Louisiana capitolian., February 15, 1879, Image 1

About Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881

Image provided by: Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA

                
T A
if·Z ·~
fiu
2c..,
Publiaer asa Proprieto r.
Pnblii:i ·!t ~ ~ l~·ite
, " ·-'·· `u
clI tt , d ni,%L tUany. adisc
that
TEN YEARS AFTER. and
London Graphic. flirth
Ten years ago, when she Was ten, waL
I used to tease and scold\ber; get
I liked her, and she looked me too, I8
A boy, soeie five years older. it Co
I liked her; she wou'd fetch my book, whe
Bring lunch to stream or thicket; instk
Would oil ily gun, or bait by hook, fain
And field for hours at cricket.as
bShe'd mend my cap, or find my whip; she 1
Ah ! but boys' hearts are stony. ther
I liked her rather less than Gyp, disa
And far less than my pony. lhe
She loved me thenitho" h0vouknowlW -
Her scores of dolls she's hai to cry,
That I decapitated. and
I torte her frocks, I pulled her hair, ih h
Calledl red the sheen upon it. cha
Out fishing, I would even dare self
Catch tadpoles in her bonnet, went
WVell, now I expiate Illy crnne; ed
'rhfe Ne,'mesis 'of fables
Cailie after years; to-day, Old Time wen
On me had turned the tables. nev
I'mi twenty-tfive; she's twenty, ow- a f
1%vin
)Dark-eyed, pinilklcheckedl and bonny;ivi
The' di..s are goildeni 'rouInd her brow; shir
Shel. slliles allnd calls liu Jollhuy. nay
Of vole I used her Christiin namne, I
Buit now, itlroigh fate or inilice, very
ht'i sheI is by, mliy lips can't frame me
Fi vºe let'ters to nmtke Alice. she
I, who colil jokie wit.h her aind tease, pool
Muald silent now before her; he 1
b)iohiih, though the very wish to please- of B
A speln''ll'hk shy nAllorcer tan
iO r, if hlle trni s to ti ts to sp eazik , imae
I 'in Uiizzlaal b1." her graces; w'o1
Tl'he hlot-lhnod rushes to mty cheek; o tl
SIb1hubbh)llllll lllco luiLo -pa'. co0l
Shel's k in l a Inil cool ,llh! he:iav'n knowsn low Slhe
I wish .e . blshied taiild tifaltered: her,
Sihe likes tile, awnll I love her noow; her
I )ear, dieat! how thlilis have alteredl! S
A STRANGE STORY. lool
plea
I was stationed at Agra during the Inar
('luhiul disaster iil 1.11, onei of a mnre in (
handful otf ritisli tlroops,, in charge of Iad
the wives, sisters andll daughters of the Cou
actors of that uinhiappy expedition. tion
Andlil a we:lry, hIeartl, reaking time it
was. The Liiten.llant-Goivernlor who
not
ha;i 4 l rayeld and lhlsolughit the Calcutta
nA orll oTt', h r,,,A iti lin.tre. huvnur, o Fr au
the worsit forelitidigs for its fate; and
:lthouilghi lie did all tin able, kindly hav
andi whll-in-eiilrre4l lul:il could do to and
niillintiin the" spirits of the circle, those c
whllo knew hilil could read too well I ki
wh:,t hits flairs were. VWords 'couiild
inot d"erib'e - ]i(d'eedl it is painfuil for l
Til"e evei unowV ti re(iull --the dreary
w iartch'lledlli( s oaf that fatal mionth, dui
rine whli-h nli tidlings calne of the .l
ilevoted(l amtii . lEveningfli ter eveliing i
saiw tlie, road- .rowh'(e by anxioius
wol', ,ittillg thlrl for t LL hours, tlhatt ai
thely utight l' hear the first news of af
those who were ilearl to theni, and l
he
eveninil a.'ter -v: ninl .tv I them returnl I
in hdespair. Atand whn'ii, at last, the s
I~news c'alhie that thel soleh survivor had si
stIgg('re, half aIlive, back to his coun- t
trvil'n with Ilthe Hilidings of the great I
tliaister. the a\\:il that ascended from
those lheart -hlu'loikicl cr('elatures, I shall
ileve'r, whilhe li ve, fiorg!. d
'IThere hadi;il 1'tli a captaitii in one of bu
the ntii e regimeits, :tita old acquaint- se
iunce of Haiii', 0" lthe Il:ie liof Donnelly wi
he'rrv I onlliily, ais li- was calledl by c
levery one4ii'. Ie w\\tas 'iefu' l tito explain wl
to all his friendll.s t11hat lis name was
not Je.trolle, alll not Je.remliah ; al- Ce
though why liei so undutly preferred re
the iihilnt to) the plrophlll I never under- si
derstotod. Jerry I)onnelly, however,
lie wasi, 1.111 a3s strange tiand eccentric al
it 'crei'at'tilu'e as ever breathed. s
11 was~ a goold-looking fellow, and h
ai tlrst-rlate ilt~i''', butt a careless, rol- t,
licking, half-i nsa-ullea Itl-rnpll of a malln,
with an amazing flow of spirits, little b
edu·catlion or ctulture, a great--almost t
illiracu'llits -talenult for Ilngualges, with r
a stftt hllart aitll eas';y temper. It was t
impossiblel to maklie hint angry; and ed
in all circumllttalnces, lhowever tlun
pleasant, llth. lmalntlined a placid i
sert'nity whilh setillncA' to illmply that a
lie wals on iiltililitlte terms with for
tuune, alind lilkw thel very worst she
coulh do.
Anloung tile other tricks which the
tickle goddess had played on him was
that she had uia'rietd him. Why he
ever nmarri'd as lie did no one coultA
imagine. lThe lady was neither hand
somel. chlevr or rich. She was simply
plashsabhle as to hloks, with the liveli
cness of goold hit'althl and youth-a
lualitiy not iunaplt to develop itself in
vivacity of teullp'r when those other
attriCute, dis;lsappear. But, on some
ilpullsE', Jerry Donnelly llil asked
her the nmonientous question. asnl had
been tfvorably antswered.
A lmost in'llnoliitmrtable couple they
were. Jerry, fromlu the very first, neg
lected heIr---not intentionally. I be
lieve, but silulmly becaause for the mo
nient ihe foirgot her existence. It never
seietmed to himi unneceessary to alter his
folner bachelor round in any respect;
and, as the lady had no notion of
being neglected, she resented his in
dtfrn, and ebaLt & tue.o
herself. It Inay be ely supposed wi
that thd one was not averse to brandy wou
and watr, or the other to gossip and hbor
flirtation. 'They sever quarreled out- 1's
wardly, but were hardly ever to-: mist
gether. mar
So stood the domestic circle, if such «l
it could be called. of Capt. Donnelly, I kn
when he was ordered on Gen. Elph- my
instone's expediton. His wife would she
fain have remained at Calcutta, but Con
as all the wives were going to Agra, coul
she for very shame was obliged to go Ti
there also. - On the first rumor of the him
disaster she was very indifferent-said he r
she was very sur" erry would turn
wever, e dings were confirmed, cara
and it was certain that Jerry had per- Beir
ished with his comrades, a great. lang
change came over her. Site shut her- cour
self up for months, saw no one, and effea
went nowhere. And when, at the a fal
end of nearly a year, she was a grave, but
thoughtful, softened woman, she mar
went up to Calcutta after that, and I regi
never saw her again until I came on fav<
a furlough in 1847. She was then dist
living in a pretty place in Somerset
shire, and was known as Mrs. Court- fool
nay, of Branley Hall. soft
I met her accidentally, but she was rev'
very glad to see me, and explained to my
me what I had not heard, that when call4
she arrived at Calcutta she found that "ton
poor Jerry had, fonr months before bect
he left Agra, succeeded to this place viiz
of Branley Hall by the death of a dis- is n
tant relation. lie had previously
nmade a will, leaving her all his lhon
worldly goods, then slender enough, tull
so that in the end this fine estate had
come to her, and a new name with it. "R'
She asked me to come down and see to l
her, which I did, and learned more of toni
her history,
Sorrow and prosperity greatly nev
changed her for the better. Even her allI
looks had improved and she was a hol
pleasant, thoughtful, agreeable wo- as r
man. She had renmuined four years me,
in Calcutta before shite returned, but
had at once assumed the name of
Coutney, which was one of the condi- all
tions on which the bequest was made. amf
"You know, Col. Hastings, I could har
not have lost the e ate for whlut na.
camne back."
I thought the wona's headl must all
have been affected by her troubles, her
and said nothing. " til
"I see you think me deranged, but de.
I knew he was alive all the time."
''Why, what could have inducedl la
you to think so?" to
"I saw him, Col. hastings. It was
in your old bungalow at Calcutta. of
about t-wo years after I had gone
back. Late in the evening I heard di
a footstep outsidg which strangely
t affected me. I was lying half asleep,
and, starting up in a drowsy state, I b"
heard a voice at the veranda, and, as
I thought, inquiring of my stupid old `"
servant whether I lived there. The
steps then turned away. I darted to pa
t the casement, and although the figure
was clad in the most extrdaordinary
I compound of European and Asiatic
gaarments, I am sure it was Jerry. I of
darted down stairs and rushed out., $
>f but the man had disappeared. The ri
servant said he was- bad fakir, and a,
y wished to get in the bungalow, but ci
'Ycould or would tell me nothing of tr
It what he had said. .But I am quite ir
sure it was Jerry. So I a n quite j,
certain he will come back-but you fi
d remember he was never punctaual," t
r- she added, with a faint smile. o
r, I did not say that if Jerry was
ic alive she must 1h'ive, heard of him in c
some other way; but I took leave of c
id her, and shortly afterward returned f
'- to India.
, In 1853 I was appointed to an em
tie bssy to Npan1 fking coun
i5t try, governed by a poWi~rful, warlike I
th race. The first minister or vizier of i
as the country met us, as is the Nepaul- i
nd ese fashion, outside the capital, and
In- we had a very courteouns and gratify-, 1
:id ing reception. He was a tall, hand
at some man, with a flowing black beard,
ar- and conversed with me in Persian,
wie which I spoke fluently. After our
interview, one of the attendants in
the formed me that the vizier wished to
vas see me alone, and hd' accordingly con
he ducted me to an inner apartment.
uld He orilered the attendant to with
ad- draw, and then. Mi tones only too
ply familiar, he exclaimed:
eli- "Well, Hastings, my boy, how go
-a on the Plungers?"
fin It was Jerry Donnelly, by all that
her was miraculous. I had observed him
tme staring earnestly ;,t me during the
ked interview, and something in his gef
had turens seemed not unfamiliar to me;
but his flowing beard, solemn air and
hey Oriental dress so much disguised him
ieg- that, even when l heard the well
be- remembered voice,' I could scarcely
m- realize his identity.
ever "But what on errth are you doing
r his here, Jerryi" said I; "and why don't
ect; you go home to y-our wife, like a
n of Christian ?"
sin- "My nife! well, that's the whole
C
affair. You i~B she'# somebody else's cide!
wife, so I'm better out of the wayjr; it lain
would be a' pity that poor Sophy to ua
should coqnmmit bigamy."
"I assure you that you are entirely Pai
mistaken. Mrs. Donnelly has not Juul
married again." case
"Haan't she, tlough, said he. Don't Volu
I know betterI Didn't I go back to port
my own buagalqw and find out that safe
she had married that starched fool etty
Courtnay, when she knew I never the
could endure him " . but
To his intense astonishment, I told -eng
him how the truth was, and in returain ae
he related to me his own adventures. he 5L
caravai or body of pilgrims to Nepaul. s eel
Being by that time a proficient in the safe
language, he wias taken notice of at own
court, but very strictly watched. He case'
effected escape, however, disguised as mon
a fakir, and made his way to Calcutta, and
but finding, as he thought, his wife until
married again to a man in his old ed it
regiment, he returned, was taken into of tl
favor and had risen to his present the
distinction. buys
"Well, I always was a blundering nor
fool, but I went home with a heart so mon
soft to Sophy, and avowing that I not 1
never would vex her any more with Lost
my vagries that, when I heard her finds
called Mrs. Courtnay, I was turned to the
stone, and did not care a rap what diffe
became of me, even to be made a wlril
vizier, which, 1 assure you, Charlie, on tl
is no joke in its way." agai
'-Well, at all events, you must come suOm
home now, and enjoy your good for- " fo
tune tI out
"I1 am not sure albout that," said he. of t
"Recollect,'she has grown accustomed find
to be mistress, I have grown accus- cow
toumed to be vizier. She won't like to ma8
be contradicted, and its a thing I the
never could bear, and what I never nie
allow on my account. Now, if I went an i
home., she would not be mistress, and dlid
as sure as fate she would contradict tion
me. Maybe it is better as it is." won
Next mornimng he sent for me again. in l
"I have been thinking," he said, "of kee]
all the strange story you told me. I it au
am all changed since we parted. I S'
hardly know myself to be the same Con
man I used to be, and am not the
e tin + iv re, unit then she an
can try. If she likes me in this out- plic
landish pla-ce, I will go, home with trial
her; if we quarrel here, no one will b,e ntd
the wiser, l'and I (c:ni continue to be ire'
dead." has
"Bat," said I, ''have you no incum- Plc"
blrances ? crhlaps she mnight oblject kit
to the details of your estallislinuent." lost
nan
"Not a bit," saidl Jerry ; I have none In
of your Eastern pirejudices; let her Iio
coime, and she will find nolbody to
disturb her." oil
So she had come, and, after living i,
in Nepaul for two years, bhi'ougllt Jerry o
buck in tiumnnih to lBranley hall ; andAf
such was the the true version of tale ti
whiich made solme noise in tile news-lih
i) papers a few years ago. bu
LOSERS AND FINDERS. o.
e The frequent :nnouncenment oflosses no
I of valualle parcels, ranging from it
+ $200,000 packets of money and sencu- fo
e rlties down to porteinotniaies, watches n
d and jewlchy, may well awaken in- in
.t creased interest among the more alert kt
f and sharp-sighted of city pedestrians thi
e in knowing whatever has been ad- it
c juged about the rights and duties of hi
in finders. For a majority of lost things cl
" there are finders. What are their pr
olbligations and claims be
is Suppose one comes upon a lost arti- b
in cle-a wallet on the sidewalk, a stray cl
A cow or horse, a bundle of goods fallen b
,d from a passing wagon-he is. not a
bound to pick it up, or to say or do ft
'- anything about it. There is a story o
1- of an Irishman who was cheated by l
means of a counterfeit $5 bill. Next ii
of day he espied a genuine $5 bill lying a
- in the path. He gave it a wide berth. a
Lid "Bad luck to ye! I lost $5 by a
Yr brother o' yours yesterday." Patrick
d- was acting in the exercise of his con
:d, stitutional rights. One who meets
w, with what another has lost is not un
ur der any duty to meddle with it; he
Ln- may leave it alone if he likes. But, if
to he chooses to take it in charge, le
m- takes it subject to the duty of making
nt. all reasonable effort, under the cir
th cumstances, to restore it to the owner.
too A thing that is lost continues the
property of its owner notwithstanding.
go If the finder takes it up, meaning to
keep it, when by marks on it or other
hat circumstances hlie could, if he would
inm try, restore it to the owner, he is
the guilty of stealing. And if he meant
:es- well when he took the article, and
ne,; aterward changed his mind, and neg
lnd lected to seek the owner, he is liable
im I to an action by tihe owner whenever
ell- his having appropriated the thing is
ely discovered. But, if the true owner
never appears, the tlhing belongs to
ting the finder. Therefore, the case which
on't has gone the rounds recently of a fac
e a tory girl in a paper-mill, who found
two $50 bills in the rags she was
hole assorting, was doubtlei correctly de
cide4A The
÷climed the notes`_
plained of her for !
julW decided in her
but the latter d .
rlue of aRh aad 4mit
he should find a ha
et-ling. When he senaed the
safe he kept the money, and the safe- He
owner sued him for it. In both these ed N
cases the courts decided that the mort
money belonged to the original owner, me.
and the finder tad a right to keep it He
until that owner appeased and claim- priet
ed it. The purchasere the rags or grin
of the safe did not get any title to Musa
the money in them, because neither Hi
buyer nor seller knew it was there,- Exqi
nor intended a rale of parcels of lySt
money. Having no title, he could with
not take the money frpm the finder. at &
Lost things belong tollie person that If
finds them as against every one but lar i
the owner. There has been a case subi
differently decided, where a lady, perlk
while shopping, laid her portdmonnale litth
on the counter, meaning to take it up city
again as soon as sie' had priced A
some goods; but meanthne some one be i
"found" it. The lady departed with- punt
out reclaiming it, and the proprietor reli
of the store demanded it, while the beea
finder' resisted his claim. But the cate
court, after looking at the case with a ofa
magnifying-glhas, decided in favor of stre
the shopkeeper. For 'this portemon- and
naie was not lost; it was deposited in foul
an ill-chosen, insecure place; the lady the
did not drop it by accident, but inten- le,
tionally left it where she thought it mor
would be safe-in a place which was all
in law in charge and care of the shop- sent
keeper. He was held entitled to claim "Fl
it as a depositary. volt
Suppose a reward is offered. The use,
Courts have in several case4 decided Am
that a q ..-He
can be enforced by one who coin
plies with its conditions. It is a gen- co
eral offer to pay for certain services, mno
and if a person accepts the offer and wit
renders the services b,cfore the offer (let
has been withdrawn, there is a comn- on
plete contract. But he must have wa,
known of the offer; one who finds the thil
lost thin,~ without knowing a reward
has been offered has no legal claim. pat
In a casne in Connecticut a man lost a de(
horse, and advertised a reward of *20.
Some one found the horse and brought
him home to the owner without hav- -I
ig heard of the reward, and the
owner gave him *2 for his trouble.
Afterward the tinder saw the adver- eh
tisement, and was naturally dis
pleased. lie sued for the other $18, ed
but the Court decided against him.
Unless the finder is influenced by the d
offer to undertake the search, there is
s no ground for saying that the loser is fr
n under any agreement to pay. There- la
i- fore, if a bank clerk should drop a
s money parcel, and some one follow
I- ing soon after should pick it up and ti
rt keep it till a reward was offered and
is then return it and ldemnnd the reward,
1- it is probable he could not sustain
of his demand at law. He could not
3s claim it for finding and saving the ci
ir parcel, for these things were done
bofore he knew of the offer-in fact
i- before it was made. He could not
uy claim it for returning the parcel to the b
en bank, for this was only his legal duty,
lot and would not form a consideration
do for a promise to pay $5,000. The a
ry offer of a reward w-oul . in strict
by law, available only to persons who saw
:xt it, anmid were induced by it to go out
ng and search, upon the risk of lonsing I
ti. all their labor if they did not find the
a parcel.--N21 w York Time. t
- THE TILDEN MOVEMENT.
ets I tell you, Tilden is looming up. If I
h- lie does not get the nomination him- I
i self he will name the man that does.
The old man has a long head and
lie knows what he is doing. He may lbe
ng nominated by acclamation-there is
no telling. Next to himself I think
her. lie favors Bayard, who is very strong
the in the East, and perhaps could carry
g New York, New Jersey and Connecti
h cut. Judge Field, a great personal
her friend of Mr. Tilden, is also spoken of
d as a possible compromise. Seymour
has been spoken of, but he is threat
ant ened with softening of the brain, and
and the amount of exertion that would be
eg- required of him to make the canvass
ble would kill him. He needs remose,
ever which he could not have if he engaged
g is in the excitement of a Presidential
contest. New York will doubtless be
efor Tilden for first choice. The b each
Sto between him and John Kelly has been
hich closed, and they are now working
go together harmoniously. He would
Id unquestionably carry the State against
any Republican that could be named.
was -CGincinnati Enpuirer Interviewo with
de- Gov. Carlielc.
Have you ever heard a deep-month
ed acbeth whisper to Macduff in the Was
mortal combat "Hurry up and stickgy
me. I'm dry as fish." and
Have you ever seen the ragged pro the a
prietor of a hand organ solemnly B
grinding away before a fashionable for t
Music Store T'Ii
Have you ever noticed a full-blown P
Exquisite striding along with a state
ly step, and gazing cloud-ward, meet and,
with an unexpected fall of six inches pere
at some street corner? on w
If you have seen these or any simi- e
lar instances of the proximity of the
sublime to the ridiculous, you may, said
perhaps, appreciate the humor of a year
little incident that occurred in our thos
city a few days ago. of m
A young friend of ourst-who shall thei
be nameless--a matchless wag and- S
punster, and gifted with the keenest retu
relish for fun of every description, in a
became ardently enamored of a delL- i
cate blonde young lady, the daughter my
of a heavy Grocer residing on Euclid you
street. "They met, 'twas at a ball," And
and at the close of a short waltz he fy
found himself fairly spotted through
the heart-done for. "Pooh!". said
he, when he returned home, "all gam
mon t I've laughed at such nonsense
all my life-time. This milk and water well
sentiment, Love, belongs to the setts
"Flats," and he opened a favorite wliie
volunme of 'ron Hood. It was of no age
use, though-the graceful form of n
Amelia "blurred the lettered page."
He retired to bed, and i lightally who
Tlie next moring on viewiniiglis 4w
condition. he concluded that matri- up
mony would prove the oti relief, and ty
with the natural impetuI"ity of youth bad
deterained to declare his passion at it
once, especially, since thet fair Amelia cus
was plied with hosts of visitors, drawn aba
thither by her own char)ns and the on
Ismore resistless fascinaucou of the beg
paternal "hams and shouimders." He
decided quickly, and the next even
t ing saw him scrupulously attired cap-e
a-pie at the door of the Grocer's
dwelling.
e One modest pull at the l ell, and lie
was ushered in the lpresence of his
charmer. She was alone, ,nd the soft cri]
blush that pn li ng to her cheeks show pr
ed bow " the land lay." She was
"dressed to kill," in expeettation, un
Sdoubtedly, of other visito,;. By her un
side stood a tolerably big inastiffl-a
family pet-an animal not well calcu- fm
lated to leave a gool first inmpression, thi
a especially on' the mind of Jiar young tlh
friend, who had a peculiar aversion to On
id the whole canine race. Smothering
ahis antipathy, however, and ktnwing
d' well the value of time, he advanced bi
in to the "the adored," took the proffered S
lie chair, and exchanged the ordinary te
compliments of the evening-there
e was tien an awkward pause. Our
young friend knew no other topic bat A
his burning love; he st antmered,
he blushed, squinted at the ce;lig, and t
' felt that he was making a fool of hium
on self. Things were coming to a crisis, W
and with one despcra t;4+ ing
u1p of his courage, he fnlmg idmself
a literally at the charmer's feet. b
>ut I"My dear Amelia," he eliett seizing
uher passionately by the hland, "how
tre an I tell you of Imy love, thie rapture
that [ feel in your presence, while I
bow-----"
"Bow row m! bow wow !" ri~ared the
If ihuge mnastiff; rushing fiercel3 up and
im- catching the "lover" by the leg.
oes. Our young friend sprang to his feet, t
and and mad with rage and confiusion,
rl planted a heavy boot in the intruder's *
e i ribs and sent him yelping across the
dik room. Amelia shrieked - the huge
ong dog recovered himself and wbounmded
irry forwar:-d for a second attacki. It is
eti- quite nieedless to say that our young
nal friend left the room instanty. lie
n of I now hates the women as bad.lr as the
our lemulition bow wows !
'eat
and 0SOENE ON THE ISTHMUS.
dbe We have remarked some of the
vans
sose, roughest specimiens of humanity pass
aged ing through this city, that we. ever
ntial cast eyes nulmn in our life before. The
been change, our attention was ealled to
king one of the very hardest-lookingofus
oul tomers, just arrived in the qst~junus,:'
ainst from California, after evidentlya long
Wit residence in El Dorado. He and those
with himnt were bearded like bardls.
In an Instant hiti whole ounatenames
was changed. He doffed his hattothe
lady, backed the mualebs wvu34, no ,
and, ith ba sweep of his arm, called Tb
the attention of his, comiadpe: ,bmck
"Back, boys," sad la,' "make way on as
for tho lady!" .. M
The way was cleared,and tibe ledpi te en
passed. Our staawart' Menad' steed 'seal
gazing attek* them for wa !st. ; two, o
and, as he turned round, we could saild
perceive his ifaee suffuased with tets; A
on wiping them away lhe : 'ed
we were regarding him cloel : '
"I have been away m'a home, sir," he gp
said he, in a faltering voiees "for two and
years; that woman, and the faces of
those little children remembered me
of my family. God bless y girls and ad
their mother!"
So, shaking himself, as it were'he A
returned his revolver in his belt, and, inve
in a mild voice, said to the native: 'al
"Come, hombre, as soon as you can, Whi
my friend, get that mtaleaeady, and his a
you shall have what you ask more." 2 n
And, so saying, he walked thought- Hoe
fully away.-Panama Paper. She
S-else
SELLING THE POOL.
With all the boasted cultire and have
well advertised charity of Masrachu- eigh
setts, there are towns in that State i. stua
which paupers-helpless old men, to h
, aged women and young children-are "
f annually disposed of at public sale, "1
each being knocked .off to the man "
who bids the lowest for his or her two
"we shall enter upon no encomium I[
upon LMassachusetts" while she is guil- app
ty of this sliuuneful practice. It was wrk
i bad enough half a century ago, when
it was the general New England a
a custom, but we supposed it had been to t
I abandoned about the time that Garri- it
C son and lPhiulip, and their associates
e began to reform the rests of the Union.
We did not imagine that while hba
scores and hundreds of Bay State
refornwer~ were hurling bricks at every
sinner outside of the Ihnd of the Pil- ins
grims, the descendants of the Puritans ls
were auctioneering off the sick, the
crippletl and the old, who could not
prowvide for themselves, to such thrifty 8
persons aA would keep them cheapest.
n- Is it possible that the philanthro
e. pists of tlutt section have been so ne
-a busily engaged in extltcting motes to
u- from the eyes of outside barbarians TI
in, that they have had no time to notice re
g the well-developed beamis in their in
to own eyes I c
Was it more important to Massa- gr
ng chusette missionaries to insure carpet- "]
e bag and negro ascendency in the "
ed South than to care for the wretched g
poor of their own towns
The Republicans of Massachusetts
have set the whole country in an
Iat uproar, because the brains, character, r
d wealth and social influence of the
end Somth have given ignorance and bru
n- tality back seats. Because the men
who create public opinion, own the
property and pay the taxes have sent .
r epresentative men to Congress. in 1
place of ignorant negroes, we have n
Sbeen treated to a prolonged yell of '
g Southern outrage" froim Massachu- [
low sett- Republicans. And all the while
urt the indignent sick, old and infantile
c Iop Iulation of portions of that state I
have been put up at vendue every i
spring. 1
and It is a sad picture of self-righteous
hypocrisy. We venture to suggest]
eet, that Harper's Journal of CiviUzatrtion
ion, should send an artist to sketch the 1
ler's next pauper action. The town of
the Montgomery, in the western part of
Lige the Bay state, would furnish all that
Lded the most exacting artist could de
t is mand.- W'ashinqton Post.
uung
i Things are in a badway in Indiana.
s the The alleged election of Orth was fol
lowed by several mtmlers and a doulde
hanging. It was hoped that the
prompt execution of two criminals
r the would bring leace and quiet, but this
pIl. hope has proved delusive. The day
ever after the hanging came the exposure
The of Tyner, Brady, Foster and Bullock,
- Ex- and while criminal circles were dis
d to cusaing these exciting revelations,
fcus- two horrid murders were brought to
light. Under these circumstances it
n, wll not do to let the hangman retire
Slong on his laurels. He must gird up his
those laurels. He must gird up his loins
ards. for another great effort.
Ther woe hmh e"ih " qg a "'4 . *
back" adninals a te4 hpi yg i s:n . =
a1 asR e tOUat btw wlr, .. - ,.ar<=
do h ofrooin. iuS al.sywLs-. #=t
Srinventlie a.devi a' e tile he te .: ;
- aty ing heo r yoa er Imfnýd -,"
Wheid never. e beis~ to de" scant .se.
Phis nobled q adtthis Ai sg o..
he got hiwlash 3he thadat lt die *"
heand amed:tely this re sýeI :i .
feature of a NFrtneh - "
they never go," s. mith, that
have gave hinth wt~ded t for' "
.eight yea - Does the cours te -"..
A to n who m "aruied widow hs
in"vented a device to a her of tie
y praising heat fae ar. htb- d.--'
Whenever washe bet ins to thdescan bo the
his noble qualities this ingenious No.
2 merely says-d"Poor, dew man."'
How I do wish he hadehadn't tdied."
She imwa editomed thinks o sommethiam ,
else toha falk abto make one sti at
"Youall. say, lat ins. Smith, thet you
Sto thave lived wlopeth thand wrote just founder
eight year--P Does thie courti ndea -
stand otng,"said that you are married
tohim?"
"Iban co"remise t doe Ba."
"Hm and he ao a two woma e "ercate.
Sping"Y in the church porch ad obtre
ing letter was put into the bir, the
appearance of wifich denoted that ith
Swriter was ungel who accustomed to waymps,
and had failed to make one sticom a
p a. At lasted of in dspar, e p d it
en to the envelope, and wrote just under
it-PAID, i f the fd--ld tal sticks I" -
Le band, "reminds me so much o Ba-ome
la and his assl condis two women sthep
ping in the church porch and obstruct
cler ing the waydoor to indulge in thhisr evr
lasting talk." "But," you forget,
deracr," said the wife, eexclay, imthd it
e Alls the angel who stopped the way,
and Balam aoldd hi ass who chad partaken
Splained of of flip at it." tver
o- A reverend gentleman residing in a
so neighboring town has the misfortune
hes to own a son who is addicted to drink.
as The other night, when the family had
ce retired to rest, the son returned home
Sir histure usualcondition. towhen the
clergyman. opened the door to his
-moon, graceles oejaculapring, he exclaimed invisi
et- "Drunk again, Henry; drunk again!"
ie "bAll right, fat"Johner," replied the stagwood,
iedl gering reprobate," no am I!"
A CLs Fa thund .-Oerin e very cold night
an a jolly old fellow who had partaken
rather free"downly of flipeast" Stat there tavern,
the startery around for home on his leighparad, esd oand
g- his way was uset and left by wathe side
endof the road. Some persons passing
the the same wa a short time after, dits meet
ings wcov ere old felquent and a sitting
his love of ldingor, hiate f towahe "r the
e mooralints," and jacultbig to some and miesi
i of bey ond qLJohn, pilwhen, late woodin the
l- ite's by the Captain, in acight ordane
ile In onthe uaof the eof those days, to takes of
tate command of the. compay yers ago, and for ny yefor a shorts,
ery a adrill before breaking up. Bracin all
thimelf a we he couldntry arond for its parades and
eoay large elm, he commenced giving or
ogest ders; of a "Fellow-asogers, p'ise sord"an aim"
loc said he.an achievement." In thtle time, heof
the i br lst warihelf and repeated, "Ptet
s of ings were freq!ent and eciting.
rt of eutenant J--et, remembered forbeen
that hilone of or, hate f the edSergeant-.
of"WE, the word "'bis-ness," is, keep p'ised "balm
beyhiccoughed the Lieuton, when, ant. in the
hicoughed the Lieutenant.