BE STJBE YOTJ AEE EIGHT ; THEN" GO AHEAD.-D. Crockett.
TARBORO V N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1876.
VOL. 54.
NO. 47.
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
TARBOKO'.
Mator Fred. Philips.
Commissioners Jesse A. Williamson, Ja
cob Feldenheimer, Daniel W. llnrtt, Alex.
McCabe, Joseph Cobb.
Skcrbtart Jfc Tbbascrkb Robt. White
burst. Chief of Police John W. Cotten.
Assistant Policb J. T. Moo J as. E.
BUnouson, Altimore Macnair.
COUNTY.
Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judge
H. L. Staton, Jr.
Register of Deeds Alex. McCabe.
Sheri ff Joseph Cobb.
Coroner
Treasurer Robt. H. Austin.
Surreyoi John E. Baker.
Standard Keeper J. B. Hyatt,
i School Examiners. H. 11. Shaw, Won. A.
Duggau and K. 8. Williams.
Keeper Poor House Wm. A. Duggnn.
Commissioners Jno. Lancaster, Chairman,
Wiley Well, J. B. W. Norville, Frank Dew,
M. Exem. A. McCabe, Clerk.
MAILS.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. c W. R. R.
Leave Tarboro' (daily) at 19 A. M.
Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - I 30 P. M.
WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE,
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I,ive Tarboro' (daily) at 6 A. SC.
irnve at Tarboro' (daily) at (P.M.
LOIHiES,
r he Night and tbe Ilaco.l Meeting;.
Concord K. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law
rence, High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly
convocations first Thursday m evury month at
10 o'clock A. M.
Concord Lodge No. 68, Thomas Gatlin,
Alasler, Masonic II all, meets first Friday night
it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10
o'clock A. M. iu every month.
Kep'uon Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F.,
I. 1$. Palamountain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel
lows' II. ill, meets every Mrst and third Tburs-
!.iy of each month.
E.l'c-ombe Lodge No. 50. I. O. O. F.,
T. V. Toler, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hal!,
:n -ets .'very Tuesday night.
EJ'-eeombe Council No. l'J2, Friends of
feini'trance. meet every Friday night t the
)M Fellows' Hall.
Advance Lodge No. 28, I. . O. T , atcets
cTorv Wednesday night at tber Hall.
Z-inoah Lodge, No liS."., I. O. B. B., meet
on tirt and third Monday night of every
month at Odd Fellows' Hall, A. Unlock
President.
tmutnts.
V.Mscovnl Church Services every 8unday
j; lb l-2'o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B.
v.'hi"Miire, Rector.
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1st bunday at night and 5th Sunday at night.
Kt v. Mr. Swindell, rastor.
Presbyterian Church Services every 1st,
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4th Sunday in every motth, morning and
night. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor.
Primitive Baptist Church Services first
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.'clock.
HOTELS,
Adams' Hotel, cornf r Main aad Pitt Bts.
O. F. Adams, Proprie-or.
EXPRESS.
Southern Express Office, on Kain Street,
doss every morning at9 o'clock.
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PROFBKIONAL ci.S.
TRANK POWET
Attorney d Counselor at Law,
J.ARMORO', X. C.
j. ollectien. m Specialty.
Ofti.e next door to the Southerner office.
,ily 2, 1875. tf
JOS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR.,
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AND
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OWARD PERRY
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Attends to the transaction of busi
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Hoy. 5, 1875. ly
gREDERlCK PHILIPS,
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TARBORO, N. C.
C Practices in Courts of adjoining coun
tiex, in the Federal and Supreme Courts.
Kov., 1875. ly
V7AXTER P. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TARBORO', N. C.
iVill practice in the Courts of th. 2nd
Judicial District. Collections made in any
part of the btaie.
KeT Office in Iron Front Building, Tit
Street, rear of A. Whitlock & Co's.
Jan. 7, 1870. If
JACOB BATTLE,
Counsellor and Attorney at Law,
ROCKY 3IOUNT, N. C.
QiT Practices in all tie State Courts.
March 24, 1870. ly
J.
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Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
FlRACTICES in the counties of Edge
. combe, Halifax, Nash and Wilson, and
iu the Snoreme Court North Carolina, also
iu the United States District Court at Raleigh
DR. E. D. BARNES,
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tW All work warranted to give entlr.
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Co t Store,
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The Proprietor will state to the citirens of
Tarboro, that he docs not Intend to be run
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ot Bank and Pitt Streets.
Good Fare, Pleasant Rooms, Comfor
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April, 7 1876. y-
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48 YEARS ESTABLISHED. STIU IN FULL BLAST.
Arthur C. Freeman,
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t
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Alarch OA, 1870. y
Hrl)0r0 g01ttje mtr.
Friday
Marrying a Wife for a For-
lUIlCt
JJave you heard the news ubout
Miss Temple, Ned? said Charlie
.Ashton, as he sauntered leisurely
up to the desk which Edward Farn
ham occupied in Messrs. Smith &
Janes' office on Wall street.
The warm blood colored Ned s
cheek in spite of all his struggles
to prevent it, and replied :
No; I hope no harm.
Well, I should guess it
Come, put up your book,
we go up town I'll tell you,
, No; 1 cannot leave yet.
not finished my balance.
wasn't.
ana as
1 have
Oh. tishaw I finish that to mor
finish that
row ripfnre ten o'clock. I wouldn't
do for anv man living,
mnch leas these bankers, who think
all a fellow is made for is to work
and mae money for them. Come
alon
No; I can't go.
Well, then, the tale is short; she
has had a bi fortune left her, some
five hundred thousand dollars. An
involuntary sigh escaped Ned, and
he rather muttered than spoke,
I'm sorry to hear it.
Why, what s got into you, you
ninnj? Sorry! Why, 1 haven t
heard anything to please me so
much in many a day. I always
liked the girl, but I am not philos
opher enough to marry her for lo7e
alone. My doctrine is wnen pover
tv cornea in at the window love
eoes out at the door.
I am afraid 1 don't agree with
von m all things, but 1 nave no
time to discuss it now. Miss Tem
pi in my opinion, would bo a for
tuna for any man, did she not poS'
sees a cent of money. .
JPshaw, Ned, thats old toey.
T- : . I V,.l Wo i i
UUC1U WUUUiC . UB, ua. ,,.., -
w . , T
liked her pretty, well . beiore, DUt 1
-.n't hln IhinWincr her attractions
ji t.i i j T
very consiaeraoiy eniargeu mvc i
heard that news. Never should
havn thauffht of anvthinc but a
1 pleasant acquaintance gUCSS I'll
go in for l er now. Good-bye, old
o
fell, and don t hurt yourseii worK
inc over those books.
Ned made no repiv. but he telt
as if he would like to grind be
neath his heel onelwbo could speak so
irreverently of her, who to his idea,
combined every grace of heart and
mind, and perfection of form and
feature, which should make up a
perfect woman. .Sis thoughts turn
ed to action, and hacaught himself
stampine the desk-stool with such
force as almost to dent a hole in it,
and lookinrr ud. saw Mr. Smith s
steady gaze fixed on him.
Back to his work he tried to nis
will and he found himself in great
danger of writing the tnoughts pass
ing through his mind. She is lost
to me. Oh, how I wish it had never
happened ! He shut the book, put
awav his naners. and with that
- rs '
dreary, lost, tar away kind ot look,
passing
rmhperlin.Tlv nmnncr ths
throng on the money mart of the
new world.
Charlie Ashton lost no time in
improving his opportunities, for that
night found him seated tete a tete
with Mis3 Temple in a cosy little
a
finm Oil 1 WentY-HTSt O L
MinnnTpmnle wa an ornhan. and
had for yearsr lived with an aunt,
L.. f.rli.p'o siatar An ininmn of
e knn nn,o Troar narl
Uoah loft her. Which at least, suo-
plied all necessary wants. She was
I i . . i a. 1 a.
not ashamed 10 assist ner aunt auuut
manv thinirs same would call men
. , ' , r w j i . A
lal, auu iviui auu iomi()uv.i
mind, all her acquaintances said,
fully sustaiued the high opinion we
have seen Ned Farnham had of her
r..l,..n;nffi nvAr. Char-
JJJ L C IiUV U V iUAUCiV w.o w -
lie ABhton had succeeded in appear
in deeply in love, and not many
days passed ere ho had proposed
and was accepted, ui all ner male
nfimKM Mms Temnla had
aiay3 preferred the two young men
. i T.. i - k VnJ
CiUU UUlUWWUUVUt .mw f-
mentioned. It was true, she had
rather leaned to the quiet, steady,
Mr. Farnham, but of late he had
ceased to visit her, while Mr. uAsh-
ton's presence had been almost con
stant. Hence, she had persuaded
herself that she loved and had ac
cepted him.
Charlie urged a speedy marriage;
in a conversation too long tor me
to detail wherein it appeared that
some of the bovs down street were
fixed up a pool to buy a certain
stock, and our friend Ashton wan
ted some of the nve hundred thou
sand dellar3 to put in it. Anna
Temple preferred a longer time;
urged that time would make them
know each other, especially in the
intimate relation they
now stood.
Charlie vowed that he would never
change, and he knew that time
could never develop anv faults in
her.
-w-v sr m . i
xut, said Miss Temple, there is
another reason, and l tnint l can
be free with you now; I have spent
soEmuch of my little income, and
aunt has no Bpare money, that I
- I e
necessary expenses
I TJut y0U haVe the fortune left
I u . Ai: l.
I J'vu "v. JvyLl am""" uuwic, auu
your agents wiU certainly make an
I advance.
I have no fortune, dear Charlie,
come inougnt 1 was mine, Due tee
fortune to which you probably al-
iuae, was leic to my cousin, Miss
anna ihompson Temple, to whom
I introduced you at the Philhar-
monic.
jxut it, was, inueeu : one is a
favored young lady; and how mach
does she receive?
Reports said five hundred thou
sand dollars, but cousin Nan has
been informed by the agents that
there is but ten thousand dollars in
money, the rest is in houses and
lots at Melbourne, valued at ninety
thousand doll irs.
Ah ! wel' really, how these
things do sp ad. But to our mat
ter; 1 guess, diss Anna, you had
best have year way.
lhe hours of thaS evening drag-
gea1 heavily .along, and
as they
J.shton's
lengthened Mr. Charles
manner becamo more and more for
mal. He left, and Anna's warm
heart was oad as she thought over
the cool manner and the cooler par
ting. No sleep came to her eyes
that night.
Can it be ? she said to herself a
thousand times; and yet it must, for
his manner changed almost from my
telling; him of Nannie s fortune.
The next night came, but Charlie
was not in his usual place, and the
next and still more. .4 bout a week
afterward, a short note informed
Miss Temple that having lost ah
his savings in a bad speculation, he
could not think of holding her to an
encasement which it would be out of
his power to consumata for years
To say this did not grieve her,
would be false, but it did not require
many .days to teach her that she
had not loved Charlie Ashton as
she should the man she was to mar
ry
Again our two young men met
This time on Broadway, Charlie
gayly sauntering along, hailed Ned
in hi3 old familiar way
ell, old boy, off early to-day :
I've been promoted, and am not
obliged to work so late, though 1 do
often; then I think of taking a ride
ia the park: mv head had ached
much of late; and 1 am more ner
vous than formerly
bhouldn t work so hard; don t
get any thanks for it. By-the-by,
that fortune of Miss Temple s turns
out to be all in the eye
liow what thatf was the eager
reply
Well, a Miss bomebody Temple
has about a hundred thousand do!
lars lett her, but it wasn tour pret-
ty little Iriend
But I heard you wero very at
tentive some Said engaged.
ihere s no telling what might
have been done, but for that tool of
an uncle making a mistake in names
However, it s all over now. You
know that I at least can't afford to
marry a poor woman, no matter if
she is a I'eri. 1 know you entertain
some sort of foolish notion that love
I mi j- L..i. :.. li i x. n:..-
etc., win uo, uut u an uosu. vnvc
me iue aimes, my Boy. uucu
poverty come in at the window, etc.,
you know. Take my advice and
drop all such foolish ideas.
.ashton might as well have talk
ed to a lamp-post, for all the hear
ing Ned Farnham did. What he
was thinking of, we cannot say, but
he did not go to the Park that after
noon, but the evening found him in
I a little parlor which had so often
been craced bv Charlie's presence
vn .r i t j
Ere the evening was over he had
explained his long absence, told of
1 Vita VhAfrAi nrnanonta arwl nfTorpn nW
"r ----- -
heart and hand. She asked three
weeks to consider, he to visit her
as often as he pleased. At the end
of that time he was accepted, and
a '
Anna learned what true love was.
Eere my story might end, but
there is a sequell. Some months af
ter the engagement, Mr. bmith tap?
ped Ned on the shoulder, motioned
mm to iuc private uiuuc.
uoiug vu marry uij uifcte i aiu
I W o
that gentleman
Tom an ern orfi
I am engaged to Miss Anna Tem
ple, sir, and we exf ect to be mar
ried in a quiet way one month from
to-day. .but was not aware that
she was your niece.
Neither was 1 until a, few days
since. As for your quiet way, un
derstand me, sir the child of my
only sister can be married nowhere
else but in my house. Come now,
no flinching. I've heard all about
it. But she's poor -poqr as Job's
turkey; and I've too many children
to give her more than a decent wed
ding. Ned did not understand the ex
pression on Mr. Smith's face, but
felt a little angered, and replied :
I should never have addressed
her, and I would release her this
moment if I knew she was an heir
tsa. No you don't, no you don't. I
know you, and I know the whole
story. You can go.
ried pondered long over this
singular conversation, but got sat
isfaction from his own thoughts or
from Anna. She replied only by a
smile and a kiss.
.Notwithstanding all the urging
of her new found unole. Anna re
fused to leavo her aunt until the
time for the wedding. That event
cameand the ceremony was over.
Then Mr. Smith called the young
couple inU his library, and drawing
from his safe a strong iron box,
Baid :
Now, young man, you're tied
hard and fast, and I'll tell you that
you've got an heiress, and a rich
one, too. A foolish brother of her
father's, who would go to Australia,
took it into his head to die, not long
since, and lefc such a blotched up
will that it has taken over six
months to get the straight of it.
We were his agents, and kept the
natter to ouselves because it was a
large sum, and might create im
postors. We soon disposed of the
one hundred thousand dollajs of
Miss Anna Thompson Temple, but
the contest of this box, one hun
dred thousand pounds in consols
we used more scrutiny in assigning,
and in the course of our investiga
tion, I not only found the rightful
owner of our trust, but the child of
my only sister. Sir, you are
worthy of he.-, and, what is of less
value, her fortune. The merning
papers will announce you as a part
ner in our house.
Our Washington Letter-
Latest Intelligence ly Balloon from the
Besieged City Grant Studying Onc
ography A Powerful Heenforcement
from the Missoun Penitentiary
More Expected from Columbia, etc.,
etc.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C,
November 23d, 3 876. J
Dear Southerner : Gay ado
lescent Washinjrton oscillates be
tween revelry and artillery, "grim
visaged war," and the lascivious
pleasing of the glide waltz. True
there is a nervousness in the com
plete rhythm, caused by an ominous
rumbling on the streets, and a sug
gestion of dynamite in the political
strata but, "Un with the dance I
The rumbling is nothing but heavy
ordnance, innocent cannon. "Cum
pede libero pulsanda tellus," drown
the noise ! All is safe in Washing
ton. Let the country be reassured;
were not Grant and Sherman closet
ed two hours yesterday studying
geography ? One of them at least
knows the "ins and outs of Wash-
ington in more senses than one.
Moreover, two or three hundred
government clerks said, weeks be
fore the election, that lilden should
not capture Washington, that they
would shoulder muskets before he
should come here to ruin (their liv
ing) the country.
"Fight it out on this line (?) Let
us have peace (?) Let no guilty man
escape (?) Do everything to insure
a fair count" ( ? ? ) Next! I think
it will be a reconnoissance in force,
an enemy lurks somewhere, and the
seige of Washington must be raised
for winter is upon us, and the sup
ply of buckwheat cakes is short.
I send this letter in a balloon ; and
please Bend me something to eat.
There is nothing so admirable as
presence of mind in emergencies,
and there is no man like Grant to
grab the unicorn by both horns of
his dilemma while Chandler, Cham
berlain, Spencer and Belknap, stand
by in sublime apotheosis, i have
been studying military works, for
I realize that it is the duty of your
correspondent to be up with the
times, and that I may have to write
about heroes. 1 have been read
ing'Kinglake's Crimean war,' 'Nap
ier's Peninsular Campaigns,' and
'Paradise Lost.' Meanwhile let
us all congratulate ourselves that
in this centennial crisis, we have
very few of the qualmish namby
pamby statesmen ot lub, but a
President who meacs what Chan
dler tells him to say, and is, more-.
over, a great silent segoious parti
san,
Though cut off from the rest of
the world, with a howling majority
without the wall, the work of Re
publican government glides on, and
the National Capitol is still the
sweet refuge ef the government
thief be he little or big. Avery
has just arrived, and we are in
hourly expectatio.n of being rein
forced hy the Returning Board of
South Carolina, that issued certifi
cates and 'slid. That they may
soon be sate under these guns, is
the wish of every patriotic govern
ment clerk who. has settled down in
the downy delusion that he will not
be disturbed for four years at least,
and that he may now rnjoy the
fruits of heavy campaign assess
ment and onerous repeating.
lis true there is an element in
cur midst not quite congenial an els
ement canting about reform, purifica
tion of the civil service, economy and
the constitution. But this sinister
crowd is proscribed, it shares none
of the government patronage, and
is regarded with suspicion by Mr.
Chandler, Mr. bhepard, Gen. Belk
nap and our great President. There
is no reason to fear anything from
them provided Mr. Hayes is seated,
as he certainly will be if tho "bull
dozed," intimidated, army protect
ed, brave and everwhelmning Re
publican majority is counted by the
Returning Board, and, provided
further, as Mr. Potter suggests.
that the President of the Senate
has, by dint of long, presedence
over precedents, the constitution,
and the representatives of the peo
ple. There is of course great in
dignation here among those who
hold the fort, behind rosewood desks,
that the great Republican majority,
backed by the U. S. A., should
have been intimidated by a pitiful
minority, thus reversing a physical
law so venerable that the memory
of the Almighty runneth not to the
contrary, as well as a political ar
rangement Of Messrs. Chaudlor,
Packard and Kellogg ; making it
necessary for the Returning Beard
to restore things, it is well known
that Louisiana is naturally Repub-
lican, that the colored population
outnumber the white. We have
the word of Mr. Chandler and the
New York Times, on this point, and
if any one desires further evidence,
let him read any newspaper edited
by a postmaster, and he will find
that it agrees with the N. Y. Times
and Mr. Chandler. 7t is true
the last census does not sustain
them in this assertion, but then the
census is a mere mathematical un-
ideal enumeration, figures, figures,
figures ! Aa iTamlet said, Did he ?
uongress w.u assemble in ten
days, by the grace of the army, and
inw ocseigea cny win enjoy a sen-
sation. It is said that Mr. Sayler
of Ohio will be made speaker of the
House, and there is in spite ofde-
nials; serious purpose to elect a
President of the Senate in the place
of the amiable Mr. Ferry, who is
reproached with never having set
a river on fire. It is important in
a crisis like this, to have a man
with some fire in his belly, and with
dint of lung te encourage the army
ana overawe me inumiuaiors, our.
Blaine of Maine can do it. After
these officers are elected we will
have the counting of the electoral
vote, a question which I hear there
is some interest mamtested outside.
Then, 'till the fourth of March,
there will be much calling of the
roll rising to a point of order, or to
make a motion, interposed with
words, words, words, in the jffouse
and Senate. On the fourth of I
March who ? what ! the Louisana
Returning Board, or Congress I
C. A. S.
Difucnlt Lo78-MaTring.
The boy who sells fruit and con-1
ectionarys on the train is usually 1
a very vigorous sort of a bey, with
an eve sirictlv to business, and
with no romantic thoughts running
through his brain. Une ot them
came near ruining the happiness of
two young souls for life, the other
day.
A young man sat on the seat
with a pretty girl, and thought the
passengers couldn't distinguish their
conversation for the noise made bv
the cars; it was pretty evident that
what was being said was of great
interest to the young couple.
Ee was saving: 'Jennv. darling,
I have long been wishing for an
opportunity to tell yen of my great
love for'
'Peanuts ?' inquired the fruit and
confectionary bov. thrusting his
basket in front of the pair.
JNo; exclaimed tbe young man
in an annoyed tone, and waving his
head to one side.
As I was saying, Jenny,' he con
tinued after the boy had passed on,
'I hav e long wanted to tell you of
my regard for you. You are every
thing to me, and always in my ab
sence my thoughts are constantly
dwelling upon '
'Nice candy prize in every box,
interrupted the boy, totally ignor
ant of the interesting conversation
he was injuring.
The young man shook his head,
while tbe girl looked mad enough
to bite a hair pin in two. When
the boy had left, tho young man re
sumed :
'I do not think you aie entirely
insensible to my regard, and I feel
certain that you do in some degree
reciprocate. Tell me darliDg, if I
have a right to think that you are
fond of'
Nioe fresh figs ten cent3 a'
the boy saw by the countenance of
the pair that he could make no sale,
and moved ahead with the basket
The young man hnished with his
eyes the sentence ne naa commenc-
eu, ana wauea ior an auawcr.
J I U : .. .1 n
came, muriuureu iuu ci
oiner persou uiigub iu il iuijjwi .
AM -II 1!. ' Mii,
-un, v,nanie, juu v
hnrin. irnn TO OVA TTIO hV VflllT AVOW-
"i- , ------ j
ai. XOU Know mat. 1. uaio iui juu
only, and that my regard for you
is as lasting as'
'Maple candy very nice,' said
th bov. displaying a tempting ar-
- i a w kj w
ray of the delicacy.
'Clear out! ejaculated the young
1 man, between his teeth, in a savage
T . i i.l - i -l J ---i v.
tone, ana asjtne ooy cieareu out, uu
turned to his sweet heart for the
continuation of her answer.
'As lasting as eternity. I have
always eared more for you than any
DOuy eise. ah wur ioia iuiu& juu
are just splendid, and mother Bays
you are as good as -
'Pop-corn fresh this morning -
The yonng man rose nastiuy ana
lifted the boy several leet tfown the
aiaie, ana lae gin ieu 10 crying ia
her handkerchief. The young man
resumed his seat in moody silence
until the train stopped at his sta
tion, when in compaay with the
young lady, he alighted, while the
boy, after nursing the place where
he was kioked for a few minutes,
went on with his business in utter
ignorance of the fact that he had
perhaps broken up a most interest
ing and happy courtship.
Why tha Mule was Unhappy.
(From the Chicago Times.)
A.nd then, with the sad-eyed
mule with parabolic spine laboring
in advance, the little street car went
on its - way. The Engineer was
sociably inclined, and so we fell in-
to intimate converse,
'Don't it require a good deal more
of genius to steer a mule than it
does to handle horses ?'
Yesser, you bet ! Yon see
mewils is different from horses;
you've got to know 'em to git along
with 'em. Let a green hand take
that yere mewil and he'd go to
kavortin' around and gittin' on his
eer, and raisin' h 1 to an extent
that would just more'n amaze yon 1
He don't look like that sort of a
hairpin he's too melancholy.
What s he enevinsr about. anThow?'
Tarn thinking he's in love, and
is kinder disappointed somehow,
You know how it is with mewils.
They're awful sentimental, and falls
in love just like any other critter,
but there don't seem to beany satis-
faction in it, somehow. The more
he's in love the worse he seems to
feel.'
'Arase of blighted, unrequited af-
fection, you think?'
Cert'in ! You e-ive that v
mewil a chance, and he'd git off a
piece of poetry on the state of his
teehn 8, which ud draw the tears
from a sick oyster. Whoa! yon
d d muded headed son of thunder.
Where yo3 goin !'
1 his interruption was caused bv
the 'mewil' taking a side shoot, and
taking the car with him. It re
quired much effort on the part of the
sallow driver to restore the status
quo much cursing, which must
have lacerated the soul of the sor
rowful animal, much as his Bides
were bruised by the heavy boots of
nis manager. .Being finally kicked
and sworn on the track, we resum
ed progress.
Got off at tha Wrong Station,
The death of one of tho oldest
citizens of Brookfield recalls an in-
cident in her career which happen
eu Boae ""een years ago
0116 waa g1Dg to Stanford to
V18lt a daughter, and took her seat
m lQe car8 Ior tns hrst and only
"me m ner uunng the ride
an accident occurred whereby the
car in wnicn sne was seated was
. l
thrown down an embankment and
demolished. Crawlinff out from
beneath the debris she spied a man
ho was held down in a sitting
posture Dy his legs being tastened.
I this Stanford?' she anxiously
inquirea.
'-The man was from Boston. 27e
as m considerable pain, but he did
not lose sight of tho fact that he
was from Boston; so he said:
'No, this is a catastrophe.'
Oh!' ejaculated the old lady.
'then I hadn't oughter got off here.'
lhis was so evident as to make
a reply unnecessary. JJanbnru
r ' f
News.
Curious Clocks
In the latter part of the eigh
teenth century, Droz invented a
clock which excelled almost all
others in ingenuity. Upon it sat
a negro, a shepherd, and a dog.
When the clock, the negro played
six tunes on his flute, and the dog
approached and caressed him. This
the inventor exhibited to the King
of Spain, who was greatly pleased
with it. lhe gentleness of
'Tha crpntlrtriflns nf mw
dog,' said Droz, 'is his least merit,
If your majesty touch one of the
apples whica you see in the shep
herd s basket, you will admire the
animal s fidelity.
lhe king took an apple, and the
dog flew at his hand barking so
loudly that the king s dog, which
was in the same room, barked also.
Thft larnpstt. ftlncV ovpr Irnnvn in
that in the cathedral at Strasburg.
If i3 100 feet long 3Q feet
and 15 feet d and ha3 been
I -
in
l use for 3UU years.
An Illinois feirl couldn't secure a
I 0
certihcate as a school teacher be
cause she couldn't tell the
mittee why the hind wheels
com
of a
wagon wera the largest.
'When I put my foot down, I'll
have you understand,' says Mrs.
j Nojoker, 'that there is something
there. On investigation, if was
found to be a No. 16 shoe.
I 'Did you do nothing to resuscitate
I the body?' was recently asked of a
i miucoa an a vur iter u luuuest.
I 'Yes, sir; we searched the pockets,'
j xras tne reply.
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