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.VOLUME X-NO. 1.
i.oKimy i\-titi ti:.
liATtMCSVII.T.K, (; A.,
ILL OPEN early in Sej tend t r 187 H, with a lull coij sot earnest, KiiccefS r nl teachers
and etertnttied to keep up the *idc-Bprtad nud deserved reparation ol this justly cele
brsted school.
Gordon Institute ©flfVr* superior inducements to parents desiring to educate their
tovs mid daughters. It has all the modem npplianc s, appara us ami turnitnre, nud a
recotd nor andceskful teaching unparalleled in tl.e State. li* music d* pu ,u. nt is con
das *d by Prof. who has no snp< ri< r and bnt fe w equals in I is | ron-ssion.
EarnesT)!le in the most enterprising city on the Macou and Western liailMnd. avd
baftjnatl.v lh reputation of Luring the most moral, liberal and enlightened comuinuity
a Gaorg'%.
lii'ion sll 50 to $lB 50p*r Term llo*rd $lO 00 tq sl3 00 per month.
ptr For Catalogue containing lull information *'ddr ss
CHARLES K. LWIdDRIN, Pbjw.,
or W. 11. WOODALL. Secretary.
Jly3Ctf }'.ro* ■ v,Me Oeo'gia.
THIS SPACE
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NO. 10 COLt'MBUS, GKOIIOIA.
W lioloMile und lietnil Denier in
Mt GOODS, GI.OCKIEB, KOTIOf S, CEICHET, if. 1 0
. -AND A FULL STOCK OF-
Plantntion Supplies,
ALL of which we are row . Sering at # lie very 1 west market price*. .< 1 guar? *ce 1!
O- •! our goods hi. represented. Wu cordial > invite the | oopL- f I .t.Lot - mi y.
•i*ewhere to give us a ;*l! v.-ben they visit the city Mr. L A. PLilij formerly <>t H r
ri county, is with me and will be pi id to his many friends
Now Don’t You Forget it.
t. t, mrnmm,
08 Brond Street, ColumhiiN, Georgia
•tiling bnndfiome and aubatan ml COi ’AGE CHAII. Sals4so p- r Hull tbzen, CO
T*GE BEDSIEaDS ;.t t-2 50 iTAOT. BCREAT'S inr sll> ..mi
Jw trticWs ot FURMT UKE t-qtmllv luiv. A lull lion ol Ite&utilQl EASTEAKLR net
yCLEX ANNE CHAMBER SUITS.
WMWIEI AT SETAIL —HAILS $2.60 PER EES'
oagon and Carriage Material and other Goode as Lew as
ANY HOUSE IN THE MARKET.
J. A. Frazer & Cos.,
Eroad Street, COLUMBUS, GA.
Stptiii
A COUNTRY NEWSPAPER FOR TIIE MASSES -DEVOTED TO CIVILIZATION AND MONEY-MAKING:
TALPOTTON, TALBOT COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1879.
h'htii Kngaged-
Just ns the old umu was getting
his parlor in order for visitors he
received uotieo that his presence was
desirable at tho Central Station.
Making his way down town ho was
kindly greeted by His Honor, who
tossed the remains of a State Fair
egg-plum out of tho window and
said:
‘There are four or fivo cases here
which seem to concern you more or
less. There is for one, a female in
the corridor who says sho is engag
ed to you. If such is the ease, I do
not want to send her up, of course.’
‘Engaged to me! Great heavens!
but I never was engaged i 1 mv life !’
exclaims and tho seemingly astonished
Bijah.
‘Well, that’s what she says. I
don’t know anything about
your love alTtirs, though I have had
many Hints that yon were about to
lake a wife.’
‘Bet me see the demoness who
dates to innk-e nffidavv that T an
going to build fires for her this win
ter!’demanded'the old janitor,' his
eves as wild as those of a runaway
horse, and be was shown into the
corridor.
She was there. Sho sat on an in
verted bushel basket, belonging"' to
(he City Sealer of weights and meas
ures." She looked about forty years
old, and she had banged hair, a thin
nose, and a chin sticking out like a
hay window. She knew him nt
sight," and shefrose up nnd’V.alled:
‘Hailing, 1 know you’d come.’
Bij ih stood before her witho t a !
word. The wobble of bis knees w
plainly beard hv the audience, nnd
■ ’|
he breathed like a boy running out
of a melon patch with four dogs af- j
Itr him.
‘Don’t von recognize me, Bijah?’
plaintively inquired the woman.
‘Never, never !’he shouted dan
cing about on his toes. ‘T never saw
you before Ido not know you 1
won’t know you
‘My love, have you been drinking?’
she softly asked.
‘Don’t call me your love don't
put on themj’are grins for my bene
fit ! A’ou are an old imposileress, a
jacknlesß, a "swindleress a deceitess,
and if you don’t ow n up that you
have been lyin’, I will sue you for
slander 1’
“And only l ist, night he called me
his silver- plated coal stove !’ she said
turning to the reporters with a ges
ture of despair.
‘I never did ! I will make oath on
the Bible that I don’t even no her
name.’
‘Boy, beware I’she biased, as she
pointed her slender finger at her
nose.’ If you turn tny love to hate
it will he the worse for you.’
•Let ‘er turn ! Let ‘er turn! 1
say you are a ’
She clawed out for him, and she
just reached him. Four of her fin
ger nails raked his nose from bridge
to end, and the other hand would
have gathered up all the hair on top
of his head if lie hadn’t been bald.
‘Serpent ’ she hissed through her!
clenched teeth, ‘when I get out I’ll j
meet you on ths street and throw i
snuff in your villianous eyes!*
‘You will never get out—not for
one thousand years !' he called hack, j
one hand holding his nose and the !
Urn other keeping her off. She was
then Rent, up for six months on a,
charge of drunkenness and disorder
ly conduct, when he went up a.d
inquired;
‘Mary Ann, why did you try to
play that on mo 1 she yelled back :
‘Wait till I come out? I —Fax j
Pfdu.
Wuai' is the dißUi Like?—lt is!
like a large, le-autiful tree, which
hears sweet fruit for those that are 1
hungry, and effords shelter and j
shade for pilgrims on their way to i
the kingdom of heaven.
ft is like a cibinet of jewels and
precious si ones, which are not only
tone looked at and admired but
used and worn.
It is like a telesc >pe that brings
distant objec's and far off things of j
| the world very near, so that wo can
see something oi their beauty and
, importance.
It is like a treasure-house, a
| store-house for all sorts of useful
! and valuable things, and which are
!to be had without money and wi.h
--! out price.
It is like a deep, h.oad, calm flow
ing river, the banks of which aie
: green and flowery, where birds sing
and lambs play, and de..r little cb.il
■ dren are loving atni happy.
; Teach your child a trade even if
you have to teach him to trade old
1 ion for a circus ticket.
I’ewer ol n tlinei s Mio-r
--stit inn.
From tlio Virginia City (Nev.) Chronicle;
A reporter was talking aith nip
old miner a few days ago who im
plicitly believed that no death ever*
took place in the mines without a
; warning of some kind. ‘You see,’
he said, ‘death never comes of a
sudden upon the men iu the mines.
You reporters write up accidents,
nnd how something gave way ori
[ fell quick and killed somebody, j
i Now, this ain’t so. There’s always
sorao warning. "When I see my lan
tern begin to burn low down and
\ blue, I know that there is danger
[ ahead if it keeps on for a few days
and then begins to waver and flick
er, I’ll watch it. close to seo where
|it p lints. Now, you may set me
i up as a fool, but wliat I’m tollin’
you is the gospel truth. When the
flume leans over (as if it was being
worked by a blow-pipe) and points
jto annul, death has marked him.
| Some years ago, when Bill Hen
dricks was killed in the Ravage, tho
llama of my lantern pointed right
lto him for over an hour, and when j
he moved tho flume would turn just, !
jas if Bill was n loadstone and the I
flame was a mini .e.r’s needle. 1
i knew he was gone and told him to |
|he careful about tho blast. Well. :
lie got through all rigid and got on
j the cage. As we got up Ihe candle |
! kept acting strangely, and at times
! I he. flame would stretch out long and I
thin toward Bill. At length it gave
a sudden flicker and 1 till reded to
one side and was caught in the
timbers. I heard his dreadful cry
as ho disappeared down the shaft,
and while he was bounding from !
side fo side, dashing out, his brains
and scattering his flesh down to the j
bottom, my light went out. I
never Jit that lantern again. It
bangs up in my cabin, and it always
will. There is more in a candle
flame than people lhink. I’d rather
see a cocked revolver pointed at me
Ilian a candle II one; a rovwlver
sometimes misses, but a candle
flame is sure to kill when it starts
toward a mall.*
How toTaiae a IVomnn
One morning recently, a man
whoso every look proved how hun
gry nnd penniless lie was, halted be
fore an eating stand at the (k tifral
Market to let bis month water awhile.
The woman know his worth, and
called out:
‘0 me, be jogging along. You
won’t got any food hero unless you
have (lie cash.’
‘My dear woman,’ ho confident!*
ally began, as he drew nearer, ‘I j
am not hungry; I just left the
breakfast table after the heartiest |
nioal I overate. I was not looking]
at your beautiful meats, your lovely I
cakes, or your rich juicy pies, but
at yourself.'
‘What, aro you looking at me fo’?’
‘I was wondering,’ he said, ‘if you .
were any relation to Tonly Glare, of ]
England. You have tho same
brown eyes, same beautiful hair—
same sweet accent.’
‘I never knew her,’ replied the
woman, as her taco began to clear
np.
‘Didn’t, eh? Well, / navor saw
two faces nenier alike in their sweet
expressions. I wish T had your per
trail painted on ivory- I really wish
I I had.’
She handed him half a pie and a
piece of meat, nt|d as he sauntered
ol!she began limiting around for a
piece of mirror.
Or What is Kai.v a Rvmboi, ?—Of
fidelity. A man who lias taken salt
with yon is bound to you by the
laws of hospila ity, and thus bread
and all aie < '< u at the ratificuti n
of a bargain or treaty, to make it.
binding on all parties. Suit is also
an emblem of desolation; conquered
ci'ies wi re so" n with salt. In
Scot 1 1 ml and Ireland salt appears to
have been c ti ideis il to represent
the iiiCoirup’iMb spirit, and it ws
t her' fore laid above Uifc heart of a
corpse, and in some places a large
p.attor was so placed, containing a
small portion of salt and earth nil- [
mixed, Hie one to represent tho im • !
mortal, the other tho mortal part.
11l former days, w hen it was the
custom for all the household of a no-
Weman or gentleman to dine to -
gether the lar ;e salt -e.llar, which
was placed in ihe middle of the ta
bla, was the bam lary of distinction ;
between the family nnd die menials.
When a man is hanging by his
toes from the corner of a high build
ing, and expects momentarily to
drop, nothing so completely reas -
sures and so tii rough y satisfies
him as the .sudden discovery that lie
s safely a‘ homo iu lied.
Tlie ( ol im nl<> Desrrl,
Sim Francisco Bulletin.
A night trip by rail takes you
across the Colorado desert, which
may be properly termed the Sa
hara of the pacific coast. Upon a
clear,full moonlight night tho trave
ler may form some idea of the
sterility and loneliness of the Pacific
Sahara. You pass this particular
section about midnight, and at the
’ very stmilitv of the scene a fowling
i of awa takes possession oi the soul.
Unlike the greater portion of tho
desert, whose monotony is disturbed
by mountains, hills, lagoons, creeks
and a variety of animal nnd vegeta
ble life, the eye wanders ill all di
rections nnd encounters but a vast
level surface of a fine, white sand;
not an elevation, hardly, nor a de
cline of tho feeblest nature present;
the mesquite, the maschnl and the
cacti have entirely disappeared and
not a bush nor a blade of grass re
mains; no living thing, not even a
bird or an insect is to be seen. A
(b ath like stillness seems to pervade
iho scene and an awful unbroken
quiet prevails. In this particular
! locality, it is said, rain never de-
I sounds; no dew ever falls no delic
ious exhalations of the evening ever
] touch the feverod face of nature,
! which diurnally quivers under the
scorching rays of the fiery monarch
of light. It is true that a pass ng
cloud, over-freighted with moisture
sometimes bursts, or is dashed by a
driving;,wind against some ] distant
mountain-top, and is made to dis
charge its voluminous contents with
distinctive force nil over the desert
but the blazing orb quickly trans
forms such visitations into the
merest evidences of perspiration,and
the wliolo surface soon after assumes
its natural stato of incandescence.
CowpeiVbcuntiful thought:
“God'moves in a mysterious".,way
ite.‘'jis folfc ; withfail/that sublime
force and ecstucy of expression
which must have controlled jthe gif
ted pools in its production.
Nko.'.kctkd ‘ ini,hums. Muiiy a mother
lias cepi over litet sins of her child, litth
dreaniing"tlmt while Hhojpersuftd her round
of idle (and e Ihllt.ehihl v s taking] its
tirst lesson,iu _hiu tram thef ex.implu ot n
vie.imis mime. The truth is, parents lake
up. .1 thernsi-lvv-t bound by duty to perform
to-, many lusktj, which,"are ol much less
eonsi'ijuene.o than the l ,-hing and training
of (heir children. Thcjlathcr lifts his 1 rede
or tirolusftion.piud his ten luisusc hours he
must spoud in social pleasure. The moth
er has her household cares, and the com forte
of her family to study; and besides this
thrio is much time to bo devoted to fancy
work, visitors, and to amusements ol one
kind und anothc. tier children are mere
see salary consid. rations, and depend upon
the khalie s nl hireling, i heir dresses may
be mimcles ol putting, rufl’u.;-, refit -s and
embroid, ry. lint v hilt does that count when
tin ir minds are dwarfed through neglee, ?
tier house may he Ihe model of ni-athess,
her bread excel that ot all her neighbors,
her jellies find preserves enough to tempt
1 tic most (asli,lions; but ii in all this she has
kept aloof from her child, has chilled his
heart towards her, what does it count?
SaiiieiHiiiK Im- the New Yesir
I I e world renowned success ol Houlet
ici’s Bitters, nnd lln ir continued populsrity
for ft quarter ol u century as a stomachic, is
Hcnreely more wonderful than the welcome
that greets the annual npprftranee ol Hos
tetler's Almanac. Thin valuable medical
treatise is published by Hosteller & Budth,
Pittsburgh, l’u.. under their own humedia'c
supervis'd, employ in H'l hands in lh.it de
partment. Ten cylinder priming presses,
W loldlnp msehineH, 5 job presses, Ac,, are
running about eleven months in tho year
on Ihi v work and tho issue of same for
18711 will not ho less than ten millions,
piloted in ilie- English, Gsrnlin, French,
, Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish, Holland, Bo
hemian and Spanish languages. Kcler to
j a ,- py of it far valuable and interesting
i reading concerning health, and numerous
1 icalimonialsae to (he effie.iev of Ifeslelter’s
Bi't'-rs, amusement, v.tri-d inlnrmatiou, as-
Ironemieal c Icnlalions and chronological
items, Ac., which can lie depeviled on for
, orreelnc -s. The Almanac tor 1H7I) can
,he obtained free of coat from draggis's
Hid general country dealers in all parts ol
the country, til J .ml.
K.M.T I.lit THE Tmt'iAT. —Ono who
h is in ,1 ii with benefit recommends
call ns a gurgle f r the throat for,
these inclined to a hacking cough, or j
sore-nesH of the throat ami month, j
V te.iisjiooriflll of salt is dissolved in |
half a tumblerful of cold water, and
with this the throat is gargled just ]
before each meal. An unusual free
dom from coughs and sore throat is !
claimed to lie tho result of this situ !
p!e remedy.
A young negro boot-black observ
ed a neighbor poring w isely over a
newspaper, whereupon he addressed
him thus: ‘Julius, what aro you
looking at dat paper for ? You can't
i read. 1 ‘Go avvuy,‘ cried the other,
indignantly, guess‘f cun read; Us
big enough for <lat.‘ ‘Big enuftT
retorted the other scornfully, ‘dat
j ain’t ntiflin. 1 ‘A cow is big ennflf to
catch miip) but site can't do it. -
I j vpi* 1* Hi*’
T.ie i; r in ti < ftuppti.il or j.i .i of (he|
wlioio In.i' ii fc-ysipnqns it controls tht lne,
licillh aiut hiippiiu'H* ot nun. When it is
disturbed in its proper action, all kinds ol
nts ure tbc natural icsult. TUo diges
tion of lood, the movements of the heart
nnd blood, the nciion ot tho brain and ner
votis h.ysl. iu, pro all imnu diiitoly connec
led with the of tho Liver. It has
beeu suctitle tn)l " proved lent Given's Au
gust Flower is umipialvd ii cuiiutf all
puisor.s articled wi h Dvspepsia <>r Liver
Goal plaint, nud nil tin 1 nu iu rous \ mptoms
that rokult liom in unheubhy eomiitfou of
the Liver aud Stomach Sample hottlea to
try, 10 ceuln. Positively Hold ii aU to'vrs
on tlm Western Gontineut. Three doses
will j j rove that it -in just what you vaui.
y Dr. E. L. Bard well. •
A hnsbimil who was advis-
and by bis wife to put his overcoat on
to wear down town one cold moms
ing, complied with her request by
pinning a pawn ticket on the lappel
of his umiercout. Sho could not sue
through it.
—O— ETLJR J®"
m Lj tuS faaama
noiisi: eon
CLOTHIBG
I 1 1 M aeon.
IS
J. n. HERTS’S.
A full Stock at tho Lowest Figures.
Fintt ( ’assimere Suit s
At $9; $10; $11; sl2 of); and sls.
Dress Suits sls 00 to $25 00,
SI I! (ItTS
all complete. Made of the best Irish
Linen and Wamsntta Muslin only
75 Cos 11 Is.
Full Stock of all Goods for
Men and Boys
i ill. prices lower than any liouso in
Macon or Columbus.
Quality as goorl as over.
•i. * a, a n t
90 Cherry Street,
j out Ilf Mivuon, (Uorj-ia.
ORL RlOfeij
37 Courl Place, LOUISV'ILE, KY.p
/ rtfularlr fflnaic4 uni l*iwlly qiwllflrf ph<r!rlrn and ttm |
hn':-4ei*Hfiil. :<* Ma wiH |'nve. Cur. *l il'/rui* I
i,t chrunio nnl koxu* 1 dineaw.*, *pfx ,rmtor-'
*l<sa Rail Impoicncy. ",t*“ i
a.'sem youth, •< *i •-• -*in n ijrer tmh. or winer
Cl-. n1 !.-•! mu* **’• */.’•
l>c. s -qtiia! Cm I'.-.i, Wwn*'<<>!>• ti'kt, DrfceUva Mvro
f.-r/ l*!iv j alD'-civ, i'i i) 1 ou Avrr-irrij t/i Hi <i**v
1.-n-.l'-n, Omri','. t H-M, It* f> f Beau* I Pof, *•-. j
r- 'lviiriK nrirri • Improper tr unhappy, r*U l,,r •
|
!
(>nu:i.ii.o lr *■ Hn'l inrltd, ebarge reatonabi* i
ui'l oorreapoti.lcnc* atr.ci'y call tonllil. V
A PRIVATE COUNSELOR
Oi 200 pagoa, n-u’. to nny address. nn urdy **:il ! :■ -r thlrtjf
OfU£ l.ourt from 9A.W,107 r. M. flauila) , 2Ur 4 I‘. M
W* b\ TiGNEE,
DENTIsr.
OFFICE OVI’R MASON’S Drug store,
Randolph Btr t, Columbus, Gn.
X**■" S tvf; ronr *‘ I’cjotl.they nre iutter
than .hi <rA. ' All nt the hvlh and
Gum- (rented. Artificial Todh put in when
<l-aired. a u. G-tf
i Jii ,!Sl, < "lIS I Ilf •’.
Tlo Tux Ho- •••Us of Talbot county will he
closed by the FIRST OF JANUARY, with
out fail, mid executions ill he issued
uguiimt ull delinquent*. liy order of die
County Commissioners.
C. F. DOZIER, J’. C.
_ _
W NOW INVITED TO orn un F. STOCK
1 *iM* (iooils I 'lot lih. <'asHimorrs and Trim
iniii|;fl, inclu.liritr and
.A Maki's.
VRSO n good supply of the various rruiV- kof Home Goods; nil of which wo get up t*
older .u the best style ou the eUoroat notice. An extent! ve and choioo lot of
TEXAS CASSIMERES
Jut in, to which we cull particular noth;a. C*. T- I’IOACOCK,
(’I.OT IbO MiXIr.MIOKY, t>4 iIIIOAD ftTRKU.
In nnr remly-tnade stock we have a lot of “(■ :f** iodv Suita” we will clone out nt. pney*
surprisingly low. sep2-ltl
O. G. Sparks <& Son,
THIRD STREET, MACON’, OEORdIA,
WAREHOUSE, COTTON AfD CCBSISSIOR MERCHANTS.
U T 1! nff r our services na Warehouse m.d CwmmiiMon Merchants to our planting
friends of Talbot nml .adjoining counties.
IHantalion Kiijiplion, llofryliiKand Ties
fuvniKhrd *t lowest market rules. "'fir* Advances made on G<ttin is store, ns Low aw i*}
any Lour* in tin city. aei IQ O G. SPARKS A sox.
~
114 Bread Strest, COLTTKBUS, GA.
wnoLEs.u.i: and retail dealer in
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Umbrel
las, Ready-Made Clothing,
is< >o r rs, si i< >i '<<■,
OF THE LATEST AND REST SI ALLS,
\l.|, onr O.Kills urn of Ho I .lost slvlr and fn-Di linm tho N. rlli-■rnJMorhfta. We iloly
.-•>>.i|.< t<lion ill Klj-l-aml |.ri. •■! H >*o. (.. . n. .1 r .11 .vin nin the oily, wo fool
certain wc can phase you. I’olih* and attentiv.i sid‘> ueui to sh >w y ,O aep24lf
roit CLOTHING
-(JO TO
THE LEADING CLOTEJNGHOUSE OF NIBBLE SEOBGII
They keep tlio best goods_ and sell at the lowest price*.
Our Oolliir tSlfii'L is of the beet material and
Agents for Keep’s Shirts ami Umbrella*.
\V. i’iTT Baldwin is with us, and will ■> glad to have a call from kia
friend*.
WINS!IIP & CALLAWAY,
Phi. 50 Second St.. Silicon*
Hillside Shops^
TALBOTTON, GEORGIA. .
J. Cos CAMPBELL, Proprietor.
'l’liq Public arc informed th it I am t.hormi;'lv equipped and prepared to do WOOD
WORK ol all kmdrf, iu.cli as inuking and r U . <. W. ■ 1 . Ac. I also and tvM
kinds "I iihc-kisinithiiiß', inclii'i .;11* *r. *: erd I 1 t iixtiou VV .*rk. I gaar
untuo butiiilttction in ail uiy work. JT-O" l'ih ■to suit ii• - ri-u s Givo inn a 'rial.
\ i.?.V M
Ref, i- to J. I). Hough, V>'. J. M-iu.' k, (t-u-va; t. J. W. (tumble, S. A. Haa*.
I nlbot count';'P. N. Gibson. Tulbotton HiioU'f ~
' W. F. GRACE, '
DEALEIt I-V
CIGARS. r rc> I3A( XJO. SNUFF
an i >
70 CHERRY STREET. MACON, GEORGI/
THE PLAGE TO LEY SADDLS AND HARNS3 Ol Af.
MARK A. RRADBORD,
MA N V i■' ACT 111 KIl OF AND DE\LF-R IN
Sables, Hrrnes, Trunks, ¥al:is@; :
yV.N I>-
Oarriage Trimmings, Leather and Leather Beltiu
—ALL KINDS OF
New Work and Repairing Dor*
AT THE OLD S TAND OF 11. MIDDLED!!OOK. AT SHORT NOTICE.
U 4. IJROAD ST,, COLUMJ3UIB. C
TEIUIS M.OO it Ycur In Ailvnnce
WHOLE NUMB [J, 439