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C0tt0t vol. 11—xc>. it. TUOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1830. $5.00 PER ANNUM Change-of-Venue FUN, FISH AND FROLIC. CLOTHING This week instead of DRY GOODS. ATTENTION What our Correspondent Saw on The Coast of Florida—Rare Sport on the Waves—A Two Hundred Pound Silver King. MEN, YOUTHS’ AND BOYS. LOOK AT €fclTOTATIONS, Reflect and Act. no baits, NO CLAPTRAPS, NO MISREPRESENTATION, Men’s Black Corkscrew 4-button Cutaway Suits Worth $1(5.00 for $12.00. Men’s Black Corkscrew Sack Suits worth $15.00 for §12.00. Mui’.s. Fancy Cassimer Suits worth $15.00 for $10.00. Men’s Fancy Cassitneve Suits worth §12.00 for §8 00 Men’s Fancy Cassimer Suits w >rth $10.00 for §(5.50 worth worth worth worth Boys fall suits from §1.50 to $0.00. Boys knee punts* from [35 cents up. The best unlaundricu shirts in the world for50 cents. We always do what we promise. Try Youths wool suits §7.00 for 3.50. Youths' wool suits §0.00 for I 5.50. Youths wool suits $10.00 for (5.50. Youths wool suits §12.00 for 8.00. 132 Bi'ond|Street Editor Tijies-Ektihi'RIsk : In my last communication I prom ised some fish stories. I expected to have time on the cruise to put them down, but we literally had other "fish to fry.” A professional Nimrod or stout apostle of Jzaak Walton is usu ally a liberal user of the paint brush of imagination. Washington and his little hatchet are not considered exact guides. But such “Innocents Abroad” as Arthur and I are expected to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help us Ananias. Truth is stranger than fiction, and since our return have seen its effects on a few anglers whose experience has been chiefly in the mighty waters of Ochlockoncc and lamoncc. The truth itself* is not believed By those who have themselves deceived. Wherever we have told our true story to gaping, admiring crowds, some of these same gentry smile in credulously and l>y slv hints secin to intimate that Baron .Munchausen, Gulliver or themselves could have told something similar had cither gone on a cruise on the great gulf coast. We arc sorely tempted to brain n few of these incorrigihlcs, ns an exam ple, hut it is human to err and divine to forgive. We pity their inexperi ence and pass on. Our party consisted of Capt. Col bert, K. B. Fatten, \V. (). Fatten, W. I. Kirkhoff, Arthur Fatten and the writer. Wc chartered a suitable sailing craft catted and sharpie of Cant. Colbert. He is as clever an old Jack Tar as ever trod a deck, ami commanded haul a lee!” Tuesday evening the 20th of May we sailed from the wharf of W. C. Fat ten. Fair hands waved us a gentle good bye ns wc passed the lovely home of Mr. Fatten. We were compelled to beat against a western head wind until we were beyond the bar of the Manatee. But the tide helped us, and ere old Sol had cast his last fare well beams on the liquid horizon, oili- jolly sail dashed merrily across the billows of Tampa Bay into the smooth er waters of Pensacola Sound—be tween Tampa and Sarasota bays. We cast anchor ofl Fisher's Point. Fishermen live there, mid judging from the houses of this little village, make money. • Fishing for pompano on the outer beach seem to lie the most profitable this time of year. Wc secured some of these excellent pan fish, anti there above the silvery waves and neat'i the listening stars wc partook of a supper more highly relished than is known around the richly covered boards of wealth and power. To the west of us lay Anna Maria key, supposed by many to be the isl and where the “Young Maroonors” were cast, after their fearful ride with a monster devil fish ns the motive power. But the scenery is not that of the book. Geo. T. Patten, an intelli gent and well informed gentleman says he has often cruised up and down the gulf coast of this part of Florida, and has made diligent search for a place suited to the description in Dr. Goulding's splendid little fiction, hut has never found it. The author claims that the description is faithful to na ture, and that others have so found it. As he is a Georgian, aud lias written such a charming story, we forgive the license he lias taken with the Florida coast. Lulled by the measured and inces sant sound of breakers on the wind ward shores of Ana Maria, we tried to fall into the welcome embrace that Morpheus is supposed to extend to mortals when the darkening shadows of night hove curtained our part of j you are my meat,” and then he makes this terrestrial ball. Milton says this god of sleep “hates gilded roofs and beds of down,” hut he does not always distill the necessa ry poppy on the optic lids, though wc arc rocked in the cradle of the deep, and the gentle lullaby of the waves bid us lest. Who was ever known to successful- Iv woo “tired nature’s sweet restorer, the gore fly. He really hasn’t the time to say much. Provender is too scarce and 'skeetersare too plentiful A Georgia mosquito is an elegant gentleman of leisure. He is an ac complished dudeol the drawing room. When lie desires to replenish his emp ty maw lie bows to you very politely several times, apologizes profusely in :hc most cousinly demonstrations of balmy sleep,” the first night away j rrgrets for the intrusion and then sits mattresses and downy from sprin pillows ? Near Longboat inlet Wednesday morning, we fished over 1 ho rocky bed of “Forty foot channel”. Grouper, black bass, rock crab, dog fish and cats, were the trophies of the morn ing's sport, and fried bass and grouper the delight of tiie noon repast.. As we had both eats and dogs, why were we not a little prepared for house keeping? Alter a 12 miles sail through the pellucid waves of beautiful Sarasota, a perfect gem of :■ small bay, wc moored our little sea home iu the wa ters of New Pass, about three miles from the town of Sarasota. Shortly after dark we caught a ten foot shark, but in my eager inexperi ence 1 let him escape just as wo had him up to the boat. It was rare sport. He made the phosphorescent waters (lame with liquid lightning. There were three of us at the line, and none had a hand to spare. These man-eat ing monsters are not pleasant bed fellows as Dudley Fatten can testify I from experience. Tiie next morning was spent by Mr. < Ed. Fatten, Mr. Kirkhoff and the writer, graing Tarpon. Two were grained, but on account of the defect ive arrangement of the stall’, we only got some of the large and beautiful scales of these Silver King. A certain ThcmasviUc attorney spent llie time in fishing for catfish. Jf there is one thing he likes, it is eat fish. If there is anything lie likes better, it i- more catfish. If there is anything he likes still lioHcr, it is to have a confiding friend walk a quar- j ter of a mile to find out that a pigeon is not a white crow, to half trot to prevent the supposed closing of a draw bridge. That same friend, whoever lie was, became so incredulous that when the aforesaid T. A. told him that they had failed to procure a boat and that quietly down to a savory meal. lie is no glutton like a Florida ’skeeter, but his over-politeness is often a trifle an noying. One ol tiie trophies of the day’s sport was a laige stingaree grained by Mr. Ed. Fatten, Mr. Kirkhoff assisted in its capture. It gave'birth to eight young stingafees before death. They swam off as naturally ps Arthur catches catfish. Thev seemed to enjoy it a trifle ijetler. j ; Friday morning just at the “peep o’ day” 1 heard that kinddiearted un selfish prince of clever men, Mr. Ed. Fatten, calling us to prepare for anoth er and farewell trial of our luck, catch ing Tarpon. He is a cool and fearless seaman, as gentle as a woman and a master with the grains, He was not long in landing two Tarpons about live and six feet re spectivcly in length. The climax of our spurt was readied when a few minutes later lie shot the barbed iron into a large Tarpon. For one hour we were towed for about three part of the time at the rate of ten miles an ! hour before we captures this Silver I King. Such sport will cause a thrill ui lie shot through a tyro from the end ofihe nail on his brg tos to the end of ihe longest hair on the crown of his head. When it was tired out on a sand bar, Mr. Kirkhoff anil I jumped over board aud killed it. 1 jumped astride of tiie beauty and had the pleasure of riding a fish a little wav, and as I held it Mr. Kirkhfi" killed it. It was over seven feet long, nearly two fcc-t across, and weighed over 200 pounds. We took from it five gallons of eggs; each roe measured three feet in length and 18 inches around ;wc made a savory menl of these. (>ne of tiie most exhilarating effects of our cruise was trolling on Thursday evening. The wind was blowing briskly and we sailed hack and forth At St. Thomas Church. St. Thomas church has a choir com posed entirely of young men, with Miss Julia Stark as organist, that giving the congregation some excel lent music; of the members of the choir, the following were present Sunday, at the morning services, John Stark, J. E. B. Love, Willie Linn, Tlieo Titus, Adolph Jerger and Master Tom Cunningham. Mr, Stark sang a solo in fine style. Attention Neptunes. You are ordered to meet to-night at Hall. II. Wise, Foreman. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Winn leave this morning for Manistee, Mich , to visit their daughter, Mrs. Canfield. The base ball fever does not seem to have reached Tlioninsville this sea son. Albany and Americas both have good teams, and in Brunswick a city league leather club is being organized, and if Thomnsville had local club an interesting exchange of visits could lie arranged. A few years ago wc had the champion team of South Georgia. Mr. G. I!. Whiteman leaves to-day for his home, Latrohc Fa. He has been sojourning “among the pines' for many months, and we arc glad to know that lie leaves greatly improved lie has made hosts of friends during his stay in ntir midst by his geniality and cleverness, and they will welcome his return another season, or any time lie may chose to return. Would Wrech The Country A dispatch from Washington, says Senator f^uay, Gen. Clarkson anil Col. Dudley believe that there arc more republican victories in the “bloody shirt,” orut least in the 1 rebel flag,” and they propose to make the most of it. They rejoice over the Kiclimuiid celebration as being great help to them in tiiis patriotic endeavor. The icpuhlicnn contes tants will be sealed, but it. is not cer tain that any of the national election hills will become a law. there would be no cruise, lie knew the I through New pass, and each time cruise would leave oil schedule time, catching some pan fish. Jack, Span- (), how mean some people can be. ish mackerel, pompano and blue fish Nothing short of (lie euphonious sou briquet “Baron Munchausen, Cummo- doro of the Catfish Cruise,” would do justice In tin; situation. He really caught more catfish than Carter had oats, and every school bov knows how many oats the gentleman had. His love for those “chuckle headed” in habitants of (lie briny deep, may lie equalled but not surpassed bv an Irish man for tiie reputed desccndats of! closed the evening’s frolic Ten o’clock Friday night wc arrived at Braidontown, and spent the night at the hospitable home of Mr. W. C. Fatten, Mr. Fatten is one of the leading citizens of Brnidentown. and his home is one of t he prettiest oil the river. We had tiie pleasure of gath ering rifie pine apples from their na tive stem in his pinery { I met Joe Humphreys and Walter Rev. Sam Small Going to Utah. Atlanta, May ’ll.—A Constitu tion; special from Ogden, Ctah, says that “Sam Small has been elected presi dent of aVMcthodist college out there, and lias accepted. He says he will sever his connection with tiie Southern Methodist conference, nlliliating with I ho Northern Methodists.” H this is true there will he one less candidate in tiie field from Fulton, for the legislature. Ifany artioles nr • in. not lie pnl inlo some 11-< they .-Mould lie added In lump in order iliat tin on-, or can t lie fa nil- ■ manurc- iii v lie re- Ham. In tiie afternoon wc saile 1 over | Eightfold, formerly of Thomas eotin to Sarasota, and procured some of county, ul liraidentown. They arc publishing the Manatee Fiver Jour nal, of which Joe is proprietor and cdito.r I spent a few days visiting relatives in Bartow and Fort Mead. 1 spent Saturday night with Dr. Frank Wil son, and Sunday night with Hon. the Sarasota oysters. This town was built by an English company who induced Scotch ime- grants to settle there and purchase lands. Most of them found their pos sessions a considerable distance Irom town, and too poor to raise anything but mosquitoes and Florida catfish. : Charles Wilson. A high-toned Georgia catfish wouldn’t . Monday night was pleasantly spent live there. A Georgia mosquito would I at the lovely home of Mrs. Adeline feel tearfully out of place. The town 1 Wilson, at Fort Mead. This kind is now almost a deserted village, iJut hearted lady and her lovely and ac winter tourists have taken the place of compiishcd daughters know how to tiie Scotch very much to the disgust, drive away the longings for “home of the aforesaid ’skeetets. I hate a ■ sweet home.'’ I'iorida mosquito as much as old split Tuesday night I met Arthur at foot is said to dislike holy water. They Bartow Junction, made close eoniiec- are too familiar on short acquaintence. j tious, and arrived safely at home, The persistence with which they inter- i just two week on the trip. And thus viewed me “out on the raging deep” ended what is an era in the life ot proves that they belonged to the repor- i J. L. II. torial staff of some Florida newspaper, i - > r- — and mistook me for a visiting states- j Regular Monthly Meeting. nlan - j The regular monthly meeting of A tiiorgia mosquito will call you the General Benevolent Society will cousin, cousin, cousin a hundred times lie held in the Library, to-morrow, before he finally snakes hands. A I < Wednesday) at -f o’clock. Florida’skeeter as a rule says nothing, 1 Mrs. E. M. Smith, Fres. and if he does it is only to say “but* Miss J ut.i.v Stalk, Sec. I tin ned to the land, mid Iheivbv made, to contribute to the prod union of -oiuelliiiig belter next -eason. Noth ing h lost that goes into the inaniire- lieap, especially if tlie manure i- man aged with a view to having it as val uable as possialiic bd'ore applying it to the soil.—Reformed Church Mes senger. Gubernatorial matters crystalize slowly. Northern so far, occupies the field alone, all eyes are turned toward Livingston, wondering whether lie will shy his heaver into the ring, while the Constitution says : “Keep your eye on Tom Glenn.” - Col. Livingston speaks at Bain- bridge to-day. Owing; to the inclement weather last week which pre- enteil many from taking ad- antage of our low prices in the Fine Grade of Goods, wc will continue to offer for this week. Our Line of French Fine Batistes former price 50c now reduced to 36c. French Chal- lies at reduced prices. French Satines former price 30c this eck 28c. Imported Scotch and Frcncc Ginghams former price 25 to 50c, this week 18 to 27 1-2. Please bear in mind our as sortment in this Line of Fine Goods is getting smaller every day. Those who would wish Fine Goods at extremely low prices should call early. LEVY’S Dry Goods House. SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU —at— K. Thomas Jr’s* 126 Broa«l Sired. G.S.Bonclurant]Volutitoor Observer Weather Bulletin for tin , 7 o’clock 1*. M., June . Tkmpkuak - I hours ISO'). - I». p. m Maximum for J t lu Minimum “ ‘ Rain-fall Indication Idr li; temperature. ;ht showers, stitionerv