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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

Rev. J. Nj. Brown, of Lewisburg,
is to preach at the Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church In Pulaski next Friday
night. He Is 20 hold sacramental
meeting at Sharon Sunday. breaches
also Saturday night at Sharon.
Rev. Mr.. Caruthers, of Columbia, will
preach at the Cumberland Church in
Pulaski, on Sunday next, a IL o'clock,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

PETEIsOS's Mac AziSE for December exeels
even it, mot excellent self. The principal
steel engraving, The Orphan Musician -
will touch every heart. There IL also beau
tifui steel title-Pago for 1873, and = double
sized, eOIorsd, steel fashion plste The nov
slets aad other original stories ars an by our
bcst writers, ''Psts rson's'' is, without ques-
siou. asa excellent and cheap lady's book
The pr,cs Is only -, AMI 20 clubs cheaPer-
Address CsAELEs J. PEzEEsos, sos Chestnut
Street, Philsje.I hiA, or leave your name and
money with rs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

IN A green Jun was In town last
week for the purpose Of buying trunk.
He priced one at a store and was asked
i've dollars for il. Tie noticed card on
the trunk with the merchants private
mark upon IL, the letters being II. X. G.,
aud thinking perhaps he could get one
cheaper else where, he passed on to the
next store and asked the polite clerk IL
he had any trunks with II. X. @. on
them that he would sell tor three dollars.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

EB- The proceedings or the Giles
county Teachers Association came to
hand too late for this paper. We will
publish them next week, and regularly
hereafter with pleasure, If secretaries
will furnish them to us in time.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

~ MONRoE SMITH, Esq, has sent us
two mammoth sweet potatoes, the largest
weighing something less than ten
pounds. Wen bet that no other man in
the county can bring two larger ones,
or even three that win average with
these
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

tn There Is a man In town whose
stomach turns wrong side outward
every time he hears a person snuh his
nose. AS might be supposed, this man
Of such delicate and refined sensibilities,
Is frequently shocked AZ items that APP
pear In this paper. lie reminds US OF
the dog in the table that-that-that--
well, Il don't matter what the fable was,
he reminds US OF every dog We are Sc-
Quainted with.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

~ Some imPecuniOus, malicious, ex-
ecrable vagabOnd surreptitiOusly appro-
priated legal tenders amounting TO about
eighteen dollars that we've left lying in
Young & Rolts' money drawer last
Eridav
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06
SALE OF
JACKS, MULES, HORSES &c.
On Saturday, Nov. Sth.

7 WILL off-F for saie, on the premises, :
lmiles east Of Pulaski, on the Fayettevil e
road. 3 fne Jacks. ! tWo-year- old mule, 1
Blooded Mare & Colt, 2 Nj K ows q Calves,
To No. ! Yeurling mules. suckling Mule
Watson Eiiley. three years old Saddle FIJI
ley one year old, Hogs, Sheep. Blooded SoN .
with young plgs. large quantity Of Hay
AMI Corn. Also, IL not previously disposed
o. Household and Kit hen Furpi-
ture and Farming Implements / Wagon 8
tie.r Buggy q iiErnsss, ~ one Cart.
All szias amounting to fig and under
CASH. AL over &la, on = credit until De
cemher 1874. Note< Wilh good sccuFis v
Sale 70 comm, nee - 10 o'clock.
uci- SS-=E- VI VII SON.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

ETE We must have cash for job
work Our patrons require us to dupli-
cate Nashville bills, which are invari-
ably cash, Of course, and then expect us
70 walt for months and months for pay.
Come now, don't be unreasonable. Pay
us for Job-work and subscription, and
regular advertisers shall have indul-
gence on advertising bills II they want
Il. Gene ON now, and pay up.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

e r. Il. Ezell q Son advertise this
morning TO sell out al cost. Their stock
is very fine and bargains can be secured
by calling early.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

H The Chapman Sisters played TO a
very good audience at AntOinette Hall
last Wednesday night. We did not get
In until late, and cannot tell from per-
sonal observation what were the merits
Of the entertainment, but We are in
formed that il gave better satisfaction
to the audience than anything OF the
kind that has visited Pulaski in some
fine
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F0T1T-oRd-

Two Through Trains Each
Way Daley.
GOING SOUTH CONNECTS az Mont
gomery for ali the principal points la
the
south, Southeast and Southwest
GOING NORTH connects al Nash
Vile with
Through Cars for Memphis,
and at Louisville for
CINCINNATI, INDIANAPOLIS,
CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, KANSAS
CITY. OMAHA, CLEVELAND,
BUFFALO, NIAGARA
PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON.
BALTIMORE, NEW YORK.
BOSTON AND
all principal cities in the
WORTH, Il ST A.yD WEST.
PULEMAN's
Palace Sleeping Cars
attached 10 all night trains, which run
through from Is0uisYiilP % Mobile and
New Orleans, VIA Montgomery, and
vice versz without change. Passen-
gers going north by this line have the
privilege Of stopping over -
ARIBIOTH CAVE
the greatest Of natural esri0slfies, aud
resume their journey AZ pleasure.
TrUugh Tickets and Baggage Checks
cssn he procured at All principal ticket
offices in the south.
WI. KING,
Geuf 'flekef Agent.
T, G. Z. TMORE, Genl Is-s-engrr Agent.
Losii-vill@, Ky.
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Violin forSaIe.

One OF the finest vlolins ever Ia Giles
county for sale cheep. Apply at this Of
ice. The owner is compelled 20 dance
tOother music and offers Il At les thAn
hall liz value.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

Miss Susan Caroline Godsey-knOwn
as the Sleeping Beauty-died at the res
idence of her mother, in ObiOn county ,
Tennessee, on the 9th ult. She had al
tanned the age 81 81 years, and had been
In her sleeping coalition about - years.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

Jas. J. Walker to ThOs. f. Thorn, la
acres, 10th dist, 50 $50.
Spencer Young & wife to L. Nassauer
90 acres, 18th dist, 81 ,0S0.
j. B. Stacy 90 Jas. NJ. Edwards, 511s
acres, Sth dist, $I55 As.
&. & NJ. TO jas. II. Cook, 100 acres,
18th dist, 1916 10.
Thos NJ. & Thus. r. Gordon to A. w.
Butler, town lot in Lynnville, 81 900.
Annie McLaurine to w W. Gordon,
house and lot, 10Th dist, $500.
w. =. Carter & wife TO John John
stOn, Baptist Church lot.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

FACULTY.
g. W Bayless NJ. n, Professor OF Primer
ple- aud Practice OF Surgery.
i. NJ. BOdire. NJ. D.. Professor OF Anato-
my anil Dean Of the Faulty.
l., Wendell, Jr. NJ. ID Professor OF Ma
TERN Aedica and Clinical Medicine
+. X Palmer. NJ. D., Professor Of PhySiol-
ogy and Histology.
Z. :. Bell. NJ D. Professor of Science and
Practice of Medicine and Public Hygiene.
jUha Grove. NJ. d.. Professor ct Onstet
rics and DiEeaees of Women and Children
j. W. Holland. n. D.. Professor of Medi-
cal Chemistry and ToKieolOgy.
ID. W fRndell, n. D., Professor Of Clint.
cal Surgery.
K. o. Ccwling, NJ. D.. DemOnstratOr Of
Anstomy,
FEES.
Professors Ticket in fall .......... $50 90
Demonstrators Ticket ..-.....-.... 10 %
Naturalization Fee. - 500
Hospital Ticket required by the city, 5 90
The regular session viii commence On the
first Monday in october, aud continue until
the fir.t Of March A preliminart course OF
Lectares-fTee 70 all students -wfl Re begun
on the tecond Monday ir September. and
continue until the opening OF the regular
term. j. NJ BODINE, Dean Of Faculty.
For the annual circular, containing full
particular, address
Z r. PALMER, ND,
Aug. Tom. Sect'y. Of Faculty.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

az Our young friend 5. Z. F. Rose,
wiki Moss q Semple, Louisville, ny, Is
visiting his relations and friends here.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

S'an'l 0iilum Adnsr.. & ais. u. Sam,l
II. Mcdonald 4 a..

.
9''in I Siilam Admir-. e ais. ". Sam'l
II. EcDasaid & as.
n thss eauRc & ar,r.z.rin., a., -, ca, -
= cifenit Curt sroIn sfddaRst Sled thst he
ssIstdast,, Samuel aH. MoDoasla. Jssuse
s ,l-'s,, Iossph AcDenald. Thosnss Nc
tomato Dook Mcdonald aad flrDereI ~
snnaid. are nen-rssidents OF tie So -
tennes~ee, 20 that the ordinary proce-s -
he court cannot be served on then. 90
'notlaD y 4 theFe.Ore ordered that puhiiss-
., 2 Do made for icur successive weeks IN ths
Citizfn, DeEspaper Published In toe tevn
i Pulaski. requiring the said non resident
defendants 20 Be and appear before he Cir-
suit Court Of Giles eopnty At The term % %
held AZ the Coars HourF IN elsski on The
tsh Monday In 6ovenbsr aext. sad plead an
>Ner or dczapr 20 compi1insnt's 1til
hted IN tbs cause, o. tbs same viii Be taken
- cozstesscG ~ 10 them. and 81 EcF hearing
* ual =. n n STAN ny Clsrt
Matthews & Tsiiafsre, Sol's for Counpft-s.
Oct s9-tH.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

Thirty thousand working girls have
been thrown Out Of employment In New
York city by the depression in business.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

Luther NJ. Lloyd 70 Martha R. Ross.
Walter A. Mills to Elizabeth Camp
bell.
III. Prentice 70 Peggy a. Story.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06
LIST OF GIFTS,
ToTAL.-iR ,oyo GIFTS, ALL
CASH au1uunffurF "A a "A

ArIlU
The d. Eibuiioa will be positive, uhsthsr
all the tickets are sold or not, aud he IS 900
gitts al paid Ia proportion 70 Ihe tickets
roid-all phsod tickets hoing DESTROYED. ~
~ the First and fccand Concsrts, asi,f not
represented In the drawing.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole tickets. 5oi Iialses. ess. Tentha,
OF each couple, IS EleVcn " hole Tiuksts
for $500 zzT Whole Ticket fot 81 .01l;
ii8 " hole Tickets for e5.ei8 eI7 W bals
Ticket feT 10000. No discount On lcss
than eho9 wnrth Of Tickets ~ 5 time
7 ho unparalleled Hucccss ct fha Tkifd-
Gin Concert sell The satisfaction Civ
en by the FirEt and rec0nd. makes Il eniY
necessary 10 announces The Fourth 70 inaars
the pronipt sale 81 every trkot. The Fanrth
Gin Concert will be conducted @ al Is de-
tails like be Third, and fnH 5iartisaIsFs
may be ieHfnsf fTuni sincBlsrr. Vhich aiH
be sent Tree from The Office 10 Ell y b. appiY
for them.
Tickets nov ready a,r salo aad eli onilRa.
accompanied b the money promptly ailed.
iiheTsi terms given 20 those Who bay % aeii
again
THOS. 4. BRAAILEFTE.
AEout Public Library Of Kentucky and Aau-
az Gin CouscFt, Puhlir l.lhrafs Bnild.
ing. lesuizsiil-. Nv sastita
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

w 4 gentleman in the north end of
town has a baby at his house. Ii is the
finest baby in Giles county, of course,
and its papa is very proud OF it. He
was down In town the other day in a
crowd, when lac saw his nurse going
across the street with baby vciled TO
protect it from the cool winds that have
lately set in, when he called to her to
come there. Now" says lac TO the
crowd, I'm show you that baby that
I've been braggsng of, and if you don't
say its the best looking baby in town,
and that 1t Is the exact image of It's pa
pa, I'll treat BY this time the nurse
had arrived, and he called her to him,
took the precious little darling, set it
upon his knee, and saying, "now, it's
papA's dot it," he raised the veil, when
horror of horrorsl It was the BLACKLIST,
siickost. greasiest little African you ev-
er saw. He dropped It, motioned to the
crowd to follow, went into the nearest
saloon and laid a V. on the counter,
saying, "Boys, just drink that out" and
while the sugar was being stirred he
slipped out the back door, aud the
scenes that knew him once viii know
him no more until the boys forget TO
say, snow, les papa's dot it,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

" We knew family once who
lived two and a half miles from Iulas-
XII. The lady of the house had a nice
lot of chickens, and she was greatly
troubled with the depredatiOns OF haw ks.
The man OF the house could not always
be at home to shoot the hawks when
they came, and the lady determined to
learn how to shoot herself She had her
husband TO load the gun and explain
how It was manipulated, and it was not
long afterwards before a hawk came
soaring by and suddenly dropped
among her chickens. She ran in the
house, seized the gun, came out and
pointed It towards the place where she
had seen the hawk before she went into
the house, turned her face away, pulled
the trigger and screamed. She then
dropped the gun and ran around be-
hind the house to see II she had killed
any Of her ducks. Everything has but
once to die, and II that was the time al
lotted to that hawk to shuck his mortal
feathers, he'll live always, for he escaped
his fate that time at least half mile.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

E8- The I. Z. a. cOnVenes in Pulaski
this day week. The committee of ar
rangements have had hearty response
from our citizens and have made all nee
essary arrangements for their reception
and entertainment, and now we can ex-
claim in the language of a valiant rebel
during the war who broke down three
horses in riding six miles running from
the advance guard OF the yankees, and
havidR attained the summit of a hill in
a grove OF black jacks on Pea Ridge
where the foot of man had never pene-
trated before, smote upon his breast and
with chivalrlc heroism exclaimed,
"now, by the gods, let 'em come =
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

EW On Friday evening, October Stat, che
cash drawer OF Mvssrs Young a Rolfs wac
robbed Of eighteen dollara, and Mr. n. ..
Thomas. q stranger v no had been about The
drawer during the day, was arrested on se--
picion; but on the arrival 4 Ar. Wm- o.
Thomas, hir brother, the matter Sas cleared
up, and Mr.. n. o. ThOmHa Is net accused OF
takirg The money. YOUNG = AoLts
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06
The Kitchen Crisis.

The GAINESVILLE Chronicle says: "It
seems to be very general impression
that the colOred gentry generally are
organizing with a view to fixing the
prices of their services and TO enforce
the demand by refusing to work except
on their own terms. They aIe paid now
double as much rs they earn, IL money,
exclusive of the trouble and annoyance
they occasion their employers, by their
Incidence, irregularity, wastefulneSs,
logged disObedienee and surly depOrt-
ment. These traits, added TO instructive
kleptOmania, incline, and often force the
wives OF our most prosperous citizens 60
do their own kitchen and house work,
rather than submit to such annOyanres
A word of reproof or advice is followed
either by the grOssest rudeness, or sud-
den departure, and 10 such an extent
does insulting conduct prevail that la
dies of refined self-respect are literally
forced to do work for which they would
literally pay, could they find we'll be-
haved, honest and moderately indus
triOus servants.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06
What a Boy Knows about Girls.

Girls are the most unaccOuntable
things in the world except a woman.
Like the wicked flea, when you have
them they amt there. ] can cipher
clean over the improper fractions, and
the teacher says do it first rate, but l
can't cipher out girl, proper or i'm
proper, and you can't either. The only
rule i'm arithmetic that has their case, is
the double rule of two. They are as
full of old Nick as their skin can hold,
and would die if they couldn't torment
somebody. When they try to be mean.
they are as mean as parsley, though
they amt as mean as they let on, except
sometimes, and they are good deal
meaner. The only way To get along
with a girl when she comes to you with
nonsense, is to give her tit for tat, and
that will fiummuX her; and when you
get girl fiummuXed, she is as nice as
new pin. A girl can SOW more wild
oats iB = day than boy can in year,
| but the girls get their wild oats SOwn
after while which the boys never do,
| and then they settle down as calm and
| placid as mud puddle. But l like
| girls Erst rate, and l guess the boys ali
| TO. | don't mind how many tricks they
| play on me-and they don't care either
| The hoiJytoiiyI girls in the world can
| boil over like glass OF soda. BY ana
| by they will gel INTO the traces with
| somebody they like, and pull as straight
/ as an old stage horse. This i the beau
| ~ of them 80 let them wave, 1 say
| they will pay TOR il some day, sewing on
! buttons and trying to make "a decent
| man of the fellow they have spliced
| themselves 10, and ten chances to one
| they don't get the worse of it.-En-
| uhCu0e,
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GREATEST SCHEME EVER KROwAI
10000 Cash Glfss. $500, oeOl
Every Finn Ticket Draws = GiAi
S25O,OOO FOR $50

The Fourth Grand Gin Concert author
szed by special act Of The Legislature for the
benefit Of the PEblic Library 81 KgntaekV.
viii take plaNe In Public Library llan q
Louisvi le, Ky,
Wednesday, Deer Sd, 1873,
Only sixty thousand tickets wtll be sola.
and one-haif OF there are Intended for ths
european Market. thus leaving Gully 81. ca0
Tor sale IA The Uni'ed States. where loo 600
were disposed Of for the Third Concsrs. Ths
tiekots are divided into ten conpous o. pntt.
and have IN their back the scheme. 9Th
NIL explanation of the mode Of DraWinr.
Al this Concert, which will be TIE gsasisst
musical display ever witnessed ~ this coun-
Try, the unpreredsntsl sum Of
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

i5y- "Minman's Gibbons Roms,e Vol. l.
@as borrowed from me some time ago. aud
has never been returned. whoever has y ~
possession will center favor By Feturn nF a.
immediately, a. havs sold my boeks.
T. s. wESTAORELAND.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

divided int i2.ooo cash z Ne, viii be dis
tnhuted by los among the tiokel-hoideru.
the numbers OF the tickots te Be draw1
from one Nhsel ~ blind children ana IL
gifts fro IN another.
LIST OF C5FFTa
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

G "Amicus'' writes us from Shoal
Greek that the people down there are
very low spirited on account of the low
price of cotton and ths short crop of
corn, but the industrious old ladies are
storing away a supply Of masie, such as
hickory nuts, for winter use. lie insin-
yates that there are some fast girls down
there, but qualities the remark by say
ing they only ride fast from church,
leaving their beAux in the rear. We in
fer from this that they didn't like their
company, that is all. He says further
more that DIR. Waters speaks Of Ioca-
ting at Pulaski, since certain young
doctor has commenced pra tiee. We
would rejoice to have DIR. w. as a citizen
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

E8- At the Tascumhia Ala Fair
last week, Bay WoodfOrd took several
premiums, one AS the fastest horse,
mare or geldinE in harness; one as the
best horse OF all work, and one as the
fastesl roadster stallion. Gen. Rosseau
carried OF the premium ~ the best
thoroughbred stallion, while his owner,
Mr.. w. @. Lewis, took two premiums Oh
Katie, as the best mare any age, and as
the best mare years and under. Pre-
MUM for best mare years and over
was awarded TO G. w. Gordon Of Giles.
Col John OVertOn took various and snn-
dry premiums on his hne stable of
horses
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-11-06

- The committee appointed lay res
olutiou OF the Board OF Aldermen 10 CO.
operate vith Us IN arranging for the re-
eeptioh ard ensertainnens Of the Ten
nessee Pres Associations viii pleas
meet Us at the CiffzeR Office at o,cloek
to-day. We hope that every Inembei.
Of the committee will be- present, ara
In order that none 'nay forget, We sub
join their names: J Il. ChiIders, IN.
f. EdmundsOn, +. T. TalIaferso, w. h.
Rose. r. A. Mitchell, a. r. Lovemsln,
". 7. Ballentine, J. r. Moore. b. +.
Matthews, G. +. Jones, J. Il. Cro.g.-, Dr.
J. r Grant. Jno. A. Finhon, T. II. Eel.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-25

heart OF Its earthly love, but He dropped into
It balm which changed its bitterness to ce-
iestiat nectar. Up in heaven, where you are,
sinner!
And still the stranger sat on the damp win
ter sod, with his face between his hands. He
was NOT wishing her back, the dear love his
youth. Better where she was, where no
mortal soil could ever touch that great love,
which was long enough, and strong enough,
to stretch from heaven to earth. Only there
he sat, shutting out from his eyes the
sweet, peaceful scenes around him, even as
they must be shut from his life, and seeing
far beyond the waste places" and wider.
ness that his own sins had made, into tuae
joyful country where ''the ransomed VI e.o
Lord shall return, where ''they snail oI.aln
joy and gladness, and sorro" anu sisuihg
shall flee away" .r-os
front of that lowly house in the quiet by-way.
rbr;stmas savors came through the Kitchen
window. bright light gleamedibetween the cur
tains. even sounds OF glad young laughter and
merry song reached the lonely watcher with
out And he could thank God for them now.
He could even smile in sympathy with the ioy
he might not share. He had his own.
In that lowly house, after supper, when the
young ones were quiet round the fire crack
ing nuts ana asking riddles, Aunt Mary fell
INTO soft sleep on the sofa. They saw her
smile in her slumber, and when she woke shs
told them in her subdued, pathetic lit lie voice,
that she had been dreaming of poor Uncle
Dick: she saw him with dear Barbara Heron.
and Barbara looked so happyp' '.And even
in my sleep, dears," she said 81 wondered
within myself, were we all On earth still, or
all sale together in heaven?"
1t must have been about that time that the
stranger left Norham by the midnight mail
train. He stood up in the carriage, and
| stretched out his head till the last spire of
Norham Cathedral was lost in the darkness
But even he had gotten his Christmas blessing
ere he departed-the prodigal son had found
his royal feast-heavenly peace and human
love.
she came and he went ike ghost" said
old Peter, at the -Four Swans.
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POETRY.
A Switch-Tender's Tale.

loafed with railroad rowdies on the bridge
The river flowed below
They talked of nags aud eppimppic plaques
And LET 1t flow,
Until the naughty station master spake
Above the din,
And mildly answering their idle words
..,- .- Said, "Drap your chm
Talking of acciiences and sitch, sar' L"
..,,o ." f,ny 'n Itin@ 1ecurrei right nero
ls-s..f To William Pott' caller. Bill,
But took L BIZ s Tsei on the track
,;,bt was taking Of a sn0oze
After snliterj
mt, 5row,d beeu open iof DoaU, anu Bill
h"e Forgot to shit her.
t.;s Ieos A dangling from the draw, be slept
Upon the track.
And never WOKE until the night express
Was at his back.
An then he half rose, and fetched howl,
But twas too late!
He set right on the cow-catcher spell,
But didn't wait.
he throwed handspring sixty feet alof p.
And with bound
Struck on the track half mile away.
But safe and sound!
Bill finished all that wasn't dead, and then
The coroner came
And heard the evidence; the jury said,
No one to blame
Twas luck for Bill, though; for he got 50 scare
OF tending switch
They I'D to make him stai keeper here,
~ And now he's rich.