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The Butler Herald,
Published lljr
W. N. BCNNS.
|a WEEKLY DEMOCRATIC) NEWSPAPER,DEVOTED TO INDUSTRY AND CIVILIZATION, j
Terms,
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In Advises-
Volume a.
BUTLEB, GEOKtiU. TUESDAY, OCTOBER I. 1878.
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SBLlSOTlONh,
Peter and the Wolves,
About thirty years ago, a Nor
wegian, named Jan Janaon, came
to this country, and settled in the
back woods of what was then old
Virginia, clearing a farm in the
mountain wilderness near the
Cheat river.
Those mountain fastnesses were
Legal Advertisements [then, as, indeed they are still, ton-
WiU be inserted at the following ratee i anted by the boar, the great gray
Sheriff 8*len, per sqaat-e $3 50
BherifFs mortgage sales 6 00
Application for letters of administration 4 00
Application for letters of guardianship. .4 00
Dismission from administration 6 00
Dismission from guardianship 6 00
Far leave toselllatid ......400
Application tor homestead .. .4 00
Nopoe to debtors and creditors 4 00
bijle of real estate by administrators, execu-
* — and guurdians, per square ° nlx
3 00
Sale of perishable property, ten days.. ..2 Of
Eatray notices, 30 days (H),
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due on the first appearance of tha advertise
ment will be presented when the money is
heeded.
THE BUTLER HERALD
W. N. BENNS.
Editor fliid Publisher.
; $1.00. Feu Annum.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 1st 1878,
LANIER HOUSE,
B- DUB, Proprieto,
MACON, — — — GA.
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THIS HOUSE i« now provided with every
necessary convenience for the accommodation
and comfort of its patrons. The location if
desirable aud convenient to the business por
tion of the city.
Th. Tables
Have the best the market aflfds. Omni
bus to and irom depot fre^ of charge, bug*
gage bandied free ot charge.
The Bar is supplied with the best winet
-And liquors. - *
' Queby : “Why will men smoke common
tobacco, when they can buy Marburg Bros,
‘Seal of North Carolina,' at the same price ?”
feb 5th-ly.
inpflfnbusiness you can engage* in.
J) JjP £ to $20 per day made by any worker
OI either sex. right in their own localities.
Particulars and samples worth $0 free. Im
prove your spare time at this business, yld-
dress Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine.
a woek in your own town. $5
|OuttU free. No risk. Reader, if
you want a business at which
persons of either sex cau make
great |»ay all the time they work, write for
jmrticulars to H. Hallhtt & Co , Portland
HheuinaitfUi Quiaekly Cured.
“Durunge'B Rheumatic Remedy,”
great Internal Medicine, will positively
care any ease of Rheumatism on the face ot
the earth. Price $1 a bottle, six bottles, $5
bobl by all Wholesale and Retail Druggists
Don"JL fail to send for circular to Helpheustim
& Bentley, Druggists, Washington, D. C.
not easily earned in these
times, but it urn be made
three mouths by uny one
Cither sex, in any part of the country who is
willing to work steadily at the employment
that we furbish. $66 pur week in your
tnwh. Too need not be away irom home
night Ton can give your whole time to the
work or only your spare moments. We have
agents who are making over $20 per d«y. All
who engage at once oan make money fast. At
the present time mouey cannot be made
easily and rapidly ut uny ether business. It
Costs nothing to*try the business. Terms and
$6 Outfit free. Address at once, H. Hai,lkit
A Co., Portland, Maine. Ang.l4-ly.
flfll H Great chauceto make money, if,
UULU»y i can’t get gold yon <
breeab.itUs. We need a person in
town to take subscriptions for the 'nrg< st,
cheapest and best illustrated family publica
tion in the world. Any one em becom e a
RQceasslnl agent. The moat elegant work ot
art given free to scribers. The price i so
low that almost everybody subscribes. v)ue
agent reports making over $150 in a week.
A lady agent reports taking
ben in ten days. AU wn
money fast You oan devote all your time
to the business, or only your spore tim j.
Von need not be away from home overnight
You can de it as well as others. Full par-
tlcnlarH, directions and terms free. Elegant
and expensive Outfit tree. It yon want pro
fitable work seud us your address ut once.
It coat notning to try the business. No one
Who engages fails to make great pay. Ad
dress' ‘• file People’s Journal,'’ Portland
wolf (not the comparatively harm
Icbs cayote of the West), aud even
the panther.
The JanBens were genial, kind-
hearted folks, and counted every
body a neighbor and a friend who
lived within a circuit of thirty
miles,
If Jan or bin wife wero needed
in time of sickness or other emer
gency, they took Peter aud Greta
and set out, leaving the cabin
locked, and the key hung outside,
according to the custom of the
country.
“Some Christian soul,” they
said, “might need shelter and t
meal, and tho beasts could not un
lock the door,”
Fear ot the wild boasts prevent
ed their leaving the children at
home, though the fact, neither
bear nor panther were ever known
to approach a house, and wolves
only in case of extreme hunger.
After living in the mountains
for a few years, tho Jansens be
came convinced that there was no
danger, and grew more careless
They frequently were absent in
the field all day, leaving Peter
and Greta alone in the house. But
they took care never to let the
night fall before their return.
The summer of 1850 was a hard
one in that desolate region for
man and beast. Crops of all kiods,
even inast failed.
As the fall passed and winter
nppruached,the deer actually came
near the cabin in midday, driven
by huuger. Rumors came from
the iar-off farms, that the wolves,
gaunt and hunger bitten, had at
tacked the cattle in the barns.
Ill early December, Jan was
sent to John Supplee, a farmer
living abou t ten miles down the
range. Supplee bad fallen and 1
broke his leg, and Jan who had a
good deal of medical skill,was the
only person who could bandage it
properly.
“You will come with me, Ma
ria,’ ho said to his wife, “so that,
in the case 1 cannot come back be-
lore night, you cao bring the cart
and ox home.”
Maria kissed the cbildron good-
by, “I will be back before sun- i
down,” she said. “You may have
the supper ready, Greta, and Pe
ter may milk tho cow.”
The children spent, the day qui
etly at work building a house for
their hens. The sun was going
down heforo they thought it was
noon. Peter rau to milk the cow
and Greta put the bacon to fry,
and the corn-cake in the entered
skillet among the hot ashes.
“Qniat, quiat, good Spry t"
cried Peter,patting the white spot
in her forehead. “Mother is com
ing,and I have not done my Work.’
Spry stood still. The milk was
strained and put away in the
brown crocks. The cako was link
ed, and waited, smoking by the
fire, but mother had not come.
What is that, Peter ?” Greta
grew white as she caught his arm.
It was a rushing, roaring, hissing
noise, which filled the whole air;
then followed by a deafening,pro-
longod crash, like thunder. Then
there was a silence.
The sky was was blue, the set
ting sun was warm. The birds
were twittering their last goad-
nights before the darkening full.
The two children stood trembling
in the doorway.
“It is an evil spirit,” said Pe
ter, promptly; for the Jansens had
brought all their native supersti
tions with them. “Wehavemade
him angry in some way. Come in
and shut the door.”
The crash had hrought more
trouble to tho children than could
any angry Bpirit. It was a torna
do whioh had crossed the moun
tains five miles to the south, tear
ing up great oaks by the roots,
heaping the ravines with rocks
and fallen trees. It had crossed
the rood on which their mother on
the cart was slowly driveng the ox.
Peter was fifteen, and a stout
boy of his age. He was now shiv
ering and whimpering in the cor
ner like a scared baby. “Mother
is dead I He has killed her I” he
cried.
“Who would kill mother ?” I’ll
go aud find her. Come I Do some
thing Peter (” said plucky little
Greta, tugging at the latch with
her shaking fingers.
“Do ! What can anybody do
when the spirits are out/"
He crouched on the floor and
hid his eyes—then started up. ‘I
knew what I’ll do. They are huo-
gry. In Norway we always set out
a meal for them in winter uights,
My father never done it here.
There was a haunch of vension
bunging to the ralter, but half-
dried. Tho boy laid it ia front of
the fire until it began to crackle
and burn. Greta knelt on the
hearth and watched it. She knew
that this was tile way in which
the angry spirits that filled the
mountains of Norway were appeas
ed; but she thought they hud left
all of these terrible creatures be
hind them.
Peter took up the smoking meat
carried it to the edge of the woodi
threw it down and ran back, h
teeth chattering with terror.
“Como away from the window I
he cried to Greta. “It is death
you look at them.”
Ho throw himself flat on t
bed.
But presently the little g !
crept to the window, “Sure
mother is coming. And they cat
see mo, anyhow, through this
chink,” she thought.
The moon had risen, and threw
“Wolves’’
Peter with one leap reached the
gun. He gave quick, convulsive
shouts ns a boy is apt to do With
great excitement. Wolves ! He
could kill a hundred wolves ! A
different thing from spirits.
He had just time to close the
heavy shutter as the fierce beast
reached the wiudow. Tho door
was already shut. Greta drew the
great bar across it. The kitchea
was full of the smoke of the roast
ing meat, anil the smell madden
ed the famished beast, who each
had tasted but a morsel of the
flesh. •
There Was a window in the
washshed, for which there was no
shelter,
“They will not find it," whis
pered Greta. “The bushes cover
it.”
The children crept noiselessly into
the shed, carrying the gun with
them, their eyes fixed on the quare
open bote, for which they had 110
defense. The barkiug and yelp
ing of the wolves were at the oth
er end oi the house.
But suddenly a crash was heard
among the hushes, and one, two,
a dozen heads appeared at the
open window.
Peter fired. There was a yelp
from two that weie hit, and the
pack retreated for a moment. The
next moment, the whole pack,dis
covering tile opening, rushed to
that side of the house. The win
dow was full of gleaming eyes,and
fierce, open jaws. Again and
again the hoy fired, his sister
leading the guns for him. But
they were too slow. One great
gaunt wolf leaped through the
opening, The others tore at each
other iu their fury to pass. With
out was a dark howling mass.
“To the loft I To the loft I"
shrieked Peter, retreating, still
firing towards the ladder.
But Greta, gone mad with ferrer,
as he thought, rushed past the
wolf, seizing a box, in which she
kept her wax doll, her Sunday
ribbons, and all her most sacred
treasures. It was a heavy box,
but she ’lifted it and carried it to
the ladder. Tho wolf sping at
the boy,but Peter hud the strength
of two nnm that night. He dialt
him a stunner blow on the skull
“A match I Aoh, mein Gott, if
we have ilo match I”
But there was one in the depths
of Peter’s pocket, and the next
minute a small red nia3S was low
ered into midst of the pack. They
stopped to snuff at it. Then was
an explosidn. The big torpedoes
wont otl like a cannon. The crack
ers hissed and sputtered. A daz
zling glare of red and blqe lights
filled tlie room. Pop t Bang I
Bang I Yelps of terror from the
wolves, shrieks of triumph from
Peter, In less than a minute, t^ie
burned and frightened, pack! had
oleared the wiudow aud balted .in
the yard, peter ran down" tbe
ladder, flung another box of mak
ing crackers among them, and.fal
lowed it up by more bullets.
The children at last found means
to barricade the window, and did
not dare to open it until the Sun
was up.
Their father and mother return
ed soon after dawn. Maria, find
ing the road blocked 1 by the fallen
trees, had been forded to go hack
to SuppWs. Jad and she had
walked home across the hills in
the night, full of anxious forebo
dings about the Ohildren,
Petei Jansen is now a middle-
aged man, who went through all
the battles in Virginia; but he is
never tired of telling of the night
when he and Greta fought the evil
spirits with fire-crackers.
blow with his gun. They had
left the powder and shot below.
The boy’s strength was going;the
a spectral light over the open space j open-mouthed beasts wore eudeflv-'
and the dark woods beyond. joriDg, by means of the ladder, to
hittle did the poor hoy think! leap into the ioft. He looked at
that while appeasing the anger of j Greta, who was kneeling before
imaginary spirits, he was what- her box, taking out her gilt-clasp-
ting the appetites of creatures far led Bible.
more fnrmidobl
What were these black, shad
owy shapes tearing at the meat ?
The child’s blood grew Cold in her
veins. The spirits were iodecd
there I They left the meat. They
crept stealthily to the house.
“Wolves I wolves!’ she'shriek
ed. “They are climbing in' at the
window.”
No wander the child had gone
mad.
She sprang to her feet at last.
Peter, seeing what she held in her
hand, gave a wild yell.
The fireworks—the preoioUs
crackers, and candles, and torpe
does,which their father had bought
from the pedlar, to fire off on
GlwtoftWaa day!
I
Influence at' Newspapers.
A school teacher, who had been
a long time engaged in his profes
sion, and witnessed the influence
of a newspaper upon the minds of
n family of children, writes as fol
lows ;
I have found it to be a Univer
sal fact, without exception; those
schoilars of both sexes,'and Of all
ages, who have access to ueWSpW-s
pers at home, when compared with
those who have not, ar^:
1. Better readers, excellent in
pronunci atiou, and ^consequently
read more understaodingly,
2. They are better spellers, and
define words with ease and accura-
ey.
3. They oTjtain practical knowl
edge of geography in almost half
the time it requires of others, as
the newspapers have made thenj
acquainted with tbe location oi the
important places, or nations, their
government and doings on the
globe.
4. They are; better grtiuartaaa
for having become so familiar with
every variety of style in the news
papers, from the common-place’
advertisement to the finished and
classical, oration of the statesmen,,
they more readily comprehend the”
meaning ot the text and constant
ly analyze its construction with
accuracy.
5. They write better composi
tions, using btter language, con
taining more thoughts.oleariy and
correctly expressed,'
6. Those young men who have
for years been readers of newspa
pers are always taking the lead iir
debating societies, exhibiting a
more extensive knowledge upon a
greater variety of subjects, and ex-
p less mg t e r viiws with greater
fluency, clearness and oorreotMow/’