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EXAMINE HOW YOUR HUMOR H INCLINED, AND Wllb'Il T^IE RULING PASSION OF YOUR MINI).
VOLUME V.
CANTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IS, 1884
THE;CHEROKEE ADVANCE.
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HEN. F. PERKY, Editor and Proprietor.
Oiir* up~stair», oor. Weal Marietta and Gains-
• vitte 8treetf--hear Court House.
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HEN. F. PERRY, Canton, Ga.
P. O. Drawer 49.
’T"'r< n baly—n thi tornionth old—
i That Drnlli )out ccu)e to see :
It^was vrliifn am\jnill ami cold
An any l>abc Could be.
flh! It* f. atuiva softly traced
•- A life fast Gel bad planned :
Snb.c nno drcAmlng t)ih had pla«d
A lo-c-bud in'its band.
Deeply wopt tbo parents whan
'Hint spirit fluttered free ;
They were end and wretched then,
As parents oft most be.
Eiiciv tbo other's picture borne
Haw in the fleeting Jabe.'
When that li art from theirs was torn,
lb Iff t ho large a place.
Rut. When last In its repose
'riioy Kissed it mournfully,
That small bud had grown a rose,
•As sweet as rose colllil be.
With Its Soft breath it perfumed
'J be sad niid'tblemn hour ;
i^id it smiled aij^ glovVod and bloomed,
A grand and perfeot flower.
rnd there for Ratio, sous to make het
more comfortable. 8bo couldn’t have
TI104 thoso'hearta grew strangely light,
1> vAuibade their douhtings flee (
, ’Idley W»re»full of hopes as bright
- As stri^Uua-onoscould be.
And the pamor gently said,.
,j “This tells to our dint oyes,
. , That your darling is not dead,
Hut bloomy
DYING FOR
disc.
JUS MASTER.
rofessionpl and business
Cards.
W. A. & G. I. TtASLEY,
Attorneys at, Law,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Will givo prompt attention to all buei-
liess intrusted to them. Will practice in
nil the courts of tile county and in the
rts of the Mine Ridge cir-
j»n3-ly
IOX
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
by permission to John Silvey A
1. M. Clarke & Oo., James R.
; .1
CANTON, GEORGIA
Refers
Oo., Thos
Wylie and Gramling,*8palding & Oo., all
of Atlanta, Ga. »• jaul-’83-ly
CEO. RvJfHOW.f,
ATTRONEy AT LAW,
Will practice ln> the Superior Courts
of Oobb> Mil op, Forsyth, Pickens and
Dawson <cpunti£ji, and in the Superior'
and J us t ice court* of Cherokee.
Office .gver Jap-dJI, McAfee's store
Specialjttjiftntiqo given' to the collec
tion of olaijins; .
Business respectfully solicited.
,. Fj an 3-’83 ly.]
II. W. NF.WMAlt.
JJIO. D. ATTAWAT.
NEWMAN; & ATTAWAY,
. ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
canton/ - - Georgia.
Will practice in the Superior Courts
af Cherokee and • adjoining counties.
Prompt attention-given.^o.All business
placed in their . h#9<^. " Qflico in the
Court House. '»■*- [jau3-’83-ly ]
BUETHBBD DOG'S ENCOUNTER WITH A
RATTI.EHNAKE.
: y
:;f
P.P.’DaPREE,
ATTORNEY AT L,AW,
"CANTON, GEORGIA.
Will practice .jn 'ft* "Bllie Ridge cir
cuit ana in Cherokee’counlv. Office in
tne Coutt House. wRh^e.Ordinary.
Administrations.04.-estjims^ *
8^*Cof,|ectio!i8 a Specialty,,'tWfl
' BEN. F. PBRk’Y,
AGENT —
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Oflice with Cherokee Advance.
. s.
J. P. BROOKE,
Attorney itt Lkw
ALPHARETTA, GA.
, will practice in all the Courts of the Blue
Ridge Circuit and in the Justice Courts of
Milton and of such other Districts (Q. M.) as
border on Milton.
J. M. HARDIN,
House. Sign, Carriage
—AND—
, ORNAMENTAL PAINTER,
FRESCO ASH Me ARTIST ALSO.
Oriental and Grecian painting. Mez-j
Tintin-, Carbo-Tinting, painting in Se-
pei and India Ink.
;Twenty-five per cent saved by apply-
’ng to me before contracting witli others.
Material furnished at bottom prices.
Satisfaction giveD or no charges made.
See or address, ' -1. M. HARDIN,
[jan8-’88-ly] Canton, Georgia.
“My name 1s Thomas Wilman, and I
five In Philadelphia, where my eon
Harry i* a prominent business mail.
Thirty-one years ago J married, in Great.
Barrington, Mass., os pretty a girl as
that village (famous for its pretty girls)
ever sheltered. She had . been well
brought up, but had no fortune., I had
81,500 which I had made by running a
sawmill. Wo were young mid.had the
world before' ns, .and we concluded
to go West. Goiig West in those days
didn't mean, os it seems to now; going
beyond the Mississippi,, Going into
'York State' was-going Wodt then. ,1
•bad a cousin fn flattyraugns, a HtOyjril.
in go on the Erie Railway, 80 miles-east
of Dunkirk, and we concluded to go
there.
It was late in August when we reached
Cattaraugus. My cousin gave us a
hearty welcome, and I set about looking
for a spot to build. Cattaraugus is a
curious sort of a place. The village is
surrounded by hills, and the wonder to
me is that it cloesn't slide down into the
wnshbowl-liku valley on the side of
which it is built. A little oreek runs
through the village, and a mile to the
west finds itself In a doep, narrow valley,
with almost perpendicular sides,. -1@0
feet high. This valley is called .Slimier
Hollow, and is one of tho most pictur
esque spots on the Erie Road. I went
down into the hollow prospecting; The
sides, wherq they were not too steep,
were oovered with a heavy growth qf •
first-class pine, and for miles around the
hills were thick with the some timber.
I saw there Was ‘money in a sawmill
right down in that hollow, and I built
one on the stream, which 1 could see was
a good-sized creek most of the year. It
is one of the branches of Cattaraugus
Creek, which empties into Lake Erie 30
miles west of Buffalo.
' .“I built my milT'there, and close to it
a little house, so,plose, in fact, that the
two joined. I took Katie, that is my
wife, down there, and we began house
keeping. That >was well into the winter,
and I began logging at once. I hired a
gang of men to help me, raised money
by contracting my lumber ahead, and
started in. We out lugs on the hills
close to the mill, rigged up slides, and
ran them down to the logway; I tell
yon it was music to me when the saw
ripped into the first, log and a clean-cut
slab dropped away from the.teeth,, We
«d a little jollification. That was the
first log ever cut in Skinner Hollow, and
people drove mites to see it Business
was good. There was lots of snow,
which made it easy work getting logs t"
the mill and drawing the lumber ont tv.
the village, besides giving me all the
water I wanted. In fact water was rrn-
, ning over the tail of my flume every
hour from the time I turned it into the
race till the middle of July. Then a dry
spoil came on, arid I had to shut down
for two or three hours every day to let
my race fill up,
•'/But I didn’t mind that I had had
a tip-top season and had made money. I
had logs enough at my door to keep me
busy for a year, and I knew where there
were plenty more when those r*n out.
And, besides, I had two to look after in
stead of one. You wouldn’t think if
you’d see Harry, with all his refined
ways and education, that the first music
he ever heard wes a saw tearing through
a pine knot: But it’s so. He was a
pioneer’s son and knocked around a
sawmill till he was into his teens. Well,
when business was slow I worked
around the house, fixing up things here
fa.cn more contented. She used to think
that, sawmill was just about Ibo plons-
autosi place in the country. Hour alter
hour she’d stay out there with me, and
we'd keep up tho conversation while the
log was running back. at)d stop when it
went up to the saw, , Dear me ! Dear
md I Why, I can see her as she used to
look in those days in that little aawmill
just sa plainly as if t stood there with
her to-day. She used to jump on the
log and ride np pretty close to the saw
and then, just as I.would got soared and
jump to drag her away, off she’d go.
Nobody was over happier than we were,
and we have never l>oen as happy siueo,
though we've been pretty happy and arc
yet.”
The yellow sunlight flickered Into thr
room where the two sat, and the wine
looked like blood os the dancing rays
shone through it The old man woq Joat
in happy reverie, and the young man
ven^nreyl to remind him that there was
a snake Story promised.
. “True," skid the old man, starting,
“I’m just bottling tmthat. I lost.mvsolf
thinking ofjthose old days, • -There was
.shakes then, an,d we had .$Hed thorn.
Rattlers urfed to come out on the ledges
of. rooks and lay iu the hot sun. One or
■twoluid come around the mill, and I liad
.shot one in our door yard. But we
thought nothing of that. People living
id the woods or in wild plaoea get used*
to things that would fill them with hor
ror in n settled country. We expecv-'xl
to find snakes, and ns long ns they kept
their distance or gave us a chanoe to
shoot them when they got too near we
didu't mind them,
“As I told you, I fixed up things
around’ the house during slack time.
One of the bits of furniture I knocked
together was a beds tend. It was more
like n.broad lounge than a bedstead, for
ft had ueitlior head nor footboard. Ono
end was raffled a little like n .conch, nud
that was -tho )ipad. W.e had some bear
skins and t^lahketa (o sleep oil, and more
blanket*.tp,cover u*. It Vos a-big ijh-.
provement Oh the floor where we had
been sleepIlYfe. and after n hard day’s
work handling logs I used to think it
about as comfortable a snot as I knew.
“Well, it got along into tho fall aud
we began to have chilly nights. The
equinoctial pave us a big rain, and for n
fortnight f had all the water I could use.
Then it gift dry again. One afternoon,
after seveipl days of threatening weath
er, it began to rain. Hour after hour
the rain came down till abopt 9 o’clock
in the evening, when it suddenly cleared
off and turned cold. It was late in Octo
ber and we kept a fire burning on the
hearth nights, more for the baby’s sake
than for our own. Our bed was parallel
witli tho fireplace and stood out near the
middle of the room. We had an English
shepherd dog named Leo, which wo took
with us from' Massachusetts. He was a
black and white beauty, and my wife,
wlio had raised him, thought about ns
ranch of him as she did of the baby or
me—at least, I used to tell her so. The
dog was fond of me and I made a great
pet of him. He was a noble fellow, and
all he wauled was for me to whistle just
once and he’d come. We let him sleep
in the room at tho foot of the bed.
Sometimes in the morning I’d wake up
before my wife and I’d whistle just once
to tho dog. Up he’d come over tho foot
of the bed and wake Katie by licking
her face.
“That night we were just going to
bed when it turned cold. I threw an
extra pine knot,.on the fire and went to
the door and looked out. I shall never
forget that look, for it waq the last time
I ever stood there and saw stars above
Skinner Hollow. - I closed the door and
went to bed and soon fell asleep. I slept
on the side of t he bed nearest the hearth,
m.v wife slept on the further side and
the baby lay between us. For some rea
son I didn’t sleep long, and when I
waked up I couldn’t get to sleep again.
Finally I got out of bed and threw an
other knot on the fire. Leo was
stretched ont on the floor with his nose
between his paws. He eyed me sleepily
as I walked around the room and gave
me a loving look as I stooped down and
patted his head. 1 went back to bed and
fell into an uneasy sleep. All at once I
wakened with a start It must have
l)eon past midnight. I seemed to be
fully awake the moment I opened my
eyes, and such a sight as they rested on
God grant they may never see again. I
was lying on my left side facing my
wife, who was lying on her right side.
The baby lay on its back between us.
As I opened my eyes a dark ob ject glid
ed down from off the baby, and just
then the knot burst into flames and
flooded the room with light. A rattle
snake, fully five feet long, had slipped
down from between my wife and myself
where it had been stretched ont presum
ably to get warm, and, startled no doubt
hy some movement I had made in wak-
imr, had thrown itself into a ooti on the
bod lithe baby’s feet and- just opposite
my luces.
"jjouiioliody asks it life is Worth liv
ing.! I think it is as n general thing,
but flf life .hiul many flnch moments as
that $ (mould say emphatically that doath
was ipfi-ftTable/ For a moment I lost
my Bead. I did not mote, fortunately,
but I soctuod to drift entirely ont of all
con^'inuHtiess. For a moment only this
lasted! Then my senses came back to
mo, 4iud I felt (hit from the reaction I
woul 1 probably tremble from head to
foot, IIow I ever tnanaged to keop my
body rigid I don’t know, bnt by an aw
ful ffi'ort I did. I knew that to stir was
death, perhaps, fof myself, perhaps for
my boy, perhaps—my God, tho thought
was tigonyv-for my wifo. Outside I
coni 1 hoar the raitf dripping from tho
caves, and I could deteot the sound of
Mat* r running to wnsto over the flumo.
To morrow, I thought, I’ll have plenty
of water again. To-morrow 1 Would I
ever oo to-morrow again ? Aud if I did
woul I I not meet It alone ? Tn spite
of all I could do a shudder ran through
my body. ,
“The snake felt it and raised its head.
I could seo its eyes glisten nud dance in
the firelight, and the bright rays glanced
over the 'undulating coils. I could see
tbut tho snake was irritated, and I know
tlfal.it was liable to spring at’auy mo-
inert. , Who would it strike? Either of
ns Mas within easy distance. It seomed
to me that t could see tho beglnning'of
the miwoufar conttaotion which .would
precede ftfe spring. ^
' “All 'tfota, of oonrae, passed in a frac
tion of the time 1 1 nave oooupiod in tell
ing it. . My wife aud boy slept on. I
prayed'thijt they might not move, for if
they Af&Vtelk the spake wonld throw
itaelf forward.' 1 moved my head slight
ly. Tbe snake’s' hjad again arose, and
foHhe’flrtt .time it,sounded its rattlo.
Iqstantly my wife opened hor eyes, and
some way they rested on, tlio snake. .1
could see that; wrery vestige of dolor had
le(i hdr faoef but she dfd not jnrfvo a
muiehs THch her.pycs slowly loft the
and cipnp.trj>tp mhle, ; v
. fiapk over the nearly ttfir^y
>.ais wliioh have elapsed* sine? then
I onrt iioe the look in her eyes yet. We
lmd sometimes talked about mooting
death together. Now it lay betwcon us
mid in more horrible form than we had
ever dreamed of. Yet the look of per-
ft-ol 001 ill leiioo in me which my wife’s
eyes almost spoke was something 11 mail
does not see more than once in a life
time. That look seemed to say, for
baby’s sake, nnd like a flash I became
ns cool as 1 am at this moment. I could
not apeak but my wifo understood that
ahe must keep perfectly quiet and jump.
When the lime came, slowly and with
infinite cure I raised my head till I could
look down the bed to tho floor beyond.
My wife’s eyes followed mi no, and wo
both na\v the dog. Tho hideous eyc'H oi
the auuko swayed to aud fro, and I
knew that what was done must be done
quickly. I looked at my wife aud she
realized my plan. Her eyes filled with
tear.-i but gave consent. With a prayer
lor help I moistened my lipH nnd gave
one short, sharp whistle. The snake, I
think, didn't know what to make of it,
but the dog, Leo, dij). As quick almost
ns thought he sprang to his feet aud
bounded on the bed. To this day I’ve
never been able to understand why tho
snake did not Btrike when the dog
moved, but it did not. As the dogs
body rose in the air my wife canght
hold of the baby’s garments aud rolled
out or Deo. 1 rolled ont on my side,
grasped my rifle, which stood at the
head of the bed, and turned. The dog
and the snake were rolling together on
the bed. I caiiglit sight of the snake’s
head and fired, and tho reptile was past
doing any harm. The dog staggered
off the bed to the floor, shivered, moaued
onoe or twice, looked from my wife to
myself witli more love than I ever saw
before or siuoe in any animal’s eyes and
died.
“At daybreak the next morning wo
buried the dog and started for the
village. I sold ray mill and house to a
man who was visiting my cousin, and
before sunset we were on our way to
Massachusetts. I built another mill in
the East, and we prospered and grew
rich. Other children came to make our
home happy, and there are grandchil
dren now. We have enjoyed life, and
enjoy it now. But I tell you, young
man, that if poverty stood on one hand
and even a glimpse of Skinner Hollow
on the other, we would take poverty
cheerfully and think we had made a
good bargain.”
Anil will completely change f
|icrson wlio will »nko 1 I’Ul eai
health. If such nthliiR ho posiir
I'hyslc.tans 0*0 thorn for ilio cu
Or sont by mall for 35c. In stan
jmspxj. es.?Rrss..K
- r - • ■ agcrywliMV
Sola
It li a wcM-linmrn fnot Hint most of tho
Boris and ('sills iNontcf Ma In llili rum*
try In worthloii; that Sheridan's Condition
Powder n alnoliitelrnure nnd rery ytlunblo.
Nothing on Kartli will niaUo hnna
lay like Hhorhlan'aConilltlon l’ow-
ilor. I>0,0, one teaipoonftil to each pint of
food. It will also pneitiyely provent anil c
CHICKEN CHOLER
CARRIAGE PAINTING.
House, Sign and Ornamen
F^LiisrTiisrQ.
I would hep to ntato that I have openo
shop to Marietta for thepiu|iown of oanYi(
oh Cko l*nlnttnK Bnnincm in ull itn branch,
and IiuvIiik wnt ki.l for the laat twelve yuan
Mnrintta 11 11 lllMMlinHiy for ttf to elah-nl
capacity oh to durability and flninh. (lallanl
aco me or write ami learn my priori, llopin,!
you will favor nil with a share of your patron
age, I am reaprctfiilly,
’ THOM. II. MATIIKWM.
Marietta, July 8, lH8^-tf
MONEY TO LOAN.
Farmers in Clieroltpc county can' negotiate),
loans of money throUtyh mrf in Hums of ♦111)0
and upwards on live yearn time. Loan, .to’
carry H pi r,crnt.- intArrel and to bo paid an
nually. For further pai ticplarn call on
I1KO. I. TI'.AHI.KY,
' • . ' ’ .. Canton Ga.*
~;i. BLtClU SOjf
B(ariettfi , h- r 'GeprollV,
1 HrMDltACIDnP.R8p((-
SAfcrr ’ 'norms
BLINT^f’-T
BRACKETS,
'doors, r
MOUi DTNG,
BALTJSTERo.
Dressed and Matched Flooring and CciliM
WHICH W* CAN Bnir ON SHORT NOTION.
If you aro nccillng anything in thin linn it
will ha to your interoat to Hcnil us your order,
aa our soodn are giving perfect Hatiefaotimi in
both quality ami price.
DRUNKENNESS!
Cured in Various Stages.
j 1
Home treatment. Medicine can he ndmlnla-
terod without knowludgo.of patient by simply
E lacing it in cafTee, tea or any article of food,
urea guaranteed.
$100 WILL BE PAID
For any case of drnnkenneaa that Anhleu
Specific will not cure. Circrilara containing
testimonials and full particulars sent free.
Addran GOLDEN HPUC'IKIO CIO.
Sale and Feed
STABLE,
0. W- EVANS,
Canton, 6a., near Railroad Depot.
Hone« and Buggies at reasonable
prices.
Oarriagos and Horses always ready.
Will send to any part of tne country,
with careful drivers and gentle teams.
All kinds of stock feed, and stock well
cared lor.
Hanling and Draying Done at Low Rates.
Customers will be politely waited od
at all hours—day or night.
On the Turf.
Tho reigns of tho sovereigns of the
trotting tnrf, with their best records in
harness, and also the time with which
each beat tho record of his predecessor,
maybe tabulated as follows:
NAMK OF IIOIIHE.
Mixed.—Black walnut sawdust, for
merly thrown away, is now mixed with
linseed gum and moulded into heads
and flower pieces for the ornamentation
of furniture. When dried and varnished
it is as handsome and maoh stronger,
and more durable than carved work.
Lady Huffulk
1844
2:«K
Flora Temple
1H5H
'i r.
Flora Temple
185.1
‘l-.Y.fyi
Dexter
..#... 1807
2*1$
Goldsmith Maid..
1871
11:17
Goldsmith Maid..
1871
2:14 ‘
Kama
1878
2 :\V{
St. Julion
187!)
2-.I2-;,
Ht. Jv.lien
1880
‘L1i^
Maud 8
1-80
2:11%
Maud B
1881
2.10),
.Iav-Kyo-8ee
1884
2:10
Maud H
1881
2:(JDjK
, *S,
Rfbwrfol
. Jfodui
call and
H. 8. T<
THOS. W. I HOC AN,
DENTVST,
Canton.
Ga.
Tenders his profession* 1 **' rl °* - to th«
citizens of Canton and mnffoundingcoun
try, and guarantees satwf»>tion in won
and prices.
Office—Over W. M. Elli*’ 1
McAFFEE HOUSE,
CANTON. GA.I
Under an entirely new management, I
opiin for the accommodation of those el
a healthy and pleasant looality. Acoornn
tioi.H flmt-riaia and prices low. Bpli
Sainnlo liooma for drummers. Special ra<
familici. .
In connection with the Honso are splendid
a tahlra, where horaea, buggiea, eto., will re
ceive prompt attention, and at moderate rate*.
All jurora and citizen* of the county having
buaim-HK in court, will be charged lew than
regular eaten. For further particulars call on
or addreaa
COL. H. C. KELLOCC.
Canton, Georgia.
MEDICUi CARD.
D2t. JV.
. #’ •» •
Returns thanks .to ,t^^dtizens of Canton
and vicinity for their.ltoenil patronage
and ask a continuance or the same ^
Being permanently 'located, will con
tinue to practice Medicine, Surgery and
Midwifery.
Hoping by industry, energy and atrlot
application to b*-einess to merit an in
creased patronage and centinuattoe of
the same
Office and Drug Store first door eaat of
R, T. Jones’ store. Residence adjoining
Ben. F. Perry. jaa3
H, li, McElIYRE,
BRICK, PLASTERING
—AND—
STONE WORKMAN.
Canton, • • Ga.
I am fully prepared to do any kind oi
Masonry or Plastering at the loweat pos
sible rates, and solicit the patronage ef
those desiring work in my line.
jan3 ' H. H MoENTYBE.
A glauce at this review shows that tfa
record of trotting in harness bus been
lowered sixteen nud. one-fourth seconds,
or a little more than a quarter of a min
ute, duriug the past forty vt'aro, an ’.
just ten seconds or one sixth <*t a tn: -4 '
during the last, quarter ot a century.
A. J. STEADMAN,
CANTON ... GA.
Having taken charge of hie father’s
shop returns thanks to his customer* fo»
past patronage aud asks for a continuance
of the same.
All w, rk, such as Roofing, Guttering
cbpper, and all repairs will be prompt^
executed, and at reasonable prices,
him a trial is all he Mka-