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THE CROSS.
Blest they who seek,
While in their youth
W ith spirit meek,
The wav of truth.
To them the sacred Scriptures now display
Christ as the only true and living way;
His precious blood on calvary was given
To m ike them heirs of endless bliss in heaven,
And e’en on earth the child of God can trace
The glorious blessings of his Saviour’s grace.
For them he bore
His Father’s frown;
For them He wore
The thorny crown;
Nailed to the cross,
Endured its pain,
That his life’s loss
Might be their gain.
Then haste to choose
That better part,
Nor e’en dare refuse
The I>ord thy heart,
Lest He declare,
“ I know you not,”
And deep despair
Should be your lot.
Now look to Jesus who on Calvary died,
And trust on Him who there was crucified.
In Memory of n Mother.
When temptation appears, and we are
almost persuaded to do wrong, how often
a mother’s word of warning will call to
mind vows that are rarely broken. Yes,
the memory of a mother has saved many
a poor wretch from going astray, fall
grass may be growing over the hallowed
spot where all her earthly remains re
pose ; the dying leaves of autumn may
be whirling over it, or the white mantle
of winter may cover it from sight; yet
the spirit of her, when he walks in the
right path, appears, and gently and
mournfully calls to him whenwandering
off into the ways of error.
Advice to Girls.
Girls talk and laugh about marriage as
though it was a jubilee; a gladsome
thing, a rose without a thorn. And so it
is, if it is all right — if they go about it as
rational beings instead of merry-making
children. It is a serious thing to marry.
It is a life business.' Therefore, never do
it in haste; never run away to get mar
ried ; never marry for wealth or stand
ing, or line person, or manners, but ior
character, ior worth, ior the quaiiti sot
mind and heart which make an honora
ble man. Take time-; think long and
well before you accept any proposal ;
consult your parents, then some judicious
friend, then your own judgment. Learn
all that is possible ior you to learn oi
your proposed husband. \V ben all
doubts have been removed, and not till
then accept.
I’otfltOCN.
To succeed in making a good crop the
ground must be deeply ploughed, well
fertilized, light and mellow. The use of
green manures is to be avoided. Com
post thoroughly broken down, bone dust,
plaster, ashes and salt are well adapted
to these tubers. Culture in hills is the
most convenient working but many
prefer drills, believing larger yields are
obtained. Keep the ground loose and
free from weeds. Make the hills broad
and never allow the earth to become
crusted over. It is a good plan before
the vines appear above the ground to
run a light harrow over the field, thus
breaking the crust and destroying the
small weeds just starting to grow. It is
an advantage to plant early ; but there
would be no temptation to do this at the
expense of proper preparation.
Your Wives.
Do not jest with your wife upon a sub
ject in which there is danger of wound
ing her feelings. Remember tiiat she
treasures every word you utter. Do not
speak of great virtues in another man’s
wife to remind your own of a fault. Do
not approach your wile with personal
defects, for if she has sensibility you in
flict a wound difficult to heal. Do not
treat \our wife with inattention in com
pany J it touches her pride and she will
mitrrtapect you more or love you better
for it. Do not upbraid your wife in the
presence of a third party ; the sense of
your disregard for her feeliugs will pre
vent her from acknowledging, her fault.
the" Deputy and accomplishment of other
women: If you would have a pleasant
home and cheerful wife, pass your even
ings. lender your own roof. Do not be
stferrt #rn4 silent in yotpr own house, and
remarkable for sociability elsewhere.
_ < 0* ——
A Veteran.
Getil George W. Hodges, of Abbeville
distHcCOjC;, died, after a short illness.
Tn?**Be<?efsed was born in 1792, being
one of a family of twenty children, all of
whom reached the age of sixty years and
uptsi Hen?* a soldier in tire war of
■wisH'atfldr and grandfather were
soldiers in the Revolution. On one oc
casion, while the grandfather was at
home with his family, the house was sur
rounded by Indians, he was killed, three
daughters were burned with the house,
and the fodrth Liken off by the chief as
his wife. Bhe lived with him several
yekts, ’arid bore a son. At the close of
tbe Revolution she returned, however,
on a visit, bringing the boy with her,
promising to return to the chief,'to whom
shddmd been greatly attached. But she
never went back ; and subsequently mar
ried one ofthe settlers. General Hodges
a prominent Mason, and a member
o£tbe Methodist Episcopal Church.
*> Country Paper*.
An ampfcMgraopiJttty with cousidera
ble viilb^fhw- that the city
weeHwtfiwWobelip*r and better than the
country papers. It asks, do they ever
gi#4 you any .home news? Never. Do
they contain notices for your schools,
chuiches, meetings, improvements and
hthldfeds of other local matters of in
terests, which ypur county papers pub
lish without, pay ? Notan item. Do
th4y)s4ft|&a calculated to draw
attemmfiHS s*oui> cdnnty and its numer
ous thriving towns, afd aid their progress
Not a word. And yet
titere*re men who take contracted views
matter, that unless they are get
ting as many square inches of reading
matter in their own papers as they do in
a city paper they think they are not get
ting tMfe *w<frfhof their money. -It re
lrfta&s us of the person who took the lar
“hair of boots in the box, because
ts2jy cost the same as a pair much small
er that fit him.
aa. s' —■ —*
_< Now, George, my dear,” said Mrs.
Spifklns at the theatre the other night,
as her hubby was groping for his hat,
“<ywi needn’t go out to get roasted coffee
for your • heartburn; I have brought a
handful in my pocket.”
myz #olctll|®r|ic (L T cl)ci.
BY T. L. GANTT.
BRIEFLETS.
News ami Gossip of the Past Week.
—Two lowa girls are crazy to marry
each other.
—A grandson of Lafayette will attend
the Centennial.
—Grant’s old home,Galena, went Dem
ocratic at the recent election.
—To prevent cider growing sour put a
few mustard seed in the barrel.
—A Minnesota baby only twenty-two
months old sings with accuracy.
—A clean tooth does not decay. Acids,
sour fruit always injure the teeth ; sweets
never do.
—Sixteen centenarians died in Massa
chusetts last year, eleven of whom were
born in Ireland.
—A twenty-five pound tumor was re
moved from a colored woman at Cairo,
111., on Wednesday.
—A Massachusetts man is sueing to
retain a neighbor’s dwelling-house that
was washed on his land by a flood.
—ln preparing nests for setting bens a
plenty of sulphur should be sprinkled in
the nest, and occasionally more added,
to guard against vermin.
—-JThe Niagara Falls have tumbled
away over fifteen feet during the last two
years, and scientists say that in a centu
ry they will be a thing of the past.
—A pressing machine for the use of
smugglers has been invented, whereby
forty yards of ribbon, worth some S6O,
can be carried in an ordinary watch case.
—A woman of Omaha, one hundred
years of age, has had her grave clothes
on hand for fifteen years, and has had
them washed and ironed once each year.
_—One of the leading dentists of New
York gets from S2O to $l5O for filling a
tooth, and for filling and cleaning a set
of teeth he has been paid as much as
$2,000.
—The heirs of all who fell at Alamo
or under Fannin at Goliad, and all sol
diers who took part in the battle of San
Jacinto, are entitled to 640 acres of land
in Texas.
—The Swedes are described as a nation
of good livers, and they allow themselves
an abundant and nutritious diet; the
Swedish workman indulges in five or six
meals a day.
—W. \V. Jilz, the bored well auger
man, was shot in St. Louis by a man
the other day, whose sister he (Jilz) had
seduced. The papers of that city de
nounce Jilz as an unmitigated scoundrel.
—A young girl in Indiana, who was
unable to induce any one to assist her,
disinterred the remains of her infant sis
ter and buried them beside her mother,
in accordance with the dyidg wish of the
latter.
—A jury at Harrisonburg, Va., has
given Mr. Earley $4,500 damages in his
suit against the \ alley Railroad Compa
ny for injury to his leg. Ills horse was
scared by a passing train, ran away and
threw him.
—A clever but intemperate sculptor
having died at Montreal, leaving three
months’ board unpaid, the proprietor of
the boarding-house recovered part ofthe
debt by selling the body to a dissecting
room for $25.
—A man called at the Albany Medical
College and wanted to sell his body for
dissection. His price was $75, but he
came down to S4O. He said he would
spend the money in a last carousal, and
then commit suicide. A bargain was not
consummated.
—Last week a brutal father, near For
est, Ohio, killed his son, a mere youth,
tor not doing his work properly, and de
liberately burned the body in a leg-heap.
He was reported by his little daughter,
aged five years, who witnessed the deed!
—A local wit of Lafayette, Ark., un
dertook to fool Dr. Westbrook one dusky
evening into the belief that a plug of
twist tobacco that he had pointed at the
doctor’s head was a pistol. He succeed
ed admirably, and was shot dead before
he could explain that it was all a joke.
. —ln New York city, the following bu
sinesses are carried on by w<smen in per
son : Two billiard saloons, 50 lager beer
saloon, 52 doctors, 2 undertakers, 2 bro
kers, and 5 livery stable keepers. There
are many men who engage in feminine
occupations, such as milliners, nurses,
dry goods clerks, laundresses, etc.
—President Grant, it is said, has lost
a great deaf of money by speculating,
and lias bad to sell most of the real estate
in Washington, Long Branch and St. !
Louis. His money supplies have doubt- I
less been cut off by the flank movements i
of the Democratic investigating commit- i
tees. He may have to go back to work !
in a tanyard yet.
—The largest bell in the world is in !
Moscow ; it is 19 feet high, and is said I
to weigh 448,000 pounds. The great
bell at Pekin is 14 feet high, and weighs
534 tons, There was a bell in Paris that
weighed 15,000, and another that weigh
ed 25,000 pounds. The great bell at
Rouen weighed 36,364, and that at Tou
louse 66,000 pounds.
—One of the spectators of the unveil
ing of the Lincoln monument in Wash
ington was Louis Clark, who saw a negro
whipped to death hv Tom Canady, of
Garrett county, Ky., and immediately
crossed the Ohio and gave the particu
lars to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, upon
which she founded her story of “ Uncle
Tom’s Cabin.” Clark was ithe “ George
Harris.”
—A French doctor, many years ago,
advertised a cosmetic—the “ balm of one
thousand flowers.” It finally got him
into court, charged with swindling the
purchaser, because it would be impossi
ble to collect and combine the oder of
one thousand dollars. But the witty
Frenchman, with a ready smile, put
them down with the reply “honey,”
which was one of the ingredients of the
“ balm.”
—“ When will Americans learn to
economize material ?” writes a looker
on in Paris. “ The yearly sum of five
thousand francs is paid by one man here
for laying clean, fresh straw over the
floor of a butter market, which, when
removed, yields back the bntter which is
fingered aud chewed and tasted and re
jected through the day. The straw is
thrown into hot water, and the butter
rising to the top is purified and sold to
pastry cooks.”
CRAWFORD, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1876.
Her Cake was All Dough.
Fifty years old if a day, and her name
was Eliza Fox. She lives on National
avenue, and she made a trip to., the
eastern portion of the city to get a recipe
for making cake. She got the recipe,
got some beer, and got in the station,
and she wasn’t half as anxious about
her case as some of the audience. She
slowly followed Bijah out musing:
“ Use about a pint of flour, put in a
chunk of butter about as large as a wal
nut, and break in ”
“ Now, then,” interrupted his honor,
“ this looks bad to see a woman of your
age here.”
“ Well, I had some beer,” she softly
replied, “ and break in four eggs, grate
in your lemon-peel, stir well, and bake in
a hot oven.”
“ What have you to say about this
case?” asked the Court.
“Nothing. You can do all the talk
ing— quart of flour—four eggs—lemon
peel—nutmeg—hot oven.”
“You were never here before?”
“ I don’t remember that 1 was. Will
you take a recipe down for me before I
forget it ?”
“ I’ve got a recipe for ending drunken
ness,” replied his honor.
“ I don’t want it; and after the cake
has baked for fifteen minutes remove
from the oven and put on your frosting.”
“ Do you want to go to the House of
Correction,” queried the Court.
“No, sir, I don’t. What do I want to
go tramping way up there for?”
“ But you were so sadly intoxicated
that the officer had to hire an express
wagon to bring yon down here.”
“Is that so ? Then I came here by ex
press, did I? Was I packed in a box?”
“ You must be very careful in future.
It’s a bad thing for a woman to get
drunk.”
“No worse than ’tis for the man, and
after the frosting is on set the cake back
in the oven for three or four minutes.”
“ Yes, I’ll promise!” she angrily ex
claimed, “ but I wish you wouldn’t talk
so much—you put me all out.”
She stood off and glared at his honor
and then, tapping her finger on tiie
railing, continued:
“You take about a quart of flour—
about a quart. You put in a hunk of
butter about as big as a walnut, and you
break in three or four ”
“You may break out,” said the Court.
“ Well, I will. I want to get some
where where I can write down that
recipe before I forget it.”
She pushed her way through the crowd
to the door, and as she stepped out she
was heard muttering:
“Quart of flour—four eggs—five min
utes!”
He Wasn't There,
The baby who wasn’t at the union fair
was at the Detroit post-office in his little
buggy. He was a baby with snag teeth,
yellow hair, white eyes and ugly kick to
his heels. A pedestrian tried to pat him
on the nose, and the young generation
struck at him and howled disconsolately.
A bootblack pinched his foot, and the
baby kicked right and left and made the
cover fly.
“ He wasn’t at the fair, was he ?” in
quired one of the boys as the mother
came out.
“ I guess he wasn’t —not much,” she
answered. “He was home, minding his
business.”
“ Then he didn’t get a golden eagle?”
“ He didn’t get nothing I” she snapped.
“ I don’t put my flesh and blood on exhi
bition for no golden eagles, or golden
geese, or golden anything else.”
“But he’d have taken the A 1. O. K.,
XXX premium if you’d had him there,”
persisted the boy.
“ He’s just as good as he is handsome,”
she replied, as she tucked the clothes
down. “ I’ve been told over and over
again that he is the handsomest baby in
Detroit.”
“Would you sell him?” seriously in
quired the boy.
“Sell him? Why, what could you do
with a baby ?”
“ I'd paint his nose, dye liis hair, whit
tle out some good teeth for him, trim his
ears down for him and then sell him for
a tobacco sign,” whispered the boy.
This is why a woman was seen chas
ing a boy around the post-office square,
always just near enough to get a kick,
but always just an instant too late to hit
the spot. When a policeman stopped
her she had her hands clenched, her
eyes flashed fire, her teeth were hard
shut and she gasped :
“Take my house and lot, but let me
get hold of that boy!”
Tying tbe Knot.
A young fellow was taking a sleigh ride
with a pretty girl, when he met a minis
ter who was somewhat celebrated for ty
ing the matrimonial knot at short notice.
He stopped him and asked hurriedly :
“Can you tie a knot for me?”
“ Yes,” said Brother B , “ I guess'
so. When do you waut it done?”
“Well, fight away,” was the reply.
“Is it lawful, though, here in the high
way ?”
• “ Oh, yes; this is as good a place as
any—as safe as the church itself.”
“ Well, then, I want a knot tied in my
horse’s tail to keep it out of the snow.”.
The minister strangely displayed pro
fane wrath.
Counsel for Defense.
The custom of appoiutipg young law
yers to defend pauper criminals received
a back-set the other day in a Boston Dis
trict Court. The Judge had appointed
two-young lawyers to defend an old and
experienced horse-thief. After inspect
ing his counsel for some time in silence,
the prisoner rose in his place and ad
dressed the bench:
“ Air them to defend me?”
“ Yes, sir,” said his honor.
“ Both of’em ?” inquired the prisoner.
“Both of them,” responded the judge.
“ Then I plead guilty,” and the poor
devil took his seat and sighed heavily.
Preposterous Expectations.
In a Detroit street car a man’s breath
smelled so strongly of whisky that a gen
tleman moved across the car to get out
of the ring.
“ Any zing wrong?” asked the drunk
ard as he observed the change.
“ Nothing, except your breath snjells
of whisky enough to knock a horse
over.”
“ ’Speet she does—she does,” was the
candid reply, “but you don’t ’spect poor
man like me can buy cologne an’ whis
ky, too, do you ?”
DEVILTRIES.
The Freshest and Best Wit and Humor
—The warmest kind of a hat: one that’s
got stove in.
—Justice is heavy when it takes twelve
men to bring in a verdict.
—The Norwich town clock has stopped
and the hands are thrown out of employ
ment.
—One swallow does not make a spring,
but a dozen swallows sometimes make
one fall.
—There is a fellow who comes to town
once in a while who is part fish —at least,
bis head swims.
—The individual who was accidental
ly injured by the discharge ofhis duty
is still very low.
—lt is leap year, and the old piece of
advice is just as good as ever: “ Look
before you leap.”
—A hopeless case—the full grown
young man who calls his mother his
maw and his father his paw.
—“Who frew dat peanut at me ?”
asked a darkey when struck on the cra
nium with a sand bag thrown out of a
balloon.
—“ This is spanking fine vinegar,”
said John Henry. “ Ought to be spank
ing,” replied his hopeful, “there’s ‘moth
er’ in it.”
—“ Is your store a warm one?” asked
a gentleman. “It ought to be,” was the
reply : “ the painter gave it two coats
recently.”
—The revival feeling is spreading, but
it hasn’t yet got down deep enough to
affect arrearages on the country newspa
per books.
—The bull-frog was the first circula
ting greenback, and the entire breed
have been notorious inflationists ever
since the flood.
—lt is noticed that a man is just as
mad if you point an empty gun at him
as he is when the gun is loaded. There
fore put in a load.
—Of course it is absurd for a boarder
to call a cockroach a fellow of infinite
jest because he appears in anew roll ev
ery morning aQbreakfast.
—A physician boasted at dinner that
he cured his own hams, when one of his
guests remarked : “ Doctor, I’d sooner
be your ham than your patient.”
—A Denver paper says that an Indian
chief left his squaw in a saloon there,
the other day, as security for the pay
ment of a whiskey bill. Probably one
of the pawn-ee tribe.
—A bull rushed into a millinery shop,
causing (_a stampede among the ladies
present. The woman in charge drove
the bovine gentleman out by exhibiting
the price of a spring bonnet.
—“ Why did Herod kill the boy babies
of the Hebrews and not the girls ?’’ asks
a Sunday-school teacher. “ Please, sir,
wasn’t it because he objected to the He
brews andjnot the Shebrews?”
—lt takes fifty New Zealanders near
ly a whole week to eat one female mis
sionary from New England. It is sup
posed that a man with a patent hash fac
tory might make a fortune there.
—One of the hardest lines in the life
of an agriculturalist is, on seeing an edi
tor cutting copy from exchanges, to re
frain from saying : “ Oh, that’s the way
you make up the paper, eh ? steal it ?”
—Engaging child : “ Oh, Mr. Jenkins,
do let me see you drink !” “ See me
drink ! What for, my dear?” Engaging
child : “Oh ! mamma says* you drink
like a fish, and Iso much wish to see
how fishes drink !”
—An exchange announces the illness
of its editor, and piously remarks : “All
good paying subscribers are’requested to
mention him in their prayers. The oth
ers need not, as the prayers of the wick
ed availeth nothing.”
•—Young men in Crawford are gravely
considering the question of abandoning
the use of standing shirt-collars. After
10 o’clock, Sunday nights, most of our
girls’ cheeks look as if tney had been
punched with a clothes-pin.
—A lady had her dresses trimmed
with bugles before going to a bain Her
little daughter wanted to know if the
bugles would blow wheir she danced.
“ Oh, no,” said the moths#, papa will
do that when ’fctaw’bill.”
—An up-town huh*, who believes in
self-improvement, suggested to his wife
recently that they should argue some
question frankly and freely every even
ing, and try to learn more of each other.
Tbb question for the first night happened
to be whether a woman could be expect
ed to get along without a spring hat, and
he took the affirmative but when he
was last seen he had climbed up into
the hay-loft and was pulling the ladder
up after him.
—A foreign news item 6ays tiiat the
king of Burmah has ordered.that a!I the
tribunals and other public offices shall
be dosed for forty days. During this
period the ceremony of boreingthe prin
cesses’ ears is to be performed. Either
the princesses’ have immense ears, or
there is two or three regiments of them.
According to St. Louis papers, it only
takes four days to drill through a Chica
go gir l’s ear.
—A doctor in Massachusetts saved a
young woman’s life two months ago.
When he brought round his bill the grate
ful father replied: “ Take her doctor ;
she is yours ; her hear! beatfe on\y for
yqu. Me and the old woman will coinp
and live with you I>y and by. The son
of Esculapius said he wasn’t that sort of
a man ; that be couldn’t affonl it; that,
seeing it was him, wdulo take $66.
“ Sixty-six dollars I” screamed the piotiS
father'; “ why, I could have buried her
for half the money.”
—“ Got an change about wju ?”
said Quilp, jingling tire contents of his
pocket for the aeleeation of a broker, tfie
other day. “ Ob, lots of it,” was the
pert reply. “ How do you like the new
pieces, three of which makes a dollar?”
continued quilp. “Three to a dollar?”
queried the broker. “ Haven’t seen any
of that kind. Show us a few.” Quilp
then produced a halt dol.ar and two
quarters, and without further parley the
unwary broker led the way to the near
est sample room and called for, drinks
for two,
Judge William Gibson.
We transfer to our columns to-day,
with pleasure, the following article on
Hon. William Gibson. The writer has,
we think a very, proper appreciation of
the Judge, and his opinions will be cor
dially endorsed by a large number of his
friends, as well as by many who in the
past have differed widely with him upon
important issues. No harm can ever
come from doing a man justice:
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel: For
many years I have known this worthy
and patriotic man, and time, which lulls
our passions, lessens our prejudices and
i softens if it does not subdue the asperi
ties of party, has enabled me, I think, to
dojusticeto his character. No intimacy
exists between us. I have never lived
in daily or familiar intercourse with him.
i Our relations to each other have been
i only of a business character. -I am in
! debted to him for no favor; nor he to me
i for influence or political support. In
| the past I have criticised his conduct
and denounced his polities; and yet I
am not sure but that his course has been
wise and bis conservatism beneficial.
That he loves with devotion his native
State, I have no that he has serv
ed her faithfully in more than one ca
pacity is known of many and should be
acknowledged by all. He makes, I be
lieve, no pretensions to accomplished
scholarship or profound learning; yet he
writes well and makes a good Judge.
He may not always find authority for his
rulings, but they have generally been
right—for he is a man of clear percep
tions and solid judgment. Extensive le
gal information does not always qualify
men for the bench. The reading of
many books more often results in confu
sion of ideas than in clear apprehension
of truth or logical conclusions. It has
been said that Chief Justice Marshall
would write out his decisions and then
get Judge Story to hunt up authorities to
I sustain them. But whether this be true
or not, men who write law books seldom,
if ever, make good Judges.
On the bench, Judge Gibson is gen
! orally courteous and patient, although I
; have more than once seen his temper
j ruffled, and his equanimity disturbed by
uncalled for exhibitions of passion and
spiteful impertinence on the part of mer
curial members of the bar. But these
he forgave, or allowed to go unpunished,
as gratitude obliges even this writer to
declare, I had some acquaintance with
Judge Gibson as a soldier. He was
brave, faithful and constant. Though
not under his command, I knew of his
courage and fortitude, and have not for
gotten it. Many who have since abused
him in the bitterest way, shrank like
cowards from the struggle in which he
risked his liie. I have differed with him
widely. Even now the Hotspur in me
prevents a cordial union. But I would
do him justice; for I believe his heart is
warm, liis friendship faithful and patri
otism pure. We no doubt differ more iu
the means than the end.
At Old Capitol Prison, at Point Look
out and elsewhere, he bore his suffering
and captivity like a hero. It fell to my
lot to witness his v proud patience and
manly endurance during some of the e
dark hours; and to-day memory recalls
many an act of generous kindness shown
to those around him. It is neither my
purpose nor desire to mention Judge
Gibson’s name in connection with any
office. I leave to the “ Warwicks” the
making of Kings, Presidents, and Gov
ernors. For myself, I would simply pay
an honest and impartial tribute to a man
who has far more virtues than faults.
TPlly.
A Baboon Mother,
A woman belonging to a settlement of
about 150 souls went one day to gather
some wood, and left her child on the
ground to take care of itself. While the
mother was gone a female baboon ap
peared on the scene, and espying the
child approached and began to fondle it.
The child was allowed to partake of the
baboon’s milk,'which deprived it of any
appetite for its mother’s. When the
mother returned she noticed that the
child was carefully covered over with
leaves and had lost its hunger. This
was done lor several days before the
mother ascertained who performed the
unthankful act. When the mother did
find out the doer she induced the men
,ol her tribe to lie in wait for the baboon
the next day. The animal noticed the
men raise their weapons to fire, and be
gan to wave her hand, or paw, as if ask
ing them not to kill her, and, at the same
time, pointed to a young one at her
breast. But the natives killed her. No
sooner had they doue so, however, than
the male baboon put in its appearance,
and, by a loud shout, summoned others
of his tribe to the spot. Then, in a body,
the anipials attacked the natives and
forced them to flee to their huts for safe
ty. One of the baboons tracked them to
their settlement, and the next dav they
were visited by aboutsoo baboons, who
assaulted them with cocoanuts and com-
Eelled them to run away from their
omes. The animals kept a watch over
the huts for several days and prevented
thenatives from returning to their dwell
ings.
The Vest Pocket.
A young man from one of the subur
ban districts was in one of our tailor
shops getting measured for a vest tiie
other afternoon. “Married or unmar
ried?” queried the, merchant after tak
ing down the number. “ Unmarried,”
said the young man with a blush. “In
side pocket on the left band side, then,”
observed the tailor, as if to himself, mak
ing a memorandum to that effect. After
a moment’s pause, the young man from
the suburbs inquired: “"What differ
ence does my being married or unmar
ried make with the inside pocket of the
vest ?” “ Ah, my dear sir,” observed the
tailor with a bland smile, “ all the differ
ence possible as you must see. Being
unmarried, you want the pocket on the
left side, so at to bring the young lady’s
picture next to your heart.” “ But don’t
the married man aiso want his wife’s
picture next to his heart?” queried the
anxious youth. “Possibly there Is an
instance of that bind,” said the tailor,
arching bis eyebrow, “ but I never heard
of it.” ___
R. T. BRUMBY & CO.,
Agents for R. Cole & Co’s
Fruit Trees, Roses,
i GRAPES AND EVERGREENS!
VOL. II—NO. 31.
LEGAL NOTICES.
Oglethorpe County Sheriff Sale,
WILL P.E SOLD BEFORE TIIE COURT
House door, in Lexington, Oglethorpe
county, Ga., within the legal hours of sale, on
the first TUESDAY in June next, one tract
of Laud in Oglethorpe county, containing two
hundred andfif y acres, more or less, adjoin
ing lands of \Y. R. Ellis, John R. Eidson and
j others. Levied on as the property of John
} A. Christopher, to satisfy a ti. fa. from Ogle
thorpe Superior Court, in favor of S. R. Ay
j cock vs. Jno. A. Christopher principal.
M. 11. YOUNG, Dep’v Sheriff.
1 May 3d, 1876.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY.—Petition for Letters of Dis
mission. Whereas, John J. Daniel and F.
G. C. Peek, administrators on the estate of
Robert C. Daniel,late of said county, deceased,
applies to me for Letters of Dismission from
said estate—
These are, therefore, to cite and adinoish all
persons concerned to show cause, if any they
have, on or beiore the first Monday in July,
1876, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, this 27th dav of March,
1676. T. D. GILIIAM,
[•85.00] Ordinary.
OTATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
kJ COUNTY.—Petition for Letters of Dis
mission. Whereas, W. B. P. Haynie, ad
ministrator, de bonis non. on estate of New
ton Stevens, late of said county, deceased, ap
plies to me for Letters of Dismission from said
estate—
The e are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all persons concerned to show canse, if any
they have, on or before the first Monday in
July, 1876, why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, this 27th day of March,
1876. T. 1). GILIIAM,
[ss] Ordinary.
QTATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
O COUNTY.—Petition for Letters of Dis
mission. Whereas, Wm. 11. Jarrell, admin
strator on the estate of Elizabeth Smith, late
of said county, deceased, applies to me for
Letters of Dismission—
These are, therefore, to cite all persons con
cerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause,
if an v they can, why said administrator should
not be discharged from his administration
ami receive Letters of Dismission on the first
Monday in July, 1876.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, the 27th dav of March,
1876. T. D. GILIIAM,
1.-65] Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY.—Petition for Letters of
Dismission. Whereas, I. R. Hall, Jr.,
end R. F, Dillard, administrators on the es
tate of Richard Dillard, late of said county,
deceased, applies to me for Letters of Dismis
sion from said estate—
These are, therefore, to cite all persons con
e rned to show cause, if any they have, on or
before the first Monday in June, 1876, why
said 1 etters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, the 25th dav of Feb
ruary, 1876. THUS. D. GILIIAM,
[ss.oo] Ordinary.
A TLANTA.
CHEAP CASH
Furniture House!
No. 9 Marietta Street,
Atlanta, - - Georgia.
Lite HI lotas
M A 1 i RESSES of all kinds, very cheap.
ORDERS FOR CASH promptly filled.
mar3l-3m
NOLAN and DOTY.
Successors to 1. T. Ranks.
67 Whitehall street, Atlanta, CJa.
DEALERS IX
BOOTS AX® SHOES!
OAK AND HEMLOCK SOLE
LEATII E R ,
HARNESS LEA THER,
UPPER LEA THER,
French an 1 American
CALF SKINS.
SHOE FINDINGS &
Shoe-Makers’ Tools!
Ladies' White Kia Slippers,
Ladies' Set e/e Side Laced Gaiters,
Ladies’ Kid Side-Laced Gaiters,
Didies' Box-Toed Shoes, in ever// style,
Gents' Calf Box-Toed Roots and Goiters, in
latest Stifles,
Ch ildren’s Fancy Shoes, all colors and kinds.
Our stock is now being daily increased, and
we offer the same to dealers and consumers at
short profits for cash only.
With a large c tsh capital in the business,
together with Jogn experience, enables us to
offer a stock worthy of your attention, and we
desire that when you come to Atlanta you
will call, examine and price our goods, or if
more convenient, send your orders and we
will try our best to please vou.
fi'b2!-hm NOLAN & DOTY.
DR. D. SOUTHWICK,
85 & 37 Whitehall St,, Atlanta, Ga.,
OTILL CONTINUES TO CURE ALL
O cases of
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE,
BLOOD IMPURITIES,
OBSTRUCTIONS OK MENSES
from whatever cause, every ailment or siek
ness which results from abase or imprudence
with unparalleled success. Having nad large
experience in his .Specialties, helms perfected
remedies that are effectual- in all these eases.
His patients are being treated my Mail and
Express every where.
Call or address with stamp, in confi
dence, as above. declO-1 y
Doors, Ulinds.
WE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK
\ t of White Pine Su-h, Doors and Blinds
in the South. Our prices are lower than
small manuf&c-turers or dealers ean afford.
Our terms are
STRICTLY CASH!
Our prices are too low to give credit; but we
ship good- to be paid for on deliver)' at the
depot where the purchaser resides, and guar
antee them to give satisfaction.
Also, a full stock of Mantels, Brackets,
Rope Mouldings, Stair Work, Window Glass,
Paints mixed readv for use, ete.
JENNINGS & ASHLEY,
mar3l-6m 31 and 33 Broad st., Atlanta, Ga.
AUGUSTA HOTEL
Corner Broad and Washington streets,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Passengers arriving on the Charlotte, Co
lumbia <sc Augusta; Wilmington, Columbia
& Augusta ; or South Carolina Railroads, can
get off’ at corner of Broad street, within ten
steps of this Hotel.
Rates $3 per day.
FRED S. MOSHER, Proprietor.
.TOSIAII MOSHER, Superintendent.
QR,-Speeial arrangements with Commer
cial men and all conveniences afforded.
THE OGLETHORPE ECHO
ADVERTISEMENTS.
First insertion ( per inch space) $1 <wt
Each subsequent insertion 73
A liberal discount allowed those advertising
for a longer period than three months. Card
of lowest contract rates can be had on appli
cation to the Proprietor.
Local Notices 100. per line first insertion
and 10c. per line thereafter.
Tributes of Respect, Obituaries, etc., o0e:
oer inch. Announcements, $5, in advance.
CHARLESTON.
Tdw!nbiTtesTco7
JOBBERS OF
Dry Goods Clothing
Nos. 122 and 121 Meeting Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.-
Ei)w;x Bates. )
George C. Si i.max,
Thomas it. McGafiax,
Chaki.es K. Bates,
James P. Ginns. J nprl4-6m
GEOBEEf, WILUSsTCOT"
WHOLESALE
GROCERS
And Colton Factors,
1 and 3 Hayue Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
George W. Williams, ]
William Birxie,
Joseph I!. Rorkktsox, J-
Frank E. Taylor,
Robert S. Cathcakt, J aprl4-Gm
D. F. Fleming & Cos.,
Manufacturers of and Wholesale
Dealers in
Boots anil Shoes!
No. 2 ITaync Street, corner Church,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
D. F. Fleming, ]
James M. Wilsox, v
James Gilfillix, ) apr!4-3m
Joiix S. Faiki.y, Wm. Mcßekxey,
of late firm of
Hyatt, Mcßurney & Cos.
John S. Fairly & Cos.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IX
White Goods, hiillioerf anil Fancy Goods,
NOTIOXS,
Hosicr.y, (iloves, &c
Nos. 37 and 70 Market Street,
apr!4-3in CHARLESTON, S. C.-
I. H. mm,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers and
Manufacturers of
White Lead, Paints
OILS. GLASS.
Putty, Brushes, Colors, &c
READY-MIXED PAINTS,
Strictly Pure, sold with a guarantee,
DOORS,
SASHES,
BLINDS,
MOULDINGS,
Balers’ Hardware.
Every Description of
BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
of most reliable character, sold on most pleas*
ing terms. J/ 'T- Agents for
GUT rAGE COLORS,
Metallic C en iCT pieces, £tc.
Address I. 11. HALL & CO.,
2 to 10 Market street, 223 and 225 E. Bay st.,
Charleston, S.’C.
jTto Send for Price List and Circulars.
1876 II Iff YEAR. 1876
From firm immemorial it Juls hern the habit of all classes of people to
mark out anew course of action and form good resolutions at the coin* Si
mcneemcnl ol the New Year. This * is truly commendable, and has
doubtless resulted in intteh good. In forming tJio#o resolutions for the
coming year, T would respectfully suggest that cvrrvAnnn, woman and S
fluid In Oglethorpe vmfutv, enlbodv therein the determination that they S
will, this year, purchase tlicir ’ p
Dij| Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Family Groceries, Supplies, |
Hardware, Tinware, Tobacco, etc., etc., at the Gheap and Live store of
JNO. T. M. HAIRE,
I.hXINItTON, GA., where can nlwatya be found the largest, Freshest
Beet Selected and Cheat peat tok iu the county.
Drags, 1 Dentistry.
Being peiinancntly ideated at CifcLI VFORTt,
ill A., I aw now prepared to do all kinds of
DENTAL WORK!
at short notice, in the best style anil on mod
erate terms, ?ly references are those who
have kindly favored me with their patronage.
Having also.upeutaLa* -r
DRUG STORE !
I am prepared to supply Physicians with all
STANDARD MEDICINES !
and the public wi‘h all such articles in th
I>rug IdiMyJsually needed in families, inclu
ding a full line of
Leading Medicines,
Patent Medicines,
PAINTS, OILS,
Lamps, Chimneys, Perfumery, Stationery,
Soaps, Toilet Article#, Cigars, TOBACCO t
Blue Stone, Ac., Ac.
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. D.
viiuGGisT ash b.'.xraT.