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EItIDAY, DECEMBEB 11,1874.
T. V.. GANTT, Editor and Prop.
SWEETMEATS.
W histling girls and crowing hens
ar to be dreaded.
Why is a side-saddle like a four
quart jug ?—Because it holds a gall-ou.
Mrs. Fred Grant is twenty years
old; but she has been so only three or
four years.
stress. They find it hard out there to
beat the D.
A mother-in-law is nota heavenly
body, but she has been known to eclipse
a honey-moon.
The lash that man does not object
to have laid on his shoulders—The eye
lash of a pretty girl.
A, in his honeymoon, calls his
wife his saint; B, ten years married, sad
ly echoes his ain’t.
Dark eyes show power, light ones
gentleness, and gray eyes sweetness —
that is they do in women.
A Michigan woman has just made
her ninth husband the happiest man in
the world—for a month.
When you hear a row next door
it is a sign that the mother-in-law is
paying a visit to the family.
And now comes a Cincinnati
man with a suit for divorce on the ground
that his wife insists on sleeping in her
corsets.
California housewives describe so
da as that “ ’ere stuff you put in biscuits
to make them get up and Grecian bend
themselves.”
A paper has this advertisement:
“ Two sisters want washing.” We fear
that millions of brothers are in the same
predicament.
A girl with four legs is on exhibi
tion at Lynchburg. At the present high
price of shoes no one but a millionaire
could afford to marry her.
Why are the ladies the biggest
thieves in existence ? Because they steel
their petticoats, bone their stays, crib
their babies, and hook their dresses.
A Colorado paper says: “ The
(’anon City girls don’t take kindly to
croquet. They say it is too high-toned
for them. Leap frog is their best hold.’
Secretary Bristow* has had occa
sion to rebuke several female clerks in
his department for sitting with their feet
up against the window* sills during lunch
hours. He says he can’t stand it!
—< — A Lowell mill girl the other day
said to a director, who wished her to con
sent to a reduction of wages: “ Before
I’d do it, I’d see you and your graspin’
set in hell, pumpin’ thunder at three
cents a clap.”
A young man in Fairfield, lowa,
received a letter from his girl last Sun
day, and five minutes after reading it
shot himself dead. Every woman in the
town would give ten years of her life to
know what the letter contained that made
the young man feel so.
A Brooklyn woman sues her hus
band for divorce, one of his trifling
offences being the entering of the room
in which she was sleeping, with alighted
candle in his hand, which he held in a
position so that a drop of melted tallow
fell into her eye.
A Lexington man went home the
other evening, and found his house lock
ed up. Getting in at the window, with
considerable difficulty, he found on the
table a note from his wife : I have
gone out; you will find the door key on
one side of the door step.”
—: — A policeman in Chicago, passing
a house one night recently, heard a wo
man screaming, “O, Henry, Henry,
come here quick I Susan! Mother I The
baby !” Gallantly breaking in the door
and rushing up stairs, the officer found
that the baby had just cut a tooth.
The Total Ellipse in Africa.—A
copy of the Cajji Argus gives the follow*
ing account o i the ideas of the natives
regarding the recent eclipse: “In Natal
tlie Zelus stopped work when the eclipse
began, and resumed when it was overf
tUnanding two days’ wages, the eclipse,
opinion, lwaa a. short
'light. At the diamond fields the na
tives rushed out of their claims, horror*
<Vieken. and said the sun was dying.
e grandest living tableaux ever seen
v?is the great gathering of horror-strick-
J n nudes watching, with fearfully round
ad and glaring eyes, mouth open, and
saieers pointing at what they believed to
his ne dying momenta of the almighty
Uristowv, whose majesty is the only God
spdnsibbiv. The effect of the eclipse on
of the natives, as depict-
We had countenances, was terrible,
ihiv. from oi*-grouped, together on the
Burke, ot A the Kopje, silent and awe
book-sc Her 'bey knew nothing of the
as clever, hit that preceded the darkness;
upon their labors silent ly as
the night, and it was not until
>f the mines presented a sul
•pearanee that they left their
IN A GHOST SHOP.
A Visit to tho Home of the Eddy Family.
Mr. Brown, the mind reader, thus de
scribes in the New Haven Palladium
what he did and saw during a recent
visit to the Eddys :
I passed with a friend, who accom
panied me, and when he asked me what
I thought of it, I told him I thought it
all a humbug, and believed that the so
called spirits got in through the little
window in the closet. The next morn
ing I taok aladder and climbed up the
window from the outside. [The hall is
Jn the second story.] I found the little
square window had been carefully cov
ered with mosquito bar, the edgings and
crossings of which had been thoroughly
sealed with sealing-wax, and stamped
with the seal ring of Colonel Olcott, the
Daily Graphic correspondent, who has
weighed the incarnated spirits on Fair
banks’ scales. In order to make sure, I
placed pins in the cracks of the sash at
regular intervals, pushing them in so
far that they couldn’t be easily discover
ed. I left the window, feeling sure that
no one could pass through that window
without disturbing something. I after
ward learned that the brothers are per
fectly willing that persons should watch
this window from outside during the
manipulations, and that many have done
so without result. Going inside, I en
tered the closet and thoroughly inspected
it, finding it a very simple structure of
frame, lath and plaster, with no loop
holes, secret passages or trap doors. To
be sure, I put pins in all the floor cracks,
covering them with dust so that the
boards could not be moved without dis
turbing them. I then went to Wm.
Eddy and easily obtained permission to
enter the closet that evening just before
he did. Then I waited.
At 7:30 the scene was announced, and
we all went up. After all were seated
I went into the closet and found all my
pins just where I had put them. I ham
mered the sides thorougly, but discov
ered nothing like fraud. I then slowly
backed out of the door to my seat, keep
ing the door constantly before my eyes.
Now, said I, the battle must be at the
door, if anywhere,- Very soon William
Eddy entered the closet, and in five
minutes the blanket was lifted and a
face peered out. Immediately after the
blanket was again lifted and another
face looked out, and this action was
closely followed by the appearance upon
the platform of an old gentleman, dress
ed in old style, who soon returned. A
voice from within then said : “Will Mr.
Pritchard and Mrs. Packard take seats
upon the platform ?” These persons,
guests like myself, took their places on
the platform. Soon the blanket was
lifted, and a little old woman, with very
white hands and a long white gown,
came out. She was at once recognized
by Mrs. Packard, who said, “Mother,
how do you do this evening?” In ans
wer the little woman whispered so that
all could hear, “ I am very happy.”
She then took her daughter by the hand
and kissed her. Mr. Pritchard stepped
up to the other side of her, and the
three talked together for several minutes,
when the old lady desired to be intro
duced to the guests. Her daughter pre
sented her as “my dear mother, come
back to earth.” The old lady disap
peared behind the blanket, and at once
there appeared a stalwart, fine looking
young man with a heavy mustache.
Said Mrs. Packard ; “William, my son,
how lovely you are looking,” and then
took hold of him and kissed him. He
then went back, and in two minutes
there appeared a tall old gentleman,
who was at once recognized by one of
the guests as his father. Said the son :
“Good evening, father,” and the old
gentleman answered, “Good evening.”
Several other persons appeared before
the end of the scene, which was closed
with the appearance from the door of
Mrs. Eddy, the deceased mother of the
Eddy brothers, who spoke at some
length, saying that she was sorry that
her sons were unable to convince people
of their honesty; and that she hoped all
would see and understand the great
truth. Before she came out many had
appeared in quick succession, who had
MU recognized as fathers, mothers,
brothers, or some near deceased relative
by Many in the audience, who came to
tike bouse as I came, and some of whom
have gone away to their homes. * *
Something claiming to be George Dix, a
pirate, held up his hand saying : “This
is my hand.” It has but three fingers.
Horatio Eddy has lost no finger. Next a
lady 's slim, white hand was thrust over
the cloth and patted the assisting guest
on the forehead. He said: “This is
my daughter’s hand. I should know it
anywhere. This is worth thousands of
dollars to me.” * * * *
Thd Eddy brothers say that the great
spirit,, the Witch of the Mountain, will
be here in November, and that she will
be powerful enough to materialize fish
out of the elements of water, and and o
many other wonderful things which can
be dosely inspected. It is said that she
found Horatio trying to build a fire the
other day, and set the damp wood blazing
by throwing a dipper full of water upon
ft. But this I did not see. Some, of
couse, who are spiritualists, believe that
the appearances were materializations
of the dead. To many others the whole
is a deep mystery, inexplicable as yet.
Of tbe latter I am one.
Nearly Smothered in a Coffin.
The exceedingly narrow escape from
being buried alive (aud it was a case of
smothering in a coffin) experienced by a
young woman in Montreal last week,
ought, perhaps, to go far toward neutral
izing the opposition which the crema
tionists are encountering. It appears
that the lady was taken suddenly ill,
and after two days’ sickness was pro
nounced dead by the attending physi
cian. Three days afterward the body
was noticed to be in a wonderful state
of preservation, but the funeral was
proceeded with. When the procession
arrived at the cemetery, the coffin was
taken to the Morgue in order to gratify
the wishes of a bosom friend of the de
ceased, who had come a long distance to
take a last farewell. The request was
complied with, and the coffin lid un
screwed, when, to the horror of all the
corpse was seen to be lying on its side,
the head twisted around facing upper
most, the grave clothes disarranged,
while the left arm was drawn up as
though to support the body, as if the
unfortunate woman had been leaning on
it in an ineffectual and terrible struggle
for breath. The sight was heartrending
in the extreme, and the unfortunate hus
band of the deceased gave way to the
wildest manifestation of grief. Another
gentleman, with his wife and her sister,
who had been burying a child, happen
ing to be present. The ladies were so over
come by what they saw as to become
hysterical. They were speedily remov
ed to a hotel, where restoratives were ap
plied. It is supposed the deceased had
been lying in a trance, and was brought
to life through the jolting of the horse
while on the road to the cemetery. The
name of the victim is suppressed for
manifest reasons, but there appears to be
no reason for doubting the truth of the
report.
have lived with the defendant for eight
years. Does the court understand from
that that you are married to him ?” “ In
course it does.” “ Have you a marriage
certificate?” “Yes, your honor, four
of ’em—three gals and a boy.”
Gardening for Ladies.—Make up
your beds early in the morning; sew
buttons on your husband’s shirts; do not
rake up any grievances; protect the
young and tender branches of your fam
ily ; plant a smile of good temper in
your face; carefully root out all angry
feelings, and expect a good crop of hap
piness.
An Atlanta man advertises for a deep
red cow, with over half a crop in each
ear. \Ve were under the impression that
there was only a two-thirds crop made
this year.
_ MISCELLANEOUS.
LOOK HERE!
The People’s Store
WILL OPEN ON
Saturday Morning, Dec. 5
The Finest and Cheapest Stock of
Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats,
&.C., ever brought to Oglethorpe county.
Look at the Prices.
BEST CALICOES lOe
Georgia Factory Shirting 9c
Georgia Checks 124 c
Stripes He
Beautiful Worsteds 20c to 45c
Everything else low in proportion.
Lane’s Storehouse, Crawford, Georgia.
JOSEPH HULL & CO..
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants
66 Bay St., SavanAih, Ga.
Refers respectfully to J. W. Lathrop & Cos.,
N. A. Hardee’s Son & Cos., Tison & Gordon,
H. Meyer & Cos., and Milo Hatch, Vice Presi
dent Savannah Bank and Trust Cos.
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Oglethorpe Lands for Sale.
The undersigned offers for
sale, privately, a tract of LAND contain
iug Two Hundred Acres, in Oglethorpe coun
ty, on the waters of Cloud creek—adjoining
E. W. Johnson and others. About Thirty
Acres of said tract is good Creek Bottoms, in a
good state of cultivation—some lands recently
cleared and cultivated one year—about Fif
teen Acres of original Wood Land. Well tim
bered, well watered, and a desirable place.
Please call and examine for yourselves, as I
am determined to sell.
WM. G. ENGLAND.
November 25th, 1874. nov27-4t
J. M. NORTON,
Contractor and Builder
CRAWFORD, GA., IS PREPARED TO
furnish all kinds of Building Material,
such as rough and dressed Lumber, Shingles,
Sash, Blinds, and Doors; also, Laths. Lime,
and Plastering Material. Estimates given of
all classes of Carpenter work, Plastering,
Brisk work, and Painting. oet39-3m
BUSINESS CARDS.
YOUNG MEN
WHO WISH A THOROUGH PREPA
RATION for Business, will find supe
rior Advantages at
Moore's Southern Business University.
Atlanta, Ga.
The largest and best Practical Business
School in the South.
Stndents can enter at any time.
Send for Catalogue to
©ct3o-ly B. F. MOORE, Pres’t.
C. S. HARGROVE
CRAWFORD, GA.,
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Boots, Shoes,
Groceries, Provisions, Etc.
Or, J. H. McLEAN'S PATENT MEDICINES
Be sure to give me a call and examine my
stock if you want to
Buy Goods Cheap!
novlS-tf
STOVES
GRATES, AND
TIN WARE!
To be had Cheap for Cash at
J. C. WILKINS & CO’S,
Broad St., Athens, Ga.
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
WAGONS.
R. P. TUCKER & BRO.,
CRAWFORD, CA. (
Having rebuilt rTTr ...
their Shops, and thor
oughly stocked them withjßS33BGßKte
the best tools and a full supply of the finest
seasoned LUMBER, are now prepared to
manufacture, at short notice, every descrip
tion of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,'ROCK A
WAYS, PH ASTONS, WAGONS, CARTS,
etc., etc. We will also do all manner 01
Blacksmithing and Repairing, am.
guarantee all our work to give perfect satis
faction. pm~ We sell our TWO-HORsF
WAGONS at from S9O to $135, and eve
rything else LOW in proportion. oct9-tf
RICININE
HAIR OIL!
FOR PROMOTING THE GROWTH AND
beautifying the hair, and rendering it
dark and glossy. Price, 25c. and 50c. a bot
tle. Prepared bv
&. T. BRUMBY A CO„
College Avenue, Athens, Ga.
Winter Dry Goods.
TF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY DRY
X GOODS this Fall or Winter, now is the
time, and you will find a good stock to select
from and prices lower than ever at
McMAHAN A STOKELY'S.
CRAWFORD
HIGH SCHOOL!
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J. F. CHENEY, Principal.
Assistant.
Mrs, M. E. CHENEY, Music Department.
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The exercises of this school
will be resumed on MONDAY, 18th of
January, 1875.
RATES OF TUITION.
Per Scholastic Year.
Primary Branches S2O
Elementary “ 30
Higher “ 40
Music 40
Crawford is located on the Athens Branch,
sixteen miles from Athens. It is a healthy
locality. Board very reasonable.
Pupils prepared for any class in College or
for the practical business of life. nov2o-3m
BOOTS AND SHOES
HENRY LUTHI,
CRAWFORD, GA., IS NOW PREPARED
to make, at short notice, the FINEST
BOOTS and SHOES. I use onlv the best
material, and warrant my work to give entire
satisfaction, both as to finish and wear
REPAIRING AND COARSE WORK also
attentecs to. octß*lv
R. E. BRANNAN,
House, Sign, and Ornamental
PAINTER,
PAPER HANGING, GLAZING, CaLSO
MINING, etc. Would respectfully so
licit the patronage of the public. Anv one i
wanting a botch job done can get some' one
w*t<Mv
MISCELLANEOUS.
IF YOU HAVE
Corn, Peas,
Potatoes, Chickens,
Butter, Eggs,
Beeswax, Rags,
Dry Beef, Hides,
OR ANY KIND OF PRODUCE
that will command any price whatever, and
wish to sell it, all you nave to do is to bring
it to
McMahans Stokely
who in exchange will give you
GOOD GOODS
as cheap as they can be bought anywhere at
retail. We mean just what we sav. We will
sell you GOODS of any kind (we Rave)
AS CHEAP
as you can buy them elsewhere, if you will pay
CASH OR PRODUCES
for them. To be convinced of the fact, call
and see for yourself.
NEW GOODS JUST IN!
Remember the Place "^^.
McMAHAN & STOKELY.
KEROSENE
OIL
At 25c. Per Gallon.
FOR SALE BY
R T. BRUMBY & CO.
TO TRESPASSERS.
All persons are hereby for
bidden to trespass upon any of the
lands of Mrs. P. A. P. ADKINS, ofOglethorpe
county. All persons found upon her lands
after this notice, without permission, will be
dealt with according to law.
nov2o-lm Mrs. P. A. P. ADKINS.
SEA FOWL GUANO.
All persons who have not
paid their Guano notes are requested to
call on S. H. STOKELY or A. LITTLE, our
Agents, and pay them.
novl3-3t POLLARD A CO,
JOB WORK
EXECUTED WITH
Neatness and Dispatch
AT THE
ECHO JOB OFFICE.
R. M. SMITH,
DEALER IN
ALL KINDS OF
FURNITURE
LEXINGTON, GA.
Bedsteads, Bureaus Jables Chairs^*
CHAMBER AND PARLOR SETS,
Wood and Metalic
BURIAL CASES,
Lower than can be bought elsewhere in the
place. Give me a call. octl-tf
SUPERIOR ORIENTAL
TOOTH
POWDERS!
FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH AND
Purifying the Breath. Prepared bv
R. T. BRUMBY & CO.,
Druggists and Pharmacists, Athens, Ga.
R. T. BRUMBY & CO.,
DRUGGISTS
AND PHARMACISTS,
DEALERS IN
Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES,
Paints, Oils, Lamps, Glass
Shades, Chamois Skins,
Sponges, Ete., Etc.,
College avenue, between Book Store and P. O.
Special attention given to Prescrip
tion.* at all hours. oetfl-tf
OPERA COLOGNE.
AM ELECAMT PERFUME.
This cologne is manufactured
from Pure Materials, with the greatest
care. Prepared only by
B. T. BRUMBY <L CO.,
Druggists snd Pharmacists Athens.
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