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Couoty Sirectory.
HVPKJiTOR COURT.
Hon. B. B. Bower. Judge; J.W. Walters,
to-ilel'pr. General: J. H. Csram. Clerk.
Apring term eW* oil . < -.-<t Monday
ta March. Fall term on seconi Monday
is Beptember.
COUXTY OTFICERS.
Ordinary, A. 1. Monroe; Sheriff, W. W.
Gladden; Tax Collector, E. 8. Joucb; Tax
Receiver, Thos. F. Cordtay; Tresslirer, C.
H. Gee; Couiitj* Schbol Cbhinilssiorier, J.J.
Seek; CbUfitV Stifteyor, C. P. Norton; Cor-
ee *fj A: O; feadsou.
COUNTY COURT.
L. G:.Cartlddfre ( Judge. Quarterly May. Au¬ see-
fifous 4th Monday in February, Monthly sessions,
gust and Ndvrfiiber.
krery 4th Monday:
CouMsxiosKRs n. rt.
John Cblley, J. G. CbUier and J. T: B.
Fain. Ceiitts held 1st Tuesday in itach
inonth.
Justices of the peace and
NOV ARIES rUBLIC.
574th District—R- j- Thigpen, J. P.; C.
P. Blocker,- N. P. ahd Ek-otftcio J: P.
Coarts held third Wednesday In each
facioth: j. P.
112'trt District— J ; L. Wilkerson, second
John Hasty, N. P. Courts held
Thursday In each month:
626th District—J. C. Price, J. P.; N. W.
Pace, N. P. Courts held third Saturday
In eaeh month. McDanfel, J\
1283d District—C.J. P.
Courts held first Saturday iu eiich month.
1318—Thos. W. Holloway; I. P. O'. L.
Smith 1 N: P. Courts held 2nd Saturday
id eaeh month. J.P. John A.
.1301— Thos. H. f?riffin, Saturday
Cordray, N P. Courts held let
in each mouth.
Baker Coaoty
SUPERIOR COURT.
B. B. Bower, Judge; J. W. fFaltvrs, So¬
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Spring term convenes on first Monday in
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CCUXTT COURT.
iohn 0. first 1’erry. Jildge. ays—Quarterly Monthly ses-
dtons held M fin'd scs-
< toils.
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Tbsyri, W. L. Sperlitr. Pourts bcld ou
first Tuesdays lu each month.
COUSTY OFbICKRS.
Ordinary, W. T. Llvfmrstou; Sheriff G
B»r, B. D. Hall.
JUSTICES OF TtlE PEACE AND NO -
tAries public.
97t»t Dtst/lct— S. J. LHIrieston, J. P,;
W. C. Odonr. N. PCourts held 1st Sat-
Arday In efith tnonth.
»0hth District—G. T. Galloway J. P. ;
T. U. t’askie, N. P.; Courts held 2nd
Saturday iu each month.
057th District—G. D. Lamar, J. P., II
8. Johnson, N. P. Courts held 3d Satur¬
day In each month -
1123 District—L. J. Mathis, J. P.;R. E.
Sicilian. N. F. Onurts hcW tlh 5'itur-
iix Is si^nfh.
CORRESPONDENCE.
:o^ O- O*
Cotton Seed Mod tfe a Fertilizer.
Editor Courier:—\ the prolonged
drought has raided farmers to look
more earnestly than ever $or i manure
which, while possessing the qualities
to feed the growing plants, shall pre
ve«t, I decided to give my experience
with turnips manured with cotton
seed meal.
About tbe middle of August I *1 mr-
onghiy broke a piece of land, half of
which I had used as a garden the first
paYt of this year, and the other I had
cow-penned. On the garden part I
put cotton seed meal at the rate ol
400 po tnds to the acre, and sowed
>‘°th garden and cow-pen in turnips.
broad-casting them and brushing them
^ At first the cow-pen promised to
do much, bat as the drought advanced
all on it died out, while those manured
with the meal, not only kepted green
but growing and remaining so uutil
our recent frost The turnips being
of good size slid finely flavored. Off
the cow-pen I got ouly a few greens,
while off 1 he spot manured with the
meal the greens were fine, aud I had
the turnips iu addition. Any old far¬
mer will tell you that tharc is nothing
like a cow-pen for any crop you may
plan', and if, as in this case, the cdt-
ton Beta! meal proved itself a superior
ought We not to cast aside onr preju¬
dices aud Use it? I dou’t know wliat
effeet the maal will have on other
crops, but I am so well satisfied with
its good qualities that I propose to
give it a more extended tr:al
I’ve writteu this for the benefit of
those who cling to old ideas refuse to
adopt any tiling new simply lweause
‘ Father didn't do that way.” llespect
for ancestry is well tu it* place, but
when we allow it to render onr own
powers of thiuking and acting inert,
we wrong both our father’s and our-
s Ives. Par
, A
* TsMag a list¬
A rather sUperititious young than,
who is fond of quo'iug fag ends of wis¬
dom in old sayings and maxims, was
recently sitting by the girl of his choice
trying in vain to summon up courage
to pop the question, Every time he
plunged in and said something
proaching tbe subject ho would be
would be seized with a spell of basb-
fuluess and would contort his face as
if about to have a fit. One day he got
ns far as—“Supposing h young man
should a*k you to—” Tlieu he wrin¬
kle I ki» nos- and breame silent.
‘What is the matter with your nOse?’
asked the young lady solictously.
“Tickle. I must go and km* a fool,
ns the sHyir.g is.’’
The girl «ru>led into his face with
weet innocence.
“Mother says I look like afoolsdO)*-
*itno«,” she said archly.
He hads-usa enough left to improve
the opportunity, and now he says that
actions speay 1 aider than word*. an<t
are better, too.—Griffi « Son -
Sunda* - school "-wcher. “Now. lit¬
boy; wh > was Mo-efi?” LittL
b..y; “The lellow what married the
tut girl.”
A Rhode Island man has been ar¬
rested for putting a poiffto hug in his
mother-in-luw’s stocking. His de_
fenc** wan that he heard that the bite
would prod see lock-jaw. Jhe Judge
discharged him.
Little Tommie Welch, of Dennison,
T*-xa8, captured and lugged hom8 a
j.olecut, thii king if whs (n opossum,
The cut belmved nicely until it Was
tfirowu down ou the floof> when it
^
The Chicago News has learned why
ir=
had been elected a member of a yacht
‘ 1U '.' ™ l ° ^ ll0M of the
c rtihca'e ot . 1 ctioii.
A succession of direful shrieks is
heard on the first floor. Fond moth-
er: -What is the matter with Billy?”
Colored servant; “Please, ma’jun,- be
i* crying about the jewberries” “He
can t have any more. He has bad four
saucerfuls already.” “Dem is de
berry ones ho is whooping about. He's
all swollen np.”
Friday, November 16,
The Luck of the Horseshoe.
Mrs. Leatherhnryheard a hammer¬
ing at the front door sr.d went down 1
There was her husband on the step
ladder nailing something overlthe
door.
“What are von doing?’’she wanted
to know.
“I am nailing a hora» shoe over the
door," repli d Mr. Lea'herbnry. in a
tone of a man who ha'f wished tie find
eot the job completed liefore anybody
camp around.
“For mercy’s «nk»*!” ejaculated bis
wife and her amazement was mlngl-d
with a dash of vexation, “a horse sbo**
over the front door of a house like
ours!”
And she T«nke I preudlv at her hand¬
some home, and gazed nt her husband
as though she thought he had eon®
mad, or might possibly he dr-k.
Mr. Leatherburv. on bis part, said
never a word, hut held the shoe steady
while he felt in his vest pocket, for a
nail.
“Are you evazv?” sh> asked at
length, “or are you ooing to open a
blacksmith slior* in the pa*lor?”
Mr. Leatherbiiry nhrunt.lv stopped
Binffiner “Never take t.h“ horse sh e
bom the door.” which he had been
trying tv warble in a cherrv way, and
said, very glumlVj “No, h« wa«n’t.”
“Well tlmn, for pitv’* sak** wliat are
von doing that for? Why do you
want a horse shoe nailed over the
door?”
A slicht flush mantled Mr. Lenther-
bur v’* rh eka as lie rpplied:
“Keep witches a*ay.”
Mre. Lesth rbnvy wa* now positive
that he was demented. 8h# stepped
out of the door and looked up at the
cfecoratioh.
‘•Well.” she said. ‘I think it would.”
And she sighed.
In very truth ii wa* no slouch of n
horse shoe. It had been the property
of the very biggest horse in the brew-
ery mid was large cough to fit the
!""" ® f .* Mr ' L * ath «*
Mry he ‘ S«d it.A f A cross-road, /
wnftni ’
-noon.
His wife said she didn’t believe
there was ever r >oin in the new moon
for such an inch of iron, and lagged
him to throw it away and cofne down.
“Witches!” slie went on in a fine
burst « f 8*rcn«m, “wlieu there hasn’t
been a svitch in America siuce Penn
was governor.”
Mr. Leatlierbury feebly asked if
she meant Pen Butler, but the lady
sniffed liis little joke into o’fiter dark-
n*«H.
“Do take that thing down?” she
begged.
“I wou’t ” replied her husband stol¬
idly. “It’s good lulck to have a horse
slide over the door, keeps ftway m«.
laria stud "ad dregius and brings all
sorts of lock ’’
“Ftdd e, fuddle!” sheguappel, effec¬
tually quenching his rigingenibusi mm
“‘where did you ever hear such stuff?”
And lie wfathiu lv (<dd her she
didn’t know arty tiling, and besides it
<s a romentid old German idea cam *
iv n the German,- and it a«s esthetic,
fob. be said, and Some pfebpe g**hl-
piated tlie horse shoe ami wrote “Pro¬
sit,” or “Gestmdheft” on it and nailed
it up iu tlie parlor.”
•“What does “Prosit” mVari?” sh*
wanted to know,
“Good luck.” r-plied h<*r Keg*d
laid a little nei'loiisly, "They both
mean g od luck, aud a Imrse shoe ovar
the deor brings good luck to the Ii me
in everything. Bu*ine»s prospers,
P» 1 *> «» l.»ri-i-r. «olbl»* evil
hurtful happens, everything is good
But just then, as he turned to feel
for the hammer, the step-ladder top-
pled, he threw out hi* arms, lost hi*
balance and Sff In* well'over, tn'e lo-se
SSS ? , f , t . V , , J - ^
snrt caught in • the ,, ear which , , stretched
rtnfc under the S'rain of Mr. Leather-
bm*y s hanging weight, until it looked
Wke a gum blanket, when it let'go tfirti
dropped tt.e b liever in I,or e slp.es »
bonling. w.ith.ng truck iu a chu.« ot
P 0 *** 1 carnations aud helitropefi
Since the above was put in type, H
physician, who wus called 10 to sew up
a furrow in the gentleman’s cheek and
gather a few tacks iu his ear, came
the office to beg us uot to make any
mention of t'10 accident, as if led, In*
understood, to some little domestic
infelicity, whi-h ho feared might he
Hggrivaied. We would gladly comply
with Ids request, Imt the printer who
ol auges names has gone home, and
the go-sip editor says lie wants a few
|„ m9 , rows for his column any-
how; wherefore, as Mr. Leatheibury
says, “Gesnndheit—Hawkeye.
■ w js g iiii, rr^ l ga- a ^ i aa MM ^-
Aa Unprotected Female.
‘“Porter!” exclaimed a red-licade'
woman with long h iirs sticking out ot
her chin. “Poitej, are there !tnj me i
in tills sleeping-car?”
The porter replied that I11 thought
there might bo a few.
“Any of’em sleep on that top shelf
over me?” demanded the woman
pointing to her own lower berth and
the berth abeve it.
‘ Don’t know yet, ma’am,’• replied
ihe porter. “All the gentlemen haui’t
prpsent'd their lickits yif.”
“Y*>h!” snorted the woman. “And
if a man presents a ticket for that
shelf, you are going to let him have
it, I suppose?”
“‘Have to, ma’am, can’t help it."
“And you’re going to subject me to
Hie possibility of all sorts fit insults
from some loifer, just, so your com-
pany can make a little money out of
him and me. I-that it?”
Tile porter said lie didn’t know haw
that was, hot he didn't think 1 lie red
I loaded woman was in any danger of
being insulted twice by the samr man.
“Look me in the eye, porter,’’ re¬
tried the red-headed woman, sternly
“Look me sqinrelv in the eye, and
mark wl*at I’m going to say. I’m a
r>-spcCta ! le married w miau, and a
woman who is known far and wi le lor
lo as y and I do i’t pr< po-e t> hive
any man stuck lip there among my
oltftlies and things. You hear me?
I’m going to put mv frock and some
other arrangements that you don’t
kuow anything abou’, and I tall you
rigWf jb“re. though I am an unpr meet-
ed Od h*r .n. depended «• oil myself for
tJMi .| rP , w , ation of „ ^ rights, it you
1-t‘My mail p.p )l.im«.I? no th-re
am ,,|j s my duds and Imps, I’ll wring
Ida ifiock as Mo.ii as he pus his foot
inside the hunk, and Iil lmtke you
think that a heretofore highly respect-
od and generally trusted merohantile
community has burst right under you!
Understand nr •, as soon al-f I hsrfr the
man getting ready to take advantage
of me by getting even bis eye five I on
that berth, I commence to cruWl out
and open the war. You get my idea?”
The porter said he did, and .he uu-
protected female went scowling to
bed. perfectly teti-fled that that she
wouldn’t be molested as long as that
portor bad charge of the Car, and
rather .. hoping . ,, that . som,d „„ ung would
turn up to , give . . her an opportunity ............. t . , >
show Whar-he could do when she got
started, so if ho ever met her travel-
lUg agiiii, lie would r-membar her «s
one to be trist d and cared for.—
Drake’s Travelea’s Nagazine.
In a New York museum there 1*
now a girl whom nature lias provided
with toU' logs arid four arms, hut nil.
ture will not provide her with shoes
and fourteen-button kid groves.
Young man, remember tins. Iler in¬
creas'd hugging facilities are counter¬
balanced by h*-r extra kicking abilities,
And don’t you forget that either,—
Norristown Herald.
A Chicago commercial traveler suvs
1 hal In a small village in Northern
Micorsr ■ ., ui be . found . , a notice , • pinned , on
the dyl.i- of , .tore whiclt iva.l: "Ooue
to bur.v my wife; will be back in 30
minutes.”
A banker at Moline, IU., ha* been
defiauded by a confidential clerk
nmned Water*, whom he had befnend-
*' » 1 ,,, i,i„ miiv 7 ’ Now bn
■
A Nevada prtper states that in the
ji | ) „. nceo f H j ( he editors, the,piihu-h-
. j fas fl ^ cur(i i the wi viu^s of a geo-
t j', nian the number.”
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•
A new di-core.y of gold 1ms been
“*de 1a Ohio, I lus, we presume. 1*
;).e result of tbe late Democratic vie-
tory.—Sif(ings.
A Haricuse gambler lately died and
1- ft $ 250 ,OOOi This is qtii e a large
sum for a gambler to drop at one sit-
ting in a 'ittie game with death.
A Tragic Incident
It wiml<l be lurd. in fiiul a more j
heartrending illustra'ion of the .hoi-
rore of war than the ioPttwing It is !
not the ouly one of its kitld, sad to
say. for in our gr. at civil conflict
many border famil*es were divided,
Mothers and fathers mi.1 sons taking
oppnsi'e hides, meet each other after-
wards in fatal light. An old volun-
teer officer, who is now writing all
mtereBtmg acoouut of the Irish bri-
grde, relates tnis story.
There t*lts a ira.io event at Malvern
Hill which deserves t> be recorded,
of wha> may come iu a civd war
On u of our best non-com missioned
officers, Sergeant Driscoll, an excel
dm t. sli >r. notced the distinguished
daring df it CauFedor.ite officer, and
esolved to counteract his inspiring
cff**rts in .1 m -st effectual way; s..
stating lus intention, he waited till
he got a fair view through the snioke
(
raised his rifle as lie would at a pigeon
and cracked away. The officer fell,
and his men broke, with our fellows
after them with the bayonet. Dri*-
eoll stopped im lie came to the victim
of his unerring shot, who had fallen
ou his lace, and tinned him over
The victim feebly opoued hi< ojres,
irmun d “.Father!”.aud expired.
Diseoli has shot hiri own suir His
grief crat'd the man. Uouspicinnia
for his coolness h-ieteloiv. In* be-
came po-seso-d with immeasurable
tu ry, and with a f arful oxmatioii.
tore off his coat and equipments, fill'd
with unloaded musket plunged bead-
long into the light; the enemy were
strongly reinforced, and the conflict
was thu’db Disco!! dash*d iu like a
Malay running a much, II- fought
like a fiend. He was brought to the
ground again and again, each time
springing up afresh, and striking
with deadly force. He fell dead ju.-t
a* linos reached him, covered with
vvoundS.
___
She Stopped the Train for Hath
• -" |e- ♦
On of the northern .
one ‘rams .
W v was an old lady who .-videntiy
“ '*-P a i|Uj“^;id jour-
ne ^* A ‘ 61 °° 11 ' l,t ' r ^ >B
, cull,,B • **ei eyes a lg 1 e <>u
,e "" ,Ul ,Ih
'' 10 0 1 at
110 ‘"’ e ''“' ,fc U "‘ H or
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fI ‘* r in ’ H " , ‘ ’ H
. IB ,v ier ‘
" ‘ H, y , o is o nog '
yo " w ‘) n i * ,iy ’ ln ^ ’ e,lt ’ a " 1>,t8S ‘ 1
<,n y '! el '' ' K "
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| "" n ^ 10 u,n * y u ™ ,,e ‘ iln 1 ulc 1
Mg «P to the huegnvea v.gorous pull.
Of course the brakes wc.e applied,
tl,e wiu ‘Mws thrown up, questions
a * ke(1 ' ‘' tc “ the 01,1 >«dy silting colmly
tluongl. the confusion. PfeMutly the
conductoi came rushing into the car,
exclaiming.‘f Who , W1 pulled .. . that . . bell? .. 0 ,
... ((
1
‘ 1u, ™l ,l,ed " ,0 0,(1 ... ^ , m ‘-' ekl y“
“
,)o y°" Waut? ‘’ l,,e
“fK^r impatiently, “Well, ’ said the
old party meditatively, “you can
bring me 3oaie hash.”—Boston Cour-
ter.
A boy of leu yeais old died in
Washington city lust weok of a dis¬
ease that baffled the doctors. His
stomach swelled greatly, and it was
apparent that the scat ef tlie disease
was in . the bowels, . , . but . the ., cause was
tbe roysferv. , An . autopsy , condbcte.l , ,
showed that the .bowels , ,
by physicians and they t<>ok from
were obstructed, seeds
the small intsatiuea twenty large ni'ckle
of damson*, a copper cent, a
coin, h tooth, two buttons and
indigestible articles Hm liver
liwc ’ ll! " . to l,nmense proporllwn-,
The Statesboro Eagle says; “Capt
Johu James came out of the battle of
Fledencksbnrg with thirteen bullet .
through lus overcoat, , and .
holes , , shot
the ficabbard of ins sword shot to
pieces. He ,, then gave the coat to Mr-
r who
Bob Johnson, of Oglethorpe,
esnie out of another battle iviilr ten
Mr. Johnson has the coaf now. Dipt.
James was as gam" a man as ever
ConfeJe.ate gun. *
u
Gen Sherman has received houses
and other preouts worth SfiO.OOlt since
|je G ; nera! 0 f the Armv, ex-
du8ive of the 340.00a worth of
m0n<l , giy0 „ i, y the .Knedivo to Mrs.
Fitch, aud since divide I among the
General’s daughters- For the past
fifteen veur* he has been paid S 17.500
a vear, and lie wilt druw t .i*. salary
until Iris death.
No.
A Loafing 'Toper'* Boliloquy,
Last night, .a tew infantes, after the
clock iu the sto-ple struck twelve. as
our reporter w as staudiug on the eor-
tier of Broad and Aowanl streets, cogi;
tatiug upon the hardships attending
the exi-teuce of the city editor of a
morning paper, l.is att ntion was at*
traced by, the strange maneuvers of an
individual across the street, who waa
in dose c ml'.ib with a lamp post. O.ir
reporter drew near enough to h^ar the
following f.tom a ipau who appeared
to be holding up a larop-po t:
“ Blamed if I ain’t all right. Holier
»s a judge. Wish I Jcn-w wti*re, t»
g**t ten cents, and I would h«?3w (
go
happy as a 1 'nl. I'm an injured ltidf-
vidnfcl, Hocidty jteriecutfti in-. .
don't do society 110 hurtn as I know on.
I dort’i rob widders. I don’t know no
widders, I don't put the bottle to my
neighbor's lips. I ain’t got no neigh*
bois. and the fact is, I don t own au^
bottle -collide t dll it if I did. I at
an inuoceut man. tfpbndy can look
me in the face und say I hurt eua.
But I m a deqn, t roan. 1 d go to work
if it wasn't for tny excessive benevo-
Icece. 1 m afraid of taking tlie bread
out of somebody’s mouth. Besides,
wisdom’s the principal thing, don’t
the good book iky # *? What’s money
to wisdom? Aid’t I studying chtruer
to ? If a man kicks me beskuse 1
can’t pay for my liquor, ain’t I getting
understanding? Ain’t it a h-saon in
human nature? I’m told the world
m ““« hvi"8r. When i< it going
to p«y it? I’m tired waiting. Wliat
shall I do? Where shall I g», and
when will l get tlier. ?”
This inter sting soliloquy \vu< jntpr-i
rupted by.a poiicen.au, who separated
the sold quest from his intimate
friend, til* Lmp-po«t, and pilatid him
towards'.he luck-up.— Rome Courier.
---- 4*.,
Thejr . Sold Hole.
Him in a
Was teYii'ng thesto.v l, the iiW
of , Dvuvar hold He
Hid i
.
. ,r*«e u! a*, you see,
1 Nebraskaaniii a coM chmace for
||gI iy,) were dead broke, half-starved
auJ clOir diseburaged, when along
H j; ew Y*»rker, He wouldn’t
play cards, wouldn’t be robbid. anif
we couldn’t stick him with forgW
lard-patents or bogm pre-emptions.’
One day we toailed out and dug a bolt*
iu o hillah*l salted it'A bit, Hue rudied
back aqd offered the hfew Yorker lh«
^4^; f„r «3 000 cash down.”
.“And he bit?"
“.Took right hold UK.e » pair, of
piuclitr*. Why, he never even stopped
to beat ns down. We got a, cool
thou -and piece and made for ’Frbco. 1 »
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‘TlX'ty cool, that was.”
“Well, I dunno. If there was any-
thing cool in that ‘rausaction it was
t itj way that New Yorker |huutod him
up a pard; set miners to wopk, bought
machinery, and took over ? 7 u 3,000 out
of that - ar liole inside of eight mouths/
Maybe we’ve got over feeling flat, but
I guess uet,”— Wall Street Nows,
Old Pettigrew, of >. Austin, » ■, ■ h j •
man ®
very precise * . in . the maiority J of his
statements, and , . strict construc-
, is a
Lonist- . O110 ■ day neighbor , ; rushed
a
i* 3 °u Pettigrew while the Utter was
eating his breakfast, and exclaimed,
vcita-dlv
“Mr. Pettigrew, your is on ftrel”
“I beg ymrr p irdou,” responded
Petw . <b(|t whkt y<iu r
“Your , ,, , house in . cm fire.” „ ,,
“‘Ah, that is where . you are wrong, „
...
7 “Wrong! said .. the , neighbor, . ,.
, „ Yee, tins not house. I , only
is my
rent it.”—Texas Siftings.
A I,url , y. veHt.her-bcatou „ ,, uamp ro-
cently ent*red mi Austin bank, an ad-
dressing the urbane cashier, asked for
five dollars,
“Five dollars!” exi-lairned the (Wish¬
jer, “isn't that rather steep. I should
think a quarter would be ahtfut your
size, wouldn’t it?‘»
“Well,’ 1 said the tramp, “if yon
think you understand tins begging
busmo -betb r than I do, perhaps we
■ ;d beiler ciumg.* phoens. If it suits
von Pm agreeable.”—Texas lifting**