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THE MONROE && ADVERTISER
GEORGE A. KING & CO. ]
VOL. XX.
iSiu Jrttoum
F )R3YTII. TUESDAY, NOV. IC. L*7u
1.1 ITLE hWELTXES*.
She fell* all About %Vhat l Coins;
on at tlt* Hotel.
From the Stanford (Conn.) Herald.]
I’m only a little girl, but I think I have as
much right to say what I w ant to about tiling'
as a boy. I hate boys, thej 'r so mean.; thej
always grab all the strawberries at the dinner
table, and never tells as when they are going
to have any fun. Only I like Gus Rogers. Tin
other day Gus told me he was going to let oft
tome fire works, and lie let Resale Nettle and
me go and look at them. All of us lives in a
hotel, and his mother’s room has a window
with a balcony. His mother was gone out tc
buy some creme tit lit to [ait on her face, ami
he’d went and got eleven boxes of lucifei
matches, and ever so many pieces of Castile
soap; he steeled them from ’lie housekeeper.
Just w hen she went to put them in her closet
Gus went and told her Mrs. Nettle wanted In i
a minute, and while she was gone he grabber
the soap and matches, and w hen she came back
he watched her, and she got real mad, and sin
scolded Della (that’s the chambermaid), anil
said she know ed sits did it, and I was real glad
because when I was turning somersets or
mother’s bed, the at her day, Della shipped me.
and said she wasn’t going to make the bed two
times to please me ; then Bessie and me stickei
the matches in the soup like ten pins, and Gti
turned a little gasou.su’s his mother woul
think it was that.
We get our dinner with the nurses, caus<
the man that keeps the hotel charges full price
for children if they sit at the table in the hi.
dicing room. Once my mother let me go ii
with her, and 1 talked a hetp at tin* table, am
a gentleman sat next to us, said, Little gill
should be seen and not heard.” The mean oh
tbing died last week, and 1 was real glad, am
I told Della so, and she said if I w ent and sail
thinks like that, i couldn’t go to heaven. Mi.cl
she knows about it, and I wouldn’t want to go
if dirtv old things like she is went there. Ae.-
terday, Mary, our nurse, told Bessie Nettle
nurse that she heard Larry Finnegan wasgoin,
to marry her. Larry is one of the waiters,am
lie saves candles for me from the big dining
room, un i Bessie Nettles nurse said, Oi
Lord! what a lie!” and Bessie Nettle wen
in her mother’s room, and Bessie said, “O.
Lord! what a lie!”and you should have hear,
how her mother did talk to her and went am
shut her up in a dark room where she keptliei
trunks, and did not let her have nothing bu
bread and water, and Gus went and yellei
through the key-hole, and said “Bessie, the dev
il is coming to fetch you,” and Bessie screamei
an 1 almost had a fit, and her mother told Mrs
Rogers, and got Gus licked, and Gus says lie’;
mind to set the house on tire some day and
bum her out.
One day 1 went into the parlor and creeped
under the sofa, and there wasn’t nobody there.
They don’t let dogs or children into the parlor
and I think it is real mean ; and I had to creel
under the sofa so nobody could see me, and Mr.
Boyce came in. anil Miss Jackson ; she said one
day that children was worse nuisance than
.logs; and Mr. Boyce and Miss Jackson came
in and sat down on the sofa; and he said “Oh,
Louisa, Ido love you so much and then hi
kissed her, for 1 heard it smack ; and then she
said, “O, Thomas, I do wish I could believi
you; don’t you never kiss any body else?” and
he said, “No, dearest; ’ and 1 yelled out, Ob,
w hat a big story !” for I saw him kiss Bessii
Nettle in the hall one night, when the gas was
turned down Dkln’t he jump up, you bet, and
he pulled me out and tored my frock and lu
said, “Oh, you wicked child where do you ex
pect to go for telling such stories?” and I told
him, “You shut up, I ain’t going anywhere will,
you.’ I wish that man would die like thai
other one, so 1 do; and I don’t care whether hi
goes to heaven or not.
Gus Rogers’ mother had a lunch party in hei
parlor, and they had champaigne, and they nev
er gave him any, and when his mother wasn i
looking lie found a bottle half full on the side
board, an 1 he steeled it, anil took it into oui
nurserv. and Mary wasn't there, and Gus am
ihe dlinked it out of the glass Mary brush he.
teeth in, and it was real nice; and we looker
iu Mary’s wardrobe, anil found her frock sin
goes to church in, and Gus put it on, and Ma
ria’s bonnet, too, and w e w ent in the hall, am
tumbled down and tored Mary’s frock, aui
made my nose bleed, and Gus said, “Oh, thesi
are earthquakes,” ’cause we couldn’t stand up,
and you should see how the house did go uj
and down, awful, aud Gus aniline laid down
on the carpet, and. the housekeeper picked im
up and looked me to my mother’s room, and
my mother said, “Oh, my ' whatever have you
been doing ?” uud I said, “Oh, Lord! 1 drinkei
champaigne out of Gus Rogers’ mother’s botth
in the glass that Mary brushes her teeth in, anu
the housekeeper says, "~h, my goodness gra
cious, that childs' tight as bricks,” and l said.
“You bet, bully for youand then I was aw
ful sick ; I forgot what else.
Hie Vb;*lslio> of* In* Kooais.
We have seen several favorable comments
upon the suggestion of a respected coiemporury
concerning the abolition of Hut rooms and tlu
use of condensers. Tliis plan would be admir
able if practicable, but it is only practicable at
the expense of economy, so to speak- Wt
think the true remedy will be found m small
int houses. The plan that we have adopted foi
several years past-and we have lost sls,oooby
incendiary’s torch applied to gin houses-is to
build a small lint room capable of holding three
bales of liut cotton at a time. In the rear is a
shed room attached, which contains the gin
and cotton seed. A plank in the floor of this
room, near the ginner’s feet, is occasionally re
moved and the cotton seed is allowed to fall to
the ground. The lint and shed rooms cost a
bout $75. The whole is insured for enough to
pay for the house, gin, and three bales of cot
ton. This is the most economical plan that we
have tried. This plan will admit of a home
on every 200 a.'res.and the saving in transport
ing cotton to and from the gin house as now
constructed will build the houses each year.
Imagine how much it would cost to trans
port 150,000 pounds of seed cotton (which is re
quired to make 100 bales of lint cotton) a mile
to the gin house, and to carry back again the
seed, and one can easily calculate one great
flaw in our present system. Bnt it will not do
to gin cotton in the open air whether a con
isusod or aot Cbi. Tunu
IKV.VG
Washington Irving, the Goldsmith of Amer
ca. who was the first man to awaken Europe
to a true knowledge of our country’s literary
productiveness, was bom in New York April
sth, 1783. lie was characterized from child
hood by a love of roaming, and his early years
were spent among 6ucli surroundings as were
calculated to cherish a fondness for the won
lerful and miraculous. His father having died
when Washington was a mere boy he was left
in the charge of elder brothers, whose tastes
'*eing literary, swn succeeded in developing
the same liking in their piotege. He was ex
tremely fond of books of travel and made long
excursions in company with congenial associ
ates, into the unfrequented haunts of his na
tive city, and over the neighboring bay and
country, lie was enraptured by the brilliant
imagery, glowing descriptions and intense re
ality of Spencer’s Faery Queen,a copy of which
accidentally fell into his hands, and his lively
fancy immediately peopled the picturesque
banks of the Hudson with adventurous knights
battling for the freedrm of enchanted maidens
It was during these rambles that he collected
not a few of those traditions which form the
ground work to its most pleasant stories, and
dso enriched his mind by an intimate knowl
edge of the customs and habits of the old Man
hattan burgesses.
Irving received but a common school educa
tion which terminated at the age of sixteen.
Like many youths showing any mental apti
tude he was intended forth*bar without cen
-idering whether or not he had any inclination
in that direction. Ilis idle gypsy like naturi
nude him averse to any settled vocation, and
t was with pleasure that he found after having
icon admitted to the bar, that symptoms ol
lulmonary affection rendered a sea voyage and
i trip to Southern Europe necessary. At Romi
u; met Allston, who nigh persuaded him tin
ier the influence of an Italian sunset to become
i painter, in which art he excelled as an ama
leur. On his return Irving, who had acquired
i local celebrity by some epistolary effusions
n the Morning Chronicle over the signature
>f Jonathan Oidstyle. undertook, with Pattld
ng, the publication of Salmagundi, a satire
lpon the spirit and manners of the times. This
rook the town by storm and decided the for
tune of its authors. Emboldened by his suc
cess our author produced a humorous history
if New York during its earliest years, and so
skillful were the most glaring fictions arrayed
as historical facts, that a German Professor re
ferred to the work as a standard authority
Scott giving the effects af its perusal says;
•• My sides are absolutely sore with laughing.”
Vt the close of the war of 1812 Irving betook
himself to England anil while spending his
time in visiting the different points of interest',
the firm with which he was connected as a si
lent partner failed, leaving the traveller de
pendent upon his own resources for a livlihood.
He most naturally resorted to his pen, and pro
duced that masterpiece the Sketch Book. After
muc'. ..rouble and delay, in the course of which
Scott’s manly nature was conspicuous, the
work was published and brought its author im
mediate relief anil an extensive fame. It was
soon followed by Bracbridge Hall, a pleasing
picture of English rural life. A visit to Spain
furnished material for Columbus, Granada, Al
hambra and Mahomet, which succeeded each
other at various intervals, and which, from the
remarkable beauty and vigor of the style, com
Lined with genuine humor, obtained Irving a
world-wide renown as one of the finest histo
rians and most graceful essayists of the day.
Oxford honored him with the degree of LL. D.
md George IV honored him with fifty guineas
as an historical writer.
On his return to his native country in 1832,
after an absence of seventeen years, he was
welcomed by a great public oration. He re
mained but a short time to gladden the hearts
of his acquaintances, his roving spirit taking
him to the far west. The fruits are seen in
Crayon Miscellany, Asteria, etc. He finally
took up his residence at Sunnvside on the banks
of the si.ver Hudson. His last yer-rs were
spent in revising an edition of his for
the press, in embalming his dear Goldsmith in
i beautiful biography, and in writing a grace
ul tribute to our pater patriae, The Life of
Washington. He died, suddenly, Nov. 28th
1859. Tolling of bells, flags at half-mast and
i long funeral procession testified a nation’r
rrief at the loss of one of her most gifted sons,
it is with unfeigned diffidence that we endeav
>r to give an estimate of the character and
works of Irving. Asa man lie has always
been our beau ideal. A most kind-hearted
imiable, noble, wliolesouled gentleman of that
renorally uncongenial class of literati, lie is
me of the few writers in perusing whose works
the reader feels like laying down the book and
hugging its author, out of pure love, so plain’y
; shis own admirable character exhibited in his
writings. Irving was never married, liis first
md only love having died. A bible presented
him by her was on a table by his deathbed, the
name, Miss Hoffman, traced in a feminine hand
upon the fly leaf. Such a remarkable instance
of fidelity and the touching pathos of the final
scene needs no comment.
Irving’s style was carefully even painfully
elaborated from English models, and so closely
does he follow the originals that he sometimes
lays himself open to the charge of servile imi
tation. His words are like his beloved Hud
son. remarkable rather for their singular beau
ty than grandeur. His ideas were clothed in
sentences of such sustained purity and grace,
polished by a perfect know ledge of English
into forms of such exquisite beauty that they
are like a bee swimming in honey. They are
almost suffocated in sweets. The popularity
of his works was and is immense, the sale from
their first appearance approximating a million
volumes. We would recommend all his wri
tings to the young except Astoria and Bone
ville. These last we have always thought from
the barren subject and delicious style “ hedge
hogs dressed in lace." or, more fitly, to borrow
a simile from one of the books. ** a beggar on
horseback-’’ Of the others, Sketch Book, etc.,
no reader can be but benefitted by looking up
on the sunny side of nature here presented,and
more especially by communing with one of
“Nature’s Noblemen."
Breakfast Bolls.—Mix lj lbs, of flour,
with three-quarters of a pint of milk, and 1 oz.
of butter, a tablespoon-ful of yeast, and a small
quantity of sail - Make the sponge and get it
before the fire to rise. When risen uiaka the
dough ub into small rolls, and put them into
the oven for ten minutes to bake.
FORSYTH. GEORGI A, TUESDAY MOB XING NOVEMBER 16, 1875.
Earthquakes.
[Prof. Raines in Augusta Constitutionalist.]
AcgTsta, November 2, 1875.
Earthquakes are disturbances of the crust ol
the earth, caused by some action of the interi
or fiery liquid, which constitutes the gn at mas;
of the globe. This crust constituting the bar
dened shell and surface; is probably not ovei
an average of fifty miles in thickness, and doe*
not bear a larger projrortion of thickness to the
earth itself than a covering of paper to a ball
about two feet in diameter. Hence, it ii
easy to understand that any disturbance what
ever in the melted mass below would probably
ciuse some waverlike movement, or vibratory
action in the rocky strata of this thin crust.
Toe cause's of such disturbances are probably
of several kinds —sucli as the infiltration of
water through cracks, forming vast bodies of
imprisoned steam of enormous tension, which
would necessarily seek to escape through some
vent, producing volcanic explosions and erup
-1 tions. The gradual cooling down of the earth
, itself would cause disturbances by tlie decreas
ed size of the great interior mass, and the in
crease of crust of chrystilization of previously
melted matter. Thus there would be produced
a tendency of the crust to wrinkle up, and this
would cause a gradual increasing tension on
the rock strata, which at times would give way
at the weaker places; the noises of the crack
ing rocks would sound like the rolling of some
wheels over pavements, or like the rumbling of
distant thun !er, accompanied by a vibration ol
vertical jarring. Again, should the atmosphere
be considerably lessened in height over an ex
tended area, indicated by what is called a low
htrometer, the decreased pressure over such
surface might cause an upward tendency in
the liquid mass below; thus great storms are
not unfrequently accompanied by earthquakes.
The electrical and magnetical forces of the
earth itself, or in connection with those awful
explosions in the sun, which cause a powerful
disturbance of these forces in the earth, may
perhaps be at times efficient causes for pertur
bations in the forces which hold ihe crust in
equilibrium. It docs not follow that an earth
quake felt at any particular locality may have
there originated; the focus of action may have
been many hundreds of miles away, and the
wave of disturbance, like a tidal wave of the
sea, may have traveled over an extended area.
Sounds are far better conducted by rocky
masses than by the air and travel much greater
distances. Violent earthquakes precede or ac
company violent eruptions, hence the latter ate
looked upon as safety valves giving outlet to
the imprisoned gas. All countries having ac
tive volcanoes are liable to repeated earthquakes
and the inhabitants have great dread of their
effects. Whilst in Mexico, our army found the
people much more affected by an earthquake
than ourselves; indeed our respect for them
increased with our stay. Perhaps there is
scarcely a house of any size in the city of Mex
ico whose walls have not been more or less
disturbed, and numerous cracks in the cathe
drals and aqueducts give indication of repeated
action.
The jarring of vibratory earthquake experi
enced last night, probably over a large portion
of the State, I think probably was due to the
second of ..the causes enumerated.
From the Philrdelphia Presbyterian.
From the World’s Dispensary Printing Office
and Bindery, Buffalo, N. Y., we have received
“ The People’s Common Sense Medical Ad
visor, in plain English; or Medicine Simplified’
by R. V. Pierce, M. D., Counselor-in-chief of
the Board of Physicians and Surgeons at the
World’s Dispensary. Whoever helps humanity
in its struggle with its inherent weaknesses and
diseases, to bear or cure, is its benefactor. Ig
norance is not only of itself a cause of disease
and mortality, but it is the enemy of every ef
fort to cure or mitigate. Nothing will so speed
ily remove this cause as knowledge (an ele
mentary one at least) of the diseases to which
we are heir, as well as those superinduced by
our own imprudence. Dr. Pierce has rendered
in our judgment, a benefactor’s service, both to
the afflicted and to the profession, in his diag
nosis of the diseases treated, and :n the presen
tation of the philosophic principles involved in
their cause and removal. He is sparing of rem
edies, and usually prescribes such as are safe in
unskilled hands. Asa book merely of abstract
knowledge, it is exceedingly readable and in
teresting, especially the following subjects: —
Cerebral Physiolhgy, Human Temperaments,
Psuedo-Hsgiene, the Nursing of the Sick,Food,
Sleep, Ventilation, etc. In one chapter on
another subject, so delicate in its nature that it
is shut up beyond the domain of warning to
all but physicians, so accursed in its results in
modern society, he is most explicU, and alike
true to God, to virtue, to life, and to society,
shows the truth as presented in the teachings
of Scripture—that life begins with conception
—with great force, to which is added faithful
warnings.
Price of the Medical Advisor £1.50, sent
post-paid. Address the author at Buffalo, New
York.
During the time when Clayton wa9 ruler of
Arkansas, all justices of the peace had to be ap
pointed by liis excellency. One old negro,
who thought lie knew enough to discharge the
duties of the office, called on the Govenor to
be examined and receive his appointment.
Several questions were given him, all of which
he managed very well. But when he was
asked: “What would you do in a case where a
man had committed suicide?” “What would
I do?” said the negro. “Well, sail, in a case
like dat, de very least I could do, sah, would be
to s’port de child.” He was appointed.
Have you ever watched an icicle as it formed?
You noticed how it froze one drop at a time,
until it was a foot long or more. If the water
was clean the icicle remained elear, and spark
led in the sun, but if the water was slightly
muddy, the icicle looked foul, and its beauty
spoiled. Just so our characters are forming
One little thought or feeling at a time adds its
influence. If every thought be pure and right,
the soul will be lovely, and will sparkle with
happiness; but if impure and wrong, there is
wretchedness.
.
There is anew design just out fora front
gate. The foot-board is cushioned, and there
is a warm soapstone on each side, the inside
step being adjustable, so that a short girl can
bring her lips to the line of any given moustache
without trouble. If the gate is occupied at
10:30 p. m.. an iron hand extends from one gate
post, takes the young man by the left ear, turns
him round, and he is at once started home by a
steel looi.—Coruiiiu£iuAdluL
“In G-od we Trust.”
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Attention Planters!
I HAVE PURCHASED THE LARGE
FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE
Tim t hmme of
2B Cents Per Bale.
lam well prepared to store cotton, or sell to the best advantage. I give my friends a
cordial invitation to come and see me.
- JEFF. DUMAS.
upzss w&ftsaotfsa.
The undersigned Directors or Committee, having assumed the management and control
of the former interest of W. L. Lampkin in this well known Warehouse, and having asso
ciated with us S. D. MOBLEY, would [inform the Planters and Public generally, of Mon
roe and adjoining counties, that we will be fully prepared on anil after Sept. Ist to
Weigh and Store Cotton,
And conduct a General
WAREHOUSE BUSINESS,
The services of S. D. MOBLEY have been secured who will attend to the weighing and stor
age department and all other business connected with the warehouse. We intend that no effort
on our part shall be spared to extend any facilities and accommodations in our power; aud bv
our promptness and close attention to business, we hope to receive a liberal share of the pub
lic patronage. *
w. T. MAYNARD, E. H. WALKER,
PETER McMICKLE, JNO. A. DANIELLY,
E. M. MOORE, THO> G SCO l'T.
ATTENTION Planters of MONROE ! !
LAWTON & WILLINGHAM.
ft’AikUOlM Ai\D l!IS MSKOHAiUS,
FOURTH STREET, M A COST, ftA.
Tender their services to the planters of Monroe and adjoining counties in the handling of
Cotton for the coming season. We have assisted our planting friends in the past, and expect
to continue to do so. Our charges are as low ns other leading warehouses of the city who
have made advances. Bring us your cotton and we will do our best to please you.
LAWSON & WILLINGHAM.
sep7-3m
W. A. HUFF,
WHOLESALE
PRODUCE MERCHANT,
MACON, GA
IS A CM, CORF,
FLOCII, MEAL,
MAC, *ATS,
UAGVIIG, TIES,
SCO Alt, COFFEE
SYRUP, LAIID,
SALT, RICE,
Tobacco,- Lime, Etc., Etc.
Aat or;*uy ot the above articles can be bought ou one to four mouths’ time by calling on
W. A. HUFF.
euelO 2m
SOLOMON & MOUNT
HAVE MADE AN
IffIRfiENSE REDUCTION
IN THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING IN THE
DRY GOODS LINE.
WE are selling Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes and Groceries at prices far below any
ever offered in this market
Best Calico at 6 and 8 cts per yard, Shirting at 7 els per yard.
Shirting yard wide, 8 1-2 cts Osnaburgs, 10 cts
Columbus Checks, 10 cts 1000 pr Ladies Shoes at $1 00 a 1 50
1000 prs good Ladies Cloth Shoes $125 and $2 00 1000 prs Brogan Shoes $1 25 to $1 75
500 prs Ditching Boots $2 00 to $3 50 200 prtfkie Calf skin Boots $2 to $3 50
100 suits of clothing $5 00 to $lO 00 50 fine Cassimtre suits sl2 00 to S2O 00
A.nd Other Goods in Proportion.
We have two stores, one in the Morse building next to the Pye Hotel block; and another in
the Head building, formerly occupied by L. Wolfe, w e have in both
a avoox
Of everything usually kept in a
First Class Dry Goods Store.
Together with a large and choice stock of
Family Groceries & Plantation Supplies.
All of which are offered at the very* lowest prices. If you examine cur goc-ds veu will b
bound to trade. We buy our goods in large quantties and get the bottom prices in New
York city. None buy to better advantage than ourselves, and in consequence of large sales
we sell at srnaii margins hi the wav bf profits.
BE STJEE -Allsri-) CALL TO SEE TJS
ocU9 tf SOLO9O.\ & MOI’XT.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sometning- New
Wiley L. Smith.
TO HlB FRIENDS THAT HE 18 OPENING a NEW BUSINESS IN
SMITH’S BUILDING
Next door it lew hi* c and id, j Let cjn.rlj •,>,d bj IK. E, i),. >, ,il ~•*•
WITH A FULL STOCK OF
GHOCEHIES, PROVISIONS,
Wood Willow and Tin Ware,
SADDLES, BRIDLES. HARNESS. FARMING IMPLEMENTS, ETC, ETC.-
For Cash Only.
| INDISTINCT PRINT
I buy my Goods '.vi t'seb sod am determined to seh them * !<. a* ae.vWv -t-d aodti'a •
sbare ot tae p-tr*joaire. lex eud a cordial invitation to *li my itieud, to ,'x .mine *ooda
MAJOR D.. PROCTOR U with me *Ld will be glad to ee hi* .Id fiknd, std customer*.
W r.. smith.
( groceries, provisions.
500 Bushels of EAR CORN, for Sale
Cheap, to arrive, Gall and
Leave Your Orders.
16,000 FLOUK - UJOK * CHEEKS KNNLSAW and Maßla'l I'a
10.000 LHS bACoN and BULK MEATS
CUBA MOLASSES, SUGAR,
coffee. Bagging
TJES, SALT,
L ARD 1N Tlt,fcEs * ,jds ‘ * si* |'qn V OCO
PKESH CORN ME aL*
And all other Goods TJsuaily kept in a
FIRST CLASS GROCERY STORE
AIL For sale AT BOTTOM FUU RES KOK cash. VIA..ON HILLS DUPLICATED
septl4ly \7ST. j3l. PYB.
w. A. Banks & Sons
FORSYTH, - - - - CA.,
03er the largest anti most desirable Stock of
Dry Goods, Domestics,
White Goods, Jeans,
Laces, Notions, Hosiery,
Boots, Shoes, Etc,
of aHy house in the place. Special attention is called to our
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT,
Comprising a full and complete assortment of
FALL AND WINTER SUITS,
AT
EXCEEDINGLY LOW PRICEa
OUR
DKESIS goods department
Is very large and will be ohl
As Cheap as the Cheapest.
Remember these Facte When Purchasing l our Supplies.
L W. A, BASTES & sms
[PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS
NO. 4.1