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WEST POINT, GA
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COLUMBUS, GA.
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iTw on ban'! a handsome assortment of Gen
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Ctissimeres, V,stings, etc.
Cutting done at reasonable rate .
Have your clothes made bvme. and I enar
ntee perfect satisfaction iu style and price.
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
I amuow prepared to do any kind of Paint
tax—House, Sign or Ornamental.
I can mend your Umbrellas and Parasol*,
•nd make them as good a* new.
Price* low. Give me a trial. My shop 1
opposite tbe market-house. Columbus. G-.
Unll-fitt W. D. SMITH, Natuiai ArtW.
.^w.ssrtmiini..<iuaw— mmmm innwc.iv." — . .
Hamilton fill Visitor
Special Correspondence' of the Viator.
FLORIDA.
Something about Steamboats.—
Amusements of the Winter.—
Out-of-door Sports.—Domestica
ting the Oysters.—Alligators,
etc., etc.
November 6, 18<5.
The people all along the line of the.
Chattahoochee have heard with much
pleasure of the certainly of the estab
lishing of anew line of boats on the
river. The M. &E. R. R., and the
S. & N., of Alabama, are the projec
tors of this new enterprise. They
say that the managers of the Central
line have made it exceedingly dis
tasteful to shippers and passengers
from the beginning, and they have
hoped the culminating point would
be reached soon. The early fruition
promised makes hope no longer ne
cessary, and this is esteemed a
cause for self-congratulation by every
one. A seeming consciousness of
monied strength, greater than that to
be expected of any rival, induced a
kingly way of doing business, which
secured the contempt of those who
Mere compelled to patronize them.
They feel now that deliverance has
come, and rejoice to believe that the
arrogant Central will be made cogni
zant of the fact that there is a power
behind the throne, that, with them, is
stronger than the throne itself,
THE WINTER AMUSEMENTS
of this section are not altogether dif
ferent from those of other sections of
the couniry. The people, all their
lives, nntil freedom “ come about,”
accustomed to wealth and elegance,
cannot well get out of the old grooves;
and when enteriainments are given at
any of their houses the most primely
hospitality is dispensed. The ruling
queens of the couulry are always
present in goodly numbers, and their
“ many twinkling feet,” keep soft ca
dence to the excellent music that ri
ses with voluptuous swell and floats
through their splendid ancestral halls.
The dear ladies! what would the
world be without them? We may
dignify man with titles of superiority;
clothe him with the trappings of rank;
[dace in his hand the iron rod of rule
and deck his brow with the glittering
badge of sovereignty, but it is woman
who wields the sceptre still. Always
purifying and energizing in her influ
ence, we cannot do without them.
HUNTING.
Out-of-door sports, of course, are
engaged in principally by the sterner
sex, and that of hunting is not indul ■
ged id as much now as it was in ante
helium days. While this is the case,
it is not for a want of game, as deer,
squirrels, foxes, rabbits, turkeys, and
ducks, and birds of every feather,
abound in quantities, and, on the
swamp, bears are not much of a rari
ty. Deer hunting is a success. It is
almost an every-day occurrence to
get a party and go deer driving, and
the drive is usually attended by a
supply of venison. This is indeed
the country for those who are fond of
hunting—the field is large and invit
ing.
ABOUT ANGLING.
Here itf Jackson, the sport of fish
ing is comparatively tame when it is
brought to bear with that of St. An
drews’; but it is splendid here, and
even grand and sublime when com
pared to the up-country. This seems
to be a world for the finny tribe I
have seen negroes v ith a brush seine
and in water bnt a little deeper than
their knees, catch as many as a barrel
of fish in a few hours. Angling on
the Chipola and Blue Spring is the
rarest sport, and the fish are much
finer aDd nicer, though they are
caught in larger quantities from the
lakes and ponds. The people here
have fine fun at “ fish fries,” and the
modus operandi is to collect a crowd
of ladies and gentlemen, and away
they go to a lake—taking care to pro
vide themselves with bread, coffee,
salt, lard and a frying pan. The men
do the fishing, the ladies prepare the
fish, and it seldom fails to be an en
joyable occasion, particularly to those
who are fond of “dancing oo the
green.” I have attended several,
and often seen fine trout, bream and
shell cracker brought out by the hun
dred at one single draw of the seine.
WHAT OYSTERS DON’T DO.
It is the season of the year when
oysters are themselves again, and ev
erybody takes advantage of a month
that has an “r" in it. The wagons
begin to flood the country with
“fresh oysters for sale.” St. An
drews’ bay perhaps affords the best
oysters on the Gulf coast, and it is
Void of parties who ruralize there,
HAMILTON, HARRIS CO.. GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1875.
that they amuse themselves tutoring
these juicy bivalves, and it is said
that they emerge from the water’s
edge and pnss up and down the door
step without embarrassment. As to
the truth of this, “ depone,h saiili
not,”
‘ A* I know not how the case may be,
Rut -ay the title as ’two* said to me."
A JOKE O.V ALLIGATORS.
Experts have also the credit of ra
ther a novel way of slaughtering alli
gators. Tired of monotonous but ac
tive shooting, they lay aside their
trusty firelocks, ami armed with caps
and powder flask they saunter along
the water’s edge at midday, when
the sun is warm, and gnats and flies
are abundant. His 'gatorship may
then be seen out sunning himself, fast
asleep, but with his ponderous jaws
thrown wide open to take in the dain
ties to which lie is accustomed. Ap
proaching him very cautiously, they
fill his mouth with powder, then plac
ing a cap on each of two of his under
teeth, they as silently steal away, and
chunk the victim with lightwood
knots. Awaking, he finds his mouth
full of something, when together
come liisjaws with tremendous force,
the caps explode, the powder ignites,
and off goes the ’gator’s head. This
is said to bo rare sport.
Having already lengthened this out
to more than an ordinaay letter, I
wid wail for another time to write up
the gopher and his peculiarities. I
have also made a short trip into mid
dle Florida, aud will tell you some
thing about that. More anon.
VIDKTTK.
Xetter from Alabama.
Smith’s Station, )
Lee Cos., Ala., Nov. 18, 1875. j
Ed. Visitor. —l had the good for
tune of receiving a copy of your val
uable and interesting paper, from
Hamilton, the place of my residence
for nine years, in ante bellum times,
and, in looking over it, I see the
names of many old friends, v\ hose
faces are as familiar in memory as if
I were talking face to face with them;
and I can but sigh for the good old
times that have been.
Among other things, I notice the
advertisement of Mr. 11. C. Shores,
formerly of this place, and knowing
him well, I desire to say, through
your columns, to the citizens of Ham
ilton and vicinity, that he is a man of
unswerving veracity, integrity and
honor—will make an excellent citi
zen, and the people will do well to
patronize him with their work.
We have just passed through an
election for anew constitution, and
have heard enough from the returns
to believe Alabama, like good old
Georgia, has been eternally redeemed
from the curse of carpet-bag, scala
wag and negro rule.
With the best wishes for the suc
cess of your paper, my friends of old
Harris, and my native State, Geor
gia, I remain, yours truly,
11. C. Gibson.
HP - The Irwinton Southerner says:
Mr. O. G. McCoy of Jeffersonville, is
73 years of age,- and lately performed
a feat which would have severely tes
ted the endurance of a young man.
On Saturday, the 16th day of Octo
ber, he labored as a carpenter on the
store house of Mr. R. J. Smith, at
Cool Springs, which was burned that
night, and after finishing his day’s
work, rode home, a distance of 15
miles. On arrivingat home he found
that the corpse of a little great grand
child had arrived to be interred in
the cemetery at Jeffersonville. A
messenger had to be dispatched to a
daughter, who resides 25 miles from
Jeffersonville. He then, unhesitating
ly, m-'unted his horse and went to
the place and back to Jeffersonville, a
distance of 50 miles, and reached the
latter place before day Sunday morn
ing, having worked 10 hours at a la
borious occupation and rode 65 miles,
performing the whole in a little less
than 24 hours, and strange to say, al
though 73 years of age, he did not
complain of any extraordinary fatigue,
and lias since pursued his ordinary
occupation. The horse he rode was
30 years of age.
It is reported that the “Dev
il’s Pulpit,” at Tallulah Falls, was
thrown out of place and demchseed
by the recent earthquake shock,
Scotch elder, on learning
from his minister that he proposed a
series of lectures on “Revelstions,”
cautioned him: “ I’ve nae objection
to ye takin’ a quiet trot through the
seveu churches, but lor ony sake
drive canny t.he seal* and
trumpets,”
i
Hamilton Malo Institute.
Prof. La Hatte requests us to pub
lish the following “exercises,” ns n
specimen of the work done by some
of ihc members of his rbo'oric class.
We compliment both the teacher and
the young men on the excellence of
the “ work hut let it speak for it*
self.— Ed. Visitor.
PLUCK.
BV LASSIH JOHNSON.
If yon ever see a fellow
Holding to no settled views
Clinging to another's coat-tail,
Walki gin his oast-off shoes;
Bending down to pride and power
With a mean and fawning face,
Ready to succumb to trifles.
That someone may take his place;
Walk yourself with stiffer carriage;
Fling your shoulders further hack ;
Sh >w your pluck, my worthy brother,
The very thing which he must lack.
If you ever see a preacher
Nursing up gome poor belief—
Fearing to reject a doctrine
Which is published loaf by leaf
K- cping back a noble impul-e,
Crushing down each worthy view ;
Fearing lest he'll offer insulta
If he proves their creed untrue—
Walk yourself with stiffer carriage ;
Fling your shoulders further back ;
Show your pluck, mv worthy brother,
The very thing which he must lack.
If yon see a man for office.
Scrambling round through dirty cracks,
Trying hard to.go to Congress,
Ami if then in sense he lacks
Wanting much in genuine manhood,
Nothing fixed nor sound at all;
In utter want of pluik and firmness,
A perfect slave to rise or fall—
Walk yourself with stiffer carrl ge ;
Fling your shoulders further back ;
Show your pluck, my worthy brother,
The voiy thing which lie must lack.
“ A modest song, and plainly told—
The text is worth a mine in gold
For many men who cry “ bad luck,"
Arc much In wantof genuine pluck.
LITTLE BROWN EYES.
BV THANK ItOVD.
They know where the flowers grow thickest
On the slope of the shady hill
Where the lily opes wi e in the meadow
That is fed hy the noisy rill
Tie y pee;> through thedaik, shady hedges,
Where the red-bird builds her nest;
Then away to the far-off shade tree.
Where the plowman takes his r. st.
Thev wat>'h the gsy butterfly flitting
From flower, from leaf and from tree;
They wait for the birds that arc coming
To sing the glad song of the free.
They know where the apples hang reddest,
And see them when they fall to the ground ;
They know where the grapes grow sweetest,
And where the ripe berries arc found.
Those who work well are the happiest—
The liltlc and the poor become wise—
Some hearts are beaming with sunshine,
And so are those little brown eyes.
They come to me oft in the nighttime,
They flash in my face in the day—
May they never grow dim with sorrow,
But may life be one long, long May.
“THEBE” ALLIS LIFE!
BT JAHVIS BBAN-.
"'ljfere" all Is life! No sun sinks down
To Bhine upon a better land,
And brighter far than jeweled crown
Its walls forever stand.
“There” nil is life! No sorrow “there"
To break one’s aching heart;
But oh ! ’tis free from death and care—
Friends meet, but never part.
“ There ” angels fair are seated round
The bright, cclest al throne—
A host of voices sweetly sound
'Bbeir praise to Clod alone.
“There” all is life! No fears are shed
For misspent time or carthlv woe
“There” no lament is for the dead,
And sorrow’s known no more.
“There” all is life! Nonightis “there”
To darken that eternal day—
“ There” Christians have no need of prayer;
All sing forgiven, they cannot pray.
•
’Vritten for th. vc
A NIGHT OF ALARM.
My sister Julia was vary coura
geous. In our youth the country
was w ililvr th in now; but it might
lie said of her that she was not
brought up in the woods to be scared
by an owl. Site would traverse the
most unfrequented paths, wondering
at my timidity.
There was nothing masculine, how
ever, in Julia’s appearance; site was
simply a sweet, joyous child, with an
absence of fear in her character and a
consequent clearness of percep'ion
in all eases of snpposud or actual
dan rer.
When I was sixteen, and Julia was
eighteen, my father hired a laborer
named Hans Sehmidt l a who
had been in the British service, and
who, at the close of the war, had de
serted from his regiment.
Ho was a powerful man, with a
heavy, imbrnted countenance, and
both Julia and myself were struck,
at the very first, with an intuitive
dread of him. The feeling in Julia
hardly took the character of fear,
but was one ralßer of the most in
tense loathing.
One evening she read of a horri
ble murder that thrilled our blood,
and, upon turning her eyes from the
paper, they encountered those of
Ilans Schmidt. There was some
thing terrible in that glance, and,
from th it moment, she resolved that
the villain should be turned away.
As her wishes aud opinions were al
ways of much weight with father, ho
took her advice and gave Hans his
discharge.
Soon after this, Julia and I were
left alone in the house, both father
and mother being absent upon a visit
until the following day, and we hap
pened to bo without a servant at the
time (for we kept more than one).
At night we went up to bed and
h id partly disrobed when Julia turned
hastily to the window.
’* I declare,” she said, “ the even
ing is so pleasant that it is a pity to
remain in-doors. I don’t feel a bit
sleepy; let’s go down on the lawn.’’
We descended the stairs. How
little I imagined what was in Julia’s
heart! Harry Irving came up just
as we reached the lawn. Ho was
only casually passing the house.
Julia engaged him in conversation,
and he joined us. My si-tor was
more than usually lively.
“ Where arc Tom, and Edgar and
Will ? ” she asked.
“ Oh,” replied Harry, “ they are
over to my uncle’s. They will he
coming back soon.”
The three young men soon appear
ed upon the road; and, to iny sur
prise, Julia arose at their approach
and called ns aside from the door.
“Now, Mary, you need not bo
norvovs,” she said. “ Keep quiet,
and do not speak above your breath.
There is a man under our bed—there,
there!” and she clasped her hand
over my mouth —“ a man under our
bed, and the young Irvings are going
to secure him.”
They al! provided themselves with
heavy sticks, and then, guided by
Julia, ascended the stairs.
As to myself I could not follow
them, but remained trembling and
seated upon the doorsteps. Never
did I experience a greater sense of
relief than when the assailing party
descended, looking partly ashamed
and partly amused, having found
nothing to justify their sudden arma
ment.
Julia was in an agony of mortifi
cation and wept piteously; for, al
though but half convinced that her
apprehensions had been groundless,
the idea that she, who had never till
now feared anything, had placed her
self so ludicrously in the eyes of those
men, was insupportable. *
The man, she said, must have taken
the alarm, and fled out of the back
door, for she could not have been so
deceived.
Our young friends, more in pity
for her mortification than from any
belief in the reality of the night in
truder, offered to remain in the vi
cinity till morning; but she would
Dot listen to the proposition, and they
look their departure.
I was sorry to see them go, and
watched their forms till they were
out of sight, for the affair of the
evening had almost frightened me
into hysterics.
Julia, however, at once rushed to
; the chamber, and flinging herself on
I tie bed, continued bitterly weeping.
She had exhibited herself in a char
acter which she despised; and het
man under the bed wou’d be the
talk of the neighborhood. I followed
her, but neither of us coilhl sleep.
The c'ocik on the mantle piece
struck eleven; and then “lick, tick,
tick,” it went on for the next dreary
hour. Julia at length ceased weep
ing, and lay in thought, only an occa
sional sigh betraying her wakeful
ness.
Again the clock struck, but it had
not reached the final stroke when
Julia,-leaping out of bed, flung her
self upon an immense chest at the
further end of the room.
"Oh, Mary!” she cried, “quick!
quick! lie is here! T cannot hold
the lid—lie will get out!”
There was indeed some living thing
inside the chest; for, in spile of Ju
lia’s weight, (ho lid was lifted, and
then, as the instinct of self preserva
tion overcame my terror, I sprung
quickly to her assistance.
Whom or what had we caught?
Imagine yourself holding down the
lid of a showman’s box, with a boo
constrictor writhing beneath; or
keeping a cage-top in its place by
your own weight alone, with n hyena
struggling to tear his way out and
devour you.
But we were not long in suspense.
Horrid execrations, half German,
half chilled ottr very hearts,
and we knew that there, in the mid
night, only the lid of nn old chest
was between ourselves and linns
Soil midi!
At times it started up, and once or
twice his fingers were caught in the
opening. Then, finding our coni
bjned weight too much fi>r his
strength, it would become evident
that ho was endeavoring to force out
an end of the chest. But he could
not work to advantage. Cramped
within uoh limits his giant power of
muscle was not wholly available; ho
could neither kick nor striko with
full force; and hence his chief hope
rested upon his ability to lift us up,
lid and all.
Even then, in the absolute terror
that might have been supposed to
possess her, a queer feeling of exul
tation sprang up in Julia’s heart.
“ I was right, Mary," sho cried.
“They won’t think me a fool now,
will they ? I shan’t be ashamed to
sec Harry Irving!”.
Poor Julia! Under the circum
stances the idea was really ludicrous;
but nature will everywhere assert
itse f, and Julia hated a coward.
Thump! thump! thump! Lid, and
side, and end, aUeniatcly felt the
cramped, powerful blows. Then came
the lift—the steady, straining lift, and
Julia cheered mo when the cover
shook, and rose, and trembled.
“lie can’t get out, Mary! We
are safe; only just keep your full
weight on the lid, and don’t be ner
vous, either; it is almost morning.”
She knew it was not one o’clock.
But 011 c o’clock came. Jlow I
wished, it was five! And two o’clock
came, and three and lour; and we
hoped thi t our prisoner had yielded
to his fate, which must now appear
to him inevitable.
A small aperture at one end o( ihe
chest, where there was a fracture in
the wood, supplied him with air, and
hence we could not hope that he
would become weak through suffoca
tion. He wrh evidently resting frorn
the necessity of the case, for his exer
tions had been prodigious. There
was a faint streak of morning in the
sky ; and there, upon the chest, we
sal, and watched lor the gleam to
broaden.
Suddenly there was a tremendous
struggle beneath tin, as if the nifllan
had concentrated-all his energies in a
final effort. At rtiy end of the chest
there was a crash—and immediately
the German’s feet protruded through
the aperture that they had forced in
•the board. £0 horriblo now ap
peared our position that 1 uttered a
scream, such as I do not think I ever
at any other lime could have had the
power to imitate.
To get off the lid in order to defeat
the movement through the chest end
would have instantly been our de
struction; therefore, still bearing our
weight on the chest, we caught at the
projecting feel. In doing I bis, how
; ever, we partially lost our balance,
j and a sudden bracing up of the raus
' cular shape below so forced open the
I lid that the head, arms and shoulders
\ of Hans Schmidt were thrust forth,
and with a tearful clutch he seized Ju
ilia by the threat*
$2.00 A YEAR.
Just then a heavy crash was heard
at the door below, the foot-tramps
springing toward us as if tome per*
son were tearing np the staircase wi h
the full conviction that this was an
hour of need. The dim daybreak
hardly revealed his identity, but I
had a faint percent inn that yonng
Harry Irving had come to us in our
hour of peril.
Some time in the morning I found
myself in bed with Julia, aud several
of the neighbors standing about me.
Julia clasped me in her arms and
cried,
“We nre safe, Mary ! Harry Irv
ing wus ne. r the house all night. He
relumed after seeming to go home.
The 1 MSI scream he would have been
able to hear, as beat last hoard yours;
lint I am glad you did not scream be
fore, for now ne have had nn experi
ence, and know what we can do.”
Hans Schmidt had decided upon
ihe chest ns a safer hiding-place tl an
that in which Julia had first discov
ered him.
Upon the very morning on which
Harry Irving stunned mid secured
the ruffian in oar room the officer# of
justice were hunting for the old Hes
sian scoundrel as n supposed mur
derer, and ho was soon convicted and
luing.
Julia bieatno tho wife of Hurrjr
Irving, and a most excellent wife she
was. Magnanimous and unrevenge
ful, she was perhaps the only, person
who felt no gratification at the fate
of Huns Schmidt, hut rather a pity
for the ignorance ahioh had steeped
him in crime.
WIT anil HUMOR.
“ Did my moustache trouble you?”
said lio to hor. “ No,” she sighed,
“I only felt u little down in the
mouth,”
Surpri ing power of endurance— a
oUtlr.drover who had one ear cut. off
by the Indians got up and walked off
0:1 the other one.
It was an Irish editor who said that
nbsentc s wire the curse of Ireland,
and added thst his unhappy country
swarmed with them.
A Russian proverb says: “Before
going to war, pray oner; before go
ing to sea, pray twice; before going
to got married, pray three times.”
A little Whilchaller, gazing upon
an old picture of his mother, taken in
a low dress, remarked, “ Mamma,
you was nios’ ready fo- bed when
dat. pictei* was tooken. '
Count Lntonr Mnubo g lost his leg
at tho battle of Leipzig.*. After he
had suff red nmptin’ion with the
greatest courage, he saw his servant
crying, or pretending to cry, in the
corner of the room. “None of your
hypocritical tears, you idle dogl’*
said the master. “Yon know you
arc glad, for now you will have only
one boot to clean instead of two."
“ I’m two years older than yon,”
said a little girl to n New Bedford
boy the other-day. “ I don’t care,”
was the reply, I’m going to wear
trousers soon, and that you’ll never
do.”
New Bedford is said to have bnt
one whaler left—a schoolmaster.
• Parisian ladies are said to “look
like pencils covered with raiment.”
A bolt of lightning struck a tree in
front of a Chicago alderman’s house,
the other night, and in his fright the
alderman remarked, “Hold ObM’H
restore the money.’*
“I never wot my mind to. wrbln’
poetry tilt two year* ago,” wai<l a
young ruralist, tilting back in a
grocery chair; “but the minute I
took to goiu* with that Johnson girl,
by gosh, I I couldn’t help it.”
Why in the type of an unfinished
job like old cheese? Because it is
live matter.
The editor who said his mouth
never uttered a lie, probably spoke
through bis nose.
Little Willie having hunted in all
the corners tor his shoes, at last a|-
pears to give them up, and dimbing
on a chair betakes hints if to a big
book on a side table. Mother says
to him: “ What is darling doing with
the book?” “Itith the dictionary;
papa looktb in the dictionary tor
things, and I’m looking in it to see if
I can find my shoes.”
A Brooklyn girl is engaged to be
married to an Italiau Count, and in
the course of four or five years she
may be looked tor on the street with,
a hand-organ pU) ing the u*.uaJ tunes.
Whisky is alike an interna! furnace,
and &a ulvrusl tura-iu. . j