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About The Meriwether County vindicator. (Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga.) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1878)
The Meriwether County Vindicator VOL.fi THE VINDICATOR. rriM.UHtn kvkhy rniDAT, BY WM. T. REVII.T,, AT PER ANNUM.IN APV AN'CF o|a *,t* it U •* • ' ■ ' I• ■ • COUNTY OFFICRS ORDINARY A '• Uh.tou SHERIFF Worwl :* CLERK 8-0 w 11 TAX RECEIVER R 8 Clement* TAX COLLECTOR J- O. Chr(Mtaa TRKaSUKER. <M Ainwmj SURVEYOR F. Matthews CORONER R Jou * COUNTY COMMINsION BKB. - It. A. CUuou, Karoo Fibky. U, J. Mm, J- E. lL*cbsmm AUttu a. w*b‘M. . BOARD or EDUCATION. Mo W.ftifc, v W- J. Bri. MaJifcon Reeve*, R. A. I‘atker A- 11. Fieetnati, Bec. SLR ATOit 8b h DUiiirt, F. Dwocau REI*BEBENTATIVKf. F. J. Willim, O vV. | Will *u * BUSINESS CARDS JOHN W LARK Attorney at law OHKKNVII I.lt, O* W ill practice in Men* other *.u.l um *<i )jiulug aiuiltw, ___ A. H. Fi.K HAN Attorney at l.ov I.UKKN V11.1.K, l* A All bus*i *,■ cut mated to Ut* cam aUc'ud to promptly U't taiuil'ilty '' ' D. U. hfciTß, A ATTORNEY AT LAW /-\ UUX.KNYII.J H OA W 111 | modce! in Mtrt"uh*r aud u* coubl'ai ctHulixiuv in<- o‘M* t* w A. 0 r, OVD, /. D 8 I ) LSI DEN I Di-N T:M I onkt NV11.1.8 Oa TviUi*< *li. Alt Wu|K wil*“l*b T. P. McJbLWREA TH, DEN I li r, btNUIA • •| I AVlNolM<.*oi*<y■ -1 kn ill* l J i'rs*<iOAmot Anig. iy OOimg the la at ■ *••*, I hxi m.ui( elm l **' "* 11 kind* of D- liul work in U Very tail •tyle ul tbe Art, ami l solicit tbu patron- pi tlia people til MtiiiAtUiu* couuiy, ■Muring *ii b" pstomiße aw 4Hal U**r ahail bate the very kl M) * vl wuik, iuni Jur a* liul* n ot>*y n would be charged by aqy c* iii| 4'tat.i Den Cat i>, tbe stale, tsoi* reapouileuce iiy mail protih <l/ answered. DR, I . H. I Etui EEL, I vFi EIB EM J’tule. lunal m i vicoa In V, J t.* Fubh* Ob.' <; with It * Mb. Ut J K. O. I • i <M. at tbe D UK Hlute. DU. E It AN I HON Y, in* l mivl • b me ut./eus oi tit" .villas aud Thilptj- Igr Offltfi lJ • ). t>. TtllfM 'fcjOu’ D'tig Stnte I.- i HE ei.it JEWELRY to FANCY BIOJD • H IrtUmPgo, Georg**. ALBERT LEHMAN HAB MJf, and will keep atway* on hand at hit old Maud East *i .e ol tbe public square, a go <J m.d • Wilt SKLECTBD STOCK o* JKWELKY AMD FANCY GOOD Conti .ting, of pari ot, far GOLD and tHLYKrt Watches, y. Bum and Kj-tlera,ol tbe beat make Splendid Gold and Hirer Witch Chains. CLOGK. $ of all aizea, maker* and price* Gold I'eoa and ill kind* of boidets ; ( Ooid BMrei 4k a’eel Bpeetacle* A Jiye-GL*a*e, s jlid-bilveh table wak e Silver Plate Ware of all kind* and atylea, Pocket, Table Cutlery, and Kaz'r* by Um vary reaoww'-d makera, Joseph Rodger* and George Woateubolcua. M&PAI RIN G f I am aim repairing an good* m my b* Too many alia* ns ot Meriwether and ad joining moot tea have teeted try work to require a wrd from r.e aa t* tbe charac ter of It. I will, boweter warrant all my work, ii properly need, aa I bare a'way* respectfully ark a rontinoai.ee of the patronage I bave received from my trleoda is Meriwether. ALBERT LEnMAN fl*(ber,wayat Hae,t And **m yoer ebon with Dr MoOetrs Mm <Tao*Ma PcwAwi. Taethlaa BeguiatK the Bowwtaaad bum TaeOua* ko ; Care* Choim- IstuWa asd the hamsua Cwaptaiata of ekiidra; Haita Irnpaioa *nl Horn* . Bmnovea and Prevent* at Wanon. tft nediciaa ever re aatv*4 sack enthnatutie cammcndatioE from those who here lead it. Fof aai by Dr. J. A G. Terrell St Cos. From the Atlanta Constitu'.i h. BILI. ARI*. Mr. Eurrott,! I’ve Jott ukco n<*ik*i MRii in i rniin. The trayelin llirash bn* b*en *1 uig, and lor two days ihi gs eu lofily in tli'se parts ; 1 liked it. 1 a!*uiy> did nave a tond ess lor macliimry and tliat save iajl>e id the labor. I would* at olje t it raem Yankuss inve.dt'd tome hi; gto save it ail, and I beli -vi Hiey’. *!>• it tome ot tnese days. Titi tiavelin tluiub made an impression in an and my In ks It was like an epyaoad in an o.uis or something of Unit sort. It eum up UM tm 1 like a circus or miaagerv ry, and we e< uld almost see the monkey* peepin out of tUo bl; red cage they call a aepmiator. The concern siruck camp right in Iruul oi the li use iu tbe middle of a big wheat field, and In a few minutes eight mules were jerkin around the mule power, and tbe music begun. I say music, lor I always did like the bn/7, oi such thing*. D has a harmoniiu eflee*, mu! for a time keeps do** n all c, mi tithm. I remember 11 ere was a man somewlieic down country who li led to slop another m<n lnun putting up a planing mill close to him lie was aleerd (lie hurt u( it would disturb Ills laiutly iu the.ir evemn nap .and vi he applied to the Judge to hjuncl it. lt>it the judge couldent see It In that light; nmJ robe Juried the case up to the mi pretnr Couit and Hie eliiel justice c uldent sia* l*. lie remarked that you might to. wet: try tost*,, oltl V < suvtw* Um.w belt liiti ut thu der and liabtulu as to atop ma* eiiiSery in these days, and a. lor the but/ ol It atm yin anybody he dideul know oi but two sound* iu ail naiur that a me, couldent get u.-ed to, upd them was the iiiuguea a Mjoldiu wmiiau and the bray in **l mule's laihei Jesso -that’s what 1 say I h ive lain ii a r e< rs a, and am now Kixu -1 taliu In and ulmut the scene, ul my child hoo !. llttli a century ugu the lauiliy ,lo> tor lound me not lar In in tins place, on* lovely ui irultig in June, Cos ,M n-tin uui pres* 111 sialus and the amount ol devi ini nt dune in Uy-gtitio year*, it is ngln haul to Imagine (hat you and me wee cot e ilcarlillle sweet Innocni.t baln a, aim ■l f Hoiuellines 1 think It would have horn lietier had we been born little cn-ees and got li, tier ins tend ol Mfon.c a* w grew up lo manhood. My loml mother said that 1 Wo* a proinluin child, and sin: firmly l lieved 1 would same day lie either a pie* bei ot presMcui. 1 dont know lint she has altogether given it up ynt, but ev erybody e!ae has It waa In these parts 1 flrsi turud th< Jujcf ip r-bno:-girl.’llpa, I '.alt like franc when lie Lied Relieeen, am' tilled Up hi* Voice and wept, uml I ian jHmoat weep "iw a ihiuUlu about it. Oh mun.iiy -uveet ntemnry—wh it wm and J give lor power to recall lie bic*aoduo*s *d that lu taact, and kas that girl again. Ii ,* as noi lui Io n heie lliat 1 fli-I found out it was ii.,t good for man 10 live alone, and i.llrl a In I 1 COJi txliip, 11 tea love of ttty youth took me tip aa temlerly aa Maiy tia/k bet ill iJu t jittnb. Hitt* gently j.ul on ti.e t>t! t(tl and ({ear.and I've been woik cd Inti,aim- d< ligbtful Hi.g Hi y when# man git* uted to it lie lip is like it U tfo only lile tbit will tit him lor lii-iyi-ii. I here wa* no special loss made over ou 1 nrptlaU—no diamond 1114a -no fancy trnevi liotn New V’ork -no long ga i>xy ol alb ndanU —but lb e wa* a |iri'ai;be. anit a lioeina —a brtt'f eereim try that i didrnt bear, a few promises Dial J a aented to, and which have over a nee been kept freab and greeu in memory. We in tie no wedding tour to Nixgra or New Yore, for tbe prudent old folk*, of b e t'd rnemo'y, thought a ride to Gaineatrille would do a, well, anti *0 it wa* here that wen ughtthe Etyaian fleMasni found tbetn. Well, 11* to tliat. we would have found them any where Conmderin our frame ot mind. Blue Gizzard, Hbake Bag, C'in'ftein.M'op,!-kull. Wolf Bkio, or any piecinct in tbe county would hare accrued a* l ively a* a paradise, i well remember the old family cariiage we traveled ia—with it* tair cae atop* that lad down to the ground and folded op in tbe door like a pocket book, tire high eupalo cat lor the driver, and the venerable darkey who filled it, ircaaed op in an old military coat, with braa* buttons all over It, and wearing a bell crovaed h it about fifty rear* old, and when *0 arrayed be waa a* happy as a king. I'eace to tby aetiea old Virgil. II there be no borae* and chariot* in beaveo, may be thou an happy still. And now,when I recall the concentrated bliss of that dehghtin! tour, 1 *ay young man, If you can find a pretty girl, built from tbe ground all right, aod standing on her patter Joint*, go take her nod be happy—that u if you can git her, but doot marry a trunao with the girl tbrowd in. Id Maine a man got too much ol the ar dent aboard, and was put into a coffin to •Seep aft the effects ol the liquor. When he aw.ke he apra: % out in hot baste, ex claiming, “Glory ! The reaurreclkio nsoro bat come, and l*m the first man on the ground,—[Boston Pot. Ax they a y* nUeman wo* *<■ op iice were terribly on the bias, little DA murmured : Ma, be ■ got one eye that don’t go. The terrific thunder aiorp in London on Bnnday, the 53" <f Jaoe, flooded some of the tonnela of the undergrooni rail roadi so ujn block the trains. They had to be (mapped out. CREENVILLE, MERIWETHER COUNTV OA., JULY If 1878. m* r abkoaii, [F.om a private Jailer written by Ucucra) I G. M. Dratge— ILi; lingtou Hawkeys, July S.) V cslerday Ue ical Gran I was up ' ce nr. He is looking wrll- better than I ever saw him—and you may kn >*v he got a warm welcome. 1 was very much m lercated tat his description ol his tour in Kurojie. He list bed a very pleasant tilin'. Next week I c atatta for a northern t.nu through Norway .Swcdeu and Uus ais. iu the tall he goes to Spain and l*or lugal, and next year home b> way of the Ea t. taking iu the Indies. China and Ja pan, and fiually landing on Cfnr eliores at Baa Francisco. He is the atmc man that l knew ti si at a great soldier and later al Ihe head ol our uftfior*. li i* surptlsl g how lully |Misted he is upon home ntTrirs. lo diacuasti'g the preeent situation hi* ideas n ere so clear that I wish I could place them upon paper, He give* no un certain sound as to the futtre ol the Unl ted Stab s, is out-sjMiken iu the belief that Ia I men must still coulrol our Uovem u-.ent, and has no faith in the promises ol uuiejientaut rebels, He pul it tersely when he said that ‘Wade Hampton, s great traiior as over lived, praised l*{esl ,!eiil Hayes without stinting his Southern friends, but al tbe same time told them that in another jcai ao Republic"n part) would exist in botith Carolina.’ Such I’lends, the Qeucial luUtks, are no hemflt to any I’leddeut or country He doesn’t believe that treason can be mule ii cclu-e Idc even il it should he successluh F*n the I‘ieshleul ho had kind worcs to say, hut hoped Ire would see Ii lor Ids Interest to hi lug lo his adv ice tried Republicans, ml to h suppurt * irung party., ami eetucvl to ihiak that Was what was Just now lacking. Of course lam not going into the di laila of | rlv.iic conversation, lint l may ray that bis tulk was good t„i an old sohlhr ud a atauoclr Ropulrliean to hear, and would have raised tho olddlnn hie in the hearts ol all loyal lowa could they have heaid It. I don’t believe tli*i ■ y I lei viewer ol tire moat subtle JacuL ica iambi draw fiout him a word n in the iuluie m; far aa lie ia pctsouully con ciino He senna determined to complete his aighf eciug, do it thoroughly, t o home •rod find n quiet place and aetlle down Bilt unbar 1 read the time* wrongly It will 101 b* long before Dm United t lalc> will demand at it* head a strung goveti incut and u man who- cun preserve it against all comer* aud all iaruey, and that man will he Giant. WAMitD A MAM TQ &lf WOA .SAL." Veaterday afternoon, a giecn-koklitji C uptu, newly man ted, called at tbe |ihn togra.d. gnllety ol Dual* Ss VVateilidnsi urtd wanle 1 tbeir 1 Jcturea tiksn. Just sr Mi. Beal* bad got hia plala riady, tbe itiai Called him aside and raid lie wanted to ska f*vor. I was told in Cat arm tliat you took lire best pictures io tbe Stale Now, you see, tbtl and I go: Id cbed dowi lien: lust Monday j uow, lur lolks go a good deal on I'yl*, anj tltey Mve in the Matir. 'J'ltey never saw me, and il i send my mug hack Etal, they’ll be dead a K 11 me, sure. I’m a darned right filter than l look, and when people come to know me, they vote me a brick. Now, what 1 waul to g. I some good-ooklp' man to sit w itb B.i! Inr a jdeture. Will you stand in f Bite's willin'* Their) big whisker* ol your*'!! .catch ’em sure, and create harmo ny. You look like a solid capitalist, and they take no lor a jw-tty larceny thief. M lie >l enjmcd the idea immerirely, aud sal with Kl lor tB picture, which wttt,doubi lea*, carry Joy inU; tbe hoiiaehold 0/ the E latent rettfirev in a weak or ao.— Cow da (yiukel. Tore* irisbrn. ii who had drank pretty treaty of whisky at a tavern in Dublin wera loud iu their praise ol it* virtue* a* they ree’ed along Uia banka 01 tlie Llfley. Ooa of them bail j oat dee ia red that whis key waa “meat and drick to a man,” when hia loot slipped and he fell into lUa rlyer There, Fat, raid ooe 01 bis friend*, yoa ar* fully provided lur, you bave meat and drok,£Md now you bave washing and I lodging. The Medical Home has the to Rowing re cipe*, which may le of value: A lea made ot peach lsaves i* a cure remedy lor kidney difficulty, A lea made of Chestnut learn, and drank in the place of water, will care fb: moat ohatinate care of dropay la a few Jaya. A tea made of ripe and dried whortle berries, and drank in the place of water, re a acre care for the moat obetinate cate of scrofula. At a printer’s ieatiyai the following waa given; The editor and lawyer—the deril la satisfied with the copy of the former, but requires the original of the latter. A remarkable colored woman in Athens ian carry a gnat variety of things at the same time. Recently she was seen rays the ChrenicU, with a chunk of fire in one ban), a bundle of clothes in the other, a wash pjt on her head and a small baby stowed swsy in the wash pjt. DEIW V LEE - Deacon Lee, wh i vas a kindly, silent, faithful, gmciotu <non.eras one day wailed utton by a restf ",. amlihiotts, wotldly church member, Ehe was laboring to cre ate unea.-inest ill Ike church, aud c, e cially to al: tve away Hie minister. The deacon came lo •> meet Ids viaito , who after tbe uau tl gi eet i igs, began to la* mept the low state ol religion, aud inquire as to the reason why there had ben 10 revival for the Utt two or three yenis past. f Now, what do you think is the cause ot lltiugs being dull here ¥ The deacon ww n t ready to give hit opinion ; and after a little thought frankly answered : I do|< l know. Do yon think the church alive to lire v* ork before Uteti, No, l do not. Do you think the minister fully icahzes the eolemndy yi Ma work ¥ No, I d< a* .* *• A twiukle was seen in the eye Ot ll e trouble: iu Zlou.aud taking courage, ho Hskcd : Do you think Mi. I). a very extraordina ry man ¥ No, I do not. Do you think Ids aertnona iu Ihe eyes ol the people ure held anything w> nderlully gro .t ¥ No, 1 do not. Making hold,alter all this encourage ment In monosyllables, he asked : I hoo dju’l you think we had bettor dit ml-* lids man and hire auo her ¥ The old deacon at a Mod u* il \hot with an allow, uud is a b tic louder than lit* wont *l.olllo*l ; No, I do not. Why, died the nroy.itud visUor, you agree with the In all I have said, ‘don't you f You talk to Blt’e, sti, replied the ques tinner, not a llltle itbaul.ed, that no our can find out wJjfM you do IlK'itll. 1 talked enotigh once, teplicd the old man, 1 1 lug to |tiv feet, lor six ptayi g Oiiialiana. TW'fyyeara ago I g.,i my bent humU'oJ.ftiid my fougtto Ini l'e l ; and ever since (hat 1 have walked mllly iieloii* God, I tyeu inn 'e vows solemn us eternity; and tloit't you te npt* me to bioak then'. .. Ti c ftuuhler y.it stai fled at the rameat lies* ol ttih bltherto silent, Im.nuvnble man and asked : What happened In you tidily yutrr ago r W ell, sir. I’ll tell to". 1 wa* drawn ln> to a tchmn* Ju*t like tbtr of yours, to up roOl otie ol servants from the field i wbltli jiiauU'il blur. In my blindnone, I fak'ied It n little thing in re uloVe one ol the *|ars * which JestlH hold* i Ills light hand, il thereby my ear could '■■■ t c' Ind by imrc flowing wnrda, and the fietvs 11'led w Hli Iboro tvho turned away •rout the almpl. • y <>l Iho gospel. I, H nd the men that lad in" (or I adult tint I waa a dope miia lo and ll.itli red omaelvea tllit *.c were ilo itg (i id's sei vlcu wiish .e drove that ndy mail lion the pulpit aud hia wurk.md sunt w considered Id wink done iu II —, where I thou lived. Wc grownc 1 because there war no revival, while we werngoa Iplng sh mt a .and crltl ' I'lng and cutting him, in lead ol uphold big bis bunds iy our • florta and our p ay. ei, the very lie'.rtnncnl at whose ham! we hwrahly denanded the blessings. Well, ,|r, baciul'i nut ibag o 1 the char iot of aalvatiou,with hall a di./.en ol ua taunting him tar hie weakmai, while we hung *)cad weight to the wheels; lie had not the *|4rit, as we thought and could n.t Coo veil men; so we buu’ad 111111 like a deer till, worn and bleeding, In* fled InU; a covert to die. Bcarccly had Jic gone when G ,and came in among ua by ILs Bpirft. to mow that lie had bleated the labor* ol His dear re jected aervaut. Our own I,carta were bro ken, and (hit wayward children converted; aud 1 reaodvad at a convenient season lo viait my totjypr pastor anil conleas my slit, and thank hilg lor hi* Uiihlulucs* to ruy wayward son*, which like long Iciricd *eed had ooWMprung up. But God denied me that relief that He might leach me a lesson that every child ol Hi* ought tc ieaiu -that he who touebeth one ol IBs little one* touebeth the apple ol Ilia eye. 1 heard my ps*tor wa* ill, and Ukiug my oldest son with me, ct out on • twen ty-five mile ride to cee him. It wa* even ing wlteu I arrived, and hit wife, with the spirit which any woman ought to exhibit toward one who bad so wronged her hus band, denied me admittance u bis chani her. Bhe said (and her words were like arrow* to my mul) be may be dying, and tbe eight ol yotfr lace might add to bi< an guish I Had IT come to tbta, tbe mao whoto iaUw* had, through Christ, brought me ioto Ilia fold, who bad conaoled my spirit in a teirfble bereavement and wbe bad. till designing men alienated us, been lo me a brother—that this man could not die in peace with my face riefore him f I contested my sins to that metk woman, and implored her for Cbriat’s lake to let me kneel before Hie dying servant, and re ceive forgiveness, •Ybat did I earn then whether the pew* by the door were rented or not I. would gladly have taken bis whole family lo my borne forever, *1 my flesh sod blood , but no such happto.a was in store for me. Aa ler ter id the room of (be blessed warrior, wbeee armor w* tailing from hi. limbs, be opened b * languid *-ye*, and • il Brothei Lee I Bn.lhu Lee I l b* ut over Ut.it and rotibcd nut: My pastor I my pastor 1 Then rai-loe hi* whi'e band, lie said, in a deep, imp revive voict-.'T.m* h n i Mine anuointed, >.n 1 do My pr .phe's un bar n. I spoko ttu.dcrly tn him, and told him 1 h and couxj tn coulees my *lns and bring some ol hi fruit to him (o illing tin son, to tell him how he had found Christ.) lint he w ** un conseious ul hM around him ; the sight ol my f.io • iiad brought the lust jmog of earth l> hi* lioubled spirit. I ki*sud his brow,; and told him how dear ho had been tn me. I craved hi* purdnu for my unlalthluliUM* and promised him lo care tor his taVhcr lee* little ones ; but his inly reply, *ur inuied a* it In a t outdid dream, \va* : Touch uot Mne aim * into 1, and do My prophets no harm. I stayed by him all night, aud at day break I closed Ills eyes. I otleied his widow a house to live lit iho icmaimler of her days ; but, like a he,sine, she sdd, l freely forgive yo ', hut my childten, who eutervd deeply Ini > tneir talher’s anguLh, shall never seo mo an ic gatilles* ol his metnoiy as to take uu > * tiling from tlinse who c >its *1 I. lie led us’all witti lm covenant Uud, amt 110 will care lor us. W*U sir, U oSO dying xyords fo tmlml lo my oars Irotu that cofOu and (r*)in that grave. When 1 slept Christ sto md hoi ,re my dream, saying; Touch not Mine annul led and do My prophets no harm. Those words followed me till l hilly realised the esteem hi which Christ hold* loose men who have given up all f*,r His sake, even II they ru not purled. And since that day, air, 1 have talked Icaa th itt hviori, and have sit, ported ui) pastor, eve 1 II lie Is not an extraordinary man. My longue shall cleave (o' tho rooi ol my mouth, and my light hand iurget her cii lining, before i dire to put a-ttmler What <1 1 has Joined together. When a minister’s work is done In a place,! huliovu God will show il to him. I will not jdu you, sir, in Hi i schema that brought you hew ; ui il it 1 bear another will'd ol tins from y nr Ups, 1 alii.ll ask the In et It run lo deal with you as with one who causes di y sions. I would give all 1 own to ecall wild 1 ilifl tblity yens ago. Blav whcie you are, and pray G ";d, if perelmiiee the thought ol your heart liny lie forgiven you. Tliis decided lady put an end to the now coinin'* ill irla to get a mini iter who cogjd make more ol a stir.—There it olten gtcut power to the little wind ‘ll 1/ but soinitlmes It require* not a little c.urage I*; apeak it so reaolutel) ns did tho silent deacjit ('krutuin Mmtnger. ~~ - - - ■ ■ 1 Great lliltain nail Turkey, It seems tint Great Brit tin has stolen a lottti uiKicli on Hu'vla, and tocretly nego tiated a treaty ol a'liauce with Turkey by which she e igages lo mniutain the Integri-, ty *1 and ludepsii.lence ot Turkey in Amu, v and seimret the Islan t of Cyprus In the Mediterranean, J ist south of Turkey iu A*b>, ns 11 grand naval and mtllt ry depot. Cyprus is lierself no InconsUbirabln coun try, It is about 150 mlli e long and 4() to 50 in width—l a* a considerable popula tion, and much mineral, agtleultural aud aiboric wealth. Here Urctl Britain vill plant the advanced oul-poals ol her Hist Indtsr, possessions. Bhe lot* also planned to run a railway Iroro Conilsmlnople and the K atnru shore of the Mediterranean. Just opposue down the Kuphrates valley to the lVralto gulf, which, while it will eimh'e her to llank and cut off any Russian advance southward, will furnish a straight shutu to B (inbay a< roan tlie Arabian aei, an 1 for purpose* of dispatch, be better Ilian the Suez route to India. My Lord Beacon*- field has been very small. This treaty has no doubt been negotiated with the I'siU at C. nstsutluople through tlie otiices of Mr. L tyard, the British mIuUU: at that coutt. The movament look* like a mas terpiece ot ainhlliou* and self-aggraudizlog .llplomacy, Tfir Flionogru|li ut lluiiie, A lady relative o! the now famous Kdl on, the Inventor oi the phonograph, waa very much annoyed by the attention ol the two females goa-ip*, ol the kind who travel In coo, lev, for the purpoao of retail ing slander and dimming other peope'a aSuirr. Expecting a visit from these pent* on a cat tain day, she bortowed a phono graph lr mi Mr. Ediaon.one with the clock work attachment, an 1 hid the lame under the lounge in the parlor toady wound up. A tor her visitors bad called, an I in the midst of an attack upon aome neighbor’s reputation, the hostess started the conceal ed witness with a aly kick, and then left the room on some pretense ot other. In shoot ten tni.iiAei the retained, sod intro ducing the subject of the phonograph, she produced the one reterred to, and travers ed He movement. To the unutterable hor ror ol the scan die-mongers—who Lari torn their enter tsiuer to pieces in her absence— 'hey hard their anaers and criticisms re garding her dress, luruitnre, character,etc., produced verbatim. With ah are-1 seed looks, and completely dumb-founded, the two harpies masked out of the house, and have not bean there •mer. Much at any rate ia the story, NKW GOODS New Gooes. " onr pi 111 <> inform the people of Meiiwothrr that we an- tow receivliig our Spring Mock ot DRY <lO'H>°, CEO 111 Ni, Norm s. .si mm. X. II vTB, AC., Which will soon lie complcb and in every department. Our unit to will be a* heretofore ()nick 8 ties and Short Profits. All we a;U is for you tn give us a trial and we_vvill guano.tee you will he pleased will! nur poods uml pi tees, DON'T FAIL to glvPo o* a call when you c*uno to La Grange. no YD & LYNCH. The White —lS— 'jjPiTl v" I 'T | \ THE EASIEST SELLING, THE BEST SARVYINQ SswiMacic Its Introduction and WerM-reaewfad reputation was tbo death-Wow to bi|h* priced machine*. THERE ARE NO BECONONANO WHITE MACHINES IN THE MAMET. This Is a very ImAorlant msltsr,as It Is ••Oil* known inn undltpulsd Isct thst many at tks so cslted Dret cists mtchinss wtildh erk aftrsO so oksso now-sMltys srs thoss ttwt kaso ksto rs posssstsd (Hist le. taken bick trow MSttSters Altar uit) Slid rebuilt and pst upon tks Msrfeat **THt*WHITB IS THE PiM OF AKV liWINt MACHINE NOW UPON !Mt MA*ktf. It l MUCH LAHUER THAN TfA. FAMILTIU* CHINKS Of THE SINMCR, HOWS AND WHO MAKE. It COST* MORI TO MAMUFACTUII THAN CITHER OF IHE AFORCIAID **CHINH. 11l CONSTRUCTION I* SIMPLE, FOWIIVi AMO OURARLI. It* WORKMANSHIP It UNtURFAMM. Do not Euy any other before try ing the WHITE. Pries! and Term lain Satisktarr AGENTS WAtmßTf Whit* bowing Mmehino Cos., CLEVELAND. & JSUJ W O-ARJLjEN IST uraeries, EsLhlUbed A. D. Im. OKBENBRORO, N- C. Wc take this method to Iniorrn the citi zens ol Meriwether, Talbot and adjoining counties, that our ageoU, having certifi cate of agency, will visit you during the months of July, Aug. and bept. to solicit yotM order* lor fruit trees, vines, dpi., foe the fall del very ol I k 7tt. We req le t yoa to reserve your or ler* until yon can see our plate* representing our varieties, and git such intimation as our ageuls are pre pared to give you. WE UU Alt &.NTEB TO FULFILL r > THE LETTER ALL WE PROMISE, Our senior JO'HUA MN:,LEY has, lor th past fifty years, encaged in collect ing, proving and selecting fruits ; and WO have now every luiiety of tn, erior kinds in the world, and tiewe best adaptej (or the fco Hi and It* different localities. Don’t-lie h .inbugge Iby tree pcddlera but con.c to headquarters for good fruits, Thoee doubtiog the merits of ihe Lind ley Nurse lies can have such doubts re mcv<d by referring to John 11. WlUfeOM ol L'Jlhcrvil e, J idge Cunningham of At auta. Editor ol VitstirATo*, J. U. Parnell We-t Point, and hundreds ol others who. have tested our Iruita to perfect fetiche tioo. Thanking you for poet patronage we tsk a continuance of same. Very Respectfully, J. LINDLET & KOM. Live energetic men wanted as agents Liberal commission given. A ldreaa J A. feloar, gen. agt., Mewnen, Ga L. L, LAWRENCE, Newwta, Qa. NO 31
