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KE«ROBAPTIZING IN MISSISSIPPI*
ATHENS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 30, 4873,
From the St. Ixmii Democrat. .
THE DEATH OF SHACK-NASTY JACK.
The ceremonies had already begun
when I arrived. A negro preacher,
assisted by two attendants who only
appreciated the importance of their
position, stood in the edge of the
stream, and one by one the candidates,
or “seekers,” as the negroes have it,
descended to the water from a tent on
the slope above. The sacred formula
was pronounced over each one, then
came a little splash as the sinner was
‘•buried” a moment in baptism, and
then that shrill and to me almost ter
rifying shriek which constitutes an or
thodox religious “shout” was heard as
the regenerate darky emerged from the
water and was led hack shrieking and
struggling to the shore, where the old
er, “bretheren” and “sisteren” were
waiting to receive him. As -soon os
the preacher ..ad pronounced his for
mula the whole assembly, led by a
magnificent bass voice, set up one of
those wild, weird, negro choruses
which, once heard, can never be forgot
ten. The music continued till the
next candidate was about to be immer
sed, and craised only a moment to rise
again as smn as the preacher's voice
was bushed. Those who have never
heard a cliorns of this sort don’t know
what music is. Such a magnificent
volume of sound, such a grand roll of
human voices, as some favorite strain
such as “Let’s go down to the water,”
or “Stand on the walls of Zion,** carue
surging aed swelling over the.rivcr,
never greeted my ears before, ; It beg
gars nil description. The grand organ
at Cologne, is but a penny whistle i<>
it; the Boston Jubilee But a piping of
sparrows. There was uot a siinrlo f-il-.-
note, not a slip in time or tune, os the
wonderful jchoriis came spelling over
the water, making the very heavens
ring with melody. All four parts
—tenor, bass,’ alto, sftprano—were
carried in such perfect harmony that
it was as if one might y voice were
hyming its piai-e to heaven. How
tnev manage it is a mystery ; not one
of all that sable multitude was ac
quainted with even the first rudiments
of music, yet no trained or chi stra ever
kept more perfect time.
We kept buf station on tin raft for
over an hour, while some thirty “seek
ers’’ were converted into “professors,”
and then, at the suggestion of my friend,
proceeded further down the stream to
have a nearer view of the .. . ... -. y.
I was sorry afterward that I had done
so, for all the solemnity.oi ihc occasion
immediately departed. Some of the
gestures in the water were ludicrous
in the extreme, and their language of
ten irreverent, even blasphemous.
Negroes consider some violent physi
cal demonstration a necessary evidence
of the validity of their conversion ; in
deed one old woman informed me that
she “never had knowed uubodv to
come through all right without they
went in a trance.”
The effect of the inu.-ic was decided
ly spoiled by too close proximity. The
voices wbieli bad sounded so grand
aud sonorous from a distance were
harsh and coarse close bv, while a
distir.ct hearing ofthe words did not
contribute by any means to the gran
deur of the music. Who, for instance,
could repress a smile at the following,
though sung to a most exquisite mel
ody :
Again are we called upon to perform
the painful duty of nnnouaclug the
dcatli of one who, if not altogether
lovely, was chief among a fraction of a
thousand spirits who are not yet made ncss •
perfect. We refer to “Shack-Nasty
Jack,” thegeneral, whole-souled, or per
haps (considering his mixed parentage)
we should say half-soled, copper-color
ed gentleman, who recently died peace
fully, and in pieces, in his little lava
bid. Jack did not wrap what little
LACMHERISMS.
A Kansas newspaper employs a
she-devel.” De gwitipm non, etc.
A Chicago poet begins an apostrophe
to the ocean with “Prodigious damps
HOW IT FEELS TO DROWN.
Dr. Hoffman’s Experience of the Dixon
Baptism.
OLD SERIES-VOLUME LI.
NEW SEIUES— VOLUME X.'
My wife and I went to see the bap
tism of the converts, and toot" up a
What is the difference between « *"dg* ab ? u ?' tl,irt - v
Jew and a lawyer? The one gets his I ? e * tbc fi / st V™ nnd netweeu
law from the prophets, the other his “ ab « ta } eut - " e were SUP T
profits from the law. r ??” dcd women and
1 r ! children, suddenly, while Mr. Pratt
An epicurean has discovered that j was entering the wafer with a female,
the pleasant way to take cod-liver oil j I heard a report similar to that made
drapery he had about him and lie down ■ 5s t0 !} nu '. n P'g conb with il » 3,1,1 thcn j b >’ a small cannon, and in an instant
to pleasant dreams, and his demise was
hastened by a seven inch shell that
entered and exploded in his diaphragm,
raining a digestive apparatus that had
never been disturbed by banquets of
roast dog, salt horse, washed - down by
copious draughts of fiery- untamed
benzine and needle-gun whiskey. As
we recall the virtues of the (lucca-ed,
our pen unconsciously drifts iuto the
Philadelphia Ledger form of mourn
ing, and we are led to exclaim
e it the pigeons
Dourest Shack, thou has left ns.
No more horses thou will steal,
But 'twasGi.lcin that borife us.
He can all our sorrows heal.
First we thought it was Schoncliin,
the water closed over me and I felt
A Mississippi quack is making a for-1 tba , t something was pressing me down,
tune bv selling to the negroes a nosJ £ h oa%Y we,ght appeared to he over
trum which 1,“Tarrant* to turn their; me ’ 1 d,dn< * the bl)t . tom ’ *
wool into long, straight hair. Pf, r & ct & cons<*>u 8 , and mnnedi-l*.
; . ® ately thought of getting out if possi-
When a Philacelphia woman don’t : b!e.‘ My hands came in contact with
like the taste of the medicine that the the trestle-work, and, crawling up as
druggist lias put up for her, she bring--; if ascending a ladder, I was fortunate
the stuff back- and exchanges it for j in finding an opening, through which
soap. - I crawled and immediately arose to the
A cheerful giver .put the following f u ^ :lc -- I was then, as near as I can
mf in mir of pantaloons sent to the l.» ud 8* a bo , ut *»*“* or eighty feet
Michigan sufferers: “There, take’em. 1 f ro:Jl t lG s!,Grc > 1 swatq toward the
Last pair I’ve got Don’t get burned out b:mk ’ b “ l " ben T r ‘ ca [ 11 n>y strength
rgain ” j gave out and I sank. While swnn-
° ; niing, some person, who must have
A parent who lias fifteen daughters ! been under the water, caught hold of
Then we heard was sWr-f^l Charles, 1 b J* P~‘ l his ** l » ke “ tb « Jocks I my left leg and grasped tight for a
But the latest nejvs, Shack-Nasty, i 0,1 * doors, and hung rope-ladders minute, preventing me from going for-
S»v* ’tis you have quit earth's ’ snarls,! ovcr bls door-yard fence by the dozen, j ward. The person let go ns suddenly
Gonebutriot iorgiflten. and still his provision bill is as large as' as he had taken hold, and I gave a
cver - J stroke or two, when I encountered a
The Connecticut agriculturist who ! dress. Thiuking it was my wife, who
last week found a five-dollar gold ' was standm S i’eside me when the span
- - i 1 piece in the crop of one of his chickens j lel l, I grabbed it, but, having become
Born of poor but honorable parents, ! remarks that for itssizc it’s one of the j «M?vated, I was to let it go. I was
Jack manifested at an early age those ; niost profitable crons ever produced on ! almost exhausted at tne time, and do
traits that in after years made him ! ] x ; s f IlrIll . * not notice it particularly. My thoughts
famous, and would in time have sent! . | were almost solely confined to her, and
him to Congress if bis soul had not . “ Troy dentist became emotionally j imagined, when I saw the dress, it
been shelled out of bis ephemeral shell 1 ,nsaac while repairing a front tooth for wa? hers,
bv a cast-iron namesake. He served j « ,ld her - ‘ SllG
h'is tribe as tax-collector, president 0 f! told her husband, and he went round
a baseball chib, and wa* about orga-1 and , borrowed §500 of the dentist on
nizinga Young Men’s Her e Plagisriz-1 011 ' 0,, 8 time.
ing Assoeiatir. , when lie felt a sensa- “I wish you would not give me such j hands frequently came in contact with
tun of genes* at the pit of lus stain- short weight for my money ” said a j the gravel I couhl feel the water
ach, and was gone. I osscssing many ! customer to a grocer, who had an
Friends of the family invited to at
tend—covered carriages for all who wear
gloves.
When I ^ank I was still sensible of
the surroundings. I went apparently
very close to the bottom* The cur
rent rolled me over and over, and my
of the virtues that marked the Credit
Mobilier ojierators, Shack-nasty was
also as generous as the increased salary
voters, who only drew their back
salary to pay off the public debt,
and the news of his sudden
death will eaase a thrill of anguish in
many bosoms—anguish that lie was
not permitted to die slower, and by
inches.
| running down my throat and in mv
standing dill against him. “And I; car3 and all at once experienced the
wish you wouldn’t give me such long j Illost delightful sensation. I seemed
wait for mine, replied the grocer. ■ t0 i )e at po 1CC nit!l everything, and
The Morristown Herald is in receipt; perfectly happy. My whole life pass-
' Whv i ed before me like a flash of light
WHY THU COim-IH-RACY FAILED.
From an able review in the London
Standard of an article upon General
J-ice, in the Edinburg Jlcricir, we take
of a perfumed -note asking
does Air. Byron, who used to write
such nice, sweet poetry, keep so quiet
of late?” The editor replied that one
reason is, be is dead. He died before
the burning of Chicago.
AY lien yon have a bone on your
plate, and are obliged to take it up in
yonr fingers, don’t neglect to mention
that “fingers were made before knives
and fork-.” The novelty of the re-1
_ mng,
the events appearing in sequence, the
most prominent appearing to be inde
libly impressed upon ray mind. Cir
cumstances I had forgotten, appeared
vividly, and I did not want to lie dis
turbed. I should have preferred to
was
Ye cdltor-sat in his rickety chair, as
worried worried could be, for ye
devil was: grinning hefore him there,
and “Hg&jP* ye devil sayed he.
Oh, ye editor grabbed his big quill
pen and 1t sputtered ye ink so free,
that his manuscript looked like a war
map, when-—“Take this,” to the devil
spake lie.
He sen oiled and scratched through
the live-loog day, no rest or refresh
ment had fee; for they kept constantly
coming that way, and howling for more
“cop-ee.
scissored and wrote,
countrce; while ye
single note, “A
Day
a saying
devil kept
little mon..
And whei
fir bis
m
Mr. Brice C, Johnson, Sr., living
near Antioch, in Troujp county, died
^ r- the netHp
room heat^ the sound of unequal fray,
the voice of a blow anil a blasphemous
word “He’s raisin the devil!” said
they.
And oft when a man with a griev
ance came, ye editor man to see, he’d
turn his back with a word of sin—
“(Jo talk to ye devil,” sayed lie.
And ever and oft, when a “proof’
of work ye proprietor wanted to see,
“Ye proof shall be shown by my per
sonal clerk ; you must go to ye devil,”
saved lie.
And tluis bo was destined through
all of his life, by this spirit tormented
to be ; in hunger and poverty, sorrow
and strife, always close to ye devil was
be. I
Ye editor /died. * * * But ye
devil lived on.! Ami the force of life’s
habits wo see, v for ye editor’s breath no
sooner was gone, than straight to ye
devil went lie,-
op the 2d, aged 60
TSojbg pppting
Georgia the Bainbrige Sun, will be
so!d bylne Sheriff in June. .. p 1 ’ lhe '
Mr. John C. Lane, of Franklin,
died on Monday of last week, and on
the following day his wife died also.
A miller in Dougherty county who
lias lost much corn and meal, fixed it
trap. A negro was buried the next
dav.
Not So Bad a Bargain After
All.—Two Small, rocky islands in the
Behring sea, says the London Globe,
will soon lmvc paid back to the United
States Treasury the whole sum expen
ded for the purchase of Alaska. Wheu
the cession of this territory was grant
ed by Russia, people smiled at the bar
gain made by the Americans. It was
asserted that Yankee shreducss had
deserted Mr. Seward in the matter.
He knew better, and did not buy with
his eyes shut.- St. Paul and St.
George’s Islaulls, belonging to the
Aleutian chaib, have siucc been leas
ed to the Alaska Commercial Compa
ny for seal fishing, at a yearly rental of
$55,000- A tax of nearly three dol
lars on eachJfnr seal skin taken and
shipped from the island is also impos
ed. As one" hundred thousand skins
the following vumet, the length’of the (mark’ will immediately strike the com-! an( j 0 ., " ro
review forbidding its publication cu- pany very happily. insensible but'-rad
remain where I was. "W hile in the j are expected yearly now to San Frau-
mid.-t ol a beautiful reverie, thinking cisco anil New York, a fruitful source
what inv wife would do if she were of revenue is obtained from these two
savedand I were drowned, f felt a hand ] barren rocks. This, territorial cuter-
iriso of tlic United States is therefore
GEORGIA ITEMS.
i ’SWdWberiies AreT thirty cents per
qi art n Savannah.
The LaGrange Methodist Church
has a new 450 pound bell, which cost
$350.
A hail storm near Columbus, Thurs
day last, was very destructive to the
cotton plant.
A negro in Washington county is
in trouble for stealing the pistol of the
Rev. Will C. Moreau?
Hotels.
JWewton House
ATHENS, QA.
E undersigned lmvjng taken
cUargo of the' ahore populw Hole), takei
pleamire in ennounclug to thu travcUipg public
end cltizeue of Athens and surrounding country,
that he is prepared to accommodate. In a satisfac
tory manner, ail who may favor him with their
patronage. Persons wishing to spend thulrsum
mer months away from home, will And Athena a
delightful piaoe, and rates for Board very moder
ate. Permanent Boarders taken at low rales.
apr4-2m A. 1>. (JUXARD, Proprietor.
UNIVERSITY HOTEL.
It. H. LAMPKIN
{G OPENED A TIOTEL
‘iidte lii ‘ ■
Aged 114 years is what they say of
a negro woman who died in Atlanta
Thursday, and who saw “Mr. Wash
ington.”
The State debt of Georgia is only
$1,017,700, which the excess of revenue
over civil expeuses would pay up in
two years.
The number of students returned to
the North Georgia Agricultural Col
lege is nearly equal to the former ses
sion so far.
Miscelta?icous.
T. MARKWALTER,
tta* Advertisements, (r
One Dollar per Sfjuai-e (of ouo irch)
, inserted at
for ike H tiit,
for
nsertjon, and. .S!vei»tj-fiijo.Ccdit^r^jt(are
*W No axtra charge C;r Locator Spccijj,tylumn
B3T Transient Advcrti’scuicnlscwh.' Ollier bille'
eeMeWMtevesyntnaVydcys
Liberal contracts trade for a*y pdrimt over
one month. -j "
^Professional Cards.
DK. J. E.
■RESPECTFULLY o»crs hb Pro’
JL Vi ft-N-sional Services to the Citizens of At hen*
nod Adjacent Country. »
Occupies the oflico fnrmerly ‘ ‘ ‘
uples the oflico formerly occupied by Dr.1L.
II. Carlton. At ifluht he can be fmfilfitrfie rw»S
rfB *
dence of Dr. J. A. llunuicutt*
nuicuit-
Surveyor, Architect!,
u n coni-
»1»J r n ,'W:
i, via,: LayjBigi
tious, :*r., aud
off t'lty I.ohs Ifemosteads, riantati
making spcur.it*' Plots of the same.
lie is also prepa-ed to eKccuie all descriptions of
Dnifliuc, to furnish Hans for Houses, Bridge*,'
Ac*, and make estimates of co«t. v ,
Can lie found at the Law Oflico of Panlani K. I*.
Lumpkin. E. K. LUUpKAN
jandl-tf - ^ Cugntx.gHucyor.
asm, WBQ&fik
ATTORNEYS A® LAW,”
The wives of a couple of gentlemen
in Columbia count}', recently give birth
to seven children—one three and the
other four—that’s business.
Newton county boasts “one hundred
and nine young and interesting wid
ows.” IIow many old and uninterest
ing ones, not stated.
The air of the hymn, “Front Green
land's ley Mountain,”, was composed
in Savannah in 1827, by Lowell Ma-
ron, then a resident of that city.
A man is said to have lately gone to
Macon to buy a tombstone lor his
wife’s grave, but meetiug with a street
walkei; he afterwards found himself
minus three or four hundred dollars.
BlIO.tD NT., Allil'.STA, lit.
ARBLE MONUMENTS, Tomb
lie*, etc., Marble Mantled, Furuilure
Work of alt kinds, from the {I’aiucDt to the xL&.t
elaborate design*, and furnished to order t
notice. -Ill work for the couutry carefully boxed.
M A i“
COTTON GIN
WINSIIIF IMPltOVED
Athens, abionaiA
Office in the Da/jirec BtiUtliii
SAMUEL I’. TIIURMQAl),"
•flHomey at JLatv,
ATHENS, GEORGIA. . ;•
Otliee over Itarry’s Store, Ilroad "hi*
Will rraetlce in tlie Counties of Clarkje, Walton,’
J. S. DORTCH*
Attorney at Law,
CA.RNESVII.LE, G.Y.
W, R. LITTLE,
Attorney at. Law,'
CARNESYIl-LK, GA.
IPusincss Cards.
COTTON GIN. PAINTING.-
LBOR Lightness of Draft, Fs
JU ninp. CleAosin^ the Se- d well, an
mnp
(Jood Sample, this Gin has u
of the
Fast Gin-
. and making
efiiial. It is made
BEST MATERIAL
on mv shoulder
1 weep, I moan, wliat luuku 1 moan so
slow ?
1 wonder if a Zion traveler lias gone along
before
Mary and Martha, feed my lambs,
Feed my lambs, feed my lambs:
Mary and Martha, feed my lambs,
Statin’ on de golden altar.
There is another specimen, the effect
I’ which I leave to the reader’s imagi-
of
nation
1 meet mv soul at de bar of God,
I lieerd a mighty bumber ;
It was my sin fell down to hell
Just like a clap o’ thunder.
The creeds of the two African church
es in this place it would puzzle the brain
of an Athn::asius himself to formulate.
They shout like .the Methodists, im
merse with the Baptists, have godfath
ers and godmothers, and observe Eas
ter and Good Friday with the llonian
Catholics and Episcopalians, and ob
serve various fetish practices besides,
so that, if the truth is with any sect,
Christian or Pagan, they stand a pret
ty fair chance of being * in the right
sometimes.
A Wakm Dose.—A Danbury limn
is the unenvied owner oft. dog that is a
terror to the neighbors, purely by its
snapping And snarling propensities. He
simps at everybody, ami knows a little
something of the flavor of everybody
up that way. It is esthnatfed .that he
has oLtli enough in him to make a pair
<d breeches for everybody on Long Is
land Sound, 'lce other day a voutb
oa-L-vl up the end of n stick with a
mixture compounded with horse radish
vk„n a ’ e . uuc l*TP ( ' r . and commenced
n.iA'A 11 through the fence at the cur,
s hf cur * cw a™ 1 caught the bait
L, f • • an ‘l the boy drew the stick
tents in .V a T'- v . lhnt it left all the con-
anUn»l‘.l , V llm:,1 ’ s ,u,, uth, and the
ultinn r :CUe< - a " :l ' uu 11 in awful ex-
JneD( , *°. r an Jn stanr. Then it com-
liowl » ° stare i amf then spit, and
over ’ "i t: aml l* 3 ' 7 . and roll
wh,IT h " a ! ! - v r,,n un<ler the barn,
ji„i 1 ecraaincd for two days in re-
8fc f- l ! S ‘°. n - * N,,W . "lien anylnidy
dn<* 1 a , s,lc ^ tnrough the fence that
v.ct ?"I sl ? up- Jt ,nt!rel y
iii" in'll 15 ’ 110 aa - v: “^° aenson-
"«5 ,] ' n, uie. it you please."
tire:
Its failure had nothing to do with its
alleged demerits. The South wa*
crushed by weight, not broken by weak
ness. Three things determined the
fate of the war—the closing of her
ports, the superior wealth, and far
above all, ihc overwhelming numbers
of the enemy. The North was a corn
growing and manufacturing country,
and bail open to her tlie markets of
Europe; she had unlimited command
of all the resources of the civilized
>rld. The South was subject to the
disadvantages both of an agricultural
and of an" non-agriculttiral country.
She had no manufactures, and yet she
lived by manufactures and not by agri
culture ; by producing clothing, not by
producing food. Her wealth was-at
once annihilated by the blockade, which
prevented her from selling her cotton
and tobacco and sugar ; her supplies
were cut off, and* she bud a bare suffi
ciency of food,'and a total want of
every other necessary of life ami war.
She obtained power and arms from the
enemy; hoots and clothes and blankets
she had to want. Her finances broke
down at once; tor her exports were
her wealth, and exports hail ceased.
But, above all. ♦lie was crushed by
numbers; the North could recruit at
home four men for one, and could hire
the off-scouring* of Europe. And it
was this alone that decided the bsue.
The Edinburgh Reviewer adds the want
of discipline; but we believe that in
the essentials of military discipline,
the Southerners were always superior
to their foes, and that if the troops of
Grant and McClellan bad been tried
as Leo’s were tried, they would have
melted like snow or died like rotten
sheep. Lee won almost every battle
he fought, aud against odds of from
two to one to four to one. Wliat de
stroyed him was Grant’s cold, cruel
policy, which only a Yankee, a Na
poleon or a Prussion could have de-
liberatly adopted—of sacrificing men
without stint, whom be could replace
to wear out an enemy who could not
recruit. Under different circumstances
such a process might last longer. But
a General who can afford to sacrifice
three men to kill one must always
end by leaving his enemy without sol
diers; and therefore greatly superior
numbers, thus used, .must prevail in
tie long run. 'It il’fio longer possible
in wars between civilized nations for
prowers to prevail against numerical
odds of great weight. And this terri
ble lesson a state like England will do
well to lay to heart. This, and this
alone, was the cause of the fall of the
Confederacy; this is the dark and pain
ful moral of the Virginian campaigns.
Against everything but sheer “attri-
ion” Lee was victorious.
A general was inspecting some mili
tary stable*. “Wliat do I see there?”
lie said, in tones of thunder, to a sor-
gent. “Cobwebs?” “Yes, sir,” was
the resjiectful reply. “We keep them
there to catch the flie*. and prevent
theinteasing the horses. ’
A farmer recklessly publishes the
following challenge: “I will bet $42.
that my hired man can take longer
to go to the harvest-field, get back to
dinner quicker, eat more, do less, and
bear down harder on a panel of the
fence, than any other hired man within
fifteen miles of the flag-staff in our
town.”
Jedediah Burcharil, once preaching
a revival sermon, was interrupted by
the entrance of Aaron Burr. Here
comes one, says the revivalist, against
whom even 1 will testify in the day of
judgment. Yes, sir, said Burr, in 50
years of criminal practice I have always
found the greatest rascal turn State’s
evidence.
seif.
felt.
I was pulled out
k. I was almost
.dually came to my-
Oh, how sick and wretched I
The most original s]>elliiig we have
cver seen is the following.—It beats
phonetic*.—”80 von be—a tub—80 oh!
pea—a top. Be 80—bat. iSeo 80—
cat. I’ea 80—pat. Arc 80—rat.
.See ob! double you—cow. See you
be—cub. See a
double tea—butt,
call.
After remaining on the rock about
an hour I was taken to my home.
Here I commenced vomiting, and fre
quently ejected water and partially
digest' d food until 4 o'clock in the af
ternoon. I was taken out ofthe water
000 feet below the bridge. I was very
thirsty after vomiting, and tried to
drink some water, but the taste was so
disagreeable that I could not hear it.
The only way I could quench my thirst
was by putting vinegar into the water,
about an ounce and a half to a quar
ter of a pint. That struck me as a
rather curious circumstance. I was
greatly astonished at the number of
events that passed through my mind
while under the water. Nothing that
occurred during childhood was evident,
but everything since I was about
nineteen years old appeared before me
as if photographed. The sensation I
experienced while the water was going
down my throat was not unpleasant.
It seemed as if I was going on a jour
ney and was surrounded by all kinds
of beautiful thing*. While on the
rock I felt Y'.ry bad and de*ired to lie
let alone. The sudden transition from
pn
it success, and will probably help
to develop the idea so rapidly grow
ing in America, that colonial posses
sions are useful front many national
points of view.
cr ln .’ H 'i a M? ng ‘j> uu ,a - st Thursday
1.1A..A ,. IlS8 fe usan Gntdv, an or-
while aim U ’ • Vfas 80 Merely burned
rate iu i,, 1 ■ '*re k—osipe oil to satu-
lowini * •’ tha V * bc d,cd 0,1 the fol-
, m ^^2 CNCniQii->h(»r IrHraitlin.k*. • 1 .
Mhiln .t.*. "" IW'riectlv charred
of ber Wn wag
aod fir h Of skin
Mr. J. K. Adams planted some
Iris jiotatoes in February, at the time
when the moon was nearly full, and
again twenty days after, during the
dark nioou; that now he is using daily
largo potatoes froi» the crop planted
last, while the first planted arc not as
large as marbles, from .which be con
cludes that the German idea is correct
of planting 6uch vegetables as grow un
der the ground in the dark ofthe moon.
Six persons died last week in the
White Plains neighborhood in Greene,
county, though there was no epidemic
at that point.
the beatific state in the water to the
be—cab. Be you I dry land seemed to have a bad effect,
8ee a double ail— I and made me indifferent to wliat was
going on around tne. Several people
came to me anil wanted to take me
home, but I told them to let me alone,
I was so miserable. The corpse of tny
wife was found after she had been in
the water about three hours. It is
said that Mrs Hoffman’s countenance
was lighted up with a life-like smile,
so peaceful and suggestive of such
pleasant thoughts wheu dying that
everybody’s attention was attracted to
her.
Cfeo” We admire figurative writing
when it is kept within reasonable
limits. But, when the Philadelphia
Pkm informs us that Charlotte
Cushman and Janruschek are “ two
great mountainsthat one of these
mountains is a “snow-dad jicak, sharp
ly outlined against the sky,” anil that
the other mountain “conceals a volca
no in its boSom,” and is “covered to
the summit tyith a rich and iuviting
growth of vegetation that one of these
dramatic mountains is “a picture of
sublimity,” anil the other “is impelled
to sudden eruption*;” when we read
ail this we arc uncertain whether we
are reading dramatic criticism or an
improved system of geography. Wc
confess to a dread of actresses who
thrust their “snowclad peaks” in one’s
face, and prefer giving a wide berth to
dramatic nymphs that “areimpolled to
sudden eruptions,” howevor they may
be “covered with a ridiand inviting
growth of vegetation.” Wc prefer to
stay in the lowlands.—Courier Jour
nal.
The death of Major George Dent—
formerly of Athens—and Mr*. Trippc,
widow of the late Judge Trippe, of
Bartow county, are announced in the
last Cartersville Standard and Express.
The Columbus Sun learns from river
men that the Chattahoochee and. Apa
lachicola rivers in the lower part of this
State and Florida have overflowed
their banks and caused great destruc
tion to corn and cotton.
tobt* ba«l in this country or Europe, in pood style
and well finished. Planters art* invited to call on
ns in Atlanta, or nt any of our Apeutle**, ;»nd exam
ine this Gin, hefore purehasinp. Also to send in
their orders EARLY, to insure their bcinp tilled
in pood time for the coming crofr.
©35* Send for Circulars.
SUMMEY A NEWTON, Agents, Athens.
WINSHIP A BRO., Atlanta, Ca.
The Atlanta Herald is informed on
“good authority” that President Brown
will tender hisresignation, as President
of the State Road, to the Executive
Committee of the ’Board of Directors,
at its meeting Monday. •
The great case of the trial of Z. B.
Cantrell, charged with the murder of
William A. Alexander, both of
counEy of White, which commenced in
the Superior Court of Talliaferro 011
Tuesday, the 13th instant, terminated
on the 15th in the acquittal of the
accused.
THRILLING INCIDENT ON THE AIR
LINE RAILROAD
A young lady who hasjust returned
from Europe advises her friends not
to go there, “unless you are sure that
you know enough to appreciate the
beauties of Europe. It lends such a
charm to Italv to remember that
among those groves of olives the im
mortal Beethoven sculptured the Medi-
cean Venus, and Shakespeare com-
C ised the sublime poem of Paradise
ost.”
Journalism is looking up in Japan.
The Tycoon has stated a daily paper,
and every able-bodied Jap who doesn’t
subscribe at once is beheaded. By this
manufacture of dead-heads a big list
will be worked up. The merchants
who don’t advertise, very properly
have their property confiscated for the
benefit ofthe new paper. With these
prospects, the paper cannot fail in suc
ceeding.
“Chicken on the shell,” said an
Englishman, looking down the carte
at a Boston hotel: “that must be a
delicacy.. Here, waiter, chicken on
the shell.” The waiter shortly after
produced tire viand; which was in the
shape of eggs. Tho Britisher was
nonplussed. Upon inquiring what it
meant, tho waiter replied that it was a
bad time of year for fresh eggs. They
advertised them as chickens that ther
might be no mistake.
v *4JV r hile lounging on onr scat in a car
on a certain road in this State, the
other night, a married couple entered
and faced us. ■ The conductor appear
ed anil enquired of the lady, who
seemed very tired, if she “desired a
berth on his train ?” Shehung her head
and pldced one arm around her hus
band s neck and with blushes red and
deep sweetly replied, “No, sir, we’ve
only been married four months.” Of
course this couple don’t live in this
couDty.
Honey-Bees by Mail.—A strange
question is now befbre the Post office
I fepartment awaiting a decision from
tho Postmaster General. A man in
Massachusetts has invented a cage
composed of wood and wire netting to
send honey-bees through the mail*. The
trap is a block of wood about six inches
long and two inches wide by .an inch
deep; in this three large holes are
bored nearly through, and tho under
side is covered with a fine wire-reitin
Seven bees, including a queen-bee, are
placed in each compartment, and are
introduced through a hoje in tho side
ofthe block, which is plugged up by a
piece of spongo soaked in honey. The
postmasters and clerks object to these
packages, for the alleged reasou that
the honey soaks through the paper
placed over the holes, and daubs other
mail matter in contact, and besides, as
one postmaster complained, “ the clerks
in his office did not get through exami
ning and studying the contrivance un
til the bees stung every one of them,
and, in showing them how it was made
and how to handle it without injury,
the blasted things stung him, too.”
Acting Assistant Po3tmaster-Genernl
Marr, several weeks since, decided that
these packages could not be admitted
to the mails, upon the ground that
they injured other mail matter;’ but
Gen. B. F. Butler, as attorney for the
Extraordinary Case of Resus
citation.—Thft New Orleans Tim'S
reports a curious case of this sort as
having occurred.in that city last week.
A child of three years old died early
in the morning, and was duly laid
out for interment; a competent physi
cian certified to the decease, and the
friends ofthe family assembled to sol
emnize the funeral. Late in the after
noon, the body having been confined,
and the’ funeral carriages watting at
the door, a thunder storm arose. It
will be remebererl that there were some
unusually violent reverberations du
ring the brief term of its prevalence.
Simultaneously with one of the most
deafening of these clof s, the child re
covered its animation and resumed all
th« functions of existence. It is now
jiermeiitly recovered. There is no
doubt of the fact in this case.
Buford, Mry 12th, 1873.-This af
ternoon, near this town, the engineer
of the down freight train discovered a
little child, about two years old, on
the railroad track. The faces of (he
engineer and fireman blanched with
terror as they whistled “down brakes,”
and saw that it was impossible to check
the train in time to save the merry
prattler, who stood astride the rail, look
ing at the approaching train, uncon-
cious of danger, and a pleasant light
gleamingfrom his blueeyes. Thcsus-
pense set mod ter'Lie, aud it is said
that the black hair of the engineer is
now stieaked with gray from the inten
sity of his dread. The fireman, how
ever, at the risk of his own life, ran
forward on the engine, and leaping
forward from the cow-catcher, grasped
the child aud saved it from a terrible
death. That gallant fireman deserves
to he embalmed in song and story for
his heroic deed. , . .
The Evacuation of Richmond.Vct.
vv. M BONE,
"PROPOSES TO DO ALL fcfNDit.
_L of Ptintiup—lions*;, rarringp'utitl. KurnittVrf*
k—In tlxo nrate.it,. cheapest anil most di^raMo
style. .. ....
Also, imitation work an l glazing and pap»*r
hanging done .at ftliort notice.
Prompt attention given *toall orders left at tin*.
Drug .Stores, or nt his Shop ou Clay tou ftfi eel, 2*1.
dour S. E, Episcopal church, A then a (ia. Teb7—Iy.
BOOTH <3c CHA
Market St reel, near Court !L»u*e,
Family Grocery and Bar Room
Keeps constantly on hand choice Family Groce-
By (ifa. Let and his Aircy, April 2, lSlil.
A NEW and beautiful Engraving
1 lx is incite* in size. G* n. I**e’s Army
crossing the .lames Itiver, the city of ItieUiuoyul oh
fir.* and many other things which make this picture
a gem of Art, one which should hang in the parlor
of every Southern home. Sent hy mail, mounted
on a roller aud (Hist-paid, on receipt of 20 cents, or
3 for 50 cents.
J. V k W. M. Itl RROW.
Publishers, Bristol, Tenn.
Agents wanted to sell Pictures, Books, Charts,
Ac.. Ac., Front S3 to SI5 per day can easily he
made. Send for private terms and Catalogue.
MaylGlin.
I
ATHAIRON
Only 50 Cents per Bottle.
It promotes the iZ UOWTII, PKESEttVIIH
the v'OhORi mul inrreasen the Vi^ur
and BEAUTY oi* the IIAll:.
Over Thirty Years ago T.yos’3 Kathaiuom
ron Tine .Haiti was tir*t placo-l in tho marker by
Profossor K. Thom a* Lyon, a gradoato of Princeton
CJoUearo. Thfo aatno is derived from tho Groefc.
•*KaTHRO,”signifying to rUu.fr, /.«»
or rr»»nrr. The favor it has roceivod. and tho popu
larity it has obtained,is unprecedented and incre !•
ibl*>. It increase* the Growth a ml Bam or tki
Hair, ll is a delightful dres*inc- It eradicates
l>andruf7. Itprevents tho Hair from lurninu irray.
It keeps the head cool, and gtvestheLs rnne'n.sotf.
glossy appearance. It ia trie pamv. m yt’ANtn c
and QCALtTV «»it wav over a Oiunmon
TURT Ago. and is *o!d bv nil Drucci&t* and (’..Ha
iry Store* Ll c...y -'.r.T Cm..4 per Liot-lc*
rics, of ail kinds, aud the best brands v| Wines,
Liquors and Ciptrs. . f - ». 4
Give us a (tali, and you will uuti everything id.
our line of tfiv l>cst, and prices as !o\r a.* the lowest.
BKtKSKAMOON,
Keeps Constantly on Hand tlic Beat of
Wines, Liquors and Cigars,"
AT WHOLESALE AND DETAIL ’’
At their BAR will l*e found Qt.nfa‘ r Y* m
tiling to drink, scr\<d up “according to Giinti
Gentleman
TABLES, kept i
'oiling oii.nci. jy*
No. * BILIAUH*
«L W.
r»as now ii
I)RY
COLLINS
Store a Full Stock of
GOODS'
H ATS, SHOES & NOTIONS
Of All Kind*, which he offers
OKE-A-IP FOR CASH
Or in Exchange for Country Produce.
st market price paid in cash f*#r
aptl-tf
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Hit.
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at
Forty newspapers were repre*e
the Press Convention at Ameri
nted
mericus.
An hottest-old Pennsylvania far
mer hadatTeeonhis premises.he wonted
cut down but, being weak in the
back, and having adull axe, he hit upon
the following £lan: Knowing the
E ton among his neighbors for coon-
ting he male a coon’ foot out of a
potato', and proceeded, to imprint nu
merous tracks to and up the tree.
When all ready, he informed his neigh
bors that the tree must be filled with
coons, pointing to external evidence
made with his potato foot. The bait
took and in a short time half a dozen
fellows, with sharp axes, werechoping,
away at the base of the tree, each taking
their regular turn. The party also
brought dogs and shot-guns, and were
in ecstasies Over the anticipated haul
of far coons. The tree finally fell, but
uarv coon was seen to drap.
UGi&ii’s lilory is Her Hair.
AGENT FOR THE SALE
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Big Gun.—An old negro man in an
adjoining county concluded last week
to celebrate the anniversary of his
freedom. He loaded an old musket
which was given him by tho Yankees
and putting four charges ot powder
and about two pounds of red clay in
the old gun, he called his wife aud four
children about him to hear the sound
of “freedom’s” first gun. Standing
close to an ash-honper he “ let her
slide.” A neighboring darkey called
in about fifteen minutes after, and
found the “freedman,” tied in a bow-
knot under the bouse. His wife phu -
ed in a perpendicular position in the
hopper with “heals up and head un
der” the ashes. The children disap
peared through .the garden palin
and it is thought was called to order Dy
an old barn as a “committee of the
whole.” He won’t fire that gun again,
soon.
n
To All Principal Points
UNITED STATES.
ALSO, FOR THE
DAVIS HARRIS & Sflf
Book Store, oil Broa'l Street, where they uu all
kinds' of work inTtheir Hue,
Shaving, Hair Cutting &c ,-
utid Is*
I>*»ne in. the beat .style, with proiuptocs*
patch.
AUG ANCHOR LINE
OF EUROPEAN STEAMSHIPS.
Capt. WM. WILLIAMS,
Agent Southern Express Company, Athens, G.«.
J.C. LI AJRDIK*
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS,
AND
FAMILY GROCERIES.
Justly Celebrated Magno
lia Hams, Hologna Sail*
sage, Dried Beef, 7 A
Canned G oods, &c. *'
Snuff. Pipe*, Tobacco and Segar*, KaBIns. Sor
dine.*, Nut*, Crackers, Clujew, Caudy and Pea
nuts, lemons and Orange*, Picklct, Nvrtfepflu Ap
ples and Butter Scotch.
Caah paid for country produce* -,*j *
Broad hired, Allien.*, Ga., opiHudte J7II.
lluggin*.
Bringham Young Iras ibdicated.
He leaves all his official positions in
Utah, has made a will giving his prop
erty equal to bis wives and children,
invenmr, appealwl the caseto-the Post- {asd says he sballretire to Arizona.
master-Gcneral. and the latter is now I In accomance with his «ugg^tmn,
deliberating what disposition shall lie ] President George A. Smith succeeds
made of lift matter.—I* Louis Globe. ' him as trustee in trust tor the church.
Still Burning.—The Chicago fire,
although it occurred more than eigh
teen months ago, it seems, has not yet
gone out. The papers there mention |
that smoke was recently seen issuing
from a portion of the ruins near Van
Bureu and Clark streets, and, an exca
vation being made, a pile of glowing,
coals were found, which, when the air
reached it, was speedily fanned into a
vigorous flame. The invigorators, to
make the fact memorable, baked some
potatoes in the fire, ate a lunch and
lit their cigars after the repast De-
i the t
7«ft80fEtftM
part of
scribing this tenacity on
what it calls the “ champion blaze of
creation.” the Chicago Inter-Ocean
asks, “ Will it never go out
CHARLEY HILL
At the old established
WD$ SUCTfltlD
un nrtmu mreei. over ibi
L. C. Mnthews, have the be£t and most attentive
workmen and all the modern appliances for
Shaving, Shampooing, Zfair-
dresaitig, etc.,
Lwlles and cliildm* walled on at their residence*,
when dts-drod. Pott mortem cases will receire
prompfaad careful attcnllon. Oct. 11,1872,
/CAUTION.—The public are hereby
v^worued not to trade tor a note, pojsdde lo
efttlidsj
Center & Besvee, (for the sum aft SI SO,
K. O. JOHNSON, dated on or ahoutthe
O’KELLEY’S SKY-1
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY}
Over WUllame’ Shoe Store, Un*ad Street,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
-pHOTOGKAPHS and Ftfrrentypes
JL. ext’eutt**l-in the fluent and beet style of the
art, in cloudy a* well a.*‘c!t»ar weather.
Fall ami be convinced that you thn obtain
True Likenesses at this
* Gallery;
Term* Ya.h and Is»wr I’rice*. "!
j; p. o’KELLDtw
— —— : Airnl f tr
Hstc ihc finest lot Of
FISHING
February, IS7S, and payable on tho 1st day
November. »*73. Said note harln;bcen tost.
to Eves brousht to this martet. Ah«a^perl« ;toVo
day of f PISTOLS
o'J
U. O. JOHNSON,
And every thins else licptaln flr<>l dsn Jewclery
.Stole. May itf.
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