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About The democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1877-1881 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1879)
Miscellaneous. Taik About Shooting'. a t-ua Democrat } They Lad liern talking about the reirarkaiile preformance of I>r. Carver, the n.aiksn.an wl.o shoots with a rifle glass ball* which are seat into the air as fast as a man cun throw them. Pres¬ ently, Abner iiyng, wlro was standing by. said; ••That's nothing.” "What is nothing ?” “Why that shooting. Did you ever know Tom Pottei ?” “.Vo.” “Well Potter was the l>est hand with a rifle 1 ever saw ; Jieat this man Carver all hollo*. I’ll tell you what I’ve saw tins man Potter do. You know, rnaylie along there in the cherry season Mrs. Potter would want lo preserve some cherries; so Tom would pick ’em for her, and how do you think hs'd atone 'em S’” “I don’t know*. How ?” “Why he'd fill his gun w ith bird shot and get a boy to drop half a bushel of cherries at one time from the roof of the house. As they came down he'd fire and take the stones clean out of every cherry in the lot! It’s a positive fact 1 lie might occasionally misa one hut not often. lint he did bigger shooting than that when he wanted to.” “Why, Jim Miller—did you know him ? No ? Well, Tom made a bet once with Jim that lie could shoot the button off of his own coat tail by ing in the opposite direction, and Jim took him up.” “Did lie do it ?” “Do it! He fixed himself in ppai ttnn and aimed at a tree in front of him. Theballl.it tie tree, caromed hit the corner of a house, caromed struck a lamppost, caromed and flew behind Tom amt nipped the button off as slick as a whistle. You bet he did it!" That was shooting. ” Y*», hut I’ve seen Tom Potter Iwat It. I’ve seen him stand under a flock of w ild pigeons, billions of them coming like the wind, and kill ’em so fast that the front of a flock never passed a given line, but turned over and fell down, so that It looked like a kind of brown feathery Niagara. Tom did it having twenty-three breech loading rifles and a boy to load ’em. Ho always shot with that kind.” “You say you saw him do this sort of shooting V” “Yes, sir ; and better than that, too Why, I’ll tell you what I have seen Tom Potter do. 1 saw him once set up an India rubber target at three hundred feet and hit the bull'a—eye twenty seven times a minute with the same ball ! He would hit the target, the hall would liound right hack into the rifle barrel just ns Tom had cluppinl in a fresh charge of powder, and so he kept her going backward and forward until at last he hapiietied to move his gun and the bullet missed the muzzle of the gun. It was the biggest thing I ever saw : the f’erv biggest—exeent on* " "Wlmt ' mi wis thit iihii V” r •\\ by, one day 1 was out with him when ho was practicing, and It came on to iain. lom didn’t want to get wet, and we Imd no umbreUa, and what do you 3 think he did ?” "What L.t ?” .‘V,... "** what do 4* you .1. think v. ... that man dpi ,., to keep diy V “I can’t imagine." “Well, sir, l:e got me to load his weapons for him, and srV" 1 pledge you my that V * the ground diop for thal about come eight down, feet so ground u« was as dry as punk. It was And then the !r company auliful ” rose up slowly , , nnd passed out one by one, each man eyeing Abner and looking solemn as he went by ; and when the had gone Ab ier looked queerly for a moment amipaid to me. “There 1 # nothing I hate #o much as a liar. Give me a man who la a friend of Lhe solid truth, and I’ll tie to him.” - m — A Long Courtship. to lime occulted in 18(11. wedding \\as when the war broke out, but the conflict which dragged whirlpool all classes of people into Its claimed this lover ns well, He took one side, her father took the other. The old man never forgave it. He swore that as long as lie lived the daughter should never marry a rebel. lie iif j’t Iiis word. Due by one his three #ons "passed over tlie river :md out sight.” HU wife, broken-hearted, ft'! lowed her Inns to the grave, ami finally none of the one happy household was, j left but the p-stlenl girl aud her item old parent. The war gave back her: lover uninjured, but the implacable father stood between, lie refused bis consent to the marriage, and she would »ot wed without it. And so the years rolled away—an obstinate old man—two leva* *o\ era. A ve«U ago be d it'd lues day uiglit last this long Dunvr\Col.) delayed marriage was eousuiuunued.— A'ccs A Magrmflcont Cave. Pima County, Arizona, i< In possession of a wonderful subterranean vault, which bids fair eclipse the celebrated Mammoth Cave of Kentucky or the grand cavern Fort ton, New Mexico, in which are found lakes, rivulets and large rooms containing many curious things. Explorers of the »\v Mex tco cave found, one sniie from the entrance, a lake to which they iJ-dw botfom, and |0 pa>> over which a small boat was con fetrueted and put thereon. The rooms, - »“'■ .. . ....... ■* «—*»-• beyond description. From the ceilings thousands of stalactites are suspended the i*}- from Die burning torches giving to fln-in theapperaneeofso many mansions lined "UhLMi.i.m Island precious stones. Antona Mtnta. Ft\>. >, a A gate axe., , into n to his ms wife's wire s hand oana to to bo r.pr. rid. ami wg<n he come home to dinner she showed him w.iufh three pencil stubs, e Piece of chalk four i.ss nineteen matt hes, six pant an,1,out .j;at buttons, a receipt for making milk punch, a buckle, a blank lottery ticket, a small handful of coupons to a last winters lecture, a fioker eb<p and a chew of gum that had slipped down into the linning of the vest tin .High a bole in the pocket. It was the most start¬ ling disclosure the man had s*n-n r-r.i-any a day. ■Jt States t.f the Union have ... ■ Ccvevnore 1878. NEW 1878 . Fall & Winter Stock! .. LOW PRICES AND QUICK SALES,” IN VISITING CRAWFORDVILLE BE SURE TO CALL AND SEE CHARLES BERGSTROM, ’ SPLENDID ASSORTMENT! CLOTHING A SPECIALTY! Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Hats, Clothing, DOMESTIC GOODS, NOTIONS, GLASSWARE, Crockery, Tinware, Wood ware, Boots, Shoes, &c., &c. Groceries and Family Drugs, GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, in great variety cheap. T 1 T ,—. l~~^ -r 1 . -K T r-r-1 i . r-r-i I -r I C3 ^ n. ▼ -w- L_J t ,_. L^A^LIHjS _ » _ _ lv IN /\ LN M *Y BE FOUND A FULL STOCK OF FLOCK, BACON, SALT, BAGGINS AND j T1ES at lhe '*"*? lowest P rices - Feme and see. ! ! G-eneral Agency of j j GO LUCRE & BERGSTROM’S -IMPROVED HORSE POWER! 19 Now Is the time to have your Horse Power put tn order, or new ones put up. t-ir If yon want a Horse Power to gin the most cotton, you can be accommodated. UT If you want Segments, Pinions, Boxos, Inks, Gudgeons, Belts, Ac., cal! on net ll-’78 CHARLES BERGSTROM. 1879. The Star For 1879. A Complete and Model Newspaper. The Best Metropolitan Dally Published, during J ,,K the '>»<’**n'!>> past , year, p d . sucres* and the of . THE widespread bTAR appreciation Democratic of Its merits as a popular newspaper, liavo encouraged the management to attll further efforts towards increasing its attractions as a rkpreskntative mktrot-outax journal. * HE AR Is and . will .... bo . independent , in ^ v ie ws < seeking only tins general good and subordinating all personalities and political partisanship to the and best National development of sympathizing morality earnestly with the prosperity, laboring <'bis«es fn the deplorable misfortunes which h * v * befallen them as the result of mis t)w exactions of monopolists and le^UJativ© corruptionists, Ilf roLtTtcs the STAR principal*, will continue tosdvocate sound Democratic as enunciated in the Constitution of the United States. It will continue to denounce the iniquitous con¬ spiracy President which resulted in the seating of a not elected by the people. It will resolutely resist all usurpations and encroachments by either of the co-ordinate branches of the Government upon the powers of the other, believing that the preservation strict of civil liberty Constitutional depends on a adherence to limita¬ tions. THE L1TIRART DErABTMMT un surpassed In the field of Metropolitan jnurn allsm ami unequaled tn value to general readers throughout the country, TERMS or THE STAR. One year (by mall) $« 00 Sunday edition (per annum) 1 20 ADD RESS : *~M __ *53"fc£l/X*« " =“* V ’ r,h ^»liam street. New Lork. . -UU1 Mnrnimr Illilg Vp\v« >) o SpiMfllc OvI lillo. ,. A NEW STORY BY A BAVANNAH LADT. —IN THK — Sovounqli Ufl v cl LI Hull W it OpL'Iv vcKiy JALWo Ynn-p OF FEBRUARY 1st Will be ooimacueed a New Soria! Story of absorbing interest, entitled Warp and Woof! j BY MISS R. J. nilLBRlCK. This beautifully written and intensely !•(Snitimrulib* in UwnMd country, issues of the will run News. through Without several weekly ^ \voH anticipating p^ere* of 1 ^wrougiu fiction'T rare treat in its perusal. The Weekly News la one of the largest Among its new features we invite attention to a series of articles on the Orange Cut line, written expressly ? .tK for its pages toto^ l»v Mr. R n engaged in orange growing. Another feat ure of especial interest to mir ladv readers Is our New York Fashion I.etteis.'bv an ac cotn Pli»hed writer. The aim of the ews ls to )m} thorough in the depart merits Agricultural of a comprehensive Department, newspaper. Its Its careful com ria j mnuu.cnt, and choice miscellaneous readings, instructive make the Weekly News one of the most entertaining and valuable wu, „„„„„„ wit H the new story should send in their names at once, Subscript the Southern on. one year Yanuers' $i. Weekly Monthly News and one vear 8't 50. A Hires* J 11. ESTILI, Savannah, Ga. jan3i-t-o Fipest quality of Chess* at 15 eta, par pound at «’ MYTHS’ THE BRINKLEY ACADEMY A High School for Boys and Girls, Situated two and a half miles from NORWOOD, . . . GEORGIA. Spring Term Opens January 20th. *■ —— S. O. BRINKLEY, Principal, and Instructor In \ ooal Music. | MRS. J. R. SWAIN, ASsUtadflt nd Teacher of Instrumental Music. Tuition twenty, twenty-five, or thirty dollars, Recording to class. Music extra. Board in private families at seven dollars per month. For particulars address the principal. Jau S. G. BRINKLEY. I7,u-t. Norwood, Ga. TO THE FARMERS. ,—- manure — DISTRIBUTOR. Patented Oct. 9th. 1879. For Putting Out BARN YARD COMPOST, — AND — COTTON SEED FERTILIZERS. TITUS RICHARDS, Ageut, I would respectfully call the attention of the farmers of this an adjoining counties to the above-named Distributor, which will put wish your it, and manures in precisely in the place you >« folly tested, any and quantity lias been desired. found It has to be ls L USt ' vhat 1,34 b ‘ V!1 orpded, saving . all 11 waste, is a great economizer of DgrrUBCTOES „„„ M* one able desiring to do so. The price is reason¬ and can be more than saved from the waste in one season. Call on, or address TITUS RICHARDS, jau3i-o-m Crawfordville, Ga. H. S. SMITH, M. D. Crawfordville, Ga., K»eps constantly on band a full assort¬ ment of Drugs, Putty, Glass, Paints, Oils, Tobacco, Cigars, (The Best Brands.) Toilet and Fancy Goods. &c. Together with Ferry’s Frush ami Pure harden , Seed and Irish Potato Secdi Aiso t’opvBlmks,' In sliort Slates!d’haTk Crayons! ^Ac! everything usually kept in a Drog fcb-7-b-m. ‘ ""-II, W.jLvRm.il-,,,. '* ‘IvLIIIlItUvUI .,.,,1 ilLHl tMrWLiCl. T nn .,L CRAYVEOHDl ILLE, GEORGIA. J**r Next door to the Printing Office. TT-aving If , had , many services years experience, I l#b#terro and m >; adioituug to the people of bcal \t ArcHMAKLR counties as a nrnc fading and JEBELER, confident of ability to give satisfac m^inISe ^ * a specialty of fine GOLD AND cdL\ JtK JEWELKi, and if you want a Ci Wj reliable piece of anv kind, made or feb*-t-o-o ______________ Just received a fine Stock of gentlemens u * _ I--urge and tine lot of Ladies’Cloaks, cheap, at O. MYERS’. —_— ___________ Fine assortment ladies' handkerchiefs from ton. tots. t« at « . Mvers’ GRAND FALL OPENING. FALL AND WINTER GOODS. COMPLETL IN EVERY DETAIL, AND IS AN EXTENSIVE AND WELL ASSORTED STOCK OP GOODS. A $30,000 STOCK. it comprises all grades axd all qualities. I have just returned from the Wholesale markets and have taken the atmost care in the selection of my extra large stock for the fall trade, and am now prepared to offer To my patrons. I have selected my stock with special reference to the wants of the people in this vicinity, and confidently believe I can give entire satisfaction to all. Come and See My Assortment. Dress Goods, Domestic Goods, Piece Goods, Ladies’ Goods, Gents' Goods. Boys' and Childrens’ Goods, Clothing Hats and Shoes, Jewelry, Notions, Trunks, Ac. PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES. I also Veep on hand a full supply of Family Groceries and Provisions, which are eon ztantly renewed to suit the season and demand. ■ I have put my prices down, not only to suit the times, but just as low as the mar,lin 1 am seU^inK aa cheap ais any bouse on the Oa. R. R., and ask you TO MY PATRONS. Thanking you for your past favors, I hope in the future to still merit a continuance of your good opinion. I intend that no house in the country shall offer greater induce menu to iu customers, and ask you to visit my store and give me a trial. C. MYERS, Crawfordville, Ga. MYERS & MARCHS 286 aud 288 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, -Wholesale Jobbers In DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY. Boots, Shoes, Llats, Clothing, The undersigned respectfully inform the merchants of Taliaferro and surrounding counties that their Fall Stock is now complete, and in price and assortment is unequalled i by any that has ever been brought to this market. The LATEST STYLES of GOODS always on HAND. See Our Mammoth stock Before Purchasing Elsewhere!! REMEMBER WHEN YOU WANT GOODS TO CALL ON MYERS & MARCUS, oct-4-1878-j-y 286 and 288 Broad Street Augusta, Ga. 1879! JAFUARY 1st, 1870. THIS BEING it is tha time to make better resolutions, settle up all old scores, and 4 ‘Turn Over a New Leaf.” I have resolved from this date to turn over my whole business, that is the business of QUINTUS RICHARDS, TO MY BROTHER L. RICHARDS 9 commencing Die whole from October 1st, 1878. He is acting as my Agent, until further notice, management of my store, will be in his hands, and all accounts made from Si! “ a “ ve A NEW FEATURE. I have engaged an office in the Mitchell Building, where I will be found during the BUSINESS HOURS OF THE DAY, for the purpose of settling up the affairs of the old firm of Richards & Legwen. All indebted to this firm will please call at my office and make settlement, as this business ■ PIvO8iKK0LS Thanking my friends and customers for past favors, I wish you alia HAPPY AND NEW mTw-iwwr I EAR I! UUiMto /"A TT T TY hlL'fiAKDk? T~/ _s tTT 4 T) TV O wJH| January 1st 1H79. TV MA A A 1 STT ) U~) MU I_J T U T O TL OIL Greenesboro,’ Ga. named X HAVE Hotel, taken charge renowned of the for above already so con venience, comfort and neatness, and I £^7^*k^pU^my the best the market affords, M smp® with attention to the comfort of my guests, and politeness to all. My charges will in all cases be equal and reasonable. By this course of conduct I lmpe to merit aud receive a liberal share of the publks patronage. A-trialissoKcited. Jan l7,187V.t-o-o L. ACREE. ■ READY MIXED BY THE GALLON. made from pure lead. KAL1DA COLORS IN CASES OF SIX ONE-GALLON CANS, AT S3.60 PER GALLON. W. A. French & Co. PAINT WORKS, Third and Vine Streets U\MT4F v U ^ , 'V ’s NEW -v la " O lER^TCV Llt?L 1 Opposite Philadeinim 1 ’ pa r»eo on-h_m Bleaehir.gs from 5 cts to is cts. per card C. MYERtF. Tin and Stoves. Gu W. DURHAM, Manufacturer and Dealer in Tinware, Stoves, SHEET IRON WORK Ac.. GREENES BORO’, OA. LsFJ' Roofing and Guttering promptly and 19~ Heating and Cooking Stoves from the best makers always on hand. t3T The citizens of Taliaferro and ad joining counties are informed that I keep on hand a full stock of everything in my line, and use the best material in all my manufactures. Your orders will be filled PROMPTLY, and if 1 do not have the articles wanted, will make them. tST If you want a good send your order STOVE, and shall Hr" My prices you have It. are LOW ! COME and EXAMINE FOR YOURSELF Your patronage is solicited, and vour orders will be faithfully filled. Address, G. W. DURHAM 1 dec6-’78-t-o Greenesboro’, Ga, “The Most Widely Quoted Southern Newspaper.” IS?9. S Q * ATLANTA DAILY CONSTITUTION^ We have few promises to make for TfTlt CONSTITUTION for 1879. The paper * peaks for itself, and upon that ground the managers offer it to the public as the best, the brightest, the newsiest and the most complete daily journal published in the South. This is the verdict of our readers and the verdict of the most critical of our ’ exchanges. The managers will he pardoned for briefly alluding to some of the features which have give* THE CONSTITUTION prominence among I. It southern papers. prints all the news, both by mail and II. telegraph. Its that of telegraphic otherGeorgia service is fuller than dispatches any paper—its specials the placing is it upon a footing, so far as news concerning, with the metro¬ politan III. journals. Its compilation of the news by maif is the freshest of the best, comprising every¬ thing of interest in the current newspaper literature of the day. and IV. vivacious, Its editorial department is fiiff. bright and its paragraphs and opin¬ ions are more widely quoted than those of any southern journal. It discusses all ques¬ tions of public interest, and touches upon all current themes. V. “Bill Am,” the most genfle of hum¬ orists, will continue to contribute to its col¬ umas. “Old Si" and “Uncle Remus” will work in their special fields, and will furnish fun both in prose and verse. VI. In is a complete news, family and agriculural journal. It is.edited with the greatest everything care, and its columns contain of interest in the domain of polities, VII. literature and science. In addition to these, full reports of the supreme court, and of the proceedings of the general assembly, will be published, and no pains will be spared to keep the paper lip to its present standard. The Terms The daily edition is served by mail or car¬ rier at $10 per annum, postage prepaid The weekly edition is served at 1.50 per annum, Agents or wanted ten copies in for $12.50. county in Georgia and every city, town am! Liberal commissions paid surrounding and States. guaranteed. Send for circulars. territory Advertisements ten, fifteen and twenty cents per line, according to location. Con¬ tract rates furnished upon application to the business office. Correspondence briefly containing important news, the put. solicited from all parts of All country. letters to or dispatches must be addressep THE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ga. DR. ULMER’S Liver Corrector. OR TRADE FOR LME <77 o. Vegetable X DISEASES Aperient ARISING Mars. FBoM A Disordered State of the Liver. Such as Dyspepsia, Obstructions of the Vis¬ cera, Jaundice, Stone in the. Gall Bladder, Dropsy, Acid Stomach, Consti¬ pation of the Bowels, Sick Headache, Diarrhoea, and Dysentery. aud Enlarged Cutaneous Spleen,Fever Diseases, and Ague,Eruptive such as St. Antho¬ ny’s Fire, Erysipelas Pimples, Pustules and Boils, Female Weaknesses, Affections of other the Kidneys disorders and caused Bladder Piles ami many from derangement of the' Liver. This preparation^ composed as it is of some of the most valuable alteratives known, is invaluable for restoration of the tone and strength to the system debilitated by disease. Some of our best physicians who are familiar with the composition of this medicine attest its virtues and prescribe it. It is a pleasant cordial. PREPARED BY B. F. ULMER, SAVANNAH, GA. Price, One Dollar. For sale In Crawford¬ ville by Dr. H. S. Smith, and by Drugeists generally. oct.25.1878.j-v Augusta Hotels Corner Broad-& Washington Sts., Augusta, - - - Georgia. Has been thoroughly Renovated, Remodel-’ ed, aud Newly Furnished. It is located in the centre of business. Telegraph Office in the Hotel Build • ing. Express Office in the same block. Post-Office only one block off. All other public conveniences close at hand. The Office of the Hotel will be open during the night, and guests will be received or called at any bear. W. M. HOOKE, Prop’r. RATES OF BOARD, S2. per day. marl Naw is the time to subscribe, only S3. 260 Ladks Lace collars 16 cts each^at^
