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HAWKINSVILIIE DISPATCH.
VOL. XL
Professional Directory.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
ISAAO L. TOOLE,
ATTORNEY Af LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
Will practice in the cdunties of Hous
ton, Dooly, Pulaski, Macon, Sumter and
Worth. AI9O in the Supreme Court of
Gfeoma, and in the United States Circuit
nail District Courts within the State. All
bueiness entrusted to liis care will receive
prompt attention. febl tf
" 0. C; HORNE,
Attorney at law,
Hawkinsville* Qa.
The Criminal Practiee, a specialty.
January 4, 1877. jn4 ly
WOOTEN &
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
VIENNA, GEORGIA.
aprlß-tf
C. C. SMITH,
Attorney anti Counsellor at Law,
And Solicitor in Equity,
McVILLE, - - - GEORGIA
Refers to Hon. Clifford Anderson, Capt.
Jelin C. Rutherford and Walter B. Hill,
Esq., Professors of Law, Mercer Universi
ty Law School, Macon, Ga.
Prothot attention given t all business
entrusted to nly Care. mar 22 6m
EDWIN MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Perry, Georgia.
Will give immediate and careful atten
tion to all business entrusted to him in
Houston and adjoining counties
Office in Home Journal buildiug on
public square. aprl3 tf
ROLLIN A. STANLEY,
ATTORNEY At LAW,
Dublin, Georgia.
Will practice in all the counties of the
Oconee Circuit. From long experience
in the Criminal Practice, much of his
time will be specially devoted to that
branch of his profession. feb24 tf
JACOB WATSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ilawkinsville, Georgia.
Will practice in the counties of Pulaski,
Dooly, Wilcox, Dodge,Telfair, Irwin, and
Houston. Prompt attention given to all
business placed in my hands. aprß tf*
LUTHER A. HALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Eastman, Ga.
Will practice in all counties adjacent
to the M. & B. railroad, the Supreme
Court of the State and tile Federal Court
bf the Southern District of Georgia. For
parties desiring, will buy, sell or lease any
real estate, or pay the taxes upon the
same in the counties of Dodge, Laurens,
Wilcox, Telfair and Appling. Office in
the Court House. aprls tf
J. H. WOODWARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
WILL practice in the Superior Courts
in the counties of Dooly, Worth,
Wilcox, Pulasxi and Houston, and by
Special contract in other cour ts. Prompt
attention given to all collections.
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t, C. RYAN. j. 8. MITCHELL.
RYAN & MITCHELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
And real estate agents,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
WILL practice in the counties com
prising tiie Oconee Circuit, and in
the Circuit and District Courts of the
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia. feblltf
' J. M. DENTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IJRACTICES in the Brunswick Circuit
and elsewhere by special contract.
Office at residence, Coffee county, Oa. P.
O. address, Hazlehurst, M. & B. R. R.,
Georgia. feb4tt
W. IRA BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
yJRACTICES in the Superior Courts of
I Oconee Circuit, and elsewhere in the
State by special contract. Collections
and other business promptly attended
to 3-13-ly
JOHN H. MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Hawkiusville, Ga.
PRACTICES in the Courts of Pulaski,
Houston. Dooly, Wliocx, Irwin,
fiSfair, Dodge and Laurens. may-tt
* CHARLES C. KIBBEE,
ATTORNEY at law,
HttWkinsville, Ga.
WILL piactice in the Circipt and Dis
trict Courts of the United States
(or the Southern District of Gcorga, and
n the Superior Courts of Houston, Dooly,
t'hlaski, Laurens, Wilcox, Irwin and
Dodge counties. june 2{fly
JOHN P. DELACt,
ATTORNEY at law,
EASTMAN, GA.
Will practice in the counties of Pulaski,
Dodge, Telfair, Laurens, Montgomery,
Wilcox, and Irwin, of the Oconee Circuit,
and Appling and Wayne, of the Bruns
wick Circuit.
Prompt attention given to all business
entrusted to big bare. tnnl7 tf
John f. lewis. B. b. Leonard
r. o. LEWIS.
LEWIS, LEONARD & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
HAWKINSVILLE, - • - GA.
Bpv and sell Exchange, Bonds; Stocks,
Gold tttid Silver, and attenu promptly to
all collections left with ns.
Will also make loans on good secut itics.
aprs ly
Singer Machine Needles and Sew
ing Machine Oil for sale by
J. B. King.
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A deduction of 25 cents will be
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No credit subscribers taken. The
Dispatch has the largest bona fide
circulation of aily weekly paper in
the State.
Geo. Pi Woods,
tf Editor and Proprietor.
The gdld mines iii North Georgia
are more remunerative now than
they have ever been.
“Avoid that which you blame oth •
ers for doing,” says one of our wise
men. Well, things have come to a
pretty pass when a man can’t kiss
his Own wife.
Last week two girls fought a duel
near Ghent, Carroll county, Ky., in
which one was killed. The quarrel
was about a beau. Knives and pis
tols were the weapons and the knives
did the work.
The artesian well in Charleston,
S. C., has been bored to the depth
of 1,450 feet and no water obtained.
They intend to have it if they have
to bore through to China.
Quinine is now sb high in price in
Europe that doctors are using in
stead the liquid solution of strych
nine, and find it nearly as efficacious
and much cheaper.
The New York Sun nominates
Hetiry Ward Beecher to the vacant
pulpit of Brigham Young, as a suita
ble successor able to fill every re
quirement of the Mormon creed.
There is a young man in Cincin
nati who is so modest that he will
not “embrace an opportunity.” He
would make a good mate foi the lady
who fainted When she heard of the
naked truth.
►
There is just one thing about it.
The lady who insists on carrying a
good portion of her dress in her hand
has got to keep her shoes tied up, or
let everybody know that she left
home in a hurry.
The Sumter Republican says : A
young man named Thomas Johnson*
about twenty-two years of age, son
of Mr. B. S. Johnson, of Macon
County, was thrown from a wagon
near his father’s residence, about
two miles from Grangerville, on
Monday, the 27th of August, and
received injuries from which he died
the following AA’ednesday.
They were a loving couple, husband
and wife, and were excursionists to
Savannah. They stood before the
Confederate monument in the extend
ed park, gazing in Wrapt admira
tion upon it. She asks: “What’s
that figure on top?” “That’s a god
dess!” he answered. “And what’s a
goddess ?” “A woman that holds her
tongue*” he replied. She looked at
him sideways and then began plan
ning how to make a peach pie with
stones in it for the benefit of his
weak tooth News .
H. H. J., of the Telegraph and
Messenger, speaks as follows of the
management of the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad : “If a smooth
track, uniform and creditable speed,
perfect time-table, courteous officials,
and every possible precaution for
the safety and comfort of the way
farer, are standards of railroad ex
cellence, then the Commissioners,
Superintendent and all concerned,
are entitled to the thanks of the
commonwealth. No read in Geor
gia is better regulated or more
Systematically conducted.”
The following are two stanzas of
a sacred song which is very popular
among the negro worshippers in some
sections of the country, and which
has a large run, particularly on revi
val Occasions:
I shake the dus’ off oh my feet,
An’ walk barefoot on d6 golden street:
1 know my hide's chock full of sin,
But I know old Peto will let me in.
cnonus.
Den rise, rise children up in a crowd,
An’ shout and sing to the angels loud :
An’ fix your eyes on de las’ oh rest,
Case hell am Hot s a hornet’s nest.
The Boston Herald says: “The
Empire State of the South is looking
up. Gteneral Bob Toombs, having
been assured that bis political disa
bilities will be removed by Congress
this winter, is intending to run for
Senator Gordon’s place. Hon. Benj.
Hill, the amber-haired statesman, is
already talked of in Georgia as the
next Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. General Longstreet,noir
a citiEen of Georgia, is talked of for
United States Marshal. Georgia in
tends to be a live member of the
Union/*
HAWKINSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1877.
A Dooly County Man in
Texas.
Plano* Collin County* Texas,!
September 5* 1877. j
Editor Hawkinsville Dispatch :
As I promised some of my friebds
in Dooly to give them some descrip
tion of this country, with your per
misson I will do so through your
paper.
Our tickets cost $27.95 each from
Macon, Ga., to Dallas City* Texas,
and 90 cents from there to Plano.
We arrived here December the 18th.
The winter was very severe; for two
weeks after we arrived the ground
was covered With snow. In winter
the northers are sometimes very se
vere, and we sometimes have them
in summer; hut then they are noth
ing more than a hard wind fiom the
norlh: We sometimes have very
hard winds from the south, and al
most always have a good breeze,
which makes this country very pleas
ant in summer.
The Spring was very backward
and unfavorable, which, together
with the thousands of grasshoppers
that were then here, and the drouth
in summer, greatly injured the pres
ent crop. It is estimated that the
average yield of wheat for this coun
ty is 15 bushels per acre ; corii, about
25 bushels; oats, 40 bushels; cotton,
about one-half bale. This is consid
ered a low estimate for this county.
Improved lands are worth from $lO
to S2O per acre; unimproved lands
from $5 to $lO. Land rents for one
third of corn and grain, and one
fourth of cotton. Money rent, $4.50
per aero. This CtiUnty is very well
supplied with water and of a very
good quality. There are a good
many creeks in this county, but most
of them go dry in summer; but there
are numerous springs which afford
plenty of water for stock. Wells are
generally from twenty-five to thirty
feet deep and the water is obtained
without much difficulty. There is
plenty of firewood, but rail timber is
scarce. The general health of this
county is good; We have very good
society here. I find the people clev
er, sociable and hospitable, though
but very little interest is manifested
in religious affairs. Collin county is
very thickly settled* the population
will reach some 15,000. There are
not a great many emigrants coming
to this county.
I returned a short time since from
a trip out West, through Denton,
Wise, Jack, Clay, Montague and
Cook counties. Denton county,
east of the cross timbers, is very
much like Collin, the soil is generally
very deep and rich. The land in the
cross timbers is sandy and is not so
good, but there are good farms in the
valleys. West of the coss timbers,
for ten miles* the land is good, and
is what is called “hog-wallow land.”
It is very black and has some sand
in it. This land can be bought for
$3.50 and $5.00 per acre. Water can
be had by digging from thirty to for
ty feet.
AA r ise coiinty, east of Decatur, the
county site, is broken. The land is
not very good. The ridges are cov
ered with gravel. Wood and water
scarce, and the country thinly set
tled. From Decatur to a creek called
Big Bandy, a distance of seven miles,
the land is poor and sandy, and of a
light red color. This land lies in the
upper cross timbers. From this
place to the line of Jack county the
land is better. With good seasons it
produces from twenty-five to thirty
bushels of corn per acre, and one-half
bale of cotton per acre. It is about
as good for wheat and oats as the
black wax land ; it is better for po
tatoes, turnips and melons. This
part of Wise county is a pretty coun
try, the land lies well, and is close,
red sandy land. The timber con
sists of post oak and black jack, and
is good timber lor Texas. There are
prairies all through this timber, va
rying in size from ten to three hun
dred acres. In some portions of this
county water is scarce. The wells
are from sixty to seventy feet deep,
but near the line of Jack county
water is more plentiful, and Can be
had at from twenty-eight 'to thirty
feet. There are thousands of acres
of school lands which can be bought
at from $1.50 to $2.50 per acre on
ten year’s lime, at seven per cent, in
terest ; one-tenth to be paid yearly.
The soil of Jack county is very much
like thai of Wise, but the land is
more broken. Ibis county is rather
mountainous. The mountains and
ridges are covered with large rocks,
on account of which it is difficult to
get water iu some places. More at
tention is paid to stock raising than
to farming, but the grain crop was
good. I saw cotton locking in rows
four feet wide. The corn is poor,
owing to the long drouth in the sum
mer. There is some vacant land to
give to actual settlers, but they have
no society there; in some places no
regard is paid to the Sabbath day.
There is some good land in the
southern portion of Clay connty, In
the south east part of the county
there is a ten mile prairie, which
three years ago had but few settle
ments on it; now it is thickly settled
and there are good schools and
churches there. The greater part of
Clay is prairie, no timber, water
scarce. The land is broker, and
seems to be of an inferior quality.
The farmers cultivate the prairie land
without any fence at ail. It is a
great country for stock, but there is
a stock law there and stock raisers
keep their stock in herds; Some
people in Clay county live in houses
made of poles stuck in the ground*
daubed with mud, and covered with
boards, with dirt floors. Land is
cheap and the county thinly settled.
Montague is mostly covered with
cross timber. There is some good
land in the county, but it is generally
poor and most of it filled with" oak
fanners and devil shoe string; The
northern part of the county is very
broken. Water is scarce, and judg
ing from the number of prisoners in
jail* society is very poor. There are
thirteen in jail, and eleven of that
number for murder. Cook county is
all prairie except the eastern part.
It is black sandy land ; the soil is not
generally very deep; in some places
the white rock is on top of the ground.
It is thinly settled, except on the
creeks. The land lies Well, av>
around a little place Called Valley
View it is good, and can be bought
at from three to five dollars per acre.
Cook is well adapted to stock raising.
We are well satisfied here, though
we find some disadvantages. In wet
weather the mud is very disagreea
ble on this black land. On account
of the scarcity of timber, we cannot
have the conveniences about the
farm that we could in Georgia* blit
my greatest objection is the ungodli
ness of the people, and the little in
terest manifested in religion. This
is a plentiful country* though the
crop this year is short. The most of
farmers will be able to pay all their
indebtedness; There are but few
negroes here. Cotton picking is
from seventy-five cents to one dollar
per hundred. Some farmers are
offering one-half to get it picked. I
think a poor man can do much better
hero than in South-West Georgia;
There is not a great deal of fruit
raised here, but with proper atten
tion it does well. Sugar cane is not
grown here, but I am confident it
would grow if planted;
Lest I make my letter too long I
will bring it to a close.
Yours respectfully*
M. T. Gulledqe.
LET THE NEW CONSTITUTION BE
RATIFIED.
The Athens Georgian favors the
ratification of the new constitution
on these grounds:
Let it be ratified, for it is our con
stitution framed by the native sons
of Georgia and certainly an accepta
ble substitute for that foiccd upon us
by aliens, carpet-baggers and Scala
wags.
Let it be ratified, for notwithstand
ing it may be defective in some re
spects, yet it is questionably superi
or to the old, and far better suited to
those necessities of government which
the experience of the past ten years
has taught us.
Let it be ratified, for while the
economy therein sought might have
been more judiciously and successful
ly inaugurated in otber and more
needed reforms in our State govern
ment, still it saves in the public ex
penditures about $200,000 annually.
Let it be ratified, tor it removes the
enormous executive patronage which
is susceptible of being improperly
used, which serves to create dissatis
faction, disappointment and opposi
tion to the administration, and which
is at all times an embarrassment to
the Chief Executive of the State.
Let it be ratified, for it provides
for biennial sessions of the legislature
and puts restriction upon local legis
lation which lias been one of the
greatest evils of our legislative sys
tem.
Let it be ratified, for it contem
plates the rcdiiction of expenses and
powers, it seeks the restriction of
privileges and chances for improper
legislation, it inhibits profligacy and
reckless expenditure of the public
money, while it encourages economy
and prudence in the management of
public affairs.
Let it be ratified, for in its general
features, it aims at an organic law
meeting the needed changes in oiir
State Government as indicated by
the popular sentiment and experience
of our people for the past ten years.
Let it be ratified* for well nigh ev
ery valuable of important feature in
this new instrument has been sug
gested or pointed out as necessary in
our constitutional law by the statu
tory enactments of the legislatures
since 1871.
HE HAD BEEN IN THE WAR.
An old soldier who went through
the war of the rebelion, doing duty
at Antietam, Pea Ridge, Lookout
Mountain, Gettysburg, etc., was in
Pittsburg on the late dreadtul Sun
day. He was struck in the small Of
the back with a lump of coal, but
you could not discover that be took
any note of it. A brickbat hit him
alongside of the head and a smile
6tole across the old man’s face. Then
a duzen pistol shots were heard and
a bullet carried away the warrior’s
left ear. The old man held his sides
and laughed until they heard him
away over in Alleghany. As he wiped
the blood from the side of his head
he fairly yelled with delight. “That’s
business !” he exclaimed. “That does
a man’s sonl good 1 If somebody
will only have the kindness to shoot
me in the bowels,now,’’and he waded
into the thick of the fight, “I’ll clean
out the whole caboodle of you 1”
The man who does nothing don’t
amount to much. It makes but little
difference whether he is a millionaire
or pauper, He is only a stagnant
pool, without energy enough to start
a ripple. He diffuses a moral mi
asma over every thing around him.
Do something; don’t stand on the
corner gaping, with your bands in
your pockets, like an idiot. The
world was made to work in, and if
you fill your hearts with good angels,
the bad spirits will keep out, because
there w? room for them.
Married at Sight.
We had been upon the Mediterra
nean station for about a year, when
our commander ohiered the ship to
head for Marseilles. The excellent
and Safe harbor of this Liverpool of
France invites with open arms, as it
were, the various nations whose ton
tiage makes a highway of this fa
mous sea. Here the flags of Itaty*
Portugal, England and America,
mingled with those of the far East,
forming a most interesting maratime
picture.
In the busy streets of Marseilles
one is jostled by Turks, Arabs,
Spaniards, and the queer looking
sailors of the Grecian Archipelago,
while jolly Yankee and British tars
are equally Conspicuous. Indeed,
there is a perfect Babel of tongues
saluting one’s ears everywhere* ow
ing to the heterogeneous mingling of
nationalities while the eye is dazzled
by costumes as varied as a picture of
the Roman carnival. The eity is a
sort of miniature Paris with an Ori
ental dash added.
I was then a young midshipman*
and enjoyed the leave on shore in a
foreign port with boyish delight.—
There were six in our mess, and we
managed to get shore leave sd as to
be together when possible to do so.
This was the case one fine Sunday
in the month of December, as mild
and summer-like in the South of
Prance as a New England May day.
The singular experience of one of
ours number I have often told since
about the mess table or the camp
fire, but have never put it into print.
We were strolling on the square
known as Le Cours St. Louis, a sdrt
of permanent flower market, where
the women sit enthroned in tent-iike
stalls of wood, encircled by their
bright, beautiful, and fragrant wares*
while the manner ef arranging the
stalls, so that the vendcif sits raised
some six feet in the air, gave a novel
effect to the scene.
We watched with special delight
these black-eyed, black-haired and
rosy-cheeked girls, the blush of
health in their faces fairly rivalling
that of their scarlet flowers. AVith
busy fingers they arranged in dainty
combinations the vivid and delicate
colors, relieved by fresh green leaves
and trailing vines of srnilax, while
we young middies joked pleasantly
with them and bought fabulous
qauntities of bouquets.
While we were idling away the
hour ill Le Cours St. Louis with
these roguish and pretty flower ven
dors, we were all thrown into a state
of amazement and curiosity by the
appearance of young a girl of about
seventeen, who rushed among us
with a startling speed, and who,
hardly pausing to regain her breath,
said, in excellent English :
“You are Americans, and I trust,
gentlemen. Is there one among you
who will marry me ?”
“AA r e will all marry you,” was the
instant response, accompanied by
hearty laughter.
“Ah, you are in sport, but I am
in earnest. Who will marry me.”
There seemed to be no joke after
all. The girl was positively in earn
est, and looked at one and all of us
as cooly, yet earnestly, as possible.
“Here, Harry,” said one who was
rather a leadef among us, and ad
dressing Harry B , “you w'ant a
wife*” and he gave our comrade a
sly push toward the girl.
For some singular reason, Harry
took the matter much more in earnest
than the rest of us, and regarded the
new-comer with a most searching but
respectful glance. Approaching her*
he said:
“I do not know exactly what you
mean, but I can understand by the
expression of your face that you are
quite in earnest. Will you take my
arm, and let Us walk to one side ?”
“Yes ; but I have no time to lose,”
and* taking his arm, they walked
away together.
AVe looked upon the affair as some
well prepared joke* but were a little
annoyed at the non-appearance of Har
ry at Our rendezvous on the quay. Our
leave expired at sunset, and we dared
not wait for him, as Captain D
was a thorough disciplinarian, and
we didn’t care to provoke him and
thus endanger our next Sunday’s
leave.
On board we went, therefore, leav
ing Harry on shore. When we re
ported, the question was of course
asked where Midshipman B was,
to which query we eould return no
proper answer, as we really did not
know. He knew perfectly well that
we must all be at the boat-landing
just before sunset. It was plain
enough to us all that there was
trouble brewing for our messmate.
Harry did riot make his appearance
until the next day at noon, when he
pulled to the ship in a shore boat,
and, coming on board, reported at
once to the captain, who stood upon
the quarter deck, and asked the priv
ilege of a private interview.
The circumstances connected with
the absence of llarry were very pe
culiar, and as he was one of the most
correct fellows on board, his request
was granted by the captain, who re
tired to his cabin, followed by the de
linquent. After remaining with the
commander for nearly an hour, he
came out and joined us.
“What is the upshot of it, Harry ?”
we asked.
“Well, lads, I’m married—that’s
all.”
“Married 7” asked the mess, in
one voice.'
“Tied for life t” was the answer;
“Hard and fast?”
“Irrevocably.”
“To that little craft you scrtdded
away with?”
“Exactly. As good ahd pure a
girl as ever lived,” said Harry, ear
nestly. ,
“ W-h-e-w (” whistled one and all.
“How did Old Neptune let you
6ff ?” we aif eargeriy inquired—that
being the name the captain went by
on board.
“He is hard on me,” said Harry,
seriously. “What do you think he
demands, lads ?”
“Can’t say what it is ?”
“If I don’t resign lie will send me
home in disgrace. That’s his ulti
matum.’’
“AY-h-e-w !” again from all hands.
“Let’s get up a petition for Harry,”
suggested one.
It was all up with Harry.
Captain D was a severe but
an excellent, officer, and be had only
given the delinquent the alternative
of resigning or being sent home in
disgrace. The fact that lfe had got
married, in the manner he described,
only aggravated the captain beyond
measure. He declared it was a dis-.
grace to the service, and a breach of
propriety not to be overlooked.
Harry told us his story in a desul
tory manner, interrupted by many
questions and ejaculations, but which
we will put into a simple form for the
convenience of the reader.
Julie Meuride was the orphan
child of a merchant, who had been of
high standing during his fife, and
who left a handsome fortune to en
dow his daughter on hot wedding
day, or if not married before, she
was to receive the property on com
ing to the age of twenty years. Her
mother had died in her infancy* and
the father, when she was ten years
of age, placed her in a convent to be
educated, where she remained Until
his death, which occurred suddenly,
six months previous to the period of
our sketch.
After his death Julie became the
ward of her unde, by the tenor of
her father’s will, and the period of
her educational course having just
closed at the convent, Hubert
Meurice, the uncle, brought her home
to his family circle. Madame Meu
rice, it appears, was a scheming, cal
culating woman, and knowing that
Julie would be an heiress, she tried
every way to promote her intimacy
with her own son, who was an un
couth and ignorant youth of eighteen
years, without one attractive point In
his character.
Hubert Meurice, the uncle of Julie*
was a sea captairl, whose calling car
ried him much away from his home.
During his absence his wife treated
Julie with the utmost tyranny, even
keeping her locked up in her room
for days together, telling her that
when she would consent to marry
her son, Hubert she would release
her, and do all she coidd to make her
happy. But to this Julie could not
consent. Imprisonment even was
preferable to accepting her awkward
and repulsive cousin.
One day she overhead a conversa
tion between ber aunt and her hope
ful son, wherein the mystery of her
treatment was solved.
The boy asked his mother what
was the use of bothering and impor
tuning Julie so.
“If she doesn’t want to marry me,
mother, drop the matter.”
Her father’s will endows her with a
fortune at her marriage, eVen if it be
at seventeen, just her present age.
At twenty she receives the fortune at
any rate; Now don’t you see that if
you marry her we are all fixed for
life ?”
“Does Julie know about the mon
ey ?” lie asked.
“No, of course not.”
“It’s a little sharp on her,” said
the boy.-
“I’m looking out for you,” said
the mother.
“Just so,” intfsed the hopeful.
“I am resolved that she shall mar
ry you, and that is why I keep her
looked up, so that she may not see
someone she would like belter.”
“Lot’s of money, eh ? Well moth
er, let’s go in and win. When shall
it be ?”
“It must be at once;”
“The sooner the better.”
“Your father is expected borne
next week. I want you to be mar
ried before lie returns. He approves
of it, but is a little too delicate about
pressing matters so quickly. I
know that no time is like the present
time, so I have been making ar
rangements to bring this about im
mediately. I have got a I'rotestent
clergyman in my interest, who will
perform the ceremony first, and then
you can be married at any time af
terward in the Catholic church, to
make it valid on her side, for her
father was a Catholic.”
This was enough for Julie. She
understood the situation fully now,
and saw that her aunt would hesitate
at nothing. The poor child feared
her beyend description, and had
yielded to' her in everything, save
this one purpose of her marriage
with Hubert.
Julie was a very gentle girl; one
upon whom her aunt could impose
with impunity. She had no idea
of asserting her rights, much less
of standing up for them. Hut she
was thoroughly frightened now,
anil resolved to escape at any cost
from the tyrariny which bound her.
No fate could be worse, she thought
than to bo compelled to marry that
Coarse, vulgar and impnlsive crea
tur*.
Yes, she would run away at once.
The poor child—for she Was little
more—had hot asked herself where
she should go. She had no other
relations that she knew of in the
world, and the isolated life Blie had
always led had caused her to form
nO intimacies, or even to make
friends with those of her own age.
Indeed, with this prospective for
tune, yet she was alone and unpro
tected, and without a relation whom
she did not look npotf as her enemy.
The next day after Julie had
beard this information was Sunday,
the gayest day of the week in
Marseilles, and, fortunately, Julie
succeeded in making her escape
from her aunt’s house. Still unde
cided where to go, and- in her des
peration fearing that at any moment
she might tie seized and carried
back, she had wandered into the
flower market, whore she came ups
on us, already described.
As she explained to Harry after
ward, she was intent only upon
escape, and believed this to be hot
last chance. When she saw a half
dozen young Americans, whom
seemed perfectly respectable, the
idea that positive safety lay only in
marriage dawned upon her, and she
actually ran toward us, as we have
related, the moment the thought
developed itself.
Harry became more and more
impressed with Julie’s story as they
walked along, while he was delighted
by her innocent beauty and mani
fested refinement. It was all like a
dream, almost too romantic for
truth. Our “fate” sometimes comes
to us in this singular fashion, he
thought. “There is a tide iii the
affairs of men which, taken at the
flood leads on to fortune.” Suddenly
he turned to her and said:
“Dare you trust me with your hap
piness ?
She looked at him thoughtfully,
with Ifer soft, pleading eyres. Her
brain was very busy; she remem
bered what awaited her at home,
what had driven her thence, and
then, in reply to his sober question,
she put both of her hands into his
with child-like-trust.
They wandered on. Julie had
always plenty of money in her
purse* and they strolled into a little
chapel on their way, where they
found a young clergyman, who
could not resist their request to
marry them, backed by ten golden
Napoleons, and so, though reluc
tantly and advising proper delay, he
performed the marriage ceremony,
aided by the sexton and his wife;
who each received a Napoleon.
As an inducement, Harry had al
so told the clergyman that lie was
just going to sea, and that he must
be married before he sailed, that not
even one hour was to he lost.
“Perhaps I am saving the girl’s
honor,” said the young clergyman, as
he finally consented.
Julie Came out of the chape! the
wife of Harry If., who went with her
to the Hotel da Lovre. From here
he sent a pressing note to the Ameri
can consul, who came to him early
the next morning, and by the earnest
pel suasion of Harry, ti e consul
agreed to take the young wife to his
own house, until matters should be
settled as regarded their future
course. In the consul’s house Julie
found a pleasant a,id safe retreat for
the time being.
Whatever might be said with re
gard to the propriety of the young
folks’conduct, it could not be un
done. They were irrevocably uni
ted as husband and wife. Harry
was forced, however, to resign bis
commission. By the aid of the con
sul, Julie's rights in relation to her
fortune under her father’s will were
fully r realized, and she came almost
immediately with her young husband
to America.
Harry 8., by means of proper in
fluence, once more entered the navy,
the second time as lieutenant, and
nofv wears a captain’s epaulets.
I know of no more happy domestic
circle than that which resulted from
this marriage at sight.
RULES TO LIVE BY.
To a young man starting out in
life, there is no surer sign of success
than to have some fixed foundation
upon which to base his action in life.
To those who wish a good practical
set of rules the following are com
mended as cqtial to the best:
1. Never steal, beg, lie or swear.
2. Love,Wear and reverence the
God of Nations, and keep His com
mandments.
3. Let your pledge, word and
agreement be sacicd and faithfully
executed.
4. Pay a debt of one penny ns
promptly as of one dollar; and,
above all, never be worried with
duns, sheriffs or suits at law.
5. Let your business be known,
and always pay the printer.
G. Plan your businoss right, then
execute it with indomitable energy
and dispatch.
7. Be charitable to the poor,
merciful to the dependent, hopeful
and benevolent.
8. Speak well of votir enemy, but
have no dealings with him ; thus you
will heap coals of fire on his head.
9. Have all your agreements in
writing, and your bills receipted
when paid.
10. Calculate your business and
start right; then do not continually
worry about it, but be patient and
calm.
11. Marry for love, but wait un
til you know that you really do
love.
12. Eat and drink with the brain
as well as with the mouth.
13. Labor fur the education of
your children.
14. Avoid extravagant arid high
living, and laziness, both being
offensive to God and destructive to
human happiness.
15. Do not let extravagant no
tions of living prevent your marry
ing.
IG. Never fall out with labor, for
it is your best friend; and, be you
rich or poor, strong muscle and
bread will not forsake you.
A bottle has run aground near
Melbourne after a voyage of thirty
five years. On April 16, 1842, a
passanger by the ship Kelso, bound
from London to Sydney, threw into
the sea a bottle containing a memo
randum requesting the finder to
port for the sake of ascertaining the
currents. The question can now be
answered.
Shakespeare's chair sold atnuction
in England, recently, for $225.
NO. 38.
THE CLERGYMAN AT (HOOKER
CREEK.
“Is this the Buglehoru office V 1
demanded a tall .Macoupin womau
the other day of the editor, whom she
happened to find in his sanctum,
“Yes ma’am; this is the place,”
and lie handed her a chair, and pre
pared himself for business.
“Be you the man that runs the
newspaper, mister?”
“I am the editor Of the paper,
ma’am. What can Ido for you ?”
“When I’ve told it to .you I want
you to print it—that’s what I wanS;
and it’s all about a man that come in
to the Cx’ooked Cheek settlement
that’s where I live—a preachin.’ He
allowed he had a call to preach and
wo thought mebbe he had.”.
“I have written that,” after wait
ing for her to go on with the story.
“What did he do then?”
1 Why, he preached. You jist
write it that lie preached ; and he
boarded with me. He was sort of
delicate like, and he couldn’t cat
common doin’s like the rest of usl
His stummick couldn’t relish any
thing but fried chickens three times
a day. Now write that, mister.”
“Well I have described bis deli
cate appetite.”
Next you might mention that he
wanted my Martha Ann to do most,
of the cook in.’ And the way he
praised that gal’s cookin’ was calcu
lated to give her hopes that he was
willing to enjoy it regular always.
He just spilt that gal for cookin’
anything but fried chickens. O, that
man is a little the meanest, onriery
skunk I ever knowed here in Macou
pin.”
“Don’t lie pay his board ?”
“Yes he paid, but he was so dread
ful close and sting}'. You don’t
reckon we’re a goin to kill every last
chicken on the place, and Martha
Ann cooking herself mighty nigh to
deatli jist for the pride of board, do
you ?”
“I really don’t know what is cus
tomary in such cases ma’am. Per
haps this preacher ought to liavS
given your daughter a present or
some token of gratitude for her
kindness.”
“Now you’r talking sense, mister:
I know there never was such a fool
as Iv’e been about that preacher. I
ought to have made him slick to
cornbread and meat until lie waS
willing to many Martha Ann, or me*
her mother. Then he’d know that
fried chicken was some account.
But lie’s goDe up to Sagamon coun
ty a preachin’, and I want to print
it in the papers how mean he’s been
here, so as no other women won’t be
wastin’ their fried chickeu on him.”-
Jiugleliorn.
“If you ever think of marrying 4
widow,’’ said an anxious pnrant to
his heir, “select one whose first hus
band v. ns hung ; for that is the only
way to prevent her from throwing
liis memory into your face; and mak
ing annoying comparisons.” “Even
that won’t prevent it,” exelaimod
a crusty old bachelor* “she’ll praise
him by saying that hanging would
be too good for you.”
A youngster being required td
write a composition upon some por-i
tion of the human bod}', selected
that which unites the head to the
body: “A throat is convenient td
have, especially to roosters and
ministers. The former cats thO
corn and crows with it; the latter
preaches through his’n and then
ties it up. This is pretty much all I
think of about necks.”
P. T. Barnum says his wife Cart
spend money faster than he can make
it* though when he was couiting her
she used to say that she could make
seventeen clothes-pins last her five
years.
In Caldwell count}', N. G., the
colored pcoplo held a meeting to
pray for rain. One brother waft called j‘
who prayed after this manner: “O,
Lord God, us poor niggers is perish
ing this year, art’ cf you don’t gib utf
rain we will perish next year too.
So, good Lord, gib us rain. Don’t'
gil) us One oh dese little slippy slap
pics, but do, good Lord, gib us ono
of dem gully-washers an’ trash-mov
ers.”
“Where did this baby come from 7”,
askcil a little three-year old girl of
the nurse, who was washing the
squalling little stranger. “Why,’
from iieaven, of course !” replied the
nurse. “Well, if it screamed like
that there, I don’t wonder they sent
it oir I” was the stunning rejoinder.
A Cincinnati liquor dealer applied
to a customer for a letter of recom4
mendation for a certain brand of
whisky he had recently sold him.'
The customer wrote : “I have tried
all sorts of insect poisons, and I find
none equal to your old cabinet whis
ky.”
A man made a bet that he could
ride a flywheel in a saw mill, and ad
his widow paid the bet, she re
marked, “William was a kind hus
band, but be did not know mucli
about flywheels.”
Love is a big thing for convicts:
An Illinoisian, on his way to the pen
itentiary was kissed by his sweet
heart, and with her lips she pressed
into his mouth the key with which be
subsequently unlocked his handcuffs'
and gained his liberty.
Belle Boyd, who figured so exten
sively during the war as a scout for
the Confedeiate forces, is now living
at Calvert, 1 Texas, and supports her
self and sister by sewing.
When a man is making love to a
widow he always feels like he had td
begin where the other felloiv left off: