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SEALED UNTO HIM.
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A STORY OF THE EARLY DAYS OF MORMONISM.
BIT CTO.A-Q,T7I2Sr MILLER.
him calmly, almost bitterly,
swer:
•‘Then God be praised! You shall
die iu the Faith, my wife. And -so
we shall meet again.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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‘CHAPTER V.
THE GRAVES OF THE DEAD SEA.
The Book of Mormon is of pro
digious size and unexampled silli
ness. One marvels that any one
over bad the persistence to write
down its endless round of repetit
ions of biblical words and phrases.
Professing to give, in the style and
language of the Bible, the history j their restin<
of the Tribes from the time of their: The in()0U) round-laced and full,
disaffection till they possessed defined but of heaven arid looked
America and became the mound-;straight down, close down, calm
Imilders, it is simply intolerable-, as j and pitying, like the sorrowful
a piece of artistic work. Yet as it, face of a nun at prayer,
was found in all mining-camps, j Surely in a scene like this, now
where .-in the snowy fastnessess at last, after all this suffering, this
suspense—surely, surely after pray-
monk-like face. He stopped still
a moment and prayed.
How new, strange, awful, weird
all this was in the dim twilight by
the darkening lake of death!* Some
birds flew into camp from the
hills. It was a strange thing, arid
the first time in a thousand years,
that man had dome to pitch tent in
place.
we often had nothing else left to
read, it thus fell to my lot to read
it through not unfrequently.—
From title-page to eolophone there
is not one lofty or inspiring thought,
er and baptism in the name of the
Most High God—she would be sav
ed; saved in body and in mind;
saved in all her purity, and peace
like those filling the volume it af-! 0 f mind, and love, and sympathy,
fects to follow. A dreary, weary
book it is. And yet it answers the
Mormon’s purposes in this: that
where he cannot find an excuse for
his actions in the real Book, he
can surely find it in the forged
one.
After this huge man with the
book and the deep hollow eyes had
exhorted and preached and read
for hours and hours, halting now
and then as he read, devouring the
whole camp and all that circle
and sad memories of her dear dead
who lay buried out yonder in the
lake in chains.
The horsemen stood waiting or
ders. They, had not tasted food or
water all that time they waited
there in the grass. These poor,
deluded men believed they were
listening to the voice of God. They,
were men who could not read their
names. Never had Mahomet such
blind, faithful, devoted following as
these bloody men here waiting to
about him with his hungry eyes, do the work of death,
the girl drawn even neareest of all,! it is notable that all false religion*
and right under his eyes and right all religions save the one religion
by the side of her ignorant and fan- ! 0 f Christ, have had their corner-
atical executioners, he calmly and j stones laid and cemeriteJ down in
with earnest exhortation begged to | blood. They have been built up
baptize his listeners in the faith of by ignorance and maintained in im-
the Latter-Day Saints. puritv.
No one answered or moved.—
Many a long breath was drawn,
many a deep sigh was smothered,
but no one spoke. The missionary,
as lie now announced himself, look
ed straight and hard and earnestly
The giant missionary came for
ward up the bank, leading the girl
by the hand. He was evidently
worn and weak, but he was as. full
of mad zeal for his work as ever be
fore. He again appealed for prose
at the girl. She lifted her weary Bytes. No one came forward.—
black eyes to his once more, and;Then liis furrowed brow grew dark
tried hard to read if there was any ! an( j revengeful,
help or any hope at all: Hebockoried for his followers to
in them. But she did! get ready; In a moment more they
not speak. The man arose, went | were ready to spring into the sad-
down to the bank, drank a cupful of j die.. In the mean time he had imf-
water, came dack and began tojtioned to our party to lay in a keg
read and exhort and explain and| 0 f water, rouse up the resting cat-
endeavor to proselyte once more.—: tie, yoke them and climb the hill
And so this strange man kept on 'on our journey to the west. Our
till the day was spent. party obeyed this last injunction
No one had spoken save himself.; with alacrity.. They could hardly con
No one had tasted food. Some of. ccal their pleasure. Yet a night’s
the children had slept, their hands presistent travel and a day’s
in their weary mothers’ laps as dreadful anvip’+v t
they sat in circle and listened and
listened in silence, the long,
long day, under the vast blue sky, dance of spirits,
by the dark and desolate lake of! In a little time
dreadful anxiety following on its
heels are hardly calculated to
charge any one with a superabun-
Bate news from Washington re
port Senator Mahone as very ill.
death.
And now mark! When that man
was done reading and the sun was
going down, there was not a weary
and overcome man or woman there
who was not awed or terrified or
fascinated into some sort of half be
lief!
Again the man rose up and
pleaded for converts to his singular
faith. He stretched his hands
over the darkening lake as the sun
went down; he lifted his long arms
to the.mountains. -of snow beyond
the you rig city; he appealed to noth
ing low, to nothing bad, but to
iritifh that' was' noble in mail and
sublime in nature. His lips were
dry, Iris eyes were deep and hollow
and wild, but he kept on till the
sun had fallen behind the steep hill
that rose in our road before us.
Surely the man was mad. And
yet as typical, as true a Mormon
elder was he, as photograph could
print. He made a last appeal to
the weak and now prostrate girl.—
Some one of the party, wiser than
the rest perhaps, beckoned her si
lently to comply.
She put out her two hands help
lessly, and be led her to the wa
ter, the men with the horses rising
in their places and uncovering
their heads. Others did the same.
Whether the mormon missionary
improvised his brief ceremony and
action, or followed the prescribed
foibn, it is not important to say.
But he led her back soon to where
all stood waiting, respectful, silent
as before.
The girl seemed a bit refreshed,
hopeful. What had he said to her?
What would he do now ? Hand her
over to one of the bloody men.there
as a bride ? Keep her for himself?
No, not this last. There was not a
shadow of interest in her in any
one of -the hard and very
deep lilies of that massive and
the cattle were
once more in line under the yoke
and standing with nose lifted to
the hill before them. The horse
men held tightly to their horses,
one foot in the stirrup. The poor
horses pawed the ground in impa
tience to reach the water that gur
gled and talked on as it glided to
the sea in the full-faced moon.
Suddenly some wolves howled
from the hill a little way up the
stream, and in spite of all their
tranquillity the men were startled
a little, and fell to jerking and fret
ting their impatient horses. They
knew, what those wolves meant.—
It was the smell of blood from the
scene of murder .on this same lit
tle stream only a few rods away.
The memory of it was not a pleas
ant one to these men. The wolves
were too eloquent entirely. They
annoyed the old missionary also,
woo still stood therp holding the
girl’s hand, still hoping for one more
convert possibly, before these Gen
tiles should leave his presence and
pass away in peace.
The wolves redoubled their cries
and came nearer each moment.—
This seemed to hasten matters.—
Turning his deep, hollo-w eyes to
the girl, and inclining his head a
little for her.answer, he asked her
if she believed.
The girl hesitated, looked up,
dropped her dark, sad eyes, looked
up again, and again tried to an
swer.
The suspense was terrible. Ev
ery one leaned forward. The very
stars up in heaven stopped their
merry twinkle. The moon
leaned low and large and
looked with a patient, sympa
thizing face down into her
sister’s face upon earth. The man
was angered at her hesitation. He
asked her again and savagely. At
last slip whispered “Yes.”
What was our horror to hear
[i
From the Columbus Enquirer.
Columbus and Rome.
For some time the people of
Rome,.as we judge by the local
newspapers,have been agitating the
question of the extension’ of the
Columbus and Rome railroad.—
The great barrier in the way seems
to be that the franchise is held by
the Central railroad and that' the
Central will not extend it or allow
anyone else to do so. The Enquirer
Sun is always anxious to give
whatever information that is to be
otained and desires to give it in a
reliable manner. With this object
in view, a representative of this
paper on yesterday called to see
Mr. John Peabody, president of the
Columuus and Rome road, and ask
ed him if he would state why the
officers of the Columbus assl Rome
refused to allow the people of Rome
to build a railroad if they wanted
to do so ?
“We have never had the opportu
nity of making such a refusal,” re
plied Mr. Peadody.
“Why then do thoy threaten you
with the legislature ?” we asked.
“That is more than I am able to
tell you,” said he. “There is one
thing, however, about which 1
would like to give you a little in
formation. A little more than a
year ago I received letters from
Mr. John W. Rounsaville, a whole
sale grocer and cotton factor of
Rome, Major R. T. Fouche a lawyer
of Rome, in which they stated that
the building of the East and West
railroad from. Cartersville via Ced-
artown to Birmingham, Ala., and
the Georgia Pacific had seriously
interfered with the traffic at Rome,
and they desired to take some steps
to.counteract the influence.of those
roads. They stated that they
would be vastly benefited by buil
ding from Rome to Cedartown, a
distance of twenty one miles.—
Both these gentleman said they
had no legal claim but from the
fact Rome had already expended a
large amount of money on the road,
they desired to obtain the section of
twenty one miles as cheaply as
possible. /They first off
ered $1,000 for it, but the correspon
dence ended with my selling them
the road for $1,500.”
“Did you sell it to the city of
Rome?”
“No; they sent me $1,500 and I
made the deed for twenty one
miles to John W. Rounsaville and
R. T. Fouche. That.is all there is.
in our refusing to allow the peopla
of Rome to build the road.' Thd
franchise does not belong to us, but
the gentlemen named, but if they
have ever taken any steps toward
building it, or any part of it has
been built, I have lmd no informa
tion to that effect.”
“How about extending to La-
Grange ?”
“I know nothing of any desire
upon the part of LaGrange to ex
tend it, if they wanted the fran
chise it appears that they would
ask for it. This they have not
done, and if. they wanted it they
would oertainly say so. There is no
truth whatever in any statement
that the authorities of the Colum
bus and Rome road has frauduont-
ly held the franchise of the road in
order to circumvent the. carrying
out out of the original designs of
the road. Rome nor LaGrange
has ever made application for the
franchise. The gentleman named
above did make a proposition for
the first twenty-one miles from
Rome, and to day they have the
deeds for it.”
“Are these acts known to the
people along the line ?”
“That I am unafrie to say,
the facts are just as I. have stated
them, and you are at liberty to use
them if you so desire.”
Liberty Hall to be Sold.
The Stephens memorial associa
tion of Crawfordville, which was
for the purpose of buying Liberty
hall and establishing a school to the
memory of the dead governor, deci
ded at a meeting held night before
last to call in Miss Mary Gay, who
has been soliciting contributions
and to abandon the scheme, only
$371.95 having been raised so far.
Colonel John Stephens, who is
the executor of the will of Gover-
Stephens, will apply to the ordina
ry for leave to sell arid expects to
dispose of Liberty hall and the
personal property of Governor
Stephenson the first Tuesday in
June. It is of course not known who
will become the owner of the fam
ous house. It is thought to be
worth' about twenty-five hnndred
dollars that being the amount the
association expected to pay. The
estate embraces also a seven hun
dred acre plantation near Craw-
fordvillc. Governor Stephens val
ued his estate at about thirteen
thousand dollars, against which
there was three thousand dollars
of indebtedness.
THE BODY TO BE REMOVED.
As is generally known the body
of Governor Steplieus now rests in
a vault in .Oakland cemetery. It is
the intention af Colonel Stephens
to have the body removed in a
a weeli-or two arid interred in the
old family burying ground, near
Crawfordville where Governor Ste
phens’s father, mother an grand
father are buried.
Mr. (ininriea O’Neal an old
friend of Governor Stephens, died
a day or two ago at Liberty ball,
at the advanced age of ninety-two.
His death removes the last of the
landmarks that moved for. years in
and about Liberty hall.
Head Lines and Editorials in the Cincin
nati Enquirer,
Why the Cincinnati Man is so Calm
At last. The people are aroused.
And take the law in their own
hands. Outraged community rises
in its might. Response of an in
dignant people to the Berner ver
dict. The general indignation finds
vent in attack upon the jail.
When a community appeals from
the courts to itself it usually metes
out justice, though perhaps in a rug
ged and unjudicial manner.
The striking of the riot alarm
last night was.not pleasarit music,
but in the course of human events
these things become a necessity
occasionally.
The next man who is. tried for
murder in Cincinnati will stand an
excellent chance of drawing the
capital prize.
The law of the people is the high
er law, after all.
. One of “Rat” Collin’s youn g
hopefuls a few days since set a trap
in the edge of a cane brake for the
purpose of getting the drop on some
partrides that had been observed
sloshing around in the immediate
vicinity of where the trap had
been stationed. After the usual
intervening space of time govern
ing such cases the . lad visited his
trap, which he discovered hadbeen
thrown. With a whole covey
partridges scampering through his
expectant and excited brain he
flung himself oil the ground, and
peering through the prison bars,
saw, not the expected birds, but in
their stead a mammoth bullfrog
looking complacently around for
a hole big enough to jump through.
In our haste get this item, such
commodities being scarce, we fail
ed to learn with what kind of ma
terial the trap was baited.—Irwin-
ton Appeal.
‘Oh, don’t, propose to me now,’
shrieked a Carrollton girl as her
lover droped on his knees and seiz
ed her hand. ‘Don’t pop the ques
tion now she screamed; ‘don’t,
don’t, don’t. If I say yes you’ll
want to kiss me, and I’ve been eat
ing onions.’
Every child should be taught to
pay all his debts, and to fulfill all
his'contracts, exactly in manner,
completely in value, punctually at
the time. Everything he has hor-
But rowed lie should be obliged to re
turn uninjured at the time speci
fied, and every thing belonging to
others which he has lost he should
be required to replace. To have
honest men, you must raise your
boys honest. We have men in
Cobb county who care no more for
honest obligations than if they had
never made them.—Ex.
A local paper goes into the world
as the representative, or advertis
ing agent of ybur locality. If it is
creditably supported, it represents
you creditably. If it receives shab
by patronage it represents the lo
cality shabbily. The quality of the
local paper, mirroring your place
of residence to thousands who have
no other knowledge of the place
depends more on the people than
on the editor,.
A'i VY’""
The man whose business so occu
pies his mind that he cannot be civ
il to people he meets; should either
have more mind or less business,
and most fojks don’t care which
it is.—Augusta News.
An old seer predicted that an aw
ful calamity was about to overtake
an Indiana town, and the next day
a man with a family of thirteen
boys and four dogs moved in among
them.
From the Savannah Morning News.
The Cincinnati Lesson.
The riot at Cincinnati is endeb.
The passion of the mob has worn
itself out, and the rioters are recov
ering their reason. It is not defi
nitely known how many were kill
ed and wounded. The number
may never be accurately known.—
It is certain that it was large. It is
a sad fact that the origin of the
riot, which resulted in the sacrifice
of so many lives and the destruc
tion of so much property, was the
failure of the law to inflict deserv
ed punishment on a murderer.—
The miscarriage of justice in one
instance, however, would not have
been productive of such terrible
consequences if there had not been
looseness in the administration of
the law for a long time. Few, if
any, were aware of the deep feel-
ingsof discontent existed in the rich
and prosperous city of Cincinnati
on account of the frequency' with
which murderers escaped punish
ment. The murmuring.-? of the peo
ple when a murderer was set free
or sentanced a mild punishment,
attracted little attention. It was
never for a moment suspected that
these murmurings would some
times swell into a shout of vengarice
that the torch would be applied to
the temple of justice, and that the
blood of innocent men would pay
the penalty of a loose administra
tion of the laws. What happened
at Cincinnati is liable to happen in
any of our towns or cities. Indeed
what was attempted at Cincinnati
is not only attempted bnt is success
fully accomplished almost every
week in some part of the country.
At Cincinnati a mob attempted to
lynch a confessed murderer. The
attempt was not made before a le
gally impaneled jury had passed
upon the question of the murderer’s
guilt, but afterwards. It was the
failure of the jury to do its duty
that excited the indignation of the
people and called the mob into exis
tence. The mob did not accomplish
its purpose, but it left marks that
show what a terrible power it is in a
great city. Last year there were,
according to a writer in the April
Century, 118 lynchings in the coun
try. Murderers are lynched away
from the large towns and cities
without .the fearful consequences
.that attended the Cincinnati affair,
because the lynchers are strong
enough to do the work they under
take and to do it quickly. The
same writer in the Century points
out that last year there were 1,500
murders and only ninty-eiglit legal
executions. Less than one mur
derer in fifteen was made to pay
the penalty of his crime. What a
showing is this! It is not to be
wondered at that human life is ta
ken on the slightest provocation.—
The fact that less than 7 per cent,
of murderers are hung creates the
impression that murder can be
committed almost with impunity.—
How seldom it is that a murderer
who has money or * influential
friends ends his life on the gallows!
And yet it is not infrequent that
men of wealth and influence are
guilty of spilling human blood
ason. We boast
in this country,
but \^e could with great benefit
take lessons from European coun
tries in the administration of crim
inal laws. .The quibbles, delays,
sharp practices so farmiliar and
successful in our courts, are un
known in England and France.—
The swiftness and certainty with
which punishments arc meted out
compel a respect for human life
that is not felt here. If other cities
want to avoid the experiences of
Cincinnati they must see to it
that the laws against murders are
more vigorously enforced. The
sham way in which their laws are
administered will, if there is not a
reform, result in riots, ruin and
death. The mob spirit is in exis
tence. When and where it will
manifest itself in a violent form,
it is impossible to fortell. The on
ly thing that can be predicted
with certainty is that it will show
itself and will lay its devastating
hand on life and property, unless
justice is administered with strict
ness, impartiality, and fidelity.
It is .an excellent plan to have a
small patch of artichokes conven
ient to the hog pens. Turn * the
sows in early in the spring and al
low them to harvest the roots for
themselves.
gumy oi opining
withiut legal reas
of our civilization ii
but we could wit!
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PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS
IDIR. I. IST_ CHENEY
Would inform his friends and the public
generally that he is. still in the practice
of medicine. Special attention given to
chronic diseases. Office Carrollton Ho
tel.
lOSEi’U L. COBB. EEUX N. COBB.
COBB & COBB,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
> CARROLLTON, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all bus
iness intrusted to us. Collections a spe
cial t v. Office in court house.
Dr. J. W. HALLUM,
CARROLLTON - - - - GEORGIA.
Has his office, in number 2, Maude-
ville brick building. He makes a specialty
of OSTETRICS and DISEASES OF
WOMEN and CHILDREN. Call on
him. Consultation free.
JDIEL. J. !F_ COLE,
CARROLLTON, GA.
Is devoting most of his time and atten
tion to surgery and surgical diseases, and
is prepared for most any operation. His
charges are reasonable.
The Harnett House,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Is conceded to be the most comforta
ble and by far the best conducted hotel
in Savannah.
Rates : 82,00 Per Bat.
M. L. HARNETT.
Land for Sale.
One lot of land, number 200, seventh
district, Carroll county, joining several
plantations, very heavily timbered, well
watered, lays well, public road running
through it, and some good land upon it.
If any one wishes to correspond with own-^
er they will direct to Post Office, Box
173, Griffin, Ga. February ISth, 1S84.
JOHN B. STEWART
Wishes to say to the public that he is
still prepared to do all kinds of
PH0T0GEAHHTG and PEEEOTYPIUG-
in the latest' style and at reasonable pri
ces. Also keeps on hand a fair stock of
Frames, Cases, Albums, Etc.
Copying and enlarging a specialty—Yi _ —
can make all sizes from locket to 8x10
inches. Remember that two dollars will
buy a tine, large picture framed ready
for your parlor, • at my gallery, Newman
street, Carrollton, Ga.'
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
MRS. E. A. HENDON’S
Perfect Fitting Chart.
M iss Fannie Fullilove, of Athens,
Georgia,who is temporarily sojourn
ing in Carrollton, announces to the ladies
of Carrollton, that she is prepared to give
lessons in cutting and fitting Ladies and
Misses dresses, and to furnish Mrs. Hen
don's Perfect Fitting Chart, with instruc
tions how to use it. This Chart together
with the lessons given, will enable any
one to be their own mantua-maker. Per
fect satisfaction guaranteed. Apply at
the residence of Rev. J. A. Perdue,'Ce
dar street, Carrollton, Georgia.
AU virtues grow from a compas
sionate love of mankind,
You may prevent pear blight,
says the Fruit Recorder, by rub
bing the bodies of pear trees with
linseed oil in early spring, and
scattering a quart or two of salt un
der the trees twice during the sea
son.
BROWN <5c BROWN^
WHITESBURG, GA.
Drs. J. C. &. W. T. Brown haring
formed a copartnership for the
purpose of-practicing medicine and
surgery, offer their services to the
public. We are thankful for past
patronage and hope to merit a con
tinuance of the same.
Whitesburg, Ga., Jan. 30th, 18SL
&& Dr. J. C. Brown can be
found at Banning and Dr. W. T.
Brown at Whitesburg.
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If potatoes show- signs of decay
dust ahem with air-slacked lime.
FOR SAXjIE.
A second hand top buggy.
Abouble barrel breech loading shot
un.
An iron revolving book case.
Big giant coin mill—grinds corn and
col) all together.
A good pump
Will sell cheap for cash or
elnngefor cattle.
Apply tQ
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will ex-
