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COUNTY CRURCH DIRECTORY.
BAPTIST.
Rev. J. G. Gibsox, Pastor.
Millstone —First Sunday in each month and
Saturday before.
Salem —Second Sunday in each month and
Saturday before.
Lexington —Third Sunday in each month and
Saturday before.
Crawford— Fourth Sunday in each month and
Saturday before.
Rev. A. J. Kelly, Pastor.
Cloud’s Creek —Second Sunday in each month
and Saturday before.
Rev. B. M. Calloway, Pastor.
Indian Creek —Third Sunday in each month
and Saturday before.
P. 11. Mell, D. D., Pastor.
Antioch —First Sunday in each month and
Saturday before.
Bairdstovm —Fourth Sunday in each month
and Saturday before
Rev. Mr. Carter, Pastor.
County Line —First Sunday in each month
and Saturday before.
METHODIST.
Rev. C. C. Cary, Pastor.
Cherokee Corner —First Sunday in each month
and Saturdiiy before.
Winterville —Second Sunday in each month
and Saturday before.
Glade —Third Sunday in each month and
Saturday before.
Mount Pleasant — Fourth Sunday in each
month and Saturday before.
Rev. L. P. Nei-sk, Pastor.
Lexington —First Sunday and Saturday before
Wesley Chapel —2d Sunday and Sat’y before.
Atkinson’s —3d Sunday and Saturday before.
Centre —4th Sunday and Saturday before.
7RST' All white ministers in the county, of
every denomination, are requested to send in
their appointments for publication in this
column. No charge whatever.
LEGAL NOTICES.
Notice to Executors, Ad
ministrators and
Guardians.
ORDINARY’S Of 11< 'E, May 15th, 1876.
The laws of Georgia r qu re . yu.i, and each
of you, tn make an annual realm to tlie Or
dinary, on or before til.* first Tiles I-y n July
in each year. And il you ft !io m..ae such
returns, : t >s my swos’n duff to know the
cause; and i snail reiuse i > allow any com
missions to all del.nquent Exo u;o s. Admin
istrators and Guardians, who viiiliully neg
lect their sworn duty. You will save costs
by discharging that duty.
Given und. r mv hand and official signa
ture, this May 13th, 1876.
T. 1). GILHAM, Ordinary
my22-3t of Oglethorpe county.
Oglethorpe County hlieriii Sale.
VTTILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT
VV House door, in ( exington, Oglethorpe
county, Ga., w thin the logitl hours of sale, on
the first. TT ESDAY in .June next, one tract
of Land in Oglethorpe county, containing two
hundred and lit' v acres, more or less, adjoin
ing lands of \V. R. Ellis, John R. Eidson and
others. Levied on as the property of John
A. Christopher, to satisfy a li. la. from Ogle
thorpe Superior Court, in lavor of S. R. Ay
cock vs. Jno. A. ( hristopher principal.
M. 11. AOL NG, Dep’v Sheriff.
May 3d, 1876.
UgUdhorjie Shoriif Sale.
TIT ILL RESOLD ON THE FIRST TUES
\V DAY in June next, before the Court
House door, in tfie. town of Lexington, Ogle
thorpe county, w.thin the legal hours of sale,
one sorrel mare mule, supposed to he ten
years old. Levied on as the property of Win.
English, on the foreclosure of a i ortgage li.
fa., iss,.eu from ffiviii Superior Court, n favor
of Hugh Hogg, vs. \\ m English. Property
pointed oui bv E. C. Kiunebrcw, and 1 shall
proceed to advertise and sell the same.
M. 11. tOt NO, Dep’t Sheriff.
May 14, 1876.
Oglelhoriie Count} Sheriff Salt*.
11l ILL BE SOLD BEFORE TIIE COURT
IT House and .or, in the Own of Lexington, j
ou the fibs: TUESDAY in June next, between!
the legal hours of-ale, one tract of Land in
Oglethorpe county, containing two hundred 1
and sixty acres, more or less, adjoining lands j
of V. M. Turner, \Y. T. Duster and others,
levied on as the property of Mrs. Jane Thorn
ton, to satisfy a ti. fa. from Oglethorpe Supe
rior Court, in favor of John V. Collier vs.
Robert S. Thornton and Jane Thornton. Prop
erty pointed out bv \V. G. Johnson, plaintiff's
attorney. J. T. JOHNSON, Sheriff*.
Mity 9, 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 ofi
Robert C. Daniel,late of said county, deceased,
applies to me for Letters of Dismission from
said estate—
These are, therefore, to cite and admoish all
persons concerned to show cause, if any they
nave, on or belore the first Monday in July,
1876, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under uiy hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, this 27th dav of March,
1876. T. D. GILHAM, i
[ss.oo] Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY. —Petition for Letters <1 Dis
mission. Whereas, W., B. P. Ilaynie, 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 cause, 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, tnis 27th dav of March,
1876. T. D. GILHAM,
m Ordinary.
fATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY. —Petition for Letters of Dis
mission. WHEREAS, Will. H. Jarrell, actinin
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 anv they can, why said administrator should
not be discharged from his administration
and receive Letters of Dismission on the fir>t
Monday in July, 1876.
Given under iny hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, the 27ti dav of March,
1876. T. D. GILHAM,
[ss] Ordinary.
S~ TATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY'.—Petition for Letters of
Dismission. Whereas, I. R. Hall, Jr.,
: nd 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
c rned to show cause, if any they have, on or
before the first Monday in June, 1876, why
said etters should not be granted.
Given under mv hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, the 25th day of I eb
ruarv, 1876. THOS. D. GILHAM,
[ss.oo] Ordinary.
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BY T. L. GANTT.
Written for the Echo.]
I MAY NOT FORGET THEE.
“frak o’leaby.”
“ Thou cast not forget me, for memory will
fling
Her light o’er oblivion’s dark sea,
Wherever you wander a something will cling
To thy bosom, that whispers of me.”
[Mrs. Kelby.
Thou cans’t not recall it with melody’s tone,
Nor bring back the beautiful trust—
The soul of affection forever has flown,
And young love lies bleeding in dust.
No heathen e’er bowed to his idol of stone,
Or worshiped the gloriou sun,
With half the devotion my fond heart has
shown
To thee, oh ! thou inconstant one.
No fond, loving youth to the Lnrtie’s sweet
song
E’er listened, on waves of the Rhine,
With half the delight, as lie floated along,
That once I have listened to thine.
My barque on the treacherous rock has been
cast,
My idol 1 find was but clay,
And bright hopes here vanished like dreams
of the past,
Or mist that has floated away.
In vain is thy pleading—thy musical voice
No longer with rapture I hear—
The heart in my bosom no more will rejoice
When its melody falls on my ear.
For oh ! it is false as the vile serpent’s hiss—
And more welcome the Benshee’s sad cry
Would be to my soul, in moments of bliss,
Than thy words or the glance of thine eye.
I may not forget thee —the wound tlio’ it heals
Will still bear the hideous scar,
Which, through the poor soldier, forever re
veals
The sadness and ruin of war.
But o’er that his warfare, His danger, is p ist,
Will the battle-seared hero regret—
And that from my pathway thy toils have
been cast
I am gl ’ l, hough I may not forget.
Pretty Women Scarce in Texas.
A priuite letter from Ellis county,
Texas, says:
“ This part of the State is overrun
with the tide of emigration. Every little
Suit here is crowded, many having two or
nfire families living in them, and in nu
merous cases there are families living in
tents, building material being very
scarce. There are thousands of people
in this portion of the State who have
neither houses nor money.
“ I admit that there are rich lands
throughout the State,-but the truth of the
matter is, Texas is greatly overrated. A
great many of us here have to haul our
water from sloughs, often a mile or more
distant, and it is by no means pure ei
ther. In this vicinity we haul all our
firewood from three to seven miles, tim
ber lor fencing purposes much further.
Renters pay one-fourth of the cotton and
one-third of the grain produced, and
have to house the landlord’s share for
him. Our surplus crop does not com
monlv bring us enough to buy our chew
ing tobacco. Our plowing we do with
Spanish ponies, which subsist upon the
grass while the crop is being made.
These ponies, generally very poor, sell
tor $25 to $35. Everything to eat is very
high, gold and silver never seen, and
pretty women as scarce as hen’s teeth.
That’s the way it is here.”
Terrible Tragedy.
The residents of Roseville, Penn., had
a first-class sensation last month. A
widower, named Win, Russell, had
formed a highly improper intimacy with
a servant girl residing in the house ; his
daughter left her home, when public in
dignation became so high, that the old
man sent the girl oft* but afterwards mar
ried her and brought her back to his
house. His daughter, in the meantime be
came engaged to the son of a former ene
my and privately married him. The old
man heard of it, and while the bride and
groom were breakfasting with a number
of friends, he entered the room, and at
tempted to use a knife on his son-in-law.
The young man drew a pistol and warn
ed him off; when the young bride
sprang between them the pistol explo
ded and she was shot through the brain.
The husband then put the pistol to his
own bead and killed himself. Russell
fainted away and it was afterwards
found that he was a raving maniac.
After several months he recovered his
senses, discarded his wife and then bung
himself.
Secret of Happiness.
An Italian Bishop, who had struggled
through many difficulties without repin
ing, and been much oppressed without
manifesting impatience, being asked to
communicate the secret of being always
so happy, replied: “It consists in a sin
gle thing, and that is making a right use
of my eyes.
“In whatsoever state I am, I first of
all look up to heaveu aud remember
that my great business is to get there.
I then look down on earth, and call to
mind how small a space I shall soon fill
in it. I then look abfoad in the world,
and see multitudes less happy than my
self.
“And thus I learn where true happi
ness is placed, where all my cares must
end, and how little reason I ever had to
murmur or otherwise than to be thank
ful. To live in this spirit is to be always
happy.”
—What is the next thing to a hen
stealing? Why acock robin, to be sure.
CRAWFORD, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1876.
DEACON LEE.
Deacon Lee, who was a kindly, silent,
faithful, gracious man, was one day
waited upon by a restless, ambitious,
worldly Church member, who was labor-
I ing to create uneasiness in the Church,
j and especially to drive away the minis
, ter.
The deacon came in to meet his visit
or, who, after the usual greetings, began
to lament the low state of religion, and
inquire as to the reason why there had
; been no revival for the last two years
past.
“ Now what do you think is the cause
of things being dull here ?”
The deacon w T as not ready to give his
opinion ; and after a little thought frank
ly answered: “I don’t know.”
“Do you think the Church alive to
the work before them?”
“No, I don’t.”
“Do you think the minister fully
realizes the solemnity of his work?”
“No, I don’t.”
A twinkle was seen in the eye of the
troubler in Zion, and taking courage, he
asked:
“Do you think Mr. B. a very extraor
dinary man?”
“ No, I don’t.”
“ Do you think his sermon in the eyes
of the people are held anything wonder
fully great?”
“ No, I don’t.”
Making bold, after all this encourage
ment in monosyllables, he asked:
“Then don’t you think we had better
dismiss this man and hire another?”
The old deacon started as if shot with
an arrow, and in a tone louder than his
wont, shouted :
“No, I don’t 1”
“Why,” cried the amazed visitor,
“ you agree with me in all I have said,
don’t you?”
“No, I don’t.”
“You talk so little, sir,” replied the
questioner, not a little abashed, “ that
no one can find out what you do mean.”
“ I talked enough once,” replied the
old man, rising to his feet, “ for six pray
ing Christians. Thirty years ago I got
my heart humbled, and tny tongue bri
dled ; and ever since that I’ve walked
softly before God. I then made vows
solemn as eternity ; and don’t you tempt
me to break them.”
“ What happened to you thirty years
ago?’-’ -
“ Well, sir, I’ll tell you. I was drawn
into a scheme just like this of yours, to
uproot one of God’s servants from the
field in which He had planted him. In
my blindness, I fancied it a little thing
to remove one of the ‘ stars’ which Jesus
holds in his right hand, if thereby my
ear could be tickled by more flowing
words, and the pews filled with those
who turned away from the simplicity of
the gospel. I, and the men that led me
—for I admit that I was a dupe and a
fool—flattered ourselves that we were
doing God’s service when we drove that
holy man from the pulpit and his work,
and said we considered his work done in
B , where I lived. We groaned
because there was no revival, while we
were gossiping about and criticising and
crushing him, instead of upholding his
hands by our efforts and our prayers, the
very instrument at whose hand we
harshly demanded the blessings.
“ Well, sir, he could not drag on the
chariot of salvation with half dozen of us
taunting him for his weakness, while we
hung as dead weight to the wheels; he
had not the spirit, as we thought, and
could not convert men ; so we hunted him
like a deer, till, worn and bleeding, he
fled into a convent to die.
“ Scarcely had he gone when God
came in among us by His Spirit, to show
that He had blessed the labors of His
dear rejected servant. Our own hearts
were broken, and our wayward children
converted; and I resolved at a conven
ient season to visit my former pastor and
confess my sin, and thank him for his
faithfulness to my wayward sons, which
like long buried seed had now sprung
up. But God denied me that relief, that
He might teach me a lesson that every
child of His ought to learn—that he
who toucheth one of His little ones
toucheth the apple of His eye.
“ I heard my pastor was ill, and
taking my oldest son with me, set out on
a twenty-five mile ride to see him. It
was evening when I arrived, and his
wife, with the spirit which any woman
ought to exhibit toward one who bad so
wronged her husband, denied me admit
tance to his chamber. She said (and her
words were like arrows to my soul) —‘He
may be dying, and the sight of your face
might add to his anguish.’ Had it
come to this, that the man whose labors
had, through Christ, brought me into
His fold, who had consoled my spirit in
a terrible bereavement, and who had,
till designing men alienated us, been to
me a brother—that this man could not die
in peace with my face before him ? ‘God
pity me?’ I cried, ‘what have I done?*
I confessed my sins to that meek woman,
and implored her for Christ’s sake to let
{ me kneel before flis dying servant, and
j receive his forgiveness.
“ What did I care then whether the
pews by the door were rented or not? I
J would gladly have taken his whole fam
i ily to mv home forever, as mv flesh and
blood ; but no such happiness was in
store for me.
“ As I entered the room of the blessed
warrior, whose armor was failing from
his limbs, he opened his languid eves,
and said, ‘Brother Lee! Brother Lee !’
I bent over him, and sobbed out, *My
pastor! my pastor!’ Then raising his
white'hand, said, in a deep, impressive
voice, ‘Touch not Mine anointed, and do
My prophets no harm.’
“ I spoke tenderly to him, and told
him I had come to confess my sin, and
bring some of his fruit to him (calling
my son, to tell him how he had found
Christ). But he was unconscious of all
around him ; the sight of my face had
brought the last pang of earth to his
troubled spirit. I kissed his brow, aud
told him how dear he had been to me. I
craved his pardon for my unfaithfulness,
and promised him to care for his widow
and his fatherless little ones; but his
only reply, murmured as if in a troubled
dream, was: ‘Touch not Mine anointed,
and do My prophets no harm.’
“I stayed by him all night and at
day-light closed his eyes.”
“ I offered his widow a house to live
in the remainder of her days; but, like a
heroine, she said : ‘ I freely forgive you ;
but my children, who entered deeply in
to their father’s anguish, shall never see
me so regardless of his memory as to
take anything from those who caused it.
He left us all with his covenant God.
He will care for us.’
“ Well, sir, those dying words sound
ed in my ears from that coffin, and from
that grave. When I slept, Christ stood
before my dream, saying: ‘Touch not
Mine anointed, and do My prophets no
harm.’ These words followed me till
I fully realized the esteem in which
Christ holds those men who have given
up all for his sake ; and I vowed to love
them evermore for His sake, even if they
are not perfect.
“ And since that day, sir, I have talk
ed less thau before, and have supported
my pastors, even if he is not an extraor
dinary man. My tongue shall cleave to
the roof of ray mouth, and my right
hand forget her cunning, before I dare
to put asunder what God has joined to
gether. When a minister’s work is done
in a place, I believe God will show it to
him. I will not join you, sir, in the
scheme that brought you here; and, if I
hear another word of this from your lips,
I shall ask the brethreu to deal with you
as with one who causes divisions. I
would give all I own to recall what I did
thirty years ago. -
“Stop where you are, arid pray God
if perchance the thought of your heart
may be'forgiven you.”
This decided reply put au end to the
newcomer’s efforts to get a minister who
could make more of a stir. There is of
ten great power in the little word “ no ;”
but sometimes it requires not a little
courage to speak it so resolutely as did
the silent deacon.
A Robber's Cave in Spain.
A strange story comes from Spain.
A detachment of soldiers some time ago
discovered, in a remarkably secluded
part of a mountain chain, a cavern which
was inhabited by robbers, who had taken
advantage of the civil war in order to
ply their criminal avocations. An alcove
was attached to this subterranean dwel
ling, the door of which the soldiers broke
open. They were astonished to find the
apartment decently furnished, and pro
vided with books, flowers, and even a
piano. In an easy chair sat a venerable
old man. The soldiers interrogated him,
but obtained only incoherent replies. It
has been ascertained, from the confession
of one of the robbers, that the old man
was the cashier of a banking firm at
Bergos; that they had broken into the
bank and stolen the safe, arid taken the
casnier with them, in hopes that he
would assist them to open the safe. Dur
ing the retreat, which was marked by
many adventures, the intrepid old man
secreted the safe in a place where he
would be able to recover it afterward.
When the booty was missed and the rob
bers tailed to ascertain the place where
it was concealed, they revived the pro
ceedings of the famous chaffeurs by
roasting the feet of their victim in order
ta extort a confession. But the inflicted
tortures had a different effect. The
man became insane, and it was with the
object of restoring him to reason that
the robbers bestowed the utmost atten
tion on him, in the hope that when he
; recovered he would reveal to them the
place where the safe was concealed.
Josh Billings on Wisdom.
Go slo, young man : if you tap both
ends of your cider bar'ral at once, and
draw out the bung-hole besides, your
cider ain’t a going to last long.
I had much rather be told that a man
is vertuous and honest than to hear that
his father is a member of Congress, or
that his grandfather fit in the revoiu
shun.
Men sometimes hev doubts about their
religun, and even honesty, but I never
met one who doubted his shrewdness.
Lazy men and black ants are always
looking for a job.
Ther is a great deal ov religan in this
world that is like a life-preserver—only
put on at the moment of extreme danger,
and then half the time put on the hind
part before. - - r> p
Stick and hang, young man ; it is the
last six inches in a race that always wins
the munny.
If you want tu find out just how mean
and dishonest yu hev bin, git a nnmina.
shun and run for gum qfiu.
BRI2FL3T3.
News and Gossip or the Past VVek.
—Queen Victoria is 57 years old.
—Texas is over one-fourth larger than
France.
—A Baltimore man has a steam organ
that can be heard seven miles.
—A daughter of one of the Siamese
Twins is in the North Carolina Deaf
and Dumb Asylum.
—The union of Europe and Africa, by
means of a tunnel under the Straits of
Gibraltar, is contemplated.
—lf the Philadelphia hackmen had
had the charging at Balaklava, there
would have been a mighty different re
sult.
—A young man in Texas, recently,
mistook his father, who was crawling
through the bushes, for a panther, and
shot and killed him.
—Miss Jeanie Patterson, well and fa
vorably known for her popular readings
in the South, was recently married in
St. Louis to Dr. Walsh.
—They had an extraordinary hail
storm in lowa, Monday. The hail was
four inches deep, and some of the stones
three inches in diameter.
—A New Hampshire woman confess
ed on her death bed, last week, that she
murdered two women in 1573, for which
Louis Wagner was convicted and exe
cuted.
—Tupfield, Mass., has a goose 101
years old. She remembers when the De
claration of Independence was signed,
and hissed the British when they evacu
ated Boston.
—The funny man of the Detroit Free
Press is named Lewis; of" the Vicksburg
Herald Flanagan, of the Burlington
Hawk-eye Burdette, and of the Crawford
Loafers’ Club Witcher.
—ln Petersburg, Va., a negro man
made a bet of $5 that he could drink a
quart of whiskey at a draught. He drank
the whiskey, but immediately fell into a
stupor and died in a few hours.
—Beecher, in his lecture at Washing
ton, said: “ The world never knew bra
ver men than the men of the South, but
they had been worn out by the resources
flowing from the learning and culture of
the North.”
—A Durant (Miss.) man attempted to
violate the chastity of his sister-in-law,
but he miscalculated her forbearance, for
she got hold of an axe and literally
hackled him to pieces. He died under
the treatment.
—The following nominations have
been made : Attorney General Pierrepont
to be Minister to England ; Secretary of
War Taft to be Attorney General ; Don
Cameron, son of Simon Cameron, to be
Secretary of War.
—Another prominent candidate for
Governor of North Carolina announces
himself: “I will heare announce meself
as canderdate fur the guvenunt election
Nex foil & I will give Equel rite to all
yours respectfully Rev. James Anderson
colored.
—Dr. Bellows pronounces Mr. Moody’s
preaching an “exaggerated, perverted,
unhistorieal, illogical, irrational, untrue
parody of the Christian religion, out of
whose puerile, mythical and extravagant
opinions no blessing and purifying relig
ion can proceed.”
—Reports of the late trouble in Missis
sippi between the races have been great
ly exaggerated. The latest dispatches
report everything quiet, and that one
white man and two negroes killed and
several negroes wounded cover the casu
alties as far as known.
—A wild pigeon roost has been discov
ered in Pike county, Pa., five miles long
and two miles wide, and the number of
pigeons that nightly assemble there are
estimated at millions. A party of men
raided on them the other night, and with
poles killed over ten thousand.
—The territorial extent of Brazil, over
which Dom Pedro reigns, exceeds that of
the United States, though its population
is only ten millions. Of this population,
from one-quarter to one-third is white.
Less than a million are slaves, and pro
vision has been made for gradual eman
cipation.
—Persons in New York, who have
been drinking blood of cattle as a reme
dy for di ease, have not only been im
proved in health, but have acquired such
a thirst for blood that they drink human
blood with irresistible relish. One gen
tleman opened a vein in his leg for his
wife to drink his blood. Her demands
were so frequent, that he became disgus
ted and abandoned her, while she became
a monomaniac.
—An account of the hanging of a hus
band and wife in Warsaw, Kv., by a
mob, is thus given by an eye witness :
Their names were French, and with them
lived Lake Jones, an uncle, who contrib
uted largely to their support. His mon
ey being at length all spent, they desired
to get rid of him. They put arsenic in
his food and he dtod in great agony > his
sufferings exciting the anger of the com
munity toward his murderers, who were
immediately put in jail. At night they
were taken out by masked men, carried
on horses to a secluded place and hanged
to a tree. The woman met death brave
ly, but the man hegged piteously for
mercy, and charged the crime upon her.
“ You lie,” she retorted, “ but it ain’t
worth while for us to quaicei here. We’ll
Kttl* ia hell.”
VOL. H—NO, 34.
Rules of the Billings Family.
Don’t swap with your relashuns unless
you kin afford to give them the big end
of the trade.
Marry yung, and if cirkumstanees re
quire it, often.
Don’t take out your tobacker in kum
pany. It will last longer.
If yu kant git gud clothes and edika
shnn too, git the clothes.
Say how are you ? to everybody that
yu mete.
Kultivate sum modesty, but yu mind
and keep a good stock of impudence on
hand.
Be charitable—the nickels were made
on purpose.
Don’t take anybody else’s advice but
your own.
If a man flatters yu, yu kan kalkulate
he is a rogue, or you are a fule.
Keep both ize open, but don’t see mo
than half you notis.
Don’t mortifi thr flesh too much, twant
the sores on Lazzarus that sent him tew
heaven.
If you itch for fame, go inter a grave
yard and scratch yourself agin a tume
stun.
Beggars don’t have tu advertize fur
runawa dorgs.
“ ’Tis a long lane that never turns,”
and ’tis a monstrous good mill that al
wase duz.
Yung man, be more anxious about
the pedigree yu’r going to leave than yu
ar about the wun surnbody is going tu
leave yu.
Nater is nater; yu don’t alter the
krook ef a dog’s tail much and keep the
length of it tu.
I would say to every wun ov th-e yung
men “go in,” and tu the old feud's
“ kura out.”
About as sure wa to git rich as enny I
no of is tu git inter det fur a hundred
thousand dollars, and then go tu work
and pay oph the det.
Filosofers tell us that the world re
volves on its axes, and Josh Billings
tells us that fully halt the folks on the
earth are the axes.
N. B.—These ere proverbs hev stood
for more’n a hundred years, and hain’t
gone out yet.
Looking for Smith.
[From the Austin Reveille.]
A respectable-looking old gentle
man, just arrived from the Eastern States,
was around town to-day trying to find a
man named Smith, There are several
members of the Smith family in Austin,
but the old gentleman experienced some
difficulty in finding the exact Smith he
wanted, and we are not positive that he
has found him yet. Probably po&sessed
of the somewhat prevalent idea that boys
knew everything, the old gentleman ac
costed a boy, and, addressing him as “my
son,” asked him if he knew anybody in
this town by the name of Smith.
“ Smith ?” said the boy ; “ which Smith
do you want? Let’s see —there’s Big
Smith and Little Smith, Three-fingered
Smith, Bottle-nose Smith, Cock-eye
Smith, Six-toed Smith, San Joaquin
Smith, Lying Smith, Mush-head Smith,
Jumping Smith, Cherokee Smith, One
legged Smith, Fighting Smith, Red
headed Smith, Sugar-foot Smith, Bow
legged Smith, Squaw Smith, Drunken
Smith, El Dorado Smith, Hungry
Smith, and I don’t know but maybe one
or two more.” “My son,” said the old
man, “ the Smith I am in search of pos
sesses to his name none of the heathen
ish prefixes you have mentioned. His
name is 6imply John Smith.” “All of
them fellows is named John !” screeched
the boy, as he drew his six-shooter and
ran to the other side of the street to get
a good shot at a passing Chinaman. The
old gentleman mused for a moment, and
then walked into a blacksmith shop and
asked to see a city directory.
A Rich Legacy.— Dr. Jas. L. Gilder
was a noted physician in South Caroli
na years and years ago. Probably some
of our older citizens recollect his fame, if
not the man. He died a long time ago,
hut he. left a rich legacy to his people, in
the form of his celebrated Gilder’s Liver
Pills. If you suffer from .headache, bil
iousness, chills and fever, giddiness, or
anything else, two or three of these pills
taken at bed time will relieve you at
once. Sold by W. P. McWhorter,
Woodville ; Haire & Latimer and J. T.
M. Haire, Lexington; Dr. Thomas,
Crawford; M. P. Briscoe, Woodstock;
Tappan, Mapp & Cos., White Plains; and
by all druggists.
—They have a carious way of deciding
law suits in North Siam ; both parties
are put under cold water, and the one
staying the longest wins the suit. In this
country both parties are thrust into hot
water, and then kept there as long as
possible.
Angast Flower—The mast miserable
beings on the world arc those suffering from
Dyspepsia and liver complaint.
More than seventy five per cent of tire people
in the United States are alflcted with these
two diseases and their effects, such as Sour
Stomach. Sick Headache, Habitual Costive
ness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heart-burn
Water-brash, knawiag and burning pains at
the pit of the Stoma h, Yellow Skin, Coated
Tongne and disagreeable taste in the mouth,
coming up of food after eating, low spirits,
etc. Go to the Drag Store ana get a75 cent
Bottle of Green’s August Flower, or a Sample
orbttle for 10 cents. Try it. Two doses wU
elieve you.
JOHNNIE MINES,
Fashionable Tailor and C utter,
Bairdttowu, Ga.
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DEVILTRIES.
The Freshest mid Rest Wit mitt Humor'
—Ladies like to see greenbacks con
verted into pinbacks.
—What is gossip? It is putting twaf
and two together and making five of
them.
—An absent-minded Crawford girl, the'
other night, blew her lover out of doors,,
and then kissed the lamp.
—An old Lexington bachelor says lie'
always looks under the head of “ marria--
ges” for the news of the weak.
—\\ hat is that which no man wants,
which, it any man has, he would not part
with lor untold wealth ? A bald head.
—A Montana justice of the peace:
doesu’t splurge any when he marries a
couple. He says : “Arise, grab hands ;
hitched—six dollars !”
—The new fast mail train has been)
dubbed the “ Widow” by some of the
postal service attaches—because it fetch
es the mails quicker than any other train,
—Topic : Geological discussion. Prof,
Cheney—“ Pony, was it colder or warm
er a hundred years ago than at present?”
Pony (honestly)—“ I really don’t recol
lect, sir.”
—lt is now said that whoever goes to
sleep first on the wedded night will first
die, and an exchange advises married
couples to sit up all night and play
checkers.
—Andrew Arnold donned anew hat
and his first cigar Sunday. He got along
well enough with the cigar, but he had
to give up the hat—it made him sick at
the stomach.
—A syllogism—Every Union printer
is “down on” a rat. The Scriptures
stutteringly affirm that Noah was down
on A-ra-rat. Therefore, Noah was a-
Union printer.
—“ The blessed man that preached for
us last Sunday,” said Mrs. Partington,
“ served the Lord for thirty years—first
as a circus rider, then as a locust preach
er, and hist as an exhauster.”
—lt is now stated that A. T. Stewart
contracted his death in the dampness of
his marble palace. We always thought
marble palaces were unhealthy, and now
our readers will understand why we don't
live in one.
—Some vampire in human form is go
ing to exhibit Washington’s false teeth
at the Centennial. Crush the saefiligious
wretch ! If encouraged, he will produce
G. W.’s wig, glass eye, wooden leg, false
calves and bustle.
—Fond mamma about to get into her
carriage to small boy in the house-door r
“'Now, Freddie, are you going to kis*
me?” Freddie: “ I haven’t time to comer
down, mamma. (To footman) John,you
kiss mamma for me.”
—The way they weigh hogs in Kansas
is as follows : They first tie the hog to
one end of a rail, balance the rail on the
fence with rocks tied to the other end,
and then guess how much the rocke
weigh.
—Mrs. Partington, who went to a con
cert to hear Blind Tom “ play by ear,"
writes that she was swindled, and want*
to expose the fraud. She says that in
stead of playing by ear, he played with
his fingers, just like any other performer,
—The king of Burm\h is to have a
newspaper. He will be proprietor him
self, and in the prospectus he says that
all his subjects who do not subscribe
will be instantly killed. His induce
ments are even more powerful than a
gift clnonio.
Nothing else will bring that ghastly
expression to a man’sjface that flits over
his countenance when, in the midst of a
gay party he suddenly remembers that
he has left his handkerchief at home on
the bureau, and will have to go out-and
wipe his nose on tlie side o 1 the bouse, •
—General Kilpatrick was once making
a speech. He said : “ I've got a bullet
in my leg; I know the Southerners. I’ve
licked ’em four years, and I can lick ’em
again. If there’s one here let him dare
show himself.” A big fellow immediate
ly stepped upon the stage. “ Don’t in
terrupt this speech,” said Kil.
Kuskin observes that as a rule Wo
men have no eye for color. This ex
plains why a woman is obliged to spend
three-quarters of a day to get the exact
shade of ribbon to trim a dress, while
when it comes to mending her husband’s
pantaloons, she seems to think that a
yellow patch is just the thing to match
black broadcloth,
—J. Madison Norton, with the dust of
the high-way clinging to his age-woru
hat, stood for a long time in front of a
residence in Atlanta, and kept his eye oa
a piece of statuary in the yard known
“ The Greek Slave.” His gaze had ncv.
er rested on such a thing before, and afu r
feasting his eyes for full fifteen minuter ,
be turned away with the muttered re
mark: “I wonder what a stuffed gal
like that would cost any way, and wlnt
she died of!”
—A book agent, who ha* retired from
active labor upon a hard-earned accu
mulation of a life of industrious cheek,
says that the great secret of hi3 success
was, wbea he went to a house where the
female head of the family presented her
self, he opened by s&yiog : " I beg your
pardon, miss, but it was y6ir mother I
wanted to see.” That always Uoed to
get ’em. They not only subscribed for
my books themselves, but told me who.** .
I could find more customers