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BUSINESS CARDS.
Philip B, Robinson,
Attorney at Law,
GREENESBORO'. . . . GA.
give prompt attention to business
entrusted to liis professional care.
Feb. 20, 1873—6 ms
M. W. LEWIS & SON
Attorneys at Law,
GREENESBORO’, GA.
'T'HE Senior member of this firm having
A concluded to devote his time (hereto
fore divided with his farm,) more exclusive
ly to his profession, the undersigned, in re
newing their partnership, hope to give such
prompt and efficient attention to business
as te merit the approval of their clients.
M. W. LEWIS,
jan9,1873-ly E. L. LEWIS.
Wm. H. Branch,
A TTORNE Y AT LAW.
.lt K i:A E ItORO’, A .
I CONTINUES io gite his undivided atten
‘ J tion to the practice of liig Profession.
Returning thanks to his clients for their
encouragement in the past, he hopes by
tlose application to business to merit a con
tinuance of the same.
SsST’Office over Drug Store of Messrs. B.
Torbert & Cos.
Greenesboro’ Tan 16th 1871—ly.
II.’E. W. PALMER^
Attorney at Law,
6HEE\ESnORO’, ... GA.
ALL business intrusted to him will re
ceive personal attention.
rtBpOFFICB—(With Judge Heard.) in
the Court-House, where he can be found 1
during business hours. oct 1G,’74—tf
HI V.W IISSIIHH’
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
UNION POINT, - - Ga.
OFFEUB his professional services to the'
people of Greene and adjoining coun
ties. and hopes, by close attention to busi
ness to merit and receive a liberal share of
patronage. jan 2 3 ’74 —ly.
Ifr. Win. Morgan*
RESIDENT
IDEVHST
GR E EXE SB OR O', GA
feb. I, 1874.
T M\USi\\ ALT E It,
Marble Work#,
BROAD Street, AUGUSTA, Ga.
MVRBLE Momimen s, Tomb-stones,
Marble Mmtles, and Furniture Mar
ble of all kinds, from the plainest to the
most elaborate, designed and furnished to
•rder at si ort notice. All work for the
country err- fully boxed. n0v2,1871—tf
Pure Drugs,
Chemicals,
. I*atent IHedirines
FINE PERFUMERY,
TOILET ARTICLES.
WINDOW GLASS,aII sizes,
LAMPS and LANTERNS,
BCIBT S Garden B**edw,
KEROSENE Oil,,
WRITE LEAD, Colors,
LINSEED OIL, '
BRUSHES, &c..
For sale by
.1. A. GItIFFIW
Physicians’ prescriptions carefully
dispensed. march 12, 1874—1 y
Teaching!
Learning! !
HARRIS’
INDEPENDENT HIGH SCHOOL.
I SHALL commence Teaching again on
the
Stl 410 Al* IV in JANUARY,
next, (1875.)
*6S“TU ITION the same as heretofore,
$4 00 per month—half to be paid in ad
vance. W . 1,. 41. Harris.
December 17, 1874—tf
G - EORGlA—Greene County—John A.
Champion, Administrator of Seaborn
L. Hutcheson, applies for Letters of Dis
mission and such Letters will be granted
on the first Monday in March 1875.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture this December Bth 1874.
JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’v.
Dec. 10 74- -3m.
<Tljc (Grmiesbcm’ Hmi I it.
II uilroad Schedule.
Arrival and Departure of Trains.
Georg-iu JKailroud.
* Do’f Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta, 8.40, a. m.
Leave Atlanta, 6:30, a. m.
Arrive at Atlanta, 5:45, p. m.
Arrive at Augusta, 3:45, p. m.
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta, 8:15, p. in.
Leave Atlanta, 0:00, p. m
Arrive at Atlanta, 6:05, a. m.
Arrive at Augusta, 4:00, a. m.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, 6:00 p. m.
Leaves Stone Mountain, G:45 a. nr
Arrives Atlanta, 8:00 a. m.
Arrives Stone Mountain. 6:15 p. m.
S. K. JOHNSON, Sup’t.
Western A. Atlantic R. R
Nigh' passenger Train — Outward.
Leave Atlanta, 6:00 p. m.
Arrives Chattanooga, 1-30 a. in.
DAY PASSENGER TRAlN ,— Outward.
Leave Atlanta, 8:30 a. m.
Arrives Chattanooga, 4:28 p. m.
Night Passenger Train—lnward.
Leaves Chattanooga, 3:45 p. m.
Arrives Atlanta, 11:20 p. m.
DAY PASSENGER TRAlN.—lnward.
Leaves Chattanooga, 5:45 a. m.
Arrives Atlanta, 1:20 p. m,
DALTON ACCOMMODATION
Lsaveg Atlanta, 4:35 p. in.
Arrives at Dalton, 12:20 a. m.
Leaves Dalton 2:00 a. m.
Arrives Atlanta, 9:50 a. m.
Jos. E. BROWN President.
JEWELRY!
117-iSinNG to devote myself entirely to
T T the legitimate business or Clock
and Watch Repairing, from this date, I of
fer my entire Stock of Watches and Jewel
ry at cost, finding that it interferes too
much with the business 1 prefer.
Ji. TIARKW ALTEIi.
L HOTEL.
BY
Mrs. W. M. THOMAS.
AUGUSTA, (hr
Jan. 21—Ty.
W. i\ Cartwright,
AT THE
VARIETY STORE,
I S just receiving, in addition to his usual
large and varied stock, his fall supply
of Groceries. Liquors, Confectioneries, ,<:o.
Keeps the best assortment of foreign and
domestic Liquors and Sugars at the lowest
prices. Fine old Kentucky Rye and Moun
tain Corn Whisky a specialty. Call and
get your Groceries, something to drink, a
Cigar, have your Guns repaired, play a
game of Billiards, all for the CASH and go
home happy.
W. C. CARTWRIGHT.
Corner Broad and Main St’s.
Sept.l7’74.
J, MURPHY & CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
English White Granite and
Common Cliina Ware.
—ALSO—
Semi-China, French Chi
na, Glassware, Ac.
341 iCItOAI) STREET,
jan 21—lm. AUGUSTA, Ga
Alfred Shaw,
KEEPS constantly on hand in Greenes
boro’ and Madison, a full assortment
of
ROSEWOOD and MAHOGANY
and imitations of the same. Also,
,4111 ALIC CASKETS
of all grades.
In beauty, durability and price, these
Cases and Caskets will compare favorably
with any to be found elsewhere.
JAMES W. WINFIELD,
Is our authorized Agent at Greenesboro’.
NOTE.—AII persons indebted for past
purchases, are requested to come forward
and settle their bills A. SHAW.
January 9, 1873—6m5.
— 1 ,
d(frOA Per day at home.
<P<W Termß free Ad _
dress'G. STINSON & Cos., Portland, Maine.
Jan 21, 1876-1 y*
Work neatly executed
and at reasonable prices at this Of
fice. i
GREENESBORO’, GA., THUROAY, MARCH 11, 1875.
POETA CORNER.
feUAMHIA'S BRGAN,
I wonder what grandma is thinking ahout,
As she sits in the corner there.
With the fire-light shining into her eyes,
And over her silver hair?
Shelias laid her knitting across her knee,
And folded her hands so thin,
And I know that her thoughts are far away,
In spite of the children’s din.
I’m sure it is something strange and sweet
That brightens her eyes so dim ;
Perhaps she is seeing the golden gates,
And hearing the angels’ hymn !
And she smiles to think that she soon will
cross
Where the wonderful river rolls,
And gather the rose of her youth again,
Tn the beautiful garden of souls 1
RIM EI.MNEOIN
Work Bhiring Sleep.
Those cases in which the brain is
hard at work during sleep, instead of
being totally oblivious of everything,
may be called either dreaming or
sonnambulism. according to the mode
in which the activity displays itse f.
Many ot then) are full of interest.
Some men have done really hard men
tal work while asleep. Condorcet fin
ished a train of calculations in his
sleep which had murh puzzled him
during the day. Tn 1856 a collegian
noticed the peculiarities of a felbw.stu-
dent, who was rather stupid than
otherwise during his waking hours, bur
who got through some excellent work
in geometry and algebra dining sleep.
Cotidcillaek and Franklin both worked
correctly during some of their sleeping
hours.
The work done partakes in manv
cases more of the nature of imaginative
ti n. Thtls ~ " 4 “ scientific caltula
is in print, which Sir John Herscliel
is said to have composed while asleep,
and to have recollected when he awoke.
Goethe often set down on paper, dur
ing the day, thoughts and ideas which
had presented themselves to him dur
ing sleep on the preceding night. A
geutlotnan one night dreamed that he
was playing an entirely new game of
cards with three friends; when he
awoke the structure and rules of the
new game, as created in tlio dream,
came one by one into his memory, and
he found them so ingenious that he
afterward frequently played the game.
Coleridge is said to h ve composed his
fragment of “ Kuhla Khan” during
sleep He had one evening been read
iug Purchas’ Pilgrim; some of the
{romantic incidents struck his fancy;
jhe went to sleep, and his busy brain
composed “ Kubla Khan.” When he
| awoke in the morning, lie wrote out
what his mind had invented in sleep,
until interrupted by a visitor, with
whom he conversed for an hour on
business matters ; but, alas ! he could
never again recall the thread of the
story, and thus “ Kubla Khau ” te
tuains a fragment. Dr. Good men
tions the ease of a gentleman who in
his sleep composed an ode in six stan
zas, and set it to music. Tartini, the
celebrated Italian violinist, one uight
| dreamed that the devil anpeared to him,
challengid him to a trial of skill on
the fiddle, and played a piece wonder
ful for its beauty arm difficulty ; when
Tartini woke, he could not remember
the exact notes, but he could repro
duce the general character of the music,
which he did in a composition ever
since known as the “Devil’s Sonata.”
Lord Thurlow, when a youth at col
lege, found himself, one evening, un
able to finish a piece of Latin composi
tion which he had undertaken ; he
went to bed full of the subject, fell
asleep, finished his Latin in his sleep,
rememhered it next morning, and was
complimented on the felicitous form
which it presented,—[All the Year
Round.
llw I Was mold.
You may remember that I lectured
lately for the young gentlemen of the
Claytonian Society. During the after
noon of the day I was talking with one
of the young men referred to, and he
said he had an uncle, who from some
cause or other, seemed to have grown
permanently bereft of all emotion, and
with tears in his eyes, this young man
said:
“Oh, if I could only see him laugh
once more! Oh. if I could ip see
him weep !”
I was touched. I never eouhrith
stand distress. I said :
“ Bring him to my lecture. I start
him for you."
“Oh, if you could but do it. 'you
could do it .-,11 mir family woyijdiless
you forevermore; for he is vcry(dr to
us Oh. my benefaeto*. can you nke
him laugh? Can you bring seeing
tears to those parched orbs?”
I was profoundly moved. I lid ;
“ My son bring the old party mind.
I have got some good jokes io u lec
turc that will make him laugh ilhere
is any laugh in hiut; and if theymiss
fire. 1 have got some others tin w ill
make him cry or kill him. one the
other.”
Then the young man wept ) my
neck, and presemly spread bh his
hands on my head and lmltd up
toward heaven mumbling seething
reverently; and then wut ter his
uncle. He "placed him in fuli/iew, in
the second row of benches, tit night,
and I began on him. I tried itn with
mild jokes —then with ceverefnes. T
dosed him witb bad jokes am: riddled
him with good ones; I fired Id. stale
jokes into him and peppered liui fore
and aft with red-hot new mes. I
warmed up to my work, and tssaulted
him on the right and left, and
behind; I fumed, and ohar#d and
ranted, till I was hoarse and sek, and
frantic amMurinus; but I tie .nr moved
him once—l uever started a Emile or
tear! never a ghost of a smile!never a
suspicion of moisture! I wp aston
ished I closed the leeiuiest last with
one despairing shriek—with one wild
burst of humor—and hurled :! joke of
supernatural atrocity full at htn Then
! sat down bewildered and exhausted.
The Piesident of the Smiety came
ttatcT, aWsafa
“ What made you carry on so toward
tiie last?”
I said, “I was trying to make that
confounded old idiot laugh, in the
second row.”
And he said: “ Well, you were wast
ing your time, because lie is deaf anJ
dumb, and as blind as a badger ”
Now, was that any way for that old
man’s nephew to impose on a stranger
and an orphan like me? [Mark
Twain
G'hiii{ of tli? Olden Time.
A giant exhibited in Rouen, in 1830,
measured nearly eighteen feet. The
Chevalier Scrog, in his voya.e to the
Peak Teneriffe, found in one of the
caverns of that mountain the head ol
the Gunich, who hud sixty teeth, and
was not less than fifteen feet high.
Gorapius saw a giant that was ten feet
high. The giant Galabra, brought
from Arabria to Rome, under Claudius
Caesar, was ten feet high. Fai/uum,
who lived in the time of Eugene 11.,
measured eleven aud a half'feet. Near
the castle in Duuphine, in 1623, a
tomb was found thirty feet long, six
teen wide and eight high, on which was
cut in gray stone these words " Keto
loehus Rex.” The skeleton was found
entire, twenty-five and a fourth feet
long, ten feet across the shoulders, and
five feet from the breast bone to the
back. Near Palermo, in Sicily, in
1516. was found the skeleton of a giant
thirty feet high, and in 1553 another
forty-four feet high. Near Mazrino, in
Sicily, in 1816, was found the skeleton
of a giant thirty feet high, the head
was as large as a hogshead, and each of
his teeth weighed five ouuces. The
giant Farragos, slain by Orlando,
nephew of Charlemagne, was twenty
eight feet high. In 1814, near St.
German, was found the tomb of the
giant Isorent, who was not less than
thirty feet high. In 1593, near Rouen,
was found a skeleton whose skull held
a bushel of corn, and who was nineteen
feet high. The giant Bacart was twen
ty-two feet high ; his thigh bones were
found in 1703. near the river Moderi
And not only were the past ages dis
tinguished for the prolific proportions
of these monsters ; but their history is
cot more remarkable than that of
dwarfs, several of whom were even
smaller thaw the Thumbs and Nutts of
our own time.
i— • mi—
—lt is said that not a single gradu
ate of the Kansas Agricultural College
has become a farmer since 1867
LIFE.
Like the falling of a star;
Or ns the flights of eagles are ;
Or like the fresh spring’s gaudy hue,
Or silver drops of morning dew ;
Or like the wind that chafes the flood,
Or bubbles which on water stood ;
Even such is man, whose borrow’d light
is straight call’d in, and paid to night;
The wind blows out, the buhhle dies,
The Spring entomb’d in Autumn lies;
The dew dries up, the air is hot,
The flight is past —and man forgot.
iIT !■■■
The Lady-link’s.
BY AUNT F.t NNY.
Three pretty little lady-bugs wt.e
creeping ahout on Jearitiie’s hand,
and two were poking their mites of
noses in and out of Lulu's fingets,
hoping to find something to eat,
when, all of a sudden, Jcannie cried
out in what se*med to them a tre
mendous voice :
“Lady-bug, lady-bug, fly away home ;
Your house is on fire, your children will
roam.”
With a frightened kick of all their
little legs at once, away flew the
lady-bugs, while Jcannie arid Lulu
extended their arms, pointing in
the direction where the poor little
things’ houses wero supposed to be
burning.
“Oh, don’t tell them that!’ im
plored Kittie; “it is n’t true and
my lady-bug don't believe you.”
“No, indeed!” said the pretty
bug, who was sitting up for compa
ny on a big leaf near Kittie ; “no,
indeed! this is mv house; our
houses scarcely ever burn up ; they
fade and wither, hut they last as
long as we den
toned so easily.
Upon this the fly-away lady-bugs
wheeled around, folded their wings
an l floated softly down upon the
grass,near where some lovely fring
ed gentian flowers were talking to
six fat, round, droll-looking toad
stools. They wore rather low com
pany for the refined, delicate flow
ers—so the lady-bugs thought—
and they hastily crept up to Kittie,
and skipping upon the big leaf,
made themselves quite comfortable
and happy.
The new baby-moon rose up in
the quiet sky, and the tall purple
bells nodded and waved a graceful
welcome. In the west the sun was
going grandly to rest, trailing
clouds of glory after him. The
children sat down close to the big
leaf, and Jeannie, who was a curi
ous little puss, said :
“Lady-bugs, tell us, won’t you,
where did you come from ?”
“We do not know,” they answer
ed ; “and where are we going, who
can tell ? Wo live out our little
lives in the warm sunshine, and
turn peacefully over on our backs
and die when our time comes.”
“o—h,” said all three little girls ;
and they had not finished thinking
about it when their mamma came
to take them home, give them each
a large bowlful of bread and milk,
hear them say their prayers, and
put them in their pretty white beds,
so soft and sweet. When they
were gone, the fairies came flying
thro igh the moonlight, and carried
away the little scarlet lady-bugs.
[Scribner’s St. Nicholas.
Robert E, Eoe’s Tomb,
A recent letter from Lexington,
Va., to the Richmond Dispatch
says: “Valentine has been here
for several days conferring with
the memorial committee in refer
ence to the final arrangements for
placing his beautiful sepulchral
monument over the grave of Gen.
Lee. It is hoped that full arrange
ments can be made, and the statue
inaugurated on the 12th of October
next—the anniversary of General
Lee’s death—with an oration by
ex-President Davis, and appropri
ate ceremonies, participated in by
those Confederates who can gather
thero.
It will be a matter of general in
terest to mention that fresh flowers
have never been wanting to deck
Gen. Lee’s tomb. From all parts
of the country the most exquisite
wreaths, crosses, anchors, etc , are
sent, and the fair hands in Lexing
ton are continually fashioning ev
ergreens, immortelles, etc , in the
most beautiful decorations for the
tombs of the General, Mrs. Lee and
Miss Agi es. The beautiful cus
tom of having a student guard to
keep daily watch and ward at the I
tomb is still kept up, and the Gen
eral’s office is still preserved just
as he left it on the day of his fatal
illness.”
Teinpcvanee and the Church.
Every church that claims to be a
blessing to the community and the
world, ought by every consideration ol
piety and morality to take high ground
on the subject of temperance. This
holy warfare against the monster vice
of intemperance must be waged chiefly
by the church of God. Others, from
various considerations, may fall into the
ranks, but the church must be in the
van. He wbo iu this day utters one
doubtful word on the temperance ques*
tion is a traitor to the cause,even more
than he who advocates licensing -a
loons and those traps set by the devil
for ensnaring youth—the beer garden-.
This is the time when the mask must
be stripped front the hideous face of
that greatest foe of humanity, intem
perance. Children of God, speak out
Touch not, taste not, handle uot the uc>
cursed stuff. The curse of .God rests
putteth the bottle to his
who putteth the wine Y her
lover’s lips.—[Ex.
- —■
A Alee Property.
The Astor estate contains about 700
houses, which cover forty acres in very
desirable localities. The Astor House
alone is worth 51,800,000. Avery
large part of the property lies on the
Fourth and Fifth avenues, also Madi
son avenue, where entire squares of
elegant houses acknowledge his name
This land was bought by the original
Astor at prices ranging from 5500 to
81000 per acre, and each acre is uow
worth nearly 81,000,000. All of these
seven hundred tenants have been visi
ted during this week. Astor’s collec
tors are men of brief language. All
that needs to be dope is to utter the ca
balistic words “ check for the rent,”
and delays are taken with ill grace.
The reply is, “ We cannot be running
twice—too much to do.” Indeed, if
people want to hold Astor property
they must be ready with the money.
The rent roll is said to fill thirty pages
of writing paper. Even the endorse
ment of the checks is no suia.l task.
Old William 11. was wont to do this
until extreme age enfeebled his hand.
How many thousand checks has he en
dorsed with his potential name ! The
Astor land office has received in this
manner during the past week nearly
8400,00 J, and all is not yet collected.
This money is deposited in the Haok
of New York, the Chemical Bank, and
other old-fashioned institutions and
will soon be reinvested in good securi
ties.—[Ex.
—The Canadian Government
spends 8200,000 per annum to run
its Indian Bureau. The United
States spends about 87,000,000
per annum to look after its aborig
ines. When it is considered that
Canada has one-fourth the Indian
population which the United States
has, the query naturally arises,
why should we spend more than
8800,000 to run our Indian Bu
reau ? The Indian character is
the same everywhere, but the Ca
nadian Government has no Sheri
dans to irritate its Indians, and it
always keeps its faith with them.
Grant’s government has robbed the
Indians and broken every treaty
made with them. The immense
sums of money appropriated for the
“benefit” of Indian tribes arc usu
ally stolen by rings. The present:
Chcctaw claim is a swindle for the!
benefit of those ardent friends of
the Indians, as it is quite certain
the Choctaws have been paid long
ago all that was due them
FACETIOUS
How doth the busy little pig
Improve each shining hour,
And gather sausage all tho day
From every opening flower.
And when the shadesof twilight fall
He slumbers in his sty,
Or sings his pretty evening song,
“ Root, little pig, or die.”
—\\ hich is tho butt end of a goat T
— ll A prudent man,” says a witty
Frenchman, u is like a pin ; his head
prevents him from going to far.”
—mm ♦-
—The man who sang, “ Oh, breathe
no more that simple air,” went into the
smoking car where it was more mixed.
—This is the latest form of weddiug
invitations : “ Come arsturd and see
me capture a mother-in-law at S o’clock r
sharp.”
■ ■ -
—He was a Warm Spring Indian*
the moment he sat down on a hot
stove.
—A dress maker’s apprentice speak*
of her cross-eyed lover as the fellow
whoso looks are cut bias.
—A kangaroo is a curious chap p
when it’s awake its leaping
—Why didn’t a dog want a place irr
the ark ? Because he had a bark of
bis own.
—The last thiug seen by many peo
ple who have come to violent deaths
was kero-sene.
—A Sunday-school girl was asked
concerning “ the pestilence that wulk
eth in darkness,” and answered: “■ l
guess it’s bed bugs.”
“ Have you Blasted Hopes?” asked
a young lady of a librarian, with a
handkerchief tied over his jaw. “ No,
| he, ‘ R’- blasted
—A grocer in the suburbs, wheo
oomplaiocd to about selling bad eggs,
said: “At this tinea of the year the
hens are not well, and often lay bad
eggs■
—“C-c-c-can that p-p-p-parrot talk?”
asked a stuttering man of a German.
“ Yen he don’t talk so gooter as you, I
schop, by tarn, his head off.’’
—“ I see very little of you,” said so
old gentleman at a Louisville hall to a
young lady whom he had not met in a
long time before. “ I know it,” was
the artless reply, “ but mother wouldn’t
allow me to wear a very low-neck dress
to-night, the weather is so cold.”
—A woman, in East Jaffrey, N. H.,
has had an accurate picture of a Juni
per tree printed on her leg by a flash
of lightning And the editor who
hronicled the event has had u lively
time explaining to his wife where he
the item.
——♦-—■
—“ In my time, Miss,” said a stern
aunt, “ the men looked at the womeu’s
faces, instead of their ankles.” “ Ah,
but my dear aunt,” retorted the young
lady, “ you see the world has improved
and is more civilized thau it used to be.
It looks more to the understanding.”
—The St. Louis Globe tries to make
its subscribers willing to die by pre
dicting the approach of the time when
Wagner shall draw the themes for his
operas from Bancroft’s histories. Ima
gine Washington singing, “ I cannot
tell a lie, father,” in a minor key, with
a drum accompaniment representing
the blows of the hatchet.
—Gov. Leb Vance is a Presbyterian
in theory. In his lecture Saturday
night he said the only difference be
tween him and his brother, Gen.
Vance, who is a Methodist, is that
Bob believes in falling from grace,
and never does it, and lie, Zeb, don’t
believe in falling from grace, but is al
ways failing.”
A Detroit gentleman walking be
hind two school child: cn the other day
heard the boy inquire, “ will you be at
the party to-night?’’ “I shall be
there,” answered the miss, “ but I may
as well tell yon now that your love is
hopeless. Mamma is determined,
father is set, and it isn’t right for me
to encourage your attention. I can be
a sister to you but nothing more.
Therefore you needn't buy tne any val
cutine or give me any more guuj.”
NO. 10