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fthc §uena Kate* and Kulosf or Legal Adver tising. Sheriff Sales, cscli levy... * t Mortgage n fu sstaa, each levy Tax Collector'!) salot, eaoli 1evy....... 4.00 Citation for Letter* of AJinluistratlon anil Al)l?i”*timi'fora l 'miu*lOTfroin Adnilulatratlon ‘tinurillanaliipaml Kxeontorshlp 800 Application for loavo to aell land lor one q r.. 5.00 Kotice todebtora and 0red1t0ra.............. 4 J Land Bales, Ist wpiarc, U, each additional... .0.00 Sales of perishable property, per square 2-BO Estray notice, 60 days 7. U ntice to perfect service • • ; Kulea nl si to foreclose mortgages per sq r.... .B 0 Itules to establish lost papers, per square.... BSO Pules to’ie'rfect services’ in dlvorso'eases.... 10.00 for in ad * States of land. &0., by Administrators, Executorß o r Guardians, are required by law to be held on the virst Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the court House in the county in which the property is ’“Notices of these sales must he given in a public ga oitoin the county where the land lien, if tlu re bo am , and if there is no paper published in the county hen in the nearest gazette, or the one having the arrest geiidral circulation in said county, 40 days proper,y must he. mnst also be pnhlislicd 40 daj s. . Kotice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for Leave to Sell land, kc., must le fmbhali- Crt oS.nrfo C fMtar. e o k Administrtion, Guardian sbVp etc* must be published 80 days for HsiuissJon fi om Arlurluistratiou, Guardianship and Axeeutorsiup 41 Kulesof Foreclosure of Mortgage must he .publish, e.l monthly for four months—lor establishing lost papers for tie full space of three months- tot com- J,‘.hi,.,, titles from Executors or Admmi*tiatoih. thWild Iras been giver, by the deceased, tin. lull bepuhllslredtwiee. publications w.ll alw ,y he eontiuued aeeo.a mg I" these, the legal I'equlrcureuts, unlessothuwise u dered. ______ Buena Vista Advertisements NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! ,|nst Received By I,awe & IfUtshto W liicli They Offer at Bottom figures. They will also keep a line of Fancy and Staple Gro ceries. Thanking their custora ci s for past favors, they re quest them to examine their stock before buying. They will give bargains, and no mistake—Try them. Oct. 4th ’76. ~~i\ L. ivisDon, ,n. I*. BUENA VISTA, GA. BgyCalls may he left at my resi lience at a hours of the clay or night."®? DF!. E. T. MATHIS, Buena Vista, Gai Culls left at my office or residence promptly attended. I)ec24-!y B, B. liitiSon & W. B. Iliutou, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BUENA VISTA, GA EJlV'iirpvaeticein the Courts of this JStatee and the District and Circuit Courts of th. United States. mch3l-ly, J'. Xj. O. K.err, attorney at law, JUIENA VISTA, CxEOIiOIA- Mareh 10, 1876-1 jr jeTm^butx, ATTORNEY -A.T LAW, BUENA VISTA, GA. Marion Sheriff Sales, WILL bo sold before the Court House door in the town of Buena Vista, on the firstTucsday in February next, the follow ing property to wit: Lot of land number 21G, in'the 31st (list of Marion co, to satisfy a li fa in favor Averrilla cKinny vs .Sarah J Crawford, Executrix. Said fifa transferred to James II Dunham; issued from ilarion su perior court. ALSO At the same time and place, lot of land number 258 in the 4th dist. of Marion county as the property of John Mackey, to satisfy a li la issued from Marion county court in favor of J T Burkhnlter vs John Mackey—property pointed out by plaintiff. DN MADDUX, dec 29 4w Dept’y sheriff APPLICATION FOr 'dISMISsION GEORGIA— Mabion County. Whereas ,!ohn W, Slaughter, Admin’r of Sarah Slaughter, has applied for dismission— All persons interested are hereby notified of ho above application and required to file their objections within the time specified by law. Witness my hand. Jans 3tn Jas.M. Lowe Ordinary. in <fcOifftP erda y at Samples worth $1 $0 free. Stinson & Co.,Portland, Maine SEND 6c. loG, P. K\N 10 1 < 0. , New }oik. Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing lists of 15000 Newspapers and estimates allowing cost of auver isiug THE BIIENA VISTA ARGUS A. M. C. RUSSELL, Proprietor. VOLUME 11. Wilcox, Gibb & co.’s G-XJ^dSTO. TIIO’S B. LUMPKIN is ready to take your orders for the same. CERTIFICATES FROM PARTIES IN THIS COUN TY WHO USED IT LAST YEAR. The best I have ever used. Jas. L. Baker. Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.’s Guano increased my crop nl co'ton fully one-thir ; ot more last year. Henry G. Jackson. I used Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.’s Guano last year with very decided ben< lib ■ TltOS. L. ItOGERS. I uscdjjlOOO pounds of Wilcox, Gibbs A Co.’s Guano last year on 5 1 2 acres of poor pine land, which I am confident would not have made 250 pounds ot lint cotton (the 5 1-2 acres) without the Guano, and I gathered 1085 pounds of lint cotton. G. W. I’OuL. IHilillHS roll IIIIIDIHI. o JPI |irE2P B til ©-1 PfH . W.SHernelU & Up AMEEIOUS. GAc. The Largest and Most Complete Stocks in Georgia, Consisting in part of Nails, Axes, Iron Steel, Plows, Chains, Rope, Haines, Bridles, Saddles, Hoes, Spades, Bolts, Shovels, Hakes, Porks, Guns, Pistols, Hinges <Ss Butts, Cutler}', Tools, Locks, Glass, Paints, Putty, Oils, Varnishes, Doors. Sash, Blinds, Cook & HI eating Stoves, Holloware, Woodware, Tinware, Grain cradles, Straw cutters, Corn f:ei ■ers, wagon & buggy mnterial, and such other goods as are usually kept in Southern Hard ware stores,--nlfof which,wc buy from Manufacturers and First Hands for Cash m KIU l#T 8* 09888S818V UHA, pit J W SheSiold & Cos, STIKtIL offiSofiD o I have now on hand and arriving THE LAMEST STOCK ef DBY-fiOODS CLOTHING, SHOES, CROCKERY, etc. To Be in South Western Georgia, rt rattss tow urn tnwum J6tsS“ Parties who want bargains should not fail to call and examine my goods and prices, Succefcsor to Kendrick & Wlicatley, December 15, 18’76-2m Americus, Ga Dr. Ei J. Eldridi . /mp Americus DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, PERFUMERIES, TOBACCO, SPICES, SOAP, STARCH, BRUSHES, COMBS, PAINTS, OILS, AND EVERY THING KEPT IN A FIRST -CLASS ID JR, UrG STORE, at LOW PRICES FOR CAsH- at DR, E. J. ELDREDGE’S DRUG STORE, Public Square, Americus, Ca. _A- DEMOCRATIC IE' 3SnE"WSP APER. BUEN A. VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA., FEBRUARY 7, 1377, WIIAT WILL THEY DO WITH IT ? “A baby I Lft on our doorstep, too! Who dared do such a tiling as leave a baby hero ?” These wore the exclamations of Mrs John Morton, one cold morning, as tlio] servant girl bounded into the dining-room with a bundle in her arms, and made the announcement that a baby had been left on the stoop Of all th bundles that had ever been left at John Morton’s house, this was the most unlookcd for amkthe most unwelcome. ‘Yon see, ma’am,’ siad Bridget; ‘I went out to get the morning paper and to sweep off the stoop, and I sees tbis bundle lying on the mat. I went to lift it in my arms, and it began to move, and I says to myself, ‘what can it be?' and when I opened the shawl I sees a baby!’ ‘What will wc do with if,” said Mrs. Morton, ‘Send it to the police station at once,’ replied her husband. ‘Here Michael, take this child to the station, and tell them that it was left on our stoep.’ •Let me Jcok at it first,’ said Mrs. Allison, Mrs. Morton's mother, as she arose from the breakfast table and approached the childish couple, who were already bending over the little waif. As the was tlnowu off from the babe, like Moses in the bulrushes, ‘Behold, it wept!” ‘lt is hungry,’ said Mrs. Allison. ‘How thin its little arms and hands are. It looks as if it was nearly starv ed. Let us feed it before we send it away. ’ Bridget had been a child’s nurse ; she had already prepared some food, and was_briuging it into the dining room. I ran through the yard, ma’am, and got. Mrs. Worthingham’s baby’s bottle, and she is coming right over to see it.’ The baby took'its nourishment ea gerly. and then fell asleep. ‘lts garments are very clean, al_ though very poor,’ said Mrs. Allison, as she began to [examine the little one’s wrapping. ‘Yes, and we don’t know anything about the blood,’ said Mr. Morton, ‘I thing a great dc al of the blood. One wants tojaiow what sort and quality ho takes across his thres hold.’ ‘As to the sort,’ replied Mrs. Alii' sou, in a low tone ol voice, ‘it is one of those whom Christ took into His arms and blessed, notwithstanding the rebukes of His disciples—and as to the quality, ‘Of such is the king dom of Heaven.’ ‘Well,’ said Mr/Morton, ‘you wo men must do what you think best. The car is coming, and I must go down town. Michael can take it any where you conclude to send it. There is a home for the friendless, an orphan asylum, and a half dozen other char itable institutions, where they take such things.’ As Mr. Morton passed out the door, he encountered a number of ladies in their morning wrappers, rushing in to get a glimse of the wonderful ar rival. The gentleman jumped on the platform of the car with only a hur ried ‘good morning,’ lest lie should be overwhelmed with such questions as, ‘What will you with it?’ ‘Who on earth put it there ?’ etc. ‘Well, really/ exclaimed Mrs. Mon tague, as she went into/he dining room, ‘you arc in trouble enough.— I am so glad too it wasn’t left at our house/and the pretty little woman shrugged her shoulders as she bent over the little sleeper now lying on the sofa. ‘I would not keep it a min- Georgia. Annual Subscription, $2,02 NUMBER 10 nto, the longer you keep,it the hard er it wiil.be to "got rid of.’ ‘What will they do with it ?’ asked Mrs. Turner, of any one who might choose to answer such a difficult ques tion. ‘Mrs. Morton could not take care of it, because she is not to children.’ ‘Oh, no, indeed,’ said bustling Mrs. “’orthington. ‘l've had four chil dren,! and know what it is to take care of them. To be sure I’ve always had a nurse for each child, and never slept withfone a night. You know my nervous system would not admit of my having the care of them. I love them dearly, but my nerves are too weak to have them with me much of the time ; but I seejhat they have good nurses, and Ij can’t help the rest.’ ‘Yes,’ saidJiiMrs. Hartwell, who hadn’t auy children, and hoped she never would have, ‘you have been married ten years, Mrs. Morton, and you are such a nice housekeeper and so precise in your living that a baby would turn everything topsyturvey, and you would have to work across the grain all the rest of your life. I never could take other poeples’ chil dren.” ‘What will they do with it, Mrs. Allison ?’ said another lady who had stood by silent, and always concurr ed in everybody’s opinion. The moth er of thirty years ago was this good old lady. She had brought up six children in the days when mothers were old fashioned; she never had a nurse for one of them. Her own hands made all their little garments and her nerves were firm enough to bear all their childhood grievances, and to adjust all their young heart’s troubles and differences. She had heard this conversation, and her good, warm, motherly heart felt trou bled. What could she answer ? If it had been years ago, she would have tak en the Lttlc wail into her own nest and m tdo it welcome, and called it her Off j. But alt® would not advise her ’daughter ; she must act ac cording to the dictates of her own conscience, Mrs. Allison was too o'd to share much in the care, though she would gladly do what she could if the baby stayed. The ladies discussed the question at heme, in each others’ houses, and down town shopping. Meanwhile, the baby slept on, as sweetly as if in its own home, with a loving mother wat cbing over it ‘He giveth His be loved sleep.’ The Father was watch ing with loving eyes over the little one whom nobody ..owned, staying where it was so unwelcome. ‘Mother,’ said Mrs. Morton, after the ladies had gone out, ‘what shall we do with it ? Do you think it is our duty to keep this baby V ‘My daughter,’ she replied, ‘have you no missgivings about sending it away? It is one of Christ’s little ones. ‘Feed my lambs,” she contin* ued, as she left the room to ask God what they should do with it. After Mrs Allison left the room; Mrs. Morton was left to her own thoughts. To take a baby was a se rious matter. She often been asked to adopt a child, but she had always said she’d never doit—but this had been sent in such a strange man ner. She began to weigh the fors and against about keeping it. The against scale seemed to go down a great deal further than the other. John would not want the additional expense ol hiring a nurse, if the baby stayed, she would have to take care of it herself. This would debar her from so many pleasures she enjoyed. - §wmt f feta Published Every Wednesday. RATES OF STJUSCUIPTrONI INCLUDING POSTAGE. One Year s2.oi) Six Months 1 00 Three Months 75 Always in Advance. But is it. right to live only for your selves? Did not the Master com mand us to work in his vineyard ? and if she sent the baby away, would Ho not say to her, “Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, 3 0 did it not to me.’ Mr. Morton came home earlier than usual that night. He found the baby still there. He did not seem much surprised; he, too, had been pondering all day whether it was right to send baby away. At all events, they would not send it away that night, and when morning came the decision had been' made. Baby was to stajx They named her Faith, because they trusted the Father that he had sent her for good, and not for evil. For days the neighbors in the block heard the ceaseless music of Mrs. Morton’s sewing machine, and if they had looked in, they would have seen numerous garments of soft muslin and warm flannel under process of completion into sundry garments. Some of the ladies said Mrs. Morton did not know what a piece of non sense she had undertaken; others, that she was so foolish to confine her self at home so mucii, taking care of some-one-else’s baby, whom nobody knew anything about. Baby did bring a great deal of care with it, more than Mr. or Mrs. Mor ton had any idea of, but they never said or felt that they regretted the steps they had taken. There were so many stitches to take for baby that Mrs. Morton had to take a great many less for herself, and garments that used to be trimmed and embel lished, had to go almost plan, but what matter. There are no ruffles and puffs on the white robes up there. Christ’s robes were without even a seam. There were many wakeful nights and wearisome days, but God sent so much additional strength, that what others called a blunder was a blessing to them. It led them heavenward, for it made them less worldly, and they had the happiness in their hearts which comes of work ing for their Master. ‘When the little voice first uttered “papa,” Mr. Morton thought that baby was very forward, and Mrs. Al lison smiled over the little x*ed and white stockings she was knitting, when he asked if babies, as a general thing, were so cunning and pretty; Years went on. Faith Morton’s babyhood and childhood passed away. Those that knew the circumstances of her early babyhood had forgotten it, and those who had never heard it supposed that she was Mrs. Morton’s own child. She had been the child of prayer and religious training, and when girlhood came, she was a de voted Christian. Beautiful in person and heart, she was beloved by all the wide circle of friends who gathered around her, and not only by them, but by the many she sought out from the poor, and befriended. The wed ding day came, and Faith, clad in the bridal robe, was more beautiful and loving in her mother and father’s eyes than ever before. After the bri dal party had passed Into the church, a woman, clad in rusty black, follow ed on and stood in the aisle. Those who saw her Weep, wondered why she wept. What had she to do with the bridal party ? When the guesls had left Mr. Morton’s house and the bride and groom had gone to their own homes, the door bell rang, and this woman was ushered into the pres ence of the lonely father and mother. [continued on fourth face.]