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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: NOVEMBER 14, 1876.
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[lion some salve For his grievous
“ • wound: "The day came, however,
when oti]»id again asserted his sway.
Jefferson made the acquaintance of a
,Iow Homo or OnsUlustrlou*
Men Ik-onnir Victims or
tl»o Tender Passion.
TIIOMAS JKFFKUSON’8 COURTSHIP.
[From tlm Detroit Free Prsss.|
There was another victim to the
tender passion in those days, who af
terwards grew famous—a young gen
tleman who eventually became Presi
dent of the United Slates, “apostle
of Democracy’’and “sage of Mod*
ticello’’—Mr. Thomas Jefferson. It
is hard to contemplate this calm, col
lected, nrtcxeiiahle man of politics
and scientist in the light of a lover;
hut Jefferson was, in his early years,
ii very inflammable young gentleman.
W« are not left to conjecture on this
subject. We have under his own
hand—in his letters published by his
literary executor in Iris “life”—a
most amusing account of his love
beautiful young widow, note that
Washington, disappointed in love
also, met with a lovely widow-Mr.
Jefferson’s “ friend V being a certain
Martha Skelton (the Martha being
mi additional coincidence), a wealthy
young dame of “The Forest” in
Charles City. This young heiress he
bore off from every competitor. All
his accomplishments were used to
that end, his wit, badinage, fiddle-
playing and lover-like aruor. At
last he succeeded, and a great wed
ding took place at “ The Forest” on
a night of winter, the huge log fires
driving away with their blaze the
chill of. January, the same month in
which Washington had married liis
fair widow, Martlm. On the next
affairs when he was n student at: , . ’ , ,. . .,
.. • „ , ; day the groom and ms bride set out
William and Mary College. Noth- '
more rollicking, gay, even ex
in their coach for Monticello, then in
process of erection on a spur of the
trampantly comic, could be nnagn.ed , Bluc Ridgu At .. Blenheiin> ., the
than certain passages 1.1 these cp.stles | hwMe of Co)> Carte ,. > lu?ar the , noun
-notably that in winch he describes ^ thev wm} caug , lt bj . a 8now
storm, forced to leave their coach
at length and hi detail how Satan
came through a hole in the roof
while he was asleep and taking the
form of rat stole his “ gemitiy worked
garters.” His fair eiislaven—to whom
he constantly refers in these letters
—was Miss llehecea Harwell, the
daughter of a gentleman of Glouces
ter. lie writes about her to his
friend, Joint Page. Esq., afterwards
Governor of Virginia, which office he
too was to hold, lie is nervously
tearful that somebody will discover
who bis sweetheart is; so, sifter the
fashion of the time, he bestows
u|>on Iter a name extracted from the
dictionary of love,'Belinda. Every
fair one then was Chine, or Daphine,
or Florella; Miss Burwell was Belin
da. But Belinda, the suitor fears, is
far too plain. His secret will he pen
etrated, his movements lie watched,
his love discovered. Therefore he
translates Belinda into Latin, and
calls the young lady Cuuipana* in-die
—“ Bell-in-Day ?” Greek letters
[were also occasionally employed to
wrap up from profane glances the
lear one’s name, and it was even
written backward in Greek, and be-
omes Adnilcb!
We read of these follies of the af-
envards famous man with a certain
mused interest, and they seem to
.ring the Sage -of Monticello and
* apostle of Democracy a great deal
oarer to us. lie is a man like our-
elves, not a mere historic figure,
le is not writing Presidential rnessa-
;os yet, but “ dancing with Belinda
tithe Apollo”—that famous room in
he Raleigh tavern where the yoith
frown to manhood was to organize,
trough the committee of correspon-
ence, resistance to the British
rown. He is a hoy, and is indispu-
tbly in love in this good year of
763, and he courts and sighs, and
ries to capture his pretty little
weetheart—as pious, it is said, as
he was beautiful—and, like his
riend George Washington, fails.
■ lie young lady will not he eaptured
'here is much reason to conclude
hat she gave Mr. Thotuas Jefferson
‘the slipper”-—sending him adrift
he most unhappy of lovers—for we
oon find him writing in the saddest
tram about hia prospects; planning
rsail boat voyage to 'Europe, and a
; tum “ through the British provin
** to the northward,’’ and proposing
ithemes for the future, unconnected
rith his dear “ Catnpan.vin-die S’*
Hus lady afterwards married Mr.
Ja.-quelin Ainblvr, the beloved and
Inspected Treasurer of Viiginia, and
[t is a somewhat notably fact that
Was Mary Cary, who discarded
Bfoshingtou, was united to Mr
Edward Ambler, brother of the geu
fletnan whe married Miss Rebecca
Ptatwell, who discarded Jefferson
[flu dil majores of that epoch were
pfortunate, and seem to have been
|hnght, by the saddest experiences,
fiat “ kissing goes by favor.’’
[ Another coincidence between the
patrimonial fates of Washington and
U-fferson was to present itself Re
el by Belinda, Tom Jefferson, as
and compelled to continue thejr jour
ney on horseback, floundering
through deep snow drifts. Jefferson
was in' despair, but the bride was in
the highest spirits. They struggled
out up the mountain roads for eight
weary miles, through a snow-shrou
ded landscape, and only arrived after
night to find all cold, dark and cheer
less. But this did not abate the gay-
ety of the beautiful young bride,
She saluted their mishaps with laugh
ter—a fire was soon kindled in a lit
tle pavillion—they found some wine
and biscuits behind some old law
books on the shelves, and hour after
hour of the cold winter night was
spent in song and laughter!
This is a picture somewhat in con
trast—is it not, worthy reader?—
with the scenes of his Excellency
Thomas Jefferson’s life at Washing
ton, or at I'aris, where the “ apostle
Democracy ” was so renowned an
individual! But you must. look;, for
the real character of a roan in his na
tive parish and in his family.
I have called these glimpses of cel*
■brated personages—they are scarco-
!y more—and it is more than ever a
glimpse that' I shall present, in con
cluding this brief paper, of a distin-
uished statesman aud patriot of
Massachusetts.
called by his friends, betook
to law and politics, seeking
The At
rcho.
Marvelous Performance of an
Incomprehensible Bit of
Machinery.
[ Olive Logan’s London Letter in New York
» Graphic.]
I went again to see Mr, Maskelyne
this week, and lest you should have
any irreverent commentators among
your readers, let me at once state
that I went merely as a spectator.
The leading feature of his program
me is the exhibition of the 'automa
ton Psycho, a marvelous' and incom
prehensible bit of machinery.
The figure is only twenty-one in
ches high, bears the semblance of an
East Indian, and the audience are in
vited upon the stage who examine
and report it hollow and empty
Then Maskelync walks out among
the audience hearing a glass cylinder
like a section of boiler pipe about a
foot long, though boiler pipes, to be
sure, is never made of glass. I was
sitting on the front row of fantenils
and Maskelvne stopped before me re
quested me to look at the glass, and
made it ring again by striking it with
a short baton he carried. When the
conjurer returned to the stage my
insuperable said to me: “Asan-
axiom in jugglery the thing shown so
ostentatiously are of no importance at
all in fact.” Psycho with his box I
under him, is placed upon the glass |
cylinder, the glass cylinder on a
small tempoary platform (all of which
were examined on the evening I at
tended by inquiring persons from the
audience,) and the isolation of the
figure seemed complete. It is diffi
cult to guess where the connection
can be with confederates behind the
scenes. A carpet covers the floor ;
box, glass, and table are examined ;
spectators pass freely about on all
sides of the figure, and stand within
a foot of it while it does its myste
rious work. The first exploits are
in calculation ; problems being given
Maskelyne lie inscribes them cn a
card, and when the addition is called
lb a little sort of cigar box under
Psycho’s 1 and opens and disclose the
figure which comprise the total
More abstruse arithmetical problems
are next gone into. Psycho finds
cubes and squares of numbers as
readily as he illustrates the primary
rules of arithmetic.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
At the solicitation of many of my.former pat
rons, 1 mams the
Practice of Medicine
attention to
and the
from this date. I will pay especial atU
the ditf* of Infent* aud Children^
Chronic Diseases of Female*.
WM. KING, M. D
jane IS, 1875-»-ly.
Furniture Warehouse!
J.F.WILSON & CO-
Ve.UItuUia8mn Sup. Broil 81, Ashsss, Qeirgii.
THE NEW FIRM OF
Gilleland & Betts,
, Are offering bargains to the dry trade and the pablio generally, in
Family & Fancy Groceries.
They keep constantly on hand all grades of
Hour,ugar.Coffee&theBestLeaf Lardmt3ieMarket,
Tobacco and Cigars,
WINES AND LIQUORS.
Of all kinds, for both cooking and medical purposes, ore among their specialties. They
i for one off
Coffins, Burial Cases,
PICTURE FRAMES AND MOLDINGS.
Iiarsrest
jan25-lv BARGAINS FOR CASH.
l. p. a s.
Low Prices, Quick Sales!
:Ot
$50 TO $100 SAVED.
arc agents for one of the
^Packers of Canned Goods in the
TV orth>
And are offering special inducements in these goods. They have a small rt.ock of
CROCK BRY & GLASSW ARE,
Bought from S. D. Mitciiell, at LESS THAN NEW YORK jrBICES. and are dosing out
these Goons At Cost. They arc also agents for ono of tbo
Is the Verdict of the Numer
ous Patrons of the
AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE.
Extraordinary Inducements.
M A. rw
Xsargesh and Bss-fc Flotar mills in *bli9 Western
f - States,
And can sell Flour ns cheap as it can be bonght. They deal also in
Dry Goods, Boot; a. Shoes and XI a t s.
If you want aiwthiug to Eat, Drink, Chew or Smoke, you will find it in endless variety at
the new store of
GILLELAND & BETTS, No. 6 Broad Street.
55a
Staple
july.ll..llw.
How to Cure a Bad Memory.
[Olive Throne, in St. Nicholas.]
Your memory is bad, perhaps; but
can tell you two secrets that will
cure the worst memory. One is, to
read a subject when strongly inter
ested ; the other is, to not only read,
but think. When you have read
paragraph, or a page, stop, close the
book, and try to remember the ideas
on that page; and not only recall
them vaguely in yottr mind, but put
them into words and speak them out.
Faithfully follow these two rules and
you have the golden key of know!
edge. Besides inattentive reading,
there are other things injurious to
memory. One is the habit of skim
ming over newspapers, items of news,
smart remarks, bits ’of information,
political reflections, fashion notes—
all in a confused jumble, never to be
thought of again—-thus diligently
cultivating a habit of careless read
ing, bard to break. Another is the
reading of trashy novela Nothing
is so fetal to - reading with profit as
the habit of running through story
after story, and forgetting them as
soon as they are read. I knew
a grey haired woman, a life long
lover of books, who sadly declared
that her mind had been ruined by
such reading.
A help to memory is repetition.—
Nothing is so certain to keep yonr
French fresh and ready for; use as to
have always on hand an interesting
story in that language, to take tip
for ten minutes every day. In that
case you will ,not “forget your
French,” with the majority of your
schoolmate^.
Habit is cable. We weave a thread
of it every day, and at last we can
not break it.
R. P. Everhart. J. G. Ebeiuiart. W. P. Varney.
R. P. & J. B. EBERHART & CO.,
Manufactures, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots and Shoes
of every Description.
| Onr Manufacturing Department is turning out sixty j»air ot Shoes each day, which wo warrant to
our customers. We keep in our retail department'a full aaaortmeut ot'ull kind* of Boot* rad
Shoe*, a* cheap a* the cheapest. In the repairing^ department which we give especial .attention
AZTD
OB.GA2TS
—AT—
Wholesale Prices to Cash Buyers.
G. O. ROBINSON. LUDDEX & BATES.
to, we have some of the beat workmen in the Sta.e. Those wishing repairing done or new
Shoe* and Boot* at retail, will please call and examiuc our facilities for supplying their demands.
I W hole*ute customers will receive bottom price* and warranted good*, by catling at onr stand No.
10 Broad Street, Athens, Georgia. oot.17.Gm.
6. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
Have the most Complete
assortment of
Then comes the great feature Of
the evening, the hand at whist. A
table is prepaid on the stage, three
persons front the audience are invited
to play, the Pyscho makes thefourth.
After cutting for partners the deal
takes place, and Psycho’s cards are
taken by Maskelyne and placed up
right, one by one, in a frame forming
the arc of a circle in front of the
figure, the laces of.the cards being
turned towards him (the figure) and
away from the other players. Maske
lyne does not look at them. When
it is Psycho’s turn to play his right
hand passes with a horizontal' circu
lar motion over the frame till it arri
ves at the right card. He then takes
liis card between his thumb and fin
gers, and by a new vertical move
ment of the hand and arm he extracts
it from its place lifts it high in air,
and exposes it to the view of the au
dience ; after which, the arm descend
ing again, the card is taken away
from the fingers by Mr. Maskelyne
and thrown on the table, to be gath
ered into the trick.
It will be well at once to dissipate
any notions about confederacy, pack
ed cards, and so on. There is con
elusive evidence that the play is per
fcolly honnafide. .Any person may
join in it, the process is precisely of
the usual character, and it is certain
that Psycho’s hand is not played
under the same circumstances as that
of any player at a club or domestic
fireside.
Psycho’s performances do not end
here. The automaton pulls out from
the pack and lifts on nigh the card
selected and privately marked by
any individual m the audience. He
also strikes upon a hell to tell the
suit, rank, and number of spots • npon
cards held by perrons in the assem
bly even if they have not themselves
looked at them until.after Psycho
has indicated what they are. He
also spell words only kuown to thoM-
who have written them. A gentle
man behind us wrote on a card the
word “ surcinglehe showed it to
us and those about him. Maskelyne
did not touch the card. Immediate-
3PX&2TOS -&XTD ORGL&XT3,
South of Baltimore.
FOURTEEN
PIANO & ORGAN DEPOT
Phillips, Crew A Freyer
Atlanta, Georgia.
Sole Agents for the World-Renowned
mi a n
Grand, Square and Upright
GOOD STOOL AND COVER |
WITH EVERY PIANO.
nit" T-IITT- ni-orr I These in*trument*[have been l>efore the pnblia
1 f or „, ons ti mu forty year*, and npon their ex
MAKERS ARE REPRESENTED. I cetteuce atoms have attained, jci Utipurehasei
Even* Instrument warranted to git'e 1 * re *Tff no ?, wt £ IUb . w AV®*? " ?“*
,• ' .... . o 1 equalled tor their Tone, Tough, Workmanship
entire sntishust im. 1 add Durability.
They lnivo received seventy-five gold and
silver Modal* overall other competitor*.
Endorsed by “ That berg,” •• Gottschaik,'
“Strakosfc,” “Pauline Luvra,” “Clara Loui>e
t __ i e merr i Kellogg,” “ lima De Murska,’’ “ Muiio ” Mills,
1 urcliasning Largely for CASH, | and other*. Also securing the first and highest
enables us to sell at New York LOW- premiums at tho
EST PRICES, with freight paid to | T-Kr*nrin -nt a ttom a t .
any point.
f’ n imiiixrcnv Je nn Centennial Exhibition,
0. ROBINSON & CO., PHILADELPHIA, octobeb,ists.
Will sell one hundred PIANOS The prices of these instruments are as low as
and two hundred ORGANS for ^exclusive use of first-da** materials will
small, monthly payments, arranged j Catalogues and price list* mailed free on ap-
to suit all responsible parties. 1 —
| plication to
PHILLIPS, CREW & FREYER,
General Agents, Atlanta, 6a.
SOLD ON EASY TERMS.
octAl.tf.
A Horse T
or.
We the undersigned, citizens of Hannon
I Grove, Jackson county, Ga., witnessed Prof. J.
W. JONES, the celebrated Horae Tamer and
FAIR NOTICE!
From this date, I cannot continue
to charge goods to those persons who
do not
PAY PUNCTUALLY ON PRESENTATION
>f their hills. This rule is impera
tive, and my clerks are instructed
not to depart from it in any case. If
you know that your last month’s ac-
cotmr ftatflidt been settled, don't ask
for credit, as it will not be given.
Circumstances force uie to adopt this
rule. T. A. Burke,
Bookseller and Stationer.
oct81-tt‘.
CASS ROR WOOXs
CLOTH FOR WOOL.
The Athena Mann&ctnring Company
making a much larger variety of Woolei
than ever before, and propose to
ate now
in Good*
Exchange them for Wool,
believing it to be more to the interest of the
Planter to Exchange the Wool for Cloth, rather
than have it Carded and Span at home. Call for
Sample* and Terms ot Exchange.
R. L. BLOOMFIELD, Agent
may 19,1875-29-tf
AND SALE STABLE.
Trainer performed on the Slat of October, as TJTKBT
I P n £'_ i .?. h “ 8 S h00 !- •? d - d “.. r * C0D '? eQd Carriages, Bungles A Morses
for hire. Terms reasonable.
the best we ever witnessed, and his
I pupil* can after a lesson break auy horse with
fift; ‘ ‘
Musical T-w
—AND—
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
Of all kinds.
We
rers
tenners Ed |kt
prices.
!ty cents worth of rigging in salty and witbont
injury to the Horse. He will teach in Athens
eaeh day at twoo’clock r. x, at Gann & Reaves
Stable, Athena, commencing October 26th, 27th
and 28tb. He teaches a fall lesson for one dol-
| lor.
RxmxKoss.—Dr. V. H. Deadwyler; Z. W.
Hood; J. N. Wood: C. M. Wood; M. P.
Wood; D. M. Nix; W.T. Thunnon ; J. B.
I Nash. oct.24.lt.
E. M. WHITEHEAD,
Washington, Wilkes county, Ga
nov26-1875-tf
retail
e import direct from Mann&etu- Planters’ HotftL AUfTUStS.
in Europe, and supply our cub- 1 “
ms 25 ikt cent. Mow New York k ?°T n H®** 1 , h £ rin ff been Bemod-
NOnOBJ.
A fter this date, county adver-
tisements which have heretofore been pub
lished in this paper, will hereafter be published
in the Sun, a Gazette published in Hartwell,
Hart oonnty, Ga.
F.l
F. C. STEPHENSON, Ordinary,
ang.29.tfi - Hart eonnty, Go.
Musical Instruments
eled, Enlarged,
ed and Newly Fnrni
Renovated, Repaunt
daring the Sommer
toiV.
BEST. IT.VIA V 8THING8,
Sheet Music end Music Books,
THE LAT-HiaT PUBU-
OATION8
Music received every day b;
P
The Two Destinies—Bjy Wilkie Collins, paper
75c. t cloth $1.50.
Daniel De rondo—By George Elliot $1.50.
The Spur of Monmonth; or Washington in
Arms, $1.75.
Israel Mort Ovetman—By John Sanders 7oc.
The House of Card*—By Mrs. Cashela Hoey,
I 76c.
Cariosities and Law of Wills—By John Prof-
price*.
PIANOS TUNED AND REPAIRED.
_ We have secured the services of Mr. C. H.
TAYIXJR. a first-class Tuusr of 25 yean* prae- i
tical experience. All work warranted. Orders
will receive prompt attention.
G. O. ROBINSON A CO.,
Augusts Music House,
nug29-6m. 865 Broad Street.
Posies, gathered from State Triala.
^nie Law of th. Bead, or Rights and Wrongs
of a Traveller—By K..Y. Rogers, Jr., Barrister
at Law, $1.50.
Mercy Pbilbrick’s Choice, (no name series)
$1.00
IIlastrated Lessons in onr Language—By G.
P. Qnackenbos, 60c.
For sale at
oct.24tf.
BURKE’S Book Store.
ly Psycho’s cigar box begun to show
the letters composing the word, and
had
presently the whole audience
spelled out “ surcingle.”
Where is clairvoyance after this ?
As on exhibition of mysterious power,
Psycho is to Dr. Slade as a brass
band to a penny whistle.
JEX-JBfc I6ENCY.
RAIRROAD TICKETS,
roS-Al 1 ' ■* “ d “ <*>*■•■** I
rj-l A. I LEU,
T7ffa.-b~ihraaha*r & J owelor,
At the New Drug Store, Broad St, Athena. Ge.
All work warranted 18 months.
eeptl2-tfi
UNITED STATES.
Sale of City Lots.
Will be sold on
vatelyO t
R.R.DC]
on the ground, (if not sold prl
twelve lots lying on the street to N. E
Bay your Ticket* before leaving Athons. and 1 K * K ^P 0 ** A “»P ® f property ran be
get all information from 2 * seen at my office. Sale to commence at II
_ 1 o’clock Monday t November 20j 1876. Terms,
WILLIAMS, half cash, and balance December 25th, 1877,
u:^o Dt £ uUiern “P” 8 * Co-. Athens, Ga. I with interest at 10 percent, from day of sale.
1$. *75 £8.tf. nov7-2t J. S. WILLIFORD.
cription neatly done at this office.
It
•tei*
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Customers promptly