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f - ..."".of ti'jLit. THE ERA. THE ERA. A REPUBLICAN WEEKLY NEWS PAPER THE CENTRAL ORGAN OF THE PARTY. ' ' PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. (SEE RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION ON THIS PAGE.) W. M. BROWN, Manager. Job Work executed at ahort ilo. " Office over the North Carolina Book ncorf, comer of Fayotteville and Mor gan streets. Mint door south of the State House. 'TTTES OP S U DSCR I PTIOnT One year, - - - .- T2 10 . Six months, - - - - 1 05 tic and In a style unsurpassed by alhy similar establishment in the State. ' ' RATES OF ADVSRTISrNO ; One square, one time, - $ 1 " " two times, - - l 44 " " throe times, - - 2 V Contract advertisements taken proportionately low rates. 00 50 00 at Thrco months, - - M Jj RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26,18 75. NO. 10. ' ; ' ' - t- , ,- , ,, S . ZZZZTZZZZZIZl OIKECTOKY. irnlled states GoTcrnncnt. riysses S. Grant, of Illinois, Presi- 'Tienrr Wilson, of Mass., V. President. Hamilton Finh.ofN. Y., Soc'y of State. lienjamin II. Bristow, of Kentucky, Sx roUry of tho Treasury. William W. Belknap, of Iowa, Secre tary of War. i;oroM. Rolson, of ew Jersey, so reUry of the Navy. (luinhus Delano, of Ohio, Secretary r.ftho Interior. Kd wards Piorrepont, of rew lork, ttnrney General. Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, Post muster (ieneral. supreme Court of the IT. S. Morrison K. Waite, of Ohio, Chief J ustico. Nathan Clifford, of Me., Noah II. Swayne, ofO., S unuel F. Miller, of la., i-vid Davis, of 111., Asso. Justice. Stephen J. Field, of CaL, William M. Strong.of Pa., J- ph P. Hradlev.of N.J. v:.r.l Hunt, of N. Y., Court meets first Monday in Dccem lr, at Washington. S. Itvprcwcnuition in Congress. SKNATB. A. S. Mcrrimon, of Wake. Mat. W. Ransom, ot Northampton. IIOI'SK OF BEPRESF.NTAT1VKS. Nt PJ-tncl Jchso .i. iohiom J. I J. A. llvman. A. M. Waddell. Joenh J. Davis. A. M. Snle-s. Thomas S. Ashe. V. M. Robbins. Rolxjrt B. Vanco. 4th r.th tali 7th sih 1'ulted States Courts. The stated terms of the U. S. Circuit ami District Courts are as follows : United States Circuit Court Eastern IMstrict North Carolina Held in Ral- n:l tirst Monday in June and last Mon day in Novcinler. II. 1 Itond, Circuit Court Judge; ri-idence. Baltimore, Md. it. W. Brooks, District Court Judge, Ki"trn District ; resid. Elizabeth City. T. M. Marshal, J. B. Hill; off., Raleigh. N. J. Riddirk, Circuit Court Clerk ; otico, Raleigh. EASTKKN nisTRICT COXTRTS. Klir-ilth City, third Monday in April and (ctoler. Clerk, M. B. Culjppor; rcsi., KHz. Citr. Nvvlirn, fourth Mondaj in April tnd Ootolior. Clerk, Goo. E. Tinker; resi., Newborn. Wilmington, first Monday after the L.urtli Monday in April and October. Clerk, Win. Larkins; resi., Wilming- ' 'Marshal, J.B. Hill, ollice, Raleigh. District Attorney, Richard C. liadger; residence. lUleigli. AssiiLint, W. II. Young, Oxford. I s. t'lUi TIT COURT WRSTKBN DIST H. U U nd, IT. S. Circuit Court Judge, r.tHiiiiore, Md. Rol.ort P. li'k, IT. S. District Judge, W.tern District ; resi., Greensboro. IlolKTt M. Douglas, U. S. Marshal ; oflicc, Greenslion. Circuit and District Courts in tho Wtttrn District aro hold at the same time. Groeiiloro, first Monday in April n;!l (ctoler. Clerk, John W. Pn'iie ; rtl., Greens lro. sutOMvillo, third Monday in April and Oetolnr. Clerk, Henry C. Cowles; resi., States ville. Ashex ille.lirst Monday after tho fourth Mnd:ty in April and Octoler. Clprk, K. R. Hampton ; resi., Ashe vi!!e. Virgil S. Dusk, U. S. District Attor ney ; niilence, Ashevillo. Assistant, W. S. Ball, Greensboro. I nited Mnic 1 uieriial Itcveinic. I. .!. Young, Collector Fourth District, Hlire, Raleigh. (.ovrniiiieiit f IVorth Carolina. KXKCUTIVE DEPARTMENT. CnrtU H. Brogden.of Wayne, Governor. J"hn B. Neathery, Private Socretary. R. F. Anniield, of Iredell, Lieutenant Governor, and Presidont of the Senate. W.I I. llowerton, of Rowan, Soo, of Stato. Divid A. Jenkins, of Gaston, Treasurer. A. I. Jenkins, Teller. Imiald W. Bain, Chief Clerk. John Reillv, of Cumberland, Auditor. Win. P. Wetherell, Chief Clerk. X. D. Pool, of Craven, Supt. of Public Instruction John C. Gorman, of Wako,Adj.Gen'ral. i. u Hargrove, ot Granville, Att. Oen W. C. Kerr, Mecklenburg, State Geolo gic. Than. R. Purnell, of Forsvthe, Libra'n. Henry M. Miller, ot Wake, Keeper of the Capitol. governor's COUNCIL. The socretarv ot state. Treasurer, An laor and supt. of Public instruct'n. Hoard of Education. Tho Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Keereurv of State, Treasurer, Auditor, "liTintendent of Public Instruction and Attorney General constitute the State Board of Education. The Gover r is President, and the Superinten dent of Public Instruction, Socretary of the Board. Supreme Conrt. Richmond M. Pearson, of Yadkin.Chief Justice. Tazewell L. Hargrove, of G ran vUle, Re- if porter. W. II. Bagley, of Wake, Clerk. D. A. Wicker, of Wake, Marshal. Meets in Raleigh on the first Monday in January aud June. Superior Court. Samuel W. Watts, Judge Sixth Judi cial District, Frauklinton. J. C. L. Harris, Solicitor, Raleigh. Wake County Government. ' ", Com miasioners Solomon J. Alien, Chairman ; Win. Jinks, A. G. Jones. Win. D. Turner, J. Robert NowelL wnenO S. M. Dunn. SuperiorCourt Clerk Jno, N. Bunting, TJvllr w w Coroner James M. Jones! surveyor N. J. Whitaker. Citf GoreramenU I Mayor J: H. Separk. ' j Aldermen ir&t Ward J as. Mcee, Jhn Armstrong; II. J. Hami 11. "Second Ward J. J. Kb well, W. H. Martin, Stewart Ellison. Third Ward l F. Peacnd, Jr., John C. Blake, Wm. C. Mronacb, R. U. Bradley, J. C. R. Little. KdwinG. Reade.of Person, Asso. Justice. u3go in for an old rouser of a fight a nV.IV,UMman'Ia,l,fcrtt !! regular old sockdolager which shall llwittu3Sab,,, settle our fuss I ,If I lick, she'll go ; JToui th WardU. C. Jonea. James II. Jones, James II. Harris. Fifth Ward 11. J ones. Treasurer Leo. D. Ileartt. Clerk and Collector George II. Wil liams. Marshal B. C. Manly. POETRY. Disappointment and Aclvcrsitj. I'm wandering afar like tho dove from the ark, I fly, faint and weary, o'er life's billows so dark ;. O, so dark and so dreary ! no rest for me here, For tHo black clouds o'er head only mock at my fear. Tho dove, wet and drooping, and flut tering forlorn, O'er the mad surging deep, through the merciless storm, Is no more disconsolate, no more sick with fear Than I, at this momeut, 'mid this tom- pest so drear. Oh ! I thought I beheld 'cross the bil lowy deep, A far ssholtering rock, rising lofty and stoep ; Ami that haven, so welcome, my tired soul blessed, That I longed for its refuge, I panted for rest. So I Hew to my rock, but 'twas only a wave, Huge and dark, wild and threatening, moro terror it gave ; Diyppointctl and weary, still on and still on, O'er tho fierce, angry waters, forsaken, forlorn. Still onward and downward I wearily stray, Without even a lone star to 'lurnino my way, Precious Saviour Divine ! to thee I do -ry, Oh ! lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Oh, let me by some, of these fierce winds be driven At last to the ark, or to rest, or to Heaven. MISCELLANEOUS. The Lione Cabin. A gentleman residing in Vicks- burg had occasion a few days since, to make a journey down the river I and several miles back from it, us ing a saddle horse. Darkness over took him in a bad condition and the evening looked threatening, he halted before a forlorn looking hut, and asked if he could find lodg ings. "I reckon you mought," replied the long-haired, sorrowful-eyed squatter, after hesitating for a mo ment. The Vicksburger found little to cat, and his horse found still less. The squatter and his wife were all alone, and they had but few words for tho stranger, and scarcely spoke to each other. When the evening grew om tne traveller campea down on the floor on a blanket, and being very tired he fell asleep while host and hostess were smoking their black clay pipes at the other end of the room. He slept about two hours when the squatter shook him by the shoulder and said : "Stranger, I'm powerful sorry to disturb you, but I want to ax a fa vor." "Yes yes what is it?" asked the Vicksbunrer. as lie rubbed his eyes and sat up. 14 Ye like to see fa'r play, don't ye, stranger ?" "Yes, of course." "Well, rae'n the old woman can't agree; somehow she's cross and tetchy and I cruess I'm a trifle ugly. Leastwise, we don't hug up worth a cent. We've fit and fit : I'm old and she's chuck full of grit, and it's about an even thing !" 41 Well, I'm sorry," put in the Vicksburger, as the Fquatter hesita ted. "We've been a-talking since you come, stranger, and we've made up to a3k ye to hold the candle and let 8ho licks, I'll travel 1" 4iI'm sorry if there's any trouble, and I hope you won't fight." "We've got to do it, stranger!" replied the woman : "I won't live with a man who can lick me, and he's Just as high-born. Sam's as good as the run of men ; he's lazy and sas3y. and wants to wear his hat on his ear !" ' "She's right, Stranger' said the scfuatter, "and this cabin can't hold 00111 of us any longer- it's to be a squar fight no kickingor clubbing, and we won't go back on your de- cision." The Vicksburger protested, but the woman put a lighted candle in his hand , and posted him in the door, and man and wife stepped out on the ground.' ' "Suke, I'm going to wallop ye right smart in just four hoots and a holler!" said the squatter, as he pushed up his sleeves. "bam, ye don't weigh 'nufif into three tons !" she replied in a grim voice, and the battle commenced. The Vicksburgcr mentally bet twenty to one on the man at the start, but in two minutes had re duced the odds to ten, and in two minutes more he was betting even. The wife was like a wild-cat, spring ing, dodging, striking and clawing, and pretty soon her husband had to stand on the defensive. "Look out for the Bengal tiger, Suke !" he warned, asheclawed the air. "I can whip the boots off of you, Sam !" she replied, and the battle grew fiercer. One of the woman's sharp nails struck the husband's eye and blinded him for an instant. As he threw up his arms she seized both her hands into his hair, yank ed him down, and in another mo ment had the "gouge" on him. "Sam, do ye cave ?" she asked, as they lay quiet. 4 1 That's the dead wood, Suke, and I'm a licked man !" he mourn fully answered. She let him up, and he turned to tho Vicksburger and inquired : "Stranger, was it a fa'r fight?" "I guess it was." "Then I travel!" lie entered the hut, put on his hat and coat, took up his rific, and as he came out he reached his hand to his wife, and said : "Good-bye, Suke. We agreed fa'r and squar, and here I go !" Then turning to the traveller, he added : "Much obleeged, stranger ye held the candle plump and fa'r, and ye didn't holler for neither one of us!" And he walked down the fence, leaped over, and was soon lost to sight. "Good 'nuff on the shoot," mused tho wife as she gazed after him. "but his fighting weight is clear run down to nothing !" That Sneaking-, Skulkinsr Mr. Jaskins. Detroit Free Press. "Can I be protected here, Mis ter ?" asked a woman yesterday as Bho entered the office of the Chief of Police. "Yes'm." "Can my family my innocent children also be protected?" she demanded, striking the floor with her umbrella. "Yes'm." " If there is any law I want it," dropping into a big she went on, arm-chair; "if thero isn't, I pro- pose to take a club to him !" My dear woman, this world is full of sorrow," said the Captain, as he looked up from his writing; each one of us has his own sepa- rate and distinct grief to grieve over. Tell me yours !" "Do you know Jaskins?" she asked. " Jaskins ? Jaskins? seems as if I had heard the name sometime." " Man with a limp one eye gone red neck sandy hair got a skulk ing, sneaking way with him," she said. " And he has stolen your poultry, eh ?" " Poultry ? Naw ! It's worse than poultry it's next to arson or murder !" 11 Go on, madam go into the par ticulars !" ti Well, he bords next to me. I'm a wiuow. neen aionc ineso iour- . i it teen years, and if I do say it my self, I've always had tho respect ablest kind of name. I've a daugh ter Jane. She's seventeen. She's a good girl." " Yes, madam." "And that sneaking, skulking Jaskins is after her !" she exclaim ed. " Possible !" 44 He just is ! Was after me first. For , weeks and weeks he'd hang around our gate, and smile at me and inquire if I wasn't lonesome, and send up strawberries, and look his lovingest out of that one eye!". 44 And then V ... 44 And then, when he found I wouldn't marry him to save his neck, and he couldn't get my prop- erty to run through with, what d'ye s'pose he done r" r 44 Cut his throat ?" 44 Naw! He turned right around and went to loving Jane! i Ho has sent notes to her in those long, pink envelopes ; he has sent her bou- qucts and cocoa nuts, and perfume and cherries, and he's skulking around yet! I've talked and talk- ed, but it don't do no good. If sumthin' ain't done I believe Jane'll marry him!" " How does she act?" " She's grinning around and look ing sort and loving like, and she won't mind half I say, and is get ting notes and writing answers, and and!" And she broke down. She wiped her eyes, softly rubbed her nose, and after a moment jumped up and demanded : " Is there any law ?" " Lots of law dead loads, mad am." " And you'll putthe law to him?" " I will, madam-I'll make this town a volcano for him before he's a week older!" "And you'll break up the match?" " Either that or break his back!" "Good! Tho police are worth sumthin' after all! If you say you'll wait on him and tell him he's got to back right down or go to jail, I'll chain Jane to the table-leg and sit by. her four weeks, but what I'll make her forget him !" " I'll do it, madam." " Think of my Jane marrying a man with one eye ! and a red neck ! and a limp ! O-h-h ! when I think of that skulking Jaskins sneaking around my innocent Jane to make her his wife, I could t-e-a-r his house down !" She sat down, and they fixed up a plan, and Mr. Jaskins had best leave for the West this very day. A Kcmarkablc Case. I cannot, upon the authority of my own personal knowledge, avouch for the truth of the following; but I can assure the reader that the source of my information was one of the most reliable in the scientific and medical world. Dr. John H. Clamp had been my schoolmate, and we had been friends together. He had studied medicine, or had per fected himself for practice, in the office and laboratory of Dr. Chaplain, of Cambridge, Mass., and it was while he was with Chaplain that the remarkable case, of which he told me, culminated. During the Summer of 1833 a young man named Halt, of Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, who was a devoted student, and who had been striving very hard to keep up his collegiate course of studies and teach at the sam6 time, was sud denly deprived of his reason and memory, dropping back, mentally, upon the plain of absolute infancy. His father, the Rev. Mr. Hait, was for a time almost beside himself with anguish at this fearful stroke. The death of a loved one would not have been so hard. He sent his son o Hartford, but found no relief here. He was recommended to send the young man to Dr. Chaplain , of Cambridge, which he did. Dr. Chaplain made a critical ex amination extending over two weeks, when his report was, that there could be no present relief. 'But," said he, to the father, "between the ages of thirty-five and brty I think there will bo a change in the condition of your son." And he then explained that the brain was too much expanded for its cranial cavity; but that, as the mind, in its present condition, was neces- sarily at rest, nature might perform her own cure. The chances were, that before the unfortunate student should have reached the age of forry, the substance of the brain would contract, restoring it to healthy action. The anxious father and family found but little hope in this, yet they waited patiently, taking good care of the son meanwhile. Nine teen vears had elapsed from the date of the visit to Dr. Chaplain, when Mr. Hait came down,, one morning from his chamber and asked where his books had .been put. They were given to him, and to the great joy of his friends, it was soon apparent that his reason j was restored. He resumed his studies of mathematics and the , classics, just where he . had left them, .and showed no break of intellect. There was no trace on his mind of the long blank in his life, nor of anything which had occurred during the dark years, and it was some time before his father dared to tell him that -he was almost forty years of agetf.'CJ, Jr., in the New York Ledger. V Notice. Any person having the following , numbers of the Daily Constitution will confera great favor by. sending them to this office,-as we desire to complete files of- the paper : Nos. 3, 4, 6, 14, 10. A Religious Hen. TheHen, thati ipentto Church and dhl her luty, and what Came of her Talking about it. Quite a disturbance occurred in a Western church, a few Sundays since, the circumstances of which are as follows: Rev. Mr. Moody was just beginning his sermon, and had uttered the words, "Brethren, I wish to direct your attention this morning to the fourth verse of the twentieth chapter of St.- ," when a hen emerged from the reces3 beneath the pulpit. As she had just laid an egg, ohe interrupted Mr. Moody to announce the fact to the congregation; and he stopped as she walked into the aisle screech ing, "Kuk kuk kuk-to-ko! Kuk kuk kuk kuk-to-ko !" The minister contemplated her for a moment, and then concluded to go on. But the sound of his voice seemed to provoke her to rivalry, and so she put on five or six pounds of steam to the square inch, and made such a racket that the preacher stopped again and said: "Will Deacon Grimes please re move that disgraceful chicken from the meeting-house?" The deacon rose and proceeded with the task. He first tried to drive her toward the door, but she dodged him, and, still cackling vigorously got under the seat in the front pew. Then the deacon seized his umbrella and scooped her out into the aisle again, after which he tried to "shoo" her toward the door, but she darted into a pew, hopped over the partition, came down in the opposite pew and in the side aisle, an4 then flew over into the middle 'aisle again, making a noise like . a steam planing-mill. The deacon did not like to climb over after her, so he went round, and just as He got into the side aisle the hen flew over into the middle aisle again. Then the boys in the gallery laughed, and the deacon began to grow red in the face. At last Mr, Binns came out of his pew to help, and both he and the deacon made a dash at the chicken from opposite directions. Then she flew up, with a wild cluck, to the gallery and perched on the edge, while she gave excited 'expression to her views by emitting about five hundred cackles a minute. The deacon flung a hymn book at her to scare her down again, but he missed her and hit Bill, Jones, a Sunday- school scholar,; in the eye. Then another boy in the gallery made a dash at her, and reached so far over that he fell on Mrs. Miskey's bonnet, whereupon she said he was predestined for the gallows. The crash scared the hen, and she flew over and roosted on the stove pipe that ran along just under the ceiling.fairly howlingwith fright. In order to bring her down, the deacon and Mr. Binns both beat on the lower part of the pipe with their umbrel las, and about forty feet of it came down with a crash, emptying a bar rel of soot- over the congregation. There were women in that congre gation who went home looking as if they had been working in a coal mine, and wishing they could stab Deacon Grimes without being hang ed for murder. The hen came down with the stove-pipe, and as she flew by Mr., Binns he. made, a dash at her with his umbrella, and knocked a hole, through a fifteen-dollar pane of glass, . whereupon she landed in the street aud hopped off clucking insanely. Mr. Moody adjourned the congregation.. , They ( are going to; expel the owner of that hen) from the Church when they discover his identity. Jaa; .tiefefcr. Served Him High t. A gay young iblood of Richmond on Thursday wrote a note to a young ladyvof the same place to meet him at the. corner of Fourth and Marshall streets i Shf o came, says the Peters burg Index; and so didrher j mother, Who being warmed with a 'cowhide proceeded a to .'belabor . the ! -young blood who. trietl sto give her 4,leg pail but she would not have it and after chasing him ai square over hauled him and dressed him nicely, leaving great whelks on him. He now is: willing to ? affirm that - cow hide f is: the i toughest and most durable t 'vegetable' raised and that earning to write and, public schools are , humbugs. rA darkey leal led ,f : at , Q.wensborO Kyi the dfJi6r dayntT wanted;1 to know "Does dis postorfis keep stamped antelopes?" In lied with a Mothcr-iii-Law. Salem Press. A certain man had occasion to visit a friend in the country one day last week, and during his absence his mother-in-law paid his wife a visit, and not liking tho way things were arranged about the house, told her that she thought she would re model them SQme, and immediately set to work. In the first place, she didn't like their sleeping arrange ments. She said it would be much nicer for them to sleep up stairs in tho summer time, and persuaded her daughter to have her bed moved up, which was immediately done. Then she had a bed rigged up for herself in the down stairs bed-room, as she was going to stay several days. Some other changes were made to the satisfaction of the old lady, and that night she retired early, and being pretty tired, soon fell into a sound sleep. Her daughter, leaving the front door unlocked, so that her husband could get in when he returned,went up stairs to try the new arrange ment ; and, like her mother, being very much fatigued, soon fell asleep too. The man having been delay ed by a storm, did not get back till late, and entering the house went into the bed-room ; and judgipg from the snoring he heard that his wife was enjoying her sleep, he concluded not to make any light for fear of dfsturbing her, and disrob ing, he slipped in bed, and being worn out from his day's ride was soon asleep too. The first streaks of morning were just coming in at the window when the old lady awoke, and seeing a man in the bed, began screaming murder. The man being aroused by her cries, sprang up and found himself sitting face to face in bed with his mother-in-law. Springing out of bed, he seized his clothes, and as he left the room he met his wife, who explained to him how the bed-rooms had been changed the day before. It took the old lady several days to get over her fright, and she now says it will be somo time before she goes into the remod elling business again. Notice it. Notice what ? Notice everything that is done by others to contibute to your benefit or happiness. Noth ing seems more ungracious than the passing over, without remark, and apparently without thought, the thousand and one little efforts and attentions which are intended to sweeten domestic life. llngratitude and indifference sometimes mar the character of wo man ; but are far more frequently observable, we think, in man. A husband returns from his business at evening. During his absence, and throughout the livelong day, the wife has been busy, with mind and hands, preparing some little surprise, some unexpected pleasure to make his home more attractive than ever. He enters, seemingly sees no more of what has been done to please him than if he were a blind man, and has nothing more to say about it than it he were dumb. Many a loving wife has borne in her heart an abiding sor row, day after day, from causes like this, until in process of time, the fire and enthusiasm of her original nature have burned out, and mu tual indifference spreads its pall over a household. Often, we think generally, inat tention to little acts of thoughtful- ness and consideration results from a mere habit of carelessness ; but, in its effect upon the happiness of a family, it id , a most unfortunate habit.- A few words of thanks, of appreciative recognition, are easily spoken, and such words are precious to the soul that hungers for them. They are highly prized and not soon forgotten.- . Take notice of what is done for you. Words of merited praise and thanks exert a kindly and benefi cial influenae upon both listener and speaker. Gratitude unexpress ed seems to others to be unfelt.- If. Y. Ledger. ; . j When i Vassar College was built and, filled at once by; about four hundred inhabitants, none of whom could find one closet in the whole immense building, Matthew Vas sar was astounded at being told that tne girls wanted : closets. "Why," he said, "they can have two nails in the wall, one for their school dress and one for: their best dress---and what do they want with more?!' But, in pite of the unreasonable ness of the demand, the closets had to be built after all. A Queer Courtship. One long summer afternoon thdro came to Mr. Davidson's the mast curious specimen of an old bachelor the world ever heard of. Ho was olid. gray, wrinkled and odd. no ha old women, iespecally old mai and wasn't afraid to say so, and Aunt Patty had it hot whei ever chance drew them togcth yet still ho came, and it was noli mat ivuni ratty tooK unusual pains with her dress whenever he was ex pected. One day the contest waged unusu ally strong, and Aunt Patty left In disgust and went out into! t 1C garden. "That bear!" she muttered to herself, as she stooped to gather a flower which attracted her attqn tion. "What did you run for?" said a gruff voice behind her. "To get rid of you." "You didn't do it, did you?" "No ; you aro worso than a bar" dock burr." "You won't get rid of me, either." "I won't, eh?" "Only in one way ?" "And that?" "Marry me." "What ! us two fools get married! What would pcoplo say?" "That is nothing to us. Come say yes or no ; I am in a hurry." Well, no, then." "Very, ' well ; good-bye, I never come again." "Stop a bit what a pucker aro in !" "Yes or no?" "I must consult" will you "AH right; I thought you were of age. Good-bye." "Jabez Andrews, don't be a fool. Come back, I say. Why, I believe the critter has taken mo for earnest. Jabez Andrews, I will considor." "I don't want any considering ; I am going. Becky Hastings Js waiting for me. I thought I would give you tho first chance, Patty. All right, good-bye." "Jabez! Jabez! That stuck-up Becky Hastings shan't have you Jabez, yes ! Do you hear Y-ofs !" Zeb Cruninict's Curse.' I I Respectfully dedicated to tho nan "who won't pay tho printer." May all your eggs bo rotlqj at breakfast,your meat stink at diaper, and you go supperless to bed. I May the bed-bugs pull tho com forts over your head on hot nights, and walk off with every rag of bed clothes in the winter. May your wife bo cross, your ser vant girl prudish, and your neigh bors' fences high. May your dreams bo varied !c tween the embraces of crocodiles and acting back stop to tho hind end of a mule. May you have steel filings in your eyes, and be obliged to uso chestnut burs for eyo stones. May the ghosts of starving edit ors and printer's devils, gaunt, lean and hungry, haunt you constantly. May your boots squeak, run down at the heel, and pinch your corns , horribly. May your horse be balky, yeur cow give sour milk, your chickens get lousy and your pigs dlo of the scurvy. May your creditors never let up on you, your friends bo sent to an insane asylum, and your encmlea prosper; ' 1 May your wife go away .with a circus, your business go to ruin, and you go to tho devil. : ! Watching One's Self. ; ' "When I was a boy," said an old man, "we had a schoolmaster who had an odd way of catching the Idle boys. One day ho called out to us : , Boys, I must have closer attention i to your books. The first one that' sees another idle I want you to In- i form me, and I will attend to the i case.' . vV.-,vy 44 4Ah!' thought I to myself,1 ! there is Joe Simmons, that I don't ' like. I'll watch him, and if I see ' '' him look offhis books, I'll tell. ;: 1 It was not'Iong before I saw Joe ' look off his book, and immediately ' I informed the master. ' : " 4Indeed !' said he, 4how did you know ho was idle?' 44 4I saw him,' said I. 44 4 You did ? And were your eyes ' on your book when yousawhlra?' "I was caught, and I never watched for idle boys again." ' " If wo are sufficiently watchful " over our own conduct wo shall haver : no timo to find fault with the con duct of others. I I 1
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