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THE SHEPHERD’S CLAIM.
Fur The Hartwell Sun.
AUT. n. •
la all ages of the world, the sacrifice
of property lias ever been connected
with the various modes of religious
worship, whether of the true or of a
false religion.
Even the heathen devotee in his zeal
goes so far as to sacrifice his own off
spring, to the idol he blindly worships.
Yet, while in so doing he commits the
grossest of crimes, the zeal thus dis
played by him is a severe rebuke to
those who profess to —but only form
ally—worship the true and living God.
“ In the first account of (true) relig
ious worship by any of the human race,
we read that the fruit of the ground
and the firstlings and fat of the flocks
were offered to God in acts of worship.”
The patriarchs of the Old Testament
not only recognized, but freely respond
ed to the claims of God upon their
property. They gave willingly and un
grudgingly, not regarding it as a duty
merely, but esteeming it a favor, an
honor, that it was their privilege to be
stow gifts that would be acceptable to
the Great Creator of the universe. In
proof of this assertion, I shall give
only a few of the many instances re
corded in the Sacred Scriptures.
After the deluge, when Noah emerg
ed from the ark, he was not ungrateful
to the miraculous hand that had steered
his ark safely over the surging billows
that entombed a drowned world; and
his first aft was to make an offering to
the Lord—the inceuse of his sacrifice
and his prayer of thanksgiving asccndr
ing together. “ lie had but seven cat
tle and seven sheep with which to begin
the world, and yethe hesitates not to
sacrifice one of each ”to his God. By
this act he established a precedent
worthy the imitation of all succeeding
generations.
“ Abraham sustained that intimate
communion with God which entitled
him to be called ‘ The Friend of God,'
by a form of worship that made con
stant drafts upon his property.” “ His
grateful homage to God, in view of vic
tories over his enemies, had expression
in his rendering a tenth of the spoils to
a priest of God.” These minor sacri
fices wet#Jthe stepping stones to •• that
suMittw iretof sacrificing his only son.”
On awaking from his remarkable vis
ion, .Jacob consecrated himself to the
service of God saying: “Then shall
the lord be my God : and of all that
Thou-shalt give me I will surely give
the tenth unto Thee.’,' This vow of
Jacob’s was carried oift, not only by
himself but also by his posterity. In
addition to the tithes paid £• *- :j ue ’
scenflants they made frequent benevo
lent contributions.
The building of the tabernacle in the
wilderness “ was done by freewill offer
ings of the people, not because God
had need of them, but because the peo
ple had special need to have their hearts
opened to benevolence, after all the
soul-withering influences experienced
in Egypt. “ These offerings were emi
nently acts of worship;” fostering as
they did one of the first principles of
religion.
When David called for contributions
to build the Temple, the whole nation
was moved, with One accord, “ to con
tribute the immense treasures needed ”
for the work. By their pets they ac
knowledged their allegiance to God;
and they felt the utterance of their lips
when they said : “ All things come of
Thee, and of Thine own have we given
Thee.”
It was a remarkable trait in David's
character that he “ would not ‘ offer to
the Lord that which cost him nothing.’
The cost of the thing offered was in
dispensable, because one purpose of the
act was to subdue selfishness of the
heart, while doing homage to the God
of love.”
The object of benevolence is not to
enricli the Possessor and Controller of
the universe—that is impossible—but
to cultivate and foster those Christian
virtues which tend to purify and enno
ble the heart in the sight of God.
All the gifts made by man to his
Maker are nothing considered in their
value as dollars and cents ; “ For the
earth is the Lord’s and the fullness
thereof.” “If I were hungry I would
not tell thee,” saith the Lord : “ For
the beasts of the forest are mine and
the cattle upon a thousand hills.”
The giving of property in connec
tion with religious worship was not
only indispensable under the old dis
pensation but was also re-inaugurated
with the ushering in of the new.
“ The first recorded act of worship
to the infant Savior was tendered in
* gold, frankincense and myrrh.’ ”
It has ever been obligatory on the
Christian to give a part of his property
to benevolent objects; and this duty
will be binding on all Christians till the
end of time.
There is probably no temptation to
which man is exposed that is more
general in its character, that is more
difficult to overcome, than the desire
for riches— •* the Mammon of this
world hence it is necessary that fre
quent drafts should be made on our
property in order to restrain this ava
ricious disposition.
While the sin of covetousness is en
throned in the heart it is impossible to
be a Christian ; for, “ye cannot serve
God and Mammon.” Our Savior says,
“ It is easier for a camel to go through
the eye of a needle than for a rich man
to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Which expression I understand to mean
that if you place a higher estimate on
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your wealth than your duty to God,
then your religion is vain. You must
be willing to surrender nil your wealth
if necessary before you can become a
true Christian. Then why is it that
professed Christians give so grudgingly
when God calls on them for a mere pit
tance for some benevolent object ? If
he should call on them for all, they
would doubtless, as the “ rich young
man,” “ go away sorrowful.”
“ What shali it profit a man if he
shall gain the whole world and lose his
own soul ?” Steward.
UEAU HICKMAN AND CANADA BILL.
Canada Bill was one time passing
through Washington, on his way to New
York, after a successful gambling trip
on the Western and Southern rivers.
The thought struck him that he would
stop and see Beau Hickman, the great
wag, then world famous as a clever
trickster. The two sports met on the
steps of the huge mantle Capitol. Hick
man had been pointed out to Canada
Bill by a boot-Tdack.
“ Is your myjje Hickman, pard?” iu
quirednCfiH, extending his hand.
“'Vhe same‘sir. Whose hand might
I hafve the honor of jtossessiug T' return
ed Hickman, thinking his new acquain
tance was a newly arrived Western mem
ber of Congress. \
“ The hand you grasp, pard,” respond
ed Bill, “ is one generally known as be
ing more t than fair
ly- I, jun.one of society’s
baa*— —
“Canada Bill.flby gum 1”
“ Shake the namber-lwh-tifnes —for I
am glad to see you, Hickmau.'’ ' JL
“ How long are you going to stop in
town?”
“Stopped oft'expressly to make your
acquaintance.”
“ Are you known in this city ?”
“ No.”
“ Then I’ll turn y’ou to good account.
How much money have you to venture
oiuJtsure thing!”
“ Got $G,000.”
“ With you?”
“ Kight here,” anj Canada Bill pull
ed forth two huge rents ofbills.
1 you like to turn that
“Name the job, and I'm your mau."
“’Sh! We’ll, take a drink,” and
Hickman led the monte tosser into the
card room of a fashionable sample-room.
The next day a genteel, solemn-look
ing man entered the gentlemen’s' par
lors at Willard's Hotel, which were fill
ed with Senators, Congressmen and of
fice-seekers and holders of all grades.
He carried a small note book in his
hand, and as he approached each group
he would say:
“Gentlemen, I am collecting money
for a widow woman and her three chil
dren. They belong to a once proud but
now cast-down family. If you will aid
them please ask no further questions,
but give what you sec fit.”
In the entire* hotel the gentlemanly
beggar only’ received three donations of
twenty-five cents each. The others
waved him impatiently aside, whilesome
plainly’ told him he was an imposter.
Before leaving he said quietly to the
three gentlemen who had given him
monev:
“This will be repaid to you ten fold
to-morrow evening at hour—.”
He then took the address of each, ask
ing them not to fail to be in the parlor
next evening to get the money, and cau-1
tioning them to speak to no one of his
promise—that he was Sir Orlando Mat-!
terson, president of the ltoyal London
Society for the encouragement of Benev
olence.
Asa matter of course, before he had |
got a block away from the hotel every :
one knew all that he had said and done, j
and all considered him some crazy fana- i
tic. Then a report got about that he j
was an immensely rich but insane Eng- j
lish nobleman, who spent yearly hun
dreds of thousands in seeking out those
who were willing to lend aid to the j
needy, and in rewarding them awards,
so that, acceding to his cracked brain,
the cause of charity might be in a gen
eral way accelerated.
The next evening he came again, ask
ing alms, and every one was on the
lookout for him. Fie first singled out
the three gentlemen who had given nim
twenty-five cents each, and very quietly
passed each an envelope containing 82.50
and a small card on which was printed :
“ Give and you shall receive.” “Cast
vour bread upon the waters and it shall
be returned to you ten-fohl.” “ Remem
ber the example of Sir Orlando Matter
son as you journey through life.”
Sir Orlando Matterson took 873 in
donation from the house that night, and
it was noticeable that be should have
their correct address. The same scene
followed in each of the scores of hotels
and sample-rooms which he had initiated
on the night before. The third night
he, with a solemn face, returned to each
donor of the previous night the exact
ten-fold promise. .
“It would be a joy which I would
consider cheaply purchased,” said he
confidentially to a dozen gentlemen, “if
at the cost of a million dollars I would
HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1878.
tench the citizens of this beautiful city
to be thoroughly generous to the poor."
This night he was like the ticket sel
ler at the railroad. One, two, five, ten
and even twenty dollar bills were shov
ed at him on nil sides, so great lmd been
the awakening in the cause of benevo
lence which the example of Sir Orlando
Mntterson had aroused. A benign
smile hovered about his mouth, and a
tear that glittered betimes in bis mild,
kind eye proclaimed the joy his soul felt
as he shoved bill after bill into his pock
ets-and gazed with the look of a father
upon his converts.
That night Canada Bill showed up to
Beau Hickman something over eighteen
thousand dollars.
We’ll split her now,” suggested Bill,
as he eeafeed counting.
“’Twouldn’t give $12,000,” quoth
Hickman. “ Let it be till to-morrow
night. I think I can raise a little
“ hush money ” on this racket.”
Next night Beau Hickman went the
rounds, and found groups of expectant
converts waiting to sec Sir Orlando Mat
terson. One at a time, as fast as he
could do so, he would taty one after
another of the most prominent gentle
men aside and whisper in his ear:
“ I have got a little subscription book
here which was handed to me by a friend
as'he took the train this morning for
New York. Sori-y.you got sold on Sir
Orlando Matterson. He’p skipped out.
That was Canada Bill, the three-card
monte man.”
“Is tlifct ft?” v y A
“Sure. Here's the book, with your
name in it for $20.”
“Well, for gracious sake, Beau,don’t
show that note Utfok.tQ.aiiy one. And
scratch tuy.uame offit, will you VL
<s ’'Certainly,” returned Hicftfuan, at
the same time scratching over the name
with his pencil; “but Governof, I'm
kind a-short to-night—couldn’t you lend
me S2O till to-morrow ?"
With a wrv face the victim would
pull forth his po -ket book, and placing
the bill demanded in Hickman’s hand,
would slip quietly from the hotel to the
street,-
That night the two worthies divided,
and the share of each was over twelve
thousand dollars.
"wlioseTrmtfsTm the unwary obtained for
them thousands of dollars, died poor,
and were buried as paupers; and the
moral is, that no matter how much a
man makes dishonestly' or by trickery,
he will sooner or later be found out, and
doubtless die a miserable, deserted out
cast.
Too Hot For Him.
Detroit Free Press.
As Confederate war reminiscences arc
the order of the day, here is one too good
to lie buried. The hero of the joke we
will call Jim. He was attached to Ros
ser's Cavalry, in Stuart’s command.
Jim was noted for his strong antipathy
to shot and shell, and a peculiar way lie
had of avoiding too close a communion
with the same, but at last all plans fail
ed to keep him out of the “ row,” and he
with his comrades under a lieutenant,
was detailed to support a battery that
composed a portion of the rear guard.
The enemy kept pressing so close in fact,
as to endanger the retreating forces and
the troops covering the retreat had or
ders to keep the enemy in check, for a
given period, at all hazards,and the or
der was obeyed to the letter though un
der a galling fire. Our friend Jim grew
desperate. He stuck behind trees that
appeared to his excited vision no larger
than ram rods. He then tried lying
down. In fact, he placed himself in ev
ery position that his genins could invent,
but the “hiss” of the bullethuuted him
still. At last, in despair he, called to
his commanding officer : “ Lieutenant,
let’s fall back !” “ I can not do it. Jim.”
replied the officer. “Well, I’ll lie drat
if we don’t get cleaned up if we stay
here!” “My orders, Jim, are to hold
this place and support that battery of
guns," pointing to the artillery close by.
“If we fall back, the enemy will rush
in ajid capture the guns.” Just at that
time a well-directed bullet impressed
Jim with the fact that a change of
base became necessary. Jim found an
other apparently protective spot, and, as
he recovered his mind, he sang out:
“Oh! Lieutenant! what do you think
them ’ere cannons cost?” “ 1 don’t know,
Jim ; I suppose 81,000.” “Well,” said
Jim, “ let’s take up a collection and pay
for the d—d guns, and let the Yankees
have ’em.”
When a Fulton father came home the
other evening and stepped into the par
lor to fill up the coal stove, he was star
tled to see, when the flame of his hand
lamp dissipated the darkness, that his
daughter and his ducky doodle Adol
phus were sojourning in the shadow of
a lowered gas jet. But they were in sep
arate chairs! And were engrossed in a
box of figs. He felt compelled to ask :
“ Something the matter with the gas?”
And the time-tried youth, grasping one
of the golden thoughts that overwhelm
us in the time of emergency, answered,
as he mechanically picked up another
fig : “ No, sir ;we turned it down so as
I not to notice when we bit into a worm !”
A DUEL ON THE PRAIRIE.
Fiffhun* at 4o YartU nlih mn*.
St. Louis l*ost.
Some five years ago Adam Goldie
left his native county of Shannon, Mo.,
where he was engaged in cattle raising,
for Northwestern Texas, where he pass
ed two years, and there one of the most
exciting incidents of his career hap
pened. His fame as a marksman among
the Texans soon became notorious. In
the vicinity of Goldie's ranch lived one
William Darrell, or, as he w-as more fa
miliarly termed, Bloody Bill. Bloody
Bill was a noted ruffian and desperado,
a reckless dare-devil. His feats in
mnrkmanship were likewise astounding,
and probably no man in the Lone Star
State excelled him in handling the rille.
Bloody Bill had been engaged in many
deeds of daring, and was always mixed
up in some row or squabble. He had
already killed three men, and his nu
merous acts of ruffianism had made
him the terror of the frontier. Few
cared to cross his path, as his danger
ous character and dexterity with a rifle
w’ore well known.
Goldie had met Bill on several occa
sions, but had never been involved in
any difficulty with him. Knowing his
turbulent disposition he always sought
to avoid him. On one Sunday, how
ever, Gold if was sitting in company
with a score of Texans, who were
spending a convivial hour in a mild ca
rouse. when Bill rode up and joined the
party. Of late he had become quite
jealous of Goldie’s notoriety as a marks
man, and had frequently spoken dis
paragingly of the latter. For some
time the party passed the time conviv
ially enough, without anything happen
ing to mar the harmony of the socia
bility. At last the Texans began to
relate some of their reminiscences, and
Goldie commenced narrating an inci
dent that had occurred to him. Bill,
who had drunk heavily of the whisky
and become, rather moody, in the midst
of the narration -suddenly jumped to
his feet and exclaimed: “Goldie, you
are a G—d d—d liar, and a ,” at
the same time striking a blow at him.
All was instantly confusion. The
voV.’e. s vffrre'rfrhwn:' ’tfoldw demand
ed satisfaction for the insult, and
Bloody Bill, with a scornful laugh, Sug
gested thafcfhey had better make it a
trial of them respective *skill with the
rifle. The idea was canght up by the
Texans, and after a short consultation
they decided that a duel should be
fought, but, in consequence of the ex
traordinary’ skill of the parties, at a
long distance. On the open prairie,
about two miles distant, grew two post
oak trees. They w ere A2O yards apart,
and were the only trees on that spot.
All around was open, timberless prai
rie. It was decided that Goldie and
Bill should both take their rifles and
each take up a position behind the re
spective trees, and then blaze away at
each other. The Texans hoped by
these means to prevent bloodshed, or at
least to prevent a fatal termination of
the duel. The preliminaries being set
tled, the whole party mounted their
horses and rode out on the prairie to
the selected spot. Goldie took up Iris
position behind one of the trees and
Bill enconsced himself behind the
other. The remaining part of the
crowd then rode to a slight undulating
eminence to the right, where they were
to remain as spectators, One of them
was to give the signal for the beginning
of the combat by firing his rifle in the
air, and the report was to be the signal
for the duelists to begin their bloody
work. Goldie waited anxiously the. de
tonation of the rifle, which suddenly
sounded on the air.
Then commenced the duel at the
longest range ever recorded. Goldie
advanced from behind the tree in a
kneeling posture, when, whiz ! his som
brero was perforated by a ball from
Bloody Bill’s rifle. Quick as lightning
he dropped full length on the ground in
time to escape the two other bullets
which came in rapid succession. He
lay still, brought his rifle into position,
as he was stretched upon the ground,
and then remained immovable. Pres
ently he .saw a diminutive figure which
he knew to be Bill (who was nearly an
inch taller than advancing cau
tiously from the shelter of the tree.
Quickly taking aim he fired twice in
succession and then retired behind the
sheltering trunk. One of the bullets he
afterwards discovered had passes
through Bill’s left ear. There was a
cessation of fighting now for sometime,
when Goldie espied his opponent’s
head and shoulders exposed. Quick as
lightning his rifle was at his shoulder
and the detonating rejxjrt was heard.
Bloody Bill’s hat was carried away by
the bullet. Goldie now rather incau
tiously advanced from his shelter and
became the target for six balls in rapid
rotation, one of which made a hole in
his coat sleeve and another through his
pants. He beat a hasty retreat. The
duellists remained gazing at the distant
trees, each watching for the indistinct
form which represented his adversary.
Each peered cautiously from behind the
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I tree, endeavoring to get a sight W the
'other. Goldie at last saw Bill ngnin
advance, and the former stepped rapidly
to the front anil quickly brought his
I rifle into position. Almost simultane
ously the clear, sharp report of two
rifles rang on the air and both men fell.
Goldie managed to raise himself and
crawl behind the trunk of the tree. He
had been wounded in the left shoulder.
Presently he was joined by the Texans
who hail been witnesses of this most
I exciting duel. They had already rid
den over to Bloody Bill and found him
! dead. A bullet had penetrated his
i temple.
Sclirobiker’s Dig Scare.
Breakfast Table.
Selirobiker was detained nt his place
of business the other night until after
the last car had left, and was obliged
to walk home. When very near there
he concluded to cut through an alley to
save considerable walking, but shortly
after he entered the same he felt some
: thing like a streak of cold air go all j
through his frame as he noticed a dim
figure approaching in the distance..
Selirobiker is not may what be called a
! coward—though a little woman scarcely
I tall enough to chin the mantel rules like
| law in the house he pays rent for—but j
still, he didn’t exactly like the idea of
facing a foot-pad in a dark alley, for he
was unarmed and had some money with
him. He didn't give so much thought to 1
that, though, as he did to the unpleas- j
antness of being banged over the head
with a slung shot, or laid up with a pis- j
tol-ball wound in hot weather. Neither
did lie like to beat an inglorious retreat,
without at least getting a good view of;
the antagonist he was running from.
It would take a tolerably good-sized
man to make him crawfish in daylight, i
and he didn't like to be haunted for- j
ever after with the suspicion that he
might have slunk away from a little
weasel he could pitch over the fence
with one hand tied behind him. These
thoughts went through his head like a
Woman in spring hat scudding before a
shower, and put his heart in a high flat- j
ter, but he kept on until he came within
some fifty or sixty feet of the approach-1
brenuieu iraru. ’"Foe uiuw uwu \ iuC j
same. lie revived his courage a little, i
and took a few steps forward. The
figure progressed about the same dis- 1
tance, and came to a stop also. Schro
biker then put a few more steps behind
him, and took a position as close as he
could get to the fence on the riglit, I
keeping a close eye on the dark object, |
before him. The other party likewise
moved up a little cautiously, and hug
ged the fence on the left. Selirobiker
again advanced a few paces, and stead
ied himself against the wall. His
breath came quicker and he realized
that the conflict was near. The adver
sary made a slight and very stealthy j
advance, and Selirobiker would have j
sworn he could see fire snapping from
his eyes. ’The man paused, made a j
quick motion with his riglit hand, and
—sneezed ! with a loud quick and ex
plosive sound.
Selirobiker jumped back about six
feet and clapped both hands over liis
mouth to keep from screaming. For as j
much as a second he thought he was a |
murdered man, dead sure, but lie didn't
feel the ball strike, and felt easier the
next instant. The other party slipped
with the recoil and fell backward to the
ground, but just as his victim was j
tempted to risk all and dart by on a
run, he jumped to his feet, pulled his '
handkerchief and blowed his nose with
a bugle blast. To Schrobiker's strain- j
ed imagination it was a signal for rein
forcements, and be felt his knees giving
away in despair beneath him. He took I
another step or two forward, and felt
his breath growing chilly, but the next
moment glorious hope was again in his
breast, for out of the darkness came a
voice shaky with agitation, saying:
“Do you want my pocket-book ? In
heaven's name take all I’ve got and let
me go home !”
With an overpowering feeling of joy
and relief Selirobiker sprang forward
toward the other man, who seeing the
movement, dropped on his knees with a,
despairing cry, and begged for his life.
“Oh, get up,” said Selirobiker, grab
bing him by the collar, and fetching i
him to his feet. “ I wouldn’t harm a
hair of your head for a thousand dol
lars. Here, take my hand and shake,
stranger; shake hearty, for you’ve saved
me by just about fifteen seconds from
making one of the confoundcst asses
of myself that ever wore breeches. If
you’d a kept still another minute I
should have been offering you my poc
ket-book. But don’t you never lisp it,
or I’ll lay for you with a shot-gun.
That’s just what I’ll do.”
And an old head in a night-cap
poked itself out of an upper window
and wanted to know what two irredeem
able fools 'meant by going round dis-
I turbing peaceful slumber, laughing in
j that rip-roaring jackass fashion.
He who says what he likes, must hoar
what he don’t like.
The less meu think, the more they talk.
! HART AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Minutes of a regular meeting of
Hart County Agricultural Society held
in Hartwell, September 3rd, 1878.
The meeting was called to order by
F. B. 1 lodges. President of the Society.
Read Minutes of last meeting which
, were adopted.
The following names were enrolled
as members of the Society: B. D.
Johnson, Major J. J. W. Brown.
Distributed amongst members of the
Society twenty-four copies of “ The
Manuel of Georgia," issued by Dr. T.
I*. Janes State Commissioner of Agri
i culture.
On a call being rrmdc for a report of
the result of experiments with seeds
received from Department at Washing
ton, the following reports were received :
Wm. Jones said ho received one
quart, of winter barley at the October
meeting of last year ; sowed it the 19th
of November, i877, on hill top clay
land—just ordinary land ; sowed it by
plowing it in shallow with a gopher
plow, just like plowing in wheat; did
not sonk the seed ; sowed it broadcast
without, any manure; cut it the 28th of
May, IH7H; the piece of ground on
which it was sowed was not quite a
sixteenth of an acre, and the yield was
half a bushel of fine grain; therefore
making the yield 8 bushels to the acre ;
the grain was fine, as good as he ever
saw; is good grain for manured lots,
especially' pasturing.
It. 'l'. Buffington said : I received at
the same meeting a sack of winter oats;
sowed them last fall on grey, sandy
land; the ground was not very wet
when 1 sowed them ; broke up the land
first., and then plowed them with a go
pher plow; never cut them; they did
no gixid ; did not head out; took tho
rust so badly they were no account.
Wm. Bell said: I received a quart
of winter barley; sowed it the first, day
of 1 Jecember, just about the same way
as Mr. Jones; th<? rabbits gotsome; it
was the finest, barley I ever saw.
F. S. Roberts said : I received a sack
of the same barley’; sowed it by f side
of other barley ; it was very fine; I
think the heads were one-third larger
than other barley.
Several members reported Irish po
tatoes received by them, as being the
finest they ever saw. The sacks they
received had no names on them, and
the Secretary in giving them out omit
ted to take note of the numbers, and
the sacks having been lost it is impos
sible to gel, report of the same.
J. F. Craft said: At same meeting
l received a quart of white corn; I
think it is one of the finest roasting
ear corn I ever saw; it is fully three
weeks earlier than our ordinary field
KDoullha. right size tor tati*
recommend it to the Society as areal
good corn.
Motion made and carried unanimous
ly’. That the thanks of this Society be.
transmitted to the Agricultural Depart
ment, at Washington for serving us so
bountifully heretofore with seeds; that
in our opinion some of these seeds have
been of inestimable value to the farm
ers of our County. That we recom
mend the mode of distribution as here
tofore made in this County, and respect
fully ask a continuuffce of the same.
Motion made and carried, that the
Secretary Correspond at once with the
Secretary of Agricultural Department
of Georgia, and use his efforts to obtain
as soon as possible the proceedings of
our Agricultural Conventions, for dis
tribution amongst the members of our
Society’.
The following members paid their
annual dues for IK7B : M. M. Richard
son, 1). 1). Dickerson, T. 11. Murray,
It. E. Sadler, S. Byrum, T. N. Mc-
Mullan. B. I). Johnson, R. T. Buffing
ton. J. W. Brown.
Adjourned to next regular meeting
in October. C. W. Skidki.i,, Sec'y.
Couldn’t Fool Her.
A nice young man employed in one
of the printing offices, resolved the other
day to present bis beloved girl with a
nice pair of shoes. He accordingly pro
cured her measure, and went into one of
the fashionable boot stores on Main St.,
and purchased a two dollar pair of shoes.
In order to make the present more val
uable lie marked $5 upon the soles of
the shoes, and at his request the clerk
put a receipted bill for $5 into one of
the shoes. The presentation was mude
and the lovers were happy, as lovers
could Ik*. But mark the sequel. The
girl examined the the daylight
and was not satisfied. She was convinc
ed that her lover had been cheated in
the purchase of such a nair of shoes at
that price.. She decided to go and
change the sloes and obtain a better bar
gain. Yesterday she appeared in the
store and selected a pair of shoes, price
83.50, and politely requested the clerk
to take hack the shoes, for which she
said her husband had paid $5. The re
ceipted bill was produced in proof, and
the hoot man found it impossible to go
‘‘behindthe returns.” The smart girl
took her $3.50 pair of shoes and obtain
ed $1.50 in money, and went home hap
py and satisfied. The hoot seller sent a
liill for $3 to the young man, who
promptly paid the difference, but lie
thinks that girl a little too smart for
him.
“ Do you know what bulldozing is?”
asked a man of an old farmer. “I
j thought I did,” said the granger, “ but
the bull wasn’t dozing; he was only
making believe, and, being in the mid
dle of a forty-acre lot, I naturally had
to make very ouiok time to reach the
lence ahead of him.”