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ROUT. P. MAK1\N,
Canton, Qa.
ffHSS MPBSat«S
as;« E rVBMT
DliA'i.v;^ v
ttaim? contnmltt. mm/
lu iuuUu Tor it iu
(Scucval Elitcctotg.
Over and over Again,*
No matter '•»Wich w.*.y l tornf
1 ulway* Hud in the UO 1 k • bile
Some iesaou 1 have in learn.
I must take my turn at the mill,
I must grind out thegohlou groin,
I must work at n.y ‘.ask .'ill. a resolute
Will,
Over and over ngtiu.
himself al »ne on the of w
lie. a,
!kui». fr?‘m wnii’li it dA ue, he knock*
with nothii.g to do
1 *
but lo Wait,
with
ed for Hiimifn or. A young rHaa
»lmt puliyuCe he Oould in the
t|oU|
caWte :.i the <kwvr,.w *jo \ first tthr.it.k
and durkiiesa, nnti
! ihe d .\m t
f (lay
l«;*k nflfrlgl t-d jit «tl (•' •tfangt |«x*k*
shuiiId bring relief.
When tlie
mor
iug b-iug w- o sunhI upon th-* s'tp;
wing broke a sloop
appeared in t
tyh«,
bur it tt'iMi hut luug Uf- rn tne h'>q i*
rnjj;vg',*d in looking after those who
iyw tlows.
Over and over again
The br> ok through tin me
Oyer and over again
i'he ponderous mill Wheel goes.
Once doing will not unlitce,
Though dultig ho nut iu vain,
And a blessing, fai log US ouco or
t w ice,
Way come if we 1 ry again.
might imvc survived tile w tv
's. ti id
table family were butty doing every
thing in their power for 1 is relief
From the New York Ledger.
A T HA.A ON A COTTON B\L».
Ah old Story told by lllnLop
CUirk, of it hotle Island.
he was now an iv t hut Hie worst V .is j ajul comfort. A bright tire w us blit -
over, inut r«vcue near at hand, until, Mi;j oil the i.vurth, but he was inca*
to liia dismay, he j:hv the v«$sel j pablo of feeling the heat, and itj at
change her Course irtid a.rtl away J aio« i coy tied to hia hie tula ihiti it
without having vie tooted him. , n u.vl be periln'j j for him to be lx*
All ilia: day tl.oilout in.irti d tUui. ,1 to auoli a sudden c unge ol
mipctotuie. Cutting off hia boot*
-which Ihe swollen Condition of Ins
clung to hia cotton bale, vhrasiiliig :
I well remember the dismay with
which the tidings of the burning T
the steamer “Lexington 1 ' in L.mg
Island round was received iu I’oston
forty years ugo. The fivM r por
was that pH on board were lost, and,
in fact, it proved that there were on y
lour survivors left to Veil the tale ol
woe that made that, total January
night so tragically memorable,
It oappened, a lew eveimig-i ago,
in passing through the sound irv the morning lvireshed iu body aud mind
about, as far us he e mid reniui - iu
do, that lie might keep the circuln
lion in his body alive, and souv- tin
trying to paddle his cluuuy craft
with his Lure bauds, but without
tin* slightest elibot. Occasionally lie
fell into a doze, and twice into the
water, regaining’hia place upon I be
bule vvitn ugt a litt V dijluulty. Art
night drew on he wound up hia watch
as usual, and thinking that he hud
now become sulliciently uccuatotued
to tin motion* cl hU craft to allow
him to do it safety; and bring very
tired and sleepy, lie adjusted hhnSelf
for a good night’s real. A» lie assur
ed me, he did sleep quietly through
the whole night, and woke in the
NO. 1.
ra
b-d for lifty ye.wi. ns fug,'* (
Ui< a) prehension wah justified in
ten days’ time, when, in -he thick,
mipi-detruble darknesi, the “Rhode
Is! »nd dashed its life jut on tho
io(A.i at the opening of Nnrragaa*
sett S«v.
MO It A I, AND IifiMiIOU9.
steamer ‘•.Rhode Island,” Vital I fell
into conversation
Crowley, V/] ireSs
David
.ol ^d„-iiuu.
CVUMICMES*
M E. CndKCU, South—Rev. H. M.
Om 11 luti Pastor. Preaching every fir^t
Siindity by the. pastor Preucn.ng on
the !M Sunday by R‘ v > LiuhetUr.
Prayer Meeting every Wodnesdaj uiylit.
Sunday Sc hool at 0a.m. Ben. *. Payne,
Superintendent.
BautistCuukch -Rev. J. A. McMur-
rv p > tor Preaching every second and
fourth Sunday, and Saturday before
2nd Sunday. Sabbath school at 3 v M.,
M B. 'Cmglc, Superintendent.
EriBCOVAi.. Rev. Goo.. McCauley’ Pas
tor. Preaching 3rd Sabbrth at 11 a, m.
VSlltEMS-
p, ^ fleets every first and third
Monday’s at 8 v. m., in Masonic Hall.
W. A. Tea si.ky, Yv . M.
Jabez Galt, Sec’ty
Iv of II.—Meets every 1st and 3rd
Tuesday at 7 1-2 r. m., in Masonic Hall.
W. A. Tiasley, Dictator.
Jabez Galt, Reporter.
CO'SJ»YT 1* O&'FtVEHS.
o W PUTNAM, Ordinary.
JABEZ GALT, Clerk S. Court.
E. G. GUAM LING. Sheriff.
JOS D. imBBS. Treasurer.
A. L. KINNETT. Tax Collector.
J.*L. JORDAN, Tax Receiver.
Wm T. KIRK, Coroner.
W W. ll vWKINS, Surveyor.
C. M. McCLURE, County S. Com.
Du. J. H. SPEIII, 1 County
M. A. KEI1II, I* BoaM
Rev. M. TUCKET, }- 0 f
A. T. SCO! I, I Education
J. B. RICHARDS, J Education.
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ATLANTA, GKOBOJA
ALABAMA STREET,
J. L. KEITH, Proprietor
cere of the* bunt, and lit* told u»e that
he wu3 one of the four persons who
luuiiwgui to escape with their lives
tfhen the “Lexington” way burued.
I asked him Lo give me the exSict
particulars, which he did in a very
modest and unassuming way, and I
think that tho ylory is worth pre
serving, for I venture to say that
very few men could have endured
what he did and live through it. He
is now a strong, well preserved and
young looking man (with his hat
on) of u little more than sixty years
of age, and has experienced no per
manent detriment from the awful
exposure to which he was subjected
iu hi3 youth.
On the night in question the “Lex
ington” was crowded with cotton to
the lull extent of its capacity, -md
also carrying the lull quoto of pas
sengers. At about 7:30 o'clock Mr. C-
says that he heard a rushing ol feet on
'he deck, and hurrying from his room
he saw that the whole central part
ol the vessel was afire, cutting off all
coimnjinicution with the aparuUjs
for extinguishing the flames. ThCIe
was nothing to be done to save the
steamer, and the life boats, us is of
ten the case under similar circum
stances, proved to be of no practical
service. Alter cstisting iu throwing
overboard a number ol bales of cot
ton, he seized u bo,%d and jumped
into the water. Ifhis lie found to be
of little use, and seeing at some dis
tance a bule of cotton that did not
appear to be on fire—everything
around being mane as light as day
by the buring ship—he swum tc the
foie and succeeded in reaching if.
Waiting awhile in order to recover
from his exhaustion, he managed to
climb upon the top of the bale, where
if he could only avoid being frozen to
death, he felt that lie was. for the
time being secure.
Tho Wednesday juu now dawued*
md another dtvury iky ot* the ocean
Lei made uuj*tratlVe-—hig fruit ..
ha’di and Let were immersed in
cold' water, which*soon beChmo cok
ed wi h films ol me, and were scrap*
tdolFfrorn lime to time • unill the
fro it was thoroughly ibstracUd.
(Suitable nourishment wus then ad
ministeied, but the sense of ins e
was entirely obliterated, and all ilptl.
he craved was repose.
A long n gin’s sleep restored his
equilibrium, and before noon on
Thursday a hundred people had flock
ed mi from the country tog» e him, the
t'dings ol Ills wonderful rescu6s.liaving
by ihia time been communicated far
and near. Mr. Crowley's interest iu
his friendly cotton bale hud now re
vived, and a band of men started off
to flud it. They returned unutic
A r moments work on clay tolls
“lore than an .hour a labor on brick.
So work on oc irta should Le dona bc«
for*- Die/ harden. During the^ifirat
six or eight year’s ol'ckildlifo moth*
rrs have oliicf away, and this is tho
tune to make the deepest anil most
enduring impressions on the youths
ftl mind.
Gradually the fires of the ,£ Lex-
ing'Oii” Abated, and at lust be found
flashed across him that “a pond
square meal” would be refreshing,
buthe says he suG-red little from
either hunger v ■ thirst. He had
neither u coat on his back or u cov-
eriug for hiu head, and how he w is
able to avoid t»*-in > frozen fo death
is a marvel; but he never lost heart
for an instant, or had the slightest
doubt of being rescued at last. Some
times he floated near, the land, u d
i bun the winds and currents bore
him away to a point from which the
land could not be seen at u)l. lie
iga'n tried to wind ’up bis watch,
but wi.h his frozen fingers could
not handle the key. Altera while
he fell into a sort of doze, and imag
ined himself lobe in the Stonington
harbor, and decided to slip from tin-
bale and wade ashore, The plunge
into the ioy water restored him to
his eenuea, and again he contrived
in some mysterious way to recover
hi3 seat on the cotton bale.
On the third ever ing at. about 9
o’clock, he found himself fust near-
i"<£ the shore, and ft cogoized a . pot
known as “the horse on the batik,’'
from the resemblance of a clump of
bushes growing mar the wa er. His
heart now revived, aud he felt that
all that remained was for him to get
tbrohgh the surf in safety, which, in
bis enfeebled condition, he knew
would require a strong effort of tin-
will. Tghis he accompli^ied, and at
last found himself once more stand
ing or. the solid ground. As his
frozen feet were entirely insensible,
it was w'ith greatest difficulty that
lie was enabled to walk at all; bur
after o. e or two falls, he struck into
a narrow valley, thinking thaUiie
might find some spot where he otoU:
be sheltered from the searching wind,
aud watt till the dawn of morning.
After pitching along, as he sup.
pu«ed, about half a mile, to -hi3 inde
scribable joy a light uppeurid, and,
waking liie way to the door of the
how tho wind and tide bat!burnt fl<jw
ing since he lauded, informed thorn
of the spot where the bale would, be
likely to lodge. Following hia di
ructions the bale was iound, covered
with ice, and iu no way distinguish
abl'* from the surrounding rocks, tx
Cept by its undulation in the
n't er. The bale was then brought,
in triumph to the house and left
there, subject to the order ot its
owner, who had become i s proprietor
by the right of actual possession*
For three months aud a hull he
remained with hi) hospitable friends?
receiving lrom them the kindest at-
attention, when he was removed to
hii mothers house, Providence, vv hi: h
er the cotton bale soon followed hi'g-
There it lay in the yard for more
than twenty years, when cotton,
having reached its maximum price
during the late wer, the family we»e
apprehensive that it might be otolen,
and therefore Mr. Crovvlew wus in
duced to sell hi3 precious bale o the
manufacturer. The goods that were
made of it received the “Lexington
aud Crowley” stamp, and one good
sized package wa« prewired to him
by the manufacturer, a portion ot
which he bestowed upon Lis relative*
and friends. It is a melancholy fkct
that Die goods which Mr. Crow by
retained for his own use were stolen
by some very unsentimental and c dd
blflbded burglar.
And thus ends the strange story
of the iron nerved man who lived fo r
more than two days and nights on a
bale of cotton on the sea. From the
windows of rny house an BonDtlge f
see the wreck of the steamer “Riipde
Island,” on board of which, a tew
nights sine*, I heard the extraor ii
uary story above narrated, and I re
coil the earnest tone in which the
speaker said, at the cl«$e ol lus tier-'
r ‘tire:
•‘The only thing that f real y fear
on the sound, which i have naviga-
A« mie through a window sees not
the window, but that which lies b»-
yomlj ad one through • glass sees
not the telescope but tho worlds out
side of it; so through Jesus Christ,
through tjie physical and the in*,
sirntmnti^, let u« we the heart of
Cod, the source of uiuvarsal life, of
love, of recuperation, of perfection
mid of fiiml S'dvntion.
Woonce»aw a young mat brave
ly turning up the glaM. He was a
lint-hearted glorious fellow ; he was,
as he iutd, “sowing hia wild oats.”
We alter wards saw the constable
hauling a in e-ruble drunkard from
Tfie ^titter to tltp * i ttr rwwtrerwd
to us that throats w<*re being d;ag*
gtd i:. A gl rloua crop. The bar-
roem and guaei aie exhuustleae iu
tueir fertility.—Caldweil legist«r.
If we love God, tho reward prom*
ised us nothing Jtsa than the sight
of God himself, face to fact*; not
transiently, not as a glorious flash of
• ight, but an abiding vision, a glory
mid a gladness, a marvellous rapture
of th* will, for evermore. Think
how such a reward taanscends all
the expectations, all the possibili
ties even, ot our nature! How God
must love us, and how too he must
love our love, to have prepared for
us such joys as these, which eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor
man’s heart conceived!—F. \V. Fa
ber.
Uackbitluf,
Backbiting is called by Dr. Moore
a “malignant sort vf insanity." In
some neighborhoods it often takes on
an epidemic character. The same
Ureter illustrates this latter feature
with the fact that in a certain nun
nery a sister one day bit her com
panions. The other, nuns were at
once seized with the same disposition
‘o bite. The mania spread from
cloister to cloister, until, says Car-
hou, it infected every nunnery in
Europe. A strange mania, surely!
But itt it. not yet more strange and
pitiful that multitudes ol men anil
women who are in the main friendly
toward each other, should be possess
ed by a mania which leads them to
habitually bitA each other’s reputa
tion ? It is, indeed, a pity it is so.
Yet if every Christian would stead
fastly resolve “to speak evil of no
man,” this latter mania would epie
dily vtke out from the Church of
® ion’s
Cod
’8 Herald.
Bo true to yourself and to nil men-
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