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». Attorney at Law, Homer, Ga.
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I'LOYII A S1I.MAN,
1' Attorneys at Law,
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« THE AGER.”
The followin': clever parody, by Prof. J. P. Steele, editor
of the i'rogrtnnire Fanner and of the agricultural dejiart-
meut of the Mobile /.Viywbr, Imp lxten repeatedly published,
though generally in a mutilated form. We give what is be
hoved to be a correct version. It is good enough to bear
repetition, and will touch a tender spot in the sympathies of
c of our readers:
Once upon an evening bleary,
While 1 sal me dreamy, dreary*
Ir. ’he sunshine, thinking over
Things that passed in days of yore;
While 1 nodded, nearly sleeping,
Gently came a something creeping
U P my back, like water seeping—
Seeping upward from the tloof.
eoolnig bre^eU ft jlaltered,' ^
** From the regions *ncath the floor—
Only this and nothing more.”
ered linen instead of roal laca : kid gloves of
dark serviceable tint instead of pale buff ones,
and furs leas expensive than the real ermine
of her friend, all left a largo balance in her
favor, wbilo her appearance was lady-liko and
refined.
* Ob, Vinnie.’ said her companion, ‘ this
shade of sago will suit you perfectly. I am
not fair enough to wear it, but it is a lovely
tint for a blonde. Do not look any further
for silk.'
* I am not going to get a now silk, Marcia.'
* Not get a new silk for Mrs. Hartley’s par
ty ! Why, Vin., it will be one of the most
dressy occasions of tbo season. You have nev
er been at one of Floy Hartley's parties f
Ah ! distinctly I remember.
It was in that wet September,
When the earth and every member
Of creation that it l>ore,
IIhiI for day** and weeks been soaking
In t!ie meanest, ino*t provoking
Foggy ruins that, w ithout joking,
We had ever seen before ;
So 1 knew it mast be very
fold and damp beneath the floor—
Very cold liciicnth the floor.
So I nut me nearly napping
In the sunshine, stretching, gaping.
Craving water, but delighted
With the breeze lrum ’neatb the floor ;
Till I found in*? waxing colder.
And the stretching growing bolder,
And myself a feeling older—
Older than I’d fell liefore ;
Feeling that my joints were stiller
Tlmu t hey were iu days of yore—
Stiller than they'd liecn Indore.
All along my back the creeping
Soon gave place to rnsldng, leaping,
As if countless frozen demons
Had concluded to explore
All the cavities—*• the varmints n —
*Twi\t me un«l my nether garments, *
l’p into my hair and downward
'1 hrough my boots inurfhc floor ;
Then I found myself a shaking,.
Gently f.rst, but more and more—
Every moment more aud more.
. O KELLEY’S
FAotegraph Gallery,
Snead Jt Co.'s Shoe store, Urond si reel
Athens,
II. HUGGINS,
• Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Sry Goois, Groceries Hardwire,
Rroad Street, Athens, (la
AMES K. LYLK,
Attorney at Law,
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IDI1N M. MATTHEWS,
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Attorney at Law, Danielsville, Ga.
>mpt uUcution will be given to any busines* entrusted to
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AMKS U LONG, M. L>.,
Surgeon, Acaonchenr and Physician,
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tun countft, fnWflia.)
Oth-n» his professional wrviees to the citizens of the sur
rounding country.
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K 1CU1AN,
• Attorney at Law, Franklin, \. ('.
Pmctices In all the Courts o( Western North Carolina, and
in the Federal Courts. Claims collected in all \wtrts of the
State. apl6—ly
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IX’EIIY, Feed & Sale Stable,
J (UYV X UK1VF.S, Prop**. Athens, Da.
W.ll Ik* found at their old stand, rear Franklin House bnllil-
Thoinas str.vt. Keep always on hand good turn-outs
rareful drivers.
Stock well canal for when entrusted to our care.
Stock on hauil tor sale at ull limes. dccSS—tf
R S. ADAMS, M. l>. f
• Surgson, Accoucheur and Physician.
Oflloe at residence. Mountain District, Walton county, Geor-
gia—otter* his professional services to the citizens of the sur-
roundingcountry. au ,T fhi—ly
CAMUKL 1*. THURMOND,
L Atturncy at Law, Athens, Ga.
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Tvvum the ager, and it shook ine
Into my ciothes, and took me
Shaking to the kitchen—every
Place where there was warmth in store;
Shaking till the dishes clattered,
Shaking lib Via tea was spattered ;
Shaking, and with ull my wanuiug
Feeling colder than Indore ;
Shaking ti.l it had exhausted
All it’s powers to shake me more—
Till it could not shake me more.
Then it rested till the morrow,
Then resumed with all the horror
That it liad the face to Imhtow,
Shaking, shaking as before ;
And from that day in September—
Day that I shall long remember—
It has made diurnal visits.
Shaking, shaking, on to sore !
Shaking oft my boots, and shaking
Me to bed, if nothing more—
Fully this, if nothing more.
Ahd to-day, the stvahow's flitting
Hound my cottage see me sitting
MofNlily within the sunshine
.lust inside my silent door.
Waiting for the ager, seeming
Like a man forever dreaming.
And the sunlight on me streaming
Throws no shadow on the floor ;
For I am too thin and shallow
To make shadows on the floor ;
Nary shadow—any more!
with all the wild enthusiasm of a boy, and
* No^ MissUartlpy is areceut acquaintance.’ .the maforfc Teaaoo »f a a an. She was far
* Then take my advice*iin<n?et *a handsome* ’aboWTho i* grace, ahS goodness,
dress. You have no idea how they dress
l here.’
' I can’t afford it, Marcia.’
‘ Ob, uonseuse!’
* Hut it is a fact. I have beeu out so much
ibis Wiuter that my allowance will not last me
until Spring unless I am very economical.’
‘ Ask for more; I never pretend to keep
within my allowanco.*
' I am saving for a new piano, and I cannot
afford any e^ftravaganco.
* Hut what will you woar ?’
‘I have a new white organdie that Aunt
Kate gave mo last Summer, that I did not
need, so it has nut bceu inado up. I shall
make it so that it will serve me afterward as a
Summer dress.'
0 Yin ! Yin! As if your father would not
give you twenty new dresses if you asked for
them !’
I kuow ho would, hut iia gives me a liboral
allowance, and 1 find it sufficient with a mar
gin lor saving.’
,jjAll the above conversation, carried on in a
low tone, was apparently unhead by the smi
ling clerk,, whose quick car had, however,
caught every word of it. He looked again at
the sweet-faced little lady, resolving that Floy
Hartley should introduce him at the party lor
which his card of invitation had already been
received.
* Come, Vinnie, give mo tho benefit of your
taste,’ said Marcia; ’ I am tired of all the
bright colors that suit my Iudia stylo of beauty.
Is there not one of these delicate tints that 1
could wear f’
‘ Tbo peach blossom, Marcia with black
lace. If you will come over I will show you a
new fold for trimming.’
* Oh Madamo U will rnako it up haud-
somely. I never make au eveniug dress, do
you ?’
* I make all my dresses. I took lessons of
and grace were fully appreciated by all the
rough bumpkins around her. Working on her
cousin's farm, I war-- constantly near her. I
drove her, if she wish :d, to see the surround
ingseonory, and wae jolted over the rough
country roads. She told me of the great city,
of the openings there for energy, industry and
talent. She found I was fond of reading, and
lent me volumes of poetry she had brought
with her from the city. Books were treasures
forty years ago, Will.- We read the sweot
measured lines together i we walked togeth
er in shaded lanes, anu I gathered wild flow
ers which she wore in',her bosom and hair.
To make along story short. Will, 1 loved her
CAA"T AFFORD IT.
• I tell you. Uncle Josh, I can’t afford it.
i llm»il mi-r the .tore of .1. M. Barry—will
give *)K>cuu attention to rum** in bankruptcy. AImj, to the
wllrvlioii ot ull t Liin*. entru-t«l to hi* care*.
S C*. DOHHS,
• \\ holexok* mid Retail Dealer in
SUpl# and Fancy Dry Good*, Groeerlea, to.
Lower eml of Dread Street, At bent*, Ga.
I) O. THOMPSON,
^ * ’ Attorney at law,
, m n . ATIIKXS, GA.
DIiue o\er Larry ** »lore. Special attention given to crimi-
unl pruetke. For reference, apply to Ex-(*ov. Thomo-s II.
" and Hon. David Flop;on, .Montgomery, Alabama. fcl*3
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O. OAJ E'X',
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•J. RAY,
Attorney and Connselier at Law,
. MONROE, GEOHtilA.
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I 11. CHRISTY,
* ' Book mi Jok Printer,
Corner Bread and Wall rtreetn, (up-ttlnire.)^’ ** *
oo C * VERONEE,
SilTlCAL SLATE AMI TIN KOOFER, Ul’TTDRKII, *r.
tji r — ATHENS, GA.—
Flam and Ornamental Slate as
cheap as Tin!
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Work dorr if, »iicud«l to.
Mr. Siuurao »o,it r “ r - Lliwcouth, Y. I. Ci. lUrrir,
plaint yet. AU work ,u » r l <;ar« aim, and no roin-
* (Sir Order, addrcaaed « above
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leave Atlanta. folurnoui.
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waver Trail. by taking Uto I>ay Pns-
M^-n and .V^int, i^Sr trti00 “ C *" lak
N'skt IWnJii^L"** 1 . St «ft!to Can, on all
•epp* au,s 0,1 *n« Georgia Railroad.
K. JOHNSON, Sup’t
t a, l^inoYal.
tell, on bUlj ' “^ttled by J. \V. Ml
r 5 pV H. POWELL,
SlS ,e Dress-Maker,
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the Dreaa-
iprovrd
Oi V*'T! f<uW *>»«bW diwouniS” 111 the largest
"• It lit the city
i\ lH . *«*ur uer wiin tbetr woil
^tigniul Filling « Spctialiy.
ne may l»e found at h#>r » *
*r. Jainca s Fr...t - * iM r rwldence. near th« .
vananflt S * and Mr ^^Wm e, A ll< ni r i ll * e r ®****« occ *
r’—»-»i»!L lieat; by Steam ’
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d«»«ion i«u.
JOHN KITTLE.
Girls nowadays aro so extravagant, that it
fairly terrifies a man contemplating matrimo
ny. Thcro is your favorite. Miss Hartley;
she declared to mo in tho strictest confidence,
last evening, that sho couldn't imagine how
any one could exist without tho opera. And
not a week ago I know of her mentioning an
India shawl as a positive necessity for a lady’s
wardrobe.’
• More girlish exaggeration, Will. 8ho has
always had a rich father to pay her bills.'
; And naturally will expeet a rich husband
to do tho same. If I had Mr. Hartley's bank
account, the matter would ho different; but
though ray salary is good, my income indepen
dent of that is small. If ! provide India shawls
and opera tickets without limit to the future
Mrs. Stanton, 1 can scarcely meet expenses
if I do not actually run in debt. Now I am
qnito resolved to save a littlo every year till
1 own a home, aud can start in business for
myself.'
‘ A good wife would help you. Will.’
* But where is sho to bo found t’
Uncle Josh chuckled a littlo at the idea of
his giving information on the subject, and tho
gentlemen having finished their preparations
for departure started for their place of business
Uncle Josh was the cashier, and his nephew
clerk, in a large rotail dry goods store, but
tho older gentleman possessing ample means,
omployed his time, not from necessity, but
from a horror of idleness. Ho boarded, as
did his nephew, at a fashiouable boarding
house in Brooklyn and crossed the ferry overy
morning for the storo in Now York.
Handsome, woll conducted and well educat
ed, Will Stanton was a favorite in society
and the lact that his bachelor undo was fond
of him was no drawback to his popularity
Many a girlish heart flattered when ho drew
near, and undo Josh was quite eloquent on
tho charms of matrimony, aud a homo for Will
where ho might eharo the domestic circle.
On tho morniDg when tbo gontlemon held
tho conversation recorded above, Will found
his services required as a salesman, owing to
the illness of ono of the men in the silk depart
meat. Ho had served in tho sarno c opacity
before though ho had a more lucrative posi
tioL in the counting house; but stepping bo
hind tho counter ho found already a few fair
customers in tho 6toie. Two ladies, young
and pretty, required his services at ouee.
* Evening silks, if you please,’ said ono,
tall, very stylish-lookiug girl dressed in ex-
quisito taste, and with rich garments. ‘ Show
mo so too of the now shades.'
Sovoral pieces of tho shining fabric were
unrolled, and Will noted the fact that both
ladies seemed equally interested in the choice
of a dress. But tbo companion of the stylish
girl who had first spoke was far more quiet
than her friend in voice, manner and dress;
while overy detail of \er neat walking snlt
was perfect in finish, fitting her exquisitely,
and was tasteful and simply elegant. Will's
experienced eyes told him that the oost was
loss than half of the companion's and yet she
seemed equally well-dressed, setting aside
that one item of expense. ▲ oioth cloak in
stead of a velvet, adressof fine French poplin,
a first rato dressmaker on purpose f’
J You like the peach-blossom f’
‘ I do,’ holding it against her companion’s
shoulder. ‘ It is certainly becoming. Not so
glaring as a pink, but as pretty. Your black
lace overdress will be lovely with it.’
• l shall have an overskirt of tho same, with
new thread lace trimming. I teased pa out
of a now dress this morning, and I tnoau to
have the full benefit of his geuerosity. Twen
ty-five yards,' she added to tho clerk, and Will
measured off the dress.
Ho saw tho ladies going from counter to
counter, and the hour being stiff early, had
to saunter about, marking Yinuie’s purchase
of blue ribbon and her care in selecting what
wa3 of good quality, her selection of gloves,
and her unselfish interest iu all her friend’s
purchases, from the dress aud thread lace to
tho gloves and a costly wob ofahandkorchief.
Evidently Marcia intended that her father
should, indeed, supply an entire new dress.
Thero was a discussion over soma exquisite
uew fans, a recent importation exquisitely
displayed by a clerk. Yinuie’s quiet • can't
afford it.’ was proof against temptation, but
Mercia added a white feathor fan of dainty
beauty to her list of purchases.
Floy Hartly was rather eurprised that Will
Stanton, who was a favorite of her father's
while she had won undo Josh's heart, never
paid her those marked attentions that woro
so evidently tbo desire of tho old gentleman.
But her surprise was changed to chagrin when
ho asked a special introduction to Miss Vin-
nie Holway. and was tbit youug lady’s de
vout cavalier for tho eveniug of Miss Hartley’s
party.
Tbo young lady in whito with blue rib
bons t’ she had said in answer to his request;
* ibis is Miss Holway, a scbool-mato of Mar
cia Livingstone’s, but am uot vory well ac
quainted. Marcia tells me her father is quito
well off, bqt has a very large family.’ 1
All of this Will found later was quito true.
There was a largo family, and Vinnie was the
vfljry sunshino of home. Well educated her
self, she was always ready to assist tho young
er ones in their studies. With nimble fingers,
trained to work, she saved her father many
dollars by her ability to cut and fit dresses,
and her willingness to impart some ofhor
knowledge to hersistors. A uoat housekeep
er, sho spared her mother many an hour for
visiting, reading or rest. And yet she was no
drudge. In society sho was always appropri
ately and tastefully dressed. She was a good
pianist, and sung woll in a clear, cultivated
voice. She was well read, aud kept up an in
telligent interest in alt current toptes, convers
ing easily, though modestly.
Will found that every visit to Mr. Holway's
pleasnt sitting room increased his distaste for
boarding house life, and his lovo for pretty
Vinnie Holway, till ho found himself in seri
ous consultation with Uncle Josh again.
• So it is not my pot, Floy Hartley,' said the
old gentleman. * It would serve you right if
I would marry hor myself.’
I will give my consent,’ Will said smil
ingly.
• No, my boy, no ! Yon and yonr pretty
Vinnie must fill my old heart, as you have
promised me a corner in your home long years
ago. Will, when my hair was aa brown as
your own, and my eyes as bright, I, too, had
my lovo dream. I was a country boy then,
and to own a farm was the very height of my
ambition. I was working hard for a farmer
named Nelson, for I bad no parents, when
there came to visit my employer a cousin
from the great city of New York. In tho3e
days, Will, New York seemed farther away
from tho small country place than Europe
does now. Tho advent of Josephine Nelson
but sho was gentlo as she was fair, modest
aud tender.
‘ When I told her my love she laid her little
white band in my rough brown one, and
promised to be my wife. Then she came home
to tho city, and 1 added dollar after dollar to
my hoard, to follow her. Mr. Nelson wroto to
Josephine’s father for me, and he promised mo
a place in his counting-house if I came to the
city. 1 came, Will. Then I found out why
my suit was favored, why no cross was laid
upon my darling’s love. I had thought her
pale, delicate beauty was ouly city refinement
compared with the robust charms of our coun
try lassos. I found that it was the beauty of
that scourge of tbo seaside citios—consump
tion. Her parents know my darling could
not live to he my bride, but because she had
given me the treasuro of hor love, they made
me welcome as a son in their home.
* I spent my days in tho counting house of
Mr. Nelson, my evoqings with Josephine.
Slowly sho faded beiore uly 'foVThg eyes grow
ing weaker ami weaker, tiff sho died, clasping
my hands in hors. That wa3 forty years ago,
Will, but I have loved no woman sinco. 1
will keep faith with Joscphino till wo moot in
heaven. When I die. Will, all I havo will bo
yours, hut bury this with me.’
As he spoke he put a small locket that had
beeu hidden in his bosom, into Will’s hands
Opening it disclosed tho fact) of a very beau
tiful woman. At the sight of it Will cried
‘ How much like Floy Hartley t’
‘ Miss Hartley is Josephine’s sister,’ said
Uncle Josh, quietly. ‘ Now you know why I
am so fond of Floy.’
There was a long silenco, and Uncle Josh
knew by Will’s face aud tho firm grasp of his
hand that his story had fallen upon syrnpa
tbizing affection.
* Come,’ ho said cheerfully, after a long
pause. • If Miss Holway has actually accept
ed, I mast see about a wedding present.’
* She actuully bass’ ami the mon
ey saved for a piano is to go for a trousseau ‘
Is that a hint for me to buy a piano?'
laughed Uncle Josh. ‘ Well. I will.
But when tbo wedding day was fixed, and
Will consulted Uncle Josh about a houso, ho
was informed that Mrs. Stanton’s wedding
present from her now tiuclo would bo a ueat
brown stono houso fully furnished, including
tho piano, with ono room reserved for Uncle
Josh.
There are children’s voices now in tho hand
some house, and Undo Jo3h has stood god fa
ther to a sturdy namesako. Tho sun of pros
perity shines upon Will, but ho says his busi
ness success, his happy homo, his freedom from
worldly perplexities, havo nil,depended upon
the good 6enso of h’s wifo, who, in all ex
ponditures, all charities, first considers wheth
or or not she can afford tho outlay : aud while
sho is liberal aud large-hearted, is never
ashamed to exercise economy, if necessary, or
to decline an extravagance.
lightning speed. The lino was let out as rap
idly as possible, aud when all was ont tho boat
sped through tho water, as if in a gale. An
half hour racing tired tho fish, when he allow
ed himself to bo drawn to tho boat. Another
harpoon was sunk into him, wheu again ho
darted off, this time nearly capsizing the boat.
For nearly an hour, our gallant crow worried
with the miniature whalo. In the meantime
one of tho Hues was passed to the stoamor,
and tho fish was soon brought safely up, com
pletely exhausted, aud ready to be taken
aboard. This fish, although oue of tho small-
in tho school, was estimated-to weigh 2,-
500 to ff,000 pouuds. A two-inch repo was
made fast to its tail, and eight men failed to
get it out of tho water.—Excursionist Colum
bus f
CENTENNIAL HYMN.
ran
OEM.
O ! lot the t*onl il’n slumber break,
Arouse it*a senses and awake.
To see how soon
Life, with It’s tflory, glides away,
Aud the stern footeteps of decay
Gome stealing on.
And while we oye the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minute* glido
Away so fast,
Let us the present hour employ,
And deem each future dream of joy
Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind—
No happier let qs hope to And,
To-morrow than to^lay;
Our golden dreams of yore were bright J
Like them the present shall delight—
Like them, decay.
Our lives, like basting streams must be,
That iuto oue engulfing sea
Are doomed to fall—
The sea of death, whose waves roll op
O’er king and kingdom, crovyu mid throne,
And swallow all.
Alike the river’s lordly tide,
Alike the humble rivlets glide
To that sad wipS^
Death levels poverty
And rich and poor sleep side by side
Within the grave.
Our birth is but the starting place,
Life is the ruuning of the race,
And death the goal;
Ttyjrc all 'those glittering toys are brought:
The path alone, of all unsought,
Is found of all.
Say, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth
That lure us here ?
Dreams of sleep that death must broalf.
Alas! befqpa It bids us wake,
We disappear!
Capturo of a DeTil Fish.
These fish are huge monsters, weighing 2,
000 and 3,000 pounds. They aro from eight
to twelve feet across, and look like an ini
monso brqwn blanket. Tfl 0 y b ave 0 lazy
awkward iqovement, and from their action
one would judge that it was difficult for them
to get about. But wo discovered such not
be the case. Tho Snappers lor years bave
failed to oapture one of these monsters. This
year ample preparation h^d been made and
all felt assured of success.* 4?*. great danger
atteDds an attack on thownstf, it was neccs
eary to put our most experienced boatmen
tho front to make the attempt.
The life boat was launched, with a crew
consisting of Capt. Hochstrassor, J. W. Ader-
hold, H. M. McCormick and a freedman, com
mqnded by Capt. Charlie Marks. The first
strike wa3 at a monster, bat. the harpoon
stuck jn a fin and soon tore loose. Our boys
were soon np with another, which was muoh
smaller. A well dirooted throw sunk the
harpoon into the fish’s body. No sooner was
the blow given than tho monster, alarmed
instead of silk; a collar and cuffs of embroid* * was an event in our village, and her beauty^ and wounded, rushed through tho water at
Through storm anil calm the years have led
Our nation on from stage to *t»ge
A century's space until we tread
The threshold of another age.
We see there, o'er our pathway swept.
A torrent stream of blood and fire ;
And thank the ruling power who kept
Our sacred league of States entire.
Oh ! checkered train of years, farewell,
With all thy strifes and hopes and fear*;,
Hut with us let thy memories dwell,
To warn and lead the coining years.
And thou, the new-1»eginulng a
Warned by the past and not i
Write on a fairer, brighter p-igi
The record of thy happier red;
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The following is tbo platform adopted at
Cincinnati :
When, in tho economy of Providence this
land was to be purged of human slavery, and
when tho strength of tbo government of tho
pooplo by the people and for the people was
to bo demonstrated, tho Republican party
came into power. Its deeds havo passed into
history, aud we look back to them with pridn.
Incited by their memories and high aims for
the good of our country aud mankind, and
looking to tho future with courage, hope and
purpose, we, tho representatives of the party,
in national convention assembled, make the
following declaration of principles :
this class of citizens for additional rights and
privileges and immunities should be treated
with respectful consideration. [Applanso.]
13. The Constitution confers upon Congress
sovereign power over tho territories of tlie
United States, for their government. In the
exercise of this power it la the right and duty
of Congress to prohibit and extirpate in the
territories that relic of barbarism, polygamy,
and we demand such legislation as will seenre
this end and the supremacy of American insti
tutions in all the territories. [Applause.] .
14. The pledges which the nation bah given
to our soldiers and sailors must be .fulfilled.
Tho grateful people will always hold those
who periled their livos for the country’s pre
servation, in the kindest remembrance.,
1. The puqpt Sto** of America is a nte^. 15> W e sincerely deptofetavsU actional
tion, not a league. By tho combined work
ing of tho National and Stato Governments,
and their respective constitutions, the rights
of every citizen are secured at homo and pro
tected abroad.
2. The Republican party has preserved
these governments to the hundredth anniver
sary of tho nation’s birth, and they aro now
tho embodiments of tho great truths spoken
at its cradle—' that all men aro created equal ;
that they are endowed by their Creator will;
certain inalienable rights, among which are
life, liberty and tho pursuit of happiness ; that
or tho attainment of theso ends, governments
SONG OF’IS.G.
Waken, voice of the Lind’s Devotion !
Spirit of freedom awaken all!
ltin;', ye shores, to the Song of Ocean,
Rivers, answer, and mountains, call!
The golden day has come :
I*et every tongue Ik* dumb
That sounded its malice or murmured its fears ;
She bath won her story ;
Slit* wears her giory ;
We crown her the Land of a Hundred Years !
Out of the darkness and toil and danger
Into the light of Victory’s day—
Help to the weak and Home to the stranger.
Freedom to ail, she hath held her way !
Now Europe's orpine's rest
Upon her mother’s breast.
The voices of nations are heard in the cheers
That shall cast upon her
New Jove and honor,
And crown her the <£uoeu of a hundred years I
North aud South, we are met as brothers ;
East and West, we arc wedded as one !
Right of each shall secure our mother's—
Child of each is her faithful son ’
We give thee heart and hand.
Our glorious native land,
For battle has tried thee, and time endears ;
We will write thy s'ory,
And keep thy glory
As pure as of old for u Thousand Years !
[Ttujhn
For the Southern Watchman.
Mr. Editor: 1 will relate a circumstance
which took placo in tho Fall of 1873, with a
certain young man, a resident of one of the
oppor counties, winlo atfouulag ;tn Association
that was convened with Shoal Creek church,
in Walton county, which embraced tho second
Saturday, Sunday aud Monday of October that
ear. On Saturday some of tlio youngsters of
tho settlement inado up a singing, to bo held
at a neighbor’s house, in about half a milo of
where this young man was going to Saturday
night. There were two very nico girls resid-
at the houso where this young gentlomau
had put up. So ho thought ho would bo polite
and accommodating to them, by accompany
ing ono or tho other of thorn to the s aging.
So ho proposed, or got somo ono else to do it
for him, and was accepted. The crowd start
ed about dark, the gentleman and his girl
among thorn. Presently they came to a branch,
whoro they had to tnako a littlo jump. Tho
gentleman was locked arras with tho girl, and
when thoy jumped, ho jumped a littlo too soon
for tho girl, aud he being so stout and robust,
it gavo her such a sling that sho slung clear
loose from him, which threw her down tho
branch over on a feneo. Tho fenco being rot
ton, it full down, and sho fell over in a briar
patch. Tho othor portion of tho crowd, hear
ing tho crashing of the fenco and tho briars,
tho 8orcamiug of tho girl and tho grunting of
tho man, looked around and found tho gentlo-
tuan in as bad a dilemma as tbo girl. Tho
girl mashed tho fenco down and foil ovor iu
tho briars, while tho gentleman got a 3turable
and stuck his left foot under a root and foil-
sticking his left arm in tho mud up to his el
bow, whilo his right hand and foot were as
straight up in tho air as bo could got them,
reminding every ono who saw him of an old
pair of winding l>ladc3. Presently ha got
start downwards, which brought his other
hand and foot down in the mud up to his kuee
and elbow. lie began to crawl out, muttering
to hiusolf, using this lauguago: * If Almighty
God will forgivo mo this ono time, He’ll nover
catch another woman hanging to mo.’ After
ho got out of tho mud, ho inquired, • Wbar is
you V She answered, * Horo I am,’ also ask
log, • Aro you going ou to tho singing ?’ ’No’!
says ho, ‘ I’m uot.’ * Well, I’m not, either, so
wo will go back homo.’ So they started homo
ward, but taking care not to lock arms again
They got homo without any more difficulty,
and ho got his clothes done up ali right; but
ho took caro not to carry any of tho girls out
to church tho next day, which was Sunday.
Tho first proachor who got up to prcack took
this for a text; ’if thy ox falleth into the
ditch puff him out.’ Every ono who know any
thing about this gentleman falling in the
branch tbo night before, bad to look at him
and laugh when tho toxt was quoted. Pro
bably tho preacher thought thoy were laugh
ing at him, but I guess ho found out batter
hoforo ho loft tho church Sunday evening. On
Monday eveniug, when the young man and
the frieud who accompanied him hail started
home, ho remarked to tho other, • Wasn’t that
tho dovilishest ease you over heard oft’ • Yes’,
it wa3 a pretty bad circumstanod; but wo did
not follow tho example that was taught in
tho preacher's text on Sunday morning.
Says he. again, ’ What raado all thorn blame
fools look at mo and laugh when ho quoted
that ?’ Says tho othor, ‘ I guess it made thorn
think of their non-performanco of duty the
night before.’
Take warning, young mon ! Felix
..At Winnebago (Minn.) Agency a few days
ago, some persons woro exhuming a body
which had been buried eleven years hoforo, in
attempting to lift tho coffin woro surprised at
tho extraordinary woight, and on opening it
they found that the body, and also the slothing,
were petrified, and bad assumed a delicate
slate color. Tho body was perfect, except a
slight crack iu the face, probably made in re
moving it from tho grave.
havo been instituted among men, deriving
their just powers from tho consent of tho gov
erned.’ Until those truths aro cbeorfully
obeyed, or, if need ba, are vigorously cuforcod,
the work of tho Republican party is unfin
ished.
3. Tho permanent pacification of the South
ern section of tho Union, and tho complete
protection of its citizens in tho free enjoy
merit of all their rights are duties to which
tho Republican party stands sacredly pledgod.
[Applause.] The power to provide for tho
enforcement cf tho principles embodied in the
recent constitutional amendments is in the
Congress of tho United States, and wo declare
it to bu tho solemn obligation of tho legisla
tivo and executive departments of tho govern
ment to put into immediate and vigorous use
all their constitutional powers for removing
any just cause of discontent on tho part of any
class, and for securing toovery American citi
zen complete liberty aud exact equality in
tho exercise of all civil, political and private
rights. [Applause.] To this end wo impora
tively demand a Congress and a chief execu
tive whoso courage aud fidelity to those du
ties shall not falter until theso results are
placed beyond disputo or recall. [Applause.]
4. In tbo first act of Congress sigueil by
President Grant, tho Natioual Government
assumed to-wnnove avy dcubts of itB purpose
to discharge its just obligation to the public
creditors, and solemnly pledged its faith to
mako provision, at the earliest practicable
moment, for tho redemption of the Unitod
States notes in coins. [Cheers ] Commer
cial prosperity, publie morals, aud the nation
al credit, demand that this promise be fulfill
ed by a continuous and steady progress to
specie payment. [Loud and loDg applause
and cheers.]
5. Under the constitution the President
and heads of departments aro to make nomi
nations for office, tho Senate is to advise aud
consent to tho appointments, and tho Houso
of Representatives is toaccuso and prosecute
faithless officers. Tho best interests of the
public sorvico demand that theso distinctions
bo respected, and that Senators and Repre
sentatives, who may bo judges and accusers,
should not dictate appointmonts to office.
Tho invariable rule for appointments should
havo reference to the honesty, fidelity and ca
parity of tho appointees, preferring friends of
tho party in power for places where harmony
and vigor of administration require its policy
to bo represented, by permitting all others to
bo Ollod by persons selected with sole reference
to tho efficiency of tho public scrvico and tho
right of all ciizcns to share in tho honor of
rendering faithful servico to their country
(>. Wo rejoice in tho quickenod conscience
of tho pooplo concerning political affairs, and
will holdall public officers to a rigid responsi
bility, and ongago that tho prosecution aud
punishment of all who botray official trusts
shall bo speedy, thorough and unsparing.
[Cheers.]
7. Tho public school Systran of tho several
States is tho bulwark of the American repub
lic, and with a view to its security and por-
raaocnco, wo recommend an amendment to
the Constitution of tho United States forbid
ding tho application of any public funds or
property for the benefit of any schools or in
stitutions under sectarian control. [Great
cheering, continued for several minutes. Gen
eral Hawley read the plank the second timo,
and tho delegates and audicnco repeated their
cheers.]
8. The revenuo necessary for current ex
penditures and tho obligation of tho public
debt must bo largoly derived from duties on
importation, which, so far as possible, should
be adjusted to promote tho interest of Ameri
can labor and advanco tbo prosperity of the
whole country. (Cheers.)
9. Wo reaftirm our opposition to tho further
grants of tho public lands to corporations and
monopolies, and demand that tho national
domain be devoted to free homes for the peo
pie.
10. It is tho imporativo duty of the govern
ment so to modify existing treaties with Eu
ropean governments, that tho same protec
tion shall bo afforded to tho adopted Ameri
can citizen that is given to tho nativo boro,
aud that all nccossary laws should bo passed
to protect immigrants in the absence of pow
er in iho States for that purpose.
11. It is tho immediate duty of Congress
to fully investigate tho effect of the immigra
tion and importation of Mongolians upon the
moral and material interests of tho country.
[Applauso.J
12. The Republican party recognise with
approval tho substantial advance recently
made toward the establishment of equal rights
for women, by the many important amend
ments effected by Republican Legislatures,
in the laws which concern tho personal and
property relations of wives, mothers aud wid
ows, aud by the appointment of women to the
superintendence of education, charities and
other public trusts. Tbo honest demands of
(Seling and tendencies. We therefore noto
with deop solicitude that the Democratic par
ty counts as itB chief hope of success on tho
electoral voto of a united South, secured
through the efforts of those who wore recent
ly arrayed against the nation ; wo iuvoko the
oarnost attention of the country to the grave
truth that a success thus achieved would re
open sectional strife and imperil the national
honor and human rights.
1C. Wo ebargo the Democratic party aa ho
st the samo in character and spirit as when
it sympathized with treason; with making
its control of the House of Representatives
the triumph aud the opportunity of the na
tion's recon t foes; with re asserting and ap
plauding in the National Capitol the souti-
monts of unropnnted rebellion; with sending
Union soldiers to the rear and promoting Con
federate soldiers to the front; with deliberate
ly proposing to repudiate tho plighted faith of
the government; with being equally false and
imbecile upon the overshadowing financial
question ; with thwarting tho ends of justice
by its partisan mismanagement and obstruc
tion of investigation; with proviug itself,
through tho period of its osccndaucy iu tho
lower House of Congress, utterly iocomputrait
to administer tho government. Wo warn tho
country .against trusting a party thus alike
unworthy, recreant and incapable. (Cheers.)
17. Tho national administration merits
commendation for its honorable work in the
management of our domestic and foreign at-,
fairs, and President Grant deserves the con-’
tinuod and hearty gratitude of tho American
poople for his patriotism and immense services
in war and in peace. (Cheers.)
Kissing tho Maid and Kissing the M'slress.
A lady in this city suspected her husband
was in the habit of kissing Katy, the cook,
and resolved to detect him in tho act. After
watching for days sho beard him come one
evening, and the kitchen was dark—
wiih jealousy, the wife took some matches in
hor hand and hastily placing tbo shawl over
her head, as Katy sometimes did, entered the
kitchen by tho hack door and was almost im
mediately seized and embraced in the moss
ardent manner. With her head almost burst
ing witb rage and jealousy, the injured wifo
prepared to administer a torriblu rebuke to
her faithiess spouse. Teariug herself from his
fond embrace, she struck a match and stood
face to face with—the hired roan. Her bus-
band says his wife never treated him so well
since the first month they wore married as sho
has for tho past few days.
Wayside Gatliei’ings.
A cortaic pompous Judgo fined several law
yers $10 each for contempt of court. After
they bad paid their fines, a steady-going eld
attorney walked gravely up u» tbo bench and
laid down a $10 bill. ’ What is that for ?' in
quired the Judge. ‘ For contempt, your hon
or.* * Why, 1 bave not flned^'ou for contempt.*
* I kuow that,’ si.id the attorney, ' hut I want
you to understand I chorish a secret contempt
for this court all the time, and I am willing to
pay for it.’
..’ Is it becoming to me ?’ asked she, as she
paraded in tho costume ot 100 years ago, be
fore the man who is uot her lord and master,
but is her husband. * Yes, my dear,' said ho
meekly. * Don't you wish I could dress this
way all the time f’ ehe asked. * No, my doar,
but I wish you had lived when that was the
style.’
.. A quaint silver goblet was recently on ex
hibition at Charleston, S. C., bearing this in
scription : ' A premium from tbo Agricultural
Society of South Carolina to Gen. Wuahiugtou
for raising the largest jackass,’ It was Gen-
William, not tho * Father of oar Country,' who
did it.
..A ration-al enjoyment—dinner.
. .The bone of contention in Europe is a
Turkey bono.
..A fool in high station is like a man on tho
top of a mountain; everybody appears small
to him, and ho appears small to everybody.
It is strange,’ mattered a youug man,
as ho staggered home from a supper patty,
‘ how evil communications corrupt goBd man
ners. I have been surrounded 1# tumblers all
tho evening, and now l*m a tuihbler myself.’
..Smith and Brown running opposite ways
around a corner, strnok each other. ‘Ob,
dear, how you made my bead ring!' said
Smith. ’ That's a sign it's hollow,’ said Brown.
‘ But didn t yours ring? ‘No.’ ‘That is a
sign it’s craoked,’ replied bis frieud.
..Many a man worth a million is utterly
worthless.
..What is the difference between a spend
thrift and a pillow f One is bard up and the
other is soft down.
..A man being asked, as he lay sunning*
himself on the grass, what was the height of
bis ambition, replied, ‘ To marry a rich widow
witb a bad cough.'
.Does this razor take hold well,' said the
smiling barber. * Yes,’ replied the unhappy
viotira, * it takes bold well, bat It don’t let go
worth a cent.'
.. An Essex farmer is obliged to chalk hie
nose every time be takes a walk round the farm
to save himself from an old bull, which has’a
strong antipathy to red.
..‘That’s what I call a finished sermon,*
remarked a man as be was coming out ot
church. ' Yes, flaished at last,* replied hla
neighbor, * though 1 began to think it would
never be.’
..The entire assets of a reoeni bankrupt :
were nine children. The creditors acted mug-
uauUnoqsly and let him keep them.
. •wwsij/-*.*
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