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VOLUME XXI.
ATHENS, GEORGIA,—WEDNESDAY, DECFR 8, 1874.
NUMBER 36.
THE SOUTHERNWATCHMAN
PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY.
earner of ami Wall Simla, (,
TERMS.
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V L> Vfcitt TISING.
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° Lot -RVKNTY-FIVE CENTS per square for
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USUAL ADVERTISING
, •, , s iej, perlery of 10 lines _. $500
mortgage sales, 80 days— S.00
, ,, 1,» \ IminUtrators, Executors, or
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”7 t ministration orUuardianship 4.00
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itaiin Visi. oer square, laohinsertion 1.50
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nuanlian**
■'.utions
4.00
i>f Alminiatrator 5.00
Guanlian 5.25
X . »jc«rtain the nura.rar of cqaarefl iti an advertiie
trst -t loituary. " ‘ —
jries
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at the vF->nla—oa® hundred being
All fraction* ere counted »• full
professional aito ^justness (&arhs.
- t sts riss. | a. s. newts. | nowai-x. oosb.jb.
AlBii. ERWIN & <’0BB.
I ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
a rite.vs, asoRGi-i
j S. oin the Denptee Building. Doc21
\ A. EDRE,
Z.. d DOT,
SHOE AND HARNESS MAKER,
WarKtasytULE. <3*.
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LN'aRITTCY.—Samuel P. Tlmrmond,
Attornoy-et-Lew. Athens, (la
rug Bn,mi sirttl^itver the utore of Burry A Son,
*iv,. >p«*cial attentiontoeeeee in Bankruptcy. A1
be collection of ell claims on trusted to biscare,
pNV.L.tND A ORR,
[_j Wi.iltf.xale end Retail Dealers.
anJ COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupree Hall.Broad St, Athens, Ga
Ate vro now prepared to store Cotton at 25 cents per
$.«. ta<l will advance cash when desired. Oct29.
VALUABLE LANDS
For Sale.
T HE undersigned offers for sale his two tracts of
land—the one on which be lives containing near
three hundred acres, lying on Little Carry’s creek, 6
miles from Jefferson, I] or 13 from Athens; 125 to
150 acres in original forest of excellent timber; 10 to
30 acres bottom; all in cultivation near 140 acres; 8
or 10 acres in orohard. of the choicest and best select,
ad fruits. The land will average with the best in the
county. Haase bnilt since the war, of the beet select,
ed lumber and shingles, containing 9 rooms, 4 fire-
places, eonveniaat to asyring of the best water. Saw
and Grist Mill three or four hundred yards from the
boose, as good as is in the country. Out-Luildings
gin-house. Ac, sufficient. Also, cabins for tensnts.
The other place contains two hundred and five acres
i or 20 river and branch bottom, land sufficient for
4 or 5 hands with a little clearing np, as it has been
lying out for several years, which has improved it;
good fruit and water; common improvements; water
power for a gin. AT: Indulgence granted possible,
julyl5 E.J. SHARP.
FALL AND WIN TER STOCK OF
Millinery
AND FANCY GOODS.
MRS. T. A. ADAMS
A NN0CNCES to the public that she
Hr. Coin as a Candidate,
John Cain was a quiet, unobtrusive citizen.
He didn’t long for fame and renown, and be
didn't care two cents whether this great and
gloricns country was ruled by a one-horse Be-
publican ora two-horse Democrat.
He had a pew in church, gave sixteen ounces
for a pound, and when a man looked him in
the face, Mr. Cain never took a back seat.
He was home at a reasonable hoar in the eve
ning, never took part in the discussion, “ Is
lager healthy f” and many a man wished that
his life rolled on as evenly and peacefully as
John Cain’s.
Bar, alas! the -tempter came. In an evil
boar John Cain allowed the politicians to get
after him and surround him. They said be
was the strongest man in the country; that
be could scoop oat of his boots any man set np
in opposition; that his virtues were many
and that his faults were 0,000; that it was
his duty to come out and take a nomination
Hat* Laces, Ribbon*. Trimmings, 4c., which aba it
offering at low prices. Call, examine and be convinced.
Next door to Bank of the University. Athens. sep30
E. A- WILLIAMSON,
Practical fatchaier aid Jeweler.
A T Dr. King’s Drug Store, Broad Street, will exe
tX cure all work entrusted to him in the beat style
and at reasonable prices.
39* Terras positively CASH.
FOR SALE.
'XiiLISH Jfc CLASSICAL SCHOOL,
i Ft Buys, cor. Wray and Lumpkin sty., Ath-
i$«. ap>S—Aiii LEE M. LYLE, Prin.
iMrito
TT'MORY SPEER.
IJ • LAWYER. ATHENS. OA.
Genera) of Western Circuit, will attend
.« -if I'Urkti, VV ilton. Gwinnett, Hall, Banks,
Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White,
kt'onnon to collecting and other claims in
ntiea. March 19, 1873.
r^iiw VRD R. HARDEN.
Li L.ue Judge U. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah,
aud now Judge of Brooke County Court)
Attorney at Law,
,u!y23 ly Quitman, Brnoka County, Ga.
;ons a. EsTr.s. wvduo* bell.
TASTES Si BELL, Attornevs at Law,
11* GAINESVILLE. ga.
.rff-'VII.L practice in the counties composing the
Ttfjiora Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties
>1 the Blue Ridge Circuit. They will also practice in
the .-vipretke Court of Georgia, and in the United States
Court At Atlanta. may 14
I NOW offer my undivided half iuterest in my plan
tation, two and a half to three miles from Athens.
This place contains about five hundred and eleven
acres good bottom and upland, well improved. Terms,
one-half or three-fourths cash ; balance on 12 months
time, at 1 0 per cent, interest, I will take pleasure in
showing said land to any one wishing to buy.
I also offer for sale my house and lot. The lot con
tains one and a half acres, and a two-story house, with
* l rooms, barn, stable, smoke-house, carriage
wagon hou-e, all new and substantial. There is also
a fine spring and cistern on said lot. Terms, one-hai
or threo-fourths«wcasb: balance on 12 months’ time
with interest at lrt p«T cent. A bargain will be given
on the above property.
auirl9 J. S. ENGLAND
New Firm and New Goods.
GRIfFETH & CRANE
\ RE now opening at the old stand of Lampkin A
Crane, No.9 Broad Street, a fine stock of
STAPLU DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS OF ALL KINDS,
Hats, Shoes, Crockery,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
In fact, every thing usually kept in a first-class Van
ety Store—which wo propose to sell at the lowest cash
prices, or exchange for Country Product.
We respectfully solicit the patronage of onr friends
and the public generally.
CT.0YD Jc SILMAN,
1 ATT0RNET3 AT LAW,
Will practice in tho counties of Walton and Jackson,
jon.1 J. KLOYD, 4. B. SILMAN.
Covingion. Ga. mart JeffeTson, Ga.
F. O'KELLEY'S
. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
ver William*’ Shoe store, Broad street, Athena,
rgi»-aepJ.
T il. Hl'IiiilNS,
U • holesaleand Retail Dealer in
DRV dOODa, GROCERIES, HARDWARE. 4c.
Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
TORS H. CHRISTY,
>J Plain ami Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Broad St., Athens, Ga.
Ofloemnn'r Broad and Wall street*, over thestore
J»ae$ D. Pittard. tf
TAMES \L LYLE.
U At
Attomit *t Law,
WA TKINSVILLE, GA.
T m
M.
MATTHEWS.
Arroaffxr at La^ ;
Danielrviile.Ga.
Frumpt itteution will be given to any business on-
a«ted to hie care, Marchl4.
TAMES L. LONG, M. D.
U SURGEON, ACCOUCHEUR A PHYSICIAN,
Ofltt ml Mr. Tkonat Sltaf Store.)
Gaol Hopa Dittrict. Walton county, Go.
OJtrs hi* professional sorvicoi to tho citizens of the
'«r?nnnhio K country. aup-2'
K ELIAS. Attoraev at Law,
• ’ FRANKLIN, N. C.
r*r*ctice* in all the Courts of Western North Caro-
•in*. *nd iu (U« Federal Courts. Claims collected in
ul i**rts of the State. aplfi—ly
T T'ERY, Feel ami Sale Stable,
-LJ ATHENS, GA.
<; t.V.V A RB I rxs. Proprietor*.
34-Will hi! found at their old stand, rear Frank-
•io tlouae iiailding, Thomas street. Keep always
«t» A*nu 400.1 Turn-outs and careful drivers.
sell <*sred for when entrusted to onr care.
'('*<•* »n hand for sale at all times. dec25—tl
\f w. RISEN,
-AL. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U. 3. Claita Agont mail Notary Public,
Gaixcztillx, Ga.
*r Offlo, on Wilson street, below King A Bra’s.
r«bru»rr in lUT’j
iruary ltf, 1S73.
p K*rL*!i
x. r. as^eLL,
Peeples a- howell,
x . ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
rv> “• Nimball House, Atlanta. Ga.'
UKACTICE in (he State and Federal Coarts, and
“«•!•» tcRniarly all tbeConrta in Atlanta, includ-
* s “pveme Court of the Stata, and will nrgaa
*' , ' >on briefs for absent parties, aa reasonable
*'*“ practico intbeCoarteof thacoan ties con
* qu3 * ,|r zcressible to A tlaota by Railroad, eapll
Pavilion hotel.
CUARL8ST0N, S. C.
^IRST CLASS Hotel is aitaated in the vary
„ ’ ll1 ” otsiuo.,, part of tba city, and all who
'.“ptitore .ill ,ln,
, "‘il'indovoryconrenianoe and lax ary that
««k.o rMttrwl Board, par day, $3.M.
Mrs. L. H. BaTTiarixLD, )
Propriatraa*. J
liizn.ro*, S.pt.
B«e:: tf
Feb I
GRIFFETH 4 CRANE.
DR. WHITTIER;
So. 07 St. Omrica Street. St. Lssis, K&,
co.Ua-.-t— ^1—. mmrammm. W-4
*”—°» w totoom ohum rmSa tea
n—. — — mmmm UUmtomto
wv.tdig l—— e, mall — ******* — room*. Mo
m*u*r wto hiM. nS — writ*, rma —a anas i—
MARRIAGE GUIDE,
W® P*—a. apepnU* b—fc wnteh >k— — m* Pr—j.
body. Xo aarrM pair, or p$nn rTWtrr mar.
ri«r*. mnnOord t*«rrttboiftit. It contain* Ult enu> of
n-uicil lUwnuur* on thla eofcjeet. Um roaalts of Or. W. s
Iomi MpifltB-; RlM it* bon tbncfbta t
l tooted, pool
•..pow yold forseou.
Tlie Best Spool Cotton,
I J'OR use on any Sewing Machine, is “CLARK
0. N. T.,” especially that made for and bearing
the name of the Singer Manufacturing Co. A word
to tho wise should be sufficient. Price, 75c. pel
doaen Spools, at the office of the SINGER MANU
FACTURING CO. G. H. HOPE, Agent,
julyl—ly Bishop’s Corner. Athens, G
Wagon Yard in Athens.
T H E sobaeribar has fitted up and opened a safe, com
fortable and commodious Wagon Yard, on River
street, in the neighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where
CORN, FODDER, aod all other necessary supplies can
be purchased on reasonable terms. Chargesmoderate.
The highest market price paid for Country Produce,
and Bank bills received in exchange for Goods.
July7 tf WILEY F HOOD.
THE GREAT REMEDY
-fob
, Si
«f Insects ad Catanwns Inflammations Generally,
DISCOVERED BY HRS. L E. BUSH
JUG TAVERN, WALTON CO, GA
VITAS entered against the World, at the late State
W Fair at Macon, and is daily affecting THE MOST
WONDERFUL CURBS, and baa become an indis
peueabU household necessity. No. family should
without it!
If, after trial, a family ie willing to live without this
preparation for Ton Dollars, agents are authorised
refund the money.
FOR SALE,
In Athens—At Dr Wm King's Drug Store and
the Store of Judge J D Pittard.
In Watkinsville—- At the Store of Booth 4 Durham
In Monroe—At Dr Galloway'e Drug Store.
At Princeton—By Mr Russell.
Address all orders to WILEY H. BUSH,
nov!9 Jug Tavern, Walton co., Ga.
jleltct UJiscellang.
I and Fancy Job Printing,
At the 3oaJh.ru Watchman Office.
R S* ADAMS, M. D.,
Oa*. Acconnaana asd Pbtsiciax.
resilience, Mountain Diatrict, Walton ooan-
■e'^.-off.r, hie prafeteional earvioes to tba
' ” f the surrounrtin^ caantry. nnglfl—ly
K B< ADAI 8* D- D. S.
««*. - GAiaravrata, Sa.
corner PahllcSqa
i SSWTOS,
Jun.ti ?or »i«n and Domeetie HARDWARE,
No. <1,Brand ztraet, Athene, Ga.
g C. DOBBS,
Stlpl, .. , ^holn-a, end Retail Dealer in
f pie znd Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCBRISS, Aa.
Na. 12 Broad 3treat, Athaaa, Ga.
g IDLES.
\ s. HOLMAN
VP «a lornidori^ Uto Winter nfoU
. ■*<! ef^toCtlem
ATHENS
MARBLE MDJPITE YARD.
A. R. Robertson
T\B4LSRinMaaaovite,Haad3tonM,CradlaTomb«,
U Marble end Granite Box Tombe. Alio, Vnee, and
Marble Tape for faraitan. Peraom dcriring work of
tbie kind will do wall to examine my design* before
parabaeiag elsewhere. Price, moderate.
Work ehap adjoining old enmetery. joiy22—ly
HORSES & MOLES.
of government be maintained pure and incor
ruptible. All tbia and much more they told
him, and John Cain became puffed np.
It surpriaed him some to think that be bad
held bis peaceful way alone for forty odd
years, like a knot-hole in a barn door, with
out any one having discovered what a heap
of a fellow be was, but concluded there was a
new era in politics and that it was all right.
The politicians covered John Cain with
soft soap. They told him that the canvass
shouldn’t cost him a red, and that be conld
still retire at 8 o'clock every evening and rest
assured that bis interest would be properly
cared for. It was to be a still bunt—a very
quiet election, and hardly know what was go
ing on. John was an honest unsuspecting
idiot, and be swallowed their words as the
confiding fish absorbs the baited book.
John Cain was duly nominated, and the
band came out and serenaded him. With the
band came several hundred electors, who fill
ed the Cain mansion to overflowing, spit to
bacco all over the house, ate and drank all
they could find, broke down the gate, and
went off with three cheers for John Cain.
Before the canvass was ten days old, half a
dozen men called on Cain, and gently hinted
tn him that be mast come dawn with the “su-
gar.” He didn’t even know what “sugar”
was until they explained. They wanted mon
ey to raise a pole, to buy beer, to get slips
printed, and to do fifty other things with, all
for his particular benefit, and he had to hand
out the money.
In the coarse of another week they drew
Cain out to make a speech at a ward meeting.
He tried to claw off, but they told him that
the opposing candidate would run him oat of
sight if he didn't come oat, and he went out.
When he got through speaking the crowd
drank at his expense, and Ur. Cain was as
tonished at the way the liquor went down, and
more astonished at the way the bill footed ap.
He didn't reach home until midnigne, and for
the first time in his life he was going to bed
with his boots on. His wife wouldn’t speak
to him. the hired girl left the bouse to save
hercharacter, and.John Cain wished that the
politicians bad let him alone.
More men came and crooked their fingers
at him and whispered “ sugar.” They want
ed money to buy some doubtful votes, and to
hire four-horse teams, and to mail his slips,
and he bad to come down. Ha hesitated
about it, but they told him that the opposing
candidate felt sure of victory, and that acted
as a spur.
There was hardly a night that from 14 to
250 friends did not call on Mr. Cain to inform
him as to the “ prospects.” They drank np
the currant wine Mrs. Cain had laid by for
sickness, emptied her preseives, and there
wasn't a morning that she couldn't sweep oat
forty or fifty cigar stabs and a peck of mod.
They all told Cain that be would beat the oth
er man so far out of sight that it would take
a carrier pigeon to find him, and he conidn’t
very well refuse to go over to the corner gro
cery and “ set ’em up” for the boys.
The crisis finally came. On the eve ot the
election Mr. Cain’s friends called for “ sugar”
again, and he had to sugar ’em. A big crowd
called to warn him that he would certainly
be elected, and the bill was $28 more. Thirteen
or fourteen men shook bands with his wife, a
hundred or more shook bands with him. and
be bad to get np and declare that he didn’t
favor woman’s rights and that ho did ; that
he was down on whiskey, and yet loved it as
a beverage; that be wanted the currency in-
dated, and yet favored specie payments; that
he favored the civil rights bill, and yet didn’t;
and in his brief speech Mrs. Cain counted twen
ty-seven straight lies, besides the evasions.
Mr. Cain wanted to hold popular views, and
be had to be on all sides at once.
On the day of the election they dragged
him from poll to poll, stopping at all the
loons on the way. He had to make 256,000
promises, pall bis wallet until it was as flat
as a wafer, drink lager with some and cold
water with others, and when night came he
went home and tried to hog the hired giri,
called Mrs. Cain his dear old rhinoceros, foil
over the cradle, and went to sleep with his
head under the stove.
When Mr. Cain arose in the morning; and
became sober enongh to read the election re
turns, be found be bad scooped ’em as follows:
Oppoaing Candidate— 30,384
gram tba Virginia City Timex.
Married Life in Nevada.
After having been married some weeks, it
came into the head of a young husband in this
eity, one Snnday, when he bad hot little to
occupy his mind, to suggest to his wife that
they should plainly and honestljr state the
faults that each bad discovered in the other
since they bad been man and wife. After tome
hesitation the wife agreed to the proposition,
bat stipulated that the rehearsal ahoold be
made in all sincerity and with an honest view
to the bettering of each other, as otherwise it
would be of no nae to speak of the faults to
which marriage had opened their eyes. The
husband was of the same mind, and his wife
asked him to begin with her faolta. He was
somewhat reluctant, bat hie wife insisted that
he was the first to propose the matter, and aa
he was at the head of the house it was his
place to take the lead. Thus urged, he began
the recital. He said:
* My dear, one of the first fanlts I observed
in yon after we began keeping house, was that
you a good deal neglected the tin-ware. You
didn't keep it sconred as bright as it should
be. My mother always took great pride in
her tin-ware, and kept it as bright as a dollar.’
* I am glad that von have mentioned it, dear,’
said the wife, blushing a little; * hereafter yon
shall see no speck on cap or pan. Pray pro
ceed.’
* 1 have also observed,' said the husband,
‘ that you use your dish-rags a long time with
out washing them, and then finally throw them
away. Now, when at home, I remember that
my mother always used to wash ont her dish-
rags when she was done using them, and then
hang them up where they could dry, ready for
the next time she wonld need them.’
Blnsbing as before, the young wife promised
to amend this fault.
The husband continned with a most formi
dable list of similar faults, many more than we
have space to enumerate, when he declared
that he could think of nothing more that was
worthy of mention.
* Now,’ said he, * my dear, yon begin and
tell me all the faults yon have observed in me
since we have been married.’
The young house-wife sat in silence; her
face flashed to the temples, and a great lamp
came in her throat, which she seemed to be
striving bard to swallow.
* Proceed, my dear; tell me all the faults
you have observed In me, sparing none V
Arising suddenly from her seat, the little
wife burst into tears, and throwing both arms
about her husband’s neck, cried :
‘ My dear husband, yon have not a fault in
the world. If yon have even one, my eyes
have been so blind by my love for yon that so
long as we have been married I have never
once observed it. In my eyes yon are perfect,
and all that yon do seems to me to be done in
the best manner and just what should be done
’ But, my dear,’ said the husband, his face
reddening and hie voice growing husky with
emotion, ‘just think, 1 have gone and found
ail manner of fault with yon. Now, do tell me
some of my faults; 1 know I have many—ten
times as many aa yon ever had or ever will
have. Let me hear them.’
* Indeed, husband, it is as I tell yon; yon
have nut a single fault that I can see What
ever yon do seems right in my ayes, and now
that 1 know what a good-for-nothing little
wretch I am, I shall at once begin the work of
reform, and try to make my sell worthy of yon.'
* Nonsense, my dear, yon know sometimes 1
go away and leave yon without any wood cat;
I stay up town when I ought to be at home; I
spend my money for drinks and cigars when I
ought to bring it home to yon; I—’
* No, you don’t,’ cried his wife, ‘ yon do
nothing of the kind. I like to see yon enjoy
yourself; I should be nnbappy were yon to do
otherwise than just exactly as yen do.’
* God bless you, little wife!’ cried the now
thoroughly subjugated husband; ‘from this
moment yon have not a fault in the world!
Indeed, yon never had a fault; I was bat
joking—don't remember a word I said l* and
be kissed away the tears that still trembled in
the little woman’s eyes.
Never again did the husband scrutinize the
tinware nor examine the dish-rag—never ao
much aa mention one of the fanlts he had enu
merated ; bat soon after the neighbor women
were wont to say :
It is wonderful how ueat and clean Mrs.
- keeps everything abont her boose. Her
tinware is always as bright as a new dollar,
and I do believe that she eot only washes, bat
irons, her dish-rags!’ And the neighbor men
were beard to say: * What a steady fellow
M has got to be of late; he don’t spend a
dime where be used to spend dollars, and can
never be kept at home half an hoar when he
is not at work. He seems to worship that
wife of his.*
gave a characteristic remark somewhat tothe
effect that * he’d be blasted if he wonld till that
there real estate was transferred.’ While the
bride was thus bowed down in angnish, and
the bridegroom was bonghed ap in the tree,
tbe father in-law tore his hair,-and amid tears
and sobs urged the unreasonable nature of the
reqnest, bat to no efieet. Finally the docu
ment was brought forth, duly signed, and the
recalcitrant bridegroom slid down the tree.
After the necessary repairs bad been made in
bis pantaloons, with his rentea secured and his
rents sewed np, the bridegroom adjourned with
tbe rest of the party to the chapel. Tbe bride
recovered from her faint, the cure took a fresh
pinch ot snuff, and the knot was tied. '
tiie remarkable discovery that Grant is a great
er soldier than Washington, eays that “ the
people were weary of the endeavor to accom
plish a reform within the party, seeing that
every step was desperately contested by the
disciplined army of an nnreformed civil ser
vice.” It adds.
“ Thera was bat one alternative, either to
submit to the domination of tbe men who were
resolved to make the party their servant, or
T HE uiltnipad have established, in addition to
thoir Livory, n regular
SALE STABLE,
And will, from this date, keep on hand, at all tunas,
a fait (apply ef
HORSES & MULES.
These in went of Btoek son be supplied at
i’Reasonable figures.
..31.080
MB' Siva na n cell.
Athens, Nov. 4—tf
AANN A REAVES.
FOR SALE,
QBVBEAL superior building lots, being a part ef
O the let known as tho Baxter place. Apply to
oagl»—tf
Dr. K. 8. DURHAM, or
J. S. WILLIFORD.
Hi
wneaa &
, r - a PROM October let, 1874. to Deeombor Slot, 1870,
n—£~ — ’-““'X.ic iiuraeo, Mules, alC. r the BEST BUSINESS STAND, and BEST AR-
■»r , "««*8fforabwSH «aU e» Urn ah Cooper'* 1 RANGED STORE IN ATHENS. ,
—— il 1 jujji tf B. P. BISHOP, that way.—Max Adder.
norll I julyl—tf
Cain’s Majority (in a horn) — 5,040
Mr. Cain want oat and sat down under an
apple tree in hie back yard, and gave himself
np to reflections and so forth. Through the
leafless branches sighed the November winds,
and in the boose sighed Mrs. Cain, and both
sighs mnrmored gently in his ear:
John Cain is a perpendicular idiot.
..We give oar washerwoman notice that
hereafter we want ear own dothes. Last Sun
day we pot on another fellow’s shirt, bat
conidn’t wear it at all. It was all raffled
around the top and looked real handsome, hot
there waa no place for a collar, and it hadn't
any bosom, though we are bound to say there
was plenty of room for one. Yea, it wz
handsome shirt, bat we don’t bare oars made
Writing Good English.
If we were to assert that oat one college
student in foar coaid write half a dozen pages
of his own composition in such a manner that
any well known printing establishment wonld
be willing to pabliah them without alteration,
it wonld doubtless teem to many persons like
a very strange statoment. We do not make
tbe assertion. Perhaps it would not be true.
Bat if it were made by any one else, we should
by no means feel sure enongh of its incorrect
ness to contradict it. It is certain that a very
luge part of onr educated youth of both sexes
are unable to pot their thoughts on paper with
out numerous inaccuracies.
Perhaps the moat frequent errors of educa
ted people in writing are connected with punc
tuation. That many mistakes of this kind are
made is not at all wonderful. There is a good
deal of difference of opinion as to what consti
tutes correctness in this respect. Bat the
circumstance that it is not always easy to de
termine what point should be used in a parti
cular place is no reason for writing as if punc
tuation bad never been invented. If a man is
in doubt whether to wear a light coat or a
heavy one on a September day, it does not
necessarily follow that he should go in his
shirt sleeves. The diversity of theories in re
gard to punctuation does not render, for in
stance, a letter on several independent subjects
without a single fall stop, except the one at
the end, creditable either to the education of
the individual who writes it or tn the institu
tion at which he or she has been taoght.
Another class of errors which most be men
tioned is that of mistakes in grammar. These,
it is true, are much ess frequent among young
people of education than deficiencies in re
spect to punctuation. Yet there are thousands
of such persons who would be highly indig
nant at the charge of writing ungrammatical
English, to whom a gentle hint that, for in
stance, the objective case of the pronoun * who,’
always ends with an m, or a little instruction
in regard to the proper use of the auxiliaries
* shall' and ‘ will,' might be of material service.
If the more advanced students in some of
oar colleges or female seminaries were each to
be required te write, without assistance, a let
ter or a composition of any kind, and if then
wbat had been written should be printed with
out alteration, and distributed among parents
and friends of the authors, it wonld constitute
species of examination of which, we ventnro
to say, few institutions wonld be proud. We
by no means recommend such a test. On the
contrary, we should denounce an attempt of
the kind aa utterly heartless and ernei. No
instructor conld for a moment be justified in
thns exposing to ridicule his students. Bat it
would be, in some respects, an excellent crite
rion if professors ami teachers in our higher ed
ucational institutions, on pernsing the compo
sitions submitted to their inspection, were to
ask themselves how these productions wonld
look in print. And here we would make a
suggestion which may be valuable to some of
oar college students who are indulging hopes
of distinguishing themselves. It is often the
case that if these young men were to submit
their experiments in writing to the examina
tion of some good compositor in a printing
office he wonld be aide to give them valuable
instruction which tlieir professor of English
literature would net, and perhaps conld, im
part. At all events, if instruction of this kind
is furnished by the professors in onr colleges,
many of oar students appear to profit remark
ably little by it.—Nm York Times.
Up a Tree.
From France, the land of romance, cornea a
new and pathetic story. A young maa in the
bloom of health and vigor, waa engaged to be
married to a beauteous maid. This ingenious
youth had one eye fixed on the main chance,
and arranged with his future father-in-law that
on the day of hie marriage certain real estate
should be transferred to him. Tbe memora
ble morning arrived; the air was laden with
the perfume of flowers, the birds sang, and the
villagers held a festival similar to those seen
in Italian operas. Tbe bridal party reached
the chapel, which lay ensconced among tradi
tionary elms. Through its churchyard mean
dered a streamlet whose silvery ripples glis
tened in the morning son. Punctual to the
time, the cure arrived and took a preliminary
pinch of snuff as ho snrveysd the people before
him. Everybody settled into his or her allotted
place. The ceremony waa abont to be com
menced, when it suddenly struck the bride
that the bridegroom was new est Clasping
her hand to her heart, with a piercing shriek
she fell senseless. Clear aa a bell above tho
clamor that ensued, was heard the voice of the
father, calling upon his friends to go in search
of tbe missing one. High and low they bant
ed, bat the game could not be found. At last
they discovered the object of their aeareb,
comfortably ensconced among the spreading
branches of a lofty oak. On being requested
to descend, he inquired ‘if they saw anything
green,* to those below, who, having their eyes
on bis surronnding3, replied ‘ plenty.* In tho
midst of an interchange of violent epithets, he
and the rate of interest for tbe future. Tho
natural consequence of this coarse is, that the
few who have money can obtain all they de
mand in promise of high rates; and often cu
pidity, or desire of gain, gets the better of
judgment, and risks are taken; and to pro
vide against contingencies, solvent parties are
required to pay exorbitant interest. No legiti
mate bosiaeas can stand tbe high rates of in
terest that will be promised by borrower* on
to defeat them by supporting the candidates I restricted by law. Competition in trade is so
of the opposition. Tbe latter coarse is an an- great, every department of business so crowd-
welcome one, bat the majority judged that tbe *d (except tbe corn fields) by competent and
time waa come to resort to it. And so it hap-1 incompetent men; all anxions to make money
pens that throughout the country some scores I easily, that the entire surplus capital of ths
of men who believed that if they eonld only country is absorbed by these hopeful borrow-
captare tho nomination of tho Bopnblican ars ; leaving none for manufacturers, farmers,
party they wonld be elected, however oboox- coaI fl«!da, real estate, railroads, or any other
ions their characters or their opinions, have | business that would develop the resenrees of
suddenly discovered their mistake.** I the country avtargsr. To restrict In some’way
In the revolutionized districts of Massacha-1 exorbitant rates of Interest, tbe Legislzv-
setts, in 1872, tbe Republicans had majorities tare all0llld confine it to seven per cent, per-
as follows: Butler’s, 6,144; Gooch’s, 4,433; * nnani . except in special cases, when, perhaps,
Williams’, 6,100; Alexander's, 5,334; Ayer’s, ** M180 be allowed, but no more -
5,753. Here is an aggregate majority of 27,-1 aad let a11 be forfeited, if in any case the par-
000 swept away in a day; but, in addition to Ue8 8hottId tiy to travel around the law.
this, some of tbe new Democratic members Capitalists being thus restricted, would look
have large majorities, so that more rh«ui 35,- to ether investments that wonld be remunera-
800 voters have concluded to exercise their I aa d give the
right of suffrage, and not let others do it fori unemployed work.
them. In another Massachusetts districtProf. I Frequently men of means would select honest,
Seelye was elected against the regular candi-1 #ner 8 etic mea * without capital; and placing,
date, although the regular Republican ma-| mtmey a S aiaaC labor, commence} soroo busi-
jority is more than 10,000. This gsntiemao, ne88 on 01116 ba8is > Md divide profits. The
who is spoken of by tbe Boston Transcript aa capitalist being thus directly introduced into
a man of real independence and of clear, prac- t,w “ccess of the enterprise, would watch over
tieal intellect, says, in an address: “If 11 it* and give it the benefit of prudent advice
conld waive personal considerations I conld 811(1 experience, and tbe working man, being
congratulate yon in that yon have elected a assisted and encouraged by the use of money
man who never sought an office and who nev- [ in a legitimate business, would doable bis
er will, and that is something in politics which I energy and efforts to make tbe enterprise a
I rejoice to see, not because yon have chosen «nccess. This would work to the mutual ad-
mo, but because yon have chosen a man with I vantage of the money man and the laborer,
those pricinples.” | a“ d benefit the community.
A personal triumph, also, was that of Gen. I 18 common sense and practicable.—
Banks over Mr. Gooch, in the face of a large I ^SaiP. the easy faculty of borrowing money
adverse majority, and an immense Navy Yard aM °nragcs extravagance, and induces many
and Cnstom House patronage. Banks was I mon 80(1 ®Mniliea to live beyond their means,
elected by a majority of near 4,500, without 1 meet 01(8 cla88 rf P^P* 8 ™ ®7 business cott-
even a nomination by a convention. atantiy, who are willing to borrow money at
The Democrats generally have also seen the I ^ rato tll8t wil1 “cure it, and give a deed
necessity of putting in the field their best men. 1 601 or mort Sage their homes that cover the
Mr. Charles P. Thompson, who has beaten heada of thair littla one8 ' with-too many—a
Gen. Batler, is universally respected, for the certainty of rendering themselves homeless at
reason that he is probably the opposite pole of 1 811 8ar *7 day.
Butler in ail respects, and aa is shown by his 11118 18 80 ® U3C 7 pictnre. I can furnish ,
speech after the election, from which we late- 8811168 aad datea of 8 cumber of similar casea.
ly gave some extracts, a man who will legis-1 T^ 8 awa y tbe temptation to borrow, and ne-
late according to the principles of troth and I ces81t y wl H point out relief—either by corn-
justice. He declared, in this speech, that he P ellin 8 0,8 parties to curtail their current er-1
would not act as a partisan, and that as far as IP 88888 * or to seek some employment. Wise
races were concerned, he was in favor of equal I at atesmanahip and wholesome laws, inducing
justice to white and black. j reform in our entire financial system, is an olx
Henry B. Payne, or Ohio, ie another Demo-1 7ioufl necesmty. As a people, we are too much
crat who was elected to Congress against party 1 18 d8116 - The harden is not confined to mere
odds solely for his personal and political in- individuals, bnt is tbe great nightmare of the
tegrity. Mr. Payne is one of the foremost 1 8 8°* 1 have no tab!e3 or statistics before me,
leaders of the Cleveland Bar. and a gentleman 1 1186 s P 8a ^ only from observation of the gen-
of large fortune, and can have no motive 0 f 1 Ofnl conditioaofthqgpuntry. The entire com-
self-advancement in consenting to accept a I niercial worjdge in debt, efepok at England,
placo ic Congress. J Enuico* Gouuaiiy, Rod tlio United Stcitos.——
How happy it would be for the country jf The last baa not yet celebrated her first cen-
independent voting ahoold become epidemic I ^ninl, and her interest debt alone—to say
everywhere, and that not only in national, bat | no0, i 8 (I ol 018 principal la millions per in
state and municipal elections. We should 8um * Then every State in the Union, every,
soon rezicb a better condition of things, as well |°l t y> 6o wn, village, railroad, manufacturing and
for popular government as for ail the great in- J a6e amship companies, and corporations of all
terests of society. In all the large cities, oar I kinds, are fearfbliy in debt, to say nothing of
own among tbe number, tbe pressing need of j 0,8 merchants and farmers, both in the North-
electing only honest and competent men to of- j W886 and S°nth. All, all have been borrow-
flee is overslaughing the demands of party.— 1 18 ®» 88(1 promising high interest, Issuing
Tbe blunders of ignorance, the abase of power I k°nds, mortgages, liens, or anything that cap-
and patronage, and the insolent and insnffer-1 itallats demand, and at any rate of interest,
able domination of corrupt rings and wire-1 ^ ow * 186 °*o members of tbe Legislature look
pallers have become such a grievance, and around them, examine the facts, and conceive
come home so directly to the sensibilities of I 80818 remedy, and set an example of economy,
decent men and the pockets of tax-payers, j ^®x^i establish a reasonable rate of interest,
tbat it is beginning to bo felt that private 1 88,1 ma k 8 the law for tho collection of debt3,
character and competency are essential to the 1 summitry and certain. Allow no man to charge
management of public affairs, and tbat the ex- J # xorbitant interest for the use of money, and
ample of Massachusetts in this direction would 1 80 ® 88 60 dodge the just payment ofbis debts,
have a salutary influence if adopted in muni- Modl fy °>a homestead law. confine its bene-
cipal as well as national mattera.-BaWmore flt8 60 8 txmafide homestead, and not to every
Sun.
Independent Toting and its Good Fruits.
A marked feature in the late elections is the
disregard which hat been evinced of party
usages and precedents, and tbe independent
voting which has been ao considerable among
tbe members of the Bepnblican party. This
upsetting of political rules has occurred in
various States, bat has been especially mark
ed in Massachusetts. In Vermont, Judge Po
land bad the “ regular nomination,” and there
was a Republican majority in bis district of
nearly eleven thousand votes—about fear to
one—yet he was rejected by a vote almost the
reverse of this, an independent candidate hav
ing the preference Parsons, in tbe Cleveland
(Ohio) District, bad three thousand Republi
can majority in 1872; and now Henry B. Payne
defeats him, so that Parsons retires under
minority nearly aa great. This is one of the
most notable exhibitions of tbe break in the
cancos line which has occurred, for if there is
an iron-bound Radical District in tba United
States it is the “ Western Reserve”* of Ohio,
of which the Cleveland District is the chief
centre of political influence. Mr. John Coburn
and one or two othur “regulars” went also
dropped in Indiana. Massachusetts, however,
shows the most remarkable and unexpected
crop of blighted citneas expectations. The
first war of independence may have been
waged from mixed motives in Massachusetts,
bnt when a political party rises upon its lead
ers and throws them over to the opposite party
to be torn to pieces, the grievances they have
suffered most be of ro ordinary character, and
there can be no question of the honesty of pur
pose which actuates them- It wonld he idle
to suppose that the victory which has been
won in Massachusetts wss a Democratic vic
tory, or an endorsement of Democratic party
organization and principles, or even a dispoei
tion tn look with tolerance upon the coarse of
the Democracy in tb»pest. The leading Re
publican journals in Massachusetts give, no
doabt, tho right Interpretation of it when they
say, aa the Lee Gleaner has it, that the election
was an era of individual responsibility and in
dividual independence, and that Democrats
were elected because: they were the best men.
I class of personalty, merchandize, &c., that is
often needed to secure a loan. But let its
I benefits be a home, a shelter for women, and
1 children while the father ie not working, and
not a shield for the disfaoneet adventurer. I
do not believe that the present indebtedness of
(From the Atlanta Herald.
USURY.
A Strong Appeal for the Restoration of the |
Usury Law from Col. G. W. Adair.
THE MATTER POWERFULLY DISCUSSED.
I am glad to see the Press agitating the I tha P^P' 8 018 United States, in their ibdi-
qneation of Usury Laws. Like many other I Tida al or corporate capacity, will ever be paid
gentlemen I have conversed with, I am free to I 88 average of 25 per cent, of its present
confess that my mind has undergone a change I TaIae * A grand future repudiation is inevit-
on this subject, based upon a close observation ab,# * 88,888 W8 P 8t 08 0,8 bratea 88,1 thmw
ot the practical workings ot the law as it now aroand lho 818818 for borrowing some whole-
stands. When the statutes of the State pro- 80818 ructions. The idea may not be eom-
hibited the receiving of more than seven per fo 60 * 18 60 Upholders of bonds and mortgages;
cent, per annum for the use of money, I b8t ,ook int0 161 analyze the amount of In-
tbonght it a hardship, and nnjnat to the capi-1 d8 btedneee, and tha net profit* of the prod oc
tal is t, and that money ought to be free—that I in ff industry of the whole coon try. In the
pay for its nee should be open te agreement I ^ or01 W8 every day, strikes, laborers idle,
between the parties loaning and borrowing, fectorioa dosed, no demand for the thousand
This was tho lino of argument that convinced “ d 088 * h!n « 8 that b* Te 6888 usually placed
me that tbe old usury laws ahoold be repealed. 18 0,8 888618 “arts of trade. Commerce is
Then, in addition, I believed that if they I languishing; railroads all over the country are
were repealed, money from other States would draggling for existence. The people compiaia
pour into onr bands, and increase tho operat-1 of ****** tariff8,88(1 tb8 railroads of no freights.
ing capital of tbe business centres, thoroughly
Beal estate in all tbe Northern and Western
develop manufactures, building, fanning, and 1 8l0ea bus declined terribly witbtn the mst
the various commercial interest! of the conn- tfrelr8 m08tha - Ta faBt ’ we are beginning to
try, and farther, that by reason ot tbia inflax, feel 018 *®*cta ofwarallpver tha country,
money would be cheaper; but I have yet to Peo P Ia «• begbafag to realize that specula-
learn of a dollar tbat has been tons decoyed 6,08 884 adventure moat have some limit. Wo
into toe State, or of a borrower, who has ^ wtwwSo* too faat-too much steam, too
tained money any cheaper than formerly. I 818011 wtravagance. All toe great interests of
gravely doubt if even toe banks have been 0,8 mantr f 868 ^oo^g- Cotton iron coal,
benefited by toe changes, for former depositors l < r omm0rC8 » uwrafactnres, all feel the tigbtea-
bave^withdrawn their money and become street ^gF 188 ? ® f 688 mo80 7 tender,
bankers, at high rates of intereet, often never Retrenchment mu , t be made. The iaw-
to be collected on a final settlement. It is an aakmB mnat r8aD * 8 018 0818 Ration of toe
admitted axiom that general laws should bo pro- C088W T- “ d commence preparing for rtUet—
ductive ot good to ^greatest number. Two 1618 trae tbe f 088806 fa ™° h remedies for a.T
vests experience has demonstrated toe neces- 6ho eTiIa complained of. bnt they can prepare
-money ie not property, bnt only arepreaenta- anc0 meo * advised of danger, can sng-
tivo of valna—a medium of exchange, used to®* 81 ’ «P«ct to prosper, wo mmrt work
facilitate commerce, and toe correct every day mo ”* P”? 000 sotnothlD ?- ,ive more economi -
transactions of business between men for their bnsband our resources, and trade less,
mutual convenience. Wo muat dr8w 111 sail and prepara for hard
2d. The ratio of toe borrowers to the loan- ^ 68 ’ the ineriUble resuIt of past ext , rava '
ere is at least ten to one, upon an average, iQ ganceand over trading; going beyond the leg«-
Avarr rnmmnnifr. I imate bounds of a prudent people. I do not
every community.
Tbe majority of men sr* hopefol, over san
guine ; and when facilities are offered, will
borrow money at every hazard, regardless of
consequences—promising just that rate of in
terest that will secure tbe loan, no matter how
Even toe Boston Advertiser, which announced! much. The money is the object for toe time,
propose to unnecessarily alarm anybody—only
a word of caution. We have an undeveloped
country, abounding in natural resources that
will yield sustenance and protit.-if bandied
judiciously. The future is rich with ble-sings,
if we do not, in our haatoto get rich, abuse oar
inheritance;
George W. Adair.