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VOL. II.
The Hancock Journal
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Professionals:
P. L. LITTLE,
Nparta, Ga.
Z sft- Office in Law Building, west of the C. H.
GEORGE P. PIERCE, Jr.
a» s (Biaisrs'SY m 0
Sparta, Ga.
Bfgu Office in Law Building, west of the C-H
PROFESSIONAL CARD
TAR, j ) A. F. DURHAM, thankful for ]
patronage, takes plettsuro practice in of anuouni .\Jedk
that lie still continues the
and Surgery in llio lown of Sparta. 4 '
Having associated with himself his feather
Dr 0. W' Durham in practice, om 1 le other
of them be found their of 1 r al\ times
may at '
of i lie day. V hh ffTc I'
triy- Special attention is the treat
soul of Lhrouic Diseases ag fsosHes peculiar
to Females, f ‘ l\\> life—ly
g. jFonrEs,”
M. .(Jw AMS Street. <* CO
Under (i‘ rnf H<dcl, Aupusta , Georgia
^ Dealers In
FI y«$ B«Cli It tlos }
pities, ~ Liquors and Cigars ;
■ *■ ALSO,
Gt ’fXtilSO ,« HU ( QMMl&'N MARCIIANTS
I 860 ly. *
,
Charles A. Sledge,
rimmer & Upholsterer,
Harness Maker and Repairer,
Sparta, Git.
myr AY be found in the upper story of J A,
prepared 1YL Bcuddny’s Carriage the public Shop, in where his line he of is
to servo
work, on terms to suit the times. may7-ly
JEWEL’S-MILLS.
(FORMERLY ROCK FACTORY.)
Post Office at CULVKRTON, Ga.
CU8T0MER8 \V E WILL MANUFACTURE this the WOOL following FOR
season, on
terms} Wool Manufactured in JEANS (ool’d warp) at
80 cents per yard ; 20cts yard;
Manufactured into Kerseys at per
or Carded into ROLLS at 12) cents and per lb. Yarns
SHesrtngs, Shirtings, Osnaburgs
constantly on hand.
Wool Wauled,
In F.x#ba«K« f° r Goods, at market value, or
for t ASH ■ direct
Con livmnonts by ltaifroad should be
ed to Culvet t"ii. Ga. D. A. JEWEL,
innytll *»in Proprietor.
New Cabinet Shop.
JOHN FRIESE,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
„ ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE,
~C\ KJPLfiTi ULLY informs the citizens of
1%, rpenouin part a aud this vicinity place that establishment he has re
O0itiy an
tsr the
jM«nuf)»tttnr« and Repairing
Mlt0ti W MtNrfBMt OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
J.•*»]> on haud a full assortment of
Pblelcade, Tables, Clealrtt, &c.
er take to order any artiole in the cabinet
’Amic a the lowest prices and at Bhort notice.
Call aud see him.
war Will also supply C’offina at
short notice.
jan. 16,
-
Roberts,Morris&Sbivers
. • to James T. Gardiner & Co.
WAREHOUSE AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Augusta, Qa.,
WILL givt Iheir personal attention to the
Biorag- and sale of COTTON, and such other
produce M may bo sent to them.
* Cauh ndmtnm cm l*roduce in Store.
wn from tho General Ware
ittion business, in favor of
, «.ORRKS <fr SHIVERS,
re in recommending them to the
a and Patronage of my old friends
all men of Large Business Experience
•nd ample to conduct business sntisfac
to Jut It J. T. GARDINER,
USTDEPEISTDEISTT IN ALL TgzNGS-NEUTRAL IN
SPARTA, HANCOCK BOUNTY, GA., SEFT^bl ER 10 , 1869 .
3r
Furniture.
W• & J- FURNITtJRE, CARAKER arc now receiving a
lot. of NICE consisting of Bed
Room sets, Tables, Chairs, Wash stands, Ward¬
robes, Sic., &c.
Blinds They are prepared to fill all orders for Sash
and Panel Doors. Also,
ROSEWOOD HD METALIE
COFFINS
MASONIC HALL, MILLEDGE7ILLE
Quick sales and small profits is the motto of
trade with us.
Furniture Repaired
SgluThey also carry on the Wagon business
Patronagcsolicit ed- may 7—3m.
I T. HEARD & CO.
WAREHOUSE
AND
Commission Merchants
COR- REYNOLDS & M’INTflSH ST’S,
Warehouse formerly occupied If Meters. BUS
TIN $ WALKER, '
ISAAC T. HEARD, O. M. STONE,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Win devote iheir spict personal attention to
tic STORAGE and MLE of COTTON and all
other PRODUCE.
Ordersin??- Rope,
prompt atten d o d
Liberal CASH advances made at all tflC**
on produce in str*©- gulletT’s ™
JBQTAgente jr patent gins
PRO reTL brush cotton -
All S PATENT COTTON 01# FEED
ly 23d, 1869, 6m.
H. II. SA 8 IE TT,
HO Brought^ Street,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Will kodp constantly on hand a select stock of
BOOTS & SHOES,
BOTH AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL—
rpHE patroimgo of my friends and the public
[ is oarnestly solicited.
I will fill all orders'promptly for CASH,
July 16—ly II. IS. Sasnctt
M. r. STOVALL,
WAREHOUSE
ANU
Commision Morcbant,
JACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
V_yONTINUES the to give his personal attention
to storage and and sale of COTTON and
other produce.
Orders for Plantation and Family supplies
promptly andcarefully filled.
HaT’He is prepared to rnakcTibeial CASH
ADVANCES on all consignments.
July 23d, 8m.
ENCOURAGE
Home Productions.
A Most Delightful Tonic!
A Mont Delightful Tonic!
A Most Delightful Tonic!
OLD CAROLINA BITTERS!
A SOUTHERN PREPARATION.
VALUARliEA REUAULR
"TTIQUAL |~L if not superior lo any Bitters in the
market, and at much loss price. Cures
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Chill and Fever,
and is without doubt the best Touic in use.
GOODRICH, WIN EM AN & Co,
Manufacturers and Proprietors, and Direct Im
porters of Choice CHARLESTON, Drugs and Ceeuiicals.
S, C.
For sale in Sparta by
A. W. BERRY, and
JylC -6m POWELL & BIRDSONG,
POLLARD, COX & CO.
COTTON FACTORS
WABEHOOSK AND
Coir mission Merchants.
Corner Reynolds and Campbell Streets,
Augusta, Ga,
/CONTINUE. THEIR BUSINESS at their
old stand and will give their strict per¬
sonal attention to the Storage and Sale of
Cottou and all other produoe. Orders for
Hfggtog a ®d promptly atteuded to-—
Consignments respectfully seliehed
Cotton consigned to us is delivered from Ihe
oars—a considerable saving to planters.
Agents for Reed's Phosphate and Gcorgta
Factory.
The interests o( the firm will be represented
by Judge Henry II. Fitzpatrick, of Warren
connty. may2—6m
Town Property For Sale.
mHE subscriber offer* for sale the DWELL-
1NG HOUSE and lot containing thirty
aores more or less with all necessary outbuild
iugs and a convenient office attached, at pres¬
ent occupied by Dr. Wm. L. Alfricnd.
Also, the COTTAGE HOUSE and lot oppo¬
site Mr. John T- Martin’s residence, now oc¬
cupied by Mrs. S. M. Lawson*
G. W. WATKINS,
may 28—If . Sparta, Ga.
Poetry
YOUR HOTSE.
BT MBS. M. A. K 1 DLER
Be true to’yourtelfat the start, young man,
' Be true to yourself and God,
Ere you build your house, mark well the spot,
Test all the ground, and build you not
On the saud or*ou the shaking sod.
Dig, dig, the foundation deep, young man.
Plant firmly the outer wall ;
Let the props be strong and the roof be higlt.
With an open garret toward the sky,
Through which heaven’s dewB may fall.
Let this be the room of the soul, young man.
When shadows shall herald care ;
A chamber with never a roof or thatch
To hinder the light or door or latch
Td shut iu the spirit’s prayer!
Build slow and sure—’tis fur life, ' oung man,
A life that outlives the breath ’
For who shall g&iusay the holy word?
“I heir works do follow them,” snilh the Lord,
“Thereiu there is no death.”
Build deep, and high, aud broad, youag man,
As the ueedful cu e demands :
Let your little deeds be clear and b' ; gbt,
’Till you outer your claim to the Lord «i light,
For the house not made with hands.
Miscellany,
Influence. —You have it! are you
aware of it ? do you feel it about you con¬
tinually f you sec it only as you see your
face in the glass, reflected. You do not
know its depth or length; it passes from
you now—you do not feel its presence;
but into that “ vast forever/’ just as f U r
as tbs •wtrt trr humanity reaches, just so
far does your influence go. Be it pure;
be it elevating; be it a high'toned key in
the scale of justice; be it ennobling in all
its bearings ; its principles firmly rooted
in goodness, uprightness, and honesty of
heart, and it will live long after you have
gone from earth.
Would you have strength in your char¬
acter, purity in your actions, and your life
a song of joy to yourseli and those who
cluster around you ? See then that this
weighty and far-reaching element of your
being is exerted truthfully, honestly, and
in the fear of God. E. C. I.
“Thou must be t.ue thyself,
If thou the truth would’st teach
Thy soul must overflow, if thou
Another soul would’st reach,—
It needs the overflowing heart,
To give tho lips full speech;
Think truly, and thy, thought
Shall the world’s famine feed;
Speak tru’y, and thy word
Shall be a fruitful seed;
Live truly, and thy life shall be
A great and noble creed.”
The latest Saratoga sensation has been
the arrival from Bombay of a genuine
Asiatic and his wife. The gentleman is
an accomplished man, speaking several
languages, and English among them, very
fluently. His dress is only distinguished
from that of other gentlemen by his wear¬
ing a gorgeous turban. The lady is petite
indeed, being only about four feet high,
but gracefully and elegantly dress'd,
wearing a little, round hat, velvet jo-'ket,
and an elegantly figured silk robe, *OB®d
around the hips and limbs, and o D ® ‘’“d
thrown tastefully over the left boulder,
while the other is allowed ** brush the
floor. They are making v arouT5 ^
the world.
Strong lye pr¬ in water will make b
oof* as rain ws’**-'
The Magnitude or Millions.—A l
taopt every day we meet some individual
who is pointed out—“there goes a man
porth his millions.” Nearly every busi
less man bears tbo%ame statement, but
pw few stops to dweB upon the imi^gnsi
y of millions 1 Fey people havtf any
tore idea what inilLqps, billions atjp tril
Ions are. than they*^ave tbcj&obblers of tho gfyle of
irogans worn by who^ftbebit
be moon. A millkJh of one d<f!kr bills
ossess a vastnessjflat is rather ^artling
o a man who has fimrepriaced suclfa
’o count this suifl^the wOte of h^ur^ qjfoUiou
and five hundreu’ doRarifaA and
light hours*a d^ IKpw’fnonAs. i^^ultf require!®
o work nearly IJ^he said'
lollar bills were Jaid side by. ^ side, they
rould wo tmles, reach while th]^huudred ^ragjftransportatiou and seventy- wojild
equirc more than an ox tedm.
A Pious Man’s Prayer. —One Elder
tnapp, a famous revivalist prencher,onco
irayed for S B. Brittan, a Universalist
sinister, I as follows:
L M Lord the
i shake Universalist preacher
ver hell! Riddle him over the hot em
ers! Smite him! Send an awful tremor
ver trim ! Fill his soul with horror, that
ie may frighten his followers back from
m nation.”
I A gentleman called on a rich miser and
iund him at the table endeavoring to
a fly. Presently he succeeded iu
entrapping, one, which he immediately put
in the sugar bowl, and shut down the cov¬
er. The gentleman asked for an explana¬
tion of this singular sport. “I'll tell you,”
replied the miser, a triumphant grin over*
spreading his countenance as he spoke,
“I want to ascertain if the servants steal
the sugar.”
Nothing Leaves us as it Found
Us.—If a sheet of paper on which a key
has been laid be exposed for some minutes
to the Bunsbtne, and then instantaneonsly
viewed-in the dark, the key being removed,
a foding spectre of the key will be ob
sorvedj Let the papeT be put aside for
months, where nothing can disturb it, and
then in darkness be laid on a plate of hot
metal, the spectre of ^he key will again
appear. This is equally true of our minds
Every man we meet, every book we read,
every landscape wc see, every word or tone
we hear, leaves its image on the bram.—
These traces, which under ori' .nary cir¬
cumstances are invisible, never fade, but
sn the intense light of cerebral excitement
start in prominence, just as the spectre
image of the key started into sight on the
application of heat. It is thus with all
the influences to which we are subjected.
Dreams. —The laws by which droams
are produced are wrapt in darkness. That
the visions of sleep are for the most part
traceable to foregone states of mind, none
will dispute. Yet it may be that the con¬
stitution of our nature is such as to allow
direct communication in dreams from
too l’*M, er 0 f S pj r it t> a nd the world of
spirits, iu a q ti m es, dreams have been a
startling mysv. r y. aD( j jjjgy j iave Ji a .
charged high j n t,bc various courses
oi 1 tovideuco, by vbc impressions they
have made, and the ene» Ky they have in
.
spired or repressed. If they ^ ave spruug
out of the mind, they have wrought upon
it in return; and we cannot but amount
them among the veiled ministrants of the
Invisible, obeying his word.
Absence of Mind.—A bachelor friend
of ours is in the habit, when he comes to
his room in the evening, of putting his
teakettle on the stove, and himself lying
down on the lounge and taking a snooze
until the kettle begins to sing, when he
gets up and makes his tea. The other
evening, being a little prostrated on ac¬
count of old Simkin’s daughter “cutting”
him in the street, he but the kettle on the
lounge and got upon the stove himself,
and never discovered his mistake until he
began to sing.
“ Do you call this a trunk ?” growled a
dejectporter. “ It only needs a light¬
ning rod *o b e mistaken for a boarding
house.”
An Erie cook, by mistake, poured old
ry<, instead of vinegar, over the onions.
Yhe harvesters relished the dish verv
much, but an old deacon w*° very
drunk.
Th« following is an exact copy of a
promissory note, dated Concord, Novetm
ber 25, 1783 : “For an old horse which
I have bought of Mr. Isaac Dow, I prom¬
ise to pay him 33 in wheat or flour at cash
price; but if the horse does not live to
get to Lebanon, and three days after he
gets there, I am to give but $2 for the
horse. Witness my hand.”
To Voting Ladies..
Young ladies, if you wish to be happy
and contented after the giarriage ceremo¬
nies and honeymoon are over. * I would
suggest the following: *
I>o not choose a lazy man ; do not fall
in love with a moustache, neither with a
bat, neither fashionable cut trowsers, nor
blackened boots, or pomaded and artificial
■Jy curled hair; neither look upon graceful
dancing and horse-back-riding—no indeed,
for with all the above mentioned qualifies
ttons of now-a-ddyB called, a fast young
man^would not be able, with the best culi¬
nary skiH’to cook a meal of victuals with
it. But, if a man come^to ask you for
y0 Ur heart arid hand, inquire if he is a
skillful artizan, or a thrifty industrious
farmer who is up early and late, and
rather does his own work and loves to do
than to complain ef hard tisoeS; or if
he understands to manage his Tor use, if
he had any, or has the ability to acquire
one; ask him if he thirfks there- are six
days in the week to work, and if he im¬
proves them, and then one Sunday to rest
on, to praise the Lord, and go to meeting
—if so, and you ean otherwise love him,
take him, for he is sure to provide for you.
But, if he is one of those who loaf about
half the time dressed in fashipnablc cut
garments, afraid to work for fear of soiling
his clothes,, always thirsty, and who has
the sixth commandment seven timos.abol
ished—of course, let him stand in the cold
and give him the mitten ; for, with such
a lounging, good-for-nothing dandy, you
woUld be unhappy as long as you lived.
If all the young ladies would at once
join in a society and determine never to
marr y a lazy, flippant, good-for-nothing,
Jo-nothing—the effect would be marvelous
and create wonders; for the young men
on matrimonial business would soon sec
the socret and go te work, earnestly, and
endeavor to be sober and industrious in or
der to get them a wife of their wishes;
the whole army of loungers and street
corner.watching gentry would disappear
from the earth like frogs in winter. The
receibt is bitter and sevore, but it will
cure undoubtedly—try it and : sse.
“Your ~T writing is ; - ungramatical,”
very
said a gentleman to his friend, was
writing a letter in th<J r etate-room on
board of one of tho Atlantic steamers.
“I kupw that well enough, but who
could write grammatically with this con¬
founded vessel shaking so all the time ?”
indignantly responded the writer.
“Gail Hamilton,” in a letter of regret
that she conld not be present at the silver
wedding of the Hon. L. W. Moulton, at
Shelbyville, on the 2d inst.,said:
“When one has stayed married twenty
five years in Illinois, I suppose it is worth
while to ring the bells over it.”
Why, Gail, it is nothing like so trying
as it is to stay unmarried fifty years in
Massachusetts—and you know what that is.
Clerical ANECDOTE.-The Rev. Sam.
Clawson, a Methodist preacher of eccentric
manners, sometimes called “ wild man,”
was very popular in Western , Virginia
some twenty years ago. He was cross
eyed and wiry made, and very dark skin
ned for a white man. At timeS he was
surprisingly eloquent, always excitable, and
occasionally extravagant. Ho once ac.
oompanied a brother minister, Rev. Mr. R.,
a prominent pastor, in a visit to a colored
church. , . ,, Mr. T R. , gave the , colored , , preacher ,
tbt> bint, and of coarse, Clawson was in
vited to ?tMch . He did so, and during
the sermon, set the impulsive Africans to
shouting all over the house.
This, in turn, set Clawson to extrava
gant words and actions, and he leaped out
of the pulpit like a deer, and began to
shake the hands of the colored brethren,
and mix in quite happily. He wept for
joy. Then, pressing through crowd,
he found brother R., and sitting down
beside him, he throw his arms around hjs
neck, and with tears streaming down his
cheeks, he said :
“ Brother R , I almost wish I had been
born a negro. These folks have more re
ligion than we have.”
.
“Well, well,” 6aid brother R., “ you
came so near it, that you needn’* m#
B ”
“Mother, where is the mair going to
sleep ?’ asked a girl of fifteen of her moth¬
er, who had just promised a traveler a
night's rest iu their out of the way hut,
“I’ll have to put him in with you aud
Jack, and Kate, and Sue, aud Bet, I sup¬
pose,” was the reply; “and if it is two
crowded, one dfyou must turn in with me,
and dad, and Dick, and Tommy, and the
twins.”
Swine should have clean skins—it will
promote their growth wonderfully.
t .
A Gjl of tm Period. --The forth.
tude, tot, nffile, and finesse of a New
York the^ploy Jfog munan o^c is strikingly illustrated
by s PMpneri who re«
cently in one iMjnt t^^j^Jheatr^md ed oijgtnree tw flirtations o .p arties
at eacfoJ^^w\)cxt onnarHjg^accept^two, refused three
offers and broke
off three precis engagements, read four
novels, wrote^no letfers and one hundred 5
notes of made^fcrself inviflBon, practiced her music
lessons, a new waterfall, ate
breakfast, milk.me(Kn§k li^^jind j/j€a)k dinner enough for
two on Fifth ave¬
nue, and ate bought it, rode two to pounds the (fentral ^French Park candy with
one of her lovers,-and walked home with
the other. Really, it’s enough to make
one ill to think of a woman who was up to
this sort of thing. - -i ■I •
’■■ ■ -
New The Siamese 9%j^s thetf^four have returned . to ,
York, after through Eu¬
rope, still unitedly that indissoluble
bond of vuion, the mysterious flesh
bond, which has bo long puzzled the sur
geous and savans of this and the other he*
misphere. The whole ^tory that they
were to be separated in Europe, it turns
out, was invented by that prince of hum¬
bugs, Barnum. The twins arc now fifty.,
eight years of age. One is the possessor
of eight children, and the other of nine.
They have expressed their intention of re*
tiring from the rude gaze of the public to
private life, in North Carolina, where they
have considerable property.
“What can a man do,” asked a green ,.
’un, “when a sheriff is coming up to him
with a writ in his hand ?*’
“Apply the remedy,” said another.
“Apply.the remedy—what remedy Y*
“Heel-ing remedy.”
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
boasts of two hundred and thirty-one
years existence. Some of its members
looked older than that recently. m
A Philadelphian thus ‘^os^es” the
Pacific Railway. ,.•***'"
“The n>te bt 7 work at l® sfc * s done,
So speedily and brisk, 01
And now in ten days you can run
From hero to San Francisco.”
“Small thanks to you,” said a-plaintifF
to one of his witnesses, “fir what you
said in this cause.”
“Ah, sir,” replied the consciencious
witness, “but just think what I didn't
say.”,
In a history of plants, the author noti¬
ces the virtue of hemp thus laconically :
“By this cordage ships arc guided, bells
arc rung, and rogues are kept in awe.”
“By their fruits yo shall know them,”
as the farmer exclaimed when be traced
half his golden pippios to the pockets of
a truant school-boy.
A Lady having returned that she
thought there should be a tax on the sin.
gle state, an old -bachelor replied:
“Acs, madam, as on other luxuries.”
“A thing the world would not willing
ly let die :” A lady whose hair is already
pretty-colored.
Why is President Johnson like Chims
borazo ? Because he’s the greatest of all
the Andies.
Ambigueus-tho down caster’s’ inscrip
tio „ „„ |lis wife . s t0ml)8l0De . ., Xcars
c , nBot restoro tllcc , thcrefore io j wccp »
“John,” .. T i ,, shouted , A , an old ,, gentleman to
>>.s son,’’ge up.; the day ts bjnak.ng
^ “ let “ brCak i “
ow ® s us n0 l ”°‘
J ,° hn °! Joh T " ; the J ” !ran 13 "<> v bcfore r
'
Vcr * Wel1 ’ ^ John, “he , has farther P ■.
t0 S ° than We llave • ,,
All the blows we strike should be for a
P ur P ose - Every nail driven should be as
aDot her rivet in the machine of the uni
verse.
A Beautiful form is better than a beau*
tiful face; a beautiful behavior is better
than a beautiful form—it is the finest of
fine arts.
It is not safe things wo?k unless
jai^ysKhem in good working order. You
mu3t t jj em right Qr the ^
work wrong.
- There was some tittering the other day
at a wedding breakfast when one of the
guests wished the bride “many returns of
the happy occasion.”
When a man has feathered his nest,
you will generally find that he also plumes
himself upon it. How true is it, there¬
fore, tha't “riches take unto themselves
wings.” >
Mr. McGhee, of Cherokee, Alabama,
presented the press excursion party with t|
watermelon ybfoh weighed 57 pounds,