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About The Hawkinsville dispatch. (Hawkinsville, Ga.) 1866-1889 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1874)
HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH. VOL. VIII. Five Hundred Dollars Reward We will pay the above reward of #SOO for the apprehension and deliv ery to the Sheriff of Wilcox county of one JOHN L. DOZIER, who mur dered L. C. Coleman at Abbeville, Oa., on the night of the 16th Inst. Said Dozier is now at large, and sup posed to be making his way to Or ange county, Florida, or perhaps some other portion of the State. The }>ecple of Dooly and Houston coun ties however, should keep on the lookout for him, as he formerly lh ed In those counties. In addition to the hljovc reward, we are satisfied Qpver nor «—iM oaor a siiHubfc reward for Dozier. ELISHA COLEMAN, JAS. H. MANN. Abbe villi. (J»- March 18, 1874. t>Bscßirrio>r. John L. Dozier is thirty-five or forty years of age, and weighs about 125 or 130 pounds. About five feet three or fonr Inches high, rather dark complexion, dark hair and bine eyes, and has a very bad, vicious looking countenance. His neck is short and rather large, and he has a full face. When last seen he wore a light coL ored suit of clothes, and had a heavy beard nbout half inch long, with moustache and gotee. inch 26 2t Our Terms. The Hawkinsvtixk Dispatch will he sent to anv PflM-olfife iu the I’uited .''talks as follows: One year $2 O ' His months 1 uO Tlu- money must be paid in advance. We cannot and will not do n credit busi ness. All let it t* containing money should lx- registered. Address OF-O. P WOODS, Editor and Proprietor, ts Han kinsvillc, On. Four negroes will lie hung at Thoinasville on the 17th of next, month—‘three for the murder of Mr. Juniper Hail, of that county, last w inter, and one for the murder of his wife. The shift Pocahontas cleared from Savannah on Saturday with 3,550 bales ofcotlon averaging 480i pounds, the largest average carried by any one vessel from that poit this season. The residence of Mr. W. It. Brown, of Fort Valley, «»h destroyed by fire outlie 14th inst. Mr. Brown was quite ill and had to l»o carried from the house. The editor of tho La Orange Re porter says he will give a copy of that paper for a year, “to any young lady in bis place wli*> will discard bustles* corsets, tucks and flounces, and come out in society arrayed in a plain dress u»nde of eight yards of material, and walk erect like her maker intended she should.” A Cure in North Carolina. An exchange says in the range of mountains in Western North t 'arolinn. known as the “Fox Range,” a most singular phenomenon exists. It is a “breathing cave.” In the summer mouths a current of air comes from it so strongly' that a person can't walk against it. while in the winter the suction is just as great. The cool air from the mountain in the summer is felt for miles, in a direct line from the mouth of the cave. At times a most unpleasant odor is emitted from the current from dead carcases of animals sucked iu and killetL by vto lence. The loss of cattle ami stock in that section in winter is accounted for in this way: They range too near the month of the cave, anti the current carries them iu. At times, when the change from inhalation to exhalation begin*, the air is filled with hairs of animal* ; not nnfrequent ly bones and whole carcasses are found miles from the place. The air ha* been known to change materially in temperature during exhalation from quiet cool to unpleasantly hot. withering vegetation within reach, and accompanied by a roariug, gurg ling sound, as a pot boiling. It is unaccounted for by scientific men who have examined it, though no ex ploration can take (dace. It is feared by many that a volcanic eruption may break forth there some time. Wuch things have occurred in places as little unex|M*cted. From Brazil. The Thomasville, Ga., Times has had a call from Mr. J. L. Minehin, who has lately returned from Brazil, his present home, where he went in 1867. He was raised in Thomas county, but prior to the war and his emigration be lived in Jackson coun ty, Fla., where his father still lives, lie is just back on a visit to his rela tives, and expects to return in about two months. His family are in Bra zil. He is pleased with his :ulopted home, aud says he would not nor does expect to return to this country to live. One Idea of Poverty Tt wan Bulwer who said that in nine eases out of b>n poverty is only an idea. Some men with ten thous and dollars a year suffer more want of means thau pjtbers with tlireg Jmn drfed. The reason is, the richer has artificial* wants. His Income is ten thousand, and he suffers enough from being dunned for unpaid debts to kill a sensitive man. A man who earns a dollar a day, and who does uot run in debt is the hnppie: of the two. Vciy few peo- ! pie who have never been tich will be lieve tb'S l*ut it if trim. !*>—.•■* tuottHdii'il and tneuisanfis with prince ly incomes who never know a mo ment's jieace because they live be yond their means. There is really more happiness in the world among j working people, than among those I who are called rich—always provid- 1 ing that poor folks do not. in a small- 1 er way, emulate the prodigality of their rich brethren. Poverty is situ ply a question of the good or had | management of money in hand. The Way .Tones Hived his Bees. Our neighbor Jones is a good man anil an excellent neighbor. His walk is as correct :i» that of most men, and ordinarily he is a consistent member of the baptist Church. We have known hint long and well and never remember to have heard him make use of a single expression that was at all inconsistent with his Christian piofcssions—except once. On this occasion Jones sent for us to show his manner of hiving a swarm of bees. The Ih'cs had attached themselves to the limb of an oak tree, which limb was about as large as your arm, and nearly twenty feet from the ground. Assisting Jones was a little buck ne gro who was forever dodging when a bee chanced to buzz by him. Jones tried to strengthen his courage by telling him that this was the month tiiat bees wouldn't sling. Alter arranging his table and liiye, and having sprinkled the swar.n with water, Jones, with his quilt on his Isick and broom iu hand, commenced to mount the ladder he had placed against the tree. Arriving at the limb he cautiously crawled out, and. having drawn the quilt well forward over his head, he made a gentle down ward stroke with the broom, expect ing to see the swarm fall on the table and immediately march into t e hive, but Jones was mistaken. Even bee in the swarm started for the opening iu the quilt, and literally covered ev ery inch of standing room on his hands, face and ueek. Why Jones didn’t turn loose and drop to the ground has always been a misterv to us ; but he didn't. He simply shook like a fellow iu a strong ague and started for the ladder. Alter he bad touched the ground and cleared him self of as many of the bees as he could reach he seemed to find great consolation in giving vent to his pent up feelings. And when lie threw a chunk of wood at the darkey for mild ly insinuating that he must have been mistaken iu the month, it seemed to help him. But to this day we have never had the courage to' ask Jones to give us a second lesson in hiving bees.—Ex change. The Cultivation of Tea. Mrs. It. J. Screven, of Liberty county, has sent to the editor of the Albany News a package of black tea other own raising and curing. In her letter she deseribes the mode of manipulating and drying the leaves, and bow to raise and protect the plants, and says that the tea plant grows beautifully as high up as Ath ens, (la., and is more sensitive to heat than to cold. She says that a grove of tea plants, onee started, will las» a life-time, and after the roots are well established in the ground, the plant requires no more attention than any of our fruit trees or garden shrubs. —— ~ Some of the cities of modern Cali fornia are on the very sites where ancient races had their dwelling places and their burial mounds. The skeletons of an unknown race have been found in San Francisco sand hills, and workmen engaged in cut ting down a street crossing at Napa recently unearthed the remains of nearly one hundred persons. The skeletons had been partially burned before interment. Mor tare, arrow knives made from obsidian, ami a shell ear drop were discovered. The monument paid for by the Equitable Life Insurance Company of New York, and costing twenty thousand dollars, will be erected over the grave of Col. -Tames Fiske. Jr., at Brattleboiough. Vt., next Decoration Day. The Constitution says Mrs. Ellen Lvch. of Atlanta, has brought suit against the Central road for $50,000 damages for the killing of her hus band, Owen Lynch, by an engine on that road some months since, which killing, as she alleges, was the result of criminal negligence on the part of the company. HAWKINSVILLE, OA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1874. fProm the Columbus Enquirer. THE LAND OF MURDKItS. Another Deed of Blood in Ala bama-Two Negroes Kill tun Old Alan and Tr> to KW His Wire. Alabama, of late, appears to be the land <d blood—of crime of every de scription. The word may mean “Here we rest," but bad laws and worse judges, who give immunity to crim inals, have changed it to a rest in the grave. On Friday Mr. Latkiu Allen, whose home is in (.’lav--.county, Ala.. chickens, 4c. flfwas proprietor - of j a small store iu his county, and lias i visited this place every few months ! for a long period of years, in order to | sell country produce, and was well j known in the city. On tills trip he was accompanied by bis wife, lie j disposed of his stock in trade for j sonic three hundred dollars. Having bought some $250 of goods from the Eagle and Phoenix Manu factory, he started for home. They encamped that night very near Mr. Vi Inti's place in Lee county, Ala., a little over four miles from Columbus. pkrfkot security, the aged pair thought, was around them. They were w ithin call of sev eral houses, and on the side of a pub lic thoronehliirc. No suspicion of danger lurked in their bosoms. They forgot, however, they were in a State Controlled by officers whose statutes m»P|wit+ lawlessness, and with judges who were forced on the people by 'he votes of the ignorant anti prejudiced, and whose terms have not yet ex pired. They di l not dream of this; so the oxen were unyoked, fire built, and the good wife commenced pre paring supper. THE MCHDKHBRS ON TIIK TRACK. ’I he pair had noticed in the after noon a couple of armed negroes fur in their rear, but jmid no attention to them. Vhe\ were observed bv other parties. Now, since the tragedy, Mrs. Allen rcmcmliers the same ne- grots kept an eye on the movements of her liuslmnd in Columbus. They knew him, and what he came for, and supposed he would return home w ith considerable money. The plan to rob ami mnrder was very simple, ns Mr. Allen and his wife were old ami feeble. THK IlEBn OF MIRDKR. About 7 'o'clock these *»ct r roes came to the camp fire—tl!ev * said to get warm. Becoming troublesome Mr. Allen ordered them away. They retired very sullenly. Mr. Allen -topped into his wagon to get some thing. when the black villains re turned hastily. One tired at Mr. A lien, emptying two loads of buck shot from a double barrel gun. Ti e body fell across the* tongue of the wagon, where it was found. ATTEMPT TO KIU. MR-. VI.LKN. Mrs. Allen commenced screaming. She was ordered to desist, hut would not. A villain then filed a gun. laud ed with small shot, at her. lie missed his aim. but the weapon was so dose that the powder burned her face bad ly. :i|id set her bonnet on tire. This produced the impression at first that shcaiad been shot in the face. Her bonnet was nearly burned off. THE MURDERER* MISS TIIE BOOTV. Mrs. Allen continued screaming, and the neighborhood was aroused. Soon .Mr. Velati. Hiram Gibson, and O'.hers, arrived. Mr. Allen was ly ing senseless across the tongue of the wagon, bleeding and covered with blood, and his wife had well-nigh lost her reason. The wounded man was carried to the house of Mr. George T. Lynch, near the Holland place, where he died in two hours. On examina tion it was found that his pocket book, containing forty dollars, was intact, and the goods were undis turbed. CORONER S INQUEST was held yesterday. Verdict was that deceased came to his death from gun shot wounds—shooters unknown. The remains were carried to Clay county by Mrs. Allen on next night’s t rain. Singular Conduct for a Young Molt. The Enquirer says a young man from tho country went to Columbus the other day. and deported himself in a strange manner. His parents and brothers say he never took a drop of intoxicating liquors in his life. He put it]) his horse at a stable, and sold him to two tnen. but re ceived no money. On the same day lie wandered in a dozed condition about the city, and borrowed two dol lars from a friend. He was carried to a boarding house, left after awhile and strolled around town, then re turned to same quarters. Next morn ing, on being awaked by the proprie tor, he had no recollectiou of the pre vious day’s proceedings, or borrow, ing the money, or how he came there from his home—distant fifty-two miles —and thought lie was in his own lied. His own account is, that he started from his father’s house, and cannot recall any incident after his horse threw him on approaching a creek. He was sent home. lie claims not to have drank a drop, and the blow received in tho fall may have ebfusticated his intellect. Anv how, the story is vouched for. One dollar will pay for the Dis fatcu six uiouUw j [From tlio Advirtiser. Agnes’ Reward. BV A YOCNO I.ADV OF FORSy TH. Thdlikraiy was elegantly furnish led Dark green curtains shut out a , view of Uuiiog wiliub enveloped the [earth, and a blight fire threw its rud i dy glow over all the room, lighting iup the pictures on the wulis, and driving the shadows out of the cor ners. A piang uucjUiied one corner ot the room. Musi ov.-t Me instnj:«s4t said An the'flout, as if Mime om been trying Uw> merits of com amL iwffjwn ; i>- There was a fair little lady silting on the rug before Uiu fire. Evident ly it was she who had been endeavor ing to hasten the slow minutes by music’s magic power. She l tossed back the heavy curls which tell around her, and thy lauc*. was increasing in rapidity, when a’ p al from flic door bell ring throngh the house. "There is pup* now,’ - she exclaim ed. rising hastily. She was very small, this little lady, and she bad the brightest, bluest eyes yon ever saw, while her smile lit tip her face like sunshine. She was the kind of a wofrin with whom we all involuntarily DU in love, and or whom we find ottfpclves iuventiug pet names. “So you've come at last, have you?” said she.* as a middle-aged man caiue into ttte room. “do you've come at last. Well, butter late than never. I am really provoked with vou. because you didn't enme straijht home from the office. Honor bright now, didn’t you stop? Oh yes Iso you did stop, did you? What business have you to loiter on the way home, when you know that your little daughter is waiting for yon ? Take that for your punishment, and that, and that.’’ Then she perilled herself upon his knee and kissed him repeatedly. Something must have troubled her, for presently she raised his face with erne hand, while with the other she biushed back the lark hair from his forehead. Then she looked at him long and earnestly. At length she said: “Something is trohhling you. You are pale and there are great blaek rings under your eyes. For aliainc! to have a trouble and not tell mo.” When seeing turn pidur, she exclaimed : “ Papi’^jipajte! what is it? Tel' ibp. filcsSt iSli me?” She jumped front knee nhd knelt by his sids; qj**£nirthfuluess gone from her face r*?/, and while her eyes •hone t' ' tears, lie left her kneeling wleral<L\was, and paced the floor i xJS ,t last, in a calm, cohl voice, I" ,{ff he hoped she might hear, lie sal*!: "Agnes, we are ruined. Clio bank in which I deposited my fortune lias failed. The failure was caused by the recent crisis. So little daughter, you and I arc poor now—almost pen niless—when we compare what has been saved from the wreck to what we possessed before. We must sell all and leave.,’ She was stunned. Give up her home! The home of her childhood, made sacred to her by the memory of her beloved mother. Must stran gers dwell where her mother breathed her last! She could not do it. They would desecrate the room Then she raised her head to look around the room she was so soon to leave, to look at every object, made doubly dear by the thought oi separation. Her eyes fell upon the stricken man near her, and she exclaimed : “Father! you have me yet." She put her arms around him, and her hair fell before their faces as if to conceal their tears. For his sake she must control herself, for his sake she must be stronur. She forced bock the old smile to eves and lips, and there was a bright, brave expression in her face as she said; “Cheer op, papa! You have me vet, and then, too, you said that you are comparatively poor; which means that We have yet a little. We will be obliged to sell the house,” Here the little lady faltered, but gaining courage, site exclaimed : “But then, you know, we can buy another, a smaller one. I can give music lessons, or teach, or do any thing, and you can soon have plenty to do in your profession. Won’t it be funny to Utile Agnes, to see me controlling my pupils ? 1 can do it, if I try right hard. And icon’/ 1 rule them! There, laugh a little, father, just to please me ! And our little house with me for a house keeper. Why, papa, we will be hap pier there than ever. Indeed we will.” So successful was slie in the at tempt to console her despondent fath er, that before the supper-bell rang, she had brought back a faint smile to hi* lips. Before the end of the wreck, Col, Bentford’s beautiful residence had been sold, and he with his daughter were occupying a small cottage in a quiet fiat t of t he eitt. Their fashionable friends thought it exceedingly strange, talked awhiie about it, ana then forgot them. Agijes cared but little about the remarkable change in the manner of most of her former friends; perhaps she was too busy to notice it. L'here wat no music or French teacher in that part of the city, and she soon obtained a large class. She was busy with her pupils, from morning till late ill the afternoon of three days in every week, and. when not busy in that way, she ran about the house, singing as sweetly and merrily as a bird. Under her care, flowers soon began to bloom around the house, and the little veianda before the house was soon covered with graceful creepers | VV hen she came into the house she ; brought the suuslnie with her, and music followed her wherever she | went. i Perhaps it is not much, this quietly taking up our troubles and bearing j them che.rfully. Thousands of wo men do it daily. The victory over A *'(f i* fought so frequently and quiet ly that lookers on are insensible of the difficulties of the conflict. Ev i erybody, from the historian to the i school-boy, eulogizes and extols the .heroes „f history. Will it seem ; strange, if «a» say that woman is a greater cooqSehsr wbo rules her feei initeor b r I'wsrl in open conflict,” ™, if wecom •1 only look behind every smiling face and see the heart ache; if we could only know whether the bright eyes that we love are bright from happiness or bright with feigned smiles; if we could follow the joyous sunshiny tomeri that make Fite a blessing to n«. into their silent chambers and see the lieart-sohs, con trolled until then for our sakes, as they shake the delicate frames, I wonder if we would ever say again that this eontentedness through trouble 5a a little tliingf .Many and many a bright moon shone upon Agues as she prayed ear nestly for strength ; many and many a sburner's zphvr crept through the half-clostsl blinds to kiss away the tear staines from her face. On many and many a day did site take up the burden and bear it bravely, cheering her father and strengthening him when he shrank back from the diffi culties which surrounded hi in. One trouble was banter to bear than all others. When she was rich. |>etted, flattered, she gave her heart to Paul Raymond. He was then a student in her father’s law office. When he was admitted to the Bar he paid very little attention to his pro fession because his great wealth ren dered it unnecessary. Agues had every reason to love him and to feel proud of him ; he was handsome, refined, remarkably intel ligent. and bis perfect morality and integrity enabled her t<> place the ut most confidence in him. At the tinn of Col. lfentford’s failure Paul was absent, traveling tlnongh Europe. He was expected to return in the Autumn. Autumn came and passed; Winter and Spring passed ; Summer flowers had bloomed and now Autumn was again approaching, yet Agnes had not heard a word from l’aul. Alter she had hojied and waited Mntil she could ho|>o and wait no longer she took those letters of his which she had. and |>u’ them, with his picture, out of her sight forever. This she did silently, and no one ever knew how fnuch pain the strug gle east her. One afternoon as she was walking slowly toward home, after having given her last music lesson for the day. she heard her father's voice call ing to her to wait. C?lu- turned quick Iv and saw him coining down the street towards her. She went to meet him, and. ns he took her hand in his he said anxious- “Daughter, you look pale, I hope ! you are not sick ?” “1 am quite well, father. The only ; way 1 can account for niv paleness is j that I have just come from little Klla Smith's. She is learning an arrange- j merit of "Mocking Bird." and she' murders it in such a terrible manner j it is enough to make any one pale. Yet 1 cannot help smiling when she plays it, the dear child is so blissfully j ignorant of any such thing as “time.” j “You are a brave little daughter.' I am glad that I have some good news to tell you to remove the pain ful recollection of the slaughtered j “Mocking Bird.” 1 met harry Clif-j ford this afternoon and lie wishes me 1 to manage a lawsuit for him. The ! case ihvolves a great deal and I have ’ had such had luck recently that I am ; afraid to undertake it. I've come to von For advice.” “Why take the oa«e by all means. ! Mr. Clifford is a man of great influ ence, ami if you gain his case, as of course you will, he will certainly use bis influence for you. You and he were good friends once, were you not ?" -Yes. Harry ands attended the j same school in Virginia. He ntar- i ried and settled there and I moved j to Alabama and have lived here ever since that time, f bad heard nothing j of Harry for several years and was I astonished to meet him to-day. Hu had been looking for me for some lime before I saw him. ha 1 been to my office but, could hear nothing j of me. 1 would have brought him ' down to tea this evening, but he had i an engagement at Judge Raymond's. [ By the way, Agnes, here is a letter I for you. a quondam friend of yours j handed it to nte to-day.” They were now at home. Agms> hurried to her room to read the let-; ter. Col. Bentford drew a chair out , of the veranda and threw himself into it. His mind still dwelt upon the "Clifford case.” and Agnes’ encoutag j ing words rang yet in his ears. He I had almost decided to lake it. Agnes did not notice the hand-writ- i ing upon the envelope until she reached her room. Then it flashed ! upon her like a blinding light, and it ; was some time before she could com | pose herself sufficiently to read it. T!ie letter was from Paul aud must i have been interesting, for she read until the gorgeous sunset faded, and when the moon arose it shone upon her as she knelt by the window, ridd ing still, though almost blinded by | her tears. He wrote that while in Europe lie met with a party of friends who were on their way to the East. Persuaded J by them he decided to lengthen his tour and visit the East with them. He did not return until they did, which w.v a ft v flat's before he wrote. He had written frequently to her while he was absent but had never re ceived a reply to his letters. On his arrival he went immediately to the old home to find her gone and strang ers in her place. His aunt, Mrs. Ray mond, told him that she, with her father, had gone West. After learn ing, that morning, a true account front Mr. Clifford h» was astonished at his aunt’s report, and was utterly at a loss as to how she could have so mistaken the circumstances. (Agnes remembered, however, how Mrs. Ray mond had neglected her since her misfortune.) lie asked to let him rs 'K^ r "Y 1 *? ouW dtolaln 1 tmlS cbnTTsrd niter rati. ! cr?t7 Bentford gained the “Clifford case,” after one of his old rousing speeches. Clients once more flocked to him and he once more held his position at the bar. Mrs. Raymond again became gracious to our little Agnes, and Ag nes. with her usual kindness, forgot the slights of the past. She was overflowing with happiness, and one night, after Col. Bentford had placed her hand iu Paul's and gave them to each Ollier forever, she thanked the Good God (as she knelt by the bed side) who had sustained her through her troubles and who at last Bestowed upon her the crowning blessing of her life. And you who have watched her through this part of her life, tell m«, has <tie not been rewarded for her courage and bravery? Her trials may seem petty ones to some, but those who have hidden their sorrow* under a smiling mask, well know how difficult was the part she acted. 31. V Deaf Wife uml Aunt. 1 had an aunt coining to visit me for the fust time since my marriage, and I don't know .what evil genius prompted the wickedness which I perpetrated toward my wife and an cient relation. “.My dear," said 1 U> mv w ife on the day before my aunt's arrival, “you know Auut Mary is coming to morrow , well, 1 torgot to mention a rather annoying circumstance with ! regard to her. She is very deaf; and allhought she can bear icy voice, yet i you will be obliged to speak extreme iy loud iu order to be heard, it l will be rather inconvenient, but 1 know you will do everything in your power to make her visit agreeable.” j Mrs. announced her deter mination to make herself Iteurd, if it was in her power. I then went to .John X , who loves a joke about as well as ary body 1 know of, and told him to lie in the house at t» p. in. the following evening, and felt comparatively liap py- -1 went to the railroad depot w ith a carriage next* night, and when I was on my way home with my aunt, 1 said : “M y dear mini, there is one latlu r annoying infirmity that Annie (my wife) has, which I forgot to j m otion before. She is very deaf, and although she can hear my voice, to which she is accustomed, in its ordinary tones. vet you will lie oblig ed (o speak extremely loud in order to be heard. lam sorry for it.” Aunt .Mary, in the goodness of her heart, protested that, she rather liked speaking aloud, and to do so would afford her great pleasure. The carriage drove up-on the steps was my wife—in the window was John X . with a face as utterly solemn as if he had buried his relatives that afternoon. “1 am delighted to see you,” shrieked my wife, and the policeman on the opposite side was startled, and my aunt nearly fell down the steps. "Kiss me, mv dear,” bawled inv aunt; and the windows shook as if with the fever and ague. 1 looked at 1 the window; John had disappeared. | Human nature could stand it no long- er. 1 poked ray head into the car- j i iage and went into strong convnl- [ sions. When I went into the parlor iny wife was helping Aunt Mary to take i off her hat and cape; ami there sat John with his face buried in bis I handkerchief. “Did you have a pleasant jour- i ncy ?” suddenly went off my wife ; like a pistol, and John nearly jumped to his feet. “Rather dusty,” was the response, in a warhoop, and the conversation continued. The neighbors for blocks around i must have heard it. When I was in ! the third story of the building l i heard every word. in the course of the evening my j aunl took occasion to say to mo : “llow loud your wifi- talks!” 1 told her deaf persons talked loud- j ly, and that my wife being used to j it, was not affected by the exertion, and that she was getting along very nicely with her. Presently my wife said softly.— j “Alf, how loud your aunt talks !” * “Yes,” said I. all deaf persons do. You’re getting along with her finely though; she hears every word you say.” And 1 rather think she did. Exalted at their success of being understood, they wont it hammer and tongs, till everything on the mantel-piece clattered again, and I was seriously afraid of a crowd collecting in front of the house.” But the end was near. My aunt being of an investigating turn of mind, was desirous of finding out whether the exertion of talking was injurious t> my wife. So—“ Doesn’t talking so loud strain your lungs ?” said she, iu an unearthly whoop, for her voice was not as musical as it was when she was young. •It is an exertion,” shrieked my wife. •• Then why do you do it ?" was the answering scream. “Because because —you can’t hear if 1 don’t.” “W hat!” said aunt, rivaling a rail road whistle at the time. I Itegan to think it tiin*' toevacuatc NO. 13 the premises; and looking aromd and seeing John gone, I stepped into the back parlor, and there he lay flat on his back, with his feet at right angles with his body, rolling from side to side with his "fist poked into his ribs, and a most agonized expres sion of countenance, but not uttering a sound. I immediately and involun tartly assumed a similar attitude, and I think from the relative position of our feet and heads and our attempts to restrain our laughter, appoplexy must inevitably have ensued, if a horrible groan which John gave vent endaav r -y suppress his risibilityA’V-Jiat.netj .... - HTOTshcd my wife nftfl annt, who bv this time comprehended the joke and such a scolding as I got then 1 never got before, and I hope never to get again. 1 know not what the end would have Iteeu if John, in his endeavors to be respectful and sympathetic, hail not given vent to such a groan and a hoarse langh that all gravity was up set, and we screamed in concert. J know it was wrong, and all that, to tell such a falsehood, but I think that Mrs. Opfs herself would have laughed if she had seen Aunt Mary’s expression when she was informed Unit her hearing was defective. JAMES J. CONNER, -A.ttorn.ey a.t Law, DUBLIN, : ; QA< Respectfully solicits the patronage of his fellow-countrymen. f<cl*26 ts ° C ~OKSK - A. « SMOK HORNE & CONE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ll.vwKtxsvii f,r, Ga i OFFlCE—Commerce Street, between Joiners’ Store tinrl the Dispatch Printing Oflfce- feb96-Iy J. H. WOODWARD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, VIENNA, ... . r ,A Will continue the practice t , Law as heretofore. All business entrusted to MX care will receive prompt attention. OFFlCE—Vienna, Gu. novlS ts OLO. W. JORDAN. JONATHAN RIVERS JORDAN & RIVERS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, HA WKIXSYIU.F., OA., Mill practice in the-counties of the Oeonce* Circuit, Twfojs and Wilkinses, and anywhere in the .Shite by special cou- Offire up stairs in the obi Court House. I. L. TOOLE, Attorney at Law, VIENNA, GA nor 13 if JOHN H. MARTIN. -A.ttorn.e3T a.t AND leal estate AOFNT, nAWKIKWHU, OA. Will practice in Hie < nun tie* of Pulaski Houston, Dooly, Wilcox, Irwin, Telfair Dodge and Laurens. mayß2 L. C. 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