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D B. A C. FOX OFFERS HIS PROFESS! ON-
al Sorrier* to the clUten* of Athena and
.irlnlty.
i lift.-r at the Drug Store of R. T: Brnmby A Co.,
r..ll--^e Arcnue, Athena, On. SMf
S M. HERRINGTON,
• . ■ ’. * .ftsw^r ii
Notary Public and Ex-Officio
Justice of the Peace.
Office orrr L. J. I.*mi-k ires’ atore. March IMu.
P G. THOMPSON,
• xN.ttorney at Law,
Special attention paid tecrtmlaal practice. For
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No. 39.1 Athens, Georgia;
Poetical.
,\-a M. Jackson,.
. .1*. W. Titovas,
JACKSON & THOMAS,
Attorneys at Law
Athens, Georgia.
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10I1B, ERWIN & COBB
Attorneys al Ita?v,
ATHENS, GA. , )i; ,
nil' Offi.a in the Deuprce Butldtox.
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R. LITTLE,
Attorney at lair,
Carnesville, qa. *" <
O. A. I.OCHBANE. JOHN MILLEDGE.
LOGHRANE & MILLEDGE,
A T TORNEY8 A T LA W,
MLANiA, ga: ;;f ;
Oilier, Xo. 3J Pryor 8t, Opp. Kimball
House.
[For the North mat Georgian.
Sabbath School Celebration.
Br Mr*. Marik tun. of Charlestoa, 8. C.
'• Ml u* go, this early mem,
Stanley’* Chapel to adorn.
For 'll* Annlreraary day,"
Thn», we hear a lady aay.
Buggy Aril or poaiei tweet—
Scarcely room to place oor feet—
Off we start with garland* bright.
Cheered l.y all who come in Right.
Slowly pasting o'er the road.
Lighter grow* the lorely load,
For kind-hearted Mr*. K.
Ulrc* out baqiirta all the way.
And at laM, with skillful hand.
Decorate* the Speaker 1 * atand,
Showing by the offering fair,
That her feeling heart la there.
Thrilllug sounds now strike the nil
Marshal music, grand and clear—
'Tia the Athena apiendld Band,
None excel it In the land.
Now, the gallant sheriff comes,
And the Gospel’s reverend sons—
The children's Mend, that follhflil one;
Long live J. Q. Allison 1
Teachers, pupils, are in sight;
Eighty-five we count aright.
One hundred more, now meet the eyes,
'Tit an army for the skies.
Soldlen of the Cross, we see.
Look, their ensign fleeting firue,
" Fear not little flock," we And
“ tlod Is Lore,”* bear this In mind.
Wave your hannen, raise them high,
Angela watch you from th* sky—
Jeaua smiles—then Joyful be,
Ip this great helebrity. i . ■ i
Opening prayer, songs, declamations—
Music sweet, nod compositions,
Greco and beauty are displayed,,
Genius too, la here portrayed.
Two great speakers arc expected.
Hut their promise have neglected;
Yet, none miss them in that line.
For their subalitutes are fine.
,0|ieaker laal, is firr the lx-st,
Voice much louder than the rest;
Heard to the remotest seat— «
" Dinner't remit/, come anil eat."
Round too laugh goes, with a shout,
All the baskets are brought out.
Everybody joins the fetal,
From the greatest to the least.
AFTKRNOOJt.
Now, the little folks to please,
A rope ia stretched on tallest tree*.
And a man goes up so high,
It wins like walking In the sky.
Wheels a barrow, cooks in air,
stands upon hU head up there;
Laughs to see the jieoplc quake.
Crawls down like a monstrous snake.
Stanley's Chapel Sabbath School,
It luta been, nine yearn, a rule,
To Instruct, protect and cheer
Children, that assemble here.
Favored little sons and daughters,
., Living near Oconee's waters,
l4>ve the day, that teachers came
Telling of a Saviour's name.
Fear not little Flock,” and " God Is I^»ve,*’
are mottoes on the banners.
Clarke Co., Ga, July 16th, 1873.
There’s a house down Bio road
a quarter pf a itnfle' ‘where you''
might stay all night,’ ventured tlje
operatar*i listlessly, turning top
pages of. tho last year’s almanac,
not raising his eyes at all.
Mine was tu>t a suspicions na
ture, and yet I took no heart in
his suggestion, and began to think
all manner of things about the
man with tho almauac.
A house down the road!
I went to tho door and looked
out.
Tho man who hail, looked in on
us had I>cen sitting on the stop
formed by tbo threshold. Itvas
sure it was the-same.
He got up hastily and walked
down toe platfonn; qotglancing
back. I observed jthehi.toat be
wore a heavy capote cloak aud
low hat. L
BUSY LIFE.
July 28, 1878.
c OLD SERIES—V ol*
/NEW SERIES—V'
ILUME J
T.TTT.
m.
asleep, lullciSByHS?
droning voices underneath,' and
[thft rai%, that foils au.J-1^ shingled
root, a.sound Lusodito'iovaiumy
boyhood, i-** «. i.jj,.,; j.
I was awakened by thecreakiiifel
of the ’.board floor under a stock-]
linked foot. Tho roori undoubt
edly owned aqother occupant thiiti
I myself, whether legitimately sd,
remained to bq discovered.
What..money I had with me, I
carried in tho right pocket of my
trousers-, the safest by
Imeahrf. - I also carried a large and
clumsy j^k-kuife, such as sailors
[cut tobacco wijth.: I don’t know
why J should fiavjq remembered
the knife, bpt I. did-. Pfbe waiting
had ceased, v tmt I fancied I heard
■stifled: breathing in toe room;
this might have ' been' only fancyi! >
" |L gently‘drew myself
nor Hi to the side next toe jfrall.betweeh
which and the *
The wind, blew'a hurricane and.
there was not a star visible; 1 ns to However,
road, .1 could see none', noriii
fact anythiug, but about twelve
inches of frosty rails on which the
operator’s lamp-light fell.
I closed the door suddenly,, as
if I had retired within. I cannot that moment, then creaking jrecotn-.
say that it was my purpose to menced, followed: by aamotocred
watch the man in the cloak, but I- oath, 1 and I kdew* that 1 tome one ,
closed the door. J?" f was 1 softly apptoaichmgjjlie bied; 1
It was veiy dark on the plat- I jiad,'ceased td smile. , j »Iia not
JOHN T^OSBOR#,
Attornoy-at-Idiw
ELBERTON, GA,
Will |.wtl» in the counties of the' Northern
*.-i.n. Hanks, Franklin and Habersham * the
".•Mon. Circuit; will Klre *pecUI attention to
ailrhiui, entrusted to hi* care. "
J..., 10.187*-il,.v --
J.
S. DORTCH,! Hi'* ;
1 -no "r -I :r.
Attorney al Z/aw,
CABXB8V1LLB, GA-•
fi. \TWILLIAMSON,
PRACTICAL
■ i'Ator.'xsJi’obniisaw,"' ‘
BROAD STREET ATHENS,
or All work dona In a superior manner,
warranted to clvo satisfiutlon.
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GA
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A..- Al.
G ROOTER, STUBBS A; CO.
Cotton
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; Savannah, Ga.
Northevn ports. I
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
. ATHENS, a- A.: , J
r.\NN & 11K.VVES.. • ■ I’ROPJUKTOHS
\xriLIs RE POUND AT THEIR
SUSS C. S. POTTS,
FaiRiwWflwwtlM
OVER UNIVERSITY BANK,
Jf' 1 “• Broad Street, AUiei
do i‘£«aakln«in theM«elo*l*"d meat
Fashionable Styles.
Ma,ftj«W.
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer
COLLEGE AVENUE,
NdA D<x>r to Port
n^SSSSSsiSSSSm- . „„„
and you
Ol
Alberti.
'itlTrUel'* 1 ,’ 5 '' 1
June 80,
xpress
Miscellaneous Selections.
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.
It was in the latter part of No
vember, in the year 1874, that I
found myself at sunset, on one of
the dreariest days I ever saw,
jailing my .chances at a little Ar
kansas. station for a seat in a
coach, which the telegraph'opera-’
tor assured me would start ia a
pouple of hours for the town of
. ■—, my next destination. \ j
; I sat in thaoperator’8 little cage,
beating a tattoo with my feet, and
for the first time in a week, feel
ing utterly jaded and worn out.
“rhe door, facing the dense and
gloomy forest ontsido, looked like
some yawning aperture to a'cav
ern, the oil Tamp inside seeming
naturally to intensify the inky
blackness outside.
The operator, a weary,, pale-
faced man, seemed glad of my
company, as ho no doubt was,
ior old chap, and delayed me
ith questions about the busy
^oAd tb’ Which M Wife attached
ohly through his instrument and
an occasional newspaper.
ascertained that the coach
generally made its trip in an hour
and a half or two hours.
i I suggested the probability that,
as the mght promised so baa, per-
SiaDS tho coach would lay oyer 5 in
SgLX rather hoped that this
might he tho case, as I began to
tote the idea of being whirled
through that dark woods with a
fierce wind twisting the branches
together overhead, and smashir
the dry limbs and twigs wr
great noise. Tho operator de
clared that, as it was the mml
coach to C-—, it would undoubt
edly go, whatever the prospect;
ns to. company, though, he fancied
I would have it pretty much my
own way, ns there did not seem
to bo any pnssongors besides ray
°Ho walked down the platform
to the station room, and caino
hack with the intelligence that it
was empty.
Just at that moment a man push
ed the door open and looked in;
the glimpsoThnd of him was not
enlivening. Re was heavily wrap
ped, and his face very nearly cov
ered with a thick, black beard.
Tho operator, busy at his tablo,
had not obsorved the intruder* and
I made no comment except a yawn
df general' dissatisfaction.
form, except under the grimy
window. ;
The man came liack softly, and
I scraped n wax -taper to light a
cigar. The black beard and a pair
of glittering eyes were within two
feet of me. Was he disconcerted ?
Ho walked, on top other side of
the platform leisurely. ' ‘
The rain begun to fall in big
I splashing drops, chilling me thor
oughly in ten minutes. I went
back into the operator’s room; he
still idled over the almanac, scarce
ly lodking up as I entered'. Soon
After, there was the distant rum
bling of wheels, the trample of
horses and a few bugle tones canie
down mournfully in the wind.
There’s tho coach,’ said the
operator, 'and Bill Woodford’s
horn. Thero must be something
wrong ; tois is not his run,’
Lights gleamed at the outer end
of the platform. Tho clumsy oldj
coach rumbled up, top driver, in
a grey overcoat and -wpo}y cap,,
helped to get the .mail-hag in Lhe
boot, shouting out, ’ This way if
you please, gentlemen, and not
an inch o’ time to’ said a deep
votto.’" 1 ■’
* What’s' up,’-said a deep,' bins
voice, ' and where is Sam to
night? . .. ..
' He’s done gone and gave his
ankle a baddish twist; that’s all.
Come, look alive there!’ I but
toned up ‘‘mj’ coat, felt that my
pistol was all right; ,1 had takeu
it from the black bag just before
the arrival of the coach. I clam
bered in, took a forward seat, aii^
as somebody swung ,a< .lantern
backward and forward, discerned
that save a very old gentleman,-
Who seemed to be dozing in the
back, that I Was- the only pftssen- tpgethet fixing me in short Order*
geir.,J--.<'• MiWqiBMiflitM irt^Uetoioiius
: The driver cracked tus Wjiip < &)<F ipw, was to seiattefipifiiljpllkt
with a terrific jolting, yv<j 'stuited Wy.shwcp^ims.iraot J¥ff|th
at.a^ furious rate of speed, We the flip of apeuny; yet, jf »qy-
had, perhaps, accomplished, five thing would be calculated to lend
or six mile* m this way, wbeu the jp; nuaat super-natural' strength, it
rickety old affair gave,* sudden WaHi-coedWone'-like.these, vmd-I
and toe driver .appeared attoe' hUmaa,cfiorts ;! I. gptuon.topjaild
window dripping With ram. plantiijg: my ,jjgpt .kpeerjo^m^
J * Wo’l 1 linvn te% fnmLIh liurn fnT J ----- -- A
lurch before coming to 4 full stop
gtoD, Virginia:
1HE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
W« extract the following handsome
and well deserved compliment to the
Confederate Soldier, from the address
df. Col. W. Preston Johnston, made
'on the occasion of the decoration of the
and Jackson, on Jane
.re ihe 'idea’ of a struggle in
% tMEf l ‘^jinforVipately jny
tapom;. werp t( m my waistcoat,
Which I had.. throwa ; oivo chair
when retiring.. Noverthbleaa I
had-no notion bf'being a 1 quiesoent
party to H | HfurdeV’^ arid I bc":m to
woik my'* hjtv tb tHfe'fodl*oP,tho
bpdf ; m
, i *ri ii.^1 Left ;i - j
doing yeiy 2 quietj^. , r#ft . :
I toougut of tlie knife .again, okd
opening ’ if, stuck,.it:iu.my waists
hand, a thiug l would not do agaiu
under any circumstances.:- tlf I
hiid ohly • rertldvcd the pistok 11 >
As the novelist* Would say, aH
this 'oeofu^d[’1fi much ’ less tidie
than’ Jt'^takcjf : t^ j^rite ,itj o^r tp
read it either, ami .oply a'vprjr
few mompiits had elapsed since
my-firshwaking-.i ...if .^tilstLaua
My, next, move Was mther. sin
gular: I had noticed a light print
spread oh the : bhdf'h'gfhidy‘piece
of callhci' like ofir attic w^ildow
^cuftaliis alj h'Oine. I snat^icd this
ftmii a'lirf/sprap" to^d
side from whence the noise pro
ceeded. ,,.a
A plan Ipancd pyer the Ippd j -^ip
turned with :i growThif, rage/bul
being lithe as a cat, I enyclopea
his head with the 1 tea!lieo, my liatids
nt his throat in hh : instant. - Then
began a dreadful struggle,'119 We
rolled on-the floor together. My
assailant dragged <nei nearer the
bod, and!it tlashed -upon^roe in
an instant* that! theijwcqyory of,
the knife was in hiajniud.| ,,
: lu ngFi. Wk i**wt w l« ft hm
for mine ^ ]t wax, gOne.It had
slipped put during toe scuffle, and
I was'.lh'ahkful thai T had hot been
thi'own on its Aarp pblnt;’ ”' J!
The bhrly ruffian had'thru'the
muffler from his Bead; abd was hi-
ere was a third soldier to
must teniay render our horns
courage, his patience, his
have never been surpassed,
of the Gaul he joined the
i of the Britton. Irresis-
ultand dangerous in de*
the foemau who withstood
ira. His jacket was a rag.
his bed, the moist earth;
hiirobf, the starry "tides; his dinner,
a oust—if: ho got it; his dame—ah 1
yuUj*IUoKH>,hia name, though some
dfyju nill call him by one name, and
me by another; it is whispered in
vry household, it is iPmemoered in
wand, it is uttered with tears of pride.
. brothers are here with armless
walking a little halt, short-
thed with some grievous hidden
ound;. broken somewhat in health
spirits and fortune, but 1 with the
hid fire in their eyes, the same uncon
querable manhood in their hearts, and
the same sagacity in their clear heads
that made them fight to the end, and
thin return to quiet pursuits of peace,
determined to make the best of a bad
bargain. TheConfederate Soldier was
worthy of the. Confederate General—
When Mr. Davis wa$ at Greensboro,
North Oarolina, after Gen. Lee’s sur
render, an eminent gentleman and
gallant soldier from Virginia said to
uira',,in jay hearing, “ I-shall return
to Virginia, and with my men take to
the woods and mountains and marshes,
tod-wage eternal'war upon the enemy.”
Mm Davis replied rattier dryly: "I
would,be glad, .Generali if you could
jbking those men here, and help Gen.
Johnson strike another blow for inde
pendence; bnt if you begin a guerilla
war the Yankees will hang you; and
if they do not your own people will.”
And he added to me afterward, “ and
they might to. GuerriltaiB become brig
ands, and any government is better
thud that.” ' He understood our peo-
pie, who are wilting to die for liberty,
but will uot endure license. With such
a race, hope never fails.
■ The following is a just tribute to the
Confederate*'private,' extracted from
the impromptu remarks, uf Sergeant
0. B. Barrow, of Company D, 3d Ga.
Regiment, on the occasion of their re
union in last Joiy. In puMishingit,
we commend its justness and endorse
its sentiment, with all the earnestness
of an er^Confederate soldier:
As a humble representative of the
common soldier, comming from the
ranks, it is hut. natural that I should
ask a place in the harts and raemon-
of our people for Private Smith. He
had no stars on his collar, no stripes
on his coat; but he had strength iu his
arm, and courage in his bosom, and a
fieart to do batue for his country at
theWtdf his blood. He was found
uptm the skirmish field when the gath-
ering douds of battle reverberated the
first muttering thunder, of the coming
(conflict. When cloud met doud ana
thunder met thunder, conspicuous in
,the blaze of his owu lightning, he
'gorged!his piece with another fiery
charge. When columns mfld uppnpol-
-umus, like opposing waves upon some
defiant rook, his radiant form was ap
parent ia tho sheet lightning which
blazed along the line.- Forced by num
bers to retire, be lingered with the
roar guacd to dispute with the vandal
foe’ each inch of ground.
I have selected Private Smith as ray
exemplar on this occasion -because he
yrito de8pfputdn,.,sopn haattie
satisfaction . of feeling. his cluwj
relax; until lie was powerless
toild! "' **
iMyovVn -strength bcgahHd fail
nowjubturiMk cold,:
[brokd;OHti of'flny liody. tit every
glimmered on i the ceiling us toe
glim old man* anditwoot tirade
others asceiided the stairs, brilig-
inff candles;* “"1“ »>■°■
astouishodmyself.Withu superr is descended from a long :line of iUus-
ter,r
We’ll bave to tumble bere^foy
the night, I*reckon, genta-i for tlm
storm jlias blown xii tree right
square in the road, and toe leader
lias got a rock in his foot and can't
go on any way.’ - , i J ;
Pleasant prospect truly: ’There’s
old Job'Silvor’s cabiii'yonder; wo
can put up with hini, 1 gu'ess,'iip- jpojre>.. >/ ■ £>.; r
tilmorobft:' .afX^Lif Jl, _
As,too*
S ft to unhitch^ tbeui wm swtlMngJ^toero^^fe^Wm, .
do .but beg hospitality of Mrs. There was a Tmraea tramj
Silvers) end the old gentleman of feot beloW) .and}® pale
and myself scrambled .out, the
former growling savagely when he
found , tiie raid aukTcWleep ip a
sticky mire, and th§ rain pouring
in torrents. » •/-.- •
I should like to tiirottie that
villain, and shoot -that cursed
leader on the spot,’-6aid toe old
gentleman, making off towa
miserable shanty; to; the right
tome thirty yards. After atop- , v
per of. frizzled bacon, .fried-eggs iriflfe ftather'w]
and excellent coffee,, ,whjch was pud dropped'b*
not to bad a supper, oaten before andex mm
a spanking fire of biroh legs: The My mao,^iU
host, a tall, grim old man, with who. had.|follp.wt
too fiice of one of Napoleon Pe withauintent 1<ltake my life; be-
soldiers, albeit With a certain lo6k Nevi
of simplicity impossible to a itol- (thii
dier, conducted mo'up a rude'pair held 0 — r J
of staipa to.a sleeping apartment, the coach-driver and Joab SjJvers,
Thorooip-JNepto low ill the ceil- ami at last astonished these wor-
ing on two > aides, .being jnstun- tides ',by tno^Jung 'th^in' both
dor the roof) and was fhrhished down and mukiug good his escape,
-with two narrow beds and two ; X have this •knifq .j’et; a keen
chairs. ' V \ rl '■ Italian t stiletto, ‘a. perfect beauty
I took off my coat nud waist- in temper and carving, and keen
coat, and .flung myself hito bed, as a razor,
puttiug my pistol and watch under There are many pit
my head. . i,.. ( 'jq , V >» tores' lit .too .life of a commercial
The grim old man excused his. traveler, or drummer, as they are
poverty and took away the candle, called, >biit there arc also draw-
his cowhide shoes creaking on the backs. , "
stairs as he asceiided. On second
thought I took my watch from * Most people are' liij'e eggs—too full
itbe- of thetnselve* to hold anything else-
l | ‘ ' .eAindm, buhhijt •ski
$?L- m
i is derived
word “Smiden,”
tho sraitere in the ’Confederate army.
Though/our cause was lost the country
^wes * debt of gratitude to the whole
g rofsmitere, whether they .smote
ipusket .or' cannon, with sword,
or javelin. High or low; livihg or
; ridi or poor, let the name of my
Smith,have a place in your memories.
Redeem your, promises fo him when
to left his home without hope of re-
hard or fame, to peril his life for yonrs
-find his. Hunt up his widow and or-
if 'they are among you, and edm
nem in the stern virtues of their
I. We shall need them again.
THE MAN WITH THE COON
SKIN. * Tr,< - ’
He halted in front of a grocery store,
and drawing horn under his coat a
small parcel, tied around with a string,
he inquired of/the. grocer who sat by
tho door: , . , ,
‘How’s trade?’
‘Pretty fair, Tor hot weather,’ was
the reply.
• Are you op to bargains ?’ continued
the stranger, as he untied the parcel
and took ont a coon skin—a coon skin
which Beemed to have been kicked
about the house ever since the close of
the war. . .<
• HumpbX angered the proper, Mto
‘ You may ‘kur^h!’ and * humph!’
and ‘humph!’ all you want toP ex
claimed the stranger in a loud voice,
’but if you want a coon skin to sell
again, this is the article!’ .
Vi don’t think I waul to invest.’
‘Youdon’t Great Heavens! bnt
I took yon for a man of talent'and en
terprise!’ . ,.-i
‘ No one ever buys coou skins or fun
in the summer,’ said the grocer.
‘ I know it’s a little late in the seas
son. and therefore I’m wflling th throw
off something. I shouldn’t nave' the
face to ask over fifty cents for this ’ere
coon skin.’
‘I shouldn’t want to pay that price,’
replied the grocer.
‘You wouldn’t? Merciful stars!
But is it possible that you would take
bread from the mouths of my starving
children, ray innocent darlings, who
don’t know a coon skin : from a cow
hide?’ , M-'iiriiijni
i The grocer was silent, and the
stranger smoothed the brindled hair
with his right hand and continued:
‘ I will go before any court in the
land and take a' solemn oath that this
is one of the best coon skios offered ha
this market for the last fifteen years.
Observe the variegated colors! Be
hold the tender softness! Just put
your hand on this coon skin, mister!’
‘ I don’t think I want to buy any
furs before November,’ quietly replied
the grocer.
4 You don’t ? Is it possible that you
will deliberately let this great bargain
slip through your fingers? No! I
cannot believe it! Dozens of grocers
in this town want this coou skin; want
it so badly they can’t keep still; but I
was recommended to come to you, and
lam here.’
‘It isu’t a prime skin,’ said the gro
cer, as he glanced at the flesh side a
second time.
It ain’t? Here, mister, shoot me!
Draw yoUr revolver and send a bullet
in here, right through my quivering
heart!’ , , t ,
He dropped his coou skiu and held
his coat and vest open, but as the
grocer didn’t shoot, he presently picked
up his merchandise and continued in a
sad voice: SHUwtnrfHSf
‘ Mister, do I look like a pirate, ora
robber, or a liar? Do you you suppose
I’d go and tell you a deliberate, lie und
peril my chances of ever reaching
Heaven, for the sake of selling you
this coon skin?’
‘No, I suppose not,’ replied the
grocer, leaning bock in his chair.
• Ah, no, I wouldn’t. I ain’t purty,
nor I don’t wear many store clothes on
my person, but I’m honest—yes, as
honest as the day is long, If 1 should
so far forget my early training os to
tell you a lie about this coon, skin, I
never could enjoy another night’s rest
—never I’
‘ WeU, Iguesf. Idoa't pant it,’ said
‘Seaveii ! but is it possible that you
will let me return to mV loving Wife
and fend children without bread to
appease their hunger? Will you de
liberately aud wilfully sit there aud see
me tie this coon sun up and walk
awsv, when I am offering it to you at
one-half its matket value? 4
‘ You can, perhaps, sell it elsewhere/
* ‘I know 1 can. I know a dozen
men who want it, but they are not
men of your reputation. When yon
hand me fifty cents I know it is of'the
genuine scrip, and.1 go away satisfied.
The others might pass counterfeit
money on me and I might be arrested
and jailed, and my family be e
to the sown of this cold world.’
I. don?t wanUbe coon skinj said the
grocer, ‘ but if your family; are Buffer
ing fer the want of food, Til give you
fifteen cents for it, and throw it back
in the loft.’ - ,,!
‘ Fif—fifteen—fifteen cents 1’ ex
claimed the stranger, dropping tho fur
and springing off the step. ‘New let
the ungels lock down and weep! Let
THE MAN WITH AN ITEM.
It wasn’t right, and future genera
tions will say it wasn’t. He came
tramping up stairs, tossed his*hat on a
table, and as he sat down in a chair he
carelessly remarked:
Suppose you’d like a big item?
Yes, of course, replied the lone re
porter.
I haven’t been lo any other paper
with it, he continued, as he leaned fer-
ward; I’ve taken the JFVee Press for
twenty-nine years, and I’ve walked
foormiles to give you this item.
Wdl, Fm very much obliged, in
deed. What is the item?
Well, you know the Grant Trunk
Junction?
Yes, out here about three miles
froin the City HalL
Well, it was about a mile beyond
that. Me an’ another fellow was com
ing in on the track. He was a stran
ger; And:: seemed down-hearted and
gloomy; said he didn’t care two cents
whether he lived or died.
Poor fellow! Can you describe
him? ’ ’' :
Yes, he was about five feet six; had
red hair, big feet, coarse clothes, blue
feyes and, no whiskers.
Well, go on.
We’d got within a mile of tho junc
tion when the Express train from the
East came thundering along.
Yes.
And of course ive stepped off the
track." ' * "
Yes.•
I wasn’t looking for nor expecting
any such thing, you know, for the
man didn’t let on nor betray himself
by word nor look. If I’d only sus
pected, it, why, I could have grabbed
• Ye*! Ieee. - >?«• J
;W*U, we stood facing the train. I
was a leetle; ahead of him, and what
did he do ns the train got within 300
feet of us.
Rushed on the track?
( No; not that He made a jump for
the rail, kneeled down, and—
Great blazes, but it was awful! in
terrupted the reporter.
Awful? I guess it was. I was
never so, weak in my life. He delibe
rately laid his neck on tfie rail, shut
hU eyes, and—
And the locomotive took his head
clean off, shouted the reporter, spring
ing up. .
No. As I was saying, he deliberate
ly placed his neck on the rail and held
it there—
And was mashed ?
No, sir—held it there for a moment
and then—
And was then struck by the pilot?
No, sir—and then he deliberately
took it off again, and is now in a sa
loon around the corner inquiring fora
ftix , • , if . ( •
The reporter leaned back and looked
At him for a long time/ " 1 '
The stranger leaned back and looked
at the reporter.
Nothing disturbed the deep silence
bat the ticking of the clock.
By and by the man with the item
looked up at the skylight, down at the
floor, and softly slid out into the hall
and was gone.—Detroit Free Press.
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WATER
RINGING FOR THE
BOY.
A good story is told of a verdant one
who was passenger in a railroad ex
press train, and became thirsty.
“Where’s that ’em boy with the
water can?” he qoerisd ol his next
“ He has gone forward to the bag
gage car, I suppose,” was the reply.
“ Wall, d’ye sTpose I kin git him
back here agin?”
“ Certainly,” said the other, “you
have only to ring for him;” and he
nodded toward the bell-line that ran
above their heads.
No sooner said than done. Before
any one could prevent it, Rustic had
seized the line and given it a tremend
ous tug. The consequences were at
once obvious; three shnil whistles were
heard, half a dozen brakemen ran to
their posts, and the train came to a
standstill with a suddenness that
startled half the passengers with aston
ishment, and caused every man near a
window to hoist it and look out to see
what was the matter.
In a few minutes, the Conductor,
red nud excited, came • fixuning into
the car to know who pulled that bell-
rope.
“ Here, mister, this way; I’m the
man,” shouted the offender, drawing
‘What
litorty against despotism is eter
nal.;,.. r ..
A Prophetic Toodles.—Yester
day morning a young man who was on
, his way up the river, having a satchel
B 14 H.I y:,IS-1..nr,*? j filled with a remedy for corns, a lotion
As I am not of a fighting charac- 1 to remove freckles, and many boxes of
r*i'and my icournge liothin^ td! tooth-patte, succeeded in selling a ne-
I think I may snfelyW gro resident of Clay street, a fifty cent
’ s “sliflWjd; ; 'tIu|
$ blackboard,
■Let throe days
e of the freckle remedy. The pur
chaser was exhibiting it to some of his
as an oyer,' f^nda, when one of them exclaimed:
exhaustion “Shoo! you has bin swindled!
What does niggera want of dat stuff?
■s nebber bah freckles!”
’sJfurmy wife,” explained the
■ wife hain’t got freckles—
tell what’ll happen,”
. . . ‘,‘Fust, dar wasde
mancerfashun bizncs3; den cums de
freedman bizneas; den de Civil Rights
bill; and who kin tell dat the next
thing won’t be white niggers wid heaps
of freckles all over der faces!”
His line of reasoning was too heavy
fer them.—Pieksburg Herald.
The Albany News does not think
that the statements published concern
ing Dr.' Tucker’s conduct towards the
students can be true. If a tithe of the
story be true it says “ he is no more
fit for the place he occupies than a
drunken sailor is to be'a lady’s hair
dresser." Dr. Tucker might see the
propriety of making some statement
bn this subject.—Atlanta Herald.
ough hostilities have ceased, the war- that bright sun be obscured by clouds
J — s - blacker than midnight rolled in tar!
If life has come to this, let me die at
once!’
The grocer picked up a newspaper^
and the stranger waited two or I three
minutes, sighed heavily, and then
handed oiit the skin, and sadly said:
* Take it, and give me the paltry
pittance! I am going home to die in
the bosom of my famdy. Til gather
them around me once more, take a
last farewell, and then Fll drop into
the turbid river and be seen no more!’
The money was handed him, and he
passed down the street two blocks,
tamed to the left, and, os he kicked
open the blind door of a saloon, he said
to the bar-keeper: ,,.
‘Juleps for one, and fill the glass
chock up!*—New York Sim.
1 * - * I * i oi* -
The Columbus Enquirer says that
young gentlemen should not dress gush
ingly, but if they wijl wear a hand
kerchief in the rear pocket of their
pantaloons or coat, it would be an or-
dinaiy favor to a blushing public to
select such as have ornamented borders,
so that they can feel sure it’s a hand
kerchief. ' ' “ '
Old Lady (who sleeps badly.'/—
“ Now Maty, if I should want to light
my candle, are the matches there ?’
Mary—“ Yes, ma’am, there’s wan.”
Old Lady—“One! Why, if it
missee fire, or won’t light—”
Mary—“Oh, niver a fear of it
ma’am. Sure I thried it!”
The First Bale of the Season.
—The New Orleans Price Current of
Wednesday gives the following history
of the first bale of cotton received in
that market this season, which was
announced by telegraph:
.Our cotton circles were completely
taken by surprlte this morning, by the
receipt of a new bale of cotton, arrived
Itot evening, not from the Rio Grande
As^ usual, but St. Laundiy parish,
shipped bj! Mr. Jos. Be rand from his
plantation’on Teche. As this is con
siderably in Advance of general expec
tation, it, has occasioned unusual ex
citement among factors and brokers,
the more so as there can be no mistake
about the bale’s being all of the new
crop, well ginned, of good staple and
color, classing middling fiur to fair
(new classification), and weighing up
wards of four hundred pounds. We
learn that this cotton is mostly from
Berand’s plantation, but received libe
ral contributions from his neighbors,
who were furnished by him with the
seed planted, an unusually early vari
ety, known as the Herlong, selected
with anticipation of getting an early
yield. Under the circumstances this
arrival must be exceptional, and very
much in advance of the general Loui
siana chip. In fact, owing to recent
rains no moire can be expected fer some
time from the same locality. The bale
was purchased by Col. Win. Owen, at
the fancy price of twenty-five cents,
the right for a premium to be awarded
fer the first bale to be reserved to the
planter. The owner forwards it by
express today to, Mwsr*. Bliss, Ben
nett & Co., New York. This com
pletely eclipses'the Rio Grande hales,
which will bo due to-morrow. Our
first receipt of the Louisiana crop last
year was on August 12, and in the
year before August, 1.
The Twirler of the St Louis Re
publican says: “ In the country, now,
Maud Miller is raking bay every where.
And the judge, riding down, doesn’t
see her at all, bnt is figuring upon his
chaqces for a renomination.”
- A.Coronet’s jury of New Orleans
gamblers, brought iu a verdict on a
man found drowned that “ he died on
the square, without a split or stand off.'
A venerable physician of Philadel
phia, Dr. Condie, the author of a book
on Diseases of Children, would never
keep a carriage, notwithstanding his
large practice, and is made responsible
for this mot: “If a doctor drive one
horse, it indicates physical weakness;
if he drive tajb, mental weakness.”
Quin, the actor, being asked by a
lady why there were more women in
the world than men, replied, “ it is in
conformity with the other arrange-
- rqents of nature—we always see more
I o Heaven than of earth.”
all eyes upon him.
“ You!” said the Conductor,
did you do it for?”
“ Cos I wanted some water.”
“ Wanted some water?”
“Sartiu; I wanted the water boy,
and my pardner here in the seat said
I’d better ring for him, as we do at the
hotel, an’ so 1 yanked the rope. Will
he be along soon ? An’, by by the by,
what in thunder be you stoppin’ fer ?”
The shout of laughter that greeted
this honest confession was too much fer
the Conductor, and he had to wait un
til he got his train unde? way before
he explained the mysteries of the bell-
rope to his verdant customer.—Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
A Baby Romance.—This from the
Leon (N. Y.) Republican:
A girl baby, apparently about two
weeks old, was left upon the porch of
the house of Mr. Richard Kellogg, who
lives in the north part of the town, on
the night of June 2d. Accompanying
the child was the following note:
“ Is there room for me? I have
come to the door of this house that the
Lord hath blessed in the hopes of find
ing it open. My little wiugs are
weary, seeking the crevices in the moun
tains, and forsaken by father and
mother. I am a little wanderer, a tiny
baby girl, and, like tho dear Jesus,
have no place to lay my head.’ So,
‘ as not a sparrow falls to the ground
without the Father’s notice, I have
been directed here. Take me, love
me, protect me, and hear the Gentle
Shepherd: Hungry and ye fed me,
thirsty and ye gave me drink, naked
and ye clothed me, a stranger and ye
took me in.* ‘ Inasmuch as ye have
done it unto the least of these, ye have
done it unto me’ Then, O turn me not
away, but let me nestle dose to yonr
bosom, and when covered by your love
I shall cease to be nobody's child. You
can keep me ; my parents cannot. Pa
rentage respectable, healthy and not
low in moral character.
The child was well dressed, and with
it was a good supply of infant** cloth
ing. The child has been adopted by
Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg, who are well
pleased with the unexpected present.
Americans in England.—The
London correspondent of the Leeds
Mercury, an English provincial paper,
complains that nine-tenths of the vim-
ting Americans in England have the
peculiarity of a profound self-con
sciousness of their being Americans.
Spealung of the typical representative
this class the writer rays; “He
seems to be haunted by the opinion that
the English people have a poor opinion
of America, ana that he must on all oc
casions prove the superiority of every
thing European. This is patriotic
but tiresome.” Mr. Smalley, in his last
letter to the New York Tribune, does
not deny that the correspondent above
quoted is right to a certain extent, and
says: “In most cases the habit ia on
ly amusing; in, some it is offensive,
when it takes the form of direct attack
upon England in the presence of Eng
lishmen ; or of supercilious comment;
or worse still, of innuendo and sneer.
All these I have heard, not often, but
sometimes, and almost never from the
best class of Americans. I have known
Americans who take pains to treat an
Englishman uncivilly because he had
the misfortune to posessa title; though
the unhappy man bad, for his part,
taken pains to be civil to his American
acquaintances. It is a little remarka
ble that American snobs who are ready
to break their silly necks to do servile
homage to a titled Englishman -who
may chance to visit their own country,
should make asses of themselves by
treating an Englishman uncivilly in
England simply because ho happens to
possess a title. This was not so for
merly. Americans ip times past mau-
ifested no such vulgar weakness. Biit
now, since the tide “ American citizen”
has ceased to be a passport to good
society in England, when it does not
even give assurance that he who claims
it is either a white man or a gentle
man, it is perhaps not so surprising
that American shoddy should pat on
airs when abroad just to make stran
gers think they are “ some pumpkins!’
at home.—Chronicle andSental.
In one of tho French departments
there is a “ Society for the Protection
of Birds Useful to the Farmer.” All
nests found arc reported to the society
and protected by it. In the past year
the society protected 214 nests, from
which came 904 birds.
The occupants of six hundred shan
ties along the lines of New York rail
roads make a living by planting com
and potatoes between the rails and the
fences. It is raid 700 acres arecultiva-
I ted in this way.
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