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3 € & JNO. F MEANS, Editor and Proprietor. VOL, I. NO. 9 THE UPSON ENTERPRISE! Written for THE UPSON Enterprise. "With all said 9% hat to Teach the Boj my heart I stranger;“ best 1 can afford.” "Thank you," said Routem, “I ADVERTISING RATES, Notwithstanding George a am O Contrasted Marriages. "THE NOBLEST MOTIVE IS THE PUBLIC GOOD."...Virgi THOMASTON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING APRIL 30, 1978 .. my heart !" said the some establishment was George’s am- |MAREE TwVARS AT S’ERE TAN you are welcorle to the i bition, but he was unfortunate in his I ELOEC IIA A« $ Ei1 Rhe Hate Bishop Marvin. Among the numerousnotices which SQUARESTIT 1 M. |3M. i 6 M. i 12 M. j Square, 2 Squares, 5 Squares, 4 Squares, Colutan, 1 Column, j Column. $1 00 200 300 400 500 10 00 15 00 $250 500 7 00 10 00 12 00 20 00 2500 $7 00 10 00 1500 20 00 30 00 36 00 4000 1000 1 $1500 15 00 20 00 30 00 39 00 6500 7000 25 00 3000 40 00 5000 ! 80 00 1 130 00 By REV. W. C. CARTER. — O CHAPTER XI. "On, on, Sellin 1" muttered the trav eler as lie had just crossed a deep and rapid stream. "On, Selim, you seem jaded, my good boy ; but you have 1T 1ORN ET A T LA TV, THON ASTON, GA. W practice in the various State and federal Courts. Office first door North oi the Webb House. mch12-1y done nobly ; three days. fatigued and shall be glad to spend a ware that it was manifestly to his in- -terest to remain sober, he allowed his I have been warndd—as 110 Igrowing thirst to overcome him;and have among you that are inexperi- in a short time after his arrival in enced—that a dinner to our Ambassa- Routem, and will do all in my power Galveston, Was found intoxicated.— dor is an occasion which dei nds. to make you comfortable.” . He regretted this, for he had formed and delicacy in the ante of the Routemagain thanked the stranger, the acquaitance of several interesting dangerous weapons of speech. Ihave "This is the place; just get down young ladies by for too good for a been warned to avoid all mention of and go in the house.” Mr. Routem union with him. The pernicious ef- intentional politics, and all criticisms. and I am dismounted, took off his saddle and day ortwo with you in order that I and Selim may recuperate.” "I’ll be glad of your presence Mr certainly one hundred and twenty saw that Selim was provided with an W X. BEALL Attorney and Counsellor at Law, THOMASTON, GA. Will practice in the various Courts of State of Georgia. Office in the Court-house—down stairs, mehb-ly JULIUS E. F. MATTHEWS ATTORNEY AT LAW Thomaston, Ga. Office up-sairs Cheney Building. A. COTTEN, ATTORNEY AT LA W, Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in all courts in the State Prompt attention given to all business en trusted to him. mch5,-ly A. C. GREENE ATT0RNEY A T THOMASTON, GEORGIA. |miles from home. A few days more: and I'll be beyond the reach of my pursurers, if I have any. But sure- :ly the "old gentleman" will not trou- ble himself about so small a sum : when lie takes into consideration tliat |it is in my possession and reflects up on the length of my proposed journ ey.” And lie plied vigorously his * sharp spur which caused Selim to im- |prove his speed. "I’m not apprehen sive that I’ll be pursued, but it will |not be amiss to watch the old bache- lor." Thus soliloquized the young fugitive as he rode through the for- |ests of Louisiana. The settlements |then were few. Deer sprang up be- fore him, and trotting a few yards off gazed with an eye of anxious in-| quiry upon tlie intruder of their for-j est-home. This would have been a |fine occasion for Rufus to try his skill| as a marksman, but urgent business ! forbid even a temporary indulgence in the chase. Flocks of wild turkeys were not unusual; squirrels chatter- ed over his head in the branches of the trees, and the tall, majestic pines nodded their plumes. "Selim" was a| fine horse tliat Rufus had purchased| on the morning subsequent to the ample supply of food. The stranger introduced Mr. Routem to Mrs. Smith. "Smith, then, is your name?" Collections a specialty. Office in Johnson’s Building. mch5,-ly J. S. POPE, ATTORNEY AT LAW ZEBULON, GA. Prompt attention given to busidess JOHN F. ILEDDINO, A T Will practice ill all the courts of th ate, mch5,-y HUNT & TAYLOR, TO I X EYS AT I. A W BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA will practice in the counties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and in the Su- preime Court of the State, r Office over Drug Store of J. W. Hightower, mchb-ly Wm. S. Whitaker ATTORNEY AT LAW GA,* Will practice in the counties of the Flint circuit and the Supreme Court of f he State. JOSEPH J. ROGERS, A T LAW Barnesville, Ga. All business promptly attended to. CABANISS & PEEPLES ATTORNEYSATL Forsythe, Georgia. Will practice in all the counties of the Flint Circuit, mch5,-ly I, I-. BERNER,| BERNER & Attorneys FORSYTH, TURNER, At Law Will practice in alltlie Courts, and give ecal attention to the collection of alms. Refer to Wm. HI. Head, Banker syth, Ga., Dumas & Alien, Cotton actors- Forsyth, Ga. mcho,-tf b. N. MARTIN. 'NARTIN, I T. R. MILLS, JR MARTIN & MILLS, AT LAW, GRIFFIN, GA, Govil practice in all the State Courts 01 nnand the United States Courts. Cunninnce, front room, up-stairs, in Ingham building, mch5,-6m DR.G W.T. H ANNAM THOMASTON, GA. :L Otters EN . , willeverl his services to the public and be pleased to wait on his patrons. ′8, M.D. A. M. PATTERSON, M. D. SUGGS & PATTERSON, THOMASTON, GA. • Tender al serviceder the public their profession- 9mch6,-y DR, cn DRAKE. DR. W. M. BULLAR DRAKE & BULLARD, Tenderth’ sices and ne public their professional ser- 1 calls, give prompt attention to A philosopher has said that trueed- re appeared in print of this great ucation tor boys is to "teach them pit genuius and devoted servant what they ought to know when they the Living God, recently deceased, I become men." we have seen none more piquat and : What is it they ought to know, then? doubt, interesting than that from the pen of First. To be true—to be genuine. Colonel Herbert Fielder, in the last. No education is worth anything that Southern Chistian Advocate, does not include this. A man had feet of his inebriation was soon howevrild, of countries with which we are-at peace. Jest such utterances known to himself and the refined and embarrass our Minister and our gov- civilized females of Galveston gave erment in their dealings with for- Mr. Routem to understand that his eign States. In a word, I have been conduct "contra bonas mores." Gear- caution to talk, but be careful not 10 1 . 1 + say anything. I do not consider this Igo knew tins and endeavored to re- a difficult task the Smiths are quite a vent-I cover himself from the unrelaxing uresome people; I find them in all countries, and would not like to be where they are not." "How long have you been living in Louisiana, Mr. Smith ?" "About ten years, Mr. Routem. I came out here and worked one year with my nearest neighbor, Mr. Dobbs, who gave me very little mon ey, but made up for it, I suppose, by giving me a mighty good wife. Clev er soul, I can never forget him. Sal ly and I have got along mighty well; we never quarrel—have not time, nor talent for tliat, Mr. Routem. Here are our three babies—nice enough for a king’s.” Mr. Smith was loquacious; his life of comparative solitude pro duced in him a keen desire to talk. theft, and was a hardy animal, and a j you, Mr. Smith?" tolerably fleet traveler. “Get up, Selim!" shouted Rufus as his lagging steed resumed his usual gait. I “You seem to be |friend;" [shouted a |mediately in his rear. i himself to di- It i- gracefully written and graph- better not know how toread—he had ically drawn. Unfortunately we have better never learn a letter in the al- room but for a single extract which phabet and be true and genuine in s full of poetic imagery and beauty speaking of one of the Bishops’ grasp of the monster into whose hands lie had fallen. But lie had commit ted himself too far, and had not mor- Mr. Smith?" "Yes I’ve labored hard, built some cabins, cleared land, and have some thing for my family to eat. My time is spent principally in the farm.” “Game, I suppose, is plentiful with al courage sufficient to resist success- fully the evil influence of his wicked associates. For a month or more after George’s disgrace, lie was more temperate, and evidently desired to disengage him- self from the snares of the destroyer. In a short time, a second and more profound intoxication followed.— George felt the force of the shame that attached to his character but was powerless to recover. Moreover it was evident tliat his sensibilities were becoming obtunded, and it was said by many that George Routem would fill a drunkard’s grave. Old men counseled him, and in the fear of the Lord admonished him to abandon, the business in which lie Now,it has often occured to me tliat the conditions under which we live at the present day, with the reve lation of geology all about us, view ing.upon the one hand, the majestic It wast eso thess of the breeze and gentleness of the murmur of the hum- ing bird on the wing in front of a dew-bathed rose, and he passed as rapidly, and lovingly,and harmlessly from flower to flower. Anon lie rose from theflowers, full of their fra grance, to theclear ether, and sailed on wings ofgold, that unfolded and enlarged under the respl indent sun- :hisintention and action, rather than, being learned in all sciences and in all language, to be at the name time false in lieart and counterfeit in life. Above all things teach the boys that |truth is more than riches, more than culture, more than earthly power or ■ position. Second. To be pure in thought, language and life— pure in mixd and in body. An impure man. young or light. He scaled the cloud- old poisoning the society move s, with smutty storic where lie and im- "Yes, we have deer and turkeys in abundance, killed as many as three deer in one day; but that is |rather extra hunting." traveling my| gruff voice im- Rufus turned ! "So I should think," responded Mr. Routem. After supper the stranger resumed •over who it was that | the conversation with renewed vigor, thus accosted liim. and learned a good deal from Mr. "Your horse seems somewhat jad- Routem. But the latter had resolved ed; guess you don't live in these not to give any information tliat • p*rt?2ontinued the stranger, would militate against himself or configurationsof thesiluarian, z politic with their varigated columns and di amond-tinted caps. In the grandeur of his heavenly theme by his God T, given afflatus he rose, and carried old red sandstone periods and, upon withhim, in faith and hope, and swell- the oilier, the affiliations, and strati _ 1 ficatious, and ramifications of the pre-■ historic post pliocene, ante penulti mate epochs, we are stricken dumb with amazed surprise, and can only lift up our hands and say with that: wise but odious Frenchman, it was a slip of the tongue, sir, and wholly unintentional—entirely unintentional. It would ill-become me, upon an oc casion like this, purposely to speak slightly of a citizen of a country with which we are at peace—and especial ly great and gracious France, whom ■ God preserve ! The subject, however, is a delicate one, and I will not pur- ing emotionsmost bursting with co- lestial fruittion,he vast audience, as if not only speellbound to him, but to: each other until he seemed to play with meteors and rainbows, and mark' his majestic paces by globes; and thence by themyriad .systems of, boundless space and by magic power| pure examples, is a moral ulcer, a plague spot, a leper, who ought to be treated as were the lepers af old who were anished from bsociety and com- polled to cry unclean, : s i warning to save olliers from the pestilence. Third. To be unselfish. To rare for the feeling and comfort of others. To be polite. To be just in all feelings with others. To be generous, noble and manly This will include a genu ine reverence for the aged and things sacred. Fourth. To be self-reliant, and self- sue it. But—as I am about to remark lit up all in theglory of God as reveal- < helpful, even from early childhood, ed in ChristJesus. To be industrious always, and self- When he closed his sermon it was supporting at the earliest proper age. like the close of his life—calm and Teach them tliat all honest work is peacefulto him—apparently conscious honorable, that an idle, useless life of that he had done no great work, but dependance on others is disgraceful, onlv discharged a duty, but to the When a boy lias learned these four sunrise and regret of all others press things—when he has made these ideas ent, and leaving all chained to the a part of his being—however young . ,. spot in contemplation of the glory of he may be, however poor, or however |cast your eye abroad, sir, for one God and the truth of lis gosei, as rich he has learned some of the most pregnant m m nt over i a portrayed by one frail man Marvin, important things he ought to know eTwhich looms before you in themigthy The church loved him in life, let her when he becomes a man- With these was engaged. But their counsel and domain of intellectual progression, bless and praise the Giver for the four properly mastered, it will be ca- words of wisdom availed not. He and contemplate the awe cornpelling good man, his labors and example, by| y to find all the rest. turned away from these men to niing-: theory of the descent of men . er el- - keeping his memory in sacred peace." ale in scenes of riot mn debaueher y- wcctioi : Correlation of the hexes: aile tivsnd ltndret Sctotic WAKEUP, I he confidence of the public in him : Spontaneous combustion—what gulfs : delivered some four years ago, in the 1 These remarks by an exchange are and whirlwinds of intellectual stimu- First Street Methodist Church, by are timely and to the point: "Either ! Jus these magic words fling upon the | this eminent divine. With the excep- |run your town with a vim, or just get burning canvas of the material uni- ion of a sermon preached bv Rev. up and leave. Men who are always and probably the effort of waiting for a chace to get out of bus- Dr. Joseph Stiles, nothing that he ev- iness or out of town, will never try er heard can compare with it in fer- to do either. One of two tilings vid, soul-transporting eloquence, and should be done : push things, find or make a way to put some ‘go‘ into the was shaken, his company avoided and his influence considered danger Ous. ONE SQUAE E AND FAIR KMALE "He was the orfalist liar I ever seen," said Cooley O’Leary, as we re turned from his friend’s funeral.— "Why, lie told me once that he lived on which there was a volcano. And lie said that there was an active de mand out in that region for water to give hi. true location or late hour, and we mayadd it was late of raising them. And le Fail one :year the whole crop failed except one destination, before Mr. Routemare "Well," said tlie stranger, "what observed fiow soundly mout your name be ?" sleeping—knew lie wa Now Rufus had not selected for would not molest him himself a new cognomen; but there: "Well," said Mr his guest was fatigued, and Imelon, and that kept on growing at such a fearful rate that it crowded him off the lowland, and up the side 'of the volcano, which generated stam verse of soul! Across Hie chasm of Dr Mur the ages we take the oyster by the hand and call him brother—and back and still back, we go, and breathe |the germ we cannot see, and know in him our truer Adam. And as westand 11 he long procession of life, and g how steadily, how symme- wonderful, striking originality. Verily a great light has gone and seldom shall we behold it's trically we have ascended step by step| to our sublime estate and dignity of ONLY. out, | business, run the town for all tliat is like in it, get up steam and get up, or else quit the whole tiling, vamoose the 1 ranche, slide out out and let nature ihave her way. Do you want trade? Bid for it. Do von want bu sines men Lunionitr—out one lowly form into Only a sunbeam! but it brighten- to come to your town? Encourage alittle higher, and a little higher .ed the lovely lowers, gave a fresher those who do come. W Take up, rub froms-adcing grace after grace, and ' hue to the grass and threw its rays , your eyes, roll up your sleeves and function after function, with each and into dark dwellings of poverty carry- go to work with fear and trembling, every change developing from tad- rying gladness to the heart of their but take it for granted that all work poles into frogs, frogs into fishes fish 1) 1118 xausoss es into birds, birds into reptile tiles into Russians; I beg a J inmates |will tell. Leave results with them- was no time for meditation ; "George slept well and late." Routem," said Rufus, i "Yes, replied Mr. Smith, "I "George Routem," echoed tlie stran- 'you feel strengthened." ger ; quite a queer name.” | "Somewhat, Mr. Smith." Ireland caused an eplosion which blew ■up the whole concern to atoms, and shot him four hundred miles out to hope sea, where lie was picked up by a |whaler. He used to tell that the one :great mistake of his life was that he pardons gentlemen; it was a wholly innocent slip of tlie tongue, and due -only to the excitement of debate, for |far be it from me upon such an occas- |ion as this, to cast a seeming slur upon 1a great nation with which we are at Only a kind word!but it comfort- selves, borrow no trouble, but all ed the broken heart and revived the unite and have the biggest kind of the drooping spirit. It encouraged a fry." "Yes, a little unusual," observed Rufus, "Well, Mr. Routem, do you calcu late spending much time in these dig ¬ "Not a great deal," replied Rufus; “my business is such I can not delay.” "What part are you aimin’ at, Mr. Routem?" “Texas,” replied Routem. "From what State ?" “From South Carolina." “How long have you been travel- "About a week.” The person tliat accosted Rufus was a hunter returning homo from the “I see you have no game,” said Mr. Routem. "None, I divided with tlie boys." It was now only about two hours until night, and the stranger and Mr. Routem were riding rapidly through the dense forest. Their road was but a dim one at best. 'didn’t driv "W ell now, here s water, wash your the volcano i plug in the < ter of peace—a great and noble Christian so asto make it water face, and then we’ll eat, for Sally has tight, and then slice open the water tlie breakfast ready.” Mr. Routem washed and went into tlie kitchen where a smoking break fast awaited him. melon and come sailing home on the half-shell. “He would lie. He said that once Ihe was cast away on an iceberg, with no baggage but a pair of skates and a "Have a seat near the fire, Mr. fishing pole. But he skated around iuntil he came across a dead whale Routem, tlie weather is a little chill. If you would like, we will take our |frozen into the ice. So he took off |his shirt—it was night tor six months guns and spend an hour or two in |tliat year ug there—tore it into strips for a wick, run the strip through the hunting, though it is rather late for “Very good,” said Routem; “I shall not object.” Mr. Smith provided Mr. Routem with a gun and tlie two hunters were soon in the forest. Their’s was not a bootless hunt, for they returned in an hour or two each one having a wild Mr. Routem spent two or three days with his hospitable host, and on leaving made him a present of ten dollars. “Quite a nice fellow,” said Mr. Smith to his wife, as George disap- peared in tlie distance. bambo fishing rod, stuck the rod into the fat of the whale, and lit the other end. He said it burned splendidly, and tlie iceberg reflected tlie light so strongly that it was bright as day for forty miles around, and one vessel ran into the iceberg, thinking it was a light house. He said lie sold tlie iceberg to the Captain for $15,000, and tlie Captain split it up and took it home and made 200 per cent, profit disposing of it to the ice companies. “Lie? Well, sir, lie beats any man |I ever came across. Told me tliat Ionce cut in Nevada a mountain lion |attacked him, with his mouth wide |open. He had presence of mind |enough to grab it by the tongue and ■ gull. Tlie lion roared with pain, but "Mr. Routem," said tlie stranger is ten miles to the nearest home: |fellow seemed mighty anxious about 1 it 18 te 11 lies 10 as I 2 s the tail shorted, and, and directly out we'll be late nt this pace, and they something- I could not te.l what, they came, the tail and tongue in one ud Mr. Smith. urged on their’steeds. Rufus was beginning to feel tlie ef fects of bis prolonged journey. His awful crime tormented him; but lie was unwilling to return and replace tlie money, for he feared the law. The shades of night were approach ing. “How far now?" inquired Mr. Routem. “About two miles,” responded the stranger. “Two miles,” thought Rufus. "I would give twice this sum had this business never been undertaken; and lie thought of home and tlie lov ed ones there—whose hearts he had broken. Great tears gathered in his eyes, for lie was young, and his heart had not become so obdurate as to be insusceptible of feeling. The spirit of the living God was there in tliat wide forest on tliat night, and was showing to Rufus the heinousness of his offence. “Do you see,” said the stranger, “that light in the distance?” Routem replied in the affirmative. “That is my house," continued th e "And I shall be glad to lodge with you if you find it convenient, and not contrary to your custom. nation—whom God expand! But, as I was about to remark, I some erring one to walk once morein the path of virtue, Only an angry word! perhaps it Once Happy, Always Happy, was spoken thoughtlessly, but it car- Sydney Smith once said, “Mankind ried grief to some heart already dis- is always happier for having been coin agec >i unkinchess. : | happy ; so that if you make them hap- Only a little child! butit may be-lt‛2 come a good and able man or woman |maintain—and nothing can ever drive| Ime from that position —tliat tlie con-I tributions of the nineteenth century the SeTvionn 1797 to science and the industrial arts are work for Saviour, tread —are—but of course, they are. There| is no need to dwell upon tliat. You look at it yourself. Look at steam! Lock at the steamboat, look at the or an idle useless member of society. It may influence others for good, to “straight and narrow way," or walk the “broad road that leads to destruc tion.” Only a glass of wine! but it drag-' ged a noble, talented boy to the fow- py now, you can make them happy twenty years lienee by the memory of it. A childhood passed with a due mixture of rational indulgence, un der fond and wise parents, diffuses over the whole of life a feeling of calm pleasure, and in extreme old age is the very last remembrance which time can erase from the mind of man. railway, look at tlie steamship. Look at the telegraph, which enables you to flash your thought from world to world, ignoring intervening seas!— Look at the telephone, v hich enables | Only a little grave! but it cantains you to speak into affection’ remote all tliat is now left of a mother’s cher- car the word that cheers, and into the | shod idol and fofl ear of the foe the opinion which you tshed Idol and a tatl est depths of poverty and ruin. It broke a loving mother’s heart, and brought a father’s gray hairs in sor row to the grave. No enjoyment, however inconsidera ble, is confined the to present mo ment. A man is happy for life for once having made an agreeable tour, or lived any length oftime with pleas- ant people, or enjoy any considerable : , interval or innocent pleasure; which pintle and contributes to render old men so inat- ought not to risk at shorter range.— Look at the sewing machine, look at the fog horn, look at the bell punch, look at the book agents. And more than all, a thousand times, look at the last and greatest, the aerophone, which will enable Moody and Sankey to stand on the tallest of the Rocky Mountains and deliver their message to listening America—and necessari- joy Beneath that little mound of tentive to the scenes before them, and earth is sleeping the bright eyed pet carries them back to a world that is of a home now desolate and sad. Only an hour! but if wasted every! day in idleness will soon amount to a great deal of precious time, lost for- ever. If spent in useful study or lit- |tie acts of kindess, it will bring peace: |and happiness. Only a life!it is short and fleeting;| is past, and to scenes never to be re newed again." . . .. but if spent in wickedness it will ly it will annul and do away with tlie bring as eternity of misery and woe: pernicious custom ot taking up a col- if spent in doing good it will be but lection. . Look at all things, sir, and the begining of an eternal life of say if it is not a far prouder and more happiness.—Quincy McWilliams. The poor he did his level best pulling, and pret- i precious boon to have been born in ty soon the tongue began to give and |the nineteeth century than in an century tliat went before it. Ah, sii Rest and good treatment had quite| a salutary effect on Selim. He was full of life and willing to carry his rider any where. Several days were spent in study travel, and our young adventurer stopped finally in Texas.’ George did not know the value of continuous string. He said he had ’em at home, and he showed 'em to me, but my belief is they were only three or four cowhides and a tail dove-tailed together. "He was astonishing as a bull’s truth crusher. Said lie served on a gun- boat during the war which was very small and light, while the mortar on the deck was very large and heavy, money though he had learned to cov-and he said the first time they tried etit. Now in pos amount of money, THE GOSLIN.—The goshin’ is tlie old guse’s yong child. Thay ar yeller all over, ond az sofl az a ball ov woosted. Their foot iz wove hole, and they can swim az easy az a drop of castor ile on tlie water. They ar born annually ;clothed with the sufficient grandeur of citizenship in tlienineteeth century, even the wild and arid New Jersey- man might—a mistake, sir, a mistake, and entirely unintentional. Of all |the kingdoms, principalities, and countries with which it is our privi- I lege to hold peaceful relations, I re gard New Jersey as dearest to our admiration, dearest io otr heart, the wisest and the purest among the na- tions. I retrat the undiploma ession of a large to fire a fifteen inch shell tlie shell re- guage, and beg your sympathy lie knew not how mained stationary, while the recoil indulgence. to invest it. More than a month was spent in looking at tlie fertile alluvial lands of Texas. At last he decided upon Galveston as the most suitable place. Having arrived in the city lie registered his name George Routem, and spent several days in becoming lan- and was so great that it fired tlie gunboat But as I was about to remark, it j for miles up tlie stream and landed it has always seemed to me—that is, of in a tree. He was a liar, but now he dead I reckon he'll ketch it.” There was no doubt about it; Mr AN Essay ON WOMAN.—The undo mesticated editor of the Newport Lo- cal thus relates his matrimonial ex perience : “A woman is a mighty handy tliing to have about the house. She don't about the 15th ov May, an' never waz knone tu die naterally. If a man should tell me lie saw a guze die a nateral deth, I would not believe him under oath after that, not even if he swore he had lied about seeing a guse die. The guze iz different in one respect from tlie human family, who ar sed cost any more to keep than you will give her, and she will take a great in- |terest in you. If yougo out at night ! she will be awake when you get home and then she will tell you all about yourself—and more, too. Of course she will know just where you have been, and what kept you so late, and will tell you: yet right after she gets through telling you that she will ask von where you have been and what tu grow weaker an’ wiser, whereaz a goslin’ alwu. growstuffer and more phoolish. I hav seen a guse tliat thay sed waz 93 years old last June, and didn,t look an hour older than one tliat waz only kept you out so late. And aft 'course, since I reached a reasoning tell her she won't believe it Tim goslin waddles when he walks, and daddies when lie swims, but nev er dives like a duck out, ov site in the water, but only changes ends—Bill- ings. age you much agitated ques- musn’t mind that; and if, after going , , . rewards and punish- to bed, she says she hasn’t closed her O’Len 7 was very successful, as a con- m-nts was one upon which .honest eyes the whole night, and keeps up and sincere differences of opinion ex, the mantinee two hours longer and ist ; one individual with more or less won’t go to sleep when she has a chance, you musn’t mind that either; it is her nature." jstructor of energet works of fiction. j Chicago Times. acquainted with the business firms of OYSTERS have always been consid- the city and the amount of trade ered as forbidden food by the Jews, 1 tlie law of Moses prohibiting the cat- done by each, ing of fish without scales. In conse- After some delay George purcha tion of filial justice, leaning to tlie radical side of it. while another individual with ap parently equal justice, but with infi- nifely more common sense, more in- telligence, more justification, leans to quence, however, of Mr. Darwin’s a bitter and remorseless detestation ed a half interest in a liquor establish- theories, learned rabbi has arrived at of the pitiless Prince of Perdition—a 1 —-1 1.ston that ovetare ara nlants slip of the tongue, 1 do. sincerely as input This was an unwise step on the conclusion tliat oysters are plants, „ the Soonel till and may therefore be eaten by Jews, the part of Georgeas eseq An English paper reports that the disclose. His ride or horseback problem wil be submitted to a grand across two or three States had sober- j council. er him no little; and he might, upon . : 1Texas have passed for A German has devised a “Bank-Note his as ivrl in xtsocintion Album" with leaves of Albestos pa- a temperate man, but this assouanoH per. Papers placed betwixt the leaves with intemperate men rekindled tlie will, it is said, be legible even after sure you—I beg you to let me witli draw that unintentional slur upon the character of that great and excel lent personage, with whom and whose country we are upon the closest arid warmes terms, and who—. It is no use, so I will sit down. I don’t seem to have any knack at a diplomat ic speech. I have probably comprom- flame that travel had momentarily exposure to fire which reduces them kised the country enough for the pres .To be the proprietor of to cinders. cat. suppressed, 10 00 1 1 SUMMERVILLE Gazette: "George Washington, who has been in jail for a month, broke out sometime before daylight last Thursday morning. He got a plank loose from the floor of the cage, and used it to prize off tlie bars and to work off the outer ceiling, knocking off the weatherboarding Mt. STERLING (Ky.) Democrats; and letting himself down by his We learn from a personal friend of blanket. governor Hampton that he will de cline, if offered him, the nomination as either President or Vice President in 1880. He will be a candidate for re-lection as Governor, and, success- ful, will be an for the United States Senatorship. A Pike Township, Conneticut, girl recently boiled tlie clippings from her toe nails in some coffee, of which she gave a young man to drink, in the hope of winning his affections. So far as we In expression of opinion. rd an tizens v be- cuase they dislike ' .e that illus- trious name d : ed by his being tried for ’ ., and partly because it reliev ne county of the expense of feeding him. If any person should wish to re-arrest him we advise him to enquire where the negroes have a singing school. Go there and arrest the teacher, and if he is not the man we will plead guilty to an error of jugdement."
