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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: SEPTEMBRE 25, 1877.
can fiud the way to Uncle Ben—I can
WlwMarl” He *•»«» oa lit!* > }’*-8 ;•
: hough wearied. The smile f:»de«
•lit of his fiiet*. One moan :•* he wa-
aid tin his lied, and the light «il hi*
ite had gone out and. and
ahigle with that o•. V e star he ; *•
ting had watclu d anifcloved. v
Brians niowsina-
Thnma« Briggs, assert* the Detroit
Free. Press, ha* *i-hoy*b*hv abant ten
iMinths old, who -is admitted at the
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th increased fiieiiities for carrying on the publication of our paper
for the New Tear, the Georgian wifi be found, as heretofore,
hig coat but ons on a sir ng, and j
taking an occasional ttibhie at *au I
'apple to bring out bis first crop of I
teeth.' “Mrs. Briggs and a neighbor I
were talking away a* only women
gossip, when the baby bid tin* but*
ons under the mat and started to
finish the apple / bit of*skin got
in his ihroat and he gave a cough
;«nd a whoop and pawed the air ami
rolled over on his head. “O them
buttons! he lias swallowed them I
buttons!” cried the mother, a she
i’aukcd him up and shook him
V Pound liim on the hack!” yelled
the other woman, tryin^ to hold the
baby’s legs still. “ Run lor the
neighbors!” cried Mr?. Griggs. “O,
he’ll die! he’ll die!’’ screamed the
other, as she ran out. And the
neighbors came in and made him lie
on his stomach and cough, and then
turned him on his hack and rubbed
liis stomach, and joggled him about
all sorts of ways, until he got ‘mad
and he went to howling. Then a boy
ran for Briggs, and the doctor, and
Strictly Democratic,
will endeavor to supply its readers with the most- careful, com
plete and trustworthy accounts ot current events. It will
_ remain its usual size, eight pages, and has
Special Arrangements made for Supplying Grangers and Gin
ners in Large I^ots Cheaper than Anybody*
ers, as well as impede the course of
business and maintain the agitation,
ami France, in the inidst of these
freah conflictions, would become for
Europe an object of distrust. As for
himself, bis duty would increase with
the danger. He would not obey the
mandate of demagogues; he could
neither become the instrument of
Raicalism, nor abandon the post in
which the Constitution has placed
him. He shall remain to defend con
servative interests, with the support
of the Senate, aud shall energetically
protect the faithful public servants
who, at a difficult moment, have not
allowed themselves to be intimidated
by vain threats. He awaits with full
iean^ tarns, Linseys, Kerseys, Shirting, Sheet
ing, Checks, and Stripes at Factory Prices.
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bona fide subscription list in Northeast Georgia, anil we
intend to make it, as heretofore, an interesting
nave
the doctor came and choked the baby,
and ordered sweet oil and a mustard
plaster, and told them to hold him
on his hack. Everybody knew that
those rax big buttons were lodged in
the baby’s ihroat, because lie was red
in the face, and because he strangled
as ho howled and wept. They
tressed .crowd held tlio baby down
and shed their t^ars over his whole
length. The doctor was looking
serious and Briggs was thinking that
ho hadn’t done anything to deserve
such a blow, when one of Abe women
pushed the mat and discovered the
buttons. Then everybody laughed
and danced, and they kicked the
sweet oil bottle under the bed,
Child Love and Faith* i threw the mustard plaster at the doc-
tor, and Mrs. Briggs hugged the
., l Vh ? lnift ( Nov d Enterprise.] howling angel "to her boson and
About three years ago a gentleman called him her “ wopsy topsySnodk
of this city went Eapt on a visit to dropsy popsy little cnerub.”
his old homo. Ono of his brothem
there had a bright and beautiful,little _
son, not yet two vears of age. The
boy—-little Benny—soon became Tile Quarterly Reviews
strongly and strangely attached to and
his “Undo Ben, from Washoe,”
Uncle Ben -n i i on nil* i • p.
Connected with or.r newspaper, wc have a
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Tho finest Book and Job Press, together with the best selection
'a
ot Job Type, all hetv, and ordered within tho lost six mouth**
t <md are prepared to do all kinds of
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tn view of the constantly increasing popularity and demand for the CELEBRATED AllHOW TIE,
the universally recognised favorite Tie of Planters, Cotton Pressmen and Shippers of Cotton generally ;
his “ Unde Ben,
whose namesake he was.
often took tho little fellow iu his arms MB LBOIRTO MOtt rUDUSFimg kOa,
in the summer evenings, and, seated 41 Barclay st., xeiv youk.
in *'*e porch, talked him to sleep At j Continue their authorized Rcpriuts of the
such times he would point out the j four LEADING QUARTERLY REVIEWS,
evening star, telling the boy that far, j Emnbcbou Review (Whig)
far awayjust under that star, was his London Quabterlt Review (Conservative),
home. The child would look long -t Wwaixnnia Review v Libend),
the star, then for as long gaze up in British Quarts sly Review (Evangelical),
the face of his uncle, as though think- A5iD
big on what a bright and beautiful BLACKWOOD'S ED1NBURGI1 MAGAZINE.
ralace his horn- must be. At last the The Uritilih Qaarter ,; w
give to the reudci
day came when Unde Bell was to well-digested information upon the great event*
leave for his home in the far West, in coiiterapoMneoo* history and contain meter.
t t> 1..***..* ♦!*:«, .. .... 11 Iv criticism* on all thatia tYvsli and valnable in
Little Benn> knew tills :is \% ell ns any literature, as well as a summary of tbe triumph*
One aliOUt t lie house, Hlid, With Imili of sdeiico and art. Tbe wars likely to couvuUc
eves aud ears, was o-. the a’ert. lie »» Ku’opi Will form topics for d mention,. Imi
• ,. 1 . * will bto treated witli a thoroughness and ability
tvonld not allow his Illicit* to be a nowhere else to be lound. Blackwood’,
minute out of his sight Several at- Muoaxlne is liimous for stories, essays, ant
temp's on the part o» Uncle Bn to , ‘l* rwy ™ r,u 4
steal awav resulted in such fits of
crying that he was obliged to return For any one Review... $4 <x
and soothe the child. However, the F«“J 01
child, wearied
With a new supply ot Rules and Figures, we are prepared to turn
£out all and eveiy kind r*
Atlanta, Goorgia.
The proprietor of tho MARKHAM HOUSE takes this method ot
informing tbe traveling public, that notwithstanding the great Euro
pean war, his hotel will continue to entertain with its usual hospitali
ties and first-class accomrtiodations, sueh sis he flatters himself has
given great popularity and success to his house, and general satisfac
tion to those who luyve honored him by becoming his guests. Board
reasonable aud accommodations first-class.
Joka E. 3?r©jpri©£ox.
crying and
watching, at hist fell asleep in hi*
uncle 5 * arms. When he awoke Un
cle B>*n was faraway. Long the boy
looked for hi* unci ', and q^pnggfijed
his name. Many times o^evcnmgH
he was found gazing earnestly at the
bright star that stood as a guard
over bis uncle’s home. As he grew,
hi* love of the star deepeued, and he
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TOGETHER WITH
A spleudid new stock
talked more and more of ii and of
his uncle, both so far away at the
edge of the sky. Even when three
years bad passed, and Benny wax
nearly five fear* old* his belief in the
story told him by his ancle continued.
Po»r hoy 1 another •<•*• wax never
Aided to bt« age. I* was hi* fate to
■die a fearful death. By accidert be
was scalded over nearly his whole
body and lived but four bourn. He
«eemvd to read in tbe faces of the
d« nr ones about him that he roust
4t»n die. He bore his j^un manfully,
only uttering an occasional moan.
.A a'the shades of evening deepened
he was seen to turn his faue anxiously
--towards tbe window of hi* room. At
hist ho asked: »*Is it there—the
«tnrP* He waa told that tbe star
was f ore nnd^ shining brightly* Fee-*
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Miss G. Potts,
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TfT?. A "KTTC JSK. POTTS,
Wholesale Liquor DeUlei
«*. is Alabama Street.
Would rwpectfally inform ■ the Ladles and
W Athens and vitedtjr,
that she is now prepared to do Dressmaking in
4he Pettiest aud most fashionable styles. With
her experience in the business, she reels sure ot
giving aads&ctiou. may 14,1R*&—2S-tt
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ft^»U»v« 11s a call at qur old stand* Broad street. Athens, Ga. jgf ,