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THOS. A. SCOTT,
Nos. 1 and 2 Brick How, Thomson, Georgia
VOL. XVI.
THOMSON OA., Fill DAY, NOVEMBER 9. ISSS
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THIS
Thomson High School,
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PIERCE INSTITUTE
r i homson, Greoraria^
On Monday, September 24th, 1888.
IHE School Year is divided into Three Terms—tho Ist, 2d and 3iL
First Term continuing through ] weeks,
Second ** “ “ 1 i\ “
Third “ “ “ I XS “
No Pupil will bo admitted for a shorter time than One Term.
npUITION will range from SI.OO pet month to $4.00 per month, according to the ad"
A vaucement of the pupil. Pupils will he prepared for any clhs in College.*
In addition to lln Literary Department, we prop'me t> give Young Gentlemei
and Young Ladies dashing, the opportunity of preparing themselves for business life.
EXCELLENT advantsg-s are offered Young Ladies for pursuing the study of Music.
YOUNG MEM contemplating tho study of Medicine u ill be thoroughly prepared
admission to any Medical College.
X3VFKY effort will he made to Advance pnpils, and at the same time to make them
borough in tbefr studies.
T*AHENTS are urged to enter their children promptly at tlie beginning of term.
INETLL benefit of public fund allowed parents.
INCIDENTAL FEES—First term, 50c.; Second term, 50c.; payable at first of term
DlSClPLlNE—Reasonable regulations strictly enforced
ISAAC A. GIBSON, A. M., M. D., Puincipal.
MISS LUNA JOHNSTON, Ahsociatb Principal.
MISS AIAMIE HAJLtEISON, Muaic Department,
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.
Until we meet again, dear, thou aud I,
God keep thee In Lite caro I the night draws ntgh
And I must go my way; Its path la wide
And long, yet as l linger by thy side,
Thus looking, loving, on thy peaceful fac<\
Love teaches me the patience of Its gracol
Until we meet again—eoou come or lato—
Though I may yearn for tiioo with hope oloto,
Or grieve, my true heart knows the secret way
To lblue; far distant yet or near, this day,
That poles aud wastes in shadows of the night,
Hath Pleas'd for thee aiid me each morning's
light.
Until we meet again no Joy or rest
Gin come to uu like calm that love knows bestj
liovo knows the gentle speech that makes thoo
strong
And makes mo bravo with sure content*
Not long have wo to wait, and yet—l need thee
BO
Each day wxMns Car as on my way I go.
Uut ll we meet again to thoo and mo
What more of thankfulness or hope can be
Save faith? I auk no gift of word or kiss
Ah pledge or trust; I have no prayer save £hl—
Until we meet again to thee and me
May God lx> kind l Good-by, my love, good-by i
good-by I
—Harriet Maxwell Converse In Home Journal,
LITTLE MISS PRIM.
Gray, angry looking clouds obscured
tho Hue sky, a oold east wind blow tiny
lrticlca of Bnow into the faces of those
persons w Ih> were so unfortunate es to be
exposed to tbo cutting bluet A warm
tire and comfortable easy ehnfr were
things to bo appreciated, and so thought
tlio Laurence family as they stood or sat
around tho great blazing Urns of hickory
in the open llreplace of the luxurious
tilting room at Pleasant Park, the old
homestead of tlio Laurences.
Harry, tlio oldest boy, a tall, bright
eyed lad of 14, went to the window that
looked out upon the highway. It was
nearly sclkhJ time, and troops of boys
and girls wore passing swiftly along m
the direction of the huge brick edifice,
tho pride of Fail-mount.
‘‘Lizzie, Johnny, come here," cried
Harry, and his handsome countenance
beamed with merriment as ho gazed upon
the scone without. A lady not much
taller than lizzie, tho 12-year-old sister
of the merry youth at tlio window, was
walking, or rather trying to. for tlio
slight figure swayed from one side of tho
road to tho other, lieaten and blown by
the high winds; and tlio umbrella she
carried was turned Inside out, while her
long grav her was floating like a banner
in the wintry breeze. Tho girl and boy
ran to tho pretty alcove, wtth Its snowy
luce curtains looped tiack, showing tho
stand of plants bright with bloom, and
Joining In tho laughter caused Mr. and
Mrs. Laurence to look up from their read
ing to Inquire tlio causo of so much
mirth.
“Oh, mother yon ought to see the
enpem little Miss Prim la cutting i old
Boreas makm her iuove li. ely, " said Mus
i r Harry, nud even his parents could
hardly suppress a smile us they saw the
ludicrous figure tho poor dressmaker
made in her vain endeavore to keep her
feet and avoid tho rude embrace of tlio
northeast gale. “Jiminy, but she is a
scarecrow, said little Johnny. “Won
der what site fines out such stormy days
fort"
“Why, my son. Miss Prim is poor and
is obliged to earn her own living. Sho
bus no kind papa to give her nice warm
clothes, or provide her with food, us you
have. It Is not right to laugh at the lit
tle woman, for she has a hard life of it,
and is so patient and kind in every trial,"
and Mia. Laurence patted the soft curls
of her 0-year-old boy, mentally thanking
Hod she and her dear ones wero free from
the curse of poverty.
“It is iicurly 0 o’clock," cried Lizzie,
glancing at tho huge old fashioned time
piece that ticked away so musically in tho
Corner of the room. “I will take Johnny
with me, mother, and then one umbrella
will shelter us; Harry is large enough to
take caro of himself. ” So saying Lizzie
arrayed herself in her warm cloak, hood
and furs, looking like the pictures of Lit
tle Rod Hiding Hood, with brown eyes
shining and cheeks rosy with health.
Just a) the three children descended the
stejis to tlio garden tlio hugo iron gato
clanged to, and Miss liim met them on
the broad graveled wulk.
“Mamma gt homo, Blossom t" said
tho littlo lady in a cheerful tone to Lizzie,
and at the same time laughing, as ehe
saw’ the half concealed smile on the faces
of tlio children. “You rogues! you
might Just as well shout and- laugh at
the funny figure I cut, I shall not feel
at nil hurt. I know lam a perfect
scarecrow, hut no matter, my beauty
will not suffer." And with a nod and a
‘•Good-by, dearies,’’ not waiting for un
answer to her question, Miss Prim van
ished within the open doorway, and the
children hastened to school.
Miss Charity Prim—or Miss Chatty, as
she was called—was tlie village dress
muker. She was a maiden lady, thirty
five or forty yeara of age, small and
delicate fit appearance, bat always In
goal health. Her face was always
eniilmg, her soft, blue eves mild and
mire as those of a child; her abundant
lialr, long and silken, crowned her head
as with a coronet of silver.
“I thought I would come and finish
that dress of yours, Mrs. Laurence,’’
said Miss Chatty, as sho entered the
firelighted room, the warmth and glow
making such a contrast to the gloom
without. “I am a little lato, but I had
1 iiard time of it, fighting the wind all
tho way from the cottage. My umbrella
is a w reck, and I-look ns though I hud
ocen in a gale, and was flying tho flag of
distress,’’ laughing merrily and showing
firm, white teeth that had never known
the torture of a dentist’s art; “however,
‘all’s well that ends well,’ ” and, with a
sigh of content, Miss Chatty followed
tlio stately but kind hearted mistress of
Pleasant Park to the sewing room, where,
in a low rocker, with a huge pile of
work before her, tho little dressmaker
was soon busy os a bee.
“Miss Chatty,” said a servant, enter
ing with a tray on which were muffins,
Steak and a steaming cup of coffee, “boro
iu so nothing warm for you.”
“Well, I declare, all this trouble on
my uccount. It is too had, but Ido be
lieve I am hungry,” and putting her
work uside, tho littlo woman soon mado !
sad havoc with the dainties before her. j
■Sho was proud in her way, was this poor,
hard working sewing woman. She would
nofcown that on this cold and dreary morn
ing she had dressed In her chilly room,
and eaten sparingly of bread aud oat-
meal, with a small cup of milk to satisfy
her thirst, hut never a complaint, never
a cross look from tlio noble n- . at: who
had no luxuries and few . .nuiorle, but
who over looked on the bright side of
life.
I Before night the storm Ixx'arhe bo fii
l riouh. tfio snow ko deep, the dressmaker
! was urged to remain until tlio next day,
I and to tell the truth cho wag nothing
; loath, for her humble room in tho cot
tage of tho widow Green was not a very
attractive one, although clean and neat,
j yet ft mg carpet, paper shades, a cot bed
and a small stove, with scanty fool for a
dainty appetite, tvne all the dressmaker
I could earn for herself in the small village
! of Fairniount.
Evening, with her sable curtain, en
folded tho snowv earth. The wind
sighed nnd moaned around tho warmly
draped yindowsof Pleasant Park. Tho
Laurence family were wealthy and high
born, Mr. Laurence being from one of
the oldest nnd proudest families in Bos
ton, nnd Ids wife, tho handsome Kate
Carleton before marriage, was of English
birth, with noble blood in her veins, yet
they acknowledged the goodness and
worth of their humble seamstress; and
although she did not join them at tho
table, having her meals sent into the sew
ing room, she was invited into the sitting
room when tho family met together for
tins pleasant chut before bedtime, and in
her modest brown dress, with snowy cel
lar and cuffs, her sweet, pale face, soft
voice nud charming smile, Miss Chatty
did not look out of place even In tho par
lor of the high liorn Laurenoo family.
**Mlaa Cliatty, I wish you would tell
me a story, ido so like to hear them.”
This from Master Johnny, who was
basking on the snow white rug of bear
skin, the glow from the fire lighting up
his curls unfil they looked like a mass of
gold, and his round, dimpled face os ro#y
na the sunny' side of a poach.
“Oh, do, dear Miss Prim, toll us some
thing nice,” exclaimed Lizzie, shutting
up the entertaining fairy book, nud com
ing forward to tho easy chair wherein
sat the tiny lady, her small hands busy
with some tatting she wished to finish
| for Mrs. Laurence.
I “I never told a story in all my life,
|my dears. Then lam afraid, even if I
could tell you anything that would in
j terest you, I should disturb your father
and mother in their reading.”
“Not at nil,” they l*thcried, with all
tho courtesy they could havo shown a
lady of wealth, and,putting away tlio
paper nnd l>ook, they begged her, if sho
roll so disposed, to entertain the children.
“I will go to the smoking room for an
hour or bo,” fluid Mr. Laurence, and
putting on Ids silk embroidered jacket
and cap he left the room. “I will finish
this piece of niftltng/ 1 Mrs. Laurence
smilingly answered as she turned the gas
higher, and soon her white toweled lin
gers were plying tho shining needle,
while Miss lb vm with a tbqpghtful coun
tenance commenced the story ot lier life.
“A true story, Blossom, and I hope it
will Interest you, but it Is tho first lime 1
havo ever B*K>ken of my past, so you will
forgivo mo’’—turning to the lady of the
mansion—“if I shed a few tears over
liast joys and Borrows.”
“Indeed, Miss Chatty, I certainly
would overlook anything in one as
amiable na you are, Imt do not bring up
memories that will, cause you grief. I
will tell tho children a fairy tuio und you
can go on with your work.”
“Oh, no, indeed, not for the work!
would I disappoint the dear L’tflo lambs,
nnd it will do me good to relate to kind
hearted ones tho story of my rather dull
life,
“My father kept tho lighthouse. I
had no brothers or sisters, and when at
14 I lost my dear mother, you can im
agine how lonely I was. It was she v), ■
taught mo 4 to saw and to cut niv own
clothes and dresses, she who u.-uglii mr
all I know. Mother wow a governess to
fore marriage and was finely .*d water],
so l became luteresttd in ’bonks anu
study. I loved tho ocean, loved it in all
its moods. When tho sky was stormy
and angry waves were crested with
creamy foam, I would sit on the rocks
and admire, or when tle blue waters
were serene nnd smooth I would take my
little l.'oat and sail on its mirror like
bosom for hours. Then I loved to wan
der an tho beech and gather seaweed
and tiny shells. After mother died I
was housekeeper, and helped father in
tho caro of tho lamp, and when he was
sick many and many a night have I sot
alotio tending the great glowing light
that shono like a blood red ruby far out
on tho glistening waters, I grieved over
mother 'p death, but father was bo kind, 60
tender, bo her place in many ro
spects. So wo lived until I was 17.
“Ono night In January—shall I ever
forget that feurful night?—father had the
light burning brightly. Wo were in tho
cheerful kitchen with a great lire in tho
stove, plenty of liot water, blankets, |
whisky and other tilings in readiness for ,
anything that might happen. I was I
darning stockings, father was dozing in
his easy choir, when tho sullen boom,
boom, ot guns was heard. The wind
shrieked und howled, rocking tlio light
house like a cradle. Tbo waves dashed
their spray against tlio window panes,
und snow blinded and blurred tbo whole
heavens. Futhcr sprang from his chair,
wide auako in a moment. 1 too, ul
though pale and trembling from flight,
for I feared n. hundred dangers In such a
tempest, was ready to assist father. Ho
was a large, strong man, and I, although
small anti Blight, had considerable
strength and a great deal of courage.
“ ‘Come., my girl,’ cried father, put- !
ting on Ids sou’wester nnd wrapping
himself well up. 'Chino, wc must boo
what assistance wo can render. Some
poor sailors'will meet their fate to-night,
1 fear, for no boat can live in this galo,’
and bidding mo follow him went down
to tho beach. I put on waterproof and
hood, and with u lantern soon joined
father and a number of fishermen who
lived on tbo island, but %vo were power
less. No man could risk his lifo on such
a night, no boat could outride such a
storm; so boom, Ixxmi, went the guns on
that ill fated ship, that was fast going to
her doom on tho huge rocks. I cried to
God to have mercy on those poor, ill
fated ones. Fainter aud fainter grew
the tiring and at hist ceased. Wo waited
and watched to boo if any bodies would
float ash .. e, Only ono came, a mini
lashed to u timber.
“Father and old Jo, a fisherman, car
ried the inanimate form to our house. 1
ran before. The man was about 25, tall
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and i;•*)*;mg. fcYthcr nnd Jo rubbl'd
him put ;i'i;.•. . hhmkets. gnvft him hot
drinks. irJ in all hour he revived. His
nuin*’ l war. William Morris, second mate
of the ill fated chip Monarch. It was
wtvks before the man was Able t<i leave
our inland home. When, after two
months stay, ho returned to the city, wo
were betrothed lovers. Father had been
ro the owners of the vessel, and ttiey had
given William one of the best of charac
ters. In another month William came
to bid good-by. Ho was going to Africa
iiii-.i mute. 'For one year, darling/
he. said, na we put together by the kitchen
Hit*. *cnly ohe short year, then we will
r.cvor part again. I shall be captain then,
und you shall go with me on every voy*
go. ’ We parted. That was twenty
yonrs ago this mouth, and I have never
heard from or scon my sailor since/’ ami
crying sofdy to herself, poor Chatty for
a moment ceased talking. All throe of
tho children wiped their eyes wheii they
witnessed tho grief of the littlo dress
maker, and Mm. Laurence patted her
softly ou the shoulder, saving in low
tones, “Earth has no Borrows heaven can
not heal ”
“You am right, nnd I am very foolish
to weep and mourn, when God bus been
so good to me in all tlipee years,” and
trying to smilo Miss Chatty continued her
story.
“In six mouths after William sailed
father died. He was never well after the
fearful night of the storm. I gave up
the lighting use, and with the few hun
dred dollars my paints had saved, and
my small stock of furniture, I came to
Fnirmount, having known Widow Green
when she lived on tho island with her
husband. liMeft word w ith the fishermen
where I had gone, so that my letters from
Willie could bef*nt, but alas! no mes
senger ever came, and probably my lover
slooi>a beneath tho waves. ’ *
Juno, with her sunny skies and wealth
of buds and blossoms, hat! come. The
Laurence family had go no Cos Long
Branch to their summer cottage. Miss
Brim was with them, for Mrs. Laurence,
going into a great deal of society, had to
have much sewing done. One day Horry,
who had a pretty l>oat named tire Star*
light, wanted Johnny nnd Lizzie to go
with him sailing. Mrs. Laurence gave
her consent, but said Miss Prim must ac
company them. They had a merry time,
and, crossing to a small island, ate their
lunch on tho rocks nnd limited for shells.
Returning, a sudden squall came up, and
>f little Miss Prim had not been well
versed in tlio oil of sailing .all would havo
gone to the bottom. Arter that event
the dressmaker was doubly dear to all,
•iml Mrs. Laurence would not hear qf her
leaving her. 8o she Btayed and was
treated us one of tiro family.
September, with her gorgeous sunsets,
her rijn-iuHi fruits and soft mooulighfc
nights, came. It was Mies Chatty f s
birthday. Dressed In white, with pale
pink blossoms In her silver nair and on
hor tlie little dreesmaker hy vked
03 pretty and smiling as a girl. She
had received rich gifts from tlie LaU
wnccfl and many other friends, for every
ono iovixi tho gentle woman. Sitting iu
tho t wilight, alone in the great garden at
Pleasant Park, for tlio family hod callers,
and the littlo woman, thinking over tlio
past, was glad to 1 in tlio solitude of
tlio shadowy park, with nothing to dis
turb her reveries but tho sighing of wind
or the twitter of a sleepy bird, suddenly
ft stop approached then a mah appeared,
and standing before her, repeated her
name, saying very softly;
“Charity, littio darling Chatty l Dd
you know me?”
l\r a moment tho startled woman
thought a visitor from the other world
confronted her, but when she felt tho
clasp of tho warm hand, and heard tlio
elmost forgotten tones, she knew her
ioi - I“T lov’.r was before her and she
n'*r; ?; iiintLtt v ft): Joy. He told her of
. i' : vg.iv:- 1 to Africa, of the ship being
‘-ikon b;'jirfiUv, how he was sold to a
ehk i "Ia tnbo in the interior of Africa,
of tho long years of bondage, of bis
i nviug the Ufa of the principal wife of
ljj j i;iaHt(T, and when tlu? dusky warrior
died Ackln, tlie grateful widow, gavo her
filavo liiH freedom, also a bag of diamonds,
and after twenty years ho had returned
to the lovo of his youth. He soon found
out whom his gentle betrothed was, aud
the once hum bio littlo sewing woman be
came Mrs. William Morris, tho wife of
one of tho richest men in Fnirmount, and
the future will be bright for little Miss
Prim.—&illie A. Smith in Boston Bud
Pacts Concerning Cabinet Woods.
A handler of veneers thinks that birch
is not appreciated at its real merit. For
veneers ho considers birch nearly, and ho
can almost say quite, as good as cherry.
Birch is coining to bo more highly am
predated than it was, and may not bo
surprised to see a boom in It before long.
When birch becomes fashionable every
body will want it.
In tlio foreign wood trade prima vera,
tho fusiliom/lie light mahogany, is very
scarce all over tho country. Tlio princi
pal foreign wood liouse in Chicago has a
stock of only 11,000 feet on hand, and out
of this New York ordore are being sup
plied with tlio prospect that shortly not a
plank will Ixi left in the sheds. It is a
curious fact that mahogany is being
shipped from the depository in Chi
cago to New York light along, when
t>ho r-arao stock was brought from the
.sam • seaboard city. A c;irload of ma
hogany was lately shipped frotn that city
to Germany.—Boston Budget.
now Foivutß Aro I>etroy<Ml.
A good authority on our American
forests writes that he has seen over sl,-
800,000 worth of lumber burned by tho
dawless lire of a gang of railroad work
men. Such fires are constantly raging
somewhere, and tho enormous loss can
hardly bo estimated. lie urges that only
by making such carelessness criminal
can there bo nut an cud to it. What wo
should learn is to preserve tho forests wo
ho fQ by proper legislation, by educating
mid appointing foresters of intelligence
to care for them; by publishing informa
tion on the subject, such as fanners and
Umbermen can easily understand aud
apply.—Globe-Den locrat.
India Rubber tu Cullforula.
Tlio Ficus E!aatic.% from tho milk of
which tlio India rubber of commerce ia
made, prows welkin southern California,
and preparations are making to cultivate
tliri trees. A great many will be planted l
next winter.—New York Sun.