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HAS AN EXTENDED ClRCtJlA’TtON IS TUB
COUNTIES OP-
Clarke, Oglethorpe, Elbert, Hart, Hall;
Madison, Jackson, Rabun, Banks,
Habersham, Franklin, Ptikiam,
Greene, Walton, TovrtU,
Morgan, Lumpkin;
Irh&e, Union, \
Gicinnett,
And a General Circulation
Throughout the State.
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Aether revolution—'TJie earth’s
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GEORGIA anti MACON and
AUGUSTA RAIL RODS;
What grows bigger the more you
cmtlfeit? Debt,
Afc'^.ae-coat may cover a fool, but
nevc|^pmceals one.
Opossum—A marsupial quadruped
witlurprehensil 0 tail.
basnTueDzine alive since.
Certain Prompt
TS MEETING WITH UNPRECE-
dented success, fully establishing its claim as
the STAXDARD WATER WHEEL. They are
in use all over the Union, and everf whcjel heard
from U giving unqualified satisfaction. AU aixes,
from 8 to 72 Inches in diameter, bianufiwtured by
the Stillwell A IMerce Mann factor In? Company.
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GEORGIA,
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pr HUSHED EVERY
rtt tn.i i* .iro rjmjvg,
l \s. & T. L. GANTT,
‘O PER JLNNJJXL
: n this (Vi/ihfl, £12 n pear per sgr.
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roiui, Eiiwix & conn,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
.\TUKXS, GEORGIA,
t.gr OrHreJii Omprce
An Exdiing Niglit Watch.
,SAMUEL 1’. T11URMOXI),
Attorney at Xrrtr,
ATHENS, (.EolPilA.
Barry’s St«»
Broad Street, “btl
r»f Clarice, WaUon,
son and II all.
Dll. J. E. POPE
|) ESI TAT FI ELY offers bin I'ro-
I V fi-j.-ional S.-rvii <•■< to Hit-Uilizi'iis »r Allien,
ill Ailj.tc'1.1 C..unlry.
• »c unit** theoilW lurmerly ocrupird by Dr. II.
. Carlton. At night In- ran*l»e found at "the rrsi-
r.o oof Dr. J. A. Hunnicuii. febU-tl
PAINTING.
W. M. BONE
I
J>K< H’USES TO DO ALL KINDS
’alnting—linn?
ork—in the nratrst,
r, (’arri:u
cheapest;
Also, Imitation work and glazing and pa pc
hittgiug done at short notice.
Prompt at ten l ion given to all orders left at th
Drug .Stores, or at his Shop on Clayton street, 2<
door S. E. Episcopal church, Athens Gu. —1 \
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Surveyor, Archi tcct.
''HE undersigned, having a co
I'lote
' nil kimis ill Sm
Plantain
Dt.
tan hr found at the l.aw Milieu of Captain I'. 1*.
Lumpkin. K. K. LUMPKIN.
UNIVERSITY HOTEL.
]{. U. JiAML'KIX
I fAVING OPENED A HOTEL
-I 1_ on Wall street, oilers to our citizens and
the travelling public, select BOARD and Lodgings
if desired. Fable always furnished with the best
the market affords, and served up in a su|*erior
manner. Give me a call. feb’il-lu
BOOTH <5c CHAFFIN,
Market Street, near Court House
^ “Rejoice with me,” said my friend,
Tom Chester, who had obeyed my
summons to “come in” to my sanctum,
and deposited himself in his accustom
ed easy chair. “Yes, rejoice with me;
1 have discovered a new sensation.”
“Don’t believe it,” I said somewhat
grumpily, for I was writing hard, and
did not want to be disturbed. “.Solo
mon said there was nothing new under
the sun.”
“Right you are, and right Solomon
of course is ; hut then this isn’t under
the sun—it’s a ghost.”
1 wheeled ray chair round at once,
and faced him. Tom knew my
weakness tor the so-called “supernatu
ral,” and therefore brought his ghost
well io the front at first.
“A real, genuine ghosi; an unmis
takable case of a haunted house; fam
ily scared out last week; series of
charwomen frightened out of tlicir
seven senses, and housemaids sent into
blue fits. Got the address in my pack
et, and leave to ‘sit’ there any night,
or as many nights as I please, I have
looked into this matter, as far as such
an immaterial thing as a ghost can be
looked into, or as well as 1 can into a
haunted house some ten miles from
London; and I mean to look into
both literally, if you go with me.”
1 agreed at once.
It took one or two cigars before our
arrangements were complete. In the
first place, how large should our ghost
party be or should we avoid a party
and go by ourselves.
The haunted house stood in a sub
urb generally regarded as eligible, and
which we may as well call Tottenham
as anything else, principally for the
reason that Tottenham is, as nearly as
possible, at the opposite point of the
compass from the real locality. 1
have no wish to do the unfortunate
landlord any additional injury, or, on
the other hand, to advertise Mr. Thos.
Chester gratuitously should he carry
out a project of opening the haunted
house for seances ; though without an
ticipating the course of events in this
brief narrative, I may venture to say I
do not think lie will do so.
“The fact is,” I said, “ I candidly
confess I should not like to sit alone.
dread, hut we are profoundly ignorant
of the limit of this power. No, J
would not go alone. Eqnallv open to
| object ion is a party of two ; for as one
| collapsed, the other would Le left in a
disagreeable position. A small ‘se
lect’ party is best.
Farailv Grocery and Bar Room .V
• J 1 may be only my imaginations that 1
Keeps constantly on ham! choice Family Groce
ries, «»f all kimis," ami ibe best brands ol Wines,
Liquors ami Dinars.
Giv© us a call, ami von will find everything in
our line of the best, andprins as low a.s the lowest.
A S MANDEVILLE
#1 ,,1A,,;u,N
JmjQrtcd and American faiclie?,
('licks, Jrnrlnj, Si!n r it Plated Ware,
M i: SIC A L IN 8 T Ii U M E N T 8,
'^porting Equipment* of all kinds.
«wr REPA IRISH A .V/> EXORAV/XO -*»»
Don* with care, and warranted to give satisfaction
Opposite the t'olh'cr, .1 then*, tin.
OLD HOLD .1XD SJL VEIl taken in exchange.
PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL
AM) DIAMOND SPECTACLES.
pccG-Iy
fMSfiiiftif
CHARLEY MILL
At the old
BABBE
the most unromantie, unghostly-look*
ing house possible, being in fact, noth
ing more nor less than a perky “villa,”
of the kind usually abutting on the
main thoroughfare of a suburb.
Chester had the key, and between
us we had brought material for a mild
smposium. We did not want to give
warning to the aborigines of our noc
turnal visit, by purchasing articles on
the spot, so we brought down every
thing—even candles—with us, and we
had every reason to believe we entered
the house unperceived by any one.
Brush was the first to make an in-
spection of the basement, and we did
the same with the whole mansion,
peering into ever hole or corner capa-
able of containing the ghost of a de
ceased mouse. It did not take us long,
for the villa was not extensive. There
were sundry articles of furniture left
behind by the last family who had ske-
dadled—all the heavier movables, in
fact; so that, contrary to our expecta
tion, we bad a chair to sit down upon
and a table for our simposium. We
had been prepared to make a “move-
able feast” of it, or to squat upon the
stairs. We lighted candles, therefore,
in the front parlor, closed the shatters
and drew the curtains, so as not to at
tract attention from outside, and then
paused to deliberate on the plan of pro
ceeding.
“Slightly vague, the ghostly gentle
man’s address,” said one of the Brown-
Jones-and-Robinson trio. “Docs he
live oil the floor or in the attics?”
“Oris he a jintleman of the first
fleur ?” asked another.
We had no notion ; so, in default of
clearer directions, we aggreed to sit
where we were, in the front parlor,
and, if the ghost did not put in an ap
pearance there, try another cl aye after
ward. We were quite prepared to
“make a night of it,” or any number
of nights, for the matter of that.
Brown, Jones and Robinson, who
assumed the humble position of “su
pers” on the occasion, lighted pipes,
and, after duly obtaining permission,
devoted themselves to the unspiritual
amusement of three penny loo. Brush
coiled himself up on the hearth rug,
having, no doubt, cause exercised his
imagination so far as to fancy there
was a good fire in front of him. We—
that is, Tom Chester and myself—as
the chief actors on the occasion, devo
ted ourselves to semi-spiritual conver
sation, so as to keep ourselves en rap
port with any ghost who might wish to
communicate with us.
We had purposely left open the doors
of both the front an back parlors com
municating with the passage or entrance
hall, and al.-o the folding doors be
tween the two rooms, so that we might
A third member I shall certainly
, stipulate for, rejoined Tom, “and that j hear any noises about the house, and
; is my dog Brush. If anybody in the j also place no material obstacle in the
J nosh attempts to play us a trick, and | wa y 0 f the ghost's entrance, if he
Brush )>ms him, 1 pity that practical thought proper to pay us his resjieets.
Of course the stairs creaked, and
the boards in the floor and cupboard
joker. Ho will devoutly wish him
self a ghost ; I can answer for that.”
| Brush was voted of the party of the
j m m. con.; and Tom and I finally deci-
I ded on three human companions, whom
we may ns well call Brown, Jones and
doors creaked in the usuai way, and,
as they did so, drew our eyes ever and
anon to the door in expectation of see-
something. There were the noises
At the old established
Robinson as any thing else again for I like things tumbling down in thckitch-
the reasons that these are not their j ( .|i, and the equally lucid explanation
cognomens. t\ e select them on the ] 0 f rats, ete. .Some two hours passed
away, and still no ghost. Gradually
the Saturday night brawlers in the
ly matters.. . j cockney village grew quiet, and as the
“8o all is settled; there will be five i church clock struck twelve Chester
ol ue. Luck in odd numbers,” laugh-! enunciated, in his most sepulchral tone,
ground that they were, as far as we j
knew, unbiassed in their views of ghost- ;
was instantaneous; but what was it?]
Nobody saw anything, and yet every
body was, at the same moment, cou-
c’ous of something that passed right
through the two rooms from the back
to the front, and out of the door of the
front into the pastage. The candle on
the table was fanned, as by the passage
of a person rapidly through the apart
ment. Tom and myself did not feel
the actual contact; but still we knew
that something passed so close to us as
to touch us, had the touch been recog
nizable by the ordinary sense. Finally
the door of the front room was thrown
wide, just as that of the back room had
been; after which it closed with a
bang and left us staring at each other
in blank and utter astonishment. As
soon as it had closed, Brush timidly
emerged from his corner, buried his
nose in between my knees, and as
plainly as he could, without articu
late words, besought me to get up and
g°-
8till nobody sjioke. By common
consent we all rose, took a candle with
us right out into the front garden be
fore wo extinguished it; turned our
heads towards the city, and tacitly
agreed to walk 1 tome. In plain En
glish, we had been scared out, like the
rest.
When we got to the village church,
we saw that it was not yet a quarter
past twelve. Our ghost experience
had been “brief,” if not “delightful.”
The night in the ghost chamber, prop
erly so called, had been a matter of
minutes only.
It was not until we had been toned
by a good spurt on the road that we
found our tongues. When we did,
however, we agreed one and all, that
no imaginable form of horror, no ap
parition, however hideous, could have
so shocked us over as that invisible yet
palpable presence of something, that
complete evidence of personality unac
companied by any of those apjieals to
sense or sight by which, in our present
condition, and under ordinary circum
stances, such personality is proved.—
Even Brush, who usually “rampaged”
about the roads during anything like a
nocturnal ramble, expressed his sym
pathy by dangling close to our heels.
It would have been interesting if he
could have found tongue to tell us
what was the impression made on his
senses by a night in a ghost cham
ber.
There was, I remember, a remark
able agreement among us on the sub
ject of not breaking up our party when
we reached my lodging, deep in the
small hours of Sunday morning. We
decided not to go home “till daylight
did appear.” In jilaiu words, we had
all been frightened—by nothing.
I have not the slightest explanation
to otter of this circumstance. I can
only say we are none of us anxious to
sit again ; and Tom Chester has deei-
not to hire the villa for dark seances.
It is a pity, perhaps, to spoil a good
ghost story by anything like an anti
climax; but the practical man who
got the key for us never passes any of
us in the street without expressing the
tenderest regard for our salubrity, ami
a fervent hope we will not endanger
our health or our nerves by sitting in
a thorough draught.
it did Adam first plant in the
of Eden? His foot.
ed Tom, as he left me.
“But it won’t bo odd numbers,” I
answered ; you forget the dog.”
<»•> !<™.l s tr ,,,. OT,r the store of Messrs. J. R. A j “ N '°> 1 tlo, 1 1 ’ t ’ } C0Unt ‘ hc V™'-
I- C. Mathews, have tUo U*t ami um>t attentive rupcBs as Well US tllO hipCflS ; hilt Still
woOcmen.anil ftll (he modern a|>jjlia.u*es for . I s« V 0(1(1 numbers, for I reckon Oil
//air- j the gh ost . Good night, old fellow.”
t/j cs.s't/tf/, etc., | \ the sleep of innocence;
! ^es sn.lehil.lreo wailed on nt their r">i lences, j though 1 recalled UOXt niOmillg SC.lt-
.'•emiVr«' i a'i’-arcrui"uMujo , 'iu ^"VEii.EN 0 | tered fragments of a dream in which
Brush, still in the flesh, was worrying
! my late maiden aunt’s black cat, who
must, according to the ordinary course
of events in tho metropolis, have licen
made into jiies many years ago. Hard
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable,
-A-TIEtEIsrS, GA
LA NX ic HEAVES. •. PROPKIETOKS
W ILL BE FOUND AT THEIR
oM Mairl, rear Franklin HousbBuilding,
ThomasMr«*ot. Krop always on hand go«xl Turn
out* and carrfnl drivers.
the words:
ritching time of night,
A VALLEY OF DESOLATION.
WF
en is a lady’s cheek not a cheek ?
WheLl it’s a little pale (pail.)
Wiint should a clergyman preach
about? About a quarter of an hour.
Young ladies use powder, perhaps
because they think it will make them
go off
Every-day absurdities—To attempt
t > borrow money on a plea of extreme
jiovertv.
If you court a young woman, and
she ia won and you are won, then you
are both one.
Argood farm drain—A heavy mo t-
gago'at 10 per cent, will do the work
pretty effectually.
t “ Daughtercultural show” is the
'atJst name for an evening part}’.
The girls don’t like it.
Printers’ ink may be black, hut it
shede more light than any other lu
minary, however bright.
% wonder eyes sometimes look
piecing and sorrowful; they are un
der the lash all the while.
#
Why is the paint for ladies faces like
a fiddler’s rosin ? They are both used
to aid in drawing the beau.
Insults are like counterfeit notes;
we ‘jaunot prevent their being offered,
but we can refuse to take them.
, The young ladies of Vassar Colle e
have formed an “ anti-falling-in-love-
before-you-are-ou t-of-schoo!-cl ub. ”
j I never was ruined but twice,”
said a wit; “ once when I lost a law
suit, an d once when I gained one.”
There are many people who not
only believe that this world revolves
off'i^s axis, but they believe that they
ihe axis.
i^fhen a ^hjwrh w burning, what is
the only part that ruus no chance of
being saved. The organ ; because the
engine can’t play upon it.
Which is the oldest. Miss Antiquity
old Aunty Deluvian, Miss Ann Terior,
Miss Ancestor. Miss Ann T. Mundane,
or Miss Ann T. Cedent ?
Mrs. Jones says: “ I believe I’ve
the tenderest hearted boys in the world.
I can’t tell one of ’em to fetch a pail
of water but he’ll burst out a crying.”
The man in jail who looked out of
the window of his cell and exclaimed.
“ This is a prate country,” is now gen
erally admitted to have spoken within
hounds.
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Colic, Depression of .Spirits, SOUR STOMACH,
Heart Burn, CHILLS and FEVER, <*o., Ac.
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THE PREPARED
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fAN AND AFTER WLDNE8-
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on tlie Ueorgla and Macon and Augusta JUailronda
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~ . Day 'Passnujcr Timii irPt
Leave Augusta at S
Leave At iuutaat 8 IS a. m.
Arrive at Atlanta at « 4*»|». m.
Arrive at Augusta at J5 30 p. m<
Sight Passenger Train*
Leave Augusta at p. m.
Leave Atlanta at t» p. ui.
Arrive at Atlanta at 45a. m.
Arrive at Augusta at.. 6 00 a. tu.
TJ
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aud offer it in
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Sent by moil l.ot “
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8ED TWICE A WEEK, IT
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makes Two Gallons of Medicine. The use of it
will save Thousands of Dollars annually to North
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vurpared by
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ATHENS,
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Agents. fcb*2l-Cin
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^ quick for $10. R. L. Wolcott, J8l Chatham
sqviare, New Yvrk.
TflMPLOYMKNT, $100 per week, Agcuta4n
JJj others to sell a new article, indispensable I
merchants and manufacturer*, Address with
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BUIST’S GARDES SEED 1
MAC0XAXD AUGUSTA R. 11;
Day Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta at 11 00 a. tu.
Leave Macon at 6 30 a. m.
Arrive in Augusta at 2 4.”» p. in.
Arrive in Macon at 7 40 p. tu.
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta at 8 15 p. m.’
Leave Macon at 10 00 p. m*
Arrive lit Augusta at <• 00 a. tu.
Arrive in Macon at 4 13 a. m.
" jngers from Atlanta, Athens, Washington,,
ions on Georgia UstLoud, by taking the
■Soger TmfnwTll make connection at C’a-
jfc thffTrain for Macon.. ;
_ inm.ffi’s(Pffsi-Olas.'OSleeping <>*** on all
Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad;
First-Glass sleeping Cars on all Night Train* on
the MacoMfad Augusta Railroad-
JOHNSON, S„pt.
-jSKn
Legal Notifies.
BUIST’S OUIOlsT SETS.
Cabbage, Beans, Beets,
Lettuce, Radish Seed, <^c r
IN GREAT VARIETY AT
LONGS & BILLUPS.
We offer them Very Cheap to Merchants and Families
NEW
,111 IS i'
The undersigned having formed a partnership, under the name aud style of
mmmmw a? mmmmw,
Increased their capital and established themselves at Barry’s old stand, corner Broad and Jackson
streets, will he pleased to see their customers aud sell them Goods at the LOWEST PRICES ever before
offered in the city.
Tlje old “Lamp Man,’’ Mr. J. W. BROWN, superintends the department of
Crockery, Glassware, Lamps and Looking Glasses,
“ I wouldn’t continue the quota
tion,” I said; “it is suggestive, to say
the least.”
The trio, tired of their loo, begun to
look insufferably bored ; and Brown,
or Jones, or Robinson was in the act
making up the following practical re
mark : “Last up train gone; we’re
in for the night,” when—how shall I
describe what occurred? I am, of
course, supplementing my own recol
lection with our united ex post faeto
work during the rest of the week drove | comparison of experience. The first
all ghosts out of my head; so that I j thing that struck us all simultaneously
was in the most satisfactorily “unspir- was the sensation of an intensely cold
itual” frame of mind when 1 sojourned j draught of air—so we should have
' ‘ termed it under ordinary circumstan-
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Livery Stable
" here llorse?
I IIAVE A LIVERY stable
0,1 2hornets Street,
' ill be FKI> anil i-ar.si; for. Also,
* WAGON YARD.
m 'mm du whi ,',: r ,:3r ,,r i,um * ‘ n ’’
BwlWr J: Z * COOPER.
Athens Foundry N. Machine
Works.
FOUNDERS AND
• j 4,lern '»rk, .Snntliing and
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L^intrmg. n,,'
* atlerngi
S.^ I> BRAS!i5 CASTINGS of
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tishterScrcSf'l?*' !,a ? HoUtini} Screw., .
' r< ' s h.Uii„ . 'p.',n" r Mi .jN C.'Uon ScJi Crush!
f »»u,ip rs , Ie>». ihre.her.. Fan Mills,
Bailie staff, iiirt r5i ll fc* ,, j!‘ ,lc8 ' U«ric-Pow-
u>ainOa"';,rL N a " k, '. t urn Shell,>r., Ac.
“I'prevwl Turbhii^i'!!~*,5', AK , ent l ror , ‘he most
‘•“smti*, Baiconies/HSI' 1 1 '* ,ldn *> Ur! »e En-
R. MCKERSOX,
n —Mill Finji,™ K r, Su Perialendenf
rcr " pneev. Dugs turnUhu«l ut inanufactu-
on the knife board of a city bound
j omnibus, to the rendezvous of Satur-
| day.
j Punctuality is not one of the maoy
j virtues, so that I found the whole
: jiarty assembled and dinner ordered
i when 1 arrived. Brush was present,
j and seemed to be wondering what re
markable crisis had come to work such
a change in the ordinary even tenor of
his life.
“We had just made up our minds
that you lmd funked it,” said Tom.
“My hand trembles so with fright,"
said another, that I have kept the
waiters oil jog-trot ever since J have
been here and he clattered his knife
and fork on the plate, after the accus
tomed manner of summoning the gar-
con.
“Anon, anon, sir,” said number
three, as the perplexed waiters answer
ed-the appeal. “Francis, bring the
dinner.”
The dinner came and went; and in
<luc course we did the Inttcr also, hav
ing previously fortified the innncrnmn,
on the hormepathic principle smilia
siniilibus, with a modicum of spirit.
•Keep the spirits up
By ]touring spirit* vlov ».*
again remarked our self-elected joke-
monger.
\Ve had a first-class compartment to
ourselves on the railway, and beguiled
the time druing the brief journey with
talk of “quiet inoffensive ghosts;” se
lecting, probably, the quiet inoffensive
kind by way of tranquiliziug our minds
for the possible rercontre.
There was lhis peculiarity about the
expected interview—none of us knew
what it was we were going to see. We
’ id carefully avoid getting any details
of the ghost, lest imagination should
fool us. In fact it was next to impos
sible to gather what had been seen or
heard ; so that the whole world of im
agination was before us “where to
choose.”
itKiniif.ici u-
J.H34-1;'
ces—rather let me say, a violent cold
which chilled us all to the man ow,
making our flesh creep and out teeth
chatter. Something did I know.
Unlike ordinary draughts, however,
this came with sufficient force to blow
wide the door of the back parlor,which
had previously stood half, or perhaps
three-quarters, open, with a bang. It
was a deep house, though, and the
hack parlor door was therefore quite
out in the darkness ; so after a prelim
inary start, to which none of us need
have been ashamed to plead guilty, we
sat straining our eyes into the gloom
to sec what was coming next.
One of the trio very feebly remark
ed that the ghost must be the spirit of
a departed Esquimaux,and had brought
the north wind with him.
It may be safely said that none of
the party was in the least degree
frightened up to this point. Tom
Chester’s remark was to the purpose:
Somebody has quietly opened a door
down stairs, aud let in that draught
We’ll soon find out. Hi, Brush !”
No need to call Brush. lie was
wide awake directly the back door
opened ; hut to our astonishment, in
stead of rushing at the door, he bolted
hastily from it into the extreme opjx>
site corner of the room where wc were
sitting, and there sat with his face to
the wall howling with terror.
“Why, Brush, old man, what’s the
matter ? At ’em, Brush; pin ’em
good dog!”
But Brush would not stir.
This was not reassuring; for there
was nothing mortal, from a Tom eat
up to a prize fighter. Brush was not
ready to “tackle.” It certainly start
led us, for we all knew the old dog’s
mettle. Even then, however, I do
not think anybody was quite thrown
offhis guard, except possibly the “su
pers,” who had not calculated what
Reaching the haunted house as the I might happen so much as we had.
shades of evening were falling, we j Now occurs my great difficulty as
found even these were not able to lend faithful chronicler of my own and the
an air of romance to the place. It was 1 others’ experiences. What followed
A spot almost as terrible as the
prophet’s valley of dry bones lies just
north of the old Mormon road to Cali
fornia, a region thirty-six miles long
by thirty broad, and surrounded, ex-
cejit at' two points, by inaccessible
mountains. It is totally devoid of
water and vegetation, and the shadow
of bird or wild beast never darkens its
white, glaring sands. The Kansas
Pacific Railroad engineers discovered
it, and also some papers which show
the fate of the Montgomery train,
which came south from Salt Lake iu
1850, guided by a Mormon, When
near Death’s Valley they came to the
conclusion that the Mormon knew
nothing about the country, so they
appointed one of their number a leader
and broke off from the party. The
leader turned due west; so with the
people and wagons and flocks he trav
eled three days, and then descended
into the broad valley, whose treacher
ous mirage promised water.
They reached the center, hut only
the white sands, hounded by scorching
peaks, met their gaze. Around the
valley they wandered, and one by one
the men died, and the panting Hocks
stretched themselves in death under
the hot sun. The children, crying for
water, died at their mother’s breasts,
and with swollen tongues and burning
vitals the mothers followed. Wagou
af ter wagon was abandoned, aud strong
men tottered and raved and died.
After a week’s wandering a dozen
survivors found some water in the hol
lows of a rock in the mountain. It
lasted but a short time, when all per
ished but two, who escaped out of the
valley and followed the trail of their
former companions. Eighty-seven
families, with hundreds of animals,
perished there; and now, after twenty-
two years, the wagons still stand com
plete, and iron-work and tires are
bright, and the shriveled skeletons lay
side by side.
A tailer was startled the other day,
by the return of a bill which he had
sent to a magazine editor, with a notice
that the “ manuscript was respectfully
declined.”
In which can Ik* found all the Latest and Best stvies of GoikD, Also, a beautiful assortment of FANCY
CHINA, for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. *
IN TIIE AUCTION and COMMISSION DEPARTMENT
We have received the conaignmcnl (if IlOI-tOVY GOO OS ever received in Athens, ennsistlnir
in part of DOLLS, of all sorts and »i*es; MUSICAL INSTIU-'MENTS, and a TOY (o please each and
every one.
Aud a fine lot of OIL PAIXTIN'OS and CHROMOS.
. Will keep constantly on hand, at wholesale and retail, a full line of
Candies, Nuts, Raisins, Lemons, Oranges, Crackers, &c.
CIGARS A.jsrr> TOBACCO.
bdi£ mm
Ittii • i» vi» r Con rt.
G eorgia, madison co.—
Present: Ui* Honor Uaincll Andrews,'
Judge of said Court.
SAMUEL G. STRICKLAND, Transferee', ▼*.
DAVID \YIMPLY. Mortgage iu Madison 8u|>c—
rior Court, September Term, 1872.
It appearing to the Court, b* the petition of
Samuel G. St rick laud, accompanied bv the notes
and mortgage deeds that, on the‘28th of J*»ne, 18GG,\
the defendant made to and delivered his two prom
issory notes, bearing the dates aioresaid/ wjiefrhjr.
lie promised by the first day of October next, aftvf*.
the date of said notes, to pay one Joint M. CarroF
or bearer, in oueof said notes, msveuty-dve gallon*
ol good proof Pcaeh Brandy, for value received,
and in the other of said notes to pay John M. Cur-
roll or bearer seventy-five gallons of good proof
Corn Whiskey, for value received, and on the day
and year aforesaid the defendant, the better to
secure the payment of said uot:-ft, executed and'
delivered to said Joint M. Carrol his deed of mort
gage, whereby the said David Whitupey mortga
ged to the said John M. Carrol a certain tractor
pared of Land iu said county. Adjoining land* of
Strickland, Nash, Harris and others, Leginnit g at
a po*t-oak, running south 74, and west U3 chains
and 50 links to a post-oak, theme north BV] aud
west 2*2 chains to the branch; thence down tho
creek to a dogwood, thence south 1$ and east 17,
chains :»0 links, to a pine; theucc south 4f» and
east 9 chains to a pine ; thence north 17 and east
17 chains to a red-oak ; thence south t f 4, east 8
chain* to a red-oak; thence south 7*£, north 36
chain* to a post-oak, the beginning—containing
one hundred and forty acres, more or less. Which
mortgage have been transferred to this plaintiff, nnd
it ap]tears that said notes remain unpaid. It i*,
therefore, ordered that said defendant do pay in| >
court, on or before the first day of the next term
ol tli-s court, the principal interest and costs due
on said uotes, or show cause to the contrary, and
on failure of the defendant so to do, the Equity of
Redemption iu and to said mortgaged premise* ljo
forever thereafter barred and f.-rsdosed, and it it
further ordered that this Rule be published in the
Nouthkast Georgian, (formerly Southern Ban
ner), once a month for four months prevh us to the
next term of this court, or served on the de
fendant.
A true extract from the minutes of said f'oftrf.
November 11th, 187*2. J. M. &KINNEH,
nov 15-1 am4m Oerk Superior Court
JAY O. GAILEY.
JOSEPH M. BARRY.
Curious and Useful Crow.—J
Surder, of Yirgiuia, own a crow
which serves as a substitute for dogs,
cats and all other domestic sentinels.
He* destroys every frog about the
well; allows a mouse no chance for
his life; drives hawks from the poul
try, and bids fair to act as the best
squirrel dog in the country. He read
ily spies the squirrel, either upon the
fence or on the trees, and with a
natural antipathy to the squirrel tribe,
his shrill, keen note is readily detected
by his owner accompanied by rap d
dart up and down, and the owner si
thus led to the game. The most re
markable feature about the crow is
that he invariably keeps five or six
days’ rations ahead of time, well con
cealed.
Mark Twain, in speaking of canni
balism, solemnly declares that, for his
own part, he “ would rather go hun
grv for two days than eat an old per
sonal friend.”
A young bachelor in Jersey City
was urged to marry, but lie replied,
“ I don’t see it. My father was a
single man and he always got along
well enough.”
An Albany gentleman stumbled
over a piece of ice on the sidewalk,
knocked several teeth out and ran an
umbrella down his throat. As it was
drawn out before opening he will re
cover.
Come, don’t be timid,” suid a
couple of snobs to two mechanics, “ sit
down and make yourselves our equals.”
To do tnat we should have to blow
our brains out,” replied one of the me
chanics.
y
An Indiana Sunday-school man
writes to a Bible firm in New York :
“Send inc on some Suuday-school
papers and books. Let the hooks bo
idxfitt Piiatea and Indians, as far as
possible.”
“Ihave no luck in fishing; I never
could persuade a fish to bite,” said a
young exquisite. “Try yer powers on
a cross dog,” remarked a rough by
stander, “an’ see if you don’t have
better luck.”
“ Do you think I am a fool ?” a vio
lent man asked the late Rev. Dr.
Bethune. “ Really,” replied the doc
tor, “ I would not have ventured the
assertion, but now that you ask my
opinion, I must say that I am not pre-
pared ? to deny it.
This may be a trifle personal, but it
is the way they put things out West.
A St. Louis editor, in speaking of a
brother ink-slinger, says: “ He
young yet, but he can sit at his desk
and brush the cobwebs from the ceil
ing with his ears.”
An express company that
GRIFFETH & CRANE
BEG LEAVE TO ANNOUNCE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT
THEY ARE READY TO SERVE THEM AGAIN
WITH THE LARGEST STOCK OF
Staple Dry Goods, Roots, Shoes
Hats and Groceries
THAT WE HAVE EVER OFFERED.
Wc are ready to receive all money due us. No customer
hall be turned away who wishes to pay his account, as we
have plenty of time to serve them • octt-tf
NOTICEx
TT'OUR WEEKS AFTER DATE,
.L* application Will Ik.* made to the Court of Oi-
dinary of Jackson county fv*r lt*ave to sell the* Kent
F. statuof F. S. Gol**r, deceased, Lite of naul county.
JACKSOX HELL, A Jm in it Ira ter.
January 10th, 1873. 4 w
p EORGIAThART COUNTY?—
Whereas, tho estate of Cain Kstcs, late of *a r d
county, deceased, i* unrepresented ; this ia, there
fore, to cite all pcr*..ns mnrerned to show cause, if
any, they have, why C. A. Wcbh, Clerk of the
Superior itaurt, or some other fit and proper per
son, should not heap{N»iuted administrator to lep-
resont said estate at the March Term ut th* court
of Ordinary of said count v, to be held on the first
Monday in Maxell.
This Januarv *27th, 187::.
F. C. STEPHENSON, Ordinary.
TTkoRGIA, HART COUNTY^
vJ Wlicrcus, C. A. Wol.l., n.inmii trnl. r .f F,
G. Stonier*, lat;* of said county, deceased, petition*
for a discharge from said administration.
Therefore, all persons concerned ar** hereby re
quired to show cause, if any they -jave, wh\ said
a Iministr.itor should not, at the ir^utar term of
the court of Ordinary of said county, to l»e held oil
the (list Monday in May next, be discharged from
said .ad ministration.
Given under my band, this 27th nr of January
F. C STEPHENSON, OrdlitarjL
Adininlstrator’s Sale.
A GREEABLE TO AN ORDER
iY ol the Court of Ordinary of Jackson < •ninty
will be sold, before, the Court House <16ot. m thn
town «f Jefferson, on the first TUESDAY iu March
next, l*etween ti:e lawful hours of sole, the fallow
ing property, to-wit:
One Iiousc and lot in town of Jefferson, eontalri-
ing Two Acres, more or less, with necessary out
buildings, g«K»d well of water, Ac. To t»e *<>ld rt*
the properly of F. S. Gobcr, deceased, for the ben
efit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.' *
Terms—One-lmlfcash, balance credit until 1st of
January, 1874, with interest from date.
jau‘24-td JACKSON BELL, Administrator. -
express company
“ from the Mississippi westward,” in
the contract printed on its recepts, dis-
claims responsibility as carrier “ for
any loss or damage by fire, the acts of
God, Indians, or any other public
enemies of the government.”
A lady with an unmusical voice
listened ’upon singing at a party.
“ What does she call that!” inquired
a guest. “The Tempest, I think,”
answered another. “ Dou’t be alarm
ed,” said a sea-captain present.
“ That’s no tempest; it is only a squall,
and will soon be over.”
ALAKGK AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF
HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
STOVES and.
TIN-WARE.
Which we are offering at very low prices. We will alsi. keep during tlieseason
a full stock of those famous Summey & Newton AXES, at reduced prices.
JACKSON WAGON
Jl SPECIALITY*.
SUMMEY & NEWTON.
BRIGGS & BBOTIIER’S
ILLUSTRATED
Floral Work!
For January, 1873, Now Out. Issued a* a Quarter
ly. The four number* *o»t to any add re-*, by
mail, for ‘25 Ceuta. The richest and most instruc
tive Illustrated and De.stviplivc Floral Gui 'eever
published. Those of our ptitrons who ordered
.Seeds la.-t year and wore credited with 25 cents,
will receive* the lour Quarterlies for 18771. Th«M
who order Seed* this year will Ik; credited with »
subscription for 1874. ’ The January number con
tains nearly 490 Engravings Two Superb Colored
Plate*, suitable fur framing, A alw* Tinted Plates
of our gorgeous Floral Chronm** Information re
lative t«» Flower*, Vegetable*, ete.. aud their culti
vation, and all such matter as was formerly found
in our Annual Catalogue. ^’ ou y° u
order Seed* t»efore seeing Briggs A Brother’s Quar
terly. We challege comparison on quality of Seed
and* prices and titans'of packets. Gur “Calendar
Advance Sheet af!H*Price List f»r 1873,” sent free.
Address, BItIGGS A BHOTI1FBS,
Seed men and Florist*, KOCHESTEK, N. Y*
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