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At Home with the Trappiata
A. eorrenpondent of the London Soho writes
from the Abbey of Westmalle, Dear Antwerp,
under date of July 31st: “Nothing is more
amusing than the English traveler abroad
grimly determined -to t» mediaeval. Filled
with infusion of'Murray,'and whistling an
air from ‘Genevieve de Brabant,’ he steps
gaily on the quay at Antwerp, half expecting
that night to snp with Egmont and the Duke
of Alva. What happens ? Do we not know
who have traveled? Fortiers, vigilante drivers,
hotel-keepers, all conspire against him.
Worst of all, the natives flaunt his nationali
ty so annoyingly in his fsee. He saunters
into a cafe, demands a 'Rock,' as he fancies
in the purest Parisian. The rude waiter says
at once, nnd with scarcely a glance. Yes, Sir,
twopence ha'penny, please !' He cannot be
media-val if he would. Even the old ‘milor’
fiction is a thing of tbe past, and wa most be
content to he what we are—nineteenth-cen
tury Englishmen and the lawful quarry of
To those whom thin thought offends, who
would seek to preserve their illusions. I would
say, “Flea the city.” Stand not upon tbe
order of your going, but go at once to the
Abbey of La Trappe, at Westmalle, in the
heart of the Cam pine, a poor, hungry heath-
land, very unlike that Roman Campsgna its
name recalls. A diligence rumbles daily
across this moorland to Hoogstraaten, near to
the Dutch frontier. Whence it starts I never
knew, having been content to wait for it at a
roadside inu about a mile beyoDd the ram
parts. Here, inspired by 4 wit beer,’ at six cen
times a glass, I have striven to talk “vlaamsch
—this is the way the ignorant native spells
Flemish. My efforts were unsuccessful, I
may add. and I joyed when the diligence ap
peared, and mounting by the driver’s side,
rattled along at a furious hand gallop of
nearly seven miles an hour, over a road paved
as well as the Strand, Lut with grass grow
ing np through every fissure, until at last,
having passed the twenty-first kilometre
stone, I see a ‘Herberg’ in the distance, and
after moch English and French and more ges
ticulation, made the driver understand I want
to descend.
And now, how shall I reach the abbey ? I
know it is near, but I know no more, nor, in
deed, appear likely to, for tbe peasants shake
their heads, and ‘can no Fransh.’ By a lucky
inspiration I utter the words ‘La Trappe. ’ In
stantly a dozen fingers points to a paved road
directly opposite the inD, and to a long, low
building. As I approach it, the building
seems to grow and assumes fine proportions,
as well it may, being the only Trappist Abbey
in Belgians. After ringing and waiting in
the hot pud, the door is opened presently
by a quaint, old, humpbacked, white-bearded
porter, spectacles on nose, and pouch on side;
Keys rattle at his girdle, and he wears the
rough working garb of the Oorder. Through
the door way protrudes his clean-shaven
head, brown as a berry with tbe sun, and his
mouth speaks vlaamsch. I ink admittance in
French. A bilingual colloquy ensues, satis
factory to neither. At last an old white-robed
lather appears and welcomes me, taking my
portmanteau perforce, and leading to the par
lor. How long can I stay?—a week ? I hint
that I can ill spare a day. The old man looks
sorry—presses, however, no further, but offers
to show me a room. I follow him up a stair
case, and along a great guest’s corridor,
whence open off cells inscribed with the
names of the various saints. I am to lodge at
the extreme end with St. Hilary. A key is
given me, opening every door in tne nouse.
There is but one other visitor here, a French
cure, “nn compatriot,” as my guide
kindly says. Tbe ftbought flatters ne’s
vanity, so I am silent. Should 1 like to as
sist at vespers, now going on? Why onot
The father leads the way to the gallery of the
chapel set apart for strangers. We pass a
font of holy water. He takes some, crosses
himself, and offers it to me. At the door he
pauses; he cannot accompany me; he is busied
down below. The Abbey is comparatively
modern. Here, as elsewhere, is the flagrant
lack of artistic taste characteristic of much of
modern Roman Catholicism. The bare star
ing walls, tbe tawdry ornaments on the side
altars, and the dauby pictures above them,
how ill they harmonize with the grand Gre
gorian chant that swells up from below. Per
haps the most jarring sight of all is the fat
dapper cure, au unmistakable materialist and
hankerer alter the flesh-pots ot Egypt, who
smiles a greasy welcome to me. That man is
to be avoided. Surely he is twin brother to
the Autwept touts.
Vespers finished, I got into the corridor,
and, soon getting rid of the cure, shut my
self up with St. Hilary, not to read the Med
itations, nor the Directions for the Proper
Hearing of Maas, which the good old father
unobserved brought from the library, but
rather to sit at the open window, and look
out over the clean sunny garden, and harken
to the swallows twittering afar off, any one of
which might have been tbe bird that sang to
Monk Felix of the heavenly city and the
marvelous boauty thereof. My eyes wander
over bean-rows, regular and unbroken as the
lives ot the monks who planted them. Fur
ther on is some waste land in course of re
claiming, ite loose, dry sand showing plainly
how great the labor, how untiring the energy
that caused this desert to bloom as it does.'’
Oldest Mills in Atlanta!
Long Established, Always Running and
Never Failing, Reliable
STANDARD FLOUR.
JAMES E. BUTLER,
Proprietor of
Butler’s City Mills
Comer Bartow Street and W. & A. Railroad.
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Grinds Annually 300,000 Bushels Wheat!
& HOLDERS.
WHOLESALE
Boots and Shoes,
Republic Block,
(Opposite Kimball House,)
Atlanta,
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Georgia.
0. H. JONES & CO.,
LIVHHY
AND
SALE STABLES.
DEALERS IN
HORSES & MULES
-T- McDaniel,
GKEO. W. PAhitGTT & BRO,
COTTON WAREHOUSE & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Cor. Pryor A Hunter^.,
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-ajeCrTow ties.
A Cargo just arriving via Port Royal, South Carolina. We will eupply
the trade on reasonable terms. STEPHENS <fc FLYNN.
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AMERICAS COTTON TIE.
100 Tons Arrow lies; 1,000 bushels Seed Rye. for sale by
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IBLO TIES.
WE are sole Agents in Atlanta for the ‘AMERICAN COTTON TIE”
Company, and are prepared to supply dealers with the famed Arrow Tie.
Send in your orders. * STEPHENS & FLYNN.
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Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company of California,
CASH CAPITAL $.*100,000 OO
CASH ASSETS OO
JONES &BEATIE.
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JNO. C. WHITNER, Agent,
38 Broad Street, Atlanta, Go.
Butler’s ‘Pride of Dixie’
Is conceded to be the FINEST FLOUR ever made
in this section. It is from the very best and most
carefully selected White Wheat—no other.
The attention of the Trade is most respectfully
invited to the productions of his Mills—warranted
every way to be as good as the best. Give him
a call, or send orders to
Atlanta Live Stock Yards
FOR THE KEEPING ANDfSALE OF
Sheep, Hoars and Cattle.
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FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE CO.
Liabilities $ 11,314 75
Assets 353,413 79
Net Assets 342,099 04
Losses Paid Since Organization 1,500.000 00
Forty-one years in existence. Bates as low as in any other Good Company.
A.11 Iiossea will bo I*r onxptly Paid.
Ten Thoussud Dollars sre deposited with Hou. W. L. Goldsmith, Comptroller General of the State of Geor-
_ , tt . _ . ... I pia, for security of the policy in tnls State.
Largest House in its Line in Atlanta. ; w - L - tWAKCM - \ »«*■ willis ' jr -
J. GADSDEN KING, Agent,
— Broad street. ATLANTA, GA.
ARLINGTON Also, Agent for the London and Lancashire Fir*-—Capital: 000,1)00. State Agent, Cotton States
Life Insurance Company, Macon, Ga.—Assets: $542,2ul 28. Deposited with Comptroller General, of Georgia,
$100,000. ang28-2m
J. E. BUTLER,
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CITY BREWERY!
FECHTER, MERCER A CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Tobacco Factory.
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PIEDI
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Of Richmond, Va.
AGENCY OFFICE: No. 2 Capitol Building, i
ATLANTA, GA.
C. E. Jenkins, Agent. ! ROUTE TO AND FROM NEW YORK.
Southern men, do you know that the South i
are sending nearly Twenty Millions of Dol-!
lars annually, in cash, to Northern and New
England Life Insurance Companies, thereby
building up palatial insurance palaces all over
the North with your money? These Twenty
Millions of Dollars, retained in the South, in
the bauds of a strong Southern Life Insur
ance Company, would do much towards build
ing up our own financially crippled cities. In
fact, these Northern life companies are drain
ing us of that pecuniary life-blood, we so
sadly need to rebuild our waste places, and
regain our financial prosperity. The people
! of the South are accustomed to look for rapid
j financial growth, shrewd mauagement, and an
j accnmulation of moneyed corporations, to
Tin Great Southern Freipt Passenger
Via Savannah., Georgia.
_ YORK, in connection with the CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA, EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and
SATURDAY. Make aa quick time and have superior accommodations to anv Steamships on tbe Southern coast*
THROUGH FREIGHT carried at ae LOW RATES aa any other route. All claim* for losa, damage or
overcharge settled promptly.
PASSAGE FROM ATLANTA TO NEW YORK, $27 50,
MEALS AND STATE ROOMS INCLUDED.
Of
General Mahone’s Opinion
. . Caesarism,
General Mabone, the great railroad man,
beiDg asked how the South would feel if the
President were to become Caesar Grant, je-
plied: “ Why, sir, the people of the .South
have nothing to do with the matter, and I
think it would be presumption in them to
have anything either to do or say in the pre
mises. We are regarded and treated as con
quered provinces. For myself, I look upon
the Southern States in that light, and I don't
think they should have any concern as to
what form the government of the country
assumes. It can make but very little dif
ference to them, situated politically as they i
are now. We fought for oar independence
and were defeated. We can’t and dou’i rx- 'Extractive matter—dextrine, sugar, hop, resin,
pect from the United States government all j xl ^V o rt^ni7by"l\U;‘.!!":!.'V.'.1!
we fought for. e stood by our State govern- ! w»ier.... ss.oiull
mentn, and if Virginia seceded again. I wonldj
PROPRIBT it It. S.
MANUFACTURERS OF THE
Best Lager Beer
In tlio Soutn,
And proved superior to any made elsewhere
and brought here.
S. H. HOLLAND & CO.
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$45.00.
MEALS AND STATE ROOMS INCLUDED,
information furnished by application to the undersigned.
CEORCE A. M’CLESKEY, Traveling Agent, Steamship Co.'s
Office. No. 4 Kimball House.
MANUFACTURERS.
Xo. 285 Marietta Street,
Atlanta. - - - Georgia.
this city, of some Lager Beers made in Cincin
nati, induced us at once to execute * purpose, deter
mined on some months ago, to submit a sample of our
Atlanta-made Beer to tbe same competent chemist tor
analysis, the result of which, with the correspondence,
we give below:
Atlanta, Ga., July 2, 1873.
Prof. W. J. Land, Analytical Chemist, City:
Dear Sir:—Herewith we have the pleasure of submit
ting, for yonr professional examination, a sample of
our every-day manufacture of Lager Beer, with the
request that you subject the same to a clos^ and rigid
chemical analysis, and report the result to us at your
earliest convenience. Respectfully,
FECHTER & MERCER.
EXCURSION TICKETS
tluir more thrifty Northern friends; but the | rp Q y ew Y01*K 1111(1 lU‘t Ill'll. GOO(l tO 1st October.
! PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON i
LIFE INSURANCE COMFY
Of Riclimond, Va.,
! has demonstrated that Southern talent, prop- j
( erly directed, can equal any upon the globe, j
! This Company has been moving onward and I
I tipward, and now ranks second to none on
this continent. Its progross is great; its cau- j
fion fully evidenced; its expenses only about I
• one-half of companies of like age; its pros-
{ pects fine. It has passed the rigid inspection
I of the Northern Insurance Department; it
therefore offers all the security and permanen
cy that any life company cau offer, and as such
is entitled to preference over any other com
pany doing business in onr midst.
Remember the PIEDMONT and ARLING
TON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of
Richmond, Va. sep!4tf
IRON WAREHOUSE
w
E HAVE ON HAND
NEW CARRIAGE REPOSITORY.
ATLANTA, CEORCIA.
Atlanta, Ga., July 10, 1873.
Mean*. Fechter k Mercer, Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen:—The sample of Atlanta “City Brewery”
Lager Bear received from you proves, npou a thor
ough chemical examination, to be quite tree trom all
injurious substances, as drugs, etc. Pure Hop Resin
is the only bitter principle fouud in the article, ami
tbe analysis below, ahowiug per centage of the chief
proximate constituents, would recommend the bever
age to cousumera of beer.
I am, very trulr, yours.
WM. J LAND.
Analytical chemist.
stand by my State and fight, the war over
again. We should have nothing whatever t»
do with national politic* or national atf.irs.
‘•There is where we made the mistake in the
last Presidential campaign, and that is why
Greeley was defeated. There was a big split
then in the Republican party of tbe North,
which, if it had been taken advantage of ju
diciously, might have defeated Grant and
elected Greeley ; but as soon as the Southern
States held conventions and indorsed Greeley,
then the people of the North looked upon him
as our candidate, and bis doom was sealed.
Had we ot the South said nothing, but stayed
at home and attended to oar business, and
then gone to the polls and voted, Greeley
would have been elected. We ought to have
nothing to say in regard to national politics.
What we want to entablish is our pecuniary
and material independence, control onr State
governments, manage our domestic affairs as
far as they will allow us, live peaceably aud
orderly as good citizens under tbe govern
ment, rendering unto C:csar tbe things which
Cmut exacts as his. and quietly await the de
velopment of events.”
Specific gravity of the Beer, 1.0158.
The above analysis, made from a sample
taken from the same Links lrom which we
daily fill casks for city consumption and for
shipment, conclusively establishes the great
superiority of our Lager Beers over that nude
in Cincinnati, in that it contaius a so much
larger per ceutuge of nutritious elements—
dextrine (starch), sugar, albumen, and pure
hop resin. As no sngar is used in the manu
facture, the sacchariue matter contained in
our Lager Beer is only that derived from the
vtgetable ingredients employed.
We confidently place our
Th»t aged and respectable old woman isn't CITY BREWERY LAGER BEER
piecing bed quilts or knitting stockings an;
more, bat has gone to eutting tan-bark,
averages five cords per ds;. and they say she
can drink from a two gallon jug without
ceughiag.— Detroit Free Press.
Notice to eweh and entry person in the
United States who will send bis or her name
to tbe proprietor of Jackson's 'Magic Balaam
shall receive a bottle of Jackson’s Magic Bal-
sou), free of charge, by paying tbe express
on it.
Jackson’s Magic Balsam will cure the head- !
a cbe in less time than you can talk ubout it. I
in open and square competition with any
other manufacture, nnsured that, as a bever
age containing a considerably larger per cent-
age of nutritive nnd tonic properties, in pro
portion to weight or volume, than any other
offered in the South, it commends itself to all
consumers as the most healthful.
Hr Order* and continuance of furors
solicited. m
FECHTER, MERCER A CO.
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Four Thousand Boxes
Of Tobacco,
All manufactured of the best
VIRGINIA LEAF TOBACCO,
Consisting of all grades of plug and twist,
among which are the following brands;
S. H. HOLLAND'S REST,
G. N. HALL'S-A No. 1,
S. H. HOLLAND'S CABLE TWIST,
S. H. HOLLAND'S EMPIRE TWIST,
OH ROUGH AND READY, and
EMMA TWIST.
They give steady employment to one hun
dred hands. Their capacity is
THREE THOUSANDS POUNDS PER DAY.
We have been manufacturing Tobacco here
for the jMist five years, and are very much en
couraged by our success.
We have a good climate for the manufactur
ing of good Tobacco, and having had forty
years experience in the business, we can with
confidence, guarantee satisfaction to all
buyers.
Tbaiikiug the public for past favors, and |
soliciting n continuance cf your patronage,
We ore, very tteupectfuUy,
OF TECE
Scofield Rolling Mill Co.,
ZtsTO.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
28 ZeiE^CHTF^IElIE]
ST.
BAR IRON of all kinds,
Warranted equal to any made, wholesale and retail, at 4Jc. rates. Call
and examine the stock and get a Price List.
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WOODRUFF & JOHNSON
Have established a Repository at
Mark W. Johnsons Agricultural
Building, corner of Alabama and
Forsyth streets, where they are
now receiving a fresh stock of
Carriages, Buggies and Wag
ons from some of the best manu
factories in America, and made]
especially to their order for this
market. The Woodruff Buggy,
which is justly celebrated for its
great DURABILITY and light
draught, will be one of the spe
cialties of this Repertory. It
is the intention of this firm to
supply GOOD, WARRANTED
WORK tit, the lowest possible
price, making it an inducement
for parties living at a distance
from Atlanta to come here to
purchase, or send their orders.
Any style of Carriage or Buggy
made to special order tit short
notice.
W.W. WOODRUFF. MARKW. JOHNSON.
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S. II. HOLLAND A CO.
XOO.OOO POUNDS
DRIED FRUIT.
M. WELLHOGSE.
National Life
The United States of America,
Washington, D. O.
Cash Capital $1,000,000!
FULL PAID.
Cash Assets $2,563,911.63.
BRANCH OFFICE, Philadelphia, where the business of the Company i* transacted.
OFFICERS:
E. A. ROLLINS Preoidenv
JAY COOKE Chairman finance and Executive Committee.
H. D. COOKE, (Washington) Vice-President
EMMEUSON W. PEET, Vice-President and Actuary
JOHN M. BUTLER Secretary
FRANCIS GURNEY SMITH, M. D Medical Director
WM. E. CHANDLER, (Washington,) Attorney.
E. A. BOLLJK8.
JAY COOKE.
OLARKNOE H. CLARK,
UKOKOKF. TYLER.
WM. G. MOHEHEAD,
JOHN W. ELLIS.
DIR C T O R S:
HENRY D. COOKE,
i. HINCKLEY CLARK,
WM. K. CHANDLER.
JOHN D. DUPREES.
EDWARD DODGE.
H. C. FAHNESTOCK.
BENJAMIN D. LAY of Atlanta, Goioml Atilt for Boom
Agent, wanted In every Town nod County in the State. Addreee—
COL. B. D. LAY,
aen.nl Agent, at Sntloul Ho*-l. Atlanta, Georg .