The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-02

She comes down to the depot in au cNprrs.
wagon three hours before train time Shr
Insists on sitting ON her trunk, out uu tlr
platform, 10 keep 10 from being stolen. ~Nu
picks up her rcticulc, fan, purasul. lunch
basket, small pot with "a house plant Zoo iL
shawl, paper bng of candy, hUVupt l-hp urN
er travels without one, small tumhlpr uuN
extra veil. and ehasts Historically after
every switch engine that goes hy, under tUu
i'm preston that &c is her train. Her vuIt.
trenbles a. she presents herself ut the rrstuu.
rant and tries To- buy ticket, and shu
knocks with the handle of her psruzOl uu
the door of the Old d~uscd tuol-huuec Iu
vain hopes that the baggage man would
come ont and check her trunk. SHE H-L.
veTybody in the depot and on tho platform
when her train viii start, and where 10 WIFI
stand, aud. looking straight at che great
clock, asks; what time is 81 now .' ~nr
sees, with terror. the baggage man ~hN her
trunk into a car where TWO men are -Wuk
ing, instead Of locking 10 zap rs Itself 300
large brown car with "Bld order, shops"
chalked on the side which she has long
ago determined to be the baggugo-Cur. IS
the only safe one IN sight Although JIr
first &C the depot, she Is the last Co grt hpT
ticket, and once on the ears, she sits, Co iNr
end OF her journey, IN au agony OF appI..
bensiOn that she has got on the wrong train
aud will be- landed az some strange station.
put in close carriage, drugged, ana muir
dered, and 60 every last male passenger who
walks down the aisle She rtuuI7 uU uuN
presents her ticket, which She invariably
carries in her hand. She finally recognize
her waiting friends on the platform, leaves
the car in burst of gratitude, aud che train
l. ten miles away before She remembers
that her recticulc, fan, para-uI, lunch huskct,
yerbcna, shawl candy, tumhlcr. veil uuI
bouquet are on the ear seat where She lrlI
them, cor ia the depot at Pcoria. for tbo l0ta
of her she can't tell which.-Pcoria Review.
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II had more money than hc had to carry
on the suit said very mean individual
who had just won "a lawsuit over a. poor
ncighbOr, "and that. where ] had the al-
vantage 81 him. Then ! had much better
counsel than he. and there / bad the adyIut-
age OF him. Aud his family were sick while
the suit was pending, so be- could NOT attend
60 II, and there had the advantage Of hlm
again. But then, Brown D. very decent
sort of man aftcr all "Ae-," said hi-
listener, "and there's ~ here Dee has the uI-
vantage Of YOU
A minister had negro in his family.
One Sunday, when hc Wu- preaching hr
happened 10 look 10 the pew where thr up-
gro was, and could hardly contain himself
as he saw the negro who could neither
read nor write word, scribbliuR away
most iudustriOu-ly. After meeting hc NIu
to him, Tom. what were you doing iu Ihr
church?' "Taku' notes. massai all dH
gemmen takes notes. Bring your notice
here aud let me see them" Tom bruuyuf
his notes, which looked more like Chmr-r
than English. "Why, Tom, thi- BE- uII nom
sense Il thought so, mas-l, alI tIo t.us
you was preachin' It..
The bronze statue Of Thomas Jefferson.
which has stood in front OF tho uAurufIFu
mansion at Washington tor these many
years, has been removed 90 plat uu thr
east side OF the house, aud GEM B1beo.h I-
going 20 have "a handsome foundation rr.Dt-
ed where IL formerly stood.
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A gentleman In Indiana. when a-hcI WhN
he didn't marry and settle down ir0IIugIE
replied that lac thought more, seriously U.
getting divorced aud settling up.
49,
They are talking about introducing fUu
English sparrow into san Francisco. We
introduced the same little Cuss into Louie
willie coupl" Of year, ago. ANA to-day m +.
difficult 10 toll who rule, the roO.t here. OBJ.
people or the caterpillar. Louisville tUu-
rieT-Journal.
II Is an Interesting fact chat the import
OF dry goods Of New York during thn
month OF August which ended yesterday
have been million and half less boo value
than In 1872 and four millions and quhr.
ter less than In 1871. our total imp0f.
since the beginning Of the year are uIHr-
teen millions less chan the yeHr before IH.'.
We are not running in debt abroad aa o. .'
as we were.
Rev. Mr.. Wilson, the Iowa clergyman
who not long ago was arrested for breaking
into his church, has been acquitted Dr. wa.
shown that the trustees had locked iur
doors 10 prevent service, that his cDugfr.
CATION we're outside waiting 90 hear Hfm
preach, and that being determined CO. preach
lac did preach.
The force OF habit Is fully illustrated .u
the case OF n retired mlkmau, who Says nu
never sees can Of water without having
an almost Irresistible desire Go put some
milk into 10.
A neat, clean, fresh aired. sweet cheer.
fui, well-arrangcd house CNertz "a moral iu.
iluence over It's inmates and makes tur
members Of a family peaceable aud cousII.
crate Of each others feelings and happiue.r.
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The following are the reasons why "a ship
is called she: They are useless without enc
plOyment, they bring news from abroad,
they wear caps and bOnncts. they are pul
in stays, they are often painted, ana "a man
never knows the expense ill DE Get- one.
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student who had been afflicted With
sermon one hour and "a half long Rrumb-
lingly saws that these professors study sob
much about eternity that they have nU cou-
cePtion Of time.
A Canadian editor announced that he had
ga keen napier, to prick all fools and
knaVes." His cHtempOrary over the way
said be hoped his friends would take Nc
away from him, for he might commit SUE
eide.
California grape-grOwers have found out
that IL pays TO dry their fruit. One hum
dred pounds OF fresh grapes are worth fli
when dried they are reduced ~ twenty
pounds, ard are worth - 80,
A fashionable woman, reading that the
HOosac tunnel cost nine hundred dollars
ward, declared, with emphasis, that she'd
Sbaye a dress pattern OF that piece 10 the