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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1870.
No. 36.
fjOl’TEN & ROBERTS,
Lf5Sf e Editors & Proprietors.
5 r«I 0RI«B
Irruis
\ !l V fc a
Suitor
__i2,™ per amiuui, in Advance.
[r , si;{ ,;_Per!iqua^^f ten lines, each
, s | i)0. Harcnan^Pl
Lid others forall
la-“ -tl #25, twenty-five per cent.off
,c-
;.U. A'DVKRTISIKe.
, „ ru ’ S -Citationsfor letters of ad-
° ;i • -Vaardiauship .&e $3 00
OQl 1
iloar
piard’n
:!o sell Land.. ......
stration
, n torlettersof dism’n fromadm’n
,jfor letters of disin'n of
* '^tiautor leave to sell Land
P 3l ‘T, i),b;ors and Creditors
L‘ k , . t .. , j ncr SflUGre oj tell ImCS....
S-'L. -E scli levy of ten lines, or less..
'.It? sales of ten lines or less
sales, per sq. (‘? months)
^/...Voreelosure of mortgage and oth-
^montbly’s* per square
, rsy notices, thirty days
•fatesof Sespect, Resolutions by Societies,
‘ r , ! t-c. exceeding six lines, to be charged
0b !;<sleat advertising.
‘^v.leiaf Land, by Administrators, Execu-
lardians, are required by law, to be held
!0|S | ' ;t. Tuesday in the month, between the
oaI ‘ ‘ the forenoon and three in the af-
change of schedule,
NO OHANaa op CARS BE
TWEEN SAVANNAS, ATT
G-TTSlf A AND nXONTGGZ&-
ES.1T, ALABAMA.
TRANSPORTA. i T ON OFFICE, CET. R. R. )
Savannah, August 14, 1868. <
0 N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 16th Inst., Pas
seuger i ains on the Georgia Central R. R.
v. ill run as follows :
2 00
5 00
3 50
5 00
3 00
5 00
1 50
2 50 | Savannah 8:00 A M
5 00
5 00
UP DAY TRAIN.
ARRIVE.
i no
3 oo
hoars
h
at iha Court
• situated.
t-hoase in the count}’’ in which
operry 1
, ofthvse sales must be given in a public
, ’*! i L vs previous to the dav of sale.
»aze6 e ’ J - H .
v»ticefor the sale of personal property must be
;reaioiikemanner 10 days previous to sale day,
*„ ■ ......lebtors and creditors of an estate
^fibobspublished 40 days.
10 vVce that application will be made to the
. C f'Kffiuarv for leave to sell land, must be
C Sel for two mouths.
K", iltn a for letters of Administration, Guar-
jfce..,inast be pabiislied 3ftdays—fordis-
,-n Administration, monthly six months .
•fissionTom guardianship, 40 days.
. 0 i t -, ir foreclosure of Mortgages must be
-'--hed ninth/y for four months— for establish-
^"'^■fii'pers ,f rtke full space of three months—
IdUng'titles from Executors or Adminis-
'"nrt wiicre bond has been given by the de-
:1 .’the full space of three months. Charge,
% per square of ton lines for each insertion.
always be continued accord
Ml requirements, unless oth
PiTieatiooi ' vu
these, the L
irdered.
Macon . : 5:38 p m
Augusta. 5:38 P M
Miiiedgeviile g.-^ p
Eaton ton 11.00 p ^
Connecting with trains that leaves
Au S u 3ta g;45 A M
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Macon 7:00
Savannah 5.39 P M
Augusta 5:38 P 41
Connecting with train that leaves
Augusta 8:45 A M
UP NIGHT TRAIN-
Savannah . 7:20 p M
Macon 6:55 A M
Augusta 8;i3 A M
Connecting with trains that leaves
Augusta 9:33 p M
DOWN NIGHT TRAIN.
Macon 6:25 P M
Savannah 5; 10 A M
Augusta 9:13 A 41
Miiiedgeviile . 4:30. P M
Eatonton - 2:40 P M
Connecting with train that leaves
Augusta 9:53 p M
A M. Trains Irom Savannah and Augusta, a
P M Train from Macon connect with Miiledg
vilie Train at Gordon daily, Sundays excepted?
P 41. Train from Savannah connects with thro
mail train on South Carolina Railroad, and P. 41.
train from Savannah and Augusta with trains on
South-Western and 4Iuscogec Railroads.
W41. RlOGERS,
Aet’g Master of Transportation.
•'February 1, 1870' 5 tf
CHANGE OF SCBEDL
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, J
ATLANTIC i GCtF, R- II • COMPANY, >
Savannah, January 7, 1870. )
/\N' AND AFTER SUNDAY, the 9tii instant,
y Passenger Trains on this Road will run as
0 '° HS ‘ NIGHT EPXPRES3 TRAIN.
IfsreSavannah every day at... 4.30 P 41
Arrive at J esup junction .41 &. B ,,
J5 - 7 A - V -
Arrive at Live Oak every day . 2.20 A 41
Arrive at Jacksonville everyday '-02 A M
Arrive at Tahahassee every day J.l)7 A **•
Arrive at Quincy every day
Arrive at Bainhridge Mondays ex
cepted
Leave Ka
v incy every day „
Leaw Tallahassee every day r ai
Lca.e Jacksonville every day 8.30? 41
Leave Live Oak every day.
Leave Jesup every day
Arrive at Savannah everyday 10-oU A M
MACON A BRUNSWICK ACCOMMODATION
NOTICE-
.15 A 41
6.15 A 41
iaiubridge, Sundays excepted.9.30 P M
Leave Quincy every day ” M
....1.28 A 41
..7.50 A M
.2.10 P M
.19.45 A M
7.09 ? M
. 7.50 P 41
. 6.C0A 41
. 2.16 P 41
. 5.35 ? M
Leave Savannah, Sundays except
ed, at
Arrive at Jasnps Sundays except-
e(3 at ; 5 00 P 41
Arrive at Brunswick daily at R -20 P 4i
Leave Macon daily at 8-? A
Leave Jesup daily at... fj.OO P M
Arrive at Savannah daily at, r it
0a Sunday litis Train will leave Savannah at
7 15 A. JI., connecting with Trains lor Macon «
Brunswick, aud connecting with trains from Ma-
cou and Brunswick will arrive at 8 a van no. 1 at
9.30 TM.
DAY TRAIN.
Leave Savannah, Sundays except- _
ed at 7.1o A M
Arrive at Jesups, Sundays except
ed at
Arrive at Live Oak, Sundays ex
cepted at
Arrive at JJr.con duly at
Leave Liv-. Oak. Sundays except
ed
Leave Jesups, Sundays except
ed at
ArriT? at Savannah .Sundays ex
cepted at
TP* Passengers for Macon take 7.15 A 41 tiain
irt-iii Savannah, leaving daily. .
Passengers for Brunswick take 2.10 P 41. tram
from Savannah.
Passengers leaving Macon at. 8.30 A M connect
a: -L-s , with sipiess train for Florida and'West
ern Division, and with traiu lor Savannah, arnv-
i“S sit 9 3n PM. ...
Pssseng. r.s from Brunswick connect at *1 esup with
h‘:i ft-r Savannah, arriving at 5.35 P 41 except
0,1 3a®.ays, when it arrives at 9-3i» P. M at Jesup
Express Train for Savannah, arriving at.
10 ail A M.
Oorinet; & t Macon with Train for Atlanta, leav-
is ? »t 8.00 P M.
80UTH GEORGIA & FLORIDA R. R- TEAM.
^ave Thomasville Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays at ...... .... .... — .81)0 A M
4rriv.. at Pelham, Tuesdays Thursdays and 8;n-
srdays at 0-55 A M
Leave Pelham, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days at 3 45 P M
ktive at Thomasville, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Eiturdavs at 63/0 P M
H. S. HAINES,
General Superintendent
J annuary I 1870
3 tf
change of schedule.
South Western Railroad Company, (
Oifice, Macon, Ga., Jan. 15th, 1870. S
•kt/aula day Passenger and Mail Train-
Learo Macon 8,00 A.M.
f bve atEufauVa 6.30 P.M-
Leave Eufauia 7.20 A. 41.
ir nve at M ac ou 4 - 50 “'
tyht Freight Accommodate,. 7 rain*
Leave Macon 8:25 P 41
, ive at Eufauia 118)0 A M
L f * v « EufanU. 7:18 P M
4rriT e at ilacon. 9:10 A M
Colmhus Mail Train.
Atlantic * Gllf Railroad Co.. t
Savannah,. December 15,1869. j
AND AFTER THIS DATE, BY AGREE-
'f-F MENT, the rate of P'reight between Savan-
ifan and Macon, by the Atlantic and Gulf and Ma
con and Brunswick Railroads, will be as follows :
First class per pound $2 30
Second class per 100 pounds... 1 40
Third class per 100 pounds.. 1 Oil
Fourth class per 100 pounds — 60
Fifth class per 100 pounds 70
Sixth class per 100 pounds
Seventh class per 100 pounds
Eighth class per 100 pounds
Ninth class per 100 pounds
Cotton per 100 pounds
Salt per sack
Guano per 100 pounds
Freight received for all Stations on Macon and
Western Railroad, Atlanta and points beyond.
H. S. HAINES,
General Superintendent.
February 1, 187!) . 5 tf
SELLING STRAWBERRIES.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.
“I tell you il’s all nonsense,” said
Uncle Peleg. ’’Charity—benevolence
—P‘ly !—il’s all played out!—Your
big fairs may be all very nice, but peo
ple don’t come there because they pity
the poor; they come because it is
fashionable !”
Horatia Mere shook her pretty head.
“You see, child,” said Uncle Peleg,
taking snuff, “you’re on the wrong plat
form ever to gel a peep behind the cur
tain. lou’re an heiress, and you are
tolerably good looking,and have a way
that people like, and therefore the
world puts its best fool forward, so far
as you are concerned. It you were;.’:
Mrs Sikes, the washerwoman, or Bel
ly, the orangewoman, you’d see quite
a different aspect of things.”
“Nonsense, uncle,” said Horatia,
still unconvinced. “Be a good dar
ling old Uncle Peleg, and let me have
the Triomphe dc Ggrande strawberries
in your south garden border tor my re
freshment table. Remember I’m to
sell strawberries and cteam, and 1
want my table to look the best in the
room.”
“Who do you suppose will buy vour
strawberries, at the outlandish price
you’ll pul upon them?” he demanded,
sourly.
“Everybody,” Horatia answered,
saucily, “Come, Uncle Peleg, be gen
erous and graceful, and say I shall
have them.
Uncle Peleg look snuff.
“On one condition you can have
them
Horatia clapped her while ros)
hands.
* And that—”
“Just wail until you hear,” said the
oh! man dryly. “You can’t have my
filly quarts of Triomphe de Grande
strawberries, each one as big as a pig
eon’s eg", until you have first sold a
lozen quarts from door to door.”
Horatia opened her brown, wonder
ing eves like twin wells of hazel light.
'most compelled Horatia to doubt the
lady’s identity. “Don’t you know bet
ter, girl, than to bring your trumpery
wares to the front door? What do you
s’pose basement bells were made tori'
Clear out, this minute ! What are you
standing there for? Don’t you hear
what 1 say ?
And she took hold of Horalia’s arm
and assisted her progress with a vigor
ous push.
Mrs. Dysart came next—an elegant
widow with an ivory pure complexion ;
curls like the tendrils of a grape vine,
whose obstinale rings she was always
lamenting. This time our heroine knew
better than to go to the front steps.and
made her wav meekly to the area bell.
“Strawberries', is it ?” said the little
girl who came to the door. “I’ll ask
the missis!"
Mrs. Dfsart herself presently came,
to the door, and Horatia sta;riled to see
the marvelous dissiriTilut ity Belweeh
Mrs. Dysart of sociely arid Mrs. Dy
sart at home. Her skin was sallow,
wrinkled and blotched, here and there,
from the too frequent use of powerful
cosmetics, her hair was screwed up in
to little papillot.es secured by pins,mak
ing a perfect chevevxde fme of her head ;
her beautiful figure was lathy and
straight like a pump draped in calico!
“S; raw berries ! of course not, al ibis
season of'he year,” said Mrs. Dysart
snappishly. “Pin not made of mon
ey !”
And she slammed the door in Ho-
ratia’s fine.
“Miss Ferrars will buy them at all
events,” said Horatia to herself. “Lu-
cile was always noble hearted and
genf-rous.”
“How much Are they ?” said the
lair Lucille, comicg-io the head o! the
basement sfairs, in a dishabille of grea
sy cashmere and a soiled white apron.
y-a
• -WLL
Seliediile of the Georgia Railroad.
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, )
Georgia Railroad Company, V
Augusta, Ga., December 23, ’69. j
/NN AND AFTER SUNDAY, 26th inst., the
V J Passenger trains on tlie Georgia Railroad
will run as follows:
day passenger train.
Leave Augusta at • -60 A M.
“ A ouita at 5.00 AM.
Arrive at August r.t 3.45 P M.
“ at Atlantal - 5.39 P M.
night °assenger train.
Leave Augusta at .... 10.00 P 41.
“ Atlanta r.t 5.45P41.
Arrive at Augusta
* Atlanta ^.00 A. 41.
S. K. JOHNSON,
Superintendent.
January, 18 1870 3 tf
..9.15 A 41.
Schedule Macou & Btbiisw1, R
January, 7th, 1870
1"? EGIJLAR THRO’ PASSENGER TRAINS
L&.- will commence running on this lioacl on
Sunday, the 9th inst., as follows :
Leave Macon at ,,
Arrive at Brunswick at 1 ~ I M.
Arrive at Savannah at V-fT.f \i’
Leave Brunswick ’"L , - t,’
Arrive at Macon 6.15 A.M.
TRAINS TO HAIVKJNSVILLE.
Leave Macon 3.00 P M.
Arrive at Hawkinsville A IF
Leave Hawkiu.-mUe f m'
This train runs daily Sundays excepted.
RETURNING :
Leave Brunswick at 3.00 A M.
Leave Savannah at A Al.
Arrive at Macon at ' ' j0 1 iVl ‘
Trains make direct connections at Jesap,
both ways, with trains for Baiabridge, Thomas-
Ihe crossing of the Atlantic and Gu.f Road,
vilie, and all points 011 that Road, as welljas with
those for Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and ail sta
tions 011 the Florida Roads.
Fare U Savannah and Brunswick $ 8 00
Fare to Jacksonville -'2 00
Fare to Tallahassee “ VV
Fare to Bain bridge. — : lo 0t '
Fare to New York, Philadelphia or
Baltimore, by steamers 27 00
Under recent arrangements made with the At
lantic & Gulf Road, freights to and from Savan
oph and New York have Increased dispatch.
The Southern Express Company will operate on.
this line to Brunswick, points in Southern Geer
gia and in Florida, commencing on Alomlay, the
JOth instant. ROBERT SCHMIDT.
Master transportation.
3 tf
January 18,1870
--weMacon. ... 7:25 A M
] rnre -Jt Columbus'.."'.’.'.'!'. 1-22 A M
'-‘Uve Columbus 12:2-5 P M
Arr;r <z at Macon ". 6:05 P M
Lolumbut bight Freight SfAc'oiri’n Train
L«a»e Macon 7:40 P M
, lv e at Columbus 5: !, 5 A M
iU* Lolnrabus 7:00 P M
* ITe « Macon 4:43 A M
EuGm' 511 ?/ T rain ” connects at Smithville with
j a j r a Linns and Arrive at Albany at 3:11 P 41
Tmia ™ Aiban y at 9:35 A M—Regular Mail
*etk Ummo ^ Rt * on Train connects three times a
/ urt Train,” connects at Cnthbert.
p.., J'ert Games at 7:05 A M and Arrive at
“ t 6*"i.s3:40 P M.
on T 1 ' e ®. ,n8 d»tioH Train connects twice k week,
1U8 “Lys and Thursdays.
Febr^r— — w - s - BRANTLY, And.
“'••y 1, 1870
tf.
T.
W. WHITE,
“1. Uncle Pel-’g ?”
“You, niece Horatia! And I am to
pecifyihe houses where you are to
g°*” . . . ,
“It will be fun.” cried Horatia with
a gay laugh, “I’d just as soon do it as
not.”
when she at length reached home, !
have earned tiie Triomphe dc Grande !
“Have vou been to all the places ?”
“Yes, all !”
And she told him her adventures
with playful humor.
“i\ot a bud day’s work,” said Uncle
Peleg laughingly.
Miss Horatia Mere had the hand
somest refreshment table and the best
sales of any young lady at the fair,and
Justus Parker w’as her favorite cus
tomer.
The result of the fair, not an uncom
mon one, if all reports are line, was
one wedding if not more. Horatia
Mere w as married to Mf. Parker ; but
not until after the honeymoon did he
know bqw. bis.'aji.sioeralic little bride
had sold strawberries !
j W‘ ; ‘Was it-wrong of me ?” she asked
AvijuJulLy. • •.
“Under the circumstances, no,” Mr.
Parks-r answered gravely.
Terrible Heaib,
Last week an old man named John
Roberts,commonly known as the mouu-
iain hermit, who has lived for many
years in 1 hat portion of Ml. Washing
ton--which borders on the three Stales
of Connecticut, Massachusetts and
New York, met with a frightful death
trom the bite of a rattlesnake. Rob
erts, for years past, has been h: the
habit of catching these reptiles and ex
hibiting them in the neighboring towns.
Occasionally he. would allow himself
to be bitten, claiming to possess a rem
edy which rendered the Lite perfectly
harmless, and, indeed, if reports of e\ e
witnesses are to be credited, the old
man has proved himself invulnerable
to snake bites. Last summer he was
bitten on three separate occasions,
while handling his snakes, but after*a
few days of retirement he again ap
peared apparently as well as before.—
Last week, however, the viper which
your business then !”
“I’ll see the whole tribe
before I’ll be imposed
time, when the snake sprang ul it and
hurried his fangs deep m the flesh.—
Roberts withdrew his hand with the
snake still fastened to it, and although
Eighteen cents a basket.”
Pshaw!” said Lucille, supercili
ously. “As tf I was going to pay yBu j he has so often cherished in his bosom,
such a price a§ that! I’ll give you j was destined to-'inti jet pis dual sting.—
ten !” . j On Thursday,Roberts appeared at a
“They are unusually fine,” said Ho-; holtel in Boston Corners, w ith an unu-
ratia, timidly. I suuiiy large and ferocious rattjp^nake
“1 shan’t give a cent over eleven !” j which he had captured, the day pre-
Horatia turned away. j vimtsly, on the mountain. Quip; a
“I wonder you fruit girls have the j number of people soon gathered in the
face lo ask such a price !” said Miss! bar room to witness the exhibition, as
Lucille Ferrars, lingering her purse \ his reputation as a snake charmer was
strings. “Twelve, there—and that’s ; well known. Al the first alteijipt to
more than they’re worth !” j remove the snake from the. box, Rob
'd cannot sell them under the price ; eris received a bite which caused the
-JVr'.aps invill be fun, perhaps ,i •’ l ‘-' ve P°« is,wl Horatia, I blooii lo flo'.v freely.. Nnlbing ciuum-
in’i ” said Unc’'- Pcle^ l ■“! shrinking from the sharpe glittering I ed, lie mlioduced nts hand <a second
'eyes.
“Go about
said Lucille,
of you starve,
upon so!”
Horatia felt herself disinebanted.—
Could it be possible that this shrewish
miser w r as her soft-voiced friend, Lu
cille Farrars ?
“Perhaps Uncle Pc leg’s view’s of
human nature maynot'be so very much
amiss after all,” she said with a haif
sigh, alter she had made some hall
dozen or mote pilgrimages, and mo-e
than half of iter berries remained un
sold.
Miss Parker’s house w’as the Iasi on
her list. Horatm had let it remain un
til ail the other places had been visited,
she herself could hardly have told why
—perhaps because Justus Parker had j became enormously
been her partner in the “German” the
night before. She liked Justus Park
er—yet she sometimes distrusted his
gentle, nice and smooth manner.
“I am afraid ii is all ‘put on’,” she
said to herself. But Uncle Peleg was
determined I should go there, and I
will not shrink, now the ordeal is so
nearly over.”
The servant requested her to go up
and see ihe young iadv herself—she’s
in her own room mostly.”
Horatia had heard of Laura Park
er’s lingering spi te disease, although
she had never seen .her. And her heart
beat sligbllv as she ascended the softly
ing eve, the anchor and aft, the hour
Glass, tfie scythe, t K e forty-seventh
problem of Euclid,the sun, moon,stars,
and cornets ; the three steps, which
are emblematical rtf ” otub, manhood
and age. Admirably* executed was
he weeping virgin,reclining on a brok
en column, upon which lay the book
oFionstilulionS. in her left hand she
held the pot of incense, the Masonic
emblem of a pure heart, and in her up
lifted hand a sprig of Acacia, the em
blem of the immortality of the soul.
Immediately beneath her stood w’ing-
ed Time, with his scythe by his side,
which cats the brittle thread of life,
and the hour glass at his feet, which is
ever reminding us that our lives are
withering away. The withered and
attenuated figures of the Destroyer
were placed amid the the long and
flowing ringlets of the disconsolate
mourner. Titus were striking em
blems of mortality and immortality
blended in one pictorial representa
tion. It was a spectacle such as Ma
son never saw before, and in all prob
ability such as the fraternity will nev
er witness again. The brother’s name
never known.—PhiladdphumAge.
Governors Message-
Executive Department,
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 23,’v0.
To the General Assembly :
The Executive Committee of the
btipe Agricultural Society has called
at/, attention to the fact that the annu
al appropriation provided for by an
Act assented to December 20, I860,
has not been paid. The tenor of the I very considerable progress in the es-
Aci referred to is, “That the sum of l tablisfirnenl and operation of ;i Bureau
twenty' five hundred dollars per annum iot Agricultural Chemist, and 1 would
be, and the same is hereby appropria- | respectfully suggest to your honorable
ted to said Society, to lie expended body that the vegetable information to
under the direction of the Executive
Committee of said Society, in the pur
chase of premiums, to be distributed
by said Society, and in such other
w.ays us may appear niosl conducive
to the general purpose of said Society
as aforesaid.” By the same Act the
the title of “The Sou;Item Central Ag
ricultural Society” is changed -to the
present title of “The Georgia State
Ag ric aim ru 1 Society.”
It will be observed that the sum of
to the Society, and will continue to fall
due until that act is repealed. If any
reason were necessary to urge upon
the trdaie the propriety of meeting ful
ly this obligation, a sufficient one is
found in the great practical good which
is being done by the Society. In the
successful management of the affairs
of the Society heretofore, we have am
ple security that, appropriations made
by the Stale a ill he carefully husband
ed and economically expended in such
a manner as to insure to the Stale al
large a liberal return fir the .compar
atively small amount [annually advan
ced.
In view ofthe fact that a large num
ber of the members of vour honorable
body rank amor.jj tire first ofour a'gri-
culiurisls, and first among the mana
gers of <>ur extensive system of railway
communication, l feel that il is super
fluous for mo to add argument lo what
[ have, already said in regard to the
usefulness of this society, or to sustain
the other fact, that upon successful ag
riculture depends the prosperity ofour
railways and the profitable, prosecu
tion of all mercantile pursuiis.
I would therefore recoin mend to
your honorable body that appropria
tion he made whereby the amount now
due the Agricultural Society can be
paid ot secured to it for its uses, and
| that the act he so amended that for the
| future the annual appropriation for
premiums, etc., he at least ten thou
sand iloliats.
\\ iih this increased annual appropri
ation the Society will ne able to make
he derived from experimentid agricul
ture under scientific control can be bet
ter disseminated through the agency of
the State Society than under the inde
pendent management of a State offi
cial. RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
J 1
( ltla M ^£au
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA
Will practice in this and the adioining counties.
rip Applications for Homestead Exemptions
under the new law, and other business before the
Court of Ordinary, will receive proper attention.
October 13.1868 41 u
W ANTED.—A Northern man—friendly to the
South, and a believer in the old Jefierso-
nian idea of government—a College graduate, de
sires a situation as Teacher in some bout hern
State. Satisfactory references furnishedif desired-
Address, stating terms, ‘ ULASblCb.
Publishers’ Box No. 7, Dayton* Omo
or Recorder Office.
October 19,1863 «
u'on
ever ts, I want you i-.» get one glimpse,
at least, of life through a strawberry
woman’s eyes.
“And 1 am lo be disguised, Uncle
Peleg?”
“To be sure you are. Miss Hora
tia Mere would have no difficulty in
disposing of Iter wares ; a friendless
strawberry girl is different.”
’’All the more delightful—a regular
tableau vinant /” cried Horatia, merrily.
“Well, uncle, where am I logo?’
“I’ll write down a list of names for
you, that shall be culled out of your
dearest friends—Mrs. Montague, Mrs.
Dysart, Miss Ferrars and the Tike.”
“They will ail buy !” cried Horatia.
“We’ll see,” Uncle Peleg said. “Are
you willing to buy the Triomphe de
Grande at such a price as ibis, Hora
tia?”
“At any price,” the girl answered
gleefully,
“You don’t know how disagreeable
you may find t.”
“It will be a perfect adventureP’
said Ho ilia recklessly.
“But mind, you are to keep it a se
cret.”
“As the grave,” his mischievous
niece answered, with mock sofeintrlv.
Miss Horatia Mere would scared} 7
have been recognized by her nearest
friends, when she was dressed tor the
curious part she was to play “for one
day only” as she declared. A calico
dress ; thick boots, in which, her
tinny feet felt unwontedly clumsy,
a much worn water-proof cloak, bor
rowed from Mary Ann, the cook, and
a worsted hood, enveloped in a fad
ed black vail, and a basket hanging
over het arm—these were the details
of her costume.
“Strawber-ries ! site cried, raising
her sweet voice to “C. above.” “Oh,
Uncle Peleg, it v-’iil be such a joke.”
And she tripped away, delighted at
the prospect of playing at the realities
of life.
Uncle Peleg looked after her rather
doubtfully, as he resorted mechanical
ly to his unfailing panacea forall hu
man ills or perplexities, the snuff box. I
“I’m almost sorry 1 sent her on such
an unpalatable erra nd,” he said lo him
self; “but it’s just as well she should
learn lo see the world as it really is.
Her life has been aii coulcur dc rose,
;md no wonder. The strawhet ries will
be a dear bargain after all !”
While these eccentric reflections
were passing through the old man’s
bram Horatia Merc r.ad already reach
ed the first house on her list, inhabited
by Mrs. Montague, a lady who had al
ways professed the sweetest and most
saint-like character, whose voice was
soil and low, and who spoke in six
syilabeled words of -Websterian ele
gance.
Mrs. Montague herself was in the
hall as Horatia rang the door bell.
“It ye please ma’am,” said Bridget,
it’s a girrel stillin’ strawberries—will
we buy a quart ?”
“Strawberries indeed! and at the
upper door !” shrilly cried Mrs. Mon
tague, in \oice that for an instant al-
Coa! Mines on Fire—gemarkable Feats.
There are many instances of vast
masses of coal which have ignited and
have been burning tor years. When
once well i-niied, and all coinmuuica-
LweiHylfive hundred dollars is made as j lion with the external air is m 1 cut off
an annual appropriation, and this j (and some imperceptible fissure* are
amount has remained unpaid for ten quite sufficient to prevent this), then
years ; the Slate-is theiefbie a debtor, j the devouring element pursues its
to the Society in the sum of twenty-j course without interruption. It partial-
five thousand dollars, including the jly burns' the coal and calcines the sand-
present fiscal year. • jstor.es and adjacent schists, changing
A convention, composed of delegates their colors to a sort of red, and ;dter-
appointed by the agricultural societies J iog their composition. At Brule, near
of the several counties in the State, has i Sami Etinne, there is a coal mine
lately been in session al the Capital,
he made desperate efforts io free him-J and the members ot. your honorable
self, the snake retained its hold. Atj.hod\|ire doubtless entirely• flimilar
length he grasped a cane fmtn one of j with die deliheralioiis of dial eonven-
ihe bystanders, who had been unable tipi), through the uubiisbeu reports of
to rentier assistance, and inserting ihe j its proceedings. It may not beumprop-
poini deep dovyn between the jaws ot er, however, for mo to Her 10 the fact
the rep'tiie, prized open its mouth, and j that the members of that convention
threw it from him with such force as j reprrsented nearly, if not entirely, the
to kill it instantly. The wounded man | whole agricultural interest of the iStaie
was immediau ly taken lo the office of j and its membership was composed of
Dr. Stillman, in Millerton, who made I gentlemen who are practically and ex-
every elibit to save Iris'life. But j lensively engaged in agricultural pur-
tiie virus had become toogeneiudy rtif suits.
1 used throughout the system to he re- The renewed interest in an improved
moved. IIis countenance soon chang
ed to a livid hue, the boov and limbs
system of agriculture which has Been
stimulated by the efficient effort ofthe
Society during the last
rded, and af-1 Agricuhura _ ^
ter lingering through :fie night in ago- | two years, has resulted in a very con-
ay, death ended his suffering. Mr. sider.Jble enlargement of the sphere,
Roberts was a man over sixty years of and of the capacities of the Society for
age, and possessed ot considerable j promoting the objects of its organiza-
property. Since the death of his wife, j lion. Under the Constitution, adopted
which occureii many years ago, he j al the late Convention, all the County
which has been on fire from time im
memorial The soii at the surfaces is
baked and barren ; hot vapors escape
from it ; sulphur, alum, sal ammonia,
and various natural products arc de
posited on il ; it might he supposed to
h'e a portion of the accursed cities for
merly consumed by the flies of heaven
and earth.
Other burning coal mines are cited
in France ; for example, those of De-
cayeville, in Avtyron, and of'Commen-
iaty, irt the department of Aliier. The
inhabitants have even for a long time
kept up those fires for the sake of
working the alluminous salts which
are given off from the coal and are de
posited on the surface of the soil as a
whitish effloresence.
In the carboniterpus basin 'of the
Saarbuck and Silesia, there are like
wise coal mines which have been on
for a long time. I11 Belgium, between
Namur and Charleroi, at a place called
has lived a hermit life on the mountain, j Societies m the Stale will be represen- 1 Falizolle, the fire has been alight
Neighbors seldom visited him by tea- j ted, and henceforth the annual meet- I for many years. The inhabitants for-
son of frhe vast number ot rattlesnakes ; ings of the Society will, in fact, be a j merly were in the habit of working the
with which he was always surround- 1 '''' 1 1
ed, ar.d which he allowed to run at
laige throughout the house.—Lilchiitld
Enquirer.
Remarkable Masonic Incitlen*.
The first Masonic funeral that ever
carpeted flight of stairs, carrying her! rccurre ‘d in Cniafornia, took place in
basket of berries. i 1S49 ’ a,,d w ' :is :nrr a !jrul!l
Justus was sitting on a low chair
beside his sister’s sofa, al the further
end of the.room ; he arose and came
forward as the stranger entered.
“This basket is too heavy for you
to carry,” he said, taking it trom her
arm and moving forward a seat, with
a sort of unconcious chivalry.
“It is not so heavy osi: seems,” she
said, somewhat bitterly, “and if it
were, 1 am nothing but a strawberry
woman.”.-
“But I suppose a strawberry woman
has feelings and sensation like other
people,” said Justus Parker, smiling.
“Sit down a moment, while my sister
ooks at your fruit.”
“You must be very warm, said Lau
ra Parker, gently. “Lay hack your
veil. Justus, please ring for a glass
of water.”
Horatia accepted the water,but refus
ed to unfold her veil. It was altogeth
er loo good a medium for her to ob
serve the quiet tenderness with which
Justus Parker treated his invalid sister
—the open Bible on the table, the
fresh flowers by the sofa, all mute tok
ens of thoughtful love and care.
Mi?3 Parker bought half a dozen
baskets ofthe berries without one word
of exception to the price.
“They are the finest I have seen
this year!” she said. “You must come
again when you have more.”
Horatia Mere's checks were burn
ing when she made her escape at last,
both basket and heart considerably
lightened.
“Well, uncle !” she cried gleefully,
Congress composed of representatives j coal on their own account. Now it
selected by the practical agriculturists
of the Slate. And the result of sflfcb
an Uilyrehjtjge ot views and experien
ces supplemented arid sustained by
proper legislation, cannot fail to be of
incalculable benefit to the best inter
ests of .the State, both social and ina:e-
frequently happened that two parties
came in contact, causing endless dis
putes and sometimes sangu.nary fights.
A favorite way of keeping rivals 01
competitors at a distance was to throw
pieces of old leather on a burning bra
zier, causing an intolerable stench.—
er found drowned in the Bay of San
Francisco. An account ot the cremo-
nies states, that on the body of the de- 1
ceased, was found a silver mark ot a
Mason, upon which were engraved the
initials o 1 his name. A litile further
investigation, revealed to .the beholder
the most si igulur exhibition ,of Mason
ic emblems that was ever drawn by
the ingenuity of man upon the human
skin. There is nothing Hi the history
or traditions of T reetnasonry equal to
it. Beautifully (ioLied on his ictt arm,
in red and blue ink, which time could
nut efface, appeared all the emblems
of' the entire apprenticeship. There
were the Holy Bible, square and com
pass, the twenty-four inch gauge and
common gaval There were also the
Masonic pavement, representing the
ground floor of King Solomon’s Tem
ple, the identical tessel which sur
rounds it, and the blazing star in the
centre. Ou his right arm, and artis-
iically executed in the same inedible
liquid, were the emblems pertaining to
the fellow craft’s degree, viz. j the
square, the level and tin- plumb. J here
was also the five eolamns representing
the live orders of architecture—the
Tu-eatt, Dmici Ionic, Corinthian, and
Composite.
In removing his garments from his
body, the trowel presented itself, with
ail the other tools of operative mason
ry. Over his heart was the pot of in
cense. On other parts of his body
were the bee hive, the book of consti-
tulioni, guarded by the Tyler’s sword
pointing to a naked heart; lh£'Alt-see-
rial. The varied and sometimes con- j One day the fire extended also to the
dieting intercourse which must neces- coal, since which lime it has never
sarily exist between capital and labor, j ceased burning. The fire which burns
will thus be guided and controiied in j underground, is seen through fissures
proper channels, and we, as a people, j in the rocks. Sulphur deposits itself
will be able to realize larg< ly iucreas- arp.uud these vents, and acid gases are
ed returns from an inliUigent invest
cnent ol capital and management of la
bor.
It is, perhaps, true that heretofore
inquiry has been directed almost ex-
evolved.
. In England,-especially in Stafford-
shoe, the ignition ofthe coal has pro
duced surprising eff-cts of altera
tion in the measures containing coal.
elusive ly to the culture of cotton, but i The sandstones have become vitrified,
the present purpose of the Society em- baked and cli la! ed by the fire, and
braces not only every character ot cul
ture which can be made advantageous
in our soil and climate, but also in
directly, the development ofour valu
able mineral resources, and the utiliza
tion of the powers which now lie dor
mant in our coal fields and water fours
es
Under the auspices o' this Society,
struggling unaioed through the wreck
ail’d ruin that followed the close of the
war, our people were enabled to derive
the benefit pf'the largest display which
has ever been made at a fair within
this Stale, at the annual exhibition giv
en in Macon in November last. And
the rapid and extraordinary progress
which is novv being made in prepara
tion for the next annual exhibition at
Atlanta, gives ample evidence that the
Society has been largely benefilted by
it* experience in Macon, and also, that
the coming exhibition will he one of
which every citizen of the Slate may
justly feel proud.
The annual appropriation which is
provided fur in the act approved De
cember 20, 1800, i- one.which is due
banks ot plastic clay hardened and
turned into pore-lain.
in the environs of Dudley there was
formeily a coal mine on fire. The
snow melted in the gardens as soon
as it touched the ground. They gath
ered three e\rops a year* »yph ironical
plants were cullival
Isle ol Calyposo, an
vailed. In the othe
fiery, the firing of
many years, and
the inhabitants “Bt
noticed, as at Dud
melted on reachinj
that the grass in th
was green. The
try conceived the idea ot estaomning
a school ol horticulture on the spot.
They imported colonial plants at a
heavy expense, a d cuitivaled them in
.this kind of open air conservatory.—
One day the fire went out, the’soil
gradually resumed Lhe usual lemp< ra-
ture, the tropical plants died, and the
school of horticulture was under the
necessity ot transferring their gardens
elsewhere.—Undcrgroicn Life.