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(fating StiseothtgB. -■"■me- 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. »*>•' )U4‘ 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. . . *• - V j - r ! . . it.^ i; 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. *2? \.G?cAJ-vG*riat oEBaiciA*. Isi Ben. F. Paynk. P. P. DoPhk. ^ **3 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. JSTGood work at lowest prices— P 6 39 cd ct- 3B P •t 39 P GO W *0 133 05 S m c W 5 p p- GC CD CD o O a *4 00 CD MARIETTA 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 -!. < ' r u'd P , \V \ V ^ 1 : ; .k“ v '.'Uf •A!h!\k*t f . r T ' 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. ;r 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- Tu-ni TT' 1: T ,I.t. 11 t: ] r ( i. 4i * V.