The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-08-19
FACTS AND FANCIES.


An editor having asked an Illinois
ffrmer for crop news, rC oeived this an
swcr And now the reaper rcapeth, the
mower moweLh, aud the little humble
bee getteth up the busy granger
trousCrs,lcg and bumbleth." p"
SoNG or TIE MUsQuTO.-
Home again-homo again
From foreign shore!
Aud oh, II fills my EOul with Joy,
TO greet my f,icnds once more, :"
1t docs, indeed i
-"H0w much for tho broad. faced
chicken on the fence?" inquired an
1rishman of farmer, on Staten Island,
the other day. That's not n chicken,
it's IN OWL" replied the farmer. 81
don't care how ould he is, would like
to buy him, says the Irishman.
1t is seldom easy to see the hidden
bcnefaction in that which is M apparent
aiiliction. A boy who was "cOntound-
Jug" the mosquito was told by his pas
tor that doubtless the insects arc
made with good end in view," when
the young scamp replied, II can't see
it whether it is IN view or not. At any
rate | don't like the end / feel. "
A." Amen amen - shouted n Cedar
Rapids parson at the elegant remarks
of II stranger Mt the camp.meetlng.
Suddenly the pOrsOu turned his eyes on
the mPu, and jumping NJ, screamed,
"Catch bin, brothers, catch him ! Hes
the throe.card monte man that got my
last months salary" This is fact, and
the monte man il now in jail at Cedar
Rapids.
"A rustic couple from Birkshire
county, Mass, called upon Hartford
clergyman on Thursday last and were
married, and after the ceremony the
bridegroom inquired the charge. The
clergy man ioklngly auswercd that "a
cent pound would be about right"
whereupon mental calculation was
made by the gtoom, who handed
out S3, with the satisfied comment
"Cheap enough"
One year ago, says the Vlcksburg
Herald, they clasped hands over II
gate in the dusk of evening,
and she said she would be his little
lugel until life was DO more. Yesterday
noon he went homo and found his Sun
lay suit in strips on the floor, his silk
nat kicked in, and his fine boots cut
lowu, and she yelled out from the bed
oom "Is that you, you old alligator?
Well, | don't think you'll trot oil again
~ C,,liIiinr uny wDAl ~
-.Thc Viceroy of Egypt is about to
the world again. He has re
olved to build IL railroad along the
ALLEY of the Nile i'll the interior OF
africa, aud as ne has plenty of money
md thousands of serfs at his command,
10 will no doubt accomplish his pur-
lose. In few years African explorers
will be able to travel in sleeping cars,
md to write magnificent descriptions OF
places they pass through in the dark.
NoRNING LAND
So near the goal. 40 near
The portals open with sound like song
Thc path ia lost in Brightness that 40 long
Wandered mid shadows Oh my soul hoslrong
And do not fear.
DO you, too, feel tho WOO;
The mist that blinds my all cold and gray
rhe fog that settles round my troubled way
Tho clouds that settle But thoy can not stay
Riso up aud watch tllcm 60
So near the goal stand
)h, weary heart, thy task ls vol nigh dOno!
SEQ far of tho golden setting sun;
he work well wrought that was 10 bad begun.
Welcome o, Morning Land
LAURA G. ioLLOwrLL.
"A touching though somewhat ludi-
rous scene occurred at Baltimore few
avs ago. About twenty years agoa
egro woman was sold from there to
arties sway down SOUTH" her father
nd mother remaining on the estate
rom which she was sold, aud where
hey still reside. During the war the
Id folks lost all trace of the girl aud
nd given her up for lost until within
ew wears. when they beard from her IN
Jew Orleans. A few weeks ago they
ad a letter from ner promising soon to
isit them, and from that time the Old
ouple went to the wharf every time a
oat arrived expecting to meet her,
nd showing keen disappointment on
hiding that she had not yet come. At
asst, however, they were rewarded for
heir watching as buxom, comely
nplatto waved q handkerchief at them
rom an approaching boat. The old
woman shouted, executed half fan
Tango, skipped around generally, while
he old man stood on his head, and the
nour of jubilee seemed to have come.
A Des Moines, Iowa, correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune writes a ro-
markable incident occurred near vlro-
qua, few days ago, in a family whose
name nv informant could not remem-
her There were three little children,
the Oldest being five years, two OF whom
went to tke barn to find hens nests.
They found one aud crawled to it, and
one of them thrust his hand forward
to get the eggs, when he quickly with
drew il, saying the old hen had bitten
him. The other said he wasn't afraid,
and thrust his hand forward, when he,
too, was bitten. Both then screamed,
which quickly brought their mother 10
the spot, when it was discovered ihas
they had been struck by rattle-snaAe
coiied in the nest. The mother seiHe9
the little boys in her arms and has.ened 'ot
10 the house, where new horlot n ,I,o
her gaze. In her haste to secure wv
hoys Of the barn she had set doWu
bo;Ier of hot water, into which the oaoe
had fallen. In thirty minutes all her
children we're dead.