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THE ATHENS CjXMlGIAN: SEPTEMBER 12, 1876.
THE LIVING SKELETON.^ loot at me husband, prepara- Xiagal Ad-trert^ ! X-epal
tory to the coffin bein’ lowered into the ! = ==^—I **
WHAT ills FOND WIDOW IIAD TO SAY
ABOUT HIM.
She was a large, stout woman, with
a hoarse voice and a self dependent air, 1
grave by the derrick that had been
erected for that purpose, when [
chanced to look up and there stood the
skeleton the other side of tbe coffin.
like one who had traveled a great deai
and seen much. She came into a rail
road car and planted herself down bv
the side of a timid-Iookiiitr passenger,
I was prostrated with grief at the loss.
Olaxlse OoiaitTT
first Tuesday in October next
\ / iLARKE SHERIFF SALE.—Will be sold
before the Court House door, in the City of
~ ‘ “ ~ ' * “ as-
ef
hoar^ of sale tbe following pr Jiny, to wit: all
toat parcel of bud whereon Kicbard Wiboa
lived and died, containing thfe hundred and
a 7^' ■ m r re cr !e ” made np of
tract boaght *>f * Jam?* Sham. A contiininff
egbty acres , m ore or less, the dfcd of *h ch
bears date May the 22. ls.vt I d t 5ie tract
.■ ■ --- j me following property, .....
itlun tee legal and lot, situate, mng and being in the City of
Athens Foundry £ MachMtft
bougl
died
and eighty-eight acre«T ,!*
” . , ' •“* t'A rdllM* «iiC lilfJkr eU*4CU U. id. I IU(
whichfia?
of ine husband aud the bustin’ up of
tne show, and here comes this walkin’
shadow right across me path like a
ifter lifting his carpet-bag out of the ■ ^"**5 though it was a very J which bears date January i. except 22
, , . : -” . | hght beam, I am forced to «av ft I C F^: orles-s sold to Dr. p ,-rv Huiiani
’ eat and dumping it upon his toes. L , . . . - ; Jt j which being deducted from SS, l« v “ 0 f this
When the conductor came along and ^ atr05S , «hat a
You Ta he WOU,d ** *° w °rk the fairs, Upon by* til*ft£
and what a redaction I could make be- j
low previous expeises. You know ! T ,I,on 3n, J brothers. Ail ^dd t> satisfy the
i • . __ 1 aoo\c rtiitcd |j. fi.. AiktHnI OtSff, U7i;
- oh kin run a dozen livin’ skeletons j aug.29.so. j. a/£EO\vn Sheriff,
tor what it costs to keep a giant.*
General Founders and J.v hl\is 1s
Athene, in Brooklin, on street or rood running
out thr0U2b Brooklin on the right of said street -r- trT -, n -m- t-m — .., _ .
or road adjoining Cobb, Smith and other#, con- » d- -A.T^T.T. . 5—i t-t i i lOsQ^
mining three aeres, more or le>.-. Levied upon / *•
by virtue of a fi. fo- from Clark Superior Court,
bought Of David Cojuror :1 „ two hnu- . ™ 4UI » “ I?*""* "* mMI '
,° . all to satisfy the above stated fi. fa. Property
Rrked for her fare she said
don’t make no reduction for show folks,
do you f .The conductor remarked
that they did not if they knew it. As
she counted out the required amount
she said when her husband was alive
thev frequently got along on half-fare,
it they weren't 44 dead-headed’’ alto
gether, “ but,’’ she added,* 44 times is
different since poor George died.’’
August Term. 1ST2. Early Winfield, a person
of color, vs. George Brown, a person of color,
«n ... •' 1 —'*•“ *t. Property
S. P. Thur-
.L A. BROWNING.
sept.5^>J.
Power Press Cut. -
Dale Geark
■3^
G-*S.u? I ft.SM^ E COUNT J,—Whereas,
The timid man didn’t know, but lie i t^Wo^Bfchir AdJinbtratonif
ventured to say “of course.”
I Would have to get out a uew lot
son, deceased
tenns of the law to be dl-jha
Aamimslration:
ftitious in
from said
t-d pel
sr. rd i
These are there ore to cite cad dmoai-h
Railroads
MAGNOLIA
PASSENGER liOl'TE.
t « - — I —i UUl urc locueaaa
01 bills for mm,” continued the stout jonecra-d to show car.se.fet tnv office.
r it. . .... .. f or before the hret Monday in D ember next’
i woman;
J Augusta & Yemassee,
TII K
F’iLTTOrLITE EOUTE
1 Charleston. Savannah. & all Points In Fionda.
| Leave Athens 9 30 l‘,M.
ulinonish ail j Arrive Augusta 7 -35 A.M.
*t my office, I Leave Augusta 8 20 A.M.
j Arrive Savannah 3 30 P.M.
this 6th day ! Arrive (.’harleston 4 20 A.M.
.he answer..! airh a hasty pride m ! 1 ‘ ‘ lre “ “^ ho ,"'; i p,r„„. ^ rm ,, „
her voice, and she best one that cvfi ^ f , n " d ™ an “n 5 """! Iw H'at si | ™ w Wren ,t ; a,., „ 01>d , s, s
stoo.1 on swo leg,, if I do sav if i » *» >» «» “>« i “fcTS«il5S»i3E?4
«. u- , „ . r | ra i tiling in the world. j cf Augu-t, i,:«. * ASAMJ3 Esov
„ ' ,<Jni U ‘ 1 * aa ed l ,e i “ 'Veil, the upshot of the matte.- : - aag,I5 ' gU1 ' j ordinary, j The only line l imning through cars
i after a p,usc was,” continued the stricken widow GW& j * V,, p ll ' ta a “ d ^uub.
Iiorn for what t ’ |« ( . , , . „ , , , WMWW , j VT John Calvin dohusou, Guardln of Calvin The only line making dose connec-
“ For a skeleton ?” I , ike , v * alked bac * to t!ie hotel : of fcift Sava,,:;ah " ilh lht Atlantic &
! with me from thegrave, aDd I secured I damhip: fro 4 >a!,J Guar -1 Gulf liailroad.
• • . t out or the j ijjj,, at once for the remainder <>f »h* U are tUr * :ore t.° cite »nd ihnonkh all I 44 Ouiuibus Transfer” at Sa-
business, at an enormous expense as . - me remaiuaer ot the j i-ersons concerned to show cause, 4 my office I vaim-ili
x cn-e a. tenting ^. asoi) fur $4 a wee k and found. ! ZL&F ore tUe - firs: P 0 ”**
idn't bring thnn . ... „, * .
1 Ia course lie was. Cut out for the
ornn
tbe show bills say. lie didn't brio
jjggKy.iHlx'tj
• in Y. :
iV
Putt .-i n W01 k.>: ;
j«iiring,M:mn!:t :
Mill iiachinery. S
Saw Mil;-. II
Thresh ?r-. Fa: .'i.!-. I; ir ; ;1
and Cane Mills. !•' rip. ■. j>,,
Geared Mattie ■rt ; .:ii.|i„
Geared Il-.ii?. h ;1 : yg
strong and -iui-.l I- ; ] :Vt
ranged wits: ii.aii-if..,.
fisrtiisb C-
bio Ev:i]K
Lever Pi
Brooks Patent Port tile
j ,1 . . , . * I ‘“t giauuug 01 said di-tiiarly
enough flesh into the world for a nios" I S WaS hard W0IK to fiud hini of'^ at l »th day
']uito lv start a meat shop with. „ fa j ^,.;a^.s W «„ so Utio." V^. ’
too thin”; but as i CL '*? I f E C °l'- N TY.-AVhereas. i
i>, aud as another ! Vv.'rv. i&$.%X2l JSSSSdi
re him array fro,a I fetf “ “ ^
I _ r ASA M. J A CXSOX, ( rciiuiry,
joints had to be held together with I r .??? da> ’ he ° fftred ,ne llis haud - | ~~~~ 4,
slickin’ plaster to prevent id- folH^ to f ‘ h ' m U " as “ 100 thiQ ” • as | COVXTV^Where^ i
Pieces. His folks thought''it impo-1 " 0uU
sible to keep the breath of life in sieh a i sll0 ' v was tr - vm ’ tu hlre hlm away from
little heap of bones, but the kid seemed i "*?, . a “ eptCd ’..
to have a presentiment of the future ! . A “ l y ° U Said he died * tou532(1
there was before him-appeared to! “®P an,on -
■drop on what a card lie would l>e for a ! * ^ 1,00r ^ eor g e l>ctered out al-
side-show if he could only live, so he ^ U le " - Vears IIe ke Pt glowin’
wouldn’t 4 croak,’ but held on like a t,1,ucer aud tllluner until I had to go
to the expense of a ealacium to show
him at all. I was arrested once by a
doctor who had missed a skeleton out
To secure the advantages of!
through cars, no delays, firsuclass j j
equipment, fast time, and sure counee- 0 7f W
lions, purchase tickets of Capt. \Y. | wObkOil QCj SlZy 3r6SS,
U'. Williams, Agent, Athens, Ga., !
via Augusta and Yemassee only. I . 1
T.
S. I3i^VA.iSrT,
G. P. A., Augusta, Ga.
and sole Man u fact in $ s
country mayor for a show license.
His mother used a pair of caudle-
tratioa:
Filtee are therefore to cite and acm&uisli all i Titlvll f,..
I>cr»ons eoncemed to show cause, at utj office ! J ” • 1 *’ 6,n
oa or before the first Monday in Dlcim^rnext! '
^nuiUug^ ol ra:«i dijicliarfe.
of August" W6“ V hand ’ at Cf5c ” tt4s S:h ^ , =
acgi5 3m -^ A M - JACKSUX, Ot-dimuy. j
' ! T E NOT CALLED FOR WITHIN THIRTY
jVT j «=teg»lla n eoua.
TT1TCX. ATlitgSP PRaiGgT.
moulds as a pattern to cut out hisoant- f , ' U ° ,
aloons by until he was fourteen years { ° f ^ 1 M 5t *
old ; an ordinary umbrella cover made!. • .-■ *5 kd ^ G ec r ge as you call
him a very comfortable overcoat. I him ' ’^. asked llj e timid man.
don’t let on that he was one of your I “ G,<lu t anything kill him. He
George Washington fellers that never • I’”'*! 0 t,l,n that tbe breat t te drew
:'TT''7Wf *v - - av—t".-— . .Titftoiiis lungs passed right out between
* r P^tii _
M <• ^ ^° m Executor-
8 ‘fe,
told a lie, ^ut i/fie'did it~iever hel{)ed
him any; be was so thin everybody
could see right through him. His
name was George, but they called him
4 Slim Jim’ around home. You have
heard of the slender young man who
went to the masquerade ball with his
head chalked to represent a billiard
cue! George was that feller.”
44 How did you come to meet him?”
asked the timid passenger.
his ribs without doin’ him any good
whatsomever. I showed him three
days alter he was dead
covered he was no more,
tried to buy his body of me—said they
wouldn’t have to touch him at all with
a knife, as it wouldJbe only necessary
nese are therefore to cite and aimonl-h all
persons concerned to show cause, at mv office,
on or before the first Monday in December
8£tain=t said discharge being granted.
Given under my hand, at office, this Uth dnv
ot August 1S76.
As A M. JACKSON, Ordinarv.
aug.15.3m. ’
Oconee Go'uxrby-
GEORGIA—OCONEE COUNTY.
Ordixaey Sitting tob Corrmr Tax axd ctheu
1'itposes, ArcrsT ISth, lsVO.
TL
A days, the toilowing list of unclaimed freight
v, ill be sent to Augusta and sold to i-av charecs.
to wit:
Beil it Co., one Separator and fixtures.
Bel! & Co., two Cotton Gins.
R. R. Sanlter, two bbls. whiskey, one tierce.
Upshaw it Brown, one box castings
A. L. Bearing, one box.
M. R. Callaway, one bundle hides;
B. £. Thresher, one keg syrup.
Morris Fleming, one crate’s. Machines.
A, W. Brew Dvr, six boxes.
J. W. West, one box.
'V. A. Rovston, oue bbl. one box.
>»’ 8 c - Wrings.
J. T. McClellan, one bdl. bcdilTug
J. F. Councway, one pox bot-ks.
II. A. Stsmev. one Wagon.
N. L. BARNARD.JVgt.,
to eacli particular object aud purpose as herein
after specified, so as to raise for the several ob
jects and purposes below enumerated, the fol
lowing respective sums or amounts, viz:
To build or repair Court House, or
10 iastett bis joint* together with
qiuI It wo rm liim nn >>. n , i) a ' contract.
Colts celebrated Power and
Lever
Cotton Screw Press.
Farmer’s Cane Mili
Old Stjie t.ia Ocsriug I'onslanlij 35 ila
ftcAre also Mamifaclnrcis «»f are! A
for the most approvetl Turlintl
\\ heels, Portable Steam Hu;i"d
Gin Gearing Cit.
aug-£9
Athens Dejtot. Ga. R. R.
and brace him up in a glass case. But
I wouldn’t consent, and he sleeps bv
the side of the giant. 1 had a inonu-
“ I was going to tell ye. I Lad been l . . - , . .
7 ment erected over tneir remains bear
in the show business for some years, • , .< , .... - ,
. r,.., C i,, ; , ,n ,ke epitaph which I writ myself:
t ravelin With my first husband, the, Dealer husband*, you have left me.
Arabian Giant,’ as he wns called,
managin’ the show. He was consid
ered the best giant in the business
when he was alive, lie stood seven
and a half in his stockin’s and weighed
632 pounds. We took in a heap of
money, but expenses, like him, wns
heavy. He could eat about as much
as a menagerie
a whole freight carlo transport-liim
from place to place. No woman as
hasn’t had a giant on her hands knows
what a trouble he is. Yet, I loved
him, and hnd the satisfaction o(
knosvin’ lie was' fell m^ oAn. He
was a man I looked up to a good deal,”
she continued, trying to choke down the
risingsob, 44 and—when—he—died
“He died, did bef’ broke in the
timid man.-gfWtfY <?.*citod. £ -
“Yes, lie died, and right at the
openin’ of the State Fair, too. Some
body sent.him a keg of beer, and he
drankiFall without removin’ the bung-
hole from his lips. ‘ Budge’ was bis
weakness, which I may remark has
carried off more giants than aiiy other
one thing. It cost all we had taten
in thak-ya^y toAwfcJjhk
could have - saeA tbon.undertskdjjs. bill
And your loss I mncli Implore:
Gone are all your days of showin.
For you’re where you’ll 44 Tike” no more.
Fold away their little canvas,
Where he took the public in;
Gone are a!l those days of gladness, ' 4
Making 4 blunt’ through thick and thin.
Gone to meet the Wliat-is-it.N
The timid man wanted to ask her if
I*-. , , she had any idea she would he able to
and 1 had to charter
fiud a pair of biamese twins to marry
next, as a matter of business; but his
timidity made him hesitate too loug,
lyr at the next stopping-place she got
off the train.—Fat Contributor.
, ! —■ ff»>v -4
Mercantile Courtesies.—An
contract, §1,000 00.
To pay Shcrili's, Jailors or other of
ficers fees that they may be legally
entitled to out of the county, ° * 1,300 f-0.
j To pay the exj'enses of the County
for Bailiffs at Court, non-resident
I witnesses in criminal cases, fuel, ser-
■ vant's hire, stationery, and the like, 5oO 00.
i To pay jurors, l,&.>.! on.
i To pay expenses incurred in snp-
I Ttorting the poor of the county, and
j as^ otherwise prescribed bt the code, 500 00.
To pay any other lawful charges
against lire county,
200 00.
§5,000.00.
And the balance of the one hundred and fiflv
per cent, to be applied to paying the legal in
debtedness of the county, due or to become due
during the year, or past due.
Given underlay hand and official signature,
the above date.
JAMES R. LYLE, Ordinarv.
aug.15.tf.
Novels!
the
?kiii
ir qu
iv T
Fencing, Grave Enclosures, 15;;!
Cresting, Ac., etc. For Circular
Prices, address,
... the Carrier. A Woodbind Talc—ly
E. D. Blackuiore. Illustrated. T5c.
Rose Turouand—by Ellice Hopkins, 50c.
A Family Tree-by Albany DcFonklaiiqne, 75c
My Sister’s Confession—by Miss M. E.
Brad don, 50c.
Hidden Perils—by Mary Cecil Huy, 75c.
A Narrow Escape—by Annie Thomas.Toe.
Gek-r Wally—A Tale of the Tyrol—by Wil-
helmine Von Hillero, 50c-
Heavy Yokes—by Janet II. Hardeman, 75c.
Cornin’ thro’ the Rye—a Novel. 75c.
A Star and a II>-art—by Florence Marryatt, 50e.
Ix-ft Handed Elsa—From Blickwood", 35e.
Carter Quartennan—by Win. M. Baker—with
illustrations, 75c. For sale at
ang.S.tf. BURKE’S Book Store.
joMS.tf.
R. Nickerson, Agent and Slip’
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Bo You Want a Good Pump?
Jiuy lieuKt? Double Acting, titone,
Force Pump.
NOTICE.
4 FTEE THIS DATE, COUNTY ADVEB-
:L tisements wl;ich have heretofore beenpub-
#1 111 tli'J lintMaF trill liarauAna L » ....Lit -i
.. -7- r .—— .S V * V4W wcvu i"* J*
lisued in tins paper, will iiereafter be publbiied
in the Sun, a Gazette published In Hartwell,
llart county, Ga
aug
t-' C. STEPHENSON, Ordinaiy,
;-.25-tfi * - Hart county, Ga.
Eric merchant who settled with his
check an amount lie owed a Pitts-
burge firm, and was reminded by
the latter that there remained ten
’5*Dts due, as tliey ‘‘ could not stand
the exchange,” got even "with Iiis
tormentors by getting together ten
of the largest-sized coppers he could
find and sending'then> on*by
to Pittsburge, leaving to theu- Teci-’
pients the duty of payipg twenty-five
cents for charges.
you would have thought there had
been a battle in the neighborhood, and
that ’ere undertaker had the job of
buryin’ the dead on both sides.” . .
“You were going to tell me where
you met youc iecon
the skeleton,’ timiaiy suggested Her
fellow traveler. < > ,i
44 Met him at tbe grave of the giant,”
said the show woman, with an emotion
that did her credit. “ I was takin* the
.aaaca .o -b *
Every man has a lesson to learn in
Mm?
this world. Start yourself! We’ll
risk but yon will do enough • if you
look all obstacles square in the -fade
and say, M Get ont of iny way, or
I’ll moT^jou out of it?” And hav-
x^o^t,JMB«rt O
S9‘ t Don’t give np to it. Don’t
be put down by it.
V”: -Jll. 4,-r • 1
What holds all the snuff in the
world ? No one nose.
DMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—.Pureuaut to
\ — imiu»-u lu^iuiiii 10
XV au orucr ol the Court of Ordinarv of Oconee
county, will be sold before the CV>urt House
doprpf said county, on the first Tuesday m Oc
tober next, during the iccal hodrt of’sale, all
that tract of !aud, lesshlte Widow Hewers, ad
joining lauds of J. C. Wilson, Frank Carter, A.
M. Jackson and others, containing 217 acres,
more or less. To be sold as the property of
Samuel Simontou, deceased, for tlie benefit ol*
creditors. Terms Cash.*
JOnN F. MURRAY, Adm’r.
scpkS.SOd. . ,
TT'Xi.CUTOR’S SALE.—Burs taut to an order
1-i o* Court.ot Ordinary Oconcc county
ahd in accordance with a provision 0/ the lidt
will of James t\ illoughby, deceased, late. of
said county, will be sold before the Conit
House door of said county, en the first Tnesdav
iu Octoocr next, during the legal hours of sale
one lot of land in the 8th district, 2nd section!
formerly Cherokee, now Fannin County, con
taining 160 acres. Also, lot, 2nd distri’et, 2nd
•■chon, formerly Cherokee, now Lumpkin
containing 40 acres. Sold as the pW
I James Willoughby, deceased, for the
benefit of the Legatees.
Terms of sale, note with approved securitr,
at 10 per cent, interest from purchaser, due is
months'after date.
L, L. FAMBROUGH, Executor.
scpt.5.1m.
EORGLk, OCONEE COUNTY—Whereas,
Thomas Booth, Administrator of Young
ikern, deceased, petitions in terms of the law
be discharged from said Administration:
These are therefore to cite tad «Jmhr.i«b all
persona concerned to show cause, at my office
on or before the first Monday in December next!
against the granting of said discharge. h
Givoi under my hand, at office, this 4th day
Ox oCpt.| Xo76e
>tA,I
sept-5.8m.
J. B. LYLE, Ordinary.
IRON, STEEL AND N.UU
AGRICU LTURA L 1 MPLEMbTiS-
F01! THE S-lH
! MANUFACTURERS AGENT
brings the’ wa- j
ter pure, fresh •
and cool, as it ’
is in your well. I
No stale water j
standing in it. !
No slime or filth j
collects on or in !
: t. No snails or !
w orias from 1
wooden- piping, j
Is free from rust j
orotherimpnri- ;
| ties, - and. dis- i
charges the wa- j
ter much foster 1
than any oilier ‘
Pump. It works j
with ease-—a {
small child can !
operate it. It
is of store,
glazedoh inside
aud outside like
giass, and ean-
nc.t wear out or
decay. Thor
oughly ventilates your well, airs tbe’water, and
makes it Uke living, moving water. Improves
the water more than if there was no Pump in
tiio well. * With hose attached, it becomes a Fire
Engine, ever ready at your, door, reducing the
risk from fire end the premium on insurance.
I* easy to keep iu repair, and works with two-
thirds the power required bv any other Pump
of same capacity. Gives universal satisfaction,
as ell our numerous patrons in this city and
£t ite will cheerfully attest. Is a home enter
prise, permanently established. Relies on its
own merits, ana through ihem. asks your
patromge. If you want such a Pomp,; J. W.
GILLELAND, Agen 4 , at firm of Gilieiand &
Betts, Broad 8treet, Athens. Ga., weald be
pleased to serve yon in that line. Satisfoction
gmrjnteed. He is also Agent for a Pow.r
Pump mi de on same principle, with either Let er
or Rotary motion, for Railroad, Factory, or
Mining purposes, moving from 40 to 80 Gallons
perjminute, bringing the water from bottom of
wells, snd throwing half-inch stream 100 feet
from hose nozzle. Also the
LITTLE GIANT VILLAGE FIRE ENGINE,
throwing stream 188 feet on level. Call and
examine, or address
J. W. GILLELAND. Agent,
At firm of Gilieiand & Betts, Broad Street,
Athens, Ga. march28.6m.
GOT T O Z£sT Gr
PORTABLE JLISTGINES
Mowers, Reapers, Threashebs>
DEUPREE BLOCK, ATHENS, GE0R«U'.
. June 23, 1875.
| W. A. Qh.lki.aNd. | { W. L. Wood. 1 ; H. A-
To«^
GILLELAND, W00D&&
^MANUFACTURERS OF AND^fi^
aAturAUiftLnovi w*'
KINDS OF Furniture, which we «“ IeK .
Our undertaking department i
constantly en hand the Jatfees. -
stocks ntMRTALLICliUBlM^i
COFFISS, in this pert of the httfecj a
hones and driver free of charge
We have a Plai- ! — —
eiders for Dressing
and dispatch^”'
,6mi
wrmfla iu ia«s pai - v» ---- »l*
low as the lowest. *We give IK
fhnerals and furnish our spleudi