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V VOL. I. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, JULY 18, 1884, NO. 35. BOSSISM IN POLITICS. As _ Viewed by Talmage, the Brooklyn Preacher. Great i Below we publish some extracts from a sermon recently preached by Talmage on the above subject. We are no great admirer of the paper mill and have them changed into white sheets on which they shall write one good rousing speech about the moral or commercial or agricultural or mining prosperities that are now about to burst upon us. Do not let the despotism of politics make you believe there are only one or two or three or four men that can save this nation. There Brooklyn divine, but he some- are a hundred that can save it. 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Chattanooga, Tenn W. L. DANLEY., Gen. Pas. & Tkt. Agent, Nashville, Torn. slavery of American polities we must realize that neither party is immaculate, ami we must judge for ourselves as to who is thc best man for official position. I)o not vote for the man merely because your party nominates him. To I show how much better one party I is than the other, and put side by side the Louisiana returning boards and the political scheme in Maine in 1879; the Belknap funds of the one party, the Tweed larcenies of the other. There is a difference be tween men, but between the two parties as parties there is just the difference as between fifty and half a hundred. Both parties need rad ical reformation, and by the time they are fully reformed, perhaps one or both of them will be reform ed, out of existence, you say: “Is there no test? Are we to have no preferences ?” Oh, so far from saying that, I declare that the man who refuses to vote or neglects to vote is not worthy of American citizenship. But do not be submissive to party wire pullers; do not go kneeling before dema gogue behest. The question with a vast multitude of people is who ought to the next president of the United States. I remark in the first place, he ought to be a man of established moral character. Some of us can look back to the time when for gub ernatorial or presidential position men were named who were liber tines and drunkards and gamblers. The American congress again and again has has been disgraced by men who could not walk straight; yet pretending to represent Dela ware, Iliiniois and New York. I am glad that now the question of morals comes into the political dis cussion. I care not how much tal ent a man has if he is bad. Gen ius is worse than stupidity if it moves in the wrong direction. A into calm waters, and it does not require any very skillful naviga tion. The flowers of this summer time have covered up the northern and southern graves, and let no hoof of contention trample the flowers. In pulpit and on platform and in convention and at ballot box let us plan amity. Why do we want to fight any longer? Is life so long we are in a hurry to get rid of a surplus of it? Is the sword better than the wheat cradle? Can we not raise rich pasturage except by the moul dering human bones, and the red rain of human carnage. I pray God there may not be more use for the musket in this country except for for holiday turnout. I pray God that the time may hasten on when your navy yards will be museums But ■ con tivining ships that were used in J barbaric ages when nations settled their quarrels by slaughter. I pray thc time may come when the eagle shall be taken off our coin, and there shall be substituted the dove, the bird of blood giving way for the olive branch. Peace once etablishcd le t it be established forever. I give you my friends as a panacea for all po litical ills and a preventive of all national calamity the Christianiza tion of the people. Get their hearts right and they will vote right. Have you any idea that the pro- i fessional politicians of this day will ; lift our country to its high destiny? | They never did anything but get I office and make trouble. Theriias- j sessof the people rose up again and j again and commanded national re- ! formation. Professed politicians j got us into the four years war. Did they get us out of it ?No. The peo ple came and fought out the tight and then commanded peace. Pro- j fessed politicians again and again lmve ruined our American corn- handed and besweated industry overcame the financial calamities. To the people then we look, praying God for their evangelization. Let a practical Christianity take posses sion of the ballot box and that will settle illegal voting. Let practical Christians take possession of the primaries and the caucus, and that will give righteous nominees. i merce. Did they ever restore it? nation ot homes needs over it a man ; „- +v , . . . . ., ... , No. The people rose and-with hard who has regard for the sanctity of the domestic circle. A nation of young men looking up for example needs over it a man of integrity.— j A man who cannot govern himself cannot govern fifty millions. Our churches, or universities, our schools and our homesteads must vote for good morals. Moreover, our coming president must be a respecter of the Chris tian religion. I apply no religious test, but a country discovered by a Christian man and settled by the Pilgrim fathers and the Hugenots and men of other nationalities who persecuted for their senti ments, came here and took posses sion of this continent in thc name of the God of Heaven—this nation must have over it a respecter of the Christian religion. The founda tion of our institutions is not, as has been sometimes stated the con stitution of the United States, but Mosquitos Under the Microscope. A gentleman has examined Mr. Mosquito under a microscope, and his description is, to say thc least, startling. It appeared that in the “bill” of the little beast alone there 1 are no fewer than five distinct sur- ! gical instruments. These are de scribed as a lance, two meat saws, a suction pump anil a small Corliss steam engine. It appears that when a “skecter” settles down to his work upon a nice tender portion the Bible. Without that, republi-1 of the human frame the lance is can institutions are an everlasting first pushed into the flesh then the imposibility. Our first president j two saws, placed back to back, be- was a Christian, and the coming president must at least be a respec ter of religious institutions. I go further and say our coming president must have a heart large enough to take in all the states and and territories. If he be a western man and he despise the seacost, and is cheifly anxious to change the commercial center; if lie be an eas tern and lie be disposed to de nounce all thc west; if he be a southern man and think only of the north as an ignoble generation; if he be a northern man and he wants to keep the old grudge up gins to work up and down to en large the hole, then the pump is in serted and the victim’s blood is sir phoned up to the reservoirs carri ed behind, and finally, to complete the cruelty of the performance, the wretch drops a quantity of poison into the wound to keep it irritat ed Then the diminutive fiend takes a fly around just to digest your gore and makes tracks for a fresh victim, or if the first one has been of unusu ally good quality he returns to the same happy hunting grounds. The mosquito’s marvellous energy combined with his portable opera ting chest, makes him at once ater- against the south and wants to fight over battles settled 20 years j ror and a pest, ago, that man must not be backed by convention or ballot box. The country needs a bigger president than ever before, because the coun try is bigger. AV-lien Washington took his seat as charioteer he had only thirteen coursers to drive; now there are thirty-eight and sonic of them are very skittish. Of course with the wire bit of the tel egraph, they coii be guided much easier tin still there are increased respon sibilities. Three-fourths of this i“ r drank > “hewed or swore; two of century has been taken up with j them are moderate smokers, and all sectional strife. No! let us have but one are professed Chilians, twenty years for something else.— -the meeting was so gratifying to Let the political orators get out j the convalescent parent that she their olcl speeches that discussed Insisted upon having the interest- dead issues aud scud them to the j ing group photographed. Augusta Chronicle: The Itev. W. A. Candler has just returned from a visit to liis mother, who has been very unwell in Atlanta, but who is now better. Summoned by similar anxiety, the other children of Mrs. Candler met at her bedside the first time, probaly, that the mother ancl eight children were ev- ban one might suppose; but j er a11 together. . Their ages ranged ere are increased respon j from 22 to 48 - Not one ofthc bo Y s ev * From the Youth’s Companion. Watch anil the Minister. A student from Dartmouth spent the long winter vacatiou in teach ing on Cape Cod. The minister kindly furnished him with board and as he had a charming wife and a cosy home, our school teach er declared that he had but one trial and that was on the Sabbath. The minister’s pew was a large square one, very near the pulpit and exposed to a rakink fire of eyes. Mr. Tyler, the minister, owned a large dog named "Watch, and Watch was bent on going to church Avitli Mrs Tyler. She in her turn Avas much opposed to his, fearing that he might excite the mirth of the children. Every Sunday a series of manoeu vres took place between the tAvo, in Avhich Watch often proved him self the keenest. Sometimes he slipped away very early, and Mrs. Tyler, after having searched for him to shut him up, Avould go to church and find Watch seated in the family pew, looking very grave aud decorous, but evidently aware that it was too late iioav to turn him out. Sometimes he Avould hide him self until the family had all started for church, and would then foIloAV the footsteps of some tardy Avorshi per Avho tiptoed in during prayers Avith creaking boots, and then didn’t .Watch knoAV that Mrs. Ty ler would open the pew door in haste to prevent his Avhining for admission. When Mr. Tyler became earn est in his appeals, he often repeat ed the same Avord Avith ringing em phasis and a bloAV on the desk cushion that startled thc sleepers in thc pcavs. One day he thus shouted out quoting the Avell known text “Watch! Watch!! Watch, I say!!!’ When rustle, rustle, rustle, bonnee!! came his dog almost into his A'cry arms. You maybe sure tho boys all took occasion to relicA'e thoir pent-up restlessness by one uproarious laugh before their astonished pa rents had time to froAvn them into silence. Honest Watch had been sitting Avith his eyes fixed, as usual, on the minister. At the first mention of his name up AA'ent his ears and his eyes kindled; at thc third he obeyed and ficAV completely over peAV rail and pulpit door, leaps that did equal honor to his muscular poAvers and his desire to obey. Af ter such a strict interpetmtion of the letter, rather than the spirit^ Watch Avas effectually forbidden church-going. The folloAving item is Avorthy of careful reading: Eat regularly aud simply, in or der to be healthy. The stomach can no more Avork all the time, night and day, than a horse; it must have regular rest. Good teeth are essen tial to good looks. Brush them Avith a soft brush, especially at night. Go to bed at night Avith teeth clean. Look Avell to the ven- tilation of your rooms. No one can have a clear skin avIio breathes bad air. Cleanliness of the entire body and limbs is of vast importance. But more than all, in order to look well, Avake up the mind and soul. When the mind is aAvake, the dull, sleepy look passes away from the eyes. Keep thinking pleasant,* no ble thoughts, and read not trashy novels, but books having something good in them. Talk Avith people who knoAV something. Hear lect ures and learn by them. This is one good of hearing preaching. A man Avho thinks and Avorks, sIioavs thc result. If avc listen and heed and understand, the mind and soul are Avorked up. If the spiritual nature is aroused, so much the better. We haA'e seen a plain face really glorified Avith the love of God and of man, Avhich shone through it. And, lastly, do all the good that you can. Let us liegin to groAv handsome} How a Congressman Fooled a Literary Society. “Ben Hardin Avas a brilliant felloAV and he had a strong sense of hum or, says a Washington letter to the Cle\ 7 eland Leader. When he was elected to Congress in 1815 he had already served several terms in the Kentucky legisature and aa'as no ted throughout the State as a huvyer. He started, however, for Washington, dressed in the rough clothing of a frontier State, and he A\*ore the slouch hat and the long puff overcoat of the West. As he was passing through Virginia tAvo young smart looking fellows over- took him and fell into conversation Avith him. Hardin saAV at their first Avords that they took him for a greenhorn, and he put on such manners and accent as to confirm ther illusion. The meeting took place Avithin a feAV miles of the town where they Avere to stop for the night. In the course of the conversation the young bloods told him there Avas to be a literary soci ety meeting that night, and that if he Avould attend he might hear some fine speaking, and at this point one of them, slyly winking to the other, said, “And perhaps, stranger, you Avill join in the debate yourself?” ‘’I don’t know,” replied Hardin. “I have spoke some in old Ken tucky. What mought your ques tion be?’ The question Avas not new to him. It Avas one of the leading ones of the day— a political issue upon Avhich he Avas thoroughly posted. As old Ben Hardin heard it how- ever, he shook his head and said: “Boys’ you Avill hev to excuse me on tliet. I ain’t up on thet subject. Noav, if it Avas Avhether pursuitwas better than possession, or some of our old subjects I allow I’d tackle ye. But about this vere politics I don’t knoAV. After much persuasion hoAvever he promised the young' men that he Avould attend and he “would say suthiu, any Iioav,” The party separ ated at the hotel, and the young fellows went off laughing at the fun they expected to have that night. They told their friends, and in a short time the AVhole toAvn kneAV ef the green Kentuckian’s arrival, and Avhen the literary so ciety opened every seat Avas filled. The exercises Avent off quietly un til the debate commenced, when every one looked at Ilardin. He sat quietly until the close. The tAvo young fellows made their speechs and A’cry fair ones too. As the sec ond one closed arid Mr. Hardin arose, each one in thc audience nudged his neighbor, and every face Avas ready to smile. Their ex pressions changed, hoAvever, as old Ben took up the subject and treat ed it most eloquently. He tore to pieces the speeches of the young felloAvs Avho had tried to play the tricks on him, and as he Avas finish ing the two were so bored that they got up and left. He referred to them as they went, and closed after an eloquent peroration ho telling the audience that he was a member of Congress on his Avay to Washington. At this the society gathered round him and Avanted to shake his hand. He chatted Avith them for a Avliile, and the re mainder of his visit was an ovation. Thc Avohle town came out to the ho tel thc next day to see him off, and the smart young felloAvs Avere the laughing stock of all. Athens Banner-Watchman: A gentleman from Oconee AA’ent into shoe store yesterday and proposed to buy a pair of shoes, provided the merchant Avould wait until he sold his cotton. The dealer agreed to it, and the trade was made. The Oconee man as he walked out Avith the shoes under his arm, remarked to the tradesman that he Avould haA’e to wait a long time, as he had not planted a seed of cotton in sev eral years, and never expected to plant anymore. The last we heard of them they Avere trying to make a compromise. Tyrolean maidens are by old cus tom spared tho necessity of giA’ing tongue to their ”eye.“ or ”no,“ It ap pears that the first time a young man pays a A’isit as an avowed suit or he brings a bottle of AA’ine, of Avhich he pours out a glass and of fers it to the object of his affections. In any case she Avill not refuse to point bl.ank-s-that Avould.be too gross an insult; but, should the Avooer not be agreeable to her, or his declara tion come a little too prematurely, she declines proffered wine, plead ing that it looks sour, or that wine disagrees Avith her, or any other ex cuse the feminine ingenuity may suggest. If she likes the lad and is equal to oAvniug it, she empties the glass, taking care not to spill any of the AA’ine, for if she does so, or the glass or bottle is broken, it is an unhappy omen. “They have spilt the wine betAveen them,” say the peasents when the marriage turns out badly. The Marietta Journal says that walking matches are the-fashion now, as Avas spelling bees ten years ago and thinks that it sees ’ retro gression in the fact that the sensa- sationalists haA’e come doAvn from brain to leg capacity. New York Tribune, Jan. 15 1S75. Logan In ’75. Pranced there in upon the arena of the great debate, like a trick mule in a circus, or a spaA’ined nightmare upon the track of a beau tiful dream—Logan, of Illinois. There Avas a A’ision of mustaches, eyebroAVS and hair piled on each other in arches; a large brandishing of arms, a pose and stridulous war- Avlioop; and much as though a pic ture of the Deerfield massacre had stepped out from the pages of our early history. Logan took the American Senate by its large capa cious ear. And then lie Avent for his mother tongue. He smote it right and left, hip and thigh and show- ed no mercy. Swinging the great broad-ax of his logic high in the air he turned it ere it fell, and Avith the hammer side struck the lan guage of 60,000,000 of people fairly in the face, and mashed it beyond recognition. Under bis stroke the floor of the American Senate Avas spattered Avith the remnants of a once proud vocabulary, and mes sengers, doorkeepers and pages Avere coA’ered from head to foot AA’itli thc spray. In the fearful two hours Avhich folIoAved the first roar of his oration, all thc parts of speech Avere routed and put to flight. There Avere orphaned adjectives and wid- OAved nouns; batchelor A’erbs driv en to polygamy and polygamous verbs left lonely; conjunctions dis- seA’crcd, prepositions scattered ad verbs disheveled and distorted, and syntax flung into Avild disorder. It Avas a great day for Logan. He set his teeth into the language as the untamed tiger of the jungles takes betAveen his m outh and paw the Avearing apparels of the way farer, and the ripping of it is heard through all the forest "depths. It reverberated to other end ofthc Cap itol, and sluggish Bepresentath’es lifted up their ears and listened to the roar Avith terrified aAve. Some started for the scene; but, upon be ing told thc cause of the disturbance in the brief communication, “Lo gan’s up,” turned back, Avith full as surance that they could hear from that end of the capitol all that Avas Avorth hearing. So through tAvo hours Logan swung his beatiful arms over the goverment derrick, Avhile his chin churned the language like a pilc-driA*er in a heavy sea, and the baffled reporters made Avikl plunges Avith their pencils to gath er up his regurgitations for the printer. Ah! Logan is a great man; a statesman. When he throws his intellect into a question, whether it is of finance or self-gOA’erment, or of sticking to the ship, something has got to come. And yon may al ways knoAV Avhere to find him—to- Avit, Avhere he has ahvays been drawing pay from the goverment in some capacity. He lacks only fifteen or tAventy things of being an orator. He has lungs. CARROLL FREE PRESS. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. EDWIN It. SHARPE, Publisher. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: o 1 One copy one year, One copy .■fix months, One copy three months, CLUB rates: Ten copies one year, Twenty copies one year, Hoav to protect harness from rats is told by the Germantown Tele graph as follows: ‘Rats, Avhen they are hungry—Avhich they ahvays are —Avill eat harness. A correspon dent informs us that if, after greas ing the harness, it is dusted Avith cayenne pepper they Avill not dis turb it. Another correspondent says a coat of carbolic acid following the greasing is a sure protection. Either or both of these may be for all Ave personally knoAV; but avc have a method that Ave never found to fail, to Avit: ITang the harness care fully up and high enough out of reach of this destructive rodent and off from anytliiug that may off er assistance to get to the harness, and you need have no fear of injury from them. We learn that our old friend and former county man Capt. R. A. S. Freeman, is a candidate for solicitor of this judicial circuit. Capt Free man represented Meriethcr in the legislature in 1873 aud 1874. No more gallant soldier fought be neath the southern cross during the days of the Confederacy, he having entered among the first and surrendering at Appomattox. A true democrat and thorougly capa ble of filling the office, Capt Free man deserves recognition at the hands of the legislature to be chos en this fall.—MeriAvether Vindica tor. Squire Chapman of Dry Lake, says that a coav Avas killed by one of liis neighbors recently and AA’hen being dressed a ten dollar gold piece Avas found in its entrails. The coin Avas a little Avorn but oth- envise Avas all right. An old farmer Avho wrote,to an editor asking hoAV to get rid of moles, received thc reply, ’Plow them out’ answered back: Can’t do It’s on my gal’s nose.’ $1.25 G5 40 $10.00 $20.00 PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS YST- CHENEY DR. I. AVoulil 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. TOSEl’II L. COllB. FELIX X. COBB. COBB & COBB, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. Prompt attention given to all bus iness intrusted to us. Collections a spe cialty. Office in court house. Dr. J. W. HALLUM, CARROLLTON - - - - GEORGIA. Has bis office, in number 2, Mamie- ville brick building. lie makes a specialty of OSTETRICS and DISEASES OF WOMEN and CHILDREN. Call on him. Consultation free. Z. T.GUTHREY, Boot and Shoemaker, RODPVILLE, - - - GA.’ Solicits tlie patronage of those wanting any work in liis fine. Repairing at short notice and in good style. Give me ft trial Carroll MASONIC Institute, ’Hie exercises of this Institution will be resumed Aug. 11th., 18S4 and contin ue for three months All pupils within the school age will receive the benefit of tlie Public Fund. Tuition due at the end of term. II. C. BROWN. 1-mo. Principal. To the Voters of Carroll County. I announce myself a candidate for Or dinary at the election for County officers in January next. AVitlj gratitude to tlie people for con fidence and favor shown in the past, I shall ifjelected, give my entire time and attention to the careful discharge of the duties of this responsible office. Respectfully, AVm. Beall. ' ATTENTION FARMERS. I am agent for Cooper’s celebrated en gines, Centennial and Winship gins.— Before purchasing give me a call, as I think 1 can make it to your iuterest. N. FAIN. A rv>rvr»4*ri wa,ltrt l for ’The Lives of all Ji-^vlluSthe Presidents of the C S The largest, handsomest best book ever sold for less than twice our price. The fastest selling book in America. Im mense profits to agents. All intelligent people want it. Any one can become a successful agent. Terms free. Hallett Book Co.,Portland, Maine. R. C. McDANIEL, IDZEITTIST, O^ZRJROI-.IwTOISr, . GhA~ Is now inserting full sets of 28 teeth for $20, half set 14 teeth, $10. Partial sets and fillings cheap in proporton. Satis faction guaranteed in every case. Office in Mandeville building. XXR- J. F r COLE, CARROLLTON, GA. Is devoting most of liis time and atten tion to surgery and surgical diseases, aud 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. J®** Rates : 82,00 Per Day. M. L. HARNETT, MILLINER Y. MRS. M. A. WILSON J^.eeent ly of LaGrange, having located in Carrollton for the purpose of engaging in tlie millinery business, asks a share of public patronage. ISTEW GOODS. Her stock, a part of which has just been received, is new, and she respectful ly asks the ladies and those wanting any thing in her line to call and examine.