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O'na square one Insertion 31 00, oaoh Btib- nequont loser dou *10 oouta. Oim column,one year i $1(10.00 Ouc column, ftix months .50 uO U ic columu, three mouths ,36 00 Half column, one year .60 00 Half column, elk mouths JMi 01' HAlf columu; three moutliB ..20 UO Quarter column, one ye;ir. .80 00 Quarter columu,bIx imutthhf.....-0 UO Quarter column;'three' hMvikr ,*.f. .12 UO Communications of a political character, <’| art olea writtan in u Woctv.v or dwfeyR** of tnv- olaims of aspirants for „oiUco, 16 ctuta ,pei ..volume a. THE BU7LEB HERALD. •w. N.1S15NX3, !5iUti>v ami Pul*. Bumaaimok'Pttiui: •$!,00. l’Kn>Antfoit 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 ■■