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*Tlie Dropped Switches.
Sitting alone in the corner,
In her own old easy-chaii,
With the firelight softly falling
On her beautiful gray hair,
Eh*’* knitting away at a stocking.
Rounding the liecl to-night ;
And nfbody knits like mother,
Though age is dimming her sight.
Glancing like silver, the needles
Backward and forward go,
And the rings on her thin, white fingers,
Are flashing to and fro.
There’s the golden band that has never
Been off since her wedding-day,
/Pnd the hoop incrustcd with diamonds
From Tom, when lie went away—
Away at the beck of fortune,
To the far-off China seas,
While his mother compassed his oat-bound
ship
j Day and night on her knees,
Pleading that wind and weather
For Tom might eve;' be fair,
And that never the b >y might wander
Out of reach of his mother’s prayer.
•
This blue-mixed sock—it reminds her
Of some site sent to the camp
For Willie to wear, poor sol dicr-boy !
To keep his feet from the damp.
And Willie, he never wore them;
t His tired feet were still—
O so still in a narrow grave
On the side of a southern hill!
It’s wonderful—she remembers
The first little sock she knit,
A wee thing, white and dainty,
Marveling, “Would it ht!”
Tucking it by in her basket,
As if half it were a sin,
And fearing lest careless eyes should see
The dreams she was knitting in.
Dear little baby Alice !
Never was babe so sweet—
Alice's own are all very well,
But all ! those dimpled foot,
That she fondled and kissed so often,
-TlWfl! she taught to walk alone
"Thoinro walking life's long pathway,
TOey are hurt by many a stone !
Knitting alone is Hie mother.
And tho firelight softly falls
On the pleasant room of the household,
On the beautiful pictur; 1 walls ;
But I think, when the lamps of evening
Scatter the shadows there,
They gleam over nothing half so sweet
As the mother's silver hair.
And 0 she has dropped her stitches 1
To be sure it is not strange,
r
Bince she herself has been far away
Beyond this world of change
Away for a lialf-hour’s vision
To the realms of the brave and leal,
Where the loved of the past are together,
In the land of endless weal.
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Pencilings and Sc-issorings
BY ONE OF ’EM.
—Undo I?aac Watts-bis-narae
never beat the following for tender
sentiment and prophetic meaning:
How doth the little busy brats
Improve upon their toys,
And find now pleasure every day
In some unearthly noise.
What pains they take to find a box
Anil rig it with a string,
That they may rack our quiv’ring nerves
With the infernal thing.
Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
Their discord we can bear;
Let turkey gobblers, pigs and hens,
ss fMk*beir sentiments declare—
ytSTTcl liifecii, you should ne'er be let
To torture those tin cans;
Our ear drums were not made to split,
Nor any other man’s.
• • •
' iA's easy enough for a man to
say he won’t swear again as long
as he lives, but let him attempt to
draw up a bucket of water with a
windlass and have tho pin slip out,
and then— !
-jiii • • • •
are like illegitimate children
they are liable to call a man
"father” when bo least expocts it.
It is said that a Galena girl at a
some timo ago, was looking
a a clown whirling a hat with a
■tick, and remarked to her young
bd, *’l used to do that.” Tbe
young man was looking at a con
tortionist in a different part of the
arena who bad bis legs tied around
bis neck No explanation ensued
until a bet had been made that she
couldn’t do it again.
The fashion now for ladies is to
dress in white. A pretty girl, en
veloped in a white dress with red
and blue ribbons, comes about as
near the angelic as any thing on
earth ever does.
A young lady furnishes the fol
lowing Military Orders, which she
calls “a drill for single volunteers.’
The evolutions, as will be seen, are
by no means difficult of execution, ex
cept, perhaps, the last two or three.
The young lady is herself evident
ly an old soldier, and knows some
thing about tactics. Here is the
drill:
Fall In—Love with some amia
ble and virtuous young lady.
Attention—Pay te her assidu
ously and respectfully.
Right E’acc Popping the ques
tion like a man, and she will ac
cept you.
Quick March—To her parents
and ask their consent.
Fours Right—With her and go
through the services of holy matri
mony.
Halt—And then reflect serious
ly for a few minutes and then da<
vote yourself entirely to your
young wife.
Right About Faco—From the
haunts that you have frequented
when single, and devote yourself
to your own house.
Advance Arms —To your wife
when out walking together, and
don’t let her walk three or four
yards behind you.
Break Off—-Playing billiards,
betting and staying out late at
night, if you wish to have a happy
home.
{?atari is the first tramp mention
ed in.history: he went to and fro
on tbe earth looking for a job.
•‘John spell effects.” “F-X ”
•‘Right; next spell seed.” *'C-D.”
‘‘Right again. Now spell cakes.”
“K-a-x.” "There's a good boy!'
said his mother, handing Johnny
somo of the latter.
To bo familiar with every one
and preserve your respect, and
their esteem, is r,n evidence of the
mo3t remarkable talents.
There i3 more fatigue in laziness
than labor.
Wise men some times build air
castles but tear them to pieces
when they get through; it is only
the Tools who build them and then
undertake to live in them.
An old bachelor says that wo
men are so fond of appearance that
if you could make them believe
there no were iookingglasses in hea
ven, they would set no more val
ue on salvation than they do on a
poor relation.
A husband got angry with his
wife and locked her up. At din
ner time, to mortify her, he sent
her a bone by his son. The little
fellow knocked at the door, saying
‘‘Mother, father says here’s a bone
for you to pick.” "Tell him he’s
not your father, and there’s a bone
for him to pick.”
When are stockings like dead
men? When they are mon-dod;
or when their souls are departed;
or when they are no longer on
their last logs.
There are times when all of a
woman’s self-possession and digm
tp are required. That is when she
shows her first baby; a hare-lipped
one, to an old beau, whom she has
jilted for the sake of her preseot
husband.
Devoted to the Cause of Truth and Justice, and the Interests of the People.
GREENESBORO’, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1882.
AIIWI'PV'UK. I
Upon untrodden places grass will grow,
Time always marks its changes :
This is the saddest, truest truth I know—
Absence estranges !
Dear hearts, wherein I held so warm a
place,
Ye can not help forgetting ;
5e can not always think to miss the face
My tears are wettiiig.
The lives ihat seemed to twine around my
owu,
And blossom but about me,
Through these long days of absence must
have grown •
To bloom without me.
The happy circle, where a missing link
rouglit fur a season sadness.
Has grown accustomed to the loss, I think,
BAnd found new gladness.
Ye thought the days would evermore seem
long
And sad when I departed,
But now again ye sing the olden song
, .411 lightsome hearted,
I am remembered, but not missed, I know,
And am contented—only
The knowledge he’ps these foolish tears to
flow,
And makes me lonely.
How sad this world, if eyes grew always
wet
At sight of vacant places !
Far better than we can, in part, forget
The absent faces
■
Tlie Month of (lie Slra/.os
Diver.
The Brazos Independent is in a
quandary about the mouth of the
Brazos river. Its mouth is not wide
enough nor deep enough as it is now.
It has got snags in it that ought to be
removed, and complaint is made of it
not, being opened. One might suppose
from reading the papers of the various
seaports, that Uncle Sam was a den
tist, who had nothing else to do but to
Sx tho mouths of the Texas rivers.
We would like to make a suggestion
for the benefit of those who want to sec
the mouth of the Brazos open.d wider
than it is. Elect the Brazos river to
the Legislature. We do not know how
this can be done without violating the
Constitution, but the Texas Democracy
has wonderful resources when it comes
to overcoming apparent impossibilities.
The Brazos river, however, has a great
many legislative qualifications. Like
most legislators, its origin is rather ob
scure. It is true it will have the ad
vantage over most members of the
Texas Legislature, by having a head of
its own. Tho Brazos river is very
crooked. So is the average legislator.
The meandering course of a Texas
river is veuy much like the course of a
legislator coming homo from a social
gathering/ or from the lodge. Any
Austin policeman will confirm this
statement.
The current or flow of the Brazos is
not clear at all, hut rather muddy, and
often is choked up with trash. It seeuis
to us that with these qualifications it
cannot be kept out of the Legislature.
At times there is a disastrous overflow
that nearly ruins the country, and
then there will be a season of dryßess.
In this latter particular, the compari
son does not hold good, for the average
legislator is almost always dry.
However, the main object is to have
the mouth of the Brazos opened, and if
it is in the Legislature it cau, and will,
open its mouth until the Great Eastern
might venture in. The Brazos river
never dries up completely. That’s
just the kind of a creek a legislator is
The only thing to be done is to get a
river that is nearly a thousand miles
long into Millet’s Opera House. We
do not despair of its being done
After the gerrymandering that has
been accomplished, we should not be
surprised at anything the Legislature
may and—[Ex.
StTOHY.
Deacon D. was very much inter
ested in a revival that was taking
place in the neighboihood, and as
a consequence was continually urg
ing bis neighbors to come over on
the Lord’s side, as he expressed it.
He had frequently importuned an
old neighbor of bis who was not
putiewDrly noted for his profession
of religion, but was nevertheless
highly rospectod by all who knew
him, to attend one of their even
ing meetings. Now the piety an 1
honesty of the deacon was a matter
of doubt among his follow-townsmen
and particularly with the old man
above mentioned, who, for conve
nience, we may call Uncle Josh,—
After repeated calD Uncle Josh
consented to accompany the dea
con to one of the meetings, and uci
cordingly accompanied him to the
school-house one evening much to
the surprise of all present. In the
course of the evening the deacon
arose with a penitential counte
nance to tell his experience. He
was the prince of sinners, he said.
If he got his deserts he would be
banished forever from Divine favor.
After making himsolf out to be all
that is vile in man according to his
interpretation ef, ‘‘he that hum.
bleth himsolf himself shall be ex
haultod,” he sat down with the
sublime sense of having done bis
duty, and asked Uncle Josh if he
would not tell his experience
With some reluctance he meekly
arose amid the breathless attention
of the assembly. It was an un
known occurrence for Uncle Josh
to speak in meeting. lie said he
had listened with interest to the
remarks of the deacon, and he
could assure tho brethren that from
his long acquaintance with him, he
eould indorse all the deacon had
sad concerning his meanness and
vileness, for he was certainly the
meanest man he ever knew. The
wrath of tbe deacon grew terrific.
He shook his fist under Uncle
Josh's nose and exclaimed, ‘‘You
are a confounded liar, and I’ll whip
you so soon as you can get out o(
Church ! —[Ex.
Sins lie a Uali to he a Has-
BAND ?
Has he a call to be a husband
who thinks more of his horse than
his wife ?
lias he a call to be a husband
who spends six evenings out of the
week away from home, and com
plains because his wife will go
Thursday evening to prayer meet
ing ?
Has that man a call to be a bus
band who come3 home with a face
as sour as the last of the pickles,
and expects his better half to be
sweetness personified ?
Has he a call to be a husband
who makes elegant presents to
other ladies, and grumbles if bis
wife wants anew dress?
Has he a call to be a husband
who swears if the one hundredth
button is missing and never speaks
a word in commendation of tho
ninety and nine that remain im
movable ?
Has he a call to be a husband
who nover buys a book or picture
to ro ike borne attractive, and still
wonders why a woman can not be
contented to stay at home seven
days out of tbe week, and ever
singing, ‘‘There's no place liko
home ?”
[las ha a call to be a husband
who comes to the table with tobac
co-stained lips (those lips for which
sweet kisses should ever be in wait
ing), and turns away in disgust
from a greasy spot on his wife's
apron *
Has he a call to be a husband
who loses money by betting on
elections and horse races; and when
he becomes involved, attributes it
t>his wife’s extravagance?—[Ex.
fipffn,A few more of those handsome
Ginghams, 10 and 12cts per yard; and those
elifgant Lawns from the closing sale of A
T Stewart & Cos. Be sure to look at them.
—C A Davis & Cos.
the thing in White Veals, fan
cy and worsted Pants. Alpaca Hacks and
Frocks to be had at C A Davis & Cos s.
Win tlie Dour Hits a
Tail.
The Objibaway Indians have tbe
following legend, told by a correspon
dent in the Century: A fox was fishing
one day in the depth of winter through
a hole in the ice, using his tail for bait,
by which means he caught a great nutn
ber at first, but as the day went by the
was not so successful. His tail be
coming numbed, he did not perceive it
getting frozen in. By-aud-by, think
ing he had got a bite, he gave a smart
pull and broke his tail off short, at
which he begnn to weep. The Manitou
coming along asked him why he wept.
Tho fox told him, and begged to have
his tail restored. The Manitou told
him he could have it back if ho could
discover an animal as stupid as himself.
The fox started for home, with the re
sult of his sport in his mouth. On the
road he met a bear,who asked him how
he had managed to catch so many fish.
The fox told him it was the easiest
thing in the world; all he had to do
was to use the same means he had
done, which the bear begged to be
taught. The fox, noihing loath, took
Bruin on the ice, cut a ho!e for him,
and told him to put his tail through
and not to pull it out until he called to
him, aud then to take it out ns quickly
as possible. The fox wailed until lie
saw it well frozen in, and shouted
“Pull 1” and snap went the tail. The
fox's tail was restored to him, hut the
hear lost his forever, nod this is the
reason the bear has a stumpy tail to
this day —[Ex.
The Loaler.
Says an exchange: We wonder if
the youog men who embaiked in tho
sea af loalcrism erer stun to count the
cost. Yet there is nothing so expen
sive. It costs time, whole dayspnonihs,
years of it. It co ts ho or an i self
respect, aud the respect u( your fellow*
men. It costs happiness, in loss of
virtue, morality and independence
The man who takes up loafing (or a
liviog is the veriest slave alive. He
must submit to the kicks of fortune,
because he lias not the moral stamina
to fight them off. Go anywhere and
see the well dressed or rugged inani
ties that loungo around barrooms, or
stand on the street corners with cigats
stuck in their mouths, day in and day
out, and you will have the class who
loaf for a living. What good are they
but to cumber God's blessed earth, and
cat the food better men strive for '! Do
something. Dig clams, shovel coal,
sweep streets—work at anything honest
—but do not loaf.
The Constitution,
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No man of intelligence, no man who
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Bublished at the capital, ]fully equipped
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Atlanta, Ga.
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Goat skins, Calf skins and Yearling skins-
Apply at once to C. A. Davis & Cos.
BE§K.f'ash for Oats and Wheat: fully
dry Rust Proof Oats and Wheat bought.
One Thousau and bushels of each wanted.
Caih paid by C. A. Davis & Cos.
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l&WuAnother Invoice of Gents mixed
Straw t/ received by C A Pavls it
C o.
Georgia Mil Company,
Office General Manager, Augusta, Ga 1 , JUNE fitd, 1882.
Commencing Sunday JUNE 4th, 1881, Passings Trains will run as fiMldwhft
Xo. I, West Daily.
heave Augusta 10:30 a. m.
Leave Macon 7.10 ft. ra.
Leave Milledgeville 9:05 a. m.
Grave C'amak 12:2-5 a m.
Leave Washington 11:20 a. m.
Leave Athens 9:30 a. m.
Arrive ni Gieeuesboro’ 2:01 p. m.
Arrive at Atlanta 5:45 p. ni.
\ ; *ii West-Daily.
Leave Augusta 8:50 p m
Artive Greenesboro’ 1:44 a m
Leave Macon, 7:10 p m
Leave Milledgeville 9:15 p ni
Ltave ,41hens 7:00 p m
Arrive Atlanta ti:4oa in
ae3npprh Sleeper* to Augusta and Atlanta:
£1 R DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent.
J. W. Green, General Manager.
CITY DRUG STORE.
oo
J ALWAYS keep a Large and varied assortment of
t'liemieally Pure \s£Sgss 1)ISlltSS and
suw goods jtf Medicine*.
Arriving every week.
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES,
COLORS, BRUSHES, etc.
All Sizes WINDOW GLASS.
LAMP GOODS, CHIMNEYS, etc.
Buist’s Garden Seeds.
oivirm cwra, etr" ~
Crop of 1870, warranted fresh and Genuine. IO centa pnpcttt sola „/ ~ c'nl*
strictly, The best Seed for this climate.
Fine Cigars & Chewing Tobacco
Toilet Soaps, Perfumery, Tommies, Tooth-brushes, and Druggist’s sundriee.
JJtfr Physicians’ prescriptions careful compounded and dispensed.
John A. Griffin.
f]reenoshoro’. On., Jfinunrj 29,1880.
J. L BOWLES & CO.,
• Wholesale ami Retail j
No. 717 llroad Street,
Augusta, - - - GA.
OTJIi Stock is complete in every particular. Chamber Sets from S6OO down to S2O
I’arlor Sets from S4O up to $260, Come and see us, or write for prices. We
have all the Latest Styles and Novelties in onr line. We are Agents for the Woven
Wire Mattress Company,and the National Wire Improved. The best two springs in Ike
market We have a full line of cheap Spring and A. - ..(tresses; also fine Feathers-
J. L. BOWLES & CO.
Jan. 20, 1881— No- 717 Broad Street, Augusta, O
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