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Sandy Soils Rendered Fertile by Applying
Muck.

The value of applying swamp muck in
rendering light sandy soils fertile, is thus
explained by Professor S. L. Dana, in his
useful work upon the chemistry of soil and
manure:
The power of fertility which exists in the
silicates of soil is unlimited. An improved
agriculture must depend upon the skill with
which this power is brought into action. 1t
can be done only by the conjunction of salts,
GENE, muck, end plants. Barren sands are
worthless; peat bog is little better; but a
practical illustration of the principles which
have been maintained is afforded by very
sandy knoll made fertile by spreading swamp
muck upon it. This is giving GENE to sill
Gates. The very act of exposure of this
swamp muck has caused an evolution of car
bonic acid gas; that decomposes the silicates
of potash in the sand; the potash converts
the insoluble into soluble manure, and 10 a
crop. The growing crop adds its power to
the GENE. If all the long series of expert
ments under Won Voght, in Germany, are
to be believed, confirmed as they are by re,
peated trials by our agriculturists, it is not
to be doubted that every inch of every sandy
knoll, on every farm, may be changed into
q soil in thirteen years, of half that number
of inches of good mould.
That the cause of fertility is derived from
the decomposing power of the GENE and
plants is evident from the fact that mere at
mospheric exposure of rocks enriches all soil
lying near and around them 1t has been
thought among the inexplicable mysteries,
that the soil under an old stone wall is richer
than that a little distance from it. hide
pendent of its roller action, which has COM
pressed the soil and prevented the aerial es-
cape of its GENE, consider that the potash
washed out of the wall has done this, and
the mystery disappears. The agents to
hasten this natural production of alkali, are
salts and GENE. The abundance of these
has already been pointed out in peat manure.
Next to this, dry crops ploughed in, no
matter how scanty, their volume constantly
will increase, and can supply the place of
swamp muck. Of all sells to be cultivated,
or to be restored, none are preferable to the
sandy light soils. By their. porousness, free
access is given to the powerful effects of the
air. They are naturally in that state to
which drenching, draining, and subSoil
ploughing are reducing the sitter lands of
England. Manure may as well be thrown
into water, as on land underlaid by water
Drain this, and no matter if the upper soil
be almost quicksand, manure will convert it
into fertile, arabic land. The thin covering
of mould, scarcely an inch in thickness, the
produce of a century, may be initiated by
studying the laws of its formation. This is
the work of Natures prentice hand" man
has long been her journeyman, and now
guided by science, the farmer becomes the
master workman, and may produce in one
year quite as much as the apprentice made
in seven.
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A Dying Wife to Her Husband.

Our column of Household Words, "
though chiefly for children, is intended for
other members also. The following beauti-
full and touching extracts are taken from a
letter written by dying wife to her hus
band, which was found by him, some months
after her death, between the leaves of a re-
igious volume, which she was very fond Of
perusing The letter, which was literally
dim with tear-marks, was written long before
the husband was aware that the grasp of a
fatal disease had fastened upon the lovely
form of his devoted wife, who died, it is
stated, at the early age of nineteen. 1t
shows how fathomless is the depth of true
woman's affections:
"When this shall reach your eye, dear g.,
some day when you are turning over the
relics of the past, 1 shall have passed away
forever, and the cold, white stone be keep
ing its lonely watch over the lips you have
so often pressed, and the sod will be growing
that shall hide forever from your sight the
dust of one who has so often nestled close to
your warm heart. For many long and sleep
less nights, when all my thoughts were at
rest, l have wrestled with the consciousness
of approaching death, until at last it has
forced itself upon my mind; and although
to you and to others it might seem but the
nervous imagination of a girl, yet, dear g.,
is it not so? Many weary, weary hours
have l passed in the endeayOr to reconcile
myself to leaving you, whom l love so well,
and this bright world of sunshine and beau
ty; and hard indeed is it to struggle on 81
lently alone, with the sure conviction that l
am about to leave all forever and 90 down
alone in the dark valley But | know in
whom l have trusted, and leaning upon His
arm, I fear no evil Don't blame me for
keeping all this even from you. How could
I subject you, of all others, to such sorrow as
I feel at parting, when time will soon make
it apparent to you! | could have wished
to live, if only to be at your side when your
time shall come, and, pilloWing your head
upon my breast, wipe the death damps from
your brow, and usher your departing spirit
into the Makers presence, embalmed in
wOman'3 hottest prayer. But it is not to be
so-aud submit.
.'YOursis the privilege of watching through
long and dreary nights for the spirits final
flight, and transferring my sinking head from
your breast to the SaviOur's bosom! And
YOU shall share my last thought; the last
faint pressure of the hands, and the last
feeble kiss shall be yours; and even when
flesh and heart shall have failed me, my eye
shall rest on yours until glazed by death
and our spirits shall hold one last cOmmu-
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Svnnd of Kentucky.

Central OhiO-Robert Bell.
Synod of Memphis
Chickasaw--J. H. Galard, Coonewa, Miss.
Memphis-Geo. A. RUSSELL Somerville Tenn
North MissiSsippi-Edwin Cater, Oxford, Miss.
Western District.-J. o. Sullivan, Humboldt, Tenn.
Synod of Mississippi.
Central Mssissippi-J. Hunter, Jackson, Miss.
Louisidna-A. r. Graves Baton Rouge, La.
Mssissippi-R Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
Neto Orledns-H. NJ. Smith, New Orleans, La.
Red River.
TomJeckbee-A. H. Barley, Charlottesville, Miss.
Synod of Nashville
Holston-S. B. Campbell, Leesburg, Tenn.
KnoruiUe-J. K. Hitner, Cleveland, Tenn.
NashUiHe-J. W. Neil, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
North AL0bama-W. q. Vernon, Conersville, Tenn.
Synod of North Carolina.
Concord-J. d. Parks, Charlotte n. c.
Fdyetteciue-D. Farley, Manchester, n c.
NeckLenburg-W. A. Mcdonald, Charlotte, n. Z.
Orange-J. Fl. Smith, Greensboro N. G.
Wilmington-H. A. Monroe, Brown Marsh, N. c.
Synod of South Carolina.
S. Carolina-John McLees Greenwood, s. G.
Charleston-W. 81. Adams, Charleston, s. G.
BetheL-James 81. Sage, Lewisville, S. G.
Harmony--D. Mcqueen, Sumter, S. c.
Synod of Texas.
BrazOs-R. F. Bunting, D. D., Galveston, Texas.
Central Tetas-S. A. King Waco, Texas.
Eastern Teras-C. NJ. Shepperson.
Western Teras-J. F. Martin, San Antonio, Texas.
Synod of Virginia.
Abingdon-J. N. Naf, Dublin Depot, Va.
Chesapeake.
q. Hanocer-W. A. Campbell, Powhatan G. H., Va.
Greenbrier.-,J. H. Leps Frankfort, West Va.
Lerington-W. Z. Baker, Stanton, Va.
Montgom@y-W. w. Houston, Salem, Va.
Roanoke-J. B. Shearer, Black Walnut. Va.
Vest Haaoyer-E. Woods, Charlottesville, Va.
Wincbester-M w Woodwork, Burlington, w. Va
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Central 4rrsbptuIar,
Richmond. Va. Wednesday, Feb %, 1870.
TRUST TO-DAY.

Bear the burden of the present,
Let the morrow bear its own;
If the morning sky be pleasant,
Why the coming might bemOau?
If the darkened heavens lower,
Wrap thy cloak around thy form
Though the tempest rise in power,
God is mightier than the storm.
Steadiast faith, and hope mistaken
Animate the trusting breast;
Step by step the journeys taken,
Nearer to the land of rest.
All unseen, the Master wslketh
BY the toihng servants side;
Comfortable words he talketh,
While his hands uphold and guide.
Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow,
Rends thy breast to Him unknown,
He to day, and he tomorrow,
Grace sufficient gives his own.
Holy strivings nerve and strengthen,
Long endurance wins the crown;
When the evening shadows lengthen,
Thou shalt lay thy burdens down.
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Annual Collections.

Our General Assembly has appointed the fol-
lowing as the times for the annual collections TOR
its benevolent schemes:
For Sustentation: On the first Sabbath in Jan
For Publication: On the first Sabbath in March.
For Foreign Missions: On the first Sabbath in
For Education: On the first Sabbath in No
vember.
For the Relief Of Disabled Ministers, and the
Widows low p n1d sa Ip9aGs ct Deceased
In cases where it is highly inconvenent to take
up collections on these days, the Assembly enjoins
that they shall be taken up as soon as possible
thereafter
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and let him get up; go towards him and if
he makes Jump throw him. After being
thrown few times he will learn how to be
have himself, and suffer the rider to mount
without difficulty.
GA horse with his head curbed up cannot
back; no horse can unless he can get his
head down. The treatment with the rope is
equally good in breaking horses to harness,
only the off foot is not strapped up, and the
rope is passed through the large ring in the
hame. "-Rwal american.
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The man was hanged who told all the

1.-The man was hanged who told all the
truth"
He who peeps through hole may see
what will vex him.
These and such as these may be found
everywhere, but the following can have been
bred only in Italy. "But three things are
we'll done in haste flying from the plague,
escaping quarrels, and catching fea8. "
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IN usba dtp.
From the Christian Intelligencer.


Our Gardens
Who has garden to plant? know,
Each little girl and boy; and so
Each little boy and girl must get
Good seeds to SOW, good gratis to set;
And when they have set and sowed, take care
To trim them and weed them till they shall bear
Such good and beautiful fruit, that they
VAL be glad for all they hare done some day.
Each little garden is each little heart,
Where the good seeds with the bad will start
And we all must strive to destroy the bad
And protect the good. And the lass and lad
Who work the hardest to plant and sow
IL their little hearts good seeds, may know
That their future lives will prove what care
They took, and what seeds they planted there
"AUNTIE."
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An Incident Of Mr.. peabody's Last Days

I may not longer detain you, my friends,
from the sad ceremonies which remain to be
performed by US; yet l cannot quite release
you until l have alluded, in the simplest and
briefest manner, to an incident of the last
days, and almost the last hours, of this no
BILE life, which has come to me from a source
which cannot be questioned While he was
lying, seemingly unconscious, on his death
bed in London, at the house of his kind
friend, Sir Curtis Lampson, and when all
direct communication with him had been for
a time suspended, it was mentioned aloud in
his presence, in a manner, and with pur-
pose, to test his consciousness, that highly
valued acquaintance had called to see him !;
but he took no notice of the remark, Not
long afterwards it was stated, in tone loud
enough for him to hear, that the Queen her
self had sent special telegram of inquiry
and sympathy; but even that failed to arouse
him. Once more, at no long interval, it was
remarked that a faithful minister of the
Gospel, with whom he had once made voy-
age to America, was at the door, and his
attention was instantly attracted The
"good man, as he called him with his latest
breath, was received by him, and prayed
with him more than once at is great
mystery" he feebly observed, "but I shall
know all 8oon;" while his repeated amens
gave audible and abundant evidence that
those prayers were not lost upon his ear or
upon his heart. The friendships of earth
could no longer soothe him. The highest
honors of the world-the kind attentions of
a sovereign whom he knew how to respect,
admire, and love-could no longer satisfy
him. The ambassador of Christ was the
only visitor for that hour.-Address Of Hon.
R. c. Winthrop.
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Committees of Education and Publication.

The General Assembly resolved that the Chairman
of the Presbyteria Committees on Education and
Publication should be regarded as a corresponding
member of the Assemblys Committees on these
subjects. We give below the names ofsuch members
as have been appointed by the Presbyteries.
EDUCATION.
Synod of Alabama
East AlabamG-G. L. Petrie, Auburn, Ala.
South ALd6ana-J. r. Burgett, d. D., Mobile, Ala
TuScaloosd-D. D. Sanderson Eutaw, Ala.
Synod Of Arkansas.
ArkGnsaS-I. J. Long, Batesyie, Ark
Indian-C G. Copeland, Wheelock, G. Nation.
Oudchita-GeO. E. Eagleton, Mt. Holly, Ark.
Synod of Georgia.
AHdnta-M. D. Wood, Decatur, Ga.
Augusta-C. W. Lane Greensboro, Ga.
Cherokee-S. E. Arson, Rome, Ga.
FloridG-J. E. DuBose, Tallahassee, Flor.
Macon-A. A. Gamble, Cuthbert, Ga.
Savannah-A. W. Clisby, Townsville, Ga.
Synod of Kentucky
Central Ohio-R. Morrison, Coverings, Ohio.
Synod of Memphis.
Chickasaw-F. Patton, Oxford, Miss.
MemphiS-D. II. Cummins, Covington, Tenn.
N. Mississippi-Edwin Cater, Oxford, Miss.
Western Dist,ict-E. S. Campbell, Humboldt, Tenn.
Synod of Mississippi.
c. Mississippi-J. McCampbell, Lexington, Miss.
Loaisiana-W. F. Gillespie Liberty, Miss.
Mississippi-R Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
New OrleanS-R. Q. Mallard, New Orleans.
Red Riuer.
Tom6eckbee-A. H. Barclay, Charlottesville, Miss.
Synod of Nashville.
Holston-J D. Tadlock, Bristol, Tenn.
KnoruiUe--T. H. McCallie, Chattanooga, Tenn.
NashviUe-D. 0. Davies, Clarksville Tenn.
JoIo Col
Synod of North Carolina.
Concord-G. W. McPhail, Davidson College, N. c.
2 ystteuile-H. Mclean, Shoe Heel, n c.
-nbrg-R. Burwell, Charlotte, n G.
-E. Hines, Sassafras Fork, N. G.
iGn-B. f. Marable, Clinton, Nc.
Synod of South Carolina.
William Banks, Lakewood, S. c..
G..4rteston-W. E. Boggs, Columbia, S. G.
Hormony-Donald Mcqueen, Sumter, s. c.
South CGroliRG-J. o. Lindsay, Due West, sc.
Synod Of Texas
BrazOs-R. F. Bunting, D. D., Galveston, Texas
Eastern Tcras-C. NJ. shepperson.
Western zeraS-J. F. Martin San Antonio, Texas.
Synod of Virginia,
Abingdon.-T. Brown, Abingdon, Va.
CheSdpedke-R. B. White, Gainesville, Va
East HanOuer-E. H. Rutherford Petersburg Va.
Greenbrier-M. D. Dunlap, Academy, Va.
Leringt0n-C. S. NJ. See, FishersvilIe, Va.
Montgomery-P. 7. Penick, Thaxton's, Va.
RoaRoke-J. H. Davis, Charlotte C. H., Va.
West HanoUer-B NJ. Smith, D. D., Hampden Sid.
ney, Va.
Wirchester-D. H. Riddle, Martinsburg, W. Va.
PUBLICATION.
Synod of Alabama.
South Alabama-G. W. Boggs, Selma, Ala.
East Alabama-G. L. Petrie, Auburn Ala.
Tu8calOOsa-C. NJ. Hutton, Pleasant Ridge, Ala.
Synod Of Arkansas.
ArEansaS-S. W. Davies, Augusta, Ark.
Ouachita-E. McNair, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Indian-C c. Copeland Wheelock, c. N, Ark
Synod of Georgia
Atlanta-J. Stacy, Newman, Ga.
Augusta. D. Burkhead, Athens, Ga.
Chsrokee-S. Z. Arson, Rome, Ga.
Florida-W. j. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Macon-J. L. King, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Sarannah-D. 81. Porter, Savannah, Ga.
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We have no right to force the conscience
of him to whom we deny liberty.
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THEOLOGICAL SEM ARIES.
rheologioal seminary at Columbia, S. c.

Theological Seminary at Columbia S. c.
Rev. JOS R. Wilson, D. D., Chairman of Board
of Directors, Augusta, Ga. Henry Muller, Esq,
Treasurer, Columbia, s. c.
FACULTY.
George Howe, D. D., Professor of Biblical Lit
erature.
A. W. Leland, D. D., Professor Emeritus of Sa
cred Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology.
j. B. Adger, D. D., Professor of Ecclesiastical
History and Church Poty.
James Woodrow, Pa. D., NJ. D., Perkins Profess
of Natural Science in connection with Revelation
| VIM. s. Plumer, D. D., L. D., Professor of Di
dactc and Polemc Theology.
Union Theological Seminary.
post Office, Hampden Sidney, Va.)
Rev. s. A. Stanfed, Chairman of Board of Di-
rectors, Milton, n. c. f. N. Watkins, Treasurer,
Farmyille, Va.
FACULTY.
Henry c. Alexander D. D., Professor of the In
depreciation of the New Testament and Biblical
r. L. Dabney, d. D.. Professor of Systematic
and Polemic Theology aad Sacred Rhetoric.
B. NJ. Smith, D. D., Professor of Oriental Litera-
ture.
Thomas E. Peck, D. D., Professor of Eccesasti-
cal History and Polity.
PERIODICALS.
The MISSIONARY. Published monthly by the Ex.
Committee of Foreign Missions, Columbia, S. q.
l6 pages. so cents year.
The CHnDRFY's FRIEND Published semi month.
y by the Executive Committee of Publication, Rich.
mond Va. Single copies so cents year; copies
to address, 81; monthly edition, 25 cents
year; copies to one address, 81.
The following are not under immediate ecclesi.
astcal control, but are published with the view Of
promoting the interests of the Church:
The SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN REVIEW. Conduct.
ed by an Association of Ministers at Columbia, S. G.
Published quarterly. SO year.
The SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN AND PRESBYTERIAN
INDEX. Published every Thursday by James Wood
row, Columbia, S. G.. $3.50 year.
The CENTRAL PREsBYTERIAY. Published every
Wednesday by the Rev. DR.. VIM. Brown, Richmond,
Va. SO year.
The CHRISTIAN OBSERVER. Published every Wed.
nesday by the Rev. MesSrs. A. and F. B. Converse,
Louisville KY. SO year.
The NoRTH CAROLINA PRESBYTERIAN Published
every Wednesday by the Rev. J. NJ. Sherwood, Fay
etteville N. C. SO year.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-06-02
THAT'S The TALK.

The following is an extract from a speech
recently delivered in Indianapolis by Hon.
Daniel L. voorhees, on the question of negro
suffrage. These outspoken sentiments, com
ing from So able and fearless champion OF
Democracy, will be read with interest by all
those who cling to a White Mau's Party:
| believe, as | have ever believed, that the
admixture of the races is ever frausht with
evils and errors to both, and with blessings
to none. All history tells this sad calami-
touS story. AMI sustained Gov Norton when
he occupied the same position that do now
There is not a spot beueath the sun where
the experiment has been tried that has not
been blighted, with ashes and blood, and
always with a deterioration of both races
and acceleration of all the vices ofmongrels.
and backward flow of the tide Of civiiza-
tion. Nor will we in the future years es
cape this revolving doom if we persist IN the
attempt to absorb in the body polite three
millions of degraded aud inferior race.
The wretched results may come slowly
here in Indiana, but they will as surely
come as the footprints Of time continue to
advance into the unknown years. There
are some. perhaps, who desire the votes of
this people. l do not. | would treat them
in all kindness, as l ever have, but the
white man of my own great race-great in
all the worlds history, great in peace and
great in war, great in science, letters, free
governments and Christian progress can bet
ter control the destinies of this proud com
monwealth without their aid, and into their
hands cast my fate, and lciu q lrhite mans
pdCty / ,0W stand or faiE Already the va
grant negroes, the black lazaroui of Ken
lucky and other Southern regions, are IL
transportation to Indiana.
Already it is loudly announced that their
voters are to encompass my defeat if | am
again candidate. 1t will be for the labor
ers Of the State-the white man who tills the
soil, the mechanics in the shops-to deter
mine whether they desire this population in
their midst. 1t will be for the oppressed
workman of every avocation and calling.
who have nothing left save civil rights OF
citizenship, TO decide whether they wish 10
share them equally with the African. will
appeal to them whether Indiana a border
State, shall be overrun with refuse black
elements of the South. | will appeal to
them whether they will encourage the pres
ence of those elements in their fields, their
workshops. and their fresides. Nor do |
fear the result.
The people will be true to the rights of
their State, true TO the wise and safe tradi-
tious Of their fathers, true to their own lofty
blood and history, true u the purity Of their
industrial pursuits and social organization.
and true to their highest type of civilization
which springs from separation of races -
And If bad and designing men are floodiug
Indiana with a negro population which lof
right does not belong here-if this nefari6us
scheme Is at work TO carry elections, warn
and implore the agents of this outrage to
desist.
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FAMILY GROCERIES,

such as Tea, Coffee, Sugars, Nolasses, Syr.
ups, Spices, Dried Peaches, Dried Apples,
Fish, Hominy, Crackers, Rice and Pearl
Barley; Soaps, Candles; TOBACCO and
CIGARS j; Paint. Whitewash, Scrub. Horse,
Shoe. Busting, Varnsh, Stove, Clothes and
Tooth Brushes, all kinds and sizes; Bed
Cords and Manila Ropes, and many other
articles at the lowest rates for CASH.
G5- Hsuee Spoutj,g made, pain ed and put
up at low rates for cash. a liberal disc 7uut
made to country dealers buying Tinware
wholesale. GEO HUNTLEY
Ebensburg, Feb, %. 1867.-tf
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A HERMIT WoMAN.-The people near
Cold Spring Harbor, l.. J., are much exer-
clsed about woman who has in her Old
age adopted the life of hermit on the Dor
Gers Of the beautiful Lake of St John. She
has dug an excavation in bank in forest.
whose foliage overshadows the water at a
place where two trees are growing together.
These she has boarded up with some rough
pieces of plank. which she picked up in the
neighborhood, and from these to the bank
over the excavation she has placed some
saplings as rafters for a roof of dried leaves
and straw. In this primitive dwelling she
lives and has lived for years, subsisting no
one knows how, aud drawing water for her
scanty meals from an icy spring near by
Where she came from. who she is, or why
she became hermit, nobody knows
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-06-02
THE FATE OF A KIGuTIxG DOG.


A man he owned terrier dorg-
A bob tailed, ,onery cuss-
AM that there purp got that there man
In many an gly mUss
For the man he was on his muscle,
Ana the dorg was on his bite.
So 20 kick that dorg- goned animile
Was sure to raise fight.
woman owned Thomas cat
That fit at fifteen pound,
And other cats got up and slid
w hen that there cat was round.
The man and his dorg came along one day
Where the WOIna; she did dwell
And the purp lac gFowled ferociously,
Then went for the purp Hke-h m well
He tried to chaw The neck of the cat.
Bu: the cat he wouldn't be chawed;
So he liz on the back Of that there dorg
And Bit and CLAW ed and cawed.
Oh the hair it flew, and the purp he you,ed
As the claws went into his hide,
And chunks OF heslrwere peeled from his back
When he hummuxed and kicked and died.
The man he ripped and cussed and swore,
AS he gathered a big brickbat,
That he would be durued essentially
Ii he didn't kill that cat. Ibid,
But the woman allowed she'd be blessed if lie
And snatched up an old shotgun,
Which she fired, and peppered his diaphragm
With bird-shot number one.
They toted him home on window blind,
And the doctor cured him up;
But he never was known to fight again,
Or to own another purp.
Folks may turn up their snoots at this rhyme
/ don't a cuss for that;
All / want to show is that lighting dogs
May tackle the wrong tomcat