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attorney at law,
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Good Dental Work
call os
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liis office over Davenport & Smiths'
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TT ILat py fpccial attention to all ca-e in
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conditioned en the results obtained.
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the citizens of Buena Vista and vicinity.
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and suirounding counties, lie
wiH call at the residence of all parties desir
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people of Marion. Satisfaction guaranteed, and
St reasonable prices.
Special inducements offered te those who will
rraqge to visit ny office to hare their opera
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.tl'ould respectfully announce to the public
and his Irlends that he i still at bis pout;
ren.ly for all kinds ef tailoring—Cutting, Milk
ing Repairing, Cleaning, etc. Those want
ing measures to send for suits can get them
ofliim. gsjP* Latest atyles and faahione al
ways on hand. JA3. h. BKASINGTON
" ! "
B. B. Hinton, Attorney and Councelor at
I*fr, Americns, Ga,, is now prepared to pro.
here pensions far the widows of soldiers of
'taVar of 1812,. os well as pensions for, sol
et* ef said wr.
tf, B. B. HINTON.
He and She.
I’ll be at the window as ho goes by
As he goes by—
He’ll lift his head to look at tho sky.
The Western sky,
To see if the suu has set for fair—
And suddenly there
Against the sky in the golden uir
lie’ll see a pair
Of familiar eyes: aud I shall see
As ho looks at me
A sudden smile and a nod, maybe;
, . All this in three
J Or perhaps in four swift minutes -then,
Ah then,
Tn another moment the world of men
For him, or, when
The street is turned, a different face
To take my place,
While 1 by my window here retrace
Each line of the face
Winch smiled at me as it passed me by
With a glance of tho eye
What swept me in with the western sky,
The sunset sky.
To-morrow I shall be at the window when
He passes again;
He will smile and nod—and then, ah then—
The same old story over again
—[Nora Pery, in Sunday Afternoon for June-
Written lor The Buena Vista Asot’s.]
DRIFTED APART.
BY ARYM.
CHAPTER 11.
Friendships, once so tender, leave us;
Broken pledges fade away
[n the misty waves of Lethe,
Where young hope grows chill and gray.
Time uncoils the trailing serpeut
Over nil that once was dear;
Shall our lives e’er be shadowed
By the spectre of dispair !
“Got you lmt, Zadie,” said Carle,
•‘and let’s take a strolu through the
village, and meet some of our old
friends; perhaos, it will drive these
dull thoughts fiom our minds, aud
t heir merry voices will again bring the
smile to your iacw. I don't believe
,ou have laughed to-day. Yon are
not in love with any of the village
beaux, I know, lor you have tinted
with all too freely to love any partic
ular one of them. Come, Z die, own
up, little sister—you have never kept
a s. cret from your blot her yet —has
Cupid’s arrow found you at last ?
“No, Curie,” replied Zadie. “I hnv
never yet kept a secret from you, and
it is not my desire to do so now. You
well know that I am skeptical on the
subject of love; scarcely believing
such a thing exist. I am only trou"
bled about our future. Father is too
old to work, and this misfortune of
ours hus dealt heavily with him and
mother both.”
“Don't trouble your mind, Zadie,
about the futuie. I am young and
healthy, and altho' I am young iu my
profession, Laving only one year’s
experience in practice, I do not dis
pair of ils increasing, and expect to
meet with success yet. I can’t bear
to see your brow clouded; you are
always so merry and cheerful. You
leave the future to me—and yourself,
tou. I’ll take of both—that is, if
some of these gallants around hero
dont’t deprive me of that pleasure. - !
“Don’t be uneasy, Curie, ab< ut
goltin g rid of me so easily. Yt u
know I do not love any one, nor even
bt-lieve in the word.”
“Now, Zadie, don't talk that way,
for there is love, and the mere thought
of it now, makes me walk a little
faster, for I am really anxious to see
Minnie. Wo havo been so troubled
for the last lew weeks, I have not seen
her, but I remember the last evening
I called, I left her with the light of
her bluo eyes peering in at the win
dow of my heart, and hsr sweet voice
ringing in my ears. Zadie. Minnie is
your fixture sister, and your brother’s
promised wife.”
“Sure enough! Oh! Curie, lam
so glad. I love Minnie Brown, and
I have long no. iced how deep an in
terest you have always manifested
about her; and I know Minnie lovos
you. Who. could keep from loving
the baudsome Carl Meerle ?”
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1878.
“You must not be so vain about
me, Zadie, but I know Minnie loves
me—she is too pure for deception.
We were to be married this fall, but
it is impossible now. sinrfe all this
misfortune has overtaken us. I will
?e her this afternoon, and tell lnr
that we will have to make a real ro
mance of our engagement, and sin
will have to wait lor her gallant
knight till ho earns c coinrvr'csJpjPfur
her.”
“Have you ever thought, Caile,
that the change in our financial affairs
may change the current of Mona c’s
feelings for you ?"
“Zadie,” said Carle, with an ugly
frown, “do you suppose she is capable
of such duplicity ? You must not
speak that way oi Minnie; I love her,
but I would not if she was un
worthy.”
“I did not mean to offend you,
Carle, but I almost doubt everyone
lately—Here we are in the heart oi
Glen’.ow, and the villagers all staring
at us. I sec a good many of my
young friends on the croquet grounds.
I will spend sometime with them,
while you go, and whisper tender
things to M'nnie. Look here ! that
reminds me that I ought to be furious
abcu your giving that girl your heart
when I have always been its queen.”
“Never fear, Zadie, there is room
for you both, and I’ll see you walk off'
heartless ere long, notwithstanding
your persistency in saying there is
no love.”
With lighter hearts than either 1 ad
] ossessed for sometime, they separa
ted. Carle going in at Maj. Brown’s
gate ami Zuaie to meet her friends
for the first time since her sad troub'e.
.She passed over the grounds wild c
she had spent so m my h ippy hours
—the belle on all occasions.
She advanced to meet lur friends
with some v itiy lvmatks, determined
if her heart broke, the world should
not know if. But what was hei
chagrine aud dismay, when she s-tw
they met her cordial greetings with
coolness and averted glances. Those
who choose to call her name at all
uttered, “Miss Merle,” —Zadie Lad
once been the familliar appellation on
every tongue in the village. She
made advances to a few of her most
intimate friendsf?). Every effort at
sociability being repulsed she turned
with a Latuer in her manner, and a
tiro m her eye, that at once told how
superior she felt herself to those who
could be influenced by financial, and
not moral worth, and swept grace
fully off of tho grounds to the l.Ltle
church yard near by, trying to stifle
the indignant feelings in bis bieast
She passed from one little mound
to another, ever and anon glancing
in the direction of Maj. Brown’s resi
dence for Carlo, so as to meet him
and prevent him from incurr ng the
same humiliation that she had cx
perienced.
One glance at the brown eyes quick
ly told what a hidden wealth of tire
lay slumbering there, and at this time
struggling for the masteiyi The sol
itude surrounding the dead, and the
bitterness of Zadie’s heart, soon
brought on a re action, and wiih an
humbler spirit than she had yet
known, she stood gazing at a little
mound,reading the inscription: ‘‘God
is just. Hegiveth. He taketh away.”
“Yes,” thought Zadie, “God is just,
and I freely forgive those who seem so
merry over yonder for the neglect
shown me an hour ago. I leave them
alone, they will yet repent having in
flicted so cruel a blow to an innocent
heart.
“Yonder comes Carle, be did nol
tarry long. Til hasten to meet hint.
I can never tell him the cruel blow
inflicted upon mo is my reason for
leturning home so soon. My brain
seems on fire; my temple throbs with
a wild anguish. I'll tell him that a
headache forbade my staying longer.
.A- DfiMOCEATIG FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
A few minutes more and they jointd
each other, each reading tho ottxr’s
thoughts at a glance. Carle’s treat
ment by his betroth had been even
woise than that received by Ziulie
from her friends. Zadie found con
cealment of her wrongs unnecessasv,
for Carlo immediately noticed her
flushed lace and embarrassed manner.
"You need not crSc’#! any tiling from
Wrtc. Zadie,” he said, “I see from your
countenance that, your reception
among y< ur friends was a cool one.
Bear it bravely my girl. You admitt
ed to me,not two hours ago, that your
heart was was your own—there was
no opposing force to effect its throb
bings, by a coolness and scorn from
the lips of one whom yon love. Zadie,
your brother*has been taunted with
poverty; with baseness; with decep
tion; and treated with coolness by his
promised wife—the woman for whom
an hour ago I would have given my
ife; the woman I loved. Did I say
I loved ? Yes, I only know how I did
love her, and / only know how I now
hate her.
“Zadie don’t look at me in that
manner. I mean what I say. I once
loved Minnie Brown as I never expect
to love another woman. I wooed her
honoiably; little caring whether 1 er
faiher possessed a farthing, or all the
go’d of Ophir. I believed her pine,
unselfish, and as clear of deceit as the
noon day sun. But she has thrown
her mask aside. Yonder, in her 'a
ther’s Louse, with her own lips she
has just uttered the most cruel words
io which I ever listened. 1 have boon
denounced, and told by her that 1
deceived her; and that 1 knew my
lather’s coud tion, ami was marrying
her for wealth, and that I had tiicd
to en.-uure her young, innocent heart,
but 1 a 1 fai'e ', for I possessed neither
her father’s wealth, nor her heart.
I'he firmer, Zadie, I nevtr s .nght,
and tiie latttr, I now would not have,
s< eing how worthkS3 it has proven.
Oh! Minnie, Minnie, how 1 onced
luved you.”
Zadie and Carle walked on silently
the remainder of their stroll. In the
last two months, they Imdcxpeiii need
their first sorrow, and it Lad reached
a point which made tl eir sufferings
too deep for utterance. When they
teacht and their little, humble home, they
separated. Carle going to his little,
meagrely furnished roan, and Zadie
seeking her's. She sought refuge at
one; in tears. Her own sorrows, for
the time, were forgotten, and not
deemed worthy of a tear, but site sin and
them freely for her brother. “How
could the Minnie Brown I have known
end loved,” site said to herself, “treat
my noble hearted brother in such a
manner?” Carle haviug closed and
locked the door, and with a face that
denoted strong mental suffering, pac
ed with steady strides the length ot
his room for one hour.
Ho then seated himself near his
secretary, and opening a drawer
drew forth a bundle of letters, and
read them carefully one by one. He
then took from the drawer a small
caset and touching a spring, disclosed
to bis gaze the faultless face, and
merry bine eyes of the deceitful Min
nie Brown. He gazed long and earn
estly at every feature, as if he would
forever stamp them on his memory,and
then as if a sudden impulse had seized
him, he pressed his lips repeatedly
to the lips of the smiling image.
This proud man had loved Minnie
Brown with the wild devotion, which
forms the one master passion of a
man’s life, and upon this bright after
noon, when she had laid aside her
mask, and revealed her treacherous
nature in all its deception, Carle
Merle had learned to despise her, but
he could not cease to love. A few
moments more ho gazed on her
treacherous face, and then threw the
beautiful picture on the floor and
ground it to atoms with his heel, and
matching the bundle if letters tore
them one by one into shrouds, then
looking at tho destruction lie It'd
made of his long lowd trefliurs,
he rnnrtnurtd to himself, ‘■There lies
tho remains of happiness, the n mnattl
,of treachery and deceit. Oh! Min
jnie, how you have etruck dead the
n iblest impulses of rny heart. To
what living tomb yon have consigned
j the noblegl impulses of my manhood !
1 and even now, in gazing at the rem
[ nar ts tf"fitse plighted words, I feci
how dear thou wort. Tho heart you
have spurned will never know incon
sistency or change. Ah,no! I would
not give my buried lovo for any heart
of living mould. Now farewell to
dreams of bliss, henceforth my life
shall be devoted to ambition, and in
striving to win a name and fortune,
and, thereby, try to forget her who
has so recklessly blasted tho fondest
hopes of my life, and extinguished the
light that I thought would forever
shine upon my pathway and make
me happy.
Through the entire night lie re.
mained in his room, refusing refresh
ments, that were offered by sisterly
hands. When morning came with her
gray, misty light, and ineiry chirping
of birds, he walked out a sadder, but
wiser, man, (determined never again
o risk his bark on the tempestuou s
warns ol an unknown, treacherous
sea.
[to be continued. J
GOOD GRIT.
An lowa Student Who Lives on
Nothing, and Earns it all Hi ur
ge!!.
At the commencement of die present
1 erm of the medical college, a young
student from the West started for-Koi -
kuk to attend. Arriving at Alhia he
found his means would not be suffi dent,
and he footed it the rest of the way to
this city. lie paid in full for his tuition,
and then had just $7.00 left. Three of
these were laid out for a quarter's rent
for a room, in which wa3 nothing but
his books. No bucket, no stove, no
furniture, no bed, not even a blanket,
and only four dollars to live on. In a
month or so he procured a blanket, and
considered himself fortunate. II s money
was laid out in coin meal, and twice a
week he would go down by the pork
houss and make up a lot of corn bread,
b ke it, and bring it fo his room, and on
corn bread alone he has been subsisting
during the entire turn. lie has worked
and earned five dollais since be has been
here, and on this, and the seven he had
left, after paying his college fees, twelve
dollars in all, he has subsisted.
During all this time no onebas known
how be lived, and the only remaikabte
thing tLal has been noticed about him
is, that he is one of the brightest students
in the class, and bids fair to graduate
with the highest honors, Ilis condition
would not have been found out bad it
not been that a gentleman rented a room
in the Same building in which the s'u
dent was localed, and, by making his
acquaintance, ascertained how he had
been 1i vi tig-.
The student is a bright, frank, fearless
fellow, who no favorr, has paid in
advance for everything he has got, is not
afraid of difficulties, and if he proves iicq
a bright and shining light in bis profes
sion—if he is not heard from as an em
inent physician and surgeon, ere many
years roll round, wo lose our guess.—
[Keokuk Constitution.
Don’t rely upon friends; don’t rely
upon the name of your aneestois. Thou
sands have spent the prime of life ip the
vain hope of help from those (hey call
friends, and many thousands have starved
because they had rich fathers. R*lv
upon the good name which is made by
your own exertions, and know that bet
tor than the best friend you have is un
questionable determination, united with
decision ofcbaractor.
The discovery has been made that
the world does not revolve with the
sanio momentum it did a thousand
years ago, but it still swings around
fast enough to satisfy a man with a
heavy note coming due.
Charity and Faith.
Incident* Connected! with <li® Llvi of
Two Hi lmutlvc Baptlit Prcitehri •
lion. John li. Kixpcvs, uud Iter. Na-
Ihnn ltuuxt y,
Mr. Editor:—Without the knowl
edge o&cither party mentioned in the
following incident, bill with the con
sent of some of tho leading bretlrm
of their church, t lie Prims live Bap-
I'at, I For:d rt.ii the particular* ol
one of the most touching, beautiful
instances of genuine charity and im
plicit faith on record.
Wilson's raid i ad jn-tswept through
our county, leaving almost staivation
iu its lrack. In many large commu
nities hardly an ear of corn, a piece of
meat, or anything else to sustain the
life of man or beast, were left.
Rev. Nathan Bussey, now gone to
his reward above, lived iu the very
centre of Wilson’s deslruc.ive march.
When last raider was gone, l.c
found hints.-If the possessor of one
middling of meat, meal enough to last
his children two or thiec days, and
one live dollar gold piece.
In a day or two a most worthy and
pious widow lady, living in his com
munity, came to spend a n ; ght witlj
Ins family. His eyes, ns quick to dis
cern the txpressons of sorrow and
want on his fellow creature’s faces, as
his noble heart was ready to relieve
them, saw plainly that this devoted,
Christian lady was in want. His fii s
impulse was to help her, but how
could he? His own wife and chil
dren were threatened with hunger.
Would it be right to give to auy one
the mere pittance left for Lis own
family? It was a hard mutter to
decide.
Supper had been dispatched; fam
ily worship had been pel formed, and
Rev. Nathan Bussey had committed his
body to bed to rest. But doubt as to
bis duty towards his widowed neighbor
di 1 not permit him to sleep for a long
time. Finally ha slept, but only to
diearn he should give the poor widow
his last five dol'ais. He awoke, called
his excellent wife, and told her bis dream;
but even his very kind, obsritable wife,
whose hands bad always been so ready
to relieve the poor, thought of her sweet
tittle children and plead in their behalf.
Three limes was his dream repeated,
aud after the third diearo he deiermined
to give his needy neighbor bis fivedol
lais. After this determination he slept
sweetly till morning. No doubt angels
encamped round about him and guarded
his slumbers. Morning came. Break
fast bad been eaten; his visitor was start
ing home, without, however, having
made known her wants as she thought
O
her host was not able to help her, he
being, as he saw, in want. The hero of
our narrative tisked her to tell him plain
ly her condition, She did so, saying
that sbe bad nothing to eat. lie then
a“ked his wife for the smoke house key:
also, for the key to hie money drawer.
His good wife gently reminded him of
his family's impoverished condition. His
reply was, “Wife, the Lord will take care
of us.” The Christian woman soon went
home carrying a full Lalf of the last
middling of meat, and the last five dol
lars in gold.
The day passed. The next morning
found Rev. Nathan Bussey on his way !
to a church in Taylor county. Rev. 1
John Resspess was it preacher. He was
preaching 4 whon Mr. Bussey arrived.
After preaching, Rev. J. R. Respess said
to Rev. N, Bussey: “I have two hun
dred dollars in gold for you. Here it
is; I was impressed on a certain night
(the same before the widow received the
meat and money) that I bhould give yon
this money. The impression was so deep
that I consider the money no longer
mine, hut yours."
With much surprise, and with art of
fer to pay back as soon as he was able,
which offer was not accepted, he icceiv
ed the two hundred gold dollars.
The next day when te returned home,
ha handed the money to his wife, saving.
‘'l knew that God would not let us
suffer.’' —Talbotton Manrhivri.
Subscription, 00
Gieot st Duel on Record-
The famous duel m wldcb lorty or
moro gentlemen we?e e .gaged, in
1828, is still rctnetnbc i (1 in Nnthcx.
C 1 Job. Bowie, the famous fighter
an.) inventor of the ku fc whili bears
his name, used to spend agreutd al
of his time in Natchez.
Ho was challenged by a gentleman
in Alexandria, La., whose friends, to
the nu liber of twenty and more, ac
companied him to Natchez to see fair
play, knowing that Bowie was a des
perate man and find his friends about
him. All parties went upon the field.
The comlatanta took Iheir place*
in the centre separated from their
friends in the rear, or enough not to
endanger them with their balls. Be
hold the battle array thus: Twenty
armed Louisianians twenty yards be
hind their champion, his seconds and
surgeon, and opposite them, as far be
hind Bowie and his seconds and sur
geon. twenty armed Missisaippiana.
Behold the heights of NatcLes
thronged with spectators, a d
>teamer in the river rounded to. its
decks bla<k with passengers w. t h
ing with deep interest the scene.
The plan of fight was to exchange
shots twice with pistils, and to close
with knives, Bowie being armed wi h
liis own terrible wcaiou. At the
first fire bath parties escaped; at tl e
second the Louisianian was too quick
and took advantage of Bowie, who
waited the word. At this Bowie’s
second cried “foul aud shot
the Louisianian dead. The sec' ud
of the latter instantly kilkd the slav
er of his principal. Bowie drove his
knife into this man. The surgeons
now erossed blades, while with loud
battle cries came on the two parties*
of friends, the light of battle in tbelr
eye?. In a moment the whole num
ber were engaged in a fearless con
flict. Dirks, pistols and knives wcio
used with fatal effects, until one par
ty drove the other from tLe field. It
is not known how many were kilh <1
and wounded in all, but it was a
dreadful slaughter. Bowio fought
like a lion, but fell covered with
wounds, For months he lingered at
the Mansion House before ho fully
recovered.
Gen. Field, the new Doorkeeper of
of the House of Representatives, re
lates the following anecdote in con
nection with Lee’s surrender: ‘‘Gen.
Meade, whose army was in the rear,
sent a request to Gen. Field to con
duct him through the lines to Geu.
Lee, who was a mile in Iront. As
Meade, at the head of his staff) passed
through Field’s division, the men
gathered in squares along the route,
attracted by the spectacle.—The two
Generals were side by side, convers
ing, when Gen. Meade turned to
Field with the remark, "your troops
are very complimentary to me. ” “How
so asked Field. "Why, they say I
look like a tebel." "Do you take that
t'r a compliment V said Gon. Field.
"To be sure I do,’ replied Gen. Meade.
“Any people who have shown the
courage and spirit you have, must
have their admirers everywhere.
We never Lave a to-morrow; it is
simply a world of prophecies. It has
I been said the two pleasutes of living are
ia having something to love; and some
thing to hope lor, and the last of these
is ever before us in the promises of ‘ to-
morrow.'’ To-morrow we may not
know, and it is well it is thus ordained
to lie, fot beyond the invisible vti that
conceals alive its coming joys and sot
rows, the coming trials and worldly af •
Actions, that, could we smicipste as
fixed realities that were certain to come,
would mar all our peace and c-njoyment
of the present. It s well for us that wa
cannot wiihdraw tho veil which hides
our future.
“You use a queer smelling per
fumo,” said an Elberton lady to a
young man the other night. “Alt 1"
he exclaimed, “and what dues it
sn ell like?" “Like whisker.’’ sho
replied, and he wilted like a sweet
potato vino after a frost.
i\o. it