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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN : ^SEPTEMBER 25, 1877
Slictt-fc ondSweat.
An Iowa editor whe attended a party, was
smitten with the charm* of a lair damsel who
wore a rose on her forehead, and thus gushed
a’ ent it>f
Above her nose
There is a roso; ]
Below that rose
'' There is a nose.
Bose, noee,
Nose, rose,
Sweet rose,
Dear nose.
Below her chin
~ - There is a pin ; { t .
V Above that pin ‘ v '
There is a chin.
Pin, chin, ’
Chin, pin,
Sweet pin,
Dear chin.
“Dear mamma,” said Madelon
hurriedly, don’t talk about it any
more. It was merely one of the
long series of slights and insults' we
have been, called upon to endure
since we lost our property. • -It hurt
me at first, but I don’t mind it now
so much.’’ " -Jj* ^
And with a good-bye kiss and a
pressure of the hand, Madelon - Wing
lelt the house to keep an engagement
with—Mrs. Geoffreys, who had sent
her a postal card, desiring her pres
ence at. Gerald Park at 11 that morn
ing.— - ——
Mrs. Geoffreys was a fat old lady,
with a profusion of flaxen false hair,
a double chin, aud enough diamonds
Whereupon a rival editor thus apostrophises] to make a human show window out
he Iowa chap:
Geoffreys, ele-
Above the stool
There is a fool;
Ee!ow the fool
There is a stool.
Stool, fool,
Fool, stool,
OKI stool,
Dumphool.
MADELON.
A LITTLE LOVE STORY.
The chillwhite light of the uncom
promising Februaiy morning shone
in upon Mrs. Wing’s little room,
revealing all its deficiencies, calling
merciless attention to the worn sjHJts
on the carpe:, and contrasting with
the feeble fire in the tiny grate,
whose handful of coals made scarce
any perceptible difference in (lie at
mosphere of the apartment.
Mis. Wing herself, pale, aud shab
bily dressed, with a faded shawl
wrapped around her shoulders, was
sitting close to the fire, with some
fine needle work in her hand, and
Madelon, her only child, stood oppo
site the tiny mirror, fastening on tier
hat.
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Madelon Wing was a tall, slight
girl, with an oval face, large dark
eyes, and lustrous brown hair rip- Mrs.
piiug around her temples, with that,
natural curve that whole grosses oi
crimpiug-pins cannot ndpfe toVival. jVas
A> d as she stood there, the look of I while
! of her.
“ Yes,” said M-s.
vatiug-her eyeglasses. “You are
Miss Wing, the siuger, eh
“ I am Miss Wing,” said Madelon,
not without dignity, “ and I sing.”
“ Yes,” said Mrs. Geoffreys; “ my
friend, Mrs. Leopold, mentioned
your name to me. I propose to en
tertain a few-friends next Friday
evening, and I should like you to
give us a song. Something Scotch
or English, of the pathetic order, you
know.*’
“I can sing Auld Robin Gray,”
said Madelon, quietly.
“ Yes, I think that would about
do,* 1 said Mrs. G. Anld Robin Gray,
aud afterwards the Last Rose of Sum
mer. I suppose you’ll charge five
shillings?”
Madelon colored. *.
“ Mrs. Leopold pays me ten.”
“ Ten f» Mrs. Geoffreys’ voice
rose almost to a scream “Ten for
staging two songs! And the society
you are in—and the privilege of
supper, if you are so inclined.’’
“ The society makes no difference
to me,” said Madelon smiling; “ aud
jl never cat supper."
“ Come, I’ll give you seven,” said
Geoffreys; “ aud that’s more
than I can afford.”
And to these tcims poor Madelon
suffused her face, the dooiv. was
thrown open, and Madelon Wing
glided into the room pale aud lovely,
in a dress of black grenadine, with
her brown hair coiled at the back of
her bead, and a roll of niusic in her
hand.
“ Madelon.’’
Guy L’Estrange involuntarily sta
ted forward, hnt the next instant he
repressed himself with a violent
effort, as Miss Wing passed him, and
took l er place at the piano, while
Flora FoitCS ‘lie’s face was a study.
“ I thought,’’ said L’Estrange, in a
low tone ta Missifigprtescae, “ yon
said that Mjftf had gone
abroad.’’ **: -■?
“ I—I supposed that she had," fal
tered Flora, seeing the network of
falsehood momentarily tightening
her. .
But Gny had gone to the piano,
and was bending with raptured face
over the beautiful young singer, as
one by one the silver clear notes of
Anld Robin Gray floated out on
the pnrfumed hush of the crowded
room.
There was a bn rut of applause as
the last tremnlous accents died
away.
Mrs. Geoffrey hurried with a
smilling face to the ride of the singer.
“ Very sweet, very affecting in
deed,” said she—“We’ll have the
other in about an hour, if you please,
Miss Wing.”
“In the meantime,” sail Gny
1 L’Estrange, offering liis arm; “ Mis-
Wing will perhaps allow me to con
duct her to a cooler and Jess crowded
part of the room.”
And Madeloif felt herself being led
away by the ■'man whom she loved
best in the world—the man she be
lieved to have deserted her whan
their fortunes 'failed, and poverty’s
iron grasp fell on them.
“ Madelon,” said he, in a low, im
pressive voice, when tl\ey were safe
in a secluded corner, whore a cluster
of hired lemoiy (r ete < inatle a sort of
tropical sej^*sAt^J;lifed only by a
Vanderbilt’s Team—Fastest
Time on Record.
The Northeastern Railroad.
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FACTS WUICI1 IIKXIND ITS. KXTKSSIOX TO
" UABliX CAP.
“ At the termination of the colt
vafce at Fleetwood Park to-day,> Mr.
Wm. II. Vanderbnilt drove liis lh-
mous team, composed of Small Hopes
and Lady Mao, on tbo track, and <|nn V n.a t"e ,,e»e.opm«,v wm
told the judges that after jogging Hontlrrongl. rndroad Cieilmea. ■
Much has been said, and truthfully
said, in regard to the vast resources
of Novth Georgia, which imperatively
demand the development of that sec-
M«>. Geoffreys immediately
round the course he would speed
them a mile. Moving slowly around
to the drawgate, Mr. Vanderbilt
came for the word, aud all the gen
tleman present who bad timers star
ted them when the team reached the
line. Along they went, around the
turn and down the hill, at a great
rate of speed, reaching the quarter
pole in 34$ seconds. They went along
the back stretch without a break,
reached the half mile pole in 1:10$,
and then came up the hill under the
rocks, a gradual incline of over 200
yards, with beautiful action, to the
three-quarter pole, in 1:46$. They
turned i.-.to the stretch without a
skip or a break, and Mr. Vanderbilt,
with a steady hand, guided them to
the goal, which they reached in 2:23,
the fastest time ever trotted by«
team. The performance excited a
great deal of enthusias m, and when
Mr. Vanderbilt was apprised of the
time, he expressed gieat astonish
ment, and w as the recipient of hearty
congratulations. The performance
of the team will be better appreciated
when it is known tiiat the weight
drawn by them was over 340 pounds.
While at Saratoga last month Mr.
Vunderbill said that the first time he
drove his team over the Fleetwood
track this fall he would trot them in
2:25 or better, aud the realization of
liis desire yesterday brought out all
the enthusiasm for the horse which
he lias inherited from the famous
Commodore, his father.’’
In substantiation of these argu
ments, which cannot fail to impress
every one interested in the general
development, growth and prosperity
of our State with the great impor
tance and necessity of fnrnisbing rail
road transportation to a section ot
country^ so abounding in material
resources of wealth, we herewith
preseut a few statistical facts, showing
somewhat of the agricultural products
which would be supplied by those
counties in North Georgia and North
Carolina immediately tributary to the
Northeastern Railroad when com
pleted to Rabun Gap:
upon the bond- of this road, and we
have ev°ry reason to believe that he
will not be deterred from the full
discharge of his duty by the strict
and strained technicalities bf the law,
which by no means brings into ques*
tion the equity ot the claim of this
company. Where right and 5 justice
sofully sustain ; Jwhere the necessities
of a people and isc-etion so long neg
lected so pressiiigly demand; and
where the facts so fully prove the
safety, the wisdom, and the justice in
granting, the claim of this mad, we
cannot for one moment doubt but
that Governor Colquitt will do his
whole duty in this case, in the dis
charge of which he will be fully sus
tained and endorsed by a just, honest
and intelligent constituency.
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tender solicitude on her face made
tier not unlike a sweet-pictured
Madonna.
“ Are you quite sure your head
does not trouble you to-day, mam
ma ?’’ said she. “ Because, if it does,
yon must not try to work on that
lace flounce. Madem’eelle Printempa
pays yon so wretchedly, and if I can
get a few more engagements to siug
at ' morning concerts and evening
soirees, there’ll he no necessity tor
your slaving yourself to death in this
sort of way.”
“ My dear, it is pleasant occupa
tion for my lonely hours when you
are away,” said Mrs. Wing, gently.
“ Mamma, that’s a pious fiction,’’
said Madelon, stooping to kiss her
mother’s forehead. “However, I
hope we shan’t be so dismally poor
much longer. Wasn’t it uicc, mam
ma dear, that Mrs. Leopold took
such a fancy to my voice in the choir,
and asked me to sing Adcste Fideles’
at her morning concert ? It was the
beginning of all my good luck—and
now they tell me I am getting to be
quite the fashion at thescsocial gath
erings. Ten shillings an evening.
We shall.be rich presently,'mamma.”
Mrs. Wing’s faded blue eyes filled
with tears.
Madelon,” said she in a low
voice, “ do you remember hour Guy
L’Estrange used io admire your
voice?”
“ Yes, mamma.”
Madelon’s voice bad grown hard,
her lips compressed.
“I have so ofteu wondered, my
oliild, why he never replied to the
note you left with Flora Fortescue
for him.’’
“ Mamma,” said Madelon, with
bnrning cheeks, “I have so often
regretted that I wrote that note.”
,l But why, Madelon ? It was
merely request to allow you to use
his name as a reference, in case you
decided to accept a situation as gov
erness—a simple acknowledgement of
our fallen fortunes, and I think as a
gentleman—and one, too, who bad
always manifested extreme interest
in you—he might at least have an-
ttwei
made out a five pound order to'ihc
nearest florist for the decoration of
the room. *
But Mrs. Geoffreys believed in
economizing when and where she
could. . ...
* * • * * *
“ Going to Mrs. Geoffrey’s party ?
Of course I am going,’’ said Miss
Flora Fortesctfe; “and I’ll borrow
yonr pearl eat rings too, Jennie. G.;y
L’Estrange is to he there, and I
think—I really do think, Jenuie, that
I c an bring him to a proposing point
to-night, with a little strategy.”
“ And I should think it was high
time,” said Miss Jennie Fortescue,
Flora’s younger sister.—“ Papa is be
ginning to grumble awfully about the
milliner’s hill and things.”
“Well,’’said Flora, complacently,
“ we shall see.”
She was a plump, bloonvng blonde,
and really she looked very pretty at
Mrs. Geoffeya’ that evening, with
Jennie’s pearls and a dress of the
palest pink silk.
It was one of those awkward inter
vals between the dances that are apt
to try the patience of the most endur
ing-
Flora had taken refuge in a group
of photographic views, Guy L’Est
range leaning languidly over her
shoulders.
“ Won’t somebody sing?’’ said he
looking around an air of hopeless
ennui.
“ We shall have some delightful
ringing presently,” said Miss Goffreys,
who sat by. “ Mamma has engaged
the new sensation, Miss Wing. They
say she is positively charming in
ballards.”
“ Miss—Wing 1”
Gay L’Estrange looked up in sur-
prise:
“ My goodness 1” thought Miss
Fortescue, with a sudden start. “ I
hope it isn’t Madelon Wing turned
up again, after all these long
months.”
And she remembered with a gniity
flash, the note, entrusted to her care,
that she had never delivered to
L’Estrange.
But just as the crimson scarlet
me s° w
fate?’’ • ” ' i7
“ Guy,” she answered, unconscious
ly falling into the t one of old days,
“ why did you nrver answer that note
I wrote you ?”
“ What note?” *
“ The note that I gave Flora For
tescue for you.”
His brows knit darkly.
“ I have never received any note,”
said he. !
“ But she told me she gave it to
you.”
“Then—begging Miss Fortescnc’s
pardon for tin*- plain English of the
expression—she told you a lie. I
did not know where you were; I had
no means of communicating with you.
Oh, Madelon, Madelon 2 my heart
has been breaking for these many
months.’’ « ’
And I fancied you had forgotten
me,” faltered Madelon, her eyes filled
with blissful tears.
* * * * * *
“ Are yon going so early ?” said
Mrs. Geoffreys, as Floaa Fortescue,
pale and haggard, came to make her
adieux. “Why the evening is not
half gone yet.”
“ I—I knqw it,” faltered -Flora,
“but I have a violent headache,.and 1
the rooms are so warm.”
“But Miss Wing is to sing the
Last Rose of Summer directly.”
"I don’t cafe to hear it,” said Flora,
making her escape by main force
from Mrs. Geoffreys’ hospitable im
portunities.
But Miss Wing never sang the
Last Rose of Summer for Mrs.
Geoffreys.
When that matron came to look for
her young balladist to fill the second
clause of her engagement, she was
halfway home, escorted, by Mr. Gny
L’Estrange.
“Because,’’ said the young rpan,
“ I cannot rest until I have yonr
mother’s seal to the promise you have
given me—the blissful promise to be
mine.’’
And the drooping flower of Made
lon Wing’s heart was revived once
more in Love’s blissful sunshine.
“And,” gravely remarked Mr.
L’Estrange, “ all yonr singing here
after must bo to an audience of one.”
Hints to Young Husbands.
Love and appreciation are to a
woman what dew and sunshine are
to a flower. They refresh and brighten
her whoje life. They make her strong-
Iteen-sighted
thing affecting her home. They en
able her to cheer her husband when the
cares of life press heavily upon him,
and to he a very providence to her
children. To know that her husband
loves her, and is proud of Iter, and
believes in her; that .even her faults
are looked upon with tenderness;
that her fa.-e, to one at least, is the
fairest face in all the world; that the
heart which to iter is the greatest and
noblest holds her sacred in its inmost
recessed above all women, gives her
a strength and courage, and sweet
ness and vivacity which all the wealth
of the world could aot bestow. Let
a woman’s life he pervaded with
such an influence, and her heart and
mind will never grow old, hut will
blossom and brighten in perpetual
youth.
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-> The Rower of Will.
It has been said that a man can do
anything he resolves to do. This
must, however, be taken with the
limitation that lie shall resolve to do
only things that are possible. To
resolve to climb to the moon will cer
tainly not take him to that interest
ing satellite; and to .esolvc that he
will grow eleven feet high will not
carry liis scalp to that attitude above
hts stockings. Still the saying is a
deserved tribute to the will, as a
force; for the will is a force,and a
tremendous one at that, sometimes;
it cannot be seen or handled; j it is
invisible, intangible, inaudible; bat
yet it is a power, because it sets other
powers and agencies in motion, and
accomplishes great things through
them. There are two kinds of will
The above facts, which are hut a
small part of the exhibit that might
be made of the valuable products of
this North Georgia country, are cers
tainly sufficient within themselves to
satisfy every one that the completion
of the Northeastern Railroad to Rabun
Gap, would not only greatly advan
tage the commercial interest of our
whole State, hut that this would prove
one of the best paying roads in all the
country. Such facts as these, to
gether with such additional facts as
might be easily produced, certainly
should induce every possible assist
ance toward the development of a
country capable of such a showing.
The people of this part of the State
have already contributed largely, if
not to the utmost, of their hard earn
ings, and are still alive, towards the
development of their heretofore neg-
lected Bection, to say nothing of wha%
they lutve done for the general de
velopment of Georgia. Then, when
right and justice are so unquestion-
The Cheepest and Best!
I offer the above STOVES to the citizens ,
Northeast Georgia, besides Tinware, Sheet li
Copper, Zinc., etc. Call and yon wilt bo ratis!
J. C. WILKINS,
. Broa'd Street
SI UK OF THE BIG COFFEE POT.
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BLACKSMlTDING.'i
Having rented the Blacksmith Shop so Id
occupied by the late Willinm P. Tahnadge t]
employed competent workmen from the Not
I am prepared to do anjnphd all work in the
Bladssmith. ZLjixie I
at the shortest notice and at the lowest prices oi
any shop in the city;- I.have s
ShdllodSAga-fesal
and make specialty df_Axes, Mill Picks, Mi
tocks, Picks, Garden Hoes aud toots of
cription and of the finest temper. '
WAGONS AND BUCCIES
•s
Ironed aid Repaired. Tire Shrunk, Etc,
Plows of all kinds made and repaired at low
prices. Alsol
First Class iiors* Saaaiaj
done by a northern &hoer, Trotting Plates.
Concave Shoeing Etc., in a mtuine. unsurpassed
by any. All new work warranted and satisfac
tion guaranteed. Guns sud Pistols repaired.
Jo.uk M. Bassett.
march20-ly.
pAwer—the aggressive and the pas- 1
sive. The former generally takes the j subserved, is it not the duty ot
form of what we call enterprise; it
dares to invade fields hitherto unex
plored, or to essay objects that appear
impossible of execution, ana show the
world how much can be done with
little means; it is the chief element
in the constitution of such men as
Napoleon, Caesar, and Cromwell.
The American pomological society
will meet in Boston on the 12th of
September. Every State in the Union
will be represented, and a magnifi
cent display of fruits may be ex
pected. s
the State to aid this people in the
extension of their Northeastern Rail
road to its final terminus? This, if
not the only, is certainly the sure
means of securing iia extension
through this needy section of country,
and the facts go to prove fully that
the State could not possibly lose by
granting her assistance to this enter
prise.
We are fully persuaded that it is
the plain duty of Governor Colquitt
to place the endorsement of the State
BURPEE & BRO.,
Carriage, Huggy and
' \V agon Makers,
At the shop lately occupied by P. Benson, near
Gann & Reaves’ stable,
ATHENS, GJL-.
Are prepared to do id! kimln of work in ti.eir -
line at short notice, in the moot SUPERIOR
STYLE, and at u»
REASONABLE RATES
as the same elas^oi wort can be done.]
They are prepared to put up Carriages, Bug
gies and Wagon* in ANY STYLE, end invit*
those havini
Ait
BEST QUALITY.
REPAIRING AND PAINTING?
A SPECIALTY. \!l work dono in this lino
warranted to give *Ri:»?actu>n v both as to styles
and price.
Harness Making and
Hepairmg.
They aro also prepared to make cr repair
Harness. Having secured tho services of •
Thoroughly Competent Workmj I
in this branch of the business, all they ask-
trial, that all maybe convinced of the
BIOKITY OF THEIR WOKK and t
ableness of their Charges.
EWBe sure to call on them’
their work and prices.
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