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Darien Timber Gazette.
YOL. 5.--NO. 51.
Darien Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY MORNING,
.IT DJtRIEjy, GEORGIA,
CORNER BROAD AND NOETHIYAY STREETS.
KICHABD W. G-RTJBB,
Editor and Proprietor.
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Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia,
City Directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Coun'y Coimnxsnoners —James Walter, Chairman:
Adam Btrain. Isaac M. .Aiken, J. A. Atwood, T. H.
Gignilliat, James E. Holmes, Joseph Hilton.
Clerk Board of County Commissioner! —Ppalding
Kei-ai.
Clerk Superior Court— L. B. Darla.
Ordinary—o. H. Hopkins, Sr.
Sheriffi—T. Butler Blount.
RtceZoer Tat Returns —W. McTV. Young.
Tux Collector— O. C. Hopkins.
County C. O’Neil.
County Surveyor— W. R. Poppul.
Coroner —Fbiltp Maxwell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings cn
the first Wednesday in each month.
CITY OFFICERS.
Bx-Officio Mayor —James Walker.
Ex-Officio Aldermen —Joseph Hilton, J. A. Atwood,
Adam Strain, J. E. Holmes, Thomas H. Gignilliat,
Isaac M. Aiken.
BTAjrDMQ coMsrrrrEEs.
Committee on Finance —Maesre. Strain, Atwood
and Hilton.
Committee cn Accounts —Moecrs. Holmes, Gignil
liat and Aiken.
Committee cm Harbor— Moesrs. Hilton, Aiken
and Strain.
Committee on Health and Cemetery —Messrs. Gignil
liat, Atwood and Holmes.
Committee on Paupers— Moesrs. Atwood, Holmoe
ahd Gignilliat.
(Committee on Jail— Moesrs. Aiken, Hilton and
Ait vrtjod*
Committee on Streets and Lancs —Messrs. Aiken,
Strain and Holmes.
Committee on County Roads —Mosers. Atwood,
GignuLiat and Hi Hon.
OommitSe. on Public BuUdimjs —Messrs. Strain,
Gignilliat, and Aikeu.
Committee on Police— Messrs. Holmoe, Hilt on and
Strain.
Committee on Ordinances —Mossrs. Aiken. Strain
and Atwood.
Clerk and Treasurer —Spalding Kenan.
City Marshal —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Deputy Marshal —Alonzo Guyton.
Harbor Master —James Aboel.
Port Physician —Dr. Jamos Holmes.
Inspector General of Timber —George W. Faries.
Port Wardens—lsaac- 51. Aikeu, John H. Burrell,
and James G. Young. ,
Jailer —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Board Pilot Commissioners— Charles 8. Langdon,
Chairman, R. K. Walker, W. C. Clark. Arthur Bai
ley, Dr. R. B. Harris, James Lachlison and Robt.
Mitchell. Wm. L. Gignilliat, Secretary.
MASONIC.
Live Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets first Wednesday
night in each month at their hall near tho Magno
lia House; H. S. Ravonel, Worshipful Master; R.
W. Grubb, Secretary
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
Collector of Custom, Rrurnoick District-!ohn T.
Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for Port of Dancn—
Charles H. Townsend.
Boarding Master —Edwin C. Davis.
Postmaster —D. Webster Davis.
Deputy Marshal —Joseph B. Bond.
SUPERIOR COURT—EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Hon. Win. B. Fleming, Judge.
Major A. B. Smith, Solicitor General.
Bulloch County—Thursday before first Mondays
In April and October.
Effingham County—First Mondays in April and
October.
Bryan County—Thursdays after 'first Mondays
in April and October.
Chatham County—Second Mondays in February,
May and October.
Mclntosh County—Tuesdays after lasi Mondays in
April and October.
Liberty County—Tuesday after second Mondays
in May and October.
UNITED STATES MAILS.
The mails arrive from Sterling, No. 1, Macon k
Brunswick Railroad, every morning (Sunday ex
cepted) at 10 o'clock a. m., departing every after
noon at 3p. m. Mail closes at 2% p. m.
Side mail for No. 3, Atlantic k Gulf Railroad,
departs b)4 o’oloek every Tuesday morning and
arrives at 8 p. m. every Monday, touching at
Biceboro and South Newport both ways.
RELIGIOUS.
Religious services at the Methodist Church
every Sunday morning at 11 oclock, and evening
at 8 o’clock. School at the Ridge every Sunday
afternoon at 3>4 o'clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas
tor.
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and
Bp. m. at tho Methodist Church, colored, Rev.
L. H. Smith, pastor.
New Bakery
—AND—
CONFECTIONERY.
ALSO, A FINE STOCK OF
Dry Goods and Groceries,
(At M. Culliuan’s old stand.)
FRESH PIES, BREAD AND CAKES EVERY DAT.
Party and Wodding Cake made to order.
Pure, delicious ico-cold Soda Water on draught.
Also,
A Fine Stock of Candies
Of our own manufacture constantly on hand.
Parties wishing anything in our line are respect
fully invited to give us a call.
Isadore Collat,
OiayW-ly Proprietor.
Professional Cards.
-yyALTER A. WAY.
Attorney-at-Raw and Real
Estate Agent,
DARIEN, GEORGIA
Will practice in tlio Superior Courts of the
Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also, in tho
Federal Court 6 in cases of Bankruptcy, etc. Par
ticular attention given to tho collection of claims
and tho examination of land titles. april2s
w. ROBERT QIftNTr.T.TAT.
Attorney-at-Raw,
DARIEN. GEORGIA..
Prompt attention given to all legal business in
the Eastern and Brunswick Circuits, and in tho
United States Courts at Savannah, Georgia.
april2s-ly
E. B. DeLORME,
Attorney & Coimaelor-at-Law,
and Notary Public.
DARIEN, GEORGLA
Office on Broad street, near Timber Exchange.
July 2
SPALDING KENAN.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and vicinity. He can bo found at all hours
day and nigbt, at his office on Screven street, next
door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwelling house. augH-ly
R. B. HARRIS
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and surrounding country. All calls prompt
ly attended, both medical and surgical. Office
under the Masonic Hall, in old Custom House
building.
J~ J. ABRAMS,
Attorney-at-RaW,
Commercial Building,
juneG-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
HENRY B. TOMPKINS. | JJ. A. DENMARK.
rpOMPKINS & DENMARK,
Attorneys-at-Raw,
No. 105 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Practice in the United States Courts, and in the
Superior Courts of tho Eastern Circuit. jo6-tf
Mis cellaneous.
LOOK. OIPT.
HOYT’S COLOGNE, CORXING’S COLOGNE,
LUBIN’S EXTRACTS, POMADES,
HAIR OIL, - TOILET POWDER,
LILLY WHITE, PUFF BOXES, *
ROUGE, TOILET SETS,
And in fact, a full assortment of Perfumery and
Fancy Toilet Articles. Soaps—toilet, laundry and
medicated. Give us a call.
W. H. COTTER & CO..
fob'22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
BANKRUPT STOCK
OF ONE OF THE LARGEST
New York Wholesale
Clotting Houses!
—AT—
-140 CONGRESS and 139 St. JULIAN STS.
SavannalL, Ga.
Fine Ready Made Clothing
—AND—
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
MUST BE SOLD
Regardless of Cost!
The greatest chance that ever was offered. No
more high prices. Send your orders. Satisfaction
guaranteed every time. An immense stock of
Clothing, enough to Supply all, and at prices at
least one thing less than any other store.
This is no Hxmilmg:,
a** thousands who havo bought can testify. Ad
dress or call at tho
METW 'S’CXEUSSL
Bankrupt Clothing House,
140 Congress and 139 St. Julian Streets,
Jsn3l SAVANNAH, GA
PREPARED AND SOLD ONLY BY
W. H. COTTER & CO.
W. H. COTTER & CO'S.
Magnetic Liniment
Is an invaluable remody in all cases of Rheuma
tism, Neuralgia, Chronic Pains, etc. It is also an
excellent application to all bruises.
W. H. COTTER k CO'S.
Clioiera Mixture
Is a sure and speody cure for ail Bowel Affections
and Summer Complaints incidental to our climate.
These preparations are guaranteed to give imme
diate relief, and should he kept in every family.
—FOR THE LADIES—
W. H. COTTER k CO’S.
Serving Machine Oil
The Best Oil mado for all fine machinery. apl9-tf
Garden Seed.
XXTE HAVE ON HAND A SUPPLY OF FRESH
V V Garden Seed, just received, consisting in
part of
BEETS. CABBAGE,
CARROTS, CUCUMBERS,
CELERY, EGGPLANT.
LETTUCE, OKRA,
ENGLISH PEAS,
BEANS, TOMATOES.
SQUASH, OYSTER PLANT,
EARLY CORN. PEPPER, Etc.
W. H. COTTER A CO..
Oruggiste an 1 Apothecaries.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1879.
Steamboats.
FOR SAVANNAH AND
FLORIDA.
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA INLAND
STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
THE STEAMER
DAVID CLAItK,
Captain John Fitzgerald,
Will leave Savannah every
MONDAY AND THURSDAY
AT 4 o’clock P. M., FOa
ST. CATHERINE’S,
DOBOY, DARIEN,
ST. SIMON’S, BRUNSWICK,
ST. MARYS, FERNANDINA,
and all landings on Satilla River on
THURSDAY’S TRIPS.
Freight and Passengers
taken at Lowest Rates.
J. S. LAWRENCE,
GENERAL MANAGER.
THOMAS WHITE,
sep 27. General Agent at Darien.
Savannah and Melonville
STEAMBOAT LINE.
mLAND~AII~THE V/AY,
THE STEAMERS
ROSA AND CENTENNIAL
For St. Catherine’s, Doboy, Union Island, Darien,
St. Simon's, Brunswick, Satilla River and St.
Marys, Ga., Femandina, Jacksonville, Palatka
and all points on St. Johns River, Fla.
STEAMEIi ROSA,
Captain P. H. WARD,
Will leave wharf foot of Drayton street, every
TUESDAY at 4 o’clock p. m., for Jacksonville,
Fla., touching at all tho above points, except Sa
tilla River.
W. F. BARRY, Agent.
STEAMER CENTENNIAL,
Captain WM. C. ULMO,
Will leave wharf foot of Drayton street, every
THURSDAY, at 4 o’clock p. m., for Satilla River,
touching at Darien, Brunswick, and all interme
diate landings.
All contracts of the Steamer Rora on the Saiillu
River will bo served by the Centennial:
J. P. CHASE, Agont.
Both steamers connect at Brunswick with
Macon and Brunswick aud Brunswick and Albany
r.ailroads.
Through rates of freight issued by steamers
Rosa and Centennial for points on Altamaha, Oc
mulgoe an 1 Oconee rivers, will bo protected by
Steamer Halcyon, C. M. QUARTERMAN,
Agent Steamer Halcyon, Darien, Ga.
Trough low rates of freight and passage and
bills of lading given to all points.
Freights for Altamaha, Ocmulgoe and Oconee
Rivers must be prepaid.
Freight received daily, Sundays excepted.
J. H. SMITH, Manager.
O. S. Brrvsox, General Business Agent. I’eblO
REGULAR LINE
On tlie Altamaha, Ocmulgee
ami Oconee Rivers.
fruafea ssxrzriem
THE NEW AND LIGHT DRAFT STEAMER
JP G> ac ,
Drawing twenty inches only when
laden, will ply regularly on the waters of the
Altamaba, Oomulgee and Oconee rivers, during
both summer and winter, connecting with A. k G.
R. R. at Doetortown, and M. & B. R. R. at Lumber
City Bridge, and with Savannah by steamer David
Clark, Captain Tom White, at Darien. Freights
aro kindly solicited. Strict attention shall bo paid
to all freight and business consigned to her. Livo
and lot live, shall be her motto. With permission,
respectfully referring all parties to It. C. Bowin,
House Creek, Wilcox county. Smith Turner, Ab
bervillo, Wilcox county, T. F. Fussel. Wilcox Lako,
Telfair county, Stephen Middleton, Appling
county, steamboat agents at Dancn, and railroad
agents at Doetortown- and Lumber City, and Robt.
Mcßride, Montgomery county.
dec2o-m JENKINS 8. HOLMES, Master.
ANN OUNC EM ENT.
TTTE FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY
VV friends and customers for their liberal pat
ronage during the past year, and wo have entered
a now year with the determination to deserve a
largor share of their trade. Wo do not keep cheap
drugs, but hull a GOOD AND PURE ARTICLE OF
MEDICINF. as low aa it can be sold. Remember
that we have constantly in stock a full assortment
of
PURE MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS,
VARNISHES,
PATENT MEDTCINES of all kinds,
HAIR DYES,
HAIR OILS,
HAIR BRUSHES,
TOOTH BRUSHES,
And the best article of No. 1 KEROSENE OIL at
lowost prices.
Proscriptions carefully compounded night or
day.
W. H. COTTER & CO.,
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
Wheelwright and Blacksmith
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS
of Wheelwright and Blacksmith work at short
notice.
BUGGIES, WAGONS AND SIGNS
PAINTED.
Gorham’s Patent Attachment for shalves (a great
saving of time and money to all who use them)
are kept onjhand.
All kinds of work done in first-class style. All
I ask of the people of Darien and Mclntosh
County is a trial. All work warranted.
ROBERT MITCHELL,
jeft-tf Socond street, Darien, Ga.
Ordinary’s Citation.
Cl EORGIA, McINTOSH COUNTY—Whereas, the
X estate of Dr. Samuel W. Wilson, being un
represented, no annual returns having been mado
for several years according to law. These, aro
therefore to cite all and singular tho kindred and
all parties concerned to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law, and file their
objivtions, if any they have, why the law should
not bo enforced and other exocntors appointed.
Given under my hand and official signature
this 2d day of Juno, 1879.
CHARLES H. HOPKINS,
JuuoC-tf Ordinary. Mel 0.
nr. still.
BY ALICE CABY.
Come bring mo wild pinks from tho valleys,
Ablaze with tho five o’ tho suu—
No poor little pitiful lilies
That speak of a lil'o that is dono I
Ar.d open the windows, to lighten
Tea wearisome chamber of pain—
Thqeycs of my darling will brighten
To see the green hill-tops again.
Choose tunes with a litlaby flowing,
And sing through tho wa Ues you keep;
Be soft with your coming aud going—
Be soft ( she is falling aaloop.
An 1 What would my Ufobq without her 7
Pray God that I never may know ?
Dear friends, as you gather about her.
Be low with your wcoping—be low.
Sing slower, sing softer and slower 1
Her sweet choek is losing its red:
Sing low— aye, sing lower aud lower-
Be still I oh, bo still I she is dead.
What a Correspondent of a Northern
Paper Blinks of Darlcu.
The following letter dated from Darien
appeared in the Portland, (Me.) Transcript
of a recent date:
Since iny last to you our printing office
here has been burned down, and I have
thus been deprived of a pleasure I
had promised myself, in sending you
a copy of our local sheet. Speaking of
papers reminds me to congratulate you on
the beautiful appearance of the Transcript,
though I had grown to like the old style so
woll that I scarcely welcomed tho change
at first. Now and then, it has been in my
power to furnish a Maine captain a mes
sage from home, in the perusal of your
familiar paper,—end what so dear to* tho
wanderer’s sight, next to home lotters. as a
homo paper?
The live oaks have shed their old leaves,
and put on a now and radiant green, to
welcome the May, and tho Ridge is very
beautiful now, rich in the soft spring ver
dure, and fragrant with orange, and other
bloom. Knowing, though, how editors are
bored with the ever-recurring rhapsodies
on spring, I forbear to say more diroetly
on the subject of its beauties. And yet,
everything is but repetition. What good
does it do to lire of it ? Hundreds of years
hence, the trito remark that “it is a beau
tiful day” will still greet the ear—and why
not?
The season is late here. A little fire on
the hearth at night, and in the early morn
ings, is cheerful, and quite tolerable. But
the unusual chilliness of the atmosphere
has not depressed the insect tribe. They
are the pests of our climate—sand-flies,
yellow flies, mosquitos, and fleas. Oh, the
fleas ! One might almost say, without irrev
erence, that the command to “feed the
hungry” was being Literally fulfilled off
one’s flesh and blood, as understood (if) by
these tormentors. This year we could
fairly eclipse Constantinople herself, with
out even the proverbial dogs. But tho
Ridge is three miles from Darien, and I
must go to town long enough to tell yon
of the beautiful new Episcopal church in
which we held our Easter s, twice, although
it is not quite completed. The new St. An
drew’s, erected by some of our prominent
timber merchants and shippers, as a testi
monial of gratitude for the success
vouchsafed them in their adopted home,
is a fit Easter offering—a resurrection.
The old St. Andrew’s was destroyed, with
its records and everything, when the 14th
Massachusetts colored troops, under Lieut.
Col. Montgomery’s orders, burned Darien.
Every house was consumed, with the excep
tion of two or three quite isolated ones and
and tho Methodist church, which some
wag almost blasphemously remarked was
“so accustomed to the sound of tire, that it
could not readily ignito.” Tho new church
is gothic in style and in the form of a cross.
I cannot give the dimensions now; though
I have heard them, I cannot remember ac
curately. The windows are wide—pointed
of course, and consist simply of the unsual
diamond shaped pan s, in a heavy, pale
amber-colored glass, bordered with a nar
row band of pale blue, giving a very soft,
cool tone to the interior, well suited to the
open arches of yellow pine and walnut, j
At least I observed that tho arching beams
were walnut tinted. When varnished the
combination is very rich and affective, the
chancel furniture is walnut. The city has
a good many churches but none to com
pare in beauty with this. One very bijou
of a Presbyterian church —so pretty bnt so
small, —a Methodist church for white peo
ple, and another for the colored population.
The colored people have a large Baptist !
church and an overwhelming number of
communicants. They begin their service
early in the day and hold until the after
noon—very enthusiastic while at the work.
They also have a very handsomo and sub
stantial Episcopal church.
On the Ridge we have a St. Andrew’s
Episcopal, and a Roman Catholic church—
a very pretty little gothic edifice; besides,
there is a Methodist chapel, not far from
my dwelling whoso Sunday school is tho
gathering place lor the young of all de
nominations on Sunday afternoons, and
the singing of tho children is a cheering
sound. There are about twenty stores in
in Darien doing a good business —a centre
street of stores—and on tho Ridge two
thriving little establishments. On Union
Island, and at Doboy, the Hilton Timber
and Lumber Cos. have stores to supply the
hands and ships. This Company also has
telephonic communication between its
places of business and office in twon, A
telegraph line mns from Doboy to Darien
—the former being quite a little town now,
so thickly settled, with its mill men, steve
dores and families, though the island is
quite small. A little while ago and Darien
might have robbed her sister city of her
title, for, the rice fields across the river
being inundated the town was literally
the “City by the sea” The whole of Gen
eral’s Island seemed under water, and as
the Altahama runs on the other side, the
vast sheet spread before ns glistening in
tho sun, while the novel and beautiful
sight of a lake divided in regular sections,
Wiis caused by the trees along tho banks
of the ditches emerging in green billows
from tho water. But this rce culture is
not healthy for the town and the migratory
season is almost at hand, when the Ridge
—The “Thicket,” still further up, and the
“Bluff’ further still, will receive their
summer residents gladly, for we are rather
i dull, out here in the winter. Formerly
nio4t of the families went North or to tlio
up-country for tho summer; but now, it is
nut so easy a matter to leave home.
I copy for you, or rather make a sy
nopsis from the last issue (March 28th) of
The Timber G azette, of tho shipping in
telligence for tho week, to show tho state
of trade in that branch here. From 21st
to 2Gth there were five arrivals; 3 barks
and 2 schooners; ono of there Gorman, one
Swedish, 1 British and 2 American. Of
the latter, the Flora Rogers, from Rockland,
Maine, commanded by Coufi Rogers, was
now, —“built of tho Darifetykcurly pino,"
and partly owned hero by the Hilton Tim
ber and Lumber Cos. The Gazette says
“She is the handsomest vessel in the
Routhcm waters ” During the same week
there were four departures; 3 barks, 1 Ger
man, 1 Norwegian, and 1 British bark, and
a British brig. Remaining in port wore
seventeen barks of Russian, German, Swe
dish, Norwegean and British nationalities,
besides two schooners and one ship. Tho
list of vessels that had sailod for the port,
comprised ten barks, one ship, and one
brig. So, although busines men were
gloomy, and the prospect pronounced poor
for dealers in yellow pino this year, the
port Ims been well represented and well
supplied.
Our fruit crop will be abundant I hope.
Peaches are quite n good sizo, and the
trees not over laden, but well covered,
while the grape vineß are loadod —i. e. the
Seuppcrnong, which is tho great crop
here. Ido not know why other varieties
will not prosper, bnt the fact is before us
yearly. Either the heat and drought are too
great, or they need heavier soil than sand.
We havo a little clay now and then in
spots in tho country. I have not spaco in
this letter to tell you much of ou schools.
We havo two very good ones for white
children, one in tho town and one out
here, and A most excellent colored school.
And now lot me beg you to maintain
the independence you have shown hith
erto, and say no more about tho colored
people being denied their rights, or de
frauded of them. In proof of their position
here, I cut for yon, from the same local
paper, an address from the colored princi
ple of the Pilgrim School, showing that
they not only get a bearing, but an impor
tant one, in our press; and it is so through
out the South. Why not let the poor
creatures enjoy their freedom without con
stantly stirring up their suspicions, and
making them obnoxious?
now He Met the Emergency.—A pood
story is tohl of one of the members of tho
Legislature from Lenawee County
He came home to spent! tho Sabbath a
few days ago, and on his return upon tho
following Monday he chanced to meet one
of his admiring constituents on tho train.
The two occupied one seat and chatted
freely together, the honorablo member re
lating his varied experience at tho Stato
Capitol, and the admiring constituent rel
ishing the recital its ho would a good din
ner. Finally tho latter inquired of the
member how it happened that he did not
make a speech on the liquor bill.
Honorable Member -“How did it hap
pen ? I’ll tell you how it happened. I
posted up the biggest kind ou lhat qr
tion; I ransacked the library and con
versed freely with the Detroit reporters,
and -wrote out a full hatch of notes for a
ripsnorter of a speech. Well, the day
came for the debate, and I was promptly
in my desk. I arose to address the assem
bled audience and upon reaching for my
notes, I found to ray utter chagrin that
some infernal rascal had stolen them all.”
Admiring Constituent—“ Good gracious,
what did you do then?”
Honorable Member—“ What did I do
then ? Why, I sat down.”—Tecumseh
Herald.
Tho farming idea, on general principles,
needs revolutionizing. Tho very founda
tion stone of the prosperity of our common
country should not be in tho condition
that our farmers confessedly assert that
they are. It is in direct antagonism to
what an all-wise Providence intended, that
our farming interests should not stand in
the front rank of prosperity. In our opin
ion, not until the day comes when the
fanners take a greater delight and pride in
their farming than they now do, will the
agricultural pursuits of the South prove as
remunerative as they should. The com
mon idea among farmers is that farming
doesn’t pay; they hate the business, and
continue it only because nothing better
turns up. This idea and plan of action
would kill any business in the world. Few
men make successes in life who are not
trained to their business in youth, and
who do not give it their undivided atten
tion and tako that pride in it which is
characteristic of that highest typo of man
hood.—Washington Gazette.
An Impossibility.— -“ There were two
men got into a fight in front of the store
to-day,” said a North end man at tho sup
per table, “and I tell you it looked pretty
hard for one of them, The bigger one
grabbed a cart stake and drew it back. I
thought sure he was going to knock tho
other’s brains out, and I jumped in be
tween them.”
The family had listened with rapt atten
tion, and as tho head paused in his nara
tive the young heir, whose respect for lus
father’s bravery was immeasurable, proudly
remarked:
“Ho couldn’t knock any brains out of
you, could he, father?”
The head of the family gazed long and
eiUßMßtly at the heir, as if to detect evi
dences of a drawing humorist, but as the
youth continued with great innocence to
munch his fourth tart, he gasped and re
sumed his supper.—Rockland Courier.
Where Did Shakspe.vke Get It?—Sev
eral writers have disputed William Har
vey’s right to be called the discoverer of
the circulation of the blood, but in spite
of all that has been said tho distinction
first conceded to him has always remained.
In the June Atlantic, a writer cites the in
teresting fact that while Harvey first pub
licly announced his discovery in 1020,
SLakspeare thirteen years earlier (1007)
has ■written in “Julius Caesar,” act 11.,
scene 1, the following lines:
Brutus (to Portia.)
You aro my true an 1 honorable wife.
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops.
That visit my sad heart.
Harvey himself owned that he was in
debted in a measure to his former master,
Fabricius, for his i-wovery, but Shaks
peare could not*have know n but little of
l’abrieions, since lie was an Italian and
his works were not published until 1017,
' the y -ax al .-1 Shafcspeurc died.
$2.50 A YEAR.
A Pig Story.
Tho Newfoundland correspondent of the
Montreal Gazette—a much moro esteemed
olergyman, by tho way—tells thmfollowing
story, which wo copy because of mo sourco
from which it comes:
At the new mine, Littlo Bay, a caso has
occurred of a pig having remained closed
in under a houso for nearly fivo months
without food of any kind, and at length
coming forth (dive, bnt ir a very woebe
gone dilapidated condition. Tho animal
had crept in under tho floor of a house
built on sloping ground, and when tho
foundation was finally closed in, piggy
must have boon wrapped in a profound
slumber, in a comfortable bod of‘shavings
which filled up partially tho empty space.
The houso was not finished and remained
unocoupied during tho winter, hence the
noise made by tho prisoner on awakening,"
and his struggles to get out woro unheard.
Finding himself in durance rile, the
pig, like u truo philosopher, accommoda
ted himself to eircunrstanoos, and wisely
determined not to light against tho inevi
table. Ho wrapped himself in tho shavings
and went to sleep for tho winter. Ilis mys
terious disappearance was commented on,
but it was supposed ho had lost his way in
the woods, being of a roving disposition.
Ha was a plump animal and credit to his
owner, who intended to turn him into ba
con about Christmas, and it was fortunate
for himself that he carried a viaticum in
his own fat, on which ho subsisted during
the winter. Tho house was closed in on
tho22dof November., 1878, and on that
day piggy was “lost to sight” All through
the following four months ho slept peace
fully, perfectly indifferent regarding tho
Afghanistan campaign and the Isimdula
disaster.
But with tho warmth of April suns his
energies returned; ho rubbed his eyes and
turned over, managing to utter some feohlo
grunts. By this time the house was occu
pied, and tho inhabitants wera amazed at
hearing these mysterious noises under
neath theflooroftheir kitchen. Piggy began
to feel tho pangs of hunger after las long
fast, and liis grunts for release became
more imperative. An opening was made
and poor piggy at length staggered forth,
“tho ghost of his former self'- -a walking
skeleton. Ilis condition drew tours from
tho eyes of the tho woman who ownod him,
who only knew him by a peculiar turn in
his tail, which survived the destruction of
all his tissues. Her joy over the resurrec
tion of the lost pet was touching. Tho
news spread rapidly. Tho miners gathered
from all quarters to view tho wonderful pig
who had lived for 142 days without moat
or drink.
Ono of them moro book-lcamed than tho
rest remarked that “it reminded him of
tho seven sleepers of Ephesus,” but bis
observation was profanely scoffed at by
tho others, us it was felt to bo on unwar
rantable attempt to disparage the perform
ance of their wondeful pi*', of which they
had all reason to be proud. Piggy’s fortune
was made. Presents flowed in upon him.
Delicacies unheard of in the dietary of
pighood, were liberally supplied.tonourish
him during his-invniid condition. Warm
compounds of oatmeal and biscuit, flavor
ed with delicious scrajis and tid-bits from
kindly housewives, soon began to toll on
his condition and swell out his loan flanks.
His story went the rounds of the mines,
and every-whore awoko sympathy and en
thusiasm. Whether he will bo sent on for
exhibition in St. John’s 1 cannot say, but
there can bo no doubt that an enterprising
showman would find it a paying specula
tion. Tho facts, however, are as I havo
stated them, and tho account I can guar
antee as perfectly reliable. ’Whether Ly
bemating, in the case of a pig, is anew
fact in natural history I am unable to de
termine.
Governor Colquitt’s Slanderers.
Colonel EL H. Jones, the able editor of
the Macon Telegraph and Messenger,
says, and wo heartily indorso it: “The
writer has not had tho least intimation
from the Governor, his private secretary
or any of his friends as to his candidacy
for another term of office. Wo know no
thing concerning his intentions, nor is it
tho habit of the Telegraph to play Warwick
and say who shall be nominated for tbiß
or that office. It is a matter for tho peo
plo to decide, and the field is open to all
Democrats in good standing. Any ono
fairly chosen, and worthy of the exalted
position of Chief Magistrate of Georgia,
will receive its enthusiastic support in the
pending canvass. But, in tho name of de
cency, justice and all that is fair and hon
orable, we must enter our earnest protest
against sundry attempts, by a small por
tion of the press and a few disaffected in
dividuals, to impute hypocrisy and sinister
designs to the Governor for his earnest ad
vocacy, as a man ami Christian, of too
Sunday shoots and true religion in tho
country. What would you have him do ?
Deny his Lord and Master? Prove an in
grate to his holy profession? Neglect tho
many grand opportunities afforded of
beuring testimony to the faith that is in him
as a servant of the living God V Sit down
tamely and bury the talents entrusted to his
keeping? We trow not. Such attacks can
only recoil with fearful force upon the heads
of his assailants. In the whole life-long re
cord of the Governor, including his entire
political and military career, we can recall
nothin;; that rebounds more grandly to his
credit, or affords better proof of tho piety
and singleness of heart of our chief magis
trate, than the self abnegation displayed in
these repeated religious addressees to tho
people, and the deep interest ho ever mani
fests in theii spiritual welfaro. And this is
the opinion not only of Georgians, but his
fame aa a pious, God-fearing man is co-ex
tensive with the Union. Rest assured, it
the Governor’s enemies can find no other
ground of assault than his hi a melons Chris
tian life and earnest efforts to do good, they
had better retire from tho field. We trust it
will be long indeed before genuine religion
shall be urged as an objection to any ruler
or office-holder of tho State.
A Cheerful View.—To every affliction
there is a bright side, and you enii always
find something to bo grateful for if you
only look for it, “Doctor,” saida lady pa
tient, “I sutler a great deal with my eyes.”
The old gentleman adjusted his spectacles,
and with a Socratic air replied, “I do not
doubt it. my friend; but then you ought
not to forget that you would suffer a great
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