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THE MONITOR.
Congressional.
Elsewhere in this day’s paper, will be
found an article from the Ilulrrvin Tunet,
in which the writer suggests the name
of Hon. WalterT. McArthur for Congress
at the next election; also an editorial ar
ticle from the same paper, warmly en
dorsing the proposition.
Wc do not know how this anggesbion
miight strike the mind of Ml*. McArthur.
He is not a political aspirant. He has a
bn sinew of hia own to attend to, which
he might not be willing to sacrifice. He
has the ncoessary qualification*—ability,
patriotism, integrity and democracy; but
whether he would bo willing to make
the necessary sacrifice of business, aud
whether he wonld allow his name to ho
used in a contest that would bring him (
in antagonism to others who nspiro to
the office, we are not in a position to,
know.
Hilt there are somo circumstances in
regard to this question t/hat sro worthy
of consideration. The Flint Hirer cuts
the district in two, with a division more
marked than even state lines. And not
once siuce the wur has that portion of j
the district oast of that river, though j
comprising more than half the district,
furnished the representative in congress.
Is there nothing! in rotation? .Should
one county furnish the congressman for
ever? You rotate in your sanatoria! rep
resentation, and are very punctillioua j
about it. The principal holds good to
the greater extent, the larger the dis
trict to bo represented. Are there no
good men oil this aide the Flint Itiver
who nro "worthy mi l well qualified."
Every man in the district knows tliut
tliero are. Why is if, then, that we
must look beyond the river for a repre
sentative?
The Wire Oriuwcountlos of this dis
trict have submitted to this domination
long enough. It is time they were rec
ogui/.ed. Hut they will never get this
recognition) unless they demand it.
Sumter county, and the city of Ameri
cas will contiuue to represent us for a
thousand years, if nobody else puts in
a claim. Thenjlet the Wire (irass conn
tios put ill their claim. Lot them say
to thocounties] beyond the Flint, "We
havo helped you in your need. We
have waited lon;,for our reward. Our
time] has oomo.” And we know that
that innate souao of jnstioo that rests in
tho liourt of the American citizen and
tho Georgia democrat, will recognise
the justice of our detnuud.
Should this be tho issue, and should
the people of the Wire Grass counties
desire Mr. McArthur to lead them in
their demand, wo can hardly see how he
could, as a public spirited aud patriotic
citizen, withhold his consent, Hut in
the .event he should do so, we certainly
shall never admit that it is for want of
material that wo must go to the other
side of the Flint for a congressman. If
McArthur is the right man, well; if not
some one else is. Lot him to the front.
FROM OUR UORRESPONDUNTS.
Zaidee.
Nows about Zaidee scarce.
Spring is fully upon u* at lust.
Farmers aro making good use of the
flue weather in preparing and planting
their crops, but there is great complaint
of bad stands owing to tho depredations
of the birds, which have played sad
havoc with it Can’t some of your sub
scribers give ns a remedy to destroy
them? Your correspondent lias tried
soaking corn aud outs in strychuiue, and
it was a failure. Would like to hear
of a remedy.
We were sorry to hour of the sad loss
us our friend Mr. Win. M. McLemore,
of your town, in the death of his horse
which he had purchased to bring the
mail to Zaidee. The boy that brought
the mail last Saturday, Hue 3rd.) on his
arrival here fonud the horse sick and
unfortunately turned him loose, when
the horse ran off. and was not token up
in time to save his life, although Mr.
Angus tlillis did all lie could for him.
A Faumkk.
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Mcßride.
As 1 enter upon the field of labor, to
contribute to you at least some relief to
your arduous labors, as well as to be a
co-laborer with you, though an insignifi
cant oue», in your laudable endeavors to
make the Monitor nil indispensible week
ly visitor to every family in old Mont*
Montgomery. No tkoughful man with
in tier borders but feels the need of a
good reliable paper in tbe county, edit
ed by n man of enterprise aud sobriety,
and ss l believe we have all this in yon,
1 trust tlmt every man, woman stid child
will lend their aid in tbe enterprise.
We have three stores in this place, all
run. iu part if not in w hole, by citizen*
of this neighborhood, and from what 1
call see 1 Judge they are kept pretty
busy, in part,
Mr. Ed. Wells is makiug Mr. Peter
Johnson’s new dwelliug look housey.
now.
Some onneighborly baud applied the
torch to the woods on the west side of
"Pood" oh the first of April, which has
draped all nature in ruouruiug here. 1
would not havo had my laud so damaged
with the ftimes, by the horning of my
lulls, loi fifty dollars. Z. T. Mass.
Lothair.
Mb. Editob: —If Red Bluff can afford
two correspondents to our highly appre
ciated homo paper, it really scorns that
Lotbair might have one. But then,
this latter place is of minor importance,
compared to tho former. Besides we
aro feeble, having no cat-fish in ours,
except a few would-be cat-fish aristocra- j
cy who aro broken doWD, and like my
self, are too poor to strengthen, physi
cal or mental inclinations. News there
fore is scarce, and I am a poor hand to
mannfactnrc. though we have eomo won
derful inventive machines on our su
bnrbs.
Saturday last was Justice court day,
but there was little or no business on '
docket, which speaks well for our finan
cial condition, and shows the confidence
which our citizens repose in each other j
for promises. The contract for building
a court bousa in Lotbair for tho district, j
was let to the lowest bidder, and was!
awarded to Mr. A. T. Miller. Mr. Jus
tice Miller has tendered bis resignation,
which leaves a vacancy for ’Hquire of the
Peace.
On Sunday we bad a regular homespnn
sermon, from Itov. John M ilkes, of
Laurens, to which tho congregation lis
tened with marked attention. A num
ber of tho dear old Sabbath School pu
pils turned out to uiiiigle together, once
more, their dulcet voices in praise to
Him who loved us uud gave himself for
us, but nlas! they wero disappointed,
having neither Hiiporiutenedut nor touch
ers. So much for the action of the — i
quarterly conference. What a pity the
old people in our country were not edu
cated, that tho chickens might learn to
crow! No one to crow for the dear lit
tlo ones, whose minds need culture!
They are always ready, waiting and wil- j
ling, but there is none to say oomo on, I
I’ll be your leader. Turn out, parents j
and teachers, anil put your shoulders to j
the wheel. Sabbath Schools cannot |
prosper without a hearty co-operation of
both parents and teachers, and prompt
ness and untiring energy on the purt of
tho superintendent. Neither cau lite
rary schools bo perpetuated without pat- i
milage, and there will bo but little pat
ronage when left optional with the cliil
dran.
Long life and success to the Monitor.
Dunns.
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Josinh Beta Mad About It.
"Callinet O, Culliuo!"
"Yesenin."
"Hold yer pap; he’s got a fit !’’
"No I ain’t got no fit, Batuy. But I’ll
jest be out ernilly blowed es I linin'! mad,
Ilatsey. Mad ns tber blew blazes of
two-foot."
"Hit ain’t two-foot, pap, hit’s tophet.”
•‘Well, I don't ker who the dickies
hit is, nor whnr hit is, nor what hit is,
I'm us mad us that, anyhow."
"Wall now, Joeiar, dear, what diffunce
dy'o reckon bit makes to any body es
!ye ar mud. Ye’ve bin mad mostly ever
senso l knowd ye, now well onto forty
year. Who’s pulled the long string on
ye now."
"Wv, hit's that nasty old black-snake
which is the devul, what went aud »t lilt
meanness into onr foregranny, uiore’n
i six thonzen yets afore I wer born, an
! hits growd aud npred frum wun veuera-
I tiou to another, nn got wus and wns till
now, in this bloated yer of Atiny Domi
aieker eighteen liunderd an CB, the devul
| bissolf is a nice gentleman alongside nv
sum tiitlin pup right hear in this littel
tonn uv Lowtharo, thot linz uo more
respook for hisself, nur his God, nor the
j sex uv his muther than ter set hisself
douu an rite a grate long palaver an send
hit ter tho eddittur uv tlior Esemuu
Times, abusin uv a pare, loue, female war
widder 'ouiau bekase the impidnut pup
wuntid tor marry her, 1 rockin, an she
thmvt herself abuv ’im, as she wus a*
fur iilmv 'im as tbe blossid moon is abuv
or dod pole-cat, an* ”
"Do stop, pup, and git yer broth; you’ll
swulter."
"Shot up, Culliue, an let mo tawk.
' An tor think thet ther nnly thing he cud
i ouiijer up agin 'or. iu is loetle bit uv er
ton eent mind, with all 'ismono fuokletys
simulated into ouushal aokshun by or
| quart nv u poro substitute for mono
whisky, made after a patent rosete that
ther devul bos invented ter spike ther
guns nv ther pnrrybishunests, wua thet
ther pore forlorn crittnr wus'a tryin tor
dross herself up spoctsbul so's tor look
clone an deseut when she went ter motin
uv or Sandy. Au then he turns his slitter
battery onto a notber helpbss widder
bekase she cud use better laugwidge iu
convursiu thsu he cud, though ho pur
tends ter kno hit all, au ter be sbul ter
teach ther man tbet made ther buk.
Batsyl"
"What, Josiar."
"What’d tha a dun ter a feller iu onr
young d.ize thet’d a slumlord a omau iu
ther pnbleok prints like thet.’”
"I duiino, ooltuddy eve r tride hit.'
••But spoMMi tha had a tride hit?"
"I reckin tluule a slicked ’tut.
“Ah, thoi's jest whut tha wood. An
Ids a holp mu."
“Slicked 'mi, pap, what’d theta bin?
Wy, child, hits dun with a bit nv
string ur rope, an a sypers lint, an a
(ale's neck, sn when tbe purfomens is
over.'tbe fule is away uiice doiu a littel
sncukiu thing to a pore widder."
Josiar Me Aunts
Lowthara Gecrgy, Apnle 11 lcafi.
Ht. Piogah.
April Cth 1380.
People are done planting corn in this
neighborhood, anil are pr paring to
plant cotton.
Plenty of rain at the present and ex
pecting more soon.
A very flourishing Sabbath Hcl. >ol at
Mt. Piogah, now.
The larks are busy pulling op the corn j
as fast as the people can plant it.
Obituary of Mrs. Mary bbarpo.
Mrs. Mary Sharpe died at the resi
dence of Daniel Hughes, asou-iu-law of
the deceased. She wus stricken with
paralysis nt nine o’clock on tho night
of the 23rd of March 1884, anil died at
sunrise on the 2tttli. She never spoke,
nor moved only as she wusmoved. Dr.
McArthur attended her carefully with all
his skill, but she coold not swallow his {-
medicine. She was buried at Mt. Mo- '
riah church in Tattnall county. She
leaves a host of childreu and friends to
mourn her loss. She woq a member of ■
the Methodist church since the lust 40
or 50 years, and a true member. Sin
was seventy-six years old on the 10th of j
last June. She was the mother of 14
children, tho grnudmother of 08 and the
great-grandmother of 21 children. '
The funeral will be preached on the
fourth Sunday in May next, at Mt. Mo
riah church, in Tattnall county, by Rev.
Mr. Giles.
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