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B--ry s Slurp, Athens, (irorjiia.
Office over
Fel>.:t.if.
As* M. Jackson,
• L. W. Tuomas,
JACKSON ft THOMAS,
Attorneys at Law
■Athens, (leorrjia,
P. S.— l,y *P rrli *i jU,i
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'tOIUi, ERWIN & COBB
Attorneys at Zaw,
A TII L'VTj '
ATHENS, GA.
«** Offi.-e in the Deuj.ree BuUding.
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CARNESVILLE. GA.
OHN T. OSBORN,
A MAP OF .BUSY LIFE.
No, 22, | Athens, Georgia, Wednesday, March 31, 187S
5 OLI) SERIES—Volume LIII.
< NEW SERIES—Volume III.
Poetical.
ImiU t««ie
Attorney-iit-Law
ELBERTOX, GA.
'■7iV> ’/! thu of the Northern
Western Urrn’i, r"*3—
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Jan. 10, 1374—f- 1
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Jillornejy at .Law,
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je.tr,. and hun.lre.laof the good and trreal fr'.u
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Simmons Lirer Cogulator, or Mcdicinr.
I* harmlewi,
Is nodravic
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Is turn to cure if taken reirulurlY.
i n “ i^^xlealinn beverage,
}** WMlIle-w family medicine,
I* the ch«>apfst medicine in (he wurM
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}Joe* not interfere with business,
Poes not disarrange the system,
kind! 1,0 p “* °' u,,, "'n* »»-' Hitter, of erery
Contains the simplest au.l best remedies
ton Sali: By Ai.t. Druggists.
CARNESVILLE, GA.
E. A. WILLIAMSON,
practical
WATCHM MER and JEWELLEA
& V E A R R 0 W & IL 8
Of Choice Reading.
T,K4r ,,jj Bri,,e; or - Mri ™>
Si-quel to "A Beautiful
SOMEBODY’S DARLING.
Into a ward of the whitewashed halls,
Where the dead and the dying lay,
Wounded by bayonet, shells and balls,
Somebody's Darling was borne that day.
Somebody's Darling, so young and so brave,
Wearing yet on his pale, sweet face—
Soon to be hid by (be dust of the grave—
The lingering light of his boyhood's grace.
Matted and damp are the curls of go*d,
Kissing the snow of his lair, young brow;
Pale are the lips of delicate mould,
Somebody's Darling is dying now.
Back from his beautiful blue-reined brow'
Brush all the wandering wares of gold,
Cross his hands on his bosom now—
Somebody’s Darling is still and cold.
Kiss him once for somebody's sake.
Murmur a soft prayer, tender and low;
One bright curl from its fair mates Take—
They were somebody’s pride, you know ;
Somebody’s band has wandered there;
Was it a mother's eoft and white ?
And have the lips of a sister lair
Been baptized in the waves of light ?
God knows best. He has somebody's love ;
Somebody’s heart has enshrined him there;
SotneboJy wafted his name above,
Morning and night, on the wings of prayer.
Somebody wept when he marched away,
Looking so handsome, brave and grand ;
Somebody’s kiss on his f>reliead lay,
SomelKMly clung to his parting hand.
At Dr. King's Drugstore,
ATHENS, GA.
superior manner, and
jan:i-if
BROAD STRL
All work done
warraute l to give satisfaction.
WILEY CHILDERS,
T .OCA TED in this city, is prepared
of UarpenUr*' Work In tho
l.e*t-iy|.\ an 1 at re uonalde rut,-*, with dispatch
!Sh..|. in ihe rear oj the City Clerk's Office/
JUUe 3, IS.4.
M. V. GU11L.EY,
r/iG eo.y PE.YTIST,
r PAKES pleasure in announcing to
-A- the cit irons of Franklin and an.I adjoining
r.tiitiTi««, that he is now located on the Athens
ot, one
l»re pa re-1 tc
ranches. Pric
ivcly no inferior work.
i . , - - Athens
lo south of 4 arnesville, where he is
■eliee Dentistry ill all its different
* to suit the times, hut p.«|-
uctl'J-tf
GEO. W. COOPER,
Carriage «incl .1 ^uggy
Thomas Street, opposite 4’oopcr'a Livery Stable.
"PARTICULAR attention given to
at .Sututuvy *k Newton's, will receive pro
Victor’s Triumph.
Fiend."
A Reautif.ll Fiend; or, Between t,ro Fires.
« v W * J' ov, /.‘ Mu Are. Southvorth.
ost Heir LinhlhKow ; or, The Brothers: or 7:
Borland he Outcast, By Mrs. Bouthuor,
Her Life. se.)u«l to“Cru«l ns j,
U<J M,s. 1 />. jr v. South wort.
(.rave ; or Hallow Bee Mastery.
'^dage ; or, Houglit %v ith
Slrph
Somebody's wailing and watching for him,
^ earning to hold him again to her heart ;
And theie he lies with his blue eyes dim,
And the smiling, child-like lips'apart.
Tenderly bury the fair young dead,
Fausing to drop on his grave a tear;
Carve in the wooden slab at liis heal,
"Somebody’s darling lies sleeping ).ere.”
aud denouncing this measure as
useless and only another trick to
wring money from the 'bleeding
tax-payers.’ Could theso little
creatures but experience Nme pang
of those desolate ones whose quiet
and peaceful homes have been
visited and ruthlessly' robbed of
its dear ones by this scourge, we
are constraiued to believe they
would hush and. feel ashamed of
themselves, that they were willing
to expose their families to almost
certaiu death, for the paltry sum
it would cost them to Insure
against it. We have heard of one
man, who, from this disease, had
lost a wife and five children in one
week’s‘time, and who, like a man,
declared his intention to burn his
house and all he possessed that
had been in contact with the dis
ease, in order to protect society
against his bitter experience ; and
at the same time exclaimed, 'Yes,
it ‘must all go; and I would to
God I could burn memory.’
Now, let our people cease this
small talk, and let the authorities
destroy the germs of the disease
—or ours, in one mouth’s time,
may be a bitter feeling of regret
and remorse.
Selections.
A Matrimonial Slave.
A Californian, named Aborus
published the following card in
San Jose paper:
I NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned
not to trust Mary E. Aborns, (my
w»fe,) as she has left my bed and
board without just cause or prov
ocation, and I will not pay any
bilJ^contmcted by her from and
after this date.
John Aborns.
i ' San Jose, Feb. 6,1875.
t
ommunications.
A-.
A. WINN,
WITH
G HOOVER, STUBBS & CO.
Ootton H’nctors,
General Commission Merchants
Savannah, Ga.
Hop
, ut. K r, »..A other Supplies fur-
lAhoml C.v»h Advance* made on
.on'lftiimeiita for Hale or shipment to Liverpool
Northern myJO-tf
lively. Feed and Sale Siable
ATHENS, Gr A..
GANN * HEAVES.... PROPRIETORS
"TATILL BE FOUND AT THEIR
VV wldstanl. rear Fr inkiin llotue building,
ThomasMroet. i\'*tv always on
*.*,1 Turn
outs and c tre^il dr
Stock well .-are I lor a lien entrusts 1
Stock on hand i *r >alc at all time-*
K
Trie*
Grave,
Cruel as tli
Belle tood _
Price. Itij )Jrs. A
The Ulil Cranial. Sequel “ Lord J/,.
s ' ; or, More Secret than One. ’
The Reign,„g Reit,. Iiy Mr , Ann S. Stephen,.
I.iuila. By Mrs. Caroline Bee llents.
Robert Graham. By Mrs. Caroline I^e Jtents.
Krne.t IJukkkI. By Mrs. Caroline Ur Bents.
Itena ; or, rhe Snow-Ilir.l By Mrs. Bents
Marcn, Warland. Be Mrs. Car,dine Lee Bents.
Autoloogriipliy of Edwnrii Wort ley Montagu.
H ith Preface Uj l)r. Mackenzie. ’ b
Tho Initials. The Great Ia/vt Story.
Count of Monte l>isto. By Alexander Dumas.
* amillc ; or The hate of a Ottqurtfe.
The Dead Secret. Hi/ Wilkie Coilins
The Cromed Phth. Jtu It ilkie Collins.
Me.noin.of \ idllis I.i/e and Adventures.
( 011,1 n llarry. By Mrs tlrry.
Tiie Little lieililtv. By Mrs firry
Cvrilla. By Author of- The Initiate."
Modern Chivalry. By B B. Breckenridae.
Maior Jones’ Courtship and Travels.
Major Jones* Scenes ;n (ieorgia.
Simon Suggs* Adventures and Travels.
V. -Thorpe’s Scenes in Arkati^a vr.
Big Bear’s Adventures and Travels.
Don Quixotte. With I/is Life and .Adventures.
frank l airhgh. By Frank F. Smedley.
Lewis Arundel. Jly Frank F. Smedleu.
Tom Rar<|iiet. By Frank F. Smedlnj. *
TheTowerof I»n«*lon. By IF. 11. Ainsworth.
fount of Monte-4 ’risto. By Alexander Dumas.
The ( ountess f»f Monte-Cristo.
The Three Guardsmen. By Alexander Dmuims
BragefcTnifftr" np**TfTarTJcr Dumas.
The Iron Mask. By Alexander Dumas.
Edmond Dantes. Snjuel to Count of Mar-tr-Crixt
Fortv-Five Guardsmen. By Alexander Dumas.
The Iron Hand. By Alexander Dumas.
Charles O’ Malley. By 4 hnrlcs J.errr.
Harry Lorre«juer. By Charles Lerer.
Jack Hinton, the Guardsman. By lsrrr
Tom Burke of Ours. By Charles J*rer.
Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist. By Cork ton.
Basil; or, The4T*ossed Path. By Collins.
The Brigand; or the Demon oi the North
Victor ffuyo, author of ** Let Miserables,* v
The Queen’s Revenge By Wilkie Collins.
Hide and Seek. By Wilkie Collins.
After Dark. By Wilkie Collins.
Cruising in Last War. .4 Capital Sea Story.
Trapper’s Daughter. By Gustave Aimard.
Guy Fawkes. By Ainsworth. Illustrated.
The Star Chamber. By Wm. Harrison Ainsworth.
Holiday Stories. By Charles Dickens.
The Pic-Nic Paper*. By Charles Diekens.
Dickens’ Short Stories. Bu Charles Diekens.
Windsor Castle. By 111 Harrison Ainsworth.
Charles O’Malley.
Harry Lorreducr.
Tho Three Guardsmen.
Twenty Years After.
The Iron Mask.
Louise lot Valliere.
The Iron Hand.
Jack Hinton.
Tom Burke of Ours.
Kdinond Dantes.
Bragclonne.
Forty-five Guardsmen. *
Love at First Sight. By Captain C.ulina.
Sunshine and Shadow. By Mrs. C. •/. Aeirty.
Miss or M rs. ? By Wilkie \ oil ins.
The Dead Secret. By Wilkie Collins.
Mad'Monkton, and ot her Tales. By Wilkie Collins.
Sights Afoot. By Wilkie CoUins.
The Corsican Biot hers. By Alexander Dumas.
Father Torn and the Pope. Illustrated.
The Marriage Verdict. By Alexander Dumas.
The Flirt. By .Mrs Grey
ud<
By
FALL = .WINTER
MILLIHERY GOODS,
RS. T. A. ADAMS would most
\JL respectfully infirm the Ladies of A them
id of counties adjacent, that she has now receiv-
M
By Dev. O.
TUut-
llluz-
vil a . npene'i a niu»t choice anil aclect assortment
of Fail and Winter Millinery Good*, com
prising fn part the latest atylea and tashiona of
HATS, BONNETS,
TlTiniOAS, Z.-1CJSS,
Flowers, Grloves, &c.>
Saiathicl; or the Wandering Jew.
Croly.
Good Society. By Mrs Grey.
The Rebrl Chief. 1-y Gustare Aimard.
The Border Riflea. By Gustare Aimard.
Sol. Smith’s Theatrical Apprenticeship
trated. .
Sol. Smith's Theatrical Jonrney-Work
trated. «
The Indian Chief. By Gustare Aimard.
The (inld-Seekers. By Go.tare Aimard.
The Tijrer-Slaycr. By Gutlare Aimnrd.
Tho Lnat Back No**. By Mrs. Henry iroml.
Lion-Hearted. A Novel. By .Vr, Grey.
The Red Track. By Gustare Aimard.
.i„ion and Principle. By Mrs Grey.
Marv Seahaut. Bj Mrs Grey.
For Sale at
BURKE’S BOOK STORE.
Which lhe will sell at rcaaonahla price,. Give her
a call before purchasing elsewhere. Orders from
a distance carefully filial. Store located on Broad
street, one door aboae National Bank, octib-tf.
J. VV- COLLINS
Ha* now In Stow a Full Stock o!
anew cooosj
SUITABLE FOR THE
SPRING AND SUMMER
E«L PBL
Comitting, in part, of
DRY CtOOD8
IIATS, SHOES A NOTIONS
Of All Kinds, which he ofiera
CHEAP FOR CASH
Or iu Exchange for Country Produce.
f The highest market price paid in rash h i
**««» May lit
B K A. CK ET S.
The Largest Stock of
®>*acketi,
^'lock Siiclvcs,
Rook Shelves.
m JVaH Pockets,
Match Safe,.
Hangi
;aag Baskets,
&Ce, &C.
„ Ever Brougkl to Athena,
r or sale at
BUSKE’a BOOK STORE.
Nov.25.tf.
Nov. 25
Dissolution of Partnership.
partnership heretofore existing between
the «uhscrit>ers under the tirm name of
BURKE & HODGSON,
I* thi* day dissolved by inntnal ron*ent. The
husinea* will be continued by T. A. BURKE, who
will collect all of the account* due the firm, and
settle it* indelueducs**. Parties indebted are re
quested to make immediate payment, the books
of the late tiriu must le closed.
T. A. Burke,
W. H. Hodgson.
In retiring from the firm ot Burke A Hodgwin, J
take lliia opportunity of returning to my fricii la
my sincere thanks for their liberal patronage, and
solicit of them a continuance of the same tn iny
successor. W. H. HOUGSO.S.
Nov.4.tf.
FITS CURED FREE!!
from tiie
address Da.
A NY person suffering
XX above disease is requested to
Price, and a trial bottle of medicine will be for
warded by Express.
FREE!
The only cost bcingjthe Express «h* r B«*; w ^Jj
..wing tn my Isnse business, aresmsll. Dr. Pric.
has made the treatment of
FITS OR EPILEPSY
a study for years, and he will warrant V. ur t, by
fb. u J of hi, remedy. Do not fail to Mod to him
for a trial bottle; it coats nothing, and be
WILL CURE YOU,
sarjaT»s»’SS5. , s a
Circulars and tentimonlala sent with
free trial bottle.
Lexington, (ja., March 2D
Court-house Again.
The excitement first produced
among our people bv the recom
mendation of the last Grand Jury
and the consequent action of the
County Board of Commissioners
in reference to the Court-house
repairs, has died out, or at least
become to a great extent dormant;
and very little is now heard to
remind us of it, save the mechan
ic’s hammer. The work is now
being rapidly pushed to comple
tion, and will be done in time for
the April term ofthe Court. The
lower tloor. formerly occupied as
the Court-room and Clerk’s office,
j is now divided into three rooms
i !»><1 large passage. The Clerk’s
| office will remain on the lower
i ry’s office, and the other will be
j used as a Grand Jury room. Our
j worthy Sheriff is still minus an
office in the new building. The
! work as far as we are able to
judge, is being neatly done. The
steps and platform in front, are
now finished and appear much
better than we at first expected ;
and we have heard it suggested,
that the platform will be the glory
of stump speakers in the future.
And just here, we cannot desist
from saying something about our
Clerk of the Superior Court, Mr.
G. H. Lester—that man little in
statue, but big in soul, mind, en
ergy and generosity. While pos
sessing in an eminent degree
these qualities, he is not yet en
tirely free from the common feel
ings of humanity. His patience
is not infinite. He can be bored
as the Venetian Bard, and other
men have been bored. He has
therefore devised a plan by which
he expects to drive away these
borers. He bought a picture of
two men carrying a litter on which
lies a dead man—and the litter-
bearers, in agony, arc exclaiming,
' This man was talked to death’—
and has nailed it up over his desk,
where all who enter his office can
see it. But he says, the trick
' don’t payfor everybody that
comes in, has to have it fully ex
plained to him, and asks a thou
sand and one questions about it.
And when he tells them what it
means, they ask him what lawyer
it is meant for. He thinks of
taking it down and 'giving up
the ghost.’
THE SMALL-POX.
This terrible scourge upon our
County, through the energy and
promptness ot the County author
ities, has at last ceased to spread
It is now under control and we
need feel no apprehension about
it, unless it again spread from the
houses or clothing of those who
have had it. In order to prevent
anything ot this kind, our County
Commissioners have appointed
Committee of citizens to explore
the infected region, and if they
think necessary, to burn, at the
public expense, the houses- and
clothing of those persons who
have had it. This, we think, a
good move; as it is thought that
DEATH.
We were pained to learn on last
Sabbath week, of the death of our
esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr. Cud
Smith, who had long been a re
spected citizen of the County. The
nature of his disease, we have
been unable to learn. He leaves
a family and many relatives to
mourn his untimely death.
The following conclusive and
exhaustive defense by his wife
appeared in the next issue :
M hy am I thus published to
the world? and what human bein
on earth has tho right ? Let us
look at the facts. I have been
the wife of John Aborns for about
ten years, and lived with him du
ring the whole of that time—the
prime of my life. That makes
3,650 days. During that time, I
have cooked about ten thousand
meals of victuals, set the table as
many times, and cleared it off and
washed the dishes. During the
ten years, I have spent between
ten and fifteen thousand hour:
over a hot cook stove, both in
summer and winter. I have
cleared up and swept the house
for him over ten thousand times.
During those ten years, I have
I home to him six children, five of
I them now living, tho youngest
sickness. [two and a half years old. Besides
no,,, rnf
Joseph Henry Lumpkin, who is knows), what steps cares nn,l
now in Atlanta, attended by his * steps, cares and
mother, for the purpose of bein
treated by Dr. Willis F. West
moreland. He has been in At
lanta most of the last wiuter at
tending lectures iu the Medical
College at that place, and wc arc
informed, stood very high in his
class, and bids fair, should his
health permit, to make an eminent
physician. We trust he will soon
be restored to health, home and
friends, and he enabled to pursue
his studies and accomplish his
highest hopes in this his chos****
profession. -
This gentleman was in Lexing
ton a few days ago looking around
for a house and lot to suit him and
his family, preparatory to mov
ing to that place, and resuming
the practice of the law. He will
he quite an acquisition to the Bar
and the town in which lie locates.
This move on his part, is com
mended by all his friends. Pope
is eminently qualified for the prac
tice, and it has ever been a matter
of no little surprise to his acquain
tances, that he ever abandoned it.
Wc trust he will make the move,
and meet with that generous sup
port and liberal patronage to
which his qualities, both of heart
and head, so eminently commend
him.
cotton.
Very little cotton is now being
brought to our market. It ap
pears to be about exhausted in
this County.
GUANO.
Wc learn that large quantities
oi guano are being bought by our
farmers this year. We are there
fore inclined to think a large cot
ton crop will he planted, and
would suggest to our farmers, that
in view of this fact, it is a most
opportune time to plant a large
corn crop. By thus doing, you
will be likely to hit the short crop
and make the most money.
FARMING.
Owing to the almost continued
rainy weather since Christmas,
our farmers are very much behind
with their crops.
troubles, (to say nothing of the
sickness and anxious thoughts for
my children,) it is impossible for
me to say ; every mother knows
it better than she can possibly tell
it. In addition to that, I have
made the’ir clothing (besides m}’
own), and during that time, I
have also inode clothing and done
sewing for others for money, it
went into the ' community’ funds ;
that is, as I understand it, all the
property made by the husband
and wife is community property,
kununfr^Sr" 5 ? tb ? h " s -
sharp edge ot injustice. More
than that, during these ten years,
I have milked on an average, three
cows twice a day, which will make
about seven thousand milkings,
besides taking care of the milk
and making butter from it. I
have during the whole of that
time, attended to the poultry, and
often have assisted Mr. Aborns in
loading hay, sewing sacks, and
even cleaning his stable. I have
drawn the picture mildly. I have
made allowances for my sickness,
when I have had help, something
after the way that a fanner would
hire a horse, if his own was sick
and unable to work. I had noth
ing when I went, and nothing at
the end of those ten years of ser
vitude. I had lived, it is true,
and was very moderately furnished
with clothing. This is all for my
labor. What man is there in the
world that would do the work
have done for tho same compen
sation? I make this statement,
not out of any feeling of revenge
to Mr. Aborns, for he has done
only what hundreds of others
would have done. In many re
spects, he is a good man; indus
trious, and, like hundreds—yea
thousands of others, houest with
everybody except his owu family.
choose to live with him no
longer; my reasons are my own.
And I say again, what right has
he to impair my credit by publish-
A World of Fishes.
In the Missouri river directly
opposite Forest City, in Holt
county, there is a large island,
and in the centre of that island is
a large pond, which, until a few
days since, rested in peace, undis
turbed by the rude alarms of a
transgressing world. But the
cold spell which came down upon
the just and upon the unjust with
a zeal never before remembered,
put its seal upon the bosom of
the fair lake—which a vulgar and
contaminating people have mis- ^shTldren stood
called a pond—to* the depth of
two feet. There has never been
thing sealed up that somebody
didn t want to hurst open to see
what, was in it, and so it was in
this instance. The island lake,
which had remained inviolate
through time, was visited by Jones
Lockhridge, who keeps the Forest
City Hotel, and the seal was
broken.
The Strange Prayer.
The worst man in the village
was Jack ltancy. He had a com
fortable home, it was not a happy
one. As soon as tho big gate
opened, his two children, Milly
and Boh, ran into the house ex
claiming, ' Father is coming,’ and
into a corner they crouched, and
there they stayed until they were
ordered to bed. There was no
clapping of hands, no ruby lips
turned up to receive father’s even-
ing kiss iu Jack’s house. No, his
tn tefror tjf him;
for often, after his day’s work was
When the ice was removed, the
space beneath was found to he
literally packed with fishes of all
sizes and description; from the
common cat, weighing forty-five
pounds, to an animated silver not
much larger than a pin. There
were fish with shovels where their
noses should he, sword fish, red
fish, black fish and white fish, and
fish of all colors and degrees.
Some of them had scales, and
some had skins like cat-fish, and
others yet rejoiced in a coverin< r
resembling that of a muskrat—
hut they were fish, for all of that.
Then the story llew all over the
ountry, and people from far and
near, came down upon the island
armed with guns, spears, har
poons and lances, and in all kind
and manner of vehicles, on horse
back and on foot. There came
brave men and fair women, big
hoys and girls, and smaller ditto”
there, also, could he seen chil
dren in arms, and all strong in
one intent—to got away with those
fish, for these days are Lent.
M hen Adam Kippel came
through, tho whole air was im-
eguated with fish, and a fisliv
atmosphere still clung to his gar
ments as he gave our reporter the
points of this item—hut Adam is
genial^ soul, and Jhisis a labor
sonic connection Wlttr mis’
lake and the Missouri river, if
not with regions more remote and
deeper down into the bowels of
the earth. Many of the fish taken
from this place were of varieties
unknown in this section of the
country, and no one has yet been
found who can class them, or who
had seen these resemblances else
where. All in all, this fish pond
is, in all seriousness, a remarkable
discovery, and one that should
ho thoroughly looked into.—St.
Joseph Gazette.
over, did lie go home drunk, and
then he was cross, and would
strike the first one who came in
his way.
One day Jack was driving liis
cart, when the harness broke", and
the horses hacked until his new
cart was pushed into a deep gutter
and broken., Jack sprang from
liis seat and began to heat the
horses most unmercifully with his
whip-handle, while oath after oath
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rolled from his tongue, calling on
God to 'damn his sJ\nI.’ °
■V little boy had been rollin fr
his hoop up and down the pave”
nient, but when lie hoard the aw
ful words, he caught his hoop in
his hand, and stopped. Stepping
up to .lack, while his beautiful
eyes were full of tears, lie said in
a trembling voice:
O, sir, is that the wav von
pray ?’
Jack turned in perfect astonish
ment, hut said nothing.
'O !’ continued the little fellow,
lowering liis voice to a whisper,
didn’t you ask God to damn your
soul? O, sir, hadn’t you better
take it hack before (rod hears it ?’
An impatient exclamation was
the only reply, and the little boy
walked away. There was a strange
tenderness about Jack’s heart that
he had scarcely ever felt before,
and as he looked down the street,
he saw that the little fellow walked
slowly along, forgetting to roll liis
hoop, and then a strange misti
ness crept over his eyes.
Ah! the tew kind words of that
little hoy set Jack to thinking, and
made him feel his sinfulness as lie
had never felt it before. They
brought him to repentance, and
on -every sine wen? nsKmg- tn tta--
tonishment—
' What on earth is the matter
with Jack Raney ?’
A Hint to Tonng Men.
In 1855, a young gentleman re^is-
teried his name in the largest hotef in
the city of Louisville. Ky. He had a
pretty good wardrobe, such as young
men usually have, includinu a gold
watch and chain. He was in search
of occupation. At the expirntiou of
two weeks, he tool; an inventory of his
personal effort*.—“Out of work and
no money.” He bad a brief interview
with lhe proprietor of the hotel. His
trunk was left as security for his bill;
he hypothecated his watch for the loan
of ten dollars, and having ki.Ysed the
tip end of hio coral finger* to a kind
and sympathetic lnndlt»rd.~fW—WTrU"
diving for the 'Twttom.” He finfnd
•larttuin” oil Water Street, where a
teiimer was lieing discharged of cotton
hv Dutchmen, negroes and yankecs.
Having purchased a heavy pair of
boots, a blue shirt ami over-alls, he
commenced rolling ami pulling cotton
at the rale of five cents a bills. In
three weeks, he was promoted to tho
position of “marker,” with a salary
of forty-five dollars |>er month, and at
the expiration of nine months, he hnd
a right to grow mellow over a salary
of one hundred and twenty-five dol
lars |jer month. To-dav, this gentle
man is one ol the largest business
o|>crators in Bay street. Young men,
whatsoever your Imud.s find to do, don’t
be too proud to perform it. Com
mence at the bottom anti climb up.
Ah! little reader, a bright star
will shine in that little hoy’s
crown in the kingdom of Heaven,
for his words were blessed to the
saving of the precious soul of the
worst man in the village. Jack
Ilancy was a Christian.
Was Obliging.—The other even
ing n kind-lucking old man was escort
ed to a room on the third floor of a
hotel to pass the night, and it wasn’t
five minutes before the hell indicated
that he wanted to see a waiter. A
colored boy ran up, stuck his bead into
the room, and asked wluit was wanted.
The old man said he didn’t want any
thing, but the waiter was hardly down
stairs before the bell rang again.
“ Did you want suffin’?” he in
quired, as he reached the room again.
“Nothing,” replied the old man, as
he opened the door.
In about two minutes liis bell rang
again, and this time the waiter ex
claimed :
“If you don’t want nuffin’, what
ar’ve pullin’ de bell fur?”
“ I wan’t to oblige the waiter,” re
plied the old man.
“ De waitah ! Oblige do waitnh ?”
“Yes; it says here: ‘Please ring
the bell for the waiter,’ and if he wants
it rung. I’m willing to oblige him,
though I’m tired and sleepy, and shan’t
pull it more’ll four times more unless
I know that some of his family are
sick
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the disease, this time, originated
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Shi Pan holder, 2 Pen*. 1 Photogntpb. and a Gill
of Lady'* or Gent*' Jewelry. The PHio of Je«ja
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is the solemn duty of those who
are entrusted with the manage
ment of County affairs, to protect
the people of the County from a
recurrence of this dreadful disease.
Therefore, we think our County
authorities have acted wisely, and
are entitled to the thanks of every
good citizen for this move. But
The ptpei
only 60 eonts.
W Agent* wanted to aell our fine Engrarlog*-
From ga to glO a day eatily made. meblO,
Addr—
W. K. BUBBOW, NUUjm,
Bristol, Tiw*
Civil Bights Baid on a Bank.
The portly president of the
State Natioual Bank sauntered
leisurely forth from his private
offico iu the direction of the frout
door. Arriving at the counter,
he was confronted by a stalwart
son of * Africa’s sunny clime,* who,
judging from the stream of water
oozing from his garments, had
been standing at the door in the
rain for several hours. ' Suppose
yer name is Williams, is it ?’ ' My
name, sir, is Mr. Williams.’ ’Dat’s
what I axed you—me’nt no harm
dis is dc Bauk, de State Bank
isn’t it?’ 'Yes, sir, this is the
State Natioual Bank.’ 'And de
cibble rights is dun and passed, is
it ?’ ' The Civil Rights hill is said
to be the law of the land, sir.
'Dat’s what I axed yon, no harm
me’nt; and aiu’t culled pnssons
got as much right to ’posit money
here as de white folks?* 'They
have the same privilege as the
white people in that particular.
> « Wnii Jan. inst take «lii
m bh «uw> fion’t let thia pa** UJJf.
try your luck; you are certain U get moiw go*-*
we hear of some petty dema-
Tne paper alx whole month* and the Package tor
gogues, whose only idea of econ
omy is what they thiuk others
may think of it, going the rounds
in" me? In the name of all that
is just, I do solemnly protest
against it.
Mary E. Aborns.
The Wives of Eminent Men.—
The wives of men of sentiment are not
always the most appreciative of women
Jean Paul lepresents Siehenkas as
reading one of his beautiful imaginings
to his wife, who listened with eyelids
cast down and bated breath. As he
closed, the sharer of his joys beamed
forth with, “ don’t put on your left
stocking to-morrow, dear; I must
mend that hole in it.” So, when Sir
Walter and Lady Scott were rambling
about theirestate, and came upon some
playful lambs frisking in the meadow
—“ Ah,” said Sir Walter, “ 'tis no
wonder that poets from the earliest
ages have made the lamb the emblem
of peace and innocence.” “ They are,
indeed, delightful animals,” answered
her ladyship, “ especially with mint
sauce.”
sir.' 'Well, den, just tako dis
pile ober dar, and put it agin my
name on do book,’ (pulling from
his side pocket about $300 in
currency.) Like a sensible man,
as he is, the president yielded to
the majesty of the law, and took
the " man and brother’s” money
on deposit.—Raleigh New*.
A clergyman was sent for sud
denly to go to a cottage, where
he found a man in bed. 'Well
my friend, what induced you to
send for me?’ The patient, who
was rather deaf, appealed to his
wife. ‘What did he say?* ‘He
says,’ shouted the woman, ‘ what
the deuce did you send for him
for?”
The Cross on the Wall.
For the past week a story has been
current on the street which at first we
could not believe. Mrs. Julien Jerome,
a Frenchwoman, whom all that knew
her say had always led a very devout,
good life, lived on Main street, and
was taken sick about five weeks ago.
Immediately after a cross appeared on
the wall beside her bed, which, all
efforts cannot obliterate. It first ap
peared very small and faint, and
scarcely observable, but by degrees it
begau to grow large aud appear plainer.
Such was the story, and yesterday
morning our correspondent visited the
house of the sick woman to ascertain
the truth of the story. There is no
denying it the cross was on the wall,
plain and observable to all. This wall
is not pajiered, but is whitewashed,
and when the cross first appeared some
member of the family took a knife and
attempted to scratch it out of the wall,
but to uo avail. The whitewash was
daubed over with the same result.
The woman died last evening, and your
correspondent visited the house again.
He found the mysterious cross was
fading as had the* life of the woman
who had just passed away. Iu the
morning it looked on the white wall
like a dark shadow, black and heavy,
but in the evening it was the color of
a November leaf. We questioned the
son of the deceased woman concern
ing the case and he substantiated the
above. He said that he was continu
ally scratching, attempting to obliterate
that mysterious reminder of our
Saviour’s death. True it is the print
of a knife was on the plaster, haying
worn it off about a quarter of an inch
while attempting to destroy the figure
When asked why he did not give it
publicity, the son said he thought if
be did his house would be crowded all
the while, annoying bis sick mother
(now dead.) He also said that he told
only his immediate friends of it, but
somehow it began to leak out from
them. The above may be thought by
some a romance, but it is a plain, un
deniable fact.—Cohees Cor. Troy Press.
*• Idiot 1” exclaimed a lady coming
out of the theatre last evening, as a gen
tleman . accidentally stepped on her
trailing skirt. “Which one ot us “
'• blandly replied the man v
A Rustic Courtship.
I hitched my clicr close to hern
an’ shet my eyes an’ sed:
' Sal, you’re the very gal I’ve
bin hankerin’ arter fur a long time.
I luv you all over, from the soul
of your foot to the hed of your
crown, an’ I don’t kecr ivho knows
it; an’ ef you say so, we’ll be jined
in the holy bands of padlock. E
pluribus onions, gloria Monday
morning, sick temper tarauaula,
non compimcntus, world without
end,’ sez I, an’ I felt as thou’ I
had tlirowed like an alligator, I
felt so relieved.
With that she fotched a scream,
an’ arter awhile she sed :
9 ppfor 1’
'What is it, Stilly?’
' Yes,’ sed she, hiding her face.
You may depend upou it, I felt
orful good.
' Glory! glory!’ sez I, ' I must
holler, Sal, or I’ll bust wide open.
Hooray! hooray ! I can jump
over a ten-rail fence; I can do
anything a fellow could or ort
to do.’
W ith this, I sorter sloshed my
self down beside her and clinched
the bargain with a kiss. Talk
about your sugar, talk about your
molasses, talk about your nite-
blooming serious, they warnt no
where ; you couldn’t have got me
ni’ ’em; they would have tasted
sour arter that.’
' O broomstraws with lasses on
’em 1 Ef Sal’s daddy hadn’t bawled
out, ' It’s time all honest fokes
waz in bed,’ I do believe I’d stayed
all nite.’
and waved bis hand in a lordly way to
the innkeeper, as though to say, “This
is mine.” He was so agreeable that
they all took quite a liking to him.
Next morning, after breakfast, he wns
starting off, when the host apologeti
cally remarked, “That little bill.**
“Oh, bless vour soul, my friend,
haven’t got a cent,” said the fellow.
“Then why didn’t you tell me so be
fore?” said the host. “Well,” replied
the tnaveller, “if you hndn’t been so
inquisitive I wouldn’t have told you
now.” The point was well taken, and
the landlord insisted on wrapping up
for him a bottle of bis best as a trav
elling companion.
A Buffalo paper prints the following
letter from one of its old and prompt
paying patrons: “Please discontinue my
n *»er from the time I have paid up to.
o not stop the paper Iwrause I do
not want it; but to get rid of an intol
erable old bore that intrudes himself
in my house, regardless of time or cir
cumstances, to sit for an hour or two,
three or four times a week, to read iny
papers, and who is a thousaud times
more able to take a dozen papers for
himself than I am to Lake one. If the
nuisance is stopped, I shall send for
the paper again.”
The Boston Post makes the rather
alarming assertion that “four babies at
a birth are getting common." The
press should be careful about publish
ing this kind of news. An epidemic
can never he checked by talking about
it. anti we ought to beware how we
frighten the already overburdened com
munities of this country into quad
rupling their population with little im
migrants who briug uo money with
them.
—To light the gas-jet by the
electric spark from the body, it is
only necessary to select a clear,
cold day or night, and, with slip
pers on feet, scuffle across the car
pet of the room two or three times
and then quickly apply the knuckle
to the escaping gas. Do not open
the jet full, hut turn on a slowly-
escaping current of gas.
The following is one of the sweet
little ditties of the Western spelling-
school :
O, lead my infont feet to walk
Into the apelllng school;
Let other children sneer and laugh
At orthographic rale,
But mo that better way atUl lead
Till perfecUy I spell;
So may I abun the path that leads
To where Joeh Billing foil.
figrThe Atlanta Neus is gratified
to know “ that notwithstanding the
sensation created by the recent report
of the Finance Committee, the credit
of the State had not been injured in
the slightest degree. Before the Leg
islature adjourned a resolution was ad
opted authorizing the Governor to bor
row four hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. Wc are glad to be able to
state that no trouble whatever will be
experienced in borrowing the mouey,
Gov. Smith expecting to obtain it from
parties in the State. We understand
(so excellent is our credit) that one
million of dollars could be borrowed if
the money was needed, so the Treasu
ry will not be embarrassed this year
for want of funds.”
—A colored preacher remarked:
'When God made de fust man,
He set him up agin de fence to
dry.’ ' Who made de fence ?’ in
terrupted a» eager listener. * But
dat man out!’ exclaimed the col
ored preacher; * sich questions as
dat would destroy all de theology
in de world.’ -dfc ‘
A witness in a Catskill law office
described the poverty of a field of corn
The other day a lady in Ne w Bed
ford, seeing a red fiag'displayert from
a dwelling house, unceremoniously en
tered, and sitting down in the parlor,
asked of a servant who was in the io«tn
“when the auction would begin.” On
being informed that the red flag did
not mean auction, but small pox, she
rushed from the house like a crazy
woman, aud was soon lost to view.
Donn Piatt says years of carelulob- las follows: “The crop was so stun-
servation guarantees him in the axiom J ted and short th&t the toads could sit
‘that a man who wears long hair is i on their haunches and pick bugs off shall take notice
:»i— „ «, - Kon» ” | the tasBels.” I dawn to writincr
. t * ■
either a poet or a beat-’
.iliH ' •
Writing Nonsense.—Rabelais bad
written some sensible pieces, which the
world did not regard at all. u I will
write something, says he, “ that they
itice of/’ And so he sat
down to writing nonsense. t