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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-02-16

TT Is entirely different in principle and
action from any other now in use. and
| has every desirable advantage, viz
LIST. 1t is light. clean and easy no pres
sure on the back with motion inward and
upward.
I'd. 1t has no Springs or Iron Bands.
thus avoiding all Injurious Pressure On
the Back, at the same time SUPPORT
ING the ABDOMEN and relieving the
aperture of all Undue Weight.
Sd. The Button is so formed that.th
pressure is equal on all parts of the Henri
al Aperture, without infringing on the
Spermatic Cord.
4th. The Composition of which the But
ton is made, renders it ImperyiOus to Per.
Spiration. and produces rapid absorption
Of the deposits in the subcutaneOrs cellu-
lar tissue, which permits the BUTTON to
act Immediately upon the tendinous canal.
Thus affoctually closing the neck and OBJ
iiterating the Llernial Sac adhesive by i'll
ilamation.
5th. 1t is as Comfortable Night or Day
as a glove.
9th. 1t is not complicated, and cannot
get ont of order.
This instrument is confidently recon-
mended to the public, knowing that 1t is
superior to any ROW in use. 1t has been
tri"A by sufficient numbers TO prove IL
superiority over all others, both for COM
tort and cure OF the wearer.
This Instrument Is recommended by the
leading Surgeons and Physicians through
our the country. for the certain relief and
cure of Hernia.
1t is recommended by patients who have
tried the various Spring Trusses " for
years. without obtaining relief, and have
been cured by this Truss.
Certificates from well known parties Ia
Nashville, can be seen ut this office.
For sale to Druggists at wholesale prices.
All communications should be address,
ed with stamp TO
w. III. y. JONES,
Manufacturer
Or DORCH d MADDOX,
Wholesale Agents, Corner Union ALT
College Sts., Nashville. Tenn.
69octl4m3
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VINEGAR.

Chemists usually assert that much ofthe
vinegar usually sold for cider vinegar, is
adulterated with sulphuric acid, and that
its use causes the decay of the teeth, to
say nothing of the stomach.
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WANTED-AGENTS, $50 per day.
w to sell the celebrated HOME
SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE. Has the
under-feed, makes the ''lock-stich'' (alike
on both sides,) and is fully deceased. The
ceine in the market. Address, JOHNSON
CLARK d CO.. Boston, Mass, Pittsburg,
Pa. Chicago, ILL.,, or St. Louis, Mo. 4w
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Sheriff Sale.

DY VIRTUE of an alias Fl Fa issued
ID from the Circuit Court of Washington
county, Tenn, at it's August term 1870,
and to me directed, for the sum of sjO2 81
principal interest and costs, in favor of y:
NJ. Kimberly and w. III. M~oorehead, Will
proceed to sell at the court house door IN
the town of Jonesborough for cash in hand
all the right. title, claim and interest that
Joh Cameron and Jordan Hardin trad
ing under the name and style of Cameron
& Hardin, have in and to a certain lot IN
Johnson City being part of the lot NO. L,
in the plan of said town, containing n
acre more or less, levied on as the JOINT
property of Cameron & Hardin. to satisfy
the above Judgment md costs. This 9th
day of February, 1871.
d. NJ. TAYLOR. Deputy Sheriff.
71feb9w4pf SO so
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IMPROVED
UTLEY Hay PRESS.

TNIIS simple and powerful press, which
Il the experience OF the past year,
(when it was first introduced to the pub
lic,) has proved far superiort to any other
portable Hay Press in power and ecOnO-
my, we are prepared to manufac-
ture with improvements that add much
to the efficiency of the Machine. II to the
ease with which it is worked.
The immense power and small amount
of friction in this PIess render it invalua-
bic to those whose farms are adapted to
raising'clover and grass, as it enables them
to ship their hay crop to Il distant market
with profit, he cost Of 6diIiny the hay, erih
experienced hands not eIceeding 81 30 per
ION III lie tl.orl
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j u R u B e B A
GEN,I- AGENTS. WANTED fo,

GEN'L AGENTS WANTED for
Groesheek's Calculating machine, rapid,
accurate, reliable, simple. Easily opera
ted, cheap and beautiful. Giving instan-
taneous additions or subtractiOns, taking
from one to five columns of figures at a
time. carrying and borrowing its tens
hundreds, etc, without the least thought
on the part of the operator. Address.
ZIEGLER & McCURDY, Cincinnati, o.. wa
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HOMES. HEALTH, HAPPINESS.

How TO BE OBTAINED poR FIVE DOLLABS.
PLASTArIoss. FARMS, VILLA SITKs and low
LOTS ariHE FRAT PRsaIUM LAND SALE, hhrs
,, q. The Saratoga of the South A. hour
from New vo-k, The most delightful climatem
The WORD Free from the rigors of Nortnsn.
winters, txempt from Throat Diseases. W.
yards ana Orchards iu bearing. For descrip .
amphie', 3 idress with stamp, J. C.lpIE~
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Special commissioner.
71ian19w4pf 50 10
Cy9ANCERY SALE OF LAND.

The Exchange and Deposit Bank OF
Knoxville ct. al. VS.. l.. C.. Haynes, ct al.
David o. King, EXT. &C., II John W.
Thomas, VS.. l.. G. Haynes, ct. al.
And James I'll. Dosser, VS.. IL. Z. Haynes,
ct al.
PURSUANT to a decree of the Chan
Gerry Court at J~onesboro, Tenn, at
November Term 1870, in the above causes
| will offer tor sale in front OF the Court
House in Jonesboro, Tenn, on the 2otfi
day OF FEBRUARY, 1871, the Farm in
the Pleadings mentioned lying in civil
district No. 9, Washington County, Ten,
adjoining the lands of - Harden, Law
son Clifford and others, and being the
Farm on which the said l.. c. Haynes for
merly lived, and also known as the old
Upton Farm, and said to contain $50 or
300 acres, be the same more or less.
TERMS.
Six and u months credit bonds and APP
proved security, bearing interest from
day of sale, and lein retained until fully
paid, and sold with incumbrance of pres
ent wears lease, and also sold without the
right of redemption. january IA, ISL.
HENRY HOSS,
Special Commissioner.
7ljan19w4pf SO 70
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- N n
Made of Poor Rum. whiskey, Proof spir.
its, and Refuse Liquors, doctored, spiced,
and sweetened to please Ihe taste, ca led sTonics1
"Appetizers, /" "Restoi ers, =" Be-, that leaI Tho
Medicine, made from the Native Roots and
Herbs of California, free from all Alcoholic
Stimulants. They are he GREATBLOOD
PURIFIER and LIFE GIVING PRIN-
CIPLE, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator
of the System, carrying of al poisonous matter,
and restoring the blood to O healthy condition.
No person can take these Bitters, according 10
directions, and remain long unweIl.
800 will be given for an incurabls case, pro-
viding the bones are not destroyed by mineral
wasted beyond the point of repair.
For Inhammatory and Chronic Rheu-
matism, and Gout: Dyspepsia, or Indi-
mittent Fevers, Diseases OF the BLOOD.
Liver, Kidneys, and Bladder, these Bit
s sass. ha aye Caused ahI By 1risG,se%,' R1 Such I Dis,
Digestive Organs.
They inyigorate the stomach, and stimulate
the torpid liver and bowels, which render them
of unequalled efficacy in cleansing the blood of
all impurities, and imparting new life and vigor
Dyspepsia or indigestion, Headache,
Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness OF the
Chest, Dizziness, Sour Stomach Bad Taste in
the Mouth, Billions Attacks, Palpitation of tho
Heart, Copious Discharges of Urine, Pain in
the regions ofthe Kidneys, md n hundred other
painful symptoms which are thu ofsprings of
Dysp6pbld, X CuTeQ ny tneso Jlttcr5.
Cleanse the Initiated Blood Whenever Won fnd
its impurities bursting through the skinin PIN
pies, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it when { is
foul, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep
the blood pure and the health OF the system will
follow.
PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking IN
the system of SO many thousands, are effsctuaIly
destroyed and removed.
For full directions, read carefully the circular
around each bottle, printed In four languages-
English, German, French, and Spanish.
J. WALKER, 50 & So Commerce Street, n. Y.
Propulsion. r. H-McDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gensral AREN'T,
San francisco, California, and 80 and 81 Com.
merce Street, n. Y.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND
DEALERS.
Sale in Jonesborough,
BY BOVELL 81 MATHES
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Sherif'S Sale,

DY VIRTUE of a Veudi Expo issued
ID from the Circuit Court at its Decem-
Der term. 1870, and to me directed, pro
nounced by said Court, for the sum OF
so, principal and costs and interest there
on, in favOr of Barton Night for the t>o
of Jacob Adler. | will proceed TO sell IA
the Court House dcOrin the town OF Jones
,borO. Washington County. Tenn. on he
25iEs day Of February, ES5G, for
cash in hand, ali theright, title, claim and
interest, that EnOch Brown has in and to
a certain tract or parcel of Land, situa-
ted ia Washington County. Tenn Dis
trict No .. adjoining the lands of John
Phillips and others. containing 100 acre
more or less. until debt and costs are
fully paid. January -, 1871.
5. L. GRIFFITH, Sheriff.
71jan2Gw4pf$5
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8 O'CLOCK.
FREE no BOOK AGENTS.

will send a handsome Prospectus of our
NEW ILLUSTRATED FAMILY BIBLEcCn-
tanning over 2Ob fine Scripture Illustra-
lions to any BoPk Agent, free of charge.
Address Natiolsaf Publishing Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa, Atlanta, Ga. OF St. Louis,
Mo. w4D
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Being prepared expressly for the above
complaints, its Blood-Purifying proper
ties are greater than any other prepara-
ton of Sarsaparilla. 1t gives the COM
plexion a clear and healthy color and re-
stores the patient to a state of health and
purity. For purifying the Blood, remOv-
ing all chronic constitutional Diseases
arising from an impure blood, and the
only reliable and effectual known RENE
dy for the cure of pains and swelling OF
the throat and legs, blotches, pimples on
the face, erysipelas and all scaly eruptions
of the skin, and identifying the complex
ion. PRICE, 81 so PER BOTTLE.
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WANTED AGENTS-To sell the OC-
w TAGON SEWING MACHINE.
1t is licensed, makes the ''Elastic Lock
Stitch. and is warranted for D years. Price
SIS. All other machines with an under
feed sold for sl5 or less are infringements.
Address OCTAGON SEWING MA
CHINE CO.. st. Louis, No., Chicago, H.,
Pittsburgh, Pa, or Boston, Aass. Bi25tf.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-02-16

These Pills are the most delightfully."-
pleasant purgative, superceding castor
oil, salts, magnesia etc. There is moth
ing more acceptable to the stomach. They
| give tone, and cause neither nausea nor
gripping pains. They are composed of the
finest Ingredients. After a few days use of
them, such an invigoration of the entire
system takes place as TO appear miraculous
to the weak and enervated, whether arts
ing from imprudence or disease. III. L.
Helmbold's Compound Fluid Extract
| Catawba Grape Pills are not s~ugar-coated
from the fact that su~gar-cOated Pills DO
notdissolve but pass through the stomach
without dissolying, consequently do not
produce the desired effect. The CATAW-
BA GRAPE PILLS, being pleasant in taste
and door, do not necessitate their being
~sugar-coated. PRICE FIFTY CENTS E
ROX.
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Sales.
CHANCERY SALE OF ~

CHANCERY SALE OF Land.
James H. Dosser, Administrator atS of cS as.
andra NJ. Brown, decd; anu
anu NJ. @. Hunter, and others
-uRsIrANT to an order of the Honor
able Chancery Court at J Jon 10 f6e
Tenn, at November Term io'O IarnaS
above causes, ard at the request OF Ian Of
IT poser, / will offer for sale IN Iroh' y,
the Court House at It J epnl sRS. I fs7n. the he
L." half Of the land known as the John
Hunter Farm in District No, :, a rnsid Tn
which the said NJ. G. Hunter % no :
and containing as per survey on NE ~
acres. and lying on Chucky RIVER, anuauI
;oins the farm formerly owned by Daniel
Gam. -
Twelve mon hs credit-notes Win APP
nroved security bearing interest from date
of sale. Lein retained unit IL Purchase
money is fully paid and sold without the
right of redemption. January IA, iSIl'
Special Commissioner.
~71ian1ow4Df SO 10
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II

HENRY T. HELMBOLDS
HIGHLY CONCENTRATED COMPOUND
Fluid Extract Sarsaparilla
VIII radically 'eXterminate from the sys-
tenn Scrofula, Syphilis, Fever Sores, VI
GERS, Sore Eyes, Sore Legs. Sore Mouth,
Sore Head. Bronchitis, Skin Diseases. Salt
Rheum, Cankers, Trimmings from the Ear,
White Swellings, TumOrs, Cancerous Al
fections, Nodes, Ricketts,, GlandularSwell-
ings. Night Sweats. Rash letter, Humors
of all kinds, Chronic Rheumatism. Dys-
pepsia, and all other diseases that have
been established in the system for years.
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Harden the Necks Of your Team

RSys HAVE your Job Work Executed at
AND TRIBUNE Office.
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fectual remedy than any other. Those who have
tried 1t, know that it cured them those Who nave
not, know that it cures theirneighbors and friendsi
and all know that what it does once IL does al
ways that it never fails through any fault or neg-
elect of its composition. We have thousands upon
thousands of certificates of their remarkable cures
OF the following complaints, but such cures are
known in every neighborhood, and we need not
publish them. Adapted to all ages and conditions
in all climates; containing neither calomel norany
deleterious drug, they may be taken with safety
by anybody. Their sugar-coating preserves their
ever fresh, and makes them pleasant to take, while
being purely vegetable, no harm can arise from
their use in any quantity.
They operate by their powerful influence on the
internal viscera to parity the blood and stimulate
of the stomach, bowels, liver, and other organs Of
the body, restoring their irregular action 10 health,
and by correcting, wherever they exist, such de-
engagements as are the first origin of disease.
Minute directions are given in the wrapper on
me box, for the following complaints, which these
For Dyspepsia or Indigestion, ListIess-
ness, and Loss Of Appetite. they
should be taken moderately to stimulate the stom-
acn, and restore its healthy tone and action.
For Liver Complaint and its various symp-
toms, bilious Headache, sick Head
ions Collie and Bilious Feyers, they should
be judiciously taken for each case, TO correct the
diseased action or remove the distractions when
For r~,ysentery or Diarrhoea, but one
mild dose is generally required.
Pitation OF the Heart, Pain in the
Side, Back and Loins, they should be contin.
action Of the system. With sncR change those
complaints disappear.
For Dropsy and Drc7sical sweIIings
they should be taken IN large and frequent doses
to produce the effect Of q drastic purge.
For suppression o large dose should DO
taken as 1t produces the desired effect by sym
pathy.
AS a Dinner PHI, take one or two PdHs 70
promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
an occasional dose stimulates the stomach ana
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
and invigorates the system. Hence 1t Is often ad-
yantageous where no serious arrangement exists.
One who feels tolerably well, often finds that
dose OF these PiIs makes him feel decidedly Det
ter, from their cleansing and renovating effect on
the digestive apparatus.
Ord. O.. AVER e CO., Practical ChensSsfss
LOWELL. MASS, U. 8. n.
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Ayers Cathartic Pills,
For all the purposes Of o Laxative
Medicine.

Perhaps no one medi-
cine Is so universally
required by every
body as a c~athartic,
nor was ever any be
fore SO universally
adopted into use, In
every country and
among all classes, as
this mild but efficient
purgative PiH. The
obvious reason IL,
that 1t Is a more relia-
BILE and far more ef.
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'egai Blanks for Sale at this Ofie. eW,
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HENRY 4. HELMBOLD'S
COMPOUND FLUID.
Extract Catawba
GRAPE PILLS.

EComponent Parts-F1uid Extract Rhu-
barb and Fluid Extract Catawba
Grape Juice,
For Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Bill
Gus Affections, Sick or Nervous Head
ache, Costiveness, ETC. Purely Yegeta-
BILE, Containing no Mercury, Minerals or
| DeleteriOuS Drugs. s-f
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lmption, Scrofula.

For Sale in Jonesborough,
BY BOVELL 81 MATuES
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-07
Ben, Butler and Brick POmerOy

Ben. Butler thus explains how he came
to be retained in the divorce case. Pom
eroy denies Buffers version and says he
offered his services to Mrs. Pomeroy. But
the Generals story is as follows "Mrs.
Pomeroy applied to me in very lady
like and proper note, stating that she de-
sired to engage my services as counsel, and
saw no objection to taking retainer in
the case. 1 am glad to be Informed that
the fact of my employment having be-
come known to her husband, he has con-
Guided to make settlement with her,
giving her $50, 600 in cash, as you inform
me, ndpaying Sc, 600 a year toward the edu-
cation of their child. By abuse of me and
pandering to the worst passions and credu-
lities Of his readers he has been able to so
sell his paper as to make living for him.
self and even competence, as understand.
Nov, if my employment by his wife as
her counsel has caused him to take a part
of that which belongs to me and provide
for her sustenance, | shall have the salts
faction of knowing that while he has in
jured and abused me, am, in fact, sup
porting his family. I have done some
charitable acts in my life, of which have
no disposition to boast, but none upon
which more pride myself than of being
the benefactOr and supporter of the family
of Brick Pomeroy.n
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-07
what They Think Of It..

The following conversation might have been
heard, yesterday. on tho corner of Gay and
Church streets between two excited young
Democrats :5as.g r.~ ss,s5 4sss.s s.
BnL-"Joe, you've heard of the demise of
the Wig and Register ~ asa uassss.
JoE-"Yes, and am sorry for it, very sor-
BILL-"WelI, 1 think it will be benefit
The party can now concentrate on the Press
and Herald, and one paper well sustained is
better than half-dozen in languishing con-
dition.'
JoE-"That is true; but the party can't afford
to carry such dead weights as the manages.
They bear the odium of being carpet-baggsrs,
and the. sCHRoNIcLR has been. charging for a
year that Sam was once member of the Union
League, and he don't deny it. His record no
true Democrat can endorse" fgfgfg
BILL-"Well, it does seem that the party
here ought to be represented in journalism by
men of better records, and who could command
the respect Of some one."'
+ The two friends had some other words pretty
well mixed up with explosives, when they de-
parted each his way, with no very high opinion
of their organ.
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News Items.

Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,, is re-
ported ito be quite ill, the effect of over
work.
Gen. Gordon will deliver lecture before
the Memphis Mechanics Institute early
this week.
The Nilsson troupe visited Ash Barracks
and witnessed dress parade during their
visit to Nashville.
General Crook has been ordered to the
command of the military department of
Arizona, thus relieving Gen. Stoneman.
A party of roughs in Chattanooga stab
bed little colored boy through the foot in
mere wantonness on Friday. The rascals
escaped being arrested.
Senator Morton sends congratulatory
dispatch to the President that Indianapo-
lis has elected Republican mayor by one
thousand majority.
The PRECEDENT intends to be present at
the meeting of the Society of the Army of
the Potomac, at Boston, next week, and to
visit Philadelphia on Saturday.
The Pullman palace cars ordered by Mr..
Stanton for the A. & G. railroad, arrived
at Nashville on Thursday. One is called
the '.Winetka" and the other "Fairview.u
The cost was $4,000 each.
A man by the name of Malloy was shot
by announcer calIeu MerTlck, lew days ago
in Memphis. The difficulty arose about a
faro "chip" one had borrowed some time
previously from the other. ~. zrffTF
An accident happened to train on the
Nashville and Northwestern sailroad on
Thursday morning, by which the engine
was thrown down an embankment, turn
ing over several times and badly injuring
the engineer. VIM. Morris.
General Sherman will return to Wash
ington shortly from his Southern inspec-
ton tour, when it is expected that gener-
al order will be issued from the War De-
partment, recognizing the different mill
tary districts throughout the country.
A board of survey at last pronounces the
Tennessee seaworthy in every respect.
They declare the materials of which she is
constructed to be of the very best quality.
| 1T is doubtful if there is a vessel in the ma
/ Wv of which SO complimentary report
could be made, taken in every detail as the
one just submitted to the Navy Depart
ment. So
Describing the injurious effects of the
frosts in Indiana on Saturday night last,
| the Indianapolis Journal says: We have
examined the grapes, plums, pears, peach
es. cherries and trawberries, and find
them nearly all killed In some sheltered
nlaces. where the vines were protected by
buildings, few grapes escaped, but the de
struction is SO general that what is left
hardly deserves MENTION
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-07
HON e NEWS.

NEW HAVEN, May 6.-The Legislative
Committee deduct 200 votes from the
Commissioners report, for Jewell in this
city. a6 81
HARTFORD, CONN, May 6.-The Re-
publicans here believe the ballot box in
New Haven has been tempered with. The
box was locked up with common key
and not sealed.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 6.-The Medical
Association, after two days angry discus
sion, indefinitely postponed the female
delegation question, and adjourned sine
die.
ATLANTA, May 6.-Three casualties are
reported on the steamer Carrie. Mis-. A.
Dunbar lost child nine months old, and
was herself seriously injured in jumping
from the burning steamer. A negro wo-
man was drowned.
Round trip railroad tickets for one fare
Will be on sale at Atlanta to delegates and
visitors to the Southern Baptist Conven-
tlon to be held at st. Louis on the 10th.
A special through car leaves Atlanta on the
evening of the 9Th inst.
AUGUSTA, MayI6.-The steamer Carrie,
hence for Savannah with 500 bales of cot
ton, was burned this morning twenty-three
miles below Augusta. The passengers and
crew were saved. The cotton was insured.
No insurance on the steamer. The fire
was caused by sparks from the engine.
The Georgia Railroad Convention meets
here Wednesday.
The Cotton States Fair Association held
their annual horticultural exhibition on
the tenth and eleventh.
The weather is very cool.
the tenth. = 80
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-07
SOWING HIS WILD OATS.

Sowing his wild oats''-aye! sowing them
deep,
In the heart Of mother to blossom in tears,
And shadow with grief the decline of her years.
O. Sowing his wild OATS to silver the head
Of the sire who watches his first pulse-throb with
joy,
And whose voice went to heaven in prayer for
the boy.
Sowing bis wild OATS TO spring up and
choke
The flowers in the garden OF a sister, whose love
Is as pure and as bright as the blue sky above.
Sowing his wild oats, aye! cheeks will
~ grow pale,
And sorrow shall wither the heart of the wife,
When manhood thus squanders the prime Of
his life.
Sowing his wild OATS Death only shall
reap
With his keen sharpcned scythe; the fruits will
1 be found
In the graveyard near by, meath that grass
- covered mound.