Americus daily recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1884-1891, October 08, 1884, Image 2

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    W. f,, OLIIIIEB, Editor.
OSttel Organ of Webster County.
WEDNESDAY, OCTO
••HEB LITTLE HIWHJiESS.”
i THekUr I.atlar From Hobert J.
Iirtllt*M Ik*Bltlh of hi* WIfo.
Mr. Robert J. Burdette is some
thing more than a humorist. The
following letter to a friend, speak
ing of the .death of his wile, has
pictures in it as pathetic and
touching as those in Dickens’
“Darid Coppcriield.”
AaDMoar, July 3,1881.
Dear tin. fillingSo many
times I have tried to write you
since Carrie fell asleep, and so
many times 1 do not write because
1 have so much lime. It is not
easy to do anything when one bss
so much time. I wrote more and
more easily*—I accomplished more
when there was a restless little bead
to be soothed and petted ; when
there was a hot, tumbled pillow to
adjust; when there was a helpless
little band to hold until the ache
went away. Now I have nothing
to do, and so do nothing.
She did not pass away in forget
fulness of you. Too irany times
your coming brought cnmlort to
our home; too many times you had
dome with home and courage and
strength in your bands. She
thought of you in the closing days
and often spoke of you.
1 wish you might have seen her
when she lay at icst. I would like
you to have that picture of perfect
rest, ot eternal peace, ol quiet,
untroubled sleep—the dear little
face not marked by one line or
mark of 'pain and sickness; 1
would lijfe you to have that pic
ture ol her to carry in your heart,
because I know ’-ow dearly you
loved her.
Her la-t Sunday on eartli was
with acuto pain, but she was very-
restless, her breathing was dis
tressed, she ate nothing. She
wanted us, Dora and Robbie and
myself, to be nenr her all the time,
as for months past she had con
stantly expressed the same dcsiro.
Many'times she hoped we could be
alone, just our own little family,
when she passed away.
Soveral times this afternoon she
asked : “How docs the day wear
on f ” During the closing weekB of
her earthly life she had always
used that expression in asking the
hour. Dear, patient, little sufferer.
Tbo day did indeed “wear on”
with her.
Sunday night came on; she was
weary, nut complained of no acute
pain and seemed glad. When night
came on Dora took my place at
her side; at sunset and until 9
o’clock 1 walked on the lawn; for
weeks past Dora and I divided
the watching between us. Carrie
seemed content and happy to liavo
one of us near her all the time.
tVhen I came in at !l o’clook
there was no change to make us
apprehensive. A score of times
within the year wo had felt more
feariul that the end was near.
It made Carrie restless and dis
tressed her to have to sit up, so I
partially undressed and lay down
by her side. Tbo night grew cold,
hut she did not appear to notice it.
The windows were open for air,
but her breathing was no easier.
She did not sleep. Part of the
time sho closed her eyes, but for
tbo greater part of the night the
soft browu eyes were open, the
patient light that blessed our home
shining in them.
At times her mind was busy
wltli persons and places and scenes
romotc in timo and distance. Ail
the night long I heard her whis
pering softly, as though she talked
with the angels who were minister
ing unto her. When 1 leaned closer
she wonld turn her face toward me,
smile, and bid me never mind; she
wss only dreaming. Constantly
pluming its snowy wings for flight,
the soul turned back one moment
to the morning of life, and my dar- !
ling nestled close to the side or the j
loving and beloved sister.
The gi^y light of the early 1
Morning Was creeping in through;
the open windows, and on her pa
tient face, glorified by suffering,;
was shining another, fairer light, 1
that I knew was streaming from
celestial portals opening for her.
She smiled Bweetly as I crossed
the room and stooped to kiss her, (
and said:
“Bob, dear, it is
The chill before the dawning
Between night end morning."
It was the hour at which she had
expressed the wish that she might
pass away, and I knew that she
referred to a favorite verse of a
poem that she loved. 1 said
To fine Ton an Idea of Wftat Ere Been
IVE<JLQTETIU: FOLLOWING PRICES
One Hundred Men’s Cassimero Suits
Regular price 810.00, for $5,00.
2£0 Pairs of Pants. Former price $2 00;
now $1.00.
, . . 250 Pairs of Pants. Foimer price $5 00;
“Yes, dear, I think the sun will now $2.00.
come very soon now.” Men’s ra&gimere Suits, all sizes from 33
Her fAce arew radiant as nlu* * 10 4 ‘ 2 * ak 50 ° on tl)e dollar.
1 j Four-Button Cut-A*a } s at 33 per cent,
smiled again, and said: | tens than ever known before.
“Yes, he will come for we this Plaids and Checks are all the go this
morning.” 1 reason. We have got them in large vari-
Dora was quickly at her side, “4 »! that placo competi-
and we knew there were watchers
i in the back ground.
whom we could not see standing
in the room. She who was so
nearly past all suffering was solic
itous only for our comfort, and in
quiet loving tones, gave some little
instructions: “You must keep , We „ „ hl!W a vilrivty )>f 0ne Thou .
well and Strong. I sand different styles; more of them than
Thu nurse entered the loom, but j all the houses combined, from Macon to
Carrie could take neither nourish- ! Montgomery, »od at prices cheaper than
ment nor medicine. "I want noth-1 ”»» buy common to malt, them
ing,” sho said. Her breathing be
came more laborious. The doctor
arrived, hut nhe could not swallow
the medicine, and lie held her! , ,
hand, bade her good-by, and went, ' “ pr ' D “
away promising to come in again ’
during the morning. About ti
o'clock Robbie came into the
room, kissed bis “little mamma”
and stood close by her side.
There was no fear, no dread in
In Boys Softool Soils
Our ine of Genls Underwear
IN BOOTS AND SHOES!
tVe are Just Leading the Cnraranl
all the scene. She could speak
only in short, broken sentences.
As I repeated the beautiful prom
ises to her, how her face kindled,
as she smiled upon iis, turning hor
dear face from one to the other.
Even us sho entered tin- river, she
said, “the sun was shining on it.”
She did not shrink. The waters
were not so cold nor so bitter.
She had no fear, for she relied on
the strong right arm of the right
eousness.
Moved by a sudden impulse,
about halt an hour before she pass
ed away, Robbie rushed to her
tide, threw his arms about her, and,
holding her close, kissed her. She
kissed her boy, and tenderly said:
"Uod bless my baby.”
It was her Iasi blessing on earth.
“Lord," she said in broken accents,
checked by her troubled breathing,
“into Thy hands 1 commend my
spirit.” Still she looked at us,
smiling, until a few moments be
fore the end. She asked for a
drink of orangeade, hut could not
swallow. “Even so,” she whisper
ed,-‘come quickly, Lord Jesus.”
Her head feel hack in my arms.
Like a flash of sunlight the “bright
white light” swept across her lace,
carrying nwnv the stain and oloud
of disease, her face turned upward
and her eyes grew strangely radi
ant. "Mother!” she called joyous
ly, as a child springing into a moth
er’s arms, “mother, mother,” and
she was tolded in the arms of the
angle mother, wiio passed away
when she wns a child. Her face
was white as the starlight, her ra
diant eyes were not dimmed when
she closed them, and for the first
time in many years she slept with
out a pain.
Velvet mosses cover the little
mound where she sleeps, and grace
ful ferns fringe it around. She
rests in the churchyard of quaint,
old-fashioned Lord Marion church.
It was her own wish, made nearly
or quite a year ago.
1 think the angels must hare
been glad to see her come So
many of them had ministered unto
her and stregtheued her in her pil
grimage of suffering, and 1 know
they rejoiced when she came to be
with them. There never was so
Five Thousand Pairs of Women Pokers,
from :t-7 anil 6-D, at the startling low
price of 65c per pair: never known lo sell
lor less than one dollar since Americus
lias been a city.
One ihoussml pairs Children's Coppor
Tips, never sold less than 75c, can no
he bought for 5(lc; a good, honest shoe,
JO Cases of llrogaDS, from 6 to 11, and
10 cases Plow Shoes from 6 lo 11, solid
inner sole, while oak bottom, solid bather
eonnicr, aiwnya sold at 61.50. now re
tailed at 61.00.
In Ladies', Misses, and Children’a Fine
Shoes wo can allow you an elegant line,
and retail them at prices 25 per cent less
than nny house in town eon buy them.
J. WAXELBAUM & 00
Pronrielois New York Store.
AMERICUS,
GEORGIA.
CONVULSES NEW YORK «;ITY HALLIZ* CENTIML PARK.
OLD ESTABLISHED MERCANTILE HOUSES, WHOSE SOLVENCY WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE FOUNDED ON INDE8TRUCTABLE ROCKS OF
UNLIMITEDCAPATAL AND UNQUESTIONABLE CREDIT.
ToM and Fell in % Oaf!
Specially was this true of many large and celebrated Clothing
manufacturers who had made up numerous stocks from materi
als bought on credit. These manufacturers placed their faith
on lively and profitable September trade, absolutely relying on
it for funds to meet their maturing paper, which they had given
for piece goods, but the trado did not come, the continuous
warm weather and no customers cooked their “goose,” and there
was nothing left for them to do but to fail and turn their goods
over to an Assignee. It wns bad for tlum, but it is in your
power to make it good lor you, lor, ns usual, when good goods
are to be sacrificed we are always on hand. Our Mr. Joe
Waxelbaum was there, and notwithstanding the fact that we
were already prepared with a stock of Seventy-Five Thousand
Dollars, we bought Thirty-Three Thousand more in Hoys, Chil
drens and Men’s Clothing, Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Fancy
Goods, Corsets, etc., at prices varying from 30 to 60 per cent,
of the actual value. Promptly at 8 o’clock MnniiilV Morning
and it will be to the interest of every one in this city or country
to lie on hand, for at the prices we propose selling these goods
you were never offered them in the history ol the dry goods,
clothing, boot and shoe trade.
J. Waxelaaum & Co.
PROPRIETORS NEW YORK STORE,
Americus. Georgia.
Tan Pieces Black Cashmere ns j r . h
mile, warranted all wool. 3.5,
yard, never sold less than SOc. i 1 ' 1
Tell Pieces Black Cashmere, l‘> i„.i
wide, at.42 j cents per yard, warranted j!
wool. Goods worth any mans none,
7o cents.
?5 Pieces Black and Colored Ar,n« n ,
38 inches wide, all shaihs, »t 51™?.
jnrd. Goods iciailinganywhere,? si
50 Pieces Dross Goods, in nil tlnwY
ing shndea, at 7}o per yard, worth Hi,
in Bond cash. "* c
ro Pieces Brocade Mntlasnes, worth •>>
pi r yard, retailing by u- now at |.*, c
In Silks, 8 it ins, and Whets wt* a ‘ re „.
always, the acknowledged | ea deis,
them in prico from 25e per vard to
Our $100 Black Silk retail* at Sixth
Avenue, New York, l‘..* $1 25. *
In Colored Silks and Satins wt. m V(4
you nny imaginable shade; from 50* tl ,
$1 50 per yard.
In HousefnrnUbini Goods we bar*,
bought direct fiom importer-, who i 1(V i
the misfortune to rotire from biisioLi
rattier unexpectedly. We bought ii. frn
5'<c on the dollar. They have to he seen
to be appreciated.
Call and see our Ten-Gent Towel, tn|| T
24 inches long; all linen, worth 25c.
Twelve good Napkins, all linen, tor.}*.
500 Lintn II uimed Napkins, at in.,
with colored borders. Never sold ( fl |
ss than 25c.
500 Marseille* QiilU, always M i|.i 4 ‘
$1.50, can now bo bought tor 05.:.
OUR I.IVF. OF
Faucy Woods, Hosiery,
Is too numerous t«* mention, cany ing h
took of Three toFiftten Than sand Dai.
lars in our IlctAil Department alone, mi.,
anything we happen i ot to have the cm,.1
old mm never made.
In CARPETS and RUGS we can s.u,
you 33 per cent, less than yon have ev r
known them before, and give yon a st<,cl.
equal to i»ny house this side of Bultitarre
to select fr in.
It is rather early iu the season to tali,
about CLOAKS. But mn.unl.er w.
manufacture every garment w** sell, an.!
will talk about them later when ti:
catber crows colder. Wo are confides-
there will be no cause to complain of our
rices, and so far ns assortment and style
i concerned, we can coni pm e with am
house in the State, and will take anniurii
pleasure in rhowing our goods a* in Ml-
ing them.
Call Early anil Avoid I hr liusli
J. WAXELBAUM & C
AMERICUS,
GEORGIA.
Wlieatley’s Corner,
Ho! every one in need of Clothing,
“COME AGAIN” to Wheatley’s Comer and bio
STILL LEADS!
The tp'.omlid attcctflt which nttenaodJ.u
is.ln Introducing the «
fijnte: clothing
the position of her head had to bo brave ao pat | cnt a , ifc among men
ehanged; her pillow* grew hot, j „ lcre cou ,^ ^ no , ifo brave * even ’
she said, four or five of them | among women,
were kept in a most continuous ro-1 W e will always be glad to bear
ration changing every two or j f Mra ' ri||j * w „ wj| ,
three m nn <•». She did not corn-, ,. emai ' tbo AriInlor t., lbe bollae
plain; she did not appear to notice | 9ancliBwl by bcr Mfo and (loatb
that she was so restless. About S , until noxt April anyhow,
o clock In the. morning she asked; Uobbie and Dora unite in send-
she said, “the end is very uear.
The morning air was chill and ... . , .
strong through the room, but she * Ueary Loss for Blaine,
did not appear to feel the cold very < Washington, Oct. S.—An Ohio
much, and only hid one light extra i Republican said lo day, Frederic
blanket thrown over her. About | Hassaurek, proprietor of the Cin-
t o clock I heard her say softly cinniti Volktblau, who is announc-
“Sit closer to me Dora.” j ed b >' cablegram as being in Drcs-
And then she added : den, is cool towards Blaine and
“llow quiet and beautiful the likely to remain in Europe during
i» to-nigt," whole campaign, was the man we
Then I knew she was hack in
We invite everybody and the public gen
erally to call at our shop and examine our
immense stock of First-Class Finished Single j
and Double Seat Buggies and One Horse
Wagons, of all styles and sizes. All of which
are of our own manufacture, and will he sold
as cheap as it is possible to sell such work in
any market. Iu reference to our Single and
Double Seat Dexter Buggies, we will say we wheatl^’Tcorner^
were the first to intioduce them in this coun-! 1
Perfect Fitting Clothing
KVEIl SHOWN IN AMERICUS!
GUARANTEE PERFECT FIT OR NO SaLE
We havojulflo a lar^e anil well aclevtcd Mock of per'ecl tilting
Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Neck and Underwear!
ii everything In ihcwny of Gcnt'i Kurutabtng Coupe. Polite
pleaeure in dleplnying these beautiful goods whither y
and attentive ShIpm
THORNTON
WHEATLEY,
: : Americus, Ga.
try, and have irorn the beginning up to the! BOOKS 2
present time constantly improved them, and;
BOOKS !
t ucu a kuuw tiic uacK la , rr-mi
it beautiful hom^of^herat llZf ! Sehur^udff “wTn back
l . h * b l a “^ fu L b T“! °. f u.1'5 ,rUl0 ? d: lbe Germans whom ho has talked
L »ai
her darling sister, always dear to _____
her and alway* by her side, and A PRIZE ‘“ d "*•»"
they were looking at lbe sleeping ..
asters of the star lit lake. She ! >t>ssavouss.a. ia uua
»aa sitting alent with Dora. Just itSffSw.; SR*" TipSti/
. i. , , ,,r i HAVING MV STOCK THAT WAS LEFT FROM THE FIRE IN ORDER.
we believe we now have them perfect. We and replenished with new gixids, i am now prepaid
j ED FOR BUSINESS. NEW GOODS RECEIVED DAILY
keep on hand all the while finished from 15 to J
25 of these Buggies, with first-class Harness to! ]}QQJ£g J) •• • PERIODICALS
each buggy, and can sell you a Buggy and AT publishers PRICES!
Harness as cheap as anybody. All we ask is Best and cheapest writing Paper and Eu .
to give us a trial. - velopaaintow.il
A word now lo those who have old bug-j CB0QUE1 , Base
gies and wagons and desire to have them re
paired or made new: We will give you more
work, and a better job, for less money than
any other shop in Americus. Try us and be
convinced.
Americus, Ga., July 25,1884. »
Hammocks, Chess, and
Light Reading for Summer Day>.
BUTTERICK’S PATTERN GIVEN AWAY.
NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE.
.flLGMtt-ESIS AYOOCK
AMBRIO CJS OA.