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B y JOHN H. CHRISTY.
DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL PROGRESS.
.OO pei* Annum, in adyande,
VOLUME XXI.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DEC’R 2, 1874.
NUMBER 35.
the SOUTHERN WATCHMAN I
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
VALUABLE LANDS
For Sale.
' «/' lirtMid ami If <*ll Street., (up.stairs.) I T^HE undonigacd offers for **1* hit two triers of
mm' i>V« « •** l*nd—the ono on which bo li.es containing near
1 1'jKJIS. i three hundred seres, lying on Little Curry's creek, 6
TvVO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, miles from Jefferson. 12 or IS from Athens; 125 to
. . r,,., 150 acres in original forest of excellent timber; 20 to
INVARIABLE IN ADVANCE. |30imrt- bottom; all in cultivation near 140 acres; 8
_ I or 10 acres in oroliard. of the choicest and best seleet-
,\ !-> V lilt L ISING . led fruits. The land will average with the best in the
t i, , ertisot»ot»* i will be inserted at ONE DOLLAR county. House built since the war, of the beat select-
t\'l>'piFTY DENTS per square for the firat inser- ed lumber and shingles, containing 9 rooms, 4 fire-
| aEVKXTY-FIVB CENTS per square for places, convenient to a syring of tbe best water. .Saw
, 1 .'-,t:inu nice, for any time under one month. For I and Grift Mill three or four hundred yards from the
* nr«r periods, a liberal deduction will ha mad*. I house, as good as is in the country. Out-buildings,
>c ’V \ liberal lo luetion on yearly advortisemonfs. I gin-hoase, Ac, sufficient. Also, cabins for tenants.
** LEGAL ADVERTISING . The other place contains two hundred and Bve acros,
or- . lie* per levy of 10 lines $500 I 15 or 20 river and branch bottom, land sufficient for
V. ‘ m ot-'ago sales, 60 days._ 5.00 I * nr * hands with a little clearing up, as it has been
- i t lav< "by A I niuistrators, Executors! or lying out for several years, which has improved it;
’"'rans 0.50 I good fruit and water; common improvements: water
'it'.tiV )f v' lrainiVtratio'ti’or’ (Viiardian«hip.'.V.V. 4.00 | power for a gin. All indulgence granted possible.
\ IO C io Debtors and Creditors 5.00
nor square, each insertion 1.50
n Real E.ta,e._ i on | FALL ANDWINTER STOCK OF
i: jtio 1 for iismiastion of Administrator.. 5.00
«« *• “ Guardian 5.25
T , tin »ho auruber of squares in an advertise-
, n ? ,,r ibituarv, count the words—one hundred being
ju»l t"
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Millinery
All fractions are counted as full | AND FANCY GOODS.
MRS. T. A. ADAMS
professional anti business Carbs.
\ NNOUNCES
*\ irg a large i
l\*l «* >HD | A. M. BIIWIX. | UOWKI.I. COBB.JR.
/^finite KinviN Jc coim,
\J ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
to the public that ►to is r.ow rccciv-
*nd varied stock of Ladies’Bonnets.
I Hats Lares. Ribbons. Trimroingt. Ac., which she it
| fifferiugat low prices. Call.examine and beconvinced
to Bank of the ITnirersitj. Athens. sep20
i lh<
ATUKSS,
Dcuproc Building.
geohg/a.
Dec21
Children’s Carriages.
•V
A. ED«E,
, :t-joT, SHOE AND HARNESS MAKER,
Watkinsvim.k, (1a.
A N KW L.t just received, and for sale low, for ca.-h
4» Have also a large assortment of Buggies. Tra
B
on
Will
\SKKUPTCY.—{Samuel \\ Thurmond*
Aft >rnry-at-Law. Athens, (la.
(ii/ -trrr/.orer thr itore *»/’ Hurry A Son,
e**ial .ittentinntoeases *n Bankruptcy. Al
llection of all claims entrusted to his care.
I Wagons, R »< kaways. Phaetons, One and Two-Hom
Harness. Ac., all of which arc offered on ac
commodating terms, to prompt paying customers, by
W. V. P. HODGSON.
Select lUisccUauj.
HYMN OF NATURE.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.
The harp at nature's advent strung
Has never ceased to play ;
Tbo Song tbe stars of morning sung
Has never died away.
And prayer is made, and praise is given,
By all things near and far;
The ocean lnoketh up to heaven,
And mirrors every star.
O.’iT
Hr
> fir
E. A. WILLIAMSON,
Practical Watctaata aaJ Jeweler.
ITniiUSl) & 0RR,
1 ’J Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupree Hall Broad St, Athens, Gn.
»• ire now prepared to store Cotton at 25 cents per
sl«, «nd will .t Ivanco cash when desired. Oct28.
A T Dr. King’s Drug Store, Brood Street, will fjo-
cute nil work entrusted to hiui in the best style
I and at »>
finable prices.
Terms positively CASH.
FOR SALE.
ip SHUSH t CLASSICAL SCHOOL,
I For Boys, cor. Wray and Lumpkin sts., Ath-
. . apS-3m LEE M. LYLE, Prin.
I NOW offer my undivided half interest in my plan
tation, two and a half to three miles from Athens.
ITVtlOKY SPEER,
J J LAWYER, ATHENS, GA.
A* > 1 i.'itor General of Western Circuit, will attend
the C I’itts Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Bunks,
Jo h-Mi-. II.m. r.-ham, Franklin, Rabun and White.
»*i I uive a if t-iii ion lo collecting and other claims in
th or counties. March 19, 1873.
X7*1»WAIEI> H. HARDEN,
-1-J (Laic Judge IT. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah,
and now Judge of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
jaly23 ly Quitman, Mrook* County, Ga.
This place contains about five hun red and eleven
acres good bottom and upland, well improved. Terras,
one-half or three-fouitlis cash ; balance on 12 months’
time, at 10 per cent, interest, I will take pleasure in
showing said land to any one wishing to buy.
I also offer for sale my bouse and lot. The lot con
tains one ami a half acres, and a two story house, with
*1 rooms, barn, stable, smoke-house, carriage and
wagon hou-c, all new and substantial. There is also
a flue spring and cistern on said lot. Terms, one-half
or three-fourth*«v?a»h; balance on 12 months’ time,
with interest at 10 per cent. A bargain will be given
►n the above property.
augl» J. S. ENGLAND.
MADISON BELL.
TTVSTES S: BELL, Attorneys at Law,
J J GAINESVILLE,
GA.
rdl-'VILL practice in the counties composing the
Western Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties
of the Blue Ridge Circuit. They will also practice in
the Supreme Court of Georgia, and in the United .States
Court at Atlar.ia. mayl4
TpLOYD
New Finn and New Goods.
GRIPFETH & CRANE
A RE now opening at the old stand of Laxupkin A
Y Crane, No.9 Broad Street, a fine stock of
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS OF ALL KINDS,
Hats, Shoes, Crockery,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
A- SILMAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Will practice in thecounties of \\ alt on and Jackson, j In fact, every thing usually kept in a first-class Van
j. d. siLMAtv. I cty Store—which we propose to sellat thelowestcasb
Jefferson, Ga.
F. 0’KELLEY’S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
■ lore, Bru.J street, Athene,
•epJ.
Over IViIliau):)’ Shu
price*, nr exchange for Country Produce.
Wo reipectfallT .illicit the patronage of our friend*
I and the public generally.
Fehl GRIFFETII A CRANE.
T H. Ill'tifilXS,
U • holesaioa
s and Retail Dealer in
ORY GOOD.5, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac.
PwblA Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
T01IN II. ('ll RUSTY,
0 Plain and F.ncy BOOK AND JOb PRINTER, I
Broad St., Athens. Ga. I
0ff.ee corner Broad and Wall streets, over the store
Jamofl l>. l’ittard. tf
TAMES R. LYLE,
ATT IRJ
RX*v at Law,
WA TKINSVILLE, OA. I
TOHN M. MATTHEWS.
H Attorhkt at Law,
Danielsviile,Ga.
Prompt ittuntion will be given to any business on- I
•u-te l to his care. Marcbl4.
DR. WHITTIER;
No. 617 St. Charles Street, SL Louis, M&,
toeUaeaa to trau an u. a rt.ta.lM to nanlan. M«4
iTr.urUlc, ...ly altaeat w aickacu .kick rcialu non
lUlmlla er lopradeeo.. wit. upinlkM .ace...
llr. W.’. MtUmi la ckarurat kj Ik. Iua.r Ul>.
...rt, «I llanM ut bu ban nublUM lo Mir.
»r., cm.li ud rcllabl. nlM. Bela* . *r.aeau .1
•onral Mdleal nUetn, anl k.Tta, ,b. nwkm ,t ,
)».* ut iiuMhi ut, i. hu .pmHuM h. ku pufung
r:n.4lc.lh.tu..,Ktailla ihcu cun. Hit MM*
• r. beta* trtmg b* mb) or iiprr.. CT.rrwbor*. K.
matter wh. MM, rail or writ.. Fron tb. rc.t .on-
Mr or aobUouloo. b. I. .oablad to kM. M. chart.t
36 r«SMt s ,tio * rail traptosu, kr two iun*k.
MARRIAGE GUIDE,
pttfea. a popat&r kook which theald be rud by «r*Ty-
b *dy. No rnrrUd p»lr, or person* oonteayUUag mar.
riace. eon afford to do wit ho at U. It oootaioa the crcva of
rnnutckl llt^rotor* ea thU $abjc>ct. tbo results of Dr. W.'«
Ion* experience; n*oo th* best thonghto t
la Knrope and America. Bout Ntlei po*t
. poai poid for Met*.
TAMES L. LONG, SI. D.
O SURGEON, ACCOUCHEUR A PHYSICIAN,
(Office at Mr. Thomas *S'heats* Store,)
Good Hope District, Walton county, Ga.
OITcrj his professional services to the civitens of the |
surrounding country. nup27
I J'OR use or any Sewing Machine, Is *« CLARK’S
0. N. T.,” esp«?cially that made for and bearing
K ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
• KItANKLIN, N. C.
Practice* in all the Courts of Western North Caro-
litu, and in the Federal Courts. Claims collected in
tU parts of the State. aplrt—ly
name of tlic Singer Manufacturing Co. A word
to the wise should be sufficient. Price. 75c. pet
dozen Spools, at the office of the .SINGER MANU
FACTURING CO. G. H. HOPE, Agent,
julyl—ly Bishop’s Corner, Athens, Ga
FOB SALE.
I
•VERY, Feel and Sale Stable,
ATHENS, GA.
S EVER A L superior building lots, being a part
the lot known as the Baxter place Apply to
Dr. M. S. DURHAM, or
J. S. WILLIFORD.
G.-I.Y.V* HEAVES, Proprietor*.
ViL-Will I..* found at their old stand, r*»r Frank-
IL»u«* building. Thomas street. Keep always I
h*i,»i good Turn-outs and careful drivers.
^ M'k well cared for when entrusted to our care.
'look on h»nd for sale at all times. dec25—tf
Wagon Yard in Athens.
Its waves arc kneeling on the strand,
As kneels the human knee.
Their white locks bowing to tbo sand,
The priesthood of the sea.
Thoy poured their glittering treasures forth,
Their gifts of pearls they bring.
And all the listening hills of earth
Tako up the song thoy sing.
The green earth sends tier incense up.
From many a mountain shrine;
From foldkd leaf and dewy cup
She pours tbe sacred wine.
The mists above the morning rills
Rise white as wingR of prayer;
The altar curtains of tbo bills
Are sunset’s purple air.
The wind with hymns of praise is loud.
Or low with sobs of pain.
The thunder organ of the cloud.
The drooping tears of rain.
With drooping head and branches crossod,
The twilight forest grieves.
Or speaks with tongue of Pentecost,
From all its sunlit leaves.
The blue sky is tbe temple’s arch,
Its transeept earth and air.
The music of its starry march.
The chorus of a prayer.
So nature keeps the reverent frame
With which her year began.
And all her signs and voices shame
The prayerless heart of man.
’Y'lIE sahsrribertu* fit tra up mil opened e safe, com.
W. RIDEN,
-f-’-L. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U.S. Claim Agent and Notary Public,
Gainesville. Ga.
Jy* on Wilson street, below King A Bro’s.
February ttf, 1S73.
fortable and commodious Wagon Yard, on Rivet
street, in the neighborhood of tbe Upper Bridge, where
CORN. FODDER, and all other necessary supplies an
be purchased on reasonable term*. Charges moderate.
The highest market price paid for Country Produce,
and Bank hills received in exehangefor Goods.
July* tf WTLKV F. noop.
1 , E. P. QOWELL.
PEEPLES & HOWELL,
A rrORNEYS AT LAW,
. "«d22, Kimball House, Atlanta. Ga.
URUTICK iu ihe St mo uml Federal Cuurl*. and
mend regularly all the Coarta in Atlanta, ioolud-
1: ’ lae Supreme Courl of the State, and will argue
>‘ea up.>n liriefa for ahient parti.*, on reasonable
term,. 1
THE GREAT REMEDY
-FOR-
°y practice in the Courts of thocountiescon-
r iccesyjhle to Atlanta by Railroad, sepll
fin, Scalds, Con, Poison Oat, Stiifis
tf Insects ud Cutaneous inflammations Generally,
DISCOVERED BY DBS. L. E. BUSH,
JUG TAVERN, 1VALTON CO., GA.,
pVVlLlOX HOTEL,
VI7AS entered againit the.World, at the late State
VV Fair at Macon, sndiadaily effrotiug THE MOST
CHARLESTON, S. C. I WONDERFUL CURKS, and baa become an indU-
tin« MRST.CLASS Hotel is niiuated in ;ie rer, pen»able household necessity. No family should be
'•■me Of th. busiues, p ., t of the oity, and oil who
up Uero .ill liudcvory convenience andluxnry that
'•obtpr,,cured. Hoard, per day, $S.0O,
l ‘*J LT0 "> Mr*. L. H. Bitttf.rfield,
tf Proprietrsss.
I)*c22
PLAIN
S' and Fancy Job Printing,
At the Southern Watchman Office.
P S. ADAMS, M. D.,
''OResox, Accounted* sun Putsiciau.
umcc at residence, Mountain District, Waltpn conn-
., tiecrjia—offers his profeaiional serrice* to tho
^ ,e “® af *bo surrounding country, sn,20—ly
lithuut it!
If, after trial, a family i* willing to lire without this
preparation for Ten Dollars, agent* are authorised to
rofund tbe money.
FOB SAXE,
In Athena—At Dr Wm King’* Drug Store and at
the Store of Judge J D Pittard.
In Watkinaville—At tbe Store of Rooth A Durham.
Iu Monroe—At Dr Gallowny'a Drug Store.
At Prineeton—By Mr Raxell.
Address all order* to WILEY H. BUSH,
norlO Jag Torero, Walton co., Ga.
“ Hon. John Curtis, Esq.,” and His Wife.
We turned aside from our path for a space
to visit an object of some curiosity, which is
one of tho “ lions” of the Eastern Shore. This
is au ancient vault belonging to a member of
the “ Custis” family, a branch of the same
stock with which Washington inter-married.
It lib. upon a fine old farmstead, looking out
upon the bay, and occupies tho centre of a
largo held, tbo only prominent object, shelter
ed by some old trees. Tho vault is of white
marl >lc, elaborately carved in London, in a
stato of partial dilapidation. Tbe curious
about it consists in its inscription, wbicb runs
tbus:
Under this marble tomb lies tho body of tbe
Hon. John Ccstis. Esq.,
of tbe city of Williamsburg and parish of Bur
ton ; formerly of Hunger’s parish, on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia, and county of North
ampton ; aged seventy-ouo years, and yet lived
but seven years, tchich teas the time he kept a
bachelor's home at Arlington, on tbe Eastern
Shore of Virginia.”
Tho inscription, wo are told by another, on
tbe opposite side, was put on that tomb by bis
own positive order. The gist of it, as our lady
readers will be pleased to perceive, consists in
tbe lines we have italicised ; tho force of wbicb
will be better foil and understood from tbe ad
ditional fact, which does not appear, that this
bachelor, wbo lived only in bis bacbolor con
dilion, was actually married throe times. His
eiperionco, if we are to beliovo his epitaph,
was greatly adverse to tbe idea ol any happi
ness in tho marriage stato ; yet how strange
that be should havo ventured thrice upon it!
Tbe natural conclusion is, that tho Hon. John
Custis was a singularly, just and conscientious
man, who, unwilling to do tbo sex any wrong
by a premature judgment, gave them a full and
fair trial, at the expense of his own happiness,
and pronounced judgment only after repeated
experiments. Tradition has preserved some
anecdotes of the sort of experience which he
enjoyed in tbe marriage state, ono of which I
will relate. It appears that he was driving
out in Ilia ancient coach with one of bis wives,
(and, to do him justice, wo must assure the
reader that ho had but one at a time,) and in
tho neighborhood of the very spot which we
ourselves are now standing—Cape Charles—
a matrimonial discussion ensued between tho
pair, which warmed as they proceeded. The
lord grew angry, tbe lad) vociferated.
* It was a diamond,' said one.
* And I insist,' quoth the other, ‘ that it was
a club.’
You will drive me mad!’ cried John Custis
I should call this admirable driviug!' re
torted the wife.
By !’ he exclaimed, ‘ If youffy anoth
er word I will drive down into tho sea !’
They were even then upon tho beach.
‘ Another word!’ screamed the lady. * Drive
where you please,’ she added; * into the sea—
I can go as deep as you dare go any day!'
He became furious, took her at her word
and drove tbo horses aDd chariot into tbe
ocean. They began to swim. Ho held in,
looked into her face, and she laughed in bis,
* Why do you 8top V she demanded, exult
iugly, not a whit alarmed.
You aro a devil!' he exclaimed, flinging the
horses about, and making for tbe shore with
all expedition.
* Pooh! Pooh!' laughed bis tormentor.
Learn from this there is no place where you
dare go where I dare not accompany you!'
Even to h—1!' be roared.
The only exception,’ she answered, with a
chuckle—‘ there, my dear, I leave you.*
She bad conquered. He never drove in at
Cape Charles again, but groaned with the re
collection of seven years' bachelor's life at
Arlington.
A Career of Crime.
The perpetrator of Fourteen Murders kitted by a
Spanish Gambler^-One of his victims slain in
Louisville.
An Englishman named Tom Adams, who for
the past eight years has owned a low tavern
and dance bouse in this place, and gained gen
eral notoriety as a desperate character, died
on tbe 15tb instant, from the effects of a pistol
shot wound received in a fight several months
ago. Just before his death, when assured that
his doom was inevitable, be sent for Captain
Yerplank, the American commercial agent at
this port, and intimated that be bad some im
portant disclosures to make, which he desired
should be given publicity in the Eastern States.
Capt. Verplank having consented to comply
with his wishes and takedown whatever state
ment be had to make in writing, the dying
man nnburbened his conscience by confessing
himself guilty of fourteen murders, all bat
one of which were committed in tho United
States and Canada. Adams commenced his
narrative by stating that his proper narao was
George Worley, anil that he was a nativo of
Manchester, England. He commenced his
career of crirao by murdering tho second mate
ot the American ship Cultivator, in the Liver
pool docks, about the year 1854. After this
deed be went to Canada, and roved about
through those provinces for two years, in pur
suit of robbery. In tho year 1855, at which
time he was known by the name of Orton, he
was engaged as a sailor on the lakes. While
lying in tho America port of Oswego, ho mur
dered a man, whom be understood to be a
painter, by throwing him over a bridgo. Ho
met his vic'im in a drinking saloon, where be
went to collect a bill of tho proprietor, and
followed him until the opportunity was favora
ble, when he struck him down with a slang-
shot, and disposed of the body in the way
mentioned.
After this Adams returned to Canada, and
assumed the name of Townsend. With two
accomplices he commenced a campaign of rob
bery, and perpotrated four murders in tho
country west of Toronto, ending with tho kill
ing of a sheriff a few miles west of Niagara
river. That country tlnn became too warm
for him, in consequence of the offerings of
large rewards for his arrest, and he escaped
on board a schooner passing through the Cana
dian canal to tho American port of Toledo.
From this port he went to Chicago, and com
mitted three murders during tbe same sum
mer. One of his victims was a captain of a
vessel, whom ho followed from tho St. Charles
saloon ; another was a German saloon-keeper,
whom be killed in his bed at night, in his
place of business, which was situated near a
railroad depot, and tbe third was somo man
unknown to him, whom he murdered after
leaving a brothel. After theso crimes he was
arrested iu Chicago, tried and convicted of a
burglary, and served a term of three years in
the Illinois State Prison. On obtaining bis
release, Adams wont to Now York, where he
remained about one year, during which time
ho committed two murders, both of his victims
in that city being men unknown to him. One
was a countryman, whom he enticed to tho
outskirts of the city and obtained about 82.000
on his body. After leaving New York, he en
gaged in a series of robberies throughout the
Southern States. He returned to Baltimore,
and murdered a prostitute in that city. Sub
sequently be committed a murder in Louisville
and one in Memphis, but of tbe names of his
victims ho had no knowledge.
Adams left New Orleans about the time of
the war, and went to Vora Cruz. From thence
ho went to the city of Mexico, and came to
Mazatlan about ten years ago. Since bis so-
•urn here, he was widely known and generally
feared, his place being one of the most note
rinus rendezvous of dosperate characters on
tbe coast. Ho finally met his fate at tbe hands
of a Spanish gambler, named Gonzalez, in
drunken quarrel over a throw of dice. He
leaves between $15,000 and $18,000 in cash
or its equivalent, as tbe result of bis atrocious
crimes, which he willed to a sister, supposed
to be his only living rolative, who rosides at
Sheffield, England. Tbe legatee needs to be
devoid of any supersticious scruples to receivo
and enjoy such a blood clotted legacy.
vampires who disgraced tbe balls of Congress
and the State Legislature by their venality
and corruption. Fear of change and distrust
of the Democratic party is the only excuse for
them. I doubt not much of that fear and dis
trust still lingers; bat they have trusted ns,
and we must prove that we are worthy of
confidence.
THE TASK 1 EFORE THE DEMOCRACY.
Oar task is easy, and it will be easier after
tbe next Congress. Such developments of
corruption can bo made as will fix the eye
of tbo country on public officials in future.
Dishonesty, witbont exposure, will be impos
sible. Competent and faithful men will be
demanded in all branches of the public ser
vice. Tbe people will see to it that none oth
er are allowed to fill offices of profit or trust.
Our party wifi go down in disgrace if it fails
in this regard. For honest and competent
rulers, who have an eye single to the good of
tbe country, there need be no difficulty ; the
principles of government are plain and sim
ple. Tbo constitution lays them down so
plainly that he who runs may read. Jeffer
son, Madison and others expounded what was
doubtful, so that the wayfaring man, though
fool, noed not err therein. No bettor evi
dence is needed of their truth and justice than
the fact that the great principles ef tbo Dem
ocratic party have not only survived all as
saults from without, and all shortcomings and
abuses from within, hat they are to-day tho
guiding star of the people, in their efforts to
disenthral themselves and emancipate the
country from the shackles of Radicalism.
BEN’S DEAD.
As fading sunset brought at last
Tbe triumphs of election day.
The skipper of a sloop that passed
Tbe darkening coves of Ipswich Bay,
Was startled by a voice that cried
Unwonted mossago o'er the tide:
“ Sail swiftly back to Boston town,
. And at tho House of Customs say,
The idol whom they loved to crown,
The great god Ben is dead to-day.”
From Salisbury to Marblehead
The coast re echoed, “ Ben is dead.”
With joy the skipper heard the shont
That wood and wave around him cast,
“ Come, boys, stand by to go about—
It seems the devil’s dead at last.
These tidings of tbo fall of Ben
Wifi he good news for honest men.”
Tbe sea that rolls the cape3 between
Was never cleft by Bwifter keel;
The silent streets that ititerven
Have seldom hoard so light a bell;
And long before the stars were dim
The House of Customs fronted him.
J? B* ADAIR, D. D. S.
, *!• Gainesville, Ga.
e ** ,lo «thea«t Aornar Public Rqnara.
ftttHMEY
Dealer*
Jane#
„ , * NEWTON,
Dealer* in
foreign end Domettio HARDWARE,
ATHENS
MARBLE UDJUIITE YARD.
A. R. Robertson
ft C. DOBBS,
V* Whole.
D EALER in Monument*, Heed Stones, CredleTomb*,
Merbleeod Granite Box Tomb*. AUo,Va*eaend
No, 0,Broad itreet, Atben*, G*. I Marble Toprfor Furniture. Perlom deiiring work of
tble kind will do wall to examine my design* before
purchasing elsewhere. fAF Price* modera e.
Workshop adjoining old cemotery. joiy22—ly
111* || AMPLE to agent*. Ladiee’ Combine-
A K r.r, °° Needle-Book, with Chromoa. Send
t.:,'. Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
KbO* Ba , * , °J-P RT GOODS. GROCERIES. *0.
No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
g MOLES.
"W. S. HOLMAN
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nosun itiwet. sarll ‘A WATCHMAN OFFICE.
I met her by the sellar dore,
Hnr look was cold and stnrn,
Hur eyes looked daggers into mine.
And mine looked pitchforks into barn;
Fur we bad laved in daze gone by,
Hnr father said I might take hur.
Bat alas! far my dreams of wedded bliss.
She got up and got with an old shoemaker.
No more gnrls for me, if I knows it;
No more frawds my luv ter win;
In tbe words of tbe poit, • not for Joseph,’
And he mite have added, not for Jim.
It
..There is a German in Cat bon county
Pennsylvania, who is father of thirty-three
children. Hie wife has jnst rejected an ap
plication of tbe commissioners of charities to
put him upon tbe retired list.
Granges.—Tbe four leading States in tbe
Grange movement are Iowa, Indiana, Missouri
and Illinois, having 1.994,1,968,1,929 and 1,489
organizations respectively.
The Constitntion Again Supreme.
Extract from a Speech by Hon. Jas. B Beck, of
Kentucky, delivered at Nashville, Tenn., Nov.
19, 1874.
Nothing like it was ever seen before,
throws tbe mind back, away beyond our own
declaration of independence to the days when
the Barons of England wrong tbe great char
ter of their liberties from a tyrannical king,
traveled last summer over several of tbe
countries of Europe, and saw many of the
splendid monuments they bad erected to per
petuate the great epochs or evonts in their
history, bat I saw nothing which so impressed
me, as the old charter which is carefully pro
served in the British Museum. As I stqod
uncovered and looked reverently at the rnde
marks and crosses made by three untitled men
and saw their seals upon tbe way, made with
the hilts of their swords, I felt, although South
Carolina was prostrate in the dost, and Loui
siana in chains ; although eleven States and
nine millions of people bad been rnthlessly
trampled uuder tbe heels of tyrants and tbe
plunderer, that the spirit which animated
the old English Barons, and which had made
their descendants in America engraft into
their constitution all the fundamental princi
pies of Magna Cbarta, would some day break
forth again, and with a giant's voice u Pro
claim liberty to all tbe lacd, and to all
the inhabitants thereof.” Thank God that
day has come. That voice has been beard,
and wifi be heeded.
I confess that daring tbe eight weary years
it has been my fortune to serve with a hope
less and almost helpless minority in Congress,
I bare often felt sick at heart at what seemed
to me the stolid indifference of the Northern
people UTthe overthrow of liberty. I could
not understand how they expected to escape
if they allowed the votes of the States con
trolled by bayonets and carpet-baggers to
neutralize their own, or bow they could
consent, even after they Ignored all high con
stitutional and political considerations.. to see
nine millions of people, white and black, loy
al and disloyal alike, robbed and plundered
until they were useless as tax-payers or con
sumers of Northern products, to gorge a few
His clarion message rang aloud,
“ The great god Ben is dead to-day.”
The mighty building bent and bowed
In doubt, and sorrow and dismay—
From lowest pile to topmost stone
’Twas all a shndder or a groan.
Loud laughed the skipper as he ran,
/ “ Tbe deity for whom yon moan
Is nothing but a tricky man—
He was divine to fools alono."
So fall, as purer faiths arise,
The gods that ruled in darker skies.
les, an untimely stoppage or two of wtUted flat
irons, and your weary, body will rest nnder tbe
swaying willow, while some young gallant
will bring your late afflicted partner out to the'
cometery fine calm 8abbath evenings and
whisper love In her ear, as together they strew
peanut shells over your grave. “Oh, "why
should the spirit of mortal be proud t”
Wayside Gatherings.
His Name was Abel.
Recently an excited individual, with his
hat standing on two hairs and his eyes pro
jecting from bis head like tho horns of a snail,
rushed into the office of Coroner Holmes. Tbe
coroner is by profession a dentist, and his first
thought, as he glanced at tho man, was that
he was well nigh distracted with toothache;
he was soon undeceived, however, as tbo fren
zied individual cried oat as soon as be could
catch his breath after running up the stairs,
Been a man murdered !'
A man murdered t' cried the coronor;
Howt Where 1*
* In a garding, I believe; with a club or a
rock.’
* How long ago!’ cried the coronor, seizing
his hat and cane.
* Been done a good while, and no police or
constable hasn’t never done nothing about it.
Never been no coroner set on his body nor
nothing of tbe kind; no verdict—’
What's the dead man's na:nof Who is he f
cried tbo coroner.
* His namo was Abel.’
‘Abelt Abel who T'
* Don’t know; never heard nothing but his
first name.’
* Well, what is r.he nama of the man who
killed himt Do i;hey know t Any one sus
pected t’
‘ Well, I’ve head that a fellow named Cain
put out his light. Cain was the brother of
Abel, and—*
Coroner smells a mice, and, flourishing his
cane, cries:
‘ You git down them stairs, my fine fellow.
Git, and don’t show yourself here again.*
With a loud guffaw, the fellow weut down
stairs threo steps at a time, the doctor calling
after him, * How dare you trifle with an officer
in this way, sirl’
Keep Yonr Promise.
A boy borrowed a tool from a carpenter,
promising to return it at night. Before even
ing he was sent away on an orrand, and did
not return until late. Before he went, be was
told that his brother should see the article re
turned.
After be bad como borne and gone to bed be
iuquired, and found that tbe tool bad not beon
sent to its owner. He was much distressed to
think his promise bad not been kept, but was
persuaded to go to sleop, and rise early and
carry it home tho next morning. By daylight
ho was up, and nowhere was the tool to be
found. After a long and fruitless search, be
set off for his neighbor's in great distress, to
acknowledge his fault. But how great was
his surprise to find the tool on his neighbor's
door-stone. Apd then it appeared front the
print of his littlo baro feet in tbe mud, that tho
lad had got up in his sleep aud carried tho
tool home, aud gone to bed again without
knowing it.
Or course a boy wbo was prompt in his sleep
was prompt when awake. He lived respected,
had tbo confidence of his neighbors, aud was
placed in many offices of trust and profit.
If all tbe grown folks felt as this boy did,
there would be a good many tracks of baro
feet found some of these bright mornings, and
what piles of tools aud books would be found
lying at their ownor’s doors.—Phrenological
Journal.
Newspaper Postage.
THE STAMPS TO BE USED UNDER THE NEW LAW
—A LARGE REVENUE ANTICIPATED.
The following in relation to newspaper post
age is of general interest. At tho last session
of Congress the subject of postage on news
papers and periodicals was taken into con
sideration by that body, resulting in the pas
sage of a bill compelling advance payment of
postage, and fixing tbe rate at two cents per
pound on all of that class of matter published
once a week or more frequently, and transmit
ted to regular subscribers through the mails,
and three cents per pound on snch matter is
sued less frequently than once a week. The
provisions of this law are to go into effect Jan
uary 1, 1875. The Postmaster-General being
by law confined to a choice of one of three
modes of collecting tho postage by means of
stamps, considerable attention has been given
to the matter by this office; and after a care
ful review of the plans proposed, it was deem
ed best to recommend the adoption of the sys
tem of pre-payment by postage stamps.affixed
to a memorandum of mailing, or, in other
words, to a stub in a book retained by the
postmaster at the mailing office, a receipt show
ing the weight of matter and the amount paid,
being given by the postmaster to the person
mailing tbe same, the stamps affixed to the
stub to be cancelled by a catting punch, thus
preventing their re-use. This plan, it is be
lieved, is more practicable and less expensive
In its operations than eithor of the others,
while at the same time it wifi be quite as ef
fectual in collecting the postage. A series of
stamps have been devised of twenty-four de
nominations, by means of which any sum which
is a multiple of either the two or threo cent
rate, from two cents to $72, can be made by
the ose of not more than five stamps. It is ex
pected that, notwithstanding tbe redaction of
rates by the law, the system of compulsory
pre-payment of newspaper postage will yield a
larger revenue to tho department than has
ever been collected. In the olty of New York
alone, a comprehensive inquiry seems to war
rant tbe belief that not less than *60,000 per
annum will be paid—a sum which is little less
than one-half of the entire revenue from news
paper postage throughout tbe United States
during tbe fiscal year just dosed. It is, how
ever, impassible to estimate the actnat increase
for the whole country, owing to that provision
of the law which allows the free malt circula
tion of newspapers in tbe counties in which
they are printed.—Washington Correspondence
of the Chicago Times.
Legends of the Apple.
Tbe apple, which, as we know is tbe first
fruit mentioned in tbe Bible, has been the oc
casion of various legouds aud superstitions.
In Arabia it is believed to charm away dis
ease, and produce health and prosperity. In
somo countries the custom remains of placing
a rosy apple in tbo bands of the dead that they
find it when they enter Paradise. Tbo Greeks
use it as a symbol of wealth and large pos
sessions, tbus attesting their esteem for the
fullness and richness of its qualities. In north
ern mythology the applo is said to produce
rejuvenating power. Germany, Franco' and
Switzerland have numerous legends regarding
this fruit. In some it is celebrated as tho har
binger of good fortune causing one's most ear
nest desires to bo fulfilled ; in others its beau
tiful properties are shown forth as bringing
death and destruction ; othors again speak of
it as an oracle in love affairs ; this is especial
ly tho case with the Germans, not only iu their
numerous tales, but in some surviving customs.
In England, as well as in our own country, is
known among school girls the popular use of
the apple seeds in divining one's sweetheart.
The peeling is also used as a test in this deli
cate matter.
Oath of a Chicago girl—Bay gum.
..London ‘ fog-horns’ are made of gin.
..The most valuable prize—Enterprise.
.. A dead latch—That on a cemetery gate.
. .Sweets for the ill-tempered—Tart sayings.
..'Trance-migration of soles—Sleep-walking.
Slipping his grip' is California for dying.
. .The oldest Western settler—tbe evening
sun.
..Insurrection in Egypt—The rising of the
Nile.
. .The new winter hats for tbe ladies ate al
ready feit.
..Household words—The language in a re
ceipt for rent.
..Like begets liko—A Roman pnnch for a
Roman nose.
..A man who is out of pocket might as well
be out of town.
. .How to get rich—Live on air and sleep on
a clothes lino.
..No man can truly feel for tbo poor with
out feeling in his pocket.
..The good of a man’s life cannot be mea
sured by the length of his funeral procession.
..A philosopher has discovered that men
don't object to being overrated, except by as
sessors.
..Cicero said, ‘The pursuit of ail things
should be calm and tranquil.’ How about cap
turing fleas t
..In the well settled districts of Texas you
can get a free ride on a hearse by picking up
a rattlesnake.
..* All the girls aro becoming vegetarians.
Thoy wear turn up hats.’ And reddish noses
and eherry lips.
.. When Noah made tbo ark fast with a ca
ble tow, there was a tied in tho affairs of men
taken at tho flood.
. .When a dead man is spokon of as tho • late
Mr. Smith,’ tbe inference is that he did not die
early enough.
. .The crow is not so bad a bird after all. It
never shows the white foather, and never com
plains without caws.
..It is estimated that there are fifty-seven
women actually editing newspapers in this
country. Tho female roportors,'general wri
ters, etc-, engaged on the press are numbered
by hundreds.
..A querulous female was choked to. death
in Kentucky by a chestnut. Such evjentij.r.eod
only occur a little ofteuer to chestnuts univer
sally popular. . j ' ,
..If a young man spends alihe earns, em
ployers should look sharp to see that he oarns
ajl he spends.
The yonng fellow who wifi distance his com*-
petitors is he who roasters his business, who
preserves his integrity, who dovotes his leis
ure to tho acquisition of knowledge, who gains
friends by deserving them, and who saves his
spare money. ’’ w
There are somo ways to fortune shorter
than this old, dusky highway : but the staunch
men of tbe community, the men who achieve
something really worth bavingr-gond fortune,
good name, and serene old ago, all go in this
road.
Mark of a Gentleman.
No man is a gentleman who, without provo
cation, would treat with incivility the humblest
of his species. It is a vulgarity for which no
accomplishment of dress or address can ever
atone. Show us tbe man who desires to make
every ono around him happy, and whose great
est solicitude is never to give cause of offence
to any one, and we will show yon a gentleman
by nature and by practice, though bo may
never have worn a snit of broadcloth nor ever
heard of a lexicon. We are prond to say, for
the honor of oar species, there are a few men
in every throb of whoso heart there is a solici
tude for tbe welfare of mankind, and whoso
every breath is perfumed with kindness.
. -It was in a Massachusetts village that aa
old 8ci88ors-grindercalling on a minister, made
the usual query, * any scissors to grind !’ Re
ceiving a negative answer, it was tbe minis
ter’s turn, wbicb betook by asking, * Are you
a man of God t* * I do not understand you.’
‘Are you prepared to dlef’ Tbe question
struck home. Gathering up his kit and soramb-
Hog for tho door, be exclaimed, terror strick
en : *0 Lor’! 0 Lor’! you ain’t a going to kill
me,areyouf’
Cheerfulness.—Who can estimate the
social value of a really cheerful person 7
Though he be plain, ignorant to boorish
ness, or even poverty-stricken, if he be
naturally and thoroughly and heartily
cheerful, he has more of the true principle
of earthly happiness than ever was extract
ed from the mines of Ophir. A highly tal
ented author, evidently tired of the gloom
which too often accompanies talent, said
that a cheerful disposition was more essen
tial than talent. A sweeping assertion, but
who admires talent in a human porcupine t
Soundly sensible people prefer less talent
and more geniality. Cheerful people are
tho true gold-finders of the world ; they
extract happiness from every thing. Are
you cheerful!
..Sunday night a policeman, passing a cer
tain house about ten o’clock, saw a man drop
from a window and heard smothered cries in
side. He seized tbo man for a burglar, bat
soon found that he had the owner ot tbe boose
in his clutches. * Woll,’ said the officer, ‘ it
looks suspicious to see yon drop ont of a win
dow that way.’ ‘ Well,’ replied the man, heav
ing a sigh, * when tbe old woman gets her dan
der up, I ain’t particular about what road I
take to get out of tbe house ’
The Simple Secret.
Twenty clerks in a store, twenty hands in a
printing office, twenty apprentices in a ship
yard, twenty young men in a village—all want
to get along in tbe world and expect to do so.
One of tbe clerks wifi become a partner and
make a fortune; one of the compositors
will own a newspaper, and become an influ
ential citizen; one of the apprentices will be
come a master builder; one of the yonng vil
lagers wifi get a handsome farm and five like
a patriarch—but which oue is the lucky indi
vidual f Lucky 1 There is uo luck about it.
The thing is almost as certain as tbe rule of
three, m.
..A single bitter word.may disquiet an en
tire family for a whole day. One surly glance
casts a gloom over a household -, while a smile,
like a gleam of sunshine, may light up the
darkest and weariest honre. Like the unex
pected flowers which spring up aioog our path
fall of freshness, fragrance and beauty, so do
kind words aud gentle acts, and sweet dispo
sitions make glad the home where peace aud
blessings dwell. No matter bow hnmble the
abode, if it be thus garnished with grace and
sweetened with kindness and smiles, the heart
wifi turn longingly toward it from all the tn-
multa of the world, and a home, if it be ever
so humble, it will be the dearest spot beneath
the circuit of the sun.
. .Young man, you feel a superiority to tho
whole human race,- as you stand at the altar
with your fair young bride. You would not
change places with tho President. Yet a few
\fihort years, a lew whiskings of broom hand-
. .A lawyer was in a country towa on a fly
ing trip. He was accosted in'the hotel by a
drummer,' who tbongbt him one of the fra
ternity, and inquired: ‘ For what house are
you traveling t' ‘ For my own.* ‘ Yba are !
May I ask your namo ?’ ‘Yon may.’ Paase
—enjoyable to the lawyer, embarrassing to the
other. ‘ Weil, (desperately,) wbat is your
namet' ‘Jones.’ ‘ What lino are yoa iu t*—
. I don't understand you, sir.’ ‘ What aro you
sellingt' (impatiently.). ‘Brains,’ (cooily.)
The mercantile traveler saw bis opportunity,
and, looking at the other from bead to foot, he
said, slowly,! ‘Well, yon 'appear to carry a
deuced small lot of samples.* .. t
..A bachelor thus impeaches womaa: I
Impeach her in the name of the great whale of
the ocean, whose bones are . torn' asunder to
enable hor to keep her straight,, T impeach
her In the name of the peacock, whqiim' strut,
without his permission, she ha* stealthily hpd
without honor assumed. c I juippach her in the
name of the horee, whose .j^iCa^ jjW.pervert
ed from ite use to the raatkibg of wa*y tresses
to decorate the back of the bead apd pock. I
impeach her in the name of the kangaroo,
whose beautiful figure she. in taking.upon her
the Grecian bend,, has brought into ilbfavor
and disrepute. WfW X;, ' r
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Of conveyance, admiuistratoi ’s aud executor*jWa|
deeds, tax collector’s executions, aud a gener
al assortment of legal blanks, elegantly print-
ed, and always on hand. All kinds of
and othof job work executed at abort notion
