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j. T. JORDAN J
A T T O It All 4 A T I, A
Sparta, Georgia.
Office over Uothcrngg Watkins’ Stoic.
FRANK L. LITTLE
/mOF.NiY AI LAW.
Sparta, Georgia.
Office in lit* ('utility Court room,
tb« t 'oili t • louse.
JAM US A. Il\liu:v,
j7 /latiiaj a! SfjUtiLy
sr. urr. i, a a
Unniim It, Law Building, west
Uourt House. i tin ly.
HILL & HARRIS,
A T T O It N r. f N A T I, t n ,
Macon, Georgia.
Siprcial attention k veil In 4 oi.i kctions,
. Ci'SvatvN. i mi and oilier ellieo hu-inc-H.
Nov. 2 d, 1872 . ly.
—
DR. Vila P. I a T. I • PENDLETON I kllULL I Ul
ll.ivmu ret orned and Inoatcd pcrmauriiily
in MI’ARTA. ntr.'ii bis
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Io , tin* eittirns of llaneoeV county,
office i« at lli»* residence of Dr. I'.. M IT..N
Dt.ETON, where lie may b* tound. ualws
RAILROAD b< ill’l l i i s
Southwestern R. R.
kH'I'RNIHTRsn.MT » OfRlOW, J
MhCuii, (Ii., March 1, 1874. \
/ f \ and after Sund.y, M«rcl. 1st, trains
V" on thin road will run a* fol ow.
i el.l'Mms MAll. 'I'UAIN.
I.rave Macon, 7 17 p ih
Arrive »t 4,'olnmtws, 12:4.5 « m
Leave 1 ’oIuiuIhih, 2: t* p m
Anive ul Maeon, 7:25 p M1
Making elmm conns. 1 tion with Western
Rathca.l ai i ol uibiiH for Montgomery,
bde, New 4»rleaii-, el j.
4 'Otl MIU S |>AV Kill inllT AND ACCOMW I**
'MON TUAIN.
l eave Macon, !' 20 a
Arrive at 4 o'utnbun. t»;3.>
Leave t'olttmbti*, 6 3'> a
Active at 5taeon, S-tM* p
t’olumbu* Am mmoil ition Train
Mae, it I tie* lav. Tim s tay Mini Saturday,
lei urn,tig MoUiLv Wedne'-day atnl Ftid.ty
M KAl LA Man, 1 main.
I **vv» Mmon,
Airive* at KuImuIm,
Artiv. * -I Albany,
l.cavm Kutaula.
Ani cs hi M con, ' * 1 1 ;
l**a«es Alb ny,
’ *'n eels wtih the Albany Tr.iti I Smith
ville. *. d the Fort Gain* ran . m ,
ten dai'y . v -cpi Suml iv
.Mb "*> I'am c. iinoo * with Atlarttie
Vmlt , Ustb -ad Teat
tunte Atlington IL » at ik# Ad**»y L\ and
day, Wednesday o„ y e 'ton M»
and 4T day,
Itte.iUy, I'butsiiay and >aturday
Id RAl'U M*Hr i sRu.tiv a'D
T.ON lliAlN
l.esva* Mscen,
A Leave* t tve* Kn at PtiiauLi, L
attla. *^
Atitve. ai Mm-eit,
Tr»m» isg Mac. .ad
**«"*** **r.tv+r sad I
TTW ^i ,?:***■' *» *»th»ills
*
d — 4
pm T
I hr Y ‘ Y
SPARTA, HANCOCK COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1874.
G-a„& M* & a. r. r.
ON A N D AFT K It MON DAY, MARCH
j giu ;M, 1874. end Maoou Ilia Pus-eager nod Augusta 'trains Railroads on the lieor- will
1 mu as follows :
| (1 KOllGlA RAILUOAD.
P\Y l*\S R-GEH TnAIN WILL
Leave Augustaa<...... ........ 8.40 a m
Leave Allan a at...... .............6:80 a in
Arrive in Augusta at ............3:45 p in
Arrive in Atlanta »t.„ .............5:45 p m
j N , 0l , T i-as-eiiokh train.
Leave Augusta at ...........8:15 p m
Leave Atlanta at.. .........0:00 p m
Arrive in Augusta at ...........4:00 a m
Arrive in Atl.nta at. .......... .(5;()5 a m
MACON AND AUoU'T.V RAILROAD,
MAC JN PASSErOKR TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at....... ......10:45 a m
l.ioivo Oinmk at........ .......2:15 p in
a olive at Macon......... .......6:40 p ni
1. l.'Uive M con ut .......6:30 a m
.....
A rive at Carnnk ...... ......10:45 a in
Arrive in Au usta.... .....-2.< 0 p m
l’assei.gcrs from Athens, Washington,
Atlanta or any point on die Georgia Kail
mild and branches, by taking the Daily
Passenger Tr'J;. «iPft^*5a jultniaUe close connection
*t Cam.tk for Mucoa and all
points beyo-iS
1’ullmaVs 1 Flrst-flaM) Palack Si.ukp
ino cash ott ;»>1 Night Passenger trains on
the Georgia Railroad
S K. JOHNSON, 8up’t.
Superintendent’s Office Georgia and Ma¬
con and Augusta ltai roads. Au.u ta (in,,
Mu ch 1st, 1874
Western & -Atlantic*
Railroad.
Orr.eK IIksehal I’a-brnoku Aoknt, i
0 N and after Atlanta tins date— July 10, 1873. (
I.IUUTM o kxpheBS
t nr Nr* • York, Master 1 and Virginia Cities
heaves Macon, by Macon & Western Rail
toad, .........11 (10 a in
At rive at Atlanta....................... 5 30 p ni
Leaves Atlanta........... ...........6:00 p tu
Arrrives at Dalton... ..........10:3O p ni
Arrives at (diattann ga ........... . 1 10 a m
I’n hnun I'a uco Drawing-Room and S .cep
i g Cars by this train from Atlanta In
Lynehtuirg and nil intermediate points
wnit it,nuNoR.
I’as.-sngi rs leaving by this train arrive in
New Ymk I'm rcci.nd afternoon, ht4:t4f.
m., over Hi rlreen hours earlier than p»ssen
go’s by U'*y ot!n-r root* can with safely
reach New York, leaving tho same evening,
•nr WKbTKUN EX rues*.
I .caves Macon at.............. ..1110pm
L av, * Atlanta at....................8:80 a m
Artiv s at (’hn'tnnooga...............4;.'M a in
t l* sc cm ncciiou at (.list anooga for ad
points Went.
Pullman J'.J np ("inn on nil night train*.
For further particulars *ddr«H.
B. W WRENN,
General gcr Agent.
Macon & Brunswick
Railroad.
Hi rvai-TE-iuKNTsOrricE M ft R R. R )
tf ,
/ aid afnr if" Monday. , \y,i it-, IHit, )
\ f l this io.id wi April 27. 1874
uma on | run na folio .vs :
| r>OW,N DAV l*,KjRS(|-U CtPTEW.) TWAIN (SUNDvYS H.V
! Li-ave Mae m 8:30 it m
Arrive 1*01 .leMin, ut J..*up, 0:45 pm
e 8:110 (i m
\riivt* ut Itniiinvvi. k, 10:30 p in
tl' HIV I'AH KM.KH T* AIN (SUXUAYH XX
Leav«* UKPTKD.)
UniiiMvioli 2 :15 a ni
Aft iv hi .le* up, 4:45 a m
L"trve le up. Ii.! 5 n in
Arrive at Macon, 6.00 p m
n\ w'iiinsvii,i k Accommodation (-kndavs
I.(*«»* Macon, JlXCKPiKD.)
\irivf MawKinsville, 3:80 p in
at 7:00 p io
I '•■.v<* ll.uvliiu-villo, 7:15
At Mt Vi|ti'ii|| i in
iivi* 11:00 a iu
|
'I lie down day pax-engrr n-d i xpress
i l, ""t* o ak)* cio c connection with trains
of Allantio in it Gulf railroad at J<*»up for
train connect* la Josup for
at Macon for points North,
J AS. W. R 0 DERT 8 ON.
General SuperiUi lelml,
Cffiltml V L U LI tU T? XtaiirOdCl. oil rl
(dwi li t ^cmiirNDgin'i Oki-ice, )
8 avnuii«li, November ’
1 , |S 73 , v
(A N ‘ n< ' ,, r 2n * 1 >«»■“ »•.
^ 9 I’a-i.'ii^er traina on (hr Georgia 4 *. n
* * n ’ Railroad, its branches and coninctiotis
I will run «* follows :
IU 41 N MO 1 —OUIKU NCKtll AfiD we t.
I .eaves Savannah 8:15 a III
, Lvhvvs Anaic-ta y.u7i a tn
Arrivv- iu Vugu-la 4.oti p id
Arrives l„ MilledgeviR, Hunt pill
Arrives in Eal.uitou lh.v.pm
Arnves iu .Maeon
1 Leaven Macnii for Columbus
1 l.fMveg Viet'ou for Eiihgl*
i l.f.vin Macon fa* Atlaiua
j Aii ivc# at i oiiitubus
Arilves ill Kul'au.a
| Arr.veg m AiUuia
u in 4 i s^eiii and rast.
| l «*vi » At aiiia IS;:
i Leave* t'otum'dia
L*' 11 '*'* Kulaula 7 2ap m
in Mmcoh from Atlanta
•' l " v,> s ut M icon fieiu Colu nbu* | io “
A in Maeou ; m
,r >'fR Irom Enfaula
| Mut4‘-ui ills::
A vivo* Augusta
ut August* 4,0 ,,,
* vines at 8 ivaiumh
r.'J i j. m
IUaIS NO. - —Uot>il Non 111 am* wk-t.
Leaves 8 av«i imh 7 to P m
Leave* Augusta
, _ ’| Vl " in Augusta •
Arrives in M eon M-Oarn
Maeou lor 4'olmubu* •* -0 a m
Leave* Viacou fen EttfauU , „,
Leave* Maeon H ,,
tor .vtlaut
.an i» ■ * in v'oUttnbus
!,’* ' » »i«>ns •» o',:::
1 Msoou from Attsu’s
u» \Ucou irt.m Columbu* 7 c;,,,
Am earn from fcafcuU ,«s P n,
L«*es M»i un
Arrive* at Mile geville \ltlZ
Arrives iu Lsi< utou
Leave* Au.uMa l, Pt it si! t n ,
Arrive* iu Augusta
drnvs in '*vaneah -“:16 am
, 7*1 ^ ha v 7 r^a, . h , cw stoiptuf * » thto-gh on y .rain 4t t whole , ,be
.
t
V ‘ d
t.e ^lLrttKVd a^i R
IrJ Milledfrriils K*tomon
“ fa ‘ ,#
i G«s*r»i su^.uj-tdent,
[b’or The Times ami Planter.]
Tlie Soldlei’i Trick.
A RoWier gray n» 1«tie prison bound
Do via ted himself a g ant;
And sin*king thru’ the cook yard ground
lie boldly stood defiant.
•‘I II not strike you in turn,” he said,
‘ To this ih< ro’s eo denial;
My jacket I will open wide,
And give to each a trial.’’
A tnnu < f no stupendous size,
'lha gazing ciowd did spy him ;
Dui feared a trick 'ry in disgui e,
And therefore would not try him.
At las' young footer swore with vim
That he could lay him double :
“You dunce, with your GoliaU whim,
I’ll put you into trouble.”
“All right.” the giant quick replied,
I’ll “I’ll put you to the satisfied, test sir;
warrant you’ll be sir.”
tome hit me iu the breast,
Poor Cooler drew his heavy fi-t,
And struck with a 1 his power ;
lie broke his thumb and sprained iris wrist
While blood poured iu a shower.
The eager V r ng ah ud did sliout
At this po >r. silly Cooler ;
While giant from his shirt pulled out
A broad, thi-'k plate of poster,
Stuvwyx
Crawfordville, Ga.
A TLIIPKIUM K STORY.
BY S. B. TROSTLE.
In the little village of -, not
many miles Dora Loudon, in old Eng¬
land, lived at the commencement of
this story, a widow and her daughter,
tin- heroine of this sketch.
William Baxter was a man of good
standing, mid a man of many noble
qualities, when lie married Miss Eva
Johnson. Mb was esteemed by his
companions for his honesty, upright,
no* s and his gentlemanly bearing.
For a tew years after their union, ev¬
erythin;: went as raetry ss a marriage
bell. But, all! the time is coining
when the demon, intemperance, will
steal into that happy home, bringing
poverty, rem rse and shame.
\\ illiuin Was a blacksmith by trade,
and iiis walk to and from the shop led
past a hotel, where many of his com¬
panions were wont to assemble. They
had tiicd various means to induce Bax¬
ter to join them, but, lor a long time,
without success. But one evening as
he was on bin Way home from his shop,
wlnie passing the hotel, he was inct by
one of his c mipanions, who thus accost
0 1 him,—
‘Say, Baxter, won’t you coruo along
in and have something to drink? It is
too Lard, woikiug ail day as you do
without having something to lreshcn
you up in the evening. Dome now ami
oblige.”
•>!■*, thank y< u,’ replied Baxter, ‘l
d >n't diink, besides l ieel hotter with¬
out i\’
‘But j 1st come this once,’ said Iiis
friend, and if it hurt- you I will pay the
doctor.”
Being thus persuaded, ho entered the
tavern and had something to drink —
The next evening was the tame thing,
and he continued to go on until he be¬
came a confirmed drunkard.
lie and Iiis companions mot night af¬
ter night at the hotel, where they en
gaged in swallowing tho poison which
was taking away their wit, their senses
and tho money out of their pockets,
whith should have been used in sup
polling tin ir families, which were in i
all almost starving condition, taking
their souls down to icrdition, down to
the lowest hell! Oh, if men would
have courage to resist the first tenipta
tion, their would be far less sin and
suffering in the world
But we must return to our story.
William Baxter did not meet his wile
with a smile and a kiss as he did in
days belere, hut ou the contrary, angry
words a ed sometimes even curses fell
from his tips. Ah, what a sotrowlul
time was this to poor Eva. She some
sometimes times s«t up ui-til o’clock, eleven, waiting twelve and j
cue anxious
ly f r, yet dreaoiug her husband’s com
ing ■
Hue evening, as she *at thus, she
saw four nu n coming slowly up the
fr
!’ ‘,° r ’ ^ uu ck * C,,se 0,s a,1<1 almost
h.'t'le-s to the . floor. 0
l ’“ r I'”" Io 7’ wo «‘ ks sit by
the bedside of the | sufferer . and attend
”nk u, ,.: l T7“
l * rt •' lu i' 1 ’ for , ‘ 1 ®' iIe Jled
‘
c nnli.rhcr a.alh, Mr.
Ba.t. r t«.-ivc.l . J j
I*"”. !-, tr ; .mi a near rM ,-ive who died
ni; V M r ^ was ,tsh0 «-reatheip
1 . ha.e wasena '
’.'I' her .-.ueer,-pa,r,J which
u h;tliy , needed, 1 r 1 Liter had let tv
V «
cibi 01
iu*o Who . wuoot strictly
Minti.e grew up to bo a very beanti
lul woman and was considered Die bell
‘I »hc vul.,ge. She was one on whom
'T* Iovcd 1 A ’ a '* d with
thorny 1 would fall in love at fir-t
sicht. Her huti. which she
wore „.,1 loc-ely hanging iWn or e r her
u rs.w m ot au.uUL -‘nut hr ° ,wn *
hcrftf,r.«T^raucT U cr o\>s ncarv the ie.e’ I^a, • f
to make one go into eesue ^
0 ***,™ ’^ing a stroll
s . the shady forest nearer home.
*he *« by a young gentleman who
* aa0t B6ar the
vU ago
Bowing courttotuly to h«r f he
ed on while she continued her walk.
Fred Warner lived in London, but
had come to this place to escape the
hot weather—if it woj possible—and
the monotony of the sales room, being
the junior paitner in the firm of '‘War¬
ner At Sons.” They carried on a ihriv
ing business, but now as he desired to
breathe the freali, pure country air, he
set out for--to take up his abode
with his auut for a season, where in
taking a walk in the grove fe met the
subject of this uaralive, and fell in love
at first sight.
Alter he had reached his abode and
his room, he sai down to think, il*
determined to get an introduction to
her, but how, that was the question that
puzzled his liis mind, hut he was to have
There hopes realized before he expected.
was a ball to be given by one
of the elite of the village, and Minnie
and Fred were among the guests.
Early iu the evening the ball-room
was beginning to be crowded with
guests, while sweet music rose and fell
on the still night air, and while couples
could be seen strolling b«ek and tnrtli,
out ou the veranda and through the
gardens enjoying themselves before tbe
dance commenced, Fied determined to
obtaiu an introduction to the bell of
the occasion, Miss Minnie Baxter.
w dking up to Frank Leister, be
desired bim to introduce him, which
request was readily grantei.
‘Hut,’ said be, ‘be catelul that you do
not lose your heart ; ii you do your
case will be pitiable.”
‘Why so?’ asked Fred.
‘.She is a coquette snd can play her
role to pci lection. After aliuring you
on to the ‘popping poin‘,’ she will re
ject you as she has others, myself not
excepted,’ replied Fiank sadly. ‘You
lua y ho encouraged by her winning
smiles,’ continued ho, ‘until you pro.
pose to her, and then she will cast you
oft to brood over year misfortune at
leisure. Again, 1 tell you, beware.'
‘1 will mind that part.’ said Fred,
smiling.
After au introduction, Fred led her
to a seat and commenced couveising
with her iu a lively manner. As an¬
other ret formed for the dunce, Fred
said—
'Will you not grant me a favor, by
becoming my partner in the dance ?’
‘Certainly,’ replied Minnie, but y ou
inav lini mo a pretty dull partner.’
But he did not find her to be a dull
partner, but a together agreeable.
Fr d was, by this time, ‘over head
and cars iu love, hut the words of
Fiank Leister still ■ ^• ud
iu uom/ *71
learn if she was the heartless coquette
she was represented t o he. If so, he
would try and smother his love.
While conversing with her after the
dat'CC, Fred overheat d seme one whis¬
per, who had got the ‘cut’ himself—
‘That Fred Warner, the London chap,
will he caught in the toils of that wo¬
man ; she will fix him as she fixed uie,
and ail the rest of the fellows ; she
will draw him into the snare which she
has prepared lor him, and then when
he asks her for her ham), she will in¬
dignantly refuse him.’
All this Fred heard, hut he did not
despair. Ho accompanied her to her
home and had a long talk with her at
the gate lie bid her good night,and
then lUuined to h.s owu lodging, went
to bed, tut not to sleep, so bo.-y was
he thinking of Minnie, and what he
hud heard ot her in the ball room.
When Fred parted from Minnie in
evening, she invited him to call agaiu,
an invitation he readily accepted.
Accordingly, on the following after¬
noon he made his promised call on her,
and she welcomed him with a smile,
Fred could not help remembering
Frank Leister’s words concerning her,
‘You may be encouraged by her win
nin g smiles until you propose to her,
a, 'd then she will east you off to brood
over your fortune ut leisure,' but he
banished these thoughts and theu walk
ed into the parloi.
Mm „ seemed more lovely in her snow
white dress and purple ribbon, tied
...... -*
P “
announced that tea was ready.
‘Indeed is it so late?’ asked Fred.
You see how quickly time flics when
we have good earn, any. Well, I must
r'T-•" has happened r to l me.’
‘O' 1 - 11 J u will ha?c to stay and
t»l» te. with n, Xow won t yon» 1
hnow you will ,o please me.’
H>h, I would do much more than
’hat to please you.’ replied Fred, and as
he said this, he raised hi ( eyes to ben.
She readily understood this glance, and
Fmd noodaetnd ft.
.
E“ : f :
^er\aut parsed wint* around. T ins
wm done bytb« tmtt
quest. When
she offered the glass S to Fred
he modestly declined.
driik.nj.hi»-Jtw ‘N 0 thank vou’-ridh- ;*r thij «t^r- ‘I neivr
B i~ ‘ r
'} **!?}*?>* 1' 1 1 bw “ ,w . b « *het, .
*
irJ "* ^P 1 ^* 0
? tD ’ J " 0 Lie0 ™
accUsL . med to it, and so go on from bad
iUTan S? flil? ‘ ^ ^ ^
iutoxteat^ H„ thf irfnk “ ^ toag* | hJlTfit?
Fred,‘Look not sorfpl said *
not upon the wine when
IJ** wLen Jt
-Minnie smiled pleasantly, for she
gained her point—what that point was
we shall sec hereafter.
Alter tea they again returned to the
I arlor. Fred was determined to know
Ids fate. >So after seating himself be
side her, and managing to get bold of
her bands said—
‘O Minnie, you doubtless know that
1 love you. Yes, Minnie, 1 love you
bett r than my own life. Will you be
my wife ? Oh, say yes, for my future
happiness life depends upon ii, whet her it is to be
or whether it is to be dark¬
ness and ilispair.’
You see he had forgotten his promise
to Fiank Leister, ‘I will mind tint
part —but he had so fallen in love with
her that he was excusable.
She ra.eed her eyes to his and whis
pcied— 1
’ es.‘
•
He pressed her to liis heart and
showered ki ses upon her—we will not
say how many, it would be useless.
That evening while strolling through
the garden with Minnie, Fred told her
what he had heard concerning her.
‘But I could not exactly believe it,'
said Fred. ‘I could uo. believe that my
Minnie, my future wile, could be so
heartless.’
‘l’art of it is true rejoined Minnie.
She then told him of her father’s
drunkenness, of his downward course,
and lastly, of his wretched death.
have ‘Concerning the m ny suitors that 1
tell east off, it is true, but wait until l
you the reason. I resolved by the
Itelp of Heaven, never to promise to
marry a man who indulged in strong
drinks of any kind. That resolution I
have kept. All of my suitors hereto
lore have never refused to drink wbeu
it was offered them, and when asked to
marry any of them, the resolution L had
taken compelled me t> ref’uso. That
is the reason that l have been the sub
ject of scindal. And now, Fred, I hope
you will stick to your promise.’
Fred promised uever to break it as
long as life would last.
By this time it was getting late, so
after a kiss and a good-night he depart¬
ed. But before! he left, the marriage
day was set, which was to take place in
a month, so that Fred could return to
his duties taking h;s wife with him.
‘Did you hear the news?’ asked Jen
nie Lee of Frank Leister, about two
weeks after the abovo had happened.
‘What! did you hear that Minnie
Baxter is going to marry Fred Warner ?
Who would have thought it! One
would hardly believe that she intend¬
ed to marry 11 all. but only lived to
break men's h arts.’
■ier, l imvo tiu.nU it,’ .aid griintt,
whose heart was still sore, over his own
refusal. But time, which cures all
heart wounds, brought* him telicf, and
in the love ot another woman ho w as
able to forget his regard lor Minnie.
A few years later the reader by en
ttring a pretty house in Loudon, could
have seen a happy family. The mem¬
bers of that family were Fred Warner,
Iiis wife, and a little boy which the pa¬
rents were determined to bring up to
regard strict temperance principles, as
the only mle of action through life.
Let other women take the same re¬
solve that guided Minnie in the choice
of a husband, and it trill not be many
year- before ‘local option’’ laws will
not be needed, and drunken husbands
will be unknowii iu our laud.
The* l.ig liliilng-ltoi! Man's Mis¬
take.
Up in Blos-burg, the other day, a
lightning rod man drove up in front of
a handsome edifice standing in the
midst of trees and shrubs, and spoke to
Air. Summers, who was sitting on the
steps in front, ilo accosted Summers,
as tlie owner of the residence, and said:
“1 see you have no lightning rods ou
this house.”
“No,” said Summers.
“are you going to put any on ?”
“Well, I hadn't thought of it,” rc
plied Summers.
to. A tall building
like this is very much exposed. I’d
like to run ycu up one of my rods ,
111 "7
i. ^=:ra: sjsjs js
' bad his ladders up, and his assistants at
wo.k ; and. at tbe end ot that time,
woik was done. Uo called Sum
mere out into the yard to admire it.
u ts'l':??r\r
' ^ " w ' ’bat is all well „ enou.h , ; but ,
tl , it was my lions... Til hate another
rod put on tho oth.r side. Them i
| llk e being protected thorough
- *„ JJ?* T , . . . % >» • i Su « ™ s ?
w I „
,‘J 1 * Ut u ? mother-shell ! ,, . „ I . ,, ? ask- ,
,
or —. ir yd. think
went . *
i,”‘ : ’ ? i: ■J -
H both 8t .
4 l,ke such a man as you are-lug- |
lardown S'Jnf?!' for a gord « l0t , atr tbrng j‘i d t0 There’s ‘ io
1! ^ 1
, Za S 1 * P “ l U e0B t - ,c
m ' te on that bouse, one on the
| north . end and one ou the south, lor ai
i “ lt «“»ke things safer, I sup
pose,’’ said Summers.
^ ??*''*■« l-**ey •<>» Id. Id letter do
" ^ “ 5d
W
So the man run up two more rods,
and then he came down, and said to
Summers :
“Ihere, that's done , now let’i settle
up.’
‘ Do what ?’’
I’ll “Why, the job’s finished, and now
take my money.”
‘ Yon don’t expect mo to pay you, I
hope ?’*
“Of course 1 do. Didn’t you toll me
to put thoso rods 011 your house ?”
“My house !” slioutod Summers.
“Thunder and lightning ! I never or
defed you to put those rods up It
would nave been ridiculous. Why,
man. this is tho Court House, and L’111
Imre wailing for tlie Court to assemble.
You seem to bo anxious to rush out
your rods, and, as it was no j of my
business, l let you go on. Pay lor it !
Come, n 'W, that’s pretty good.”
The Blossburg people say that the
maimer in which that lightning-rod
man tore around town, and swore, was
fearful. But when ho got his rods off
He the Couit House, he lift peimaucutly.
dt esn’t fancy the place.
[From the Macon Telegraph ]
The Civil Righi* Bit!.
The Courier Journal of Saturday)
writes a long and earnest protest against
the passage ot this bill, as fraught with
unto.d evils to both races. Wo copy
the following paragraph :
‘ We say to the arrogant and unre
fleeting majority in Congress, that they
are mukii g a fatal mistake. They are
willfully and with the most diabolical
purposes, intent upon exciting a hos¬
tility > which will prove perilous to
tho class whoso welfare they falsely
profess to promote. It is idle for them
to dui in that perfect social equality is
iu any way necessary for the well-being
oi the colored race in this country.—
They box are already equal at the ballot
; they are equal before the law.
They are in every souse equal to the
white race politically. They are cligi
lie to office. Their testimony is ac
cepted before juries in every State iu
the Union. Their rights are recogniz¬
ed by every judicial tribunal in the
country. Their property and persons
education are secure. They have schools for the
of their children. They have,
in short, all those privileges which leg¬
islation can properly conicr. Then
why should tho welfare of the white
race be now sacrificed ami those rights
ol the colored race which are now so*
cured and peaceably enjoyed be im¬
periled, by this arbitrary enactment of
a law w Licit will excite the rankest
an ^ most dangerous hostility to the
class which is thus thrust forward
against natural prejudices that bristle
with belig ( rency ? Can it be supposed
• tint a Ihht wlib-li viriHalfy oyorturus tho
entire common school sysrrm of edu¬
cation iu Kentucky will meet with ap
pi oval ? Is it possible for a poor man
to be told that he must educate hir« chil¬
dren in the society of negroes or not at
without having his feelings deeply
and dangerously t ou lied ? And can it !
be tint there is a .nun in Congress who
is so insane that he does not know this
-not that every clause in ,1,1s iufa
mous bill is a fire-brand that will in
flame the most violent passions which
have ever convulsed u people 1 1 ?’’
... Weave ready . with . almost
to agreo
anything which may be said in depre
cation o, this measure, but it is not a
question which will he determined at
all by argument and right reason. The
same considerations which unconstitu
tionally imposed negro suffrage on the
. v ’U*es > will probably force this and
other subsequent tnea-u.es of; kindied j
character ou the people —that is to say,
a desperato party greed lor African !
votes. But wo doubt not the 1’rovi
deuce of God will overiule the wicked
ness of nun for the bust interests of the
race of civilization on this continent.
These laws wi 1 not only be utterly pow
erless to enforce a social intermixture
of whites and blacks, but they will in¬
evitably produce a greater divergence
a,, d a more settled antagonism, and ul
Ornately without a complete aegrega
ti<m. They will sharpen competition
*« antagonism and drive the weaker
mce to the wall ull the sooner.
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rf K‘“Anr 2 :
L peo{ | e It hTdld would^bankrunt w^FJ New Y< rk
Paris to th« «» tL P 1 L-teat vs„
Vh . U ot China is :
, w a E
W aB of th« world Itso.tv Vot
H , one or T wo I110 deru carriages
rosy J S r,... l.r, c-ach el^ other on the turns “u wi.oln it "h
h J throonliout
)en „ th> vi ,h convenient staircases, but
tresses, and garrison-houses at every
quarter of . mile, and rums, not by cut
ting ' through hills and raising valleys, 1
b(Jt oT .. r the utltvcn cre sts ofthe mean
-«* ^ •*
3 ?
thou^^nd tlmn it cost to build
ve thousand miles of railroads
in lbe L ‘ nited states. What a com
mentarv upon tbe human intellect to see
t his utilitarian enterprise, so necessary,
aud effective two thousand years »go,!
cumbrance ’*ow not merely useless, but an incum- !
and « an ob-truction obstruction. :
1 ~
lt .. ls ■«ton.sh«og . Low . rapidly . a young
. will chance when lady
man s emotion a
-‘-es her waist from Lis encircling
arm, by inserting about on 3 inch
befLa * r P l “ inlt ‘
‘•Escaped the bullets of the enemy
to Le :i"as*inated by a cowurdly piq—
a kind'husband, the inscription an affectionate father,”
:s on a tombstone in
Coiumb.a^ Tcau.
NO. 20.
The Siiirtl <>l 4'lilv >lry.
At a meeting recently held in Au
gusta to organize a Board for the South
ern Life 111suranee Company, Ccn. A.
II. Colquitt made a splendid speechi
It was earnest logical, suggestive and
convincing There was no piling on
of the agony, no wind mill gesticula¬
tion, no attempt to rival the fury of
the litical l’ythnn, no petty tricks of the po¬
atist. demagogue or tin; religious dram¬
Every statement was us clean
cut Rtt a cameo ; every movement Was
natural; evety word impreisive. Til#
listener was particularly struck with
the body of thought iu repose, and thtt
sincerity as an intripid spirit, under
the sovereign control of a hoa'thy rea¬
son. Among the‘truths enunciated by
this noble gentleman and bravo hero,
and none applause was more Wu rthy of perpetuation
than his appeal for the
Southern people to retain their pride of
character, their chivalry—the one glo¬
rious thing left them amid a multitude
of disasters,and the one thing, too, that
no machination of man can destroy/
but which may be lost by a surrender
and u suicide whan more than blood is
spilt .—Augusta Constitutionalist.
A Granger's Dream —The Lainark
Gazette, a staunch Granger paper, pub¬
lishes the following, winch is too good
to be lost :
‘A Granger dreamed that lie died }
he went straight to the spirit world |
he knocked at the gate of the New Je¬
rusalem and it was opened unto him.
I he hooks were opened. He was asked.
‘Did you ever belong to any secret so¬
ciety V to which lie replied : ‘I did—
to the he Grangers. ‘Then, sir, you can¬
not admitted—depart.’ tlie bottomless Ho then
went to pit, where the
same devil, questions were again asked by the
After and again he was told to depart.
he was gone a little way off, ho
WHS accosted by the homely ruler of
the pit, when the following propositions
were made : ‘Stranger,^ sail Nick, ‘1
will not admit you here ; they do not
want you in heaven; but l will sell yotf
two hundred barrels of brimstone for
cash, ten per cent off, and you can start
a little bell of your own, with uo agents
ot middle men.’’
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Always Lover 3-—Married people
should treat each other like lovers all
their lives—then they would be happy.
break Bickering and quarreling would 000
oil love affairs; consequently lov*
CIS indulge in such only to a very 11m—
ittrl extent. But some people—nictf
and women both—when they have one#
y..t iiii.i rii-.l ijijiik (liny ma y ilo jnat u*
they please, and it will make no differ¬
ence. all They make a great mistake. It
the difference in the .worlL
Women should grow more devoted and
J n « r » fond after marriage, if they
1,A ' e ,Il ° ,dca ol “W
. ,,J ,,u sb , nd .
"? J*™ “ “ *' 1 « ,0 f». D g
^ ,* l ° liU, * dr , , f 1 d . * ? a tmth w, ii ch
a mM " M !*? wife who
W0 “ d never think . of breathing a har.h
B ° rd % m “ w<;clhe f > 5 a » d a
Mile will be glum and morose on lief
husband’s return, wlio had only smile*
words of cheer for him when ho
washer suitor. How can such peep
pl c expect to be happy ?
Newspaper Auvbutisinu. —News¬
paper advertising is now recognized by
men, having faith in tluir own
wares, as the most effective moans for
. . L , wide
8< i c ul,n ” tir K 00< a reeog
. r their , .
n,lJ ' ,n merits,
Newspaper advertising impels inqui
r y> a °d when the article offered is of
K 0rtd finality stud at a lair price, tho
natural result is increased sales,
Newspaper advertising is a pcrrarf
neut addition to the reputation of the
goods advertised, because it is a per
tnauent influence always ut work in
their interest.
Newspaper advertising is the most
energetic and viirilant of salesmon : ad
dressing thousands each day always in
the advertiser’s interest, and ccaselest
^
-
OuSDtENCEiN ■ r HlLURLN. . TT I nquc»
. olnidtenco demand
we must
r ° m ^ f ° r hcr oWU 8 ” IC ' y ’ ?
“ ja N, oft « n be a . of l,to and
L
? t or tij, ows « w «y something
wlllctl , • ohclois , m . her . haml m.toad of
thin ',wlV° | "‘p h«r mouth. But l, a . not
the untrained asschbJan will to immeises ri"Mfiil\uthoritv i'ni^lSi
ami
The J mother “ TZs who cannot "limner train her duuzh- litter
c s to ob were
ZZZZZZ S^MtS
tiunrls of* the unAmtAa enenucs of i»».„ L w and onr i order.
[JAu A. C. BtatkeU.
Mr. Gladstone tells his private ae—
< l ua,ntance . ’’bat lie regrets having gif
« little, fOM«y he, yeara to politics. “How
;. said politics the other day to an ads
mire « do effect the life, tho
moral life, of a nation! Onesingta
g(M( j book influences tlie people 1 1 a vuf
deal d more tC ' ”
A literal minded youngster was pick
ed up by a visitor of tLe family, who,
daodfing him oa his knee, said: “I wish
l had this little boy; L think there is
money in him/* To which prompt!/
l capon'led the child: “I know there ia,
for I swallowed a cent when I was ai
^raudma’s the other day,”
