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WmmKmmmmmmammrn —ti i— i — JJj’TpHKtfit itjie t p oft c?. i»u6idsftnb ! iJv '. j C j- n *nr. I Oopy of the Paper slfctn Copytlio Paper thVoomontlis. i 50 hscrlbnr* otWsldn of Tfroup iWtffy, must prepay Uugo, Hi tho rale* of twenty Cents u yi iir. Itoro uro no club rates, bul ft copy of tbn paper for one . 7 will be Riven to any ghasondlhg <1 yoarly subscriber*, mhscrlpttons mustbe paid fti ndvartco. Tho paper will j jtoppod wboh tho time la out. Professional Cards. Dll, .1. A. CIIAPPIjTO, u 3 ) TO NTAL HU M O N , 1 range, Georgia. omen OVfiV Dallls fc Cray, rooms formerly occupied as Prophttt's gallery. Charges very modorato. nO‘20t DR. ENOCH CALLAWAY All! TITOS. ITT. WHITAKER, Attorney at I-jhw, LAGRANGE, GA< Ofheo In T. 0. CrenHUaw’B Counting Room. TiQtOMPT attention given to buslnoBH In Troup adjoining counttes. Will lllo potltloiiB In bankrupt - elurns lor Adin’rs and Guardluusln Ord'yBCourt.otc. ctions spocdlly made. ,|an!8*ly tine; Agent, Georgia. riLL practice in tho counties of tho Coweta circuit. Hpoctal attention paid to tho collection ot claims of bids. or Btoro of Dallta & Cray. aplfl-ly JAMES S. WALKER, ORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, SOLICITOR N CHANCERY AND PROCTOR IN ADMIRALTY, 18PECTFULLY offers fits sor\ all tho duties of his profossl' nits to attond to all matte ashlngton City as well as in tho District and Circuit •ts of tho Unitod StuteB. Olllcc up stairs in Sterling l. nr. ii a rims, :>rney at Law & Colloc West Point, - - - - - < REFERENCES: n, Harlow fc Co., Ke.Killop fc Sprague Co., Coehran. •an .V Co., K. 8. .Taffray A Co., Now York; Darly fc inltlmore, Mil.; Crane, Hoylston, fc Co., Charles- C., W. 0. fc L. Lanier, West Point, Ga. may28-tf. T. D. HIGHTOWER, LAGRANGE, GA., s to tho public in Ho has perfected i in tho departments A. V. llOHlHON SON, ProUsssors of Dancing, AC1I the latest styles of polite dancing. The REVERSE” in a waltz t .light in a lew lessons, ress the undersigned until the 1st of May at Ath- «.; alterwurds, Madison, Gu. 0 f A. V. R01H80N fc SON. Business Cards. CHATTAHOOCHEE HOUSE, West Point, Georgia. IE TABLES are furnished, at all times, with the very best the market affords. Comfortable rooms and good lou to guests. tho DINNER HOUSE for passengers on Hie East- id Western Trains. mchlS If W. J. Mo C DU HE, OCIUt AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, EVANS fc RAGLAND. K NEW SHOP IN LAGRANGE, THE REPAIR OF WATCHLo AND JEWELRY. (At 11. A. Watts’ Old Stand.) IE subscriber respectfully bogs to inform the cilizei hr' VOLUME XXXIII. ■ g-“ • •■■ LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING. JUNE 20, 1877. NUMBER 20. ■ally ' killtully ami . ork ,• be foi I Wu ;it the nlR id Jo stai dry prompt- terms to suit a triul, and 1 tin a part oi your DORIC BALL. NEW WOOD SHOP. Watches and Jewelry. TM M .D JEWELRY AND FANCY STORE Of La Grange, Georgia. ALHEI1T JL.LfiMJttA.N AS now, and will keep always on hand at his old . stand, East nido of tho Public Square, u good and WELL-SELECTED STOCK OK [fi XV E L II Y AND FANCY GOODS, Cousisdug, iu part, of Gold and fclilver Watolies, ^9 Stem and Koy-Winders, of tho best make. lend ill Gold and Silver Watch Chains, CLOCKS, of all sizes, makers and prices. JQ" Solid Silver Table Ware, 'P SILVER-PLATED WARE, Of all kinds d styles; >ckct, Table Cu lory . and Fine Razors, :hL» St -B. m» :B. jib T am still repairing all goods in my line. Too many of cltitiwius of Troup and adjoining counties huVc testid work to require a word from mo as to tho character 'it. I will, however, warrant all my work, if properly icd, as I have always done, uud respectfully ask a share patronage. (jaul7-lyj ALBERT LEHMAN. GUOllGIA CONVENTION* LIST OF Til® DELEGATES ELECTED. First Distriot^A It Lawton, W T Thompson, J RI Guemrd J$in Screvou, J f L Wurron, \Vur- ing lliiRHcll, AH Smith. Socoml District—W ltobcrfc Oignilliut, Ilonry F IIowo, Wiri M Oonloy. Third District—Seaborn Hill, 0 0 Graco. Fifth District—J S Spence, W A McDonald. Sixth District—D L Stephens, J D Kuight. Sovcnth‘District—Jamos L Seward, Augustus II llansoil; Bryant Crocch, lloury Gay. Eighth District—J Ji Twitty, B E Russell, John E Donalson, J S Clifton. Ninth Distriot—It J Nisbot, J II Hand, P E Boyd. Tenth District—Nelson Tift, John A Davis, W C Gill, 11 U Jennings. Eleventh District—L 0 Hoylo, It E Konnou, Arthur Hood, 11 A Crittenden. Twelfth District—J L Wimborly, Isaac W Stokes, T L Guorry, D B Hawaii. Thirteenth Distriot—Goorgo* F Cooper, T M Furlow, Josoph B Scott, A II Greer, J C Elling ton, John II ltospass. Fourteenth District—It W Anderson, D FMc- Criinmou, David Sapp, O P Swearingen, Iliram Williams. Fifteenth District—M N Mcltao. Sixteenth District—B L Stanley, Neil Mc Leod, J D Meadows. Seventeenth District—II A Perry, Justin B II6ath, W B Jones, J C Doll, W D Banner. Eighteenth District—Charles J Jenkins, ltobt II May, George It Sibley, Adam Johuston, J G Cain, D. G Phillips, W G Brady. Ninetoeutb, District-.*0*m 8. Johnston, G F Bristow, M W Lewis, C N Hurd, D N Sanders. Twontiolh District—It L Warthen, H N Holli- field, G C Furman, Thomas Newell, A M Du- Bosc, Geo F Pierce. Twenty-first District—E 0 Grier, A S Hamil ton, F Chambers, E J Coats, P W Edge. Twenty-second District—W It ItosB, W A Lofton, T J Simmons, A D Hammond, T A Ponder, W II II Bush, J A Hunt, T J Barrett. Twenty-third Distriot-B F Tharpe, J M Da vis, John Troutman, W S Wallace, M S Stroud, B W Sanford. Twenty-fourth District-W A Little, Porter Ingram, Francis Foutaino, J D Hewell, J D Wilson. Twenty-fifth District-13 A Flowelleu, John Dickey, J M Alobley, W I Hudson, J T Willis, W It Gorumn. Twenty-sixth District - John II McCallum, F D Dismlike, C S Westmoreland, It B llodgors. Twenty-seventh District-Pope Barrow, An drew Jackson, T A Gibls, J M Paco, O S Por ter, E B llosser. 'wonty-eighth District—Augustus ltccse, Joshua llill, T G Lawson, It B Nisbct, J C Key. Twenty-ninth District-ltobert Toombs, W m M ltoese, J -M Meroier, Paul 0 Hudson, H It Casoy. Thirtieth Distriot-J D Matthews, W G Johnson, tV W fiicott, Wm II Mattox. Thirty-first District—Dr Underwood, S II Moseley, J II Skelton. Thirty-second District—AVicr Boyd, Mr Un derwood. Thirty-third District—Messrs. Sheppard, An derson, Owen, Laugston. Thirty-fourth District—B F Veal, James Polk, Dr. Tyc, S G Howell, It D Wynn. Thirty-fifth Distriot—J W ltohertson, L J Gartrnll, N <1 Hammond, P L Mynntt, John Col lier, B E Crane, J T Spence, A C McIntosh, G W Roberts. Thirty-sixth District—John J Glover, John T Lougino, Hugh Buchanan, L H Featherston, W A J Phillips, 11D Render. Thirty-seventh District —W O Tuggle, N G Swanson, L L, Hardy, tr., S W Harris, It L Rowe, T M Awbrey. Thirty-eighth District-N J Tumlin, W J Hoad, Mr Denton. Thirty-ninth District—A W Holcomb, James R Brown, Elias Fields, Oliver Clark, — Haw kins (Independent). Fortieth Distriot—Mr. Wellborn, Dr. Ste- plieua. Forty-first District—Mr. Day, D. Garron, Mr. Homy. Forty-second District—W T Wofford, Jno II Fitten, Abcln Johnson, A R Wright, D B Hamil ton, Nathau Bass, S Hawkins. Forty-third District—L N Trammell, Wm K Moore, S M Carter, J C Fain. Forty-fourth District—Mr McFarland, Mr Paris, Mr Lowo. A NICE DOT ICS OP JUDG12 UNDICRWOOD. REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD OKOKCIIA LAWYER. Judge Undorwood, liko Judge Dooley, had his controversies with his landlords at tho tuv- orns, but, uulike Dooloy, all in a good-humored way. At a court, tbinkiug bis landlord was ro- miss, he asked John Mabry if ho had taken tho oath of tho Bpooial Bailiff. “Because you have 'kept us without meat, drink or fire—candlolight and wator only ex cepted;’ and that is tho oath which is adminis tered to tho Bailiff bcioro ho talcos chnrgo of tho jury, John Mabry, nud from tho way you have kopt up this oourt, I thought you mutjfc have takon it. If you havo, John Mabry, I can cer tify you liavo scrupulously observed it.” IIo uovor forsook horseback and saddlo-bags, whlio I know him, for buggies or railroads, and always rodo a lino animal, about which ho felt great anxiety. Stopping all night with Charter Campbell, of Madison, when his bill was pre sented next morniug bo said: “Well, Mr. Campbell, do you really think I owe you throo dollars for tlio ontertainmout of mo and my groy horse, Cherokoe ?" “Oh, yes, Judge, it is a fair and usual charge.” “Well, Mr. Campbell, if tho poot had stopped with you, instead of saying, 'man wautB but littlo hero bolow nor wants that little long,’ he might havo said, 'if man has but little hero be low, and stops with you, ho will not havo that littlo long.” ’ During tho Know-Nothing campaign, a drum mer recommending his tavern, said, “It was a Know-Nothing house,” when Judge U. replied: “Well, if the landlord knows less than Jim Toney—his old landlord of tho tavern—I shall not risk myself with him.” “Having been asked the politics of a friend, whom ho accused of fickleness, ho said: “I can’t say for 1 havo not seen him since dinner.” Judge Thomas, of Elbert, in which county Underwood onco lived, meetiug him, said the people of that county would liko to sec him thore, and he (Thomas) thought ho could make a pleasant visit to the old place. “Yes,” said Judge U., “thero is an honest stupidity about the people of Elbert which is amusing, and which I rather like.” Some citizen of tho county, who took tho ro mark of Underwood as offensive, meeting him afterwards, rebnkiugly said ho ought to take it back. Well,” said tho Judge, “I will tnko part of it back, and since tho county voted for Buchau- 11 will withdraw the word ‘honest.’” For a long time ho was accused of beiug an old Federalist, of the John Ailams school which, in Georgia, then, was littlo short of a charge ot theft, and having been taunted with it by a politician, who said, “thero has always been but two parties in tho country, and w class you with tho Federalists, for all know that is jour place.” “Yes,” said Underwood, “thero havo always boon two parties, Federalists and fools, aud I havo never heard you accused of belonging to tho Federalists.” On being importuned to move to the town of Marietta, ho said ho would not likotolivo there, but thought it the best place to die iu that ho know of, and gavo as tho reason that ho could leave it with fewer regrets than any other place in tho world. Aud what may seem a strange coincidence, ho died iu Marietta. HON. 1112X HILL. OUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. I Rev. F. M. KENNEDY, D. D., Etlltor. Uev. J. W. BURKE, Assistant Editor. Hkv. A. G. IIAYGOOD, Editorial Correspondent. THIRTY-NINTH VOLUME. I^ 1 is 11cd* in i8J7."liuviug lor tho scope of its circulation Jeorida, South Carolina, Florida and East Alabama, naintaius tho position long hold by it as tho equal °f any family newspuper in the country. Subscription rv\0 DOLLARS AND FIFTY CEFT8 per year, invariably in advauce. l'ostage paid by the publishers. Ministers furnished at hulf price. To Advertisers. As an advertising medium the Advocate has no superioi in tho States above named—indeed it can hardly bo otiuallcd in this respect—and tho attention of merchants, manufacturers, aud othur ‘‘Men who Advkutise,” is conildont.y called to Its supor.or merits. It will pay them to try it. ltatoa ol’ advertising reasonable and iudiH- Criminating. Address J. W. BURKE fc CO A MATCH FOR THK MISSISSIPPI MASSACRE. Pittsbtjro, Pa., June 11.—A few weeks ago Samuel MeMnsters, who had been acting Mayor and for many years a leading Alderman, of the oily, was tried and convicted of abortion. Tho details of tho cose nrp the most revolting of any iu our criminal annals. It was proved that bo belonged to a club comprising somo ten or twelve influential men, and perhaps as many women, whose solo purpose was tho betrayal aud ruin of young girls, sovernl of whom tell into tlie'net thus spread for them, at least two, dying under the bands of the club-abortionists. To-day MeMaBters was sentenced by Judge Ewing, of tbo Criminal court, to six years’ im prisonment in tho Western penitentiary. Be fore sentence was passed on him be made a tong speoeb, to the efleot that bo was a martyr, an -innocent, persecuted man, aud charging that tbo judges on tbo bench had taken an active part in tbo prosecution. Tho effect of the speech was decidedly to bis disadvantage. An effort will be mado to have tbo case reviewed by the Supremo Court, but with littlo prospect of success. Very littlo sympathy is felt (or Mc- Masters, tbo almost universal expression being, “Served him right.” Other members of tbo infamous club will bo proscoute J ns soon ns evi- denco can bo secured. 8-t Macon; Ga. Tho Brlglicat Littlo Paper Outl Noat, Sparkling, Ncwayl SEND IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS AT ONCE A WARNING. Tho New York Herald does uot altogether like IIou. B. II. Hill’s LuGrange speech, and por trays the eloquent Georgian as having his “head down and tail up.” Tho Herald man snorts be cause Mr. Hill protests ugainRt a State constitu tion that brands tho people of tho Common wealth as rebels, aud declares that tho para- mou t allegiance of every Georgian is due to tho National Government. Mr. Hill simply as sorts his self-respect, and calls upon lollow-citi- zeus, thus branded, to assert theirs. Pursuing this theme, however from its own peculiar stand-point, the Herald says: “Mr. Hill is no toriously the best talker to Buncombe in tho whole of Georgia. Nobody need imagine that he believes all be seems to be saying. He is at tho bottom a very sensible man, nud ho knows that tho late war was a rebellion, and that overy Georgian, just as overy New Yorker, does owe paramount allcgiauce to the Federal Govern ment. But he wants a constitutional conven tion, aud so he is giving those reasons for it which ho imagines will carry his point. That is all. Only is it quite right in so eminent a man. so able a man, so seusible a man, to go ubout among his fellow-citizens uttering balder dash ? IIo has just been elected to tho Senate for six years, aud no Presidential election is at hand. What is tho use ? Mr. Hill made a good deal of campaign thunder for the Republicans in the Winter of 1875-G. Why not, as tho stroct boys say, ‘give us a rest?’ ” We dare say Mr. Hill can talk Buncombe su perbly when tho occasion domauds it; but ho spoke tho words of truth aud soberness at La- Grange. Mr. Hill, beiug at bottom, and top too, a sousiblo man, aud acquainted as his Her ald critic probablj' is not, with the history of tho formation of the Union, never could believe that tho war between the States was a rebellion. Nay, he has, over and over again, in loltieBt language aud with relentless logic, demonstrated exaqtly tho reverse. Of course, what Mr. Hill knows to be truth on this subject, the Herald man deems, in his prejudice or ignorance, “balderdash.” Mr. Hill was speaking at La- Grange as an-earnest man to earnest men, and not as a “street boy” to tho readers of the Her ald. We shall have a convention nud it will do justice to all classes, branding none. It will bo called by a popular vote nud tho fundainonta 1 law shall havo about it no hedge of bayonets and no smell of fraud. Mr. Hill would have been false to himself, to bis people, and to his common country bad bo not spoken as he did. —Augusla Chronicle. HOW TUB UllEAX MONOWUl WILL liE THANHFOBTED ACROSS HKAH. Thero is now a reasonable probability that be fore mnny woolcs olapso Cleopatra’s Needle will bo eu routo for England. The monolith has been handed over to Mr. Dixon's agent, whoso men havo commenced tho noccssavy work for its removal. Tho * 'Needle” is sixty-uino foot long rnd eight foot square—not uniformly, hut at tho base. It weighs about two hundred and twenty tons, and lies in tho sand ftftoon foot abovo high water lino. To got this mass safely into tho sea and across tho sea, it iB intended to build up around it on shore a cylindrical iron case, or ship, and then to roll tho entire mass, nearly three hun dred tons, into the Mediterranean,and when the necessary ballasting and additions havo been mado to tho ship in dry dock, to havo her towed to England Tho iron vessel is now being made at tho Thames Iron Works, and when ready will bo sont out here in pieces, to bo built around the obelisk, under tho superintendence of Mr. Wuynman Dixon, brother to Mr. John Dixon, tho enterprising designer nud contractor. Tho vossol must bo considerably longer than tho ob elisk, becauso of the shape of tho stono. It will bo 02 feet long and 15 feet iu diameter, with plates g of an inch thick. It will bo divided into nine water-tight compartments by eight bulk heads; total weight of iron seventy-live tons. To lilt the end of tho obelisk jacks of immense power will havo to bo sent from England, and after the cylinder is built tremendous tackle will be required to roll it into the sea. It will float in water nine feet deep, and to reach this depth it must bo rolled 400 feet. Onco afloat und in the dock it will bo fitted with bilge keels, rudder and steering gear. It will be cutter rigged,with one mast and two sails, and will havo a deck house for Mr. Carter, who will have charge of it on the voyage; for, although it will be in tow of a steamer, it will bo iu every respect a ship, and able to take care of itself for a timo in case ot accident or breaking away from the tow-lines, which are to be of steel wire. There will be four or five men on board to make sail, pump bilge-water, trim lights und make signals in case of need. In tho opinion of eminent engineers the plan proposed is admirably adapted for tho work to bo done, and Mr. Dixon’s confidence is shown iu the fact that should ho fail to complete his work ho will receive nothing for his outlay and trouble. If, however, tho undertaking is a suc cess, tho entire expense will bo borne by Mr. Erasmus Wilson, tho eminent surgeon. Im mense care and nicety will have to be exercised iu obtaiuing tho necessary strength and rigidity; tho obelisk must be so packed, forming with the iron cylinder one solid mass, as to avoid any strain from rolling iuto the water, or from the heavy working of the ship afterward. I pre.sumo tho most anxious part of the work will be to get the vessel aud her precious cargo into tho sea. Once afloat other difficulties will he mastered. Threo thousand five hundred years ago this obelisk formed ono of the pillars iu front of tho great Temple of Turn (tho setting sun) at Heli opolis, near Cairo, and was brought to Alexan dria during the reign of Cleopatra. No accounts exist of tho appliances used; but if this and larger monuments could be safely moved about sixteen hundred years B. C., it is not possiblo to doubt pur ability to do likewise iu the nine teenth century, A. D. TRICKS OF A JUGGLER. M ISS ANNIE M. BAJtNES (“Cousin Annie”) for a long timo In ehargo of tbo “Childron’B Corner” in thu Hunny South, will iBfiuo about tho llrBt of March, a littlo naner to he devoted to the amuHomont and instruction of tho young, as well as to the entertainment of tlioso who ° l lCvoryhody from grand-mothor clown to “Littlo Tot,” "'ll wm -1™- o-'y ’8 cent. . year, or CO every 'litUJ Ooy nnit girl B ot ,5 “.“.'u^Mbsorlb' .rod for “ioUHlu Anulo'B" l>.lieri or set four .ubscrib- ers 00(1 <(3, and rocolvo n copy free for on year. A beautiful picture will be given to th “ girl who send. In the first BobBOrlptlon. lie qutoV, HtUo iullin. Address, MISB ANNIE It. BABNEB,^ VUJJC’B l'ToOXlvVl. GUIDE. Iu almost every paper may bo read tho adver tisement, “Your name ■ neatly printed on filty cards for ten ceuts, postage paid,” etc. Every printer knows that the cost of the cards furnish ed, which are of fiuo hoard, together wrth tho work and postage, will cost ten times ton cents. How then-cau they make thin traffic pay ? Tho answer is simply this, these chaps thus gather iu tho,names of thousands of boys and girls throughout the country. These names are sold to dealers in obscene books aud pictures, who then send circulars advertisihg their fiithy goods. And sometimbs tho men who print these cheap visiting' cards are in tho obscene booic and picture busiuoss themselves. Parents should look out for suqk things aud koep an eye on tho mail matters received by their children. Iu copying the above from tho Big Lick News wo tnko ocddsloti (d say tha't wo exposed this in famous trick threo years ago, .and aro glad to eoo that our sprightly namesake is resolved upon lnyiug.the matter before ita readers.—lynchburg News.- j . A BEAUTIFUL Quarterly Jourunl, fluoly hlustrutcX aud containing uu elegant colored F lower Plate with tbe first number. Price only CGets fur llio yeur. Tlf first number for i,*17 juat Issued iu German aud English. VICK'S FLOWER it VEGETABLE GAltDEN.iu paper ,Tiie beauty of tholadies qf Baltimore has lie- come tho standard of comparison tho world over. They ihnintaiu that peculiar clearness and rich- Ufa- with elegant olotb covers, *1. , | ness of complexion by the occasional use (as re nnets C.vrALUUUE-SOMimsirationa only ^centa. | pf jj r , Bul p 6 Blood Mixturo. The General Assembly of tbo Presbyterian Churoh South, at their recent session in New Orleans, Bquaroly condemned all kinds of danc ing. One of tho resolutions says: “Some forms of this amusement are moro mischievous than others, tho round dance than the square, the public ball than tho private party, but none of them are good, but all of them are evil and should bo discountenanced, and wo affection ately urge all our Christian parents not to send their children to dauoing schools, where they acquire a fondness nud an aptitude for the dan gerous amusement.” A very singular feature in the mariue land scapes between Terra del Fuego and the con tiguous mainland is the floating gardens of sea weed. The plant frequently grows to a lehgth of between 300 and 400 feet. It gives cover and pasturage to every species of Crustacea, great aud small, whilo tho entangled mass sway ing like a ponderous curtain iu the water, ef fectually breaks tho shock of tho most tremen dous rollers. Some one wrote to “Greeley” inquiring if guano was good to put on potatoes. He said it might do for thoso whoso tastos had beeu viti ated by tobacco and rum, but he preferrod gravy and butter. Tho far-famed Robert Heller cannot be satis fied with his legitimate-triumph before au audi ence, aud occasionally does a neat thing for his own amusement, very much to tho surprise of those who happen to bo present. Recently, while passing an itinerant vender of cheap provisions, Mr. Heller suddenly paused and inquired: “How do you sell eggs, auntie?” “Dem eggs,” was tho response, “day am worth a picayuno apiece; fresh, too, the last one of era; biled era myself, and knows dey’s fust rate.” “Well, I’ll try one/’ said tho magician, laying down a bit of fractional currency. “Have you pepper and-salt?” “Yes, sir, dero dey is,” said the sable sales woman, watching her customer with intense in terest. Leisurely 7 drawing out a littlo penknife, Mr. Heller proceeded very quietly to cut tho egg ex act in half, when suddenly a bright new twenty- fivo cent pieco was discovered lying imbedded in tho yolk, apparently as bright as when it came out of tho mbit. Very coolly tho great magician transferred the coin to his pocket, and taking up another egg, inquired : “IIow much do you ask for this egg ?” “Do fact am, boss, dis egg am wort a dime, shuab.” “All right,” was tho response, “hero’s tho dime; now give mo tho ogg.” Separating it with an exact precision that tho colored lady watched eagerly’, a quarter eagle in it was most carefully picked out of tho egg and placed in tho vest pocket of the operator as be fore. Tlio old woman is thunderstruck, as well she might have been, nud her customer had to ask the price of tho third ogg two or threo times before he could obtain a reply. “Dar’s no use talking, mar’s,” said tho bewil dered old darkey,. ‘ ‘I can’t let you hab dat egg no how for less than a quarter, I declare to tho Lord I can’t.” “Very good,” said Heller, whoso imperturb able features wore as solemn as an undertaker’s, “there is your quarter and here is the egg. All right.” As he opened tho last egg a brace of five-dol- lar gold pieces w’ero discovered snugly deposited in the heart of the yelk. Jingling them merrily together in his palm, ho coolly remarked : “Very 7 good eggs, indeed. I like them, and whilo I am about it will buy a dozen. What is the price?” “I say price !” cried the astonished daughter of Ham. “You couldn’t buy dem eggs, mar’s for all the money you’s got; no, dat you could n’t. I’s gwiue to take them eggs all home, that I is; an’ dat money in dem all belongs to me. It does dat. Could not sell one more of dem eggs nohow.” Amid the roar of the spectators, tho benight ed darkey started to her domicile to “smash dem eggs,” but with what success we are unable to relate. CHIPS AND WIIKT8TONEH. Cun any one defluo the oxact width of a nar row escape. Better to bo upright with poverty than un principled with plenty. Tho host of riches is contentment; tho worst of poverty low spirits. In tho country they blow a horn before diuuor; iu town thoy lake one. What popular cry fully describes an incipient moustache? “Down in front.” Tho man who cuu invent n lazier amusement than croquet will make his fortune. Most mon love littlo women, and by a recip rocity, littlo women love most men. The man who puts on a spring coat with the most satisfaction is tho house-puinter. Almost every young lady is public-spirited enough to have her father’s house a court house. Tho bread of life is love; tho salt of life is work; sweetness of life, poetry; tho water of life, faith. If you lot trouble sit upon your soul like a hen upon her nest, you may expect thu hatch ing of a lftrgo brood. Men lire guided less by oonscienco thiin by glory, and yet tho shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience. God will not let any apparent evil come into our lives from which wo cannot wring somo good to ourselves or others. Be what you are. Ape no greatness. Be content to pass for what you are worth. A good nickel is better than a counterfeit dollar. A coroner’s verdict in Arkansas: “Wo find that he came to his death from trying to cut out Joe Willis iu courting Sue Jackson.” “That portable stove saves half tho fuel,” said an iron monger. “Failb, thin, I’ll take two of them aud save it all,” teplied the cus tomer. “Isn’t there an awfully strong smell of pigs in the air ?” uskod Smith of Jones. “YeB,” re plied Jones; ‘‘that’s because tho wind is from the sou’-west.” Let us not judge a character hastily, for in the web of life a golden thread twiuetb, unseen by mortal eye, but which in tho upper world shall bo woven into a crown of glory. A spinster lady of fifty years remarked lately that sho could go alone at six months old. “Yes,” said her hatelul half-brother, “and you havo been going alone ever since.” “Why, Sammy,” said a lather to his little sou lately, “I didn’t know that your teacher whipped you Friday.” “I guess,” replied Sammy, “if you’d been iu my trowsers you’d kuow’d it.” When a woman makes up her mind that a lien shall not set, and tho hen makes up her mind that she will, the irresistible meets the immova ble, and every law of nature is broken or per verted. A matronly lady asked one younger in years why she did uot require of her companion to teach her the French lunguage. To which in terrogation she replied that one tougue was enough for auy lady. Of all the modifications of manner which aro to be met with in society, perhaps the most gen erally pleasjng is simplicity, even as that water is tho purest which has no taste; that air tho freshest which has no odor. A pious young man went to serenade his girl iu Cincinnati the other night, and as he struck up, “Angels met him at tho gate;” the gate swung open and u big dog bulged through aud met him near tho seat of his pantaloons. Jones has discovered the respective nature of a distinction and a difference. He says that “a little difference” frequently makes many ene mies, while “a littlo distinction" attracts hosts of friends to the one on whom it is conferred. The most important lesson of life is to know how to be happy within ourselves, when home is our comfort, aud all in it, even to tho dog aud cat, share our affections. Do uot repine away happiness by thinking that which is good may bo better. A boy five years of age having stolen a can of milk, his mother took him t) task with moral suasion, and wound up her discourse by exclaim ing, “Whnt in the world wero you going to do with the milk?” “I was going to steal a dog to driukit.” “Jake,” said a blushing damsel to a lover that her father had forbidden in the house, “I don’t cave if your feet are big, I love you just as much.” “Well, Sally, I don’t mind the size of my feet, but I wish your dad’s were a little smal ler; I should feel more confident, you know, about staying.” Brown, who was in lovo with a lady, asked permission to call her by the explicit name of some animal, which was granted on condition that she should have the sumo privilege. Leav- Browu said, “Good night, deer.” “Good night, bore,” sho said. Brown is disgusted with figurative courtship. Thero was only ouo cigar left iu tho box, aud thero wero two young hopefuls struggling for it. Tho first little boy clutched it, but the other 6aid consolingly to his brother, “Never mind, Dick, I’ll smoke it till I get sick, and then you can finish it.” And tho heart of the other little boy was comforted, “AS OTHERS SEE US.’’ COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON. A few Soraps of Testimony, which go to show that the LaGrange Re porter ought to be read by every person in this Section. BEAD mid SUnsritlHE-or gUDBCUIItK Slid BEAD Tho premium offered at tlio Htate Fulr for tho hewt weekly newHpaper, wiih nwurded to the JsaOriuitfo Report er. For once in the hlHlory of Bitch tiwurdH, there will bo no two opluloUH In regard to the Justice of tho doclfliou of tho committee.—tiuvunnah Newt, Auv. 2,187.'). LaGbanok Repohtrii.—This pplendid weekly wnn awarded tho premium, luat week, at the State Fair. We congratulate J3ro. Waterman iu tlila, bin hour of triumph. WhilHt we would have hud it otliorwino, yet wo havo no complaint to offer; und are rather of the opinion that the awurd wuh juat aud proper.—Monroe Advertiser,Nov.ll,'78. Tho LaGrnngo Reporter in one of tho niopt popular Weeklies iu the State, ami neeila no commemlatlon from ua.—Darien Timber Gaxctte, Sept. 24, 1870. Tho LaGrange Reporter is ono of tho beat eatabliHlied and host edited papora iu the State, and 1h worthy of tlio liberal putruuuge it receives.—Newnan Herald,iV<n\ll,'76. Tho LaGrange Reporter ia iu tlio. 32nd year ot itB cxiat- once, and ia one of thu beat weekliea iu the State.—Ham ilton Visitor, Jan. 14,1H70. col'll HATES OF ADVEUTIRINO. 3 vvTYa w. $225! $1)00 4 00 5 50 5 231 7 00 ~(TKl. | It llooo 1(1 0,0 J 25 no 22 (H) I 82 06 28 001 Ul’ 00 34 00 40 06 40 on I 53 60 45 01) I (10 hooo,lev 6n 1(18 00 137 lift l*.»r.iio Jr.o no Doublocolumn udvertiBementa 25 pof cr.nL extra; fj r* clal notleea, 25, and local or rending notice*, 50 per ecu t 2250 2875 Tho LaGrange Reporter atlll beara off tho palm r .at country paper iu the State—or in the South, bo e have Been.—Atlanta Herald, Oct. 24, 1876. bright, and well filled. Mr. Waterman, the editor, ia a practical printer, a “truined journaliat,” und a moat vig orous writer—not a particle of “guah” in hiacoinpoaition. Wo aro pleuaod to sec that tho Reporter liua a good local patronage, which ia the beat evidence of ita merita, and without which no paper can aucceed.—Franklin News. Tho LaGrange Reporter la edited with core and ability,# and is in our opinion the neaU-at paper, typographically, iu the State.—Carroll County Times, Oct. 8,1875. Darien Timber Gazette. We aro always glud to get hold of tho Reporter; tho print ia good, the matter ia good, und the paper is good. What more can wo auy? It deserves to be known as tho Rrizo Weekly.—Savannah Register, Sept. 25, 1875. Tho LaGrange Reporter is a splendid weekly—both in u.nkc-up und editorial ability. Mr. Watermuu wields a trenchant pen, and is fully ubreast of the times.- -Stat> Line Dress, Sept. 25, 1875. The LaGrange Reporter ia proverbial for saying the right thing at tho right time. — Warrenton Clipper, Oct. 7, 1875. sides of the people of Meriwether.—Meriwether Vindicator The LaGrange Reporter ia one of tho very beat pub lished, and ia tho beat printed paper in tho South. It took the gold medal in 1873, at the Georgia State Fuir, for being the beat printed aud best edited paper in the State. ' isiriug a iirst-claas paper iron* Georgia, ettertf ‘ * * ‘ “ ' ~ " for o Tho LaGrange Reporter ranks among the foremost weekly papers of tho State. Mr. J. T. Waterman is an editor of culture, who is conscientiously aud successfully endeavoring t" Keep the Reporter up to tho standard of a ; lrst-clas8 Southern weekly.—Christian Index, Sept.2d,"ii. Educational. SOUTHERN FEMALE COLLEGE* LAGHANGK, GA. FACULTY; I. F. COX, A.M., President, Mathematics and Ancionl Languages. Rev. A. R. CALLAWAY, Relies Lcitrcs and Natural Science. 1 Physiol- Mna. Jit. C. COX, Botany and English Brandies. Miss A. M. COX, Modem Languages. Miss KJ.IZA II. TOOLK, Primary Department. MUSIC DKVArtTMKNTi Mias 8ALIJE C. COX, Piano, Organ and Violin. Miss ALICE M. CUX, Piano, Guitar, aud Vocal Music; ART LKl’AllTMKNT. J. M. TOMLINSON, Portrait I'uinting, Theory of CoN Mias M. E. BTAKELKY, Drawing, Painting in Oil, Water Colors, etc. This institution has been under its present m&nape- incut lor nearly twenty years. 2 ho teachers in all tlio departments have long held tlielr present positions, and have practically demonstrated their fitness for the pi ccif they Ml. The department of Natural Sciences la supplied with au excellent mineral eubiuet, charts, chemical and philo sophical apparatus. The Music department is famished with eight pianos, charts, fcc. The art facilities arc ample for thorough art culture; Druwirjg, Vocal Music and Caliathcnics/rre of charge. Unusual advantages are offered In penmanship; and the training in uli departments is thorough and practical; The pupils of this College liavo repeatedly borne *11 pre- Tuilion, literary or music, per annum, $50. Painting, $25 to $50. Board, per annum, with washing, lights and luel, $155. The collegiate year of nine aud a hall mouths opens the lust Wedn sdoy In September and cIgbcb tho" 20th of Juno. No deduction lor lost time except for pro-' traded sickness. For catalogues containing particulars' U 14 88 I. F. COX, President. SMOR7 COXiLEGtE—1877 OXFORD, GEORGIA. One mile from Covington depot, between Atlanta and Avgusta—Georgia Railroad. mil 1 i 1877. THE QUARTERLY REVIEWS, BLAQKWOOD’S MAGAZINE. THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING CO. 41 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK. Continue their authorized reprints ol tho FOUR LEADING QUARTERLY REVIEWS. EDINBURGH REVIEW. (Whig.) LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW. (Conservative) WESTMINSTER REVIEW. (Liberal.) BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. (Evangelical.) BLACKWOOD’S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. The British Quarterlies give to the reader well-digested information upon tho great events in contemporaneous history, und contain masterly criticisms on all that is lresh aiul valuable iu literature, us well us u summary of the triumphs of scieuco and art. The wars likely to vulse all Europe will form topics for discussiou, that will be treated with a thoroughness aud ability nowhere else to bo fouud. Blackwood’s Magazine is lamous for stories essays uud sketches of the highest literary merit. TERMS, INCLUDING POSTAGE: Payable strictly iu Advance. Four large aud well uppoiuted buildings, besides tho two Society Hulls, afford umple facilities lor all the work of the College. The Faculty has been strengthened by providing fully for the chair of English Language und Litcratnro. EXAMINATIONS. There will be three examinations of all the classes cacil year. Tho lirst will be held at tho closo of the Fall Term, the second at the middle of the Spring Term, aud tho third at tho closo of the Spring Term. Iu addition to the regular studies of tho course, these examinations will embrace the elementary studies, Geog- FACULTY: Rev. ATTICU8 G. HAYGOOD, D. D., President and Professor of Mental and Moral Science. Rev. GKO. W. W. STONE, A. M., Vice-President afld Professor of Mathematics. Rev. OSBORN L. SMITH, D. D., Professor of Latin Language. Rev. ALEX. MEANS, M. D., D. D., LL. D., Professor Emeritus of Natural Science. Rnv. MORGAN CALLAWAY, D. D., Professor of English Language aud Literature. A. SCOMP, A. M., Professor of Grtck Language and Literuture, und of Hebrew. JOHN F. BONNELL, A. M., Professor of Natural Science. R. M. MclNTOSH, Professor of Vocal Music. RUFUS W. SMITH, A. M., Principal of Academic De partment. TERMS: Tuition, Spring Term, iu College Classes, $35. . Tuition, Spring Term, in Academic Department: Pn- tary Classes, $20; Academic Classes, $31. Board, iu good lainilies, including all expenses for fuel; lights, etc., from $10 to $20 per month. A year’s tuition in College may be awarded by the Principals of the Academic Department, and of Collins- worth Institute, ut Tulbotton, to thu beBt scholar in those schools. Two free scholarships are offered to local preachers aud laymen in each Presiding Elder’s District of the North Georgia, South Georgia aud Florida Confer ences. For particulars, consult Presiding Elders. For auy ono Review • For auy two Reviews For any three Reviews 10 00 « 12 00 • 4 00 1 7 00 1 10 00 1 13 00 For Blackwood uud one Review For Blackwood und two Reviews For Blackwood nml three Review* For Blackwoodund the lour Reviews 15 00 CLUBS. A discount of twenty per cent, will bo allowed to clubs of four or more persons. Thus, four copies of Black wood or of ono Review will be sent to one address for $12.80, four copies ot the four Reviews and Blackwood for $48, and so on. PREMIUMS. New subscribers (applying early) for tlio year 1877 may have, without charge, the numbers for the last quarter ol 187G oi such periodicals as they may subscribe for. Neither premiums to subscribers nor discount to clubs can be allowed unless tho money is remitted direct to the publishers. No premiums given to clubs. FARMERS’ HIGH SCHOOL. MALE AND FEMALE. CLASSICAL AND COMMERCIAL: Located two miles northeast of Houston, Ga. THE ONE PRICE SCHOOL. -J^XEBCISES BEGIN first Monday in Feb-' gruary, 1877. Six^nonths, first session; four r months, second. LEONIDAS JONES, Prof. Mathematics, Principal. Mbs. EMMA T. HENLEY, Music and Primary De partments. B. H. MATHEWS, Penmanship and Book-keeping. TERMS, PAYMENTS, kc. 1. Each pupil will be charged $2.50 per scholastic month, regardless of age dThrauches studied. 2. When tuition is paid iu advance only two dollars per month will be charged. 3. Patrons not paying in advance, will be required to' give their notes payable at tbo clqse of the session; said notes subject to credit for sickness protracted ono Week or longer. 4. No deduction for abscuco will bo made except for sickness protracted one week or longer. 5. Music on piano with use of instrument, $3.60 per month. . Board, in good families near the school, can be bad reasonable rates. other particulars address LEONIDAS JONES, Prin.. jan!8-3m Houston, Ga; Gladstone—“Doctor, your Longfellow is a great favorite here in England. I suppose you know him very well.” Doctor Grant—“He’s a (puff) wonderful ani mal, no mistake. He’s not running (puff) any mole, though. They’ve got him up there iu Kentucky improving tho stock.” (Puff, puff.) Astonishment of Gladstone. Tfle conversation changes. “Aro Bister Sal aud Nance resources, pa?” “No, my sou; why do you ask that question?’’ “Decause I heard nuclo Josh say if yon would only husband your resources you would get along n great deal bettor than you do, that’s all, pa.” A Kentucky physician was on the witness staud the other day, and was badgered by the defendant’s lawyer for a long time, being com pelled to go over the same ground repeatedly. At length the latter asked him if it were not tiuo that somo men’s skulls were harder and thicker than others. Tho doctor looked straight at his interlocutor for a moment, aud thou replied with great vehemence: “Yes, sir; I think some men’s skulls are much thicker than others.” MAN’S INCONSISTENCY. It is a difficult thing for womeu to discover what men really like aud admire. Here is a mau wildly in love with a helpless little spendthritt, while he has all his life despised frivolity and vanity, aud declared that “his” wife should be a model of feminine wisdom 1 Men fly from “womtn of brains,” and, at tbe same time, long to know a woman of intellect. Again, they pine for their grandmothers who darned stockings and made pies, and, at tho sa’mo time, fall in love with white hands that cau’t sew on a button! They moan over our weakness and ridicule strength, calling it masculine. We hear them loudly declaring against fashion, and firmly as serting that they do not admire women for their dross; but wo understand them, aud know bet ter than to give up the art of adornment, for if wp did, we should find ourselves minus beaux and husbands (a calamity we could uot survive) Men rave and write about sensible womeu; but, queer to relate, their admiration aud reverence for them is so great that they studiously refrain from troubling them with practical attention Men despise “pink and white” women ; but, atrango to day, they always marry them if they can'. We cau’t help laughing a little when read a “sonnet to women divine,” as we re member that the poet is only writing of an idea 1 woman, for his experience has been that the “whole sex is a nuisance.” Oh, inconsioteucy • thy dofiuitionis—a man.—Selectedt THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., 41 Barclay St., New York. Want boarders, Want a situation, Want a salesman, Want a servant Kiri, Want to rent a store, Want to sell a piano, Want tp sell a horse, Want to buy a bouse, ■Want to buy a horse, Want to rent a house, Want to sell a carriage; Want a boarding place, Want to borrow money, Want to soil dry-goods, Want to Bell groctrleB, Want to sell furniture, Want to sell hardware, Want to sell real ostate, Want a job of carpentering, Want a job of blacksmithing, Want to sell millinery goods, SVuut to sell a house uud lot, Want to advertise to advantage, Want to find any one's address, Want to sell a piece of furniture, Waut to buy a second hand carriage, Want to find anything you have lost, Want to sell agricultural implements, J Waut to find au owner for lost property, Advertise in THE LAGRANGE REPORTER. T n inE SPRING TERM of this Institution will opon Jan uary 10th 1877, aud close Juno 18th, 1877, with th6 following FACULTY: ,, President, Professor of BOOK AGENTS AND GOOD SALESMEN Aro "COINING MONEY” with the famous zc :■» jm_ -■* mu m nw n§ The French Edition of which sells for $165, and tho La don Edition for $200. Our popular Edition ($6.50), co tainiug over Ono Hundred lull-page quarto plutes, is Uio CHEAPEST ANn MOST ELEGANT PUBLICATION in AMERICA, and tho BEST TO SELL. Critics vie with each other praising it, and the masses buy it. Agent in Charleston, S. C., reports 07 orders; ono Ninety Six, S. C., 100; ono In Va., 247; another in Mom phis, 200 orders, taken in three ■tfooks. FULL PARTICULARS FREE. Artdfesd J. B. FORD, fc CO.. Publishers, oct28- 27 Park Placo, New York. VICK’S FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDEN I S THE most beautiful work of tho kind iu the world, It contains nearly 150 pages, hundreds of fine illus trations, aud six Chromo Plates of Flowers, beautifully drawn and colored from nature. Price 60 ceuts In paper cover; $1 iu elegant cloth. Printed In German and Eng lish. VICK'8 FLORAL GUIDE, Quarterly, 25 couts a yo- VICK'S CATALOGUE—300 illustrations, only 2 couts, Address JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y, CO. % Rev. J. R. MAYSON, A.TV Moral 8cicuce aud Mathematics. rev. G. G. Smith, A.M., Profossor of Rhetoric and Geology. , HERMAN SOniRMACHER. ProfcMot of French anii Gorman. Mi«b JENNIE McFAIL, Teacher of Calisthenics, snj Assistant in Lutiu, etc. Miss LUCY CARPENTER, Assistant Tcncher of En- glish Literature; Mbs. FANNIE J. MAYSON, Matron. HERMAN SCHIKMACUER, Professor of Music. Miss LUCY CARPENTER, Teachet of Art Department; Assistants will be procured when the neccsslffoft 6f the College demand their services. . ^ This institution graduated its first class in 184C, and since that time has sent forth kundrodB from its classic walls to mould and bless society. LOCATION. Tho College Is located on a high eminence overlooking the beautiful city of LaGrange and the surrounding country; remote from the «tlr of tho city aud vet suffi ciently near to chtrreh afid tho conveniences of business. MUSIC DEPARTMENT. e happy to aunounco that the services of Prof. II. Schirmachcr have been secured as tho head of this de partment. His name is enough in a country where his reputation is so well kuowu. If you desire to learn music thiB is tho placo. BOARDING. Board iu tho College, including lights and fuel, $13.60 per month. Washing will cost $1.50 per monUi^ ObMges lor board and tuition c * ’* J uwui'u aJ! uuuuu vw-half iu advance and balance at middle of the term, Each pupil boarding in the Col- will bo required to furnish ono pair sheet*, one palf tho piUow cases, one coverlet, aud half dozen towels. •* further information address, Rev. J. R. MAYSON. President. SIC EDS* FIELD, GARDEN, FLOWER, TREE, HEDGE. AC W E offer our usual largo and complete embracing the most desirable varieties and of be«4 TU„?t, h.. S&SeV&S? u - Nursory and Seedsmen, ,,,, York, Penu.ylvkuta,