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Jefferson News & Farmer.
VOL. IV.
THE
NEWS & EARMER.
BY
ROBERTS BROTHERS.
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AT
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Professional Car Us.
J. G. Cain. J.H.Polhill
CAIN & POLHILL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LOUISVILL, GA.
May 5, 1871. 1 ly.
R. W. Carswell. W. F. Denny.
Carswell & Denny
UTfOU.VK I*S .IT MU’
LOUISVILLE GEORGIA,
WILL practice in all the Counties in the
Middle Circuit.. Also Burke in Augus
ta Circuit. All Itusiuuss entrusted to their
care will meet with pi ompt attention-
Nov. 3.27 I y
V/. H. Watkins, R. L. Gamble.
WATKINS & GAMBLE
ATTORNEVS AT LAW.
fLoulslitUe, <£a.
January 22 187 . ly
J W. COOLEY—Dentist.
LouisviUe and Sandcrsville, Ga.
Will practice in Jefferson and Washington
counties. Orders left at this office will receive
attention. Prices reasonable Jan 8 ts.
Louisville Academy.
<5, A. HOLCOMBE, A. M. —Principal.
MRS. C. C. GOODE—Assistant.
For information as to rates of Board and Tu
ition, apply, to the Principal, or to any member
of the Board of Trustees.
f E. H. W. HUNTER, Chm’n.
I A. L. PATTERSON,
Trustees. < J. H. WILKINS,
I J. H. POLHILL,
l J. G. CAIN, Sec’y.
Louisville, Ga., March 12, 1874. 3m
MEDICAL.
DR. W. W. BATTEY, has located at
home seven miles from Louisville, and
offers his professional services to the eitiacns
in the neighborhood.
March, rhoo 1673
A. F DURHAM* ts dT
Physician and Surgeon.
Sparta., Ga.
Successfully treats iDiseases of the
Lungs and- Throat, diseases of the hive,
Nose and Ear, and all forms of Dropsey ; dis
eases of the Heart Kidneys, Bladder and Stric
ture, secret diseases, long standing Ulcers.—
Removes Hemoirheidal Tumors witnout pain.
Makes a speciality of diseases peculiar to Fe
males. Medicines sent to apy point on the
Railroad. All correspondence confidential.
Feby 15, 1874 ly
T • MARKWALTER’S
Broad Street, Near Lower Market,
AUGUSTA , GEORGIA
MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES
And all kinds of Marble work Kepi
on hand and furnished to order at
short notice. Call and see.
Jan. 23, 1873. 12m.
SOUSiS)*'
OPJiB
Bignon Crump’s Auction Store ,
284 Broad St., Augusta, Ga-
J. L PALMER, Proprietor.
Good Board furnished at reasonable prices
by the Month, Week or Day.
MARSHAL HOUSE,
A. VANN AM, GA.
4. B. LUCE,— Proprietor.
BOARD PER DAY 83.00
The Oldest Furniture House in the State
PLATT BBOTBERS,
MS & MS ffilß® AIS Btfo s
AVGUSTA, GA.,
Keep always on hand the latest
styles of
FOI'IITDII
Os every variety manufactured, from
the lowest to the highest grades.
CHAMBER, PARLOR,
DINIXTC-ROOM,
AM®
Library, Complete Suits,
or Single Pieces,
At prices which canuot fail to suit
ilie purchaser. . •
Dec. 2-sih 1873. 3m.
BOURNE & BOWLES,
TIMBER FACTORS
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 200 Bay Street , Savannah , Ga.
Agents for HOLLY Flooring Mills,
MKTBHS I'/CXIV •>.#.
Liberal Advances made un Consignments in
band. sept 4 tim
Osceola Butler & Cos.,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
DRUGGISTS’,
Opposite Pulaski & Scrivcn Houses
S A VAN AH, GA.
Particular attention naid to
Country Mcrchantr, Physicians and
Panters Orders.
October 30, 1873, 3im
CENTRL RAILROAD.
GEN’L SUPT’S OFFICE, C. U. R. (
Savannah, October 10, 1873. )
ON and alter SUNDAY the 12th Inst.,
Passenger trains on the Georgia Central
Railroad, its branches and connections, will
run as follows:
GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Savannah........ 8;45 a m
Leave Augusta V:OS p in
Arrive in Augusta 4:00 p m
Arrive in Macon.... 0:45 p m
Leave Macen tos Columbus 7:15 pm
Leave Macon for Eufaula 9:10 p m
Leave Macon for Atlanta 7:30 p m
Arrive at Golumbus 12:45 a m
Arrive at Eufaula 10:20 a m
Arrive at Atlanta U4O a m
COMING SOUTH AND EAST
Leave Atlanta 12:20 » m
Leave Eufaula ........... —0:45 pm
Leave Columbus - 1/30 a m
Arrive at Macon from Atlanta (5:30 am
Arrive at Macon from Eutauia 5:26 a m
Arrive atMaeon from Columpus 6:45 a m
Leave Macon 7:15 am
Arrive at Augusta 4:00 p m
Arrive at Savannah...— s:2opm
DAILY TRAIN (SUNDAY EXCEPTED)
BETWEEN EATONTON AND MACON.
Leaving Eatonton 5 ; 00 a m
Leaving MiUedgeville OMd a m
i*rv a Macon r:4sa-m
RETURNING.
Leave Macon ....... m
Arrive at M ledgesville 7:14 p m
Arrive at Eatiruton p m
Connecls daily and ordon with Passenger
Train to ai-d rom Savanaunahand Augusta.
W M. ROGERS,
eneral Superintendent.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON SOUTH
CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Charleston, October
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, )9th INST.,
THE following Schedule will be run on the
Railroad:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN
Leave Charleston * “*
Arrive at Augusta at -oMO p. m.
Leave Augusta at 8.20 a.m.
Arrive at Charlesten .... 4.20 p. m.
NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN,
„eave Charleston..— B‘so •
Arrive at Augusta 1
Leave Augusta P '
Arrive at Charleston 5.40 a.m.
AIKEN TRAIN.
Leave Augusta
Arrive at Akin X’b'kCKBNS
General Ticket Ant.
BoabdinG HotjsE.
Mrs. M. S. MILLER, Proprietor.
Good Board furnished by the
month, week or day. Charges
moderate.
Oct, 16th 1873. ts
LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, GA., JULY 23,1874.
1550. PROSPECTUS 1874.
OF THK
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From the Star Spraugled Banner.
Music and Harmony in Nature.
There’s music where we think not,
There's music in the gale;
We think our state a hard lot
Because we’re neath the veil. •
The veil of trouble and of care;
The veil of dreary, dark despair;
The veil of anxious toil and strife—
All hiding us from nature’s life.
See the poplars how they tremble.
Making murmurs which resemble
Meek and geutle words sublime—
Swaying, towering, keeping time.
Hear the great tornado roaring,
Quick, tempetuous and severe,
But grand to those it brings no fear.
Must we to feel some tuneful thrill,
Go where grand halls the grand shall fill
Where mighty organs roll before us,
And vocal minstrels swell the chorus ?
Hear tiie feathered songster's lay—
Plaintive, earnest, often gay.
If beauty’s found by him who roves.
There’s music, too, within the groves.
In the ocean’s foaming wave,
By the coast they gently lave.
In the rippling murm'ring stream,
Tinged with sunset’s golden gleam,
In the brook where oxen drink,
Music’s there if so we think.
Could we but reciprocate
With men in a sim’lar state,
Interchange, conceive the charms
Displayed in nature’s circling arms ;
Appreciate the music o'er us,
Enjoy the harmony before us.
Had we music iu the soul
Happiness would crown the whole.
Rustic.
SECRET OF THE GRANGE.
An Initiation of the Patrons of Husbandry
The Kaneolph Enterprise, of lasi
week published the following ac
count of the Granger’s initially cer
emony :
On b ing brought into the ante
roomof the lodge (Greengrocer Tem
ple No. 10) I was told 1 had ben
balloted for and accepted. My in
formant who was securely masked
by what I afterwards learned was a
large burdock leaf, perforated with
holes f»r the eye3, told me that if !
valued my life, it would be necessa
ry lor me to strip. As 1 did consul*
er that ot considerable worth to tne,
and as Ite italicised his wishes by
carelessly p'ayilig with a pistol,
I withdrew from my garments
with eagerness My masked Iriend
then lurnished me with the regalia
ot the first degree—called “The
Festive Plowboy”—which consis ed
merely of one large cabbage 1-as at
tached to a waistband of potato vines.
In this airy costume 1 was conduct
ed to ihe door, wheie my companion
gave three distinct raps. I was se
curely blindfolded by binding a slice
of rutabaga over each eye. A se
pulchral voice from within asked :
“Who comes ?”
My guide answered :
*• A youthful agriculturalist who
desires to become a Grauger.”
Sepulchral voice—Have you look
ed him carefully ovet 1
Guide—l have, noble gate-keeper.
Sepulchral voice—Do you find
any agricultural marks about his
person ?
Guido—l do.
Sepulcharal voice—What are
they f
Guide—The candidate lias caro
ty hair, reddish whiskers and a turn
up nose.
Sepulchral voice—’Tis well. Why
do you desire to become a Granger ?
Guide—Answering for candidate
—That I may thereby the be better
enabled to harrow up the feelings of
the rascally politicians.
Sepulchral voice—You will firing
him in. My worthy sirippling, as
you cannot see, I will cause you to
feel that you are received at the door
on the three points of a pitchfork,
piercing the region of the stomach,
which is to teach you the three great
virtues—faith, hope and charily.
Faith iu yourself, hope for cheaper
farm machinery aud charity for the
lightning rod peddler. You will now
be harnessed, and in represemaiion
of the horse Fegassus, will be tesed
as to endurance and wind.
The candidate is here attached to
a small imitation plow, by means ol
a hempen harness. A dried pump
kin vine is put in his mouth for a
bit and bridle —he is made to get
down upon his all fours, the guide
seizes the bridle rein, and urged on
by a Granger armed with a Canada
thistle, which he vigorously applies
at the terminus of the spine, the can
didate is galloped three times round
the room. While making the cir
cuit the members arise and sing:
Get up and dost, you bull; bo;,
Who wouldn’t be a Granger?
If the thistle’s prick don't cause ;ou joy
To feeling you must be a stranger ah 1
After this violent exerciee he is
rubbed dry with corn cobs, bees
waxed where ihistled ? and brought
up standing before the Great Chief
—ihe Most Worshipful Pumpkin
Head.
Most Worshipful Pumpkin Head
Why do yon desire tu become a
Granger I
Candidate (answering for himself)
that I may learn lo extinguish sew
iug machine agents.
Most Worshipful Pumpkin Head
Have your hands been hardened
with toil f
Candidate—Not extensively, bul
then I’m not running for office.
’ Pis well, for our lodges contain
several who are supposed to be readv
to sacrifice themselves for ihe good
ol their constituents. Do you feed
pretiy smart this evening 1
Candidate—Yes, where the bustle
goes on.
Most worshipful Pumpkin Head--
[savagely] Give me a chaw of to
backer.
Candidate, searching himself thor
oughly, bul as there is no place about
him 10 stick a pocket, tries to explan
but the Most Worshipful Pumpkin
Head interiups him with :
Never mind, my dear young friend
—I am well aware that in your pres
ent condition you can no more fur
nish your ftietids with the weed than
Adam could be comfortable in a plug
hat and tight bools.. It is merely to
teach you the great lesson of econo
my, doing lo others as you would
have ihem do to you. You will now
be conducted lo the most eminent
squash producer, who will leach you
ihe grand hailing sign of distress.
This sign, my worthy brother, wdl
insure you against many of the ills
of the agriculturist, among others,
against drouth and being bit bv the
ferocious grasshopper.
The candidate is now conducted
lo the most eminent squash producer
who thus says;
‘ My worthy brother, I will now
invest you with the order of the fes
tive plow boy, which you have won
by your heroic achievement while
harnessed ; tnay you ever wear it
w ith pleasure to yours-It and in ty it
be a means of terror to your ene
mies.”
The most eminent squash produ
cer then proceeds to invest the can
didate with the regalia of the festive
plough hoy, which consists of a long
tomato necklace. “The Grand
Hailing Sign of Distress” is made
by gently closing the left eye, laying
the right forefinger alongside the no-re
and violently wagging the ears. It
requires practice but the advantages 1
are intense. It also has an itnpor- I
taut signification, which you will j
do well 10 heed. The closing ol the
eye signifies that in all your dealings
with mankind you are bound to have
an eye to business. Laying the fin
gei alongside the nose is emblematic
of wisdom, and places you at once
among the “knowing ones,” This
is extremely handy in prognostica ing
new we rther, and saves the wear and
tear of almanacs. Wagging the ears
signifies sublimity of purpose, and is
thought to be emblematic of child.-
hood’s happy hours.
It is als i supposed by some pro
found scholars to have a distinct ref
erence to apple dumplings, but ibis
f ict is so newhat obscure by the dust
of ages. In token that you are one
of ur, you will now (re bianded.
This cererno ty is very impressive,
and consis;s ot' iwo brands, Tney
aie b •tit applied “while the iron is
hot," and consists of one letter ol
the alphabet each. The firs, is a
large Int er S, on which you will
please sit while the other letter is
applied to the stomach. The letter
S, my worthy chicken, signifies
scooped, aud te'ers to railroad ntoii
opoli is* his also supposed to indi
cate the seat of learning—the sp >t
where the old time teachers hunted
for brains with the Krule. The sec
ond letter is C., and is applied to
the stomach. It has a double mean
ing. First, the appltcaiion is an agri
cultural one, “Coin Crib,” and has
reference to the stomach, as being
the great receptacle of B >ut boa
whiskey. But brother do not be
diligent in finding a home market for
your corn. The second application
of the letter C, my distracted infant,
is got hold of as follows : When one
Granger desires to a.-certain “for
sute,” it there is an other in the room
he raises himself gently by the slack
oi the—of his unmentionables—
scratch his off thigh with his near
boot, and remarks in a voice ol
thunder, “Are the e any grangers
abom?” The answer is; ‘Jesse wax.’
The enquirer then says, “Let us see’
[Letter C,] and the other party must
immediately pull out his stomach
aud disclose the brand.
These brands are applied in such
a manner that I am enab'ed to as
sure you that they will wash.
1 was here interrupted, Mr. Editor,
by a volley tired in at ihe open win
dow, evidently intended for me.
Fortunately I escaped without a
scratch, and what i3 of more conse-
quence, succeeded in fetching od myj
precarious manuscript. This is all'
about the ceremony of any impor
tance. I must leave the country at
once—armed men at my heels—they
know I’m writing toexpose them. You
may hear from me by mail, if I should
deem it best to expose the other de
grees. Until then adieu.
From your friend,
B, Poole.
P. S. This ceremony of initiation
is used during the absence of the lady
members, Tneir initiatory ceremo
nies are entirely different, being much
simplified, as it should be.
THE FATAL LEAP.
BY ARTHUR 1,. MiSRSERVE.
A few weeks ago l took a flying
trid along the bleak and tugged
coast ot Maine. I did not seek any
of the beautilul beaches which here
and there dit the seashore, ' and
where thousands in pursuit of pleas
ure and fashion bad taken up their
abode. I had come to see nature in
i:s wildest mood, not a crowd ot
people whose double object was to
see and be seen.
For two weeks’ time my home
was in the dwellings of the humble
fishermen, and each day I took long
walks over the sands and climed the
great cliffs that uprose along the
shore like sentinels and thrus; them
selves out into the waves as though
in defiance ol the ocean’s power.
There was one crag which I clim
ed often, ami sitting on its pinacle,
mused upon the siory I had heard
one night in the col ol a fisherman
which stood some half a mile away
across the sands.
The cliff was calied Black-Rock,
and there, the old legend had it, a
tragedy had been enacted.
1 will give tbc story as near as 1
can as it fell from the lips of the old
fisherman, one wild stormy night.
That day I had climed the ctag
for the first time, and shuddered as 1
gazed from the dizzy flight into the
boiling waves that lashed its base.
I had thought then what a fearful
letp it would be, and that night, as
we sat about the bright fire blazing
upon the hearth, 1 made a remark
to that effect.
‘And yet h was taken once, sir,’
Blid the old fisherman, looking up
from his work on the net he was
mending.
‘You don’t mean to say tint any
bo ly ever R aped from that topmost
crag into the sea V I sad, in sur
prise not unmixed with incredulity.
‘But I do, sir,’ he answered*—
‘There was not one, but two of ’em.
They took the leap together.’
‘Why did they do it V
‘I wdl t 11 you the siory, sir, if
yo t would like to hear it-’
I replied that nothing would please
m* Ite ter, and lie at once began.
‘lt is nigh about a hundred years
ago that it happ mud in those days
the country hereabouts was almost a
wilderness. There were no clear
ings back in the country to speak of,
The Indian and the wild beast all
had it to themselves. A few settle*
ments had been made by the sea.,
shore, and now and then there was
the cabin of a fisherman, and this
v as all.
‘•lt was a hard and dungeons life
they led. There was danger by the
sea, and from the redskin who tilled
ttie lor.-st behind them, and at times
it did seem as tli >ugh they were in
league together to drive the white
men tiom the foothold they hid got
upon the shore.
‘ln one of thes.i litile settlements
there dwell a man by the name of
Job E istinan. His wife had long
been dead, but his diughter llach l
took her placs in the household, and
cared for the cabin and his welfare
as faithfully as her mother could have
done.
‘But ihe time came when it seem*
ed that she was going to leave him,'
•A young fisherman, Alf Hardy by
name, won her heart, and the time
was set for the n to be manied.
‘Joe Eastman knew that he should
miss her, almost as badly as he had
felt the loss of his wife, but he said
not a word ;»g linst the match. He
knew that Alf was deserving of her,
and he would in no way interfere
with her happiness.
‘One and iy, late in the summer. Ra
chel took her basket and set out
alone for the forest to fill it with ber
ries. Her father and lover were
both absent on the water, when
they came back at sundown she had
not returned. Afraid that she hid
met some accident they set out in
s -arch of her with lilt e loss of ti ue.
Over and over again th *y cilled her
name, but all the answer they got
was the echoes from the woods an 1
cliffs.
‘At the edge of the forest they
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jsepurated, and went in different dl
l'recti ms.
I ‘ I’tie moon had come up now,
making everything almost as bright
as day.
‘With a great fear tugging at h:s
heart, Alf Hardy went on, plunging
deeper and deeper info the forest.
Agam and again he shouted aloud the
name of Rachel, but the echoes,
mocking him, was all the answer he
gei.
‘What could have happened to
her ? he asked himself over and over
‘His great fear was that she had
fallen into the hands of the savages,
who had either slain her or carried
her away a captive, and lie was not
iong in finding that, he was right in
his demise.
‘He struck the trail of the red
skins, and by the light of the moon
he soon discovered the prints of ila
chei’s feet aiming the others.
‘Hurriedly he followed on, fearing
the worst, lie did not call aloud her
name now, lor he knew there would
be danger in doing s>. But lie would
not s op until he lud found her, dead
or alive.
‘Half a mile farther on and, to his
greut joy, he saw the firm of a wo,
mar. leaning against a tree. It was
Rachel. In a minute he was by her
’side, cutting the bands that bound
her to i he tree, and removing the cru
el gag fro n her mouth.
‘He knew that he had no lime to
lose, and the next minute, hand in
hand, they were hurrying back los
ward the seitlem miis, expecting each
moment to see the savage in pursuit.
Their (ears were soon realized.
A shout told them that the a ivages
had returned, and missing their cap
tive, were coming on in full pursuit.
They fled onward for their lives;
but soon their course in that direc*
tion was stayed. The red skins sud
denly appeared in front as well as
rear. There was but one way for
them to turn now, aud that was to
ward the sea, atul so they fled that
way.
Howling hke so many fiends
thirsting for blood, the savages came
aft> r them.
The shore was s >ou reached, and
Black Rock loomed up before them.
Once on the summit of this, the
young man thought he might keep,
them at bay.
They climbed to the lop, with tite
red skins at their heels.
With Rachel in his rear, crouched
baliitid the topmost crag, he fought,
with all his strength to keep them,
back. But one pair of hands wa3
no match ior it score, and lie was not
hing in finding that lie was unequal
to the task.
Death almost sure and certain was
on either side,but lie felt that the sea
was inure merciful than the sav
ages.
Turning suddenly he clasped Ra
chel" in his arms, and sprang with
las burden to the edge of the rock.
Only fir an instant diJ he stand
there, and then he took the fatal
leap.
With a howl of disipp ointment the
red skins saw the waves close over
their lost viciims ; and it was the last
time tnat the lovers were seen in the
bo iy by m trial eyes.
So.i.e say, even to this day, that
when the moon is full, their fornjs
may be seen floating upon the waves
tli it lash the f iot ot the rock, clasped
in each other’s arms, as they were
when they t iok the latal leap.
Tattling.
Fire and sword are but slow en
gines of destruction in comparison
with the babbler,— Steel.
Tdkers are no good -diets—
Shakespeare.
Yet I have ever beard it said that
spies and tale-boarers have done
more mischief in this world thau
poisoned bowl or the asstssin’s dag
ger.—Schiller.
1 will be silent and barren of dis
c >use when perchance to hear a tale,
rather than go with child therewith,
till anothei’s ears be my midwife, to
deliver me of such a deformed mon
ster. I may hear a tale of delight,
and perhaps smile at an innocent
jest; I wilt not jest nor joy at dis
gracing an innocent person.
Arthnr Warwick.
A lady asked a pupil at a public
examination of a Snnday School:
‘What was the sin of the Pharisees ?’
‘E iting camels, marm,’ quickly re •
plied the chdd. She had read that
the Pharisees strained at gnats and
swallowed camels.