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PROFESSIONAL CARO>, ETC.
A C. QUSLLAi^I,
Dentist,
TTTILL be in Thomson from the I*t
W till the 15th of each month. All
operations strictly bird Class.
on Main street, first door south of A. B i
Thresher's residence. Private engage
nieuts in the country promptly filled.
janiMMy
PFJDESg SliiTBA D TIM S!
ri'HE rVDEKSIGNEI) is h.-tfer pre-;
| paied than ever tj make BOOTS ;
AN!) SHOES of all styles for Indies!
nud Gentl men, cheap for cash I k<< p |
on hand nu assortment of the v. rv best j
mnterhd, and make Wedding a .and Party
Boots and Shoe a specialty i have re
cent’y learned n new process of prepar
ing soles from the best Baltimore Oak ’
and Slaughter Hemlock that make them |
last much longer than t a < !d proof's
Very thankful for past libt-r.d patron- |
age. i solicit u continuance of the a,one. ;
All work warranted. Call and examine !
stock and prices. Shop m back room of j
T. N. Lewis store,
jan’ii-ly \V li. B. < ‘ASON.
J. MU Si AU P,
Dealer in and Manufacturer all kinds j
Tin & Sheet Iron Ware.
CRaCKERY AMO GLASS WARE
LAMPS and J_i\MP G-)oD Gutter !
> rff and Roofing done at Lowest Kates.
The lowest pn> • i gn.trml- < and tor every- [
thing, and 1 will not be uudi rsoid.
Send for Price List.
NO. H I BltO VI) STREET.
Mark waiters Marb.c Works.
mm hotel,
Charlestoni S. C.
G. T. ALFORD cfc CO.,
Proprietors.
Kates, $2 Ob. $2.50 .indS.Leo per day
JUSTICE’S COURT.
fpi IK Justice’s Court tor the DUth |
1 District, (t. M., (ThtmiHon) will be
held on the second Monday in each
month, at the Court House. All per
;.>ns interested will govern tie in selves
accordingly. All business intrusted to
niy care vv ill be punctunllv attended to. j
W. . WOR RILL,
feb’fi f!m Justice of thi. Peace.
ILiir CiiUliig,]
—IN THE
LATEST AND MOST SCiEHTIFiv
MANNER,
HV -
E. D. AMONITTI,
Arlint on Hmnnn llnii*, j
(Ornos I’vnnt (’r.eTKAiv Hown) |
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. !
niftrii-tf
NERVOUS DEBILITY
SF.MINML WEAKNESS, Lost Man hood. !
Impotency. Uidv<-rsul ’.attitude. Enervu
tion of Mind end Body, and all <Uscases j
that follow as a sequence of indiscretion !
or excess, quick y and pennaic nt.ly
cured by Bute’s Specific, prepared by a ;
physician and the result of years of i
study ad practice in treating these -
special diseases, and wold at $2 per j
package three package* for *5. For |
specific circular and full particulars, ad- j
dress-Dr. BATE &CO , 201 lurk St . 1
Chicago. 111. febl!) iy
GIN GEARING,
Shall anil Bolin,
CHEAPER -HAN EVER
—AT THE-
Forest City Font?
-AND—
Machine Works,
GEO. R. LOMBARD & CO-
Proprietors j
(ia.,
Cotton Screws, Mill
Gearing and >f cl finery of even kind
L-.mle and refwnred. may23-a?
£ BDRXKAM'R
jAj&mm
reduerd. p,uv,[,l’lctfrrr
! MILLIN& SUPPLIES
Wortca: Christiana, J^a ttcaster Cos , Pa.
Ofiicv: ‘Jif tf. Heaver At., York, Pa
fobs ly
Opium aud Morpline Habit
And DRUNKENNESS absolutely amt
apeadiiy cured, Paipleuft; no
Uie worst cases of Grunkennesa cured in
10 or 15 days. Send stamp for particu
lars to J s. Carlton, 203 s. dark
St., Chicago. 111. fob lit-ly
mmSM
SEEDS! SEEDS'.
GERMAN MILLET* a very hand
some lc. now on hand.
PENT GOLDI N COHN, for Field or
Garden crops—the earliest Corn to be
had.
Red Clover, Orchard Grass* Lucerne,
Red Top Timothy. t
At .1 H. ALEX AS? DESK'S Drug Store,
Augusta. (*.
SMOKE CUBEBS*
FOR ASTHMA. CATARRH. BRON
CHI sL DIFFICULTIES, and all Throat
Diseases, Prepared Cubeb Berries for
• v molting, at
J. H. ALEXANDER’S Drtig Store,
Augusta, Ga.
DOCTOR HUL-CEE.
HUL-CEE’S ('MU and Fever Cure.
HUL-CEE’S Bottel and Liver Medi
cine
HI L-CEF’S Disease Erndicator
Hri,-CF.F/S Excellent Cough Cure
HUL-CEE’S Pineapple Dyspepsia Cor
dial.
Ht.TL-OEE*B Beulah Cough (Cure for
Children.)
HUL-OEE’S Superior I.inimeut.
HUL-CEE’S All-1 b aling Salve
For sale, Wholesale and Retail, at
J. 11. ALEXANDER’S Dr g Store,
Augusta. Ga.
POND’S EXTRACT.
Public approval in nmnifesiod by
largely increased sides of POND’S EX
TRACT OF WITCH HAZEL, the
GREAT VAIN KILLER of the Day.
A nfe and convenient r'oifiedy for Burn .
Bruises, Ulcers, Boils. Soreness. Neu
ralgia. Toothache. Headache, EX 1 EII
s'ALLY or INTERNALLY, for ALL
I NFL A M ATT "Ns and for ALL HEM • R
RHAGES. I!;fl minatory Rln umatlsm
and Sore Throat Blet di .g of the None*
Gums, Lungs or Bowel* His not a
patent medicine, but on y n gentfiric.
EX llt VCT of Mat i or wit -h
Hazel, knowu and app>o\<-d • p,i\.
SH’IANS OF EY, V .j' .rv
family should U- p it iu
Nothing equal to it ikh’ .g ' ■
For sale at
J. H. ALEXANDER - l h u•; i ton
ugusta, < *a.
BUY THE BEST.
Nathan Davis' Cough Remedy.
BaKer's Cod Liver > il a:d Lime
Benson’s Capcine Plasters
Briulv’n Vapofizing Inhaler
cotf’s EiiiuLion of ''od Livrr")LAc
Scott s I’ulatable Cantor Gil.
Keatings’ Cough Lozenges.
Allcoek’s Porous Blasters
Remedu s wail known and approved
in every line. Information given in
every department < f business,
At J. 11 ALEXAN D E K'S Drug Store.
August, , Ga.
READ AGAIN.
LURANG’ Rheumatic lieimdy.
H )I.MAN’S Liver F ds
M’(’AR 1' 1 ' Y'S Asthma Remedy.
KNAPP’S Throat Cure
WILBOR’S Cod I ivtf Oil and Lime.
B AULK IT*' Pile Suppository.
TALLt’OTs Mjsm( <’?;ie for Chills
THRASH’S Coiisu'iiptivo Cur .
SALI- VLB ’A for Klu iimatism
ALICYLINE loot Water and Pow
der
Li FN S \nti-Fat.
DENNIS’ Georgia Saisaparilla.
Missisquoi Mineral Water.
Buffalo Lithia Wat#r.
* ongresH Water, fresh arrival.
LI THON'TRIP’ITO For the cure of
Stone and Gravel in Kidneys or Blad
der the prescription of Dr. Samuel H.
P. Lee, of New York.
At J. H. AREXANDKirs
r>i { i; <; stohk,
mar26-4ra AUGUSTA, GA.
e. i. o m.
mot to tiv
vmp ’-m a ffl*
s i ricit ion
Pianos & Organs
S-< OF TIIH liEsT MAKE -
I’hc Most £ Jtra/ live stork
Smith o] Haiti more.
SSO to SIOO Saved!
w
fact: and figures,
With rmmeroiiK teatimouiala from Vir
ginia to Alabama, prove that the
SUGUSTAiUSICHOUSE
—IS THE—
Music Saving Institution
OF THE SOU ! If
• Purehaners w ill save mowy by visit,
ing or correapondirig witti
5.0. RoMnson&Co.
Who sell the BEST PIANOS and OK
GA NS at lower pricea than auy bouse
Sontb.
LOAV PRICES!
EASY TEUATS!
QUICK SALES!
St*>n ISi-<m<l street,
niartfi-Iy Aagnsto. <s*.
Bricks! Bricks!
Having purchased the wed known
Brick Yard of the late
THOMAS m:\XKGAX,
HAMBURG, S. C.,
I nm now prepared to deliver any quan
tity of
First-Class Bricks.
The bricks made at this yard are of
THE BE3T CLAY,
And known by contractor* as the BEST
IN THE MARKET. Address,
I.J. RUIHERFQRD,
AUGUSTA- GEORGIA.
Feb. K’ lu)
THO,MSP IST, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 771879
Suicides are still btirieF in England at
midnight
The cost of running Congres is about
$12,000 n day, or SSOO au hour.
Lightning struck a team of six oxou
in Alai am a and killed five of them
The bonded debt of the city 0# New
York on the 3lst uf March whs $115,-
125,202.
Two hundred and fifty cows have
lately died of pneumouia in Washington
City and Alexandria.
Cue hundred and ten colored persons,
m>ile and female, were bapti ed in the
river at Nashville. Sunday.
Gov. Hubbard, of Texas, says that
during his administration twenty-one
murderers have been hanged.
Hie Kni hts of Honor have paid
$400,000 to the widows and orphans of
deceased Knights bv yellow fever.
G- n Joseph It. David, a nephew of
Jefferson Davis, wasinattM at Missouri
City on the LBth ult. to Miss Margaret
Green.
Ibe Wt-tlbets, o! Maine, think they
are heirs to a property of $250,000,000,
part of which is in this conutry and
part in Holland.
Iwo members of the General Assem-
My have dud siuee the November ses
sion Messrs Jamison, of Towns, und
Alston, of Dekalb.
Ge.rge Lewis, a Ixmdou lawyer, has
Ni.cn au . sb usite business thut his stuff
<*! e , r , lied employes number 250 and
>'• • q* ' ar. H O.MOO a year.
During the first three months of this
war H 4 :H eOn • mitts arrived in New
5 rk an increase of 2 300 over last
.*• r >' f mi-. { r ihi uroe time
Ihe pfbduet erf honey in California
lias grown from a single hive of hi es,>
imported into that Country thirty years
ago. to 115,0 fI.OOO pounds a y nr.
It is expect and tiiat or. the occasion of
the G* nn .ii Em| .i ror golden w eduing,
in June next the moiinrehs of Russia,
Austria ii 1 Spain will be the guests of
his Majesty.
At tin evwi.ing celebration of the
l,Ho*>th hi invi r-.ary •-f the destruction
of Pompeii a bottle of wine taken from
the ruins where t had laiu since A. D.
70 is to be opened
i l e Empress Jmrlotta his been Irans
ferre.i to her new abode, hut is quit,
unaware of the change. .She never
speaks, aud can with difficulty be per
suaded to take food.
A factory in Hanover, Gor many, makes
gla ft in close imitation of marble, and
the tables, floor tiles. Ac., wh ch it turns
out are preferable U > marble on Hoeount
of superior liar loess.
A Vr.ll Ims boon itftrodiwcd into* the
Illinois Leg slariirs providing that any
person who **treits a.iotimr m a ikpior
saloon fhall le lined not less than t* 5,
and :*>t over *ls f >r every o-Teiwa;.
The. improvein* nt m tho value of real
estate in New Yoik is so marked as to
attract the attention of irvestors. Large
building Uperutiuna are projected to be
pushed forward during the ptesent year
The greatest depth yet, discovered in
the At.antic ocean is 3,H70 fafboms, at
a point north of the Virgin Islands, be
tween St. Thomas and the Bermudas.
The mean depth of the Atlantic is a
litflle over 2 0 fathoms.
Up a the recommendation of the
Board of Health. the Governor of Lou
isiana has issued a proclamation estab
lishing quarantine from and after May
Ist against W est India, South American
and Central American ports.
Dr: McFarland, an American mission
ary, has been appointed Superintendent
of Public Instruction at Siam at a sal
ary of $5.00<) a year The King, it is
K -.id. is determined to give r if* subjects
| u first-class public school system.
By far the largest number of votes
in >au Francisco are Irish. The sta
tistics stynw the following: Ireland,
10 627: Germany. 5 654; New York.
4 416; Massachusetts, 2,501. Only
4.126 of the voters are natives of Cali
fornia.
There is a greut rush from nearly all
parts of the West to the new mining
tamp at Leadville, < 01. Miners are
flocking to that region at the rate of 800
u day, and it is thought the mines there
ill # \ie;d $36,000,000 .if the precious
idetain per yeatf.
Marshal MacMabon mad* no money
in office On the contrary, while Presi
dent he expended sltio,o<Jo annually of
his private fortune, arid his fine estates
are ail mortgaged. Notwithstanding
this fact, he hair resolutely refused a
gift from the tmtioual exchecpier.
Up to date the six inspectors off. r
tilizers in Georgia imve turned over to
the Comptroller-General $33 000 for in*
spcction ieefi. Of tli s a ount only
about will be required to pay
salaries, including s:j,‘ 00 to the State
chemist, 'ibus the State nets S24,O<K)
from the system of inspection,
A man has been discovered in New
York by a newspaper reporter who
doubtless possessor the moat remarl-able
beard in the country. The man is a
truck driver, and during working days
w ears his beard coiled up and braided
together under his clothing, but' on
Sundays he loosens it and combs it out
aud goes upon the promenade with a
hirsute growth which reaches to his toes,
and he is a man nearly six feet high at
that.
OLD TIMES. f
There’s a beautiful song on the slumbrous
air,
Thft drifts through the Valley of
Dreatns;
It comes from a clime where the rbsen
were.
And a tuneful heart and bright brown
hair.
That waved in the morning beams.
Soft eyes of nzure nnd eyes of browu,
And snow white foreheads are there ;
Agliinmering Cross and glittering Crown,
A thorny bed and couch of down,
Lost hopes and leaflets of prayer.
A breath of Spring in the breezy woods,
Sweet waifs from the quivering vines,
Blue violet eyes beneath green hoods.
A bubble of brooklets, a scetlt of buds*
Bird warblers and clambering viuesj,
A rosy wreath and a dimpled hand,
A ring And a plighted vow—
Three golden links of a broken band,
A tiny track on the snow-white si-nd,
A tear and a sitilfiss brow.
There’s an echo of grief in the beautifiil
song
That sobs on the slumbrous air;
And loneliness felt in the festive throng,
Sinks down on tho heart as it trembles
along
From a clime where the roses were.
We heard it first at the dawn of day, v
And it mingled with matin chimes; *
But years have distanced the beautiful
ray,
And its melody floweth from far away,
And we call it now Old Times.
My Letter ot Introduc
tion.
“I'm sorry 1 can't go np to
London with you," said Mr.
Bridgeworth, who hud just cross
ed the Channel with me, atid.w’o
stood chatting at ti.o Dover rail
way station, whither he had
come to see n o off
Our brief acquaintance, struck
up the night before on (ho Calais
packet, had been rendered s.i
agreeable by Mr. Bridge" ortli’s
aff'uollity, thftt I was mint than
half pfepal-od, if not to dispute
the dogma that grufl’ness is tlio
predominating feature of En
glish manners, at least to admit
that it is a rule not without ex
ception.
‘ It would aff id me pleasure,”
he added, “to act. the part of
‘guide, phi'osoplicf and friend,’
on your first visit 1.0 the great
metropolis; but since that can
not be—business before pleasure,
you kno >—lVe wyi'ten Irli-j
--to a churn of mine in town,
which you w ill do well to pro
s nt as Hum as po siblc. for lie's
a conn'isscui- in city life, and
will see you suitably bestowed."
I thanked fny new friend for
Ids intlrresfl. put his letter in my
pocket, and bidding himt many
warm fflieux, hurried, at the
call f the guard, to take rny
place aboard me train.
I was ollowed iTptho stciv by
a thick-set and rather coarse
featured man, who, besides iny
sell, was the ole occupant of the
compartment.. The door was
locked, the bell rung, and the
t; am set 111 motion.
The stout gentleman busied
himself, for a time, with- bis
newspaper, and then thpetV it
down with a grunt. The next
half hour lie looked out of the
window, his face belokcaing
anything but pleasure at tlio
proape -t, ih® charms of which
were not heightened by the ef
fect ol a dull autumn drizzle.
Turning about, with another
grunt, his deep set, gray eyes
glanced mo over keenly.
“Do you know the—the gen
tleman you wo 0 talking with
just before the train started?"
he a keif, in a quick sharp voice.
“I do,” 1 answered —mentally
adding, -‘lnquisitiveness, I see,
isn’t exclusively a Yankee trait"’
“Seeans to me l’vo seen him
before—what might his name
be?" was tho next question.
“Bridgeworth."
“And your name?"
“Hanley.”
1 wus more amused than an
noyed at this cross-examination.
“How long have you know*
Mr. Bridgeworth?” continued
my inquisitor.
“Since we got on the Calais
boat together last evening," I
replied.
“Humph.”
I thought it wbb now my turn.
“Do you rcsido iu London?”
“Yes."
“May I enquiro your name?"
“MacGrumlie ”
“Scotch extraction, I pro
se me?"
“Can't stiy-i-nover saw iho
family irre."
“Nor need you wish to, if itV
known by its fruit, 7 ' was the
retort I ba<l on tho tip of my
tongue, but I left it (boro.
“By the way,” I said, after a
pause, “Mr. Bridgcwoith was
kind enough to give mo a’ letter
of introduction to a triend of bis;
jl ’
perhaps, on our arrival, you cart
direct me to the place minlloncd’
iu the address.”
“Wbttlis it?"
I showed him tho
tion.
W itli another of his ‘‘humphs!”
he handed the letter back.
‘‘Do jou want to go there at
once?"
“I might as well,” sad I; “I
have no acquaintances in Lon
don, aud Mr. Bridgeworth has
s ssured mo of his friend’s kindly
offices."
“I’ll show yoti tho way," Mr.
MacGrumlie wus kind onough to
say. ‘‘lt’s on my road homo.
You can leave your luggage at.
t e station, and tt'e’il take a tab
-together "
This agreed to, tho convo sa
lion flagged, in spile of all efforts
on my part to revive it. I could
not help contrasting tho hours
lately enlivened by Bridgewoth’s
wit and gltyetj-, with those
whose tedium hn l nothing to re
lieve it save MacGrumlie’s ever
recurring soliloquis ol “humphs!"
Utid grunts.
It was lark when we leached
the city. My compuuion hailed
a c an, gave tho driver tho tlircc
t oti, und jumping in by my side,
wo were soon rattling down a
shabby, ill-lighted street.
“Here you are!” said Mac-
Grumlie, as wo eheekud in front
ol a sonbru-tooking building.
hew words weio spent in leave
taking. 1 got out, paid my share
ol the fare, and having with dif
ficulty distinguished llio number
on the door, 1 rang the bell,
while the cub turned the next
Corner.
Several minutes elapsed, and l
was on the point of giving tho
knob another pull, when i lieaid
steps inside. Tho door opened,
and unoi very prepossessing mule
servant growled:
“What do you want?"
“I have a letter for Mr. Fit*
Quugg.” T said; “is lie in?”
“Gimme it, an’ I'll see," said
the lackey, snatching rather
than receiving the letter from
my hand.
Without inviting me to enter,
summed the door in my face,
iitfl * heat'd Id,: Jieavy’trump " re
treating.
Alter aoullier delay, and a
sound ol lighter Iwolsteps, the
do r was again opened, and a
youngish-looking mao, in agarb,
as revealed by tlio imperfect,
light, which appeared more
flashy than genteel, stood before
me.
“Sorry to’ve kept you waiting,
Mr. Hanley,” he said, seizing my
hand cordially. “Have read
Bridg’s letter—capital fellow,
Bi idg, Any friend of his always
welcome. Just going to dure
with a few mends. Must join us.
Good way to introduce you.
Oorm> Dick,’'—turning to his
urly servant—“fun ahead aud
tell them to pill another name
in the pot.”
Gutting short my acknowi
ejgome ns, Mr. Fitz Qnugg took
my arm, and we sauntered leis
urely along. As we luruod u
corner to go down u street less
inviting, if anything, than the
one we had left, I caught a
glimpse, 1 fancied, of u form, on
the opposite side of the street,
n ueb rescmblir g the hurley fig
ure of MacGrumlie.
Wo stopped at length before a
door at which my companion
kn eked peculiarly. We wore
at once udinilted, aud Mr. Fitz
Qiiagg led tho way to a room
lighted by a dim lamp, where,
hull invisible in an atmosphere
of smoke, sat three of bis faraii
iar spirits, each with a pipe in
bis mouth. -
“1 say, Dick,” said Fit* Qnagg
—the ceremony of introduction
over—“fill up the glasses while
we’re wailing for the solids.”
Soon each uian had a tunvbier
of punch belore him.
“Hero's to our beUeruefpiaiht
ance —uo heeltaps,, mind I” called
out tho hilarious Kitzr Qhagg,
rising and draining His joraru in
honor of the sertturtetUi.
Out of sheer polilenoswT swal
lowed the abominable stuff,
though tho taste half sickened
I ins. i-n a-few sc onds my Load
i began to whivli FiU Qhagg and
I his friends seemed to be spinning
i round the room. The clouds of
''smoke thickoned. My temples
thiobhed. A dulhhoavhiestr set
tied 1 on my bra'm and' at lust,
i-anie unconsciousness.
Jlow long it was before my
faculties reinrtod I know not;-
hut to n they did, my compan
ions had disappeared. .1 felt fbr
Miyjwalch to note the time. It
was gono and* pocket-book ud
money with it. The tfufh flashed
upon mo
“Drugged and robbed!” I ex
claimed.
“You-’ve hit it exactly,” an-
sweretf a voice which I had
heard before; and turning about,
my eyes fell on the impressive
face of the gruff MacGrumlie.
“Never mind,” he continued,
“your property and the robbers
are both safe at the station-house.
The fellow you parted with this
morning is a noted thief, whose
face having grown too familiar
in London, he has been plying
bis trade on the continent of late.
Ascor’Killing, probably, that you
had a large sum of money about
you, lie ame across tho channel
in your company, but finding no
safe chance to pick your pocket
Ivy the way, and not daring to
follow you further, be commend
ed you to the kind offices of his
city friends, trusting to their
honor to remit him his sharo of
the spoils.
“As an ojd detective, I had lit
tle difficulty' in lanthoming his
scheme, us soon as I learned ho
had given you a letter. So I
kept a close watch on your
movements from the moment
you left the cab, which I dis
missed immediately after. Then
wuiting till things had gono far
enough to insure tho rogues a
good term of penal servitude, I
summoned assistance and pounced
upon them before they couU
make off with their plunder."
soMKhonv’s motiieki
The woman waa old and ragged and gray,
Aud beut with the chill of the Whiter'a
dsy;
The atreet was wet with a recont snow,
Aud the woiuau'u feet were aged and
•low.
She atood at the oronaiug and waited
long.
Alone, neared for amid the thro- g
Of human beings who pawed her by,
Nor heed the glance of her anxiouH eye.
Down the street, with laughter and
•bout,
Glad in the freedom of school let out.
Came the boys like a flock of sheep,
Hailing the snow piled white and deep,
Fast the woman so old and gray,
Hastened the children otf their way,
Nor offering a helping, hand to hef,
80 meek, so timid, ufraid to stir
Lest the oarringo wheels or tho horses'
feet
Should crowd hef down in tho ippery
street.
At last came one of the merry troop—
The gayladdie of all tho group,
He paiMecf her aud whispered low,
•Tit help you aero s if you wish to go.”
Hei aged hand on hF strong young arm
She placed, arid so, without hurt or
baton.
He guided the trembling feet along,
Proud that his own were firm und strong,
Then again back to his friends lie went,
Hia youug heart happy and well content.
“She’s somebody’s mother, boys, you
know,
For all she's aged and poor and slow;
And 1 hope Home fellow will lend a hand
To help my mother, you understand,
If over she’s poor und old aud gray
When her own dear boy in far away.”
And “somebody’s mother” bowed low
her head
lit her homo that night, and tho prayer
she said
Was “God bo kind to that noble boy,
Who is somebody’s son, pride and joy”
REMINISCENCES OF COLUMBIA
COUNTY.
BT AS OLD CITZZKIf.
In 1874 I wus induced by my
personid feelings towards tlio
deceased when in life, as well as
the sugge-lions of friends, to
write a short hi 'graphical sketch
of Major Moody Burt. 1 will
hero cull from that article a few
pai agruphs:
I do not propose to write his
obituary now, nor do I intend
this as a biogrnp-hy, but simpley
to give some of the most salient
points in the character of a man
who filled so largo a space in the
public eye. To the people of
Columbia county bis- name is a
familiar as household words.
MaJ Burt wus the son of How
ard and Susan Burt, and was
boro in Edgefield county, (then
District,) S C.-, hrl‘Bl’o. Ho died
t. his residence on tho 22d of
July, 187 S-V-. lie was double
cousin to the Hen. Armstead
Burt, a distinguished member of
Congress from S. Ci, in tho earlier
and bbttef days of tho Republic.
M ; aj. Burt came to Goorgiu
when T 9 years old, settled in his
county and went to work as a
tiller of the soil, with' little help
from his parents. Indeed, such
was their 11 ittod moans fhat
thoy were unable to give their
children a liberal education; But
Moody was full'of vim, of good
native intellect, so ind judgement
and iron with
In 1832 lie married Mrs. Wm.
Wilkins, dmigfiter of Judge
Archer Avery, and sister of Am
brose Awovy, Si>. lie began life
with little'or no property. From
bib- wifr he in Hr riled' some prop
erty, bn i ever, upon which I
think there was considerable en
CilTtlbrance. The first few ynn’s
of his life in Columbia county
were spent in District No. 6,
near the Georgia Railroad. A
few years afterwards he moved
|to District No. 3, whore lie ro
| sided up to the time of his death.
; lie was a very successful! plan
j ter nti(le r the old dispensation.
This is proven by tho (act that-
tho feSults of tho war Cmltjlei
pated for him some 125 slaves.
This in connection with tho fact
that he was no economist, that
his house was a “Liberty Hall"
to his many friends, some of
whom ca and from a distance to
see him, shows that tho earth
must have yielded him a good
return. Friends came and tar
ried, for it was difficult for hem
to get away so warm a welcome
t.s was always in their hearts,
appeared iu their faeos and was
manifest in all tho surroundings
oftiie two wetl to-do people, for
Mrs. Burt always extendod to
her husband’s friends such strong
evidence of w leome as to pre
clude any embarrassments about
their stay, whether long or
short.
I Hitid Maj. Burt was a H bora I
man. Hundreds of facts could
bo enumerated to substantiate
this. His name, with a liberal
donation was recorded in every
act of a public character. His
hands wore always open to deeds
of charity. I do not think 1
huzzurd anything in saying that
Maj. Burt's charities were in ex
cess of any man’s in the entire
county, lie was not only able
but willing to give. He fed the
poor and clothed the naked. In
verity ho wus one of nature’s
noblemen, eajtahle of doing a
deal of good, and he did it to the
full cxlont of all requirements.
I knew him for about 30 years,
and, therefore, I write of what i
know and feel, und what I say is
not fulsome praise, for 1 merely
put on paper what every man,
woman and child in this neigh
borhood will endorso, and in
paying this tribute of respect to
the memory of Ibis good ami
truo citizen I urn but giving a
correct pen pot trait of the man
whom to knew was to admire.
1 do not now remember ever to
have heard him utter an oath or
spoak harshly of any one. The ;
milk of human kindness flowed j
in a continuous stream from his !
big heart, in which there was
not a drop of gall or bitterness
for any human being If his
tongue could not praise it was
chained in silence.
He was a most remarkable
man in many respects, of most
commanding personnel, standing
ti£ foot, without a pound of sur
plus fl -sh, with big bone and
inn-ole, a fine florid complexion,
high, open brow, and captivating
colloquial powers, ho was every
inch a man. Suddenly, and with
little premonition, the dread
Messenger came and the “silver
cord v as.loosened and the gold,
en bowl broken," and that once
manly form was cold in neat it.
He was not a member of any of
tlio Churches, (his predolictions
wero for tho Baptists) yot ho
was a moral man. He took not
the name of the Lord iu vain; ho
loved his neighbor; did good to
those who abused him; kept
most ( f the commandments; was
a regular reader of tb > Bible,
and though he made it not the
“man of his council,” yot it was
a dear book to him. Having
done so much good aud so little
evil in livm world of sin*- and
temptations,, f am slow to bo
lieve that be will bo punished in
the world of tho hereafter.—
When I. tl us bold up for the
moralist I know I am in antag
onism to tho “drippings of the
sanctuary,” and I how iu great
respoet and veneration to the su
perior claims to credibility on
this subject, and do not and
would not advise arty one to risk
his hopes of salvation on any.
thing short of tho merits of the
Great Rodoemer himself, i am
honest, however, in my convic
tions that the moralist will not
be placed side by side with those
who wero in opo'n- rebellion.—
There are grades of reward in
Heaven. One star' will oxcoed
another star iu glory.
The death of Mtij: Burt, was
lamented ly all who knew him.
The poor lost a friend in the
death of this charitable citizen.
••Pitt down in yonr book," said
one of- #n Jitelcson’s neighbors,
“that the firehcral -vas the prince
ef hospitality; not because ho
entertained a great many people,
but because tho poor, belated
peddlar was as welcome
as the President of Unitea
States, and made so much at his
ease that he felt ns if he bad got
ten home.”
ilaj. Burt entertained many in
the days of bis prosperity, lie
kept uu open houso, and his
table -,vas always noted for its
rich and varied Viands and the
poor man waSus welc me t> Ins
heart h-lotio as the more favored.
Tho bottle of Maj. Bnrt, m ihe
Petersburg road was once tho
hortie, and perhaps the birh
place of Judge Henry L. Bon*
INTo. 19.
"> n S—“Old Kook," as ho was
famflfnrly culled, in military- par
lance. Tlio results of the war;
together with his nlfmtfrotik
hospil ,hie acts, and kindness to
friends and to ti e poor, supple,
merited with security debts, so
embarrassed Maj. Burt that pre
vious to his death his hospitable
mansion, with all its surround
ings, was sold, and is now the
property of Ge. Toombs.
Maj. Burt was a very popular'
man, and has seivod several
terms in the lower branch of the
General Assembly. He was an
active partisan —an old lin*
Henry Clay Whig,then a Native
American, und Inst, a Democrat:
Ho was tend of angling and was
ii good fisherman. Asa noted
fox hunter his fume was not con
duct to Georgia He kept a
fine pack of pure blood fox
hounds, and reynard had to “git
up and git,” and when tip was
almost sure to betaken in at the
end < f the chase. He was by
long odds tho best shot in the
field I ever encountered or ever
Know, and tho most adroit hunt
er of game birds. Knowing so
well their habits, his game bag
generally showed the best re
suits of tho day’s sport. His
famo and that of his pointer,-
Jerry, were not confined to the
■state. Tlio lovers of sport id
the Palmetto State often visited
him to witness their performas
eos in the field. Even from
Lookout Mountain invitation*
have been received by tho Maj >r
tabling his noted dog and try
his skill on the wing in that
country. Hit Jerry, the knnd
soino, well trained pointer, ha*
pointed his last bird, and the
kind Major, tho splendid hunter;
bus shot his last shot, and the
like of them we never shall see
more. He sleeps well — ponce 10
his ashes.
But Cor t lie excessive use of to
bacco I think Mnj. Hurt, wilhr
his iron constitution might have'
lived to lie centunai inn. But
he was a slave to the weed which"
has tilled more graves tliair
opium or whiskey.
How Boggs Ran for Offlie,
Boggs was as peaceable a mafi>
as ever lived.
He was sober, honest aud re-'
spccted.
He lial never pounded bitT
IV ill).
Never took any interest in *
dog fight. .
Had never been kuown to
pawn . oincbody elso’s watch.
And never had attempted to
steal a saw mill.
Boggs’ chaructor was beyond
rcproaoii,
Ho wuh a shining light in so--
cioly.
All Boggsville looked up to"
and honored biro.
Bui u chance catue, a fearful,-
direful chance.
In an evil hour Boggs accept-;
oil. the nomination for constntdeof
his native village.
Alas! poor B iggs I
His eyes wete soon opened/
however.
In lesstiiari a week after he
was nominated the opposition'
had fully ard conclusively eslubt.
iislrod the following damaging."
charges against ins character.
1. That he was a Cre*-lover
and an infidel.
t. That ho Imd tod hie neigh*-
bor’s liens on poisoned corn.
3 That lie had broken his
inollicr-i'ii-law’s jaw bone with'
an iron boot-jack.
I. That he bid on one occa
sion given a whole wagon loud of
watermelons to an orphan asy
lum.
5. Thi.t he had served a ternr
in tho State Prison for horse'
stealing.
8. That he had sot firo to hiss
next door neighbor’s barn mere
ly' because ho refused to lend’
him u hoc.
7. That because he found a
hu* ton off bis shirt, ho lied his
wifo to'the bod post and ma*hed'
iu llireo of her ribs with a stove
poker.
8. That his chief Sunday
amusements were eock-figliting
and card playing.
9. That ho sold his vote overy
year regularly to the highest'
biddor. •
19. That ho wasn’t tit for Ih*
place, anyhow.
Those charge 1, although witd
oul tho slightest loundatiou, were
rigorously believed by a majori
ty of the voters of Boggsville.
And Boggs’ political goose
was cooked.
His chances for being elected
were not w rth three cent* in*
the dollar.
Whon Boggs passed along the
street his neighbors looked at
him with suspicion and orossed
over on the other sido.
Biggs was a u iserable being.
The day of the town meetiug
came on at last, and Boggs’ op
ponent scooped in tb - constable
ship by a two thirds vote.
The anti-Boggs party swept'
in their candidate on tho tidnl
wave of popularity, and poor
Boggs was left perched high up"
ori tne spike mounted piukut
fence of despair.
Boggs will never run for office
again, not oven lor President.
lie says if is too great a strain
on tho character.
If he can ro-aifi the esteem of
his neighbors by grubbing along
in the old way lie intends to do
it, and leave office seeking to
people of cast-iron reputuli >u.
Bo_-gs is just coming to hi*
1 senses.