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Why H« Quit JouriiAllf
Rambling notes—bunk bill*.
A brief speech—a lawyer’s plea.
Ministers of the interior—Cooke.
A rousing address—time to get up.
The dance lor drunkards—the
reel.
You'll always find a good looking
glass.
Take-it-Easv and Live-Long are
brothers.
A horse cannot say yea, but he
can neigh.
“Government pap”—the Father of
bis country.
Beautiful ladies are angry if gazed
at, and indignant if not.
Girls, Naomi was 580 ye.us old
when she was married.
Next to nothing—a girl walking
with the average dandy.
A trump is like the stuff of life,
because ho is a loafer bred.
Two make a pair except in scis
sors, pantaloons and stairs.
If a girl wants to get married she
generally suvs so to her popper.
Even criminals like paragraphs-*
that is to say, they prefer s'hori
■elite uces.
A lame Tarhior was asked If he
bad a corn on his toe. “No,” he
said, “but I've got P'tson the eat 1 .'**
Now is the season qI the year when
the scissors-editor sharpens his sheurs
and smashes his crediting machine.
You may brush, you may crush
your old coat if you will, but the
smell ot camphor will cling to it
•till.
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The ordinary life ot a locomotive
is thirty yeafcj^, No doubt it would
live much longer it ft didn’t smoke so
much.
Cervantes has suid, “Every one is
the sou of bis own works. This
then makes the great Krupp a son
1 sf a gun.
No oue objects to seeing Indian
summer here, but iu Colorado they
■ay they would rather see the Indian
somew her’ else.
“A splendid way to make a lor tune
—buy ft lottery ticket.”—Ex. A
splendid way to get rid ot u fortune
—keep on buying lottery tickets.
“Do you keep any hambuig edg
ing?” uska a timid nnsa. “Not if we
Can sell it,” waa the pert reply o!
the clerk, lie kept some that day.
Fust approacheth now
Old winter’s joys;
Buoy tint feel the girls
Gal lant the boys.
The editor of the Warren (It, I.)
Gazette, who lately retited from the
ranks of journalism, says in lua vaU-
dictoiv address:
“Our reasons lor quitting the husi
ness may seem odd to some people,
but to us th*y are sufficient. We
can earn our living with less iriita-
tion and discomfort. It we want a
dollar why should we stretch a haw
ser around the whole State of llhode
Island to get it ? Why not earn it
quietly, in our own time and in oui
own way? Alone in the world, and
leeling ourself to be one who, like
Goldsmith’s Hermit, “wants but In-
lie here below, nor wan's that little
long,” we can see no good reason lor
torturing ourself bv courting uunec-
ssury annoyances. F<<i the last thio<
years our put-Mon nas been such us
would lie exemplified In Lliai of n
crow, wh:ch, though requiring lot
its sustenance only a lew kernels ol
grain, and lor us rest but a perch in
a jun iper, sliou id b io*dish enough
to rent an en 1 11e c ruth Id and twen
ty acres of woodland with all itsCoii-
s«queiit cares. Sui'ly the mind is
worth somethitig. We have felt out
of harmony with our situation, and
gladly return i«* m» ownership ol
III) I SOI t.
A poet, to be happy, must have
sympathy, intelligence, enthusi
asm. which will reflect buck and
encourage his own.
Don't tlo It.
CIEIOKEE DRUG STORE.
THE MOST POPULAR STORE
ever opened in Canton, and furnishing
mnr« of 'lin HeretiEtTM and essentials of
life. The most handsome store North of
Atlnnt- containing every article usually
sold in Drug Stores of large cities. I
earnestly an t urgently ask your patron
age that I may sustain a Di uG Sronafnr
your convenience and comfort. Buy all
your Medicines, Drugs, Paints, Oils,
Lumps,| 'Kerosene Oil,' Perfumery and
Fancy Articles, etc., from
Cherokee Drug Store-
Dr. W. A. Greene,
OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL
Service* to the people as
CONSUI,TING PHYSIC!AN,
And in ull cases of Surgery ami treatment
of Clir 11ic Diseases, t un he consulted
at my office in “Ok rokee Drug Store" at
all times Residence, Canton Hotel.
W. A. UAEENE, M. D.
QD
We know a good
all
many men
w h<
nre anxiously advocating the pay
ment of the national debt that forget
all about those contracted by them
selves.
A man never realizes how hail lie
is until he bursts a suspender button
from Itis pants among a group of
ladies, and finds himsell slowly lall-
ing to pieces.
A young ludy’a bat blew off and
waa run over by a broad*wheeled
cart. Tne ribbons were somewhat
Soiled but the hut is now the latest
winter shape.
Young men and maidens expect
to take a good deal of comfort next
February. Although Lite shortest
month m the yea' 1 it will have live
Sunday nights in it.
“Maltha,” said a new modi' grnng
er to itis wife, “we shall have lota of
pumpkins next year. I planted
about 40; had to dig awlul big boles
to put ’em iu though.”
“Bill,” said Bob, “why ia that tree
calkd a weeping willow ?” “Cause
pne of the sneaking plaguy tilings
got near our-schoul, and supplied
the master with switches.
•You might as well back a mule
up against a beehive and tell him
not kick as to tell a woman about a
wedding and not set her unilei j w
ia motion. This is reliable.
“What do they always pul i). Cl
atter Washington for?” Hiked ,vjf .
Quilp of Mi.Q. “Why, my dt.-n,
don't you know that Washington
was the Daddy of his Country.”
“Ilow shall we train our g.rl.-? v
.asks an exchange. Tram '• iu wi' p
^bour. {jwvin.y-two yards ol black stik
j) you want to pUuse them A snl.
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When yon commence to read a
aenia'innul novel, imver weep over
the troubles of the heroine, In the
first chapter she may be abducted by
u black hearted villain, and be threat
ened with instant death on every
other page, and swallow a pint of
strychnine in the middle of the book,
but she will cotneou* all right i|i the
last chapter and marry Claude Edgar
Fitzclurence Montinorenci, who
turns out to be another man’s son
and falls heir to two million dollars
by the death of an old uncle in Aus
trulia who went there a year previ-
ous a poor man, and the girl’s lather
who wanted her to marry the villain
will put his hands on their heads and
say, “Bkss you, my children,” and
the villain aforesaid will look daggers
at them and grit his teeth us he
moves off handcuffed iu charge of an
officer. It always turns out that
way.
Odd Exprcsai<»u».
Take, lor example, the following
genuine notice on an Irish church
door: “This is to give notice that no
person i9 to be buried in this clinich
yard but, those living in rlie parish.
Those who wish to be buried are de
sired to applv to me. Ephriam Grub,
parish clerk.” Here is another km
tired specimen : “Notice- The chinch
wardens will hold their quarterly
meetings tn.ee in six weeks, instead
of ball yearly as foiineily.” In the
Apnl ol 1 SC (J the following bill was
s'lick up: “Tins bouse to be let for
ever, or longer it r< quired.” Such
a bouse would quite mulch the gow t
mentioned by Mi.-s Edgeworth,which
“would wear forever, anti might be
converted into a petno> a' af erwanl."
Another pcculim garment is des
cribed m one of Lady Morgan’s < ai
lier novels as being composed of ‘an
apparent tissue of woven air.”
Wilson House,
ALABAMA UTttKET,
ATI.ANTA, GEORGIA.
Single Men Is or Lodgings • • .50.
Tlansieiit, per day 82.()0.
S er.ial Rules for Longer Time,
J. L. KEITH, Proprietor.
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Ben. F. Paynk.
P. P. DoPhk.
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Payne & DnPre,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
CANTON, GEORGIA,
Will practice In the Blue Ridge Circuit,
and in Cherokee.
Office m the court-house, with the Or
dinary. Collection of claims a specialty.
A. Reynolds, Jr..
DENTIST.
Office in Me Clalehy'i Building, Soulh
west earner Public Square,
JfMMUVTTJI, CrVf.
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Wm. A Teasley,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
CANTON, - - - - GEORGIA,
Will practice in the courts of the Blue
Ridge Circuit, and give special attention
to the slicing and collection of claims.
Refers to Messrs Crane Boylston & Co.
ami Cupt. .1 a*. li. Wiley. At Inula, Gu., and
J J. Northcutt & Son. Marietta, Ga.
The usually wide-awake drun.mt-r
gets absent-minded sometimes, mid
Hutnelhing like this happens, as ie.a
ted by the Roui.dout Fie- m u. : “An
agent fur a New York bouse called
on a merchant, yesterday, anti handed
him a picture ot ins teifo’bed in
stead of bis birdt < i s ceil'd, .-eying lie
I'epri-fieuted 'bat eshibliHbment. The
merchant cxa'rtiinet! it careftil'y, i<—
imukcd that it was a line establish
ment,and returned it to the astonish•
ed man, with i bop that be w. u 1(1
soon be admitted into pari to rsliq
II, AY. Newman.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CAN TON, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in the superior courts
ol licroket: and adjoining counties
Prompt attention given ,l > all business
placed in his bauds. Office in the court
homo.
lOooir
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Tend *rs his thanks to the people ot
Canto and Cherokee county tor the ycry
lib Tai , atumage conferred upon him for
llu hi.-l ten years, mid lie hopes to merit
a continuance of the same.
Office on corner Main and Mulberry
streets, (.’anion, Ga.
Livery, Sale and Feed Stable.
(Opposite the Kennesaw llourc.)
J. A. G. ANDERSON, Proprietor,
THE BEST OF VEHICLES, THE
safest ot drivers and the fastest ol horses
nrc always ready, night and day, for hire.
No man, woman or child ever has given
me a call iu the past, who has been, nor
shall any ever in the future, be dissatisli
ed with my teams or the men iu my cm
loy. Everything and everybody about
me are A No. ONE.
I have cheapened my charges propor
tionate to the stringency of the times.
For references as to the truth of what I
say, as to the turn outs and charges, go to
my Hit nds, which means tire public gen
erally.
Parties liiriug arc strictly responsible
for thesafoty of themselves, vehicles and
horses. ' J. A. G. ANDERSON.
Jan. 8th 1880. — lyr.
THF, ATLANTA
MISTimiM.
•
During tin coming year—a year that
will witn» -s the pmgr« aid culmination
of the m«»-t mt.resting poll deal contests--
that lias ever ink-n pi ace in this country
—i very riiizen and every thoughtful per
son will lie compelled rely upon the 1
newspapers f..r in for mutual. Why not.
get tile best ? Abroad the oustiinllOU
is recognized, nfcrnd t-< and quoted
trnm as the leadings utht-rn journal—as-
the organ and vehicle of tin best south
ern thought and opinion—and at home
its colutns are consult'd for the latest-
news, the fre*Inst commeut, ami for ull
mutters of Hpecial and current interest.
Tito OoMstitution contains more and In
fer t< legraphic ik-ws tlmu any otltcr
Georgia paper, and this particular feat
ure will be largely add'd to during the-
coming year. All its facilities forgath
ering ihe latest new* from all parts of the
country will be c Urged mid supplis
nu nted i lie Con.-iiiution is both chron
icler and coimnenter. Its editorial opin
ions, its contributions to the drift ot our
rent discussion, its liuniormn a> it sntiri-
eal paragrapliH, are copii d Ironi one end
ot the c untry to ilie other. It uiu al
ways to lx- the bright' st uud tlie best—
newsy, original and piquant. It aims
particularly it* give news impartially and
lully, and to keep its raiders informed of'
the drift of current discussion by liberal
tint concise quotations from all its con
temporaries. It units, iu short, to more
th"ii ever deserve to be known as “thu
leading southern newspaper." Bill Arp
will continue to contribute bis unique
letteis, which grow in savory humor week
by week. “Old Si” wi'l add his quaint
fun to the collection of good tilings, and
Uncle Remus ' has in preparation a se
ries of negro myth legends, illustrating
the folk lore cl'the old plantation. In
every respect the Constitution for 1880
will be better than ever.
The Weekly Constitution is u careful
ly edited compendium of the news of
the week and contuins the best and fresh
est matter to be found in any other
weekly from a daily office. Its news and
miscellaneous content) are the freshest
and its mutket reports the latest.
THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR.
This, the best, the most reliable and
most popular of southern agricultural
journals is issued from the printing es
tablishment of the Coustitution. It is
still edited by Mr. W. L. Jones, and is
devoted to the best interests of the farm
ers of the south, It is sent at reduced
rates with the Weekly edition of ths
Constitution. \
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Daily Constitution $10 00 a year.
“ 5 00 six months
“ 2 50 three months
Weekly Constitution 1 GO a year.
' 1 00 six months
‘ Clubs of 10, 12 GO a year.
*• “ Clubs of 20, 20 00 “
Souti.ern Cultivator 1 50
“ “ Clubs oflO, 12 GO “
“ “ Clubs of 20, 20 00 “
Weekly Constitution and Cul
tivator to same address... .2 50 a year.
Address THE CONS fl IU ITON,
Atlanta, Ga.
0. Dow&a,
Old injuries ure seldom canceled
by new benefits.
Rut and conquerors must expect
no mercy in misfortune.
If you want enemies; excel oth
ers; if you want friends let others
excel you.
Human 'foresight often leaves
its proudest posqssor only a choice
of evils,
i
We know that we. must meet to
part, lull we know,not that wo parr
to meet again.
Let your im lihathYn be to those
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MRS HEWS SEililS
Xi Xa H1L 0X
By a Lady of Florida
JOSEPH
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CANTON, GA.
WILL practice in the Superior Courts
of the Blue Itidge circuit; in the Dis
trict Courts <»t* the United States of the
Northern District of Georgia, and in the
Supreme Court of (jeorgia.
Will give special attention to the col
lection of claims and to questions aris
ing from land agencies, &c.
Robert E. €aso»,
DENTIST
Sombre Monde.
A Novel
BY MAltYROSF. FLOYD.
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Anyoni waiting work
Denn.y i \ -wmII (io w< U ?■
ftW the McAfee 1 : i'U'". Wlt'I'
n till: Way of
give me a call
T will Ik*
iv d i. U Sui cjfifu sia-vfc
The Savannah Weekly News
Ot November 29th contains the opening
chanters of an intensely interesting and
charmingly written Serial Story, entitled.
Sombbe Monde, wiitttu expressly for
the News by Miss Mary Rose Floyd, of
Daly Grove, Fla.
Somdue Monde will run through soni({
eight or o n number* of the Weekly.
News. New subscribers should commence
with commencement of the story.
Subscription a year, j?l -for six
months. Money can be sen-fc* by -Mont y
Order. Registered Letter, or Express at
on rsk.
J. 11. ivS i i i.L
I ... .. Ga.'
North Side Public Square.
31A It ILITA, GEORGIA,
Tins a large stock of
Dry Goods,
Not. it) ns,
Hats, Caps,
Cluitiing, Etc.,
Crockery Ware, Boots and Shoes—the
best custou made work—which he offers
cheap for CASH, * all and see for your
self. No trouble to demonstrate to you
wlmt is going on in selling goods now in
times when goods must be sold for cash,
and cash only.
Thanking all my friends for their lib
eral patronage, and asking a continuance
of the same, I ant, very respectfully,
JOSEPH ELSAS.
J. W. JARVIS,
JEWELER and OPTICIAN,
GAHTOH,
I RESPECTFULLY ASIv THE PAT-
rotn.ge of all parties needing work in my
line to give me a trial before going else
where. I GUARANTEE MY v» OUK and will
v\»>rk kxtemely low. Parties living at
a distance, who will give me their work,
need have no fears of its safe delivery, I
will return any urticle left with me free
of charge.
I also have in connection with my Jew-
elry iSln'pa well fitted up
U.lI.LVll I*
’
Alien* I will take your FERROTYPES
and PHOTOGRAPHS cheaper than the
cheapest, and guarantee satisfaction. I
ern he found on ^ ttin btrt eth« tv t cn tl.e-
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