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HANCOCK . W i EXL JOURNAL m
YOL. II.
The Hancock Journal
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F. LLITTLE,
Sparta, Ga.
Office in Law Building, west of tbeC. IT.
GEORGE F. PIERCE, Jr.
ASS©msnE‘2’ AS MW,
Sparta, Ga.
flgL, Office in Law Building, west of the C H
PROFESSIONAL CARD
T\tt, J[J A. F. DURHAM, thankful for pits!
patronage, takes pleasure in announcing
that he still continues tho practice of Medicine
and Surgery in the town of Sparta.
Having associated with himself his brother
Dr 0. W* Durham in practice,’ ono or the other
of them may be found at their oflioe nt all times
•fthe day. tho
ffcjr- Special attention is given to treat¬
ment of Chrome Diseases and diseases peculiar
to Females. Feb 12—ly
“GEORGE II, JONES,”
IVI Til
M HY AMS & CO
234 Broad Street.
Under Central Hotel, Augusta, Georgia
Deal EC s In
FINE GROCERIES,
W ines, Liquors and Cigars ;
ALSO,
GKN'llL COMMIX X MARCH ANT S
April 80 1800. ly.
( harks A, Sledge,
Trimmer & Upholsterer,
Harness Maker and Repairer,
Sparta, Ga.
TtTAY bo found in tho upper story of J A,
JY1 prepared Bouddnjr* Carriage the public Shop, in whore his fine he of is
to servo
work, ou terms to suit tho times. mny7-ly
JEWEL’S MILES.
(FORMERLY ROCK FACTORY.)
Cost Office at Culveuton, Ga.
CUSTOMERS w E WILL this MANUFACTURE the WOOL following FOR
Bouaou, ou
terms :
Wool Manufactured in JEANS (col’«l warp) at
80 cents pm- yard ; 20cts yard;
Manufactured into Kerseys nt per
•or Curded into ROLLS at 121 cents per lb.
Sheetings, Shirtings, Osnahurgs nnd Yarns
constantly un hand.
Wool Wanted,
In Exchango for Goods, at market value, or
for GASH.
Consignments by llaifroad should bo dircct
,cd to Culvcrton, Ga. D. A. JEWEL,
may 14 Gin Proprietor.
Carriage,Buggy & wagon
REPOSITOBY
.J TAMES A. SCUDDAY has re.-opened his
Carriage Shop, at his old stand, where he
is prepared to serve his ohl friends and patrons
and tho puhlio generally, in every branch of
his business, either with New Work, Repairing
or Renovating of Carriages, Buggies. Wagons,
&o., at the most reasonable prices. Ho has in
his employ the well known freednmn Tom
Coles, alias Tom Thompson, and wifi warrant
all work to stand tlie test, Tom is a thorough
jDcmocrnt
• Mr. 8. will also do all manner of Black
smith work pertaining to his business, and
solicits a share of the public patronage.
Sparta, April 23—8m
New Cabinet Shop.
JOHN FRIESE,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE,
T) E3PECTFULLY informs the citizens of
JL\) rparta «ml vicinity that he has re
eently opened in this place uu establishment
for (he
Manufacture and Repairing
•OF FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION*
and will keep ou baud a full assortment of
■IcdNtcadn, Tables, Chairs, Ac.
,©4 make to order any article In tho
line at tk« lowest prices and at short notice.
Call and see him.
Will also Supply Coffin*
short notice.
Jan. 10.
INDEPENDENT IN' ALL THING8-NEUTRAL IN NOTHING-.
SPARTA, HANCOCK COUNTY, GA., AUGUST 13, 1860.
Poetry,
Over and Over Again.
Over and over again,
No matter which way I turn,
I always find in the Book or Life
Some lesson I have to learn,
I must take my turn at the mill'
I must grind out the golden grain.
I must work at my task, with a resolute will
Over and over again.
We cannot measure the need
Of eveu the tiniest flower,
Nor check the flow of the golden sands
That rnn through a single hour,
But the morning dews must fall,
Aud the sun aud the summer rain
Must c'o their part, aud perform it all
Over aud over again.
Over and over again
The brook through the meadow flows,
And over and over again
The ponderous mill* wheel goes.
Once doing will not suffice,
1 hough doing be not in vain ,
Aud a blessing, fail ng us once or twice,
May come if we try again.
The path that has once been trod
Ii never so rough to the feet:
And the lesson we once have learned
Is never so hard to repeat.
Though sorrowful tears may fall,
Aud the heart to its depths be driven
With stonn arid tempest, need them all
To render us meet for Heaven.’’
Miscellany,
How smith attked the Old Nan
Smith had just asked Mr. Thompson’s
daughter if she would give him a lift out
of bachclordom, and she had said “ Yes.”
It therefore became absolutely necessary
to get the old man’s permission, so, as
Smith said, the arrangements might be
made to hop the conjugal twig.
Smith said he’d rather pop the inter#
rogatory to all old Thompson’s daughters,
and his sisters, and his lady cousins, and
his aunt Hannah, in the country, and the
whole of his femalo relations, than ask old
Thompson. But it had to be done, and
*o he sat down and studied out a speech
which he was to disgorge at old Thomp¬
son the j'cey first time he got a shy at him.
So Smith dropped in on him one Sunday
evening, when all the family had mean¬
dered around to meeting, and found him
doing a sum in beer measure.
“ How are you, Smith?” said old Tl.ontp*
son, ns tho former walked in, white as a
piece of chalk, and trembling as if he had
swallowed a condensed earthquake. Smith
was afraid t.o answer because lie warn’t
.sure about the speech. He knew he had
to keep his grip on it while he had it
there, or it would slip from him quicker
than an oiled cel through an augur hole,
So he blurted out—
“Mr. Thompson, sir: Perhaps it may
not be .uohuown to you, that during an
extended period of sotuo five years, 1 have
bccu busily engaged in the pro-ecution of
a commercial enterprise—”
“ Is that so, and keepin’ it a secret all
this time, while l thought you were tend¬
ing store ? Well, by George, you’re one
of them now, ain’t you?”
Smith had begun to think it all over
again to get the run of it.
“ Mr. Thom [son, sir : Perhaps k may
not be unknown to you, that during tho
.extended period of five years, 1 have been
busily engaged in the prosecution of a
commercial enterprise, with the dctermU
nation to secure a suHeiunt main ten
ancc— ’
“ Sit down, Smith, and help yourself to
.beer. Don’t stand there boldin’ your hat,
liho a blind beggar, w |*lr paralysis.
never have seen you behave yourself
queer in all uiy boru days.”
Smith had been knocked out ag^in, and
so ho had to wander back again und tak^e
ft fmsh f, "‘
„ Mr. ihotnpson, sir: . It T may not be ,
unknown to you, that during an extended
period of five years, I have been engaged
I in the prosecution of a commercial enter
pvUc, with tlie ^ctcrminariou to procurea
sufficient maintenance—”
“ A which ance?” asked old Thompson;
but Smith held on to the last word as if it
was his only chance, and went on :
In the hope that some day 1 might
enter wedlock, and bestow «iy earthly
possessions upon one .whom I could call
my own. I have becu a lonely man, sir,
and haye felt that it is not good ior jpiBjan
to be alone; therefore I would—”
“Neither is it, Smith; l’nt glad you
dropped in. How’s the old man ?’’
<■ Mr. tan, .i V; ,.id Srcrirtt, i.
despairing confusion, raising his voice to
a yell, “it may not be unknown to you
that, during an exteuded period of a lone
ly lLir man, Ld I have been engaged to enter wed
lock, and estowed all » my enterprise on
one whom I could determine to be good
for certain possessions—no, I mean—that
is—that—Mr. Thompson, sir: It may not
be unknown—”
“ And then, again, it may. Look here,
Smith, you’d better lay down and take
something warm—you ain’t well.”
Smith, swearing like a four-year old colt,
went in again.
“ Mr. Thompson, sir . It may not be
lonely to you to prosecute me whom you a
friend, for a commercial maintenance, but
—but—he—dang it—Mr. Thompson, sir:
It—”
“Oh, Smith, you talk like a fool. I
never seen a more first class idiot in the
course of my whole life. What’s the mat¬
ter with you anyhow ?”
“Mr. Thompson, sir,” said Smith, in an
agony of bewilderment, “it may not be
known that you prosecuted a loniy man
who is not good tor a commercial period
of wedlock for some five years, but—
“See hero, Mr, Smith, you’re drunk,
and if you can’t behave better than that,
you’d better leave ; if you don’t, I’ll chuck
you out, or I'm a Dutchman.”
“Mr. Thompson, sir,” said Smith, fran¬
tic with despair, “it may not be unknown
to you that my earthly possessions are en¬
gaged to enter wedlock five years with a
sufficiently lonely man, who is not good
for a commercial maintenance—”
“The very deuce he isn’t. Now you
jist git up and git, or I’ll knock what lit¬
tle sense out of you you’ve got left.”
With that, old Thompson took Smith’
and shot him into the street as if he’d run
him against a locomotive, going out at the
rate of forty miles an hour. Before old
Thompson had time to shut tbe front door,
Smith collected his legs and one thing
and another that were lying around ou the
pavement, arranged himself in a vertical
position, and yelled out:
“Mr. Thompson, sir: It may not be
known to you”—which made the old man
so wretched mad that he went out and set
a bull terror on Smith before lie had a
chance to lift a brogan, anil there was a
scientific dog-fight, with odds in favor of
the dog, for he had an awful hold for such
a small animal.
Smith afterwards married the girl, and
they lived happily.
Bachelors and Flirts-.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.
Some old bachelors git after a flirt, nnd
don’t travel as fast as she doz, and they
conclude awl the female group are hard
to ketch, and good for nothing when they
are kctchcd.
A flirt is a rough thing to overhaw 1 un
less (ho right dog gets after her, and then
they are the easiest «f all to ketch, and of¬
ten makc the best of wives.
When a flirt is really in love she is as
powerless as a mown daisy.
Her inducement then changes into
modesty, her cunning into fear, her spurs
into a halter, and her pruning hook into a
.candle.
The best way to ketch a flirt is tew
travel the other way from which they are
going, or to sit down on the ground and
whistle some lively tunc until tho flirt
comes around.
Old bachelors makes the flirts, and then
the flirts get more than even by making
°
old bachelors.
A majority of flirts get m.rricl Anally,
for they hev a great quantity of the most
dainty tit-bits of woman’s nature, alwus
hev shrewdness to hack up their sweet
,nes«
Flirt* don't deal ia poetry and water
gravel; they hav got to hav brains, or else
somebody would trade them out of tbeir
capital at the sweep.
Disappointed luv must ov course be all
™ Nde -J : tl,,s At- *>" - 1 ” n r moro ««“*
fur being an old bachelor than it iz fur a
, uian to quit, and jinc the poor house be*
kase ...................^ he kan’t lift a turn at a pop.
his independence. This is a dead beat
j past resurrection, for everybody knows
: there ain’t a more anxious dupe than he
| iz. All his dreams are charcoal misses •
he dresses, greses his hair, paints his griz
zly moustache, cultivates bunyops, n pj
corns, tew please hjs captains, the wim
min, ,aqd only gets luffed at fur his pains.
I tried being an old bachelar till I wuz
about twenty years old, and came very
near dying a dozen times. I had more
sharp pains in one year than I hev had
put it all u. a Leap. I was cut a
lively fever all the time.
7 —^ m ---—
*' ierc > 8 n o work of art that does the
ta ?® ° f i* ™“ aD .f ,< N°
? nd whl< * shc shou1d dai, y P ol,sh and
improve, than her daughters.-jEAX Paul.
An Extraordinary Story.
The following extraordinary tale of a
ship wrecked crew, and the terrible fate
of all except a single survivor, whose ad
ventures cqml those of Robinson Cruso,
appears in a Paris letter to the New Or¬
leans Picayune:
“In the month of August, 1863, the
French ship Adelina Eliza quited Borde
aux for Hong Kong, a month afterwards
she was spoken off the Cape of Good
Hope. She was never heard of again un¬
til a few days since, her history of all her
crew became public. A typhoon iu the
Indian Ocean threw her out of her course,
dismasted her, broke her rudder, and toss¬
ed her toward Oceanica. Bad weather
lasted thirty days, and when fair weather
returned 8 * ie struch upon a coral reef, and
^ ie ex ^ aus ’ c d crew were scarcely able to
takc reluge in Uats ' Lt was a ™onless,
starless night when thisaccideut occurred.
They rowed widely and thanked God when
the breaking day showed them a harbor
surrounded by a charming landscape.—
They :eached land and laid down to sleep.
When they awoke they found themselves
bound hand and loot, and surrounded by a
groop of savages. Their captors proved
to be cannibals.—Eleven of them, their
captain arnoDg them were slain and eaten.
■Three others contrived (how, does not yet
appear ' to makc their escape ’ but the *
were mutilated. The one who succeeded
in reaching Europe has one arm cutoff and
one eye torn out. The three reached a
reniote poir,t of the Is,and > " J,ere
foun<1 a CaD0C > ar,d crubarkeJ in ifc > P rcfer ‘
^ ie 1 ’ sk be * n © devoured by sharks
to the certainty of being killed and eaten
by eanuioals. Fortunately, they found
themselves in an archipelago, and were
enabled to go easily from one island to
another. After wandering for some time,
moving as rapidly as possible away from
the cannibal’s borne. Geo. Samazon’s
two companions died from exhaustion.—
He remained alone,- mutilated, hopeles,
upon a frail canoe. He, nevertheless,
continued to push on, touching land only
when absolutely necessary to sleep and to
get water and food.
Iio ato shellfish and roots. One day
he reached the last islan 4 of the group,
and nothiug lay before him but the wide
ocean. He set to work to build a raft.—
It took him a year. lie launched it, the
waves threw it back on the Islaud. IJe
tried several times to put it to sea, but
constantly failed. lie resolved to turn
his footsteps landward, and in a different
direction from the cannibal’s home. He
crossed a desert, climbed a mountain, fell
agaiu into savages’ hands, once more es¬
caped from them, fled through forests, his
face scabbed with Litea of musquitoes, at
last, nearer dead than alive he came upon
white men. lie had been walking for
three years aud hud crossed South Ameri¬
ca on foot. The white men received him
kindly and did what they could for him.
He embarked on board a small Poriugues
.ship and at last reached Europe. His
family had long given him up for dead.
Tlie Barrister and the Witness.
1 here is a point beyond which human
forbearance cannot go, and the most even
of tempers will become ruffled at times.
At the assizes hdd during the past year
at Lincoln, England, loth judges and
C 0 U P s °l j ia ‘^ ,nu cb trouble to make the
and it is possible that the temper of the
counsel may thereby have been turned
Pr °U‘ l b c cv en tenor of j.ts way,—
After this gentleman had gone through
nesses, there was called into the box a
young ostler, who appeared to be simpli
c **y personified.
*'’ ^ uW » *} T > counsel, in a tone
, iat Would at other have been
” any time
denounced os vulgarly loud, •< I hope »c
shall have no difficulty in making you
speak out.”
^ h°P e n '->L zur,” was shouted, or ra
would certainly haye alarmed any
timid or neryoas lady.
u How dare you speak in that way, sir?”
sa *^ ^ ie ast0n * 8 ^®^ counsel,
1 Mease ' Zur ’ 1 Uan t s P cal < an Y louder,”
n .
louder than before, evidently thinkjng the
fault to be in his speaking too softly,
“ Pray, have you been drinking this
f , 10Ul ed / h ® C 0 un J el » who [* a(1
. . . p
his tern Yes, per.^ ^ ° S 1 ' c a ieuiljan 0
“ zur,” was the reply.
“And what have you been drinking ?”
“ Gorfee, zur.’
^
“A spune, zur!’ innocently screamed
the witness in his highest key, amidst the
roars of the whole court—excepting only
I the Aung now thoroughly wild eounseC who
, down bis brief, and rushed out of
' court.
Tlie Tea mg tor.
The soldiers in Kentucky were famous
for practical jokes, and constantly on the
lookout for subjeots. One is told of a
teamster who had charge of six shabby
mules. Jehu was also the proprietor of
two bottles of old Bourbon—a contraband
in camp—which a wag discovered and re¬
solved to possess,
Aware that the driver’s presence .was
an impediment to the theft, he hit upon
the following plan to get rid of him :
Approached the driver, who was busily
engaged in currying down his mules, he
accosted him with—
“I say, old fell ;w, what are you doing
there ?”
“Can’t you see ?” replied Jehu gruffly.
“Certainly,” responded the wag, “but
that is not your business. It is after tat¬
too, and there is a fellow hired by the
General who curries all the mules and
horses brought in after tattoo.”
The mule driver bit at once, and wan
* edto know where the hair dresser kept
himself. Whereupon he was directed
*° Gen. Nelson’s tent with the assurance
that there was where the fellow “hung
out.”
“You can’t mistake the man,” said the
wag, “be is a large fellow, and puts on
a thundering sight of airs for a man of
his business, lie will probably refuse to
do it, and tell you to go to the devil, but
don’t mind that, he has been drinking to
day. Makc him come out, sure.”
Jehu posted off and entering the tent
where Gen. Nelson sat in deep reverie,
probably considering the most expedi¬
tious method of expelling Gen. Buckner
from his native State, slapped him on the
back with sufficient force to annihilate a
man of ordinary size.
Springing to his foot, the General ac¬
costed his uninvited guest with :
“Well, sir, who are you, nnd what are
you, and what the devil dd you want?”
“Old boss, I’vo ffota job for you now—
sis mules to be curried and right off too,”
said the captain of the mules nothing
daunted at the flashing eye of the Genep
aI.
“Do you know whom you ao address¬
ing, sir?” a>ked the indignant comman¬
der.
“Yes,” said Jehu, elevating his voice
to a pitch which rendered the words audi¬
ble a square off, “you are the fellow hired
by Uncle Sam to clean them mules and I
won’t have any foolishness. Glean them
mules and I’ll give you a drink ol’bust
head.”
“You infernal villain !” exclaimed the
General, now perfectly furious, “I am
General Nelsoja, commander of this divis¬
ion.”
Jehu placed the thumb of his right
banff again&t his nose, and nxteqdjng bis
fingers, waved them in a manner indica-«
tive of great wisdom.
The General’s sword leaped from bia
scabbard^ and Jebu rushed from the tenjt
just in time to save his head.
The boys drank tho big mule driver’s
health in Bourbon.
’lbe story soon got out, and was tbe
joke of the season.
A Puzzle in Punctuation. —The
following paragraph is a capital illustration
of the iinpgttance of punctuation in writ¬
ing. There are two ways of pointing it—
one of which makes the individual in
question a monster of wickedness, while
the other converts him into a model
Christian. Let our readers exercise their
ingenuity they on the problem, and see whe¬
ther can discover its two-fold solu¬
tion :
He is an old experienced man in vice
and wickedness he is never found oppos¬
ing the works of iniquity he takes delight
in the downfall of the neighborhood he
never rejoices in the prosperity of any of
bis fellow citizens he is always ready to
assist in destroying the peace of soci ety
he takes no pleasure in serving *{ t0 Dord
he is uncommonly diligent i» mowing dis¬
cord among his friend** ““d acquaintances
he takes no pride Vh in laboring to promote
the cause of T i 8ti anity he has not been
negligent jn endeavoring to stigmatize all
public teachers he makes uo exertions to
subdue his evil passions he strives hard to
build up satan’s kingdom he lends no aid
to the support of the Gospel among the
heathen he contributes largely to tho evil
adversary he pays no attention to good
advice he will never go to Heaven he
must go where he will receive the just
recompense of reward.”
On a late ascension' of an seronaut, t)!
gentleman requested to be allowed to ao
company him into tbe upper regions.—
‘‘ Are you good tempered V asked the j
aeronaut. “ I believe so,” said the other, j
“ but why do you ask ?” “ For fear we j
may fall out on the way.”
Beach borers will not do much damage
when stiff clay is heaped up around the
tree a foot high.
NO. 16
Mccly Caught.
At the masked fireman’s ball in New
Orleans week before last, a gay and hand*
some man, who had refused to take his
wife to the ball on the ploa of JiusimS: ss,
was much struck by a stranger, a lady in
a mask. On her exhorted all his fascina¬
tion. r .«95j*
“Ob, sir, you quite put me out with
your flattery. I suspect you are a mar¬
ried man,” said the lady.
‘‘No, indeed; but I confess a willing¬
ness to get married since I have had the
pleasure of seeing you,” was the gallant
reply. * m
“Indeed 1 but you have’nt seen my face
yet!” «ci ■' anoai
“No, but I know it is beautiful. Tbe
exquisite grace that accompanies every¬
thing you do and say te'ls me as much.”
“Indeed 1”
“I think so; but you will no longer
deny me the satisfaction, for I assure you
lady, I am in love.” . :■)
“Indeed!” \ ? t *
“It is true. Until I met you to night
women have looked to me homely and
commonplace.’
“Oh you are josting.”
“Indeed, I am npt.”
“And you never loved any one before ?’*
“Never! Your sex always appeared to
me deceitful, and my heart always refused
them all sympathy; but for you I feci a
passionate attraction I hove no power or
inclination to resist.”
“Can this be true ?”
“It is, indeed.”
“I am mad with impatience, since it,
will be tko only face my heart will ever
mirro.r. It has upon it np piv*J impres*
siop.” ■S*M »■: siTiljitfte
“Yfl u arp 80 pervasive I can no longer
deny the privilege-—look !” and the mask
was removed. s >•» i$dm si
It Was his wifij. ■i
“The Devil 1” 8^4 thja disoomfuited
Benedict, indulging in a prolonged whis
tie. a
“Oh no, my dear, only the fuco that; has
U.o rival impression ou your heart 1 ”
“Say, Mary, let’s call square, and go
home.” — Vt
“I think we’d better.”
And they went.
— ■ - - ------- +--■+> - ——
A man was found in an up town gutter
the other day, and on being roused to
consciousness and asked to explain how
he came there, got off the following by
way of explanation :
“Leaves have their tidl to fall,
And so likewise do I;
The reason, too, is tho same,
It comes of getting dry!
But there’s the difference ’twixt leaves
and mo.
I fall More harder and more frequently."
Fire and Matrimony.—T ho office of
the Shippenburg (Pa.) News was destroy¬
by fire on tho 11th of April. The ed
who had his bachelor quarters in tho
office, was so much discouraged by tho oc¬
currence, that ho sought refuge in the
matrimnny on the morning of the 12 th*
We had the pleasure of a visit from him
a few days later, when he had not only re¬
covered his accustomed serenity, but seem¬
ed unusually happy, as though his misfor¬
tunes bad proved one of those “blessings
in disguise” that we read about. Incor,
rigible bachelors, who lodge in out of the '
way places, may learn from this example
that they may yet be cured—by the ordal
of fire. But we np npt advise expectant
maidens to become incendiaries,
$Xc7***Sp!isr'
An Equivocal A» avr£B " ^ ^ tcra *
ry gentleman, w/-fii*»g *o bo undisturbed
one day, instructed his Irish servant ta
admit no one, and if any one inquired for
him to give an ‘equivocal answer/ Night
auff the gentleman proceeded to in-,
terogate Pat as to his callers.
‘Did any one call ?’
‘Yes, stir, wan gintleman.’
‘What did he say ?'
‘He axed was yer honor in/
‘Well what <jid you tell him?’
‘Sure I guv him a quivikle answer jist/
‘How was that!'
‘I axed him was his grandmother a mon¬
key/
Secrecy. —Secrecy has been well term*.
cd ihe so ^ of our S rPat <* e 8 i g n8 > perhapa
more has , been effected by concealing
our
own intentions, than (discovering those e£
0 ur enemy. But great men succeed iq
both,
A reverend son of Itev. Dr..Beecher,
on being ordained, was splefunly charge^
thus: “I charge yoij never t,o forget thaj
you are the son of your father, the grantjU
father, and the nephew of your uncle/’:**
IIow about his aunt Harriet f