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ROBERT S. HOWARD,)
Editor and Publisher. S
VOLUME i.
C _ W. DUPKEg
GrainesviHe, Caret.,
IS HEADQUARTERS for good reliable goods, and the Leader in Low Prices. My stock of General Merchandise is the
largest I have ever carried, and the most extensive and best selected stock ever brought to Gainesville. My
Dry Goods Oepa-rtment
Is f ull and rcnlete in every line. The most elegant line of DRESS GOODS. SILKS, SATINS. PLAIDS, STRIPES and
iIROCADES ever offered here. A superb line of FLANNELS, WATERPROOFS, CAS I MERES, JEANS, CLOTHS, etc.
My stock of LADIES’ CLOAKS will equal that of every house in the city together. This line is complete in all grades.
Every lady can be suited here. My
Glove, Hosiery and Corset Departments
Are full of (he best goods and lowest prices. In MILLINERY, IT ATS, RIBBONS and TRIMMINGS, for ladies wear, I have
an elegant line, with MISS MARY DEADEN, a superb Trimmer, at the head of this Department.
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In my Clothing Department may always be found everything pertaining to a first-class clothing store. This stock is uncqual
cd in this section. “ KEEP’S” Shirts, Collars and Cuffs a specialty. No fancy prices. 1 have the largest stock of [tootsand
Shoes, for Gents, Ladies and Children, ever offered to the trade in Northeast Georgia. Ziegler’s Shoes, and other noted brands
in full lines. My stock is complete in every department, ami as to prices I will guarantee to sell anything in my stock as low
ns similar goods can be bought in Atlanta or Athens, or any other market. All I ask is an opportunity to convince you.
Come to Gainesville. Come to see me. C. V r . DuPRE.
P. S.—l buy all kinds of Country Produce at highest market prices.
£epf JidtH’discmeuk
Q.EORGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, upon application to me, in
terms of the law. by one-fifth of the qual
ified voters of the 245th (Jefferson) Dis
trict, G. M., of said county, asking for an
election to he called in said Distriot, that
the question of the restriction of the sale
of intoxicating liquors in said District
may he submitted to the voters thereof
(except those in the corporate limits of the
town of Jefferson)—
It is hereby ordered that an election be
held in said District, at the usual place of
holding elections in the same, on Monday,
the fith day of January, 1882; that those
voting at said election who favor restric
tion shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words, “For Restriction,”
and those who oppose shall have written
or printed on their ballots the words,
“ Against Restriction,” and that the man
agers of said election shall ke.-p duplicate
list of voters and talley sheets, certify and
sign the same, one of which shall be tiled
with the Clerk of the Superior Court of
said county and the other forwarded with
out delay to his Excellency the Governor.
dec 0 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Jackson County.
Whereas, upon application to me, in
terms of the law, by one-fifth of the quali
fied voters of the 428th (Cunningham's)
District, G. ML, of said county, asking Tor
an election to be called in said District,
that the question of the restriction of the
sale of intoxicating liquors in said Dis
trict may be submitted to the voters
thereof—
It is hereby ordered that an election be
held in said District, at the usual place of
holding elections in the same, on Wednes
day. the Utli day of January, 1882 ; that
those voting at said election who favor
restriction shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words, “ For Restric
tion.” and those who oppose shall have
written or printed on their ballots the
words, “ Against Restriction,” and that
the managers of said election shall keep
duplicate list of voters and talley sheets,
certify and sign the same , one of which
shall he filed with the Clerk of the Supe
rior Court of said count}’ - and the other
forwarded without delay to his Excellency
the Governor. 11. W. BELL, Ord'y.
Postponed Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be sold, before the Court House
door in the town of Jefferson, Ga.,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in January next, to the highest
bidder, the following described property,
to-wit :
A tract of land, situated in Jackson
county, (la,, on the waters of the South
Oconee river, in the 212(1 District, G. M..
containing two hundred and fifty-five
acres, more or less, adjoining lands of
James Yarnuin. Wallis, Cong and others.
On said place there are two tenant houses ;
about thirty or forty acres of the land in
good state of cultivation, the balance of
the land is in old Held pines. Levied on
as the property of John 11. Harrison, to
satisfy a ti. fa. issued from the Superior
Court of Jackson county in favor of Wm.
Patman vs. John 11. Harrison and \V. I).
Harrison. Said (i. fa. now controlled by
M. A. Patman. Property pointed out by
plaintiff's attorney. Written notice given
to the tenants in possession, as the law
directs.
T. A. MuELIIANNON, Sh'lf.
Agent’s Sale.
WILL be sold, before the Court House
door in Jellcrson, within the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in Jan
uary, lssg, public out-cry, to the high
est bidder, the tract of land in said coun
ty on which the widow of the late John
Griffith, dec’d, had a life estate.it being a
portion of the old -John Griffith homestead
place, near Hurricane Shoals, in said coun
ty. containing, according to estimate, two
hundred and forty acres, more or less. On
said place is the dwelling latel3 r occupied
by said John Griffith, with the improve
ments. stables, barns, out-houses. &c.
About one hundred and twenty-five acres
in cultivation, the remainder in original
forest, well timbered. There is a small
creek near the dwelling, with sufficient
water to run any ordinary machinery, and
on which b as tine a sjioal as the country
affords. The farm is in very good repair.
Sold for the purpose of distribution among
the distributees and legatees of the late
John Griffith. <k*cM.
WILLIAM GRIFFITH,
Agent for the distributees and legatees of
said John Griffith, dec'd. °
QEORGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas. Helena E. Long applies for
Letters of Guardianship of the property
and persons of Ilubbert Long and Homer
Long, minors of John A. Long, dec'd
This Ls to. cite all concerned, and the
next of kin. to show cause, if any. on
the first Monday in January, 1882, at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary
of said county, why said Letters should
not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, No
vember 30th. ISBI.
II. W. HELL, Ord'y.
FAIR WAKMNti!
A hL parties are notified not to hire or
harbor in any in.lnner a colored boy
>y the name of ZAL’K HEMPHILL, as
H is >ound to me, and l will prosecuto
1 ° toe extent of the law for so doing.
M A. LEMON.
EORGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, O. 11. P. Pettyjohn, Admin
istrator on the estate of Temperance Pet
tyjohn. late of said county, deceased, rep
resents to the Court that he lias fully and
completely administered said deceased’s
estate and is entitled to a discharge—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any, af
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary
of said county, on the first Monday in Feb
ruary. 1882, why said Letters of Di.smis
sion should not he granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, Oc
tober 29th, 1881.
11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
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JEFFERSON. JACKSON COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30. ISBI.
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[From the Atlanta Constitution.]
Bill Arp’s Letter,
IN WHICH HE CONSIDERS THINGS IN
GENERAL.
Christmas is at hand, and no winter
to speak of yet; no cold rains or
howling winds ; no heavy drains upon
the farmer’s small store of corn and
provender. Providence is kind, not
withstanding the short crops, and our
people are hopeful of getting through
the winter and starting anew at plant
ing time. Poor people saw a hard
struggle ahead, and the good man was
gloomy and sad when he thought of
the lack of means to keep wife and
children from want and tiie wolf from
the door. The poor get more sympa
thy than help, and have long since
learned to do without when they can
not buy. Merchants and guano men
don’t know what Contending forces
have worked upon the farmer’s mind
and what sacrifice of comfort he has
Had to make to pay for advances—how
lie has got. to pinch himself and his
Tamil} 7 , and even his stock, to struggle
through the winter that is yet to come.
But after ail there seems to be a de
liverance not counted on, for here are
the iron works and manganeese works
and the ear factory and the saw mills
■md the new railroads that want labor
and teams and pay good prices, and
our people are going to them from all
directions. The car factory at Car
tersviile has one hundred and fifty
hands and turns ont thirty cars a
week. The manganeese mines give
employment to as many more, and
there are hundreds at the furnaces.
The thirty four steam saw mills in the
county of Polk have not less than five
hundred hands. Mr. West’s railroad
increases its force all the time as it
increases its business, and from my
observaf on is the best paying road in
the State and about the best managed.
Fhen there are the copper mines near
Roekmart that help out amazingly,
'or they employ lots of men and sixty
mules’; and have just built the biggest
stable I ever saw. But the biggest
Hiing of all is Mr. Cole’s railroad from
Rome to Atlanta, which feeds and
pays directly and indirectly at least
wo thousand people. Besides the
grading that is going on there are
scores of countrymen gelling crossties
and timber for bridges and trestles
and stone for culverts. All along the
ine I see the natives at work cutting
stocks and hauling them. I hear the
sound of a thousand axes cutting and,
hewing erosstics. I see the hutahic
farmers hauling them down steep hills
and mountain sides where a wagon
couldent go. I asked Loomis, who is
one of the contractors on the line, how
those people were going to get those
ties up out of the wilderness, and be
said they was going to snig’em down
on a blizzard. Loomis is a buckeye
and when I told him I reckon it wa
a lizzard he said well it was a lizzard.
or a blizzard or a gizzard or some
such conti ivance. There is a power
of money paid out every week by this
company, and itall comes from abroad,
and all helps our people. It will save
their families from want and their
stock from sale, I have never seen
as much industry in this region as is
iow <M>ing on. ami in the lies!
lime in the world, and I think we will
ill be able to pull through better than
•ve anticipated.
FIRE PROOF MESSENGER BOXES i
Cherokee Georgia is being checker
'd all over with inn ui r n during indus
tries—developing her mineral trea
sures and her timber. These tilings
mixed up with successful farming will
make ibis region the garden spot of
he .State—no fence 4 *, and less cotton
uni more grass and hay is bound lo
come. I don’t know anything about
the tariff or what we ought to do about
t. W e are all getting along pretty
veil as it stand-*, but somehow I can'L
>elp thinking that the advalorem tax
is the best. That is what the State
has got, and I don't see why the Uni
ted States shouldn’t have it too. I
don t belie ve :n pM.icil.ng*> la von ng
any class, Uu Up* rnn'uom r-* have. !•*
sutler for it. 1 don't want to hurt Mr.
West. lie makes pig iron and gives
employment to a great many people,
but if I can buy a plow or a keg of
nails or an n>: a tilth* cheaper from an
M.igli'.lauan than an A ..email illo-k'
like I ought to he allowed to do it.
Our wagon makers used to charge us
sl2 * 00 for a pretty good wagon, but
the Ya ikees commenced selling us a
better one for SIOO 00, and we bought
’em and dried up our own raeehanicks
and they went, at some other business.
Now, if tariff is right in principle, wc
ought to have put a tax of $25 on
every Yankee wagon that wa3 brought
here. Just so with Western meat and
corn. Now, if an Englishman will
sell us as good a wagon for $75 and
ns good an ax for half the price it
looks like we ought to be allowed to
buy ’em. One time there was an old
man who had ten children and lots of
grandchildren, and one of his boys
was a shoe maker, and the old man
said that all the other children should
buy their shoes from Bob at two dol
lars a pair just to encourage him and
keep the money in the family. Every
day there was some outsiders come
knocking at the outside gate with just
as good shoes at a dollar a pair, hut
-till they all had to buy from Bo!) and
Bob got rich o(F of his own kinfolks,
and tfiat’s the way with the tariff. It
is a good thing for Bob but mighty
hard on the rest of the family. In
this portion of the vineyard there are
fifty consumers to one manufacturer,
and it seems to me the majority ought
to have the most consideration. Mr.
Young and Mr. Cogin, who run the
Augusta and Columbus factories, say
that the South can make cotton goods
eight dollars a bale cheaper than the
North, but the tariff enables the North
to make ten per cent, interest, while
the South makes twenty. Now, if
the}- will reduce the tariff the South
can still make ten per cent, and the
North wouldn’t make anything, and
so they would pull up stakes and come
down here with their machinery, and
every steam and water power in tiiis
region would be dotted with their fac
tones, and that is just what we want.
We want more industry add more
opportnnies for our boys and our girls,
and we want our cotton worked up at
home and that will give us cheaper
uoods, for we wont have to pay freight
both ways. They talk a gic.ff deal
about a tariff for revenue only, but I
have never seen one yet that liidnt
prove to be a tariff for protection and
1 never will. It is all a complicated
piece of machinery fixed up by politi
cians to get to congress and they stay
there and the poor consumers dout
know anything about it. Jesso. In
the good old honest days when the
masses of the people made nearly
ever) thing at home it didn’t matter so
much, but it does now. I was a think
ing of the days when we used to wear
country jeans and home-made shoes
and wool hats and drank water out of
a clean gourd instead of a silverdipper.
and sat in split bottom chairs —the best
chair in tile wori l—and lived in houses
we were not afraid of. Ido hate to
be afraid of a house when I go in it.
I was thinking of the times when the
boys went to mill and chopped the fire
wood and wore home-made galluses
and made balls out of old rubber shoe*
and played marbles without fudging
and called up doodle bugs out of their
sand holes. The boys now are too
smart for the like of that. They know
more than'we know, and by the time
they are grown they will know it all
and quit. Jesso. But still I am
hopeful. There is always some good
seed in the basket, and may be the
old stock wont run out entirely.
And now, Mr. Editor, let me say
adieu to you and your readers. Adieu
for a season. I don’t know how long,
but I have long suspected 1 was writ
ing 100 much —keeping my pen before
the people too long—wearying them
with vagaries that were crude and ill
digested with thoughts that were not
new and advice that was not needed,
ail of which smacks of variety and
oonoe't, from which may the good
Lord deliver me. In parting wi h you,
let me say thanks for your patience,
your courtesy to me and my pen, and
to say, besides, that if I have ever been
unkindly personal to any one in my
random letters, and he is aggrieved, 1
freely forgive him for not forgiving me.
Your’®, Bill Arp.
Buys 1 hem h j t: e Gr. ss.
SrioriMiNvili.k, ()•!! >. 'lay 25. 1881.
rtejf'O sou'! me at niuio one gro-vs of
\ t.nr most excellent med cinal lonic.
Brown's Iron liiLters. i have used
them in my practice, for indigestion,
dyspepsia, sour stomach, heartburn,
nausea, vertigo, etc., and have met
with great success, in effecting cures,
t Rod they give perfect tone and real
.jtrc'ngtli l> every part of the body,
and in cases of kidney diseases and
consumption they quickly stop all
decay.
R. B. Alexander, M. I).
an 1 Druggist.
Doctors Disagree.
flow an Allopathic Naval Doctor an<\
Ilia Ilo'i i'JC jj) ill. ic " })oM>r'
Wife Fell Out .
The oftmade assertion that “pro
fcssional” rivalry is nowhere so letter
among the medical fraternity is
aptly exemplified by the facts in a
divorce case filed in one of our courts
the other day.
It, seems that Dr. Smcdburv, of the
U n.ed n. atesXavy, was married about
i cc- months ago to a lovely young
San Josie lady, to whom he had been
engaged for a long time and who pas
sionately returned his affection. A
few months after his marriage the
Doctor was called to join his ship in
the Asiatic squad,on, and bom one
emergency or another was kept abroad
three \-eara, arriving in this city only
about a month ago. During his absence
his wife determined to employ the
interval of their long separation by
; studying medicine, a surprise which
she hoped would delight her husband
on his return. Unfortunately, how
ever, she entered a homoeopathic
college, her husband being of the
allopathic persuasion. Her desire was
to graduate he fore her better-half re
turned, which she succeeded in doing.
The doctor hail hardly time to ex
change greetings with his overjoyed
partner on the day of his arrival, when
their rejoicings were interrupted by a
messenger who came rushing in to say 7
that a man had fallen out of a four
story window around the block, and
for whom a physician was needed at
once. The husband had hardly reached
the ground when he discovered his wife
already on hand and engaged in con
sulting the patient's pulse.
” What does this mean ?” said the
astonished surgeon.
*’ Why. I forgot to tell you, darling,”
explained his wife. “You see lam a
regularly qualified homoeopathic physi
cian.”
” Homoeopathic ?” sneered the aston
ished husband, getting very red in the
face.
“ Yes. pet.,” continued Mrs. S.sweet
iy ; “ this dosing people with bucket
fuls of slop is getting out of date,
precious.”
“And so you have actually 7 been
roped in by that gang of pillule
peddling idiots ?”
“Don't be rude, ray dear,” replied the
female practitioner. “ You can’t ex
pcct to keep up with the march of
science in Asia. Just stand back a
moment and let me save the patient.”
“ Save fiddlesticks,” snapped the
allopath. “ Woman, go home at once,
and cease trifling with human life. Or,
perhaps, yon had better scrape lint
while I resuscitate the subject.”
“ Why 7 don’t yon two quit fighting
and go to work ?” asked the victim's
wife, who had just made up her mind
that she wouldn’t look well in black.
“When this female person is re
moved,” said Dr. S., stiflly, “ I shall
proceed in the regular way.”
“ I will not. take the case, or be an
swerable for the consequences until
that old fogy withdraws,” rejoined
Doctress S., haughtily.
“ You are a quack !” roared the hus
band.
“ Y ou're a butcher !” screamed his
wife.
And in this way they went on until
somebody announced that the man
was dead, and the police arrested the
whole crowd for creating a disturbance.
And now they aie to he divorced in
a few days, for the judge says that if
the petition is refused he’s afraid they
will leave off quarreling and take to
practicing on each other, and he thinks
there have been quite enough murders
committed lately.— Derrick Dodd.
A Lady’s Wish.
“Oh, how I do wish my skin was as
clear and soft as yours,” said a lady
to her friend. “You caneasely 7 make
it so,” answered the friend. “How?”
inquired the first lady. “By using
Hop Bitters, that makes pure, rich
blood and blooming health. It did ; t
for me, as y 7 ou observe. ’ — Cairo Eu
letin.
Keeping I'ne Head Clean.
Keeping the head perfectly clean is
a great aid to health. A distinguish
ed physician, who has spent much of
his time at quarantine, said that a
person whose head was thoroughly
washed every day. rarely took conta
gious diseases, but where the hair was
allowed to become dirty and matted
it was hardly 7 possible to escape infec
tion. Many persons find speedy re
lief for nervous headache by washing
the head thoroughly in weak soda wa
ter. \Ye have known a’most
wholly cured in ten minutes by this
simple remedy. A friend finds it the
greatest relief in eases of “ rose cold,”
the cold symptoms entirely 7 leaving
the eyes and nose after one thorough
washing of the hair. Thediead should
lie thoroughly dried afterward, and
avoid draughts of air for a little while.
—Golden Rule.
The Spoopendyke Baby.
“Well, well, well." sail Mr. Spoo
pendyke, with a grin that involved
his whole head, and an effort at tip-toe
tread that shook the whole house.
“ And so it’s a girl, my dear ?”
Mrs. Spoopendyke smiled faintly.
and Mr. Spoopendyke picked up his
heiress.
“It's the image of you,” she said,
regarding with some trepidation Mr.
Spoopendyke's method of handling
the infant.
“ I don't s:c how you make that
out,” said Mr. Spoopendyke, gravely.
“ l don't know when my nose looked
like the thumb part of a boiled lobster
claw. Do I understand 3-011 that my
eyes bear any resemblance to the head
ol a screw ?’’
“ I mean the general features,” mut
tered Mrs. S[ o *pendyke.
“ The general features seem to be all
mouth,” retorted Mr. Spoopendyke,
examining Ins acquisition. “If our
general features are at all alike, my
visage must remind yon of an earth
quake. lli ! kiteliee ! kitcliec ! What
makes her hold up her legs like that?”
“She can’t help it,” reasoned Mrs.
Spoopendyke. ” they’ll straighten out
in time.” ~No time like the present,”
quoted Mr. Spoopendyke, and lie took
his daughter's feet and commenced
pulling her limbs.
“ I don’t want an}- band3 r legged
child in this family while I'm at the
head of it.”
Naturally the baby began to cry,
and Mr. Spoopendyke essayed to
soothe it.
“ Hi! kiehcc kichcc I kichcc-ee-cc,”
he chirruped. "Grat Scott, what a
S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
i $l.OO for Six Months.
cavern! Any idea how raucli this
mouth weigh?? Hi I kichec ! kichce I.
You’ll have to get this mouth roofed
in before cold weather. What’s the
matter with her, any Way?”
” Perhaps you hurt hor. --Let me
take her, please,” pleaded helpless
Mrs. Spoopendyke.
“She's doing well enough. Hi you!
H'*ld up! Haven’t you anything to
catch this mouth in? It’s spilling all 1
over the neighborhood. Ili ! Topsy,’
Genevieve. Cleopatra, dry up ! I’m go
ing to have trouble breaking this'
young one’s temper, I can see that.
Here ! bend the other Way once !” and
Mr. Spoopendyke tried to straighten
irp his offspring without avail.
“Let her come to me ; do, please,”
moaned Mrs. Spoopendyke ; and Mr.
Spoopendyke way forced to hand her
over.
“ Well, that's quite a baby,” said he,’
nursing his knee and eyeing the infant/
“ What’re those bumps over its eyes ;
for? What preponderance of intelli
gence do they represent?”
“ You musn’t talk so,” remonstrated
Mrs. Spoopendyke. “ She’s the hand
somest child you ever saw.”
“ Well, she’s got to stop biting her
nails before she goes anv further with
this procession. Here, take your
hands out of your mouth, can't you?
Why don’t you put your hands down?”
“ Why. all babies do that.” explain
ed Mrs. Spoopendyke. " You can't
stop that.”
“I’m going to try,” said Mr. Spoo
pendyi-e, “and I don't want to be in
terfered with in bringing the child up.
Here, you, Maud S. Boncsetter, put
your hands in your pockets. Don't
let me see any more nail chewing, of
3 r ou and I'll get mixed up in argu
ment. She gets that from your fami
ly. Mrs. Spoopendyke.”
“ Say, dear, don’t you want to go
and order some things?” asked Mrs,
Spoopendyke.
“No,” rejoined her husband, “I
want to see this youngster. Where's
her chin! Do babies always have
their upper jaw set right on their
shoulders? Kichee 1 kichce! Her
scalp comes clear to the bridge of her
nose. I don’t,believe she’squiteright.
Where’s her forehead? Great Moses !
Her head is all on the back part. Say,
that baby’s got to be pressed. That’s
no shape.”
“Get awa)’,” exclaimed Mrs. Spoo
pendyke, indignantly. “She’s a per
fect angel. There’s nothing, in the>
world the matter with her.”
“ Of course 3*oll know,” growled Mr.
Spoopendyke. You don’t waut any
thing more than a fog-horn and a mis
spent appropriation to be an orphan
asylum. If I had your faith, and the
colic, I’d make a living as a foand
lings’ home. She’ll he old enough to
spank in a week, won’t she*:”
“No, she won’t,” said Mrs. Spoo
pendyke. “She’ll never be old enongji
for that.”
“ I’ll bet she will,”’ grunted Mr,
Spoopendyke. “If she isn’t, she’ll
get it before she matures up to that
period. Thai’s all. Let me take her.-
Here, let’s have hcr. ,r
But Mrs. Spoopendyke flatly refus
ed.
“ Keep your dod gasted baby, then !”
roared Mr. Spoopendyke. ”If you*
know more about babies than 1 do.
then keep her. The way yon coddle
her one would think she was a new'
paste for the coraplxion. If you hark
one more brain and a handle, j'ou’rf
make a fair rattle-box. Fit you up
with a broken sofa and a grease pot,
and you’d do for a second hand nur
sery.”
And Mr. Spoopendyke started off to
find his friend >Specklewottle, who
congratulated him, and started off with
him to assist in the selection of an
overcoat oral a pair of ear muffs as
precautionary against the approaching
winter. —Brooklyn Eayle.
It is a Foolish Mistake to oonfbund
a remedy of merit with the quad*
medicines now so common. W© have
used Parker’s Ginger Tonic with Lho
happiest results for Rheumatism and
Dyspepsia, and when worn out by
overwork, and know it to be a sterling
health restorative. Times. See adv.
Athens Banner : A certain, or rath
er uncertain man started with 144 tur
keys to Athens ; when he arrived Sat
urday they numbered 150. A colored
citizen, on his route, possessed six ot
the national birds, which, being of a
gregarious turn of mind, joined the
1 crowd and come to town. Our colors
cd friend, having secured a possesso
ry warrant, Mr. E. A. Sanford, the
purchaser of the 150. appeared with
six at the cast door of the court house.
Ourc. f. was positive one of his turkey*
was blind in one eye. The court pass-,
cd an order that the ci-devant blind
turkey be turne 1 loose to tost his or
rather her, visual power. As this was
the 011I3' means of identification, and as
Mrs. Turkey aforesaid was possessed
of excellent sight in both eyes, the
judgment of the court was rendered
iu favor of Mr. Sanford, who returned
to his store with his six turkej-s, and
now offers the same for sale. .Justice
is sometimes blind ; so are turkeys,
but not always.
Lossof tneißor}', universal lassitude,
pain in the back, premature old age,
prompt!}- cured with Brown’s Iron
Bitters, it restores lost functions and
strengthens the weakened parts.
NUMBER 45.