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About The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1866-1868 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1867)
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Rep.irs ail kinds of Guns, Pistol*, Sewing Maitinee, etc., etc. 2 D; WOOTEN & BECK, A Hnrneys at Law, Morgan, Ga., Will give prompt attention to all business •■trusted to their care. c. W. WARWICK* Attorney at Lntr and Solicitor in Equity. BMITMMI'MELE ... GEO.. WILL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell and Webster. J. E, HIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Morgan, Calhoun Cos., Ga., ' Will practice in ail the Court* of the Soutb wwtern and PatauUCircuits, June 1 BROWN HOUSE, E. E, BROWN * SOM, Fenrth St, Opposite Passenger Depot, Macon, Georgia. FROM the Ist of Jul, the business of this House will be conducted by E. E. Brown k Son, the Senior having associated hi* sou, Wat. F. Brown, in the management and in terest of the Hotel. Th* house contains sixty rooms, which are reserved chiefly for the nse of travellers and transient guests. Competent assistants have beta se- cured in every department, and eve ry attention will be paid to ensure comfort te their customers. Rooms clean and airy, and the table always supplied with tbe best the eeustry affords. Porters attend arrival and departure of all trains to convey baggage sad conduct passengers across the street to their quarters. july27,tf GROWESTEEM 9 Cos., Piano Forte Manufacturers, ADD Broadway, ,Fftc Cork. THESE Pianos received tbe highest award ofmerit at tbe World’s Fair, over the host makers from London, Paris, Germany, ti« eities of New York, Philadelphia, Balti ■ere and Boston; also, tbe Gold Medal •t the American Institute, for Five Successive Y«*rsf! Our Pianos contain the French Arand Aetion, Harp Pedal, Overstrung Bass, Fall Iron Frame and alt modern improve ments. Every Instrument warrented five year*. Made under the surpervision of Mr. M. H. GROVESTEEM, who has a practical experience of over thirty-five yeers, •■diethe maker of over eleven thousand piaso fortes. Our facili'ies for manufacturing •oehle ua to aeii these instruments from SIOO Je SJOO cheaper than any first class piano Aug. 31-lyr W. H. TIBOS. w. GORDO*. tison & cordon, COTTON FACTORS, AND GENERAL Commission Merchants, ** Ray SI., Savannah, Ga. Alao offer their gerviqr* for receiving and forwarding Cotton and Goods of all kinds, to Vhich prompt attention will be given. Liberal advancements made on Consign ment* far sale in Savannah, New York or Liv erpoei, having several reliable correspon dents io both the latter cities. This oid established House, so liberally pa tronised in the past, will spare no effort to hMtiatm to merit public confidence, sept 13 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,”
