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The Calhoun Times.
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nviunoADS.
YVt i 'fii & Atlantic.
VIC.HT PA'S '..VOKII Til MX-' OPT A'Ann.
lMfe Athi.it:. rt.tm P. M
\ r ,jv;> at thiih'.un ......11.21 a. m
Arrive at C'"a!m>e o :i i. 2- t-> A. M
day passingcr tuaix —octwab*.
If ,r Atlanta 8 15 A M
Ar i e ill Calhoun 1 9 p * 11
Arrive at (Mialtanoog* 0-o ° v M
ACCOMOD TIOX 1 lIAIN—OUTWARD.
] p vi* Ml iota r M
Ar ri> ■ a 5 -"" ■■ “
NIGHT r fSRXGKR THAW—KWABD.
[ rive (Till tar.o.o'U 7 50 P ¥
A nave at Caller “
11 \y I>,\S KMiKIt TRAIN —INWARD.
I .-a ( h man <> -a t '-"° A * M -
An «ui (' •lb- in h4l a. M
Arrive at Aiiatna 3-00 P. M.
ACCOini ATIOX TRAIN INWARD.
Dahon 200 p m
Aii 'e at Aiiatna •••• 1100 a. m
ROFESStONAL CARDS.
W. S. JOHNSON,
AtX ornoy yVL I ?
CA [JIOUX, GEORGIA.
Oftico in Southeast corner of the
5.10 vt House.
Aug 11 1 ts
/ C F \IN*. J OS. XI COXX KLL.
FAIN AND SeOJNSSLIi,
Aj iorito,vrs cn *->«t’*v 9
cm.?*. > ' x. Georgia.
!' o.l'u' • in t .i j Court House.
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!i. u. TAfeVER,
j'i. ; it ii'iioy ULLs sU"v7*7“ y
m ge '/ ( Li
e-.,» Off. ■ hi thj Court House.
Aug 11 1 ts
. J. ( kXTKEIiLf
(ontoy aVt E^xrw-
C A 1,11 or N, ( ! EOIIGIA.
\yPr.icth ' ill the Cherokee Circuit,
T * in I'. S. District Court, Northern l)is
trie, o ' (buirgla, (at Atlanta); am.l in the Su
fi vine Com - ; of the State of Georgia.
IZ. .1. Klk liu,
Ittorncy nt X-e£v*w 7
CAumrx , cEoiiC'iA.
I'. ■ th Oi l Stand of Can‘reU <j - Ktkn\ J
iril.h practice in all the Courts of the
>? Cii »r.oj ; Supreme Court of
' i* i.l th Unit* I States District Court
a f la ui a. (In. aug*lf)'7oly
Bov. A, XvXnrtiirL,
ATTORNEY AT LA IF,
DAIILONEUA, ... GEO.
Nov 10 1870 ts
Sit \Y. J. REEVES, |
Huvijvon iU Phj/sici(m,
CALHOUN, ... GEORGIA. |
be foii'ii] nt his ofli.-r, in the Brick !
of Boa/., Ssanvtt A: Cos., day i
or night—w'n mi not professionally on "aged.
jan'2t)’7ltf
RUFE WALDO THORNTON,
DEXTIt^T,
Calhoun, - - - G. a kma.
' jUtAXKri’L for 'brinor p'Orrmage solicits
Ia continuance / the same.
Office at Residence. sepl ij.
DR, D .C. HUASfT
Physician and . Druggist,
CALHOUN, GA.
Aew oment!
CALHOUNHOTEL.
E. R. BASSEEN,
[Formerly of Atlanta, Ga.~\
I ) KSI'ECTFULLY announces to the travel
, ' !l1 ? public, that he has refurnished and
1 ' 1 the above hotel, and is ryw ready to
de all who may >* j < with him.
l ‘ l, os moderate; and table furnished with
me best the market affords.
' alhou «, Ga., August 19th, 1870—ts
•I. D. TINSLEY.
WATCH-MAKER
AND
JEWELER.,
A LUO UN, : : . . GEORGIA.
A * M .p ws blocks, Watches and Jewelry
•n, l i(!’-r r ‘ ,l ' airetl * tul warranted.
au gl9 70tf
P il y the'XX 'i' S ° S ' ome ’ Ga -» will always
tfi Product Ulgheßtm aiket ju ice for Couu-
ADVERTISEMENTS.
“Home
J. C. RAWLINS, Prop’r.
CHOICE - HOTEL
r.noAD ST., ItOME, OA.
|* a^i.e nv e -s taken to uud from the Depot F.re
ofCbaige. real STotf
TENNESSEE IIOUSE,
ROME, GEORGIA,
J. A. STANSHUIf Y, Proprietor.
'I OIK above Ho'e is b cased wi'hiu Twenty
S S*e: s o t>i« Railroad IGat orm liig/age
horidk-d free of t'hiiige. o Hi Tot s
.U.DLitT (i. inmEll. JIENRY H. SMITH.
PITNER & SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail
Grocers & Commission Merchants
I’URl'i K EXTUCKV WHISKIES,&c.
No 25, Corner linad A Howhiil vts.,
ROME, - - GEORGIA.
octtl, 1870-1 y
colcloughT”
HARKINS &
GLOVER,
ClALLthe attention of dealers to the fact
) that they have just received the largest
stock of
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, &e.,
ever offered in the Cherokee country, and
can furnish them at exactly New \ oik prices.
Call and be convinced. septi!r2’7o-ly
Bines, Brown & Cos., J. &S, Bones &. Cos..
Augusta, (la. Rome, Ga.
Establixßd 1825. Established 1809.
J. &S. BONES & CO.
HOME, (iA.
I LIT EIXS
AND
Wholesale Dealers
IN
HARDWARE,
CUTLERY, QUHS, SC,
WILL oiler for sale, the coming season :
Tons Swedes Iron,
75 Toil" “Jenk ” Pi -v Steel,
A LARGE LOT OF
Imported Cutlery and Files,
fogother with a full assortment of GEN
GIIAL HARDWARE.
WE arc Agents for 11. HOE CO'S. Pat
ent Inserted Tooth Circular Saws; Machine
belting, Orange ltitle Powder, and Rome
Iron .Manufacturing Co’s. Merchant Bar Iron
and Nails.
All of above to compete with any House
South. nov!7’7o-4m
W. T. ARCHER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
LFEllilllt
M attresses, Lo ok i a g-G I asses, &e.
All of wiiich lam offering at. extremely low
p “ices.
82 Whitehall st., : ATLANTA, GA.
nov 17 70»dm
J, H. CAVAN,
WHOLMSALK AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars,
X'\ 11 Granite Block,
Broad Street, - ATLANTA, GA.
AO i:NT FOR THE SALE OF TilE
Celebrated Cincinnati LAGER BEER and ALE
sept 29 For the State of Georgia. 8m
c. H. k A. W. " Fmi Ej
SIGN OF TIIE
BIG IRON BOOT,
Whitehall Street, : : : Atlanta, Ga.
I>OOTS, Shoes and Ti links, a complete Stock
) and ne.v Goods arriving dully ! Gents’
i■ o's nnd Shoes, of the best makes. Ladies’
Shoes of a 1 kinds. Ho\ s. Misses and Children’s
Shoes o* every grade and make.
I XT' We an- prepared to offer inducements to
a hi,legale Trmle. sept 2 ,’?0-lv
BETTERTON, FORD & Cos.",
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
till IMIS. WHISKIES,
Wines, Tobaccos, Cigars, &c.,
No. 209. MARKET ST., No. 209.
CHATTANOOGA, TKNN.
oct 13,1870-ly
(.ESTABLISHED IX 1855.)
J.O.MATHEWSON,
PRODUCE
COMMISSION MERCHANT
-1 UG LAS TA, GE OR GIA.
sept 22 1870 ly
Established in 1850.
T. R. RIPLEY,
Removed to Peachtree Street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Wholesale Dealer in
CROCKERY & GLASSWARES,
UTJLL duplicate any Bills bought in any
YV Market, to the amount of One Hun
dred Dollars, and upwards, adding Freight.
V. S. All Goods guaranteed as represented
from this House. Aug 19 ly
CALHOUN, (WA., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1871.
R. B. HACKNEY,
(At the Old Stand of M. H. Jackson,)
COURT HOUSE ST., CALHOUN ; C,A.
KEEPS constantly on hand a good supply
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Tobacco, Cigars, Wines, Liquors, &c.
All who wish to get bargains will do well
j to cull on him.
BAR ROOM!
MI Bar, in the rear, is always supplied
I with the very best and purest of
1 BRANDIES,
WHISKIES.
WINES,
HUM,
GIN, Ac.
rw CGvs me a call.
novlOTOtf R. B. IIACKNEY.
T I \ • w \ II I-;
C olciia o' toves !
W.T.HALL&BRO.,
AROUXD inform the public that they are
T T prepared to till all orders in the
Tin-Ware Line,
At as LOIV PRICES as any similar estab
lishment in Cherokee Georgia.
Our work is put up by experienced work
men, and will compare favorably with any
in the country.
In these days of Freedom, every good
husband should see that the “gout wife”
is supplied with a good
Cooking Stove,
And we are prepared to furnish any size
or style desired at the Lowest Possible
Prices.
Give us a call. aull,tf
A. W. BALLEW,"
DEALER IN
DRY-GOODS,
NOTIONS,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries,
Hardware, Queensware, <Stc.,
31USIGA L INSTRUMENTS,
FACTORY YARNS, SHIRTINGS,
AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
FAMILY GROCERIES,
2_-.XC?XrOXXC2, tX-O.
Railroad Street, - - CALHOUN, GA.
Has just received and constantly receiv
ing, a fresh supply of *
BACON, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL,
SUGAR, COFFEE, RICE,
CIG ARS. TOBACCO,
CONFECTIONERIES,
Canned Fruits, Nuts, Oysters,
SARDINES, CHEESE, &c.
And, in fact, a full and complete assortment
of Staple and Fancy Groceries.
He also keeps one of the best Stocks of
WINES & LIQUORS,
in this part of the country.
If you want good, fresh Groceries, or Fine
Old Whiskies, Brandies, or Wines, give me
"a call. febl6’7l6m
GEORGIA, Gordon Comity.
Court of Ordinary, for County purposes, in
Chambers, Feb. 15, 1871.
Upon the application of various Petition
ers to locate the road as it now runs, from
two hundred yards east of .T. IV. Stanton’s
house, thence with the'present tract of the.
Pinliook road to Shilow Spring, thence with
the tract of road running North-west, inter
secting the Tennessee Road at the branch,
near Mrs. Mary Watts’ house.
This is therefore to notify all persons
that the above described road will be es
tablished as a public road on the 16th of
March next, if no good cause be sjiown to
the contrary. D. W. NEEL, Ord'y.
fob. 16.30 U—Printers fee $5.
, IIISIIUTIOY Wni’E,
fjtilb copartnership heretofore existing un-
I d‘>r the firm name of Bnllevv & Marshall,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent—J.
W. Marshall retiring. The bools of the
firm are in the hands of A. W. Ballew. who
will close up all the business of the late firm.
A. IV. Ballew
J. W. Marshall.
Read Further!
1 propose to continue the business at the
old stand, and am determined at all times to
keep a full and first-class stock.
I desire to start to market for my Spiing
stock on the 20th of March, and respectm 1 ly
call upon those whom we have favored with
goods on tune, to be sure and come up with
the money before that time.
feblb, fm A. W. BALLEW.
>l. Menko, Bro. & Cos. —Dealers in
STAPLL A: FANCY DRY GOODS. Clothing.
Boots a fid Shoes. Hats, Caps, Trunks. Ac.
Liberal inducements offered to country mer
chants. 28 Whitehall st.. 2 doors from Ala
bama street, (next to Jack's Confectionery,)
Atlanta. Ga. sept29'7o-Gm
Railroad Hoarding House,
By MRS. SKELLEY,
CALHOUN, - - GEORGIA.
Within ten steps of the Depot. octlStf
T 15. liANGFOiUL Wholesale and
IJ. Keta 1 dealer in Sto' es, Hollow Ware,
Tin-Ware, Cutlery Ac Ac., Atlanta. Ga.
A CARD.
C ’g n an, while residing in South Ameri
or rs a missionary, discovered a safe and simple
r,ire’ fur he Cure of Nervous Weakuess, Kir-
Iv De tv, Disease* of the Urinary and Seminal
Orga i and the whole train of disorders brought
on bv 1 aiuful aud vicitius Labiis. Gi eat numbers
have b *-n cuied by this uub’e remedv. Frompt
eu by ad si r e to benefit the afflicted and unfort
unate. I will B<»nd the recipe for pieparing ar:d
using this medicine, in a sealed envelope, to any
one wh-> needs u, free ol charge. Address
i JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D, Bible House,
New York City
For the Calhoun Times.
It was Only a Fashion, After
All.
Mr. Editor :
As another rainy day lias overtaken
; us, and I feel a little inclined to talk, 1
know of no one with whom I had rather
talk than yourself. I don’t know why
this is, unless it is because you allow me
to have it all to myself. Old people gen
erally had rather talk than listen—but
the fashion is what I propose to talk, or
chat with you a while, about.
It was in August of last year when
tliis wonderful amendment of the fash
ions made its appearance in the moun
tains. There was a three or four days’
meeting going on in our hollow. This
was sabbath morning. Wo all assembled
early around the old church house ; in
the house, in the yard, at the spring, at
the blocks—in fact we were scattered
around promiscuously for two hundred
yards. Talking about the weather, of
the crops, of the ladies, of the last deer
that was killed, etc. etc.
The sermon builder had not arrived,
when suddenly I noticed that there was
some unusual excitement up, and every
one else seemed to notice it at the same
time. There was some running, jump
ing and a great deal of galking done,
before the center of attraction could be
ascertained. At length the fastest of
the crowd began to concentrate near
the blocks, and then came the next best
By this time the old folks had crowded
around to see what the young folks were
after. All were stretching, striving: to
see. At last I caught a full share of
the sight. There, in the center of the
wonder struck lookers on, stood a fe
male, apparently of about seventeen
summers, with a face beautiful enough
for Cleopatra herself —but look, she
turns her face from us—-Heavens, what
a sight met my eyes ! Why had a just
and allwise Providence thus deformed
and dssfigured one who was so perfect
in every other respect ? Hard, hard in
deed, thought I, was the fate that thus
doomed her to live. I first thought of
a cow's head minus the horns, and then
of the post office, of the seven wonders of
me soTV'u seals Rut leiAo oi iheae
would fill the bill; r.or did they in any
way resemble the dreadful malady, if
indeed it Vas a malady. She resembled
one in a stooping posture, and yet I
learned she did not stoop. She resem
bled one who Lad swallowed a camel and
was straining at a nat; and of this
charge I shall not attempt to clear her.
I withdrew my gaze from her and placed
them on the mountain, when-to my as
tonishment they seemed to have caught
the disease. Some of the old folks
seemed to have it badly. I then looked
about me and some of our oldest citi
zens seemed to be frightfully effected
with it. The only difference was they
seemed to have caught it nearer their
heads. Then came a feehdg of horror
over me for fear it would be my time
next; my first thought in this dilema,
was ‘ legs preserve the body.” Next I
thought I would risk another look, and
as I turned to do so, I saw old Mother
Shelby advancing on the figure, in ques
tion. She was first to break a painful
silence, with
“What on earth ails you child ? What?
What is the matter with you behind ?
“Nothing at all,” replied the little
one “it is only my Grecian bend, and
you must know they are all the fashion.
11',w.”
Poor thing, she w, naif frightened
out of her wits. They are quite com
mon in our hollow now. hut I never see
them without thinking of the unequaled
hubbub it once produced among us of
the mountains. An Old One.
Alas ! for him who gr eys old
without growing wise, and to whom the
future world does not set open her gates
when he is excluded by the present. '
The Lord de sis so graciously w ith us in
the decline of life that it is a shame to
turn a deaf ear to the let-sons w hich lie
gives. The eye becomes dim. the ear
dull, the tongue falters, the feet totter,
all the senses refuse to do their office,
and from every side resounds the call,
••set thine house in order’ for the term
of thine pilgrimage is at hand.”
The playmates of youth, the fellow
laborers of manhood, die away and take
the road before us. Old age is like
some quiet chamber, in which. di>e >n
nected from the world we can prepare in
silence for the world that is unseen.
- —*>
A gentleman visiting a school had a
book put in his hand for the purpose of
examining a class. The word “inheri
tance” occurring in the verse the querist
interrogated one of the youngsters as
follows: “What is an inheritance?”
‘patrimony.’ ‘What is pntrimody V
‘Something left by a father.’ What
would you call it if left by a mother V
‘Matrimony.’
“You look as though you were beside
yourself,” as a wag said to a fellow who
was standing close to a donkey.
Prevcntation of Rust in Cot
ton.
Dr. E. M. Pendleton, of Sparta, Ga.,
j writing for the Banner of the South on
| the above subject, speaks as follows:
Our plan is to make humus, prevent
rust, and still gather a remunerative
crop every year from the same land, is
us follows: Take a field for instance that
has been well worn by repeated crops of
cotton and cereals, but still with some
productive capacity Wc plant in cot
ton, applying a good nitro-phospliate, at
the rate of two hundred to three hun
dred pounds per acre. It makes a very
good crop but shows unmistakable evi
dences of rust. We gather the cotton,
and put down in oats, any time from
November to February, broadcasting
with cotton seed as many as we have to
spare, and plowing in oats and cotton
seed together with a turning shovel. —
The heat produced by the fermentation
of the cotton seed keeps the ground
warm and protects the oats, while in
the sprout, from being killed by the
freezes. A good crop of oats is assured
and the nitrogen of the cotton seed, not
exhausted, is spent upon a fine coating
of grass and weeds which, together with
the oats stubble forms a first rate supply
of organic matter for cotton the next
year. The land lies in stubble fifteen
months without being disturbed by the
plow, equal to one year’s rest, and then
comes the nitro-phosphate with cotton
again. A better yield is the result, with
less, if any at all, and the cotton seed
and oats again, (or wheat) may be re
repeated, and followed by the cotton
without fear of rust, because the land is
kept supplied with humus by a rotation
of crops,
I would not recommend this rotation
for every field in the farm, but only
those which would seem to require just
such treatment. Poorer fields might be
allowed to rest until brought in better
heart, while those recently cleared should
be pushed in cotton and corn for four or
five years until the humus had been par
tially exhausted, and a rotation becomes
necessary. If there are no new grounds,
a judicious system of rotation might be
instituted between corn,' small grain
and cotton, which would keep the lands
from rusting, by insuring a supply oflra
mus. When lands are plentiful, one year’s
rest might be allowed with good results.
Such a system established and carried
out would soon drive the rust from our
farms and cause our denuded hills and
barren fields “to blossom like the. rose.”
Human Holocaust.
Horrible Catastrophe / on the Hudson
River Railroad.
[Extract from the New York Herald.
An appalling catastrophe, which has
added the most sickening and bloody
page to the record of American railway
horr rn, occurred on Monday night last,
the Hudson River Railroad, sixty-five
miles from this city. Unlike most of
the fearful accidents in which human
life has been rated cheaply, this was not
caused by the mismanagement of the
company, and its employees are blame
lesss. Originating in the accidental
displacement from the rails.of one of a
long train of freight cars, it ended in
the violent death of probably more than
fifty persons, against which all the ele
ments of nature seemed to combine.—
Fire boned their eyes and burned them
in their sockets that they might not see
their way to safety. Water engulfed
and strangled them, whom by a fearful
blow had been dashed to the floor of the
car it had invaded. Fragments of splin
tered wood wounded them. Torn, lac
erated, burned, blinded, crushed and
drowned men, women ond children were
hurried in agony “out of the world.” —
There was no time to weep, no time to
pray, and curses, if there were any, were
burned on the breath that uttered them.
The Carr's Rock tragedy, with its sev
enteen palid and wounded victims, and
six crisp corpses, was tracable to human
neglact, and fades before the terrible ap
parition of this incarnation of human
’ suitering.
THE COLLISION.
The car struck by the locomotive of
the evpress train was surmounted by
two huge woodeu vats, containing nou
reetified exp! Five petroleum. One tank
was shattered, and the oil. rushing
forth over the engine, was ignited bv
the glowing coals in the ash pan. Es
eaping gas in the second tank caught
the flame, and the terriffie explosion en
sued. The air for thousands of fe- t
was filled with the lurid flame of the
burning gas. It ascended to the height
of hundreds of feet. It enveloped an
area of a hundred more, and those who
breathed in this fatal circle had to im
bibe liquid fire. Then, before any had
an opportunity to compute the time,
crushed by the weight of cars, disjoint
ed by the shocks, the wood m drav -
bridge crumbled beneath the weight up
on it. and sank with its load thruugl
the ice and into the water. Then capi
all the terrors of Haute’s many hells t
the sleeping passengers and to the wak
iug ones. Ihe tide at its full and tlit
water was not more than four feet dee}
in the cars. It burst the doors. le.w< v-
er, of the baggage ears and came through
the windows of the palace sleepidg car.
with its thirty-three occupants. Min
gled with it were peices of broken ice.
sharp, cold and cutting. It rush.d
along the passage and deluged the
berths, freezing where it touched
But in the space above was nothin
but lurid flame—the atmosphere was
burning gas. One half the persona!
envelopment in liquid ice and th 1 oth
er half in liquid lire 1 Such was theea
tast rophe.
A SAD DAY AFTER A FEARFUL NIGHT.
The locomotive stops in front of th,
New Hampshire depot, where a gr< ;q
of a dozen persons are gathered A
quarter of a mile below gleamed many
lights, .and there occasionally flickers up
subdued flashes of flame. Walking
down the frozen and icy track, the de
bris of broken and smoky cars is obsorV- ;
ed, while the track of the runaway on 1
is plainly visible along the ground* and ‘
on the timber or ties close by are live i
coffins painted black. The smell]
of burning o l impregnates tlie air. ami j
clambering round a pile of ropes, twist
ed iron and splintered wood, the repor
ter looks upon the
CRASH OF DEATH.
A field of ice stretching away to the
right for miles, calm and unruffled, and
the mountains rising dimly gray b •■■vend ;
another and lessor patch of ice to the
left, and at your feet an abyss 21K) feet
across, filled with
A CONFUSED HEAP.
of black and charred fragments, with
broken beams, and with posts standing
still upright and firm, but grim, burned
and recking with a fessed order and the
fumes of oil. This mass is looming for
four or five feet above the water, which
is brown and filled with fragments of dis
colored ice, and now and anon you sec
fragments of a dress or cloak or a coat.
And down beneath all this, under two
fathoms of water, lies a sleeping car con
tabling thirty-three charred and mangled
bodies, which last night were, brim full
ot life and hope. They were thinking
then of happiness, of joy and love, of
busy dreams—of firesrdes where there
were anxious fathers, mothers, husbands,
wives, or children waiting to welcome
them, and where they never will be seen
again. Some,perhaps, were thinking of
a life which had been a strugle and a
failure ever, and in which they hardly
expected anything less malevolent than
the fate they expected. On the debris,
sturdy, earnest and begrimmed men, em
ployees of the railroad company and vil
lagers, are searching with ropes and
hooks for the bodies of the dead’. At
last when the light becomes stronger,
their number is increased, a body is
found. It is evidently that of a Jew,
once a handsome man, but now how hor
rible to look upon 1 Now that they
have found the proper locality, they
draw forth another, they raise to th - sur
face and bear out upon the ice the body
of a woman and her two little children,
clasped in her arms.
The Author of “The Raven.”
‘‘My friend would be be who would
take a pistol and blow out my brains,
and thus relieve me of my misery ”
So said Edgar Allan Poe. His lips
curled bitterly. These were his dying
words.
Such was the unhappy state of one
whom dissipation had robbed of the pure
enjoyments of life, and brought to hope
less ruin. He had been reared in the
most elegant society, and educated in
the most polished schools. He possess
ed poetic gifts of unwonted beauty and
brilliancy. The productions of his
muse were few and fragmentary, melan
choly prophesies of what hc.might have
been; but they made him a marked lean
among the lovers of poetry through the
world, lie lacked symmetry of charac
ter. and with all the advantages he pos
sessed over others, he was wayward as a
youth paseionated in maturer years, and
always unmaned at the sparkle of the
intoxicating cup. lie blazed awhile in
the literary firmament, the “c imet <>f a
season,” but he left behind him an un
worthy influence, a reproachful memory
and the admonition of a fearful end.
He was making a journey when hi
death occurred, and lie was occupied
with the preparations for his wedding
day. Better impulses warmed hi- heart
and mollified his passions at the th -light
of his nuptials, and as the sunlight of
the future gladdened again the vi.-ion of
his mind, golden days tilled his fancy, of
the tenderness of conjugal love, and the
sweet habitudes of domestic bliss.
He stopped in the city of Baltimore
He met old companions, jolly fellows,
with whom he had passed convivial
hours. The intoxicating cup glittered
before him; the temptation was too great;
he would spend one more revel before
he entered that purer sphere depicted in
his dreams.
That cheerless Novembrr night he
was found lying in the street, stupefied
with drink, covered with dirt, and his
lace distorted with horror. His jovial
companions had deserted him. lie was
taken to a hospital. A fearful dream
rose upon him. and sited his brain. —
Delirium, with her thousoud demons,
darkened his intellect ouce beautiful
with fairy thoughts and poetic fancies.
Mania a pofu ensued. A clergyman
was sent for. ‘“Shall I send for your
friends F’said the j>ious man. ‘•Friends!
said the dying man as though the word
was a mockery; "tuy best friend would
be he who would take a pistol ar.d blow
out my brains, and thus relieve me of
iny misery.’,
We hear men cavil at religion. M hat
a treasure, beyond all estimate, early
piety would have been to Edgar Allan
Foe.
■2S r nil i her* *2O.
iwo EinrrVders \r»>rr '• n«r <>r> a w
building wore dry aud *.»„ but the t.til
er a pint of whisky fi; .t he euuid i.
: carry him to th<> r of in h* h- and. Mb.
i .shouldered PatVand after, r h.v
painful tnggVg. dump . th' • i
bind non the r*><n. -Ah, Mb
h*V,' ST; id S’. *. Vat hf v or '■*. ’
' won th j bet but yv ; >s \b w
i { il'Siu t'iO It.Ul» i S t'i'V Vtt } .
| tit’ 1 li.ul ll <p. ft.
—v 1 *
AVs, when l pay v. u , h. \ :t
chttjje more than when i r ,*s t t
book.”
o’. ; (lot's You i v .
muce j? • barge uu n;v t>.o>k u;t i ,11 dn •
luse uui, uu ven ] Vve a g ; v .. h
customer. ! setter, e:r prh\ b v i
1 puts ft <t> o»v p >4:. I t> lik- «
so much, sto if In never pay r\ I • .>
lusozj liiufh.
- ■
Never trust a secret with a i..e.-iit !
man who loves lbs wile. for he will tell
her, nr.d bhc w ill tell her- A tint Hann .ii.
and A tint Hannah will import it t?> tin
par*on, aud then the whole female so
terhood will b ■ treat and to it in broken
and» aes for the next > lx no in’..-.
■< *- >—-
The French eagles which supply (he
place of banners are of pure u Id, 1
wort!i ab 'ut £2,4)00 a piee •. ’1 he ril -
bon is of silk, 5 inches wide, b f t
and richly embroidered.
~ - -<v |jt-~ , _
Tn fob, e. recently, a n-arriay t k
place, the bridegroom a widower and th
bride a widow, both in the 7'Vs y-• r '
their ago, and <a eh having chi!- u < i
the shady side of fifty.
‘•Mi-. Jones, why do you wear that h i
hat f ‘‘Because, mv dear sir. M .
Jones vows she will n>t go out if the
house until 1 get anew one. '
Xo man will excel in his prof sshm tF
he thinks himself above it; and e*
merce will not flourish in ;*nv country
whore commerce is not respected.
The man who tried to arrange his
hair with an iec-pick g t it into a ni •
pickle.
A— *
An exchange says that the re >u
schoolboys delight to dig and expk >
caves is because of the recesses there.
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Ad ouu boat is said to be alive bottler.'
A watering place with low charges —
the town pump.
The great American bi:<l- —Mm •
j in the hand.’
This is a good time to collect auto
graphs—of your creditors.
A grocery bill has one pcct.l.arity
which "locals seek ior—lots or items.
The winds are resp' n-Jde for lnnnv
an unlucky blow.
“I’m sitting en the ‘style,’ 'Jury,’’
as the fellow said when li * c jolly sat
down on Ins sweet heart’s new bonnet.
A iiian excused himself for marrying,
by saying that his fronds decLart and h
drank too much fur a single mao.
A man who says lie will subscri!
anon, very often proves to be a irm-.-ub
scriber.
1 he story about the blue eyed W.'-w n
sin girl who sheared forty sheep in one
day is sheer nonsense.
Tranquil pleasures last the longest.
We are not fitted to bear long the har
den of great joys.
The wasp attacks the ripest fruit ; s >
will slander attempt to woupd the most
honest fame. * -
Accu-tom yourself to some employ
ment for every hour y.u c u priab .niy
snatch from business.
In the time that men v. steinbewaiiin
the perversotie s os tV-ir fortune, tin
could gain a competency.
The violet grows 1 w an I <• .vers itself
with its own tear.', and of all fi<>v- ;
yields the sweetest perfume. S : !; :
humility.
A drum in‘*o is the f.irt -f man in th •
world, - because time L-:.ts ;11 m ... bo.
the drummer beats time.
Tho Chinese picture ui ambit! n !>
‘•Maud ariu trying to catch a c-ou.-t Lv
putting salt cu h's tail. ’’
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