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CANTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY t», i s8! *
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1IOVH.L A Co'S
StwMsptr AdTerttsiag Burma (IS Spins*
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Qkiwral BJirettorg.
cmvrcreh
H. B. Ciicucti, South—Rev. II. M
Quit linn Pastor. Preaching every first
-Sunday by the pastor. Preaching on
the fid Sunday by Bi-v B It Ledbetter
Prayer Meeting every Wcaneeday night.
Sunday Seho d at 9 a . m. Ben. F. ISiyne,
Superintendent.
Baptist Church -Rev. J. A. McMur-
ry, Pastor. Preaching every seoond and
fourth Sunday, and Saturday before
find Sunday.' Sabbath school at 8 r n.,
M. B. * p 'Jgglo, Superintendent.
Episcopal. Rer. Oi-.v McCauley’ Pas
tor Preaching 3rd SaLbrth at 11 a, m.
RRUERS.
F. A. M.—Meets every first and third
Monday's at 8 r. M., in Masonic Hall.
W. A. Th-lkt, W. M.
Jabkz OaLt, Sec'ty
K. of H.—Moots every 1st and 8rd
Tuesday at T 1-9 r. m., in Masonic Hall.
W. A. Teas ley, Dictator.
Jabez Galt, Reporter.
' COtToTTW OFFICERS.
C M MoCLURE. Ordinary.
JARS/ GALT, Clerk S. Court.
J P SPEARS. Sheriff.
T W ARWOOD, Tux R. culver.
M 0 < OKEH, Tax Collector,
J L COGGINS, Trea urer.
¥ W siOOKK, Surveyor.
Wk. T. KIRK, Coroner.
C. M. Me ’LURE, County S. Coin.
Du. J. H 8PE1R, 1 County
M. A. KBitH. j. ./
Rav. M. PUCKET, [
A. T. SCOTT, |
J. B. RICHARDS, j Educution.
MAh ROUfBt
On July the first all the routes leaving
this place, except the Dawsonville and
Dallas, were increased sad ollierwit-e
changed. The following is the correct
time of leartug, arriving and the con
tractor of the different routes.
Canton to Mamktta, (No. 16030).—
Rvily. except Sunday, Leaves 0 :80 s, m..
arrives 8 80 p. m. President M. dj N.
Oa , II. R. contractor.
Caxton to IUwsokvii.lb, (No 15135).
-Tri weekly. Lea' es Monday, Wednes
fiay and Friday at 7 n. in., arrives Tucs
day, Tiiursday and Saturday at 8 p. in.
Jno. V. Richardson contractor.
Canton to Talking Rock, (No. 15.-
834).—Arrrives Monday and i liursday
at 11 a. m., and leaves at 12 m.
Canton to Bio < hkbk via IIick-vht
Flat, (No. 15130).- Leaves Tuesday and
Pridty at 8 a. m., arrives on Wednesday
and Saturday at 4 p. in. R. J Smith
contractor.
Oanwon to Jaspkb, (No. 15303).—
Daily, encept Sunday. Leaves at 8 a. m.,
arrives at 4. p. m.' M. II. Loyeludy
ten tractor.
Office l»«ars: Prom 7 to 11 a. m.; 1
% p. m.; and 7 to 8 p. m. The mails
will he closed 30 minutes before their
departure ea each of the above routes.
Sunduysthe office will be open from
9 10 a. m. R- F. Danish
Postmaster.
PR l VA TE rn EA TRIG A L S
Ihid a medical mnn'by profcsiion,
and n quack in practice. Now tin*
demand me. I t.m a regular prac
titioner—college-bred—studied with
old, Dr. Tr oh anoiia, got a diploma
from the College oi Physicians und
Surgeons, and am empowered legally
to do wliut I please with my pati
ents—‘patients on a monument''
(Shakespeare), or under one? he!
lie!—and so far am regular. But
the quackery lies in .he voay I prac
tice. 'io tell you the truth, I am by
nature a humorist, and would dote
upon a joke, within the limits of be
coining mirth; but I dare not do it.
It would ruin my prnclioe; I should
lose all my pa'ients,—that is to say,
I should lose all of them, whereas I
now only lose some of them, so 1
have schooled myself to n degree of
seriousness that is as good us a fort
une to me. Here is where I applaud
myself (or being a quack. I believe ]
could stand by the bedside of old Dr,
Phtneas B. Mumps, my rival, and
see him depart, without a smile on
my lips, ultlongh 1 know the old ras
cal lias been trying to get my pati
ents away all of his life, and I know
ulso that I would have my pick of
h : s 118 soon as the breath was out of
his body. But if I show nooutwurd
and visible signs oi the mirth that
rages within me, I suffer a great deal
from cuiije*tion of the jocoar mem
brines. That is a complaint not in
the bowks but it ought to be.
On# very cold winter tho p air be*
came so alarmingly numerous in our
vil^ge that the price of bread and coal
near'y doubled in value. Thi conse
quence was that the Lt.di«s’ United
Tutting and Crochet Association for
the Amelioration of the Condit on
of the Meritorious Poor held a meet
•Mg, and it was determined to give
an eucsrtuiiitnent at the village hull
for the benefit of the 1111 fortnnate.
But what kind of an entertainment?
Never had anything in our ataw acd
■leepy village been seen beyond lect-
uri-e and negro mistrels; and so
when the pro|M>siiioti was made “to
have an amateur theatrical t nterta*n
merit,” eoihe of the elderly female
officers of the Meeting nearly fainted
HW»y. The proposition was at once
indignantly voted down, but the
thought ha I taken root, and it was
rot long before it developed itself out
side of the £0 fie tv, Those m mbe s
who had the brightest eyes and rosi
est cheeks and the softest curls
would persist in asking serious peo
ple—like, myself for instance, and
the clergy of the different denomina
tions—whether there really was any
harm in the (icrformunce, if the play
had no swearing in it, and the funds
collected were for a good object-
The answers living perfectly satisfac
tory, you should have teen how the
contagion spread! Finally it was
arranged that there should be an
umeteur peiformance ; that the word
“dramatic” should be suppressed,
out of regard to the tender consci
ences of several families who would
not attend if it was called by that
name, but who would subscribe (or
tickets iT it were simply an “enter
tainment.” The business ol prepa
ration was placed in the hands of a
committee of gentleman, and the
lima of performance fixed at two
w.-eks from date by the ladies of the
Society—with a request that the
play should be “UHinlet.” The com
mitlee hud but little to do in two
weeks. They had only to oust the
piece so as to allot proper persons
to the diff-rent characters ; the per
formers had to study their parts, re
hearse and get ready their costumes;
tile Stage manager had to provide all
the scenery ; and as the rural stage
hrtd no conveniences, carpenters
were to he subormd to supply the
necessary slides, grooves, gear, and
tackle ; the properly-muu was enjoin
cd to get foils and bowls of ppison,
‘‘kulls and spadea for the grave dag
gers, and everything—so that noth
ing should be wanting to prevent
our having a lively time of it.
O, how I wanted to play Polonf*
us! I knew the part by heart, bit
it would min me in my professioiifil
practice if I ever ventured to revqpl
that I had a, mind acute enoughip
discern the points of that wonderful
character.
However, the play of “llamte’ -
had to be given up. When the com
in it ter requested the gentlemen, at a
subsequent meeting, to write down
their names on a slip of paper, with
the characters |hey wonld be willing
to resume in this celt hinted tragedy,
they lound in the hat nine vumea
lor Ham let, and not one for any*
thing else—all owing to the influ
ence of Edwin Booth uo doubt
Theu iu regard to the Carpentar
ia wanted a month at least io pre
pare his Oxtures. As for the scene
ry, that had not been ordcrid yet^
Some of the Indies suggested thut we
might go to the New York theatres
and borrow some old scenery that
ally and otherwise.’ There w« but
one prominent thought L the mind
Of * tgnro, and that was how to get
some one to play the tall grenadier.
So alter hopping about in a very
ridiculous manner, snapping hie tin*
gers, and surveying my tall thin
form with evident satiation, he
8n, d >» a- whisper, ‘Suppose there
was just such a character wonld
you undertake it?* ‘ \h,my friend,’
said I gravely, ‘do not ask me ; I
would not participate in a stage di
alogue foj the world.’ ‘But, 1 respond
ed Figaro, ‘if I could fit*! a part in
which you would not have a word
to say, tnd the make up would so ef-
f-ctiilly disguise you thut your own
wi fe would not know you, would you
’just ior this once—be willing to un
dertuke it for the sake of helping a
benevolent enterpise?’
•If there is such a part, and nobody
else could bo had 10 fill it, I might
promise to do i% for the sake of hu
man—i—ty !’
•J'hen,’ said h n , takiug out his
tablets, ‘you are booked for the tall
soldier in the army of Bombastese.
the command to “belief* and be bap
tiaed.” Hence the House of Qod
was free to all, rich and poor alike.
Dut now, in many localities a new
ystem has obtained. The buying
slid selling of pewa it) the bouse w f
divine worship is the granting of
special privilege* (o such hn extent
that many churohea amonni Io noth
ing more thau being the private
chapels of those who have porebafifid.
g- - — ws nivev WI.U IIMTV JJIflJ l/KJNDVU* jmm^isiuuv
The seeker after trnfli has no more' >* or » he wil1 bring me forth to
they did not want to use. But tha#-M ere ’ 8 the play; study your part;
was objee'ed to npon the - ground. 00 s^beuraal needed. I’ll tell nobody,
fK.«r t.a nanl.a -1— -I yOU’ii tell DObOllv —
“Nobody, nobody, nobody, no!'
and nobody will be the wiser,’ aiul he
went on reciting his part —
“Loved DistafQna! Now, by myscarsl
thut ns regular stage sceuery was
usually thirty, forty, or evn fifty
high, and as our amateur stage hack
u clear head-room ' of only twelve
feet, we could rot stand up the bor
rowed scenes even if we had them.
Upon which they proposed the play
“Hamlet” without scenery. On
consideration it was found this prop
osition would not answer. So after
due deliberation it was determ
t ea feiMdon “Hamlet,“ afid to
the “Dead Shot,” with “Bombastes
Furioso” as the after piece. Six
weeks were allowed for the preparu
tion of even these slight pieces,
but then we ha ’ nothing ready, and
had to g<t everything made.
The Figaro of the whole Hffair was
Mr. Lempriere, the young banker*
Under his aotive management the
preparations were completed in due
time. It invariably happens in ama
teur performances that something if
forgotten which spoils the whole
play. Mr. Lempriere forgot noth
ing. He had the scenery painted and
♦ he carpenter’s work completed ; he
had the broken chiaa and pistols for
the Dead Shot; the dash of fed
paint for the supposed death*wound;
the punch-bowl, ladle, jiipes, tobac
co, foils, and boots for Bombastes—
everything, in fact, provided, so that
the actors had nothing to do but to
learn their parts. Then they were
drilled by book II. II. U. E. and C,
exit L. H., and all the choruses were
rehearsed on various pianos iu our
suburban villugc; and nothing was
wanting. I say nothing was want
ing—I am mistuken—on? performer
was wanting. Every other cbarac*
t*r in Hie farce and the burlesque
was beautifully filled except the pa#
of the tall grenadier in the army ol
Bombastes. No one could be found
to take thut part. How I wanted
to do it! I was fitted for the chsr-
acty, being six feet two inches high-
As tiie time rolled on toward the
opening night, and no one volunteor
ed, my fingers’ ends thrilled with
the pent-up desire within me. No
boby tnought of asking me to play
the part—the commonest man in
Goose Common! So I began to
fish for an invitation. I culled up*
on Figaro. ‘Sir,’ said I, in my pro
fessional voice, ‘I see no harm in this
proposed entertainment, if conduct
ed, as it will be, with a due regard
to decorum and public opinion. In
fact, I do not think, grave and seri
ous as is my nature, that I would
hesitate even to take a pait in it my
self, provided I had no study to per
plex me, and that I could be so dis
guised that no one would know me,
lor in ull benevolent enterprises for
the beuefit of the poor I am ready to
lend a helping baud, both profession
vow,
Scars got—I havn’t time to tell you how;
By all the risks my fearless heart hath
run —
Aisks of all shapes, from bludgeon,
sword, and gun,
il-traps,j he patrol, bailiff shrewd—
— .... —i- ■*- :
brow,
Ne’er did thy charms exceed their pree
dit glow!’’
But I hud to intterrupt him and
take my leave.
Doctor Seneca hookeu for the big
soldier i((‘Bombastes Furioso!’ How
completely I’ll disguise tnyself, and
how I’ll astouish them—wife and all!
Lempriere is a banker and knows
how to keep a secret, how I’ll roll
mine like a rich morsel under the
tongue! Nobody shall ever know
who played the part of the tall sol
dier, and I will play it so they will
all want to know, aud won’t I hear
of it when I visit my patients next
morning! Let me see what the text
says:—
*H. Enter Bonibastee, attended by one
lifer, end two soldiers, all very material-
ip differing in size.”
1 do not know how the others will
appear; but I shall very materially
differ iu size from three of them.
(7o he continued.)
right iu such a church without own
ing a pew, than he would have to
take a private box iu a theatre.
llow, then, is the preacher to fill-
(II the mission lo which lie is called?
True, he muy preach to tire wrosti
sort of sinners when addrasing some
of his pew-holders, but bifi work jtf
ewemnsoribed by the fixed numbers
who may be able to buy ohuro|i priv
ileges. To assuil the system of pew-
selling would provoke great hostili
ty, and yet the light of the gospel
tuught by He who was born in a
manger, is a perversion of Christian*
ity bo glaring as to almost appear ri
diculous.
Our cincerely pious friends some
times wonder why so few people ut-
tend church ou Sundays. If they
would reflect a moment they would
see that few people care lo go to a
place where they may possibly be
treated as intruders. Such a ihing
may not, be felt to any great extent
in Atlanta, but the situation uay be
appreciated any Sunday by taking a
sent iu a “private chapel.” When
the owuer of the pew oomei in and
you find the seat full, ydu^ifuot
comfort, which arises from the cou
sciousiii as of a possibility that you
“are in the wroug pew
and tenth verses and yon will findft
She did as directed, and road tho
following words: “Rqjoice not
against me, O mine enemy: when
I fall I shall rise; when I sit in
darkness, the Lord shall be a light
Unto mo. t will bear the indigna
tion of tire Lord, because I have
sinned against him, until he plead
my cause, and execute judgment
the light, and I shall behold hia
righteousness. Then sbo that is
mine o*emy ehallsee it, and shame
al»H fio^ her, which said unto
me, where ie the Lord thy God?
iMiito oyes shall behold her; now
shall she be troddeQ down as the
miro of the streets.” Sho closed
the book, and hanged herself. An
awful lesson this is to those who
scoff at the word of God, and exult
ovor the unfortunate, bat repent
ing sinner.
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Jorm anil $omc.
Watem and Poultry.—-When
you are grumbling because in the
cold weather you are compelled to
break the ice iu tho water in your
house remember that the chickens
do not have an instrument for break
ing tho ice in their drinking plac
es. Bee that they have a good
chance.—N. Y. Herald.
MOl)FAIN WORSHIP.
An Englishman visited a New
York church, and after waitiug a
1 jog time to be given a seat, while
others who came in later were wuited
on by the ushers, concluded to wor
ship in some other church where he
could obtain a seat. He complained
of the treatment he had received and’
was told that “there were no free
seats in that church—every pew wus
rented, and was reserved for its own
er.” To Wie unsophisticated Enlgish-
man the purchase of privileges “Gods
Temple” was a new, and almost aac-
riligious tiling. It was contrary to
the custom of primitive Christians.
The old style ol voluntary contribu
tions to sustain the “preaching of
the gospel” is fast being supplanted
by the uew style of pew reuting.
Then, the genuine Christian gave to
his church in proportion as God
had prospered him. There was no
parade about it either, but it was giv
en in modesty and sincerity, not
even letting his left hand know what
his right baud did. Then, too, there
was the spirit which invited all to
freely come into the sanctuary and
heur the “glad tidings of great joy.’’
Tho scriptural injunction to preach
the gospel to every living creature
was thought to be as imperative as
H KUCHER ON ROIt 1NGKR80LL
Beecher preached whatho culled
a double sermon on doubt, infideli
ty, atheism and skepticism. I/o re
mem bored a phrase in Bob Ingor-
soll’s political speech in tho Acad
emy of Music in Brooklyn, in which
Jngorsoll expressed the very sum
und substance of tho gospel itself,
“The trouble - with Ingersoll,”
said he, “is this: He has selected
the excrescences of hurnun life as
it lias grown up .in the churches,
and bus represented the excrescen
ces re tho oasenco of religion. Sup
pose a physician, wishing to get up
a museum reproueuting the human
body in all ages and conditions,
should collect idiets and lunatics,
with wens and warts all over them.
Suppose that the phpsician should
gather them into a museum and
say: ‘Tliore’s humanity for you;
what do you think of that ?’ That
is what lngersoll is doing in tho re
ligious world. He saps scores oi
truo things that have been said be*
fore, but ho don’t know it. He’s
not widely read in theology. I’m
afraid he dontread his Bible very
much. What does he road it for?
I’ll tell yon. The dove flying over
the landscape sees all that is sweet
and peaceful, but when the buzzard
and vulture fly abroad the first
thing they see is a loathsoBfirf car
cass, and if it is auywhere iu 8|gh^
they don’t fail to see it. Inger-
soll sees what ho is poking for.”
[Laughter.]—N. Y. Suu.
ter, throo t aide spoonfuls
choesc, und the same of fine bread
crumbs; then season highly with
cayenne pepper, adding throe tum
blers of cold beef minced - . It
should nil be stirred well together
aud served ns soon as hot.
ANECDOIE Of MB. DODD.
As the unfortunate Dr. Dodd etep
pod into the mourning coach, which
carriod him to the place of execu
tion, a female doist accosted him in
these words: “Doctor, where is
now the Lord thy God?” “Wo
man,” replied ho. “go home, open
your Bible to the seventh chapter
of the prophet Micah, eighth, ninth
Ka«ache.—There is scarcely an
uclio to which children are subject
so hard to bear and difficult to cure
as earache. A euro not often known
to fail is to put a pinch of black
pepper upon a bit of cotton batting,
tfo it up clip in sw,eet oil, aud insert
into tho car. Put a flannel band-
ugo ovor the head to keep jt warm.
Potatoes Under Straw.—I have
be"» very successful in raising pota
toes under straw in the following
manner: Put the land in good or
der by plowing, rolling, harrowing,
etc., lay off rows two feet apart, and
put ons piece in a place, one foot
apart; cut small—not more thao two
eyes. Cover in the astral manner
with plow or hoe, and wbfin the po*
tatoes first begin to coqae np, cover
them ten inches deep with straw or
prairie hay. In the fall, when yon
go to urg, mke off the atraw from »
lew rows at a time with a horse-rake*
Aftes the digging i« done, plow tha
straw in for mauure.—Country Gen
tlemen.
TO MAKE BEST COFFEE.
o
Grind gnoderatefy fine a large
cap or Hindi bowl <?f coffee; break
into ft oho qgf with shell, mix well,
adding enough cold water to thor
oughly wet the grounds, npon this
pour one pint of boiling water, let
it boil slowly fcr fifteen minutes,
and then let it stand three minutes
to settle, pour through a. fine fieve
into A coflee pot, this will make
enough for four persons—at the ta
ble first put the sugar into the *cup f
then fill half full of boiling milk,
then add your coflec. If you have
cream so much the better, and in
that ease boiling water pan be ad*
ded either in the ppt or cup, to
make up the space occupied by the
milk as above, .y. ,.,xv»u
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