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Last November I was staving
ilown at the little seaside village of
Z. In the evenings 1 would often
go and smoke my pipe in the tap-
room and amuse myself by listening
to the quaint conversation of the
si in ] >1 e rustics who frequented it.
One evening—it was itov. 4 in
last year—I happened to say to one
of them:
“Let me see—tomorrow’s Guy
Fawkes day. I suppose you have
great ?’’ goings on in the village, don’t
you
He shook his head solemnly and
answered:
“Nay, nay, measter, we don’t keep
no Guv Fawkes dav here. Used to
do once upon a time, but it’s been
given up ever since what happened
about Parson Elwes.”
“What was that?” I inquired.
“Haven’t you heerd then?” he
replied. “Maybe you’d like me to
tell you?”
1 signified assent and, settling
myself comfortably in my chair,
prepared to listen to what 1 knew
from the old fellow’s discursive
style of narration would be a toler¬
ably long yarn.
“Well, he began, “it’s a main long
time ago—forty years as I reckon it
— but 1 can rec’llect it all clear as
though it had happened yesterday.
Parson Elwes, he wer’ vicar of this
parish. A fine young man he wer’,
too—strong and tall and lithesome
as any one 1 ever see. Heart alive,
how he could play cricket and run
and jump! It wer’ a sight to watch
him. lie wer’ only twenty-seven;
too young, l sez, for to he parson
of a parish, for he hadn’t got and
couldn’t have the experience of us
poorer folk and our ways and feel¬
ings, which a parson ain’t no use at
all without.
“lie wer’ good in his heart, wer’
young Parson Elwes, and meant as
well as any one, but he didn’t go the
right way to work with us. lie had
newfangled notions about the serv¬
ices and would have this altered
and that altered, all as headstrong
as could be, never saying with your
leave or by your leave to the wishes
of the congregation.
“Well, we didn’t like this, for
we’ve always been old fashioned
folk here, and the old fashioned
ways had done very well for the
likes of we. So we got into a regu¬
lar feud with parson. And there
sprung up another cause for dis¬
dissenters. content in parson’s He alwa\s treatment easing of
was
things ag in cm in bis sermons,
preaching about Hie deadly sm ot
schism and what not, until he not
on!v stirred them up to '' 1 ’ a ,> but
also a good many of the church folk
as well, lor there was hardly a lain-
ily but where some wei dissenters.
And the people cl id nt like liawng
ii preached at cm that then par-
ents, it might be, or bus kinds oi
wives wer in danger of the tin-
quenclmhle lire.
And so matters got tenible bn-
ter betwixt parson and the people
until by the time he d been in the
place a"year many on us wer’ ready
to jo:n in any mortal plan for spit-
mg un.
“It wer just as the Mh of No-
vein her wer coming on, and harm-
er Scrivner -him as had Brook-
leaze, where V armor Giles do live
now, and wer the principal dissent-
er in the place -set on foot the no-
uon Gunpowder cf burning parson in eilig) on
day, with hooting and
groanings and all sorts of insults.
“Well, measter, as I have said,
folks was then just aoout ripe for
spiting parson, and the proposal
took on like anything. We went in
tor carrying oi it out, rcglgr heart
and sou!, and we made a figure just
par.Mni s heigut and size, and Bid
Node, as wer village tailor then, he
made a suii of broadcloth just like
parson wore and all o Ft! us paid so
much toward the value of the stun.
And then some one else went into
town and bought a proper hat—
parson s it wer’ exactly—and when
the figure wer’ dressed up ready for
carrying around and burning, shure
T T ie Toccoa Record.
Toccoa, Georgia, August 29 , 1902.
,t might almost have been taken for
parson’s very self.
“God bless my soul and body,
bow well 1 do remember that night I
We carried the effigy along as far
as the vicarage gate, and there we
stopped and set up yelling and hiss¬
ing. And Farmer Scrivner, he calls
for three groans for parson, and we
gives ’em and three times three
afterward. Then parson comes out
ar] J tries to speak to us, but we
drowns his voice with shouting and
groaning, so that he goes in again
and shuts the door.
“When we’d done that part of the
job, we took up the dummy again
and carried it on toward Brooks’
^ 10 ^ d hard by Brook-
h l;lze ’ which is the highest point in
the village, and where we wer’ going
to burn parson in effigy. Eh, what
a scene it was—the great pile of
fagots crackling and blazing, and
pardon’s effigy a-thrown on the top,
while every one was a-pelting it and
poking hooting it with sticks and groaning
and like a lot of savage
beasts, and the flames and reddened
smoke leaping up against the sky
as eager as though they enjoyed
their share in it ail!
“We kept this up for close on an
hour, until the lire was almost
burned out, and then a lot of the
men among us came down here to
the Ring o’ Bells to wind up the
evening with a drink. And we need¬
ed it, most on us, for our throats
wer’ well nigh raw with yelling.
Farmer Scrivner, lie wer’ in great
feather that night. He stood drinks
all round and laughed and jested
about the burning of parson’s efiSgy,
and we all chimed in and joked and
jeered merrily away until five min¬
utes [pointing past 11 by that very clock
to the old timepiece over
the fireplace]—five minutes past
11! 1 remember the time as clear
as though it wer’ yesterday.
“Then all on a sudden Jem Sand-
ford—lie wer’ the farmer’s cowman
—comes rushing all in at yonder door,
with his face pale and startled
like and sorely out of breath.
“ ‘Measter,’ he gasps, ‘Measter
Scrivner, come quick! Thy house
be on fire! I saw the flames burst¬
ing from thy roof as I come along
the road, and I’ve run straight to
tell thee!’
“Farmer didn’t wait to ask any
more questions, but went off sharp
for his house, and we all followed
to give what help we could. We
were sobered and made serious at
once, 1 warrant you. As we ran
toward the house we saw the flames
breaking savagely from the win¬
dows of the upper floor and twist¬
ing and licking around the roof as
the draft blew them first one way
and then another.
“ \ f ew on lls was going to turn
r
^j ie p 0or beasties loose when we was
s ^ 0 pp C j by sumniat which at once
burned our thoughts away from
them.and made us well nigh sick at
heart wi’ dismay. For the rumor
ran lightning through the
crowc ] that Farmer Scrivner’s wife
an q j ier babe as had scarce been
born a week wer’ still in the upper
bedroom, cut off from the rest of
house by the fire. And then
we i 00 Ks-and sees her at Hie window
wav ing her arms wildly for help
an q shrieking, poor soul, like one
w p | err J r
« « A ladder!’ goes the cry. ‘A
i a( ]der! A ladder!’ But somehow
there weren’t no ladder to be found
U p 011 t { le S p 0 t, and while they was
bunting for one and we was stand-
j n g looking on in a sort of palsy
'
Ii} - e from helpless dismay a tall,
d ar ^ figure bursts through us,
brushing us aside like so many
c hj]der, and begins to climb a pipe
which ran down from the ‘shoot-
G f the eaves.
‘*\Ye knowed the figure. Not an-
0 +} ier man j u that place could have
~ one U p that pipe so active and so
stroll g # But the flames was dart-
r jgfit across it near the top,
aTU j vve held our breath wi’ sus-
p ellse whether parson, for all his
strength and courage, would be able
tQ t , Bat he i O > Pa
or sh irked—no, not a Uj o Nay,
through the belt of fire he went,
brave as lion, 5 id, grasping the
sill “ Hfi * , swung himself
•
“\Ye didn’t hoot him this time, 1
“Good Will to All Men.’
warrant you, but we set up such a
cheering as, they told us ait terward,
was heard o\er at Revelsham yon-
der, ten good mile away. And our
cheering didn’t lose nothing when
a minute or two later we seed him
lowering mother and babe wi’ a rope
of sheets and blankets safe into the
score of arms stretched out below to
take ’em.
“But the flames had gained terri-
ble now, and all the roof wer’
ablaze. Parson wer’ in deadly per-
il, he wer’, and we called to him to
jump help and save himself and we’d
to break his fall, and he wer’
just about to when we seed him
suddenly stagger back, choked, I
suppose, by the thickening smoke,
and the flames filled the window',
and the roof groaned and swayed,
then fell in wi’ a fearsome crash,
And that wer’ parson’s end.
“We thow't that sparks from the
ashes of the bonfire must have light-
ed on the thatch and so started the
fire there, for the wind did blow
that way. And that didn’t make us
feel less guilty like. But anyhow
we’ve none of us had no stomach
since then for keeping Gunpowder
day, and I reckon we shan’t have,
leastways so long as Parson Elwes
is remembered in Z.”
’CUE FOR EDITORS.
AH Georgia’s Newspaper Men
Invited to One Oot. 11th.
The Southern Inter-State Fair, At¬
lanta, has invited all the Georgia Edi¬
tors to viait the Fair Saturday Octo¬
ber 11th.
The Editors will be given a barbecue
and shown all the sights on the
grounds. Front seats will be reserved
for them in the grand stand at the
races in the afternoon, and there will
be a magnificent display of fireworks
for them at night.
The Fair Directors appreciate the aid
which the daily and weekly papers
always give to the fairs, and they de
sire in this way to show their appre¬
ciation.
GEORGIA’S MAYORS.
The Mayors pf Georgia will hold a
convention in Atlanta Tuesday, Oct.,
14th. Mayor Mims, of Atlanta, has
called the convention, and Mayor
Bridges Smith, of Macon, will pre¬
side.
In the afternoon, the Mayors will be
tendered a barbecue by the Inter-State
Fair, and they will be the Fair’s guests
that day and night.
SKY LINE ON A BUTTON,
Atlanta has more tall buildings than
any other southern city, The Equit¬
able, eight stories high, was the first
modern office building erected there.
They have been building taller ones
ever since. The Empire is fourteen
stories high, and now one of the banks
is getting ready to build a sky-scraper
sixteen stories high on & corner lot.
The lot costs $146,000 six months ago.
6irty years ago tais lot sold for $600.
Frank Weldon, Secretary of the
Fair, has adopted a picture of tall
buildings as a fit emblem for an At¬
lanta button to advertise the b<g fair,
October 8-26.
Buffaloes which once roamed the
western plains in herds numbering
thousands, are now almost extinct.
It is seldom that a buffalo is seen
outside Yellow Stone Park, where the
Government is trying to preserve a
few specimens of this animal. Half
a dozen parks and menageries have
from one to half a dozen buffaloes.
The Southern Inter-State Fair, At¬
lanta, is negotiating for a small herd
to be exhibited free at the fair
grounds.
(25,000 IN PREMIUMS.
Copies of the Atlanta Fair's live
stock, poultry and othsr premium
lists have been revised at this office.
The Fair offers $25,t00.00 In premiums
and purses. Copy of the premium list
may be obtained by writing Frank
Weldon, Secretary, Atlanta.
The Fair has spent thousands of
dollars in former years on its live
stock shows.
In order to bring out more home cat¬
tle, the entries for cattle premiums
this year are restricted to the south.
In former years, the professional ex¬
hibitor s from the north and west have
come south and carried away thous¬
ands of dollars in prizes.
This time the money is offered only
to southern herds, and It is believed
that this will bring out & large dia-
play of home cattle.
Successor to Toccoa Times and Toccoa Kevs.
GREEDINESS AND HASTE.
Tv o Evils That Destroy Thousands of
Men Every Year,
Beecher’s advice to his son makes
good reading:
You must not get into debt,
Avoid debt as you would the devil.
Make it a fundamental rule: Cash
or nothing.
Make few promises. Religiously
observe the smallest promise. A
man who means to keep his prom'
ise can’t afford to make many.
Be scrupulously careful in all
statements. Aim at accuracy and
perfect frankness; no guesswork—
either nothing or exact truth.
When working for others, sink
yourself out of sight; seek their in-
terest. Make yourself necessary to
those who employ you by industry,
fidelity and scrupulous integrity,
Selfishness is fatal.
Hold yourself responsible for a
higher standard than anybody else
expects of you. Demand more of
yourself than anybody expects of
vou Never . Keep your own standard high,
pity yourself. Be a hard mas-
t er to yourself, but lenient to every-
body else. *
Concentrate your force on your
own business; do not turn off. Be
constant, steadfast, persevering.
The art of making one’s fortune
is to spend nothing In this conn-
try any intelligent and industrious
young man may become rich if he
stops all leaks and 18 not m a hurry.
Do not make haste ; be patient.
Do not speculate or gamble^
Steady, patient industry is both the
surest and the safes way. Greed,
ness and haste are two devils that
destroy thousands every year.
Headdressing Among the Romans.
The ancient Romans were most
simple in their attire and so contin¬
ued for a long period, but after a
|ime fashion came to reign supreme
among them, just as it does with us
today.
In the early Roman days the wo¬
men, following eastern traditions,
were seldom seen abroad, and when
they did go out wore their faces
veiled, but as richness and luxury
increased the household labors were
delegated to slaves, and dress and
show became the chief object of am¬
bition.
The simplicity of their home life
and the number of bakers and cook
shops enabled even the poorer class¬
es to spend much of their time in
the streets, market places and at the
public games.
It is noticeable that this day the
poorest Roman woman, no matter
how coarse her garments, will in¬
variably have her hair neat, plaited
and elaborately coiled and fastened
with showy beaded pins, which care
of her bountiful tresses she derives
directly from her ancestress of an¬
cient times, for the ancients spent
more time in the elaborate dressing
of the hair than in any other adorn¬
ment.—Spare Moments.
Talleyrand’s Clever Retort.
Napoleon described Talleyrand
as one whose face would preserve a
smile while he v.s being kicked
from behind. Taiieyrand Fad his
revenge. “It is a pity,' he said,
“that so great a man should have
such bad manners.” And the mot
will cling to Napoleon forever. Ma¬
caulay has said the same thing in
comparing Cff» c rsr with Napoleon.
“But, after all, Caesar was a gentle¬
man.”
ou Know What You are Taklnz
When you take Grove’s Tasteless Chill
nuns tbs formula is plainly print-
ry bottle showlpg that it is simply
on ami Quinine in a tasteless form. No
»«, No Fay. &Ov.
His Business HabMa.
Benevolent Gentleman—So you're
working, are you? Well, that’s
right. Do you go home for your
luncheon ?
Busy Boy— Oh, sometimes 1 do,
but generally I stay downtown
for it.
Benevolent Gentleman And
long have you been employed?
Busy Bov—Since yesterday.—
Angeles Herald,
No. 33
PHILOSOPHY OF LAUGHING.
Optimism a Supreme Sedstlvs—Wsrry
Is Bad for the Health.
Again a word about the philoso-
phy of laughter. When the system
is nerved and is making conscious or
unconscious effort, the nerves that
tighten the walls of the blood ve§-
se ^ s are hard at work, and pressure
the arteries is great; but a hearty
laugh, as Brucke s interesting exper-
iments show, tends to bring the
blood over into the veins where there
* s no pressure, relieves the arteries
and brings the exquisite sensations
relaxation of rest.
vored even by the attitude of a
hearty laugh. 1 draw in a full
breath, throw back the head, open
*he mouth and let the expiration
“& ur £ le * ort h with sonorous inher¬
the t0 ft uo * e a phrase ^from
‘Philosophy of Laughter, and
do * m and slowly
throws oft the chains , nf the world §
F eat taskmaster and brings us back,
back toward the primeval paradise,
where there was nothing but joy,
and sin and sorrow were unknown
0nce more > optimism is one o'
the „ 8U P reme ^datives. There a*
men ^ ho wori T the ITJZl
sometimes
dead * nd cold ke ^
areas f the world d
o{ the denudatlon 0 ffor-
• the / philosophy P J of health is
h that be thi > historj-has h ave not hap only .
f ’ man e wfrole,
^ be £ ; that, on the then
b( n teady knowledge, progress; that in
^ comfort, arts, re-
ligion and nearly if not quite all th#
essentials of faith the further develop¬
ment of man, in human nature
and belief in a future better than
the present is the conclusion of ev¬
ery philosophy of development and
evolution. It is our good fortune of
to live in a day of the evolution
evolution, and this is giving a new
meaning to the very word progress
and maxes us feel that the world is
rational and beneficent to the core
and that where conscious purpose
and effort fail we sink back into ev¬
erlasting arms. This is a sanifying
point of view authorized now by
both science and religion and is a
good psychic state to sleep on or in
which to enter the great rest.— Ain a-
lee’s Magazine.
Too Much Fault Finding.
Henry Crabb Robinson, the kind¬
ly and philosophic barrister, once
gave an effectual rebuke to the hab¬
it of fault finding. It was, as we
read in his diary, during a viait to
Paris.
He had spent the day in sightsee¬
ing with a London acquaintance,
who said to him at parting, “I will
call for you tomorrow.”
“I will thank you not to call,” re¬
plied Robinson. “I would rather
not see anything else with you, and
I will tell you frankly why. I came
to Paris to enioy myself, and that
enjoyment needs the accompaniment
of dislike sympathy with others. find Now, you
everything and fault
with everything. \~ou see nothing
which you do not find inferior to
what you have seen before. This
may he all very true, but it makes
me uncomfortable. So I shall be
glad to see you in Loudon, but no
more in Paris.”
The Grave of St. Swlthlffc.
St. Swithin, by his express re¬
quest, was burie4 in tne open
churchyard, “thinking no vault waa
10 goo d to cover hia grave aa that
of heaven.” When he waa eanon-
ized, however, the monks of Win¬
chester took it into their heads that
his body ought to have a more dig¬
nified resting place, and resolved to
remove it into the choir, fixing the
15th of July for R« solemn trans¬
lation. it rained, however, »o vk
olentiv on that day and for forty
daYg HUL . e ession that they aban-
done<1 tho i r design as contrary erected to
the divine will and instead
ft 0 b ape i over his grave, at whichi
manv miracles are said to have been
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