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VOL. G.
THE WEEKLY
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PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
H. L. BATTLE, M. 0.
HAVING been actively ergapred In the
pra -i ’P of medicine for nineteen years,
'Ten hit vr feminnai services to the clt.-Vpx.y- -if
,f OAUTEftSVILLK and vicinity— jMJf
C" |.-t atteoti ti given to Obstetrics and the
Diseases of Women and Children. Office,
,nr th>-present, at hie residence on Er»ln
Ntreeet. Feb. 21,1868—*1y
Iff. F. M* JOHNSON
Dentist.
r) F.-4'ECTfCI.I.Y offers hl« profess! -n 4- ji»,
Ia rvice.t to tt,e citizens of C-irtersvil’e
S’.rt vicinity. He is prepared to do work •'fJXu?-
on ;!te !a est and most Improved sty'e.—
Teeth e-.trsete’without pain, |bv means of narcotic
spray). Work «U warranted. Office over-T. Elsas
Store, CARTEKSVILLR, Ga. Feb. 20, lS6Sw5m
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
PRITCHETT <s• WOFFORD ,
Attorneys at Law
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE OVER ELSAS STORE,
Oct. 17, 1867,
thomas w. mFiner,
Attorney at Law,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA,
Will attend promptly to business entrusted
t > his care. Oct. 5 vvly
JOHN J. JONES
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cartersville, Ga.
fT-TII.L attend promptly to all business en
trusted to his earc. Will practice in
the Courts of law, and equity in the Cherokee
1 ’ircuit. Special attention given to the collec
ti m of claims. Jan. 1, 1866. ly
John J - Jones.
j (Th n j.jon vT
REAL ESTATE ACSEXT,
CARTERSVILLE GA
Isa authorized to sell, and have on hat.d several
li. me 4 and Lots, »nd aHo numerous building lots Li nif
town j( Carters vibe. Also several plnntatins or vari
»is sizes iu li t -tow county. Parties desiring to bu-. or
sell will do wen to give me a call. AJI co.-nmumcations
promptly answered. July IT. 1606.
Dr. o. pivaeutoy
Cat tersville, Georgia
T riiiers his professions! services to the citizens o
urtergvilie aurroundiMi! ccuntry, and will attend
\ *at all hours. Office up-stair* in Dr. Bamuei Olay-
Ji’i New Brick Building. May 10. 1807, wly
S. H. Patti 11 o,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
t\’lll attend promptly ts the Cutting, Repair
’» ing and Miking Boy’s and Meu’s Clo hing. 4HI
J.Tce in bacs room of Blair & Bradshaw's store. m
Cartersville, Ga. mJAMm
Tlie Cartersville Hotel.
nR. THOMAS MILAM having
charge of this House, would be
,>i. ssed to accommodate a few Board-ra «» p
erswith BOARD, with oj without
Lodging. Call and see him at once for terras
Cartersville, Jan 17.
Sjrt, w . U. MOESTCASTLE,
jeweller and Watch and
Xty Clock Repairer,
I t the Front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s store.
Cartersville jan 25
~ "sfo’S HIEL IDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
iARTERSVILLEi BARTOW COUNTYi GEQRGIAi
tIS prepared to execute all kinds >Xa
of work in the Fasnionable Tail- IX
ingline, with neatness and mdu-JLt
’able style. Over J. Bl6as & Ua’a store,
Cartersville , jan 23.
Errors of Youth.
A Gentleman who suffered for years irom
Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for the
*ake of sulleiing humanity, send free to ail
who need it, the recipe and directions for
nuking the simple renredy by whieh he was
cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the
advertiser’s experience, can do so by address'
’ng, in perlert coufilcna®,
’°HN B. OGDEN, 43 Cedar Street, New
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
n. H. BAII.EV, G. N. ORHWAY,
Formerly of Vs nrv Cos. Os Giles County
JAMES M. CARSfcY, T. B. SEMPti,
Os Williamsun county. Os Huntsville, Ala.
BAILEY, ORDWAY & CO.
COTTON COMMISSION
-AITID
Wholesale Grocery Warehouse,
JTos. 5 and 7 Broad Street
NASHVILLE TENN.
xjrE beg leave to return thanks to our friends It the
” very liberal share of patr mage bestowed
upon our house the past season, and would say that,
having enlarged our facilities for storing Cotton, we are
now prepared to give every attention to the storage,
sale, and shipment of ail Cotton our friends may en
trust to our care. We promise that every effi ..rt. will
be used to secure the very highest market place, wheth
er so.d here or in other markets.
Will make Cash Advances on all cotton or other Pro
luce slipped to os. Our terms shall always be as low
as any other rel'able house.
.lames 41, t’arsey and Win \ .
Sample will give their undivided att< ni:;c.
to the Cotton Department, and will scrain ever;} a.3?7i
to make it to the interest of planters to pat ro 713-
as
We will always keep a fall stock of GROCERIES,
BAGGING, ROPE ar and TWINE, and all grades of
FLOCK for sale at the lowest prices. i
Wanted.— Wc wish to purchase wash
ed and unwa-hed WOOL, FEATHERS, and DKIEJ
FRUIT, and will always give the best price*.
It tII.EV OKDW4V At CO.,
will act as our r U, and |.;iv i,.< C n consign
ed to U-. BAILEY, OR it >V AT & CO.
Sept 27 C 7 Omo
ROBT. LUSK, Pres’t. T. B. SAMPLE, Oast
TRADBaS ? BANK
3© Union Street,
NASHVILLE TEN Y.,
DEALS IN
Coin, Foreign and Domestic. Ex
change, incur rent Money of all kindt
United Stales, Stale, and Rail Roue
Bonds.
digSiest prices paid Tor 5,20$
7,30* lO 40*, and
Comp, Int. Xotc*.
FOR SALE
DUNCAN, SHERMAN & CO’S DRAFTS
IN SUMS TO eUIT, ON
London,
Parris ,
Berlin.
S pt’27, 1867 6 m
Dissolution of Copartnership
THE firm of Hill (g, Bunn is this day dis
solved by mutual consent. 'lhe liabili
ties of the firm are assumed by Mr. Henry
Bunn, who takes this method of notifying all
personsowing the house to come forward and
settle. The books and accounts will be found
at our old stand. WM. H. HILL.
HENRY BUNN.
Cartersville, Jan, tOlh, 1868-Im.
FORCE'S -BOOT AND SHOfi
House.
ARK now rece'vicg their FALL and
WINTER STOCK of BOOTS AND
s IIOES, the largest ever brought to LX \
this market. Tliesvg mils c"»nir direct
CiVuntrv Merchants and the Vffk
expenses added, consisting of Mens’. Boys’, Youths’,
lul Childrens’ Wax. Kip, Calf, and 801 l Brogans and
liulmora s—Boots of ail styles, thick, wax. kip. ea'f,
dos the tiaest q ivlllies " Ladies', M'sses’, and Cliil
nf Boots and Slues, of every style, and till r.i»de to
der G. II FORCE.
B. W. VOUOE, formerly of Charleston will be glad
to see his oi l cus omers. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 10-!y.
S3OO REWARD.
TiiEAsntv Department, }
Officb Internal Revenue, >
'Washington, Doc' 7th, 1867. )
The share of informers in the property or
dinarily liable to forfeiture upon seizure of
illicit Distilleries is found to be inadequate to
ensure that interest and vigilance necessary to
secure the observance of the law :
I do therefore, by a"d with the advice and
jiconsent oft’ e Secretary of the Treasury, here
by offer, or information hereafter given that
shall lead to the forfeiture of anv DISTIL
LERY whose proprietor has not given the
notice required hv law to the Assessor ot li is
district, and which information shall also lead
to the conviction of any person engaged in
operating the said Distillery,
A Reward of Three Hundred
Dollar*,
to be pa : d upon the rcceip of the certificate ol
the United States District Attorney ha\ing
charge of the case that the person so claiming
such reward is the person who turnished such
information.
E. A. ROLLINS,
Commissi per.
ER. SAS3EEN. B. W. YORK. It. X. JOURDAN
SASSEEWS
United States Hotel
C*or. Alabama and Pryor Streets,
ATLAXTA, GEORGIA,
Within 100 yards ol the Passenger Depot. ,
SASSEE.W YORK and JOURDON, Prom’s.
J. W. F. BRYSON, )
l -Clerks.
R. T. JOURDAN,
Dec. 20th, 1867-if.
biJycksmithing.
A. & °M. GOODSON,
TTAVING complted their new
Siiop adjoining Btr»nge’s Tin Shop, on West
side of Railroad,Cartersville, Ga.. are prepared
to do all kinds of work in the Blacksmithing
line. They flatter themselves that they can
do as good work, and at as low pi ice, as any
like establishment in town. They ask a rea
sonable share of the public patronage, and
promise satisfaction both in the character of
their work and the reasonableness of their
charges. A. & M. GOODSON.
Cartersville, Ga., Jan. 31 at, 1868-wly.
“ ¥Fait for the -W^O-OILT,
Jlnd ice’ll all take a ride.”
W ag’on-Makmg’
and REP A IKING, by
J. W. MANLEY,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA,
HAVING completed my new shop or
Main Street West side of *he Railroad,
I am now prepared to put up to order
One, Two and Four-Horse
WAGONS, CARTS, W hcel-Barrows and
Plow Stocks ; also, REPAIRING of all kinds
of vehicles done at short notice. Owing to
the stringency in money matters oy charges
will be as moderate aa circumstances will ad
mit. My work recommends itself.
CaiUwille, Jan. 23,1867.
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. MARCH 0, 1808.
PIANOFORTES!
FI HIE undersigned would announce to the
J citizens of Cartersville and vicinity that
he is fully pepared to furnish
PIANOFORTES,
OCTAVES, with ail the rerv latest improve
ments, and most elegant style and workman
ship, one hundred dollars less than they can
; he purchased elsewhere south. They will be
i fully warranted.
PIANOS TUNED and REPAIRED
In the very best manner, and ail work warran
ted, and shall be pleased to give all orders
prompt attention.
MR, S. T. ANDERSON will kindly give
further information at present, and deliver any
orders, or you can address, by mail,
F, L, PREQER, Kennesaw House,
Marietta, Ga,
He is also agent for the sale of all kinds of
ORGANS, Jan 25wtf
EDWARD BECHTOLDT,
AND CONFECTIONER,
CAETRRHVII.I.E, GA.
"fR PREPART-’M TO TAKE an! keeps on
| hand, BREAD AND OAKES of every
kind, also a fine stack of COM *E "CION RIES, a pen-'
er <l variety. FUEsII LAGE'i BEEII kept nn h»nd.
Parties o-1 WrUi'KS furaisb.u at short notice.—
-MURRELL &¥boT7
i Resident Dentists,
OFF Eli THEIR FKv>FI3tS»IONAL SKR
vices to tiie citiaens of Curtersviiie aiul
vicinity. Having an the latest im- «rx~*s.
provcinents in Dental Material, Drs, v » c l>
Murrell are prepared to Extract Teeth with
out pain, (by means of Ansesthe.ics), insert on
Pivot, Fill wilh Gold, Os Artificial and Amal
gam, and put in Partial or Whole Setts of ar
tificial teeth on Gold or Vulcanized Base,—
Will direct the second Dentition of children,
and do anything pertaining to the profession.
All work warranted to give satisfaction.
Office over S. Clayton & Son’s Store.
References T. J Young, MD„M H.
,p honias, M D and Dentist, W S R Hardman,
M, D., Monrop, Ga,
Cartersville, Jan. 23, ’67. wly
TO TH3 LADI3S
PREMIUM FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES.
rjIHE best machine for every description of
family sewing made.
Call and examine machine and specimen of
work over S. Clayton & Son’s store, Carters
ville, Ga. ' S. H. PATTILLO,
Agent for Bartow county.
Dec. 13th, 186 7-ts.
fta vc iemovee/ xrty 6-toc/^
DRUGS, &C,
fiom t/ic &£dte boom ane/et, t/ic
BARTOW HOUSE,
an, Jam now /oca fee/ on
Rfl A I N ST,
were/ e/oot /o
GILBERT & CO., HARDWARE HOUSE.
— /// y at/fen/eon td
rjtven so /Ac c/y'ecnSrjty o^
nyc ieidioitstiljS*
an</ .=jA am rke/Any a// ai=
/re /o-S tji my /arc, Otic A
MEDICINES, OIL,
FAINTS, GLASS, &C. 7
AS CHEAP
ad can Ac '/ortnc/cf?/Ac fame
e/dewAide. - J lc=
V* co E/re //y ■Ac /set rt coil finu=
(nice of /nc ft,r :t Ar no/nr A-:
J? /„, im cecet oe. J.
. O' IFF BEST, :MD_D.
Druggist and Pharmaceutist.
Feb. 7th, iletis-wiy. Cartersville Ga.
N. CrZLRSATH & SON.
GENERAL DEALERS IN
Dry-Goods and Groceries,
ALSO,
Produce and Provision Merchants, Orders
for Grain or Provision promptly filled,
N. GILREATH & SON,
Feb. 7th, 1868-wtf. Cartersville, Ga,
SADDLERY AND HARNESS
m
MANUFACTORY,
THE undersigned, determined to give the
people of Bartow and adjoining counties
no excuse for going- abroad to purchase their
SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, &C.,
and for repairing the same, have opened, in
the town of Cartersville, a regular,
SA n DLE AND HARNESS MANUFAC
TORY,
where they propose to put up everything in
their line in the neatest, most substantia! and
durable mannor, and at prices that will
defy competition. They flattertl em
selves that they can and will do work, which,
in every respect, will compare favorably with
any work done North or South, botll 111
quality and price. Let no one ig
nore our work because it is done in the South,
nor our pi ices, before giving us a tiial, for that
is all we ask to secure trade. Our work is all
warranted and that is a sufficient guar
antee to purchasers. We are determined to
build up a name and business in Cartersville
that will be a heritage to our chi,ld-en after
us, if prompt attention, good work, and mode
late charges will sec'ire that end, Rooms it
the front of the Eclipse Sale ami Livery Stable.
THOMPSON & STOCKS.
Cartersville, Ga,
January 7th, 18G8-wly.
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©Soltsalt ani Utiail Sfaitrs in
Paints, Oils,
Window Glass.
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
Foreign and Domestic
::::Perfumery,:::;
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE IMPORTED
toistio
‘iIYIEGNIC WRYE.”
twjrpijt if ficrc,
Norcross Corner,
Feb. 7th, 1868-Iy ATLANTA, GA.
A GOO D f OPENING
BUSINESS.
undersigned, desiring to change his
I bu.- i..0-s, offers to sell all his stock, con
-ting of liotm hng;pih'acf», carriages,
wagons, harness, prnveuiler. iVc. A pRo, to
either sell or rent his stable, known in Carters
ville as the
ECLIPSE SALE & LIVERY STABLE,
to any one desiring to engage in the- Livery
•Stable Business, no place in North Georgia
affords a better Opening than Cartersville. It
is located m the very In art of Cherokee Ga ;
surrouo h t by a country rivalled by no supe
ri -i in the South. A central point for a great
area of territory, and Cartersville is one of the
most flourishing towns between Atlanta and
Chattanooga, having grown from about seven
hundred to near two thousand inhabitants since
the war, and is the principal point of trade for
thirteen counties and part- of counties. This
is the only stable in the place. For further
particulars address or apply to
J. G. STOCKS,
Cartersville, Ga.
Jan. 31st, 1868-ts.
A Word lo Farmers
YT7E desire to say to all pcr.iens to vhom
W we have made advance’ < * their cotton,
that the time has now expired for which the
a tvance was made, and we respectfully request
that the cotton be brought forward WITH
OUT DELAY. Your promise is out. to us.
ulfill it like prompt business men. We tiust
fhis notice will t>e sufficient. Pay up and be
gin anew. Cotton will be shipped or purchased
as you may decide.
HOWARD & PEACOCK.
Cartersville. Jan. 3. 1868.
An Estray Bull.
OTRAYED, frum the undere-«nt*il, living nesr Car-
O tersville, Ga., some months since, a large Briinlie
Bull, with tiie ti)is of his horns gaueil off, and youe
marked. Wlieu last seen was in good order Any •«.-
formation concerning him will be thankfully received
and suitably rewarded. Ag..' _v at this office or o< tlie
owner. J. ». LEAK, Cartorsvllle, Ga.
I'eb'y 20, lS6B.wtf
To Arrive.
I WILL have on hand, in two weeks, as
Agent of the Importer of French Glass,
300 Boxes of Gl isa of ail sizes. Contractors
and parties wishing Glass will please call on
me. as I will sell at lower prices than any one
in Georgia can, as I -un satisfied with the
commission paid me by the Importer.
Feb. 7th, 1868-wlf. a. R. KRAMER.
Cartersville, Ga.
THE XEW lEiR'SUiFT,
II was New Year’s eve; a blusterino
tti-ftit. The vvintl dashed the frozen
sleet furiously against the sturdy wall
of the trill red stone Farmhouse, mak
ing the bright fire that was burning in
the larjre old fashioned kiiehen seem
douily grateful, and around which
were gathered latlier Williams, his wife
ant! four children.
The weather bronzed fare of the
farmer had a care-worn and discontent
ed look. He was one of those who
‘make haste to be rich,” and though
he is surrounded by many blessings,
and every reasonable want is supplied,
as the old year finds no surplus in his
purse, his henrt,«iiijstea<l of being lilted
up with gratitude, is filled with repin
ings.
His gentle, meek-browed wife is sit
ting beside him, and her countenance
wears a look of chastened sorrow, and
tears glisten in her eves as they wan
der to a corner of the room where
stands a vacant cradle, Irom which
smiled, a week ago, the rosy “cheeked,
bright-eyed hoy, upon whose little
grave to night the snow’ is drifting
heavily.
The silence was broken by a heavy
knock at the door.
Father Williams immediately opened
i revealing a respectable, middle-aged
colored man, who held carefully in his
hand a covered basket.
•Does Afrs. \\ iliiams live here ?” he
inquired.
•She does.’
‘The lady who buried a little child
yesterd i\ V
•Yes.’
*VV ell, here is a New Year’s present
for her.’
I hrusting the basket into the farmer’s
hands he turned and walked quickly
down the road where could be dunlv
seen the outlines of a covered sleigh,
troin which could be distinctly heard
the sound of stifled sobs.
Bewildered and astonished, farmer
Williams carried the basket into the
kitchen, and carefully set it down upon
the table.
As he did so he was startled by a
plaintive cry; and upon opening it,
there lay a lovely boy, about 3 months
old.
Farmer Williams sprang to the door,
hut the sleigh and its occupants wert
nowhere to he seen.
In the meantime Mis. Williams and
the children gathered around the basket
with exclamations of surpiise and
pleasure. As the b,»lw.*-»rv, *fv stt'd tie il
ly'stopped crying, and smiling, stretch
ed out its little hands lo her.
The heart of (he bereaved mother
now yearned towards the chill, and
taking it up in her arms, she pressed it
fondly to her bosom. Just then the
husband came back from his fruitless
search,
•f declare its an imposition !’ he ex
claimed, stamping the snow off his
bools. ‘But l wont submit to it. I’ll
lake it over to the town farm the very
first thing in the morning.’
■I can’t bear the idea of its going
there, John,’ said the wife. *Just see
what a pretty baby it is !’
•I don’t see but what it looks like all
other babies,’ returned John, gruffly,
doing his best to steal his heart against
the little stranger, in which he only
partly succeeded, for rough as was the
farmer’s way, he had a kindly nature, il
one could reach it. ’
•Any way, the authorities will have
to take care of it.’ farmer Williams
continued; *We can’t—we |have got
more mouths to fill now than we can
find bread for.’
Mrs. Williams’ lips quivered as hei
thoughts reverted lo the little grave in
the church-yard. Ah, lo her heart th6re
was one too few !
‘John.’ said M rs. Williams, plead
ingly, ‘it seems as though God had
sent this baby in the place of our own
little William, whom he has taken to
himself. Let me keep i'.; it will not
fail to bring a blessing upon us, you
may be sure.’
Farmer Williams’ countenance re*
land someujiat as he looked at those
tearful eyes.
• Well, well, Mary,’ he said in a soft
voice, ‘l’ll think about it. If we do,
you and the children will have lo go
without a good many things, for these
are hard times, and may harder.
So you had better wcigh v ltie thing well
before deciding.’
Mrs. Williams did so, and the result
was that the New Year's gill became a
fixture in the Red stone farmhouse. —
He grew up a meiry winsome boy,
twining even around the farmer s rug
ged nature, and taking, in the heart of
his adopted mother, the place of her
lost Willie, and loved and cherished by
her with equal tenderness.
A great many sacrifices did Mrs. W.
make, many toilsome hours did she
spend, in order that her husband might
not feel the expenses of his maintenance
too heavily. And well did his growing
intelligence anti beauty, and the ardent
affection he evinced lor her, repay
her for all. There was no t fl
ing about him that would give the
slightest clue lo his parentage. Simp
ly a bit of whi.e paper pinned lo 'ms
frock, on which were tlvese words, evi
dently written bv a woman, in a grace
ful but unsteady hand :
‘Arthur, born September *JJ. I vvas
a stranger and ye took me in.’
Farmer Williams made some inquir
ies in the neighborhood, and learned
that a lady with an infant, accompanied
by a servant, had been stopping for a
week past at the village tavern t that she
was very beautiful, but very pale and
sad, and kept her room most of the
time. Bm they disappeared from there
as suddenly as they came.
* * * *
It is 10 years since Mrs. Williams
received her New Year’s Let ns
lake another peep mio the Refi Slone
Faimhouse. The yrmip is s«n;fYler
now than then, I’he farmer who mor"
mured 10 years ago that he had so
many mouths to feed, has now only one
child left him—the little flaxen-haired
:(irl that is sitimtr beside his knee ; the
are sleeping in tlie Rule church
yard.
A heavy misfortune has !x?failen him,
the thirst for riches has brought its us
ual course. Possessed wilh tlie mania
lor speculation, he mortgaged his farm
house and ail it contained. The gilded
bubble bursied, aid the dawning of the
.New Year found him a ruined and a
homeless man. This was the last night
l,, at lie and hr: wffe were to stay in the
old honnstead, that Lad been m the
family lor four generations, and was
linked lo his heart ty so many tender
memories. On ihe morrow they knew
not whither to go. It is true, that many
of tlie old neighbors—kind, good soulp
had offered him a temporary home;
hut it was hard'for the proud, seif-reii
ant man to accept charity from any.
*VV fiat can we do ! Yv here cau we go
to ?’ he groaned, as he thought ol tlie
morrow.
•Ihe Lord will provide, John,’ said
Ins wife, lilting her patient eyes to Ins.
•He never liys forsaken us. Neither
will he forsake one who trusts m Him.’
Hut tlie farmer lacked the Christian
resignation that made that gentle heart
such a haven ot peace and love.
•Ay, liiat’s uhut you’ve always said,
wife,’ lie retorted, impatiently, ‘and
you see what we have come to. For
my part, i don’t think the Lord troub
les Ilunself much about us anv way.’
Mrs. Williams migln have said that
tm brought liyjs upon himself, hut she
wisely forebore. Jqst then there came
tile sound of a quick, buoy ant step,
and there bur.>l into the room a fine,
sturdy tad ol about ten, Ins eyes bright
and his cheeks glowing frem the keen,
frosty air.
‘lt s bitter cold, I tell you !’ lie ex
claimed, throwing Ins cap, hoy fashion,
upon the kitchen settee, and stepping
up to tfie kitchen fire. ‘Not hut what
I’ve been as warm as toast, all but my
ears and lingers,’ he added, blowing
upon the latter as he spoke,
•Here is something for you, mother,’
he said, seating himself on a stool at
her feet, and tossing into her lap a
shining piece of gold.
‘Why, Arthur, where did you get
this?’ „ ........ iiown at the
tavern gave it to me, mother. He in
vited me into his room and gave me as
many nuts and raisins as J could eat,
besides.’
*i wonder who he is?’ said she mus
ingly.
•1 can tell you,’ exclaimed her hus
band. his eyes flashing angrily. ‘He
is tlie owner ot the Red Stone Farm
house. lie is the man who bid against
me on the few articles 1 wanted to re
serve. The curse of the homeless rest
upon him !'
‘Nay, John,’ interposed his wife,
gentlv ; perhaps he did not know how
highly you prized them.’
‘Yes he did ; Parson Brown stepped
up and told him, hut he only smiled,
and said he wanted to buy everything
just as it stood.’
‘Well,’ said the boy, gazing thought
fully into itie fire. ‘1 can’t help pity
ing him, f.e looked so sorrowful. He
asked me a great many questions about
vou, mother, and all the rest of us, aud
kept walking up and down tlie room,
wringing his hands and groaning as il
fie was in great trouble.’
‘1 will nuy you anew coat with this
Arthur, said Mrs. VViiliains, as siie ex
amined anew the gold coin. ‘You need
one badly enough,’ she added, glancing
with a sigh at his well-patched round
abount.
You shall do nothing of the sort,
mother.’ said the generous hearted hoy,
•You shall buy yourself and sissy a
nice warm shawl.*
Before Mrs. Williams could reply
there was a quiet knock at the door.—
Farmer Williams opened it. It was
only a bov who brought a small parcel
lor Mrs, Williams.
•Another New Year's gift, I suppose,’
he said bitterly, as he handed it to her.
for he was in a hitter mom'. Mrs
Williams glanced reproachfully at her
husband.
•God grant that it may bring us
much comfort,’ she said, laying her
hand fondly upon the head mat was
resting against her knee.
As she opened it she uttered an ex
clamation of surprise. It was a deed
of the lied Stone Farmhouse, and made
out in her name. On the inside wrap
per were these words.
•Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least
of these, ye did it unto me.’
There were grateful and happy hearls
beneath the roof of the old homestead
that night, though with Mrs. Williams'
joy there was mingled an uneasy feeh
mg. She was welt assured that it was
some wav connected with Arthur, and
trembled "wilh apprehension lest some
one should appear who had stronger
claims to him. i bi“ fear whs dissi
pated the next morning, by a letter that
came lo her iu file first mail. It con -
lained a check for 5 thousand dollars,
together with there words :
The hoy that you so generously re
ceived 10 years ago, and have so ten
derly cherished since, will never he
taken from veil. The mother, forced
lo relinquish ilm babe, dearer to her
ihan life, is now iu heaven. The laili*
er. who so basely forsook his child,
and her whom lie had sworn to cher
ish, is unworthy of so sacred a trust. —
j n y Bank you will find the sum of
twenty thousand dollars deposited in
the name of yoTir adopted son, of j
whir'll lie is to come into possession j
w hen be is legally of age, and Lie iu* ■
i terest of which is to he appropriated to
his (support and education during his
minority.*
To this singular letter th>re was no
dale nor stgna'ure. There were vari
ous conjectures in regard to the stran
ge r. who had been in the village for
some days, and ftoin whom it was ev
idciu this letter came as well as the
package received the night before.
But when Arthur recalled to his
mind the I .ok of s-d, remorseful ten
derness with which he had regarded
him, he felt that it must have been his
lather. Yet lie often said, as tie look
ed into the face of Ins adnpvd mother,
that he wanted ro dearer friends than
those he already had. As lor .Mrs.
Williams, among all the blessings that
surrounded her, there was not one that
brought her a purer joy than be whom
site had* taken to her heart when a
friendless babe, her New Year’s gilt.
Tlie Josh Killings Paper.
Sl'M NATRAL HISTORY.
The Alligator ts not a naiiff of Nu
England; lie is too useless a cr'tter to
be hotn there.
He belongs down South, and resides
in the saute swamp that the copperhead
duz.
He lives upon raw pig, and don’t
hesit ate tew take them whole, ih there
don’t happen tew be a smaller one on
hand.
lie iz ala.) fond of a little negro once
in a while by way of a relish.
They are amphibious, and several
other kinds of cuss lew plenty to men*
shun.
What on earth they are good lor 1
don’t seem tew know, unless it iz to
watch (or pigs:
There hides can he tanned into leath
er, hut they are az hard to skin az a
beech tree iz; anil i!;e leather, when
tanned, iz just about az limber az a
cooking-stove. But one pair uv bools
made out ov alligator will last az long
the only way tew wear them out iz lew
heave them away.
Alligator meat iznot lucious. lfyou
ask for it at the firs'kluss hotels, they
alwus tell you “that they are just out.’
It tastes az 1 should think the heel of a
mule would who had been worked fortv
years in a brick yard, anu then been
struck by lightning to get rid ov him.
When the alligator’s mouth iz wide
open, hiz head izjust about the center
of his boddv; but th«v i j
a very suit noise, although they hav
more jaw than enny critter that 1 know
ov.
These are some ov the heavvest salts
1 have been able lew gather about the
alligator.
The alligator seems to be a seckond
edition ov the krukadile, made out ov
what was left.
1 think the krukadile tisml lavs eggs
when they want some krokaddes, hut 1
don’t know whether 1 think, the alliga
tor duz or don’t but if they do, and 1
ever dud the nest, and the old feller aint
on the nest, 1 shouldn’t hesitate tew
hatch out the eggs myself—with a klub
This iz all l kuo at present about al"
ligato.
* * ♦ * *
TUF. HEN.
iz the sm dlest thing- surrounded with
leathers, »xeept the hummingbird.
He iz about the sise ova horse chest
nut.
He iz of a dark brown color , and
bidls hiz nest in not holes, out ov little
stix.
lie iz az gruty az a mud pie, and will
light a hen turkey.
Kens are little pirates; I have seen
them drive a blue-bird out of hiz house
aud set up business on hiz stock in
trade.
They lay an eggs about the size ov
a marrow fat p, and hatch out at least a
half dozen children at a setting.
A yong ren iz the tunnies! hale pack
age 1 ever see done up; they aiu much
bigger, and look very mulch,like a smai
sized stuiicoleu.
Reus are long lived, but iftha should
live tew he az old ; z Methuseler, they
would:),t be az bjg <tz a butler nut.
They liv on the bug and worm fam"
i'y, and spend their winter south.
They are not profitable to eat —1
would as soon dress a bumble bee, and
one ren pot-pie would use up the whole
breed.
* * * * *
111 NS.
leads me to remark, in the fust place,
that thus far they are a success.
They are domestic, aud occasionlly
are tuff.
This iz owing to their not being bild
often emill in their younger daze; but
the hen ain’t to blame lor this.
Piled hen is universal! respected,
i'here is a grate deal ov originality
tew in the hen—exactly how much l
Kan t tell, say Knuwer had hens in the
ark with him, amt some say lie didn’t.
So it goes which and lurttier.
1 kaut teii which was born lust, the
hen or the egg; sumetiuis 1 think the
egg was—and suuitiins thinks 1 l don’t
kuo, and 1 kaut left now which rs right
lor tfie life ov me.
La v mg eggs is ihe hens best grip.
A hen Ihui kaut lay eggs—iz laid out.
One egg iz koucHlereii a tair day’s;
work for a lien, l have heard ov their
doing better, hut 1 don’t want a hen of
mine to do it; it is apt to hurl their con
stitution and by-laws, aud ihus impure
their future wmib.
The poet says, beautifully!
.Suraiiodily lur. stolen our olt* blew hen,
A wish they’d let her bee;
feiu; used tow lay g eggs a day,
Ami .‘Sundays she la) and ii.’
This sounds trew t iiulf for poetry, but
I will bet 75 thousand dollars* that it
never look place.
This bet stands open till the 17th day
NO. 35.
ov next November, at half past twelve
o’clock.
TIIE BIMBLE BEK.
iz one ov uator’s sekretes.
They probably hav a destiny tew fill
and are probably necessary, il a fellow
only knew how.
They live a part from the rest of man
kind, in little circles numbering about
75 or 80 souls.
They are born about having time
and are different from ennv bug 1 know
ov; they are the biggest when they are
lust born. They resemble sum men in
this respekt.
Their principal hizziness iz making
poor honey, but they don’t make enny
to sell.
Boys sometimes r<>b them ova whole
summer’s work; but tbare is one tiling
about a bumble bee that the boys al«
waz watch dreadful close, and that m
their helm.
1 had not rather hav awl the bumbell”
bee honey thare iz between here and
the city ov Jerusalem than law have a
bumbell bee hit me witii his helm when
he came round suddin.
Ti.P) are different from other ware
vessels; the helm always minds the
bumble Lew.
Hitklux “Takes Wtt(er. w
The last startling Knklux apparition
is reported to have just treated the little
village ol Linnville, in Gres county, to
a spiritual visitation. As the story
goes, the great spirit of Kulklux appear
ed to a rustic darkle just or. the outskirts
of i.iuoville, about nightfall a lew
evenings since - lie was mounted on a
snow white horse and clad in a mantle
as ghostly as tlict of the “White (brook*
with the representation on the hack us
the head and cross bones and under*
neath, in blood-red characters, the hum
inscription.—“//i lloc Sis no." llis
visor was down and hi.- hemlet was
not lit up—for it w.is early candle light.
l|e approached the negro, whe was dip
ping water at a spring, and asked for .i
dm kof water m such an unearthly
whisper, that the poor African had
hardly strength to lift even a gourd of
water —yet this he essayed to do. with
out daremg to lilt his eyes upon the
horrid spectre. The spirit majestically
waved the gourd away, and said; “it
is not enough, hand up the bucket,”—
Sambo lifted the bucket dripping from
the brim with
wiaiTOfi swallow as the ‘swallows home
ward flew,’ coursing each oilier down
the dead warrior’s throat. Then the
bucket was returned and mi) aiii/r.
dictul there was cot a drop of water in
it. Sambo’s astonishment and curios
ity overcame his trepidation, and h«
looked up. “GoodU -mitey, maistcr,
did you drink all dal*”
“1 i-i-n did,” was ihe sonorous re *
aponse.
•1 have been dead ever since the bat
tle of Chicka-mau-HU-au-ga, and have
never drank water since—tlterelore is
the sn»rit d — d thirsty. Hand up an
otlfr bucket.’
•Do Lord hep ray sole,” exclaimed
Atrica; ‘den master you belter git down
anJ drink omen de spring,’ and with
that he Hung down the bucket and
gourd ami tied on the wings of evening
while Kuklux quietly drew out Ins chest
a gum-elastic bottle «i Ihe capacity of
several gallons, emptied the water out
ol it, that had been artificially swallow
ed, returned the vessel to his shirt bos
om and rode oil into the night. —.Nash-
ville Manner.
From the Louisville Democrat.
A Joke onUucle Sam 4 Will*.
k> IMstiller Flajmlt—Wlmi
tke Trick Cost.
Some months ago a man named
Smith, living near Payne’s depot in
Scott county, Ky„ made barrels
of whisky without paying the special
lax on it. The consequence was that
United stales Marshal Meriwether
seized the lot and placed it in a ware
house in charge ofa disinterested party
Two or three mouths alts rwaid, the
owner ol the whisky was tried before
the United States Court, and a rule
was issued by the court to show cause
why he should not only pay the amount
the whisky was worth at the time
but the tax upon it, amounting in all u>
$3,500. lie was unable to foot the bill,
and was sent to jail until lie or Ins
friends could raise it for him. liut to
the joke; The whisky was kept ~i
Payne’s Deqot subject to order of ihe
United Sums Marshal, and when he
ordered it to this city for the purpose
of selling it to pav Uncle Sam’s
expenses, the barrels were discovered
to contain water , and not pure water at
that. When the manufacturer ol the
• •whisky” was belore court, it was
proven that he went to the warehou-e
at Pavne’s where the whisky was
stored! and hooked, two barrel* oln at
a time in the night, taking them away
pouring the whisky into other bar
rels, and filling the first lot of barrels
with water. ll*s wvuld take two bar
rels of water and return to the place of
exchange with two barrels of wlusk v.
It was not proven bow long a time it
took him to ‘swap’ the lot, but il is a
fact that the change was made by the
distiller. Tile result was Uncle Sou
gut ‘water in liis’n,’ and the distiller
occupied a room in Castle Thomas
until yesterday, when the President no
doubt, without the permission of “User
less” Grant, telegraphed a pardon, and
the distiller was released. What be
came of the whisky we did not team,
but we suppose il i* doing its woik at
some community ; -
The Aldermen and Assistant Aid* r
men of New Orleans, who were recent
ly removed by order of Gen. Grant
have beeu reinstated by the same (iea„
eral.
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