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Is. F. WHITE, SUPRRiNTEiNDKNT. ]
soliloquy of a lo \feu
L*Ts see : where am I? This is the
coal I,’m lyin’ on. Howd’d I gel here?
I. (r* ■fleet* ) vea ; I mind now. Was
cornin’ up street —Piet a wheel bairow
Was drunk—cunin’ t'other wav—the
wheel-barrow fell over me, or I fell over
the wheel-harrow. mid one of ns Jell into
the cellar--—don’t mind which now—guess
mu-t been me. I’m a nice man [h cJ
I am—tight, toie. shot, drunk? -Well, 1
can't help d—-’t&'wl my la I
whose fault ’tis. Is i Jones’ fault ? No.
*j.s it ny wife’s fault ? Vtyell it ain’t. Is
rt the wfivel-ba'n'ow’s Galt ? N-o o, Its
whisk} ’s limit- v ho is utt>k\ ? Has
fie a large fitridy? Go l many retail-ns?
All poor I reckon. Think I won t owe
him ay more. I'll nr Ins acquaintance
—l've had that notion quite a spell and
always hated to do it, for fear o’ hm'it.g
stis feelings. I'll do it now, for the <i
quor’s injuring me. It's a spoiling iy
temper.
Sometimes I got maa when I’m drunk
ftod abuse Bets and the brats. It used to
le Lizzie and the children —that's some
time ago; 1 can just n in<i it. When L
came home evenings she used to pul her
arms itutuHri y neck and kiss me and
■vWlme her deal William, When I come
‘hon e now she takes h.-r pipe out of her
mouth, and jitl’s her hair out ol her e\es,
and 10.. ks at me. and says Something like,
4 Bill, you drunken brute, shut the door
attYr you ; we’te cold enough, havin’ no
■fire: ‘ihout lettin’ the snow blow in that
way. Yes she's Be’s uni I’ 1 15ill. now;
-ain't a good Bill nuther. thiqk I’m coun
terfeit, vu>n I pass—a tavern without £et
ting a drink. Don't know what bank I m
on ; latt Sunday 1 was on the river bank,
drunk.
1 stay out pretty late now, sometime*
I’m out all night ; fact is, I'm prettv
Inin h out all over—out of tfrei.ds, out of
pocket, oid at the eltyws and knees, and
‘out iagemisly iliitv, >o IPts says but then
she’s u<* judge J for she's never chan
he-seff. | wdiider why she don’t wear
~&oti*iiolhea; Wy’V goi/#i v
whole ’fault is th<d; ’taint mine, it mu-t
*ie whokey’*.
Sometimes I’m in, ho*ever; Pm in
toxicated now, anil in somebody’s cord
cellar. There’s one good prnciplel’ve
got I won’t go in debt. I neVer could
fio it. There’s one *fmvco it tails gone
-igot tore off I expect, when If* II down
he'e. I’ll have t-> get anew i-ml soon.
A fellow told me the other day Id make
a good sign for n paper mill—if he wasn’t
s nw b.
shut on |or nine days, and l ib afraid it
mon’t.come *ff without teaiin* People
might to respect me mor’n tin y do, fir
Tm in hole y orders. I ain’t a dandy,
though mv clothes Vs pretty gtease
in s'vle. I guess I .tdre this window—but
ter ii pants In hind, the other night wlmit
j set down on ‘he wax in B- n S'bggs’
shop. I’ll have to get it mended lip, or
I’ll catch cold; 1 ain’t veiy stout as it is
though I’m lull in the lace. As the boys
savs I Hi about as fat as a match and as
healthv as the small poJt. M)’ best hat
is btandih’ guard for a wimlplv pane (hat
went out tile ether moinin’, at the ihvit.i
linn of a bdckbat. It’s getting cold down
here; 1 wonder how I’ll get out; 1 ain’t
able to climb. I< I had a diin.k I could
think belter. Let’s see—l hain’t got no
three cents. Wish I Was in a tftvfern. I
could sponge one. When any body
treats. Slid says .* fellers,’ I’ve got too
good manners to rHuse.
Well. I mud leave this, of t|fey’l ar
rest me for an attempt al burglary—l ain’t
come to that yet. Anyh -w, it was the
\vhcel barmw that done the harm, not'me.
An IrEA froM a She^t.. — FeW of the
fair ladies who patronize the present
backward style Ol ‘ loves ol hoiim-ts.’
know the origin of this new sash on. We
cnn tell them. A few months ng > in
Paris, a little curly headed girl was play.
Ing near an osier vender’s store, and hav
ing found a large oyster shell. *he tied it
it on (lie back of her head, and went on
with her play* A fashionable modiste
and a milliner of that gay and inventive
metiopolis, happened to be riding by, no
ticed the coiffeur of the child, and appli
ed the idea at once to anew style of bon*
het, which has crossed the Atlantic, and
has hete given rise to the new definition
of nothing, i. e. that paH of a lady’s hpad
upon wlitch the bonnet ir.
•Tommy, how's all your folk*?’ —
•All well but Growler—he’s gofs the
bowwowel complaint.’
The Spaniards are in Spain.
T Ift B OUO AN.
l HE MANUKAL l UliF, 04V LIQUORS.
A writer in the New’ Ymk Tiibune
a list of the drugs, &.C., used in
the manufacture of I quois—as copied
from “printed recipes which a New
Yotker is distributing through the coun
try to those persons who send him one
and >l!ai bv mail pcm age paid.” They are
as loU<> w s :
To fnfpHt e Whiskey for making Liquors
of various kinds --28 gallons of.whiskey,
I pound mi slacked lime, half pound al.
utn 1 flint sfiiiits of nitre. Stand 21
hours and draw off
Tincture of Kino —! Ulince ol g-.ui,
kino. 1 pint alcohol.
Cognac Brandy. —2B gallons prepared
w hi.-key. 3 gallons fourth pi oof brandy, 4
ounces tincture ul kino 6 ounces spirits
ot wipe Stand 24 lAntrs.
St Croix Rum —2B gallons whiskey,
3 gallons St. Croix turn. 1 ounce oil of
Cara in ay, 4 ounces spirits of nilte. Stand
24 homs.
Jamaica Rum —27 gallons whiskey, 4
gallons Jamaica ruin, I onn£e tincture of
kino, 4 ounces spirits of nitre. Stand 24
hours. %
jYf W England Rum —27 gallons whis
key 3 gallons New England rum, half
gallon alcohol, 3 ounce's liquorice root, 2
ounces ortis root, half ounce Benzoin
flower*-. I ounce spirits (if nitre, £ ounce
ail-pice Aland 24 hours.
Holland Gin. —2B gallons whiskeys 3
gallons Holland gin, 1 dunce oil Juniper,
6 ounces spirits nitre, oil of anniseed to
suit taste. Siiaod £l hours and draw off.
Domestic Brandy —2O gallons whisky,
4 ounces spirits nitre, half ounce Russia
castor, hall gallon alcoh *l. half gallon
fourth proof brandy, 2 pounds loaf sugar.
Stand 24 hours.
Domestic Gin —2O gallons wlii-key. 4
punci-s spirits nitre, half ounce oil of juni
per. ounce of lavender. 2 pounds loaf
sVigai; half gallon alcohol. Stand 24
hour^.
; pomrstic Rum —2o gallons whiskey, 4
ounces spirits mtie. haff ounce oil of cat
avv iv 4 ounces tincture of kino, ijjioupd
of loal sugar, half gallon alcohol. Stand
O • 73
f. SVthcsof different kinds —2B galim;/
vVoikeil cider, "l gallon good brandy, 1
pound of cream ol tartar. 1 quart of milk
to settle it, 5 gallons of the wine you wish
to make. Stand 24 hours and then draw
it off
Madeira Wine —27 gallons cider, 5
gallons whiskev, I pound cream tartar, 1
quail <4 milk to settle it. Stand 21 hours
ar.d then draw it off.
Port Wine —To the above for every
five gallons add £ pound logwood $
ounce gum k.mo; put the same wilh hall
iSHoii cul< r and boil it down to oute pint;
jiraio it and put it in. Stand 24 Uouis.
It would appear from the care and lor
ma ity with which tile preceding list is
piepired and circulated, that the maun
tacmie of suefi liquors is a regular Cnd
established !)U-ine..s. I’tie pfin, pecu.
uiaiilv, rpust tie enormous No ode er
c uitse would knoibing/y take such poison
Oils stuff into his Sfd aoh.
‘ .a
Gone RthHT OVEit It—l have a
i friend whose teaey wit often enlivens the
social ciicle, and >omelimes. also, faith..
Itiily serves the Cause of truth. One
Sabbath mbrnirig, as he from his
house* to church, he met a stranger.(hiv
ing 3 heavily loaded wagon through the
1 town. He turned upon him, stopped,
lilted bo'll hi.* hands, afld stood in a Hag.
;ic attitude, gating upon the ground be
-1 ! neath ;lie vehicle, and exclaimed :
j ‘Tlierc! there! you are going right
ovei it !’
. i The tiflvtifef hastily gathered up (He
- reins, drew in hi-* hotses, came to a dead
s’and and began looking under his wheels,
to see what little innocent child or dog.
i or pig, irik'ht have been ground to a jelly
. hv their weight But seeing nothing he
looked anxiously Up to the man who had
‘>o Hjioularly arrested his progress, and
1 ask’ and: .
■ Over u hit ?’
* The foultd cemmandment!’ was the
quick reply. ‘ Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy.’
It was hard starting fhose whhels again,
and hard hauling that load dll the refit of
the dav.
t*
—■MW—
Pat and Cuff.— ‘An’ <JufT will vti
be afther upping us a little hit of and
song this cold mnrfiih?’ exclaimed a
| son of the Emerald isle to a co-labors
,er in the division and subdivision of
wood. ‘Golly, mussa, I can't sing !’
Can’t sing ? An’ what’s yer ieg stuck
in the tniddle of yer fat for like a bird’s,
if ye can't sing V
This column is full enough.
iiiunfiiiioKi, se. Wcdfiffiay. i'Bs4.
A GooD Old 1 >a|*eY. —A Vjogro
preacher relet ting to Judgment Day.
in his sermon said ; Brothrcn and Sis
ters, in that day. live shall diwide
the sheteolrom de and bress de
Lord wc know whif'Jrficars de wool /'!
.* •* . * - * j
Love cun got along vi h very little |
1 language. Iwo squeezes nud a’ hug i
: will convey more merging to an ar
dent ’teiVSporamcnt tiiab the whole five,
books Os Moses.’ 1 4*
Advice And Appl!c • 110 N .—A chap-;
lin- 3jKso chh:c pce&nkm
collegians about the (oimotion of hab
its.’ ’Gentlemen, said he, ‘close your
ears against bad discourses’ The
scholars immediately dapped their
hands to their ears—the parson sloped. ,
A bachelor friend of ours, passing up!
the street yesterday, picked up a thim
ble. He stood for n jrtou.epl medita
ting on the probable
pressing it to his lips he said /./
‘t4h, that it were the the
wearer.’ |
Just ns he had finished, n big fat, ug
yl, black wench, whosefoTnee would
have put midnight tb looked out
of an upper w'mclovv’Hnd said :
‘Boss, jus please to w dat fimbte
in the entry, 1 jts (ffkjb it !’
Our friend fainted.
How A Man’s Wife Came Home
Drunk.—‘lsa man and wife both one ?’
asked tne wife of a certain gentleman
in a state of stupefaction its she wa&
holding his aching head in both hand's.
‘Yes 1 suppose sb,’ was the reply.—
‘Well then.’ sfiid she, T came home
drtlrik last night, and ought to be a
shamc'l ol myself.’
The husband eompriehentied the
meaning of the question, and his wife
dill not come home drunk any more.—
A Very loquitei v oiiS 1 uly once offered
to hot her husband fifty dollars that
she would nut spe-.k-a word for a week.
the money : npoh which the lady
put it into her pocket, observing very
gravely, that she woald seeutO it on*
til the wager was deci led. ‘Zounds,
madam !’ said the hi ‘l’ve won
it already.* You ha re mistaken the
time,’ said the lady; I mean the week
after 1 am hurried.
A Dutchman's O union of A Rai
ny Night.— Veil la ht Eridny night
vaslt de vors ash neter vash. I lotiglti
to go down the hill l* mins house, but
no sooner 1 did valk den de faster I
stands still, for de and; rkrteSs vas So tick
’ diit I could not stii i mil mine boots,
and de raid, (hinder and blixudl, in
morti dt-n tree rhinijtes mine skin vas
. vbi troo to thine do But after von
leetle vile it stopped Ruining to rain
somelhing ;s * 1 krpj felling ov mine
sell all de vay alone —and y en I come
to tniuc ow n house o valk in, vat you
link ?—Aline Got! it belong lb sotite
bodv else !’
*
A picture looks best surrounded by
rt frame—a‘ woman,surroutlded by Her
family. I
A bluff county fa mer meeting the
• pariion of the parish In a bye-Inrie, and
• not giving him the ay so readily as
he expected, the pat son, with ori erect
1 chest, told him ‘he v as better fed than
taught.’—‘Very true indeed, sir,’ said
the farmer‘for you “reach me, and t
feed myself.’
1• ’ -
Boakdinc Schools.—An accom
plished Miss ort returning to her fath**
er’s house, after haviilg been one quar**
’ thr at a boarding school, quite shock*
fed her brother, whose language and
ideas were rather unsophisticated,
with her refined expressions.
•1 declare.* said he one day, to his
father,‘our Sally has|ot to be so ltrn-’
ed tliat I can’t unders aitd above half’
r what she says : ‘twas only this morn -1
ing that she stuck a port to tutor, and j
called treacle molassei .
\ - [
An exchange says tlfere is a marl in j
Indiana s > thin that wfcon the sheriff,
is after him he or.-dls info his rifle and
■ j watches his adversary tfiroug the touch
hole. Old Mrs Partington says she
does'ut believe a word of it. 4
To keep skippers out of bacon in
the summer—eat your meat early in
the spring. We never knew it to fail.
f FANN¥--vfe E7?lj % CITJSI). -A U 4HU*
! V .il^ 1 L’ % n ’ * “ ‘
by 1} Ask them if Ft rn Leaves* show
that 1 do not love my country ? John*
ny, deaV. ! was raised ill the country,
not far from a spot called Bunker Hill,
j where, if I remember right, you ohye
received a shot, flow it came to hit
vou in the buck, is best known to your
self.’ WlHPlNiiip
Not iconicnl with this shot, the in*
censed little woman rates Bull about
hli, war policy after this fashion
‘And then there is Kossuth’s Shef
field expose of your miserable, shuf
fling, pus-y-cat war policy —despatch-
ing >our armies just in time to be too
late for action, and allowing your fleets
,to hover about points from winch Rus
sia cannot be vitally menaced, instead
of shaking them all out of their boots,
as you, ought, and ns we did you John
ny, after that little tea party i before
alluded to.’ y
If Funny's nails .ird as sharp aS her
pen/ w hat a blessed time her next bus* j
band w ill have of tt.
Beautiful lueA. —lt cnnndt lie that,
earth is man's ivhtdding pldce, lt*cin* j
not be that our life is cast up by a mo- j
ihent bo its waves and sink lo noth- ‘
ingness ! Else whyis it the glorious J
aspirations which leap like angels from
\be temple ol onr hearts, are forever
wandering about unsatisfied ! Why
it that the rainbdw and the cloud
| Bpnrt a*aae4As AFiibtivJieauty that i-i UfU
of earth, then pass on arid leave us to
mu-e upon their faded loveliness?—,
Why is it that the stars which hold;
their festivals around the midnight
throne, are set above the grasp of our
limited faculties, forever mocking, Us
with their unapproachable glory ? -
And finally, why is it the bright forms
of human beauty ary presented to our
view sind then taken from us, leaving
the thousand streams of mir affections
to flow back in Alpine torrents upon
the heart? We are born for higher
worlds than that of the earth—-there
is a .rerilm where rainbows never fade
there the stars will be out before us,
like islets that slumber on the ocean ;
and vvlietethe beings that pass before
us like shalbws will stay in our pres*
cnee forever.
crops anTTwe\ther.
fttfe fcufiula (Aia ) Spirit of the South
thinks the cotton crop has been ’irrepar
ably injured and must be very short in
that vicinity.” In that paper we find the
following paragraph:
We can no longer complain of drought.
We haVe pissed from one extreme tn the
other, and aie as thankful now for sun
shine as we would li3Ve been some weeks
ago for refreshing showers. Indeed,
there is a strong piobability that rain will
complete the ruin of the cotton crop,
which the warit of it fetimmenced. Ori
some plantations we hear complaints of
boll worms; white on others, the rust is
doing immense damage. It is universal
J ly conceded, that the crop has been irre
parably injured, and must be very short.
The Weather, Crops &.c —Since
our last issue we have had generally
throughout tli county abundant rains, and
the prospect is now flatleiing. that the in
jury to the corn crop (which in some sec
tions of the country was as great as that
by the drought last year) may he counter
balanced by a hesfvy pea, potatoe and
j turnip crop. Cotton looks well and al
fho ugh the weed is generally smaller than
j usual, there is little doubt of an average
| yield Saundersvi/le Georgian 22rf.
I Hogs. —The Loiiisville Journal notes
’ offers to sell two to tour thousand hogs
to be delivered in December, at three;
and a half cents per pound, nett, but}
there are no buyers at this price. The (
butchers are paying three and a quarter (
cents gross for fat hogs. i
OOrn is very much improved by the
recent rains. We have met many friends
[ vojl. a—so. m.
,J L f h fn la.”** # Hat rm-
neighborhood is becoming aierming.—
iThe optato crop is likely to prove k fotttl
Ytnbfe and ths- 2~*ile *r
ly for food and water.
Crops and Weather.—Qur exchan
ges both most parts of tho State, says the
Claiborne (Ala ) Southerner, bring UstfU*.
favourable accounts of the crops, caused
bv drouth. In this county there are im
ilar complaints, and have sustained
serious injury from want of rain, especial*
ly in the upper portion of it. C'tipihus
showers fell here on Thutsdajr evening,
but we fear too bite to benefit a great
deal of the cotton, even if they were gen
eral. ■■ ‘
The Butler (Ala ) Standard aaya:
We are sorry to learn from a great mi
ny of the farmers in this {isM of the coon*
try that the cotton crop is being material
ly injured lor the want of rain. Thfc
forms, they sav, are tailing oft more rap;
idly than they have-ever known. In ad
dition to this the bull worth has made its
appearance in many places, and is doing
considerable damage.
Since the abbve. was put in type we
have had several reffe’sbing showers of
rain ; and we learn that on last
a severe storm passed .through the north,
ern part ot this county, doing coosidera*
! ble damage to the cropS.
Crops In Michigan. Detroit
Tribune says:
< “Accounts from all parts of the Stitift
that teach us thrqugh private chiHheli
arid out exchanges, unite in saying that
the present harvest is one of the best evelr
khfwn in the State. Wheat, in Sljine I'd
calitiesinay not quite cortie bp to the
-'xirstfk-, kMv Ia -
and oats never looked better.”
| Drought and Frosi tti J\few Hurfspshire;
—A letter in the Boston Traveller, dated
Dartmouth College, August 12, speaks cl
the drought ih that region as
dented, and adds:
In consequence, all the ground is parch*
ed up. end without a particle of moistufe
to the depth of two ftHuch of4K ;
corn is entirely ruined, and without spec*
dy rain, not only alt the corn. b.uj the
tatoes too, will be n total loss. Tp com
plete the adverse series, on the morning
of the 9 h we were vUited with a froat,
w hich killed off much of the buckwheat
crops, and touched corn in sdthe placet;
On a bridge over a neighboring brdok,
the host was scraped up in hands full,
like snow. So early a frost is a thing al
most unheard of up here. The last frost
previous was on June first.
The Crops in Indiana.—The follow*
ing is an extract of a letter from a gentle
man in Covington, Indiana, to a merchs
ant in N. Orleans, dated the Ist inst; .
“ We have had intensely hdt Weather
here of late ; indeed, such long continu
ed drouth, beginning so early in the seiU
son, was hardly ever known in this re
gion before. All the fields are burnt,'and
flft.'farmers- sav they are riot going to’
iaise any corn at all.”
, The Cassville (Ga.) Standard, rif tbli
18th, says: ,
The weatfhei- Has been very pleasant,
with occasional showers of rain, for and
week or ten days past, and crops io this
immediate neighborhood, and in soraij
other portions of trie county, are in fine
growing condition. In several ol thei
districts, however, there has been no fatqf
for eight or nine week*, and there is ei
eiy possAulity of an entire failure Iri the
corn and cotton crops. ‘ % “
VVe have had soirie heavy show
ers of rain lately, which will do much
towards rescuscitating the shrivelling and
dropping corn crops. Not much more
than a half cfop, fioWever, will be gath*
ered in this section, in consequence of
the late excessive drouth.— iirgiis, CiH*
ire, Cherokee co., Ala.
A person called (Japt. Donald, es the
Gray Eagle, was arrested in f*hil*delphiif
on Saturday morning:, and takiri befmrii
the United States Commissioner, charged
with having landed 600 slaves et Cab*.
One of the witnesses, a boy, seems to
make out a clear case against him.
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