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A ROMANOS OF
HARD WORK.
A STORY OF TRUE MANHOOD.
“ Raymond Thurston, I believe you are
insane.”
As Amabel spoke, her voice had a
sharp quiver of pain as well as anger.
She was very proud of her brother—proud
of his handsome face, proud of his talents
—and she considered that he was about
to degrade himself socially, if not moral
ly, by the stand he had announced him
self to have taken. Seeing her passion
ate outcry had not moved him, she said
pleadingly :
“ Have you no pride left—you who
had all the old Thurston pride once ?”
“ 1 have just so much pride left, Ama
bel,” he answered, “ that I cannot sit
here eating the bread of idleness another
day.”
‘ You know that you are more than
welcome here.”
“I do not know it. I appreciate your
husband’s kindness at its full value, Am
abel. 1 hope the day will come when I
can prove it. And, Sis, I am only too
thankful that you have his true love and
strong arm now, when we have lost so
much. Now, don’t try to hold
me back from honest employment.”
“ But,Raymond, you can surely obtain
some gentlemanly position ?”
“ I have been trying faithfully for six
months, you know with what success.
There don’t look at trie so pitifully. It
will come right one of these days.”
“ I wonder what Bertha Haines will
say when she sees you perched upon the
driver’s scat of an express cart.”
For the first time the forced composure
of Raymond’s face was stirred. A dark
red flush crept into his very hair, and he
rose and walked up and down the room.
Glad to have him moved at last his sis
ter said.
“ With her aristocratic ideas and the
pride that is inborn in her family, she
will never recognize you again, Ray
mond.”
“ Then I must lose the honor of her
friendship,” Raymond said hoarsely.
“ Don’t say any more, Amabel !” And
unable to bear any further remonstrance,
he left the room, and a little later the
house.
The Thurston pride, of which Amabel
had spoken was stinging him sorely, in
spite of the brave face he carried to cov
er it. He was a man of 28, aud his life
had held the pleasure of wealth, the op
portunities money had given for the de
velopment of intellect, for 27 of these
years. His parents died when he was a
boy, and Amabel, his only sister, 15years
his senior, married before she was 20,
and gave her brother a home, whenever
he was not traveling,dr in some seminary
or college. While he considered himself
a rich man, Raymond had accepted this
hospitality as freely as it was offered, and
Amabel’s jewel cast* her husband’s li
brary, and the children's play-room,bore
witness of her brother s generosity. But
suddenly, without warning, there swept
over the country one of the devastating
financial crashes so overwhelming in this
land of speculatidh, and Raymond was
called from Europe by his brother-in
law, informing hirfi that his entire patri
mony had been swept away. luvest
mets that had seemed to the young man,
ignorant in all business details,'as secure
as they were flattering, had fallen to
ruin, and a tew hundred dollars only
were left of what had been a noble for
tune.
At first Raymond did not realize the
extent of his misfortune. He was still
young, well educated, in perfect health,
and surely the world had some niche,
where he could ear%an honest living.
But weeks of seeking for employment
gave him a keener knowledge of his mis
fortune. Friends who had been willing
to smoke his cigars aud drink his wines,
who were yet willing to extend every so
cial greeting, shook their heads when
asked to confide any portion of their bus
iness into his keeping.
Brought up to study, Raymond Thurs
ton at 28 knew absolutely nothing of
business, nor had he studied any branch
sufficiently to qualify himself for teacher.
He tried faithfully jto find some employ
ment, spending what little remained of
his fortune with the lavish hand that had
not learned economy.
Society welcomed him home after two
years of wandering, for Amabel Barclay
kept an open house for her friends, and
Raymond was a favorite in her circle.
Her husband many years older than her
self, had long retired from business with
a large income, and while he gave Ray
mond cordial welcome, had no opportu
nity to aid him in finding occupation.
And Bertha Haynes, the) friend from
whom Raymond parted two years before,
in this renewed intercourse became to
him more than ever a friend. They had
not thought of love in the days when the
girl was a debuits favorite beaux, but when
they met in society, after the long part
ing, some new emotion stirred both
hearts. They did uot know what made
the hours pass so quickly when they
were together, nor recognize the subtle
charm that dealt for each in the other’s
presence ; but a hint to that effect met
one of Raymond’s sternest frowns, such
as had never visited his face in the old
sunshiny days.
“ Never speak of it again, Amabel,” he
said. “I am no fortune hunter to live
upon the money of a rich wife. ill
carve out my own way first.”
But carving out his own way proved
tedious work till, desperate at iiis many
failures, he accepted a position, offered
in jest, of driver to an express wagon. ■
‘‘l do understand horses,” he said “if 11
cannot sell goods or keep books.”
It proved harder work, however, than
in the first flush of his desperation he
had imagined. Not the mere work—that
he soon conqured, but the slights, rude
ness and stares of his old friends. Some
few recognized the true nobility that ac
cepted houest labor rather than an easy
independence upon wealthy connections,
but these were few.
A week passed, when one morning, de
livering some goods at one of the most
fashionable stor t ea on Broadway, as he
went out, Raymond saw Bertha Haines
opening the dotfrof her low carriage. An
impulse made him start forward to hand
her out, only to draw back crimson, with
confusion, dropping the hand he was
lifting to raise nis hat. The sweet, mus
ical voice he loved spoke at once.
“Please, Mr. Thurston, help me with
this obstinate door. It will stick.”
He went forward then, with ail the
easy grace of manner that had ever mark-
BY T. L. GANTT.
ed his intercourse with ladies. The little
gloved hand was extended to meet his as
she thanked him.
“It is too bad you are engaged,” she
said. “I should like to borrow your ar
tistic eye to aid me in selecting a dress
for my reception on Thursday evening.
But you will come and tell me how I
succeeded alone, will you not?”
She said the last words very earnestly,
raising her dark eyes to his face.
“Do you really wish me to come
now ?” he asked.
“ I do l”
“ Then I will come! I must say good
morning,” and he left her with a most
courteous bow.
But while the great express wagon rat
tled down the street, Miss Haines turned
away from the store she had been enter
ing and re-entered her carriage.
“To my father’s,” she said to the dri
ver, and a few moments later the mer
chant looked up from his ledgers to see
his only child, in a faultless walking
dress, entering the counting house.
“ Another check!” he said, moving a
chair to her. “ How much this time?”
“ Nothing? I want to talk to you.
Shut the door so those horrid men can’t
hear me.”
The door closed, and privacy in the
sanctum secured, Bertha astonished her
paternal relative by bursting into a pas
sion of weeping.
“ AVliy Bertha!” he cried.
“ Never mind, papa. It is all over
now. Do you remember what you said
to me when Raymond Thurston asked
for employment here?”
“ Not exactly.”
“ I do. You said that a man raised up
as he had been would want a sinecure ;
that he never would come down to real
work, and that you had no position for a
fine gentleman ; that his offer to take a
subordinate position and learn the busi
ness was simply a farce.”
“ Did Isay all that, Bertha?”
“To me you did. I suppose you dis
missed him politely enough. But, papa,
if you thought him really in earnest,
really meant to work for a living, would
you give him a chance here?”
“ Yes. He has capacity, brains, and
splendid address. But lie has been an
idler all his life.”
“Heis no idler now. He is driving
an express cart.”
“ Bertha !”
“He is. I met him not an hour ago.
He thought l was going to cut him. As
if,” she added, with a magnificent scorn,
“ I would slight an old friend in adver
sity.”
“ Bless my soul! Driving an express
wagon! Ned Thurston’s boy ; educated
at Harvard ! Dear me ! Did you notice
whose wagon it was, Bertha ?”
Bertha had not noticed, and the old
gentleman bustled into his coat and star
ted for the office. At dinner he informed
Bertha that Raymond Thurston
had accepted a position in his own
large establishment, with a frank
confession of' his profound ignorance of
all business affairs, but in earnest resolu
tion to learn well and speedily whatever
appertained to the duties entrusted to
him.
It was not many weeks before Mr.
Haines congratulated himself upon the
acquisition of his new clerk. He told
Bertha marvelous stories of Raymond's
rapid progress and the strides he was ma
king in his new life, knowing of the long
night spent in pouring over ledgers and
accounts, or the many misgivings the new
clerk felt. The same active brain and
quick intelligence the new student had
brought to gain college honors now stood
in good stead in mastering the intricacies
in iuvoices, book-keeping, and counting
house mysteries, and Raymond gained
favor rapidly in the eyes of his em
ployer.
It is a question whether actual merit
would have advanced him quite so fre
quently as he was promoted, hard as he
worked, and steadily as lie improved
But Mr. Haines worshiped his only child
aud the hurst of tears in the counting
room, told him the secret Bertha success
fully concealed from all others. A self
made man himself with an ample fortune
to the one Bertha already held, he laid
no stress upon money in thinking of a
son-in-law. Energy, industry, integrity,
these were the foundation stones ot his
own fortune, and these were the qualities
he desired in a life companion lor the
child who was the hope and pride of his
old age.
The closer ties were bound that drew r
Raymond Thurston to him in business,
the more he honored and esteemed the
sterling worth of the man he so long re
garded as a mere butterfly of fashion, oue
of fashion’s spoilt children. In learning
to respect his worth he had also learned
to love the frauk, bright face, the clear
ringing voice, and the ever ready courte
sy of the young clerk. It grew to be a
very frequent occurrence for him to ask
the support of the strong, young arm
when the streets were slippery, and at
the door to invite Raymond to dine, sure
of a beaming look of pleasure from Ber
tha.
There came a day, after two long years
of faithful service, when Raymond was
informed in the privacy of his counting
room, that a junior partnership was his il
he would accept of it. Some emotion
checked the utterance of Raymond’s
heart felt gratitude. He extended his
hand to meet a cordial grasp, and hear :
“ Yes, yes! I know. And now if you
want to tell Bertha the news, you may
take a holiday.”
“ May I teii her more? May j tell
her 1 love her ?—that the one hope oi
my life is to win her love in return ?"’
“ You may tell her that I have beeu
your most sincere friend and warmest
well-wisher for two years. You may tell,”
and the old man’s eyes twinkled, “ that
I have looked upon you as a son ever
since the day she met you driving an
express wagon.”
“ And behaved like an angel?”
“Yes, yes, of course, they always do.
There ; get along with you, I’m busy.
Taxe my love to Bertha, if you are not
o\ .burdened with your own.”
And so—you know the rest.. There
was a wedding, and Amabel gave the
bride a parure of diamonds, and owned,
when in a burst of confidence Bertha told
her the whole story, that after all, Thurs
ton's pride was not so good in the end as
Raymond's pride.
—“ Susan Loomis,” said her father to
her one morning after her young man
had been to see her, “why do you always
turn down the gas when Henry comes
here ?” “ But, pa, dear,” replied his
dutiful daughter, “ you are always com
plaining that times are so hard and your
gas bills so heavy, and I wanted to be of
as little of a burden to you as possible !”
CRAWFORD, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1876.
GENERALITIES.
THE WORLD IN A NUT-SHELL.
Dry salt relieves coughing.
—Bald Mountain is still grunting.
—A Louisville couple, aged 13 and 15
years, have eloped.
—The Northampton Bank, robbed by
burglars, lost one million dollars.
—Darwin says man is the only being
of the animal creation that abuses the
female of his race.
—Two Californians intend sending a
solid block of silver to the Centennial
worth ten millions dollars.
—ln Howell county, Mo., cows are the
principal circulating medium. A thin
cow passes current for SB, a good one for
$lO, and a fat one for sl3.
—Ladies’ shoes, with fur around the
ankle-tops, is the latest. It is to sup
press furtive attempts to count hose
stripes in muddy weather.
—An English paper says that it is
thought in many quarters that the Jews
are going to purchase the lioiy Land of
Turkey, with a view of going there in a
body.
—A New York man claims to have in
vented a power by which he can blow up
the largest war vessels at a distance of
five miles, besides doing incalculable
damage.
—A breed of dogs without tails has
been discovered in Africa, and how the
mischievous boys there utilize old tin
kettles and fruit cans we cannot pretend
to say,
—The Mississippi river is gradually
undermining Memphis, many large busi
ness blocks having caved in. Several
millions of dollars worth of property has
already disappeared, and the “eating in”
continues.
—The Hon. A. H. Stephens writes to a
Washington friend that he lias abandon
ed all hope of being able to take his seat
in the House of Representatives during
the winter, and that he lias no intention
of resigning.
—The pet dog of a young lady at Le
nox, Mass., who recently died, was miss
ed after the funeral, and was found seve
ral days afterwards lying on the stone
steps of the vault in which she had been
buried, starved to death.
—Senator Norwood, in the debate on
public lands, said: “In the southern
part of Georgia, near the seaboard, pine
lands can be bought at from ten to twen
ty-five cents an acre by the hundred or
the thousand acres, and there are four
railroads running through them.”
—Professor Rudolph says that he has
found out that the sun is a white, hot
mass of 856,000 miles in diameter, hav
ing a surrounding ocean of burning gas
50,000 miles deep, with tongues of flame
darting upward 50,000 miles, and volcan
ic forces that hurl luminous matter to
the height ot 160,000 miles.
—A sham Messiah has risen from
among the Jews in Europe, and great
multitudes of that people are following
and worshipping him. They say he dai
ly performs great miracles, and many of
the leading Hebrew papers of the Old
World recognize him as the Prince of
the House of David to save aud
redeem their race.
—The New York Herald sticks to its
belief that Grant will hold the next Re
publican National Convention in the
hollow of his hand. It says: “It is just
as sure this day as it will ever be that
Ulysses S. Grant will be renominated for
President at Cincinnati on Wednesday,
June 14, 1876, if he wishes, and we chal
lenge the production of any evidence that
his wish is not fixed and firm.”
—The most wonderful curiosity in Co
lumbia, S. C., is a talking gander. His
owner has but to speak to him, and he
will reply in every instance. His gan
dership will recognize his master’s voice
among a dozen, and will single him out
of a crowd and will follow him around
like a dog. While walking along the
street he will engage in conversation, if
solicited to do so, with his master, but
will talk with no one else.
—The Rev. J. L. M. Curry, D. D., of
Richmond, Va., writes from Alexandria,
Egypt: “Many Confederate soldiers
will be glad to hear that Gen. Loring, so
well known and loved as a skilful and
brave officer in the Confederate army, is
stationed in this city in command of a
corps of Egyptian troops for the defence
of the whole northern coast. He deserv
edly stands high in the confidence of the
Viceroy. Some thirty American officers
are in the Khedive’s service, but General
Loring alone of all of them is in actual
command of troops.”
—ln the Valley of St. Clair, near Mar
seilles, has been found a settlement of
the prehistoric age. It is a cave which
opens into a cleft of calcareous rock,
with the places of habitation aud of bu
rial distinctly marked. At the bottom
there is a heap of bones of men and wo
men, and a number of stones dressed to
be used as tools and arms, together with
a quantity of rough pottery. Scientific
men who have seen these relics are of
opinion that there is sufficient evidence
to show that the race to which the re
mains belonged was an inferior one.
—An Indian Mound on Murphy’s Is
land, St. John’s river, Fla., has been
opened. After making a breach of thir
ty-live feet the explorers discovered a
hard wall, made of Coquina or shell
rock. This wall was cemented, and was
ornamented with various figures of war
riors with bows and arrows, and various
reptiles. After much difficulty a breach
was made in the wall, and by the light ot
a torch, several of the party entered, and
found themselves within a wall eight
feet high and fifteen feet in length by
twelve in breadth, in which were|awped
warriors encases in niches, all in a state
of decay.
—A story is told to the effect that a
lady member of a family in Machias,
Maine,’ more than a year ago, while “stir
ring up” a straw bed, lost a ring from
her finger. Strict search was made/ but
the ring could not be found. The straw
was empted in the spring, in the stable,
and used as bedding for horses, and
thrown upon the manure heap; the ma
nure was hauled about three miles and
used on a potato lot. The crop <y( potatoes
was dug and cellared, and last Tuesday,
as the man was cutting some of them to
feed his horses, his knife struck upon
some hard substance, which on investiga
tion proved to be the identical ring lost
in the straw bed more than a ydhr previ
ous
She Was Ills Love.
A Louisville drummer stopped not
long since at one of our Green river
hotels, and the next morning a cham
ber-maid came in to arrange his room.
He approached her, and gently putting
his arm around her waist, said:
“ You are my darling,” and then stole
a kiss from her red pouting lips. What
did she do? Why, she seized the foot
tub where he had just washed his feet,
and bathed his head with the contents;
then she shampooed his hair with the
coal grabs, perfumed him with the water
in the slop-bucket; washed his hair and
whiskers with a blacking-brush ; rubbed
him down with a brush that had been
used before painting the hearth, and
then knocked the dust out of his clothes
with the poker. Then doubling up her
fists and shaking then at him, she said :
“ This (the right one) is certain death,
but as I’m not the fool killer, I’ll not
use that on you ; this (the left one) is six
months in the hospital.” Then she hit
him a blow that sent him through the
window. He alighted on the roof of the
shed-room, and rolled off into a pig sty
in the back yard. This disturbed the
big dog, and the dander “riz,” and he
fastened on to the drummer quick, which
brought him to a halt, and the servants
hastened to his relief. He was taken to
jail as a supposed insane tramp or show
man, and the local paper in its next is
sue gave a long account of the mysteri
ous disappearance of a Louisville drum
mer from the House, who left
without taking his baggage or paying
his hotel billj
Tbo Passenger Coiirtnetor.
A few days ago a freight conductor on
one of the Western railroads went to the
superintendent and said he thought he
ought to be advanced, having served on
the freight for several years. The super
intendent agreed with him, and told
him that the change should be made the
next week. And it was made. The
superintendent a day or two after took
a seat in the rear end of one of the
coaches to see how the new conductor
would take to business, and pretty soon
the official danced into the door, cap
on his ear, sleeves pushed up, aud a half
acre smile on his face.
“ Get out your pasteboards!” lie shout
ed, “ I’m the high muncky muck that
ruins this train,” and then turning right
and left lie continued :
“Right bowers this way—play lively
—pass or order up— how’s trumps with,
you—slide you right into Chicago—
hurry up, there—trump this ace —what
kind of hand do you hold, old man ?”
There was something novel aud exhil
arating in his style, but yet the superin
tendent called the conductor up stairs
the next day and told him that he was
the best man in America to run a freight
train, and that he should have to pro
mote him backwards. He was too tal
ented for a passenger conductor. —Detroit
Free Press.
Whj 3tfsts St Be 011 So Warm.
In the first place it is a fact that ihe
sun is now' three miles nearer us than
is was last July. This is no idle state
ment but a fact.
In the second place these warm win
ters occur with a periodicity. The earth
is visited with them, like a man visited
with chills. About once in twenty-one
years look out for their return. It is
settled that, the outside of the earth is
but a crust which is cool enough to live
on. Go ten miles deep into the earth
and it is as hot as red hot. And the
deeper you go the hotter it gets.
A preacher once told his congregation
that if a man were taken from the fur
nace where iron was melting and put in
to hell the change would give him a
chill in a second.
The centre of the earth is hotter yet.
That so hot a centre should send to the
surface a varying quantity of heat is not
strange. We hope therefore to hear no
more complaint about hot weather. It
may be hotter yet for some of us one of
these days.
A Model Stiifieat.
The Rev. Dr. Ritchie, of Edqnburg,
though a very clever man, once met with
his match. When examining a student
as to the classes he had attended, he
said:
“ And you attended the class for math
ematics ?”
“Yes.”
“ llow many sides has a circle ?”
“Two,” said the student.
“ What are they?” .
What a laugh in the court the student’s
answer produced when he said:
“ An inside and an outside!”
The doctor next inquired. “ And you
attend the moral philosophy class also?”
“ Yes.”
“ Well you would hear lectures on va
rious subjects. Did you ever hear one
on cause and effect?”
“ Yes”
“ Does an effect ever go before a
cause?”
“ Yes.”
“Give me an iustance?”
“ A man wheeling a wheelbarrow.”
The doctor then sat down and propos
ed no more questions.
Tlie Masonic Crip I’nder Iho (fallows.
Calcraft, who recently retired from the
trying position of hangman in England,
had an agreeable custom of shaking
hands with those upon whom he was
about to carry out tile sentence of the law.
But it has been observed that Marwood,
his successor, never does this, and spec
ulation has been rife in certain quarters
as to the cause of his departure from this
precedent. Free Masons will be iuteres
ed to learn that the reason is, “because
he is a Free and Accepted Mason and
dreads the condemned man giving him a
Masonic grip in return.”
A Worm in a Horn's Corn.
Not long since, says a veterinary sur
geon, a horse was brought to me to be
cured of a corn in the loot. In paring
the corn I found a worm about three
eights of an inch long, one-eight inch
thick, and sharp at each end as a needle
point. One end was black and the other
white. The black end was next to the
sole of the foot aud the white end in the
flesh. After removing the worm, and
burning with nitric acid, the corn wr.s
eatirly removed, and the horse perma-
cured of lameness.
—The proprietor of a rope-walk says
that what makes it so hard on rope-ma
kers is that at least fifty men die daily of
natural causes who ought, to be hanged.
DEVILTRIES.
THE FRESHEST WITTICISMS.
—Always operating for a rise—emetics.
—Leap year. Select your victim, ladies.
—From pole to pole—The telegraph
wires.
—A good soldier would as soon eat as
fight.
—Tight boots show a narrow under
standing.
—Something pretty in ladies’ gloves
—Their hands.
—Leap year wedding fashions for
gentlemen—ready “ maid” suits.
—Brigham Young recently had a re
lapse. No danger, however —he is sure
to re-wive.
—A man in dilapidated boots who
tries to stand on his dignity is a misera
ble failure.
—A worn-out parent in Chicago has
named his baby Macbeth, because he
hath murdered sleep.
—The great guns of Washington soci
ety, this winter, will be the four wives of
Congressman Cannon, of Uta Jr.
—Judas Iscariot is the only hard-mon
ey man mentioned in ' the Bible. He
wanted the proceeds of his sale in silver.
—An intensely poetical Texas editor,
describes a recent gorgeous sunset as a'
ripe pumpkin wrapped up in the Amer
ican flag.
—A philosopher being asked what was
the first thing necessary toward winning
the love of woman, answered : “ An op
portunity.”
• —An old Grecian philosopher advises
all men to “ know themselves.” That’s
advising a good many to form very low
acquaintances.
—Murphy purchased a pork ham last
week, and rumor says consumed it all at
one meal. Go West, young man ! Pork
packers are in demand there.
—Up in Oregon, whenever they want
to know how the weather is, they chuck
a thermometer in a pot of hot water and
let it boil till it raises the inurcury.
—Star-spangled stockings are the
coming Centennial sensation. “ (J,
say, can you see, by the dawn’s early
light?” or the “twilight’s last gleam
ing ” .
—A Cincinnati paper notices a hang
ing matinee under the heading of “ Hell
Bent,” while “ Jerked to Jesus” is the
Chicago definition for the same perfor
mance.
—A St. Louis paper denies that Anna
Dickinson has legs. Mistakes of this
kind are common in communities where
women crawl under a fence rather than
jump over it.
—The Sandwich Islands are going to
adopt anew flag, but they can’t decide
whether to take a gray horse-blanket,
with a hole in it, or an old vest with the
back ripped out.
—The best time on record lias been
made in a court at Hamilton, Ontario,
where James Garvin was sentenced to
the penitentiary for two years for at
tempted theft within one hour after the
commission of the theft.
—The proprietor of a skating rink at
Washington hung out a ragged red flag
the other day to indicate that the ice was
in good order, and the whole population
at once flocked to the Senate to hear the
rest of Bloody-shirt Morton’s speech.
—A good man made a pathetic address
to a Sunday-school in Ohio, recently,
and in concluding, he requested them to
sing “ Jordan,” instead of “ Jordan’s
Stormy. Banks.” He was astonished to
hear shouted in one unbroken clioru3 :
“Jordan am a hard road to trabcl.”
—The local editor of a Dayton paper
recently wrote a report of au evening
party; and in describing the dresses of
the ladies, remarked that Miss : wore
an elegant lace-trimmed skirt. When
the paper appeared it read “lace-trimmed
shirt,” and the young lady’s father is
looking for the “ focal.”
—At a certain ' church tbe minister
read a hymn beginning as follows:
“ With reverence let the saints appear
And bow before the Lord.”
The choir rendered it like this :
“ With rev-rence let the sa-a-saints appear
And bow-wow-wow befoi e the Lord.”
—“ See here, conductor, why don’t you
have a fire in this car ?” “ Well, you
see, one of the directors is a clothing
man, and another is a doctor, and anoth
er is a drug store keeper, and another
runs a tombstone factory, and you know
in this world people must ‘live and let
live.’ ”
—A Crawford chap is said to have re
ceived a boquet with the following ex
planation : “ I send you bi the boy a
Ijucket of flours. Then is like mi luv for
u : the nite shade means keep dark, the
dog fennel means I am your slave, rosis
red and posis pale, my luv fur you shall
never fale.”
—“Seems to me as though all rich
men were made and set up in business
afore my time,” was the remark o&o sad
eyed man, and then, with a deep sigh,
he added : “ There’s no use’n in tryin’.
Nothing left for a fellow now-a-days
’cept to start a monument fund and be
treasurer of it.”
—That was a shrewd girl, and not de
void of sense, either, who remarked,
when other girls were making fun of her
short skirts, and affected to be much
shocked at the exhibition thereof at a
party—“ If you’d only pull up your
dresses about your neck, where they
ought to be, they’d be as short as mine!”
She was not troubled any more.
—A fellow somewhat “boozy” had
seated himself by the stove in a church,
and upon becoming somewhat affected
by the heat and making a disturbance
was being shown to the door by the ush
er, when he turned around and taking a
good look at the minister,'said in a slow,
loud voice: “ Such preachin’s that
s’nough to make a dog sick.”
—A raw-boned youth of 10, with a
preternaturally bass voice, came into the
local-room last night and said to the edi
tor with a misterious air : “ Here, boss,
don't you want to make £10,000?” We
said we did, if the method of doing so
should prove consistent with honor.
“ Then,” said this young man, as he spat
out a grown man’s tobacco ration, “ you
just gimme a ticket to Philadelphia. The
snoozer at St. Talbaus was a darn fraud.
Ihn the real article. I’m little Charlie
Ross.” The editor let him have it under
his left oar.
VOL. II—NO. 19.
j 1870 THE NEff YEAR. 1876
I'rom time immemorial it has been the habit of all claws of people to
mark out anew course of action and form good resolutions at the com-
I rueneement of the New Year. This is truly commendable, and has
doubtless resulted in much good. In forming these resolutions for the
coming year, i would respectful! v suggest that every man, woman and
child in Oglethorpe county, embody therein the determination that they
will, this year, purchase their
| Dry Goods, Clothing, Bools and Slices, Family Groceries, Supplies,
Hardware, Tinware, Tobacco, etc., etc., at the Cheap and Live store of
JNO. T. M. HAIRE,
LEXINGTON, GA. f where can always he fouud the Largest, Freshest
| Lest Selected and Cheapest stock in the county.
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187(i. 1876.
LONGS & BILLUPS,
ATHENS, OA.,
have now on,hand a large and select lot of
GARDEN SEED!
FROM
R. BUIST, Jr.,
D. M. FERRY & CO„
JOHNSON, ROBBINS & CO.,
which they guarantee to be Fresh and Genu
ine. Also a large lot of
TRUSSES, both Steel and Hard Rubber,
TAINTS, OILS, GLASS,
and everything in the Drug Line at
Bottom Figures!
NOTICE TO PLANTERS.
LOT OF EXTRA IMPROVED
Simpson Colli Ssed!
For sale at FIFTY CENTS per Bushel.
Apply to L. M. JOHNSON,
,jan27-Bui Crawford, Ga.
W. A. TALMADGE,
DEALERS IX
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY,
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
Yluttical Instruments*, Cutlery,
CANES, C'JNS AND PISTOLS.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Guns and
Pistols REPAIRED in the best manner and
warranted. General ENGRAVING done
with dispatch. Sole agents for J. MOSES’
ELECTRO GALVANIC!
BPE CTAC LES!
College Avenue, Opposite Post < >ffice,
aprJO-tf ATHENS, GA.
250,000 CIGARS
NOW IN STORE, OF THE
Choicest Brands I
which we offer at GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES. Also, a large stock of
SMOKING AND CHEWING
TOBACCO,
SNUFF, GENUINE MEERCIT M M PIPES
AND ALL SMOKERS’ ARTICLES.
A liberal discount allowed to Jobbers buy
ing largely. Come one ! Come ail!!
K ALVAR INSKY & LIEELEII,
Horses and Mules.
WE HAVE NOW ON HAND A FINE
lot of Horses and Mules. Fine pairs
Mules; also, good Plantation Mules, already
broke and ready for work, at very reasonable
prices. Cali and see ns and we will give you
bargains.
jan7-2m GANN & REAVES.
A. G. Howabd, late of Jordan & Howard.
Tugs. M. Wood, late with Cox A Hill.
Wm. A. Powell.
Howard, food & Cos.
Wholesale Dealers in
TOBACCO
CIGARS, &C., &C.,
No. 12 Republic Block,
Atlanta, - - - - Georgia.
jaa2l-3m
THE OGLETHORPE ECHO
ADVERTISEMENTS.
First insertion (per inch space) $1 (0
Each subsequent insertion 75
A liberal discount allowed those advertising
for a longer period than three months. Cam
oi lowest coutnu't rates can be had on appli
cation to the Proprietor.
L>eal Notices 15c. per line first insertion,
and 10c. JH.T line thereafter.
Tributes of Respect, Obituaries, etc., 50c.
per inch. Announcements, £5, in advance. ■
MESON
ACADEMY!
LEXINGTON, GA.
milE EXERCISES OF THIS INSTITU-
A TION will be resumed on the
Second Monday in January Next,
MRS. J. It. SHACKELFORD will take
charge of the
MUSIC DEPARTMENT,
and a coin|etent Assistant will beemployed to
aid tin 1 Principal in the
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
BOARD can ie obtained on reasonable
terms.
RITES OF Tt'ITIOM
PER OUARTKK :
Primary Classes $ 5 00
Intermediate Classes 7 50
Higher English Studies 10 OO
Languages and Higher Mathematics... 12 50
Contingent Expenses, per quarter 23
Those having sons or daughters to educate
will find few towns superior to Lexington in
good society and moral influence.
Board and Tuition payable quarterly.*!
For further information address
THOS. B. MOSS,
PRINCIPAL.
Lexington, Dec. 3, 1875. dcc3-2m
EGHOL’S
Raw-Bone Superphosphate!
Dissolved Animal Bones and Ammonia.
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Moisture (det. at 100 per cent., 7.302
Organ i c Matter 33.128
Cap. of producing of Ammonia 3.140
Inorganic Matter 59.510
100.000
Consisting of Sol. Plios. Acid 4.916
Precip. “ “ 3.550
Or Bone Phos. of Lime, ren’il 501ub1e...10.732
“ “ “ precipitated 7.750
Total available Phos. Acid 18.482
Prof. G. A. Liebig, Analytical Chemist.
If this Fertilizer fails to come up to the
above analysis, no charge will be made for
same. It has no superior as a Cotton prod in
cer at the price: Cash, SSO ; Time, $55
or SOO, with Cotton option of 15 cents.
ALSO,
EchoPs Acid Phosphate!
For Composting with Cotton Seed. Cash
price, $35; Time, S4O. Cotton option, 15c.
feb4-2ni ECHOLS <fe CO., Augusta, Ga. -
Drags, Dentistry.
Being permanently located at C7T.I WFORD,
GA., I aw now prepared to do all kinds o£
DENTAL WORK
at short notice, in the best style ami on raod->
crate terms. My references are those who.
have kindly favored me with theif patronage.
Having also opened a
DRUG STORE! t
I am prepared to supply Physicians with all
Standard Medicines!
and the public with all such articles in the
Drug Line usually needed in families, inclu
ding a full line of
Leading Medicines,
Patent Medicines,
PAINTS, OILS,
Lamps, Chimneys, Perfumery, Stationery,
Soaps, Toilet Articles, Cigars, TOBACCO,
Blue Stone, &c., &e.
When you have given me a trial and failed
to do as well or better than elsewhere, I will
not complain if you withdraw your patron
age.
I. H. TIMAS, M. D.
Druggist and Dentist,
TIE REMINGTON
SEWING MACHINE!
Tlic Latest—The Host I
rnilE Ii EMINGTOX SEWING MA-
X CHINE is the best Machine now before
the public. This statement is based upon the.
testimony of experts who have exam
ined it thoroughly side by side
with other first-class Machines, and have
unanimously given it the preference. It lias
Liken I 1 RE MI CMS over all other Mtu-hines
exhibited at the Fairs in Athens, Griffin, the.
Stale fair at Macon, and the Alabama Fair
at Selma-. At these Fairs all the First-Class.
Machines worked in the South were on exhi
bition and in competition.
These FACTS should convince everybody,
that the Remington IS THE BEST MA
CHINE.
Don’t buy until you hare seen this Machine.
L. SCIIEVENELL & CO.,
novl2-lm Gen'l Agents, Athens, Geu.
CHROMOS. S&BSffiS:
LIGN and American Chromos. Dealers,
Agents, Trunk and Boxmakers, Newspaper
Publishers and Tea Stores, will find a com
plete supply. Our new and brilliant special
ties are nuequaled. Our 9xll mounted chr>-
mos, by Express, outsell anything in tiie
market. Twenty sun pies for sl. Illustrated
catalogue free. J. LATHAM <k CO., 419
Washington street, Boston, Mass. Post Otfioe
PiN 2154. jan2*s-4Hi
PHILLIPS
ABROAD AGAIN.-
* FTER THANKING MY NUMEROUS'
jA customers for the liberal patronage ex- -
tended me in the past, I Like tnia method of
informing them that I have again taken tbe
road, and will shortly visit them with one of
the choicest sc >ocs of Dry Goods. Notions/
Fancy Goods, etc., ever offered tiie public,
selected with especial view to their wants. t m
am prepared to suit all—old and young, ladies
and gentlemen, white ami colored. So I re
queet al! to delay purchasing until I give,
them a call, and will promise to sell them,
better goods, for less money, than they can
get elsewhere, delivered at their own door.
jan2l-4t J. PHILLIPS.
f pIIE BEST AND SAFESTINVESTMETIff
X is year’s a subscription to the EcfUtL*