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JACKSON HERALD.
ROBERT S. HOWARD,?
Editor and Publisher. $
VOLUME 11.
C. "W". bupke;
Graincsville, G-a.,
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 Department
Is full and replete in every line. The most elegant line of DRESS GOODS. SILKS, SATINS, PLAIDS, STRIPES and
BROCADES ever offered here. A superb line of I LANNULS, WA'ILRPROOIS, CASIMERLS, JEANS, CLOTHS, i'lic.
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
Arc full of the best goods and lowest prices. In MILLINERY, HATS. RIBBONS and TRIMMINGS, for ladies wear, I have
an elegant line, with .MISS MARY lIEADEN a superb Trimmer, at the head of this Department.
Clotliing: 2 Clothing 2
In my Clothing Department may always be found everything pertaining to a first-class clothing store. This stock is unequal
ed in this section. “ KEEP’S” Shirts, Collars and Cuffs a specialty. No fancy prices. I have the largest stock of Boots and
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, and as to prices I will guarantee to sell anything in my stock as low
as 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. W. DuPRE.
P. S.— l buy all kinds of Country Produce at highest market prices.
£egaf Hduectiscmcuts.
Jack son Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be sold, before the Court House
door in the town of Jefferson, Jack
son county, Ga., on the first. Tuesday in
April next, within the legal hours of sale,
to the highest bidder, the following prop
erty. to-wit:
The remainder, or reversion, after the
termination of the life estate in dower of
Orra Morgan, widow of William Morgan,
(she being between 70 and 7'> years of age)
in the following described property : The
tract of land whereon Orra,Morgan now
lives, containing four hundred acres, more
or less, adjoining lauds of John M. Burns,
J. M. Wilhite and others, on the road
from Jefferson to Harmony Grove, about
one mile from Apple Valley P. 0., on
which is a good two-story dwelling house
with eight rooms, good barn and stables,
with other out-buildings ; three or four
good tenant bouses ; about forty acres of
good bottom land, on Parks’ creek, in cul
tivation ; about fifty acres up-land in cul
tivation ; about one hundred acres in for
est, balance in pine old fields. Said place
about three and a half miles from Jeffer
son. Levied on as the property of the
estate of William Morgan, dec’d, to satis
fy two li. fas., one issued from the Supe
rior Court of said county in favor of John
Simpkins, Ordinary, for the use of John
M. Wilhite, against A. T. Bennett, Ad
ministrator, de bonis non. with the will of
William Morgan annexed, as principal,
and Jackson Bell as security. The other
in favor of A. T. Bennett as Guardian of
William Morgan, against A. T. Bennett
as Administrator, de bonis non, with the
will of William Morgan annexed, issued
from the Court of Ordinary of said count3 r .
Property pointed out by A. T. Bonnet*,
controller of fi. fas. Written notice given
to Orra Morgan and D. W. Jarrett, ten
ants in possession, and to A. T. Bennett,
Administrator, de bonis lion, with the
will of William Morgan annexed, defend
ant in ti. fas., as the law directs.
T. A. McELHANNON, Sli'fF.
Postponed Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be sold, before the Court House
door iu the town of Jefferson, Jack
son county, Ga., within the legal hours of
sale, to the highest and best bidder, at
public outcry, on tbe first Tuesday in
April, 1882. the following property, to
wit:
A tract of land lying in said county of
Jackson, on the waters of Mulberry river,
adjoining lands of Edwards, DeLaperriere
and others, containing one hundred and
twenty acres, more oi less, known as the
Weatherly place. On said place are rea
sonably good improvements, and a fair
proportion of open, cultivated land, and
old field pine and forest timber. Levied
on as the property of Hugh R. Bernard
and William A. Weatherly, to satisfy a
mortgage fi. fa. in favor of Wesley Nance,
Executor of John Seay, deceased, against
said Hugh R. Bernard and William A.
Weatherly, issued from Jackson Superior
Court. Levy made by John J. Wallis,
foxnier Deputy Sheriff. Property pointed
out in said ti. fa.
T. A. McELHANNON,
Sheriff J. 0., Ga.
QEORGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, J. R. Braselton, Guardian of
the persons and property of Johnson
Cowan and Helen Cowan, minors of S.
Cowan, dec'd, tenders his resignation as
such Guardian, and suggests the name of
T. L. Bryson as a suitable person for said
trust—
This is to cite all concerned, the next of
Rin, to show cause, if any, at the April
term, ISS2, of the Court of Ordinary of
said county, why said resignation should
not be accepted and said T. L. Bryson be
appointed instead, Guardian of said mi
nors.
Given under my official signature, this
March Ist, 1882,
11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
QEORGIA, Jackson County.
W hereas, S. P. Higgins, Administrator
°f Mary Simmons, dec’d, represents to the
Court that he has fully and completely ad
ministered said deceased’s estate accord
ing to law, and is therefore entitled to a
discharge from .said administration—
-1 his is to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they
can, at the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary of said count) 7 , on the first Mon
'‘ay in April, ISB2, why Letters of Dis
mission from said estate should not be
granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, ibis
January 4th, 18S2.
H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Q.EORGIA, Jackson County.
M hereas. John Simpkins, Administra
tor.of the estate of J. R. Holliday, dec’d,
as , to be allowed to resign said trust,
and suggests the name of Mrs. llol
"lay (the widow of said deceased) as a
• uitable person for said trust —
fins is to cite all concerned, kindred
•nil creditors, to show cause, if any, at
le tourt of Ordinary' of said county, to
' c . held on the first Monday in April, 1882,
a,,? s ®, a Pl>Hcant should not be relieved
"U ad aU Holliday appointed in his
Given under my official signature, this
-March Ist, 1882.
11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
IfiiMftsssMii
—IIUF .P.0.80x 13S.Cliipfly.illL
A, Jackson County.
Whereas, 11. J. Randolph, Sr., Admin
istrator of the estate of John Lancaster,
late of said county, dec’d, tenders his re
signation as such Administrator, and asks
that some other suitable person he ap
pointed in his stead—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if 3113% at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary
of said county, on the tirst Monday in
April. 1882, why the applicant should not
he relieved of said administration and
some other lit and proper person appoint
ed.
Given under my oflicial signature, this
March Ist, ISB2.
11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
EORGIA, Jackson County.
\J r
Whereas, it being represented to me
that Mary Thurmond (wife of J. li. Thur
mond) died in .said comity intestate, leav
ing an estate, which estate is unrepresent
ed and not likely to he represented—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any, at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary
of said county, on the first Monday in
April, ISB2. why the administration of
said estate should not he vested in the
Clerk of the Superior Court of said coun
ty. or some other lit and proper person.
Given under iny oflicial signature, this
March Ist, 1882.
11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
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JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA„ FRIDAY, MARCH 10. 1882.
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Valuation.
The old ’squire said, as he stood by his
gate,
And his neighbor, the deacon, went by;
”In spite of my hank stock and real estate,
You are better off, deacon, than 1.
We’re both growing old, and the end’s
drawing near;
You have less of this world to resign,
But iu heaven's appraisal ) T our assets, I
fear.
Will reckon up greater than mine.
They say I am rich, hut I’m feeling so
poor,
I wish I could swop with 3 r ou even,
The pounds I have lived for and laid up
in store
For the sh Rings and pence 3 r ou have
given.”
“ Well, *squir.,” said the deacon, with
shrewd common sense.
While his 03*0 had a twinkle of fun,
“ Let your pounds take the way of my
shillings and pence.
And the thing can he easily done.”
—John 0. Whittier.
A Story by Kit Warren.
Green B. Mavo ! Every person in
this section knows Green B. Mayo.
Nature did no journey-work in syn
thclising the elements of his composi
tion. lie was fitted spiritually as well
as carnally to brave the dangers and
endure the hardships of pioneer life.
But fate decreed that his” lines should
fall in pleasant places’* and the hu
mors of his aggressive nature find a
vent in the region ofcivilization. Mayo
was—l mean is—a generous, kind
hearted, clever, social, fun-loving, hard
fighting man. lie weighs about 200
pounds, basket and all, is full of elec
tricity and vim, can squeeze more juice
out of an anecdote than Artemus Ward
and has as little respect for orthogra
phy as a goat. The fact is, from are
mark I once heard him make, I am a
little inclined to suspect that his ear
ly scholastic advantages were not the
best. llis remafk was this : *• I nev
er went to school but three days and
the teacher didn't come narrv one of
them.” After thirty years spent in
Lee county as merchant, sheriff, depu
t3 T sheriff, farmer, miller and big dog
the tan yard generally, he joined the
church, moved to Burricn, engaged in
the turpentine business, and is now a
rich man.
In tlie yellow autumn ofsixt.v, on
the flowery borders of the land of Hie
fait, it cannot he amiss for me—his
Boswell—to furnish t.he publican oc
casional incident, in his checkered ca
rcer.
Mayo entered the public service as
bailiff of a milil ia district: which shall
bo nameless till her history gathers up
her jewels, Anno Domini 1845. The
public bindings of the pliee consisted
of a single gin house, which answered
several purposes in the interim be
tween ginning seasons, which said
purposes were expressed on a dingy
and dilapidated sign boad in these
words : “ Katin’, drinkm’, lodgin’,
and coart hilt hear.” The litigant who
did the most treating always held the
ear of the court., and the best rough
and tumble fighting was the surest
passport to popular favor and politi
cal preferment. Tuny men and men
below the average in muscular develop
ment were pitied by the merciful and
despised by the mob. Mayo was
young, active and powerful, and A. 11.
Stephens would have stood about
as much chance as a bob tail cow iu
fly time in a contest against him for
bailiff of that district.
Well, Mayo went on baildling and
fighting till be had no more worlds to
conquer. Everybody was afraid of
him. They just would be his friends,
lie was such a good fellow it was a
sin to get mad with him or strike him
back. But that didn't suit Mayo. The
time for the next election was ap
proaching and he yearned to rehabili
tate himself with the same blushing
FOR THE PEOPLE.
honors he was so well and worthily
wearing. Kitchens wa9 an opposition
condidate. Kitchens fought every
courtday, whipped everybody—every
body but Mayo. Mayo he humored,
petted, doted on.
Kitchens was becoming famous;
Mayo likely to become a fossil. It
was the third week in December, the
last court of the year in session, and
the bailiff’s election just two weeks
ahead. The J. P. was busy hearing
testimony, when Mayo spoke out,
“Stop your damned ease till I can
whip Kitchens for talking loud in
court.” As this announcement was
in no wise surprising, and indicated the
only way in which order in court was
preserved, his Honor merely paused,
turned his eyes in the direction indi
cated, and prepared to wait patiently
until his officer could pass through the
crowd, climb over the benches, get to
Kitchens and restore order. ‘‘l object,”
says Kitchens ; “ Mayo’s a peace offi
cer, and it’s agin the law for hiin to
fight a man as lives in his own dees
triet.” As the will of the magistrate
was the supreme law of that bailiwick,
Mayo waited, with but slight interpo
sition on the part of the crowd, for a
decision of the point raised. Either
because Kitchens was son-in-law of
the court, or because the court was
himself afraid of Mayo, or, which is
most likely the correct hypothesis, be
cause a sense of duty impelled him,
his honor sided with Kitchens, and
solemnly decided that “ef any bailiff
fights a fight while he’s bailifF in this
court, the fight shan't count.” Being
somewhat in liquor, his Honor further
permitted himself to be induced by
a wag to pass a written order repeal
ing, annulling, vacating and setting
aside all the fights Mayo had been en
gaged in with any resident of the dis
trict since the beginning of his pres
ent term of office. Mayo, nettled and
smarting under this judicial wound,
was about leaving the house when a
stout, portly young man, evidently a
resident of another district and'therc
fore not embraced in the provisions
of the late lamented decision, alighted
from his horse and entered the court
room. The stranger, seeing a man
near the counter, called for whisky.
Now, the court being also the bar
keeper, calling for drinks in an audi
ble tone was not considered disorderly
conduct; on the contrary he would
drop the most knotty problem of juris
prudence to wait on a customer. So
Mayo, making no point upon the in
terruption of the court, waited only
till the tribunal was disjunoted by the
appearance of its magisterial func
tionary behind the counter, and then
approaching the candidate for whisky,
lie began: “You want to fight?”
“ No, I don't.” “ Yes, you do, and
you want to fight me,” and with this,
Mayo struck him a stunning blow on
the side of the head. At it they went,
over boxes, barrels, trunks and tables,
till finally they disappeared from the
view of the crowd in a dog-fall behind
a bench iu the far end of the room.
In a moment more “ music rose with
its voluptuous sweL” as one of the
combatants sang out lustily; “Take
him off! take him olf! oh, Lawdy !
take him off! take him off!”
As the crowd had very little respect
for the rights of aliens, and thought
Mayo was giving the visitor a merited
punishment, no person felt interested
enough in the matter to repair to the
seat of war, except the J. I\—he hadn’t
been paid for that drink yet. “ Why,
bless mo, boys, bit’s Mayo that's hoi
lering.” The crowd jammed to the
arena with a perfect spasm and the
pugilists were instantly separated.
As Mayo rose, his hair tousled, his
clothes torn, his face scratched and
his features miserably woe-begone, a
friend rushed to him, with great sur
prise, and asked, “ Why, Mayo, did
you hollow ?” *• Hollow ! Ilell, yes ;
if I’d had a horn I’d a blowed it!”
The stranger paid the five cents due
for his drink, walked leisurely out on
the far end of the gin house veranda
—nine and one-half feet super terrain
—lit his pipe, seated himself on a box,
drew to bis siJe a huge shelalali lie
saw lying near bv. crossed his le"s
and began to smoke.
Mayo, as soon as he recovered from
his first panting spell, began to roar
worse than the hulls of Bashan, and
struggled towards his antagonist.
Though the breaks were put down
heavy, Mayo dragged himself on the
veranda, but there he was halted and
held by the strong grip of the stalwart
Kitchens. ‘‘Let me go ! letmegittohim
—let me tare him all to flinderations.”
Then followed a volley of oaths, such
as would have done honor to “ the ar
my in Flanders,” while the distinguish
ed guest gased listlessly upon sur
rounding objects, continued to smoke
in silence. Mayo worked, wiggled,
pulled and jerked until at length, very
much to his surprise and mortification,
the “holt” broke. Mayo says: “I
didn’t mean to get loose, and when I
did, I wanted to stop, but I was pull
ing so hard I got the start of myself
and couldn’t wait.” The stranger met
him half way and hit him a lick with
the stick which sent him reeling off
the platform and down to the ground.
Mayo rose frowned, rubbed his lacera
ted parts, frowned again, looked back
at his assailant, and with a most fero
cious, terrific and threatening nod of
the head, remarked : “Now, God damn
3’ou, I reel-on you will let me alone.”
I know the name of the plumed and
knightly stranger, but I won’t tell
it.' My solemn promise and an im
perious sense of duty forbid me to
disclose it. The secret will die in
my bosom, or, anyhow if an inquisi
tive public should ever find out that it
was Gen. Phil Cook, they’ll get their
information from someone else beside
me.
She Wanted Comedy.
Three months ago when anew
servant girl carao to a Brush street
family the mistress said she desired to
post the girl in advance on one certain
little point. She and her husband
belonged to an amateure theatrical
compay, and in case Jane heard any
racket round the house she must not
imagine that they were quarreling.
They would simply be rehearsing their
parts. The “ play” began on the third
evening of the girl’s engagement. The
husband taunted his wife with ex
travagance, and she said he played
poker for money, and chairs were up
set and footstools kicked around and
threats were made of going home to
mother. Next morning the mistress
said to the girl:
“ Did you hear us plajdng our parts
in the ‘ Wronged Wife’ last night ?”
“ Yes’m.”
“It was simplj’ a rehearsal, ) t ou
know, and you musn’t think strange
of my throwing a vase at my husband
and calling him a vile wretch.”
Three or four nights after that the
curtain went up on a play called :
“The Jealous Husband,” and Jane
heard sobs, sighs, protestations, threats
and exclamations. The next play
was entitled : “ Coming Home Tight,”
and was mostly played in the front
hall. Then followed “The Depths of
Despair,” “Threats of Divorce” and
“Such a Wretch,” until Jane was at
last tired of having a private box and
being the only audience. The other
morning she appeared in the sitting
room with her hat on and her bundle
under her arm and said :
“Please, ma’am, but I'm going this
morning.”
“ What, going away ?*’
“ Yes'm.”
“ For what reason ?”
“ Please, ma’am, but I’m tired of
tragedy. I’m a girl as naturally likes
to see hugging and kissing and love
making on the stage, and when Marks
the lawyer comes in on the what-you
eall-it Piu sure to be tickled to death.
I think I'll try some family where they
rehearse comedy and have a deal of
kissing, and pet Imps I may come in
as a supe and get a small share of it
for myself. —Free Press.
Boyish Wit.
The late Dr. William Arnot, of
Scotland, was noted for broad and
accurate knowledge of the Bible, and
for a ready wit, equal to every emer
gency. lie was the youngest child in
a large Scotch family, and having a
weak body with an alert tongue, was
often imposed on by bis elder brothers
and sisters.
In contests with the tongue he was
pretty sure of a victory, but stood no
cbauceofsucccss in rougher squabbles.
After a brief absence from home, the
father called the children to give an
account of their behavior. They all
turned on William and told hard
stories about him, each one putt'ng on
an extra touch, and making him out
agi eat mischief maker. Many of their
tales were manufactured out of whole
cloth, and William listened with
wonder. At length the father turned
to him and said : “Well, William,
what have you to say to all this?'
and could hardly keep his face when
the little fellow replied, “ Blessed are
ye when all men shall revile and
persecute you.” The aptness of the
reply atoned in part for an irreverent
use of Scripture, and the father came
into full sympathy with the persecuted
boy.
Facts Peculiar to San Francisco.
Slouch hats predominate.
. Telegraph poles are all square.
Church services commence at 11
A. M.
The north wind is hot and the south
cold.
Admission to a circus is always sl.
Sidewalks are most unanimously
plank.
Bow windows in houses are in the
majority.
Liquor bars are indispensable with
grocery stores.
Overcoats and linen dusters are com
panions. summer and winter.
Fog, night and morning, the year
through.
Thunder and lightning rarely ever
heard or seen.
Snow was never known to fall in the
city.
Mosquitoes are few, but flees abound.
Coal yard signs read wood and coal.
Pineapples are seventy-five cents to
$1 each.
Theaters and side-shows in full blast
Sunday.
First of May (May da}-) is a holiday.
All daily papers are five cents, noth
ing less than that used in money.
Mercury seldom reaches eighty or
goes down to forty.
Windmills arc largely used for yard
irrigation and suppling steam power.
Street processions and ball matches
are common spectacleson thcSabbath.
Trade winds blow every afternoon
from the southwest.
The sun shines every da}' for eight
months and the other four the sky is
a waterspout.
One-third the population live on the
European plan, furnished rooms,board
ing at restaurants.
Costs fifty cents a month for cartage
of ashes from your door.
Fifty cents is called four bits, while
12 1-2 cents is a bit, and ten cents a
short bit.
Potatoes, onions and all kinds of
fruit sold by weight.
Thousands of sea gulls inhabit the
water front, building their nests on
tops of warehouses.
Chinese are required to pay a poll
tax, but not allowed to vote or become
citizens.
Costs fifteen cents to Brooklyn or
Oakland, and takes twenty-five min
utes.
Saloons of ferries are on the upper
deck, while the first contains a lunch
counter and bar.
The notorious “ sand lot” adjoins
the city hall.
Twenty miles of cable street rail
roads operated by stationary steam
engines.
Chinese do all the washing, perform
housework, cook, raise all the vegeta
ble and manufacture nearly all the ci
gars and shoes.
Must buy a whole ham or sack of
flour. No smaller quantity sold.
Salaries of clerks and salemen gen
erally are lower than in New York.
The number of judges, generals,
colonels, majors and captains is aston
ishing.
Grate fires and warm blankets are
luxuries every night in the year.
Coal and wood is sold bv the ba^.
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Ice cream saloons are scarce.
Number of stout and fleshy women
is remarkable.
Roses bloom in yards the year
round.
Oysters are the size of hickory nuts.
White pigs are as scarce as black in
the East.
Ilills and mountains are all peaked
like volcanoes.
When the moon is supposed to shine
the street lights are shut off.
Lending and borrowing money upon
honor is a legitimate business.
Temperature in different parts of
the city will vary ten degrees at the
same hour.
Twilights are very short.
Ingersoll on Whiskey.
We publish this week a beautiful ex
tract from a late volume of Ingcrsoll’s
Wit, Wisdom and Eloquence, by Mc-
Lure, on the subject of Alcohol and its
horrors. Mr. Ingersoll is an avowed in
fidel, but what Christian priest has done
so much as he for the cause of temper
ance ?
I am aware there is a prejudice
against any man engaged in the manu
facture of alcohol. I believe that from
'he time it issues from the coiled and
poisonous worm into Lhedistillery until
it empties into the hell of death, dis
honor and crime, that it demoralizes
everybody that touches it from its
source to where it ends. Ido not be
lieve any bod}' can contemplate the sub
ject without becoming prejudiced
against the liquor crime.
All we have to do, gentlemen, is to
think of the wrecks on either bank of
S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
) SI.OO for Six Months.
the stream of death ; of the suicides, of
the insanity, of the poverty, of the ig
norance, of the destitution, of the little
children tugging at the faded and
weary breasts of weeping and despair--
ing wives, asking for bread, of the 1
talented men of genius it has wrecked,
the men struggling with imaginary
serpents, produced by this devilish
thing ; and when you think of the jails,
the almshouses, of the asylums, of the
prisons, of the scaffolds, upon either
bank, I do not wonder that every
thoughtful man is prejudiced against
this stuff called alcohol.
Intemperance cuts down youth ih its
vigor, manhood in its strength and ago
in its weakness. It breaks the fathers
heart, bereaves the darling mother, ex
tinguishes natural affection, erases
conjugal love, blots out filial attach
ments, blights parental hope and brings
down mourning age in sorrow to the
grave. It produces weakness, not
strength, sickness, not health, death,
not life. It makes wives widows,
children orphans, fathers fiends, and
all of them paupers and beggars.
Feeds rheumatism, nurses gout, wel
comes epidemics, invites cholera,
imports pestilence and embraces con
sumption. It covers the land with
idleness, misery and crime. It fills
your jails, supplies almshouses and
supplies your asylums. It engenders
controversies, fosters quarrels and
cherishes riots. It crowds your
penitentiaries and furnishes victims to
your scaffolds. It is the life blood
of the gambler, the clement of the
burglar, the prop of the highwayman
and the support of the midnight in
cendiary. It countenances the liar,
respects the thief, esteems the
blasphemor. It violates obligations,
reverences fraud and honors infamy. It
defames benevolence, hates love,
scorns virtue and slanders innocence.
It incites the father to butcher his
helpless offspring, helps the husband
massacre his wife and the child to
grind the paricidal axo. It burns up
men, it consumes women, detests life,
curses God and despises heaven. It
stuborns witnesses, curs_es perjury,
defiles the jury box, and stains the
judicial ermine. It degrades the
citizen, debases the legislator, dis
honors statesmen, and disarms the
patriot. Is brings shame, not honor;
terror, not safety ; despair, happiness ;
and with the malovence of a fiend, it
calmly surveys its frightful desolation,
and unsatisfied witli its havoc, it poi--
sons felicity, kills peace, ruins morals, -
blights confidences, slays reputation*
and wipes out national honors. It'
curses the world and laughs at its
ruin.
It doos all that and more—it murders
the soul. It is the son of villainies,'
the father of all crimes, the mother of
abominations ; the devil’s best friend,-
and God’s worst enemy.
Columbus Times: "Yesterday
about one o'clock, while a squad of
hands at the Empire Mills were en
gaged in sacking bran, one of them, a
young negro by the name of Frank
McDonnell, lost his life under pecu
liar circumstances. The bran was
banked many thousands of pounds on
the upper floor, and passed to the
workers on the lower floor through a 1
passage or pipe which created a fun
nel shaped depression in the great bank
above, During the morning Frank
and another Jordan Garland, had 1
been engaged in pouring shorts on the
pile to enrich the bran, when Jordan l
dropped a sack in the depression,
lie started to get it, when - Mr. Day,
the gentleman in charge of the hands,
stopped him and warned the two of'
the danger. At one o’clock all hands’
were below engaged in sacking, when 1
the bag lostin thcmorningcloggedthe '
passage of the bran. Frank running ,
up-stairs, said be would get it out.-
As lie did not return, and Jordaa
thought he heard a cry, he also went
up-stairs. Nothing wa9 to be seen of
Frank but his band extended above
the bank of bran. He gave the alarm, •
and, springing on the bank, tried to*
pull the unfortunate man out, but in
vain. Several of the other bands,
together with Mr. 11. L. Woodruff and
Mr. Da}', arrived on the scene, and*
four men grasped the hand, but their
efforts were vain, for it seemed that
the arm would leave its socket before
the body would come from the weight
of bran that pressed around. Think
ing to relieve pressure, Mr. Woodruff
had the pipe jerked out of the aperture
but the unfortunate man sank into it,-
and, as it was not large enough for
the body to pass through there, it be
came fast. The entire force gathered l
shovels and as quickly as possible
dug him out, but when reached life*
was extinct, as it must have been*
within a few seconds after the mass
closed in on him. Dr?. Mason and
McMillian were called in, who declar
ed any effort to resuscitate as useless,
for he had been dead some time ”
Shrewdness and Ability.
Hop Bitter's so freely advertised in'
all the papers, secular and religious,
a-e having a large sale, and are sup
planting all other medicines. There
is no denying the virtues of the Hop
plant, and the proprietors of> these
Bitters have shown great- shrewdness
and ability in compounding a Bitters,
whoso virtues arcso palpable to every
one’s observation.— Examiner • antV
Chronicle.
Thursday night a thief entered the'
stable of Mr. N.C. Fambro, at Gaines
ville, and stole a bay mare, togeih, rr
with a bridal and saddle. The mare;
wad ridden down the railroad*
NUMBER 3.