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THE*GAZETTE.
ISTeW Serie.-
THE ELOPEMENT.
“Then you are really and unquestion
ably in love ?” "
“Too deeply for a joke,” was the re
sponse.
“I can really believe yew* for you have
all the symptoms. Is the fair one very
rich ?”
“I do not know.”
“Is she of good family?”
“Of that, also, I am ignorant”
“She is young ?”
“Sweet, blushing sixteen.”
“The warmth of your panegyric, Al
fred, is almost enough to make one a par
ticipator in your feelings ; but you have
not told me the iiamo of your new found
beauty.”
‘•Strange as it may Seem, I do not even
know that.”
“I comprehend ; it is altogether an af
fair of love at first sight, is it not ? But
have you no clew to the odject of your
passion ?”
“None whatever.”
“You are in a strange predicament:
upon my word, I see no way out of it
but to retrace your steps and forget the
lady.”
“Forget her ? Never!”
“Your case is a desperate one, then ; I
suppose you cannot live on love all your
days.”
“Laugh at me if you will, Frank; per
haps I deserve it *, but unfortunately I
am unable to do what you advise.”
“Suppose you detail to me the circum
stances of yarn' meeting ? It may lie in
my power to lend you some assist
ance.”
“I doubtyour ability to render me any
help, but you shall hear my story, not
withstanding. It was, then, about a
month ago that I saw the angel %f whom
I speak; she had applied to me for her
likeness, and in m3’ studio, day by day,
and hom- by hour, I drank in her beauty
until I was liko an intoxicated man. I
were returned; subsequent facts, how
ever, undeceived me. In two weeks I
had accomplished my task—tho pleas
antest that had ever fallen to my lot—
and delivered the portrait to its own
er. This locket is the only memorial
left me of those brief but very pleasant
hours.”
“How! Is this a fac simile of her fea
tures?”
“It is ; you seem to recognize them ?”
“Unfortunately for you, my friend, I
do.”
“You aiarm me! Where is this fair
one?” •
“Her name is Caroline Blondel; she is
the only daughter of a retired merchant,
who, found his ridiculous prido an intol
erant spirit, has earned the well merited
title of the ‘aristocrat.” You might as
well hope for the sovereignty of the In
dies, and expect to see your wishes grat
ified, as to aspire to the hand of his
daughter.”
“Arc you acquainted with the fami
ly?”
“Intimately; the title of relation gains
me ready access to their doors.”
“I must claim, then, your voluntary
promise of assistance.”
“What! do you mean to persist ?” -
“Undoubtedly.”
“What would you do ?"
“Obtain access through your influence
to the house of your proud relative.”
“My dear fellow, are you mad ? Such
a thing is impossible,”
“You are too easily daunted; listen,
and I will convince you that what I pro
pose is not so difficult of accomplishment
as you would imagine. Blondel, you
say,- is an aristocrat; well, so much the
better for my purpose. I will purchase
some extravagant frippery, wdiich yoiS
shall choose, and you shall introduce me
to your connections as a foreign count.
With an artificial moustache, and a min
iature hedge .of hair, I may he sure of
success.
“You would not surely deceive Miss
Blondel ?”
“Were I to encourage such a thought,
I should be unworthy the name of a lov
er nor could I hope that the love tints
won from her by me, as a count, would
endure towards the poor artist,"
“Well, since you promise'to deal fairly
with her, and are resolved to push the
affair, I will aid you. Let me think ; to
morrow evening the old gentleman gives
an entertainment in honor of his daugh
ter’s first appearance in society. This
w'll occur most opportunely for your
scheme. But you will have many obsta
EL.BERTOBT, GEOR4pA MARCH 11,1874.
cles to contend with; in the first apj
you have a rival.”
“A rival? Who—where?”
“Not at your elbow, as your .aps
would seem to intimate; he is, ne'ei|e
less, a formidable one. He says th®||e
is rich, the ladies call bim handsoma, #®d
the gentlemen call him ‘a and *of
low.’ He has, moreover,
consent of her parents to an union *|h
Miss Blondel.”
“How ? has he dared—”
“Nay, not so hot; Caroline, I can gas
sure you, will never consent to receive
him as a husband, with all his riches.-
To morrow evening, then, I will intro
duce you, and you shall have an oppor
tunity of seeing both your mistress
your rival.” ’ ! iJ
**,* * * * *
We have often, in our daily -wander
ings, met with a face, fairer and more
beautiful than any we have ever beheld,
that has left upon our minds an impress
ion that required weeks—in some cases,
months to erase. It may be compared
to a single ray of sunshine, suddenly
bursting its way-after an April shower
through a dense vfeil of clouds, gladden
ing the sight, and imparting an unac
countable feeling to the heart, but van
ishing almost as quickly as it appears.—
Yet, although the ray, has gone. th 4 sen-,
sation aroused by its appearance, re*
mains behind. Such was the face of
Caroline, and such were the feelings ex
perienced by the most indifferent upon a
first interview with her.
She was just sixteen ; her hail 1 , which
was of a dark chesnut color, instoad of
falling in ringlets oyer the temples, was
combed carefully back from the forehead,
and served to set off’ a brow of transpar
ent whiteness, beneath which, like two
“gems in a monarch's diadem,” or two
sister stars in the clear canopy of heav
en, shone a pairyff- dark, lustoipeyesy
that set tic
accomplished in every art that c\ serve
to render a lady the object of j admira
tion, of interest, or love. She was con
stantly surrounded by a throng of ad
mirers. They forced themselves upon
her society by day ; they tormented her
by night. If she rode, there was a cox
comb casting love born glances at either
elbow; if she danced, there was no pos
sibility of obtaining rest, for, fast as her
hand was resigned by one, it was seized
by another. Up to this time, however,
her occupations were more suited to the
daily routine of a pettsd daughter than
a 3 r oung lady about to undergo tho or
deal of an introduction into fashionablo
society. But now a change was about
to take place; she was about to be held
up to the view of the world in all her
charms—“an heiress and a Venus”—and
the night appointed for her ‘coming out,’
which was to endow her with all the
privileges of a woman was drawing very
near.
Never was maiden so elated, and from
the time of her father’s promise until its
fulfillment, everything was forgotten,
and she could talk but the one subject
of her debut.
The long expected evening arrived. A
flood of light streamed from the windows
of the thronged mansion of the aristo
crat, and music resounded through the
emblazoned hallse, until the air -was
made vocal melody! The apartments
were filled with the wealth and beauty
of the city. There was dancing in one
room, singing in another ; all was mirth
—gay unclouded mirth.
Prominent in that large assemblage—
the very embodiment of beauty and vi
vacity—sat the belle of the evening, the
young Caroline Blondel. With music in
her ears, and adulation at her side, how
could a young maiden fail of being hap
py ? There was a stir in that part of
the room nearest the door, a suppressed
whispering, a compressed murmur, and
it was said that the lion of the night—
the noble Count Eugene de Friburg—
was approaching. AH eyes were fixed
upon the outlet, and expectation had
arisen to its utmost height when, in the
midst of the sudden silence, the door
opened, and a valet, in a magnificent liv
ery, announced, —
“Tho Count Friburg J”
He entered —the foreign “lion, the
descendent of a long line of nobles,
whose pedigree had its birth in royalty,
and whose dignity aspired to tho clouds.
At first he seemed taken aback at the
sense of splendor which, on every side,
met his eyes; but, gaining confidence
J he advanced into the apartment with an
irresistable air, and was introduced by
the overjoyed Mr. Blondel to his daugh
ter. Again the music struck up, and
idle count led .his charming partner to
the dance.
“What grace,—what elegance!” whis
pered the gentlemen.
“What a handsome figure—what an
enchanting moustache!” exclaimed the
ladies.
“What fools!” thought Frank Huntley
as he stood and surveyed the frantic mo
tions of his friend Friburg, amid the va
riations of a French, quadrille.
The foreign.count was none other be
sieds Alfred Morleigh, the young ar
tist.
* * * * * * *
Midnight had passed, and still the
amusements were unabated. In a re
mote earner of the garden attached to
the house, two figures, one of whom, had
he been present, Mr, Blondel would
have identified as his daughter, and the
other as Huntley’s noble friend—were
lingering.
“Am I beloved then, dearest ?” asked
the pretended count *
“As much as a confiding girl of sixteen
can love,"
“This is beyond my utmost expecta
tion ! But have you never thought uf the
many advantages yon will lose by refus
ing the proffered hand of the rich Elvei
ton ?”
“Often, but were they as countless as
the waves”—
“Will you consent, then, to abandon
your father’s gilded roof for the one of a
poor artist ?”
“Is flight our only refuge ?” asked the
young girl.
“The only one. Your father would
spurn at once all idea uf an alliance with
me.”
“But can yon not keep up present ap
pearances, and thereby win his ultimate
consent?” -A;
hesitated ere this,were not 3 r ourlxand the
incentive. Believe me, dearest Caroline,
I have just mentioned the only possible
resource.”
“What would my friends say ?” asked
the lady,
“Surely, you value my happiness too
much not to discriminate between the
difference which, if you really love, must
exist between them and me- Come, dear
est love, and I will soon find the neces
sary means of liberating yen from this
thraldom.
“Alfred, you have conquered me, but
do not deem* me weak if I request a few
days’ respite ere I accompany you. Come
to me at the end of three days, and I will
be ready.”
“What successasked Frank Huat
ley of his friend upon hjs return to the
house.
“The greatest imaginable!’’ was the
reply.
“You are a skillful manceuverer; wed
Caroline Blondel and be happy. Napo
leon, with all his tact, never won so great
a victory.”
* m . # * * * *
It is impossible to portray the’ rage
which seized upon the worthy Mr. Blon
del, as he read the following note which
he discovered one morning lying upon
his bureau:
“Dearest Papa :—I am aware that the
step which I have taken may seem in
your judgment excessively imprudent;
but you will own, upon reflection, that
the consequences were entailed by your
self. You would have married me to
the man whom I detest for the sake of a
few paltry dollars ; I preferred eloping
with the man whom I love, and I do sin
cerely hope that your good sense will
lead you to acquiesce in the propriety of
the step.
“My husband, Mr. Alfred Morleigb,
artist, (the late “Count de Friburg”
joins with me in requesting your par
don.
“Your truly affectionate, though err
ing daughter, “Caroline.”
To this unworthy story, we will with
the permission of our readers, append a
moral ;■ A ~
Let fathers think more of the happi
ness of their daughters than of gratify
ing their own selfish desires, and there
will be fewer elopements.
What you keep by you may change
and mend, but words once spoken you
can never recall.
STol. II -dSTo. 45.
RESIST THE BEGINNING.
The Arabs have a fable of a miller, who
was one day startled by a camel’s nose
thrust in the window of the room where
he was sleeping.
“It is very cold outside,” said the cam
el j “I only want to get my nose in
side.”
“The nose was let in and then tho
head and neck, and finally the whole of
the body. Presently the miller began
to be extremely inconveniem ed by the
ungainly [companionship he had ob
tained, in a room certainly not long
enough for both.
“If inconvenienced you may go,”
said the camel; “as for myself, I shall
stay here.”
The moral of the fable concerns all.—
When temptation occurs, we must not
yield to it. We must not allow so much
as its “nose” to come in. Everything
like sin is to be turned away from. He
who yields even the smallest degree will
soon be entirely overcome; and the last
state of that man is a great deal worse
than the first.
NOTES *ON*SLEEP.
To literary men, lawyers, preachers,
teachers, doctors, journalists, and brain
w-orkers in general, the following hints
are well worth attention:
The fact is, that as life becomes cbn
centrated, and its pursuits more eager,
short sleep and early rising become im
possible. We take more sleep than our
ancestors. And we take more because
we want more. Six hours’ sleep will do
very well for a ploughman or a bricklay
er, or any other man who has no exhaus
tion but that produced by manual labor,
and the sooner he takes it after the labor
is over the better. But for a man whose
labor is mental, the stress of work is on
his brain and nervous system, and for
him who is tireu in the evening with a
day of mental application, neither early
to bed nor early to rise is wholesome.
Ha need#- letting down to thf level of
repose. ‘ ' * '
The longer the interval between tile
active use of the brain and his retire
ment to bed, the better his chance of
sleep and refreshment. To him an hour
after midnight is probably as good as
two hours before it, and even then his
sleep will not so completely and quickly
restore him as it will his neighbor who is
physically tired. He must not only go
to bed later, but lie longer, His best
sleep probably lies in the early morning
hours, when all the nervous excitement
has passed away, and lie is in absolute
rest
Avery noticeable exodus of colored
people is in progress from the eastern
Gulf States across the Mississippi. The
blacks are making for Texas. The New
Orleans Picayune estimates that since
1870, 100,000 negroes have gone to that
State, anil 300,000 whites. It regards
Texas as the safety-valve of the South,
and has no fears that the negro emigra
tion there will exceed the white. In
Alabama the departnre of the blacks is
consolidating a permanent Democratic
power. In Mississippi and Louisinna,
where the blacks were more numerous
than the whites in J. 870, there is a steady
decline in their numbers, and the white
vote will soon be the largest.
HOW TO SUCCEED.
The young man who thinks he can
carry his boyish pranks into the serious
business of life, is not a man, and de
frauds himself and his emplower. “Af
ter work, play.” That should satisfy the
most sanguine. “Business before pleas
ure” is the motto of the prudent man,
whose guide is experience, and it is suf
ficient for the novitiate in active life.
But it is despicable to see the young
man just starting in life, so wedded to
his former enjoyments as to place them
above present duties. Yet this is often
the case. The young man who, to steer
his own bark, launches forth on the sea
of life too often looks back to the pleas
ures he leaves behind, and, forgetful of
present duties, steers back to past enjoy
ments.
There is no royal road to success any
more than to knowledge. He who would
succeed must work. And after all there
is more real enjoyment „in work, which
has a worthy objecj;, than in play or
pleasure intended to kill time.
We remarked a few days ago to a bus
iness man whose present means are am
ply sufficient, but who worked really
harder than any of his numerous ern
gloyes, that he “ought to take it easy.”
aid he, “I arfi never so happy as when
I have more than I can do, I may wear
out in working, but I dread to rust
out in idling.” .
He was right. His work was a part
of himself, a part of his life, and it was
always faithfully done.
Ta apprentices especially this earnest
ness and interest in their work is neces
sary if success is ever to be obtained.
EROM GAINESVILLE- *
Mr. Editor.: Your paper makes its’
weekly visit to me, and is much appre
ciated. I hope it is well sustained by
the county. I feel inclined to Write you
a few lines for publication, if you deem
them worthy.
Gainesville is most assuredly growing.
Evidences there are unmistakable in our
midst; and if it never arrives to the full
stature of a city, the prospect is never -
theless flattering that it will become a
large town. We will have good schools,
church edifices, local government, and
public buildings. As to natural advan
tages, in the way of salubrious climate,
excellent water, abundance of food—
who can gainsay? Minerals and mineral
springs are numerous, inviting the capi
talists, the pleasure 1 and health seekers
qf our own and other States. We arc
most conveniently situated a? to railroad
and telegraph facilities. There are a
number of new buildings in process of
erection in the old and new portions of
the town, among tli cm Several business
houses, and one large hotel, which will
belong to Mr, Alvah Smith, a most ener
getic, enterprising citizen, formerly of
Minnesota. The High School will no
doubt in a short while have two hun
dred pupils. It is under the manage
ment of an able corps of teachers. North
era men are continually prospecting in
the regions near at hand and beyond us,
and many substantial citizens settling
among us.
The Air-Line RR. has worked wonders
already in developing and building up
this fair portion of the State. Come up
and see us, and your enthusiasm for a
railroad to Elbcrton will be increased no
doubt, (perhaps you think that impossi
ble.) Don’t give the county rest until
they move. Continue to agitate the mat
ter and stir up the people. Don't lt it
Hag. Your labor will no doubt soon lie
rewarded. How can any one doubt its
advantages? What better investment
for those who have much and those who
have little ?
I am sorry that your paper states that
the work ou the Presbyterian Church is
progressing slowly. What is the mat
ter ? Whore are those noble ladies who
at one time Were so earnest and active?
Have they become weary in well doing?
Won’t the people pay tho subscriptions '?
It ought not so to be. Presbyterians are
always liberal in helping other denomi
nations build their churches, and surely
they can reasonably expect Help from
their brethren. I do hope tlie r wliolo
county w ill rally to yq'nr". aidj and you
will soon announce jthttt' np3'*odifico is
completed. , v '~ *
That God’s blessi⁡ jnfty abide with
you and your family,-wfth your paper
and the people among wli'oih you live, is
the prayer of the one writing these lines,
and who will sign himself,
A Friend.
——
Of all tho Singular and terrible deaths
which have occurred of late, that which
overtook a Chinese fisherman on tho coast
of California is the most curious. We ex
tract from the San Diego World, promis
ing- that we confess our ignorance as to
the nature of that creature called an Abar
lone: Fung Chou, a professional fisher
man, residing near Roseville,. known
among Americans by the nickname of
“Chowder,” started out to the Coronados
in his boat to hunt for abalones. Of
course his movements can only be sur -
mised by the event. The supposition is
that he moored hip boat and began his
quest, The Coronados are quite abrupt
in their formation, precipitous, but occa
sionally broken, “Chowder” saw an
enormous abalone in a cleft of the rock,
in a place covered with water when the
tide was in, and throwing himself on his
stomach he dropped over the ledge to
wtench the delicacy from its fastness.
Abalones are univalvular, and if, in de
taching one from the rock, to which it
can fix itself almost immovably, one hap
pens not to wrench it loose at once, it
often closes its singular shell on tho
rock, prisoning the spoiling hand and
causing inexpressible agony. This was
poor “Chowder’s” fate. As his evil star
would have it, the abalone was unusually
large, and the poor Chinaman, unable to
release himself, must have early realized
that he was doomed. From lijs position,
leaning over the rock, he could not brace
himself or obtain any loverage by which,
at the sacrifice of the hand, if need be,
he could free himself. Wo can imagine
the agony suffered by the poor wretch
as he waited for hours the rising of tho
tide which should end his misery by
death. The actual pain endured must
have been unspeakable, and no help was
pearer than eighteen miles. The boor
Chinaman’s plight was horrible, but hap
pily the returning tide prevented the tor
ment from being lasting. The inexora
ble waters shortly did their work. There
came a time when the poor Chinaman
could struggle no longer, and when the
flood sucked from his lungs the breath
of life. When Chowder’s body was re
covered by a brother Chinaman his dead
hand was still clutched in the remorseless
grasp of tho abalone which had so terri
bly ayenged the invasion of his rocky
home. The agony the poor fellow had
endured in this novel martyrdom was
imprinted on his face.
SCRAPS OF WISDOM.
Anticipation of evil is the death of
happiness.
Christ is Himself the one unanswera
ble proof of Christianity.
Some people are positive just in pro
portion to their ignorance.
Partial culture runs to the ornate; ex
treme culture to simplicity.
A dry goods merchant of Hartford was
asked how he spent his evenings. His
reply was, —
“At night I store my mind, and dur
ing tho day I mind my store.”
A Prairie du Chien ball given in honor
of a wedding, began at ten o’clock one
morning and lasted until the next day
light. When it closed the bride was
drunk and the hushand had to be token
to jail for beating one of the guests.