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TRION "R A. CHAPTER.
No. 19, meets it Trion on the Friday
Might before the third Snndity in April.
Mi/, Jane, July, August, snd Septem
ber and on Siturdiiy night helots the
third Suadiy in October, Novemper,
December, January, Feh-narv, and
March. C. C. BRYAN, 11. P.
G. B. MYKRS, Sect’y.
ATTORNEYS:
J. M, Robertson,
Attorney at Law,
m*d Solicitor in Chancery.
Chattanooga, • - Tens.
PBACTICB la Chancery, Circuit m.il Supreme
Coart* of Tfnnrwft! *Md U. S. DDiiiri t’ourt.
Aimm lu adjolulu(roautte» in Georgia.
.'flc« la caart Moane.
Robert M. W. (Jleun,
Attorney at Law,
tafantm, .... Grokuia.
WILL rKACTICB In the Supeiiorl guru of the
huw a,id adjoining circuit*. (?■■ I lection* u
ißMMlai'y uiiit on ewruvr up,.u*u* Drug -tore.
• Si 3a.
Ja»* raaAAB, C. I*. Gaaaa.
Pkelau 1 ® -ee,
Attorne) !> Law,
Pass (ilnrk,
849 Market St,
MUtTANOnOS, - TENNESHF.B
V. U. k J, P. Jacoway,
Attorneys at Law,
Tbkstok, - Georgia.
PI ACT ICR In the roantl** of Dr |e. Walker an.i
TiMnit and a (joiningcnanllts. and In the <ti
»>*■« and Federal i nn.t* A to, Jackson, lieKaik
at «i'k«rokee, in Worth AUham-i, and elaew'iern hy
•p«o4«d contract, attention given to the cel -
loatiot of clafcna.
“W. M, Hscry,
Attorney at Law,
Eukhb&ville, - - - - Georgia.
WILL practf « lu the L’oaie and adjoining Ulr
oait*. Cwllactiuna a apucialty.
J. C. Clements,
Attorney at Law,
LaFayette, - - - Georgia.
W| ,L practice lu the several ruu..ti> * wf Hu
#•*•» lad Cherokee t.'ireuil#, and tin*Supreme
fcoart o 4 Georgia.
F. W. Copeland.
Attorney at Law,
LaFayette, --- Georgia.
WILL practice in the Superior Court#, o» Home
Circuit. LUewbr re hy m.ecinl aaieenient. Col
lertiona a apeia ty. ("ft elu rear of 1 uilxr.tonV
11. P. Lumpkin,
Attorney at Law,
LaFayktt;:. - - Georgia.
WIM. give prompt a lenti >n to all Lidia**##
entruated to biro.
sr/~ OCkce at ShHfHid L l.u:n;>> in's »tor«
DEN I IS I S:
Dr. Geo. B. Jordan,
Resident Dciilid,
Rising Fawn, - - - - Ga.
Ofiri hi* professional nervier- to the people of
Wad* and Walker counties. Dental opera linn* per
form'd In a nrat and nuhntaiil*fil man* er.
All wrark warranted to give pi-fret #Hti#i«c»ion.
Will Mikn a profernlonal trip llmugli VtcLe
morm' Cevr, on thn dr-t of ra. It month.
Dr. J. P. Fane,
Re-ident ilnilid.'
Dai.ton, - - - Georgia.
T AM EREPAKEU with all tha
I Modern finpr •venieulM In l)< nt:tl
to turn out a# good work
aka can he had In the Statu, and at ns low prices os
•an he dnnehy any firstcla*:* workman.
ij(7"l gaanniee all woik turned out to #l;iml any
ad *ll reasonable tmt*. Special attention given to
aurreetlng Irrcfalarltio# In children’* t< eth.
#7-L» dlen waDed on at their resilience, when un
akin visit tha ofhre. A liberal share of patronage
aalleitrd.
st^-‘>ftce: Up stair# on Hamilton street, oppnslle
la.lonal Hotel.
Will visit LaFavette, Walker Co., at Superior
Oaarts August and February.
1!” - ■»..
HOTELS:
GOREEHOUSE,
J. WITH HR* Proprietor,
LaFayette, Georgia.
eVMIE above bouse is thoroughly fur
nished and prepared wiih the very
best accommodations, for transient and
local custom, and at reasonable prices.
Satisfaction guaranteed to those who fa
vor it with their patronage.
“READ HOUSE,
J. T. REAR A *o\ Pro*r»,
A. L. DeLong, Bookeeper-
Will H llambi.kn t hies 1
J. V. VYalekr, < Day [ lerkn.
J. P. Bostick, ( Mght )
Chattanooga, - - - Trim.
Fronting Union l'asscngear depot
THE ROME HOTEL,
Broad St., Rome, tia,
1r Tbb Strf- Os THK Railroad.
AO OJIYIIH* KEIIUEI)
IOCATED in Hie Principal ILisin#'# Square of
Jthc City, convenient t*» tile Wharf, the Hank#:
and the p ( ,*t Office, and in thoroughly renovated and j
repainted. J.L M ESTES, Proprietor.
NATToNAL HOTEL,
J. <i. A. LEWI*, Crop r.
Dalton, - - - Georgia,
This house is a large four-story Lriek, !
within a few steps of the Passenger de ;
not.
BOABD PEE DAY - - - $2.00
Polite and attentive porters at every j
train: pass them your checks, walk right i
over,gad make yourself at home.
v W; M. LEWIH, Clerk. {
Walker County Messenger,
THE MESSENGER.
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA.
; Thitrsday Morning, Oct. 28 isso.
Kales of Subscription ;
Twelve M«»nth« $1.30
*ii Month# 74
Four Month# 30
(Sngle Copitw 03
invariably in ndvauce.
—mm i
A man cannot smoke a sigttr too
short unless he smokes it too long.
The hunmn mind is like an ine
brinte on horseback —prop it one
side and it falls on the other.
———
The man who gets most angry at
a newspaper squib, is usually the
fellow who borrows the paper iu
which he has read it.
The reason wi.y the poets always
speak of October as “sober” is he
because “sober” is the only word
they can fi.td to rhyme with Octo
ber.
A man need only correct himself
with the ssttie rigor that he repre
hends others, and excuse others
with the indulgence that the shows
to himself.
The candidate who hasn’t time
tostopand rhske hands with a man
and ask after his relatives clean
back toCuln and Abel is nut thesort
of a man liable to get an ofiice.
Americans are the most inven
tive race on the globe, umi it seems
singular that no plan for making
flies stsy in bed until the entire
household is up, has yet been pat
ented.
lowa men never stop to figure,
nr one of them would not have pre
pared fifty pounds of powder to
blow up a man weighing 112
nounds. One pound of powder will
lift 500 pounds of man every time.
We are not observing but we
have noticed that the first thing
any woman does on alighting
from a carriage is tocarefu'ly put
her right hand in conjunction with
her hack hair, just to see if it is nil
right.
“Why, Franky ! exclaimed a
mother at the summer hoarding
house, “I never knew you to ask
for a second piece of pie at home.”
;I knew it twpn’t any use,” saiil
Frankly as he proceeded with his
pie eating.
A gentleman w ho married a wid
ow, complained to her that.be liked
his beef well done. “Ahi I thought
that I was cooking for Mr. Brown,”
said she; ‘he liked his rare. Blit,
darling I will try and forget the
poor dear.”
Til Carroll county a, citizen was
tried under indictmentlfor assessing
his property too low, ar.d after able
argument by counsel on -each side,
a verdict of guilty was rendered
and a fine of SSO assessed against
the defendant.
A circus manager wanted a new
name for his show, and a sopho
more collegian suggested “mino
lnppic aggregation” as good, and
th* circus man had got three towns
hilled bi fore he was informed that j
“monohippic” meant “one-horse.”
“You look pale, Doc,” saiJ one
fashionable to another. “Yes, lam
as nervous as a cat.” “What’s the
matter ?” “Well, you see I dreamt
last night I paid off all my debts,
and I an worried to death to know
where in the deuce I got the mon
ey.”
“Ella, is your lather at home?”
said a bashful lover to his sweet
heart. “I want to propose some
t' ing very important to hint.”
“No,Clarance. papa is not at home, j
hut l am. Could not you propose
to me just as well?” And he did
with perfect success.
mm *
A doctor in Scotland made a
nerve and hone nil-healing Halve, I
and thought lie would experiment i
a little with it. He first cut off his j
dog’s tail, and applied some of i
the salve to the stump A new
tail grew out immediately. He 1
then applied some to the tail which i
he cut off. and a new dog grew out. ;
He did not know which dog was ;
wnicb. i
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1880.
Love versus Triae.
BY JINK*.
“We may as well cense argument
upon th’s subject, Mr. Morton, since
it appears we cannot agree. I shall
conduct myself just as I think prop
er, regardless of your valuable,
opinion. With your permission, I
also beg to observe that I shall ac
cept the attentions of Martin Lind
say or any other gentleman whom I
see proper to encourage. 1 think,
also, that if I were in yotir place, I
would reserve my power to dictate
until I wue positive that I hud a
right so to do.”
The lips that uttered this pas
sionate outburst were the softest,
sweetest and the reddest that ever
framed such cruel words to wound
the heart of a loyal lover like Roger
Morton.
Helen Gordon and Roger Morton
were standing hy an open window
at a seaside hotel, where they had
both been spending the heated term.
Helen was a beautiful blonde, petted
and spoiled by a doating father ut
home, and by the world in general
abroad. She was a girl of noble
impulses, but rather wilful, as what
pretty woman is not, dear reader ?
She hud been engaged for some
months to Roger Morton, n splen
did young fellow, to whom she wav
devotedly uttuched. He, though
loving her with his whole soul, was
not blind to iier faults, as lovers are
wont to be, and in his endeavors’to
correct them, he sometimes offsnd
ed the pride, or, to speak more
plainly, wounded the vanity of hie
little lady-love.
The afternoon upon which our
story opens they had been having
just such a lover’s quarrel. Roger
thought that Helen had been too
gracious to Martin Lindsay,a young
6well of no very enviable reputa
tion, whose atten'ior.B to Helen
had become very marked, though
lie was well aware that she was en
gaged.
Roger mildly expostulated at
first. Helen pouted, und promised
to do better ; hut as time passed,
and Lindsay became more assidu
ous in his attentions, Roger told
the little lass in plain language
that she should not encourage the
attentions of other men while en
gaged to him.
This speech excited the ire of
Miss Gordon, and she forthwith
favored him with the few brief hut
cruel sentences that open this
story.
“You are angry now, Helen,”
Roger had replied to her. “and did
not pause to think before you
spoke, or I am sure my love would
never have uttered such heartless
words .When you reflect upon
what 1 \ave -aid, you will confess
to yourself that I am right, and
will come and teli me so.”
“Undoubtedly,” scornfully retor
ted Helen, “you will look for me to
come and fall at your feet, weeping
wildly and; tearing my hair, and
imploring you. forgiveness for mv
erring ways, and praying that once
more I may he enveloped in the
mantle of your love. No, I thank
you, I do not care to figure in such
a charming little scene. If you de
sire that I shall beg your pardon,
sir, I fear yoor heart will grow sick
with hope deferred 1”
“Just as you please. Helen ; 1
do not wish to exact a confession
or wrong from you. I will leave
you now, and I hope when I gee
you again you will he in a more
amiable frame of mind. Good
evening.” Lighting hi* cigar he
stepped out upon the veranda, and
walked sway.
Helen watched him until he was
out of sight, hut very far, indeed.!
was he from being out of her mind.
She was very angry with him, and
her anger was considerably atig-
Jmented by the cool, indifferent
manner in which he had left her.
She was not one to harbor ill-will
for very long, however, and after
she had sat there for over an hour,
pondering upon what Roger had ;
said, her anger gradually faded as
the twilight deepened, and vanish
ed entirely with the light of day.
Now she was waiting, with as iften
ed light in her bright eyes, for the
coming of the one man to whom
ihe had given her whole heart.
She would not tell him that she
wits sorry f>r having wounded him;
her pride w..uld not allow that, hut
if he cared to rend contrition in
her manner, Certainly that consola
tion should he his, for she should
he douhly amiable and demure;and,
perhaps, if he ask d her very sweet
ly and imploringly it she was not
sorry, may he she would "yes ”
Just as she made this resolution,
and was growing impatient for the
reconciliation, a shadow fell across
the doorway, and Martin Lindsay,
the source of all her woe, walked
up to her, twirling his moustaches
and elevating his eyeglass.
"Really now, Miss Got don, do
not say that you have been weep
ing ! Tears were not made to dim
the brightness of such eyes as
those,” looking at her sentimental
ly.
“I think,” haughtily replied Hel
en, "that Mr, Lindsay is laboring
under a mistake. I was not aware
that I hud been weeping, or even
if I had, I question his right as an
entire stranger, to inquire the
case.”
“Now don’t, Miss Helen, you
break my heart! You must know
that your soriows are mine. Don’t
snub a fellow so cruelly.”
"I think, Mr. Lindsay, that 1
might n 6 well tell you now as any
time that your attentions to me are
v*-ry disagreeable,and ’ requesttbal
you will discontinue them now and
fnrevei.” Saying which Helen
swept from the room, leaving the
young coxcomb to his own reflec
tions.
‘‘By Jove! that girl really thought
I was serious. Ha ! ha ! Good joke!”
with which consolatory remark be
betook himself off.
Some hours later, Helen, arrayed
in a bewitching toilet of white and
blue, appeared once more in the
now brilliantly lighted parlors
thronged with gay dancers.
Soon after her entrauce into the
room, Roger came up to her, and,
offering his arm. suggested a prom
enade. She eagerly consented, and
he led her out upon the veranda,
whf te after walking for some time,
and conversing upon different top
ics, Helen professed herself tired,
and proposed that they should
rest. Roger led her to a secluded
part of the veranda where they
found seats.
"Now,” thought Helen, "we will
l oth confess, and he happy once
more.”
A long silence ensued, which
seemed likeiy to remain unbroken,
as each was determined not to
speak first. Helen played with her
rings, twirl d her fan, and finally
broke through the barriers of her
pride and said
"Roger!” No reply. A little
pause, and then, a little louder —
‘•Roger!”
"I beg your pardon,” exclaimed
Roger, starting as if from a dream,
"hut did you speak?”
"Y-e-s, I was only going to ask
you if you did net think it n lovely
night?”
"Very beautiful, indeed,” replied
he, in a preternaturally grave tone,
relapsing again into silence.
Five minute* elapsed, and the
only sound that broke the stillness
of the night was the dashing of the
waves down on tlie beach.
Once more Helen essayed to
speak.
“Roger,”said she tremulously.
“Well," replied the person ad
dressed, as he tilted his chair hack,
leisurely fanning himself, without I
glancing at her.
“I -1 am very sorry for what I j
said this afternoon. I hope you j
will forgive me —I’m very unhap- j
py.” The bright head bent, and j
the sweet blue eyes filled with tears.
She waited and as he did not re
ply—" You are riot very angry, are
you, Roger?” Then glancing up
for the first time since she began i
speaking, she discovered that this j
great six-footer was laughing at j
her.
“Angry, darling!” he exclaimed |
as he clasped her to his heart; "not j
by a large majority. I have enjoy
ed immensely this little scene, tho’
yon have neither torn your bcauti- j
ful hair,"—kissing it as he spoke—
“nor wept wildly. I’ll forgive you ;
my love, and next tine you must
not get angry with your Roger
when lie advise* you. I OTerheard *
your little dialogue with Lindsay,
this afternoon, while 1 was smok
ing just outside the window, after I
had returned from my walk, and 1
knew then that, in spite of your
assertion to the contrary, if left to
your sweet self you would confess
and so 1 thought 1 would wait and
see, and with my usual magnanim
ity, concluded then and there to
forgive you. So let's ‘kiss and
make up’ as the children Sav. and
promise to never he had any
more.”
“I shall remember ir. the future,"
replied Helen, "that ‘pride must
have a fall,' and that it could not
how before a nobler victor than
that of all-conquering love.”
"God bless you, my darling, for
those words,” exclaimed Roger, as
he reverently kissed the brow of
her who was all the world to him.
The moon, breaking from behind
ucloud.shed its soft rays over them,
as if giving its blessing to this union
of two living hearts.
The Right of Way.
There was a Detroiter among the
trio of officials who passed over the
route of the Butler Road to secure
the right of way. In some eases
farmers cheerfully sign d off; in
others money had to lie used, hut
in one case the committe found a
most determined opposition. The
rood would divide a widow’s farm,
and she was independent, obstinate
and defiant. She knew that her
hay-stacks and burns would he des
troyed by sparks, her live-stock run
over by trains, and her slumbers
disturbed by the rattle of truins,
and she wouid'nt listen to argu
ment. In this emergency one of
the committee said :
"Madam, do you know of any
widow in this neighborhood who
would he willing to hoard a gentle
man connected with the construc
tion of Our road ? He is a widower,
and prefers to board with a wid
ow.”
“No, I don’t know si I do. Is
he a nice man ?’’
"Spledid man, and lias money in
the bank. We want him to per
manently locate at this point, and
are in hopes lie will take a wife. It
is unfortunate that ”
“1 never did take boarders,” she
mused, "but — ”
“If you only could, now, I’m sure
you would not regret it. He is ex
tremely loud of children, and
would he like a father to your little
ones.”
"Perhaps 1 might accommodate
you.”
"Ah! Tnanks. lie would be
here next week if this right of way
mutter was decided, but as it is he
may not ”
"Do you agtee to pay damages if
you burn my barn ?"
"Os course we do.”
"And I'll probably get used to
the noise ?’*
“ Oh. of course. In a week you
won’t mind it. Fact is, you'll sit
up every night till midnight, any
how, after the gentleman arrives.”
"Oh, no I shan’t, I shall never
love again ; but if he is a nice man,
and loves children, why, I don’t
know us 1 ought to stop your road.
I guess I’ll sign!”
—
No wonder Dr. Felton tries to
ridicule the Democratic Convention
of tne Seventh District, which met
in Rome last August. That con
vention unanimously passed the
following resolution :
‘ Resolved, J’iiat this convention
opposes all class legislation, and
false to the principles of the
Democratic party all endeavors to
favor the monopolies by special ]
legislation.”
Thai’s Democracy in its essence.
Dr. Felton’s platform according to
his record, is to foster the business
es of certain monopolists at the ex
pense of consumers, and by class
legislation to increase and keep up
the price of
Salt
And Sugar
Ami Iron
And Steel Rails
And other articles of prime neces.
sity
In order that manufacturers of and
dealers in these articles may get
more for them and grow richer,
while the consumer pays more for
them and gets poorer. — Rome Cour
ier. 1
Dtu (Juliet*.
Here are a f«w extract* from
"Don Quixote
Kevpyour mouth shut end yotir
eyes open.
The absent feel and feat every
ill.
Sell-praise depreciates.
The dead gu to the bier, and the
living to toe good cheer.
All women, let them he ever so
homely, are pleased to here them
selves celebrated for their beauty.
Squires and knight-errants nfe
subject to much hunger and ill
luck. -
Liberality may be carried too fur
in those who have children to in
herit from them.
Every one is the son of his own
works.
Honey is not for the mouth of
an ass.
No padlock, holts or bnis, canjse
cure a maiden as well us tier own
reserve.
Wit and humor belong to genius
a! ne.
The wittiest person in a comedy
is he who plays tiie fool.
There is no book so bad hut
that something good may he foui.d
in it.
We are all ns God made us, and
oftentimes a great deal worse.
Let tbs hen live though it be
with a pip.
We cannot all he friars, and va
rious are the paths by which God
conducts the good to heaven.
Covetousness bursts the bag.
It is easy to undertake, but more
difficult to finish a thing.
The term is equally applicable
to all ranks : whoever is ignorant
is vulgar.
By the streets of “By and By,”
one arrives ut the house of "Nev
er.”
Between the yes and no of n wo
man I would not undertake to
thrust the point of a pin.
Patience and shuffle the curds.
A soldier had better smell of gun
power than musk.
Other men's wants are easily
borne.
A bad coat covers a good drink
er.
Pray devoutly and hammer on
stoutly.
When a thing is once begun it is
sways half finished
Lay a bridge of silver fur a flying
enemy.
The jest that gives pain is no
jest.
How to Afflict tits Enemies.
He did i.ot have the right kind
of face to inspire confidence, und
his clothes looked as if they hud
served a third term ut least.
“Are you the fellow who makes
fun of people it. the News.
The newspaper man owned up
he wan “tlrnr or tharuhoutg.”
“Well, I come to' warn you. They
are lay in’ for you with clubs. They
are bad.”
"Not to bur*, I reckon.”
“Yes, they ure, but don’t be afraid;
I’m your friend. I can stave my
fist thtougli a man nnd wulk off
with him on my arm, just like as
he wag un empty market basket.”
“Oh, get out.”
“l’in not joking. I’m your friend,
and I am down on your enemies.
Look here. Can’t you lend a feller
a quarter—temporarily, only of
course ?"
“Now, you look here. Didn’t
you just now an y you were my
friend?”
“So I am.”
‘‘You don’t talk like it, but I’ll
take you at your word.”
"Just count on me.”
“You say you want to help rne,
and you want to hurt my ene
mies.
"That's about tbe size of it.”
“Then you go and borrow a quar
ter of them ntid loan it to me.
Adjoruned.— Galventon Nnca.
Subscribe for the Walker County
Mssenyer. I
VOL. IV. NO. 15.
Origin nr the l!orscshrl« Superstition!
In the very early times, says il
writer in Baldwin's Monthly, umor.f*
tho Celtic nice an v <(ligy of the |>u
tron n»int, no uointnon in churches
and tenipks, wa* much used in the
dwellings anti shnpe of the people,
as a so-called "protection” against
ill-fortune. The ‘ glory” above the
head of these figures—which later
was often rudely carved in wood
and painted —was represented by a
circular piece of polished metal to
convey the effect of tile shining ha
lo or nimbus frequently seen in il
lustrations of the Virgin and othc'f
scripture subjects.
Often this metal nimbus was of
semi-circular form, and after the
(i ure itself had disappeared, by
reason of decay, the nimbus re
mained and was suspended in some
prominent place dt the entrance
door or other point commandi n S
view. The effigies in qnesti‘ ,n
were not uncommonly seen by
Bide of the doorway. In course °*
time the nimbus was much used ,B
a sunstitute fur the falter, and wa B
sold in shops for this purpose.
The tradition of good luck, as
embodied in the horseshoe theory,-
may thus he easily traced, since it
became a common occurrence, irt
due eourse of time, for the faithful
adherent in the belief in charms
and H} in hols to adopt the horseshoe
worn to brightness, in the absence
of any other, which he nailed over
his cottage door. Hence a pice'e of
metal of this shape became associ- 1
ated in the common mind will!
supernatural presence and care, in
keeping with the belief attaching
to the original figure of the patron
saint.
Let Me Pray First.
One day not long ago a sweet
and intelligent little girl was pass
ing quietly through the streets of a
certain town when sho came to a
spot where several idle hoys were
amusing themselves by throwing
stones. Not observing her one of
the boys by accident threw a stone
towauls her, and struck her a cruel
blow in the eye.
She was curried home in gfr'nt
agony. The doctor was sent for,
and a very painful operation was
decided necessary. When the time
came and the surgeon had taken
out his instruments, she lay in her
father’s arms, and he asked if she
was ready for the doctor to do what •
Le could to cure' her eye.
“No fatliei, not yet,” the child
replied :
"What do you wish or want sets,
my child ?’*
"1 want to kneel in your lap, and
pray to Jesus first,” she answered.
And then kneeling, she prayed
for a few minutes and afterwards
submitted to the operation with all
the patience of a strong woman.
How beautiufl this little girl ap
pears uniter these trying circum
stances! Surely Jesus heard
the prayer made in that hour ?
And He hears every child that calls
upon his name. Every pain can
be endured when wo seek Jesus to
help us hear it.
A Biblical Coaumlruui.
A correspondent of the St. Paul
'Pioneer Prets" was fishing at Nan
tucket with Rev. Robert Collyer,
Robert Burdett und seveffll other (
serious gentlemen, He says: ,
“I cannot refrain from telling a
conundrum that was propounded
to the four ministers when the blue
fish parly went ashore at the
"Pint" aud took their picnic din
uer under the shade of a fisherwo
nian’s hut. It Was, "If Solomon
was the son of David, and Juab the
son of Zeruiah, what relation was
Zeruiab to Juab?” They all said
"father,” at once, and when aaftuf
ed that the answer was wrung,
there was much curiosity. “Will
you state that again ?” asked Mr.
Collver. laying down his fork. It
was restated. “Well,” said hv,
■ David and Solomon had nothing
to do with it, but Zeruiah was Jo
ah’s daddy I” "No ghess again,’
was the reply. The clergy ail in*
sisted that the answer was right,
and Mr. Collyer said. "He certainly
must have been bis father, and I
won’t eat another mouthful until
you tell me what the catch is.” —
When told that "Zeruiah was Jo
nh's mother,” be exhibited much
jovoUstehS, and told Power and
Fish he whs surpiised that they
didn’t know their hi Ides better-