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* L* . .. V-X • 'S ■ '** } , ... V-lMfc VOL. 111. - Advertising - Kate*. One square, or*t insertion .$ 75 Baeh subsequent insertion 50 Om square three months 5 00 One square six months 10 00 One square twelve months 15 00 Soarter colutffn twelve months... 80 00 alf column six months 40 00 Half column twelve months 60 00 One colnran twelve months 100 00 •0-Ten lines or less considered a square. All fractions of squares are counted as full ■quarts, xbwspapkr Daemons. 1. Any person who takes a paper regu larly from the post office—whether directed to bis name or another's, or whether he has wbvertbad or not—is responsible for the payment. 2. If a person ordets bis paper discontin ued, be must pay all arrearages, or the pub lisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether the paper Is taken from the office or ust. 8. The courts Lave decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the pastoffiee, or removing and leaving them un called for, is prima fact* evidence of inten tional fraud. TOWN DIRECTORY. Mayor —Thomas G. Barnett. Commissioners—W. W. rurnipseed, J. 8. Wyatt, K G. Harris, E. R. James. Clsrk —K. Q. Harris. Treasurer —W'S. Shell. Marshals —S. A. Belding, Marshal. J. \t. Johnson,Deputy, JUDICIARY. A. M. Sprur, - Judge. F. D. Dibmuxk, - - Solicitor Genera!. Butts—Second Monday* >*> March »u<l oejnemoer. Henry—Thir, Mondays in April and Oc tober. Monroe—Fourth Mondays in February, and August. Newton—Third Mondays in March and September. Pike—Second Mondays in April and Octo ber. Rockdale -Monday after fourth Mondays in March and September. Spalding—First Mondays in February and August. Opsou—First Mondays fn May and No vember. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Mktuodist Episcopal Church, (South,) Rev. Wesley F. Smith, Pastor. Fourth Sabbath in each month. Sunday-school 3 r. u. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening Methodist Protestant Church. First Sabbath month. Sunday-school 9 A. X. Christian Church, W. S. Fears, Pastor. Second Sabbath in each month. Baptist Church, Rev. J. P. Lyon, Pas ter. Third Sabbath in each month. CIVIC SOCIETIES. Pur* Grgvk Lodgr, No. J 77, F. A. M Stated communications, tourth Saturday in •atk mouth. BOCTORS. DR. J. C.TURNJPSEED will attend to all calls day or night. Office i resi dence, Hampton, Ga. ]jR. W. *H PEEBLES treats all dis *' eases, and will attend to all calls day and night. Office*fet the Drug Store, Broad Street, Hampton, Ga. »R. N. T. BARNETT tenders his profes sional services to the citizens of Henry and adjoining counties, and will answer calls or night.' Treats all diseases, of what •var nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store, Hampton, Ga. Night calls can be made at my residence, opposite Berea church. #pi26 JF PONDER, Dentist, has located in • Hampton. Ga., and invites the public to call at bis room, upstairs in the Bivius House, where he will be found at all hours W arrants all work for twelve mouths. LAWYERS. JNO. G. COLD WELL* Attorney at Taw, Brooks Station, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Coweta and Flint River Circuits. Prompt attention given to commercial and other collections. TC. NOLAN, Attorney at Law. Mc • Donough, Georgia. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit ; the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. WM. T. DICKEN, Attorney at Law. Lo cust Grove, Georgia, (Henry county.) .Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. apr27-ly GEO. M. NOLAN, Attorney at Law, McDonough, Ga. (Office in Court bouse) Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun ties, and in the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention given to col lections. mcb23-6m JF. WALL. Attorney at Law. f/amp» , ton.Ga Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Courts, of Georgia. Prompt attention given to collections. ocs EDWARD J. REAGAN, Attorney at law. Office on Broad Street, opposite the Railroad depot, Hampton, Georgia. Special attention given to commercial and other collections, and cases in Bankruptcy. BF. McCOLLUM, Attorney and Coun • sellor at Law, Hampton, Gm. Will practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta, Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Supe rior Courts, and m the Supreme and Uoited States Courts. Collecting claims a specialty. eOoe no stain in Scbmfer’j warehouse, THE FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our birth and stats Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armor against fate ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, Aod in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe aod spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, Aod plant fresh laurels wheie they kill; But their strong nerve* at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late, They Bteop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds j Upon death’s purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds; A!) beads must come To the cold tomb. Ooly the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. Wedding Presents. Reform is necessary in the matter of giv ing wedding presents. Two phases of fnnersl pageantry have already received that intelligent attention which only a New York public can give. It was ones the custom in the city to hire an endless train of carriages to attend the funeral of any poor person who might have left ambitious rela tives. We have known of one instance, when the remains of a child five years old were qprried to the grave followed by forty eight baekney coaches. A poor Irishwoman once speut $459 of the S6OO which her hus band left her to give him “a decent burial ” It was once fashionable to hire empty car riages to swell a funeral train, as a mark ol respect Jo the dead. When this custom fell into disuse among the wealthier classes, poorer people took it up, and they beggared themselves to honor the memory of the de parted and advertise their own ostentation. Finally, it came to pass tW w hco people saw a long cortege of alleged mourners pass ing through the streets, they said, “This is an Irish funeral,” just as they would say, “A little German band,” when the sound of the plaintive cornet and the blare of the trombone readied them from the next square. The priests preach'd against this wicked ex travagance, the newspapers having first moved in the matter by referring to ‘’the long parade and pageantry of death” in suitably sarcastic terms. The flower business at funerals was nest averdone when people began to retrench in the matter of carriages A few flowers on the bier illuminate 'he darkness of the closing scene, sweeten the heavy air, and suggest pleasant tksughts in the midst of gloom. Foolish people, however, squandered their substance in elaborate “floral designs” more or less ugly and too often given in soeb pro fusion as to destroy the beauty and simplic ity of the effect which flowers produce when judiciously used Bo odious did this fashion finally become that people who were called by bereavement to make ready their friends for the grave, were obliged to add “no flow ers” to the funeral notice, precisely as “no cards" was put after a marriage notice when card etiquette was more severe than now. In a majoriiy of instances, friends are now requested Dot to send flowers to funerals The tender office of placing a last tribute of aflection on the bier is left, as it should be, to the few nearest and dearest friends of the dead. In the matter of giving presents generally, there has grown np a gross abuse. The original intent and meaning of the gift have been destroyed. Holiday presents too often are not the loving oflerings which they should be. They are either giveit as bribes or because they are expected. Now and then somebody receives a gift which brings the giver so delightfully to the mind of the receiver that it is a real joy. Or some com pany of employes present to their employer or associate a token of their respect and affection which is so genuine that it needs neither apology nor explanation. But the whole business of giving presents is so over done that most of our readers will sympa thise with that courageous Boston girl, who, being about to be married to “a man of lim ited income," as they say in Boston, request ed her dear friends not to send any wedding presents. She was afraid that she might Dot be able to reciprocate in kind. This wise girl of Boston struck the key-note of the bridal-present movement. She would be expected te keep as inventory of gifts re ceived, and a list of the donors, and when any of these had a wedding in their family, she must give something at least nearly equal in value to those which she bad, iu each instance, received. We have heard of HAMPTON, GEORGIA, APRIL 25, 1879. a young lady who was eodowed on her Wed ding day with fourteen silver butter.kHves. Reserving two of these, she put tin rest away “iu lavender,” and when her tur* came to contribute to the general joy er friends, she faithfully retained the iwelve butter-knives to the twelve families from which they came. In this case we must suppsse there was nothing said about the loss of interest on the orignal investment. This incident suggests, also, the nuisance en dured by those who receive promiscuous gift* from promiscuous friends, so t‘ **♦ tl w < V' embayraaoed wirh duptiewtion tion of article* which often are, at best, mere superfluities. Young people, who begin life in a modest boarding-house, are sometimes loaded down with tableware and furnishings fit for a small hotel. tf There was a time when it was more blessed to give than to receive. But this cannot be the case with Mrs. Spriggins, who sqys to her spouse, “Now, there’s that tiresom* Mary Ann Blifkins going to be married, and I suppose we shall have to give her something, because she gave our Arabella Jane that confounded old sugar-dish." How much sweetness and light is there in Mrs. fSprijf gins’ chromo alter that T Nevertheless, we cannot doubt that the Spriggins family view with pride the array of wedding gifts sp»sad out on the piano in the back parlor, what time the maternal Blifkins falls on the neck of her newly-married Mary Ann, and burst* into a flood of fond and foolish tears. Piwi bly, too, we can understand why the custom of giving wedding presents survives under so many discouragement*, if we reflect tbnt the paternal Blilkins will send a carefully pre pared list of Mary Ann’s gifts to be pub lished in the newspapers. And what female of spirit, we shook! like to know, can endure to see the humole butter-knife which 6he has given, out of her poverty, or stinginess, placed in contrast with the real lace shawl presented by Mrs Gunnybags? Often in certain circles, tbe wedding gifts are ticketed and laid out as at a fancy fair. Tbe proud and happy family send a catalogue to a friendlv rrpwi** -*■- 1 —w.n this appear* in print, tl ey are shrill in their denuncia tions of tbe impatience with which'“the newspapers invade the privacy of the dcmies tic circle." Who shall tell wbut heart burnings, jealousies, and meanness are rep resented in the glittering array of bridal gifts ? Tbe tenderness and grace of thd good old custom have quite departed. Lhriesa things change for the better, well-bred *o ple must print on their wedding invitation cards, “No presents.”— N. Y. Jimti. Marriage* in Germany. Speaking ol marriages I roust tell you about engage men is ; they are so entirely business arrangements that they seem qneer. For instance, a young gentlaraan boka, around among the young ladies until hennds one whom he knows will have a gooi? dot. He goes to the father and asks him for his daughter. If the party is considered a jood one he is accepted ; then the daughter is called in, and told that Rhe is to marry the g'-nt'eman. Bay the engagement takes place at 2 o’clock—the servant is sent out istme • diately to acquaint the news—and this, s the wav be announces the fact : “Mr and Mis. »s compliments and they wish to inform you that their daughter Elsa wua en gaged to Herr August at 2 iclock this afternoon." Then the relatives • d in timate friends go immediately to the, house aod congratulate the young brautpaa*. who stand in the centre of the saloon arm ta arm. I asked a young lady recently engaged it she was very happy and if she didn’t feel as if her fiance was a stranger to her. “Oh, no.” she said, “paps knew him a long time and I saw him once at a ball, but I never tryoire to him until yesterday. Ob, yee, I am very happy, bat it was a gteat surprise to me—l did not think I should be engaged se young” And cow she can go out to the theatre and walking with him. and they are feted and invited to parties and dinners, to the envy of younger sisters, who long for like emanci pation For a gentleman to walk in the streets here with a young lady Bnleae they were engaged would be almost fi crime. I talked against the system of tbjpe basiness engagements and am met with the reply : “Where do yon find happier and*more devo ted marriages thun iu Germany. We dou’t have the divorces that Americas celebrated for, and why shouldn’t a parent know better than the child wbat is for its good f” lam mute, for the facts are all true, and yet when ane is convinced against his will he keeps his tboagbte to himself. “Are you fond of astronomy!* eaid a schoolmaster to a young lady who sat beside him at ihe dioner-table. “Oh, yea!" she replied, “but my health is so bad that the doctor forbids me ever eating any." The Nheplierd’s Dog. Tbe shepherd’s dog, in bis own depart ment, is a perfect miracle of intelligence He understands the sign, the voice, the look of bis master. He collects scattered iheep, at the slightest signal separates any one that is indicated frem tbe rest of tha flock, drives them wherever be is told, and keeps them all tbe while under perfect control, less by his active exertions than by tbe modnlatiou of his voice, which expresses every tone, from gentle instructions to angry menace. There are his ordiaa y pertormaaces,- visible every day to a thousand pastures. But he can do greater wonders It chanced one n'ght that 700 lamb*, com mitted to the keeping of the Ettrick Shep herd, breke loose Irom his control and scam pered away in three divisions over hill and plain. “Sirrah, my man ” said Hogg mourn fully, to his colly, meaning it for an expres sion of grief, and not for direction, “they’re away." Silently, and without his master’s knowledge, for it was too dark to it-e, the dog lelt his side, and commenced a seemingly fruitless search alter his wandering charge At the dawn, while tbe shepheid p-ssed the hours till morning in a weary diead of day he was about to return home with a heart full of despair, when he canght sight of Sir rah goaiding at the bottom ol a deep ravine, not, ai he first supposed, one division -if the lambs, but the whole of tbe vast flock, with out a solitary exception, "It was,” says James Hogg, “the most extraordinary cir comstance that had ever occuned in my pastoral life. Hew begot all the divisions collected in thr dark, is beyond my compre hension. The charge was left entirely to himself, Irom ui dnight until the rising of the sun. and il all tbe sh< pherds in tbe lores' bad been there to have assisted him, they could not have effected it with a greater propriety.” On another occasion, the same famous shepherd saw a dog, when it was utterly daik. put upon the path of a ewe that hud been lost by her owner near a neighbor’s (arm. and which was supposed to have min gled with her fellows that were feeding in ounwuuuiua yuoiu-i*. said tbe master of the dog, pointing to tbe spot from which the sheep bad gone of), “fetch that I pay, sir—bring that back." And away be went, and back he brought it, in half an hour, the identical sheep. A sheep stealer, who wae at last discover ed and hanged, used to carry oo his trade tty secretly signifying the particular sheep that be desired out of a large flock, aa he viewed them under pretence of purchasing, to bis dog; who, returning by himself a distance of several miles at night, drove the selected sheep, Which w.>s undoubtedly the fattest, to its fastidioas owner. Both Scott and Hogg relate this picturesque story more eircoanrtnntiaßy, from the attnuls of tbc Jitr diciary Court in Scotland. Sir Thome* Wilde knew on balance in which three oxen, ont of some score, ha# mingled frith another herd. “Go fetch them,” was all the instructien the drover gave to his dog, and be instantly brought along with him those very three. A cattle dealer accustomed to drive hie beasts for nine milks to Aletein m Cuqiber land, once for a wager sent them alone with hie dog. The animal perf.-qtly understood bis commission He kept the straight r««i —ran, vbao he came to a strange drove, W the head of his owe. to stop their p»ugi<«G put the beasts that blockaded ibk path upon one side, theo weot back again to the rear to hie on bis charge, and adroitly steering bis way and keeping bis herd together, carried them safely to the destined yard, nod signi fied bis arrival by barking at the door of the dwelling. Hapft Thought (Ve commeud to ama teur actors, troubled with bid nwmorim, the happy idea of oor friend C- Though still \ young m«D. he was to play the lather, and the daughter chanced to be a very baodsome woman. Bo when he forgot his part, he could think of nothing better than while holdiotr bis “child" te say : * “Kiss your father.’’ And each time when be felt that his mem ory was at>oat to fail, be would save himself by crying out: “Come to my arms, my child.” The husband of the daughter was heard to say that he thought “the author repeated biinseif very olteo.” “Always pay as you go," said an old man to bis nephew “But, Uncle, suppose I haven’t anytuing to pay with!” “Theu don’t go.” A stort to aflret to the effect that an Oshkosh girl went beck oo her lover because he was so bow-legged she coukin't ait aa I bis lap. Dick Hardin Away at School. Septikbbr 9,1878. Dkar Mother —l don’t feel very well. I want to come home. I am very sick. I could not eat any supper. My throat aches pretty bad. 1 think I hod better come home Tbs boy that sleeps with me says most all boys teels so at first; but maybe I shall die. I want to come home* I will study good at home So good-bye. Your son, Dtcx. P. B.—l want to come bom*. Octobbr 26, 1878. I**ah Mrmncn—T gdT the ten cents and your letter. I bad to buy some pop-corn. A man has pop-corn to sell. Jim guvs me some |>op-corn that time my throat had a lump in it, and it felt better. Ii was red and all sticky together. 1 think that wus why. It’s a buster of a house here, and it’s got a bell on top of it. A boy ring* it. It come* right down in his closet It comes through a little round hole, and he polls it, and he let me pull it once, and that makes it ring There’s lots of hoys here, and some girls. There is doves living up where the bell is I weDt up there. They kind of groan, and that is coon, when they ct>o. i like she doves, but I don’t like their coon Erfry boy writes their names op there. Sometimes they cut their numes, but Mr. Wiseman says you mustn’t an, more. Mr Wiseman is the principle, and he has got whiskers, and every boy has to mtud him. He (mints and he says: "Go to your rooms J” and we go Some boy sent him a paper, and it made him boppiu’ mad. It was about a clock, it said : ‘ Hall way up the stairs he stands, And points uud beckoos with bis hands.” Jimmy has a room, and he sweeps it soma times I sleep with Jimmy. There isn’t any woman to make up the beviclolhes. We fix 'em. It isn't very hard. Yon just pull them up and tuck them down There is a gong, And that makes you get up and eat breakfast. The breakfast is good. It is u round thing, and a girl pounds it. You put five teaspoonfuls of augur in your teacup A ffirl flits on th<» of tables. and they make a noise By and by one gels through and walks out. There is a lock on the door, and that makes you hurry up or you can’t have any breakfast. You can’t get in. Tbe ten cents is most gone. I hope you will write me again pretty s«ou. Your sou, Dickkrhon H. DeOKMIJE* 9,1878. Diar Mother—lt is not a very big town. There is one store where yoo treat. It is Jerry’s. You walk right is. Jerry has molasses candy and pop-corn and peanuts and sttioga and orange* aod caneu and brnpugi amid raisins aod ginger-epaps and apples and fish kook* and pie* Jim bought a pie once. It was wet, and you had to bite baud u kite it. He got it for the lock jaw. A lock-jaw is a supper. Ant Mr. Wisemap don't catch h* «&**»*<«>•>• W« b*d a chicken, bat I promised l would not tell j where it come from. I wifi die before I will tell,' AH the hoys will die before they will tell. It was the Mg boys, and they pot a blanket up to the window and made a fire and roasted it. We b*d some spit and a jack knife. John Simms roasted it. ffcji a big hoy- ’He knew bow. rt>«»}* Wings. Ton just stick a through it and roast it. It is gdbff, TT yoor atumtouck feel funny fat the morning. There is a nothef store, where ihe gfrls gets things, and there is a place to get yeurtboea mended, and a depot, aod a plage tor horse shoes, and a church. 1 want aoo'her box. Bogood-by. D. P. S—Mr. Wiseman said you’d feel bad about these three demerits in my report, but you needn't. Jim has got about ten demer its. Ail the boy*gets demerits One was a old bottle I threw 1o the hall, *c> use I didn’t pant % on tbs table, and one wae some water I threw out the window, end a boy w»s walking under. It had just wa»hed me and be got wet, and one was a noise. You make it with a tin tomatoe can and a string. I’ll fix one for you when I get home. The bot tom has come out of my bank, and my trousers the gray ones. How is fbe baby T Hardin- P. S-—AII the boys say Hardin.— Lucy J. Rider, St. Hicholat for April. Twu darkies were vaunting their courage “I isn’t feared ef noibil isn’t,” said ene. „Den, Barn. I reckon you isn’t ’feared to loan me a doHah ?” “No, Julius, I isn’t 'feared to loan you a dollah, but I does bale to part wid an ole Iren lorebber.” Thu amount of pin money required by the married wotoao depends oo whether she uses diamond pios or rolliDg pins. Vt m a cornet loafer dies is Tennessee the papers say, “ Anothar old laodaaar^o|^ The Power of a Mother’s Lowe.l Infinite wisdom and goodne*s has implant-1 ad in tbe mother's bosom a mother's loverl and gave her strength to endure great toils! and sufferings in times of trouble, to benefit! and bless her children. • ! Among the “lofty dee<!s and daring high’*! which stamped the early years of ourcoantryl as its heroic age, a thrilling incident oc- j curred in tbe State of Veimont—an incident j which bag an admirable illustration of tbs gigantic power of a mother’s love, when summoned to meet a terrible emergency. A family, consisting of the parent* and eleven children, whose place of residence waa a dis tant outpost, were one day surprised by the fierce war-whoop ol a party of Indians; and ere escape could be effected, tbe murderous tomahawk was brandished over the heads of tbe defenseless household, and crue ly bathed in the blood of tbe futber. The children were then secured as captive#, and the vic toiioua band were soon on their way to tbeir forest homes leaving the affl cted mother behind, as not worth the trouble ol taking. But her affections were too closely twined around allth.it was dear to her, to suffer thetn to be thus mapped in a moment; and, though somewhat advanced in years, she de termined to rescue her children from the cruel den'll awaiting them, or share herself their tortures and their death She followed the Indian trail as they disappeared in the woods ; and when at length they encamped on the banks of a river, she breasted it* troubled waves and, standing before her enemies, begged that one little child might be spuied to her The Indians gave it to her io derision, for tbe sake of witnessing her snuggles iu conveying tbe burden over the wide and rapid stream Joyfully tbe mother took tbe recovered child, and buffeted tbe waves, till her precious burden was safely placed on the opposite shore. But the yeuruiugs el her mother a heart were not thus easily satisfied. Agiio ahe cros-sd the stream, nml again sued for a little one ; and lor the same reason her was granted. And itiuft this heroic mother struggled and buff -led with the waves, time aft*** <•»» * IU she had borne away the last of her precious charge, and pluotd Inin sat* tw the opposite shore. And what will not a mother’s love accom pli-k? What task is so severe—what gut tering so intense—what risk so daring, as to defy her invincible ardor, or repress tbe gushing springs of her affection, when a be loved child is to b« saved from disgrace, or rescued from suffering f . The Dangerous Girl. But now, at last, let us come to the real “dangerous girl”—the girl who seems by some fine fitnese to walk into the empty roetn in a man’s heart which baa never been open ed to another woman and take up her abode there. “Bhe ta ja?t as high aa my heart,” (KUndo says of Rosalind, and there can be ftamore accurate measurement lor plover’s d<4ieht fn bis sweetheart. She fifs bjm, she Mils bins. She may not be pretty, ,s|w need nor be clever j n* may be both o> these ihinge in a remarkable degree, and a ball room belle beside, and a chef d’auoit of mil liner’s’art into the bargain. Bat she has a gift over and beyond all these which render* all olkers subordinate She has a way of Iwfeumg*which make* the stoat reserved man eloquent, and her little speeches, never auda cious and rarely brilliant, bave yet some thing tenacioili about them, and cling to bis memory when be tits over h>s fire by night or gee* about b« dally wort. Then her laee, her distinct and vivid personality, pnr saes him; it I* "be girl herself, hot her ban gle* nor her finances, that he remembers. It seems natural to h*nf that he i» thus taken possession of aud held captive. No matter how cold he may have 'open heretofore, be now become* ardent, war m-hearted and rash. He may have admired a pretty girl with her for be lows and finance* grid her nice percep tion of tie most becoming ; be may have been a little heavy-hearted over the sumptu ous beauty of the belle, and hove enjoyed the society of the clever girl who &>ved him the trouble of doing all the talking, being able to do it herself so much more brilliantly, but this hankering after private felicity, this fervid belief in attainable happiness, this large faith in the future which marriage m;.y insure to him, only followed bis acquaint ance with “dangerpos girl” who upset bis boasted ideas of independent enjoyment, overturned all bis preconceived notions of bachelorhood and set him longing to be en gaged. Until he saw her be said with Bene dick : “One woman is fair, yet lam well; another is wise, yet i am well j another vir laoos, ypt I am well; hot till all grace* come into one woman, one woman shall not come into my grace."— LifpitunU't i NO. 4a