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NOTES ABROAD.
Some Interesting Things About
The City of' Quebec.
Observation* and Experiences Among:
Canadian People—Some Scenes Among;
the Catholics.
Quebec! The very name brings
to mind an old, queer interesting
city, and that is just what Quebec
is—old, queer and decidedly inter
esting. Almost every building has
a legend connected with it, and
every inch of ground in and around
it is historic.
The city has about 50,000 inhabi
tants, the majority of whom are
French Canadians. It is divided
into upper and lower town. Lower
town is at the foot of the cliff, and
extends around the cape, and along
the banks of the St. Charles. Upper
town is on the plain which extends
north from the cliff.
There is no city in America, I
suppose, which is as interesting as
this one, and there is nowhere as
varied and beautiful scenery.
We came by rail from Montreal,
on a dirty car, and through an un
interesting country; and about two
o’clock, just as I was beginning to
nod, I was told that we were coming
to Quebec. Upon looking out 1
found that we were rushing along
the hank of the St. Lawrence. Upon
the other side the car the cliff
frowned down, hut while I was look
ing at the cliff, we rushed into the
station where we found that we
would have to leave the car and
cross the river in a terry boat.
What struck me as curious, right
there, was, that no one told us
which way to go. Had it been in
the south, some train official would
have entered the car and announc
ed in a bawling, unintelligible man
ner, that we had to he transferred.
Hut here, the conductors don’t
bother themselves with telling the
passengers where to go. The peo
ple are very kind, though, and by
asking the way, one can get along
very well.
We finally found ourselves on
the ferry, and then had time to look
at tiie city, right across the river.
The river loses its lovely blue when
it gets here, and becomes muddy
and ugly. Almost every kind of
boat, from the tiny skiff to the mas
sive ocean steamer can he seen
here; but we were more interested
in looking at the city than at the
boats. And it was truly a beauti
ful sight. Away to the north and
south stretched the river, along the
hanks of which are little French
villages. The gray walls of the
citadel gleamed in the afternoon
sun. At the foot of the cliff nestles
the old part of the city and the
gleaming church spires in the dis
tance tells one that the city extends
some distance out. When we land
ed we took a cab and drove to the
St. Louis hotel-where we were to
stay until Sunday. This is the
finest hotel in the city, but it is
very different from the hotels in
our part of the world. But all the
houses are different from ours.
They are built for cold weather,
and are close, witli small rooms
and low ceilings. They have no
verandas and nearly all open di
rectly on the street. All have
double windows and the walls are
very thick. The people are very
approachable and simple in habits
and manners. They are unsuspi
cious, too; in fact, quite like south
ern people. You feel here like you
are in a foreign country. Nearly
every one speaks French, and in
the old part of the city one can
hardly get along unless they speak
French.
There are only two street car
lines in the city. One in upper
town, on St. John’s street, which
will take you through the business
part of the town, out through St.
John’s gate, which lias taken the
place of one of the old gates of the
city, and to the edge of tow n where
you will find a toll gate. In order
to take the other car, which is in
lower town, you must walk down
the hill, pass the postoffice, oppo
site which once stood the old hotel
of (lie golden dog which has a tale
of envy and strife connected with
it, down a flight of steps and a
steep hill and thence to a little, nar
row, dirty street where you will
possibly find the car. If you do
not find it, you will be told that it
"’ill pass in ten minutes. All you
have to do is to take your stand on
the corner and waijt patiently. The
ten minutes will lengthen into
twenty-five, and just as your pa
tience is giving out, you will see the
car crawling along. When once
you are in, you will find plenty to
interest you. The best time to take
this side is at twelve when every
body is going to lunch, or at six
when they are going to dinner.
Then the car will he filled with
prosperous and jolly, or poverty
stricken and stupid, French Cana
dians, and maybe one or two self
satisfied Englishmen, and your at
tention will he divided between ti e
people in the car and the people in
the street. That part of the city is
old and decidedly Frenchy, the
streets are narrow, the houses small,
the g oueant-am er i can.
with green little dormer windows,
and everything and everybody‘‘be
hind the times.”
Try as you may, you cannot get
rid of the idea, rather the feeling,
that you have suddenly been plung
ed back about fifty years, and it
makes one feel rather old and deci
dedly queer. And then coming from
Montreal here, makes the feeling
more marked, because Montreal
while not like the cities in the states,
is a great deal more modern than
Quebec.
But Quebec is becoming more
modern every year, and it is a pity,
too, for I think, as it is modernized,
it will lose its charm for the tourist,
because its chief charm is the old
timeness of it. Even the famous
plains of Abraham are becoming
settled by energetic men who are
building there pretty stone houses.
But if they are eventually covered
with the houses, they will always
be interesting. They are just a nice
ride from the city, and one will en
joy that ride more than anything
else about the city.
Taking a cab at the St. Louis ho
tel you are driven along the St.
Louis street, pass the house where
Montgomery was laid out, which
lias lately been torn down, pass the
esplanade to Du fieri n gate. Here
the driver will stop and point out
the road which leads to the citadel,
the old wall which is still standing
here, and then proudly tell you that
the tall,pictUiesquestonegate which
you see before you, is Dufferin
gate and is modeled after the
gate to Lord Dufferin’s park in the
old country. When you pass the
gate St. Louis street becomes the
grand alley, and it isoutthis street
that one sees the modern houses.
On the right of the street just after
yon pass the gate, are the Parlia
ment buildings. They cost three
million and are no handsomer than
the capitol in Atlanta. We were
taken through them by a French
man, who explained everything in
broken English. The library is
very fine; indeed, the whole build
ing is handsome. There is a great
deal of carving about it, inside and
out, niches for statues which are
yet to be gotten, and the coart of
arms of all the great men of Cana
da. The view from the front is
lovely, and as the building is on a
hill, it can he seen from all the sur
rounding country.
When we had gone through and
had greatly admired everything, to
walk through the beautiiul grounds,
was a pleasure, but a pleasure of
short duration, both because the
grounds are not very extensive and
because we were in a hurry to get
to Wolfe’s monument.
After riding for about fifteen
minutes, we turned to the left and
passing through a lane came to the
plains of Abraham. There we saw
the stone prison that stands on the
spot where Montcalm fell, and not
far from it in a somewhat sheltered
nook stands the monument to
Wolfe. A single marble shaft, in
closed by an iron fence with the
simple inscription, “Here Died
Wolfe Victorious,” it is beautiful
because ofits simplicity, and while
gazing on it one’s heart is moved
with admiration for the man who
died willingly, just as the hard
earned victory was within reach.
After admiring the monument
and gazing on tiie plains and pris
on, we drove on. When we had
passed the toll-gate, we were well
on our way to Sillery which was
our destination. We passed many
beautiful farms, hut were unable to
see the houses because they are
built facing the St. Charles or the
St. Lawrence and are hedged in
in truly English seclusion. White
winding roads lead to the houses
which are some distance from the
street. We drove through the
grounds of Mr. Doorbell, Madame
Li vis and several others. The
grounds are beautifully kept and
they have lovely flow’ers, but the
houses are simple and old fashioned.
The people seem to care more for
flowers and pretty yards than they
do for fine houses. Nearly every
house has flowers in or around it,
even the very poorest people have a
few’ plants.
The prettiest grounds we saw
were those of the Sillery convent.
This convent stands in the midst
of a grove of fir trees, through
which lovely winding roads led
from the main road to the build
ing. We rang the bell and asked
for Sister Angel, and while wait
ing for her we had time to notice
how bare and clean the hall and
parlor were. Narrow strips of rag
carpets were placed on the clean
white floor, and pictures of priests
and nuns adorned the w alls.
Sister Angel is a sad-faced nun
with charming manners. She
showed us all over the house, in
the school rooms, which are exten
sively bare, in the dormitories which
are clean and comfortable, in the
observatory from w hich we had a
lovely view of the farms and river,
and she finally took us into tiie
chapel. We had heard some one
singing but could not tell where it
was, but on going into the chapel
we saw that the singing was in
there. A mournful looking girl
was singing, her face all aglow
with holy love, another was play
ing tiie organ, several others were
at work in the room, and one was
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 180!).
praying devoutly. Sister Angel
explained that they were getting
ready for the service on the next
day, at which six girls were to take
the last vows and become nuns.
What a feeling of sadness came
over me as I heard that. Six young
girls to take the black veil, and
bury themselves alive in that grim,
stone house. As tiie remarkably
sweet voice of the girl rose and fell,
1 felt an inexpressible compassion
for those six who were then in an
adjoining room praying. We left
the chapel behind us hut the girls’
voice followed us down the hall,
and as we thanked Sister Angel
and the door closed behind us, the
singing hushed witli an exultant
“Amen.” The scene, and that voice
has followed me ever since, and will
follow me until I get out of this
Catholic country.
I was glad to find that we were
coming back a different way from
which we went, and was particu
larly glad to know' tiiat we were to
see Wolfe’s Cove, the place where
Wolfe landed his army, and the
place where lie scaled the heights.
But I was disappointed in the
place. Though the cliffs are very
high, and the queer little French
houses very picturesque, one cannot
realize, as one looks, at the steps
leading up the cliff, that in that
spot a goodly number of soldiers
once climbed the almost perpendic
ular precipice, and tiiat where
those little houses stand was once
the resting place of those same
soldiers, and that where those
schooners and row boats are w ere
once anchored British men-of-war.
Our driver very kindly explain
ed that, “Of course when Gen.
Wolfe was here things didn’t look
like they do now,” and we found
that very easy to believe.
We came back through Lower
Town, and passing over a pile of
rocks where had been made a road,
the driver stopped and told us, in
substance this: One night last
November w'hen the rain was pour
ing, and the wind blowing, the
people were startled by a loud
noise. Upon investigation they
found that a part of the cliff, from
below the citadel, had fallen, crush
ing a number of people and knock
ing down a row of tenement
houses. The men of Battery B.
were nine days digging out those
hurt, and there were forty-nine
killed. It was a horrible thing, but
people live in below the other part
of the cliff in utter indifference to
the fact that there is a wide crack
in the precipice above them, and
that another landslide is expected
daily.
That sad tale of disaster was the
only sad thing in connection with
our ride, hut in spite of tiiat, we
felt that the morning had been
spent in a delightful manner.
It is curious tiie number of fancy
and pathetic things one can see by
watching a crowd, and a crowd in
Quebec is not different from a
crowd elsewhere, except that I
think you can see more priests and
hear more French in Quebec than
any place I’ve ever seen.
We spent one morning in seeing
the citadel. We entered through a
heavy iron gate, then by a winding
path to another gate through w'hich
a soldier was W'alking back and
forth, and around which several
men w ere standing, w aiting to show
tiie visitor about. They are very
willing to do this because they are
always paid by the visitor for their
trouble. I thought the man who
showed us through was very unac
commodating. He wouldn’t let me
see in the quarters in the guard
house, wouldn’t let me examine the
w'alks and wouldn’t tell me how
they spike the cannons. He very
proudly showed us a small brass
cannon which the British took at
Bunker Hill, hut lie was sorry he
did afterwards because of our fre
quent allusions to the battle and
the result.
When we had walked around the
drill ground, and had seen every
thing to be seen, even to the big
black bear which one of the regi
ments captured in the northwest,
we paid the man for showing us
around, and took our leave feeling
glad to get outside the walls again.
There are so many interesting
things about Quebec that it would
take volumes to tell of them all.
One should see the Urseline con
vent, w here Montcalm was taken
when wounded, and where on Sun
day afternoon one can sit in tiie
chapel and hear, from behind the
bars and curtains, the cloistered
nuns sing their prayers. They
should ride to Montmorency, where
if they are foolish enough, they can
go down a flight of three hundred
and seventy-four steps to the bot
tom of tiie falls; they should take
the boat and go to St, Anne’s,
where there is a church where
crippled people come, and after
praying to St. Anne, are-cured of
all afflictions; they should go
through Laral University, and to
see the little old church in Lower
Town; they should, in fact, spend
about a week or ten days in seeing
Quebec and when they leave it will
he w ith the determination to come
again and spend a month or two in
this interesting old city, where they
can enjoy the comforts of a modern,
and the quaintnesss of an old city,
and the fresh sea air. S. M. A.
DR. W. H. FELTON
Addresses Bartow’s Citizens Last
Saturday.
Hi* Ohl Time Eloquence Capture* Hl*
Hearer*—Fay* Hi* lte*pect* to the Sub-
Treawury ami Some Other Mutter*.
According to appointment, Dr.
Felton, the nominee of the democ
racy for congress from this district,
addressed the people of Bartow in
this city last Saturday. He began
about one o'clock and for more
than two hours was given the re
spectful and earnest attention of
more than four hundred voters of
the county. The famous statesman,
though old in years, was vigorous,
forcible and eloquent, ami con
vinced those present that tiie pru
dence displayed by Mr. Everett in
not meeting the doctor’s courteous
invitation to be present in discus
sion, was tiie better part of that
gentleman’s valor. The doctor had
his record, w hich though “recent,”
“modern” and short, is too well
known by the doctor for Everett to
have it ventilated. The meeting
was a success ad in the language
a veritable “love feast.” Much
good w'as accomplished, ami the
people went home thinking over
tin! infamy of the sub-treasury bill.
Votes w’ere made; men who did
not understand the issues involved
in this race fell into line and will
add to the great majority against
class legislation ami in favor of
democracy in November next.
There were a few and only a few
who would not hear him and they
lingered around the court house
longing to enter. Why they did
not we leave the public to say. The
speech was applauded throughout
and at the close the universal
cheering approved what had been
said and foretold the coming victo
ry for democracy. Some Everett
man* on the outside would feebly
cry for his champion but no ans
wer was had from tiiat gentleman
or the large audience in attendance.
The champion was not in the arena
and the audience were with tiie
speaker.
The doctor began his remarks by
reference to the issues of the day
and said that he would discuss
them calmly and justly. These is
sues involved the interests of the
people, all the people. He referred
lo the farmer, Ills own life as a
farmer for forty years in this coun
ty. He had no other interest
which paid him a dollar. No man
in Georgia had more Interest in
farming than himself, his all was
in it. He spoke of his long life
among the people of the county.
In trouble and sorrow the sym-
patiiy between them was mutual
and in happiness and prosperity
their joy was common. He refer
ed to his career as a public man,
a member of the legislature of fifty
one. in the 44th, 45th and 46th con
gresses, in the recent legislatures
and lie defied any man to point to
a single vote not in the interest of
tiie people. Had Livingston or
Everett done as much? “I am the
nominee of the democracy”, he said,
“Everett is not.’’ lie did not desire
tiie nomination but was influenced
to accept it by letters and petitions
from every nook and corner of the
district. The convention putting
him forward did It openly, fairly
and was composed of democrats.
He was loyal to the people and to
democracy while in congress; do
not judge bywords but goto the
record, state and national, and
judge me by my deeds, they are
the criterion by which to judge.
Everett was not nominated at Cal
houn; he was nominated behind
secret grips, pass words, locked
doors and thick walls, by the light
of dark lanterns. He had not
challenged Everett to discussion,
but respectfully invited him to
courteous discussion with equal
rights and privileges of debate.
Everett refused to recognize him
hut said himself to recognize
“brother Hargrove.” He spoke of
the alliance and its membership in
highly complimentary terms, hut
for Everett, Livingston, Polk and
MeCune he had no word of com
mendation. They are demagogues
who would deceive the great body
of noble men in the order and he
warned the people to pause ere
ruin was upon them. He spoke of
his application to join the alliance,
how he was to have been a member
but w'as called to the legislature
and while there he was made aware
of the action of the demagogues
who were trying to control and di
rect its movements, proposing to
make of the order a secret political
machine. He had seen a paragraph
going the rounds of the press about
the slinging of ballots in secret to
determine who should g<> to con
gress. Ilis picture of a free born
American citizen paying for the
privilege of casting a ballot in
secret, caught his hearers. He was
not in favor of suffrage restriction.
He did not, like Everett, believe in
a property qualification for suffrage,
but wanted a free ballot and a fair
count. He believed witli Jefferson
in “equal and exact justic to all
men." Everett had gone, he said,
to Calhoun to receive the nomina-
tion of the socalied democracy,
when already by s’ecret ballot lie
had been nominated at Rome. He
compared that nomination to the
actions of the “star chamber,” the
“council of ten,” to the Spanish
“inquisition” and to the “know
nothings.” They determined in
secret and then in public acted and
would call it democracy. Demo
crats were you there? lie argued
that the alliance farmer had been
absorbed by the alliance office
seeker and demagogue.
He talked as a farmer, plainly
and honestly. When the farmer
w ent down, he suffered; when the
farmer prospered so did he. This
was their country and his and he
spoke plainly to save the people
from bankruptcy and ruin. lie
amused liis audience with a few'
passing remarks upon tail holders
and said there was one in Carters
ville.
The speaker discussed at length
the sub-treasury hill, showing the
millions and billions of expense it
would entail upon the people when
it should he passed. It was born in
foreign parts, sections whose inter
ests w ere not those of the south. It
was made for the rich and not for
the poor. Cotton producers would
not he benefitted. Liverpool buys
our cotton and not the north and
west, but we buy their grain. It
might benefit the rich corn grower,
but would surely tiring ruin anil
disaster upon the cotton producer.
When the day of payment comes as
provided by the bill, where was the
money to be had? Homes must
go, stock must go, lands, furniture
and ali.
I>r. Felton argued against federal
control of railroads and when he
mentioned the nine billions of mon
ey necessary for this control he said
it was more money than lie could
conceive of, yet demagogues preach
it to you. He advocated the free
coinage of silver. He had been
present in congress when silver
was remonetized, had voted for it
and was proud of it. Since thatact
was passed the tendency of the
country had been upward. When
you asked Livingston or Everett
what they favored, they reply the
sub-treasury bill or something bet
ter. What, he cried, is this some
thing better? It is not statesman
ship, it is not honest; it is dema
goguery, an agitator to arouse the
people and with which to deceive.
He referred to the exclusion of city
ministers from the alliance; these
men who visit the sick, preach to
the living, pray with the dying and
bury the dead; these men upon
whom the hand of God Is laid; these
men are excluded from its member
ship. Wiiy?
lie advocated reduction of taxa
tion and tariff. He referred to the
high salaries of the alliance officers,
ranging from one to ten thousand
dollars and upward. You toil and
pay, they do nothing and receive.
You pay for the new pass word,
they live in plenty upon their re
ceipts from you. The “yard stick”
was put to Grimes, Clements,
Barnes and Stewart and because,
forsooth, tiie sub-treasury Dill was
not endorsed by them they were
told to step down and out. Everett
endorses it and yet the platform on
which he stands asking your sup
port ignores the hill. He endorses
It and does not endorse it. He al
luded to the I’edigo affidavit and
the Merrlman letter by which Cor
put proposed to get large sums.
He sjwike of tiie investigation had
of these transactions and the white
washing done by the committee of
which Everett was a member and
when lie announced Everett’s ex
cuse for such whitewashing that
“it was for the good of the order”
the audience was carried away.
He here closed his speech, saying
that he would go to the different
districts of the county and speak to
the people. He was one of them
living in the country and not in
town; prospering when they pros
pered and suffering when they did.
He invited all to hoar him and talk
with him ami to unite with him in
achieving good for the whole people.
Who Made These Nominations t
Editors Courant-Amerlean:
Suppose there are seven hundred
alliancemen in the county and six
hundred white democratic voters
who do not belong to the alliance.
Suppose four hundred of the
alliancemen are in favor of Burge
and LeConte and the other three
hundred prefer Conner and Dr.
Battle or somebody else. Of course,
the four hundred nominate their
men and the three hundred are
pie lged to go with them and that
gives them the seven hundred votes
which is a majority.
But suppose the six hundred
white voters who had no voice in
this secret midnight business did
not want Burge and LeConte, hut
preferred somebody else, what can
they do? Nothing. What eouhl
they hove done if the whole 1,300
white voters had been in common
council? The six hundred w’ouhl
have united w itli the three hundred
and nominated the men of their
choice. Tiiat would have been good
old fashioned democratic usage.
The majority of all the white demo
cratic voters would have governed
the action of the democratic party
in this county. But the way it was
MlEf} {VAUGHAN
Aro now receiving daily the largest and most complete line of Fall and
W inter Dress Goods, nothing, Dry Goods, Shoes and ('loaks ever before
brought to this market. Our
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT
is anew addition to our business, consequently every garment is new
and the latest style, comprising a full and complete line of Gents’ Prince
Albert suits, Cutaway suits, Frock suits, Hack suits, Boys’ and Childrens’
suits in endless variety. Our Clothing is all made up by the best manu
factory in the United States, therefore we guarantee perfect fits, good
workmanship and lowest prices. Our
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
Surpasses any of our previous efforts. The assortments, the styles and
novelties we are displaying are simply grand, new and beautiful. A
full line of Dress Silks in all the latest styles; handsome line novelty
Rohes, complete line fancy Dress Goods in plaids and stripes. Our line
of dress Flannels are Immense. Here we claim the largest assortment
in northern Georgia. Elegant trimmings to match all our dress goods
in the latest styles and novelties. Our
SHOE DEPARTMENT,
as usual, leads the* town. We are constantly receiving from the factory
large shipments of new Shoes in ladies’ gents’ and childrens’, at jatpular
prices. Every pair sold under an absolute guarantee.
NOVELTIES and FANCY GOODS.
Under these lint's we are this season displaying a line of goods
never before brought to this market. New styles'll) ladies’ neckwear.
Beautiful line ladies’purses and bags. Complete line ladies’, misses’ and
infants knit goods, such as saques, hoods, bonnets, Imotces, facinators,
skirts, etc., made up in wool and silk. Our
CLOAK DEPARTMENT
this season Is immense, embracing all the newest and nobbiest styles.
They cannot he appreciated until seen. The styles and prices are' un
matchabie, comprising all the new styles in jackets, wraps, new markets
and capes, for ladies, misses and children.
Underwear, Hosiery and Glove Depart
ment.
These departments are full to overflowing, containing all qualities,
styles and prices for ladies, gents, misses and children. We haven’t
time nor space to go into details. We extend a cordial invitation to all
to examine our stock. With thanks to the public for the large trade of
the past season, we are Respectfully Yours,
PORTER & VAUGHAN.
Leaders of the Dry Goods Trade.
done has given six hundred demo
crats no voice. 'They have been
utterly ignored, if this be organ
ized democracy then I am done
with it. Dr. Felton broke up that
star chamber business thirteen
years ago and I hope he will break
it up again.
This is not intended as any as
persion upon Mr. LeConte or Mr.
Burge, hut the truth is their nomi
nation was the accident of an acci
dent. They were nominated in se
cret by sixty-four men—only sixty
four and the other 030 fell into line.
Of the seven hundred alliancemen
there are probably fifty who have
never claimed to he democrats, but
they voted all the same. Such a
heterogenous {xditical convention
has never before been held in Bar
tow county.
The nomination of Everett for
congress was done in the same way.
We do not feel that we had any
voice in it, and therefore are not
bound by it. He has been foisted
upon tiie democracy of the seventh
district by w ays tiiat aro dark and
tricks tiiat are vain. He is not the
choice of the people and if the truth
was known he is not the choice of
the farmers. Justice.
Laboring People anil the Sub-Treasury.
Editors Courant-Ameriean:
There are 2.000 laboring men in
Bartow county who are not farm
ing. neither as landlords or tenants.
There are 1,000 women and children
who work for wages. Here are
3,000 toilers who have no persmal
interest in cotton or corn or w heat
or wool. What benefit will the sub
treasury and the warehouses do for
them. The sole object of the far
mers is to store their products for
a higher price. When all the wheat
and corn of the great west is stored
away and the railroads cease to
bring it here what will these me
chanics and day laborersdo? What
will the colored laborers do who
are working in the mines or by the
day? Wliat will their wives and
chi Idren do ? What will the cotton
pickers do who pick by the hun
dre 1 pounds ? Of course, the price
of grain will go up and the rich far
mers who have cribs full of corn
and wheat will have the poor men
at their mercy. There would be
no necessity for Tom Lyon or Gus
Bates to store their corn or their !
wheat. They could get one dollar
a bushel tor corn and two dollars
for wheat at their cribs and the
jioor people would be seen going
there with their sacks and their I
money as the Israelites went to :
Egypt. *
NO. 1(5.
A SILVER mine.
Which Hun Been Found in Bartow
County.
In the Atlanta Constitution Mon
day a story of the finding of a silver
mine near tins city appears.
About a year ago, as the story
goes, an old Indian returned from
the west to show an old silver
mine near Murchison, in Bartow
county. The Indian claimed that
the vein was on Murchison’s land,
but he could not find it. A few
days ago a rather elderly man,
claiming to be an expert miner,
went to Cartersville and told Col.
.1. J. Howard that a silver vein
worth $20,000,000 had been discov
ered on his land near the famous
saltpetre cave.
A party of gentlemen were organ
ized to go out and investigate the
report. The party was composed
of some of the leading citizens.
They looked in vain and their
search was fruitless or at least sil
verless. '
The expert, however, insisted
that the richest silver vein ever
unearthed was near the cave. Ho
yesterday Mr. Crosby, Mr. Howard
and other prominent citizens of
Cartersville went out to look again.
They carried with them picks,
shovels, fine microscopic glasses,
a compass with a dial needle and
all other necessary and scientific
mineralogical implements. They
arrived on the ground and careful
ly began their search.
After looking for awhile they
concluded to use the dial needle,
and just about the place where the
expert claimed ids find was, the
needle dipped very perceptibly.
Whether they reached the vein or
not could not be ascertained.
The expert is firm in his report
and the gentlemen are not yet
thoroughly satisfied. A great deal
of interest is manifested in the dis
covery, and while some believe it
is a fake, yet there are many who
thoroughly believe that great ami
rich deposits of silver lie immedi
ately in this section, and that it is
not all improbable that this is the
same find the old Indian was look
ing for.
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