The Cassville standard. (Cassville, Ga.) 18??-1???, May 03, 1855, Image 1
by THOMAS A. BURKE* PROPRIETOR.
VOL. VII.
LaJ rpHE Cassvillk Standard, is
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SifrerioKj. |
-/CRAWFORD Jk CRAWFORD, Attorney* at
*1 } hair, Cassville, Ga.—As a firm under the
.frbve name John A. & M. J. Crawford will
rrjmptly and faithfully attend to all business,
i ,trusted to their care in any of the couutics ot
the Cheixikee or Blue Ridge Circuits. M. J. Cmr
ford will give particular attention to the collec
ting of all claims and debts, and will spare no
pains to put clients in speed’ - possession ol their
money. mb I—iy^
I A W. CHASTAIN, Attorney at L:nr, Mor
■j. wanton, Ga. —Practices in ull the coun
ties of theCherok.ee circuit. Jan .>
TAMES MILNER. Attorney at. Lair, Cass
ville, Geo. Practises in the counties of the
Cherokee circuit. tab 4. !
80. CRAWEOBI), Attorney at Law, Cai
• boun. Geo.—Practice in the comities ot
*he Cherokee circuit. apr It i. j
KH. TATUM. Attorney at Law, Trenton, ’
.fe Ga.—Business entrusted to his care in an y
of the counties of the Cherokee circuit, will meet
with prompt attention. Nov. 21. J
O WEIL, Attorney at Law, Canton, Geor-
O* gia. Business entrusted to his care in ,
anv of the counties of the Blue Ridge circuit, will
meet with faithful attention.
Refers to Hon. David Irwin and Ex-Gov.
McDonald, Marietta; Col. Joseph E. Brown. 1
Canton; Capt. W. T. Wofford, Cassville; C.*!.
Geo. N. Lester. Cummiug.
Feb 16, 1555 —ts
( J. FAIN, Attorney at Lair, Calhoun, Ga.
f a Will practice in all the counties of the
Cherokee circuit. Particular attention will be
paid to ‘.he c-jllectiug business. mh if.
\\T T. WOFFORD, Attorney at Loir, Casa
\ \ • ville, Ga. —Practices in all the counties
-f the Cherokee circuit, and will attend faithful
ly to all business entrusted to his care. Office
t/ist ot the court house. aug 18 —ts
HOOPER A RICE, Attorneys at Laic, C'a.ss
viile. Geo. —Practice ia the counties of
•Cass, Cobb, Chattooga, Catoosa, Cherokee, Dade
Floyd. Gordon, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Walk
er and Whitfield. John H. Rick will, as here
tofore. coutiuuc to give his personal and almost
exclusive attention to the collecting business,
april iO, 1854.
7 l L. HARBOUR, Attwney at Law, Atlun-
V • ta. Georgia.—Will practice in the differ
ent Courts of F'ulton mid contiguous counties.
Particular uttentiuu given to the execution ot
luterrogiitories, and legal instru
ments. Claims in the city of Atlanta will be
proniptlv attended to. Office in the Holland
House, up stairs.—Entrance first door above
“Whitney A Hunt. Feb 16, .55 —ly
/ i L. UPSHAW', Dealer, in Dry Goods, Gn*
\ I, ceries. hardware, cutlery, saddlery, hata>
aid caps, boots and shoes, iron, nails, Ac., at
Black’s old stand, west of the public square,
Cassville, Ga.
\TTIKLE A WIKLE, Dealers in Dry Goulds,
T V Grooeries, Ac. Ac. South west corner
of Public Square, Carteraville, Ga.
Jan. 26, 1554.
JIJ. CARPENTER, Dealer in fancy, stapl e
• ana domestic dry goods, sugar, coffee, m>>‘
lasses, Ac.; hardware, cutlery, Ac., at Erwin’s
old stand, Cassville, Ga. Jan 1.
TW. HOOPER A CO., Dealers in Staple and
• Fanov Goods, Groceries, Iron, Hats, Caps,
Boots end Shoes, Ac., Ac., at the Brick store,
Cissrille, Ga. Feb 2. 1854.
HIRSCHBERG A DAVIDSON. Cus*nUU,
Ga.— Manufacturers of clothing, and deal
er-in Boots, Shoe*, Ilats, Caps, Gentlemens
Furnishing Goods, Fancy Goods, and Jewelry,
Wholesale and Retail, at Patton s olb stand
Cassville, Ga. June 23 1854.
IOCKETT A SXEIJ.IXGS, Factors and
General (Jono/nission Merchant*, will attend
strictly to Receiving and Forwarding aud
Selling everything sent to our address,
sept 9 —finv^
WM. M. PEEPLES, Dealer in Drv Goods.
Groceries, Iron, Hardware, Saddlery,,
Roots, Shoes, Drugs, Medicines, Ac., Ac. Cal
houn, Ga.
May 5, 1854. —ly
Q G. COURTENAY, A CO. So. 8, Broad
Street, duirleston, South <*<ritltna. Books,
Stationery, Fancy Articles, llagaz.nes, and
Newspapers.
The most extensive stock of Novels, Roman
ces, Ac., in the Southern country.
t*rx ear the Post Office. mh 16
6. G. COUBTENAT. W. A. COURTIXAT.
HYATT McBURNEY A CO., Direct Im
porters and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign
and Domestic Dry Goods, No. 37 Hayne Street,
Charleston, S. C. Jan 12, 1855^-40—ly
■VTTARD A BURCHARD, Augusta Ga.,
\ V would inform their friends and the pub
lic generally, that anticipating a change in their
business, the coming season, they are disposed
to make large concessions from tbeir former low
scales of prices, in order to reduce their stock to
the lowest possible point. The attention of
wholesale dealers as well as customers, :s res
pectfully solicited.
Augusta, Dec 22
“P ARR A Me KENZlE.—Factors and Commis
JL sion Merchants, and Dealers in Groceries
Produce and Merchandise generally, Atlanta
■Ga.
Particular attention given to consignments ot
-Cotton, Grain, Bacon, and all kinds of Produce.
t. J. PABB. E. MCKENZIE.
*ng- 11.—ly.
VTnXSHIPS IRON WORKS.—The subscri
’ ‘ her is now prepared to receive and exe
rtte orders for anv kind of Castings, or Ma
'"■ae work, and all persons favoring him with
rely upon having them executed in
no best manner, and with despatch. Orders
oTi • n i, l ** doors promptly attended to
Ins Car Establishment. Cush paid for old
Loitper, Brass and Iron Castings.
. _ _ JOSEPH WIXSDIP.
Atlanta, Ga., June 30, l/'54.
TANARUS) LACK SMITHING.—The Subscriber J
T-©iV* P. re P ared to do all kinds of work I
w • m ?: a “ ne i such as Ironing Carriages,;
menb, f nd repairing Farming iuiple 1
man ,'f ‘ r °i U> ” B ’, orß c-shocing, Ac. in the best
the ™ ost reasonable terms.— j
elicited Jrrant <‘d- A share of natronage is j
Ga., Peb.l6, ig.y,. ** ‘ |
,S r [! : v at 85 ceuts pergross, at LE- ’
V ‘■’ - ash 58tvre. :
naira urnm
j SsbeHi3eiroei}i3.
CARRIAGE and Buggy Making Establish
ment at Carteraville Cass county Georgia,
WE would solicit a continuance of
j the patronage heretofore enjoyed.—
We are doing good work, and at reasonable pri
’ ces. We keep on hand a good selection of
i Stock, and have employed a hue assortment of
firstrate Mechanics, who kuow what they are
1 about. We warrant our work not to fail. Give
•us a call before purchasing elsewhere. Our
i motto is Honesty and Industry.
JONES A GREENWOOD.
Carteraville, Ga., July 8, 1554.
. “VrEW Tailoring establishment, at CarUrsvi'le
1.1 Georgia, Shop at S. H. I atillo’s old stand.
The subscriber has lately opened in
iFw the town of Carteraville a Nkw Taj*
ify lukino Establishment, where be .8 pre*
’ pared to do any work in his line in the ;
best and moat fashionable manner. He guar
antees all voik turned out of his shop to fit in .
the most unexceptionable manner. Particular- i
ly attention paid to cutting and fitting jobs for |
ladies. He leepectfully solicits a fair trial, as
he is confident of success.
SILAS O’SniELDS.
’ sept 9 —ly
r po FARMERS AND PLANTERS. A. AJ.
_L L. Hill, are now receiving a superior lot
of Negro Shoes, Negro lllaukets and Kerseys, .
. Osnaburgs Shirtings, Trunks, Ac., for the fall
and winter trade, which they are offering Lev
for Gish, or on short time. Farmers or others’
wishing to pu~chase such articles will do well j
to give us a call and examine prices, for we will;
have them on hand and intend to sell. All that,
we ask is that you will call and examine for
yourselves, east of the court house.
Cassville, Oct 27
EORGE VOGT’S Piano and !
\ T Music Store, No. 14S Arch
JJ ufffjStreei, Philadelphia. Constantly j
j “ a w on hand Pianos, Melodeons, Musi- !
’ o il Merchandize of every description, Sheet Mu-!
sic, Ac. Ac.
Vogt’s Pianos are pronounced superior to i
al! others in sweetness, power and beauty of;
tone and unequalled workmanship. Persons |
w : shing a Piauo of the first class and undoubt- j
ed excellence, at a very moderate price, will do 1
. well to give them a trial. sept I—l1 —1 |
i OWNERS! The under-1
1 \ signed having removed from Albany to
TrinipviiSe. Lowndes county, Ga.
Will in addition to the practice of Law examine ;
; and report the value of land in the counties of.
! Thomas, Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, Appaling and j
! Irwin. He will, when requested, examine j
Lauds personally, and give frill information as ;
; to - i’ue. location and probability of immediate j
; sal.. Having no connection whatever with ‘
land speculation he will engage to r.ct as agent,
: in the sale ofepurchase of lands, in any of the ;
j aforesaid counties f>r a fee of ten per cent, up
on ihe amount received or paid out. His char- J
ges for examining land will be five dollars per
1 lot, for lands in the 12th district of Lowndes, in |
1 all the other districts, he will charge ten dol- 1
lars. Additional will be_charged for an exami- ,
; nation of title upon record.
EPIIRIAM H. PLATT, :
Attorney at Law, j
Troupville, Lowndes Cos. Ga.
’ Nov 17—ly
PIA NOS, SHEET MUSIC, dw. rfv.
. THE undersigned is pre-1
j pi f t-~—pared to furnish Vogt’s |
Pianos, at short notice, i
i tS H and on as good terms as |
s4 they can be hadßn}'where j
at the South. These in-1
strumeTits 3re warranted to be equal in point of j
; &>ne, durability and workmanship, to any man ■
ufactured in the world. Every Piano warranted ;
i for five years. Any instrument failing to meet j
j the expectations of the purchaser, may be re- j
■ turned at any time within six months, and an
other will be given in its stead. Having a
brother (a Professor of Music) in Philadelphia, i
who selects every Piano sent out, purchasers
may rest assured that none but perfect iustru j
ments, in every respect, will be sold.,
A large lot of Sheet Music, of the and
most fashionable issues, constantly on hand
and for sale at Publisher’s prices. -
WM. SCHERZER, !
Professor of Music in CassiHle
; Dec. 3, 1354 —ly Female Colldf?.
i I
MpniNIZY A CLAYTON, Wark
; I House and Commission Mee
i J—- Auousto, Ga. —Continue the
business in all its branches, and will trive
their personal attention to the sale of COTTpX ,
! and other produce. Cash advances made when i
required. Bagging, Rope, and family supplies j
j purchased at the lowest market rates. Coin
i mission fur selling Cotton 25 cents per bale.
. aug IS—
rrio OLD SOLDIERS. —By a recent Act of’
/ JL Congress, all persons who have served in
1 any War since 1790, are entitled to 16” acres of
Land—and those who have received Warrants
fur a less number, are entitled to a sufficient
number of acres to make that amount. The
undersigned will attend to the collection of
such claims. WM. T. WOFFORD,
i Cassville, mh S—ts
| i GENCY AT WASHINGTON.—The un
i dersigned prosecutes all manner of claims
: against the United States, before Congress, be
fore Commissioners, and before all the Public
i Departments, and especially claims for bounty
land under the act of Congress jnst passed, pen
’ stons, back-pay, half-pay, adjustment of amounts
! of disbursing officers, settlement of post mas-,
; ters and contractors accounts, and every other :
1 business requiring the prompt and efficient ser-!
vices of an uttorney or agent.
A residence of twenty years at the scat of the j
Federal Government, with a thorough and fa
miliar acquaintance with all the routine of the 1
: public business at the different offices, added to j
bis free access to consul’ .he ablest legal advi
sers, if needed, justifies the subscriber in pledg
i mg the fullest satisfaction and utmost dispatch
: to those who may entrust their business to his
care.
j Being weilJaiown to the greater portion of
the citizens ftYashington, as well as to mariv
gentlemcn who have been members of lioth
, Houses of Congress in the last fifteen years, it
is deemed unnecessary to extend this notice by
j special references. A full power of attorney
i sbould.accompany all cases. Communications j
i must be pre-paid in all cases. Fees regulated
I by nature and extent of the business, but al
! ways moderate.
! , H. C. SPALDING, Attorney.
I Washington, D. C. mh if—
BODNT 1 LANDS.— The undersigned bar
ing long been engaged in the prosecution
i of Revolutionary Pension Claims, Invalid Pon
: sion Claims, Bounty Land Claims Ac., against
j the General Government, now tenders his ser
i vices to all such claimants, especially to Bounty
; Land Claimants for the procurements of tlicir
Claims, as there are many such Claims uudor I
the late law of Congress, which gives an addi
tional Bounty of Land to the soldiers of all the 1
wars iu whicn the United States has engaged I
I since 1790, who have not received as much os |
■ 16*) acres. ELISHA KING.
Adairaville Ga. mh 22—2 m i
1 ——
1 Q ELLING off at Cost for Cash, As the uDder- 1
i signed is closing up the busiucss of the firm 1
of Lehke A Howard, he has determiued to j
1 sell off at cost for cash.
Come all that want good bargains and eomo ;
! quick or you will miss them.
J Carteraville, Dec I—ts W. W. LEAKE.
Ready-made clothing, Panti. stuff, j
Chambrav, and a fine assortment of Jew
elry, at ‘ LEV.Y’S CASH STORE- f
! i apr 26—ts ‘ ‘ ‘ V '-* .1
8 family IfeKspspen-**ScSoicd io Umiowl qo) State politics, Jitcrqiure, jlie MqtUds, foteign qqO Veto?, kt.
C-ASSVXLLE, G-A., THUJETSDAY, MAY 3, 1855.
Cljnire
Jhe Jetoisb
Are these the ancient, holy hills
Where angels walked ot old ?
Is this the land our story fills
With glory not yet cold i
For I have passed by many a shrine.
O’er many a land aud sea,
But still, 0! promised Palestine,
i My. dreams have been of thee.
I see thv mountain cedars gVeen,
Thy rallies fresh and fair,
With’ summers bright as they have been,
When Israel’s home was there;
Tho’ o’er thee sword and time have past,
And Cross and Crescent shone,
And heavily the chain hath prest,
But thou art still our own!
Thine are the wandering race that go
Unblest through every land,
| Whose blood hath stained the polar snow,
And quenehed the desert sand,
And thine the homeless hearts that turn
From all earth’s shrines to thee,
With their lone faith for ages borne
In sleepless memory.
i
For thrones are fallen—nations gone,
Before the march of time,
And where the ocean rolled alone
Are forests in their prime.
Since Gentile ploughshares marred the brow,
Os Zion’s holy hill—
Where are the Roman eagles now?
Yet Judah wanders still.
.
I And hath she wandered thus in vain,
A pilgrim of the past?
No! long deferred her hope hath been,
i But it shall come at last;
For in her wastes a voice I hear,
i As from some prophet’s urn ;
It bids the nations build not there,
For Jacob shall return.
0! lost and loved Jerusalem!
Tliy pilgrim may not stay
To see the glad earth’s harvest home
In thy redeeming day;
But now resigned iu faith and-tru.it,
I seek a nameless tomb;
At least beneath thy hallowed dust
0 give the wanderer room.
Original Ifnnj.
Written for the Cassville Standard.
<oo Jhiieqk :
Shouting how Mr. Gvffins courted a
young lady for somebody else.
A Story of Cotoosa Springs.
•
BY MARCSLLUS MUGGINS, ESQ.
“Why, Guffins!” exclaimed Dick ■
Buster, as he rushed into one of the
public drawing routns at Cotoosa, — j
“ why, Guffins! old fellow! this is one!
of the finest days of the season, every- ■
body at the Springs is out enjoying it, j
while you are here, at three o clock, sit- j
ting in the same chair, in the same atti- J
tude aud gazing through the same pane
of glass, as at ten o'clock this morning,
when I left you. What’s the matter?
Guflins made no reply ; but breathed ■
on one of the panes of glass, marked on j
it the letter D w ith his finger and licav- j
ed a sigh.
“ You’re the oddest creature in the;
country,’’ continued Buster, “ we have j
been here nearly a month, but you have :
scarcely stirred out of the the house,!
since about the third day after our ar-!
rival. i
“It's a nice place,” said Guffinr-, and |
he heaved a heavier sigh than before. i
“It was at my recommendation you ;
came here,” said* his frieud, “ but you |
seem to have enjoyed yourself none at j
all since your arrival. Again I ask, j
► what ails you V’
r “ Blister!” said Guffins.
t “ Well.”
• “Buster!” repeated Guffins, with a;
sigh, j
“You’ve said that twice now.”
*“ Buster—were you ever in love f’ |
“ I never was out if it till l turned for- j
ty-fi^e; but being now a bachelor of near i
fifty, l should consider mvself a fool!
were lin that condition. You who are |
my senior, by five years at least, of course j
are not^’
Guffins made no reply, but taking out j
his handkerchief, with a profound sigh,
he proceeded to rub out the D which
he had just before made on the window
pane. There was a minute’s pause.
“ Buster, may I trust you with a se
cret
“ Yes—but not if it’s a love affair.”
“In that case, my dear friend, I can
tell you nothing/’
“In all seriousness, my dear Guf
fins, do you mean to say you are ir. j
love ¥’
Guffins expended another sigh, turned :
i again to his favorate pane and reinsta- j
■ ted his big bouncing D.
“ Oh, Buster !” he cried, at length, |
“if you had a heart, you would feel for i
roe.” , j
“ I should if I saw you drowning, or !
hanging, or suffering under any uurea
’ sonuble trouble; but to feel for an old
bachelor of fifty-five in love, for the first
time in his life, too!—ridiculous ! But,
come; I supposo I must listen to you, so j
; speak it out.”
“ Aud who so proper for a confidant,
! as you, since you are the cause of tho
j difficulty.” *
“ I!"’ exelaimed Buster, in astouish
■ mont.
“ Yes, you,” answered Guffins, “ since
! I should never have come to Cotoosa,
| but for your reoommendatlou and per
! suasion.”
“ So, then someone at the Springs
has smitten your susceptible old heart,”
said his friend, with a laugh, “ and,” he
continued, “ I think J could name the
tender fajr poo! 1 * i
“principles NOT MEN.”
“Ofcourse you cau,” was the reply.J
“ How could it” be otherwise.'’ j
“It is old widow Sourby, who does
nothing from morning till night but eat •
and drink, and whose coughing is heard ;
for the same length ot lime, by the whole ;
house ?”
! “ Pshaw !” exclaimed Guffins, with a !
shudder of disgust. j
“ Or old Miss Fillilove, who was born
on the day of the inauguration of the
elder Adams t ’
“ Absurd i ’
“ Then it must be old Ann Peablos
som, whose anxiety to appear young, on
ly serves more effectively to convince
everv one to the contrary \ '*
“Preposterous!” cried Guffins, impa
tiently , “ old this and old that! Is there
Uubody else you can think ot f
i •* There is one other of your acquain
tances,” replied Buster, “in which case
lam sorv, for you. Aou have no chance
at all in that quarter; for Mrs. Dimple,
is engaged to be married to that Irish
Captain, O’Leary.”
“ Mistress llimple ! Pshaw ! can’t
vou think of one more?' 1
I* “There is no one else, except her
daughter, Dolly.”
“Well!’’ said Guffins.
“ Well,” echoed Buster, “ you can’t be
thinking of her ?”
“And why not, pray? she is very
pretty.”
“True enough,” replied Buster, “but
the is also very young.”
“So much the better, my dear boy,
taiil Guffins. “She is just eighteen
‘ ’tis a nice little age.’ Vou don t mean
(hat a girl of eighteen is too young for
me ? ’
“Not a day,” replied his friend,drily,
“but F, who ain seve.al years your jun
ior, would think myself too old for a girl
of eighteen.”
“ I don’t care for that, old fellow. 1
am my own master, have a very pretty
property, am not troubled with a rela
tion in the world, and —and —in fact l
am determined to marry Dolh Dimple.
ISo Saying he flourished half a dozen
; huge D’s on the window pane, with an
I air of unconquerable determination.
Buster twirled him round, and stared
him full in the face. /
“ Guffins,” said he, “ it your head were
not already as bald as an apple, I should
advise you to go and have it shaved, for
Vou are now a fit subject for tho asylum
at Milledgeville. Fifty-five and eigh
teen ! Besides there is already a lover
in the case.”
“Buster, don’t say it,” ein-d Guffins.
“The. e is,” continued h's friend, con
solingly, “ there is, or I am much mis
taken. A favored lover—favored by
motht-r and daughter as well as bv Cap
tain O’Leary—which last is ot no little
importance, as you well know.”
Guffins turned pale and huge drops
rolled from his brow. For sometime he
was unable to speak. At length, in a
faltering voice, he enquired ot Buster,
why he thought so.
“ For this reason,” replied the latter.
“ I have frequently heard her speak to
her mother of a certain George, and from
the tone in which she always utters tho
name— ’’
“Then I arn the happiest d>g alive !’’
joyfully exclaimed Guffins. “My name
is George.”
“But,” said bis imperturable friend,
I “ She sometimes speaks of him as young
George.”
“ And what of that ? I have never told
hei my age, aud she is not obliged to
know that lam fifty, or so. I tell you
what, Buster, that I am the object of her
tender regard, there cau be no sort of
doubt; that is to eav, no reasonable
doubt. But I must have ‘confirmation
as holy writ,’ and you must ob
taiu it for me.”
“I tell you I’ll have nothing to do
with a love confidence,” coolly replied
Luster.
“ But you must, my dear fellow ; for
this once you really must —unless you
wish to see your poor friend hang him
self on the first tree that presents itself.”
As Guffins threw a good deal of earn
estness into his voice, his friend, unwil
ling to be accessory to such a catastrophe,
consented, after some further entreaty,;
to undertake the task: not however j
without thinking to himself that Guffins |
would be, if he actually marred the !
girl, the greatest fool in existence, except,!
indeed, the girl herself for marrying
him.
“ Now,’’ said Guffins, “ I must ir the
first place confess to you that I am the
most timid man alive —l mean in love
matters —and for that reason I have nev- 1
er popjted the question to a mortal wo
man. Indeed, as to popping the ques
tion at all, it is a thing I could not do
were Ito live a thousaud years. Pop !
good gracious! why to a delicate man
the very word itself is a horrid one. I
could as soon pop a pistol at a woman s
head, as the question at her heart. No!
if I succeed, as I surely shall, in ensnar
ing the heart of my charming Dolly, it
will be not by any daring manoeuvre, but
by r sly approaches, by littlo gallantries,
by delicate attentions, such aa the fe
male heart only can appcciate, such as
no female heart can resist.”
“ And when do you mean to begin ? ’
asked Buster.
“ I know I shall astonish, you my dear
fellow.: I Mve begun. You know the
old french saying; Cest Ir. premier
‘pas qil'il coute. I have already taken
• the first step in advance, and I flatter
myself vou will give nie some credit for
’ the ingenuity of it. You know the new ,
i novel that every body is talking about,
• The Bashful ‘Lover. Well, the hero,
1 Frederick William Augustus Dobbs, is a
! character exactly resembling me —bash-
j ful and timid to a degree —a little youn
| ger than I am, to be cure, but that does
■ n’t signify — aud the heroine is very much
j like, my dear Dolly. Yesterday I receiv
;ed the book by mail, and sent it to her
— anonymously —do you mark the deli
cate attention ?”
j “ I do,” replied Buster, “ but for the j
j life of me, l can’t discover the ingenuity !
j of the proceeding.”
“ It consists in this—and there I want;
| your assistance. Near the end ol thci
! ihst volume there is a situation of great
! interest, where the bashful lover first j
j hints at his love for the heroine. I put 1
: a piece of paper into the book, to mark
j the place, and Miss L>olly must have uo
{ deed it. Now I want you to ascertain
!iu some way whether, iu reading that
passage —for I saw her reading it last’
night—she thought of me. It she did,
she is mine. That I call both delicate
and ingenious.
At this moment, the young lady in
j question entered the room, and, greatly
i to the satisfaction of Guffins, with a vol
i ume of the Bashful Lover in her hand.
! Having whispered to Buster that now
; was the time for the experiment, he cast
; a look ot ludicrous tenderness upon Miss
; Doilv, stammered a few words which
i were utteily unintelligible, and went out
i for a walk ; Intending, however, to re
| turn soon and learu the result ot Buster s
j enquiries.
“ What a funny gentleman,” exclaim
ed Miss Dimple, as Gutlius left the
room.
“ Funnv !” thought Buster : “ that is
not a very promising epithet tor the tim
id lover.”
“ His manners are so altered since he
first came here,” continued Miss Dimple.
’ Then lie was very talkative; now lie
scarcely ever utters a word. And he
gives one such comical looks, too !
Captain O’Leary said tho other day that
one would think he whs easting sheeps
eyes at somebody or other—though I
don’t know what that *meaus. But he
!is a nice old man, after all. I wonder,
! though, lie doesn't wear a wig—his
i old bald head shines so one can almost
! see one’s face iu it. I don’t think such
• a very bald head is pretty.”
Buster had no great reason to feel en
couraged to proceed on his t’rie*ud’s behalt
but, as he had undertaken the case, he:
resolved not to abandon it.
“ Miss Dimple,” he began, “you are!
i mistaken concerning Mr. Guffins in one :
I particular : he is not old—not remarks
| b'y old.”
j ““ Dear me !’’ exclaimed the young !--
idy, “ how one may be deceived by ap-i
; pearances. He looks a great deal older
j than ray poor dear, dear, dead-and-gone
grandfather, who was sixty three wh£n
; he died.” * ,j
j Here w - as a stunner!
; “He is nothing like so old as thjtL ’
jsaid Buster, “ and then, Miss Dimple^fc
• and then lie is rich.” This last word t
Buster emphasised in a wav to pru
duce an effect—and so it did.
j “Rich ?” responded Miss Dimple;—,
i“ is he, indeed ? Law! how I should^
! like to have him —tor a grand-father.
! I dare say, he is very kind to his
; grand children.”
. ” Finding that he had made nothing by
! this mod£ of procedure our learned ad
vocate determined to fall back ijpon the
\ part on which he had been specially in-
Utructed ; and merely saying that his
friend, being unmarried, had neither
’ children nor grandchildren, ho went at
1 once to the subject of the book,
: “Is that anew book you are reading,
j Mbs Dimple ? ’ *
“ Yes, sir: it is the Bashful Lover,
and is just published.”
“ You probably ordered it of the pub
lisher iu advance,” said Buster, pretend
ing ignorance.
“ No, sir : I should never have tho’t j
of that. It is a present; and although J
;it came anonymously, J know very
j well who sent it. What delicate atton-j
i tion ! Oh !’’ And hero the young lady i
! placed her band upon her heart, looked j
| up at the ceiling and sighed.
Bravo! thought Buster: this will do.|
j “ And pray, Miss Doilv, is there not in j
in it one scene of peculiar interest. 11
allude to that in which the bashful lov-j
er first hints at his passion for the hero- j
ine.”
“ It is charming,” cried Miss Dolly,}
“It absolutely drew tears from me !”
“And did you think of no one —no one j
—whilst you were reading it 1” enquired
Buster.
“ Indeed I did : and I’ll tell you in
confidence who it was. 1 thought all
tho way through of Mr. Giiffius.’
Well, thought Buster, there is no no-;
counting for the freaks of the heart!—
And that my venerablo friend should
make a conquest of one of the prettiest
girls at Cotoosa.
“The two characters are so much a- i
like, exoept,” continued Miss Dimple, j
“ that Mr. Guffing is rather the eldest of j
the tyro.” .
“Yes, yes; I admit that my friend is;
a little older thaa tho hero, Frederick
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
William Augustus Dobbs, is represented {
to be.” j
41 What!’’ exclaimed Miss D>>!lv, burst- i
.ingiuto.au immoderate fit ot laughing, j
“ thinks of him as the divine Dobbs ! :
Shocking! No: I was reminded of)
him by ihe nasty old rival, Mr. Jobson.,
who comes in at the critical moment \
and prevent the declaration of love.—
But Dobbs is so like a certain personL 1
Wasn’t it a delicate attention too, Mr.
Buster, on the part of the friend who seut
me the books ? And then to put a slip
of paper into that very place ! Oh ! it
speaks volumes!”
At this moment Guffins returned, and
! Miss Dimple being summoned by a ser
| vant to go to her mamma, he and Buster
■ were left alone.
“ Well,” eagerly asked the bashful lov
! er : “ well, have you sounded her ?”
“ I have,” was the reply.
\ “ Sire has read the passage I spoke
| of ?”
“ Every word of it. *
i “ Did it produce any elf cut upon
her ?”
\ “Tremendous!’’
j “ Did she cry ? that’s the important
! point. L>id phe ci v.”
j “ A bucket full!’’
“ You delight me, my dear Buster. —
i Did she speak ot me ! Did she remark
; upon the delicate attention ?”
1 “ Yes, yes, ves. yes,’ replied^.littstec,
; impatiently, “ and, now don't, for hcav
i eii's sake, tease me any move about it.
j “ But, my dear, dear Bus’er, did she
I speak much about me ? and what did =>he
j say ?”
‘ Why—not much: but what she did
’ say was quite conclusive.”
j *“ I told you so: 1 knew that bv a lit
l tie ingenious contrivance, a tew- delicate
■ attentions, I should make my way to
1 her heart.”
“ Now, my good friend, said Busier,
with a grave countenance, ‘‘prepate your
self for a.” This speech, which
! would have had a tendency, doubtless,
’ to undeceive the self-deluded lover, was
{ cut short by the diuner gong : and Guf
fins declared, as they descended to the
I dining room, that he meant to spare uei
j tlier pains nor expense to win (in his own
: delicate way) the aif ctions of Miss Dol
|ly Dimple. Buster sighed for the infat
! uation of his poor friend, and resolved in
! his own mind to save him from auv ag
! gravated disapjxiintmeut, by repeating
| to him, at the earliest opportunity, and
! word for word, all that had passed in
| hie conversation w ith the young lady.
When friends entered the dining
; room they found the places, except two,
: all occupied. These were near the head
! df the table, at which Captain O’Leary
! did the honors, Mrs. Dimple being sea -
ledatli 13 riiiht hand. At his lett, was
; the lovely Dolly and next to iier was a
j young man of about three and twenty.
I His dress was a frock coat ot mili
tary cut, a buff vest and a military stock,
i He was dark, but not bad looking, haj a
j profusion of black hair; huge whiskers
and a fierce looking moustache —such
|an one as have excited the
i envy of Napoleon’s Old Guard. lie
smelled i>f brandy aud cigar
smoke and was supposed to be connected
with a Military somewhere.
This personage in> other than George
—the George—Lieutenant George Sap- 1
; fiead.
Guflins looked ankiouslv towards the
’’place where his beloved was seated, but
there was no vaeattci w ithin three ot her.
‘George, who occupiedihe seat for which .
the former would have given <>ne ot his ;
ears, and w hen? he nota saw for the first
time, he in ward U wished—a lung way ,
further off than Chattanooga.
“Mr. Guffins,” efied Mrs. Dim pie, j
“.a.? 1 ! kttpw you are a lady’s man, I nave j
had a seat rescued for you on our side. \
You are fortunate in having a lady on
each side of you. ’ This she uttered in ■
a patrouizing tone: at the same lime poin- j
ting to a vacant ‘chair between Gulfias’
prime horrors—old wjdow Sonrbv and !
Miss Fullilove. Buster was placed next.
to Miss Peablossom aud opposite his*
friend# J (
“ Come, Mr. Guffins,” cried Miss Fuin- 1
love, loud enough to be heard all around,
between us ladies. We old io!k !
are always bast together.”
The earth did not open and swallow
Mr. Guffins at a gulp, as be wished it to i
do, for, n*t tho moment these words jyere >
uttered, his eyes met those of Miss Ditn- *
pie.
The dinner was pro\ kled with the ns- j
mil magnificenee observed it Gotoos*. i
First came Turtle soup, and a number of;
fashiouable martyrs sipped it as if they j
really thought “no dinner complete with- j
out soup.” r
“As fine a green turile. as I ever laid j
eyes on ;” said Captain O’Leary, “ and j
this soup is sasoued just to my taste.” — j
As no one seemed disposed to enter a \
demurrer to this remark, the silence was
not broken.
Then followed fish and the usual va
riety of boiled, roasted ami cold dislies
and entrees, concluding with strawber
ries and cream and other delicacies. —
Guffins, poor fellow, had been trying to
force an appetite but in vain. As he sat
over a glass of ice oream, tryiug to eat. it
with a relish, Mi's- Dimple oxclaipned:
“ I declare, Mr. Guffins, you have eat
en no dinner: I really believo you are
iu love.”
Guflins was.prepaiiii£ a languishing
3ST®r.L3.
look for the especial service of Miss Dol
lv, when the effect-was paralyzed by the
j Captain :
1 “ Mr. Guffins in love 1 ha! ha! ha 1
At, his time of life! ha! ha! ha!—
i Well, better late than never, eh ! my
| old Trojan ? Ah ! those sheep’s eyes of
l yours, daddy Guffins 1 I say Miss Ful
’ lilove ! Mrs. Sourby ! take care of your
i hearts, ladies. Or come, old fellow, is it
! Miss Pea blossom, you are after captur
| ing
“ Sir. I—a—beg. sir -1 must desire”—
■ said Guffins, attempting in the midst of
j his confusion and vexation, to look dig
nified—“these liberties, sir, a—l ”
The Captain, really a good nature!
man, perceiving that he had given pain,
apologised—though with far better in
j tent ion than tact.
“Mr. Guffins,” said he, “ sir I am sorry
; you have taken seriously what I only
! meant in joke.” Mr. Guffins bow ed and
! the Captain continued : “I was wrong
j though and am prepared to confess it.”
Here Mr. Guffins again bowed. “ I had
’ no right to take a freedom with a perfect
; gentleman like you sir”—Mr. Griffins
: bowed almost down to the tabls—“ who
! are old euouah to be my grandfather;”
Mr. Guffins did not bow~“and I ask your
5 pardon.”
; A waiter, just at that moment open
! ing a bottle of champaigne with a loud
explosion, diverted the attention of the
j company from the affair, and Mr. Guf
j fins availed himself of the opportunity
’ to be seized with a violent fit of congh
! ing, at the same lime covering his face
! with his handkerchief. When he had
recovered from this attack, he had the
i satisfaction of hearing the follow-rag por
tions of a conversation, carried on ,potto
j voce, between Miss Dimple and Lieuten
ant Saphead.
| “ Now dou’t deny it George.”
! “Pa ten my life, uot the slightest <-
• dvor .”
j “ I'm certain because Dobbs
j slip of paper if any one else
i dared the conseqneuces-would Cap
! tain O’Leary —style of the thing so
! much like you, you creature!”
i “If you wont believe me, I can’t help
pawn my life piece of impawti
: nonce horsewhip the scoundrel
j really not the slightest ideor.”
“ Now, it3of no use, George, sweet
! ly, pretty 1 knew you'd deny it
1 swear it, I would’nt believe you no
i use to deny it have a right, dear
‘ George been any one else insolent
| monsier! delicate attention.”
“If think so, why aw, can’t help
; if.”
“ Now that’s quite sjffScient to
! dear George elegant expedient
j fully appreciated ever given you causa
jto doubt: now’ susceptible heart
jso very delicate an attention yes, dear
; George, for ever!”
; Could there hate been the least doubt
; upon the mind of any rational creature
as to ihe filling up of this short conver
sation, or to the terms upon which it im
i plied the whisperers to stand in relation
! to each other, it must have been remov
ed by the unequivocal twirl with which
; George indulged his moustaebios at its
i close. But Guffins was not rational.—
; How could he be ? Ho was in love.—
He complained.of lire oppressiveness of
! the heat : expressed his conviction that
i the thermometer must have risen sud
denlv from eighty five to one hundred
and ix : drew his handkerchief from his
head and wiped the perspirtion from his
! bald head. Thegiext. moment Le won
; .sered what could make him feel so cold.
Blister advised him to leave the room.
It was not the r&>m, however, thatpro
; duced these extraordinary sensations, up
on him; it was part of the company. —
But lovers, like drowning, men, will catch
at straws. “ I will have {Wot more pos
itive than this,” ho exclaimed,-mentally,
lie La-thought him of the torn paper in
Zadig, one half of which, when read by
itself was a cutting saltire, but, when
joined to the other, the whole turned out
to be nothing but an innocent love po
em. So it ir.i-.ht be in this case. What
he had heard was noi agreeable, but
!i ul lie heard it all, it wctfld, doubtless.
Have passed for a very different affair.
And hereupon he rubbed bis hands, to
gether and proposed to Buster that they
should have a Motile of wine
It was brought, and, a co’ding lo the n
---iable fashion observed at the public- din
ner tables, played tj?ndu!um accrosa tho
table, vibrating bawten his
partner. didrie not invite the la
dies on each side ooym to tako wino ?
No. And out of tins marked neglect of
them, he drew occasion tor a delicate
hint as to the real direction which his
affections had taken. Me filled a glass,
and, calling a waiter gave him the glas
and said something to him in an indi
tinet, hesitating way; at tho same tim
pointing in the direction of Miss L>imple.
The nfhn passed around the table, and
stocnl, with the salver iu his hand, be
tween the young lady (who wa9 busily
employed in paring ao apple,) and
George. This was an awful moment to
Guffius. lie felt that ho was commit
ting a declaration. His tongue clove
to the roof of his month, mot a sylablo
could he utter. He screwed his lips up
to the circumference ts a pinhole, looked
hearts and darts, but dared not, for some
time, raise his eyes frogi tho table, and
when, at length, he did they met those of
his rival!
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