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ROOT & lAMr
Music Dealers and Publishers,
G 7 Washington Street,
in Crosby’s Opera House,
declO—tf Chicago, 111.
Bools, Shoes and Trunks f
G. H. & 17 W. Force,
(Sign of the Big Iron Boot,)
Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
W ill sell to country Merchants at New
5 ork prices, freight added. jan2l ly*
F. W. Byington. G. W. Byington.
bywctofs hotel,
®Mhrlo Bros., I’roprictors.
Within yards of the Passenger Depot,
macon, geokgia
A most cxce’dent Bar and Barber Shop
Rttached ' oct29—tf
EE,
under dying ton s hotel ,
MACON, GEORGIA
IIAIILCUTTING, SHAVING, SHAM
POOING and DYEING.
Satisfaction guaranteed. oct2o—t
VARIETY SHOP.
John IV. Waterhouse,
]\J 4.^*FFAC rURRR of Sash, Blinds and
v ? ors at Dumas and Dickey's old stand,
mture made and repaired with dispatch,
Also Coffins made to or
der.
OCt22-ly
KENNESAW HOUSE,
MARIETTA? GEORGIA,
(At Railroad Depot,)
FrEVER & Cos., PRO’S
-ir
Opposite the Railroad Depot.
HOUSE,
j. dalton, ga ,
<°**PBELL & E. BUISE, (for
w Ala.) Proprietors.
Daing !L^ Wa y s ready on the arrival
° es t the U ar i. furnished with the
arket fiaff cr and.
THE BARNESYILLE WKEKLY R A ZETTE
VOL. 1.
DR. S A. PEACOCK has return
ed to Barnesville to resume the prac
tice of Medicine. Will bo found at night
at Residence of J. M. Hightower—in the
day at J. W. Hightower’s Drug Store
dec.lo—B—ly
E P. HUDSON
CABINET SHOP.
furmtlre of all kinds .
door above Livery Stable. All orders ex
.Wecuted with neatness aud dispatch,
ci22~ tf.
dt7g. m. McDowell
WILL CONTINUE in the practice of h
.profession.
OFFICE over J. W. Hightower’s Drugstore
oct22, — ly
W. P. TYLER
RESPECT FULI,\ informs his friends and
the public that in connection with Dry
Goods, Notions, &c., be keeps on hand a ffood
supply of MILLINERY. Mrs. Tyler will be
pleased to attend to all orders in that line.
oct29 —tf
J. A. lIUYT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BARNESYILLE, GA.
WILL practice in the counties comprising
v v the Flint Judicial circuit, and in the S
upreme Court of the State.
Office over Drug Store of J. W.
oc(22—ly °
HART & ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Thoillusion, Georgia.
Y\7ILL practice in all the Courts of the
▼ V Flint Circuit. Special attention to col
lection, filing petition for Homestead, Ac.
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National Life Insurance
COMPANY.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
E. T. POUND, Agent,
16 Farnesville, Ga.
Baltimore Stationery House.
SXjXiBT? & DULAN3T
Booksellers ty Stationers,
Offer inducements to the Trade that cannot fail
to be appreciated.
Sole proprietors of the Celebrated
Gen. R. E. LEE PEN.
A handsome Lithographer likeness of Gen. T.ee,
given with each Gross of peus. Ordeis respect
fully solicited,
SELBY & DULANY,
332 West Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md.
apr 29 ly .f
GEO. W HOWARD. JNO. H COLE. HENRY R. SCHIRMAX.
Ciias. H. Corbin, of Middle Ga.,
WITH
Howard, Cole & Co.>
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods and No
tions, 351 Baltimore, and G 4 German
Streets, Baltimore.
Great Inducements offered to
Prompt Customers. June 17-Gm
E. ANDREWS & CO.,
Manufacturers and D alers
—IN
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SADDLE
—AND—
HARNESS MAKERS
To our large and Well selected
stock of
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HARD AY ARE.
We have the best assortment of
ORNAMENTS,
BUCKLES,
BITS and IIAMES,
SADDLE NAILS
and TACKS,
To be Found in the ity!
Always on hand, a large lot of
No. 1 Harness and Skirting Leather’
Patent Skirting Enamel, Dash
and Collar Leather, Pad
Skins and Enamel Cloth,
Buggy Whips,Lash
es,Curry Combs,
Brushes,
And other things Too Numerous
to mention.
Being PRACTICAL men we are
! better able to fill orders in our line
! thanany other house in the city.
All Outers Promptly FiUed.
Don’t Forget the Sign
and place.
Sign of tlie Horse Head,
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17. -ly ATLANTA, GA.
J3 VHNESVILLE, GEOKGIA, THURSDAY, 271851).
Tilings that Never I)ie7
The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulse of wordless prayer,
The dream of love and youth,
Yhe longings after something lost,
The spirit’s yearning cry ;
The strivings after better Lopes,
Y’hcse things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
The kindly word in grief’s dark hour
That proves the (Fiend indeed,
I he plea of mercy softly breathed
M hen justice threatens nigh ;
The sorrow of the contrite heart,
These things shall never die.
The memory of a clasping hand,
The pressure of a kiss,
And a’l the trifles sweet and frail
That imke up love’s first bliss.
If with a firm unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high,
Those hands have clasped, those lips have
met,
Yhese fh ings shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as it fell,
The chilling w ant of sympathy
Re feel, but never tell.
The bard repulse that chills the heart,
IFhose hopes were bounding high,*
In an unfading record kept,
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must, find some work to do ;
Lose not a chance to strengthen love,
Be firm, and just, and true;
So shall a light that cannot fade,
Beam on thee from on high,
And angel voices say to thee,
These things shall never die. -
From the C’eveland Herald.
A GENUINE ROMANCE.
In the beginning of 1840, Henrv
Leffingwell was a well-to-do mechanic,
living near the suburbs of London,
England. In the month of March of
that year a larceny was committed
near his residence, and circumstances
pointed to him as the perpetratoi. He
was arrested, examined before one of
the stipendiary magistrates and f1 iy
committed for trial. A month after lie
was convicted and sentenced to hard
labor in the penal colony of Australia
for a period of ten years; and in less
than a week thereafter, he was on his
way to the far off land.
His devoted wife, who all the time
firmly believed in her husband’s inno
cence, at once made prep irations to
follow’ and remain near him during his
confinement, so that she might be the
first, when his ticket of leave came, to
cheer him with good counsel aud coin
fort him with wifely love.
The ship containing ths convict ar
rived safe, and her charge of living
human Livings was at once transferred
to the government workhouses. Not
so, however, the ship upon which Mrs.
Lefiingw’ell embarked. When about
half way upon her journey she en
countered a fearful storm and, after
buffeting the waves for tw'o days, she
foundered and went down. The crew
and Mrs. Leffiingwell barely escaped
upon a raft hastily constructed when it
was found that the ship could not be
saved. After an exposure of several
days, they were picked up by the
American ship North Wind, bound
from New Y r ork to China, where Mrs.
Leffingwell was at length landed, only’
to find herself further than ever from
her destination, and with no immediate
prospects of reaching it. After sever
al months of patient watching and
waiting she was enabled, through the
kind offices of the American Consul,
then residing at Yeddo, to procure
passage to Cuba, whence the prospect
of re iching Australia would be very
much improved.
Passing through the space of a year
and a ha f, in which Mrs. Liffingwell
passed through many scenes calculated
to try firmer resolutions than hers, but
through which she clung to her resolve
with true English obstinacy, she fir,ally
found herself on the shores of Austra
lia, but as much at a loss concerning
the locality of her husband's wherea
bouts as she would be of a needle for
which she would be hunting in a hay
mow. She persevered, however, but
four long years passed away before she
was enabled to obtain the slightest
trace of her husband, from the fact
that when once landed from the ship,
each convict receives a number by
which be is only known to bis keepers.
Mrs. Li ffingwell knew not her bus
band’s number, and when she made
inquiries for him she was always baf
fled with the question, ‘‘His number,
ma’am ?”
At the end of the time spoken of,
during which her means had become
exhausted, and she had been compelled
to resort to menial labor, she one day
picked up a Sydney paper, in which
was an account of her husband s re
lease, the real criminal of the larce y
having been found out and exported.
The account gave her husband’s num
ber and the facts which convicted him
in so precise a manner, that she could
no longer doubt as to who was meant.
H* r course was marked out at once. —
Going to the prison authorities, she at
length learned that “ti.-ket-of-leave
mn, No. ISO,” her husband’s number,
had left for the United Sute3 of
America two weeks after his release.
The next thing lor her to do was to
follow him. Scraping together her
seamy means, she found that she pos
sessed barely enough to pay her pas
sage. She seized upou the first op
portunity presented aud in June, 1847,
she found herself once more upon the
ocean, bound for the laud of the free,
with her mission still unaccomplished.
In due time she arrived in New
York city, where she remained until
the civil war broke out, not having in
the meantime heard one word cf her
husband, though she had made every
exertion to find his whereabouts.
When the war broke out, and at the
first call for nurses iu the hospitals,
she responded, and until peace was
declared there were none more faithful
in the care of our wounded than Mrs.
Llara Leffingwell. 7\ bi'e in one of
the hospitals at \\ nursed
to 1 fe and strength a man who knew
her husband in the army,* who bad
been liis messmate and boon .compan
ion, and who, in his delirium, constant
ly called upon bis comrade to come to
his assistance. When the crises was
passed and it was known that the sol
dier would live, she questioned him
concerning her husband, and ascer
tained that lie was in a Pennsylvania
regiment, having enlisted two years
before. She at once addressed Leffing
well a letter, stating ;n fall her efforts
to find him, and detailing at length
her disappointments and troubles.—
W ith the usual perversity of armv
mails, the letter never reached its des
tination. Mrs. waited anu
waited, but still no answer came, and
at length when the Was* was over she
set out once more in seaach of her
husband. A visit to Phtsburg reveal
ed ti e lact that her husband’s term of
enlistment had expired long before
and his identity was onse more lost.—
She inserted advertisements in a num
ber of the Pennsylvania papers, call-
ing for information of his whereabouts,
and then sat herself again to watch
and wait. Time crept, slowly on, and
still no tidings of her
A week ago, w hen s* had given up
all hope of ever seeing her husband
again, she very unexpectedly received
direct information of lits pla e of abode
from one who came across the adver
tisement of three years before. The
paper containing it had providentially
escaped the destruction wi ich usually
comes upon the dailies of the different
cities and now was the weans of unit
ing two persons who, for twenty-eight
years, had been separated by a cruel
fate. Our heroine at once made
preparations to go to her husband,
who lives to or near Cinc nnati, and
who had been apprised of her coming.
She accordingly left Pittsburg on Fri
day morning, and arrived in Cleve
land in the afternoon of the same day.
What was her surprise and pleasure,
on alighting from the cars at the Union
Depot to procure some refreshments,
to be confronted by her husband. For
a moment they stared at each other,
and then, with a simultaneous impulse,
they rushed into each other’s arms, ad
unconscious of the gaping crowd, who,
with the usual curiosity, had paused in
their hurry to witness the scene The
years that bad separated them, though
they had silveied the heads of each,
and left lines of care upon their brows,
had not eradicated the love they bore
one another, or torn from their hearts
the memory of the olden time, before
relentless fate had so cruelly thrust
them asunder. The trials of the past
were forgotten in the present joy, and
they took the traiu for home at seven
in the evening, hfqr y only in each ot ti
er’s company. It was whi e they
wero wailing the departure of t r (hii
einnati train, and through the kind of
fices of one of the Cleveland and
Pittsburg Radroad officials, to whom
Mis. Leffingv . <vi had revealed a part
of her history, that me above was re
ceived.
Sam and lim.
“Como, Sam, let’s in and take a
little. Old Bob Buunjer keeps the
best 1 quor in town. Come, don’t hang
back ; let’s go in.
“Jim, 1 have be:n thinking this
matter over since I sar you last, and
I can’t do it. Beside, I have been
figuring on this mattersome, and what
do vnu suppose it coutsos to patronize
olu Bob ?”
“Well, a dollar or tvo a week, I sup
pose,” said J im,
Bam, taking a pen< i and a piece of
paper from his pocfpt-bonk, handed
them to Jim. and said. ‘ Let us look at
it fully, and make afar calculation.—
You depo-it—
“Your money—and ose it.
“Y r our time—and lose if.
“Your character—aid lose it.
“Your health of bidy—and lose it.
“Your strength of mnd—and lose it.
“Your manly’ iudspendence —and
lose it.
‘•Your self respect —md lose it.
“Your sense of rigat aud wrong —
and lore it.
“Your seli control—and lore it.
“Y T our home comfort —and lose it.
“YYur wife's happiness —and lose
it.
“Your children's lights —and lose
them.
“Your country’s honor —and loss it.
“Your own soul—and lose it.
“Sam, I’ll take the pledge for life
on that. Come let’s go up and sign
the pledge together.”
Is it not just as true of gambling as
of rum, that they destroy’ everything
before them ?
AroUT ADVERTISEMENTS. —Do not
fail to read advertisements The per
son who takes a paper now a-days,
and neglects to read over advertise
ments, is apt to lose much valuable in
formation. The advertising patron*-
age of a paper indie ites not only the
euterpri.se of the city and County where
it is published but it is also an infalli
ble proof that the bus ness men are
possessed of vim and go-a-headative
nesi. Soow us a business community
which don’t advertise, at.d we’ll show
you a community where busiress is
stagnated. The man who advertises
in a liberal, yet discreet manner, is
sure to take the lead of his ne ghbor
who don’t spend a cent for printer’s
ink. It is also conceded that a man
who'advertises keeps a 1 trger, better
and more complete stock of goods, and
sells them cheaper than the man who
don’t advertise If you want good bar
gams call on the man who advertises.
| Savannah News.
Absence of Mind. —A bachelor
friend of ours is irv the nabit, when he
comes to his room in the evening, of
putting his tea-kettle on the stove, and
himself lying down on the lounge and
tak ng a snooze until the kettle begins
to sing, when he gets up and make**
his tea. The other evening, being a
little prostrated on accouut cf old
Simpkm’s daughter “cutting him on the
street, be pul the kettle on the lounge
and got upon the stove himself, and
never discovered his mistake uutil he
began to sing.
A Gooff Thinjf.
'HIS CURIOUS OARD-PI.AYER AND THE
nisnop.
A good story used to be told bv (L
think) Pierce Eagan, the elder which
is a gem in its way. The Bishop of
‘ J ’as a man of eminently social
and congenial habits, and King some
thing of an original 1 imself, his rever
ence could heartily appreciate a good
j Le. An eccentric of any kind would
bring more joy to his heart than a
hundred liturgies or orisons, and when
he came across anything of the kind
he gave it Lis entire attention. One
waim day in summer he was travelling
in a part of Lancashire, and had stop
ped at a hostelry to shake off the
fatigue and dust of the journey. After
taking a snack of lunch he w’andered
out in a pleasant little grove that stood
convenient to tV inn, which was deli
ciously cool. ITeaiing the sound of
voices he peered through a hedge of
bushes and beheld a man silting on
the root of n tree, with twoj ands dealt
for a game of ca ds, and giving vent
to excited ejaculations.
A lunatic probably, thought his rev
erence and at the same time coughed
friig+rtly.
j oa man ra’sed his head, hut his
eyes were not devoid of reason, and he
bowed respectfully to the shepherd.
My’ son, said the Bishop, you seem
quite bes de yourself. May I ask what
y<>u are engaged at ?
Certainly replied the man : I am
having a rubber with God,
’I his convinced hi reverence of the
mans lunacy, and at the same time he
saw no harm in pursuing the subject
And how does the luck run ? said
the Bishop blandly.
I have no chance at all to-day,
rep’ied the man, throwing up the cards
in disgust, I already owe Him one
pound four and six.
And-how do you pay your losses?
Oh, lie always sends some good per
son to whom I make over the amount
for the poor. I see you are a clergy
man, sir; pray take this and use it as
you see proper ; and he counted out of
a well-filled purse the amount men
tioned, which the Bishop accepted
without scruples of any kind. He
then bade his singular acquaintance
good day, and returned to the inn.—
The money was judiciously laid out
for charitable purposes. For many
days the prelate did not see Ins fl glity
friend again. He happened to be
going the same way soon after, and
passing the spot forbidden to clergy
men, liz: the tap-room of the tavern,
he beheld his friend solacing his sor
iows with a cup of negus. His rever
ence sat sentry some time in a window
above, and after awhile saw the man
emerge from the inu and disappear in
the grove. Donning his chapeau, he
followed in his trail, and after a little
search, found the man as before seated
on (he root of u tree, wi b ihe paste
boards spread out before him.
Well, my son. said the Bishop ples
anlly, how runs the luck to day {
Better, better, thank you, replied
the g ntleman ; I was flush with
money, and have just won a large stake
—forty pounds.
And how does God pay you? said
his reverence, with a pleasant smile at
the man’s silly’ theory.
lie sends along some rich person,
and groping m the pockets of his coat
tail, they give whatever I have won.—
The hand came out of the pock t with
a jerk, and there was a villainous li tie
pistol cocked aud primed staring his
reverence unpleasantly in the face.—
His i-lerical knees knocked together,
and he dropped his pockeibook before
the extraordinary gamester.
I should say about twenty pounds,
said he, the contents; but your time
piece Will settle the difference. Off
came the Bishop’s watch, which was
gold and gouty.
That’s a fine ring you have, said the
rr.an, but you may keep it; adding
despondently, remember, allowing sev
enteen pounds for the watch, you are
Mill a trifle in my debt, but you in v
do with it as you did with the other-
His reverence w;is out about a
hundred guineas, but with a pvais
wortby appreciation of a good joke, he
afterwards related it himself with a
great unction.
Too Sharp by
An enterprising business man of this
c'ty runs two b andies of trade, to-wit :
a grocery and a fish market. The
grocery he runs himself, the fish market
by’ a deputy, and every the lat
ter makes returns of the proceeds of
the day’s business to the proprietor.
A day or two since the grocer found
in his fish maiket returns, a counterfeit
five dollar bill. He didn’t like to lose
it, and lie didn’t quite want to take the
chance of trying to pass it; So he
called an old darkey who v;as hai ging
about the premises and said to him :
“Sam here’s a five dollar bill that s a
little doub'ful, if you will take it ana
pass it, I’ll give you a dollar of the
change.”
“Very well,” said Sam, and he took
the bill and went off. Later in the
day he returned, having accomplished
the feat, and handed over five dollars
in good money’ to the grocer.
That night the grocer, in counting
over the cash returns from his fish
market, was more surprised than de
lighted to find the identical five in tlte
nile.
“Look here,” said lie slmrply to his
market clerk, “here’s a counterfeit bill,
who did you take it of \ Didn t you
know ’twas bad if”
Clerk took it and looked at it for a
moment.
‘‘Oh, yes,” said be, “I remember
now ; L took it of Sam, the darkey. I
thought it was a little doubtful, an 1
wasn’t going to take it, and he said he
got it of you, so l thought it was all
right
Further explanation was unnecessa
ry.—Hartford Post,
dr the papers relate ai> anecdote
of a young man who had become
blind, having recovered his s'ght a f ter
marriage. It is no oneommon thing
for people’s eyes, as well as their purs*
cs, to be opened by matrimony.
From the Macon Daily Telegraph.
William Zcigler's Wili.
A Large and Interesting Lawsuit.
Cpnspi. nous among the attractions
of “Rose Ilill Cemetery,” in this city,
is the vault in which reposes tl.e re
mains of \\ i liam Zeigler, late of
Crawford county, in this State, it
was erected there by his Executor, iw
conformity with specific instructions
contained in his last will and teaUnnont.
He gave minute directions in'ni|yr<i to
the selection of Irs coffin and shroud,
and ex pie; sod the dr sire that the site
tor his vault should he located as near
as practicable to the monument erected
to the memory of the late Oliver II
Prince, E-q. Jhe dimensions of his
vault, the materials of which it should
he coO'tructed, and all ot its appurte
nances, were indicated by himself in
tl,iis most solemn form It remained
in a good state of preservation from
IBst,jhe year in which he became its
tenant, qtjdil ten years afterwards,
when it was visited fey some of "rih.-r
--tran s angels,” whose sacniigi ms
hands did not spire even the homes of
our siec*' ing dead.
Hut it is not of this vault that we
intended to sp“sk. We v. juid sager,’
however, to those who shared his
ample fortune, to repair the damages
which it has sustained, and to proserve
it in future in the manner indicated bv
their munificent benefactor.
Anotiier provision of 1 is will has
elicited no little comment in our city
for several days p st, which was,
doubth ss. occasioned by the appearance
in our midst of two strangers, in the
person of a colored woman and tier
daughter, from the State of Ohio.—
Public curiosity was, to some extent,
satisfied, when it was ascertained that
they were legatees under the will ol
W til lain Zegler, and that their visit to
our city was for the purpose of engag
ing counsel to ins ltute suit, if neces
sary, for the recovery of their respec
tive legacies. Having learned that our
friend, Col. John 13. VVeems, had been
retained .by them fir this purpose, we
took the liberty of s diciting of him an
examination of the item of tl.e will
under which they claim.
During his life he owned a woman
slave named Maiy, by w mm he had
three children, to-wif; Madnda Ann,
William Henry and Oetavia, the pa
ternity of whom, it is conceded, Mr.
Zeigler always acknowledged. The
future we fare of this woman and her
children seemed to be his chief care.—
lie provided in the second item of his
will for tlier removal, at his death, to a
State whose liws would tolerate their
prompt manumission, and for them to
be comfortably settled there by 'is
Executor; the expanses should be paid
out of his estate. ID thus b queailied
to Mary the sum of ten thnu-and do -
lars, and to each of the said children
the sum of thirty thousand dollars, the
interest of which should be applied to
their support, education and mainten
ance until they should arrive, resnec
tio ly, t,-, tha n .rn ~f t ll'Pn ty -OOP y, nv *
In the event of the death of either of
the children before majority, be further
provided, that his or her share should
be equally 7 divided between the survi
vors, and in ca s e two of them should
die, their legacies should vest in the
survivor. It is evident from tho letter,
as well as the spirit of Ins will, that
ample provision for Mary and her
children was prominent in his mind.—
After the execution of his will it oc
curred to him that a bequest, directly
to them, might defeat his intentions;
hence he published a codicl, bequeath
ing their respective legacies to his two
brothers. Henry and L was Zeigler and
his nephew and executor, John W.
Dent, in trust for the children, and
required of each a bend with approved
security, in the sum <>f fifty thousand
dollars for the Faithful execution of
their trusts.
The testamentary trustees or guar
dians having renounced their trusts,
others weie appointed in their stead, in
due form of law an l according 'o the
requirements set forth in the codicil. —
It is against the trustees and their
secuiities that a recovery wiil ho
invoked.
We forbear Any expr ‘ssion of
opinion upon the case. as it will be soon
suhj cted to judicial investigation in
the Ciicuit Court of the United States
The amount claimed by them approx
imates to the handsome sum of
$-'OO,OOO.
C 1. Weems has associated with him
in the case, thefiim of Messrs. Nisbets
&: Jackson and Col. L. N. Whittle. —
Their clients may rest assured that
their cause is committed to safe hands.
XU" A shabby genteel young man
entered a trademarks store the other
day with his hands cramrmd in both
pockets, as if they were flush with
rhino. ‘Mr. J.,’ said lie ‘I believe I am
indebted to you sixty two and a half
cents, cash, borrowed somewhat about
a year ago.’ ‘Yes, sir,’ r p ied the
trade man, smacking his lips and hold
ing out his hands to receive the ready
cash. Tam gl id you have c me, for
I had almost forgotten it mys-lf.’ ‘O 1
I never forget these things,’ said the
fellow ; I like to have all t h ngs quare;
so I w'ant you to lend ine thirty-seven
and a half rents mor , which will
make it even money,’
School Examination. —o h n.
how do you parse grandmother ? ‘1
doesn’t pass her at all, hut always g 'os
in to get a tart.’ ‘What is the singular
of man V ‘They i* singn'ar when they
pay their debts without being asked to
do it a dozen times.’ ‘Young women
are beautiful. ‘What is it that comes
after young women ?’ ‘lt’s the fellers
to be sure —they are always after the
voting women.’ ‘That will do ; now
you are dismissed.
C 5P 3 Observe a method in the dispo
sition of your lime. Every hour will
then know its proper employment, and
no time will be lost. Idleness will be
shut out at every avenue, and wi li her
that numerous body of vices that
makes up her train. Nothing is more
precious than time. Never be prodi
gal cf it. As every thread of gold is
valuable, so is every minute of time.
From the Atlanta New Era.
A S*lc:isnt Reunion.
After the adjournment of the ooH
vintion on Tuesday night, the Mayor*
as isted by sumo of his friends, ush
ered into the Council Chamber sundry
baskets of champagne and other arti
•des ‘ too tedious to mention.” HD
Honor then took the chair and wel
comed the members of the press as on
ly Ilis Honor could have done. Then
commenced a popping of champagne
corks, and a flashing of wit, eloquence*
and repartee, such as hqs seldom been
equaled in Atlanta. All the gentle
men met upon a common level. There
was no politics to ca>t its damper over
the general enjoyment* The rule of
ac ion was to “be as happy as we can
to-night ; to-morrow will bring truoble
enough.” All met as brethren around
one c immon board, and the utmost
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cordiality prevailed.
Col. Carey V.\ Styles was among
'the first ot the speakers, and he ac
quitted himself in his usually eloquent
and happy style. His references to
Atlanta stimulated the piide of every
Atlanta man present, and forced a
brief, but appropriate response from
Mayor llulsev.
F. S Kit-eli, of tlie Griffin star, arose*
“I have,” said he, “to propose thd
health of a gentleman who.has but re
cently become interested in the Gnoi:-*
gia Press —a gentleman of unblemish
ed character, of enlaiged learning and
an ornament to the profession. I pro
|iovo to y.m gentlemen. !’••*> health of
tl <* jvtiv. Athens lx. Haygood." This
strt.,*e wn! recti ved with uproarious
appf tus j , and was responded to bv Maj.
Steele, of the Intel igencer, in a mo.-l
happy and graceful tribute to tho char
acter and worth of the gentleman re
ferred to, whom the Maj >r has known
from his boyhood to the present time.
A note whs read from 11. P. Glenn,
E-q , which elicited loud calls for tliAl
gentleman. 11s is a mode-t tnar. and
shrunk from appearing; but the call
was so unanimous that he was forced
to show himself. He said ; “I am no
speaker gentlemen ; hut if there are
any ‘devils’ among you, send them
down and I will press them out.” Mr.
G. is connected with the press, being
the agent for Utley’s excellent patent.
Mayor Mcllliauey, of Columbus,
was introduced, and entertained tho
auwience with a few most appropriate
remarks.
Mr. Medlock proposed ‘‘the local
Press of Atlanta.” Dr. Bard was
called for, but fee excused himself in a
few wotds, and threw the ta-k upon
our excellent friend, Col. Avery, of
the Constitution. 'J he Colonel extri
cated himself very happily by propos
ing the Augusta Press.
This and ew from Gen. A. R. Wright*
of the Chronicle & Sentinel, a most
beautiful and eloquent speech of about
live minutes, which specially delighted
the Atlanta folks, and made friends of
them all to the General.
Maj. Steel j suggested the Press of
Gritliu. This brought out Fitch in
one of his characteristic speeches,
which never fails to prove a “dead
shot.” In conclusion he had a senti
ment to offer, and gave “toe memory
of the Press of Savannah and Mil
ledgeville, to bed uuk in silence.”—-
The joke was discovered when it was
remembered that neither of the cities
named was represented in tho Conven
tion.
Dr. ±sara, ot rue c.r<t, proposed iii U
health of the ab a ent members of tho
Georgia Press. This was received with
an app'ause which proved that too
prevalent good feeling reached out
even utuo tnose that were not present.
The next offered was the health of
Col. E. Halbert. The Colonel was
not present, but the sentiment elicited
a warm expression of feeling and was
most elegantly responded to by Coh
Fulton, of Athens.
Other toasts were offered and othet
speeches made, but there was such a
gush of jollity that we lost, ‘‘the hang
of the ti ing’ entirely, and had. to cease
taking notes. On the whole, it was a
most pleasant reunion, without a single
accident to mar the enjoyment. It
was not until the “clock hung on the
stioke o’twelvo” that the assembly
bloke up.
Among those who deserve to be
mentioned as liberal patrons of the
press in contributing to this entertain
ment, are Mcßride & Cos., Glenn,
Wright & Carr, G. W. Jack & Co.*
L. Cohen &. Cos., Redwine & Fox, W.
A. Lansdell, Beennan & Kuhrt, M,
E. Ivenuy and Phillips & Crew.
“Facts are stubborn thingb,”
said a lawyer to a female witness un
der examination.
The lady replied : ‘‘Yes, sir-ee ; and
so are women, and if you get anything
out of me, just let me know it.”
“You’ll be committed for contempt*
“Veiy well, I’ll suffer justly, for I
feel the utmost contempt for every
1 lwyer present.”
£*iP “Now, then, Joseph, parse
courting,” said a teacher to a rather
slow boy.
“Courting is sn irregular transitive
verb, indicative mood, present tense,
thi and pereo >, and singular number, and
so on,' said Joseph.
“Well, but what does it agree
with ? ’ demanded the teacher.
“It agrees wi;h—with—with all the
ga's in town !” exclaimed Joseph.
An old lady was asked what
she thought of her neighbors of the
name of Jones, and v/itu a knowing
wink replied :
“\N by. 1 don’t like to say’ anything
about my neighbors; but as to Mr.
Jon s, sometimes I think, and then
again Id -n’t know ; after all, I rather
goes- he'll turn out to be a good deal
such a fellow as I took him for.”
A peaceful disposition is not ab*
solute protection against the turmoils
of life. What's more peaceful than a
cam ? And yet, ten to one, it ends its
life in a broil. And then bow peacea
ble an oyster is? And yet how fre
quently it gets mixed up in a stc-w.
“I don’t believe its any use, this
vaccination,” said a yankee ; “I had a
child vaccinated, and he fell out of a
window a week after, and got killed.”
PW In the last illness of witty
George Coleman, (he doctor being la
ter than tbs time appointed, apologiz
ed to his patient, saying that he had
called in to see a man who had fallen
down a well. “Did he kick the buck*
et, doctor?’’ groaned Coleman,