The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-07
FACTS AND FANcIEs-

A LAssEN county, Cal, farmer re
Gently lad two thousand sheep starved
to death. His feed gave out, and the
deep snow prevented the sheep from
reaching grass.
THE Kentucky legislature has passed a
bill taxing all dogs over three years OF
age 50 each. Dogs refusing to give their
| ages to the census enumerators will be
dealt with summarily.
The sound parts of the old Boston
elm have been sent away to be made into
furniture for the city hall and souvenirs
to be given to historical societies all over
the country.
THE YEAfs.-
Why do we heap large mounds OF years
Before us and behind,
And scorn the little days that pass
Like angels on the wind?
Each, turning round a small sweet lace
AS beautiful as near,
Because il is so small a face
We will not see ii clear.
And so II turns from us, and goes
Away in sad disdain
Though we could give our lives for it,
Ii never comes again.
THERE is saying of SchopenhsueT
that sthe "women remain all their life
long big children; they have an eye for
the thing which is nearest to them; they
attach themselves to the present; they
mistake the appearance for the reality
and they set aside the most momentous
question for the vcriest trihe.P
THE Bay st. Louis Herald says "the
bluff along Bayon LacroiX is lined with
wax myrtle bushes and the berries are
ripe and fit 10 be melted into candles.
The candles made from these berries era
said to burn clearly, are very hard and
not affected by heat Bay of IT. Louis
ought to eight up"
THE old adage that Charity begins at
home" is well illustrated in tho benevo-
lent work done in the city of Boston.
Statistics complied for the government
show that in the year 1873 the city gave
for home charities SO, ,466, ,437; the aver
age given by its Protestant churches to
foreign christian missions yearly is $50.
600. This would show iorty-three dol
lars expended for home charities for
every dollar expended abroad.
THE agent of an English company has
been for some time past buying up the
wild pine lands in Georgia, which have
been lying inutilized for years, and only
burden to their owners. The
object is to obtain the timber and
turpentlne tor lorelgh ShlPmehu. no
less than l5O,OOO acres have been mus
purchased, and 1t Is the intention OF the
company to buy million, from which
they pay from nNe TO MY cents an
acre.
"THLY manage these things better in
I,.,,.a, A. ,r;,l i, poria racantIv
where it was anticipated that the evil
dence would be such as might have
terdoDc,, tn shock tLe seusibilities of the
fbc iudge intimated that
- II - Al, 80, - ,,,,,,,oyt.d tIo
4 - ,,.,,',or, 40 ,,i,I,dra1v NOT souI
.'o-.aj "Irsber - lid the Judge "now
iilot ny VI ~. INT ,ron,c, have withdrawn
.in'.' 'i.'. ,,I. ',io IL - y
P"' '''
KEEPING JENT-
is this fast to keepe
me me ,nLurl aIon i'"i''
Ero,,, 'io fot of ycales and sbeapeg
Is 1t to 9uIt the dish
Tn ~, en- TISii'' '' '''''
The Matter high with fish,
t-:.... f,., 81 h,,,,,o
Or RAGGED onc.
or show
downcast look and sowre?
n... doIo
No TbS i'S sbeafe ,e Of wbeote
And meate
Unto hungry sowlc
t,s, fror, strife
- '' From % old debate.
And hate
To circumcise 'thy life"
r. sbo,r bo,rte grief rent
To starve tnv sin,
Not bin,
p.t.u, 1Jlu WNl.;nE t,ii' t-9I az N''i ''''
r. :, ~, ,,;, c.oU, .Lo
LIE boston 17, tiiinAS liz ilVa, 'ilo
ofld' peats No,: 'Iiieto - ;.J.,a;..'
% the prontS feall~.'pie i'",Ir c.,s
us cye-WaleI iito NaiI iiS a,,I ,n0 80 -,
lunureu ~ anu nioy nilill19 n,, 'nl r.; Jro,,
Ihill"' anu All, M, "o' III ,,DTar and
wear coI.0n clo1illis, ~, e. a,'tGt
liluer; AlIo" - IltI, ,,.oioti,a,
u each person VI CoItoI oIo., % ~ "olELL,is Ls
i've ounces 70 tne SO uaIg IH'u, ;TI; me nav, e
our blliiohs HNc nIii'io i,ii'oiio en,,o, ~
YARDS OF COTTON CON- "e'siins ''''"
hundred thouSil" 'oi''' l.,
OUR brains are seVenty-year CLOCKS.
:, - II H. A..
zey into the hands of the angel of the
esurTectloh, 9Lt 'G vac a,, Iii conno5 stnn
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