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TUTT’S
PILLS?
INTRODUCED, 1866.
A TORPID LIVER
(a tbe fruitfnl source of many diseases, promi
nent among which are
dyspepsia, sick-headache, costiveness,
dysentery, bilious fever, ague and fever,
JAUNDICE, PILE;. RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY COM
PLAINT, COLIC, ETC.
SYMPTOMS OF
TORPiO LIVER.
Loss of Appetite and Nausea, the bowels
ire costive, but sometimes alternate with
looseness, Pain in the Hoad, accompanied
With a Dull sensation in the back part, Pain
fit the right side and under the "shoulder
blade, fullness after eating,,with a diairG
clination to exertion of body or mind, Irri
tability of temper, Low spirits, Less of
memory, with a feeling of having neglected
oome duty, General weariness; Diy.zine; s,
Stuttering at the Heart, Dots before the
•yes, Yellow Skin, Headache generally
over the right eye, Ecstloseneas at night
with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine.
I? THESE WASHINGS ARE UNHEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TOUTS PILLS
are especially adapted to such
cases, a single dose effects
such a change of feeling as to
astonish the sufferer.
HITT’S PILLS
tare compounded from substances Hint nr©
free from any properties that can inture
the Miht delicate organization. They
Search, (’leanwo, Parity* and Invigorate
the entire System. II y relieving thu en
forced Elver, they cleanse the blood
from poisonous humors, nod thus Impart
health and vitality to tlio body, causing
the bowels to act naturally, without
which no oue cun foci well.
A Noted Divine says:
Dr. TUTT:—Dear Sir; For ten years I lu*ve been
* martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation and Piles. Last
Spring your Piiis were recommended to mo ; I used
them ( but with little faith). I an; now a well man,
hare good appetite, digestion perfect, regular stools,
piles gone, and 1 have gained forty pounds solid flesh.
They are worth their weight in gold.
Rev. R. L. bI'.iPSON, Louißvi’le, Ky,
TUTT’S PILLS,
'Their first effect is to Increase the Appetite*
end cause the body to Take on I'lenli* thus The
system is nourished, and by their Tonic Ac
tion ou tiie Digestive Organs, Regular
ft tools are produced.
DR. J, F, HAYWOOD,
OF NEW YORK, SAYS:-
"Few diseases exist that cannot be relieved by re-
Storing the Liver to its normal functions, and for
this purpose no remedy has ever been invented that
has as happy an effect as TUTT’S PILLS.”
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on application.
TUTT’S HAIR O¥E.
Gray Hair or Whiskers changed to a Gloss?
Black Ly asiiirfln , H'piic.\ti'n of tiiis Dye- It ini
parts a Natural Color, ai:'a Inhtan uneo isly, and is
as Hannlesp ss spring water. .Sold by Druggists, or
sent by express on receipt oi $l.
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THE CENUINE
DR. C. McLANE’S
CELEBRATED
LIVEE PILLS,
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEFSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
})AIN in the right side, under the
edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt Under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe
tite and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
*ith lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part, 't here is
generally a considerable loss of mem
ory, accompanied with a painful sen-
S*.ion of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
Weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, Iris feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa
tion of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer
cise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex
isted, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the liver to
have been extensively deranged.
ague and fever.
Lr. C. McLane’s Liver Pills, in
Cases of Ague and Fever, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
0r after taking Quinine. We would
sdvise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a fair trial.
hor all bilious derangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaled.
beware of imitations.
Ife genuine are never sugar coated,
t'ery box has a red wax seal on the lid,
>tn the imnression 1)k. McLane’s LtVKR
fn.Ls.
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g he -’‘gnatures of C. McLane and Fleming
J ’ s \ on tke wrappers.
i. ?' ! u i'"n having the genuine Pr. C.
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fuH r ,i " st, urgh, Pa-, the market being
. ‘‘uj imitations oi' the name McLttne,
P*“ed differently but same pronunciation.
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THE DAWSON JOURNAL
BY -1. I). HOYL& CO.
Incidents of the Burning; oi
ltoanoke by the Indians, in
1 ;}.
The following sketch of the burning of
Roanoke by the Indians was written
by a gentleman now living in Terrell
county, who at the time of the burn
ing was a lad of some twelve or thirteen
years af age, and was near the sceue.
He has often heard the incidents given
below narrated by some of the actors,
several of whom are now living. The
statements may be relied on as perfect
ly accurate and, together, they make an
important chapter in Georgia history.
“Roanoake was a trading village locat
ed in Stewart county, on the eastern
bank of the Chattahoochee river,
abou f thirty-five miles in a direct line
below Columbus. The Indians occu
pied a reservation in Alabama embrac
ing the territory lying on the Chatta
hoochee river and extending from Co
lumbus, perhaps as far south as the
Florida and Alabama line. They had
by a treaty made by their chiefs ceded
this territory either to the state of
Alabama or the United States and
bad agreed to remove to the Indian
Reservation west. Many of the war
riors or common Indians were dissatis
fied with this action of their chiefs and
were unwilling to be removed, They
gave expression to their dissatisfaction
by many acts of plunder and an occa
sional murder of a white family who
had taken up their residence in an is
olated situation for removed from oth
er white settlements, and who had
perhaps given some offense to the In
dians. Prominent among the mur
ders and robberries was tbe capture
of the stage running between Colum
bus Georgia and Mongomery Ala
bama, where tbe passengers, after be
ing robbed, were tied to the stage,
and brush and lightwood knots were
piled around them and fired and
burned with the stage. The first in
timation tnat they had of the presence
or attentions of the Indians was the
discharge ofa volley ot rifles, which
killed the driver and wounded same
of the passengers. Only one passen
ger escaped, lie sprang from the
coach and cut loose one of the for
ward horses and mounted him, the In
dians being so near him as to catch at
the reins as he rode off None of the
bullets from their murderous rifles
touched him or his faithful horse.
This bicident served to arouse the
whites all along the border. And as
threats had bfeen made to burn Co
lumbus as well as Roanoke, steps
were taken to defend them. But the
defences of Roanoke amounted to al
most nothing. A stockade, or block
house was commenced but never
completed. The garrison consisted
of only the male inhabitants of the
village, and, and a few patriotic citi
zens of Stewart county, w r ho had vol
unteered muter Capt. Uriah Horne
The entire force amounted to less
than fifty men.
On Saturday morning, May 14th, a
scouting party, numbering twelve men,
crossed the river and explored the coun
try a short distance above and below
Roanoke and recrossod to the Georgia
side about noon without seeing an In
dian, but from the fact that several
dogs supposed to belong to the Indians
came to them while they Were passing
near the swamps and dense
hammocks, they supposed that the In
dians were there concealed. But as
they had been allowed to cross the riv
er, explore the country and recross un
molested, they very naturally conclud
ed that, while the Indians were there
in considerable force, they had no hos
tile intentions. 4\ ith this feeling of
security, Capt. Horne, early in the af
ternoon of the same day, was induced
to furlough half of his command to al
low them to visit their homes and fami
lies, with promise of returning prompt
ly the next day by noon. A short
time before night, two strangers, named
Donaldson, who had been looking at
lands below lloauoke, rode into the
village, and enquired if the r e would
be anv danger from the Indians it they
passed the night there. As they were
assured there would be none they re
paired to the dwelling of Col. Felix
Gibson and passed the night under his
hospitable roof.
About sunset the same evening, two
men who were farming on the river, two
miles below the village, in leaving their
work, discovered the fresh trail of a
large body of Indians, and hastily rode
to the village to communicate the in
telligence. They also conuseled Capt.
Horne, as his force was then so small,
amounting to less than thirty-five men,
and that of the Indians so large, sup
posed to number over three hundred,
that it would be best for his command
and the ebizens to retire from tae vil-
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1879.
lage into the hill country some miles
away, and await the developments of
the night. But, upon consulting with
his men and the citizens, it was unani
mously decided to hold the village un
til they were driven out of it by over
whelming numbers. Every man was
required to stand sentinel the entire
night. And it was said there never
was witnessed a more still and quiet
night, in and around Roanoke. Naught
except the gentle ripple ot the river
and the slow tread and suppressed hail
and answer of)this band of brave
men, as they quietly walked their
beats, was heard to disturb the still
ness of that night, and day broke as
quietly and peacefully at Roanoke, on
Sunday morning, May the 15th 1536,
as it had ever done, and the gay light
of morning streamed in as gently as
usual, except that a heavy fog hung
over the place. The men had all come
iu from duty, the citizens had repaired
to their several residences, and the lit
tle company of volunteers had com
menced their usual moruing duties, as
the preparation of their breakfast, and
the attentions necessary for their hors
es, when suddenly there was heard the
keen, clear report of a rifle. Instantly
this was followed by a most unearthly,
demonical savage yelling and a general
firing upon every house in the village,
as well as the unfinished stockade in
which were several men. The whole
place was completely invested by the
savages; they occupied every door and
window, were behind every stump, tree
and fence, and poured upon the whites
a deadly fire as fast as they showed
themselves Capt. Horne had not time
to form his men, scarcely time to give
an order. The men were in small squads
scattered over the village defending
themselves as best they could against
the fearful odus ; taking refuge behind
the fences, houses or anything that af
forded them shelter or protection from
the murderous bullets of the savage
fiends. (Japt. Horne fell, severely
wounded, almost at the first volley. In
a short while every man, white and
black, was either killed or driven out
of the village, and the savages had un
disputed possession of the place. They
immediately proceeded to plunder and
then burn every house, in the place,
and, in less than three hours, from the
commencement of the attack, nothing
remained but the smouldering embers
of what was once Roanoke. There
were nine white and three negro
men ki led. AH of their bodies were
cunsumed in the burning buildings, tbe
Indians throwing those found outside
into the houses as they fired them. The
loss of the Indians was never known.
Parties, concealed sufficiently near,
saw the Indians after capturing a lame
Irishman, named Patrick McGowen,
throw him alive into a burning house,
where he was burned up. Tho Messrs.
Donaldson, (the strangers who had
lodged at the house of Col. Gibson,)
were both shot down as they hastily
arose from their bed, when the alarm
was given, and their bodies burned
with the house, There were many
hair-breadth and providential escapes
from a horrid death. Col. Felix Gib
son, and a young man named Gazaway
Williams, were both in the house when
the Donaldsons were shot down, and
three Indians fired at Col. Gibson
through a window, but fortunately
missed him, he ran into another room,
hoping to escape in that way, but find
ing every window filled with Indians
who commenced firing on him, he hol
lowed to Williams, who was in an up
per room, to make his escape in the
best way he could, that Indians had
surrounded the house, and, believing
that escape was impossible, he resolved
to sell his life as dearly as possible.
He ran to where the loaded guns had
been left and caught up one, intending,
if possible, to fight his way through the
Indians to the stockade where he sup
posed there was a squad of men. But
on opening the door, so many Indians
fired, and then rushed towards him, that
he closed the door. Again opening the
door, he was fired on and a number of
Indians rushed for the door, he fired at
them, and again closed the door, and
hastily caught up another loatled gun,
opened the door and ran as fast as he
could, before he reached the yard fence,
lie passed more than thirty Indians, all
of whom fired at him, some so near as
to burn liis clothes with powder, yet he
escaped uutounc’hed, except by a blow
from an empty gun in the hands of an
Indian whom lie encountered as he
leaped the fence. The blow nearly
felled him, but he recovered in time to
escape, and gained the stockade. Find
ing the men there flying in every direc
tion, he ran to a branch thickly grown
up in cane, and hid himself in the mud
and water. While the Indians were in
pursuit of Col. Gibson, Williams leaped
f(oia a window in the upper story to
the ground, ran undiscovered in anoth
er direction and escaped Capt. Horne,
who was so severely wounded as to
render it impossible for him to staud
up, was lying in the unfinished stockade
with no hope of escape, calmly awaiting
the time when the savages would come
and torture him to de;**h, when Elijah
l’earco (Heaven help me to record
his name in characters so high and
lasting that all the world may read it)
came to his assistance, and offered to
save him or perish in the attempt.
Pearce, being a large and powerful
man, took Capt. Horne on his back
and, selecting a favorable opportunity,
ran for the same biding place that Col.
Gibson had found.
A squad of men, consisting of Sam’l
Williams, John Talbot, Loverd Rryan
and Green Ball, perhaps one or two
others, fought their way through a body
of Indians who had surrounded them,
and ran for the same friendly shelter,
where Col. Gibson, Capt. Horne and
Pierce were secreted, and buried them
selves under the mud and water. Un
fortunately, the Indians discovered the
last squad as they were entering the cave,
and soon quite a body of Indians were
seen approaching their place of conceal
ment. Col. Gibson proposed that they
should leave there, jump down under
the bluff of the river and conceal them
selves there; the others insisted that
they should remain where they were,
and, if necessary, die together. For
tunately, although the Indians passed
very near them several times, they were
not discovered, and remained concealed
until near noon. When they did em
erge from their hiding place they were
so benumbed with cold that they could
scarely walk. Three other men, C. S.
Sabine, Joseph M. Fannin and one
other’s name not now remembered, had
taken temporary shelter near the river.
They were discovered, and quite a num
ber of Indians attempted to surround
them. They retreated down the bluff
of the river, and soon the race became
one for dear life. The three men with
empty guns were pursued by six or
eight Indians. Fannin, being a short,
fleshy man, was soon out stripped by
his more fortunate companions. Tbe
Indians were getting uncomfortably
near him. His only hope was strategy;
if that failed, he resolved to sell his
life as dearly as possible. So, hastily
facing about and presenting his gun as
if he was going to shoo 1 , and calling
loudly to his companions to “About
face and charge the Indians,” he had
the satisfaction of seeing the cowardly
savages turn and run from him. Fan
nin and his companions retreated a lit
tle farther down the river, and, having,
as they supposed, reached a place of
safety, they slipped down under the
bluff and concealed themselves until
they became rested from their fatigue.
They had nc t beien conceald long before
they heard their pursuers, who had been
reinforced, coming in search of them.
They remained in their biding place,
and the Indians passed below them
without discovering them, and soon re
turned and stood on the bluff only a
few feet above them, so near that Sa
bin, who could speak their language,
understood what they were saying.—
Bitt, as they were anxious to plunder
the stores, they did not remain long,
and were soon out of sight, when these
men sought a more secure hiding place,
farther away from the scenes of plun
der and burning.
Capt Nathan Clifton, while the fight
was going on, became separated from
his squad, and was closely pursued by
several Indians, being only a few yards
from the river bluff, he ran and leaped
into the river. Growing on the bluff',
was a dense eopse of cane and willows,
with their tops and boughs dipping into
the water. He floated under these,
which completely hid him from the
savages. As lie ran and leaped, he
was fired at many times but escaped
untouched. The Indians watched the
river for his body, supposing that he
was certainly killed, and sat down on
the bluff, within a few feet of where he
was floating in the water holding on to
the twig of a willow, with nothing
above the water except his nose. He
could plainly hear all they said, being
familiar with their language. They did
not remain very long, supposing they
had killed him, and that his body had
sunk in the river. He remained con
cealed under the bluff - and the water
until near noon.
The women and children of Roanoke
had all, with the single exception of
Mrs. Kershaw and her nursing babe,
been sent off to places of safety, sev- |
eral days before this. Mr Kershaw was
a merchant doing in Roanoke
As the village was a newly settled
place and houses were scarce, his fami
ly occupied a room over the store. A
young man named Pierce, clerked for
him. Pierce was returning from sen-
try duty, on that fatal morning,
just at the commencement of the
attack, and, being fired on by the In
dians, he ran for the store, calling to
Kershaw to open the door and let him
in. Just as he reached the door, he
stumbled and fell. Kershaw, at that
very moment, opened the door, and re
ceived the volley discharged at Pierce,
which killed him instantly. Pierce
arose in time to get inside the store and
drag Kershaw’s body out of the door
and close it before the Indians reached
it. But, believing that the Indians
would force an entrance into the house,
and seeing at that time no possible
chance of escape, he carried Mrs. Ker
shaw up stairs, turned a large empty
box over her and her babe, and then
crawled under it himself. Soon the
Indians were heard iu the store below ;
a little later, their stealthy steps were
heard cautiously ascending the stair
way, then in the room where they were,
next, they wore heard approaching the
large box that concealed them; then
the box was raised several inches from
the floor and let fall, to see if it con
tained anything. The lifting up and
dropping was repeated several times
to be sure that it was empty. Several
Indians then seated themselves on the
box and hacked it with their tomahawks,
as they conversed. Is it possible to
imagine that man’s feelings during
these moments of suspense 1 What if
M rs. Kershaw should lose her pres
ence of mind and scream! What if
that innocent babe should become rest
less of its dark confinement and cry !
All! whether Pierce recognized the
fact or not, God was there. “He moves
in a mysterious way, His wonders to
perform.” He, doubtless, sealed their
lips and hushed their breathing. What
agonies did Mrs. Kershaw endure dur
ing these moments,—-moments that
seemed ages ! Her murdered husband
was lying in the room below, and doubt
less bis yet dripping scalp dangled fr mi
the belt of one of the fiends seated on
the box that concealed her and lief
fatherless babe! Every moment she
expected to be dragged from her hiding
place, and her babe’s brains dashed out
against the walls of her bod room,
and the next moment she, too, would
be ruthlessly murdered, and the bodies
of father, mother and innocent babe
cremated in one funeral pil '. But
Heaven decreed otherwise. Tbe In
dians soon left the room, and commen
ced plundering tbe store below, and,
directly, the roaring and cracking of
fire warned Pierce and Mrs. Kershaw
that they had more dangers to brave,
and other perils to encounter. Their
heaven favored box might hide tnem
from tho savages, but it could not shield
them from the flames, and they must
immediately seek anotli r hiding place.
Pierce slipped from under the box,
cautiously looked out of a window and
saw the position of the Indians, ascer
tained that they were all out of the
room below, and that the way was clear
to the back door. Not a moment was
to be lost; the building was well on
fire inside and out, and very soon it
would be impossible to pass through
the loWei 1 room, He hastily, yet noisi
lessly, removed the box from over Mrs.
Kershaw and her child, took the babe
in bis arms, and tbe mother by the
hand, descended the stair-way and
passed through the room, where lay
the body of the murdered
husband and father. Gladly would
that loving wife have stopped and im
printed one long last kiss on that cold
crimsomed face. Ah! it would hake
been a relief toiler poor crushed heart
to have cast her body by the side of Lis
and let their worldly possessions become
their funeral pile. But her precious
babe was yet living, for it she must live,
with it, if God's will, she would die.—
There are times when dangers and perils
act like cordials to the stricken heart.
If they do not cure it, they, for the
time, blunt its sensibilities, quiet its
pangs, and stimulate it to exertion by
directing the mental emotions away
from the objects of grief, and prescribing
new dangers, and other important ends
to be gained. Such was their effect, in
this instance. Although the flames
were fast approaching the body of h r
husband, and she knew that it would
be consumed, she hesitated not a single
moment, but followed her deliverer
through the the room and out of the
back door, at an opportune moment,
and undiscovered by the savages, they
gained the swamp, in the rear of the
store, and made their escape.
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VOL. 16-NO 10.
How lie Got His Pay.
On the hanks of the Ohio, before the
advent of railroads, when steamboats
piled between Pittsburgh and the West
lived a sturdy farmer, whoso spare time
was spent in chopping wood with which
he supplied the passing boats. One
winter a boat was laid up at this place
on account of the ice, and during a long
and cold season burned the old gentle
man’s wood. When the ice cleared
away the farmer presented his bill,
which the captain refused to pay.
“You will pay it,” said the old man.
‘l’ll not pay it till I please,’ retorted
the captain, and ordered the old man
off the boat, a request which he compli
ed with.
A little later lie appeared on the bank,
axe in hand and commenced chopping
at a large tree hanging directly over the
boat which would not bo ifc le to move
for several hours on accru at of the flow
on the ice. The captain with an oath,
asked him what he meant bj cutting that
tree when he knew that it would fall on
the boat.
‘Will yon pay me for the wood V ask
ed the fanner.
‘No,’ roared the captain.
‘Then I’ll foil this tree on your boat,’
and the sound of the axe rang out on
the air.
The captain stormed and swore, and
threatened to lick the old man, but to
no purpose ; the well directed blows of
the axe were gradually eating ; way at
the heart of the tree, and unless some
thing was done soon it would fall and
crush everything beneath it. Finding
threats and entreaty useless, the captain
finally brought out a swivel gun wliicV
all boats then carried, and, loading it,
pointed right at the tree Faster flew
the chips as the old man saw the prep
arations of war, when the Captain sang
out:
‘Will you quit chopping at that tree?’
‘Will you pay me for the wood?’ said
the old man, never loosing a stroke
‘I ll give you just one minute to get
away from that tree, and it you re not
gone then 111 bow Satin out of you,
Cried the captain, as he called for a
light and primed the gun.
Without a word, as though some new
thought had struck him, the old man
shouldered his axe, and shaking his fist
at the captain, strode toward his home,
and was seen there no more. In a few
hours the boat pulled out and steamed
down the river, making a landing tit
Stubenville, twenty-two miles below.
As the captain stepped on the wharf,
the sheriff walked up, and tapping him
on the shoulder, informed him that he
had a writ for him, and wouid tie his
boat until lie paid a little bill.
“What bill?”
“The bill for that wood you burned
off me, and would’nt pay for, you wall
eyed slink,” put in the old man, who
had been concealed up to this moment,
and bo added:
“I walked down here to ketch ye,
and darned if I would’nt a walked to
Cincinnati afore I’d lit ye get ahead of
me.”
The captain saw it was no use to fume
about it, for the old man bad the law
on him, and after paying the amount,
with additional costs, and the old man’s
mileage, each way, be was allowed to
depart with his boat.
The woodman took the next boat
home, with his money in Ins pocket,
saying as he left: “If it hadn’t been
for that infernal swivel gun I’d smashed
his eternal old boat.’’
According to *he Rev. Mr. Scudder,
a missionary in India, four men bought
a quantity of cotton in copartnership
That the rats might not injure it they
bought a cat, and agreed that each
should own one of its legs. Flacti leg
was then adorned with beads and other
ornaments by its owner. The cat ac
cidentally injured one of its legs, and
the owner wound a rag round it, soaked
in oil. The Cat by chance set the rag
on fire, and, being in great pain, rushed
among the cotton bales, where she had
been accustomed to hunt rats. The
cotton was totally burned. The three
other partners brought suit against the
owner of the invalid leg to recover the
value of their cotton, and the J udge
decided that as the injured leg could
not be used, the eat carried the fire to
the cotton with her three remaining
legs. They only were culpable, and
their owners were required to compen
sate the owner of the injured leg for
his share of loss.
Chicken Cholera.
A f rtmer writes; Onickeu chillers
was very b id with us last year, and i
will toll your leaders how we cured
i*. Foi'every tor'y f..w!s we took a
piece of nsssfoetida tho size of a hiek
oiy nut, broke it in small pieces and
mixed it in about a pint of corn mea !
wet it thoiough'y with boiling water
and plac id it near the roosting place
so that the chickens cou'd o--t of it
the first thing in the morning, li
they were not too near Goad to eat, a,
cure was eeftuiu '
“That ’Ere
At noon yesterday there was a
piece of bedcord, a dog and a man
on the Wood war 1 avenue portico of
the city hall. If the dog could have
had his say about it he would have
probably offered the man for sale at
alow figure; but the dogs in this
Country are dumb. It was the man
who explained:
“Yes, this 'ere dog is for sale. I
kinder thought when I left home that
I wouldn’t take less than $lO for him,"
but I find, on gittin’ here, most every
body has five or six dogs apiece; and
I ’spose I’ll have to come down to
six or seven dollars. I hate to do it,
though. If the old woman wasn’t
wearing a horse blanket for a skirt
and the children barefooted, I would’nt
part with this dog, even up, for the
biggest rhinoceros in Barnum’s hull
collecshun.”
“Any mean traits about him?” in*
(paired the citizen'
“Wall, no,” slowly replied the
owner; '.not any downright mean
trick;”
‘Thin why do von wish o sell
him ?” •
“Wall, I can’t lie, even to sell a dog;
as bad as the old woman wants a
new s' irt The fact is, we’ve kinder
lost confidence l !) Bozert, and the old
woman, in pertickler, is down ort
him*”
“How was it?”
“1 don’t care about the dogs heat
in’ what I say, said the man,” as he
lowered his voice and drew off a lit
tle. “You see, he took the durndest
streak on you ever heard of. One
day he left home and come back with
a wallet in his mouth; There was
S6OO in it. Next day lie brought
home a diamond ear ring. Next
night he came home with a gold
watch and chain, and on his next
trip he brought home a thousand dol
lars in greenbacks. In the course of
the past month tins ’ere dog has
brought home over ten lost pocket
books, seven gold watches, five dia*
moiid rings, and six wolf robes.”
“Good gracious! but is that so?’*
exclaimed theeitizen, looking the dog
over anew.”
“Yes, that is so ; and that’s why I
want to s 11 hint, I'm afraid he don’t
come by those things honestly, and
they are a burden on my conscience!
The old woman has turned everything
over to the sheriff to be restored, and
she- says if we keep the dog we’re
aiding and abetting robbery.’’
“If I take this dog I shall keep him
in the barn,’’ ebserv; el the citizen.
“.Jus: so, I■ ‘y m let him out he’ll
find a lost wallet, sure.”
“I shall see that be remains locked
up day and night, my hottest friend,
and, by tiie way, let me compliment
you ou your rare display of conscience
You deserve the thanks ot every hon
est man. Here are $G for your dog'”
“Thank you,” was the humble re
ply, and that weak and humble look
didn’t leave the man’s face until the
dog and his new owfer had turned a,
corner. They liedidu’tsay anything
He merely gave vent to a chuckle,
which sounded like ice breaking off’
a mansard roof in a thawing day, and
coining down on a lot of scrap iron,
—Detroit Free Press.
Mind Your Own Business*
Nothing but ultimate ruin stared
that farmer in the face who does not
pay personal attention to the minute
details of his farm. There are a
thousand small leaks about the man
agement of an ordinary farm that, if
not closely attended to, will surely
bring the most hard-working farmer
lo ruin and bankruptcy. A large
portion of the farmers can attribute
their present condition to no other
cause than a lack of close attention to
the small details of the farm. Close
supervision to the machinery, tools,
stock and their feet, a place for ev
erything and everything in its placer
No hired help is as much interested
in attending to these duties as the
farmer himself. Such a course would
in a few months or years at most, ens
able manv farmers who are now on a
down bill grade to again begin to as
cend, and if persevered in it will sure j
!y make headway against what would
otherwise look doubtful.
Irish Wit.
A country rector and his lady were
one day riding in a gig in the town of
Sligo, and on the fly road observed a
small, ragged boy tending a goat, which
he held by a string “Say, boy, whats
your name?” asked the minister, ‘"Pat
sy, your honor,” answered the woe fel
low, with a bow. “Well, Patsy, can
you tell me how many gods there are?”
said the divTne with a nudge to hia
wife. “Don’t know that sir,’’
the boy making a second how. “There’s
but one God, my child, said the lady
and the gig drore on How ignorant
those poor Catholics are,” remarked
the minister. ‘ Yes God help them,”
replied his wife. Three hours after as
.hey were returning, the boy was in
the same place. “Please, were you in
Sligo, sir!” asked Patsy. “Yes, my
little lad, ’ replied the rector, why do
you ask ?” “Id like to know frorq
vou, how many chimneys are there in
Sligo? ’ “Chimneys, you litt'e rogue 4
how do I know, I never counted them.”
“Then, sir, if you can’t tell how many
chimneys there are in Sligo where
have been, how could I tell how many
Gods there are iu heaven, where I uavs
er was 1”