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THE IIAIX Y HAY.
11. W. LONGFELLOW.
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall ;
Rut at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering past,
Rut the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the and; ys are dark and dreary.
Re still sa<i heart, and cease repining ;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ;
Thy fate is the common fate of all;
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
FROZEN TO DEATH.
NTORY OF A TOI 011 WINTER 30
YEARS AGO.
They used to have tough winters in
New York. That delightful editor,
Louis Gaylord Clark, told in his depart
ment of the old-time Knickerbocker
Magazine, a touching story of the cold
winter nights thirty years gone. He got
into a stage one night at his office, way
down town, and was for some blocks the
sole occupant of the draughty, creaking
vehicle. T hen it stopped and took in a
pornpus old fellow, swathed in furs and
warm wools. The fare in those days was
six cents, and the new-comer poked a
live dollar bill up at the driver, who
dumbly shouted hack that lie could not
make the change, his fingers were so
cold, and so the pornpus man curled up.
in his comfortable clothes and the editor
sat and thought what a small, mean soul
that man had in him. They rode on and
on; finally with a great deal .of smoky
breath, the driver’s thick voice came
through the hole : “ Haven’t ye got any
change at all?” and the rich man looked
insulted and shouted, “ No, I tell you ;
there’s that bill,” nd again he offered it.
Hut the driver laced around, saying:
“ I'm too cold to make change.’”*
And the stage drove oil, t ie rich nr:
dozing and Mr. Clark thinking him over
and making up his mind that he had the
roundest-shouldered, narrowest-chested
soul that was ever made, inside him.
On, on they rode, till the stage was
way up town—up as far as Bleecker
street, which was up town then. Here
the rich man got up to leave, and to
Clark’s great indignation handed up the
five dollar bill again, but to Clark’s utter
amazement and abashment, also said :
“ Hand in six cents to the company and
put the rest into your pocket; it’s a cold
night, that’ll help to warm yc.”
He bounced out, and Clark felt R. E.
Morse tugging at his heart strings. He
wanted to run after, shake hands and
ask that man’s pardon, hut the resolve,
like most good ones, came too late.
And the editor fell to moralizing, per
haps to sleep. Anyway, the first thing
he knew he was carried away past his
street, and the omnibus had swung round
into the stable yard. Two or three gruff
men with lanterns surrounded them and
were pulling at the driver’s legs, with
“ Hi, Rill! wake up old man !”
Mr. Clark tumbled out, and finding
s unething wiong, lingeied a moment—to
see, to his horror, the miserable driver
lifted from his seat a corpse—frozen to
death on the perch ; his lines still lying
in the still fingers, the glassy eyes opeif,
as if in death the poor driver meant to
look out for the horse.
Then 31 r. (’lark remembered the inci
dent of the live dollar bill and went with
the dead man into the office. There,
tucked inside the man’s ragged mitten*
was the money, and very willingly the
man in charge acknowledged his right
to it.
But the worst part of the night’s work
remains. Bill had a wife, and some of
the men told how the poor, devoted crea
ture these cold nights had a nice warm
supper and a rousing fire in waiting for
“ her man who drove the last stage up.”
And Mr. Clark volunteered to preceed the
sad sight which was to blind those faith
ful, watching eyes with bitter tears, and
break the news gently to the poor widow.
Then he describes the far up room in
the miserable house on Tenth avenue,
where the light of the little window
streamed out far iuto the night, a beacon
to the honest heart coming home to her;
lhe Cherry face at the opening door that
shrank fearfully back at a stranger; the
neat room, with the comfortable supper
smoking on the stove ; the little table set
tpr two; the numberless evidences of the
woman’s thrift and love, and then alas!
the dreadful story.
Origin of Plants.
Madder came from the East
Cabbage grew wild in Siberia.
Buckwheat came from Siberia.
OeJerY originated in Germany.
The chesfnut came from Italy,
Tim potato is a native of Peru.
The onion originated in Egypt.
Tobacco is a native of Virginia.
Millet was first known in India,
The pine is a native of America.
Oats originated in North Africa.
The citron is a native of Greece.
The nettle is a native of Europe.
“•The in ♦■Me. East.
Rye came originally from Siberia,
The parsnip is a native of Arabia
Sunflower was bow. r .
Parsley was first Known
The pear and apple are from Europe.
Spimsh was first rated in Arabia.
The mulberry tree originated in Per
?ia. | | *
The horse chestnut is a native of Thi
etr * '■ T
The cucumber came from the East In
dies, ' ' fjj S
The radish* a nativef China and Ja
pan.
The garde a ere* is from Egypt and
i the East.
CT Pears are supposed to be of Egyption
origen.
f Hemp,is a native of Persia and the
East Indies.
Horse radish caine from the South of
Europe. . * ii. I. m m M
Barley was found in the mountains of
Himalaya.
* Thb coriander grows wild near the
"Mediterranean.
|r* ■
Bf. -Green writes that the insane asy
lum is already dangerously crowded.
There are some seventy applicants on
record, and the Legislature having re
fused to do anything towards extending
the means of accommodating those un
fortunates, it is iruposible to say when
new applicants can be received.
£!)£ #§letl)orjj c €d|o.
BY T. L. GANtT.
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.
A Story for the Times.
One day the Duke of Buccleuch, a
Scotch nobleman, bought a cow in the
neighborhood of Dalkeith, where he liv
ed. The cow was to be sent home the
next day. Early in the morning as the
duke was taking a walk in a very com
mon dress, he saw a boy trying in vain
to drive the cow to his residence. The
cow was very unruly, and the poor boy
could not get on with her at all. The
boy not knowing the duke bawled out
to him in broad Scotch accent, —
“ Hie, mun, come here, and gie’s a
hand wi’ this beast.”
The duke walked slowly on, not seem
ing to notice the boy, who still kept call
ing for his help. At last, finding that
he could not get on with the cow, he
cried out in distress, “ Come here, mun,
and help us, and as sure as anything
I’ll gie you half I get” ■
The duke went and lent a helping
hand.
“And now,” said the duke, as they
trudged along after the cow, “ how
much do you think you will get for the
job?”
“ I dinna ken,” said the boy, “ but I’m
sure o’ something, for the folks at the big
house are guid to a’ bodies.”
As they came to a lane near the house,
the duke slipped away from the boy, and
entered by a different way. Calling his
butler he put a sovereign in his hand,
saying, “ Give that to the boy who has
brought the cow.”
He then returned to the end of the
lane where he had parted from the boy,
so as to meet him on his way back.
“ Well, how much did you get?” asked
the duke.
“A shilling,” said the boy, “and
there’s the half o’ it to yje.”
“ But surely you had more than a shil
ling?” said the duke.
“No,” said the.boy, “sure that’s a’ I
got; and d’ye think it’s plenty?”
“Ido not,” said the duke: “there
must be some mistake; and as I am ac
quainted with the duke, if you return, I
t'■ ■ >i!; i’ll get v 'i j.mtre ”
assemb!' 1.
“ Now,” said the duke to the boy,
“point me out the person who gave you
the shilling.”
“It was that chap there with the
apron,” said he, pointing to the butler.
The butler fell on his knees, confessed
his fault, aud begged to be forgiven; but
the duke indignantly ordered him to
give the boy the sovereign and quit his
service immediately. “ You have lost,”
said he, “your money, your situation,
and your character by your deceitful
ness: learn for the future that honesty is
the best policy .”
The boy now found out who it was
that helped him to drive the cow ; and
the duke was so pleased with the man
liness and honesty of the boy, that he
sent him to school and provided for him
at his own expense.
WHITE SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH.'
The Brutal Treatment of Convicts Un
der Georgia's New I.au.
[From the New York Sun.]
The Attorney-General has sent to Sen
ator Clayton a communication from Mrs.
L. J. W asson, addressed to President
Grant, and dated Atlanta, Ga., in which
she says: “ I beg your attention to a
late bill* passed by the Legislature of
Georgia, to let out convicts to private in
dividuals, such as railroad companies,
who place overseers over them who use
them most brutally under the lash and
starvation. Those men pay nothing to
the State for their services. They pre
tend to clothe them and board them.
This they do not do ; and when one of
them asks for food, he is stripped of his
clothes and lashed till the blood trickles
to his feet. I beg of you to send and
have this thoroughly investigated. It
has not been long since one poor fellow
was whipped until he fell exhausted.
They then drenched his body with water,
then had two other convicts rub him with
salt and turpentine, and next morning
repeated the same treatment until he fell
and died mid the most agonizing groans.”
The Attorney-General, in communica
ting this letter to Senator Clayton, says
it affects the United States prisoners. It
was referred tq the Committee on the
Judiciary, who will investigate.
An Arkansas Father’s Advice to His Son,
Bob you are leaving home for strange
parts. You are going to throw me out of
the game and-go it alone. The odds are
agin‘you, Bob. Remember that industry
and perseverance are the winning cards,
as they are the“ boweas.” Book learning
and all that sort of thing wi'l do to fill
up with ; like small trumps, you must
have the bowers to make them, or they
aint worth shucks. If luck is agin you
pretty strong, don’t cave and look like a
sick-chicken on a rainy day, but hold up
your head and make believe you are flush
of trumps, then they don’t play so hard
agin you. I’ve lived and traveled around
some, and I have found out that as soon
as folks thought you held a weak hand
they’d all buck agin you strong. So,
when you’re sorter weak, keep on a bold
front, but play caution.- be •" be*
1 TANARUS?. ; 1. IS. ■ 1 y- '■ *_ %* ; ’) I.!.* 1 i
Bub ; uon'i iet >
the game lies as much men the Held as
with the hands. Be temperate; never
get drunk, for then, no inaUer liow you
play it, both bowers and the ace won’t
save yon, for ther*’ eertaia to be a mis
deal or something wrong. And another
thing, Bob (this was spoken in a low
tone!, don’t go too much on women;
queens Is kinder poor cards, the more you
hfcve of them the worse for you| ydu
might have three and narrv trump. I
don’t say discard ’em all; you get hold
of one that is a trump ; it’s all your good
and there’s to.be one out of four. And
above all, Rob, be honest; never take a
man’s triek wot don’t belong to you, nor
slip “ cards or nig,’ 7 for then you can’t
look your man in the face ; and when
that’s" the case, there's no fun in the
game; it’s a regular “cut throat.” So
now, Bob, farewell. Remember what I
tell you, and you will be sure to win ; and
if you don’t it satves you right to be
“ skunked.”
—■ What are you; confidence opera
tives ?” said a gruff old fellow to two lit
tle beggar girls who asked for alms.
“No, sir,” said the smallest, with charm
ing simplicity, “ but we ’opes to be,”
CRAWFORD, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1876.
A DESPERATE DUEL.
A Fight With Navy Revolvers and Bow
ie Knives in a Pit.
[From (he Commercial Advertiser.
It is now over thirty years since one of
the most remarkable, desperate and mur
derous duels that ever took place was
fought in Vicksburg. One of the parties
was formerly a New York boy, a graduate
from one of the Wall street banks. Af
ter filling all the desks of that institution
with singular ability, from a collecting
clerk up to the position of first teller,
while still quite a young man he was
appointed cashier of a bank in Vicks
burg, which gave offense and caused
much jealousy among the senior clerks of
that institution, and they took every op
portunity to oppose and insult him.
This became so nfarked and unbeara
ble in its character that the President
finally told the cashier that he must re
sent it, and that he would stand by him.
He had occasion soon after to give one
of the tellers a specimen of his skill in
the art of self-defense. This resulted in
a challenge for a duel, which was accep
ted, and after three days of constant pis
tol practice resulted in the death of the
teller. He had numerous relatives that,
one after another, came forward to
avenge his death, until four duels were
forced upon the cashier from the natural
consequences of the first duel, and “still
there were more Richmonds iu the
field.”
A relative of the first victim, an editor
and successful duelist, gave out a threat
that he was coming to town to avenge
the death of his cousin. His great cour
age and desperate fighting qualities had
been frequently successfully tried, and
were so well known that something des
perate must be done to meet the emer
gency, and if possible to stop any* and all
future challenges. The editor arrived in
town, and lost no time in sending his
message, which was as promptly respon
ded to. Early in the morning of the
same day all of the arrangements were
made for a meeting at 6 o’clock the next
morning.
Amaking some necessary arrange
this time forgotten Lite almost v. orshipiul
love and devotion of his wife and only
child, who were in j>rofound ignorance of
his desperate enterprise. He silently'
kissed them, and then the husband and
father stole away to attend the bloody
business. On arriving at the appointed
rendezvous he found a treuch dug six
feet deep, two feet wide, and twelve feet
long. Into this double grave the two
principals descended, each armed with
six-shooting navy revolvers and having
bowie knives, with instructions to com
mence firing at the word advance and
finish the bloody work with their knives,
if their pistols failed to accomplish it.
At the first shot the editor was mortally
wounded. He drew his knife, and with
the ferocity of a tiger sprung forward at
his opponent just as he had fired his
second shot. He warded off the blow
with his pistol, whiph had a deep cut iu
it made by the heavy knife, showing
what a desperate blow had been aimed at
his life by his adversary, who fell dead
at his feet. The cashier’s mind was so
much diseased that he could not attend
to business, and by the advice of his
physician took a vacation and change of
scene. He came to this city and died
in a lunatic asylum a month after.
His Wife’s Skeleton Falls Into His Arms.
In a populous city of Northern Italy
the wife of-a distinguished jurist was
seized with epileptic spasms, which to
all appearance ended in death. The
physicians recognized all the evidences
of dissolution. Her fearures were dis
torted, cheeks and eyes sunken, the lips
blue and bloodless, skin cold and flabby
—a phenomenon which from hour to
hour became more pronounced. Final
ly, even the spots that usually precede
decomposition were observed, and as the
weather was very warm, it was thought
advisable not to delay the burial. The
woman was laid in a wooden coffin and
deposited in the family vault. Those
who are acquainted with the arrange-,
ments of the Italian ceremonies know
that the individual coffins are placed in
niches, one above another, somewhat as
the folios are arranged on the shelves of
a library. The niches are lined with
marble slabs, but left entirely open.
The vault itself, on the contrary, is se
curely closed by heavy wooden doors.
In such an niche the coffin in question
was placed. A year later, another mem
ber of the jurist’s family died. The fol
lowing day he went himself to the ceme
tery to see which niche the new coffin
should be placed in. When he opened
the doors the skeleton of his wife, en
veloped in what remained of her shroud,
fell into his arms. A careful examina
tion revealed the following facts : The
woman had burst off the coffin-lid, And
then gone to the door and made
to force it open also, but in vain. The
double door would, of course, tend to
deaden her cries, and then the guardian
of the cemetery lived on the opposite
side of the enclosure. She must have
lost consciousness during her effort to
force the door, for she had fallen against
them, and her habiliments had caught
•on one of their iron fastenings, and in
rw<ition shir 1 bad linallv • died!
A Wife’s Power.
A good wife is to a man wisdom,
strength and courage ; a bad ©fie is con
fusion, weakness and despair. No con
dition in life is hopeless to a man where
the wife possesses firmness, decision
and economy. There is no outwardpro
priety which can counteract indolence,
extravagance, and lolly at home. No
spirit can long endure bad influence.
Man is strong, but his heart is not ada
mant. He needs a tranquil home, arid es
pecially if he is an intelligent man, with
a whole head, he needs its moral force in
the conflict of life. To recover his com
posure, home must be a place of peace
and comfort. There his soul renews its
strength, and goes forth with renewed
vigor to encounter the labor and troub
les of life. But if at homw hfe finds no
rest, and there is met with bad temper,,
jealousy and gloom, or assailed with
complaints and censure, hope vanishes,
and ne sinks into despair.
—What occupation has the sun ? A
tanner.
ALL SORTS.
THE NEWS OF THE DAY IN A NUT-SHELL
—Fizzleville is an Oregon town.
—There are 1,409,448 slaves in Brazil.
—The President’s salary has been re
duced to £25,000.
—Vesuvius is sending forth flame and
lava towards Pompeii.
—Fraudulent Bessie Turners have been
around the country lecturing.
—Colorado has been admitted into the
Union as a full fledged State.
—Mrs. Dowd, of lowa, has had twen
ty-six children within eighteen years.
—A calico factory has been started at
Wilmington, N. C., the first in the South.
—At some points on the Central Pa
cific Railroad they have snow drifts 100
feet deep.
—During January $3,500,000 worth of
stamps, postal cards aud stamped envel
opes were sold.
—A Kentucky girl has donned male
attire and started to the Black‘Hills to
dig for gold.
—The husband and wife concerned in
a San Francisco divorce suit are also
uncle and niece.
—A meeting of the survivors ‘of An
dersonville prison will be held at Nor
wich, Conn., April 12.
—A fire in Charleston, last week, de
stroyed about $280,000 worth of proper
ty. Great distress prevails.
—Piper, who brutally murdered a lit
tle girl, Mabel Young, in the belfry of a
Boston church, will be hauged.
—Camilla Urso has a violin more than
200 years old, valued at $2,800, and an
other made in 1700, worth SI,BOO.
—A Pennsylvania farmer took home a
freshly painted wagon ; three cows lick
ed the paint oft'and died the next day.
A Boston journal, in announcing
that an actress would play “Nell,” in the
drama of “ Nell Gwyn,” put an H in the
wrong place.
—The uncle of young Hathaway,
'• ! >o was recently lynched in Plainyille,
Minn., is about so sue Wabasha county,
for SIO,OOO damages.
—Pendleton’s chances for the Presi
dency has been weakened by his becom
ing unpleasantly mixed up in the Bow
ers-Bclknap scandal.
—An Indiana workman claims to be
the fastest cigar maker in the world. He
has made 18,000 cigars a month, and
says he can make 30,000. .
Civil war is again raging in Mexico.
The government troops were defeated a
few days ago, with a loss of 1,500 men
and all the artillery and wagons.
—The Papuans poison their arrows by
plunging the bone points with which
they are tipped into a human corpse and
keeping them there for several days.
—A Portsmouth baby which recently
died was mourned by a father and moth
er, two grandfathers, three great-grand
fathers, and three great-grandmothers.
—Refuse all $5 notes of the National
Bank, Osage, lowa, numbered 1750, for
they are forgeries. The hills are genuine
but were stolen before being signed, and
hence are worthless.
—A hunter shot a wild turkey near
Nashville, the other day, and when he
went to pick it up, found lying near it a
half-decayed pair of saddle-bags, in which
were $36,000 in gold and bonds.
—The City of Havana brought to New
York on Thursday a block of pure silver
weighing 4,200 pounds and worth $64,-
000 in gold. The block is one foot in
diameter, and has six sides each three
feet long.
—The bill introduced in the Pennsyl
vania Legislature making it a penal of
fense to point a gun at a person in fun is
all right; but we would prefer to see a
law enacted making the crime of whis
tling in an editor’s sanctum punishable
with death ; some pleasant, easy death.
—There are sixty-three nations that
have accepted the invitation of the Uni
ted States to attend the Centennial cele
bration at Philadelphia next summer.
The appropriations combined ofthe sixty
three nations amount to $1,862,000 to
pay expenses of transportation to this
country.
—The great pyramid weighs 12,760,000
tons. According to Herodotus, it took
the labor of 100,000 men twenty years to
build it, To show the mechanical value
of modern improvements, Dr. Lardner
affirms that 480 tons of coal, w ith an en
gine and hoister machine, would have
raised every stone to its position.
—The Chicago distillers, whose distil
leries were seized, petitioned to be al
lowed to continue their work, because
otherwise the cattle fed there wbuld
starve. The court asked if they could
not be fed elsewhere, to which one dis
tiller, who feeds 1,224 of them on the
slops, said that “ their food could not be
changed, as their teeth had become soft,”
Apropos of the battle of New Or
leans, an exchange calles attention to the
fact that it was fought two weeks after
the treaty of peace was signed. An en
gagement under such circumstances could
not occur now. The very day of an
agreement on articles of peace, informa
tion of the event would be received by
the armies and generals on both sides.
—Trv the following remedy for bote in <
iw f whiskey, one
• -naif pint bf
aod one-half pint soft soap,
will cure’the worse case of h°ts. Give
half the mixture at a dose. Another
remedy highly recommended by some,
is to drench the horse with a strong tea
made of mullein.
—A clergyman at Houlton, Me., was
recently so affected by a dream that a
.woman whose funeral he had conducted
had been bufied alive that he prevailed
upon the hjisband to have the Dody dis
interred in the middle of the night. A
large crowd turned out to witness the
sight, but the woman was found to be
dead and bearing no evidence of prema
ture burial.
i —in Warren county N. Y., the other
Sunday, a large bear from the mountains
entered a church and walked up the aisle
while the minister was preaching, but
doubting the orthodoxy of the discourse,
or disgusted at the over-politeness of the
congregation, everybody vacating the
pews in his behalf as soon as he appeared
he didn’t stay loug, but quietly walked
out and returned to the woods. It may
be, too. that the oder of the grease on
the young people’s hair reminded him
painfully of the fate of his deceased pa-
DEVILTRIES.
THE FRESHEST AND BEST WITICTSMS.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
—What keeps Lent the longest and
best? Money.
—A Western settler: The conetnts of
a six-shooter.
—lndiana editors refuse to take pet
skunks for subscriptions.
—For what purpose was Eve made ?
For Adam’s Express Company.
—Dandies and nanny-goats never fail
to pride themselves on their kids.
—Why is a Judge’s nose like the
middle of the earth? Because it’s the
seen ter of gravity.
—Do you know that the Cuban tobac
conists grind up leather and put it in
their cigars? Patronize your home tan
neries.
—They used to tell a man to “ keep a
stiff upper lip,” hut now they only ad
vise him to “ erect a starch factory under
his nose.”
—Belknap married two sisters, Mrs.
Bowers being the last. It is strange that
a man holding both bowers should lose
the game.
—A candid old bachelcr says : “ After
all, a woman’s heart is the sweetest
thing in the world ; it’s a perfect honey
comb—full ol'sells.”
—A recent marriage notice ends with
the singular expression, probably added
by a waggish friend : “ May their future
troubles be little ones.”
. —A little boy hearing the phrase that
“ matches are made in heaven,” said he
should think that they could be made
easier in the other place where the brim
stone is.
—One of our merchants sat his um
brella against a tree while lie stepped
into a store to ask a question. When he
came out the tree stood there. No one
had taken it.
—At a colored funeral at Mt, Carmel,
Tenn., last week, the officiating clergy
man remarked fervently : “O, Lord,
wave dy bloody garments obah dis mis
fortunate sistah!”
—While an lowa woman was strug
gling in the water and likely to drown,
her husband yelled out: “ New bonnet;
swim for life!” and she kicked out and
safely reached the shore.
—When a certain woman in Athens
speaks of her “ late husband” you must
not conclude that she is a widow. Her
husband is living, but he never comes
home until midnight.
—They have a disagreeable way in
Canon City, Col., when a man takes a
broken chair to the c-ib : net shop, of say
ing : “ Hit you with a chair, did she?”
This is very trying to the average citizen.
—Women are allowed to vote in Wy
oming, but they are indifferent as to who
or what they vote for. At a recent elec
tion there a fellow running for town clerk
bribed eighteen female voters with one
pound of chewing gum.
—A bright little three-year-old having
become a little mixed between her re
ligious instructions and her nursery
rhymes, gravely recites : “ The Lord is
my shepherd, and He has lost His sheep
and he don’t know where to find them.”
—A lady on the White Side found her
tongue entirely paralyzed last week, .the
result it is believed, of playing the har
monicum. The opinion seems to be
gaining around that a harmonicum is of
more real value in a family than a stall
ed ox.
—“ Have you ground all the tools
right, as I told you this morning when I
went away ?” said a carpenter to a rath
er green lad, whom he had taken for an
apprentice. “ All but the hand saw, sir,”
replied the lad promptly ; “ I couldn’t
get all the gaps out of that.”
—An Irishman noticing a woman pass
along, espied two slips depending from
under the lady’s cloak. Not knowing
that these were stylish sashes, and in
the right place, he exclaimed : “ Faith,
ma’am, your galluses are untied!”
—A lady in Kentucky received a note
the other day, asking if a few friends
could have a surprise party at her house.
She said yes, and took up her carpet and
made ample preparations. The evening
came and passed with not even a caller.
That’s where the surprise came in.
Papa, what’s a safe ?” “ A safe,
my child, is a charitable institution in
which benevolent old people and orphans
lay up their money for the use of sickly
burglars in paying hotel bills at Sarato
ga 1” “ What’s a cashier?” “A cash
ier, my child, is a signboard established
by amiable directors to point out the
way k*o the safe!” “What’s a detec
tive ?” “ He’s a burglar’s brother-in
law, and always boards with rich rela
tives !”
—A man in Kilkenny recently saw a
statement of his own death in a newspa
per. He wrote to the editor: “ Sir—l
notice a few errors in the obituary of
myself which appeared in your paper on
Wednesday last. I was born in Dublin,
not Cork, and my retirement from busi
ness in 1860 was not owing to ill health,
hut to a little trouble I had in connection
with a hofse. The cause of my death was
twit smali-pox. Please make correc
tions.”
-—A newsboy was passing along the
street, when ho chanced to discover a
purse of greenbacks. He was at first in
clined to conceal it, but repelling the
unworthy suggestion, he asked a venera
hle man if it were his’n. The venerable
man locked At it hurriedly, said it was,
patted him on the head, gave him a quar
ter, and said he would yet be President.
The venerable man hastened away, but
was arrested for having counterfeit bills
in his possession, while the honest news
boy played penny-ante with his hutnble
quarter aad ran it up to $2.60. Moral :
,;Hfnjß3ty ; is sometimes the best policy,”
—-A certain judge, whose pompous and
officious ways tempted some of the law
yers ta acts which bis honor construed to
mean eoutempt, fined them $lO each.
‘When they had paid their fines a certain
dry and steady-going old attorney walk
ed up to the bench and very gravely laid
down a $lO bill. “ What is that for ?”
; said the judge. “ For contempt, vour
honor,” was the reply. “ Why, I have
not fined you for couteojpt,” answered
the judge. “ 1 know that,” said the
lawyer; “ but I want you to understand
that I cherish a hearty contempt for this
'■ouft, am willing to pay for it.”
VOL. II —NO. 25.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1876 THE NEW YEAR 1876
From time immemorial it has been the habit of all classes of people to
mark out anew course of action ami form good resolutions at the corn
fiiencement of the New Year. This is truly commendable, ami lias
doubtless resulted in much good, in forming these resolutions 'for the
coming year, I would respectfully suggest that every man. woman and
child in Oglethorpe county, embody therein the determination that they
will, this year, purchase their
Dry Goods, Clothifig, Bools and Shoes, Family Groceries, Supplies,
Hardware, Tinware, Tobacco, etc., etc., at the Cheap and Live store of
JNO. T. M. HAIRE,
LEXINGTON, GA., where can always be found the Largest, Freshest
Best Selected unci Cheapest stock in the county.
Drugs, Dentistry.
Being permanently located at CRA WFORD,
GA., I aw now prepared to do all kinds of
DENTAL WORK!
at short notice, in the best style and on mod
erate terms. .My references are those who
have kindly favored me with their patronage.
Having also opened a
DRUG STORE!
I am prepared to supply Physicians with all
STANDARD MEDICINES !
and the public wi h all such articles in the
Drug Line usually needed in families, inclu
ding a full line of
Leading Medicines,
Patent Medicines,
TAINTS, OILS,
Lamps, Chimneys, Perfumery, Stationery,
Soaps, Toilet Articles, Cigars, TOBACCO,
Blue Stone, &c., &c.
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.
M. H. THOMAS, M. B.
DRUGGIST AND -DENTIST.
GEORGIA STATE
Grange Fertilizers
—AND —
Grange Dissolved Bones
Dr. M. H. THOMAS,
L >cal Agent, Crawford, Ga.
T RESPECTFULLY REFER TO THE
I analysis of cargo now in store at Savan
nah. Analysis by Prof. Land :
Soluble Phosphoric Acid 10.45
Precipitated Phosphoric Acid 1.30
Insoluble Phosphoric Acid 0.98
Ammonia 3.10
Certified to hv W. J. LAND,
Analytical Chemist, Dep’t Ag., State of Ga.
Call on me and get circulars.
Col. T. J. Smith, Master of the Stab-
Grange, endorses it." Every one who uses it
wants it again. There is none better, but few
as good. There is none as cheap, either for
cash or on time, when actual value is consid
ered. Call and see the proofs I have to offer.
Dk. M. H. THOMAS.
I have this day appointed Dk. M*. 11. Thom
as, Crawford, Ga., Local Agent at that point,
and solicit for him the patronage of the
Grangers in this vicinity. W. M. MOSES,
Traveling Agent.
Crawford, Ga., Magch 1, 1870. iuh3-2m
MRS. V. E. DOBLE,
Miiable Milliner and Dress Mer,
HAS JUST RECEIVED AND OPENED HER
Beautiful New Spring Stock of Millinery I
Comprising Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Hats, of the latest styles and in endless variety ;
Ribbons, Laces, Trimmings, Kufilings, Scarfs, Ties, Belts, etc., etc. These goods were selec
ted with especial view to this market. Cutting, Fitting and Dressmaking promptly done, in
the latest style of the art, and satisfaction guaranteed in every instance. Prices as low as anv
similar establishment in this section. A call solicited from the ladies of Oglethorpe and ad
joining counties. MRS. V. E. DOBLE, Crawford, Ga.
ECHOL’S
Raw-Bone Superphosphate!
Dissolved Animal Bones and Ammonia.
GUARANTEED ANALYSTS
Moisture (det. at 100 per cent.,,.....,.. 7.362
Organic Matter '. 1;.33.128
Cap. of producing of Amm0nia.....3.140
Inorganic Matter ......59.510
100.000
Consisting Sol. Pirns. Acid ..4.916
Preoip. “ “ JLSSO
Or Bone Phos. of lime, ren’d 501ub1e...10,732
“ “ “ precipitated 7.7.50
Total available Phos. Acid..
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 produ
cer at the price: Cash. SSO; Time, $55
or S6O, with Cotton option of 15 cents.
ALSO,
Echol’s Acid Phosphate!
For Composting with Cotton Seed. Cash
priee, $35 ; Time, S4O. Cotton option, 45c.
feb4-2m ECHOLS & CO.. Augusta, Ga.
rpilE BEST AND SAFEST I N'VESTMETN
X is year’s a subscription to the Echo,
THE OGLETHORPE ECHO'
♦♦♦
ADVERTISEMENTS.
I irst insertion (per inch space) •$! 00*
Each subsequent insertion " 75
A liberal discount allowed those advertising
for a longer period than three months. Card
ol lowest contract rates can be had on appli
cation to the Proprietor.
Local Notices 15c. per line first insertion,
and 10c. per line thereafter.
Tributes of Respect, Obituaries, etc., 50c.
per inch. Announcements, $5, j u advance.
j AUGUSTA.
NEW
CARPETS
SIDES, ETC.,
—AT—
Very Low Prices!
In order to reduce stock
we offer the following de
sirable goods at New
York quotations for 60
days :
Patterns lirusseN Carpets,
Just opened.
NEW WINDOW SHADES,
All sizes, from .j>l upwards.'
NEW CHROMOS.
200 New Chonios just opened/
CRUMB ( LOTUS,
All sizes, i-t cost toelose out lot.'
COCOA MATTISGS,
Striped aud plain/
NEW 3-PLY CARPETS,
From 81.25 to $1.50 per yard.
Wall apors and Borders, Pa
per Shades and Side Lights,
5,000 rolls new patterns opened this week/
Hearth Bugs and Door Mats,
New, pretty and cheap/
Ottomans and llassorks,
500 at $1 each/
New Ingrain Carpets,
From 50c. per yard up to the best Scotch.
Genuine English Floor Oil Cloth'
24 feet'wide, cut any sire.
Table Oil Cloth and Covers,’
In all colors and widths.
Cheap Carpets,
20 rolls at 2o to 40c. a yard/
Oil Cloth, Rugs ttml Mats,
Of all sizes.'
FLOOR OIL CLOTH,
From 3 to 18 feet wide, pretty and cheap.'
Stair Carpets, Stair Rods and Pads ,
Stair OH Cloth- and Stair Linen,-
Dice Curtains, Dice Lambra quins,
Window Cornices and Bands,
French Terrys, IS j ps and Damasks /
Picture Cords, Diops and Nails,
Piano Covers and Table Covers,-
Fringes and Gimps, all colors.
Curtain Loops and Table Mats, ,
Draperi) and Lambruquin Tassels, and
many other goods both useful and desirable
for sale cheaper than ever before, by
JAGG. BAILIE & EM,
205 Broad Street, Augusta.
feblß-3m
240 BROAD STREET AUGUSTA. GA.
Original Anna Music Store
Established IN4B by CEO. A. OATES,
WHEItE CAN HE FOEND AT ALL TIMES A FINE
assortment of First-class IMiiuo Fortes and Organs
nil with the maker’s names attached (no liinev names used),
and warranted for any reasonable length of time, for Touch,
Tone and long standing in Tune, and will be sold at reasona
ble prices for Cash, or part Cash and balance in Monthly In
stallments. lie can refer to hundreds to whom he has sold.
All kinds of Music and Musical Merchandise always on hand,
such as Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Accordeons, etc. Jtttf' He is
agent for Stein way & Son’s and Bacon & Kurr’s (formerly Ru
coui Raven) Celebrated PI ANUS., octlo-U' |
GEORGE A. OATES
DEALER IN
SCHOOL AND MISCELLANEOUS
BOOKS.
AND STATIONERY, and everything else
kept in a first-elass Book Store.
SCHOOLS supplied at reasonable prices/
BLANK BOOKS in great variety.
GILDING, LOOKING-GLASS
—AND—
PICTURE FRAMES f
O
Patronize Koine industry.
rniJE ONLY GILDING ESTABLISH
jL MENT in the State where Gold Frames
can be made from the beginning, and all
kinds of old gilt frames can be regilt and
made equal to new. All work warranted as
good mid as oh cap for the same kind as id
any city in the United States. OLD PAINT
INGS restored and relieved. A large stock
of CHROMOS always on hand. Send on
your work and guaranteed. Look-'
ing-Glasses, both French and English, fur-'
nifdicd at Manufacturers prices.
Refers to the Editor of OfSLETnoBPir-
Echo.
GEORGE C. OATES,
sepU)-tf 240 Broad st Augusta, Ga.-
V. Richards & Bro-
L. RICHARDS & BRO.,
Proprietors of the Fredericksburg J)ry Good
Store, 3HT Broad street, AUGUSTA, GA/
Also, at their BRANCH MOUSE,,
next .loor to J. G. Bailie A Bro’g
Carpet Store, keep at all
times a large assortm’t of
DRY
- - -
i And upon application will send SAMPLF.f?
| of any Goods that can lie sampled, and if
an order is sent them to the amount
of $lO or over for goods in their
Retail Department, they will
j . pay the "Express Freight
on the package.
i feblß-3 GIVE THEM A TRIAD/