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It’s a queer world is this one.
Neighbor Smith—a queer world.'
1 said Mrs. Drown, wiping her eves
I surreptitiously on her checked
| apron, as a carriage rattled out of
; sight down the dusty road.
•Maybe it ain’t any of my busi
ness, and I don’t suppose it :s.
either; but a mother can't help
her feelings. It don’t sectn long
er ago than yesterday that my Mi
randa went with the deacon to I lured her.
liye in that big house on the hill
garden. And here the deacon is. j
of cold water until she went into j Tommy and me could batch for
a decline. I heard her beg ami
plead of him to spare her, hut
therewas no letting up until she
died. Yes. she died when her
child was a day old, and much as
it grieved me to lose her, yet I had
live times rather see her sleeping
over there in the cemetery, as she
now di>es, than to have her live
and be tortured as the Deacon tor
lare-l not refuse to fetch the wa
ter. and yet his soul rose up re
belliously at complying with the
demand. The ‘spring was locat
|ed at some distance away, and
little while Till you came. Iij there was a small hill to climb in
saved me a dollar and fifty cents, j the bargain; but the Deacon had
you know. Idlin' her go home.’
.
on the ground that springs was • first place, and all my other wives
Sister Drown, this is scandal.'
It's the naked truth. Deacon
always refused to have a well
Mrs. Jones said nothing, but j sunk conveniently near the house. | es—they
removing her Ixinnct. she sat
down in the rocking chair and
gave herself up to a few moments'
serious thought.
The Deacon watched his bride
| a trifle nervously. He didn’t
! quite like tiie looks of the straight
order.’
The Deacon put down his fork
j with a look of dogged defiance.
•In all the six years that I've
kept house,' said lie, angrily,
•we've only had to buy one bolt of
sheeting, and that was bought for
my first wife, and as for the disli-
were mother's in the
jviT-ly
frisking past my very door with j Jones is a pragmatic, opinionated.
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^ his new wife and poor Miranda a selfish, close listed man. It's his j seem to like it,’lie thought, still! Creek Cemetery, it's a true savin'
lying over there in Plum Creek belief that the sunrises on that watching it slyly, ‘but she'll git j that a man don't know what kind
of a temper a woman has until
after he's married her. Now.
burying ground by the side of his .east eighty acre pasture of his. used to it—the rest of ’em did.
two other wives, stark and cold and sets somewhere near the edge i And she may as well know to-day
and forgotten—actually
iu six months.'
forgotten i of his wood lot. lie is forty j as to morro’that I am the boss ol ■ there were Betsy and Jane, and
used ’em, and I guess llu'v’U he
able to hang on a while longer.
Leastwise I shan't spend my
money on dishes now.’
A Hash of something that made
him think of heat lightnirtg shot
from Mrs. Jones’ big blue c\cs,
and she smiled. Somehow the
samejunvarying smile was begin-
j years old, and has his fourth wife, this house.
Mirandv—they'd a died befori
•It does seem a little sudden.' and as it seems, from present in- : The next morning the Deacon they’d a asked me to keery water.
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lied,’ continued Mrs. Brown, stones for th*m in Plum Creek
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*1 suppose lie is,’ returned
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of him is changed some from
what it used to be. But a year
after Iiis wife died when he court j
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, | Wolfs Hollow, and married her, i
in the }
tt I, for one, was right down glad to
j hear the news, and carried a pan ]
] of 4iiv very Lest cookies and a
mince pie over to ’em. And J
told the deacon 1 was that glad j
ras there and helped to lay hi*r j cemetery. I really wish that some
went on' woman of more than ordinary
strength of mind ami l>ody—an
other just such a pig headed, ob
stinate creature as lie is—Would
come forward and offer herself a
i
the rest of her sex.’
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‘And she died. I)o you min
that it wa, just two years to
day from the time she went there ' 'f he carriage went whizzing
Brown, warmly. ‘His last mar
riage is a complete surprise to
me. I diil nut even know that lie
contemplated marrying again,
ami I had not heard a word of it
until you came iu a few minutes
bride that they dug her grave ( 'W sn rapidiy that I only recog
deacon's lot at Plum
Who is the
nized the Deacon,
victim this time?’
Mrs. Smith smiled curiously.
provided by nature and cost noth
mg.
•It’s a true saying,’ said tin-
Deacon, sadly, as lie picked up
tiie pail, and turned his eyes to
ward the three tali white stones
little line that now showed ilselljlhat were just visible from the
very distinctly in the middle of hill top. ami which marked tin
ker white forehead. ‘She don't ] graves of his dead wives in Plum
mng to affect the Deacon nn
pleasantly. He remembered that
she had smiled in that curious
way when she had seized him by
the ear. and he wondered uneasi
ly what was coining now. He re
alized, somehow, that she dis
dained to use that weapon of fee
bler women—tlie tongue. She
li id told him at a very early stage
of their courtship that she was no
scold, and he had been assured
by a ncighborjjnf herein W ,
of whom lie bad made a very few
cautions inquiries about the
W idow McKinzie,' that she was
a ‘woman of pretty high spirit,
hut no jawer; not a woman who
kept her mouth going all day.
talking a body’s Iliad off.’ This
h:nl satisfied him at the time, for
the Deacon hated a scolding wo
man. But now, in view of her
present appearance, he wished lie
had pushed his inquiries a trifle
further.
liked money. Though the Dea | drunk water, and you can. Audi Mrs. Jones suddenly lifted a
con’s ideas on domestic economy while I’m at it, I may as well tell j pile of the cracked earthenware
were entirely different from her j you, Mrs. Jones, that I'll do no; from the table and let them drop
more of this drudgery. It's your
place to do it. I am master ol
this house.’
‘As for the liouse-
dicalions, that his intentions are ' rose early and built a fire in the anil milk cows, and build fires,
to marry all tlie women off the j cook stove. ‘I'll git up first this j But this here B idder Mclvinzic
tinie," said he kindly to his wife, —she's different.’
•but after this once, yon will hev j ‘I can't find the coffee. Deacon?
to build the fires. I alius lie in Where do you keep it?' asked
bed till most breakfast time. It i.Mrs. Jones, as he presently re
don’t agree with me to stir 'round j turned with the water, panting
much till after I've eat. All my j and blowing and feeling very
other wives built the fires, and ol i much out of breath with the ex
course you'll do the same. I ertioit, and very indignant ovei
sacrifice on the Deaeon's matri \ s'pose though, you’re used to j his fancied wrongs,
monial altar, just for the safely of; doin’ it, since you’ve been a mar I ‘We don't keep it,’ retorted he.
ried woman this longtime.’ grimly, slamming down the pail.
The present Mrs. Jones had ‘Coffee ain’t drunk in this l-.ouse
buried three husbands. She had j—never was, and never will be.
married Deacon Jones because It’s too costly for oue tiling, and
she was tired of being a widow, I water is better and cheaper for
•Possess your soul in patience, ’ and because he was reported to another.’ His ill-temper rose as
Sister Brown. The woman you lie in good circumstances, and she i lie spoke. ‘All my other w ives
want is here.'
■Where?' asked Mrs. B.
•You haven't heard, then,
name of the deacon $ fourth
lu re?'
own. ami she was rapidly discol
oring some of his worst qualities.
No, indeed!" ejaculated Mr*, still she did not despair. The
•I'm afraid, my dear Deacon,
that if you depend on me to build
in the
j Creek?"
‘Oil, I remember it only too
well!' cried Mrs. Brown, with a
fresh burst of tears;‘for then is.
when he first began to make up toj
my Miranda, and. in spite of all I ! moon is over ’ t,len nauie '* ! l ,oor soul—insisted on my liavin
could say or do to prevent it, they
went to the parsonage and were! prophet,
married. For the first few weeks
afterward I never saw Miranda
bare floors, the hard, high-backed Mrs. Jones walked up to him.
chairs, the cracked dishes, were] *To lie sure, my dear Deacon,’
ail foreign to her taste. She had said she, briskly taking tbe an
married Deacon Jones on a two > gry man by the car and backing
weeks' acquaintance. She knew him up against the wall. ‘I never
lie was rich, and not the ghost oT disputed tile fact that you are the
an idea of acceding to his com master here. The only mistake
mands so much as crossed her there seems to lie is, that you
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•If you do not change your mind the morning fires, you'll never see
as to which is the victim this them built,’ said she, smilingly,
lime, ami ll at before the honey -Indeed, my dear dead husband—
moon is over, then my name
! not Sarah Smith, ami Iain no a beauty sleep in the morning.
Pin sure I never can get along
Mrs. Brown shook her head in without it. Mr. McKinzie al
credulously. I never knew but ways insisted on preparing me a
but what she declared that she! “»e woman who was anything of | cup of chocolate with
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wa* happier than she had ever
been in her life before. But it
didn't last, and a change came.’ »
‘Poor thin® !* sighed Mrs. Smith;
, ‘she soon went the wav of the oth
er ones. Though the deacon
seemed to feel a*ful bad about
losing her. He told Brother 15a
j kcr it was about to break him up
buying so many coffi is. He said
that with tlie doctor's bills and
| the funeral expenses, he hadn't j
a wav at the end of
your wife I have equal rights
here with you, and if 3*011 are
master, I am mistress of this
household. When you attempt
to rule indoors and outdoors, too,
why I shall have to take you
down a peg or two and show you
that you are out of your element.’
A pleasant smile hovered
about Mrs. Jones’ full red mouth.
She looked as if she were break
ing iu a wild horse—aad enjoyed
with interest. Simultane
E»
of Dyspepsia or Indigestion,
failed in a single instance. It
The Widow McKinzie!’
. much to put away at the end of Mrs. Brown looked at Mrs.
! the vear.* I Smith long and earnestly. Mrs.
*IIe needn’t complain,’ snapped j Smith returned Mrs. Browns
Mrs. Brown, grimly. It isn’t js aze
| mauv men that can pat awav
j 1
■ three wive* in six years and still
have a fourth one left on hand
with which to make a fresh be
ginning. People may say what
j they please. Sister Smith, about
Deacon Jones and the mysterious
11s own
a match for Deacon Jones, and j hands, ere I arose.’
she docs not reside in this section The Deacon started. None of
of the country and never has. his other wives had ever ‘talked
Besides he would cut his head oil hack’ like that,
sooner than to marry her. ‘But, ma'am,’ he gasped, in
Mrs. Smith laughed softly, horrified surprise, ‘il you don't
•And yet she is the very one he get up early to do the milkin’,! templed to strike her, but
who’s to do it? There's four cows,
an' I never so much as tech a
tnilk pail. 1 can't do it; it goes ; lear of
agin" me.’
‘Is that so?' she retorted, se
renely. ‘Dear me! I'm afraid
you'll have to sell them, for I nev
er milked a cow in my life,’ and
I she smiled sweetly in his face.
as suddenly ou the floor, where it
lay smashed to atoms at tlie dea
con's feet.
•I never scold,’ said she; and I
scorn to argue such niatteis.’
Mr. Jones looked at her in
quick terror. This was another
phase of character that was neil’
to him.
•I never was so poor that I had
to rat from broken dishes,'
said she calmly, as a lot of crip
pled cups and saucers went next.
Then she deliberately picked up
the worn out steel knives and
broke the blades under her feet.
The Deacon watched her with
frightened eyes. Poor little Tom
iny slid out of his chair and hid
trembling under the lied. None
of his other mothers had ever de
fied his father's authority as this
I one was doing.
' Deacon Jones' word had ever been
Sha
grasped at a broken shutter. Good
heavens' did she mean tin ptiil thn
house down above Ids head? lie
seized her arm in despair.
‘Mrs. Jones! Mrs. Jones! stop
now,’ begged the horror-stricken
man, in an abject tone, and‘1’11 get
the buggy ready, ahd We'll go bv
town, to your town, where we were
married yesterday, and here’s the
pocket book; you can buy what
you please. Only do stop a tear
ing the Iiov.Sj down.’
‘Certainly, ny dear,’ said Mrs.
Jones, obligingly. Tt plciisci life
to listen to such arguments as
those. And I'll be ready in a
minute. And I want you to al
ways remember that we never
would have had this scene if you
could have given up tomr wishes
—reasonable wishes, too,—a little
sooner. Yon arc a very obsti
nate |iei son, dear, and you find it
hard to give up, I see; but I don't
despair of getting you well train
ed after awhile.’
The Deacon shivered, but saiit
nothing. But that day, while
Mrs. Jones was busy selecting
her new household furniture at
W , her native town, the Dea
con slipped out and improved the
opportunity thus' given him to
make a few inquiries about the
late ‘Widow McKinzie.’
What he heard was very dis
couraging, but he never told iti
He climbed into the buggy that
evening a sadder and a wiser
man.
From that day forth, tlie Dea
con’s rule was over. He no long
er presumed to domineer, or J?vcn
to dictate the smallest matters
about the house, and more than
one neighbor slyly laughs as the
Deacon and his wife pass l»y, arid
says iu a subdued chuckle that
‘Deacon Jones has found his
match at last *—Chicago l.cdacrt
The negroes who emigrated W
Kansas a few years ago are get
ting hack South as fast as they
can. A few return every £eaf.
Some sixty of them went to Tex
as last week, and as they passed
through Dallas expressed thcttl
selves as having had enough of
Kansas, and said they were glad
to be again :n the sunny South.
Kansas is a rich State and the
people there arc disposed to give
the negroes a certain degree of
political and social equality, but
w ith all that the emigrants fared
badly ami never got to feeling at
home.—Sacannah Hems.
the situation. A cold perspira j the law and gospel in his house
tion stood out over the Deacon’s i hold. But now it was to he law
body. What kind of an amazon and gospel no longer. Here in
was this with whom he had been
beguiled int»‘ marriage. He was
has married.’
Mrs. Brown threw up her
hands. ‘Not the Widow McKin-
nsly they rose, shook.hands hear | [j was noticeable that Mrs. Junes
lily, and then both ladies sank
back into their seals and laughed
until the tears rolled down their
cheeks.
* * * « *
The Deacon's buggy stof ped at
dispensations of Providence that tlie gate. Little Tommy Jones,
lie re
, trained. lie was a Christian and
a pillar in the church, and for
what ‘folks would say' he
controlled himself. But it was
hard.
•I have now been married lour; watched
times, dear,” went or. that awful
wife of his, with a sternly coufi
dential manner that appalled him,
•and of course I've learned pretty
well by this time how to govern a
man of your sort. All my oilier
husbands were taught at an early
kept nn admirable command of
her temper. Her husband, how
ever, to whom opposition was a '
new experience, was now literally I stage of our married lives that
‘boiling over’with anger. ] toy rule and my will was to he
•Sell them Alderneys!’ ejaeula | unquestioned. And you and I
ted Mr. Jones, indignantly. ‘Why.! will get on like a pair of turtle i no matter how angry she might
ma’am, them eows are the pride! doves, I've no doubt, if yon can . be, her face never lost its pleas
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Aciditv. flatulence, sick or nervous headache. Dull pain in the head, with a sensa- a,loe flea, ‘ wnn,cn as bein 5 tllree ; l,iead an ' 1 bl,tter an, ‘ ashe saw furat premium on them beastessesji must and shall have my own, musico
tion of Heaviness, or Giddiness, Irregularity of the Bowels, sometimes Constipated! “ ,a "- vrs «" tbe •eia.hneMof one his father and the new mamma., at the State Fair.’
and then acting too freelv. Low Spirits, Sleeplessness, Sallow Skin. Derangement of! n,an '’ , he liast!, ->' sU ^ ed bt! " ntI lbe ! ‘l^haps you’d better hire a
- - - - — - - - - - - - Mrs. Smith nodded her head open door. good man, Deacon, to do the
several times very slowly. ‘Walk in. Mrs. Jones,’ said the chores for you, if you insist on
Tiie deaeon is a leetle hard nn Deacon blandly to his bride: keeping tiie cows,’ said Mrs. oon s mental vision, and he
t>«. P. R. I!o_lt. Eomcla. Ala. : J Hatcher's Statiox. (i*.. o,tolar ISth. 1S«!. j the women—a leetle bard, that s , walk right, in and make yourself Jones, serenely, as she proceeded thought fora second, that if it
so.’ said she. i at home, and he helped her to ; to tie on a white apron. i should please Providence to re-
‘Particularly the ones who have i alight. I ‘Hire a man!' He lifted up his I move this wife soon, as it had re
taken him for belter or worse. I The new Mrs. Jones ‘walked i hands anil gazed at his new wife] moved her predecessors, no man
the person of the new Mrs. Juries
was one who not only rebelled
against tlie Deacon's dictum, but
who laid down aggressive laws to
him, and did battle to enforce
them. No wonder Tommy was
frightened. Tlie Deacon was star
tled and scared himself. He
tiie destruction of his
household goods with feelings that
may be imagined but cannot be
described. And lie dated not lift
a finger in their defense.
•Now, there, dear,’ remarked she
cheerfully; ‘the next time I hap
pen to need kindling wood, that
old table and those rickety chairs
will be used.’
It was a peculiarity of hers that,
llus take ; only succeed in remembering that ] ant expression, nor her voice its
ring—a peculiarity that
way.' j lent a strange and awful faseina
For a brief instant the dazzling ; lion to her actions.
Kidneys, Palpitation of the Heart, etc. If you suffer with any of these symptoms. 1
Dr. Holt's Dyspeptic Elixir will cure you. The following are a few testimonials of
parties who have been cured hy the Elixir:
. P. R. Hoi.t. Eufaci.a. Ala. : * Hatcher's Station. (*a.. Octoltor IStJi. 1S83.
Dear Sir I have been troubled with indigestion and nervous headache for the last fifteen years. Ibirinij that tune I have
suffered a prrat ileal with periodical attacks of headache. Having exhausted inyovn skill and tried the prescriptions of a
great ninny physicians. I was induced to try your Pyspeptic Klixir. You sent me a bottle alnmt the middle of Man - last,
and I am happy to inform you that I have not suffered from these periodical attacks since. My indirection is almost if not
entirely cured.* I can eat any and everything without material injury. 1 have been a practicing physician for thirty years,
and have ever been opposed to proprietary medicine. Yon kindly furnished me with the formula for the Klixir. and on cx-
ami nation can testify to the medical properties and Thrraputicai"application and 1 recommend all stifle rit r from indirection
and nervous headache, or any disease arising from a torpid liverto procure a bottle of your Pyspeptie Klixir. for it is almost , <*a\'
r specific in this class of diseases. I recommend it to mv patrons and prescribe it in my practice. I would have complied
with rour request, made when I saw vou last, hut thought it best to delay in order to he thorourhlv convinced as to its cura-
L. P. DOZIEIL M. lb
L. I*. L>.
As the Dea
shafts of marble in Plum Creek con watched her beaming counte
cemetery flashed before tlie Dea-! nance, as she successively smash
ed up tiie things that were sacred
w ith rour revues
t4ve properties. Verv truly yours,
P. S.—I can’t afford to be without the Elixir.
Dr. P. R. Holt. Eufatla. Ala.
1 will have it in niv house let it cost what it may.
CoMrTRoi.LEK General* s Office. Atlanta. < I a .. July 9th. iss:’,.
Dear Sir— I am pleased to report that I have been entirely cured of indigestion, by the use of your "Dyspeptic Klixir.” 1
’ it after having tried almost everv remedy known for my disease, without the slightest effect.
never shall forget to mv dying
how that poor little school
ma'am begged for water, not an
hour before site died, and bow lie
! refused to let her have it, simply
! because he hud read in some old
in.* Evidently no one was ox in blank astonishment,
peeling her, for there was no sign • woman alive air 3011 crazy?
Why. wnulil buy bis marriage clothe* so
to li i 111—sac-red because be bad
bought them cheap—an overpow
ering fear came to his mind that
she must be mad. The cook-
stove that had been a source of
lieiqietual worry and dissatisfac
tion to her predecessors now came
in for its share of Sirs. Jones' at
tention. It hadn't a whole lid to
was induced by a friend to try it after having
J look only three smallbottlcs of your medicine before 1 was entirely well. I suffered several years, and although it has been ; allowed
three years since 1 used your preparation, I have had no return of it Yours truly.
\V. A. WRIGHT, Comp. Gen. State of Ga. that if lie had called a pht’sician
Offi« e of the Singer Mancfutfrincs Co.. Kupaula. Ala.. July 4th. 1SS3.
This is to certify that mv wife. Mary J. Hightower, suffered for six years from indigestion ami enlargement of tlie liver;
that she had been reduced in flesh from 130 non mb* to S3 pound*, and was gloomy and despondent: that ns an experiment—
and bv earnest persuasion—she was induced to try one bottle of I>r. Holt's Dyspeptic Klixir; that she was immediately and
naterially benefitted. and continuing its use a few months, she was entirely reliev.d of her troubles, regained her appetite.
A ! joyfully as he would bin* the cof-
of dinner anywhere, and no prep- i lured man costs money besides tin for bis new bride,
a rations for company had been bis board. All my other wives! There was a very frugal break-
made. Crumbs littered the bare j tended to the milking, and done j fast, and Mrs. Jones made some
floor, the unwashed breakfast, the housework, and split the kin tea. The Deacon very ostenta-1 its top, nor a sound foot to stand
claptrap book that water must not dishes still stood on the table, and I tiling wood, and raised poulirv. tiously sipped a glass of cold ! upon. Years before it bad come
through the partly opened doors ; An' we alius sold enough chick- water. But if he rtekoned on sub- j into the deacon’s kitchen, it had
she could see that the beds were 1 ens and eggs and butter to mnkejduing tbe present Mrs. Jones in j outlasted its usefulness, and a
in a tumbled condition, as if the our livin'on, besides buyin’ a j that wa3* he certainly reckoned
occupants had just left them. S calliker dress once in a while for without his host.
I always will believe
id called a physician
! in time, and had not practiced his
a to try one bottle of I>r. Holt’s Dyspeptic
e a few months, she was entirely miov5;l
and now weighs l.V> pounds. The Klixir has brought u* health aiul happiness where all other remedies had resulted in con
tinuous suffering and disappointment. J. I’. HIGHTOWER.
Et FAt'LA. Ala.. May l>t. 18S3.
Pr. Holt—Dear Sir; About five years ago I was taken with a violent cough with enlarged liver and constipation. I grew
worse and worse until it was almost impossible for me to lie down and sleep at night for IS months, owing to the severity of
the cough. Ike only way I could sleep was in a chair, my head resting upon a pillow on u table. Was treated hy two differ
ent physicians, and tried a number of Patent Medicines, all of which did no good. After having despaired of ever getting j married mv Miranda, he
well, niv wife consulted vou by letter. You sent me two bottles of your Dyspeptic Klixir ; in less than three days I could lie : .
down and sleep as well as I ever could in my life; a few bottles cured me perfectly. 1 have recommended it to a great num- | a COl
ber of persons and never knew it to fail to cure in a single instance. Yours truly.
own ignorance upon the poor
thing—that she might have been
alive to day*.’
“You're awful hard on the dea
con, Sister Brown.’ I dirt that now surrounded her
‘And I've reason to be,’ cried ; sent a cold chill of disappointment
Mrs. Brown, angrily-. ‘Before he j to the very marrow of her bones.
became | ‘Where is the hired girl, Mr.
The ‘Widow McKinzie’ was
celebrated for her housewifely
qualities, and the disorder and
the woman.’
Mrs. J( incs |>ut her hand on her
husband's arm.
•But I am differently bred, my
dear Deacon, and I could not d i
‘Noor, then. Deacon,’ said his
wife after they haJ eaten, ‘you
must hitch up the horse and take
me to town. I can t and won't
live the wav vou have been doing.
those tilings, and I wouldn't do There isn't a deeent dish in tiie
them if I could, so let- us say no j house, nor a rag of carpeting.
JOHN F. KMiloF.
water convert, and she had 1 Jones?' she asked of her husband. • more about it. If you will bring ! Tlie sheets ami towels are in tat-
3lr. IV. B- McLendon, of Hatchers Station, says Hr. Holt's Pyspeptie Klixir cured him of indigestion.
Ecfath. Ala.. May 1st. 1*83.
r liy-pentie Elixir ruroU mv daughter of Pyspepsia of a very aggravated form of twelve months
I of' the hc-t nlivsicians in the eouiitv. who failed to hem-tit her.
1 ' ' 15KYAXT GKIFFIX,White Pond. fia.
FOB SA.2LE BIT A.3L,Ij IDIELTJC3-C3-ISTS- April m-iy.
standing. 1 had tried several i
not been Mrs. DeaconJor.es six
months before he was experimen
ting on her ten times a (lay with
cold water in some sitape. It was
cold water for breakfast and cold
water fur dinner, and cold water
who at tliat moment entered the j me a pail of water now from the I lets, and everything is at sixes
house. i spring, and put the kettle on while i and sevens. There must be some
He stared inquiringly at the] I tidy np this bed room a little, |new things bought, for the con-
questioner.
‘The hired galf ejaculated he,
in surprise. ‘There ain't any.
we'll soon have breakfast ready.’
Something in his wife's tone
cowed the obdurate Deacon. He I duce the chaos to something like
dition the house is in is a dis
grace to you. I propose to re
more unlikely, disreputable, and
patched-up affair would have been
hard to find in a jun?< shop.
‘This stove most go,’ said she.
placidly, ns tiie lids followed each
other in quick succession into the
door yard. ‘I am Airs. Jones the
Fourth, and my- advent must be
celebrated by a new stove. I shan't
worry myself into Plum Creek
Cemetery, trying to boil and bake
on litis old thing.’
The deacon, greatly worried,
tried to argue the case. But he
might as well have tried to argue
with a stone.
An Knterprlsiiig, Reliable Haase.
J. IV. Stanford can always lie
relied upon, not only to carry in
stock the best of everything, hilt
to secure the Agency for such ar
ticles as have well know n merit,
and are popular with the people,
thereby sustaining tlie reputation
of being always enterprisiug, an-1
ever reliable. Having secure l
tlie Agency for tlie celebrated Dr.
King's New Discovery for Con
sumption. will sell it on a positive
guarantee. It will surely cure
any and every affection of Throat,
Langs,anil Chest, anti to show
our confidence, we invite you to
call and get a Trial Bottle Free.
The Cedartown Advertiser re
ports th* arrival in Collardtown
of M iss Lola Hu rst and her father
add mother. They had a ten
day’s rest occurring in their plans
that were without engagem-nts,
and they concluded to improve
the opportunity in a visit home.-
They leave for Chicago, where
they are to appear on the 2bi ll —
They will go to unvisilcd availa
ble points in llie west after which
they will visit New Orleans ami
remain a season. Owing to tlie
closeness of the limes, they haven’t
made big money in their later cn-
gageoients.
—-
A boy was caught stealing car
rants, and was locked up in a dark
closet by the grocer. The boy
began begging most pathetically
to be released, anti after much
persuasion suggested: “Now, if
you'll let me out ami send for my
father, he’ll pay you for the cur
rants, and lick mj besides.” The
g-<Her could not withstand this
appeal.
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To make good starch, mix with
cold water and add boiling water
until it thickens; then add a des
sert spoonful of sugar and a small
piece of blitter. This makes »
stiff and glossy finish equal to
new.
David thought he was doing a
tiig tiring when he slew the giant
Goiiah with a sling. Tliat’a
nothing The modern sling of
American gin, has killed its thou
sands.
—m
In Columbia county a ma<>L*
trate will sell at public outcry, at
•in early day, one pair of pants,
received in payment ol costs.