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How Dick Took tlie Turkeys.
A stdry is told of Dick, a
Kentucky who was a notoric
so vicious in this respect that all the
thefts in the neighborhood were chart
ged to him. On one occasion Mr.
Jones, a-neighbor of Dick’s master,
called andfeaid that Dick mast be sold
out of the part of the country, for he
had stolen all of his (Jones’) tnrkeyB.
Dick’s master, could not -think so.
The two however, .went into the field
where Dick was atjwork;; and' accused
him of the theft.
Frenzied Religious Orgies of
Louisiana Kegroes.
^ “No, I didn’t, massa,*’ responded
Dick.
A visit to" the colored 'churches in
some communities would well repay
the time and attention of the philan-
These churches are mostly
of the Methodist and Baptist denomi
nations, and are generally well attend
ed—itcannot he said for the purpose
of devotion, as the scenes which take
place in them preclude all possibility
of prayer or religions meditation, ex
cept perhaps among a very determined
few. Women resort thither-to avenge
The master persisted. .
“Well,” at length said Dich, ‘Til
tell yon, massa; 1 didn’t steal dem tur
keys, but lastnight I went across Mr.
Jones’ pasture, and saw one of your
mils on defence, so I brought home
ponfpund itwhen ,
to look, dare was nine turkeys on de * or wbat
jail.”
their wrongs, real or imaginary, and
the pqlieemen who stand in wtdtipain,
idfenesa. With regard to the primi
tive exercise, they are religious in tho
extreme. Their favorite hymn,
“I'm gwlne to heaven in a ham basket,"
is a poetical curiosity, and it would
Keep Cool,
•Ufil
About this time sell the zero of your
thermometer, as you will have no nse
for itforsoma time in fact forsnmm^x
time to come. - ' -
H you can’t keep cool, keep cooler:
if you can’t do this, keep a school as
you can; try to rent a cellar (a eellery
cellar will be the best at dinner time),
bat if a cellar is not procnrable, an
ice cool parlor, containing an ice little
sofa-and-an icedittlegirh-Wffi^ttorTf
she rejects yon, so much the better,
as that process is liable to b^cppli
and the main thing is to keep cool,
you know.
The
has received a letter from the Com-
the Kickapoo Ind-
to the remoral
ians now in
they have been retained
forth in the report of Agent Mill..
Depredations on live stock continue
animated. Marauders with their
stock have been traced time and again
to the Bio Grande,and he is reliably
informed that parties in pursuit- can
often see them from tlieriorit'sid&'.q
the river their stock in
other parties, selected
droves .on the south side of the river
or distribution to the interior
of Mexico. This gradual but heavy
loss ofproperty, he rays is very dis
couraging to the people. fniey -are
the
the preacher is chosen by this turbu-
omcn excr
frenzy by these fanatical discourses,
have taken their infants and dashed
them against the pews and walls, to
ISfgBbs endangerment of life and
limb. Cannot [the churches spare
missionaries from Booriboola Glia?
There is work for them at home.
Politeness In.
SABBATH READING.
Nearer Heme.
•
X HXMN BY THZ I. ATE PH<EBE CAST.
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o’ar; axz 1
I’m nearer my homeio-day .
Than I ever have been before;-
Window Glass and Patty
lvwmil nfliffl* • t .
Wherewe lay our .burdens down; .
Nearer leaving the cross.
! .I----: rS
But the waves of that silent sea
KolL dart before my sight,- .
TMfoififriBr Ibeatofgsfefe >:t &
.;.Rreqkoa*to“l“P £ |jgbk
O, if my mortal feet
If it be I am hearer home - :
Even to-day than I think,
Let my spirit feel in
; On'tori rock, of a liying faith.
Influence of a Hymn,*'
.-a A Inrrsri A:: os ts
Alitirm "nf"lijaunpr iro-
a'recent writer
, yon can
i thorough a lady as I am 1
was the impression made upon me by
if
L,
Tribune publishes the Hymn entitled
• it ; .v ® e
me, which we give above,
ana relates the followincr affectincr in-
A
1 with packages for a.young
man from his friends in the Ui"*
he would, pi
ton.
the former mistress
It was more what she did not
lion, the graceful dignity, that made
52*. °* mone j and^ goods, aa_set. ^aBladyraduchesainher’fadedreahn.
Sack breeding and such manners
of eveiy one.
_ mat
the virtues which led to them are to
be cultivated by, everybody, with some
success. Miss Sedgwick t was one of
well—bred- women,
was more fa
mous than she in her prime, and she
of those old sehooi- man- card
Sum a tone.
never turned her head; j 1
ntoh^heayOTfi&i 4he
fiw^wtae-F
ing and drinking in a terrible why,
contih-
ually to the foulest-profanity.- Two
games had been finished the yonng
mah losing ; eaicb time.a-..The.:third)
game, with fresh bottles of brandy,
had just begun, and the young
sat laxy bacteiflU hi8.: .ehaik while: the
determination of the Mercian officials
to retain the Kickapoo Indians in
Mexico os a doaka»20S6ftdi
JMl talk,flow
quite freely of organizing themselves
into*armed bands and
Mexico to recover their stolen~prop-‘
the frontier since the recent develop
ments in regMd.tothe, removal of- the
Kiekanyplf^y^lfi ; l»p|
adds: it is believed that these depreda
tions can bo. 'effectually and perma
nently stopped by pursuing the- ma-
randingbandsinto Mexico with
■and the owners of the stock.
—?— =kkis -3f :
lately made the followmg,iieyehdM^; ?
He says his rule always was when he
sold a bill of .goods on credit to imme-
HHH :bf
Ms debtor.. So long as he advertised
uflly he rested ea-
Pro Nono on toe Situation.—At S y, as soon ashe began to oontract his
the presentation .of an address' to the „
Pope by the inhabitants rfltttafri Cfefcl ^
witnessing iniquity, injustice and dis
order around us. I am weary of the
iusults offered day by day to religion
in this city, which was wont to Rhine
before the .world os an example of
lam weary of the
s weak and innocent,
to minfetertibf tiie
profanation of ob-
Jearest veneration; of all
this Ik
✓ out and
ready to coinpromise'the struggle with
has never
them both
feel-honored and distinguished. Her
attitude of listening was in itself a
to the last she main
tained a charm—beyond beauty—the
she took the fact as
3 was tronble ahead,
Holiness made a spqech in which-oc- and he invariably went for his debt
cnrs the following remmlrabl&ato&^r fe^ls
aess known
iSSJen have said-tiiafrlamwom: out
and weary!—True, I, am .weary irbin' ’is too pOdtioSdti' business;!* This
withdrawal of an advertisement is an
evidence of weakness
Stammering.
How to cure the Afltic
^Remedy.
A. Ttfylor editor
Crosse (Wia) Leader, w]
UNSURPASSED Ilf THE STATE.
MltS? Those who have traded with min former years
know that we do not boost when we 63J* .
WE KEEP NO INFERIOR STOCK.
inv & E.1KTLAND
hly be fonnd^ in a certain gambling
hbnse. Hew
ing the yOTng'mah, tot down and
waifed -in the hope that lie
hL*rtie^ r
getting angryovi
-time ^ealinir
looked
He went o^ ( tffl at
■‘P.ping^hjranpf
while the yonng man sang, the elder
stopped dealing the cards, stared at
theriag<^ ^
cards on tne floor, exclaimed‘ 'Har
ry where did yon learn that tune?”
<f What tune?” “Why, that you’ve
been singing.” The young man said
hp did not know what hehadbeen sin-
ing, when the elder repeated the words
with tears in his eyes, and the young
'man said he had learned thdin in
jy here’s what I won from you; go
and nse it for some good purpose. .
for m^j as^io^Jlesmi, I luArVpioy^
niy last game, and drank my last bottle
gair^
and say that, for old America’s soke
Brass Band Instruments
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HOUSTON LEGAL NOTICES..
Houston. Court of Ordinary:
-HEKEAS John W. Clark, Administrator of
u^'^Holines, deceased applied for letters of
dismission from raid trust; this is to cite mllpersonB
interested, to show csuse. if any exists, <m or be
fore the first Monday in November next, why bsi
mtion sho no 8^*^ SWIFT> 0 . n . C.
July25th, 1871. ; . ........
FOB SAIiE BY
Houston Court of. Ordinary:
MIX A KIRTLAND,
PKALEB81H
T.EAtHKR. ft FINDINGS,
CotUm Arenu^Mib^&r, GA.,
SION OP TUB Bio ROOT.
! vtoa&nirto tfce people of Hcrdstonrmsny
of whom have traded with as
> of years, that we sow have a
far Come and!
mom ft CROCKER,
FORT VALLETi GJL t
Having leased the. : •
PLANTERS’ WAREHOUSE
; 'BncK-Binldiiig, will do a
GENEH : klF mtAl>
Warehouse and Commission Business.
; liberal advances rail be made on Cotton,
and all proitato m ' towe, T^ ore also
joeparedto fill oadtoiforlhebcst:brands of
G-uano
at short notice.
^3-H.
■ K? dS iltfsf; W* *
a short timiylhow offer the remaining por
tion of my Goods, consisting of ajreli as-
sorted stock of Plain and Fancy
peate^l in such a vile place, at first
maife me jjgy GOODS, BOOTS? SHOES,
l T n *** f pT“ M irm dfl IBnt shr
HATS, GROCERIES.
HARDWARE',
iff
- ' k : g f A V&A .|
and everything usually kept m a village
store, at greatly reduced prices, for Cash, or
to prompt paying customers on time. Please
call and examine my stock.
M. E. SPEBBY,
aug3-4t Marshallville, Ga.
LATEST SPRINC STYLES.
TIFBS. CHOATE DESIBES TO INFORM
ill. her friends and customers who have so
liberally 'patronized, her. in. the past,
meqwlAiAaffl^hS^nMiewj^^
dence just above the Methodist Chnrch,
formerly known os the Carpenter Stand.
’ Dresses made in any style dekired; pri ,
moderate; all my workwiranted; goSd fit
ting a specialty. I have a small lot of trim-
^ which I am offering low.. Give me
myMsmk
The following varieties ofjramip^Ked can be
had at the Drag Store:
of God never shollit be that I become
.thus weary,”, ( . jtt^tctswidSt 3S
...
f A'*
-Alfepugh the mitmaimwa tan i Aoti
- to some extent adopted in the army
of Germany; the press of that country
. still continea to. doubt the avaflabihl
.'for . moden£ha9£E-^SSBpsEA
z military authorities know more about
.the subject than newspaper critics;
:bat os it is always desirableto hear both
one —“Leander swam the Hellespont”
—and pronounce it by syllables, scon
% byjgffiBPjjrtun^tolh to^fifiger if
neoessary, lettilg each syllable occupy
the same time, thus Le— an—der—
swam—the—Hel—les—pout, and he
:lin newspaper:
While their general effect is much
inferior to that of artillery, this arm
and nearly as fast as persons ordinari-
ty talk or read. Then practice this in
reading and: conversation until the
Troth!* Brief.
ly organization, and tliey are no
exposed to the enemy’s fire. At
-great distance they are of little or no
value, on account of their feeble
range, the limited
mand, and the impotoibilify - of accu
rately directing their fire. At a short
(distance they suffer as much fom in
fantry fire as they do from
'They cannot cover
•cause they are placed behind them,
jjartly because their projectiles neither
Lnrst nor rebound. La offensive
movements they are of no . practical «wMMi wai^>
utility, and it is only 'in exceptional uw*.
«ases that they ton be employed for
toe •dcioBsive; for example, when
there is mrit sufficient space to deploy
times happens in defending a narrow
road and other similar occasions. We
are .convinced by these facts that in
future wars the mitrafleuse will play a
much less important part than most
people seem to believe.
The sugar crop of Louisiana, if the
latter portion of the year be favorable
fop the cutting and grinding, a crop
maybe anticipated of 225.000 hogs
heads/
person ever fonnd any
The reason of
ig the measure
organs of speech are keptin such po
sition that ennnpiation is. easy. Ap
ply thej^un
and the some result will follow. Le
UlEPttainmerer
ing time; keeping,time with the words
instead of syllables, and he wOT be sur
prised to find that, by very little prac-
hearts, have been the means .<
kening iu the breast of two
^thto* side/bf
the globe, a resolution to lead a better
Before ns. lies a private letter from
to an aged friend in this city, with
ie printed story inclosed, and con
taining this comment:—“I inclose the
am vain of the notice, because
tot in them whei
was written eighteen years ago (1842)
in your house. I composed it in the
little hack third story bedroom, one
Snnday morning, after coming froirf
church; audit makes me Terry happy
could
tb think that any word I
done a little ™
Pkofanot . -Profanity never did any
ah the least good. • N
dr happier or witor for it.
ids no one to any society. It is
pure
Ilia
and his friends
never hear of. A puff of^the idle wind
can take a million of the seeds of the
thistle and do the work of mischief
long to undo, the floatrug particles
too fine to be seen and too light to be
' pped. - Snch are theseeds of slan
der, so easily sown, so difficult to be
gathered up, and yet so. perhicions in
their frnite. The slanderer
plague and become poisoned by his in
sinuation, without ever seeking the
antidote. No reputation can refute a
sneer, nor any human skill, prevent
mischief.
nal business.
The gentleman who tells the' story EOHEBANiAifKn|APnEAi',
(originally published in Bosfoh Daily ©
News) raw these two men leave the
gambling house together; and walk
qt must be a source of great joy Miss
to know that her pnes, which
c
JoKO-St
ox.
SEVEN TOP.
FLAT DUTCH,
FUBPLETOP,
Receives Deposits, discounts Firner, buys
and sells Exchange, also Gold and Silver.
Collectitjns anaae atMlaccessible points.
W. J, Anderson, CoL Hugh L. Dennard,
Wm. B. Brown, Dr. Wm. A Mathews,
Dr. W. H. Hollingsheod.
-■ j ju!20-9m
CONFEDERATE LOCAL STAMPS
Four Dollxra » piece peld tor the local
- ~ i So*
Iaxaed by the Confederate
]tew
CO., S3
SAVANNAH
NEWS.
. _ in thoTWESTY-FlBSTIEAB of DCS EXIS-
® I TENCE.
whom we
mind; unprofitable, needless, and injn-
ous in society.
' Good qualities are incomprehensible
to those who. have them not.
Apafhyisone of the worst moral dis
eases, as it not only
from Combating the onemaoliTnonfi. of
woe, but doses every avenue of Our
which the, husbandman most labor Make a point never so dear, it is
great odds that a man whose habits*
the bent of whose mind lie a eontrary
way, shall be unabii
so weak a thing is com]
dinatibn.
When men are' m<
gant, they are commonly the most
mistaken, and.have then given views to
passion, without the proper- delibera-
ion and suspense wbi^ cah alone se
cure them fromthe grossest absnrdi-
i ies-
A* m newi-grther. the MORNING NEWS i»
getaeihd .nt.rpriilnff-Ijip-wMh
pxrtlcalxr. It U eir.fully xnd Tigorcmly edited,
' OF TO-DAY.
hopefully Demo-
unwmveriag advocate and disciple
of the people of ihe
o nxli.
of Georgia aud Florida
of
—.—. _ in each iaraeAau i» io be
found in any other daily journal aouthof Lonia-
TiUe or eart of New Orieana.-
haa a circnlxtion
affording one of the'heat advertimiug mediume in
. Expreu Company
nuir be tonrardto *t °<to risk and at onr expense.
. .to eheeg to&i
ssrisf SsjbBt&S&3£Z; an ** .
Only Fifty Cento
on Trial,
-._ _ ■ _
unary 1st, 1872. Large Eunfly Pa
per (enlarged June 20th to 8 pages, 48 col-
nmns) well filled with matter of interest to
ly. Samples aept flee on applica
tion. AGENTS WANTED.
Address JOS. L. DENNI8, ,
Talbotton, Ga. .•
Jnly25ih,1971. : o :
Bfore the
c.c.
Btodaff
of Houston County,
June Term, 1871.. is vi
administrator de bonis non, of
^^ ffiSeffCounV; JoBn Ffiltat of Ban-‘
dolph Coantyi E-'D-'flilbeit, executor, of Pulaski ^
having filed Ms petition for i
accounts aa^administrator afore-
spearing to the Court by the return
fi« that* Mrs. E. A. Smith, administra-
> Smith, is not to be found in Houston
County, and it further appearing that she resides
hfejqp*9)«™»80f ttoa Stxte:Pr mOTtoran.
that aervioeheperfected on said Mrs. E. A. Smith
by pubUcaSon of this notice four months in the
Houston Home Jo^
A true extract from the minutes of Court. June
IS, 1871. W. T. SWIFT, 0."H. C.
iGIA, HOUSTON COUNTY.—V. t*. Joans
T. J. Harris, administrators on the estate
of John JL Johns, late of Houston county deceased
FURNITURE
GEORGE PAUL,
PEBTBY, GA.
Keeps^cototantly on 'hand a good
? mentof-
B EDS TE ADS, TBtJ NDLE BEDS,
WABDBOBES, TABLES;- CHAIBS,
W A S H S TANDS,' CRADLES,
[CRIBS, SAFES, ETC',:?’ 1
MATTRESSES
ON HAND AND MADE TO 0BDEB.
A general assbrimratoLMETALLIC; land
every description of WOODEN
coFF’iixrfif-
A‘Hearse can be furnished to order at any
rime, on short notice. I can be found in
the'day time at my store, next tb the Hotel:
at night, at my residence, adjoining that of
Dr. Havis. .
Furniture Made to Order,
and repaired at short notice. I will sell
you Furniture as CHEAP AS IT CAN BE
BOUGHT IN MACON.
GEORGE PAUL.
dec 17-ly
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innci-
10m-
ination, who- labored fifty -yeaTs ago, the
fully invited to the publication.
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June 1st, 18711 Macon, Ga.
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