The Democrat and Planter (Columbia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1, Tuesday, October 14, 1856 Page: 1 of 4
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The Chief's Dautf&t&
A curious story is related of the "fierce
wars and faithful loves" of 'die Indies.
It is connected with one of the immense
.mound which give so striking a peculiar-
ity to the sce& ry of the prairies. A few
years.sinee at the Iiase of this mound a
chief resided whosVyoun& daughter was
a girl of uncommon beauty and this
beauty was bit the external manifesta-
tion of a pure Mnd noble spirit. As a
matter of course she had rnaiiy admirers
among the young braves 'of (fer 'nation'. I
ller nature was above the arts of a co-
quette ; and loVing one among them all
jiud only one Jie li:eUatVd not to let her j
preference be known "not o'rlly to the
Young Eagle who had won her heart
ut also to those whose suit she fra'd re-
jected. Among the rejected suiters' one alone
50 laid it to hearths to desire revenge.
lie the Prowling Wolf was filled Willi
rage and took little pains to conceal his
enmity though he manifested no desire
for oJ)'en violence. Both these young
men were JrlVe; both skiiifill iu the use
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of weapons which far away 5h the" buf-j
flo plama.lifjd.ipnjetimes been Used in
battle; but while Xoung Eagle wall no-
ble generous in spirit aud Vwayed by
such high impulses JL "a. young savage
may feej lbs Wolf was ..reereU; dark
and sullen; and his naturally lowering
brow seemed after the maiden had refus-
ed him to settle into an habitual scowl.
The trenj)sjoV lh'$ Young Eagle feared
for I;u safety. He however was too
happy iii the fcniiles of his chosen bnde
lo L'rjdilble himself concerning the enmity
bf another especially. wheij he hnew him-
self to be his equal both' in strength nd
sfell." . .
Tlie happy couple were IK luo hdbitof ;
rneeting attthe.Up V le mound Young
fiacrle armed with a revolver he had rb-
beiyed from a .wliite. Oa'eiluiiiel even-
ing just as tlie moon was up Young Ea-
gle saught the top of the mound for the
JiUrposH of tii'ettig his fylUe brde; fot
their marriage was agreed upon and the
appointed day was near. One side of
this mound is naked rock which fortljir-
lyfeet or.nibre ts almost perpendicular.
Just on the edge of this prebipice is a
fopt;padi arid.JL'y it a !frge.jQi Sdiidstone
rock forms a convenient seat for those
who woiihJ survey the valley while a few
low bushes are scattered over a part of
the crest bT tl mo.untl. On thia;rQck
Young Eagle sat him down to await the
iiiaiden's coming.
In a few qjlntltes .the btishe's riisHefl
heKr him and rising as he thought to
(Meet her a tomahawk dashed by his
head and the next he was in the arms of
& strong man and forced to the brink. of
(V .r
the precipice. .The eyes cf the. two met
in the moonlight and each knew then
that the struggle was for life. Pinioned
as his arms were by llie t Other's grxsp
the EaIe frustrated the first effort of his
foe ancf then a desperate wrestle a death
wrelle folio wee! in which each was thor-
oughly mae'dened. The gra?p of the
Wolf was broken and each instantly
grasping his &lfersary fcy tbethfoat with
the left hand sought his weapon with
the right the one his knife the other
fns revolver. In the struggle the handle
of the knife of Wolf had been turned in
tie girdle anil missing ft at the first
grasp ere fie could recover himself the
revolver was at his breast and a bullet
through his heart: One flash of hatred
from the closing eye ancf the arm of the
dying warrior relaxed ; and as the body
sank the Eagle hurled it ove.r4th preci-pice-
and in his wrath ffred bullet after
bullet iut6 the corpse as it rolled heavily
down ; and thU not satifyinghis revenge;
liefau round aud down the side of the
mound and toje off the scalp of Ins foe.
There had been no witness of this com-
bat for the young girl did not arrive till
fts iermVna'tion;when her Iovef w&" scalp-
ing his victim. His life was therefore in
f&teineaT danger from the justice of the
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JJV.
tribe aVid he kuew that his only chance
was to sYatfcl upon his defence. His
chance arose from the custom of the In-
dians that it the murderer escaped the
blow of the avenger of blood the near-
est relative of llie Vic?2rP-&e family
were at liberty to accept a ransom for the
life of tVeir kinsman. The Young Eagle
at once 'took his resolution sustained byj
the advice of bis friends Completely
anhed he toox possession W the top or
tie lUoanch Nvhfch was so sWpeA ttiat
whle he Vas hiraseff concealed no on'e
'co'ild appro'ach hUh oy day wTthout be
ing exposed to bis fire -and he had two
deVofeliMM skillful attW Sxft&t tbgetV-
er with bis position rendered him far
more Ulan a match for his single adver-
sary the avenger oV blood the brother
of the Wolf. These allies Were his bride
and a large sagacious hound which had
long been his hunting companion and
nad gnat'dSd lum Vn'ahy a irfglil wlieb
camping 6ft the prairies llie gfrl baVl
in her vveihs the blood oT Indiou heroes
and she Quailed not. She demanded
j with lofty enthusiast to be made his
wife and then acquainted with every
stratagetti oYs'aVage war aud WVtVi every
IfHcttlty sharpened by affection and her
L'ubavd'a danger she watched and
waWied 'an'ti shie'lded hitil with every art
that the roused spirit could suesr and
which could be safely practised.
The brother of the Wolf irowlecl about
the fortrets htghi AWd day. In the day-
time to Ascend the moU ud far enough
foraction woutd be to place binAsel?; help-
less and without care within the range
ot the young warrior's rifle; and at night
he coufd not even Jitit his foot Opoh its
base without the baying of the hound
giving its toaster warning. He at length
hit upon a stratage'nA And by carenil
observation of his young wife who was
frequently goitig and coming that she
'rhight supply her husbaWd succeeded in
imitating her dress walk and manner
so completely that lie hoped to deceive
both dog and man. liis scheme was
skillfully execlited; The dog wagged his
tail and bis rhnster sjpolce to the avenger
&s his wife when there was only a few
feet between them ; bttt suddenry the
gallant hobnd discovering his Hifetake
threw hiniself With a yell upon the throat j jinjuar examinations shall be made as
oftne enetilyand bore hiiri to the ground. uay be deemed likely lb facilitate the
The Yo'Ung Eagle nbw deprived him of letting of contracts after the first of Jan-
his weapou's; aud piuioned his arms; but Sary. I !Klve an extensive field of opera-
the next iiioinent from ati impulse of!
generosity; he set bird free' and sent him
hoihe arihett as Usual;
This was the turning Jiolnt of the sav-
age drattia. The shedder of blood sur-.
ren'derbd liilfaselF to tlie justice of th'q
tribe to offer a ransom or. if that was re-
jected to lay down his life without re-
sistance: At the ddy appointed the par-
ties met in an' open space with hundreds
to witness the scene around. The Eagle
all unarmed was first seated oh the
grduriduthen by his sidS wR3 laid down
a large knife "with which he was to be
slainjf the ratlsom'was not accepted.
By iis side sal his wife her hand clasped
iu his while the eyes even of old men
were dim with tears. Over against them
tlhd so near that the fatal knife cotJId be
easily seized stood the family of the
slain Wolr the father at the headj
whom the question of life mid death was
to be settled. He seemed deeply moved?
and sad rather than revengeful. A red
blanJset.ftJtS. !JO JibudUceS and spread
upon the ground. It signified that blood
had been shed which was not yet-washed
away the crimson stain remaining. Next
a blanket all of blue was spread over the
red one. It xpresseU the hope that the
blood might be washed out in heavetf;
and remembered nytibfe; and last a
blanket purely white was spread over all
significant of a desire that nowhere on
earth or in heaven a stain of the blood:
should remain and that everywhere and
bjr till' it should be forgiven and forgot-
ten1.' These bla'fifcets thus sprend out were
to receive the ransom. The friends ot
Eagle brought goods of various kinds
arid piled thorH high before the1 iather of
tlie slain1; He considered tbem a mo-
ment iff sile'rice and then turned his eye
to the fatal knife The wife of the Ea-
gle threw her arms around her husband's
neck aud turned her eyes imploringly
fiifl on the oftf man's face without a word.
He had stretched his Uiinil towa'td the
knife wuen he met that look. He paus- j
ed : his fingers moved convulsively; bit
they did no't grasp the handle. His lips
qtiivef
"Fatli
life.1
accept
of ft
stain now on the hand of the Eagle and
he shall be in thefilace of my son5'
' -Trust
him little who praises all hni
less who censures all aud him least who
is indifferent about all
Pa inif thpn i tpar was in his eve; py suincieui to complete cucti canai : '-i -- ; -
ed aud ttiena learwasm o.s ee. V) i nidihhiW bnr Pa. and take none else. Ther are
ler said the brother "he spared my and provided also mat no canal river ."..- -. - ' TT. ' . ' . ' n . T . n.
- i - i a h K)7etl L.1U1US. OOI US UUIIIUIIS. UiUL-lf OLUIU J- Ilia imi "'huiq -.v.i j.w
' TliP old man turned awav. "I l bayous ake or oay receiving the bene- r0LU ""l ' v ' ' .' - --n- t-i miT
llie old mau turneu aw.n. i j J i . . - Whitlows Nettle Rash LJites of Mosqui- now before the public. Dr. M'Lane's
the ransom" he said : "tlie Dioou ms ..w. y. -.. ... hh celebnUed
tf fi.it w wftIu'H awav I see no any time Collect tolls for the navigation VUJ ' -' ' -
iy son is washed awa. i see no j a e txl(v .ikm. Vrai ifuife. can now behad atall respec-
COLUMBIA TEXAS TUESDAY
State Engineer' Vtrculur.
Galvkston September 15 lS5t5.
HavinVj been elected State Engineer
under the provisions of an act of the Leg
islature passed at the late session appro
priating t5300000 for the improvement
of navigation upon the "naVigiible waters
'of lVxas' Notice' is hereby given that
sball keep my office at Galveston as a
requiting
my services may be easily reached.
Prompt answers to letters need not how.
eVer.-afc "tfi tfmes be exp'ected for as I
shall necessarily be traveling hiuch ofinv
time it will be impossible to respond to
the public demand in this porticular J
While I give notice that mv oni-rlnm
. t
duties will not allow me regularly tore
ceive and icply to letters let me iWsb re
the citizens of all parts of the Slate that
as sobil As the law Will permit the let-
ting of contracts tf shall u'e "done with
the greatest possible 'dispatch.
The act supplementary and Am'endato-
ry of the act niakfifg an appropriation
for the improvement of navigation pro-
vides that on or after the first day of
January 1857 the Governor fetafe En-
gineer ami Comptroller shall examine
the list of subscriptions returned for im-
provement of the bays and also those for
the rivers bayous and lakes and if the
amount for either shall be more than
sufficient to consume the entire amount
of the State appropriation for tlieso ob.
jects they shall reduce the subscription
for each of said bays rivers ba)ous and
lakes in such a 'manner as to scuii3 the
benefit of the State appropriation equit-
ably for Ih'e improvement of said bays
rivers bayou and lakes according to the
population accommodated by the saiiie
It will be seen therefoiethat no contract
can be entered into for any portion of the
improvements contemplated by said act
until after the first of Jauuary next ; aud
thit uo definite survey of any bay or riv-
er can be made until after said apport-
ionment as it cannot until then bekffown
what amotibt of the State appropriation
j can be applied to any particular locality.
Yet as far as it can be 'done such pie-
tions before me but proper energy on iny
part; and some patience on the part o!"
those interested iu this work will enable
me beyond doubt to meet the public
wish
fo secure ihe berleSts of the State ap-
propriation the people of each countv or
of any nuhiher of counties jointly inter
ested in the improvement of any naviga
ble river bayous lake or bay at a gener
al meeting for the purpose may appoint
a Collector and Treasurer who mtist re-
turn to the Governor; before the first of
January 1857 a1 list of all subscriptions
received by him and also his official bond.
Said StibsbriptitfU list; and that five per
cent iipon the same has been paid iu
must be verified by the affidavit of such
Collector aud Treasurer.
Tljb people subscribing could designate
tlie stream upon which the subscriptions
are to be used and four times theamount
s subscribed may be drawn fiom the
State appropriation and applied to such
stream. No State futlds are applied where
less than one thousand dollars shall be
subscribed by Ihe people; and ho river
bayous lake or bay which is not naviga-
ble for at least ten miles can recede any
of the benefits of a?d appropriation and
Hoi ih'ofe than $20000 can be applied to
any streams except the Sabine Trinity
Brazos and Colorado neither of which
can draw more than f'50000. Only
IO"OO0 citn be drawn for the improve-
ment of any ono bay there being but
50000 appropriated for the improve-
nh'ent of the different bittS of the State;
'A1I those bodies of water in the vicinity
of the Gulf of Mexico locally designated
as bays aii(f lakes shall be considered as
part3 of the bay (h rough' which tliey have
their principal outlet to the Gulf and all
passages between bays sometimes design-
ated as bayotts shall be considered as
pahs of the bays which they connect."
The provisions of the act above alluded
to are also extended (o the construction
of canals connecting any two navigable
points ; provided the sum subscribed
dded to the afriotint ctrawn from the
. .... . i ... I
oiate lieasiirv snail oe snown to ue am-1
tifiiiilV till 1 1
COULLUUIMf U j
WILLIAM FIELDS.
In becoming the' Ifaif of a paity does a
mau. necessarily make a beast of himself?'
more convenient point for corra'ondfag
with different portions of q 'State and
iiuiii niiitu uiu viirious beciions
. . ... ...- - . ft.". chilli fii1i Wounds. Hrm&es. maiiuhictureu uv neming uros.oi x uis-
1 i .1. .... l.'i.M.mrtll 1' .'t 11HCI Jl w"v . .. -. CD i
-if
The Sonnets of the Mississippi
Uivek. Lift a bucket of water from the
Mississippi river at New 'Orleans and ask
yourself the question' "Froni whence Tt
came" and the answer may be: From
the sandy "deserts of jSTew Mexico from
itie iae hills cf Carolina' from the rol-
ling prairies of Nebraska or from the
cotton fields of Georgia; from-the British
possessions north of the 49th degree of
latitude separated by a thin ridge of Re-
covered rocks from sti earns' that flow
into the Arctic Ocean or froiA bowers of
orange aud magnolia that pet fume the
cane fields of Louisiana from the ftoYett
lakes that gem the bosoms ot Minnesota
and Wisconsin or from the sunny foun-
m
tains that gush up froin the flowery plains
of Alabama and Tennessee; from the lake-
bound peninsula of Michigan; from the
hillsides 'of waving grain in Pennsylvania
and New York! from the tobacco fields
of Virginia and Maryland.
It may be part of those mighty vol-
umes that i oil their never tiring waves
through Iowa and Missouri through Illi-
nois Indiana and Ohio; through Ken-
tucky and Arkansas Mississippi aud Tex
as. It :s a part of the ten thousand '
thousand little rills that come by toning
their way from that mountain range
wherein arise the Columbia and tlie
Colorado of the West or of those frohi
whence the Delaware and Susquehanna
hasten a.vay to meet the rising siln. In
the spurs of the Allegheny it has saluted
the springs of the Roanoke and the Salu-
da and far beyond tlie Black Hills it has
locked aims with the mighty Saskashaw-
au as he hurried on his cheerless journey
to Hudson's Bay. The springs of the
Cotiuewango listen to the loar of Niagara
and "the fountains of the Platte overlook
the craters of the extinct volcanoes of
Utah. It has fertilised a country greater
than the empire of Alexander and ha
carried a richer commerce than all the
river- trihntuiy to Imperial Home. Lou-
isville Jouriial.
"In a metropolitan auction-room on a
certain occasion a little Get man Jew
who was slowly and shrewdly making
his bid was addressed by a near-by-staud-er
with There is a very disagreeable
odor about here t what can it be f
'Yea' he replied unhesitatingly 'dat
ish in veet!' 'Your feet ! then why
don't you retire fiom the room and not
Iniuglu with gentlemen ? The odor
vour feet exhale is crv offensive. 'Ah!'
responded the little Hebrew 'you
ought to zmell 'eni in a zmall room do
zummer-time!1 Pride in shch an acom-
pigment as Baron Poepolixo would
s:i-v is Jl virlue somo wIiat rare!"
The Hock Wand (Illinois) Argus says
thatnpaity of Mu.Sauchusetts Kansas
Aid Society men encamped in a grove
near that city on the night of the 2d in-
stant. On the next day Sunday a ivev.
Mr. Hayes preached to them in the open
air telling thehl it was right to u-e
Sharped titles" etc. Monday they had
a row and a fiht which icsulted 51 a
separation the larger portion of them
going to Minnesota' to settle; and the bal-
ance of them straggling along through
tow a towards Kansas.
AWoud to Factc'kv People. There
are very few trades or occupations iti
which accidents so frequently happen as
those which are connected with manufac-
turing operations. And stiange indeed
would it be if among such complicated
arrangements of wheels bands and the
like catastrophes were not of constant
occuience. A traveller in Europe tells us
that in the great workshops. of Manches-
ter and Birmingham medical men are
constantly at hand to render assistance
in case of need ; but this m our country
would be quite a needless expense" seeing
that the lliissia Salw contains every
principle which might make it available
to the greatest number of accidents. To
mill-owners it must therefore be of great
service as it a supply ot it is on hand
mauy a trifling injury may be ntonce j
cured and a valuable workman be proven-
ted from neglecting his business to the
injury of his principal. And to the work-
man the liuis'ia Salve is a perfect boon
both to himself aud to his family for a
doctor's b'll frightfully diminishes the j
amount of a mouth's wages to say noth-
in"" of less of time and vexation fiom loss
of employment. Then let every mill ;
factory and workshop in the land be sup-i
i.lm1 with KuMia Salve which cures
r -
JET A little girl seeing a goose with
a yoke on exclaimed : Why ma tb'efc is
a goose got corsets ou.
sister Sail v.
It walks like
OCTOBER 14 1856.
AGRICULTURAL.
Cattle Raising. The Pittsburg
Evening Chronicle calls attention to the
diminishing supply of beef cattle in pro-
portion to the demand to show our Wes-
tern farmers the fmportance of paying
more attention to this department of their
business.
At the present prices of beef there is
no "branch of farming more profitable than
stock raising or that can be carried on
with fewer farm hands and at less ex-
pense. A farm devoted to slbclc raising may
be constantly increased in fertility and
richness while one that is employed in
the cultivation of the cereals is liable to
constant and speedy exhaustion.
There aie thousands of acres of wild
lab'd in Texas and other Western States
admirably adapted to stock raising where
the expenses of rearing and winter is com-
paratively trilling. Put in this business
as in all others; every farmer should aim
at improvement. A half three-quarters
or full-blooded Durham which will cost
iio more it will bring at three years old
say 75 or 100 while an animal of the
common breed hardly half this sum can
be realized for it.
Full j!ai'lcii;
There will be no dilliouLv in having a
good fall garden if the seasons in this
month will admit the planting of the
seeds. Many plants after they are up
require watching. Early spring turnip
and rutabaga in all this and next month.
Unless the laiid is entiiely frch and new
plant in drills. For rutabaga tlie drills
should be three feet apart. Spring turn-
ips eighteen inches; sow very thin in the
drill. There are more turnip crops lost
by too thick seeding than any other. En-
glish peas may be planted and should
the season prove dry mulched with de-
composing leaves or straw as the weath-
er begins to grow cool in the fall thev
will vield fine! v. Plant snap beans.
ContinUe to plant okrn and tonvitocs.
All the varieties of cabbage may yet be
planted. The early varieties will head
in the fall and the late ones in the winter.
Peppers hiay yet bo planted for green
eating. Replant Irish potatoes; spade
the ground deeply that tliey may stand
the dry weather of August and September
and as the cool weather of November
and December com :s on they will be in
fine eating order. Frost niay cut the
tops down; yet unless the ground is fro-
zen the tubers will be mealy aud good.
Cucumbers and squashes may now be
planted and if protected fiom the iniller
that lays the cg which produces the
worm so destructive to the tender fruit
will yield a rich return. All gaiden veg-
etables will now require constant cultuie.
Stir the soil fiequently but not deep
enough lo distuib the roots. The hand
cultivator between the narrow lows aud
the horse hoeiu the wide rows will per-
form the woik well and save labor. We
have often said that our fall and winter
gaidens might rival those of spring and
summer. Let its compare notes. In the
fall we may have beans both snap and
pole beets cabbiges of all kinds celery
carrots parsnip- cucumbers squashes
pumpkins; toasting ears onions leek
iettttce melons eggplants okra English
peas' turnips of all kinds salsify Irish
potatoes peppurs &c. And in tlie win-
ter if we have managed well in the spring
and summer we may take from the open
grounds cabbage kale cauliflower celery
carrots parsnips salsify leeks shallots
turnips and rutabagas. No family should
be without vegetables the year round.
Soil of the South.
We have often been surprised on visit-
ing the warehouses of the larger dealers
in drugs in our principal cities to see
the immense quantities of those very pop-
ular medicines Dr. M 'Lane's Celebrated
Vermifuge and Liver Pills piled up on
their floors their very beautiful labels
and the clean fc'eat boxes make a high-
ly imnosiiinr appearauce. We think
Fleming 15-os. of Pittsburg who are the
Inaufacturcf5t' A proprietors of these
justly celebrated medicines deserve much
credit for the neatness with which Jiey
place them before the public; in our
fhiud it is a guarantee of the purity and
care with which they arc prepared u e
are told that a bungling and trashy imi-
tation has lately made U appearance;
auj purchasers had better look to it. See
that each wrapper is signed FLEMING
BROS.
3ST Purchasers will be careful tocnslc
for Dr. M'Lane's celebrated Liver Pills
(able drug stores in the United Sates
and Canada. None genuine without this
signature of . . .
1' Li J .M liMr Ji It U b .
gold here by M. L. Weems M. D.
a?U35l'S'..
MY FIRST WHISTLE.
Of all tlio toys I e'er have known
I loved that whistlo best;
It was my Hrst it was my own
Audi was doubly blest'.
'Twa Satnrday and afternoon.
That schoolboy's jubilee
When the young heart is all in tune
Fioui book and feiule free.
I then wa in my seventh year;
The birds were all a-singtng;
Above a brook that rippled clear
A willow tree was swinging.
My brother Charles was very 'cute
He climbed that willow tree:
He cut a btanch and I was mute
Tiie while with ecstasy.
With penknife he did cut it round
And gave the bark u wring ;
He shaped the mouth and tried tlu
so uud
It was a glorious thing I
I blew that whistle full of joy ;
It echoed o'er the ground ;
And neer since that simple toy
Such music have I found.
I've seen blue eyes I've tasted wines
With many toys been blest;
But backward memory still inclines
To love the whistle best.
AUTUMN PAYMENTS.
"The melancholy days have come
The saddest of the year"
"When notes are due and lengthy bills
Come in from far and near
"When here'snsniall account of yours"
Is whispered in your ear
And won't you please to settle now
Is all the talk you hear.
You scarce can take a morning walk
Without ere long you're met
Ry Mr. Snouks who wants to know .
If you can't "settle" yet;
And at the hour of udu;ky eve"
"When you do homeward hie
Upon the parlor table lo !
A pile of bills do lie.
Ye chap whoso salary amonnts
To ten times ten a year
"Who spo: t your patent leather boots
With such a "foreign air"
And wear your thirteen dolIartight?1
And golden buttoned vest.
I wonder not when autumn comes
You seek in vain for rest.
Ye girls with borncts stnek
Upon your empty heads
"With high-priced silks and f-atin things
With hoop? and flowers and beaks
I wonder whafpapa' will say
When Mr.Spnggin calls
With just that little bill of his
For bonnets hoops and shawl.
And now my stylish little chap
And fashionable little maid
I'll tell yuu what you'd better do
When those long bills are paid
Just spend as many dollars now
Upon your addled brain
As you have spent for costly clothe?
And see how much you'll gain.
THE MOTHER'S LYRIC.
Three there were my 003-s my treasures!
Walhe first my eldest born
Like dream of angel pleasures
Heralding eternal morn :
Gone to prove the Foul's evangel;
Now a child aud now an angel I
Change of being eijtle blissful
Twos when little Wallie died.
Ocorgie next a laughing flower
Early blooming for the sky ;
Seeming by some mystic power
Linked to fairer laud on high :
Proving still the soul's evangel
Now s child and now an angel!
Change of being gentle blissful
'Twas :vhen little Georgiedied.
Then-came Willie latest fleetest
Faded he from earth away;
Fading thus he seemed the sweetest
Flow'r that ever knew decay ;
Still ho proved the soul's evangel
Now a child and now an angel
Change f being gentle blNsfnl
Twas when little Willie died.
New Orleans 183G.
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PitiNTiKG Oefice Rules. Hero are
the latest. They should be observed ;
3. Enter softly.
2. Sit down quietly.
0. Subscribe for the paper.
4. Don't touch the poker.
5. Say nothing interesting.
C. Engage in no controversy.
7. Don't smoke.
8. Keep six feet from the table.
9. Don't talk to the pi inters.
10. Eyes off the manuscript.
If 3011 will observe these rules when
you go into a printing office or editor's
sanctum you will greatly oblige the
printer and need have no fear of the
devil.
A gentleman -writing from Texas says
"I heard an old hiluter remark a few days
since that the turkies were so fat that he
could see the grease m their tracks
where they had walked along."
7H0LE NUMBER 347.
HUMOROUS.
Boys Wanted. The Philadelphia
City Item lets off the following: What
are we to do for Boys When we wero
a bo there were lots of boys but they
have gradually grown scarce uptiPnow
there is hardly a boy left. As we walk
through the streets wo read in shop win-
dows "ISoy Wanted." When we pick
up a newspaper the first advertisement
that strikes our eye is "A .Boy Wan
ted." In a word every body wants a
boy.
Now in vfew of this great scarcity of
boys what rc ircto do WJat- -shall
we do for a substitute to light our fires'
sweep our oflkes and run our errands!
The other day a little fellow about
fourteen years of age (begging his parr
don we took him for a boy) applied to
us fur a situation.
'What can you do? we inquired. !
'A little of almost everything' wa3 tho
reply.
Are you quick at your errands?
Well sir I don't much like to do er-
rands.' Can you sweep and dust wellT
'Why sir young men don't sweep
any now-a-days. The women folks have
monopolized that branch of the business.
I isn'i - :
lie was going on to say sweeping isn't
genteel but he hesitated to state his con-
viction. '
How will you make yourself useful ?'
-WI13 I'll sit in the oflice and answer
questions when you are out.'
And how much do you ask for this
servicer
'hx the neighborhood sir of three dol-
lars.' n the neighborhood?
'Yes sir.'
What do 3ou mean by 'neighbor-
hood V
'Simply three dollars sir a trifle mom
or less.' t
And 3011 can neither sweep nor rtta
errands V l '
'Oh (a little vexed) I could but'
'But what?
'It ain't exactly tlie thing.'
'Yet at 3our age we i
'Damme sir' picking up his hat had
striding towaids the door 'you don't tako
me for a B03 do 3ou !'
Amused but not astonished we asked
ourselves the question What are we tc
do for boys ? " -
If some enterprising Yankee would
undeitake to get up a lot of boys ho
could make a large fortune in a short
time for never within our recollection
have bo3s been in such demand.
Scene in a Gkoceut. A littb inci-
dent occur.ied iu a family grocery a day
or two since whch could tho reader have
seen for himself would have kept him
in laughter for a week. A lean counts-
man entered the grocery having in his
hand a small basket of eggs which he
desired to exchange for housekeeping
necessaries.
"Want any eggs to-day Mister?'
"Yes will take 'em ; how many bev
ysr got?" . .
''Bout three dozen ; how much d'yo
give for eggs j"
'-Ten cents a dozen.3'
'What! only ten cents?'
"Yes ; that's ail we get ourselves."
Well then all I've got to say is it's
a shame."
"What's a shame?'
'Why look a here mister" and hero
the countryman patted the eggs affection-
ately and viewed them as though they
were the veritable product of the giant's
golden hen "Why look a here. If you
was a hen would'n't you think It was
mighty hard times if you had to lay eggs'
for only ten cents a dozen ?"
The expression of countenance tho
sincerity the indignation tho evident
opinion of the egg-raiser that the country
would soon go to ruin at that rate were
inimitable; and the merchant apprecia-
ting it justly --shelled out" eleven cents
per dozen for the product of rlie coun-
trviuau's cacklers. Wlicelhtf Times.
Mrs. Partington's Opinion on
Kansas. Mr. Shillaber in describing
a visit from the talkative Mrs. Parting
ton to his editorial sanctum recently
says; We asked her opinion on the
Kansas question "They can be cured"
said she firmly "though they are verjr
painful and irritating yet they can Lc
drawn out by plasters. They are hu-
morous things and may be eradicated by
pioper remedies.''
A jolly old daikey bought himself a
new shiny hat and when it commenced
raining ho put it upder his coat. When
asked why he did not keep his hat on his
head ho replied-"De hat's mine; bought
lym wid my own money hea'd 'longs
0 massa ; him take care ob him own
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