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TRION R A. CHAPTER.
No. 19. meets at Trion nti tlie Fridav
tight before the third Sunday in April.
May, June, .July, August, timl Septem- [
ber and On Satardiv night hefete the
third Sunday in October. Nnvemper.
December, January, Fehuarv. und
March. 0. 0. BRYAN, H. P.
O. B. MYERS, Sect’y.
ATTORNEYS:
J. M. Robertson,
Attorney nt Lan 1 ,
ud Solicitor in Chancery.
Chattanooga, - - Tf.nn.
PRAf'TICB in Chmiffry, t'ircuit m.i! -U|»ri’m
(JoarUi ot* IViiitotWHß ami U >. HUtiini t/'ourt.
AJcn in •«Jjo!niiifcotiiit‘« , *‘lnGi , *»rjtia.
•3- See in t ouil House.
Robert It. ff. Glenn,
Attorney at Law,
LaFaykttb, - - - - Georgia.
WILI, PRACTICE ia the Sutiniinr i nans ol'ihe
■ .••mo and adjoining circuits. «’••llections a
Mociahy Odloti on corjrr opposite Urut* tore.
3 35 3m.
Joa« Phelan, C. I*. tioRSK.
I’helan & Goroe,
Attorneys at Caw,
J’os9 Block,
219 Market St.,
HOAVTANOnUA, - - - TENNESSEE :
W, U. & J. P. Jacoway,
Attorneys at Law,
Trenton, - - - - Georgia.
PHACTICE in tl»e eountiws of Hade, Walker anti
CiMnni, and a<lj lining counties. >md in tin* Hi
ftr«tae and Federal « mi.-w ' no, Jackson, o Kiuh
« 9 pi hemkre, in Norili Alahann, and elsewhere by
•peeifti contract. Specini attention given to the col-
U«tion of ehtfms.
W. 11. Henry,
Attos*ney at Law,
Summerville, - - - - Georgia.
WILL pracil *e in the Koine and adjoining Cir
eu.t*. Collectloas a specialty.
J. C. Clements,
Attoi’ney at Law,
LaFayette, - - - Georgia.
• "IX7I -la practice in ihc several counties es the
YY fiame and Cherokee Circuits, and the Supreme
Afaari of Georgia.
F. W. Copeland,
Attorney at Law,
LaFayette, - - - Georgia.
WILL practice in the Superior Courts, of Rome
Circuit. KUewlu r»* hv M" cial agreement. Col
iactioui a*p ciatty. (Office In rear of t uibi-raon’*
0VM«)
H. I*. Lumpkin,
Attorney at Law,
LaFayette - - Georgia.
WILL civ* prompt addition to all business
entrusted to him.
Ofhce at rfhuford &. Lumpkin’* store.
BpgiiM a nwa ii it mii i to?
DENT I.STS:
Dr. Gao. B. Jordan,
Rrsidnit £sen.tit<;t,
RrsiNG Fawn, - - - - Ga.
Offers bis professional services to the people of
ttada and Walker counties. Mental operations per
yiavio- d in a ucat and sutistantinl »nati< er.
All work warranted to give p.- feet satisfaction.
Will make a professional tri;» thniugh McLe~
saorM’ Cove, on the fir“t «fea< ii month.
Dr. J, P. Farm,
Resident Dentist.
Dalton, - - - Georgia.
T AM PREPARED willi all the
fifiC 1 VTg lern (iminvements in ID ntal
iptiliances to luru out as good worn
as can be nad Inth* State, and at ns low price* as
oin h« donebv anv firatetass w rkm.ia.
(gy-I guarantee all woik turned'out to stand any
ad »ll reasonable tests, special attention given to
oorrectiog irr-gularlties in children’s tenth.
o(jb Ladles wal'ed on at their residence, when tin
able *n visit the office. A liberal share of patronage
solicited.
QQP-t tffice: I’p-stairs on Hamilton street, opposite
Va.ional Hotel.
Will visit LaFayette, Walker Co., at Superior
Court* August and February.
HOTELS:
fIMEE HOUSE,
J. WITHERS Proprietor,
LaFayette, Georgia.
r B y[IB above house is thoroughly fur
■*- nished and prepared with the very
best accommodations, tor transient and
local cu-u ai, and at reasonable prices.
Satisfaction guaranteed to those who fa
yor i* with their patronage.
READ HOUSE,
J. T. IIEAD& SOY Pro’rs,
A. L. DeLoag, Bookeeper-
Will H Hamblkn,! hi f 1
J. N. Walker, < Day > ■ lerks.
J. P. Boutick, f .Might )
Chattanooga, - - - Ten a.
Fronting Union Passcngear depot.
THE ROME HOTEL,
Broad St., Rome, (ia.
In Ten Step* op the Railroad.
NO M t DLIi
LOT kTED in the Principal Bunin*-* Square of
the City convenient t > the Wharf, the Hank
and the Post Office, and hi thoroughly renovated und
repainted. J.L M ESTKS, Proprietor.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
J. q. A. LSiW’IH, I’lup r.
Dalton, - - - Georgia,
This house is a large four-story brick,
within a few steps of the Passenger de
BOARD PER DAY - - - $2.00
Polite and attentive porters at even
train; pass them your cheeks, walk
?ver and make yourself u s home.
W, ii* Clerk.
Walker .County Messenger. __
(Jhattanooga Advertisements.
T. H. PAYa-E & <O.,
Successors to Patton and Payne
JOSSERS AilS RETAILERS OF
cchool Bojks, Bta ioa
ery, Bla-k Book ,
Wall Paper, Pic
ture Frames
and Moul
dings .
* ——
Our stock is complete in every
lino anil prices
!5 O"V r r o>s
ON SCHOOL HOOKS, PA TEH.
Envelops, Pens. Ink Pencils and
slates.
We make Picture Frame*
of every discretion and price.
Tiie Largest stock ot WALL
PA PUR in East Tennessee.
t'ROQUKT
.Set-. Tlie Lest
ami cheapest in
tlie market at SI.SO,
sa.3:»,si.s<>,
00, $3.50, $3.00, $3.50,
$5.00 pewef. ISase ha Sis und
hats of every description.
Send for Sample and prices
T. S 3. PA YAK & <«..
Chattanooga, Tenn.
A IIEVOLFTAOH
A. W. JUDD,
Portrait and Landscape
PB3T33RAPHER, *
■as secured ti'C exclusive right Jer the
■ i v of Cttafrania.ra to use the
WOSTDERPUL AROTYPB P. OCESS.
This is the process which ha- brougii
iLnut sue' a startling revolution in'lit
tu inner of produ ing phi,t< .isi hi
■ ri• ts. The arotyj’e prints arc mad
with printer’s inks on a con un n I .!
eress. and are therefore uh'iVu'cty i o
maaent. The nm-t rcmarkalile fealUK
of tiiis improvement is tin* ein at-no
with which the prin'. can he produced
•Ve respectfully soli,-it an ins; ection o
the fxtptisire specimens <>*' the wuik ot.
exnihit'nn 2lit Market street, Uhattsooo
ga, Tenn. Respect fitly,
A. W. JUDD.
J. 11. CADY & CO.,
198 Market Street,
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.
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Keep on hand a full line ot
Newspapers and
Periodicals, Rooks
and Stationery, Whole*,
sale and Retail, Wall
Paper, Variety Goods,
Wrapping Paper and
Paper Rags, School Books.
-§o§-
W'iil sell any Book published. If not
in stock will order promptly.
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Uull and see me me when you come to
t h .tl irinogu and get bargains.
miscellaneous Advertisements.
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CONTAINS P
ixors, buciiu, jianduake, g
DANDELION.
\XDTH3 Pt’RKST AND HISST I. ®
IS TIES OK ALL OTHKK ItITTKhS. fT.
I THEY CUKII I
h \!l f>laca*oß 0f thfStomach, Bowels. !"<.». g
QS i.lviT, Ividut vs, and l PluuryOrynr *. * • 5|
if, vousness, H‘ fnlr*snc*:-sand Chpcwa../ K
Female Coujpluiuts jn
II 01 COO IM COLD.
(Will bepnfrt for a case fliey will not cur
iitiip, or for anj'tlilnß Impure or iujurlotu 2
found m tii. m.
\fkyonr drupK Ist f<tr llop Blttprs nnd t— S
iiLin before you sleep. Take no Ouic
t ,,!» tfls an Absolute .and IrrprtaMblP euro forK^
iY’ !)■ ju-vucwi, use of opium, tobacco aud
narcotics.
•351 Send for Cibcvlax. ■ESEBav■ -
» ■ ■ *'nM l ydni«rGli,
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LAFAYETTE,-GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1880.
HIE MESSENGER.
LAFAYETTE, GEOUGIA.
Thur'ujav Morning. Dkc 2 1880.
WX l> "V 'Hail I iio foil IT t v*.
I{a(4‘h Os SnUscriplion :
Twelve Months ifl.fl'*
rls Hoiitbs '**
Four Mouths
-ingle t'opiea <l,< '
nv irlably in ndvance.
gs.-msiMifftfr.ff.'yii-r. ■fwsvwt'YfrsJWOUWllWiC MBHlif*
Someone inquires: Where have
all the ladies belts gone? Gone to
waist long ago.
Why is the money you are in
the habit of giving to the poor like
a new-horn babe? Because it is
precious little.
There is a roa i on Long Island
so economical that ho waters his
door patli for fear that some oi his
dust will tdnw over into his neigh
bor’s land.
When King David remarked, - ‘I
have said in my heart all men are
Rare,’" lie evidently referred to the
way in which election probabilities
are patched up.
Proprietor —"If you hoys don’t
clear nut I’ll call that officer and
have you taken in.’ Boy —*' Dial's
Whole you’d he taken in ; that po- |
liceman’s my dud. lie is.”
Providence made a great mistake
when it put hearts into girls—
hearts all ready to love and- to ad
mire, and to he grateful aud hap
py with a word, with a nothing.
When the press of this country
will do one half the free adveitising
for a widowed seamstiess that it
will for an imorai actress, a great i
start will he made toward burning
up the jewel of consistency.—Ex
change.
Col. Sam Carter, of Murray coun
ty, mi two hundred acres of land,
will make thin Reason two hundred
bales of cotton. This is equal to the
cotton production on the Mississip
pi bottoms.
|
An Et.giisli lawyer would go on
speaking alter the learned judge had
cautioned hi to to desist, till at last
his irritated lordship cried: "Sir,
’tis no use speaking ; what you say
to me goes in one ear and out of
the other.” The advocate would
not lie silenced. "M v lord.” he
said, it is no wonder, wtien there i■
nothing between them to stop it.
It is so strange! We see a mil
lion faces, we hear a million voices,
we meet a million women with
(lowers in their breasts and light in
thtir fair eyes and they do not
t uch ns. Tl) nwe see one, :nd
she holds for us life or death, and
plays with them idly so often— as
idly as a child with toys. She is
not nobler, better, or more beauti
ful than were those we passed, and
yet the world is empty without
her.
This old but tolerably good story
is again on its rounds credited to
Ben Wade: He was once traveling
westward and interviewed a lank
countryman petidling cakes at a
small station in the alkali region,
who remarked: "Waal, vaas strang
er; I ’low we’ve gut just ez fine a
patch o’ country ez kin he fetched
in Amerika. fliar ain’t hut two
things we lack ; cf we bed them,
we’d he oil right. I calkerlate all
wee need is water and good society.”
'‘Humph I that’s all hell needs!”
answered the crusty senator.
Our Congressmen Elect.
The following is the list of Geor
gia congressmen elect to the next
Congress:
First District: George R B!ack,
of Screven county.
Second District: Henry G. Tur
ner. of Brooks.
Third District: Phillip Cook, of
Sumter
Foii-tb District: Hugh Buchan
an. of C"W'eta.
Filih District: K. J. Hammond,
ul Fulton.
Sixth District: James 11. Blount,
of Bibb.
Seventh District : Judson C.
Clements of Walker.
Eighth District: Alex. 11. Step
hens. of Taliaferro.
Ninth District: Emory Speer, of
Clark. j
Tii 3 Managing Wifo.
Ezra Newton hail het>n looking
over liis yearly accounts, “Wall," I
asked liis wife, looking up, "how do
you pome mil ?”
“I fiod," said h»r husband, “lh«t |
my expenses during the pu»t, year i
have heen thirty-seven cents over a j
tliou-nn i dollars.”
“And your income lias been a
tliousand dollars ?”
"Yts. I managed pretty well, did
I not ?”
“Do you think it managing well
to exceed your income?” said the
wile,
“What’s thirty-seven cents?” ask
ed Mr Newton lightly.
"Not much to he sure, hut still
something. It seems to me that r. <•
ought to have saved instead of fall
ing I ehind.”
“But now how nan we saeii on mv
salary Elizabeth ? VV• haven't lived
extravagantly. Slili it seems to
have taken it all.”
“Perhaps there is something in
which we might retienoh. Suppose
you mention some of the items.”
“The most important is house
rent, 8150; and articles ol food,
i 8500.”
“Just half.”
“Yes and you'll admit that w<-
can’t retrench taere. I like to live
wel ; I had enough of your poor
hoard before I married. Now 1
mean to live as well as I can.”
“Still we ought to save something
against a rainy day, Ezra.”
“That would he like parrying an
umbrella when the sun shines.”
“Still it is well to have an um
brella in the house.”
“I can’t controvert your logic,
E-izaheth, hut I’m afraid >ve shan’t
he able to save anything this year.
When I get mv salary raised it w ill
he time enough to think of that.”
“Let nie make a proposition to
you.” said Mrs. Newton. “You
said that one-half of your income
had heen expended on articles of
food. Are you willing to allow me
that sum for that purpose?”
“Yes, and I w'll shift the respon
sibility with pleasure. But I will
t* ll you beforehand you won’t he
able to save much out of it.”
The different character of the
husband and wile can he judged
from the conversation which has
been recorded. Mr. Newton had
little "prudence or foresight. Hr
lived chiefly for t e present, and
seemed to f ticy that whatever con
tingencies might arise in the future
he would some how lie provided
for. Now to trust in Providence ip
a very proper way, hut there is a
good deal in the old adage that God
will help those that help them
selves.
Mrs. Newton on the contrary had
been brought up in a family which
was compelled to he ecoi omical,
and. though she was no! disposed
to deny herself 'Comforts, yet she
felt that it. was desirable to procure
them at a fair rate.
The time at w hich this conversa
tion took | lace was at the com
mencement of the second yen r of
their married li.
The fitststep M is. N- w ton took on 1
accepting li.e charge of tin* hoU.-e- 1
hold expenses was to institute the
practice of paying cash for all arti-;
eles that came under her depart
ment. SI e accordingly Called Oil
the butcher and inquired :
"How often have you been in the
habit of presenting vnur hills, Mr
Williams?”
“Once in six months?” was the
reply.
“And I suppose vou sometimes
have had had lulls ?"
“Yes; or.e-third my profits on
the average are swept off by them.”
“And you could afford to eell
diaper, 1 suppose for ready loon
ey ?”
"Yes and I would he glad if all
my customers would give me a
chance to do so.”
“I will set the.r an example,
then,” said Mrs. Newton. “Here
after, whatever articles shall he
purchased of you alia’l he paid for
on the spot, and I shall expect you j
to sell them as reasonably as you j
can.”
This arrangement was also made !
with the others, who it iH scarcely l
needful to say, were glad to enter j
into the arrangement. Beady mou-j
ey is a gital t-UppolU l ol trade end
a cash customer is worth two who ‘
1 purchase on a er* dit.
Fortunately Mrs. Newton lmd a
i email supply of money by her.
i which lasted till the first monthly
] installment fntm her husband be
came due. Thus she was utile to
| carry out her cash plan from the
beginning.
Another plan which occurred to
her ss likely to save expense was to
purchase articles in large quantities.
She had soon saved enough from
the iijaiiev allowed to do tin's. For!
example instead of buying a few
pounds at a time she purchased a !
barrel, and so she succeeded on sav
ing a cent or more on the pound. |
This perhaps amounted to but R. i
trifle in the course of a year, hut!
| the same system carried out in re
i gard to other things yielded a result
which was t'V no means a trifle.
flu-re are other wa\s in which a
can fill liiium keepi r is able to limit
expenses which Mis. Newton did
nut overlook.
With an object in view she was
always on the lookout to prevent
w-.ste to ge' full value of whatever
was expended. The ri-sult was be
\ mid tier anticipations.
At the close of the year, on ex
amining her ban k hook —for she
had regularly deposited whatever
money she had no occasion to use
in one of the institutions. She
found that she had 8150 besides re
imbursing herself for the money
during the first, month, and having
enough to last the other.
“Well, Elizabeth, have yon kept
within your allowance?” asked her
husband at that time “I guess you
have not found it as easy to save as
vou thought for.”
“I have something, however,”
said his wife. “How is it with
yon ?”
“That’s more than £ can say.
However. T have not exceeded my
income, that’s one good thing. Wo
have lived fully as well as last year, I
arid I don’t know but better than
when w-o spent 8500 ”
“It’s knack, Ezra.” said his wife;
smiling. Bhe was not inclin
ed to mention Imw much she had
savrd She wanted sometime or
other to surpri e him when it
would he a service.
“She ms v possibly have saved up
825,” thought Mr Newton, or some
trifl".” and so dismissed the matter
from his mind.
At the end of the seeo- d year
Mrs. Newton’s savings, including
the io'erest, amounted in 8350, and
she began to feel quite rich.
Ifer bushiMii! did not think to
inquire Imw much she had saved,
supposing as before llrat it could be
hut little.
However he had a piece of good
news to communicate. His salary
had heen raised from BJ.OOO to sl.-
200.
He added : “Ae I before allowed
you nnt-half of mv income for
household ex penseH. it is no more
than fair that I should do so now.
That wil' give you a better chance
to save part of it than before.
As before Mrs. Newton merely
said that she had saved something,
without speeyfving t: e amount.
H- f allowance was increased to
8000, but her expenses were not
proportionately increased at all. so
that lief saving for the third year
swelled the aggregate sum in the
savings hank to SbGO.
Mr Newton, on the contrary, in
spite tis his increased salary was no
hetter off at the end of his third
year Ilian before. His expenses
had increased by 8100, though he
would have found it difficult to tell
in w hat way hi* comfort or happi
ness had been increased thereby.
In spite of bis carelessness in re
gard to bis own affairs. Mr. Newton
was an excellent man in regard to
bis employers. They according in
creased his salary from time to time
till it reached 81,600. He had stea
dily preserved the custom of
signing one-half to his wife, as
heretofore, and this lmd become
such a habit that he never thought
to inquire whether she found it
necessary to employ the whole or I
not.
Thus.ten years rolh-.-J away. —
During all this time Newton lived
in the same hired house, for which
|,e had paid an annual rent of $l5O.
Latterly, however, lie baa become^,
j dissatisfied with it. It has passed
! into the hands of a new Ih■ dlord,
| who was not disposed to ket p it in
the repair which he considered tie
j siralde.
At tins time a block of excellent
houses was erected by a capitalist,
who designed to sell them or let
them an he might have opportunity.
They were modern and much better
arranged than the one in w hich Mr
Newton now lived, and he felt n
strong desire to move into one of
them. He mentioned it to ids wife
■ one morning.
"W lint’s the r«'ot?” inquired she.
“Two hundred and twenty-live
’ for the corner house, aud two hui<-
| tired for either opdhe others.”
I “Thecnrner house would I eprefer
! aid .on account of the side win
• »
I (lows.”
“Yes, and they have a large
i yard besides 1 think we had la t
ter relit one of them. I : Uess I
will engage one of them to duy ;
you know our year is out next
week.” *
“Please wait till to-morrow before
engaging one.”
“For what reason?"
“I should like to examine the
bouse "
“Very well. I suppose to-morrow
will be sufficiently early."
8o"» after breakfast, Kra. Newton
called jn ‘Squire Bent, the owner
of the new block, and intimated her
desire to lie shown the corner house.
Her request was readily complied
with. Mrs. Newton was quite de
lighted wit l > all the arrangements,
and expressed her satisfaction.
“Are these houses for sale or to
let ?” she inquired.
“Either,” said the owner.
“The rent is, I understand,
Cp).>K ”
t —•’
“Yes. I consider the corner
house worth at least twenty-five
dollars more titan the rent."
“And what do you charge for the
house for a cash purchaser?” asked
j Mrs Newton, with subdued, eager
ness.
"Four thousand dollars cash,”
was the reply, ‘and that is but a
small advance on the cost.”
“Very well, I will buy of you,”
added Mrs. Newtori’quietlv.
‘Wliat diil 1 understand you to
say?” asked llie 'Squire scarcely
believing his < tvn t ars.
“I repeat that I will buy this
house at your price, aud pay the
money within a week.”
"Then the house is yours. Bo t
your husband did not say anything
«f his intention, and in fact I did
not kt.ow —”
“That lie had money to invest.
1 suppose you would say. Neither
dops he know, and I must ask you
not to toll him for the present.”
The next morning Mrs. Newton
invited her husband to taken walk,
hut willn.utspecil'ying the direction
They soon stood in front of the
house in w ieb he desired to live.
“Would’l you like tu go in,” sha
a-k J,
“Yes. it’s a pity we haven’t got
the key.”
"I have the kev,” said his wile,
fortwiih she walked up the step*
and proceeded In open the door.
“When did von get the key of
'Squire Bent?” asked her husband.
"Yesterday when I bought the
h 'tii'e,” salt! his wife quietly.
Mr. Newton gazed on his wife in
profound astonishment.
“What do you mean ?”
“Just what I say—the house is
mine and what is mine is thine. So
the house is yours. Ezra.”
“Where in the name of goodness
did you raise the money ?” asked
her husband, in onriazmerit as great
as pver.
“I haven’t been a managing wife
for leu years for nothing,” said Mis
Newton smiling.
It, was with difficulty she pertain
ed her husband that the price of
the house was really the result of
tier savings. He f-lt when lie sur
veyed the commodious arrange
rrients of the house, he had reason
to he grateful for the prudence of
his managing wife.
We’ve just found out what rn«-fe
the Atlanta girls walk so pigenn
loed. The streets of that city are
so narrow, that they cannot walk
any other way.
Within two years, 18,(X!0 persons
have settled in Florida.
VOL. IY. NO. 20.
’it liy He tics In I lie Penitentiary.
An important case nns tried be
fore the criminal court of the Die
trict of Columbia. An old colored
mini was on tlie nitrons stand. —
Tl i' district attorney interrogated
tlie witness ;
‘What is your name?’
“Jolm Williams, sail.’
‘Are von the John Williams who
mm sent to the Albany Ptnte peni
tentiary for larceny ?’
‘No, sab —not this John.’
Are you the John Williams who
was ci evicted for arson, and sent
to the Baltimore penitentiary ?’
'No, Hull.’
Tired of asking fruitless que®ions
1 the district attorney suddenly put a
leading one :
‘Have you ever been in the peni
tentiary ?’
‘Yes, s ill’
'A i eyes were turned upon tho
witness. The district attorney
smiled complacently and resum
ed.
‘How many times have you been
in the penitentiary ?’
‘Twice, sail.’
•Where?’
‘ln Baltimore, Bah.’
‘How long were you there the
first time ?’
‘About two hours, eah.
‘How long the second time?’ ask
ed the attorney, rather crestfall
en.
‘An hour, eah. I went there to
whitewash a cell for a lawyer, who
had rohheil his client.’
The attorney sat down amid tho
laughter of the spectators.
A Cat, k.t and Clam in Battle.
, Tbe family of J unes Harrington,
of Stapleton, while seated at the
supper table on Tuesday evening,
had their attention attracted by a
squealing sound issuing from the
I kitchen closet. On making an in-
I veeiigation Mr. Herrington discov
ered a rut securely held hy nno of
its legs which was caught in the
shell of a large clam lying upon the
closet floor.
By Urn time the cat was found
the rat had managed to make its
wav out of tlie closet, dragging tho
chon with it. The cat at once at
tacked the rat, when the latter, not
withstanding its crippled condition,
allowed fight, and finally succeeded
in fastening it ,j teeth into the cat’s
ear. The cat. wild with rage, rush
ed out into the yard, carrying both
the rut and clam with her. There
the rat, still held a prisoner by the
clmri, was killed hy the cat.
Mr. Herrington sain that it was
shunt tin: most comical scene he
had evi r witnessed.
There Vfos So X iro.
Gilhoolv lives on Galveston ave
nue. not far from a milkman. Yes
terday he met the milkman, and,
taking him off to one tide, asked
him seriously :
“Wasn’t there a fire in your ham
early yesterday? I had a great no
tion to rush over to your assist
ance.”
“Why, there was no fire in the
burr.,” said the milkman; “what
made you think so?”
Nothing, except. I saw you pump
two hucki is of water right quick,
and rush into the stable with them
will-: • Villi li. >. the cows.” — G'ulvcs
lon Aewa.
Seven (Icod Kales.
Never answer questions in gener
al company that have been put to
others.
Never lend an article you have
borrowed unlegs yen have permis
sion to do bo. 1
Never attempt to draw the atten
tion of the company upon your
self.
Never exhibit anger or impa
tience, nr excitement w hen an acci
dent happens.
Never pass between two persons
who are talking together, without
an apology.
Never peter a room noisily ; nev
e» fait to close the door after you,
and never slam it.
Never forget that if you are faith
ful in a few things you may be ru
ler over many. —Christian Age. -
If a mule had as many legs as a
cock-roach this country would not
be so thickly populated.