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Newspaper Page Textilje iull)bat Appeal. J. P 8AWTELL.) [H. H. JUNES, Proprietors. THE 1 CUT] TBERI APPEAL. TEIOIrt OF HUltScUll'TION: Oa# /e#r It 00 'a*, fnrerlmblr In All f»«f> Soatinuiil ou expiratinn of line- pni.l tor. V<y], in. CoUiIrert, Georgia,, THURSDAY, J^eb runry 11, i860. LTo. 14. SAVANNAH CARDS, Hrixiauar, Him D Law, J. W." STANSBERRY kCo!, (Hurttkhtr* to lb* hie ttrtn • f K. D.Sbttiik 4 Co IMPORTBHS AM) PEA MUM IN CROCKERY, enmA, AND GLASSWARE, No. 100 nmirr.nTDN $t., Snvamiiili, : : : Georgia. vyOSNESSINO grm'rr UriMti#*, #nil haring a A mot* abmalaat CapMal than any other CROCKERY HOUSE In lli# Rnuth, wr fu«mnlr« In »rtl *• li W and *i»e an grnrrul -»iii>f»clion a* any b«ua# in the Cviulry. notice. Tb» Wl «•«* ill ih* lain firm of K. I). HMYTB K A i O., • ill b« liqnidaied by »a only. 1L RRADIiEV &S0N. SHIPPING, t OR 1PAIIOIS(i BSD COM M IStf ION' M KltOIYAjtTS, li Bit aid a 111’* LaWf-t lUlljn. BAVANNAII, OHORQIA, RICHARD IIIUDLRY, lalaof W. II.GiImA Co. IliUUAHD UUAPI.KY, Jr., of Savanuah, U*. *-|.S It* P* H. BEHN, COTTON and RICE FACTOR All General Coimiiissiiin Merchant, \TH of I ho Kaclianpo, MAT HTIIKCT, : : SAVANNAH, OA. CUGHORN -v CUNNINGHAM, Ship Chandlers, Corner Jlay and Drayton iSIiivIa, Jo«. 8. rUorfbaa, I BAVAKlfAH, 04. Jxo Cnwaianltaa. \ nap* le W. Daxotx 4. II.Joumtus. DUNCAN i JOHNSTON, COTTON FACTORS Alt General Commission Merchants 70 HAY STRUCT, SAVANNAH, OA. iy* JOHN W. ANDERSON'S SONS & Co HANK CHS, FAC'TOMS aan (■rneral ('nmmisiiinn Merolimils. AmJtrmn't Mark. Drayton ft,, near 'hr Ihig. Gi. Aj#nl* Kmpir# Line nl 8W# Wheel H #-r ah Ip*. j arpr..|y* R. B. FKRIIILL, A II. VULUV, FERRILL & WE8L0W, GUIUL CHIISUII UlOikTSi K.VTOlia **■> HllOHBIW, Uny Street, : it Savannah, Oa. 14T WUI a#ll and Mrahaa# on CiHinniraino, Col. Ion, Timber, I'mduee and Maraliamliae. Orde't and aaoa'itnmenla aolidled It* kb I— k”bl Uaberxlo'ii 4 Hnno, Gan. W. Aoderami. Ilrifliam, IlnUl 4 Go. Hunter A Uamintill, Baranaaa; 4 Puallain, H. II Warren, Aug uaia. aepa-ly* I*. J. (•rii.Maana, - Jon* KtAxnaar, J*. J. ttl'lLMAUTlN &l CO, COTTON FACTORS v f :m h ./fU|) VH i nu KEIEEAL CQHH1SSI0IME8CHA1TS. 8AYANSAU, r.EOUCU. |JT |.ib#ra< adeanrea mad# on Conaifnrarat*. Order* pr<>m|iily HIM. at lowral market r«ie«. Ti##, onnaianlly oa band. «epl -km* Jxo. L. Uaanat, W. \V. KiaaLaxv N. A. HARDEES SON & CO., (Hafceaanra of the laic Brro of S, A. Hardee 4 Co.) COTTON FACTORS «xn General Commission Merchants (Hrline KeUblt-lied in I iJH.) No. .*» Slixtilard’x I'pjar H»hu'\ BAT STRUCT. ; : i BAVANNAII. C.A |dT Liberal adraneea made oa all Caneicnmenta •epa-lr WM. II KAl.N, . J Ml. I. FAIN, bale Fain 4 K inf. MU Temple. Turley 4 Fain, Hand rid ye, Teun Mein, lu*. Term. UfcO. \\. I*A BIMITT, Atlanta, (Ja FAINS & PAEEOTT, Wholesale Grocers, and Commission Merchants, Uraaltr Front, I’racta Tree Street, jATIMSTA. G.I. .YH Coqxi^nmculf in-ttml, uni*-** other- wl»c u.iLferi. akjJT-Sb* savannah car ns. >V|iy Truth (Joe* Nuked. • ^ " nr ha if. IIO LESALL i MM to a fall- well worth the ear i »H all who wll and eenao admire | EBg\ f h'trnl.-il- ii la very clear a Some aciA nritir to Mallu Drug A. A. Solomons & €o„ (ilelab iehrd in ldiA.) Direct Importer* of ami Wholesale Dcalor* in DRUGS. MKDK INE-t. f'UKWICAI^t. I'EKFUMERY. TOn.FT ART 1C I.BA, I'AlNTB, till A TARVISIIFB. BURG RON'S INSTRl'MKNTS, HKUSIIK8, UARUKN SKIDS. Ete., Kle., Comer or Whitaker. CooRr-m and Bl. Julian dU. SAVANNAH, f!ICOIMJIA. LJf~ ReUil Store at (be <Jd .Und, Market Hiptara a pS Nm ROBERTS Sc TILLMAN, HA VAX .VAN, (i A. S i'KOIAl* alien'ion fireti t« Ibe receipt mid aala n| Hie product* ol iha eminlry, and in hn ward* Inf It thrnufb Ibia plane to other niaik.i*, either lor eaie nr on n>m«i|(niiieul. We harelbe very beat *rren|remente Ur MciiiiiK Cotlou in Liverpool, and will bare it cold in that maikel nhnn ownera •o Inn*inci. and bare Ould teiurned lor the proeetd* when *o ordered. tgr On the receipt of' fottnn liberal CASH Ah VA.XCEs >ii/l be mailt irhcu require'!, 1 ROHKRTH A TII.I.MAK. Olliea North Hide Her alieet. One Door Weet City feaehar fn. »"« | Sareoneh. n. u aoBKara, i joikm ni.l.«*X, Mad icon eounty, >le. yvTh.»ta rk& oa, IIITOLESALF. GRoi'FIlS, COMMISSION' MERCHANTS And COTTON FACTORS. Agent# for the *ele nf Gnllett'a Steel llmab COTTON OINK. Alao. K. F. One*# Haperpbnepbat# of l ime. Careful attention giena ii.Hale# or Sbipuienla ol Colton, and all kinda nf I’rnduce. Liberal adraneea made oh Cmuifiunenla BAGGING, ROPE and ARROW TIES Cnnatantly on hand. erpMiii* TISOJf & CORDON, Cotton rnotoru, Commission and Forwarding MERCHANTS, BBlUySirci. : S.V\ VNNAII. <JA H AGOING and HOPE or lllON TIES adraniStd on cruu*. Uberal edranco« made on Canaignmenla of Co!- Gia eliil tor liberal pa’mnage in Ibe p**». eTety .fl u i will be 'iMde t<> ooulinue to merit public cun lidenne. UJ~ Special attention will hn gjren |n the tM*l# t»l l.atiibar, It'Min, Tii'ptuiiina, ne. Raranaxca —H. II. June*, J. M«K. Gunn. Onlh- Iren (la. F|l ‘•m* SLOAN, GROOVER & CO., COTTON FA(TOHM COMMISSION MBHOHANT8, Cbifho'n k Cunninghm'n Itnnge, BAY STREET, SHvnitnali, (la. liUicrul Advannn* on I’oUmt UuiialKiird to twr t'<-riw|MHideala in New York mid Mtrr- pon|. A Rnme.Oa., c. F. STI’HIH. Macnn, Ga , C. F. GKOilVKH. Ilr.mha Gimnly, Ga., A.T. MU INTV HE, Tlimnatt ille, U» enpVly Wa. H. HoMOrnua, Tneat* II. MaxWBLI.. Wii.uiam H-ra, Wa. II. Hinaurniia, Jn. BURROUGHS, FLYE & Oo, COM3IISKION, Sllli l'IMi AXO Foiwaidittg Morcliants, No. 0 riti>ddanl"* l^nrer Tlangn, SAVAHNA1I. - • • • GA kkjT CatuiynnunU rttprel/tflly oplicifed. aep* dm* ’’HARTRIDGE & NEFF, (Lata lhran. Ilartiidf* 4 (V) Commission Merchants, CITY LOT EL llLJLhJNO, Bay Street, Sa van null, (la.. SOLICIT CONSIGNMENTS OP Cotton and Staple Produce, Which will meet prompt alltntloa. Adraneea in Caah. I la con, Jiai/giay. Rope, Tira, Etc., on Lrojia nr Consign- went a al equitable rates. Pf |.«lirrml Adraneea mada on Cultoo lo cuir (r n.it*. a* (.illnwa: H iilibunc, Hroa. 4 Co.. I.irerp*e>|j I'ocbran, Kn«- *ell A Co.. Philadelphia; Fann*r, Ucnsnt 4 How- man. New York; Jacob Hearer, lloetrm; Hell, Ural* 4 Thoni.ia, Baltimore. angd-lj WM. W- DANIELS, 0 K VK It AI. Commission Merchant DAY STHKKTt PA V ANN AII. O KAtllC IA. WRu I.ilieral iu1vkji«ih made o» con- iii'^Mihitii i>f Cotton. Pioduec, elo. •n 4 *-** * * « *gi> prUir to Mallirw Prior. FnKchnod nttd Truth, “upon n tlnie. M One Uny in Jniu-’a ileliaintt* wiwlher. I‘Tana ill n iliatant age ami clinic.) I.ike rUtrra, look a walk togcluer. On. nn (KMr We tty way they tivik. Tliric.igh GwgriMit wiatd and vrtlxnt meadow, T" wlieii* a bnrcH brrido n bmnk. In' iled real lu'in nth it* ►Imdmr. Tliere rilling In the ph aaant ahadi*. the margin'* gra*ay mutting. (A relent cimlilnii ready made.) The young coiupnnioiia fell hi chatting. Sow. while In voluble diaroilive On till* nm) that their longue* were running. A» hnlill hid* encli epeak - perforce, The om- ia fiauk, the other cunning. fttarliilSI, at length ItlpMkit grown, At lib aranilnl* ot Imt awn creation. Said. • Since we two nre qqlln atom', Ami nicely *nvcueii Rbni obactralion, Suppose In tMw (IMIgbinil rill. ithllo all nroiniil lean pro|illimi*. We take u tiaili J"—Haiti Truth ' I will — A hntli I'm kttiv will ho delicioim 1" At (hi* her rolx> *he raal aalde. And In the *t renin that ran Imfiire her She pliidgixl - liko t ►ccaii'k Imppy In idc - A* naked a- hvr tuothcr bore Iter l F»l*Hina) nl lei-ure now tmdretwtl, I'nt nlf the rol»e* Iiit Unit'* llul hntlipet’. Anil hut iiur tloiinol Trnth'a atmwy vent. Hun oil an tu't a* hIic ooitlil acitm|icr. Hlltee then the mhlile lllnld. Iliehoill, Expert In lieu and allied evitalmlit, llu* latTnu the hoinui name of Truth. And w'tmo her olothre un all oecnalona. While Trnlli. diMluInliig to aptxnr In Kulurlim da p-tth-out ntul lauldlc". Still lir iv.ii M || «0we Hum year to year, Ae unked a* a mnrble goddiw. The Hundred-Dollar Bill. mv tvao.v i». n.trriiHD. Mr. John SomnTS tend a morihunt, doing ItiifiliiMl In n thriving countn,- vtllngr. 1I« htttl drrhn in_ Ills employ, hut with mnui differencein'tninor nf chanu'tfr. JVter Wliito won ttven- 1y one ycnrtt of ng«*. tho Hiilfl of « how wiiiowi-il mother, and in hie phifemdon he hud only hern governed tiy the do airs to yield'to hi* mother nnd himeetf the ament menn* of ho neat auppnrt. WitMor Kturgi* wnn nftlio nnmi! nge, nnd eonkliy lioncrt, hut ho paid more intention to mitwiird npponrnnce nl CihgH llitm did hi* COmplHiion. For iiiHtunee, it gnllud blm t«> put on lii* frock nnd overalls, ami help pack tip | ork, pottitot'*, nnd ho nn : while IVtei cuied not whnt he did, >o long it* It wn* Imneet. OnoduyMr. Somora catlml tho two voting inert into hi* counting room mid dosed ilin door nftor them. Hi* counic nnitea looked tronliled. nnd it wun some mouit'iiU before ho Httokn ‘Itoyn,’ lie anid nt length, 'I linvo been doing u very foolish tiling. I Imvn Ictil my iiiimo to thnad I thought my friend*, und they linvo ruined me. I guvo thorn Mceomiitoditlion note*, mid tliey protnia ed mtleinniy tlmt thoce nutva aftotild hoi pus* their hnmls anvil to stieli men its 1 might accept. Of courrc I took their not e in exchange. Tliey linvo now lulled nnd eluiireti out, and lutt my pn per in tho market to the iiinnunt of rev •n or tiglit ihotifnnd tifillurs. 1 may two ngtiitt, inn I mnat give up tny hud non*. Kverything fit llu; atord is ntlneli- ed, tthd T nm ulterly nowdrlcaa to do liiiHineb* now I tinvc looked over ymir iiceniiiit*, nnd I find tlmt I owe you nil a hundred dollara eadi Now, I Imve jiutf n hundred dollu|ii in ntonoy, nnd tlio HttiuII piece of land orf the aide of the lull just buck of the town ImiHo. There ure four m re* of land, nnd 1 have hetoi offered a hundred dollar* for it hv tho*e who live udjoiiilnff. I feared thin blow which hn* cnipu upon mo, nnd I convey ed this bind lo tny brother; ao now fie enu eontpy it to wiioFn ho plcnavl. 1 wiali you wotiid niiilcu your choice If I could 'pay you Iniflt money 1 would, hut nn I cannot, ohi of yon mnat take lliie Imul. >Vln«t ray joti V You, Wul ter, le.tVe hci-ti with me the longoxt, and ymi sli-dl *ay first.’ Wither Kturg ; a tiraitiited inmc mo manta and ih* n *u ; d, - 'I am *tirc I don't want flic lam] un- lews I can Hell it right off.' ‘Alt ! hut (hut wonTdii,’ rt turned Mr Sonierw. ‘If you tnko the Imitl you mn«1 keep it. Were y' it to *t-ll it my credi tor* would Miy id 11net) (hut you did it for mo, und that I |mckotcd t|iu money.’ 'Then 1 nm willin^-to divide fho him .Ired dollars with I’otCi , for if 1 had the land 1 almuld do uollitng with it 'You need not divide the money, for I coli cattily r?:i*c n handled dolisrs oh the land. Mv hrulhcr will do that. But I imagined that you would prefei the land, T"' 1 knew the m I wu* good though quite rocky. However, vtlmi sny yon , IVtcr V •\\ iiy I will take the hind,' returned Peter, *««r I will divide equally With Walter-each of u* titku hull tlio money am! half the limd.' ‘Itut whnt flint.1 I I wnilt With Jnnd ?’ naid Wal'er. '1 could not work it. 1 should haiillv like to deaecnd from clerkship to digyiri" and'del f IB > fit blue frock *nd ioWmpeTiooU.' 'Then li 1* rnsily aCtlh'd,’ r.j"fu^l l*M"r,‘I'nr I fhould jirefnr tlm land.’ Waller *»* pleimt-ti with lltia, m.d l»<»* forn night be had lL« hundr*"l dnllm bill hi In* pockef, nml I’der bid the wdiiianUd dt?vff of the four furtw ol land upon tlio hillside. Buth of tho young men belonged to tho village, nnd linil always lived there. It wan only five miles from the pity, ntul of course many city lashiotiH worn prevalent tliero. It was under the influence of this fash ion that Walter Sturgis refused to have anything to do with the land. Tunoa wt re dull und hiisiueH* alack, even though it was early spring. Pe ter White's object, lifter having got tho deed of his laml, wns to hunt up poitiu kiml of work. If ho Itnd been a me t-hnuio ho might htvvn found amuo pluoe, hill ho knew no trudu except ihul of salesman and buok koeper- A whole week he searched in vnin for employ ment, but nt tho end of that time ho found an old fnrnmr who wanted n blind, though lie could not utVord to pny much. But Tutor, by tho udvvo of Mr. Somers, finally made an nrrsttge* meat of this kiml. He would work for tho old farmer (Mr, Stevens) ntendily until the ground wns open, nnd ho •lioulil hi. vo ha If tho tmio lo devote up on his own laml ; and in pnrt payment for his service, Stevens tvna to help about tho ox work tlmt tho youth might need. Next Peter went to tho hotel, whero tliero was nttilu u stable, nnd en- F l'sgfd a bundled loads of manure, tho itntJIut'd promising to tuko his pay in produeo whoti halves time cume. So l’eter White pnt on a bluo frock and cowhide boots nml w«nt to work for Kut mor Stovoas. In thu meantimu Wallet Sturgis had been lo the pity to try to find a situa tion in (ionic store, but ho canto hack bootless, lie was silt prised when ho met I’eter driving nn ox-team through the village. At first he could hardly believe his own eyes. Cnttlil it be pos sible thnt wns But it White, in that bluo fiock and (hose ronrsu boots ? On tho next tiny u telation from tlio city runic to visit Wnllor. Tho two walked out, null during tho tiny Walter saw I’etur coming tovnnls them with his team, lie was hauling lumber which Mr, Stevens hail been getting out during the winter. Walter sttw j how course ami himihlo his qiinndoin clvik-mnto looked, mid hu know that 1’vtvl would hail him if they met ; ho he caught his companion by thu mm I and (lodged into u by la no. I’eter sntv j thu movement nnd understood it, but ho only smiled. By and by thu snow wns all gone! from the hillside. Tho wintry gurti was ftsmoved from that spot before it left' other places, for 1‘eter* lot luy on tho I southern sl.ipo of tho hill, and thus had till tho udviintiigea of the waim sun nil day, without nay of the cold north nml I oust winds. Tho joutli found his land! very touky, but none of tho rocks were! pa. iioiiitnil ; mu his first move wns to get rid ol soma of there obstructions ; | and an Mr. Stovou’s land was not clear from snow lie was able to give his yt ung - workman conniduruble nasistatieo. 'I hoy took two yokes of oxen nml two drags, nnd went at it, nnd in just five day* every rock was nl thu foot of ibo slols) and mmJo into u good stone will). I’e ter tin n hull led tlio hundred loads ol manure which lie had bought for sev enty fivu dolhiis. Purl of it lie plowed in and purl ho used for tup dressing. lVtcr now worked cmly nnd lute, nml iniicli of tlio time boliuu help. Mi. Stevens wnn surprised »t the richness ol tho soil, but there was r«n- son for it At thu top of the hill there was u Inigo lodge. Thu rocks which l.ad etiotindierod tho hi leiile must at Homo former period have come tumbling down from tho lotlgo ; ami (he rocks, lying thorn for ages porhnps, nml o. v eiing nearly half the mirfaoo of the ground, had senrod to keep tho soil moist and mellow. Tho first tniug Peter plunted wa* about n quarter of art ncro of water mol ons. lie then got in some early gar den amice, such as potato) h, sweet corn, pons, I leans, radishes, cucumbers, toma to) s, oto. And lie got his whole piece worked up and planted behiru blovens’ farm wun Iteo from snow. People stopped in tllfc rond nnd gi)7.ed npon the hillside in wonder. \A by had j that spot never been o*ed before? K..r forty yenri It had been used ns a shevp' nuBtiiie, the rocks Laving forbidden nil ((lend cf ''{dilvuting It. But how ndnii- 1 rffbljr ft Wit/slufuled for enfly tilling; and liow rich thu soil must have been I wilhsheep running over it so long. Aril m!j"iiiing hill shut oft the epst wimls.' and tlielilll itself gave IfS bntk to tho chill north. Peter had planted un ncre J eora nn ncro of potutoes, und thu rest ho had divided nmong nil sort* of produce. Theft he went to wmk for NteveiiH again, nml in a furv weeks ho liud more ' Ihnn paiil for all the labor ho had boen obliged l<» hire on his own land. Io tho meui.lima ng* : n Wnlter Star iris Imd been hsiking nflor employment. Hi* hiimlrod do lars hail been nmsl Up to tlio last penny, uud jnnl then ho tic- cepted n lilacs in one of tho stores at' the village lit a Hilary nf lht*cn humltcd ih.Util* a year. lie blill wondereil how j Peter While could content himself in such biDines*. I’eter l|W«-<i lo be imi j t*-d to njt tho little parlies when he wa* n clerk, bn| ho wa* not invited new. Walfr r Btuf'd* wont to thorfo partio* fltSfl wu* higli'y bdified by thetn. .Also, when l'i't.er was ll del k tliero were !*(•' oral * ynrtng ftltil hifnsomo dtttfikW* who Jovcn to bff*k in tile mpliglit of Ids smiles, nml one of thorn He /:iueio«l that he loved. Aft,-r be out hi* bilb-idV* jfllicc ho went to seu tVmlclki llindereon. it SB be tutked hor if «ho would bccotno his wife nt some future period, when ho wait pro- pared to tmm such nn nrtioln to his home. Sho snitl she would think oi it und lot him know by u letter. Three dovv nfterwurdH ho received n letter from tierin' which she sin tod thnt *ho could not think of uniting her des tinies with n mnn who coni I only delve j in the earth fur a livelihood. Peter slnnl n few tears over tho uncxpoctfd nolo apd then ho reasoned on tho sub-1 jiict nml blessed his late, for ho wa* I sure thnt such n girl was not what he needed for n wife. When tho tirtH day of July onmo Pe ter reckoned up his accounts, and lie found that Mr. Stevens wan owing him just two dollar*, and nil he owed in the world wns neve .ty-five dollurs for mil- pure. On the third day of July lie curried to the hotel ten dollnin' worth of green (tens, beans'nnd rnawhnt; nnd in three dnys nfierwnrd* ho enriiiHl to tho pity twenty-vighf dollars’ worth. Toward* the eml of tho month ho Imd Hold one hundred nnd thirty dollars’ worth of eur ly potatoes, beans, pen*, etc. Then ho had early corn enough to bring him fif teen dollarn more. Kro long his melons woio ripe, nml n dealer in tho city Imd i engaged them nil. llu had six hiimlrod ' melons, for which he reeeivod fourtoou j cents a piece by the lot. making eighty-1 four dollars for tho whole. During tho whole summer Peter was kept busy in attending to tlio gathering nnd selling of the products of his hill side. lie helped Miv.Slovens in hay ing nnd about oilier mutters—enough so that hu cnlllil have .some help when he wanted it. When tho Inst hoVvrsting mine lie gnthcrod in seventy-right bushel* of coin null foul hundred inishels of potu- toon, beside* turnips, ttqiiuulios, pump kins, etc , und eighteen bushels <»f while ber.ns. On the (lot dny of November Peter White snt down und reckoned lip the proutetls of lii* land, nml he found tlmt the piece Imd yielded liim junt live him died ami fivo dollars; nml besides this hi! Imd com, potatoes, beans nml oth er vegetables enough for hi* own Con sumption. Thai winter lie worked for Mr, Htevur.s, getting out lumber, fur twenty fivo dollurn per mouth ; nml when spring came lie wns ready to go to work on his Innd ngniti. In tlio mtalUims Walter Sturgis had worked at n fashionable falling lor three hundred di'lluis, und at tlio end of the term lie wiih the absolute owner nf just tiro dollars tZrltc €ull)b(it Appeal. KATK8 OK ADVERTIHINO t On* dollar par tqititr* of ten line# Ibr Ih# Aral In ■erlion, and Htoeniy-Hre G«nU par aquar# for ra«h «nb>#qit*nt Inwrllon, not exceeding three. Due«i|More three monllm § | 00 Dnr «quur# one year *0 00 Fotirih nf n cohenn all months DO Of llsllcaiman six month* TO 09 One cnio.im all monlba 104 *9 fj ‘ rtnv, Paler, you aren't going to work on tlmt bind of your* unoihur souanu, ure you V asketj Wnlter, dm tlio two met in tlio street one evening. ' To bo sure I am,* wu* the response. ' But here, BiimVtiS wants n clerk, and I fold hint I guessed you would hu glad to come.' ' Whnt will lie pny ?* ' Three hundred. 1 • Ah, Waiter, f can make inoro than that from my hind.’ Kturgi* opened hi* eyes in astonish ment. ' You’re joking/ raid ho ' No, sir. I received five hundred nnd five dollurn in money last season. Bev- enty fivo of thnt went for manure, blit some of that manure is now on liuhd, us 1 found tlio land so tich Inst year n* not to need much moro than half of it. Thin senson I khn’l hnvo two hundred dollnr*’ worth of straw berries, if nothing unusu al Imppene ’ ‘And yon don’t have to wot k any, winter* to do this V 1 No ; four mbii'.1m r 1ulmr is about nil I can lay out to ndvuutngc on it.’ Walter wont to hi* store, nml during tho test of the evening ho Wondered how it wu* tlmt MoiuofulkBlmdtJin.il luck. During tho second season Peter had expnriontm for n guide, and he filled up many gups tlmt ho had left npon tho | year before. Hi* strawburriuti turned out belter than he hud unticiputud, und lie made u belter a arrangement (or Jus melons. .' nd then from all that Und whereon hr planted HR* early pens, etc., ho obtained ii second crop of much val no. It wiib but un hour’s drive into thu cily, and ho always obtained the high est prices, for ko ttrofiglit tbe earliest vcgotnblcH into the mnrkef. On thu first of tho next November he hail iilenrud neve* hiimlred dollurs fur the scMSunovur ami above all expense*. One morning, after the crop# were nl) In, Peter found a mnn walking over the land, nnd ii* he canto up, the strnnger asked him who ow ned ilia hill side. ‘ It is mine, sir,’ said Peter. '1 ho man looked about, nnd thon went away, nnd nn the noxt day ho enmo i l»Mck ngsin, with two others. They looked over thu place, nnd nuemed to be dividing it oil into small lot*. Tliey remained but an hour, nml then went : away, l’eter suspected the land wu* wanted for something. Tlmt evening ho slopped in ut tho ; pout-ofiice, and there ho loarnod that u ruiiroud was going lo hu put through I ho village as noon im tho workmen could be set nt it. On tho next mornUig Peter went out upon his bind, nml as hn reached the uppci boundary und turned lied looked •lu'vn, tho truth Hashed upon him. Hi* hill side wns a geimo easy slope, nml (ho view from any part ol it wan d«- lightlul. A brook run down through it, from an cxhiliulless spring up ill thu ledge, mid tho ioculily would hu cool uud agreeable ill f-ummj r und warm in winter. Althrfiot of tho hill Iny n small lake, while tho liver ran in Bight for several milce. ‘ 01 cotirso,’ soliloquir.od Potcr, 1 they think this would make huniilil'ul build ing lots. And wouldn’t it? Curious that I never thought of it before. And then when the railroad comes here, peo ple from tho city will wnnt their dwell ings here. But this land is vuluuhlc. it is worth—lot mo sec—six liutidrod dollars n yenr. lean easily got eight or nine hundred dollars for wlmt I cun mine here, nml l know that two hun dred will pay mu u gi*>d round prioo for tho labor I perform on it. A»d tlion whop my punch trees grow and my str*w berry lied* increase—ho ! it’s of more value to mo tlimi it could bo to any ono else.’ When Peter went homo ho could not resist tlio temptation to sit down uml cklcutute how muny house-lot* Ids laml would make; »m) hn found thut his hill side would a fiord fifty building spots, w ith a good garden to ouuli one. But lie did imt think of selling. Tw o day* after six men enmo to look nt the Inmi, nml after travelling over it, and sticking up some stake* they went away. That evening Dolor wont down to tlio hotel, nnd tile first thing that greeted him, wiib— ‘ Ah Polo, you’ve miesod it.’ • How so V ‘ Why, how much did yon get for your liill-*ido?’ 1 What do you moan ?’ ‘ Huvcm’i you sold V 1 No, *ir.’ ‘ NVIiy, there wns n ntnn hero looking id it u month ngo, und to-day ho uamo uud brought fivo uity merchants with him, uml 1 can taku my null) that each one of thorn engaged n building lot of him. One of them tqsiko to mo nbout i ivItut it lovely spot it wns, nnd I told \ him that nobody would huvo thought of j build.ng there till you g<d the rocks off. But haven’t you sold it, though ?’ ‘ Not an inch of it.’ ‘ Why, that innn told me ho bad en gaged to pay four hundred dollara for a choice lot of twelve square rod*.’ • Then he’ll find his lot nuutupdierc else, I gnu**, till 1 sell put.’ Koine moro conversation wns belli, nnd then l’etcr went home. On the fol lowing forenoon tho very man who hail been tlu> first to come and look lit thu hill-side, called to see Peter, introducing liimsolf a* Mr. Anderson. • Let’s see; T buliedve you own *nmc two or three ncros of land up hero on tho Itill-sidc,’ lie said, Vary oarolessly. ‘1 own font ticrcH there,’ loplied Pe ter, very exactly. ‘Alt, yea—well; it doesn't mnku much difference. I didn’t notice pur- j ticularly how much there wns. I thought I should like to build there; if you would sell tho Ittud reasonable 1 might like t" putuhaao. ll would be enough to nfibrd mo quite a garden ; though 1 «up|*»so it Would cost about ns much to till stieli land as tho produeo would he worth,’ ‘ Thut would depend upon how yon worked it.'said Peter, dryly. ' 0, yes, 1 suppose ho. lint yon nro willing to sell out, I suppose V I Dortainly.’ The man's eyes began to hr'ghton. ‘ How much should you want for it?’ ho inquired. ’Well, I don’t know. Whnt could yon afford to pay ?’ • Well, 1 suppose I could afford to pny n great dual more than it is worth. Iln’lhor 1 hull not have if, I would pny— well, say—two hundred nml fifty at tlio outside.’ I I don't thiuk there is much iuw of our talking, *ir.' • But you paid one htimlrsd, only, if I mistake Hot. • 1 hnd my thnico between ono hun dred dollars and tho land, and 1 chose th« latter, lint an you socm to labor iu the dnrlj, 1 will explain to you. In the first place, there is not another spit of land In this section of tint ci nhtry lH«t ■ pdHhi'smm fho nutnuil ailvontugeu whiuh thin one doss. 1 can have my curly peas and vines up uud lined be fore my neighboi* get thoir ground plowed; so I hnvo my early satieo fit market ahead of all others, save a few hol>house owtiors, w Iioho plan’.* cannot compare with mine f..r strength und ni/.u. They, my *)»il is vary rich, nml yields fifty per cent, more than most other hunt. Now look at-tills : During tho lust muiihoii 1 huvo rotdi/.ed over eight hundred dollar* iron) thin land, and next*ea*oii lean get much ntora than Hint, for my (trawberry vines nro flourishing finely. There nro not nnjr two firms in Hits town tlmbcan possi bly bo iimduto roulixo ho iiiiiuIi money as my hillsi'le ; for you sec it is the lime of my produce, ami not quantity, that docs tho ImsinoHs. A bushel of my early pea* on the twenly-scounl ol May, ure worth ton time* as much us my noighlHir’e Imih|)<-I on the firtU of July amTAtiwitsL Two hundred dollars will moro than pay mo for ull my timo and trouble Ift attending to my land; so you see I have this year six handled dollura interest.' ' Then you wouldn’t *el! for h ** than six huitdred, I sopinec',’ replied Mr. Au- derson, oaroWsly. ' Would you sell out a cnnccht that was yielding you n ntt profit of six hum ilrodK dollar* a your, fur that sum, sir ?' axknd iY-ter. ‘ Ahoin—wall—ah-you put it rather curiously.’ ‘ Tlicu t wilt put It nlalnfy. Ymt may hnvo the hillside for ton thonnnn I dol lar*.’ Mr. Anderson Inughml; hut ho fonn I that l’uter wns in earnout nml oom- tnencod to curs# and swonr. At this IVtcr simply turned nnd left his cus tomer to hitnsclf, and ho saw no mnra of the speculator. Two days afterwards, however, throe of the morel:nuts came to sue our hern, and when they hnd hoard hi* simple sto ry they worn willing fo do justly hy him. They wont tip and vXaminod the spring, which wa* found to ho ns pure as crys tal, v ajid as it was then a dry ncaaon, t!i«*y Saw that tho supply of wafer would Mover fail, and all the houses tlmt might bo bqllt on l'otwr’s luiid ooitlil ha sup plied with running w.ntor, won in the very alties of I ho upper ones. Tint im-rehuntH first wont to tho min wrhn owned the land above I’tiier's, in cluding the lodge and tho spring, and ho agreed To *oll for two hundred dob 1st *. This, t/i the builders, wns n groat bargain, for the atnfio of tho ledge was axcollent grnnito. Tlion they onlled a surveyor und made a (dot of the hillside, whereby they found that they could hnvo forty building lots, worth from two hundred nnd fiffyin four hundred dol lars oin-.h, They hesitntod nut a mo ment alter the plot was made, hut cheerfully paid 1‘cter hi* ten thousand dollars. Not many day* after this transaction IVor received u vory polite note from Cordelia llnidorson, asking him to call and kuo Iter; but ha did not call, lie bunted up Mr. Hontora nnd Went into business with him, nml litis very day Botnar# A Whito tin business in that town, and Walter Bttirgis is thair bo«»k keeper. Ami in nil the country there is not a prettier spot than the old Itill- sido. Thu ruiiroud depot is noar its foot, and it is nccupiuq by iiiiiremus dwellings in which live merchant* who do business In tho adjacent city. One thing Peter missed —that ho did not rasorve a building spot for hfm*eif; hut his usual good fortune attended him even hero. A wealthy hunker hud no- co-ion to innvo to aunthur section of tha the country, nnd sold out his house and garden to l’etor for ono half it cost him. Ko Peter took tv wife who loved him wliun In: dug in Ilia earth, und found a homo for hor und liiuisolf upon the old hillside. Hats.—A Philadelphia publishing Iioiihu hnn produced a history of hata. From it it iippcurs tlmt hat* were used hy the Dorn-s probably a* long ago ns tho time of Homer, but only by tho bet ter uIiihs of cilizon* whufl on a distant journey ; the Elgin tnarblus allow thut tho Hume custom prevailed among tho Athenians. The itoimin* used u cap at their sacrifices, hut hats with brim* when journeying. In tho thirteenth century Popu innocent allowed cardi nals to use scarlet lints, nnd uliotit thu middle of tho fifteentn century hats lie- canto common in France, and soon after in tho rest of Korops. Bt. Clement is Httid to have invented full to guard the head* of pilgrims against the incloment went bar. The fiist authentic account of InUter* appears during tho middle ages, thu curliest Spoken of being at Nuremberg in 1 BOO. The hatting trade of A merlon i* noticed firstly the Lon don Board of Trudu in the year lTttti. la thu liftuuntli century huts in (treat liritan were coiled vuniti.-s, worn impor ted, and cost ns high its forty English shilling*, which, ut that time, wu* a largo sum. Hroudbrima rone-lied their ultimatum about thu y«mr 1700, after which thrco-cornurod hut* cuino invoguc, (ho liattetH* annual fuativul in November ‘J!l, being tho date of Queen Klisoheth'a grant to the hatters of London. (’m.D vh. Waidi Food.—'"Cold roast pork is infinitely better than h t, ns well a* moh* digestible. In certain villages nl Frnnoe where the culture of tho silk worm gives employment to moat of the iuliabitHdts, while tha Hanson is at its height the women are uil too busy io prepare hot food regular}/, and on tin* people dine perpendicularly, on such eolu victmtl* bm muv be at haiid. They are ie;*»rted oa' hafng vary Healthy ami robust under thi* regimen, it ia a quau- lion open Ibr di*cuf*ion why iiNid ami drink sliunld be taken Imt under uny eircifliisflitico*. Soific physiciiliis think tlmt the promntiiro ducuy of tnvlll id . owing to tlio cutis ant habit ol hot moats and drink*, with tho frequent antuht- . *is of iceil water. Man, lo-ing thu only ntilntnf that cooks, is thu only one that, nt* hot foml, ami is more liable to dU- orders of nil sorts than tho lower ctu»v Urea.” . •_ __ 1 _ _ A Wkst Vihqinun on lhs Tmavki.s. —The HtllsiiOrofN.' C.) Uecordmr, ha* the fid lowing t An ox cart filled will# w«wneft ami’ children passed through' this town Wednesday evening Two men and a bull culf wore pulling the emt; the hull in the middle, and a man haruciMed iu rope mid fastened to each end of the long swingju truo. In answer to where tfiuy weru from, the men said fhnt ‘ b—J was to pay In Western Virginia, and they weru moving to Ktdoigli to l<M(k af ter n home.' Everybody— !'»H. and all — was pulling Ins ' level beat.V - teT Fggs tire preserved .on a, large scale in i'iirl* by placing in'.wjro- bas kets ah<Hit a do/.fti nt u, fkne, and ino- meritiiqf tiicm for ubRua* n minute in boiling water. A thin liycrolthu egg caiugimitos on thu inner surface oi Ilia shell, forming a film im^ermeable to air.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884, February 11, 1869, Image 1