Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-24

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heirs in the FOrked-Deer river near TINS ;
lace, and one Of them remarked that II {
was full Of snags.n A-Yoiee from under
N old work bench on which they were sit q
inc. barshly replied, CHATS d-n lie; Z
here amt A snag in the Tombigbee river" I
rbev WE'RE slightly startled, but soon re- I
mined their conversation, when the same !
MYSTERIOUS voice, in louder key, again I
reclaimed, "that's a g d-n lie, theEe ,
,in't snag in the Tombigbee." This was
100 much, the owner OF the voice was I'M
,arthed, and proved to be drunken negro
who thought he was talking to lot Of color
ed "persons." The darkey was soundiy
thumped before he was brought to a real
lzing sense OF the situation.
CoNcERr.-Mrs. Fanny Brooks will give
a CONCERT at Lexington on the nights
of the 9Th and 9Th Of September,
the proceeds 10 be applied to the
Of a library for the sun
day school Of that place. All who feel IN
tercsted in music and Sabbath Schools are
invited to attend. Admission for grown
people, 80 cents; children, 25 cents. we
hone that Mrs. Brooks will Ibe encouraged
in her noble efforts. We guarantee that /
the concert will be grand. success, as 70 |
the music.
SAW HIN DOING Tive learn that there
was high old time generally at Sniders
Springs last week. Barbecue and Stew
beer and fan, toasts and speeches, just lay
around loose, or fell in showers. After
dinner a certain distinguished gentleman,
whose inspirations, like the sources Of
the Nile, are inexhaustible and mysterious,
and who extracts clOquenee aud poetry
from roast pig and barbecued sheep as
readily as from books or nature, delivered
a most eloquent, poetic, and touching
speech. His aerial flights would have IN
Inundated the daring condor Of the Andes;
and then he would descend amid the saVO-
nv smell of the feast with grace most
striking, not TO say startling. One OF MS
charmed listeners, whose whole face BEAM
ed with evidence OF recent duties wei. per-
formed. neared the orator on the close Oh
his peoration, and with streaming eyes ex-
claimed, 81 didn't know it was in you"
Another, rather more practical and less aP-
preciatlye individual, with that serio-lnter-
tactical expression peculiar to men when
they ret themselves outside OF a keg OF beer
and a few quarters Of barbecued pig and
lamb. remarked rather Unexpectedly, 81
knew IL was in him. / saw him when he
was puttinG it in.'' This spoiled the touch
ing tableaux, eOnvulsed the crowd, anu
slightly disturbed the equilibrium OF the
orator. r-rrtre-
WORKING MEN.-With few exceptions
all men are working men. However, they
NAV be separated into two great classes
and distinguished by one class wearing Out
their pants in front, while the ether veal
theirs out behind. Exceptional cases
there are, such as thieves, fops, and idlins
pleasure seekers; but as rule there arr
comparatively few drones in this vast earth
lv hive. Success and werk-the formel
could not exist without the latter, although
, sadly enough, the latter tCo often exist
independent OF the former. And yet mel
who succeed in any trade, business, or pro
/, Eession must work, and that untiringly, no
] nause in the shade to estimate the chance
ot failure Fortune or fame, or both, ar
the imperial crowns for which all earnes
u men are struggling, aud the way that lead
to the heights wherein they rest Is fOuS
and steep and tOrtuOus, Lasgards, oglh
4 fops. or those who work no more than the
Il can help. or INDECENT gramblcrs who Idl
v AWAY precious time in vain eOneeits an
lie fault findings, never attempt to ellmO IN
ID proud height, but lay around us 10
ID to discourage and criticise those VINO
Il undertake the great work, and 70 join tho
~ | who taiIin abusing the few who triunphii
si- over every obsticle, plant their banners u
e on the summit. Let it be remembered tn
IS the wearing labors, the difheullles al
h trials, the disappOintments and hardshl
? that cucumber the rugged ways which le
m nm TO fame or fortune are never overcoI
lr- by any but t0orkiRg men, and further, u
thew are open to all, albeit some VIII
bv the way, some will be long on the roa
while some will find it harder than othc
hu Vet he who wins fame or fortune, or he "
iol enters the lists aud struggles valiantly,
- ne mechanic, farmer, merchant, auth'
oy polltician, or a member OF one OF the lea
"y ed professions, be is a working man.
w IxrANTIcIpE.-On wednesday the l
inst, one Mary Smith young woman
sc lives with her father 10 miles North oil
~ city gave birth to bastard child. IL
VIII announced to he dead the next day,
non there being suspicious circumstances
10" nected with the announcement, CorOn
ny Jury was summoned to investigate
matter. Upon this, John Smith, his
'n"t Francis, and their daughter Mary
the country, but the two women were
! W rested in few days and tried ON We'd
au- day and Thursday Of this week before
'nS uuires Hicks and Harris, and committe
0' iaiI in this city. The facts are as foli'
HE the ehilds head was found by the jury
= On crushed in several places, one OF its
the broken and its breast bone mashed IN,
this hence il must have come 10 its death
em- violence. The flight of the family; the
ridg- Aicting testimony of the Old woman aR'
liSh- guilty daughter; their partial confess
fues' and other strong circumstantial eVid'
eve len no DOUBT but what they were gull
ssu- the crime.
'mps. The details Of the evidence II too hon
VIII to be recited here. The old woman an
young mother were confined in jail on
IS ago day. The girl is rather good lookiu
rails about Is years old, but we learn thi
ol lit family is of no reSpectability whate'
cattle The guilty young woman has not as y
them yealed the name of her paramour, b
an APP terestiug If not startling development
d the looked for when the trial comes OF
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