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HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA„ FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1875.
A THRILLING AD YEN TUBE.
It is perhaps twenty-five years ago
That I lived yonder in the Tyrol with
my relations. I was then a vigorous,
powerful man, for whom there was
no greater pleasure than to climb tip
the mountain with my rifle on my
back. No chamois path too steep then
—no eagle’s nest too high. My two
cousins, likewise strong and nimble
; lads, shared with mo the passion for
the chase. A\ hen a chamois had
been tracked, or an eagle’s nest dis
covered, we three cousins were sure
to be not far off.
All the valley knew this, too, and
brought us word when anything ap
peared.
One day a shepherd boy informed
us that on the ledge of the precipice
there was lodged an eagle’s nest, in
which, as far as he could determine,
two young eagles were fluttering.
The precipice led into the depths
of a frightful abyss, and the ledge
was only to be reached from above,
bv descending on a rope. Tho dan
ger of the pursuit, when such a noble
booty was at stake, could not. deter
us from attempting the hazardous en
terprise, and I even promised to take
the nest myself.
The next morning we proceeded,
well loaded with strong ropes, up the
i mountains. I had provided myself
■ w ith an Alpine staff, whose iron point
had an unusual length, and might
l serve me as a weapon of defence in
! ease of necessity. Besides this, I
wore my great clmmois-knife in ray
j belt.
1 Arrived at the summit of the rock,
I lay down, with half my body ex
tended over the precipice, and gazed
down into the depths to discover the
ledges. Tt was a terrible sight; how
ever sharp my eyes were otherwise,
ihey did not rfeach the bottom of the
abyss that stared at me only like a
black chaoß. Thp ledge with the ea
gle’s nest was easily found and lay
about seventy or eighty feet below the
summit on which we stood. There
were nestlings, as tho lad had seen
quite young eagles in
their hard, knotty hod of twigs, the
older possessors of which, the male
and female, in all probability', had
flown away in search of food. Since
it was early in the morning, we might
expect that they would not return
soon, and determined to set to work
at once.
My two cousins now put ono end
of the rope around the thick stump
of a tree that stood upon the summit
of the precipice, while at the other
.end was fastened a firm, wooden cross
piece by the middle, and in such a
way that I could use it as a seat in
my dangerous descent. Besides this,
I wound about my body a short rope,
which, however, was fastened to the
longer one, so that I should not he
embarassed in descending and as
cending. This was a measure of pre
caution, in case I should slide from
the crosspiece.
When evetyihing was in readiness
I lay cautiously down upon the rock,
with my feet toward the precipice,
and extended upon my belly, pushed
myself slowly with both fiands to
ward tlie verge, and hung over the
abyss, whose whole terrible depth T
now overlooked. It was the first
time that I ever attempted such an
exploit. And it is a peculiar feeling
to hover thus in the air,! igh aloft on
a slender rope that may break or slip
off at any moment, nnd under you a
black, ugly chasm, whose immeasura
ble depth yawn awfully upward.
Had not the pleasures of the chase
thrilled ail my members, and the fear
of my cousin’s ridicule restrained rue,
I should have almost begged to be
drawn up again: I did not, however,
hut only asked for my hat and staff,
and slowly sank into the abyss.
You will spare me the description
of this descent—lt is not associated
with the most agreeable reminiscences
of my hunting life. Suffice it 1 1 say
that after a journey through tlie air
of about five minutes, I arrived in the
neighborhood of the ledge : beside it,
to my great joy, I descried a smaller
ledge, upon whose surface I could
find foothold. When the young, still
almost unfledged brood perceived me,
they opened their bills wide, and 'ifted
their featherless wings as if they wou'd
fly away. . Without paying further
attention to them, I clenched a cleft
of the rock, planted my foot upon the
ledge, and stood now freely breathing
and successful, on my feet again,
knowing that terra firms was under
me.
Silently, and with the least possible
noise, I made my preparations. The
side pockets of my coat were so large,
that a young eagle had ample room
in each of them. Not to be Hindered
in taking them from tho nest, I made
a signal to ray cousins above toslacken
the rope, anil was just upon the point
of stretching out niv nrra and seizing
one of the young eagles, when a pe
culiar cry sounded shrill in my ears.
In the midst of a rustling, tha’ sound
ed like the flapping of wings, rang
forth a shrill, hs’f-piping, half-plain
tive sound, that every moment ap
proached nearer, and finally changed
to a cry of anguish. Turning my
head in the direction of the noise, T
perceived an vagi l ' larger than any T
had eve seen. With all the impetus
of his headlong flight, and with eves
flashing rage, he was rushing down
on me, tho robber of his children. I
knew that I was lost if I did not. suc
ceed in enfeebling tho onset or laming
his wings.
In a trice T had seiz'd the rope
again with my left hand ; with my
right I grasped with nervous force
the lower part of my staff, drove,
the ice-spur of my left foot as deeply
as possible into the weather-beaten
rock of the ledge, to gain a support,
and at tho very moment that tho
eagle, shrieking and flapping his
wings, plunged down upon me, 1
gave such a violent thrust at his
breast that the iron buried itself deep
it his flesh, and, severely wounded,
he heat his wings together. Ilia
power of flight I saw was weakened;
but, at th” same instant, through the
violence of the attack, I, too, lost
my equilibrium, my foot, stumbled,
and I staggered backward into the
abyss!
The blood froze in my veins, but I
did not lose consciousness for a mo
ment. Tn the midst of my fall I
seized with both hands the rope. T
felt the stick at the other end of the
rope, and upon which I sat, break
under me through the sudden plunge
and tho weight of my body, and
that T was only connectod with the
upper world 'iy tho second small
rope that was wound about my body.
“ Draw in ! draw in 1 ” rang iny clear
cry to my cousins above, who an
swered my signal, and the rope was
once drawn in. I hovered upward.
The severely wounded eagle, as I
could still observe was striving to
cliug to the rocky ledge, and reach
his nest.
I was, in my youth, one of the first
wrestlers, and tny arms and muscles
were of such strength that they could
be measured against the best in all
the mountains. But I was, and a|n,
also what is called a “ matt of corpu
lence,” and soon perceived that the
rope in the ascent of eighty feet
could not alone hear my heavy,body.
Neeessatily my ai ms must lend as-is
tanee if I would reach tlnWfiffrirnmit.
I did all that was in my power, and
clenched with both hands the large
rope; but I had not calculated, that
through the weight of my body, as
cent must proceed hut slowly.
Longingly I directed nty glances
above. Repeatedly I cried to my
cousins to “Draw —in—draw—in!”
They answered encouragingly, but
the ascent, however, was not on this
account quicker; the muscles of my
arms were strained to their utmost
and my strength was failing more and
more.
Suddenly I felt, that a cold, clammy
sweat was covering me. As I looked
longingly toward the top, I observed
—an icy chill even now mbs through
me —that under the weight of my body
the knot of the small rope was slowly
unloosening from the larger, and with
every second the moment, drew nearer
when I must solely rely on tbe al
ready failing strength of my arms.
I shall nexer in my life that
moment. ’Vith every pull from above
the knot lengthened, the plunge into
the abyss wts nearer. “Once more,”
I cried, ir. the deepest anguish of
my soul, to my cousins; closer and
more convniiively mv hands grasped
the roi'c; t}en I closed my cues—
commending my soul to God. The
Lord in Heaton helped.
“Seppel! V a voice cried, on a sud
den near me,and seized my hair and
drew me tfwnrd it. “Seppe!, for
G d’- sal-e, what, has happened to
you? Whet; i your hat— ottr
staff? ”
I opened tiy eyes. My two cous
ins were koei'ing upon tlie precipice,
and draw ing in :bo rope to bring me
to frra firrrn. I bad been nearer
thel op th an I had supposed. The
kno 1 , although already half loosed, 1
had continue! to hold and bear its
burden till the last. Perhaps two
minutes later the end would have
slipped and sent mo into tho abyss.
When I reached the summit of tho
rook, I sank to the earth in a swoon.
How long I lay thus I know not; but
when, a few days afterwards, I awoke
in tho house of my relations, and
learned that I had had a high fever,
and been delirious, my eldest constn,
smiling, hold a glass before me.
My hair was snow white.
A Gratuitous Puff.
The attention of our readers, says
the Brooklyn Daily Union, is respect
fully directed to the following busi
ness circular issued in (he interest of
the liquor trade:
To the Public.— Death & Cos.,
wholesale and retail dealers in spirits
and malt liquors, take this opportu
nity of informing their friends that
they continue (he trade of making
drunkards, bankrupts, beggars and
maniacs, on reasonable term?*, at the
shortest notice.
The advertisers return their sin
cere thanks to numerous customers,
and to all the tippling part of the
community, for the extensive patron
age they now receive; and they hope
that many proofs that are now to bo
found of their success in tho above
line of business will secure them tliej
increased support of all drunkards
and little-drop drinkers, as well as
forever silence Ihe advocates of total
abstinences societies, those bitter ene
mies of their long-established and
popular trade.
.Death fc Cos. beg leave to assure
the public that the article in which
they deal is tho best and most pleasant
poison in tho world; and they will
warrant it certain death in every case
where the individual perseveres in the
use of it.
Death & Go. bring themselves un
der obligations to send more persons
to the poor-house, the prison, gal
lows and grave-yard, than any other
firm; and they will also do it with
tlie greatest possible dispatch ; to ao
eomp'ish tlieo deshidilo ends, it is
only necessary for the individual to
take a glass occasionally, till he feels
that quantity insufficient to gratify
the craving appetite which* it will
soon create; and when this whisky,
gin, brandy, ale or porter appetite is
formed, the person is then prepared
to brave temporal misery for thu
sake of another glass. In short,
Death <fc Cos. will spare no pains or
expense to bring the wives and chil
dren of their customers to misery,
temporal arnl eternal, wd drive. 1#
delirium and death as many as the
public good requires, They are con
stantly receiving new supplies of the
poisonous liquid which they will soil
by tbe glass, baji^
For tbe accomodatirfh of their nu
merous customers, and for the dis
patch of their increasing business,
D. <fo C. have appointed a sufficient
number of active agents, who are
stationed at convenient distances, in
splendid palaces, beer shops, and pub
lic houses. These,palaces, beer-shops
and public houses may he known by
tbe squalor, filth, obscenity, or misery
of the customers who congregate
around them, as well as by the odors
of the poisons continually polluting
the air around.
Satisfactory references can bo given
to county jails, houses of correction,
lunatic asylums, hospitals, work
houses, insolvent debtor-courts, the
court of bankruytey, of the wives and
families of those whom Death Cos,
have had the happiness to make
drunkards.-
N. B.—Death & Cos. beg leave to
caution all tipplers and dram-drinkers
from giving any heed to their wives,
children or friends, or to any advo
cates of total abstinence societies, as
these parties are enemies to this soul
and body destroying business. Gen
tlemen, by calling on our agents, may
see specimens of drunkards, and sub
jects-for the chftPftd-hQWM, —at—off-
hours by day and by night, Sundays
not cXcepted. Death A Cos.
fS’?” A greenhorn sat a long tirne
very attentive, musing upon a cine
bottoro ebay - . A 1 length he saidj
“ I wonder what fellow took the
trouble to find til! them ar holes and
put straws around ’em ?”
“ Why, Tehabod, I thought you
got married more’ll a year ago.”
** Well, Atint Jerusha, it was talked
of, but I found out that the girl and
all her folks were opposed to it, and
so I just gave ’em all the mitten’ aud
let the thing drop.”
Letter from “Tom Toodlcs.”
Cincinnati, Onto, April 18, 1875.
Mn. Boui.T.v: —l promised to write
to yon as soon as I got here, nnd 1
would have done so, if it hadn’t been
so cold that all tha ink was frozen;
though the first two or three days I
was here it was very warm, nice
weather; but you see Iliad to look
around a little and find something to
write about. I don’t think if I were
to walk about tho roads bore for three
or four weeks I would find any items
to write about, because nobody will
toll me anything I ask them. I saw
a little fellow on the cc i ner close to
where I am boarding, with a bundle
of papers in his hand; he was hollow
ing as loud as over he could,' but I
could not tell what he said. I listened
a long time, and tried to tell what he
said, but I Mould not. I concluded
he was talking Dutch. After awhile
a fellow stoppeE|pd gave lsma nickle
and Jl I boy'gWC lain a I
went up to hi n nnd told hiqtl wiuld
lake a Hamilton" Visitor. yle laii]
something about ju’eeifs, and handed
mo one. I ga* him twpntv-fi.vor’!
cents, and 'then I told himfto hand
me the change. lie said ho didn’t)
have any change, but.lre would go and
have it ohnqfed. waited for him
until I hearer a horn blow for dinjter,
so I thought I would go and
then coine back and look for
When I cam? back he/i-as not llmro,
so I concludejfl ho had forgot about
it,. Then I thought about tho paper;
I sat llorwn on sum® steps to road it.
I got it out of my pocket nnd found
tho little rascal had cheated me. lie
sold me an old paper called Tho Cin
cinnati Commercial. I thought I
would read it a little anyhow; after
reading it some tiino I concluded it
was a story paper. It had a long
story in it about a fellow that loved
another man’s wife. His name was
Henry Ward, or something like that.
I thought may be it had another story
in it; but it was all about Henry
Ward and the woman. lam going
to lake care of it and bring it home
to Julia; she is ever so fond of love
stories. I will let you read it too,
when she gets through with it.
There was another follow sitting 011
the steps; I naked him if ibis was the
court-house; ho laughed and said no,
that it was the post offico. So I
thought I would go in and get a let
ter from home. I asked a fellow who
was looking out through a little hole
if there were one for me; ho said
door,” so I went to the next
door, but they wouldn’t let mo comm
in. I told them I wanted to get and
letter; a fellow with red hair said,
“go to IJIO general delivery for let—
teVjJ’ Jooked all around and saw
another bole with a man’s head in it,
and “general delivery” printed just
above it. I went up to the fellow
and asked him if there were any let*
ters for me; ho looked at tne and
asked me “ Who?” I told him me;
he said “ Who is me ? ” Then I told
him my natnC, and asked if lie did
not know I was in town; he laughed
and looked like ho was glad to see
me, but did not gb'o me any letter.
I went out and sat down ott the steps
to look at the people ; thMo were a
great many of them; it was first
Tuesday, so I knew bow to account
for it. There were a great many
yaung ladies, ugly ones too. I looked
a long time for a pretty one, but I
did not see one. I concluded that
there w4re no pretty ones, and so I
told thn fellow who was sitting by
me. Ho said if I would go out to
Lincoln Park about 5 o’clock I would
see plenty of pretty girls. I nsked
him how far it wfts; he said “about
three miles.” So I concluded I had
better ho going, and asked him which
way to go ; he told mo to go the way
that car was going—that it went di
rectly to the Park. I ran to keep in.
sight of it, but I could hot, so I
thought I would follow tlie trank;
pretty soon another otic came along;
I asked the man who was driving if
he was going to the Part; ho said
“yes, get in.” I got in and then he
wanted pay; I akod hhn how much
it was and he said ” foyr cents.” I
told him I Was W;ing all ihe way; he
said, “ all right, just give me the mon
ey,” and I gave him twenty five cents:
he gave me a handful of small change.
I thought he had made a mistake,
though I did not tell him so. The
follow whipped up his horses, so we
got there in less than no time. I
knew that the fellow who said it was
three miles was lying when he said
it. 1 walled ail over the field; though
there wasn’t any cotton or corn plant-
$2.00 A YEAR.
ed in it, there wore a great many
other pretty things.
There were women ent out of whit®
rock without any clothes on; dog®
and deer made out of brass; springe
that spouted the waiter up about a®
high as tho house. After a while I
began to feel tired, so I sat down on
the grass, when a fellow with bln®
clothes nnd brass buttons on them
came up and told me not to sit on
the grass. I got np nnd went to
long iron bench where there srere
some ladies sitting; one of them
looked at mo nnd laughed; 1 said
“ howdy,” then they all laughed sud
went to another seat. I said to my
self, they nee ln’t be putting on airs,
my Julia is prettier than either cneof
them. My Julia wouldn’t be o ught
out without a chignon on, and niilher
one of them had one.
Then I lay down and went to deep.
I thought E hoard somebody "say
something about Bleeping bcuuty.
Then I dreamed about nil tho pretty
down South and the ugly one®
jftll around me. After a while I
thought there was a storm coming
dip, and I awoke, nnd that same follow
with the bine clothes and brass but
tons was shaking me as hard as ever
he could. I asked him what ho
; he said get up, and some
thing about a station-house. I asked
that fellow with Ids car had
gone; ho laughed and said yes, but
Another would be along soon. I got
tip and started. It was night, but I
could sec very well, as there were
lamps upon posts, which were burn
ing in ovory direction. After a while
another fellow came along with hi®
car. I asked him if he would take
mo home; lie aaid lie would take me
to tho post office; I told him that
that would do, ns tho post office was
not far from it. I gave him some of
the small cliango the other fel’ow gave
mo; he put some in a box and tho
rest in Bin pocket. I was very hun
gry when I got baok, but everybody
was "done eating, so I went to bed. I
could not sleep ranch; there wero
people going along the road all night
ringing bolls, nnd there were other
larger hells and somebody w ith horns
making a continual noise ail night.
In tny next I will tell you some
tliing about the people where I am
stopping. Until then, I am, as ever,
yours truly, Tom Toodlkb.
WIT and HUMOR.
In Boston, the other day, a vain
young fellow dressed in a new spring
suit, called at the house of a lady ac
quaintance and asked her how she
■thought ho looked. “Yon remind
me of early green peas,” waa the an
swer. He was obliged to depart
without a solution of his conundrum,
but understood it afterwards when he
licarJ a marketman say that early
peas looked nice but were very in
sipid,
A party of Sioux Indians stolon
patent ice cream freezer, thinking it
was a hand organ, and stf the big
medicine men turned the ernnk a
week before they concluded there
was no music in it.
The log was so thiok in Troy early
the other morning that the Times sol--
ernnly avers one could net distinguish
a policeman from a hitching post
across the street, if he didn’t know
that hitching posts never snore.
A butcher sold a sailor a ham on
credit, bttt finding in a few days that
he had pone to sea,growled, “If I’d
a kno n that he wasn’t goin’ to pay.
for it, I’d a charged hint three-pence
more a pound for it—the rascal l ”
“Come, come, my dear!” said n
indulgent mother to her eldest hope,
“ the sun has been up thas*'tv , o hours
and hero you are notowttof bad-yet.’”
"Oh, well, the son gps*. lav Bed at
dark, and I’m up tilP wiUnigbt,” was
the reply. * lifvr
Asa yanng- <ftrkey, ereph>yed in a
Savannr.u boarding-house, was trip
ping home Shun-the store with a jug
of ruobisses on his bead tbeoi fief'daw
the bottom fell out and let (ho vessel
and contents down OTer hie physiog
nomy. He was surrounded in a few
'moments by about a dosen negro
boys, and such a licking aa they gave
him surpasses description.
A man went borne the other even—
and found his house locked up. Get
ting in at the window with consider
able difficulty, he found on the table
a note from hia wife—“-I have gone
out; you wiH find the door key oa
one side the door step w
At a recent deny foot-race be-€
tween two girls the one with thu
blue garter beat,