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by FREEMAN & BRO.
She CaUiotm limes.
iM.Boy.
t'i the house turned topsy-turvey ?
Does't ring from street to root ?
Will Vhe racket still continue,
Spite of all your mild reproof?
Are you often in a flutter ?
Are you sometimes thrilled with joy ?
Then I have my grave suspicion ?
That you have at home—that Boy.
Are your walls andjables hammered ?
Are yoqr nerves and ink upset?
Have twp eyes bright and roguish,
Made you Svery clirV forget ?
Have your garden beds a prowler
Who delights but to destroy ?
These are ace well-known indications
That you have at home—that Boy.
Have you seen him playing'circus,
With his head upon the mat,
And his heels in mid-air twinkling—
For his audience, the cal?
Do you ever stop to listen,
When his merry pranks annoy—
Listen to a voice ( that whiners,
You were once jus*, like—llUtPoy ?
Have jou heard of broken windows,
And with nobody to blame ?
Have you seen a trowsered urchin,
Quite unconscious of the same?
Do you love a teasing mixture
Os perplexity and joy?
You have a dozen daughters,
But 1 know you’ve got—that Boy.
[Vhr the Calhcun Times.]
H iKMOMES OF NATURE, NO. 2.
ElevatioiCof
Europe is G 72 feet above the sea,
North America is 747 feet above the
sea, South America is 1,147 feet above
thesea.and Asia is 1,163 feet above the
sea. The depression of the sea is 12,000
feet below the same level. The differ
ence in the highlit cotttitiertt and the
deepest ocean is 13.162 feet What has
produced these blcvatioHsS atm (le|}ire£-
sions? Force. The forces that cause
earthquakes and Volcanoes, find the ac
tion of water and heat are the great
agencies concerned in thq mighty w,ork.
Hollows have been made for holding
the waters, and mountains and water
sheds have been lifted up by means of
what we commonly regard as insignifi
cant forces.
Geological discoveries show that the
earth has been subject to earthquakes
and volcanos from the most remote pe
riod of the geological calendar. Lava
and rocks have been found here and
♦here over the earth’s surface, and in
almost every strata of the earth as deep
as man has penetrated into it.
Sometimes one volcano will lift up a
whole islaud al once, and do it in a few
hours.
What force is concerned in the mighty
upheaval ? The force of steam.
The internal part ot the earth is so
hot that all matter in it is in a liquid
*tate. The water from the seas and
‘oceans coming iu contact with the in
ternal fires is converted into steam
which finds vent through some weak
jilacc in the surface of the earth, and
throws up hundreds of tons of lava
Which spreads ovei the land for miles
around, and thus the volcano by throw
ing up so large an amount of matter
causes a change in the water sufficient
to present an island. As the water
changes the land appears. Islands are
now seen that did not shaw themselves
100 years ago. The Island of Julia
was presented to sight in 1821. This
island is in the Mediterranean sea. —
That strain can exert such a force is
not incredible when w T e consider the
power of the engine from a small fire
and a few galons of water. What can
it not do when millions on millions of
galons of w ater are converted into steam
by the great fire inside of the earth ?
The lifting up of an islaud by so great
an amount of steam is as easy as the
tossing of a ball by a boy.
Again the leveling of the mountains
is done by an agent so insignificant as
to be unnoticed by the most delicate
and the most sensitive constitution. —
That mighty airent is the sunbeam and
the weather. The vast mountains fall
to pieces under the influence of the
weather. The process is slow, but the
result is sure. Sometimes the work
seems to he done quickly, then it re
quires ages. What a grand and sudden
\vork was the burial of Herculaneum
and Pompeii, yet it was the work of a
very short time. Tue Northern part of
Europe is rising at the rate of 5 feet in
a century.
When we consider the number of
volcanoes and their great power we are
not astonished that the surfaco of the
fcarth is constantly changing and pre-
Renting new islands to the seafaring man.
AH along the Western coasts, from the
Extreme point of South America to the
Arctic Ocean, these fires are to be seen,
dhey are certainly doing ft gredt work,
which will appear sooner or later. Who
Can tell what all those active volcanoes
will do in 100 years f The Andes, th'e
llocky, and many other ranges of moun
tains may be leveled from their lofty
■‘eightSj and the bosom of the broad
pacific may be dotted with many more
Elands. Nature, in all her designs and
Operations is wise. Her work is all
well done. We often fail to see and
understand the operations of nature,
nut there is wisdom in them all. W e
look upon the s'earn engine as a grand
piece of machinery, but what is it com
pared to the machinery of a volcano
Nan does nothing new. Long ages be
h>re the steam engine was invented,God
was using steam for more stupendous
pruposes than that of propeling steam
en gines. J. L. Milburn.
A young beau, at his sister’s even
ing party, began to sing “ Why ani I so
freak and weary ?” when a little broth
er brought the performance to a sud
den close by yelling out, “ Aunt Mary
Sa ys it’s because you come home so late,
and drunk most every nighfe.”
©tje Ciiltyotm Itlcchln ©tines.
ORDINANCES Sf THE*Tt)MSfOF CAL
HOUN.
Revised January 28th,"1874.
Ordinance 1. All persons who are now
or may hereafter be living within the
corporate limits of the town of Calhoun,
liable to do road duty under the laws of
this State, will be required to work not
to exceed fifteen days in each year.—
Provided, however, by payment of any
sum required by the Council, hot to
exceed ten dollars for each year, shall
be exempt from ltoad or street duty.—
And all moneys so arising shall only be
applied to the employment of other
hands to do street or road duty, at such
rate per day as the Council may author
ize, and to other improvements of the
streets.
Ord. 2. It shall be the duty of the
Marshal to superintend the working of
the roads and streets in said town ; to
notify those subject to perform such du
ties; to keep a list of those exempt un
der the first Ordinance ; also of the de
faulters who refuse or neglect to work
and pay the amount so specified in such
case provided in the first Ordinance,and
return such list to the Council. And
such defaulters, after being notified to
appear before the Council, not having
sufficient excuse for such neglect or re
fusal shall be fined not less than one
dollar nor more than three dollars for
each and every day of such neglect or
refusal to do road or street duty. Said
fine or fines to be collected by fi fa un
der the Road Laws of this State
Ord. 3. At 10 o’clock, V. M., all
houses in which intoxicating liquors are
kept for sale, all Ten Pin Allies,Billiard
Saloons or other gaming houses shall be
closed and remain closed until 4 o’clock
A. M. Any person selling or furnishing
intoxicating liquors between the hours
named above, or otherwise violating this
Ordinance shall be fined from five to ten
dollars for each offense; said fine to be
collected by fi fa out of the property of
the defendant.
Ord 4. It shall further be the duty
of the Marshal, upon the commission of
any offense against any of tne Ordi
nances of said town, so soon as practis
cable, to bring the offender or offenders,
together with the necessary witnesses,
before the Chairman, unless it be an
offense to which a certain penalty is an
nexed, in which case he may discharge
such offender or offenders upon the pay
ment of such fine or penalty, or unless
in such other case as may be provided
for in these ordinances or amendments
thereto. In the event that fi *id offense
be committed after 8 o’clock, l\ M., the
Marshal shall then imprison the offend
er or offenders in the calaboose or jail
until the next morning, and then bring
the offender or offenders before the
Chairman of Council, and proceed as in
other cases.
Ord. 5. It shall further be the duty
of the Ma.shal to arrest all persons vio
lating the criminal laws of this State,
within the corporate limits of said town,
and bring him, her or them, together
with the witness or witnesses in such
case, before the Chairman of Council,
who upon the examination of the case,
shall bind over such offender or offend
ers, if guilty,to the Court having cogni
zance thereof; and in case such offend
er or offenders shall fai' to give securi
tv, he, she or they shall be committed
to jail, under the laws of this State.
Ord, 6. It shall further be the duty
of the Marshal to make a icport in
writing, wee ly, to the Council, of all
moneys he has received and turned over
to the Secretary, accompanied by the
proper vouchers.
Ord. 7. It shall be the duty of the
Marshal to receive the tax register from
the Secretary and proceed to collect the
taxes therein specified. Should any
person whose name is enrolled on said
register, refuse to pay the taxes therein
assessed,it shall be the duty of the Mar
shal to notily the Secretary of such re
fusal. It shall then be the duty
et the Secretary to issue a fi fa di
reeted to the Marshal, requiring
him to levy the said fi fa upon the goods
and chattels, lands and tenements of the
defendants. The Marshal shall then
levy such fi fa as required, and after
legal advertisement, expose to sale the
property so levied upon. And the Mar
shal and Secretary shall be entitled to
receive from the defendant the same
costs as tax collectors and bailiffs.
Ord. 8. It shall be the duty of the
Marshal to execute all the Ordinances
of said town, according to the require
ments therein specified, and also to obey
all legal orders of the Council not here
in specified.
Ord. 9. It shall further be the duty
of the Marshal to inspect weekly the
sidewalks, streets and bridges and see
that they are kept in good order; also,
to report to the Street Committee all
necessarty repairs.
Ord. 10. Before the Marshal shall
enter upon his duties, he shall take and
subscribe the following oath: “I, A.
8., do solemnly swear, or affirm that I
will perform all the duties of Marshal
of the town of Calhoun, to the best of
my skill and ability, so help me God.”
And he shall give bond in the sum of
one thousand dollars, payable .to the
Council and their successors in office,
for the faithful performance of his du
ties, and for the true accounting of all
moneys received into his hands. And
said bond may be enforced by the Coun
cil or by any citizen who may consider
himself aggrieved by being forfeited be
fore the Board of CouncilnieD,_or b\
suit being brought thereon before any
Court having juiisdiction over the
same.
Ord. 11. The Marshal may be dis
urssed by the Council, for a gross neg
lect or for wilful failure of his duties,
or be fined at the discretion of the
chnirmair for the negluct or refusal to
CALHOUN, GA. ( WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11.1874.
perform any minor duty,in any sum not
exceeding $25.
DUTIES OF SECItETARY AND TREAS
URER.
Ord. 12. Before the Secretary shall
enter upon his duties he shall take and
subscribe the following oath : “I, A.
8., do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I
will to the best of my ability, perform
the duties of Secretary of the town of
Calhoun, and that I will faithfully ac*
count for a'l moneys coming into my
hands as Secretary, when called upon
to so do, so help me God.” And shall
give bond in the sum of one thousand
dollars for the faithful performance of
his duties, and for the true accounting
of all moneys coming into his hands,
payable, &c., &c , as the Marshal’s bond
And said bond may be enforced as the
Marshal’s bond.
Ord. 13. It shall be the duty of the
Secretary to keep a correct record of
the proceed'ngs and transactions of the
Couucil--to do such other writing as
the Council may legally order or direct
—to keep a just and true account of all
the incomes of the Council, receive all
moneys from the hands.of the Marshal,
not otherwise ordered by the Council
to be disposed of—give a receipt there
for, if desired, and pay the same over
to the Treasurer.
Ord. 14 It shall further be the duty
of the Secretary to issue all fi. fas. au
thorized by any and all of these Ordi
nances, and to attend all regular meet
ings of the Council, when notified by
ringing of the bell or otherwise legally
summoned, if practicable. For each fi.
fa by him he shall be entitled to receive
314 cents out of the defendant; for
making out Certiorari and performing
other duties, which Justices of the
Peace are required to do in this State,
and which he is authorized to do, he
shall be entitled to recover the same
costs which the said Justices would be
entitled to in such cases, wherever and
whenever the Legislature in regard to
this corporation authorizes it, or wher
ever and whenever the general customs
of the Judiciary of this State allow in
such cases
Ord. 15. It shall further be the duty
of the Secretary to obey any and all
legal orders, instructions and directions
of the Council, and for failing neglect
ing or refusing to perform any of his
specified duties, as required in these
Ordinances, if practicable, he shall be
subject to a fine of any amount not ex
ceeding ten dollars. And in case of
repeated wilful violation of the above
duties, as well as all others required by
the Ordinances of the town, it shall be
the duty of the Council to dismiss him
and appoint another.
Ord. 16. The Secretary shall be al
lowed for his services, per annum, any
sum agreed upon by the Council, not
less than thirty nor more than sixty
dollars; but in no case where he may
have been dismissed, shall he be enti
tled to more than the time during which
he faithfully performed his duties,
w ould have given at the rates agreed
upon by the Council.
Ord. 17. The Records and Books of
the Secretary shall at all times be sub
ject to the inspection of any citizen ;
and upon any citizen of said town le
gaily demanding the same and the Sec
retary refusing the same, he shall be
subject to a fine of ten dollars or re
moval, at the discretion of the Coun
cil.
DUTIES OF TREASURER
Ord. 18. Before the Treasurer shall
enter upon the duties of his office, he
shall take and subscribe the following
oath : “I, A B, do solemnly swear and
affirm that I will faithfully account for
all moneys coming into my hands as
Treasurer, when called upon to do so ;
so help me God j” and shall give bond
in the sum of one thousand dollars,pay-
Hble to the Council and their successors
in office, for the faithful performance of
his duties and for the true accounting
of all moneys coming into his hands,
payable, &c., as the Marshal s bond ;
and said bond may be enforced as the
Marshal’s bond.
Ord. 19. It shall further be tlie duty
of the Treasurer to receive all moneys
fronr the hands of the Secretary and pay
the same out only by order of the Coun
cil ; and he shall keep an account of all
moneys received from the Secretary and
paid out upon vouchers.
Or r t. 20. The Treasurer shall be al
lowed for his services per annum, any
amount agreed upon by the Council,not
less than 830.00 nor more than 860.00.
But in no case where he may have been
dismissed shall he be entitled to receive
pay for more than the time during which
he faithfully performed the duties of
said office.
Ord. 21. The Treasurer’s book shall
be subject at all times to the inspection
of any citizen ; and upon any citizen of
said town at any time legally and manding
the same and the Treasurer refusing he
shall pay a fine of ten dollars or be re
moved, at the discretion of the Council.
DUTIES OF COUNCILMEN.
Ord. 22. Any member of the Coun
cil failing to attend a regular meeting
t'f the Council, or special or called
meeting, when duly and legally notified,
unless prevented by sickness, or some
Providential occurrence, he shall be
subject to a fine of any amount, not ex
ceeding three dollars, unless the Coun
cil think his excuse sufficient to justify
his absence.
Ord 23. This Council shall h;Vv£ tPe
power to make such regulations for the
internal government of themselves and
their officers, as they in their discretion,
may see proper.
Ord. 24. All persons owning proper
ty within the corporate limits of said
town, shall at the time and place ap
pointed by the assessors for such pur
pose, they giving public notice of the
day or days set apart for giving in said
tax, upon which days the tax payers
shall appear and render a full and fair
schedule of their taxable property, in
cludiug money, solvent notes and ac
counts, and have their uames enrolled
under oath in like manner as the tax
laws of this State require; and the as
sessors in such eases have the power to
administer the usual oath administered
by tax receivers. And all persons fail
ing to give in their Droperty at a fair
valuation, said property shall be valued
by the assessors and taxed according to
their valuation.
Ord. 25. All persons owning proper
ty within the corporate limits of s>id
town shall pay a corporation tax on all
of said property, not to exceed one-half
of one per cent, except in case or cases
where the Legislature has empowered
the Council to levy a special tax.
Ord. 26. All persons keeping a Ten
Pin or Ball Alley, within the corporate
limits of said town, shall pay a corpor
ation tax thereon of ten dollars; and all
persons keeping a Billiard Table tor the
purpose of playing billiards thereon,
shall pay a corporation tax of fifteen
dollars.
Ord. 27 It shall be the duty of all
persons within the corporate limits of
said town, to cause to be removed from
their respective premises, all filth, de
cayed vegetable or animal matter, which
shall be at the time, or likely to be
come, annoying to the neighborhood, or
deleterious to the general health or wel
fare of the town And all persons fail
ing to comply with this Ordinance, af
ter the space of eighteen hours, after
being duly notified by the Marshal,
shall be fined five dollars, besides pay
ing the expenses of the Marshal for
the removal of the same, whose duty it
shall be after the above specified time :
Provided, however, that if it shall be
made to appear to the Council that it
tVas impossible for the party or parties
so offending, to comply with the pro
visions of this Ordinance, then he, she,
or they, shall be liable only for the ex
pense of the removal of said filth, veg
etable or animal matter.
Ord. 28 It shall be the duty of all
persons within the corporate limits of
said town to keep their Privies or Gar
den Houses cleansed. In case or cases
of neglect of duty under this Ordi
nance, it shall be the duty of the Mar
shall to notify the party or parties there
of, and for each subsequent day of neg
lect thereof, such person or persons,
so offending shall be fined from $1 to
SIO.OO.
Ord. 29 It shal further be the duty
of all persons to remove from the streets
or other public places, all wild or vi
cious animals by them there placed or
which shall have escaped from their
premises. The Marshal knowing of a
violation of this Ordinance shall imme
diately notify the offender or offenders,
and upon their failure to remove said
animal or animals there and then, it
shall be the duty of the Marshal to do
so ; and the party or parties violating
this ordinance shall pay a fine of five
dollars, or be imprisoned in the cala
boose or jail five days fur each and ev
ery offense.
Ord. 30. It shall further be the duty
of all persons to remove all obs'triiCtions
from the streets and sidewalks, by them
there placed Upon being notified by
the Marshal to remove said obstruc
tions, the party or parties so offending
shall be fined two dollars for each d;iy
such obstructions is ot are permitted to
remain, and by order of Council, the
Marshal shall remove the same or cause
it to he done, i.nd charge the offender
or offenders with the expense of remov
al: Provided, however, that nothing n
this Ordinance shall bfi ?o construed as
to apply to building materials, unless'
said materials shall remain an unreason
able time : Provided, further, that the
29th Ordinance shall be subject to the
same discretion of the Council as the
27th.
PROHIBITIONS, penalties, &g.
Ord. 31. Any person or persons ty
ing a tin box or any other article cal
culated to frighten, to any dog or any
other animal within the corporate limits
of said town, upon conviction thereof
shall pay a fine of not less than ofie nor
more than ten dollars.
Ord. 32. Any person or person play
ing at any game of ball, or throwing
and catching a ball, or throwing stones
in the streets, shall, upon conviction
thereof pay a fine of not less than one
nor more than five dollars.
Ord. 33 If any person shall expose
himself, herself or themselves, within
the corporate limits of said town, so as
to offend public decency, or become so
intoxicated as to annoy the peace and
good order of said town, or shall use
loud,[profane or indecent language, so as
to be publicly offensive, he, she or they
shall pay a fine of not less than one dol
lar nor more than twenty dollars and
cost for each offense ; and in the event
that the offender or offender*, refuse to
pay said fine, or fipes, he, she or they
shall be imprisoned in the calaboose or
jail, at the discretion of the Council,not
to exceed one day for every dollar im-
posed.
Ord. 34. Any person shooting off a
gun or pistol, or firing crackers, or any
other combustible matter, he or they
shall be fined not less than one nor uioVe
than twenty dollars for each offense.
Ord. 35. Any person keeping a stal
lion, Jackass or Bull, within said town,
or keeping a pit, shall pay a fine of five
dollars for each time said stallion, jack
ass or bull is let £o a mare, jennet or
cow.
Ord. oifi. Arty person tying a .torse,
mule, ass. jennet, ox, or other livestock
to any fruit, shade or ornamental tree,
in the streets or other public place or
places, within said town, or to any gar
den or yard enclosure, or to any sign or
awning posts, or riding or driving on
hfc sid'e v.ttks, shfrll be fined not less
than one nor more than twenty dollars
for each offense.
Ord 37. All shows or performances
exhibiting within the limits of said
shall pay a tax of twenty j five dol*
av: lor each day so performing. And
every circus, menagerie or other com
pany exhibiting in said town, in addi
to their regular tax, shall pay from five
to twenty dollars tax for each “side”
hhoW’urtoer their direction, whether ex
hibited under separate canvas or under
the regular canvas,provided extra charge
is made for such show or performance
by said company or companies, and all
other shows, performances or cnteitain
ftVert that charge for the same shall pay
not less than five nor more than ten dol
lrrs f>r each day or night. And it is
further provided in this Ordinance that
no show, circus or menagerie shall be
held ou the town comutous east of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad.
Ord. 38. All itinererant traders shall
pay a tax of not less than one more than
ten dollars per day for the privilege of
trading in said town, unless by special
tax with Council. And the Marshal is
empowered to seize the goods of all per
sons violating this ordinance until the
tax is paid.
Ord. 39. If any person or persons
"ulall breveili, or attempt to prevent the
Marshal from executing any of these
Ordinances, by violence, threats, intim
idation, persuasion, or otherwise, such
person or persons so offending shall be
subject to a fine of any sum not less
than one dollar; nor more than one hun
dred dollars, according to the degree of
the offense.
Ord. 40. The Marshal shall have
power to call to his assistance such aid
as he may deem necessary in the execu
tion of any of these Ordinances; and
any person being thus called on, and re
fusing to render such assist rtrtct;, shall
be subject to a fine of not less than five
dollars nor more than twenty dollars, at
the discretion of the Council.
Ord. 41. The owner of each one
horse or ox dray, shall pay a tax of five
dolhil: per year ; and the owner of each
two-horse or ox dray, shall pay a tax of
ten dollars for the privilege of hauling
or draying in said town. And any per
son or persons other than licensed dray
men using, or allowing their teams to be
used as drays, and charging for the
same, shall be fined one dollar for each
load so hauled within the corporate lim
its of said town.
Ord. 42 Any person who may run a
horse, or mule Ihrough the streets of
said town shall pay a fine of not less
than one dollar nor more than twenty
dollars for each offense.
Ord. 43. Any person or persons own
ing or keeping a horse, mare, mule or
jenuet, and permitting the same to run
at large in said town, shall pay a fine of
not less than one no? nnre than ten
dollars for each offense.
Ord 44. All i>ersoH3.cr$ rllrig proper
ty in said towh upon which there are
wells open and uncovered, slll be re
quired to fill up. fence in, or cover over
the same s curely, within ten days, and
keep said wells so fenced in, or covered
over, 0 1 the same will be done by the
Council at the expense of the party or
parties owning the property. The same
to be collected by ti. fa. against the
property.
Ord. 45. Any person or persons, re
siding within the corporate liufits of
said totfri, Who may jump upon, or swing
on to any railroad car or cars, while in
motion, in said town, excepting those
who may desire to travel to other places,
shall be fined not less than one dollar,
nor more than five dollars for each of*
sense.
Ord. 46. All persons who afe now or
may hereafter retail spirituous liquors
of any kind within the corporate limits
of said town shall pay a tax annually
of hot than one hundred nor more
than tso hundred and fifty dollars on
each establishment by them kept for
that purpose. And all who sell in quan
tities uot less than one quart tfor more
than five gallons shall pay a tax annu
ally of not less thftn twenty-five nor
more than one hundred dollars oh each
establishment by them kept for that
purpose; and the Council shall have
power to aSS'ess annually any amount
within the prescribed limits that they,
in their sound discretion, ninj inink
proper. And each and all who sell
spirituous liquors shall come before the
Secretary of the Board of Commission
ers for said town, and take and sub
scribe to the following oath, aS laid dotfn
in the New Code, sec. 1419, viz: 1
swear that I Vvlll hot during the next
twelve months, sell, barter, give or fur*
nish spirituous or intoxicating liquors
in any quantity to any minor, either
white ot colored, without the consent of
his or her parent or guardiati, add that
I will not allow others to do so for me,
with my knowledge or consent; so help
me God;” and shall give bond with
good and sufficient security, for the sum
of five hundred dollars, payablp to tftq
Board of Codncilmen in and for said
town, and their successors in office, con
ditioned to keep an orderly house and
to abide faithfully by the oath which
thev have taken. Said bond shall be
taken by the Secretary, approved by the
Council, and recordeu on the minutes,
afird any person aggrieved! may bring
stilt on said bund in tire Superior Court
of Gordon county, State of Georgia, or
any other court having jurisdiction'. —
For a violation of this Ordinance, the
offender, upon, conviction before the
Ch*iirmaiV of Council, shall be fined not
less than 1 ten nor more than fifty (dollars
fur each offense.
Ord. 47. The Marshal shall he enti
tled to the following bill of cost: For
each arrest 50 cents, for attending trial
50 cents, for each judgment 50 cents,
for each imprisonment sl, to be collect
ed in all cases of the defendant, if found
guilty, but if the (defendant is not found
guilty the Marshal shall not be enti
tled to any cost.
Ord. 48. When any person or persons
'shall be brought before the Chairman
of Council for the violation of any of
these ordinances, or for examination for
the violation of an; of the criminal
laws of this State, the accused shall bo
at liberty to make his defense by him
self. herself, or by council or both.—
And the Chairman will hear regular li
censed attorneys on either side, but in
no case will any othei person be per
mitted to interfere. And if any persi n
or persons should so interfere, after be
ing notified to desist, he or they shall
be fine 4 not less than five nor more than
ten dollars for each offense.
Ord 49. During the sitting of the
Council in the discharge of their du
ties, if any r-erson or persons shall mis
behave in their presence or so near the
Couocil room as to annoy them or in
terrupt their proceedings, the person or
persons so offending shall each be fined
not less than two nor more than ten dol
lars, unless the Council shall unanimous
ly consider the offender or offenders ex
cusable through ignorance.
Ord. 50. When any person or persons
shall be brought before the Chairman
or any member of the Council, charged
with a violation of any of these ordi
nances or the criminal laws of this
State, shall be so intoxicated as not to
be prepared to stand a trial, he, she or
they shall be imprisoned in the q ilaboose
or jail until sufficiently sober Ip do so
Ord. 51. All persons fined d* virtue
of these ordinances, refusing to pay the
same, shall be imprisoned in the Cala
boose or Jail, not more than one day for
each dollar imposed, unless otherwise
provided for iu these ordinances.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 1874.
Joe McConnell,
T. M. Ellis, Secretary.
N. J. Boaz, Treasurer.
G. W. Oglesby.
J. W Marshall.
OdrselveiS a3 Others See Us.
I cannot I fully agree with Burns,
when he says 1
“Oh ! wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oiirsets ns itherg see us!”
True, it might
Frae motiy a blunder free ii"i
And foolish notion {”
but would our iia|>piness be increased
thereby ? Does not half the pleasure
which we find in this life boiisist in the
satisfaction we take in Qualities belong*
ine to ourselves or our surroundings,
which have no existence sate in our
imaginations ?
Everybody the extravagant
and unreasoning admiration which ev
ery mother possesses for her own indi
vidual
the little imps are expressionless in fea
ture, and uninteresting n action, even
when the| are not positively cross and
f.etful, and Ugly and inane as It Is jx**
sible for infantile humanity to be.—
What good would it do to tell the moth
ers so? In the first place they would
not believe you ; and in the second, if
they did, you would be taking right out
of the world some of its purest and
most unselfish happiness. The ideal
babies are each paragons of beauty and
intelligence to each individual mother,
and so in charity let it remain.
Mary Anne has made herself n new
hat or anew bonnet —I really do not
know by the look of it which it is. It
is in the height ot the fashion, but that
fact doeS not preveht its baing extreme*
ly ugly ; and when it is perched on the
top of Mary Anne’s enormous jute
braids, she “looks like a trainer.” At
any rate, no artist would be tempted to
ask her to give him a sitting. But Ma
by Anne dduiires bet new bonnet, and
admires herself in it. I would not for
all the world tell her she looks like a
fright; for if she believed me I should
be destroying a great deal of innocent
enjoyment, and perhaps make her sus
picious of bonnets forever after. A fid
how does it injure any one if Mary An
ne does make a guy of herself out of a
mistaken ideal of beauty '( Sfie cer-
tainly is not singular in that matter
even in the line of bonnets. After all.
it is probably not the hideous thing it
self that she wastes her imagination
upon, but an ideal bonnet which rca’.ly
may [fo?£ess certain elements of L’eauty,
and which she imagines her bonnet to
resemble. Let her not see herself as
others see her.
My neighbor over the way has built
himself a house. He planned and made
it all himself, from the eccentric cornice
to the overgrown bay window. I know
not what structure of beauty dwells in
iffy neighb'oFS, afid goctf by the
the name of this house of his. But I
do know that the real dwelling is to the
visible ejre a pile of incongruitous and
unpleasant irregularities. If he is sat
isfied, why should I complain? If I do
not like the looks of his house, I can
plant a screen of evergreens, which will
shuj off its uglipess from my daily sight
—Mrs. E. B in To-Day.
A Missouri newspaper moralizes
thus: “ The custom of putting pow
der in sticks of wood for your neighbor
<fo steal is an old and barbarous one,
and when we passed by a house the oth
er morning, and saw the family shiver
ing, out in the yard over a broken stove,
and heard the children crying for
breakfast, our heart was filled with bit
ter reflections on man's inhumanity to
man.”
A country editor, writing to a de
linquent subscriber requesting him to
pay up his back dues concluded with.
• i If you pay up you will oblige me; if
you don t I'll oblige you.”
A boston woman WSftitA to el> •pc;
but when her husband gave her money
to go, she changed her mind —ft (look
all the roD*a#C' i - adfay.
VOLUME IV.—NO. 28.
FI 5 ITKMJi.
The child who cried for an hour d.d
not get it.
James says his gr*>eer, having b on
cnnveited. has forsaken tho ermr, of
| his weigh.*.
A certain man h"* a w.itch which he
says has gamed enough 1 1 piy for itself
in six m <nths
*fnw to b*eona practically acquaint
ed with tho ‘ rule of thre *”—Live with
your wife, mother and in >thcr in law.
A friend write* to an editor for f otr
dollars, “because In* is s,i and —-d short”
and gets in reply the heartless response,
“ Do as I do, stand upon a eluir.”
“ Come to his death while being hi)
on the head With a long handled stew
pan in the hands of his wife,” was a
verdict in a recent case in Illinois
An_“o’d citizen” wishes to inform
the public that “ there’s no use trying
to break those iron coal hole covers by
setting down on’em.” He knows.
Let m manjtoaat himself that he is
wife now-a days. Notice of a suit for
brjaeh of promise was list week served
on a convict in the Indiana penitentia
ry.
An embryo poet, who is certainly a
close observer of human n uturc f rcniarks :
•‘Time marches on w ith the slow, meas
ured tread of a man working bv the
day.”
4< Do try and talk a little common
sense !’’ exclaimed a sarcastic young la*
dy to a visitor. “ Oh!” was the reply ;
“but wouldn’t that he taking an unfair
advantage of you ?”
Heroism is limited, after all. A girl
who the other day jumped into trie
Merrimack river, and rescued n drown
ing child, fainted away when she saw
her false curls floating down the stream.
I alwus did admire the malice ov the
mule. If a freek ov fortune had unde
me a t inisf,»rtunate among men az the
mule iz among animals.., i would,begin
tew let drive at things :i uillr ana ahas
off.— Wiling*.
Mr Josh Billings philosophically re
marks that “Wo lass at sheep bekausq
when one of them leads the way the
rest follow, however ridikilus it tnay.be;
and I suppose the sheep lass when they
see tss do the very same thing.”
t f ,
The St. T jouis Christian Advocate
has no car for music and complains that
a church choir is eacreligious when the
line “We arq going ;home t< % . di* tip
more” is rendered ■ MVre going homo
to Dinah More, to Dinah More to Di*
nnh More.”
“I don’t like these siloes,” said a lady
customer, “ because the soles are - »
thick.” “Is that the ouly objection?'*
asked the salesman “ Yes,” was ihq
reply. “Then take the shoos and T cn.i
assure you the objection will gradually
wear away.”
A Titusville paper.“A man
called at one of our shoe stores yester
day aijd v ainly essayed to get on oithe
numbers 11. 12 or 13 shoes The store
keeper then suggested that he should
put on a thinner pair of stockitigs and
try on the box.
A Green Bay woman, whose husbaud
kicks her down stairs every second
night, says sh° likes to 1 ink over his
old letters commencing with : “My
dearest, darling little angel Minnie
heaven alone knows the depth of my
love for you.”
advertisement in an Irish paper,
setting forth the many conveniences
and advantages to he derived from met
al window-sashes, among other particu
lars observed that “those sashes would
last; forever, and .afterwards, if the own*
er had no use fir them, they could be
sold for old iron.”
“Who’s there ?” , said J* nkins. one
cold winter nigtit, disturbed in his re
pose by some one-knocking at the street
door.. “ A friend'” was the answer
“What do you want ?” “ 1 want to stay
here all night.” “ Queer t,astc—stay
there by all means,” was the benevo
lent reply.
A Boston ti!!-tapper recently pur
chased some molasses at a grocer}', and.
in oetault of a jug, got the clerk to pour
it in his hat, which .vas r.o sooner done
than he clapped the hat over the clerk’s
head, and, while the latter was -putter-,
ing through the *yrup. deliberately rob
bed the drawer and decamped. Expe
rience is a bard teacher, but an infalli
ble o ic; and that clerk lias probably
learned now the meaning of the prov
erb, ‘ Sweet are the uses of adversity.”
A wicked boy caught a fire fly «ne
day and stuck it with mucilage on the
center of, the largest lens of the tele
scope in the Washington Observatory.
The astronomer perceived a 01 ze of
light, which died out at intervals, and
thinking he b;.d discovered * most, ex
traordinary star, he pro no u weed rs < f
the third magnitude of loi. yr” fie
telegiaphed, at an expen-e of ’ * 560,
all over the world, and the- a.ffro-Vomers
gaze l at Orion until thoy were /. ild and
then telegraphed bark in the Ihojl-ssur
for further mformath n. . < 1 the meal
time the discoverer found his star had
moved eighteen billions of Aides in
twen(4.f,)Ur hr.hrs and perceived it ac
jttraily had legs . Bat ou polishing his
lons he found the lightning Lug!—
then he swore terribly—worse than
fc* uur army in Flanders —in fact they
heard him swear a wav and wn in Alexan
dria* seven miles away Since then he
ha3 been looking for that b y : he wish
es to consul- with him about s uneV
fhrng.