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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. MARCH 4.1884* TWELVE PAGES. I
OUR ???DIXIE??? HUMuRISTS.
THE FEN All) PHIMIKOPHYOF THE
OLD HOME.
NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS..
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"Cnlfn t'ori|.UI"
To ail appearances Daddy Jack bad Dkeo
no Interest la Uncle Remus'e story of the
hones??? tails, and yet, as soon as tbe little boy
and Annt Tempy were tbrongb laughing at a
somewhat familiar climax, the old African
began to twist and fidget In bis .chair, and
mumble to himself in a lingo which might
hare been nndentood on tbe Onlnea coast,
but which sounded out of place In Uncle Re-
mas's Middle Georgia cabin. Presently, how
ever, his uneasiness took tangible shape. Be
turned around and exclaimed impatiently:
"Sbnh'Shub! w'en you sta't far tell a dem
tale, wey you no tell um lak dey elan'? ???E
bery bad let twia' dem tale 'roun' un ???roun'.
Wey you no talk um atret????
??????Well, Brer Jack," said Uncle Remus,
smiling goodhumoredly upon the queer little
oldman, "ef we done gone en got datar tale
all twis' up, de way fer you ter do Is ter whirl
In en ontwia' it, en weall folks ???ll set up yer
en he'p you out plum twel Mars. John oomes
a hollerin??? en a bawlln attar dish yer baby
en alter he done gone ter bed, den me en sit
Timpy yer wa ull set up wld you plum twe
de chickens crow fer day. Drm's de kinder
folk we all is up yer. We aint 'got many
swlmpsen crabs up yer in Putmon county,
but w'en it oome ter cellin' up wld comii'ny
en hangln??? 'roun' alter dark ter ter make de
time pass away, we er mlgnty rank. How
den, Brer Jack, I none call de roll whl my
eye, en we erall yer 'cepplo* dat ar 'Tlldy
gil, en 'twon???t be long'fo' she'll beadrappin'
in. Ran over In yo??? min', en whar mv tale
'ns wrong, dee whirl In en put 'rr ter rights."
"Sbuh-sbubl??? exclaimed tbe old Afrlran,
"Oona no git dem tale stret. I yeil dem wry
me Ilf; 'e sonn' lak die One tam dem bitlle
bln git bery skace. Da rice crop meknuitin;
dafiah swim low; da bud fly high. Hard
times bln come dev-dey. 'K so bard, dem
creelnrs do git bonkry fer true. B'er Rabbit
un B???er Wolf dey come pit bote'e head ter-
gerrer; dey is mck talk bow honkry dey li
way down In do belly.
<-Bambye, B'er Itahblt, 'e shed 'e y-eye. 'e
saydeymui??? kill dey gran???mammy. B'er
Wolf says 'e rock 'e y-eye come wat'ry fei
yedilv da talk lak dat. B'er Rabbit say:
"*KI, B'er Wolll da water come In you'
S e wun you la bin honkry. Me y-eye done
n-a come wat'ry so long lam befo' 1 blu
talky wit' you 'bout wegranmammy.'
??????B???er Wolf.'e der keep on cryln'; 'e wlji
'e y-eye'pon'e coat-tleef. B'er Rabbit, 'e
bln say: .
??? 'Ef you Is bin lek It so ha'd lak dls, B'er
Wolf, 'e bery good ferkill-a you granmammy
foe, ro you It kin omm glad eg'ln.'
??????B???er Wolf, 'o g > dry '??? y.eye un kill 'e
granmammy, un dry is bln tek 'lm gran-
mammy oil un sell um fer blttle. Dun dey
Is bln eat dls bitlle ('ay un night tell V n 1 1
done gone. Wun 1 * tam come let B'er Itsbblt
fer kill 'e granmammy, ri'er Wolf, 'e go
blaitin 'ini. 'Kwty:
*"B'<r Itibblt, ) la bln-a feel honkry troo
un troo. Urn we klll-n you' granmammy.???
"B'er Rabbit Ilf un 'e head high; 'e IsMT
E* sbekky one year,'e sbed a one eye. 'K
" 'Eh-eh, B'er Wolf, you link Igwan kill-a
megranmnmmy? Ob, no, B'er Wolf! Me
no kin do da>.'
???Dls mek B'er Wolf wuse mail den 'e Is
bln befo'. Efairteer de yet' ???e claw; ???o
yowl aem lak Injun mans. ???H say ???e gwan
make B'er Rabbit kill ???e granmammy no
how.
"B'er Rabbit say 'o gwan sco' Ira 'bout dls.
'E tek 'e granmammy by da ban'; 'e lead um
way nil In da wnnilr.; hide mu In da top
one big cocoanut tree; 'e tell um fer stay
deer."
Tbe mrntlon of cocoanut tree caused tbe
little boy to glance Incredulously at Uncle
Renin", who made prompt and characteristic
rep.lv:
??? Bat'sIt, honey; dal's It, sbo. In dem
days en In dem countries dry wuz plenty er
cocoanut trees. Lera we all set baok yer en
giro llrer Jack a livin' Chance."
??? 'K bide 'e granmammy In top cocoanut
tree," continued Daddy Jack, "an 'est' um
Ully babsklt wit??? cord tie on um. In de day-
mawnin'. B'er Rabbit, 'e Is bln go at da foot
da tree. 'E make 'e v'lcs fine; 'e boiler:
" 'Granny 1-Granny I-O Grannyl Jutta
cordial'
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
i'erWolf! Go way fnm dey-dey.
lak dta. Go way,
"Wun 'e granny yeddy dls, '??? let bahaklt
down wit'da cortf, un B ar Itsbblt 'e fill um
wit' blttle un aomellng feat. Kbrg day dey
ia bln-a do dls ting; ebry day B'er Rabbit fa
come fer feed 'e granny.
- j'B???er Wolf 'e watcb, ????? llasun; 'a sneak up,
'e dr,'.'u up, ????? tlo IbiUD. Biimhye, 'e do
yeIdy B???er Rabbit call;'e aec da babsklt
???wing down, 'e tee am go baok. Wun U'er
Rabbit bln-a go way fum dey dry, B'er
Wolf, 'a coma by da root da tree. 'K holler;
'edoaayt
_ '* tDnunyl ??? Grannyl ??? 0 Granny I
Shoot a cord'lal'
"Da ole Granny Rabbit lltsnn; 'a bln llssun
W "*'KII bow coma dls? Me ton le no talky
lak dla. 'Ken ahoot-a da cord lak dak'
"Wen B'er Rabbit cum back da granny Is
b'in-atall uni 'ooutaomrllag rnme-a boiler
(huot-s da cord-la, un U'er Rabbit, 'e lahlT
tell 'e la kin Jabf! no mo', B???er Wolf, 'e hid
in' doae; '??? yed B'er Itibbll clackin''t Joke;
'e la sit bery inad'
'-Wun lfer Rabbit Is gone wsy. Brer Wolf
bln-s come beck. 'E elan' by da tree root; 'e
boiler:
?????? 'Granny! ??? Granny! ??? 0 Granny! Jutta
oonMa!'
"Granny Rabbit hoi' 'e bead 'pon ona aide;
e linun good 'Ksay: .... . ,
" T bery aorry, me son, you bln hab so bad
col'. You' v'ice hiu a eoun' rough, me aon.'
"Dun Granny Rabbit la bin peep down
bin ssy;
?????????HUB'
Yon no is bin fool-a ms
B'er Woffl???
"Urr Wolf,'e borne bery mad; 'a grin tell
???a tush binsbiun. 'Ego In da twamp; 'a
icratch 'e bead; 'e fink. Uumbye, e go
blaitin??? one U-acksmlf, un 'e ahx 'lm how
kin 'e do fer make *e v'ice come fine lak U'sr
Rabbit v'ice. I)< Blacksmlf, 'e aay:
??? 'Come, B???er Wolf; I run dls red-hot poker
in vnu' float, 'e mekay y??u talk ea-y.'
"B'er Wolf aay, 'Wall, 1 lak you for mekky
me v'ice uie???
???Dun da Ulacksraif ran da red-hot poker
in It er Wolt t'roat, un 'a liu???t tint 10 bad,
'lira-* bidelong tam' bafo' B'er Wolf kin tek-
kj da loDg walk by da cocoanut tree. Uum
bye 'e gtt to 'e kin oome by, un wun 'o git
dey dey. 'e bnl er. ???
??????Granny!???Granny !-0 Granny! Jutta
cord-la!???
' Da v'ice eoun' en nice tin tine da' Granny
lltbell ia bin fink 'e B'er Utboit v???ice, an ?????
la bin-a let da babaklt iloou. B'er Wolf,
'e ahekky da cord lak 'e la put some blttle in
da bab-klt, un dun 'e Is bln-a git in 'eae'f.
B'rr Wolf, 'e k**p still. Ds Granny Ksbbit
puli "i da cord; e do aay:
?????? 'Ki! 'aroma b.'ffr, e he???fTy fer true. Me
???on, V lave ???????? Granuy beep ???
"B???er Wolf, 'e dogrln; V grin, un 'e keep
???till. Dt Granny Rihhll pun; 'e do poll ha'd.
'E pull tell 'eta go B'er W"U mu' by da
top, un dun ?????? atop fer rre'. B???er Wolf look-a
down,'e bead awlm;'e look up, '????? nu.tiuf
water, '??? lonk-a down 'g???ln, 'eaee U'er Rab
bit 'Bgitekeer, V Juk on da rape. Bor
Rabbit, 'edn holler:
" ???Grannyl ???Grannyl???O Grannyl Cutta
cord-lal???
"Da Granny R ibhit cut ds cord, un U'er
Wolf ia fall down un broke 'e neck."
Ilio "Sliycoon" lllsenaaftl-HI* EITort to
Console, Etc.
I reckon the elemenlo are eailtfled now and
will let ns alone for a season. We've got
nothing to complain of at my bouse and
much to be grateful for, nevertheless one of
my props have been knocked from under,
lor I've been laying and thinking for seven
years tbst these bills and mountains that
???uiround us were like fortifications igaicst
storms and tempest and cyclones and
simoons and tornadoes snd all those eort of
tbiogs. I thought that the high peaks snd
ridges broke them to pieces when they come
snd we were In no danger, but the other dey
we could look out of our window! and sea
the ragiog balloon on Us winding way tearing
things and paying no respect to houses or
trees or man or beast. It lifted np tbe roof
oil of Habor Munford'e nice dwelling like
tbe tbi.-glta were feathers, and then took bold
of bis b g two-story barn and twisted it all to
piecce and then dropped tbe fragments about
on nine mules end two horses and a carriage
and all sorts of macblnct, and nine niggers to
boot that were iujide tbe building. No,
tlioee darkeye were not in. They taw the
cyclone fooling round the dwelling house
and they run out of tbe barn just as the sub
urbs of the monster got there.
"bays I, John, what did those darkeys do
then ?'
"Good gracious, boss, I tell you???dem nig
gers juat Irow demselvts down on de groun',
air, and holler "Ob, Lordy???good Lord bib
mercy on a poor nigger. Nebber be a bad
nigger any more, oh, Dordy???good Lordy??????
and de old slycoon pay no tention at all, but
jes' lif era up and twis cm all roun and roun
and tou cm ober de fence Into de red uind
bole and Gim, my soul I wish you could
habMtnGim, lor as he was gwine ober de
fence be struck a postis dat was stickiu up,
and be getbered it with both arms and held
on and hollerd wus than eber, "Oh, Lordy???
oh, my good Lord. Bless de Lord, bsb mercy
on a poor nigger;??? and about that time the
old slycoon twis he tsiloroun and Ilf Glm's
* ... hu'a iisjRfi unit hla lifilt hmkn
lie came down alone and said he wanted
somebody to fro np after my folks.
"Why didn???t they cotne???down with von."
said I. "Afraid" said he. Afraid of what?"
said I. "Cyclone," ???aid he. 1 was about to ex
press my indignation, ijhen he said that they
had all been talking about spirits and ghosts
and his wife didn???t wi.nt to be left alone and
eo he left my folks uc there while he came
down. It doea look like spirits and rcagna
tism and cyclones are about to take this coun
try and a man don???t hardly know whether
it is worth while to plant a crop or not. but
I reckon we will plant. We have been sow
ing oats all the week as hard as we can and
are still living in hope that sunshine and sea
sons will continue and the earth ???give its in
crease and this year be a better one than the
last
So mote if he. Bill Abp.
BETSY HAMILTON???S LETTERS.
feet way up over lie's bead and bis bolt broke
and be bounced oil 1 on tbe groun and den
took ac.oder bounce into tbe mud hold, and
dar de consarn let hint.
Aiterde slycoon gone clean away Iran up
to Gnu, and says I,' Uuu,isyou dead or uo.'l
Gim lyin dartu de mud liole wld nuIRn but
tils bead out. Gim neber spoke nary word,
and hia eyes was walled like a dead steer, a Ml
MJ taya 1 agin, "1 say, Gim, Is you done gone
clean dead," for you ace 1 tbougbt if Utu
dead do use in my wadli.g In de tuud atter
hint, and Gim be grunt and wall one eye at
me and whisper ???whar Is be," "Wbar???swho,???
said I. "De Uebbll," said be. "Done gone,???
said I???"gone clran away. Git up from der
ail up 1 aay.??? Gim gto a gn.au aud aay 1
cant, "???ini done dead." "Git up 1 leilyou,???
aald I, but Gim neber move. Bymeby 1 Iruw
up my bauds and look down de big toad aud
aay "my good Lord Auiigbly, ef oat ole aly-
coon alnt a cumin right oack here.??? Neoer
,ee a dead ill, g=r come tolife like Gint. lie
bounce outeu dat mud bole and start ofl' up
d?? road a ruutiln and hoileriu fur quarter u(
a mile. While folks come aluug aud atop
Ului and look all ober him and neber find a
scratch. When be got back we was all cuttin
away de limbers from ull'uu de mules, aud It
was a ball an hour before we could git Gim
to strike ary lick. Tell you wbat boss, we
Was all mlgnty bad skeered, but I neber tee a
nlggeras unready for judgment as dat same
tilggnr, Gim. When de old debil do git biiu
- r .l.e u rumpus down in dem settlements
sbore.
indent tbe c.vclono take oil tbe roof of
your cabin, John?" ??? ???
-Of cuurao bo did, lieu. Be take do roof cIT
all along obery where bo go. Look like obery
liouso bo come to be dip down and soy take
your bat off, don???t yon tee mo cumin, amt
you got no manuen. and sip be atrlke em and
take it off blrnelf. He take de roof cl leu de
colored school and offen de white school all
de same. He no reapekter o( pua-ona, bless
God. Tell yon, boss, wbat I link about dls
old slycoon. 1 link bs nutUu but de old debil
ou a scunclou. yab, yab, yah," and John
cackled at bis owu ideas.
Well, 1 was mighty sorry for Habor Mum-
ford, for It tore him up awfully, but It left
him his wife and bis [.rally littio cblldrrnaud
bis good old mother unit all, and be is thank
ful fur that and said lo tuo that his gratitude
Wuu*d be complete l( bis shade trots bsd
been left, tor be ambient replace them. It
wss only a few days ego and now yon could
hardly tell that the a.unit had been there.
In twenty-four bourn be had 75 bands at work
repairing tbe damages fur be Just called for
tbo bands at tbe mints .close by and they
canto, and It wus lively times there for a few
days, aud uow everything Is u good or better
than before. ,
I wish all tbe euflerera could do that way,
but alas, tbtro are a buudrtd families woo
have lost treasures that money could not re
place???treasures of tbo heart and lioiite that
will never return. What a terrible death,
v erlly these cyclones teem like things ol
life, or Instruments of vengeance lu the
hands of tbe g als wo read about In old my
thology. Alt that ancicut romance has re
cords t of Ajax and Hercules aud Jupiter, or
all that the Arabian Knights tell us of the
genii dote not surpass tbo power and grand
eur and drsolatlun ol tbs modem cyclone.
It humbles us more than prayer* or preach
ing. It tskw us unaware*. It t* the constant
dread of tbe timid and defenseless, and now
it tske* all my philosophy to keep my house
hold calm and serene. 'There is the base
ment," said I, ???and we could nil run dbwu
???lairs and bo beneath tbe track of the cyclone,
fur it uever was known to attack a basement
that was below tbe grouud, nor a cellar, nor
a well.??? Mrs. Arp laid down her knitting
aud said, "you ilonl suppt so lor a mum .???lit
that anybody in their right tulnd wuuld go
down In that basement miring a cyclone aud
have all lb* timbers of tbe old bouse crash
in on them???? "Why. my dear,???said I. "the
Umbers of ibis bouse are old fashioned ami
???troDg. Do you know that these (Ills are 14
inches square and all framed aud drew
ptuned."
"Do much the worse," said she; "the
heavier the timber tbe heavier It would fall
on us If tb* bouse was light it might blow
clean away and leave us unharmed, but these
big sills you lellabout would Just be lifted up
a little and dropped back in tb* buement.
No, I'm not going down in the basement"
"Well then there I* tbe flower pit,??? laid I.
"Tbst la s good place. Thera are no timber*
over that" Hi :
"But uow a,o we g-.,rg to get tu the flower-
{ >lt,??? eaid the girl*. "Toe cyclone come* be-
ore anybody Anowt it, and while we are
running to the flower pit it catches u* and
carries us oil."
"Not only that" Hid Mr*. Arp, "but the
trees are all about and they would be pulled
ip by the root* and crash down on tbe flower
pit and even tbe aaib frame* and tbe glue
could kill us, and then there I* always bail
with tb* cyclon* and that would heat us all
to piece*???no I'mnot guiDg In the llowerpll."
"All right," Hid I. ???We will ei??y right
here in the family room and He It out. I
don't think it will do anything but take the
roof off???
??? Why ?? tore Mr. Mnnford???* big strong
barn all to pieces and killed hie mules" Hid
???be. "It wouldn't mind thi* house at all."
"Then where are you all going.??? nid I and
there was silence for a seaton. Finally Mr*.
Arp uld sbe wanted to move somewhere
wt.tre there were no atorma or cyclones.
There Is no eucb place," nid I, ???this aide
of heaven.???
Lut night my women folks stayed up at
rubor Freeman's to tea and about ten o???clock
???In Time of Meetln.'"
Lazy Farm, 1884.???Cliff???s desire to hear
"tother part??? ol Cousin Betsy???s letter was
gratified. Grandma bad thoughtfully put It
In her pocket. She carefully concealed It
Uotll after we had partaken of the "dainty
dlabee," and drawn our chains around before
the fire. When the conversation became
general, aheaaid to Cliff: "Come put your
band lo my pocket and aee what I have for
you." That wonderfully iuexhaualnble
pocket! Tbe receptacle of so mauy nlco lit
tle surprises???little tokens of love and reward.
It carried Cliffback to hiy "sugar plum days.'
He dived deep, not Snowing what to expect
and to bla surprise, (irea out Cousin Betsy's
letter. ???Abl here's't'other part,'" he ex-
claimed, "now we'll ha- e It; let's aee wbat
???be hu to uy about,
"in Tin* o??? csztin???,???
Dnvit Cousin: Tue fourth Sunday la Uacle
Hagen's day-in-course at the Cross It reds.
Moat ever'bodj wants to gosome'rs on a Sun
day, and a big crowd inginnerly gathers
over tbar to rucetin'. Some goes jfsttoliave
some place to go???"huntin' up Sunday," as
Jake Lottie uld to buddy when he raot him
gwine to aee Mallndy Jane Trotman. He
didn't want to tell no body whar ho was a
gwine. Ruddy axed him. says be: ???Wbar
J ou bound for Jake7" "Oall don???t know.
'in list a bruisin'arouud buntin' up Sun*
day," uya be. Some lolks goes to mealin' to
Me aud be seed, and to whisper and giggle,
and eome to go to sleep; and then agin than
others that goes far tne p'yore gaud of tbe
fi reacb!n'. Old Granmaw G -odea has got
is right name, to be shots she goes to alesp
some times In ineetin??? hut she bears more of
tbsisrmont Ilian half of 'em thatatsjiawake
all tbe time. Old man Madison allersgoeaotf
to sleep while they are elogin' the fust blme,
and snores with his month wide open the en
durin' time of preachin', and never wakes up
tel they let la on the doxology; when hn
rubs bla eyes and imacki bla mouth an loud
you can bur him all over the house. But be
alien uya: "Wal, wal, that 'a shout tb* best
sirmoatever 1 listened at.??? Old Miss Pink
ney node too???they say Its bekaso she eats ao
much. Old Armluty Pendergrass la the
great tenor singer, and she comes out two
words behind totheraon ever 1 line, anil holds
on light to the last word tel she looks all
around to aee If ever???body sees her. Old Jl 'ss
Green and old MIsj Fretbouri dipt snuff, and
whispers, and old Miss Simmons atlers man
eges to git close to 'em, end puts in n word
once't and a while, alcb sa; "1 my It! You
don't seasn? I never het-rn tel o' the like!
Well, 1 wished I may file!" etc., like It w??a
all monstrous grange and bran new, when
tnobbe Its nothin??? more???n abe???s beam all her
life.
Tho little boys whtsprr'and giggle, end
sometime* git to acuniln??? over u string ora
taw marvel, or a hlckery whistle. Tho big
boysAcrihhtee lit the hlmo books, whittles rm
the benches, and chaw tobacco mid suit on
tbe Door. Old ILotbcf Jeroiniab Col- had
hoen axed to preach th -day, hu*. tiae???e
Hag.in mug tile tost fortu Win.x.,1, by hi*self
(lie alter* does), then lor lined out another
for I???ntbera toeing. Brother Cuio badnt
(arly sot In good ou his sariuont tel two dogs
got to fi{htiu??? over a chicken leg that one of
'em had snatched out'n little Gabs Tb??rup-
??m's hand. Old man Slmp-on le powerful
lung legged, he ri2 hia font and sot np a turi-
hie howl amongst 'em. He kloks out ell (he
(logs ever Sunday, end Gooden's deg In
got so bs. yelp* nod mows
tbe minute ho secs Old Simpson
???tart towsrJ* him. Old Br, t'.ir
(kilo ???pesr-d to be used to dog*, and to ba
bies yellin' too???he prnche* right ou In (pise
ol 'em, and old 'Bister Strung she sot in to
shoutin??????she alters shout* whether Its lima
tu shout or not. anil the louder she shouted
that day, the louder bo preashed. This i*
hla
of you'uns aiut as uigo lurnt as 1 am, aud fur
the benefit of them which haiot got the edifi
cation that I've been blessed witn. I???ll apian-
ify whet tna; part of tue (ext means wbar it
tays. "thou (laggard.??? We will slpirate the
worili, fust ???thou" my beloved hearers it a
Greek word and means "you" ar, and ???-Hag
gard,??? is a Litlnword andmrana "boy??? er,
and not only hoy. but a bad boy ar. It
mean* jest the kind of a hoy I was in them
days ar, when I wasn???t afeard of nothin' on
the face of the livin??? yatb ar. Many ia the
time hretbering when I've been at school ar.
In the long summer d-y?? ar, when the teach-
iacmont:
"My beloved brethering aud aislering, I've
come out'n the pulpit brkaae r don???t mean to
E treach no rrglar isirmont. 1 don't atm to
nke no reglar t(Jtt. White you'uns was a
siegin' of that song, these words come Into
my mind: "Go to tne ant thou sluggard."
Now brethering, 1 alnt shore whether them
words is in the bihle or no. hut | will en
deavor to tell yon all I know about the mean-
in'of???em. Fitat, brethering, that part wbar
It uya: 'Go to the ant.' Now, brethering, If
some of you halnt got no aunt to ao to, you
needn't think your uncle willao Jestu well,
fur he wont, ar. If yon're In trouble don't
go to no man to help you out'n it: that???s why
It In pentckler uys your aunt bi-kate It
tneaua a woman, ar. Now, If you halnt got
no annt of your owu to go to, why you mutt
go to aome good old 'oman you call aunt, and
???he will help you git out???n your trouble, ar.
Brethering, right lhar, I???ll relate a little sir-
cunutance. When I was a boy no big'ru
that Rule boy overthar in the cornder, why
1 was the outdacloniest boy in the whole Mt-
tlement, for all yon see me a preacher now.
Why, I robbed all the bird'i nests I could
lay hands on. I clnm the highest trees to
git ???em ar. and I stole water millions, and
them I didn't ileal I cat open in the patch
ar, aud left the fence down brethering, ao the
hogs could git in and derutate ar. 1 cut my
mammy's warp thread ar, in her loom ar; I
hid her spectacles ar, and wu the occuion of
her a cussin' of ms about it ar, tbar by cau
sing a second person to sin ar, which ia wus-
rer brethering than to a cult rayielf ar. To
thta day, brethering, It fetches the water to
my eyes to thfnk about It ar, but I tall you
brethering, In them days ar, the fotch the
water from my eyet ar; but brethering and
???latering too. It wu not on account of the cas
ein ar, but from the Masoned hlckry that
???ne kept for the purpoM ar. lilt was ar, on a
occuion like this, bretheilng when the had
flogged me tel I mu mighty nigh out???n
breath ar, that these word* come into ray
mindar: Goto your annt ar, ao I ran away
bretberingar, and swum |aciou the creek ar,
to my auntar. I went a bellowing and a
ctyin' ar, and when 1 got tbar, my elotbee
wu wet ar, and mnJdy with the creek water
ar. I snubbed ani cried ar, and told her
that l uad been but like a dog ar, and breth
ering mats wny I tell you to go to your aunt
ar, beksH bretnerlng she never nphelt me in
none ol my devilment ar; although I wu as
wet u a dog ar, aud had been beat wusaer???n
a bound dog ar, aha tuck me in her honae ar;
I wu a cryin' ar, and a hoileriu' ar, and aka
???tuck a ginger cake in my month ar, and tbat
???topped the cryln'ar. Then she turned lu,
she did ar. aud put a par of my uncle???a pants
loons on tna and one of bis coats ar. O
course they wu too big for me ar, but the;
made me look aotemn like ar, aud as I sot
and hushed a cryln??? ar, aud eat the ginger
Dike ar, uy beloved bretber.ng the sot down
???he did and told me how to do ar, my btarers
???he told me to preach ar, the tnck a holt of
my hand and uid bow sence 1 wu dressed up
in than clothes ar. I looked ao much Ilka th*
old man that u??ed to proicb for her sent
thirty year ago tu old Georgr, that the
knowed [ could preach ar; ao 1 tuck her ad
vice breiheriug. and you aee if It hadn't a
been for uy aunt I uever would hive been a
disc jars, a' to You to-day ar. I know tome
)
er'd j-rk me up to wbaie ms nr, lor killin Hie*
ar, ami chawin' up paper In little wads ar,
and Hingin' of 'em agin the wall or???as I wu
a gelneon tossy ar, he???d j-rk me up sud-
deuter. end wltn every lick he'd fetch ar,
he???d call me n ??? sluggard??? or, and tiuts why
my belorad bretheilng, 1 larnt so yearly in
life the meanin' of the word ar. Now n-y
brethering snd tittering. I've tried to letl you
tbe true meanin' of the text; I've tuck it up
and showed it to you, what each port meant
???r; so now you understand wbat le meant by
"go to tbe ant??? and you also understand ??h t
la meant by ???thou sluggard." Nowin too-
???Itinl.in rpv hrc*hpr??r*y. ??>nu r???n??f If nIJ-
together, and take the advice of the text, tbe
whole text or; "Goto the ant than slug
gard,??? which menus, go to your aunt you boy,
or lu other words, you baa boy ar, and you
must not give up and git down-hearted when
you git in trouble ar, fur look at me ar, I fol-
lowtd tbe words of tbe text tr, I went to
my aunt ar, and if it hadn't a been for my
aunt ar, I???d a never been the preacher you
see me to-day ar. Finally brethenng aud
slatering, all of you tbat feels that you???ve
been benefited by wbat yon're hesrn to day
nr, make it known by givin??? me your right
hand tr, and, all them whet's bardeueil
???gin It I leave ???em to tber own reflections ar.
**??? ???*???????????
Most ever* body went np and gin him tber
right hand, and some of ???em cried tarrible.
We???uns rid critter back tbar that day???me
and Celedony and Mallndy Jane;and weall
ketched a beau a piece gwine back. I and
Iky Roberson rid together; Cap Dewberry, he
rid longer Caledouy, be axed me for my
company but Iky wu ahead of him, and Jexe
Loltls be rid with Mallndy Jane, and when
we g it out lu the ldg road, Land Iky was be
hind tothers and Cap be hollered back, "Less
sll race;??? Iky be lowed, ???Waal," and gin me
tho hint lo let ???em race if they wu a mind to
bnt we wouldn't. We???nns taken our time
and rid slow; Iky oilers wants plenty of time
???hen he is long???cr me. No more at the pres
ent, Yourn,
A GROUP OF P??ERS.
SOME OF THE ARISTOCRATIC BAR'
NACLES OF ENGLAND.
Member* of tbo Houee of Lords Who sro Neither
Orasmenui Nor Usefal-Cbsrseterlstleo
Orest English Ltndbolderc-Blcbmond,
B saford, Bedford, and Others.
THE PERLESS LBB.
Tho Programme ??r tbo r??rrliln* ot th# Btotne of
Kolirrt E. Lrr.
NkwOulkahs, Fobmsrjr 2L???Tho anniversary of
tbo blrtbdajrof tbe ???Tether of His Country" by
been an eventful one In tbe cresent city, tbe city
of Itcx and of Homus. Thoninvelllns of the statue
of General Lee. at Lee Circle, St. Charles street
took place to*day, Ths ceremonies were Interrupted
by a rain storm. Tbe Detroit Light Infantry ar
rived In time to take part. New Orleans has now
fonrsplondid monuments???tbe Jsckion, tbe Clay,
the Franklin and the Lee?????nd Is sooi to have the
firth, tbe "Margaret." Tho Leo monument towers
above all others, and standi In St. Charlos street,
about seven squares from the Clay statue
which is In Canal street, at the foot of St. Charles
street, bat the two are not vlniele from each other,
owing to a deflect at 8t. Charles hotel. The Frank
lin statue stands in Lafayette square, between
these two. Tho Jackson statue Is near
Clay. The Marg&ret is
in honor of a benevolent
old lady, onco a resident of the city. Tno cere
mony was opened with prayer by Rev. B. M,
Palmer, of tbe Presbyterian church. It wav char*
sc ter is! leal ly able and appropriate. Mr. H. F.
Roquler, of the Dally Picayune staff, delivered the
following poem in a vivid style, and it received
marked applause.
LBE.
Rear aloft tbe solid column???.
Hear It high that men may see
Tw ifci Taftam lioaot vatoi??????
How the brave remember Leo.
of tho whit* enduring stone,
Where hfs form may linger, teaching
In dumb msjssty alone.
Never braver spirit battled,
Never grander soldiers hone
Than this victor???var qabhed only
When hi- hosts were overborne.
Give him greeting while ho rises
On this monument to>dsy
As the warnur who led armies
To the enemy's dismay.
As tbe hero thrice oncompaved???
Thrice outnumbered by tho foe???
Who. with all the odds sgaiu&t him
Still routed overthrow.
He the leader of the legions???
lie. the cblcft-tln of the brave???
He. the model man and Christian,
^ let plug where the willows wave???
Shall be numbered with th** noblest
God anoint us In this moment
Of memorial for tbo dtad???
For the once contending armies
Now united o Yet Lea.???
For the Blue and Gray together
Tbat so bravely fought and ft 11,
\Vn??*u the North and South divined -
Paced the dishing tiatue of hell.
They are looking from tbo heavens
On this hallowed scene t.ulsy,
And the pipes of pi*ac3 are playing
To their *pir(u??? geullo sway.
Whl Jo wo rear the solid column,
Rear it high that men may ecu
How the valiant houor valor???
Uow tho bravo remember Lee.
non. C. E. Fenner, a justice of the Louisiana su-
premecourt, dtllverod the oration. Judge Fenner
.??** a couf>.*??i?????r*ic m??idler, ami commanded a sre
ton of the Washington anlllery???Kenner s Battery
He poetesses tine oratorical powers, and deeply
implored tbe vast audience. The oration 1?? loo
migthy for uowspaper liuerilon, being at leant leu
cnlums long. The staruo was then delivered to
the city by chairman J U. McConnell, of the Mo??
umenial association, aud wasaccep'ed by Mayor W.
i Behan, i???he statue was now unvatud amidst tne
greatest enthusiasm, and a salute was Bred by toe
???Vaafiihgton artillery, under Captain Eugene May*
Right Rev Bishop UaUther, likewise ??? confeu-
raio soldier, ail to General Buckner, pro
itmuerd the benediction The orchea ra,
ted by Profeesaor Moses, played s farewell, and the
??? hrong dispersed. The dt play of the military was
me finest seen here fur a long time, the mulls,
local cnmnanle*. regulars aad ma.tnuttskiug part,
t be people of NewOrl*??n?? acquitted themielTes
nobly in the memorable efiort
rom tne Aioany, oa*. News. . , ,
Mr. E U Harucs o??s icaaed the Hines place. Just
onutde the city limits, and established thereoua
dii??y fsrmaud beoery. Ho has twelve or flltessi
good milch cows and about fifty hens
trtou??iy engaged In their wpccilre
Hoes of buaJuecs. Besidra furnishing: tae
Bfttues house with all the milk that l* wanted by
tbe guests of that popular hattelry, he has fro??
five to un callous tor market every day. Hekreps
bis cows up alt the time, and they
and milked by Mr. Juhn Abbott end bU wife, who
Uve on tbe place. With v the splendid
pasturage tbat be will bate for bis
(Mill. soon as the season advances a
littlefAttber. Nr.BmicsMill??<x?? bj agjjL*??5,*5*
hU deity farm not only utt-mmoBl'X. KKEK2L
ble. dr Abbott d liver, mils lo an, iioonUty toco*-
turners la *ny psrtoi thu ri-.y ??v*ry .(?????????W'r.JK'
B.re*. Drupau* to brerd JMq CAtU. oo bf. fArm.
ud by net,ware to *a adrartJumjnt ta.noihfr
column. It will bo Men tbat he bu putcbOMd
horn Mr. R. W. Miller, of Lebauon, teuu-, a.fln*
Jeney bull.
We hi-e tSeu Wd a rood .tory of a dairyman'.
vayadiappljlPf Jersey batter for Atlanta. A
fentiemsa well known la Fulton reuniy, hu a
Mid of Jeney cow*, and tbe r*??o fur hi, Jeney
bairn Dioarul that he hu order* lor all hectu
ropply *?? forty cent, a pound. To meat tbt, Ur*,
demean, this gentlemen wonldbay up all the bat
ter 0??coaid from hie neighbor*nod work Rover,
ud%SnuS eow" bu ter went like bot eek-
lor the genuine Jeruv orUele. ft?
From tbs San Francisco Chronicle.
Tbe extreme radicals in this country (Eng-
loud) are ungulue enough to believe that
tbe day i, not far distant when all the mis
chievous anomalies of the British constiiu
tion, including that ot a hereditary legisla
ture, will most usuredly be swept sway into
well merited oblivion. True it is that tbe
bouse of lords bu been for year* put little
less than a constitutional fiction; but even
os recently as the lut session legislation was
more than ever delayed by the mischievous
action of the hereditary peers a:
effecting bills parsed by the com
mons. The burning domestic ques
tion of tbe boar Is just now tbe vexed prob
lem u to bow tbe outcast poor of London are
to be boused and bow tbe property holders
who own tboustuds of wretched tenement
bouses ia London, for the occupancy of
which they demand and obtain extortionate
rentals from working men and women, are
to be brought to book and compelled tore-
build their wretched shaatie, an-l to relet to
tbe poor a fair rental. It is
feared that tbe house of lords
will prove a stumbling block to tbe
much needed legislation in this matter,
which, it ie understood, will be undertaken
by parliament during tbe coming session.
The noble dukes, earls, viscounts and barons,
who sit in the upper bouse, whose ancestors
in the oast acquired millions of acres of laud
they own by spoilage, frond and chicanery, or
os gif's from the dissolute monarch* from
whose mistress'* so many of them are de
scended, are not likely to favor any measure
that tends to limit the arbitrary rights of
property holders.
THE CSClM OF TR* ARISTOCRACY.
There uro in all 29) uuketioms in tbe
British peerage, without including those
princes of the blood royal who tank us dukes
end theirgraces of Cambridge and Cumber
land. As these twenty-nine magnates pre
sumably represent the very cretne de la creme
of tbe aristocracy, we might at least hope to
find among these fathers of the people men
whose lives and deeds wero such as to set an
example worthy tbe following, not
only of their titled brethren of the peeragd,
but of the whole body of the British naiion.
Let usseo, then, wbat sort of men these dukis
really are, wbat they do with their immense
wealth acquired in most inslancea at tbe
sword???s point, when might was right, or ss a
reward of the ministrations of their ancestors
to the depraved tastes of dissolute munarchs
A rxia WITH HIXftY RELATION*.
Ths duke of Richmond is a man of much
tbe seme stripe, tnougb he hu drawn a great
deal more money from tbegovernmentcoffm,
having held office as president of tho poor law
board of trade, and lord president of the
council. He is bleeud withanumberof poor
relations, including Lord William Fitt Len
nox, who, witbin my own knowledge, has
been glad to accept tlO for taking the chair at
a spelling bee, and os be gives little or noth
ing to the poor we may charitably suppose
tbat bis spare cash is gobbled np by hia imps
cunions kinsmen. The duke is not rs well off
u other mem hen of his order, his Income not
exceeding (250,000 a year.
When Henry Charles Fitxroy Somerset 30
/ears sgo succeeded to the title of Duke ot
Beaufort, be inherited a princely fortune of
some (500,000 a year. From that hour his
energies appear to havo been devoted in the
main to making ducks and drakes of his du
Mt-inheritmnoe. Homo ten years ago tbe wu-
fully diminished rent roll warned this titled
???pendtbrllt and gambler tbat nothing but
retrenchment would enable bim to continue
to hold up his hood among his peers He was
then one of the largest owners of racs horses
in England, He still maintains a racing
stable, butthe glories of the parplesnd white
hoops have in a great mauure departed.
A f ATOOR or TlfE BALLXT.
The Dakeol Be.ufoit Is a ty barite, and
altbou/b sixty years of age and tbe father of
a large family, he is as notable for his gallan
tries ns tho gayest young millionaire about
town. He fancies himself a great patron of
tbe drama, which bis grace evidently believes
to be most fitly represented by young ladles
in curtailed exirls, possessed of claulcally
modeled understandings. He is frequently
cents ?? pound for tnu batter, coal a uve coven
front other pottles nt twenty-five cents a pound.
to be seen lolling in a stall at tbe Galty,
iresumably surveying tbe ebarmi of tbe
traaen young aclreu popularly known es
"the child," who for eome yean put he has
bad the credit of furnishing with silks, dia
monds and sealskins, hardly attainable on
tbe modest salary of eome $50 a week, whicb
this precocious young lady enjoys. For poli
tic*, the affairs of thu nation, ur tbe good ot
the people, the dttko of Beaufort cares nutn-
Ing. He is president ot tbe coaching clab,
and one of the bistfour in band wuips in
London. His charitable deeds would appear
to be confined lo tbe larguse lavished on the
interesting young female I have referred to.
an orrassiox or tuc roon.
His grace the duke of Bedford is ono of tbo
richest m*n in Koglaad, bis rent roll reach
ing (1,500,000 a year. A large amount ot this
enormous revenue is wrung from some ot the
poorest inhabitants of migbiy London. The
duke owns Covent Garden market and hun
dredsof houses in tbe purlieus of the unsa
vory neighborhood where stands that disgrace
to the greatest city in tbe world. Muuy of
these houses are let out in tenements, aud
tbe unfortunate occupants ligve dur
ing the lut twenty years been rack rented
again and again by the duke'a agents. It is
only three weeks ago since tbe board of
health had to condemn several of these
hoUMt u unfit for banian habitation. There
upon tbe wretched occupants were promptly
evicted, and to insure their getting oat with
in the tew days tbe law gave them, the water
supply wu inhumanely cut off and ths
poor wretches left to sleep in the streets or
go into the workhouM, u chance uiigat
decree. This plutocratic nobleman bu
long stood ia the way of the su
tboiitier, who have been for yean desirous of
remodeling and improving Caveat Garden
market, and his whole lifeaffrrds a striking
instance ot tbe baneful influences exer
cised upon tbe welfare of the people by an
irresponsible aristocracy whom tbe mere
accident of birth bu fur hundreds of years
enabled to fatten .on the industries of the
people.
A DISaXfCTABLX Dl'KX..
The next duke on th* list i* about u fine
specimen of the title profligate ucsn be
found in the whole peerage The duke of
Marlborough, who bu only recently suc
ceeded to tbe title, and through such a career
of dissipation while known u tbe Marqni* of
Blandfurd, that hia fatber refused to are or
communicate with him for aome [ears pre
vious to hla demlM. After gambling to an
extent that hu impoverished
the ducal acres for year* to
come, drinking to heavily tbat be bu
already underminded an originally robust
>bysique, be put the climax upoa a career u
gnoble, u fooihbly criminal by ruining tbe
wife of his bosom friend, the earl of Ay lee-
ford, while that drunken and empty headed
nobleman wu traveling with the prince qf
Wain in India. At this time the wretch wu
already married and i be fatber of sons and
daughters. His amiable and long suffering
???rife, a daughter ot tbe duke of Ab-rcun, wu
willing tor the sake ot her children to forgive
the tilted rafli in and resume living with him
on the condition of abandoning tbe frail
countess who bad eo buely betrayed the
bonorof herabuntspotue. To tbe surprised
everybody, tbe nobleduke refused to listen to
unfortunate enough to bear bis name,and the
prayers of his aged fatber cud mutUer failed
to win him from the companion of his in
famy. Satisfied at length of tbe utter worth
lessness of her husband, tbe poor duchess of
Marlborough eventually sued for a
divorce, and the decree of dissolu
tion pf marriage promptly granted,
hu recently been made absolute.
Retribution, however, was at hand; lor when
toe old duke of Marlborough died, some few
months back, it wss found tbat he had left
every sbilting he bad the power to will to
bis second eon, Lord Randolph Churchill,
who married tbe daughter of Leonard Jerome
of New York. This tilled reurobate to-dav en
joy*, I think, a pensive of ??!0,000ayear, which
uaa been religiously paid annually to the head
of tbe Churchill family ever since the great
duke of Marlborougu wu endowed wits, his
title and his estates by a grateful country in
1702.
a noble proflioatk.
Th* duke of Hamilton succeeded to the
title in 1803, and at odee proceeded to dies!-
pate one ut tbe most eno'tuous fortunes that
ever fell iuto tbe band* of a minor, for at the
time of his father???s death, the young spend
thrift lacked two years of the attainment of
his majority. Rice horses, dice, card*, wine
and a omen solely occupied bit attention for
the next ten years or so, wnen his affair* be
came su hopelessly involved that nothing bat
a proiracted residence abroad and a
temporary siquestration of his es
tates c uld save tbe then impending col
lapse ot Scotland's premier duke. The
late Mr. Pudwick, au aoie financier and large
money lender, who wu tbe duke's heaviest
creditor, took tbe young profligate's affairs in
band, and about three yeurs since bis debts
were partially paid off and be wu once more
his own muter.' Since tbat period be hu re
sumed racing and gambling with apparently
os keen a zest u ever. Newly contracted
debts last year compelled bim to dispose of
tue family heirloom), consisting of valuable
pictures, plate, priceless china anil endless
uric-a brae that uad long been the envy of
half the collectors of Europe.
It is almost needless to add that this duke
bss never opened his mouth in the house of
lords, has never by act or deed benefited s
fellow creature,and the only accomplishment
1 know bim to he pmst-ssed of is tbat of box
ing. As he possesses tho pbysiq ie ot a Her
cules and tbe peisonal appearance of a
butcher, there Is uutbing remarkable lu bis
being an apt disciple of the thtic cham
pions.
The duke of Westminster, too, who is sup
posed to be tbs wealthiest man in England,
tsalBO a great patron of racing, but it Is only
fair to uy that bis private life is Irreproach
able, and while his gifts to charities are
wholly out of proportion with his enormous
revenues, ho shines conspicuously as a gener
ous donor in comparison with the rut of bis
order.
Tnz FINXIT SARPLU.
In sampling tue British aristocracy for the
readers of the Caroniole, I have followed the
lead of the enterprtring grocer, who invaria
bly puts the b'ggut plump on top of tbe box.
If we do not find sound and good fruit la ths
[dace of honor, we ahnll surely look unsuc
cessfully for ic ia tbe lower strata. I have
simply set down foots, not mere heresay,
without malice, but simply on the "spread
the light??? principle.
CENTENNIAL METHODISM.
Tk. ?????>??(. la Watch th. MclhUl.t Hull
ua.fch Neath Prapaa. la OcWkrata In
This year 18s4, Is a great and notable ono la tbo
annals of American Methodism. It will witness tho
celebration of tbo ono hundredth onulvertary pf
the Method*: Kplucopal church ou this continent,
aud Is certain to prove a year of unusual activity
and profound lulcre.t throughout the wide extend
ed borders ot that powerful denomination of Chris
tian*. Tho grand historic frets relating to tho be-
niflernt character and wouderlal achievements of
Christianity through tho otgaulzed plans aad the-
doctrlnes of Uethodlimdurlug its pathway through
this century of lu existence in Amer
ica, oro ttnly phenomenal, as acknowl
edged by - the world???s lvadtcg minds,
and Is ono of the grandest problems of tic rges
With more communicants than any other religious
body In America, Ills a matter of Interest tobrltfly
review some ol the faeU ol general Interest con
nected with the history of the Methodist church.
Beginning In obscurity and feeblesenees, lit has
achieved fur Itself everywhere a most wonderful
sacs- sl This great religions movement has, imme
diately or remotely, eo given au Impales to Christ
ian feeling and profession, on a'l sides, that It has
eome to present Itself as the starting point of cur
modern religions hletory.
In 1781, the year when the Methodist church was
organized In Baltimore, when Coke and Asbnry
were acknowledged and set apart u super
intendents. or bbhops, there were only 14,069
members. 83 preachers, 64 church buildings, no
mUslonmilrs, and no lustltu.lou ol learning within
tne nounds of tbe denomination. Bat from that
time until the pre-out the growth ol Mothodlfm
- ' bla.
This result was
imtnated
Accept-
hu been almost Incalcuial
achieved'
heroes In
ng th* ; ... ,
.minder???"The World Is my Parish," there men of
Uod traversed every state and territory of o ur great
country, presetting tbo gospel with power aud
lu demonstration of the tjplrtt???building up the
cnnrch. Their entire iluiilencrs of purpore lu
spreading tho gospel hu bten their prom
inent characteristic, and to day American Method
hm numbers wltnlo her various branches 3.S93-
721 members; 25,839 traveling preachers, aud
84.714100*! preachers; 31010 church e- iacjs valued
at (100 000 000; -Art IrtMpn.luits uf I,arnlng, embrac
ing uulversnP-, college, seminaries and high
schools; In 1883 had 133 mt*-lon.rlea In foreign
fluids sent from America, besides 1001, native hel
pers ; and dutlug that year contributed for the
cause of foreign mlsdous tho sum of >5 1417 44
Tbo 31. E. church, south, hu orep??rea to Join In
the celebration of "the centennial anniversary of
tbe organization ol the Methodist Kplsoopalchurch
in merica,??? which will occur In Baltimore ou De-
oember 2?ut, snd purposes to commemorate tho
great event thr- ughout It* entire bunnd* with suit
able services and by rasing funds for educational
purposes, cnnrch exten-lon aud missions???thre*
noble obj.c'i to which tbe liberality ol the cbnreh
will cerr.luly respond. Two mllrl izs of dollars Is
' e amount proposed to be raised f.rr theta ohjwis,
. jd tbst this purpose can b- accomplished mere
should be no doubt; It will certaluly not exhaust
the treasury o! m-sitroHf church with Its nearly
nine hundred thousand member).
It may bs interesting to our readers to recount
what American MuhodUm hu hitherto accom
plished on her centenary occasions. Wo Aral ruver-
to the centennial ol I8i9 As tbe first Methudlst
society wu formed In London In the mouth of No
vember. 1739,1101839 -rename properly the one bant
dredtb yo ami Methodism. It wu accordingly
cel- brahd la Europe and America. During that
centenary year, with a membership ol 749,Re
members. Including colored metuherssud Indian*,
the Methodist cnnrch In America raised ieoj.OCO tar
missions, educational pnrpoieseud lor me support
ol the worn-out preacher*, and the wldowe, chil
dren, and orphans of preaehere. The Wesleran
Methodist ol (Treat Britain raised over one million
dolia ??? for similar obj.cts
The next Metho'lst centennial event wu la 1866.
II wu In c-mmemons-ton ol the first Methodist
preaching service* held lu this country la 1766, aud
wasca eorand by the Metbollsl Episcopal church
In 1866 Education and church eitenslun were tho
great object* ol tnelr benevolence, and 63 000,009
wss suggested at tho amount to bo raised. Tno
result wus msap|fl*ent one. the thauk offering
amounting toS4.7u9.l9S 39, or more than lonrtimc*
the amount proposed at me oa'tet
The mreassfat celebration ol these two former
centenary events should certainly encourage
our southern Ueihndt-t trleuds to tho accomplish
ment of th. noble deeds they have assayed. Such
put ought to be an Inspiration.
Able and competent committees have tbb work
In h nd. and will spare no effort to tucc-tssfully
consummate It. The renirsl centenary committee,
with headquarter, at Nashrille, Tenn. la compared
u follows: R K Hood???ll. D D. of sincur.- chair
man; W P Harrison. D D, rocrotary: WU* Williams,
sssbtsnt secretary: Judge James Whitworth, treas
ure: Bishop HN Mciyetr., L D Palmer, Esq. ol
Nashville, and James O P-anar, of Lonisvtil*. JCy.
(.mewses PlMstoatA
From the HawktaartUe, (ra , News.
A goano Sgent of Hawkinsvltle. not long slnee,ln
the attempt to induce one ol hla tut yesr'e cus
tomers, to fettle a tusno note, eaid: ???My friend, II
Ibis cote la rot paid fcyntxi eam-d*y, I trill he
compelled, u empty u I w.mid rreret It, to pLc*
yt u- name on tbe hirer list.
"II that will settle the note," sai l the fa-mer.
"you mey place my name ou tno brack tut and be
lbe ill-concerted txetuha* come lo the conchuloo
that other mean*, b-rat-r than block -bus. are ntc-
the pleadings ol the true woman who wsa eatery to Induct some propietopay tor goano.