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YOLUME.X-NQ. 7.
GQRJU IXSTITL-TE,
A.,
ttntX OPEN pally in Sej tend .r 1878. with t il c-t, *<>• earnest. successful teacher*
Vj determined to keep up the wi<ics| nad awl derived reputation ot this Jhstly ccle
ended ►.• hoed.
Garden Inetitnte offer* superior indue >men'- to parents desiring to educate their
hh and daughter*. It ha* all the tnod. m apph .w* s. apparatus and furniture, and a
record nor uneceHsfnl teaching unj aidehdin tl •• State. It- music department i*
4ttrd b? Pjof. Oultcnt>er • r. who has no eup. ri< r and hut tew equals m hi* profession.
Boirieijrillji is the most enter) using city r*n the tc *n ami Western Railroad, and
kjntlv the reputation of having the m moral, hhtral and enlightened commnbity
• Georgia
Taition sll 50 to $lB 50 p r Term. Bo rd $lO 00 to sls 00 per mouth.
Mtf For Catalogue containing lull iufonmtion address
CHARLES E L*MRDRTN, Pitas.,
or W. H. WOODALL, Secretary. i
jlySotf Barnesvulle, Georgia. I
ML A. Gibson,
NO. 19 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
. . ,
11 holcumlo mill 1 let nil Denier In]
BBT GOODS, GI OOOIIS, KCTIOrS. CEOCKERT, AC. fC
—ANT/ A FT'LL STOCK OF
Plantation Supplies,
ALL of which we are now rfl. rieg at *he very lowest market prices, and guarantee all
•f oor guod* as represt W.- r ii.il> invite the fe pie of 1 sfbot county. and
•'••■bar* to give ns a cull when thr> vo.it tie T.v. Mr L. \ Philips, formerly of Har
n* eaantr, is with me ami •-‘ill In 1 -o *ee 1 s many friends.
ATTE ETS3TBCJnJ
IS MOW INVITED TO Oi R LAB E STOCK
Piece Goods, < 'lot bs. < ’nssimores nix! TVim
mingfß, including; L'liylmli, and
Amei'ican Make*.
ALSO * good up)>iy of the vm . - k-k of Home Good*; all of which w,< get ap la
order iu the beet a; viron Or eh -real notice An ezlenmve and eiioioa lot of
TEXAS CASSI MERES
J*t in, to which we cull particular no ; *i- id. .1. PEACOCK,
Ci 'THING Mani rAdoBY, 64 Broad Streit
In ©or ready-plade atock we have a lot of ‘ (Ott-mitt Suiu” we will close out at prices
Wprkringlv low. Kep24t>
0. G. Sparks & Son,
THIRD .STREET, MACON, GEORGIA,
WAREHOUSE, COTTO", AI D C: KffISSIOH BEECHABTS.
\ITJS agaiq effer our service as Warehouse ar.d ConmiiaeLon Merchant* to our planting
friends ol Ta'bot and a.ij Img < pities.
l?lnttion S*upplios, Haggiingnnd 'l’iew
tinvahed at lowest market rate*. PST* Adw made on Cotton is store, * Low ns by
iiyfeouac in the city O. G. SP x KKB A
~£L- *-S ■s,
114 Bread Street, COLCMEDS, OA.
* WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IX
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Umbrel
las, Ready-Made Clothing,
1300 TS, SHOES, Etc.,
OF TIIE LATEST AND BEST STYLES,
ALL onr Goods arc of the latest Tyßs and fresh from the Northern Market*. We defy
competition in style and prn-e of G •• Is Give u* % <mll when in the city, we f-el j
certain • can Polite* and attentive salesmen to show goo ssf>24tf <
FOR CLOTHING
--GJO TO
VIISHir & CALLAWAY
THE LEADING CLGTEIKG EGUEE CF BIIEEIE GFCRGH
They keep the best goods and sell at the lowest prices.
Onr Dollar* Shirt is of the best material and fits well
Agents for Keep’s Shirts and Umbrella*.
W. Pitt Baldwin is w ith us, and will be glad, to hare a call from bis
frinds.
WINSHIP & CALLAWAY,
No. 50 Second St.. Macon*
A COCKTRY NEWSPAPER FOR THF MASpIiS-ff 1> t’O CIV^ifNATION AND MAINEY-JJ AJCEfti.
TALIOTTON TALBOT COUNTY, GEOItOIA.I'BURSUAY; FEBRUARY 13.1879.
A fomiieraiici' 1 ennrr
LOOK sot rpou THK MIMOK-VIK WHEN'
It is red\ '
My friend*, there is m>tb*r rock
1 wish you to guard against. It i*
liiddeu by the still summer sea, but
upon it many liutnau b#rk
lias split. I ' refer to mince-pie.
Yes, ray herfreniidlA’ jninqs -pie is a
rock that hits brought thousauda to
watery graves, exactly, bnt—you Un
derstand what 1 mean. The mince
pie is the curse of the land. It is
alluring your youth from the path
of virtue and sabriety, and lending
thorn down to ruin. It. begets an
appetite for strong drink that sweeps
everything before it. Look not up
on the accursed thing. Shun it as
you would a riper. Sit on it; tram
ple it under your feet, as it wore. I
once knew n brilliant young man,
loved and com ted by all who knew
him. His is the story of thousands.
This young man used to visit liis
aunt in the f ill, that futal time of
the year when the mince-pie stalks
up and down through the earth,
seeking where it may devour some
body. This young man's aunt could
make a mince-pie till you couldn’t
rest, and her nrt lured him to de
struction. That insatiable monster!
At first he ate stight'y of the dam
ning food; as Ins appetite grew bv
wliat it fed upon,'he ate deeper and
deeper, until after every meal he
would sink into a heavy sleep, only
to awake willi a head on him bigger
than Daniel Webster’s. He would
chew cloves and cardamon seeds for
hours, and yet yon could smell his
brentli across the biggest county in
the State. He saw that he was be
coming a slavi; to the accursed pie.
His affianced bride, who to h m was
the one fair woman beneath the sun,
and she would never marry a man
( that smelled like a distillery that
| employed tlnrr hundred hands, and
was in full blast nil the time, and
unless he reformed she would bo
nothing to him but a sister. The
young man had all the sisters he
wanted, and falling at her feet, -he
, registered a solemn oath, and had it
copy-rightejl next day, that a mince
pie should never pass his lips again
! 118 long ns he lived. But, alas! he
was already a slave to strong pie,
| and in less than twenty-four hours
he tore himself away from his sweet
heart, who made a franjic grub at
his coat fail. *nd fled to his aunt’s in
the city, and said ha hoped she
would have some of her excellent
mince-pies for dim er.
The good mint, ignorant of the
fact that she was putting an enemy
in bis mouth to steal away his brain,
and set 'em up so to speak, and in
less than two hours the young man
was tap roaring, staving drunk, as
nenal. Ab, my friends, the storv is a
ghastly one, and needs no embellish
ment. While in this condition the
young man, the pride of his parents
and the hope of a woman’s heart,
was arrested for drunkenness arid
disordeily conduct. On the way to
the mayor’s office he shot the officer
dead in his tracks, blew out his own
brains with another barrel of the
pistol, and then went bank and kil'ed
hiR aunt and a dog that he had paid
three dollars for.
My friends and fellow sufferers,
from the mince pie to the tomb is
but a step. If mince-pie must be
made, I demand in the name of the
youth of our country, that people
who manufacture them be compelled
to take out a license. If they must
be eaten, I Irg, for your soul’s sal
vation, do not eat them straight. A
serpent lurks in every one of them.
Ten thousand devils lie beneath ev
ery crust, be it baked ever so nicely.
Every currant hides a demon with a
forked tongue of flame and a seven
pronged pitchfork. The suet, the
citron and the chopped meat are
the broth ol hell, and the whole bus
mens from stein to stern is a mock
cry. and strong drink is raging.
In conclnsion, my beloved hearers,
touch not, taste not, handle not—
enter not into temptation; or, in
other words, look ,not upon the
mince-pie when it is red, when it
giveth its color in the cupboard.
Smart, those Frenchmen. One of
them said to the other who was ma
king fun of his ears:-'My ears may
bo of unusual size for a man, but you
| must oonfess, sir, that, vours "are ex
tremely smaHJor an ass!’
\Vtto All Awfv.'OSlil Mat Gut Rich.
—lt is nt true that the great victo
ries of life ore to the sharp and cun
ning man, as a rule. Here and there
by a degree oi sharpness and cun
ning men rise into wealth, lmt that
wealth is not of a kind to remain.
It takes a certain amount of virtue,
of self denial, of morrulity, to lay up
and keep money.' la the iivou of
nearly All rieff metr fhttreTiave been
periods of heroic self-denial, of pn
tient industryj of Christian prudence.
Circumstances did make these men
rich. While their companion* were
dancing away their youth, or drink
ing away their middle age, these men
were devoted to small economies
—putting self-indulgence entirely
aside.
If our readers will recall tlici”
companions, we think the first fad
they will be impressed with is, the
measure of equality with which they
started in the race for competence
ur wealth. The next fact they will
l>o impressed with is the irregularity
of the end. Then, if they make in
ijiiiry into the widely \ a:\ving results,
they will bo profoundly impressed
with the insignificant part circuit),
stances have played on these results
Circumstances 1 Why, the rich man’s
son who had nil the ‘circumstances
of tho town, has become a beggar.
The poor, quiet lad, the only son of
his mother, and she a widow, who
could only earn money enough to
procure for her boy the commonest
education, is a man of wealth, and
has become a patron of his native
village. The man who possesses and
practices virtue makes his own cir
cumstance. The self-denying, pru
dent man creates around himself
an atmosphere of safety where wealth
| naturally takes refuge - -provided, of
I course, that the man has tho power
jto earn it, either in production or
J exchange, or by any kind of manned
! or intellectual labor.
Postal Rkoilitions. — We pub
lish for the information of our read
ers some of the rulings of tho Post
Office Department during tho last
y ar. The first, one wo give went
into effect, very recently, on January
1, 1879, and to if wo would call apes
eial attention: 1 Any description
of matter produced by the typo wri
ter, olectron pen papyrograph and
manifold process shall be charged
letter rates of postage when iiout in
the mail, and first class matter shall
bo held to embrace manuscript —ex
cept book manuscript passing be
tween nutlnv-s imd publishers, and
proof sheets or a facsimile of the
same, except lithographs ami photo
graphs.
2. Printed cards filled in with a
pen, are subject to letter postage.
3 National bank notos, with writ
ten or facs mile signatures, are sub
ject to letter rates of postage.
4. A printed circular is rendered
subject to letter postage, by the in
sertion of a written date.
!>. Any printed matter containing
additions made with a pen is sudjoct
to letter postage.
13. When circulars arc sealed up
with postage stamps, postmasters
cannot, determine if there be any ad
dition to tho original print, for which
reason they arc subject to letter
postage.
10. Any letter deposited in a post
office, no matter to whom addressed,
prepaid with one full letter rate
(three cents) by stamps affixed, no
matter how much it may weigh, must,
be forwaided to destination, the
same being first rated up withamount
due, to be collected on delivery.
My neighbor in the adjoining chair
at the opera fair glued his eyes on
the performance, and his face was
full of delight.
‘There,’ says I to myself, 'lie en
joys the opera even more than I do.’
Between the acts we went out; I
ventured to say to him that he seem
ed to be a having a splendid time.
He paid no attention to me and then
I noticed cotton in his ears. I asked
him in loud tones, what that was
for ?
‘What for 1 Why, so as not to
hear the music, to be mire.’
Samuel Bowles says that if he
were captain of a canal boat, and a
lame woman Rtooil on the bank and
made fan of him, he would murder
her if he knew that she had twenty
orphans to support.
Siulbinnii
A light emyloyuieat—Cleaning
windows.
Transported for life. Th man
who marri** happily.
“I’ll take the responsibility,” as
Jenks said when he held out his
arms for tho baby.
The most sentimental exercise yet
known i said to be women’s swim
ming In tsars.
A stupid exquisit, at a recent wod
ding, wished the bride “many happy
returns of the occasion.”
Rheumatism is always a joint af
fair, and yut there is only one party
to it.
Vermont conundrum: If nil things
are tor tho best,, where do the rations
for the second best come Irom.
The post mast er-Goneral’g now fast
train is called the “Widow” it fetches
tho mails so much quicker than any
other train.
Bystander: “Keep the lid on old
man, or you’l make it weak!” Milk
man: “No fear; reckoned on rain,
and brought, it out over pYoof.”
A New York vagrant, who had
been fined regularly every week for
begging, requested the magistrate
to fine him by the year at reduced
rate.
“Was not her death rather sud
den?” paid a condoling friend to a
berioved widower. Wall, yes,rather,
lor her.
‘•Milligan, bo careful how you
swap nags with that thar man: bo’ll
cheat yon. “Never do you mind,
Bquire; 1 guess I am a judge of hoss
pilali‘y."
‘Alfred darling,’ tenderly observed
a young Milwaukee wife to her hus
band, ‘I wish you’d take down your
ears now, Muriar wants to dust the
coiling.
‘lsn’t your husband a little bald?’
asked one lady of another, in a store
yesterday. ' There isn’t a bahl hair
in his head,’ was tho hasty reply of
the wife.
Itinerant photographer (from mi
dor the clot lx)-‘Will you keep ouietf
How do you suppose— ’ Subject
(who is evading the focus) —“Bo
jabers, man! Will I sit still to be
shot at!’
There is a married woman with
four legs in Connecticut, and because
she wont have two of thorn sawed off
her husband is obliged to work six
teen hours a day in order to keep
her in stiped stockings.
“V/as the crowd tumultuous?” in
quired ono man of another who had
just come from a mass meeting,
‘Too luuituonsl oh no: just, about
iniiltnous enough to comfortably fill
the hall.’
Over fifty thousand tea plants
have been distributed to farmers by
the agricultural department during
tho past year, and liberal distribu
tion is to, be Continued. The com
missioner is said to he confident that,
tea culture will flourish in this conn
try, and several persons of experi
ence have no doubt that a fair arti
cle, can be produced at a cost not ex
ceeding fifteen or twenty dollars a
pound.
■• -*
Nine-tenth* of the thousand mil
lion dollars which France borrowed
of English bankers in order to pay
Germany are now held in tho shape
of national bonds by Frenchmen at
home. As fast as the foreigners
would sell, the bonds were bought
up on the Paris market, and thus
though France still owes that vast
sum she owes it in bulk only to her
own people.
Liver is King.
The Liv.-r is Ihe imperial organ of I lie
whoio human *yslen.,aß it coulrots th lile,
health ami hnppinoß* ol man. When it is
disturbed in jlm prop.r action, all kind -of
ailments are flie natural result. The diges
tion of food, the movements of the heart
and blood, the action ol the brain and ner
vous system, are all immediately era,le-c
--led with the workings nt the Liver. It lias
hecn MH-eee-fully proved that Green’s Au
gust Flower is unequalled in curing nil
persons nflieied with Dyspepsia or Liver
Complaint, and ail the numerous symptoms
that result Irom an unhealthy oonclilion of
tile Liver and Siornach Sample bottles to
try, 10 cents. Positively sold in nil to -ns
on the Western Comment. Throe doses
will prove that it, is just what you want.
For sale by Dr. -E. L. Bardwell.
ffO.
Two Dollars and fiftt cents will
the otanjmiid and Godey'r Lady's Book
for the year 1879. Now is the time to
-ejbbcribe. tf.
$4 20
Four Dollars and 20 cents will get the
.Standard and Scribnf.r’h Monthly foi
the year 1879. The regular price of gcrih
nei it four dollar*. tf
TJGIUIS SI.OO 11 Vein-in Ailvnnee
™e
CHEAPEST
HOUSE FOR
CLOTHIftG
Xu Macon,
—lni-
J. H. HERTFS.
A full Stock at tho Lowest Figures.
Fine Ntiil s
At $9; $10; *11; sl2 fiO; and sls.
Dress Suits sls 00 to $25 00.
Kim RTS
all coraplote. Made of t,be best Irish
Linen and Wamsnttu Muslin only
75 Cents.
Full Stock of all Goods for
Mm and Bays
at prices lower than any house in
Macon or Columbus.
(Quality as good as over.
T. 11, llei-tz,
90 Cherry Street,
oof 11 f Macon, <*orfin.
GOOEY’S LADY'S BOOH.
RKDiJCKD TO $2 I*Kit YEAR
TERMS GASH IN ADVANCE.
P. STAGE PREPAID,
We offt:r no Cheap Premium*. But give
you the Bent Magazine pnhliKhed.
CLUB TERMS
Ono copy, one \ oar, „$2 00
Two copicH, ono year, .. T{ 80
T,hree copieff, one year 5 40
Four copies, one year 0 80
Five coi iori, one 3 ear, and an extra
copy to tho person getting up the
chii>, making six copies 9 GO
Eight copies, one year, and an extra
copy to the person getting up tho
cl 11D, making nine copies, 14 25
Ten copies, one year, anti an extra
copy to the person getting up the
club, making eleven copies 17 00
Twenty copies, one year, and an extra
copy to Iho person netting up the
club, making twenty-ono copies,.. .31 GO
NOW IS Tine TIMK TO MAKE UP YOLK CLUBS.
HOW TO REMIT. Get a Post OfQee
Money Order on Philadelphia* or a Draft
on Philadelphia or N< w York. It you <mm
uot get either of these send Bank notes,and
in the latter < .se register your letter,
i’ajiies desiring to gel up clubs send for a
specimen copy, which will be wilt free.
Address, Godex’s Lady’s P.o- k Pum.rui
ino (Jo., (Limited)
1000 Chestnut. St., Philadelphia, Pa.
xotht: !
All kinds of
TIIHNIIVG DONE,
both wood and iron. GINS wbeted
and
REPAIRED,
at J. F. \\ ALKEIi'SJ Steiun Mills
'wo miles east of Tqlbotton.
w}2ltf
WHOLE NUMBER 445
Qlcl Reliable.
W. A. JUHAN & CO.,
DEALER* IN
i ri
Best grades Foreign mid Boinestio
Staple & Fancy Dry Goo
TRIANGULAR BLOCK
MACON, GEORGIA.
Black ft rid Colored
'
ocl Press Goods,
in ad the lalrat styles and most fnsli
ionnblo designs'.
Cloak.-, 3iuni.s Hosiery,
Colts'LTß, K H>-Gi,o ri;.S, RIUBONS,
Neck-Wk.vr and Fancy Goods.
Prompt and can fill attention paid
to orders. Samples sent on applica
tion ninl express paid on all orders
of I en Dollars and upwards,
‘" •Ilf W. A. JUHAN A CO.
LANIER HOUSE. ~
S 5. Dl n't. Proprietor
MACON, GEORGIA.
* I 'FITS IJi -l’: F, is now provim-il with every
I neecs’s try convt nienee lor the accnnimo
ddlDHi iind coin.'ort of its patrons. Tho lo
< tti'>ii is de-ir.d h; and convenient to the
businoi h portion of tho city.
The Tables,
have flirt best the market offords. Omni bun
to and Irom depot Ire,- of charge, baggage
bandied free of charge.
s'The T’AH in supplied with the best
Wine ami hirj'icr-.
Jesse J . Bull* J
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TALBOTTON GA.
\ \ r IU; pv.icti" m all flie Courts of tho
-O.iiir.tl circuit. Prompt at
tention given to collections.
Oflicc over C. W. Kimbrough's Store,
oc 122 1878.'
B. H. w<>mtlLL, J. H. wnpkihL,
E. H. WORRILL & SON.
Attorneys & Counsellors at
Law.
Talbotton, Georgia.
Prnctic* in Supori r ami Supreme Court*
of (iron ia. mid th P. S. Court.* at Savim*
> -di. BJp'.'ul attention given to all matters
in ikinliiuptey. .fan 8-ly.
JAMES S- McCORKLE,
Attorn my and ( J<unsfllob at Law,
(ionovsi < m eorftln.
Will practice in tho countie* of Talbot,
Mmimi. (JhiittiiliDoohcc. Harris, in id Taylor,
m the (Jli.alliihoocheo t'ircnit.and Schley in.
Id* Soutlnvestci 11 t.’ircuir, Special attention
paid to the collection of claims.
Bf.F'iiknces.
W. J. Ligon o' ('<>., Paschal £ Heidingafel
d'-r, J !>. Hon h. If. A. Paschal, Ansell
Turi-r, A, I . Candler, Oapt.. Henry Per
sons, I if. McCrnrv, all of Geneva, tlu.,
Lowe A Ifi sliiu. Pin .L. Rogers,of Buena
i dit, l A. Re il V Cos., o| Columbus, (in.
Wir.. A. Black, S. W. It. R.Agt,at Amori
j.m 8-tf.
VV. i;. MfJMFORD,
Attorney at Law
'lYilbof ton
Will primKcc irf all flic conrfs of tho rbt
tnhoocln c Cnc-nir. ainl vlsewhero by special
contact. Prompt ;i fculiou given to all ba*l
in .; entrust* and I" him.
J. M. MATHEWS, ~
ATTORNEY AT LAW
rF;)I I<l f on Ga.,
Pi -mpl attention to all business. Prae
ti - in Sup- nor Courts, of Chattahooche*
Circuit, and Supreme Court of Georgia.
Jan 8-ly.
J. H. MARTIN,
ATTOIiNKY AT LAM,
TON, GA.
\T7fLL pract. >■ 1) c Courls of tlie GhaU
V V i.ti - ! cr- c,j mi ui I fhe Supreme
Court i < ( the . '1 1.0 olleciing I usines*
a specialty. janßtf
H. M. WILLIS. J. T. WII.LIS,
WILLIS & WILLIS,
AiTOIINKYS AM) roUNUXLLORS IT LAW,
TALIiO'I'JON, (jA,
JAllS'f
W. I'L TIGNER,
DiONTiST.
o*-'KI< OVI3B MASON’S Drug Ston,
H iiididph .--knit, Goliirabns, Ga.
* ,y- •' n-ft yonr “Teth;“ they nro
All i i-■ "-f-A <‘t thf* Teelh anil
G< ' r 1 1 *..1. Ariltici,il i u;Ui pat in a-hao
U-.a l u