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Newspaper Page Text■ - ~wr Cuthbert Enterprise and Appeal. BY JAS. W. STANFORD. Independent in Ail Things—Nsutral in Ns thing. TERMS $1.00 IN ADVANCE. VOL. YITT. I tTllRKCT ArrEu,. Established 1WW. ) '' TimtnT i;.VTE::rRi>K, •• iml. i - CoXIWIi.IDVrnD 18SI. CUTIIBERT, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1888. NO. 6 AHY PEOPLE OF AXjIj A.O-RESE5 TOES AT IS THE LEADING DRY GOODS HOUSE IN CUTHBEHT. MR. P, HARRIS is now in tlio Northern markets purchasing his mammoth stock of DRY GOODS, anti soon will have on exhibition in his store all the latest shades and styles of Dress MSS Goods and Silks—all the latest novelties out. BIT Buys exclusively for cash aai sells a! the lowest Ii7iag profit Tab trade of prompt paying customers selicited on tine. Yon can hay as cheap oa time as for cash, at Enterprise & Appeal. SUBSCRIPTION PRICK : Oiiee*»pv one year .... *• Six months j ** Ti.ree months . . . 2 > "" B Uail ICaail NHimIuIc. HAY rASKKNGKU. GOIM. WK-T. Arrive 3:10 r. 12 GOING K VST. Arrivo FT/OkIBV A WKHTFRN P\.*»«F.\Gl!«. t.OIXG WOT. Arrive 3:15 \. m. going EVst. A-rive 11 .*'• ’• Stop 1 * nt Cnion Spring, l.uinnfn. Cuthbert. Dawson, between Montgom ery and Nmitliville. Fert Gain—* train makes close eon- j nection with the Montgomery A Macon Passscngerat I'lithbert. 1>. PllKi.PS. Agent DR WESTMORELAND, • diiaiint, Offers his services to the public in all the branches of Dentistry.— Work warranted. Olli. e over the fastertice. Rooms formerly neon Dr. Worsham, mar31 i A Ft*tv Thing* About ( nlhbert. . I'd Urn's Enterprise it Appeal: B ho uls Led by a Woman. A gang of grave rohhers Iras Let.or From Dooly. I.oiter frwia Arkansas. Editors Enterprise and Appeal j Raggio City, Akk . Feb. 15. 1 rote yon some lime ygo tin- Editors Enterprise «fc Appeal: hern discovered and arrestnl here. Wifi you allow me a 1»ic space ore of whose leaders as alleged. Brown, years old. rendezvous in We cartelV ulir.d. and she was sent to Lirp*i«* : in Germany, where e*lio tva* treated bv the most eminent . 1 As you know, 1 spent a tew days - M . Jr ~ . ~ — • most pleasantly in Cuihbert re : *^ cr ^ ,rst * n, P r * 1 *»*°n*s but liave had Wifi you allow me a lit Jje space | one of whose leaders, as alhgcd.’° C 11 !st * rn 111 w ° ' cats ! eenlly. and il affords me great | ,,,0!C l ^ n,c 8ee l * lc Wnl kings j j c your valuable pa|icr to give you J is a man known as Percy Brown. j' ^ '* ,C 1 me > ( - I pleasure to visit the place for sev | l * ie ! >ro I*l e lim * G»c improvement a few dots as to a part of our tres- arliu claims to lie 08 years old.! r !< r * *' V' 10 1 1,8 i end reasons: First, because tliej * c 1 “• 1,,r,c 11,18 lffn : Urn country, Arkansas? W e have' I hey have had a rendezvous in. > citizens always give me such a | n * mut t*ii;l»t buildings started ; ^,me as fertile lands here as can the northeastern part of ihc city. | “. n ' c ’ liC -,l< ' * M * l 11 1 11 * cordial reception, an l treat n»c soj"* ncc ^ airi\e«l liere. but not so : | >c found any where., producing all where a cellar was constructed as **' 1,111 u * 1 kindly. 1 have niiil many dear ; !l,an > completed, as the buihiiug j i| ie different grotrths of the south- i a vault to keep the bodies in. friends rci»i<ling there, but the j ‘ ,utri l ‘ c:tri 1 we l 1,0 ° ,Kn,nc ‘i j e,n eountiy. The principal crops ? The hraius of the gang, it is said, greater part have gone to test the * nMt rnf)l, sh* ^ a go ns arc haul are cotton and corn, though wheat, were furnished by a hag 78 years reality of the wnild unknown to * n sv an d people ate actuaPy carry-j r y r i i;tr i,.y n ;tt;! ? millet and cljver old, Maud Brown,* as she calls tVS, whither we are oil tending, and * !, « lumbei a short distance on .foes well. I have seen fields of herself. If there lias been anything must soon be. I settled in Culh ir shoulders. Since my arri- clover three feel liigli all over; but lacking to add anotlier degree ol i hert the first lime on the 19th of ' 81 ^ a planing niac.nnc, for piining j ii,j 8 immediate seitlement pays horror to (he trallic in dead bodies, i ?l °' tr,c 'b n » s*«d wen forced to a n Absolutely Pure. in" lumlicr a slu.it ilistuncc on llicir slioiiltlirrs. Since mv v*l, a pinning maeliine. for plinin» { 1 1,j Novcinlier, 1840. an<l on llmt ilay I , ****l***r lias liecn loeatoil lierc amlj | (lll little atiention to ar.tlliin was tiiarrital to my first «vifc, Mrs. ; '* run almost ilailv. Lj» to tl.e j exta.plin^ cotton, anil Jenkins. Cullibcrt was lljere is no postolliee. liut small place, containing ll,c arrangements fiave l.ccn per two liiia>lrial inl.aliitnn's , fet-tetl an.l llic mail pouches arc c.\[»eeted soon. The cars pn?»«* here twice a day, early in the fiftien rubles a day. covering her sight she returned to St. Petersburg, where she lived in splendor with her brother until the death of the Czar Nicholas, when they were suspected of being h«»slPe to the succeeding pled by W. R. THORNTON, D E NT I S T . S II. j then ,about ! There weie only three houses in the place: A small two story building. use«l as a dnggciy, Ta " ,,, * n g ;in ‘‘ lutein t lie afternoon. More mtiiumicitl than the : on the fconllicast corner or the: I ljc d, T° l •* * small one, but is «nl-J lit compel it ion with the multitude , tc**t. *hort w.Mjrlit. alum «»r pii**-.. ; 1 W.itil itnlt* *tt eu.w TTi iVllI fill- ! <T* , . t ami half of ^ ,,cre is already a good deal of T ,111 IS Rowdur eevrr vanes. A mar- L v«-l«if purity, **tn*n?th »n«l whole ct' si*!it<*iir^8. More mtiioinicitl than th« «ordinary kinds and cm.*. '•? ^ I tw „ slory !lnu , c sUml . often fillet! socompIcU-Iy that there I o (HTTIIBKRT, GA. le rublie Si]*mre, store, lebl 7-ly FFICE \Ve-it o\cr i«. K. K« powders. Sold" only in mu**. Ri»yalBa- j kiu^powder Co.. WU Wall Street. New on B*»X Atikle Stic v,,rk ’-. _ niav23-l.v 1|1(> two 8lorv h „ 1|ltc j, u , nj)ki „ !s«ano shij-pcl here, thonj;l. there The British gorrrmnent is mak i street, now occupied by Dr It. E. ’’ 'iut little let <b»nc lowyarJs ing elV.iris to cultivate oysters on •|' lloln i, s . All other house liic shores of Tasmania, said lo he meeting with Wonderful Cures* an* 1 i“ in : Cuthbert were built of logs exeepl success. - ** : tlie C.'ourt house, whlih was a ven .ordinary twn-st«»ry building, i markable sluffin him, and would make -a remarkable man. Mr. Rollins, altcrwanl Secretary of f »Yar, and a man v> ito did as niueh lo help Grant on as any one else in the world, was at Cairo at this time. Gen. Prentice, the com manding officer, asked me to slay I the country. Tnen they came 1*j and bee a dress parade of Grants it was certainly supplied by the * . i, * , . • battalion. I stayed, saw it, and ii /.. . lt America, where Percy a talents . barely ; .ipj»caran<*c of Ibis woman lint > .* helped - place the pickets that soon established him in the ni g|j^ Grant wa« a high liver at i lucrative business of a “resurrec t hat time, hut his friends were lionist,*’ in which !»e was aided by j firm in the belief that he would make his mark. to sell it. ‘ Soon after the war broke out I was at Cairo, and heard that Grant was there, as the Colonel i *»f a regiment. I soon saw him lie more the handsome uniform of i none of these fellows appear to b*' , his rank, ami prcsenfcl n far bet | in j ur ,.,i j„ the least.” ter appearance than when loafing' ««* .. . . . . . M , r tc -o ,,■ -W e use the regular bear trap,- ilirmigh bt. Louis in ISo2. 31 v • , , 4 .f , , * .brother in law, Mr.. Peterson, ai j wilh 1,IC u ^ lU <lown * 1 he ways thought that Grant had re I jaws close on their legs with such with raising them, them all in traps/’ ‘•How do you do it? The trap ! cripples them doesn't it? And ami enough corn to plant the following : face was concave on one side, cr p ThL is a very fine ti inhered j eon vex on the oilier. Her nose country. Millions of feet of boll-, was long and thin, her lipssui ken. ns are floate» l both eyes sightless. j " “ ' I inti (^janl in the ^Continental er, 8t. Francis.! She rras <lrc«seil in a failfl black ’ call *° 1 ' ^ ,ils c ’-.' anit or =- anlz<1 *; Hotel, in tliis city, fluring the war. Is south. We! .Iress, but wore an immense while j wiUl ,)r - Christian, tlie most noted j when !,e wore the three stars of a imber men get | ribbon, tiedin a bow, about her ! »""8 ,,f g^ve ru.bl, «r. th.t.was j MajorGenera upon hts should . ... . ... !fTur known in this clifatriet. *I*he\ l e r». Ua was in i*/>mrnatid of all i i wrinkled neck. She \\. D. Hoyt, & Co., Wholesale j was never cviied nor finished, lint gists of Rome,; afterwards moved away, made in hate been sel.ing lu a | louse an ,i finally burn- Discovery, Elec- . . i u....i i , cd. I lie place was notorious !oi | trie Bitters and l>ucsloll s Arnica i Salve lor two years. Have never i dissipation ami wickedness, there handled remedies that sell as j being a great deal of gambling. DIAMOMDS. SILVER well, or give such universal satis .5^.. taction. There have been some : wonderful cures etieclcd by these medicines in this city. Several ! cutting, lighting-and murders.— farming in this section. The iner canlile business is very liglil yet. as there are only five houses Open and they are not yet filled. Others, however, will soon be ready foi occupancy There are three paint CI S who are painting, and 1-ei haps j Ulc t . ity j will fi:i«l enough work to l:«>tihcti: quite a while. The Atnericus In vestment Co. bought uj tlie lands* before biiiidiug tlie road, and are now selling it in building lots 01 Lj u . I about 50x100 feet at quilt* a hand some sum. like »fS0 to $150 per haid and soft timbers • •ut of our little river, annually to the mil have hundreds'of tiuibe ling rich. Hard limber, stu b .ns i lean an , v ... ( oak ami ash bring fair prices, $8 . gives a liistory of iierseif^which, it ‘ L(,t ' ° CI * an*! $10p«-r thousand feet, ( y I true, ns her evident intelligence press from $(> to $3 - per thousand and culture would seem k» indicate feet. Walnut is getting scarce.: is as wonderful ns anv fiction though it pays a handsome profit, 1 which human imagination has bringing from $.>0 to $75 per thou- , produced. The story is, in part sand feet. \V e arc having much borne out he documentary cvi his sister. Twenty years ago the) force that the hear can’t release itself, but the bones arc neve# broken. The skin is broken and badly bruised often, of course, but that soon licaU up, and as to how we got them, here you'll probr- alily sec for yourself before a great while” ever known in this district. The} all t . , * . it . i the artnios ol the Union. He and j.lied the local college**. . . , ‘ I went out the back door into hut sent subjects all over the conn . hj n | lSlin street, in order to gut to a try. In 1S7G, however, the gang! tailor’s, where Grant had a suit was completely broken up by the j The crowd wat»:hing for him on Chestnut Maud liave canied on the business street was enormous, blocking that highway. The , next time I saw Grant tvns one in h similar way. her part of tlie ! y<. ar before lie died, in the dining- .ii , f ,i 1Mt _.;n i , i .i i .1 • : work was lo goto funerals aud i room of the Fifih Avenue Hotel. talK of a railroad now, that wii» ; dence and partly by the womans 1 s , v v , o*i i .. • i, . , , . ‘ , , , . follow the corpse to the grave, and *^ cV ' York. 1 here were several .ntersect this point. Uaggio City. | conduct, ant. is riaated by herself , . , . ! ocnllemen with him tl.rou-'I-! -- - Cl | liflcrwarils direct bo.ly-sipilchers| 8wcn.cn uimin. : to the spot. Ail the “resurrec lilt? survey runs right through j in substance, as follows: She was were built i born in Russia of wealth;* parents, j lu , . tlie past year in onlcr t., yet ,'->-••■ *-'-=• Ul.misft, «bo uavc been arrested eiiarter; and .ill pr(»bai,Iy l,« eomplrlcd during tlie tear. The price. Nif He rose ns at me. 1 1 and at tlie aye of eiyiit vears was i ° b betrothed lo Ike president of the i ! are still held hat as no evidence 1 came in and looked j ivalkeit up to him. : “Do you know inn?” lasted. “Yes. You arc Barclay Fcv i\ 163 BROAD npr-10-ly. ST. seen where it came out into (w-ases of pronounced Consumption ’ street between Mrs. Platt's house j have been enlitelV cured by use j : , ni i the Methodist 'college, just *° 1, “ r Several Iota or a few hollies of Dr. King's New wUefi . t!ie f enC e between a,u ollen so1 ' 1 l :er ,!a Y- R'ospec Discovery taken in eonncetion llle lwn .^ ces n „ w slaa , U> ar .,l ft ’-ors are here almost every dat with Kbftnc Bitters. We gu.n . > it-j-ii n *»,.n- ry ]i»»■ *11in a litre them always. Sold by J- extended up to Mr. 8. II. Gam IV. Stanfoud. S. S'. Only $1.75. at J. M . Stasfoud s. ,'pj ie funeral of marriages, - “ ... Pin vis i what Chief Justice Peters, —Y ou CAN GET 1 Ultl.E lotNDs . ok Good Tobacco at J. W. Stan i Maine, calls divorce day in K. ED'S lor one dollar. 4l | Supirme Court. • the two pfpees n<»w atan-U, cxtendetl up to Mr. S. II . hlc's residence. There was no buildings be\nnd where the Bap tist church now stands, all west j of il being in the woods. The present 1 Royal Medical college at .St. Pl* , limbered ( tersburg, where lier brother Percy lands have advanced very much ■ was then a medical student. The in tlie past two years, at least 5(ij president of the college, who was |K*r cent. Tillable lands are; seventy five years of age when she 1 high, from $15 to $10 per acre, | married him, took charge of her] owing to improvements. This is education, and }-be grew up about The new railroad running South from Macon is expected to be on regular schedule by Jim**, il n«’l before, which wid enhance the has been obtained which will j toM * convict them, they will probably I nnl - But I am Jesse Pey , __ , , ‘ ** . ton. Ho you remember where he rclcascfl.—Milwaukee Sentinel ■ }(J[l 8aw , n *. , irst? " * m “At Cairo.” Gr.iut as a Wood Huu«cr. **No. Yom and I slept together “In tlie year 1833,’' said Col. j in the old store in Flat Rock. Pevton. “1 was walking as a boy. • Boinhon county, Kentucky, in - 1 J \ I coo » in a country store at Flat Rock,,: A , . . _ J “Grant grasped my hand. Ii - j a bottom country and the lauds, the college, perfectly familiar with BoaiUuI1 county, Kentucky. Ulys , was Ule limc , ever „ f are very pro.lucUvc, .bringing j the disserting room and the ^ead ; ^ s ; rt rnul waH a boy> | iviDg ; cxp ress emottoa. from one hale o/ cotton to oue bodies which were sui rcpliously ! a! , Georgetown. Ohio, not many ! aether for some time. and a half per acre, and from CO brought there, to 73 bushels of corn. The socio- When she was left a widow at ty is Hot so gooil—mostly adven- .seventeen she was not only huilint had a small church value of property and add greatly turers—devoid of principle. Give cultured woman, but had the where the western cemetery is now- to the interest ot this section gen j us g otH j people an<l a railroad and ; reputation of being the best Eng _ At last 1 miles distant. One day Grant said good by, and heard from him drove over to Idal Rock with the j nr, more until he t’tied.—Phiimlcl neice of my employer. Grant \jtkia News. was then 1(5 vears of age, awk . _ . . located, anil the Baptist hail one. eraiiy. Several limes a week col near tlie eastern. we will have one of the fine t counties on the globe. boil Our facil- This fact soon i scholar in S»L hrou<{ Petersburg lit her into ■ InsT I O rcariU*, F : 117 » - - - r-- - ‘ rr /?- cr £t: . OT v-D.L'-v'.f . 5 i fci-wf-.ia e- j'** - . . j?;. - There were hull Ion is shipped lio;n here. The few-houses east of the square, as . railroad has quite an extensive j lt j cg |- l>r sfiijiping j n few water is 1 public notice. The Crimean war that pait of town was thought to "jug trade on the 1st and 15lh j bad; gj, .Francis rifer affords nav broke out and the girl, asleep at he sickly. I here was no railroad of each month, | agShle water almut 8 months in ’ her brother's house, was awakened nearer titan Macon, and we hail Itliongh the kinoncss of one ol ^[ 1L . y,. a r t and^ then we have tc one night by hearing a conversa age. ward, ungainly, determined, in duslrious and very poorly ilressed lie drove a vicious horse. The night alter his arrival at Flat Ruck he slept with roe in the store, it was a cold night, anil A IVcst Virginia Hear-Pen. After an excellent breakfast Uncle Jimmy led the way to his bear'pen, which I found to be a tlie mail twice a week hv stage., my friends, I have visile*! the tit we hoys kept close to the lee ot' lal g* r«»n Built of logs, notched the counter. in the morning I and filled strongly together, with lion j haul to the Mississippi river a ilia The first thing that gave Cutb ; lie town of Vienna, where 1 uotic i tnnc-c of 15 miles. So now I will fieri a start to improve, was Ike «d but little improvement Being „ ivc your readers a few .lots on location of the Baptist Female made, but suppose it will eatch ‘ jn t . onl ,, ar j SOQ lo Georgia: sisterT sai*l Percy. “I College of Southwest Ga.. in the | the fire of enthusiasm when thej, am a Georgian myself, w as rais- her.” said the general. up and lived there until daughter of Russia, and febtVly loi* JE-Iea,d.cm5iTteTi PIANOS AND ORGANS! place. As soon as that was done animating w histle ol lue M. i 8. j p j jibe improvement became very P- is lieaid across the extensive j rapid, the place settled up very ! levels of this country. j a portion of that time here. ; fast, anti hu<i nearly reached its Messrs. Editors, ii your Cole- i 1 i present import: road arrived, the last two years, aad have sj**nt I Grant asked me if he could assist ;i roof and floor of the same mate ben teen Gen. Gortsehakoif | “*• } saidjes. He helped me, ria | lfe-fere we reache*! the pen , , , , , , . , lake down Oie shutters and sweep I , , . . , , and her brother at the door of the o0[ tiie sto ,* all( | p „ t st(K .. k io | Us occupants had scented us and house. “You can not want my After breakfast he drove began to give vent to yells and do want ■ off. I heard from him aflcrwaid j that shrill, whistling sound pecu “She is a °f fi |s dtive home. Before he hud | ;i ar black bear. The near gone far Irom Flat Rock his horse ran away and finally brought up with a crash in a fence corner., Hearing this ! Nothing broke. Grant jumped out, noise of their yells, snorts, whist _ when Russia calls for her daughters she must he ol.t-ved.’’ i er we approached the more exci led the animals became, until the t, ar-.l had nearly reached its Messrs. Editors, it your Gulc he a rlily recommend this as I the Lady Maud, as she still styles : seized the trembling horse by the j lings, and scratchings drowned isent importance before the rail- man correspondents Knew iiuw country. A ! herself, arose and j*.ined the two bridle and tied his handkerchief ! „ ur voltes . The pen contained , • , a , ,, eagerly 1 perused their “Dots. UL,U » ** r u ‘ u,a “ 3 luulu ‘^ over the Beast s eves. He drove . 1 „ ul arrived, or Andrew College ^ ^ u J ey wou m pour ulorc mm, has dollars here where he has men ami Gen. Gortsehakoif ; llie , lorse u.^ifoMea all the way ! n,nc aD,,aaU * s,x lul1 S rown fel * was lnnlt.it being Built four years • cuer gy imd that dcpartiucut. Da ] dimes in Georgia. Field labor i plaiued that she was wanted to : lo Georgetown .Ohm. | lows, and three which were .•» bout after the Baptist—Bethel College . lo to all kuowu cortespoiidents. 1 Can Sell You an ORGAN OR PIANO Cheaper THAN ANY HOUSE WITHIN 500 MILES OF THIS POINT. :o: When you want any Instrument, confer with me in regard to price before buying, and I will save you moil ed-. I also sell Piano and Organ Stools separate. J. W. STANFORD. being built in 1S51, anil the Bui>- tist church in 1S52. Cuthbert has always been famed for its good health. I resided iu Cutb hert and near by for thirty eight years—kept a large hoarding house for the Baptist College for ten years, and usually hail from forty-five to fifty-five girls hoard ing with me. and they were uni fornily healthy. 1 think Cnthherl is as healthy as any city in Geor gia. I love Culhherl; it feels like my dear home, having spent a large imrtion of ray happiest days in Culhliert. and I want to he buried beside my dear wife in tiir eastern cemetery when God shall be pleased l» take me to my home iu heaveu. Tuos. Mist to Georgetown. Ohio. Years passed before I met | half grown, “2 year olds," Uncle The famous $20,0U0 necklace, which created so much notice in : of them." said the general, “but wi can't read their beastly language.*' Accordingly, the Lady Maud was taken u>he front and station dimes in Georgia. Field labor ! plaiued ! gels fiom $12^ to $18 per month; | go i muedialcly to the front t< J. A. CiiAi’MAX. timber men nav from $1 25 'u translate the enemy's dispatches. . Grant again. At last I saw him I Jimmy said. A basket of corn, P. S.—Since writing lue above, 1 J —* ... . . .. ... ‘ school has opened iu lue new aead- j *2-50 per day, for common labor “» e arc intercepting any <iuanUty emy, wbicb has just been painted, era. Yours, J. E PiKKSTON. under tbe charge of Prof. Wilson. A Sunday school has also been organized, with prospects of a sue cess iu l career, under the direction ot Mr. Williford, superintendent Lileialure has been ordered, and the school will soon be an inter eating resort for the young people each Sunday afternoon. We alao . , , . , i icut avenue, have preaching in the acadeiuv, and -the erection of one or two ; 1“ addition to the necklace, bej putting out one of her eyes. L :n: churches is anticipated keftSre a has purchased for Mrs. Langhorne j a woman of uuusually strong nerves, she dill not lose conscious ness on account of this accident, and so was able to hear the prince in St. Louis in 1S52. He wa » i scraps from the table, and a buck* hauling wood to town on a rough „ ... , , , . wagon lie was wretchedly dress el of m,lk lliron n al)l1 P ,,ureu IDto ed, pants stuck in the top of his j troughs put a quietus to the fear cowhide boots, and was very poor ; ful racket, an*l in a short time He lived on a little farm near the ; only a satisfied grunt or a low 1 . w « 8l “ n,l, "S wilU '"' growl and cuir ailministered to lrrother-in law, Mr. Peterson. It 3 r , as just 11 o’clock. In St. Louis | somu venturesome fellow who was great while. 1 expect to close the musical exercises of my class ou the night ■■{ the 23rd lust., with concert. We will have readings, recitations, solos, choruses, quartettes, etc. J. A. C. Washington society ciicles last eil there to rend the English ills winter, has just been sold by Mr. ■ patches, and while she wasengng- Aivin Pattan, of Cincinnati,' to ed in translating some of them t" j io those days it was customary to‘trying lo purloin a toothsome Mr. J. D. Langhorne of Connect- j the Prince Michael, a shell burst I lake a drink at 11 o'clock and Mr. dainty from his neighbor were the for that amount, j overhead, mutilating her face anti j Peterson saiU ... only sounds which broke the si- “Captain Grant -he had been , Aflcr i bad gaZe(l at the a captain in liie army—“will j*ou ° join us? You see the hour/ Au«l j I ” nL ‘ great, fat, apparently con- lie pointed to a clock. Grant nod tented fellows for a time I said: formerly Miss Tayloo, a $10,00G pair of diamond earrings. The nceklace contains fifty old-mine diamonds, and the centre are said exclaim: “Great God! I intended ded. lie was surly. We went and had something. For an hour or two we talked ami Grant sal , ill. us. in a store, hut he hardly I ra,8e ll,c,n do > ou? i a . i_ .i “Va nf r*nn rco nr “How iu the name of goodness did you get them? You don’t lobe the largest and finest ever i to marry this girl!” Tiie accident, uttered a word. At last he got! “Ko of course not. Bears are at the capital. “What a*-e you going to do with’ them?'’ “Fatten them, an l then kill them and sell the meat—that is, all we don’t use or give away. There's one thing you don't know about bears, perhaps. They nrtf easily fattened when kept in close,- clean quaitcrs. And then, again,- we think that when we raise corn' and otlier stutr for hears we might as well have the bears, and most of these fellows were trap|ied near' the cornfields or the pig pens.” “When do you do your hunting and trapping, principally?'’ Generally during the winter season,of course, hunting is car ried on, hut as for trapping wc' catch them any lime during the' year that they annoy us. That big black fellow,” pointing to the largest bear of the lot, “wascauglit in the middle of summer. He had made several raids on the sheep an*l hog pens and carried* off several fine animals, and f determined to trap him. To kill him would only be a wasteufgood material, as they are invariably poor in the hot weather, so we looked around and learned the’ him ! route he took in going anil coming! We talked to-1 -they almost always travel over the' same loutc going and coming— then we set a trap on boll, paths, selecting narrow places which the hear could not get around very handily. The next morning we’ had this fellow fast enough by one' tore paw. lie was poor as it- Methodist preacher, blit he w»a- fuil of fight. Then 8am (the old est hoy) an*l I g**l our pole and chain—hut coine down to the' house and I will show you- how wo' manage them.” Then Uncle Jimmy led the way’ lo the house ami took down a long, smooth hickory pole, about 18* feet long, with a- chain attached to the middle. The chain hail a noose at t lie end, kept open by a small stick, somewhat less than £ feet long. “Wc took the pole and chain, and. holding each an end of the pole, managed lo drop the chain over the bear's head. The rest is generally easy enough. The bear fights, of course, lint it doesn’t take long lo choke him intw submission. Then the trap's jaws are slackened and bis foot released. Then conies the trip hr the pen. With Sam atone end of the pole, myself at the other, and Frank l>ehin*1 with a pitchfork or a long firebrand, Mr. Bear is soon up lo the door of the small room you sec shut olf from the rest nf the per*. The door is opened and the hear pulled up in front; • sharp prod of the pitchfork or a taste of the firebrand in his rear ami in he goes. The door is then •slammed down and the chain re leased from the |>ole. Of coarse, the bear soon gels the loop otf bis neck and it is easily dragged ouL In a day or two the small door b - tween the pens is opened and ibe hear driven into the lirger one. There is almost always a fight, of course, but it is not long before good feeling is established.’'— however, rendered her totally- ^is load of wood aud drove away 1 too thick about here to bother| VinciitnaU Euqninr.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Cuthbert enterprise and appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 18??-1888, February 23, 1888, Image 1