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ed on Monday, January 27th, 1873.
Spring term, six months. Tuition, $2.50,
$3.50, and $5 per month, according to class—
payable half in advance.
Mrs. Hester will continue in charge of the
Musical Department.
Board in the best families can be obtained at
from $lO to sls per month.
For further information address the Principal,
H. P. SIMS.
THE GAZETTE.
3jt gnurnat of vmto, fmlejiftidcut §n §Ut 3Tftings-f rrctrd to the guteeesto of the (Eommunitjj.
New Series.
THE ORIGIN OF SCANDAL.
Said Mrs. A.
To Mrs. J.,
In quite a confidedtial way:
“It seems to me
That Mrs. B.
Takes too much—something—in her tea ”
And Mrs. J.
To Mis. K.
That night was overheard to say—
She grived to touch
Upon it much,
But Mrs. B. took such and sneh.
Then Mrs. K.
Went straight away
And told a friend, the self-same day,
“’Twas sad to think”—
Here came a wink—
“T'Ss.t Mrs. B. was fond of drink.”
The friend’s disgust
Was such, she must
Inform a Indy, “which shs missed,’'
“That Mrs. B.
At half-past three
Was that far gone she couldn’t see I”
This lady we
Have mentioned, she
Gave needle-work to Mrs. 8.,
And with such news
Could scarcely choose
But further needle-woik to refuse.
Then Mrs. B,
As you’ll agree,
Quite properly she said—said she,
That she would track
The scandal back
To thois wl o made her look so black.
Through Mrs. K.
And Mrs. J.
She got at last to Mrs. A. ;
And asked her why,
With cruel lie,
She painted her so deep a dye!
Said Mrs. A.,
In sore dismay,
“I no sueh thing could ever say.
I said that you
Had stouter grew
On too much sugar—which yeu do !”
♦
Philadelphia Prea Georgia Letter.]
A PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENTS
OBSERVATIONS IN GEORGIA
Augusta, Ge rgia, is a bcautitul to n,
with broad, level streets and an air of qu.et
prosperity about it in keeping with its fine
manufacturing interests. The city suffered
but little directly by the war, yet “the sur
render” saw it impoverished.
“If any man were so lucky as to have a
twenty-dollar greenback here a month after
the close of the war, it would have given
him trouble to get it changed,” said a gen
tleman who was pointing with pride to the
present prosperity of the beautiful city, and
contrasting it with their late poverty.
Augusta suffered on a former occasion,
and from a cause the very opposite of war.
The construction of the Georgia Railroad
long before the war ought to have been a
blessing, and it finally was, but it drove out
the great wagon-transportation trade which
made Augusta the entrepot for the north
western part of the State, and for some years
the city, with tenantless houses and deserted
streets, threatened decay; but there was too
much energy in the people, too many ad
vantages in the site of the city of the beau
tiful Savannah to admit of this, and Augus
ta rallied. The building of the Augusta
canal, which taps the river nine miles above
the city, was a great enterprise, and in the
ample water power it furnishes it has made
Augusta one of the most important cotton
manufacturing cities in the Union, and its
capacity for like enterprises is unbounded.—
At present it has many wholesale places
where the country merchants for a large
section arouud purchase their supplies, and
having water communication with the ocean,
goods are as low here as in Central Penn
sylvania, and the supplies as good. There
is a glorious future before Augusta, and her
people deserve to win, tor they are working
manfully, with their coats off.
as I hove been interviewing everybody I
could button hole, you may be sure I have
not neglected the treedmen whenever I had
a chance to talk with them, and I had op
portunities in abundance. The following
is a sample of the conversation. It was held
with a colored man in Augusta, who inform
ed me his name was Edward Burke :
‘•Did you live in Augusta during the war,
Edward 7” I asked.
‘•No, sah, I was wide de cap’n, my ole
massa, at Chal’son an Savannur,” answered
the young man.
“Did you never think of running away to
the yankees 7”
“No, sah ! I know’d dey’d be ’long some
day.”
“You knew they would make you free 7”
“Yes, sab 1”
“And you wanted to be free 7”
“I did, sartin shuah, boss. I never b’liev-
in ownin’ black people, no how.”
How did your master treat you after the
war 7”
“Massa died in de war, but dc young men
ELBERTON, GA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16,1873
his sons, was very kind, and I stayed on de
ole place till nigh a year gone past.”
“Are the young men still on the place 7”
' “Oh, yes, sah. Dey’s a workin’ dar an’
gittin’ ’long right smart,”
“Why did you leave 7”
“Wa’ai, l wa’ant raised a field hand j an’
I was gittin’ ouly eight dollars a month an’
keep.”
“What are you getting here 7”
“Twelve dollars, sah, for waitin’ on de
table.”
“Did you ever vote 7”
“Oh, yes, sah ; i’se voted.
“What ticket did you vote?"
“Why, de ’Publican, ol course.”
“Did anybody try to make
the Democrats 7”
“Yes, sah ; dey tried to coax me ober.”
“Did they threaten you or use force 7”
“Neber, sah. I seed none ob dat down
bar; but I’se heerd right smart ’bout it.”
“Do you know of any black roan who has
lost his place or been abused foi voting the
Republican ticket 7”
The young man pondered and said :
“No, sah; I can’t jest call none to mind
at dis time.”
“Can you read, Edward 7”
“Some, sah. I’se lurning all the time
straight along.”
“Would you like to leave here?”
“No, sah, dough lota of cullered folks is
goin’ from har to Texas.”
“Why are they going 7”
“Reckon dey links dey’e goin’ to improve
an’ make more mouey.”
““Will they ?”
r “Don’t know, snh; spect it ’pends on de
man nior’u de place how he gets along.”
Edward left me, aud I felt there was a
great deal of good common sense ia his last
remark.
I have seen a genuine Ku-Klux ; that is,
a man who boldly acknowledged to me, in
the presence of a
NUMBER OF GENTLEMEN,
That he belonged to the mystic fraternity cf
bugaboos. In order that there may be no
doubts as to this person, I will state he is
an editor of the Atlanta Sun.
I belonged to the Ku-Klux; and
let me .‘■ay, as I know it, it was an organisa
tion which no man, North or South, need
blush to have belonged to. We were form
ed lor charitable and honorable purposes —
to help the needy and protect the weak.—
We were the guardians, not the destroyers
of the law, and we saved many a Uoionjmaic
from the lawless-. Of course crimes were
committed here and there, but not by our
organization. Men may have called them
selves Ku-Klux, and worn masks ; but the
livery was a mistake and the name a mis
nomer So we got the blame.”
“Does the order exist now 7”
“Not that I am aware of, but I wish it
did, for the sake of the distressed and
ueedy.”
This puts anew phase on an old subject.
Arc.
DON'T CALL A MAN A LIAR.
Never tell a man that he is a liar, unless
you are certain that you can lick him; for
as a general rule, when you say that, it means
fight.
I have arrived at this conclusion through
sad ezperince. I know that it is not safe to
give the lie to a muscular Christian.
I did once. lam sorry for it now as I
never grieved for anything else in the whole
course of life.
We were standing on the sidewalk in
front ot the club, when I made the state
ment. We had been talking politics, and
men who talk politics and who get over it
are—to put it mildly—lunatics or else want
an office. This man made an assertion
touching the fame of my favorite candidate,
which I believed to be untrue. It is prob
able that if it had been as true as it was
false, I should have taken the same course,
because you understand how I got my orna
ment- 1 eye.
I mildly suggested that a man who woula
make such a statement as that was lost to all
sense of shame and would be guilty of any
base crime.
He disagreed with me upon that point.
As foi himself he never made a statement
except upon the most ample proof. My
candidate was the meanest man that ever
went unhuDg.
I told him he lied.
I have been kicked by a mule; have fal
len out a second story window on hard pave
ments ; eaten persimmons; heard Miss Blow
read poetry for two hours and a half; skat
ed, hunted, rode a sharp backed horse Of
mustan. parentage, an adept in the art of
“bucking,” suffered griefs of various kinds
and still clung to life—but all these are
feathers in the balance compared with that
little word, liar.
Immediately after saying it I sat down
not in the way people usually set down.
I sat on the rim of my right ear about
ten feet from the spot where I had been
standing when I made use of the expresion
quoted above. lam not used to sitting in
that position and do not think it agreed with
me.
I have heard of people who got up on
their ear and walked off. I wished I knew
how to do it, I would have propelled myself
away from that spot immediately, if I had
possessed this happy faculty. I proceeded
to bring myself to a perpendicular, folly in-
tending to use the means of locomotion na
ture had given me; but when I came right
side up, something heavy run against my
nose, atid as I felt rather tired 1 sat down
on my other ear. I like a change—it is too
monotonous doing the same thing over
again.
Somebody took my large friend away and
I was quite pleased when he was gone, I
have concluded to look twice at a man be
fore I give| the lie again. My eye is in
npurmng, fry nose swelled to the size of a
citron wis the color of a blush rose, and
emthes look like they had been
run througfi a patent sausage machine. I
would not have that man’s temper for any
thing in the world.
A HORSEBACK RIDE.
The stories of the wit of the late Col.
Isaac 0. Barnes are numerous, but, to be
fully appreciated, need the Colonel’3 pecu
liar voice and dry manner, familiar to those
who used to know him. The following
anecdote we do not remember to have seen
in print:
The colonel, it seems had been recom
mended to take a horseback ride for the
benefit of his health, by his physician, and
accordingly applid at a well knowD stable
for the animal
“l want a regular trotting horse, to ride
for my health, thi9 afternoon,” said the col
onel.
“Certainly, colonel,” said the polite pro
prietor ; apd judging from the enstomer’i
physique* and a “horso to ride for health,”
gave him one of the hardest trotting horses
in the establishment, upon which Barnes
momted and bumped off toward the coun
ty-
In about three hours he returned, cover
ed with dust and per-piration, and, vith the
assistance of one of the hostlers the colonel
very slowly and painfully descended from
his steed.
Limping in the stable office, and holding
on to the lower part of his back with one
baud, he looked into the stable-keeper’s in
quiring face, and ejaculated simply, “flow
much 7”
“Three dollars,’! was the reply.
He slowly drew his wallet, and laid down
the required sum.
“Shall you want the horse again to-mor
row, colonel 7”
“No; I don’t think I’ll want him to-mor-
row.”
“Perhaps you will have him the day after
to-morrow 7”
“No; I shan’t wan’t him any more at
all.”
“Indeed !” said the stable-man, with a
twinkle in his eye, as he noted Barnes hold
ing on to his lacerated body. “Perhaps the
horse don’t suit you.”
“Oh, yes, he does,” said Barnes quick
ly; “there’s nothing the matter with the
horse; he’s all right. It’s the price I ob
ject to.”
“The price 1” said the stable-keeper,
“why, I only charged you three dollars
colonel, which we consider very cheap for
the services of a good horse all the after*
noon.”
“Well, I don’t think it cheap,” squealed
Barnes, rubbing his aching body, “for
whenever I wan’t nothing of this kind
again I know, a big Irishman who will kick
me behind all day for less than half the
money.”
Good Roles for Emergencies.— Prof.
Wilder, of Cornell University, gives these
short rules of action in case of accident. —
It would not be a bad thing to cut this out
and carry it in ones pocket-book, or better
yet commit to memory.
For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing, dash
water into them; remove cinders, etc., with
the round point ot a pencil.
Remove insects from the ear by tepid
water; never put a hard instrument into the
car.
When an artery is cut, always compress
below.
When choked, get upon all fours and
cough.
Smother a fire with carpets, etc., water
will often spread burning oil and increase
danger. Before passing through smoke,
tnke a full breath and theo stoop low,
but if carbonic is suspected be sure you
walk erect.
Suck poisoned wounds, or cut out the
part without delay; hold the wounded part
as long as can be uome to a hot coal or the
end of a cigar. . '
In case of poisoning, excite vomiting
hy tickling the throat, or by warm mus
tard.
For acid poisons, give alkalies; for alka
line poisons, give acids; white of an egg is
good in most cases.
For apoplexy, raie the head and body;
for fainting, lie flat.
Vol I—No. 51.
11 US SI AN PRO VERBS.
The Scotch and the Spaniards have hith
erto divided the credit of possessing the
largest stock of proverbial wisdom; but
were the literature of Russia more widely
known, ahe might prove a very formida
ble rival to the land of oatmeal and that of
oranges.
We give a few specimens, which, on ac
count of their pointed terseness, their quaint,
homely vigor and dry, Sancho Panza satire,
scarcely need the aid of rhyme to recom
mend them. They are indeed, more fully
than words can express, the faithful mirror
of the shrewd, simple, dogged, Russian
mind, ever veiling its natural keenness un
der a mask of habitual aud impenetrable
stolidity.
Every fox praises its own tail.
Go after two wolves and you’ll not even
catch one.
A good beginning is half the work.
Trust in God, but do not stumble your
self.
With God even across the sea, with
out him not even across the thresh
hold.
A debt is adorned by payment.
Roguery is the last oi trades.
Never take a crooked path while you can
find a stiaight one.
bear not the threats of the great, but
rather the tears of the poor
Ask a pig to dinner and he will put his
feet on the tabh,
Disease oomes in by hundred weights,
and goes out by ounces.
Every little frog is great in bis own
bog.
And old friend is worth at least, two new
ones.
Be praised not for your ancestors, but for
your virtues.
When fish are rare, even a crab is a
fish.
A father’s blessing cannot be drowned in
water nor consumed in fire.
A mother’s prayer will draw up from the
depths of the sea.
What an old Man has Noticed.—l
have notioed that all men are honest when
well watched.
I have noticed that purses will hold pen*
nics as well as pounds.
I have noticed that in order to be a rea
sonable creature, it is necessary at times to
be downwright mad.
I have noticed that some men are so hon
est that necessity compels them to bo dis
honest in the end.
I have noticed that silks, broadcloths and
jewels arc often bought with other people’s
money.
1 have noticed that whatever is right
with a few exceptions—the left eye,
the left leg, and the left side of a plum pud
ding.
1 hare noticed that the prayer of the sel
fish man is, “Forgive us our debts,” while
he makes everybody who owes him pay to
the utmost farthing.
I have noticed that he who thinks every
man a rogue is very certain to see one when
he shave himself, a?d he ought, in mercy
to his neighbor to surrender the rascal to
justice.
I have noticed that money is the fool’s
wisdom, the knave’s reputation, the poor
man’s desire, the covetous mau’s ambition,
and the idol ot all.
I have noticed that all men speak well of
all meu’s virtues when they are dead, and
that tombstones are marked with epitaphs
of the good and virtuous. Is there any
particular cemetery where the bad men are
buried 7
Shepherts’ Dogs. —The following strik
ingly illustrates the kindly consideration
evinced by the Scottish peasantry toward
che domestic animals, especially by the
shepherds to their dogs, which consequently
become their attached companions. A
minister calling to visit one of his flock,
found before the fireplace three dogs appar
ently asleep. At the sound of a whistle two
rose, up and walked out; the third remain
ed still.
“It is odd,” observed the minister
“that this dog does not get up like the oth
ers.”
“It’s no astonishin’ ava,” said the shep
herd; “for it’s no his turn; he was oot’i
the mornin.”
“I never sec that dog except at din
ner,” said the visitor who noticed that a
certain dog ca i.e in regularly every day at
dinner.
“The reason is,” said the farmer, “we’ve
lent him to our neighbor, Jamie Nicol, an’
we tell him to come bame ilka to his din
ner. When he gets his dinner puir beast,
he gaes back to his wark.”
Next week’s paper completes the volume.
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} “ 80 60 40 23 16
5 inches, 50 35 25 12 ®
3 “ 35 25 15 7 4
2 “ 25 15 10 6 3
1 inch 1 time, $1.50.
Rum is good in its place, and hel is the
place lor it.
Akordin to skriptui thar will be just
about as many kammils in heavin as rich
men. ,
When you kort a widder, you ought to
do it with spurs on.
When a feller gits to going down hil, it
duz seem as tho evry thing had ben greased
for the okasion.
I have often known folka whose calibre
was very small, but whose bore was very
big.
The meanest man that i ever knu was
the one who stole a sugar whisael from
a nigger baby to sweeten his kup ov koffio
with.
Robbers are like rane, they fall on the
just as well as on the unjust.— Josh Bib
lingo.
VuWß.—-A country parson preaching one
Lord’s day from the text, “Vow and pay to
the Lord your vows,” in the course ot his
remarks proved pretty conclusively that af
ter a person had made a vow it was his du
ty to perform it. Directly alter service a
sort of hall breed Indian, not at all compan
ionable, to say the least eame up to the rev
erend divine, saying :
“I vow I go home with you.”
“Then you must go,” was the unhesitat
ing reply.
“I vow I stay to supper,” said he on ar
riving at the gale.
There was no alternative, so the minister
invited him in.
“I vow L stay all night,” was the cool as
sertion as he drew away from the table.
The good man saw that submission ceased
to be a virtue, and, without any susceptible
sign of discomfiture, said—
“ You are welcome to-night, but I vow you
shall go in the morning.”
We learn that an Irishman who had been
employed at the cemetery some time since,
went to Washington to draw his pay.—
After receiving the amount, the paymaster,
discovering a sabre cut ou his face, remark
ed ;
“You were in the army during the late
war V’
“Yes.”
“What command were you in 7”
“I was in Gen. Fits Hugh Lee’s Com
mand.”
“Did you have the audacity to apply at a
Fedeial cemetery for work when you were
in the rebel army ?”
“Yes,” replied Pat, “I helped to kill
them, and I thought I had a right to help
bury them.”
A pretty, fright juvinile friend some five
years old, named Rosa, was teased a good
deal by a gentleman who was a visitor of
the family. Be finally wound up by say
ing :
“Rosa, I don’t love you.”
“But you’ve got to love me,” said the
child.
“How so?” asked little Rosa’s tor
mentor.
“Why,” said the little girl, “Because
the Bible says that you must always love
them that hate you, and lam sure I hate
you.”
Spbak Kindlt.—Speak kindly in the
morning, it lightens the cares of the day,
and makes the household and all other af
fairs move along more smoothly.
Speak kindly at night, for it may be that
before the dawn some loved one may finish
his or her space of life for this world, and it
will be too late to ask forgiveness.
An editor announces the marriage of a
friend thusly: “He has read himself oat
of the jolly brotherhood of bachelors, sold
hiß single breasted lounge, packed his bag
gage and cheched it for glory, walked the
gang plank of courtship to the vessel of mat
rimony, and is now steaming down the
stream of bliss by the light of the honey
moon.”
..
There’s a moral taught in the following
conversation which needs to be learned by
many fathers. Said a little four year old :
“Mother, father won’t be in Heaven with
us, will he 7”
“Why my child?”
“Because he oan’t leave the store.”
■ ■■ :—•
“Mrs. Jenks,” paid a red-headed girl,
with a pug-nose aud bare feet, “mother says
will you obleege her by sendin’ her a stick
of firewood, fill this cruet with vinegar, put
tin’ a little soft soap in this pan, and please
not let your turkey-goblcrs roost on our
lence.”
—
A Silver City miner remarked, after at
tending a prayer meeting, a few weeks ago,
that it “was the first time he had heern the
Word of God handled for close on to forty
years.”
■■ ■ - .....
George Driver, of Chicago, who has jus*
been sentenced to be hanged for the murder
of his wile, was conv : oted on the evidenoe
of his two children—one fourteen the other
nine.
Vermont forgets all the hardships ot the
past winter in jubilation over its maple su
gar season, and cheerfully asks, what’s the
odds no long as it’s sappy 7
