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A FRAGMENT.,- ' * T ' 
From th« forthcon.injj second volume of the
Memories of Fffty Years.
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I hare perhaps been prolix in thiscliap
ter. I conld not do justice to the mcinoi
ry of my friends of after d*)* by 6*ying
1e99.
Judgp Augustus B. Longati-cet w4»po
cnliarly a huiftoiist. Ho was a distill
guishod lawyer, equally so as a judge,
and a divine of eminence, was tliel'reg*
ideut of three colleges, and eminent as a
teacher and trainer of youth. Yet when
the fame he earned hi each and all of
these vocations shall hare passed from
tho mind, l*is Georgia bcenos
will preserve his liatiie 4fT ujidimmed
splendor.
In the conclusion of this chapter, I
must retate one of his Georgia sccues,
khown to bat few, and which was by
him narrated to me uow fifty-seven years
'ago;-
I was ndmitf«kl to the bar
years ago, in AVashington, AVilkes coun
ty, Georgia. It was ou Snnday preced
ing tho meeting of the Superior Coart for
Wilkes comity ttiat I rode with Judge
feet from Grcensboioqgh. tho vjl"
lageofhis reside nee. to Washington.
Wilkes county.
\Ve had both receired our legal educa
tion at the law school conducted by those
eminent' Jurists, Tapping UeeVet, the
brother in-law of Aaron Burr, and
Gould, at Litchfield, Con'hectinut. I had
After having 6bmpleN
ed mv course, and was on my way tonp
ply for admission to plead aud practice
I lagr. We were on horseback, and the
| distance was short, and we rode leisure
ly, talking over our student experiences,
and enjoying many a joke connected
with names then eminent, who had been
I uduca'ed legally at Litchfield; all of
whom have long since passed away. Of
[ all tho Georgians there educated in the
law I know of bat pne, save myself, now
Mtitin 'lis State, tliu venerable Jtytnes
Clark, of Atlanta, now more than eighty
years of age.
As we journeyed, we were,alwut noon
I passing a'farm L6u«e, which was not
very lar from ihe highway, when roTi>w
ing up his horse, 'Old Panther," (how
well I remeinber the ueble old «>rrel.)ho
asked me if i was hungry. Being an
swered in the affirmative, ho continued
pointing to the house: 'Yonder lives a
r well-to-do man. His wifotfeaii old friend
of mine, and I have a capital sLory to
tell you, *OSr
. iatlon to our n ro-
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*ol.AhaiWi'e g £aat il we i t *'Wc
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2 AO° r H AWW> 'it
will aus war lor
1 |o,' Ue ic|)ied, 'if the old
'laugh aiid
When 1 was fitting for college, my
fat!»r fsU tliciu was no man in Georgia
so competent to tho task as Father Cum
inings, a Presbyterian minister np here.
I And then I could find cheap board in
tho country, and be away from influences
about Augusta, our bom£> thai might
keep mo from Mudying v Jly father was
not wealthy, iUn^ H wwi *a pretty tight
squeeze tor him to spare the monoy ior
my education,
When I came up here, I found person
Cummings had mole pupils than lie could
accommodate with board; so I was com
pelled to find board in the
I did so at the house of this woman's
father oyer there. Ho was a stoat, staid
trid gentleman, with aldermauic propol-*
tlona; a strict member of the churcb,aud
a regular attendant upon the weekly ser
vice. His wife was a little weasel faced
Woman, with a sharp nose always red at
the point, and with au eye as black as a
sloe aud as sharp as a lancet. She
lyaaid mnch,,but what she did say was
sharp and to the point. Hor daughter
Ann- that woman over there—was about
my age, rosy, plump and pretty, and
amply imbued with the spirit of miss
chief. .v;-: - , IpSi™ t: :
One Sabbath day, Nancy, as the famis
ly called her, was away on & -Visit tq a
neighboi', where she had spent a day or
people, 4)lit remained to prepare my lea.
The hotiso WHS one ot theeooJd fashion
ed houses, yd cuinmvtti in Georgiir, with
two rooms in front, and t«o rooms back
—shad rooms, yoa kuow„ wi'h two
rooms in the attic. One of these attic
rooms was Nancy's, one of iho shod
rooms was mine. There was n passage
way between these slietl rodutfe, but none
between the Mont rooms. The eniranoe
from the yard 111 front was into the larg
er of these two rooms.
I was out in the yard under the shade
of an apple apple tree, in my shirt elver**
busily engaged in tlio mysteries of Viiv.
gil's pitied, when u stroke from a switch
acoss mv shottlders made mo cfy out
and spring from my chair, upsetting my
little table, Vergil, Lexicon aud all, *u4 -
running away to the house, was Nancy.
Ifyas half mad, for the blow wasascorch
er, and after her I went determined on
rovengo. Tlironglt the house we wont.
Nancy was fleet. O. the country girls of.
Georgia in that day I What stripping
things they were. They never sAw aaor
fctft—iieVer wore a tight fitting shoe, ami
their toeswefe fts five frtftn corns as
•their finger* wore from diamond «t»gs. v
Nancy had the start, bntl thought Jt
bad the wind aitd %as determined on
catching the house We went,
into the liccf room ot her pareuts, and out
int« the yard. How sh# laughed, aud
liow shone her white teeth, and sparkled
har'grcftl black* eye*'*'" FlV'tts gaining ou
her, when she ran through 'Hie house,
and into iry room. I followed. 'Leave
me alone.'she said, and Jpinped upon'
my bed. I followed and caught her. j
Quick as a cat fhe slipped through my
arms and leaped to the floor* 'There is
father and mtfther,' W exclaimed.
4 What will they a*/ to me i£ they find mo
here iff your room with you? f«mp into
the bed and are sick.' Iliad at
this warning gottcu oft the bed. 1 did as
1 was bid, and lny alow", bitterly com
peting. She, in the mean time, caught
up her hair, which, in our scuffi.es had
been badly tumbled, and ruuri|hg out,
met her parents coming Into the house.
Fat her,' she exclaimed, Joud enough
me to hear, 'cousin Gtffl* mighty rick!'
§he had called me cousiii rritn the first
week ot our acquaintance. The old gen
tleman came slowly into the rodui. He
could hot, or would not. compromise his
dignify by accelera(l% fcf motions for
any lie was a judge at
the inferior court, and' sat Mas to bo
thought ot iu ail'ho suid or did. Nancy
came in tfehUuHiiin, ami whilst lie left,
my pulse, she was peeping troiu behind
him, &riuning and winking in ecstacy
over py shamming. I could have mur
dered her. Slowly the old man coniinv
ed to feel my pulse and 10 !ook wise, lie
sliook his head gravely as he took bis fin
gers from uijr pulsti^Jr
'Why tins, -my son,' he exclaimed,
£Zon must be very sick, for I jjever felt
sucu a pulso ill the worst pf I'ovcjs.' Tliere
ft6od Nancy, peeping aud winking from
her father in mockery. When
the old with great gravity, naked,
'Gus, aio your bowels?' Nancy
jerked lier head behind her father as 1
groaned and turned over. Turning to
bis daughter, tho Judge
tyjsick, aud needs medicine; go you
aud got that yalter mug, tho big one—
put»« much senna in it as you cau grasp
so, (jvith tho point of his fin**r *nr>o«
bi%thuuib) aud fill It up with boiUug
-water.';;' ' v-f 'v
Nancy went, but upon reaching., the
dohrturuetthaJi' around to look at us,
and putting' her thumb upon the tip of
her nose, waved her fingers and darted
away. TheJudgeslowly left the room,
and had there been any ohance for my
escape front iho bouse uuobserved, I
Wouhi have fled liboa felon. But I was in
lor it, aiid uiust go through with
it. ' .? :
. It was not long before tbe Judge, res'
turned with the yellow mug, brimming
with senua tea, and Nancy following
Ho poured out a tea cup lull of the tea
'Here, my son,' he said, 'drink this,* you
roust take another cup /till.' 'Here,
Nancy hold this, 1 must go and see the
prescription, Dr. Sankey left for your
mother,' and he handed ber the mug and
cup. This was her opportunity. She
sat etoiru do tbe bedside and assuming
the gravity of her father, asked me
with much sympathy, how I felt putting
ou as long a face as a hypocrite at a
camp meting, and insisted on feeling my
pulse. But the Judge returning said,
tho prescription of the doctor said two
cup fulls at first, and one eveiy half
TUESDAY. JUNE 4 1878
That day wiil be rei%cuibere(L by . me
as tongas I live; for go where I gyo*iUl
or when Nanpy was sure to in the
way to watch ainJ ■ tifs.# f *
Tne next morning the Judge canio in
Nancy wKh him, to inquire after my
health and feel my puis* with the sage
gravity, out might suppose, belonging
to Esculaplus himself. 'Better, much
better this morning. The yicdioine
operated well did it, my sou? Your
pulse is quite feeble* It pas fortuia*e i
came home at the lime I di 4. fcr you
were certainly threatened with a vory
severe attack; but you are well over it
now. Lucky Nancy, wasn't it?" 'Very,'
said-Nancy, with a sty wink aud leer at
-tne, '-nothing like good purgative to re-*
duce these attacks.' 'po you fcej liko
>on could eat soiuothing my boy?' asked
the cousidorate Judge. 'Yes sir/; I .
answered emphatically, 'I aiu very l#u
gry.' A verj good sign, my boy,; but
you must be very careful lest you
have a £elame; and that might
get ybuiuto trouble and added
'betiyfal. The reatlacks yon should know
' Nancy, aro sometimes very dangerous
With young-people, with oklqroues they '
. are not 99 frequent or sodangerous, and
tbe scriptures My that the second condi
t iou of a man nuder such circumstnueea
is always worse thantha first. Naucy,
you liave some»cW«ken l*«th made; and
ke must take very sparingly of it. A
youth eObjoct to these influmatory ats
tacks, must be deploted and should ho
have a return of it, blood letting may be
necessary—scarcely anytbwig else will so
soon reduce sudh a pulse as ho kitd yos
terday,'
Jfaiicy, all this while, was behind lier
father, making ovpry doiuoustratioir W'
mirth she coqld, not to be seen or hcArd
byjilut, ye» ooeuly to me. I Iras
twenty-four hours without food; bad
been severely sick Irotn the senna; but
now relievod from this, I could
eaten a cat or dog, or anything which
promised r.clh# to the terrible cravings
of my appdtlte. It was fully three hours
before tbe Judge and ray tormentor re
turned VWheu tfcojfr caow
carried a large blue bowl with at loast
half a gallon of thin chicken water. It
wit*meager diet, bat it was abundatu,
and there was iii the savory broth, just
one half of aii old rooster, with one leg
lifted far above the broth, to ask to
he lifted out of the reeking FUffcjd. Tiffs
Was placed on a small tabic, and drajvii
■ close up'lo the bed. A spoon and saucer
were placed no»#il by Nancy who took
occasion to say you must be careful not
to eat the chicken. 'You should not
have brought the towl with tho broth,'
said, ber father. 'lt may tefnpt him,
aud temptation to iuoxperieifced voting
peddle is very datigorous, and'
and often lewis to the the sin of diss
obedience. 'Lead ns uot into tempta
tiou,'you know my boy; always keep
in viow; without this
there aVe many sii.s too tempting to be
resisted, particularly by tbe young.'
Nancy shut one eye but with the
other open laughing one—as with hev
father she left the room, winking wick
, edly at mo. „
lat once got out of bed and locked
tho chamber dooir: when I ravenously
devoured the rooster—who had not in
boilititjr Imparted much of Hi juices to
t^e>broth. 1 dipped u few spoonsful!
of liquor into tho saucer, to say lor mc
that I bad ealen some of it. I (rust it
was not a siu th«t I hod made tlie spoou
and saucer lie for m«f g ».
It was nOon before I was visited
again; then came the Judge and Nahcy.
As tbe Judge saw the stripped carcass
of the venerable rooster afloat iu the
broth, ii» holy horror, be lifted hie
hands and eyes, exclaiming.- 'You have
killed yourself, Gus, aud lain responsible
tor it. Wljy did yoa do th!s? Run
Nancy, and bring me bottle of
antimouiakwiue and a cup. As usual
Nancy turned at the door to give me a
thw she let tbeftngcrg of herVtgbl liamV
incnutioiHly over my inputh. One
Wont into ir. and I seized itha vi.n
Nancy streamed knocked oVer the baf-in
rrou the ltunds of liCJ" father uiul sent it
with all the water aud what I had thrown
upjover the floor. I was se-zed with an
epilcctic fit 6hiverod, groanod ,oud bit.
Nancy screatufd and danced and the
Judgo frightened, exclaimed, 'Ok uiy
God, the boy ha* a fit.' ran from the room
and sont for a doctor. 'Evan,' I said;
as I released the finger. The Judge
eauaeili flushed aud
over is it Naiicjf V he anxiously asked.
She was wringing her hands, whilst
her oyes were filled with tears.
•All over!' she exchdntfecP, half crying
with anger and pain, 'lliere nothing
tho matter with him.' 'Noihhig the
matter with hua indeed,' said her father
'Such a convulsion as that uotbiug? and •
that pulse yesterday nothing. Nonsense,
girl I am aCruid he i|| have cou
gestion of ' '
'Ceiigestion of tfie you had bet
ter say. Just look tow lie has bit my.
finger, confound him; and look at the tlx
'thisfloor is In. *lU»w there was nothing |
the matter with htin irotn the first.'
Nonsense! I tell you Natlcyrl That'
pulse ycster(i*Y could uot be deceit.
Why,, it was thick as my llttlo finger
and boat at least Jwo hundred times a
minute, aud was as strong as a hone
could kick.'
I slyly winkedat Nancy, who flounced
out of tlio room. Alter looking at my
tongue and feeling of my pulse, the
JiMlgc concluded that i was better, and
came in with a tub ot water aud a cloth
tfrefcatise rttddooir
'Alai-de Gus,' sho remarked, ain't
mighty alck-l*, you? Master he says you
had a fit.' aud sho laughed as sb'e looked
at me.-* '7 "-»f fS*-" '• M »
'Whatdo \ou think, Polly?' I ask*
yon didn't know what you was about.
■Aiu't you subfoot to. fits Gus? Nanoy
says it was all sham, but I tell her that"
is all nousenso. i'ou wouldu't a bit
her so on purpose, 1 know.'
i t lu » short time the doctor came, and
uiy case was explicitly laid beloro him,
ospecially the wonderful pulses and tlio
fit. Tbe judge was cajjed away, when
tasked the doctor if he would, upon his
honor, promise never to. sjicak of it I
would tell him a secret. He promised,,
aud I tola him the whole story—for 2
felt 1 could not stand any moro physic,
ifo until bo cried, and many
times since have we laughed heartily
Ver it.
Wo m§t, after many ypars separation
iu Now York, iu 1844, at the conference
which divided the Methodist church,
and spent a day together pleasant ly re
calling the memories of tbe past, and this
especial one when I threatened to give tho
story to Uie public.
'lf you please,'ho said,'do not do it
while I live.' I promised, and wo parted
cd for the last time, lhavoadear mem*
manthat will only perish with my life,
Irhich is now wasting its last sands uj
our dear old With hisl
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man is iu a bad tit whous heart
gi tft hard aud head gets sod.
vli we accustom ourselves to selfdenial,
we break the force of most temptations.
ltond.
fevery other sin hath some pleasure
annexed to it, or will admit of some ex>
Jhse, t>ut envy wants both. *
Show me a land that l£s mountains
without valleys, and I Will show you a
man who has jOys without sorrow.
Thomas J. a grandson of Henry ;
Clay, is a soldier in thu regular army in
r "»'' .
4 Clark son Potter, the her? of the l.irt
oemgcraMc victoiy in Congress }s the
bantlsomojrt member of,the JJouse.
It is said that Beecher's mars
riage fees have fallen off from.j$ t OOO a
year before tho scandal to less than $5-
00 a year.
In private, watch yo# thoughts; in
company, MiaUh your tojijftie; in, tho
family, watch your temper—and hi a
crowd Wktch your watcb. '* \
| An ignorant nyd obtuse larmer
qaya the only Result lie notices Icoin hit,
daughters recent attendance at a college
for both sexes is her tendency to "t&h
and mope about the bouse like a sick kit
ten. jh 1 -- \
Kellogg lsft us yesterday morning for
Chicago, where she is to appear Monday
dyenhigtWfihe SU^^IB^SSJ^DRI
a aight,' which ougb* to paythe poor
girl handsomely in the long jrnn. —Rich
,mond State.
It is said that a Russian woman doubts
the affection of her husband when be ■,
ceases the practice of beating her,
was a great triumph for Christianity
w er into Turk(^
di'bk the dHy. He at once wrote an
preserving the complexion—tern
trance. I£or whitening the hands—
A beautiful ring—the home circle. For
improving the voice—ci vility, The beat
companion to the toilet —a wife.
In England, a Universulist minister
riding with a Methodist was asked what
ho preached for, if Universal ism were
trne. He replied by asking, "What do
, you preach for?" "To keep people out
.«iw.u i»
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preach,' said the Uuiversalist, "to keep
Ml out of people." J|
TH* WAY OF THU. TRANSGRESSOR is
*Ba«b C race an Arkansas uiur
after a long WiISL Ho iound that ha
Was not yet 0«t; of danger, fur a mob
after the depature of tho lynchers ho
was qut down and revive! by a friend.
Ho started fo- a hasty flight out of that
man overlo k him and :il - -Sf
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