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v vstl noun Tim os. Volume I. TliE CALHOUN TIMES. | ,* ,„.ISHBU -VERY THURSDAY MOKMXQ, BY /» \ XKfy & MARSHALL. Ol SUBSCRIPTION. One Year : : : : : $2.00 Six Months : = : : : EOO -RATES VF AI)VERTISING. 0 1 Mo. |'l Mos. 0 Mos. 1 year. ,r, —~~ “"sun) $7.00 $12.00 S2J.UO IZ a 6.00 10.00 IS.OO 30.00 .column 0.00 15.00 30.00 40.00 ‘ „ ]5.00 25.00 40.00 65.00 j a 25.00 40.00 05.00 115.00 _ AlTsubsoriptions are payable strictly in s,<lvmco; and at the expiration of the time , 0! which payment is made, unless pre rieusU renewed, the name of the subscriber will b" -trickon from our books. For each square of ten lines or loss, for the first insertion, sl, ami for each subsequent in . rtion, fifty cents. Ten lines of solid P'-evier, or its equivalent in space, make a *Vvr.:i.-4 o -h, before or on demand after the first insertion. Vlvcrtiseinents under the head of “ Special Notices,” twenty cents per line for first, uti t rtion, and ten cents each nelisequent inser tion. „ All cornmunicait w cm matters of public Iwill ir: with prompt attention, and roncise letters on general subjects are ri -; fully solicited from all parts of th>. country. ' UN Sf^O^Vl>H. 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 PAY PA.SSF.XGEa THAIS—OUTWAKD. Leave Atlanta ..S.lf) a. M Arrive at ( athonn ...... 1 2.49 p. m. Arrive at Chattanooga 4 .1 pp. m. ya**t link to new topic—otrnv vhd. j.i'ivo Atlanta.... ....2.4a p. m. Arriv > a* C hhoun A ..ti hi p. si “ at Dalton 7.- r >) p. M. NIGHT P-SSB.NGBB TRAIN —INWARD. |..*ar.; I lia’ianooga 5.20 p. m. : Call win 9t7 p. u ‘.n ivc at. Atlanta .....1 45 a. m. PAY P.V9SKNQBR TRAIN —INWARD. iv* Chaitanoo.-a 5 30 A. m. Airive at Calhoun 9 17 m. Arrive at Atlanta 2 20 P. m. ACCOMOI'ATION TRAIN-INWARD. I. :iv‘ Da : lon 2 2.> p n a l ; ,|p, HI a 3 20 P M . \itivo t Atlanta 9 10 A. M 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. < •» » 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!”