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THE BUTLER HERALD. I’lilillahed l<r W. N. BENM9. WE1JKLY DEMOCRATIC NSWSPAl'F,R,UEVi)Tl£l> TO INDUSTRY AND CIVILIZATION. $ o.VA' dollar a via*. ! In Advance- VOLUME 3, BL'TLBB, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, JUNE 3. 1*79. WHOLE Sl'NHEK 134 Advertising Rates. One sqnrtre one I'WflWlOn #1 00; each Rub» sequent Insertion 50 cents. Oae column,one year . One oolumn, six tn< *nths 50 00 One column, three mot ths * Hnlf oolnmn, 9*10 year Half column, feix months / Half oolumn. three months r Quarter column, one year 'Quarter column, six months 35 on ...60 (HI ...30 00 ...20 00 ...30 00 20 00 g ^nartor column, throe months 12 00 ammuniofttions ofa political character, cl art oles written in alvocacjr or defense of toe claims of aspirants for office, 15 cents per line. Announcement of Candidates SB 00. mir bo found Jle nt UEO l 1'.0 WELL k THIS PAPER ■NEW YORK. Kcwnpavrs Adylhtui Btrooi), where ttdver- “ tiiina coutmcts may bo m.)o for it in (JEO. V. -*L A CO’H BnniAO (10 Sprue Legla Advertisements Will balnscrted •! ths following rales Sheriff Wien, per lepiare *3 Sheriffs mortgage sales o 00 Application for letters ofadmini-tration 4 00 Application for lellira of guar.linuhip. 4 00 lHsmisdino from administration .......6 00 Dismission from guardianship 5 00 Yer leave to sell land 4 00 Application tor homestead 4 00 ftotioe to debtors uud creditors 4 00 sale of real estate by administrators, exbcu- t-irs and guardians, persquar# 3 | l 0 Sule of perishable property, ten days.. ..W ‘K Estray notices, 30 day* All bills for advertising m this paper arc due on thu tirst appeurunoe ol tho advertieA-- maut will l>f presented when the money in needed. THE BUTLER HERALD. \V. N. lfttiliKH. Editor aud l J ui.aiiur. TUESDAY JUNE 3rd 18/9. Tliu New Testament. We lovs the books of Mat new, Ol Mark, and Luke and John; liio Ulu oi tHd our haMuns iu wnui they dwtli upou. The Acts und iheu the li nn ms; G.uuUuus muu Lpheslaus, i>nug ciijiot io y u uuJ me. rhillippiau* and Colossiaus Are uexi iu order lie.e; Theaealomaufc und timothy, In twain they both appear; Then Titus aud Philemon, And Hebrews, rich in truth, With James and two of Peter, instruct all age aud youth. John writes to little children, And gives cpimios three; While J ado discourses plainly Of want wo all should bo. Tiie last is Revelation, To ull the nations «ent; Aud thus we have completed The whole New IWmneut. —Airis Yo,k Observer. The Mislaid Letter. BY EDMUND 0. HUBBELL. A quarter of it century ago, my uncle, the moot prominent individ ual in the village of Fairweather, unusually drove himself along thu aide, and no person to interrupt or overhear what I should whisper! Five generous miles, along a bean* tiful drive, bounded by hedges amt rose bowers, anil not a aonnil to disturb my cherished confession. I was timid. I feared I should not have the conrage to toll her what I had so often dreamed. For months I had longed to tell her of my lore, but was too fearlul, cow ard that I was. The night before the eventful day, my heart began to fail me but asl had resolved that the mor-* handed it to her when nIio mount In the forest where tho picnic! w hioh 1 should surely weary of roving and long Ihr rest. I did not go down to the cottage again, but wrote a note to Mrs. Harper, telling her of my depart ure, leaving her fn suppose that it was ray uncle’s death which made Fairweather so distasteful to me. I begged that she would continue to live at the cot'uge upon the old terms, as though my uncle had been alivejtlien I added:“My kind had been held, and between the dances of the evening, when we were alone, I had n"t nnee muster ed sufficient conrage to put my lit tle question, and I knew I should not now. How thankful I wa, that 1 had written the letter. A bright idea seized me when Lucy handed me the satchel, whioh I acted upon at once. 1 knew she would open it that night, nnd I row should.not come nnd go with, ot^i Lu<a llhnwing of my love, I conreivedaplan by whioh to make sure of myself by writing a note, which I would slip into her hand at'tbe last moment if my ipeecb failed me. A good ideal I waited until my uncle had retired, and then open ed my desk, and spread a eheet of paper before mo. I found no diffi culty in penning the worde now that Lucy's face was not near to confuse me. Unit Lawn Mansion, June If.. "My Dear Lacy:—I am a euw- iucl; but you surely have guessed my suiry. Your presence makes it impossible for me to speak; and i now tell you with my pen, what I am su anxious you should know took the letter, slipped it between j regardsto Lucy/' and that was all. the slippers and the bnws, and I Two years after, I received news '— 1 “ • 1 -- L ' • iol Mrs. Harper’s death; and later, ed to the seat as though nothin had happened. It was, I feared, quite ble lor me to tell her that 1 loved her, though my heart burned. We talked only on general subjects, sometimes with long, silent inter vals betweeu the remarks, until we reached "Bower Cottage." When I had lifted Luey down from tho vehicle, us we stood for an instant at the gate, with her hunt! in mine, Icuuld not apeak a word fur thinking of the loiter; but I summoned conrage to bend down to kiss her. Bne uvndud my lips with u laugh, drew bur hand away, turned and run up ih guidon walk. On arriving at Oak Lawn, 1 found great distress inside, for my uuel that Lucy had refused to live in Ihu cottage; and, as her mother'), impose!-)annuity had died with the old la- —ihar 1 love yon, darling, betterjhad been seized witlra lit of appa llin'. my own existence—und de- j>| e xy and two doctors were iu ut ile you for my wife. I have nev er doled to tell you this—-perhaps, In can-e tlice are too many reasoue why you should dot return my af- fecih-n. If you find it impossible to gne me any hope, k-*op silence 'aiding this letter when we next ol, und 1 will know what is mount. This is a strange love let ter, I iear; but it contains an ex pression of the feelings of my in most heart, “Harlan Danvers." This I sealed and consigned to my puoket, feeling secure, in the over.t ot my cmistitntiupul weak ness rendering me dumb. The mortiiug arose bright and snnny. I took the letter from my pi cket, and turned it over a dozen times during the morning, aud 1 felt contented as I- looked at my dernier resort. 1 bad only to slip this note into Luoy’s band find all would bo well. The conveyance was at the door at two o’clock, and my jolly uncle stood in the door to see me depart. Probably he guessed, from the un set upulouo oare with which my toi let had been performed, and possi bly a more than ordinary sheep- j ishness in ray manner, that this by-ways io a vehicle, built for, tho i was to be a momentous day in my accommodation of two person, only, ! B “ reer - for ^ waived hi. hand and and drawn by one horse. ' " ,8h " d me 8ucoe8s 1 drovo This original equipage l had re solved to borrow, to drive the ac knowledged bt-llo of Fairweather, pretty Lucy Harper, the best and most charming lass in the neigh borhood, to the picnic and danco at Sea Beach Grove, to which both were invited. Lucy was an only ohild. Her mother had met with reverses of Jortuns, but. my uncle, b.eased with unlimited means, gave them th»* little Bower (Jot'uge to dwell in, Tent free, and so the two contrived to live on the pension in the right of tier ui.sbaud's past military ser vitude. Five miles through the soft, sil- I Lucy was waiting. I cannot des cribe her dress. Of course it was the very perfection of feminine at tire with a dash of color and airy lightness about it that reminded one of the clouds drifting across the sky on a summer day. It was an enchanting drive, and a delightful season of tocial enjoy ment followed, succeeded by games and dances. It was eleven o'clock when we were ready to depart. She handed me a little leather satchsl, in which she hrpught the daintiest little black satin sandal ed slippers that ever trod the ma zes of a country dance, and some of those knots of ribbons wilhwbich vh moonlight wiih Lucy by my »he added to her bewitching toilet. tendance. I weut at on»e to bin roof n. It was hut too evident, even be fore the doctor confirm, d my sur mise, that the old man had rec iv- ed 11is death stroke lie imd dined as usual alter my departnie, and seemed quite in his ordinary ln*al i h; but ut eight o'clock,when William carried.iu his coffee, lie brand him lying back in his chair unconi ions. He lingered through the next day, and before evening 1 found time to run down to the cottage to tell them of my uncle’s danger,and to receive my answer. I felt very calm when talking to Lucy’s mother; but. when my dar ling came into the room, my nerves were affected as u*ual. 1 did not hold out ray hand, as I felt to-day the first advance must come from her. . She greeted me with a liltlu bow, certainly colder than usual, and sat down upon a chair apart. There was no hope, then. My poor letter was not worth a glance, or a smile of acknowledgement. A sudden dimness crossed ray eyes, and when it cleared, I seaiclied her countenance closely—it was somewhat pale and averted. “Lucy is tired after her day of pleasure,” said her mother. Lucy seized the excuse and she said she would go and rest if 1 HUSwered this, Lucy; “Yei dy, and Lucy was compelled to ex ei t herself, she bought for and ob tained the position of village school mistress This news was distressing to me, and I wrote at once to my lawyer to induce her to return to the cot- *age; but this met with a positive refusal. That 1 understood to be further pivot that she had uo love for mo. i 1 wandered through many hinds; my shyness departed, and I was ahl«* to look bath ut my old awk- wnrdnesR. But still the memory of Lucy haunted me. I did not doubt but that she whs now the wife of some one whom she loved as she could not love me, ami I thought if I could see her in this position my curving for her presence would cea so. Five years lmd rolled into the past, uud 1 thru returned to Fair- weather. I was ranch changed by expo sure to thu weather, and none of my iorinsr friends recognized me. I passed the village school house mii I longed to stop one fre*hj cur-' U*y headed urchin ami ask him who was the mistress now; hut 1 dared not, as all eyes were upon Idly I sauntered about the old place renewing my acquaintance with the familiar spots endeared to me by many associations. On the second evening of my ttay I strolled round to tho empty wour, d*d.^Columbus Ti siab'e«, and there in the coach room I came upon tho old chaise which 1 hud never seen since the day I had driveo Lucy to the pic nic. How vividly it all came back to me—the memory of the drive, of Lucy’s evasion of my kiss, aud of her uiuniiBr the next day. I laid my hand fondly on the old vehicb* in which we had driven side by side; I even liftrd the mil dewed cushions tendeily. Behind one “f them I felt something What could it be? It wtyi a lit tle leather satchel, blue with mold recour.ize.1 me nt ohbn, ..turfed, fl'iBhed nr l drew near; but before I reached her, her face bad grown paler. I took iter blind—it trembled ffently in mine; hut neither spoke. Then I pave her the satchel. “I came to feature your satchel,’’ I mid. "Yen left this in mT un . ole's chaise five years Ago. I put something inside fur you to read then; it is there uow. Will yon read it, and let rue come back to you in an hour? Phe consented nnd I turned awav und left her. The moon shone brightly when I went buck to Lucy, She had been weeping, and tlm mildewed letter lay open upon her knee. Sim looked up at U10, and her clicks flushed warmly through her tears. 1 sat down, by her side. “You m will you?” After all this tfuir?” she said. itoop- I took hnr hand in fnine,'and I s ed aud kiased Imr. "Is your«iiKwer)thefame'notr in' it would have been then?” “V.IS,” aim answered, for I lmve>/- ways loved you u „d only yon; tho 1 ' at onetime your conduct seemed 'moat cruel.” “Only seemed, Lncv?” “Only seemed," ani'.l »|,e nmi ing. Two Brothers Killed it. Kingston. Atliinta, May 23-A special to the Constitution says: At Kingston this morning, Thompson and Joseph Morris brothers, violated a town ordinance by firing pistols. Burroughs, the town marshal, collected a dollar fine from each, and Thompson Morris followed Burroiigha to the ilopot end slapped ilia lace. Bur roughs drew a slick. Joseph Mor ris snapped his pb,i„| at Burroughs who commenced firing on his as- sailanls'aiid retreating across the railroad tracks, the Morrises ad vancing and emptying tl.eii pistols then throwing roiks until both fell liom wounds. Thompson died in thirty minutes, Joseph is mortully A Aan ew Escape. On Sunday afternoon last, the South-bound passenger train be tween Louisville and Nashville descried an iron rail fastoned across the track, just in time, by levers- mg the engine and using «!| j tg break power’ to stop wjifiin „ , BW feet of tho obstruction, and to see a small negro heeling j, lu .„ a . ly away. H e »•„. siiheequ-ntly arrested by a dete.divo an I Indued in jail. The traiu hail three hiin- dred passengers aboard, und the , ami crushed flat with long lying "’’gm had arranged his dead fall would excuse her. 1 opened the j un ,| er .he cushion, where Lucy I ^ 1,r a 8 «riulis catastrophe. vVo tr'ilst door, and bowed as cold as she did mUHt have I naked it for safety. My I ,de State will find him steady eiu- o. tKr«..„i. huurt was iu my mouth as IopeD-: payment for tho remainder </f h ff ed it. There lay the blue bows— I lla y*. at reduced wages Macon alas blue no longer; there the tiny | Telegraph, slippers, and between them, tuy herself, as she passed through So that was the end. I had my answer. 1 was refused. She des pised my offer. My uncle died at midnight; and in a lew days I found myself no longer noor and landless, haring come into possession of my uui le s fine estate. 1 mourned my uncle's death honestly, and felt no joy in my uewly acquired wealth, lecame Liiqv would not share it with m*. I could not stay in Fairweather, I bated tbs place. I would trawl; that was a balm for hurt minds. letter she had never read, neveri , “Whitheravo you bound? sail , . ~ ’ John Mouro, as ho slood in tin. ,1„„L seen, or even heard oft way of his establishmonl, and saw Id. And all of these years whntraust “ l ‘ l ,r * 8l *d Sam Bogers walulngslow- she have thought of mo—I wboj an.rpailid visagol'bcuriSg""^''“• Vw8 hail tolil her of my love in manv 'disease, hastened .« reply. •<[ ££!1 ways? I took the satchel and went, hmoiivo live,'"o','dan, ys? i iook me saicuei ana went tYofn . across the fields to the school house, j lo the olllv . t ^ I discovered ihst she was still • fLu.',!!. Ji',?,! 10 V' in S> eni.l his there, add that no m in called her j Poriaiino, or Tabler’s Uver' ltJlT i" f wife. "" •! ur “h'.v 60 cents, and he period , . , non My relieved. It will on., i. She was leaning over the gats . gepsia,; Sick Uea.la.du. Hearthum" 1 made arrangements for the placei in the still, summer eve .ing—the !.‘’ nt11 : Stomach, and nil dho.du.'s oi",, to be shut up for five years, during ! same sweet, womanly face. She oXi, Oa,** 1 ' by WalK " *