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Jefferson News & Farmer.
VOL. IV
THE
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BT
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J. G. Cain. J. H. Polbill
CAIN & POLHILL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LOUISVILL, GA.
May 5, 1871.
K. W. Csjrswell. W. K. Denny.
Carswell & Denny
.irroti.mrS .nr L.fH’
LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA,
WILL practice in all the Countie' in the
* Circuit. Also Hurke in Audits
ta Circuit. All biisine** entruMed to their
care will meet with prompt a: tentiou.
Nov. 3.27 ly
' W. H. Watkins, R- L. Cambio.
WATKINS & GAMBLE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
ILouiebflU, <sa.
January 22 7 . iy
A. F DURHAM, M- D ;
Physician and ;urg uu
Sparta, Ga.
SUCCESSFULLY treats Diseases of the
Lungs and Throat, diseases of the Eye,
Nose and Ear, and all forms of lhopsey ; dis
eases of ibe Heart Kidneys, Bladder a||il strip,
ture, secre diseases, long standing L leers.—
Uemoves Hernoirheidal Tumors wttnont pain.
Makes a speciality of diseases peculiar to Fe
males. Medicines sent to any point ou tlio
Railroad. All correspondence confidential.
Feby 15, 1874 ly
ftotela.
MARSHAL HOUSE,
savannah, ga.
h. B. LUCE, —Proprietor.
BOARD PER DAY $3.00
Lanier House,
Mulberry Street,
MACON GEORGIA,
B. BTO, Proprietor.
Fret taiikw fr<'«*«4 t* the Dfptl.
McCOMB’S HOTEL,
ntilledgeville, Ga
■• He MdOJIBS— Proprietor
BOARD PER DAY W 00
BoardinG HousE.
Mrs. M. S. MILLER, Proprietress
Good Board furnished by the
month, week or day. Charges
moderate.
Oct. 16th 1873 fcf
PALMER HOUSE.
258 Broad St., Augusta, Ga-
Over A. C. Foce's Shoe Store.
Mrs. S. J. PALMER, Proprietress.
H. D. STARLIT, il rk.
Good Board tarnished by the Month Week
or at ruaouablvatea,
'foe Oldest Furniture Boose in the Stat e
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MIS & £M DH #a
AUGUSTA, GA.,
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Os every variety manufactured, from
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LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY. GA„ NOVEMBER 5.1874,
C. V. WALKER,
Aortioa Ceuisaion Merclfaut,
317, 319 & 321 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
i
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Louisville Academy.
THU l ali Term -ill begin 21»t September
and end 2i»t December next.
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Louisville, tia.,Set, 2nq 1874. 3m
CEftTRL RAILROAD.
GEN’L SUPT’S OFFICE, C. R. R. I
Savannah, October IU, 1873. J
ON and after SUNDAY the 12th lust.,
Passenger trains uu the Georgia Central
Railroad, its branches aud connections, will
run a follows:
GOING NOKTII AND WEST.
Leave Savaunah.— t-;45 a m
Leave Augusta - 9:Uo p m
Arrive m Augusta 4;Ub p in
Arrive in Macon ti:4o p m
Leave Maceu tus C01umbu5........ 7:15 p m
Leave Macon fur Eufaula 3:10 p in
Leave Macou for Atlanta 7:30 p in
Arrive ut ‘Julumbus 12:45 a m
Arrive at Eufaula..: 10:20 a m
Arrive at Aiiauta 1:40 a m
COMING SOUTH AND EAST
Leave Atlanta ..12:20 a m
Leave Eufaula 6:45 p m
Leave Coiumbus 1:30 a m
Arri n eat Macou from Attauta 0.30 a ui
Arrive at Macon from Eufaula 5:20 a in
Arrive at Macou from Columpua 0:45 a m
Leave Macon.... 7:lsam
Arrive at Augu5ta.................. 4:00 p m
Arrive at Savauuah 5:25 p m
DAILY TRAIN (SUNDAY EXCEPTED)
BETWEEN EATONTON AND .VIACON.
Leaving Eatonton S;QQ a in
Leaving Mille gpviUe 0:43 a m
•>rv . Mao 7:45 am
RETURNING.
L Macon 4:oopm
Arrives at M ledgesville 7:14 p m
Arrives at Eat0nt0n........ 3;00 pm
Conuects daily at Gordon with Passeuger
Train to an t rom Savanaunah and Augu -ta.
WM. ROGERS,
eueral Superiuieudent.
F. A. BRAHE & CO.,
BEeMLRS I.V
Jewelry, 'Silverware
Fill FMCY SQQDi.
2»6 8r« and Cor- Me tosh,
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
October 24, 1873. 3m.
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Wh»l<sal* and Krtall
FURNITURE
DEALERS,
150 BBOOGH 01 STREET,
Savannah, Ga.
Strict attention paid to Mattress making and
Upholstering. Country order re fully pack
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well to give us a call and examine our stock.
hLL GOODS WARREBTED.
October li-t, 1874. 21 6m.
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a Cash Gifts, s'o,otio eacli, lOO.OOiI
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15 Casn Gifts, 10 4)11! eacli, 150.100
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25 Cash Gifis, 1 600 each, 160.000
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100 Cash Gift-, 1,000 each. JOO.IIOI.
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A STRM.JE STORY.
A v ry strang« stoty was tul! to
ino Iho other 'lav. J ' a hj\v 1 n->fc
ll,r from London, ill rtv livttd
fa.lv who Will Infills une, toh r.ihK
wealthy, and in ■>« 1 hands'
p 111- at' il. Il« r father waß
li 1 ; h r mo-hor was an
mid and h--artl« sa woman. Tim
voa-a luo a physician of London was
called to attend the father; in this
w<v the voting lady stvv him. lie
paid n > a'tent ion to her—lps mind
was engrossed with his prolessional
duties- A few weeks ago 1 his do -
tor, alter paying a visit to h s ca
lient, was somewhat surp ised by
being askel hy ih” young lady 10
give h r the favor of a piivate inter
view. She to-'k him into a draw,
inemom and fad h m t-> the luithei
e-d of the apartment. “D utor,’’
said she, ‘I snppose t>u t gentle .ec
ol v-ur prole?sion are a-t cs'omel to
receive strange confidences. I have
a confession to make to you. IL
supposed that the impending confes
sion was about die stale of her own
he* 1 ■ h or with that of he father, and
he begged her to proceed.
•Yon will, however, b • scarcely
prepared for what T am aboui to s Iy,
shp c ndnued. ‘But I wisli you lo
hear it. Ii is no v just two ye>r
since I first saw you. You have
scarcely ev< r exchanged a word v ith
me. I.ip I have learned much about
von. Tam not mistaken in he'iev
ing that von are unmarr'u and V
‘N 1 ’ sai l he ; ‘la n not marred.’
‘And your affecdons are not en
gag 'd V
‘You scarcely h ve the rigiit to
ask tha I ,’ said he.
‘Well, then ’ site rep'ied, ‘I will
not ask it; but I must make jou my
Cos dess'on. I I 'Ve you v. ith all u>\
heart. 1 wish you to mury me. 1
hive level you from die ti• st 00-
mrnt 1 saw you. 1 ?ftl d 'o my-elf,
I will wait far you two vea-.« ; if In-
then speaks t-> me I "ih know wild
to av. You have no' spoken to and
now I speak. I say I you with
all mv heart: \ou are licc.-sariv for
me—will you n arry me f’
The do- tor, who alf-ough not an
i l l man, was .twice the age ol the
vouns ladv, recover'd a little fr uu
liissii'p is-, t r| ed to turn tic maticr
off as a joke, bu the young lady was
verv scri us.
‘No.’sii l she, *1 am in very sober
earnest. I know all that \ou may
-av or think as to the m'imaey of
uiy p oposal, b it I cmnoi help it.—
1 a k yon once more, can von lo e
me, and w.ll you marry me V
‘ln sober earuesi then,’ he repli
ed, ‘lean not marry V< u.’
‘Then 1 sha'l die,’ said die, very
cal ml v. an 1 she lefi the room.
The and c or had heard people siy
before ibis that they shoo'd di
and lie left the lious ■ without at
t idnng much importance to the
prophecy, although vvonderinggr at
iy at the oilier portion of t l e imer
view.
A lew days afer this the young
lady was found dead in her hi d.—
Two lettei ß 1 iid upon lcr dressing
tab' 0 . One was addressed so her
family solicitor. It r* cal'ed to hi
inin 1 a promise h« had made 10 her.
Sli - had gone 10 see him, and had
a-k< and him to make out lor her n pa
per 11 a> sh ring ibe whole of her
propeny 10 a person "hose name she
would not then give him. He "Us
to prepare the nece-sarv p»pr r ad
send to lier t > fi 1 out tie blanks an-l
1o sin. Si e had dot.e ibis, and now
inclosed t,ne paper, filled up and
signed. Ifaerv penny of her p»«p
erty was given to tne doctor, ami
the ro ii'in rw. s sis ruct and t< mak>
the transfer to him, l<> ask no ques
lions ami to take no leceipr. l’lu
oilier letter was m the docto'.
‘I icld you I should db,’ -aid she
‘aid wien you tec-ive this 1 shill
he dead. For t-n days 1 have ta
ken no lo and or dr-nk; bu! Hi it does
not kili me, and tow I h ve laker.
poison. 1 have no reproach 10 make
to you. but I cou’d not live vi houi
your love. When I am dead iook
at my fnaii. You will see your
na nc there. I have two requests 10
make of you. Go to my solicitor and
lake what lie h is 1 r you, and then
go 1 ff ou a holiday to Italy for a tew
months. Th-- other lequ- st is that
y- u never ask where I was buri-d
nl never come lo my grave.’
There was a post-mortem exami
nation made of the young lady's
bo.lv. On her breast over her heart,
and eplv imprin'ed in the fl *sh, were
the ni t alsot the doctor’s name. Th •
ct'arai t- rs seemed to have been
mado th-oe two or three tens be
fore. They were ptobablv imprinted
there by her own band on the day
when she fits' saw him.
“F;ed, how is your Bweetneari
“Pretty »e 1. I guess; site mid me
I needn’t call any m ire.”
A Pot of a Wis -.
‘‘.Small size”—lllis |S the cell) of
Nhb-k m- p’s w idles- They wahi some
snv ; ami "this is foie when they feel
Cynical women sav
ie they can lyran
nize over, bail.l am not inclined to
t ike a cynical view of the subject.
I believe ve y f' w men willfully tyr
annizeover their wives and children,
hut the tyranny is th> re, neverthe
less, and intellectual im-11, such as
the world admire, are most prone to
exercise it. They are si wapt in
tin ir own plans, th ories, ands k-c
--ulations they do not even di-eover
the fact 1 hut their own holts'ho'ds
are f itnishi' g for the bra l of love,
and ( liming lor the gushing springs
of sympathy. Ti.ey are so aci us
tomed 10 aduln f ion abroad ihat the
ho ne affa' tiori see bis lame
and spirit! ss ; as the p rest water
of Ihe deep si well is tasteless to one
accu-'orii'd to the sparkling and
huoii'ig, bu' p isunous draughts of
iu oxica ion. In our ze dto viudi*
cite the * 1 rds ofcreniou” fro-n ih»-
cha-ge of willful tyranny, "e are
leaving our two b ichefars and iln-ir
iinagiiia>y wiv -s too lon-i nejlm ted.
.Small size is a man’s fan v. not
the dictate of his physologica'
k owledge. I is an almost i.niver
so 1 lancy. Tlie large, rung'', more
burly tl e man, the more sure h ■ i
to pre f er amn dl-sized worn ip. “I
an determined to have a wif' whom
1 can pick up m my a m- and c irry
her over all the tough plac s,’ said a
young farmer, whose sofest tones
sound -d like a 1 lap of 1 bunder. As
lie spok" he siiuiched ilie largest and
lie.-.vies gid in all his hi quamta ice,
an Ilf ed her over the bro-’k His
words aie 1 choed in the selection
made by most la ge-siz-d an 1 sten
torian voiced men. Their ileal is
of something the teveise of t ■em-'
-elves, and thus fragile figu es mi l
low 10ms or , to them, the peifec
ti m of feu in ne attraction.
My solution of the p o'llem lies iu
th - suppi'S-ti- n that it is an uned 1-
c.i ed anion of Putloprogeni ivencss,
show n in the de-ire lor so ne smalt
cut .rr to 1 et. lo fondle to c less.
Those who have watched the woild
fin silty yea s know Imw olten iscn
a ted lie sad t>age iy whidi may be
nain and, The Brule ol a Year. Tlio-e
young men who are 11 tSj<e' iall* de
irous of enacting the par of I lie
b avest husband of a buned wife,
tlieh'lpl-ss fitlie of ajiuuybab-,
will he ws ‘ cu muli to 1 t ill- ir
Pliil >piogeni iveiu-ss wot until
bea thy, happy, ful'-siz and wives give
ihem dial b st blessing of 'he Lord,
a go "I supply < f In a thy, happy
Itt e f ils to pet.— From •*Some
Men's 1 cal of a Wife' in the Phreno
logical Journal for November.
RmKs of Table Etiquette.
Ku.iw'.edge is power. It is the
duty ol every laxpiyer, who hav
more kno.vfange than he requfaes
lor his own domestic purpose, m im
part tl iat knowledge 10 others. I
imve der.vi and si much instruct on
f pm the w‘iters on etiquette in the
weekly n wspapers, and my mau
neis have been so vastly improved
ther by, that it would be criminal
to wi hholl w hat I know ab >ut table
etiquette- Although the teas ms
ma, not be obvious at first sight,
they exist, and wll be apparent on
cares ii eousid ratun. KM'Stance 1
1. Do n l commence ea ing befoie
your bust gets through with Jus
g ace. 1 have known some men t"
bite a biscuit as large as a blacking
box iivo a half moon and hove to
hold ii in their teeth, under a sus
pensi >ll o' ihe iule-‘, during ihe
b ess ng. Tins is disgraceful.
2. Do 1101 s>p soup wj h a fork
Y'mu s hip will al-vay have you ai a
di-advan age with su> h odds. B•-
sid » it IS .-oup-eifluo is.
3. In [tossing your plate tube re-
It.iped, retain your knife and lork
in your v s pocket.
4. When a ked for a dish, do not
pmpel it aeross ttie table hlter the
niainter ol a game of shovel-board,
always pitch it je the desired direcu
that, after the manner ol quoits.—
Tins is quoit sufficient.
5 N«v. r try to eat fish wi h a salt
c liar.
6. Wni'e drinking lie careful not
to empty hot c dee, or anythi 'g ol
that sort into your neighbor's ,-aper
c .liar.
7. Do not eat fast. Yon will not
“g -t left” if y hi make up in heroic
dos s Hr fast ti ne.
8. II you find anything suspicious
in your hash, and m’t eat any m ire
ha-lt, and if iln re is anythi g wrong
with your butt r, pro,>os: a toast or
it 11 an anecdote.
j 9. When you I urn your mouth
' with a cold potato, don’t whistle o
nt .Ke I ,ces at .lie company, hut sled
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tear-i m^l-nce.
JO. Never leave the t ble with
out as .ing the lady of the house to
be excus'd; but if It ippen to
be at a bo bdeue or a tree lunch,
don’t leave it a- 1 mg as theie is a
bone or a crumb in sight.
If you will s udinusly observe
these liule rulesaml don’t approp i
ate your t.ible nap 1 in under the con
temptible pretense that you thought
it was ymr pocket-handketchief,
you will succeed admirably'.
THE DETROIT MELON EATER.
Champion of Be World.
A Canada n -gio Ins b en walk
ing around the Central ..Market, in
Detroit, and ‘ blowing”! ow many
meilons he con'd eat ia*gtven lime.
It was known that he was preuy
he.vy meilons., and the A nt-rican
darkeys Kid to take a back seat and
bide their time. On Thursday even,
ina a steam boot fireman, called
• 1 8l ck Betsy,” stopped off h> re,
wltete he lives, and happen-d around
the m'rki-t ye terdny morning wtteu
“Tall Jn> k,” of Can-id* was b'owing
his hurde.-t. “Talk about eating
melons,” sung out “Betsey,” “’bint
eating meilons? Why, sir, I can
eat. more mellons than any two nig
g<-rs in Kennedy.” The terms were
snon artang and, each contnbuti and had
a dollar, and the »' «llar b -ught eigh
teen f'«ir -ize I mu-k and watermel
ons. They were carried mer to
lash dy s,>ot on Ba es s r>-et an 1 dt-
I vided into two [itles. an I it was
I agreed that the o e who failed io eat
his nine s mild pay f r all. Both
men b ok oil their coats, unbuckled
their st ap-, and went to bu-iness.
“Talk ab"U e.tiu’ melius!” -ne»r
ed R ts y, as he ripped one in two,
an I made a' out six mouthfuls of it.
“ Yes, t Iking ’bout mel'ons —
nmph !’’ r> pli and Jack, slinging away
aheip of tiuds. N id.er o toe con
i' stan s paid any attention to water
inellon s eds, eating them down,
and the inter or of a muskmellon was
nked out at one handful. N-ither
falter ed until after the fourth mel
lon, when the Canadian began to
pick out the seed an Igo slow'. Ilia
friend- ra lied hi n, and he got it.to
the sixth meilon as Bc.sey tiieshed
his s v-nth. “Whoa! boy, what
ails ye ? * shouted the crow'd, as tall
Jack looked despairingly round anJ
nibbled mice or twice at his seventh.
He mattag dto gu'p down p,
and then leaned 'bick against the
fence, slowly pull and out fifty cents,
ban le I it over, and reinaikcd:—
“Somehow l doesn’t feel like Ratio’
meluna to-day.” Betsy tossed away
the rinds of ti e e gb h, tut open and
went through the ninth, and as he
reached over and took the largest
one from the other pile he yelled :
“Meluns! meluns! Tell Vut to keep
dal street car team oui of the way
of these finds!”
Short aod swee.
An lowa rd tor whoa ttended a
party, was smitten w : th the chat ms
of a fair damsel who wore arose
on her forehead, and thus guslud
ab >ut it;
Above her no'e
Tnereisa rose;
Below that ro-e
There is a imse.
Rose, nose,
No.-c, rose,
Sweet rose.
Dear nose.
Below her chut
There is a pin,
Above that put
There is a chin,
l’tn chin,
Chiu, pin,
S*eet p>n.
Dar chin.
Whereupon a rival eJit>r thus
apostrophises the lowa ch <p :
Above a stool
There is a fool.
Below the fool
T here is a s 001.
Stool, so
Fool, S'O and,
Old soul,
Damphool.
B 1 >w his seal
Th- re a e two feet,
Above these feet
There is a seat.
Scat, sett,
Fe t, seat,
Soft seat,
B'g fee l .
M.rty for love, yo tug u en, J}
reinein .er that it is us easy to lo
ag rl whose - his a hun Ired tho
-an I in bink a« on') whose o’d in
-its up bcht id a pair of mules at
yells; “Wltoi, y >u, Pete, or ]
i take your ear ofl.’’