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■ ESSIONAL CAgDS
W. S. JOHNSON,
Al!oni(\v At I saw,
CMjUoVy, GEORGIA. ’
p‘H" Oil. 11 in HouHieast corner of thy
5 *nrt House. , ’ .
Aug ]1 1 ts
I. c. FA .l!>s. Jt CONN in.l.. I
FAIN AND MeCOXNEDL,
.t.iloune.ys at I diw,
(A L/FOl'X, GEORGIA.
* Oi'tiae in the Court House.
'.IIg II 1 ts
W. J CANTRELL,’
Vtloni(‘V At laH AV.
Caliioun. Geoiu.iia.
'Vf fid Practice in the Cb-aroVoe Circuit,
»* in I’. S. Disirict Court, Northern Dis
ci a of (at Atlanta); and in the Su
m-.'ia > Com-; >f the State of Georgia.
! Wi*. Pum..r». W R. Jlakkim,
PHILLIPS & HAN KIN,'
l 'J'TVIIXE I’ S .! T'LA IT,
—AND
COUECTINH A3UNTS
Cain onn. Ga.
\V —;:o:
M ILL practioo in the Courts of the ;
1 aerokee Circuit.
(A Office North side Public Square.
IZ. .!. 1%. Eir,"”
Attorneyat X«ci.w,
CAL ITOrX. GEORGIA,
ill the Old Stand of Cantrell ,j- Kikrr. J
HULL practice in all the Courts of the
• i tmerokay Circuit: Supreme Court of
’ 'fg'.a. and the United States District Court ,
Atlanta, Ga. uuglO’TOly
Bov. Li.. Martin,
A TTORXFY AT LA IT,
‘AHLONEtiA, ... CEO.
Nov 10 1870 ts
DR. W, X REEVES,
Su rtf eon A* Jilt ijsir ttin.
ALIIOUN, - - - GEORGIA.
U be found at Itis office, in she Brick
cl Store of Boiiz, Birrett & Cos., day
or nig'it—wiicu nut professionally engaged.
jan26’7ltf
kUFE WALDO THORNTON,
DENTIST,
’ ALIIOUN, - - - Gj Y.IOIA.
pd.VNKFUL for *’<jrmer patronage, solicits
l a continuance A Uic same.
Office at Residence. seplo
DR, D. G. HUftST,
Hrysician and Druggist,
CAL 1101% GA.
T. R TINSLff
WATCH-MAKER
, J EWELER,
t Ulorx, : : : : GEORGIA
I. , f>
A 1 - styles of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
i\ ready repaired and wan anted,
aug WTOtf
{ESTABLISH EiTTR 1855.) -
J.
PRODUCE
COMMISSION MERCII ANT
A CGI EVA GEORGIA.
' pt i *7O I v
TIN-WARE
JS rAt'O
Coolcitiff Stoves I
W.T.UALL&BRO.,
\I7OULD inform the public that they are
Vs prepared to fill alt orders in the
Tin-Ware Line,
At as LOW 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 “goot wife”
is supplied with a good
Cools ing SStovo,
And Me are prepared tH furnish any size
or style desired at the Lowest Possible
Prices.
Gite us a call. aul l,tf
A. W. BALLEW,
DEALER IN
J) it Y-6 nnliS.
NOTIONS,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries,
Hardware, Queensware, 6tc,,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
KAO OHY YARNS, SHI HTINGS,
AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
FAMICY 0110CEKIES,
ZaIQXJOGEIr&I,
Railroad Street , - - CAL HO UN, GA.
Has just received and constantly receiv
ing, a fresh supply of
RATON. LARD. FLOUII, MEAL,
SUGAR, COFFEE, RICE,
CIG iRS, TOBACCO,
CONFECTIONERIES,
Canned Fruits, Nuts, Oysters,
SARDINES, CIiEESE, &c
■ - ■■ 1
ui-t, m loci, n mil and complete assortment
of Staple and Fancy Groceries.
He also keeps one of the best Stocks Os
WINES & LIQUORS,
in this part of the country.
If you want good, fresh Groceries, or Fine
Old Whiskies, Rrandies, or Wines, give me
a call. feblo’7l6m
J. H. ARTHUR,
DEALER I>7
STAPLE AXU FAXCr DRV GOODS.
Cutlery, Notions &c.
Also keeps constantly on hand a choice
stock of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
In all of which purchasers are offered in
ducements.to buy.
Auglll Cm
J. N. It. COBB. JNO. W. WALKEIt.
COBB a WALKER,
AGENTS roll
GROVER t 818
CELEBRATED
■SEWING
MAC HIaSTE.
Every Machine Warranted to
keep in good running order.
.U.SO AOENTS FOR GEN. LEE
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
G. M. 11l NT, Calhoun. Georgia, is author
ized t 6 transact all our busiiress during our
absence. marlG-Gm
~ci a iiSu > kee ~
MMRI! CO.,
DALTON GA.
Manufactures all Kinds of
Os the best material this country affords,
and vrv snnermr in style and workmanship,
which they offer to the public and the gen
eral trade, as low as can be afforded.
Eli airs & Bedsteads a Speciality.
Blinds, Doors, Sash ami Job Work, to or
der, on short notice.
Dr. D. G. Hunt is Air Agent at Calhoun,
Ga.. an 1 keeps a good supply of Furniture
on hand. J. W. WAITER, Sup't.
L. D. Palmer, Secretary. auW!67O-l y
RiSSOH TION AbflOET
fill IE copartnership heretofore existing un-
I. dev the firm name of BallewN Marshall,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent—J.
W. Marshall retiring. The books of the
firm are in the hands of A. W. Ballew, who
will close up all the business of thelatefirm.
A. W. Ballew
J. W. Marshall. •
Head Further!
! propose to continue the business at the ■
old stand, and am determined at all times to !
! keep a full and first-class stock.
fehlo,tin A. V. HALLE W.
(i. H. & A. W. FORCE,
SIGN OF THE
BIG IRON BOOT,
Whitehall Street, : : : Atlanta, Ga.
I'kOOTS, Shoes ard Tomka. a complete Stock
) u.nd new Gcwds arriving daily ! Ge Us’
lion's and Shots of tit • b;--t niuk s. Lada s’
Shoes of a'l kinds. H»vs. Mfsses ami Children’s
Shoes ot every grade aud make.
We are prepared to offer inducements to
'A holesale Trade. sept 2 ',’7o-1 y
LB. t AXGFOKI), Wholesale and
, Retail dealer in Stores, Hollow-ware.
Tinware, cutlery, &0., Atlanta, Georgia.
ANY QUANTITY of “Fine Virginia Leaf
anu Manufactured Tobaccos at
DeJOUUNETT & SON’S,
/7*»V. BVoad <k Brioge Ms., Hevne/
Calhoun, ga.., Thursday, jiijax 27. is7i.
ALBERT G. PITNF.R. HKXRY 11. SMITH.
PITNER & SMIIH,
Wholesale and Retail
Grocers & Commission Merchants
Al*l> DEALER^
PURE KENTUCKY WHISKIES,&c.
No. 25, Corner Broad & Howard sts.,
ROME , - - GEORGIA.
octtj,lß7o-ly
SasseeiY i-louse i
TJp stairs, over 46 and 48, between W. B.
U Lowe & Cos. and Lawshe and Haynes.
Whitehall St., - Atlanta, Ga.
B@l„I hope my old friends and custosaeui
will give me a trial.
Terms—Transient boarders, per day, S2
single meal or lodging. 50c.
E. E. SASSEEN,
may2s-tf. Ag’t, Proprietor.
TENNESSEE”HOU S E ~
ROME, GEORGIA ,
J. A. STANSBURY, Prop’r.
fjIHE above Hotel is located witUin Twenty
1 Steps of the Raihroad Platform. Baggage
handled free of Charge’ oct6’7otf
criiMAM mmm
(Central Position ot the City.)
Nos. 95 and 97 Broad Street, Rome. Ga.
FIRST GLASS FARE
OPEN AT ALL HOURS!
gtg.C’Free Omnibus to & from the
Fine Bar and Billiard .Saloon attached.
Give me a call. J. 11. Coleman, Pfoj)’r.
april 6-ly.
“lElozn.©
. J. C. RAWLINS, Prop’r.
CHOICE HOTEL
BROAD ST., ROME, GA.
Passengers taken to aud from the Depot Fee
of Charge. netO’Totf
3Pe>2ir££*,l3>jLG Pence !
(AO to Calhoun and buy a farm right to
J that inimitable, economical, movable
fence—the
STOKER PA TENT.
The most practical farmers of the county
have examined it, and declared it
the best Portable Fence
they have ever seen.
Convcrtablc to Any Use !
The iiU'Zt tlcGrable of inn/, hi point
of ECONOMY OF TIMBER AND
LABOR in Imihiimj.
Confer w’th either of the undersigned:
J. W. MARSHALL. ~)
THOS. O' JONES. [-
V. W. BOISOLAIIi. )
Steam lAx'e \ r er*y,
Southern
ALE, PORTEIt & BEER.
C. A. GOODYEAR,
Dec 23 ly Proprietor.
D;;.foutnutt & Son, Home. Ga., will always
pay the v.vy highest market p'ffice fid* Coun
try Produce.
LIVERY STABLE!
C>. R. BOAZ,
KEF, PS FIXE STOCK, and Vehicles to
correspond, and is at all times pro
pared to furnish any kind of
Conveyance,
AT VERY LOW RATES FOR CASH.
Stock bought and sold on feastfraMe
terms. aull.tf
jas. rTwylie,
WllfiALl BROCKR,
—AND —
Coin mi s s ion Ale re han t,
veecltt St, - - Atlanta. Geo.
A good assortment of new Mackerel
White tisii& c..for sale by
Do Jonrnett Son,
Cor.Broad i Bridge Sts’, Romo , Ga
DIL J. BRADFIELD’B
Female Ileguiator.
/i-bv.X
Wr ’’teC iIS.
, ‘A. I
A- '"H
,w> '■ .s .X. •,
-a.
certificates of its wonderful cures, the reader
is referred to the wrapper artrtwtd the bottle.
For sale by all Druggists. Price, $4,50
per bottle.
PR. PRO¥IIITT'S
Celebrated Liver Medicine,
ON K of the Greatest Remedies of the age, so:
all diseases of the Liver, Jaundice, Bowel Com.
plamt, Colic, Chills and Fever and Editions Fe- !
ver. in feet alt diseases arising from a deranged
" e AXTI-BILIOUS PILLS. .
These.Fi'ls have b»»en used for the last fifteen
years and for Headache, De'tinged Liver, Ac.,
are witaoui an equal.
DR. PR OPIIITT S A G UK PILL S,
A sure CUKE for CHILLS and FEVER.
DR. PROPIIITTS
I>ysentery Cordial,
Cures all derangements of the BOWELS.
Dr. Prophitt’s Pain Mfi It.
This celebrated Medicine should be in ever)
hens hold. It is a certain cure for all Pain*, an
! antidi te to Bites of Poisonous insects, Snak> s,
jAc A sanei ior ri-niedy lor Rheumatism and
Neara'gfa. TRY’ IT.
AH the above articles for sale by Dr 1). G
JJoat, Druggist, 1 can, Ga. C.» y
IS one of the great
est blessinfis tnat lias
ev ;r been given to wo
njan. It will relieve
Suppression. Month ly
Pains, Rhe u m atism,
Neuralgia, and a cer
tain cure for the ll 'kites
and Prolapsus Uteri.
For full particulars,
history of diseases and
POETRY.
Tlie Happy Valley,
In the heart of the long bare uplands
It lies like a river of green ;
And the trees each slope descending
Leave a flowery sward between.
A flowery path for the children,
With the oak and the thorn on high ;
Coverts to tempt the boldest,
And shelter-spots for the shy.
Come, love to the happy valley,
Where the turf slopes smooth and dry;
At our feet the laughing children,
Above, the laughing sky.
Life has no hour more golden,
Than thus on the grassy stipe,
W’hile we blend the age of reason
With the dearer age of hope.
For childhood is of the valley,
Ilaven’d from tempest and heat,
With flowers beyond its grasping,
And flowers beneath its feet.
Mid-age ban the tong bare uplands,
Bare to the heat and the rain,
Then come to the happy valley,
Children with children again.
■
Why the Hose is Red.
The rose of old, they say, was white,
Till love, one day, in wanton flight.
Flirting away Horn flower to flower,
A rose tree brushed, in evil hour.
The- spreading leaves concealed a thorn
By which the boy-god’s foot was torn.
The precious u: ops in plenteous flow
Fell on a rose’s breast below,
And all her snow-white virgin pride
In blushing pure carnation died
To tell to future times unborn
How love was wounded by a thorn.
Sobbing with pain and weeping dew,
The wounded f)t>y ttf Venus flew ;
But few the ills which boys endure
Another’s kisses cannot cure;
And for such pleasure after pain,
Love would be often prick’d again.
MISCSizI^xAMY.
From the Washington Patriot.
THE KU-KLUX COMMITTEE.
Testimony of Hon. A. R. Wright,
of Home.
K U-KLUX OR (l A NIZ A TIONS.
ML Pool (a member of Die Commit
lee, and Radical Senator from North
Carolina) demanded to know about Ku-
Klux organizations in Georgia and other
parts of the South.
Judge Wright said that if the ques
tion was whether there were regular se
cret organizations, with secret signs and
passwords, and organized under a head,
or in accordance with any design to re
strain any class of citizens from, exer
cising their privileges of citizenship, or
with a purpose of resisting the author
ity of the Government, he answered no.
He had no knowledge of such organiza
tioi s But he added that there were,
in some localities, local organizations ftr
the purpose of preserving the peace and
repressing lawlessness for the general
good, and he had no doubt but that such
organizations had sometimes committed
excesses, and perpetrated wrongs against
individuals. They were not organiza
tions effected to prevent the negroes
from voting, and lie had known no in
stance in which, in his section of coun
try, they had attempted such a thing.
He stated that the worst acts of violence
he had ever witnessed in this regard,
were the violent outrages committed by
the Radical. negroes upon persons of
their own color who had attempted to
vote with the Democrats. He had once
seen the white citizens organized and
armed to protect negroes who desired to
vote their personal sentiments, jn oppo
sition to the wishes of the Radical or
ganizations.
THE JUDGE’S RELIGIOUS VIEWS —FOOT-
WASIIING BAPTISTS.
Mr. Pool then questioned Judge
Wright as to his religious opinions, and
was told that the witness professed a
very humble and simple faith ; that he
was, in fact, a feet- washing Baptist.
This answer puzzled the North Caro
lina Senator no! ct little, for it was evi
dent that he had never heard of the
feet-washers. He asked the Judge if
feet-wasliing was a doctrine or an ob
servance. The Judge replied that the
doctrine of feet-wasliing was derived from
the Last Supper,” as described by the
Scriptures, and that its followers be
lieved that it was a Christian duty and
privilege to perform the same office to
ward one another, in imitation ot the
humble example set His Disciples by
the Saviour of mankind. He added
that lie had witnessed the observance of
feet-wasliing administered to humble
negroes by white brethren of the faith,
and would cheerfully perform the same
ceremony himself it occasion demanded.
The disciples of this faith were gener
ally believers in its efficiency.
LOYALTY TO TIIE GOVERNMENT.
Air. Pool wanted to know it the Judge I
was loyal to th’e Government.
Said the
what you mean by the word loyal.”
“ But,” said Mr. Pool, I want a di- )
rect answer..”
“ Then said the J udge” you cannot
have it.”
He then proceeded to say that the
Irish people were loyal to the British |
Crown, in that they did not try to resist
the English dominion. T*fey submit
ted to the English rule. But the Eng
lish Government did not hold out any
inducements to that people to be loyal
in their souls to it. It Mr. Pool meant
that loyalty which has its seat in the
soul of the citizen ; which is true to a
principle because the principle is true,
and which adheres to the government
because it believes the government to
be just and honest to the citizens, then
he did not think there was much of
such loyalty in the South. They don’t
feel it in that way. You cannot expect
a people to love a government that re
-1 fuses their rights of citizenship. The
witness himself could not to-day be a
bailiff to one of his former slave* if, one
of them were elected a magistrate. —
There is no denying that the Southern
people think the government made a
grave mistake in conferring.
UNLIMITED SUFFRAGE ON TltF NE
GROES.
The whites down there don’t believe
i the negro race is fit for self-government;
j and where a race so wanting in balance
and intelligence, and other self-govern
ing qualities, largely dominates, as JLn
! many sections of the Southern country,
| and has unrestrained right to control
, elections, anything like good government .
:is simply impossible.” *****
j ;t No nation of white men upon earth
is capable of self-government but the
l American nation, except, perhaps, the
1 English and Prussians. How, then,
could any sane person believe in the ca
pacity of the riegfo face to govern thetn-
I selves ?
i
FEELINGS OF TIIE SOUTHERN PEOPLE
TOWARDS GEN. GRANT.
i
The great ground of objection to
Grant is that he seems to have a partic
ular hatred of the South. He has uni
formly sided with the negroes and des
picable scalawags, and thus far they
have done nothing but give us local gov
ernments that have plundered and rob
bed the people.
THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA —GOV.
BULLOCK BLODGETT AND ‘ TIIE
STATE ROAD.
Bullock has excelled in this sort of
practice. He never was elected by a
majority of the people. Under his rule
the treasury had been plundered. He
was in two years and a half, and paid
$30,000 in lawyers’ fees, and a good |
part of it to Democratic lawyers, whom
he had a great fancy for feeing, and
some of whom were unable to resist his j
advances, in this regard.
“ During the time lie was in, he paid i
out $58,000 in rewards for the appre- j
hcrf&lon of fugitives. lie paid oilfc
$98,000 for advertising his proclama
tions. which were unheard of expendi
tures in this regard. He expended be- j
tween $400,000 and $500,000 for con- I
tingencies, and never showed a voucher
for the money so spent. He put Foster !
Blodgett in charge of the Atlanta and
Georgia State Railroad, who knew as
much ol' i lilroading its ih.3 ‘ learned pig.’
Blodgett paid the State $25,000 for the
first month and $20,000 the second
month ; and after that never paid a cec't ;
or made a return. He ran the road
down, wore out its stock, and brought
it in debt lo the extent of $700,000,
which the State of Georgia is now pay- j
ing off. It is generally believed that
Blodgett plundered the State to the ex
tent of two or three millions. In the
meantime a bill was worked through the
Legislature leasing the road to Senators
Cameron, Scott and others, for twenty
years, at $25,000 a month, or $300,000
a year. To snow what a good thing this
party have ol‘ it, it is only necessary to
state that before the war the road
brought in $700,000 a year, and that j
at a time when its business was not a (
third of what it is now. Thus the peo- :
pie have been robbed by the local gov
ernments the Federal Government has
given them to the present time.”
B - |
SENTIMENTS OF TIIE PEOPLE TOWARDS
NORTHERN MEN —DR. ANGIEIi.
lii giving the terrible plunderings of
the State by Bullock and his carpet
bag government, the Judge was asked
by Mr. Pool if he did not think some
of his opinions originated in his preju
dices towards Northern men. God does j
not make good and bad men by paral
lels of latitude and longitude. Look at
Angler, our " reasurer; he is a North
ern man —a Republican, but an honest
man There he has ~tood at the do w
of the treasury, fighting all the whil
like a lion at bay, for the welfare of his
people.”
The Judge was asked if Angier had
not joined the .Democrats. ‘-Not at
all,” replied he. “ Tie supports General
Grant, I suppose, and goes with the
honest Republicans. The- people of
Georgia owe him an eternal weight of
gratitude. Had he joined with Bullock
and his public plunderers, no man could
tell the extent of their robberies.”
About I> i g Fennel.— A correspond
ent of the Memphis Appeal furnishes
some infofmfttion rioi known generally
to the public, in regard to the medical
and other qualities of that universal and
übiquitous nuisance. He says :
“Nothing will touch it in its green
state, and consequently it is looked upon
by people generally as a useless growth
and* a odsanea. The weed, when cut,
cured and salted, is an elegant feed for
horses, and they are very fond of it.
It contains great substance, and is not
only food but a good tonic. It is known
to the medical fraternity as th‘e v?ild cam
omile, and it is said that tea made from
'lt is one of the best remedies for flux
Let every farmer cut his dog fennel,
cure it, sprinkle it with salt, feed his
horses on it. and thereby safe and Keep
hundreds of dollars at home heretofore
paid for feed brought from other States.”
The Hon. John Prentiss, “of Keen q
New Hampshire, aged mr.cty-three, is
Said to be the oldest Mason living in the-
United States, having travelled the rug
ged road and received his degrees in
1807.
Lemon juice rubbed on. the hands,
face, head and n'cek of a person attacked
! by sunstroke, is said to be an infallible
; remedv. It i« at least worth rmieinher
-1 ing.
Brotherly Hove, an (deal of Free
masonry.
Every institution of man must have
an ideal in order to give it direction and
; power. The question is natura.ly pro
pounded by the world, What me Use.
ideals of Freemasonry ? While we held
that every individual has a right to f 1-
low out his own ideals of life as seem
eth to him best, ’most convenient, and
most agreeable, yet the public have a
right to know the general aim and intent
! of organizations of men. whetlu r they
be good or bad. In reply to that in
quiry, we .say emphatically that Freeuta
! soury has its ideals, all of them boauti
fnl. pure and true, and that brotherly
love stands in the most prominent niche
| of her mystical temple
Love between man and man is with
her an incarnated principle—it is th
embodiment of -her life and gives tone
to tile active principle of her entire sys
tem. Freemasonry rests upon the grand,
bottomless and boundless foundation of
universal brotherhood. It recognizes
■ the seli-existcgt fact that there is a b nd
; of unity permeating the human race,
i and that that bond is the strongest
! where intelligence and cultivation has
the fullest exercise and influence. The
: brotherhood of our institution is foitiul
|ed upon the basis of the heart and
brains, for without these, all fraternity
I must of necessity partake of tlie selfish
; aud mercenary nature. It goes fur be
yond all fraternities or societies in the
world, in this, that it expects every can
didate to be willing to give all he can,
even to depriving himself of comforts
for other’s wants, and that he shall never
expect to receive or ask anything fn
himself. We know of no other inftitu
tion formed upon such a broad b asis of
charity, either civil, religious or politi
cal. Taking this as a basis, it is easily
comprehended how such men should bu
at least friends, if not brothers. But
the result has proven that when masons
meet each other avrsuf from home, there
at onCe arises a community .of senti
ment and exchange of hearth-feelings.
If two men who are beneficiaries of the
same institution, say a life insurance
company, or of any other sort, they na
turally meet each other with iudiffer
ence or rivalry, but where both are eon - I
tributors to the common cause of hu
manity and both arc educated on the
same broad basis of philosophy, they
meet with the magnetism of uu taal re
spect and esteem. They kn v: that-they j
are above the e >n.u u level of:
dependency and that tlr-y are or should '
be gentlemen meeting upon a perfect
equality, although they may move in
(different spheres of l*fb. There is a
heart love inspired and warmed by the
baptismal fire of heaven, which speaks
through the eye and majfffetize.s the :
hand in its introductory grip, worth ,
more than all the Words or tokens ever j
invented. The patent right for that j
grip is held by God Almighty a! me. |
and is only given to these who first
sought the truth in their hearts. A
mean aud contemptible man can never
look an barest one full in the lace, es
pecially if ho has wronged him ; nor
can the culprit take his benefactor by
the hand with that fulf ’’farm and ear
nest grin which belongs to the true man
and Mason; hence Freemasonry has
brotherly love an ideal; a love which
bespeaks honesty, truth and fraternity.
Charitable donations are a part of the
daily routine of Masonic duties, but if
that were all, the institution would be
*’o, more than’ the thousand and one
others of a similar character, but its
principles of friendship, fellowship,
kindness, mutual affection, forbearance
aud forgiveness, rises above all this arid
incarnates the institution with the sa
cred character of Brotherlv. o j.”
It is well that the world should un
derstand this ideal of masonry, for we
fear that too many candidates come to
our doors with the idea that charitable
donations constitute our great aim and
nirrwo&e. Mercenary calculations based
upon personal advantages look out from
the eyes of too many of them. It is a
glowing sight to see a full hearted, dis
interested, generous and magnanimous
man come tb the masonic door, and when
admitted, feel that wc are in the pres
ence of a being whom God has made
for the high and noble purposes of our
institution—one who asks nothing and
expects nothing but a full fellowship
and uuselfiish fraternity, and who shows
his willingness to contribute liberally
according to his meat for she benefit
of those in less for tun at circumstances.
u Love ” is the word t oat has puzzled
philosophers of all ages to fully define,
and •• Brotherly Love ” is a term still
more difficult of comprehension, because
it ignores the influence of the opposite
sex, (which all men acknowledge has
much to do . with the heart’s develup
mer/t} but yet there is a purity of love
between men as sacred aud firm as ever
existed between the sexes themselves —
it is a lbve which is. however, more ful
ly developed by the wcCuiiar associations
of mffstie eeremonus, purp.ses ami
ideals, than in ordinary life, heirfe il
has been classed ar the first tenet •>!'
Freemasonry.
Miss Susan Nipper, who lives in a
small tenement,.a lone woman, was quite
‘•flustrated” the other morning by an
early call from a bachelor neighbor.
‘ What do you come hero after ? id
Miss Nipper.
“I came to borrow matches, he meek
ly replied.
‘ .Matches! That’s a likely story.--
Why don’t you make a match ? I know
; what you come for,” cried the exasper
ated virgin, as she backed the bachelor
1 into a corner. “You come here to hug
and kiss mo almost to death ! But you
-han’t, without you’re the strongest, and
! the Lord knows you are
N uiiil>ei 50.
VAItlOl'H ITEMS.
( ’ - “ “
—An Illinois judg^Twc in witness
; on ‘a’dictionary.
* «•
; Watermelons in Georgia j .$»( but
; twenty-five cents a pace—shw of the
pieces wet stated.
An Irish editor congrifhiiu s byn
self that “halt the lies told about him
arn’t true.’* t~. „ »,„. I „ rT
A revivalt«t asked «n A Irk an if
lie had iaHud the 1. rd. “ Golly. ” said
SaUibo, “ is the Lord 1 >t i”
A Ibibv who kissws Ills mother and
tights his father mey be said to be par
tial.to his uia. :vad martial to bis.pa.
A histrionic individud, who has
heard a good deal about fcho “ theatre of
ivar. suggest.« .that the back seats must
be very and s*r;db!e.
A young lady npscaught smoking
a cigar by her maternal parent. * If*;r
escu'Q t:m it made her smell like there
was a young man about.
—An old lady being asked to sub
scribe tor a newspaper, declined on the
ground that when she wanted news, sho
manufagturol it herself.
; — a I wouder vhgt causes my eyes
to be so weak ? ’ id i* fop to a gehtje
man. Xhey are L< a weak place,” re-
I plied the latter.
,It may not generally be known
that editors get cue important item of
subsistence at a very low {mice —they
get bond lor UothiHg.
A private in the army recently
sent a letter to his sweetheart dosing
with, “ May heaven cherish and keep
you from yours truly John Smith.”
*i > f
A squire in Indianapolis married a
couple last week, adapting the service tq
modern times by pronouncing them man
and wife ‘‘ until separated bv Lw.”
Josh Hiflings, on codfish says :—•
“ They are good eating for a wet day ;
they are better than an umbrella to keep
a man dry.” #
“Johnny, what do you expect to
do for a living when vou get to bo u
man ! ‘‘.Well. I reckon I’ll get mar
ried and board with my wife’s mother ”
—-1 he Indiana. Legislature reduced
the allowance per “square” for le*al
advertisements, which an ingenious pa
p r gets around by reducing its “square”
to three lines..
A friend of ours, who has’hadex
perience, says, to kiss a rosy cheek girl,
and find yyur lyouth tilled with Venetian
red. and she growing pale, is truly etr'-
bar raising.
An observing guiius hi Connecti
cut remarks that love may be blind, but
lie has always noticed that whenever a
man proves very desperate he is al
ways told to ‘‘see father.
Mrs. Cupps, of iftikoia. recently
gave birth to three fine-looking male
children. A contemporary attempts a
pun by driving that “ this was having
the he-Cups with a vengeance.
A Mobile paper is indignant at a
contemporary for announcing that “ Mo
bile is the fourth coffee pot in the coun
try.” Investigation proved that -cotton
port” was meant.
A man has invented anew and
cheap plan for boarding. One of bis
lodgers mesmerizes the rest, and then
eats « hearty in -a!- the mesmerized be
ing satisfied from'sympathy.
A lawyer in New Orleans, seeking
to impeach the testimony of a witness,
said: “Arif you notin the habit of
drinking?’ “Sure, your honor, I
would choke, else, was the prompt re
sponse.
An Indiana county clerk has found
in his house a certificate which reads:
” This is to certify that I, William Sands,
is agreed that Jim Brown shnll her my
Daughter Patsey to wife this 17th of
genuewerry, 1871.”
Mrs. Atkinson, of Quality Row
thus sums up three years of married
kfe : “The first year my husband call
ed me •My dear;’ the second vear,
‘Mrs. A.;’ and the third year, ‘Old
Sorrtd Top.’ This last I couldn’t stand.”
The editor of a Western paper, in
his last issue, says: “We cannot exist
any lunger on she-wood. maple sngar
and sheep skins. We bid our patrons
good-bye, and offer for sale two hundred
bushels seed potatoes, slightly frost-bit
.teu.” M . .
J«»sh Billing? says : “Most people
decline to learn only oy their own ex
perience. and [ guesffthey are more than
hall right; fur [ don’t s’ pr.se sc man
could get a correct idea of molasses can
dy merely by retting another feller
taste it for himself.”
- A rogue was cyp.cc begging charity
on pretense cf being dumb. A lady
having a-ked him. with equal simplicity
how long ho,had been dumb, he was
thrown oft. hut guard and replied :
“ From birth, madam.” “ Poor fellow,”
safid the lady, and gave him a shilling.
The*following advertisement ap
peared in an Irish paper': W hereas,
Patrick Maloney Inis fraudulently taken
away several articles of Wearing appa
rel “without ujy I:obW?W£?c, this is, there
fore, to inform him that if he does not
forthwith return the same, his name
shall be made public.
• A famous judge had a habit of
begging pardon 0u every occasion. At
i the e! se of the assize, as he was about
to leave the beach, the officer of the
court reminded him that he had not
passed sentence of death on one of tho
i criminals, as he had intended. “ Dear
me, said Uts lordship, -.1 roall\ bee: his
pardon BrkfU him in.'