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jWWimmf L Imsitiess (Tunis.
f A. B. MAHAFFEY . _
). attorney at la an,
Jefferson. Jackson Cos. < ln..
Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
tention given to all business entrusted to his care.
Patronage solicited. OctJO ly
WILEY C. HOWARD. ROB’T S. HOWARD.
11 DAT A ICO A IIOWAItIb
LL ATTORNEYS AT LA NY,
Jefferson, (!a.
Will practice together in all the Courts of Jack
son and adjacent counties, except the Court of
Ordinary **f Jackson county. Sept Ist 7-
Dr. w. s. aiaaaader.
SURGEON DENTIST.
Harmony drove, Jackson Cos., da.
July 10th, 1875. Gin
H A. WILLIAXiOT
1 u W ATCHMA KER AND J KNYELF.R.
At Dr. Win. King’s Drugstore. Dcupree Block,
Athens. La. All work done in a superior manner,
and warranted to give satisfaction. Terms. fiosi
tirelu CASH. JulylO-Gin.
JU. IVILkIAS A < >.,
. BROAD STREET, ATHENS. GA.,
dealers in
STOVES, TIN-WARE, &C.
{Opposite North-East Georgian 0 fit re.)
July 34. 1875.
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFF HIISOS', GA.,
DEALERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
Cheap for Gash. Gall and examine their stock.
June 19 ly
Bl'. WOFFORD. Attorney at law,
. IIOMER, BANKS CO., GA.,
Will practice in all the adjoining Counties, and
Stive prompt attention to all business entrusted to
uis care, fcju Collecting claims a specialty.
June lyth, 1875. ly
[<>ll* u. OAlilX
u HARNESS MAKER, JEFFERSON, GA.
Xew and "ooil ami wairon harness always
hand. Repairing same, bridles, saddles. Ac.,
'H*ne on short notice, and cheap for cash.
june!2—lv
J. FU)YI>, I J. B. SILMAN,
I Covington, | Jetfersou, Ga.
J'l OVl) & NlldlA\
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
ill practice together in the Superior Courts of
t ' 1(? counties of Jackson and AN alton.
juneli—ly
\\ 1. I‘lkl'. Attorney sit I-aw,
• JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA.
radices in all the Courts, State and Federal.
rompt and thorough attention given to all
unis ot legal business in Jackson and adjoining
counties. June 12, 1875
Medical Notice.
I \ r - •>•<►. Il( \ r having located in -Tetter
son for the purpose of practicing Medicine.
.!'l H °tfully tenders his services to the citizens ot
H'town ami county in all the different hranchcs
’’ tlw profession. After a flattering experience
" nineteen years, he feels justified in saying that
iiu ! P r ®pared to successfully treat any curable
. r l>l '’“‘iJent to our climate. He is. tor the
' pit. hoarding with Judge John Simpkins, hut
Us hunilv here soon,
with Col. J. A. 11. Mahatfey.
v., deference can he seen in the office of T. H.
Esq., (’. S.c. OCtlff
I’KM)EIUJHAS!S & HANCOCK,
\\ " respectfully call the attention of the
lutli c t„ their elegant stock of
Dry Goods of all Kinds,
b 4 l> A . j| n.OTIIIMG
? MN 'F. CASSIMEREB. 11ATS, CAPS,
Triimiif"' S ! ,ocs ' Emlies* Punnets. Hats and
War, Hardware. Hollow Ware, Earthen
”|k> ' i'i l ""' Hooks. Paper, Pens. Inks, Envel-
Tea.' ; ,n ♦'• ur * Meal, Paeon. Lard. Sugar Coffee.
'Nila]].. f ,n , Hident Medicines, in fact everything
the \\{ ' a General Store, Prices to suit
Jefferson, June 12, 1875. tf
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THE FOREST NEWS.
I lie People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
jflisceffuueous JHedfey.
For the Forest News.
SOUL-CHARMING.
NN e frequently see advertisements in the
papers now-a-days giving notice that some
great somebody will teach the mighty mystery
of Psychomancy, or Siul-Charming. There
exists in the minds of nany ignorant people,
both white and black, n firm belief that there
is some powerful, but nysterious drug, or oth
er agent, by means of which its happy pos
sessor may fascinate or charm the opposite
sex, and thus gain the rffections of any one
whom he or she may wsh to win. Others
are led to believe that there is some power
ful magnectic, or odic fcrce in every human
being, by the right use of which any person
may charm one of the opposite and gain
complete control over his or her sitl and af-
fections. About two years ago. liras riding
along the highway some eight mils south of
this town, going to an appoint met, when I
heard someone hailing me in the ear, and
looking around I saw a young freeiian com
ing after me with the utmost specq When
he came up, I said to him, “NYhat ishe mat
ter ?” lie replied, “ Massa, is you apetor?”
I answered, “No, 1 am not a doeir, but
sometimes I doctor people, when no tetor is
at hand. What is the matter ? If l%n Jo
any suffering body good, I will very Leer
fully do so.” “O,” said he, “ I thougUyou
was a doctor, and I wanted you to giv m e
some of that stuff what would make the-als
love me.” Having heard his answer, I de
on with this reflection rolling over and <er
in my astonished cranium, “ All the fools -e
not dead yet; and 1 am afraid that if %
fool-killer would only set to, and do his woj
thoroughly, the race of mankind would so<
lie much thinned out.” NYhile Ido not b
lieve that an}’ doctor can furnish a drn
which will generate or inspire love in th
heart of either male or female ; and while
do not believe that advertising quacks cat
teach any mysterious, but unerring art o
Psychomancy, or Soul-Charming, I am never
thelcss firmly persuaded that there is such a‘
thing as “Soul-Charming;” and I propose to
teach the art without fee or reward, to all the
young readers of the Format News, both
male and female. And as man was made
: first, 1 will first teach the yoing men how to
charm and win the young lalies whom they
may have chosen for their ©mpanions in fu
ture life ; and afterwards I- ill bestow a sim
ilar favor upon the young Idiea. And just
here let me say to all my yung friends of
both sexes, that there is noting deceptive or
illusory in m v promise to toch you the valu
able art of Soul-Charming. I respect and
love you so much that I wo til not, if I could,
practise a hoax upon you. Young man, if
you would charm the soul f your chosen
sweet-heart, and gain her atetions forever,
you must be or become a (arming young
man. You must prove yourlf to be, in her
estimation, a man worthy ofer love. Now.
witli what sort of a young mi do you sup
pose a true and noble lady charmed ? Is
the woman that will make aood wife fasci
nated with that contempt il caricature of
manhood, which is only a belle of broad
cloth, pomade, conceit and ndyism, with a
thimbleful of soft brains thru in to give the
delusive mass the faint senunce of a man ?
No ! a thousand times, no. oft-hearted and
softer-headed little school-gs in their teens,
who have wept over a half (bn dime-novels,
may be very easily deludedtd charmed, in
their childish simplicity, bjich counterfeit
gentlemen, such walking *ls upon man
hood ; but a true woman ha perfect con
tempt for all such sham gennen. A true
woman is charmed by trinanhood. The
man she admires has stren, courage, man
liness, industry, enterpriseurality and de
cision of character to reeotnd him to her
confidence. A true womanires a husband
that she can look up to, am whose strong
arm she can rely for proted and support,
and in whose loving and co;eous heart she
can repose the utmost coince. No wo-
man can be charmed b}’ akn coward. It
has often been observed thamen are easily
captivated by soldiers ; anany have ex
pressed their astonishmenthe fact. But
the phenomenon is easily eined. A true
woman is weak, timid and indent, and re
alizes her need of a protedand therefore
she is readily fascinated bybrave-hearted
and strong-armed soldier, will shield and
protect her. In general, Wn has a much
nicer appreciation of the blful than man
has ; and yet she seldom loi man for his
beauty. In making her chtff a husband,
she looks out for strengthirage, manli
ness and good character, ratkan for beau
ty and fine clothes. There! young man,
if you wish to charm and we young wo
man of your choice, be stroid show your
self every inch a man. Be resolute, en
ergetic, enterprising, indius, upright,
truthful and affectionate anting. Brave
men are always kind-hear And every
woman wants a brave and Kearted hus
band. If you will show vof to be both
brave and kind-hearted, you charm and
win almost any good worn atm you may
choose, whether you be bcal or not. I
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, DEC’R 4, 1875.
tell you again, my young friend, that woman
prizes manliness far above good looks and
wealth, in the man, to whose care she en
trusts her happiness and herself. The love
of a strong and noble heart is the most fasci
nating thing in the world; and if you can
make a good woman believe that you are of
fering to her the devoted and pure love of a
brave and noble heart, she will be perfectly
charmed and fascinated, and will be utterly
unable to utter a “No,” when you urge your
suit for her heart and her hand.
But now I must give some advice and in
struction to young ladies upon the subject of
Soul-Charming. Young lady, do you wish to
know how to charm and fascinate the young
man of your choice ? Taking it for granted
that the young man you desire is worthy, I
advise you to cultivate and display those
qualifications of body, mind and heart which
are necessary to render you a good wife.
There are three grades of female beauty.
First, beauty of the person : secondly, beauty
of the mind ; and thirdly, beauty of the heart.
Now, every man is charmed by all of these
beauties ; but a true man admires the beau
ties of the mind more than he does the beau
ties of the person, and he admires the beau
ties of the heart most of all. Consequently
many noble men have been fascinated and
captivated by women who possessed very lit
tle beauty except the beauties of pure, noble
and loving hearts.
Young lady friend, take good care of your
body. Cultivate bodily health and strength
and personal neatness ; for health, strength
and personal cleanliness are the greatest pro
moters of personal beauty. And every man
wishes to have a wife who is healthy, strong
and neat. In the next place, cultivate your
mind, and strive to have a good understand
ing, and especially a good stock of common
sense for daily use on all occasions. No man
can be charmed with a weak minded, simple
and foolish woman. In the next place, cul-
tivate the beauties of the heart. Be pure,
kind, amiable, gentle, affectionate, and un
selfish and obliging. Form and cultivate
-labits of industry, and order and usefulness.
if you possess the ornamental parts of a good
(Incation, it is well. But no man wants a
icre beautiful and highly ornamented doll
>r a wife. No. Every man wishes a wife
Uo possesses a useful body, a useful mind,
and a useful heart, lie does not desire a
fe for mere show to please his eyes and the
is of his friends. No. lie wants a wife
M use rather than for show and ornament.
1 wants something more than a mere bundle
oflry goods.
lastly, let your manners be easy and na
ttal, and gentle, and truly refined. The
giat poet Cowper once said, “In my soul I
lodie all affectionand no man that is a
mi can be fascinated by a woman who is
attrted and unnatural in her manners. Tn
dejl, true politeness and the highest eti
qulte are nothing but the acting out of the
relied feelings and noble promptings of a
kill, pure and unselfish heart. A good heart,
thesfore, is the fountain-head of good man
ner. Have a good, pure and noble heart,
andalways act natural ly as your pure heart
proipts you, and then you will be truly fasci
natig, and the man of 3'our choice will find
it vey hard indeed to resist your charms.
Aid, in conclusion, that all my young
frienl* of both sexes may know that I take
a de<p interest in their happiness, and that I
wish them well in time and eternity, with my
own proper name I subscribe myself their
frieni, Groves 11. Caktledge.
A Moving Spring.
Tin Eufaula Times tells the following:—
Abou] thirty-four miles southwest of Eufaula,
in Atkinson's beat in this county, is a
remarkable spring. It has been moving
about for the last fifteen years, but is at
preset stationary, and bursts forth in the
edge of the West Choctawhatchee swamp,
about thirty-five 3'ards from that stream.
The spring derives its name from the ap
parent color of its water. We sa3 r apparent,
for though to one looking down into its
depths it seems deepH’ tinged with blue, 3'et
in a tumbler it is absolutely colorless and as
clear as crystal. It rises in a perfectly level
ocality and whirls gracefully up from the
fissure through which it boils, a perpetual
cloud of fine white sand which, through the
azure fountain, looks and moves and fades
off at the edge like a smoke. The spring is
fifteen feet deep, forty feet long and ten feet
wide, and it rushes off to the Choctawhat
chee in a dancing, glittering brook, that car
ries what would be a four foot square, solid
stream of water, at the rate of about seven
miles an hour. What is strange about this
fountain is its transitory character. The
West Choctawhatchee is a powerful creek,
with low banks about 20 yards wide, with
quite a deep, strong current. In 1861 the
spring suddenly disappeared from the west
side of this stream, to reappear at about the
same distance from its bank on the east side,
and there it staid for thirteen years, during
a part of which time the creek broke into it,
and for a long while the clear waters of the
fountain came up in the very middle of the
creek, boiling six inches above the level of
the darker stream around it. In 1874 the
ground fell in on the west side of the creek,
about forty yards below where the spring
originally was; but there was no sign of
water. In August, 1874, it appeared, still
on the east side, but four hundred yards
above where it had heretofore been running ;
and last August it deserted that outlet and
burst out where the ground had fallen on the
west side and where the spring at present is.
Worthy of Consideration.
The ideas advanced, the facts exhibited,
the conclusions drawn, and the hints thrown
out to the land-owners of the Southern
States—not a few, but all —is the reason
for the appearance of the following article in
the columns of the A* eics. NYe hope all our
readers will carefully consider the subject
matter and then resolve to aid the “whole
Southern press” in the dissemination of such
facts as will meet the desired end :
Real Estate.— The report of the commis
sioner of the general land oifice shows that
7,070.000 acres were taken up during the
past year against 9,630.000 acres during the
previous year. The decrease is attributed in
some degree to droughts, the grasshoppers
and the general business depression. But
the commissioner tells the whole truth when
I>C adds that nearly all the desirable public
lands have passed to private ownership—in
other words, the land-grant railroad grabbers
hold them, lie admits that the full limit of
profitable settlement has been reached. The
government really owns little desirable land,
its remaining domain, vast though it be, be
ing affleted with a lack of water and with “a
general prevalence of barren conditions,” It
is not worth the cost of surveys.
Much of the land held by the land-grant
railroads is also valueless, and the commis
sioner directs attention to the fact that some
of them have succeeded in selling in the ag
gregate, many thousands of acres of worth
less lands to immigrants, under the represen
tation that the soil was very productive when
the}’ knew that the land was unfit for farming
purposes. By such false representations the
money of poor emigrants has been secured,
and the} r are left without any means of re
covering it back. The commissioner desires
that this matter may have the attention of
Congress, so that the practice of imposing on
immigrants may be broke up.
These facts show very conclusively that
the tide of emigration to the northwest from
the older northern states has passed the limit,
and must soon seek other outlets. Evidence
multiplies that it is coming to the more ge
nial section of the country, where grasshop
pers and hair-lifters are unknown. The South
newspaper of New York says the change is
becoming an irresistible tide. “Capitalists,”
it says, “of all sections and of other lands
are looking to the south as to the promised
land, which in every wordly sense, if not
every other, it is. Labor looks in the same
direction, with the same hope, as if uncon
ciously rebuking the ignorant malcontents,
sophists and demagogues who affect to ignore
the fact that the interests of capital and la
bor are one. The best of our people, indulg
ing in the delusions of hope and comfort
ably busy during the summer, have aroused
from the comparative indifference incident to
present ease, to anew and earnest inquiry
and provision for the future. Within the
last twenty-four hours the inquiries in this
office regarding southern emigration, con
cerns the personal hopes and interests of a
score or two of worthy families, besides nu
merous worthy individuals of all classes, out
side of them. There was never before such
a perpetual and persistent “desire to know”
everything concerning the south. Southern
colonists, associations, land-owners and peo
ple of every class should join the whole south
ern press in meeting this desire. Maps, facts
and correspondence must be multiplied and
increased indefinitely. The interest of the
south, the truest patriotism and the broadest
philanthropy, are one in this matter. The
southern jubilee is commenced. Let it not
be retarded by the difference of southern Mi
cawbers. More faith, more works, more in
dividual endeavor for the general good !”
At. Const.
Annual Sessions of the Legislature.
Col. John NY. Wofford has resigned his
seat in the Senate, and in his address to his
constituents, he has this to say regarding
annual sessions :
Aside from all this, the approaching session
of the Legislature is wholly unimportant so
far as 1 know or believe. Several years
experience in that body has convinced me
that there is no -public demand for annual
sessions of the Legislature, and that yearly
sessions of the General Assembly is a yearly
waste of the public money. In a time of
peace and quiet, when there is nothing but
“hard times” to break the monotony of cur
rent events, an annual expense of a SIOO,OOO
for legislation is too much to pay for it.
It Was Well With lltm.—Last Sunday a
good Christian resident of this city met a
colored acquaintance whom he had not seen
foi some months, and he took him by the
hand and inquired :
“ Well, William, what of your future—how
does it look ?**
“ Furty bright, sail/’ responded the smiling
William, “ Ize got a Heaven dollar note agin
a fellar at de depot, two pa’rs ob sleeve but
tons, a shot gun an’ a knife, an’ I feels as if
I couldn’t be too grateful for all dat wealth,
while lots of odder niggers are cl’ar run down
to one dog an’ an old hat.” —Vicksburg Herald.
The other day Sam. Bowles went to church
in Springfield, Mass., and feeling the effects
of his severe editorial labors through the week,
went to napping. By and In* he was awaken
ed by the preacher, who struck his desk and
shouted : “Who shall be able to stand up in
the presence of the Lord on that awful day ?”
And Sam. Bowles, rising in his pew, remarked :
“ Charles Francis Adams is the only man
that can do it, and I nominate him for the
position.” —Chicago Times.
Hint to Farmers. —Dealers tell 11s that if
those killing beeves will dry their hides in
the shade they can obtain two or three cents
more than they can for those dried in the
sunshine. The general rule is to throw a
hide over a fence, which the sun can thorough
ly warm, shrivel and crack up. Those of the
shade are smoother and better.— Exchange.
F. F. Burke, the cashier of the First
National Bank of Americas, exhibits a pear
of the Bartlett variety, which measures six
inches in circumference. It was taken from
a tree that is now very full and ripening.
' and of the second crop.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Consolation for old maids—‘Misfortunes
never come singly.”
NYhy do honest ducks dip their heads hid
dcr water ? To liquidate their little bills.
She Stoops to Conquer” was written before
the days of pin-back skirts.
Now is the time for turkeys to meditate on
the shortness of life.
A Brooklyn young man of observation
mentioned that girls who wear striped stock
ings prefer to kick the gate open.
A Kentuckian thinks he has attained the
height of human happiness in the possession
of a wife eight feet and three inches tall.
It is truly said that the more ingredients
you can get into a mince pie, unless you get
tip to brick-bats the better pies you will have.
NY hen the man said “look into my heart”
it is supposed lie had a windy-pain in his
stomach.
NYhy do you set your cup of coffee on the
chair, Air. Jones?” “It is so weak, ma’am.”
replied Mr. Jones, demurely, “that I thought
I would let it rest.”
Two enterprising women are about to start
a barber-shop at Titusville, l*a. By hanging
out a spare stocking of the period they have
put up a first-class sign at trifling expense.
Grandfather to his hopeful— “My son,
which would you rather have when you get
home, a little brother o* a little "sister?”
Grandson—well, I would rather have a little
pony.”
She gets out her furs and winter adorn
ments now, and though she’s a member of
the church she doats on the clergymen, her
remarks on the moths are frequent, and pain
ful and free.
A tombstone lately erected in the Nash
ville cemetery says of the deceased : “His
accounts were found square to a cent.” There
are lots of people who scoff at the idea that
any one is buried under that stone.
Our exchanges have a great deal to say
about “editorial ability.” What a country
editor really needs isjthe ability to live on
four shillings per week and smoke his own
cigars.— Logon sport Pharos.
NYc don’t know how many daily papers
Rev. Dr. Lorrimer takes, but lie stated in a
recent lecture: “Ifthere is any one thing
for which the human race is pre-eminent, it
is for profound and solid lying.”
“Pa,” said little Jimmie, “I came very
near getting to the head of my class to-day.”
“How is that, my son ?” “Why, a big word
came all the way down to me, and if I only
could have spelled it, I should have gone
clear up.”
This is the kind of weather that makes the
dashing young man wish that instead of
spending a dollar a half for that massive
diamond pin last summer, he had judiciously
invested in a pair of winter drawers.—Nor
wich Bulletin.
A lawyer, about to finish a bill of costs,
was requested by his client, a baker, to make
it as light as possible. Ah!” said the law
yer, “you might properly enough say that to
the foreman of your establishment; but that
is not the way 1 make my bread.”
“ I say, Sambo, where did you git de shirt
studs ?” “In de shop, to be sure.*’ Yah,you
just told me y*ou hadn’t no money.” “Dat’s
right.” “How did you git 'em, den?” “Well,
T saw on a card in de window, ‘collar studs,’
so I went in and collared ’em.”— Ohio Valiev
Ncics.
“llow are you getting on at your new
place ?” asked a lady of a girl whom she had
recommended for a situation. “Very well,
thank you,” answered the girl. “ I’m glad to
hear it,” said the lady: “your employer is a
very nice person, and yon cannot do too much
for her.” “ \ don't mean to, ma’am,” was the
innocent reply.
A promising young shaver of five or six
y*ears was reading his lesson at school one
day, in that deliberate manner for which ur
chins of that age are somewhat remarkable.
As he proceeded with the task he came upon
the passage, “Keep thy tongue from evil and
thy lips from guile.” "Master hopeful drawl
ed out, “ Keep—thy—tongue—from—evil—
and—thy—lips—from—girls.”
A case of general average: “Ain’t you
rather old to ride for half price ?” said a
Charleston car conductor to the elder of two
boys riding yesterday. “Well,” remarked
the youth, “ I am under fourteen and this boy
with me is only six. That don’t make twenty,
and 3’ on will take two boy*s under ten for half
price each” —and he took them.
The Family Record.
41 Ay. write it down in black and white—
The date, the age, the name:
For home has never seemed so dear
As since our baby came.
No child before was half so sweet,
And never babe so wise ;
And, John, the neighbors say*, indeed,
It has its father’s eyes.”
“Nay, wife, I’m sure they’re like your own;
'l’lie rogue’s his mother’s boy.
llow strange that such a tiny form
Can cause such boundless joy !
And you will have him named for me?
Come, think it o’er again :
For 4 John* is but a homely name—”
“ Nay, do not drop )'our pen.
4 ‘ For * John’ shall be his name, my dear.
It is his father’s own ;
And though a hundred more were given,
I'll call him that alone.
His father’s eyes, his father’s face,
His father’s form. I’m sure ;
God grant he have his father’s heart.
Life’s hardsliids to endure !
Well, there, ’tis written down at last :
The reconi is complete.
Henceforth we’ll lay our loving hearts
Beneath our baby’s feet.
Ah. wife, our home’s a humble place—■
We're humble folks—that’s true ;
But I’m a king with’boundless wealth
In that 3'oung rogue and 3*oll.
“ So, baby, wink and blink my bo}*.
Your mother's eyes— ’’ 44 Nay, John,
They are his father’s eves, indeed !
That 1 insist upon !”
Well, be that as it may. liis mouth
Is waiting fur a kiss,
He's like you there, at least, my dear,
Sav, do I judge amiss
S TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM.
/ SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
GLEANINGS.
It is stated that Judge Hopkins, of the At'
lanta Circuit, will soon resign on account of
failing health.
A Baptist Institute foi' colored ministers
will lie held in Macon for one month, begin'
ning on the 30th November.
The Texas Grange Manufacturing Coiri*
pany, located at Kelleyville, in that State, is
turning out SOOO worth of wares per day.
Dr. Joseph Thompson, of Atlanta, Ora., luis
carried the same pocket-knife every day since
1821 ; and it’s a pretty good knife still.
The official count from Oregon gives Lane.
Democrat, for Congress, two hundred and
sixty-seven majority.
John W. Snell, a young man, suicided at a
ball room door, in Jonesboro*, Ga., recently*
because he was not invited to the ball.
During the last three months 1,440 horses,
67 donkeys, and five mules were killed irt
Paris for public consumption.
Washington, Nov. 23.—John L. Conley
has been appointed Collector of Internal Rev*
eiiue for the Fourth Georgia District.
A New York man has cured himself of the
filthy habit of tobacco chewing, by tasting an
apple every time he felt inclined to partake
of the degrading weed.
Monthkal, Canada, Nov. 24.—Between
here and Lachine navigation is blocked by
ice. Navigation is closed some days earlier
than last year.
Rev. R. J. 'rowel, a young North Carolina
Baptist preacher, committed suicide the oth
er day at Edgefield, S. C. lie leaves a widow
and two children.
Mr. James Bass, of Calhoun county, Ga.,
has made and gathered GOO bushels of ground
peas upon one-tenth acreage required to make
twelve bales of cotton.
A wild turkey was killed last week on
Green river, Kentucky, that weighed thirty
two pounds, and boasted a “beard*’ nine
inches in length.
Where is Moody ? A man named R. T.
Wallace, known as the Reformed Gambler,*’
has reformed again. This time it is said lie
made off with some money.— Sav. News.
The Louisiana sugar crop this year will be
larger than any year since 1801. It will
come up to 100,000 hogsheads, an increase of
73,133 hogsheads over the product of 1874.
B} r telegram on the 23d nit., the death of
Henry Wilson. Vice-President of the United
States, which occurred on the day previous,
was announced.
Washington, Nov. 23. — Funeral services
will be held in the Senate chamber Saturday,
when the remains will go to Philadelphia,
where they* lav in state in the State House
Sunday*. The weather cold and wet, and few
at the Capitol.
The congregation at Pleasant Hill, Hart
county, Ga., on Saturday last, passed a reso
lution to build anew church in tlie place of
the present old edifice.
Immigration from Europe to this country
continues to fall off. During the month of
September the decrease, as compared with
the corresponding month of last year, was
7,034.
Philadelphia, Nov. 21.—The Moody and
Sanke3* revival meetings commenced in the
old Pennsylvania freight depot to-day*. There
were about ten or twelve thousand persons
present.
Mrs. Haddock, wife of Judge Haddock, of
lowa, has been admitted to practice in the
Courts of that State. She is in demand as an
advocate in her husband's Court, and is re
puted to be generally successful.
The Griffin News says a day or two since
a mechanic of that place “used some ireuß
ing epithets” to a lady, whose husband! ife a.
cripple, whereupon she spat in the insulter’V.
face, and finished him off generally with a*,
first-class mauling. Bravo!
Charleston’, Nov. 25.—The- annual ses
sion of the Legislature opened at Columbia
to-day. The message of Gov. Chamberlain
was read. It is an elaborate- paper, insisting
strenuously on a perseverance in the reforms
which have been begun, and is hopeful in its
tone throughout.
Fort Vat.t.ev. Ga., Nov. 22. — John Brown,
colored, who was arrested for attempting to
commit a rape on a highly respectable young
lady, and had knocked out some of her teeth
and filled l>oth of her eyes with dirt r was
taken from the custody* of the Sheriff and
hanged.
Louisville, November 24.—The National
Grange election resulted as follows: Master,
John T. Jones, of Arkansas ; Overseer, J. .T.
Woodman, of Michigan ; Lecturer, If. B.
Smedly, of Towa ; Steward. A. J. Vaugh, of
Mississippi; Treasurer, F. M. McDowell;
Secretary*, O. H. Kelly, of Kentucky.
The church at Cross Roads, Anderson coun
ty*, South Carolina, of which Rev. E. P. Cars
well. Jr., of Georgia, is pastor, has recently
been abundantly blessed. During the y*ear
eighty -three persons were received by baptism,
and enough more, by letter and restoration,
to make over one hundred additions to the
membership.
NUMBER 26.