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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

While dispositions were being taken
at Richmond on the 18th, in the con
tested case of the Rev. John E. Massey
against Captain John s. Wise, an alter
cation occurred between the contest
ants. During the discussion Mr.. Mas
sey said that any person making such
an assertion assone just made by Wise
was unworthy of belief, whereupon
Captain Wise wheeled around and slap
ped Massey in the face twice. Mr..
Massey, who is sixty-6ve years old,
made no resistance
Captain Wise-"You have lied on me
long enough"
Mr.. Massey, rising from his chair: IF
| could wipe your blood from my hands
as easily as can this insult, you should
not live an hour" E
Captain Wise, shaking his finger at
Mr. Massey: You damned old rascal,
1 would box your jaws for language
like that if you were $50 years old, and
in the pulpit you have disgraced. The
police arrested Wise, who was bailed
for his appearance the following day.
Massey's face bore the marks of the
blows dealt by Captain Wise, who is
athletic and strong.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28
MOrristOwn Produce Market.
WHOLESALE PRICES
LEE, TAYLOR & CO., Lea

LEE, TAYLOR q CO., Lea1
Tobacco and General Commission
Merchants for the sale of Country
Products of every description, and
agents for the following manufac-
lures: Pure Raw Bone Meal and
Bone Flour, Peruvian Guano, Wheat
and Tobacco Fertilizers, Plant Bed
Food, Dupont Rife, Blasting, Min
ing, Ducking and Sporting Powders,
and Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
708 Main street, Lynchburg, Va,
quote country produce as follows,
and solicit consignments of the same,
promising prompt returns at the
highestmarket prices: Field Seeds
of all descriptions, say Glover, Tim
othy, German Millett, Orchard
grass, Herds grass, Evergreen grass,
Randall grass, Kentucky Blue grass;
improved varieties of Seed Wheat
and Field Grains generally. Speci-
alties withus Apples,green per bar
rel, 81 so to 81 90; Apples, dried,
per pound, 81 to cts; Bacon, new
hog round, II to Ii cts; Sides, 13
to IA cts; Hams, II to III cts; Shout
ders, 10 to III cts; Salt Pork, hog
round, IL cts; Sides, IL 10 III cts;
Hams II to 12a cts; Shoulders 10 cts;
Beef, hind quarters, q to 8 cts; fore
quarters, 5 to 6 cts; Butter, table,
20 to 221 cts; Buckwheat Flour, 80 cts.
per pound; Beans, white, per BUSH,
81 to So so; colored and mixed, 81
25 to ST 80; Blackberries, dried, 81
to 6 cts; Chickens, dressed, per doz.,
So 80 to 81 90; Chickens, live, |
= to $-per doz; Corn, old, white,
per bushel, go to 81 cts; new, so to
81 cts; Cherries, dried, pitted, per
pound, II to Is cts; Eggs, per doz.,
Is to Is cts; Flour, per barrel, fine, |
"a 90 TO 81 so; superfne, So 25 to
s. so; extra, So IS to Sc 90; family, |
Sc 90 to So; Feathers, new, So to
so cts. per pound; Ginseng Root,
per Id, 81 20 to 81 70; Hogs, pork,
81 to &c; Hay baled, meadow, $50
20 $40; clover, Sos 90 to $1,000;
llIlOJuJ, 2tO w W POO w 11dIO,
country, per pound, IA to Is cts
Oats, winter, per bushel, 65 to 20
It's; spring, So to 60 cts (; Onions,
per bushel, 20 to 80 cts; Peaches,
Tried, pared, 10 to II cts; impaired,
quarters, 3 to 81; halve, 4 to 5
It's; Potatoes, Irish, per bushel, IS
o ST 90; Sweet Potatoes, so to ST
is; Peas, black-eyed, 81 20 to 81 90;
lack, 81 90; Rye, pei bushel, 20
O rs cts; Turkeys, dressed per
,ound, rs to 16 cts; Venison Hams,
6 to IL cts; Wheat, white and
lancaster, 81 20 to 81 81; Fultz,
j Is to 81 %; Wool, washed per
'ound, 32 to 50 cts; unwashed, 20
0 % cts Cabbage, per head, 2 to 4
is; Flax Seed per bushel, 81 10;
bucks, dressed, SO so to 81 90 per
oxen; Geese, per dozen, $71 to SO.
iarch LIST, 1888.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

Both legislative houses have adopt
ed resolutions appropriating. So in
postage stamps to each member.
This was done in order to insure q
a large circulation of Governor Bates
message and other documents of sim
liar i'm portance to the taxpayer
One hundred and thirty two mem
bers can draw from the State treas
ury $500 This sum will pay post
age on 49,, $50 ounces of third class
mail matter. We are curious to see
DIR. Jones monthly statements as to
what ia the increase in the Nashville
Office of this class of mail stuff dur
ing the session. Let him make a
note of the number of pounds daily
mailed by these protectors of "the
toiling thousands.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

The charter of the Middle and
East Tennessee Railway, a newly
projected road, has just been regis
tered at Nashville. The road is to
run from Gallatin to Knoxville
through the counties of Sumner,
Trousdale, Smith, Putnam, DeKalb,
White, Cumberland, Roane and
Knox. The names of the incorpor-
ators are d. B. Anderson, J. G..
Rodemer, J. A. Nemins, E. Zim-
norman, w. S. Munday, H. @. Ellis,
VIM. A. Caruthers, VIM. ]. Hale, J.
J. Turner, r. G. Wright, John d.
Allen, r. A. Fite, III. III. billiard, J.
ID. Goodpasture, G. G Dibrell. The
fact that the name of Mr. thinner
man appears in the above list of in
corporators, gives rise to the belief
that c. p. Huntington is more or
less interested in having the pro
posed road built in connection with
other lines of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28
More People Made Happy.

The past week. we are Informed, has
been an unusually good one for the sale
of SymphyX, and very many people
have, no doubt, been relieved by its
use. The changeable weather of the
season is almost sure to bring colds,
coughs, and lung troubles with it, and
SymphYx is in demand as consequence
for the people begin to understand its
valuc in such diseases
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

Col. A. j. Caldwell, Congressman
elect from the Nashville district,
was interviewed, on the goth, while
in Chattanooga, en- route to Wash
ington, by a Democrat reporter, a.
to the physical condition of Mr..
Polk. He said: "COl. Polk Is dan
gerOusly i'll. 1t is my opinion that
if left in Jail he cannot live more
than fifteen or twenty days. i
talked to his physician yesterday
who told me that Col Folks pulse
was $50, and that be was almost
helpless. lie is wonderfully ema-
ciated and suffering largely from
the effects of his amDutated leg"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28


The president has nominated John
q. Gregory, of illinois, Leroy ID.
ThOman, of Ohio. and Dorman b.
Eaton, of New York, for civil serv-
ice commissioners Mr.. Thoman.
the Democratic member, Is an active
politician, and his appointment is
announced rs made at the instance
of Mr.. Pendleton. Mr.. Eaton is a
Republican, aud the third member
Of the commission, Mr.. Gregory, is
said to be as nearly rs possible neu-
trail in politics. 1t is generally as
sumed that the Office will be per
manent and will not overwork Its
incumbents. The salaries of the
Commissioners are s., 800 with s2O,-
600 a year for incidental expenses.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28
THE SAME HERE AND EVERY
WHERE

Memphis Ledger
The cost of keeping up fences in
Shelby county amounts to more an
nually than all the pigs and poor
COWS within its borders. Timber is
scarce and valuable and hard to get
at. Stock that is any account is
worth fencing up. 1t is the man
who has lean cows that can jump a
fence like deer, and razor back
hogs that can squeeze sideways
through four inch crack, who in
sists on the constitutional right and
the glorious privilege of turning his
stock out to prey upon other peo-
pies crops, for he never has much
of his own. Who ever heard of
man turning out fine Jersey cow
or blooded horse to Craze on the
commons or in the woods? Stock
that is worth having is worth tax
ing care of We are not afraid of
losing any valuable labor by no
fence law. In many of the older
States fences are almost unknown
except those constructed by rail-
roads, like the Illinois Central for
instance, to keep stock off their
track. The dairy business will take
care of itself under no fence law,
and the city will be supplied with
butter, milk, ETC., better than now,
by men who will keep up their
COWS and feed them on good hay
and clover. Wherever the no fence
law has been tried it has given great
satisfaction. If gradually adopted,
as it must be eventually, it would
save the South millions of dollars
in few years. We are out of the
wilderness now, and must put off
the ways of the wilderness.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

EASILY PRvvEN.-It is easily proven
that malarial fevers, constipation, tor
pidity of the liver and kidneys, general
debility, nervousness, and neuralgia
ailments yield readily to this great dis
ease conquerer, Hop Bitters. 1trepairs
the ravages of disease by converting
the food into rich blood, and it gives
new life and vigor to the aged and in
firm always
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

A contributor to Puck says: ON
ain one gutter ! saw a pig; in the
other the semblance of a man. The
pig was sober the man was drunk
The pig had ring in his nose /;
the other animal had one on his
finger. The pig grunted; so did
the man. And | said aloud, eve
are known by the company we
keep" and the pig heard me and
walked away, ashamed to be seen
in the company of the drunken
man.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

The cost of American railroads,
according to the census report, Is
over four thousand millions, or an
average of S47,0 900 n mile. Their
gross earnings in 1850 were $780,
400, 594, and the net S119,344, 597,
or less than 3 per cent on their cost
Their dividends amounted to a little
more than $40, 100000, or about p
per cent. on the capital. The aver
age number of passengers to a train
was fOrty-five, and the number of
men employed by all the railroads
In the country was 4IS.q57.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

At a recent meeting of the Mayor
and Town Council of Aiken, s. c.,
resolutions were passed expressing
the sympathy and confidence of the
corporation in the enterprise of the
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chi
cago railroad, and rendering to the
company the use of any of the
streets ofthe town for the purposes
oftba rod
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

About three years ago a Chica-
go newspaper printed one morning,
under flaming headlines, long and
detailed account of the burning of
the NewhalI House, Milwaukee, the
night before with frightful loss of
life The article was a hoax, and
closed with a sentence explaining
that the horrible calamity which it
graphically portrayed was liable to
occur at any time Il. B. Northrop,
a newspaper man, now of ST. Paul,
was the author ofthe hoax, and al
ways declared that the time would
come when bis article would be re-
gardsd in the light of prediction.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28
SEWING MACHINES.

We have the Light-running w HITE
Remington, Howe, D. Davis and other
first-class machines. We sell VERY
much cheaper than any house in East
Tennessee. A full stock of Needles,
Oil, Parts and Attachments. Send for
prices. ANGEL s. JENKINS, Knox
vile, Tenn. Nov29
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28
TFRKs OF THE GAZETTE.

RATES or INSCRIPTION. = One
wear t52 issuss) 81 so; sir months, rs cts;
shres months, 20 esRfs.
h-RATES or ADVERTZsLNG.- OneineA
first insertion, g.; each subsequent iRSsr-
n0R, 50 eentas dispLdged advertisements
usil Be ekarged according 20 me space Oeeu-
pied af ab0re rates.
d. TO REGULAR ADVERTISERS s1e Of
frT superior fhduccmeRts both as 60 rate
efehGrges and manner 81 displagiHg 1aeir
f4rCTg.
NOTICES IN LOCAL COL U1NS-10
osnrs per line for first Insertion and cents
per line for each additional insertion.
OOHhUNICA TONS musf Be aoc0lPGA
Jed ey The true name and Gddress Of the
srriter IN 0rLer % reese attention.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

Senator Blaine is busy preparing a
book, Twenty years in Congress,
which is creating much interest in
Washington. Public men who were
openly against him short time ago are
now anxious to make friends with himl
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

A panic, caused by an alarm of
fire, occurred in a German Catholic
Church in New York, where the
Sisters of Charity conduct a school
for small children, Tuesday. Before
it could be quelled IA of the unfor-
tunate children were trampled to
death.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

A bill giving women the right to
vote in municipal elections is to be
favorably reported to the Massachu-
sets Legislature. 1t provides for
registration and insists upon poll
tax qualification. Friends of the
measure are confident it will pass.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

Tennessee, in 1882, produced g.
OOO.O bushels of wheat and o.
OOO,0lO bushels of corn. Fifteen
States produced more wheat than
she did, and only eight States pro
duced more corn. Only one south
ern State stands ahead of Tennes-
ace
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

Mr.. VIM. ID dge, who died on the
10th, was one of the most charitable
men in the world The possessor
of an estate valued at S5,0OO.0QO, he
never permitted his fortune to ac-
and rarely made new i'm
vestments. He was always his own
almoner, and his benefactions aver
aged 81 900 a day. No man ever did
more.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

The latest addition to the British
Museum is Nebuchadnezzar's door
step, careful examination of which
shows certain marks of wear which
indicate that Neb's daughter had a
young man. Human nature doesn't
change much, though years roll on.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28
SPORTING GOODS.

Angel s. Jenkins, Knoxville, Tenn
have fine line of Guns, Breech and
Muzzle loading, Shells, Primers, Pow
der and Shot, Powder Horns and Fasks,
Game Bags, Loading Tools, &c. Shells
loaded to order. Nov29.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

One of the drawbacks Of married life
T. sickness Of the little ones. Fer a
Cold OF Cough you cannot find better
remedy than DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Nearly all physicians prescribe 1t and
no family should be without il.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

A fire broke out in Pensacola on
the morning of the 10Th, which de-
stroyed large amount of property.
Origin, accidental. Among the
buildings destroyed was the l.. & N.
railroad depot, which was filed with
goods.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28
TIKI MORRISTOWN GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY FEB. 3. 1853

IL is understood that Col. Folks
bOndsmen have agreed to settle Col.
Folks liabilities by the payment of
$500, 900 In "new issue" and Ten
nessee bOnds-mOstly in new issue.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

Claremont, N. H., has a cooking
club composed of young lady grad
yates of the high school. After
passing four years in eating picked
lines and writing notes to the boys,
with a few incidental Rotations,
they are settling down to something
practical.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

Gen. U, S. Grant may not want a
third Presidential term, but, if pru-
dent man, will keep Dr.. Moffett's Tee
thina in the house for young Sartoris.
1t can be found at Armitage Bros, Nor
riStOwn
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

The people of Memphis are anxions
to see the June platform strictly adher-
ed to and the State debt proper paid in
full
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

The Clerk of the Supreme Court, who
has been making out of the office about
as much as President Arthur's salary,
has had his salary fixed at $4,000 per
QDnnne
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28
HENRY'S
CARB0LIC SALvE.
The most Powerful Healing
Ointment ever Discovered.

Henry's Carbolic salve cures
Sores.
Henry's carbolic salve allays
Burns.
Henry's Catholic salve cures
Bruises,
Hynry's Carbolic Salve heals
Pimples.
Henry's Carbolic Salve cures Piles
Henry's Carbolic Salve heals Cuts.
Ask for Henry's, and Take no Otstr.
Beware of counterfsits.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

w. r. Lewis, Alama, says: "Those
to whom have sold Browns Iron Bit
tiers are perfectly pleased with it. re-
commend it highly
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

Washington, for the first time since
the war, is free from bonded debt, and
its six per cent. bonds are in demand at
par by investors.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

A bill permitting women TO vote
on educational matters, has been
passed by the Maine senate.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28

Rev. Howard Crosby, ID d., pres
ident of the New York Society for
the Prevention Of Crime, declares
that four ffths Of the crime in Co
than is caused BY liquor.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28
Settled BeyOnd a Doubt.

No one questions the fast that more
cases of whites, suppression, irregulari-
ties and uterine Instructions of every
kind, are being daily cured by DR.. j.
Bradfield's Female Regulator, than by
all other remedies combined It's sue
cess is beyond precedent. Thousands
of certificates from women everywhere
pour in upon the proprietor. The at
tention of prominent medical men has
been aroused in behalf of this wonder
full compound, and the most succes sful
practitioners use it. If women suffer
hereafter it will be their own fault.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 3, 1879.
/ have used Bradfield's Female RegC-
lator and lind it ali that is ella lined for
it. 1t has proven in my hands a COM
plete success in the treatment of all
those diseases peculiar to females. In
a practice of fifty years l have found
pothing equal to it. aa3
JAS. G. MAULL, MD.
DR.. j. Bradfeld Hrop., Atlanta, Ga.
Price 81 81 per bottle Sold by all
Druggists aud w. P. Carriger, whole
sale agent. ls 84s
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-28
AUGUSTA.
GEORGIA.

Haolng Business
Bacon, Flour,
Onions Eggs Florida Fruits and Vegetables and all kinds Produce
, 1883-10-04

Real Estate Transferc.

James NJ Watt and wife to Town
send Iron Co., Sept. 9th, 1898,
east : of east = of sec. 10, tp. %, north
west, l W, 100 acres; $160.
Chas. G Bartlett and VT. to ]. A Kuhn
all of Jefferson Co, Sept. 9th, 1883, lot
No 3. blk. ! I, in Port Townsend; $50.
f. W. Pettygrove to Chas. Eisenbeis,
Jefferson Co, Sept. 9th, 1881. lots l, 2,
1, 5, 6, Z and s in blk. 2, and all of blks
3 and 4 in Pettygsove's add. TO Port
Townsend; S2300.
Martha A. Gerrish and c. NJ. Gerrish
to Arthur ID. Attridge, Dec. 4th, 1879,
northeast - of southwest ! of sec. z, tp.
30, north range W. Willamette nero
40 acres, more or less, in Jefferson Co !;
$40.
Alburtis Baumis and VT. to Henry L.
Morgan. May 11th. 1888, . acres bounded
by the lands of Mrs. Ranne and Clara
L. Dodd, in Jefferson Co; $500
Alfred A. Plummer and VT, to Henry
E Morgan, Nov. 22d, 1882, property con-
tiguous to Lawrence and Taylor sts.,
Port Townsend; $500.
VIM. II. H. Learned and VT. to j. c.
Heath, Aug. 3lst, 1888, lot !, In Learned's
add. to Port Townsend; 5000.
anthony Prongua and VT. TO J. G.
bounded by the lands of Plummer and
Pettygrove, and by Winslow's add. to
Port Townsend; $1,000.
VIM. Dodd and VT. of Jefferson Co, 20
F. L. Olds and z. d. Farber, of Pierce
Co, w. T., Sept. 18th, 1888, undivided y
int. in southwest Il of southeast =, and
the northeast I of the northwest Il of
sec. %, tp. 30, north range W. of VIII.
mer. 100 acres; SI25.
s. b. Hoffman and VT. of Kent Co,
Mich, to II. E. Morgan and VT. of Port
Townsend, quit claim to lots and 4 in
a. l.. Pettygrove'5 add. to Port Town
blk. July 25th. 1888; S100.
send, G. Henricksen and VT. of Portland,
Oregon, to g. Hansen, of Astoria, Or,
Aug. Sd, 1888, quit claim TO the undivided
= of one acre, lot IL, in Thurston Co.,
215 acre lot in Pierce Co, one acre tract,
No. %, in King CO., one acre lot, No. 30,
in Whatcom Co., and one acre tract, No.
"a, IL Jefferson Co.-all in Washington
Territory; $50.
Thos. T. Minor and VT. of Seattle, to
II. G. Morse, of San Francisco, Cal,
Sept. Odd, 1888, lot 10, in blk. u, in the
town of Harrisburg (near 1rondale)-no
consideration given.
II. E. Morgan and w. to W. o. Chap
man, LCpt- clr iCoO1 dulI ~ d piece
of land bounded by the lands of Rannie,
Pettygrove, Mcintyre and Tibbals, in
Port Townsend; $500.
VIM. II. II. Learned and W.T. to Owen
McCann, Sept. 9th, 1888, lot 2, in Learn
eds add. to Port Townsend; $500.
James Simms and VT. to Andrew
Matthews, Sept 18th, 1888, quit claim to
lot ., in blk. 100, in Port Townsend
$400.
Alfred A. Plummer and VT. of Port
Townsend, to Timothy Flynn, of San
Juan Co., w. L. Sept. u, 1888, in the
vicinity OF Lawrence and Tayler sts., Port
Townsend, 110x110 feet; $500.
Alfred A. Plummer and VT. to II. L.
Morgan, Nov 22d, 1882, described as
com. at point 493 feet from Lawrence
street, on line with east side of county
road, SC, 110x110 feet, in Port Town
send; $500.
, 1883-10-04
Whatcom County News.

RereHle.l
Special timber agent Wilcoxen has
been on a business tour through the
Nooksack country.
The Knox mill at Fairhaven sawed
the first log on Monday last. and did
fully as well as expected. This mill is
simply the forerunner of large milling
and manufacturing concern. Fairhayen
has improved wonderfully of late, and
will continue to stride forward with such
enterprising business men as Robert
Knox.
The new Whatcom town company
(B. B. & B. q. r. r. Co. have I07 men on
their pay roll grading, slashing, building
wharf, sidewalk and improving the ap-
pearance of the embryo city in com
mendable manner. The old What ,om
townsite owners might take a hint from
this and spend little money in the same
way to very good advantage. It would
demonstrate to the public that their in
terest in the future welfare of Whatcom
is paramount to mercenary gain. 1t
would not take 107 men long to give the
old Whatcom townsite much better ap-
pearance. God did sufficient for our
townsite; the future rests with man.
BARKING AT THUNDER The first time
our young dog heard the thunder II
startled him. He leaped up, gazed
around in anger, and then began to bark
at tie disturber of his peace. When the
next crash came he grew furious and
flew around the room, seeking to tear in
pieces the intruder who dared thus to
defy him. 1t was an odd scene. The
yelping of q dog pitted against the artiI
lery of heaven! Poor, foolish creature,
to think that his bark could silence the
thunder-clap or intimidate the tempest!
What was he Like? His imitators are
not far to seek. Among us at this par
ticular juncture there are men of an
exceedingly doggish breed who go about
bowling at their Maker. They endeavor
to bark the Ain lty out of existence,
to silence the voice of his gospel, ard to
let him know that their rest is not to be
disturbed by his wa nings. We need
not pa-tculariZe; the creatures are often
here, and are very fond of public note.
even when it takes an unfi ,1ndly form.
Let them alone. They present a pitifuI
spectacle. We could smile at them If
we did not feel much more compelled to
weep. The elements of tragedy are
wrapt up IN this comedy. Today they
may defy their Maker, but tomorrow
they may be crushed beneath his right
eous Indignation. at any rate, the idea
of fearing them must rever occur to us;
their loudest noise is vocaliZed folly;
their malice is impotent, their fury is
mere fume. HE that sitteth in the
heavens doth laugh; the Lord doth have
them IN derision. &c. FL. SpufgeoR.