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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-08-22
.DlD YOU SPEAK TO ME.r
How Col. Jehn 3. Graves Downsd Z Big Maa
Warrington.

Col. Will Boswell tells a good
one on Col. John II. Graves in
connection with their recent trip
to Old Point Comfort and Wash.
ington. When they got to Wash.
ington, ike all good Democrats,
they determined to call at the
wmte::House and see their Cousin
Grover.
While they were going to the
White House it was determined
that a. Col. John r. Graves was
the halldsomest and most talented
man in the party, he should act as
spokesman. Col. Graves tried to
sbirk this post Of honor, but II
was forced upon him.
When they were ushered into
the White House they found .
most distinguished looking color
ed man. apparently q footman, in
gorgeous attire, standing by the
window looking out upon the
grounds. Col. Boswell said /:
snow Col. Graves, show us how
<x~o IN f.sI1x~ a KnoxooItxo -. :. 4
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lYonker's Gazette.l

IOnker'B dazette.
"Look thee. Henrico! I! are thy
wits on edge n =
"Aye, damosel, indeed are
they r.
sThen list I heard me father
intimate last eve that he would
join us In our rural jaunt. This is
an abscess on the pleasure, boy.
and thou must check its coming to
q head"
"Praised be the fitness Of coin.
cidence. But yestermorn Dom
Pedro Gardintruk did of his boun-
teous soul inherit me an invoice
Of insidious cucumbers. Thy fa-
TIERS palate favoreth the same,
aud thou, cunning Hebe at his
feast, msyst strew these germs of
colic in his fare, and spare him
journeying on our morrow's fete."
IA ducat for thy shrewd design.
ing, knave. The gods forbid that
| should do him III, but Don Rhu-
barbi, he that physic deals hath
oft advised for him q little rest,
and II this herb will generate the
same, with syrin voice and art I'll
WOO him to it,
.But, mark thee, maidl Gauge
well his calibre. aud ne'er sur
charge him with the dynamite.v
aBewareI nor thus arraign q
daughter's love. I've other ser.
vice for me, sire, boy. But stay
should these cucpmbers deadlier
be than IL the average Of their
ven'mcus host, what then would
shield thee from the tyrnnt Inv
that would entaiI upon bis obse.
quies p
HAbate thy fenrs In1anify's q
thing already proven Of I swain IN
love. Iho1'1< 6ut 10 oU<1r / cnII.
So. j - ~ 1|l|||' 1Sl|l |||||| |l'|| n
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COLD HlRHOR.

In the TrIbune's interesting
sketch OF Gen. Grants career, !
find this passage in the account of
1854:
AN assault lat Cold Harborl on
June 8. lasting hardly more than
quarter ofan hour, cost him Grant
1000 men; and when orders
went out TO renew ii the whole
line without any previous concert
absolutely refused to move. They
were dlsheartened By such butch
ery.n
No American citizen, whether
specially an admirer of Gen. Grant
or not, can read such a declaration
as that without pain. II / pro-
uounce it untrue l must Of course
give my authority, and to do that
requires me to tell q tale out Of
school-though fortunately one
that win harm nobody. When 1
wrote the article on Grant for the
American Encyclopedias / felt
bound to include that same state
menf, because found the incident
recounted with particularly in
Swinton's "Campaigns ofthe Army
of the Potomac and Swinton is
certainly q strong authority on
acts, though his criticism Of
Gen. Grants strategy in that cam.
paign Is monstrously unjust. But
Mr.. Dana, the editor, in reading
ths proof Of the article. struck ont
the sentence, and wrote on the
margin: "This is not true.n As
Mr.. Dana was assistant secretary
of war when that campaign was in
progress, there could hardly be q
higher authority; and as he was
at this time politically unfriendly
to Gen. Grant, il is not to be sup.
posed that he would have stricken
out the ugly incident except in
the interest of the truth. Now
that / have related the story, /
may add that It struck me at the
time as an unusual perfection Of
the editorial character. which
wonld allow to slip into his book
an untruthful statement damaging
to a political opponent, though he
might easily have passed it by as
the work of . contributor, and
II could have been fortified with
apparently respectable authority.
| hope Mr.. Swiuton discovered
the error aud corrected 1t In the
new edition of his book that was
issued two years ago. The losses
IN the armies commanded by Gen.
Grant were sad enough, and every
general has mistakes enough to
. - A. Il.
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we're first married. never to sit in
my presence without my leave.
Which yOu told Mrs. Lee, Mrs.
Fry, and several others; And
stood TO il before my face. /
dislike, 0, Your common Custom
of saying things not true. To in
stance only in two or three Par.
ticulars. You told Mr.. ireland
"Mr. vazzilla learnt Spanish in
Fortnight" You told Mr.. Fry
AIRS. Ellison was the author of
my Intrigue in Georgia. You
tolp Mrs. Ellison, "You never said
any such thing; you never charged
her with it.r You also told her.
"That l had laid a Plot to serve
You as Susannah was served by
the two Elders.r I dislike, 10,
your extreme unreasonable bitter.
ness to oil who defend my Charac.
ter tas my Brother, Joseph Jones,
Clayton Carthyl breaking out even
into foul, unmannerly Language
such as ought not to detile Q Gen.
tlewoman's lips. il she did not be.
lieve one Word Of the Bible.
And now; Molly, what would
any one advise you to, That has q
real Concern for you Happiness I
Certainly, 1, To show, read. touch
thorse Letters no more; II you do
not restore them to their proper
owner; 2. to allow me the com.
mand ofmy own House, with free
Leave to invite thither whom l
please. 3. To allow me my Liberty
there that any who will may come
to me, without Let or Hindranc !;
4, To let me 60 where l Piles, and
to whom / please, without giving
an Account to any: 8, To assure
me, you will take no more Of my
Papers, nor an ything of mine
without my consent: Z, To treat
all the servants where you are
whether yon like them or mol with
Courtesy and Humanity, and to
speak III you speak at alD to them,
as we'll as Others, with Good na.
ture, aud Good manners. Z, To
speak no evil Of me behind my
back: 8, Never accuse me falsely
., To be extremely cautions Of ssy-
Ing anything that is rot strictly
true, both ~ the Matter and Man.
nsr, and, 10, To avoid all Bitter.
ness of Expression, till. you can
avoid all Bitterness OF Spirit.
These are the Advices, which !
now give you in the Fear Of God,
and In tender Love to Your Soul,
Nor can ! give you o Stronger
} Proof that | am, your affectionatc
husband,
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SOUTHERN INNS n 1890.
fks Prices fer EatsEtainnsnI sna shs Kind Of
Trsstasni Guests Rsa.iEsa.

The roads that lead north and
south were good and well cared
for; bat the inns throughout the
whole South were execrable.
Travellers Of all sorts have agreed
that the condition Of the buildings,
the coarseness Of the fare, the
badness of the beds and the exor-
bitance Of the reckoning could not
be equaled elsewhere. Not one
Of them displayed a sign, and. save
for the number ofhandbilIs posted
mp beside the door, the Inn was
like every other house along the
way. The widows had often no
sashes, the roofs let In the rain.
Mattresses we're unknown, and on
the hottest night in summer the
weary lodgor was compelled to lie
down upon a feather bed. Break
fast cost six-shillings; dinner cost
4 dollar. A nights lodging was
half Is much but, il clean sheets
were demanded, the price was six
pence more. Suppers were rarely
eaten. Inn keepers attributed
these evils is the customs of the
land, aud declared that, while way
farers found entertainment at the
houses Of the great, the condition
of the tavern could never be i'm
proved. There were ofcourse ex-
ceptions. Here and there In the
large towns were to be seen ordi-
naries with which the most fastid-
ious could find little fault. No
better specimen ofa good Sonth-
ern Inn existed than the Eagle
Tavern at Richmond. The build
ing was large, was Of brick, and
provided with q long veranda In
front. For sshilling and sixpence
Virginia currency, the traveller
was shown TO neat bed in q well.
furnished room up one fight of
stairs. On the wall was fastened
4 printed table Of rates. From this
be learned that breakfast cost two
shillings and dinner with grog
or toddy, Was three; that . quart
Of toddy was one and six, that .
bottle of porter was two and six.
aud that the best Madeira wine
sold for six shilIings quart.
When lie rose III the morning he
washed his face, not in his room,
bnt Oh the piazza, aud ate his
break fast, In tho coolest dining
rooms, at a table adorned with
pewter spoons and china plates.
on at one side was tub full OF
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packet,
|e Swift and Reliable
Der Iargoud,
(e of the j. NJ. Whitley

Master. Cur IIoT.Nks, clerk.
eaves New Orleans for Green
lille every TUESDAY ut =
yes Greenvllle for New Or
! FRIDAY.
|ine reserves the right to pass
bat the Captains may c0nsid-
Passengers to New Orleans
hing time, avoiding Railroad
expense. The fare and gen.
nodatIons cannot be exceIled.
lats do not run here only
be cotton senson but oIso
! dull months, to serve q pub
ence; which shippers should
|reciprocate.
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A witness who was being cross
examined In q liquor case at South
Bend, Ind, was being pressed by
the prosecuting attorney to de-
scribe the color, ETC., Of the liquor
he had drunk, when he replied
"Well, l tell you, Mr.. Egbert, 1t
was just the color Of that liquor
you paid for that l drank the Sun-
day before election" The Prose
cutting Attorney was satisfied.
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NE HAD TO APOLOGIZE.
Times sDemocrat.I


A few years ago q large number
of railroad passenger agents were
congregated at Jacksonville, Fla,
endeavoring to secure business
for their respective roads, as the
travel of northern tourists hap
pened to be very large that winter.
While the passenger agents were
infesting the hotels and making
things lively. and having jolly
time among themselves, the editor
of one Of the Jacksonville papers
came out in an editorial, aud call.
ed the passenger agents body
snatchers, and declared that they
were nuisance, and stated in
positive terms that they should be
kept away from the depots by the
police. The article aroused the
ire Of the passenger men, and they
held meeting at a hotel to devise
ways and means to be avenged.
Rean Campbell offered a motion,
which was adopted, to appoint q
committee, who should call on the
editor and compel him to apollo
gize. Mr.. Campbell, so the joke
goes, was made chairman of the
committee, and in company with
several others started in search Of
the Office Of the abusive paper.
After some difficulty the Office
was found, aud ascending couple
Of flights of dark rickety stairs,
Mr.. Campbell and his committee
entered q room and discovered a
thin consumptive looking little
man seated at a pine table, writing
BY the light Of q dirty tallow can.
die.
"Are you the editor and respon-
sible man Of this paperr said
Campbell, becoming very bold as
he noted the fact that the editor
was q very dimiuutive man.
"Yes, sir, Pm the editor and re-
sponsible man."
swell, sir, did you writs this
outrageous article p thundered
Campbell, as he put on q look Of
terrible rage.
ayes, I wrote that article" calm
" replied the small editor.
.Then, sir, we demand that you
apologize and retract what you
have said, Instantly" said Camp
bell in q laundering manner.
VI never apologize" replied the
editor, land I want you to get oul
Of here In d--n quick style - ant
he pulled out Of a drawer in th'
table before him q six shooter al
long as o cornstalk and covered
the crowd with II. Col. Bob Gar
ratt, who was there to rende
moral support to the committee
says he reached the bottom of tn
stairs first, with the rest Of th
committee galloping close at hi
heels.
When the committee reache'
the hotel the other passenge
agents were anxious to know wha
success they had met with. MI
Campbell, after calming himsel
explained that the intention wa
laudable, but owing to circun
stances the execution was faulty
He also remarked that his friend
would have to wait until shec
was frozen over before he woul'
consent to serve on q retractiO
committee again.
| Col. Garratt says the next morr
ing the editor came out In his pa
per and ripped the boys up th
back, but no one cared to call hi
attention to the matter.
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srAr,e~s. Isss'E r. 'IEIIss.s. 4 ss


I, Il. Il and Is will run daily.
and ~ will leave Greenville for
=iays. Wednesdays and Fridays |;
tuesdays. Thursdays and Saisir !.
/ II and Is connect ut LELAND for
! sburv and New orleans.
"a and 20 connect 1t Huntington
4 Hot Springs, Little Rsck and all
buth and south vest
Gko. GLAnkE, Agent.
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JOHN WESLEY.

l do not know II Mrs. Mary
Wesley lald this letter to heart; bu
evidently she read II carefully, for
she has made autograph notes up.
on 1t In three or four places. For
instance, when her husband says
her conduct "may drive him fur
thur or" she has written 'impos'
able ~
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Thirteen officers sat down to
break fast recently on board the
Vermont, although no one was
aware Of the fact until the meal
was nearly over. The names Of
al we're taken. 50 that there will
Be 3 good chance 70 zee Il there ie
anything IA The old euperslition.
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AT Huntington for Arkansas
kkansas points; NJ vicksburg with
|IssI ,sipl'i river, V. An and y.
*, at iiarrision fur points on n.
ii Ethrl for points on Clinton
L,n branch.
[--At Ration Rouge with steamer
kr BAYOU sara; At Efhcl for tim
iudsod Isranch, ut lIarrisian fur
n points; ut Huntington fruin NIL
fis; At Memphis With q ia So.
louisville: 81. I.ouss AMI points
4. X fbrall points East
J. II New orleans for all polnts In
fida.
[-At Huntington for Not Springs
so,nls IN Arkanssis and West; IT
Kansas City. 8. AL. fornt. Louis
II. Jxo BmAnlnv.
hres AT. A>~I<funt kupl.
His, Tenn New OrIc~ns. Ia
h. HAsrIxgs. NJ. OFT,
visksburx. Miss.
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ADVERTIsMa RaTrs-

."
Transient Advertising. One sqdafs
r.es - INSERTION, ......-...--...----&I &I-z1
Aseh Subsequent Insertion. IS
ses Ter Legal notices, which ars IN
eiuded underthl head. due On "a hzfrrr
lasI publication. Ne proof furnished IN.
I'll paid for.
: Locals" five lines or less. this fTus.
% cents for first, . cents each szkees
quenf insertion.
Personal articles or notices charged far
according 10 their nature.
Customers win please give explicit di-
reetiohs, Of length Of time for pu5liesfies
OF advertisements.
Regular advertising. one square, 5m1
y, 6ms. sl2. year 50.
Larger advertisements, quarterly, half
yearly. and yearly,
Contracted for At Liberal Rates.
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ANNOUNCING cANprDArEs. |.

Orders from transient customers. ver.
bal or written. for job work. advertising.
or subscription, must be accompanied By
the cash. Accounts Of regular eusfo-
mers due and presented the LIST Of each
month.
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Preaching At u a n. and y m. every snndny
Communion lst sunday In February. Nay. A..
gust aud November. fuyer-nrcfing every
Wednesday nixht. 3. Archer Pastor. Sunday
school atph sam. Brown sup.
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Msthedist Ch-r.h

Preaching at n a. m. and D. m. every sun
day. fraycr-meefing every Wednesday nIfht
Sunday-sehocl. $50. u. n. stsndifer. Pastor
W. X. Trigg. supt.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

st. Joseph Csthslis Church
High Mass at 10 o'eieek q. m. and yesp<rs Il
I y. m. frsf aud third sundays. Cstr<hlsm
every sunday at "a. m y. Z. Bohmers Ps>tor
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Sc. james Episespal Chursh

Regular morning service At u =. m. Exsninx
service, y. m. every Sunday. communisn
IIrst sunday In each month. Vim. Crcss.
Rector. sahbath-school Al 9;t5 =. m. J. n.
Moore superintendent
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h. IiAsrISgs. Al. ofT.,
vl.ksburx. Mis-.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
A Business Woman.

l have twice written something about
the women who have held, or are hold
ing, positions in the employ of the
Manitoba Railroad Company; but I find
I had not known it all. The first women
mentioned was Miss Carey, who, some
years ago was left with three sisters and
a brother to support, She learned to
be a telegraph operator, and wherever
she went, took her family with her and
supported them. She taught two sisters
and a brother the business, and was
appointed agent at Wayzata. where she
had charge of all the business, which il
the summer, with shot-line trains and
steamers on Lake Minnetonka, is verv
heavy. After a time she was allowed.
to have her brother to help, and one
sister was appointed train-dispatcher on
the same road.
Think of it! a woman, who used to
be so helpless and impractical, aud
generally useless and incompetent,
given the control of all tho life and
property involved in the management
OF the numerous trains on that busy
road. And what do they think of herr!
II tried again and again. said the
superintendent, I" to catch that woman
off duty, before l gave her the place, on;
Sundays and all sorts of odd hours, and
| never once succeeded. 81 oman's
Journal. Z.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
FAIR PHYLLIS AND HER pa.

Alh .eSS VsS0 VGn ~
To please her papa's palate;
Her parent put It on Q stake,
And used 1t for y msllet.
PAiladelpAio New.
And then she got him MP a pie;
He thought twas made o leathee.
And kindly asked her IL the crusts
We're pegged OF sewed together.
-Chicago Ledger.
And then she made q big mince pie,
In manner new and novel.
Her father seized It with a Sigh
And used 1t o q shovel.
~ Y. Journal
At last the gentle pastry cook
Composed some affy candy,
A club of which her brother took
And used It playing handy.
-W0shiagt0R Htocha,
Some cookies next she deity made.
All su cared round the edges:
Found they made stunning wedges,
Fall Riper Advance.
But when she called her pa to eat
Some tust-constructed biscuit
The old man said his life was sweet
He didn't care to risk it.
-Somerrile Journal,
Dyspepsia's seized that familee.
They stand on ruins brink,
And yell: w a not eat, you see,
So Phyllis up q drink"
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Fair PHYLLIS then a doughnut wove,
Amid her girlish chuckles,
And took It to a hardware cove,
And sold 1t for brass knuckies.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24

The merchant tailors of the coun-,
try are forming local exchanges, to DO
controlled by n general boejJ, the OBJ
ject beng the advancement of their In
terests. and also the dissemination Of
new and improved styles in cutting aud.
making clothing.-M j. Tribune
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24

The only female switchman in the
world lives in Macon, Ca, and her
name is Mrs. Mary Carroll Chicago
HeralG .-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24

-Sleeplessness, caused By too much
blood in the head, may be overcome by
applying a cloth wet with cold water
to the back of the neck.-l0lelo Blade.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
Sweet Potato Pie: Select those pt

Sweet Potato Pie: Select those pota-
toes which you know to be dry and
nicely. Boil, pare, and mash very
smooth. To a quart of the potatoes,
add q quart of rich, new milk, three
eggs, nutmeg Or cinnamon, q little
salt and sugar to taste. Bake with an
undercrust.-SavdnnaM News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
READING FOR Il YOUNG.
THE suMs.e.sEE.s MISTAKE.

The 6uM6.E-6EE'S MISTAKE.
Who wore = brown suit and q little horned
His coat was trimmed over with lovely gold
And silver was mixed with the gauze Of his
wings.
Where little bee babies in ouiet should rest,
And he fashioned some cups that were
shagely and fair
But these beautiful things for his table az
We're empty. n something hi quickly
Tha! humble and humble and other buzz
Might have breakfast to eat the first min.
ute they woke.
70 find some old cronies obliglng and true:
Good morning-buzzl buzzl-Madame Pink,
can you give
'oh' y Yes; brother bee. the red cupboard is
Help yourself, u take freely a hearty
"Thank you kindly-buzzi buzz!-the gift
Az becometh' a bee in a ~bee-going way"
Then he hurried along to rioh Mrs. Clover:
!" Der left p ovarSS buzz!-any honey
. Oh, yes, all my Jars are just ready for you,
And tho butterfly waiting can caTry some,
very little hsu carry the bumble-bee
thoughts;
But he answered, politely: " Buzzl buzz!''
The lilies and roses-nrst families all
He visited then, nor In vain did ne call.
He turned to go further; but, oh! what a
Fast coming that why were posies in white,
And poses so dazzling with yellow and
He wished he had eyelids oil ready to blink.
" Buzz! buzz! ! knew not that the flowers
But here they are coming to meet me, no
doubt;
Busz! buzz! it is true-it is just what they
Success will meet effort two-thirds of the
"Buzz! buzz! thanky you all,'' and quickly he
A burden of sweets, and few home with the
hoard;
RutI do not believe that he knows to this
day
That the wandering flowers were just q
bouquet
Jane
To the poor crippled boy that lives down in
the lane.
Oh, brave little maiden! how steady and
4 still
She stood while the funny old thing" took
Mrs. &C Dog. in Harper's Young People.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24

w. B. Clarke and r. A. Bullock,
mountain climbers, made an ascent OF
Kings Ravine, N. H.. recently. Tho
snow-drifts were high, the pocket Their
mometers marked zero, and the wind
blew at the rate of sev~enty-fve miles
an hour. Their successful trip was the
first winter ascent ever made to the
ravine. They came down on snow.
shoes with such rapldity that a shep.
herd dog, their only companion of the
kind. was put 10 his mettle to keep at
their heels. MI. Clarke is a member Of
the Appalachian Club, and he, as we'll
as his comr:des, lives in Boston .-Bos-
ton Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-24
CHAPTER III.

..Ladies my friend, MI. Snickelfritz;
snickelfritz-my fiance. Miss Julia
nanperfield-her cousin. Miss Mo-
earthly" said Mr. Bitter the next
morning as lie and his friend came