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A COUNTRY NEWSItAfEk FOR THE MASSES—DEVOTED TO CIVILIZATION AND MONEY-MAKING,
TALBOTTON, TALBOT COUNTY* GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1878.
A Pleasant Story.
WHKIiE THE WIU WAS HID.
Grandfather was dead ! Over and
over again, the thought he must die
had made mo cry my eyes nearly
out, for though ha was eighty, ho
was not too old to love. And now
it happened, and was over, and I sat
in a kind of a miserable dream, lis
tening to Lawyer C’urdlo nsking
me—
Where grandfather had kopt his
will?
Had I not been told ?
Did I know?
A will in my .favor; leaving every
thing to me ?
‘Grandpapa wanted to toll mo. 1
said I, ‘but I would not let him. I
could not boar to think of his being
dead. I hoped he would not dio be
fore I did. 1
‘ln legal matters, ladies aw little
short of idiots, 1 said Mr. Curdle.
‘I grieve to distress you, but I
suppose you know there's a ram
pant old"fury down stairs,who claims
this place and everything ih it—who
is really your grandfather's sister—
and who, if there is no will found,
can turn you out of house and
home.
‘Yon know your grandfather was
only a stepfather to your mother.
You were not actually related at all.
‘Como now; plain speaking is ne
cessary—if wo find tho will, you are
an heiress; if not, a beggar.'
‘.Nothing could make me that,'
said I, ‘nothing while I have ten fin
gers.'
But he had roused me at last.
W here had grandfather told mo
tho will was ?
I tried to think.
No, ho had not told me.
I had put my hand over his
month, and said—■
‘Grandpa don’t, I shall 6rv my
self to death if you did, so I shan't
want anything.
And ho said—
‘Well, well, I know you are not
waiting for dead moil’s shoos; I
know that my child and some
other day, some other day—"
And tho next morning ho was
found dead in his bed—tho very
next morning.
‘You see it is somewhere,' said I,
‘else grandpa would not have men
tioned it.‘
‘You don’t think he had destroy
ed it, and was about to make u now
one, or anything - of that sort?’ ask'
ed tho lawyer.
‘No,‘ said 1, ‘I think not. I’ll try
to remember what ho said exactly.
Oh, this was it I think—■’
‘Roulah it will be very important
whon I come to leave you that you
shall know about my will. I have
made one and hid it in the most in
genious placo.
‘Then I stopped him. That’s
all.'
‘Utter insanity/ said Mr. Curdle;
‘utter insanity. 1
He was usually very polite, but I
did not wonder that his equanimity
was disturbed when I wont down
stairs and saw the person whom he
had desoiibcd as a ‘rampant old
fury. 1
She was a very old woman, with
hair that was still bright red, and a
long sharp nose.
She was talking at the top of her
voice, apparently to no one in par
ticular.
‘Lawyers, lawyers/ she was say
ing; ‘are alike the world over. Didn’t
send me a word of my poor brother’s
death; not a word,not a line; so that
I should not como to claim my
own.
‘Left it to that girl, eh! Hum
bug! She's no relation to him;
; she’s no relation at all. Margarat
j Boker had a little girl already by
! iior first husband when she married
! him. This is that girl’s cli it* ’
I ‘No blood relation—n6ne. No,
| no. My brother and I haven’t been
friends, I know, but its all tbe same
! if he hasn’t left a w ill—and I know
jhe didn't—all his property is
j mine !’
( She took snuff and scowled at me
| furiously.
I shrank away, and began to feel
how important it was that the will
should bo found.
I searched eagerly enongh now.
I turned back carpets and shook
out curtains.
T rummaged every desk and draw-
or, trunk and box in the house.
All ip vain.
At last even Mr. Curdle, acknow
ledged that further search was hopo
lcss.
‘A man should confide his will to
his lawyer/ said he; ‘a lawyer's box
is tho only safe placo for it/
‘No doubt this old woman has
employed someone to steal your
grandfather's will from its “very in
genious’ hiding place, and tho re
sult is that yofi ard"h beggar.’
‘You are ridiculing poer dead
grandpa, and calling mo names,’ I
said, bursting into tears.
‘My poor, foolish child !’ said Mr.
Curdle, ‘why didn’t you hear what
ho had to say at least ? Together,
you liaye made a nioo moss of it,’
AVo had certainly, ns 1 acknowl -
edged when old Miss Humphries
took possession of tho homestond,
and I found that I was no longer
mistress of tho dear old placo—that
1 had uot even a right thoro.but was
an interloper.
When, to crown all, she came to
mo as I lay weeping on my bed and
said in her harsh and nasal tones—
‘Beulah, sit up and stop crying,
live got something to toll you,’
I sat up and wiped my eyes.
1 considered her an enemy, and
ono never wishes to woepboforo one’s
enemy.
Providence is Providence, Beulah
Bore/ said she; ‘you oughtn’t to re .
boleig’in it so—no, you oughtn’t.
You ought to bo contented in tho
condition you’vo been called to. But
I’m willing to have you stay with
me. You Can help in the work, yon
know.
‘I don’t keep servants—a lazy idle
set, eating you out of house and
homo.
‘A young girl like you can bo use
ful if she’s grateful and willing so
I'll keep you, Beulah More.*
I was only fourteen years old,but
I knew as well as I know that 1
should have pjtcforred scrvico any
where else.
But as slio spoke, a thought dar
ted into my head.
Grandfather had certainly spoken
of hiding a will somewhere.
If I stayed and rubbed and scrub
bed, and dusted diligently, I should
discover it if it was above ground,
and not stolen, as Mr. Curdle be*
lioved.
All, bow delightful (o discomfit
her at last.
Mow well worth the hard lalo and
tho hard work f knew I should have
to endure.
Yes,even her unpleasant company
could be borne with this end in view.
Ho I said,taking enro not to speak
too eagerly, that 1 would stay, and
gave myself a year to find the will
in.
A year is an eternity at fourteen.
That very day, old Miss Hum
phries began to show mo my posi
tion by turning mo out of my pret
ty bod-room, and sending ino into
tho garret with a sloping roof.
I had a pretty carpet, white cur
tains, a book-case, Turkish chair,
and dainty bed, all white and pink,
and toilette service pink and white
also.
I had never done any work except
putting this room in order, for we
had two old servants besides a man.
Now I scrubbed floors and washed
windows, and dishes, and had no
time to read or sew, or wander in
the woods, or enjoy myself in the
garden.
Miss Humphries sent all my school
girl friends from tho door when they
asked for me, and it was after a long,
hard fight,that I obtained my books,
my sewing basket, and my few win
dow plauts with which to make my
garret more homelike.
My black suit became shabby.
I felt ashamed to go to chrtrch and
I knew not where to procure other
clothing.
I was very miserable, but all the
while I never forgot my object.
Not only did T continue my search
all day, but at night I often patter
ed about the house in my bare feet.
I had found many curious places
where a will might have well been
hidden.
For instance tho posts of grand
father’s bed had a hollow space in
them, covered with a ' carved cap,
shaped like a pineapple which came
off.
And behind the carved wooden
mantlepicoe in his room—tho origi
nal liouso, was a hundred yoars old,
ilioy say, and vory curious—there
was a recoptaclo that might have
concealed fifty wills.
"Tho old woman nevor suspected
me.
Besides, she was half tho time
asleep, noddiug in her chair.
Sho had a delight iu sooing me at
work, and set me tasks as hard to
mo as those tho malevolent fairy put
upen poor Graciosa wore to her.
Wherevor I was sent I went.
Who know whore tho will might
be?.
But now tho yoar I had given my
self was nearly ovor, and tho malov
olent fairy of my cxistoneo had or
dered mo to whitewash tho cow
house—and I agreed to do it with a
fooling upon mo that endurance was
almost at an end, that hope was ala
most gone, that I must leavo the
placo if I starved.
No wonder l was thin, and had
lost my line comploxiou.
Tho lime was mixed and tho brush
was found.
‘ But it oil thick, Beulah,’ said my
task mistress; ‘we don’t want any - ot
tho boards to show. Why, whole’s
your stick ?’
‘I can’t ibid ono lo lit/ said I diu
consolatcy - . ‘Oh, I can reach I
think.’
‘You can’t,’ said she. Tho idea of
whitewashing with a short brush.
Go and hunt a stick. Why 1 know
where there’s one—in your own
room. I saw it to-day.’
‘That’s dear grandpa’s cano,’ said
I.
‘I don’t caro. Get it,’ said she.
‘lt’s only a stick, cano or not.’
T won’t use that in such a way,’
said I;‘grandfather’s cano that he
used to walk with every day—that 1
used to ride on when 1 was a baby.
Dear old cane, that seems part, of
him, I wouldn't nso it so for worlds.’
‘.Sentimental nonsense,’ said the
old woman. ‘Tho idea! whon lam
dead they can do what they like with
my umbrella, L’m sure. Get the
stick.'-
‘I won't,’ said I.
‘Then J will, and you’ll use it,
said she.
Away she went to the garret, and
down she came with tho thick and
heavy cano, with neither curve nor
carving on it—a sort of pale gray
wood polished like glass.
‘Here’s the stick,’said sho, ‘and
you’ll see my word is law here.’
I never stirred.
‘Tie that stick on tho whitewash
brush and go to work,’ sho said.
‘1 won’t,’ said 1.
‘You won’t.’
‘No !‘
‘You aro a pretty big girl, Beulah
More,’ said she, ‘but if yon don’t I’ll
whip you.’
‘I dare you to touch me,’ said I.
She lifted the stick.
I am not sure whether sho would
have struck me, or whether it was
only in menucc; but I caught it.
‘Give me my grandfather's cane'.’
I cried, and pulled.
Sho pulled also.
In a moment more a queer thing
happened.
Tho cano parted in tho middle,and
the old woman llow one way and I
another.
She lay on her back, bemoaning
herself.
‘I, younger and lighter, picked
myaell up at once.
But I held on to my half of grand
father’s cane, and shouted wildly for
joy, for in an instant I saw that the
cane was not broken, but that it was
made iu two halves and that tho one
I held was hollow.
Something protruded from it.
All I saw was a bit of stiff crack
ling parchment, but knew as well as
ever I did anything, when I drew it
out, that I had found grandfather’s
will at last.
She knew it too.
Sho scrambled up when I flourish
ed it over my head, and flew at me.
Terror, as well as joy, lent wings
to my footsteps.
I flaw out of the garden, down tho
lane, and up the road to tho office of
Mr. Curdle.
There, in my old frock with while
wash daubed over it, I appeared,
breathless and voiceless, grasping in
* lay hand dirty and hardened with
i coarse work, t! e proof that I was
| heirr s i to a fortune.
I 'When I wen back to tho homo
stead, it was as mistress, and I nev
er saw old Miss Humphries again.
Sho had returned to her former
dwelling placo, leaving many an the-.
mas behind her.
They never hurt mo.
I found tho other half of tho dear
old cano, and rojoiued it to its mate.
I loved it before; naturally I loved
it more than over then, and still keep
it as a talisman.
Scion* of itoynltf.
The Prince of Wales presents tho
appearance of a stout and amiable
middlo aged gentlemen, largo in the
neck and bald-headed, 110 was in
plain citizen's dress, and wore a gor
geous buttonhole bouquet. Ho has
been accused of many oxccsses, but
bis face is pleasant and free from evi
dence of vicious indulgences. Ho is
a vory intelligent and agreeablo
looking gentleman, and when one
considers tho facilities that ho has
had tor being led into temptation it
must bo confessed, I think, that lie
has taken good caro of himself. His
appearance confirms his reputation
boro as that of a kindly aiul clover
good fellow. The Princess of
Wales is tho winner of hearts for
tho royal family. Herponsivo beau
ty has faded but liltlo, and her hap
py tasLu in areas ana Her airy gruuo
excite genoral admiration. 1 should
have noted carefully how this fair
Princess was dressed, but her sister
in-law, tho Grown Princess of Eng
land and Germany came in view,
with tho tall, bronzed soldier, with
close-clipped hair and tawny beard,
the Crown Prince, her husband.
Tho contrast between tho distin
guished couples was strongly marks
ed. The Prince and Princess of
Wales seemed a shade festivo. They
were smiling and gracious,with per
haps, one may say, a little of tho
glitter of tho opera or fairy talc.
The other couple were serious and
plain, clothing dark, features grave
—meaning business. A more sober
ly dressed and unpretending eouplo
Ilian the future Emperor and Em
press of Germany wero not in Doan
Stanley's congregation that crowded
lhe ancient abbey. -Mm at. Halstead.
The Snide Mother’* VVai - niii(r.
‘Eprabom, coino to inudder, boy—
Whar yon bin ?’
‘Playing wid tho wife folk’s chil.
lun.’
‘Sec liaar, chile, you’ll broko your
inudder's heart, and bring her gray
bars iu sorrow to do grade in rucK
lumuoss. Halm't I raised you up in
do way you should go ?‘
'Yetlium/
‘Halm't I bin kind and tender wid
you an' treated you like my own
cbi'e, which you is?‘
‘ Yetlium.'
‘Habn't I bin rezinin" wid you and
habn't I whupped, deplored <le Lawd
to wrap you up in hi- buzzurn ?‘
‘Yetbum, and— ‘
‘lsn’t I yor nat’ral detector and
gardeen fo’ do law V’
‘Yetlium.’
‘Well, dc-n d’u sposo I'se gwiuo tor
see yor morals ruptured by do white
trash? No, sail 1 Git in do house
rlis instep; an’ if I cber catch you
wid do wito trash ony more, fo' d<
Lawd I'll broke yer back wid a
brick ?'
No man can judge of the happi
ness of another. As tho moon plays
upon tho waves, and seems to our
eyes to lavor with a peculiar beam
ono long track amidst the waters,
leaving tho rustic comparative secu
rity; yet all the while sho is no nig
gard in her luster, for tho rays that
moot not our eyes seem to us as
though they wore not, yot sho, with
an equal unfavoring loveliness, mir
rors herself on every wave. Even so
perhaps, happiness falls with tho
same brightness and power over
the whole expanse of life, though to
our limited eyes she seems only to
rest on those billows Irom which the
ray is reflected back on our sight.
A philosopher says : ‘Wo learn to
climb by keeping our eyes not on the
hills behind ns, but on the mountains
that rise bdforo us.‘ Another good
way is to tako a couple of rods the
start aud try to beat an enthusiastic
bull dog over a nine foot bans yard
fence.
- *
Vny.
; \Vo canuot bridge in* summer wi'hmrt
■ money, knui mends, *o he iaifldiil aud
f cotne up mid pay us what little you arc due
I tor subscription aud aUv riming.
TEItIIS, SI.OO u Ycni'in Advance
WHOLE NUMBER 414,
LeVert College,
For IBoys and Girls.
- [(Joor^ia.
rpilft Spline SeßHirm will beqiu on MON-
I DAY .IANI AKY 21st, 1878. uucler tha
control of' $. I‘. Gt.enn, A. M. with Compe
tent Assistants.
Parent n ami (inardiyufj piny hero find tor
their children nuri wants a School practi
cal ami thorou<’h in training, strict in dis
cipline ami coniprfehgusivG in its rapge of
instruction, < mhracing aa it does tho Pri
mary, Acadcmio anil Collegiate courses.
I lie music department will ho under tho
care ol a compute and experienced .In
structor.
JUTES OF TTTI TION,
payable per Q wrier iu advanco.
Spelling, Keudiug and Writing, per quar
ter $3,75:
Primary (icognphy, and Primary Arithme
tic with above, $5,00
Euglish Grummet*, Geography and Arith
metic, per quarter SB.OO.
Latin, Greek, Higher English, aud higher
Mathematics, per quarter, SIO,OO.
Making tho rates of tuition by the year at
$15,00, $20,00. $32,00,* and $40,00, which
is very much reduc ed from what it has been
before. Tuition will be.charged from .the
time of entering school, rind deduction onlv
made tor sickness or other Providential
hinderaiico.
-For particulars confer with Prof.
•T. It. Gij nn, or any ot the 14oaid of Trus
tees at Ta I bin ton, Ga.
in . vruiuu., i*. .... *r.
It. 11. Lkonakd, Tims. A. LJitowu, J. T.
( Wilms, Trustees,
Talbutton, Ga., January 22nd, 1878.
NEW BOOT AND SHOE SHOP.
J. F, MEYERS & CO.,
RF.SPFX’TFULLY inform the people of
Talbot ton and Talbot county that they
have located in Tullmtton and aro prepared
to do all kinds ol work in. their lino. They
make line work a specialty. Fine Hoots aud
Shoes <f nil kinds made to order at short
notice. Ladies shoes of all kinds made to
order. All work guaranteed. Having been
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no hesitancy iu saying that we can give sat
isfaction to tho msl fastidious. Prices to
suit the times. Keparing ol all kinds dono
in a workmanlike wanner. Gall and give
uu a trial. Shop ono door below P. Cut
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