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T. G. Stacy, Editor and Proprietor.
Subscription Pries: $1 per Annum in Advance
WEDNESDAY, Ofct, Cth 1875.
—The new Episcopnl school opened
or Monday last with fifteen scholars,
we learn. Arrangements are being
mnde to accommodate at least twice
that number.
—*T o- >-o-n’t you know me? I-i-i
used to go to school t-o-o yon. ” Yes,
we know you, young man, but never
taught you to tangle your tongue with
alcohol.
—Among the freaks of nature, the
latest we have seen is a large yain po
tato grown in a conch shell. It was
found in the fiel 3 of Mr. Bob Clubb,
near this city, and is now in the pos-
se. sion of Mr. W. W. Watkins. A cu
rious specimen that.
—We have found a business man in
the town of Brunswick, so little posted
as not to know that his town was bles
sed with so important an institution
rs the “Advebtiseb.” He must, in
deed, be a “homely” man. May he
be forgiven!
—Election time will sooa be here.
Listen out now for hobbies —old and
now. ^V ho mount the temper
ance pony? Ho bids fair to be popu
lar. Now we shall advocate the claims
of every one who goes in for ‘retrench
ment in all things’—except advertising.
—A recent letter from N iw York to
u prominent gentleman in this city
speaks of a '‘hotel” and other im
provements here at on early day.
Come on, gentlemen, an 1 quit this
gassing. We. have heard it long
enough. If you mean business start
the project at once; if not, cease this
blowing.
—The stave business still goes for
ward notwithstanding the mni y ob
stacles that have opposed Mr. Towns.
His great trouble heretofore seems to
have been the irregularity of his sup
ply of the raw material. He now ha 3
in the woods a foreman and gang of
hands, cutting and shipping for him,
so guess ho will have no further trou
ble on that score. Wo commend his
vim and energy.
—Our young friend Billie Berry,
together with a few others, weut < n a
fishing tour down*to tha islands lash
week. After catehing about two hun.
dred fish, Billie thought he would liku
larger game, so hoiked himself
through the thumb. A vial of chloro
form and a doctor were needed soon
after he reached home. Good thing
yon joined the “Templars" lately,
friend, or yon might bo wrongfully
recused
—Tire Association met in the Bap
tist Church of this city last Saturday.
There were in attendance eight min
isters and about twenty lay delegates.
The entire meeting passed off both
pleasantly and profitably to r.ll con
cerned. On Sabbath, in addition to
the usual services, the ordination of
three newly elected deacons, Messrs.
Macon, Smith and Powell, took place.
The ceremouy was quite solemn and
imposing. The olprges given both
to deacons and members were replete
with timely admonitiomoud words of
good duet. Association adjourned
on Mtmfor night last
•9* in fh t dollar.
“Something out of Nothing.”
In a recent speech before our citi
zens on the direct trade movement the
above seemingly contradictory loll,
guage was used. We were much pleas
ed with the speaker’s ideas on the sub
ject, and heartily agree with him in
the main proposition, that the great
aim rtf every one should be to produce
as well as consume. We know of no
greater evil in our midst than the pre
vailing idea with our young men to
seek out easy places, such as clerks,
agents, drummers, or anything also,
rather than get down to honest labor
(we mean no disrespect to these offic
es). A very few reach points of inde
pendence in these various positions,
but the mass remain slaves nil their
days, and never feel that inward de
light produced by consciousness of
living for a purpose, nnd not being a
drone in life’s great bee-hivo, that
♦hey ore producers of something, turn
ing otherwise valueless material into
something necessary to the comfort
and convenience of mankind. These
arc the men who are hewing out the
destiny of their country, causing the
waste places of earth to bloom like the
ro e nnd the thick jungle? of the
swamps to pour their quota into the
gre it granary of the nation. These
are indeed the very men who develop
the resources of any country, bring
ing from the vast storehouse, rnoiher
carta, not only the productions of the
soil, but the rich treasures that lie
dormant in her forests or buried be
neath her waves.
Young man, live for a purpose. Let
the great object of your life be to cre
ate (s > to speuk) something, so that at
Lst you shall feel that your life has
not been in vain but that you have
been a benefactor to your race—“ma
king something out of nothing.”
Steamship Line.
We ore requested by Little field &
Co. to state m reply to nur inquiry in
lost issue about the discontinuance of
the steamship line, that the article in
the Femandina Observer was only true
in part. The present line will be
changed with a view to greater facil
ities. A steamer will run from Fer-
nandina 11 N. Y. direct every other
week, but wo are pleased to Btate that
the splendid steamers Montgomery
and Huntsville will not be taken off
this line but, on the contrary, will
make regular weekly trips to N. Y.,
touching at Port Royal, and cease al
together their usual rounds to For-
naadina. Both places will thus have
b- tter facilities, each having a regular,
direct line to and from the great cen
tre of trade.
To Messrs. L. & Co. bo all the praise
of opening up and continuing this
route t~ the great benefit not only of
our own people, but of merchants in
the upper, middle, and south wester
1 ortions of our State. We can see no
plausible reasou why, with the pres
ent facilities of steamship and pocket
line, and proper energy on the part of
our merchar Ut, goods should net be
sold here at the very closest figures.
We are pleased to learn tlmt interior
merchants are availing themselves of
the great advantages offered by this
route, and are chipping largely this
way. The new schedule mentioned
above will only facilitate matters, and
givo us a shorter line from New
York than we now have—obviating
the necessity of touching at Feman
dina en route to Brunswick.
Musical piracy—stealing a march.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Fat beef and Hay ti potatoes are the
delicacies of Fort Meade, Flo.
A man named Griffin was mmrder-
rd nnd robbed near 51 C .R .R. last
week.
Milledgeville has had a fire. Loss
about $7,000.
Third Avenue Bank of New York
has suspended. Will probably pay
fifty cents on the dollars.
A western editor takes poultry in
exchange for “ads.” We would not
mind risking a few.
The U. S. Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows has been in session at Indianap
olis, Ind. 10,000 were in processio.i
on the 22d.
Lawrence Lippman Esq. has been
elected president of the St. Mary s
Literary and Library Association,
The authorities of St. Marys are
vbout to build a new dock and are
contemplating erecting a new market.
The orange trees in the vicinity of
Lake City, Fla., never looked finer
than now—so says the Reporter.
The Cubans will now hoist the black
flag. Look ont, Spaniards, or you
may get paid back in your own coin.
Rev. Mr. Corley, in Columbus, has
been delivering out door, moonlight
sermons. The attendance has been
large and great good done.
No appointments have been made of
cadets to West Point from the 8th and
9tli Congressional districts of Geor
gia. A chance for some one.
Macon is to have, during Fair week,
a grand pyrotechnic display. There
will be forty scenes represented by
firoworks. That will be a rich treat,
indeed.
A man was found dead on a public
road in Kentuuky. recently, with four
teen bullet-holes in him, and the cor
oner’s jury rendered a verdict of
“Death from undue excitement.”
1,500 stands of arms, 500,000 car
tridges, and two batteries have been
successfully landed in Cuba, by the
Uruguay.
Later—No disembarkation of the
expedition of the Uruguay has been
made on this Island, notwithstanding
the American newspapers have pub
lished to the contrary.
[Signed] Valmazeda.
There is a lie out somewhere.—Ed.
Messrs. S. L. Bums & Co. are buil
ding a fine steam tug at St. Marys to
be used in their business. It will be a
propeller, made of the very best oak
and pine timber Why can’t ship
building be made profitable in Geor
gia where timber is so plentiful?
40,000 Figians have died in four
months time from plhgue and starva
tion. Those who embraced Christi
anity, as a general thing, died as they
had lived, “in thefnith.” Many, how
ever, returned to their idols in the
hour of greatest need.
—Spring chickens, fish and oysters,
and the like, have been in considera
ble demand for the past week. Cause
—Baptist Association.
—Mr. D. A. Moore’s shoe shop was
entered a short time since and relieved
of two pairs of fine boots. The thief
has not been found yet, although one
pair of the boots ha9 been recovered.
They were found on the feet of a man
who had them to “stretch - * for another
man, who “bought them from an un
known party,” he himself not being in
town when the theft was done. Hard
matter to catch a thief these days.
“S9L
j —The machinery, etc. for Dodge &
Co’s saw mill on St. Simons Island
will be here soon. The work will be
gin in due season. Mr. W. A. Fuller
will probably have charge of the
entire business. They could not have
selected a better man.
Miscellaneous.
An Iowa editor is about t > organize
a currier pigeon news-corps.
Babies are described as coupons at
tached to the bonds of matrimony.
John Henry had a guest to dinner
the other day, and during a pause in
the conversation the enfant terrible
spoke up: “I wish I was you?” “Do
you, little boy, and why do you were
me?’ “Cos you don’t get your ears
pinched when you eat vittles with
your knife.”
A western journalist, whose wifo
has just presented him with twins, and
M ho, for this reason, was compelled to
reglect his paper for one day, wrote
the day afrer, the following excuse:
“We were unable to issue our pape.i
yestex'day in consequence of the arri
val of two extra males."
Economy is beginning to prevail
again At a funeral, Saturday, nine
men appeared with unbl eked boot
heels.
Daring a late tornado in Minnesota,
two sheep were carried a mile by
the wind, and finally landed in a tree
top, where they were found pinned to
gether by a board that had been driv
en through their bodies. Anybody
who does not believe the story can go
and see the sheep, and the tree, and
the board.
She stepped into the car, radiant
with youth, and looking cool and
bright in her flower-trimmed hat and
speckless suit of linen. Four young
men immediately offered her their
seats. She accepted one with an en
trancing smile, and instantly gave it
t. a poor, wau, little, old woman who
had been standing for ten blocks,
where-upon the young men did not
know whether to get up again or not,
and tried their best not to look fool,
ish.
Girls, beware of transient young
men. Never suffer the addresses of a
stranger. Recollect that one good
farmer’s boy, or industrious mechan
ic, is worth all the floating fops in the
world. The allurements of a dandy
Jock, with a gold chain uround his
neck, a walking stick in his paw, a
three-penny cigar in his mouth, somo
honest tailor’s coat on his back, and a
brainless though fancy skull, never
can make up the loss of a good father’s
home, a good mother’s counsel, and
the society of brothers and sisters;
their affections last, while that of such
a young man is lost in the wane of a
honeymoon. ’Tis true.
Three things to govern—temper,
tongue auu conduct.
Three things to think about—life,
death nnd eternity.
New Advertisements.
New Jewelry Shop.
Wm. DOERFLINGER,
Formerly witn Charles Doerflinger on Bay Street
has taken the room between the
DAVIDSON HOUSE AND POST OFFICE,
where he will he pleased to meet his Wends* and
all who may wish any work done in his lino. Sat
israction guaranteed, with moderate prices. Be
will toon have a select stock of FINE JEWELRY
to which he Invites the attention of the publlo-
dro him a call, and tilt trial