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VOL. IV. ■BBMrti'-v. tr ~~*n~iTnilMTl' 118 II m.l. CHAPTER: THIOS’R A. CHAPTER. . No. HI -it I'rion on flu: Frhlav nn.’V ' • ■'i i-f* ■ thi d Sunday in April, Mi- , ' , ■ < Ar.'ii-t, ;md Septciu ' 'I ‘ .rr! v night tiotfive tha MM ili” in 0 rtober, Novernper, !*'• i •. I.nnirv, PaH-narv. and roV R t\ BRYAN, 11. P. 13- 15 MYKKS, Seet’y. ATTORNEYS: J. M. Eobertsou, Atloi’ae) at Law, amt Solicitor i:i Chancery, Chaitankioa, - - Tens. I>R\nTICl-: in I’hHu -cry, Circuit nt.d Sn:tr«mi‘ , C'uurtd l»f rtr-rtrt .lllli tJ. S. liiHliiCt >urt. AM'i in nitJoSiitiisc'iUKtirsiiiOuorgltt. It abort M. \f‘ (Uotin,”' : ~ Attorney at Law, I.aFayettk, - - - - Geobuia. Tiril/4 Tit ACT It’R ill the Courts ofthe VV omc ami .irijoiiii'ig circuits. C> llrction* a •pecittlty </tfi :c on eur.ier opposite Dru* tore. &>.•: .3 35 3m. Jo|(M CItCLAM, C. P. tioRBB. Phelan k floree, Attorneys at Law, Pons Block, 243 ILu-kot St., OHATT'Vn.-Cl, - - - TENNESSEE W. U. & J. P. Jacoway, Attorneys at Law, Tbenton, - - - - Georgia. I>R in the fount «> of l»:i to Walk- r nnn /*:ajO'i ;t, il.<i i j »it:ii»t; ■: niutf s, ""1 In ill** *"0 i conic «ml tV it r.u • t so, Jv. i.soo, cKalh ft U 4 it N .rth \S Kim , Hiri .•ls.:Wo«ie •»> • lection oi ti V7. b[. Henry, ■ Attorney at‘Law, .Sum mew v: i. i.bj Geo no ta. 11.1- pro tl »• ;>< tin* Itoui** nod mljoi'.i .g Clr ?Y ca ts, t oliertmiiH H ejim iiit... <\ ClfsntHits, Attorney a5 Law, I. aFayi-.tti', - Gkorgta. ■tr | i. priii-iii-n in ili> scv.nl coi ti-s «»!’tlw Yv itmir. uni t:iicroK«!PCircuit',mol the Supreme t<M.n «h (jMorgi-*. F. W. Copeland, Attorney at Law, I,a Payette, - - - Georgia. X\r :l.' i'Ni.tic • ii! 'h‘t superior C.. arts, <>' Ko'U" VV * ii.-u t 'J.Tcwh r.- S|M'Ci f *l ."••nt. ■ •'»• 1# -uu>i<(• ia : • (Ofli- cin rear oi • tiiif rum * * I'-i) H. P. Lumpkin, Attorney at Law, LaKaykti’e - - Georgia. I.|, pv prompt attention to ail luitiiiew • if’ rnir fso-d 'll him. Ojii 'c it *’hu(or.l Sc Ijiwnp'- in’s store *. asanassspobsx nwwwcßß'ffiaßUj DENTISTS: Dr. Deo. B. Jordan, Resident Scientist, Rising Fawn, - - - - Ga. ntT-rs Ills professional service* to the people of Oad" mid Wnlic r ouiities. D.oiinl »pcniMu« pm form-d in a• ■ and Bitin»ta»iiial iimni.er. AM work warranted to give perfect > uism :tion. , WDi hitUe a profession::! nip ihri-ugli McLe- ] ttior***-' C*»ve. on ilie fii»t of ca» !i iiiontli. Dr. J. P. Fann, Rr-siiU’eßt S)Cilt2?it. Dai-ton, - - - Gioiigia. f -U( I'lißPA'tKll with nil the f&Zjk L Modern linpr 'Vei.tcnrs in Dental i|i' , li.i | iei , s n> turn not as good work ad can m the St *ie, and .it as low prices as cun he doneby anv firatclais w.-rUm hi. eit irantce all woik turned nut to stand any nd ill reasonable tests. Hp- -nl nrieninn given to correcting irreeulami.-s in children’s teeth. WHi'ed mint their residence, when un able to visit the ofr.ee. A liberal share of patronage solicited. {JOMTffv!?: Cp-stairs on Hamilton street, opposite Na.ional Hotel. Will visit I.aPavette, Walker Co., at Superior Courts August and February. p—■— Bn«rmezrx n«n .7. amtxjmmmg-vrm HOTELS: HOUSE, j. Proprietor, ' I.aTayette, Georgia. r b NIIE above bouse is thoroughly fur nished and prepared with the very best neeoiuiuodat.ioris, for transient and local custom, and at reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaranteed to those who fa vor it with their patronage. RE A3 H3USE, J. T. RKA I> & SOU Pro’rs, A. L. DeLo'ig, Bookeeper- Will H. llamble*, t chief i J. N. Walker, < Day S-'lerks. J. P. 3oST(fK, ( » « l 'i ) Chattanooga, - - - Tcnn. Froming Union Fa-senpcar depot. THE Mil HOTEL, Bro.nl .1., Rome, <«a. In Ten St i* <-f the Had h»ai>. no o.uA'riJt * ai:s:j>ki> LOC tTGfI mi til - Prin“ip-*l Bu-.in»—» .-’qu ire r.f the City cniiviiiMii t ■ ••*** the ii.mk and the utt e, a ..I i“ c ' «>v if » and repainted. J. 1. * I*.-PF.S, Projirpiiin NATIOHAL HOTEL, J. If. A. LSM¥I«, Prop’r. Dalton, - - - Georgia, This house is a large four-story brick, within a few steps of the Pa sunger de not. BOARD TER DAY - - - $2.00 Polite an I a'cutivo powers at every; trai'g -iass 'he n your checks, walk right avir 1 .d ois.e yonrs'dt .*p tiome. U . JJ. LWWIS, Clerk. 1 zrs* -■ va-k.-t. ~ - - - - . —— - - j’ vJ ?."• f>, WIIKFSi COUNTY ' MESSENCEK Chattanooga .."tdcorliscmcnts. T. H. PAYH3 & CO., Sucoeasors to Patton and Pay ns JGBBZR3 AND RETAILERS OF Sohool Books, Station ery, Blank Book i, Wall Paper, Pic ture Frames and Moul dings . —:o: Our stock is comjilcte in every line and prices OO r F r V O ON SCHOOL ROOKS, PATER, Envelops, Pens. Ink Pencils and slates. —:o; We make Picture Frames of every Jiscription and price. The Largest stock ot WALL PAPER in East Tennessee. CEOUIUT Sets. The best and cheapest in the market at ®t.lo, <»», ss.oo, $5.00 perse#. Base halls and hats of every description. Send for Sample and prices T. 11. .'U ! & CO., Chattanooga, Tknn. V HEV 0 L r TlO H A. W. JUDD, Portrait titisl Landscape PNOTQSRAPHER, has secured the exchidvc richt for the city of Chattanooga to u-o the WONDERFUL ASOTYPE PROCESS. This is the process which has brought about sue' 1 a startling revolution in the manner of producing photographic prims. The a retype prints are mail, with pdn'er’s inks on a common hand press, and ore therefore absolutely per nia.jont. The most remarkable feature of this improvement is the cheapne-- witli which the prints ean be produced W’o respectfully solicit an inspection ol the exquisite specimens of the work or; exltibit'on 213 Market street. Chattanoo t™- ""rfeuDD. J. H. CADY & 'CO., 198 Market Street, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. -w- Keep on baud a full line ol Xcivspapers and Periodicals, Kooks aatl Stationery, Whole sale and Kctail, IVall Paper, Variety Goods, Wrapping Paper ami Paper Rags, School Kooks. -§o§- Will sell any Book publisiied. If tint I in stoelt will order promptly. -§.)§- Call and see me ni" when you couie to { ''hattanooga and gel bargains. HVif yoti r.re s Bitaflpafff you are ,'^aij ■F oILu s.cN.s. veai- VtSaf man of left- MSwyS ■ened by t • t-Xrn'. a of jfcb-'j t : .:to.Ui.:<ov rn.Tu <1 ■your d .f.ts avoid night work, to rc <-3 ■fitlmula ..tiid uso Sf tsUtibrouiPcrveiiLuS ■ Hop ti.iters. use Hop Is, M ■ If you ttre young andSfetitTerlrt;* from ar.v In-a ■di*Cit*ion c r ct;sniuaMtrC’:i; If y<>:i f:: : r.ar-y Bried or t-inglo. old orßyouuff, e'l. “r\:m L-*;: fl BpoorbcakUo--ia!igt!LJiC' , ;;i:g m a Ltd of ae.- gj Bncaa, rely cn HopySitterg. ■ Whoever you are. |J“f» TbouEtndß dl® au-3 ■irhcuuvcr you feel /2rurliy froiu nonioa ■that your fiyutctn 9j£j ' i• of K IdnoyS ■net-ds -»a-y»sr. 1 v» I «—v-j tl t iv,'i.i| ■in;r or Ftinmlating 3 Jnveltoen j t-eteuitv'a ■witlioufcio'ojr. atmu, i i,: :al»y A i Ir»« 1 y u a ofa ■ Hare yen dy* /*?' r'v' l | Hpr.w u, L/d»t.|/A*’L - N O I. C lp/a//if, ta cB H t •* »a a x»o utog of tiia utomacA, } rrv is i ,v S bouel*, blood. •- 1 !• i\r ¥ ",«re f..rg liver oTvr, res J j‘i . 4 |! • !Ur -; e ' S!} $ You will be as opiuio.S cured If TUUU3" i niTTmOi^”*?.®®* o^ Mop Bitters 1! j -MV E ’"”*>**• fi If you are rim- siiLulLllw ! Sold by drug-H ply wn alt and -r - ~r . .r n | Tials. Bond lor a tow spirit* d, try - NEVER Cirtulftr. K it I 1 1 ma y ‘?i _ .. ? \ 4 • avoyourit CA I | ■ * I)P Brr ' Aj isl nfe. it has h i/A! L rrfl co - a savod hun«lu i K Ro-fcfttw, n. 2 Bdrode. A| & Toronto, Oat. K LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1881. Oil Willi a Baby. coHri.n ;; in two e-uai-m its*, t ai t Kit !. “Whi't tlint muu said is true my lord; that, chi d I curried. 1 mn Brown tlie Doctor, Brown of Bea* consfield;" ar.d us the murmur of npproval which rung through the court was promptly checked, the one who had spoken pushed his way to the witness-box, and then, by his lordstup’s permission, went into it; and all eyes were turned to him. He was a short, stout, resolute looking man, in appearance fifty, hut whose age was fiftv-seven; and lie had a good, frai.k, florid face, and dark gray eyes. Coolly survey ing the crowded court in front of him,he took the i.ath as he removed his gloves and answered to his name and then, as nnemhariasset! in man ner as though he had made the sim plest statement possible, he passed his hand through his brown bair, and looked at his lordship. • That’s the man sir,” said the prisoner to his counsel; “and he rode a cob.” “Silence!” cried the judge, as those in court approved, and the windows rattled as the dust rose np again—the dust from the crowed street®, where hundreds waited. It was a blowing gusty day, Fri day, the sth of March, the second day of the Lent .assizes; and the spacious court in the county town was completely filled with people, townfolks and countrymen, who in spite of close (lacking and increas ed discomfort, had kept their plaees there for many hour®, waiting for the conclusion of the trial, in which the majority of those there were deeply interested —the trial of Ralph Perks tiie poacher, and against whom a true hill had been returned for the wilful murder of Waiter White the keeper —keeper to S;r Norman Digby ol U- i ton Hall —who, a few months previatis lv, had been found in tiie Home Wood, shot through the chest. 'The evidence that was then brought agaii st the prisoner was purely circumstantial; but it seem ed conclusive, and >vas committed to jail, to await his trial on the full charge. But in a short time he es caped, by the connivance, as it was thought, of one of his jailers, a man who was known to him; and H was only within a week of the com mencement of the assizes that he had been reta.mi. He was a lithe, wiry, dark cotn plexioned man, thirty years of age, and by trade a blacksmith; and al though his pouching! propensities were known to all, his trade stuck to him; for he was not only the best shoer so miles round his own neighborhood, and shod all the “hunting horses,” but he was a Jack of all trades, and clever at most things, from locks and clocks to brass work, hells and baskets; and at latter, no matte 1 what they were, useful or fanciful, no basket maker could beat him. Hence til - ing able to turn his hand u so ma ny pursuits, his services were much sought alter; for whatever was need e l in the mending line. Ralph, the “handy man,” was the man always sent for. He was a good mole-man, too, and useful to the fa-uiers; a crack fisherman, aad nfs- rviee to the vil lagers, a famous runner, and hence great with hounds. It was this latter quality which contributed so much to popularity with those whose Worsen lie shod, and with the huntsmen generally; for -is !.e wasalwa . s present during t tie season, at i v-I, no* f vitl.j. ills! i : ni . II i,(*j. ■, i. • ■ - nine, mid ki | I u. li wit n Imu iis, his ringing “Gene awn . J” wtiieti made the w -mli u <l.- ic -o as tin f'»X 1 n-ke cov-r. w-i-. .ii-■ i.sh-.ei ed for, fir it «a- mt r i t-1 \;t' >t- ; ‘R-, ( I, 1 1 -e Rum."l 1 tir;ng an o!-l . ,nd a; Wouiler.ift, and SI -Veil veised in vulpine tacit-- that uni- .-- the fox •H ilt at at Oiie - let ns tae hounds came in at tin* -•! or. Rap!, „,!« , |.,. miuto s' * him; -ml »s ne n> v« r gave tongue rill tin* v.-rmint was weii ait.iv, Mn*l the hounds on a line with him, each n an ti.eii out gri|ipnl : i- reins us lie heard him, and gallnpptd h : s har-t-.-st. t-ucii u voice ue Ralph hud for a shout —loud, dear and ringing— j few men had; it was a piercer, like ■ the voice of thefami*! Tom Moody I and ns most of the woods m that part of the eon. try—West. Wor cestershire — were, thick, dense, and tangled. When lie was out it was a ; gain fur the lost- ones, many of i whom would have frequently have missed the hnnnils altogether had not his rattling ‘Gone away!” which could be heard from one end ofthe wood to the other, proclaim ed “n view” and piloted them into the open. He was a pleasant, merry fellow; ever cheery and always civil; ready to Help those who came to grief, and willing to aid the distressed ones; for no matter what was the form it took, what was the special difficul ty —whether the catching of horses, the lifting of heavers, the pulling out of stakes or tiie clipping of puz zle-locks-—were Rtlph but at hand, it was done with; and though nat nv a coin was thrown to him, he never waited for it; his work once over, his place was with the hounds and as he could run and leap better than most men he was never far be hind them. lie was a very useful man, too, amongst the cattle, and also among horses, as he understood their ail ments, and was up t« doctoring them; amt he was clever a- a break er with voting hor-es. - - > ha*! a good seat, good hands, firm nerve, and plenty of patience, so tie soon made them fit and handv. vv it!» the people of his hamlet —the ham let of Bi cion he was a great favor ite, and at the wakes and dob walks, village feasts and festivals, Ralph was the main man then ; for he had a fi Idle, and could plav it well, and he was strong in jigs and dances; and various feats amongst tin* Far-Foresters,in jump ing, running, quoit-pitching, and wrestling were known lor miles 'round. Jo n I'-stlii'g iie *.vas espe cially good, as he knew a (Jorni-h man, and was up to the “chips” — the hips and the heaves, and hanks -ind inside-click —so could throw most men, and it Was the ability to do so that made him so daring when poaching, and that caused him to care so little for the keepers He was the best whistler, too in tin whole district: and as few en rid heat him iifwcomic song, lie* was the very life and soul of all parries, when village lads and lasses got tn get er, or old folks congregated. His apprehension, therefore on such a charge had been a grief to the villagers, aud a loss and annoy ance to his neighborhood, and ns those who employed him consider ed his only fault was poaching, and from which no remonstrance could wean him, tlmy. as their presence testified, were one and all consider ably interested in his trial, which commenced on the previous dav, was now about to terminate, and as they feared, badly. T he evidence, as we have said, was circumstantial, and defence was an alibi; but as it was an alibi without proof—being entirely un supported by the slightest testinony —it was felt hv all ih it the verdict; would in* “guilt e;” am' e"t-n if In escaped with his life the sentence would tie a heavy o e, for he was too old a poacher not to lie made, an example of. As for Pi-rka bin self, black as tilings looked against him. lie still loud his head up, ju-t ;.H though he w- re whollv innocent a d l-< d*ui • | ed on an acquittal. “No Ido-*d ot Ins, said tv. “i | on these hands, my lor 1 .1 «as j • * llllh S rttt’ae, too. But the lali lie told, ril ■' ■-n tlr ' id. sou' 1 -I o" .si ra ■ '.*.* tha. ru a***l »•** I 1 I it. ii; I'A' >■ the evi enc* w - t hi-: Oo the i L.ht iii qui s'iint Mm- , di, i.i.-l.' <’• 2*V*l of N r - W It' r\Y -ii. I e It.-, pel. tin II j w: -I w ... -ail to have ta en lliiif lieii-d out with lhr. ,u ol the \ Witchers to go through t" 1 'ov i-. . the 111- to- Wood. FoX li'li i' l li >* e Loeketi.. hoping to tin * I. with l’*-rk of wlumh intention i*i visit them i that night they had l itii latioiq . and they were determined to cup- i ture him it they could, ns a few ; i 'gtits previously lie had threatened White that the next ti ne iiJ inter lfcrtal with him he should have "aonieibilig for his trouble.” And old grievance, it was stated had existed between them, and they had been ill enmity for a IvUig j time; and it was in no w ise lessened j by the fact that White's wife wa. Ralph’* rid sweetheart, a pretty village girt, who, ufti r she had promised Perks, pvefered the keep- ; er s cottage to the blacksmith-shop ! It, was also shown that when the; two men were ltnls, and at school together they were at enmity then, fur Ralph couid throw and thrash him with the greatest ease, and did so frequently, us lie had done sh since, they having had many a bout together dining the past tour years, when .Sir Norman having en gaged White as keeper, they found themselves settled down in the same parish. Fur many years an inveterate poacher, hut never taken, Ralph Perks after Whites imo riage been me more darin than ever, and whenev er he was on I lie drink at the ale l ouse, or boozing at the cigar shop he used to boast how little he car ed for the keeper, for, big a® he was lie could “.turn him over ii. two minute-and thrash him handsome ly," while While on his part used to chatter aliouf the time when he would have Pallia “safe in jail." There was. tlier. foie. no love lost, between t'mm, and many had •pn dict.e! that ■>" ne day it woitl I end badly to om* or both of them, a* they were alike equally det-i ! mioc! mid unforgiving. A few nights hefni'i" the murder fur murder it was presumed to he—they met in Fox Hill; hut as Ralph was in a ride, ii public path, and Had neither gun nor stick, vis ible to him at least, threats duly had passed between them. When White and the watcher entered the Home Wood, hoping to meet with Ralph, limy went on hvtlie ni.. ehn together to where the ride* diverge, and then a cignitl being agre.il upon if either wanted help, they separated the Ucper lak ii'g the middle ride, Clarke the out er one, and Crump and Kirby the other, ns t he cover there was peiisu • ally thick and strong from dense scrub and brush, besides which as a footpath led from there across the fields and so to the village, escape was usually made in that direc tion. . Thenight was foggy, arid before, the men had reached the end of their heat a shot was heard from tiie middle ride; and though the signal whistle was not given, tiny at once turned right and left and went towards it. As the three men met at the hot tom of the glade, where the middle ride terminated, they found White d wn and groaning, his gun beside him. On raising up, “Take IVrks,” said he; ‘T am done for.” He then fell back and died. . They brought the body hotnr; then weirt for Perks. He was out; they waited. At four n'chck two hours from the time Hint shot was fired, he cum beak to his cottage. Ilis clothes were blonde, and hi* head was cut, and o. e btrrel of his gun had been discharged, and that quite recently, and his coat was torn and had mud on it. lie wa* quite lame too, and hobbling. That day they took him. For the defense an alibi was set up, and the keeper’s il.**ilh aeemr.it id lor by the accidental discharge of Ins own gun, **ne barrel ol w hich had been fired; hilt ■ White hint been on ih 1 1 * w." d ,• rim' 'u goii.g : w it.ii ' h v,; V m and miy.'.t th**o | hav. had a rtiot .t some po idling j or fm- 1 r, little could In* oolite ! i. A- to the words, ‘‘TV-** P rks; 1 .m .pete for,” it was strongly urged by the prisoner's counsel; when the (rial coir,me ei-d. that ; they were in fact onlv live words of; ■ mail strong in his duly, and who , •v.r* bent, on carrying out that for which the'.' were t**gi tin r. “Me fell,’" said the counsel “that f h<* *.va < done lor, shot- by Id* own gun. tor ng'- a fall or stumble. It wasthirlbre of no use hindering with him. pork* was out; let them go and get him.” But such a solution of the diffi culty was not credited for an iu stunt, and the counsel for the pros-1 edition had it all his -wn way, “The long standing enmity, tiie j previous threat, the intimation I they had had that lie would he [ there that night, the condition of j himself and hi* clothes, and his gut: when the watchers nu t him, ! and his total inability to subslanti j ate his own statement, and, above J and beyond all, the K *ep*»r's own words, his i;**t words, as he fell j them then to he, all tended, he i sai l “to show ll« said that Ralph Peru*, and Penes only, was the man who fired the shot, the man who was guilty of the wilful murder of Walter White." Again did the prisoner maintain his innocence, and again did he as sert that at the time sworn to as the time the shot was fired, two o'clock ho was miles away from the covera. He said lie certainly went out that night with the intention of I imiching iu the Home M ood, but hen .'in;; a chance wind, as he called in at the cider shop, he thought, if it did come to a tussle, • licit, lour might be too many for i him. and he, therefore, decided to go further afield and iu a different direction, end he made for the New Wood, five miles away from tin re, a wood of Major Murray’s; and lie then repealed that which !e had said before, that, iu coming down the 'nil Ibr a short cut to the cover tie c;. light nis foot iii the gorse as In* got near the roa.l, and till down into it, Ins gun going oil 111 till* fall , and hi.- In -d getting cut open; and that as lie lay thi-ro ill thn iji'ch, half stunned and Mewling, the clock over the water strucK two. His lordship, in commenting on tin* fact that persisting in such a statement would not avail him un -1 Us* it were corroborated , said : “Have you veully no means to , prow it ? Did nothing occur, ns you went or returned, by which ( the jury might infer that what you -ay is 'rue, no one you met or spoKeto ?” “No, nothing,” said Ralph. No one vviiutevi r my lord." j “N r win o you lay there in the I ditch, as * on say, half stunned and . blinding?” i* ‘V—Jl, ye.*, my bird," was the re- I ply, 'there was a man passed ; then e rtainly.” "To whom do you refer? Did you Know him. ?’’ “I did not; I don’t know who he was, my lord; but lie was a man on horseback, and lie had a baby will) him! ’ What, at two o’clock on a No veinbei morning, eolj damp ami I'oggv! Do v.iu seriously ussi-rt that?" "Yes, my lord, I do; for 1 heard iterv." “You did?" “1 did, my bird, and heard him .-pea/,' to it.” “Ami pray what did you hear him say?” as/red his lordship, who seemed to doubt the siory lot l him, as did a.l there. “He said my lord, “Poor little wratcli! But it is a chance, it we can do it.' And tin u, said Ralph In* put his horse into u gallop and was off. “What was the man li£e ?” said the judge after a pause, in which in creduly was seen on every face in court. C >uld you see enough of him to m b) that mt. eh? Partly, my lord, partly, was the prom (it reply: for the rest es the jdll dips down; and as I lay there :n the ditch, he t bowed against the t-ky: and they in i'<* a pair of ’em, a short thiei man and a short thicA' horse. But the s'atenvnt was too wild to he credited; and all there felt t tint ; s for any use it would he to him it might as well have been un said. Iu slimming up however, the judge briefly alluded to this extra ordinary statement by the pris ti er of the until and the baby, hut wilhaut repeating the words heard or Urn assertion that the elo<7: strui/.; anil he said that it would lie f r the jury themselves to decide vvln tln ror not such an assertion., unsupported by the slightest evi-j deuce, was worthy oforedei.ee. It 'mis at t his particular .point in ni i«it-1 hips address Unit Dr. Br wn e.iine into court, mid star lled ad hv this exclamation. W -at that man said is true, my lord; that chid 1 co rn it- 1 am - Bros, u the doctor, Brown ot Boa-j I consfield. A* a hush in the court ensued, j at the try of Silence! the greatest interest prevailed and all eyes were on the witness. A Galveston man went to mar- i Aft to g<-t a fish for dinner. The j price usA‘*d was high, and the li*h did not ns if it was quite fresh and so oe told the fish dealer; whereup on that worthy gentlemnu pule I | open the fish’s gills to show that they were red which is regarded as , |an unfailing test freshness. I s<c j | they are red said the pnrehser hut | !n fish that had been dead a weeA would blush lo hear the price you! ns A for i'. NO. 23. Tlu ri- is celainly somlbing in I .-torn f>7 lls l ilt it, ta/;es money ti> )>t>rnuii<t<- the clerk In hand it out. Anil in rc cornea a wit, who ex presses the nninion.lthat the fashion us ladies waistcoats is supposed to have at irfed in G'd-vest-op. It is nail) there is not one man in a thi'U-and that can handle a hot lamp chimney and sing there is no place like hone-at the same time. - m A petition signal liy over lour Imn dieil persons in Ivatonton i< being pro jiirod. request!mr the County Comruia-' sinners ot Putnam to increase the to* lor selling liquor ill the etmnty to five thousand dollars. Was l:i tho liasinitss, Too. A quiet. man ivas traveling a short lime aun hy rail, iflnl was annoyed by the nois which two or three men in the so nil* carriage were malting. 0,,c of ihem had linen telling Irriin ndous sto ries aheut. himself in a lon I v .ioo, ami had tried once er nvici! to draw out iho .quit limn, lut in vain. At last ho turned to him and raid rather otleti sivi 1", “| liar, .‘•'n, that our noise has raiherincoiiveiteetl you.” "Not i't the least,” ho replied. "I thought,” irc t'Jiiied lit rini.-v mini, ‘‘that you did not s-em interested h.v my stories.” ‘ Onita the reyoroe, my dear sir,” said tin quiet one; ' I »«« very much so —in laot, I am a ! it n' a liar myself,”—Lon don V.•titty Fiit lltt hands ami Wives. A good husband makes a good wife, ■Same men can neither do without wives nor 'volt them; they are wretched alone in what is called single blessedness. and they make their ho ties miserable when they get ma'ri" I, they are like Tomp kins dog, which r"iM not bear to be loose mi I bowl 'd when it was. tied up. Happy ini lilnrs aro likely to bo hap py liU'h i als, and a happy hinlm’i i ia tli; happiest man. A well matched couple carry a happy lift) between them, as th.t’ tc 1 spin carry tho cluster of Ks idinl. They am a bruin of birds of j I’aradise They unihiplv their joys by sharing them, The wagon of care rolls lightly ul»iik as they pull together, and' when it. drags a little heavily, or ihere’s a hitch anywhere, they love each other all the more and so lighten the labor. It is related h\ the llev. Dr. Dali ney, a Southern officer in the Into war. that when preach Ivedenounc ed tho soldiers’ habit of dodging bullets and cannon halls, and ad vanced tho doctrine that each ono was directed in its mission try tint li.nui of Providence, and was sped with unerring certaity where it was destined to go. Next tiny when Mae battle began to rage afresh,a yotrng aide, riding t:p for orders fur the division general found Colonel Dab nev writing his papers while he sat with his hat k against a heavy gate [ nst. near the general’s tent. Tire aide got Ids orders and as he rude off touched his hat and re mai/vd: ”1 sue, Colonel, you bavo got a gale post between you and Providence." Mark Twain, having been nsi-etl to contiihute to the new--paper issued at the fair in aid of abused chiltleru in Boston wrote: Why should I want a Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Childerr. to prosper when I have a baby down stairs that/.-apt m« awai-e sev eral hours last night, with no pre text for it hut a desire to rmii-o trouble? This occurs every night, and it embitters me, because 1 see now how needless it was to put in the other burglar alarm, a costly anil complicated contrivace which cannot he depended upon because it’s always getting out of order and won’t go, whereas, althugii the bu hy is always getting out of order too, it can nevertheless be depen ded on, for the reason that the more it gets out of order tiie more it does go. Yes lam hitter against vour society fur I thinfc the idea of >t is all wrong; hut if you will start a society lor the Prevention of Cruelly t<> Fathers I will write you a whole boo/;. ♦- . The late It iron Gurney was a great qemperai.ee’ man. lie tried one at Oxford a ‘righto! way’cause iti which many very ancient wit nesses were called to prove the ex isteneo of paths Ac, many years before. Amongst these was a hale and hearty old man named Elm. At the end of his evidence the fol lowing con vet satson too k place be tween judge and witness. - ‘Well Mr. Elm, how old are are you?’ ‘Eighty-two toy lord. ‘Ah! a fine old mat ; very fine. Now I don’t suppose. Mr. Elm. you drill/: at all?’’ No my lord; nothing but water.’ ‘All very good indeed.’ The next witness was also named Elm and was brother to the l ist, t'is testimony ended, ti e same in terrogations were put. ‘Well Elm, and how old are you ?’ Eighty-four my lor h’ And healthier and bet ter looking, I declare; and I don't suppose you dri nit either?’’ ‘VA <ll my lord. lam a lit'.'e given that way. My old woman says I have not been to bed epiite sober fur a matter of five-ami-thirty year, my lord.’ ‘Dear me. dear me !. s iu the disappointed judge. Well elm is a well preserved wood, whether wet or dry.’