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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. - —■ l 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. .*•*. 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. t OUUT C A I.KNDAII—OC O.VF,K CIRCUIT. The following is the conrt calender of Oconee circuit, according to tho act: passed by the last Legislature, und j which went into effect ou Ist of January: Laurens, fourth Mondays in January I and July. Dodge, 4th Mondays in February and j August, continuing two weeks. Dooly, 2d and 3d Mondays in March and September. Wilcox, 4th Mondays in March and September. Irwin, Tuesday following Mondays ! I after 4th Mondays iu Mare.li and Sep- j j tember. . 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