Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-10-31

the emphasis of that grasp on the silver
mounted, hickory walking stick Drawing
himself up to his fullest height, he said
impressively and in the most magnificent |
manner
I said I would sell gyou salt bit less
than any body else, and by the eternal and |
everlasting Jingo! my words my bond
just bring round your wagon quick, and |
am the biggest liar out of Georgy, eff I
don't fill it for one dollar and a 6itp
General! slowly responded the Colo
mel, looking volumes of admiration at one
who was making SO. striking a manifesto
ton Of stern adherence to principle and
kplighted word I Tntell you, you are one of
EN-, as sure as you are boru, yousarei---
and eff you did say you didn't want poor
folks to vote for you and eff they did beate
you for the Legislator on that account,
they orfn'ter''-that's what say =
But about the salt, I've sonly got one or
two more places to 60 to7iaquire, and then,
saying 1 can't do better, I'll be round with
the wagon in less time than - Here
me must suppress the language of the
speaker, twas sufficiently classical, to the
point, and expressive of the briefest inGni-
tesimal of time
Il was not long before the doughtyiColo-
Eel again made his appearance at the coun-
ter, when he was accosted in the words
well, my friend, don't see the wagon
, but how many sacks do you want? I'll
jest call my boy Ed-nb-r-o, and have 'em
ready-and whilst you are resting, step in
the back room and take something to -
/ Stop right THAR, Gineral, eff you please;?
exclaimed the now solemn-visaged and mys-
terious-looking- Colonel, likes to accom-
modate, and never had 70 objection TO that
ar beverage, leastways in moderation but
| must tell you one thing fust-I seen
man who told me that he would fill my
f wagon with salt for-ooe. dollar and bHr
The hi and scizzors he did! Is that
! your wagon coming round the corner thar :?
Call that'wagoner, Ed-nb-r .. Be spry you
+ black rascal. Do you hear me? Now, my
friend, you shall have your salt for one dol
lar sack, or am the biggest liar in A
a m-e-r i-c.a! Ed-nb TO, are you going to
sleep? Roll FIVE of them sacks in that
t wagon in a jifey, or see that I shall be the
n death ola nigger here in one minute and
n three quarters 2
The wagon rolled up to the door-fve
e sacks Of salt were dulysstored therein-a SIS
: bill changed hands-the snuf-box, which
a had suffered severely in the late excitement,
was once more in requisition-and the
d friends we're about separating, when the fol-
=. lowing dialogue took place:
as Colonel, my friend, / want to know-and
"a you must tell me, TIL never, breathe hi,
"a name, 'pon honor-aoho, WHO was the ever
s. Tasting and eternal d-n fool that offered yor
4 salt at dollar and a bit p
4. 'Well Gineral, eff you really want L
il know, and will promise me you won't say
II nothin' about it to mortal.man nor woman
Of seeing it's you-I tell you con6dentially
" 1t was you, Gineral, you and nobody else
= As havn't said nothing to nobody, respec
Mt tin salt, but yo~ senee | come to town,
- reckon it must have been nobody but goa
k who did all the bidding! Good bye.'
~ They separated. The one with i'll sup
> pressed laughter started in pursuit of hi
= wagon, now fast disappearing from the sight
gu as It dragged its slow length along the lone
ly road to its home amid the deep shades O
Bibb county
tv The other stood, looking like Lots wife
til after she underwent that curious metamor
l,o phosis into pillar of salt, mute and motion
= : : less. There reigned dead stiffness and
AZ silence most profund. Pythagoras enjoine,
nj absolute silence ON his scholars in their no
ap vitiate. Pythagoras-strict and pedantic a
de he was-would have admitted to full natric
ou ulatlon, instanter, and without the previou
c- fortune of a novitiate, any scholar, who bor
in his face the horrifyingly dumb index, nov
furrowed in the cOuntenance of our friend.-
C. Env 4
'eG half returning conscousness-the vacan
a stare was gradually giving away before al
Illuminating expression of intelligence. TIL
be pillar of salt is becoming animated it seem
bit moving from the spot to which it had bee
% rooted. Richard was not yet himself" as
= torsaking the store proper he moves toward
y :, the back room. And on his way, as Maturi
*; records of BertraDa, (the man in the play ais
let taking on dreadfully)
eSS His lips did move with inward mutterings
And his fx'd eye was riveted fearfully
Ia. On something that other sight could see'
on The mutterings soon became outwar,
though faint and incoherent. A curior
p medley at first they were in the nature
% maledictions-from which Byron mightha,
I, drawn useful hints in constructing the cur
~ Of MINERyA-against mankind in genera
as the world all that in it is-theu narrowin
zen the circle, they seemed only to embrace tn,
part of mans domain, situate and lying, G
nv the 'Geechies : and certain erratic and sa
ION rilegious Georgians, who treated most III
hi kindly, my villainously, near and de-
.aunt of his The murmurs now becon
no more subdued, and were assuming a pio
direction, as was evidenced by the coupl
can from Watts Hymns, which fell with unct
GUS sanctity from his lips
Sed " O. to Grace. how great a dahtor
We Daily, I'm constrained to be !"
the But alas this devout spasm was evant
uH- cent as it was rare. The revulsion came
en-, Violently 81 limming the last door betwe
, a him and the scene Of his overthrow and di
grace-the saint melted down into the m,
1a. he exclaimed in the bitterness of his hear
io' with the very concentration of mortifcati
Z and despair, Layed!-SKrNNED SAL
cen EDl-by the Eternall' OMEGA.
me
md Coon Apy1cE.-Here Is something 90
from the Iowa Bugle, it says: Dear read'
the when you go shopping be sure you purcha
ey- OF those who advertise. You cannot on
,uff buy much cheaper, but you will get goo
= fresh, fashionable goods. Those who adv
A tise will sell at least three times as mu
see, as those who can't afford it, and as matt
ten- of course he who advertises, can afford
8 at sell for the profit of the other, and never
If a goods out of fashion, or half worn out haI
ton ling them. By making your purchases
+bo those whose wares are advertised you "
! - get the worth of your money and char