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THE WEST POINT OBSERVER.
VOLUME I.
Ibj Joi.it (timber.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
W. L. 11AKI11 SON ...S. B. B.MITH.
H&HBXSOH & SMITH,
A ttor noy« nt Xj a w
—AKjP—
SOLICITOUS IX CHANCERY,
WEST POIN’T, OA.
tVSpccial attention given to Collections. der?l
Dlt. B. F. OAUDXEU,
(rOKXKItLY OF It At.EIGH, N. C.,)
offers hi* Professional Service to
the citizens of West Point, and surrounding conn
trv. Offica at his Residence on East aide of Klver. YMll*
left at the Drug Store of J. J.Crawford will be promptly
answered. dee.il— ,Im*
WA i CiiMAKSR & EWELLiijR,
AT THE POST OFFICE,
Wo«t Foint, ca-n-.
WATCTIEs. ODOURS, JEWELRY. Ac , earcfnlljr
Repaired and Warranted. noytßtf
ni \TAL \OTItI3.
IV I - fiEO - McKMIANEY. liarlna
r t * * loe.ited in Polut, respectfully
* IXI lX~y T T tenders hi* professional ev vices to the
town and *tirroundhig country.
Office up -”ur* in the It iburta Bslldinj, opposite Mina
Andrews’ Mlliuery atftre.
octtfhtf *,
SOJIUTHIAtir XLW. a
r np dor signed having located himself in Wrt«t
I lN.im. would very r<\.p.*’t fully inform the people of
M’c*t Poiht and of this portion ol oil., that lie i* »ir«*-
jm*4 t fdf juiUlsur ud any hind
a itel tiding **■**"*► —r
BRICK WORK AND PLASTERING,
81/fLDIKO OF
Sp G HIMN EY S.
WmM- BAKER ’ S OVEN8 '
COOKING BANOS3,
" DP EVERY DESCRIPTION,
OIIMTOTU I'USTEIIIM.
Plans and speeifleations can he furnished, PUKE OF
CHARGE, when work i* given to the -üb:-rrih.-r.
Entire satisfaction is guaranteed, >**•-: of ref •ci <•*
can he given Af required \ny one wishiug ma iui.u ture
brick, w .uld do well to address the undersigned,
who is a practical brick maker
doc-ts THOMAS P. MtrCARTKII.
ISAAC' IMA .MAX
imniN MERCHANT,
Wost d-a.
UrOl’U) respectfully announce tot lie nubile, that h
has now in Store a largo and well a elected stock
LIQUORS Am SEGARS.
Call at the Store of A. B. CROFT *fc CO., and examin
for yourevive*. J.m'Jj-tf.o
SCOTT & BROTH EIIS.
L) KA X E IIS IN COT to n
C OMMI3SION
—AND—
GROCE RY M ERCII ANTS,
BAST SIDS OOJtKR STRUKT,
West Point, Goorgia.
H ave In store and are constantly receiving a large
m:d choice stock of
Groceries,
Grain
ami Provisions,
which they sre 4,t,. rro incd to eotl at the
LOWEST MARKET price.
Our country fricndiwil always ret a Bargain hy
calling In at the
2d Door, Itoborts Sobblo Building.
oct *; iy
WEST POINT, (U„ FRIDAY MARCH 2*2,1867.
SPRING IS COMING.
nr a. j. r.Kqrmt.
1 know it bv the hyacinths
Which now begin to blow.
And Hitting voice* strangely sweet
And tremulously low,
By something purer in the can.
And softer m the air.
And holier In the twilight stars.
That Spring will coon be here.
The nlmnnaes are well enough
For gardeners for eooke-*-
I »• ek flu 1 seasons in the sky.
And find them by the brooks;
I hear thrui on the lvrt e/y hill,
And. in the hollows, see
The token flowers and signC that ipenk
Their mewagtt to'me.
And thus I glean from gleaming isles
(If DQIISet In the West;
From waving* of untiring wings
That w‘ll not go to rest;
From spelts of fragrance spicced afar.
And peeping spears of green.
And silver bugle* t; the wind.
The advent of a Qtt< en.
I know it by tb< hyneinths
Which now bcrlus to blow,
That winter, on ills icy bed,
I* dead, or nearly so
And soon will come with flaxen culrc.
Led by the imlghing hours.
The blue eyed daughter of the Sun,
The glorifying showers 1
HI ist fll ancon s.
Tin- Pain I \oosc. or the I.itst Hours
of a Music Man.
This morning at eleven nml one lmlf
o'clock precisely, an unfiulunate ynmig
man Mr. F.dward l’iekney, underwent the
extreme infiite.ation, t.y expiating Ins i.t
laelunent lo Mi.-s Mary Ann l.ale, in front
of the altar railing of S Cliurcli.
It will be in tlio recalled ion of nil those
friends of the party wlm «cre at .Lnc-»’ two.
years ago, that Mr. Picknev was there nut
then first introduced t<• Mss Ca'e, to wh an
ho instantly began to direct particular at
toil troll - dancing wish ler no b s« than six
sets that evening, and Inn ding her
at supper- in (lie most deio',#.l -Ttintititr.—
From llial perio I coaimcimed tin- iiilijpaey
ho!ween them which termhiHfed pi tliis
mornino.s catastrophe.
l’oor I’iekiley had barely nttainwl his
uventj-r.iglit, yoar, but there is no belief
(hat Int for a peiamiary nalure
his single life would have conn- to an nti
lime iy eml. A etiange for the better, how
having oecnred in ibis eiie.tiinstrni-i s,,
the young lady's friends were indm-cd to
sanction his yd<k«»ses, and thus I e .anm
accessories to the eoiirso lor whieli he had
jnsi snliered.
Tlio unhappy young man passed thclAM
night of his haeheho existence in h.'s soli
tary chamber. Fivni halt past Sto Iff he
wa* engaged in writing letters. Shortly
after his younger hiother, Henry, knocked
at ihe door, when tl(,e doomisj youth told
to come in.
On being asked when lie went to go to
lied, lie replied “not y.o ’’
tin'll -pm •To'lliltt,'-how lie Diooght he
would sleep? To which lie answi-red, “I
don’t know.'’ lie then expressed his desire
Tir a cigar and.a glass ot grog II s broth
cr, who partook of the 1 kc. refreshments,
now dem oided it he would take any thing
more that night, lie said ‘-nothing” in a
firm voice. Uis iilfeeti male brother tlum
rose to take his leave, when the devoted
and considerately advised him to take- care
of Jiimself.
IVeeisely a quarter of a minute to 7 tin
iiinft. morning, the victim of Cupid, having
keen called, ace'irding to his desire, lie
arose and dressed himself He had tin-sell
conlro’e to shave hitnsell, without the slight
est injury, for not even a scratch up on his
chin appeared after the operation
It. would v ein trial he devoted a longer
time hail us al to his toilet.
the wieleln and mail was elfin and in a light
blue dress coat willi frosted bullous a
white ve t ami nankeen trows.*.-', with p-i
--lent bools. He w. re round liis m elt a v.i
rieg alcd satin sear!'which partly e - n-.-al-d
the earra.-zo of the bosom. In front of tin.-
scarf was insetted a breastpin of eonspicii
otis dimensions.
Having descended ibo sinnvasn with a
quick Step he r-ntenal the apartment where
his hr..llier and sister, and -a lew friends
awaited him h4e then slnufi; hands stfft
.dially villi all present, and on being asked
how- he slept, answered, “very well.”
And to the furl her demanded as In the
st st e of liis-mind, he said_tli -t he ‘'fell hap
py.” *
O c of the party hereupon sngg-esieil
that it would tie; as well to take something
before the melancholy ee enmity was gone
through; ho exclaimed with some emphasis;
“Decidedly !” Breakfast was accordingly
served, when he ate a French roll large
round toast, two sausages, and drank three
great breakfast cups of tea. In reply to
tin expression of astonishment on tin* part
of a person present, he declared that lie nev
er felt happier in his life.
Uis brother then inqu red if ho could do
anything for him, when he said lie would,
take a class of ale. Having drank this he
appetkre I to he satisfied.
The fatal moment now approached. He
devoted the remaining portion of his time
to distributing those little articles lie would
no longer want. To one he gave liis ci
gar case, to another liis tobacco stopper,
and charged his brother Henry with his
latch kt-v, with irisurections to deliver it,
after all was >ver, With duo solemnity to
the landlady. The clock at length struck
eleven, and at the anie moment lie was in
formed that a tab was a the door. Hu
merely said, “1 am ready,” and allowed
himself to bo^conducted to the vehicle, in
to which he got with liis brother, his oth
er friends following on behind in others.
Arriving at the tragical spot, a short
hut anxious delay of some moments took
place, after which they were joined by the
lady and her friends. Little was said on
either side, hut Miss Gale, with customary
decorum, shed tears.
Pickneyjendcavored to preserve decomm,
but a slight,twitching in liis mouth and eye
brows proclaimed liis inward agitation.
All necossnn preliminaries having now
been settled, and the preseiibed necessary
formalities gone throiiiih, the usual ques
tion wan put: ''77111111011 have this wo
man lo 1 e thv wife!”
“I will.”
From tlm Colmnbu* Time*.
How the \ iigitiiu Gentleman Meets
tlse Situation.
If there he amongst our readers nti ad
mircr nml snppi.rtei of the late movement
of Kx (ioVi rnor Brown, we commend to
his perusal end consideration, the follow
ing extract from (lie speech of Mr. Bald
win, late Sjn-aker of the 7 ir-.inia House
!of Delegate, which we find in the ltieh
moml I fispatvii:
I As lam about to quit forever all connect
i lion with public life and all participation,
in the Conduct of public affairs, 1 may lap
permitted to say that I have never been a
politician ftom any pivlei-enee of inclina
tion for that kind of life. Nix years ago 1
left the profession of my choice ami to
which my life had been devoted, and at
the instance of friends and neighbors, and
with an earnest iiurpose to tender sendee
in a tiiutt of pul.lie peril, I cam,, into pub
lie life a. a member of the Virginia (Jon
nantion. From that time to the present 1
| have, in some capacity or oilier, been con
stantly laboring in the public service, and
I have seen as many and as striking in
stancas of the mutations which attend hu
man atfairs as ordinarily fall under the ob
servation of nnyagtan in a similar period.
77 hyu I look back ever my experiences
of public life and of public affairs, when I
remember the nstjjß if ion of the country
six yems ago, ami tltipkof wh«t it is now,
I find tint from tli« Ijgguinmg every cause
|, sp;iisg(l was" losi, every put pose tor
wlii.lt I lab'-fed was defeated, and every
bo-pet cherished finf-Tcen disappointed.—
And yet I aln" w ithout consolation and
support when I remember that I espoused
no cause that I did not believe to he just,
and that I labored and hoped, through good
and through evil report, as became an
honest man a Virginia genth-inmi. lam
proud to know that the people whom 1
have represented have from the beginning,
and under nil the trying eiieunistauces
through which we have passed, upheld me
wilia a generous and atlectionate confidetn o
which has known no variableness or shad
ow of turning, and iliaimy eo laborers in
this nsieiuhlv hear witness to the integrity
and tidJlSx with w h:eli 1 have hot lie my
self in Republic service.
Fnder the new order of things now
about to he inaugurate I, 1 goto my home,
not only prohibited from cogging in the
■ ■ 1 lira, Store o, -o
tmT irenit-a trio pTtVilpjfw of voice or vote
in the selection of those who are to hoar
rule among ns. From what Ili .ve already
said, you will understand that personally
I have nothing to regret in such an exelu
sion, ami I would by no means claim that
the public sei vice is likely to sutler any
serious detriment by my with 'raual IV- m
the public councils; hill I may he allowed'
to suggest that to exclude persons by law
from all participation in public, allairs, in a
coiimiunity w here they enjoy and deserve
the confidence and respect of the people,
is. in a Government professing to he tree
and to rest upon public opinion, a capital
mistake, and one which our rulers will
sooner or later discover and understand.
In thus taking leave of you, geiiUFiucu,
I I'e-1 it to he proper as a eouservalivc cil
i/.en,. fiim-ei ely desiring to promote lhe
peace it nil good order ol society, to urge
| upon von as representatives men, e.-
! joy'llg in your in your several counties the
icspect and confide me of the people, the ]
mpo;tanee of coimm-udiug to tlfejn I>_\
: precept and example the duty of patient
I fortitude under the adverse cit'eiinislauees
j l-y which we are now sunouiided, and ol a
submission ns ehcerfullr as may ho to the
[law of the land as expounded mid uil
ministerid hv the constituted mithoritie-.
In our present condition our interest and
our duly alike forbid us to attempt r,-si -
tame to the power* that he, or to encour
age any disturbance of the good order ol
sot- ety. It is not necessary that we shall
approve or assent to measures in regard
to which we are not consulted,
, and as to which wo can have no eot -
i trol; hut it is a high duly which we owe
\io mu selves and to social order, that we
shall so conduct ourselves that it wrong
shall he done w-o will ho able to cull God
and man to w itness that we have had no
hand in it.
It ntiir ho—-it pro!,ably will bo—that wc
shall ho lulled upon lo sutler injustice and
opp'ession. In the attempt to resist them
utir people have exhibited the highest or
der of military heroism and gallantry.—
The anneal to arms has been decided
against ns, and it onlv remains for us to
show that we have tlio highest civic, cour
age to endure and be calm, to seller and
maintain our self respect, and thus to com
mand the respect of others —oven ot those
* who would oppress us.
—1 -
j A Dkmocrat, ill Lowell, Massachusetts,
j lias been proved guilty of making a false
return to th ■ value of his silver. But he
I might to ho excused, for we suppose ho was
afraid to have Butler know li-xv rich lie
I was in spoons.
! A Lorn Tows’.—Tho Memphis Arvbinchc
. says; “Memphis has tho best hotels, ghe
finest stables, the prettiest and best theater'
tho finest looking men and most beautiful
women. Her prestige is greater than any
| city in the South or West. And we reiter
ate that figures will prove that Memphis
i has advanced with more rapid strides than
[any city in the United c tates.”
«4 77 tint 77 *iui«n can do.
Life will soivo her coiiutrv hv a srv-ri
: (lit} l expensive clothing: if she will show
j her yelinosa in homespun; make fashion
le r iye instead of being a slave In fa
j *hn give employ iiienl to our own people,
! a v* done during the war; keep the spin
nut wheel lui/c.ing and cotton Curd* at
jwoi Jn humble homes; buy home matiufa,-
ttireja preference to these boot abroad;
! eet.nl herself <ti being tie U and not gauds;
d:7nll such gitm-racks as aiiifi, ini w.-itei
[IVW-the tasssdled ihiitgamies which go
.-c and the hole cud of s’o, king-, nml what
77 J Dav dsoii cal's “the vei itahle-ovei
defdfll pressure petpetydietllar vibrating
ib ;pi and ealeliptie knee-pins ulna tilta
n ‘.- 1 if s|u- will make up her mind to go
ei fid'[way hack to the war standard; in
to plant corn and fill his
■jp ).-e, -in slmrt, if.sin 1 will hv every
yff nftlbis' Smiti-ffwfffTK stop itm s-p
■ s'n.y that tiow fill Northern cotters with tlio
tS -t art. of their stock ij Hade, the South
e*ti i-oduee a liuaneial eouruhiion, out of
whin peace w ill come.
I Sice tloysurn ml- rof bee’s hrinv, proh-
I ably tw o hundta-d milliiuis of dpllar*, have
heeineot to the North by Ine Sioutlt, an 1
j ifrreYourtfm of that amount lias gone into
I the duels of ottr enemies. 77 have whet
tel to knife that is at iwtr throats, and
| lluijtne lias come when we should stop si
veril.—3/0,7(7e 77#«w.
Tin Duty of n«i I'-i.gUstr LadjN
Mttig.
I <te of these not-to ho-envied persons, a
[nn ijhat may he classed with that of gov
eiloses, lots recently made disclosures
thieving a peculiar light tijYhn the women
-frrjik in “Old Kngland.” “Much is reqoit
•iil fijm us in London,” slit- writ'“Wo
livn'l,above all, he very punctual, for Fa—h
iojifhl* Indies el nngj- their dresses nt least
linx'Slmes |i day dining the season. We
Hitt- have jiolislied manners, he no older
that-55 yeaars, aud always 1m .rhi'erl'u! a nil
go b lempeiud, nit hough for weeks wo are'
key,, wit limit sleep until 4 o’e.lo, k in the
igening -a |uaetiee w hich is equally in ji
j i 100 to eye* ami lungs Wo are expeel-
Itd ti cut and li and use the most improved
in"'-jino, and to dress hair for the morning,
eve ling, and court costume, as well a* t>n
the irive; to iron well, read, write, eypltei;
to*}sjeak French and Gerinan, and, if po-si
hle.Jo have traveled. There is still anolh
(f finetion of a lady's inaal, which is sop
pose I to he of modern introduction, but
wldcli is.jn fact merely a revival of an old
cnaDm. 77'e most he able to paint in pa*
tel,’*ol Hidoe I alter nature, hut Upon her.
To.Jwimtd'y our mistress we must redden
tluddieyks, tmt antimony on the eyelids,
I'. 1 /’F wet/h ' iic-hryw s introdiny hall ei.J.O>S
into*,tie eyes in order to enlarge tho pupils,
ptiift blue veins upon the temples, aud use
iiiuyti paint ami p.-.irl-whuu upon the rest
of (lie skin. W o must change the hair to
a reddish brown by means ot a eoroding
material or of “paliuu veeeltie.” which is
nowi used in preference Inf that puipose:
audAve must he pos.-essed of great skill in
utpplving all these ingreilieiits, as there use
is universal with the old a,s well as tho
young.”
l-’iiruit-ix’ *7'ives.
1 Aid you ever think of tho amount of
thought teunisite to plan three meals a day
for three hundred ami sixty-five days in
succession? lo prepare enough and not too
I inui'li, and for tlio.-o living at a distance I
lioni the vidage to reineniher that the stock
■ 1 dour, sugar, tea, etc., cte., is rnplcnisneil
in due time? Do you e>-er thick of the
mnlYti.de of her c.ircs and duties? She
inust ii-e early 1 to prepare breakfast or
|ovxi>eeit, I’erhaps there : ire elirildren to
[ waYtl|, dress and feed, or getteady for school
. with than.- dinners. There is baking, sw eep
i ing,;dlistiiig, making beds, luneli for tin
men, may tie—dinner and supper to be
'made ready at the proper time—the wash
ing, starching, foldingand ironing of
chillies— the care of milk, inelulihg the
itiTikiug of butter and cheese —and the in
jeviub c washing of-dishes, lit autnuin
there is the additional work ot picking,
pisssorving, eauning of fruit, drying apples,
billing eider, mak ng apple sauce, with the
stili more unpleasant task whieli falls to
her lot al luite.l ering time. Then there is
haying, harvesting, sheep-shearing, etc.,
wiicu more help is needed, bringing un in
. l ease of her labors. Twice a year comes
lion ,a <1 ailing. By the w ay, of all the
I’oesitlie housekeeper lias to contend with,
'lb?*'' the greatest. She may gain a com*
j plid IJf ‘"ry, and think to ruposo upon her
. lv.-w- oiler hen semi-amial engagements,
iini ij .-only temporary. The enemy so ui
I returns, and even daily skiruiishilig does
not keep it nt hay. There is the mending,
100. Sew ing mnehims are great blessings,
hut they can’t set in a patch or darn the
i -Lockings. I do not mention these tilings
' fiv way of complaining of women’s lot in
general, or asking lor her any rights
1 whieli -he does not possess. I don’t know
| as there is any remedy in the present state
jof the world. It seems to he one of the
! evils of life which must he borne as we hear
[ other ills—hut what 1 do ask is a duo ap
preciation of the important part that wo
man nets, and a concession that her labors,
mental and ; hysioul, are as great, all things
considered, us those of the other sex. Wo
men are not so childish that a little sym
! pathy now and then, or acknowledgement
I of tlictr efforts and sacrifices, make (beat Im
agine their ease worse than it is. 1 tel!
; von, fneu and husbands, ‘hi doeth good
like medicine.” and many a poor, crushed,
i broken down wife and mother is dying
for want if it.”
Ho who can take advice is sometimes
| superior to him who can’give it.
Sensible.
The Pelma .If, , c-ign- says we don’t vol
unteer advice in this case. It. has been
asked times innumerable since tlm Sher
man Military Bill became n law. Our ad
vice is:
1. To farmers—plant corn, There may
he no market, within our re: i h, fur cotton
next fall and winter, and, if there is a mar
k t the eurren \ tnav he worthless More
over, cotton will invite confiscation, t-r
those who would persecute us beneath the
iron heel of power, oppress us to the death,
are, (if till nti’prs, those* who would h
tempted hv well tilled gin houses. Corn
and moat will not he half so alluring
theie is plenty of both in the North. 77 ith
bread and meat, whatever comes, we will
have the means of sustaining life. 77 e
can't cat cotton. Be quiet, peaceable, pru
dent, just in all dealings with negroes, and,
plant Corn!
2. To men bants ao.l business men- eon
tract on liabilities, lesson credit*, reduce
stacks, quit nulling lit the “luxui.vs,” and
kica a good conscience.
!i. To lawyers -do not encourage lit
igation. eoitil*cl eonioro ni*ox, explain Ihe
laws and urge obedience to thorn as a dtt
tv, a* politicians, he moderate e tiserva
tivc, and firm.
•1 To all men be calm, patient, law
abiding, tompciato in expression, promptly
render unto U.-psar the things th.it are Gas
sai’s, flown down .lie disorderly, the violent
ill? rash and reckless, and leave the eon
sequences with God.
I'ruiidulent Use of Brands or I’lalrs.
77’e im i:e the„allontion to the following
extract from the Internal K.-venuo law,
which inflicts fo.u-re penalties for tho use
of Inspector’s Innud* or pluses:
“That any* peism who sh.tll knowingly
purchase or sell, with inspection maik*
therecn. any i-a-k.gtri paektms af-er the
same has hpetr llfCjil for distiMJ spirits, or
who sdpt{Yh'and Aleut oiit t to erase or oby
BtcgA\« v tlt(t iu-pcetiem marks upon any
sneli fxteleage «V af thi time of outly
ing ihg'samo, shim forfidl and pay the >u-n
of two lie li had dpllars tor every ea-k so
purchased ot used, of on which the marks
are not s > obliterated. And any person
wlm shall with fraudulent intent, ti.-e am
inspector's Lands or p ates upon titty cask
or package containing cr pnrporthig ~ln
contain distilled spirits, or who ahull kn--y
inglv muik or use any co' iitcifeit or spu
rious bl and qr plnte up it any cask or pack
age of distilled spitiis, a* aforesaid, shall
he deemed guilty of a felony, atnjy'ti* e- n
viction thereof, .shall pay a tine <*t nti-- lh"t|
sand.dollars and bo iwpri-on-d for n -t Ie s
than two nor more, than five years, and
. lUiall ttftjL tU I *
shall ho forfeited to the United Status.
Tilt: I'ttors in Tkxas.—Tin 1 Lavaca Com
mrrciiil learns that the Texan farmers have
gone to work, in good earnest, to raise u
e>'op for the cusneiitg year :
“111 tho lower portion of the State, some
land on the large plantations wdi icuri n
idle ; hut in the middle and tipper counties,
a grert deal of new hind will lie put in
cultivation. A great many additional la
borers, both w hile and colored, have been
introduced into tho Semite during the past
winter, and if we have an ordinary ciop
vetir, Texas will produce a* good crop in
1807 ns in any previous year of her history.
NoiertlKUN Tkxas 77 ii;:at then'. — Inc
Dallas Herald, of th-i 23d ult., mentions
very heavy rains, w hich were •ulu ee led
first bv ice, but afterwards I v soil South
ern breeze and a genial son. Tim wheat
is sliooli: g tip rapidly and presents u line
npp -nraece. I'he rains hail put hack corn
planting, but at last accounts everything
was promising.
77’atcii Lost on 1 a Battlt kiki.o —On
the 1 7th of.Line, 1804, when Ben the Bru
tish Bensi of Massachusetts advanced Iron)
Bermuda Hundred Neck towards Beters
htirg, 7’a., a soldier of the Army - 1 North
ern 7’irginia (Confederate) was piericd
with a iiuiset hull and left for dead on t 1 e
field. 77’hilt) in this situation he was rob
bed of a small, double-cased ladies, watch,
detached lever. It oar.it gold, tho lirtmbei
of watch 28,371. It was peculiarly 'til
liable to the loser, who will give ssl) lor
the address of the man w ho first took it. or
$l5O for the recovery of the watch I lie
address of the ge illemati may he obtained
from the editor t.flhe Democrat, La t.’roase,
7Vis. Some Norlheru helv, doubtless, is
now w- aring this watch, the gdt of s lover
or relative. A* she hopes for salvation or
wishes for mercy, lot 10-r yield the present
lo one who values it for old time memories,
hallowed and made seeled by death.
La Crouse Democrat.
The Ckopk.— 77 e had the pleasure of a
call yesterday from one of our intelligent
farmers in tho Upper end of the county,
lie informs ns that the prospects for the
wheat crop are rather had owing to the ex
treme cold (if the past winter. Much of
[ the wheal has been killed by the frost and
| the crop can hardly be very large. Appre
hensions are also felt that the fruit trees
have boon injured. The farmers In that
section have been plowing for the past ten
days and are making preparation* to plant
a much larger quantity of corn and oats
than last year.— Chattanooga Union.
TSkuf. is nearly twenty per cent. less wa
ter in the carcass of a well fatted animal
than in a lean one. Did you ever notice,
as 1 have, how much the lean of poor beef
will dry up in hanging than the lean of
a fat animal; nml according to Brotfessor
7’oelkcr, a lean hog contains eighteen per
cent, more water than a fat one.
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A French faunal sav*: % \\ icnnrkab’e
Ulld pclllftp* 3* I Ml* >**t tltll i. Tied nt : nc:j|»iu:«
is recorded iij v M»* «• 'il n*;i‘iiv <i 1> »r Mir
\u!»o. In IBUO J >•!«* vl* iwil l l then*
l(M* births, ltMidcHths. 'hm! | '.M* uru,Tg< a."
A Ciiu v<;a mi t* r <1 vp>-
peared last summer. and !i'*» \\ i* ol»t;iin*•-1
a divorce. Now In* l».i v t eippcm(‘. 1, saving
1 1 1 'if he "onlv went uwn\ to t iT» Ins w.ie
a lesson.'* As she "is i:::irrir>! i f<*»
week* before his re:urn, if n- probable ho
has learned more of u lesson than she.
A voting Udv, while on ).* r way to be
married, was nm aver slid kdlcd. Ao« n
tiimod old maid savagely |e»mi:k»* i. ‘She
has avoided u more lingering an i humble
destiny.’
A sItOUT r IKM ON * I.ONd S 111 K* f
W.-rr rirweni* **'< ♦**»** Mint lloj-f Ktm lu!d
To t;» kto t-'am y - l.uev .•ar.
We’d hsirvc'i hot'»■ f*« ‘ail« »»f ytlj
A noo of diHinoisU ,-vpry >. ;»r I
“Tin down in the month," -s .1 irih said
when the whale swallowed u m.
It is n g *od sign to «ee a man wiping the
peisp latum from his In e ; it is a had sign
to see a follow wiping li .* mouth as he
eomes out of a cellar.
W’liv is a voting ]ad\ just fnun a hoard*
ing school like a building committee 7 Be*
cause she is re idy to io.cive proposals.
What’s that ? said a schoolmaster* poin
ting to the letter X “Paddy’s name.’’
“No, it isn’t your daddy *s name, \ on block*
head, it's X.’’ he darned it ’t;s. It's
daddy's name, hlowned it it ain’t.l,ve seen
him write it often.”
“Speech is silver, hut tfdence gold.”
Hence the expression, hu-di money. I'unch .
The Memphis !*• st of Saturday “ tvs:
Wharfmaster Wilkins tepoits the Mississip
pi within eighteen inches of dm h gh water
mark of the great tlood of 18rt2, and stead
ily rising.
If you wish to run* a scolding wife,
never fail toTnngli at h**r with all your
might until she closes—then kiss lu*r—
Sure cure.
What kind of fever has a man who in
going to pay his creditors win* live at it
distance? The hiiliotis remittent.
Old Bachelor Sneer would like to know
a hat kind of a broom the young women in
the last new novel um* I when Aim swept
Pack the raven ipiglets from her classic
br*w.‘
yoms writers saws marriage is like eat
ing an ■onion— sued U-ais and Oat
again.
Will'll f* a ms\h neeeessnnfv MHnd
time ? \\ lieff he’s a “weak hack.”
It co«U $1,702 to carry a ton of letters
acmes the Atlantic.
To form an estimate of the beauty us a
bonnetl, put a lace it* it.
The music of a wealthy church in New
Y uk costs moie than a minister's salery.
Wine was made in Florida as early ns
1 204.
Bryant says that the population of
Spain, taken as a whole, is tiic ruggedt ho
ever saw in tne world.
A man advertises in a Cleveland paper
for “a hoy to take chuige of a pair of hor
ses of a religious turn of mind.”
A Nashville paper believes that hy prop
er management, sullieient means can he
raised in a single day to relieve the South.
An Indiana paper says that “Old
orimes” is rml de.nl, hut Mill lives and
centiniues to we n Ins "old grey cod but
toned down before.”
Massachusetts contiihuic.s a pupil t<>
(Jen. Fee’s college in \ irgiuia. lit is the
son of a hardshell old Democrat lawyer
near Boston.
George Forth >dy is going to return to
London in May, to remain luce years,
when he will come back aim make hi« per
manent icaidence at Salem
The Legislature of Illinois has abo’ishel
capital punishment. Ih *y should next
abolish crime. Why in*l ! All tilings are
possible in this ninueeulh cent rv.
A New oileans im. tuber o. tin Lou’ dana
Senate lias lia.l the t nielliy to i»-t od ice a
bill providing lbr the c nup.hvit. *iv cl os tig
of places of amusement on sun lay. All
New Orleans is excited.
There me 2,108 Bapist clergymen in
Great Britain, of whim 201 me without
paM<»rai charge-, and 2d>B2 churches, tho
smallest of which numbers four members,
and the largest, Mr. Spurgeon’s, 3,8‘-M3.
A Houston paper says: “A white wo
man attended atlneitrc l ties lay evening in
the company of one of Atr ca’s noble sons.
The woman is a school teacher, and was
noticed hy many, mid seemed to I + loving
ly affectionate to her ebony colon and oc.urt
Gov. Orr offers a reward of nine him*
dred dollars for die arrest of three desper
ate out laws who has been marauding in
portions of that Slat, for some time past. —
Their names are Brown, Sullivan and Bur
kett, with a half dozen afiiws each. They
have committed several murders, and rob
beries innumerable. *
Tiik Missouri Legislature has refused to
submit to the people the .pioMi.m of »v«pn
ring lawyers and clergymen to take the
test oath.
Bomb of the Radicals in Congress seo.n>
to be alarmed at the enormity of their par
ty schemes and shrink hack with dread
from the proposition to put them into ex
ecution. Delay ia favorably