American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-31

! Among the ancient ASSyrianS, II
was q custom to assemble together
every year, the girls who were
J marriageble, when the public crleI
; put them up for sale, one after the
other. The most amiable and at
tractive were first set up at public
vendue, md were bought off by the
rich at a high price, and the money
that accrue from the sales WAS de-
vided among the girls whose per
sons we're disagreeable; aud men in
destitute circumstances, or posses
sing small property, rock the last
mentioned class of girls, together
with their portions.
Such Is the prevailing avalice OF
the present day, that any attempt
to promote matrimouy by reviving
this old Assyrian custom would
prove Intellectual, for it is presumed
the rich would sooner take the
homely girls, with fortunes, than to
lavish their means on those who are
amiable and lovely, but destitute of
wealth.
Oliver Wendell Holmes has the
following to say in reference to
music; 1 don't like your chopped
music anyway. That woman-she
has more sense in her little finger
than forty medical societies. Flor
ence Nightingale-says that music
which you pour out is good for sick
folks, but the music You pound out
isn't Not that exactly, bnt some
thing like it. Ihave been to hear
some music pounding. 1t was
young woman with as many white
fiounces around her as the planet
Saturn has rings, that hid it.
She gave the music stool twirl
or two, and t1uffed down on it
like a whirl of soapsuds in hand
basin. Then she pushed off her
cuffs as If she was going to fight
for the champions belt. Then she
worked her wrists and hands, for to
Timber 'em l suppose. and spread
out her fingers until they looked as
if they would cover the keyboard
from the growing end to the little
squeaky one. Then those two hands
of hers made jump at the keys as
though they were couple of tigers
coming down on a flock of black
and white sheep, and the piano
gave a great howl, as though its tail
had been tread OH. Dead stOp-sO
still that you could hear your hair
growing. Then another jump and
another howl, as if the piano had
two tails and you had tread on both
of 'em at once, and than a grand
chatter and scr amble and string of
jumps up and down, back and for
ward, one hand over the other, like
a stampede of rats and mice more
than like anything l call ic.
like to hear a woman sing. and like
to hear fiddle sing, but these nois-
es they hammer out OF their wood |
and ivory anvils-don't talk to me
1 know the difference between a
bull frog and wOod-thrush.
The Shreveport Times, one OF the
ablest. as it is, uBquestionably, one
of the most fearless papers in Louisi-
ana, tells US how Kellog's Metropol-
itans were to have been received at
that place. This is no idle boast of
the Times. We know those people
well, andcan truly say that bra
yer body of men don't live. 1t was
fortunate for Kellogg's cutthroats
that they did not reach Shreveport,
and if they attach any value to
their miserable lives, they had
better keep away from that locality.
Says the Times:
AS it was surinised that the |
Ozark, which IA special dispatch to
the Times announced had left |
Brashear city with metrOpolitans |
and ten days rations, was coming to |
this city under the protection of the
Federal troops, prompt measures
were taken to meeting and give !
them a warm reception and by
evening, several companies
of men equal to any
were organized, Differed
and armed, ready to move down the
river at a moments notice to give
the metropolitans IA North LOuiSi-
ana welcome. Late Sunday after
noon cOuriers came down from Ben
ton with the cheering intelligence
That IA company of our Bossier
friends had organized there and
would co operate with us, and that
other companies were forming linee
in that parish and would be hers
by Monday afternoon. The sups
pc sitiOn that the Ozark was bound
for this locality has not, however.
bsen confined, and matters have
g ettled down to their usual quiet.
1t is noticeable fact that not a
particle of excitement marked the
of Saturday evening
and Sunday; men assml'led coolIy,
talked over the measures Of resist
onno nolv,,l- nnroltal khornoolrau