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J. C. GALL AH Eli,
Attorney at Law,
^andersyilie, Geprgia.
April 13, }BW. Urtf
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SANDERSV1LLE, GA.
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attorneys at law,
SANDIRSVILLR, GA.
WILL attend the Co.urts of Washington, Wil
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lafirent 1 counties. Offico cm ,vhe Pwtlio’Square op-
thei Court House.
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MILO G. HATCH,
Attorney at Law,
Sandersvillr, Ga.
Office in Court House next door to Post
Office.
Jsn. 19. 1570. 3-1Y
HENRY II CAPERS,
Attorney at Law,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Office; 6 b Draij ten Street.
Jfav 4, 1 Si 0. II
1G-IV. 11. WHIT A ID I!,
DEITTIST,
SASDERSVILLE. GA.
Terms POSITIVELY Cash.
u„ly 28, 1870.
2! —ly
t. A. ITfillSI.EY. J It-
f’miSLEY & M0KK1S,
General Dealers, in
MERCHANDISE,
SWAINSBO R O, G A.,
pi OODS given in exchange for all kinds of
Country Produce.
Liberal advances made on Cotton and IV ool
jonshned to them for shipment.
June 8, 1870. tf
BERNARD I. SMITH,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
TI3KT WARE,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
A LL kiiulri of work in Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron,
doneon abort notice. lioofin^Giitter-
jsf, Valloying in town or country, promptly atteu-
tad to.
Mtrchant* wiU be supplied with Warfi Qf the
btPl otittlity on the mo»*t reasonable terms..
J-if* Orden* solicited.
April *J8, 1870. tf
TLos. J. lumbar.
Iictiry A. Stult*
T. j. DUKBAR & CO.,
Importer* and Dealers in
Randies, whiskies, gins, waxes
SUGARS, TOBACCO, $rc,
147 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
All 11, 1870. 8-tf
I. I.. FALK t'o.,
—ONE PRICE—
'Wholesale and Retail
Clothing Warehouse,
No. 147 Congress & 147 St. Julien Streets,
S Ay ANN A II, GA.
A largo Asoonoientof Eqrnis.hhjgGoods,Hats,
Trunks, Y'alises, Ac., alway* on ranJ.
Sauufactory, 44 Murry Street, New York,
hoods made to order at the shortest notice.
January 19, 1870. 8—ly
PALMER & DEPPISH,
j
Wholesale and Retail
DEALERS IN
lardware, Rubber Belting*Agri
cultural Implements,
Powder, Shot, Caps and Lead*,
CIS Congress and 67 St. Julian Sts.,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
SO, 1870. tf
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
IN POLITICS, CONSERVATIVE j IN RELIGION, CATHOLIC ; IN MATERIAL INTERESTS, PROGRESSIVE,
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SANDEESVILLE, GtoA., A.TTG-XTST 17, 1870.
VOL. XXIV.
S. E. BOTH WELL, TT. B. WOOI>BRIDGE
BOTHWELL & WOOliBlilDGK,
COTTON FACTCRs,
AND
General Commission
MERCHANTS,..
74 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Aug. 19, 18(19. ly
ALFRED H. COLQU1T, JAMES BACGS, HUGH Ii. COLQUITT
Baker County, New nan,' Ga. Savannah, Ua.
COLQUITT & J’.AGGS,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
Genera! Commission Merchants
Bay Street. Savanna};, Georgia.
Special attention to the sale of Cotton, Lui*-A*r
and Timber. Liberal advances on Consignments.
June 9, IS70. 23—ly
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
MATTINGS,
LACE CURTAIN AND SHADES-
mirk
Hone
&jO\V
Promptly
Gates.
MTHROP & CO.
Feb. 23, 1S;0,
New Music.
Oil the Bcaeli of Long Branch, Comic Song 30 eta.
The Gay young Clerk in the Dry-Good Store,
Comic song, 40 cts.
The Lord will Provide, sacred pong, ^ 5o ct>\
Mar> ! O ! CVnie back tome, i 11 listra ted Title
Hong, 40 ets*
A heart that beats only for thee, illustrated
Title song 40 ets.
Kat-y MeFerran, illustrated Title song, ^ 40 cts.
You’ve been a ineiut lo me, lLustrated Title
«ong, 40 cts.
Tassels on the Boots, comic song, * r >o els.
Up in a Balloon, u * 4 ^0 ets
U ! let me kiss U.e Baby, 44 “ 50 els.
Music sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt ot
the price annexed.
HERMANN L. SCHREINER,
Book jiuil Music Dealer,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
March 80, 1870. 32-ly
MEINHARD BROS. & C0„
Wholesale Dealers 19
Boots,Shoes, Hats,
Ready Made Clothfeg,
GENTLEMEN’S
FURNISHING GOODS,
4H BroagMon Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
11. f^arNetARn, I office,
V Weixiiakii, I g0 & s .) \y hite St .
t-. .WL1NHAHI), J
E. A. Well. J m:w yoke.
^■vn. IS), 187F. 8-tf
Davant, Waples Co.
FACTORS
—AND—
Comm isxion viler chants,
SAVANNAH,,
seu.
GEO
June 9, 1370.
-ly*
J ohn Oliver,
Wilder and Glacier,
^ 11 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga]
Dealer in
^slies, Doors, Blinds,
Mouldings, Paints,
Wl-S, GLASS, PUTTY,
*t(J oD t> . ' t
‘Winters’ and Glaziers’ Material. Mixed
a„ ' aiutB of all Colons and Shade*.
^•*5, 1870. ly
N.Preideobcrg^-Bro.
Wholesale and Gctait
Dealers in
HEAVY and
FANCY GROCERIES!.
Corner of Barnard and Broughton Sts.,
SAVANNA n, G, A.,
K EEP constantly on band a fnlhisupply of Ba
con, Sulb, Fifth, Foreign and Domestic Li-
(inors, Wines, Havana and W.est Indip trait», 8e-
gar* of the baft Brands and Qf direqfzpiportatiou,
^ Bay or* from the up country, wilhSnd it to their
advantage to examine our Stock and prices, before
purchasing elsewhere.
Ana. 25, 1859.
84-ly
Iron Bailing
dftanwfactory
F OR Cemeterv Lots, Public Square, Private
Dwelling, Balconies. &c., Machinery built
and Repaired, Iron and Brass Casting made to
order at C r 0C KE TT FOUNDRY,
4th Street Macon, Ga., 2 squares
from Brown House.
April 27, 1870- 6m
Sole Leather,Rip Skins. Bridles,etc
OB sale by BKANTLEF & BKIKGLE.
T Uan. 1B k 1870. u
PULASKI HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - - - GEORGIA.
Wiltbergsr & CarycIL
PROPKIETOBS.
Jan. 19. 1870.
2-ly
Geo. F. 1“almls, W. C. Lyon,
<)t Savannah,Ga. ofSavannah,Gi
Eatablished 1850.
D. J. Bothwell,
.. of Dooly Co.,Ga-
Special.
at
PALMES & LYON
Wholesale Grocers
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
iV. E. Corner Bay and Barnard Streets,
SAVANNAH, Ga.
Aug. 25, 1859. 34-tf
E. H. €#hcu, Jr.,
.11 anuCue 1 in or of
Saddles, Harness and Trunks,
And Wholesale and Retail Pealer in all kinds of
SADDLERY WARE,
Corner of Whitaker and Bryan Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
C II —-♦•—
Orders for Rub'ocr Belting, Hose and Packing: also,
Stretched Heather Belting, Filled 1’ioinptly.
March 23, 1S70. ly
S. G. IIAY.NES& LRU.
GRAIN AND
(fsutmisMoii YflmljHls,
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Jail. 19, 1870. 3-H
Wm* D. R. Miilar,
Importer and Dealer in
Railroad and Steamboat Supplies,
PAINTS OILS and GLASS,
Varnishes, JYaval Stores,
Lard, Whale, and Sperm Oil*. Burning Oil',
111 cans and Ilaireb,
Tf
Packing
e ’
BSLTIITCj, cfeG
102 BRYAN STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
March 23, 187'’. ' 1?
M
Alexander & Russell,
Wholesale
GROCERS,
Cor. Abcrcorn and Bryan Sts.,
Savannah, Ga.
Wm. E. Alexander.
May 11, 1870.
Wm. A. Russell.
J. A. MERCIER,
DEALER IN
Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran,
And all Kind* of
FEED, GRIST, and MEAL,
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED
And Orders Promptly tilled in every channel
of Trade.
153 Bay Street,
One door cast of Holcombe, Hull & Co.,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
All Order* will receive Prompt Attention,
May 11, 1870. 18-ly
E. R. Smythc & Co.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers iu
Crockery, China and Glassware,
and Agents lor the following Celebrated
SELF-SEALING FRUIT JARS,
Miscellajieom^.
[From the Atlanta Daily Sun.]
“BILL ARP.”
Letter from the Great Georgia
Humorist—He Touches Some
Men and a Few Measures.
Mr. Editur; I’m sorry I can’L fill
my promise to call on you. I’m g-<in
home, I am. I’m lireil of this everlastin
fuss. There’s some tievelment up, and
iubus about it. I’ve heard lots of
FEB ST
& CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Wins®, Liquors, Segars and
r h:eecf .itcr -cue®
FANCY GROCERIES, CANDIES, Ac., Ac.,
Removed to corner
BAY and WHITAKER STREETa
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
House in New York, 449 D road way.
April 6,'1370. ly
A. J. MILLER & CO.,
■*r
“I -3--....j' B
1 MW" — "7- i
NS IL u- fi
in Pints, Quarts, i Gallons and Gallons, in
quantities from i Gross to 100 Gross. Send
for Pamphlet on Preserving Fruits and our
prices. Liberal Discount to. the Trade.
E. D. SMY1HE & CO.,
142 Congress A 141 St. Julien St.,
Savannah, Ga.
June 1, 1S70. tf
Furniture Warehouse,
138 BROUGHTON STREET,
Savannah, Georgia.
New Work mndt
ing, Bell Hanging,
and Upholstering,
to order, Repair-
Mattress Making
,/T SHOUT JTOT1CE.
A. J-. MILDER.
C. P MILLER.
Aug. 25, 1869.
34-ly
MARBLE WORKS.
&eep your Money iu the
“TERRITORY”
BY SENDING YOUR ORDERS TO
J. B, AKTOBE & SON,
QGfiU, 3D AND PLUM STS.
MA.CON, - GEORGIA.
MOJ\"VJn$JVT&, JlKlIt&XtjE
or Granite Box Toombs,
Head Stoues,Slabs,Vases Mantles,
STATUES, &l Q.,
Manufactured of t bo best material. Parties wish
ing Designs, wi.b estimate, will be furnished at
short nqtiee.
Consty ?- thj. ni hand a Splendid Lot of
IT4-1 IAN AND AMERICAN
jNdl IKj IBIj IE.
IRON RAILING for CEMETERIES
or other enclosures furnished at Man
ufacturers’ prices.
This is one of the oldest establishments iu the
countrv and long experience enables, them to ia-
eure satisfaction iu every particular.
Ml Orders will Receive Prompt
v.mention.
Sept. 8, 1869. 86-!y
J. M. HAYWOOD,
Dealer iu
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
COMBS, BRUSHES,
American and Imported Perfumery,
Cor. Bull- and Bryan Streets,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
May 11, 1873. tf
LITTLE & PHILLIPS,
a- ROOERS
AND
omwitfjeon
97 Bay Street,
Agents for Russell Coe’s Ammonia ted
Supc-ypUiospliate of Lime.
May U, 187-1. ' tf
A. B. if.oyuiiA.s ii. M inus, p. Myf.us,
Lynchburg, Ya. Savannah, Ga., Lynchburg, Va
GOODMAN & MYERS,
TOBACCO
(gkMe'rc'/ianfo^
And Dealers in
Cigars and iPipes,
137 Say Street,
SAVANNAH, GA.
As. Agents for the various Manufactures of
Virginia,. We arc prepared ta fill orders for every
grade ajul style, at Manufacturers’ prices.
WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES EOIt
HIDES, BEESWAX, Ac.
May ll, 1870. 18-ly
C. V. HUTCHINS,
Wholesale Dealers in
Hay, Grain |Pr«diiee,
133 and 135 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, - - - - GEORGIA.
BEFERENCES,
Ketchum &Hartridge, Sav ; Hunter A Gammell,
Savannah ; Business -Houses generally, Sav ; J. U.
friith & Co.; Baltimore; Marshall; Philips & Co.,
Philadelphia; Williams & Morrison, N. Y.; Lew
is Brcwu A Co.; Boston ; A. L. Griffin & Co., Buf
falo ; F..'W. g. Nett, Cincinnatti.
May 11, 1870. 18-ly
I’m jubus
war talk in the Legislature to-day.—
T..i re’s signs of fight. I don’t think
9 dol’ars a day would provoke such
hostile language. One feller said they
was just rariu and chargin for their
constituents, and that was all 9 dol ars
gas, but it didn’t smell like gas to tne.
The da) r I got here there was sh otin,
and a mau killed. Then again, I see
the members and the outsiders dividin
up in little squads about at niglu and
whisperin and juglin and piroutin
around. They are ploitin agin s(mi-
body I know, I heard one feder say
‘prolongation,’ and another said Miell,’
and another ‘darn,’ and I heard jaw-
teeth grit.’ I was a private in Corputs
battery, and.I know what a prolong is.
It’s abig hemp rope, with hocks on the
ends, what hitches the cannon to the
pow'der bos. There’s goin’ to be
sbootin certain, and somebody’s goin’
to be hurt, and I want Captain Corput
to understand that I have resigned. 1
heard another crowd tal kin about State
aids. I suppose they are to be on the
Governors staff. Brown had many a
one in ’63 and ’4. Hal said he had
700, and Hal ought to know. A Stait
Aid. is a good thing. He can see the
battle Iromafur off. The further the
better for me. I heard a member say
he was af;eed of all the State Aids
would be killed, but that he should
fight mity hard on the read from Macon
to Kno.willtf. Another said he should
('o bis fightin beween Rome and Coi-
uml us. If a man can pick his ground
it’s a good thing.
Mr. Editur, there’s a heep of fuss
generally. Amantawkedg days in
the House about the penitentiary and
the conviks, and whippiu and slashin
and delicate parts, etc. I thought ha
t sought a goal deal of his—self. - I was
sorry to see the members asleep while |
he was »peakin for I think it was very [ nor the de¥i ;
disrespekfui. 1 man said the spakist
didn’t care a dam for the conviks, but
was jess playin his last card agin the
Govnor,, and that was then goin to sink
down between Silla &, Ivarvodis, un-
knelied, unhanored and unsung. 1
iiotised his truvk was all about colored
canviks; he didn’t seem Lo be sorry for
a white man.
A mau in the guilcry was powerful
mad with some editur-—maybe it was
you, I don’t know—but he axed a man
whether he would whip the editur or
not. The mau said he didn’t know and
couldn’t say, for he hadn’t read the
piece, but that as a general thing in the
abstract it was right to whip ’em. Et
I was you I would carry a weepin of
some soart, eveD ef it was only an um-
berell.
I got lired of all this, and wauked
over to Whitehall for peace. A friend
[I suppose he was a friend] found me
and said he wanted to see me particular
ly. He took me away back and battled
out some little thumb papers full of
figures, and said he wanted me to in
sure my life. That skeerd me worse
than anything, for it looked like I was
in danger, and he had j,ust found it
out. I axed him if he thought there
would be a fight. He explained things
to me, and I felt relieved, and declined
to insure for the present, you see I felt
mity well, and couldn’t see the necessi
ty. At the next corner I met another
friend, who seemed glad to see me ex
ceedingly. He held my hand in his
several moments. He axed me if my
life was insured. He said he was agent
for the very best company in the world.
I axed him how long a man would live
under his company. He then explained
to me that a man might die at aDy time;
that they didn’t undertake to keep a
man from dyiu. So I declined but ex
pressed my gratitude for his interest in
my w.elf&re, and I promised to buy a
policy as sood as I got sick. Just as I,
ieft him I heard him call some feller a
dam phool.
When I got tc the hotel there was
a feller watiu’ for m.e on the same busi
ness. He talk.ed to me for an hour
about the uncertainty of life and the
certainty of death. I thought, perhaps
he w.as.a missionary. H,e seemed much
concerned, about my wife and children,
and once or twice wiped his.eyes, with
a w bite pocket handkerchief I knowed
he was a friend, ajid told him. I would
reflect seriously about the matter.
I believe that company is a purely
philanthropic institution,, and would
lend a poor fellow a few dollars if he
was sufferin’ I think I will try and bor
row a little from their agent to. morrow.
This morning the first one came to see
me agin, and I concluded I was looking
mity bad, and axed him to excuse me
as 1 was not feelin’ well. I went to
Dr. Alexander and got a dose of salts.
He axed me if I was sick. I told him
I supposed I was, and the reason why.
He then told me all about it, and said
there was 100 of them fellers in town,
and they all had augers, long augers,
and they bored about half an inch at
the first interview aod an inch at the
second in the same hole, and so on, un
til they got to the hollow, and the
patient give in and took a policy. I
don’t know about that, but I will say
they are the friendliest, most sympa-
thizen and kindest hearted men I have
ever struck; only I don’t like so much
talk about coffins and grave-yards. I
didn’t take the salts.
But, Mr. Editur, I tell you there is
trouble a brewin.’ I saw old Rock and
General Gordon and Col. Styles a talk
ing’ together, and old Tige wasent fur
ofl; old Rock’s gray beard was a wagin
ominously, and old Gordon’s scars was
a jumpin’ about all over his face;
Styles looked like he wanted to eat
somebody. I heard him say something
about ‘Orgeau Stable?,’ I suppose that
is where he keeps his war horses. Scott
came up and said something about the
rear guard. He’s the devil on rear
guard, and the army knows it. Jim
Waddell dropped in and rtmaiked he
‘just as leave die as - live if old Ilock
saiii so.’ At this moment a feller come
along singin’
“1 feel, I feel, I feel like a Griffin Star.”
“And if ther’sfitiu’ to be, why then, why then
I'm thar.”
Shoo, fly don't bodder me.
The whole party looked like Gettys
burg, and old Tige was just a waitin’
for old Rock to tree. God bles? ’em all!
I know they’ll stand between me and
danger.
I tell you, Mr. Editur,.thar’s trouble
a brewin.’ Says I, Mr. Mackwhorter,
you are the Speaker, you know it all
from the steeple to the sellar; you have
capacity and sagacitv,.and vivacity and
rapacity, and the like of that a la ‘bar
becue,’ that is, from the snout to the
tail—tell me, do you think there will
be a fight?’
‘Yes, sur,’ said he, ‘yes: sur ; they
will fight shore. They are obliged to
fight. Old Bonaparte can’t get out of
it, and Pismark lias got a chin just like
Joe Johnston. France wants a blood
lettin’ like we had—’ ‘Is that fur off?'
sais I ; ‘I thot it was to begin in Atlan-
ty to-nite.’ ‘Q1j, no,’ says he, and went
on.
I got some comfort from my old
friend, Bev. Thornton. He said that
-if they did get up a fight, the old sol
diers wouldn’t be into it much, excep
the generals, fur the original, consi.-tent
Union men, like Josh Hill and Dun
ning and Tom Saffold and old man
Stewart, and Ackerman would make
short work of it. He said they were
mity slow men to get mad, and it had
tal en ’em about ten years to get to the
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bilin’pint, but that such filin' as they
would do mJw the world nor the flesh
never saw. lie said I
would whip a thousand and put ien
thousand to flight. I hope so. I like
a man who takes ien yeais lo get n ad.
Yours truly, Bill Arp.
P S. I heard several fellers talkin’
about 9 dollars, and the offices, and a
man told me what was the matter with
Hannah. Mr. Editur, who is Hannah,
and what is the matter with her? I
hope she ain’t dangerous- B. A.
N. B. Iam not. satisfied there won’t
be a fight here. Dn you think there’s
any truth in the report that Josh Hill,
Saffold & Co . are goin’ to Prussia ? A
man said when it took a mau tea years
lo get mad, he was bound to fight some
thing, or take aspontaneous combustion.
I reckon they’ll go. B. A.
Key. Heny Ward Beecher an the
State of Religion in Europe.
At a recent meeting at Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, Henry Ward
Beecher said:
We must look rather by faith than
by sight; the outlook throughout all
Europe, at the present time, is any
thing but encouraging. He asked his
hearers for one moment to look at the
condition of the Christian world. All
Europe is in a state ot revolution as to
Chrstian faith and doctrine; and look
at Asia and Africa. In Europe- the
struggle now is in regard to ritualism.
The educated men are alive to the
events of the present. The tendency
there is towards infidelity.. Skepti
cism on all sides is prevailing. Gut of
this, he said, there is to come something
which sooner or later will astonish the
whole civilized world. It might come
suddenly like an explosion, or it per
haps would be worked out by slower
degrees, bu.t come it would. He be
lieved a great revolution, was about to
take place in the Christian world. The
work which has been accomplished in
three hundred years and its results, are
to be put to the test, He had no
doubt, however, bu.t that the Lord
would bring His church out in. its pu
rity in the end. He had tried,, he said,
to prepare his church for the crisis
which is-soon to come, and hoped he
had been successful. Let the explosion
come sooner or later, Europe would no
doubt be compelled to encounter diffi
culty and troubled in respect to her
ecclesiastical interests. His prominent
point was that the educated men of
Europe are more and more becoming
intelligent in skepticism.
•Spirit Photography.—A very sin
gular story comes from White Haven,
which, if true, will give Spiritualism a
fresh impetus in that neighborhood. It
seems that within the space of twelve
youths a mother ard her two sous were
called to the ‘spirit land,’ the last one
having been drowned at a saw mill
while in the act of collecting wood for
fuel. The body when brought home
threw the sister into such a state of-
terror that she called loudly for her
mother. It is then recorded that the
spirit of the mother instantly appeared
ia company with her son, and left her
shadow so perfectly traced upon a globe
that it is visible to the naked eye, and
has since been an object of curiosity
and amazement to hundreds of visi
tors.— Boston Herald 27th.
Patch-Work Quilts Do Pay-Con
fession.
BY MRS. JENNIE T. HAZEN LEWIS.
A little nephew of mine once caught
three curious bugs which he was going
to carry to a man who had a collection
of crawling tilings, and who had offer
ed the munificent reward of three cents
for the rarest specimen.
Jimmy put his bugs under a tumbler
for safe keeping, and went to hed to
dream of the Small fortune he would
have the next day, and how he would
spend it. He came pattering down
early in the morning to look at his
treasures, and lo ! they had eaten each
other up. But, whether the two of
them had made common cause, and et-
| ten one, or one had eaten the two, and
j then with appetite only, whetted by
! bug diet, had begun to devour itself,
: must ever remain a mystery,
j Whatever the facts in the case were,
: one facf; was certain,—the only reraain-
j iug bug was eating itself; at sight of
| which cruelty, or the loss of his prop-
| erty,* Jimmy burst into loud laments-
| tions, and could only be comforted by
' three pennies from my purse.
Now, I am that last bug, and I must
eat myself; or, in other words, take
the other side my own question and ar
gue against myself in favor of patch-
work quilts.
Once upon a time, I lay ill many
weeks, of a fever. It happened that
I had a quilt called an “Album quilt,”
the blocks of which had been contribu
ted, and pieced by different girls; as
had many blocks given by the boys.
There was a small white block, in tho
center of each large one, upon which
was written, with indelible ink, the name
of the donor.
This quilt was on my bed ; and du
ring my convalescence I spent many
hours in reading over the names and
recalling the histories of the writers,
which would have otherwise slipped
from my “memory-string.” *•
Sweet Nell "Gray, fair as a lily and as
frail, was laid away ’neath the grass
while she was scarcely more than a
child. Marah S.— her name means
bitter waters, and bitter indeed were
life’s waters to her—a mother but not a
wife; so the grave hid her and her ba
by away from unpitying, scornful eyes,
and the tangled blackberry bushes aro
her only monument.
Hannah Gould, a plodding farmer’s
wife with a troop of two headed chil
dren.
Alice Brayton with her starry eyes '
and curls of jet, entrapped by a hand
some scamp, married, forsaken, and
swallowed up in a great city.
Charity Martini-sunny haired, sweet
tempered Charity Martin, a slattern
and a scold. I might write a story of
each, but space forbids.
Qf the boys, some went tp the bad,
and became members of Congress.
Some are happy, prosperous farmers,
and take the Western Rural; some-
sailed away and were lost at sea, and
some were lost to manhood, and swept
into the great vortex of woe, and crime,
and all track of them lost; and one,
the dearest and noblest of them all,
walked a little way. with me in life’s
journey, then turned aside, wearily put
away the cup from his lip, while I went
on, alone.
My sister hod a patch work quilt!
which I pieced, when I was a little girfe
and when I visit her we make it a sa
cred duty to fetch out the quilt,' and
tell who had a dress like that block,
and who an apron like this. Your
brother Jim bought this for me, and
how we laughed because it.was old
enough for grandma. And this one
with the purple dots, was worn for the
first time the last day of our Summer
school, and this, with the winter-gresn
berries on, I wore that day I went,
chest-nutting on the hill with Will
Conrad, and a week thereafter he was
buried.
So we gossip over the patch-work
quilt, sometimes laughfog and often
weeping.
During the la3t war, when old hands
and joung were-busy for our soldier
boys, it came into the head of some
pretty creatures to piece album quilts
for the boys who were in the army. It
was done in our town, and the name,
and address of each contributor was;
put in the center of her block.. The
quilts were carried into the hospitals,
the poor maimed, bleeding boys were
brought there, and iaid on the cots and
were covered with thpse quilts, and
some very pretty romances grew out of
it, one of which I relate.
Minnie Watermaji’s name was on one
of the quilts,, and it came'to pass that
one Lieut. Holmes was wounded, and
tlmt identical quilt covered him, and as
he read over the names it struck him
that Minnie was a sweet name, and be
wondered if she were a sweet girl, and
as he wondered he resolved to write
her, and he did. He was not the son
of poor but honest parents—like the
little boys in the Sunday school books
—but the son of rich, and respectable,
ones. The correspondence went on till
the close of the war, then he came and
saw Ninnie, and it came to pas3 she
found favor in his eyes, and he marri
ed her, and carried her off to benight- . ,
ed Massachusetts, and I’ve heard .they
lived in peace..
My story is done, and it had. nevpr (
beenwritten had there b.een up, patch
work quilts.
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