe next instant the black cat dash
ed ia at the doorway, looking twice h-r
natural rise, and quick as 1 ghtniug scut
ted up tbe wall to the nos, ber usual
place of refuge Scaroely had *»•«
gained it when Rollo Spring in, follow
ed presently by Frank Lewis.
“I* she here, Whitehurst?’
His friend pointed upward to wber
fictn the black nets of a remote oorner,
two eyes gloomed out like to balls es
green fire. Lewis raised his gun and
fir.d.
The animal fell at his fe:t. Slit was
only wounded slightly, for as he spurn
ed her with his foot, she fastened on it
with teeth and claw, and with her Lind
legs, fought like a fury. Unable by
by kicking to loosen ber hold, Lewis
stooped, and, seizing her by the neck,
swung her upward with all his force
against the roof. She fell on one of tie
Urge equate beams overhead, where, af
ter one or two spasmodic kickings, she j
lay still.
‘l’m glad she’s dead,’ said White
burst, taking a stick and endeavoring to
remove the body which lay with only
the bead hanging down in view. But
it was out of hi- reaeh, and after anotfa- ,
effort he desisted, observing;
‘I suppose it will do no barm to let]
her lie there till morning. But look at
your hands, Frank.’
There was blood upon bis bands. With
a shudder and a look of disgust he left
tbe cabin and walked away to a little
* prong which babbled up among tbe
roeks at no great distance, Rollo follow
ing as usual.
He had been gone only a few mo
ments when we were startled by a low,
prolonged bowl without
‘Can that bo Rollo ?’ asked Robin
son.
‘Frank came back presently, with a
still strange look of bis face. Rollo
slunk close to his heels, crouching with
! head and tail down, and trembling in
every limb.
‘What’s the matter with the dog?’
askfd Joe.
‘Nothing; it’s only his foolishness,’
replied Lewis absently.
‘He’s seen so’tbin’. I never see a
dog look that way, cr yell like that, but
' what he’d seen so’tbin’ unnat’ral like ;
and you look quare, too, Mister Frank.’
j ‘l'm tired to death,’ replied the young
! man, wearily, ‘and I think we’d all best
go to sleep if wo wish to be up early for
the fishing to morrow,’
! ‘But what is it, Frank ?’ I heard
Whitehurst say in a low tone, as tbe
two stretched themselves in their blan
kets, side by side on the floor of the cab
in. And 1 caught the reply, spoken in
an equally low voice ;
I ‘ I’ll tell you to-morrow, Charlie.’
Io about fifteen minutes we were all
soundly asleep.
J think it must have been near mid
night, when turning uneasily upon my
hard bed, I fancied that I heard a sigh*,
rubbing or grating sound overhead, and
at the same time, felt a few particles of
dirt or decoyed wood fall upon my face.
My first th lUgbt, was that the black cat,
with the proveibial tenacity of life pccu
liar to the race, was not quite dead, and
was moving about on the beam over
head ; bu s upon strain'ng tr y eyes up
ward. I could distinguish the outline of
ber black head iu the light ol tbe fliek
ering tiro, I settled myself agsiu to sleep
and my last drowsy cnn-ciousness was
of the same souof repeated, like the
slipping or starling of a piece of timber.
Then I was again asleep.
1 awoke wuh the sound of an awfu'
crash in my ears. The hut was fu'l of
dust, and tbe stifling smell of damp and
decayed wood. My companions were
all up,-and the Same of ajin i knot
thrown hastily upon the embers soon re
vealed (he state of things.
The roof of the old cabin had fallen
in ; that is, it had partially fallen, but
was still held up by the beams which
crossed overhead. One only of these
beams bad fallen to the floor. One of
its ponderous ends was still propped
against the wall, while the other rented
nearly in tho centre of the floor. Aod
beneath that fallen end lay—merciful
heaven I—the mangled body of Frank
Lewis, tbe ribs broken, the head literal
.ly ctusbed into a shapeless mass. He
I was quite dead.
‘Look !’ said Joe Sanders, in an awful
whisper
| Rnbinsou lowered the pine toreb
There, upon the breast of the dead man
| lay the mangled body of the black cat,
her head crushed as if it had been by
the blow against the roof.
It was the beam upon which the dead
body bad rested that had fallen.
And we never knew what it was that
Frank had seen at tbe spring.
small boy out West was as
sisting his father to mark sheep with a
paint and brush. The father would
catch a sheep and say to the boy,
“mark that ’’
After the job was done the boy star
ted f r home which was at some dis
tance and was overtaken by a minister
on horseback, wbo seeing tbe boy bare
foot invited him to ride behind him.--
After the boy was seated be began *o
catech se him thus :
»My lud do you attend Sabbath
School ?*’
“No 1” he said
“You should attend the Bobbath
School, mark that I All g><od ehi.dren
should attend both Church and Sab
bath School, mark that 1 ’
After many nr ore remarks of tbits
kind the boy replied :
“I have marked your bank a’l over
now, and it look worse than the mis
chtrf !’ v
The reverend gentkman was some
what aa oriished when he examined hie
coat. ~
Mrs. Margtret C*rr bought a black
cat, in Pittsourg, the other day, for the
purpose of taking three drops of blood
from it, to be administered to a grand
child suffering from croup. Thereup
on the o and lady’s neighbor* raised a tu
mult, charging ber with witchcraft, and
-he was obl’ged to call njoi tbe author
ities for prt faction. Mr o»ens, Rq,
her lawyer, bfogbt twenty witnesses
to prove that the child recovered on tbe
uomiot that the dose of blood was ad
ministered.
Tlie Cud ol Four Great Men.
j The four great personnges who oc
'enpy the most conspicuous pin. os in
the history of the world, are Alexan
der, Hannibal, Csesar and Bonaparte.
' Alexander, aft- r having climbed the
dizzy heights of hia ambition, and with
his temples bound wth chaplet*Mip
jed in the b)ood 4 of counties* millin' s,
looked down upon a conqter —set n
rify on fire, and died in ajaene of de
bauch
I Hannibal, offer having, lo the as
tonishment and oonsternati nos Rome,
pa-sed the Alps, and (having put to
flight the armies of the mistress of the
world, and stripped “three bushels of
golden rings from the fingers of the
slaughtered knights,” and made her
tfoundation quake, fled from his coun
] try I being hated by those who once
excitingly united his name to that of
their god, and called him liani Baa),
ar.d die-t a; last by poison administer
ed with bis own bund unlumented and
unwept in a foreign laud
Caesar, after having conquered eight
hundred cities, and dyeing his gar
ments io the blood of one million of
his foes, after having pursued to death
tbe only rival he had on earth, was
niiserab y assassinated by those he
considered bis Very best friends; and
in that very place the attainment of
which had been bis greatest ambi
ti n.
Bonaparte, whose mandates^kings
and popei obeyed, alter having filled
the earth with the terror of his name
—and after having deluged Europe
wi'h tears and blood, and clothed the
world in »ack-cio'b—closed his days
in lonely banishment, almost literally
exiled from the world, yet where he
could soni‘‘tim s see his country’s
banner, waving over ibe deep, but
whieh did not and could not bring him
aid.
Thus, these four men, who seem to
stand the representatives of all those
who the world call great—these four
men, who each in turn made the earth
tremble to its very cen re by their sim.
pie tread, several y died—ona by in
toxication, or, a* was supposed, by
poisoQ mingled in his wine—one a sui.
cide, one murdered by his friends, and
one a lone y exile.
“How are the mighty fallen!”
Harried to Save Room.
At a late hour in the evening a par
ty of young gentleman and two young
ladies arrived at a bo:el in St. Paul.
The several individuals desired sepa
rate rooms, though all belonged to the
same party, and it did not seem unrea
son tUe that the two ladies should oc
cupy one room, while the two gentle
men occupied tbe other.
On account of the crowded state of
the hotel, it was found impossible to
give each a separate room, and they
were so informed They then retired
to tbe ladies’ parlor, and held a coun
cil of war on the subject of the manner
in which they were to be accommodat
ed.
After a short time, one of the young
gentlemen sought an interview
the proprietor of the ho,el, and said t e
thought ihema'ter couM be satisfacto
rily arranged if the proper ofticia's
could be piocured.
“What officials do you require, my
dear sir?” was the very pdite but per
emptory request of the host.
Ha replied that either a clergyman
or a just to* of the peace would ar swer
No sooner siid than done! A justice
of the peace was summoned, and, in
shout three minutes, the young man
and one of the young ladies were made
tlesh according to iho statue ia such
case made and provided.
This little ceremony, costing the ho
tel nothing, and only involving the par
ties in the expense of the fee to the
justice and revenue stamp on the mar
riage cmificat*, saved the hotel one
room, which was] soon after let to an
elderly gentleman fnm up the coun
try, at the rate of $3 a day.
A Poor Man’s Wisn.—l asked a
student what three things be most
wished. He said:
“Give me books, health, and quiet,
and I car , for nothing more.”
I asked a miser, and he cried:
“Money—money—m >ney.”
I asked a pauper, and he faintly
said:
“ Bread—bread —bread.”
I asked a drunkard, aad he called
for «trong drink
I asked the multitudo around me,
and they lifted up a confuse! cry, in
which I heard the words;
“Wealth, fame, pleasure.”
I asked a poor man who had long
borne the character of an experienced
Christian.
lie replied that all bis wi hes might
be met in Christ. He spoke seriously
and I aske I him to explain He sa'd,
“l greatly desire three thin pt —First
that lbe found <» Christ; secondly,
that I may be like Christ; thirdly, that
I may be with Christ.”
I have thought much of his answer,
and tbe more I think of it the wiser it
seems.
Insulting —Tbe Columbus Chron : -
cle ssys : Asa thin man was recently
walking up from Groecevil'e depot, be
feund.bimself pertinset ruriy followed by
a ferocious‘dorg.’ Not liking the eye
of the beast, tbe traveler asked a boy
wbatthe hungry looking bound was fol
lowing him for? ‘Can’t say, certain
stranger,’ was tho impudent reply of the
youngster, ‘but I reckon be takes you
for a ‘bone.’
A cool reply w - aa that of a Major
General who, on knocking at a do«‘r,
end being asked who wus there an
swered :
“It is I—Sickles.
No. 41.
ffoclal Ambition*.
A London magazine writer descants
in animated style ipon the eagerness
of all English classes to obtain a foot
ing in what is termed “goo j society.”
They will make the must contempt
ible sacrifices f»r appearance sake; live
upon s bread and water diet in their
own homes in order to appear well
dressed in other folk’e homes, and will
stoop to any and everything, if by so
doing th*y may secure the nod of rec
ognition in luationable circles. Be con
titiues :
We are all very willing to admit
that we have inferiors, whom we are
prepared to treat with a sort of good
natured condescension, but among
whom we are not at all content to mix
ourselves in the way of society, or to
al ow cur sons and daughters to iiter
marry. But we aro by no means so
ready to look on the other side of the
line, and to confess that we have any
“su| eiiors.’* Yet bow many good,
and pleasant, and sufficiently pretty
girls there are, within the knowledge
of any of us, whose Jives are wasting
because of this false conceit 1 How
many whose—
" Cold sad joy lea* charm* shall lire,
Thrown by upon Ufc’a weedy *hore j"
when they might have been happy
wives and mothers, if they had not been
brought up from their childi ood in
that pestilent heresy of belief that they
were good enough to mate with any
man in England above their sphere but
that no man below it was good enough
to raise bis eyse higher than tbe Lem of
their petticoat I
It is po sible these remarks are more
strikingly applicable in England than
in any other country, as soci .1 distinc
tions are very marked there, but every
one at all conversant with the world
must see that they come very nearly
home to us in this country.
Saved my Dog.
The rediculous exulation ol the Jac
chins of Ohio, when they found that
they had not lost their State ticket, as
well as the Legislature and the woolly
head amendmen’, is well il'us'rated by
a ‘little story’ which “B rick” Pomeroy
tells. He says:
“Once there was a farmer in New
York State wbo had a fair share of
this world’s goods, splendid bouse, an
immense barn, herds of cattle, a loving
wife, five beautiful children, was prou 1
of cattle, barn, and house, but that fe
male pup was the very ‘app'e of bis
eye,’ the companion of his travels, a'
bis heels by day, and slept with him
at night.
* By and by misforiunes came upon
the farmer. First hie wife died, and
then the children, one aft<r another—
his barn was struck with lighting and
consumed ; bis cattle died of the rin
derpest; and finally the bouse was de
molished by a tornado. This was the
crowning b ow. A neighbor came to
the farm of the unfortunate to sympa
thize with him—found him sitting on a
•warm ash-heap playing with tbe dog.
Neighbor expressed his sorrov in
feeling language, and the farmer re
sponded:
‘Yes, Bttsy was a good wife, and
the cbi dren were smart; my bouse was
tfce best ia the country; my barn and
stock were worth a heap of money, and
—‘.hey are all gone to hell; (vety sol
emnly)—bu' (brightening up) I’ve sav
ed my deg, and don’t care a d—n for
anything else I’”
Women B>ew to do thx Loving.—
That nature has ordained love as wo
man’sj.ask, more than man’s, is thus
declared by a late mora’ist;
With man, love is never a passion
of such intensity as with womtiD She
is a creature of sensibility, existing
only in tbs out-pouringa and sympa
thies of ber emotions. Every earthly
blessing, nay every heavenly hope, will
be sacrificed for ber affections. She
will leave the sunny home of ber child
hood, the protecting roof of her sire,
tbe admonishing voice of that mo’her
on whose boe >m her head nad been
pillowed—do all that a woman can do
constantly w ith honor—forsake all that
she has clung to ib her girlish simplic
ity for tears, and throw herself into the
arms of the man she idolizes. He
that would forsake a woman after
these tes'imonies of affection, if too
gioss a villain to be ca’led a man.
Fall Feeding or Cows —Colemans
Rural Woild gives sundry reasons
why stock, especially that of the dairy
character, should be weell fed and car
ed for during tfce autumnal months.
It is suffici nt to say that good care
and liberal feeding at this season fits
cows to encounter the rigor of wioter
succi esful'y, but more especially do
they conduce to a liberal and rich flow
of milk, thus itnprovirg tbe character
and increasing t e quantity if the but-'
ter product A free use of pun.kins
and roots, with their tops, and an oc
casional mash treat, will amply repay
the cost of the articles and richly re
munerate the farm-r for his trouble in
supplying them. Autumn being em
ph*ticaiiy ti e butter season, milch
cows then, if ever, deseive extra care
and consideration.
Somebody say* the best way to get
rid of we n ds it to always put your cigar
case and its contents at the service of
yonr friends. Jones stys thi.t the most
effective means be ever tried was by
sqaetiiug tbe band of a plump young be
rieved in black. Tbe next day she was
ia half mourning, and a second kindly
pressure resulted in a pink gowu with
a white bonnet. Farmers, p’.ease no
ties ______
The farmers in West Massachusetts
are busy harvesting their tobacco. Th. -
r< port only about a two-third crop on ar
tverage, though some fields are extrs.
FUN, FACT AMD FA.U’I.
The new way of reconstructing tte
South is to pull wool over its eyes.
* Well, Pr.t, why don’t yoo pul np
your umbrella ?”
‘ Beknse, yer honor, the tain ud spile
it, an’ bo I kep it under my arm, and
divil a drop it’s got.”
t3C 4 miserable old fanner,
had lost one of his best hand* in tbe
midst of haymaking, remarked to the
sexton, as he was filling up tbe poor '
fellow's grave :
“Its a ssd thing to loose a good mow
er, st a time like this—but uft*r ell
poor Tom waa a dreadful greet est
er.”
An elderly maiden, who had suffer
ed S' me disappointment, thus defium
the human race:
“Man—a conglomerate mass of beir,
tobacco rmoke, confusion, conceit end
call skin. Woman—waiter oe tbe
aforesaid.”
“Sam are you one of tbe Souther*
cb : v.lry ?”
“No, massy, I’s one ob de Shoutben*
shovelry. I shoveled dirt at tbe Palsh
Gap Canal.”
Experiments in Buffalo have demon
strated that 2*27} pounds of oil were
as effective in heating powder as 2,240
poun is of coal.' v v
In old time, one hundred years eg*,
in New Hampshire, the bill for “raia
ii g" a m teiing bouse included the
item of $127,60 for rum.
The Savannah ‘Advertiser’ man nib
bubies "iutie facts :: They are Oarn-d.
stubborn ones, sometimes, too—that is
in ca-e« where they particularly take
after daddies.
The Boston Courier h»s a woold
be funny correspondent, who signed
himself “Job Sass” “He’s not half
so bright aa Balaam’s,” says as ex
change.
The portraits which gleam forth ia
the fusbioa plate* in the tailor win
dows, are taken from life generally.
There is qujte a rivalry among ceratn
young men to be “iufces” lor fashion
plate*.
rar A man, pas iftg through a
gateway in the dark, hit his nose
against the post.
“I wish that post was in belt,** said
he.
“Bettor so wish it was somewhere
else,’’ said a by* under, you might rua
against it again.”
JUfT Miss Iliggs, of Broadway, le
so exceedingly modes’, that she wears
a pair if sjiecia lea to hide her naked
nose. Asotber lady, of the same
p ace, felt ho exceedingly abashed by
a shopman asking her to look at soma
undres ed linen, that she iromedia' ely
left, declaring that “she would tell her
Ma.”
A man who won a fat turksy
at a raffle, and whose pious wife was
very inquisitive about the method of
obtaining the poultry, sati-fied her ot
hist by the remark that the “Shaken*”
gave it to him.
£3C’An exchange tells a story of
Thompson and Rogers, two married
bucks of New York, w ho, wandering
boms lute one night, stopped at what
Thompson supposed was ins residence,
but which bis companion insisted waa
his own house. Thontp on rang the
bell lustily, when a window was open
ed, and a lady inquired ivbat was wan
ted.
“Madam,” inquired Mr. T ANARUS, “ian*
this Mr. 'i hompson’s bouse ?”
“No” replied tbo lady, “thsa is tbe
residence of "r. Rogers.”
“Well,” exclaimed Thump-on, “Mrs.
T—Thornp>-oti—b g your pardon—
Mra. Rogers, won’t you just step down
to the door and pick out Rogers, for
Thompson wants to go h me ?”
The Goat. —The g at is a numerous
animal. He is found io many parts of
the habitable globe, and Ms* in East
Felieianea. He is fnr fooieler than a
hen, and never shaves. He lets bis
beard grow. He don’t mind fences
He can reaeh over and nibble sbrab--
ry. He butts—he chews rapid. Hia
tail points upwarder thou a cow’s. Hs
is exolusive. He belongs to the hairry
s’.oeraoy. He don’t miscegcnate. He
wears bis summer clothe* all winter.
He never squanders bis fr ictional cur
rency. He never registered. He don’t
seem to want to. He never takes in
washi-g. He can’t cipher. He don’t
oare for worm*. lie never slobbers.
Hs is very thrifty. He stamp*. I like
a goat. For Why? I w.ar* a Goat
ee. —Clinton Democrat.
Jeems, my lad,’ said a hopeful father
to bis sod, ‘keep away from tbe gals,
when you see one cornin', do lg«. J ust
such a creature as that young ’en clean
ing the door steps on t’other side of tho
street fjoled your poor old did, Jemmy.
D m’t cast your eyes that way and wink.
If it hadn’t been for her, you and youf'
dad might baVe been in Brssil, hun’ii/
dimunds, my son.’
Man is composed of two yards and $
half of broadcloth, a shirt collar, and
more or less assurance ; woman of many
aod various dry goods, an impresdon
that she is the perfection of possibili
ties, and a faculty of spending much
monry and getting next to nothing tit
return
An exchange says: “Most peoplw
think editing a paper is as easy as mak
ing love. A half day’s experience wilt
explode the pleasant fiction. Wa imt
rather make love to a dr ton women than
edit one paper.”
BS&. girt,’ in Wi-eonsict
r< ceoily recover.d $1,400 in a
I reach of promise suit against a prob li
nus lover. Her lawyer coop ratulatcd
ber on the amount, when she exclaimed
with aft r jci ms >;1 use at tl emu a*e<i
defeLd nt, and nervously clinching ber
finger:
“I’d give e’erv per-ttv of it jusl la
have oie good pull a* bis hair,”