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POOR SELL.
pale pm? cold,
Wilb small white hands
Propped wearily at her side—
A face on' which is phi inly told
The pain in which she died ;
A wnndprer, weary of the strife,
Per sorrows none can tell:
Without recard she gave her li f e
And welcomed death—poor Nelli
How oft ndown
The well known street
We wandered forth —we two—
Returning oft with wearv feet,
Yet found no work to do.
Her eheeks crew pale,
Her step grew slow,
Hope bnne with parting knell—
M-iy He who laid tier hotly low
Be merciful to Nell 1
Full m»ny a bnff*t she hns borne,
And many a strancer’s frown,
Til! at Death’s feet she east her cross
And laid Life’s burden down.
Full many a weary night she passed,
With toil from year to year—
A shroud and coffin’s ail at last
Within this dead-house dresr.
In girlhood’s morn she left her home
Beyond the wild bine sen ;
A lighter heart, a braver son!,
Ne’er fought adversity
M’sfortnti'S gathered thick nnd fast.
Before their force she fell—
Light be the sod. and green the grass,
Above thy breast, poor Nelli
Sleep well within thy narrow bounds,
Bri utblen, without a moan.
No more you’ll pace thp weary rounds
Of toil in stranger’s homes.
God in Mis mercy cal’ed thee hence—
I know that all is well;
Across the bourne whence none return,
I’ll meet you, lair haired Nelli
—Sabina Kenny.
Tlic Man Who Was Kicked.
XEVEHTHE! ESS A MAN AM, THE rA Ml*
FOUND CACSK TO UK FKOUD OF.
1 first saw Davis ’at II A fad mv,
when at the beginning of the term in 1860.
Ik* sidled into Ihe furt h« r end of a seat to
lean against the wall. Fie was then about
27 years of ape. A tall, gaunt, awkward
man, clad in a faded, ill fitting suit of home
spun, and walking with an undecided, hesi
tating gait, with his head thrown forwaul,
and one uncertain hand helplessly rubbing a
receding chin, was the fiiMire he presented as
he wen* out of the the dose of pray
ers Infirmity of purpose was written all
over him. He had nn air of being old with
out ever having been young. His fine was
long, with large features, high rheek hones,
a long nose, piomineut month, and a receding
ch n from which a straggling whisker prn-
Irtided a certain way, as though in doubt
wliotlier to grow longer nr di-appear alto
gether. It was n very weak lare, with an
itifirm tpiiver of the hardly closed lower lip.
and vtiscillatuig, half timid eyes of very pale
blue. Its weukness and indecision might
have hero comical had not an expression of
earnestness ami seriousness made it pathetic
His speech was hesitating and appealing, as
though crav ng constant indulgence for his
temerity when speaking at all. Yet there
was such assurance ol his hearers’ sympathy
anil help, that it generally carried its point,
ft was apparent from the first that the char
acteristics that made Davis a conspicuous
figure in academical days had not foisaken
him as he had grown older. He began
leaning from the moment he came into camp
Alter futile attempts upon myself, he trans
ferred his weight to a man from Kentucky
—a d< mons rative, devil-may Cure fellow,
who »as his opposite in every respect. The
first day's drive, too, revealed the fact that,
whatever may have been his capabilities as a
district school teacher, they did not assist
him in the driving of mules. More than
once he involved the leader in an hopeless
tangle with the wheel animals, and his eotn
p'ications with the harness were a pathetic
mixture ot helplessness and ignorance. As
to his helplessness it was nn ; que and com
plete in its wav. He seemed utterly incapa
ble of doing anything without advice and
assistance.
It is, perhaps, needless to say that these
characteristics, however original and amus
ing in themselves, were not such as to elevute
their poseasor in the esteem of tho party.
In lees than a week from the d >y of the de
parture the man from Kentucky had warned
Davis not to come near him again at the
risk of l>eing crippled for life. At the end
of a fortnight, 1 grieve to say, he had been
kicked by an iruscible member of the party,
and the propriety of deserting hint on the
plains had been seriously discussed. Hardly
a man speke to him, uud be seemed a very
pariah in the camp.
Af’er we bnd been three weeks out there
were not wanting signs of the proximity of
hostile Sioux. Signal smokes were seen in
the evening, at d small clouds of dust low
down upon the horizon indicated the presence
of scouting bands. In the mid-afternoon of
b sunny Sunday, as we were aseendng a low
ridge in the prairie, the advance scout came
guiioping in with a ball through his arm, and
n moment later a yelling band of Sioux be
gan to circle about the train. To dismount
and form the three wagons into a triangular
barricade was but the work of u few minutes.
The most of the men knew their dauger and
how to meet it. The Sioux were in large
force, and narrowed tbeir circle in the assu
ror ee of an easy victory. Their bullets be
gan drr ppii'g in almost immediately. In
three minutes alter the ball opened several of
the animals had been killed, and John-on,
our leader, lay under a wagon with a bullet
through his head.
As 1 said, all the party were heavily
armed. But I should have excepted Ituvis,
who not only was unarmed, but from his
general character was deemed quite capable
of groveling in the du-t at such a time. In
the hurry of the nroiw nt he had been 10-t
sight of, and now, when he slipped forwurd
to poesess himself of the dead man’s guD, the
man from Kentucky told him with an oath
to dtop it, or to give it to some obc who
would use it. Diva did not drop it, how
ever, but took bis station at the rear end of
tbe wagons. In a moment more the spirally
decreasing cirele of savages broke suddenly
and swept in a wild charge toward the train.
Ami we turned toward tire point of attack
* e 'wo of the advanc.ug wurriotb drop to
*■ at Lfavut’ ujifc. .1
c.irp'h-e oivl astonishment would have ren
df red 11s incapable of resist ince had not the
Indians swerved from their course and begin
circling again, as they did at first.
Bnt the man who had turned the attack
never stirred from h : s post. His slouching
aspect seemed somehow to be shaken off as
he stood there erect nnd firm as a rock. His
infirm under-lip closed up like n steel trap
into a bard, straight line. His pi'e blue
eyes wore a erol, decided look. The man
from Kentucky looked at him a moment, and
went back to his post with a muttered.
• Well, I’ll be blanketed I” The guid , ty
ing bis wounded arm in a sling, said h”M
‘dive it up.” The whole party breathed
frepr.
But the whistling of ballets and the yells
of the Sioox continued. In a short time the
canvass tops of the wagons looked like gi
gantic sieves. The circle of savages widened
only to contract again. Whenever a reck -
less brave approached within fair range the
sharp crack of Ihe Winchester from the rear
of the wagon sent a ball into his painted
body. There was no random firing from
that rifle ; every shot brought its man. The
repeated charges of the Sionx grew less fre
quent from the foot of the loss of two or
thri-e of their number under the deadly aim
of tho-e pale blue eyes. It was alter the
filth or sixth charge of this kind that the
man from Kentucky expressed the unani
mous sentiment of the party when he said :
•‘Hadn’t yer hetter get farther under
cover, Davis 7 It’s party op> n tliar.” But
Davis shook his beud without changing po
sition.
The evening wore slowly away. The
minutes went by to an accompaniment of
shot and yells. Some of the animals were
lying dead beside the wagons The spokes
of the wlice's and the beds of the vehicles
were riddled and splintered with bullets.
Charge after charge had been repulsed.
'lhree. men were lying badly wounded inside
the triangle. The victims of the deadly
Winchester formed a straggling line almost
from its muzzle lo the circle of discomfited
but not defeated Sioux beyond. Its owner
had hnrdly spoken a word in all that time,
bnt had stood there like a statute of fute.
Night came on, and a low moon wrapped
the landscape in dusky crayons. The sav
ages retained their circular guard, prepared
to renew the attack on the morrow. Shad
owy forms ciept warily through tbo tall
graas, und dragged away the dead The
wounded began to plead piteously for water,
and there was none to give.
It was at u call of this kind from the man
who had kicked him from his place at the
camp fire a few days previous that Davis
lelt his post to come forward and ask if no
water was to be had. He was told that
there was none ; that the nearest water was
a small pond at the loot of the ridge, jn-t
within the surrounding circle of Sioax.
Taking u bucket from the wagon, Davis
said quietly, “I'll get some.” Not a man
of the party spoke. Everybody realized
that something heroic was about to be done.
Good God I To go to the pond was to go
to ilmost certain d'a'h. And yet n<> one
hade h m s'ny. 1 think every one was im
pressed with the fact that it would be use
icBS.
Wc crept back to our posts in silence.
Even the wounded ceased their moans
We wa'ched the tall figure striding through
the shadows till it was lost in the gloom.
Then came an interval of silence—awful,
| appalling—broken at last by a shot ami a
wild chorus of yells. In a moment all the
demons of the prairie seemed let loose. Shot
to.lowed shot The bowls had something
exulting in them.
Through the gloom therp came a shadow
—a lull figure running with a bucket in its
hand. Following close behind a myriad ol
dusky forms, with gleaming knives and
clubbed guns Then our work began. A
continuous sheet of fire belched from the
wagons turned the howling Sioux back on
their trail. In a moment more Davis stag
gered into the triangle with a bucket half
filled with water in his hand. The man from
Kentucky left his post to grasp his hand in
u grip thut would have ciu.-bed weaker
bones.
“Mr Davis,” he said, “yer a man as this
pm t v is proud of.” The bronzed men,
crouching behind the wagons, turned in their
places to smile assent. But the hero who
had run that gauntlet of fire simply placed
the bucket beside the man who had kicked
him. and went back to his post.
The Sioux, exasperated by their detest
kept up u desultory firo through the long
grass. Just befoie dawn they charged again.
But the Winchester alone killed three braves
before the wagons were reached, and it wus
converted iuto a club wielded by a giant.
When the morning came the Sioux were
found Wutching our movements from a safe
distance over the prairie. Evidently the
fight was costing them too dear.
It was determined by the party, in view of
the probability of the Sioux being le
inforced during the dty to beat a retreat
'I he man from Kentucky harnessed Mr.
D.iviß’ mule with his own hand. But when
he came to hand the reins to their powder
begrimmed owner, it was found that he was
in no condition to receive them. He had
been wounded in halt a doz n places, and
the slow hemorrhage had robbed him ot his
strength.
We lifted him tenderly into the wagon
Hnd commenced our march. The Sioux
circled about as, but kept well out of range.
By middtiy they had disappeared. It was
about this time that the man from Ken
tucky, who had been intently watching his
I patient for some time, brought hi- wagon to
a sudden halt. Gathering about him we
! found Davis with his eyes turned to the sky,
and a grayish hue stealing over his face. A
minute alter he reached his hand out to
grasp the Kentuckian’s and so journeyed out
into the ii finite solitude.
We rode on in silence. When the shad
ows of the evening came we dug a rude grave
) in the prairie, and buried Davis out ot sight
The man from Kentucky burned bis epitaph
when he said, ‘ He didn’t seem of much
account at first, but be loomed up power
ful toward the last.”
“Oh, yes, I’m uiad—just as mad as I can
be,” exe'anned a fashionable lady, tos=ing
her bead to give erapbas s to her words, “to
think that those horrid reporters had the
impudence to lug me into their description
ol the F.tzgerald weddiDg. U«h! the hor
rid things—and they didn't even mention the
lace on ray dress.”
“Those whom the gods love die young.”
That's v* bat becomes ol uit the houcat ud-
Vr-rlUillir liiUUiS. ,
Why Deacon S. Went Behind.
It had got to he the common talk of the
neighbors that Deacon 8., who several years
since lived in Hamilton county, Ohio, was
going behind, but no one knew exactly the
reason why. The fences were down on his
farm ; the place was not only covered with
weeds, but. worst of all, with a mortgage to
a considerable amount One day the hoe
was mis-lng, and after hunting all around
for it for a long time, Deacon 8. called
on I <o his ton John :
“Where's the ho«, John?"
“Don't know, father."
“Thought I told yon to always keep it
In its place ?”
“Didn’t know you bad a place for it,
father."
Next day the shovel was missing ; then
the axe. An hour was consurm-d in finding
it—just at a time, too, when Mrs. 8 was
impatiently waiting for wood to get dinner
with. After the axe was fonnd the handle
was discov red to have been broken; an
other lour Was consumed in fixing it.
One evening Farmer A came in about
dark to sit awhile. After a little conver
sation, says Deacon 8.:
“Will you have something to drink ?”
“Well. 1 do ,’t mind," replied Farmer A.,
“if it’s handy."
“('ertainly it’s handy,” says the deacon ;
and although it was dark, he went to the
cupcoHrd and without any trouble put his
hand on the bottle. A light whs struck,
and if some of the inquisitive persons had
looked in an hoar thereafter they could
have found a solution very readily to the
question of why Deacon 8. was going be
hind.
Although he had taken several draughts
from the bottle, he was careful to put it back
in its accustomed place. He could get up
in the darkest night and put his hand on the
bottle, but he cou'd never find the hoe. This
was the secret of Deacon 8. going behind.
Any man who attends to his bottle and for
gets his hoc will be likely to go behind.—
Ei change
A Few ItrmarkH to Contribu
tors.
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consideration of those who write for the
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papers unless you choose to let them know
yourself —Savannah News.
HASTF.jriNO to bk Rich.—“ Did yos ever
know a man who grew rich by fraud, con
tinue successful through life, and leave a
fortune at death ?”
This question was put to a gentleman who
bad been in business forty years.
After reflecting awhile he replied :
‘•Not one I have seen many men become
rich as if by magic, and win golden opinions,
when some little thing led to an exposnre of
their fraud, and they have fallen into disgrace
and ruin. Arson, perjury, murder and sui
cide ore common crimes with those who
make haste to be rich, regardless of the
means.”
Hoys, stick a pin here. You will soon be
men. and begin to act with those who make
money. Write this good man’s testimony
in your mind and with it put the words of
God. “He that basteneth to be rich hath
an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty
shall come upon him.” —E’rov. xxxiii, 22.
Let these words lead yon to resolve to
make haste slowly, when you go into busi
ness, in the matter ol making money.
“Stop ze moozeek 1” shouted Prince Per
rino, rushing trantieally through the halt of
his villa. “Ze parti* lie is break up—one of
ze guests in9olt myvife!” Hut before the
ladies could get their shawl*, the Prince
came running back, saying : “Never mind ;
you dance plentee more. Eet is ail right—
ze gcntlemau say be did not kuow it vas my
vife.”
"Ish’t my photograph excellent ?” said a
young wife to her husband. “Well, my
dear,” replied he. “there’s a little too much
repose about the mouth for it to be natural.”
For Sale.
PURSUANT to the will of Q. R. Nolan.
deceased, and for the purpose of a distri
bution of the estate, I offer at private sale a
valuable plantation lying on Flint river, in
Fayette county, Ga. It is situate one fourth
of a mile from North’s grist mills, four miles
from Fayetteville and seven miles from
Hampton, on the Macon and Western Rail
road. It has 100 acres in woodland and
about 100 acres of good bottom, well ditched
and in cultivation. The entire tract consists
of 432 acres. A neat four-room dwelling,
plastered inside, bas been erected upon the
premises within the last 12 mouths. There
are lour good tenement bouses, with rock
chimney-, ou the place. The well water is as
good as any in Middle Georgia. If pur
chased bv 15th ot February arrangements
c iti be made to deliver possession m time for
planting u crop ; if after that time, the place
will be turned over next fall Any person
desiring to purchase such a place cm reason
able and accommodating terms Vrili commu
nicate with me at McDonough, Ga.
Y. C. NOLAN, ca r.
Professional Cards.
DOCTORS.
DR. J. C. TURNIPBEED will attend to
all calls day or night. Office at resi
dence, Hampton, Ga.
]vR. W. (I PEEBLES treats all dis-
J* eases, and will attend to all calls day
and night. Office at the Drug Store,
Broad Street, Hampton, Ga.
DR. N. T. BARNETT tenders his profes
sional services to the citizens of Henry
and adjoining counties, and will answer calls
day or night. Treats all diseases, of what
ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store,
Hampton, Ga. Night calls can be made at
my residence, opposite Berea church. api26
JF PONDER, Dentist, has located in
• Hampton, Ga., and invites the public to
call at hia room, upstairs in the Bivins
House, wtiere he will be found at all hours.
Warrants all work for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
TNO. G. CO CD WELL, Attorney at Law,
Brooks Station, Ga. Will practice in
1 he 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, Me
Donough, Ga. Will practice in the
counties composing tb’e Flint Jadicial Cir
cuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
United States District Court. (Office up
stairs over W. C. Sloan’s ) apr27-ly
GEO. M. NOLAN, Attorney at Law,
McDonough,Ga. (Officein Court house)
Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun
ties, and in the Supreme and District Courts
of Georgia. Prompt attention given to col
lections. mch23-6m
JF. WALL, Attorney at Law, //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.
I) F. McCOLLUM, Attorney and Coun
a* sellor at L»w, Hampton, Ga. Will
practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta.
Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Supe
rior Courts, and in the Supreme and United
Stales Courts. Collecting claims a specialty.
Office uo stairs in the Mcln’osh Building.
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»®f*Fur sale by G. K. Wise, Hampton,
Ga. eep!3-ly.
Furniture.
S. S. Middleton,
HAMPTON, GA.,
Has on hand a large and asserted stock of
FURNITURE,
Bureaus. Bedsteads, Chaim, Secretaries,
W ardrobes. Cupboards,
And is prepared to manufacture to order
anything you need to furnish your house
Upholstering and Cabinet work dope in
the latest style and with dispatch.*
IgL. Coffins alw-Avs on hand.
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Copartnership Notice.
IH AVE this dnv sold n half interest in my
business fo O F. Turner, and the name
and style of the firm will he known in future
ns Harper Turner. R. T. HARPER.
January sth, 1879.
We respeetfnllv solicit a share of the pub
lie patronage, believing we can show as fine
and well assorted stock of eoods as will be
found anywhere. Our stock of
DRY GOODS
Is complete in every particular, nnd includes
« fine assortment of Ladies’ Dress Goods,
Linens, Bleachings, Domestics, and Fancy
Notions of all kinds.
Clotliins 2
A new and elegant lot of Clothing, of every
style aud quality. Gents’ Underwear a spe
cialty.
BATS AND CAPS
lo suit the tastes ol the masses, and at prices
that will meet the requirements of the trade.
BOOTS AND SHOES!
Our stock of Bools and ShoeF, having been
bought at a bargain in the Northern mar
kets, we can afford to sell cheap, and are pre
pared to offer extra inducements to the trade.
Furniture 2
We have also a large lot ot Furniture—Bed
steads, Bureaux. W ashstauds, Wardrobes,
Tables, Chairs,,’ etc —which we will sell at
extremely low figures. Bedroom silts »
specially.
GROCERIES.
Special attention is called to our stock ot
Groceries, which is quite large, and com
prises every article kept in that fine.
Our stock is being constantly replenished
with Goods that are carefully selected by ex
peiienced buyers, and are bought lor cash
from first hands, thereby enabling us to seil to
udvuslage—both to ourselves aud customers.
W ith ail these facilities we are prepared to ex
Libit at all times a complete general stock,
and parties wishing to buy can always find
some specialties at very low prices at our
store. Give us a call
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