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CANTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAROH 31, 1 m,
35wuuc.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
-)BY(—
ROB’T. P. MARTYN.
OJke Up-shiim corner Gainesville and
wmt Marietta Street—old stand of the
4, "Geortfia Adeoeate."
*!3PAdverting Hat.g extt«nu*ly
low—to unit till tlmer^Fj
Single J/oul,
Jiy&JVL 1
e.Spcclal Rates for Long« , r Tunc.
W. B. WHITJfORfi, Proprietor
FoU 8, ly.
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—ferrellEW YORK.
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for it In
•wjr ■R.- tLiekee,' Smrru- Rav. H. M
Qifiliian Pastor. Treadling every first
Hunday *'▼ the oast'''. Preaching on
the 8 1 Sunday by Rev B K Ledbetter.
Prayer Meeting every Wninesdaj night.
Sunday Bclio -I at 9 A. m Ben F Pay lie,
Superintendent.
Baptist Cmuhmi Rev. J. A. McMur
ry, Pastor. Preaching every second and
four h Sunday, and Saturday before
2nd Sunday Sabbath school at 3 f M-,
M. 0. ,| 'jggl«, tpipvrii teudent.
Episcopal. Rev. Ge<v MeCaub y’ Pas
tor. Preaching 8H Sabbrth at 11a, in.
onnEiis.
Meets every first and third
F A.
Mm day’* at 8 P. * . in Mas, nic Hall.
W. A. IVacI.ky. W. M.
Jaiikz Galt, Stc’ty
f II.—Meets ev-ry 1st and 3rd
K.
'Tuesday a' 7 1-2 i* m , in Masonic Hall.
W. A. 1 easley, Dictator.
Jaltez Oalt, Reporter.
r a r.iT r o #’# k er ,v.
C .1/ Met /.UBF. Oidli.iiry.
.>Al'EZ OALT. Clerk 8. Court.
J P Sl»i AIIS. Mieritf.
i W ARVVOOD. Tux.B'culver,
M (! t OKE/f, "I ax C ilUctor.
J I, COOOIN-S Trea urer.^
F W ivlDOuE, Surveyor. *
Ww. T KIBK.t orouer.
O. I. TEASLEY, County 3. Com.
Du. J. II SPE1R, ] County
M. A KHI H. Board
Rsv. M PICKET, j-. ™ a
A T. 8COTI.
J. B. RICHARDS,
Education.
J-
McAfee House
CANTON, - - - GEORGIA.
I have teased Urn above first class HO
TEL and thoroughly renovated and relit
ted *t tor Transi ;nt visitors and Regular
Boarders.
TERMS:
wilson House,
ATLANTA, GKOHGU
ALABAMA STRKET,
J L. KEITH, Proprietor.
Dr. A. M. Parker
Will .continue the practfea <>f Medicine
at Canton and vicinity. Office at. luar, »•
idcnco on Main Street.
B. F. I’atnk.
P. P. 1 t Pi *K
Payne it DnPre,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W,
C A A TON,
GEORGIA
H. H. McKntyre,
ttrlrk, /■*'osierlug and
STONE WORKMAN,
V A NT ON, UEOJtti I A.
I AM FULLY PREPARED TO DO
any kind of Masonry or Plastering, at the
LOWEST POSSIBLE RAVES.
And solicit the patronage Of those desir-
II. H. Mof^TWE.
tng srmft m» w»y
' Jan. 13 ly.
J. M. HARDIN
HOUSE, SIGN,
CARRIAGE and
ORNAMENTAL
... -PAINTER.
FRESCO ani. SCENIC ARTIST
CANTON,...,
Jan. 18 ly.
GEORGIA
NEW
DRUGSTORE
I HAVE OPENED A NEW AA'I)
splendid stock of pure, Ircsh Drig
MAh ROUTES
Ou July the first all the routes leaving
this place, except the Dawsonvilie and
D ilia's were increased and otherwise
changed; The following is the correct
time, of leaving, arriving and the con
tractor of the different routes.
< ANTON to MauiktTA, (No. 15030;.—
D *pv. except Sunday. Leaves 6:30 a. in.,
arrives 0 80 p. in. (’resident M. <Si N.
G i . R R contractor.
Canton to Dawsonvu.i.e, (No 15125). i
•Tri-weekly. Lea* es Monday, Wednes
day and Friday at 7 a. m ., arrives Tues
dav, Thursday and Satmday nt 5 p.m.
Ju’<. C. Richardson contractor.
Canton to Talking Hock, (No. 15.
334). —April vr» Monday, and '1 hursday
at 11 a. m , and leaves at 12 m.
Canton io Bio ( nBKjt via IIigKiBV,
Flat, (No. I51-j8).—Leaves Tuesday and
Friday at 8 a. m., arrives on Wednesday
and Saturday at 4 p. m. R. J Smith
coui racto r .
Canton to JAtPER, (No 15362).—
Daily, except Sunday. Leaves at 8 a. m.,
arrives at 4. p. m. M. II. .Lovelady
contraclor.
Office hours: Fi nn 7 a. m. to 12 m.;
2 to 6 p. nr. ; and at night after opening
and distributing the mails till 8 On
Sunday 8 to 9 n. nr. The mails will be
closed 30 minutes before their departure.
W. B. WatTMoiiE
Postmaster.
my brick bouse m xt door east from Mc
Afee’s old stand. I shall keep a-i far as
possible every article Kept in the rug
'ini-, and if von call at my Store and
don't liud vvlmt you want I will order it
lor you.
I shall continue in the practice of Mod
iciao and Surgery ns he loro, and lake
this opportunity to' think my many
friends lor vv hum I have pi act iced for
the last thiiteeo years, f r their confi
dence and patronage, and ask the con
tiuu ince of the same; also I ask the prhc
tiev ui alt who may feel disposed to give
me tfieir patronage. I respectfully ask
the nidus to call ami see my Perfumery
and Toilet goods. I can be found at my
store when not professionally engaged,
re idy to wait on you,!
Very rc.-.pectfully',
JOHN. M. TURK, M D.
, Jan. 13, ly,
WRITING FOR LIFE’
“My deur Tom, 1 •peak to you not
only4i8 tin old liicnd, till us u mrdioal
man ; and I toe llint it is quite neces
sary for you to have complete anil
peifeet r« st for eome weeks. You
UaVe been overdoing it in nursing
that old uncle in the country (ortho
la* three mouths, and, to my own
knowledge, have tuken the last truiii
down there ut night and the first
train to town in the morning, uud
have Consequently not had u good
night’s rest lor ull thui time. Row
cao a man stand it, uddid to your
hospital work all day, without Buffer*
ing Imm it ? Don’t you feel -to re
quire rest ?
“Not the least in the world/’ us-
mined Raven. Oddly enough, the
nursing oueois to have done ute good,
I confess to having felt knocked up
sdtne weeks since j but I batled brave;
ly.Mgaiu.^t the feeling, won the victo
ry, and now I’m us hvali ns paint and
up to work better titan ever.”
“You don’t look Lke If I repeat,
you look thoroughly worn out. Bui
you know your own business uud
state ol health ; and, i.ow your unole
is gone and has left you a put full of
money, you can take things inoreeuiy*
“Ye*, old hoy 1 nt game for any*
thiug-mind and body first class ; and
I intend to suck to my hospital work.
It's veiy good of you Jack, to take
an interest in uiy health and all that,
bu sav nontore about i», 1 beg.”,
“1 promise to say nothing to no-
body.” Raven and I were at. the
same hospital— St. Lazarus—where
he befci a medical and 1 a autgicul
a aurgic
irppoimmrwt; A We • wrrw-iviiV^aiuL[ dre.v frotii the maide of jija overcoat
worked, often day and night; uud my
NOTICE TO PASSENGERS.
flOM.WENCr.G Februury 1st. 1881
<1 until Hither n--tice. t!l» PftHHSti*
g,r Fare over the GORGIA RAILROAD
Mum L'tie and BrtacliCH, will be as fol
lows: .
Agent'* Kate, Three (!l) Cents per Milo,
Train Roe, Four (4) Cents per Mile.
Child)*' n between 5 and 12 years,
Hall' I be above Rates
Minimum Rate, for any Distance,
Five (5) Cents.
Passengers are hereby notified that if
they fail to purchase Tickets from the
Stall m Agents, they will be charged the
Train Rate
r i nductdrs arc not 1 icket Selles, and
arc not allowed t<» accept, !<*«« than the
Train Rate of Four Cents per Mile,
There lore.)o secure the advantage of the
n dtl. eft rate, purchase your ticket before
entering the train
I he Company -reserves the right to
change, or entirely abrogate these rutes,
at pluasme and without notice
E. It DORSEY,
General Pnsseuger Agent.
Jan 27, lOt.
time and attention, for about three
months after the above conversation,
were so fully occupied and engrossed
that I thought no more of the occur
rettce. Raven looked in good bealih,
and wus very successful—indeed lie
bade fair to rise in a short lime to
great eminence in I lie profession.
He was im im list ly popular with every
one. Ills giay hair and bright blue
eyes, and healthy, florid, complexion,
combined With u frank, open and
Hearty manner in . epeaking, made
him u friend with cveiybody, and in*
spired confidence hi all his patients
Us Well aS III Ud IDS ll'ieilds.
As neatly us 1 Can leculhct, it
must nave been about three mouths
alter It is uncle died that Raven came
up to me our day in ttie Imspitul.
“I've just received a eummous to
lixeier'' nuid he. “The lumily is
wealthy rud influential \ and, from
WUa 1 know ol tile case I've beeU
called llieie to attend, i,tu sure its
more cl a surgical than a medicl out*
il will be uii .excellent Cuance for you,
Lawson ; and 1 cun promise you a
good fee lo b gin with. Thelelore, li
you cau puSa.b y manuge it, meet mo
at Paddington inis evening ut hall"
past nine, and we will go down to
gether by the express. Send me
word during the afternoon whether
you can come or not.”
1 hesitated, it was the depth of
winter,unit 1 huully liked leaving my
wile and a iimsi important baby; bill
feva were sc nee—this was a golden
opportunity not to be rashly negli Cted
i the.ueu (o risk my wile.s disappoint
merit.
“li is mofci kind ol you, Tom. 1
will ceriu.nly go down wnh volt, bo
far us 1 c in see, there will be noth
ing io pievonl my doing so,”
A gleam of suiisi.ictun shone in
his bnglu blue eyes,
‘■You promise?*'
“Unites any ill ing unforeseen
should happen to prevent me, I will
be down at ti e station at half past
nine.
“Rem etn bet 1”
Raven was drumut ically impress
ive, I thought as we puritd; and I
tn-k wju breaking the news to Arfiy
M W low -spirittd aud coui*
11 kinds of horrors nnjl ind
railway Mcciuents, and who
Wed in a siioWer of tears
Diyaelf away, burthene^ with
f t ugs and oomforu ra to ub
some measure the motal
UMt blooket she bad thrown over ine*
' I waJtOiily just in tiim> to catch
ttkv^flf#ti»rii(»*niy't>pri»oil Mi# doo«,
(ft llie railway rnrringe.
‘ Jump In, Jack, jump in ! Iluir*u‘
Crown to the guard has secured this
Compartment for us all the way down;
•o we shall huve it to outselve* with
out fear of interruption. Time’s up;
you have tun it line. Kite away I”
He flung in my ling and the sever,
ul tugs, Ac., uud we entered. The
guard touched his hut and abut the
door with a bang.
“ This door is unlocked guard?”
•Mid I. “Yes, sir ; side neatest the
platform is always unlocked. The
otlier door is locked.”
Lie whistled, and the train started.
“I can’t bear the idea of both doota
being locked,’ I remarked to Raven.
•‘in case of accident it would .be
impoaaible to escajic lro*n the car*
riage.”
“It doesn’t mailer,’lie said, and
then relapsed into silence.
For about twenty minutes he re-
umimd oppoiite to me, sometimes
With bis eyes closed, sometimes with
thorn fixed on me iu a most un
pleasant manner. All my endeavors
to draw him into conversation failed,
and ufter a time I gave them up and
ahso relapsed into silence.
Suddeuly he rose from his sent and
pa|ier in my bag and plenty of lead
in my ptnefl, and Wte’re (lie whole
night belore us.”
A tremble of my hand, a quiver of
my voice, would have been fata). 'Lite,
I opened the bag and drow> forth thd
writing paper. The knife was on a
cushion at mv aide.
Now Tom let us fRst state our
reasons to the world (or wishing to
hater fihAteotty OadtfrtttalPtt.
die..to- nigKt. bj qur owu . hands. If
you vjill dictate to me your
will write them down, and then
we will revise and correct them.
Alter that, l will die ute my own to
you and you shall write them. We
Shull be able to do our work well and
quickly.’
Quite right Jack ; wo ought to
gtvo them our reasons. How odd
that 1 never thought of that I Let
nte see; If I kill you first, I
might write the will out alters
wards.’
•All, but who will write out
mine? Don’t be seltiish, there’s a
goud chap !’
•To lie sure! Well, are you
ready ?’
He began dictating long and flow
ery sentences. Now and again i in
terrupted his flow of loiguugfl to
gain time. This kept him thor
oughly occupied and interested, while
the train sped on at an express rate.
He had nearly finished his long ram
bling, dictation, when, to my inex
pressible delight, I telt the speed of
the train gradually slackening. 1
knew that my chance of delivery was
near.
‘Rend over for yoursell what I
have written,’ I said to him. ‘The
carnage is very close—a little fresh
lelfmi httviilirfiiifrf Aajjkt
of tha • oipvdient
sv/ered so odiniaaoly.—Writing ft
Cfobmmrf'l WY
VBBlLta rd
farm ' and
. asiti
Coim ‘Ft.6nk
table-spodnfhl of com Htfbp,
pint of millt, •• okatsili
of sugar 4 a little grated nutmeg,
and two egge. Yon mix the' corn
floor with a table upoonftil obcCld
milk, pot the rest of the milk to
boil, and directly it comes to the
boil, take the raooepon ofl tbo fro
and put in tho rest of the eoM in*
gredionts, viz., the mixed oom
flour, the Bitgar nod the egge. Pot
the whiten of tho egga on another
plato. and beat thom op with b tit*
tlosalt till they aro a stiff froth.
Y<>u linvo meantime greased a pie*
dish. When tho whites aro stiff
onough, you mix them with the
corn flour, ote., m the basin, and
thon put the whole mixture into the
greasod pie-diah, grnte a little nut
meg over the pnddirf|g, md bako it
for about twonty mlaatefi- '
IMPROVED MORTAR FOR
PLASTERING.
a long and potuted kuTtc. wfflbh T air will do ufl good. I wiR nraVie way
Has’.ied onitnou in tbs lamplight. 1 curections you may require.’ .
’Juck Lawson, we must both of us I sut on the knife and reached
die tu-ntght,’ said he culmly and de
liberatt-ly, without any excitement ol
manner. *1 1***1 that the tune has
conn* for both of us to quit tins vale
ol tears.’
i Y«*a; I q uile agree with you, Tom
Raven,’ I replied—seeing what had
happened—ill as calm a voice aa Ins
own. •! have long thought that life
was becoming very undesirable; and,
to ,euve it in your company, with you
my oiliest and warmest friend, would
be I lie most agreeable thing to me
that could happen. But you are not
married Tom?’ ‘Thank Heaven,
No r
“Remember 1 am married ; and,
haJ you giveu me notice ot this
w:slt of yours before starting, 1
would ha\e made arrangements und
have spoken to my wile to prepare
her. Have you made your will
Tout ?”
“No, 1 have not.”
“Good Heaven, man, not inude
your will! Tom it is absolutely nec
essary lor both of us to make
our wtlis before we die. I have not
made mine, and should nut like to
huve the world with the chance of
my wife a id child haviug to go to
to i he workhous or be chargeable on
the parish ultef my dotih. You
would wis!) to leave your money to
soiud one in particular—is it not
so
• Of couise I should like to leave
my money properly—of course
yes J
I never thought ol making my
will.”
“You must also r member Tom,
that it would never do to die delib-
emiely, in the way we both desire to
die, without leaving to the world our
reasons lor doing the act. You
would not wish your iiume Io be a
by—word and tHe cause ol deriiion to
any one, J am tqre; and I am jer-
tain I dont wish my own lo be so.
Therefore we must botn draw our
reasons for dying.’
“Do you know, duck, I never
thought ol thut ?’’
“Well then, first put your knile
arranged my woik so as to be able to i down on the cushion there, and then
ko ep my appointment. The hardest I we will net to work. I’ve plenty ol
over U* -tltc lo^er glas^. A Blight
fumbling necessiiatad my rising to
inauuge better, the knit* was in my
left hand concealed under my coat.
1 turned round to look at mv poor
frieud, and saw him trying intently
to read my scribble by the light of
the lamp, seemingly unconscious of
the stopping ot the irain. In anoth
er moment the glass descended, the
knife dropped upon the platfornn
my arm was thrust through the win
dow and o, the handle ot the door.
The train nearly stopped ns 1 jump-
out, shut the door, and held the
handle firmly, l’oor Raven even
then was quite engrossed with what I
hud written for him. I called the
guard, and stcretlv uud quietly the
porters were as embled on the plat
form at the door of the' currl-
age.
‘Come Tom this is Swindon ! Let
us have a cup ol colfee !’ I called to
him through tho wiudow.
In ihut moment ilia spell wus
broken. 1 saw lum look lor b>>
knife, then rush to the window on
the opposite side ; but we were loo
quick anil too powerful for him.
The gnuul, two porters, and myself
lumped into the earring-, and he was
Secured.
My best friend, with a brill’ant fu
ture before him, and in the ripe por
tion ol his life, wub u raving lunatic,
and lias remained hopelessly so—iu-
sunc from that time one of the many
victims to over work.
1 mid scarcely add that the case
winch Raven hud represented to me
as calling him lo Exeter was nn on
tire fabriwfon. and wub invented by
him as part of the scheme which, in
hismudnes, low hud no doubt serious
ly im.igim d would be for the benefit
of both of ti8.
I frequently go to the asylum
wiiete he is, to inquire after him, but
the mention of my name brings on
Buch a violent aggravation of Ins dis
ease that I ant not allowed to see*
him. Poor Raven! 1 fear I shall
never see him again !
That terrible night carr-wever be
effaced from my memory, and I can
It is estimated that k wtJl only
take about twenty yean to nn—nmn
the original pine forest of Georgia,
anil it ia thought to be t—e toe the
adoption of Homo effective me—ure
of protection. The Yfacon Tele
graph and Messenger eatimatea the
consumption during 1180el a Ifttle
over 250,000 ahree. • 1 i
To Make YineoaIl—To make
one gallon, taka one pint end e half
of sorghum syrup, about two, tfble
spoonful^ ol dry hop yea*}, and
soft water. Keep warm till it wo?ka.
In a splendid eeoey reed before
the Ocmulgee F>irmora’ Club oi
Bibb county Ga.,byHen. J.ltyer,
and printed iu the Maoon Tele
graph und Messenger* is this:
Our cotton and wool go tc Northern
and foreign mills to be ooavertod
into the cloths we wear. Our oak,
walnut, hickory, beech end poplar
go to the West to be made into
the wagons, furniture, topis land
implements we use. -Qer flouring
mills and smoke-houses ere efefo in
the Woatern SUtes r eud we —nnot
prosper so long a? this state *$f af
fairs continue. - .
A man’s good * breeding ip the
best security against people’s ill
manners. .
A new method of making mortar
lor plastering walls has been de
vised, which is confidently eaid by
those who ure informer s* to It, to
be superior to any oiflfg ever yet
tried. Styoco or pi aster *oL‘pam is
need vi KiViig tUa
mortar,one part of stnqpo, by meas
ure, being ^Bod to two parttv of
sand. No hsir is used for tire first
or ‘scratch’ cost, and three (poets of
plastering are put on. . In mixing
the stucco and sand e qnert.of glue
water is used to the pail-ful of sand
and stucco mixed, end |hen.cloun
water is added until the merter is
of tno right consistency.
The mortal* must be used — soon
nn made, and and only mode in
small quantities at n time. It is
claimed that it will moke a herder,
more perfect well, can be used to
better advantage, end ia little if
any more expensive.—Selected.
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