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18 NOW RECEIVING DIRECT EBON NEW YORK
I a choice and select stock of
MILLINERY AND FAUCI GOODS.
Yonr attention is Invited to heT Grand Opening of
Pattern Hats on April 14th.
Also to her tmosnally
low gPrieea*
Call and he convinced, at her Store on Broad 8t,, be
tween Dr’*, Longa & Billope and Smith’* Drag Store*,
Athens, Go. aprSUAm.
TELL KITTY I'M COMING.
Little Robin tell Kitty I’m coming,
Yea, tell her to meet mi lor .are,
Ob, say l’U await in the gloaming.
With love ever content end pare:
How bright is the bloum of the flowers,
Bedecking the sweet, new mown bey,
WMie np in the biae heaven's bowers
Binge .weedy the nightingale’s lay.
a. a. cbilds.
n. nionmox.
..' r.M.i liVi’rC'i'erir. I« days, persq
f t salt’s per s<jui*ro. ....
,-v p. r tjuaro ................. .....
nji*. per square, each time. ...
s .in nlvance) .... Hm ...........
Hire, each time.....................
g- I'li.' iibtive legal rotes corrected
linin' ef I'l.irke County.
by
isiness ani Professional Cards.
I. M. COCHRAN,
G-AINESVILLE, GEO,
1 (ii ueral Land Agent for the pt
Lands in II:
int for the purchase
Ir of Mineral and Funning Lands in Hall, and
Li’,.,, untirsof Northeast Georgia. Mineral ores
, ,,1.1 tiiUs to property investigated.
aiii-niion given to the purchase apd sale of
N. luiliSKY, Attorney.
Dr. JO IIX
mays—nm]
CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO.
PEALERSIN ^
Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails,
FAIRBANKS’ SCALES,
RUBBER BELTING,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Mill Findings,
AGENTS FOB
Winship and Sawyers Cotton Gins,
&c., &c., &c.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
GINS DELIVERED IN ATHENS AT MANUFAC-
TUBERS PRICES.
Sept. SO—1-tf.
Then Robin tell Kitty Fan cowling,
Yea, tell her to meet me for sure,
Oh. soy I’ll await in the gloaming.
With love ever constant and pore.
Little Robin tell Kitty I’m coming, .
With Surest of hope* in my heut,
l’U wait where the brooklet is running,
Then fly birdie, quickly demit:
I’ll be at the foot of the mi
Adown in the shady, green <
And there in the oak’* spreading*
Our love for each other we’ll tell.
Choral.
Little Robin teU Kitty Pm coming,
To meet her the same aa of yore,
The old love is still Rarely burning,
There’s none I so fondly adore;
Then go, pretty bird, with yonr mesa age,
paged
sent
ered,
t—too
find it
ge, for
GEEDINE,’
Late of Mississippi,
*wise, decided to make atiiens his
i fatur.- home, now tenders hia professional services
i;> of Athens and its vicinity. Office on
uTO* m„ in nkw BiiLuiKn or Jons H. Nrwtos’e,
llrrc Lt m.iy Is- found from 8 o’clock *. u. to 0 r.
,)„ ;1 j, i |iVol'cssiopsUy engaged. Can bo found at
r.M.Unee of the late Mts.Goldings.
ixiAu Conn. Howell Cobb.
L. & 11. COI1B,
At/orneys at Law,
Athjbns, Ga.
(MHoe in Deupreo Building.
Vl.22.ly.
ALEX. S. ERWIN,
Attorney at Law,
Atiiens, Ga.
liiiv «n Broad Street, between Center Si
Heaves and Orr Si Co., upstairs.
fcb.’J.ly.
if. K THRASHER,
A2202LYJ2TA2 LAW,
WATKINSV1LLE, GA.
—DEALER IN—
American ani Imported Watches, Clocks, Jewelry.
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
Mnslcnl Instruments, tins, Pistols, Etc.
WATCnlB, CLOCKS AND JEWXLKY BarAlBlD IK A SEAT,
WOKKMAKL'.KZ 1IANNIS,
And warranted to give entire satisfaction.
OrnanmUiX and Plain Letter Engraving a Specialty.
C9UI9IAVECTE, a* Ion from Book Store Corner, ATBSRS, OA.
feb.l.ltf. _ . _____
T- WSJl,
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer,
COLLEGE AVENUE,
Next Door to Post Office.
former Ordinary’s Office.
Jjan25-ly
4 \ X hand, Uppers for making Low Qaanet., Con-
V » gress, Alcxis-Tie*, and Prince Alberts. Repeii
ing promptly executed.
Send leu dollars, per mail or expresa and yon ahal! re
ceive a first class pair of boots.
Jane 30, 1875. _ 3541
Great Reduction in Prices
F or the next thirty davs. Brackets, Wall
rackets, and all kind* of Ornamental Wood Work,
will be sold at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Now is tbetims to make your houses beantlfal at low
figures. —
Great bargains given in everything at
b * BURKE’S BookStow.
REMOVAL!
1. A. SALE, 2) EJV2IS2,
\" K. M» >VKD to the office lately occupied by Dr. J.
V. Morrell.
SatUtaction guaranteed in both Work and Prices.
C. D. HILL,
.iTJ'OTIjYEY AT LAW,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Vromj‘t intention given to all business and tlie same
^vetfully solicted. • jhnlj-ly.
POPE BARROW,
Arro/LVET A2 LAW,
ATHENS, GA.
«>lfioc in Mr. J. 11. Newton's new onildiug.
jaM.lv.
AUG UST DORR,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Iuiv.ktsk or Fine Cloths’ajW Doeskins,
hats, ukady-made clothing, and gents’
FURNISHING GOODS,
bU.Sm. 222 Broad Street. Angnsta, Ga-
IF.
VwtSH FOR WOO Ley
—OH— .
CLOTH FOR WOOL.
The Atiiens Manufacturing Com:
much la
and pro]
Don’t tarry ao long b. the air,
Hot fly 1 don't delay oo yonr passage,
And tell her be sue to be there:
. Chorus.
THE ROBIN’S REPLY.
*T I.B.O.
I have rang to the anbura-baired Kitty
Prom my perch on her jetted rose tree,
I have told her that Willie is coming
With love-qnickened steps o’er the lea;
And her cheek hat flashed bright m the roses
That bloom ’neath the son’s loving ray,
And her voice in its musical numbers
Carols sweet as the nightingale’s lay—
“ Little Robin, tell Willie I’m coming,
Tell him, Robin, I’ll meet him for sore,
W here the oak spread* its arms to the rephyrs
And the brooklet flows crystal and pore.”
Thus she sang to me, aubnm-haired Kitty,
And her note* were love-bnrthcned for thee;
“ Tell Willie, dear Robin, 1 love him,
And hasten his steps o'er the lea;
Go quickly! as love’s fond impatience
To cheer thie true heart on hi* way
To the shady green dell by the wild wood,
And this be your message to say:
“ Little Robin, teU Willie I’m coming,
TeU him, Robin, l’U meet him for enre,
Where the oak spread* its arms in the gloaming,
Aud the brooklet flows cryetal and pore.”
* —Sat. Jim
LOVE ON SKATES
AN ADVENTURE IN CANADA.
npany:
much larger variety of Woolen Good*
are now making a
than ever before,
them for Wool,
believing it to he more to the interest of the Planter to
Exchange the Wool tor Cloth, rather than have it Card
ed and Span at home. Call lor Samples and Terms o!
Exchange. R. L. BLOOMFIELD, Agent.
May 19, 1875—2>-tf.
Miss C. Potts,
Kashionable Dressmaker
(Over University Bank.)
Broad Street, - - - Athens.
Would respectfully inform the Ladles and her friends
generally, of Athens and vicinity, that she ia now pre
pared to do Dress making iu the Neatest rad most
fashionable styi.es.
With her ex
giving satisl
R. LITTLE,
Attorney at Lair,
CARXESVILLE. ga. -
J. S. DORTCH,
Attorney at Lair,
CAENKSV1LLE, OA.
A.
U. S. Internal Revenue.
Dimity Collictox’s Orror,)
Fourth District, Georgia, r
Athens, Jan. 15, 1876.)
A ll parties desiring infor-
mntion a* to TAX imposed by the United States
Internal Revenue Laws, can obtain the same by apply-
lDg *° W. S. MAYFIELD,
Deputy Collector.
Offlee over Jacobs dt Michael's Store, Broad SHset,
Athens, G*. jan!8-tf
O. McCURRY,
t TTO K ,VB F *4 T Wi
HARTWELL, GEORGIA.
rive strict personal attention to all business en-
11« If.* c ite. Ang. 4—60—ly.
M. Jackson. L. W. Thomas
JACKSON & THOMAS,
Attorneys at JCjaWj
* Athens, Georgia.
JOHN IP. OWEN,
Attorney at LaWi
T *CCJJk CITT, OJL*
■ jj practice In all me comities of the Western Or-
• " * rl “ u 1 M.»,!iv.n of the Northern Circuit. Will
yivui .*ticu.vni to oil cUunu ontruitod to hit care.
P. G. THOMPSON,
» Attorney at L» aw,
If > il jiicntion paid tocrimind practioe. Forrefcr-
W >' t > Ex. Gov. T. II. Well* and Hon. David
W»r 'ii* U0, ®' > m*ry Ala. Office over StOTe,
iperience in the bnaineas, she feels snre of
faction. May 14, 1875—28-tf.
CEHERAL TICKET AGtlCY.
RAILROAD TICKETS
For sale, by *U route*, and to aU principal points in
UNITED STATES.
Buy your l4keta before leaving Athene, rad get all
information firom
Oapt. WM. WILLIAMS,
Agent Southern Express Co., Athena, Gl _
May 18, YS
R R. SAULTERj
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OT
WINES, WHISKIES and LAGER BEER.
ALE, GIN, CIGARS,
CALL AT SAULTERS EXCHANGE,
Jacksox Stxxct, AtbvnSi Gio«oia.
Oct. 8—d-tt.
FRANK HARRALSON,
ATTORNEY AT AW,
CLEVELAND, GA.
pr'cticc in the counties of White, Union, Lum-
1 l >wn*, ami Fanning, and the Supremo Court at
A,lul! ; - Will givespeoial attention to all elaimsen-
’ 1 to his care. Ang. 71 1875—41—If.
E. SCHAEFER,
COTTONBUYER,
tocooa errv, OA.
>1 Ighcat Cash Prico imid for Cotton. Agent for Win
11:i " G.n* and Press. octflOwtl.
Livery. Feed and Sale Stable,
ATHENS <3 A.
GANN & REAVES PROPRIETORS
Will be found at thetr old stand, rear FraqkUn House
ill times* •
Planters’ Hotel, Augusta, «a
rpil
I 11
Summer of‘l875,- is now opei
IIIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL HAV-
ssr£ sszsssss.'SteSi&t*
B. P. CHATF1ELD, Proprietor.
Bdlcmcro is a little town in Canada, near
the region of perjietunl Indian, and they
have frightfully eold weather there, and
splendid sleighing and skating. Wolves
and other wild animals occus onally skir
mish around the out osts, mid altogether
it is more like a place right out of a story
than a spot where real people are expected
to live. *
Bcllemcre, however, knows just what
it is about, and it lias worn “ pull-backs”
and Ulster overcoats. The men are tall,
tine-looking specimens of manhood, and the
women dress and adorn themselves after
the manner of femininity generally. Dan
cing parties and skating parties are very
much in vogue, and moonlight nights 1
winter are made the most of.
To this gay, enjoyable little place, came,
quite suddenly, one bright winter day, Miss
Maude Eastwoiod, from Boston. The cler
gyman’s wife was a cousin of hers, and it
struck her at once that an entirely new
sensation would be agreeable. So she
made a higera to Bcllemcre, and presented
herself before her astonished cousin’s eyes
with a three-story Saratoga trunk, and all
^ appliances for nn unlimited stay.
rs. Nall was very enduring, and she
made the young lady welcome, and even
got up a sort of pleasure in her arrival.
Miss Maude had come primarily to skate
an accomplishment in which she excelled,
and of which she Was jiassionately fond ;
she had> iBto a covert purpose of nppropri
ating a lew Canadian scalps. For this young
person was accustomed t'o come and sec
and conquer; and although by no means a
beauty, she managed to produce tlie effect
of beauty in a very delightful manner.
Besides, she bad her hair long, abundant,
gold-colored, and every bit of it her own
raising. If beauty draws us by a angle
hair, what may not be accomplished with a
chevelure like this? Maude Eastwood knew
full « ell that her strength, like Samson’s,
lay in her richly flowing flocks, and she
valued them accordingly.
Female Bellcmere criticised her, of coarse,
pronounced her devoid of a single good
feature, objected to her style altogether;
but it could not get over her hair. Those
of the opposite persualion went dalt gen
erally, after the usual fashion of male idio s
over a pretty face; and Miss Eastwood
began to have good times forth with, t hose
grandly built Canadians, with their fine
open faces and frank manners, their undis
guised admiration and pleasure in her so
ciety, were new revelations to the Boston
girl; and as to her Canadian sisters and
their plainly expressed jealousy, she just
laughed at them, and showed them how to
do so many pretty things in crochet and
Berlin wool, that she quite won them over.
By far the nicest of Maude’s admirers,
was Alfred Glontheid; there was so much
more in him than in any of the others. He
was a fine skater and dancer, and read
Tennyson and Rosetti delightfully, in a rich,
musical voice; he was decidedly intelleei-
ual, and had a physique which enthusiastic
young ladies called “ splendid.”. He also
had that most excellent thing in man, a
f enuinc modesty aud distrust of his own
cservings. He appeared to hover in the
background from th first, wherever Miss
Eastwood was to be seen; and that youni
lady soon discovered her power, and tool
exceeding delight therein. Tins was
captive worthy of her bow and spear, and
she bad no intention of spoiling him by
encouragement. If be ventured upon an
thing of a complimentary nature, si
adroitly tamed it into something quite the
opposite, until Mr. Glentheal vainly won
dered by what course of mental gymnas
tics he bad attained he platform on which
lie found hiuwelfl ~But he worshipped on
in his quiet way, aud thought Maude East-
wood the most dainty and . be vildering
>iece Of flesh and blood it bad ever been
iis good fortune to enconnter.
So .matters sttmd on ouo bright, frosty
night when the moon was at the full, and
nearly all Bellcmere was out skating. It
tall nguro mat so pc;
her wake Alfred Glentheal
however, that this-night sliou
fate, and after many skill" *
the part of the slippery dan
to ask the all-important qu
Maude was breathless
and chagrin to find herself tl
and her pulse beat unacoonntal
fast for indifference. She could
iu her heart to say no.to this tend*
but neither conld she say yes, j<
she compromised matters hy say
me ten minutes’ start, and if you
I am yours.”
This was an objectionable adv:
Maude skated as though her feet were
winged with lightning; but she was immov
able, and the race began. She shot like a
flash toward a small island in the middle
of the river, doubled it, and went down on
the other ride; while Alfred, at the end of
ten minutes, darted blindly after her, hesi
tated a moment at the island, s-.d then
dashed down the side where the \siy was
not. v»
Miss Eastwood skated swiftly on, with a
feeling of relief that -she was safe for the
present, and wondering why she cared
euough for this man not to refuse him on
the spot. Her cheeks burned vividly as
she thought of his words, and her eyes
shone li e diamonds in the clear winter air.
She was a beautiful picture, hut there was
no one to see *ber, only the stately pine
trees on either ride, and the frozen river
glittering like frosted silver in the moon
light Everything was clear as day, save
where the river "harrowed; and then the
giant trees cast dark shadows that made
the girl shiver a little.
e was just passing one of these prints,
when a queer noise attracted her attention
sort of howl—and glancing around, she
8a w what looked like a large dog rushing
swiftly after her. The next moment, how
ever, the blood seemed to curdle at her
heart, a cold chill of horror crept over her,
and her limbs almost refused to move. It
was a wolf, that fearful scourge of the
Canadian wilds; and shriek after shriek
rent he air as she realized the dreadful
truth. $he skated for her very life; but
the bloodthirst;
and her strength was last giving out.
Suddenly the bushes on one ride were
parted, a human figure darted swiftly out,
and the report of firearms quickly followed.
The wolf dropped at once, for the well-
directed shot had entered his brain. Down
also dropped our heroine, with the convic
tion that she was mortally wounded, and
faulted dead away. Her preserver came
forward and lifted her from the ice; but,
alas! it was not Alfred. That bewilderet [
individual was at least, three miles away
and just making up. his mind to torn aroum
and try the other ride. i
“Ugh!” grunted the stalwart Indian,
who picked up the insensible girl and along
her over his shoulder, very prach as be
might have done tlie wolf, while he glanced
curiously at the golden hair that floated
around her like a golden halo.
White squaw pretty,” muttered this
son of the forest; “hut white squaw-oo
good. Red squaw work—white squaw
smile at We-to chee.”
And with this pleasing programme in
mind, Mr. We-to-cliee, or Big Thunder,
traveled stolidlv on in tho direction of his
The dreadful woman glanced from one
to the other, and seeing how matters stood,
she deliberately gathered up the golden
tresses and presented them to Mr. Glentheal.
Maude seized her hair at once it would
make a sphndid switch, which was some
comfort. And this was greater magnanim-
ty than she had expected of her hostess—if
she could be regarded in that light. But
Mrs. We-to-chee was entirely unacquainted
with switches, and intended her gift as a
stinging sarcasm. She had been revenged,
the white man would relieve her of her un
welcome rival, and a short curtain lecture
would make it all right with the misguided
W.
So the lovers were allowed to depart in
peace, and the first remark uttered ny the
young lady was: “Am I not a perfect
fright without my hair?”
r. Glcntheal’s reply was too long to be
chronicled, but in the course of it he^aid:
“ And, now, my darling, you will admit
yourself caught ?”
Maude could not deny it; but as she
gazed ruefully at her severed locks, she
could not help thinking how much more
peeable it would have been to be caught
ith h.r hair on.—Bazar.
BLAINE OP MAINE.
An Open Letter to Hon. B. H. Hill.
What a Union Soldier Hat To Say
About BlaiiSt Attach on Jeff Davie.
Strasburg on the Rhine,
Alsace, March 13tb, 1876.
To the Horn B. H. Hill, Member of Con
gress, from the Ninth District of Geor
gia’.
Hon. Sir—I have received many public
leeches lately made in the Congress of the
aited States, among them that delivered by
yon, also the one delivered by the gentleman
'from Maine (Mr. Blaine.) I am no states
man neither am I a politician, but it makes
me feel badly when I retd such complaints
as the Hon. Speaker from Maine makes in
Congress. He alludes to things that occur-
ed ten years ago, to the treatment of Feder
al prisoners at Andersouville, to the wrongs
done them by Jeff Davis, Wirz, General
.y animal gained upon her, Winder and others. Sir, as a soldier of the
.h was fast giving out. ■ Union. I regret that Mr. Blaine only told
of the treatment by the South of Federal
prisoners, and neglected to tell of the treat
ment received by us from the bands of the
government, when stationed at New Orleans,
iu the State of Louisiana. Mr. Blaine’s
speech, sir, will hurt the feelings of loyal
citizens. Now, honored sir, I will give
you some facts: In thecityof New Orleans,
in the year 1865, after the war was over,
Geneial Canby and others asked the govern
ment for 5,800 troops as a State guard
for Louisiana. There was at that time
numerous troops not mustered out of service,
who conld have been used tor that purpose.
Instead of so using them, General Canby
mastered the old soldiers oat of service, and
on the authority of Mr. Blaine and his party,
proceeded to raise the 5,800 men by a kind
of conscription law inaugurated by himself.
He knew very well that the foreign citizens
were the best material from which to raise
these troops, as they knew little of their
rights as citizens. The consequence was
that every foreigner in New Orleans .was
compelled to join the State guard If any
refused to appear when they were summoned
wigwam, to inform Mrs. We-to^ec of the by the conscript officer, he was kidnapped
change in their domestic arrangements. I and carried aboard of Commodore Fnrra-i
To be sure, that lady had hitherto done gut’s vessels. I had been a Federal soldier,
the work; but she had also done the emil- and had served in the »rmy faithfully. I
ing, what there was of it, and would prob I was once after being, discharged, forced
ably object to this divirion of labor. She I again into service, leaving a helpless family
was a laige, rough-featured, loW-browed j of little children with no one to support
feiqale, with half-opened eyes that had an I them for the twelve months, and that too
unpleasantly lurid glare, and an expression after the war was over, and there was no
the very reverse of amiable. . enemy in the field. But to show you the vil-
She aid .not smile at all when her lord lainy of the whole .matter, after one was
and master entered with his burden and drafted into this service, he could get out of
dep' sited it on tlie pile of eldns In the ft by paying a sum of money. The richer
rner that served as a bed. Ha4 it been ones were required to pay 11,000, and so on
animal, he would probably have sent I flown the list to twenty dollars. But those
Mrs. We-to-chee to pick ft up whepj it lay; who like myself, had neither friends or mo-
but being a pretty white girl, he conde> neT> were compelled to serve for twelve
soended to tote it himself! . I months in the State guards, and we never
Without :my unnecessary circumlocution, received a single cent for our services. By
he gave Mrs We-to-chee to understand I means of paying out, by those who were
that this was to be wife number two, but able, there never was bat seven hundred
’ her captor’s affection number one, be- men really enlisted, bat still at the same
so of her white skin and golden hair— I time Canby was drawing from the United
and here he actually laid his-paw,'caress-1 States government pay and rations for 5,800
ingly, on the shining mass (not noticing | men.
Mis. W.’s eyes as he did so)—and he wound 1 j was a foreigner, livingin a strange land,
up by saying, that as he had some ihobtiug 1 An fl flifl not know my rights. If I had,
business to attend to, he would thflnk Mrs. I things would have been different with me.
W. to take the intruder in hand^and re-1 Bat even then I, with many others, sent
store her to her senses without delay'. And I petitions to Washington giving an account
his majestic figure disappeared in tlie j 0 f oar treatment, but no attention was paid
forest to them. These petitions was addressed to
When lie had gone, the copper-colored lady I Mr. Blaine. Now ho w can Mr. Blaine
sat with drawn-np knees and bowed head, j talk about the treatment of Fedaral prisoners
looking at her fair rival with an intensity 1 by the South, when he, trod hi* people, treat-
>f gaze that seemed to have the power of e fl loyal meirworse than any Federal priso-
[winging back the suspended life; for pres-1 ner was treated by Jeff Davis. Sir? I have
The Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrock.
Chambers' Journal gives the origin of
these national emblems, as follows:
THE BOSE OF ENGLAND.
In the earl-' part of the reign of Henry
Vn, about the year 1450, a few noblemen
and gentlemen were discussing who wa* the
rightful heir to the English crown. After a
time they adjourned to the Temple Gardens,
thinking they would be more tree from in
terruption. Scarcely, however, had they,
arrived, when they perceived Richard Plan-
tagenet approachiug. Unwilling to contin
ue the conversation in his presence, a great
silence ensued. He, however, asked them
what they had been so anxiously talking
about when he joined them, and whether
they espoused the cause of his (arty, or that
of the usurper, Henry, of Lancaster, who
had filled the throne. * A false and absnrd
politeness preventing their making any re
ply, he added, since yon are so reluctant to
tell your opinion by words, tell me by signs,
and let him that is an adherent of the
House of York pall a white rose as I do.”
Then said tho Earl of Somerset, “ let him
who hates- flattery, and dares to m.iin ain
our rightful king, even in the presence of
his enemies, pull a red rose with me.”
When Henry VIL married Elizabeth, of
York, the rival houses were blended, and
the rose became the emblem of England.
THISTLE OF SCOTLAND.
In the reign of Malcolm I, in the year
1010, Scotland was invaded by the Danes
who Iliads a descent on Aberdeenshire, in
tending to take by storm Staines Castle, a
fortress of importance. The still hour of
midnight was selected as the time for com
mencing the attack. When all was ready,
and there was a reasonable hope that the
inmates of the castle wero asleep, they
commenced their march. They advanced
cautiously, taking off their shoes to prevent
their footsteps being heard. They ap
proached the lofty tower, their hearts beat
ing in joyous anticipation of victory. Not
a sound is heard from within. They can
scarcely refrain from exolamaiinnsof delight,
for they have but to swim across the
mote aud place scaling ladders, and the
castle is theirs l But m another moment
a cry from themselves arouse the inmates
to a sense of their danger, the guards fly
to their posts, and pursue the now trem
bling Danes, who fly before them. Whence
arose this sudden change of affairs ? From
very simple cause It appears that the
mote instead of bci g filled up with water,
was in reality dried up, aqjl overgrown
with thistles, which pierced the unprotected
feet of the assailants, who, tortured with
pain, forgot their cautious silence, and
uttered the cry which had alarmed the
sleeping inmates of tho castle. Ever after,
the thistle was the emblem of Scotland.
shamrock of irhland.
One day St. Patrick was preaching
Tara. Me was anxious to explain the c
trine o tho Holy Trinity. The |>eople
tailed to understand and refused to believe
that there could be three persons, and yet but
one God. The Holy man paused a moment,
absorbed in thought, and seeing a shamrock
creeping from the gre n turf, exclaimed,
“ do van not see from this simple little
flower how three leaves are united into one
stalk ?’’ His audience understood, without
difficulty, tiiis simple, yet striking illustra
tion, to the inexpressible delight of St.
Patrick. From that day, the shamrock
became the national emblem of Ireland
RIL’-RAPS.
“ Oh, the niggers is well ’nough off in
Georgy,” said Squire Skaggs to a Northern
man recently. “They make n mighty fw
bout eettin’ on juries, an’ r din’ <> - railroad
kyars, an’ holdin’ offices, but they’re giftin’
’lung right well, considerin’ the sudden man
ner in which they was «>t up. They’ll git
along. A tcm-cat ain’t hurt every tiige be
hollers. They’ve dropped the RadikeK
sir—dropped ’em like a hot pertater. They
know they mnught as w»U try to find a ihrip
in a i-lop bar’l as to hunt tor a honest Radi-
kel in Georgia, sir.”
In what key would a lover write a propos
al of marriage?—Be mine,ah!
Ekonnmy don’t knnsist in saving indi*-
kriminately, bnt in saving judiciously.—Josh
BiUiuge.
An Irshman once ordered a painter to
draw his picture and to represent him stand
ing behind a tree.
Therc’s.no special stvleof engraving en
gagement rings. A spider’s wed with a fly
in it is a very pretty device.
Practical jokes don’t go well out in Arizo-
The man who came one over an editor
out there the other day, never came two.
ftbt-ly
A. A. WINN,
—With—
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.,
Cotton Kactors,
—And—
General Commission Merchants,
SiTinotby Ga.
Aufv?’ ®°P* and otlieT supplies forotabwL
uiJ ’ ‘ advance* wade on cowlgimwita for
c or ‘hipment to Liverpool or Nortliem porta.
| May »0-tf.
E. A. WILLIAMSON,
Wr a m PRACTICAL
IdFS iimaker axd
•UWor&* ,® r ^ S,0rC ' Brniu! ;
MEDICAL NOIICE.
Af the ralicitatioa of many or my former patrons I
Practice of Medicine
it&S&SffStgZS&Zl
o» Female*. WM. KING, M. D
June IS, 1875-^3-ly. i
LIVERY AND SALE STABLE
Carriages, Buggies and Horses for IRre.
to her waist. The effect
MS REASONABLE.
Washington, Wilka, Co., Ga.
with the-grace of practical skatei s, while
mingled in the gay groups were sturdy six-
footers, armed against* the cold with fur
caps and gloves, and shooting aud halooing
with ffll tho power of strong lungs.
Maude Eastwood was perfectly bewitch
ing in her closely fitting skating salt of rich
bine cloth trimmed with swan’s down,
In these hard times, when borrowing is so
difficult, we’d like to know whether distance
still keeps up its time honored h ihit of lend
ing enchantment to the tfew.—Nets York
Commercial Advertiser.
says that people sometimes take
cold through their ears. This exglmua why
Milwaukee man always stuffs his ears np
with horse blankets and buffalo robes in damp
weather.
New Mexico is to be admitted into the
Union under the name of “ Montezuma.’’ A
more appropriate name, considering the pre
vailing weakness of the inhabitants, .would
“Tlireecardmontezuma ”
A fashion chronicler says: “ Old lace is
more fashionable and more worn than new.”
Old clothes are more “ worn” than new, too,
and it is hoped the time will eooncome when
they will be more fashionable.
An elderly Widow maiden, who had sufik
ered some disappointment, thus defines the
human race: Man—a conglomerate mass of
hair, tobacco smoke, confusion, conceit and
boots. Woman—the waiter, perforce, on
the aforesaid animal.
A Minnesota lady, in taking her morning
gape lately, put her jaw out of joint, and it
was two days before the doctor could get it
‘ace again. Her husband says he hasn’t
such u vacation siuce his married life
bringing baci ■ . . ,
cully Maude opened her eyes, and very written this to you from ray far off home,
naturally shrieked to fiud herself in snen I ; n Alsace, witho-1 knowing you, but I hope
uncongenial society. the forgoing foots will be of benefit to you.
Mrs. We-to-chee smiled—bir. it was not 1 ;f the future yon are forced to notice the
_ pleasant smile; and the young lady de- |gentleman(?l from Maine. Your true
manded to know where she was and how friend and Union man,
she got there. To all of which Mrs. W. Geo. Peter Mbyer.
said nothing as hard as she could. Perhapfl The above open letter to the Hon. B. H.
she did not understand her unwelcome Hill was enclosed to onr fellow citizen Capt
guest; but it is much more likely that she ^ Young. Mr. Meyer b a native ol
did. I Alsace, and is a cousin of onr fellow citizen
A steady stare b unj
necessarily'fatal; and M , .
up and looked about her. An Indian wi^
warn, as sure as she was alive! and how i
the name of wonder did she get into it,
and how was she ever to get out of it?
hut not ! Peter Barron. It may be a scrap for future
Eastwood sat4 bbtory.—Atlanta Times.
Reform Where Reform b Heeded:
New Yobk, May 2.—The Times thb
_ morning announced the organization of a Re-
tshe conld not make up her mind what .pabitam Reform Club, the result of a meet-
it was best to do under these very peculiar | ; #t D e i mon ico’s about six weeks age.
circumstances. But Mrs. We-to-chee had (j] u b is not antagonistic to the Union
_ But Mrs. W< _ „ ,
evidently made up hers; and drawing I club, but ia founded in the interest
forth a pair of shears from some hidden of re f orm within the Republican lines, and
receptacle, she approached^ the,trembling I ;tg mera bers are committed to no preference
girl. Mande fell upon her knees wi mortal 0 f candidates for the Presidency. Its plat-
terror, and begged and praycdtolm let f orm favors a resumption of specie payments,
alone; bnt the resolute pagan pursued the I a non .na rt isan civil service, retrenchment in
even tenor of her way, and laid.hold of the pa ijj; c expenses, and a good President. The
burnished locks. The victim shrieked and j at ( er mU3t not a mere political partisan,
hid her eyes—she believed that her last but a statesman of tried character, in sym-
monicnt had come; but clip, dip, "; ent I pafhy with the best sentiments of the people
the shears, and down fell the luxuriant a jj p U y[j c questions, and conversant with
tresses, until they lay a heap of goid at her t j, e 0 f Government. The President
et. of the Club is Hon. Jas. Eronott. Among
The incensed squaw did not do her work 1 the Vice Presidents are Jackson S. Schultz,
artistically, from a barber’s point of view, Hon. Wm. E. Doyle and many other prom
but she did it effectually, hoping thereby ; nen t citizens. The Club has a membership
to bring the erring Mr. W. to his right | of between three and five hundred. Edito-
_ _ nr U.i.-tn'nAil Itiirct intn tuaiM . _* II iL . 'TV...... It Tko Ptnl\ I a nnt
[For tha Athens Georgian.]
The Battle of Gettysburg,
1 have long felt, Mr. Editor, that some
one knowing the facts o' this great battle
should make them public, so that the present
generation may be enlightened and history
vindicated ; and e'en though it may appear
late in the day to dwell upon those bloody
scenes, yonr writer was simply wailing for
some abler person to lead off upon this sub-
ject ■ . • ,
During the life of Gen. R. E. Lee it would
indeed have appeared teelsnine to endeavor
to defend him in any of his actions, nor since
his death would it have been of any use to
sustained the great chieftain in the eyes of
the world or in the hearts of his people.
Since Gen. Longstreet, however, has pub
lished a -letter attaching blame upon the
sainted soldier, I feel myself called upon to
speak, and state facts which iny actual pres
ence at Gettysburg, tho’ in an humble capaci
ty, enabled me to possess. Gen. Longstreet
was undoubtedly a good soldier and no one
blames him for the failure at Gettysburg,
hut for him after his Knoxville/awipos as i
department Commander, his strange conduct
since the war, to assume for himself equality
with Lee, is pieposperous.
To place the blame, therefore, where
irobabiy belongs, I will give you a short
sketch of the hattle. I conceive that theblun
der was made on the second day. A . P. Hil
corps was massed 1st July, Gen. Hill being
of course on the ground, while Gen. Lee was
away to the left with Gen. Ewell. Our
company was sent to the skirmish Hue early
in the day. where we lay occasionally firing
but'principally watering Longstreet’s corps,
(theTroup Artillery meanwhile demolish
ing Reynold's Federal battery.) At four
in the afternoon that brave soldier, Gen. A.
R. Wright although quite sick, after strength-
ing the line, started us with Wilcox’s Ala
bama, Perry’s Florida and Wright’s Geor
gia b igads toward the enemy’s skirmish
line, (equal to our line of battle.) We car
ried everything before us to the very last
line upon the crest of the hill, which upon
the very point of precipitate flight, rallied^ a»
soon as they saw no reinforcements coming
to onr assistance and closed in upon onr
right and left, causing us to cut our way out
with the most deadly strife and yet not a
man of two who'e divisions and two brigades
of our division was sent to help ns. Gen.
was two miles away. Why then did not
Hill send some of his corps to ensure the
victory which we had almost in our gtasp?
Did Gen. Lonstreet know these facts ? Why.
Mr. Editor, it was so plain, that two regi
ments of Harris’ Mississippi brigade jumped
from their breast works and marched to
our relief. From the prisoners then captur
ed, we learned that their entire array was
discouraged, find that every one had given
the fight save the Pennsylvania reserve
o were not themselves fighting with much
senses. Miss Eastwood burst into tears,
and felt that t iis was only the next worst
thing to being killed; for she sadly feared
tlistffwith her hair, she was shorn of her
of conquest. Mm. -We-to-chee
the fooyt coquettish
around which curled a long w bite ortnch A |f rei l Glentheal, pale, weary and
plume, rested lightly on her ehimnienng 1" . lu ia* i,™^
plume, rested lightly on her shimmering j “^ st ^.^of tindTng $s lost love,
hair. Tins was loosely crimped, and fell ~T° , . .
i her wrist. The effect wns ! With a sob ot delig|it, Mande threw her-
With her hands in a muff that j self into his outstretched arms, exclaiming :
_ Ob! take me away from this dreadful
charming. —
matched her dress, she floated off with j
swanlike motion, laughing at and with the I woman!”
rially, the Times says: “TheClub is not
in the interest of any third party movement.
Its aim will be to work inside tho Republican,
organization, and bring to bear upon the
Cincinnati Convention, iu some organized
form,'the higher public opinion of the com
munity.”—Atlanta Times.
Bristow and Curtis—Cash and culture.
Tilden and Lamar—Reform and fraternity.
Hayes and Morgan—The soldier and states
man.— Graphic.
A Trenton editor mokes the statement,
for the good of correspondents, that they
need not commence their commnnicatioos,
I take my pen iu hand,” as he don’t care
whether thoy write with their toes or with
the pea in their ■ mouth, so they send the .
news.
Some people seem to be extremely sensi
tive. At one of the churches on Sunday the
miuUter read the prayer fora person in deep
affliction, and a man who had just been mar
ried got up and went nut. lie said he didn’t
want public sympathy obtruded on him in
that way.
Do not imagine when yon see one of those
broad-chested statesmen get up in hia place
on the floor of the House of Representatives,
that your soul is about to be aroused by a
burst of sonorous elequence. He carries’his
papei of chewing tobaqco in his coat-tail
pocket, and is too fot to reach ft without ris
ing.
A train was carrying a clergyman and five
or six youths who kept scoffing at religion
and telling disagreeable stories. The good
man endured it all, simply remarking as he
got out: “We shall meet again, my chil
dren.” “ Why shall we meet again?” said
the leader of the band. “ Because I am a
prison chaplain,” was the reply.
The editor of the Penn Yan Democrat is
responsible for the following:
Lunch, brothers, lunch with eaira.
Lunch In t- e practice of the barkeepaire.
And help yourself to the sassenjiure.
And tonch Terr light on tho strong buttairc.
And pay your hit on the man 1 , conutmre.
A Texas editor, after an interview with
an unusual and unwelcome visitor, writes:
Hereafter Texaus and others having like
business, will please send a postal card, as it
disturbs our equanimity to have slouch hats
and six shooters invade our sanctum.” That
editor must be an importation from the East
ern States. A Texan to the manner born
isn’t disturbed by civilities of this sort. .
The other day a Detroiter who has a good
record of army service took down his revolv
er to shoot a cat which had been hanging
about the house. After looking at him
while he fired six shots, the cat walked away.
While he was loading np for more destruc
tion, the shooter’s small boy inquired,
Father, did you ever kill any one while
you were in the army?” ” I suppose so, my
son.” After a long pause the boy continued.
“ Then you must have got Aear enough to
hit’em with an axe, didn’t yon?” It was
then discovered to be about school time.
A Critical Period.—-A dwelling house
Clifford street took fire in one ot the
chambers the other night from an exploding
kerosene lamp. The names were extinguish
ed alter a sharp struggle by the woman of
the house, who had her hands pretty badly
burned. She was . relating her adventures
to a neighbor next morning, and the woman
asked:
-where
If we had have been reinforced we could
have broken the enemy’s lines, Longstreet
after climbing the mountain could have
swung around to theleft, Ewell to the right
and bulk of the federal army might have
been captured. For the troth of the above
facte, I refer you to any officer and soldier
of A. P. Hill’s corps.
Co. K. 3rd. Ga. Reg
A shrewd old Yankee said he didn’t be
lieve there was any downright cure for lazi
ness in a man. “But,” he added, “I’ve
known a second wife to hurry it some.”
Why didn’t you raise an alarm
was Beimel”
“ Bessie and her bean were courting in
the parlor,” was her calm reply.
“ And you never called to them ?’’
“Nota word. I have known of cases
where a sudden alarm haB upset a ycuugman
just as be was abont to propose, and changed
the whole future of two lives.”—Detroit
Free Press.
“The ladies—sweet briars in the garden
of life”—was the toast of an old bachelor at
a public dinner, not long since.
A widow lady liviog on Lahrosae street
was highly delighted yesterday when a wood-
yard wagon drove up and half a cord of
stove wood was thrown into her yard. She
had given n i order, had no money to buy
wood with, and running into a neighbor’s she
exclaimed:
“ See how my dream came tofkss! Last
night I dreamed that some one had breoght
me a load of wood; and behold 1 it is
here!”
Congratulations were tendered and several
people were feeling good when the wagon
came back for the wood, ft having been
thrown off at the wrong place, and as the boy
pitched it out of the yard bis demeanor
wasn’t at all dreamy.—Detroit Free Press,
