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H T \v. 10. MUMFORI).
VOT TJME VIII —NO. 5.
talbotton standard.
Simckiption Pbice, $2, A Yeah.
\Vi'l'M>"'Y JANUAHY 31 1>77.
" l1 .;OAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Talbot County Sheriff Sales,
hf. fsold Were tin* fonrl H->r.s<- .lo<v
n Iho'own of TnllH’tton dminK li e !< M
101-rs of sole on 'he first Tu sday in K- U
unrrnixt, (it pnl.lic nntery to thr Web -xt
lid.Vr. a tract or {MW-el nt land in 71
liftrid of Tftlbot county. cniitnirmir :i7l
s rnoro or less. and known ns ri.o
iporoo hooker pints . , , tin widn*. of
...; Rucker row lives Deine the liv tl s M
>v Ismvc ( to sfiid Bmktr
iid i accural* lx described by pint nv.t.U of \
] eM ni‘- by R. T>. NinpV.m . v -n.o
PC hereby m: : e to sul pi • ( levied
- ti e property off veon/c Ku krr, de**oa~< and
iv virtue o' ft Fi. F.i. iRKVi' and tn it Iu 11 tf>‘
:\ v , rior Court in favor of Joseph All* i
i In iiiistrntor.
yt (be name time nr.d piece, lot o r 1 •*.<!
y;,, 213 lying to *be lfith t of Tdk t
r.,ni tv. to satisfy one exwiition in my
liAlidn ill fnwor of *l. Lk*<>n vs Job* Q
r A. Adams. Property pointed out by F.
H. w. mil.
At the sane time nod place, *iß be w I<l
fc cer’flin parcel ot land No G. in the 23d
nistriet of Talbot county, containing 101 i
r levied upon as the property < t Mrs.
P, F. Muhone.to SMtisfV an ex.rr.t'on in 1.-
1 fin k in favor of James Bryant ys. Mrs. &
E. Mr.hone.
' At tl><‘ same time nod place "ill be 'M
f" ms t lard, more ♦ r le-s. in t)<* 17h
District of Talbot cotiu-v, known us ti e
Jures Story plaee udioinii • l .nds f T I
Kilt v, S. Joth.p. Jas. F Phillips amllbbtr!
Stripling. Levied on nn tb* properly of
James fctorv tn ‘-fttis'y the* l< '.lowing cx*-e
tiens: three in favor of Ih rv Fe*“'. .
Adn’ini tr.f<-r, An-, vs J.'.nn** Si-arv; one in
furor ef R. M. Davisvk Jar*** Story, md
•] ** execution fot Si ito and C< nnty Tixe
-1575 vs. Jas. St-ry. Levies mrul*- by NS'ni.
< >er, L < ■-, and re.* a rat'd to me.
Also at the - me time and p th< land
mV owe*d 1 v Mrs. s'ar.ih P. Wells and for
very owned by Edwin T. lfiyl • e, the‘nine
leimr thirty eight Korea more or ! s . * .1
]vi-i. in the north ea.-.t corner ot Jot No 274
h; the IGd. Distiict of Talbot t-O'iiUv. levs and
ison as the property of Mrs. Sarah P.
' jj • . • i . . . in fat
hv. It. S beiff. iiu & Cos., vs. Samb P. Wells
jin.G F. J. W.IU
[ Also, at the v.nii* time end pine, ore
it !rd I the lands of wbieh U- 1m ■? p.-r S onK
t, beit • t- t •
\hid' be lived at tl dine • f !i- datb. and
ir hieh baa been m t off as tbe dower of Mis
< lb XU a P-rs. iS, SKid do.vr bein'j the
[ii'irePt levied on, aid whereon Mrs. O.
lllexam. Persons now livs, eont*.imm 420
[ in r- s. rn re >r 1 s-. 1- viect upon as tl e prop
| ity ot O. Efxana P-rsons, to satisfy an
mention in tuvor < t R li. Sm-’Fie.'s. rv.
t) R. PtrHoiiß, Levy mad * by W. M.
i( no r.
J. H HARVEY,
Jbii 3-td Sirrr i r.
/■ dmirnFlrator s Sale-
CEORGIA I ai.h' 'r C( it'n ’■ v.
Py virtue of an order t tbe Court of Or
;t nary of seid c pn.ty. w ill be sold boa
4 ' e c*nrt house rt'M'f"in Talbot'on on the
brs’ Tnesdav in fVbuitrv next, within the
W'id liters ot m*>. the remainder ir-*es*
:*r r tbe fernm a*ion of tl e life estate i da*
•ellowim- and. sf-rib.-d lot- and fireel- o*
1 md. to • ft, lots 3 2G. 27. four vrr. i.f 1 t
No. 2 the toi.r a- res b ire the vtrio of
V'.o.ls in *r.it:t of H nns r-a.] oi'.o •'.••re aid.
a-.d four 1-HM, nl ■ lo* NV, 1. i : I'.illf <f lot
No 5. Fraetior. V *97 e •• : ?. -VI
friction 298 Co* taistnp 150 acres, fr. n
N . 299 containin'. If,2A acres, all in lb- 23d
d.strnt ol lalbot coinitv. So and as tl
* roper*V of tbe *•* <d .?os ob Frown a- •
i, r tl e 1m nefit .4 tb- b irs and < r. a
nd; iters of said debased. T- mv <'■ *b.
M. E. I VI. \VI *F.l{,
T. W. Jf ’ VEV.
Jnr 3-20d. A dmit.i-*r •( r
Sale.
■ CF,oi:<iu ! * r.B' T CoT’MY.
by virtue of an order of tit Court of O
d: uvdsbd Vnrty. will be sold be. i
thi C, art ! ■ r.sedr. ir in Talborf*,:, • u f!;e
! 7ucsda.v in F'-hiw it'Sh wi bin ti e
[ lrV hom ;.t Kds. the .as* b '{of let
j B-V in the 22d dis*ri‘ t os Mnd-or e-.nnn.
[ Sold :is i|>* pr< pert a of the .v of Air*,
d'-t-n Howard, d-. • sod. Ho- du be tv: fl* Ot
[ the h irv aid <* said b- * • t
JAMF. * f T.FN.
Jot; 3-1877. A.lniinits'rato!.
7 dmicistratcrs Sale.
| GEOKCiA - 1 1. 1.. r Ci.rxTV.
| Ij> Tirln. ol all Or<Vi t ro (!,•• ('■ •rt ■ :
| Oruii.Bn- of ... ill <■< i.i v -.ill 1.0 M-: i ■ -.-r
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iioai..-ci iilit-i liovit.i ii. j> i i.ii.lo-r lfifi ,i
' ‘ ' lank- ivii i- aru! !,7i ;■ in 'U
J'Mrn ioi mi,j countv, filliii inn,is i-!■ i in:
. <•").* Cfiiatc oi \V .liiiun Jin'. Kii.v ■,v ci.
’■tid fi. Id fro tL.il I. n. fit cl t! CM :r- ... u
"• "itor fiai,| d.-cci’scl 'iVtr '
""•* . rty w.kl at ii.c ri:-k of J..n < ■ V
iii,viijns t* nner pnr*-h-' r, t c i J ol* ■
tottUipiy viu, the bi-ms; : -le.
du / E* ATcNFH
Jan 3-fds. Adtniiiimi t**r.
l I OI’NTY.
Vheie.iv, Julies McNeil Admit i • 1 lit - ! (.)
oitlTiKdi. \S . Pm,<ll. 1, IvjriMiilh IV jils
} • ioi., that ].e Luts. ;t lJ adnutiistkivd said
1 * 'id {lm Vs to be diMi: issco i L :1 1 -
! “ *• • N* ■' then .< re.iii; j*< rsoi r eonm: •
Jlltr heteby ciUd ami nquind lo show
Crttiv. ji a, v ilit \ bav., w ithin the time pro
h ‘ nbd hy htv‘ f v. h> eeui Adn iias iiu r
hl r uid i i( ,i h<- diK.chaif'i-d. Civ< n un:< j
lj ‘- official (hi* LactmLar 4:z..
Ci.U. N FOBBED,
Deso d_tf. Ordinary
l ' i -‘ i.v.jA—XaLl> 1 Cm STY.
Whereas ij < nun- Baitcy and Cl'iarles
B F'zuras Admini/tu.n is ol John
r.ier, senior, dteersed, represent . ytheii
1 uat thc\ bavt tnih disci/ r and ilfcn
■“i'Hl trust and pray to be disciiun and therc
froui
-O'W therefore ad persons concen.cd art
;tn t.v nmjti.-d and rtt|Uir*.d to show nt i- ;
! Si y d.ey Lave. wit Lin the dine p e>c
H '* by law. why said luilnu.istrair i- si o 1 i
?? 1 discharged, and rectiv P 1 1< rn oi .
Given under uiy (. fliciai SjJgnu- ,
lQr this Ist day <■! .bumary* 1877.
7 ' GEO. N. FORBES,
' Ordir.fj’y.
How no t to Settle it.
The following extra' t is from n poeoi
read by Dr. Olivo- Wendell li hues, at (hr
naeeting of the tious ebiss of *29 on (be
4ih, instant. It is very conservative in its
tone to come ft'm Boston.
I like at times to hear the s eeplfs* chimes,
sVith S' her thought* impressively that
miugb;
But soruetlmes, too, I ratliei like don’t you?
To h. ur tl.e music of the aieigh-IHlg jin
gle
I bko full well the and ep resounding s veil
Of ini -htj symphonies with co-ds inwo-
But sometimes, too, nong of Icirua don't
you ?
A Par ft stormy chorne "* Beefk Ten.
Ifl u’d njvke yon cr I wouldn't t
It you 'av hidden ail. sld like to find
them,
\nd ibrtf, tilrbough, as cl! Tmurht to know,
The 1:j s n lanph ei h ve a skull behind
them
Yet when T think wo rrmv bo on the brink
Ot h ivii;/Fr - doins Kmiu r*o <ii-po e
of,
VI crim* "li-hncd.bceanßC the Nation wi.uld
Insist on cutting its own preci- us nose
off.
If cl indeed is if wo r^t 1 rro- and
A sermon such as pr a- hr vs t ; . •\ Uk* on.
| I* treed* *n dies benUiße a b.dbc lies,
She e ir-is her raw; ‘tis to < t c>!l *h<'
►exton !
But if a fight can make the maker r : /Lt,
Here are w*.. elasßme.*,<*. thirty men of |
mettle;
WVre strong and (onuh, w-‘ve li’ . and uirb
I i.g cuoimh
Whet if the Nation gave it us t" hi t h ?
The iftle would read like that i lns'rious ,
deed
When Curdus took the leap the gap that
filled in.
Tims: “! ivo-KCorc v- nrs good Gicnds, as i* |
api'caro.
At thi< p, pi - split on Hi' mi l
Til don,
“Ono-bulf cried ‘Sec ! the choice is S J T k :
Andi lie-half m'v. re ns stonily it vf'o. j
f 'other;
Both die"'the k"ife to save the N •n s
lift*
By whole.‘.;ile vivirection "f cn*h oth'-r.
“Tl rose in mass that nionunvnt.-d r 'kwH.
‘ Hold ! hold !‘ they cried, -griv- ns. give ;
us tie* dtg or !
‘Conte: * ! content !' cxel/inu and with < ■
consent
Tlsc guild ex r tels and the c rp-t
--‘ Fitter-* fjw*h side. Hr. C’lnlcg'.V d*v;dc.
And firef of ;.l! a fear-dr each lets fall.
A fril- nte *o their abs.J. t. -fib- li-.ris.
“M- u facing ram, t! e s-mj.’iiino str.fe b- -an.
j Jack, Jmi and .Toe •: -ftit s! T un, luck
and Harry,
j Each sev ' a! pair it- own acco nt fo^rnu-*.
; Till boib wore down or one of* • and -clifar .
•‘And ih • fo*-.i* fight: raged furious all do
| 1 ill • very in*e '.--x mad a tr*M ,: on;
i Reader, wo.nbU* know wba* history haa to
show
I Ad net r-snlt A ... v- Tu m< ti. i, ?
I•' 7 r ' ; . f hnr
I S x kin v< i'-‘l.riflf-;-"v-ii packet l.nclk.r-
I ■ ; . r .
I • O l,; jr.1,1). r Rjinf.fi; ol ! ~laved r.f .liff ren*
hue-;
| T.x l ibs u'tjv-i • and everal empty
purses;
j 'lit 1 ., sftT and fr< > ! /rm by s. me *r *• “ti*
cliatm,
| A pi-t ,! Hi ." with Si i- irin’t 1
j s. p.. fn 1 .Hi-. . : fiv ■ mm. •c .l;
|,p(,.i . rr.,fi. ;v 1 Mlier riv : .,'
t! f
; Witli T#ri"i; eajiill .ry -,l -V ■ -
Ml
! ,M,d wlifit d-viee It Itii it littl. matters
! Re.l, white at.H I.lhp. 1...1 lem nil tl.r,u :!i
mid Tt.rcn .li
| rtiict. lercv p torn t . nlir-dn an.l sti. r
; -TP v to.ifht so well not one •> lef f
t-ll
I V. hie! ot t! < I'-pHt I r.- of eni- r t
el,, -lies;
I AV’icu I. r < ■ mw t, both s.fli fi ere l ouret to
b. at;
j 11,.} ti t-K-oi li lkc n.rs ii r. lionil
HTliarh' H.
■ ‘So .1 e prent spli* h.ffl-1 fc*tn.n wit.
And miplit bsve < oht t).o liv. s of twenty j
nodi' UK.
' All may see {■;•* that know th< rule of
I H'sV,t.-led jnst saw-11 tytle- civilians, j
..PWH,. T.-:-o. Kot worse, not better, j
Next ne rninp fbtuid tl.e N .ti“n e*-" 1 “-
vul. and;
Since all * ore H.aiii, the iutei - nc; is pl-on ■
Tbev left (he point they f ugh- *or i.i. < ■
cidt-d. “
I not quite true, as I have told i’ fo v-u
Tbi.ta.noi' n:ut't i• e'/.teniiiii ttion,
To odmfs i ■ ;pl.xed witii o* *: uJ
coinrb iif it,
Fc-h •} s may ItJi-iiiah lofed tut vo ntinpla*
lion
To cut men's throats to htln ihtm count.
their vetes
ACO ENTITY NEWSPAPKU FOlt THE MASSES DEVOTED TO CIVILIZATION AND MONEY-MAKING.
TALBOTTON GA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31,1877,
Is aaiuino nuy worse- ascidian folly;
Bliuduess lik* that would scare the mole
and lat,
And make the liveliest monkey melan
choly.
I say once more, slh id said before,
If voting for our Tddftis and our Hayeses
Means only fi ..id, then, Liberty, good
night !
Ph< k up your ballot-box and go to blazes!
Fufurl your . lo- and red flags, you murilcrons
bags,
Yon p?U\'l'Uscs of Paris, fierce Rial foamy; i
We 11 sell our stock in Plymouth's blasted \
mck.
Pull up <ur -tak. sand migrate to Dalio
Wj-itton for tß** Standard. !
ESTHER;
OR TILE
Tragedy of Millba.uk Bridge.
BY ‘TvI'SA.”
CU AFTER VI r.
INTlU'k’s COKTEMThATEI) ToPH.
Esther ran t> moot Mrs. Lipscomb
at tbe door and took her wrappings, i
while Mrs. Gleason hamloi her a
largo cushioned chair, iuto which the
holy sank as if fat i p. oil, or her mind |
burdened with something of impor-I
lance.
Poor Esther! her soliloquy has ho- j
trayed her secret. She has given her I
proud heart, and first love to hand j
some ing Horace Gleason, the'
tormentor and persecutor of her child- 1
ho and days. She scarce knew where |
h r love began, the tender passion,had !
grown and strengthened, while none j
had guessed the deep waters of her !ta j
tun- had ever hen troubled. None
i thought she even had a d< *p degree; of I
; friendship for him, so carefully had j
i she guarded the secret. She scarce ;
: kfiow liri- -If the stale of her heart, ;
j until it had b'-on arous.-d, and she;
(♦aw’oke to tie* fearful truth, that the j
| love she eo much coveted, was lavish j
jcd on ai.oile r. There she freely por-I
! (rayed the dark threads that were en- |
i twined on her nature, by uttering |
i hitter dt'iuii ' iations againsf the object
'• if his 1.v <*, tin* pn tty, innocent Helm |
I>e I'ore.t. hating flu* girl for her \m
! con--ei 'Us rivalry.
i Finib not g*utle reader, when I
sav, INtlru is no longer a child, if she;
is only llt*ii. For i>‘immla*r tin* i
• hit I/ v pait of fhe ninet-en! h century
jis recorded as a fast "•'**, an age in
; -.* hirh children hecem** grovn on en
; lenjig their t< < us, ami mature in their
, twemies, o\erburdcni- i w it! care at
i Ihiitv, and ready He n to lav down
’ iheir weary lives, '! In* unconscious
rivalry caused a coldness to arise, be
twien Horace md in r v.hicli dif-
Pr- and gr* all v fi .in 1 heir usual R'ormy
ditferenc -s, for they corisidei <. and them
| s- 'ives no longer children.
Our little heroine b, no exception
I to the majority of young girls, and we
see her at the ftge of fifteen loving
ujtii all tin then do and ler\ r of her
mature, and w-doubt not wen- her
• love n ciprocaled, little ! -ther would
• wiilinlv cancel the vow, sb** had made,
and seek not to unveil tie* mystery
; 1 bat sui t ounds her Rut fate wilis it
not so, and wliv fry to thwart, desfiny.
; she. h -i li ft M ;s. I.ipscunh, arid Mrs.
Gleason alone, and procei ded to h*•■
i watch at the window, in no enviable
; mood.
i “1 kriow viiii wonder M (Feason,
! whv I e one <ut this irieletne.nt day,
: but it is on an important matter. My
health in not good, and I have deter
. mined to close or has** my home, and
not be .shut up in that gloomy old
| house n> long again. I intend to
1 spend a veat in travelling, li■ si visiting
. tin* North, and ' .|>u>m -2 f'ar ada, as
I h;tve j- lutif m, there, and in tin* win
oi go io Frame in com petty wish my
: cousin. I wisli to fake EHtlut with
m*. if ii meet y- with your approbation,
a a companion, knowing there is
!;; >! ]jji i *2 calculated U) iilnsli off a
vouifg Jedy h; education jtfi travelling,
: -.nd s eing what to her is the outside
woild. lier deep intellect will cause
her to appreciate the scem-s of tnc
O'd World. 1 did not wish to men*
! tion if to her until 1 had consulted
; with you. I fed a je-cnliar inteicst
in the wayward clii'd, luivo done RO
;fr >m the day ] first w.v/ her, and <H
■ sire to eontiitnite to her impreve
laent, aid a vait n<-v, your conm-ut H
-1 lore coiiimencing pr*parations,” Raid,
Mrs. Upseoiub, looking enguiringly
at Mrs. (Heason, who was Blrijqing a
; rose of its leaves, in nn unconscious
manner, and appeared in deep thought.
But at {/nit :.he rejjii. and treriibhugiy :
“Of course M rs. idpscomh, i can
i not prohibit, Esther’s accompaning
\ou, on a journey so conducive to im
provement and pleasure, it is a fa
vorable opportunity for her to learn
; something ol the world outside her
! native Suite. But it will be like rob
bing our house of half its sunshine,
for she is as dear to me as if she was
indeed mv own child. Yet I will not
allow .selfish motives to influence me.
Perhaps it is best. She is now fif
teen years old, and though a child in
age is a woman in thought and feeling.
New scenes mue uproot the morbid
sensitiveness of her nature, in regard
to the mystery of her birth.”
The lady then related to M rs. Lips
comb the interview with Esther, and
her vow to hunt down the assailnx of
father, ns well ns to find the mother
whom sin; remembered, but knew
nothing of her name, save the one,
that was .said t<> he hers, that of (May
ton.
44 1 fit were possible” said she, 1 *
wish her to forgot it, as far as sueh a !
nature as hers would allow. And if
she would settle her affections on
someone, and marry as early as pos
sible, 1 think it would he fortunate
for her. Then the cart* of her house
hold would perhaps dispel <h(* resolu
tion she has formed, w hich she thinks
is obligato!y upon her, ns .she. remem
bers the death of her father. It is
I my prayer that her love may he oen
! tcred upon one every way worthy of
her, for she H not bv any means an
: ordinary girl. And my dear lady
| should she ever awaken to love, she
will enshrine the idol in her heart,
j and her heart will hr crushed, be
| fore it w ill evei he removed.”
“Oh ! Mrs. Gleason, exclaimed the
lady excitedly. Are you so dull of
comprehension, as not to sec, that
idol is already enthroned, and sin*
worships it, with all the ardor of an
Eastern devotee ? Do you not sec
her young heart, and first undying
love is given to Horace, your son 7
, I>o yon not Mrs. Gleason nob*, the
] daily struggle of that proud heart, to
| aonceal its secret? Well Esther
j knows, her love is unrequited, and sin*
J wishes to conceal it from the world.
This is my prieipal object, in taking
I her from here in hope of obliterating
| his image from her heart. It is a tor
| ture to me to witness her agony and
I humiliation. Willingly would she tear
| him away if possible, I can see that,
i But she cannot, for her love is too
;d ep and lasting, and 1 can hear to
{ witness the triumph of Melon De
, Forest, over my passionate, hut
| peerless leather”
Mrs. Lipscomb paused from her
rapid speech, in seeming exhaustion,
while Mrs. Gleason was the personifi
cation of surprise and incredulity, the j
truth of the lady's r* niflrks forcing
themselves on her mind, as thousands
of incidents wholly unnoticed by h-r j
then, were now plain and conceivable.
Sin* sighed as she thought ot tin* grief j
of tin poor proud girl, who cotd.l ;
suffer torture before any one should j
know of her unrequited love. Why
did not Horace place Ids h\<* Upon
her, instead of Helen I>< F< rest V But
then Mrs. Gl ..son was not the first to
ponder over the mValerias of fate.
“As for Esther,” continued Mrs.
Lipscond . ’ d:\-iring t {know tie* truth
of her lii 11 h, imdead of torturing un
c- . . bdy. I like her spirit, for I am ;
a t rue daughter of Eve, and the di < |
cowry of iu*r family, if die has one,
! may h-ad t . gr-at pecuniary hem-fit, |
' as well as gratification otherwise. She,
I was b m of wealthy parents, without j
1 ad üb*, for h< r f w clothing were of;
j the fine-.t texture, and the man's cloak
• dei-id dly Faiisiati tuanufa- ture.”
\\ ‘ iltii and splendor, as wi: have
! said before was tli• god to whom Mrs.
Lipscomb bowed, and though grief
and time, have brought about im
provements in h*r composition, yet.
-ie* wa.-v not. wholly disloval to the
| idol.
, Their conversation/ was inteirupt
led by tin* appearance of Esther, who
; was informed of the <-.nutempt**d
j tour, and the kind offur of Mrs.
Eij— oinh. Tin* poor girl became al
iu. ' i mute w ith airpri/c, and listened
a- if in a dream from which she
would soon be awakened.
“K-' her, do you re*t. w ant to go
, with me ? You look as if in a trance,
only your eyes arc too bright, and
flic rose;? bloom too beautiful on your
i-he k said Mrs. Lipscomb smiling.
‘•Do I want to go with you ?” ex
i {aimed E>.th*r. “Ha*, it not la < runv
chief desire all „,y life? Have I
not ilre.-oi ' and <if the houmljng (bi aii,
aid the hcaufiful sunny land of Hi'ly
ami i’ fijnrv*/ < >!i ! 1 <•(* 11 nol. realize,
Ilia*. Htieli lilisv in in st<ii. for me, ami
f .o', it, will all |iri)ve a lledinj/ (Ireatn.
iliiW ean I ever lliallk you fiiirtieient
; Iv, for this kind and generous
| offer.”
Kfiliiee £>ra‘‘|K.“l tlio jev.aded lnuid of
Ur.-. !.i|,Keonil>, Jind tai-ed il. lo her
■ !i|>s, lull : ■eil.f' the tearful faraj of
Mrs. <MeaKon, lonkino so wad indeed,
she fijiraiirj (. her, and olafijiiiio her
1 arnifi around lior neek, eimtinncd :
“Oh mv more than mother ! Mow
| could I he no forgetful and ficltish,
'as to think only of inyKolf, of my
I own |>leaKiire, and not for one tme
'men! of {min mv absence would eau.se
j you ! Rut i v.ill nut go dear Auntie,
; if it. grieves you.”
Ksther tried invain to r< | roes the
I tears, as ( lie repeatedly ki'fed the
; kind lady, end nobbed bitterly, while
i .Mrs. (Reason pressing the girl fondly j
! to her heart raid:
“No dear Ksther, I wish you to go
!by all means. Jto not b<* troubled by !
my weakness in shedding tear- at the '
I prospect of missing your bright happy '
' face, and ringing laugh. Jdo desire j
very much mv little Rather, to finish !
her education by travelling, and when
you return, you will he a young lady.” j
Mrs. (Reason stroked the glossy;
hair playfully of the young girl, while
her head lay upon her breast and
when the glad eager light went, from
her bright eyes, a.- Jisthei - placing her
■ baud on her heart, said turning to
Mrs. Lipscomb.
“How much Iliad forgotten. Yon !
intend remaining two years. As
-as i n:u obliged to you for your 1
kind offer, I cannot accept it. In a
few short months, 1 must commence
my work to redeem the registered
vow.”
“Esther dear child onee more let
me try and persuade you to put away
sueh a foolish and dangerous under
taking. Mark me, my child it will
result in unhappiness, if nothing
more fatal to you. Accept the kind
offer of Mrs. Lipscomb, and visit.
Europe with her, and I'll wager when
you return, you will smile at your
present determinations, in One so
young commencing such a herculean
and precarious undertaking.”
“No Auntie,” replied Esther “my
determinations are unchangable. Have
I not taken a solemn vow in the
presence of the most high ? Is it not
as binding as if it was registered bv
angels in heaven? Would tlu-y net
point at me, with derison, at behold
ing the vow unredeemed?”
“Esther, where did you get such
unorthodox ideas ? It is not, for
one moment, consistent with religion
for you to suppose that angels would
sneer at you, because you made a vow
in the heat of passion, and pretend to
believe it is registeied in heaven. Let
us hope my child, that angels do not
partake of the frivolties and vindict
iveness of pom- mortals, erring as wo
are. If so I fear heaven is hut little
better than earth,” replied Mrs.
Gleason quite gravely.
“Let. me make this proposition to
you Esther,” said Mrs. Lipscomb,
“as I see you are us unwavering asjtlie
rock of Gihralta, and as head strong
as an untamed animal. 1 must con
less though I admire your spirit-, and
favor your resolution. You ure now
fifteen we suppose —go abroad with
me, and at the end of two years, 1
will aid you all in my power, to carry
out your resolve. What say you
now ?”
The young gill raised her head
from her hands and looking at the
lady replied:
“Are you in earnest? Will you
help me solve the dark mystery, —
help me find my mother should she
he alive, or learn of her if dead ?
How often, Oh ? how often, her sweet
f.ice comes before me as a rare, and
beautiful picture? But alas! soon
obscured by dark shadows, while tin
groan of my father, rings in my ears,
as if to be an incentive to toy action.
I will go with you, and give the re
quired promise, as I did dear good
Auntie, unless, I find a clue, (lien I
claim (lie privilege of breaking it.”
“Very well it is all settled then,
and wo are to start in two weeks, as
I will have to make man ; properu
tionsf.-r myself as you, 1 wish you
to go homo with me us 1 have a dress
maker to commence your outfit. So
make your arrangements, as the rain
has nearly ceased.” Said Mrs. Lip
scomb as Esther left, the room.
(to UK CONTtNtn.D. )
A SVowor of Wissihes.
During the heavy rain-storm yes
terday a decided sensation was pro
duced, soys tlm Memphis Lodger of
recent date, in the southern part, ol
the city, bv a heavy fall of small live
-n kes, thousands of which were to
lie seejioti fit" ground (his morning
wriggling (md squirming around in
all directions. A gentleman living
on Gosloss street, took the trouble
to gather up a dozen or so, which he
brought to this office in a quart bot
tle of water. Titov are from a foot
to a foot and a half tit length, of a
liglii Lroo n and grayish color, with
stii all black heads ; in the larger
ones, which are neatly as large as
the ordinary red worm, small black
spots arc visible. I'iu-y arc cm
staidly iu motion and seem inclined
to come to the top of the water.
The pent lonian who brought them
stated that there were millions of
them on the ground and Urn sight
of t hem is not pleasant. Wluit ex
tent of territory has I hits been visit
ed. we are unable to say', but, very
likely it uas small Thu phenome
non we do not attempt to account
for, though it is uot improbable that
the water discharged from the
clouds, yesterday, and the contents,
was taken up troin u lake, gulf, or
ocean, by a water spout, thousands
of miles a way. These little wrig
glers are supposed to be harmless,
but they ar. unwelcome visitors.
The phenomenon will undergo
scientific investigation.
(ii fl ing Hawks.
As the season it; approaching
when hawks are most destructive
to young poultry, n method of catch
ing and killing these marauders will
he iii order. It is a well Known fact
that a hawk will always light, on
some conspicuous place close to the
poultry yard, from which to swoop
down an his victims. Taking ad
vantage of this erect a pole with a
tint surface at, the top just large
enough to hold a strong steel trap.
Fasten this trap hy a chain to a
staple in tiie pole, and wait results.
No halt w;;l he needed, for the hawk
will he quite c'el tain to light oil the
trap and be caught. A gent'einan
who has tried this method has suc
ceded m killing u.l tin ha.vks ill the
m ighborhood, and now can raise
pomtry without 10.-s except by
accident.— Cat/m nia Horticulturist.
► * llow Quarrels Bogin
“I wish that, pony was mine,”
said a little hoy at a window, look
ing down the road.
•‘What would you do with him ?”
asked his brother.
“Rub* him; that’s wliat I’d do.”
“All day long ?”
“Yes from morning till night.”
“You’d have to let mo lido some
times.”
“Why would I ? Fou’d havo no
right to him if ho was mine.”
‘•Father would make yon let mo
have him part of tlie time.”
“No he wouldn’t!”
“My children,” said tho mother,
who now saw that they were begin
ning to get angry with each other,
“let mo tell you of a quarrel between
two boys no bigger nor older than
you are. They were going along a
road talking iu a pleasant way, one
of them said:
“1 wish 1 had all the pasture land
ii tho would ”
“And I wish 1 had all tho cattle
in the world, said the other.”
What would you do with them ?”
asked ins friend. “Why I would
turn them into your pasture land.”
“No you wouldn’t, was the reply.
“Yes I would.” But I wouldn’t let
yon. You shouldn’t, do it.” “I
should.” “You shan’t.’ “I will.”
And with that they seized and poun
ded each other other like two silly,
wicked boys as they were.”
The children laughed but their
mother said : “You see iu what
trifles quarrels begin. Were you
any wiser in your half-angry talk
about an imaginary {winy- ? Il I had
not, been here who knows but what
you might have betn as silly and
wicked as they were ?”
Thoughtful TUuiiglil*
Tho pleasures of this world are
deceitful; they promise more than
they give. They troubled us in
seeking them, they do not satisfy
us when possessing them, and they
make us despair in losing them.
He who says education, says gov
ernment to teach is to reign; the
human brain is a sort of terrible
•; that takes the stamp of good or
evil, according to whether an ideal
touches it or a claw seizes it.
Of all the loves on earth tho one
most like the divine love is that of
the good mother—so unselfish, un
furgeUing, watchful, considerate,
free front jealousy, and desiring the
good of her own children far more
than her own happiness.
The human heart is like a mill
stone in a mill; when you put
wheat, under if, it turns and grinds,
and bruises tbe wheat into flour; if
you put no wheat into it, it still
grinds on, but then it is itself it
grinds, and it slowly wears away.
The miser toils for riclics, the
hero for fame, the scholar that liis
name may be known to corning ages.
How much higher and nobler tho
aim of the Christian who is living
for eternity—toiling for a crown of
an everlasting life!
The man who lives right, and is
right, has more power iu silence
than another lias by his words.
Character is like bolls which ring
out sweet, music, and which, when
touched accidentally even, resound
with sweet music.
Tlir Evils of Smoking.
Of the three methods of using
tobacco, that of smoking lias insinu
ated itself extensively among the
youth ot this country, and is in
reality the most hurtful use that can
he made of the weed. Tobacco
employed in this way, lining drawn
in by the vital breath, conveys its
poisonous influences into every part
ol tho lungs. There the noxious
fluid is entangled in the miqute,
spongy air cells, and has time to
exert, its pernicious influence on tho
blood—not in vivifying, but in
vitiating it. The blood imbibes the
stimulant narcotic principle, and
circulates it through the whole sys
tem. It produces, in consequence,
a febrile action in those of delicate
habits. Where there is any tendency
to phthisic arid the tubercular de
posit in the lungs, debility of these
organs, consequent on the use of
tobacco in this way, must favorjlhe
deposit ot tuberculous matter and
Unis sow the seeds of consumption.
This practice impairs the natural
taste and relish for food, lessens the
appetite, and weakens the power of
the stomach greatly. Tho great
prevalence of a craving thirst among
smokers can b traced to its action
on the lungs; and because it is there
instead of iu t he stomach, I he liquors
that are drank do riot alleviate the
thirst, but rather aggravate it. It
is time that medical testimony was
turned to this point and tho great
danger pointed out, that threatens
to make us a nation of .Sybarites and
pigmies.
—A. hotel being on fire, a servant
girl Wits directed to awaken two gentle
men, who were asleep in an tip stairs
room. Blie knocked at the door, and
with the greatest simplicity, said: “i. ;
beg pardon, gentlemen, for disturbing i
you, but thh house is on lire.”
TERMS, $2.00 a Year in Advance.
WHOLE NUMBER 345.
He Stands on His Faith
“Wuz yer up ter de Capital do
odder day when Gin’rul Colquitt
was ’naugoratid?” asked Old Si of a
crowd of darkeys at the depot.
“No! Dat wuz a dimmyerut blow
out ole mau?”
“Ob koase hit wuz, but hit wnz a
good place, fer ter be eunyhow !”
“Why ?”
“’ Kase de Gin’rul made a speech
up dar an’ sed a parrygrafs dat do
niggers oughter heer’d !”
“Wlmt did lie sav?”
“Youse too hard ferine, dar, ’k.iso
I can’t ’member all ob hit, but ha
say dat, de niggers wuz gvvine tor
git dar rites an’ be purteeted ’Jong
ezhe WUZ Gub’uer!”
“You reckin, he means dat?”
“Moans hit? Sho’, nigger, when
inarse Colquitt say dat he gwine tei
do somefin’, dan’s biznoss in de
tan k ! I’me bettin’ dis buck an’ saw
right now dat long ez Gubner ho
don’t git lost so for data blin’
uiger can’t lints him heah dat?”—■
Sunday Herald.
The Model Man.
Tho model man never disturbs a
boil wen sho iz setting; never speaks
cross tew a lost dog; alwuz puts a
live cent shinplaster in hiz vest
pocket late Saturday night, tew hov
it ready Sunday morning for the
church platter; rize whenever a lady
enters tho street kars; remembers
your unkle plainly, and asks after
awl tho family. If lie steps on a
kat’s tail is sure to do it light, auil
immediately asks her pardon; looks
up hiz wife’s dress and plays boss
with the children. Never meddles
with the cream iu the milk pan;
goes eazilv on errands, and comes
back in seazons; attends everybody’s
phnneral; ken alwus tell when the
moon changes; thinks just as yu do,
or the other way, if yu want him
tew; follows everybody’s advice
but his own; practices most ov the
virtewß without knowing it; leads
the lifo ova shorn lamb; gits sick
after awhile, and dies soon as lio
can, to save enny father trouble.
The model man’s vices aro not
feared, nor hiz virtews respected.—
He lives in the memory ov the world
just about az bug as a pleasant day
lltlZ.
He may be called a ‘clever feller,’
and that is only a lible; but he will
git liiz reward hereafter—when tho
birds git theirs.— Josii 3iu,inus.
—Love of truth shows itself In dis
covering and appreciating what is
good wherever it may exist.
-—Judge Graham, at tile Old Bai
ley, on one occasion forgot lo pass tho
sentence of death on a convicted
prisoner. Being reminded of the
omission, ho gravely exclaimed :
“Dear me ! I beg his pardon, I am
sure l”
Scene, a butcher’s stand. Butch
er: “Come, John, bo lively now;
break the bones in Mr. William’s
chops and put Air. Smith’s ribs iu tho
basket for him.” John (briskly):
“All right, sir; just as soon as I’vo
sawed off Mrs. Murphy’s leg.”
■ —An Englishman was accosted
thus—“ What will you take to stand
all night in the tower of St. Paul’s ?”
“A beef steak and a {tint of beer,”
was the frank reply. The next one
thus accosted was 11 Scotliman.
“What’ll ye gie ?” Lastly came along
Patrick, and when asked what lio
would take to stand all night in tho
tower of St. Paul's, he wittily an
swered, “An’ sure an’ I’d be apt to
take a bad cowld.”
—lt is absqrod to think that tho
adoption of professions usually re
garded as masculine monopolies un
sexes woman. It only makes them
business like. Here, out in Alont
gomery county, there is a lady law
yer. Sho is or was married. Ami
the other day a client went to her
office and found the door locked,
with the following notice pinned up
on the outside: “Gone to my husband’s
funeral; back in thirty minutes.”
—A man and his wife were found
in their dwelling, in San Francisco,
both with bullet wounds, from which
they have probably since died. The
husband said, as his dying testimony,
that his wife shot him, and then acci
dentally shot herself. The wife said,
as her testimony, that her husband
shot her, and then accidentally shot
himself. Each gave jealousy as tho
inciting cause of the other’s crime.
Nobody else saw tho shooting, and
the police had no means of reaching
the truth.
—Tho story that a regular business
was carried on in the manufacture of
butter from the mud of the Thames
river turns out to havo been a fabri
cation. The story was that the float
ing particles of grease and fat from
the sewers were collected, and that
transmutation of the product into
good table butter for boarding-house
use constituted a systematic and
profitable, industry. Inspired by tho
tale, some speculative individuals
have been making experiments, and
have come to the conclusion that but
ter can uot be made in that way.