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Newspaper Page TextCol. Ingersoll Pays a Tribute •“I of Respect to a Dead , i, ... Clergyman. ATHENS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 5, 1879. Lamar Cobb. .* ii. conn. • * nniiin it uw^ Afina*, 0«! -V 0»c* in Danpreo Building, fcbM-13'*->7 pK LCWWI*' r ’ Attorney at Law. otflh- over Chilli#, Niekeluon * Co. Athens, Georgia, Will i.notice in the Superior Court* of .thj sSyfffi-it. ST Collodion* * apecitlte. ‘ QcU5-l^L’- Jx% j Baldwin. Cox, Bill 4 Thompson. l J. BALDWIN & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IK foreign and domestic liquors, wines, &c., agf -'A'"" MYSTERIOUS . iMUkD ALSO AGE STS FOR THE CELEBRATED Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey. Corner Broad and Jackson Streets, Athens, Ga.j - G. C. Thoaaan, ATfORNEY AT LAW, watkinsville, ga. O CVICE IS COURT-HOUSE, OPPOSITE Orduarv’s Office. Paraonal attention to all bu.;a«* aatxuetad to hi* car*. ap»-U a Ilitrr tv attorneys at law, OtSi-c over Talmodge, lloJgnon Si Co. jaa4*ly •Jl A. ILF.B* WataKnaalcar is Jnwolar, At >ne»J* Shoe Store next door to Reese A itroa.1 street, Atlicn*, Georgia. AU „,,k warranted IS month#. MpllS-tL ATLANTA X CHARLOTTE Air-Line Railway. Passenger Department- ATLANTA -TO- EA-ST-HlEW CXTXJBQSS I CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On mJ *f:er June lit, 1379, Train* will run so this road a* follows, going East: UIIWAB. Arrive st Lnla - haste Luis W CvTWAXD. Arrive st Lula bare Luis urrWAXB. sioirr ra#sxsoxB tsaix. Arrive ‘ Lnls Arrive at Lula Leave- GOING EAST. local rrjaoar train. Arrive st Luis Leave *.46 a II 6.63 a M 7.4-1 r a 7.46 r m 7..11 a u . 3.53 A M Arrive st Luis Leave TH*ov«H nttioirr nunc. Arrive st Lula ('lose eouneeuon at Atlanta for *11 point* \Y,*j *ud Southwest Connecting at Charlotte for ill point# East Through Ti'ckota on sale st Gainesville, Seneca City, ^Greenville and Spartanburg to all point* East and West 6. J. FOKEACRE. General Manager. 'Y. J. HOUSTON, Gen. Paaa.JfcTicket Ag’t Change of Schedule. On and after Monday Jane 2d 1379, trains on Xorthssslern Railroad will run as follows. Train* daily except Sunday. Leave Atiun* 4.05 P. M. Arrive at Lula S.SO P. M. Arrive at Atlanta 1040 P. U. Leave Atlanta 540 P. M. Leave Lula 7.46 P. M. Arrive, st Atben# 10.00 P. M. On Saturday# this additional train will be ruu. Leav« Athen# 5.00 A. M. Arrive at Lula 6.45 A. M. Arrive at AtlsnU 11.50 A. M, Leave Atlanta AO > A. M, Leave Lula 8.52 A. M Arrive at Athens tl.05 A. M. Both train* conned at Lnla with train* each way on Air Line Railroad. Passenger* going North connect closclv at Lnla at A30 P. M with tnai! train on Air Ian* Railroad and by taking the 5j» A. SI., Saturday train connect with the tart Northeastern train, reaching Washington next morning to Breakfast and New Tore at •-45 P. it., making the unprecedented tint* of M hours and 43 minute* between Athens and Nea-York. Passenger* from Georgia Railroad have ample time to talw the-eventng train and t hereby reach the Springs of North Georgia to 8»PP*r. J. M. EDWARDS, Superintendent. SCHOOL BOOKS! .MUfcDER A Dark and Terrible Deed. Mariin Defoor and His Wife Found in Bed this Morning with their Throats Cut. i A few steps beyond the sign t Btarietta, which JS miles,’ on the road to the words, “To Atlanta stands an old-fashioned country boose, two storied high, andbnilt in the rode architecture o! forte Bootes. This was the house of MsrtufDeToor, who has tended the ferry over' the Chat tahoochee river since 1853. Here, with his wife, Susan, Mr. Defoor has lived since that time, respected and esteemed by their neighbors. Ac- AH of the School lioolts in use at the I conl'Dg to the record in the Bible, 1 Martin Defoor was bom in Septem ber 17th, 1805, and Susan was bom 1798. Their children Lucy Cobb Institute, JT> t i x#£coioo6r 2* At Madame Sosaowski's Hon School,M one daughter, Mrs. Walker, living AND AT THE | across the street. They were plain _ , . ... country folk, simple m their ways Various Schools in the Citv, I and habits, and lived alone. * • 1 Tka Katina Kna fane srrv A* well t* Pens, Inks, Pa,«r, Slate*, *e_ for tale at the luOW-HJST;- ^'IC3-XXR33S, Thomu’ RUck, Blue or Violet Ink-tb* best la * c ? nu P* r hottie. For bargains in everything, call at •eVt.10.tf BURKE'S BOOK-STORR THE NEW STOKE IN ATHENS, LYNCH’S HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, At the Store formerly ocQipied by Or B- M- SMI TS, Broad Street, Athens, Ga.I^J’SSSS' b£m m*T-27.tL i. B. Brumby’s School for Boys, (Brick Building hitherto known ** Eberhart’s Store.) PRINCE AVENUE, - - -^ATHENS, GA. Xtuoponu Jan. 6, 1379. S. Rate# of Tuition tper Scholastic month; $1,. •*> S5, jM, $5, *«, according to age, grade dee. I ing about six o’clock, Mat tin Walter, Prof. W. H. WADDELL wrote: “ I do not „ ® u_ i: ’ ;„- t mrTnMa ,1„» hesitate to recommend Dr. BRUMBV as the I a -On-in-law, Who lit es just across the The hoase fan four roam down stairs, two of which are bed-rooms, one a parlor, and the other a cooks room. The front bed-room was oc cupied by the old couple. It is fur nished with the amplest furniture, an oldsfashioned bed-stead, a chest of drawers, a tab’e, and a few chairs, in one of the drawers of the chest, Mrs. Defoor kept a bag of nickles which she bad .saved from time to tin\e. This drawer also contained Mr. Defoor’a pocket book which had in it his tax receipts, etc. On Thursday evening late two ttamps applied to Mr Defoor for lodging and supper. As ha had been troubled with that gentry a great' deal, he refused, and they were- seen to go down the road as if going to ibe river Yesterday evening another tramp, bht whether white or colored cannot be ascertained, passed by^j the ' the the way to Marietta. Receiving the information, he proceeded in the di rection of the river, which is a ■ lew rods from the boose. The Defoors usually retire to rest between five and rix o’clock in the evening, and arise early in the morn ing. On yesterday they went to t^ed somewhat later than usual—perhaps a little after sundown. This mom- wood pile of Mr. \Ya!kers, trow which the axe was procured, wi-re .unoks of two persons, one barefopted. The barefoot, track was of a very large person evidently, mersuring II j indi es. These tracks could be found near * little blacksmith shopsi tutted about twenty steps from.the 4f# d K> **$ afterward near the houae^fraally qr- c&ng about as if to mideadihe dogs if put upori the trial. 1 - 1 About nine o’clock- Coroner Drake arrived, and at once summoned a jury, composed of the following: J. D. Coinns, foreman, James Brent, J. A. McCrany, S. Walt Wilson, John A. Casey and D. A. Hollifield. The evi dence adduced brought out only such information as above given. This remarkable and mysterious murder admits of mauy theories as to the object and manner of the coin- mission of the crime. It is evident that .the party or parties went into the house early in the evening while the old couple were away frflm the boeae engaged in milking tiie cows. On the bed in orb of the up-stair’s rooms was 'the impress upon the pil low of a head and on the sheets was mud. ’ ' ** ••• *'■“ ‘ ''' The person had probably lain down across the foot of. the bed, afi the pil low was there found. When the house was quiet, and the old people thought fast asleep, thojf proceeded down stairs and cut their throats. It seems also that {jhey went to the small blacksmith shop near by and pro cured a sledge-hammer, which was found in the room with the.'*tamp. They afterward went a«os3 the street and got the axe. . After killing the old people, they endeavored to burn the house, because the! lamp was left burning on a bed in 'the back room. They then 1 went from the house to.the woods back.ol the house and there left the hoots, probably finding them too small Tl»e object of the crime could not have been robbery, as little or no money was taken. It is also |ilaiq most successful Teacher among those who here, during my Professorship of twent daring my Professorship of twentr year* dart-1 open, went over, and on go ^ back-way discovert eireuUr, oroo tier with. I door open, and the iron 1 •ept.17.tt A. B. BRUMBY’, A. M., M. D 'mm7: LEAD and OILS, “State Horticultural Socle# ty- ■ [TUegrnph and Messenger.] Extracts from Annual Address of its President P. J. Berckmana. PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST SPRING FROSTS. The few fortunate members of our Society who have escaped the almost general disaster, have great cause to be grateful, and their suffering breth ren look to them for any information they may be able to impart as sug- geaiivdof methods used in protecting their crops against the di-a-Irons ef fect* of trie frosts of last April. THE SCARCITY OF FRUIT in oar markets, this summer, has des uion-tmied one fact which should for a long time to come set at rest the fear* of those who think the price of fruit will eventually become unre- munerative to the producers. The intellectual progress of our people is first made evident by the adoption of a more rational acd hy gienic diet; a regular supply of frails and vegetables form the.ba-is of this progressive step; hence.the loss of the present year’s fruit'crop has been more keeely felt than had our mar kets been ^totally barren of fresh meats. In other words, our people have become used to fruit diet. They need it, and are willing to pay good prices for a corresponding good ^arti cle. This actual craving for fruits in summer was forcibly made evident jately in the city of Augusta, by see ing most wretchedly inferior .fence- corner seedling peaches, not ‘larger than a hickory nut, eagerly purchased at fifty and seventy .five cents a peck. Such miserable specimens would not bring ten cents a bushel in ordinary seasons. ' "■ ~ True, prices may rule low in certain seasons from accidental causes, but upon the wliole‘1 trust that I will not be far wrong if I nay that among (onr small farmers fruit growiog has paid better lately than the production of DRUGS GARDEN SEED — A N D — QSAS3 SEEP. . Stock of Seed-all Fresh. For any of above or anything in i.’ ; tile Di ug Line call on. E. C* LONG & CO. WHOLESALE AND! EETaILJDRUGGISTS Atux**,'.Giomu.] ***.iUy. Georgia Roil Road Company ScTixnrtisDcrr’* Omcx, ) Acucsts, Ga., July 12th, 1879. f 1 ‘n ini slier SuhJ»t, July 15th Trains will li-vc uul srrive at Ath*ns as follows: Leave ATHENS 3.15 A a leave Wiulerville V....9.45AX Liave Lexington 10.90 A 54 Le»ve Antioch 10.48 a k Leave Masers 11.05 A X Leave Woodville 11.91 A X Arrive Union Point 11.45 ax Arrive Atlanta 5.00 r X. Arrive Macon 5.95 r x Arrive Aufu#ta 3.23 r x Le»ve Ali-utt 945 A X L-ave Macos 740 AX Leave Atlanta .7.45 AX Leave Union Point. 1945 > X Arrive Woodville 1.10 ra Arrive Maveys 140 T X Arrive Antioch 1.50 r Arrive Lexington 9.19 V X Arrive Winterville 2.47 F X Arrive Athena S.15 F x Train# run daily, except to and from Wash uefton which are daily except Sundays. F. R. Doxeir, Gen. ’Pas#.. A«t. S. K. Jobxsox, Snpt. COFFEE! If you want * cap of e Pjxx Bd Coifxx from 1 GO’S., (NtwYSrk) 'Ii noasred *al, hirh fiavored tnd 0OKE, JENKINS A JL rica- 1(111 certainly please you. It cannot bo ex celled. Ask your grocer for it. janc.8.3m. LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE, road, noticing that the house was ^iot ; and-on going around lisooverea the back open, and the iron holt which fastened the door from-the inside ly ing in the yard. Thinking it strange, be entered the house and saw by ine dim light .that there 1 was something wrong. In the back room was an *ut that he had left at his own woodpile the night before. The axe $rits]lj$iij in the fire-place, with its edge cover ed with ashes. This convinced turn that there was something wrong, and he immediately started for MriTham- as Moore, a neighbor. While going to Mr. Moore’s he saw Charlie Hatch er, Mr. Norton and Mr. Wellington, lie told them .of the state of things, and they started to make an investi gation. In the meantime Mri Walk er, the wife of Martin, went into the house and discovered that the old couple Wfere lying in their bed. The party then made a thorough examina tion, and found that the ’throats of Martin and Susan Defoor had been cut, and dead, with k I sistance to [door 1 were open. The | from the cook- was open, -and the aie fireplace as stated. A draper Of the chest was pulled oat, and a doth bag which contained money .and pa pers, was emptied of its contents, the money gone and the papers ’ scattered over the floor. Thefbag containing the nickles was undisturbed. In the back bed-room a lamp was found on the bed burning, leaning against one of the pillows. The lamp is an ordt nary brass kitchen lamp^ Withburi chimney. There waw notking miss ing from the hoose except a small that the party or parties, were well ac- „ u<mii . ..... quainted with the house anti the hahti a l mos t an y other crop, its of the old people. ' It 1 Vis' hardly- * tucVork of tramps because robbing, is their only dm, and this could have been easiy accomplished without vio lence. Mr. and Mrs. Defoor were too old and decrepid to make any resistance, and there was no help dose at handtif they had made out- cries. The whole affair is enshrouded in the deepest mystery. Shrewd, de tectives are at active work,apd‘may ferret out the true murderer.!; It m«x,howe>er, teke its pjatse /among the Nathans, and Chafli^ Hoss myste ries, and years may elapse before tire “murder brill out” ' 1 n It was the most horrible. .. most shocking murder jfifur ^omm^d in, Fulton county. The most _ strenuous endeavors of our detectivi and Police foircC Willrfio’doubt W made T to Sf fli»« cover tho perpetrator,-bf the cpme, and should he be .found - wpoihe ftnio his soul. ljV * r!: • L.' .. */ A Th ought—“Moral Baek- tn thin !>, bone.’’ r y What is “moral backbone^' buf moral courage, the greatest and best courage known on earth? ’’Any • say- age may have the bravest physical courage imaginable; but it takes a man of the sublimest moral courage to say to another: “I was wrong, you are right; I have changed, you have convinced me. 1 I did say if*.but take it all back.. I did .strike the blow, but ask forgiveness. I did lie, you told the truth.” 'The greatest and fihest character in the BiUe is th*t of i Daniel .There WH no duplicity 0f„cowanji« in »T He was great from a lo ve of principle; We have substantial and convinc ing proofs within the last twenty years that as the snpply. of fruit in creases so does the demand. INCREASE IN KITCHEN VEGETABLES. An important and gratifying fact is the increased area of j^nd devoted to the cnltnre of vegetables iu the neighborhood of our cities and along the line; of railroads, from which our markets receive a better and more abundant supply, whereas at the same time the surplus of home consumption to supply tho demands of sae- t ons further north. This increase in this brunch of production is materi ally benefutiog a class of our people whose means are too liniited to at tempt extensive forming oper ations, thus allowing their industry to become more remunerative while add ing to the comfort of our city people as weft 1 as their own. 1 *Our society has from its origin en- ritavbred to remove obstacles from the pe£b of progress by pointing out the daggers besetting fruit culture and advocating the claims of what was mbiito'rious. We have three classes of fruit pro ducers: First the market orchardist, whose investment is in many iustance very large: second, the small farmer, who depends upon his few trees for a portion of his family support, and third, the amateur, who expects in creased pleasure and family supplies. Each of these classes of producers has an eq'ial kinount of solicitude in the result o! their labor and investment; neither »n afford to be disappointed after patiently waiting for years for jiff tree to yield fraif. It then be comes every tree planter's duty Beaten At HtsOwn Game. A Stort . About a Man Who. can “Beak” as Much as a Bear. *, Among-the baggage coming down on a Flint and Pere Marquette train the other day was a fulbgroivn black bear. Brain had been in captivity for two or three years, and was on his way East for a zoological garden. His owner was allowed to ride with him in thebaegagecar, and he seemed to think bis bear was the greatest animal on earth. "Hff' was ready to bet that bruin' could out-hag and oat bite anything human, and 1 was rather digap pointed when the railroad men refused to -dispute that paint with him. He was indulging in his brag when an old man came into the car to see about his trunk. He saw the bear, cf course, but-the glance Of contempt he bestowed on the animal instantly kindled the indignation of the bwner, who calledout: “Mebbe yon think I’m toting - an in around the country ?” ess it's a bear,” slowly relied but I see nothing remsk-' able about him:” YOtt>ndon't ell? Well, 'T - do! Mebbe you'd like to aco him bug that, trunk. ot .yours ? ,Wbat. be ..can’t sliver when he gets his paws, around it has got to have foots forty feet underground.” 1 , “I’vegiot-'S son-back in the csr^— rertccttively observed the old man, and then he stopped and > looked at the' l>ear. J . ! ” “Your • son ? Egad ! Will you match your son agin my bear?*’ chuckled the owner as he danced with delight. ‘I guess so.” Yon do? Bring him in! Trot him out! I’ll give him all the show he wants, and bet five to one on the bear!” ; The old man slowly took in a chew men- 0 y t0 { )riC0) i e f c the car, and when he rotnrned he had his son Martin with road companies to afford every fadK ty asked for. So long as fruit and v^etables are grown sparingly • fo> distant markets, so long must trans portation companies remain unwill ing to expend large sums in building fruit can and other appliances by which perishable . prodacto can tie rapidly and safely transported. But let the railroad companies be assured by practical evidence Chat an abun dance of material is at hand and that the future supply is likely to be in an increased ratio, then their will he lit tle necessity of urging them to supply either fruit cars, low rates'and <]tuck transit. The solving of this problem, lies therefore, in a great measure with the fruit and vegetable grower?. Already is this made evident along tiie lines of the Central and South western Railroads, where the plant ing of market orchards is larger tima in any other section of the - State. This is grestly due to the liberal poli cy of that corporation which clearly sees that it is to ifo interact ’ to ’ help those who strive to help themselves, old hyena aronad the ermntry ?” Another instance .of liberal co-opera tion to the fruit growing interest 'of the State, is the unfailing Jsuppbrt jo? the* Southern ' ; Express Company. None of us who have had occasion to avail ourselves of its services have cause for complaint, as every facility and the lowest possible rates of freight within their power to grant have al ways been extended to fruit, ship- peis. We must not forget tj e substantial aid given to our society and' its, ob jects by the v 7 ’ ; ’ PRESS OP GEORGIA AND SISTER STATES, i . which has never allowed an opportus nity to pass when it could lend Uft its cordial support, by publishing sucti portions of our transactions ^ wouid most readily reach those likely to be benefitted. • ^ - ' ‘ | * At our previous meeting I tioned that Georgia peaches had re ceived the highest quotations in New York during 5Iay, June and .July, 187if I am happy to state that the earliest shipment of'pleaches to New York has again been made this year bv onr Vice President,' Mr. Samuel H. Humph, on the 20th of May last,, the variety being the Alexander. The market reports also hfive quoted Georgia peaches higher than those received at the same time from otlier States, thus proving that our State has attained the front rank -among the froit-produuiug sections of Aqdr* ica. A proud distinction which ,onr people mnst retain by careful cultfya-i tion, and still more careful selection in packing and shipping to Northern markets. u s JLthspj*, Ghorg^a. GANN * REAVES, PROPRIETORS. Will be fouiJ a* their old stand, rear Frank lin House buildinr, Thomas street. Keep *I> waTs on hand rood Turnout* snd carelul dri-i . . . — . . , w. rera. Stock veil cared for when entrusted to I and information Sent to town by J»r. amount ol money and Mr. MbS? ^ OVt**”* 1 along with the current, he knows not whither. | boots. The neighborhood was soon aroused our core. Stock on band for aale at -ill times, declltf. MOSS & THOMAS, Comi Fitnis 4 touiniw latum, I Moure’s ion. Oar reporter was among the first to arrive at the scene, and the right that met his gaze was one of honor. Upon the bed lay the victim* of the murderer, in natural Clayton SL. t Athens, Ga. Adranca# mad* ooCotton consigned In Sieve. »ept.U.ly. fOt RT CALENDAR WESTERN CIRCUIT. Auxaxsxa S. Exinx, of A than#, Juilgo ^lxuw L Mitcxxll, of Athen*, SolietorGew- ijanka, first Mondar in April and October. Clarke, second Monday in May and No- rember. ^I ranklin, second Monday in April «ndOc- U «^nue«, fim Monday In Mareh **d'6*p- tu 1 ^"’ r *h**n third Monday in Apniand Oo- ^liali, third Monday in March and 8epUm- VufSr* 1 Monday in Fabraary and JaW° n *’ Monday in Janasry toW kan ’ <onTt *’ ® <m d*y in April and Oe- ^Wahon, third Monday in February and Pottery Pictures I . The large*! and handaomeat Maortmant of PICTURES FOB POTTERY DECORATION, cw broaght to Athens, : AT PANIC PRICES, ferula at Mff.lAtC BURKE'S BOOKSTORE. TOB WORK OF ALL DESCRIP y two niatly rione *t this office- . 1 „ . co3vtE>A3sr*sr, GEOnGELS-l t rom a love ol principle; Mo and he was ho triihifief or fbimpro.nis-. i utRcaiMiKATR in the selection of or. ■ to vMDWuub .. Moral backbone.oir a steady; deter- minatiou to pprsue the, aiiu of life through no matter what difficulties is the great essential to sriroess* The man who has ho backbone is the erea- -turo of circumstances, driven, about (fares on the surface of,, the stream, here and there .caught by every, little branch, turned out of its cour e by lijUiJ VARIEIIES, and not to invest in any new sort w^o*e success is |the least doubtful, or* whose success is the least doubtful, or whose 1 genuineness is the least suspicious. At the risk of being taxed in the pertinacity, I most again urge upon all fruit growers great cau tion in iuvestiug in the new very ear ly varieties of peaches now offered tr ‘ * YOUNG Ii C., HARRIS, President STEVENS TBORAS, Secretary. Is/tvbrll 1, 1*17, - - >784,5*1 *2 j gygf- attempted. Resident Directors. wound*. There was no show of re sistance, or even change in their posi tions from the time the murderer rank the weapon in their throats to t)ie time they breathed their last. •" 11 The children audf grandchildren filled the House, whale ontside a large crowd of neighbors gathered—afl be moaning tiie fate of those they so much esteemed and loved in life. The axe with which the bloody deed was committed was there, a silent witness to one of the most horrible crimes Blood-stains were plainly visible, and the microscope re vealed the gray hairs, of the. victim upon its edge. Immediately after the reception of the news is the city the best detect ive force sms erop’oyed. - Mr. Kriee CHARLES F. STUBBS, | j dents of chain gangs, puttiSTdegs on the scent. Telegrams were aent to Marietta to atop any suspicion* parties traveling that way, and scoots were sent oat in various' directions; on bone end foot. In a short time treeei ofsospieioas parties were dis covered. Just bock of the house the boots belonging to Mr. Defoor, sad which be generally kept in the small back bedroom, were found, together with watermelon rinds, corn shucks, etc., which indicated that persons had camped there daring rfbe Around 1be iu • - voo mr tc He has no fixed priaciplca or sets tied moral convictions. lie is a crea ture of policy and expediency, and his life is moulded by his surroundings. He may not lie, steal or client, bscans l it may not be polity or expedient so> to do*; not that' be ba.J any settled p rinciples to whether it i# right or wrong, nor does he cart.- SuCft'inen are wauling in moral backbone. Moral backbone is true moral Cour age u .deF all drcumstaoc'-s, being irue to one’s seif acd one’s honor. Un der no rircurnstauces the tool of an otlier. . j ‘ Tbi* above all. to thine own self bo true ; And it must follow, a# the nixht the day, Thou eaust not thea be Sibe to an; malt-V These Lf O. Htua, Jobs H. Nxwvox, Da. Hun Hex*. AMtxF.USATOa, . Euxa L Nbwtox, Fbcdxxaxd Pxiaixr Bb. R. M. tan, Jobs W. Iicxouox, (Sooccssor to Groover, Stahha A Co,) OOTTOXJFAVrOK Genera!.Commission Merchant, AGENT FOR THE Quitman Factory Yams,. r, ffiBATSTEECT, ■/Savannah, Geonna. IVylnaf^ Tiaa, Roy and ether e^iee fur- MekotL Abo, liberal Sril ateswitalat* for aale or Shipment to Liverpool of the late firm of Groover, S»bb* * Co, ha# U intare.Lu.tbc borlnaaa. What to Hold on to. Hold on to your longue, when po are just ready to swear, lie, speak harshly, or do any important act. Hold on to yonr hand when you, are about to strike, pinch, scratc‘<, steal, or do any disobedient or impropper art. Hold on to yonr foot when yon are onthepoint of kicking, ruomng away from doty, or persuing ‘ the path of error, shame or crime . Hold on to yonr temper when you are angry, excited or imopsed upon, or others a -e angry with you. Hold onto vour hearts when evil associates reek yourj ' i* ' company, and invite yon to join their games, mirth and revelcrp Hold on .to your good name at til times, for it is of more value to-you than go'd Li = h places, or foshoionaMe attire. < H M oo to yonr charactar, t- for it is and ever will be yonr best HBBI*** ‘ ~ hrouehout the country. What was considered a boon to fruit culture few years ago when the Hales, Beat rice and Alexander were successively introduced, may eventually prove source of loss and discouragemeut to many who will invest incautiously in the purchase of comparatively untried sorts. The list of new early peaches which have been introduced by vari •ospecstna in 1878 numbers upwards twenty varieties. Every one of ■a/e is claimed to be earlier, larger and’ better than the Alexander. 'Die priefes asked for trees of- these sort* will likely prove identical reproduc tions nf the Alexander, the only dis tinction being in the name and the fancy price of the tree*. It is safe to say that doul t ess some valuable ra rities from this abundance will be added to our list of early kinds, bat yrliat guarantee has the purchaser 'that the greater portion will preve of any va'ne or materially different from our already well known kinds. A few yean ago there was an influx of new vajrieti$? of tomatoes. This amount ed for a while to an epidemic mad ness. Now we are likely to have an outbreak nl an extra early peach rage. It is to be regretted for tho sake of horticnllurp that speculation upon our agricultural poodle will be on the increase and that serious discouraging rtsultatnnst come. At former meetings the question of CHEAP TRANSPORTATION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Dangers of the Bar-Room, “A parent’’ writes as follows to the Baltimore American, that her own three boys will see it, and that it may be the means of warning others of the dangers of the bar-room: i Young man! have not your eye been frequently attracted to a sign, having the following ominous word on it— • . ‘ ‘ “BAR?” Avoid ah e place; it is no misnomer. The experience of thousands have proved it to be A Bar to Respectability; A Bar to Honor; A Bar to Hsppines*; ' A Bar to Domestic Felicity; A Bar to Heaven. •" -■ i Every day proves it to be > /i. The road to Degradation; A . The rohd to Vice; ,, , * The road to the Gambler’s Hell; The road to the Brothel; The road to Poverty; J The rood to Wretchedness; The road to Want; . , , „ The road to Robbeiy; The road to Murder, L ' The road to Prison; .•’•'*, The road to tiie Golfowa; ; ,ni3 The road to the Drunkard’s Grave; The road to Hell; Some, it is true, do not pass through all three stages; but intemperance' persisted in. ti wnya ends in the drunk ard's grave, and, we have too much reason to fear, in hell. The bar-room is truly The curse of the drunkard’s wife; The ctirse of the drunkard’s child; The curse of the drunkard’s home; Those only who have known the bitterness ol being a drunkard’s wife or child, can know the misery and the horror of a drunkard’s home. Young man! before you enter the .bar-room, stop! Ponder the paths"of vour feet, ere it be forever too fate! * ^ ' ;j ' , Man of family !■ flee the bars room, as von would in honor fulfill the pledge of love made to her who is the com panion of your joys and of yonr sor rows. has 1 been discussed and special com- miture appointed to endeavor to se cure low rates and quick transit. With very few exceptions, has any thing practical been achieved. The difficulty consists in the scarcity of the material to be transported, and not in the unwillingness of tiie rail A great sensation has been caiUed in Sheffield, England, by the announce meat that a firm of cotters in the town, the chief portion of whan trade is in America, are about to abandon their work in Sheffield and commence operations in the United States. - The statement is that they are panning this step simply to escape the prohibi tory does levied upon English goods. About one hundred Sheffield workman are, ft is added, removing with them, and much larger number of German- baa also been engaged. No are, however yet given him. Martin seemed to be about twenty-sSven years of age, and a little tafler than a hitching-Dosti He was built oil ibe ground, with a back like a writing-desk and arms which seemed to have been sawed from railroad ties. 'Martin, this ’ere man wants to bet five to one that his bear can out-hug yon," quietly explained the father, os the son sat down on the trafik. Yes, that,s itir-that’s just it!” cack’ed the owner; “I’ll muzzle him so he 'can’t bite, and I’ll fiet five to one hell make you hollow in .two minutes!’, - :oui- - “Muzzle your A’ar^’ wss alii that Martin said as he palled out a.$5 -bill and banded it to the baggage mao. 1 The‘bfear mab put $25 with it, and in a minute-he had' the bear ready. Martin removed his . coat, and paper collar and carelessly, inquired: ,. “Is this io'be a square’ hug, with no gouging?” ’ n " " |. “Jess so^—jess !* replied the bear man. “You hug i the bear and he will hug you, ami the one who squeals first looses his cash. Now, then, all ready.” Martin approached, the bear rose up with a srafol glare in his eye and the two embraced. It was a sort of bsck hold, with no sell out on the, crowd. „ , “Go“for him, Huuyado!” yelled the bear man as they closed and the responded. One could4ee by the set of bis eyes that , he meant to make jelly of that'yonag man iqa York minute, Bnt he foiled to'do it. Some iittlq trifles stood in' his way. For instance, it, wasn’t ten seconds before be realized that two coq!d play at hugging. Martin’s hand sank down in the beat's coat, the shoalder muscles Vwere called on for duty, and- at the | bear rolled bis eyest in astonishment. “Go, in, Hunyado—go in—go in!”, screamed the bear, man,’ ana brain !wd himself out as if he meant to pull a railroad wateMank down. “You might squeeze a little bit harder, my son,’’ carelessly suggested the father, as he spit trom tbe~ door and Martin relied out His reserve muscle. i Each had his best grip. There was do, tumbling around to waste breath, but it was a staudup, stand still bagging match. Little by little the bear’s eyes began to bulge and his month to open, and Martin’s face slowly grew to the color of red paint. “Hang to him, Hunyado—I’ve got my last dollar on your head!” shrieked the "bear man, as he saw further bulge to bis pet’s eyre. But it was no use. All of a sudden tho bear began to yell and cough and strangle. He was a goner. Martin knew it, but lie wanted no dispute and so be gave Hunyado a lift from the. floor, a hug which rolled his eyes around like pin wheel, and then dropped him in a heap on the floor. “VYeil, may I be shot,” gasped the bear man, as be stood over the half- lifeless heap of hair and claws. “Martin ” said the father as he handed him the $30. “you’d better go back tbar and wateb-our satchels!’* ‘Yes, I guess so,” replied the son, as he shoved the bills in his vert pocket, and he retired . without another word or'look at the bear. That was the bear they were feeding gruel in n saloon on Randolph street two iv. nings ago—one man was feeding him grad and another feeling along bis spine to find the fracture.— Detroit Free Pres*. The Rev. Alexander Clark, of Pittsburg, Pa., a journalist and the editor of a Methodist organ, whoso death was recently announced, lias received most oblogistic and tender tributes irons- tiie religion., press of the country. > Ug d ed in Georgia some two weeks ago, while be was the guest' of Gov. Colquitt: Asa journalist Mr. Clark had been some- wkirt eUMpictiouS-for Ins zeal in com batting the views of Cob Ingersoll, while treating that gentleman with personal fairness. He once visited him in his Peoria home, and in a pub lished letter spoke in the very high- est terms of tno personal and domes tic character of Jus illustrious theolog ical opponent. -Now that Mr. Clare is dead, Col. lageraoll has paid the following tribote to the maniinesi and kindness of the deceased: THE' REV. ALEXANDER CLARK. . Washington, July 11.—Upon the grave of the Rev. Alexander Clark I wish to place ono flower. Utterly destitute -of cold, dogmatic pride that often passes for tiie love of God; without the arrogance of the “elect;” simple, free and kind—this earnest man made me his friend by being mine. I forgotthat he was a Christian, and he seerne l to forget that I -was not, while each rememem- bered that the o .hcr was a man: , Frank, candid and sincere, he prac ticed what he preached, and looked with the holy eyre of charity npon the failings and mistakes of men. He be lieved in the power of kindness, and spanned with divine sympathy tie hideous gulf that separates the fallen from the.pore. Giving freely to others the rights that he churned for himself, it nevt-r occurred to hinr that his God hated a brave snd honest unbeliever. He re- membered that even an infidel lias rightaxhat loVe respects; that hatred has no saviog power; and that, in or- der to .be a Chnst'an, it is not neces sary to become less than a man. He knew tint no one can be maligned in’o kindWess; “ that epithets cannot convince!-; that curses are not ar guments;. and that the finger of seqm; never pqints toward Heaven. With the generosity of an honest man, he ac&trded to all the fullest liberty of thought, knowing, S9 he did, that in the realm of mind a chain is but a curse. ; For this man I entertained the pro- foundest respect Ip. spite of tiie taunts and jeers of his brethren, he publicly proclaimed that he would treat infidels with fairness and respect; that he would endeavor to convince them by argument and win them with love. He insisted that the God he worshipped lored the well-being even of an atheist. In this grand position he stood almost alone. Tender, just and loving, where others were harsh, vindictive and cruel, he challenged the respect of every honest man. A few. more such, clergymen might drive calumny from tho lips of faith and render the pulpit worthy of res pect. The heartiness and kindness with which this generous man treated me can never be excelled. He admitted < that I had pot lost, and could not lose^ a single right by the expressi. n of my honest thought. Neither <Vul he believe that a servant could win the respect of a generous master by persecuting and ' rt'aligning those whom the master would willingly for- grvre , . . -a ..la , ii? this, good.mag was living, his brethren blamed him with having treated me with fairness. Bht I trust, now thtit hehas ieft the Shore touched by the mysterious sea tliht his never yet borne on any .wave the image of i homeward sail, this will be forgiven liim by tfiose who still remain to preach the lore of God. . His sympathies were - not confined within the prison of a creed, bnt ran out .and over the, walls like vines, hid ing thcOcruel rocks and rusted bars with leaf'and flower. He could not echo with his heart the fiendish sen tence of eternal fire. In spite of book and creed, he read, “between the lines” the words of tenderness and love,'with promises for all the world. Above, beyond tiie dogmas of his church; humane evpn to the verge of heresy ; causing some tQ doubt his love of God because he failed to hate his unbelieving fellow-men—ha labor ed for tbb welfare of mankind, and to bis work gave up his lifo with all his heart., .< . , Robert G. Ingersoll. Alargc number of Jewish migrants, according to the Hebrew. Leader, have been received at Castle Garden. Most of the men were mechanics, and every one had a litle money to begin fife with here- Some were going West, and a small party were bound for tne Pacific coast. They all re joiced in being removed from the op pressive xivay of the Russian •Govern ment. A Musical Trick of Chopin's. It is related that Frederic Chopin coaid always qniet his father’s pupils no-matter how much noise they were making in the house. One day when Professor Chopin was out there was a frightful scene. Barcioski, the mas ter present, wa3 at his wits end when Frederic happily entered the room. Without deliberation he requested the roysterers to sit down, called in those who were outside making a noise, and promised to impromise an interesting story on the piano if they would be quite qniet. All was ins stantiy .as still as death, and Frederi sat down to tiie instrument and ex tinguished the light. He described how robbers approached a house, mounted by ladders to the windows,, but were frightened away by a noise within. Without delay they fled on the wing3 cf the wind into a deep, darkwood, where they fell asleep un der the starry sky. He played more aud.more softly, as if trying to lnll the children to rest till be found that his hearers had actually fallen asleep. The young artist noiselessly crept out of the room to his parents and visi tors, and asked them to follow him with a light When the family had amused themselves with "the |various postures of the sleepers, Frederick sat down again to the piano and struck op a thrilling chord, at which they Ml sprang up m a fright A hearty langh was the finale of this musical “There are few women who, if they have exhibited the judgment and tact which generally command a certain measure of happiness in life- arrive at middle age without acquiring an ex- pression of face which is often no bad substitute for actual beauty. Charac ter and experience leave their mark upon the .feminine ciuntenance in s more' conspicious degree} even than time itself, tod when a woman has once passed the age of thirty her face proclaim?, with increasing distinctness, whether she Is a daughter of wisdom if (6Hj. n —London World. ; **r Of Payne, the author of “Home, Sweet Home,’’ it is said that he was a small man and, had rather a sad face, but a quick manner. He was notice able for wearing a very fuD, short doth cloak, and always carrying a gold-headed cane- He talked mach and with animation, and was gallant in his manner to ladies. Old age lia3 no terrors for Victor Hugo! who is said to have aeknoirl# edged that passing from thirty-nine to forty was the mo3t trying time iu his life, “But,” said a friend,,“I should think it a great deal better be forty than fifty.” “Not at >11,” replied Hugo; “forty years is.tbe old age of youth, while, fifty years is th> youth of old age,” , ^

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Southern banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1878-1879, August 05, 1879, Image 1