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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. < 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. ■■■ • v ---wMBjStiiyitis;— 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. STOVES.** I r-?ioo-iaio»05« C, -fp-tooi-wacoa 3 I C^5>00 00,-T T 1.r- > CO s --Cl/ ■—i I fvC —£ an* c5 i -V r-o -CO MO of ad" of o'oVoooo xnHHCUoonooa its Favorites THE BEST. oi-esM»®xioi- sTi i^co-ri—xi — (Moouot—o S aoOH oo — eoeoo tO IO SSOO^— edofotf— i-fcT-sTaTef— — eo — -ccoaoao — ^*3;o O X -C I- I- O t- r- CC to Cl oooooo of io •© V" -r ci of iifcT .o — — — — — »■» — co os to x oj co £: o o ©1 — — — ©• — flfreed iunwl>li'n|ly lo tfcceed,4 hanging have^mi ” ^ *** * *.*■*’ ' * your” 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. >—1-» 03 ao oo ‘ rH©loq(NCpC3C3©< •a oo !M „ oo-r o> I O 03 • £-• >0 00 CtHf ON <M CM 00 OS 03 00 O CO^O^OO 10_C3_0 1 >-<_03 - eJe4‘»-r»^‘c>03 , efo3«oe<3ca MWl-XMWOt-lOOO T—t HH HHN 1C 00 MOttl-OOliOiOt- 00 co' ©*-«eoc303eo<Nio-e< T »'C3 00 SO rH 03 eo rH io © r-T cT e4" •o"»o eo" cT ocTcT oo -TOC330—i-i-COSO*i^l- Of jfsrt —I r-l r-i r~. -N CS « 14 THE HOST DURABLE! IKON KINO. rs a. E C3tf3-!’©OO©G3if0eC(NOO »■H03t-oocilO©c^co--«”l , r-^x^o^c^o os os © i>oh e©©oOTfaoeooo<M«-i--ic3 CNeOrHi-HMCOTrCOrflOlO O O 1.0 CO CO H lO ffl X 03-10 <n oo co <n t- io oo cj3_ao_i-._ t- ©03 ee>%r i-Tof cq"eo“^f-£ ef «©ioeo©i^suiooc*©cri- 2 c ; Tio 8 g ■ tioohSta i 0 N UlS.I03X) -> 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. augi-Sra ‘ e' 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. the V (If JSSs