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The Tarboro' Southerner.
2V vcc & Sliulfpf n;lcut amUg journal
ri'lJLISHKD EVKRV THURSDAY MORNING BY
CHARLES & BIGGS.
;. CHARLES.
WILLIAM BiriGS.
Tun Sophtkrnf.r is one of ibe oldest and.
l;iwst lonrnals in Xorth Carolina, and as
our ot'lhu institutions of the Country and
the orsan ot IvL'ecombe County, its conduc
tors will strive to direct it in the interest of
the State and Country at larjre, and they will
sp;ue no pains to make it a tit representative
,ot the section from which it emanates.
The subscription price is Three Dollars a
year: Two Dollars for Six Months and must
be paid invariably is advance. Money may
in all eases be sent by mail, at the risk of the
I'lihlishers.
1MITI310RE.
J, J. BIGGS,
AND UKNKKAL
C0.1DIISSI0X MERCHANT,
No. rl. W. Pratt Street,
IMITIJSORE, 31. I.
March 21, '70.
nol6-ly
$1,000 REWAKI).
DE RING'S VIA FUG A cures all L'vcr,
vi-oieiand Bladder Diseases, Organic
Weaines. Fei'tuie Ajflictioiis.Criifitil Dibihty,
mid ai! complaints of the Urinary Orgaiis,
in male and female.
$1 ,(100 will also be paid for anv case of
Wind, til'flinsr or Itrhing 1'ILES that
DeUw ;'s J'ilk ilKiiF.DY fulls tit cu-re.
DKl'.lXti'S MAC,IU LIN'IM F.N'T cures
JVini iatir Pains, fjirain-t. Bruises and
Stn .' .1 tint-: in ma,i a id Least.
Sold everywhere. rVnd for Pamphlet.
I.,ih:trn'.ury l-l'i Franklin street.
apl.'l-ly Baltimore, Md.
W. I.. Kl.l.l'll'1'.
JOS. T. ELLIOTT.
L ite Llbott & Janney Late F B Louey & Co
ELLIOTT BROTHERS,
GENERAL
Commission Merchants
59 South Gay Street,
BALTIMORE.
. ?f Special attui.iou Riven to Cotton. "Sjj
' LIBERAL ADVANCES ON CONSIGNMENTS,
Vtei'er to CulHeld &; Thigpen, Tarboro'.
July--".!. 34-ly
TEM! VIDI!! TlCItl!
G. W. GAIL & AX'S
C. W. GAIL & AX'S
C. W. GAIL & AX'S
CELE.BKATKI)
CELEBRATED
CELEBRATED
SCOTCH SNUFF.
SCOTCH SNUFF.
SCOTCH SNUFF.
the
CONQUEROR OF ALL SNUFFS!
PrHNOUNCED BY ALL AMATEUR DIPPERS
r he the best
S3 JT XT HT" 37"
I X T H E MARKET-
Do I'.ot fail tii try it. for you will like it. Ask
lor it and tiike 00 other.
For sale in Tarboro' by
Shaw ,V" .V. f'aiie. K. li. Austin & Co.
Kiiir " "Wi ! ; ;i 111 u .
Rowland iiros. Wholesale Grocers, Agents
for Xortoik. Va.
L. .1. ! is-u-iix. Wholesale Confectioner,
Am-, lit In." Richmond Va.
NOTICE. The liih reputation that our
S-iuif'hns altaiued has induced certain mati-
is rr ;-s to imitate our trade mark. The
,iia'..iy .f our $11 tail does not lay in the trade
mark. the superior fjirality of Tobacco
' I'd' :t i iiiauiifucturej of.
G. V. GAIL & AX,
Haiti more.
25-l v-
. ill!..- 10;!,. lsitO.
I'i anos ! Pianos ! Pianos !
Is i; L-.- -!'.
c" it tie-
Si Y
Gold Medals
3
JL - ft.
HAVE JI ST BEEN AWARDED TO
C H A S. 31. S T I E F F,
'. ( "..'TO RE II AND NOVEMHKK, 100,
I-'ortlie IJest Pianos now Made,
:--r Baltimore, I'hiladeljihia and New York
.,ano.
'.'Il'c: and art room. No. U S. Liberty St
above Baltimore I-M.,
iSaltimoi'e, Md.
.'t-1 KIT'S PIANOS HAVE ALL THE
K-3 l-'.K-;t imiirnveineiit.s iiiciudin;' the
i'i: treble, ivouv i-'ikints
.mil th- hi t ,v- I KKENfll ACTION mily
VA li K. NTKD FOR5 VEAKS with the
p.-: vde,.-: ..f exclia litre within 1 1 months it
not eulittiy s;iti.f;ictory to the purcliaser.
Second hand Pianos and Parlor Organs al
v. ay i p 1 mu troi:'. to S;(K.
li:ferts; who have our Pianos in use:
'ien Robert 1 Lee, Lexington. Va. Gen
liohcrt litRsoni. Wilmington. N C. Gen D
II 1 1 ill. Charlotte. N O. A. jiraswell. .Tames
ii. Tliij.qien, II. L. Staton, J. MeJenkins.
J. ones J. Slaton. .Miss Virginia iM;i.
fry. Weeks Parker, Georo C.
SnLrr. . c. J'itt, Edfrecomhe co, N. C. Win.
: . M.-n.-er, L liiecomlie couniy, N. C, and
'lev. C. B. RtJdi:k. Kittrell's Springs, N.
C. C. LAN IE It,
Airent tor Edgvoumlie i-ountv,
Tarboro, X. C.
Dee. 2. 1-tf
rpREM ENDOUS STOCK OF
ISoady-Mado Clothing
AND
GESTS FrRMSIIIXG GOODS
For SPRING and SUMMER just received
t NOAH WALKER. & CO.'S, 45 Sycamore
Mr;-et, IVtersburg, Va.
ihi siock h;,s teen, selected with great
,-aru. and embraces every article in the
; lothiii' and Euruishin line for gentlemen's
ivi'ar,
( iiir Ciim,.re Suits are beautiful.
Our Hoe S k i n Pants are splendid.
"ir I'.laek, Rrown and Olive Cloth Frocks
old Sacks are hard to beat.
Our stock of Furnishing Goods cannot be
Mil-passed m the city.
U e can take your measure and fit you to
.-shirt and Clothing, and guarantee satisfac
ioii or no saie.
A large stock of CHEAP GOODS, suitable
-T the trade of Virginia and North Carolina
-d'-rchauts. Don't purchase before vou ex
'' 'ii'mi- our stock.
NOAH WALK EH A: CO.,
"I1 21 tf 45 Sycamore street.
TO THE BIILDIXG PUBLIC !
f i:iJ'LCTFULLY ANNOUNCE
that 1 am now prepared with a compe-,l-iit
iim.l.ev of assistants to contract f1.
'"i , and buh.1, every kind'of HOUSK, JJjJL
or anything elsu'jn t11 Carpenters line.
1 would nlso say' io the Farmers of the
-'iniy that I have made every necessary
inaii-erucnt to construct everything cf
u'Kw'Iii'ELVE: frm a ,N
iVis,,s .nti-nstir.- business into my hands
' -.. n.iired that it will he attended to
'1th the i:tmo! iiroiftrtress and tioelity.
h-.a ,. , m employ a' ttrong fjr. e of iirr
1 '-aiiienters.- ' . '
A "' ti e confy r..-e respectfull
r.-(!i.!,., tc ,r.!VV nu a ti,anu0 before coti-iia.-lui-
eiewiiere.
M t" me at Tarboro', N. V,.
N lOlLN C.DANCY (.--dM.
i: ' '-.iiJTv
est N Si Ell
VOLUME XLVT.
NORFOLK.
J. D. HEED. ACT..
PRACTICAL HATTER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Hats, Caps, Straw Goods,
Umbrellas, Canes, &e.,
No. 18 Main Street,
NORFORK, VA.
May 28. 26-t.f
Joshua II. King,
CIVIL AND NAVAL
MERCHANT TAILOR,
S. E. cor. Main Bt. and Market square,
New Iron. Fiom Building,
NORFOLK, VA.
Gents' Famishing Goods of all kinds.
api-21 20-1 y
f . Ai WILLIAMS & f0.,
GENERAL GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. (i Roanoke Square,
NORFOLK. VA.
LL ORDERS A. OMl'ANIED WITH
iSL Cash or Satisfactory References filled
at lowest Market rates.
jJSS" Strict personal attention to Consitrn-
me nt
made.
lietuxns jivijit:i anil regularly
May 2S. 20-1 y
TAYLOR, 3IARTIX & CO.,
DEALERS IN
Hardware, Cntlerv,
BAR IRON AND STEEL,
WAGON MATERIAL,
BELTING AN 3 TACKiNS,
House Furnishing Goods, &c,
Circular Front, corner of. Main street aud
Market Square,
Norfolk, Va.
Nails at Factory Prices, Trace Cltnins,
Yeed', Hilling and Grub Hoes, Horse Col
lars and Hames, Axes, Saws, &c, &c.
The trade supplied at Northern prices.
May 2. 20-tf
. L. Brickhouse. S. J J Thomas.
L. L. BBICKHOtSE & CO.,
VVnolesale and Retail dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES,
Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags he,
No. 23 Main Street
Opposite Taylor, Martin & Co.,
Norfolk, Va.
2T full stock constantly on baud, at
Lowest Market Prices.
John I. Febree, of Moiganton, N. C.
Mav 2S. 20-tf
JOnV P. DAXl'T, T. M. liYMAX,
Tarboro, N. C. Late of Warrento;i,.N. C.
T. B. HTM AN",
Late of New York.
MI-HISS i DAACY,
6IliiU CBMMISSIOI HEHClUin
No. 47 V. ide M titer Street,
(REAR OF CUSTOM HOUSE.)
NORFOLIC, VA.
d.wcy, liir'Sis & co.,
General Commission Merchants,
No. 21 Exchange Place,
NEW YORK
Pee 3
2-t!
Ed. P. Thh. Ed. M. Moore, Ed. J. Grtith
EDU'ARD P. TABP, & CO.
WHOLE SAL I DEALERS IN
HARDWARE, CUTLERY
AND
FANCY GOODS.
West Side Market Square,
Norfolk, Va.
S i ? w o 1 the Anvil.
AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF OLD
Dominion Nails, Emery's Cotton Gin,
liojle & Uainblss Circular, Pit and cut
Saws Warjentid. Gum Beltinj;, al! sizes.
A large stock always on hau l of Axes,
Spades, Shovels, Forks, Chain Traces
Hollow Ware, Horse Collars, Rope.
Agents for Fairbanks & Go's Standard
SCALES,
that will weigh a Gold Dollar or a Canal
Boat Loaded
A large stocK of Queens Ware, China
and Glass. Attention of the trade re
spectfully solicited, may 28- gg-tf
CECOMBE FOUNo
AND
Agricultural Works,
RAIL ROAD DEPOT,
TARBORO, N . C .
A. J. HINES & CO.
Manufacturers and owners of
THE EDGECOMBE COTTON PLOW,
Superior to any in use, and manufacturers
and agents of the
HUMBER COTTON PLANTER,
And agents for
FOSTEE'S COTTON PLANTS?,.
Our Foundry and Agricultural Works
arc now in successful operation, and we
are prepared to execute all work entrusted
to us with satisfaction aud dispatch. Or
ders for
CARTS, WAGONS, PLOWS
AND
Plantation Machinery
Will receive prompt attention.
aplll-3m A. J. HINES & CO.
MARCH, PRICE & CO,,
91 WAIEE STREET,
NEW YORK,
C0MMISSI0 N 31 E R C II A $ TS,
FOR THE SALE OF
Cotton and Southern Produce Generally.
Oct. 11 v;-"
I Hfll sF f Tnfft III i W f ItlTt T If ifffi
jyL? avu 4. biq uk m m m rim hum a u h s is a e i 1 g i d s m hi. si
I AM A SOUTHERN MAN, OF SOUTHER PRINCIPLES "--Jefferson Oavis.
TARBORO',
XOUFULK.
JAMES R. RICKS.
A. O. MILHADO.
RICKS & MILHADO,
General Commission Merchants,
Ferguson & Milhado's Wharf,
NORFOLK, VA.
July 10. 33-tf
OCEAN HOUSE,
JortsmoiitIi Va.,
T. I.. IIAI.T,,
of N. C.
II. I 1IKIGGS.
Board,
$2. SO Per Day.
A. STATOX, W. U. BEXSETT, T. M. EAEXA,
Uaniiltou, N. C. Norfolk, Norfolk.
STAT0, BEX'XETT & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS AND
Commission Merchants,
McPIIAlLS WHARF,
NORFOLK, VA.
March 13. IG-tf
JX0. BOIGESS & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers, Commission Merchants-,
and Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Liquors,
Xo. H West Wide Water St.,
Norfolk, Va.
1 FECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
K7 consignments and prompt returns
made. May 2S. 2G-tf
Z. Berkley. W. r. Millar.
J. If. G randy, Formerly of N. C-
BERKLEY, MILLAR & CO.
Wholesale Dealers in
Dry Goods & Notions,
1G West Main Street,
Next door to Exchange National Bank
NORFOLK, VA.
May 28.
20-tf
r.lf.IlEier FLLIOTT.
ELLIOTT,
GKO. A. MARTlW
MART IX
ATTORN
AT LAW.
Office No. 21
West Mala Street,
Norfolk, Va.
ILL GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION
to all matters entrusted to them :n
the State and Federal Courts ot Virginia and
North Carolina. Collections made in ail parts
of the 1'nited States.
May -3.
M Y
E 11
(Formerly of North Carolina.)
In porter of and Wholesale Dealer in For
eign a nd Domestic
LI Q X" o n s. .
flyers' celebrated
SUNNY SOUTH
AND
trciniiim Jlye WIiLsliies
always on hand.
Corner Wide Water and Commerce streets
(VJ Wide Water, 20 and 22 Commerce.)
NOllFL
LK, VA.
feb 24
12-0ni
ESTABLISHED 1847.
r. f. gkkkxwood. fred. onEtcxwoon.
C. F. GREENWOOD & BR0.,
DEALERS IN
Diamonds. Fine Watclws, Jewelry,
Silver Ware, Clocks,
EXCAOEMEXr k U EDDING RINGS
No. 47 Main Strekt,
NORFOLK, VA.
.TJ-r-peein! attention
ven to the repairs
r Fine Watches. Clocks and Jew
;7'l-H a i r Jewelry made to ord.
aplll
dry.
" 10-1y
SALTJSBURY,
Nc-s. 5S & CO Main street,
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CABINET FURNITURE,
of all descriptions. Also,
WINDOW SHADES, OIL CLOTHS,
MATTINGS, CAItTETS, WALL PAPER,
Which I am prepared to sell at New York
prices.
N 15. I ' N DE R.T A T ! N( 1 promptly attend
ed to in all it branches. The only ajient in
the city for FISK'S M ETA LIU BUKIAL
C.1SES. Mahojhany aud other Collins fur
nished at t he shortest notice, as also Car
rbgrs, wi h the best Hearse in the city, and
the Patent 11 irht Corpse Preserver for this
city and se rrou ndi ng country- lelil 0-Cin
ESTABLISHED 1S31.
KADER BIGGS & CO.,
KADEli BIGnS. ASA B1GU3.
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
Q FECIAL AND FAITHFUL ATTEN
kJ tiou to sales of Cotton and all other
kinds of Produce, and prompt returns made.
Our Ions experience in business gives us
superior advantages in making sales at the
highest market prices.
5iJ Cotton Forwarded to Liverpool tree
ol commissions.
Liberal advances made on produce in
hand. k-tl
ESTABLISHED 1331.
w ?ace to Buy Your Jeive
X IS AT
J. M. Freeman & Sons',
DEALERS IN
: . . . ' -
FINE WATCHES, DIAMONDS,
r -
AND
STERLING SILVER WARE,
NO. 29 MAIN" STKEET,
Corner of Talbot Street,
NOHFOLK, VA.
CWW"atclics and Jewelry carefully and
properly repaired. Hair Jewelry made
la order. up! 1 1-tf
EDGECOMBE COUNTY,
riie Tarboro' Southerner.
Thursday,
- May 23, 1370.
THE FATE OF A FIGHTING
DOG.
A mail he owned terrier dog
A bob-tailed, ornery cuss
And that thero purp got that there man
In many an ngly musa ;
For the man he was on his muscle,
And the dog was cm his bite,
So to kick that dorg goned auimila
Was sure to raise a light.
A woman owned a Thomas cat,
That tit at lifteen pound ;
And other eats got up and slid
When that there cat was round,
The man and his dorg came along one day,
Where the woman she did dweil,
And the purp he growled ferociously,
Then went for tho cat like .
Ho tried to chaw the neck of the cat,
Hut the cat he wouldn't be chawed ;
So he lit. on the back of that there dorg,
And bit! and clawed ! and clawed!
Oh, the hair it flew ! and the purp he voided!
As the claws v enf into his hide.
And chunks of Hc.-sh were peeled from his back ?
Then he tlummuxed, and kicked, and died !
The man ho ripped, and cussed, and swore,
As he gathered a big brickbat,
That ho would be diu ued essentially
If he didn't kill that eat!
But the woman allow ed fche'd be blessed if he
did !
And snatched up an old shot-gun,
Which she tired, and peppered lus dir.phiam
With bird-shot number one.
They toted him home on a window blind,
And the doctor cured him tip ;
But he never was known to tight again,
Or to o .vn another num.
Tolks may turn up their snoots at tlii
here
riiyine,
I don't care a cuss for that !
All I wanted to show is, that a fighting dorg
May tackle the wrong Tom cat.
Mr. Policeman Brown.
BY CLARA AUGUSTA.
It was over at last, and Mr. James
Browawas Mr. James Brown no longer,
but Mr. Policeman Brown.
It had been rather a tough job to
get Mr. Brown appointed to the cHico,
so n;:iny other gentlemen wanted it,
just as so uuauy gentlemen are in the
habit of wanting every office irom tkit
of President down to keeper of the
pound ; but at last it was done, at:d
Mr. Policeman Brown treated, aud
went home to his wife in an exhilar
ated state of mind, fell down the cellar
stairs, barked lib nose, and broke the
parlor lamp, for which derelictions he
was severely lectured by Mrs. Brown
all of which, you know, is the legit
imate method ol' inaugurating a man
into ofiice.
Mr. Policeman Brown meant to be
very astute. From a boy he had htid
a strong passion for stories iu which
Jotoetivea figured largely. In common
witn many other good simpie people,
he fell into the error of believing that
detectives were endowed with almost
tuperhuaiaa powers, and that there
was no little sin UDder the light of the
sun which their investigations could
not unearth. He admired "Mr. Bucket"
above all others of that ilk, and felt
satisfied that if he could only have the
chance he could squelch some -Lady
Dedlock" as effectually as Bucket did.
And now the field was open to him.
lie was eminently well satifi d. Peo
ple who wanted to do anything under
handed had better net attempt that op
eration ia Bangvilie. lie said proudly
to his fellow policeman if they are
unwise enough they would be likely
to find out that Brown belonged to the
police force now.
- r ' . i - - ...... ...... k. ..
did not fall on account of Mr. Brown's
appointment, and the world declined
to stand still, and everything in the
quiet, old fogyish town of Bangvilie
went on as usual.
Nothing occurred to bring out Mr.
Brown's latent genius.
The only inst ances of disorderly con
duct were the fight between the Jen
kins' bantam rooster and John Jones'
turkey gobbler, and the thrashing of
Tim Mulligan by his wife, for the cf-
insc of kissing Maggie Murphy be
hind the woodpile, at Pinkham's gro
cery store.
Neither of which affairs seemed to
demand the services of a detective.
"Oh, dear !" said Mr. Brown to his
wife, after they had retired one night,
"I do wish something would happen!
This is the dullest, slowest place in the
world ! If only somebody would kill
somebody, and somebody else would of
fer a thousand dollars reward forthedis
coverv of the murderer, wouldn't I
hunt him down like like like a dog
digging out a woodchuck !''
"Bo lay still, Mr. Brown, and stop
banging about so ! ' exclaimed his wife.
"You'll bust the bed, and as sure as
the world, it's nigh almost broke now!
And I'm tiled and want to go to
sleep !''
"Ann Marier, you have no family
pride !" said Mr. B., reproachfully.
"Only think how glorious a thing it
would be, to be concerned in some
great case of investigation which would
hand my name down to posterity "
"Hand your name down to a fiddle
stick !" said sympathizing Mrs. Brown.
"If you don't lay still, and stop kick
ing them sheets so, I'll git up and lay
with Elizy Jane the rest of the night!"
Mr. Brown subsided, but he lay
awake half tho night thinking what
splendid results he could bring about
if something startling would happen,
and bewailing the lack of appreciation
in his Ann Marier.
As if in response to Mr. Policeman
Brown's earnest desires, something did
happen the very next evening.
Mr. Brown had been up to the west
end of the town to a butcher's shop,
to get ashia bone of mutton for soup
the next day, and on his return he had
to cross Dead River's bridge. It was
a dark, mist v nitrht. and iust before he
reached the bridge he saw the figure
of a woman gliding along before him.
Mr. Policeman Brown s scent was
keen, and in a moment his imagination
began to be lively in regard to the
woman's business. He hastened for
ward stealthily, and managed to set a
NORTH CAROLINA, MAY
view of tier, as she passed under a
street lamp". She was clad in the tra
d tional long black cloak and close hood
always worn by people on diabolical
deeds intent, and she cacried a bundle
under her 'arm, from which Mr. Police
man Brown was sure that now and then
there issued, a faint squeak like the
smothered cry of an infant.
Brown was in raptures ! He longed
to throw up his hat and shout hurrah.
At last something worth while was go
ing to happen..
And most astounding of all he had
recognized the woman's face. It was
that of the Widow Hopkins ! The
widow was oee of the strong pillars of
society in Bangvilie rich and iotlu
eatial, aud she had more than once
snubbed.Mr. Policeman Brown and his
family. -And it was rumored that
Parson Scriggins, who had recently
buried his third wife, was intending to
make Mrs.) Hopkins his fourth. He
visited at the llopkius mansion quite
regularly, and the neighbors frequently
saw a light in the front parlor after
eleven o'clock at night, which wa3 proof
positive 4&at he was serious in his at
tentions." Here was a chance for Mr. Brown to
avenge himself an the widow ! He
was sure she was about to commit some
crime, and he leaned forward and held
his breath to watch her.
She advanced to the middle of the
bridge, and, bending over the railing,
gazed dcren into the dark water. Mr.
Brown fj&neied she shuddered, and
shuddered himself out of sympathy.
Thetvsbe drew the bundle from be
neath her cloak held it a moment sus
pended over the water, and flung it
downward! A subdued cry broke on
the damp air as the thing struck the
water with a dull splash, and then ail
was still, f1
The willow turned quickly, and glided
away, and Sr. Policeman Brown, with
trembling bands, cut a notch in the
railing of the bridge at the point where
she had thrown over the bundle, and
then, grasping his shank of mutton as
if it were a, sword of conquest, he hur
ried to the oice of the Chief of Police
to tell his stojry.
At first the chief was inclined to be
incredulous, but directly the enthu
siasm of Mr.i Brown had its effect on
him as it didlikewise on Jones and
Smith, but Robinson, a disagreeable
member of the staff, laughed at the
dark construction put upon the affair
by Mr. Brown.
It was iljcided to proceed cautiously
to bus" n ASM,..- A. Mr lVotrn' sugges
tion, a guard vas placed around tho
i...-.e4t. l i . . i
House oi iuu wiuow, 10 prcvciic iiei
escape in case, as Mr. Policeman Brown
expressed it, "she should happcu to
smell a rat ;'' ropes, drags and lanterns
were provided, end just after midnight
Mr. Brown piloted the party, com
posed of the Chief of Police and
Messrs. Joues, Smith and llobiuson, to
the bridge.
It was an intensely interesting and
solemn occasjon. Brown tried to wear
a face calnt and impressive, as became
a great man, but his excitement tcouhl
crop out; and as for the other men,
with the exception of Robinson, they
were nearly as eager as Brawn himself.
The operation of dragging was gone
through with, and but a short time
elapsed ere the drag caught something!
Brown's face grew pale and set with
his intense riiuxiety. and so did the
faces of thoL others, as there came to
the surface of the water a sizeable bun
dle, which was drawn up and solemnly
deposited on "the bridge.
'T will open it," said Mr. Policeman
Brown, producing a knife. " Good
heaven ! wut is the world coming to
when hitherto respectable women stalk
about in tha idead hours of the night,
casting into Ithe water mysterious
mysterious that is to say, casting into
the waters mysterious " Over-
whelmed by the magnitude of the sub
ject, he paused for a word.
"Mysterious bundles done up in salt
bags !"' said ,that sarcastic Robinson.
A look of Ineffable scorn on tho face
of Mr. Brown alone replied to this
sacreltgious speech. He stooped over,
and cut tho ords which bound up the
bundle. Another moment, and its
dread contents were revealed 1
And what were they ?
Six VUthJtlrowned yellow kittens and
brick ! S
"ZoundsJ'" cried Brown. "Sold, by
thunder ! Don't say anything about
it, boys, andll'll stand treat I"
It cost Mj. Policeman Brown ntty
dollars' worth of champagne and oys
ters to get his secret kept, but some
how it leaked out, and ever since he
has been known among his friends by
the sobriquet of "Kittens."
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The Coming Girl.
An exchanse thus describes the
miing womanl How do the ladies.
and we may also say' the gentlemen,
like the picture?
The cominirYOung woman must
make love to the coming young man
She must whisper sweet nothings to
him "bv moonlieht alone." She must
vow that she wqob him not for his for
tune, or even his beauty, but for his
own dear self. fShe must be careful
of his wrappings, etc., for fear that
angelic Wm. Jorie3, or the divine PhU
lander Scroirins. may take cold.
Man," says an Exchange, "is by na
ture timid and confiding ; his heart
yearns for love and protection ; and if
woman would winand wear him in her
heart of hearts, she must lead hirri
gently along the primrose path of dal
liance, and not permit the winds of
heaven to visit hisiheektoo roughly."
She must write poetry' to him j she
must sin 2 berieath liis lattice : ,
r - I
How sweet at eve ip soe my beau, f
Come tripping down the' stairs;
111 catch him in pie garden gate
And liiss him unawares.
Hi breath is likK.the caramel,
Ilia eves like chocolate cream.
And his kis is Ske the candy
One eats withia dream.
26, 1870.
Pepper Pods.
BY JOSH UJLLING3.
If yu hav got a spirited and noble
boy, nppcal tew biz gonerosity. If yu
hav got a heavy and sullen one appeal
tew his back.
A grate menny ov our people go
abroad tew improve their minds, who
hadn't got enuy minds when they war
at home, knowledge, like charity, ehud
begin at home, and then spred.
Ahiicshuns. are the compliments that
Heaven pay3 tew the virtewou3.
Nobody but a phool will spend his
time trieing tew convince a phool.
Tiiue iz money, the leS3 we have ov
it ten spare the further we make it go.
The tounge iz really a very fust
member ov the body politic, he duz all
the talking, aud two thirds ov the
thinking.
Men who invade the province uv
wiminin alwus jeered at, and howkan
wimmin, when they invade the prov
ince ov men expekt tew e&kape the
same kind ov treatment.
He who spends hiz younger days iu
dispashun iz mortgaging himself tew
discaze aLd 'poverty, two inexorable
creditors, who are certain tew fore
close at last, and take possession ov
the premises.
Thare iz nieuny a person who kan
set a mouse trap tew perfesshun, but
not satisfied with such small game, un
dertake tew trap for bears, and git
ketched bi the bears. Moral :
studdy 'yure geniu3, and stick tew
mice.
Young man "don't marry abuv or
below j'ure rank, not that I thiuk thare
iz virtew in rank, but thare iz cuslum
in it, and custom ofteu outrauks law
and gospel.
Let him go, mi son, sed an ancient
father tew hiz boy, who had caught a
young rabbit, and when he gits bigg-jr
ketch him arin. The bov did az 1
az he
was told, and hnz I
been locking lor
that rabbit ever since.
The world owes all its energys and
refinement tew luxury's digging roots
for brekfast and going naked for
clothes, iz the virtewous innocence ov
a lazy savage.
There iz lots ov folks who cat well,
and drink well, and 6leep well, and yet
are sick all the time them are the
folks vhoalwus enjoy peer he illh.
If a niau hits yu, and you hit him
back, yu are even, but if yu don't
strike back he iz yure debtor, and al
wus owes yu a crack.
A person w ith a little smattering ov
learninrr, is a irood deal like alien's
that haz
been ot on for a short
tine, and thou deserted by the hco, it
iz spilte for hatching out enuy thing.
Jtoi7'i oo good sense are thoze
whozo op'iDyuns agree with curs.
lhere iz a grate deal ov magnificent
poverty ia our big citys, people who
eut klaia eoud out ov a tla basin with a
old spoon.
The place whare poverty, virtew,
and love meet and worship together,
iz the the most sakred spot in this
universe.
Experience don't make, a man sc
bold az it duz so careful.
Pride never forgets itself, never haz
a play spell or frolik ; it iz stiff from
morning till night, lrom top tew bot
tom, like a sled stake.
Thare ain't but very little ginowine
good sense in this world enny how,
and what little thare iz ain't in mar
ket, it iz held for a dividend.
Thez2 hav made up their tninds tew
lead a life ov enjoyment will find the
following receipe a grate help tew
them : "i'o one ounce ov pleasi-re aud
a pound ov repentance."
Adversity iz a poultcss v.hieh re
duces our vanity and strengthens our
virtew even a boy never feels
half so good az when he haz just bin
spanked and sot away tew cool.
Tedantry iz the science or investing
what little yu know in one kind ov
perfumery, and insisting upon sticking
that under every man's nose whom yu
meet, j
Lieing iz like tricing tew hide in a
fog, if yu move abovt yure in dan
ger ov bumping yure hed agin the
truth, and az soon az the fog blows
oph yu are gone ennyhow.
Marrying an cigel iz the poetry ov
marriage, but ilving with her iz the
proze ; and this iz all well enuff if the
tatc ov tho poetry hain't spilte our
relish for the proze.
The man who liv3 on hope must
pick the bones of disappointment.
The Devil iz sed tew be the father
ov lies, if this iz so, he haz got a large
family, and a grate menny promising
children among them.
Life iz like a mug ov beer, fresh at
the top, all in the middle, and settlines
at the bottom.
We should liv in this life az the we
war walking on glaze ice, liable tew
fall at enny moment, and tew be laffed
at bi the bystanders.
Men, if they ain't too lazy, liv sum
times till they are 30, and destroy
the time a good deal az follows : the
fust 30 years they spend throwing
stuns at a mark, tew see whare the
stuns hit, and the remainder iz divi
ded, in cussing the stun-throwing biz
ainess, and nussing the rumattizz.
This setting down and folding our
arms,
and
for sumthing tew
turn up, iz just ibout az rich a speku-
lashun, az going out into a tour hun
dred acre lot, setting down on a sharp
stone, with a pail between our knees,
and waitiug for a cow tew back up and
be milked.
A young man, who has tried until
he knows, tells us that if you go to call
on a young lady, and she sews or em
broiders diligently all the evening and
only says "yes" and "no," you can go
away about ten, or a quarter past,
without breaking auy of the rules of
etiquette.
NUMHEU 25.
The Whipping Post.
In the growth of what is called re
finement and intelligence a great many
of the old fashioned pains and penal
ties of misdoing have been swept uwav
as -barLarouu." In Bullish l,;,i...-.
and literature the
-:n
Waijij
nig post and
i.ic pniury ugure very conspicuously,
and because cf that figure the world
seems to have coincided ia the judg
ment that has consigned them to its
lumber limbo. Iu some of our State.-,
however, theso ancient iutrumeuts liu'
ger, are eoustantly used, and are be
lieved in as affective ruitraiataagaiust
crime. We reported yesterday six
cases of whipping for minor offences ia
the State of Delaware. If we jud-e
by the example that State preseuts we
may well cousider whether or no theie
is not good reason to revise the decree
so generally given against the whip
ping pof t and the pillory. Was it not
the abuse of these instruments that
caused the world generally to give
them up ? And if we are to give up
all punishments subject to abuse which
shall we at hist retain ' Nobody likes
to think of Daniel Defoe in the pillory ;
but unjust laws and unjust judges
would make equally infumours usool
any conceivable penalty. We believe
that the abandonment of these
punishments wxa merely an early
effect one of tin firt of that philan
thropic sentimentality toward crimi
Uiils which now demand the abolition
of .capita! piuiLhment, and which, as a
next &ten, will demand thf.t :ll
be torn
honse,
down or turned into free lunch
and Will neihaiis. never sfnn
.... 1 r
till it c.-taonsnes the fail immunity, if
cot the meritorious character, of every
offence againbt the peace oi society.
borne pitiful scoundrel commits a small I
and shameful offence, Why should
society thereupon assume the charge
of his support aud visit upon him no
evil bur the loss of a liberty for which
he cures nothing ! Is it not more ras
tional to give him a hearty physical
decipliue on the spot ? There is fuund
in Delaware one most eloquent fact iu
support tf this view. The -whipping
plan actually prevents crimes of the
tcit that arc punished at the whip
ping pott. So much can scarcely be
said for any other puiisLojent. ''Re
volvers" and "repeaters" who keep the
prisons full in all other places are not
known there. Jt is but very seldom
they have to whip the sane rascal
twice. V. r. IltralK
''Draw Poker"' on the Ohio.
On a recent pleasure trip, says the
Indianapolis Svitfiiit:!, we were amused
at the description that au old gentlo
man from Illinois gave of a game of
bluff or draw poker. From his inno
cent manner we were confident that he
knew no more about it than his lan
guage indicated aud we formed a very
favorable opinion of the morality of the
community iu which he resides Here
is the gentleman's description : 'There
are four well dressed young men at the
table; one of them had a bunch of
small, nice pictured pasteboards about
the size of an envelope, though uot so
large; some had pictures of men and
some had pictures of women, and some
had only spots ou them; some of the
spots were red and some black ; he
mixed them altogether, and hiid them
down and said "cut," bat I did not see
any kmie; the one
took off about a dozen ;
on the right
the fellow who
put the dozen
had mixed them then
at the bottom of th.3 bunch, and then
com m me need throwing them around
with the picture side down, giving
each, including himself, at first two
and then three. Each then looked
cirefully at bis pastcpoard, being
careful that cone of the others saw his
pictures, or the best pasteboards, and
I don't know exactly which. The
man with the bunch then said, 'How
many more pasteboards do you want ?
and they each gave back two or three,
and received the same number off the
bunch. They all looked carefully
sgain, and two them of said they would
'pass out, but they sat still. The
other two each put down a five dollar
note and one of them said 'lvmgs up
duces down,' but I didn't see anything
go up or uown : the other said 'Three
queens,' and he took the money. I sup
pose one of them must be a lunatic on
the way to the asylum, and the others
are his friend? trying to amuse him
i hO2 they wiu keep quiet until we
get into port."
We express the hopo that tho old
jrentlemau arrived safe at his home in
the moral city of Chicago
Farmer's Girls.
Farmer's girls arc expected to uns
derstand housekeeping but sometimes
a hard barren life of toil begets in
them a disgust, which leads to extreme
carelessness and indifference in the
nicer parts of home duties.
Beware of this, I pray you. Study
grace and beauty ia the folds of a curs
tain, the arrangement of a table, the
position of a chair the amount of
light and shade to give the fight effect
to'all. Take the prettiest way of doing
things, you will soon discover a charm
in toil, and the effect on your nature
will be ennobling. Do not begrudge
five minutes to trim a dish with greeu
leaves upon thedinner table, not forget.
tnr tn twist a snrav of flowers or leaves
amid the dark or gold of your hair
somebody's eyes will brighten to see
it, and, etc you are aware, you win be
come a "trap to catch a sunbeam."
Country Gentleman.
A foppish fellow advised a friend
not to marry a poor girl, as he would
God matrimony with poverty 'up hill
work.' 'Good.' said his friend, 'I
would rather go up hill than down hill
any time.'
Sorrow's
incut.
best antidote ii employ-
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What Did the Man Say ?
Those who are iu the habit cf at
tend. ng police and other courts must
have observed the difficulty under
which lawyers and judges labor some
times in getting witnesses to t-.-stify in
legal form. The following, which took,
place iu a Cinciunaci court, isa:i amus
ing and perfect example. A tnau had
been caught in the act of theft, and
plead an extenuation that he was,
drunk :
Court tJo the policeman w ho was
wi t e) "What did the man gay w' en
you arrested him?"
Witness "IIl- said he wa drunk."
Court "I want his precise words,
just as he uttered them ; he didu't use
the pronoun A-, did he? Ho tlida'
say he was drunk. "
Witness "Oh yes, he did he said
he was drunk; he acknowledged the
corn."
Court (getting impatient a the wit
cess' stupidity) "Vou don't under
stand me at ail; I want the words
just as he uttered them ; didu't ho say
was drunk ?"
Witness deprecatingly) "Oh no,
your honor. He didu't say you were
drunk ; I wouldn't allow any man to
charge that upon you in my preseuce."
Prosecutor " Pshaw ! you don't
comprehend at all. Ilia Honor means,
did not thy prisoner say to you, "Z
was drunk ?"
Witness (tetlectively) " We'll, ha
might have saidyoa was drunk, but 1
didn't hear him."
Attorney for Prisoner (blandly")
"What the court desires is to have you
state the prisoner's exact words, pre
serving the precise form of pronoun
that he made use of in reply. Was it
the first person I, the second person
ttiou, or tnc tinru person he, she or it:
Now then, sir, (with severity,) upca
your oath, didn't my client say, 'was
drunk?"
Witness (getting mad)" No, ha
didn't suy you was drunk either, but if
he had, 1 reckon he wouldn't a liedi
any. Do you s'pose the poor 'fellow
charged this whole court with being
drunk?"
'When Did You Shave Last?"
"In one of the towns of Arkansas a
man had been drinking until a lat?
hour at night. When he started for
home, honest folks were in bod, and
the houses were all dsrk. The liquor
he had takjawasJ.nr mnr-h for him.
mid he did not know where to co. He
at last stap'p'orcd into an empty wjgou
idicd, and fell .upon the ground.
For a long time he lay in the uncon
sciousness of a drunken sleep, and
would have frozen (for the snow oo tha
ground showed the uight to be veiy
cold) had not others les3 insensible thi.n
himself been around Lira, i his shed
was a favorite rendezvous of the hogs,
that rushed out when the new comer
arrived, but soon returned to their.
bed. In the utmost kindness, and
with the truest hospitality, they gavo
their biped companion the middle of
the bed, some ling ou either side cl
bim, and others answering the place cf
a quilt. Their warmth prevented
him from getting injured by the expo
sure. Toward mornincr lie awote.
Finding himself comfortable and in
blissful ignorance of his whereabouts,
he supposed himself enjoying the ac
commodations of a tavern in company
with other gentlemen. He reached
out his hand, and catching hold of tho
stiff bristles of a hog, exclaimed;
TF.y, Mister, ichrn did you shave fast?''
A "Wife in Distress.
'Pray, tell me my dear what is tho
cause of those tears?'
'Oh such a disgrace !'
What is it, my dear, don't keep ma
in suspense !'
'Oh L have opened one of your let
ters, supposing it to b9 addressed to ,
myself. Certainly it looks more like
Mrs. than Mr.'
'Is that all ? what harm can there to
in a wife opening her husband's let
ters.' 'No harm in the thing itself, tha
contents are such a disgrace 1'
Who has dared to write me a letter
unfit to be read by my wife?'
Oh no, it was couched in the most
chaste and beautiful lanu ige. Buy the
contents ! the contents 1
Here the wife buried ber face in
her handkerchief aud commenced sob
bing aloud, while her husband eagerly
took up the letter and com.i;cacd
reading the epistle that had nearly bro
ken his wife's heart. It was u bill
from the printer for 3 years subscip-
tion.
m
Has that woman a call to be a wife
who thinks more of her silk dresa
than her children, and visits
her nursery no ofiencr than onco
a day ? Has that woman a call to be a
wifej who calls for a cashmere sLawl
when her husband's notes are being
protested ? Has thSt woman a cali to
be a wife who sets reading the last new
novel, while her husband stands before
the glass vainly trying to pia together
a buttonless 6hirt bosom ?
"Is my face dirty ?" asked a young
lady from the Cackwoods, while seated
with her aunt at the dinner table on
I a steamboat running from Cairo to NeW
! Orleans. "Dirty? Why did" you
asKi -Decausa uiai, inu;.ing wmi
insists upon putting a towel beside my
plate. I've thrown three under the
table, and yet every time h? cornea,
around he put3 another one, befiora
me.
Host (who a is "just ' finished carving
a turkey) "Will you have a small
piece cf the dark meat, or a nvall
niece of the white meat?" Hungry
guest (who is abdicted to the 'rjulttrcf
plain speaking; '1 hank you"; I'll
l'zz iargs piece of Loth
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