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TJUL HAMILTON WEEKLY VISITOR.
VOL. II.—NO. 13.
C|c Hamilton fisitcr
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•nuainess Cards
B A RUSSELL C B BCSSELL
RUSSELL & RUSSELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Will practice in all the State Courts
TD r. T- xii- Jenkins,
HAMILTON, GA.
THOS. S. MITCHELL, M. D.,
Reiideit Physician and Surgeon,
HAMILTON, GEORGIA
Speaial attention given to Operative Sur
gery and treatment of Chronic Diseases.
Terms Cash.
"W- IF 1 . TIQNEH,
j DENTIST,
COLUMBUS, - - GEORGIA.
Office over Chapman’s drug store, Ran
dolphs, near city terminus of N. & S. R. R-
Respecfully offers his services to the peo
ple of Harris county. ju2oly
CHATTAHOOCHEE HOUSE ,
Bv J. T. HIGGINBOTHEM,
WEST POINT, GA
HENRY C. CAMERON,
Attorney at Law ,
HAMILTON , ♦ JgAr
DR. J. W. CAMERON,
HAMILTON , GA.
Speciul attention to Midwifery. Charges
moderate.
Bines Dossier,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
HAMILTON, GEORGIA
Will practice In the Chattahoochee Circuit,
or anywhere else. All kinds of collections
rusßEn—either way.
W. j. FOGLE,
Dentist,
OLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Office in the building of the Georgia Home
In*' unco Company. feb2l-ly
Rankin house
COLUMBUS, GA.
J. W. RYAN, Prop’r.
Fbank Golden, Clerk.
Ruby restaurant,
Bar and Billiard Saloon,
under THE RANKIN HOUSE.
; tti* J. W.IBYAN Pbop’b.
lanl
J. W. STOREY,
Commission Merchant,
Southeast comer Public Square ,
HAMILTON’, GA.,
Keeps constantly on hand a full stock of Gro
ceries, Staple Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, at
Panic Prices. Seed Oats, Corn, Flour, Bacon,
Bulk Meat, Lard, Virginia salt, Tobacco, Ci
gars, Suutf, etc.
Cotton taken at Columbus prices when
there is trade in it.
OTTAXOS.
I am prepared to furnish standard Guanos
in large quantities at as low figures as they
can be had in ant market.
Farmers desiring to use Guano will please
call at my store, or leave their orders, that I
may form an idea as to the quantity needed.
PROVISIONS
As Low as in any Market,
For tha CASH.
MILTON HALE SEMINARY,
HAMILTON, GA.
The exercises of this school will be resumed
on Monday, January 26, 1874.
Parents or gnartlbina having boys to eilii
cate may feel sale in Bonding them to this
school.
Hamilton is centrally located between
West Point, La Grange, Tslbotton and Co
lumbus, and accessible by railroad from the
latter place. Perhaps no locality can ex. el it
for its wood health, fine society and excellent
church facilities.
Board can be obtained in the best of fami
lies at from $12,50 to $15.00 per month.
The eourse of instruction will he thorough
and practical ; the government mild but fnm.
The following are the rates of tuition, pay
able at the end of each session :
Spelling, Reading. Writing, Primary
Geography, Piimary Arithmetic,
etc, per month $2.00
Reading, Writing, Geography, Arithme
tic, History, English Grammar,
English Composition, etc., per
month 3.00
University Arithmetic, Algebra, Geome
try, Latin, etc., per month 4.00
The Higher Mathematics, Latin, Greek,
Natural and Moral Science, etc., per
month 6.00
Compositions and Declamations required
throughout the course.
First Term ooutinues six months; second,
four months.
There will he a Public Examination at the
close of the first term.
S. T. FULLER, Principal.
References : H C Kimbrough, A T Brooks,
F Barnes, J M Mobley, Willis Jones, W W
Bruce. J T Johnson, President Board of
Trustees. jan2
CAKRIJGES AND HARNESS
on hand, and any style furnished to order.
The Old Carriage House is permanently
opened \n Columbus, on Oglethorpe street, a
few doors ndrth of the Post-office.
oct24-3m THOS. E. HICKS, Agent.
DEBTORS & CREDITORS’ NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the estate of lov
ick Graddick, deceased, are hereby notified to
make payment; and those having claims
against said estate are requested to present
them witidn the time prescribed by law.
feb2-6t W. I. HUDSON, Adm’r.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
All parties indebted to me for medical
services will pleasecall and settle immediate
ly. Notes and accounts on hand and un
paid on the Ist day of February next, will
be sued indiscriminately. If you would save
cost and your feelings, come and make im
mediate arrangements, for I mean business.
I am willing to work for those only who
pay me once a year,
Trans cash— on BraDrarco vy sravicm.
T. 8. MITCHELL, M. D.
Hamilton, Ga., Jan. 9, 1674 —lm
DEATHBED OF GEN. LEE.
A magnificent 14x18 inch Engraving. The
family and friends are grouped sorrowfully
around the old hero's death-bed. The scene
is so touchingly beautiful, the sentiment of
the picture is so sweet, and the characters so
so lifelike, that everybody admires it. It is
truly a gem of art—-one which should hang
in every Southern boms. Sent by mail, post
paid, on receipt of 20c, or 3 for 60c. Address
W. M. Bcbbow, 200 Main ft, Bristol, Tcnn.
pS~ Agents wanted for this and a variety
of other fine engravings. From 93 to $lO a
day can easily be made. febl 3-41
Tub Maoic Comb— Sent by mail to any one
for 81. Will change any colored hair to a
permanent black or brown and contains no
poison. Trade sufplied at low rales. Ad
dress, Magic Comb Cos., Springfield, Jias*.
HAMILTON. HARRIS CO., GA„ FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1874
MtiXIpRIDING FOR A GIRL.
Did you ever ride a mule? I
don t mean a civilized creature accus
tomed to good society, but a wild
steed of the plains brought up on
grass and rattle-snakes, and accus
tomed to cavort regardless of the
constitution as amended on the rights
of man. Mules are pretty much
alike, the world over, only the Texan
mule is a little more so.
I rode one the other day, and I’m
going to try to tell you about it. It
won’t be very well written, because
my arm has been in a sling and I
have more bruises than bones. You
see I fell in love with a girl—deep as
a forty foot well—l mean my love
with a girl—she isn’t a bit deep—and
as my luck would have it, another
fellow fell about the same distance at
the same time.
He’s not a bad looking chap, and
wears store-clothes on week-days.
He parts his hair in the middle and
oils it with bergamot and cinnamon.
He has his name printed on pieces of
pasteboard, and drops tljpm promis
cuously, for fear that people might
forget that A. Browne Swivel was
about. I had to acknowledge the fact
that between this fellow and myself,
in the affections of divine Araminta,
it was nip and tuck, with the dog a
little ahead.
1 put on my best clothes one day
and walked over to the gal’s house,
intending to move on her works, and
have the thing settled without fur
ther debate. My rival was there and
seemed to have on his best clothes.
That didn’t amount to much, for I
knew at 10 o’clock, six hours after
my arrival, he’d have to wend his
winding way home, for the old lady
he boarded with didn’t allow any ir
regular hours.
If he got to bis frugal concb, or
rather to the borne containing it,
he might skin his knuckles and knock
his boot off, but he wouldn’t get in
after that hour, and a haymow is not
a pleasant bed room, in flea time. But
I was soon after relieved of all anxie
ty. We had n diversion soon that
broke up tho sitting.
Araminta is possessed of a little
brother—l hate the girl’s brother!
If they are little, they play tricks on
you; if they are big, they borrow
your money, get drunk and insult
you with impunity, knowing that you
are in love with the sister and won’t
resent an indignity.
While we were talking in a small
way, and looking in volumes of love
at the girl and wrath at each other,
we heard a fearful yell in the garden
patch, and running out found little
brother on the ground in active con
vulsions. He had been trying to cut
his way through the melon patch.
It was a disgusting failure, for he
could not have bursted open and gone
into the contents of more than ten or
twelve.
As it was it looked as though there
was going to be a death in the family,
and Araminta screamed a scream and
yelled for us to run for the doctor.
We both took in the situation at a
glance —the man that got the doctor
first would get Araminta for life.
My rival went over the fence like a
deer and seized the only horse in the
stable. He bridled, and saddled the
animal in double quick time, while I
found nothing left but a mule. I
seized a blind bridle, and running at
tbo animal felt something whiz over
my head that I am satisfied was a
pair of heels. They narrowly missejf
but carried away my hat.
Nothing daunted, I seized the crea
ture by the hair, put on the bridle,
and, unfastening the chain by which
he was haltered, led him from the
stable. He went out willingly, so
much so indeed that I had Borne
difficulty in keeping up, and had not
the creature stopped on the outside
to give vent to his feelings iu a pro
longed bray, I could not have
mounted. As it was, before he got
done with liis musical entertainment
I was on his back.
The beast teemed somewhat aston
ished at this performance, and stood
turning it over in his mind for a min
ute, while I dug my heels vigorously
into his sides. He seemod suddenly
to come to the conclusion that a
change of administration would be
an excellent thing, and to this end
began going up and down like a saw
gate. 1 really thought I’d be split
in two, and would probably have
been pitched over but that in the
midßt of this pleasing exercise, Muley
caught sight of the horse disappear
ing at a hard gallon in the
He seemed animated, by tbe laudable
ambition of overtaking that horse,
started so suddenly that he came very
near leaving me behind. 1 worked
my way forward until I could get
hold of the halter chain, and pulling
this rigging taut, got a pretty secure
hold.
How the beast did run I He not
only gained on the horse to such an
extent that Aramiuta might have
offered two to one and no takers, but
exhibited his superabundance of bot
tom by throwing in at intervals the
liveliest kicks that ever emanated
from a mule. About a mile out we
closed in on the cob, and as we passed
Muley favored him with a salute
that was most infernally foul; for,
planting his heels upon the off quar
ter the Bucephalus, I heard a yell,
and glancing around saw my rival
and horse go down in the most pro
miscuous manner. My steed of tho
desert kept straight on. We had a
ride of eight miles before us, and I
felt satisfied that in that distance, at
the rate we were traveling, Muley
would have a good deal of the devil
taken out of him. I became aware of
another fact, and that was, my best
pants were giving way.
About five miles we struck a water
melon patch and went straight
through. I could hear the melons
bursting under me like bombs; and
when we emerged from the further
side, specimens of this fruit were
strung to the mules’s legs, like beads.
A mile beyond this I saw our ex
cellent minister of the gospel wend
ing his solemn way across the prai
ries with a wagon full of infant Ja
cobs, and I saw also that unless he
whipped his horse Old Hundred, to a
most extraordinary run, we would be
into him instanter. I pulled hard on
the near rein with one hand while I
steadied myself with the other, but
with no more effect than if I had taken
a pull on Pike’s Peak. We struok
the Parson’s family about midships
and went through. I never saw in
fant Christianity so scattered as on
that occasion.
I left the parson gathering up his
family, and continued until I struck
the doctor’s fence, and went flying
into liis front door with the bull-dog
close at my tattered rear. I knocked
over the cradle and upset the supper
table. The doctor came to iny res
cue with a kick in the ribs of his
dog that sent him with a howl and a
mouthful of pantaloons into the yard.
I then told the doctor with one breath
—all 1 had left —that Araminta’s lit
tle devil of a brother was dying of
too much water-melon patch, wanted
a doctor with squills.
We returned in about the same
style. The doctor having a younger
horse than my rival was favored with,
kept the lead, his pill-bags flapping
in the air, while his coat-tails made a
straight line behind.
If his horse flagged any, the mule
started him up with a vigorous bite
on the rump that seemed to infuse
new vigor into the medicated animal.
We passed my rival sitting on the
roadside nursing his off leg as if it
hurt. He never came back, acknow
ledging his defeat in a most gentle
manly manner.
The doctor soon put Araminta’s
little brother in a perpendicular posi
tion, and that night at the bedside of
the little sufferer, keeping well to
the front, I proposed, was accepted,
and the happy day was fixed. I
rode into Araminta’s affections ou a
mule.
Railway Signal Code of the Uni
ted States.
One whistle signifies “ down brakes.”
Two whistles signify “ off brakes.”
Three whistles signify “ back up.”
Continued whistles signify “dan
ger.”
Rapid, short whistles, “a cattle
alarm.”
A sweeping parting of the bands
on level of tho eyes signifies “go
ahead,”
Downward motion of the hands
with extended arms signifies “ stop.”
Beckoning motion of one band
signifies “ back.”
Red flag waved upon the track
signifies “danger.”
Red flag stuck up by the roadside
signifies “ danger ahead.”
Red flag carried upon a locomotive
ignifies “ an engine following.”
Red flag hoisted at a station is a
signal to “ stop.”
Lantern at night raised and low
ered vertically is a signal to “ start.”
Lantern swung at right angles
across the track means “ s*"" ”
Lantern swung hi A circbftignidc*
"back the train.”
Items Worth Reading.
Be hearty in your Ralntation, and
discreet and sincere in your friend
ship.
Do not envy; for it cannot benefit
you, nor can it injure Ihose against
whom it is cherished.
Avoid telling tales, which is like
firing arrows in the dark—you know
not into whose heart they may fall,
It is written on the sky, on the pa
ges of the air, say the Orientals, that
good deeds shall be done to him who
does good deeds to others.
The true generosity of the heart is
more displayed by deeds of minor
kindness, than by acts which may
partake of ostentation.
Politeness is the poetry of conduct;
and, like poetry, it has many qualities.
Let not your politeness be too florid,
but of that gentlo kind which indi
cates a refined nature.
Remember tlint the social elements,
like the air we breathe, are purified by
motion. Thought illumines tbought,
and smiles win smiles.
Be punctual. One minute too late
has lost many a golden opportunity.
Besides which, the want of punctual
ity is an affront offered to the person
to whom your presence is due.
Avoid ta king about yourself, prais
ing your own words, and proclaiming
your own deeds. If they are good,
they will proclaim themselves; if bad,
the less you say of them the better.
Avoid disputation for the mere sake
of argument. The man who disputes
obstinately, and in a bigoted spirit, is
like the man who would stop the
fountain from which he should drink.
Earnest discussion is commendable,
but factious argument never yet pro
duced a good result.
Be honest; not only because “hon
esty is the best policy,” but because
it is a duty to God and to man. The
heart that can be gratified by dishon
est gains—the ambition that can be
satisfied by dishonest means—-the
mind that can be devoted to dishon
est purposes—must be of the worst
order.
Passion is the tempest hy Which
reason is overthrown. Under the ef
fects of passion, man’s mind becomes
disordered, his face disfigured, his
body deformed, A moment’s passion
has frequently cut off a life’s friend
ship, destroyed a life’s hope, embit
tered a life’s peace, and brought un
ending sorrow and disgrace.
A Mysterious Murder.
The Knoxville (Tenn.) Herald
gives the following account of the
recent murder of a farmer in Knox
county:
Mrs. Reynolds, wife of the mur
dered man, states that two strange
men called at the house after dark,
and asked if Mr. Richard Reynolds
lived there. Being answered in the
affirmative, they said they had some
business with him, and went into the
room, in which were Mr. and Mrs.
Reynolds and a young colored man.
After a few moments’ conversation,
the oldest of the two men asked Mr.
Reynolds his name, and being told,
one of the men suddenly seized him
and the other threw himself on Mrs.
Reynolds. The negro was threatened
with death if he made any outcry.
Mrs. Reynolds was then taken to
another room and securely tied, and
there left alone. Soon after the
heard shots fired iu the room in which
her husband was, with much noise
and loud and angry talk. Then she
heard footsteps leaving the house.
When, after a long time, she was
enabled to free herself from the cords
with which she had been tied, and
had fearfully re-entered the room
from which she had been taken, a
terrible sight met her affrighted gaze.
Mr. Reynolds lay on the floor, dead,
in his gore, and the negro was lying
near him, bleeding profusely from a
wound iu the thigh. These are the
facts of the tragical mystery as we
gather them from several sources.
Cork Fob Deunkbwsess. —The
Boston Journal says that a mixture
made up as follows, and taken, In
quantities equal to an ordinary dram,
and as often as a desire for strong
drink returns, will cure the worst
case of drunkenness: Sulphate of
iron, 5 grains; peppermint water, 11
drachms; spirits of nutmeg, one
drachm- This preparation acts as a
tonic and stimulant, and partially sup
plies the place of the accustomed
liquor, and prevents the absolute
physical and moral prostration that
follows from a sudden breaking off
from the ties of stimulating drinks.
It is to be taken in - quantities equal
si and * “
$1.50 A TEAR
Written for the Visitor.
Tlio Past.
The past year has been a memory
ble one to the most of* us, and yet it
began under very favorable circum
stances. The sun of 1873, which
arose in prosperity to many, lias set
in gloom and darkness. Many farm
ers planting largely in cotton, and in
many instances to almost the entire
exclusion of corn and other grain,
has been a mistake of a most serious
character. The unfavorable seasons
consumed the small amount of grain
that was planted, while the worms in
many sections devastated the cotton
crop.
What the present year may bring
forth time alone can reveal, but We
should be governed by past experi
ence, and be prepared for any emer
gency. Heretofore the farmers have
been planting a large area in cotton,
and mortgaging their crops to grocers
and commission merbhants for gro
ceries and money at a heavy per cent.
In many instances they promise to
pay such a large per oent, that their
crop will not bring money enough to
pay thorn out. While these merch
ants have taken advantage of every
opportunity offered them, their ex
tortioning would have been compar
atively harmless, if the planters had
been united.
The interest of oar farmers is the
interest of all. Then let us move to
gether in one solid column. If we
have erred in the past, let ns err no
longer ; but rather let ua find out the
error of our way, and turn from it.
Middle Georgia has not within her
limits a sufficient amount of grain to
feed her population and domestic ani
mals three months, and many of her
planters are, and have bean for tome
time, buying corn. To some extent
this deficiency is o a wing to the unfav
orable seasons, bat in a much larger
extent to the defective system of agri
culture.
Georgia boasts of the large num
ber of cotton bales made on her soil,
yet there is not money enoagh among
her planters to pay for what they
consumed in making it. It is an ev
ident fact that we, aa farmers, cannot
longer continue the present tnodua
operandi of farming. There moat be
a radical change in the present sys
tem of agrionlture, and the only alter
native that presents itself is a mixed
husbandry. There are many strong
advocates for this, and the paat should
serve to strengthen their faith; yet
bat few pat it into practice. It hue
been the custom of most planters to
make as much cotton as they can,’
with a littU corn; bnt past experience
mast teach them to reverse their
plan. Let us, then, make corn, to-
gether with other grain and food for
all domestio animals, and then make
what cotton we can. Do this, and
rest assured that mortgages on tha
crop, and 3| per cent per month, will
be remembered only among the things
that were. G>
Cataula, March 23d.
■ '
Proverbs from the French*
Big head little wit.
Great boaster, little doer.
Drop, by drop fills the tub.
Honor blossoms on the grave.
True jokes sever please.
No flies get into a shat mouth,
A great talker ie a great liar.
Dress slowly when you are in s
hurry.
Bet your sail according to tha
wind*
A great estate is not gotten in ft
few hours.
He knocks boldly at the door who
brings good news.
A cake and* a bad custom onght
to be broken.
It is the old cow’s notion thet she
never was a call
He beat the bushes and another
caught the bird.
To get the chicks one must eoax
the ben.
It is always well to keep hold of
your horse’s bridle %
It is too late to loek the stable door
when the steeds are stolen.
He is called clever who sheets and
plunders bis friends^
Give out that you have many
friends, and believe that you have but
few.
A Panma’i Taurr.—At a printers’
celebration imfbohnioad, several y sare
since, some “ Yankee ” typo gave the
following toast: "The first families
of Virginia—like the stars seen in the
ocean—they would not be there were
it not for their bright originals i
heaven.”