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About The Hawkinsville dispatch. (Hawkinsville, Ga.) 1866-1889 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1871)
»f New York the oldest of living soldiers, and he celebrated the one Hundred and fifth anniversary of his drtkday on the ninth of last month. This remarkable man is Captain Lahrbush. lie is still active, walks i great deal, runs up the steps of the touses of his friends and is more vi v#ftH>it 8 V ni>g than he was Inst <!ar. A correspondent of the St. liouis Christian Advocate gives us th : s sketch of the wonderful hero’s career: He was born, of course, in the year in which the partition of Po land gave territorial consol illation to Prussia and completed the project of Frederick the Great. Louis XIV. was then on Lite throne of France one of tho most peaceful and influen tial of the French monarehs. iauee the Captain's birth fuurmon slfebs hqfc swayed the sceptre of Prussia, aud thirteen different gov ernments have ruled in France. The Captain's first work in war was to fight against the French Republic, aud the second against the French in Irflltuidu The first great .batiks iu •piJcicd-Net* that < f dona in which on the 11th of .June, ISihi, he saw annihilated a mill’ary power whose upbuilding had cost a century aqd. s hall, lie was then iu the suite of Lord Cnstlereagh. lie subsequently became acquainted with. eaiporcrs, kings, princes and fiefdmarshala by the multitude.— iHßidtng on the banks of the Nieman he saw Napoleon shake hands with the Etjudur jthixandcr, ’when those two gren twmwt on a raft. Then "Fred erick Wilßan 1., of Prussia, was a king without a kingdom. The Cap tain had fled from Jena w ith the hair less king Frederick William of Prus sia aud his lovely Queen Louise. He lived to see their son occupy Paris, arid assist in keeping guard in St. Helena Over that Napoleon who had been the terror of Europe. He has lived to see the King of; Prussia, whose duty it was originally to hold the basin and ewer to the Emi>cr or of Germany, now himself Emperor of Germany; with his feet on the necks of two Emperors. 11c has lived through the whole history of the Unite 1 States. When the Prince of Wales was in this coun try he paid his respects to the captain, ’andTc*rtlc»vpreil to iiutuee ldim tp re turn ’tb-fSiigtand. Tint he b&d Be come too old aud too ranch attached to his adopted country. The marvel of all this is, that once the captain was left dead on the field of battle, once he was cost up for dead by the ocean, once he was stricken down as dead by the pestilence, aud lie has always been deceased. Still greater marvel, he drinks laudanum as other men drink claret. His friend General Pepeystcr, says that he once took as many grains of opium lor relief as would kill as many ordiuartf men. as these aru yenjs in dSbfMflmfV age. Ho goes to bed two o'clock I*. M. Is tliis not a most remarkable history? The old gentlemau's eye is clear and his mem ory unfaltering. lie is a marvel among us. Early Rising A young farmer found he was getting reduced in cir cumstances. He went to a friend to ask his advice. This friend, with a grave face, said: ‘‘l know of a charm that will cure that; take this little cup and drink from it, every morning, of the water you must get such at a ‘ spring. Ilut remember you must draw it yourself at five o’clock or the charm will lie broken.” The next morning, he walked across his fields, (for the spring was at the farther end of his estate,) and spying a neigh bor’s cows, which had broken through the fence, uul, .wcm. fettling, on his pasture, ho-.* turned them out and mended the fence. The laborers were not yet at work ; when they came loi ,trrlug along after their projier time, 'they were strfrtlea nt seeing their master so early. “Oh!’’ said he, “I see how it is; it comes of my not get ting up in time.” This early rising soon became a pleasant habit; 1 .is walk Mid cup of wnter gave him an appe tite for breakfast; aid the people were, like him, early at work. He soon acknowledged that the advice his friend had given him was as good as it was simple. ,» Immense Herds or Buffaloes.— Fort Shan - , March 31—Great excite ment has been caused at this post by the buffaloes crossing Sun river, just above the fort, in immense nil miters. The garrison have turned out and by hundreds. 4 8 f*4'P <**l **pd|vcn across Dy a liana of Sioux Indians, who are said to lie moving in this direction. The buffaloes rub tha telegraph poles down faster than the men can reset them. Augustus Smith, living in Ran dolph county, Missouri, has a hog ••even months old that ife possessed of eight noses. The natural nose is about as it is on other hogs, and about the usual size. The seven un natural noses come out about the nat ural one, and are smaller in size. mmutun goes forward. The ear on the right side is twice as large as the one on the left. The hair on the head doea not look like that of a bog, but more like that of * NypH adflO.: Ladles, do not forget to c*ll at Bchlang’ aod see those beautiful Dress Patterns. A JWrl^f• Ceremony. I A Jolly fellow, somewhere In Illi nois, having been appointed a justice of the (mace, was called upon to per form a marriage ceremony, aud thus relates how he managed it: “ Having been nppoiutcd to the desirable ‘posialt ot justice of the peace, 1 was accosted on the sth day of J uly by a sleek looking young i mau, and in silvery tones he request ed me to proceed to n[neighboring) O'.el, us ho .Wished to enter into a ho[y | band of matrimony. Hercwasa‘squv 1- ehcr.’ 1 had never done anything of ! the kind ; had no books or forms ; yet I was determined to do the thing up strong, and in a legal manner, so I proceeded to a hotel, bearing in my arms one copy of the Revised Stat utes, one ditto Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, one copy large sized Bible, a small copy of creed and ar ticles of Faith of the Congregational Church, one copy of Dope's Essay on man, and sectional map of the part where the victim lived. Having placed a table in the middle of the room, and seated myself behind it, 1, in trumpet tones, called the case. With that the young man ami woman, with great alacrity, stepped r.p be fore me. Having sworn them on the Dictionary to auywcr well and truly all the questions I was about to ask; I proceeded. I told the young man that being an entire stranger, I should have to ask him to give bail for the cost. Having heard this so frequently iu court, I thought it in dispensable. lie anwered if 1 meant the fee for performing the ceremony, lie would deposit it then and there. As I did not know exactly what I did mean, I magnanimously waived that portion of the ceremony. I told him it would be necessary to give bail to keep peace. Tliis he said he was willing to do when he arrived at home, and then I waived that point also. “ Having established to my satis faction that they v anted to get mar ried, and that they were old enough to enter into that state, I proe eded to tie the knot. I asked hitn if lie was willing to take that woman to be his wife. lie said he was. I told him I di I not require haste in the an swer—that lie might reflect a few minutes if he wished. I told him she looked like a fine girl, and I had no doubt she was, but if the sequel proved he had been taken in, I did not want to be held responsible. I said lie must love, honor and obey ber as long as she lived. lie must not be ‘snappy! around the house, nor spit tobacco juice on the floor, all of which lie promised faithfully to heed.— ‘Now,’ said I,* Georgiana,’ (her name was Georgiana,) ‘you hear what Humphrey says. I)o yoH accept the invitation to become his wife—will you be lenient towards his faults and cherish his virtues—will yo« never be guilty of throwing furniture at his head for slight offences;-and will you get three meals a day without grumb ling? She said she would. 1 asked them if they believed in the command ments, and they anwered they did. Having read the creed and articles of iaith, as aforesaid, I exclaimed.— Humphrey, take her, she is' yours ; I cannot with-hold my consent.— Georgiana, when safe iu the arms of your Iluniphrcy. you can defy scoffs and jeers of the world.’ I then read a little from the ‘Essay on Man,’ in cluding that passage—* Man wants but little here below, and wants that little long.’ As n finale to the scene, I delivered the following exordium: “Go in peace, s*a no more.’ The generous Humphrey having placed a fifty cent piece in my unwiling palm, 1 bid the happy pair a final adieu.” Tiie Chinese in West Baton Rouge. —Says the Sugar Planters: The Chinese laborrers of our parish arc fast becoming civilized, in fact we begin to think some of them will never attempt to return to the “ Flow ery Kingdom” for earthly sepulture or hcavenjy repose. To see him lounging about on holidays, smoking cigars, drinking whisky, playing “old sledge,” and casting soft glances at the African female persuasion, is suf ficient to induce the belief that they will shortly take a hand in the polit ical game of the country and run for office. To keep up the illustration, we saw one a few days since poring over the columns of a newspaper and chatting occasionally to his saf ron lined brethren sit ing around, ns if lie was dilating upon the San Domingo job, or sympathizing upon the retirement of Sumner. It looks as if the “ coming man” had come to stay. The LaGrnnge Reporter says the mill of Mr. John T. Boykin, situated about nine miles from the city, was burned on Friday night last. Two thousand bushels of grain was de •troyd. Supposed to be the work of an incendiary, as no fire had bee* about the premises for several days before- Mr. Boykin’s loss is about two thonsaml dollars. It is related that when Beecher was in the country, last Summer, he lost his hat, and found it in about a week, in the barn where he had left it, but with four eggs in it. This is as it should be. Beecher had ju t written a eulogy on the hen: why shouldn't the Uen-re-ward Beecher? ; A young man at Uopkinton, lowa, noticing' that his tobacco didn’t ‘‘chew right,” dissected the plug and found that a lizzard had been pressed between its folds. . Those who Look for faults, find nralt,**na become fault-finders by pro fession ; but those who look for truth and good, find that /mg a EUREKA! A Safe and Certain REMEDY FOR Epilepsy, [Fits!, Convulsions, Asthma, Hooping-cough Hysterics, Chorea, or St. Vitus’ Dance, In.sa.nitw, CATALEPSY, OR FALL JUG FITS, Nymphomania, or Sexual Excitement Puerperal Convulsions, Delirium Tremens, Sleeplessness Nervous Neuralgia, —AND— ALL OTHER DISEASES AIUSXNO FROM THE Nervous System. PREPARED AJfD FOR SALE BY TAYLOR, JELKS&, CO. Hawkinsville, Ga. Price $1 50 Per Bottle. To the Public. In introducing this new rem edy to the public, the proprie tors wish distinctly to state that they do sot offer it as a cure for all the ills to which flesh is heir, but they do recommend it as a Safe and Certain REMEDY for the diseases above enumcra ted, if used according to dircc tions. The senior member oi the firm having glv«>n it a fair trial in his practice, without a single failure to cure, we now offer the “EUREKA" to the public in the fullest confidence of its success. TAYLOR, JELKS * CO. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! Misses*' Bats, all kinds. NICE LOT OF SUMMER CLOTIL ING. Hats, Caps, BOOTS, shoes. HARDWARE, CROCKERY, DOMESTICS, WOOD, WILLOW, and HOLLOW-WARE! Groceries, etc. : it - Ladies’ Underclothing, All Kinds of Notions, LACES, PUFFINGS, FLUTING 8, WTIITE GOODS. Ac., Ac. R. L. STAPLER. BRADLEY’S PATENT SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME FOR SAI.L BY BOZEMAN & PATE. IPrices IR,ed.uced. to Suit tlie Times! Standard Guaranteed Equal to any Heretofore Sold by Us. Wp are now prepared to fill nrdrr* for tliis excellent Fertilizer, which has given so much satisfaction to the Planters of Georgia for the past three years. A limited quan tity will be sold on time for approved city acceptance. Send in Your Orders Early. Parties wishing to hold Cotton in sntieipation of an advance in price*, and win mar prefer buying Phosphate now at Cash. Price, without paying die money down, can make satisfactory arrangements with us. Liberal Cash Advancos Mads on consignments of Cotton- For farther particulars, apply to L. J. GUILMARTIN & CO., Cotton Factors, Commission Merchants, and General Agents for Georgia, SAVANNAH, OMORGIA. BOZEMAN & PATE will supply Planters with this valuable Fertilizer on the most liberal terms. mar 10-2 m The Eureka flmmoniated Bone supcr-Phosg>hate % of Liinc Is for sale at all points of importance in Georgia. "We have Sold, it Five Successive Years, And Know It ia the very Article for Planters to TJso. David Dickson, Esq., of Oxford, says it is superior to any Commercial Fertilizer lie ever applied, and recommends it to everybody. We sold over Two Thousand Tons in Georgia last Year. It has been tried and always paid the Planter. Will be Exchanged for Cotton. Send for s pamphlet An Agent may be found at almost every depot, but informa tion can always be had of T. W. SIMS & CO., Savannah, Ga. • WM. M. OLIVER, Agent at Ilawkinsvillo, Georgia. 1 have been appointed Agent at this place for the above Fertilizer, and win keep on hand an unlimited quantity. Cotton will be tuken in exchange, next Fall, and Planters allowed 15 cents for the same. Patronage solicited. WM. M. OLIVER feb2-3w The Best Whiskies, Brandies, Wines .A.n.d Cigsurs, a.t tlie WHITE CORNER BAR. Pulaski Sheriff’s Sale. . Will l>e sold before the Court UottM door lit the town of Hawkinsville, within the usaual hours of sale, on the first Tues day iu May next, the following property to wit: One hundred and twenty-five bushels sf corn, more or less, levied on as tlie proper ty ot J. W. Hill, to satisfy one lien n fa in favor of John Henry A Cos., vs..said HilL —ALSO— Sixty bushels of corn, more or less, levied on as tlie property of John N. Evans, to .satisfy one lien (i fa in lavor of John Hen ry A Cos., vs. said Evans. - i —ALSO— One house and lot in the town of Ilawk iusville, known its the same now occupied by Henry Waterman, as Livery Stables. Levied upon as tlie prtqierty of Henry Waterman to satisfy ono Pulaski County Superior Court ti lain favor of J. W. La throp vs, said Henry Waterman. —ALSO— Two lots of laud Nos. 129 in the 20th District and lot No. 42 in the 22d District of originally Wilkinson now Pulaski coun ty , containing each 202) acres. Levied on us the properly of J. B. Corbery, to satisfy two Pulaski county tux ti tas for the years 1809 aud 1870, vs said Corbery. U. O. FULUHUM, Sheriff. mar 30-tds.—Prs. fee $3.50 a levy. Wilcox Sheriff Sale. Will be sold before the Court House door in the town of Abbeville, Wilcox county, between tbc usual hours of sale, -m tin- first Tuesday in June next, the fol lowing property, to-wit: Lot of land No 209 in the first district oi originally Irwin now Wilcox county. Levied on as the property of T. C. Milch ell to satisly one U fa issued from Wi.cox Superior Conn in favor of A. L. Tippett vs. said T. C. Mitchell. Property |M>iuled out by Jacob Watson, pluiutitrs attorney, —ALSO— At the same time and place, one Water Mill. Levied on os the pro|»eny of losepii Duels to satisfy one mechanic's den ti fa iu favor of Joseph Huckliulter vs. .aid Davis. Property pointed out by Pule A Ryan, plaudit's attorneys. JAMES M. GRIFFIN, apl3 prs. fee $.1.50 a levy Sheriff. Guardian’s! Sale. By virturo of an order from the Court if ordinary oi Pulaski county, I will sell as guardian of Needham Davis, William Da .is, Ray Davis, Wurran Davis, Elizabeth Davis and Nancy Davis, minor children ifZ. L. Davis, deceased, before the court iOUse door iu the town of lluwkiusville a said county, on the ftist Tuesday in day next, all of the interest of said minors each having one eight in lots of land Nos. ,5J and laii ill 20lii district of origi nally \\ ilßinsou and Pulaski now Dodge county,) containing four hundred acres more or lcs.->. Terms cash. NANCY DAVIS, Guardian. Mar 10-tds pr fee $5 50 GEORGIA—Irwin County. Whereas, J. Z Sutton applies to me for letters of administration on tlie estate of Ashley C. Sumner, late of Irwin county, lcscai-ed : These arc, therefore, to cite and admon* sh ull pci.Mins concerned to lie and appear it my utlicc on or la.-I'orc the first Monday in >Liy next, to show cause. If any they have, why said letters should not be gran ted ilie applicant. Given under my hand and official signature. WILEY WHITLEY. Ordinary. mar 30—30 d.—pr. fee $3.50. Ladies’ Hats and Sundowns, Something New and Pretty. Ladies’ Dress Goods. Alpncas, Poplins, Pique’s, Lcnoes, Muslins, Lawns, Grenadines. Perca les, Organdie, Or gandines, Ac., Ac. GEORGlA—Pulaski County. Whereas, Thomas Scarbrough having sp illed to nte for letters of guardianship for Vnna C. Mims, minor child of Elio* Ylims, deceased: This is, therefore, to cite and admon sh all persons interested to be nnd ap ■ear at my office within tlus lime preserbed >y law and show cause, if any they have, aliv said letters should not be granted and -sited to stud applicant Given under my land and official signature, this April lOlii, 1811. J. J. SPARROW, aplß-lnt pr. fee $3.50 Ordinary. Notice to debtors and Creditor* All persons indebted to the estate of riioinns Brown, late of Pulaski county dc •eased. are hereby notified to come forward tnd make paymeut; and all those having lemailds against said estate will present them as prescribed by law. It G. FULGIIUM, Administrator. Mar 10—l Oil pr fee $3 50 GEORGIA—Dodge County. Whereas, J. It. Dowdy applies to ma for letters of Administration on the cstatu •f James Studstill, late of Dodge county, ieccased; These are, therefore, to cite and admon shull |M-rsons concerned to be and ap ■>ear at my office within the time prescrib ed by law- to show cause, if any they have, why said letters of Administration should not'be granted the applicant. Given under aiy hand and official signature. 8. W. BURCH, aplS-ltn prs. fee $3.50 Ordinary. A. WESTCOTtr Dealer In Stoves and Cooking Utensils, And Manufacturer of Tinware, Sheet Rron, etc. Rooffing and Guttering promptly don* Lightning Rods put up at-short notic* Agent for the Harris Dow Law Cottoi Seeit Planter. 1 have in store some excellent Cookini Stoves, which I will sell at Macon price* freight added. Come and see what I hav< A. WEBTCOTT, fri>l 6-cUJm _ Hawkinsville. SUNDRIES. PERFUMERY, BOOKS, STATIONERY, POCKET CUTLERY, FINE RAZORS, PISH HOOKS AND LINES-, fine assortment at J. A. THOMPSON’S feb2-ly Drug Store. Calicoes from 10 to 12j cents a yard. At THE BED STORE.
