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New Berber 81iop.
I TAKE pleasure in informing the public
that I have opniSf n first-class Barber
Shop over Laing A Brdsstore, next door to
telegraph office. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Hair cut and shave only 35 cents.
Please give tne at lek't a trial.
.BERRY jMOORB.
Dawson, Ga., August 3, 1882 —tf.
BARGAINS, BARGAINS!
——:o:
SOLOMON & MOUNT,
Th<" Leader* of Low Prices at
DAWSON- . . GEORGIA.
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llsve opened for th# Fall and Winter one of the Largest and Best selected stock of
DRY GOODS, OL()THIN'G,d3()bnrSIIOKS, II VI’S, HOSIERY, LADIES
and GEYiVS’ UXJSEiI§ EAR, THUNKS and NOTIONS.
Also * compete fi„ e 0 f SLUAKs; SHAWLS, BLANKETS,
A' - 1 BljOO • uch never l|e i ore been <li>iJayedlm Daw* n.
N >, v
W* have the vWy frr*i 3y: anil sir; ■ lot I >.\ ss Gyiuil. |('liasli:y<ji\'s. SlJ.fcr A
**P*. ■'> is and. Mem; im Hut WT.ffi -✓<!** tiftfift audlalNl^fftJAtT!.;
aad quality, and an will a'T'nt.. econvieff you.
Cloaks, cloaks, rioakss
_r. m . -
In i®b aftgftie we eatimit bo beat, sKW’i -kavfe bought them (Hrect from t}iensmu&w
-turers in mo- ■plant, tie* atfd hayp nd'w ftiaii section a full and cough.*H; liimof floats, j
Bargama in Blftuv.id.4l • B.mra.-is v SJVav.L: : n-g.-dns in Flannels; Bargains in JeansT”
Mw have tue . 0 mean .-■*. e>: nr • prepared' l.*> ofifec spreiui inducement.
W hr** ruGlvedjf i Imlt to tiie'-tffciwt ■ tee Ladies tra ie, ;tiiu have bir'i.l t o- 1 a
choice fleeted ativ-t mgJV; -y Hog •;•>'. GF.k’cs, Skirts, Laces, iin.sl.l.ur, Burtons y the
thousan is : .I,lm we. i|i ii i a 1i i ■ ■COY fancy goods entirely too numerous to mention.
'O too fS 13! I LsT O4J /{
Here we ormeTvAhe (tout and mean what we say—we have bought one of the largest
•too**#*-. hrough&o Dawson.- The ve{y best of Beaver Suits, Tbjcot Suits,
fcsrt* of worsted suits, *MsiiMsu& hcits, Pai’ts cif latest st'. Ms, anil hun
dreus of ats. of imported' and American cloths. We 'httv • taken
spdßlaTeWe to select Finel>rAs Suits in broadcloth and worsted.
A Iso a large stock of Bgvs’ and irtm nßEXs’clothing, haiKisomciy
triunuedstncl gotten up An tlif ist t styles. Examine ofir
Stock and prices lief. -r e . \ , -tr i .uv and you will find it to
$G UJS I kmfftEsT.
SHOKB. ’ SHOLS. SHOES.
If y<& wish to see a fine stork of Shoes -larg" stock of Shops—and .shoes from the
best makers in the land, J ai must n> ‘ fail to ex . 1 ie the hiffmfriOth stock of Bools and
SOLOMON <$ MOINT. \Ve afe prepared to supply lliq Leities. the Gents
the Misses, the You.IN slid the (Jliilflr*!;,. >!iocs for the large amt small and'Shoes'for'
every Wldy *t prices that will astonish' flic world.
We only mention the prices of a few of our goods which will at emee satisfy you that
we only mean busffics* afcd notliifig else.
DRESS GOODS DOMESTICS.
Fair Dclains at. ?{cents. ' T* Best stitmlurd Checks afc]B cents,
Cashmeres at 12 A cents, - Prinfh'at 4 cents.
Fair Saltings ftt'U'i cents.- Best Prints af 6 cents.
Fair Brocades at 20 cents. Sheeting 4-4 at 6f cents.
Fine Black Cashmeres at OO taents. Shirting 7-S 5J cents..,.
English Mormon* at 35 eentsf Fruit of the Loom at 10 .cents.
Fetich .derinoes at 65 -ids.
CASSIMERE-S AND JEANS AT YOUR OWN PRICES.
5,000 yards of good JCftnaat 10 cents. 200 yards ofiai, wool Cassimeres at 50 cts. ‘
6,000 yards of heavy Jeans at Cen'e . 200 yards “ “ “ 00 cts.
C.OOO yard?of extra quality Jeans at 10c. 200 yards ** “ 75 cts. 2
6,000 yards-of. extra <pm!it.y " Jeans at 2ty; ’3OO yards . piality “ SI.OO
10,000 yards of bes aii wool Jeans at 40c.
Fins Table Lhien unbleached at 20 emits pef yard. A fill! line of colored Table Linen, -
Toweling and Towels within reach of all. * /
CLOTHING. BOYS’ SUITS.
50 Good suits at S4-.00 24 Good boy’s tit $2.50
50 Good suits at $5.00 24 Boy’s cassimere .-.uits at $6.00’
50 Good suits at $7.50 24 Finest cassimere suits at $9.00 .
50. all wiool cassimere suits SIO.OO 24 Extra fine suits at v’o.oo
50 fair worste { suits at $12:50 500 Overcoats from 53.00t05i5.00
50 Extra dress suits at $15.00
BOOTS AND SHOES CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST.
600 pair best brogans at $1 35 200 pair heavy boots *1 75
500 women’s polkas at 00c 200 pair --xtra quality boot* at $2 50
500 pair ladies’ fine butt on shoes at $1 25 200 pair fine calf boots at $261)
600 pair mens’ dress shoes at $1 50 200 pair extra quality boots at $3 00
600 pair of fine mens’ gaiters at %1 75
NOTIONS.
500 Doken Good Ladies’ Hose at 6fc 500 Dozen Hankerchiefs at 4c
500 dozen good ladies liose at 8o 500 dozen handkerchiefs at 5c
509 do*eu jfoort colored hose at 10c 500 dozen handkerchiefs at B’c
500 and -.F’i fine quality hose at 12ic 500 dozen mens’ half hose at B}c
ttKkl Ltxea'nf’lailic ’ ,1-ctjs buttons 5c . 500 dozen mens’half hose at Bft
6090 bolfis of ladies’ dress buttons4c 500 dozen mens’ half hose a: Wc.
Go'Xf Hato at 50c; line shawls, $1.50; fine cloaks at $3.00; fine quilts $ 1.23; fine bed
eprtd*,f $; 00, fine blankets at $2.00; gents’ undershirts at 25 cents; ladies undervests
at 50 . sets. Now last but not least, we call the attention of c very citizen 'nf Dawson
ajij auiT-' lading coin ! ry to exaniinc our stock and prices, and be convinced that we with,
•u yoii tn’.'uey in ev-iry article in our line without exception. One call Will satisfy
you timt we have no leaden but have reduced everything to rock bottom prices.
SOLOMON & MOUNT,
Leaders of Low Prices, Dawson, Ga.
A FALH THAT 5
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From this date, I will sell at
COST FOB. CAM Hi
Ladies’ Dress Goods of all varieties.
White Marinoes, White anil Black Alpacas.
Worsteds of all shades.
Green, Crimson, Brown and Black Cashmeres.
.Common Opera and Basket Flannels.
Ladies' Cloaks and Dolmans.
Tiiinming Silks and Satins.
S.jk Fringes, Passamenterie and Gimp Ti^iftJfn^R*
Also a lot of Fine Gilbert Bk.nkets.
A kne of Cheap Buggy Harness.
flrtnnniinrrl do obe undersold
by aiiy; Come and see for youi’selves.
COME one! COME AUu!
,1. W. lowrey.
29, 18S‘l
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THE CAti'SON " JOURNAL.
BY U. L. WESTON & CQ.
The ijcgislatuie hiiß Us Duties
—Adjourned. Sessions, ‘he.
Editors and Jt *wh£ri r. ;
The press of the state is very
goner,’illy demanding Rif the pres
ent Legislature that if shall com
plete its work in the constitutional
limit of forty days and adjourn
sine die; and f A'iMer 'tliat iiJ.h : s is
impracticable,. tl*s present session
shall be prolonged : rather than
that aim.djnutm’a Session shall be
bold difviiig Hhe ■ (tuning summer.
I venture to suggest sotne rea
soiie why this dem.ind should not
be complied with. In the first
place, X assert that which will be
indorsed by every one who has
h 1 |,y ixn l^LMing
iwi lafi ttie jAc' SW tminTL to
wit, that with the increased duties
P *>■ wdfH’”- , i4
is Ympossible to coinjneto the la-
**rff j j
days,.unless Uie
plishtwf U''a?trgelHer mconsMmTi
bie. Few persons without actual
the time uce.-ssary to pe s; ltirg;i
body "of'"legislation' throiigh two
L'lfn-ei.even whc: 3.mi^| 4 lie ut
4nJLt d.jlige ‘ pnrtmf the
members; and perluij -:., foyer
know of ike ’inai y e i iikmlties in
the wry of rapid dispatch of 'such
business, to say nothing of the iin*
policy of haste in ffitch a grave
■dnty -as the enactment of laws for
a million ami# half of people. It
hot ss, %i \%dA%M*
tliis ftfctwr may be properly ap-
Ww • pubisc, to titffScei
seme of |{>e
yfie Legislature, and’tlie time with
in which such ditties dir-do Ih> p'ef
f, u'qieti.
Nothing more than the organiz
ation of tlie' two Houses by the
■electioivtlf officers can be accom
plished'rm the first day; and in a
large bo2y like the House of Rep
resentatives, where all the officers
are required to be elected by a
vtva vote vote, the larger part of a
legislative day is necessarily con
sumed in’such organization. The
.•second df under the law, is con
sumed by the two Houses in joint
session in counting the vote of the
State for Governor and State
house officers. The third and
fourth days are reqpired in receiv
ing and hesrLuff' ihe message of
the outgoing governor, with the
’accompanying reports, and in in
augurating the incoming governor.
These various duties exhaust
the first week, wfinout giving any
opportunity for legislative work.
Tlie second w#A is necessarily
■cerisuinod in the election of the
Officers oft he judicial department,
-which in differrtst years vary in
the nnvnbc-rs to oe elected from
twenty oil to thirty odd. Where
the elections ai atreqn ired to be by
vivo voce vfeto in joint session, tliey
can not bg’Vell disposed of iii less
time when there’are any consider
able contests ttmpfcg the candid
ates. The Senate#; .l election is
fixed by Federal statute to begin
on tlie second Tuesday after tile
Ijegislatnre. to be oornplecol ill
joint -session, the next day. Ay
nur, ue £ ctovenes’ on
AVedne.s(lcy,this'Comph“'tiert of the
Senatorial election, fif ut is not
futlUr pen n- J||Wol
teemh day fid t w#s3i m ana uu
til the expiriition'of it is
nmioublixUy true timt Tittm
legislative work : is
There remain-.
rive days of the forty. FrVrt of
those days are Hnndays, leaving
but twenty working day’s, and.
Thanksgiving day- reduces the
number to. nineteen.. The man
who thinks that till the affairs of
this great -State can be properly
looked into and the proper legisla
tion for two years pass, and ■ r ”i"'
two houses in nineteen Gays, is
simply ignorant of; the facts nec
essary to enable him to form a
mJlrMrf iwwn:
this would be impracticable under
any system: hutMlVteYttf^cunar'
metliods prescribed bv our pres
,nit c mstituth hek Iwl. i 4
u w stop to notjc- wi§i]Brt cut; r
ity, At is tkmbly. fcic.
Tlie constitutional convontiQD
wliich prescribed, the bi iSiLU
session of forty nay’s, it onl t >n
ismned more than that time in re
vising the coi.stitnti*mi audits
cm rsalerations win limited i* a
comparatively few propositions,
Bnwson, .Ga., Tbursdiiy, December 14,1882.
; tin’Tf 9tfibi'dy of Urn > "gdnic 1; w
bo.ii|g dw saiuo jn ;dP of our con
stitutions.
Those of our citizens w’liobo
come impatient hvith the lengthen
ed sessions of the Legislature
should refioct upon the changed
condition of public affairs, by
wkieb largely increased duties
And much, t
have been imposed law
makers. Some of these will be
readily r, cognized as rising from
a greatly augmented population,
the rapidly increasing diversities
of material interests and practical
i A lastrits, new system of educa
tion and labor, and increased pub-
lic debt with corespondiugincreas
ed revenues, -with their accompa
nying questions of taxation and
expenditure, to say ‘ nothing of a
changed social status with its *-ver
changing l icompficntio is and tho
■ aentmtsg'nd as yet unsolved pro
blems.
The, o matteva.of gravity and
,b 'lenity,'end to and and with them
properly ci ire, study and*
time. To attempt to dispose of
them hastily would lie di3a:-.trous.
And even the much abused local
legislation is’ of th greatest im
portance to the people. Much of
ft is pernicious and worthy* of the,
condemhi’ildn which it r.-c : • ; ;
but oh the'other much ,qi it
Wsal&'tary and necessary. Tins,
county and, city certainly should
appreciate the value of loqal jegis
titiqn, Our.jidimrahlo road laws,
ax-, county government, law, our
public school sy.Jenj, tjra city
Snarier, the funding bid by .-'kick
,th 4 city credit has b on rest; t>,d,
besides a dozen others which
With] _lye., numUoncd are all the
fruit of loqal legislation, and could
jjlfryo been gotten under no othei
system, What is true of this
county is true in a greater or less
degree of otherfcounties, of which
there are one hundred and thirty
wen. How c. n ail these matters,
great and small, general and local,
bo disposed of in haste? The
council of a city g -vermuezt liltds
it necessary to meet every fort
night or so, and private corpora
tions even rinist assemble their
direct, >rs frequently to legislate
for'tbo.ir interests. Is it not un
reasonable in the extreme to ex
pect, then, that the Legislators of
a great StatQ, with its conflicting
and diversifiedinteret 1 sand needs,
with its important concerns, its
large rovomti-s and nccos.’.nry di.;-
bursmuenfs, sLjtild inune liately
after their election convene, and
in a few days’ hasty Work, dispose
of all the business necessary for
two years, ;"\jd adjourn sin- die
Tlie representative legislative
branch is the distiuctfve feature of
a free government, and it is a mis
take to under-rate or depreciate it.
The fashiou to do so did not orig
inate here, but comes from the
Northern section, whore State gov
ernment., are little appreciated iu
comparison with the Federal gov
ernment. Tlie functions of our
State government are much more
hiUMirtaut to us than those of the
jrentral government We should
dignify tlie positions of our State
officers, and L ;ld up their hands
whenever they are in the dis
slriGe of duty. Whenever they
ftjvjilerelict in duty it is not only
riß. rivik-ge but the high t duty
tlie press to expose and criticise
llidb acter, end Sucii fearless criti
cism mid condemnation is the only
I fe|u,nl in this country against
*o&icitd corruption. The otiice of
Legislator in this State should be
esteemed ns one of dignity and
honor. It Is to the' public inter
, est that if should he filled by the
best men iu the Hate, who would
feel tlie acsurance that fidelity in
their offief’ -void * Ue rewarded with
. publicco*mnoiul.*W*. Such corn
im ndatioh is the only jmssiblo re
ward, as service in the office in
pers nud aicrinc ■ to any'
one competent to fill iL Tne pres
ent liegiklatrire is in the main a
fine represen f dive body of men;
hi rd from personal acquaint .no' 1
Iv. ifh rn-'uiy of Uuun, lam s. fe in
the materiel in both
Senate nfrd House is above the
Sievemge. No; irly, if not quite, half
I olthem are experipneed meinl>ers,
i have serted at various times
|in the past ten or twelve years,
[ au? they aicfthe many good new
men who '**
trusted that they will not unnec
essarily prolong their stay at the
oapitoh An occupation that
yields littbo more than dfly labor
er’s wages, and requires confine
ment in the day and committee
worir frequently until past mid
night, will he a.i> unioned as soon
as is consistent witliriuty.
It’ the legislative service must be
prolonged i>tiyotid tlie forty days, it
is bettor that the prolongation should
be during an adjourn and session.
Leaving out all questions of health
and comfort, ii is impossible to keep
members in Atlanta during the
Christmas holidays and the first
seek iu January. Their business
imperatively requires heir presence
iti home, and go they will, even if it
costs them their positions. If tlier
must Le an adjournment over, it
should be to the time most convenient
to all. That time is the summer,
when the grit in crops have been
harvested and the other crops have
ee laid In. The interval will give
.ibi ieg; iators time for thought and
study. P'l'V are needed by all who
are G"hged w'. F ' grave duty of
n-ailing law s for the government of a
petiole, ft is a9- nous defect in our
law'.hat lep'i ilatoi h art- called upon
to perform all their duties within a
few '.reeks ftfxfir election. No man
is prepan dtodo so who is without
experience iu the business of the
i late, it nuyUii's not what may be
h,s abilities and learning iu other
matters. The pei-ple of Georgia have
iitilo cauee to apprehend any evil at
tbedjands of the Legidatnre of the
•g„ate. Its a'ction Las over been con
servative and iii the main judiei us.
The inst- ry of the past gives no
cause to fear summer sessions, for it j
is yu-eeptihle of easy proof that the
luosi imp art it work for the State
has beeu a- .mplishs 1 in the three
summer se; io.is of L ;2, Ib7J and
IBai.
Ti oe- an .■ will b a more bnga
telio. Ii .he • pilar and adjourned
session cost $1 A,ILK), uiakiug it
thus t:5‘.),0 ) p aim uni, it would be
less than three md a. half cents per
capita to tiie >ooplo of the State.
It is a mista e to term such adjourn
ed session an iu, action of the consti
tution either n letter or spirit. If
detf-rmined upon by less than two
is vote it, would be. tit the
Legislature is a part of the Slate
government, aid tlie eb i.titutiou
vests iu two-thirds of each houso lull
authority this question. An
.ulj.Min !< <1 sirni del riAined upon
l,e such co stitutional majority is
not in violalion of tlie letter or spirit
-f the constite ion, but is in strict
conformity to its express terms.
* * *
AM at Sea.
No person wait a heart can rea t
die story of the two Miteliigan girls
an i keep the tears back. Of course
some people cry easier than otners,
and what would cause auotber to
look solemn a; 1 pitiful, but the re
cital of the sufferings of these two
girls cannot fail to bring tea; s to the
eyes of even those unaccustomed to
weeping.
It seems that the grids went to a
retired spot and divested themselves
of their clothing to an alarming ex
tent, and wc .' bathing in tlie waters
!of Lake Michigan. For a time they
! turned tiip-ilap in the water, and
seared the lisli ashore, wnen an im
! pulse, seize-1 them and each got on a
j saw log that happened to be near oy,
| and they paddled themselves aroati 1
j with feet and kauus. It was Quo con
i turned round of pleasure, barring the
I- ark on the logs, until tlie logs be
! gan to if at out!into the lake. Tie
logs ha i got out some distance be.
| lore the girls noticed what was go
ing on, and when they looked to
ward the slrore and saw their ciothcr,
i.i little piles looking not bigger tha t
a towel, their hearts sank within
I them.
'file wind was blowing quite fresh
I from die shore, and quite cold, an
j they would have suffered fearfully,
only their hair was auburn, which
overcame bf-a gr; ai extent the rigors
iof tlie climate Picture *to yoiu selt
these poor nvite qnlei giris on the
aw logs, the sii lie 1 of tueir naive
.and lading in tin distance, and tne
cruel wind* blowing them towards
| Milwaukee ai ’the rate of six mil. s
an hour. Saw log* are gopd pro
perty, but each of the girls would
| have given every mi* log <* ®" tl ‘
i for :ic su of cninmer clothes.
Th ay tried to per ode liaek towards
’ the shore, but- wmt power had tlie
! litt’e Miehig..). f ;t the gale
1 that was blowing then) towards the
VOL. 17—NO. 43.
hospitable shores of Wisconsin. The
girls would not have objected to a
trip to the JP.-tdger State, ordinarily,
and they had often hoped to make
the trip, but crossing the lake on a
propeller, clothed in their right mind,
and crossing on a saw log without
any tide-saddle, attired in nothing,
was a different thing.
One of Hits girls was inclined to
weep, hut the braver one kept up
the spirits of her companion bytell
lup; her that it would soon be over,
a<l It: \ 'rould soon be floating up
Milwaukee river, making a sensation
Hu would rais i the neighbors. As
they • >t o>ii all nit a mile one of the
girls ft i! son., tl lag nibble her foot,
'.vhen anew threaten •! them,
I'.tnl with n cry of “sharks” they both
put their feet on the logs, and sat
there dreamily, wondering what new
danger would menace them. A log
is a most urn tol lable subject to
dwell upon, the way they make them
now, and it is no wohder those poor
girls felt that it was no Pullman car
hey had taken passage on. They
thought of ho id, friends, kindred,
pol'nßises and straw hats and so
forth, and were abort to despair, and
wero wondering what iho W isconsin
people would take them for, when
they decided to lake one more fond
1 >ok at 'frc.iigan. When they looked
around, to their joy and mortification
they saw some men in boats coming
to their rescue They were pleased
at the thought of being r. Scuod, but
sari 1 tned at not being dressed foi
Ciiinpimy, and one was going to jump
• •verbnard and drown herself, when
the other thought of tne plan of get
ting off the logs and holding on by
the bark while the men towed them
a there.
This was done, and be it said to
lie tv.lit of the Michigan n scueru,
that they never looked back, but
when the boats lauded at the beat'.,
near wlnre the clothes were, the
bold rescuers immediatly took to the
wood:, and never locked bank, not
even giving the rescued girls a chance
:to thank them. It is needless to say
hat the girls kiuhed themselves into
! t\i hr dry goods real spry, and that
; lies’ took a solemn oath never to
tart for Wisconsin again without a
s-f atnk/oat. It is said they cannot
look at a aw log now without a pang
of sorrow.
iSITIA !'!'.!> 3N KAHONI’Y.
Tint Hart Boy Uivos His Father
the Kojrti Bumper F i<‘j;iee.
Milwaukee Sun.
1 wish me and my clntm bad muzzled
our goaf with a ptlloW. Pa would
have enjoyed his becoming a m mber of
our lodge bettor. You see, pa had been
telling us how much good the Masons
and Odd Follows did and said we ought
to try and grow up good so we could
jine the lodges when we got big, aud I
asked pa if it w > id do auy hurt for
us to have a play lodge in my room
and portend to uishiate, end pa said it
wouldn’t do any hurt, lie said it
would improve our minds and leant us
to be men. So my chain and ate hor
ned a gnat that lives in a livery stable
and carried him up to my room when
pa and uta was out riding, but the goat
Mated so wo had to tie a handker
chief aronnd his n< se. dm} bis feet
made such a noi*=e on the floor that we
had to put some baby’s socks on his
feet. Well Sir, tny chum and me
practiced with that goat until he could
hunt a picture of a goat every time.
We berried a buck beer sign from a
sa oon man and hung it on the back of
a chair,and the goat wotshl hit every
time. That night pa wanted to know
what we were doing up in my room.
I told him we were playing lodge, and
improving our minds, and pa said that
was tight- There was nothing that did
hoys of our a/e half so much good as
ti imitate men, and store by useful
n lid' e. Then my c um asked pa if
It didn't want to come up and fake
rand bumper degree, and pa lathed
tid said he didn’t care if ho did, i”st
to encourage us boys in innocent pas
imo, that was *o improving to our
intellee'. We had shut the goat up
in the cos t in my room, and he had
got over It's Mating, so we took off
the handkerchief, aud he was eating
some of my paper cotlors ami skate
straps
We went up stairs and told pa to
come vp pretty soon aud give three
di tiuct rape, and when we asked rum
who comes there he mas* say a pilgrim
who wants to jo n your ancient order
and ride the goat. Ma wanted to
come up, too,* b t w told hrt - if she
come in it would break tip 'be lodge
cause a woman couldn’t Treeft a secret,
and we didn’t have any mid saddle for
i the goat. Say,-ef yetr never tried it,
the next ftfne ybtf fttiHafo a m>*n fn
youi Mason p Lodge, jou Hpnijkly
little kyau pejtper. tut. the goats heard
just before you turn him loose. You
wouldn’t,think it was the same goat.
Well, we got all fixed and pa rappedf
and we let him m and told him *4&*
must be blind-folded,and begot on his
kn-es a laffiing, and I tied a towel
around his eyes and then I turned him
around and made him get down o hhr
hands also, and then his back was right
toward the,closet dour, and I put the
buck beer sign right against pa’s
clothes. He wasja luffing all the
time, and said wti .were fullj as
they made em and we told hitn it was a
solemn occasion, but we wouldn’t per-
mit no levity i'tfdl if he didn’t stop Hrf
fing we couldn’t give him the grand
bumper degree. Then everything was
ready, and my chum had his hand on
the closet door, and some kyan pepper
in his other hand, and I asked pa in
a low bass tonft if he felt as though
he wanted to turn back, or if he had
nerve enough to go ahead and take the j
degree. I warned him that it was full
of daugers as the goat was loaded for*
bear, and told him he yet had time *r
retrace his steps if he wanted to. He
said he wanted the whole business, and
we could go ahead with the menagerie.
Then I said to that if he bed deoi
did to go ahead, and not blame ue
for the consequences, to repeat after
me the following: ‘Hiring forth the
R ival Bumper aud let him Burnb!” Pa
repeated the words, and my chum
sprinkled the kyau pepper on the gn**
moustache, and he sr.e'z and once aDd
looked sassy, and then lie soeu the
Is j.r ii et goat raring dp, and he star
ted ■ r it just like a cow catcher and
l,Pais real fat, but he knew
ho ! : got bit, and be grunted aod
„j,.1 : ,id 1-fire ! what you boys dois !
ail I I the goat gavo him another de
giv.-Vi'id pa "pulled off the towel ani
. nt'up hnd Wed for the iWf&j&tf
so did the goat, and ma was at the
hot tom of the stairs listening, aud when
I looked over thy banisters pa and ma
ami the the goat were all in a heap,
and pa was yelling murder, and ma
screaming fire, and the goat was blat
jug. and sneezing, and butting and the
hired girl oamc into the hall aud the
goat took alter her. and she, crowed
1 viseif ir.st as the goat struck her, and
said; “Holy mother protect me!’’
UD d wet t down stairs the way we boys’
slide down hill, with both hands on her
self, ami he rired up and Mated, and
pa aud ma went into their room* and
shot the door, aud thou my chum aud
me opened the trout door aud drove
the goat out. The minister who comes
to see ma three times a week, was just
ringing,the -bell, and the goat thought
he wanted to be nisbated, too, and
gave him one for luck, aud then went
down the sidewalk elating and smfea
ing, and the minister came in the par
lor and said he was stabbed, and when
pa came out of his room with his sua
penders hanging down, and as he didn t
know the minister was there he said
cuss words, and ma cried aud told pa
he would go to hell sure, and pa said
ho didn’t care he wou>d kill that kus
-id goat afore he went, anil I told pa
the minister was ia the parlor, and ho
raid ma weut down and said the weath
er was propitious for a revival, and it
seemed as though an outpouring of tba
spirit was about to be vouchsafed to
his people and none of them sot down
tut ma, cause the goat didu t hit her.
Beautiful Answers. —A Persian pu
pil of the Abbe iSicord gave the fol
lowing extraordinary answer's;
‘Whatis gratitude'?”
“Grattitude is the memory of the
heart.
“What is hope’!”
“Hope is the blossom of happi&ese.
“What is the dinerence'betwhen hop e
and desire!”
“Desire is a tree : n leaf; hope is a
tree in flower, and enjoyment ia a tfee
in fruit.”
“What is eternity!”
“A day without yesterday or to-mor
row; a line that has no end. ’
‘What is time?”
“Aline that has two ends ; a path
which begins in the cradle and ends itf
the tomb.”
“What is God?”
“The necessary Being, the Sun of
eternity, the Merchant of nature, tne
Eve of Justice, the Watchmaker of the
universe, thr Soul of the world.
Dr. Hawks, an eloquent and popu
lar New York divine, once asked the
vestrymen of his chureh to increase
his salary lueeauee of his increased!
family expenses.
“Don’t trouble yourself,” said the
I vestrymen; “the Lord has said, He
will care for the young ravens when
they cry.”
“I know that, ’ said the clergyman,-
“but n. .hiug is said about the young’
1 ilarWJiti.