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ATHENS BANNER : TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 5, 1892
NEW RAILWAY MILEAGE IN |89|.
Il if not long since it was regarded
as impossible for the American iron
business to prosper in a year in
which there was but little railway
building, lhat condition seems to
havt. passed away. During the year
just closing there was no extraortiir
nary depression in the iron and steel
industries, although only 4,168 miles
of new railway were completed, oi
scarcely more than one~third of the
increased railway mileage of some
former years. The explanation,
doubtless, is that tjie use of iron and
steel for building and kindred pur
poses has been so widely extended
during the last few years that the
'continuous prosperity of this indus
try does not depend as formerly on
the single item of new railway mile*
age. The railway statistics for the
year just closing are not without
their interesting features, even tho’
the aggregate of new railway com
pleted is comparatively small. The
4,168 miles of new track were distri
buted among 243 lines and over
forty-three States and Territories.
The new track laid increased the to-
tal mileage of the country to 171,000
miles. The only States in which no
new track was laid were Delaware*
Connecticut,Nevada and Mississ ippi
the last named showing in astonish
ing contrast to the other Southern
States, in some of which railway
building is very active. The States
showing the greatest activity in rail
way building were Pennsylvania,
• Georgia, Washington, South Caro
lina, New York, Montana, Virginia
and West Virginia.
There are many signs that railway
building will be more active during
the coming year than in 1891. One
ot the most significant of these is
that 600,000 tons of new steel rails
have already been contracted for.
_This amount alone is equivalent to
6,000 miles of new track if laid only
on new lines. Much of it will doubt*
less be laid for renewals, but con*
tracto already out for 6,000 miles of
new rails before the beginning of the
year furnishes a very healthy indie
cation for the prospects both of the
iron and steel and the railway build
ing industries during the coming
year. The 600,000 tons of rails, at
$30 per ton, the current|rate, will
cost $18,000,000 # a very pretty sum
of money to be distributed for the
'fulfilment of contracts made before
the beginning of the new year.
paper in the country to perceive that
the Speakership contest was not a
personal contest between rival can
didates representing similar views of
party policy, but a struggle for su
premacy between those in the party
who represent the progressive tariff
policy which has won for the party
all its recent victories and those re
actionists who regard the present de
mand for tariff reform as “too radi?
cal,” and are determined to “call a
halt,” as the New*Tork Sun puts it,
>n “the tariff question.” Now that
the contest is over and the harm
done, there are several score of Dem
ocratic papers that have discovered
that this was the true significance of
the-struggle.”
Now the truth of the whole matter
is, that the policy of Crisp will gain
that which we desire, and the policy
advocated by Mr. Mills would not
do so.
It is nonsense to talk about a free
trade measure passing a Republican
Senate and a Republican President;
but if through a conservative tariff
reform measure this Congress can
get some of the necessaries of life
placed on the free list, then it would
have done the country good service
Then with concerted action in the
party the next houses of Congress
and the President too may be won
for Democracy, and then a sweeping
tariff bill might pass.
-Editorial Comment
THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR.
It is certainly no pleafant task to
make an examination of the cotton
—^ reports day by day; to watch the de
>
creasing values as they go lower and
lower down the scale of prices; and
in all of it to know that each succes.
sive decline brings absolute want
nearer to the door of the toiling far
mer.; bankruptcy closer to the estab
lishment of the industrious merchant
and a general financial panic through
the country.
price of cotton is now the low
est it has been in half a century, and
the South has not suffered from such
a terrible financial stringency since
the war. Under such trying circum.
stances the speediest of relief is nec
essary, and it seems to us that the
very best time in which to put this
relief into aotion is the present.
The whole case in a nutshell and
simply stated is this; there must be
more money with which to buy and
Ipso cotton to be bought.
In regardtovJlfi-^OfiStioi^ of more
money, which must be settled at
once, the means are at hand for Con
gress is now in session ; and in re-,
gard to the reduction of the cotton
acreage, the farmers have that in
their own hands, since the new crop
has not yet been planted.
Concerted action just at this time
may yet redeem the condition of the
country.
STILL GROWLING-
The St. Louis Republic is still
growling over the result of the elec
tion of Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives. Before Crisp's election
it did all in its power to defeat him,
and now refuses to accept its defeat
w 1th that grace which should char
acterize the true Democratic news
paper. Its editorial columns are
filled with petty bickerings and la
ments o ¥, er the result of the election,
and it fully believes that the country
is going to the demnition bow wows
because Mills did not reach the cov
eted plum.
Among other things it says :
“The Republic was the first news-
A Rhode Island woman has just
married her seventh husband. He is
the brother of her first and fifth hus
bands. She is forty-seven years old.
Her wedlock enterprises extend over a
period of thirty years, and she has
children by five of her woner halves.
The first husband was a good-for-noth
ing fellow who was killed in a street
fight. The next was a Nova Scotian,
who left her with considerable prop
erty. Her third was already married,
so she bad to relinquish him. She tried
a minister the fourth time, and after he
died she married the undertaker who
had bnried him. He turned out to be
her brother-in-luw and after awhile she
got a divorce. Her sixth husband left
her in a rage when he learned that five
men had called her wife before his torn
had come.
Attempted combinations among
planters to restrict the production of
cotton have repeatedly proved idle.
The planters wilf never get at it from
the right end until they direct their en
ergies and intelligence, first, to rednee-
ing the cost of cotton ptodnetion, and
next to making a greater diversity of
farm products. Not less cotton but
more grain, meat, vegetables, fruits,
etc., will prove a profitable motto. In
the cost of making cotton there are pos
sibilities of a revolution through the
perfection of the cotton-picking ma
chine, which is claimed to be a success.
The cotton-pioking machine, for practi
cal use, is probably no more a dream
now thanjthe cotton gin was^immediate-
ly after Whitney made his invention in
1796.—St Louis Republic.
The people who are fearing that there
will be no attempt to reform the Mc
Kinley act are forgetful of three facts
First, that the Ways and Means Com-
mitteis not the Houbc; second, that
nearly as many of the Democratic
members voted for Mills as for Crisp,
and third, that Crisp and Springer
are as sound tariff reformers as any
Democrats in the country. Let ns rest
in peaceful confidence that everything
will be all right.
BLESS DE LORD,
Is what a grateful heart of old Cynthia
Ramsey, of Newnan, Ga , spoke when
after a severe attaok of asthma had
been relieved by one dose of Taylor’s
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and
Mullein, the great medicine for coughs,
colds and consumption
THE HARDEN WILL.
LIVINGSTON TALKS
ABOUT THE CHANCES OF OBTAIN
ING FINANCIAL RELIEF.
J30ME OBSERVATIONS OF NEW
YORK PHYSICIANS
THE OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT'
For Good Alliance Legislation and
Better Times fer the Country at
Large—One of Georgia’s Most
Energetic Congressmen.
Will not be Broken as Easily as was
Expected.
The work of examination is about
completed in regard to the will of Miss
Mary Harden, and the ontlook is not
very promising for the breaking of the
will.
Lawyer McCall, like a wise man, has
kept his counsels to himself, and has
not said much concerning bis work.
Certain it is that he is a very able gen
tleman and has covered his case well
here. /
Whether or not he will push his case
into court at an early date is not known,
and really he does not know for certain
himself when he will proceed in the
matter.
On one point upon which he was
making investigation, there seems to be
little doubt In the community. The
point raised is as to the perfect sanity
of Miss Harden at the time of her mak
ing this last will in favor of Miss Evie
Jackson.
The general opinion seems to be that
MiBS Harden, while she possessed her
peculiarities, still was sensible enough
np to her death to have made a will,
and this point relied on by those at
tempting to break the will muBt neces
sarily be weakened.
Lawyer McCall has other points,how
ever upon which he is basing his inves
tigations.
The whole matter will be watched
with intense interest.
For Over Fifty Years.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothimo Strop baa been
used for children teething. It sooths the child
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
colic, and Is the beet remedy for Diarrhoea.
Twenty-five cents • bottle. Bold by all drug
gist. throughout the world.
In an interview in yesterday’s Con
stitution Congressman Livingston gave
a very interesting talk concerning the
ontlook for financial relief. The inter -
view goes on to say:
Congressman Livingston is mighty
cheerful at the prospect ot Alliance
legislation going through the present
congress. He was in Atlanta yester
day, and in chatting about the ontlook
said that the future looks bright. The
fact is the straightont democrats are-
bent on giving the country lower taxes,
relief from the tariff and more money.
Those are the main demands of the Al
liance and if the country does not get
relief it will be the fault of the repub
lican senate or republican president,
and not that of the democratic house.
“A caucus of the Alliance represen
tatives will be held early next week
and a plan of action will be outlined,”
said Col. Livingston to. a Constitution
reporter. “We propose to agree among
ourselves what to submit in the way of
legislation and then we will present it
and push it.”
“By the way, Colonel, will Tom
Watson attend the Alliance caucus
es £’
“No sir-ee. He can’t. He is not an
allianceman and could not attend any
how, but besides that hi is a third par
ty follower. None of those fellows,
and there are eight of them, will take
partin the Alliance caucuses. How
many Alliance representatives? Thirty
three. We were speaking about the
probable Alliance legislation at this
session. I am this kind of an Alliance-
man—if I can’t get a whole loaf for my
people, I am not going to stand off and
refuse to take any, but I will take a
half a loaf. We cannot get a bill pass
ed which will reduce the duties all
around, but we can most likely pass a
bill which will make some of the ne
cessities free. Alliance members sup
ported Judge Crisp for Speaker because
he represented that policy in contra
distinction to Mr. Mills who was known
to favor a sweeping measure whioh
would never pass the Senate. This
congress will certainly give the conn
try some relief where the tariff makes
necessities of life come high.”
“And how about the financial legis
lation?”
“At Ocala we said the country needs
more money. W@ did not say whether
we needed more silver or gold or paper.
I believe we can pass a bill which will
give the country more money. A free
silver bill can surely be passed through
the house and senate, and Mr. Harrison
will hardly veto it. That would be de
fying the republicans of the northwest
and west. First, though, we alliance-
men want the country to know how
much money we haye, what kind of
money it is, and where it is—if it is
properly distributed over the different
sections or if one section has its own
share and a large part of its neighbor’s
share, too. If the country has all the
money that is needed, we should know
it If it has not, we should know it,
and then get more. It is time for us to
know if it iB a fact that foreign capital
makes wages and market prices in our
country. Something must be -done
about our banking system. The na
tional banks pay 1 per cent tax
and state banks 10 per cent*
The banking system needs overhauling,
Our views on that question are pretty
well known.
“To sum up, the outlook now is very
encouraging for good alliance legisla
tion and better times for the country at
large.”
Colonel Livingston will leave for
Washington Fridav night. He desires
to be on hand wheirthe recess is over.
He is greatly pleased with his place on
the appropriation committee, of which
Judge Holman is chairman. This com
mittee has greater privileges than any
other. It can always get the floor. And
there is not a member of congress or of
the senate who has not something to
ask at the hands of this committee.
This congress will not make a billion
dallor record, Baid Cononel Livingston.
Indeed’ the tendency will be toward the
other extreme, and everything will he
pared down.
Bivers and harbors and public build
ings will have a hard time of it.
TYPHOID FEVER.
AS TO ITS TREATMENT;
An Interesting Article on This Dread
Disease—The Precautions Nec
essary to be Taken.
OF TICE OF S. Chebbv, 2i Clayton Street,
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 16, >90,
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sore throat, debility, etc., and was emaciated
to a decree that she was unable to get out of
bed unaided, being given up by physicians;
she had taken the ruinous socalled Blood Med
icines without the least effect, until being put
under the P. P. P.,she immediately began to
■ improve and is now in ai good health as ever in
her life. You can refer to ire any time as to
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Your» truly,
SAMUEL CHEEKY,
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P. P. P. Cures rheumatism and all pains In
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P. P. P. Cures syphilis in all its various stages,
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P. P. P. Cures catarrh, eczema, erysipelas, all
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P. P. P. Cures dyspepsia, chronic female com
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P-. P. P. The best blood purifier ol the age.
Has made more permanent cares
than all other blood remedies
THE SIMS BOYS.
One Is Released and the Other Con
tinues his Case.
J. D. and Robert Sims, the two broth
ers who are up charged with the crime
of forgery were tried yesterday at the
court house before Judge W. H. Fuller
One of them was released on the
ground that the crime was committed
in Madison county, and the other con
tinued his case.
Mixed paints, all colors, linseed oil,
varnishes, paintbrushes, etc., at Pal
mer & Kinnebrew’s 105 Clayton street,
opposite post office.
The New York Herald has an inter
esting interview with several doctors of
the city concerning typhoid fever.
Among other things it says:
Three factors
take part - m spreading
the disease. The soil, which receives
tb6 motions coming from the patient;
the atmosphere, which takes the mi
crobe from the soil and carries it to dif
ferent distances, the water, whioh takes
up the germ in washing the soil, which
germ may be absorbed at once or car
ried to a great distance.
It is the drinking
water containing the germs which it has
acquired in this manner that usually
gives the disease to healthy persons;
bat it is also quite possible that persons
taking care of patients, or who handle
the linen used by them, may be infect
ed as well, and in this case it is also the
digestive tube which is the means of in
fection.
In certain instances
tvphoid fever may arise from an ordina
ry bath, from eating salad, from taking
differeut forms of refreshment, and
even after eating oysters. It has been
mentioned above that, the microbe
of typhoid fever can stand high or low
temperatures When the water for a
bath is taken below a point where linen
from a typhoid patient has been wash
ed it stands a good chance of being con
taminated, and a few drops passing in
to the stomach are capable of produc
ing the disease. Salad washed in water
containing microbes can produce the
same result. Refreshments prepared
with contaminated water may also be
a cause of typhoid fever. Oysters kept
on ice formed in impure water may
have the same effect. It is said that
the case of the son of the Prince of
Wales is due to the latter cause. This
is not at ail surprising, since we know
that the pathogenic microbe is not de
stroyed by a temperature at freezing
point, and that at three degrees below
zero centigrade it still retains its viru
lence just as well as it does at 70, 80 or
even 90 degrees above.
The general precautions
consist in preventing any infections
matter from a typhoid patient coming
in contact with our dwellings, drinking
water, food, clothing, or with our fel
low beings.
The realization
of this protection comprehends the
whole of public hygiene. Man soon
renders unhealthy the ground on which
he lives; it is therefore necessary in all
cases to provide a suitable covering for
the ground in cities, to clean this cov
ering by removing the garbage of all
sorts, and to drain it by
sewers. 'I he damage is from the dust
of the streets, which is constantly
mingling with that of our houses,
special attention, and justifies the
money expended in watering the streets,
as well as that necessary for keeping up
the gardens and trees, which gather up
a great deal of this dust and facilitate
its oxidation.
A supply of pure water
should be the care of every municipal
administration... Spring water should
taken in preference, but still a per
fectly satisfactory quality of water can
be obtained in other ways, and particu
larly from subterranean reservoirs, pro
vided they be tapped far away from
any inhabited spot. It goes without
saying that the original purity of the
water should be preserved up to the
point of distribution by means of closed
pipes carefully watched.
Whenever there
is a case of the disease the motions
should be carefully disinfected before
going to the drams. A three per cent
solution of chloride of lime, or corro
sive sublimate one in two thousand, en
ables us easily to obtain this end. All
soiled liuen that has been in contact
with the patient should be carefully
washed and boiled, and the room it
self should be treated by sulphurous va
pors.
TREATMENT OF TYPHOID FEVER.
What is the
best treatment to be used in a disease
of this kind? In light forms very lit
tle treatment of any kind is necessary,
small doses of sulphate of quinine, sa
id or naphtol, to disinfect the intesti
nal tube; lemonade, wine and bouillon.
If the toDgue is badly coated it will be
well to use at the beginning some min
eral laxative.
During the last
few years cold baths have been propos
ed a3 a general method of treatment
for typhoid fever. The patient is plac
ed in an empty bath tub, and four or
five buckets of water at a temperature
of twenty degrees centigrade are slow
ly poured over the body, the whole pro
cess lasting about half a minute. In
other cases the patient is laid out on a
stretcher, while two other persons pass
rapidly and vigorously over the body
sponges dipped in water at the same
temperature, but to which some aroma
tized vinegar has been added, lu eith
er case the patient is placed at once
without being dried in a blanket, and a
warm infusion of tea or mint is given;
a reaction soon takes olace, and with it
a greater or less degree of perspiration
and a momentary lowering of the fever
This process can he renewed two or
three times in the twenty-four hours.
It is necessary
to sustain the strength of the patient by
giving suitable food and a tonic treat
ment. The - food should always be
watched very closely, and should al
ways he given in a liquid form, so that
it can be easily absorbed. Even at the
beginning of the disease, at the height
of the fever, the patient must be forced
to take milk and bouillon. ~ f i, ’r
Lemonade and cold drinks
will be found most useful; these pa
tients are always thirsty, and they
should be allowed to drink a small
amount at frequent Intervals Rice or
albuminous water is doubly useful, as
they lessen the thirst and diarrhoea at
the same time.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was u Child, she cried for Castorla.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla,
Whan the had jildren, she gave Aero Caatorla
A SAGACIOUS DC G
Who Knows a Good Tning Wh en he
sees It.
Dogs are wonderfully sagacious ani
mals, and a certain Athenian dog ex
hibited a remarkable degree of sagaci
ty Sunday „
About one o’clock Sunday afternoon
this dog boarded a Milledge avenue car
of his own accord, and rode down
town. ' . v-.- '' :/ v\- y.__: .jj -
As the car stopped at the switch near
the court house and the conductor call
ed out to the passengers to transfer, the
dog with remarkable in
stinct arose and walked
into the other car. He took a free ride
around the circle and when the car re
turned to the switch, the dog very
quietly followed the command of the
conductor and transferred to the Mil-
ledge avenue car.
Then he came hack and transferred
again, and kept this up until ten o’clock
Sunday night, when the driver had to
put him off the car.
The dog had had a free ride of about
nine hours, and had gone through the
transferring just as if he were human.
That dog knows a good thing when
he sees it.
GONE FOREVER.
Gone, gone and forever gone, Christ
mas of eighteen hundred and ninety-
one, and is there one that has not on
that most memorable day, done some
little act of kindness or spoke some gen
tle words, or given tome loving smiles
to those around them, strewing their
pathway with bright flowers, and fill
ing their hearts with thanksgiving and
joy? ‘Yes, many a one must have been
made happy, judging even from the
large number of articles bought from
Skiff, the jeweler. He was well pat
ronized, and will here thank his many
customers for the same. He has in
stock yet some very desirable goods,
and anxious to dispose of at some price,
and that regardless of cost. Splendid
opportunity for New Year’s, for those
that missed giving a Christmas gift.
Speax a kina word for Skiff, the jewel
er.
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED
For Williams Lodge, Independent Or
der Odd Fellows.
Williams Lodge, I. O. O. F., held a
most interesting meeting at their lodge
rooms last night. Among other items
of important business transacted was
the election of the officers for the ensu
ing term. The following officers were
elected:
J. L. Burch—Noble Grand.
B H. Noble^—Vice Grand.
S. L. Parks—Recording Secretary.
O. C. Gibson—Permanent Secretary.
David Hemerick—Treasurer.
George R. Rawson—Trustee.
Williams Lodge is in a very flour-
shing condition.
THE SIMITES-
NEAL SIMS ANNOUNCES HIM
SELF ON THE WAR PATH-
AFTER THE SLAYERS.
Latest News’ from, the Scene of the
Hanging of Notorious Bob Sims
and His Followers—The County
Stirred up and Routing the
Slmltes from the County.
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Sufferers from La Grippe found it just
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FAILURES IN ATHENS.
The Worst of that kind of Business
over.
The terrible financial pressure now
upon the south has bad its effect in
sending a few' or oar merchantile firm
to the wall, but it is believed that the
worst of that kind of business is now
over so far as Athens is concerned.
In each case the stock Of goods held
by the merchants have sold well and
the net losses will not he so very large
The other merchants of Athens to all
appearances are in good condition and
.will tide over the stringency until bet-
times arrive.
MeElf’«WINE OF CAHDUIfor
HE STOLE A NEGRO.
YOUNG LADY desires position as
teacher in private family. Music and
elementary branches taught. Z. care
Banner.
die w3t.
And Carried him back to Elbert
County. • v
There tvas an Elberton negro in Ath
ens the other day working for Mrs. J.
W. Wilhite on Waddell street.
But yesterday morning he wa3 min
us and investigation proved that he bad
been stolen by his father and carried
back home.
The negro boy was hound over to
Mrs. Wilhite for a certain snm, and was
working very satisfactorily when the
old man appeared on the scenes and in
the darkness of the night spirited the
boy off.
It is more than likely that the negro
will have the pleasure of a trip hack to
Athens again before the matter is end
ed.
HAPPY HOMES.
Thousands of sad and desolate homes
have been made happy by use of "Rose
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curefor the following diseases and
their distressing symptoms. Ulcera
tion, Congestion, and Falling of the
Womb, Ovarian tumors, Dropsy of the
Womb, Suppressed Menstruation, Rup
ture at Childbirth, or any complaint
originating in diseases of the repro
ductive organs; whether from conta
gious diseases, hereditary, tight lacing,
overwork, excesses or miscarriages.
One lady writes us that after suffering
for ten years with Leucorrhea or
Whites, that one application entirely
cured her, and furthermore, she suf
fers no more pain during the menstrual
period. It is a wonderful regulator.
“Robe Buds” are a simple, harmless
preparation, but wonderful in effect.
The patient can apply it herself. No
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Mobile, Ala., Dec. 98.—Terribls
scenes are being enacted in Choctaw
county. The citizens are wrought to
such a jaitch of excitement that a war
of extermination is being waged against
the Sunites. Since Christmas, two
more of the deluded people hare been
hoisted to death at the note’s end.
A special to the Register from Shu-
buta tells of the lynching on Saturday
sight of John Sims, the brother of Boh
Sims, and of Measly Sims, Bob's
nephew. According to the last report
received, the crowd was in full pursuit
of a negro who is reported to have taken
part in the McMillan massacre of Do-
23.
When caught, he will be strung up.
The most alarming thing about the sit
uation is that Neal Sims, the brother of
Bob, and who rescued Bob from the
deputy marshal at Bladen Springs, in
Gboctaw county, in August last, is still
at large, and determined to avenge
Bob’s death. Neal is a desperate man.
He firmly believes that his brother was
a prophet from God, and had divine
sanction to kin off the devil's agents—
namely, the ofiSoen of the law.
A special dispatch to The Register
soys that Neat Sima has ooffected forty
of the Simltee, and sent word that ha
intended to assault and tram the village
of Womack HIS. Ike people sire great
ly excited, and are massing a* Womack
HB1 to defend the place.
The enraged people m Saturday
moraing after the lynching of Bob
Sims and his four followers, wrecked
the Sims house and burned it
to the ground and then kill
ed every living thing on the plaoe'ex
cept the members of the family, who
escaped to a neighbor’s house, and who
will move as soon as possible to another
state.
The bodies of Bob Sims and the three
Savages were taken down and thrown
over a wall into the graveyard. John
Savage still hangs suspended.
“Listed,” as the broker said, at “100
Doses One Dollar,” Hood’s Sarsaparilla
is always a fair equivalent for the
price.
REMINISCENCES OF BLIND TOM,
Some
Facts About that Wonderful
Musical Prodigy.
The Macon Telegraph yesterday pub
lished an article in which a writer
gives some interest reminiscences of
Blind Tom, the musical prodigy.
Among other things he writes:
“In 1857 I was the carrier boy of a
paper published in Columbus by Gen
Betbnne.and known as “The Corner
stone.” The wonderful. musical gifts
of Tom were just then discovered. He
was an idiot negro boy and was petted
by the family~of Gen. Bethune, wh"
owned him and bis parentB. He slip
ped into the parlor one day, just after
Miss Bethune had been playing on the
piano, and feeling his way to the in
strument, sat down and repeated the
air, note after note, that had just been
played. That was the beginning, and
Tom was made more of a pet than
ever.
“Gen. Bethune lived a few miles from
Columbns, and occasionally Tom would
be allowed to come in town. Of a med
dlesome nature, he would made “pi” of
the printing office, and on one occasion,
after having been warned by the fore
man, he tore down all the type of the
paper that was to he printed that day.
Patience on the part of the foreman was
exhausted by this last act and Tom was
laid across a chair and given such a
flogging as completely cured him of do
ing more mischief in a printing office.
The General was very angry when he
heard of it, but Tom deserved it.
“In a short time Tom was put under
the management of a relative of the
general and astounded the worid.
When the war swept away the Gener
al’s property he thought to retrieve his
fortune with the prodigy. Then when
he grew too old to manage him, he was
succeeded by his son John M. Be
thune. Then Tom drifted out of sight
and now, in an asylum, there are only
snatches of melody in his fingers.
About the time Blind Tom started
oat to show his wonderful gifts, Macon
developed a musical prodigy, though in
a different line. In the alley back of
Eads, Neel & Co.’s store was a black
smith shop owned by a man named
English, a quiet sort of a mail, and
very popular in his business. One day
he bought his three-year-old boy a
drum—it might been a gift from Santa
Claus—and great was his astonishment
when the baby rattled away on the
drum with the skill of professional,
Of coarse such a precocious boy soon
became known to Macon, and a mention
of it in the Telegraph fell under the
eye of P. T. Barnum who was then'in
his prime. Thejjreat showman sentan
agent to Macon as fast as steam and
coach could bring him. After a good
deal of parleying the agent succeeded
in securing young English, it being
understood that his mother would ac
company him. Then the New York
papers were filled with mention of ‘‘The
Infant Drummer” and for years be was
one of the features of Barnum’s mu
seum.
“The first circus to reach Macon af
ter the war was that of Dan Castello’s,
and you can imagine the crowd it
drew. The tent was pitched in front
of the old Wayside Home, where the
jail now stands, and although the can
vass was a mammoth affair, it could
not contain one-tenth of the crowd that
wanted to see it. The people were cir
cus hungry. It had been five or six
years since they had heard the jokes of
the clown and looked upon the sawdust
ring. The event was considered at the
time the greatest in years, a big battle
not being a circumstance to it.
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