Year: 1861

sees the possible houses and farms. His
eve makes estates as fast as the SUI breeds
clouds.


Success thus goes invariably with a ceT-
tain plus or positive power: an ounce OF
power must balance an ounce of weight"


A Moment of Horror.


The Mobile Register is answerable for the
following:


For twenty-three years old Jake Willard
has cultivated the soil of Baldwin county,
and drawn therefrom support for himself
and wife. He is childless Not long ago
Jake left the house in search of missing
COW. His route led him through an old
worn out patch of clay land, of about six
acres in extent. in the center Of which was
a well twenty five or thirty feet deep that at
some time probably had furnished the in
habtants of ruined house near by with
water. In passing this spot an i'll wind
lifted Jake's hat from his head and malicl-
ously waited it to the edge Of the we'll, and
in it tumbled


Now Jake had always practiced the virtue
of economy, and he Immediately set about
recovering the lost hat. He ran to the we'll
and finding it was dry at the bottom, he un-
coiled the rope which he had brought for the
purpose of capturing the truant COW, and
after several attempts to catch the hat with
moose. he concluded to save time by going
down into the we'll himself To accomplish
this he made fast one end of the rope to a
stump hard by and was quickly on his way
down the we'll


1t is fact, of which Jake was no less OBJ
vious than the reader hereof, that Ned Wells
was in the ruined building aforesaid, and
that an old blind horse with bell on his
neck, who had been turned out to die, was
lazily grazing within short distance of the
we'll.


The devil himself, or some other wicked
spirit, put itsinto Neda cranium to haze 4
little fun; = be quf ftly slipped up to the
horse and unbG is The bell ssslass NE
preached with slow. dnd measured 6
ling" to the edge Of the well4 : -


.''Dang that old blind horse % said Jake
''he's a cummin' this way sure, and amt
Whoa, Ball!''


But the continued approach Of the "ting
a ling" said just as plainly as words that
BALI wouldn't whoa Besides Jake was
at the bottom resting before trying to "shin'
it up the rope.


Great Jerusalem !" said he, ''the old
cuss will be top Of me before I can say
Jack Robinson Whoa! dang you, whoa. !"


Just then Ned drew up to the edge of the
G., l.; al
into it.


"Oh, Lord '' exclaimed Jake, falling
upon his knees at the bottom, I'm gone
now, whoa Now lay me down to sleep
whoa! Ball [ pray the Lord my soul
to-w-h-o-a now. Oh, Lord, have mercy
on me %


Ned could hold in no longer. and fearing
that Jake might suffer from his fright, he
revealed himself.


Probably Ned didn't make tracks with his
heels from that well. May be Jake wasn't
up to the top Of it in short time and you
might think he didn't try every night for
two weeks to get shot with his rife at Ned
May be not. | don't know But do know
that if Jake finds out who sent you this, it
will be the last squib you'll get.
PUTTING ON HIS BoNNEr-A gentleman
who had carefully trained up his servant in
the way he should Co. so that, when his
wife was present, he might not depart from
it, sent him with box ticket for the theater
to the house of a young lady. The servant
returned when the gentleman and his wife
were at dinner. He had, Of course, been
told, in giving answers to certain kinds of
messages, to substitute the masculine for the
feminine pronoun, in speaking of the lady.
did you see him ?" said the gentleman,
giving him the cue. eyes, SIR" replied
the servant; he said he would go with a
great deal Of pleasure, and that he would
wait for you, SIR What was he doing %
asked the wife. carelessly. E'He was put
ting on his bonnet" was the reply. Great
''noise and confusion" Wife i'll for week.


@A witty fellow slipped down on an
icy pavement. While sitting he muttered.
Il have no desire to see the town burned
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