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■ tber n^dT> la i- Griddle
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I. he following s orv •
■ ! tune we had a great deal
■ l i wdhili-it distillers tu
ti Tb* r>
W LvecuUv where it seem
■‘“lSrlo 'U»« tse out
twWwri-er. .(*»'
lumber of >l.™. »«">,
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| tbo in'" o tt “ ie * n lk *' *“ °.
| te meotoli-’'—" k ’ Uel
InppioK Spri-i{ B ' l,v
■IkrOiVT. I was sent for bj
■ manbal, who said :
BMuiur, v ou have had considera
■ success in hunting for distil
■ NarW .vc want you to hnd
Ke fellows and bring them to
■tu'e. As you know none of
■ men have been able to tind
Bui and—
■ They’ve been found a trifle
■ often.’l suggested.
Bihats a fact,’’ the marshal
■ed, “but not by the right man.
■r 1 want you to take as many
■tiers as you want, go to the
■e and break up the business '
■ reflected for a moment and re
B think that our mistake has
Bn in taking too many men. It
Bimoat impossible for a party of
Bto find a t ild ca' distillery-
B»ir approach is soon heralded
B disaster is certain to follow.
Bill alone and discover the
B. Then I con return and rapt
■ the entire outfit.
■ Kither hazardous," the ma-sh il
Bt thoughtfully scratching his
■‘Not so dangerous as the course
■herto adopted/
■dll right : use your ow» judge
Hits next day I started on my
Hlous expedition. I went
Be back, aud iny progress w»s
Bslow. When at last I reach-
Hhe plaea, 1 found a beautiful*
■ cmntry, with gre a hills anr>
■e valleys luxurian ly carpeted
Hi grass. 1 canid see no signs
Hawleßsness, hut on the other
Hi I was kindly treated. I stop
■®t the house of a man named
HforsoQ, a well to-do fellow. I
at once that Anderson was an
t man, and when I learned
jB he had been in the Federal
v 1 f®>t secure under his roof,
■ i did not care to tell him mv
H business, but in answer to a
stats 1 (hit I was look-
Pj for ’and in a leisurely of
having jus* been discharged
B regul ir army and especi
■ desiring a rest fror that dan
Hus activity which all army offi
H incurred.
sir, y.jii are welcome at
H bou<o ' an, l I hope you'll find
IB'' H pie taunt. My daughter
l -*n row a bo-u to perfectiou,
■ e lM *rfully con i ribute to your
H°yaient.”
■* understand,” looking at him,
■“• several government officers
[fl 6(iQ ! lud by il,i;i ,lis ill ers
■ b r ls neighborhood.”
fl "* ,H ’ top ied; “shamefully
■ri med. Well, I won't say mnr
■ J Uor the distillers no doubt
■sr trad }t self defense. Up in
B l6 ’ ht * e «-»uewhere, there is
■*'ge distillery, but it wdl l>„ a
une, 1 think, before the gov
■““at breaks it up. I, ie a j.
■/ lur ‘P ol **»ible to conduct a pat ty
through the hills, and it is
K* c « r, uiu death, for the distil
■ see almost every turn—
■ w i Yl ? e Wu,, td be to watch for
8 Bent **way, cap
ra 6| nen handling it and coin
Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
TYLKK M. PKKPLEB, ,
BdITOR AND pROPRl RTOK. )
pel them to show he exact ) 0?a
tion of the distillery.”
Several duys passed and s ill I
made n" progiess. I was not re
garded in that light of suspicion
which I thought would character
ize my appearance among the per
pie, and I was soon convinced
that ihe farmers around were not
iu sympathy with the distillers.—
Finally I told Anderson my busi
ness.
“Well.” he said, “if i eau do
anything for you I’ll doit cheerful
ly, but iet me advise you not to go
into the hills. Watch the river,
ns that is the only way they can
possibly ship the stuff. lam g 0
ing up the river to-day after some
walnut lumber, and if you will ac
company me we may make a dis
covery. As you have no doubt
noticed, I m :k e a great ma
ny coffins, Not for government
officials,” he added with * smile,
“but am supplying cheap coffins
for *he New Orleans market. Dur
ing an epid. mic, it is almost impos
sible to get coffins to the city fast
enough, and at such times I em
ploy quite a number of men Come
and I will show you my place of
business.”
The shop stood near the river
bank. Several workmen were em
ployed in dressing walnut lumber
Coffins were stacked up all around
and a flat boat was being loaded
with the deathly furniture. I did
not go up the river with Ander
son, but took a boat ride with his
daughter. She was not devoid of
charms, and she chatted gaily as
she rowed.
"I want pa to leave this place,"
she said. “Mother pined away
and died from sheer lonliness, and
if I were not so light hearted, 1
think I should go that way too.”
“Do yon ever see any of the il
licit dis illers ?” I asked
“I expect I see them, but I don t
know them, of course. They are
terrible when they gi t mad, but
as loug as they are not disturbed
you wouldn’t know they were in
the neighborhood. W hen we
moved here they regarded pa with
lingering suspicion, but, finally sat
islied tk at he was in no way con
nected with the government, they
dismissed their apprehensions and
have ever since tre ited him With
the utmost courtesy. Fa is muk
ing money out of the coffin busi
ness, but it in such a grim trade
that I cannot half enjoy any finan
cial benefit that we deii.ve from it
Say, you are burning for the wild
cast, aint you ?”
“Hush, don t talk so loud.”
“Nobody can hear us. but you
are, < in t you ? ’
Suppose I were, do yon think I
would tell any one ?”
“I he ml you tell fa’her, but it’s
all right. I won’t say anything
abon it. I haven’t ar.y friends
among the wild-caes, and for my
part I wouldn’t cure if they were
all in prison.”
I remained several days longer*
and then d- t ided to re urn to the !
«iy, report unfavorably, adopt oth
er measures, and >ake up the eu-!
'erprist*j Anderson advised me
to sell the horse an 1 go down
with a flat bo it loa lof coffins. I
did not like the idea, but retie ; -
iug that v would he Safer, I dis
posed of my horse, and was soon
ready for 'he voyage
I bade my friends an affection
ate farewell, and stood on a coffit
big enough for the Carditl giant,
and waved my handkerchief at So
phia Anderson as the boat round
ed the bend. We had smarted ear
ly, and by the time the sha lows be
gan to lengthen, we were a long
distance from Dripping Spring
It seemed to me that the men on
the boat watched me curiously,for
every time I walked around ii ap
peard tlm* one of them followed
me. My suspicions increased a 8
< veiling came on, and when I saw
the men engaged in a whispered
Lawrenceville, 3-a. Wednesday Oct, 3 1883
conversation, I was convinced that
violence was tnedi a ed. Happen
ing tc notice a coffin on which sev
eral others were piled, I saw some
thing dripping from it. Just then
I looked up and saw a gun leveled
al tne. In another instant a bul
let whizzed close to my head, so
close that I fell backward intc the
water. I did not lose my presence
of mind and kept mvself under wa
ter as long aa possible. When I
arose to the surface, seve -al other
shots were fired, and sinking again
I remained under water until I
reached the shore, which fortunate
lyswas not far away, when I arose
nuder a thick clump of willows
Through the gathering darkness
I could dimly see tbe men, and
could hear the splashing of an oar
which 1 knew was manipulated to
keep the boa* from Ho itirg down
ward.
“I reckin’ he's all ligh ,’ said
cne of them.
“I know he is,” a grufl’ voice re
plied, “fer I drawed a bead on his
head, an'a man what can hitahaf
fer dollar sixty yards aint no slouch
of a f hooter, lemme tell you- Bet
he’s got a bullet through his brain,
es he’s got any brain.”
i 'T d ruther bel on the bullet
than the train,”
“We’ve got to be certain about
these things,” said a man who
seemed to be in authority. “You
know what Anderson’s rders is.
Git a boat tlmr, Jack, an' you an’
Tom paddle out thar awhile. Go
out thar to them willows ”
The boat was lowered and the
splashing of the oars came nearer
and nearer. My heart beat violent
ly. Great God. the moon came
out and shone full on my face. T
eased myself down until only the
tip of my nose was al ove the a».r
face. “Thank heaven," I breath
ed as a s'oud obscured the moon
just as the boat brushed the wil
lows. They struck under with
their oars, actually struck me once,
and just as I was about to seise
the boat and take my chances of
turning it over and escaping, one
of them said :
‘•He’s allrigh'. I tell you. Think
I can’t bit a man’s head 1 Shove
her off," and I bre ited a prayer as
the dip of the oars grew fainter.
I remained io this uncomfor a
hie position about a half hour la
ter, then drew myself out and was
soon traveling *hrongh the woods.
After a terrible journey of hunger
andfti’igne I reached Tittle Rock
and made my report.
Several days afterward I wan
again en route for Dripping Spring
this time with a strong posse of
men. Touching White river near
the place where I had fallen ovei
board, we dismounted to rest. —
We had not b„en there very long
un'il we saw the coffin boat return
iug. j secreted myself aud order
ed my mmi i r compel the boat to
laud and to bring the men to our
restingp ace, instructing them as
to a form of interrogation.
When hailed they readily com
plied and approached the bank
They did no’ saem to like so much
a ’ention, for they did not move
up the bank with any great de
gree of alacrity.
“Do you know,” said one of my
men, “what became of a United
Stutes official named Griddlewood
who came up here some time ago.”
“No, sir,” replied the cap/ain of
the coffin boat, “but I heard that
he had bought a piece o’ lend over
| the mouutains an’ his opened a
farm.”
“Did you ever meet him V
“Believe I did meet him once
a t Mr. tudersoo’e housi. Peer
ed to me like he was sorter in love
with the Vndersi n gal.”
“Don’t suppose that I could find
him, do you V
“Mout tind him if you wuder to
g ) over 'he hills ”
“That* unnecessary.’" I remark
ed, stepping from behind a tree
and confronting thf villiaus. They
threw up their hands and prayed
i that their lives tu'gyi be spared.
We did no' intend to give them the
I least chance of escape and secure
ly pinioning their we took
them down to the boat, where, as
ter gaining all possible informa
tion, I left them under a strong
guard. We were nr£ lotig iu gain
it.g ttie neighborhood of Antler
son’s house. It was a late hour at
night, and we surrounded the
house without alarming any one
I instructed one of idjjr officers to
call Anderson, and again I secret
ed myself.
“Helloa !’’
“All right,’ came ft un withiu
the house, and pretty soou An ler
son appdared.
“Mr. Anderson. T be'ieted,” said
the officer.
"Yes, sir ; won’t you come inf’
"No, hardly got the time. I’ve
come to this neighbor in search of
Major Griddlewood. ,Y°N ac
quainted witli him
“Oh, yes, should say I am, for
he and my daughter are f.ii be mar
ried so >n. I'll si <>w bet to you.
Here, Soph,” and the girl came
out. “He;e is a gentlemau who
is looking for your intended hus
band.”
“Good evening, sir. Looking
ing for major, eh f How I wish
I could see him."
“Here I am," I .sod, emerging
from my hiding place, and con
fronting my “intended*’ and her
father. Anderson actually fell on
the ground and his daughter utter
ed a shriek that made the woods
ring. They were soon made pris
oners and taken to the boat. Next
day the distillery was ersily found
and destroyed. The coffins wer°
found to be lined with tin, and al
though ominous looking cask 1 ,
were not bad as vessels or ship*
ment.
The pr’soners were tried and
punished to the full extent of the
law. and ever since then, tti9 Drip
ping Spring neighborhood has
been one of the most orderly and
law abiding communities in the
S' ate.
He I ore I lie Fourth.
The Fourth of July decorations
on Kearny street have s ruck ter
ior to the Skittish hear', and the
short coated young men of Cali
fornia and Sansome streets will
sir ke for the hi Is tomorrow. Tw<
of these young gentlemen, evi
dently consignments, met over
their ale and clieese in a resort
popular wi h the gemry of ’heir
class to day, and the following con
versation was overheard:
‘I s ty, James, we ’ave a holiday
to morrow,’
‘Yes: and isn’t that what they
call buily in 'his blarstedcountry 1
Bu what’s the bloody tiling all
about V
•Ton me word. James, hl’m not
sure about the thing, hm it’s eitli
er in comment rration of the find
ing of the bloody country or the
time we gave them their liberty,’
‘What will we do wi h the day,
Alfred ?’
‘Well, James, I’ve ’art made up
me mind to go shooting,'
‘A capi'al idea me boy. I'll go
with yon if you’ll invi e me.’
•Come slong, old lad. I’m go
ing to San Rafael, i ve eard there
is capital sport over there.’
,What’s 'he game?’
‘Well, I’m sure I don’t know,
you know, whether the haniinals
belong to 'he buffalo or hear fain
ilies, hut I’m told they’re large
and ravenous. Mosquitoes I be
lieve they call them, but these
h \ nit ricans /«ave such queer
names for things, you know.—San
Frauci-co Post.
An'agricultural journal says : */f
you desire to get a large yield of
rich miik give your cows every
day water, slightly warmed and
slightly salted, in which bran has
been spired at the rate of one
quart to two gallons of water.—
By 'his daily practice the cow will
give fifty two percent more milk
immediately under the effect of i*,
and she will become so attached
to the diet as to refuse to drink
clear w iter unless very thirsty.—
Give an ordinary pailful at a time
.—morning, noon and night.”
CORRESPQN DENt lv
We vre not responsible forans vi.>. -
hcM or sentiment* expressed t>v r*m
correspondents.
LIWRFNORVTI.I.E Sepi. llt It ’BB
In obedter.ee to a call made In
several of the*phi sieians <f tie
county male re eutiy in the Gwin
nett Herald, tor organize a M< d
ical Societv, in and for aaidVouuty
of Gwinnett. The following pin
sieians were present: Drs Joseph
Jones, T K Mitchell, M S Malm!
fy. S H Freeman. J R Moure, A
M Winn. J H Mayfield, .1 (’ Harris
R H Adams, Q L Brantley, ,J W
Riley, M 0" Coffee, It B Moore, -1
I Robinson. R A Hammond and
Moses Richardson.
A temporary organization was
made by eleui.g Joseph Jones
Chairman, and Moses Richardson
Secretary. Dr A M Winn in re
duced a resolution that a cummi.
tee of five be appointed by the
chair to draft a constitution and
by laws for the Government of
this society, said committee to
report on the Ist Tuesday in No
veraber next ut 10 a. in. The con.
nsitiee consists of Drs M Richard
son, R S Adams, A M Winn B A
Hammonds and T K M.tchell
Dr A M Winn moved thut the pro
ceedings »f the ueetiug be for
warded to the Gwinnett He>*au>
and request the publication of
the same, and that all the plivsi
cians of i lie county be invited,
which was carried.
Remarks were made by several
lirethren,
Moved by Dr Mitchell that tli -
meeting now adjourn to meet th
Ist Tuesday tn Nouember, next,
at 10 o’clock a. in.
Joseph Jones, Pres.
M Rn oaiuison, Sec,
Hog Uooalaiii Fvlilbitiuu
All who failed to see and hear
the closing exercises of Prof. Can
ning’s school a' this place on laid
Friday evening, missed quite an
intellectual feast, such as we hive
nev r had in our vicinity before.
Taking a seat in the church a 1
an early hour we hal not long t<
wait until the students tiled in
and took their seats, and every
thing was still for » few minutes
when Prof Darning arose and an
nonneed that the exercises would
he opened with that beautiful
song “The Army is on the March ’
an- 1 said, as hisstudents were just
entering upon the arena of men'a’
philosophy, that he wanted them
to tight a goed fight and to carry
on the glorious work assigned
them as immortal beings.
The next thing that attracted
our attentio n was a htde girl up
on the stage with a long compo
sition, which seon convinced os
that the school was glad to see so
many people gathered togelliei
to witness their exercises All the
speeches were good, the dialogues
were admirable, the songs were
charm’iig and the compositions
were excellent, and the best or
all ao student made a failure.’Are
we prou 1 of our boys and girls !
They are a beqnet of budding
statemen, who in their bloom and
fruition, wnl mark, if not con'rol,
the destinies of this country in
the coining genera ion.
Duriug the progress of the pro
ceedinge we could not refrain
from speculating as lo which of
the girls would make (ho best
wives, or which of the boys would
be lepresentati v»s or governors,
which of them would g> to the
Senate —or to an early grave.
Time will tell.
Prof Cuuning next stepped np
» n the floor and held the people
spell bound with his anecdote
and eloquence for one hour. His
subject was “If there be.”
He stated in the outset that he
hail eighty one names on his roll
a*d that he certainly had the best
set of boys and girls that Gwin
nett county could produce, for
jVol XIII.—No. 28
i doling the six v day* not a short
nor a bad wotd was spoken in
ac tdemy nor on the play ground
and that no al u lent ha I mule a
single mark on the house inside
or out, or even spit, on the door.
Bong may such works prevail.
And thus lie want on with his
speech, saving, * If there ha a reali
ty in peace and harmony let him
live aud dwell among the people
who love mui. chsrish this noble
work. He made the beat speech
I ever heard a young mm make,
and tne day is not fai- hence yvhen
he will be heard on grander ooca
sin is thin this one. Wo are
proud of our te teller, and be has
agreed to 'each for ns again next
summer.
And now citue the valedictory
composition by Ms* |„liu AAm
brose which reminds us that go!
ileu years are dusting by and
youth is pissi ig to ». Aud then
we ail joined in that goad old song
‘Beautiful Land, after which we
were dismissc 1 and nil returned
home liuvi g enj ned uurselves
very pleasantly.
Citizen.
Iu Section*.
The Secretary of the Lime
Kiln Club picked up a commcnic.i
tion from Jones' Cross Roads,
Maryland, which read as follows :
Honored Sir— The oscillations ot
the transatlantic affairs and the hy
pu'he ical coucoriueimciug niacin
i n io-is of the imperial Teutonic
dynasty, agglomerated wi ll a rn
moaed coalescence with Italy
against the Gallic Republic, ren
dels it an unfortunate obligation
thu' a graduated progression be
made bv all the poiitica l and liter
ar .r aggregations of ihis unpaialnl
• 1 '■Oin'moD wealthdoward maintain
mg that state of unlmimidated un
iu imidu io. wh'ch has ever been
possessed by our unsurpassed
country and must lie possessed to
sempiternity. therefore ’
‘.Secretary, how much mo’ am
dar to diit communicashnn V inter
rupted the President.
‘Five pages sah.’
‘D-mi pir do res' of it on de tit
ble an’ hold it, djwn wid a brick
Wc will take it in seckshuns, one
seckahun at a meet ing.'
Keller He u l.uu irr.
Is it true th it tin* case of / i
hriskie again* \ n, ;j p,.»- „ st .|
tle.l f asked u,, ,i t* n' ol I, ivy i
B M Ward, of Pat <• -on, N. I
Thiscase has been in Ihcciirf
for a long time.
‘Yes,’ replied Mr Ward ‘ lie
case is settlsJ.’
‘And it is said, Mr Ward, th u
you have conic into posses i n ol
t le farm '
tlliui’sso, replied Mr War!
laughing,‘l've get 'lie farm, and
Garry Ackerson, of Hackensack,
the lawyer on the otbereide, lit)
got all the money, I got a ui >rl
gage on die farm, and f .en I pod
die Imiauce ami became dteownet
The money I piid went to Acker
s n.'
•And what have the two farmers
got, Mr Ward !'
•Nothing. When wo begun the
case there were two well ofi’ farm
ers and two poor lawyers Now
there are two poor farmers arid
two weli oft’ lawyers.’
% < liarge.
At the firsi assault upon Vicks
burg, says M Quad, a captain in
the Illinois regiment wlios comps
ny numbered about sixty men was
determined to charge the parapet.
Three limesht led bis company up
and three times it was hurled buck i
to the foot of the slope. S-and
ing a fair target for the muskets |
above he called out to his men to
make one more at tempt.
I’ts no use cup ain !’ called out
one of the men,
‘You can do it—you mus' do it!
Once more. Now for the glory of
old Illinoise!
“Old Illinois glory he hanged!’
! yelled the aatuesoice, *lf she had
cx/mc ed cne company of lim boys
•o lick Pemberton’s whole army
some ot the Chicago papers would
have said so before this.
m • • ..
A Bos (in wife slyly attached a
pedometer to her husband when
after supper, he sVirted to **g o
, diwntothe uffi ie and ballance
thy ho iks On his return tit een
| iiii.es of walking was recoroed.
He had been stepping around a
bill ml 'able all the evunin./
—AH i
A n Advert in tmi Mm! hut.
Thf HERALD is iinft/ i/(i/r,j Iu
reason of Us frtensivr rirrillation aim
remarkably low rales. Run,less men
ihouhl r/member this.
FLANKS BLANKS'! BLANK
(*I,I, KINDS NEaTI.V printed)
forsale ATTHE
// KHALI) JOH OFFICE
General \ewa.
The population of Chattanooga
is i-aid to t>e 20,66 b. ,
Malaga grapes ire successfnjJy
grown in Hillsboro county Fla.
In Noi wav a first class dinner
costa only 25 cents
Thy are n akiug dour our of pea
nuts in \ irgii.iu
Fitly five thousand dollars
wot tli of springe at Key KVal. pi*
last inondav.
Eighty cents per hundred, is
the price oflered for good limes in
Jacksonville Florida.
I he drouth is killing great mini
b is of cattle ip some parts of
Texas.
There are eighty four cigars
faotoiies in Key 11 Vs* i and all
hands constat tly employed.
Ltrge bids of phosphate have
been discover in Dulpin and pen
dcr countries, North Carolina.
Influence ! by a temperance lead
er, n rich English miller has de
stroyed a call ir of point wine.
A young white man named Joe
Burns, near Lulu. has been
known to walk 12 miles per
hour.
VJ;ittle girl in North Cuoiiuu
was stung by a hornet just under
the eye. and died within twenty
hours.
An Atlanta gentleman lias sent
to New York for plans of u model
Swiss cottage, tp be built in exact
reproduction of u na'ive Swiss
home.
West And >ver, Ashtabula conn
ty, Ohio, is aiid to have the lur
gesi creamery in the world. It
works up the milk of 1,500 cows
daily.
There are many parts oi South
Florida where the crops cf guavas
are greater than the pe >ple can
use. Being a perishable fruit, it
can not be shipped.
One linn in Gates county, N. C.,
owns thirty miles ol narrow gau
ge railway, connecting five o f its
saw mills. It is the largest lum
her rmsinesn in the H-ate.
There are now 48, Up.) post offices
in the L nited «.tutes. 1 lie mini
her ol post offices lias increased
forty percent since 1870.
The poicelian works in \gus a
county, Va., have commenced op
erations, and goods equal to any
ever mule are turned out in lurm*
quant ties.
I’li.* oii'i.i II las about spilled
tint c.dt m crop of South Carolina
I i.Copland flop is estimated at
In'e fourths, and Mu* Sea Island
d • i lesr.
A Nol le i n company is nego
dating for the purchase of ibe
Magruder mine in Georgia, which
is very rich in copper, lead an I
silver.
Since die death of Tom Thumb
Gen Abe Sawyer, of Key West,
Florida, claims to be the miallest
dwarf in the world, being thvty
two inches high, nineteen years (if
age and weigl ing only thirty sev
en pounds.
A report from Castlebnrg Ala.,
says: “The timber and the turpi n
tine business have both been dull
tin* greater part of this season.
7'he saw mills have a complete
vacation. Turpentine is filly
per cent lower than last ycar.“
The Georg : a match factory buil
dings at Gainesville are about tin
ished and C Van Fleck, die princi
pal owner, is in the Fiistern cities
and Canada shipping the maoliin
ery.
The total assessed valuation o
the Uni'ed States is as follow.-/
New England States, $2,652,076,
586 ; Middle States. $5,567,073.-
818; Southern S ates, $2,369,2 PI,
890; Western States, $6,180,524,
614; Territories, $128,213,629-
Total, $16,897,135,567. This is
abeut one third he true valua
tion.
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