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In CartersviUe, Bartow Cos., R »-, h T
Samuel XT.
EDITOR and PROPRIETOR.
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«» a-etd as new each insertion,
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOHN W. WOFFORD,
Attorney at Law,
c'artersvieie, reorrh.
OFFICE OVER CURRY’S STORE,
Ost. 17. 1868.
Comm rcial Hotel,"'CartersviUe, Ga.
BY JOHN 0. MARTIN.
Tvr n story Rltlf’F HTILTYINO "corner 'of Pepo
Can- and M*rW S'reet East Side of Railroad.
Room a good and comfortable.
Fnrnitnre and liedd’[>R new
Good omre and apae'* n * lining Room.
Tahirs well supplied wi ' h th « be** that'the market
affords, and charges moderate.
Tte Prnpriet r hopes, by good attention to burin***,
p, receive a liberal share of patronage. Pec. 1. 186S.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
TC. C, BLACKBURN will j.ra *, n
„ the pr\e iglta of the C e Cir
enit. Prompt attention pivrn to the Collec
tion of Claim*. Office at EUH ARLEE. GA.
Nc.*|2o, 1868. vrly
R. W. MURPtTEY,
ATTORNEY AT lA W,
Carter*' •'* * f • *' fl *
•WVITT nractlc.e in tb* tbe Courts of Oberokee ’ Cir-
Z±.
TTfTF. M. to HNSO N,
Dentist,
ESPECTFULLY ofTers hi* Professional
j\ .ervire, *.. the citizens of CartersviUe
•«d vlcl tv. Heis prepared to do work ■‘■ZZlt l T!t
•a the latest and most Improved style.
Teeth extracted without pain, [by means of narcotic
Sprsv.l W>rk all warranted. Office over ,T. Elsas’
§»ere,< OARTERSVILLE, Oa. Feb. 20,1868.—w5m
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
OARTERSVILLE, GA.
THOMAS W. HIIN11)
Attorney at Law,
IAP.TERSVILLE. ’ GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business entrusted
U his care. Oct. 5. ly
JOHN J. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
CartersviUe, Oa.,
WILL attend promptly to all business cn
trusted to his care. Will practice in the
C«>rts of Law, and Equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Special attention given to the collec-
of claims. Jan. 1, 1866. ly
JOHN J. JONES,
REAL ESTATE AGEIT,
OARTERSVILLE. GA.
I am Authorized to sell, and have on hand several
Houses and Lots, and also numerous building lots In the
t*wn of CartersviUe. Also several plantations of vari
•as sizes in Bartow county. Parties desiring to bnv or
sell will do well to give me a call. All communications
promptly answered. July 17,1806.
S. 11. PATILLO,
FASHIONABLE TAIIOR,
Will attend promptly to the Cutting, Repair
tug and M iking It, ys’ and Men's Clothing. |l
Jfoo in back room of Blair A Bradshaw’s store. 1/
CartersviUe, Oa.
1868. IBSS
AMERICAN HOTEL,
Alabama Street,
JTL.I.IT.I, #•«.
nearest House to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE & WHITHOCK Proprietors.
W. D. Wiley, Clerk.
♦fAVING re-leased and renovated the
; I we are prepared to entertain guest* In a mo»t sat
isfactory manner. Charges fair and moderate. Our
•.Torts will be to please.
|Sf"Baggage carried to and from Depot free of
•barge. April 29. wtf
JAMES WHINER,
Attorney at Law,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
CARTERSVIILE. GEORGIA.
WITX practice In the Courts of the Cherokee and ad
joining Circuits, also the. Bupreme and District
Courts. Prompt attention given to business entrusted
to my care. August 21 8816.—wly
SAMUEL P. JONES,
ATTORNEY A T LA W ,
Cartersville, Ga.
PRACTICE in the Courts of the Cherokee
Circuit. Particular attention given to
the Cos lection of Claims. Olfice with Capt.
J.J Jones. Nov. 2 Jy
S- O'SHI'ELJDS,
fashionable Tailor,
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA.
IS prepared to execute all kinds
UL of work in the Fashionable Tail
—isl- oring line, with neatness and in alllL.
durable style. Over J. Elsas & Co’s store.
Cartersville, Jan. 23.
jgk CALEB TOMPKINS, well
known for 20 years past, as a first
®pT>| class H'jtTCH CLOCK,
and JEWELLER REPAIRER,
MANUFACTURER, has com
menced work one door North of his former old
stand, on the East side of the Railroad, Car
if,RßViLL», Ga. Wili sell Clocks and Watches
Warranted, Noy. IQ* wly
E. R. BASSE EN, R- D. MANN,
Georgia. Tennessee.
THE OLD TENN. AND GEORGIA
8.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
SASSEEN & MANN, Prqridors.
W. F. WS»S,\ clerka
Isaac k. )
JftuUdjy 1* 16G0»
THE OARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
VOL. 7.
Bartow Superior €3ourl--Scp
Icm! i t XSfJS.
GEORGIA, BARTOW COUN I’Y.
W illiam Solomon vs. Tuos. 11. Leak.
Rule Jt~i Si to Foreclose .Tforl
trage.
ft appearing to the Court by the petition of
William Solomon, (accompanied by Notes and
Mortgage Deed) that on the 17th day of July.
Thomas H. Leak, made and delivered
his certain promissory Note, in writing, to
William Solomon, whereby, he promised thirty
days after the date thereof, to pay William
Solomon, or bearier, the sum of two thousand
dollars, for value received of him — Money loan
ed—and afterwards to wit: On the 17th day
of September, !*<»<», the said Thomas H.
Leak, made and delivered to William Solomon
his certain other promissory Note, in wiring,
whereby,'.thirty days after the date thereof, he
promised to pay W iJiam Solomon, or bearer,
the sum of one hundred and five dollars, for
value received of him, and afterwards, to wit:
On the 19th day of November, ISO!*, the
said Thomas H. Leak and M. A. Leak, made
and delivered to William Solomon their cer
tain promissory Note, in writing, whereby,
thirty days after the date thereof they, or eith
er of them, promised to pay William Solomon,
or order, one thousand dollars, for value receiv
ed of him.
And afterwards, to wit: On the 15th day j
of December IS6(> the said Thomas H Leak
and M. A. Leak, made and delivered to Win.
Salomon, their certain other promissory Note
in writing, whereby, thirty days alter the date
thereof, they, or either of them promised to pay
William Solomon or bearer, the sum of one
thousand and fifty dollars, for value received.
Cash loaned. And afterwards,to wit: On kite
31st day of May, 1867, the said Thomas H.
Leak, made and delivered to William Solomon
tils Certain Qtbor pr.irr,‘..''-c X in writtnor
whereby, ... the first day ot Decem
ber. INGT. he promised to pay William Solo
mon, or bearer, twenty-five hundred and
eighty-nine dollars, for value received. And
afterwards, to wit; On the 31st day of May.
I86T; the said Thomas H. Leak, the better
to secure the said promissory Notes, executed
and delivered to said William Solomon, his
Deed of Mortgage, whereby, the said Thomas
H. Leak, Mortgaged to the said William Solo
mon, all that tract, or parcel of land lying in
the County of Bartow, sou: th District, lying on
the Western side ot the Western & Atlantic
Railroad, near the town of CartersviUe, con
sisting of sixty -four acres, more or less. The
same having been part of the Estate of John
Leak, deceased, and part of the division ofsaid
estate to the said Thomas H. Leak, and his
brother, Moses A, Leak, whose latter interest
was bought by said Thomas H. Leak, with all
the rights, appurtenances to the same in any
manner belonging. And it further appearing tha
slid promissory notes remain unpaid; It isihere
fore ordered, that the said Thomas H. Leak, do
pay into Court on or before the first day of the
next term thereof, the principal, interest and
costs due on said Notes, or show cause to the
contrary, (if anv he can,) and that on the fail
ure of the said Thomas M. Leak so to do, the
equity ofredemp’ion in and to said Mortgaged
premises, be forever thereafter barred and
foreclosed. And it is further ordered that this
Rule be published in the CartersviUe Express.
once a month for four months, previous to the
next term of this Court, or served on the said
Thomas H. Leak, or his special Agent, or At
torney, at least three months previous to the
next term of this Court.
J. R. PARROTT, J. S. C. C, C,
'A true transcript Irom the Minutes ot Bar
tow Superior Court, 22nd Oct, ISGH.
T A, WORD, Clerk.
Oct, 30th IS6B 4mlm. (S3O)
Georgia, llartow Ccunlj)
BY VIRTUE of an order from the Honora
ble Court of Ordinary of said county, will
be sold before the courthouse door in Oartrrs
ville, between the legal hours of sale, on the
first Tuesday in January, 1869, the following
property, belonging to the estate of E. Gra
ham, deceased. Bold for the benefit ot the
heirs and creditors, viz; East half ot lot No.
192, and lot No. 191, said land lying in Bar
tow county, near the town of A Jairsville_
Terms, Onc-third cash, and balance paya
ble in one and two years. Nov. sth, 1868.
JNO. W. WOFFORD, Adm’r
with Will Annexed of E. Graham, dec and.
MULES! MULES!! MULES!!!
I have just received and will contin
ue to keep on hand, all the winter, a
fme lot of mules, which I will sell at
the very lowest market prices for Cash,
and Cash only. The mules can be
seen at my plantation, four miles west
of Cartersville, on the Etowah Elver.
Call and see my mules, I will charge
nothing for the sight.
W. I\ Milam.
Dec. 16th, 1868—w2m.
NEW HARNESS AND SADDLE SHOP.
IREBPECTFULLY notify the public that I have
opened a regular Harness Shop in this place, and
request those wishing to buy anything or wanting re
pairing in my line to call on me. Come and examine
my stock and work. I am using none but the best
Baltimore leather. My motto is honesty and industry.
I will sell cheaper than has been sold In this market
since the war. I have always been too poor to marry,
consequently have no family to support. Rooms in
Col. Jones’ Carriage Building—“ Temple of Industry”
W. C. EDWARS,
Cartersville, Ga., April 24-ts
Let There Be More
Light!
JEstrella Oil
OR ILLUMINATING FLUID.
IT CANNOT BE EXCELLED.
WARRANTED not to EXPLODE.
T TH ARRAN TED to give a better light than the Best
* * Kerosene, and also warranted to burn equally as
long, if not longer,
And is Retailing at 70 cents
GALLON.
Com* one, come all, and give it a trial.
I Guarantee Satisfaction.
There is no one but myself having this Oil tor sale.
I have the exclusive right to manufacture and sell it.
g£The public need have no fears of getting it Constantly,
Thousands have tried it and are satisfied.
This Oil is for sale, at
THE OIL AND LAMP EMPORIUM
P, MARSH,
Sept. 10, ISPS. Catteraville, Ga.
(' Merlin , Bartow County.—
T j--.: '.."L GA.A T h j;.. plied for exemption 'of
PerfK i - t.-r ctka r, «)\\ lrtvlu's revised code,
, | * 3 . »>. j > .it 10 ©•clock, A. H., on
llie 16th uay oi «>«*uwai/, ltv-J, :u my uu
J. A. iioV. ki.: otdiuary.
: *«n .*>
CARTERSYILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. JANUARY 14, 1809.
CarteiNVllle Academy.
A SCHOOL fi.r th* «f ■.<•*<«%, B«** and Girls, wti
t\ be opened in the MALE ACADEMY STILT)
ISO. on tli.- gfCON9 MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT
under the joint conduct of
Ronald Johnston and J. W. Pritchett.
The fir** Sexftnn will consist of* Term of Six Months
to he followed bv * Four Month* Terra tn the Fall.
The principals beg leave, tn advance, to as'U _ e tho*<
who may favor thorn with their patronage, that ttie>
will u<e their utmost ex.-rtiuns to make this a good
school.
The discipline witl he as strict as Is consistant with
proper humanity to the pnplls.
Boys snd Girt* wt*l he kept In separate apartments,
and no communication allowed between them, either
in or out of school.
The course of study will h* comprehensive; Ine’n
dinc Latin, Greek, French, and a full course of Mathe
matics, together with all other branches usually taugh;
iu snch institutions,
Arrangements made for Music. If deal-ed.
Tuition payable monthly in advance, or at the end
of the term, at the option of the teacher*.
Kate*:
lit Class per month f f.oe
2d “ “ 8.00
3d “ “ 2.00
Contingent fee one dollar per session,
n ~ *< ard can be obtained in good famtli»s at. mod
erate t . CartersviUe, Nov. 20.1538 2m
StflesHoro Hale and Female
I^STITUTB.
J. D. Collins, A. M.. Principal.
H. J. McCormick, Assistant.
THE next term of this we’l established and popular
ii.stitutl n will commence Monday, January 18th,
iB6O, and c minue twenty-four weeks.
Tu’tton, which varies from $2.25 to 1 4 50 per month,
of twenty day, should be settled in advance for either
a full term or a shorter period. When no shorter pe
riod has been previously agreed on, pupils will be
charged from the beginning of the week of entrance to
the close otthe term, without deduction for absence,
u ' 1 - s ocoucioued by sickness protracted a week or
p • - ’,
> and (every thing included except light'.) may be
Cli i at, in good families, at sls per calender month.
I :. boro is nine mile" f'oui Carter»vilU-, Bartow
C,. dec. 10 wlni
EUH ARLEE SCHOOL.
rpiTR »*yprr r f this School will becrin the THIRD
I MON DA YIN JAN VAR Y % 18' 9, under the charge
JOHN M. HARRIS.
Halts of tjuiiioit:
Spelling, Reading, Writing, per month, $2.00
Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, Map
drawingarnl Use of Globe 2.50
Composition, History, Philosophy, Alge
bra, Geometry, 8.00
Latin, Greek, French, with Higher Eng
lish Branches, all per month, 4,00
Lessons in Vocal Music each week.
Contingent Fund 50 ceuts per session.
No pupil received for a less time than a quarter.
No deductti n for lost time, except in cases of pro
tracted sickness.
Tuition must he paid at the end of each quarter.
®rusttts:
T. W. Brandon, Thos. Turalin, K;i Barrett. J. J. Cal
houn, Uev A. G. Johnson, Chairman.
Euhariee, Ga., December 8, 1868. w3t
MISS HELL'S SEMINARY
FOR
Girls and Young Ladies,
OARTERSVILLE, GA. '
JVliss C. .7. Mansell , Principal.
.Hiss *l. St. Music Dep.
TIIK FTRST ANNUAL eUfMSIOV thl- T-islftutlmi
will beMn on the SECOND WEDNESDAY IN JAN
UBRY. 1809, and continue Six M mths. It will be lo
cated on Main Street in the Dwelling of MBS. JOHN
S. ROWLAND.
. Hates of QJutitott srr AlcutS) ;
Primary Class SB.OO
Preparatory “ 4 00
Freshman “ 6.00
Sophomore “ 6.00
Junior “ 6.00
Senior ** 6.00
Music on Piano, Organ, or Guitar 6.00
Vocal Music as aScience, 6 (H)
Languages—esch, 2.00
Dri wing, Painting, Fancy Work, at usual rates.
Sinning taught daily to the School./ree cf charge.
Tuit’on payable half In January, balance in April.
Pupils ' harged to the close of the Session, except in
case, of protracted illness.
Reports sent monthly, to Parent* and Guardians.
December 2, 1868. wlm
ATLANTA NUia®Eß,
BY
HARDEN , COLE &CO
ATLANTA, GA.
rf TFE have a large stock of Peach, Apple.
Pear, Plum, Cherry. Nectarine, Apricot, Mul
berry, Quince, Almond, and Pomgranate
Trees.
Also, Figs, Currents, Gooseberries, Rasber
rics. Blackberries, and Strawberries. All of
best improved varieties.
GRAPE VINES, ROSES, and ORNA
MENTAL TREES AND SHRUBBERY.
All stock warranted to name.
Catalogues sent to all on application.
Dr. W. P, Harden, M, Cole, N. B. Harden.
Nov. 11, ’6B. w3m
Wholesale & Retail.
CHAMBERLIN & BOYNTON,
Atlaxna, Ga.
INVITE the attention of Merchants and
Families to their
Immense Stock of
Dry-Goods & Carpets,
of every Description.
Merchants can be supplied at rates as
favorable as in any other market, and with a
large stock to seleet from, can be suited in all
styles of
DOMESTIC AND FANCY GOODS.
Our Retail Department,
Is supplied with every article of Dry-Goods,
Notions, Carpets. Oil Cloth, Shades, Curtains,
and HOUSE FURNISHING DRY-GOODS,
that is needed in a Family.
Orders receive our prompt attention
and visitors to the city are invited to examine
our stock.
. We show goods without charge, and sell
at lowest prices for CASH ONLY.
OHAMBRLIN & BOYNTON,
CORNER WHITEHALL AND HUNTFfi STREETS.
Nov. ll,R’3m Atlanta , Ga.
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Young Ladies 7
BOARDING & DAY SCHOOL.
# T MIL* F F R U MURR l °Y , S >r
■SCROOT tor YOUNGI^
DIES, will commence on
1869, under the Superintendence es the Rev. C. DOWE.
Rector of 8L George’s Church. PROF HENRY
SCHOEIJ.ER, Assistant Superintend sn t, ha* charge
of the MUSICAL DEPARTMENT.
Each Depurunent will be filled by competent and
experienced Teacher*, and every mean* will be em
ployed to maintain a
Young Ladies’ School of Iligli
Order.
Circular* containing all the particulars, also, RelTer
eDces, may be found at the Store of
Messrs. Foewensteln & Pfeifer,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
For Scholarship apply to
MRS. E. L. MURRAY,)
or L Giiiffiv,
REV. C. DOWE, ) Ga.
Dec. 16, 1868. wlm
Agents ’Wanted.
375 to $230 per Month ! ! !
Or a Commission from which twice that amount ean
he made, by selling the
LATEST IMPROVED '
OOIMTIMIOISr SEISES IE
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
PRICE $13.03.
For Circulars anil Terms address
€. BOWERS & CO.,
320 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dec. 16. 1868, w3m
$£5,000 Reward!!!
WANTED BY
J, 3K. HOLBROOK,
WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA.,
25,000 Mink Skins, case dried.
15,000 Otter Skins,
5,000 Red Fox Skins, “ “
25,000 Gray Fox Skins, “ “
25,000 Coon Skins,
5,000 Wild Cat Skins, •* “
1,000 Beaver Skins, “ “
6,000 Bear Skins,
5,000 Opossum Skins, “ “
50,000 Rabbit Skins, “ “
10,000 Musk Rat Skins,
For which the highest market price
will be paid in Cash.
Have your skins in good ordsr —well stretch
ed and cased, and if the fur is good, you will
get the highest price, bat skins cut and torn
and half stretched will demand but a poor
price.
BERTRAND ZACHRY,
Will be on hand to wait on his old
customers.
I would also call the attention of the
trade to my stock of
HATS & CAPS,
which is by far the most extensive ever
brought to this market.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS can be
supplied by the case or dozen at Great
ly Reduced Prices.
Also, a fine stock of LADIES and
Misses FURS of all styles, Qualities,
and prices, TRUNKS, VALISES, UM
BARELLAS and CANES.
Remember the Place.
J. 91. HOLBROOK,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.,
December 4th
ATLANTA SACK FACTORY.
BY MITCHELL & BENTLEY,
ATLANTA, GA.
OFFICE at A. W. Mitchell & Bro„ reaT
house, corner of Whitehall and Hunter
Streets, Are prepared to fill all orders for sacks
at the following cash prices:
49 t Flour Buck*, 18 to 12 1-8 cent*.
9S “ “ u IS 1-2 cent*.
8 Bushel Shirting Sack*, 22 to 22 1-2 cents
2 “ Heavy Drilling, to cents.
2 “ “ Osnaburg*, to cent*.
2 “ Burlap, 16 to 16 1-2 cents.
2 1-2“ “ 19 cents.
3 “8 “ 21 cents.
4 “ “ for Oats.
Dec. 16,1868. wlOw
Georgia, Barton County,
Whereao Robert L, Rogers, Executor of
Robert Rogers, represents to the Court in his
petition, duly filed and entered oa Record,
that he has fully administered Robert Rogers 1
Estate. This is. therefore, to cite all persons
concerned. Kindred and Creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said Executor
should not be discharged from his administra
tion and receive lettets of dismission, on thef
first monday in July 1860. This sth day o,
Jany 1809 J. A. HOWARD Ordinary 1I C
LCiIEBERT ’A.VD I.
Shall I tell you of the night when
Gilbert and I dr need in Squire Haines’
bam, and what came of it?
I am an old woman now, and Gil
bert s bair is white, and the dreams I
dreamed then are almost forgotten;
yet I can tell you how it came about.
I remember we stood at the gate,
Gilbert and I, when he asked me to
g°-
“ Mattie,” said he, “Squire Haines’
new bam is finished, and to-morrow
night he will give us a dance iu it, and
the city people are coming to it, and
if you will go I will come for you at
dark.”
“ And,” said I, “I will be ready and
waiting, Gilbert.” Then I ran to tell
mother. I was only a country girl, and
I was proud of Gilbert; he was in ad
vance of our country beaux, and hand
somer than any of them.
“ Mother,” said I, “ There is to be a
great dance in Squire Hanes’ bam to
morrow night, and Gilbert has asked
me to go.”
Mother looked up pleased, from her
ironing, and said: “Mattie, you and
Gilbert have kept company some time
now; maybe you will be mistress at the
stone house yet.”
My face didn’t keep an even color
when she looked at me, for I had
thought the same thing myself, but I
answered—
“ Mother, you are always guessing
so far ahead! Can’t we think up some
thing new for me to wear ? I am so
tired of the everlasting pink check and
the pink ribbons.”
“ Why, Mattie, you thought it fit for
a queen’s wear the night your father
brought it home—don’t you mind how
fine you called it ?”
Yes, I remember how father worked
that summer, and how he went to the
city one day when the cattle stood pant
ing knee deep in the river, and the
sun seemed to scorch and wither every
green thing, and waved his hand at
me and called out—
“ Mat, I’ll bring you back a beauty,
sure,” and how I stood in the door and
watched him out of sight, mounted on
the great pile of golden grain, and
wondered what he would buy me.
And when he came at night and held
it up before me, how grand I thought
it, and father said I looked like any
city girl with it on me.
“Yes, I know mother; but I have
worn it so long, and the city people
will not fancy it as I did then, and I
want to look my best,” —and I didn’t
say for Gilbert’s sake, but that was it,
you see. Mother only ironed a little
harder, and said: Well. I will try and
think.”
I knew this thinking of mother’s
would end In something grand for me,
for mother never forgot her younger
days and the fine things she had seen.
She hadn’t always been as poor as
she was now—she had lived in the city
and seen and known the great folks ;
and when she married father she left
all that behind and took the little farm
for her home, and I have heard her say
she liked it better than her city home,
for all things didn’t looks so fine and
have such a grand air.
So I waited for her to think; and at
last—“ Mattie,” said she, “there is one
dress I can fix over for you, and the
city folks can’t outshine you.”
“ What is it mother ?”
“ The blue dress with the gold stars
in it?”
*• But that is your wedding dress—l
can’t take that.”
“Yes, Mattie, you must,” said she;
“ when I came out here it was too fine
for me, and it has been long enough in
that old chest.
So mother opened the chest, and we
both got down on onr knees on the
floor beside it, and looked at it lying
there. Then she unwrapped the cloth
about it and shook out the crumpled
rosemary leaves and held it up before
me and said:
“ Mattie, when you put it on, I shall
see myself again,” and saying it, her
eyes were wet with tears; and seeing
this, I put down the longing for the
dress, and said.
“ Mother, put it back; itistoogrand
forme. What would Gilbert say to
see me wear it ?”
But mother was determined. So we
set to work to change the make of it as
well as we could. And the next day,
how we did work! and father looked
amazed, and was so pleased, that I was
to go. I sewed till my bones ached;
and mother did the cutting and con
triving, and this is more than half.
It wasn’t in the time of sewing ma
chines, but before dark mother put the
last stich to it, and I took it up stairs
to put it on. I laid it down and looked
at it. It was the grandest thing I had
ever had; since then I have worn many
such, but none pleased me as the first
did. Then I sat down by the window,
and looked over to Gilbert’s home,
standing back among the trees which
kept it in such shadow, and dreamed I
was mistress of it, and the years were
charmed, years for Gilbert and L
Then I curled my hair and put on the
dress. Was it really Mattie Raymond
that smiled back at mo from the glass?
How the tiny stars seemed to wink
at me from the deep blue 1 Then I ran
down to ask mother if she knew herself
again.
How bright it all is to remember
since things have all been so changed!
Across the fields came Gilbert, walk
ing fast and whistling—holdings bunch
of white roses in his hand. I ran up
stairs and mother brought me the ros
es; I caught up my sleeves with them
and put a bunch for my brooch, and
went down stairs, and! was happier
then than ever before, or eve* shall be
again till it is all made \ ight.
“ Why, Mat,” said Gilbert, “it is you
I sec, perhaps—you look more like
lady of old or may be an angel.’
Mother laughed and said: “ she won’t
be outshone”—but I colored up and
said:
“ It takes blue to make me an angel,
though”—and I tried to cover over
mother’s speech, for I did not care that
Gilbert should hear how mother and I
had planned about it, for he would not
understand; men never do, you see.—
Then we started across the field, and I
held up my dress so not one of the tiny
stars should sweep the grass, and Gil
bert was at his gayest, and laughed
and joked me about, my dress, and said
I only wanted a half moon in my hair
to make me queen of the night. How
proud and happy I was that time!—
O! that the best parts of our life can
only be tasted, but once in all the years
we must be alive!
My! how the lights sparkled and lit
up the gay dresses of the city ladies!
Over in one comer they stood watch
ing our country boys and girls, getting
ready for the first dance; and high over
all the gay laughter and sound of danc
ing feet, floated the music, and I think
it must have witched us all.
Gilbert said wo would cross over and
see his city friends, and so I held up
my dress and tried to still the bounds
my heart gave, and went with a proud
face to meet my foe.
Gilbert shook hands with them (ex
cept one lady, standiug apart talking
with the handsomest man of them all,)
and told them I was his friend, Miss
Raymond; and they bowed and smiled
and seemed to forget my country ways;
so I forgot them for once, and was at
my ease among them, wondering who
the lady was he did not speak to.
Then the gentleman she was talking
to, turned and said: Miss Raymond,
Miss Howard”, and she bowed, and
glanced at me with her great shining
eyes. But when Gilbert’s turn came,
she reached forth the whitest hand
toward him, and looked up in his face
and smiled, and then I saw what she
would do and I hated her.
Robert Hale talked, and walked, and
danced with me, and Gilbert and Miss
1 toward seemed to be fast friends.
I lr.ughed my gayest and danced my
best, and only glanced at them now
and then, wondering how it would
end
They were a handsome couple; she
'as light as a fairy, her hair as bright as
gold, and so soft and fine, and her
great blue eyes, so full of light, made
one think of looking down into a clear
lake to where the silver sands sparkled
at the bottom. But I hated her for
her beauty. That night, at the door
Gilbert said:
“ Mat, you and Robert Hale seem to
suit each other first rate.”
And I thought he did that to sound
me, so said I: “He is the finest man
I ever met;” and then, never to let him
think I cared; “I don’t want you to
tell him I said so, though. Isn’t Miss
Howard an angel too ?”
“She will not need to change her
face when she is wanted for one,” said
he; “ all she lacks is wings.”
“ They may be growing,” I told him,
and he said “perhaps,” and added
“ good night, Mat —I wish you success,
it seemes a case of love at first sight,
with you and Robert—and he is a line
fellow.”
“ Good night—l did not know you
were so good a judge in love affairs—
you have improved the time spent with
the angel”
We went away with these bitter
words, and I crept up stairs softly, so
mother and father should not wake,
and felt something so sweet gone out of
my life. It was little sleep came to me
that night, for I would see the shining
blue eyes looking at me as if asking me
to forget the misery they worked me,
and I would start and wake and think
it might be so.
Then the days went by so wearily,
and we saw nothing more of Gilbert.,
and mother questioned me about it and
I told her.
“ He stays away because I talked so
much with Mr. Hale at the dance.”
“ And who is this Mr. Hale ?” she
asked.
“He is one of Mr. Gilbert’s city
friends, and mother, he is so hand
some.”
“ And is handsome all you can say
for him?”
“ No, mother, he is learned—and so
different from Gilbert.”
“She looked at me closely, and said;
“ Well, he can’t out-do Gilbert Will
iard with his city airs whoever he is.”
“He dosen’t put on airs,” said I
shortly and there we dropped it, and
mother never knew the trouble that
came from that night ; but I think she
knows it now, and pities me out of the
great peace which is with her.
But one day Gilbert came slowly
across the fields, and came in at our
gate. Mother saw him, and opened
the door and asked him where he had
kept himself so long, and he said :
“Some of my city friends are with us
and my time has been filled, and Mr.
Hale has sent me to bring you over,
Mat; we will have quite a party u you
will come.”
Bnt said mother:
“Who is this Mr Hale, Gilbert?’
He told her about him, and then
asked me to go again. And I, flunk
ing he had been sent for me, would not
go one step. So he went away, and I
called after him —
“My best wishes to Mr. and
Miss Howard.”
“I hadn’t mentioned Miss Howard e
name, had I? ’ said he.
“No, but I fancied she was there;
ain’t she T ,
« Yes” and he was gone, ana moth
er began questioning mo why I didn't
rro.
° Two evenings after, there came a
knock at the door, and Robert Hale
stood there, ash**.. me [to\go to the
party at the Willi ard House — said lie
came with an imitation from the com
pany to bring me back. So I put on
my grand dress and went —and night
after night would Robert, come (Gil
bert never came again), and I would
go with him.
I like the people I mot there, and
the music Mary Howard brought out
of the piano with her white fingers.
And,.Mary wouldj play for me while J
sung them all my old fashioned songs:
aud I stood and wondered at, and
hated her, singing to her playing.
One night after we had tired of our
music, wc went out under the great
trees—Gilbert and Mary, Robert and
I. The moonlight fell through the
branches in great spots, and the wind
whispered to the leaves, and seemed to
sob and moan above us. Robert and
I silt dowu on a little bench in the shad
ow, for Gilbert
coming across a cleared spot, where
the moonlight fell all around them.
His head was bent low to speak to her,
and her eyes were lifted shyly up to
him. I whispered to Robert, “don’t
call to them;” then waited while thoy
came on, growing cold and vacant.
They passed, never thinking we sat in
the shadow, and she said ;
‘Do you know. Gilbert, I once
thought it was Mattie Raymond you
liked, and not mo i”
How I waited for the answer ! and
it came.
“G! she never fancied me,'Mary;
she is too self-willed and headstrong
to take a liking to one of her own na
ture. Can’t you see that Robert is
her pet ?’,
I fancied a bitter tone in it all, and
perhaps she felt it, too, for she asked,
softly :
“But you don't care for her as you
do for me ?”
And lie laughed out aud said 1
“If I did you would not have been
my confessor, a few moments since ;
you Jgot queer ideas in your little
head.”
The world seemed skipping away
from me, aud Isa win a Hash my dreary
life pass before me, but something held
me still and kept me from going cra
zed, aud when I cume Robert was
saying something, and I only caught
those words : “you are so still, Matue
has this surprised you, or shall I take
it that silence gives consent?”
I answered, “Yes, silenco gi\cs con
sent,” and my voice sounded far off and
strained to me, and then I saw what I
had done when I answered “ silence
gives consent,” for he kissed ma
But I kept back the bitter thoughts
and only thought “it is better so./
Then Robert asked father and moth
er if he might be a son to them; and
he pleased then- eyes and they blessed
us both, and father’s voice shook so
when he said :
“ Mat, I guess mother and I shall
miss you; but wo will not always keep
you liero when you can get so much
finer quarters.”
And I sat and prayed to God to let
me die and end it all—since it had all
gone wrong. Then the city folks
went back to their homes, and GiLbert
went Avith them. I met him half way,
coming to say good bye, and he said,
“Robert has told l ie Mat; he will be
a true honest husband.”
And I said, “yes—thank you,” and
we both forgot to say good-bye.
Robert was to come with the New
Year, and we were to be married. His
letters came often, and he sometimes
spoke of Gilbert, and then it was so
hard to answer‘them so the wickedness
in my heart should never be known. —
One day the Willard carriage went by,
and the neighbors said it was going to
Gilbert’s wedding in the city. That
night how I tried to turn him out of
my heart and forget tho past! All
night my eyes never closed, and in the
morning my face was white and hag
gard; but mother never knew—she
thought mo ailing, and told me I must
get back my roses before Robert should
come. When the New Year came,
Robert and I stood up and my lying
tongue said over tho holy words, and
there was nothing left but to make tne
best of my bargain.
We went away to the city, and fath
er and mother threw an old shoo after
us, “for luck,” they said, and at tha. we
tried to laugh, but it choked ns. I
never loved my country home as I did
when I took my goodbye look at it,
with father and mother standing in the
door looking after us, shading their
eyes with their hands.
"lu mv new homo JL sometimes met
Gilbert*and Max v; and she seemed so
light-hearted ana merry, but I fancied
Gilbert seemed growing old fast, and
his eyes had lost some cf their olden
sparkle.
Ten years went by, and Robert was
kind, and I loved him much as I might
have loved an brother; but I had not
forgotton G. nor the old timer;. Some
times I found him watching me with
something in his face I could not un
derstand, only it was a lock of 1oe3;
and I would be kind to him, sc he
should never miss the wucio lovo I
could not give Has.
And then Robert was sick and grew
weaker, and the doctor said he must
leave the city and go where he xcrJd
get a breath of fresher air, and a bit
of warmer sunshine.
We wont to .Florida—to St Augus
tine.
How soft and warm the air was!—
but it only seemed to stifle him. We
would s'av all day in the house, with
the curtains drawn dose te keep out
the scorching air, and only after tho
sun had dipped down into the sea
would we leave our rooms and go out
into the swleet scented air. There was
a stony yy.* H, shaped like a half moon,
nid on it wel
■rowd passed
! >and played 7l
if the wall w»
dashing of th
more th an tin
I dont kno'
the bright fee.
era they swn H
great magne'
put one in a*i
ue so sweet
Bat the air seenli? ">■ m . 1-0
breath and clog up his life, and on*
day he called me and said:
“Mattie, will you be lonesome whoa
1 8° ? ”
And I never loved him as I did when
he lay there so white and wasted, and
I thought of the great wrong I had
done him, and got dowu on my knee*
and cried out:
“Oh l Robert, don’t say that —didn’t
we come here so you could live? God
won't leave me alone.” And a great
light came into his face, and he put his
weak hand on my head and said.
“Mattie, I didn’t know. I had thought
sometimes you did’nt care for me as I
did for you;
This hurt me and said I:
“Robert, the world will bo so dark if
you are gone.” He shut his eyes so
wearily and just whispered, “God will
light it up, Mattie,” and these were the
last words he ever spoko.
He died that night, and his eyes fo’»
lowed me eagerly and lovingly, but h*
could not speak. And in the morning
they told mo I must bury him before
the sun went down.
How I hatod them far this way of
hurrying pecple into their graves. So
he sleeps in tho old burying ground,
where the moss has crept over tho
graves covered with quaint Spanish cy-
for over three hundred years
—where so many rest who come to find
health and Kfe.
Then I went back North and found
mother alone; father had been cold in
his grave a twelvemonth, and mother
said ho used to call, “Mat, Mat, come
back before I die,” —and he never knew
mother bending over him as he passed
away.
I took mother with me to my mow
comfortable home, for Robert had left
me this and enough of this world's
goods to support me at ease the rest of
my dayß.
Occasionally I saw Gilbert passing,
They said his wife was a burden to him,
and that her wild cries would often
ring through the house for the little
blue eyed girl that died in her arma—
But with it all she was harmless.
One day I saw from the window a
funeral procession. I white-haired old
man was following the hoarse, and I
knew that Mary had gone to seek her
lost darling, and Gilbert was alone.
One day he came, and, old os I was,
my heart leaped within me with new
life.
“Mat,” said he, “our lives have gon&
all wrong.”
“Gilbert,” said I, “when Robert died,
he told me that God would light up the
world for me, and he has done it
“But, Mat, is it too late to right our
lives now?”
“Too late.”
“Then/ said he, “God wil right them
in the other world.”
Gilbert has found the “peace that
passeth understanding,” and I am wait
ing patiently my going away to that
better land where I shall Ixj Gilbert’*
and Gilbert shall Ix3 mine.
Death of Mb. Jakes M. Mourns.—
The Macon Telegraph of yes today an
nounces the death of this gentle nau,
f mnely a citizen of Atlanta and subse
quently a eapervisor on the Macon &
Western Railroad. He died at Bartles
ville on Monday morning at B o’clock.
Ho was highly esteemed in this com
munity as a gentleman of strict integ
rity, and in every respect a good citi
zen, and leaves many friends to mourn
at his decease.
Hon. A. EL Stephens.—The friends
and patrons of the University will be
gratified to learn, says the Athens Ban
ner, that Mr. Stephens has made his
arrangements to enter upon the duties
of his position in the Faculty, having
ongaged rooms at the Newton House.
How They Treat xna “Man ajtd
Brother.”-—Tho New Tork Herald,
commenting on the reception given
Menard, the’Louisiana negro Congress
n>4h elect, by his white Ikxlicai friends
ox L.o House, say3 : -At first for a long,
unconfortable time be waa left scvely
alone upon one of the‘sofas in tho rear
of tho lialL No member accosted him
except Blackburn, of Louisiana. Tb®
poor fellow, annoyed at the social os
tracism to which his Radical colleagues
from tho Northern Saatcs moat mag
ically condemned him arose and sought
in vain for an opportunity to secure fr.
desk. Everywere the Radicals tamed
up their noses as he approached, and
at length ho felt compelled to leave
floor of the House m disgust and 5>
seek refuge in the gallery behind the
great clock, where a hundred or more
of kk. own race were congregated aud
kept him in countenance. Hera ho
was manifest more athome than below.**
The Athens Banner lnu stem sights,
a chicken with but one leg and another
with three. The “barrietr from which
those sprung must have got mixed.
■' «<|i a Jt
—At the usual ratio, the voting pop
ulation of this country as exhibited f.t
the last election, would indicate a total
population of 39,000,000. *
—The first strawberries of tha sea
son made their appearance in the New
Orleans market last week, selling
per basket.
A brow-beating lawyer, in cross-ex
amining a witneas,»asked him among
Other questions, where he was on a
particular day to which he replied:
“in company with two friends.”
“Friends!” exclaimed the lawyer; two
thieves, I suppose yon mean! *
“They may lie so,” replied the wit
n.'ss, “for they arc both lawyers.”