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m ilmiiir kii„ BY J. A. TURNER. } VOLUME I. factnj. [FROM MtKKN's’ ** HOUSEHOLD WORDS."] The Long Ago. ('li! a wonderful river is the stream ol Tutu, As it runs through the realm of tears, AVith a faultless rythm and a musical rhyme, And a broader sweep and a surge sublime. Ami LK'iala wit 2* U)0 OcNMU of Y€l\fSL ll.nv the winters are drifting like flakes of snow. An i t!ie summers like buds between, tei the year in the sheaf—so they come and they On the river's breast, with its ebb and flow, .b it glides in the shadow and sheen. There's a magical isle np the river Time, "Where the softest of airs are playing; There's a cloudless sky and a tropical dime. And a song as sweet as a vesper chime, And the Junes with the roses are staying. And the name of this isle is the Lost; Aon. And we bury our treasures there: There are brows of beauty and bosoms of snow— There are heaps of dust but we love them so! There are trinkets and tresses of hair. There are fragments of song that nobody sings, And a part of an infant's prayer; There's a lute unswept and a harp without strings, There are broken vows and pieces of rings, And tho garments that she used to wear. There are hands that are waved when the fairy shore By the mirage is left in air; And we sometimes hear through the turbulent roar, Sweet voices heard in the days gone before, When the wind down the river is fair. Oh! remembered for aye be the blessed isle, All the day of life till night— When tiie evening comes with its beautiful smile, And our eyes are closing to slumber awhile, May that “greenwood of soul be in sight” YHisttllitntons. The Glass Rail Road. ‘lt seemed to me as though I had been suddenly aroused from mj slum- ! ber. I looked around and found my* j seif in the center of a gay crowd.— ; Tlte first sensation I experienced was that of being borne along, with ape- I culiar motion. I looked around and found that I was in a long train of cars w hich were gliding over the railway, and seemed to be many miles in length. It was composed of many ears. Every car open at the top, was tilled u r ith men and women, all gaily dressed, all happy, all laughing, talk ing and singing. The peculiarly gen tle motion of the cars interested me. There was no grating such as we hear on the railroad. They moved along without the least jar or sound. This, I say, interested me. I looked over the side and to my astonishment found the railroad and cars made of glass. The glass wheels moved over the glass rails without the least noise or oscilla tion. The soft gliding motion produ ced a feeling of exquisite happiness. I was happy! It seemed as if every thing was at rest within—l was full of peace. ‘While I was wondering over this circumstance, anew sight attracted my gaze. All along the road, on either side, within a foot of the track, were laid long lines of coffins on either side of the railroad, and every one con tained a corpse dressed for burial, with its cold white face turned upward to the light. The sight filled me with horror; I yelled in agony, but could make no sound. The gay throng who were around me only redoubled their singing and laughter at the sight of my agony, and we swept on, gliding on with glas wheels over the railroad every moment coming nearer to the bend of the road, which formed an angle with the road, far, far in the dis tance. ‘Who are those?’ I cried at last, pointing to the dead in the coffins. ‘Those are the persons who made the trip before us,’ was the reply of one of the gayest persons near rue. ‘What trip?’ I asked. ‘Why, the trip we are now making. The trip on the glass railway,’ was the answer. ‘Why do they lie along the road, each one in his coffin?’ I was an swered with a whisper and a half laugh which froze my blood; ‘They were dashed to death at the end of the railroad,’ said the person whom I addressed. ‘You know the railroad terminates at an abyss which is without bottom or measure. It is lined with pointed rocks. As each car arrives at the end, it precipitates its passengers into the abyss. They are dashed to pieces against the rocks, and their bodies are brought here and placed in the coffins as a warning to other passengers; but no one minds it, we are so happy on the glass railroad.’ ‘I can never describe the horror with which those words inspired me, ‘Whatis the name of the glass rail road?’ I asked. ‘The person whom I asked, replied in the same strain; % Wftlilj) —Urt otti) fa literature, politics, anti dmnil lllisullimii. ‘lt is very easy to get into the cars, j but very hard to got out. For, once •in these cars, everybody is delighted with the soft, gliding motion. The cars move gently. Yes, this is a rail | road of habit, and w ith glass wheels | we are whirled over a glass railroad ; towards a fathomless abyss. In a few moments we’ll bo there, and they’ll I bring our bodies and put them in eof | fins as a w anting to others ; but no i body will mind it, will they?’ Twas choked with horror. I strug gled to breathe—many frantic efforts to leap from the ears, and in the strug gle awoke. I know it was only a dream, and yet whenever I think of ! it, l can see the long train of cars move gently over the glass railroad. I can see cars far ahead, as they are turning the bend of the road. I can see the dead in their colllns, clear and dis tinct, on either side of the road, while the laughing and singing of the gay and happy passengers resound in my ears. I only see the cold faces of the dead, with their glassy eves uplifted, and their frozen hands upon the shrouds. ‘lt was, indeed, a horrible dream. A long train of glass cars, gliding over a glass railway, freighted with youth, beauty and music, while on either hand are stretched the victims of yesterday—gliding over the railway of habit, towmrds the fathomless abyss. ‘There was a moral in that dream.’ ‘Reader,* are you addicted to any sinful habit? Break it off ere you dash against the rocks.’— Lippard. A Striking Illustration. A company of individuals united themselves together in a mutual bene fit society. The Blacksmith comes and says: ‘Gentlemen, I wish to become a mem ber of your association.’ ‘Well, what can you do ?’ ‘Oh, I can shoe your horses, iron carriages, and make all kinds of im plements.’ ‘Very well, come in Mr. Black smith.’* * The mason applies for admission in the society. ‘And what can you do, sir ?’ ‘Oh, I can build your barns, houses, stables and bridges.’ ‘Very well, come in, we can’t do without you.’ Along comes the Shoemaker and says: ‘I wish to become a member of your society.’ ‘Well, what can you do?’ ‘Oh, I can make boots and shoes for you.’ ‘Come in, Mr. Shoemaker, we must have you.’ So, in turn apply all the different trades and professions, till lastly, an in dividual comes, and wants to be a member. ‘And what can you do ?’ ‘I am aßumseller.’ ‘A Rumseller! and what can you do?’ ‘I can build jails, prisons and poor houses.’ ‘And is that all?’ ‘No I can fill them ; I can fill your jails with criminals, your prisons with convicts, and your poor-houses with paupers.’ ‘And what else can you do?’ ‘I can bring the gray hairs of the aged to the grave with sorrow; I can break the heart of the wife; and blast the prospect of the friends of talent, and fill your land with more than the plague of Egypt.’ ‘ls that all you can do?’ ‘Good Heaven ?’ cried the Rumsel lcr, ‘is not that enough ?’ When you should take your Hat. —Young man, a word. We want to tell you when you should take your hat and be off. And mind what we offer. When you are asked “to take a drink.” When you find out that you are courting an extravagant and slovenly girl. N When you find yourself in doubtful company. When you discover that your ex penses run ahead of your income. When your are abusing the confi dence of your friends. When yon think that you are a great deal wiser than others and more experienced people than yourself. When you feel like getting trusted for a suit of clothes, because you haven’t the money to pay for them. When you don’t perform your duty, your whole duty, and nothing but your ‘duty. Our Sentinels.— The United States is represented at Madrid by a Frenchman, at Genoa by an Italian at the Hague by a German , at Naples by a Scotchman , and by an Irishman at Libson. Hebbc, Russo-German, repre sents us somqwhere abroad—we forget where. Curious Title. —A book was print ed during the time of Cromwell with the following title: “Eggs of Charity, layed by the Chickens of the Cove nants, and boiled with the Waters of Divine Love—Take ye and eat.” EATONTON, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1854. J.V.n.IL HEP OUT OF THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE EATONTON BRANCH R. ROAD CO. November 14th, 1854 Ollicc Eatonton lfrnnch Railroad, I Eatonton, October 31st, 1854. j To the Stockholders of the Eatonton Branch Railroad Company. In our last report we stated, that un der the second stipulation of the con tract by which our Road is leased to the Central Railroad & Banking Com pany, an Engineer had been upon the Road making its admeasurement, but, for causes therein mentioned, no re port had been made upon which an es timate could be predicated of the cost of placing it in that state of repair which would conform to the specifi cations of said contract. Since then, after considerable delay, owing to several causes, a report has been made —the substance of which has been laid before us—by which it appears that there is a deficiency in our Road of about 82.000 cubic yards of exca vation and embankment, and about 25 culverts reported deficient —which deficiency of excavation and embank ment, it is claimed, will have to be supplied, and the culverts made anew to place our road in a suitable state of repair. This report, exhibiting a greater deficiency in our Road than it was believed existed, we called the attention of our late Engineer, Col. William G. Bonner, to it—who, upon its examination, objected to its cor rectness, and demanded of this Board that there should be a re-admeasure ment of the work. Thus circumstan ced we brought the matter before the Central Railroad & Banking Company, stating the objections and demand of Col. Bonner. That company, through their President, Col. R. R. Cuyler, readily consented that there should be a re-admeasurement by a competent engineer. Accordingly, efforts were made to procure the services of an en gineer, but because of the delicacy of the quest/'■a growing out of the differ ence in tho estimate of Col. Bonner and the engineer who admeasured the work', ,;e ,:1; failed to accomplish the object. Such being the case, and it being believed by the Board that we could not get an engineer, it van pro posed that this Board and Cel’s. Cuy ler a - c Wadley, president and super mteu „:it of the Oe. Leal Railroad & Banking Company, should go on the Poad and personally examine its con dition, and, if practicable, approxi mate the amount of work to be done. In pursuance of this proposition,; in the month of June hst, several mem bers of thv Board .nd Col. Wadley vent upon the Read lor its inspection. This, however, .:suited in nothing definite, except the confirmation of the Board in the opinion before enter tained, that there are many culverts, which it is claimed will have to be made anew, that can I>c made fully to answer their purpose, and fully an swer the stipulations of our said con tract without being made anew, but merely by repairing them. This ite; alone, if the opinion of the Board be correct, will materially diminish the cost of repair. At this point in our efforts to have the matter definitely settled, we were stopped by the preva lence of an epidemic in the city of Sa vannah and the consequent interrup tion of the business arrangements of the Central Railroad & Banking Com pany by the sickness of its chief of ficers. Therefore the whole matter is still unadjusted; but it is hoped that it will be fully settled during the ap proaching Winter. We feel that it is due to both companies that there should be a final adjustment at the earliest moment practicable. It is further stipulated by our con tract with the Central Railroad & Banking Company, that after an esti mate is made of the quantity of work to be done, an estimate of the cost of that work is to be made by a compe tent engineer to be selected by both parties. We state that, for this pur pose, with the approbation of that Company, we have selected Maj. James F. Cooper, superintendent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and entertain the hope that he will act.— His services, however, will not be re quired until the guantity and kind of work to be done is agreed upon. “ H'/TUOI T FB.tR, FAVOR OK AFFKFTIO.V» Notwithstanding the report of the admeasuring engineer has not been ac cepted by this Board, still we feel it due to all concerned to say, that it is quite probable the cost of the repairs to be made on our road to meet the requisitions of our contract will ex ceed the estimate we had formerly fix ed upon it, and which was stated to you at our last convention. Believing that it is your wish to be informed of the actual cost of the repairs to be made, we would gladly submit an es timate of the same in this report were it in our power to do so. We will state, however, that if we understand correctly the estimate of the same by Col. Wadley, it seems that the cost will exceed the sum of $30,000,00. — But while we believe the cost will ex ceed the estimate we had formerly made, still we entertain the hope that it will fall short of this sum. Whatever may be the cost, we are glad to be able to state, that the Cen tral Railroad & Banking Company have kindly consented to take our bonds for the same —thus giving us time iu the payment, and enabling us to use the $14,000 00 due us annually by that Company for the lease of our road, for other purposes. For a statement of the fiscal opera tions of the Company up to date, we refer to the accompanying report of the Treasurer; by which it appears, that the amount collected from the Stock holders on their subscriptions to date is $130,485 12, and by loans and bonds of the Company, $37,212 00, making an aggregate of receipts to date of $167,697 12 —and that there have been expended for Road construction $136,- 417 67, and for other purposes as therein stated, $31,740 71, making an aggre gate expenditure of $168,158 38, thus making a balance in favor of the Treas urer of $461 26. The collections made during the past year have been mainly employed in the reduction of the debt due the Branch of the Bank of the State of Georgia at this place, and in the pay ment of interest on our debt. The debt due the Branch Bank at this place has been reduced $2,172 00. The first and 2d semi-annual instal lments of interest on our bonds nego tiated with the Central Ralroad & Banking Company, as well as $7,000 00 of those bonds, have fallen due du ring the past year. The first install ment of interest for $735 00 fell due February 2d last, and was promptly met. The 2d installment of interest and bonds to the amount of $7,000 00 fell due August 2d last: but these have not been paid because of the fact, that before they fell due, on the Ist day of April last, the first annual payment of $14,000 00 due us by the Central Rail road & Banking Company for the lease of our road became payable, and the same, owing to the unsettled business of the cost of the repair of the road, was permitted thus to remain until that matter could be definitely ad justed. The income derived from the run ning of the road by us prior to its be ing leased to the Central Railroad & Banking Company, after the payment of some expenses connected therewith, was $791 00—which, by a special or der of the Board was placed in the hands of the Treasurer, to be used by him mainly in the payment of the debt created for the hire of repairing force before the lease of the road, and to be accounted for by him to this Board by proper vouchers indepen dently of and disconnected from his ac count of receipts and disbursements for the Company. He has submitted to us an account of the disbursement of this fund, accompanied by proper vouchers, to the amount of $755 55, showing a small unexpended balance in his hands of $35 45. In our last report we stated that the debt of the Company, exclusive of the cost of the repairs to be made on the road, amounted to the sum of $50,- 284 00. During the past year this debt has been reduced, as before sta ted, by the sum of $2,927 55, leaving a balance now due of about $47,- 357 00. To meet this, we have the unpaid balance due by stockholders on their subscriptions, about SIO,OOO 00, from which may be realized as col lectable the sum of $7,000 00, and the sum of $14,000 00 now due us by the Central Railroad & Banking Company, as before mentioned, ma-1 king an aggregate of available means for the extinguishment of the debt of $21,000 00, and which being applied to that debt will reduce it to the sum of $26,357 00. This, however, is to be understood as the debt of the Com pany, exclusive of the sum which will have to be paid by us for the repairs to be made as stipulated in cur con tract with the Central Railroad & Banking Company. The Board are deeply concerned for as prompt extinguishment of the debt of the Company as our means will allow. Therefore, not willing to grant further indulgence to the Stockholders in ar rears in the payment of their sub scriptions, we have caused notice to be given that if satisfactory arrangements arc not made for the payment of their subscriptions, suits Avill be instituted for the collection thereof. To this course we are compelled, in justice to the other stockholders, as well as by the urgency of our liabili ties. A few cases of damages for the right of way through the counties of Bald win and Putnam remain unsettled.— One of these has arisen since our last report; but the title of the claimant, as we are advised, being doubtful, we have thought it prudent to withhold payment until the title is made out.— An investigation has been instituted in regard to the same, and is still pen ding, at the making up of this report. In conclusion, we take occasion to say that the embarrassments by which we are at present surrounded, in the opinion of the Board, furnish no just cause for an undue depreciation of the value of our stock. It is true that our indebtedness may prevent the pay ment of dividends upon stock until its extinguishment. Yet we are ho; eful, that by the appropriation, for that pur pose, of the collectable balance due by stockholders on their subscriptions and of the $14,000 00 due us annually by the Central Railroad & Banking Com pany', in a few years the whole debt of the Company will be fully paid, when we shall receive dividends upon our stock, and may then confidently expect that the stock will appreciate to a fair market value. M. DENNIS, President RECEIPTS. Amount received from Stockholders to date, $180,485 12 Bonds of the Company, 21,000 00 Discounted at the Branch State Bank at Eatonton, 11,212 00 “ “ “ Bank of Savannah, 6,000 00 Balance in favor of Treasurer, 461 2G $ 168,158 38 Office Eatonton Branch Railroad, Eatonton , October 31 et, 1854. DISBURSEMENTS. By construction of Road, 136,417 67 “ Repairs of Road, 6,414 27 “ Depot Buildings,.... 1,596 25 “ Chairs and Spikes, 3,014 72 “ Engineering, 7,520 00 “ Experimental Survey, 220 00 “ Right of wav, 4,572 00 “ Office Expenses, - 298 35 11 General Expenses, 1,949 67 “ Premium and Discount, 8,832 21 “ Salaries, 2,200 00 “ Printing and advertising, 123 24 $168,158 38 J. ADAMS, Treasurer. The Triumph of Russia in Ac cordance with Prophecy. —A learn ed Hebrew has just published a book to prove that the fall of the French and Ottoman empires, the occupation of Egypt and the Holy Land by the British, and the formation of a Rus sian Latino-Greek confedercy, by which Egypt, Palestine and Jerusalem will be invaded and conqured, are already laid down in prophecy, as the events which are to precede the long-expect ed deliverance of the Jews by the Messiah, his subjugation of the world through their agency, and the conse quent establishment of the kingdom of Israel. If this interpretation of the Scriptures be correct, the Russian war promises to be a tolerably long one.— A. Y. Herald, Abolitionism vs. Know Nothingism. A political organization which ig nores the question of slavey, over looks all the solemn issues connected with it, entertains no principles, no aims, no policy, in relation to it, or its aggressions, has no title to tho respect or confidence of the people, especially of sincere Anti-Slavery men. No Anti-Slavery man can assume its obli gations, without at least endangering his fidelity to the Anti-Slavery cause. Has not this always been our position in relation to the Whig and Demo cratic parties ? What is there in the new party to make the reasoning inapplicable ? If we misrepresent the Know Nothing party on this point, let our correspondent prove onr error. If his party has taken any ground on the subject of slavery, let him say so ; and let him tell us what it is. Give us your platform. State distinctly what your party believes and proposes in regard to slavery and the slave pow er. AYe say, it ignores the whole sub ject, and no Know Nothing can deny it. In Massachusetts, it puts up in one place a Freesoiler for Congress, in anoth er, a Hunker. In Pennsylvania, it votes for an Anti-Nebraska Governor, and at the same time, for a Nebraska Canal Commissioner. In New York, it votes against the Temperance and Anti-Nebraska candidate for Gover nor, and helps the liquor men, the Ad ministration men, and the Silver Grays, by running a silver Gray as its guber natorial candidate. In some districts of that State it may have helped Anti- Nebraska candidates for Congress; in one district, it seems, it defeated Fen ton, one of the verjr best Democratic representatives in Congress, who stead ily resisted every Administration in fluence to seduce him into the support of the Nebraska iniquity. All this proves what we have asserted—that the organization has no principle on the subject of slavery. Some jfoint to the West, and tell us there it has helped the Anti-Slavery movement. Aye, it has helped it this year, and next year may hinder it. For ourselves, we worship no strange gods. We affiliate with no political organization, which rejects the issues identified with slavery, or refuses to make them paramount. Our views in regard to secret political associations, sectarian tests m politics, religious tol eration, and liberal policy to natural ized citizens, were formed long since —settled upon principle. AYe urged them when something was to be gain ed by them to the Anti-Slavery cause ; we shall not abandon or compromise them now, when it is thought by some that this cause, and the Era too, may be injured by them. The principles of the Anti-Slavery movement are at war with all oppression, whether of mind or body, wheter attempted by priests or laymen, by the Church of Rome or a false Protestantism, by kingly despots or unkin gly slavehold ers—at war with all proscription on account of religion or race. AYhatever others mny do, by these principles we abide, and these principles we follow, withersoever they may lead us.—Na tional Era. Statement of Receipts &. Disbursements of the Eatonton Branch R. R. Company, up to Oct. 31st, 1854, inclusive. Greeley on the Know-Nothing?. For the benefit of those, says the Southern Watchman , who, like the edi tor oftheAYest Point Beacon (if any such there be) affect to believe that “ Know-Nothingism is free soil in disguise,” we publish the following extract from the New York Tribune, in which philosopher Grcelv, the prince of free soil editors, makes his last ap peal to the voters of New York just before the election: “ Then, why,” says this abolition, sheet “is there supposed to be danger that a part of the Whig State Tickets may be beaten? “ Simply and only because several thousands of our Young Men have been inveigled into the midnight con claves of the “ Know-Nothings.— Good men and true have been enticed into those dens, and there bound by oath to vote as the managers shall di rect. Those managers are of both the old parties, but their common plat form is hatred of William 11. Seward, and to all that is reformatory and progressive in the political sentiments of our People. They are in league with slave-drivers to stifle the glow of indig nant feeling which teas just now fusing the North and West into a common pur pose to oppose and repel the encroachments of Slavery. The rank and file are not permitted to know this; they are some times soothed by an expression of empty and aimless Anti-Nebraskaism ; but the triumph of the “Know-Noth ings”, in polling such a vote sos Ull man as will defeat Clark and elect Se} r mour, will be universally regarded as the death blow of Northern resis tance to Slavery aggression. “Freesouled men, who have been drawn into the “Know-Nothing” snare, we entreat you to break 3'our shackles forthwith 1 Your country has prior and stronger claims upon you than any secret society can have. Give your votes and your influence to the ticket headed Myron H. Clark —to temperance, Justice and Free dom. j TERMS, $2,00 A YEAR, NUMBER 34. Who- is Doesticks ? Doesticks, whose articles, published in the De troit Advertiser, have been copied so extensively for their wit and satire, says the New York Post , is a modest young clerk in this city, whose life thus far has only spanned some twen ty-three years, and he is disinclined at present to part with his anonymous obscurity. lie has nothing to offer the publishers at present, and when he has, if ever, he thinks it will be time enough to reveal his whereabouts and whatabouts. He is not looking to literature as a profession, sees no literary merit in what he has done, writes to the Detroit Advertiser to oblige a younger brother who is con nected with that journal, and for no other object. He was one'of the stu-‘ dents of Michigan University, who were expelled some years ago under the decree issued against secret socie ties in that institution. His father is a lawyer of some rank, of Ann Arbor, Michigan. “ Doesticks on a Bender ” was the first of the series that was published. It was written in a private letter to a friend, who gave it to the editor of the Peninsular Quarterly & University Magazine —a periodical published at Ann Arbor, which had a brief but creditable existence. The attention which it attracted led to the publica tion of others, until now fourteen have appeared. They all contain passages of wit and humor which linger in the memory, and display powers of obser vation from which much may yet be expected. In a political view we recognise in this Know Nothing movement some thing of positive and immediate good to the country. We recognise in it the practical overthrow of the Seward disunion alliance of the North, and of the imbecile spoils coalition at Wash ington. It breaks up the plan of a Northern anti-slavery crusade against the South; it demolishes the despotism of those disgusting democratic Balti more conventions; it removes the rub bish and clears the track for anew order of things in 1850. Mr. Wise may think differently. His opinions and those of the Cabinet organ at Washington, and of Horace Greely, seem to be the same—that the Know Nothings are a detestable party, and that their projects are full of mischief to Seward and his allies, and to the administration and its spoilsmen. So be it. Bead the manifesto of Mr. Wise. It presents us, in connection with the Cabinet and Seward organs, anew political conjunction. The Vir ginia democracy, the administration, and the Seward alliance. Singular coalition. Curious state of things.— N. Y. Herald. As to the nomination of Ullman, whatever may have been the influ ences that started it, it is notorious that it was actively sustained by the Silver Grays and the Hards, the National Whigs and the National Democrats, as they affectedly style themselves—- with a view primarily to defeat Clark, the representative of the Anti-Nebras ka and Anti-Liquor parties. With them it mattered little who was elect ed, so that Clark was defeated. It were well for the country if they would remain united. They are one in opin ion, feeling, and policy. They are op posed to anything like progress, and are disposed to accede to any terms the slaveholders may dictate, as the basis of what is called a National Party. Withal, they sympathize with the Know Nothings in their war on citi zens of foreign birth. What is there to prevent a union of the three fac tions ?— National Era. “Something to be Proud of.”— Under this head, the editor of the Griffin Jeffersonian chronicles the fact, that in company with two negroes with two ’possums, three dogs, and last, though not least, in bulk, his Ex cellency Herschel Y. Johnson, he re cently promenaded the streets of Ma con at 1 o’clock in the morning. W heth er the editor was most proud of the ne groes, the ’possums, the dogs, or his Excellency, is not distinctly stated.” — Chron. & Sen. We knew that his Evcellency was a celebrated Coon-killer , but really, this is the first intimation we have had of his propensity to become a slayer of ’Possums ! Wc are also struck with the looseness of the night police regu lations of our sister city, in thus per mitting negroes to loiter about their streets at late hours of the night in the company of suspicious persons / Atlanta Republican . Decidedly Moral. —The Sunday trains on the Pacific railroad from St. Louis, have been discontinued. In stead of affording those who cannot get out of town any other day, a little recreation, the operatives on the trains will be allowed the opportunity of getting “ tight ” on lager beer or bad whiskey. - .Paste this up in your mind.— Let you be ever so pure, you cannot asso ! eiate with bad companions without fal | ling into bad habits.