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CURRENCY,
Time for Mmt poem.
AY ■ mny lie Imppy yet.
\ "■ i. he time for a bare footed
boy to hung on nml get toughened
for the winter.
Crime is divided into three classes
in Paris—conscious, semiconscious
and unconscious.
Victoria Woodhull says Loudon
just euits her. Every American will
rejoice at the nows.
The “boss” business seems to be
played out in New York politics, as
it should lie in the politics of every
other city.
The London Times refers to city
oflicialsas “those mysterious per
sonages liearu of just as wo read
names and dates on gravestones.”
Fourteen different theatrical com
panies which started out in Septem
ber in high hopes havo met the
Sheriff and been gathered in.
Patti only asks tit,500 per night
now for singing, which is only <>2,485
more than a small brass baud usks
for tooting two long hours.
“The ablest lawyer, the greatest
p ei, and the meanest man in the
’,i ' ;!i • way a Vermont paper
eii ret oil' of its citizens.
file newspaper man who isn’t good
for .'.nvthing on any department ol
a paper should go to lecturing on
“llow to Kuu a Newspaper.”
“When they cuu’t rob us they
shoot us,” remarks Ited Cloud, “and
when they can’t do either the Great
Father at Washington is sick abed.”
Pennsylvania tramps refuse to r
cognize any leader who hasn’t ser
ved at least u five years’ sentence
State Prison. They uro a very select
lot.
The best thing to go hunting with
n, a club. It doesn’t till your legs
full of shot, or kill any cows grazing
in the next field,
A late book on etiquette says:
“Never refer to a person’s nose un
der any circumstances.’ The wo
man who wrote the book has a wart
on her nose.
The man who takes a single step
looking toward the direction of our
currency is the most bitter foe tin*
farmer and the laboring man have.
“The luborer is worthy of his hi
said the man in the political proces
sion us he stole a torch and sneaked
home with it.
Alex. Stephens keeps right on in
creasing in weight and goodness of
heart, und if anybody should nom
inate him for President in 1880 he
wouldn’t be a bit surprised.
A colonel in command at a Wes
tern post writes as follows about the
way the Cheyennes are treated: “I
am clearly uf the opinion that some
-one ought to be hung.’
Nellie Grant looks like a woman of
forty, nnd her friends say she rnado
a miserable marriage. Those girls
whom she used to snub will, of
course, feel rejoiced.
Chicago allows an interval of oDly
twelve hours between summer und
winter pork-packing. It is pretty
hard to tell whether you are entin
summer pig or winter hog.
It lukes the average woman three
minutes to buy a postage 6tamp and
lick it on, while it tukes the average
man only fifty-seven seconds. Please
think uf these things.
Geu. Grunt will not write a book,
and another tiling—he refuses of late
to sign his name to patent pill and
stomach bitter certificates. lie
hates all literary work.
A cash drawer which cun keep the
boots, baffle thieves, not us a wutch
dog, sweep out the alley would be
sure of a large sale.
iiergh says that u man may pray
and sing all his life-time, blit if he
knocks down lus horse with a fence
stake the recording angel blots out
whole pages of his prayers at once
Italian workmen are laboring for
twenty-three cents per day, and the
prices of all provisions arc much
higher tlmo here. ThiB country
isn’t as bad as it might he, after all
“Remember, now,” said an Indiana
bride at the alter, “we have separa
ted and been re-murried four timeB,
and about once more will convince
me that we can never live happily
together.”
The canvass cost Hen Butler 4200,-
000. That sum would have purcha
sed five or six hundred pianos for the
poor laboring man whom he told
had just as much right to pianos a6
rich men.
Mrs. Alexander, of Bridgeport,
Conn., has an occupation for sale
chcup. It is that of killing folks and
selliug their bodies. She has gone
to State Prison for life, and her tools
can be hud cheap.
There is where clergymen get left.
They gei no more for marrying a
couple weighing guO pounds apiece
I han ih>-y do for splicing a sharp-
unsed woman to a man with u voice
|iky;a dariiing-iieidle. -
COHEH & S3ILI&.
"YV HOLESALE
0|ti|O|T|n|X|BiBPU
15 & 17 PRIOR STREET, ATLANTA, GA,
K have the largest and host assorted Stock of Clothing for Men and
B.»ys in the State. Our Prices ane 10 percent, less than anybody.
We have an A No. 1, Stock of Sill UTS a*, the “The New
Prices,” which we oiler to the trade at good
terms, and at Prices to warrant the
trade to use our Clothing to
AN ADVANTAGE.
Merchants should send for Samples before purchasing eleewhere.
Colien tfc ©elis,
pt. »6-2i.i 15 & IT Prior Street, Atlanta, Ga.
UndLortaKor Warorooms
90, Broad Street, Borne, Go.
Fine and Well Selected Stock of
Metalic, Walnut, Grained and Stained
OOFFI 1ST 8 .
BOMB
INSURANCE COIPAIY OE NEW YORK.
Office, No. 135, Broadway.
Fiftieth Semi-Annual Statement, showing the condition ol the
Com jinny on the First day of July, 1878.
CASH CAPITAL
Reserve for Reinsurance ...
Reserve for Unpaid Losses.
Net Surplus
43,000,000 00
1,705,00!) 50
200,1S1
1,170,043
TOTAL ASSETS.
.40,180,873 10
sept. 12,8m
Jno. W. Hadley, Agent,
Cedartown, Ga.
LIFE SlfSCRANCE!
The Following Table, being a partial List of Losses paid by the
Mobile Life Insurance Company
o practical lllut*t ration* of the Bel
lid Profits of Life InauMiico.
John U. 1
Evergreen Alabama
Mobile,
Elyt
Jkhbee L. Bennett
Wm. 11. Karikh
Obcau W. Stewart
John M. Wohubn
Dh. L. W. IIahkih
Wm. A. Frazier
Thomas W. Baker
J. U. Mii.lioan
Wm. T. 11 ahi.ai
Mhb. Eliza J. t
J' L. Halbert
F. M. MoDuffbh
John Holmes
John Bkndkh
(Jkohob A. Brown
YV. U. Donoh
Kkv Columds Smith
John A Spaulding
RESIDENCE.
Total
Preniiun
Paid.
•unjro County, Alalinn
Auburn, Alabama
Cleburne, Texas (Gold)
Mobile, Alabama
Memphis, Tennessee
Opelika,
’oe County, Mississippi
den “ ' ■
ton
Corsicana, *•
Fort Deposit, Alabama
Hood County, Texas
Meridian, Mississippi
Gadsden, Alabama
$121) 15
111) (10
58 50
70 20
HO 70
07 41
4OH 40
85 HO
101 12
80 40
50 00
32 50
1IW «»o
88o 75
88f 8o
121 Oo
40 01
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
the first to oiler
First-Class Sewing Machines,
at prices within the reach or all. YVE YVILL HELL
THE VEltY BEST Family Sowing Machine Tor
Twenty-Five Dollars
IN CASH,
n hh ornamented Iron Stand and Treadle, with
YValuut Top nml Drawer, and necessary Attach
ments ami deliver It at any Railroad Depot In tbo
United State,
FREE OF CHARGE.
ns machines are warranted to do the whole
>r Kamilv Hnwltii/ with more rapidity, inure
fatigue to the op
.... .hail »ny machine now in *"*
l)utib
The Best ©a'
Wheels
mANtrrAOTtiHiii) bt
FISH BROjS. & CO.,
RACINE, - - - - - WIS.
WE MAKE EVERY VARIETY OF
Farm, Freight and Spring Wagons,
Wild by confining ourselves etrtcly to one class of work; by employing none but the
BEST OF WORKMEN,
Using nothing but FIltST-CLASS IMPROVED MACHINERY nnd tbo VERY BEST SELECTED
r, than Hny n
mblo Thread
old l
They make t
v from the line,
lend for
mhric t<
nchlne warranted for three years
Agenti YVunted Everywhere.
CENTENNIAL MACHINE CO., Limited,
729,‘Filbert St., Philadelphia, I’a.
Jnn3-ly.
oT
•sVciideavon
- 1 auccocd In
.... I will credit them
tent, selected r.t tho lowest wliolesnlo price,
will Immediately ship tho Instrument, free, or after
ay amount la credited tho balance may be paid me
icaah and I will then ship them tlu> Instrument.
Itcy need not to known lu tbo matter, and wilt bo
doing their friends a real scrvlco, as I shall mnko
fS.°ffSL"»ra I UfSktSH. JffltHJSS
v hat Is ordinarily nakoi by ngonla. Ploaso send mo a
list at oaco. aud after you havo mndo Inquiry, you
wmk
unsolicited indorsements ns has Mr. Beatty. From
every State nnd Territory conies tbo samo verdict:
“They uro tho bm in the world." CAUTION.—
My success lias LrouclH Into existence huiutredsof
TIM BEIt, nnd by n Thorough Knowledge of tho luislnef
reputation of making
“The Best Wagon On Wheels.”
Wo give the following warranty with eaoh wngon:
ECoi’olDy wurr/mt tho FISH BROS. YY’AGON No....to ho well
made In every particular and of good material, nnd that the strength of the same Is sufficient for all
ork with fair luage. Should any breakage occur within one year from this date by reason of defective
material or workmanship, repairs for the same will bo furnished at place or sale, Tree of charge, or tho
prlco of said repairs, ns per agent’s price list, will be paid In cash by tae purchaser producing a sample
of the broken or detective parts as evidence.
( Titus G. Fish, )
Racine, Wis., Jan. 1st, 1878. \ Edwin B. Fish, t FISH BROS. & CO.
( Jno. O. IIugoins, )
Knowing we can suit you, wo solicit patronage from every section of the United States. SEND for
PRICKS and TBRM8, ami for a copy of our Agricultural liaper to
Angn.tis, lsis,6m FISH BROS. & CO., Racine, Wis.
HEW ;SHGP’
A TTENTION Is invited to the fact, ’.bat I Lev.
opened in Cedartown a rirst-class
WOOD ami BLACKSMITH SHOP
Anv work in either branch can ami will be done In
a YVorkmanliko style, and at fair living pry*’*.
FOR. TP DEQUES O A-esaKE.
HORSE SHOEING ..0J
a specialty. All I ask is a trlul, and I will guaran
tee complete satisfaction.
Jan.17.lv YV1I.L1S H. flAND.
JACK TALIAFERRO,
Sale Feed and Livery .“table.
Broncl Street Home,On.
DaIv'iiSdV. DBATTY, WaiiC
inutnn, New Jorncy, It. H. A merlon,
hCltTTU PtAIV'O UltAND,'SQUARE ANTTITP-
LJtft I I 1 RHAtca UIUHT,amTUEATTY’SCRLK-
ItRATED GOLDEN TOMOUE UAKT.OH ORQANB aro
tho sweetest toned and most perfect instruments
over lwforo manufactured in tills or any other coun
try. ^ Adiheiw^lJAN BEATTY* Wa-ll-
FiflHfls’MlsM 1 ;
cd. giyGeo Beatty t
Krvni.YTSvffi. 1 ?
WAI1 ^jj >ajj | Kh|lY^fij'.AT'
TOOF’S STANDARD RUFFLER,
r ALL Sewing Machine*.
Tho best to use aud most perfectly constructed.
Address
E. J. TOOF, “ Domestic ” Building, New York,
For further information apply to J. D. ENLOW, Cedartown,
Dec. 13,1877-ly
Ga.
THE LIGHTEST RUNNING,
THE SIMPLEST,
THE MOST DURABLE,
THE MOST POPULAR
SEWING MACHINES.
rosresBlng all tho Intcst and most desirable
It la easily understood, makes the double*
thread lcrk-nlitrli, has self-regulating ten*
Mon* nnd t»ko-up, and will do tho whole rango
of family work wiMiontciinuge.
The •• DOMESTIC” 1b imwlc in tho moBt dnr-
r.blo mnnner. with conical etccl bearings and
compensating joumnlB throughout.
Agents for the •• DOMESTIC” Sewing Ma
chine and tbo 4i DOMESTIC ” Paper Fashions
wanted in all unoccupied territory. Addreaa
Tlie Cedartown Express.
WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER, published in ths thriving
l T\ village of Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia, and devoted espociully
to tho interests of Cherokee Georgia, ft is a home enterprise, and every
citizen ia Polk and surrounding counties should give it a hearty support.
mum bipbB'
o
BkHT CAKE t
bio. Special acc«
d Haralson cou
My r«rtk
lo call and
b.2l *f
Dr. Louis S. Ledbetter,
Denial Surgsos.
CliDAKTOYVN, GEORGIA.
-I RADUATE of the Baltimore College of Denial
JT Surgery, keeps up with tho latest improve
lunlB In thu profession, and gnuiantoot* natlifac
ntyle a
oplnei
G. J. BRIANT,
isro. 6,
Broad Street, ROUE, OJ
Kan
kept In Br
‘ - -Mall
ml the Dost nnd Pnre»t LIQWORH
aaml bclln thei
ill- in:
liqilii
Give him '
ill Und him lo hr
NO HUMBUG. If yen want something good, go
and try Brla*t;hu will not represent Ida Llauore to
he good union* he mean* what be
pie drink they bhotild alwHyagott
what bo is doiug and get what th
no risk, lie lias moved next dt . .
HOTEL. YVlien you go to Itome call c
Mho"'no MR
waited on quickly ami get
Will give all the latest news, besides a variety of Literary, Political, Educa
tional, Religious, Temperance, Agricultural, sad general reading matter.
It is an excellent advertising medium, and merchants and others who
wish to secure the vast trade from Polk, Paulding and Haralson counties,
in this State, and Cleburne und Cherokee counties, ot Alabama, would d
well to avail themselves of thu advantages it niters. Our advertising rates
are very moderate, and will lie sent on application.
Official Organ of Polk and Haralson Counties.
All tin- advertising pertaining to tho ofiiees of Sheriff nnd Ordinary in
Polk nnd llarulson counties ii published in THE EXPRESS, and no
other paper in the county publishes it in full.
Ill addition to this iucl, THE EXPRESS undoubtedly has a
3fcax*g«i» fkau any oil*,or
1> stiver laPoIlc CSewmfcy*
Wu invito the attention ot advertisers t. this fact, and ask them to
considerth-ir own interests and advertise in TUB EXPRESS.
CltAMPTON’3
MiijpeYLkl fHokp
IS THE BEST.
Till* Soap 1b munnfnctnrod frem pur* mate
rial*; ami kb it conUlu* a lnrgv percent-
ag« of Vegntino Uil, 1* warranted
fully eqnal to the bf*t Imported
Frci
ti Utu
It
Depot, 104
STREET, New York.
Sowing HacMno Company, Row York.
OR. RICE,
37 Court Hece, LOUISVILLE, KY.,
SStea *r“Fdoli° n Lm» 0 f 8 wuutl POTr*r,*^i
'XS&H}3Z&
press. Consultat-'oa free and lovlind. ohargea msonaU*
and oorrcipondcaeo strictly oooOdsntlaL
A PRIVATE COUNSELOR
■v&mas^Biia .' k
Rates of Subscription.
One Cojty One Year ^ ^0
One Cojiy Six Months 1 00
One Copy Three Months > r, 0
Prlrtlaff.^D
We are prepared to do all ordinary kinds of Job Printing with neat
ness and dispatch. Everything from a visiting card to a mammoth poster
can he printed at om cflice, such as
Letter Heads,
Bill Heads
Note Heads.
Statements,
Posters,
Visiting Cards,
Chech Boohs,
lYTote Boohs,
Circulars,
Cards.
therefore rec«Mn*mle«
for tine in tho Laundry,
Kitchen and Bath Hum, nnd
for general bou#eb«kl purpob** ; al-
for Friiter*, Painters, Kagicew * and
hini*t<, as It will remove ryots of Ink,
•, Tar, Oil, Paint, etc., from the hand*.
M.i
cd only by
Crampton Brothers,
2, I, h, M and 10 Kutgeiv 1’laco, and 83 aud
35 Jcilcrson Street, New York City.
6. aV'dAWB,
Cedaktown, Ga.
Ro»0 »»ni**a4.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after SUNDAY, JUNE 1), 1878, the
nln* will run on the Home llallroud as follows:
EVENING TRAIN.
jeave Romo daily nt i ll A kl
teturu to Rome at 12.31 P M
SATURDAY ACCOMMODATION.
.uaye Rome (Sutnrduy only) nt fi I0P If
det«rn to Home nt 8.00 P M
C. M. PENNINGTON, Oen’l Hup’t.
ip27tf JNO. E. STILLWELL. Ticket Ag’C
ID O W 1ST
With High Prices!
CHICAGO SCALE CO.,
OS if 70 West Monroe Si, Chicago III.,
Have Reduced the Prices of nil kind* ol
S €£ ii I* H S!
4-Ton Hay, Stock or Cotton Scale,
$60. Former Price, $160.
All other size* at a
Bcnlo Fully* YY’aui
filled. Circulars,
mt npo
LEGAL BLMKS PRINTED TO ORDER,
And for snle nt 80 cents per quire FOR THE CASH.
AddresB
Jno. W. RADLEY,
CEDARTOWN, GA.
'h Ktittwris
>A
1LLEK & IcOSKER,
DEALERS IN
WATCHES,CLOCKS, JEWELRY
Solid Silver and Plated Ware,
NO. 45 BROAD STREET,
ROME!, OA.
Personal attention paid to Repairing
Watches, Clock, Chronometers
and JeYvelry. All kinds of
Jewelry made to order.
cmvtJl-’7»
Bny the
dec. 18,1877-1
jductlon. VST Every
All orders promptly
Lima anb Toatimonlale
applicvt
Cheapest and Best
Pkotograpk Gallery.
I have opened a Photograh Gallery
OedLartOwu, OF*.
whore you can got
PICTURES
of all klmla taken. Special attention devoted W
Cojtying Old Pictures
I will also repair
WATCHES,
CLOCKS, and
“SWING MACHINES,
and warrant satisfaction.
|?&- If you have no money. T will take prodVca
at lilgheal market price.
1). II LLi)BETTER.
tJS ’79
If you want Bill Heads, Letter Uchds, Ciroulara
Cards, Handbill Pouters, or any tbinjr in the
o Job Painting bring y*ur oril*r* t# tbe --t*
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