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VOLUME V.
THE BUGLE HORN.
A BLAST FROM TilK (.KOIUiIA PHI
LOSOPII IK.
Some Reflections and Other Things—A
Few Mistakes Corrected- The Ne
cessity of Serenity About
Gaorge Nelson Tester-
Doctor Felton’s
Chapel.
Editor* Constitution:
Lookin' unon you as vigilant sentinels
upon the watolitowcrs of freedom, it is
every man’s duty to keep you posted.
The universal diffusion of knowledge
ought to he the aim of every good news
paper, and if you don’t know everything
yourselves, why 1 suppose you must pick
up a little hero and a little there and man
ufaktcr some, and then mix it up together
and spw it broad cast and trust to Provi- j
denee for a crop. Times used to he when
only a few knowed what was goin’ on, and
the balance was left pi ignorance, and had
all the work to do, but every now and
then a smart feller would crop out above
the weeds and get ahead in spite of all
obstacles. Such was Henry Clay, and
Joe Brown, and Luster. But nowadays i
mankind arc giftin' more and more alike, j
and the time will come when one man will 1
have as fair a chance to know everything j
as another man, if not more so, and then j
the race for a living, and for fame and I
power will 'oe even all around, and it will
he nip and tuck between ’em and nobody
Sit very much ahead. Then the human
race will develop like blooded stock and
the scrub will disappear and everybody
he a Lexington or a shanghai or a Berk
shire or a Jersey, and all be the same
size and color, and have the same kind of
a nose and mouth and eyes; and the
women will all be so purty and so much
alike that there won’t be much choice be
tween ’em, and the boys can marry the
first one that conies along and not get
worsted. That blessed time is cornin’,
Lut it ain’ come yet, by a long sight; and
nothin’ hastens it more than the dif
lusiou of knowledge by good newspapers.
1 remember when a sharp man could set
up a store at the cross roads and sell goods
for two hundred percent —when a lawyer
could take half a man’s land tor defendin'
the title —when a doctor charged SSOO for
cutting a rock out of a man —when no
body hut rich folks could ride in a buggy,
or wear boots and store clothes and linen
b isoms and uiu.Jin and palpitatin’ lace,
and cook on a stove, and have glass win
ders and orchards and flowers and book
music; but now most everybody does, and
it’s gittin’ more and more so, and tbo race
is improvin’ and gettin’ smarter, and if'
some folks would just quit lyin’ and slan
derin’ 1 would be satisfice with human
progress and think we was all on the way
to a speedy millennium. Wouldn't you?
1 know the press is doin’ a power of work
in the land, but there's a heap more to be
done, The people are waitin’ for light.
A man come by my huu. c yesterday
with a load of chickens, and when I axd
him about politiks he said k was mighty
tight in his settlement between Luster
and Parks Bell, but he thought Luster
was a loetlo ahead; and when I axd him
where he lived lie said in Pickens. An
other man told me he seed a man who
wa3 on the grand jury this week and ho
told him that they took the vote in tbo
jury room and 10 of the jury was for Fel
ton and 12 for Luster, and when I re
marked it wos an oncommou large jury be
said he reckon’d the judge put on some
extras on account of the weather; and
this mornin’ a follow come a'ong and
after a chat said be was for me and was
gwine ro vote for me, and when I told
him I wasent a candidate he ax t me if my
name wasent Arp, and said it was norated
up at Pine log that I was a runnin’ for
Congress. Before ho left be tried to
borrow a half a doll, r to buy some medi
sine for a sick child.
Now that's what’s the matter, Mr.
Editor; some of tho unmitigated have got
it reported that I’m a candidate, and the
Felton idolizers have set into abusin' me
like I was a thief, and before the race is
over they’ll have me mighty mgh as moan
a man as Luster. I can stand it, and have
stood it so long that ids become sorter my
normal condition, as the say in’ is, but it
ain’t fair, for there’s no set o2' at all. I
ain’t got any of Dr. Felton's thirty
thousand dollars, nor any hopes of what
Luster is to get hereafter. I wish the
newspapers would let the people know
whose the issue is. [ reckon my friend
Willingham does know, but while he
is foolin’ around somewhere, his printer
lets in all sorts of stuff, as if I was a run
nin’. One of his correspondents puts
forth eleven conundrums to me about gold
C-i?
rings, jest as though l kept a jewelry store
and he signs his name Bill Arp dr. Now,
my juniors are all present or accounted
for, and they are all Luster boys to tho
backbone, and one of ’em is named after
him; and 1 didn’t know I had any stray
ones a runnin’ about loose and unmarked,
but ir there are its a fraud, and I don’t
wonder they have turned up on the wrong
side.
Another feller, who thinks I’m a can
didate, comes out with a whole lot of un
mitigated, and abuses mo for runn'n’ a
Sunday school in Dr. Felton’s chapel.
Well, that do settle it. That feller wants
light. I never was nigher to the chapel
than the big road in my life, but sposo 1
was, Mr. Muttonhead, what's that got to
do with Luster, and wlint. are you goin’
to do about it? I reckon you got your
slanderin’ from that crazy Amazon whom
everybody pities and nobody believes, and
who has been for years tryin’ to rnjajqto
society down to her standard. AlloW'n,..
to inform you that my friend Win. Pink
ney Smith, alias l’eckerwood, who lias a
red head and a big heart, is runnin’ that
school, and if you’ll come over he’ll teach
you tho ton commandments, and maybe
you’ll find out there’s two of ’em mighty
hard down upon lyin’. I'm sorry for you
and at! such, for when you die and knock
at tho gate, and St. Peter asks you what
made you vote agin Luster, 1 suppose you
will say; “Because Bill Arprun a Sunday
chool in Felton’s chapel.” My poor,
unfortunate fellow-man, what do you
reckon would Wiome of you then? Now,
I want all these mistaken people to under
stand that the man who is runnin’ against
Dr. Felton is (ieorgu Nelson Luster, tho
s*uie good and pure man that Dr. Felton
\to 4 years ago when ho declared
ii frlic that, “if the convention was to
Aibb /ate as good and pun 1 a man as (1.
and -'-ter 1 would ground arms and retire
to private file.” That’s the man. lie
fives down hero in Marietta and was .ap
pointed judge by Gov. (,’olquit over all tlu
pressure that Joe Brown could firing to
bear !br Jeems You -eo the Gov. diJu
know than that be had been steaiin’ and
plunderin’ and lie took it for granted that
Dr. Felton told tin: truth, and it was the
truth, and it’s the truth now, and will con
tinue to be when Luster gel: to ('on r.
for to Congress lie will go just asset tin as
the people get light and Lit •wle ige. And
then when this little race i over and all
of us settle down in the old channels and
the good doctor shakes off bis love for
Washington and concent,rales li - at! ction
once more upon the unpreteudin’cdaj.ei;
the nabors will rejoice and be glad, and if
me and my folks can’t get a front seat,
thou we’ll be content with :t back one, and
then that charity which is always kind
arid etidureth all ikings will prevail. If
some of us are such awful sinners, the
greater the need of a middle man, and
the work ougiucut to he done like an
epidemic, but wo ought to bo wound up
every Sunday, fixe a cl ick; and if the
doctor wanted to be ordained, why, every
body wifi vote for it —and if lie didn’t we’ll
take him on faith, je.sso, and then, maybe
the wheat crop would turn out better,
and the peaches will hit, and the summer
r ius will come, and everything be lovely,
and everybody calm and serene.
When I take in these butiful prospects
l wish there wasn't but one side to this
hi-ness, and that was our side; but then,
agin, when 1 bear of some sweet morsel
of slander a goin’ around the charm is
broken, and I feel like cxclamiu’ in the
elegant language of Willingham: “Why,
hung it! can’t the champagne be honestly
conducted? I think so; but don’t take
too much of it this weather, my boy.
Your friend,
Bill Arp.
P. B.—Tell my friend Cox to hurry up
bis fair. A few good horse races would
divide the excitement and tone down our
people smartly. The doctors say they
must have a “counter irritant” to prevent
brain fever, but Saui Morgan says that’s
what’s the matter —;hey are taking too
much counter irritant. B. A.
I’EAKt. OYSTERS.
Ordinarily the distinctive pearl-oyster
resembles the common sort, but is usually
about three inches in diameter; the pearls
are most generally contained in the shell,
but sometimes they are found in tho
thickest and most fleshy part of the
creature. A single oyster will frequently
contain several of these beautiful objects,
and it is on record that one has been
known to contain as many as 150. On
our American coast the species producing
; the pearl has long been found in the Gulf
| of California, adjoining both American
! and Mexican territory. These pearls are
! of excellent water, or lucidness, butgeu
erally irregular iu form.
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SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, AUGUSTS, 1878.
DEATH OF V I’OISONKU.
l Mrs. Lydia Shorman, 50years old, died
! in the Connecticut Stale pr! -on May 16.
! She was tried in 1572 for poisoning her
husband, found guilty, and sentenced for
fife. After her conviction, she oonfes- ed
that she had poisoned her first and third
husbands, and six children. Sho said
that her first husband became discouraged
at loss o*’employment, grew melancholy,
and it was suggested to her that it would
bo better to j ut liim out of the way, as ho
would never be good for anything. 1..
quiring how this was to bo done, she was
told to get some nisenio and mix it with
his food. She did so. Some time after
his death she concluded that two of her
children would be better off if they were
dead, and she poisoned them. Another
child was taken sick and as he did not
recover speedily, she became discouraged,
grew tired of waiting upon him, and
poisoned him. Next a daughter went in
tV-e same way. Her oldest daughter died
soon after, but Mrs. Sherman denied
giving her anything hul what the doctor
ordered.
About a year afterwards, she married
her second husband, who lived only four
teen or fifteen months. Sho said, “I
never gave him anything to cause sick
ness, though there may have been arsenic
mixed with the salicratus which he put
into the eider.” A few mouths nfti -
ward she married Mr. Sherman, a widow
er. Ilis babo was quite sickly. After they
had been married about two months ho
remarked that he wished the babe would
die, as be could then got rid of his first
wife's mother. Sho put arsenic in some
milk, and gave it to tho babe. She had
some property, and she allowed Mr.
Sherman to take a part of the income, i!e
did not pay bis debts with it, as he had
proposed to her. lie became dissipated.
Ilis oldest daughter was taken sick. One
morning while the doctor was there, Mr.
Sherman asked Mrs. Sherman for some
money to pay the doctor. Sue said that
she would pay the doctor herself. Mr.
Sherman became angry, and left the
house. She says, “That made me foci so
bad that 1 was tempted to do as i had
done before.” She yielded to die. tempt a
(ion and put arsenic in the sick girl’s tea.
Her husband went on from bad to worse,
spending her money for liquor, whenever
lie could got bold of it, and she finally
poisoned him. Suspicion was then
aroused. When arrested for murder, she
laughed at the officer. When the verdict
of tbo jury, “Guilty of murder in the
second degree,” was read, she madosome
common place remark, and sat down.
She showed remarkable power of self
control.
MAXIMS SSV IUIN.IA W'N mmi.s.
Many f xcs grow grey, but few grow
good.
Presumption first blind, a man and then
sets him running.
Drink does not drown care, hut waters
it and makes it grow faster.
Having been poor is no shame, hut
being ashamed of it is.
The wiso man draws more advantage
from his enemies than the fool from his
friends.
Keep ccnscicnce clear, then never fear.
Strive to he the greatest man in your
country and you will he disappointed;
strive to be tho best and you may suc
ceed.
Honest Tom! You may trust him with
a houseful of untold millstones.
There is no man so bad, but ho secretly
respects tho good.
Courage would fight but discretion won’t
let him.
We are not so sensible of tho greatest
health as of the least sickness.
A good example is the best sermon.
A quiet conscience rests in thunder, but
rest and guilt live far asunder.
He that won’t be counseled can’t bo
helped.
Wiitc injuries in dust, benefits in
marble.
What isdererving God? 'Tis doing good
to man.
Time enough always proves little
enough.
He that cannot bear with other people’s
passions cannot govern his own.
He who by the plow would thrive,
himself must either hold or drive.
An ingenious water faucet, through
which water is drawn as cold as ice, is the
invention of a Californian. Boiling water
placed in any receptacle and allowed to
run through, will be found cool and fit to
drink. The fi.ucot contains numerous !
small tubes enclosed in larger ones, and
between the outside of one and the inside
of the other certain chemicals are packed
which produce tho desired effect.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Tilt; WAV : M>S Edit EDUCATIONAL
1*1! REUSES SHOULD ISK RAISED.
An increase of tho appropriation for
public schools will undoubtedly be one of
tbo subjects that will claim the attention
of the next legislature. Among the plans
which have been suggested to augment
the funds available for that purpose, that
of collecting an additional tax on liquors
by the n o of the Moffett register, seems
to us tho best. The register lias been used
in Virginia longer than in any other State,
and (lie returns made so far indicate that
tho revenue to tho State will be nearly
double what it has been under former
methods of taxing liquor. The register
consists of a box S inches lrm r, -I inches
wide, and 4 inches high. On one side of
it is a glass face, under which are ix dials,
each about the sizo of a nickel, having ten
divisions marked upon it. At one side is
a crank, each revolution of which moves
tho hand on one of tho dials over one
division. Tho hands on the dials are
moved by machinery inside, no that when
the hand on tho first dial has mado one
I entire revolution, the hand on the second
dial moves ovoi one division: tbo motion
i.- mmunicatod in the same way from
each di ' to the succeeding one, so that
the hand on the fimt dial makes one
movement for every revolution of the
crank; on tho second dial, ouo for ten
revolutions; on the third, one for a hun
dred; on the fourth, one for a thousand;
on the fifth, one for ten thousand; on the
sixth, one for a hundred thousand; so
that 990,999 revolutions of the crank can
be registered, while the next will put all
tho hands in the position in which they
were at first.
In Virginia “the law provides for four
kinds of licenses. A wholesale license
gives the privilege ol'selling not less than
five gallons. A whole aie and retail
license allows the dealer to sell one gallon
or mere. A retail license alone keeps
the limit wiJiin five gallons, and tho
liquor is not to he drunk on the premises,
but must be removed by the purchaser in
jugs, bottles, demijohns, or other vessels.
Tho fourth or most, important is what is
called a "barroom license.” The liquor
must he drank on the premises but the
bolder of a barroom license may also ob
tain a retail license by paying for the
same. The penalty fora violation of tho
provisions of the above section is a line of
not less than S2O nor more than SSOO,
and an imprisonment of not, less than one
month nor more than twelve months.
A man bo wants a barroom or retail
license must first apply to the County or
Corporation Court with a bond of from
$ 100 to $1,060. In ease of refusal lie can
carry the matter to tho Judge of the
Circuit Court, and no further. The
specific license tax is SSO in towns of
2000 or less inhabitants, and $ 100 in larger
places. The tax on each drink of alcoholic
spirits is 2{ cents, and half a cent for each
glass of malt liquor. Tho following table
is complete:
I .Vo. <>f j 7i/v. no <tf- I Tat' on
QUANTITY lifjiftli't/- vokotio. //- MuH
I Hour,. I t/uot k'. j /t.i/nor-t
Less than jpt 1 21 cents T 4 ot.
Half pint 1 2J cents | 4 et.
More than half
pint and less
iban I pint- 2 5 cents I ct.
One pint 2 5 cents 1 ct.
More than one
pint and loss
than 14 pints 2 7J cents
14 pints li 74 cents
More that 14 *
less than 2 4 10 cents
Two pints 4 10 cents
Half gallon— 8 |2ocents
One gallon 16 |4O cents
There is a proviso, however, that may
lessen the amount paid for the specific
licence. If in towns of 2000 or less, the
tax realized by the register amounts to
$25, that sum is allowed in tho payment
for a specific license; in other words, tho
applicant gets his license to sell for $25 a
year. Jn towns of more than 2000 in
habitants the seller is allowed SSO, pro
vided bis register marks that amount.
One-half the money for a license is°to he
paid when it is granted, and the balance
at the end of six months.
If a man wants both a retail and a bar
room license, he can secure them in the
usual manner for $75 in towns of less than
2'aiO inhabitants, and sls') in cities. The
rebate i. $37.50 in tho small towns, pro
vided the register turns in the amount,
and $75 in larger towns. The registers
are furnished by the county or city as
sessors, who procure them from tho
Auditor of Public Accounts. The dealers
are charged $lO for each instrument. At
the end of the month the assessor goes
around like a gas man, looks at the meter
ot indicator, examines it carefully to sec
that it has not boon tampered with, jots
down the ,r, t ■ ! of the tax, and departs.
Five days a 8 envied tho county or city
codootor appears presents his bill, and
recoit o the money.
If a barroom keeper or retail dealer
desire, to . 41 malt liquor under Ilis
license, do calls for a mall liquor register.
Ii he sells a glass of ale, he turns tho
little crank, the bell rings, and the indica
tor records it. If a. customer calls for
whiskey, the alcoholic register is rung,
and tbo drirflc recorded on tho dial. For
every wilful failure to perforin this duty,
i the dealer is subject to a tine of not less
1 than S2O . or more than 8100, one third
of which goes to the informer- Ti e
sureties of the dealer arc held responsible
for this fin , and it can be collected in ten
days by summary process. Druggists
selling liquor arc compelled to take out
retail licenses.
The tax is upon all liquors sold to others
than lie mis 1 dealers. It does not inter
fere with t!m trade. flic liquor dealer
pays no J:ux upon it when buying for sale.
It is only taxed at the point of consump
tion, and never belw on the trado. It is
perfectly tree until s.AJ to other than a
licensed dealer. The licensed who’ci-alo
dealer is requir. and bylaw to keep a record
of the names of his customers and their
purchases, and pays no tax on sales to
licensed dealers.”
A dealer is not likely to omit to register
a drink, as one-third of the line goes to
the informer, and lie would almost, cer
tainly be reported. Tho register must be
in plain sight, either on the counter or on
a shelf behind it. Every rssessor has a
book, in wliieli he records the name of
every licensed dealer. He then cuts out
the middle of tho name, and fastens it
inside of the look so as to cover the key
hole of the register, to prevent the dealer
from tampering with it.
PERILOUS ADVENTURE,
Tie: captain of a whaler gives tho follow
ing account of an adventure which came
very near being his last. in giving an
account of the seeidout and singularosiupo
he said that as soon as lie discovered that
the lino had caught in tho bow of the
boat he t liquid to clear it, and attempted
to throw it out from tho ebook, so that it
might run tree. In doing this, be was
caught by a turn round bis left wrist, and
bimsidf dragged overboard. He was
perfectly conscious while he was rushing
down with unknown force and swiftness,
and it appeared to him that his arm would
he torn from his body, so great was the
resistance of the water. He was well
aware of his : "rilous condition, and
that lilt; only sham n of fife was to cm. I be
fine. But !"■ . mild r. it remove hi.- right
arm In in bis si le, to which it v ■ • . ed
by tho for: l of tho 1 mieiit ihn eg Si which
it was drawn When lie first opened his
eyes, it appeared as though a stream of
fire was passing before them, but as fie
ds; slid.-1 it grew dark, and fie felt a
terrible pressure on his hinin, and a roar
ing of thunder in his ears. Yet he was
conscious of his situation and made several
efforts to reach his k. ife that, was in Ida
belt. At last he felt his strength failing
and his brain reeling; the lino, for an
instant, slackened; ho reached his knife,
and instantly that the line became again
taut its edge was upon it, and, by a des
perate elf rt of his exhausted energies,
lie freed himself. After this he only
remember. 1 a feeling of suffocation, a
gurgling spasm, and all was over, until
he awoke to an agonized sense ol' pain in
the boat.
That the sun’s rays are capable of kin
dling fires which sometimes destroy large
amounts of property was fully demon
strated a iW days since in a town in
Vermont, A house was set on fire by
the rays of tho sun falling upon several
new milk cans :ri the yard and being re
flected upon the clapboard of the house.
An experiment waaafterward made with
tho cans by allowing the rays < 1 the sun
to be in fleeted on pieces of cloth. The
result was that the cloth w.t,, burned to
ashes in a short time.
The next session of the Pott n commit
tee will be hold in New York. The Re
publican organs say “Dettoris disgusted”
with the proceedings. We think Potter
m (ii gusted witii the dirty tricks and
abominable f'rau is of Republic in states
men like John Sherman, Noyes and
others, us developed so clearly by the
ti. timony. The country is thoroughly
disgusted with tho political organization
which gives birth to such enormities, and
in two years a verdict, ol guilty will bo
, jodored, and the concern will be dumped
erboard. Courier Journal.
NUMBER 32.
'fine cause.
Gov, Iloyt, of Wyoming Territory, lias
written almier to J e etury S. Imrz, which
lets a flood of lirlil into the cause of In
dian outbiv.. 1 II ' ii.it recently ho
held a council ’ ’ . moo thirty of the
chief men of the trib . Wa.-liapie, bead
t hief of tho Sho !• , complained that
tin Shoshone.; re hout a sufficiency of
meat and flour; :u-e without n proper sup
ply of agricultural implements; have no
proper person to instruct them in the
cultivation of the mil; are .'allot! upon by
the Agent to work without reward; have
had no school for t 1 ; r children for some
time, and are tie aat upon by the
: whites. The sum. ■ • iloyt visited
the Arrapahoo c: r :. I held council
with a pin ty of !■ ; i, o.eii of the : nbe.
Complaint was hi:; le uf the slow fulfill*
iiunt by the Government of its promises,
and evil:, much siuii; :r to those among
the iihoshonca were disclosed. Tho Agent
of the tribe admitted (in conversation)
that there was good ground for the com
plaints of tho Indians. The insufficiency
of food was explained by tho statement
that, the old beef and flour contracts had
expired, and the new o::e had not yet
gone in force. He ius without wagons,
teams and implements, and the allowances
to the farmers, school touchers, and other
employees, were so suiali that if was im
possible to secure tho services of suitable
persons for tho duties required. Gov.
Hoyt points out that it is impossible to
keep the Indians on their Reservations
under these conditions. Many liavo
already left, and others will follow, unless
something is done to meet their reason
able demands. Home Courier.
AN ARKANSAS COW.
The yield of milk from Northern dairy
cows is incredible to the people in regions
where cattle arc raised mostly lor beef and
hides.
Judge Gruiit was in Little Rock, Arkan
sas, iu attendance >n the United States
Oourt. On morning he saw a farmer
with a slouch hat, sad a ? 'inline butter
nut si it, trying to sell u eow in the market
there. It was a large, long-burned animal,
and the planter was informing a man that
the cow would give four quarts of milk a
day, if well fed.
IJp stepped th-j Judge. “What do you
ask fhr tho cow?”
“About S3O. She’ll give five quarts of
milk, if you feed hoi vveil,” replied the
planter, ami be proo.'.dei to describe her
good quulitios.
Said the Judge: “1 have cows on my
farm, not, much more (ban half as big as
your cow, which give twenty to twonty-fivo
quarts of milk a day.”
The planter eyed i.ho J udgo sharply for
a iiioi:u at, as if try::: to remember
wicl’iev ho li:-. • ' him before or
not, and then asked:
“Stranger where do , ou live?”
“My home is in lowa.”
“Yes, stranger, 1 don’t dispute it.
There was heaps of sogers from lowa
down lima during tho war, and, stranger,
they was t he all-lirodcst fin rs in the whole
Yankee army, Mebbe you mouglit bo an
officer iu some of them regiments?”
-w , C- . >
The eleventh Di iiict has nominated
George N. Lester, of Cobb, for Congress
against Mr. Feb . Now that tho
Democracy have put pair man in the 1.11
let them rally :i man around him.
Tie Devout' i< tl.i I ,-.i !o ground upon
which may depend the unity of tho party
in Georgia. Id rif Mr. Felton can dis
orgaiilzo tile party in that Distric’, there
arc Feltons tic no tbo less ambitious in
other Districts who will attempt the same
game, lienee we say that the whole State
feels an interest in the struggle which has
but commenced between Lester and Fel
ton. ThonmmxiUe. Times.
Dr. Felton knows that if ho canvases
tee District with Judge Lester that Hes
ter’s superior ability will be so patent
that his oi ance for a “third term” will bo
pui down below zero; and he is beginning
to soo that ids refusals to “divide time”
with I,ester loses him more votes than he
can possibly gain by “speaking” to his
own friends. Everything seems to go
against tho parson. lie is like the ox in
the quicksand -every effort ho makes to
extricate himself only helps to sink him
deeper. — Rome Courier.
There is a family in Vermont so lazy
that it takes two of them to chop off a
stick of wood. Sitth chops while Jim
grunts, at--' tin. . Mr iiobaugo, Jjui chops
while Siah grunts.
A good . uhstitute for gutta porelia has
bean di; ‘ jverod. It is .called ralata, and
is the Inn dom resin of a tree growing on
tho bank -of the Amazon,