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: -*jor l’niltt la Improving,
Isn't Charley Baldwin slightly bellowicd!
The boys accuse Berry Hodgson of tying up
that hand to keep from work. j - k
Is studying law from
l>r. Orr looks like a shot prancing out of a hot
shovel.
We can grind locals out of Turner Moon like a
sausage mill.
oi ltose looks like he la always suffering with
a chronic case of hard times.
Mr. llaruch Is living In a part of the house
with Mr. Casper Morris.
Mr. Hugh Taylor takes more papers than any
man in Athens.
Judge T. 1). tlilhum. Ordinary of Oglethorpe
county, was in to see us lost week.
We regret to learn of the sickness of Mra. Joe
Carlton, but hope she rosy soon recover.
capt. Pope Barrow is one of the staunchest
friends the Watchman boasts,
Jesse Allen would msko a splendid pair of
tongs. By the way, Jewe 1« a brick.
The University soeUties are having their cele
brations and a big lime generally.
Charlie Baldwin is paying his addresses to a
tine new *aft—the handsomest in the city.
We are indebted to some unknown friend for
a bst^h of interesting locals. Do it again.
Kd Long chows tip his words too line before
spilling them out.
Boh Britain is studying agriculture under a
rustic belle in Oconee.
T. Fleming & Boys have a regular 15-pnule
in the shape of a padlock.
The Lucy Cobb Juniors stood final examina
tion in Chemistry last week.
Jester & Threlkeld always look like living
personations of the "Two Orphans ."
We are indeed happy to announce that Mr.
lloh Bloomtieid is much better.
Mr. D. C Hurley and Miss Bridget O’Keefe
were married tn Taliaferro county last week.
Judge Nicholson requests us to deny the re
port that he went to school with Methuselah.
our young frieud Davidson, at Cohen’s, has
eome out victor In his tussle with the measlsa.
Davis will not take charge of our Post-office
until April. His term of office extends 4 years
Misses Lula Brad Acid and Pauline Ellis, of
Atlanta, entered Lucy Cobb Institute last week.
Dr. Hal Billups speaks of practicing medicine
in Burke county. Oh. how can thee leave we!
Kill llodgson can do less work for the amount
of exercise he takes, than any man we ever saw.
Mr. Cheney, the new cashier at BloomAeld &
Sanford’s, looks like a streak of greased light
ning.
Messrs. Vince Sundford and Doc Champion,
•wt> genial ijiuik men of Oreeuc, were lu the
city Monday.
We learn that the rvsthete local editor of a
city paper footed it from Jefferson to Harmony
Pipe Taliundge says his Arm la out of politics;
and when Taimndge, Hodgson A Co. say a
thing they menu it.
our petiole little know the Importance of our
f«h-nd KIchardaon. on College Avenue, until he
receive* a barrel of Ash.
our young friend Dave W. Meadows has been
a.imated to the bar and will locate in Daniels-
vlllc. Succcms is his portion.
Will Fleming can wear his one shirt all the
winter uud look like ho had just that minute
come out of a wu-di p it.
Sheriff Weir could make an independent fpr-
tune hiring himself out every summer to some
old lady for u bean-pole.
Oglethorpe must have had another jail deliv-
snw Uoane, Dawson, Bees Tiller
id Me
• Black in towr
nry Palmer can carry on a long convent-
without moving his lips—and we have seen
r fellows than Henry, too.
fated expedition into Nicaragua.
Mr. Sage, the gonial and popular lawbook
agent, was in tin* city Monday He hears a stri
king resemblance to Oscar Wilde.
George Lucas aays a.s long as he can get a
niece of the ragged-edge of despair to gnaw on
he won t eat any more decayed oysters.
Private J. Howard Hughes, one of Athens'
oldest and most esteemed citizens, is home
again from alrainp through Yankeedom.
Corporal John Cohen returned Monday from
hi* Western tour, loaded down with honors and
beer. Ho eainc back with the pink-eye.
Bloomfield A Sanford offered Hope Hull Af*
teen earn* a day for the Tent of his nose. They
'•'ant to use it as a yard-stick.
Frank Rhodes is afraid to go into the country
le^t some fellow tree him for a ’possum. Did
y hi ever take a birds’-eye view of that smile?
The 1. (i. club gave a complimentary German
on Tuesday night, in Hunnirutt Hall, to Prof.
White and lady. It a as a delightful affair.
onr genial friend W. H. Brown boards out of
Stern A Allen s cracker diah and picks his teeth
in the rotunda of the Commercial Hotel %
Bed Langford has worn a hole In that pile of
grindstones in front of the store. It costs the
firm I$00 a year to keep that sign-board up.
< >ld Boreas was on a bender Tuesday and dress
g«»d* went up like a sky-rocket. By the way,
most of our clerks are Buffering with sore-eyes.
Homer Nicholson is the most graceful hand
with the pen we ever saw. He can make more
fancy flourishes than a leader of the German.
We stole our editorial cn "Southern Farmers"
from our excellent Winterville correspondent
1MJ— anew and strange light on the sub-
On Saturday evening a large bevy of the in
telligence, wealth and refinement of Athena
collected on Broad street to witness the antics
of a kicking mule.
Chief Hannibal Corn-cob Davis Is say it makes
his heart bleed to arrest a transgressor from old
j>glethorp% He always wears a tender corn on
hit* heart.
Kd Dorsey made a mistake yesterday and pri
ced some molasses to a customer at Scents a
yur l Kd forgot that he had quit selling calico
at Cohen’s.
Mr. Davis, of Greene, brother to C. A. Davis,
the big merchant of Greensboro, buys his goods
in Athens. This shows it is folly to try and com
pete with our merchants.
It took Col. W. Beasley Burnett ten days to
reach Boston; and when last heard from he
wiisn t quite sure whether he was in the Hub or
Dauielsville.
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE CITJT.
Croquet will soon be ripe.
Flour still on the decline. .,
Athens needs a pottle library. r '
Not much sickness in the city.
New ator** opening In our city.
The “Southern Beauty” lives in
Athens.
There Is not a good drive in or around
our city.
At the cock light in Augusta Ath
ena came out victorious.
Some of the finest cowa in Georgia
are seen in our city.
Dlptherla is reported in sections ad*
jacent to our city.
A colored town is going up nearthe
Northeastern depot. -
The old Franklin House is to be
painted and penciled off.
Fish are Tunning, and boys capture
long strings of minnows.
In case of fire the Athens Factory
can be flooded iu an instant.
Baldwin & Burnett carries a stock
of over $30,000 In boots and shoes.
One lady-in Athens keeps SO cats
around her, of every color.
Several families of negroes In our
city are on the verge of starvation.
Those spoilt oysters sold In Athens
made a number ot our citizens sick.
E. C. Cong & Co. retailed 1,500 pa
lters garden seed otae day last week.
An old triangular wood bouse stood
at the present site of Deupree Hall.
Hon. H. H. Carlton expects to build
three handsome stores on his lot.
Mr. Hope Hull wants to buy a site
near the roundy for a warehouse.
Wc learn that a second-hand cloth
ing store will be opened in this city.
A steam grist mill is soon to be
started near the Northeastern depot.
Our Baptist brethren have abandon
ed the idea of building a hew church.
The R. A’s refused to admit a mem
ber, on account of ills age, after initia
tion.
Mr. R. L. Bloomfield intends to
build a warehouse up town for the fac
tory.
Our agent, Mr. IClnnebrew, Is gath
ering In subseribers at Monroe ttiis
week.
The first night the Oliver Doud By
ron troupe took in $350, and the sec
ond $250.
The smal 1-pox scare has entirel.v
nbated, and your vaccination won’t
couut.
Athens is the best and cheapest
market in Georgia for country pro
duce.
Mr. Ferdinand Phinizy has a field
of wheat knee high. He is a fine farm
er. -
We are indebted to E. C. Long A
Co. for a supply of their fine garden
seed.
There is an old small-pox burying-
ground over the river, containing ma-
ny graves.
We learn that larger and better iron
will soon bo placed on the Northeast
ern.
A machine fot drying sand for loco
motives has been put up at the North
eastern depot.
Capt. Williford says there is a great
demand for building lots nearthe bus
iness part of town.
It Is a matter of indifference to our
city whether the two depots unite or
not.
A cotton warehouse at the North
eastern depot would prove a paying
investment.
DFATH.
A woman died before Christmas at
the High Shoals Factory, and her
daughter who works at the Athena coal from Mr. Joe CaHton—and
Factory ’did not know anything of withstanding the fact that we
her mother’s death up” to a few days'" ““ - - -
ago, ' : * ' C' f . /'• ■“
A LOSS. J ^ . S
Waters A Merck had the misfortune
to have their fine horse lie down and
die on last Sunday. It was a fine an
imal and would have brought $250
any day, and is quite a loss to these
gentlemen.
REAL ESTATE BALES.
Last week Capt. J. S. Williford sold
two bouses and lots in the city, the
property of Miss Colt—the old home
stead up town to Mr. Arthur Griffith
for $1,400, and a cottage near the cam
pus to Mr. Petat for $<500.
SHOP LIFTING.
There is a great deal of petty thiev
ing going on in our city.. On Monday
last Mr. Charlie Harris, at Bloomfield
A Hanford’s, missed a gun from one of
the windows, and it was afterwards
found safely hid away in a wagon.
THE DEATH ROLL.
Mrs. Jack Jackson, of our city, died
on Monday night last. Hhe was a la
dy beloved by all who knew her.
We sympathize with Mr. and Mrs.
Rolla Wilkerson in the loss’ - of their
little child.
BUTINO 8TOCX8.
Messrs. Charles Stern, M.G. Cohen,
Moses Myers and other leading mer
chants of our city, are now in market
buying their spring stocks. They are
all experienced buyers, and will
doubtless bring oat many beautiful
goods.
REDUCED FREIGHT RATES.
The Louisville A Nashville, through
the Georgia Railroad, will greRtly re
duce the rates on Western freights to
Athens. It seems that the Cincinnati
Southern has been cutting, and has
got tlie rival line on her metal. Let
’em cut!
Sioman part* hit hair ever/ moraine with a
*<|uare anu compas, ana comb* it with aamooth-
imr i.Lino, He then *eu Mill all day without
winking. Bloman 1* an mtheta.
Sunday last Ml** Sarah Baugh, of thli city and
. rndley, of Madison county, were married
•t the bride - * house, the Rev. Mr. Mjrick offlcla-
tlllK.
The ljon. Wm. E. Cameron, the readiniter
candidate, who lately took hi* neat a* Governor
ofMreinl. i.a relative of our townsman,. Mr.
w . U W 00(1.
Mi** Marie Bnw*n. the unrivalled Elocution*
l*t. gave one of her popular entertainments at
Deupree llall la*t evanfn*. 8ho has carried the
noart* of our citizens by atorm.
Myor Stern was the recipient of a comic ral-
rinmo and almost life site. The valentine bore
him a *triki»c resemblance with the exception
of the noxe-pla**. ears and umbrella.
When Varonee pets to the had world he won’t
he there three days before he’ll take out a pat-
elit for an Improved bellows or pitch-fork. He
will be a very useful citizen down there.
If John Billups don't atay in Athens more
vre u have to board him at the calaboose, under
bn k and key. We are afraid that John is run-
nintf a moonshine distillery somewhere.
We’ll bet if some fellow would seal up Ed
rotter In an envelope and send him to Mendel
Morris n* a valentine, yon couldn't tell which
from t other. They arc strikingly alike.
Our young friends Wynton and Hope Hull
•re studying German under the old janitor at
t he opera House. The old man emphasised Ilia
first lesson with the hard half of a brickbat.
The meaning of •• I. G..’’ the name of a social
club in our city, i* veiled in mystery. 8y\va-
mis Morris say* those’cahallitic letters stand for
I in tiUt-edgod-~and don’t you forget It!” w
*M. !r n. r ’ . John * r > n - our popular young minis-
,f . r ’ , n< " spend next summer at White Sub
m u *ual H® MTS the guests up
there talk too much German with their feet.
We have but little hope for the salvation of
»°nie minister convince! him
Sl # * fin® drove of Kentucky
mule* for sale Just within the pearly gates,
,v,V *nd thoughtful friend who sent
*Mhu valentine will call
•t tht* Office we will present him onr latest revb
tlonTisked , motlonal r r °f*nlty-*nd no quef .
• It ® V ®J gets to heaven the
nrn thing: hr ll lnok for will be a covey of part-
iehwifh then hl,nt a P ■°tne an-
kd with the toothache, so as to make a dollar
to buy nomc powder »nd that.
Col* Joe »nd Peter Baughn. John Jarrell. Jno.
I olqula and Amaaon. of Oglethorpe, Arrived in
hke° W|M«~ * n,, th * report spread
like wildfire that Jim Smith was moving hi*
convict camp.
Toomer can take t pocketful of raity nail*, a
lr > cood« box. *ix thlngl**. a•cantllng8 foot
l‘>.iij and 3S cents In cash and erect a real neat
-•otn.thing that will rant for
nell, say IKS a month.
Chapman, foreman of the Banner, ought to
lTl.\ Pa w. r W nf h ! °" . the back his shirt
ar ®. f* 80 state that he wears a bea-
vt*r on Sunday. It is not one of Camps* patent
churns, as the ignorant suppose. P
***1 xhMt U,B * ®l«Uke fthout
him being the bov who was about to be slaugh-
tfred when an old ram got hung in the bnshea
Hiid saved him. The Bible referred to another
iwe—tlie «on of a neighbor to hi, fAtber.
Iti* a good thing thAt Rcavc, Nleholion &
•> f.1 **tAbll»hed reputAtlon; for when
lliey *Urt king And Burch on the rood the pnb-
nomky think they Are running a ntAnnfAetorr
w here they turn out hnrd look, by the e»r-lo*7
', h *5 wh « Ute Lord created Wink-
ler he iu designed lor a iewkhtrp: but the
»upply of tongue, running *hort onr friend waa
t.ugh, to *ay "1 ah!" and put to mending fln-
k’’ r '• ng* and watchca. Wink - * a good ona* too.
The wooden lni(* in front ot X. C. lying A
" o mg More wa* made he fora the warhv
i ha*. Oliver, and 1* a/or timik of Tom Buello
a ralored bov, who waaln the employof Mr
viewH'Jtc? Wl>0 ,l,r ** nlarl r formeainrament*,
. clCTk Connell *ay> tboman
w ho ■tarted the report that he kMt big hand In
• Meel-trap, aet in a gentleman - * chicken-heme
» riandatat a*d toe truth ain't In him: that
the trap waa let under a hlllof coobm! w.
t heerfuily make the corraetlcm. - 000 *** - "•
We had the great nleaanro thlg week of meet,
lug our eeteemed friend*. Rod. W. If Willi.,
ham and Hamilton MoWhorter. E*i .7two iVofi
Oglethorpe - * moat honored aosa/ rCe latter
gentleman I* eonMrnctlng a poet)* fiih-nond a
hlVloh
BiWIe generally earrtca around enough flonr
l’* uk Si? n hh • colored camp-mee’
ing Thla peeuUarlty hat been the tie that«...
lion into tolaoouMra.a
!■ I tan exsow of the
imfc«
Council should next summer grade
and McAdamizo good streets to both
depots.
Mr. Solomon will begin business
next month iu the store vacated by
Baldwin A Burnett.
There is not a cleverer man or bet
ter landlord in the State than Capt.
Cllnard.
There is talk ot building another
fine hotel in Athens, in the neighbor
hood of Thomas street .
The Athenians are most regular at
tendants at church—both saints and
sinners.
A man with about $1,000 on his per
son, was big drunk in town the other
day.
Before the war an old man was
found dead upon a grave in the ceme
tery.
It costa about 16 per cent.per annum
to borrow money from those Northern
companies.
Policeman Pierson the other day ar
rested a dancing prisoner; ana It
wasn’t Christmas, either.
Mr. E. E. Jones will open a large
stove and tinware store on Clayton
street, 9oon.
Several of our business men have
signed a $100 bond not to drink any
more intoxicants thiB year.
Baldwin A Burnett, P. Benson and
R. G. Gray have lately put up hand
some new signs.
Adam Forepaugh, the circns man,
is running the Humpty-Dumpty com
pany to visit Athens to-night.
Our Council should beautify the
grounds around the mineral spring be
fore summer.
Sheriff Weir bas joined the /Esth
etic Club, and lias been elected Vice-
President.
Our citizens are organizing against
that wholesale suffrage-bartering and
intend tb put it down before next fail.
The mud in our streets is very offen
sive after each raiq, and we fear will
breed sickness.
AN IMPROVEMENT.
That prince of good fellows, Copt.
A. D. Ciinard, who, is ever striving to
make those around him happy and
comfortable, lias put down a plank
walk the whole width of the sidewalk
in front of his house. Three cheers
and a tiger for Capt. Ciinard!
NSW ROAD.
A new road is to be opened in this
county, beginning above Sandy Creek
bridge and leading down the. banks of
the Oconee. ■ Now let it lie continued
to where Moore’s branch empties into
the river, a bridge thrown across the
Oconee, and enter the city through
College avenue. This will abolisli
those steep hills, and give a splendid
road from tho up-country to Athens.
READING ROOM.
The Messrs. Lowe A Co. have com
pleted a handsome reading room, in
connection with their bar, which tliey
will equip with new and first-class
billiard, pool and card tables, and oth
er games for the entertainment of their
patrons. It will be strictly a first-
class establishment, and no drunken
or disorderly characters allowed in it.
Mr. John Cohen was in Cincinnati
buying the equipments. Lowe A Co.
is a iiva, progressive firm, and what
ever they undertake is well done.
OUR FIRST MARKET.
About foyty years ago the only mar
ket-house Athens had was a small
shanty built on four chestnut posts
and located near the town spring. The
market was presided over by an old
colored man named George Shavers.
On Saturday evenings, when the mar
ket closed, George would mount the
old bench which belonged to the mar
ket and say: “Oyes, O yes! dis market
am now closed till next week, when it
will be opened fur de citizens of Ath
ens. God save de State and de cotton
crop."
ANTHRACITE COAL.
Before col cl weather well set In
we bought a half ton of anthracite
'. not-
have
been firing it up all the winter about
999$g pounds still remain. When we
livad down in Oglethorpe we could
ease our rising bile by abtulng green
pine wood; but -since onr adventure
with that coal we have discovered
that we owe our old enemy a contrite
apology—for when they throw a
big fat sinner into hades you could
start a temporary fire with that .tim
ber, but a» to anthracite coal, we
don't believe you could consume a
two pound chunk of it in five years if
you hod all the heat of torment con
densed through an Inch tube, encour
aged with a blast furnace as big as the
planet Mars. Under one little grate of
anthracite coal, put on the 9th day of
last October, we have already con
sumed $235 worth of kindlings, 75
loads of dry oak, 16 tons of old news
papers, 34 barrels of kerosene oil, 11
tons of soft coal, and enough profani
ty <° equip old Felton’s new party.
But it has proved a regular widow’s
cruse of oil. It hasn’t lost exceeding
one pennyweight since the day it was
first started. We can take a hogshead
or Oconee river water and with a sul
phur match in ten minntes start a
better fire than even such an experi
enced combustionist as his Santanic
Majesty could extract from a ton of an
thracite coal in 10,000 centuries. The
man who first discovered and intro
duced tliis humbug ought to be set
adrift on an iceberg and sent In quest
of the North Pole. It is onlya wonder
to us that some shrewd Yankee hasn’t
taken out a patent on anthracite coal
as a refrigerator. The Camp brothers
could make a fortune selling county
rights for that purpose. Veronee told
us the other day that he was thinking
of building a fire-proof house out of a
ton he bought about 15 years ago, and
lease out space in it on Judgment
Day to sinners. They say everything
was made for some purpose, but we
will give a chromo and a jewsliarp to
any man that will satisfactorily ex
plain to us tike use of anthracite coal.
You can burn Stone Mountain into a
heap of ashes while- you are getting
away witli a chunkof that non-com
bustible as big as a guinea egg. Some
times you can get it red hot, but even
when in that stage it don’t throw out
as much heat as an old bachelor’s feet.
But it is very sensitive, and if you
look cross ut the fire, or poke it with
tlie soft end of a broom-straw, out it
goes like a fruit-tree agent before the
toe of an indignant former. We have
bought our last chunk of anthracite
coal. Some time in the dim and freez
ing future we may be beguiled Into
investing in a lot of scrap iron, or a
few brick-bats, or gather up a grate of
Athenian mud for fuel, but we won’t
take any more anthracite coal in our’n.
In fact we believe the chap who dis
covered this eursenamed it cold from
its fire-defying propertles,butsomeig-
noramous mispelt the word coal and
thus victimized a confiding world.
We do not know how many tons of
this coal Mr. Carlton sold in our city
this year; but we will guarantee to
tqke a hamper basket full and fire up
New YorkJ city until Col. Gabriel
gives the last toot on his big dinner
horn.
M». Gleason, the Insane man fcrhb !
was a few weeks ago lodged infill
here, died one day last week, and was
buried in the Potter’s Field. Under
bad health.both ills mind and powers
gave way. ■—*■ v -> ’ ’ - ‘
■ URFUTT P. K. ,. L__. ^ v .
We leam that Mr. S. J. Mays has
been aflpolntod Deputy Postmaster of
Athens. Mr, M. will make an efficient
officer, and his appointment gives en
tire satisfaction to our people—if it
does to him.
WASHING MACHINE.
Wo last week witnessed a practical
test of Mr. C. B.. Yetouee’s washing
machine, and certainly pronounce it
a grand success. It will thoroughly
cleanse the worst', soiled clothes In
thirty minutes.
8
DIED IN JAIL.
CEMETERY CORRECTIONS.
JjWkErtday Mr. Chappie, superin
tendent of the Oconee cemetery, made
tb us the following corrections in our
late reportof the spot: It is not owned
W|, cm.
▲ HEARTY BREAKFAST.
Wo learn that Mr. John William
son, the clever clerk at Threlkeld A
Jester's, one morning last tfe^k/ ate
30 fried eggs for his breakfast, besides
other contiitpents’. And he got up that
morning feeling sorter baii tod. ' . \
l -X ■ £ Lj— J J
/ ojURunm^. 8 ( ^
vN'otwitlistandingj^$ha / inclement
weather a grest' of workhif been don e
toward gardening-in the city. Mr.
Ware last week hartdbdys some Irish
potatoes a* large as birds’-eggs, that
were planted |n November. He will
be sating them sngo^ T^e vines grew
finely all through the winter.
OPR TOLICK ^ ’ a
There site not a more efficient or
gentlemanly set ofioffleers in Georgia
than the police force of Athena. They
are all sober, courteous, clever men,
who do their whole duty faithfully
and fearlessly. If our citizens are not
proud of their police force they ought
to be. This is no idle praise, but sim
ply justice.
NEW MACHINERY.
Tlie Athens Manufacturing Compa
ny on lost Saturday received four new
carders,which will add no little to the
capacity of this already immense en
terprise. Mr. Bloomfield, the worthy
Superintendent, is never behind in
anything that will add to the success
of his factory.
TAKES THE CAKB.
We have seen handsome and tasti
ly-arranged show-windows, but have
never yet seen one that oould. com
pare with Hampton A Co’s, which
was arranged under the testhetic hand
of Mr. T. C. Hampton. None but
matrimonially inclined young man
could have displayed such taste. It
certainly takes the cake.
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.
At an auction iu this city an old
clock was sold, the property of the
late P. W. Hutchins, that had been
silent for years; but as soon as the
customer began to cry it off, and be
fore it was touched, the time-piece
entered a protest to the sale by strik
lug vigorously until the sale was
made, when it instantly relapsed into
sileuce.
board of trustees. The Income from
the ceifietery ls but about $100 a year,
which;!*, of course, Inadequate to keep
It up'SB |t should be. Lots are sold
from $5 to $150, owtngto the condition
of the purchaser, and from $1 to $5
charged for digging a grave; likewise
graded. Any one can use the public
section free of charge. There never
was any headboards placed over the
soldiers’ graves. The colored people
do not bur/ in’ the cemetery now,'
having three graveyard* of their own
near the city. Although their old
ground sometimes overflows, no bod
ies were ever washed up. The vault
left open was the private property of
Mr. C., and was done so that it might
dry. The Tayjor monument cost only
$6,500, but could now be duplicated
for much less. The coffin mentioned
is two feet under the ground, and the
bricks pressed in were at once replac
ed. "Mr. C. says he has broached the
question of the city improving the
cemetery, but some of our people ob
ject to it, as they think the unadorned
beauties of nature more appropriate.
Sh
owing to the weather no work has
been done in Athens for months, and
our mechanics are out of money.
Every neighborhood in Georgia can
raise a club of 20 and get the WatcH'
man for $1.
The Watchman office is turning
out some of the handsomest book
work ever done in the South.
A negro woman in this city looks
like an Albino, although both her pa
rents were said to be jet black.
If you have property to sell or rent
you cannot place it in better hands
than Capt. J. S. Williford.
Since the location of the Georgia
depot property is increasing rapidly
in value around the Foundry.
The Watciiman office is indebted
to Mrs. Frank Streckfuss for some
lovely japonlcas, of various hues.
If tboee rook cuts on the Northeast
ern could but speak they would tell of
shocking cruelty to convicts.
The Athens Foundry has lately
turned out some mammoth wheels
and other pieces of machinery.
Tho colored people in Athens are
rapidly acquiring name* of their own.
When a man becomes a land-owner
he gets to be a better citizen.
Hope Hull says he knows a music
teacher in Macon who can tell what
sort of voice a person bas by looking
down his or her throat.
Never again will os much guano be
used in the State as once was. There
is not half as much being, eeld this
season. -1 '
Mr. Hope Hull took a morning’s
hunt of 18 miles lately. It don’t take
more than three strides of Hope's legs
to get over a mile.
Hie Christian Telescope will be
moved from Watklnaville to Athens,
and hereafter published from the
Watchman Job Office.
Floyd Kenney, colored, wlio lives
in Oconee county, had his barn de
stroyed by fire on Monday night last,
with the following property: 2 mules,
3 cows, 2 calves, 2 yearlings, 400 bush
els cotton seed, 1 wagon, 1 buggy and
a quantity of forage. Loss about $1,-
300. The fire is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary, who stole a
medium bay horse, 5 years old, black
mane and tail, broad across the nose,
small eyes and large eye brows.
RUSSIAN JEWS.
There are now in Athens, living
over the Btore of Mr. J. Flateau, a fam
ily of Jews driven from Russia by per
secution. They do not understand our
language, have no trade, and are sup
ported by their people in Athens.
There is not a more charitable race on
earth than the Jews, and their purse
is ever open to all in distress. There
are others of these emigrants in our
midst, but having trades are not only
making a good support but some mon.
ey. One of them receives $20 a week
as tailor.
SMS
Many formers are buying their sup
plies on time in Athens this year: and
good men are charged but a small ad
vance on cash prices. . , t
Hon. James Mt. Smith says it is (he
easiest matter in the world for a forpj-
•r to raise wheat enough to do him.
with hut little labor. 8 ’
We, are .always delighted to have
calls from the ladles, and wilt take
la**! tut
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A FAIR DIVT8ION.
FUN FOB ATHENIANS.
Mf. Geo. H. Adams with his “Own
THE “ NEW” MOVEMENT EXPLAINED.
You .ask BHi.. JBy.K>n t Joexplaln
what this new coalition movement
means. Well, it Is simply amlioegt*
natlng marriage between the Radical
It wssa regular dog eat dog
*nd before the couple had been
In wedlock two hours they
to a mulatto Infant, and
n was christened the “New
ent,” General Longstreet stan
ding godfather on the momemtoua
occasion. Some people contend that
the new-born had long ears and a
forked tall and cried in the voice of ^
mole’s - father. But it matters not.
I know that some sort of a thing was
bom of (he union, and ex-Parson Fel
ton swears upon all things holy that
it is tin political Messla of Georgia
and to-destined to lead our benighted
people but of the wilderness of Bour
bon Democracy and land them high
and dry in the Radical paradise. He
is now engaged in exhibiting the mon
strosity over the State, as a sort of
side-show to the Independent circus,
and lately.gave his first exhibition in
Augusts, Judge Hooke-and-a-Crooke
acting as lecturer. You see the Judge
himself has a hankering after that
Gubernatorial ham-bone. There was
a big crowd of political naturalists out
to see it, of all shades, colors and
oders, but somehow the show wan’t a
..«/ „ ~ success. As a natural consequence
New Hurapty Dumpty Troupe" will the Chri.tton'Igr*ces of Dr. Felton
CODING.
Our readers should not foil to see
the great comedian George Adams
to-night. He stands at the head of
his profession, and his company trav
els in their own cars. Over $30,000
has been spent on this company, and
everything to new and sparkling. Mr.
Adams has always beeD a true friend
to Athens, and does, a groat deal to
ward bringing first-class companies
to our city. Remember that his is
pronounced one of the best shows on
the American continent.
KIND WORDS.
The ntau who gets ahead of Larry
Gautt in a newspaper discussion will
die of over exertion. There to npt a
weekly in the State that can compare
with his paper, and precious few dal
lies. It fairly bristles like a fretful
porcupine with wit, repartee and sar
casm. Gantt is a newspaper prodigy,
and when he gets after a Northern
Southron—the Lawshe mercy!—Hart
nell Sun.
Mr. Gantt, of the Athens Watch
man, is somewhat different in his po
litical views to ours, but we do not
dislike bim for that. This is a free
country, and every man has a right
to bis own views. But we will say
this for Mr. Gantt—he is making the
best paper out of the Watchman in
Northeast Georgia.—Franklin County
Register.
EBENEZER ASSOCIATION.
We are indebted to our popular col
ored barber, Eugene Brydie, Clerk,
for a copy of the minutes of the above
Association, that was held in Macon,
Ga. It is a handsomely gotten up
pamphlet, printed by the Georgia Bap
tist Printing Company, of Augusta,
Ga., a colored concern. There are 67
ohurches in this Association, with a
membership of'12,044. In Clarke
county Hill’s lstchurchhas 405 mem
bers; Mt. Olive, 23; 8t. James, 48; Mt.
Pleasant, 34; Shilob, 23; Sinai, 50.
There were 557 baptized last year, and
the total collections $21,700. There are
also3,179 Sunday-school scholars. The
minutes show a most prosperous con
dition, which we are happy to note.
A GOOD ONE.
Several years ago a gentleman own
ing some land five miles up the Oco
nee river sued the Athens Factory for
damages from its dam. In his charge
to the jury Judge Rice remarked:
cannot see what there is in this case
unless theprosecutor needs some mon
ey and thinks the Athens Factory is
the best place to get it.” It reminds
us of the Cincinnati woman Who sued
a bar-keeper for $5,000 damages for
sending her husband to luu}es. The
Judge decided that she must bring
her cose in the court below, as his ju
risdiction didn’t reach down that'for.
Bob Gray and Coleman were in
Jefferson last week auctioning off
goods. As usual, Coleman did all the
work and Bob the talking. That night
our young friend retired early,stating
that he was completely tired out. “It
’pears,” remarked a rustic sitting
near, “that your partner there does
the work and yotrtlie getting tired—a
pretty falKtrade, I should sayi’M
i A PRODIGY. .
Last week a man came into our city,
on the Georgia road, who had lost
both his hands, but by seizing the pen
between the stumps of his arms could
write a beautiful hand. Mr. George
Young, of Oglethorpe county, lost an
arm in the war, but lie has made a
nice property working on the farm
There is not a bettor plow or hoe band
in Georgia than .he. Such energy de
serves encouragement.
CANINE SAGACITY.
“Rags," a dog belonging to Mr.
Hope Hull, knows as well when Sun
day comes as the best preacher. Hope
boards his dog at a butcher’s shop and
each day during the week he goes
there for bis meals at regular hours,
but on Sunday, when the shop is clos
ed, this animal never leaves the yard
at home. Hope thinks of running
“Rags” as a candidate for Congress on
the Independent-Radical platform..
appear in the Opera House to
night (the 23rd.) The simple an
nouncement carries with it the fact
that there is fun, and lots of it, ahead
far 6ur people, and
•Thoae will l^fh wtio never laughed before j
And thuac Vho alwaya laughed wtufosg* the
■tore.”/" . tofr
Mr. Ajtoms will appeor.'as clown,
and the Springfied Journal says “he
can jump higher, light lower, and in
dulge in more India rubber tricks
than a whole circus, while he holds
the audience as with a vice in atten
tion to his side-splitting feats and
frolics.”; , • * .
The Boston Herald says “Geo. H.
Adams, the “Humpty Dumpty,” cer
tainly has no living equal, muoh less
attempted rival:”
Read the advertisement and Secure
your seats, nowon sale at Mandevllle’s
jewelry store. 7^’.,
OUR KASONXO LODGE.
On Friday night last we attended a
regular meeting of Mount Vernon
Ix>dge in this city, when Messrs. Solo
mon and Joel received tlie second
degree.. They will take the Master’s
degree at next regular meeting, when
there wiH doubtless be not only a frill
attendance of the lodge, but visiting
brethren are expected from Oglethorpe,
and adjacent counties. The Order In
this city is most prosperous and flour
ishing, new members being each
month received from among the best
class of our citizens. There Is a beau
tiful lodge room, handsomely furnish
ed and kept in the best manner. It Ib
certainly an honor and a pleasure to
convene with such g< ntlemen as com
pose our Masonic lodge. They reflect
honor upon the noble Order to which
they belong. Let our brethren devote
one evening each month to coming
together, and thus give our lodge an
impetus that will rank it second to
none in the South. There should not
be a member absent, as the instruc
tion and pleasure of our meetings
richly repays for the few hours thus
spent.
The components of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup are
daily prescribed bv il»e ablest physician*, who*©
taccess is due to tue specific influence of these
components. Dr. Dim's Cough Syrup skillfully
wired foe lssmediste .usc, U xpr sale by at
r-
Mr. A. P. Deadwyler, of ElberT
county, last week purchased of Mr. J.
E. Talmadge a pair of Berkshire pigs
at twenty dollars. Mr. D. is tired of
Georgia razor-backs and proposes to
raise nothing but the finest breeds of
stock in the future. Mr. Talmadge is
getting famous as a breeder of fine
hogs and cattle and has recently erect
ed an immense barn in which to win
ter his stock.
, SELF-POSSBBSION.
There never lived a more clear
headed, self-possessed man than Mr.
R. L. Bloomfield, agent of the Athens
Factory. Mr. E. C. Long tells us that
some months since he was in the fac
tory office collecting a bill, when the
alarm bell was sounded. He thought
perhaps it was for. dinner, as Mr. B.
continued to write a check,and didn’t
seem to notice the interruption. When
through he put away his papers and
coolly remarked, “I had bettor go now
and see about the fire!" “What fire?”
asked Ed. excited all over in an in
stant. “I do not know,” was Mr. B’s
reply, “but I suppose the lint-room
has caught. But do not raise any dis
turbance,. for if we can’t extinguish
tlie flames there is no need of calling
out tho engines.” And sureenough a
fire bad started, but it was extinguish
ed without much damage. We heard
one gentlemen say you might fire oft
a battery of artillery in two feet of Mr.
B., and he didn’t believe he would
look around until he got ready. And
it is this cool-headed, smooth, calcu
lating manner in the agent that has
made the Athens Factory such
grand success, and at the same time
has done so much to Improve the con
dition of the employees. There Is not
9BOSS RAILROADS.
Within the past few days we have
discovered a strong current of deter
mination in our city to build a rail
road to Jug Tavern, and we feel no
doubt but work will begin thereon
next summer. We said all the time
that Athens wasn’t asleep. That rail
road to n quietly settled foot, and don’t
you forget it. Of course thit will in
jure the prospects of the Jefferson
mod, our people feeling untrilling to
invest in a road that runs paralleled
to a line already built. Wearefavor-
able to both routes, but wil l be glad
to get either.
A FAST HORSE.
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Mr. W. 8. Holman has purchased,
from parties in Louisville, Ky., a fine
sorrel trotting borse for our friend
John White. The horse is a ftrur year
old, 'sited by Byron whose record is
2:25, opt of dam of Gen’l Garfield and
Lady Garfield with records of 2:21 and
2:24. Hlto is a promising young horse
with a good record himself and we
predict fast time for him in the near
future. 'We are glad always to note
(he purchase of fine stock for our sec
tion and wish Mr. White muoh luck
for Kentucky Byron
The animal arrived yesterday and
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A FINE YIELD.
Mr. Robert Chappie, who runs a
form on the sutakirts of Athens, is
not only one of our best citizens' but
most progressive planters. On four
acres in potatoes he made 1,000 bush
els; and from one and three-quarters
acres planted in ground-peas he gath
ered 125 bushels, that he sold at $2.50
per bushel, besides fattening thirty
bogs from the crop.
1 STARVATION.
In a recent private letter from Se-
veir county, Arkansas, the writer
says the State foin an alarming con
dition, provisions high and scarce, and
negroes threatening to break open
smoke houses and cribs if their wants
are not supplied. He also asked the
loan of enough money to pay his taf j
as it was'imposaible to raise the mon
ey there. '4
The Opera House band, composed of
the two Messrs. Michael and W. H.
Jones, furnishes delightful music at
the entertainments in this city..
The Pioneer band-is making rapid,
progress, and was this week employed
to play at the celebration of the Uni
versity Societies. i
Our various musical clubs and socie
ties are progressing finely, and we
learn that several public entertain
ments are in prospectus by them.
s. o. DOBBS.
Oftr readers will notice the adver
tisement of “Dobb’s Chemicals for
Composting” and “Dobb’s Ammonia-
ted Cotton Fertilizer,” in an another
column. These fertilizers stand sec
ond to none in the market, and have
given entire satisfaction wherever
used. The people ot Oglethorpe have
used both and they pronounce them
all right ahd none better. Mr. Dobbs is
offering it much cheaper than last
year, and is prepared to deliver in
any quantity desired. Planters, look
to yonr interest,- and do not buy be
fore you see Mr. Dobbs'.
another such man in the world.
Hundreds of buzzards rooo$ every
night in the trees on the river bank
in the Oconee Cemetery. They Ore
never molested, and by sundown they
have for long years repaired there
miles distant. These bird*
1 splrituoitoto. .
Co. sre wholesale and retail
liquor dealers, and they con and will du
plicate spy bill sold iu Georgia PHb
and examine their goods before boyipg,
! Hot and mixddririnks a spntlalfr. at-
LtfweaCo’*. ThebmlUqhorlttop}.
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Last week a wagon loaded with on
ions, grown in Clay county, N. C.,
invaded the city and they were readi
ly bartered at $2.50 per bushel. In On
interview .with our reporter the driver
said he cultivated these vegetables by
irrigation apd made from 400 to 600
bushels per acre. - He plants the old
i. N. MONTGOMERY.
We neglected last week to call the
attention of our readers to the adver
tisement of this well known gentle
man, and we deem it not necessary to
give a very extended notice as Mr.
Montgomery is too well acquainted
with the people of this and adjacent
counties to need any introduction at
our hands. We will only say in re
gard to Mr. Montgomery himself, that
no man enjoys a better reputation as
an honorable, high-toned gentleman;
a man who would shrink to do an act
that had the least tinge of dishonesty
and deception connected with it. No
man he has ever had dealings with
ean say ought against him, and before
he would knowingly misrepresent an
article he has for sale, he would box
it up and return it to the manufactur
ers or make you a present cf it. He
has been in the mercantile business
comparatively a short'time, but byhis
straight-forward and fair way of deal
ing has made many friends and estab
lished a fine business. His present
stock of machinery and farm imple
ments to complete in every particular,
and they were bought from the best
and most reliable manufactures, and
will be sold at a Hying profit. His
list of machinery, wagons, etc., is too
large for us to go into details, and fro
will only say, read his advertisement,
go and see him, and he will sell you
what You want if any body can.
gave way and be took spite by abusing
Mr. Hill, swearing that Benjamin
was the natural father of the child.
But my boy, Mr. Hill was as inno
cent of that baby as you or I. Those
yrljo saw it said the thing was a cross
between a convict camp and a hungry
Office-seeker. Our Ben has enough
sins of bis own to bear, without swear
ing that. “ New Movement” baby to
him.
And you want to know, my son,
what made Dr. Felton go Into that
Radical coalition ? Well, you see the
parsou was once a very big Injun up
in North Georgia, and before the peo
ple got quite civilized they sentenced
bim to Congress. But after whilo
Mr. Grady got to writing long
letters in the Constitution about the
great things the Clement Attachment
would do for Georgia, and so Parson
Felton’s constituents decided that
they had a sort of Clement attachment
themselves that had as' well be utili
zed. So they hitched the new ma
chine to Dr. Felton’s coat-tail and it
kicked-the old man dear out of Con
gress. That's the only Clement At
tachment, sonny, that I ever heard of
doing any good work. The Parson
took his trouble mighty much to heart
and did some bard wrestling with sa-
tan before the old boy got tho better
of bim. The Doctor hod an idea that
he. was tlie Alec Stephens of the
mountains and wanted to die in Con
gressional harness—and right on that
rock him and a big majority of the
voters split. When the old man dis
covered that he had been ousted, you
just bet he bellowed and roared aud
pawed up the ground. The Parson
swore that he was going to make that
Radical Congress saw off the seventh
district from the universe and sink it
into hades; but on second thought he
remembered that this plan would on
ly rid bim for a few years of these
Bourbon Democrats, as he was in dan
ger of going that road himself. So be
reconsidered and concluded to blow
bis enemies upward. The Doctor then
began to set on a nest of Radical eggs
and would. cluck whenever be met a
moss-back Bourbon. President Ar
thur feathered his nest with promises,
and in due time those eggs hatched
out'that New Movement.
You ask me, sonny, if the Doctor
will succeed? Yes, my boys, beyond
doubt. He will succeed in being the
worst beat man that ever popped up
his head in Georgia. He thinks by
uniting the Independents, Radicals,
niggers, penitentiary and office-seek
ers that he can squeeze into power
again. But the old Parson is going to
be a heart-broken man next (Oil. The
Independents ain’t going to be caught
in any such company; the darkeys
will split on bim; Mr. Nelms tells me
there won’t be near enough convicts
whose time expire this year to elect
the old second-hand philanthropist;
and fourthly, the Legislature won’t
meet in time to repeal the poll-tax
unless the Doctor calls an extra ses
sion—and then I doubt if the mem
bers would pay any attention to him.
My son, did you ask me if Dr. Fel
ton is a meaner man than Mahone?
No, my boy—there never lived
meaner man than Billy Mahone. The
Parson may bo a meaner
than the devil, but he to a high-toned
gentleman beside that Virginia rene
gade. But you must make some ex
cuse. He is an old citizen and has
entered upon his second childhood.
You see be imagines himself a school
boy again, with one suspender ana a
dirty face and wants to lead a child
ren’s crusade. But I am quits sure
that no child will follow this aged po
litical infant unless it be some Zulu
ish pickaninny.
Now say your prayers, sonny, and
go to bed; and don’t forget to ask the
Good Lord to protect you from old
satan and Parson Felton’s New Move
ment. They are both working in the
Interest of the bad world.
Our faculties for doing Job Work are
superior to any bouse in the city and
equal to any in the State. Prices to
suit tho times.
If you want pure country corn whis
ky call on Cartthere, Betts & Smith,
near the Ciinard House.
All the property in Athens is own
ed by her citizens, and is free from
mortgages or incumbrances. No peo
ple are in a healthier financial condi
tion.
Wholesale liquor dealers would do
well to call on Carithers, Betts &
Smith before buying. We will save
them money.
Carithers, Betts & Smith have sev
eral customers in Arkansas for their
fine brands of liquors. < ’’
If you want the best cigars sold in
Athens, call at the counter of Lowe &
Co.
Cotton boomed up a little this week.
Read the advertisement of sale of
unclaimed freight.
Lowe A Co. keep only one class o{ li
quors at their bar—first-class—aud It is
sold to all customers.
Agent* cun now grasp *■ fortune. Outfit worth
2 0 aent free. For full particular* address E. O.
Idcout & Co.. 10 Barclay Sl. N. Y.
A man who takes one drink at Lowe &
Co's bar will patronize no other. A
trial is alLw*,ask. ■ •*
The mud is rapidly dryiug off.
Lowe & Co. keep only, tho best li
quors at their bar, and as a consequence
they receive tlle best class of patronage
—one of whom you atv. which.
Wine for communion and other put-
poses sold by Carithers, Betts&Smith,
above Ciinard House.
Humpty-Dumpty will have a good
house to-night.
The cheapest stock of liquors in Ath
ens, of all kinds, by the quart, gallon
or barrel, can be had of Carithers
Betts* Smith,on Clayton street.
Ii you wnnt a drink of genuine 4-year
old coni whiskey, as pure ns the falling
snow, call at I A) we * (Vs liar.
A great deal of sickness among the
colored j>eople.
Lowe & Co. keep an orderly, tirst-
elass bar-room, where gentlemen can go
without fear of insult or interruption,
and get the best liquors.
If you wish your work done in a
neat and workmanlike manner, send
it to the Watchman Job Office.
We are as well prepared as any
house in the State to do Job Work,mid
at prices that defy competition.
Loo k out for the parade this even
ing.
Theimbibing public pronounce tlie
old Gum Springs rye whisky, at Lowe <fc
Co's, tlie best that was ever brought to
this city. But their old Family Nectar
is hard to beat.
crop from the ground makes a good
profit and seed, tod, from the top*.
Letourqotten planters only think of of
Egg Eater.
Richmond Elder, (col.) is the great
est egg eater that I ever saw. He
promised tost night (Tuesday) to eat
4 dozen egg* if we would give them to
him. C. L. Bradshaw and myself
went to the store of Col. S. C. Dobbs
and bought four dozen, .'and returned
(o the store of J. J. Head, cooked the
eggs and six more added. He also ate
four biscuits. He says that he can
eat one hundred eggs at one time.
>' • J. M. Head,
Athens, Ga., Feb. 22,1882.
Invaluable In tha Family.
i CBAELUTOM. S. C., Jan. IS. 18SL
H. H. Wakxi*4 Co.: Sirs—Your Safe Kidney
and Liver Care U invaluable In my family and 1
.would not bo without It - -1 : i E. A. Baron.
ONION CULTURE.
I? PENURIOUS.
T£e Oliver Doud Byrpn company
.certainly takes the palm for stlngi-
ness, and ought to have a tin medal.
During Its performances In this city
the press were presented with tickets
for only one night, while to attend
■luouwa , m the other took a dollar of blood money,
button onion's, ahd besides gqtt|Ing. O'/^d this in the face of the fact that
itT. papers were most generous in
of the show: Our friends
press wonld do well to take
making fromTLOOO to $1,250 per acre, warning, and don't be too previous in
and with less *troubie, toS^an ii their laudation, of such a elose-flsted,
takes to groivthe staple! The fault tb
our Southern people is they have too
great a contempt for small things,
wherein lie the biggest profit.
penurious concern. But Justice com
pels us to say it was a good show, and
people.
Pike’s Toothache Profs care in one
. “ ' "•.■ l - - 1
- .-z; .-j-iiit.. . r ..v-.i.Uiuiiy • /a..
JHTA $ 3J J3W2C'3HT,TI1)K
Glenn’s Sclfhue Soap is the most re
table purifier ot (bib skin In the market.
-MiXJJTOt) ,Q UtfAtiJi#
A BAD DISAPPOINTMENT.
Lost Sunday our genial young friend
Royal Stokely, of Augusta, came up
from Crawford to Athens with the
Intention of accompanying a certain
yoqng tody to ohureh. At least that
waa what the note making the engage
ment said. Royal came to town,:but
confidentially imparted to friend
that he would wait until alter' church
opened before making his coll, and
thus turn the service into a pleasant'
evening at the home of tho. young
lady- So posting himself near the
house he patiently waited—only to see
the aforesaid young lady sail by on the
arm of a rival. 8he bad not been posted
R. H. LAMBKIN.
In connection with his first-class
bar Mr. R. H. Lampkln lias opened a
fine restaurant and has also nice beds
for his patrons. This Is tho hestequip-
ped bar in the city, and only tlie pur
est liquors sold. The old Gibson rye
and Maxey’s corn specialties. His
rooms have just been newly furnish
ed, and the public will be well cared
for. Now don’t forget tlie place. The
only ten-pin alley in tho city.
DOMA-RICE OR EGYPTIAN CORN.
A new grain, yielding40 to 80 bush
els per acre and one that proves not to
be affected by dry weather and prom
ises to be of great benefit to this coun
try, is the Doma-Rice or Egyptian
Corn, just introduced by tlie U. S.
Agricultural Department. It makes
sweet but dark flour, and can also
be eaten like rice. It makes excellent
nieal for fattening stock and the stalks
and leaf make good fodder. If cut.
down soon after the corn fills out a
second crop will grow from the same
planting, making a large and nutri
tious fodder crop when sown broad
cast. It is cultivated like sorghum.
This will soon be a very valuable cereal
in the South. Bample package sent
post paid 10c, or 25c pint, 40c quart.
Address The Glader Farms,
2t The Glades, Hall Co., Ga.
WHISKIES
Of the Old Kentucky style are steadi
ly increasing in favor with those peo
ple who seek absolute purity combin
ed with that fruity and mellow flavor
to be found only in tlie genuine pro
duct of “Old Kaintuek.’ •
Harper’s Nelson County Whis
ky is and has been for years before
tlie public and lias as well merited a
reputation in its own State as it pos
sesses abroad.
Sold only by J. H. D. Bkusse,
Aug.30—ly. Athens, Ga.
POOM DR. S. W. HUNTER. BALTIMORE, MARY-
LAND.
* Having b-como familiar with
Colden’s Liebig's Liquid Extract of Beef
and Tonic Iitvigorator, I take pleasure
in recommending it as an excellent prep
aration, combining as itdoes/uod and
Ionic in a remarkable wav, producing
good blood, health and strength.." (Re
member the name, Colden’s—take no
other.) Of druggists.
P. BEN80N.
This is a day ofshoddyism, and in no
trade is it more manifest than buggies
and wagons. Our market is flooded
with worthless Northern wagons,
manufactured from green timber and
hastily and carelessly put together. It
is the poorest kind of economy to buy
these vehicles, yet a large majority of
our people delight to be thus humbug
ged. But there is in Athens a man
who knows not the meaning' of the
word shoddy—our old friend, Mr. P.
Beuson, who for years was foreman at
Hodgson’s shops, and helped to give
vehicles from those works their envi
able reputation. Mr. Benson is now
running on his own hook, and- uses
nothing but the best seasoned timber.
He makes his hubs of the famous
Greenville, 8. C.,white-oak, and draws
upon the best markets for his other
niaterial. He 1b now assisted by his
brother, one of the best workmen in
the South. One of his wagons, or bug
gies, or any other vehicle he makes,
to worth a car-load of that Northern
work. We ask our people to give him
a call when they want a reliable arti
cle. He turns out beautiful work, and
it will last, too. His prices ore very
low.
frilly fulfilled the expectations'of odr about Royal’s programme, and so de*
olded that be could not come. Some
of the boys say Royal footed it back
that night through the
One Eagle Job Pointing Press, 9x12,
in good oondition, will be sold cheap.
Apply at This Office.
A fine stock of of groceries, provis
ions, and general merchandise at Ca
rithers, Betts * Smith, and our prices
sre rock-bottom, too.
FOR BALE.
One Standing Press, large size, in
good condition, will be Bold cheap.
Apply at This Office.
Send your Job Work to this office
bttr prices ttife as lrfw no the lowest,
«ufl Wegifal^intiJe sattsfabilon.