The Douglasville medium. (Douglasville GA) 187?-????, January 25, 1877, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV ■V loft Vsub s c r i ^rthepap^oneyeor. WT Urea wplMo7the paperoneyear, ,<’ive copie, of the paper one P T 10 N ...$ i 60 ... 4 0 ... 7 CO ... 12 50 .an copies of the paper one year,.. jm- Communications solicited from ail so t : 0ns but in no instance will they be insert without the name of the writer aocempon m R oTlt'.fl Wafrerire? *r$s :i. long way iron her passes. ' '. J.. War' 1 ItlSi Mi mil m B v^-agfg-vv- y o;; - i sSsifer WLume r b lEeaBaasmsaag DODGLASVILLE, DOQ A BRAVE GIRL.a entlemen lady, while Corner, Once there In the winter of 1874, a g and his daughter, a young traveling through Canada, about midnight at an old fashioned tavern. The gentleman concluded to stop instead of going to the village of g which was about ten miles dis tant, and which' they had thought to j reach. The daughter, Carrie, expressed her ad the’.tavern presented and they 5 he glanced towards the bust and that glance confirmed his daughter’s extraordinary statement, When he came ' back 5y a sMc 1 ed loved 1 alike no OUNTY, Gio Tj ®KSDAY ; JANUARY 25, 1817. NUMBER 2* • Nonfed we’d, bettor let willingness, an a comfortable appearance, alighted when. It was plainly to be seen that the gentldtnan was quite lame, so much so that he was obliged to use a cane. The landlord came out, and calling a boy to take their’ horse and sleigh to the barn, he ushered ML_Spcpcerj*nd ■cFptab'le been in the sleigh since morning, to his seat, arrived gaw that his eyes were gone. Then leaning towards her father she said in a low tone: •You see it is as I said. I have thought of a plan, however, by which we can both escape. You would be perfectly helpless in an affray of any kind on aceout of your lame leg, so I must try to save us both. j Then followed a whispered consul tation, during which time Carrie kept her eyes fixed upon the bust; but the flittering orbs had not come back. As she concluded, Carrie went to window, threw it up, and looked out- go- landlord whisper .. v orate # The job’s up, Jem, the .old man alono. , Once more entering tho faott, Spencer, threw himself on the bed, an await?'! the return of his brave daugh- Beckoning to her' father, wao same, God bless her’and bring her back in safety, he mumiered. Meanwhile all grow still, and the hours rolled by. The fire had. been raked up and cracked merrily. The eyes were not looking from the bust; they had evi dently ..disappeared for the night. At last, after what seemed an age he heard a a ad Your room will be ready by sup- pfer time, sir, said the landlord as he and went into the bar- loft the room room. I ?upper was shortly announced, and , after refreshing themselves, Mr. Spen cer arid Carrie returned to their cozy sitting-room, where they talked and chattered until half-past eight. They were then shown to their room which was on the second stary, in a wing somewhat distant from the main portion. 1 he.room was very ^long, with high ceiling. On one side was a win dow, and on the other a door. Just above the £door was a bust of King Geoige III. The room was*very plainly furnish ed, containing two beds, a washtand and a few chairs. Carrie took in the '"whole^room at a glance, it must be confessed, had there not boenji cheeiful fire burning, she vvonld'liave felt nervous about sleep ing there. As it was a lit tip the #roo m info a cliegi fit loess. P? warm glow cemparativc SiSs e she llnd her, fat her cu io ifie 1 bust J above the door, when she. noticed that; ti e. eye-balls had , evidt fitly been knocked out, leaving two empty spa- ices. * Well, Carrie, said Mr. Spencer, pres ently I think you had better lock the doer. .I’m going'to count my money. After she had done so he drew out,.a money-belt, heavy with bills, and proceeded to coant them. While doing so,Is Carrie’s e* es invol untarily were again wandering to the bust, when, to her ^horror ai d and as tonishment, in place of the empty spa- ces 3 were two glittering eyes, gree’lil watching-every movement of her fath er. The young girl could hardly repress a scream; but controlling herself, she looked towards the fire, while her father went on couuting a large roll of bills. I must hare been mistaken, thought . the the girl. What could have made me have such a strange fancy, though? she coawnued, glancing at the bust. The eyes were still there, two buru ng savage ©yes, that brightened asy iMr. Spencer went on counting. Good heavens 1 thought Carrie, what shall we do? We are evidently in 1 den of thieves, and will get murdered for my poor father’s money. How t® communicate their danger to 1 her father without this terrible eye noticing it it, Carrie could not think | Suddenly a bright idea came to her. Father, she said aloud, let me take a and pencil. I wish to make a [memorandum of some items I wi.sh to purchase in the village. : Her father handed them to her, after stowing away his belt. Carrie wrote tremblingly, in a fine hand: j Father do not be frightened ; we are in a trap. Go in the opposite corner the room, where your face will be in the dark, and look at the bust above the door. In it you will see two glit tering eyes that have watched you count your money. , ■'*■ Head it, she said aloud, handing the card to her father. 1 want you to see ifyou think I am too extravigant.. Her father betrayed no emotion while he read, bnt said: You are pretty extravagant, Came. I supple you think your father is made of money; and he arose and went (he washsfand, which was in a dark me up on it and rough the window. I do not think they will make the attack before welvo, so I will get out of this win dow, jump from the shed, go to tho barn and take your florae, and go to S for help. Flinging a wrap over h er ^ ure, she embraced her father tenderly, and bidding her him not to worry ov*r her, she jumpped lightly out the shed and disappeared. Mr. Spencer watched her for awhile then closing the window, he took out a watch, saw that it was nine o’clock, and proceeded to work. Hi first covered up the fire, blew out the light, and rolled up a blanket,with which he made a mummy. Tin's be placed in the bed which his daughter was to occupy. Then he sat dawn and waited oh, how anxiously! Ten, fifteen, twenty minutes went by, and no souud oamo from the vicini ty of tlie barn. Taking of his boofc, lufferept noise lessly to the window and peeped out and lie could see uothi9g?~**- ia : .... Then creeping to the wasbstand be’ aid his drawmj^” once raor waited 'f , After an hour had apparently gone by, Mr. Spencer threw off his coat and vest, tumbled up the bed, hobbled to the door,'unlocked it, and stepped out into the hall. This Wsia ail in accord ance with Carrie’s plan. Landlord! landlord! be shouted. r He then went back into tho room and noiselessly ill rep up the window, all the time shouting for the landlord. That worthy came flying up the stairs, and, late as it was, he was still dressed. Oh, landlord! gasped Mr. Spencer, rushing towards him, I havo been rob bed! My money is gonel Gone! echoed the landlord in dis may. Who could have stolen itl groaned Mr. Spencer. I had five thousand dol lars in a belt, and it is gone—stolen. The landlord lit the candle and look ed around, chagrin depicted on evory feature. lap Why don’t yon wake up your daughter, sir? fee questioned. Mr. Spencer hurried te the bed. Carrie, Carrie! he called', but no answer came, and the landlord, draw ing near with the light, saw the durn- mie, and cried: Why, man, the girl isn’t there! What??gaspcd Mr. Spencer. Oh. I see it all! The wicked girl has robbed mo while I slept, and run off to meet her lover, from who I was taking her. He ran to the window, followed by the landlord. Yes, yes, here are footprints in the snow on the shed! cried the landlord, while Mr. Spencer groaned aloud.— How long do you think she has been gone, sir? asked the landlord. For an hour or more, the deceitful jadel, replied Mr. Spencer. Then there is no use of looking for her, sir; replied tlm landloid. Ob,bntImust, cried Mr. Speceer, as he began to descend the stairway followed by the landlord, who had be- liveed every word Mr. Spencer said. They proceeded to the barn, follow ed by the landlord’s confederates. They found the horse gone and her mode of flight easily explained. You may as well give her np, sir, said the landlord, consolingly. I suppose I may, groaned Mr. Spen cer, and they. returned to the house, j As they left the barn he heard th g wliat to the anxious watcher, loud knock on the front entrance ^ five minutes afterwards heard ^ toe 1 I' ' 1 ! 1 ! I Juggles, and then fG&t up the long hall and stairway. The next moment the door thrown open and his daughter rushed in, followed by the officers, who drag _ ged tho landlord* and his confeder ates. Oh, father! she cried, you are safe safe! and throwing her arms around fins neck tho brave girl burst int py tears. The sheriff and his posse of men held the landlord and his coefad&ates in a vice-like grasp, while Carrie related the adventures of her perilous ride. After I left the barn I led Toaim y to a fence, all unsaddled, sprang on him, wound my arms tightly around his. neck, and whispered, Go Tommy! and away he went like the wind. Up aH( j d iwn, over frozen road we went! My aims felt like ice. I thought, I would certainly freeze and after what seemed t0 . be an a £ 0 of cold and pain, and misery, we dashed into the main street of S -. As we came in front of the tavern the stage drove up, and the in mates .sprang out and rushed to my assistance. I must have been almost insensible, for I hsriP %: CW ;|§s^ by the '!v.L'n.iv.i v t.ti it a13:5. co latni'd my story, i told theca my suspicions and my fears and this gentleman—here she paused,; and turning to a fine-looking man near her, said, Mr. James, by his ready be lief in what I told, and his energy and spirit in arousing the ^sheriff and his men, h.Vs been the main cause in bring ing 1 assistance. X JLul One of Wash- tUntou’s Old Shirts, to Sell. / Detroit Free Press, dihpidated-ldoking stranger cU»nto the office, yesterday morn- i»Mnd With an air of profound mys- to us the information tU ‘° Wl,a quite wealthy, and a gJ-vc:Lector of centennial relics; ni >eiug temporarily embarrassed ... from home, he wished to ^ * 7f ^ a sLirt tliat Washington f e wo ni, for $4.75. He show- Mf -birt, but as it appeared to Jf ^f ea tllB only ozh that Washing- ^ ^ndj arid, that ho^jbad worn it %at assiduity for a couple of hesitated about vesti| The ma ,, sa y. in- $4.75 for a a rush o,f ins^; at least not unless was Mr. Spencer grasped tbeyoung man's hand and thanked him. Your plan succeeded admirably, Carrie, he said, and advancing to the washstand he took out the money all right, as you see. Tho landloid quivered with rage as he saw how completely he had been defeated. As tho men began to search tho room, the landlord protested his inno cence, declaring that they had no right to hold him or his men prisoners or to search his house. Breaking open the doer above in which was bust the the men rushed in. The room was empty, save for a long ladder, which reached^ shelf and thrust his head into the bust, which was large enough for for an ordinary sized man’s bead, and see all that was going on in the adjoining room. This certainly looked suspicious, but absolute proof was yet wanting. On returning to. the room occupied by Mr, Spencer^ they again searched every uoak ami corner. Suddenly. Carrie and Mr, James, who were standing by the fireplace, gave a load Cry, for «n close examin ation they had found spots of blood on the bricks which formed the hearth: They began to pull up the bricks, which proved loose, when Carrie feel ing faint gave way ta Urn sheriff and by thb' Father .of 'fitryf he coolujog. us tt»« affidavit of Col, Tom fsham, of Lexington, 3a., to show if the Fath«r ef big Copetty washing neck twice during the Rev- o!ntio.;y War, and that the tint on tlie nrfb&nd of tho relic was caused by its siag used as a washer for the <yuch-,| of a continental cannon, Y^ l) stand there, the man said, and lot iat this priceless bit of linen, venera:*with, tho dust of ages and tho dating stains of Tima’s iudeli- blo pen&and not feel your heart born anfimib and your eyes grow diBiflo.l ty^witb, the memory of Valley ,%g e and Lundy’s Lane and tN %t4of t!io File? You can stand tlrco to give $4.75 for this sacred 'jlfem? M e h jhed, and folt very much dis- cocc0rk : |but-tho truth was strong within Uiiand we managed to indicate that we s %;rid even refuse to gfivo a much gi Atcr sum for it. Th®n, t| said, wijl you lend me fifty cents on j|j and.keep it for me until I sen l .. draft for $®5; : from j-!: .-. YoijkL * dSY WeSidm'^y that we would ribt ; I accr-ti.r^^:t!u) kf,-~ Ibis han^C-iieaye,,. j£j 11 s bC 6aui,a31 ero III y and T'^fci'lgistty,xebofiod aad .ms ult- I trampled nry manhood and boo ed, How to Cure Meat. An esteemed correspondent a;*k us to repeat a recipe for curing meat which we furnished some time ago YVe have published so many that we can hardly guess the precise one to which he alludes. The best plan is to save each Farmer for future reference, or else to get a copy of tho farmer’s serap ook, and paste therein everything that it is desired to save. But while we cannot tell precisely what our cor respondent would have repeated, w e can give him another recipe for curing ipoat which has been tried far a cum” her of years and always with success. And it has this advantage, that if -fol lowed, it will save meat whether the weather bo cold or mild when the meat is kiijed.—It has been .. .published by pile Square; first inisition, .. .$1 (Fi fo each .subsequent > erfion. I .*‘ > . 50 One Square, six inonibs ..... .. ,9 QQ One Square, twelve months, ggJAty.. .12’00 Liberal deduction jvtfl be made for con j apt advortis ements. ' : pS~ Alt .articles pub.)is!)e<j f ir ffifefeiie ~ parties or Individuals.'-atthelW^iT^liob wit be charged .for ias advertisemeirtf merit sitati. y l !L Germar^own Telegraph every and *3 often nearly it has been re ^ u f'«dAn the Southern Farmer. galloQ of wa- ^r| s U 1 1 n the pickle, cafi b quantity dosiredY Lot f.i^se be Igi lb of increased T Lot tJrese boiled together ohl^ajfrflT^aift from the sugar rises to-(the toj> and is skimmed •fL? Then shrow it into a tub to coogand whenY cold, pour it over your beef or poific. The meat must be well-covered ffvitb pickle., and should not be put do .«h for at least two days after kiliind’, during which time it should be s/ightly sprinkled Reiaedy for TroirSle. Work is your true'remedy. If mis fortune hits you hard, you hit some thing else hard; piU.h'into something with a will. There’s aothing like good exhausting work if you hava met with losses, : ..,y®n don’t want to lie awake _ivhrl t;hinl|y aborft 'feem. You .wan? sleep—sound sleep—and to eat your dinner with appetite. But you cah’ l ? ii anWss you work. If you say you cton’f*TCel like work, and go loafing ally day to tell Fom^liek and Harry tho stpry'pf your woes, you’ll (io awake, and keep yonr wife ^wake by ym^t*,>S6ing, spoil your temper and, yjouiybreak- fast next morning and pog'to to-mors row feeling ten times worse^ thao you do ta-day. Thors are 1 soipo great troubles that only tune qa«J>ea5, and porhaps some that nevor can joe .healed at all, but all oea he (jelngi! Jjy tko gro^t pa^'ea#., Try7u|, jo* are jMBicted. ’ niediciaeY Hi "‘Sf mst with powdered saftpeter, which re* ficiai resuits. It will cure more com It la not a patbn^ It jiatf proved i?a,^ffigianc® sJnceSfirst Adam and Eve., left ^ehiwd with 1 weeping, their .b^utifol •ttSaignt remedy. All A III f !> Ill v •lem, Edoii. « good physicians TiT pr«ecrtt)p(«- tn; CiMM of bitTnlai moral dise-ase. It operates^.kindly aa wail, leaving u>t disagreeable. Mc[usl<x and we assure you that we kavextakou a large quantity of it with l.aostf^beno- moves all the surfac'p blood, etc., leav ing the meat fresh e'nd clean. Some omit boiiiugtti€^icfcLe, and find it to answer wed, though the operation of boiling purifies the pickle by throwing.' off the dirt always to be found in salt and sugar. If this recipo is strictly followod, it will, require.only a single trial to prove its superiority over the common way or most ways of potting downmed, and will not soon be abandoned for any other. The meat, is unsurpassed for sweetness, delicacy, aLd fiesbnesa of color. .IP'sfe BiliicrgS ApJiorxfcins. 'rSiegr&ts iz fuel for bread, then plaints than any nostrum in Ske^wtrileria medica, and comes ueaver* tojfiejug a ‘‘cure all” than any drag or compound of drugs in the market, and if.w'b' not sickeiTyon do not take it sugaiyroat- ed. fiemm’ ■ Tlae AS ''■Jjlaa.' on or and cSnvictfSns in the dust whan I offerca ttiis talisman of liberty to alien hands for base dross. I go; I may starve; I may die in the street; but I never wivepaft, or offer to part with this agaiif; I will die with it iti my c linging y’ma, and when I am dead you will find Washington written on my hoart'c ®He weM. We watched him him - , , , . j; , r . ,, . , , man, who don t know whare he iz disappear clown the stairs and then we • , t ’ 0 git his next dinner, suffers went to fiio alley window and saw him go back into an adjucent wood*, shed, where lie peeled his closely-but toned coat aad inserted himself iuto the talisman.of liberty: And he was seen no mare- Vi Ho.**, tliat most ’ IKp JZ, they think me butter bn tiro brxad, and then sugar tU*? batter. .4-iP-o wxersilol to »U dum an;Q» ;l ^- f ■ H on a tfciXfei. peofJZ^ ^ei i’/c a nj-«^fLian tuej do ov their honesty. The g r ate s,|k re tor pop u la ri ty is. to muka every one satisSted \yith iiinr elf fast, and after wards satisfied with y u. The uuhappiriess of this life seems principally to konsist in dotting ert, erything we kan, and wanting every- thing we haiu’.t got. I hav finally kum tp the konkiustsun that the best epitaff etniy man kan hav, for all praktikal purposes,, is a good bank ackount, Paupers suffer less than misers do— go* (ess than tl e one who is anxious to know how much it is going to cost him. A mother and babe were^ipong the passengers at the OenLat dyippt; yes terday. She had the child 11 11 y wr*t»ped up, and (his (act, pej'ji r ap,8 at * traded the attoation of a big fellow with a three story overcoat ainlii^rus- 1 tv »atehe1 ! it his hand. - Sitting"down ! oesida her he ratu.'trkecM no°( Gold weather for sneir To Totiag Lradiaa. his men, who soon had them all pulled^ when a cavity was disclosed, «octain- ing the dead body of a gentlemen whom Mr. James and the sheriff *e- memberedto have stopped at T—three days before. The evidence was conclusive. The landlord and his confederates Were well guarded through the night and the next day was lodged in jail, where in due time they were sentenced and suffered the extreme punishment of the law. at the gate 'faith a kiss and a smile,, like rthe She used to meet him a morning light, but now sho comes to tho.fioor in a dingy old calico wrapper, and her shoes do wn at the heels shades her eyes with her hand, and in a voide that seems to to need oiling enquires: Did you bring that butter? A Marietta woman is so cleanly that sire uses two rolling-pins, one for the pie crust and the other for her husbands head; In marrying, make your own match; do not marry any man to get rid of bins, or to oblige him, or save him. The men who would go to destruc tion without yon, will quite as likely go with you, and, perhaps, drag you along. Do not marry for a home and a living, when by taking care of your health you can be strong enough to earn your own TiVfiig, Do not place yourself habitually in the society of any suitor before deciding . the ques tion of marriage; human wills are weak, and people, often become be wildered, and do net know their er- is too late*, Get away rimtkfcir^infiue&ce, settle yonr head, and make up your mind alone, A promise may be made i n a moment of sympathy, or even half delirious ec- stacy /which mast be redeemed through, years of sorrow, toil and pain, D« not cosh thoughtlessly, hastily into wedded life, contrary to the counsel 'of yeur best friends. Love can wait; that which cannot wait is something of a very different character. Santa Barbara in California has an orchard of a thousand youug olive trees, five years old, which bore this year fnjit wort# fifty cents a tree. In full hearing the berries will, be worth three dollars to the tree. . Yoo can tell a married man these days by the agitation 1 ha displays whenever the price of wood is men- tfonsd. For the Boys. Sii, said a boy, stopping before a man in his cart, do you waat a boy to work lor you? No, answered tlie man I have no such want. The boy looked disap pointed, at least Ihe man though «o,‘ and he asked: Dont you succeed in getting a place? I have asked at a good many n!aces, said the boy. A woman told rno tnat you had been after a boy; but it is not so, I find- Don’t be discouraged, said the mau in a friendly tune. Ob, no, said'the boy, cheerfully, be cause this is a very large wrirld, and I 4sel certain that God has something for me to do in it, I am only trying to find it, Jost so, j ust so, said a gentleman who overheard the talk. Come with tae my boy, I am in want of just such a boy. It faas the loctor, hs thought asy boy so anxious to find work,would bq likely to do it faithfully wfeea lie found it. ... If everybody had the spn itoftnts little lad there would We no idlers in the world standing at the corners, sit ting in the shops, waiting for went to to come to them. Work doesn't <Wten come. Almost everything worth hay- insr, bko the ore in the mine, must bo sought after* tinned me (i,-»<■"..I.'X’t* She shook her head. ' ?ij . Is it a healthy child? iie asked, seem** ing greatly iatarested. He was up to a few moments ago-, she snapped out, but Dm afraid he’s smelled se much whiskey that he’ll have live delirium treinoys before nigfeit Tho man got right up arid - walked out of the room, and was aftritrwards seen haying cloves and citioatriim,— Detroit Frm Press. , -» «««.« ' Stoe was Qualified. From Saturday .Night., g A young woman recently answered an advertisement for a dining room girl, and the lady of tha.bouse eeetund ri loused with her. Ba%f)efore engag ing her there wore some questions ti) ask. Suppose, said the lady,ncow only sopposn, undeistand, that you word jjM&rrying a piece of steak frem the siftRm, and by accident should lot it slip from the plate tu the flodr, wlurt would yon uo in such a eSrss?-- { Tho girl looked the lady square iu the eye a ranineut before/asking, Is it a private family, or are the boafdera? Boarders, answered the lady. * Pick it up aud put it back onwtle plute, fiiudy replied the girl. She was engaged. tVhen throe ffnod iittlri bV/ys "get' to* ^ethaT of ar» sltf'rnonn, tho ebahABs'nrb that there will be either ^/Bgrik,'a. window broken, or some stray degf will have a pan tier! t© his tail*' * Tiw South Flo-Ua Jo iran! says: Staj* J- W tiimer delivnred the'lasfc Of his erop of or* aoges to Dr:Fpreit & Day Weclaesdriy." They aggreated ab»u! twenty-fear, th-jusund. They were gathered from two bundred tree.ri, .r.os? of which are young and were budded by hiiu* self about six years age. This year he thinks he will have a great many more in bearing. There was not one indictment found all l*t year, in Maine for any capital -offence. The New York Sun sees disaster ahead if thi Radical conspiracy suc ceed. With this success, of fraud w the South and violence in the West would corns the failure of half tie bus iness firms in the country. Follow out this train of thought and we soon see a whole people in ruin, A pedagogue told one of nisi, scholars, .a. soil 1 of Emerald Iise, to spell hostility, tl-o-r-s-o horse, commenced Pat- Not horsebility, s’aid the teacher, but hostility... Sure, replied Pat, aud didn't ye tell me the other day UQfo !}o soy hoar? Cejabbefs, it's one thing wid ye one clay aud another .the nixt. That prolifiCjWriter, Mrs, Saury Wool was sick last week and unable so grind out her usual novel. Unless she works over time she won’t give her readers but fi ty one v/osks this year.—Norristown -Herald The tax-payers of Mississippi cer tainly have cause for rejoicing over tho overthrow of tho carpet-hag Gov s eminent in thot State. During 1876, under a Democratic admimstratio Q yeat Zsmo %e f» *I&X less than under Gov. Ames in 1865. The woman who made a pound of butter from the cream of a jpka, and a cheese from the mi 11c -of !mmau kind* ness, has since washed the close of a ar and hung them to dry oa the i t f1 e“ .pSOp 1 (!5^ ■m . /