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LEG A L NO TICES.
Notice to Bridge Contractors.
dr
The Bridge over Dry Fork, built by the
counties of Oglethorpe and Wilkes, will be
let out to the lowest bidder on the 28th Octo
ber instant, viz.:
Specifications of a Bridge to be b dlt across
Dry Fork Creek, on the Lexington and Pe
tersburg Road :
Length, 44 feet.
Width, 14 feet.
Height, 2$ feet above level of bank.
Arehes, 2—20 feet apart.
Tiers, 3 —7 Sleepers to the tier.
Abutment Sills, 2—on level of top of ground.
Mud Sills to Arehes to be 25 feet long.
Tops of Post of Arehes to be 3 feet above
level of Bridge, for Balustrades.
Bridge to he Balustraded, and weighted
satisfactorily with rock.
Bridge to be let to lowest bidder, at place
of building, on October 28th, 1876.
October sth, 1876.
J. D. HILL,
M. B. BROOKS,
M. P. MOORE,
Commissioners for Oglethorpe.
J. W. ARNOLD,
W. M. POPE,
J. 11. WALTON,
oct6-4t Commissioners for Wilkes.
EXECUTORS’ SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.
BY virtue of an order from the Court of Ordi
nary of Oglethorpe county, & by authority
granted in the last will and testament of Zach
arian If. Clark, deceased, late of said county,
will be sold on the FIRST (Ist) TUESDAY
IN NOVEM BE It next, before the
Court House door, in the town of Lexing
ton, between the legal hours of sale, the fol
lowing described LANDS, belonging to the
estate of the late Z. 11. Clark, to-wit:
First, one Tract of Land, known as the
MILL TRACT, containing 64i aeres, on
which is situated the Grist Mill. The Mill
House was built of brick and stone, within
the hist two years, with new shingle roof. The
inside machinery is all new and in complete
order, running one four-foot wheat mill and
one corn mill, same size; all propelled by a
twenty-foot water wheel. The water power
has u fall, by actual survey, of twenty-nine
feet.
—ALSO—
The stock of HOGS which have been raised
around the mill, belonging to said estate,
about thirty in number, will he sold on the
same day the mill is sold, at the same time
and place, for cash.
—ALSO —
A Tract of LAND, known as No. 1, contain
ing 3151 acres, being a part of the original
mill tract, adjoining lands of D. 11. Johnson
and others.
—ALSO —
A tract of LAND known as tract No. 2, con
taining 3h!i acres, this being a part of the orig
inal mill tract also, and joins lands of D. H.
Johnson, James Christian and others.
These two tracts are in a good state of culti
vation, with very good tenant houses and set
tlements on both.
—ALSO—
The following TOWN PROPERTY in the
town of Lexington:
The HOUSE and LOT on Church street,
containing two acres, more or less, now occu
pied by l)r. Drawner. The house contains
seven rooms, with fire-place to each. This
lot is well enclosed, has a fine well of water,
and is a desirable place to live.
—ALSO
One HOUSE and LOT adjoining the last
named, on same street, containing one acre,
more or less. The house is a comfortable two
roomed building, framed, with two fire-places.
One-half interest in a fine well of water be
longs to this lot.
—ALSO—
One HOUSE and LOT on same street, with
improvements similar to the last described,
containing one acre, more or less, with half
interest in the well of water, which is located
directly on the line dividing the two lots.
These last named two lots are oceupied by
colored families.
—ALSO—
One HOUSE and LOT in said town, on the
street leading to Antioch, known as the Lan
dram or Ham lot, and was occupied last year
by Mr. Win. Edwards. This lot contains one
acre, more or less, with a comfortable dwel
ling house, now vacant. The OFFICE of Dr.
Z. P. Landrum, on said lot, is now occupied
by a colored man,
—ALSO —
Will be sold iu the town of Blakely, Early
county, Georgia, on the FIRST TUESDAY
IN DECEMBER next, before the Court House
door, within the legal hours of sale, one Tract
of LAND, containing 600 acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of Walter Sheffield and oth
ers, comprising lots 343, 334, and part of lot
342
TERMS OF SALE.
For the Mill aud 64$ acres of Land, one
half the purchase money will be required iu
cash, the balance on twelve months’ credit,
with interest from day of sale at 10 per cent,
per annum ; the mirchaser to take the unex
pired contract with the present miller for two
months. Possession will be given within ten
days from day of sale. Bond for titles will be
given until the hist payment is made in full.
Tracts Nos. 1 and 2 will be sold for one
third cash, the balance on twelve months’
credit, with interest at 8 per cent, from the
day possession is given, which will be done as
soon as the crops can he gathered and sold.
The Town Property will be sold for one
third cash, balance ou twelve months’ credit,
with interest at 8 per cent. Possession will
be given to the Town Property at Christmas.
The Wild Lands in Early county will he
sold on same terms as tracts Nos. 1 and 2.
Bonds will be given for titles, as in the ease of
the mill place.
Plats of the Mill tract, and tracts of Nos. 1
and 2, can he seen at the Clerk’s office, Supe
rior Court, Lexington, Ga.
JOHN G. GIBSON, \ £ .
H. A. HAYES, j xecutors
[Printer’s fee, sß2]
NOTICE.
EXECUTOR’S SALE OF LAND.
BY VIRTUE OF AX ORDER from the
Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe county,
Georgia, the undersigned, Executor of Benja
min B* Waller, late of said county, deceased,
M ill sell, before the Court House door, in the
town of Lexington, in said county, between
the lawful hours of sale, on the first TUES
DAY in November, 1876, the following de
scribed Lauds, belouging to the estate of the
late Benjamin B. Waller, deceased, to-wit:
Ist. A tract of Land known as No. 1, con
taining 240 Acres, more or less, in said coun
ty, l>d adjoining lands of Emily Burt, Joe j
Glenn, and land of said B. B. Waller, deceas
ed, knosre as No. 2.
2d. A tract of Land known as No. 2, con
tainingWO Acres, more or less, in said coun
ty, and adjoining lands of Emily Burt, Joe
Glenn and lands of B. B. Waller, deceased,
known as Nos. 1 and 3 and the home lands.
3d. A tract of Land known as No. 3, con
taining 140 Acres, more or less, in said coun
ty, and adjoining lands of Joe Glenn and
lands of said B. B. Waller, deceased, known
as Nos. 1 and 2 and the home lands.
Terms made known on the day of sale. Sold
for the benefit of the creditors and legatees of
said deceased. THOMAS J. WALLER,
Executor of B. B. Waller, deceased.
September lth, 1876. [sl7]
BY T. L. GANTT.
LEGAL NOTICES.
EXECUTOR’S SALE OF LAND.
BY virtue of an order from the Court of
Ordinary of Elbert county, will he sold
on the first TUESDAY in November, at the
Court House door in Lexington, Oglethorpe
county, between the legal sale hours, the fol
lowing property, to-wit: One tract of Land in
said county, on Long creek, containing One
Hundred acres, more or less, joining lands of
L. M. Bell and others. Of the above, there is
Twenty acres woodland. Sold as the property
of the estate L. 11. Smith, deceased, to pav
debts of said deceased, and for division.
THOMAS B. SMITH,
[Printer’s fee, s7] Executor of L-H. Smith.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY.—Petition for Letters of Dis
mission. Whereas, C. W. Sims, one of the
administrators of John Sims, deceased, late of
said county—G. R. Sims having died—said C.
W. Sims now applies to me for Letters of Dis
mission from said estate —
Thee are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all persons concerned to show cause, if any
they can, on or before the first Monday in
January, 1877, why said letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office in Lexington, this 25th dav of Sept.,
1876. T. D. GILHAM,
[ss] Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY.—Petition for Letters of Guar
dianship. Mrs. Lula L. Bridges applies to
me for Letters of Guardianship of Jesse K.
Baker, minor son of W. D. Baker, deceased—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all persons interested to show cause why said
Letters of Guardianship should not issue to
Mrs. Lula L. Bridges, in accordance with the
statute in such cases made and provided.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this October sth, 1876. T. D. GILHAM,
(s4*) Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY. —Thomas J. Edwards, admin
istrator on tlie estate of Thomas Edwards, de
ceased, applies for Leave to Sell Lands be
longing to estate of said deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons interested, to show cause, if any they
have, why leave should not be granted to said
Administiator to sell said Land ou or betore
the first Monday in November, 1876.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture, this October sth, 1876.
($4) T. I). GILHAM Ordinary.
OGLETHORPE SUPERIOR COURT—
April Term, 1576. Present: His Honor
E. 11. Pottle, Judge presiding.
SUSAN RANDOLPH I Libel for Divorce in
vs. V Oglethorpe Supe-
JAMES RANDOLPH ) rior Court.
It appearing from the return of the Sheriff
in said county that defen hint, James Ran
dolph, does not reside in said county; and it
further appearing that said defendant does not
reside in the State of Georgia; and it further
appearing that the plaintiff' resides in said
county—
It is ordered, on motion of plaintiff, that ser
vice of said Libel he made on said defendant
by publishing the same once a month, for
four months, in the newspaper wherein are
published the Sheriff's sales of said county.
GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.—
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true extract from the minutes of Oglethorpe
Superior Court. April term. 1876.
' GEO. H. LESTER, Clerk
($10.) Superior Court Oglethorpe County
LOCA L AI) VER TIS MM ENTS.
Why will You Tine Away?
Without a Parallel.— The demand for
Dr. J. Bradfield’s Female Regulator is be
yond precedent in the annals of popular rem
ei ies. Orders come in so thick and fast that
the Proprietor lias heretofore been unable to
fill them all. He is happy to state that ar
rangements are now complete by which he
is prepared to manufacture Female Regulator
on a scale equal to the emergency, and the
public may feel assured that their wants may
he supplied. Physicians of high repute are
using this great remedy in daily practice, all
over Georgia. Hereafter no woman need suf
fer from suppressed, suspended or irregular
menstruation. This valuable medicine is pre
pared by L. 11, Bradfield, Druggist, Atlanta
Ga., and sold aI $1.50 per bottle by respecta
ble druggists throughout America.
Hearty Blooming Widow.
Marietta, Ga., March 9, 1870.
Messrs. Bradfield & Co. —You will please
ship another supply of your valuable Female
Regulator, and forward bill by mail. We
are happy to state that this remedy gives bet
ter satisfaction than any article we sell. We
have been selling it since 1868, and witnessed
many remarkable cures by it. Among others,
there was a lady friend of ours who was sal
low and sickly until she was twenty-six vears
old, when she was married. Her husband
lived two years and died. She continued in
bad health ; in fact, she has never been what
a woman ought to be. A few months after
the death of her husband she saw your adver
tisement, and came to our store and bought a
bottle of your Regulator from us, and took it
according to directions. It has cured her
sound and well, brought her regular monthly
periods on, and to-day she is a hearty, bloom
ing widow —with the use of but two bottles of
your Regulator, costing her only three dol
lars, when she had tried several physicians
and spent a great deal ol money without any
benefit. Wishing you great success with
your valuable remedies, We are, respectful
ly yours, etc., W. Root & Sons.
Dr. Durham, Maxey’s, Ga., gives his
whole attention to the treatment of
chronic diseases, and may always be
be found in his office.
If suffering with any chronic dis
ease, consult Dr. Durham, Maxey’s, Ga.
You have heard of the late distin
guished Dr. L. Durham—of his wonder
ful success in the treatment of chronic
diseases. Dr. Durham, Maxey’s, Ga.,
employsthe same remedies used by Dr.
L. Durham.
The immense number of people who
apply to Dr. Durham for treatment,
suffering with some chronic disease, is
proof of his success in the treatment of
chronic diseases.
Dr. Durham’s practice is not confin
ed to this county, but he has patients
from all parts of the country.
One day during the hard winter of
1863, a Miss Arnold applied to General
Milroy for a permit to forage her cow,
the milk of which was the chief support
of the family. * Are you loyal ?’ asked
the general. * Yes,’ she replied. He be
gan to write the permit— ‘ To the United
States, or the Confederate States?’ ‘To
the Confederacy, of course,’ she replied.
‘ Then I shall give you no permit,’ said
the general. ‘ This infamous rebellion
must be crushed.’ ‘ Well,’ said she, *if
you can crush it by starving John Ar
nold’s cow, go it.’
A Chattanooga farmer’s house was rob
bed. Next morning a strangar called and
said that he was one of the robbers, and
he showed a locket. The farmer said
that he valued the locket because it had
been worn by a dear child. “Here it is,”
said the robber, seemingly effected.
“ Let me make restitution. Here are S2O
for your little son.” He handed the far
mer a counterfeit SSO bill, and received
S3O change.
CRAWFORD, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1876.
BUSIX'ESS IX HISSI.SSIPI*!.
M hy, howd’y, Mahs’r Johnny ! is you gone to
keepin’ store!
Well, sah, I is surprised! I neber Reared ob
dat afore.
Say, ain’t you gwine to gib me piece o’ good
tobacco, please ?
I’s ’long with you in Georgia, time we all was
refugees.
I know you would ; I alluz tell the people,
white and black,
Dat you’s a raal gen’l’inan, an’ dat’s de libin’
fac’—
Yes, sah, dat’s what I tells ’em, an’ it’s nuffin
else but true,
An’ all de cullud people t’inks a mighty heap
ob you.
Look heah, sah ; don’t you want to buy some
cotton ? Yes, you do ;
Dere’s oder parties wants it, hut I’d rader sell
to you.
How much ? Oh, jes’ a bale —dat on de wagon
in de street—
Dis heah’s de sample—dis is cotton mighty
hard to beat!
You’ll fin’ it on de paper what de offer is dat’s
made;
Dey’s all the same seditions : half in cash an’
half in trade—
Dey’s mighty low, sah —Come, now, can’t you
’prove upon de rates
Dat Barrot Brudders offer: only twelb an’
seben-eiglits ?
Lord, M&hs’r Johnny, raise it! Don’t you
knows dat’s I’s a frien’,
An’ when I has the money I’s a willin’ for to
spen’ ?
My custom's wufa heap, sah ; jus’ you buy de
bale an’ see—
Dere didn’t neber nobody lose nuffin off o’ me.
Now, what’s de good oh gwine dar an’ a-zanii
nin de bale ?
When people trades wid me, they always gits
a hones’ sale;
I ain’t no ban’ for cheatin’; I belebes in actin’
fa’r,
An’ eberybody’ll tell you dat dey alluz foun’
me squar’.
I isn’t like some niggers; I declar’ it is a
shame
De way some oh ’em swin’les —what ? de cot
ton ain’t de same
As dis dat’s in de sample ? well, I’m blest,
sah, if it is !
Dis heah mus’ be my brudder’s sample—yes,
sah, this is his.
If dat don’t beat creation ! Heah I’ve done
been totin’ roun’
A sample dif’rent from de cottou ! I—will—
be consound !
Mahs’r Johnny, you mus’ ’seuse me. Take
de cotton as it stan’s,
An’ tell me if you’re willin’ for to take it off
my han’s.
Sho ! neber mind de augur! ’Taint a bit o’
use to bore,
De bale is all de same as dis heah place de
baggin’s tore;
You oughtn’t to go pullin’ out de cotton dat
a-way,
It spiles de beauty ob and—what, sah ! rocks in
dar, you say ?
Rocks in dat ’at cotton? How I wonder kin
dat be ?
I packed dat bale myse’f— hoi’ on a minnit, le’
me see—
My st irs ! I mus’ be crazy! Mahs’r Johnny,
dis is fine!
I’s gone an’ hauled my brudder’s cotton in
instead oh mine!
XOIiODT.
Left there, nobody’s daughter;
Child of disgrace aud shame,
Nobody ever taught her
A mother’s sweet, saving name.
Nobody ever caring
Whether she stood or foil, •
And men (are they men?) ensnaring
With tlie arts and the gold of llell.
Stitching with ceaseless labor,
To earn her pitiful bread ;
Begging a cru.tof a neighbor,
And getting a curse instead.
All through the long, hot summer,
All through the cold, dark time ;
With fingers that, numb and number,
Grow white as the frost’s white rime.
Nobody ever conceiving
The throb of that warm, young life;
Nobody ever believing
The strain of that terrible strife !
Nobody kind words pouring
In that orphan-heart sad ear ;
But all of us all ignoring
What lies at our door so near.
O sister! down in the alley,
Pale, with the downcast eye,
Dark and drear is the valley,
But the stars shine forth on high.
Nobody here may love thee,
Or care if thou stand or fall;
But the great good God above thee,
He watches and cares for all.
A STORY ABOUT PAT;
OR,
THE EMIGRANT’S TRIALS!
“ Where are you going ?” asked every
one of Pat.
To every one Pat answered :
“ Where would I, but Amerikay,
where me own first-cousin is a council
man.”
Which, to Pat’s mind, was very little
less than a king.
“ Besides,” added Pat, “ they say ye
make as much the day there as ye make
the year in Ballybofay, and it’s the place
for young men of intelligence and inter
prise.”
With which words Pat would flourish
his shillelah, and strut away to me’et
other questioners and answer them in
the same way.
Soon Pat was on the ocean. Finally,
he landed at Castle Garden, was impris
oned, robbed, neglected, except when he
was insulted, made a fool of, made prey
of, and ill-used generally, in company
with other steerage folk ; until at last he
was cast adrift in the great city of New
York—his “ chest” gone, also his purse
—“ ae crown piece” like “ Jamie’s” his
“ only story”—and no particular pros
pect of making “ the crown a pound.”
His first thought was his cousin, the
councilman. Alas 1 that relative having
shaken off the last bog from his feet,
with the purchase of anew brown-stone
front, and naturally considering himself
one of the aristocracy, had no desire to
resume the log-dropped acquaintance.
He presented Pat with five dollars, and
intimated that his official business en
grossed him, to the exclusion of every
thing else, and that really he had “ no
time for receiving calls.” ' Pat threw the
money in his face, and trudged away to
try “ interprise” bv itself, now that his
influential friend had failed him. He
was not a bashful man, and he had
strong arms and legs, and a general air
of “ willingness;” but there were so
many before him—no lack of ruddy
Irishman anywhere. The pennies melt
ed away. The crown-piece was changed,
and followed, and still there was no work
to be found. Pat betook himself to the j
river.
The suburbs of New York are green i
and fresh by the river-side, in summer; i
and just there lay a gentleman’s resi
dence. The garden sloped softly to the
river, and ended iu a green meadow
where two cows were grazing.
Under a great tree just there, Pat laid
himself down, and hid his face in his
j hands, and wept.
j “ Oh, for the bit of shanty at Ballybo
j fay again, and the kind word of the ould
mother vvho'd never see her boy again.
Och, it’s hard to stharve in a strange
land! Only just to be back in ould Ire
land agin, and die there !”
“ An’ what are ye talkin’ ofdyin’ for?”
said a voice. “Is it hurt ye are?”
And Pat looked up to see a girl bend
j ing over him—a buxom servant girl,
! with round blue eves and glorious red
j gold hair, who wore a neat calico dress
j and white apron, and had plainly come
! to milk the cows.
“ I’m not hurt,” said Pat. “ Thank
! ye. But I’m not well, I’ll take meself
| off. I’ll ”
But as he arose he staggered and sat
down again. Thegirl gave a little cry :
“Holy angels above us. I’ve seen
: the signs of it before. It’s starvin’ ye
are. Sit still. I’ll get ye a bite and* a
sup. It’s many a one has gone through
the same in a strange land before ye.”
“ Is it come to beggin’ I am ?” said
Pat, hut he could not help himself. He
was too weak to go far, and there on the
grass he waited until the girl returned.
She came with steaming, fresh-baked
bread, cold meat, and red cherries; and
she filled a little tin pail with milk,
aud brought it to him, and Pat ate
heartily. She milked the cow’s the
while, giving him a merry word and
look at times, at others singing the old
crooning sort of song none but Irishwo
men ever sing. At last he had finished.
How delicious the meal had tasted only
he knew, and he turned to thank thegiri,
and overcome somehow hy the soft light
in her blue eye, caught her hand aud
kissed it.
“ An’ don’t he angry any more than if
you were the queen,” he said, “ for I
mean no more harm by it. And w’on’t
ye give me yer name?” he said.
“ For what?” asked thegirl.
“ Well, wance in a while I do be pray
in’,” Pat said, “an’ I’d remimber it
thin.”
“ It’s just Jennie Brien,” said the girl.
“ Well, then, God bless ye, Jennie
Brien,” said Pat, “an’ ifiver I find the
gould they tould me I could pick up in
the sthreets, ye’ll see me agin, if ye’re on
earth.”
“ But it’s work ye want?” asked Jen
nie. “ Look ye, go up the road a bit,
and ye’ll see a tavern. There’s a mau
there wants hands for the West. Maybe
he’ll want you.”
“ Give me yer hand for gook luck,
then,” said Pat.
And when she gave it shily, he kissed
it again, and was off down the road to
the tavern. The man was there. The
man did w r ant Pat; what for he hardly
cared, so there were wages.
He w ent with the gang of laborers and
their employer to the Far West, and laid
railway tracks and dug canals, and jail
ing ill of a fever, was cared for hy a kind
ly farmer’s family, who, when he grew
better, engaged him on the farm.
There began Pat’s luck. He saved his
wages, and bought a piece of ground.
He became a farmer himself. Little
enough to tell, but a great deal for Pat.
He slowly civilized after Western farm
er sort. lie voted ; he had a strong po
litical opinion. He built a house, he
wore broad-cloth for Sunday, and he was
well thought of by many a rosy country
girl, despite the “ hit iv a brogue,”
w hich clung to his speech, as burs cling
to woolen.
But Pat never “ went a courting,” and
lived alone in his new house, until one
autumn, when the “crops” were all gath
ered in, and the hay all made, he put a
neighbor in charge of his place, and set
off, without a word of explanation, east
ward. He told no one what he went for,
but he had a special object. That object
was Jennie Brien.
New York was not the dreadful place
to him that it was when he roamed hun
gry and footsore through the streets a
stranger in a strange land. But the city
did not keep him long. Out into the
suburbs he traveled before the forenight
fell, and presented himself at the door
of the gentleman’s residence he remem
bered so well, with the confident in
quiry :
“ May I see Jennie Brien, av ye plaze,
Miss !” of the girl who opened the door.
The girl stared.
“She’sat service here.”
The girl shook her head.
“It was before me, then,” she said.
“ I’ll ask,” and ran aw’ay. In her place
returned an old lady.
“ Jennie Brien lived with me two
months ten years ago,” said she. “I
have never seen her since.”
“An’ where is she, may I ask,
ma’am ?” said Pat.
“ I’m sure I don’t know,” said the
lady.
Any one but an Irishman would have
given poor Jennie up in despair, hut he
had made so sure of finding her that he
felt sure yet, and searched and hunted
till Spring came around, ringing at door
bells and asking those who answ’ered if
they knew Jennie Brien, butiu vain.
“At last I'll see the spot she was so
good to me,” he said, one bright spring
evening, and with a heavy heart went
out into the suburbs again, and climbed
a fence and threw himself down on the
grass, where he could watch the river
and the craft upon it, and see grazing
not far from him cows that might have
been the very ones she milked that day.
“ It seems almost as if she’d come,” he
said—“as if she knew I wanted her.”
So thinking, he watched the sun go
dowu and the twilight gather and the
moon rise, and never thought of going—
a longing so strong that it seemed a pow
er which might draw her to him, burn
ing in his soul; when suddenly—and
Pat was neither poet or student of psy
chology to fancy it—he saw her coming!
How, he could never tell. He saw
through bush and fence and stone wall,
and saw her coming.
“ It seemed as if it wasu’t wid the eyes
—but I saw her,” said Pat afterward.
She came on steady, surely. He knew
she was in the lane beyond, before he
saw her climb the little fence and stand
in a frightened sort of way besides it,
and started up and went toward her.
Then she gave a scream.
“Jennie Brien. don't be afraid,” said
Pat; “ it's me.”
And she said:.
“ Who is here that remembers Jennie
Brien ?”
She was worn, and thin, and altered.
Her dress was wretched ; her voicj sad ;
but Pat’s heart thrilled at its sound.
“ You saved my life here once,” he
said. “ You fed me when I was starv
ing. I said if iver the gould came you
should see me, and here I am. I'm a
well-to-do-farmer,Jennie, and I’ve come
to marry you if you’ll have me. All
these years I’ve kept a thought of you.
Just spake a kind word, darlint, an’ aise
me heart.”
“ But I’m not the same, at all, I was
thin,” she said. “ I went to sarvice at a
sickly place, and took ill; and I’ve been
in the hospital very low ; and I felt it
yesterday. Me inony is gone, and ladies
think I look too wake for work ; an’ I
was frightened for what was cornin’ to
me, when a sudden it seemed someone
called me; an’just the call went before
me till it brought me here. An’ I
thought of you the while. Och! but it’s
sthrange, Pat.”
“It was me callin’ ye,” said Pat.
“ The angels took the call to ye. Och,
darlint ! just spake a work of kindness,
aud tell me I didu’t call for nothing.”
And Jennie answered as lie liked; and
Pat took a wife back to his Western
farm with him in a glad day or two.
“I don’t know what it was,” says Pat,
when he tells the story, “ but the heart
ol me called, and the heart of her heard,
somehow; and that’s as true as Gospel.”
Seventy Times Seven Wonders.
[From the St. Louis Republican .[
In an old copy of the German Evangel
idal Calendar , published in St. Louis,
Mo., I find an article by the Rev. Dr.
Steiner (recently deceased) upon the sig
nificance of the figure?. As there is
generally more importance attached to
the“ lucky 3,” we may as well give 7 a
chance and see how conspicuously it fig
ures iu the history of the world, more
particularly in religion.— Translator.
When God created the world he rested
on the 7th day. There are 7 days in the
week, 7 letters iu the name of Jehovah, 7
syllables in the Mohammedan formula of
prayer—la ill Allah ill Allah. As the
flood was to begin on the 7th day and
continue 7 weeks, Noah selected 7 pair of
clean animals and birds, male and fe
male, and gathered them into the ark.
On the 7th day the dove returned with
its message. Every one is familiar with
the 7. fat and 7 lean kine, the 7 fruitful
and 7 barren ears of corn, 7 years of
plenty and 7 years of famine. Jacob
served 7 years for Rachel, and was
cheated with Leah and served another 7
years and received his reward. Seven
days he was followed by Laban, his
father-in-law. (That was before the un
happy days of mother-in-law). When
Jacob died his son Joseph lamented for
him 7 days. Every 7th year the Isreal
ites permited their fields to remain idle
and unlilled. This was called the “Sab
batical year.” At the siege of Jericho 7
priests with 7 trumpets (from bones)
went around the walls of the city, and
at the 7th blast the walls fell. (We have
no such dangerous wind instrument in
our day, although there would be little
difficulty iu finding “ blowers.”) Seven
times ten years were the Isrealites held
captive in Babylon. Seven times ten
Hebrew scholars translated the Old Tes
tiinent into Greek for the Alexandrian
library. There were 7 times ten mem
bers of the high council of Jerusalem,
not counting the presiding high priests.
When Peter asked, “Lord, how many
times must I forgive my brother; is it
enough 7 times?” Jesus replied, “I
say unto you not 7, but seventy times 7.”
“ A just man falleth 7 times and riseth
up again.”—Prov. xxiv., 16.
When thine enemy speaketh fair be
lieve him not, for there are 7 abomina
tions in his heart (Prov. xxvi., 25).
There are attributes of the Almighty,
gifts of the Holy Ghost, pslams of pe
nance, supplicatious in the Lord’s prayer
7 words of the cross, the Catholic Church
has 7 sacraments. There are 7 wounds
of Christ on the cross. In Revelations
there are 7 angels with 7 golden chalices
filled with divine wrath ; also 7 lamps
with 7 flames are mentioned there. Who
does not know of the “ 7 sleepers,” the
7 youthful Christian martyrs who escaped
into a cavern near Ephesus and fell
asleep, apd slumbered undisturbed for
200 years ? There are 7 wonders of the
world; 7 wise men of Greece. The Mo
hammedan’s paradise contains 7 heav
ens. Rome has been governed by 7
kings, likewise Prussia, for the 7th is
Emperor Wilhelm. During the 7 year’s
war under Frederick 11. history mentions
7 important battles. The war in Spain
between the Carlists and Christians lasted
7 years. The Franco-Prussiou war lasted
7 months, and the 7th regiment was the
first to distinguish itself;
On the 28tfi (four times 7) of Septem
ber 1870, Strasburg surrendered ; on the
7th of October Metz, and on the 28th of
January, 1871, Paris. Rome is built on
7 hills ;so are Constantinople, Nuren
berg, Bamberg, and Lisbon. Ancient
Thebes, also Athens, Bagdad, and Mo
rocco, each had 7 gates. Seven cities
claimed the honor of being Homer’s
birthplace. There were 7 steps leading
to the tomb of Darius, the Persian King ;
7 steps to Solomon’s throne ; 7 arras or
branches to the lamp in the temple at
Jerusalem ; 7 wicks in the perpetuital
lamp (eternal flame) to the rites of the
Greek Church.
The River Nile has 7 mouths (but still
remains discreetly silent about its source).
There are 7 Canary island, 7 loniau
islands, 7 colors in the rainbow ; there
are 7 tones in the musical scale, 7 pre
cious metals. Pleiades, one of our most
beautiful constellations, numbers 7 stars.
There are 7 cardinal virtues ; three of
these are. faith, hope, and charity, “ and
the greatest of these is charity.” The
Duke of Wellington has 7 marshal’s
staffs.
The Pope is priest of 7 churches.
The human head has 7 openings.
The entrances to the celebrated dome
at Cologne have 7 pillars set upon 7 ped
estals, surmounted by 7 statues.
We might continue to enumerate for a
column or more, and after we have ex
hausted our memory, some 7th son of a
7th son might predicta new set of 7 won
ders, Arising from the Centennial era, not
omitting the Missouri exhibition.
Ida Steel, of Bloomington, Illinois, has
challenged her sex to a ten mile swim
down the Mississippi river, and a Miss
Pauline and another youn lady have ac
cepted the challenge. The opimoo is
that there will not be steamboats enough
to carry the crowd that will be on hand
to witness the contest.
—There are two peach trees near
Greensboro which have been bearing fruit
lor fifty years.
VOL III—NO. 1.
BEVII.TRIES.
The LMest and Spiciest Jollifications.
—Man proposes, but woman does as
! she has a mind to—about it.
| —Economy is the new fall fashion,
and a very good fashion, too.
—Women guess everything ; they
j never make mistake unless they think,
j —Good headquarters for young men—
j On the shoulders of their sweethearts.
—lt is impossible to travel into a
woman s affections by getting on her
train.
—lf a toper and a quart of whiskv were
left together, which would be drunk
first ?
—ln putting down carpets, aim vour
hammer at the iron tack instead of the
finger nail.
—Henry Watterson says : “ Hayes
is merely a brass pin the ruflle of the
bloody shirt.”
—The Indianapolis mince meat factory
will make 1,000,000 pounds of dyspepsia
the coming season.
—No great difficulty.—A young stu
dent of a quiet disposition wants to “ get
bored in a private family.”
—Y ictoria \\ oodhull has procured a
divorce from Col. Blood because he
practiced what she preached.
—A woman lately made a pound of
butter from the cream ol a joke, and a
cheese from the milk of human kind
ness.
—At camp-meeting it is difficult to tell
from the back-ground whether the man
on the lront seat is shouting glory or has
just sat down on a tack.
—“ Expectancy is paradise,” says Du
mas. How is it when a man is crossing
a lot and expecting an old bovine to pick
him up on a pair of horns.
—New York talks of a Central Park
statue for the man who invented the
sewing machine. And how shall the
sewing machine agent be rewarded ?
—Says Seth Green : A No. 1 macka
rel is a better temperance lecturer than
John B. Gough ever was. At least it
will make a person drink more water.
—lt is easier for a camel to go through
the knee of an idol than for a rich man
to enter Heaven, is the interpretation
which a colored preacher gave to the
Scriptures.
—“ I wish I might die,” she said as she
stood rubbing the shoulders of her dress
with benzine. And yet the very next
time he comes she let him lay his head
right in the same spot.
—The man who is curious to see how
the world could gel along without him
can find out by sticking a cambric needle
into a millpond, and then withdrawing
it and looking at thehole.
—A citizen of Leavenworth, going to
his barn to milk in the dark of the early
morning, got into the wrong pen, and
undertook to milk a mule. He don’t
remember which side of the barn he
went out at, but expects his bucket down
in a few days.
—“What’s the difference,” asked a
Centennial visitor, pointing to Memorial
Hall, “ what is the difference between that
building and a vein in a young lady’s
leg ?” “ Why, one’ san art gallery and
the other’s a gal artery.” They carried
him offin an ambulance.
—Man’s inhumanity to man is too fa
miliar to require any explanation, but
man’s inhumanity to woman is perhaps
best illustrated by the care lie exercises
in forming a circle around a dog fight so
that a passing female must climb a lamp
post to get a view of the proceedings.
—An Alabama preacher has discovered
that Dauiel, who was cast into the lion’s
den, was a colored man, and that his
name was Smith. We have some doubts
of his being a colored man, but the pro
babilities are that his name was Smith.
Smith is forever getting into trouble of
some kind.
—A visitor at the Exposition, dining
at a French restaurant, meekly intimated
when his his bill was presented that his
boiled egg contained a chicken. The
polite waiter said that he would have the
bill corrected, and soon returned with a
new bill, upon which the charge of 30
cents for “eggs” had given plaec to an
item of 60 cents for chicken.
—An Irishman who was employed on
the canal last spring, was observed one
day watching a red-headed woodpecker
while it was tapping a hollow beech tree.
On being asked what attracted his atten
tion so marvelously—“ lam speering,”
said he, at the strange baste on yonder
tree, for sure anough the silly crature
has knocked his face against it till his
head is all a gore of blood.”
—Mama (who has been quietly watch
ing certain surreptitious proceedings):
“ Will, who helped you to that cake?”
Willy (promptly): “ Heben, mama.”
Mama (sternly): “ Sh-sh-sh, you naugh
ty boy, how dare you tell such stories ?”
Willy: “ ’Tain’t my fault if it’s a ’tory,
ma. Didn’t pa tell begger man zat
heben helped zose zat helped erselves?”
—“ Ticket, sir,” said the conductor. “ I
pass,” said the gentlemanly beat. “On
the contrary, I order you up,” replied
the knight of the punch. “ I assist,” re
marked the stalwart brakeman, as he
rolled up his sleeves. “ Well, then, make
it diamemds,” said the beat in a tone of
mingled sadness and sarcasm as he reluc
tantly handed over the fare and pointed
to the conductor's coruscating bosom.
—The editor of the St. Joseph (Mo.)
Herald is right in this : “ A girl who goes
to a sensible school carries a slate, arith
metic, spelling-book, geography and a
lunch in a paper. The modern city
school girl goes aloug with a big tilter, a
bustle, striped hoes, humpbacked, carry
ing thirty-one different books, three slates
four copy-books, bottle of ink, pocket
full of pencils and pens, $7 worth of
pinchback jewelry, a mouthful of chew
ing-gum and thirteen red streamers dang
ling after her.”
—A married couple were attacked in
the street by a bog. The wife screamed
and tried to run, but her husband caught
her by the shoulders and held her firmly
between the infuriated beast and his per
son, while he whispered in a hoarse
voice : “ Don’t you dare let go of me,
darling. I’ll stand by you, even if he
does bite.” Never losing his presence of
mind for an instant, the daring man baf
fled every attempt of the fierce brute to
get at him. The owner of the dog inter
fered, and, as the couple moved off, the
husband was heard to say: “If you had
only let that dog bite you, Matildy, I
might have sued the city for SIO,OOO
damages. But you never did have much
sense.”
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THE EDI'CATEU FLEAS.
A Woman Tells us (lie Wonderful Sto
ry of What She Saw.
A number of years ago, when I was
quite a small child, I remember hearing
a great deal of talk about a troupe of edu~
cated fleas that were then on
1 lie stories seemed too marvelous to bo
true, but I longed to see those intelligent
fleas with all the longing of a child for
the unnatural and grotesque. I did not
see them then, and, lately, as I w:is walk
ing past Union square, New York, I saw
a sign out with this inscription : “ S?ig
nor Bertolotto’s Original Exhibition of
the Educated Fleas.” I experienced all 1
the curiosity of twenty years ago. i
bought my ticket of a polite old Italian,
the origiual educator, I suppose, and pass
ed on to the table where the exhibition
took place, in company with a nursery
maid and two little boys. Later a young
gentleman and lady joined us. Welf r
these little insects did actually do what
they were advertised to do. They pulled,
a coach, with a flea driver and flea passen*
gers; they set a merry-go-round and
windmill in motion; one dragged a
miniature horse-car after it, another a
ship ; two fought a duel; 1 )on Quixota*
and Sancho Panza were represented by*
fleas mounted on the backs of other fleas,.
Then there is a ball-room scene, an or
chestra of fifteen fleas, each with, an in
strument in its hand, a party of four play
ing with the cards, one reading a news
paper, and a gentleman and lady flea on*
the floor completed the scene. A musin',
box is set going, and the dancing couple
start offin a waltz. The lady broke down*
with the weight of her skirts when I saw
them, but her partner hopped around si*
lively as a cricket. The most remarkable
part of this exhibition is the dressing and
harnessing of these little creatures.. I
cannot see how it is done; its must be
under the microscope. All of them that
take the parts of men and women arc
dressed. When.he wants them to-movo*
the exhibitor gives them a gentlesqueeze
with the tweezers, and away they go.
“ How do you keep them front hopping?”'
we inquired. “We put them in thislitrie*
wheel, and keep them there for eight or
ten days. Whenever they attempt to*
hop they are brought bang up against the
top, so that they get discouraged and'
completely broken of the trick.” He*
then showed nte a wild flea, such a one as
got the best of'Paddy. This fellow hop
ped about J'ked a pea in a hot pan,. but.
was kept from hopping away by a ball!
and chain attached to hisleg. The chain*
is about two inches long. and. is said to*
have four hundred links, and the ball is
about the size of a homeopathic*pill.
“ Doesn’t it take you a long time to get
these insects prepared for the day’s enter
tainment ?” I asked. “ Indeed itdoes,’
he replied. “It takes me three hours to*
undress them at night (there are a hun<
dred in aU), and two hours and a half to*
dress them in the morning.” “ What.do >
they eat?” I asked. “Me!” was the
reply. “ Eat you ! what do you mean ?”
“Just that; I put them all here on my
hare arm, and they eat until they are sat—
’isfied.” I was speechless.. WJiat.couldl
I say to a man who voluntarily gave him
self up to be devoured by fleas ? This,
was worse than the dirty Italian lazza—
roni, who, perhaps, if they had their.-
choice, and it 1 cost them no-effort to pre
vent it, would rather not be the food, of *
vermin. I left the exhibition-with-the
most uncomfortable sensations, that were
hard to shake off. My curiosity was.
satisfied, and .I do not regret the invest
ment of my twenty-five cents.
How a Snake Charmed a Boy..
For the last two weeks a son of Allem
Rogers, aged'.eleven years, .a. wood cutter
on the Blue Mountains,about three miles,
from Hamburg, has been in the ftabit of
leaving his father’s house every morning
about 9 o’clock, and not returning till
noon. The parents of the boy have ques
tioned him several times as to where he
went, and the boy would reply, to play
with a neighoring boy named Springer..
On Friday last the father, watched his
son, and followed at a short distance, an<fi
when about a half mile from the house,,
the boy entered a piece of thick sprout
land, from the road two hundred yards,,
where he seated himself upon alarge rock,,
and in less than ten minutes the father
was horrified on seeing a monster black
snake crawl upon the rock and put its
head on the boy’s lap. The father states
that the snake was the largest he ever
saw on the hills. He states that it was
easily fifteen feet long, and as thick as
his arm, which is well developed. The
boy had taken bread with him, and was
feeding the snake, which at intervals
would stick a large tongue out as if hiss
ing for more to eat. Then it would coil*
itself around the neck and body of the.
boy, and play with its mouth and neck
with the boy’s hands. The father had
often heard of snakes charming children,
and that if they were disturbed while they
were in the act, they would kill the child..
As the father turned to leave his boy
with his deadly companion, he turned;
back, and the snake hearing a noise, at.
once uncoiled itself and raised its body
at least four feet from the rock and look
ed in all directions, and then he
home and awaited the boy’s return, which
was, as usual, at noon. When to.d that
he had been playing with the snake, the
boy said the first morning he met the
snake he liked to play with it; then lie
took it food, and he was*so much pleased
with his companion that something told
him that he must meet the snake every
morning. One morning he said he was
late, and when he reached the place the
snake was standing up, and it came out
to meet him, following him to the rock.
There is something very strange about a
snake charming not only children, but f
have read of adults coining under theia
charms. There is certainly some truth iis
the fascinating powers of snakes.
On Saturday morning the father-
two of his neighbors went to the- place
with guns, and at the usual time the snake
made its appearance,when all fired atone
time, killing the charmer.
John Anderson, the first man who as
cended the great South Dome in tho-
Yosemite Valley, lives alone in a small
house near the saddle of the dome.
is hard at work constructing a staircase
of a thousand up the dome. IJe
hopes to ~ave an elevator running iu
time, ami is also working on a model of a
steam car that shall carry passen&* up
the almost perpendicular walls..
—Fresh —“ I wonder why my
tache doesn’t grow under mv nose a*(
well as at the corners of v my mouth ?’
Soph—“ Too much shvxde.”