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W ESTERN ATLANTIC.
>, ;ir pa :s :vqeb tru.x —outwaho.
! ,90 Atlanta 10.30 p. m.
*, :’ve at Calhoun ‘2.50 A. M.
Arri‘e at Chattanooga 'ill A. M
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Leave Atlanta ..S.lf) a. M
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Arrive at Chattanooga 4 .1 pp. m.
ya**t link to new topic—otrnv vhd.
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“ at Dalton 7.- r >) p. M.
NIGHT P-SSB.NGBB TRAIN —INWARD.
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PROFESSIONAL GAUDS.
v/. S. JOHNSON,
AUome.y u\A LtiM r ,
GEORGIA.
i Ip Olkce in Southeast corner of the
kmrt House.
Aug 11 1 ts
I. C. I AIN. JOS. V.'r-'SXK' TANARUS,.
rAfNANi) McConnell,
A.tlonie # y. 4 atLLasw s
CALUOUN ; GEORGIA.
t O i•j in t ..' Court House.
Vug 11 1 ts
W. ~J. .~CANTUELIi," "
Vttorrie.\ r YVI: I ainv.
Calhoun, Georgia.
'tjll !j Practice in the Cherokee (?'• fi
i * in U. S. District Court, Northern ]»l>-
•t’i.-i of Ci'.-g'a, (at Atlanta j; and in the Sim
1 ■ sir.'i Court of the State of Georgia.
Wv. P I.ti:n, V 7. R. Rinun,.
V l i-ata, 3a. Calhoun, Ga *s
PHILLIPS & R ANKIN,
A TTORNEYS A T LA IF,
—ANI)
GOLUCTIKQ /USEfJTS
Calhoun, Ga.
\V . —<o:
m ILL practice iu the Courts of tlie
* herokee Circuit.
I ‘ ■i ‘0 North side Public Square.
K. .JA lal Ivlsit 9
orneylat Xa£irw,
CALHOUN, GEORGIA.
I' ’"v at the O; i Sos <hvitreU £ Hiker. J
\\ ikk praeii -.' a all. ilie Courts of the
' t ; Oierokee Circuit ; Supreme Court of
'. and th • United States District Court
1 Ail.iuta, Oa. augl9'7oly
A« Mai*t|n y
.1 TTOIIXEY A T LA IP,
dabt.onega, ... GEO.
Nrv 10 1870 ts
ITW. J. REEVES,
Surgeon tv Ph gsician,
CALHOUN, - - - GEORGIA,
fe 1 AN bo found at his office, in the Prick
Ml Store oi Boa % BnrrwU & Cos., day
• r —when Uot professionaliy on aged.
jan2tV7ltf
ROTE WALDO TffOItNTON,
3 )E3fTIST,
( ’ VLHOU>f, - G, 5 IOTA.
ILIAN Ivl'UL for Orrmev patronage, solicits
-a continuance / the same.
'Mice at Residence. so pi 5
«r
Lliysiciiiii and Druggist,
CALHOUN ; GA.
•I. It. TINSI.KV.
WATCH-MAKER
AND-
J EAVELETt,
■AJIOUN, : : ; ; GEORGIA.
• o
A A styles of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
-‘■X t'eatly repair 1 and warranted.
• {TSTABL. SHED IN 1855.)
J.O.MATHEWSON,
PRODUCE
fOJDIISSION MERCHANT
A CG USTA, GEOR GIA .
f ° pt 1870 ly
TIN-WARE
Cooking Stoves !
W.T.HALL&BRO.,
\\[ OL LD inform the public that they are
Ts prepared to fill all orders in the
Tin-Ware Lins,
At as LOW PRLCES 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.
o
In these days of Freedom, every good
husband should see that the “goot wife”
is supplied with a good
O O S' StOVOj
And we are prepared to furnish any size
or style do ired at the Lowest Possible
Prices.
Give ns a call. aull.tf
DEALER IN
DRY-GOODS,
NOTIONS,
Boots, Shoos, Hats, Groceries,
Hardware, Quc-ensware, &c,,
IUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
FAC ORY YARNS, SHIRTINGS,
AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
FAMILY GROCERIES,
XiiX-rv-tTOH.©, cSbo.
RSl,v)ad Street, - - CAL HO UN, GA.
Has jusf received and constantly receiv
ing, a fresh supply of
BACON, T/AIITL FLOUR, MEAL,
SUC All. COFFEE, RICE,
CIGARS, TOBACCO,
CON LECTION ElifES ,
canned Fruits, Nuts, Oysters,
SARDINES, CHEESE, Ac .
.\ uu, in ntui, .1 ma aim oomptvi^.*nf£i)ruucxit
of'ritaple and Fancy Grocer! as.
He ala l , keeps one of the best. Stocks of
WINES .& LIQUORS,
in tliis part of the country.
If yoit want good, fresh Groceries, or. Fine
Old Whiskies, Brandies, or Wines, give mo
a call. feblb 71Gm
“J.
* TG.VLU.It IN
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Cutlery. Notions Ac,
Also keeps constantly on hand a choice
stock of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
T:i all of which purchasers are offered in •
ducements.to’ buy.
Auglll ’ Cm
f. N. It. 001 18. * JNO. W. WAI.Kr.R.
COBB ! WALKER,
* AUKNTS FOB
CELEBR.YTUI)
SEWING
MACHINE.
Every Machine Warranted to
keep in good running order.
ALSO AGENTS FOIL GEN. LEE
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
G. M. HUNT, Calhoun. Georgia, is author
ized to transact all .our business during our
absence. marl 6-Gm
"oxi IGiG
VALTON, GA.
Manufactures all Kinds of
IP XT XX IT.U S3 -
Os the best material this country affords;
and very superior in style and workmanship,
which they offer to the public and the gen
eral trade, as lev,- as can be afforded.
Chairs & Bedsteads a Speciality.
Blinds, Doors, Sash and Jo)') Work, to or
der, on short notice.
l)r. D. G. Hunt is our Agent at Calhoun,
Ga.. and keeps a good supply of Furniture
on a and. J. W. Vs ALKKR, Sup't.
L. D. Palm: a. Secretary. aug2G7o-ly
IlMniUlWVAilTlfP
j LidiHiLjJ IIUA l\o tlufli
bflilE copartnership heretofore ex', -ting un-
X der the firm name of Ballew&klarshall,
is this day'dissolved by mutual consent—T.
TV. Marshall retiring. The- books of the
firm are in the hands of A. W. Ballew, who
-..nil c’osc up all the business of the late firm.
A. W. Baluew
J. W. Marshall.
Head Further!
T propose to continue the business at the
old stand, and am determined at all times to
keep a full and first-class stock. -
feb 16,1 m A. W. BALLEW.
G. 11. & A. W. FORCE,
SIGN OP THE
BIG IRON BOOT,
Whitehall Stri ct, : : : Atlanta, Ga.
BOOTS, Shoes.and Trunks, a complete Stork
ai.d new Goods arriving daily! Gents’
Don's and Shoes, of the best mak s. Ladies’
Shoes ofaU kin Cs. Boys, Misses and Children’s
Shoes of every grade and make.
*W“ We are i-repared to offer inducements to
W holesale Trade. sept 2 ,’7O-lv
T B. LANGFORD, and
IJ, Retail dealer in Stores, Hollow-ware.
Tinware, cutlery, &c.. Atlanta, Georgia.
ANY QUANTITY of “Fine Virginia Leaf
and Manufactured Tobaccos at
DkJOUBNETT & SON’S,
Cm. Broad & Bridge sts., Home,
CffYLHOTJISr, GrffY., THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1871.
ALBERT G. PITKKJt. HENRY R. SMITH, j
PITNER & SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail
Grocers & Commission Merchants
and dealers in
PURE KENTUCKY WHISKIES,&c.
No. 25, Corner 15 road A Howard stg.,
ROME , - - GEORGIA.
octGJ <570-1 y
U’p stairs, over 40 and 48, between W. B.
Lowe & Cos. and Lawshe and Haynes.
Whitehall St., - Atlanta, Ga.
hope my old friends and custosaoui
will give me a trial.
Terms—Transient boarders, per day, $2
single meal or lodging, 50c.
E. R. SASSEEN,
may2s-tf. Ag’t, Projirietor.
te^nessee Touse"
ROME , GEORGIA,
J. A. STANSBUEY, Prop’r.
rPIIE above Hotel is located within Twenty
1 Steps of the Railroad Platform. Baggage
handled free of Charge* octtj’TOtf
aM'«JHRdbVKU.^X’t»! r £ltt KatSKSSC»!KM^K^:«««;
WXMWAma. NFS NS
(Centrall’ositionoi the City.]
Nos. 95 and 97 Broad Street, Rome. Ga.
FIRST CLASS FARE
OPEN AT ALL HOURS !
USUFree Omnibus to & from the depot.
Fine Bar and Billiard Saloon attached.
Give me a call. J. 11. Coleman, Prop’r.
april G-ly.
‘ '2Zomo Again..”
J. C. RAWLINS, Prop’r.
CHOICE” HOTEL
BROAD ST., ROME, GA.
taken to tnd from the Depot Free
of C harge. optU’Totf
HE 9 a?3lc Fencej
CIO to Calhoun and buy a farm right to
\J that inimitablo, economical, movable
fence—the
STOKER 'PATENT.
The most practical farmers of tlie county
have examined it, and declared it
the best Portable Fence
they have ever seen.
ConvcrtaMe to Any Use ;
The most dr CralAe of any, m point
of ECONOMY OF TIMBER AND
LABOR in building.
Confer w’th either of the uudersigned: *
J. W. MARSHALL.')
TLIOS. (L JONES. -
V. W. BOISCLAiU. )
NEW LIVERY STABLE.
Hodges & Nlay.
CUM t 7
MAY’S OLD STAND.
TAINE Stock and good Vehicles al-
V ways on hand. Best attention paid
to customers’ animals. Satisfaction guar
uitccd. Give ns a call at the old Brick
Stable. Broad Street, Home, Ga.
pr.O-otn,
WEIGHTS. AND MEASURES.
Bushel. Lbs
Wheat. fin
Shelled co! n f,fi
‘ in in the ear .70
I’eas fin
live 5G
Oats .32
Bariev 47
Irish Pot at. ■ s sis
Sweet Potato*s 55
White
Pastor Bears 4:
’hirer Beed fio
Timothy Seed 4fi
Flax .Se< and 5R
Heim Seed .. 44
Blue Otli-s .Seed 14
Buckwheat 52
Dried Peaches 3-t
! ‘t ied App.es 24
Onions 57
8 til 50
'■’tone Coal g,s
Malt 40
Bran. : 20
Turnips 55
'Mastering Hair..., 8
Unslacke I Lime 8a
1 ’orn Meal 47
Fine Suit 54
•Iround Peas 23
*AwTj. BRADFIiiLiFir
Remale llegnlator.
At ;a
V -:/ t- _ R .
-A: < A
’ ' y- ;A >. A .
* -y 0
certificates of its wonderful cures,the reader
is referred to the wrapper around the bottle.
For sale by all Druggists. Price,' $1,50
per bottle.
DR. PROPIIITT S
Celebrated Liver Medicine,
ONE of the Remedies ol the age, foi
aii diseases of the hirer Jaundice, IJ-twel font,
plaint, Colic, Chills and tVver and Billions Fe
ver. In fact ah diseases arising from a deranges
Liver.
ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.
These Bills have boen used for the last ffleen
years, and far 11 ..dache, Deranged Liver, &c.,
arc without an equal.
DP. PROPIIITTS A GUP PILLS.
A sute CURE for CHILLS and FEVER.
DP. PROPIIITTS
Dysentery Cordial,
Cures all derangemeuts of the BOYC^LS.
Dr. Prophittls Pain Kill It.
This celebrated Jledieine shou'd bp in every
hous hold. It is a certain cure for all Pains, and
antidote to Bites of Poisonous insects. Snakes,
Ac. A superior remedy for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia. TRY IT.
All the above articles tor sale by Dr D. G. j
Hunt, Dmggiit, touu, Ga. Casept29’7o-ljr.
IS one of the great
est blessinfis tnat has
ev n* been given to wo
man. It will relieve
Suppression, Mont hly
Pains, R h earn at ism.
Neuralgia, nrrd a cer
tain cure for the Whites
and Prolapsus Uteri.
For full particulars, I
history of diseases and
POETRY.
A Retrospect.
I see It now-—an orchard ”0*
Deep in a garden, rank and green—
It scarce were older now than then
For all the seasons gone between,
So very hoar the branches spread,
Bowed lowly to the dappled bed,
Caught by the ivy, nothing loath.
Tall purple orchis here and there
Shot up its spirals to the space,
Where white upon the blue expanse,
Pale apple-blosSoms leaned their face,
Or fluttered softly to their rest.
Scarce choosing which should be the best,
And pausing midway, faiii for both.
All interlaced that orchard lay,
All rife with greenest things that grow,
Tall ferns and matted under ground,
Where friendly mice woklG > time and go,
Here peep up curious from a Cent
Os burdock leaves, all dew-besprent,
Or from a primrose alleys-how.
A pathway ran—l see it now—
Around the orchard east and west,
That for companions of its way
Would choose the flowers it loved the best,
So soft, a footpath well might come
With less ado than yvild-bee’s hum,
And pass beneath the branches lew. ’
And so it fell. I see her now,
A lithesome figure in the way
Just where the grandest meeting boughs
Had most assayed to hide the day ;
The meek head bent upon the book,
She peaceful conned with holy look,
As Gabriel some scroll of God.
Bidding him hasten on his road.
She, too, has such a tiding soon,
I think she read it first that hour;
Before had waned a newer moon
No lithesome figure in between
Stood wrapped about with comely green—
She, too, was bidden of the Lord.
Some thinker that has thought aloud
(I thank him for the thought is kind,)
Has reasoned that we hold our bliss,
That Heaven itself is in the mind.
I sometimes think my heaven may be
A green place with its orchard tree,
And one. sweet angel known tome.
MISCBKLAKTY,
A Touching Ohitilary.
A disconsolate husband thus bewails
the loss of his wife, and apostrophises
her manor}':
Thus my wife died. No more will
these loving hands pull oil uiy hur ts and
part my hair bacs, as only a true wife
can. No more will those loving feet re
plenish the coal h and and water pail. No
more will site arise amid the tempestu
ous* storms of winter, and gladly hie
hot-oif away to build the fire, without
disturbing the slumbers of the man who
doted on her so 'artier Ay. Her memory
is embalmed in my heart of hearts. 1
Wanted to embalm her memory much
cheaper.
I procured oi' Eli Mudgec. a neighbor
|of mine, a very pretty gravestone. llis
wife was consumptive, and he had kept
it on hand several years in anticipation
of her death ; but she rallied that spring,
and his hopes were blasted. Never shall
I forget the man’s grief when I asked
Kim to part with it. “Tal e it, Skinner,”
said he, “and may you never know what
it is to have your soul racked with dis
appointment, as mine has been;” and
he burst into a flood of tears. His spirit
was indeed utterly broken.
I had the following epistle engraved
upon her gravestone :
“To the memory of Tabitha, wife of
! Moses Skinner, Esq., gentlemanly editor
to the Tromcbone. Terms, three dollars
a year, invariably in advance. A kind
mother and exemplary wife. Office over
Ooleaian’s grocery, up two flights of
stairs. Knock hard We shall miss
thee.-mother, we shall miss thee. Job
printing solicited.”
Thus did my lacerated spirit cry out
in agony, even as Rachel weeping, for
her children. But one ray of light pen
etrated the despair jot my soul. The
undertaker took his pay in jnb printing,
and the sexton owed me a little account
I should not have gotten any other way.
Why should we pine at the mysterious
ways of Providence and vicinity? 1
here pause to drop a silent tear to the
memory of Tabitha Ripley, that was. —
She was an eminently pious woman,and
could fry the best piece of tripe I ever
flung under my vest. Her pick-up din
ners were a perfect Success, and she al
ways doted on foreign missions.
Little Women. —Three little girls
were playing among the poppies and
sage brush of the back yard. Two of
them were “making believe” keep
house, a little Way apart, as near neigh
bors might. At last cue was overheard
saying to thejoungest of the lot, “There,
now 7 , Nelly, you go over to Sarah’s house
and stop there a little while, and talk as
fast as you can. and then von come back ;
and tel! me what she says about me, and j
then I’ll talk about her; and then you
will go and tell her ail I say, and then
we'll get as mad as hornets and won’t
speak when we meet, just as our moth
ers db, yog know; and that’ll he such j
fun—won’t it !” Hadn’t these little
mischiefs lived to some purpose ? and
were they not close observers and apt
scholars, charmingly trained for the
chief business of life in a small neigh
borhood ?
‘•Such is Fame.”—AftcT Snsnn B.
Anthony lectured in an eastern town the
other day she wanted same recreation
and amusement, so she tack a walk on
Sunday around the graveyard there.—
While she was enjoying the literature
of a tombstone she heard a lot of little
boys saying, “That’s her,” and she
thought “such is lame.” Congratula
ting herself that even the children of
the land knew her. She was accosted
by an urchin who said : “Say, aint you
the oles woman that walks up the wire
on the circus to-morrow y ”
Tlie Runaway Match.
A great many years since,when bright
eyed and fair-haired lasses were not so
plenty in New York as they ate now,
there dwelt in the town of II , (a
pretty village, distant then about five
and twenty miles from “ market town”)
a peculiarly comely and graceful
maiden who had a peculiarly cross
| grained and ugly, but wealthy father.
Minnie was llanforth’s only child;
and report said truly she would be his
legatee. The old man was a sturdy far
mer, and was estimated to be worth
fully ten thousand dollars—at that pe
riod a very handsome fortune, to be
sure.
The spar ’ ling eyes and winning smiles
of Minnie Dan fortli had st irred up the
finer feelings of the whole male popula
tion of the village, and suiters were nu
! merous, but her father was particular,
| and none succeeded in making headway
| with him or her.
In the meantime, Minnie had a true
; and loyal lover in secret. Who would
| have supposed for one minute that such
: a fellow would dare to look upon beauty
and comparative refinement ? His name
or, as lie was generally call
ed, “Joe” Walker; and he was simply
a farmer/employed by old Danforth,
who had entrusted him with the man
agement of his place fbr two or three
years.
But an excellent farmer, and a bright
good manager, was this plain, unassum
ing, but good looking Joe Walker. He
was young, too —only twenty-three—and
had actually fallen in love with the beau
tiful, pleasant, joyous Minnie Danforth,
his old employer’s daughter. But the
strangest part of the occurrence was
that Minnie returned his love earnestly,
and truly and frankly, a fid promised to
wed him at the favorable moment.
Tilings went on merrily for a time,
: but old Danforth discovered certain
; glances and .attentions between them,
i which excited his envy and suspicion.
Very soon after, Joe learned the old
man’s mind, indirectly, in regard to his
future disposal of Minnie’s hand, and
he quickly saw that the case was a hope
less odo unless he resorted to stratagem,
and so he set h.s wits to work.
By agreement, an apparent coolness
and distance was observed by the lovers
toward each other for five or six months,
! and the father saw as he believed, with
satisfaction that his suspicions and fears
had all been premature- Also by agree
ment between them, Joe absented him
self from the house on evenings; and
night after night for full three months
longer, did Joe disappear as soon as his
work was finished, to return horn; only
at late bedtime. I his was unusual and
old Danfirth determined to know the
reason "of it.
J e frankly confessed that lie was in
love with a man’s daughter who resided
less than three miles distant, but after a
faithful attachment of several months
the old gentleman utterly refused to en
tertain his application for the hand of
the young girl.
This was capital—just what old Dan
forth most desired. J t satisfied him that
he had made a mistake in regard to his
own child, and he would help Joe to get
married, and thus stop all further sus
picions of trouble at home. So he said:
‘‘Well, Joe, is she a buxom lass ?”
“Yes, yes,” said Joe, “that’s for oth
ers to say. I’m not much of a judge,my
self.”
“And do you like her ?”
“Yes, sir, yes.”
“Then marry her.”
“But the father objects.”
“Booh! Let him do so. What need
you care ? Run away with her.”
“Elope?”
“Yes. Off with you at once! If the
girl will join, all right. Marry her and
bring her here. You shall have the cot
tage gt the end of the lane ; I’ll furnish
it for you; your wages shall be increas
ed, and the old man may like it or not,
as he wills.”
“But”—
“No huts,’ Joe. Do a.7 I bid you
Go about it at once, and”
“You will stand by me ?”
“Yes—to the last ! I know you, Joe.
You're a good fellow, and will make
anybody a good son or husband.”
“The old fellow will be very mad.”
“Who cares, pray ? Go on, quit kly
and quietly.”
“To-morrow night, then?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll hire Clover’s horse.”
“No you don’t.”
“No f”
“I say no ! Take my horse—the best ,
one—young 31 organ ; he’ll take you off
in fine style with the new phaeton.”
“Exactly.”
“And as soon as yeuare spliced, come ;
right back here, raid a jolly time wC’ll j
have of it at the old house.”
“Her father will kill me.”
“Bah ! He’s an old fool, whoever he j
is. He don’t know your good qualities,
Joe, as well as I do. Don’t be afraid; ;
faint heart, you know, never won fair :
woman/’
‘•The old man will be astonished.’’
“Never mind —go on ! We’ll turn
the laugh on him. I’ll take care of you
and your wife, at any rate.”
‘•I’ll do it.”
“You shall.” said Dm forth ; and they
parted in the best of spirits.
An hour after dark on the following
evening, Joe made his appearance, deck
ed in anew black cloth suit, and ready
looked comely. The old man bustled
out to the barn with him, helped to
harness young Morgan to the new phae
ton, and, leading the spunky animal to
the road, away went Joe Walker in search
of his bride. A few rods distant from
the house he found her as per previous
arrangement, and repairing to the next
village, the parson very quickly made ,
them one in holy wedlock. J e t »k !
his bride and dashed buck to the town :
of II halted at old Dan forth's
house, who was already looking for him
with open arms.
“Is it done »”
“Bring her in, bring hoi* in,” con tin- :
ued the old fellow, iu high glee ; “never
mind compliments— ro matter about the
dark entry —here. Joe, to the right—in
the best parlor—we’ll have a time now. j
sure ! ’ and the anxious farmer rushed
away for lights returning inm*.- Ufiitelv.
“Here’s tKe certificate, sir. ’
“Yes, yes!”
“And this is my.wife,” added Joe.
passing up the beautiful and bewitching
bride, the lovely Minnie *
“What!” roared the old file, “What
did you say. you villi art, you scamp, you
audacious cheat—you—you”—
“It’s the truth, sir, we’re lawfully
married. You assisted me ; you planned
the whole affair. You lent me your!
horse, you thought uie In A evening,
worthy of any man’s daughter, you on
i couraged me, you promised me the eot-
I tage at tlie end of the lane”—
'•I didn’t—l deny it! You can’t
I prfive it. You’re a—a”—
“Calmly, now, sir.”
The or treaties of the happy couple
were united to quell the old man’s ire
and persuade him to acknowledge their
union.
The father at length relented.
It was a job of his own nianilfac;ure,
! and lie-saw how useless il would be to
I destroy it
llcgavehis consent reluctantly, and
the fair Minnie Danforth was over
joyed to be duly acknowledged as Mrs.
Walker.
The marriage proved to be a joyful
one, and the original assertion ol' Mr.
Danforth, proved truthful in every res
pect. The cunning lover was a good
son and a faithful husband, and lived
I many years to enjoy the happiness that
j followed-his runaway match —while the
I old man never cared to hear about the
! details of the elopement for lie saw how
: completely he had overshot his mark
Affecting ami True Story.
A little girl in a family of my acquain
tance —a lovely ami precim.vs child—
; lost her mother at an nice too early to
fix the loved features in her* rerncm
j brancc. Eh?, was beautiful ; and as the
bad of Her heart unfolded, it seemed as
ii r? u by tint motfiefs j"r;Uer& to turn
instinctively heavenward.
The sweet, conscientious and praycr
| loving child was the idol of the be*.-aved
! family. But she faded away early
She would lie upon the lap of a friend
who took a mother’s kind care of her,
and, winding one wasted arm about her
neck, would say, “ Now tell me ab mt
mamma !” And when the oft-told tale
had been repeated, she w uld ask, soft
ly—“ Take file into the parlor; I want
to see my mamma.” The request was
; never refused; and the affectionate sick
child would lie fbr hours gazing on her
mother’s portrait. But
“Pale ami wan she grew, and weakly—
Bearing all her pains so meekly
T mt to *Deir* she still grow dearer
As the trial hour grew nearer.”
Th at hour came at last, and the weep
ing neighbors assembled to see the lit
tle child die. The dew of death was
already on the flower, as Us life-sun was
going down. The little chest heaved
fain tly, spasme dica 1 ly.
“Do you know me, darling?” jk Jibed
close in her ear the voice that was dear
est; but it awoke no answer. All at
i once a brightness, as if from the upper
; world, burst over the child’s colorless
countenance. The eyelids flashed open
and the lips parted ; the wan cuddling
bands flew up in the little one's last im
pulsive effort, as she looked piercingly
into the far above.
“ Mother !” she cried, with surprise
and transport in her tone —and passed
with that breath to imr mother’s bosom.
Said a distinguished divine, who stood
by that bed of joyous death, “ If i had
never believed in the ministration of de
parted ones before, I could not doubt it
now.”— He a run ly R ecoyn it ion.
The Wytheville (Va.) Dip-patch re
j lates the following incident:
j “Not far from us a young lady at-
I tempted to leave the parental mansion,
at dead of night, by lowering herself
from her chamber by means of a pul! y
and a rope fastened to a window. She
Had just reached the ground, where her
| lover awaited her, when her enraged
; sire appeared, seized the young man.
fastened the hook to his pants, and raised
him skywards, leaving him dangling in
the ah; until morning. The elopement
is postponed ind finitely.”
Mind What You are About. —
The world is mad. up of differeruly
shaped persons —as, . • instance, round
men ai.d square'men ; ano half the trou
ble in life is caused by the round men
• getting into the square holes. If the
people WQidd not be everlastingly mix
ing things—the sun land sugar, the flies
and the milk, etc Better.to succeed as
a blacksmith than to fail as a poet; to
measure ribbon well than to bungle in
trying to be a statesman.
-• I low do you feel with such a .shock
ing-looking coat.on ?” said a young clerk
of more pretensions than brains one j
mtrning. “I fed.” said old R< g
looking at him steadily with one eye j
half closed, as if taking aim at his vie
tim—“ I feel, young man, as if I had a I
coat on which has been paid for, a lux- j
ury of feeling which I think you wif; ,
never experience.
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How to raise beets—take hold of the
tops and puli.
ISTunTber *4-9.
YAKlor* ITEMS.
1 he greatest nutmeg ever known met
with a grater.
The shortest rhyme on record is that
made by a hart dog, viz : ‘Kill ’’’
Why do birds in their little nests
agree ? Because they'd fall out if they
didn’t.
“Sally, what time does your folks
dine to-dav ?” “ Soon as you go away ;
them’s missus’ orders ”
An old bachelor stepped into a dry
I goods store, the other day, and called
for a half dozen button holes. ,
A letter opened at the dead letter of
fice read as follows: “ Seven years is
rather long to kort a gal; but tie have
I u yit Kate,”
About as sure a way tu git rich as
enny I no of is to git inter debt fpr it
hundred thousand dollars, and then go
; to work and pay oph the debt.
There are four things which it look.*
very awkward for a woman to do, name
j lv: To whistle, to throw stones at a
cow. to run a race, or climb a gardeu
fence.
| A bill p sted on the walls of an Ku-
I glish country village announces that a
lecture will be delivered in the open air
and a collection taken at the door to
: defray expense*:.
“ Pat, my boy, that must be a finq
I stream for trout. “ Faith and sure it is
that same; for 1 hav e been standing
here this three hours, and not one of
I ’em riH come out of it.”
An exchange tells of a negro wKo *r?
i sisted that bis race was mentioned in the
Bible, lie said he had heard the
! preacher read about how “Nigger Be
rn 11s wanted to be horned again.”
A young lady writing on the subject
of kissing, says : I should quite as lief
have a good kiss as anew cashmere.”
j And we would quite as lief—if not lief
! er give it to her.
“ This world’s a fleeting show,” said
a priest to a culprit on the gallows.—
“ Yes,” was the prompt reply, “but if
you have no objection Fct like to see the
! show a little longer.”
Married, at Flintstone, by the Kev.
1 Mr. Windstone, Mr Nehemiah Sand
stone, and Miss Wilhehnina Whetetpne,
both of Limestone. Look out for brim
stone and little sandstones next.
• •
“A coat cleaned, scoured, and pressed
for one dollar ” is an announcement of*
ten to be Swen. A humorous drunkard
j says that he has never been cleaned and
scoured, but is frequently pressed for a
| dollar.
“ Why do you set your cup of coffee
upon the chair. Mr. Jones?” saida wor
i thy lan liady one morning at breakfast.
I “ It is so very weak, ma’am.” replied Mr.
Jones demurely, “ l thought I would let
| it take a rest.”
All English writer says in his advice
t) young married women, that their
mother Eve married a gardener. It %
might be added that the gardener, in
consequence of the match, lost his sit
uation.
Leavenworth, Kansas, is said to boa?t
of a man who is so tall that his likeness
cannot be got into one picture. A lo
| cal artist has painted his head and shoul
ders, and announces, that he will be
“continued next week.”
If a milkmaid, four feet ten inches
i in height, while sitting on a three leg
ged stool took four pints of milk from
every fifteen cows, what was the size of
the field in which the animals grazed,
and what was the girl'g a*e ?
c O
An opponent of “ Woman’s Bights ”
says it is a great convenience to have
women for postmistresses. They can
not only inform an applicant if there is
[ a letter f»r him without looking, but
can also tell what is in it.
“ l ou and better look out for your hoss’s
feet aoove here, mister,” said a ragged
boy to a traveler. “Why?” said"the
gentleman nervously pulling up. “Cos
j there s a fork in the road there,” was
the candid reply.
“And so you have taken the teetotal
pledge, have ye ?”. asked one Irishman
of another. “Indade I have, and am
imt ashamed of it either ” “And did not
Paul tell 1i me thy to take a little wfnc
for his stomach ?” “So he did, but my
name is not Timothy, and there’s noth
ing the matter with my stomach.”
A wealthy gentleman stuck up a
j board in a field on his estate, upon which
was painted the following: “I will give
this field to any man who is contented.”
He soon had an applicant. “Well, sir,
are you a contented man?” “Yea, sir,
j very.” “Then what do you want with my
field?” The applicant did not stop torc,-
y ply.
; “B >b Brown, did you mr my father
j ot as much sen Seas Billy Smith’*
! little ypllcw dug ?” “No ; I never said
any such thing. I never said that your
father had f»ot as much sense as Billy
Smith’s little yellow dog. All I said
was, that Billy’s little yellow dog had
more sense than your father; that's all
T ever said. ’ “ Well, it’s all well you
did not say the other.”
A boy aged ten years was sent to
I school for the first time. The teacher,
to test h’s information asked him “ Who
made you ?” The boy could not answer.
1 he teacher toH him the proper answer,
and Jeyired the boy to remember it
.'some hours after, the teacher repeated
the question. The boy rubbed his head
in great agony aud at last answered, “ I
swow ; l' e forgot the gentleman’s
name!”