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H B. Rintpn, Attorney and Couocelor at
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Written lor The Buena Vista Akg us.]
DRIFTED APART.
BY ABYM.
CHAPTER lIL
“Yet still, though we bend with a feigned
rjs'gmr.ijn,
Life beams not tor us with one ray that can
•Chee;
Love aud hope upon earth bring us more
consolation;
*n tho grave isour hope, for life is our fovr.
A few more morclis wore on with
its sonows aud trials, and unfolded
the dark web that fate tiad woven
for the sorrowing, yet sinless. Zadie
never again ventured out among the
villagers after the evening she was
so coolly received by her former asso
ciates. She lived exclusively at home.
Attendance at church, and listening
to tho blessed gospel, was lhe only
association she sought among former
friends. In her seclusion she endeav
ored to forget the stab her heart, had
received from them. That,however,
did not protect her from their cruel
thrush Her letiremeDt was etnbit
ered by envious slander and painful
insinuations. False reasons were
given why she observed such perfect,
privacy. Madame Rumor gossiped
and injured her go< and name. “ They
sayors” endeavored to rob her ut the
only boon she no v | osse.-sed: an un
tarn sh name. Wi h a heart bowed
down with griet she lived cn, and,
appar* lily, gave no heed to the go •
sip of those who had once nar*alv u
of her bounty. Nev r sine ■ the wil I
outburst of-grief sue uttered wl en
she tirbt heard the m ws <d their iiuk
fortnne, had she murmured or com
plain* and. Slie mdured h-r sorrows
silently and unaided. She would shut
herself up in her room f< r hours, and
when site came forth no word would
he uttered connected with grief. Ycl
it was dircci nable by each member
of the family how these hours had
been spent. The pale check and
sunken eye soon told more tlmn words
could expicss. An arrow hail been
lodged in an innocent h 'art. Its sang
i ad poisoned Iter life for the future,
'fhe entire family endeavored to be
cheerful ami contribute to each others
comlon, each wearing tt mask and
concealing from the o her their rial
thoughts. Fate, however, was n, t
satisfied with her exhibitions of bit
terness, for in her progress they were
destined to drink still more of the
cup of sorrow prepared for their al
ready bitter experience. Dea h with
his cruel, unreleutless hand ent<red
the little cottage, where sorrow had
brushed away evtry vestage of Itap
p ness iromthe brow of each, though
peace peraded caelt heart. Death had
demanded and seized the idol of the
lamily. Neva, without p.cma'ure
wanting urns taken away. One morn
ing, she was bright and cheerful, fill
ing the house with sunshine l>v her
ntciry prattle, at night site was in the
throes ol death, and at noon next day
she wa* a cot pse. Death, with lis
cold, icy fingers unlocks the heart o*
the most obstinate, and soficus the
feelings of the cruel, and when the
villagers beheld the grief stricken
lamily, theii sympathies wi rc i xciud.
Every kindness was pr< tered, every
ssistarc ■ tendered. The soiro"it.g
family were too much absorbed iu
deep grief, to take much note ot
nuyht that occurred. Each one still
felt the scorn shown them by these
people, whose proffers reminded litem
the more of their former insincerity.
Tlmir hearts were lacerated and
wounded so deeply they Cotiltl not
refuse their proffired ai l, aud tlmir
former pretentions appreciation re
minded tin in that these offers were,
perhaps, as free ft om true merit as
their hearts had been of sincerity.
Tney had been erne ly neglected when
they most need'd as-iatauce. They
had been shunned and slighted for
mere rumor. When they could have
(<> foßcve aching wounds that
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1878.
e. un od the emotion of the soul they
offered no aid, and now death had
come and made his choice. It looked
like mockeiy now to offer assistance
to relieve them of a sorrow they had
helped to produce. They amid not
bring life back to the cold, white
robed figure, lying yonder, so still,
with folded hands, and marble fea
turcs. Why had they gathered here
now, as if to gloat over the last stroke
which had tilled their hearts with
grief. The r intentions were, per
haps, good, but that family had borne
much sorrow from tbe people. Their
hearts bad hardened, and learned to
doubt and hate. They neither trust
ed, nor loved mankind, and almost
forgot they w re humans themselves.
Thu last tribute of b.ve and respect
was paid to the remains of liitieNeva,
ami with a grief that only those can
appreciate who have passed through
the same painful tiial.
The mourning family, with closed
blinds, bolted doors, and bruised
hearts, lived a lile in the hamlet, re
fusing all aid and comfort, except
th it arising trorn their pert ct retire
ment.. Their wounds were too deep
lor human cure, and each member
endeavored to find comfort t om the
only pure and uudefiled source tint
is offered to the “weary and heav
laden.”
In three months from thi death ol
Neva, the messenger of death came
again, and carried to his unknown
region, another inmate of the gri f
tried family. Another wound was
made in their hearts, and nuollier
mound was raised in t he lit tle church
yard. This time CoL Merle was the
victim. The arm of protection, and
strength of support was paralyzed
when the Colonel fell in tties cep that
knows no waking. He was buried
side by side with his youngest off
spring. His body wi.s freed from ah
the pains of along i.ln ss, and hi
soul .relieved from the vexing can s
aid decep ions of an envious people,
w.is try ng the mysteries of anoth i
world. TLe sorrow which Imd come
with such unmeasured foice upon his
ag, and mind had proven too severe.
With no pow.-r t>> throw off an iu
<■ reading burden in his old nge, lie
yield'd up Ins life to the will of bis
Creator.
The nrghtv wheels of lime in ilicir
-ceaseless tread passed on wih
'•tenly pace, somewhat mitigating
the sorrows which filled the heart oj
tlie Meries, who, thinking that little
less than wi>at had already befall n
them could ever come in the future,
they lived on in the same quiet srclu
sion, little caring for the outside
world. By their steady, and txem
p’a>y conduct showed their fellow
beings that they had through much
suffering reached that point in exist f
ence that only they can attain who
have been tried as by fire. As meta
eseapi u the brighter by the burnh g
so t tey were the purer for hav ng
suffered in'e tsely.
Their former frmnds(?) learned
their error when time proved their
f.dly, and reflected the falsehood of
their own lives, and magnified the
great wrong tlmv had inflicted upon
the Met lew. Tney attempted recon
ciliation, but with cool polit< ncsß wete
made to understand that the fallacy
of tbeir intentions were suspected.
Having once bten swinged by the
flames of envy and malice, the sor
rowing family dreaded repetitious of
tl e ficiy to t.
This family had been obdurate and
stern, taking little heed of the inmates
of Glenlow—having learned how lit
tle motal worh b>y centred in every
In art. They iial onced occupied a
posi ion through their own exertions
which was calculated to slir up envy
and malicious feelings in the hearts
if those who composed the low and
cnon ng grade sof society. They be
lieved no refined and polished'man
or woman would >vcr judge a person
gV DEMOCBATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
by pecuniary worth,nor give credcuce
to tho envious tongues of a malicious
people. Should such a tiling occur'
they endeavored to lift the unfortu
nates up, and by deeds of kindness,
aud words of cluer, help them lo re
turn to the patli of duty, and bid them
wander from its margin no more. To
such as these wo would say: be con
icnl, for there is relief for the tried
just ahead.
Oh I If we knew the burdened
souls and bleeding beails, we meet
within the every day walks of lile bal
ling with fate ou a dark and treach
erous sea, without guide or com
pass, I think the heart of the most
callous and obdurate would be tonch
d, and persecutions would oe no
more. It is always “the better pari
of valor,” anl shows the true inward
uess of a noble In art, to use the
•golden rule” with all we meet. The
-calcs of the human life weighs om
justice sooner or laier, and in every
instance you will find “such measure
is you mete shall be measured unto
\ou again.” Only those who have
h*.d the exp* rience know the struggle
n iccssary to avoid the cares and
o nptations of poverty'.
With only a small income the Merle
f-uri'y tried to make life cheerful and
pleasant. They denied them-elves
i he comforts they Lad once enjoyed.
With a steady nint in life, and unfal
tering footsteps they tried to regain
die position they had once occupied.
Carle was yet young in his prefes
-ton, and b*ing surrounded with all
the disadvantage* which bis present
embarrassment gave rise to, be found
the journey a difficult one Yet he
never b came discouraged. The
ria's he often encountered in his
way he fought bilively, and with an
nergy and determination that, must
at last bring succtss lo his well spent
effor s.
Zadie, j ossessing her father* will.
'ini her mothers pride, c u'd not be
content wbh being still, and "t-ating
the bread of idientss,” while her
broth' r toiled to sustain the fan i!y.
She applied for a situation as teacher
in a v llage some distance from her
otne, and tier application was ac
cepted. Her brother opposed her
wishes at first, but, knowing her
cause was a laudable one, at last con
sented, and saw her go away among
stranger.
Her absence at first was felt very
keenly by the family, but they com
forted their hcai'ts again. Zatlie
went to her new home and duties
with a heaviness of heart which none
but her hers< If ever knew. She ar
rived at Mr. Mason’s at the close ot
a rainv day, and as we have gone
with her through the datk intracasies
of the past, we will go with her
tLrough the untried future.
[to be continued.J
A Remarkable Case of Poison
ing.— The New York Times in' ntions
a startling case of wholesale poison
mg, by which several families have
suffered intense tortures, occurred
at Pittslon. Pa., Sunday, and result
ed from drinking the milk of a cow
whose udder had been bitten by a
snake. The animal is owned bv
Martin Jordan, and while in the
pasture before milking, sustained the
fatal bite. The milk was served as
usual among the families in the
n> ighborbood, and shortly aftir
drinking it they manifested the most
distressing symtoms. Eighteen per
sons suffered great pain, among them
George Judge, an ex-member of the
S ate Legis'atnre, whofo daughter
was said o be dying from the effects
of the deadly draught. His wi.c was
nisi suffering severely. A portion of
the milk was given to a kitten as an
expeiiment, and it died instantly..
The affair caused great excitement in
the neighborhood.
A Terrible f'umily lend
There has for over forty years
been a bitter fued betocn the families
of Hill and Evans, in Garrard county
Ky. It begun with the ownership
of ti slave, and a fatal fight. The
controversy thereafter led to fre
quent encounters, but it was not un
til 1849 that anotUei lile was lost.
The murderer in this instance fl and
from the Slate, and tho two families
set up an open warfare. They lived
on adjoining farms, which for several
ensuing years were left uncultivated,
the controversy demanding exclusive
attention. Iu 1850 patties of Ilills
and Evanses met in Lancaster, on an
election day, and had a desperate
fight. One Evans was killed ami
three Hills were wounded with bul
lets. Ti.e next engagement was in
1852. A Hill moved his household
by way ot a lane through Evans’
land, under an armed esc it of his
relatives.. They v.e e tiled upon
from a barn, from which they drote
out a party of tl.eir enemies. The
fighting with pistols and knives la-t
--ed an hour, and five lives w* re lost.
A public meeting was held to put u
stop to the fued, but all efforts ot
pacify the Lei igermts failed. Ony
six month latir and Evans was as
sassinated. The murderer was tried.
On the way to the court a pally ol
Hills were waylaid by Evanses, and in
the fight two men were killed. A
Henry Clay’s funeral two ot the ene
mies fired at each other, but wit! out
hitting. In 1861 two Hills were
murdered one night in tbeir house.
The last sciiuus fight was in 1867.
Now the families are at peace.
Scalped by Machinery,
New York, June 5 h.—One ol the
most i ecu'iur and horiid accidents
that ever happened in Newatk oc
curred tins afternoon. Am ng the
"iris employed in Lekz's hat Pctory
was Julia Till, fourtetn voais ol ag<,
whose business it was to sew stiaw
hats. Just before the closing of the
shop she suffered from the heat, and
jumped to one of tLe bench* s to lower
the sash so as to permit entrance of
fresh air. Hi r long hair, blown by
the breeze, was liit*d against the
shafting in the room, and drawn in.
She was thrown from her feet and fell
to the floor. Then it was discovered
that the scalp had been torn entirely
from her head, and was being whirled
around by the u achinery, while she
lay on the floor beneath it in an un
conscious condition. She was carried
to the house of a friend.
A reporter saw her shortly afier
she had been placed on a bi and. The
entire cap of the skull had been laid
bare by the accident, and there was
not a thread ol flesh upon it from the
eyebrows to the back of the neck.
Her eyes, too, lmd been turned in
their socket, and altogether she pre
sent* and a sight no less horrible than
piteous. Medical attendance was
summoned, but the physicians declur'
ed her b yond all hope of recovery.
Sh* lived with her widowed mother,
whose main support she was.—[Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
We clip the following from an ex
change relative to a similar case:
•‘One thousand three hundred and
seventy-eight pieces of *kin taken
from the arms of friends, have betn
engrafted on the head of Mrs. Jonas
Hay, of Jamestown, who lost her
scalp by her hair catching in the mill
machinery in which she was working.
Hrs. Hay is rapidly r* covering, aud
is now able to ride out."
Ota.
During the last year 16,006 members
of Moravian church raised $86,000
for missions, nearly $5.50 for each
member, old and young, poor and
rich.
Save (lie OIU I'ajrer,
Never throw away old paper. II
you have no wish to sell it, use it in
tho house. Some housekeepers pre
fer it to cloth for cleuning some arti
cles of furniture. For instance, n
voiumo of writing by a lady, who
prided her elf on her experience and
tact, says: “Aft;r the store has
been blackened, it can be kept look
ing very well for a long time by rub
bmg it with piper every morning.
Rubbing with paper is a much nicer
way of keeping the outside of a tea
kettle, coffee pot aud tea p >t bright
and clean than tho old way of wash
ing them in suds. Robb ng wiili
paper is nlso the best way of polish
mg knives, tin-ware and spoons; tney
.-bine like new siher. For po’.is: ing
mirrors, windows, lamp chimnies,
etc., paper is better than dry cloth.
Preserves and pickles keep much
better if brown paper, instead ol
cloth, is tied over the jar. Canned
fruit is not s.> apt to mould if a piece
of wri ing paper, cut to fit the can.
is laid directly on the fruit. Pupei
is much better to put under a carpet
than straw. It is wanner, thinnei
and makes less noise when one walk:-
over it.”
Distance of Hie Slurs.
In a recent 1* cture in Edinburg on
“The Stars,’’.Prof. Grant said that n
railway train, traveling day and nigh
fifty miles an Lour, would reach th*
moon iu six months, the sun iu two
hundred years, and Alpha Ctn'auris,
the neare.-tot tlie fixed stars, in forty
two millions of years; a cannon ball,
traveling nine hundred miles per
hour, in 2,700,000 years; and lights
trave ing 185.000 miles per second,
in three years. Light from some ot
i lie telescopic stars tries 5,670 year,
to reach the earth. These stars,
htrefire, may Lave become extinct
thousands of years ago, though fhei:
light e< m*s to our eyes. Alpha Lyra
■s 100,000,000 miles from ns, and its
magnitude and splendor are as twen
ty to oue compared with our sun.
The suu is neither greater nor smaller
than most of the stars.
A few days since a crowd of little
boys living in the neighborhood of
the Court-House organized a grand
jury, found a true bill against on*
of their number, and indict*.d him
for murder. A jury was forthwith
itnpanneled, he was tried, found guil
tv, and sentenced to be hung. They
proceeded to execute the sentence by
standing the culprit on an empty
iemon box, placing a small rope
ar<mud his neck, and tying the upper
end to a large spike driven in a fence
The gamins then kicked the box from
uuder the little fellow, and left him
swinging in the most artistic style,
while they danced around him and
hurrahed in the highest glee at the
success of their novel performance.
Mrs. Frank Piazza, hearing an unus
ual noise and cotnmo ion, ran to see
what was the matter, and was aston
ished to see the little fe'low dangling
along side the fence, liis eves pro
truding and his tongue hanging out.
She immediately took hold of him and
held him np tiil the rope could be
unfastened. It is said that nearly an
hour’s time was required to resusci
tate Idm. Thus a fatal ending came
viry near attending what was
intended by the litde boys as fun and
play. Afonzo Irving, about seven
years old, (son of Geo. Irving) was
ihr boy who came so near suffering
the fate of Dixon. The moral of this
affair is that little fellows should not
be allowed to see executions, and
that executions should not be public.
jVicksburg neraid.
America sent over 400 missionaries
to Turkey, and spent five million
dollars in eflbrt to convert the Turk
to Chrifianitvy,
Subscription, $2 00
Riet ia ftaebao-
Quebeo waa v'rtually ia the hands
of a mob on the 18th inat., when Ilia
labor troubles undid in a aerita *f
riots. Acta of violence had been com
mitted for several day*, bat on
Wednesday between 2,000 and 3,000
strikers assembled, and were address
cd by one of their number, eaid to br
a French Communist. Their object,
ho stated, waa only to force ail the
men to str.ka off work. At the con'
elusion of his remarks the strikers,
headed by the tri-color, proceeded to
Mr. Pe era, Strotcbs. Finding the
door of Mr. Peters’ office closed, the
nub smashed it open and retired,
smashing everything it contained.
They then searched for Mr. Peters,
whom they coerced into signing the
document binding him to pay ad
hands ia his employ at. least $1 per
d.iy. Mr. Peters, in the meantime,
had made a demand to the Mayor for
protection. The whole of the avail
able police force were immediately
lispatched to the scene, with the
mounted force, and two divisions of
nlantiy. When the cavalry made
ihtir appearance and attempted to
disperse the crowd, they were met
with volley s of stones, which for the
space of several minutes fell os thick,
as bail. Several men in the battery
were bruised aud cut with stones, tha
Adjutant received a very ugly scalp
wound. The mob proceeded down
Mountain Bill to Renaud’s flour store
and immediately began to remove the
dour. They rolled out 400 barrels of
dour, and stopped teams on the street
o cart it home. Those refusing were
struck down and their teams takoti
from them. The Mayor and Aider
man McWilliams proceeded at tho
bead of the troops to the spot where
the rioters wtre assembled in Paul
-trect. The troops drove the crowd
to the wharfs. The city soon got in
a state of excitement, and bore a hol
iday appearance, the banks and com
mercial offices being closed. At 2
o'clock the Riot Act was read. Col.
Strange commanded a battalion with
fixed bayonets, to approach the mob,
v\ho were throwing stones at the
troops, and ordered the the troops to
tire. A volley of bullets were fiied
into tho mob, and for a moment they
were all consternation and awe. Two
of the strikers were seen to fall—the
man who carried the flag,and a young
Frenchman. Several people were
wounded, nd adriven to their homes.
1 he treops were then about to charge
when the people ran up Bag Hill,
sca’tering in all directions. Two
thousand rioters were addressed in
the evening at Jacques Cartier Hall,
and agreed to assemble again the next
day stating that they would have
b'ood for blood. The mob then went
to the residence of the Mayor, Unrest
ing to harig him. He passed out tho
back doer as the crowd entered by
the front. The Provincial Parlia
ment adjourned at night for fear of
the mob. Troops were sent from
Montreal and Halifax, and there were
but few rioutous demonstration the
next day.
Elopement In Pauper Life.
On last Wednesday Mr. Christo*
piicr Carter, aged 50, end Mrs. Nan
cy Rankin, aged 41, both inmates of
the County Poor-house, and both bo
ing badly deformed in their feet and
limbs, and nearly naked, last week
eloped from the fostering care of Ab
solom Biothers, Manager of the Poor
house. They were overtaken, how
ever, and returned to their pauper
homes before having been made one.
True love rushes in torrents some
times, and plunges over caskadca
deep in hope,
Brooklyn, '‘the city of churches - '
has one liquor saloon to every 180
persona.
No. 48.