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About The Meriwether County vindicator. (Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga.) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1879)
The Meriwether County Vindicatoc VO L 7 THE VINDICATOR VCBI.UUSU XVK K Y YtIIDAY, BY WM. T. REVILT^ A r 1.'.00 I’KK ANM 3J.IK ADUNi’E IW OeKIC* SOUTH at'K l-ouuc 9QCAKV. U i u* *'t Advertising, s .ice I*V ,1 I Vllmo \6mo !1* ' \ tnth IUO i 5. I t >i' ' IDS' 1 l'J-00 uubts 150 >OO |(i Mi |IOOJI 15 00 iK itc.- aou 800 ;10 oe, ift oO |*s 00 - , i .*> 1 10 • o ' 3o 00 1 35 00 ii>* O ' u> . ,no i inoUjrwi'abuo ti'ou , ,i <*' | |IOO 1 1 t # i >' i . • lh U. uulli I vrtof. umc£<li ORDINARY A. I Hiulou SHERIFF., O, B. Flmt ih-t- Cl KKK B C \N U Kel>i IA X KECKIV KU .15. 8. Clements lAX IGLLEITOK... -J o Chiiutiau IKK aSI KKK K J. Autbouy &LRYEYOK ... O.F. Maubewu IDRONEH .... Joliii IL Jones. U)l Ml COMMISSIONERS. L. J. Milam, A trou Sibley, V". J. Ket-ves, J l - BuchSWan J. \V. Lite*. H< -Alili OK fcUt CATION. Jot ■ Wa Perk, W J Barr u* Ei. ;iauu Ibevn, K- A. Parker A. il. Fiecmtin, tc Si NAT OH S>'li Dlsirict, K M. Duncan KEI’HKSENTATI V I K J William*, O " • W >"'> BIMNEiS OARDi o. 11. K KITH, ■ ri OUN I. Y AT Law J\ lilUtxaviak Ua \\ ii {t SM tx<-<- 111 Mull wet bar aud tin , v*> I-1 t*.O’i>.-*ov t* ** ' ..wrt* r ircol'. TlllH A A I KINM'N, ATTORNEY AT LAW (iKEfNVII.U, <* \.. i'i.oii*, i>. 1). ■''•i | * EiSIDEN I IM..N I .I*l I linsKNvir.i a t Term* < svb AH weik warteet-l^ DK r li 1 E.HHKi.L / \EEEIHRis l’f. k> u> mi*..** l<> \ ) ilo I’.jb n- <)flo' .fill hi* lamer,Dr J I (, ft lit-'!, at the Drug E ..r ull lt' Improved l.'oitow (•! I'iar.U-r* bic ic*|>cc'tiully invite*! t‘* cx *,,,in* Ur Dm Iwto *- buying 1 wll ku<*| sari , '' 1.10, wMb K.udui, tkifiduneur atrf r,l LLKITH IM 'i'llLK KLVDI.VINt/ ( Off ON f’f I. B tdrspelising with* ii,m * sy* in hand lor < xblbtllon. t\V uot'ai t*-e me t*r wiuf'tt D/am I urchareri, in rv.ry (>*ii|rulr 'llo p >* u )l> l*e red wed ro-xl waM/ti lf.,m I't.W to fit V) j*-r saw i u the (iios, an.; f 1 25 U f 1 CO on the J r* t< r all In the accompanying cctlincnim ol tll kt> wri plat.tns wl o *ru ulog </ul i*<t‘. <7ii , a- to tbe * xtra price* obtained or cotton gin tJ on llreic J A lit KK - 1 , Ag. ut L'iff n, 'it; Ma’cb 10,1850. .(■ipfrrifl, Ga . Wf, I • I igl .i. !-" Br g ’ ’< • , tell Improved L’gbt Draft Cotton Gin 1 fit Gin i* of Hujcrior Workman*bip K"r fast g noing, sah-ty in running am! ll fc bt draft, tto do the same work,)] we Iblr.k H hut no eq’tai ; but tbe nuart im portant feature is the Attachment lor *peb- Ing and improving tbe sample. The lieW cotton in rn.proved by it so a* U> bring from i to i ceut, and stained and dry col- Ht' m ti® 1 cent per pound urnre in tbe Urifiin maraet than on other Oio*. W. J. BRIDGES. T. W. MANi.ET. J. T. MANLEY. ICurrriir, Os., May 17,1878. To J A BI Efciß, Agent tor tbe Ouiltlt Gin MsaVg Cos., at Griffin, O*.: At your request, we, planter* and deal era in cotton, give to tbe public our opin io* of your Gin- We take pleasure ip say gto ail in need of new Gins, that it i sow a wtli-eriabliabed (act that cotton girned on these Gins bring a lliokkb I sicz is our market than any other, and tbe gin* are growing in publir favor. Cot toe ginned on them sold last season at from one-quarter of a cent to one cent ir pound aboye tbe maiket price. Mr. Gui- Jeu’s Attachment for improving the sam ple of cotton, we are s&th&ed, is what he claims lor it. The Giu®*ppears to bare red perfection is Gin Machinery. A. C. BOBKEL- T. J BROOKS. R P. McWlLLlAJlfc h. B. MoWILLIAMB. I> W. PATTERSON. R H. SIMS. T. J. BLOODWORTH, JI am A gen t| for tbe Celebrated ECLIPSE PORTABLE XLNGINE, mar.utactured by Fnck * Cos., for tbe counties of Butt Fayette and Clayton. J. A. EEFKit, march 28 3<n OIftBNVILLK, MERIWETHER COUNTY'. qANTUNE 13. 1879. POETRY. Tlw* NeW Tmtaami. We love tbe-b-Mik ol Matthew, Of Mask, and Luke and John ; The life of M our Savior la what they dwell upon. Tbe Acts aid then tbe Romani: Two CkillutUiaas you aet> ; Uai'atians and K.ilresUu", tiling tTrrht to von aud nr. iTiiMippiaua anti C lonian ■M, urXI ill oido bun , l a>.i Tub ‘tin , In iwuiu they '*olh appu.i ; Tiieu Titus aud Philemon, Aud Hebrew*, licit iu truth, \S uh Jouio.l aud two ol Peter, liia>tt urt !l age aud youth. John writes to little children, Aud gives epistles throe ; While Jude discount's plainly 01 what we all should lie. He last is Revelation, To all the nations sent : And thus we have computed The wholefNew Testament. A WOKI) 1 r ACCENTS A gieat many date their (alt to a period when they oUobeyed their parent"., and la gau staying out late ai night on the street cornel*, whuie iille and tl nderiy boy* would congregate logelhei Now hither*, lei me uige you lo know wluieyour cl.il drtm are after dailt. And then sgiin, do iiolt.ing in their presence which you would not want them to do. Home IntJusuce will always tell be It lor good oi evil Dime novel nndiug has done a great d.al to corrupt the morals end h sier crime in ibis country. Aud just tier* let me aay u 1 word to y> u II M net) aud wcfoien Avoid ; had tonipai y, tor ll.c <>hl u.lagc always ! luilcis ;<iH)d, Ends ol a leather flock to.’Stb lei. II wn lit had c ini any you will be njgxrdod iu the same light as your bud a social'a. Il you should go out to the ah -la-x, amt pul your hand lnt>) the aalie* llieie would he no Are to burn you. Never ihe'es* the coal that you touched would Ula< ken youi fligirc Bo la- earclul ol the company you keep, aud select your ai nti tab and Itlehils ol those who air among 'he good aid the true. Il you do till:. you w ill find It cash r lot lo cont act had habits than it will In- lo alter yea a to get tid ol tin ru. Liveable ol uselulnra* ~ud n ke the war'd Utter lor youi li vihg lived in ti. The Troup oouu'y graud Jury is down on 'he use Ol intoxicating I quort a* an . ieciioii'eiiug medium. In one of lu re l ent pinsentuient* it espresso.) it as fol lows. We deprecate more strongly lUnit we >;aiig'X|ii<: the glowing evil ol using intoxicatkug liquor* in electn in to fnllti i-ure. VOICE A large potUoi. ol >ihl rUlbagc i* ignorun'. That re ha I through , but in lime it can be remedied. II it to this igno ,aoee is . l.ajily being sdde 1 a dcltaucbciy ihrongh.the use ol liquor to Influeuo vote*, whi h canuot Jr ti cause the giavesl (oars to every true p..tiiot. We unroot see tu tit is any has criminal to bribe a voter with a jug, or a brum oi whla'xcy, than with a dollar or a huudrel dollar*, and yet the former i ooti>iatiUy done by meu who wouhl scorn to do the lattrw. A:i> tin* m..kos tbe evil so much greater, that it is crmnUmancvd an I practiced by mar y who are considered our trust am) most Infioefttta! citizen*. Wears sapidly tending to that point whore the candidate who, Inmsell or thlOugh his Irmnds, can buy tbe most votes, in one way or another, is sure lo be elected. What our Iree insti tutions will come to in such an event, we need not aay ; it is apparent lo a!) who think- We call opun our (allow citizen* to create and maiutaiu such a public non ti med on this subject that he who Iruyt a rote with whisky—or anything else—wiii be considered as disreputable as he who sell* one. The present laws on using liq uor to influence votes are not compreb‘-u - slve or stringent em-ngli, and we aak onr immediate Uepreaeotatirea in *he Legisla ture to look into tbe matter and take steps that are oeowwary to preveot the wholesale debauchery ol auflrege, which is becoming ao common In our country. We Inrtber recomm> nd our Keprueeotatifea to ioaiM ui<on tbe peaeage of e lew sompelliag vo ters to cast their votes in the district in which they reside. A yocng man was bitten by a rattle rnake at No. 6, on the M. A IL Kailroad. It seema that he had gone into the yard at early dawn to etlect some lumber lo build a coffin lor hi* mother, who had died do ling the eight. As he turned over a plank on the ground the reptile struck him. Dr. Thigpen was promptly on baud and treat ed his cue. He it saM to have drank two quarts of whwkey, much ol wbick, how ever, be threw op. At last account* he was doing well. A will written by a colored citizen oi Albany reads as follows ; This is the last win aad testament ol dm, Writ. H. Cross. 1 give all my things to my reiali ms to be divided among them Ute best way tbfey can. N. B.—lf anybody kicks op s row or makes a Joss about it be ishT to have A t'haluiigr of Free Vuflfingr, St. Louis Mdpubtk'an. Ex-Socretary MiCufL-ch begins to din trust universal suHragf. in his last lei tu e before Howard University, while admit ting that It has generally woiked well in this oouutry, he ventures the opinion that ii is by no means certain it will continue to do sc. The time ol trial w ill come q ln n those who have ao interests at staac will tie a controlling majority ia the large cith-e, and when, as may te the case, had meu are (he leader* oi political patties. In It -tm the i,\i* me | ah! and, ol cuui-<■> tin- i lopiity owned by >.n :illli the popu latio.i, the, .-I'll i toil tllttrk pay log on ly v j.n 1-in\. Wnlle, llietelore, oti,-liltli own me $ 800 ,000.000 Wealth in itoatou, the olhet hiUi-tiilhs, owning Uo wealth, own nearly all the votea, and may dictate the legikiattou that protects propeity. At picaeut ilila dangerous power ol the nou- P'Oj erty-holdliig class It hold iu the ruial districts ol the slate, hut alien the rural population than \#cam dlvide T. lfke tfiSf ' of the city, Into a minotity of property owners and a majority of mere voter*— then, beHhu.ks will come the st ain. Um- r*al still cage, he asseria, can be perma nently trusted Only where propeily U widely distributed, where a ini.Jonly pi the voters ha ve inteteata to be protected. Votes are a constovalive power when cast By men who have interest* to protect ; hi other hunt)*' they daugerou*. 1 should tivl that our repuhUcati institution* u *U-J on a fii met basis than now, if our agricultural Dials were divided Into air all (arms. These stnlSmeilta arc indisput able, but they apply only to one portion ol ihi* country. In the eastern *tat. a the tend ey toward* the notuclug coudilions which the ex Secretary seeui* to approhntl i* steadily going oie Ills the lural cluaet who live on lamia, not tbe ttttisau classes who live m title*, that migrate lo the west, sort til's migration la gladnally shilling the agticiilruial laud* ol those status Into huge holdings, and diminishing the con sul vat ive vote that now r< attain* the pow ur ol the non-.'rjpoiiy holding inajoiity In tittles. 1 i the weal, on the otl.ei hand, land* arc so cheap that any in iustiloUa anil llrrilly man may trecount a proprietor. Tl ear laud*, purchasable at one dollar to ten doltatt per acie, unite the very goii sci valive ruial claaacfc who aie being rool ed out ju the east, and o wistern society grows airotig, r au>! pioie i.lalde by the vy c.rusue Ural arc making cittern socie ty more Insecure The ux-Sm.iel iry recogul/a* liter impract icability of tbe east lo small holdings, and, therefore, ho lum* for a remedy for the threatened evil lo a limitation of mill ago. The safety of property and of our form cl got aroiu-M', ho says, can only bu secured liy such a property qualification for voting x* w ill prevent those who have uo in'ci ■**t in lire *t*tu front controlling |tg aflxlrs. J Applause.j Next lo the boldm-s* ol this clralleuge ol bee aufirago, thu mot cun* ou* leatuio if t hat It shoe and Ire applauded by a coiuiiiilYilly that I* lalmring to give (lie control ol the southern siaies Into tbe hinds ol tko non property lirldiog clsM e. Hame (isos lo MTnrli I'nper la I’m. The Western I’sper fra Is sums up the folio whig list of urliclev manu'uclured ol ; apor, dtsplnycd at the ruceol Berlin Ex IriblliOU , Animals, wal,basins, water can*, carpeting, honacts, a ship lull rigged, lanterns, bats, masks, skirtr, cloll.ea, full suits, straps, ban llreichicfa, napkins, bath tub*, buckets, brui ze., (lowers urns, win dow blinds, asphalt rooting, material for garden walks, coral Jewelry, window cur tains, shirt*, lace, belting, and a house made ol pine, but wl lh 00l only root, cell ing, cornice, and luteiior walls of pa|>er, hut all the lurudurc, bilnda, curtain*, eban- I'elrcis, carpeting, ornamental do rrs, ou- - rnmous man tel and table oniameuto, and finally a stove ol a she to* p*{>er burning away cheerfully, and not consuming itaeli a* it evtdenlly ooght lo do. Ali these thing* indicate some cf the possibilities of tha adaptation ot paper. The question a* prfMut D, where will these poMibiliiles rad f Gen. Bcfiuyier Hamilton, lu a speech on Ikc*c*tk>Q Day in Kew York, used the follow log malignant and savage language, more fit Inr a snarling dog than a man : Last year at the foot of Abraham Lincoln's statue, I defended Ure practice of drx Plat ting with fl >we the grave* of the rebel dead impartially with tiroes of our dead comrades. My heart wy not in those gorda. They were spoken In sfU of sen timental generosity aroused by rnlsrepre sectatious of prominent rebels. I beg to epologize for those remark*. I would now urge that no member of Abraham Lin coln’* Poet lay a flower on the grave of a rebel. They were traitor* ia 186! ; they are traitors now. All winter Jong they have been plotting tresson in the baits of Congress. The same hearts burn and the seme arms con be wielded as in 1861— and many ol us live again to wieid them U necessary. c ■ ■ ■ i A wag who thought lo have a Joke ai •be expense of an Irish provision dealer cold : Con yon supply me with a yard of pork 1 Pat, said tbe denier to hie assistant, give this gentleman three nigs’ feet. Two boy* wmMO hunt grape*. One was happy bocaaso- thep found grapes. The other wa* unhappy becogge the gra t w had seed* lajltag. Two men, being convalescent, were asked how UBWe. The one said, 1 am bet'er to dafc-Th c other said, I was worse yorunday,, When it r*lm,tmau y, This will HMkonwd, Tui* will lay the Two children Sfr'kli p through c>>l.>rsl glasses. >MgMHthe world i, •him. And tile othor WH is hriebt. . Two boys dinnei. Om .-aid, 1 would nilhcr belter than thl*' The |iikdHnhis is better than A servant thii^HKAtari’s hon*e is pi in eipally kiichan.Mjtteni that it is prlnci lam glad Utgt a ays oue man. I mmok h •**.. I am glad that It It no worse, sny* oue. I am sorry that it i* no Dltgr, rays anoth er. One man counts everything that ha hai again. Another counts everything el*e Hist lie conceives a loss. Oue man spoils a good repast by think ing oi a better iepai ol another. Auotln r euj.iys a jroor re|raa. by contrasting it with unue at all. Onu man is thankful lor his blessings. Another is moruse tor his tiifsiortuues. Onu man think* he it entitled lo a heller world, anti la dUsatislied l>ecau*e lie hasn’t got it. Another drink* ho is not justly un til led b> auy ami Is sathtiud with this. One man makes up Ills accounts Ir.un his wa tl. Another from lilt asset*. If Tost Plcnsr, li iys, do you evsr think how much tea com ussy will do for yod f Home ol the gr< at<at men were ever cautious in thl* rrspect. When the Duke of Wellington was sick the last ho look was a little ten On hlajcivent handing it to him In a tau our, and eskiag him il he would have il, the Duke replied, ’Yes, if you pluaefc rireae weio hla last word*. '* How much kindness an 1 oouriuay ere expressed by tlMmi I lie who had oomtnaudud great nr. rnior, and was long acuuainioad to lire lone ol authority, did not overlook tin small courlueies ol life. Ah, how many Dry* do I What a rude toue of command they olteu use to rule thtlr little hi oilier* n<i *ieters, and tomeden' to tlmlr moth cm I They order eo. That Is id hied, mid shows, to aay t|ie least a waul ol thought. In all your home talk remember *ll you please.’ To all who wult upon oi serv you, (relieve thut'il you please’ w lfl make you heller served than all thu cross word* or oi dering In the whole dictionary. Do not forget tbe three little words : If you please. B, usk gently ; It I* better lar To role by love than lear. ■— A IMuetcMiili s.'cniiiry Plliii- One of the strangosl and moat icmxr kn ble euro* that Ibe |ieople of Putcrrburg Vic. lias evor witnessed, was that which took placw at a colored baptizing iu lha> city on B inday tfturnonn. During the evening fDty-four candidate* were Immer sed, one of whom wss a deaf and dumb mule, named Harwell Lancaster, about twenty- rno year* ol agu.wUo Is quite high Jy e Incited, having received Iris schooling at the college lor the deal and dumb in Provldwnce H, 1, Alter being Impiizari by tin: officiating minister, Kcv. llunry Wll Hams, {orator of Ure OilfE-1.l Baptist church in that city, tbe mutu lelurned (Your tin water cured of hi* lnfi’initles, and gave vent to hla feelings by a lusty shout ol “Tbauk Uod," when he was again taken deal and dumb. To aay that the specta tors were considerably amaz :d, would but feebly express it, and no little oooaieroe lion was c cca*lotted among tbe large cro *d at tbe miraculous cure which wa* to last but a lew mioutes. A tlngular story ewnet Irom the* Maine Bute prison. James A. Lowell was con victed in 1876, at Lewiston, of the murder ol his wife, Lizzie, whose supposed skele ton bad been found in tbe wx>dt. Lowell eras sentenced to be banged, but tbe n -tence was commuted to imprisonment lor life. It is now ascertained that Mrs. Low ell is living in Saginaw, Michigan, as the wife oi a man named Spalding, and that she doe* not deny her identity. Lowell, when oo trial claimed that hla wile ran away with on employee of a circr*. Should it be Mists mod by legal evidence that the woman in Saginaw it tbe wife for the al leged killing of whoa Lowell wet sentenc ed to be hanged, tbe case wll) prove to be one of interest in criminal anoab. Constitution ; Mr. Joseph b. Nall of the Atlanta port office, ta a genius. Uo xoepe house by machinery. He has a patent fan, rone hie sewing machine, churn and behy cradle by water power. He has a small Backus wheel, and si ■ a cnnoeHy bow uaetal be makes fr. There is not a man in the city who will see his works that will not bare them duplicated if beta able. lie caa abolwb the fitaa, keep you nool, and, in tact, produce wooden with his ma chine . P i _ TEKUIBLE—A W fl’C L. True.—The man that will take a news paper for a length of time, and then send il hack 'refuted,' aud unpaid for. wouhl swallow a blind dog’s dinner, and then (’.oue the dog for being blind. lie would do woise than that. lie would marry a girl on tiial, ami wend her hack .i ith'lie words ’don't suit’ chalked on her llie honey -moon. Worse than that. lie vvbc.M *tei! the chalk t.r write il with, and at inwards he would use it on hi- shirt*, t > ive the cx peitrc of .\ashl.'g, and tl.u.i sue hi* wife'* iitl.ei lor a month's bom-ling.— SunJ rnl. \\ orso yet. lir-’J cha c u sick rut ten miles over a corduroy road, aid inslituu a post-moi torn examination aliur lie had caught him, iu order t > recover a stolen grain of corn.—Montgomery S r. lie would *tunl roUcn ac -ros from u blind pig. lie would stoxl all tlm winter moat of an editor. —8 urn-met Herald. lie would sponge a living R un the hard earning* of Ins poor old father until the |H)or old geiit cmm became uuahlu to work, and then let him die in thu poor house, nun ailerwards 01l his rein mis tu die medical students tor unalnutica! pur purea.— Blufhmi Banner. lie w ould dig up thu billies ol his moth er and make clou ol them, and play chuck n-luck on his granditrothm's tomhxtooe tot a copiarr cent which a liorso thief hud *tol on from thu eye of a dead tl lecnlb amuinl inqnl—(Quitman Banuor, A puppy's eye* o|w:n lu nine and iys. YVs have wailed that timu in thu vain unde Iv or lo add something ol*u to a man's clmr ac'er, hut to use thu uxpicssiou ol a Ouor gbi Judge, the E igli*lt language is insolv ent. —Atnericus Hecordcr. Brill woiae. No man In America would lru*l blur till tlio anchor ol the Gienl KuNluru aud Unit too In thu mid III: of lltn ilunert ol Bahsru. Hu would HlicK pint in a blind and crippled orphan baby two weeks old.—Atlanta ill patch. lfjoks and newspapers oun usually hr lound on the table* ol the humblest clti ztiKOf Ibis c.mntiy. The Drmui and hi* •on* a'u mil Ignorant ol ihe transaction* "I the day. They aiu a* well posted in political, coinumrelal ami rullg|..ua in at - lot* a* mu the lawyer*, duel r* and mer chant*. Often they uirdcr*'and tbe politi cal lasiics ol llie day heller limn city pou p'e do. *1 lie mother and daughters un derstand the fuel ) nut ol I’stW and New York a* wuli a* Ihe more fashionable niuihers aud daughter* do of those clilm. Eld* I* a result ol newspaper run.ling liooks are ol lust use now than tlioy were fifty year* ago, mid in lire next fifty year* newspaper* will In a mi aHuru sup plant books, Because each day, excli week new Mi:i*c!oili>'il 111 anew dress w ill he pine od on the tables, to bu the next day or week with still Dior discovcilo nod newer thought*. Little hoys and gill* now read the newspapers In plate of bul ling over 111 e page* ol old 'rooks. Our (drool* in a aboil lime will suhncrlbo lor leading newspapers rather Ilnur lor dull old prosy liooks. Wc are advancing, und our llturiiblie must keep pace with us. Making it. Lively for tbe I'nr- HOll. Daniel Webster hail an mrccdolo o( old Katlrcr Hearle, the minister ol i I* hoy Irom), which I* too grxrd to he lost. It was then CU-tomary to wear h'tckskiu hieccbcs In cold woalhfl. One Buinlay morning In autumn, Father H uric brought Iris breech us down from the garret, hut the wasps had taken |>.eses*ion duiing the suurruer, and were having a nice time oi it In them, lfy Glut of efl.rrt he got out the Inlrndsis sud dressed lor meeting. But while read ing the Bcnpture to the congrega'i n he (elt a dagger from one ol lire enraged •mall waisted fellows, and Jumped around the pulpll slapping hla thighs. But thu more Ire alappeJ and daoced the more they stung. The people thought him cra zy, hut he explained tho rn tiler by saying, Brethren don’t be aiariued.thu word ol the fr<] is in my mouth, but the devil is In my breeches I A newspaper end a newstieper editor that people don't talk about aud eome limes abuse are rather poor concAns. The rr,en and lupines* that an editor sometimes leels It a duty to defend, at £ risk of ene mies ol another class, are oMeu the very first to show ingratitude. The editor who expect* lo receive touch charily or gratr lode will soon fin J out ids mistake; hat be should go ou and say and do what he conscientiously thinks right without re gard to frowns aud emdea.—Ex. The marked dally mo esse in the num irer ol absentees in the House is a very ( trong evidence ol tho restivci cs* of the member* at tbe protracted session. Al most dally leives of abeeoce are asked, and many members go off without the formal I ty of asking leave. Nearly one-third of ihe House is now absent. * • Gen. John.B,.Gordon^ r>6 o<-n. Joseph E. Johnston ore oorong Ure visitors to West Point Academy. Gea. Gordon is now sick, but will go as soon os his health permits. Gen. Jobnstoa’s spjroint ment is very annoying to some ol ihe stal wart Rodicnta; who think that oo ex-Con lederate officer ought to have auy place ol trust or honor. Duo Respect. The young man just out of schxx often thinks that he i* the wisest young man in town. He acts as if he should Ire consid ered tbe idol otsociety, anti aa for men of age lie thinks them old simpletons. He qvik. ns one of miTherttv, and all the oth er young men of hl tormnr acquaintance arc expected to do him honor. This young man will in a year or so bo picked up in the *1 eel* dtmE, r trried to the Mt -1 lion 11011*0, an | flnnllv land lit the peirltcn* ti ny, lie lor tin respect,l ir society an I vcR-iy will very s >ou have uo rc*p.:ct for him. The young mail who returned iroiu sch ail the same- week that our sunrt young mao >nmo home, who took olt his coat aud helped hi* I vlhcr hi the harveat hutd, and who ut church lu a retired mou out. took hm seal and gave great attunliou lo the sermon, won the lion ol the day among the girls and boys ol hi* neigh trorhiHid. All the old men and old wo men reached out a warm hand of congrat ulation. fie was louod a few year* alter waid lu thu field whom he was master of his trade and his advice was sought by all the fanner-. Hu rcainctod his superiors and they iu turn did him houor. Our young leaders may take a lesson Irom these young men. The girl or hoy who has no respect for tmporlors and ftr ■bid. persons, can uevor become great iu a ltec country, Dsmiili of ii Boily Nui viiiii of A lire it Nldiiry J liiiston. Evansville Journal. Old Uncle G die Porter, a well-known colored man, died at the poor bouse yostir day. lie bud Htilfurud Ibo amputution ot an ulcerated leg'some weeks ago, and lias steadily declined. Ilia death was quiet and It was not knowu to those lu tho •nine ward until ho was cold. Old Gabo wan ninety-two years of age, and had an eventful history, Hu war a body-servant . t tlic celt hralud Conlederate General Al liert Sidney JohnaU n during tbe Tcx-s troulih'S, and alterward In 1847, when (funeral Johusl-m was upp'iinled to suc- T.ced Houston in command of tha United State* army In Texas, linclu Gabo was with him when the duel waa fought be lt ecu the two General*. Jut before the war ot the re'oGllou, General Johuslon gave him Ilia Ireodom, and lie drilled to lleudeiloti u mnty, in Kentucky, whore he murlcd a slave woman, and voluntarily went iul i servitude to he with her, al though liu was not a slave. After emanci pation he tame to Kvanavi lu, and ha* liv ed heie ever since, working at odd ohorrs which Id* old age oltowed hlui to do. Hu was the father of Gen. Jim Porter, the dwillf, who died recently. Uncle Gab® was a good old man, and III* *oul U ny.f matching on with John Brown'*. — . ■■ lialiulridge Democrat: Mr. 11. F. Gabbl ing Im- u lilt In daughter eleven years old to whose neivv and uourage he k* In deb tod lor ilie lUm ot hi* tbr< -year-old boy. The ciicumst nces were briefly these ; The lioy waa playing by the rUtetn in Mr. U‘s ■yard. There was a | lank off, and through this apciture the little fellow fell, lie ccuglit a plank, however, In falling and hu and for w-nic time *efore lie was dlscov i red. Hut Ida hold weakened ami with a .plush lie Id I Into the cistern. Ills sister Kuw nod appreciated the situation. Most giil* would have scream* 1 and run off In <pie-t of help. Not to with dills little girl. The scream* nn.l sti nggh-a lor life of her bnbv brother gave her the strength and courage of a man. Hue saw a ladder, and with all her might aim dragged It to and plaiod It Into ti e elder it, and then went down into tho water, touched out and caught her brother )ust lu lime to save him from a watery grave. By this time help arrived, and both were landed safely irom their perilous position; President Monroe iu hi* inaugural ad dress Mill, “ l'lil* government 11 founded by, administered lor, and supported by the people." Daniel Webster said, "“Tuo Ijeofdc’a government made (or the people, made by the people, and answerable to ibe people." Tlmodore l'arker In one o( hit speeches said, “A government of all the people, by all the people, (oral) the people. Preside it Lluooln In a *|iencb delivered at Gettysburg said, Government ot tbe peo ple, by Ibe poopie, for tbe i>eople, ahall not perisb Irom tbe earth. Gentlemen oi the jury, said Mr. i'belpe, to tbe twelve men ot Worthington, Minn., who had convicted hi* daughter of selling cbler without a llctnse, “all I’ve got to say m. yon’ie a set ol |ckasaee,nd you may wave your ears over that aolernn truth. Mr. Phe'pa Hoed $lO lor cotempt ol cooit. lie wm about to kirn her, when sudden ly he drew back in evideut alarm. Ob, George, what la It f Mid abe anxiously, Onions, waa all the reply be made ae be glided on la the .wooulighu—Providence Press. A little leliow on going f<ir the first lime to a church where tbe pewa were Ttry nigh was asked on coming oat what be did in church, when he replied: 1 went in to a enpboard aod took a reat on a shell. 26
