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WIII'IE & McIXTOsIi, Proprietors.
YOi.UME VI T.
ft’crtua 1 .
fFop ike
O ct*as« o !*.ng ender lays
Wbos* <lu (•«•: !..n«tb»* soul outliruU ;
Tin* ii\ ing; dit arnn of Lppier days
\\ e live! can recall :
Why wake the thought so loDg lain dead,
The hopes iliat >v*-re not doomed to be,
\\ b< se beauties, now forex ei fled,
We nevermore may see.
Seiko not the lyre as of old,
It sadly echoes back the past;
Each choid xibmtcs wiib bliss untold
Far. far, too sweet lo last :
It tells of scenes in youth so bright,
To us they almost seem divine—
Alas ! they’ve faded from our si;.ht,
'Txvere useless t*» tepine,
11. F. D.
Casabianca of the i** i <l.
He came—the image of his sire,
With all the charms that youth can lend.
And sat beside the kitchen hr*-.
YV bile mamma did his garments mend.
She turned the pockets inside out.
And forth came miscellaneous things ;
And all 'he region round about
Were strewn with marbles Hah hooks, strings, j
A dirty handkerchief, sow gum,
F ragmen* sos case, a dozen nails,
A photograph that had become
The worse for wear -but language fails.
So thought the matron in dismay ;
And with intention v« destroy,
Thrust in the stove such card- 4 as they
Who play at euchie would employ-
But quick the boy. through -moke and flame,
(slabbed .bein' nor cared for burns a speck:
And like youn-r Casa xxha.'s h ; s name
Trod bravely on the burning “deck.
MliscrUancoU&
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THE WAY I OKEEP *5131.
BY MIRY E. CI.A UK E.
“Out again to-night r” said Mrs. Hayes
fretfully, as her husband rose from the
tea-table, and donned his great coat.
“Yes, I have auengag,uncut with Moore;
I shall he in early, have a light in th- li
brary- Good night, and with a careless
nod, William Hayes 1, It the mom.
“Always the wav,” murmured Lizzie
Hayes, sinking hack uj>on a sola, “out |
every night. I don't believe he cares one 1
hit about me, now, an 1 yet we ve been
married only two years. No man can
have a more orderly liou -■, I am sure ;
and I never go anywhere, I am not a bit
extravagant, and yet 1 don't believe he
loves nie any more. Oh ! dear, why is it? :
I wasn't rich, he.didn’t marry for money,
he must have loved me then why does he ;
treat me wth so 'much neg.eet'r” and I
,vith her min i filled wth m h Irettul
queries. I.'zz Bayes f : i p upon the
Lit: j, .Inf tier picture as she lay 1
there, b'm- v.as a blonde,, with a small;
graceful iigu, . and a very l 1 ret tv face. |
The hair, wiio-h showed by its rich waves I
its natural tendency to curl, was hrushed
smoothly back, and gathered into a rich
knot at the hack ; “It. was such a bother
to cur! it,” she said ;le *,«• -k was pal .
and the whole face w
expression. Horde neat chintz
wrapper, but she wore n oilar or
sleeves : “What’s the use of dressing
up just for William
Lizrie slept soundly for two hours, and
then awoke suddenly. Stm sat up,
glanced a* the clock, and sighed drearily
at the prospect of the long interval still
to be spent alone before bed time.
The library was just over the room in j
which she sat, and down the furnace flue
through the registers, a voice came to
the young wife’s ears : it was her hus
band’s.
“Well, Moore, what’s a man to do ?
I was disappointed, and I must have
pleasure somewhere. Who would have
fancied that Lizzie Jervis, so pretty, so
sprighly and loving, could , iiar.ge to the
fretful dowdy she is now ? Who wants
to stay at home to hear h s wife whining
all the evening about her troublesome
servants, and her headache, and allsorts
of bothers ? She’s got the knack of that
drawling whine so had, that, pen my
life, I don't believe she can speak pleas
antly.”
Lizzie sat as if stuned. XV as this true t ■
She looked in the glass. If not exactly
dowdy, her costume was certainly not
suitable for an evening, even if it were
an evening at home, with only William :
to admire. She rose, and softly went to i
her own room with bitter, sorrowful
thoughts, and a firm resolution to win
hack "her husband’s heart, and, then, his
love regained, to keep it.
The next morning, William came into j
the breakfast-room, with his usual care
less manner, but a bright smile came on
his lips as he saw Lizzie. A pretty chintz
with neat collar and sleeves of suuc.y
muslin. and a wealth of soft, full curls, i
ha>l really metamorphosed her; while
the blush her husband's admiring glance
called up to her cheek, did not detract from
her beautv. At first William thought
there must be a guest, but glancing he
found they were alone.
“Come,* William, your coffe will be;
gtone cold,” said Lizzie, in a cherry,
pleasant voice.
“It must cool till you sweeten my break
fast with a kiss,”* said her husband,
crossing the room to her side ; and Liz
zie’s heart bounded as she recognized the j
old lover’s tones and manners.
Not one fretful speech, not one com
p a n* fell upon William's car through
the meal. The newspaper, his usual so
| lace at that hour, lay untouched, as Liz
zie chatted gaylv on every pleasant sub
ject she could think of, warming hv his
gratified interest and cordial manner.
“You will be home to dinner?” she
said, as he went out.
“Can’t to-day, Lizzie, I have business
out of town, but I'll be home early to tea.
Have something substantial, for I don’t
expect *o dine. Good-by,” and the smil
ing look, warm kiss, and lively whistle,
were a marked contrast to his lounging,
careless gait, the previous evening.
“I am m the right path,” said Lizzie,
in a low whisper. “Oh ! what a fool 1
have been for two years 1 A ‘fretful
dow.ly !” William you shall never say
that again.”
Lizzie loved her husband with real
wifely devotion, and her lip would quiver
as she thought of his confidence to his
friend Moore ; hut like a brave little wo
man she stifled back the bitter feeling,
and tripped oft to perfect her plans.
The grand piano, si lent for mouths, was
opened, and the linen covers taken from
the furniture, Lizzie thinking, “He
shan’t find auv parlors more attractive
than his own, I am deiermined.”
Tea time came, and William came witk
it. A little figure, in a tasty, bright, siik
dress, smooth cur's, c>h ! su h a love.y
Mush and smile, stood ready to welcome
William. . -1" ( .line in ; aud tea time
passed us tie morning’s meal had dime.
After tea, there was no movement, as
usual, toward the i at-rack. William
stood up beside the i .me, lingering, chat
ting, till Lizzie also rose. She led linn
to the light, warm parlors, intheir pint tv
glow of tasteful arrangement, and drew
h.ui down beside her on the seta. He
felt as if he was courting over a gam, as ,
he watched her fingers busy with some
fancy needlework, and listened to the
cheerful voice he had loved so dearly two
years before.
“What, are you making, Lizzie r'
“A pair of slippers. Don’t you re
member how much you admired the pair
I woiked for you, oh '. ever so long ago t
“1 remember ; black velvet with (low
ers on them. ,1 used to put my feet on
the fender, and dream of blue eyes and !
bright curls, and wish time would move ,
faster to the day when I could bring my j
l,onnie woe wife home, to make music in
mv house.”
Lizzie’s face saddeued for a moment,
a.s she thought of the last, two years, un i
how little music she had made for this i
loving heart, gradually weaning it from
j its allegiance ; then she said : _
! “I wonder if you love music as much
| as you did then ?”
| “Os course I do. I often drop in at!
Miss Smith’s for nothing else than to I
hear the music.”
“lean play and sing better than Miss ;
Smith,” said Lizzie, baljljpouting.
“But vou always say you are out <>l ■
practice when I ask you.’
“I had the piano tuned this morittg.j
Now, open it, aud we will see how it,
sounds.” ,
Wdlim'obeyed joyfully, and, tossing!
a., .1, hi sewing, Lizzie took the piano- |
stool. She had a very sweet voice, not I
powerful, hut most musical, and was a
very fair performer on the piano.
“Ballads, Lizzie?”
“Oh ! its, I know you dislike opera j
music in a parlor.”
One song after another, with anoc-i
tuine, or lively instrumental piece, oeea-;
sionallv, between them, filled up another I
hour pleasantly.
The little mantle clock struck eleven !
“Eleven! I thought it was about
nine. I ought to apologize, Lizzie, ar
J used to do, for staying so long ; and
1 can truly say, as I did then, that the
time has passed so pleasantly, I can i
scarcely believe it is so late.
The piano was closed. Lizzie’s work j
put in the basket, and William was ready |
to go up stairs ; hut glancing back, he j
saw his little wife near the fire-place,
her hands clasped, her headj
i„-nt, and large tears falling from I
her eyes. lie was beside her in an in
■ slant. _ r |
“Lizzie, darling, are you ill ? XX hat is j
the matter ?”
i “Oh ! William, T have been such a bad
! wife! I heard you tell Ma. Moore, last
j evening, how I had disappointed you ;
hut I will try to make your home pleas-j
[ ant, indeed I will, if you will omy foi-
I give and love me.”
; “Love you 1 Oh ! Lizzie, you can nr ‘
| guess how dearly I love you !
As the little wife lay down that n c
she thought:
“I have won him hack again ' Bette-'
than that. I have learned the way to keep
him /”
1 A Remedy foe Headache. - Pains m
I the head arise from -ueh a variety of
j causes that no one r n ‘dy will answer in ;
; every case. But the following is said to
! be an excellent preparation and from the
I simple nature of the ingredients we think
i it is worth trving : Put a handful of salt
■ in a quart of water and one ounce of
: spirits of hartshorn and half an ounce of
| spirits of camphor. Put them quietly
! into a bottle, and cork tightly to prevent
i the escape of the spirits. Soak a piece of
I cloth in the mixture, and apply it to the
j head, wet the noth afresh as soon as it
gets heated. —Exchange.
A Memphis girl was married the other
•lav and immediately -sold her piano,
| bought a sewing machine and made her
husband a suit of clothes and herself two
j calico dresses, and now fourteen young
\ men are seeking the hand of her pretty
: unmarried sister.
Men with large nos, s, are always smart.
because they “n<>sc a heap.
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY PEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1873.
THE FARMERS.
The Yanry-t'olanitt l>iseitssioii--
<lovemor Smith's (treat Speeeh - -
JU Bespeaks an Keen Chance for
the Farmers with the Xeyroes--
Splemlid Hospitality of the J’eopte
of Athens.
[From die Atlanta Ilcrahl.]
lii addition to the dispatches sent you
of the actings and doings of the recent
Agricultural Convention, which convened
at Athens on the 12th of the month, your
j correspondent desires to fill up the out
j line already furnished your readers with
! a more cireumstancial report.
Very rarely lias any one who has been
in the habit of attending these Conven
tions (held twice a year) of the Si ate So
ciety, ever seen the call bring together a
finer body of men—whether intelligence,
personal appearance or numbers is con
sidered. About 250 members came, duly
accredited, and almost every neighbor
hood in the State was represented.
The session was most unhappily opened
by a singular exhibition of temper and
personality. It seems that at. a previous
;u nos the Convention, Mr. B. C. Yan
cey, and, in a series of resolutions, that
a .■<‘t;, ai'.teeof three be appointed to in
v. ti the lin im ail condition of the
So, , :y , and also lo look into the expen
dituie of certain moneys, and fix upon
the proper administration —either the
preceding or the present one, the respon
sibility for the use of the same.
The resolutions of inquiry required
that after this investigation was complet
ed and the committee’s report came in, it
should be handed to the Secretary, and
spread upon the minutes of the Society,
without lurther order. Besides this, the
resolutions named the pa rties who were
to act us this committee. So soon us the
Convention was organized—indeed, be- !
fore it was organized Mr. Yancey arcs \ I
aud, with a very marked display of feel- ;
ing, called the attention of the Conven
tion to the proceeding facts as we have
in substance given them, and called fora
reading of the report. Then we heard
one of the most remarkable papers read
that was ever given to a deliberative body.
It was interminable, and might have been,
for all a dreary and exhausted memory
. .in now recall, a thousand pug, sor a
thousand miles long. Buffi,-e it to say, I
the partiality and spleen required in its |
exlnictoration almost the cnl ■ morning |
session of tlu> first, day of l lie Convention. |
The motive was too manifest, and that |
motive seemed Io be, to every human !
being present, a desire to assault and in- j
jure President Colquitt., and not to vin- 1
dieate ex-President Yancey. Heavy,
black clouds could be seen I,> pies over
Colqu.lt’s fa. e. us some of the more hurt -i
l'ul and ungenerous passages of this now !
notorious paper, were read. But before
it was all tlirougb, the man W’t.h his usu- |
al magnanimity and elevation of soul,
rose way above the low plane of this v, n- j
om, ami said m a few dignified words to
the Convention, that, he dismissed the j
matter without a lingering resentment,
and cheerfully left the final verdict v !l>
the Convention and the country. The
spiciest part of the whole episode was the
criticism ol'Col. Grier, of Jones. This
man is as solid as the butt end of a
wedge of gold, and never minces. Said
the Col.: “In all my knowledge of con
ventions and reports, this paper beats all.
Who wrote this paper, Mr. President ? I
Surely the two men whoso names are
subscribed to it could not have done it. !
No man but a fool could have signed!
such a thing. Who then did write it ?” |
The high elliptical ceiling only echoed, ]
“who then did write it Jf"
But this your friend, the writer, will;
say for Mr. Yancey’s good, his friend,;
deeply regretted Ibis thing---the t;ii"!
friends of the Society lamented it, and it j
came very nearly resulting in very great!
harm. One word from Colquitt would j
have started a blaze of feeling and retort |
which would have told with fatal , fleet •
on the success of the meet ing, if it. bad !
not fixed a more lasting injury on tin j
great cause itself for which the body had
convened. Candor, however, compels us
to gay the report was not without iin pres- j
sion. Its effect was very market indeed, ;
and re-elected General Colquitt by aecla- |
mation, to the fourth to mi of his inbum- !
beney. Let us m the name of taste, and j
for the sake of dear old Georgia, have :
no more of such bitter personal squib- |
Wing, when all should be fraternity and j
•at soTtied devotion to the public good.
Ji leek Governor Smith's great speech ;
.iii: iy, to wipe out of everybody’s!
i,. mi the gi > -.pot of the Yancey re-:
port. A committee of tbreo were ap- j
pointed by the chair, to wait, on the Gov
ernor and’invite him to be present and i
address the Convention on such a topic ,
and at such an hour as he should choose.j
Witte this unpretending man’s usual dis
regard of formality and display, he came i
into the Convention in a few moments j
after the committee waited upon him and j
for two hours addressed the Convention j
amidst the profoundest attention of ev- j
cry man in the great concourse. You I
know that my experience of public men!
and public gatherings iu Georgia, has ■
not been limited, and that I must have
listened to many addresses in my life. I
declare to you that never in all that ex
pert nee, has it been my good fortune to
hear from any man in Georgia, so splen
; did an address on public affairs.
! From the very ground up, ibis speech
! was as solid and symmetrical as a pyra
j mid, and the universal verdict was, that
; the effort had never been surpassed in
our day, and that it was the crowning
j achievement of Gov. Smith’s life. The
; effect was truly marked, and I might say,
! unprecedented. I, myself, heard leading
men sav that they returned to their homes
now lor the first time, full of hope for
i Georgia’s future, and that under Gov-1
! ernor Smith’s lead and advocacy the ag
riculture of the State must he a success.
There pervaded the whole mass of the
Convention and the community an im
pressible feeling of elation and confidence
in the future.
Os course we cannot be expected to
give an extended report of the Govern
or’s great address. The Society, by a
most, flattering rising vote, have request
ed his excellency to furnish a full copy
of his speech. But the request is a vain
one, for 1 happen to know that Governor
Smith cannot reproduce a speech as en
tirely extemporized as that one was, and
from a few notes of stat istics on two or
throe slips of paper. But the lucid or
der of the address aud {powerful array of
facts made such an impression upon al!
who listened that it would boa difficult
endeavor to report all the most impor
tant points in the speech.
The distinguished speaker said that
our heritage was one blessed bqyond
measure, and that a Georgian bad good
cause for thankfulness to < iod that he was
born on Georgia soil. Her climate and
staples aud society made her an empire
iu herself that placed her in the front
rank of Stales. From the sea to the
mountains, our material advantages were
broadcast over the whole land and the
ui,ml was impressed with the mu t, tudi
iious character of our ivsources. But a
sad duty devolved upon every patriot
wffb stood forth as a teacher or a reform
er iu the ,State, and truth required that,
it. should bo said that with all out' vvou
derous affluence of resources, there was a
steady decline in the public prosperity.
Looking ahead was after a good thing,
hut looking back was after the vein of
life that, was fullest of warning and ad
monition. Statistics are the real eyes of
the Statesman, aud without their guid
ance wo call never find on 1 ' way out of
the labyrinth of financial and economical
problems.
What., then, was the solemn truth in
regard to our condition, industrially con
sidered? Take the item of corn produc
tion and it was logical to place first the
naked question of bread—and what do
the ret urns show ? Why, that in 1850
the Staieof Georgia produced of corn,
more than 30,000,000 of bushels; of wheat,
j nearly 1,110,000 bushels; of rye, nearly
j 54,000 bushels; of oats, 3,800,000; of bar
il, >y, 11,500 bushels. In 18G0, we made,
jof corn, 30,770,000 bushels; of wheat,
2,544,013 bushels; of rye, 115,532 bush
i els; of oats, I,23l,Bl7bushels. But how
[stands the account of 1870 ? We made
! that year but 17,046,450 bushels of corn,
! showing a falling off in one decade of
| le.oro t .ian thirteen millions of bushels,
| and ol'wl; it w made about 2,1 1 10,000
bushels, a falling off of 400,000 bushels;
of oat.s 1,004,000 bushels are to b " set off,
against ae,op of 3,820,000 bushels in
1.850. This, said the speaker, is a bad
i showing indeed for a people who are,
anu must, ever remain, essentially an
agricultural people. An agrieulluial
! people.buying or begging bread tells a
tale of mismanagement and unthriftiuess
! that needs no girt of prophesy to see to
i the hitter end of wluit is coming. And |
j what ex, use can we make for these, sad j
, vid; lie sos decline aud discouragement.? j
lrieii.-,' v." may leave- argument ; "1 ex-,
plauation that carry along with them a
,•rushing , uudeinuat ion of ot hers; yet stall !
! i here stand the facts, and to-day, and this ]
hour, wo are called upon to meet them I
! squarely and like men. Explanations
will not save us; apologies cannot r, m uc
us from impending bankruptcy. But it |
' will Ire the first, step towards recovery
• and restoration to find out the causes of
, ur and -line. It will Ire a point, gained,
and a most important one, when we can
fell why it. is that, with a populat ion larg
er by twelve percent., our whole indus
trial production has declined full forty
two per cent, in the lasi, ten years. Next
to getting hack the money that has slip- j
pel through our fingers without leaving [
I, sign behind it will he the most vain- 1
able thing for us to find out who has got 1
possess',,!! of the 2,200,000 millions that i
! the cotton of the riouth has sold for in
| the last decade. A sum that would
I nearly pay the hopeless national debt, has j
| passed thiongh our hands has been dug |
'up from Bonuieriisoil by Southern hands
,j | ( lit. ep:and to-,ley v.e have not j
! dollar of it to show for all our pains.
I Surely, to solve this wondrous problem, j
i the minds and power of t his.society alone 1
! should he devoted, hut the best energies!
! of an empire of statesmen could find no!
! higher theme, lint we are deal ng with
! the present, with its distr, ng perplex
j ities and burden q and what is the reme
! dy? We must begin withthe appliances
!we work with. Our disabilities, said the
! speaker, begin with the labor we must
| a t present depend t-n. Our field bands,
I who receive their training under our
; svs tom of slavery, are, many ot them, to
| a certain extent available, but only to a |
I very limited degree. While we must ad
; mit, leaving out a few exceptional cases
!of good behaviour, that generally the
| colored laborer is far less efficient, than
i he used to be, wo can yet see that bad as
! the older ones manage, no earthly reli
! anee can be placed upon the younger set
; which lies come on the field of labor
' sinno slavery was abolished. This class
j seems to be'utter'y lost to the world of
industry, and the hopes which some ex
| press of the effect ot the education on
t these people to the sp-aker’s mind were!
■' dec* ptive. due negroes in Gcor
! man-bo have be, n taught in schools seem j
j to tlrnk ail labor is a badge of slavery, j
' and that freedom means the delightful
privilege of Jmng nothing at all. But j
if the number remaining who hud th, ;
h a *,ji labor impressed upon them by;
tb< ir early and former s rvituile could be'
made U comply with contracts fairly on-
terod into, wo might secure far bettor
results for our annual field labor. But
this cannot be done. The negro is not
morally bound, and lioiv can you bind
him legally when ho has nothing, and no
suasion can jireva.il on him to lay uji a.
dolls?. The laws must bo altered to
moot the demands of the hour.
The vagrant laws made for afar better
day than the one wc have fallen on, do
dot begin to meet the calls for redress
| which t he State justly makes against this
evil. It seems indeed as if we have had
a revival of vagrancy and it. spreads like
pestilence. Indolence, consuming the
fruits of the earth and of other men’s
toil, without a return of any sort, is per
haps the greatest clime after all against
society. Murder is natural and shock
ing, and the taking off of one man by
tlic bloody hand quickly revolts,and the
j perpetrator is soon isolated and the evil
stops. But idleness is, alas, so natural.
I Let. it spread and it becomes a paralysis,
and a people is undone bv, its hopeless
I torpor. Nothing like repression for
! this vice can be regarded as extreme by
I the true statesman, or indeed by the true
I philanthropist. Man ’must work, must
be forced to work, or ho must die, and
die a thousand deaths.
I am not (the speaker said, with mark
ed feeling,) for undoing the past. If to
move my little finger the system of slav
ery,, as it once existed hero, could be re
stored with its complete environment, I
would not move that finger. Let mat
ters rest as they are, as to that. But.
humanity itself all good men all states
manship -cry out against, tolerating a
state of society that, assumes that one
half of an i'll! ie population are to he
nothing else nothing better- than a
herd t>f legal in -d paupers and vagrants.
Let the law, in its wide and thorough
sweej), spare neither white nor black. I
am not, said the Governor, manceuvering
for anv unfair advantage for white men.
Too happy will 1. be when I find that, the
power of this government shall cease to
bo used to give the negro privileges and
poworx that are deemed too good for
white men. All I ask fur my people is
an even chance, and that I am more than
willing to let the negro have. But, the
fortunes and fate of a whole Slate, not,
to say of an entire sectaon, are in the
ciiiciiile, and humanity itself will cry
aloud against, any more reek 1 css jialt.er
ing or experiment. Our agriculture, so
far ns our great staple is concerned, is
encumbered with peculiar burdens and
trials. A strike in May, or a wholesale
desert ion of a crop then, is absolute ruin.
Instigated by bail men, or by a venal
wish to i xtort, haril terms of the ctnjiloy
er, a whole force, in the mklst of the
crop a aison, deserts, and theeotton plan- j
ter is ruined. Well, the reply to all this J
is, Sue the parties ou their contract. We |
are told I his by nu u who know, or ought
to know, that a judgment on such a con
tract. is simply, in ninety-five eases out
of every hundii and, a bit of paper spoiled
by the lines written on it.
Tliis is no redress, either to the imli
vidual wronged or the State or the world
so deejov interested in the results id thin
years’ labor. The remedy is not simple
or self evident. T admit, said the speaker.
But something must, lie done to alleviate
the evils that are pressing our section
over the jireeijiiec of bankniptey. Let j
us all contribute the best, we have to of- i
for, in promoting niea-sores ofrelicl. I j
suggest as my contribution, 1 lint, in all j
such eases as we have alluded to, that wc I
appeal to the courts for the ’enforcement j
of a “specific jierforinanee” of the eon
tract. Tic remedy is as old as equity
law itself, and if t our’s now in existence
are not numerous enough or convenient
enough for a jirojier care of such cases,
lot us establish and empower them when
ever they may be needed. While wo are
caring for the dishonest laborer who eu
gr ges to work, don’t let. us forget to take
care at. the same time of the dishonest
hirer who is too perverse and corrupt to
pay. Let us ail have equal justice and
each be made to stand on hiseugageincnt.
Then when we have secured reliable la
bor, let, us reform our mode of life as
(Inters and farmers. Send no money
out of the country to enrich strangers
which cun as well and better be kept at
home. .Study small economies- waste
nothing, that charity and hospitably
may never be left, as a burden, and that,
the great staple crop which so blesses, or
rather, which might so bless our land if
properly used -may be held in reserve
for that diversified industry which it, is
so much the fashion of those preaching
reform to urge npon us. Now it is worse
than foilv to talk to us of “diversified
indus! ymanufacturing and all that
sort of thing, when there is no surplus
money in the land. Make the tillers of
the soil prosperous, and then call upon
them for aid to manufactures and min
ing. There is sense as well as logic in
that sequence, hut until tin m iney is dug
from the soil there is no hope of sense in
talking to us of a diversified industry.
Wc cannot in justice to you extend as
we might, do from our memory a report
of this truly admirable sjieceb. It was ;
the great effort of Governor Smith’s life j
and will tell, in our judgment, with great j
(lower upon public opinion of Georgia.
We earnestly desire that the Governor j
will tab.- the trouble and give the public |
S the entire speech.
One word as to the good people of
; Athens. Their hospitality to the niem-
Um-s of the convention was in perfect
i keeping with the fame of that splendid
: soviet v ae 1 both as; to the substance and
! form l.f their kindness and civility. They
; Have made .t a hard thing for the other
| .. tbs who shall entertain the Convention
i in the future.
1 Zr.yf'. '
A NEGRO WEDDING.
The bride and groom answering to the
names of Andrew and Susy, were field
hands of unmistakably pure Guitii'iui
blood, and both had passed the first
half-century of life. Their dress, how
ever, showed that they ha and not yet entire
ly eschewed the follies of their youth, or
though rude and cheap, as became their
condition, it was nevertheless unembel
lisht'd with those bits of gewgaw and
glaring finery of bright-colored ribbon
and tie in which the negro delights.
With the most decorous gravity the
preacher began :
“Andrew, duzyoulub disyere woman?”
“I duz so !” was the empha.u ■ reply.
“Will you promise to stick close to
her froo time ’an tarnity, renouncin’ all
odders an’ on’y to her for ebor an’ eber
an’ amen ?"
“I will dat !”
“Will you lub, honor an’ ’bey" -
“Hold on dar, Old Jack r” —here in- i
terrupten the groom, with no little show
of indignation “taint no use talkin’ to
dis nigger ’bout ’bayin’ de wimmin. Can’t
promise to ’bey no wimmin folks on’
’eept ol’ Misses !”
“Silence dar ! you owdumpt.ious nig- I
gorr” roared the wrathful jireachcr,
“what, fur you go fur spile the oomony ?
Yo done split all de grabfiity ob do’ ’ea
sion ! Dis yore’s on'y matter ob form
an’ in'speusible todo’casiou. Now don’t
you go fur to open your black mouf till
de time fur to speak !”
“Will you promise to lub, honor an'
’bey” (Andrew still shaking his head
ominously at t he obnoxious word) —“dis
yerc nigger, Susy, furnisbin’ her wid all
tings needful fur her comfort, an’ happi
ness ; eherishin’ ail’ purteetiu’ her from
all sufferin’ an’ sorror, an’ makin’smoove
de path ob all her precedin’ days to
come r”
“I rpose I must say yes to dat,” said i
Andrew, meekly.
“Den I pronounce dose yertwo couples
to beman an’ wife ! an’ whom de Lord
halt joined togedder let no man go sot
to put deni ansunder !”
Here an uproar rose among thchlacks,
betokening a dileinaeutirely imforsern by
Old Jack. For inasmuch as he had for
got,lento require the usual vows of Susy,
they isisted that however firmly Andrew
might be bound by the bonds of matri
mony, Susy was still single, and the pair
were lint half married. The mat ter was
at, last adjusted by the preacher com
mencing the ceremony d a novo, by which
the couple were finally united to the sat
isfaction of all.
Putt i an it Mildly. A Minnessotii
co Trspondt nt tells the following : I have
picked up a 1 ttle Story which 1 think too
good a reproof for disiurbeis of the peace
in churches to be lost. A presiding oi
lier of the United Brethren Church was
preaching in the same neighborhood, and
was much annoyed by persons talking
and laughing. He paused, looked at
the disturbers, and said: “I am always
ii IT aid t o reprove those who misbehave in
tLurch. In the i‘ ii ly' p- it of my minis
try I made a groat mistake. As 1 was I
preaching, a young man who sat just lie- J
fore mo was laughing, talking, and mak
ing uncouth grimmaiT'x. I paused and j
administered a severe rebuke. After the j
close of the service one of the official I
members came anil said to me, ‘Brother I
, you made a groat mistak". That j
young man whom yen reproved is an
idiot..’ Since then I have always been
afraid to reprove those who misbehave in
church, h of I . liould repent that and re
prove another idiot.” During the rest i
of t.hc service, at, least, t here was good j
order.
-■**—-. ♦ -.
A Cure fob Hoo Choluha.- A cor-j
respondent of the C.ncTiiU'ti Gazette I
gives the followin'.' as a cure for tin' hog
cholera: Take peach I aves and make.a
tea as strong as you well can. Thicken
tea with coin meal or bran, thou salt it,
and give it to the hogs. Th. r ■ should
bo about two l.imkct .fill for forty hogs.
It will make them sick sometimes; but
wc have tried it, wh< n the Logs would on
ly take a mouthful, then walk away; but
when driven back they would eat. some
more. Ail that eat it will get well; and
they will eat. this, too, when they will not
eat corn at all. 1 n the winter, j.each tree
twigs can be used to make the. tea with,
in (lie aba- nee of pe«<-li leaves.
Roys and girls, if you wish to astonish
atiy member of the family,or any coining
guests, by some dev allowing them to
discover their initials neatly printed on a
pear, peach or upplc as if, banes on its
branch, this ;s the way to cany out yt ur
plan : Just before the fruit, ripens cut
the desired let ters from a sheet of tough
paper; then paste them on the side of the
fruit most exposed to the sun, and when
in course of time you A move the paper
from the ri(ie surface, you will find the
letters distinctly inn, ked upon it.
“Jcru La, I don't see how they send
L tiers on them Vie wires without (earin'
’em all to flinders.” “Why, Jake, you
goose, t’u y don’t send the paper, but
just send the writui’ in a lluid state.”
A remarkably dirty man stopped in
front of a small bey sitting on a fence,
expecting to have some fun by chaffing
him. He sa'd: “How much do you
weigh?” The answer was, “well, about
as much as you would if you were wash
ed.”
An obituary notice in a New England
paper concludes with the information
that the deceased “leaves two infant
1 daughters, both girls.”
[52.00 per Annum
NUMBER 35
Professional.
Dll. IN A.JKbKS,
Practicing Physician,
QnviffiAEr, ga.
Omen : Prick building adjoining afore of
Mt ssrs. Briggs. .folks & Cos., Fcreven street.
Jan miry 31. 1*73. Mi
JOM U. McDALIi,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
QUITMAN, GA.
yu " Cffl next 16 Flnclcs building, East. •(
Court Mouse Square.
July 24, 1 *73. ly
JAMES IS. HUNTER^
; pornnr anti Coiutsfllor at Cap,-
QUtTMAN, CA.2
OfFICB, in TUB Coi’RT
March 17, I*7l.
\\ . P. pKNNIIT S 'l'. KIMiSUERUY
BENIVET & KLSGSSIEKY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
(bTrM\N. Brooks Countv, Gramm a.
February 7. 1*73 f>
blDt ADD li. II ASHEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
QUITMAN, GKUIiGIA,
Office, in the Court House, second fin* r
.May 2<i, 1872. ly
DENIISTRY. ~
Du. I). L. RICKS,
HAVING recently r V'rAu
at tended a tlior- £ .
ougli Course of Lee
t..re- nud graduated
at the New Orleans V:
;■
returned to t.Jmtmuii, ■ ,A .TJT.IJ
and ieo| enod his ol- y
lie.’.
Thank! l l to friends r (
and patrons lor past favors lie will be pleased
io serve them in i’utuie. Good woik and mod
erate charges.
March I I, 1*73. 1 l-On
and« j. s. N.srvow;
D E NTfST,
oi’ITMAN, GEORGIA.
J ) E.S'PECTFELLY solicits the
Ii |a! i oiijigc of the Ciiizeiis ol I
by faitlilully exeeutimr all work entrusted to*
him. to iiti'i it ilifir o iifide:>ee.
Charges moderate, and work guaranteed.
up stairs, in Finch’s building.
Man li 21, 1*73 45-ly
BIDET SimjTJl 08JI
Foi;rt!i (Irabd Gift Cone it
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
PUBLIC LIBMRY-KEKTOMT
12,000 CASH <ll I TS $1,600,000
Every Fifth Ticket Draws a Gift
iejr.o.ooo Dm-
'I lie I on i ill (.tend Gin < oueeri authorized bv
■[■• •< ill aei of the Log stature for the benefit of
’he Public L biary < ! Kentucky, will take place
in Public Libiarv Uni!, at Lon sville. Kv.,
VVICIJNKSDA Y, DE< B >» Bi'Jl 3i ’7P
Only sixty thousand tickets wili be sold am
one hull of the-*’ a e int* nded fur the I uropea
market, thus leaving only 30.000 for sale in tl
Flitted SMtt.es, where ] (jo, 000 v.ere <li posed ■
for the Third Concert. 'Me* I'ckeigare cli\ id
into leu coupons oi pans am! have on their bat
ih* S' heme v, i.h a full e.\piaimtioii ol the rum
f draw ing.
At hi- concert, which will be the gram*
musical display ever witnessed in this couuti *
he nnpiecetb nte<| sum oi
'*1,500,000,
dividetl into lif 000 t ash mils, will b’.• Uistribnl*
by h»t aironsf the licl e* In bleis. 'flu run.be
of the tickeia be fPfr’ii liem one wheel \
blind children and 'he i/ilts fi« m another
LJs;T OF GIFTS:
One Grand Cash Gift
One Grand ( a IPGifl... 100.,
()ue Grand o;t*>h Gift £O,«
One Grand ( ash Gift 2. r >. '
One Giand ('ash Gift 17,'1‘
10 Cash Gills- s!<•. .00 each 100/
3') < ash (ill Is .*> a 0 each, 150,
50 Cash Gifts i/it o ,-a b 50,
*0 ( ash (lifts f-no each . 40,0
100 Cash < Pd i» 400 each 40/
1311 < a-h oil's 300 ead 4.',''
250 (Vb Gifts if'Oiaeh. 5(,
3:Cash Gifts H Omo li 32,
11, (.00 Cash Gilts 3D f„i'! 530.
Total 12,t'00 GIFTS AM. CA*II,
nirouniing to $1,500/
Tie dish bulion will be pi jdtive, whether
• li” lit k'-'s are sold or » <;t. at and ihe 12.010 g
all paid in i roftoi*ii«.n toil e : i kets sold - all >
.- ■hi lii k« is being <:< • -hoyed, as at the Fii»t i.
S nil Concerts, and nut represented in i
drawing.
riru i: of tickets:
Whole tickets L.:>».- a>2s; Tenths,
each < Diipon .-5: i.U v» n \\ i <>le 'I ickets for ss*
’Ll\ Ti« kt-is tor 1,000; 113 Whole Tickets
>5,000; 227 Wla Ie Tickets fur SIO,OOO.
discount on less thutt :300 worth ni Tickets at
time.
'I he ur.pamllerl success of the Third Gift Cor
ceit. as well as the . atislartien giwuby th
Fii-.-t aid ret ond, niakt sit onh nee* ssaty to an
iioui ce iln* foil’ill to iusiue the sale ot every
Ticket. '1 he Fo.nth Gift Concert will be con
ducted in all i»s deiails lik« »! e Third, and full
particulars may be lean--d fiotn circnhr
which will be sent liee fi« ii) this < llice to all wi
apply for ihein
'l icke s now ready tor sale, and all orders r
cotupanied by theinomy pit uipllv filied. 1
eral teims given to tln.s-e \\ l; .lo sell aga
TliOS. I\ HK AOi LKTTF.
Aunt Pub! Libi.Ki.. and Manager (
Coi.ce. . !üb. Lilr, Ls..iblii:g, Ltuis\ilh 1
32-i l