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SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR,
~ FA 1,1, TEItM, 185S.
AUGUST.
1 *t Monday, Floyd
Lumpkin j
2d Monday, Clarke
Dawson
3d Monday, Forsyth j
Meriwether >
•Walton
4th Mend’y, Baldwin \
Chattnho'clic!
(rlascook j
Heard
Jackson !
Monroe ’ ;
Paulding j
Schley
Taliaferro j
SEPTEMBER.
Ist Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
Madison
Marion
Mitchell
Morgan
Webster
2d Monday, Butts
Cass
Coffee
Libert
Fayetto
Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Sumter
Wa sliington
Frid’y nft’r, Pierce
3d Monday, Cobb
Hall
liart
Macon
Newton
Putnam
Talbot
_ Terrell
* Ware
4th Momi’y, Cauiphell
Clay
Clinch
Emanuel
Lee
Twiggs
White
Wilkes’
OCTOBER.
Ist Mouday,Carroll
Dooly
.Early
. Fulton
‘'• -*■ Gilmer
. Gordon
Taylor
Warren
Waiinson
j OCTOUEK CONTIXLEI).
| T|, esday ) rili()
after, )
fiabun
and v after, S
2(1 Monday, Charlton
Fannin
Habersham
’ Hancock
! •_>—■■■ Harris
Laurens
Miller
Seriven
1 3d Monday, lturke
Camden
Franklin
Haralsou
1 leury
I Jones
Murray
Oglethorpe •
Pulaski
Stewart
• Union
* Worth
.”■!
iFrid'y aft’r. Wileox
4th Moody,Decatur
Dekalb
Houston
Irwin
Jasper
Lincoln
Polk
’ -Jjattnall
—— Towns
Whitlield
iTliursd'y ) .
after ,? .J I,lf,ur
> Frid’y nft’r, Bulloch
Mond’y “ Effingham
NOVEMBER.
Ist Mouday, I terrieu y
Miltnno
Randolph
Richmond
U pson
2d Monday, Raker
Bibb
Catoosa
Muscogee
3d Monday, Spalding
Troup**
Ith Moud’y,Calhoun
Walker
Mon. after,. Dougherty
“ “ Liberty”
“ “ Colijuitt
“ “ Bryan
DECEMBER.
■lst Monday, Dade
Jefferson
Thomaß
“3d Monday, Lowndes
£nu> (far&o.
. JAMES C. RONS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
jc 23 8 w ts
HARRIS A HARRIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Iverson L.-Harris, | Charles J. Harris,
Milledgoville, Ga. | ThomasviUe, Ga.
- march- 31 - ■ -wy,
R. S. BI’RCH A WH. Me I,TEN DON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
THOMASJTtI.E, GEORGIA.
oct-14 19 t w#y
BAKIRA
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Troupvillc, Lowndes Cos., Ga.
sept 15 w ts
EUGENE L. HINES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. .
TIIOMABVIhIj F.p GEQRGIA ,
Office over McLean’s store. (jan26
~ JOHN ML DYSON,
ATTO R N E Y ATLAW,
OFFICE next door to Dr. Bruce’s, Thomasville,”
Georgia. jans-ly.
a. 11. DANIEI.U,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
S-l v'AXNAH, GEORGIA.
Office, corner of Bull ami Bay Streets,
jan 12 . w ly
JOHN B. MILLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MILL TOWN, BERRIEN CO., GA.
WILL practice in all the Comities of the Brunswick
Circuit, ami Berrien und Lowndes Counties of
tin 1 Southern Circuit. mayl2ov
JOHN \iV llii'LlW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARESBOROUGH, WARE CO., GA.
WILL prai tice in ALL tlio counties of tlie Bruns
wick circuit, and Lowndes and Berrien of the
Southern . mnr3loy
GEORGE R. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WAfl ES BOROUGH, GA.
WILL PRACTICE in the following Counties ‘.4 the
Brunswick Circuit: Appling,.Coffee. Pierce, Warn
Clinch, and Charlton. • marSltf
SAMUEL B. SPENCER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
WILL give’his entire attention to the practice of
Low, in tlie Counties of tins Southern Circuit. —
Office oil the second floor of D. &. E. McLeau’s
brick building. - (jii2ooy
E. E. MORGAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NAS lit 7r.1. E, G EORGIA .
WILL practice in the counties of the Southern Cir
cuit,and thjjjsluuties of Dimly, Worth and 1 lunch
city of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware
of the Brunswick Circuits.
Flat Creek, Ga., Oct. 7. ‘lf
RIDE A MEUSIION,
AT T O R N E Y S A T L A W,
MAGNOLIA,. CLINCH CO., GA.
ATTEND to all business entrusted to tlieir cure, in
the following counties, to-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap
pling, Coffcc.JCharltoii, Lowndes and licrrii'tY,Geor
gia. Also, in tlie counties of Hamilton, Columbia,
and .Jefferson, in Florida.
DAVID r. Rte’K. , I IIF.XKY M. MERBIION,
jan 5 w 6m
” JAMES IL rOLMHI,
ATTO RN E Y A T LA W,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
WILL practice iu all the courts of the Brunswick
Circuit and in the 1 coints of Lowndes nud Berrien
of the Southern Circuit.
„< Judge A. E. Cochran. Brunswick Ct.
(Judge Peter Lovt*, Southern Ct.
jaq 5 w ly ,
iUcbiciil (Curbs.
S. S. ADAMS, I S. n. WILLIAMS.
NENV FIRM.
DBS. ADAMS A WILLIAMS, having formed a
Cq-partneraiiip, tender their professional aerviccr
totlieputHc. - nug2s-tf
t n. .1. niircF.; | It. 11. F.ATOX.
lh>. ltltICE X EATON, -
HAVING formed :t eft-partnership,’ tender their
Services to the citizens of Thomas
ville anil vicinity, ‘ ’ ie23-tf
Hi AV. 11. HALE,
HAS disposed of his interest in the “ WiVo-Gryss
•Reporter” to Judge Love, and will devote himself
exclusively to his profession,
lie limy he found at all times, when not profession
ally .ehgaged, at his Office opposite East side
Presbyterian Churei. je9tf
r it eform Practice.)
I)r. I\ N. ROWER,
OFFER liis professional services to the citizens
of Thomasville and vicinity. Calls at ail hours
promptly attended to. feh2oy
111!. E. O. A RAPED
WILT, continue the practice of Den- /BESp-Nq
tistry in Thomasville and vicinity—
Any order left at the Post Office or at
his Office during his absence from town will receive
attention at the earliest (opportunity. [jans-Jy
New Drug Store.
Drs. ROWER & ELLIS
have opened a Drug Store at the
Kfnn '’ formerly occupied ly Palmer
A lire., opposite K. Remington’s,
and are prepared to furnish
WgslSjj Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Inks,
Jjfiu % Fancy Soaps, ioc.
dfiSEz-LS Upon fair terms to those who may
favor them with frwnll. To tlieir Reform friends
they would say, that they have oil hand n fresh and
reliable, assortment of iSotanic. Medicines.
Ami will be glad to supply them with such articles
as they mrty need. may 260 y
Notice to Everybody.
OR. A. W. ALLEN’S
CEDE B RATED SOU T lIEKN
XjX jNT XIb3C3S3 JSTT,
IS A CERTAIN REMEDY for .Strains, Sprains,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramp, Nervous Head-
Ache, Sore Throat, Stiff Neck, Tooth-Ache, Pain in
the Head, Scalds and Burns, or any thing like erup
tions on tlie flesh.
Also, for all diseases to which horses are subject.
Dr. Allen's All-Healing Ointment,
IS a certain cure for Ring-worms, Scratches in
horses, Greeseff lee), Thrusli, Collar and Saddle
Galls; and all flesh wounds.
Manufactures! by Dr. A. W. ALLEN, Columbus,
Georgia.
For sale in Thomasville, by Baum A Shift ;_m
Monticellh, by Palmer & Bro.,und in Trotroville, by
T. W. Ellis. > A. W. ALLEN.
nov2t w ly
Hide*, Hides, Hide*.
OAfkA HIDES WANTEDrfor which Eight
Cents iu Trade will be paid, hy /
jtntryS E REMINGTON. I
THOMASVILLE; GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1858.
From the Louisville Jwirrnnl.
TIBRIFIC ADVEHTUBE IN THI MAMMOTH CAVE
At the supposed end of what has always
been considered the longest avenue of the
Mammoth Cave, nine milos from its en
trance, there is a pit, dark and deep and ter
rible, known as tho Maelstrom. Tens of
thousands Lave gazed into it with awe, whilst
bengal-lights were thrown down it to make
its fearful depths visible, but none ever bad
tlie daring to explore ft. “The celebrated
guido, Stephen, who was deemed insensible
to fear, was offered six hundred dollars by
the proprietors of the Cave, if he would de
scend to tho bottom of it, but he shrank from
the peril. A few years ago, a Tennessee
professor, a learned and bold man, resolved
to do what no oobefore him had dared to do,
and, making his arrangements with great
care and precaution, ho had himself lowered
down by a strong rope a hundred feet, but
at that moment his courage failed him, and
be called alond to be drawn out. No human
power could over have induced him to repeat
the appalling experiment.
A couple of weeks ago, however, a young
gentleman of Louisville, w'hose nerves never
trembled at. mortal peril, being At the Mam
moth Cave, with Professor Wright, of our
city, and others, determined, no matter what
c tlie dangers and difficulties might be, to ex
plore the depths of tho Maelstrom. Mr.
Proctor, the enterprising proprietor of the
Cave, sent to Nashville and procured a long
rope, of great strength, expressly for the pur
pose. TIIO rope ami some, necessary timbers
were borne by tho guides and other? to the
point of proposed exploration. The arrange
ments being soou completed, tlie rope, with
a heavy fragment of rock affixed to it, was
let down and swung to and fro to dislodge*
any loose rocks that would be likely to fall
at the touch. Several wero thus dislodged,
and the long continued reverberations, rising
up like distant thunder from below, proclaim
ed the depth of the horrid chasm. Then the
young hero of the occasion, with several hats
drawn over his head to protect it, as far as
possible, against any masses falling from
above, and with a light in his hand and the
rope fastened around his body, took his place
over the awful pit, and directed the half doz
en men, who held the end of the rope, to let
him down into the Cimmerian gloom.
We have heard from his own Wps an ac
count of his desccut. Occasionally masses
of earth and rock went whizzing past, but
nonestruck him. Thirty orforty feet from tiie
top, he saw a ledge, from which, as lie judg
ed by appearances, two or three avenues led
off in different directions. About a hundred
feel from the top, a cataract from the side of
the pit went rushing down the abyss, and aS<
lie. descended the side of the,. falling water,
and in the midst oFthe spray,Tie felt some
apprehension that his light would bo extin
guished, but his care prevented this, lie
was landed at the b< ttom of the pit, a hun
dred and ninety feet from the top. lie found
it almost perfectly circular, about 18 feet in
diameter, with a small opening at-tlie point,
leading to n. fine chamber of 110 great extent,
lie foundon the floor, beautiful specimens of
black silex, of immense size, vastly larger,
than were ever discovered in any other part
of the Mammoth Cave, and also a multitude
of exquisite formations, as white ns
virgin snow. Making himself heard, with
great effort, by his friends, he at length ask
ed them to pull him partly up, intending to
stop on the way and explore a cave that lie
had observed, opening about forty feet above
the bottom of the pit. Reaching the mouth
of that cave, he swung himself, with much
exertion, into it. and holding the end of the
rope in his hand, lie incautiously let it go and
it swung apparently beyond his reach. The
situation was a fearful one, aud his friends
above could do nothing for him. Soon, how
ever, lie made a hook of the end of his lamp,
and by extending himself as far over the
verge as possible without falling, ho succeed
ed iu securing the rope. Fastening it to a
rock, lie followed tho avenue 150 or 200
yards, to a point where lie found it blocked
by an impassable- avalanche of rock and
earth. Returning to the mouth of tho ave
nue, lie Ntcheld an almost exactly similar
mouth of another on the opposite side of the
pit, but not being able to swing himself .into
it, he fastehed tho rope around his body,
suspended himself again over the abyss, and
shouted to his friends to raise him to the top.
The pull was an exceedingly severe one, and
the rope being ill adjusted around his body,
gave him tlie most excruciating pain. But
soon his pain was forgotten in anew and
dreadful peril. When he was 90 feet from
the mouth of the pit, and 100 from the bot
tom, swaying and swinging ,in mid-air, ho
heard rapid and excited words of horror and
alarm above, and soon learned that tho rope
by which lie was upheld had taken firo from
the friction of the timber over which it pass
ed. Several moments of awful suspense to
those above, and still more aw ful to him be
low-, ensued: To them and him a fatal’and
instant catastrophe seemed inevitable. But
the fire was extinguished with a bottle of
water belonging to himself, and then tlie
party above, though exhausted by their la
bors, succeeded in drawing him to the top. —
lie was ag,calm and self-possessed as, upon
liis entrance into-tiic'pit, hut all of his com
panions, overcome by fatigue, sank downup
-011 the ground, aud his friend, Rrofcssot
Wright, from over-exertion and excitement*,
fainted and for a time remained insensible.
The young adventuter left his name carv
ed in the depths of the Maelstrom—the name
of the first and'only persou that ever gazed
upon its mysteries.
When am dat great race to come off dat
dar is so much talk about ?’?
“ What great race, Clopn ? I haven’t heard
ob Any great ra,co.'>y4 ..
“ lie libtnan race, do great human race dat
is to come off afore long.” J
jggslj., . * 1 ■
A passenger out in one of the late steam
ers, says: “ The Frenchman’s story seems
to mb expressive. One morning the cabin
boy - came for bis boots. ‘Boots,’ Feebly
sounded from Jkb berth, ‘ah, care, you may
: take zem—l shall waut kern nary more.’ ’
A SINGULAR RELIGIOUS KINGDOM IK AFRICA.
In the highlands of Ethiopia, Major Har
ris found a so-called Christian kingdom, a
national estalffjehmcnt dating from the ear
liest ages. lathis church,*saints and an
gels are invoked, the Virgin and St. Michael
are made scarcely subordinate deities, a
crowded calendar of saints receive honors,
and half tlie yenr is composed of fasts* aud
festivals. It enjoins also confession to tlie
priest, whose curse }g dreaded by the people
as the last calamity, while they confidently
roly on the almsgiviug and penances he im
poses as an expiation of sin. Its most ex
traordinary peculiarities are certain usages
and ceremonies, either borrowed from tbo
.lows or retained from the Kthiopic faith.—
TI churches, wliieh generally are small
and mean, resemble precisely tho Jewish
temple; they are divided into three parts;
tho innermost is the holy of holies, and may
bo entered by the priest alone. The service
is in.a dead langnage, and dancing is one of
the ceremonies. They keep in tho same
manner, and with equal strictness, the sev
enth day and the first—tlie Sabbath of the
Jews and tho Lord ’B day of tho Christians.
They observe the Levitical prohibitions as
to unclean auimals; they wash their cups
and plattems as a religious duty ; they will
not oat with Ragan or Moslem, nor tame of
flesh that has not been slain in the naino of
tho Trinity* They practice circumcision,
not asserting it to be obligatory, yet religious
ly imposing it on every Ragan convert to
Christianity. They allow of concubinage.
They are all baptised once every year, com
memorating the baptism of Clirist at the
Epiphany by a religious procession to the
river, into which men, women and children
enter in if pr6miscuouS.ind shameless crowd.
Fasts of extraordinary frequency are observ
ed with unexampled strictnessr two every
week, on Wednesday and Friday, while
reckoning all the holy days together, one en
tire half of the year is thus occupied.—Jew
ish Ch/ronicle.
* From the Independent South,
McALHN’S TRIP TO CHARLESTON.’
v In tlie county of Robeson, in tho State of
North Carolina, there lived in time past, a
man by the name of Brooks, who kopt a
grocery for a number of years, and so had
acquired most of-tlic land around him. This
was mostly pine barrens of small value, but
nevertheless Brooks was looked up to as a
great land bolder and a big man in the neigh
borhood. There was otic tract, however, bo
longing to one Col. Lamar, w-bo lived in
Charleston, that “jammed in upon him so
.strong,” and being withal better in quality
the average of his own domain, that
Brooks lmd long wished to add it to his other
broad acres. Accordingly lie looked around
him and employed, as he expressed it, “ the
smartest man in the neighborhood,” t wit,
one Angus McAlpin, to go to Charleston and
negotiate with Col. Lamar for tho purchase
of this also. Being provided pretty well
with bread, inent and a bottle of pah face,
which ho stored away in a pair of leather
saddle-bags, and like other great Plenipo
tentiaries, being provided with suitable in
structions, Mac, mounted on a piney woods
tacky (named Rosum) hied him off to Charles
ton. The road was rather longer than Brooks
Lad supposed, or his agent was less expedi
tion!', or some bad luck had Happened to him,
or something was tho matter that Angus did
not get back until long after the day Lad
transpired which was fixed for his return.—
Brooks in the meantime had got himself into
a fury of impatience. He kept his eyes
fixed on the Chafleston road— crusty
towards his customers—harsh towards his
wife aud children, and scarcely eat or slept
tor several days and nights { for he had set
his whole soul upon buying tho Lamar
land. One day, however, Angus was descried
slowly and sadly weeding his way up the
long stretch of sandy road that
tlie grocery. Brooks went out to meet him,
and without further ccremory, he accosted
him :
“ Weil Mac, have you got the land ?”
‘The agent, in whose taco was anything
but sunshine, replied somewhat gruffly that
“ lie might let a body get down from his
horse before he put at him with questions of
business.”
But-Broo'ks was in a fever of anxiety, and
repeated the question:
“ Did you get HI”
“ l’stiaw, now Brooks, don’t press upon a
body in this uncivil way. It is a long story
and I must have time.”-
Brooks still urged and Mac still parried
(lie quostion till they got into the houso.
“ Now, surely,” thought Brooks, “ 110 will
tell me.” But Mac was not quite ready.
“ Brooks,” said he, “ have you any thing
to drink?”
“To be sure I have,” said Brooks, and
immediately had-some of his best forthcom
ing. Having moistened his clay, Mac took
a scat and his employer another. Mac gave
a preliminary liem I Ho then turned sud
denly around to Brooks,- looked him straight
in the eye, and slapped him on the thigh:
“ Brooks,” says he, “ was you over in-
Charleston ?” v „
“ Why you know I never was,” replied
Brooks.’-,
“’Well then Brooks,” says he, “youought
to go there. Tho greatest place upon the
face of tho earth! Thcy’vo got houses
theio on both sides of the road for five miles
at n stretch, and d—n the horse rack all tho
way through ! Brooks, I think I met five
thousamLiieople in <1 minute, aud uota chap
would look at me. They have houses there
on wheels, Brooks ; I saw one with six hors
es hitched on to it, and a big driver with
a long whip, going it like a whirlwind. 1
followed it down the road tor a milo and a
half, and when it stopped I looked, and
what do you think there was in it!—
Nothing but one little woman sitting in one
corner. Well, Brooks, I turned back up the
road, and as 1 was riding along, 1 sees a fan
cyl-looking chap, with long curly hair hang
ing down bis buck, and his boot* as sbiney
as an up-country nigger 1 1 called bint in
to the middle of tho road and asked him a
rcivil (jucstiou—and a civil question,you know
Brooks, calls for a civil answer, all over the
world—l says, says I, “ Stranger, can yon
tell me where Col. Lamar lives !” and what
do yon think was the answer.—” Go to k—4l
youfool r
“ Weil, Brooks, I knocks dong op and
down, and about, until at last 1 finds out
where Col. Lamar lived. I gets down and
bangs away at the door. Presently the door
was opened by as pretty, fine-spoken, well
dressed a'woman ar yon ever treed in your
born daya, Brooks. Bilks! jrilkt tkar every
day, Brooks. Says I, “ Mrs. Lamar, I pre
siunc.madnm,” says I. ;
“ I Mrs. lamar, sir,” ses she.
“Well madam,” says I, “ I bare come all
tire way from North Carolina to see Col.
Lamar—to see a boat baying e tract of land
from him tbat’e np in onr parts.”
“ Col. Lamar has rode out in the country,"*
saya. she, “ bnt will bo back shortly. Como
in, sir, and wait awhile. I’ve no doubt the
Col. will soon return and she had a smile
on that pretty face of her’a that reminded a
body of a spring morning
“ Well, Brooks, I hitched my borae to •
brass thing on the door, and walked in.
” Well, when I got in I sees the floor all
covered over with the nicest looking thing,
picor than any pstched-worked bed-quilt you
ever seed in your life, Brooks. I was trying
to edge along around it, but presently I sees
a big nigger come stepping right over it.—
Thinks I, if that nigger can go it, I can go
it too ; so right over it I goes, and takes my
seat right before a picture, which at first, I
thought was a little man looking in at a win
dow. Well,. Brooks, there I sot waiting and
waiting for Col. Lamar, and at last—he
didn't come, l>ut they began to din
ner. Thinks Ito myself, here’s a sent pc.—
But I made up my mind to tell her, if sho
axed me te eat, —to tell her,, with a genteel
bow, that 1 had no Oceanian to cal. But,
Brookr, she didn't ax mo to eat—sbo axed
me if I’d be so kind as to carve the turkey
for her, and sho did it with one of them smiles
that makes the cold streaks run down the
small of a feller’s back. “ Certainly, mad
am,” says I, and I walks up to the tabic
there was on one side of the turkey a great
big knife as big as a bowieknife, and a fork
with a trigger to it on the other. Well, I
falls to work, and, in the first effort, I sloshed
the gravy about two yards over the whitest
table-cloth you overfeed in your life, Brooks!
Well, I felt the hot steam begin to gather
about my cbeeks and eyes. But I’m not. a
man to back oat for trines, so I makes anoth
er effort, and,Jhe darned Thing took a flight
and lit in Mrs. Lamar’s lap i Well, you see,
Brooks, then I was taken with a blindness,
and. the next thing I remember, I was upon
the hatha, kicking. Well, by this time I bo
gins to think of navigating. So I goes out
and mounts Hosum, Aid puts back tot 1 North
Carolina. Now, Brooks, you don't blame me,
do you 1” • > v
UHCLE JOEufcOUkT.
Joe Bassett was a queer genius—” Uncle
.Toe,” everybody called him—one possessing
but very few of the goods of this world, yet
lie was one of the most useful men in town.
If any one wanted a job of work done, ho
was jnst the man to do it. In short, be Was
the universal “ man Friday,” and for a con
sideration ho would perform any kind of
work which might be called for. lie was a
happy old follow, and as full of fun as an
egg was full of meat, and he would crack
some hard jokes withou Aurting anybody.—
Ho owned a little but over back of the vil
lage, to which was attached a few acres of
good land ; and beside this, ho had a cow,
and some other items of stock. He lived
quite comfortably, and the impression had
gone abroad that he bad managed to lay up
some money.
Capt. Daniel Lobcr, who had recently set
tled in the town, owned a fine pieqc of land
adjoining Uuele Joe's lot, and he was not
long in making himself very disagreeable to
our man Friday. He was proud; selfish and
a little mean, withal. Uncle Joe had some
geese, and ran upon Lober’s land; up
on which the indignant captain threatened
to shoot them if he caught them there again.
Efye’d make yeefence tighter, they
woulAiot get through,” meekly suggested
Uncle Joe.
“ My fence is as tight as the law requires,”
returned the doughty captain; and with that,
he walked away. - •• f ’
So Uncle Joe had to go to work and
tighten the fence, and put large yokes upon
his geese. * v 1
Lober’s next movement was against Joe’s
hens. He swore he would shoot them if they
were not kept off bis lot. _Joe built a hen
house and put his’ feathered bipeds therein,
but it was a sore triat br him, and the people
sympathized with him, though they could not
help him.
One season Capt. Lober plowed np his lot,
some ten acres of it, and sowed it with wheat.
The grain came on finely, and the owner
used to take men ont there to show them bis
grain. It was acknowledged to be,the best
piece of wheat in town. But the captain
was destined to some ill fortune be had pot
thought of ‘This land was at some dataKo
from his dwelling, and when he was busy at
other points, a week or two might paRS with
out his visiting it. One afternoon became
to see his wheat, and when he reached the
edge of the field he stood aghast at the sight
which met bis gaze. The tall, stout grain
was trodden and trampled down over half the
lot, presenting a scene of havoc and destruc
tion truly horrible to And the aston
ished owner was at no loss for the
desolation, for fear the centre of the lot he
saw a horse. It was a gaunt, heavy-built
animal, of a dingy white color, and although
evidontly well stricken in years, yet WesT
pored and frisked about with marvelous spir
it, now cropping a few well-filled wheat
heads, and anon trampling upon the beauti
ful grain as though he were treading the
wine vat. *
I should not date to tell all the oaths which
Capt. Lober then and there poured forth;’
but they were terrible otfes, and the white j
fo.m was opon his lips, as be raved. As seen
as he could collect bis thoughts, be started I
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for Unde Joe’s. He knew that Joe e
have seen the horse in there, for the
mast have been three or four day* at west—
and perhaps the depredator belonged to Joe
Just as the captain reached the read, ha met
Sam Warner. Sam was not a temperance
man, nor did he belong to the church: but
Was a particular friend of Uncle Joe’s, and
didn't think much of Daniel Lober. ’liSfc
bn" Mr ’ iuT * rner ’” Sir J* ftS? ***
Ms!;, white one 1” ‘JL.
“Kind o’ whitish.”
“How old is it!” ~~r
” Wai, taint very old nor very ‘ftUffi&f
but It’s kind •’ shaky round the knees.”
Capt. Lober posted off to Unde Joe’s set,
and found the old, fellow at work about the
“Mr. Bassett,” he said with aw ewfU
meaning, “ do you own a horse!”
“Wal, I rather calkilate hew I do,’Squire,*
h °<Tnd e did you know that your horse had
destroyed more than half my wheat f*
“ Je ru-salem"! dew don’t say so,’Bquiro,”
exclaimed Joe ia terror.
“It is a fact, Sir; and you may settle free
suffer the consequences.” J+Agjrf'f
But, ‘Squire, I really east believe H;
boss is sucii a quiet critter.*
” Are willing to aettl£pMHj|HK|
Captain, madly. .
“ But, ’Squire, n illy, I couldn’t pay you
nothin’—sartin I couldn’t”
” Then you will pay somebody else. Ym
know, very well, that your horse has been In
the field.” •
“ I couldn’t swear that he hadn't—that’s a
fact.” • ■
“That's enough.”
With that the captain walked off. He
went to odo of the assessors, from whom he
learned that Joe owned some two or thnte
hundrod dollars’ worth of property, and then
he wont to a lawyer and had Joe Biiimft
sued, aud setting damages at one hundred
dollars. Tire lawyer tent Joe a letter, bat
tho old man refused to take any notice of ft.
The case waa carried Into Court—Capt, Lo
ber having sworn that he would posh Joe te
the last extremity. 4 . “
The Court was in session, and tbe day for
the trial arrived. The room was crowded,
for whispers had gone abroad, that Joe had
got the boat of it. Finally, the case wuu’
called up, and Lober's counsel made a state
ment of the case which had led to the suit,
enlarging upon the damage which had been
done to lls client's property, and explaining
how little the transgressor seemed to durefor it.
“What is tho defence!”
Nobody seemed to know.
“ Is tlio defendant in court !”
Ail eyes were turned upon Joe, and be
arose.
” Are you the defendant Id this case!” ask
ed the court.
”Mb 1” said Jos with • vacant stare.
“Yea— you.”
“He is, your honor,’* answered Lober’s
resumed.
“ Not’s I knows on,” replied Joe, with *
half stupid and half wickea look.
“ You re probably aware of the reason
why you have been tailed,” pursued the
Court, seeming to pity the man's foolishness.
” 1 s'pose it’s for some kind of complaint
as Capt. Lober’s been making.”
“Exactly,” said Lober’s counsel. “Your
horso has destroyed much property belonging
to my client,”
“ Guess riot, ’Squire,” returned Joe, “cause
that’s on possible. My hoss couldn’t do no
such thing.”
” Whatjdo you mean by that TANARUS”
” Why I liaint got no boss as ie capable off
doing so mueb mischief.” , v i r,
“ You own a horse TANARUS”
“ Why—”WfgfESNfr *■
“Wc want none of your why, l toe owe
ahorse!”
” But I to explain. Capt. Lober, Ims
eome te me a btlen over with wrath and axed
Tb blod * k°*n
aud went off in a heap of pswinn afore X
could explain.”
” But do you deny that your horse fee In
my client’s field 1”
“ It couldn’t a been there unless somebody
pat it there.
“ That’s not the thing. Do yoq ferny ffe|
your horse did the damage!”
* Sartin I do.”
“Yours is a white horael” *
“ Bather a rallerish east, ’Bqtrite,”
“And pom- and old I” * .
“A leetle shaky, I think.”
“Then howJo you know ft wee oof font
horse that did the damage!”
“ Tjut’s just the pint I wanted to osp(f£
sir,” answered Joe with imperturbablemhvity.
” Es anybody axed me this afore 1 comm
up here, I should a told em ell about It.—
ihe fart is, ‘Squire, ! never owned but one
hoss in my life, and never expert to, and that
ere is a taw-hou.”
The Court smiled and bid its feee behind •
book, the Captain’s counsel looked very
blank, and tho Captain himse/f turned Very
red and pale by tarns. In the mean titoo
tho spectators camo near splitting their rides
with laughter. Some tried to repnauutf Joe
for this result; but be was so simple and
honest on the occasion that all blame fell
where it righteously belonged, upon the man
that brought tbe suit. It was 1 uijr fisillj
proved that Joe uever owned a “live boss;*’
aud be was sent about his
It was a small affair, perhaps, but it made
a great noise; and so hot and heavy were
the various remarks that came showering
down upon Daniel Lober, that in lets than a
month b* waa glad to sell out end move.
wandflrpd about without finx ©f bmaw Jy
shoulder*