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Volume 2.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, September 21st, 1883.
X
Number 19.
EMKa-.raua:^ ■.
The Augusta Chronicle has a lone
some look among Southern papers
jn its support of Randall for the
Speakership of the next House of
Representatives,
The Augusta Xewx comes t aus
this week in an enlarged form, and
vet it is none too large. The pro
prietors of the Xeirx have added
improvement after improvement
to their paper until in form, size
am l matter it has taken its plaee
i„ the front rank of the leading
journals of the .State, and is an ex
ample of wluit pftiek, energy, indus
try uiul talent can accomplish. We
ure sincerely glad to note this evi
dence of prosperity in our Augusta
contemporary, and send our good
wishes for its future success.
0 lit <Tme (fitizen.
Jennie (rumer. compelled to leave home on ne-
A New Haven special to the New : ( ‘ ,,ullt of tlu! strong feeling against
The (oi'i'nri Kinliaxii).
York Tirnex says: “Tlio most mvs- them for their Union sympathy, so
terious character who tigured in the ! that there was no one at home but
Mailey-t nuiicr mystery two years i llliams liciselt.
ago, was the individual known as <>M tlu ‘ ,Klforo Morgmi'a
the mail with the black moustache. I donth, about 1) o’clock, the quiet of
Many witnesses swore that they| the Williams’ house was disturbed
saw such a man with Jennie Urn- ,,y n 1<)lul kn °ck at the deor. Mrs.
mer, the murdered girl, the two; Williams went to the door and
Mai ley boys and Blanche Douglass rt,i| ked:
in their trips at the shore immetli- A ho is there .
ntcly proceeding the murder and! “ John Morgan’s men,” was the
reply.
The Savannah Timex shows up
the terrible expenses of prosecuting
criminals, in the case of Major Lee,
u youthful negro murderer, who has
been in jail in that city since De
cember, 1880, and for whose expen
ses the county is asked to pay near
ly $50(1, and his expenses are still
Ifoing on. The tax for the prosecu
tion of criminals is the heaviest bur
den that the public lias to hear.—
Put this expense must he paid, or
criminals allowed to go unpunished.
This expense ought, and we believe,
could be raised from the shoulders of
honest, law-abiding . citizens of the
State, who are compelled to pay this
terrible tax to protect their lives and
property from the lawless, by es
tablishing criminal courts in each
county in the State before whom
accused persons could bo tried and
disposed of at once. The idea of
keeping a prisoner locked up in jail
at the public expense for months is
not only nonsensical, but entails an
unjust tax upon the virtuous part of
the community. If an accused per
son is innocent, he should he roleas-
edat once—if guilty, let the puisli-
ment follow the crime quickly.
The Atlanta Constitution informs
us that the Legislature has refused
to pay the burial expenses of Gov
ernor Stephens. Our Atlanta con
temporary censures this action on
the part of the House of Represent
atives severely, while on the otlirr
hand it is claimed that the bills ren
dered were enormously high. The
Legislature would probably have
been willing to have paid a reason
able amount for the burial expen
ses of (iovernor Stephens, and we
think the action of the House is to
lie commended for its rejection of
the outrageous and ureasonnble
charges it was asked to pay. We
cannot understand why the State
diould pay three or four times as
much lor the same services as
would he expected from a private
individual, 'faking advantage of
the love of the people of Georgia
lor their illustrious dead, these cor
morants would make the great ca
lamity of (iovernor Stephens’ death
11 source of private speculation—
they seemed to suppose that the
people wept golden tears. They
have received a check which we
hope will operate to learn them
that they cannot rob the State by
playing upon the strain of senti
ment,
(>ur Augusta exchanges announce
the death of Major Samuel 11.
Crump, which occurred in Augusta
on \\ ednesday morning last. His
death was very sudden, and al
though in* had been in had health
tor some months past, it was very
unexpected. As late as 10 o’clock
Tuesday evening he was with a par
ty of friends, and left them at that
hour to go to his room in his usual
k'ood spirits, which nothing—not
even disease—could dampen. On
Wednesday morning when his ser
vant failed to arouse him, liis broth
er, Mr. Oeorge A. (’rump, was noti
c'd, ami upon opening the door
h'uiul him lying upon his bed us if
hi quiet slumber, hut his gallant
s °ul laid taken its flight, alone, to
the (toil who gave it.
I hi* announcement of the dentil
°t .Major Crump will not only he
mourned in Augusta, where all
hnew and loved him, hut will cause
!1 sigluif sorrow to heave tin* breast
'd his many friends throughout the
* s tntc. Our personal friend, we
mourn his death.
Major Crump wore no empty ti-
*h‘ s . hut was the hero of two wars.
•^m| in,(I. upon tin* plains of Mex-
11,(1 mid w bile battling for the “Lost
Guise” pi'ovmi ]|is devotion to his
•mtive State and his patriotism by
deeds of valor, lie was with the
"feat Southern leader at Appomat-
G*, and followed the intrepid Gor-
'hni jn that terrible, well-remem-
hm’eil and last charge at Fort Stead-
1111111 before the tlnal surrender of
Jhe Confederate arms. And when
" sheathed his sword, not one net
."! l 11 committed that would bring
oliisli of shame to the cheek of
d"'who wore it. But “lie fought
o '., i * t'ffht, he won his last ha -
>e has “crossed over the river,”
mal is at rest.
that lie'seemed to be on intimate
terms with them. In the early sta
ges of the investigation into the
circumstances attending the girl’s
death, every exertion was made to
ascertain who the man with the
black moustache was, and where
he came from. But the man disap
peared so suddenly and completely
after the investigation was set on
foot that many interested in the
ease were disposed to regard him
as a myth. Royal M. Bassetts, a
wealthy manufacturer of Birming
ham, arrived homo from a trip to
Europe a few weeks ago. Unless
he is the victim of a gross and
motiveless deception, he had the
strange fortune to meet the man
with the black moustache in ids
travels. lie is a warm friend of
Edward Malley, father of Charles
Millley, and partly on this account
and partly because he is averse to
notoriety, refrained from saying
anything about his remarkable ad
venture. But a few evenings ago.
to a small circle ot friends, he rela
ted how he met a young man at the
railway station at Brussels late one
night, and traveled with him to
London. The two became acquaint
ed, and it resulted in the stranger
telling Mr. Bassett that lie was the
mysterious man with the Mack
moustache. The man xvent on to
give full details of Jennie Cramer’s
poisoning. lie said she was in
hiding for the first few days. They
were looking for him, and lie took
passage for Germany, being liberal
ly supplied with money by parties
whose interest it was to keep him
out of the way of the authorities,
and being under agreement not to
return to America, lie was about to
goto Australia, as he saw a favor
able opening there, Mr. Bassett
parted with him in London. One
of the gentlemen to whom Mr. Bas
sett told this story says: “Mr.
Bassett spoke of his adventure in
the course of a conversation which
we had about the strange acquaint
ances people make when traveling.
The man said that the girl was
poisoned at the Malley House. He
claimed that the killing of the girl
was not intended. ~She had refused
to comply with their solicitations,
and Walter fixed up a dose to drug
her so that she would be helpless,
or, at least, I think the dose was
spoken of simply as drugs. It had
unexpectedly a fatal result. This
occurred, as I understood Mr. Bas
sett to say, Thursday night, instead
of the night following, which was
the one on which the State in its
prosecution of the Malloys and
Blanche Douglass built its theory
as to the time of the murder. It
was not till the next night that the
body was taken to the shore and
thrown into the water. The blnck-
moustached man told Mr. Bassett
that lie assisted in this part of the
job. The man said he was formerly
a clerk in New York, and told in
what office he worked, anil all
about himself. He also described
| all the details of the girl’s death,
j and the way in which the body was
I disposed of with a particularity
which evidently made a deep im
pression on 31 r. Bassett’s mind.—
The man is now in Australia, as he
said he was on his way there at
the time of meeting Mr. Bassett.
Knowing Morgan very well, Mrs.
Williams had no hesitation in ad
mitting those outside, particularly
ns a sudden thought Hashed through
her mind, which subsequently bore
good fruit. Throwing the door
open she hade them enter and wel
come, and Morgan crossed the
threshold with three or four of his
staff.
Mrs. Williams prepared a supper
for them. At her earliest opportu
nity to get out of the house, she
went to a twelve years old boy
whom she knew, and gave him
some instructions and a note. The
boy disappeared, and fifteen min
utes later he rode cautiously out of
town on a Imy horse. When half a
mile away, he laslied his animal
to a run.
Unsuspicious and confiding, Mor
gan and his staff supped, and about
11 o’clock retired to bed. They
slept soundly, and day was just be
ginning to break, when was heard
the tramp of feet, a cry, a shot, and
then all was still.
About eighteen miles ftom Green
ville, Gen. Alvin ('. Gillem, of the
Union army was encamped with
2,">00 soldiers. Gen. Gillem was
sleeping in Ids tent at 11 o’clock
when a picket awakened him, and
called him outside. He found the
picket holding by the bridle a bay
horse whose thinks were bathed in
foam, and on whose back was a
small boy. The general asked the
lad what he wanted, and for an an
swer the boy handed Gillem a note.
It read:
“General Morgan and his staff,
with a small force of men, are stop
ping at my house, and will remain
all night. If you send a detachment
of men before sunrise you may
capture them. Yours truly,
Mks. John WnmiAMS.
The boy was taken into Gillem’s
tent and fed, and immediately boots
and saddle was sounded, afid six
companies of cavalry under Colonel
Ingerton were ordered to Green
ville.
Mixed Schools.
Morgan’8 l.nst Haiti.
Ilia statement recently made to
ail 'Indianapolis newspaper, An
drew J.Campbell, the Union soldier
who killed the Confederate General
John II. Morgan, at Greenville,
Tennessee, narrated all the circum
stances of Morgan’s attempt to es
cape and the manner in which lie
shot him down, but said he knew
nothing of the means by which his
commander learned that he was at
Greenville. The missing informa
tion is supplied by Edward S. Rich
ards, a grain merchant of Chicago,
who was Adjutant General of Ten
nessee while Andrew Johnson was
Military Governor of that State.
John William* was a Tennesseean,
hut a Union sympathiser, lie was
The Boston llerahl, in a burst of
honest journalism protests against
mixi>t schools for the South on the
ground that it works injury to both
races. Coming from the latitude
where the Herald makes its home
and advocating Republican politics
conspire to render its remarks pe
culiarly refreshing. It says: “No
Northern educator who has made
even a cursory study of the educa
tional problem of the South will
favor mixed schools there, whatev
er may have been bis previous
views. Sueli a policy would, in the
first place, cause the parents of the
white children who are able to pay
for their private education to with
draw from t lie public schools; and
the latter could not long be main
tained without the active interest
and support of the taxpaying class.
Mixed schools, even if it were pos
sible to sustain them, would work
an injury to the colored children,
by bringing them under subjection
to the children of dominating race.
Neither race at the South is yet so
far away from the old habits and
traditions of slavery that any theo
ries of equality can prevent this
practical subjection of the weaker
race when its members are brought
in close relations with the stronger.
The lack of moral training and in
stincts among the negro girls of the
South is felt by those who know the
actual condition of society there, to
be a sufficient reason for educating
the races, and, so far as may be, the
sexes, separately. All that justice
requires is that the black clildren
shall aliurc with the white in the
distribution and benefits of the
school moneys, ami shall hav*> com
fortable buildings and suitable
teachers. The question is a very
different one where half the chil
dren are black, and their parents
have been reared in slavery, from
what it is in our Northern commu
nities where the colored children
count only as scattering, and have
a man of wealth and education, and i been accustomed to something like
had a very beautiful and accom
plished wife, twenty yeurs ids Jun
ior. Mrs. Williams was a strong
Union woman, and lost no oppor
tunity to give aid or Information to
the Union soldiers, 31 r. and .Mrs.
Williams’ residence was at Green
ville, about fifty-six miles from
Bristol, where the Confederate ar
my was encamped, Williams with
equality of privileges,”
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. I!.—W,
Montrose, of the New York i'o/iee
Uazeftr, was to-day convicted of
distributing an obscene pictorial
newspaper, and sentenced to pay a
fine of #1,000 or sentenced to serve
twelvemonths in the chain gang.—
The ease will be carried to the
others of his townsmen hud been | Supreme Court.
Snvnnnnli News, lfitli inst.
The Comm Embassy, which ar
rived in Washington yesterday, will
excite curiosity, not only in the na
tional eapitol, but in every city that
they visit. They will excite curios
ity not only because they are the
first Comms to leave their kingdom
for any western land, but also be
cause they are different from any
people on the face of the globe.—
They speak a different language
and have different customs. The
Embassy consists of nil Envoy Ex
traordinary and 3Linister Plenipo
tentiary, a Vice-Minister, a Secre
tary,six attaches and an interpreter.
The Minister is a nephew of the
king. His name is 3Hn Yong Ik.—
The Vice-Minister is a son of the
Prime 3Iinistcr, an glories in the
name of Hong Yong Sik.—
The Secretary is known by the
name of So Kong Pon. The Em
bassy is in charge of 3rr. Percival
Lowell, of Boston, who will take
care that they see all the sights, and
are not imposed upon by the hotel
keepers, or deprived of their cash
by confidence men. A little more
than a year ago, a commercial
treaty was made between this coun
try and Corea. It was the first
commercial treaty that Corea ever
made with any country, and the
Embassy are in this country now
to ratify it. Our Minister to Corea
is General Foote, of California, who
was appointed a little over six
months ago. The reports received
from him within the last few weeks
were such as to create the impres
sion that he wishes that he had re
mained at home. Corea is an al
most unknown country. No for
eigners are permitted to enter it.—
There is a law, not very rigorously
enforced now, punishing with death
any one not a native who steps
upon Corean soil. This is one of
the reasons why there is less known
of Corea than any other country.—
The kingdom is on the east coast of
Asia, and has an area of DO,000 square
miles. It comprises a peninsula
400 miles long and 140 miles wide,
a large number of adjacent islands
and a part of the main continent.
The entire length of the kingdom
from north to south is (>00 miles.—
The population is placed at about
Id,000,000, although nothing is abso
lutely known about it. The climate
is cold, especially in the north. A
more temperate climate and the
most fertile part of the kingdom
are found in the southwest. Wheat,
rice, cotton, hemp, ginseng and va
rious kinds of fruits are produced.
The inhabitants are of the mougo-
lian race. They are larger than the
Chinese, anil bear a strong resem
blance to the Japanese. In dress
and social life they approach the
Chinese. They are the only people
in Eastern Asia who still rigidly
maintain caste distinctions. The
higher classes are fairly well educa
ted, and are followers of Confucius.
The mass of the people, however,
are Buddhists. The government is
despotic, and the lives and property
of the people are at the mercy of
the lowest officials. 3Ir. Lowell,
speaking of some of the peculiari
ties of the Coroans, says that as a
race, “they are stoics, although they
are exceedingly polite and courte
ous. They do not believe in mak
ing any demonstrations either of
sorrow or of joy. They have no
amusements or games which call
for outbursts of joy. They would
make an excellent audience at
some of the American plays. Their
gambling Consists of a game called
“Gobang,” and is the Corean poker.
They fail tq understand why Amer
ican gentlemen have so much
respect for tlu* opposite sex. As a
rule, the Corean lias a low opinion
of women, although a married man
among them outranks a bachelor
socially. They marry, as a rule,
very young, and as soon as one of
them gets a wife he is a man, no
matter what his years may be.—
Each man is allowed one wife and
as many concubines as lie can sup
port- The more of the latter, as a
rule, the higher the man. The wife
has no social standing. If an Amer
ican, for instance, should call on a
Corean at his home, the Borenn
would never think of introducing
his wife. There Is no public kissing
between the men and women. If a
Coroan wants to kiss his wife or sis-
| ter, or mother, lie does it on what
the Americans would call the
j “sly.”
All the members of the Embassy
are educated men, that is, they are
I educated from tlu* Corean stand
point.
In Chicago they were amazed at
everything they saw, They were
particularly struck with the tight
pants and pointed shoes worn by
the men. Their dress is thus de
scribed: “Their trouzers are us
baggy as those of the zouave. Over
this is a loose robe or cent with
flowing sleeves. This garment is
made of raw silk, and the color va
ries according to the wearer’s taste.
The nether garments are of cotton,
the socks are wadded and fit in
shoes similar to those worn by the
ordinary Chinese on the streets.—
The lints, which arc kept on even at
the table, are broad-brimmed, with
a sugar-loaf crown. They are silk,
woven on bamboo, and they fit on
over silk skull-caps elaborately
quilted, which fit closely upon the
head. These lints are very expen
sive, those worn by this Embassy
being worth #15 American money.
An over garment made of gauze,
and split almost from the collar to
the bottom, is worn, and at first ap
pearance creates the impression
that the Embassy have adopted tlu*
Moth or Hubbards. The hats are
strapped on the heads and tied un
der the chins with long black rib
bons.
The Embassy will remain in this
country about two months. After
completing their mission, they will
visit the principal cities and other
points of interest. They propose to
get an idea, if they can in so short
ft time, of our institutions. They
are particularly interested in ma
chinery for manufacturing purpos
es, and will make lists of the kinds
they will advise the Coroans to pur
chase. Whether tlu* establishment
of commercial relations with Corea
will benefit this country or not re
mains to he seen.
(THHOT (il.KAMNUH.
Tlu* No (*'(*iii*t> in Oirlotliorpc* Comity.
The negro delegation sent to
South Carolina from Oglethorpe
county by the no fence men to in
vestigate its practical working re
turned convinced that it was an
advantage, and will canvass the
county in behalf of no fence.
Conviftfil by it llali* of Cotton.
“I went to Texas some years ago
for my health,” said a truthful
young Pennsylvanian, and it suited
me so well that I stayed there a
year or two' 3Iost of the time I
was a cotton clerk at a station
where a great deal of cotton was
shipped. It is a cotton clerk’s busi
ness to keep a complete record of
every bale of cotton that leaves his
station. Each bale is so marked
when it is put up that it can be ea
sily identified, so it can be traced
back through record after record by
its marks from the mill in England
to Liverpool, to New Orleans, to
Galveston, to the railroad station
where it was first shipped, to the
cotton gin where it was first pack
ed, and finally to the field where it
was grown. The system is perfect.
I remember when I was there they
traced back in this way a bale of
Texas cotton which, when opened
in England was found to contain
the body of a boy. lie had myste
riously disappeared from the farm
where the bale was pressed about
cotton-picking time. A man who
worked there with him, and who
had a grudge against him, gave out
that the hoy had told him that he
proposed to runaway, and return to
his friends in the North, and it was
assumed that this was where he
had gone. Instead he was on
his way to Europe. That hale
cotton covicteil that man, and lie
was hanged for the murder.”
I ottnu to In* Kxlitliltuit ns n Curiosity up North.
A Northerner wrote to a gentle
man in Athens to ship him a box
of open and green cotton bolls and
leaves, as lie wants to place them
on exhibition as a curiosity, lie
requested that they he gathered
from the farms of Toombs and
Stephens, if convenient as they
would add to their value in the
eyes of the Northern people.
Ill-lien.
In the scrub back of Indian river
narrows, in the State of Florida, are
the remains of a settler’s general
outfit, wagon, pots, crockery, etc.
They have been there many years,
and probably mark a tragic spot.
Not unlikely they were owned by
persons who came to settle under
the “Armed Occupation Act” and
were slain by the Indians. The
oldest settlers can give no account
of them.
l’»lllii|i oir iu I.lut.
Keluia (AIn.) Times.
One feature of the short cotton
crop of the present year, is tlu* re
duced yield of lint from the seed.—
A gentleman who has just returned
from the prairies, says that a large
planter told him that he had just
ginned 2,u0<) pounds of seed cotton,
which turned out only 350 pounds
of lint. A postal from another
large planter, near Marion junction,
says that lio had just ginned 1,800
pounds of seed cotton which yield
ed 220 pounds of lint. Last year,
cotton from the same land, ginned
on the same gin, yielded 525 pounds
of lint to 1,000 pounds of seed cotton.
This last falling off in the percent
age In lint cotton is at the rate of
about 5 per cent.
Tills state of facts is pretty gene
ral throughout the country. Com
bined with the short crop, it makes
the outlook very gloomy to some
careful tigurers on the general re
sult. ^
As the short cotton crop is not
confined to Alabama, but extends
over many large sections of the
cotton country, notably in Texas,
the estimate of a five and one-half
million bale crop, does not seem
extravagantly low.
A Mother AiclilentlyKills Her Child.
A little child of 3Ir. Shockley
Adams, of 3Iilton county, was acci
dently killed on last Monday under
the following circumstances. Mrs.
Adams, its mother was crossing a
fence with it and placed it on the
fence and attempted to get up her
self when the rail turned, throwing
both her and the child to the ground,
and falling across the child’s head
killed it instantly. The child was
a little two year old boy.
»iov. Sti'pliciis Itiirial Kxiioiisi k,
Cor. Augusta Chronicle, Sept. 21.
The House yesterday afternoon
killed the bill to pay the funeral ex
penses of the late Governor Alex
ander H. Stephen.**, but reconsidered
it this morning, The vote stood (Hi
yeas to 39 nays. The amount of the
hill was #1,312.25, itemized as fol
lows: Patterson & Bowden, for
coffin, #500; D. II. Dougherty, for
drapery, #301.70; C. M. Cady, for
music/ #125; E. Wuchendorf, for
flowers, #03; 3Iiller J. Brady, for
carriages, #58; Georgia Suit Com
pany, for drapery, #00; and some
18 other parties, small amounts
from #24.55 down to #1, for carri
ages, crape, services, etc.
A Henry Comity Production.
3Frs. Wm. Whitney, who lives in
Henry county, lias a history that
deserves a passing notice from us.
She is between seventy-five and
eighty years of age—never saw a
railroad—never rode in a buggy—
was never in a town—never was in
but one store, and that was when
she was a very small girl—never
saw but one cooking stove—lias not
been to church since the war—lias
not been a mile from home in fif
teen years—has been married six
ty-two years and her husbaiul has
never bought her but two dresses
since they were married, and they
were cotton dresses.
lie IV a ii I ml to Pructlco Ncillcinc.
Havauimli Timex.
An elderly colored man, named
Samuel Smith, approached Mr.
James K. P. Carr, the courteous
Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court,
and desired to register as a homeo
pathic doctor. After looking up
the law governing such cases, the
negro was asked to produce his li
cense or diploma as a prerequisite
for the registry, lie claimed that
he was neither a graduate nor had
he a license, but that bis knowledge
of roots and vegetables made him
sufficiently acquainted with medi
cine to practice it, and while he per
formed many cures, the people, both
white and black, refused to pay him.
(iporgla Hog ami Hominy.
W. F. Spann, of Webster, is in the
front line on the hog and corn ques
tion. Some days ago a drove of
three hundred and thirty-eight
cattle passed through his lane nil
their way to the West. On their
passage through this lane their way
was obstructed by a drove of over
two hundred of Spann’s hogs. In
order to make a way for the pas
sage of the cattle the rails of one of
tlu* side fences were taken down
and the hogs driven into a field
until the cattle passed. 3Ir. Spann
has twelve hogs that will aggregate
2,500 pounds. Besides, hi* has in
his crib about nine hundred bush
els of last year’s corn.
A Street Cur lliilleil.
Alll'lixtii Clirolllele, K(*|it. lStl*.
Yesterday morning as a proces
sion of brick masons were crossing
Broad street, on Mnrhury, the up
ward hound street car came up. A
negro man planted himself in the
middle of the track and waved the
ear down with his stick intending
that it should stop until the pro
cession passed. After learning his
idea, and not having any time to
lose, Mr. Skinner, the driver, polite
ly asked him to move aside which
lie did not do. In a few seconds
quite a crowd gathered around,
which attracted the attention of
Officer Prather, who arrived on the
scene and, at the request of the
driver, stepped up to take the man
off the track. The officer, however,
was pushed hack. He immediate
ly opened Ids coat, displaying his
badge, and after arresting the man
carried him to the barracks. A re
port was circulated through town
yesterday not only that the officer
was resisted by the negro hut was
badly beaten up by him. This,
however, is not true. The iiian,
while wrong in detaining the car,
did not either resist or strike the
officer, but on seeing his badge sub
mitted quietly to arrest.
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HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS.
O tell me, lie whispered,
The cause of your weeping,
And why from your lover
The reason you’re keeping.
Jfast lost any trinket—
An earring or locket;
Your chewing gum dropped through
A hole in your pocket?
(), worse than Hint, Harry,
The fair maiden blubbered;
My papa won’t buy me
A new Mother lluhlmrd!
Dry goods—Salt fish.
Strong butter—An old ram.
A wind instrument—The bellows.
A melon patch—The returned
plug.
The sequel comes to those who
seek wi ll.
Our infant industries — Cradle
manufactories.
A sherry cobbler will never mend
your old shoes.
A glove fight should be indulged
in only by kids.
A Texas hen set for three days oil
a nest full of hailstones and hatched
out a cyclone. She not been seen
since.
A ladies’ vigilant committee lias
been formed in a Californian town.
The husbands do the hanging—
around bar rooms.
A paper steamboat is soon to bo
launched on the Ohio River. They’d
better not make it of blotting paper
if they want any river left.
A Tennessee school-master kissed
tlie girls as a punishment, and be
fore the term was out lie had a
woman of forty-five joining the
school.
The Springfield Union thinks the
postal card “not quite good enough
for blotting paper, a little too heavy
lor lamp-lighters, and rather too
flimsy for sandpaper.”
An exchange correspondent asks:
“Is there anything that can be
burned to keep away musquitoes?”
Oil, yes! Burn the mosquitoes.—
That will keep them away.
An old adage says “Hell is paved
with good intentions,” and it’s the
only place of which we ever heard
that it is. Generally paving is done
with the intention of cheating the
city.
“I know a victim to tobacco,” said
a lecturer, “who hasn't tasted food
for over thirty years.” “How do you
know lie hasn’t?” asked an auditor.
“Because tobacco killed him in
1850,” was the reply.
“Do you put an ‘e’ in whisky?’
inquired the chicken-fight* reportei
of tho city editor. “Rarely,” replied
tho city editor, “sometimes a little
sugar, and once in a while a piece
of lemon, but rarely an *e\”
“Why,” asked a governess of her
little ehasge, “do wo pray to God to
give us our daily bread? Why
don’t we ask for four or five days,
or a week ?” Because we want it
fresh,” replied the Ingenuous child.
“Just look at that horrible mud
out there,” she lisped. “Well, thai
is the proper place for it, is it not?’
be replied. “Where would you
have it, oil your boots or down youi
neck?” Another fellow pays foi
her earemels now.
At the marriage of an Alabam
widower, one of the servants wa
asked if his- master would take
bridal tour. “Dunno, sah; who
ole missus alive he took a paddle t
her; dunno if he will take a bridl
to do new one or not.”
Young politician writes: “Wh*
does a State have a Legislature?
My dear boy, it doesn’t. The Logls
lature lias tin* State, every time
Has it by the throat, by a lurgi
majority. Has it by the pocket
book. Has it on its back.
Macon Telegraph: Dave Urome
line tells us that coming down 01
tlu* train the other night he heard :
baking powder representative tell i
rough story on Atlanta, drummer.**
The man from tho yeast said: “
dreamed the other night that
died, ami went, ns a matter o
course, to purgatory. I lookei
around and met burning drummer
from almost every city of import
mice in tho Union. There was i
meat man from Chicago, a sho>
man from Boston, un umbrella mill
from New York and so on, but no
a solitary drummer from Admit:
did I see. I thought it strange tint
so great a city as Atlanta sbouh
not be represented, and to learn th
c iuse I hunted up the devil am
asked him why it was that the Gat
City of Georgia was not representei
in his vast assemblage. Without :
word he led me to a vast chttmhe
and unlocked the door. He pointci
to a number of men hanging frmi
the coiling and said: “These ar
Atlanta drummers, and they nr
being hung up to dry. They ar
entirely too green to burn.”