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f,. 0. BRYAN, Southern Enterprise.
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qALENbART
FALT, TERM, 1658.
AUGUST.f. |
lstMpuday.Floyd j
Lumpkin
2<l Monday, Clarke
Dawson
3d Monday, Foray tli j
Merit’ ether >
Walton
4th Mond’y, Baldwin >
Chattaho’chej
Glascock i
Heard |
Jackson ‘j
Monroe j
Paulding
Scblgy
Taliaferro
SEPTEMBER.
Ist Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
Madison
Marion
Mitchell
Morgan
Webster
2d Monday, Butts
Cass
Coffee
Elbert
Fayette
Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Sumter •
Washington
Frid’y aft’r, Pierce
3d Monday, Cobh
Hall
Hart
Macon
Newton ,
Pnfuain
Talbot
Terrell
Ware
4th Mond’y, Campbell
Clay
Clinch
„ Emanuel
Lee
Twiggs
White
Wilkes
OCTOBER.
Ist Monday, Carroll
Dooly
Early
• .Fulton v
Gilmer
Wilkinson
J OCT4>nKi: CO.YIINLItD.
fiSSKS i I! “”
2d Monday, Charlton
Fannin
Habersham
Hancoek
T. • Harris *
> > Laurens
Miller
i Scriveyi
ltd Monday, Burke
Camden
Franklin
Haralson,
Henry
Jones
Murray
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Union
Worth
Tl aftor,“ > j Montgomery
Frid’y nft’r, Wilcox
4th Mond’y j Decatur
; t Dekalb
Huuston
Irwin
Jasper
• Lincoln
Polk *
Tattnall
Towns
Whitfield
r S; y S *
Frid’y aft’r, Bulloffl
Mond’y “ Efflftgbnm
NOVEMBER.
Ist Monday, Berrien
Milton
Randolph
Richmond
Upson
2d Monday, Baker
Bibb
Catoosa
Mulcogeo
3d Monday, Spalding
Troup
4th Mond’y,Calhoun
/ Walker
T S?I
Mon. altor, Dougherty
“ “ Liberty.
oeLfe,
Ist Monday, Dade
3d >fsffiajl, Lowndes
_______ £m Cnrbo.
JAWKS C. KOSB,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
j 23 w_ ts ,
HARRIS & HARRIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Iverson L. Harris, I Ciiart.rs J. Harris,
Milledgevitte, Ga. | ThomasvtUe, Ga.
march 31 * w ts
R. S. BURCH & Wll. MfLEIVDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAAY,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
octlA 19 wov
- BAKGR Sc BliiWBT,
-ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Troupville, f,omides Cos., Ga.
sept 15 w If
EUGENE L. lIIIVES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA,
Office over McLean’s store. (jan26
JOHN M. DYSON,
ATTORN E Y “A T L A AY,
OFFICE next door to Dr. Bruce’*, Tbmnasvllle,
Georgia, , janb-ly.
G. 11. DAMELL,
Attorney at law,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Office, corner of Bull ami Bay Street*,
jan 12 w ly
JOIIY JI.MILLEK, “ ■
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
* “MILL TOWN, BERRIEN CO., GA.
WILL practice in'all thetbwntics of the Brunswick
Circuit, and Berrien and Low ndes Counties of
the Southern Circuit: innylSoy
JOHN V. NICHOELS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARESBOROUGH, WARE CO., GA.
WILL pi'artleßllt ‘A’O.'tlie'cdtilifllßs of the Bruns
wick circuit, and Lowndes and Berrien of tlic
Sou tlier n nutrdloy
GEORGE B. AVILEIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LA AY,
WARESBOROUGH, GA.
-WILL PRACTICE in the following Counties cf the
Brunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Pierce, Ware
Clinch, and Charlton, oiordj ts
SAMUEL It. SPENCER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOhIASVIT,LP., GEORGIA.
WILL give hi* entire attention to the practice of
Law, in tile Counties of the Southern Circuit.—
Office on the second floor of I). & E, McLean’s
brick building. (janSOoy
E. C. MORGAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NASIII'ILI.E, G E()RGIA.
WILL practice in the counties of the Southern Cir
cuit,and the counties of Dooly, Worth and Dough
ert.v of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware
of the Brunswick Circuits y ’
Flat Creek, Ga.,Oet,7. £■{ ts
RICE JF MERSHON,
AT TORN. EY S AT L A AY, -
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
ATTEND to all business entrusted to their care, in
the following epiuitiesj, to-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap
pling, Coffee, Charlton, Lowndes and Berrien,Geor
gia; Also, in tho counties of Hamilton, Columbia,
and Jefferson, iiwEloriilg.
DAVID I*. HICK. I HENRY M. MRRSIION,
jan 5 vv * . * Cm,
,1A IlliS iM. FOES'OM,
ATTORNEY AT LA AY,
MAGNOLIA. CLINCH CO., GA.
WILL practice in all the courts of the Brunswick
Circuit find in the com ts of Lowndes and Berrien
of the Southern Circuit.
r> c . i Judge A. E. Cochran. Brunswick Ct.
j|(£ o Peter K. Love, Southern Ct.
jan r> w 1v
iilcbicul Curbs.
S. S. ADAMS, I S. R. WILLIAMS.
NEW FIRM.
DRS. ADAMS & WILLIAMS, having formed a
Co-partnership, tender their prolessioiiarserviccs
to the public. a tig 25-ts
It. J. BRICE, 1 It. 11. EATON. -
Ur*. IIUK i: Sc KATOIV,
lIAJfING formed a co-partnership, tender their
Professional Services to the citizen* of Thomas
viUe and vicinity. ie 2ff-.tf
Dr. w. 11. HALE,
HAS disposed interest in the “Wire-Grass
Reporter” to Judge Love,and will devote himself
exclusively to hi*iprof<-BsioH.
He may he found at all times, when not profession
ally ehguged, at his Office Opposite East side
Presbyterian Churcl. jcfltf
(Reform Tradicc.)
Dr. P. S. BOWER,
OFFER his professional services to the citizens
of vicinity. Calls at all hours
promptly attended to. IV-h2ny
Dll. E. O. ARIYOLIV
WILL continue the practice of Dell
tistry in TMtttmiyiUe mid vicinity—
Any order Ivl t at the Post Office or at -
his Office during his absence from toWiivylß receive
attention at the earliest opportunity. [jans-ly
New Drug Store.
DRS. BOWER & ELLIS HAVE
opened a Drug Store at the stand formerly oc
cupied by Palmer & llro., opposite E. Remington's,
and arc prepared to furnish
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Inks, Fancy Soaps, Sec.
Tfpon fair terms, to those who may favor them with
a call. To their Reform friends they would say, that
they have on hand a fresh and reliable assortment of
Bbtunic Urdlriiics,
And will be glad to supply them with sflolb articles
H 6 they may lined. in ay 2 (joy
Notice to Everybody.
PR. A. AV. ALLEN’S
CELEBRATED SOUTHERN
, ini3xrxM:^3iarT,
IS A CERTAIN REMEDY for Strains, Sprains,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramp, Ncrvoua Head-,
Ache, Sore Throat, Stiff Neck, Tooth-Ache,* Rain in
the Head, Scalds and Burns, or any thing like erup
tions on the flesh.
Also, for all diseases to which horses are subject.
Dr. Allen’s AII-Ilealinrß Ointment,
IS a certain cure for Ring-worms, Scratches in
horses, Greese Heel, Thrush, Collar and Saddle
Galls; and all flesh wounds.
Manufactured by Dr.*A. W. ALLEN, Calumbussi
Georgia. * ‘
For sale in Tlwmmsville. by Baum & BUilf; in
Moutieelhi, by I’ahncr <&■ lire., mid i to
~ no* 24 vv _ ly
9 A A A**t!^ES Eight
Jj U’ /U Ceuta in Trade will be paid, by
uwyo L. REMINGTON.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER. 1, 1858.
From the Cosmopolitan Art Journal.
THE PHOOBOPHY OF LIFE.
There is the homely story of the farmer’s
wife, who, when her husband had settled in
anew country, declared, *■ that she did not
wish to be rich—that all she asked was to bo
comfortable.” Titno passed on, and when
the old farmer told tho stoiy on bis sponee,
he said : “1 am now worth a hundred thou
sand dollars, and my wife is Hot comfortable
yet!” A truer illustration of human nature
was never found. Let a man begin life with
ever so moderate an estimate of the amount
of fortune with.which he will bo content, the
passion “grows with what it upon;’’
and just so surely as success trad? him id
the point contemplated, he will still cling to
Tier hand, and compel her to lead him to far
ther and heights. Most men, except
the few who begin life (very unfortunately)
upon inherited wealth, start off with the
wish to acquire a “ competency.” But “ com
petency” becomes n tiling as uncertain as the
possibility of the old lady’s hedomlng “com-’
sortable.”
Men deem themselves justified in giving
themselves np, body and soul, the first few
years of their business life, to acquiring
enough to warrant a living. “Prudence de
■mniuls it,” “ emergencies must he provided
against.” All most true. A life of idle
ness and want is unjustifiable. The ouly dif
ficulty is in the setting of a wise and sensi
ble boundary to the desired living. The
modest home that lay, sunny and beautiful,
bathed in the love-light of the eye of
before his vision, grows apace into a palace j
there are far-stretching lands about the pal
ace, and costly decorations within. It lies
even farther away than the charming dwell
ing did; —but it must he attained, for his
neighbor, a little older than he, has already
become the master o| snch an one. Ambi
tion prompts him not.to linger behind. It is
tiuo, his neighborlias other lines and wrinkles
in his face than the kindly well
treated Time would have placed there —tell-
tale prints of anxious hours, of untiring hur
ry, of sharp speculation, perhaps of dishon
orable thrift and unholy covetousnessbut
his follower sees nothing of these ; he sees
only the marble and the gilding, the broad
lands, nnd the smiles with which all the world
greets the successful aspirant for its favor.—
If there is any thing dark in the history of
the accumulation of that fortune, ho sure the
glitter of the gold plays before it, and nobody
cares to drag it to the light.
“ I will not do just as this man has done,”
says liis follower : ** I will not allow my af
fections i.o wither; I will keep a little time
to myself jor the culture of the beauties nnd
amenities of life ; I will not forget to be char
itable ; niy generosity shall increase with
my means; the richer I am, the more good
1 can do ” So with self-deception he bends
himself to the work, which grows upon him
and demands more of his energies, till mind
• and strength are given to its accomplishment,
and all the nobler part of his nature lies de
caying fioin disuse. This is the great curse
of the pursuit of wealth. It becomes so ab
solving, so fascinating, that all other pursuits
are swallowed up.
Look upon the faces of the men of busi
ness who are so rapidly growing riclj. What
of God’s glory, illuminating the image of
man, lingers there unshadowed. Do those
keen, inquisitive glances seem familiar with
searching into the beautiful mysteries of life
and death, the present and the future ? Do
those brows wear the calm reflection of quiet
hours spent in earnest.uplifting to the broad
heaven f or those mouths wear the seal of
the sweetness impressed there by hearts full
of love for their kind, and sympathy with
theuuiverse? Most persons will turn up*n
you with surprise, if not with a sneer, fbr
asking the question : it is a kind of ‘‘fioii
! sense” they cannot comprehend. They
know of but one honorable, discreet, and
- -sensible object in living, and that is to get
rich —and not only rich, but richer. The
sweets of nature, aud the holier depths of the
springs of the heart are untasted ,by them ;
—purity aud the love of the beautiful are
stranger guests in their ’souls. *
It may well be a reason why women nre
such housekeepers,— substituting ceremony,
and cold, metallic glitter, for the simplicity
and sunny warmth of the true home. It may
be that the earnest love, the out-gushing of
fresh feeling, the innocent pleasure in music
and flowers, nnd the blue sky and tlie green
earth, w hich they would fain share witli their
husbands, fire chilled and die in the atmos
phere of his vitiated passion. They learn
to value what he values. If the hnsband
gives up his soul to the acquirement of mon
ey, what better can the wife do, than to spend
it upon things that remind people of money?
If she is deprived of his society, which be
gives to his ledger and his plans, boxv can
she better amuse herself than by making a
grand display t>f what takes so much that is
duo to her to acquire 1 If the pretty orna
ments her own taste furnishes, and the air of
peace she diffuses over her house, do not sat
isfy her husband, there aro plsuty of ele
ments in the*feminine character wbick will
urge her on to a more extravagant taste.—
Iler fancy, her desire to plewse, her personal
love of adornments, and many other quali
fies, which jyould be harmless or even charm
ing nnde.r the sway of a loving, but less
impressible nature, may all be made the in
struments towards effecting a heartless pass
ion for display. *
A man usually wants an excuse for devo
* ting himself so exclusively to the acquisition
of fortune. Avery common plea is, that he
is working for the welftto of his children—
lie wishes to leave them a competency. And
the mother is so foolishly fond, so weakly in
considerate, that she joins in the plea, and
. g>ve encouragement to the plan. A fatal
Tfolly! by which the children, so tenderly
cared for, suffer the most severely. Says a
write# : “ There is an inconceivable depth of
weakness, meanness and wickedness, in’ the
conduct of the father, who, for a little career
of pitiable vanity, robs his offspring of all
that is really valuable in life, and leaves them
an useless waste of drawing-rooms and par
lors—knowing that his death will be a bignal
for their expulsion.” This language is not
too severe. And oven when there is enough
left for all the children to support the luxury
in which they have been reared, the case w
no whit better; for sloth, amHfcelfish ease,
soft indulgence, and the pride of the'purse,
form a hot.bed iu which real strength aud
goodapesjeldoift: .groat,,
We believe there is something more enno
bling in life than the mere accumulation of
money. Milton has represented Mammon,
“ With downcast look beat on the earth,”
as nmong the most degraded of the fallen
angels. The history of nations has always
been, that when they Increased xustly in
wealth, and gave themselves up to luxuriant
splendors, then they fell. Our hope for
America is, there being no system of primo
geniture here, there is not so much clanger
in building up* immense fortunes. In the
course of a few years they nqjst be scattered
again. Sff the Burden of tbe riches will be
’ continually shifted, and no families have a
chance “to become thoroughly corrupt and en
ervated.
But we wish that we could see less of the
grand passion; that we could see oar fellow
creatures living to die well, instead of to die
rich. Some plead that w#r is a necessity.—
Some plead that it is better fo*be world gen
erally that vast riches should bo acquired by
tlie few ; else the fine arts, the master works
of genius, the productions of very elegant
and costly fabrics, etc., could not be patron
ized.
AVe believe there will a time como when
war will not be a necessity; but xve hope
the time is already come when it will not tie
necessary to rob the many in order to aggran
dize the few. All of the objects which true
men have at heart for thp welfare of society
advance more surely and rapidly if the ea
ger pursuit of inordinate gain is allowed to
usurp less of the seal; and happiness, puri
ty, beauty, will enter every household when
Home is the talisman instead of Wealth.
A BOY’S EICOMHTEH WITH A BEAB.
Mr. D. McPhail gives tho following par
ticulars of an encounter with a bear which
took place in thfi township of Fullerton, on
Wednesday, the 14th ult. Ou tbe morning
of the day mentioned, Mr. Jns. Foster, far
mer, ou lot So, 4 West Mitchell road, heard
a hog making a considerable noise, and sent
his son George, a lad of some 15 years of
age, to see what was the tffiftter, wbeu, on
running to th§ scene of trouble, tbe lad saW
what he supposed to be a large black dog
belonging to Mr. ‘McFhail (on whose laud
the combat was being xvaged.) tearing at the
neck of a hog belonging to Mr. McPliail, and
with the intention of releasing his pig-ship,
threw a stick nt the ruthless aggressor, when,
to his consternation, a huge bear, instead of
the supposed rlo£, relinquished'lris hold upon
the hog and maue fur himself. Being total
ly unarmed, and no assistance within a quar
ter of a mile, lie at once made for a small
iron wood tree of about five inches iu diame
ter. ■*’ - ■**
Having got up the tree, what was his ter
ror wheq he saw the huge bear pursuiug him
hastily up the branches of tlie sapling. Hav
ing recovered his breath he screamed for
help, and in order to retard the progress of
his assailant, began to shake jlie sapling; but
bruin had clutched the branches with an
iron grip, and evidently calculated upon a.
dainty moi Ralfor t>rettkfa*t, and continued to
raise paw after paw on the branches till, lie
approached so near as to be almost iu reach.
The popr lad screamed lustily, and endeav
ored-to break off some of the branches by
kicking them down with his bare feet. Iu
this he partially succeeded, when the bear
made a vigorous stretch of her muscles and
seized the lad by the foot, sinking one of her
tangs under tho ball of tbe great toe on the
right foot, and slightly scratching the side of
the foot with her other nipper teeth.
At this juncture the shaking to and fro of
the sapling with their united Weight upon it,
caused it to bend over until the top nearly
approached the ground, when, providential
ly, the monster lost her hold, and young Fos
ter, brawely clinging to his grasp with un
shaken nerve, was elovated by the rising sap
ling. Bruin, however, did not lose her de
termination to feast upon bis body, and again
sprang into the tree, but was evidently too
much fatigued to rise on so slender a lad
der. At this stage of tho contest the lad’s
father reached the spot, and saw tbe huge
monster standing oiuher hind ,legs, her bony
extended up the tree, growling fiercely, the
lad nearly exhausted, clinginglo the tree on
ly a few feet up, ,with the brood streamivg
from his lacerated foot. On approaching to*
the rescue of his son tho infuriated beast
turned on him, he, with a cluhln hand, show
ed a bold front, though out of breath with
running. g,
Ilia eldest son now arrived from another
part of the farm, when they succeeded in
rescuing George from his retreat. Mean
while several other persons arrived on the
spot, and a lad was despatched for Messrs.
William and Walter Malcotn, who were soon
on the spot, with a dog of more than usutil
size and courage, which immediately seized
(lie bear by tbe root of the ear, and in the
struggle brought him to the ground, Bruin
now got hold on the shoulder of the dog, and
nipped him so tight as to make him relinqnisb
his hold. Brit the courage of Bruin gave
.way, and she made an attempt to tree, when
“ Keeper;’ again seized her by The thigh and
brought her back. She nw made for a large
elm, and ascended sotoe forty-five feet, and
perched on a crotch to scan her assailants.—
A man.was then despatched for two of our
Nimrbds, who by a joint attack both in front
and rear, brought her bearship to the ground
by a well-directed tire.'—Strafford (Cana
da) Bcactni.
. f ‘ trnhmm, n ■■—■■■— i
A Jady wished a seat, A portly, hand*
‘ “ Oh, io,” replied he!” I’m a jewel-er-ll
have just set the jewel.”
Could there have been anything inohfe,
gallant than that. ‘ /
From tho London Quarterly
WOITOEBB OT THE HUMAN IYSTES.
Paloy applauds the contrivance by which
eat and drink is made to glide
on its road to the gullet, over the. entrjrthfo
of tho wind-pipe without falling into it. A
little moveable lid, the epiglottis, which
Uftfldjip .whca wo.lreatlKvis ptesaeLdawa.
upon the chink of the air pass*go by the
weight of the’ food- nrtd the action of the
muscles 111 swallowing it. Neither solfaltf
nor liquids, in short, can pass without shut
ting down the trap-door as they proceed.—
But this is only a part of tbe safeguard.—
Tho slit at the top of the wind-pipe, which
never close* entirely when we breathe, is
endowed with an acute sensihilitjf. to the
slightest particle es matter. The leftist thing
which touelros the margin of the aperture
sauscs iU sides to come firmly together, and
the intruding body in stopped at the inlet.—
It is stopped, but, unless removed, must drop
at the next iuspiratiou iuto tlie lungs. To
effect its expulsion, the sensibility df the
rim at tlie top es the windpipe actually puts
into vehement action a whole class of mus
cles placed lower than its bottom, aud which,
compressing the chest over which they are
distributed, drive* ©tit the air with ft forco*
that sweeps the offending substance before it*
The convulsive coughing which arises
when we are choked is the energetic effort
of nature for our relief when anything chan
ces to have evaded the protecting epiglottis.
Yet this property to which we are constant
ly o wing our lives, is confined to s single spot
in the throat. It does not, as Sir Charles
Bell affirms, belong to the rest of the wiud
pipe, hut is limited to the orifice, where alone
it is needed. Admirable, too, it is to observe
that, While thM* sensitive to the most insig
nificant atom, it bean, without resentment,
the atmospheric currents which are constant
ly passing to and fro over its irritable lips.—
“It rejects,” says Paley, “the touch of ft
cruta of bread, or a drop of water, with a
spasm that convulses the whole frame; and
yet, left to itself and its proper office, the in
termission of air alone, nothing can be so
quiet. It does not even make itself felt; a
man does notknow that he has a trachea.”—
This capacity of perceiving with shell acute
ness, this impatience of offence, yet perfect
rest and ease when let alone, are properties,
one would, have thought, not likely to reside
in the same subject. It is to the junction,
however, of these almost Inconsistent qualities
in this, as well as in some oilier delicate
parts of the body, that we Owe our safety
and our comfort—our safety to their sensibik
tty, our comfort to their repose.
Another of the examples adduced by Bell
is that of the heart. The famous Dr. llar
vev examined, at the request of Charles 1., a
nobleman of the Montgomery family, who
in consequence of an abcess, had a fistulous
opening into the chest, through which the
heart could be seen and handled, The great
physiologist was astonished to find it insep
tible. “itlien brought him,” be says, *♦ to
the kin", that he might behojd and totfeh so
extraordinary a thing, and that he might per
ceive, as l did, that unless when we touched
the outer skin, or when he saw oar fingers
in the cavity, this young nobleman knew
not that we touched the heart. Yet it is to
the heart wo refer our joys, tur sorrow* end
our affections; we speak of a good hearted
and £ bad a true boaited and a
heartless man. Shielded from physical vio
lence by an outward work of bones, it is not
invested with sensation which could have at
tributed nothing to its preservation, bnt,
while it can be grasped with the fingers, anil
give no intimation of the act to its possessor,
it unmistakably responds to the varied ques
tions of the mind, and, by the general con
sent of mankind, is pronounced ike seat of
our pleasures, griefs, sympathies, hatreds
and love. Persons having frequently drop
ped down dead from the vehemence with
which it contracts or expands upon the sud
den announcement of good or bad news—-its
muscular walls being strained toy far in the
upward or downward direction to enable thein
to return—and one of the purposes which
this property of the heart is probably de
signed to subserve, is, to put upon
the passions through the alarming physical
sensation they excite.
The brain,, again is enclosed in a bony
case. All our bodily sensations arc depend
ent upou the nerves, but even the nerves do
not give rise to feeling unless they are con
nected with the brain. The nervous chord,
which, in familiar language, is called the
spinal marrow, is the channel by which this
communication is kept up in the major part
of them; and when a section of wbat may
bo tdrmcd the great trunk for the conveyance
of our sensation is deceased, and by the
breach in its continuity, the nerves below the
disordered part can no longer send their ac
customed intelligence to the brain, the “por
tion of the body which thus become* isolated
may be burned or hacked, and no more pain
will result than if it belonged to a dead car
cass instead of a living man. The brain,
therefore, in subordination, to the mind, is
the physicaf centre of all sensation. Yet,
straitge to say, it is itself insensible to the
wounds which arc torture to the skin, and
which wound the braip alone enables us to
reel. “Itis as insensible,” says Sir Charles
But, “.as the leather of onr shoe, and a
piece may bo cutoff without interrupting the
patient in the sentence he is uttering. Be
cause the bone which cuvelopes it, is its pro
(jggS thein^wh^ u directed against
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key tracks to you and the jury. This rooro-
and jury.” ? ° °*
i 1)6 judge t ** I*l otion overruled, and a
“ For what V’
•lor insinuating that this Court don’t
“ I shall not’ appeal from thus decision ;
regard to a citizen of iowa, wife, iu
his absence, while giving Jdm a glass of wa
ter, had been kissed by a drover. When ho
heard of tlio otitntgc,he started at once tti
about, and begged to be excused, .xbe bus
ing satisfactory all around, the drover handed
B it’ when the UneSel retmned
the bilUo bcTo U nnterfe’iT. Helomid Vbad
suffered the indignity of having hia wUb
iu the Saddle, ’
thst it didn't pay.
A Virginia lawyer once objected to an ex
“ surrounded by a brick waif, and remain an
open enclosure forever.” “ But,” said Judge
down by tfiat act of the Legislature of Vw
ginin, which is entitled, a supplement to an
** A Fast” Woman.—-One day, not unite
three weeks ago, a lady of this vicinity, says
the Johnstown (Penn.) Echo, attended the
funeral of her mother at these o’clock in the
o’clock inst three hn \ ft
weeks later she *ra V Vm ill r i
baby,’ and is now making application for
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