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VOLUME IX-NO. 17.
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We .re agents for the sale •( GEO. WOOD * CO S Pat lor Organa.
March 15-lv
AT THE OLD DRUGSTORE
CAN BE FOUND A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF
Pure Druigs, Pal ent
ALedicines, Paints, Oils,
Dye Stuffs, G-lass Brushes,
Perfumery, Toilet and Fan
cy icles. Fine Soaps,
Kerosine Oil and Lamps
Stationery of every grade.
PICTURE FRAMES, TOBACCO and CIGARS from the cheap
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Tausorrd*, Ga., -July lltb, 18775
A COUNTRY NEWSPAPER FOR THE MASSES DEVOTED TO CIVILIZATION AND MONEY-MAKING.
TALBOT COUNTY, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1878.
A BRAVE EOY.
Aboil* ten vents itgo, a mnu by
the name of Elkarmh Flint moved
with his family from one of the
New England Status to Hennepin
county, Minn., and took tip land un
der the Homestead Law.
Being unable, for some reason, to
obtain a clear title to his land, he
moved again and settled ou the St.
Li uis river, about thirty-five miles
north-west of Duluth. It was while
at Dnlnth that the writer was told
the following story:
‘Flint's family consisted, besides
his wife and himself, of three chil
dren, whose name were Jason, a
boy of 15, a daughter, Abigail, two
years younger, and a little girl but
three years old,whose name.l think'
was Flora.
Their first clearing was made on
a fertile wooded interval, on the
right bank of the river. About
100 rods back from the stream
stood their house, built of cotton
wood logs.
It was a wt t season, and their lo
cation proved to boa damp one.
From this cause, probably, Mrs.
Flint and her little girl sickened
from colds, and both died of pn n
ctnoniu. The death of the child oc
curred two days after the death of
the mother.
All enro of the household thus
fell upon Abby, now in her 14th
year, and who seems to have been
a very capable girl. Her brother
Jason was of a different stamp, and
rendered his father but little help,
lie was attracted by nothing but
hunting and scouting. Often lie
brought home a deer or a quarter
of a moose, but it was with the
greatest reluctance that lie set
himself to plowing or planting.
To trap along the upper course
of tho river was far more to Jason’s
liking than felling trees.
][< was very adroit in trading
aitii the Indian a, parties "f whom
often came to the settler's house.
So sharp, indeed, were his bargains
in furs with them that they had,
within a year, bestowed upon him
the nickname ‘Turouch-tn-gippoo,*
which I should translate as ‘Young
Skinflint.*
It was not very long afterward
that the memorable troubles with
the Sioux began, marked by those
tcirihl" mass-screen of the settlers
in the back count ies of lowa and
Minnesota.
Dining the first days of Juno of
the year of our story, Mr. Flint set
off iu his “dug out 1 * boat for the
then small village of Duluth, to pro
cure some farming implements. He
ordered Jason to remain close at
home, and set him to h ieing ou a
Small field of potatoes.
Bnt Jason, whose mind was in -
tent on Indians, believed it necessa
ry to make a scouting tour to a
neighboring settlement. The trip
occupied the first day of his father s
absence.
The next morning he set to work
on the potato patch—all the more
diligently because Mr. Flint was ex
pected home that night—and,as was
not very uncommon with him, he
C taxed his sister Abby to leave Jn-r
work in the house and help him.
Sprouts from the roots and stumps
of the lately filled trees had come
up plentifully among *he potatoes.
Abby went ahead with a bush hook,
or bush-hill, and cut up the sprouts,
while Jason followed and lulled up
the potatoes with a hoe.
But his eyes roved about a good
deal as he hoed, and for once, at
least, those sharp, wandering eyes
of his did him good service. Chan
cing to look forward to the end ol
the row, wheie the forest bordered
the clearing, he saw an Indian in
the act of stealing forward from be
hind the trunk of a great maple to
a blackened pine stub, which had
been burned out hollow by the re.
cent fires, and which stood in the
out skirts of the potatoes.
Boy though he was, Jase was at |
uo loss to understand the movi.
ment of the savage. Ho knew that
he was only waiting there for his
sister and himself to approach near
er, when he would probably shoot
him and endeavor to take his sis
ter prisoner.
The distance to the pine stub was
eighteen or twenty rods—too tai
lor the red skin to shoot with cer
.tainty. Dropping his eyes Jase
hood on with apparent carelessness.
Abby had hot seen the Indian,
and he dared not even whisper a
warning to her lest, she should take
fright and thus bring the savage at
once upon them. Jnae’s own gun,
though loaded, was at tho house,
which was out of sight behind the
bushes.
\yith great presonco of mind Jase
said to Lis sister:
‘Don’t hurry so. Abb. It’s too
warm to hurry. I’m going to fetch
out some water. 1 And, setting down
his hoe, he strolled leisurely across
the piece, whistling as lie went, half
expecting at every stop to feel a bul
let.
Getting among the bushes, ho ran
to the house, and caught, down Ins
gun and powder horn, with tho in;
tontion of making a circuit, through
tho woods and coming round in the
roar of tho savage, who, he thought
would be intent watching his sister.
But tho leathern pouch which held
his stock of bullets was gone from
the peg. In doing her work that
morning Abbv had knocked it oil,
and i;, had fallen down through an
opening in the floor.
In breathless haste Jason senrehs
ed the room over and over, but
could not find the pouch. Know,
iiig there was not a moment to loose
he set off with but the single charge
in his gun.
He had but just, got out of the
door when ho heard Abby scream.
Then thoro followed a smothered
sound, and then ho heard her try
to call his name.
Even then the boy’s presence of
mind did not desert him. He knew
that if the savage wore alone his
sister's sole chalice of life lay m the
Indian’s not discovering that ho was
pursued.
He ran to the edge of the bushes
that skirted the potatoes mid looked
out. Tho red skin was drugging
Abby afler him by her wrists, and
an ju.T entering tho woods oil the
farther side going out toward the
liver.
From this Jase concluded that the
Indian had come down the stream
in a canoe, which he had probably
left not far off. If tho savage
should regain bis canoe, Jason’s
only chance would be to shoot him
from the bunk. This he resolved
to attempt.
JNiit much more than a mile above
the dealing the river makes a great,
bend, and at one point is quite
swift and narrow. Making a cir
cuit through the bend Jason ran to
intercept the Indian at the bend.
He was riulit iu his conjecture, for
he had but just crept through some
thick aiders on the bunk, when ho
saw a canoe coming swiftly up the
stream. The In,ban’s paddle glit
tered in the sun as ho sat in the
stern, and, with quick, strong,
strokes, propelled tho little craft
against the current, lie could see his
sister crouching in the middle of the
canoe, with her head muffled in
some coarse cloth.
Jase cocked his gun, and, with
the greatest caution, brought the
pi'-co to bear oil the savage, detei
mined to fire the instant lie came
near enough.
But the wary Indian either heard
some sound from the shore, or sus
pected danger at this narrow point
in the channel, for, before he had
come within range, Jase saw him
creep forward and crouch beside his
captive, in such a manner as to
shield his own body with hers.
Jason saw the savage’s sharp eyes
scanning the bushes, but he did not,
fire, lest he should shoot bis . sister.
Though baffled by this trick, the
bold boy was not disheartened.
Three or four miles further up the
river was a rapid, where the channel
was broken by ledges and large bow
lers, against which, near the upper
end of the broken water, were piled
great heaps of drift logs and brush.
Jase bad trapped there, and know
the place well.
There were three piles of drift in
the stream at that point —one near j
the right bank, another on a a ledge ;
a little further out and a few rods
higher up, and third one lodged
against two enormous rocks slid
nearer the opposite bank.
It was between these banks and
the shore that boats and canoes go- i
ing up the i..er usually passed; for '
the current was here neither so
strong nor so swift, but flowod (
smoothly over a pebble bottom.
With a line a cation or boat could
bo pulled against tho current, and
the water was not so deep but that a
man could wade and draw a boat
after him. To shoot at tho savage
when he draw his canoe up the rap
id was Jase’s next thought.
After a hot run he came out near
the rapids, and easily waded across
to tho first pile of drift. Thore were
rocks on which ho was ablo to jump
to tho second of the three. But it
was only by wading that he was able
to got to tho fnrtherost drift pile the
point ho wished to reach.
Several times lie was nearly swept
away by stumblimg over the slippery
rocks upon tho bottom. But he got
over, and, hiding himself partly un
der some of tho brush, aud behind
an old tilted up stamp, he lay in
wait for the Indian.
From this lurking place he could
not, see down stream;hut- in about
twenty minutes, ho heard the Indian
wading in the rapid, splashing his
way up, pulling his canoe after him.
A minute more and Jase caught
sight of him—bent over, as ho care
fully planted his moccasin feet among
the slippery stones on tho bottom,
lie had tho line over one shoulder,
and tho canoe, with Abby, was ton
or twelve feet behind. The girl was
now sobbing bitterly, quits despair
ing of escape or rescue.
The Indian had come within thir
ty or forty feet of Jase, but at that
moment his quick ear caught somo
sound from the drift heap. Ho stop
ped and turned sharply round.
This was Jase’s chance. Before
the savage could stir, the young
backwoodsman had fired at him.
And it was a most fortunate shot—
for Abby, at, least. *
Jase had hit the, Indian in a fatal
pari. Uttering a dn idful cry of
pain, the savage let, go the lino and
attempted to reach the drift heap;
but being so severely wounded, be
lost, his footing and rolled down the
rapid.
The canoe, too, caught sidewise
by the current, was upset, and, Abby,
clutching at Ihe gunwale, which was
wound with basket stuff, was car
ried with it into an eddy beneath the
other bank.
‘Hang on to it, Abb !’ wore the
first words she heard from her
brother.
Jase h id waded in the the stream,
and crossing over lie seized hold of
tho canoe; but stepping into a deep
hole near tho eddy, both he and his
sister sank completely out of sight.
For a moment they were near drown-
ing. The boy struggled out, how
ever, and pulled his sister to the
shore.
Neither of them saw anything
more of the Indian. Probably he
was carried into tho deep water be
low the rapids and was drowned.
1 wish I had been ablo to learn
more of the subsequent career of
Jase Flint; but 1 could only hear at
Duluth that he had become an In
dian lighter out West.
lie was certainly a cool headed
youngster —if not a very good far
mer’s boy. I wish ho could have
been both. But there is an old
proveab that‘it takes all kinds of
folks make up a world;’ and, also,
another, ‘you can not have every
thing in one boy.‘ So, while we re
gret. Jase’s failings, let us praise his
pluck and energy. Y/ulh's Com
panion.
‘Woman,’ says a Western female
on the lecture platform, ‘Wants
bread, not the ballot,.’ However, if
! she were really compelled to choose
between tho two, she would proba
bly take u now bonnet.— Worcester
Fresx.
—
Senator Howe thinks that ho Ims
made the President feel better, and
the President hopes the Senator
feels better. Which may bo called
conciliation on ice.
‘Let whiskey alone, 1 was the brief
temperance lecturo delivered by
Joe Brussel from a Tennessee scaf
fold. Then he took a“drop.“
Always give the soil the first meal.
If it is well fed with manure it will
feed all else—plants, animals and
men.
,Jam'’H Analysis puts the commercial value
,of the Storm Acid Phosphate at ::2.00.
Try the great icrtilizor. tt.
TERMS. *I.OO a Year in Advance
V nriel ies.
Bonds irrodf emnble—Yaga-bonds
Perfuming tho hair is a now wrin
kle.
Uneasy lies tho head that woars a
wig.
Mutton-leg r slcoves are again in
fashion.
Too common garments for busi
ness—Breaches of trust.
It is suit! there are no bed bugs in
Nevada, and but few beds.
New foliage for hats is made of
rubber without wire stems.
The economical baby puts its toes
in its mouth to make both ends
meet.
On farm or in palace, ‘latest style’
is of far loss consequence than per
sonal neatness.
Ivory and felt are new shades lor
dress goods, ribbons and hats for
the present season.
This is a world of second-hand
goods. Every pretty girl has been
some other fellow’s sweetheart.
He who reels and staggers most,
in tho journey of life takes the
straight,est cut to tho devil.
If Virginia is the “Mother of
St itesmen,” it’s in order to suggest
that Pennsylvania’s the “Pa.”
Men should not think oo much of
tnemselves, and yet a man should be
careful not to forget himself.
A man who is intimate on shoit
acquaintance is very apt to be ‘short’
on more intimate acquaintance.
Benjamin Franklin, m 1789, left
$5,000 for a fund to make loans to
young mechanics. The fund is now
$200,000.
It is estimated that every man
who livos to bo sixty years old has
spent soven months of his life but
toning liis shirt collar.
Next to English sparrows there is
nothing that increases faster than
than potato bugs, unless it is the in
terest on an unpaid note.
‘What’s the matter with your eye,
Tommy?’ ‘O, it’s only boon going
i through an operation at the hands
of an kuocknlist, that’s all.’
When a wealthy Jap breaks up
house keeping ho ships his kitchen
furniture to America to bo sold as
‘rare curiosities from Japan.’
A Massachusetts postmistress has
resigned her office, as a matter of
honesty, because she cannot find
timo to read all tho postal cards and
attend to her other duties.
A Texas man got mad because a
waiter handed him a napkin the
other day. Ho said ho ‘reckoned ho
knowed when to use a handerchiei
without havin’ no hints thrown out.’
‘Will you always trust me, dear
est ?’ he asked, looking down into
her groat blue eyes with unspeaka
ble affection. ,Nho was a snlo wo
man at an np-towu shirt store, and
sho told him business was business
and lie would have to pay cash every
time.
A girl’s lover deserted her and
sho pined not;her father, married a
cross-eyed widow and she faintly
smiled; a hoy killed her Maltese cat
and she never laughed; but when a
bob-tailed rooster swallowed her
chewing gum sho crawled under the
bed and howled.
Qui< t Secured.
A witty clergyman was once an
noyed during divine service by sev
eral young people who talked and
giggled, pausing, he looked straight
at tho disturbers and said:
‘I am always afraid to reprove
those who misbehave, for this rea
son; Somo years since, as I was
preaching a young man before mo
was constantly laughing,talking and
making uncouth grimaces. I paus
ed and administered a severe re
buke. After tho close of tho service
a gentleman said to me, Sir, you
have made a great nvstake; that,
young man was an idiot. 1 Since
then 1 have always been afraid to
reprove those who misbehave them
selves in church, lest 1 should re
peat that mistake and reprove
another idiot.'
During the rest of tho service
there was good order,
A man was scared to death in
Berryville, Mo. He was passing a
graveyard at midnight, when two
inen sprung from b-hind a monument
and shouted at him. Ho ran hone
and went to bed, but was so nervous
that lie could not sleep, and before
morning ho died in convulsions.
WHOLE NUMBER 406.
J. M. MATHEWS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW-
Talbotton Ga.,
Fromnt, ntteutinn to alt business. Brnc
11™ in Superior Courts, of Ohaltahnoehes
Circuit, and Supreme Court of Georgia.
Jan 8-ly. _
R. M. WILMS. I. T. WILLIS.
WILLIS & WILLIS,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
TALHOTTON, OA.
j:\u8tf
J. H. MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TALBOTTON, GA.
TJlTrLlj practice in tlie Courts of the Chat
\ V tnlioouhoe Circuit find the Supremo
Court "I tho State. The collecting business
a specialty. ,}anßtf
W. E. MUMFORD,
Attorney at Law,
TitTbotton CJ-eoi’g'ia.,
Will pmctico in all the courts of the Chat
tahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by special
contact. Prompt attention given to all bnsi
ness entrusted to him.
K. 11. WORKILL, J. 11. WOIIRILL,
E. H. WORRILL 4 SON.
Attorneys & Counsellors at
Law.
Talbotton. Georgia.
Practice in Superior and Supreme Courts
of Georgia, and tho U. S. Courts at Savnn
imta. Special attention given to all matters
in Bankruptcy. Jan 8-ly.
JAMESS McCORKLeT
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Genova Goorjfin.
Will pmctico in the counties of Talbot,
Marion, Chattahoochee, Harris,and Taylor,
in the Chattahoochee Oircnit.and Schley in
the Southwestern Circuit, Special attention
paid to the collection of claims.
References.
W. J. Ligon J* Cos., Paschal & Ileidingsfel
d* r, J. I). Hough, R. A. Paschal, Ansell
t urner, A. 1\ Candler, Oapt. Henry Per
sons, I. R. McCrary, all of Geneva, Gn.,
Lo.ve A Bushin, Tims. L. Rogers,of Bnena
Vista, C. A. Reed it Cos., of Columbus, Ga.
Win. A. Black, 8. W. R. ILAgt.at Ameri
cas, Ga. jan 8-tf.
PRESCRIPTION FREeT
i. r tlie si civ ( uri* of Seminal V\ i*i#k nitwi. Lost
Mmilioocf nml'nil clisonlers brought on by Inilla
<•■(>(ion nr r.vi'ss. Any bniKKlnt Ims the Ingro
(Ili-IIH. >r. W. JACH’KM A N*. ISO
We*t Si mill Mlrifl, Cincinnati, O.
GREAT KEI)UOT. W N IN PRICES AT
•J. VA^LENTINO’H
Bar and IlostnHrant,
S6 Cherry Street Mncou, Ga.
Having taken in consideration the decline
of prices in all branches, as well ns the
stringency of tho times, I tako pleasure in
announcing to ray patrons and the public
in general, that ray prices in future will bo
as lollows:
Oysters on the half shell 25c.
< hsters cooked in every style 25c.
Pish cooked in every xtyle 25c.
Steak 250.
Mutton Chops 25c.
llatn and Eggs 259.
Sitasages and i.ggs 25c.
Calves' Brains 25c.
Lamb Fries 25c.
Lunches at tho counter still cheaper.
Soup always on hand. Liquors and wines
10 cents a drink. Best Segars at the lowest
prices.
Lodging free. Open day and night.
In giving tho public this great induce
ment, I can only ask tor a call in order to
sustain what I have said above,
I turtbemore wish to inform the public
that thorn will not be any reduction In
quantity or quality, but in prices only; and
also will bo found attentive clerks and
gaiters.
sol) 4-ly. J. VALENTINO.
Thi Ilrmerij of the lOlh fnltrf,
Bnrham’a Infallible
HIfAPILE CURE.
\ rr- v U Manufactured by the
\ W-dHRt' Jr Barham Pile Cun Cos., Durham, N. 8.
I’rlrv 1.1. t and bona flit. ImiLmlSi
feraiafc* m kiimU*
BROWN H OUSEL
Opposite Passenger Depot
MACON, - - - GEORGIA.
S-Fki.OO PER DAY,
BATES REDUCED.
5Io.il", 60<^
Lodging 500,
E. E. BROWN*SON.
Rf.fkrkwoe : Onr patrons throughout
every Slate in the Union. febl2tf
OPliliiili!
D D SST ■V ■ Worthington, Greens Cos., InL
Farm for Sale !
050 ficrcs, adjoining my Juniper Mills
property, about one half open, under good
fenco and levo). productive pine laud with
good subsoil, good water, very healthy and
eligibly located about one mile Horn the
Kulroad. This place is especially suited to
anyone wishing to raise stock, as it is open
to excellent range, and the level character
of the land would gain tho lull benefit of
penning. It is ono of the most desirable
places in the lower part ol the county and
will be sold ala bargain.
I C. CHANDLER.
decOlf Gonevk, Ga.
ft week in y° Hr tnwn< w Outfit
VUU tree. No risk. Reader, if you
want a business at which persons of either
sex can make groat pay all the time they
vork, write for particulars to H, Halrstt
& C Portland, Maiue.