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NO. 36 ATHENS, GEORGIA, JUNE p 8, 1878. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY VOL. 62. COXTTSXTTS. First Pvok.—Miscellaneous Advertisement-. Communications- Second Page.-The Mischief of a Phonog radii. Poetry—Another Confidential Letter. Mi‘- e|laneous Advertlrtmenu. Third Paoe.—Bill Aarp. Miscellaneous Advei tine menu. Fourth Paok.—Editorial. Fifth Paok.—Local Department. Sixth Paok.—Ben Kill on tha Situation Mir* cellancous Advertisements. Seventh Pack.—Lsfittc the Pirate, Miscella neous Advertisements. Eighth Paok.—Agricultural Department. Mis cellaneous Advertisements. CEXTTRAX. HOTEL AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Mrs. W. M. THOMAS; Prop’r This Hotel, so- well known to the citizens of Clarke and adjoining counties, is located in the centre of the business portion of Augusta, con venient to Post Office, Telegraph Office and Depot, and offers inducements to tlio public unequaled bv any other Hotel in the Cit v deo4-»f. L&W STOTICES. | H. DOHTCII, attorney at law, CarncsviUe, Gn. av>18-187S-tf jj E.T11RAHHER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, IVutkinsville, Ga. Office in former Ordinary’s Office. jun25-187C-ly p G. THOMHON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Special attention paid to criminal practice. For reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. H. Watts .ml lion. David Olopton, Montgomery, Ala, Office over l’o-t-Oflice Athens, Ga. fol>8-187a-;f JOHN W. OWEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tocoa City, Gn. Moriw@tb.er dFew, BLACKSMITH’S TWO SHOPS FOR J877. One at the old stand in front ot Messrs. GANN & REAVES, The other on the road to the upper bridge and opposite air. JOHN Z. COOPER’S, Livery Stable. We have first class workmen HOUSE SHOEING of every description. Plating and Concave Shoes Manufactured to order. WAGONS, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, And all kinds of Muchines and Im ^ plemcnts repaired on short notice, janil-tf. sntrusted to his cure. ootSO-1875-ly. Popk Barrow. ». Barrow, Jr ( JJiu-row Jti-oH., . ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office over Talmadge, llodgson & Co. iai)4-ly 1). II1 TjIj, Public School Notice. Coimmmicntions. [communicated.] A Word to tlie Wise. part as Cen would hardly Suddenly a him—the wofljj struck him befc course all the A LL persona desiring to tench in the Public Schools in ClSrke county during the Fall Term, 1878, will make application for license to the undersigned at the Cenrt-honsc in Athens, on Suturduy, .Tnue 28th. Applications must be accompanied with the required recommen dations. H. R. BERNARD, j 1 l--t. c. 8. Com. _■ •' - ■. __ Being an old time planter’s wife, and having had, consequently, a pret ty wide and varied exporience of the ups and downs inoident to that posi tion uuder the present fallen dynasty, we feel constrained to sympathize with good Mrs Nancy Arp in her very natural solicitude as to the future welfaie of her grandchildren. Though not exactly prepared to endorse her statement that men and boys are of no account, we, neverthe less, go so far as to say that not all of them are born farmers. In illustra tion of this truth we call to memory a young man ot our early acquaint ance—one who had lately graduated with the very highest honors at a first class Southern University, and more over been distinguished by a public tribute to his profound talents and acquirements by the learned Presi dent of tlie Institution himself. He settled down soon after on the fine plantation left him by bis father, and commenced experiments in husband ry. The idea of keeping an overseer he could not tolerate for a moment nay ! the very prints of their cow> ,,Urt y ,n 9W liiiln 6linA9 wewitniihllow snnH effimail. dfd •’ Here our young Scipio (iE-uili- anus) grew rather nonplused as to future tactics. Even his confiding disposition could* scarcely expect in raw recruits, impressed on the spur of the moment, the discipline of Ro man veterans. "jPo nod at their post was the rafidesVfijjrm of irregularity to be anticipated, and as the chinq uapin switch, stretch it as he might, could never reatyi along the whole line, the loss of a flights sleep on his n of the guard je the end. lit thought struck was it had not L Asa matter of tie and horses, the sheep aud swine would he asleep, or resting on their beds, as well as the little darkies,iW&he had only to give orders that the jjatter be awakened betimes on theihorrow, and march ed to a renewal of duty. Had he been as conversant with Scripture as with the classics and sciences, David’s assertion that night is the time where in all the beast8.$f the forest do creep forth, would live occurred to him. Bnt as the Psalmist referred mainly to wild beasts and nobody ever heard of their rearing after vegetable c. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Prompt attention given to all business and •.tic same respectfully solicited. junll-ly Lamar Cobb. Howell Cobb. k Ait II. COItB, attorneys at law, Athens, Ga JOtllce in Dcuprce Building, fcb22-1876-ly E Alex S. Erwin. RW1N & COBB, ATTORNEYS Athens Anokew J. Cobb. AT LAW. Gn Office on Corner of Broad and Thomas streets, ever Childs, Niokcrsoa & Co. feb'2'2-187tt-ly A tr» V IIU11Y . MoCUBBY, TO THU Citizens of Athens iLsacl ’Vicinity. 1 lit uiulcrsi^iit'd Inis this day purcliuspd trom h'm brother, Mnj. THOMAS* A. BUKKE, his entire interest in the BOOK AND STATION- KKY BUSINESS AT ATHENS, and intends to run a First Class Book Store, InJ which the Best Goods, latest and most popu lar Books, nnd indeed everything usually kept in a Good, Well Appointed' Book Store, mav be found. Beiug connected with the. well known and extensive wholesale house of J. W. BURKE A CO., MACON, GA. Ills labilities tor keeping up stock and keeping everything at Bottom rriees, will give linn u decided advantage in buying Books &c., at Lowest Kates, and he intends to give bis custo mers the full benefit of it, by SELLING AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST, lie asks ills old friends in and arouiuLAthens, to give him a share of the patronage. To all he extends a hearty invitation to conic nnd buv, Maj. T. A. Burke will still he connected with the house, uud will liuvo charge of the business, and he asks his friends and the public to con tinue the patronage heretofore bestowed on him. JOHN IV. BUKKE. June ll.tt. stood nnd limi; fair lor him to take her place at the cradle, and in the kitchen. With her acknowledged versatility of tal ents, woman has not yet, we believe, acquired the art of existing in two plaees at once—though she comes nearer it than any other being and we have known her in late years to pour out the coffee, serve the differ ent dishes brush off the flies, feed the baby, and eat her own breakfast at one and the same time. We would suggest Jlurther that he secure the co operation of his wife, with that of tlie big wash pot, before lie inters another lot ot cotton seed. The three hard frosts predicted for July may render them rather scarce next year, and planters would do well to hoard those on hand with miserly cure. Women can generally give good advice and pienty of it, but it un luckily hath happened to them as to Cassandra of old, men will not be lieve till it he too late. Then un grateful, weak minded mortals that they are, forget she advocated the opposite side, and you know it is con trary to the principles of onr sex to say “ I told you so!’’ Communicated. prey, our hero’probably so under- That the individual now at stake ik-fc-fco=-noy sub Da-wr, Hartwell, Geobgia, Will practice in the Superior Courts of North east Geoigia uml Supreme Court at Atlanta. A ng 8. 187 8 t f JACKHON & THOMAS, attorneys at law, Athens, Ga. Office South West Corner of College Avenue and Clayton Street, also at the Court House. All parties desiring Criminal Warrants, can get them at any time by unplyiug to the County Solicitor at this office. deel6-1874-tf BTTSr&TESS CARDS. T . A ' a-feo'ivso.-xlEor 8e Jowalos, At MicUael’store, next door to Reaves ifc Nich olson’s, Broad street, Athens, Georgia, All ivork warrautod 12 months. septl2-tf. G eorgia, clakke couNTY.-wherens, • C'ffib Davis, applies to me for letters ot Guardianship ol the person of Eonnio bavis of said county, orphan of Middleton I\ Davis, deceased, under fourteen years of age. These arc therefore to cite and admonish all concern ed to shoo - cause at my office on or before the first Monday iu August next, why said letters should not be granted. • Given under my hand at office this 5th day of June, 1878. ASA M. JACKSON, Ordinary. June 11.80J. N OTICE.—AH persons having demands against Mrs. Eleanor Moore, late of Clarke county deceased are hereby notified to nrcsent V.'® f""? e for payment to my agent, Win. L. Mitchell, Esq., at Athens, within the time pro scribed by law, and thoae indebted to said de ceased are requested to make immediate pay ment to my said agent, or mvsetf. WM. C. MOORE, Eexcntor. June 11.Eftd. TALLULAH INSTITUTE, C LAR K KS VI I.LE, G EORGI A. T HE next term will commence on the 22d day of July, 1878. TERMS, I’KU SESSION OK FIVE MONTHS. 1st Class, 2d Class :>rd Class,.... $ 5.00 8.C0 1-2.00 There are rooms to rent at low rates to those wishinj to form messes and board themselves For further particulars, address, T. B. PASSMORE, Principal, Ct.viiKKSviLLE, Habersham Co., Ga. june 2, ’78, Sin- Q.EORGIA.—Oconee County. Whereas, Weldon Priee applies to me for letters of Administration, de bouis non, with the will annexed, on the estate of John O Thrasher, late of said county deceased. These me therefore to cite and admonish ail concerned to show cause ut no office on or be fore tlie first Monday in July next why s;> : d letters should not bo greeted. Given under my hand at office, June 3rd, 1878. JAMES K. LYI.E, Ord. (Vine 2, 1878, 4t. Legal Blanks at Low Prices A full supply of J. W. Burke & Co’s. Legal Blanks—the best that are printed, always on Hand. Price reduced to 75 eentr per quire, at BURKE’ BOOK STORE. College Avenue, Newton House Block. npril23-Cin. J OB WORK OF ALL DESCRIP* tion u«utly Jone at ibis oftice. J} G. & J Cohen’s specialty. Gents fine white all linen duck vests at §1 50*each. Try them. Ihev are un surpassed. hide Shoes were doubtless soon from his »premises. “An igno rant, narrow-minded si t they were at best, and lie was in for reform and progress.’’ As might Vie expected many queer stores of his saying’s and doings got abroad among tlie neighbors (them selves ignorant and narrow-minded it may he, and who knows but envi ous to hoot!) One of these was to the effect that, some hours alter a vi olent wind storm had levelled all tlie fences and n o it of the timber in its route, a farmer rode by the young planter’s fields nnd was astonished to see no signs of an intention to repair damages. The laborers were turn ing the soil as usual, while the rails still lay scattered about in every va riety of eccentric position, wherever the sudden frenzy of old E ulos had deposited into them. The owner himself sat on a high stump that com manded a somewhat extensive view of his domain, his legs hanging down, (he was a short man) flourishing with an air of maj ester ml serveity, a long chinquapin switch in his hand. Sta tioned at regular intervals where the fence ought to have been, acre after acre was a sentinel line of all the lit tle wooly heads on the plantation foj the purpose of repelling any unwar ranted foray of stock, etc To the good humored banter of the farmer he replied with sufficient dignity, considering the fact of his elevated perch not being very favora ble to the expression of ihatr august quality. “ The hands were busy finishing the day’s task interrupted by the rain. The little negroes had nothing else to do, and might as well earn their salt.” (The latter clause, being too inelegant tor a collegian, is to he taken with allowance. The honest farmer must have thus purchased it himself lor the benefit of the un learned.) However, night drew on apace; the good man rode forward, and sot n the laborers were dismissed — lather unwilling to leave, it must he con fessed, in the present unsatisfactory misty mq^uilnm tups/’ however, those 'day them down may' not err from lack of enough Whei* jotm^day stood on the warning, we append our own to to tliosu lie has already ^received in their dens, ,bnt, when man came forth to his> work and to his labor un til the evening, there they stood their ground every horn and hoof of them from five miles around, or so doubtless blessing inwardly, the wind that had blown them such good. Bnt of the springing eorn of that bright yeter-inorn, not a blade or stalk remained to whisper of its sad fate. Noiv this young gentleman had been a frequent visitor at our house, hut the next time lie came father took us aside. “Daughter if that young fellow (think of the irrever- auce!) is coming litre to see you, you had better send him about his business. Learning is all well enough, hut a man who hasn’t got common sense is not fit to take care ot a wife.’’ On re-entering the parlor, we glanced at his nobly formed head and brow, the ixact counterpart of Melancthon’s, at his deep-set hazel eyes, beaming with intellect and feel ing, and felt disposed, for once, to doubt whether Fathers (blessing’ on his dear old grey head), knew every thing so much better than Ins daughter did. However we were not in love, though admiring him greatly, and | besides had been taught to reverenoe our parents, so the young gentleman did go about Ins business, and con tinue to conduct it too, in a manner that excited the wonder and delecta tion of the country people fin* and nea,r. Of the sequel we know naught, nor is it to the purpose.. The incident was brought forward to point a moral not to adorn a tale, and we think we hr e fully estab lished our position. As to its personal application, we trust Mr. Arp will not take offence, if we say that his good old mothev’s fears argue ill for bis succos. As she justly observes since all her ef forts to heml the twig proved una vailing, what can we expect of the tree*, grown stiff aud unyielding by time? Of the propriety of his turn and to render it* more impressive repr&dtttte rhyming •- prophecy written a short while ago for some one else, who shall lie nameless. Though it failed to produce the salutary effect we hoped for in that case, we still have faith in the lat ent power of truth and poetry to softeu the heart and unseal the ear to instruction. the cotton planter’s bill of FARE. corn dodgers For breakfast you have coffee, and grits With a little blue uiilk from Pharaoh’s loan kino, But hominy unseasoned will give you the fits Of either blues or dyspepsia, aa your case may incline. That Rio coffee without sweetening is most pit iful stuff, St. Simeon Stylitcs himself will agree; Then you have white, frothy butter—would there were only enough But for one u cal you have it, you 6kip ever three. At dinner {you .vary with fried bacon and bread— _ At supper alas! you’vej the breud by itself, Such diet breeds goblins ever haunting tour bed, While the night mare you ride, a lean, star ring elf. W>11 whisk you o’er ditches, through briers and bog To a sumptuous mansion blazing with light; Whose landlord and servants and guests all agog With mirth nnd good cheer, are feasting the night. They’ll welcome yon in, bnt think not to taste Thair boned turkey, roast pig, scolloped oysters or steak, Though sauces and jellies and creams ran to waste Amid islands of pudding, and mountains of cake. For just as yon raise the sweet cup to your lips, Or deride tlie rich morsel you hasten to choose. The shrill neigh of your folly all your joys wil eclipse, That summons no mortal ever dared to re fuse. Mr. Editor:—Knowing that a lit tle space in your mest interesting col umns is jvery piecious, T would not thus trespass if I did not feel it my duty. When the Deniosthenian So ciety arrives at such a point that it is compelled to select for tlie editor of its notes, a man whose narrow intel lect and limited information will per mit him to write on no other subject than that of exposing to ridicule the “ Soph’’ class, I would advise them to give up their columns in the Chronicle. DuBose,. their present editor seems to have had two objects in view. The first was to try his hand at newspaper squibbing, and the second was to stimulate some member of the “Sopli” class to write his dis tinguished life. Courtesy requires that it shoti u he done. Dubose ven tilated this world by his advent into the Galpliin territory. George GaL phin was a licensed trader with the Indians prior to the Revolutionary war. He sold the Indians blankets red handkerchiefs, and lots of good red whiskey, &c., and in this way he became tl e owner of a large tract of country of which Wilkes county is now a part. This territory has pro duced one of the greatest minds in the an nls of time in the person of Gen. Robert Toombs. I am appre hensive however that the soil was ex- TiniiiBtod tieFore DdBose world. To say that he is genuine would not he doing him justice. As a mathematical genius he stands far ahead of any man of any nation. Even Pythagoras would he ashamed of his ignorance in the presence o this learned gentleman, DuBose. But I understand that on account of the weakness of his eyes he has been udvised by Prof Rutherford to take his junior “ math” in his senior year He said nothing about the “ Sophs,’ > in his last paper. Some of us are teeling badly, because lie has not written cur biographies. He prom- ,, ised to write the biographies of tlie class, and we want to hear from him in each number. A Friend to the Sophs. & J. Cohen leaders of it J. Cohen leaders of Away over pitlalls and,morasses again, Where the rattlesnake raises her venemous head, Then shaking you looss from your held on the mime, She’ll tumble you buck on voar snpperless bed. E. M. W. ing over his lesser crops to his wife, { £i2h Non pared lilac-, silks at tl.00 | stale ol affairs, but “master’’ allowed | it become, not us to pass judgement. ! a vard at. M. G. J. Cokei’s. i no dictation. asemeres, cottonades, linen drills, checks ami shirtings l >wci Iu that case, though, it seems hut I than ever,at M. G. &J. Cohen’s. G. ow prices. G. low prices. X-list ot" j fi. The following list of letters are advertised in the Alliens Post-office, June 2nd, lfc78. Persons calling for said letters will pL-ase state* they are advertised and date: C. II. Andrew. Frances IlazzeU- C. P. Bond- Eliza Birdell. Jackson Davenport, (co!.) Dr. Chris. Hulk G.n. Hope. George Johnson. A. E. J rdiu. Jennie Leion. C. Lamhur. M. J. Motim-e. Gabo Moore, (col.) Seymour Peck, (col) Rev. Andrew Pierce. Simon Rouse. Aron Roebuck, (col) Mary C. Thomas. Milton Epps. Louind.-i Elder. J.-Fields. Harriet Jones. John H Jones. Joseph Shields J. J. Smith. Mit. Ada We ed, x