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O. HEARD,)
PROPRIETOR. j
VOL. XIX.
ge.y. scott.
Thrie Interesting Anecdotes About
Him.
An old army friend of ut'i.c, says a
Washinton correspondent, who remetti
bers GeD. Winfield Scott as a tall,
fine-looking old man, with white hair ,
a strict martinet, with a good head and
a big heart, gives me a story or two
about him. In his latter years Gen.
Scott was very iracible. A groat many
peoplo knew that, but few knew that
be was always sorry far a hasty word.
While he wa9 still at the head of the
army, with his office on Saventeenth
street, just opposite the War Depart
paent, he was coming out one day to
enter his carraige, cane in band. A
rolunteer orderly who knew nothing of
Scotts views of military propriety, ap
proached him with a letter from a War
Pepartmeut Bureau, whioh he had
been directed to deliver to Gen. Soott
at once. The orderly, recking noth
ing of Adjutants General or Chiefs of
Staff, interpreted his order literally,
and hastily giving a salute,
began : “Oh. General, here’s a paper
I want you to look at before you—
For a moment the proud Couimuuder
io-Chief seemed petrified. Then,
raising his cine, ho said in a loud
voice: “Clear out, sir; clear out el
the way.” The startled orderly sprang
to one side, and the General gat into
his catraige and was driven away The
soldier then delivered his lotter to
someone in the ofjjee and walked
slowly out. Gen Scott’s carriage had
not gone thirty rods before it stoppod
and turned about. The driver, rais
ing his voice, summoned the offending
tho door. Trembling in ev
ery limb, cap in hand, ho approached.
Gen. Scott asked his name nut: regi*
mont. Ilcg.ve them. “Well, Sir,”
said tho Gen. al, “report to your Col
onel that you were guilty of gfets dis
respect to Gen. Necdt as an officer,
and that Gen. Scott was guilty of
grow disrespect to you as a man Gen.
Seott begs your pardon. Go to your
duty, sir.” In 18G2 a lady, passiug
P>e season here, was anxious to get
Gen. Scott’s autograph. He was very
busy, and she found her task very dif
ficult. One day the hsppy thought
struck her that her pretty little 10-
yearsold daughter might bo able in
this cage to do what she herself could
pot. So she sent tho diarming little
girl to the General’s office with the
autograph album. The orderly told
her that she could not see the busy Gen
oral. She would not be denied. She
■would wait, she said. At the end of
half an hour the Orderly took her re
quest to the Adjutant. The fatter ad
initted her, but told her she could riot
possibly sec the General. She said she
must. At last the Adjutant showed
her the door leading to Gen. Scott’s
office, and told her she could go in if
she dared. Taking him at his word,
she marched right in. This is her de
scription of the call given at the time .-
“I was afraid at first when he lotfked
.up ; but as soon as he saw it was only
pie he said right pleasantly : “Well,
little girl, what do you want?’ and I
,told him my ma wanted him to .write
his name in her book , and he looked
sharp at me and then smiled a little bit,*
and shook hands with me and asked
me who my ma was, and I told him,
and I told him my pa was in tho army
and ma was all alone with u:e, and then,
he just kissed my cheek and wrote in
ma’s book and said ‘good morning' to
me, and I came out, and nobody did
not hurt mo at all.” This is what he
wrote : “Treason is the greatest crime.
—Winfield Scott." Just ono more:
One Saturday afternoon in the summer
before Scott left the army forever,
President Lincoln with somo friends
sat on the balcony at the rear of the
V\ hite House, listening to the music of
the Marins Band, when Gen. Scott
was announced. The President imme
diately advanced to meet him, and re
turned with the Lieutenant General,
in full uniform, on his arm. The
crowd on the lawn saw the President
and the white-haired veteran, stopped
talking, looked at the pair for i mo
ment. and then broke forth into ap
plause. Tho General at once stepped
to the front and raised his hat in ac- |
knewle fgaent. The band very tip
propifafaly played*“llail to tho Ghief/’
while the crowd continued the clap
ping of hands. “You’ve got a good
many young Generals, Mr. President,"
said thu old hero, turning to Liatjoln;
•“Luiiuey don’t forget the old GpoCTaf
yet, do they?” “We could spare a
hundred of them,” said thu President,
helping the General to a teat, “bettea
than him." “I thank you, Mr, Pres
ident; I thack you," said tha General,
with tears in his eyes.
A BTK A.\4..1£ 8 I ORI
The-strangest story of which wo
have heard lately is related by A. W.
Foster, of this place. For some time
he has been troubled with rheuma
tism of the shoulder. Several weeks
ago, a lady relative of his told him that
if he would try a remedy, that she
would prescribe relief certain and quick
would come to the affected part. 110
replied he would follow the suggestion
to please her, but lie had no confiidence
in tha result of treatment, usually suggest
ed by women. ‘ You need not disparage’
said tho lady, ‘for my remedy is a rem
edy,’ She then told him to carry two
Irish potatoes, one in each pocket, and
the first sign of a cure being effected
would be evidenced by one of the po
tatoes decaying, while tho other woyld
beooaae very hard. .Mr, Foster laugh
ingly told tho lady that he would givo
it a trial, and procuring two sound po
tatoes placed one in each pocket, us
directed He thought both would dm
cay, and the theory would thus be de
stroyed But not so ;to his amuse
meet, one of the potatoes decayed to
such an extent that it became so soft
and offensive that ho could no longer
carry it, while the other became grad
ually hard, until a few days ago we
saw it. in a complete stale'of petrefao
tion. His rheumatism has also sud
denly dis ippeared, and he is, for the
first time, at least a cured man. Mi
Foster says that he will try two more
potatoes in the same way, and if tho
saiqe results follow he must be con
vinced that some action of the human
body on the potato brings about this
strange consequence. //a is nut a be
liever in signs, but iffiss uot under
stand this potate business. —Madisoni-
an.
Wlmi tho kjiustlu J’jjijl Sniil.
Detroit Free Press.
Tho other evening tho Rev. Mr
Philiacter sat down to tho tea-table
with a very thoughtful air, and at
tended to the wants of bis brood in
a very abstneted manner, Pre
gently he looked up to his wife and
said :
“The Apostle Paul—”
“Got au awful lump on the head
’s afternoon,” brojie in the pastor's
eldest son. “Playing base ball
Bat flow out of the striker’s hand
when I was umpire, and cracked
mo right above tho ear, an’ dropped
mo. ll urt ? Golly !” and the lad
shook his head in a dismal but ex
pressive pantomime as he tenderly
rubbed a lump that looked like a
billiard ball with hair on it.
The pastor gravely paused for
the interruption, and resumed ;
“The Aposple Paul—”
‘Saw Mrs. G'Ghemmio down at
Greenbnutn’s this afternoon,’ said
his eldest daughter,addressing her
mother She had on that same ev
erlasting black silk, made over
with a vest of tiileni green silk,
coat-tail basque pattern, overskirts
made with diagonal folds in front,
edged wtih deep fringe; yellow
straw hat, with black velvet Lacing
inside the brim, and pale blue flow
ers. She's going to Chicago.’
The good minister waited pa u
tiently, and then, in toues just a
shade louder, said:
‘The Apostle Paul ’
‘Went in swimmin’ last night
with Harry and Ben, pop, and
stepped on a clam shell,’ exclaimed
his youngest son; ‘cut my foot so
1 can’t wear my shot; and please
can’t I stay home to-morrow?’
The pastor infortnc-d his son that
he might stay away from the river,
Devoted to llio Cause of Troth and Jusliec, and Hie Interests of llie People.
GREENESBORO’, G A.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1884
and then resumed diis topic. lie
said:
‘The Apostla Paul says ’
‘My toucher is an awful liar,’
shouted the second boo; - ho says
;tba world is as round as an orange,
and it turns around all the time
faster than a circus man can ride.
I guass he baiu’t got much sense,’
The mother lifted a warning fin
ger toward the boy and said, ‘hush!’
and the father resumed;
•The Apostle Paul says— ’
‘Don’t bito off twice as much as
you can chew,’ broke out the elds
e3t son, reproving tne assault of his
little brother on a piece of cake.
Tho pastor’s face showed just a
trifle of annoyacoo as he said, in
very decided tones;
’The Apostlo Paul says—
‘There’s a lly id the butterl’
shrieked the youugegt hopeful of
the family, and a general Jaugh
followed.
When silence was restored, the
eldest daughter, with an air of cu
riosity, said.
•Well, but, pa, I really would
like to know what the Apostle
Paul said?’
‘Pass ma the mustard,’ said the
pastor, absently,
The report that Bishop Pierce
received over $5,000 in gold coin
at his golden wedding is witnoui*
foundation. Ho deserved even
more than this amount, but the
truth is,tho whole value of presents,
including the coin, was Isas than
SI,OOO. From partios who ought
to know, we learn tho* tho money
value of everything roceived was
between sevcu and eight hundred
dollars. lshmaelite.
The foil owing important item of
news, is given by a clerk in the
dead lotter department at Wash
ington City; The numbor of letters
opened last year containing cur
rency, checks, drafts and negotia
ble paper, was over .34,600. The
amount of actual cash takon from
letters was nearly $39,000, and tho
value of checks, etc., representing
money, about $1,500,000. Dur
iug the last year the number of
pieces of rnsil matter that reached
the dead letter office was nearly
4,500.000. The exact number was
4,440,822. This is about 14,-
500 for every day.
Wil AT BSSKTOF Oi.i) AfciE
Have you ever thought “What soil
fan old person you would make?"
[ Shall you be so querulous and acid in
your disposition ihat there will coma
a sign oi relief from the relatives and
neighbors when the clods of the valley
cover you, or will you be so bright and
genial that your presence will be like n
ray of sunshine, and throw brightness
on the path of those around you ?
Will you scatter benedictions from
saintly lips, or throw out complaints as
you move downward toward life’s close?
Will you be sensitive and troublesome,
taking offeuses when none are intended,
or will you be generous and agreeable,
making your life and the lives of those
around you pleasant? These arc ques
tions you dare not set aside, since your
own happiness and that of those you love
is bound up in the answer you shall
make. You are the architects of your
dettiuy.
Oriflin, <ja., has only sixteen bar
rooms and a population 0f,5,000. —
The world accords more room to a
lively donkey's heels, than it does to a
lazy man’s entire anatomy.
“How do you like the character of
St. Paul V asked a paraon of his land
lady, during a conversation about the
old saints and apostles. “Ah!" said
she, “he was a. good, clever old soul, I
know, for he once said, you know, that
we must eat what is set before us, and
ask no questions fpr conscience’ sake.
I always thought I should like him for
a boarder."
A sassafras tree at Gainesville n eas
ures 9 feet it) crrctmJereriei) at the basej
aud is 35 ft* 6l high.
Forty-three acres of find, near Rome
sold at shs'itf sale tho first Tuesday in
this inautb brought SIOO pur acre.—
Dirt is high in tho neigh borhood of
Roma
A solemn scientist prti' ;:d the fact
that by bathing the feet it tepid water
a man could double his air illation, and
now the editors arc having tanks fitted
to their office stoves
Young girls who are desirous of se
curing physical beautv are recommend
ed by a physician, to sat neat once a
day, pickles once a week; sweetmeats
once a yoar ; also, to takt a cold bath
and a five mile walk ever ■ day.
{©“Remember, wo are Headquarters
for fresh Garden Seed, Robert Bpists
and Landreth’s. All lj£fd of Garden
Implements, /roes, Bakes, pulverizers,
Garden Liuos. Oopelan, Seals & Ar.
mor.
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