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g-ttosim Journal,
ot I Published Every Friday.
15y Elnm Christian.
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Estray Notices, thirty days, 4 Oo
* Job Work of every description exe
cuted with neatness and dispatch, at moderate
rates.
RAIL-ROAD GUIDE.
“*"ll«UtJ«western Kailroad.
MTi. HOLT, Proa. | VIRGIL POWERS, Sup
’leaves Macon 8 A Jf; arrives at Eu
faula .1 30, P M ; Leaves Eafaula 7 20, A J 1 ;
Arrives at M*oon 4 50, P M.
ALBANY BRANCH.
Leaves Smithville 1 46, P M ; Arrives at
Albany 3 11, P M ; Leaves Albany 9 35, A M;
Arrives at Smithville 11, A M.
Macon «fc Western ISniSroad.
A. J. WHITE, President.
E. B. WALKER, Superintendent.
’ day passenger train.
Ileaves Macon . • • 7 "'j 'J
Arrives at Atlanta . • •
Leaves Atlanta . . • ®s?p v*
Arrives st Macon . . • ISOP. M.
NIGHT T*AIN.
Leaves Macon . * • B J® r -
Arrives at Atlanta . • • ' „ A"
LeavesJA'lanta; . • ■ , ~ , J
la-lives at Macon . . . 1.5A. . -
Western &■ Atlantic Railroad.
* CAMPBELL WALLACE, Sup’*.
day PABSENGKR TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . * • 846 »-
Leave Dalton - • *•*» £*•
Arrive «t Chattsn-osra .
Leave Chattanooga . • • ~
Arrive at Atlanta , • • 1t.081.H
--NIONT vhatN.
Leave Atlanta . • • 7 00 P*f
Arrive at Chattaroesg* . . 4 l" A. H.
Leave CfcaPatK>or;a . . <
Arrive at Dalton . • •
Arrive at Atlanta . . • 1-41 A. M.
gimnciSjs (ftatite.
DsTw. 1 HO! 1
rpENDEUS Lis Professional services to the
L citizens of Dawson and its vicinity. Os
flee at Dr. Cheatham’s Drug Store. Resi
dence—late residence of Mrs. ( -rnbrri c>,
on Depot street. nov22 G7-tf
dr7j7h77 o h n s b n ,
Physician X Surgeon,
Dawson, - * Georgia.
|sr Office at Smith & Williams’
Home. novi2'o76m
km ft* OftS & HOYL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
- - GPORGi.i.
K *. »OTL. jan2s Iv. R F. SIMMONS.
C. 3. WOOTEN,
fTTORNEY AT LAW,
21 y Dawson, Ga.
W. 8. TARKS. J M. WATSON.
PARKS & WATSON,
• Attorneys at Law,
BAWSOfii -‘ - - - «A.
J. P. ATjTjIjN 5
WITCH AND
ftKriIKER JEWELER.
Dawson, Ga.,
18 prepared to do any work in his line in
the very best style. feb23 ts
J. sci. S. SxfBITIf,
GUN - SMITH and
Machinist,
Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, Sewing
Matinee, etc., etc. 2 ly.
WOOTEN & BECK,
A.ttorneys at Law,
•Vei’f/wii, Ga.,
give prompt attention to all business
•■trusted to their care.
C. W. VYARWfCJL
Sttarnry a! T.air and SoU Hor
*' in Equity.
t.njTui'if.r.n . . . cco.,
WILL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell
and Webster.
J. E. -HIGGINBOTHAM,
ATTORNEY AT TAW,
Morgan, Calhoun Cos., Ga.,
practice in nil the Courts ol the So*.!,-
western and PataulaC . . ae 1
Yol. 11.
W. R. & N. M. THORNTON
Practical . TYontisstsi,
tt. t El \NO.V,
Office in Ilardeu’s new building, West
Side, Depot Street. Dec. 14,
STEVEriS HOUSE,
21, 23, 25 & 27 BROADWAY, N. Y.
Opposite Motel mg Green.
om THE EIIKOPEYI I’LAit.
riIHE STEVENS,HOUSE is well and widely
I known to the public. The location is es
pecially suitable to merchants and business
men ; it is in close proximity to the business
part of the city—is on the highway of South
ern and Western travel—and adjacent to all
the principal Railroad and Steamboat depots.
THE STEVENS HOUSE has liberal ac
commodation for over 200 guests —it is well
furni-hed, and possesses every modern im
provement lor the comfort and entertainment
of its inmates. The rooms are spacious and
well ventilated—provided with gas and wa
t,. r —the attendance is prompt and respectful
—and the table is generously provided with
every delicacy of the season—at moderate
rates.
The rooms iiaving been refurnished and re
thudded, we are enabled to offer extra facil
ities for the comfort aud pleasure of our
Guests.
GEO. «K. CHASE & CO.
Proprietors.
IMPORTANT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
OK TIIR
SOUTHWESTERN R, R, CO,
nUIE Stockholders of this Company are re-
J_ quested to attend a called meeting, to be
convened at the office of the Company in this
city od the 4th day of December next, at
noon, for the purpo=c of considering the pro
priety of amalgamating the Muscogee and
Southwestern Railroad Companies, as author
ized by an Act of the General Assembly of
the state of Georgia, passed during the ses
sion of 1866.
As the meeting is one of importance, all
the Stockholders are requested to be repre
sented either in person or by proxy.
Stockholders attending the above meeting
will he passed free over the line ol this Road
by exhibiting their certificate of Stock to the
Conductor. JXO. T. BOIFLUILLET,
Macon, Ga., Nov. 1, ISG7—td Sec’y.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
N early opposite Passenger Depot
MACON GA.
K. F. DKWSE A SON,
(Late ol Grflnitc ITall,)
Proprietors#
BROWN HOUSE,
E. E, EROWitl £c SO»,
F-*«i'th St.. Opposite Passenger Depot,
Jtßaco ij, Georgia.
ITtROM the Ist of Julv tho business of this
k House will !>e conducted bv E. E. Brown
1/ 8«n, the Senior bavin,r associated his sou,
Wot. F. Brown, in tho management and in—
terest-of the liotcl.
The liotoe contains sixty rooms, which are
reserved chiefly for the use of travellers and
transient guests. Competent assistants have
been sc- cured in every department, and eve
ry attention will be paid to ensure comfort
o their customers. Rooms clean and airy, and
the table always supplied with the best the
eouatrv affords. Dorters attend arrival and
departure of ail trains to convey baggage
and conduct passengers across the street to
their quarters. juh 47,1f
W. H. TISON. GORDON.
TISOft & CORDON,
COTTON FACTORS,
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
£Jk y 5#., Savannah, Ga.
Also offer their services for receiving and
forwarding Cotton and Goods of all kinds, to
which prompt, attention will be given.
Liberal advancements made on Consign
ments for sale in Savannah, New T ork or Liv
erpool, having several n-liablo correspon-.
dents in both the latter cities.
This old established House, so liberally pa
tronized in the past, will spare no effort to
continue to merit public confidence. septlS
DENTSS7RY!
O ’. R. NOBLE, of Americus, has es
tablished, a permanent branch office, at
Dawson, Ga., at his residence on South side
of the Pubi c Square, where may be found
at all times, prepared to perform all op
erations belonging to tbe profession of Den
tistry —both Surgical and Mechanical, He
has the
NITROUS OXIDE 4SENERVTOR,
with wh ; ch he manufactures pure NITROt’S
OXIDE (»AS, as pleasant to bieathe -as the
air, and safer to use than any other amesthet
ic known. He keeps always on hand a plen
tiful nnd-gooci stock of this gas, with the use
of which he extracts teeth without pain. As
he has had twelve years' experience in the
practice of 55E1N TBSTKY, and keeps
up with all the late improvements in his pro
fession, he feels confident of giving entire sat
isfaction to all who may favor him with their
patronage.
He also has the Local Anaesthetic, for ex
tracting teeth without pain, by a freezing pro
cess.
He takes this method to return thanks to
all former patrons lor their liberal patronage;
at, the same time solicits a continuance of the
same. juni'7:6m R NOBLE.
NO TICK.
IN compliance with general Orders No. 25,
front Gen. Pope’s Headquarters, requiring
Msvnrs, Sheriffs, &c., to take proper steps
for the prevention of Kiots or disturbances
at public assemblies, all persons aro hereby
notified that no public assembly for political
purposes will be allowed to convene In Ter
rell Oountv, until one day's notice has been
j given at my office—in writing—previous to
i the meeting.
Citizens of the countv will govern them
selves accordingly. H. K LASIrETER,
yluj s:tf Sh’ff.
HARNESSREPAIR SHOP
,1T rni.VCES' ST.tiIT.ES,
JP;i ’.vsoii, ... Gcorgin,
('tAX furnish the public with Ci rriayr-
J Trimming, Harness Mountijg, An. All
work promptly done for the ei-li.
nov'ii'GTbm HARRIS DENNARD.
DAWSON, UA., FRIDAY, DEOEMHISH O, 1-MS7.
C. F. & H. E. OLIVER,
Stoves and Hollow Ware,''
Pocket and Table Cutlery,
Iron Pipe, Steam Fittings, k,
WHOLESALE
MANUFACTURERS OF TIN WARE,
No. 42 TbStd Street,
Nuv4mber 15;8m .IJ./f 'D.!*, f,.f.
' - r—-tt 1 , ,
ESTABLISHED 1832.
D. C. HODGKINS & SON,
Dealers for the last Forty Years iu
FIRE-ARMS
AND
SPORTING GOODS
Os every description,
A RK prepared to furnish anything In their
_ZA_ liuc and satisfaction guaranteed.
At their OC<B SlSMkd, 59 Jlu fiber
vy Street, Tliicou, Ga.
Gun and Pistol Material always on hand.
/ha~ Repairing done by experienced workmen.
nov 16-2 m
ROBERTS & TILLMAS,
general
COMMi&ION AND FORWARDING
MERCHANTS*
Office North Bide of Bay Street, Sec
ond Door West of the City Exchange,
SAVANNAH, GA.
{SPECIAL attention given to the sale of Cotton
m this market, and accounts rendered promt
ly. We will also ship Cotton to •
LIVERPOOL
and have it sold for account of owner. In all
cases where the owner desires, liberal cash ad
vances will be made.
ROBERTS & TILLMAN.
TTiram Roberts, J
1). L. Roberts, ) Savannah.
JOSEPH TILLMAN, Madison, Florida.
We have made arrangements with MESSRS.
CHEATHAM, H ARRIS Jk CO., to attend to re
ceiving and forwarding all cotton consigned to
us. They will make ADVANCES and pay REV
ENUE TAX at this point,
FIMOTMEO.
110 Pearl Street, .Vttr fork,
COTTON FACTORS
AND—
General Commission Merchants,
o
IIBERAL advances made on Cotton con-
U signed to our House. Having superior
facilities, tve will, if desired, make prompt re
turns, or hold, at the option ot the Shipper.
Refer to
Merchants is New York.
Cheatham, Harris k Cos., Dawson, Ga.
Hesters, Colley & Cos., “ “
Orr, Brown & Cos.,
Charles G. Farmer, Terrel! Cos , Ga.
M. A. Nelson,
WE have deposited Cash with W. M. Pee
ples, our Agent, aud parties desiring to ship
Cotton, can get advances by calling on him
at his Store Ut Loylees Block. nov29lnt
'‘j.M. HOLBROOK'S
HAT ETiPOßllll •
Whitehall Street, Atlaiiln, Ga.
ONE OF TIIE LARGEST ESTABLISH
MEETS IN THE SOUTH!
AN ATLANTA HOUSE
—OF—
FIFTEEN YEARS!
Country Trade supplied with HATS
by the Dozen or by the Case /JgjiJ
FIOLI3ROOK
Only asks an examination of his Stock, to es
tablish the fact that he can sell Goods in his
line to city or country dealers, on as good
terms as any house in the Southern country ;
aud is determined to make Atlanta the most
desirable EB.rt 1 ,TM.I BImSIR. J 1 in the
South.
TRUNKS AND UMBRELLAS!
LADLES'FUR S.— Setts Sable, Setts
Mink, Setts Liberian Squirrel, sett* Colored
Musk Rat, setts Nat’l Musk Rat, setts French
Coney, setts French Wbite Coney, Children’s
aetts.
HOLBROOK
Having been established in the Hat Business
in Atlanta for the last 15 years, and the only
regular Hat House iu the city, feels confident
of his ability to pivp full satisfaction to his
customers. IJT HIGH ESI CASH PRICE
r AID For ALL KINDS of FUR SKINS.
BEAVER, OTTER,
MINK WILD CAT.
HOUSE CAT, COON,
FOX, HABITS. novto-lm
8. R. WESTON,
(Late Agent Merchant’s & Planters’ Bank,)
COTTON BROKER AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Siatcson, Ga.
X V. T ILL buy or advance one half to three-
V V fourths value of cotton, and ship to
Savannah or New York.
Will receive cotton irom my old friends
and customers, and dispose of it as directed'
Office next to Cheatham's Drug Store.
October 5, 1867. 6t
pBOIIGIA. « tillioiiu < oinilv:
1 1 Notice is hereby given to all prisons hav
ing demands against Washisgtou Potter, late
ot said county, deceased, to present them to
>ne properly made out, within the time pre
scribed by iaw, so ns to show their chpracter
I and amount. And ail persons indebted to
| said deceasod are hereby required )0 make
i immediate payment.
LUCINDA rOTTFR, Adm’x of
nov22-10d Washington Potter.
COMMISSION
poi/rnv.
The Latiy’a Dicam.
liY THOMAS IICOD.
Alas! I have walked through life,
Too heedless where I trod ;
Nity, helping to trgmple my fellow.worm
And fill th« burial sod—
Fqrgetllng fliat even the sparrow Italia
Not unmarked of God.
I drattk the richest draughts,
And ate whatever was good—
Fish and flesh, and fowl and trait,
Supplied my haughty mood ;
But never remembered tho wretched onc-R
That starve for want of food 1
I dress'd as the noble dress,
In cloth of silver and gold,
With silk, and satin, and costly.furs,
In many an ample fold ;
Bu. I never remembered the naked limbs
That frozo with winter’s cold 1
Tho wounds I might have healed I
The human sorrow and smart I
And yet it never was in my soul
To play so ill apart;
But evil is wrought by want of thought,
As well as want of heart!
She clasped her servant hands,
And tears began to stream,
Large and bitter, and fast they fell,
Remorse was bo extreme—
And yet, oh, yet, that many a dame
\\ ould dream the Lady’s Dream.
Serenade for December,
BY ALICiS CABY.
One, by the stroke ot the clock 1
The time drags heavy aud slow ;
And I wake.from my dream as full of thee
A3 tho clouds are full of snow,
From dreams ns white with thee, my uove
As the clouds are white with snow.
I call tiiec ail sweet names,
Song-lark lily and rose,
And I only hear the night fowl's cry,
And the wind as it beats and blows,
And the moan of the river under the bill
Freezing as it flows.
One, by the stroke of the clock !
The night will never go by !
My iove, thou haet grown as cu and
As the gray cloud up in the sky I
Yet come, and,'snow thyself in my arms,
And chili me tiii I die.
How the Swiss make XlaUelses.
It is the general eustoat in Berue,
says a Swiss writer, that the lover’s fatb
er should play tho wooer to the parenis
of the bride. He frequently goes to
them and says : ‘‘My lad likes your
daughter. I suppose you stave wothing
much against it, and that it will suit
you ?” Ami sometimes bo goes in
more elaborate fashion, as in the ease
of the father who knocked one evening
late at a window, begged the old people
to 1 iok oat aud then began. “It is
God’s will that tny boy and your girl
should come together. I have had to
make up my mind to it, and so will you;
but I should like to a.-k what dower you
mean to give her—about a thousand
pounds I saucy.”
“I approve the match,” returned Ibe
other party ; but I can’t think of giving
her more than a hundred pounds.”
“You don’t naeau it ?” said the oth
er.
“Indeed I do; not one half penny
more, and eveu that is too much.
“Then - ” replied tho former, “it is
not God’s will that the two should come
together. The Lord's purposes are un
fothom able and His ways past finding
out. Good-uigbt. No off nso I hope.
“Quite the reverse,” said tho other,
and quietly closing the window.
There are m-ay men nearer home
an d hotter educated whose idea of‘God’s
wl il is just about as conditional as that
of the interested fathers in the above
case.
A remarkable Kesruc.
A corre p.ndeut of Ihe Memphis
Christian Advocate furnishes the follow
ing incident:
Ou Thursdy, September 26, while
Mr. W. A. Swain, of Manlyville, Hen
ry county, Tcnuessco, was drawing a
bucket of water, his little son, lieury,
au interesting ohild of three suatmers,
was suddenly participated into the well,
in whieh, as is sometimes the oase, two
buckets were used. The child, it is
thought, impressed with the idea of as
sisting his father, had unnoticed, tskon
hold of the decending rope, and was
thus instantly jerked over the curl ing
of the well. Ihe first intimation Mr.
Swain had of the casualty was seeing
the child falling ' head foremost, and
.striking against the bucket.
The feelings of the parent may well
bo imagined. There was no time for
refl’ction. The peril of the child call
ed for prompt heroic action. In a mo
ment, quick as thought, Mr. Swain seiz
es the well rope and follows his child,
determined to save him or share hi* wa
tery bed. In another moment he finds
his child, convulsively presses him to
his bosom, and rises with feelings of tri
umphant joy to (he surface of the wa
ter. Here he sustains himself till prep
arations are made for raising him se
curely out of the well. This was soon
and safely done. The child suffered no
injuries other than a few braises, and
witcu brought to the surface of the
earth, with grfist coolness and presence
of mind he inquired for his bat, w hich
ho had lost iu the fall. IVe dare say
that such an occurrence, wi-h similar
gratifying results, has no paraibl
Grandmothers Dying Out.—A
| physician, in speaking of tho frt.il cott
i -titutions of the women ot the piesent
i Jay remarked that we ou ;ht to take
I good care of our grandtnolhets, for
we would never get any more.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A liUOST KTOHY.
The following is a simple narrative,
takin down in shorthand from tho lies
of the narrator. Ho 'a a man now get
ting on in years, who, distrustful of all
other people’s experience verging, on
what we impertinently term the super
natural, K trcely even ventures to be
lieve his own. Asa stutegjcut at first
hand of an appearance testified to by
the narrator, aod Cvrr berated by his
wife, both living, it has seemed to tnr,
while simply transcribing tho notes, to
possess an interest often wanting in
more artistic stories of artificial ntauu
facturc.
My wife’s sister, Mrs. M., was left a
widow at the age of thirty-five, with two
children, of whom she was passionately
fond. She carried on the draper’s bu
siness at Bognor, established by her hus
band. Being still a very handsome
woman, there were several suitors for
her baud. The only favored one among
them was a Mr. Bort.n, My wife nev
er liked this Mr. Barton, and made no
secrets of her fee.iegs to her sinter,
whom she frcqently told that ‘Barton
o'nly wanted to i o master of the little
haberdashery shop in Bognor. He was
a man in poor circumstances, and had
no other motive iu his proposal of mar
riage, so my wife thouglt, than to bet
ter Himself,
On tho 23d of August, 1831, Mrs.
MrsdM. arranged to go with Mr. Bar
ton to a pic-nic party at Goodwood
Park, the seat of the duke of Richmond
who bad kindly thrown open his grounds
to the public I r tho day. My wife, a
little annoyed at her going out with this
man, told her she had ntuoh better re
main at b r mc to look af er her children
and attend to the business. Mrs. M.,
however, bent on going, made arrange
ments about leaving the shop, aud got
my wife'to promise to see to her little
girls while she was away.
The parly set out ia a four wheel
phaeton with a pair of ponies driven
by Mrs. 4 M.,.and a gig for which I; lent
my horse.
Now wc did not expect them to come
back till nine or ten o’clock, a! any rate
I mention this particularly to show that
there could be no expect*’ion of their
earlier return in the mind of my wife,
to account for what follows.
At 0 o’clook that bright summer’s
evening my wife went out into the gar
den to call the children. Not Soiling
them, she went all round the plaoe iu
in her search till tho came to the empty
stable; thinking that they might have
run ’id thero to play, she pushed open
the door; there, standing in the darkest
ortxnor, she saw Mrs. M. My wife was
surprised to soo her, eertaiuly, for sho
did not exbeot her return so soon; but,
oddly enough, it did not a oka ner as
being siuguiur to seo her there. Vexed
as she had felt with her ail day for go
ing, and rather glad in bor woman’s way
to have s luethiug entirely t ifferem
from the-genuine cuius Ltlli, to Fang a
retort upon, my wife said, “Well, Har
riet, I should Lave thought another
dress would have done quite as well for
your pic-nic as that best black silk you
have on.’ My wife was tho older of
the twain, and Lad always assumed a
air of counsellor to her sister. Black
silks were thought a great deal more of
at that time than they arc just now, and
silk of any kind was held particularly
inconsistent wear for Wesleyan Metho
dists to which denomination wo belongel
Deceiving no answer, my wile s.id,
“Oh, well, Harriet, if you can’t take
a word of reproof without boiug sulky,
I’U leave you to yourself,’ and theu cauio
into the house to tell me tho par.y had
returned, and that sho had seen her sis
ter in the stable, not in Uto best ol tem
pers At the moment it did not seem
extraordinary to mo that my wife should
have met her sister in tho stable.
I waited in-doors some time, expos
ing them to return my horse. Mrs. hf.
was my neighbor, and, living so close,
and being always on fr ondly terms, I
wandered that none of tho party had
ootnc in to tell us about the day’s pleas
ure. I thought I would just run in
and seetiow they had got on. To my
great surprisr, tho servant told me
they had not returned- I began then
to feel anxiety about the result. My
wife, however, having seen Harriet in
tire stable, refused to believe tho ser
vant’s asstr'ion, and said thero was no
doubt of their return, but that they had
probably left word to say that tboy
wero not oomo back, tn order to offer
a plam-ablo excuse for taking further
drive, and detaining my horso for
another hour or so.
At eleven o’clock, Mr. Tinnoek, my
brother-in-law, who had been one of the
party, esme in, apparently much agita
ted. As soon as she saw him, and be
foro he had ti ne to speak, roy wifo
seemed to know what he had to say.
‘‘What is tha matter?” she sai l.—
‘Something has happened to Harriet, I
know
‘‘Yes,’ replied Mr. Pinncck. ‘lf you
wish to see her alive, yon must come
with me directly to Goodwood.”
From what he said, it appeared that
pno of the poui s had nevar been pr per
ly broken in, that the trvin from whom
the turnont was hired for the day had i
cautioned Mrs. 51. reap: thing it before i
they started and that ho had lent it re- !
lucfantlj, being tho only pony to match
he had in tho stable at tha time, and
would not have lent it at »i! had ho not
known Mrs. M. to be a remarkable
good whip. On reaching G odwjod,it
seems, the gentlemen of tbe party had
got out, leaving ti e ladies to take a
drive round the paik in the phaeton
One or both of ihe ponie-i had takou
fright at something in the road, f.»r
Mrs. 51. hud sentcoly taken the reins
1 | when tho ponies shied, liad there
been plenty ol room she would readily
IYo. I*>.
have mastered the ditiieulty, but it
was in a narrow road, where a gate
had obstructed tho way. Some tin n
rushed to open the gate; but alaq too
late
The throe other ladies jumped out
at the beginning of tlm accident, but
Mrs M. still held on to the reins, seek
ing to control her ponies, until finding
it wtts impossible for the men to get
the gate open in time, she, too, sprang
forward ; at the •ante time tho pinnies
canto smash on the gate. Sho made
her spring too late, and fell heavily to
the ground on her head. The heavy,
obi fashioned comb of the period, with
which her hair was looped up, wus
driven into her skull by the force of
the fall. .
The Duke of Richmond, a w itness
to tho accident, ran to her assistance,
lilted her up nnd rested her head upon
his knees. 'J ho only words Mrs. M.
had spokeu were uttered at that
time—-
“Good God, my children 1”
By direction ol the Duke she was
immediately conveyed to a neighbor
ing inn, when every assistance, medi
cal and otherwise, that forethought or
kinduess-could suggest, was afforded
her.
At six o’clock in the evening, the
time at which tny wife had gone into
the stable anil seen what wc both now
knew hits been her spirit, Mrs. M., in
her sole interval of returning consci
ousness, had made a violent but un -
successful atteirpt to speak.
From her glance having wandered
round tho room, in solumn, awful wist
fulness, it bad been conjectured sho
wished to see forne relative or friend
not then present.
I went to Goodwood in the g'g with
Mr. l’innock, and arrived in time to
see my sister-in-law die at 2 o’clock
in the morning. Her only conscious
rnomen's had been these to w hich she
labored unsuccessfully to speak, which
bad occurred at G o’clock. She wore a
black silk dress.
When we came to dispose of her
business, and to wind up her affairs,
there was scarcely anything left for
the two orphan girls. Mrs. Al.’s f'uth
er, however, being well to do, to ,k
them to bring them up> At his death
which happened soon aftorward, his
property went to his eldest son, who
speedily dissipated the inheritance
Duriug a spiuce of two years the chil
dren were taken as visitors by various
relations in turn, and lived an uchappry
life- with no soith'd home.
For some time I had been debating
with myself how to help these children,
huviug many girls and boys of my own
to provide for. I had almost settled
to take them myself, bad as trade was
with me at the time, and bring thorn
up with rny own family, when ouo day
business called me to Brighton. The
business was so urgent that it neces
sitated my traveling at night.
I set out from Bognor iu a cloae
headed gig on a beautiful moonlight
winter’s night, when the crisp-frozen
snow lay deep over the earth, and its
tine glittering dust was whirled about
in little edtiios on the bleak night wind
—driven now and then in stinging
powder against mv tingling cheek,
w/artn an* glowing in the cold, sharp)
a.r.
I had taken my great deg “Bose”
for company. lie lay blinking wake
ftiily, sptrawled out on the soare seat
of the gig, beneath a mass of warm
rugs
Between Little Hampton and Worth
ing is a lonely piece of road, long and
dreary, through bleak and hare open
country, where the snow lay knee dee‘p
sjturkling iu the moonlight. It wus
so cheerless that I turned round to
sj.oak to my dog, more for the sake of
hearing tho sound of a voice than any
thing else
“Good Bose,” I said, patting him;
“there’s a good dog !”
Then suddeuly I noticed he shiver
ed, and slunk under the wrapts. Then
tho horse required my attention, ft r he !
gave a start and wtts going wtong,
and had nearly tnkou me into the
ditch.
Then I looked up. Walking at my
horse’s head, dressed in a sweeptiug
robe, so white that it shone dazzling
against the white snow, I saw a lady
her back turned to nte, her head bare;
Iter hair dishevelled and strayed, show
ing shurpt and black against her white
dress.
1 was at first so much surprised at!
peeing a lady, so dressed, exposed to j
tho open night, and «icii a night as
this, that 1 scarcely knew what to do.
Recovering myself 1 called out to
know if 1 could render assistance—if *
she wiahoil to ride ?
No answer.
I drove faster, the horse blinking
and shying and trembling all the w hile
his ears laid back in abject of terror,
b ill tho figure maintained its position
close to my horse's head. Then 1
thought that what I saw, was no wo
man, but perchance a man disguised
for the pur| ose of robbing me, seeking
an opportunity to seize tho bridle and
slop the horso. •
Filled with this idea, I said, “Good
Hose 1 hi t look at it, boy 1” but tbe
dog only shivered ns if in fright. Then
we came to a place where lour eross-
I roads met.
l>e el mined to know the worst, I;
j pulled up the horse I fetched old
i Hose, unwilling, out by the ears. Ho
was a good dog at anything from a
rat to a mail, but lie s uuk away that
night into the hedge, and lay there, his
bead between bis paws, whining and
howbng. 1 walked straight up to the
j figure, still standing by the horse’s
| head. As 1 waked, the figure turoeo
and I saw Harriet'* /ace as p ainly as
l see you now—white uad calm—p)u
cid,u> idealized and beautiful by and a h
I must own tha , though not a ikiv
ous man, in (bat in (a it I fel sick and
taint. Harriet looked me full in the
face with a long, eager, silent look I
knew then it was her spirit, and fei-t a
strange calm come ovor me, for I
knew it was nothing to harm me
When l could speak, J asked what
troubled her. Sho looked at me alilf
—never changed that cold fixed alare.
Then ! felt in my mind it wns horckiJ*
dron, and I said :
“llurriet, is jt for your childrei jolt
lire troubled !”
No answer.
“llurii t,” continued 1, “if tkcaa
you are troubled, he assured they shall
uev r want while I have power to k«lp
them. Best in peace.”
Still no answor.
I put up tny hand to wipe from m*
ft reh a 1 the cold perspiration whioh k*4
gathered there. When I took my
hand away from shading my eyes, tba
figure was gone. I was alone oa tha
black, snow eovered ground. Tho
breeze, that had been hushed belara,
breathed cool y ani gratefully on mj
face, and the cold stars glimmered and
3parkled iu the fair blue hcaveDS. My
dog crept up to me and furtivoly licked
tuy hand, as who should say, “Goad
master, don’t be at gry, I Lave lerved
you in all but this.”
1 took the children and brought them
up till they could help
All the Year Round.
itlcdiral Sign* of Drcauit.
WHAT THEY INDICATE—IIf.
STANCES OF I'ROGNOSTF
CA TION.
Lively dreams are tn general, a sign
of tho excitement of nervous action.-
Soft dreams a sign of slight irritation
I ot tho brain—often, in nervous fevera,
announcing the approach of a favora
ble crisis Frigh ful dreams are a
sign of determination of blood to tho
bead. Dreams about fire itre, in wo
men. signs of an impending taommor
hage. Dreams about blood and red
objects are signs of inflammatory con
ditions.
Dreams about rain nnd water ara
often signs of diseased mucous mem
brane and dropsy. Dtoamc of distor
ted forms are frequently a sign of ab
dominal obstructions and disorder of
tbu liver.
Dreams in which tho patient sees
any jmrt of the body especially suffer
ing, indicate disease in that part.—•
Dreams of death often precede applo
pdexy, which is connected with deter
mination of blood to tho houd. Tho
nightmare, with great sensitiveness, ia
a sign of determination of blood to tho
chest.
To these we may add, that dream*
of dogs, after tho bite of a mad dog,
often precede tbu appearance of hy
drophobia, but may bo only the con
sequences of excited imagination. Ar
naud de Villeneuve dreampt one night
that a black cut had bit him on the
side.
Tho next day an anthrax appoared
on the pari bitten. A piatient of Gal
en’s dreampt that one of his limbs was
changed into stone—some days after
f Liu lei- w,,a paralyzed, linger d’Ox
toy n, Knight of the C’ompinny of Dough
lass, went to sleep >n good health ; to
ward tho middle of the night he saw a
man infected with tho plague quite
naked, who attacked him with fury,
threw him on the ground after a des
perate struggle, and, holding him be
tween his op en thighs, vomited tho
pilague into mouth.
Three days after he wns seized with
the plague and died. Hippocrates re
marks that dreams in which one
sees black spjectres aro a bad omen.
lieu Signs.
Someone has given the following
signs for distinguishing hens that et
thoir will not lay at all or lay only a
a few eggs in tho spting, and taka
vacation for the remainder of the
year:
Hons that lay are ofT the roost at
the fir»t dawn of morning while barren
h ns often remain thero until the sun ia
high in the sky, or until tho laying
hen* bare ample time to fill their crops.
Laying nens have a voracious appe
tiue, while barren hens are often very
indifferent about eating. Hens that
aro about to commence laying, or that
do lay evity day, or every alternate
day, are ai active in obtaining feed for
themselves as one having a brood of
hungry chickens isdilligent in sciatoh
ing up and scratching out necessary
feed for her young cues.
A hen that lays an egg to day and
another to-morrow, has a comb and
gills red and glowing, while the comb
and gills of a barren hen will be color
less, pallid, and sometimes wrinkled
and dried up.
When n hen that lays has eaten un
til her crop appears distended to i - #
; utmost eapaciiy, she will force down
; a little more, while a barren one wilt
' often appear as indifferent about eat
j ing good leed. A hen tint has laid
! an egg to-day and will lay another to- 1
morrow w ill go singing around the
: yard, while the hen that never lays
has no more music in her soul than tho
wife of tsocratos.
rsr Life at the best is simply a
disguise—every one wears a mask—fio
one appears w hat they are in reality.
Almost all of our earlier teaching tend
to this end. The sliss of scarcely 14,
and tho boy of the etime age, has al
ready learned the lesson, and day by
day they grow more perfect in it. Tru
ly, there is nothing what it seems. We
act lies whm we do not allow our
I tongues to ut'er them. We mask our
j thoughts nnd feelings, if we cannot our
faces We play a fictitious part all
our iivoi, but there comes an hour
when all of disguiso will be suddenly
torn away and we stand in the pres
ence of the terrible reality !
fp*// “Bridget where’s the grid
iron T*
‘•An* sure, ma'am I’s just been af
ter giving it to my sister’s own cous
in. Hridget O’Flaherty—the thing
i. so lull 1 holes i’s net good at all