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accomodation train-inward.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. s/ JOHNSON,
Atlornej* At I^mw,
CA LllO UN , (I E 0 R GIA.
p&r Office in Southeast corner of the
Court Douse.
Aug 11 1 If
I c iaiN. JOS. M’CONNELL.
fain and McConnell,
Attorneys at Law,
CA LllO UN, GEOR GIA.
HrfT Office in the Court lloii3C.
A u g 11 1 ff
K. M. TARVER,
Attorney at Law,
CA LHO UN ; GE OR GJA.
Office in the Court House.
Aug 11 1 If
w. j. cantrellT
AUorn<\v At Lhav.
CALHOUN, GiORGIA.
WILL Practice in the Cherokee Circuit,
in U. S. District Court, Northern Dis
trict of Georgia, (at. Atlanta): and in the Su
prame Court of the State of Georgia.
E. j. KIKfeR,
Attorney at Law,
CA LUO VS, GEORGIA.
[tj'tr* at the Old Stand of Cantrell .J - Kiker. J
117 ILL practice in all the Courts of the
vT Cherokee Circuit: Supremo Court of
Georgia, and the United States District Court
•t Atlanta, Ga. augl9’7oly
Bov- A. Martin,
A TTORNEY AT LA W,
DAIILONF.GA, - - - GEO.
Nov 10 1870 ts
RUFE WALDO THORNTON,
DENTIST,
Calhoun, - - - G, q igia.
Thankful for 'ormer patronage, solicits
a continuance J the same.
Office at Residence. sepls
DR. D G. HUSyf,
Physician and Druggist,
CALHOUN ; GA.
]%eAV i>lHiiciyeiut*ui.
AALHOUpOTEL.
E. R. SASSEEN,
[Formerly of Atlanta, Ga .]
I JESPKCTFIILfcy announces to the travel
-11 ling puLiio, tffiat Ho baa refurnished and
refitted the above hotel, and is now ready to
fi-ccomtuodate all who may stop with him.
hates moderate; and table furnished with
bis best the market affords.
Gtlhoon.’Ga.. August ]9tk, 1870—ts
07 TINSLEY.
WATCH-MAKER
- * —-
JEWELER,
CALJIOVX, : : : : GEORGIA.
Ahb styles of Clocks, Watohes and Jewelry
neatly repaired and warranted.
_ n »gl9’7otf
Calhoun
T SALE AND
LIVERY STABLE!
R. lIOAZ,
K F STOCK, and Vehicles to
paredT aud is at all limc * Pre
-1 e 1 t 0 Ornish any kind of
AT S o3lVeyailoo v
rates for cash.
term, l)0n B ht ai ‘d sold on reasonable
anl 1 .ts
ROME ADVERTISEMENTS.
“Home Again.”
J. C. RAWLINS, Prop’r.
CHOICE - HOTEL
BROAD ST., ROME, GA.
Pissengers taken to and from the Depot Free
of Charge. octti 70tf
TENNESSEE HOUSE,
ROM. ', GEORGIA,
J. A. STANSISUIIY, Proprietor.
rIMI B above Hole is located within Twenty
1 Steps o' tha Railroad Platform Baggage
handled free ot Charge. o tfi’7otf
ALBERT G. PITIIER. HENRI H. SMITH.
PITNER & SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail
Grocers & Commission Merchants
AND DEALERS IN
PURE KENTUCKY WHISKIES, &e.
No. 25, Corner Broad A Howard sts.,
ROME, - - GEORGIA.
octO,l 870-1 y
colcloughU
HARKINS &’
GLOVER,
Romo, G-a.,
AI.L (lie attention of dealers to the fact
\J that they have just received the largest
stock of
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, &c.,
ever offered in the Cherokee country, and
can furnish them at exactly New York prices.
Call and be convinced. sept22’7o-ly
Bones, Brown & Cos., I J. &S. Bones & Co.j
Augusta, Ga. ltomc. Ga.
Established 1825. j Established 18G9.
J. &S. BONES & CO.
. ROME, GA.
IMPORTERS
AND
Wholesale Dealers
HARDWARE,
CUTLERY, QUNS, &C.
WILL offer for sale, tlie coming season :
Tons Swedes Iron,
75 Tons “Jcnks” Plow Steel,
A LARGE LOT OF
Imported Cutlery and Files,
Together with a full assortment of GEN
ERAL HARDWARE.
WE are Agents for R. IIOE & CO S. Pat
ent Inserted Tooth Circular Saws; Machine
Belting, Orange Rifle Powder, and Rome
Iron Manufacturing Co's. Merchant Bar Iron
and Nails.
All of above to compete with any House
South. novl7’7o-4m
W. T. ARCHER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
f WlllfHl %
Mattresses, Looking-Glasses,&e.
All of which I am offering at extremely low
prices.
82 Whitehall st., : ATLANTA, GA.
nov!7 70-3 m
J. H. CAVAN,
WHOLESALE AND BF.TAIL DEALER IN
Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars,
So. 11 Granite Block,
Broad Street, - ATLANTA, GA.
AGENT FOR TIIF, SALE OF THE
Celebrated Cincinnati LAGER BEER and ALE
sept 29 For the State of Georgia. 8m
G. 11. & A. W. FORCE,
SIGN OF THE
BIG IRON BOOT,
Whitehall Street, : : : Atlanta. Ga.
IS mid new Goods arriving daily! Gents’
Boo's and Shoes, of Ihe best makes. Indies’
Shoe? Os ail kinds. Bovs. Misses and Children's
Shoes ot every gi-ade sud make.
ItT We are prepared to offer inducements to
Wholesale Trade. - aep»2 ,’7O-ly
BETTKHTOX. FOK1) & ( o,
WHOLESALE DEALER* IN
BRANDIES, WHISKIES,
IViues, Tobaccos, Cigars, &c.,
No. 209. MARKET ST., No, 209.
Cll ATT A NOOG A, TK.W.
0ct18,1870-ly
[ESTABLISHED IS 1855.)
J.O.MATHEWSONj
PRODUCE
COMMISSION MERCHANT
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
eept 22 1870 ly
in ISSO.
T. R. RIPLEY,
Removed to Peachtree Street,
ATLANTA , GEORGIA.
Wholesale Healer in
CROCKERY & GLASSWARES,
AI7ILL duplicate any Bills bought in any
VV Market, to the amount of One Hun
dred Dollars, and upwards, adding Freight.
P. S. All Goods guaranteed as represented
from this Houee. Aug 19 ly
CALHOUN, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1871.
MISCELLANY.
Smith’s Good Luck.
I was always a lucky fellow, and the
most fortunate thing that ever happen
ed me was being born a Smith. Listen :
Three years ago I had just been jilt
ed, and was out of money; that doesn’t
sound lucky; but it was the prelude to
the best of luck. I concluded to go into
the country, down at Blymouth, to my
uncle’s house—partly that the murmurs
of the sea might soothe my inward per
turbation, partly to save a month’s
board.
I stepped on board the early down
train. It was mostly full of silly six
o’clock passengers—mostly men. Tbe
sun was shining on the water, but the
fog was hugging the banks, and cling
ing to the burnished surface of the tide.
I suppose a poet could have made some
thing pretty out of the sight, but I only
wrapped myself closer in my overcoat
and looked sulkily. After awhile I got
to listening to two men who sat behind
me.
“A pretty girl with a fortune isn’t
alw r ays to be had for the asking.”
“ Oh, but the girl isn’t asked. It’s
all arranged by her aunts. She’s shin
ing pretty, but a mere child—not six
teen, I believe. They had another
fellow booked for her, but he died dowm
in New Orleans, of yellow fever, last
fall.”
“And she’s never seen this Smith ?”
“ No, nor they either. The aunt’s
plotted with Mr. Dunbar, the guardian,
and he picked Smith for them, opened
a correspondence, and got Rose to write
a letter or two. Smith professes to be
in love with her letters and picture—
but of course it’s the money—forty
thousand if she marries before she’s
seventeen.
“ If the girl amounts to anything, it’s
a deuced shame!”
“ She does amount to something.—
She has the making of a splendid w7o
man in her; but nobody know T s it, or
cares. They are bent only on saving
the money for her. If she forfeits it,
it goes to some pet charity of her crazy
old grand-father’s. He was always an
old tyrant, and as ere mtric as Satan.
“ You know Smith ?”
“ Only by sight, but I know a chum
of his. Burton, and got the story, with
a copy of the letter of the girl. I’ve
seen her many a time, down on the
shore, always with her dragon aunts.”
“ Where’s the letter ?”
“ I’vo got it here in my w’allet. Now 7
you know the right sort of a man won’t,
have his girl’s letters haw r ked about
among his associates. He let Burton
take this copy, and Burton gave it to
me. Let me see —this is it. Listen :
“ Dear Mr. Smith. —My aunt’s wish
me to reply to your kind letter. Ido
not know what to say. I am not ac
customed to writing to gentlemen; but
must tell you that 1. was sorry to have
Aunt Sophy send you that picture. I
am not near so protty; it flatters me
very much. You are so handsome that
you will want a handsome wife; so I
don’t think you ought to be deceived.
I don’t want to be married; but my
aunts say I must, on account of the
money; and perhaps it may turn out
right. I am very lonely here. I like
to live in a large city, and Aunt Sophy
says you would do everything to please
me.
“Have you any sisters? Will your
mother like me? I always wanted sis
ters, and a mother of my own. I don’t
know what else to tell you, except that
if you love me, I will do whatever you
want me to. Very truly yours.
Rose Rogers.
There were comments upon and a
laughing diseussion of the letter, which
was certainly very unique. But, as w 7 e
rattled along, there w*as a bump, a shock,
the cars stood still, and everybody was
in consternation.
“ We arc off the track—be patient a
very little while,” said the conductor,
as he passed through the car.
But, in consequence of this little ac
cident, it was two o’clock before we got
down in Plymouth. As we swarmed
out upon the platform, I noticed a very
pale young man, not unlike myself in
looks, emerge from the foremost car —
his coat sleeve torn out, and a purple
Ml ~ ~ . 1 • D.T.I
“ If that should be the lover Smith,
now.” I said to myself, “what a plight
he is in !”
He seemed to be very much out of
humor, and beckoned angrily to a hack
man, jumping into a carriage, and de
sired to be taken to the best hotel. Af
ter that, Isaw 7 several other persons,
more or less disordered or bruised by
the accident.
I was leaving the depot. w 7 hen a col
ored coachman bowed before me.
“ Beg pardon, sir—Mr. Smith V*
“ Yes.”
“ Carriage is waiting. Step this w r ay,
sir, if you please.”
I followed him, wondering if indeed
my Uncle had sent up a carriage. It
used to be my aunt’s pet hobby—a ba
rouehe, with the English coat of arms,
which had. indeed, belonged to us, but
had been in disuse since the impover
ishment of Raleigh Smiik, of England.
I wasn’t quite sure what they were, but
believed it was a sword and a helmet
upon a piece of parchment; but it prov
ed to be a pen and a sword against a
palette, which was very appropriate, as
there had been scholars, artists and
military men among our ancestors.
“ All well ?” I asked, good humored
ly‘
“All well,” answered Sambo, with a
grin, shutting the door. Then he look
ed back to say, with another grin :
Ladies very gay this morning.”
If n>y stately aunt and cousins wore
gay, it was certainly worth remarking;
so I laughed a little, and Sambo chuck
led again, and jumped upon his seat.
We rattled through the streets, un
der an arch, up an avenue. Things
began to look strange.
“ Where are we ?” I asked, as Sambo
opened the carriage door. “Do they
live here ?”
“Yes. sir. Here’s Mr. Dunbar, sir.”
At the same moment an elderly gen
tleman rushed out on the terrace to
meet me.
“ Why. Smith, you are wonderfully
late,” he exclaimed, shaking hands with
me.
“ The cars ran off tlio track.” answer
ed J ; and before I could say anything
else, he hustled *he house.
“Everything ready- Hurry with
your toilet and come down. Pity you
trimmed your whiskers so close—it al
ters your appearance very much. Rob
ert, help Mr. Smith to dress. Come in
here, Smith. Hurry, now, tlie ladies
are waiting.”
I found myself in a luxurious dress
ing-room, and a mulatto was respect
fully in attendance. I sat down and
looked at him.
“ What is your name ?”
“Robert sir; will you be so kind as
to hurry, sir? They are waiting on
you.”
I gave him the key to my portman
teau, and resigned myself to my fate,
whatsoever that might be. But things
were very strange.
“ Where is my uncle ?” asked I, as
Robert dexterously arranged my garnet
sleeve buttons.
“Your uncle? Oh. yes, sir,” with a
bad attempt at not smiling; “ he’s with
the ladies, sir.”
“ How long have they lived here ?”
“ Don’t know, sir. I’ve only been
here a day or two There, sir; do you
want anything more ?”
“ No.”
I was arrayed in my best apparel,
and looked well, though my whiskers,
instead of being trimmed, were of early
growth, and had never been of any
length.
I was met at the foot of the stairs by
the irrepressible Mr. Dunbar.
“ It’s all fixed,” said he; “•you’ll be
married at once. I had different ar
rangements made —was going to give
you and Rose a chance to get a little
acquainted; but. that railroad delay
spoiled that. The Rev. Mr. Lawson is
here. Come right along; a Miff upper
lip now.”
He led me into a long reception room.
Some ladies shook hands with me. A
tiny, golden-haired creature was put at
my side. The clergyman married us.
Then there was a chatter of congratula
tions.
One woman, with a horrible scarlet
head-dress, put her hand on my arm
and drew me aside.
« Wh at arrangements have you made
for the trip ?” said she.
“None,” I answered truthfully.
“ But you are going to New York for
a week or two ?”
I thought New York as good a place
to go to as any, if I was expected to go
somewhere, and answered, “Yes.”
“Aunt Sophy,” said a trembling voice
at our elbows, “ what must I do now ?”
“ Run up stairs and put on your trav
eling-dress, child. Your Aunt Marga
ret will assist you.”
It was my wife. She never looked
at me, but ran away again.
Refreshments were circulating. I
tried hard not to go crazy.
Dunbar came to me again.
“All ready, Smith. Carriage is wait
ing. You’ll catch the evening train
with smart driving.”
They hustled me out again, kissed
Rose, and shook hands with rue. and
we two alone were driving pell meil to
the depot.
I bought tickets for New Y ork, gave
Sambo five dollars, and we were off.
Well, we got into New York at mid
night. I took a carriage to the St.
Nicholas Hotel, took rooms, locked the
door, and told my wife all about it.
She looked at me a while with her
great blue eyes, and then said, inno
cently :
“ Well, I don’t know as it makes any
difference.”
After all, what difference did it
maker me at«nevetcri young mmi,
with the bumped forehead, proved to
be the expected Smith, but he didn’t
arrive until half an hour after our de
parture.
Dunbar came after us, raving, hut
there was nothing to be done.
Rose was satisfied, the other wasn’t
hut I imagine he* was a fellow of bad
luck.
A Boy’s Composition on the
Goat. —A goat is stronger than a pig.
and gives milk. He looks at you. So
does the doctor, hut the gout has tour
legs. My goat butted Deacon Tilling
hast in a bad place, and a little calf
would’nt do so. A boy without a father
is an orphan; and if he haint got no
mother he is two orphans. The goat
d< n't give quite as much milk as a cow,
but more than an ox. I saw an ox at a
fair one day with a card tied to his left
ear. and we went in on a family ticket.
Mother picks geese in the summer, and
the goat eats grass, and jumps on a box.
Some folks don't like goats, but as for
me give me a mule with a paint brush
tail. The goat is a useful animal, but
don’t smell as sweet as nice bear’s oil
tor the hair. If I had too much hair I
would wear a wig as Captain Peters does.
I will sell my goat for three dollars, and
go to a circus to see the elephant, which
is bigger as five goats. Father is com
ing home to-morrow, and the baby has
got the croup. —Bad
Under the Alps,
The Mont Cm is Railroad Tunnel Com
pleted — The Alps cut through for 8
Miles—History and Statistics of the
Work—One of the Greatest Enter
prises of Modern Times.
Bordeaux, December 27—A des
patch from Susa announces that the
Alps were piereed through yesterday,
and that the workmen from both ends
of tlie Mont Oenis tunnel joined in con
gratulations upon the completion of the
great work.
THE OLD MONT CENIS RAILROAD.
By the completion of the above great
work railroad communication is secured
between France and Italy, through the
rocky Mont Cenis, a distance of eight
miles from the termini on either side of
the mountain. The tunnel is situated
about fifteen miles from the old Mont
Cenis road, constructed by Nopoleon
for the passage of his army, in 1805, at
a cost of 7,000,000 francs. This road
was thirty miles long and eighteen feet
wide. It served for many years as
the only highway between France and
Italy; but within the last five years a
railway has been built over the ridge,
upon which a steam engine of peculiar
construction slowly drags a single car.
Twenty years ago the idea of piercing
Mont Cenis with a tunnel was first
broached. After a great deal of argu
ment over the feasibility of the work,
France and Italy finally contracted to
take the work jointly.
BEGINNING OF TIIE WORK.
The work begun in 1857. After pa
tient investigation and trials of differ
ent plans, it wa« finally decided to bore
through the side of the mountain from
either end as the only method of pro
ceeding. 'he point of departure on
the French side of the Alps, was the
town of Furneaux. near Modanc, in Sa
voy ; and on the Italian side, the town
of Bardenoche, in the valley of the Do
raripevia. The central summit of the
ridge, beneath which the tunnel was to
be bored, is 11.000 feet above the sea
level. At first the ordinary hand-drill
was used to pierce the rook, and the
solid masses were blasted out with pow
der. This method of operation, which
was kept up on the Italian side until
1801, and on the French side until
186”, would have required upward of
fifty years for the completion of the
work. Accordingly it behooved the
projectors to bethink them of some more
expeditious method of proceeding.—
The use of steam was out of the ques
tion, and the attention of the Italian
engineers was therefore turned to a de
vice for using compressed air as the mo
tive power.
THE MACHINERY USED.
A machine was finally invented and
put into operation which could stand
out-side by one of the streams that came
down from the mountains, and with its
aid force the air through long tubes to
the drilling apparatus. This latter is a
machine which works in a gallery nine
feet square and carries a large number
of perforators, each of which bores a
seperatc hole in the rock. By the com
pressing machine the air is forced into
a reservoir, and thence it passes through
flexible pipes to the cylinders contain
ing the drills of Rie perforating ma
chines. By the opening of a valve each
drill is forced against -the face of the
rock with a force of 200 pounds, turned
slightly and withdrawn. Two hundred
of these blows are given every minute
with each drill, and when holes of the
required depth have been bored, the air
is turned off, and the machine with
drawn a short distance. The holes are
bored in such a way as to converge
slightly between each other so that every
blast will bring down a large mass of
rock. At first powder was used in the
blasting, but there were many obvious
objections to this. As soon as any con
siderable progress had been made, and
subsequently gun-cotton was tried.—
This was afterwards displace by the use
of nitro-glycerine. The rate of prog
ress has varied, of course, with the hard
ness of the rock, and has been from one
and a half to three feet per day.—
Among the incidental appliances em
ployed by the workmen arc a gas-house,
miniature water-works, and machinery
fov cupplying tlicir nwn lungs with air
as well as those of the perforating ma
chinery. Thus the three essentials of
comfortable life—light, air and water—
are received from the outer world by
machinery.
SIZE OF THE BORE.
The tunnel is in the form of a segment
of a cylinder, the bottom being level for
the road bed of the proposed railway.
Tbe height of the arch is 25 feet 7
inches, the width of the tunnel at the
base 25 feet 31 inches, and the width in
the broadest part 26 feet 21 inches
As fast as the rock is blastod out it is
removed, and a party of masons follow
close behind the machinery to complete
the masonry. The work has gone on in
this way day and night for more than a
dozen years, and at last the two gangs of
workmen have met—so we are told by
the telegraph—far beneath the summit
of the Grand Y allon. The progress has
been a little more rapid on the French
than on the Italian side, the average be
ing metres on the former to 53.20
on the latter.
The completion of the frmnel itself has
been achieved three or four months soon
er than was anticipated a year ago,
April. 1871, being the earliest date as
signed for that consummation. It will
require about six months more to com
plete the railroad which is to thread the
tunnel, and make a journey from France
to Italy as easy as that aeross the Ger
man border.
Marriage in Brittany.
There are in country as in town, fwo
marriage ceremonies, the civil and the
religious. The peasantry attach little
or no importance to the first. They go
to the civil marriage in their everyday
clothes, and do not invite their friends
or have any festivities on the occasion
of it. The ceremony is performed bv a
notary in the presence of the parents,
who look upon it as little more than a
formal betrothal. The young couple do
not regard theiHuelves a> married um'.l
after the religious consecration of the
bond. A fortnight, sometimes a month,
intervenes between the two ceremonies.
During the interval the couple return
to their wonted occupations, as though
they had not relinquished the duties or
the position of single life, and mean
while do not see or communicate with
each other. Then comes the omp of
the religious rite, alluring to the sight
and imagination of the excitable peasan
try, with its chants and joyous chimes,
the mysterious veil, the benediction of
rings, the sacrament of bread and wine.
The night before this imposing feast,
the bridegroom busies himself with pre
parations, and sees to it that all is iu
readiness. The musicians from the
nearest town are provided with the best
chamber in his father’s house. Early
on tlie Wedding morning these artists
begin to perform before the door, to re
mind the folk of the approaching event,
and to commence the day with the brisk
harmonies proper to it. Everybody is
dressed in his or her best, the women
especially taking care that their toliets
and drosses shall rival their neighbors.”
The men mount their lusty horses, the
women march on foot, and thus a pro
cession is formed, which proceeds to the
antique little village church. Bride
and bride groom, godfather, godmother,
priest, choir, and beadle, have already
arrived. The audience assembled, the
solemn ceremony goes on. Y T ou would
at once be struck by the simple and
blind devotion of the homely group, as
they stand or kneel below the altar.—
The benediction is pronounced, and
there is a general movement towards the
little sacristy; congratulations, hissings,
and embracings on the way, the priest
as merry and talkative as the rest.—
Meats and wines, provided by the
bridegroom are set out in the sacristy.
It is a temporary refreshment before
returning home. Here the hilarity of
the festival begins to come out. not to
cease for several days. The clergyman,
with a pretty speech, offers the first
glass of wine to the bride, who sips, as
a signal for the rest to drink. The
horses are next brought out before the
church door. The bridegroom is the
first to mount; several of tbe men lift
the bride up behind him. where she sits
sideways, smiling, blushing, and cling
ing to her “ good man’s ” arm. The
other men mount, their wives climbing
up behind them, and so. laughing, jok
ing, singing, screaming, they all jog off
merrily home again. They stop at the
largest open green which the village
affords; and here the traditional wed
ding dance begins. It is a well-known
historical fact that, in classical time, the
and mce was a solemn religious ceremony,
performed on the occasion of sacred
festivals; and especially was it one of
the religious rites attendant upon a
marriage. So the wedding dance, im
mediately after the marriage, is in
Brittany indispensable, and in some sort
completes the rites of the day.
A Tough Goose Story.
There once lived in one of our North
ern towns, not many miles from Conway,
New Hampshire, an eccentric individual
by the name of Fogg, whose name as a
was known for miles around.
Here is one: “ My house was situated
in a glen, some six miles distant from
the stage-road. Betw'fei Conway and
where I lived was a pond six miles in
circumference. It so happened one
time early in the Spring that I had been
out late, and coming home I discovered
a flock of geese as they were just alighting
in the pond. Rising early the next morn
ing, I built my fire in the fire-place, and
taking down the shooting iron, started
for the pond to try my luck. Arriving
on the shore I found to my sorrow that
they were out of gunshot, and to fire at
that distance would he sheer fully.—
While I stood contemplating what to do,
a fox came down to the water’s edge
and stood snuffing the air. My first
thought was to shoot him, but on re
flection I concluded to see what he
would do. he fox in the mean time
entered the water and was swimming
for the geese, which were huddled to
gether about a half mile from the shore
After swimming within a few yards of
them, he suddenly disappeared, and in !
a few moments a goose was drawn under i
the water, when Reynard returned on
his homeward passage, and landed his
burden on the shore; then returning
again brought another, until finally he
got the whole flock; and when he had
brought the last one I shot him. When
I come to pick up the geese, I found
that I had fifty good nice ones, which I
lugged home, together with the fox and
my gun. The old woman had nut got
breakfast quite ready then.”
“But Mr. Fogg, the fox. to capture
the geese, had to swim half a mile for j
each goose ; consequently the f»x swain
fifty miles and the geese averacred six !
pounds apiece, making the sum of three I
hundred pounds, to say nothing of the ;
fox and gun ; the thing was imp- -ssible.” j
“Impossible or not. every word of it is
truth,” exclaimed the old man. “and I
can prove it by more than a dose* of my i
neighbors, to each of whom I gold feath- ■
ers enough to fill a bed!”
Weakness is a greater antogowist to j
virtue than even viee itself.
]N umber *2^.
Bfaf.eit of Lai r.iiTtß.*—Probably
there is net the remotest corner of the
blo« k! voxels oi the body that dx'M not
feel some wavelet from that great eon*
vulsiou. (hearty laughter) shaking the
central man. ’I he blood moves more
lively—probably its chemical, electric,
or vital erudition is distinctly tm dified
—it conveys a diftvfeat impremcE to all
the organs of the body as it visits them
on that particular mystic journey, when
the man is laughing, from what it does
at other times. And so, we doubt not,
a good laugh may lengthen a man’s life,
conveying a distinct stimulus to the vi
tal forces. And the time may come
when physicians,attending more closely
than at present they are apt to do, to
the innumerable subtle influences which
the soul exerts upon its tenement of d«v,
shall prescribe to a torpid patient, "»>
many peals of laughter.”
llow Congressmen Used to Trav
el- —In the olden time, says a Wash
ington correspondent, the wealthy Sena
tors and Representatives used to jonrnev
hither from their homes in their own
carriages, which they thus had for their
own use during the session in this citv
of magnificent distances. Rufus King
used to come with his four bays; the
four iron grays which Jackson drove
from the Hermitage when he was Sena
tor. have never been surpassed; and
Calhoun’s four-in-hand chestnuts, which
brought him and his family from Fort
Hill, were much adiniied. Henry Clay,
when he was at first a member of the
House, rode from Ashland here on a
thoroughbred colt of his own raising,
and it took him longer to get here than
it now docs a California member of
Congress to come by rail from tho
Golden Gate.
M e quote the following impor
tant decision from the Montgomery
Mail, of Sunday: ‘At a recent term of
High Court for Kscambia county, at
Pollard, an important question was deci
ded. It appears that an old sow.eating
corn on the railroad track, collided with
a freight train, result, the train slightly
damaged and the sow defunct. Tho
owner of her porkship brought suit
against the road for killing her. Tho
case was argued long and well, many
knotty points were decided pro and con.
Finally, the sage justice said the whole
question turned on whether the railroad
train was traveling on the sow’s time, or
the sow running on the railroad's time.
Being as how* the sow was on the road’s
time, the owner of her porcine majesty
must pay damages to the road for tres
pass. Court adjourned to the nearest
grocery and “fired up” at the expense
of counsel for the sow.
How many take a wrong view of life,
and waste their energies and destroy
their nervous system in endeavoring to
accumulate wealth, without thinking ( f
the present happiness they are throwing
away. It is not wealth or high station
that makes a man happy. Many of the
most wretched beings on earth are both ;
but it is a radiant, sunny spirit, which
knows how to bear little trials, and en
joy little comforts, and thus extract
happiness from every incident in life.
The 'following coroner's verdict was
returned last week in Calhoun County,
Illinois : ‘ We, the jurys find the desees
ed dead man kum to his dead in the
hands of some unbeknown person, with
an unlauful iron weeping—nnmid an jtx
with a hickory handle; wich unlauful
weeping was used with deadly intent to
kill the aforesaid dead man.
“P. S.—We the aforesaid und under
cigned jurys hopefully believe that the
Ded Man was Beheaded by the said
Ax."
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A learned writer says of books :
“They are masters who instruct us with
out lods or ferules, without wood or an
ger, without bread or money ; If you
approach them they are not asleep ; if
you seek them they do not hide; if you
blunder they do not scold; if you are
ignorant they do not laugh at you.
A Broad Blessing. —A gentleman,
whese custom it was to entertain very
often a circle of friends observed that
one of them was eating something before
grace was asked, aud determined to cure
him. Upon a repetition of the offense,
he said : “For what we are about to re
ceive. and for what James Taylor has
already received, the Lord make us tru
ly thankful."
T
Nice Point op Law.—Last summer
a poor old clergyman and his housekeep
er to whom he had bequeathed quite a
large legacy, were murdered at Chelsea,
near London. A -nice point” ha* arisen
in administering his cstute. The que*-
tion is, which was murdered first? In
the ease of the servant dying before tbe
testator, hdr legacy would have lapsed,
while iif the other event it would fall tt>
her legal representatives.
A Mad Horse.—A ease of madness
in a horse is reported from liuddcrfield.
The animal was first noticed to be un
well, and the follow ing morning was pro
nounced to be rabid. The horse with
his teeth tore oat the manger, and
it as a d»*g would a rat. Upon the re
commendation of a veterinary surgeon,
the horse was shot.
—
Joy flutters past us like a gay and
harmless butterfly, but, unfortunately,
often iays eggs w hich engender devour
ing caterpillars.
Sorrows gather round great souls as
storms do around mountains; but, like
them, they break the storm and purify
the air of the plain leneath them.