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DOCTOR AND i!RS. W. H. FELTON.
APRIL 23 1885.
smrxa.
It has been more than thirty yeais
since we ceased to write compositions on
■priog; atnl we felt tlvu that the season
had been a dreadful sullen r at the hands
of dull school Kiris. I! it, to-day, the
first balmy day that the year 1833 has
vouchsafed to us, we are provoked to say
something of itonoe again.
As we sit on our back piazza, a little
weary with bouse work, we watch a pa r
of mocking birds who are cautiously in
specting a small cedar tree near us, prep
aratory to the building of a nest and
a home. Both are not fully agreed upon
its capabilities. They have bopped from
limb to limb, but one has retired —llown
away. The male poises himself on the
topmost branch and Hoods the air with it
gushing, rapturous song. Some new
beauty has been discovered; some supply
of waste cotton, dry grass or shapely
twigs are near, and the note of recall is
•ounded. Oh! how busy, how happy!
They are not careworn, fearful and anx
ious, like poor human souls. With a
confidence as sweet as it is trustful, they
throw care to the winds, and are happy
in their duty. The Great Father in
structs them to build a nest, and they do
it without any dread of the cold ruins
and the dreadful bays who make such
havoc with eggs and young birds* They
are happy in their work.
Two years ago another pair of bird* made
a nest in the same tree. They pushed it
to completion, rcgtliug us w ith Hoods of
liquid melody the meanwhile. The little
mother sit on Iter nest—the appointed
time—and the little birds were heard to
twitter. The delight of the singing pa
rent was wonderful to see. There were
“songs in the night’’ and songs in the
day. They fed and they watched. A
pair of envious j ty birds had however
made a nest in an overhanging limb of
an oak—above the cedar. They com
menced war on our singing pets, and
daylight showed ns the ruin they had
wrought. The soft-padded nest was in
fragment* on the ground—also three little
dead birds, stiff and cold. We buried
the hapless little things in the nest that
parental love hail prepared for them, and
during the summer that followed some
mocking birds—perhaps the sorrowing
parents—came occasionally' to sing for
us or to mourn the loved and lost. If
they are here again to stay we shall try'
to watch for the forays of the blue jay—
t! Mr, 1 thuf onntrivo* to make itself very
disagreeable Jjj well as to gen
tle mocking birds. "
The soft warm airs that rustle and
play around us are intoxicating, even to
the guinea liens. They are boisterous. One
has just made us a visit —overflowing
with noise and exuberance of spirits.
The little calves arc chasing each other'
arrosa the grass lot, uml old I’ompey
nibbles :it the short pasturage, with as
much complacency as we shall cat a dish
ot fresh crisp lettuce for our dinner.
While the birds arc at work busily,
the oaks that seemed so dead and cold
three days ago, are now hanging out
myriads of tassels to adorn the hard
black stems. The young oak blossoms
are as tender and yellow as the first
feathers of my mocking birds’ babies.
Did you ever rolled on the impulsive
eagerness of the trees to lling out their
tassels in the spring ? The adornment
begins down on the branches and
streams, and is completed when the lord
ly mountain chestnut, bursts into a splen
did fountain of cream-colored blossoms
in summer. All grades and varieties
have a delicacy of coloring—a modifica
tion of pattern. Nature is so bounteous
that she rarely repeats herself.
Just as soon as spring can throw back
her curtains to take in the warm, genial
heat of the season, then she sets herself
to decorating the forests with tassels.
The little brown scales, that open to al
low their appearance, are hardy and
tough. They hold to the grim old bark,
while the yellow, graceful blossoms wave
to and fro, occasionally rippling in the
wind like silken i.inge on a lady’s man
tle.
As we write the thunder mutters. The
April shower is iu sight. Sweet violets
are now beautifying the lawns and
tlsjwer gardens. They come, too, at the
easiest moment. Like the robins, the
blue-birds and the tassels, thev are here.
V'u;qh as patiently as you will, timing
the cold, bleak, windy days, and you
wiil see no llowers, but let a warm day
come, let the gentle South wind blow .
over them, and here they are, purple
and fresh, filling the air with their sweet
and delicate perfume.
They claim no hot-house care. They
arc solt reliant. Only give them a place
t > root, and the colony will be settled
aid ready for work, What poet says:
"Lilies for a bridal bed.
Hoses fora matron's bead.
Violets for the maiden dead?"
Oh! that the flowers could teach us
the lesson of dying! The violets fade
early, they vanish, but under the snows,
beneath the wintry storms, they hold
their vitality; and when light comes,
ami heat warms, they spring up to speak
in flower language or the beauty of hu
mility an i the fragrance of a holy con
secrated life. It death would only stretch
out a friendly hand, put off the ashen,
gray look, the scourge of pain and th
r.ii“k of disease, that is so .orbdiding!
Now, that the earth is waking up to
the tremendous eagerness of nature to
clothe it with verdant beauty and fresh
ness, can we nor, also, throw aside the
null, heavy cares that so beset and pur
u>, mu] nilow iht? fresh, sweet iu- i
fluencesof life to invigorate our minds i
and hearts ? 1
xcr.ijEJt of rus coxricr, ui w-~
V 5 /?
Judge Dooly is credited with the say
ing: “God foreknows ali ft-lugs but the
decisions of a petit jury. ‘ The verdict
of flu* jury in the trial of Due Jackson,
fsr the killing of the white convict,
Faulkner, at the camp of Lockett & Cos.,
ii Fulton county, to us is a strange one.
They* found him gtiiltv of murder, it is
t'ue.Tiot fixed his sentence to imprison
ment for life, instead of the extreme pen
alty of the law. There may have been
mitigating circumstances which have
never reached the newspapers, but esti
mating the crime by the published testi
mony, we assert it was the most dastard
ly and fiendish murder ever committed
in Georgia.
The prominent features of this crime,
which would have disgraced a -savage
tribe of Malays, are as follows:
A white man who, for some minor .fel
ony, had been sentenced to the chuin
"gang, is ordered, late one Sunday after
noon. in e> , r with sixteen other
com ids, to carry’the cans of night soil
to the j “i. lie is wearing, at the tiaye,
heavy' chains and shackles, which unfit
ted him for swimming or for making his
escape by any other means. He told bis
negro guard lie was too -ick to go, but
the excuse was insufficient to the negro,
lie was forced to perform the duty.
While stooping uow n to empty his
can, his foot slipped and he 101 l into the
river. As lie drifted a few feet from the
bank, and is seen by' bis fellow convicts
beating the water, as if struggling to
save hint self from drowning, it is an
nounced that “a man is in the river,”
whereupon this negro guard, Doc Jack
son, armed with a double-barrelled,
breech-loud in g shot gun, which Had been
placed in his hands by the lessees, Lock
ett & Cos., runs to the bank and fires at
the drowning man. Five buckshot are
lodged in his brain and spine. lie sinks
to the bottom of the liver instantly.
When Jack on Is asked if lie bad killed
Faulkner, lie replies : “Yes, I have kill
ed him deader than the devil. I’ve been
waiting a long time-for a shot at him. T
would not take S.IOO for the shot.”
Faulkner’s recovered body' was brought
to the camp that night in a dump cart,
still bound with chain and shackle weigh
ing three pounds, and riveted around his
ankles so firmly that they had to he cat
oil with a chisel.
Here is this white man, a convicted
felon, it is I me, having for his guards
two brutal negroes, without intelligence
and filled to the brim with malicious,
liafr, swelling with a little brief author
ity' over white men !
Are wc tint authorized in saying it was
the most brutal murder that ever dis
graced the State of Georgia? The jury
recommends him to the mercy of the
court, when his crime deserve Ia quick
halter. Lockett was represented v offer
ing an easy time to any' eon.Gt -who
would testify favorably for his employee,'
Jackson.
it is a sad thought that any' white per
son, who In a freak of passion or mo
ment of temptation may commit a crime,
for which he is sent to the chain-gang,
should he placed under the shotguns of
-ttegro guaiils. This is a little too much
for the white men of Georgia.to submit
to longer.
While we believe this demoniac guard'
richly desetves death in its severest
form for tills premeditated {‘rime—a
crime which is barbarous iu all it- sur
roundings and details—vet we believe
also that the owners of this conv* t camp
are more responsible to Go-1 and more
criminal in the sight of all just men for
this bloody’ outrage than the ink urn an
wretch that fired tlm gun.
The men, who through infernal greed,
because these guards can lie lilr and cheap- i
ly,and because they are known to be more 1
exacting, with less mercy and mere 1
fiendish instincts than others, have placed !
these two brutes, Doc Jackson and Daws j
Wyly as guards, armed with shotguns j
over chained convicts, either white or
black, richly' merit the execration of all
honorable men.
We opine, if the good people of Geor
gia were empanelled’as a petit jury, and
th? owners of this convict camp were
placed on trial before them, for the mur
der of Faulkner, their verdict would be
“guilty without recommendation.”
Tnere is another and still more disrep
utable truth connected with this foul
murder, namely, that the State of Geor
gia, by previous legislative and execu
tive acts, becomes jmrfietps erf minis with'.
Lockett t To., and witn Doe Jackson in
the commission of this crime. A State
which, by its legislative acts, has made
such a crime possible must be held mor
ally as an accessory to that crime. Just
as Lockett & Go , are responsible at the
bar of public opinion, and we firmly be
lieve at the bar of (tod, for this attro
oious murder of a white convict by a ne
gro guard, infuriated by Ids hate of the j
white man. so we believe the legislature
: of Georgia is responsible to the game
; tribunals tor T.nekett & Cos. A groat
state that releases all control of her con
victs to the greed and cruelty of such
h “artless men, disgraces her honor and
her civilization.
“Am 1 my brother’s k eperThis
was the question ask and by Cain v hen he
was interrogated concerning the murder
of his brother. Most assuredly he Was,
but especially is the S ate of Georgia ;he
keeper of her convicts. In the Provi
dence of God, and by iier own violated
statutes, these convicts are committed to
the keeping of inhuman men and the
State canned shirk her responsibility by
pleading ignorance. She sins with her
eyes wide open. The violation of Iter
duty to her convicts is the foulest blot ou
the State of Georgia. VV. H. F.
A xkwspaceb like the Cuckant. which
is circulating in several other States be
sides Georgia, cannot ‘afford to advertise
people \v ho attack it and raise quarrels to
get thus advertised. That policy would i
not please our readers or satisfy the de
mand of the reading public. To fight
such small game in print, who raise a
dirty smoke to hide tlteir own short
comings, would be like rolling cut a for- j
ty-pouuder cannon to blow up a “brush j
heap.” *
Now that Gen, Grunt i-- iid to he get
ting well, the and .-et rs find it hard to cx
Plain v.by he dkl not die, when they
kept the whole country in a stateVf ex
pectancy on the Mibju-f. There is a lu
dicrous squint to'the- bvte.sf telegram* on
the subject. On Frid A night Rs*-. Gen.
Grant got a good night’* rest. Tim doe
tors went to bed, the nurse -wchc to bed,
and On. Osn-it w;s o'•: ~->q! v al
lowed to sleep. •
“f slept; live hours find <* .(rdf srdiflp-,”
Gen. Grunt said to Harris-m, am! when
his sgi v<Vit aike l him how inj w jew this
said : “Oil, I got the bestof vmi fell Ws;
I did sleep five hours. The reason 1
know I slept five hours is because when
I cough in flie day-time you poke some
thing down my throat, and when I cough
in the night time Henry pokes
down.' Last night Henry di l'nof p ke
anything down, so I know I must have
slept right along.”
Poor man ! it must h tve b< m awful
to have one’s throat “puked”.so -heavily
under the cireum stances. One of the
doctors says he never said “Gen'll rant
was going to die.” One merchant said
that mourning goods had risen in price
when he was under torture, ’and now
mourning goods would jail. I)r. Xew
mau „ thought he was partly saved by
prayer, and so on, but (iegx. Grant ex
plains the wholeHhing. When the doc
tors worn out with poking in his
■- -1 the i iurs< s forgot to poke an
his tbu poor "put-lent to' k a little
sleep. Dr. .Sajigtw.U),- bled
his p.u;cnt to iicuil , but Gen.
abou ltd expiry because of “'poking in his
tliro.it.”- President Garfield was not so
fortunate. Being in high, oijioe, with
six doctors, they poked in his back unlit
he iliunot get time lo recover. For two
long months the in lei a tig: tide savants
poked in a wound and issued hourly bul
letins as to_ the location of the bail, when
they' “missed it a mile," an I thaT-dl
dropped out of a place yCiu re the poking
never readied. !j they had touched the
ball with their bulletins and their pou
gie’s/'-tfien. the patient might have died
in quicker time—much to his relief and
with less exposure to their luDeyubie
charlatanism.
If Geu. Grant lia learned enough by
this time to k<g?p the evexla-ting poking
au'ay from ins throat, tlieii he may' live
to enjoy;bis pension and finish his book.
In our opinion (which yye admit to be a
very -mail one,) he got better when Fish
went to jail, and when public opinion
vvSs relieved of the grave' apprehension
that lie was a guilty copartner with that
adroit swindler. Ills throat was bad but
his mind was m a much worse condition.
To i>e the dupe of a villain was bad
enough, but to appear to the country as
a willing knave was awful. Asa m,-ral
to thc.v hi 'dieul extravaganzas we would
like r.> see our great men allowed to re
cover from serious illness without so
much uanecs.-:!. j slush and buncombe.
7'HK ST. LOUIS -jrRDSIt.
On tb: 14th day of this month, a cham
ber-:; ' ’ of the Southern Hotel, in St.
Louis, Ho., complained of the the terri
ble snu li cdonating from some’baggage
that had been I--ft in a room, occupied on
the 6 h by t • • Englishmen, who reads
tcved as A. ix" H rad I Teller.
• The trunk was car-1 out for inspc-C
---ti u, and when she lock - was forced a
dead body 'was found, packed therein,
doubled up into a stm.il sp.-q tlie tongue
.drawn out, the face blac’. from decav,
auu the whole in -a horri -o condition.
An investigation reveals the fact that
two men, corresponding to live two per
sons who registered as before - stated,
cam - over jtt February- oorn London,
making some stay In GahatVi, Boston and
other pieces, finally' reaching St. Louis.
Maxwell got there first and telegraphs.d
for Preller. 'The former was -aid to lx*
-much pushed fo> moneys while .in
ter was flush oi funds and handsomely
equipped for life and luxury. ;
left the hotel on the (It!-, buying an un
limited ticket to San Francisco, intend
ing to sail for Auckland, as he casually
stated. A cable dispatch has keen sent
to have him arrested whenever the ship
lands in Australia. No‘one seemed to
know what day Preller left, or whether
he left J ;d’ until the horrible stench
prow!-. :d an investigation. In the trunk,
I pasted above mangled, rotting head,
| was a paper, with these words thereon,
j. “So perish all traitors to the good caused ■
The poor creature, it appears had been
overpowered by chloroform, killed while I
limp and helpless from the mu'esthetic. !
and then packed away in this medium- ■
i sized zinc trunk, Up to date all di*eov •
and ies point to the fact tfi it rich Preller
was murdered by impoverished Maxwell,
j whose greed for money led him to the
j commission of the horrible crime. Tes
titnony from Boston, trom Preljer’s rtla
; tives iu that City, disclose the' cfFeetfonare
j feeling, of Preller for Maxwell’. He
j always assured his cousins of is high
! esteem for his countryman; and is rep-
I resented as a pious Christian, intent on
J good works.
I The murderer may con =en f to disclose
I the derails of the vile I>.-1 at some fu
ture time.’ but nothing can add to the
horror <f such a death md such a hi ling
place for the crime.
TVelierhj relatives in London arc re
j ported to be of fine standing-, 'with con
siderable fortune. When the news
; reaches them of this dreadful calamity,
their sorrow can be imagine!. Tons,
the vile hypocrisy of the murderer and
his crafty diasembling, are perhaps a?
odious a? hiscriine .
Macon Telegraph'. !
Judge Underwood is contributing
some interesting sketches to The €ar
iusviuk Got'it aXT about the ( herokee
Indians. In his last the judge, having
gotten through with the wild Cherokee
chiefs, gets down to the tame ones, the
article b-iug devoted to himself and Gus
vrright. We -h ill look with interest to
the numbers treating of Lewis Tumlin,
Bart TerLune, Torn II ekett. Johu
Word. Newt Trammell. Pierce Young,
Tom Lyons, “Hightower IML” and otoer ;
Cherokee brave-. \
Scheuer Bros, must Be. fine buyers in
the Luge markets, their stock is varied, i
extended and handsome.
'FIX' OF Tffgr ??. 1
' ■ '* ftaisnea r#aamg a pub- |
Hsiied ]• tt r fro in'a ctergyifteri who has'l
bren visiting Western Fiorila, below 1
TAN ARUS.;! 1 Ut.n??---. ofic. : the most pro-perods
i> <tt of that F:ate, In which he says:
*-Tt“it may ' fi: een iit cm either road j
fr'> >i Tit :;i--ee and not find a dozen j
white children in the fifteen allies. Fur
mb - :he u.c- --i i mansions ate given up
to the colored race, in some cases there
are not living members enough of t he old
fufliH#s p> tell where the dead are
but Gd, iu others they are gat’tered into
the city for sympathy a .and help while a
few are r■ sflutcly turned away from the
brightness of the past ami are nobly
fighting for the necessities of the pres
ent.”
The-e words recall to us the changes
that have tab n place around and about
us di. We can each look over our im
mediate neigh: rhootls and repeat them
for ourselves.
Our mind went back to old Cassvilie,
w hicli v. as such a charming town before
the torch of the invader Hi 1 it in ashes.
When it had its two colleges, its good
.n.iiiy piosperpu
; zens, we can think of no place that ex
celled it for genuine hospitality and cul
j tured society. M aiy of these good eiti
zo is, or their children, arc still in the
| place autl viciuiry, “resolutely' turned
| away from the brightness of the past
i and nobly figuring for tiio necessities of
i the present.”
Memory brings bade a commencement
occasion *i tiic Methodist College, when
Dr. Lovick Fierce okeotrifiod an immense
audience with his wonderful power as
an orator and divine, and of another
commencement at the Baptist College,
when lion. \Y m. 11. bales made the clos
ing address of the.occasion. It was the
first time we had ever seen him,-and. the
impress.of ius magnificent address has
never left our mind. Aoi exactly in
front of him sat his wife, the memory of
whose magnificent eyes will ever remain
wiihTis. As the speaker would thrill its
with enthusiasm or charm our souls
with the retiring music of his oratory',
we can recall the play of the emotion on
bar face a-her heart filled with gratffi-
I cation and wifely pride. What sump
| limits repasts were prepared for the tnul
i titude by those good people, tind how
frank and engaging was their generous
kindness!
We recollect the old camp meeting
days at Fine Log, when the multitude
gathered, and where the services were so
full of temporal and spiritual comfort
for those in attendance, and where plen
ty and good living were so. profusely set
forth lor ali who came, It makes us sad
to miss so many of those noble frien Is
of the days of long ago, while their chil
dren are scattered, wildly scattered.
To come down to a little later time,
just before the war, where was there
ever a county lit at had a more prosper
ous, euterprDiiig citizenship? The Row
land’s, the Conyers’, the Tumlin’s, the
Woolley’s, the Leak's, the Burge’s,
Sprouil’s, the Yeung*-;, he Miiuer’s, the
Woftord’s, the Word’s, the Johnson’s,
the Gaiioa’ and many’ otic:■ s, dead and
bit! ted long ago.
What a so.: hngb’gai iralorafiy had we
in Judge Ttirncr Trippe, Messrs James
and Richard Milner and Col. Akiu!
Their name' v, ere a tower of strength to
their clients.
Hr. John Lewis preached at old Pet
ri kY creek church v. 1 m we first came to
Cass, delighting his hearers with his ex-
C'-‘!ient;cGuimo:i seuse and liis sturdy re
ligion.
'The oid times are. closely associated
with R gs. J no .Crawford and A. W. Bu
ford, and the Baptist church,and with Revs.
CrowMl, Aleck Todd and dear old uncles
“Billy” Henderson and Stephen Tallis, of
. 1 ■ Methodist church, and Rev. Richard
A wr, of the Freabytei ian, the latter
dying j u : ,in his early prime. Ills
fuuertl discourse was preached by Rev,
Francis Gouiun-g, thou living at Kings
ton, and -ome of his beautiful allusions,
metaphors and comparisons are as fresh
now in our mind as then.
We had a charming coterie of imme
diate neighbors, and when we mention
Maj. Wiiiis Bonham, (Jol. Foster, Col.
Mick Juiiusioo, Mr. John Shepherd,
Maj. Milner, Mr. John Kennedy, Messrs.
Smith and Guyton, we tell the story of
their xeeiier.ee and our neighborly sat
isfaction v Nearly all are gone—“passed
over the river, under the shade of the
trees,” We, the survivors, are toiling
aw ay. lighting persistently, if not nobly, ;
“for the i- cessities of the nresent.”
WHY 11F, I)ID IT.
A gintleimui 1.-i Homo some days ago
was relating-to a circle of gentlemen the
particulars of a mean, thievish, ungrate
ful trailsaetjon on the part of a map
vviiom they -.11 knew. Said he, “I can’t
see yiiy the fellow did it. I have helped
] him“time nod ;.'gain* ar>d have been his
friend when he needed friends badly.”
A } e minent c : iz- n asked. “Did you
| do a great deal u< 1 lor him? Did you put
youc-slt outdo do a heSp for him !”
“Yes,” was the reply.
“That explain* it. Nine cases out of
t ten v- here you strain a point to help peo
ple—they hate you so, because of the ob
ligation—that they feel compelled to do
; you an injury.’’
is this true $ W* are in ' ued o think
so.-
IlrxTsvrj.LE. Ga , April 1-1. ’So.
-Cunu.xn How is it the- Goi uaxt .
don’t get to II ilh until Wed ue-Jay, I
wbei* ,ve have, two nr-.h- per week? It •
! ought to get 1; rr-Sj’’ , y. I Uke the
paper, hut am dMt'tisth’d wi h the delay.
A'ours respe fully, VV". G. Bao*et.
We cannot tell you where the delay
occur-. It i mailed in time to go oft'
early Thursday morning. We are sorry
you are disappointed in getting it, but
we are comforted tb know it gets there
even at that late date. It is anno • _u>
feel that our subscribers are thus foder
ed. but we art doing our best to secure
better attention to the paper, for our own
-uk '- an Tfor the sake of our Subscribers.
Ju-t received, the large- ~and most
beautiful stock of Mens’, 15 and ehil- ;
dicn-J straw hats, at awful low prices.
SC JlLL'mi Bi:os,
Cili.no KJßl-: NATION, I. T.
Ejk<Rw 1 liA.N'r: T n in y<nr
issue of the 2uth lilt., that winter was
still ''lingering in the lap of spring,”
and that imi 1, slush, ice an l snow, much
to the diseomrttnre of the fanners, .were
retarding the horticultural anti agricul
tural intere-ts of that section. -Our
recollection of llie seasons are soon at
fault, and, without stopping to reflect,
many are heard to sat', ‘'nothing like it
ht- occurred before.” la the latter part
of July, 1339, a drouth set in. It extend
ed over N rth Georgia, East Tennessee,
and now much farther L do not recollect.
My father, Maj. IV. C. Wy] y, at that
tiuio was living >ust nine miles Xorth
east of C tssville, on a farm now occu
pied, or a portion of it at least, bj T Olive r
Richards, if 1 mistake not. In October
of that year I went with my father and
family to Blount county, Tennessee, on a
visit to my great-grandfather, who then
lived on Little Tennessee river. When we
eame to the crossing of Sa-100-cohe (fat
corn) creek, near which Miller Erwin
redded, the water bad entirely disap
peared. Nothing like it had ever occur
red before, so far as any one knew'. 3Ty
father, who was rather a demonstrative
man and addicted to exclamations of
surprise when any circumstance occur
red out of the usual order of things, Ex
claimed : '•Weil, well, did any one’ever
see the like of this before. Sa-100-cohe
creek, dry as a bone !” lie then quoted
from a very aueieat author something in
relation to the drying up of the waters
and passed on. We remained in Blount
county about four weeks, and while
there my father bought a (look of sheep.
A younger brother and myself drove the
sheep to our home, iu Cass county. We
drove them Tennessee,
Counasauga and Coosawatee rivers with
out swimming one of the flock. Etowah
river could be forded at almost any point.
Tine Log creek was less affected by the
drought than any stream in that whole
section of country. The dry weather
continued nearly four months, during
which time scarcely a drop of water fell
on the earth. So much for a drought.
About forty years ago, in this month,
April, North Georgia was visited by
weather of a phenomenal character. The
winter had been exceedingly mild and
spring made its appearance unusually
early. Induced by the genial condition
of the weather, farmers" set” their crops
far in advance of what had been done
any previous spring within the recollec
tion of tne oldest inhabitants. The for
est was as green ‘as in May; the earlier
variety of garden vegetables were being
used on tiie table; com was nearly knee
high. My lather had 200 acres in wheat,
on tlie old homestead above mentioned,
which was in full head. Altogether,
nothing like it itad been known in that
latitude before, so the people said. The
weather had been uncomfortably warm
for several days, but on the 12th the
temperature begad to fall, and the balmy
south breezes were soon changed to chill
ing blasts from the North. The heavens
were overcast with leaden clouds and at
night-tall stray flakes of snow could be
seen drifting with the winds. The
morning of tiie 13th the situ came up
clear and looked down on the earth, cov
ered with nearly four inches of snow. It
had been a mild representation of what
we call in the West, Colorado blizzard.
Through the day of the 13th, “a nipping
and eager air” came down from the
North, and on the morning of the 14th of
April the earth was ice and frost bound.
Every living thing was bitten by this
untimely frost. The wheat all fell down
and iu three or four days would have
burned off like dry grass on a Western
prairie. Garden vegetables were de
stroyed and tlj.e forest resumed its mid
winter aspect. Not many, in old Cass
enmity, now living, wilt recollect the
drought of ’39. A few, perhaps several,
will recollect the April snow of forty
years ago. Rob. Wyi.y.
April 14th, 1885.
A LETrmi post-markel Cartersville,
Gu., was received at the Washington
postofflee the other day addressed : "Hon.
Mr. Cleveland, In the White House at
Washington. Please examine quick.”
ft is supposed to come from a patriot,
who been enjoying public pap under the
republican administration, along with
some of hisTkin, and who gives this
"inuendo” of a desire for more.—Msfcon
Telegraph and Messenger.
A KISS BY MOONLIGHT.
From time Immemorial, no one will pretend to
deny the fact'thr.t k sues have been held in high
repute by both sexes— whether active or passive,
it lias bccude -11404 a LEGAL implies
ACTION op hou. parties: buf when a lady aim
_ plv consents to be kissed without action of her
lips, it constitutes < ntv s PASSIVE kiss—a sweet
deprived of its nectar.
Snugly enconseed within a moss-embowered
and vine-clad verandah, and almost hid from
view amid sweet-scented honeysuckles, was
seated a fair Atlanta nymph, whose beautiful
dark eyes, alabaster complexion and voluptuous
contour, seemed to DASCE tfie young gent by her
si who ever anti anon, while circumnavigating
her slender waist, gave her a BUSS and then a
RE-BUSS to the amazement of a pedestrian who
happened to be passing that beautiful moonlight
night. At that moment the lover was heard to
ask., "My dear darling Sarah Jane, you are be
coming more beautiful every day; your eyes
sparkle with more brii’iancy, your once pale
cheeks have been painted by the roseate hues of
nature, and you seem to have entirely regained
your health. Will you tell me tbe cause of the
. change?”
"I have simply used that wonderfully effective
i blobd remedy known as B. B. B..”:
Tiie Atlanta Constitution,
Tn a long article relating to the I>. B. 8., of that
city, says:
The Blood Baim Company started one year
ago with 5162.00, but to-day the business cannot
lie bought for $50,000!
The demand and satisfaction given i said to
be without a parallel, as its action is pronounced
wonderful.
We are glad to announce that our druggist
have already secured a supply, and we hope oar
readers will supply themselves at once.
It is said to be the only speedy and permanent
blood poison remedy offered, giving-entire satis
faction in all cast s, before one bottle has been
rise i -or Blood Diseases, Kidney Trouble,
ScrQful • .tarrh, Old Ulcers,and Skin Diseases,
try one 1> ctle B. B. B.
Blocd Ktlm Cos., Atlanta, Ga.. will mail free
of coat, a book Ciied with information about the
blood, the Kidneys, Scrofula, etc I, etc.
ap23-lm
Memories of Old School Days.
My Dear Mrs. Feltont; — l enjoyed
your reminiscences of the old school
days exceedingly. I am so glad that
you haven’t forgotten those days; that
jou think of them with pleasure. lam
happy, tpo, to know that 1 am one of
yoiit “girls.’> r 6ft(m think with the
greatest pleasure of kindness and for
bearance manifested towards us by your
self and Dr. Felton, and rejoice in hav
ing another '■opportunity of expressing
my gratitude and appreciation.’ 1 trust
you may never cease to think of us thus
kindly ami may you long live to brighten
and improve the minds and hearts of the
residents of Bartow county. I am, ever
affectionately, one ot the "girls.”
April 21, 1885. M.
A krikxd tells us that the region about
Birmingham, Ala., had a heavy bhnv last
Friday, almost a little cyclone. We are
no \ enuor or any other sort of a wise
acre, but when you see a warm, sultry
spell succeed a cold snap, with the wind
in one quarter and the clouds rising in
another, you may look o'ut for squalls of
tffe cyclone vaiiety.
The Moxf eagle Lkctcres begin
Wednesday, Atlgust sth, and close Au
gust 28th. The summer schools begin
earlier, June 30th, and Close August
11th. Dr. FHee makes the opening ad
dress, to be followed by Drs. Wharton,
Palmer, Carlisle, Willits, Edwards, Lee,
Barrows and Eager. Rev. Sam Jones is
set down for two discourses, August 17th
and August 22ud. Interspersed will be
found lectures by various professors and
learned scientists. The annual meetings
are highly commended.
# ~
Mr. Thomas Steyens, the famous bp
cyclist, who rode a Columbia bicycle
from San Francisco feo Boston, sailed
from New York for Liverpool, on ApMl
9, anil will start from the last named eijx
to travel on hia bicycle through Europe
and Asia; literally over the land portion
of the world. He goes under the aus
pices of the Outinq magazine. It is
probable he will winter in Teheran,
Porsia, and early in the spring of ISS6,
begin his route through the Chinese Em
pire.
It tabs all Ms of People to matte a Worlit, lint it tabs Curry’s Lifer
CoipuM to bop the People in Health.
These
Golden
Opinions,
TRUTHFUL AND UNSOLICITED.
KEY. SAM JONES
Continues in the Lord’s Work and
Heartily Recommends C. L. C.
Rev. Sam. P. .Tones, the distinguished minister
and agent of the Orphans’ Home, says:
“I conscientiously commend Curry’s Liver
Compound of Southern roots and herbs to all
persons suffoiing from Indigestion or any form
of Dyspepsia, t know it is the best medicine we
have ever used in our home.”
A CURED SON and a GRATE
FUL FATHER.
D. W. Curry, Cartersville—Rear Sir: It gives
me great pleasure to testify to the good results of
the use of your Liver Compound. My son, age
22 years, was a great sufferer with misery in his
head—he was nearly blind. Al! the doctors had
failed to cure him. I tried a bottle of your Liver
Compound. It cured him perfectly, and now I
publish to the world this great remedy,, the best
medicine before the public. All it wants is a
trial. W. T. INLOW.
A GRATEFUL AND POSITIVE
BENEFICIARY.
Mr. David W. Curry, Cfirtersville, Ga.: Dear
Sir— I am trappy to say that your medicine, Cur
ry’s Liver Compound,’ has proven itself to be of
inestimable value to my family. Its power to
eradicate Malarial Poisoning is something won
derful; and as a remedy to relieve the excessive
biliousness following what the doctors call Ty
pho-Malarial Fever it stands, in my opinion,
(based on a thorough test,) without a rival. Ac
cept my hearty wishes for your success. I
trust every family shelf v,dll find a place for C.
L. C. ' ! ’ '
Most truly yours, T. H. \V ILLI AMS.
Fish, Georgia.
“WONDERFUL to RELATE.”
“Am in Cqoq Health Digestion
Good, Bowels Healed, and !
Continue to Crow in Flesh
and Strength."
D. W. Curry: Dear Sir—Sometime ago I was
suffering with an incontrollable affection of the
bowels—could get relief from no manner of
treatment; my appetite became poor, nervous
system run down, indigestion seized upon me;
my flesh forsook me—l became the very glio3tof
my former self. At last i procured and began
to take Curry’s Livpr Compound, and, wonderful
to relate, am in good health, digestion good,
bowels healed and have continued to increase in
flesh and strength—all owing to the use of Cur
ry’s Liver Compound.
1 am verv truly yours,
' J. C. TRACY.
ONLY THREE WEEKS !
And Feels One Hundred Per Cent.
Better.
Fish, Ga.,
D. W. Curry, Cartersville, Ga.:—Dear Sir—
I take pleasure in recommending your C. L. C.
I have been using jt for three weeks only, and I
can safely say that I feel one hundred percent,
better. It baa renewed my appetite and re
lieve Ia severe pain in my head. I recommend
it to all persons who are suffering with Bilious
ness, for relief. Respectfully,
B. W. McKIXEY.
CURES MALARIAL FEVERS.
And Prefers it to any Family
Medicine.
Fidk, Polk Cos.,
D. W. Curry, Cartersville, Ga.—Dear Sir:
I take great pleasure in recommending your C.
L. C. Have been using it in my family for Ty
phoid and all Malarial Pevfers, and find it pro
duces an astonishing goal effect. I prefer it in
my family to any medicine I 4 ave ever used,
and when fairly tested I think that it will do all
that it has been recommended to do. Hope
that I may always be able to procure it. Would
not do without if if it cost t.vice the amount of
its price. .Respectfully,
JAM ES ADKINS, A gent Depot. |
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS AND MERCHANTS GENERALLY.
IRONVILLE.
We farmers continue to be very busy.
I’he work seemsffo accumulate.
Miss Maggie I rick, sister of our esti
mable neighbor, Mr. James Iriek, is ex
pected on Thursday next. She resides
in Virginia, but lias been spending some
time with relatives in Florida. We hope
her stay in our community will bo pleas
ant.
Ours lias often been called one of the
best neighborhoods in the county. I
don’t know why, unless it is because we
love each other so much.
Mr. Lem Munford shot a beautiful bird
on the pond yesterday, evidently not a
native ot this locality; its head was*large,
of a dark, rich green, with beak
four inches iu length; its general color
was myrtle green with white mixture,
weight eight pounds, web-footed.
Misses Marion and Stella Smith, Miss
Trammell, Mrs. Emma Munford, Dr.
Battle and "Neighbor” and Mrs.
"Neighbor” Freeman attended the after
noon exercises at the academy Friday
week, expressing themselves delighted,
which compliment the teacher and school
highly appfPcia^^
A large and happy tea-party received
royal entertainment a few evenings
since, at "Richland’s.”
Plain Questions.
Mythical ideas are fanning the public bi-o\r
widi the bream of prejudice, iguoraneo and
humbuggery. llare you the remotest idea that
your scrofula was created by the use of potash
and mercury ? No matter what the cause, B. R.
R. is the peer of all other remedies. Do you
presume that your troublesome catarrh is the re
sult of mineral poisoning? R. R. R. is the quick
est remedy. Are your chronic ulcers and boils
and sores the result of potash and mercury ?
Medical gentlemen will not tell you so, but R.
B. R. is the only sovereign remedy. Were your
terrible kidney troubles created by mineral
poisoning ? Not a bit of it, but B. R. R. has
proven to boa reliable remedy. Are your skiu
diseases, your eczema, dry tetter, etc., the effect
of too much potash and mercury The medical
profession are the best judges, aud they say nay,
but B. R. B. makes more pronounced cures tliau
all other preparations combined.
—;
We saw yesterday 28 fine dress pat
terns, with trimmings, to match. Don’t
that speak well for our assortment and
low prices.
Sen burr Bros.
GAINED 20 POUNDS in Weight
and 75 Per Cent, in Health.
D. W. Curry—Dear Sir: I bought a bottle of
your Liver Compound of our merchant here,
when I could not rest day or night for coughing.
I took it according to directions, and now I am
a well man ; have gained twenty pounds in
weight and seventy-five per cent, iu health, I
also bought two bpttles f6r rpy wife. She tooE
it for liver disease, and it Has done her a great
deal of good. J. P. ABERNaTII>\ r
Cherokee Mills, Ga.
“C. L. C.” Did for Me what th©
best Physicians failed to tlo.”
This is to certify that I have in tuepast iayeam
been troubled with Dyspepsia and Liver Disease,
During that time I have taken medicine from
many leading physicians and received more ben
efit by taking two bottles C. L. C. than from all
of them. I therefore cheerfully recommend it to
suffering humanity generally. Yours truly,
Alks. FASTER MCCOLLUM.
Roxanna, Ga.
Indigestion and all Liver Dis
eases Knocked Skyward by
the Wonderful C. L. C. "
To all persons suffering from Indigestion qr
Liver disease I would say take C. L. C. I wa§
troubled with indigestion and could obtain up
relief from physicians. I took two bottles of
C. L. C. and am now entirely well.
Very respectfully,
MRS. ANNIE Y r E Alt WOOD.
Roxanna, Ga.
One of Bartow’s Noblemen :
“ I am Satisfied that it will do all
that is Claimed for it."
I have been froubled with Cohsl:ip‘ation foi
twenty years and have been ’greatly relieved fff
using Curryls Liver Oornpodnd of Soqtiierp
roots and herbs. lam satisfied that it will do
all that is claimed for it. It. C. SAXON, ’
j School*Loanr-t.-ssi'.nor Con^y,
“I TAKE PLEASURE IX GIVING MY
AMEN.”
D?V. Curry—Dear Sir:f take great pleasure
in giving my amen to Curry’s Liver Compound.
This medicine lias proven a great benefit to my
self and family. It cured my wife of the chills
after she hail been a sufferer a long time. Your
liver Compound will cure Sick Headache, -Bil
iousness and ludigestioil. it.is ouV fainilv med
icine. My w* f e jdihh uiedn tronqlincliig fiuiry'a
Liver (MuipQuud the safest, most reliable ap'.J
satisfactory- remedy'wo know of.
H. 4..JOHNS® Y.
Carters vine, Georgia,
A GRATEFUL LADY
Commends it to all Suffering Hu
manity.
Fish, Polk Cos.,
D. \V. Curry, Cartersville, Ga.—Dear Sir:
Commend, in my name, Curry’s Liver Compound
to all humanity—all of those who suffer wit|i
torpor of the liver, sick headache, and indeed all
those miserable symptqms which accompany tjig
bilious state. Yours truly, etc.,
MRS. CANTRELL.
UNDER the CARE of MIYSI
CIANS 20 YEAf$,
Uses Patent Medicines 10 Years,
and at Last Finds Health ancf
Happiness in C. L. G.
Roxana. G a.
To all suffering humanity I cheerfully recom
mend Curry’s Liver Compound. My wife has
been afliicted with a hacking cough, with Dys
pepsia and Liver Complaint tor the last tjifrty
years. She was ua4er the constant caye pf goot|
physicians for twenty years, then trying pptpnf
medicines of various kinds for 10 years and re
ceiving no permanent relief until she began the
ase of C. L. C. tsAJice my wife took the first bot
tle she has been able to attend to her household
affairs and is in better health than she has been
iu many years. Very respectfully,
john Tidwell*