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THE BU7LEB HERALD.
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TUESDAY,. DECLAIIiEIt 16th, 1677
PiDD’rJiT*
THU v iliUSTMAS OiFT
BY OLIVE A. WaDSW. liXU
Many A hundred yearn ago,
In a country fur away,
From bfuvin to below,
Omn»: uuilf oii fliiiwums vlaj
Kingfi lwtci long dfeaittal tUu.Mtfht,
' Prophets aoiiRb't it,—imt in icin.
Neither knowleilqe, 'wealth, iurn* »mg
Could the pr.aioiih yilt obtain.
God alone in bin groat love.
• VllmUy with us r*.eo,.uile«l,
Kent to tmiUtiTM irmu. above,
ileawa CUl'iat, Urn U<uv Ctuld.
Rh-hur tluu th* Uiurs utw i*.
Holier time GuOWiu.8 m»pe. r,
• Poor and hnvl> wan Ida blrt*.,-
That tho lowliest ut eU not fear.
O'er lifh blrlhpla 1
Brighter than
/SnuwiiiK we cu*u
WheVH Uie UW
o Hearenly voices i
Froiy.. he Man,
i stu r,
•ley.
Our God o
they
"l’u
li'Juiy i
A ugela Hang, f
.hi the t.iin»»nns iu
Hauling h.ekiuns, HOl'l
Siuia-rs mu ly pi«»a
t'l.nat hath liunl to i
bevt to l:Vf, l|lid be
Christ hath died, to v
an Wuu love him t
Let iih love th£ I’hriK
liiriuitey of nur \ It
And mr li.s .'»){«• i
i in nut ho
nil men,
'hisio »U.
I m 1 to m
i Ingli ’
o<mId li..o
BUTLER, GEORGIA. l’CESDAY, DECEMBER 18th» 1877. WHOLE NUMBER Cl
By Wo.' v. Bunas, Bropristor. a newspaper devoted to iNDUsynv ujr civilization
$1.00 Year.
Conversation, to bo interesting,
sholild be sustained with anima
tion, Warmth of heurt must put
in motion tho wheels of intellect,
The finest sentiments lose their
force, il tit toted with lasHilude.and
indifference. Still, tho moat flu
ent speakers are not always the
most agreeable. Great rapidity
of eminciatinn should he avoided
tt perplexes minds of slow com-
proheuijions, and confuses those
which are inured to habits of re
flection, It sometimes proceeds
from great, (juichuess of perception
Who Owns the Wedding Presents -
Husband or Wife.
Mrs. Kate Welsh, tvidpw of
“Help Those Womeu.”
John D, Welsh, Jr., win!died in- Visiting some life long friend
Cuba in April, 1874, sued her hus-': <•. —
hand’s executors to rscoveiV §1,500
worth of silverware and other arti
cles, which, she claims are tier
property. The executors said in
answer that these articles were
wedding presents to Mr.'ond Mrs.
Welsh at their marriage; made
brltiotpaliy by his friends; that
Mr. Welsh and his wifelliiid sepa
rated by mutual consent? fourteen
ami is sometimes an affectation on mouth "before h|s death,.sho taking
spyighliiness; hut will usually be;{, or paraphernalia and wf some
fotiud to produce tatiguo, rather articles of Bilvm.whioh he\(|laimed
than to give pleasure,
Whatever we say in company,
if wo say it with a supercilious
cynical face, or an embarrassed
countenance, or a ailly. disconcer
ted grin, it will be ill-rectived. If
wo til,utter it, or utter it indis
tinctly and Ungracefully, it will
ho still worse received.
It is not always proper to snv
what wo think, hilt it is never im
proper to think of what we lire to
say.,,
Tliete is Itfttoli nmiatdno which
t aBffl,
1 Itvtft)
Wk-llud set, m it Itmli-lit, tout Wlrt'V,
Livi .g oat 'ha iiaai'll liviun,
’I in we ,iiis it iii il oitlty,
‘•1'a.icij ou iMt-li. y.i .,1 n, . .tiLUiuu,
Ci.01 y ly our G..,t on 'ago. f
SELECTION'S.
THtWAYS Ul : TI E WHSLD.
were his; and *1(181 by his will ho
gave his property and tlie'guardi-
anship o^his four-year old child
to his executors, The case wus
tviediyostevday betoro Judge Lar-
remoro in the court of cominou
pleas. At the close of tho plain
tiff s^ase Mr. Karllett moved for
a dismissal ot the coniplaitit,
claiming that ns the presents were
made to the husband and wife
jiiin.t)y, they by law belonged to
l|it tiuabaud, notwithstanding the
law of 1818 euabliug married wu-
III ,.xpr, SM.il; as there a,o ma-lj ,u # fffHW' .Hfl
Jnwti mime. alra. WelspVi ;ouun*
laid, in reply, claimed. that as the
ppei y in spot oli is its oiMiimoii I e^^eiioe showed liiut the presents
and teuiuuhiua us tnpl'ery ■ wuro mad -a tew hours Vtoiire the
Iress marriage, Mrs. Welsh hadTiecotnu
The most, beautiful sentiments; vested in at least an undivided
aic eoiupuratively woi tlikss, il!one-lml! interest ill tlieinias a sin-
nv fools who i
CONVEllSA'IITON.
One to converre<»oll'.slibuld'- ho
well in tormeil. Wijlr a' go. d
si rick "f in(.irn)iilion, sount pnr-
i1ona r of.S> is lUtvjty s iwuing |fflo
yse. .. A ..ninn' , sli‘iiuM l.oo'sess, a'
ccfgiffianuimtt id Iffteial aiul s.oi-
i a|ifioiinfeii)iati'itt, to which he
sh’diwii'hi! al'Viiys aihiiiig some-
Ihfnl as. io.ugos he lives, ami lie
sltoiiiil make himself aciiuainted
with his own ami legal lights,
. Thero are live eminent methods
' s whereby the uiimis is improved in
thb'kiiiiiv'leilgu of tilings; these
\ nrOjoliseivutiou, reading instnic-
\ timVhy 'h iitlties., cinversatjon, and
liiedilaiipii or study.
Obj/rvution fiirni.-he,s us, oven
frfa^^ur; infancy, with a r cli va-
- . rlfysif'-ideas, words .and phrases.
.^I^'n-adiiig wo sctpiaiht ourselves
... vyi'rlj;vfhat other ureu have wriHen
■ M ltre I' 11 '"
• ' tiJlteis, / of ; tho sentiments,’ dhserya-
v fi < yi#„’.'ft , a«oniiigR, iynd.,iio / piovg- i
‘ v, of the learned Scuidt-iB.,thfc
••■.'fhSiflBote nations, w'i4ittCj>(1;-.
'••'Vjek-^ges. Lootui|.s'"'hj;«'-, tvrtml
in^r^onshy a toucher, sljii^mg'
imi.yigious speciildti.i'iig Oif practi^
i. 'Ves"liy, demoustratiorV.^iUiisoia’ra-
with all the. •.•rtisfi^fn^t.sXjf
V nry'necessary to
' V ^Gohversalion is
.impyoving oar
..M mutual.ilheonffe
'•. / wetea'rtt'the^ipitef.iv0^3tg ( rs >
\U will'»«
V. timeuts to
'uer. «Wn<i»udo»
' all those 'U»'8 wind
.'•."*hereby«< V ^^Jl'C«l« E r,nsr
Utility express®
Thera is speaking, well, spea
king easily, speaking justly, ami
speiikiiig-seasormhly, -
To Bcijuiio a gracuTni utterance,
read alijnjl to some friend’ every
iffiy, and beg of him ' to intemipt
ami correct you whom-ver yon read
:oo fast, dll not observe tije propci
stops, lay,,a wrong entjlluwes, or
utter your words unintelligibly.
Vim'may even lead aloud to your
self, ami tube ymir n'tmiueo to
your own ear. Take care to open
your teblh [wlrati you read or^poak
aiid nrticiilate every wi.iijd distinct
ly; wliicli last eanuot I/O,,dime but
by sonmH.ug the final letter. But
above all, study to Vary yonr voice
accm ding to th j'siilijectj^ynil avoid
monotony. Daily attention to
those things will render them easy
and habitual.
le woman, and by , thq law of
1888 that interest was continued,
notwithstanding, her marriage,
.and upon tho ,duatl;e of«-,'iije hus
band siie'j’ iis idrfvi'vur, hstiam.e stile'
owner, Besides, wadding' pres
ets were generally made to tho
bride ami not to horseli and her
intended husband jointly.
qpr increase in
Toov Girls.
The poorest, girls in the world
ure those who have never been
taught to, work. There are thou
sands of them. Kioh parents have
petted them; they have, been
taught to despise labor and de
pend upon others fur a jiving and
are perfectly helpless. If misfor
tune, comes jippu their triomls, as
it qi'ten does',i. thovK case'Ts Impel
t$«g.. The most 'forlorn-and mis-
Wtftflnavonien -aijton iMr.thv’biirljong
to'ti'lis ejassi sth belongs to pa-
l^uU'iJtif^^Wt their daughters
condition.
Wiy-'a^Wfl^greftt Wrong if tliey
daughter, should
Mapght tii t'uf’i)r>lj,et;,fiwn living.
'U^ebficliTvs wblb^as poor re.
this 'tratcricEg. "The 'wheel
&tj.foftiin^'ifoilsSwtitly round; tho
rich are very likely to become poor
and the poor rich. Skill to labor
is no disadvantage to the rich and
is indispensable to the poor. Well-
to-do pareuts must educute their
children to work. No reform is
more imperative than this,
in one of the beautiful New Jer
sey cities,! find a few Chi'lstain
ladies of the highest character and
position in society, quietly hut
earnesUjinyga'Sfri.in Temperance
workJ^hero eyes have been
paineu and their hearts distressed
by such things as are constantly
occurring in all nur communities,
if not among our own sons and
brothers, yet “snmehuds’s sons,”
for whom their Lord Jesus died.
As the outgrowth of this seeing
and feeling, and as a part of the
important work rerrmylffl hin
drances from the pal li of gespo'
progress they have formed a Chris-
tuin Temperance Union, with a
reading and lunch rontu’'fdr mem
bers of tho Reform Club,' ami oth
ers, with a daily paper meeting,
where a few Christaiu brethren
aid in the exercises, infliiding
udvico to some poor wanderers,
perhaps from C'hristain fiomes,
who almost daily are found wait
ing to sign the pledge, or-.to he
guided to tlie Savior.
I doubt if any one pastor in the
State ImR found mnro of this kind
of pressing personal work for
souls os well ns bodies, ready to
his hands, than was found iq those
humble nparlinents, by two or
three ex-pnstors and day and, ev
ening of the present iveek. And
I doubt whet,her any Chjismjn. of
the cTevgy or lnii v, cbtllil ho more
strictly fulfilling the letter and
Spirit of St!-I'anl's exhortiitiou to.
Timothy:—"Help those women
who lab,iieil with me in the gos-
bcl. ”—th Ru in’; com i u g s nmotimes
to that plfldqJJput cheering those
Will be inserted M tbe following rules
Sheriff suits, per square *8 50
Sheriffs inortgnee salts 5 00
\p|i]ii‘ntiou for leiteTs ofinlnjInWriitlon I 00
Application fur leitcrs nf nimr.lif l-ship. I 00
DiRtnissinti from silluint-tmlion ...... 5 00
Dismission from guardianship 5 00
For leave to sell land .....foil
!indication tor homestead. 4 00
Notice to debtors and creditors 4 00
saio of real estate b.v ttdtninismitore, eli-on-
t ra and ttnardians. netSIIPMP sot?
Stile of ptriahntile property, ten days.. ..,u ‘ f
Estray notices. iiOjio's in*.
Ail bills fur advertising in this paper are
luo on the first appearance ot the advertise-
■neat will bo presented when the money is
needed..
Judge Ijurreiuure refused toW aj(.qpathy and
matiljSJjk aid.** Jj, s am sure that I
have rioThoijy,jn 'my journey ami
miss the bum plaint, and the jury
gave plaintiff a verdict for the re?
fill’ll til'the articles or their value,
which was assessed at S'JIC 44.—
N. Y. World.
Tim Now Oouclmuii
Tho hoy should liuve known
better at his ago tiinn to let out
family secjctH, but he felt grate-
lul to the' itther hoy for the use of
his stilts, and.lie softiy remarked:
“Father wainfft home till last
night, and he hasn't cumoyet'
Gone off?" queried the owner
of the stilts,
“He’s down town somewhere,
we'exjieot, and ma says she ain't
going' to rim after him, if In don't
como home fora month.”
“Did they have a fuss?”
“Kinder. You see we-had to
let tlie coachman go, ’carts its
hard times. Yesterday afternoon
tub. wanted pa to black up and
diiiVc iter out in style. He kicked
at fti-st, 1 imt,when she got mad he
ouyedln ami iixed liimsulf'ujFusp
►you cuulijn't tell him from a regu
lar nigger. When they drove
about |na calledfliini Feter, and
ordered him to hack up:aud go
uhead aud huvv anil gee around,
and he got inad and drove back to
the barn. Them dutls come oti’n
him like lightning, and ho was so
mad that he didn’t stay long
'enough to wush tho black offn his
ears.
“And what did your, mother
say? 1 ' asked the other .
“Nothing. Slie looked a 1 little
bad around tho mouth, hut she’ll
fetch him to it, if it takes all win
ter. He mi gift ns well come home
and begin to loam how to black
up.
visiting betwl»ffi& Boston and
Washington, more, mailing dis
plays of divino grnce,*® louder
calls nfdjy|no providencu 'fur v ’>)»J p TO
operation in Cliristain entleV(>h/se ■
Ilian I Imre seen here, arid even
since .writing the above, in a
friend’s niiitisihni where, tine of
those who have hoi'll saved by this
elf-dcnying work has just called.
—New York Obsorver,
The Baby as a Weapon.
Ann,/ kind fit weapon lms been
adopted in New York which bids
loir to bo exceedingly popular ns lls
inei-lis become fully understood.
Married peoplu have often felt tho
noid of some light, portnblo and ban
dy missile with which to enforce ipi
argument or net us the e’imiix in a
heated discussion* Rolling phis mid
potato*mtislici s nro very good in tliWr
tvny, but their uso has not given uu-
qualltlod satisfaction to ail parlies
concerned; olid besides they arc al
ways in the kitclien ,aml thcrotoro
practically asoiesa in a parlor dispute.
Stove-lids are unwieldy histvnmuiils.
mill besides man lias a decided advan
tage in using them ou account of tlie
masculine cxcrciso in quoit pit, hilig.
Flnt-irons nro good, pud wlieu used
with decision and precision immedi
ately render n verdict for tlie ujain-
tiiiy blit they area trifle wearing an
furniture, and tlie thousand home
adornments so dear to all hearts.
Any woman who lias witnessed uD
1 womau burl a huso bull into spnei^j
knows bow dreadfully uneerlain it is',
to predict its Innding place, mid thus
n flat-iron, heaven will, the very best
of intentions at the oll'cnding head of
tyrannical man, may inctrlevably
ruin n valuable chronic on tlie other
side of the room. This unfortunate
Inability of lovely women to propel
mi inanimate object ill any given di
rection lias l’os'ercd a jeering utid'ex
asperating mode of conduct on tiie
part of tho unfeeling stonier sex ami
lids venders doubly welcome tho nil.
vent of a new aud more reliable
woiipon. Oil Thursday last Mrs. Ma
tilda Cook, of YVasliiugloii street,
New York, having flung every port
able article in the room at Cook, and
valued destruction on everything ex
cept Cook, she, in a sudden moment
of iirspirationjpicked up jin: buby,i
(lung it down stairs after tlie rotroat-
lug Cook, and floored him. Tho olns-
tio qualities of tho baby merely ren
dered this a pleasing diversion fur il.
Tho baby is always present oven if
the usual throwablu nnicles are ab
sent, and a well-thrown lathy nmy
knock n liinr, down end yet leave no
marks, wliieliis another advantage.
Thus. H invention and discovery
stride arm in arm togotlirr.--Doti oit
co Press.
SPiv
A Wonderful Wife.
‘Wliat will you have for din
ner, Sitntlny ?' said Mrs. Black.
‘A chicken, madam,' said the hus
band. ‘Roasted or boiled ?’ asked
the wife. ‘Confound it, madam
you ought to know what I like!’
The dinner titbrt came, ant) on
raising the cover of the dish he
called out: ‘Boiled chicken, mad
am, 1 liato iti’ Immediately she
raised the cover ’ from another
chicken roasted to a turrit ‘Mad-
atii, I wont eat roast ehickon I
you know how it should have been
cookeii.’ Just then a boiled oliiok-
en, with mushrooms, wus placed
on tho ’foible. ‘Without -''gieeii
peas?' roarqd the grumbler. ‘Here
they uro dJar,’ said Mrs. Black
‘How dare yon spend my money
in that way ?' '‘They were a pres
ent,’ said hii wife, Mr. Black in
despair rose from his chair. He
was going to say, ‘How dare you
receive a present without my
leave ?' but he looked at hia wife’s
smiling face, atni then smiled too;
and they' do-.say that ho never
! grumbled again,.
r
y '#.
¥
&
;OU enn proach butler surniona
thaii with vour lips.”
YdSjBg&wo enn do nil tliat, even
llioso ’ AvhV have no cloqueuco, nor
even •Hhc>ty£ii of a ready writer."
Tho humiilpil woman dpes it, who
goes about Ivor • daily /toll with pn-
tien'ee and a kind word for all, who
makes her houjc a pleasant place for
her husband, lYnd brings her children *
up cheerfully. Yw, and so docs tho
poor laboring man who leads an hon
est life, and refuses to be a drunkard
or to litter profane words. Each, at
tho end of every day, has preached a
sermon \6 Wtiicli it would bo well tv
Hsion. ■■■
LiKK.--Don’t mistuko life. Don’t
draw, wrong conceptions ot' wlmt it
takes to make life. All there is of
life is love. Ambition is but a crum
bling straw to bo buried by time. Jt
dies upon the lips, but enters not the
heart to make it truly glorious. All
those conquests; this adding ot acres;
this piling up of wealth for others, is
nothing to the growing of that love
for others, which will carry us safe
over tho wondrous sea where those
Whose hearts are hoav> with lust and
passion, base and scltisli, desirous
only for personal gratification, will
sink to riscii’6 more.
4 Wake up judge! wake up!
there’s a 'burglar in the house !'
said Mrs. Portly to her husband
the other night. Tlie judge rolled
out of he'd, g‘rasped his revolver,
and opt nid the door to Bally forth
for tho robber. Thou turning to
his wife ho said: ‘Come Sarah
and tyirl the way. It’s a mean
man that will hurt a woman.
’’a.*-v5x ■■