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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
DRUG, PAINT, AND GLASS
WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE,

WHOLESALE " iREUOJ Sc,
ItORNER Of Tenth and Market Sts (Oflicc
" in second sIorey) PhiiGdelphia.
We invite attention TO our enlarged stock Of
Drugs, Pants, Oils, Varnishes, &c, selected
expressly for cur sales, and comprising one Of
the finest aSsoetnents IN the L. :, which we
offer at low prices fof cash VT approved credit.
WE MANUFACTURE, very extcn-vcy-
Premium Pure white L's.i. fheStD k"nsin-ton Pure
White Lead, Pearl Snow Whit i"ai, "Niei Nonta me
French Zinr, fb,-t Pure snow White American Liur,
siIvers Plastic Fire and Meathrrproof Paints Chr ne
Green's Yellows, and color generally.
AGENTS FOR
POrter's superior Alkaline Window Glass. Genuine
French Plate Glass, (v,rTantd The New Jrrsey Zine
Company's prolucts rilrn and N"i hcws NarEst'S-
Brooklyn Premium Pure Whit Lad, Hampton feEinS-
n~nt Greens, Pure Ohio Catawba Erauiy, 6r.
IMPORTERS OF
French and En-li-h Plate G!as-. French and En-i.-h
Cylinder Glass, Ct!1F,I aud Engraved window Glas.
Dagurrrotype Glass, Hammered Plate for Fl0urs and
Sky-LI.hts, pruss, Chemicals, F,TfgIl,Ty, Gc-
HOLES ALE DEALEl.S ~
Druggists Articles generally, Painters Tools Of all
descriptions, Hydraulic and Roman Cement, Calcin't
and Land Plaster Paper NaAsr, Clay, Satin White, &c
FRENCH, RICHARDS a Co,
Store y. ". cor. of reuth and Market streets
Factory - unttion lorA Ayruug Crown AMI allow A Sts
Ir.I ,uLIIrf,
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
BLINDS AND SHADES
Front Street Wire ManuCaCtOry.
WATS0N, COX & CO.,

w Sieve, Riddle, Screen and Wire Cloth
Manufacturers, No. lG North Front ST.
Corner Of Coombs Alley, between Market and Mulberry
(Arch) strevts-IIILLADELIUIA.
Manufacture superior quality of Brass and
Iron Wire Sieves OF all kinds, Brass andCopper
WireClolh for Paper makers&c, Cylinders and
Dandy Rolls covered in the best manner.
Heavy twilled Wire for Spark catcherS,
Sleeves for Brass and Iron Founders, Screen
Wire, Window Wire, Safes, Traps, Dish
C0vers, Coal and Sand Screens, Fancy Wire
Work of every description 3m6U
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
New Firm and New Goods!
4 the Mammoth Drug & Chemical
n Emporium of

CHRIST g. CALDWELL.
The undersigned having purchased the entire
Mammoth Drug Store formerly kept by DR.
Thornton d Co., are now ready to fill Orders
and Prescriptions al a moments notice. We
have a large and well selected stock of fresh
and pure DRUGS, MEDICINES, Chemicals
DycstufiS, Oils, Paints, Glass, Putty and
DRUGGISTS GLASSWARE,
Al kinds Of Patent Medicines,
Fruit and Confectionery,
Tobacco, ,Snuf,and Imported Cigars of the
choicest brands,
Fancy Notions and Toilet articles,
Fine Toilet Soaps & Perfumcry of all kinds,
BRUsuEs AND CoMBs OF EVERY VARIETY.
Books and Stationery,
general variety of Literary and School Books
Pine Oil, Lard and Fluid Lamps of every
description; fresh Pine Oil and Patent Burn.
ing Fluid always on hand.
PURE WINES and LIQUORS Of all kinds
for Medicinal uses.
Fire Proof and Zinc Paints.
Preserving and Picking Jars, &c,
q Customers will find our stock complete
comprising many articles il is impossible here
to enumerate, and all sold al moderate prices
Call and see us, one and all, and see our
stock; and if we can't sell you cheap goods,
We will not ask you to buy.
We are always on hand TO wait on customers
Remember the Mammoth Drug Store!
THEO. S. CHRIST,
F. S. CALDWELL.
Lswisburg, Union Co. Pa. 56S
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

TIE New CENT-The St. Johnsbury
CleIoniaa cri,iciscs the new cent in this
way:
"On one side it bears the representa-
,ion of fowl, which is declared to be an
American Eagle; though when our eyes
first fell upon it We took it to be lOngitu-
dinal section of clothesliDe, witha couple
of skirts futtcripg in the wind. When we
discovered this error and learned that it
was intended to represent some winged an.
imal, We could think Of nothing We had
ever seen, except bat"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
II. +. FELIX,
+. \ coIhIAX, Committee.
If Al4IrK
Philadelphia
WOOD MOUL G NJ IL L

ON Willow ST. above Twelfth, North side.
~ Moullings suitable for Carpenters and
Builders, Cabinet and Frame Makers, always
on hand.
Any Pattern worked from Drawing
.FAgentS wanted IN the various Towns IN
his portion of the State,to whom opportunities
will be offered for large profits for themselves.
2mG7s SILAS l.. WEIR
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
Important to Daguerreotypists, Marble
Dealers and others.

ONUMENlhL DaSutrre0lype Ia
1ll ses. a method has long been sought for
to insert in a durable manner, Dagucrreotype
Likenesses 10 Head Stones and Monuments.
have been manufacturing these Cases for the
last two years, and can warrant them TO secure
the picture for I long number Of years.
The outside case is made OF PaTian Marble,
and the box which cncloses the picture and
keeps it in a state Of great preservation for a
long number Of years, is made Of brass-a
scrsw jOr. 1t makes avery neat job on Head
Stone or Monument They are usedin Green
wood Cemetery, Mount Auburn, Laurel Hill,
and many other Cemeteries in the U. States.
A liberal discount made to Marble Dealers
and Dagueueotypists. Price from S225 each
10 1880. A circular of engravings will be
sent to any address, free, with price list. Ad-
dress, A. l.. BALDWIN. Agent
of Mausoleum DaS. Co.. ,o5 broadway, New York.
660m31
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

A "MACDUFr" CoLT.-Portcr's Sprit
records the case of colt born in an aston.
ishing way. Its mother was run over by
the cars and cut in two, the colt coming
out alive. At latest advices the colt was
doing we'll
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

LAUGHING AT LAw-Horsc-racing is
against the law in Boston, so they call a
race " grand agricultural exhibition"
and purses are called premiums" A
good people those Bostonians.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

The latest case of absence Of mind is
recorded Of lady about to whip up"
some eggs for sponge cake, who whipt the
baby and sang Watts cradle hymn to the
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

After the clergyman had united hap
py pair, not long ago, an awful silence en-
sued, which was broken BY an impatient
youth exclaiming, Don't be SO unYeaka-
be happy"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

The girls Of Northampton have been
sending bachelor editor bOquct Of tan
sy and wormwood. He says he do MT
care he'd rather smell that than matri-
mopy
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

Wendell Phillips defines a politician as
Gone who serves God as far as he can
without offending the devil" This is cpl.
grammatic and not far from the mark.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

There is mule near Billinglass, Ire.
land, that is SO years old. The reason Of
lis living so long, is the fac, ,ha, he is too
stubborn TO die"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

A Jolly doctor of Utica remarked the
other day that people who were prompt in
their payments always recovered from sick
ness, as they were good customers, and
physicians could not afford TO lose them.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
.ADORiTIRI FQK TEN0TTT3 u tHTNIsTEl. !
IT Stephens Place, :
nhila1alnlin- EnLrunrN l-tl- 1Na- l

IT stephens Place,
Philadelphia, February l1th ISL
'B.in- well acquainted with the substances composing
Io1rcrs LgHit IEIir Dye satisfied that by follow
in the simple directions given fnr its it will not
iniurc the lair skin, hut will give Hrtri and
''--''- @'- -ial'yLe Chemist.
HOVER'S WRITING INKS. including the
HDrer's Fisid, and Horer,s ideHbh hgks, are
too well known and introduced to require any
additional testimonial of their character. The
sales have been increasing since their first
Introduction, giving evidence that the articles
truly possess that intrinsic merit claimed al
first for them BY the Manufacturer.
Orders, addressed TO the Mandatory, No.
II6 RACE street above Fourth, (oli No.Ii)
Philadelphia. will receive prompt attention by
659yl JOSEPH E. HOVER, Manufacturer.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

Down South, an inprudent newly ap-
pointed Jailor, told the convicts that if
they did no; behave themselves he would
q KICK them out of the establishment"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
DYsentery, Relay, and Worms.

posT OFFl-E, UsETL,SD, LIy. Co, McH Nov IL, 1855
pa AVER: Your Pills are tho perfection Il m.af ne
Thy have done my wife more good than tel you
She had hssu SICK and pining away ir months Went
on 10 be etlrcl ~ great expense, bot ct no better She
then commenced taking yOur Pills, which cured h.
~ exp lliu ltc Quantities Of wosns teaiJ from her
bI.y Thry al rEtri7 cured her and our Two shlTcn
Of bl0oly uaTy. one O our neightOrs had TAI and
nv Wit cured Lim with two d0-s Of your Pulls, white
others around sl from 1--WE u twenty dollars dcorS
bills aul IJ-t much time without being cured eu'irp
even thin. Such medicine yours, which Is actually
rl.I md luuu.t. VII b rrIL.d harr.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

1t has been discovered, that where lot
OF boarders are fed for some time on sau.
'dye exclusively, they begin to aRowL,
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
R0VER'S LIQUID HAIR DYE.

yI'iIlS Hair Dye needs only trial to satisfy
all Of its perfection as d Dye, and the fol-
lowing testimonial from that eminent analytic
chemist, Prof Booth of the U.S.Mint,will only
confirm what thousands have previously borne
testimony to:
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
New Wall Paper Warehouse.
DURT0N & LANING,

u ManuiacIurerS and Importers,
No. l2l Arch ST, I'd door above 9th, PHILA.,
Where may be found the larses, and best
selected stock in the city.
DTCoun,rypurchascrs may here be accom-
modaied, without the inconvenience of looking
further, and may be assured that they will
receive the advantage of their money.
BURTON & LANING, l24 Arch St.
3m676l above Sixth, Philadelphia
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

NLAsS Jars, for Picking and Preserving
" Quarts and Half Gallons, for sale cheap
by CHRIST CALDWELL.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

a rich man in New York, has been
maic:ed in the sum of $40, 900, on trial
s. seduction
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
The I" COmiCk ~

The C0m1Ck"
The editor Of The jiLnnG (lll.) Conat-
,a'ioa, who examined the coming comet
carefully with the instrument Of the Ur-
hanna Brass Band, comes to the following
conclusions:
lst. The comet will not strike the earth;
"a. If it docs striks, it will never DO it
second time.
la case, however, any gentleman holds
opinions different from tie above, aud is
willing to back his views to limited ex-
tent, in order to arrive at the truth in this
momentous matter, the editor makes the
following
PROPOSITIONS.
lst We will wager $50, 200, more or
less, that if the comet offers 70 strike, We
will dodge before it docs it in other
words, it can't be brought to the scratch.
II. A like sum that if it does strike, it
will be knocked higher than kite.
Sd. Twenty five times the above amount,
that in case the comet strikes, it won't
bud &c the earth six inches by actual meas
urement.
18th. \ Ike amount, that after the COM
ct strikes, its tail drops.
9th. An optional sum, tha. the earth
can knock the comet further than the COM
ct can knock the earth, nine times out Of
lcven.
9th. That after the comet gets through
- striking the earth, it will never want to
strike anybody else.
These propositions are intended to cover
the case of any gentleman on this globe,
or on the comet, or elsewhere.
All wagcrs to be decided by the Judges
Of the Supreme Court.
Money to be deposited in the Banks Of
Newfoundland
Time of striking and other arrangements
TO be fixed by the parties.
Applicants for bets have right to Sc
lcct any comet they choose.
"BoY ALL OVER "A distinguished
Georgiaa lawyer says that in his younger
days he taught boys school, and rcqui-
ring the pupils to write compositions, he
sometimes received some of very pecu.i-
ar sort The following are some spcci-
mems:
" On Mduary-It is bad for q man to
be idol. Industry is the best thing man
can have, and wife is the next. Preph-
cts and Kings desired it long, and died
without the sight.-Finis."
"Oa tie Se1sons-There is four sea.
sons-Spring, Summer, Autumn, and
Winter. They are all pleasant, Some
people may like Spring best, but as for
me, give me liberty or death. The Eud."
VIRGINIA HospITAMTY The South,
the new journal published at Richmond,
in view of the Hon. ELI THAYER's Vir-
riuia colonization enterprise, extends to
him the following hospitable greeting:
"EII and his Mammonites will find am
Ile field for their operations in Virginia.
We promise them cordial reception ;
~.W ,s.o- .L.... 49,. ~. ei..- LOsp..-ii.y =.
DO, a mere name take as many shares Of
the stock as they desire, and finally per-
NIT them the enviable privilege Of choos-
ing between a rope and grape viue, as
the least ignominious instrument OF sum
mary justice"
THE New CENT.-The st. Johnsbury
CIIeIoRida criticiscs the new cent in this
way:
MNn one side il bears the representa-.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
Educational.

THE Summer Session will open April
l. ed, and continue IA weeks.
COLLEGE-Tultion, per session, $40
charges, exclusive of rooms, 81 20.
Iheoiosicai DePdrimcnt-free.
ACiDEMY-H. ID. WALKER, AM, Princi-
pal; NJ. w. CRAMER, Assistant. Tuition per
seSsion-Classical, 81, charges As cts; Eng
lish, S5, charges IS cts.
FEMALE INS1I7UTE-Mis A. TAYLOR,
Principal. Tuition per scsSion-Rcgutar
course $40, Preparatory 81, Music Sl0,:.Draw-
ing S5, French SO 33, charges 20 cts.
a. X. BELL, General Agent
April l, 1857 and Treasurer
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
Farmers e. HJs;haHi:s' Insurance Comp.
NV. COR SECOND AND WALNUT SIS, PHILADELPHIA.
I,nuifaI 81 l5O OOO

Farmers e. 1Jschapi;s' Insurance Comp.
NV. COR. SECOND AND WALNUT SIS, PHILADELPHIA.
Capital Sl.2jO,OOO.
Assets Si0s,l5l l3, invested in Bonds, Mort
cages and other good securities.
A RE YOU INSURED AGAINST LOSS
N BY RE!-Therc are bu, few who
this most necessary and substantial precaution.
We often see i, announced that persons have
lost their stocks ofsGoods and Furniture, and
results of years of industry swept from them
by the devouring element over which they
have no control but by being insured.
Insurance protects you from the ncendiary,
negligence Of servants and the casualties of
your neighbors 1t will impart confidence to cred
iors and give character prudence and precantinn to
all your business transactions.
II requires but a very small sum to insure in sums
ranging from 900 TO sl0O0 and yet how many there
who have insurance upon Goads, FURNITURE or any
thing -e If stock IL small, sill: the Loss to you
might he serious
This Company insurrs ByYLDTNCS NEECHiND-
LZE, GOODS. FURNITURE, MitHiNER and STOCK
FROM 500 TO $4,000,
at Lowest Rates and upon the most Liberal Terms,
and PRoNrT PAYMLNT on the adjustment Of Loss.
DIRECTORS.
Hon Tho L Florence James E.Ncall Eiw r IIelmbold
Geo II Armstrong Cha's Dncce f.Carrol Brewster
Chs.A. Euhiucam III Manderteld Isaac Leech Jr.
Geo. lIelmloli -
General Surerintendent-JOHN TTIOMASON
TlIOS b. FLORENCE, President.
EDW'D Il. UELMEOLD, Secretary.
J. MERRILL LINN, Agent,
657l LEWISBURG, Union Co. Pa
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

DAYES' WHITE GREASE. for Wagons,
ID Blu, ierCsgagts, Omnibuses, Stages. etc
asnper'or article, for sale by CHRIST CALDWELL.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

CAPORIFIER, or Concentrated Lye-war-
~ ranted TO make Soap without Lime, and
with little trouble With cake Of Iye four pounds
soap Fat. You make fifteen gallons good soft Soap
Hard soap can be made in the way For sale by
CHRIST A CALDWELL
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

lNteNl tnc burning OF lir iIOU SdlCS, dt
RE,riNG. March {.
The undersigned members Of the committee do res
pctfuily report. that the two Safs originally
agreed upon 10y Farrrls ( Herring and Evans Watson.
placed side by side viz: The Saf in by
the raymaSttr of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
COMPANY, in his office at Reading, manufactured by Far
rrls Herring. and the SAFE in hy II. A Lantz, in
his manufactured by Evans Watson, and put in
books and papers precisely alike.
The fire started at - o'clock, A. VI, and kept up
until four cords Of green hickory two cords dry oak ani
half chestnut top wood entirely consumed. the
members the Committee. The Safs then cooled
oft with water. after which they opened and the
hooks and papers taken out by the Committee and taken
H. A. autZs store for public examination. after they
first examine and marked by the Committee. The
books anl papers taken from the Safe manufactured by
Watson but slightly affected by the intense
heat while those taken from the safe manufactured by
EarTrls Herring were, in ul ment, dana gr fully
fifteen per cent more than those taken from Evans
WatsouS safe.
We believe the above have been fair and impartial
trial of the respective qualities Of both Safes
JACOB H. DY>iIER.
DANIEL $ HUNTER.
1Iavin. been absent during the burning, fully
iucle with the above the condition the
papers and books taken OF the respective SAFES.
q. A. NICOLL>.
II. II. MULLEN BERG.
JAMES MILIIOLLAND.
Evans & Watson have now on hand
100000 pounds Of the above SAFES,
which they offer for sale on better terms than
any other manufacturer in the United States
April ,, lS51-G71yl
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
HiCkOk's Patent Portable
KEYSTONE CIDER & WINE MILL

patented Nov. 70, 800.
40 This is not the Mill sold in lS52 1t cxccls all mills
in the market in the ease and speed with which II
Erinds and in the great power of the press.
Manufactured at The Eagle WORKS, Harrisburg.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

For COstivcness or Constipation, and as
n Dinner Pill. they agreeable and etectual
Fits, Suppression, Paralysis, lnf1amma.
ton, and even Deafness, ans Partial Bltnd-
ness Laye been cured y the ateIaSe action Of these
Fills.
Most Of the pills in market contain Mercury, which, al
though vlu!. remedy in =kilfu hands, Is dangerous
IN public Ii rum the dreadful consequences that fre
quenty follow it. ncauti0Gs These contain no mer
cury or mineral substance whatever
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
RECOMMENDATIONS.

JAMESTOWN,
W. O. IIIcKoK SIR--I have of your Improved Cider
Mills used the Mill last October, and trial ground
fy bushels apples per hour keep the ground apples
twelve hours press out two barrels Of cider per
hou- with two men. ! can recommend your improved
Cider Mill to all fruit growers for speed aud saving Of
labor | can make thirtyive gallons Of cider from nine
and one half bushels common apples. The cider be
pressed from the pomace without using water Cider
will keep year when water not used at the
JOHN M'COMBE.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
ErysipeIas. ScrofuIa, Kings Evil, letter,
Tumnrs. md Salt Rhenm.

FT0m FTINIIlTJ NIFcNlHI = =, L9ets' TUE > 4o0I
Dr. AVER: Your Pills are 'he paragon Of all tia; q
great in nie.iciue They have cured my little daughter
Of ulcer1- upon her hands AMI feet that had proved
incurale YEAR. Her mother has been long griev0u>
" afflicted with LlOtchcs and pmpes her skin and in
her hair. After child cured she al-o triei your
PiI4 and they have cured her. ASA MORGRIDGE.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

DE'R Sin using your Cathsrtlc Pills in my prac-
ticc and ul a.. excellent purltiye 70 cleauss the
systcm and purify TIE fountains oi II" blood
IlIIN q MEACuAM
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19
HENBOLU.S EYTRICT BUC1IU

Is prepared directly according to the Rules Of IfaR
NitT IND CHEMISTRY, with the greatest accuracy
and Chemical knowledge and devoted in its comb
nation. See Professor Devices Valuable Works the
Practice of Phys, aud most Of the late Standard Works
of Medicine.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

w fart. 4SE Sl-ts y ~'e -zt-A+as
PULAsEf HOCsE, SAVANNAH, GA, Jan 6. 1855
H0SoRID SIR. should he unzratgiu iJ the relief your
skill has brought If di not report my case % you
cold settled ms links and brought circulating
Ieuralcic Iai.-, which ended in chronic rheumatism
Notwstan NJ had the tct Of ply ysiC!ans, the disease
grew worse, until, ty the advice Of your excel
ut agent Baltimore, Dr. Mackenzie tTl your Pls
Their effects Glow hut by IeTscytriDs IL DE
Use Of them l entirely web.
SENATE CHAMBER, BATON ECUGT, La, Dec 1855.
DR. ATEK: l have D. entirely cured ty your Pills q
Rheumatic GuUt- painful disease that had afflicted ne
fIT ytaTs. NlNtkNI sLlDELL+
draI
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-04-27
"In Favor of the Hog I"

In the good old county of C., State of Alabama,
there lived one John Smith, who, unlike the remain
der of his small family, peculiarly afflicted with
want of discrimination between his own things and
those of other persons, who rather was ignorant
of the laws relating to meum et tu,tnln Now once
on a time, the said John Smith, while laboring under
a severe attack of the above mentioned disease and
being further impelled by the vociferations of an
empty stomach, went under the cover of night and
elonously took and carried away, from his neghb0rs
pen, shoat valued at one dollar and fifty cents with
The intention of appropriating the same to his own
use. But, unfortunately, Johnny detected and
in due course OF time carried before Judge p
for trial. The witnesses introduced and the fact
OF the theft was proven without shadow Of doubt.
The jury retired, to make up their verdict to an adj
Jacent grove OF trees and not out long before
they returned with verdict of guilty Of hog steal
in in fust degree
The Judge told them that their verdict was proper,
except that they had omitted to assess the value of
the property soien and that there was no decree to
hog stealing and to retire again and bring in their
verdict in proper form" Again they retired with
pen, ink and paper but rather nonpusscd with regard
to " FORM They pondered long and deeply over
what he meant by FORM" At last, old W. jim
Turner who had been Justice Of the Peace in Georgia.
with bright countenance and sly wink, as much as
to say Look at me, bOys-I understand thing or
two, wrote the verdict and returned to the Court
House. One after another they filed in, old Jim in
the lead, and took their seats. Old jim banded the
verdict to the clerk with anxious pOmposity, and sat
down Judge of the laughter when the clerk read the
following:
We, the jeury, pustanimously find the defendent
Si'ty in the sum Of dollar IL in avor Of the hog