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Poetry.
THE THKEE LESSONS
There are three lessons I would write
Three words as with a burning pen.
In tracings of eternal light,
Upon. I ho hearts of men.
ffavehope. Though clouds environ
now,
-Vnd gladness bides her face in
Scorn,
l‘ut Ihou the shallow from thy brow
Mo night but balli its morn.
Have Faith Where'er thy bark is
drlven-
The euiui s disport, the tempest's
»Y''~mii'th,
Know this Ood rules the host of
heaven
The earth.
Have love. Not love alone for one,
Hut nign an man thy brother call,
And settlor like t he circling snn
Thy charities on all.
Tlius grave these lessens on thy soul—
Faith, Hope and Love- and thou
shall Hint
Htreiigth when life's surges rudest
roll
Light when thou else wert blind.
MISCEI JsANY.
E A DURING THE WAR
It will not be denied iliut our
civil war tried the com age and
fortitude of Boldient in the field
on both aides. It is eqi.ally as
true that to Southern non-com
batants who remained at home it
was a ttial of endurauee.and wli k n
a neg 'o says, (as they all do sav )
“endurin' tire waw,” he uftwitting"
ly makes use of an expression that
vividly recalls the hardships auii
privations of those four long years
of strife It was a matter of en
during to slaves as well as mas
ters, aud it is but just to say tliut,
though severely tried and tem
pered, a very lirge majority of tLe
former continued faithful to the
women aud children of the domi
nant race rendered helpless by ihe
absence of their natural protec
tore.
One of the humble heroes rs
those trying times is “Uncle Cujo'
ll is form is now bent with the
weight of years; he has outlived
his usefulness as a laborer, but is
supported and # cherished for the
good he has done by those upon
wl»«e gratitude he makes an in
disputable claim.
“I’m one o’ de has-beens,” say s
Uncle Cndjo. alluding to his for
mer great*#'*'} aud present obsc
le eness.
-~**f been a man in my times.—
Shoo! 1 could stan' mos’ any
thing. You talk ’bout bard limes
and U'ibilatiou ! You don’ know
nothin.' | Pe reason you ulks di t
w *v, yon watn’i yer endurin’ t’e
Waw. You warn’t born den, blets
gracious! an’ es yon had a-betn
you mouMa’i a bee a yer now, be
case it tuck a man 10 stan' deni
times an’come out live.
' “Wen I was a young wan I
didn’have no wort seDse’n you
l‘didn’ know what waw was,
■b hfep n 1 it mean fighiin’ de Injins
(x. 1 iv o-v down in J'lurridy. But de
re- . bjt ’pear in de iliments, an’
r illf d *low dat was a sign o’
u*ne «»y de niggers wr a
hs e . an’ dey rig, too,
ever worniu' w'eu
fl: his horn
“Who miff, after while 1 e news
come dal de folks was a rightin'
in the vvaw, aud ever ’body low
‘Let 'em fight, dey ain't no kin.’—
Ole man Crake 'low he gwine to
drink all de blood what git spill
lin dat waw, becase dem jugmouf
( Yankees dey wouldn’t fight. Ole
man Crake he was a big mou. He
been to Congress up yalidel' in
Washington, Georgy. Whar
Mass Torn Toorn’s stay, an’ he had
de name o’ bein’de smartes' man
inde county —an’ he was, lo»,tnon
because w'eu all de yuther men
was in a big hurry to go to de
waw an’ git kill, he slay home an’
muke more'll iwo bushel.* o’ mon
ey on s It.
"My old missis she was a wider
oman. She never had no son
eep'n Mass Tout, an’ he ’low he
was gwine to git de fus’ shoot at
de Yankees. He was mighty
’feard de waw was gwine to stop
’fo he could gu dar. Bu> hit las’
Mass Tom he went, he did. He
was a pow'ful sorry-lookin’ chance
becase he never weigh luor’n a huu
dred weight, an’ his ban s was
sol’ an’ white. Hut he had tie
golwlioppiness’ bowit knife, made
l oui’n ole Miss eyai vin'-kuife file.
Hit retch down to his knees, an
j hit keep on stick’n in de i,op o’ hie
j boot ever’ time he lif’ his lef’ft ot..
Ole Miss an' de young ladies
dey cried an' dey cried w’en A/ass
Tom let".
Ole Miss low: “Well Cudjo,”
says she, 'I ain’t got nobody to
pen' on now but you. You go
to be my oberaeer an’ ten' to ali
my business, says she. ‘You got |
to mvtke de niggers wuck an' make
me sump’u t’ eat,’ says she, ‘be
cause my po’ boy he's gone to the
waw, an' I know he’ll git kill,
says she.
“/ laid down my axe, I did which
I was cles gwine to cut down a
tree to make some bodes, and 1
says, says I: ‘Misses/ says I ‘look
ut me,’ says I.
“She says, says she, ‘I sees you'
says she.
* How long you been knowin'
rne? says I.
“ Ever since de fus' time you
was born in dis wul,’ .ays she.
*“I says, says I, ‘Well,’ says I ;
an' I pick up my axe an' went on
to de wood, an’ from dat time on
I was de boss o’ dat plantation.
Ole Miss trus’ me with everything
1 toted de keys and roedger out
de 'lowauce -to de niggers. W ’on
she want anything t’om town she
»o»t me atter it. She mos'ly tiade
at Mr. Meadorsts store. Seem
like 1 doau’ never see nosto’sdese
days like dal oae was fo’ de waw.
7/it look mighty small wen dey
tar it down la»‘ year to buil’ a
brick sto’ in de place of it; but dat
was because de waw swunk it up
so. Hit was a sho’ null big sto'
so de waw. Shoo! Hit could a
swallowed ‘bout a dozen sto‘s like
dey has dese days, and den hit’d
been hungry. Dey waru t nuthiu
you couldn't buy dar.
“Atter da waw was gwine on a
w'le ole Miss sent me atter ten
pound o’ coffee. I went into Mr-
Meadorses' sto’, an’ hit's de God's
truth, dey warn't a thing in dar
cept one box o’ ’backer an’ fo’ sack
o’ salt. De price o’ dat ’backer
was five dollars a plug, an’ ’fo’ de
een o’ de waw it was twenty dol
lars a plug, an’ cf a po' nigger
want to spit red be hatter bite
his tongue. Es for dat salt, es
you want any o' hit, go and sell
two likely nigger fellers, and may
be Mr. Meadorses let you have a
poun’ for what dey fetch
“ Salt was'bout de scarces’thing
enduriu’ de waw. Folks had to
dig up the naichel dirt out’n de
smoke-houses, whar de meat drip,
and bile dat to make salt.
“Leather was mighty scarce
’eeptin’ you tan it at home. Dey
made it out’n horse-hide an' hog
skin an* squirl skin, an' es a st ray
dog come long, an’ he was loler’-
ble iat, he stand a mighty slim
chance to tote bis bide back home.
Wen we quit plantin' cotton we
cut up tha gin ban’ to make shoe
aolea, an 1 saddles what had skearts
on um waa outen fashion- Todes
de las’ dey mads shoes out’n doth
wid a piece o’ p/ank for a sole, an’
w’en a man walk be mash de groun’
same eg a tree fall on it.
“Ole Miss ’low she couldn’t do
dout coflee. She ’bleedged to
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Lawrenceville Georgia, Tuesday April 8. iBB4
have sump n what look like it, an'
she made it out’n par.-li w’eat an'
okry and goobers. Hit was sweet
en‘ wid slogguin ‘lasses what turn
yo’ teeth right black.
“Lamps an can les played out
toler'ble soon, but ole miss goi up
sump’n in de place of urn. Hit
warn't nothin’ but a cotton string
'bout es big 'rouo' es tny little fin
gel', an' hit was soak in grease an’
wax an' den hit wa< wrop '.ouu'
an' ’ronn’ a coui-eob an - sot up in
de middle o‘ de supper table. Hit.
never give no light what hurt yo‘
eyes like dese yer chanticleers it'
de w’ite folks chu‘ch, but no body
never growl because dey couldn’t
fiue «le way 10 dey 'motif; dey mos'
ly growl beeause dev never had
nothin* 10 put in it.
“VY‘en ole miss want to write a
letter she make me clam ao..k tree
an* git a ball to make ink ont‘ll :
den I coteh a goose an* pull out a
fea’lier for a pen; de ole miss writ
on a leaf tore out‘n the fus‘ part
of a book, an* turn a ole embelope
wrong sided ont‘d to put de letter
in.
Maos Tom lie writ home mos'
ever week, an’ ever' time he writ
ole miss ’low he was cornin’ nigh
eran’ nighertodea home.
“I says, ‘l’m mighty glad to
hear it,' says I
“Old Miss says, says she, ‘I ailit
says she, ‘because he’s bringing
de Yankees on behind him.’
“.Sho null', de Yankees kep’ a
cornin’ closer, and closer, tell one
day de news coaie dat dey wits
right dar at us wid a.calbrv com
pauy.
“Ole .Hiss call me.
“She low, ‘Oudjois you yearntd
de news V
“1 says, says I: “Yes’m,' says
I.
“Well, she says, ‘loes you know
de Yankees gwine to be yer ,so
Light?’
“1 says, says I: “Data de way
de news read.’
“Well she says, ‘what you gwine
to do?’
“I says, says I: ‘Dey ain’ no
shot yer,’says I, 'but dey is some
powder; an’ I’m gwine to load up,
Mass Tom a gun wid rock*, an’ d e
fus’ Yaukee what bodder you, I'm
gwine to caddyinize his stomache
says 1.
“ ‘Dat ain’ gwine to do no good
says she. ‘Ef you wants to do
sump'n some account,’ says she
•you take my mules an’ hide urn in
de swamp, whar de Yankees can't
fine urn, “Dev ain' gwine bodder
me,'says she ; but dey'll sho take
my mules.”
“I luck two niggers to be'p me
an’ cyawed de mules off' ’bout
two mile an’ hid uin i'l de big
canebrake. I tuck M.ss Tom's
gun ’long, becase I didn’t know
what dem two niggers hud in dey
haiils. I toleum, says I:
“I want lo be free bad es any
of you, but ole Miss’ mules got to
be perfect, says I, ‘an’ de fus’ man
bat his eye like he gwine 10 de
Yankees I'm gwine to pull dis trig
ger an lef you right dar,’ says
L
“De Yankees come, she nuft’.
but dey never got nar huff of a
mule from ole Miss.
“She was a spunky w’ite ’oinan .
Dey ax her whar her mulbs an’
she ’low ‘Ef you wants my mule*
you go an’ tine um,’ says she, an
I m popes Cudjo’ll till yo’ hides
full o, load.’
“Old Miss knewed dey warn’t
nothin' but locks in de gun, but
she talk sorter biggity to scare de
Yankees.
“Dey ’low dey warn’t feard o'
Cudjo, but dey tuck mighty good
keer not to come whar Cudjo was.
“Dey went on to town, an dey
broke open Mr. Meador’s sto,' but.
dey didn’ stay dar long ’fo up come
a Fedrick jigadier g.nal wid (lyin'
artificials an' throwed shells at um
den dey vaccinate de town in a
hurry.
“Seem like atter de Yankees
was gone de debii got in the cour
try. Dey waa mo’ atealin’ dan de
law lowa. PatUrolerg gwine long
ever road. Ever nigger had to tote
a pass, eep’n' he want fifty lashes.
“Well, sab w’en thing got sor
ter straight ag’n, long coma de
gubment men preasin’ horses an'
sows an 1 niggers Dey tuck ole
j Miss gentle buggy horse an "de
DEVOTEI) TO NEWS, RITKRATURF. AND IAH/AL. AFFAIRS
likelies steer on de bill. Dey tuck
little I‘ete to .vm kon de bress
w inks.
‘'Folks say lit'ie I‘ote was a
cejot, but he hud sense miff to git
way f’om dem fellers, an’ dey ain
never coteh him tell 3 it. Nome
folksJ>nowed whar he hide, but
twan't dem Gubment men.
“Ole Miss low: “We can't hole
out much longer, Cudjo. Hit's a
g'itten to a mighty tine pint,’ said
she “My niggers lookin'po' aud
skinny, says she. an' everything
on the bill's gwine to starve, sav*
she.—
“De frubment took de tent' o’
overtiring de farmers made. W’eu
you metljer nine ba'ls o’ co'n for
yo' self you got to merijer one for
ue Gulunent. De same way bout
meat, ebenfo de setchild.
“De Gubment built a nice house
in de nidge o’ town Hit was
mighty nigh es big as Mr. Mead
orses sto’ was fo’ de way. Dey
keep all de visions what dey tut:
font de farmers, in dar. Hit
make a man motif water to look at
urn.
'De man what stay in dar lake
care o’ dem ’visions, he wai de
onliesi rale fat mieu I seed eudur
in’ de waw.
Joshuas Vl.i-uelr So where
The twenty third street theatre
where Salmi Morse attempted to
produce his "Passion Play,’’ was
10 day rededicatoil as a church for
the Gosuel Tabernackle, and will
be known henceforth us the Twon
ty third street Tabernackle. The
morning sermon was preae ied by
the pastor, the Kev A H Nimp
sou, who said during his dis
course.
"As we sit in this building I
am reminded of a providence 1
dare rot fail to speak of. Home
two or three years ago I pnssed
by this building, which was then
the old armory, the two lower
floor*, being occupied as a livery
stable. I was struck with its lo
cation. It was in the very heart
of the city, and I -was impressed
with the thought that it was just
the kind of a place needed for our
work. 1 went to the agent and so
cured the refusal of the building.
The project of moving here was
presented to our people, but they
preferred going to the othei place
“Later, we desirfi again to
come here, but a stroDg financial
company, led by agentleman who
had set his heart on the project
of representing the blasphemous
“Passion Play,” had secured the
building for five years. We did
not stop praying. One lady pray
ed, “O. Lord Jesus ! muke the car
punters fit up that place for us.
We cannot afford to pay sls,< 00
(0 do it ourselves.'
‘God did put his hand on it,
and he did stop the public pro due j
tion of that pity. After spending
$79,000 in remodeling the build
ing the project broke down, and
the company gave up the lease. ■
they offered to sell us their ini- :
provements far $5,000; we prayed :
over t and God stopped us from
going too fast. The building was
finally put into the market and
sold at auction, and the gentleman
bought whom we prayed would
buy it. The result is that we '
have been enabled to come in here
without paying a penny for the
improvement.”—Phil Press.
It is not generally known that;
squashes, melons and cucumbers !
will mix and hybridize it planted
near to each other, and may, al
though planted at a distance, by
the bees bringing pollen from one
plant to another. Not only is the
seed made worthless, but the fruit
is spoiled for use, as the flavor is
mixed. This has been doubted but
two years age I grew melons and
cucumbers together in adjoining
beds, to test the question. Some
of the melons were all right and
gome of the cucumbers but there
w ere a great many melons that
were too much like cucumbers and
too many cucumbers like melons.
O n e cucumber was distinctly half
and half, being partly netted and
divided into sections. Most of the
mellons were unea able Since
then 1 have chosen to grow melons
in the garden and cucumbers at
the further end of the farm. Wi
♦ermelous do not seem to mix;
they bloom much later than musk
melons, and 1 have them growing
, aide by side all right.
4 Social l.rnwoii
Yniitig Spoonoogle never knows
" hen to leave when lie calls on a
yoiftig lady ; lie likes the sound
of his own voice a > well that he
talks on and on, while the poor
girl grows light headed with the
tux'on her strength, and wishes
the’nmntie piece of Elijah would
lall'on the tiresome caller.
There is a young lady 011 La-
Eayette avenue who made up her
; mind to give V.poonoogle h lesson
tjo, last Sunday night, when he
called, she was as cordial as poesi
ble up to 11 o’clock. Then hav
lug had a four volume history of
Spotnogk-’s life, with an extended
account of hia life and influence
in politic* and business, she be
gau to get diz/.v aud have a ring
ing in her ears. At that moment
her younger brother rushed into
the room and said hurriedly: “Pa
wants the morning papers, sis.’
“Look in 1 lie vestibule, Willie,”
she answered, gently ; -I think 1
heard the boy leaving them some
hours ago.”
Spoonogle never to >k the hint,
but. drawled on about the roller
;er skating rink and what a figure
lie cut on skates. The next inter
l-upticn was from (lie head of the
house, who entered, briskly rub
bing his liands.
‘Good 1 or niug— good morn
iug,” he said cheerily. Ha! Npoo
tingle, you re out early this morn
ing. Well, early bird, etc. It’s
going to be a tine day, from pies
ent appearances.
Spoon ogle was dazed, but he
ooncludeil the ohl man had been
drinking, and sa back with a
“come one, come all. this rock shall
fly from its firm base as soou /s
yours truly.” air that was decided
and convincing.
A half hour passed, and the
| mother hurried in.
“Dear me I’m Lite,” she said as
she entered. “I smelled the cos
fee an hour ago and knew * break
fast was waiting, but—oh! Good
morning. Mr Npoonogle ?’’
Ther the sweet youth took the
hint and drawing himself together
lie got out into the hall and open
ed tie front door just as the hit
ed girl rang a bell and 'lio small
boy yelled “breakfast” over the
banisters -Detroit Free Press.
A gentleman at the theatre lean
ed o\er and SHid to an acquaintau
ce :
“Look here. Tics morning l
sent you a note telling you that I
didn’t have 11 nickle' and that 1
wanted the dollar you borrowed
from me some time ago. You re
plyed that you didu’t have a cent
‘.‘Yes.’’
“Well, if you didn’t have a jent
how did you get in here?"
“And if you didn't have a nick
le how the deuce did you get in?
I’d advise you to always tell the
truth.”
A Hum Seller's Experience
A man named Stacy, the owner
of a splendid drinking saloon in
New Fork, signed the pledge late
ly atid closed his house. Hear ing
that a party of lads had formed
themselves intou Temperience so
ck ty, he gave them his experien
ce as a rum seller. “I have sold
liquor” said Mr. Stacey, “for elev
en years—long enough lor me to
see the beginning and end of its
ettects. l.have seen a man take
his first glass of liquor in my place
and atterwards fill the grave of a
suicide. I have seen man after
man, wealthy and educated, cume
iu.o my saloon, who can not bow
buy their dimer. I can recall
twenty customers worth from SIOO
000 to $. r )00,000 wh j ale now with
out money, place or friends." He
warned hoys against entering sa
loons on any pretext. He stated
that he had seeu man)’ a young
! fellow, a member of some Temper
! anee society, come in with a fnead
ami wait while he drank “No, no
he would say, “1 never lunch it.
Thanks all the same.” I'lesenlly
rather than to seem churlish he
would lake a glass of cider or
harmless lemonade. “The lemon
ade was nothing,” said the rum
seller, “but I knew how it would
end. The only safety, boys, for
any man. no matter how strong his
resolution, is outside ths door of a
i saloon
A Harris county farmer recent
ly bioke his horse of a "balky"
freak in a very quiet manner. His
horse is in excellent flesh and
shows no signs of neglect on the
part of his master. He drove
him, attached to a ruck wagon,
to the wood lot, fora small load
of wood. The animal would not
pull a pound. He did not beat
him with a club, but lied hilu to a
Hue aud "let him sfaud.“ He
went to the lot at sunset and ask
ed him to draw, but he would not
straighten a tug. “I made up my
tnind,“ said the fanner, "when
that horse went to the baru he
would take that load of wood.—
The night was not cold, 1 went
to the barn, got b/aukets and cov
ered the horse w o rn, aud he stood
until morning. Then he refused
to draw. At noon I went down,
and he whh probably hungry and
lonesome. lie drew that load of
wood die first lime I asked him.
1 returned and got another load
before I fed him. Thou 1 rewarded
him with a good dinner, which he
eagerly devoured. 1 have drawn
several loads since Ouse he re
fused to draw, but soon as lie saw
me start for the house he stalled
after me with the load. A horse
become- lonesome and discontent,
ed wlen left alone as much as a
person, and 1 claim this
is far less cruel, aud is better for
both horse and man than to beat
the animal with a club.
Enoch Freeman,whose seu'ence
of death was recently commuted
by Gov. McDaniel 10 imprison
ment for life, has written front
Floyd county jail the following
letter of thanks ;
“I take this mode of returning
my 1 hanks to the citizens of Home
and Floyd county for the interest
they have tuken in «n» case. I
was brought from the chain-gang
a stranger, not knowing what my
fate would be. aud lodged in jail
for twelve days. I was then e li
ned to the court house, not know
ing that I had a single friend. Ini'
when I called for Mr. Wright lie
did not refuse me, but he an 1 Mr
Meyerliart did all they could for
me, when my own color tried to
break my neck. Mr. Jenkins, the
jailer, his wife and childran t reat
ed me us kindly at diey possible
could, all hat iug tender feelings
for me when my own color recog
nized me not. Mr. Wright and
Mr. Meyerliardt have done all in
their power for me, and have
stood by me as no others would.
I return tlmnks to every man that
labored in my behalf, to those who
so willingly signed my petition
and the governor himself.
Ka 11 roads Dodging I lie I. aw
Gov McDaniel has referred io
the Solicitor Geneial of the Atlan
ta circuit certain complaints
against the railroads of the Ntat“
that they are evading the statute
prohibiting running of freight
trains on the Sabbath day. It ap
pears that the roads have been at
taching refrigerating and fruit
cars to their regular passenger
traius and hauling them about the
State on the Sabbath duy with
impunity. This conduct is a vio
lation of the object for which the
statute in questiou was made and
provided and the matter will be
referred to aud investigated by
ihe Fulton grand jury at the com
iug April term,
Anodier lawless act on the part
of a railroad company occurred
last Sunday. The last General
Assembly passed an aet making i(
an offense to run excursion train*
on the Sabbath day The Geor
gia Pacific Company advertised
all last week an excursion for
Sunday last over its lines for the
purpose of giving its patrons a
view of the country in Alabama
adjacent ta its line that was swept
aud devastated by the recent ey
cion3. This matter will also be
brought to the attention of the
grand jury of Fultou county, and
ii is hard to *(« how ihe Georgia
Pacific officials can escape indict
ment and punishment—-Atlanta
Correspondence Augusta Evening
News,
The Mexican pension bill passed
the House of Represntatives last
wssk.
Were can yon find a railroad un
itiug three better counties tha u
Walton, Jackson and Hall’
• onlretnirnl
Be contented my son. Yon
uoed not be satisfied without
ambition; so long as you live
strive io be something better, slid
higher and stronger to morrow
tUan yeurare to day. and don’t
worry don’t fret. Wear your
ready made clothes with the air of
a prince, until you can do better
eat your twenty five cent dinner
with the manner of a man who is
accustomed to fare sumptuously
every day on course dinners, ami
likes this sort a thing fur a change.
Keep suushint in your heart aud
it will shine in your face The
world isalways grateful to a sunny
tempered man, just because he is
good enough ami gracious enough
to live in it. Laugh my son, if
your stomach iaso empty tbatyou
cannot tell whether the pain is in
your liver or back -hone; wear your
jauntily if it is so full of holes
that you can't see tae grease
and weather stains that cover it;
speak cheerily, though y>u
have to wear your overcoat
ever f lime your shirt has to go to
the laundry. It won’t be aueasy
thing to do right along; the deys
will come when a good indulgence
in the “ blues seem like a para
dise; there will be houre when
you had rulher wail than look
pleasant; there will be times when
in spite of your etrengh and man
hood aud resolu lions go away,
groan and bury your face in your
hands cry like a girl, I know it,
my sou. But don't make a habit
of it, and don’t let any one see
you do it. It ia a dangerous lux
ury, and you should only be in
dulged at very long intervale
aud on rare occassions. Cultivate
contentment ; if you have no
gloves, put your hands in your
pockets ;If your coat is out at
the elbows, back up agginst the
fence ; if yon Lave ro hat yon
will never become bald. And
when prosperity come—not if but
when—you will be prouder of
your good nature in the dark days
of adversity, my son. tlio fame aud
position prosperity and sucres
fit:' brwig. Never worry, my son.
don't fret; it will make your face
thin and your hair turn gray -
Hob Horr/lrttf,
A Smart Traveller
.Shortly after the collapse of the
Ceufederncy at. ex-soldier who had
spun! all Ins pay in rioting ja'id
whiskey drinking, found himself
in Shreveport, (draped and I.listed
yet full of expedients. Desirous
of reaching ins home in this lie
inquired the fare.snd tohis dismay
found it to be sls. Now that
amount was big as (1,000,000, in
Billy's sight. After casting about
he bethought himself of a scheme.
The steamer national was nearly
ready to leave her berth, when Bil
ly made his apearance on the wars
and sung out ;
“I’eay captain, how much do you
charge to carry a barrel 1 of whis'
key to New Orleans V
‘Two dollar*” replied'lhe cap
vain.
“All right,” replied Billy.
“Send out a couple of your deck
hands aud roll me abroad”
Captain Hamilton saw the j ike
aud sent out the raudderk to take
marks, wbeigbt, etc, of the freight
Billy was invited to a seat at
the cabin table by the captain
and traveled to New Orleans in
style ae a barrel of whiskey,” by
t which name be was afterwards
known, — New Orleans pujttr .
Among the freaks of the recent
cyclone in South Carolina, a story
ie told of a large quamty of dry
fodder caugni up in the whirl
wind from a barn, aud it was
beiug carried round and round, a
sheet of lightning iguited the fod
der and fur a diatuace of one mile
the cloud speared to be a massive
sheet of flame. The sceue ia de
scribed as grand beyond descrip
tion . Another story is to the es
feet that Mount Carmel Church
a large wooden building Williame
burgg county, wee eutirloy dee
royed wi»h the exception of
the pulpit which, with the Bible
and hymn book upon it, wa* uadis
taibjd.
There ie not a white Repuhli
jean in Walton county.
) Vol. XIV. — No 2
I'aele k ■■<{ t'sßcice
Item ember the poor. It costs
nothing.
The latsa copy writer the proof
reader.
Double charging will break e -
ven a cannon.
Arkaniaa is developing valuable
coal beds.
San Antonio is the horse mar
ket of the .South.
No one is a fool always; every
one sometimes.
There are nine e'-rouses in the
country this season.
Texas rates as the sixth (Stale
in railroad mileage.
The mau who “fouud hi* levef"
was a carpenter, of course.
A good word for • bad on* is
worth much, and coat* little.
It ie wise not to seek * secret,
and honest not to roves! it
LaztaeHS travels so slow t hat
poverty soon overtakes him.
Friendship often ends in love,
hut love in friendship -never
He who says whai he likes must
hear whai he does not like.
Mississippi is lurking rapid
stride* m th* mrnufaeture of
wool.
Texas plants 200, 000 more
acres in corn than she dee* in cot
tor..
Temptation* are a tile which rub
off much of the nisi of self conti
ilence.
Kxperience without learning ie
lietter than learning without exp#
rience.
Marriage, with peace, is the
world's paradise; with strife, this
w orld's purgatery.
A slip es the foot may be uoou
recovered; but Dial of the tongue
perhaps never.
If there is a divinity that doth
hedge about a king, what is it
that doth hedge about an ace ?
It doesn't speak much of the
size of a man'emind when it takes
him only a minute to make it up.
The proper question to auk a
young woman who is about to
elope is. “Does your mother know
your route ?“
A factory with facilities for wak
iug 100,000 wooden dishes per
day is to be verted in Chattanoo
ga Teun
For bouse plants: —But a piece
of raw beef in the bottom of the
pot before you put the dirt in.
IMonty of fresh air. fresh wa'er
wholesome food regular hoars for
meals, will do wonders in keeping
a homo healthy am! happy.
A boy, luHiring bis I tlber pray
for the missionary especial
ly for the wants of ihe missiona -
ries, aud that their institutions
might be supplied with abundant
means, said to him :
, “Father, 1 viab I had your,
money. ”
"Why, my sou. what would you
do with it?” asked the father,
The boy replied, “I would uu
swer your prayers."
Humember, Ood will not do
for us what we can do for our -
selves, nor answer the prayers
which we can answer ourselves.
tieorge H. Joseelyn :to plant
grapes about eight feet apart Meh
way. and some ten inchee deep,
spreading the roots out nataßwly.
Cut teem back to two oi throe
buds above the grouud. Potatoes
strawberries, etc., may be grown
between the rows the first two
year*. Let one or two cane* grow
the first season Next spring cat
hack again three bud*. Never
mind if they have made a good
start. Let two grow the eecond
yeai; they'probably get to be some
five or eighi feet long; if so, cut
one of them back to three bade,
and the other to within four feet
of the ground, to hear. This ee
vere in their early youth
to gather with good culture, will
give them such a teed- off thet
they will ever after remember to
bear you bourn iful cl ope of the lue
cions fruit. When five to aix
years sld, from three to five
canes may be lefi. Remember,
always cut ‘he old wood baok to
within one foot of the grouud, if
possible, as it i* the young wood
only that beers fruit. Grape vines
rosy be trained against hwildingst
fences, or on stakes, trelKsea, ete.
Wire trebieee, about five feet Mgh
are the beet for vineyards. Young
vines should be covered, at least
first winter, with lbs earth —£*.