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GIHCIXI DIRECTORY.
"(ienrge N. Lester, Judge Blue Ridge
Circuit^
Thomas F. Greer, Solicitor.
$ TOWN COUNCIL.
J. R. Johnson, President: J. X. Wt
kino. H. Wilson, J, E.F. Smith, G, B. Han*
dull, Secretarr.
o —.
board of education.
J. F, Pettit, President: E. W. Wat
kine, Secretary; W. C. Woodard, Wil
liam Simmon#, W. t. Kackley.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. C. Allen, Ordinary.
I„ M. Greer, Clerk Superior Court.
Wm. Jones, Sheriff.
P. H. Milton, Tax Bee eivir, Colleetor
and Treasurer.
James A. Carnes, Surveyor.
J. R. Johnson, Coroner.
E W. Watkins, School Commissioner.
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J. C. ALLEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELLIJAY, GA.,
Will practice in the Superior Courts of
the Blue Ridge Circuit. Proqtnd attention
given to all business entrusted to his care.
Collections a specialty.
THOMAS F.GREER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELLIJAY, GA.
As Solicitor General will attend regu
larly all the Courts of the Blue Itidge Cir
cuit; also, Supretnc Court of Georgia and
L'.S. District and Circuit Courts. Land
litigation a specialty.
H. R.FOOT
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELLIJAY, GA.
PRACTICES IN THE BLUE RIDGE
A y*iT.°uit. Gives attention to claims
against the United States Government.
Land Agent.
.Parties wishing to buy or sell land in
any of the Cherokee Counties oan address
er oall on him at Kliiiay. 1-tf
E. W. WATKINS. M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
ELLIJAY, GA.
DR. JOHN M. WATKINS,
Physician and Surgeon,
ELLIJAY, GA.
dV Office South side of Public Square
juiio-dm.
J. R. JOHNSON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
ELLIJAY, GA.
Teed#H hi* professional servioes to the
ettlacM of Ellijay and vicinity. Will
promptly aagwer all calls, when ttol pro
(MiioMny jun2l-Iy.
THE EUJJ vrjfilßfili.
VOL. 11.
“GOD KNOWS.”
Oh! wild and dark was the Winter night,
When the emigrant sMp went down,
But just outside of the harbor bar,
In the sight of the startled town I
The w inds how led, and the sea roared,
And never a soul crold sleep,
Rave the little ones an their mothers’
breasts
Too young to watch and weep.
No boat could live in the angry surf,
No rope could reach the laud ;
There were bold, brayc hearts upon the
shore,
There was many a ready hand ;
Wamen who prayed, aud men who strove
W hen prayers and work were vain—
For the sun rose over the awful void
Aud the silence of the main !
All day the watchers paced the sands—
Ail day they scanned the deep;
Alt night the booming minute guns
Echoed from steep to steep,
“Give up thy dead, O cruel sea I”
They cried athwarth the space;
But only a baby’s fragile form
Escaped from its stern embrace!
Only one little child of all
Who with the ship went down,
That night when the happy babies slept
Bo warm in the sheltered town!
Wrapt In the glow of the morning light,
It lay on the shifting esnd,
As fair as a sculptor’s marble dream,
With A shell hi its dimpled hand.
There wre none to tell of race or kin.
“God knowetb,” the pastor said,
W hen the sobbing children crowded to ask
The name’ of the baby dead.
And So when they laid it away at last,
In the churchyard s hushed repose,
't hey raised a stone at the baby’s head
With the carven words—“ God Knows.”
W ritten for The Courier.]
The Drunkard’s Career—What he
Deposits and What he Lose^
No doubt there great many
men in the world well, acquainted
with the evils of intemperance,
but perhaps there are a great
who have dever gummed
up what it costs a man to be a
drunkard—what lie deposits and
what he loses. I will proceed at
once to sum it up:
Ist. He deposits his money and
loses it.
2d. He deposits his time and
loses it.
3d. He deposits his character
and loses it. • .
4th. He deposits his health of
body and loses it.
sth. He deposits his strength
of mind and loses it.
6th. He deposits his many in
dependences and loses them.
7th. He deposits his self-re
spect and loses it.
Bth. He deposits his sense of
right and wrong and loses it.
9lh. He deposits his self-con
trol and loses it.
10th. He deposits his home
comforts and loses them.
11th. He deposits his wife’s
happiness and loses it.
12th. He deposits his childrens’
rights and loses them.
13lh. He deposits his country’s
honor and loses-it.
14th. He deposits his own soul
and loses it.
I hope the eyes of some young
man may fall upon the heading
oi this article; if so, let his soul
drink in what his eyes perceive.
Let him think before he takes the
first glass, and raise it not to his
lips lest he there and then makes
the first deposit. Let him turn
and flee from it as he would from
a wild beast, holding forth the
good cause and influencing his
comrades to follow him that the
rising generation may be a sober
and God-fearing people.
T. H. L.
Morganton, Ga., April, 1877.
■
I have a delight of my own,
and it comforts me, that by de
siring what is perfectly good,
even when we don’t quite know
what it is, and cannot do what
we would, we are part of a di
vine power against evil, widen
ing the skirts of light, and mak
ing the struggle with darkness
narrower-
“ Error Ceases to Be Dangerous When Season in Left Free it/*—Jefferson.
The Spurious Belle Boyd.
Editors of the Baltimorean: —
Your paper of Saturday, April
14th, contained an article copied
from the Houston (Texas) A f,
headed, “Belle Boyd—An Inter
view with the Famous Spy.’ : i>ow,
I certainly am not übiquitous,
and feel tempted to exclaim,
like Rip Van Winkle, “Well,theft,
if she is Belle Boyd, who ara I V
For the past two or three yean
person styling herself “Belle
Boyd, the Rebel Spy,” claiming
Virginia as her birth-place, has
been traveling through the South
ern States, regaling the public
with incidents ©f her exploits in
the Shenandoah Valley, iu con
nection with the armies of Stone
wall Jackson, Banks, Frettient,
McDowell and others.
While I have been queqtly en
gaged with my domestic dnties,
my husband and children,the part
nine years, this woman has beetn
roaming over the country, using
my name, lame and reputation,
taking incidents from an autobi
ography published ten or twelve
years ago, embelislnngand alter
ing it to suit herself, and impos
ing upon the people and public
at large.
To the Masonic lodges she has
represented herself as my father’s
daughter, viz: B. R. Boyd, of
Virginia, a Knight Templar of
good standing, and from *them
has obtained assistance. , The
lodge of which my father Was a
member, Equality Lodge No. 44,
of Marti ns burg, West Virginia,
issued circula\syome months ago
ty throughout the
country regarding this impostor,
and 1 had hoped she would not
be enabled again to impose upon
the order.
1 have forborne taking any no
lle* of the matter, as JUwiLd •
notoriety. With me the past is
in the eternal past, and 1 have no
wish to drag it from the grave in
which it lies buried; but duty to
my sell, family and friends com
pels me to remove from the pub
lic mind the impression that the
vile imposter, to whom I have re
ferred, is or has any claims to the
name of Belle Boyd,
Late of Virginia.
Baltimore, April 19,1877.
Put Life into Your Work-
A young man's interest and
duty both dictate that he should
make himself indispensable to lus
employers. He should be so in
dustrious, prompt and careful that
the accident of his temporary ab
sence should be noticed by his
being missed. A young man
should make his employer his
friend by doing faithfully and
minutely all that is entrusted to
him. It’s a great mistake to be
over-nice or fastidious about
work. Pitch in readily and your
willingness will be appreciated,
while the “high toned’’ young
man who quibbles about what it
is and what it is not his place to
do, will get the cold shoulder.
There is a story that George
Washington once helped roll a
log that one of his Corporals
would not handle, and the great
est Emperor of Russia worked as
a shipwright in England—to learn
the business. That’s just what
you want to do. Be energetic,
look and act with alactrity, take
an interest in your employer’s
success, work as though the busi
ness was your own, and then let
•your employer know that he may
place absolute reliance in your
work and on your act. Be mind
ful; have your mind on your bus
iness; because it is that which is
going to help you, not those out
side attractions which some of
the "boys” are thinking about.
Take a pleasure in work; do ndl
go about it in a listless, formal
manner, but with alacrity and
cheerfulness, and remember that
while working thus for others,
you are laying the foundation of
yourowu success in life. J|
ELLIJAY, <JA„ MAY 12, 18fcfc
y Male Flirtations. -
A man has no right to sport
with the feelings of a young wo
man,' though he stops short of
positive prhmise{Jp Vanity is gen
erally the tempter in this case; a
desire to be regarded as being
adijjjiij’ed by the wonlfcn—a very
despicable species of Vanity, but
frequently greatly mischievous,
notwithstanding. You do not,
indeed* actually, in so many
worfcp, promise to marry ; but the
general tenor of your language
and has that mean
ing. You know
ing js so and if you
hay|f no such meanuig—if you be
fixed, by qome previous engage
ment will), or greater liking for
a.,QtoSer—if you know you are
here thekeed of disap-
ppifUfuent—and if you, keeping
yotif. previous engagement or
greater liking a secret, persevere,
in *fijte of the admouitions of
Conscience, you are guilty of iflf*
liberate deception, injustice and
cru3ty; you make to God an un
grateful return endow
m *#*. which have enabled you
to achieve this inglorious and mi
maftjy triumph ; and if, as is fre
quently the case, you glory in
suoi triumph, yoiMuayLave per
son,pches, talents.to excite envy,
bufcißvery just and qumaue man
wi|fiMt or yoijr heart.
■Hup Demiekt, a wealthy
nvnbfacturer of Flushing ave
nu| Brooklyn, who had
daughters. Mary, Anne'
Phf-lipetie, arrested lor graflu lar
ceily ih going from hie house
wJu-ing their clotting, hjs prop
erty, without his consent, was on
WftlHfesday himself arrested on
ill# charge of assault aniMiatlery.
: Hf. rharried Miss Katritp. Phyfe,
.scautifjul young girl I who had
been engaged to Phillip Deli
hart, Jr., Ins son. In December,
just before Mrs.‘Dtpliert’s death,
she called Miss Phyfe and her son
to her bedside atjd had their
promise to marry each other. In
February Phillip’s father surpris
ed him and his sisters by intro
ducing to them as hi? own wife
and their step-mother the lady
Phillip was to marrg. The child
ren quit the house and went to
their aunt’s. Learning that their
mother had a separate estate, in
which they were entitled to
share, they consulted a lawyer.
The father hearing of it had them
arrested on a charge of larceny.
His arrest followed and he was
bailed. Mr. Denhert, in a card
to a German newspaper, declares
that his wile did not love his son,
although the marriage was in
tended, and that she chose him in
preference.
A young man who lives on a
farm near Bophara, Australia,
lately went to sleep on a sofa
after a hard day’s work, and had
been lying there some time when
he got up and went outside. His
companions observed that he
walked with a staggaring gate,
but little notice was taken of the
matter, as they expected him to
rejoin them immediately. The
somnambulist, for such he was,
passed through three or four
gales, untying the fastenings,
which are made of rope, and
made his way to tire woolshed.
There he hung his coat upon a
nail, took down a p;<ir of shears
he had been using in the day
time, and preceded to sharpen
them. He next caught a sheep,
and had just finisheoshearing it,
when he by the
sudden arriva-jgMHMffidw. who
had t'omo a:vh
Mm.
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Sow Mrs. Hayes Looks.
[Cincinnati Commercial.l
Mrs. Bayes is of medium height
and squarely built. Her head
and features are large. So is her
waist, and her hands and fed ati
in proportion. She has a magnif
icent. suit of hair. It is so heavy
and black, and is dressed sO
smoothly, that in the day tune it
looks dark and precise in con
trast with her clear olive com
plexion. The most prominent
feature of her face is the mouth,
which is large (the jaw is as broad
as a man's) and conspicuously
filled with strong white teeth ;
lips are particularly firm and full,
with the jaw indicating decision
of character and an ardent tem
per a men l. The forehead is broad
i r.
and smooth, and eyebrows are
regular. The eyes are largd but
deeply set, and are of that pecu
liar gray which does not mean a
twilight depth of bine, or an
azure light of gray. They are a
decided admitting of all the
steel tints from that of cold metal
to the gleam and glitter of the
polished ore. In the glow of in
tense feeling such as animated
her on Inauguration Day and at
her first public reception, her
eyes looked as black as night,
and they had such a lustre at is
rarely seen. She made no effort
to conceal her delight.
ik.-
A Towj Without Winter,
Penn., where have had no
fcinler this I yea* It is on the
Bruce Itog&gp’ flpn. In drilling
a well theystruck a vein of gas at
a dfptli of 300 feet. The flow was
so powerful that work had to be
stopped. The gas was lighted
and from October until February
it illuminated thecountry around.
The jieiju were from, |>rejv(y r flX#.
to forty feet high, and were seen
twenty miles away 1 . The heat
generated bv Hie burning gas so
affected the temperature of the
locality that flowers, berries and
all kinds of vegetation natural to
the soil flourished up to the day
that the gas was shut off. Cows
browsed around the burning well
and “garden truck” was raised.
The gas is now being brought in
pipes to Bradford to furnish fuel
for machine shops and founderies
and it will be eventually used to
light the town. The roar of the
well can be heard at night at
Bradford.
Here is another ghost story
from England, this time from Al
dershot. For some time past the
sentries on two outlying posts
have been frightened to death by
the appearance at night of two
spectral looking figures. These
figures, glowing with phospho
rus and otherwise alarming to the
superstitious, are in the habit of
suddenly manifesting themselves
making tremendous springs of ten
or twelve yards at a time, and
upsetting the wretched sentry
before he has been able to collect
himself sufficiently to oppose
earthly arms to his ghostly visi
tants. The latter do him no bod
ily injury, contenting themselves
with upsetting the poor man,
after which they misteriously dis
appear. So great has beer, the
panic that it has been found nec
essary to post double sentries,
and these have lately taken to
loading with ball. Whether the
rifles have been tired ornotisnot
known, but the posts are still
haunted. Neither have such pre
cautions as sending out pickets
to explore the neighborhoocbbeen
of any avail. It is supposed that
the alarm has been caused by
two practical jokers provided
with powerful springs to the
heels of their boots.
, At a printers’ festival, recent
the following toast was offer
ill.: “Woman, second only to the
Qhffifciuatiou of news.”
JLfw Wadi Won lh> Heiretf.
| X sw Yack Herat*.}
• Miss Clara Taysr, £*gbt©v>f
the late William Taylam* wealthy
tinsmith, 4ho fYtidefr at No. 804
Bedford .avenue, and qa hair©—
in her sightof sloo,oo<M* caused
* Outlet of ofteitemiaat in frtit
a lawyer of this city, ber !me
an lmotiwr.irrid marrying a youqg
man ntama/1 VVQI lar WaJLa.
•aamaa iiiauivu won id ff AUO
The
day school and a manufacturer of
flavoring extracts, made Him
Taylor's acquaintance through a
sidewalk flirtatiou,fcd lie beirtg
of fine pretence and gifted with
attractive manners, won the af
fections of tile lady, and persua
de<l her to marry birt. Wbe ac
companied him to the house Of
one of his relatives, the ceremony
was performed and they departed
no. 22.
for Philadelphia, hot caused ' a
notice of the wedding to bw ad
vertised in a Brooklyn paper a
day or two ago. On this clew the
family lawyer, Mr. T. Jackson,
N. 45 Broadway, WiUiamsbmp,
visited Fliiladelphia,and oa Fri
day obtained, from the newly
wedded couple a stipulation that
the principal of lior fortune
Should remain intact for the ben
efit of her children, retaining to
themselves only the ' interest*
Mrs. Taylor has been snshoched
by the elopement of ha*daugh
ter that she ha* decided-to Jteave
Williamsburg, and for that puN
pose the elegant mansion hud all
its contents will be sold-at auc
tion on Tuesday next. Mr. Rene iff
also suffering deeply at the treats
ment he thus received from the
fair, but to him false young lady:
Bom Tweed Confesses.
New York is profoundly agita
ted by the confessioh ef Boss 1 '
Tweed, disclosing the tacts ofeft-'
nected with ffie enortndns specu
lations of the so-called Tammany
Ring on the city treasury. Tweed
has given tire names Of his part
ners in guilt, and declares that
the fugitive ex-Mayor was an ac
tive participant in the thefts, and
received ten per cent, of the steal
ings. This is the reason why lie’'
left, but if he remains in England
lie is liable to extradition.
The operations of the ring con
sisted; in the main; of corrupting
all public contractors by induc
ing them to Or three
prices for their labor and sup
plies, and then dividing the ex
cess among themselves. The
common idea is that the city, in
this way, was plundered out Of
five or six million dollars at least.
Tweed’s confession lias doubtless
stirred up the ring politicians in
a lively way.
Gen. Grant has been visiting
his Missouri homestead.* which is
about five miles out of St. Louis.
It was the home of tire Dent fam
ily, and it was there that Lieut-
Grant, when on duty at Jefferson
barracks, not many miles distant,
wooed and won Julia B. Dent,
who hag made him such a devo
ted wife. After he resigned bis
commission Mr. Dent gave the
young couple Sffacresof timber
land, and the future General and
President used to chop wood, pile
it up in cords and haul it to St.
Louis, where he would drive
about the streets until he *dould
find a customer. He found it
hard, however, to make both
ends meet, and endeavored iii
1855 to get appointed county-sur
veyor, but the justices of the Su
perior Court preferred another
candidate. —Charleston Newe and
Couriir.
A lady on Washington street,
who is enthusiastically Republi
can, named her canary bird Jkn
Blaine. He did not sing mticb,
but she loved him' tenderly until
last,Saturday she discovered that
Jim Blaioe had laid an egg. Now
she declares that no dependence
can be placed on a politician.—
Rome Sentinel.
1m carving a turkey in the pres
ence of strangers, it is a breach of
etiquette to stop more than twice
to spit on your hands and. get a
uew hold.
