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pve livetl heie; it’* always thar when
I net an in the moram*.
T.—Well, how&r to where it
forks?
S. —It don't fork at all, bat splits
up like the d—L
T. —A* I’m not likely to get to say
other home to-night, can’t joa let me
sleegt ^ y {,urn “ And W tin o?Iiorw
to a tree and do without anything to
eat or drink.
S. —Mr house leaks; thar’s only
one dry spot in it, sad me and Sal I
sleeps on it; and that thar tree b the I
old woman’s persimmon. You can’t,
tie to it, ‘case dm don’t want ’em
shock off; she loves to make beer
oaten ’em.
T. —Why don’t yon finish covering
soar boose and stop, the leaks?
S. —Tt’a been ratain’ail day.
T. —WeH,-wky dotft yon do it m
dry weathix?
S. —It don’t leak then.
T. —As there seems to be nothing
dive about your place but children,
b-.wdoyoado anyhow?
S.—Party well. I thank you. How
do yi n do yourself?
CHARLES F. STUBBS,
(Saecamr to Giuwir, Stabb* A Co.)
COTTON FACTOR
-AND—
Genera! Commission Merchant,
AGENT FOE Tn
QnitmariFactaryYams,
94 BAY STREET,
offered or accepted. cure chills and Fevere, BOionsnesa
rstitious reason, the and Liver Complaint, every time.—
stripped the body of Try ^ Cheap and wife—the heat
Jelse,-kit about-his Medicine in the world.
neck a Gttle medal or locket or the
Madonna, which, s the. sole relic * '* —r-* '
brought to the unhappy mother that It ^reported that the will of Mrs.
remained on his body when-it was Doraey, bequeathing all her property
found. to lion. Jeifersan Davis, will be cbn-
A prayer in AS handwriting of the r tested by he^relative-*, ftjneoFwhara
Prince has been found among the pa-. r side in Brooklyn, mi l that steps
pers in his desk at Camden Place. It' have already been taken to that end.
is published by tie Jforniitj Jftw^lThe property is value ! a: $250,000,’
nught'have
m
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St II- COBB,
snousxTs a u*
ISO.. 39
ATHENS, GEORGIA, JULY 29, 1879
af-
unexpected
tarn of
Oflaaia
ftws-isn-iy
"tLr“ PKI3t >
AUonuy at Law.
utjU-e over Child*, NicLsrson & Co.
Athene, Georgia,
^ssasfswsassasai
,m. J. aunwci.
J. J. BALDWIN & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IS
foreign and domestic liquors, wines, &e,
ALSO AGESTS FOE THE CELEBRATED
Stone Mountain Cora Whiskey.
Corner Broad and Jackson Streets, Athens, Ga.
G. C* Thomas.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
watkinsville, ga.
,.V.I, K IX COURT-HOUSE, OPPOSITE
0 Jrdia*r»’» Olfca. Parson*! attention to*U
bwu*** ontnuu.1 to hw cam. ap»-tt
)opo Barr w
ATTORNEYS at lawj m
aver Talinadfla, Hcxhpon A Co.
; aa4rly
| A. ILKIw
»t Sn«a« shoe Star* Mat floor to Bad
Uuc->. Broad atma*, Athena, Goonr*.
,„rt w»mwtad 13 luontha.
.fiiUa-tf. .
ATLANTA A CHARLOTTE
-TO—
:iASTmftjsr grnrzBifii
CHANGE Of SCHEDULE.
I n utd altar June lat, 1ST*, Traina wDIran
■u lua raai
Arire at Lola
Lblvc I.ola
SCHOOL BOOKS!
AU of the School Books in use at the
Lucy Cobb Institute, -
Hi Madame Sssowslfs Heme -School,
[For the Savannah Recorder.]
In tha golden light of an eve in Jane,
In tha paths of a garden tair,
"A maiden wandered, hamming a soft low tone
Aa aha gathered the Haven rare.
And aa aha etool, ’mid tha fragrance ew&et,
To mat and mnaa awhile—
She ploeked the ro.ee at her (bet.
And aeatterod their 1 avea with a smile.
Hethonghr, aa I watched tha scattering
roaes bright.
of kindnein,
Then She the maid ’mid the
Why not walk through tile’,
nd from frit ndship’a lovely bo were,
Scatter taae leave, every day.
AND AT THE
Various Schools in the City,
Ae well ea Pena, Inks, Paper, Slates, ac., for sale
at the
LOWiiST SnG-UHBJS,
, Btori b Bta * «r Violet Ink—the best in
tha World—at 5 conta per bottle. For bargain, la
CYcrything, call at
- BURKE’S BOOK-STORE.
d99%1B.tr % ■*. -
> i -•
THE
STORE
IN ATHENS, *
t>Y4f Cff’ S
-HOUSE
FURNISHING GOODS,
• At the Stone foraertv-occupied by
ha* R-\£kC.~s
Broad Street; Athens, Ga.
may.27.ai "'
Arrive at Lula LAS p ■
Ueve Lala . 7.4S r u
vtqut rarmon nucr.
Arrive »t Lala
Leave
Arrive a Lula — TAX a «.
Leave .• ASA A a
GOING EAST. ;
loch. taxiuBT rurv.
Arrive u Lula ...12.15 r «
Leave 1L25 T X
Arrive at Lula - 12.50 a u
We XOJ .
ruaocaa ruaiairr tbacc.
Arrive et Lula
Lave
Cloae eonneetion at Atlanta tor all pointa
Weet end southwest. Connecting at Charlotte
fur >11 point. Eaat. Through Ticket* on sale
it daineevUle, Seneca City, LGroenvilla and
Soenoiburg to ail paint. East and Wat
d. J. FOREACHE, General Manager.
W. I. HOUSTON, Gen. Paaa.JbTicket Ag’C
L B. Brumby's School for Boys,
(Brick Building hitherto known as Eberhsrt’a
store.)
PRINCE AVENUE, - - -^ATHENS, GA.
Jaa- S,1S73.
of Tuition ‘per Scboiaatic month ; gl,
ujujuiiurou ur. aatam a. tne
most ancccseful Teacher among those who have,
doling my Profesaorship of twenty yean dor*,
bon, prepared student. Ibr the U nivenity ot
Chang* of Schedule.
On and .ftar Monday Jane 2d 1879, trains on
Xurtheaaurn Railroed will ran is follows.
Traina daily except Sunday.
Laev. Athena A05 P. M.
Arrive at Lula ,..I 6.2(1 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 1030 P. II.
Ueve Atlanta U» P. M.
leave Lula. 7.4* P. M.
Arrive at Athena. 10.00 P. M.
Un Saturdays this additional train will be
no.
Lmve Athens. — LOO A. M.
Arrive at Lala 6.45 A. M.
Amve at Atlanta. 11 AO A- M.
Leave Atlanta..., 4.00 A. M.
leave Lula SA2 A. M.
Arrive u Athena HAS A. M.
Both traina connact at T-.l.
way on Air Lina BaQroad. CaevinriTi going
Forth connect claaely at Lnlaat A20 P. M with
tuailtnin on Air Lum IGilroad and by taking
the AJO A. 5C, Saturday train emmact with the
tfot Xonhaaaurn train, reaching Weak
nut morning to Bnakfoet and New Y<
A45 P. k. making tha nnpaeeadantad time of
Uhoan and 43 minutes hatwaai, Athena and
New York.
have ample time to taka tha evening ... .
theroby reach the Spring* of North Georgia to
Svppar. rq
J. ML EDWARDS,
Georgia Rail Road Company
ioiBaot’tO—l
will
Acocara. Ga^ Jaly 12th, 1379. (
'bland ^Var Sunday, July 11thTrains
leave and arrive at Athene aa foUawa:
Leave ATHENS ;...905 A a
Laave Wintarvill* ..............9.43an
Lav* Lexington 10.30 a a
Leave Antioek......................10.48 a a
Leave Many. ‘LOS*a
Leva WiXHlvUl. 1.21 a b
Arrive Union Point 11.45 ab
Amve AtUnte 5.00r a.
Arrive Maoun 5.25 pa
Arrive Aognsta .&28 P a
W* Anpoata. ..M5aa
WeMacoa.. TdW A a
Uav* Atlanta— ...7.45 a a
Lvava Union Point ...VL55 ra
Arrive Waedvilla L. L1A r a
Arrive Mataya L3U r a
Arrive Antioch L50 pa
Arrive Lexington ; USp a
Arrive Wintarville 2.47 P a
Arrive Athm. 3.15 r a
fnina ran daily, except to and Irina Waah-
««* which are daily axaapt Sundays.
- For farther information apply* for
or oonftr with,
icpt.17.tf. A. S. BRUMBY. A. M., M. D
LEAD and OILS,
DRUGS
And Jifledicittesr
G ARDEN SEED
My Strange Fellow-Pas*
a 8AS8
B B 33-
Stock of Seed, all Fresh.
For any of above or anything in
the Dmg Line call on.
ll ' / ‘ E.C.L0NU &C0.
WHOLESALE AND* RET.iU,:DRUGGISTS
“ Yea,” said the old doctor, assent
ing to a remark I bail just made.
“I’ve had a good many stiamre ex
periences in my time, and I think I
may call mine rather an eventful
life.”
“Forty years ago last June,” be re
sumed, after a moment of thoughtful
silence, “ I graduated with high hon
ors, and received a hospital appoint
ment. which would furnish me with
employment for the next five years,
and enable me to obtain a practical
knowledge of medicine before setting
up for myself
“My duties did not begin, however,
before the first of August, and as I
was a little worn out by the heat and
by hard study, I was glad to be ahle
to spend the intervening six weeks
with my mother in the country.
“I left Philadelphia one day at
noon, by the stage that was to convey
me to the town where she lived. We
were to travel until late in the even
ing, when we were to stop for the
night at a little public house on the
road, resuming our journey by
the mail-coach at six the next morn
ing.
“There were JLwo other passengers
besides myself, a young man who had
secured the box-seat which I had ex
pected to get, and a lady who sat in
side with me.
“We drove along merrily enough,
in good humor with ourselves ami
each otlier, and had placed about a
mile between us and the town,
when, as I looked out of the window,
I saw, standing by the roadside, a
man with a carpet bag in one hand,
who was beckoning to the driver with
the other. We presently came up
with him.
“ ‘Inside or outside, sir?’ asked the
driver, as he dismounted.
“ ‘Inside; inside, of course,’ was the
reply, a little irascibly, I thought,
the new comer placed his feet upon
the step.
‘ Yer pay in advance, sir, beggin
yer pardon,’ reminded the driver,
detaining him and touching his
hat.
“The old gentleman—he was elder
ly, and to all appearance a gentleman
—seemed further irritated by the
delay. He asked the amount, hows
ever, paid it at once, and took his
seat beside me, bestowing his carpet-
under bis feet, and evincing
satisfaction as we started
‘There was a wedding in the acigh-
bni-hood that evening, and a party
from town had driven down early
in the afternoon and engaged all
his apartments except this one cham
ber.
Bat if yon two gentlemen don’t ob
ject sharing the same room for a
couple of hours—you’ll have to rise
early to take the mail coach—I think
I can make you very comfortable.
There [are two dean beds in die
room, and—’
“ ‘Pm sure I’ll not object,’ I in
terrupted, tur- ingto my fellow trav
eler.
“He hesitated an instant, an l then
said, ‘Well, sir, Pm agreed if yon: mg me; but
arethen, with an almost solemn
tone, ‘Remember, sir, the proposal
came from you, and if £ite should—’
“The astonishment expressed, no
doubt, upon my face at this peculiar
address, caused him to stop. Then
he laughed pleasantly, and resuming
his usual manner, said, ‘Excuse me,
but my ir ind, just now, is so occupied
with affairs very important to me
that I’m afraid my attention some
times wanders. You are very kind
to offer me half of your room. I
accept with many thanks.’ And we
" into the tavern, where a good
Aimsa,^Bxaaax«-4
aepklUy.
, COFFEE!
If you want a cap of cood, hath flavored anil
ha Rio C'ottxx boat MOORE, JENKINS A
CO’S, (New York)
Boosted. Jlrico.
Will certainly plaaae too. It canno: be ex-
celled. Ask your grocer for it.
jttneJ).3m.
UfB?, FEED MO SALE STABLE,
<& REAVES, PROPRIETORS.
Will be found at their old stand, rear Frank
lin Boom bnililinc, Thomas street. Keep al
ways on hand £Qod Turnouts and caretui dri
ven. Stock well cared for when emrnrted to
Stock on band for sale at dl rimes.
ipper was awaiting ns.
“There '
were no other guests at the
table. ‘All gone to the wedding,’ the
landlord said- - " > * i
“We did not regret in the least
having the boose to ourselves, and
supper being concluded, we went to
the wide fount porch, where we spent
the evening in pleasant talk.
I gave my companion a sketch of
my life for the past three or four
years. He reciprocated by telling
me about his family—his wife, and his
lovely daughter, who was very defrr
to him.
‘She is a goo i girl, and a very
pretty girl, too; everybody says so.
Stay—Iv’e her miniature iu my car
pet-bag, and my wife’s too. I’ll show
them to you.’
“He rose from bis seal, vulieti a
sadden thought seemed to strike him,
and he resumed his chair, saying, ‘I’d
forgotten. They have taken my car
pet-bag np stairs to the room. You
can see them at bedtime.’
“About eleven, we rose to go to
our room. My companion preceded
I sought the landlord to ask
that I should be called at halt-past
four, so that I might dress and' break
fast at my leisure, before taking the
coach again.
“I lingei ed, chatting, for tea min-
u'esorsowith ‘mine host.’ When
at List I entered the bed-chamber. I
found my room-mate had made good
use ot his time, and was already in
bed, with the covcrle. drawn up to
his very cars, as if it had been Decem
ber instead of June baking no
comment, however, I was soon occu
pying tike second couch, which stood
in a recess in the inner extremity of
the room, on . one side of the great
“I ifid not sleep well. I had a teas
ing dream, which recurred again and
again. It seemed to me that some
one was moving about the room with
eyes fixed on me. Once I thought
this figure approached my bed, ami a
hand touched me.
I roused with i start. When my
eyes became accustomed to the dark
ness, L saw the old gentleman look
ing out of the window by his beds
MOSS & THOMAS,
Cimii licTQHS £ Caiwssnm Mschuts,
Clayton St 9 Athens, Ga.
Advaoets male onCottoo eonaigneil is Store.
«**r calendar worms cixtxrr.
AtxiAXDxa S. Extra, of Athene, Jad(*
eiS“ T L XnQnu > <* Athena, Solictor G«a-
Are* Monday in April and October.
*—? “«**» ¥V “
^Franklin, aecond Monday in April and Oa-
jjjriunen.fln* Monday in March and Sop.
jWdam third Monday in April and Oc
^Uali, third Monday in March I
-uhjT"’ tWrl Mood *y f<l »G
Jiifo 0 ™’*’ in January
toW ban ’ fc " mh i» Apnl andOo-
lum*"’ * h ”' 1 Eebroary and
Boutko Hotel Insurance
** CX32>5rg»AISr^g',
ATSBTS,
k.q> lawiWi i
great
-again.
“I had feared we were to have a
disagreeable addition to our party,
judging from first impreHaeas; but
when, after a while, the man joined
in conversation with us, we found
him remarkably intelligent and afla
ble.
“Before be bad talked a great while
I discovered he had lei raiher
nomadic life. Europe, South Amen,
ica, East India, seemed equally fa
miliar to him. Without being garrul
ous, he had so many charming inci
dents to 16*0(0 of life in many lands,
that he contrived to entertain ns most
delightfully.
“I judged he was traveling on im
portant Lusinesa, he seemed so jeal
ous of any attention. When we
stopped. to allow, the “box-seat”
passenger to alight, and again at three
o’clock, when we halted for dinner, I
noticed he became restless and anx
ious.
“At dinner, his manner was con
strained. He ate little, and talked less,
consulted his watch frequently, and
finally exerned himself before we foul
half finished the meal, and left the
room.
“When we resumed our seats
the stage, we found him there before
He was seated in his old place,
with his bend drawn back in an un
comfortable comer, effectually shields
jng him from.
had handed the lad; m before die
discovered hum, and abe gave a little
erf ot surprise.
' *‘I hope I haven’t startled yon,
madam,’ be said. ‘I had no appetite
tor dinner, so I thought I
as well wait hem as in the
* “He said he had been disturbed,
and he supposed the wedding guests
were just returning. Gay voices out
side presently followed by footAeps
ascending the stairs, and muioal goixL-
“I mused on these thinn for some
time. Those strange words, ‘the will
-Jfete,’ what did they mean? Just
then it occurred to me that my fel
low-passenger had used such an ex
pression the evening bef re, when I
first offered to share my room with
him; ‘He most have been talking in
his sleep, after all. I’m a foot to
think so much about it.’
“I tossed and tumbled, and again
consulted my watch.
‘“Only twenty minutes of three!
Oh, that morning would come!’
“I glanced across the room, ami
for an instant that I saw my
eyes wide open, watch,
when I sat up in bed to
satisfy myself about it, he seemed to
1 be sound a-Ieep.
“By this time, I began to be
ashamed of myself The house was
so quiet it seemed absurd to be keep
ing vigil. Nature began to assert
her claims, too, and settling bock on
my pillow again, I presently lost con
sciousness.
“When I awoke again, it was
broad daylight. My fellowLtravelcr.
was already dressed, and stood with
his back to me by the open window
near the dressing-table. I was about
to ay, ‘Good morning,” when I
heard him mutter to him&lf ~
“‘It’s the will of fete. There’s no
resisting it. I call on you all to wit
ness’—extending one hand, as if ap
pealing to an assembled company —
‘I am only an unthinking ’ agent in
this matter. His blood he on tote’s
head, not mine. I’ve enlisted in her
service, and I’m bound to obey or
ders.’ ~
- “Filled with a vauge alarm , I
started into, a sitting posture, the bet
ter to catch the import of his words.
At that moment he tnrued, mixed at
me an instant, then advanced toward
me. There was a pistol in his
hand.
“He approached with the pistol
level at me. his eyes burning like
coals of fire. Otherwise fcia manner
was quiet, and bis voice low and-
muffled.
“‘Como, sir,’ he said, shortly, ‘pre
pare for death! Fate, whom I serve,
commands me to slay you at the rising
of the sua. You have just five min
utes in which to make yoor peace
with Heaven: then you must die!’
“Tlie pistol was what was then
called a ‘pepper-box,’ Ae prototype
of the whole modem arsenal of revolv
ing weapons. As he held it toward
me, I could distinctly see the balls at
the end of the chambers; and I real
ized that the man who held the wasp
on ot death was a maniac. If I made
the least movement toward the door,
my young fife would be the forfeit.
“What should I do?”
“Like & flash of light came the
thought: ‘The landlord will be com
ing presently to rouse you Try to keep
your wits about you. and gala a little
time.’
‘“Are you praying ?” said the mad
man.
•“I’m thinking,’ I .replied, as
quietly as I could, fixing my eyes
upon his livid "countenance, ‘that
very harsh treatment to offer a man
who has done nothing worse to you
than to give you a share ot hia
room.’
“Can’t help it, sir; mu-t obey or
ders.’
“Do you know,’ I said, trying to
control my voice, *that you’ve de
ceived me. You didn’t tdl me, yes
terday, about you hang an agent 'of
Fate, or I should have been better
prepared ;d>ut you allowed me to (re
lieve you to.be a gentleman, travel
ing wii r rdimiry business or for pleas-
‘“At tiffs
lairs. I was so nonplussed that, in
excited manner, I endeavored to
show the deceit of the fellow, moving
the pistol in my excited gesticula
tions.
“Help, help! Murder, murderl*
screamed the man, in apparent ter
ror.
“Help, help! Murder, murder!*
echoed the wretched landlord, who
clutched at the other’s arm, and
dragged him toward the door, vocif
erating, ‘Help f There’s a crazy man
up stairs!’
“I don’t know how I should have
convinced the landlord |ofm; auk*
if unexpected help led not arrived
soon after, in the shape of two stout,
burly keepers from an insane asylum
in Philadelphia, who pounced at once
upon the old gentleman as their le
gitimate property, and handcuffed
him in the twinkling of an eye.
“They had most opportunely ar
rived by the mail-coach during the
altercation up stairs.
“It seemed that the old gentleman
had formerly*been an actor (I could
well believe it), bat was possessed
with a homicidal mania and had been
pronouneed. incurable. As soon as
his escape from the asylum was dis
covered, it at once occnred to the
keepers to inquire for him at the
different coach offices in the city.
“No such person being booked as
a passenger, they were thaws off the
track, and were searching the city
and its environs, when they were put
upon the right track by a countryman
who had seen him waiting on the
roadside to take the stage.
“They had just had time to send
off two men by the mad-coach, which
left Philadelphia at ten, and which ar
rived at the inn just in rime to rescue
me from a distressing dilemma
“How the maniac obtained posses
sion of a loaded revolver they could
not conjecture, and be obstinately re
fused to tell. __ _ '
“However, as you may imagine, I
did not concern mysclt a great deal
with that question. I hurried on
with my clothes, ate what breakfast I
could, and left the house by that bles
sed mail-coach at six o’c'ck, thankful
enough that I was aide to pursue my
journey uuinjured.— Youth's Com-
panion.
•The Arkansas Traveler
nights exchanged, corroborated this me; so I offered you a bed iu, toy
conjecture; • room ; and In return, you take tuy
- “Soon all became quiet, and I j fife! .To. any the .least,jou Have not
again fell asleep, and was again ilia- j behaved like a gentleman.’'
turbed This rime I was sure tliat j “He looked a little troubled. ‘De-
there were stealthy feet creeping ceived is a strong word, sir,' he be-
oround the room, and that a hoarse
voice was mattering. I -listened, and
distinctly heard the words. The will
ot Fate.’ I called out:
“Who is there?”
“No answer followed. Thfi mutter
ing ceased. I heard the feet creep
ing away toward the other bed. I
could not stand the suspense, and
sprang np and lighted the candle in an
instant
There was no person in the room
but the old gentleman, who was sit
ting np in bed, looking startled:
“ ‘Did you hear that noise 2 VYere
yon walking about ?’ I asked.
“ ‘Walking about ?’’ he replied. ‘I
atutmly just this mome.it awake. £
heard you call out, and I roused to
see what was the matter.'
“ Tm sure I heard footsteps and
voices, too, in this room!”
“ ‘Voices in the room! You’re
surely mistaken.’
“ ‘/’in not mistaken!’ I repeated,
testily. ‘Why, 1 could even distin
guish words Something was said
about the ‘Will ofFutei’ ’
“He laughed confusedly as he re
plied, Tm afraid I’ve been talking in
my sleep again. My friends say I’m
addicted to that bod habit, and I sup
pose I say all sorts ot things. I think
it is vary likely you heard me; and as
to the footsteps, perhaps oar friends
next d* or have been restless.’
“I listened, but could hear no
sound.
“This explanation did not satisfy
me. I looked at my watch. It
just two o’clock.
“ ‘It is very strange, but those steps
were in this room,’ I «ud- ‘I will let
the candle barn for the rest of
night. It will be daylight* now, jn.
an hour and a halftand I, for
shall be glad to tee it. If I
I shook! think tha
1 fay dow* a gain,
rf possible, not to go to
gan.
“‘I can call It nothing else,’ I re
turned, still speaking as quietly as I
could ;‘and what ia more, sir when a
man deceives me about one thing,
Pm very apt to distrust any other
statement he may make to toe. I
doubt, now, whether you were ever
in the East at all; I doubt whether
you were ever married; I doubt if
you have a daughter. Why, I re
member how you said,.last evening,
you’d show me her miniature ; but
you didn’t produce it. I don't be-
befieve now you’ve such .a thing in
your possession-’ 1
“I have! I swear I have it here in
my carpet-hag P he said, letting his
hand which held the revolver toll to
hia side in his earnestnea.
‘“Well,’ said I, (nonchalantly. *PB
believe you when I see the picture,
not before.*
“He hud the pistol down on, the
foot cf ray bed. and strode across the
room. Yon may believe I- lost no
time in securing the weapon.
“Just then fbotstepe s-unded in the
passage outside.' The landlord was
coming at tort. I sprang to the door,
and pointed the pistol at my late
would be executioner, who had
turned, and was looking at his empty
hands in consternation.
“You stir another step,’ I cried,
St witt be your tort step!”
“I then openrei the door and ad
mitted the artonwhwi hart, who
looked perfectly aghast ** I tried to
explain to ba« what bad stem red
I was excited a&nort to txenxy, while
my companion, well-dressed, bland
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story,
for ever; particu-
Of all who have ever heard of the
Ark in-a- Traveler,” we think there
are few that liave heard the stor; it-
sell! The following is given us a cor
rect version :
The scene is laid in Arkansas, awa;
out in the wilderness, forty years ago,
when settlers in that region were few
and tar Iretween. The reader must
imagine a cabin in the wilderness; in
the doorway sits the wife smoking her
pipe, surrounded by children of vari
ous sizes; a little to the left, a boy
was seen perched upon on ash-hopper,
while the squatter sits open a barrel,
fiddle in hand, playing the “tune,”
half of which he never heard. As the
traveler approaches, he pauses not in
his fiddling, except to answer the
questions propounded, between each
of which he resumes his music.
Traveler—Hello, stranger.
Squatter—Hello, yourself!
T—Con I get to stay all night with
you ?
S. —No, sir; you can git to— ’
T. —Have you any spirits hem?
a.—Lots of’em l Sal saw one 1
night, by that are ole hollow gum,
and it nearly scared her to death,
T.—You mistake my (meaning;
have you any liquor?
S. —Had some yesterday, bat Ola
Boss he got in and topped it all oaten
the pot.
T. —You don’t understand,
don’t mem pot liquor. Tam wet and
cold, and want so me whiskey. Have
you got any ?
S. —Oh, yea I drank the tost thfe
moriiin’.
T. —I’m hungry, haven’t had any
thing since morning. Can’t you give
me something to eat?
S-—Hain’ta domed thing in the
house. Not a mouthful of meat nor a
dust of meal here.
T.—Well, can’t you give my horse
something.
g.—Got nothing to feed him on.
T.—How far is it to the next bouse?
S. —Stranger, I don’t know ;I have
never been thar.
T. —Well, do you know who lives
here ?
S. —I do.
T. —As I am so bold, then, what
ight your name be ?
S.—I might be Dick and ft might
be Sam, but it lacks right smart of
S.—Keep tavern and sett
-Well, I told you I wanted some
J.
S. —Stranger, I bought a barrel
aorii a week ago. Yon see, me and
Sol went shores. After we got it here,
we only had a bit between us, and Sal
she didn’t want to use hem first, nor
me mine. Yon see, I had a spiggen
in one end and she in t’other.. So she
takes a drink on my end and pays me
the hit for it; that I’d take one oaten
hcc*n and give her the bit. Well,
weto gitring long first-rate rill Dick,
darned skulking skunk, be bored «
hale in the bottom to suck at, and tbe
next tiain Event to boy a drink, there
wum’tnone thar.
T. —Tm sorry your whiskey’s- all
gone ; but, my friend, why don’t you
piny the balance of that tone ?
S. —It’s got no balance to it.
T. —I mean, you don’t play the
whole of it.
S. —Stranger, kin you play the
fiddle?
T. —Yes, a little, smreumes.
S.-—You don’t look tike a fiddler,
hot ef you think you kin play any
more on that thav tune, you kin just
git down and try.
(The traveler gets down and plays
the whole of it.)
S.—Stranger, take a half dozen
cheers and sot down. Sal, stir your
self round like a six-horse team in a
mud-hole Go round, in tbe hollar
whar I killed that buck this niornin’,
cut off some of the best pieces, anj
fetch ’em in and cook it tor me and
this gentleman, directly. Raise up
the board from under the head of the
bed, and git the old black jag I hid
from Dick, and give us some whiskey;
I know thar’s some left yet. Till,
drive ole Boss outen the bread-tray,
thgn climb up in the loft and get the
rag that’s got the sugar tied iu it.
Dick carry his horse to the shed, and
give him some fodder and coni, much
as he kin eat.
Till—Dad there ain’t enough
knives to sot the table.
S. —Whar’s big butch, little butch,
ole eise, cob hindle. granny’s knife,
and the one I handled yesterday ?
That’s enough Lo sot any gentleman’s
■nl Stranger, you kin stay as long
you please, and Til give you plenty
to eat and drink. Will you have coif
fee for supper?
T. —Yes, sir.
S. — Til be hanged if you do though.
We don’t have nothin’ that way here,
but Grab Hyson, and I reckon it’s
mighty good with sweeetiu’. Play
away, stranger. You kin sleep on
the dry spot to night
T. (After two hour s fiddling)—My
friend, can’t you tell about the road I
am to travel to-morrow ?
S.—-To-morrow I Stranger, you
won’t git oaten these diggin’s tor six
weeks, but when it gets so you kin
start, you see that big sioo thar?
Well, you have to git crost that, then
you take the road up the bonk, and
iu about a mile you’ll come to a two*
■cre-and-ti-lialf. corn patch. Tbe
corn’s mighty in the weeds, but you
needn’t mmdthat, jtst rideon. About
a mile and a half or two miles from
thar, you’ll come to the d—dert
whivhatVs: “The elucnl.ibun-of his
high charlct r alone justifies the pub-
licntion ofasiicrcd document, which
will prove to the world how intima: eiy
he was.penetrated with all the feel
ings which moat become a Ci.risthu.
and which give higher hope- than, are
afforded by the pains and perils of.
this transitory fiv.” Th-.v following
is a translation; .. Y*
“My God, I give to Thee hit heart,
butgive to me faith. Without faith
there- m no strong- prayer, and to pray
is a longing afmysauL 1 pray not
that Than shnahfet. take awa; the
[obstacles on niy path, but that Thou
may* permit me to overcome them.
I pray not that Thou, shoddst disarm
I my enemies, but that Thou shooidst
aid me to conquer myself Hear. O
Cfod^ mg prayer. Preserve to ay
affection those who ere dear to me.
Grant them happy days. If thou
[only givest on this earth a certain sum
of joy, take, O God, my share/and
bestow it on the most worthy, and
dot the most waftin'be my friends.
If Thou seekert vengeance upon man
strike me. Misfortune a converted
into happiness the sweet thought
that those whom we love are happy.
Happine-s h poisoned by the bitter
thought, while I rejoice those wiiom I
^ a v thousand rime better than my
self are suffering For me, O God!
no .more happiness- Take It from my
path. I can only find joy in forge -
ting the post. If I forget those who
are no more, I shall be forgotten in
my torn, and how sad the ihouglit
given by a tranquil conscience. O
my God! show me ever where my
duty .lien, and give me strength to
accomplish ft Sways. Arrived at
the term of my life, I shall turn my
looks fearlessly to the post. Remem
brance will not be for me a king re
morse. Then I shall be happy.
Grant, O God! that my heart may
he penetrated with the conviction
that those wt orn. I love, and who are
dead, shall see all actions. My fife
shall be worthy of their witness, and
my innermost thoughts shall never
make them blush.’'
to
The Man Who Ought
Have been an Editor.
about six feet under thar.
T.—How am I to get at it!
S.—You can’t git at it nary rime,
till the weather stiffens down some.
Wril, about a mile beyant, yea cam to
a ptocvwhar thar’s two roods. Yon
kin take the. right hand ef yon want
to, bat you’ll-find its run oat; you’ll
then haT« to cum bock and try the
left, and when you git two miles on
that road you may know you are
wrong, fur than ain’t any road thar.
You’ll then think you’re mighty lucky
ef you find the way back to my house,
whar you kin cum and play on that
tune as long aa you please. _
The man who knows h-w to run a
newspaper came into the Derrick
office yesterday. He sat down in the
best chairi pulled all the exchanges
into hia lap, and began criticism:
“I ought to have been an editor,
just to show you fellows how easy ft
‘, to run a newspaper. Why don’t
on pitch into the City Council?
’eople want some kind of excitement.
Give the poliece thunder for not at
tending to their own business, it will
wake the people up. Caesar!
Wouldn’t I make it hot tor ’em if I
had anything to do with a paper.’’
“Suppose you run this office fo.
two hours to suit yourself.’’
“All right just let me do it. I’ll
show you the hottest article you ever
raw. Give me a penciL”
We left him sitting in the editorial
chair working away for dear fife.
On the staira we met Jim Jones, a
driller from Alamagpozium.
•‘Where’s the editor 2” said he.
“Up stairs, at his desk,” was the re
ply-
Jones had blood in his eyes, and
he bounded np two steps at a time,
while we waited at the foot of the
stairsfor further I'evelopements. In
about two minutes we saw thejdicrian-
ary ffy out of the upper window, and
then there was a sound as of a chair
being smash d, followed by loud
yells, and in two seconds the door
flew open, and the would-be editor
came rolling down the staira
“Whatfs your hurry ?’’ we asked as
he flew past ns. “Sit down and tell
how to run a newspaper, we contin
ued, as he struck the sidewalk. Bat
he never stopped, He just flew across
the sidewlak and fell on his back in
the gutter Such a sight. His nose
was knocked croosswise, one eye was
aa as a thundercloud, his hair
eud^, his coat was rip-
down the back and one sieve
torn ant.
Jones was coming down the stairs
and the would be-editor, jumped and
ran op the railroad, with Janes close
at his heels, veiling, at everyjump he
took, “I ain’t theedftor.” He hasn’t
returned. We fear hia youthful dream
of running a newspaper has been nip
ped in tbe bud by the frost ofadverse
circumstances.—Ex.
The Dead Prinee.
SaT- nnah News.
Further details concerning rile
death’of the Prince Imperial inclnde
some touching and highly dramatic
incidents. It is now made clear that
the unfortunate young man was prac
tically abandoned by Ills companions,
who fled, knowing that he could not.
mount liis horse, simply to save their
own fives The Prince wore a sword
which had been carried through sev-
aeveral battles by the first Napoleon.
It is said the weapon was that which
waved on the French troops at - the
bridge of Lodi. No ballet wound
found on the Prince’s body. All
his harts were made by the savage
assegai, which; like the Australian
boomerang, is usually thrown. There
are other fresh details that suggest a
mourn fid fatality. Captain Lane
avouches that on the day of the catas
trophe tlie Prince said to him that he
would like to fed the stroke of an as
segai. “It is no fun being fired
he remarked, “bat I should like a
slight assegai wound.” The assu
rance now so posrivdy given that had
the Zulus- known the Prince’s rank
they would not have killed Mm adds
to the melancholy interest of the sit
uation. It is not thecurtonr of these
warriors, ft appears, to kill any per-
Tn« Latest Sarcasm.
Ben Battler quite recently received
a letter from a friend asking bis land
offices in procuring Government em
ployment for a one legged soldier.
Battler’s reply is to the point, and
places* Styes just where he belongs,
and exhibits the hypocrisy and treach
ery of the Republican party. Here
ia the letter of the Essex staleman:
12 Pemberton Square. \
Boston, July 6, ISTff. )
Dear sir—Yon ask me iu your
note if I know of a position for a one
legged soldier. I answer I do not.
Nearly two years ago I asked
a position of President Hayes for a
crippled soldier in my neighborhood,
'backed by all bis neighbors. Mr.
Hays refused it, and gave the posi
tion to a ra*m who stayed at homo
daring the war, at the request of Me.
Hoar. Senator from our State, who"
stayed at ho nc, too. Since that time
I have asked Mr. Hays nothing.
The law is imperative that he should
prefer in all offlcal appointments the
maimed veterans of the war, bat that
law is not obeyed. I got an act
throagih the Haase when I was in
Congress, making a penalty of fine
and imprisonment for not obeying!*,
bofc it failed in the Senate. Tha
pespla ot the Confederate States, da
better. They give all their promi
nent offices to crippled and other Con
federate soldiers.
It seems ta be the misfortune; of
yoar friend that he fought on the
wrong sale to get any recognition of
hit services. £ am grimed, there-
fore, that I ant not able to do any
thing for him. I am. trulyjyours,
Best. F. Butler.
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