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LYING LOVERS.
]t wn« a Infer loted a maid
That had n fullier who
Whs ibods?lit lo he by all the world
Exceedingly well-to-do.
“t)h, he my wife," the Inver cried,
M v bride, mv queen, my own
“Yon dn not love me.” she replied,
••I fear, lor myself alone.”
“Mv pa he is a wealthy man,
His only child uni f,
And nil his riches shall be untie
W henover he shall die.
“But riches, the Apnßtle enys,
Unto themselves take wings. O !
Jf pa were poor wonld yon love me ?’’
“I would,” he cried, '‘by jingo.”
“1 am so glad—f knew you would —
I in your love am blest;
Pa failed last night," she sobbed, and sank
Ujton her lover’s breast.
“That makes not a bit of difference,*’
'I he loliunt lover cried ;
“So I huve you I core not who
May take all else beside.”
That night when I er lover took his leave,
At twenty minutes to one.
She whispered softly in his eur,
“Darling, I was in fun.
“True, pa lias failed, but he his pile
Had duly salted by ;
f only wished to try your faith—
-1 tailing, how gird am I ;
For now I know you would love me well
Even in poverty.”
And ns he went home the lover,
Who was by no tnenn« g'een,
He blithely hugged himself and sung,
“I know what Inilures mean."
The Fiist Hide Through n
Canyon.
Two adventurous miners recently took a
ride tbiougb the Big Horn Canyon, in the
Yellowstone region, never before traversed
by man. Had they been able graphically
to describe their adventine they would have
told a tale seldom (quailed in tljj-illing inci
dents. Wishing to tave two hundred miles'
lrave] around mountains, tiny concluded to
try tlte canyon. With some tools they had
in the mining camp, they built a frail cralt
at 1 lie bottom of tbe canyon, having previ
onsly taken down their material of red cedar
Tbe boat was made twelve feet long, three
feet wide, and upon trial was found to carry
its cargo of (night and passengers ad ini ru-
Idy. iso on tbe morning of the 23d of July
they untied it and pushed into the current
The rush of the river, which before starting
was almost deafening, was terrible as the
boat started on its journey through this un
known gorge. To go back was impossible ;
to climb the solid limestone walls which rose
five hundred feet above their heads, where a
narrow streak of light lighted up their
coarse, whs not to lie entertained ns u means
of escape; through they must go, trusting
to their ability to avoid rocks and to the
strength of their craft to run the rapids
which they met at every turn of the canyon.
The loudest halloo was heard as n whisptr
Grottos, caves, unknown recesses of nature
viere passed by t hese hardy navigators. In
places flocks of mountain sheep, startled by
the appearance of tbe curiosity rushing by
below them, would run along a lulge of
lock®, jump from erug to crag, where footing
for man would he impossible, and disappear
Evening coming on, they attempted to tie
up for the night. They worked the boat
oloso to tlte shore, jumped out, and away
went the craft, carrying the guns and pro
visions. With starvation behind them, and
hardly a foothold before them, their chances
of keeping on weio doobtlul, when they
luckily found two logs, which they lashed
together with their belts, and again trusting
to the river and still more dangerous rocks,
they set out to search for their boat, which
they found two miles Mow, where it had
stopped in an uiuy. On the afternoon of tin
third day, while wondering how much longtr
tbe Big Horn Canyon could possibly be,
they suddenly shot out into the beautiful
Big Horn valley, with Fort C. F. Smith on
their right.
Wife and Mother.
Women are perpetually exhorted to make
home comfortable 'Hie wife must greet her
husband with a kipv, for a rr..si- word tnieht
send h : m to a billiard-room for entertain
ment and relaxation Of course baby tins
been troublesome—babies always are; but
then women have nothin? else to do, so why
should she complain if she does have to hold
him in her arms all day ? The mother must
speak pertly to the children, no matter how
aggravating they may be, and even one’s
own children are sometimes a trifle annoying-
And so on. Hot what ot men’s part in this
home-making ? Oh! their duty in the home
is to “raise a bre. zo” iu it. They ure too
busy, too preoccupied, too impatient and
thoughtless, and—it must be said ol some of
them—too selfish to do their share of that
pre-eminently millennial work, the creating
of a happy home. Small dutfes of life are
not in their line. They will fight for their
home, and make slaves of themselves in their
business to maintain them, bat, like the pro
verbial man who would die for a wonmu, but
would never bring up a scuttle of coal, they
can’t tell wl>„t then childien are studying at
schooi, who their mates are, what they are
learning of good or evil, nor scarcely any
thing else that a fathor ought to know con
cerning bis oflspring. It is so sad a fact us
to spoil the satire when it is said thut many
a father finds his Sundays and holidays too
few to enable him to become acquainted
witb'his boys. A father can contribute in
many ways to a happy home-life, for it takes
little to make childicu happy. Five minutes’
it>mp with them renders them happy lor uti
Lour. We scarcely ueed say that a man
should set tbe example for tbe family in pa
tience, cheerfulness, courtesy, forbearance,
ami all tbe amiable moods and graces th.it
ore the soul ol home happiness. The sort of
men who display all their suavity and polite
ness m tbe street or at their business places,
ami save the storms and sulks, and sourness,
oLd all tbe evil brood ol fiendish disposition
1 1t, c they characterize by the convenient
euphemism of moods—well, they don’t de
seive home, wife or childreu.
There is more active ( fri -'jVlii,
City vs. («nntry Papers.
The other dnv an old respectable citizen
came in onr office and after paying his last
yar’s subscription, took a seat and remark
ed :
“I guess yon needn’t send me the paper
any longer ; I have just subscribed for n New
York paper flint suits me pretty well, and it
doesn’t cost ns much bv n dollar ”
nere lie kahded n» the paper for inspec
tion. We fonnd it to be a neat looking
sheet, hnndsomolv printed, with a large en
graved head, and containing about 43 col
umns of m'sccllimeous reading ma'ter.
‘ Fair looking paper,” we remarked, ns we
handpd it back to him, "bnt did vou ever see
anything in it about onr county?”
•‘Well, I don’t know as I ever have."
“Anything in rcgaid to the State ?”
‘Nothing."
“And yet you give up n paper that con
tains the local market reports, the state of
the crops, the deaths and marriages, and the
thousand and one happenings from week to
week which make up the history of tlie re
gion, which you can get from no other source,
and lake instead a city paper, simply because
it comes a dollar cheaper."
"Yes, and it contains more reading mat
ter,” lie added.
•‘Certainly,’’ we remarked, "bnt what is the
character of the reading matter ? Nothing
in regard to your own village—your schools,
your churches, your local improvements and
the thousand and one things that happen in
the county. There is nothing in it that helps
to build up your county and support home
institutions. It is us foreign to you as the
city in which it is published It may con
tain more reading matter, but your neigh
borhood is not represented in its columns.”
"But why can’t yon furnish your paper for
a dollar if they can afford a much larger one
in the city for that price," he queried. "Lt
bor is certa tily cheaper here.”
"For the reason that a county paper has
a small circulation us compared with a city
paper, and the labor expended on one thou
sand is the same as on fifty thousand, espe
ciully when it is taken into consideration
that the city weekly which is furnished for u
dollar a year is 'made up’ of the - type set for
the daily.”
‘ That’s enough," exclaimed the old gen
tleman, as he pulled out his wallet and han
ded us two dollars, "just send me the Obser
ver for another year.” As he bade us "good
morning" and passid through the door we
heard him remark : “It’s my belief that a
man who stops or refuses to subscribe lor his
county paper simply because it doesn’t con -
tain so much reading mutter as one ‘made
up' from a daily published in the city, should
be supplied with medical ulmuuucs ut the
public expense.”
Unhappy Mairiages.
The troth is that these' too frequent “un
happy marriages” are the offspring of ignor
ance quite as much as actual sin or wrong.
Fools, and e-peeially vicious fools, have no
right to get possession of an honest woman's
life und soul, which they cannot comprehend,
and tho elevating influence of winch they
throw away even more by stupidity than
willfulness.
A woman, by her sex and character, has
a claim to many things besides shelter, food,
and clothing. She is not less a woman for
being wedded ; and the man who is fit to be
trusted with a good wife, recollects all which
this implies, and shows himself perpetually
chivalrous, sweet spoken, considerate, and
deferential. The fools and brutes among us
may think such demands hard, but they are
not nearly as bad as to live the cat and dog
life, missing the dearest possibilities of
human intercourse.
What right has a man to expect happi
ness in a household who brings no sunshine
into it ? What right has he to look for the
graces and refinements of curly love when he
violates them by rough speech, ill-manners,
and the disregaul of those little things upon
which the self- respect of a wife is built und
maintained ? The cynic who rails at mar
riage, is generally one und the snuie with the
thoughtless egotist who flies into the pres
ence of his wife cureless, stubborn and sour
teni|iered, though be uever went to his
mistress except in bis best bebuvior.
The fate is horrible which u pure and
fuithlui gitl may endure by encountering in
him whom she weds, tioi mere actual cruelty
or injury, but stupid incompetence to under
stand a woman’s needs, dull forgetfulness of
the daily grace of life, and oblivion ol the
fact that while men have the world women
have. only their home. These grossnesses of
masculine ingratitude do not, indeed, often
lead to visible catastrophe, nor grow into
absolute tyranny, but they tqually lead that
way. They drag down u wife’s soul to tbe
point whete she is in despair; ibey change
the true meaning of marriage to vulgarity
and weariness ; they spoil the chance ol that
Lest and finest of all education which each
man obtains who wins u reasonable good
woman for bis companion, and they coat
more to a million households than money or
repentance cuu ever pay back.
The Music of Nature.
The world is full of music. Sounds melo
dious are constantly falling upon our ears.
Nature throughout her wide domain unites
her myriad voice In sweetest songs of praise
to the Creator. Who has not listened to its
soul-stirring harmony ? V\ ho that has list
ened lias hi cn unmoved ! I uke our stand
by the ocean ; see in its far-reaching ex
panse, count its towering billows as they roll
in majesty before you, und fee! that jour ear
is saluted'by the voice of many waters, sing
ing the song which for six thousand years
they have sung, while natious have come aud
gone, empires risen and lalleu, aud ceutuiies
roll, d into the past! Wander alone into
the dense forest, feel that you are lur away
from the voices of me::, and as the winds
float uiuong tbe lofty branches, pauiC, linger
and cntcb the music of Natures miustrels;
follow the river in its wunderiugs, now
slowly and silently glidiug onward, wiupt in
iis own quiet, aud now’ rushing fearlessly,
impetuously on over tbe rocks aud precipices,
until lost in its resting place —the ocean ;
aud then acknowledge that music sa
cred, plaintive, subdued and soothiug, ai d
the loud swilling anthems ate fatniliur to it
to all its course, Spriug returns, and with
it comes thousands of wiugtd worshippers,
making the wood and air vocal with their
inetry tong. The winds tusli by us, roaring
around our dwelling-; the zephyr, gently
.'tiding, lans us by iis soft breathing, thus iu
•Cuw -i .u— cut WM compel.cu iv i •
winds and the quiet pawing of the evening
breeze we have the high nnd the low, the
“loud and the soft Nature’s own assists in
tjerforming her anthems of praise to Ihe
Omnipotent. Here, then, we have a vast
assembly of singers : Oceans, forests, rivers,
revolving years and birds of every clique,
mingling H eir voices in sweetest harmony,
without one note of di-cord. They have
long sung in happy concert. Creation morn
tuned their voices, and '<> day they are sing
ing the same song, the <cho of which, deep
ening and spreading, will roll onward to tbe
close ol time.
"filial!,”said the farmer, as he exhibit) d a
broken jar to the manufacturer. “I packed
this jar full of butter, and the jar split from
top to bottom. Pei haps you can explain
the phenomenon ” “O, yes, certainly,” was
the ready reply, "the butter was stronger
than the j <r ”
In one of the interior counties the other
day, Robert Haile and Mary Williams were
murri.d, Now she is “Mary of R. Guile ?”
n— 1 si 'iramannßni
Professional Cards.
DOCTORS.
T\R. J. C. TURN IPSEKD will attend to
1* all calls day or bight. Office i resi
dence, Hampton, Ga.
DR. W. II PEEBLES treats all dis
eases, and will attend to all calls day
and night. Office at tbe Drag Store,
Broad Street, Hampton, Ga.
DR. I). F. KNOTT havlrg permanently
located in Hampton, ofieis his profes
sional services to the cit ; zens of Hampton
and vicinity.. All orders left at Mclntosh’s
store will receive prompt attention. sp26
DR. N. ’l’. BARNETT tenders his profes
sional services to the citizens of Henry
nnd 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
tny residence, opposite Berea church. upr26
T F PONDER, Dentist, lias located in
w • Hampton, Gu.,und invites the punlic to
call at his roon, upstairs in the Bivins
House, where he will be found at all hours.
Warrants all work for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
TNO. G. COLD WELL, Attorney nt Law,
Brooks Station, Ga. Will practice in
the counties composing the Coweta and Flint
River Circuits. Prompt attention given to
commercial and oilier collections.
r |l C. NOLAN, Attorney at Law, Mc
• Donough, Georgia. Will practice in
the counties composing the Flint Circuit;
the Supreme Court of Georgia, «d(1 the
United States District Court.
WM.T. DICK EX, Attorney at Law, Mc-
Donough, Ga. Will practice in the
counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir
cuit, the Supieme Court of Georgia, and the
United States District Court. (Office up
stairs over W. C. Sloan’s.) apr27-ly
GKO. 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. nich23-6m
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
IjIftWAUD J. REAGAN, Attorney at
-J law. Office on Broad Street, opposite
the Railroad depot, Hampton, Georgia.
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections, and cases in Bankruptcy.
BF. MoCOLLUM, Attorney and Ceun
• sejlor at Law, Hampton, Ga. Will
practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta,
Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Sape
rior Courts, und in the Supreme and United
States Courts. Collecting claims a specialty.
Office no stairs in the Mclntosh Building.
OLD AND RELIABLE.
Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invioorator
is a Standard Family Remedy for
diseases of the Liver, Stomach
aud Bow els.—lt is Purely IL.
Vegetable.— It uever I
Debilitates—lt is
Cathartic and ni <*w
Tonic,
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btr more than 35 years,
\0 p with uuprecedented results.
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.
S 3. T. W. SASIFORD, M. 0., Ss^?g£So2*s
r Ati\ DKI liUIST WILL TILL Ml ITS MITTATIOX.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
All parties indebted to J. G. Hughes, de
ceased, are hereby commanded to make im
mediate settlement; und all parties having
claims agaiusi said deceased are requested to
present the same, propel ly attested, within
the time prescribed by law. else they will uot
tm ni’ti L. I L»L VC a..
I. T..H._SAKFORD, H.P., wiwToi^ oitt> □
MORNING NEWS SERIALS.
A New Story
By a Lady of Savannah.
THE SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS
Of Oe'obj?r 4th will contain the first chap
ters of story of thrilling interest, entitled
ANABEL’S SECRET.
BY MRB. J 0. BRANCH.
We desire not to anticipate the pleasure
which the readers of the Weekly News will
(Drive from the perti-al of this charming
story, am! therefore will not speak of it here
further than to say that in the management
nf an original and intensely interesting pint,
not le.-s than in her powers of description,
her life-like delineations of character, and the
pure moral tone of her reflections, the ac
complished author gives assurance that she
inherits tlie genius of her gifted mother.
Mrs. Caroline Lee Ileniz, whose works of
fiction have been so universally admired, and
still rank among the most popular American
books of iheir class. “Anabel’s Secret” is
developed in California, of w hich State the
author was at one time a residi nt, and her
vivid descriptions of somp of the most won
derful scenery of that picturesque region are
among the striking features of the story
The nt w serial will run through some
eight or ten numbers of the Weekly. Sub
scribers who desire to have the story com
plete should send in their subscriptions at
once. m
Subscription S? 2 a ypar, SI for six months.
Money can be sent by Money Order, Regis
tered Letter or Express, at onr risk.
J. H. ES I ILL,
Savannah, Ga.
Bottom Brices
REACHED AT LAST!
To the Farmers of Henry
Ami Adjoining Counties !
HAVING just opened a large stock of
Dry Goods and Groceries in Hampton,
I desire to say to the people of Henry, Butts,
Clayton, Fayette and Spalding comities, who
visit this city, nnd desire to examine or pur
chase goods, that I am prepared to supply
all their waots at as low prices as can be
had anywhere. My stock is large, ample
and well-selected, and consists of everything
usually kept in a strictly first-class
Dry Goods and Grocery Store.
Recognizing the demands of the times, 1
have marked my goods down to the lowest
living figure, und Khali have but one price
for everybody. An experience of several
years has enabled me to understand the
wants of tho people, and I shall be prepared
at all times to meet them with such articles
as DR Y GOODS , GROCERIES. ROOTS.
SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, FARMING
IMPLEMENT S, and Plantation Supplies
of all kinds. Give me a call.
Car. JBj. WISO.
Hampton, Ga., Feb. 28;ly
Headquarters
FOB GOOF BARUMS!
The Very Best Goods
At the Lowest Prices!
PLEASE give me yonr attention while I
throw out some strong, broad remarks,
full ol interest, if economy forms any part of
the new leaf you have pledged yourself to
turn over at the beginning of the year. 1
will begin by telling you (though it is hardly
necessary,) that the country has resumed
specie payments, and that it will materially
change the monied values of all articles of
merchandise. It is bound to bring every
thin? down to what is called SOLID ROCK
BOTTOM. I will add in this connection
that I have in store and shall be constantly
receiving, at intervals to suit the seasons, a
superior line of goods, comprising all articles
usually kept in a Dry Goods and Grocery
Store, and if you are a lover of Nice Goods
and Low Prices, you can’t fail to appreciate
my efforts to please the public in every way.
Because resumption placed gold at par.
you must not get it into your head that 1 am
too proud to take it. On tbe contrary,
gold, silver or greenbacks are alike to me.
1 take any legal money that is offered, and
agree *o give in exchange the best equiva
lent that can be had in this market. Give
me a call.
H. P. Mclntosh.
Ilunpton, Ga., March 2I;ly
Slbsckiue for Tuk Weekly—Si 50 per
NEW FIRM!
Copartnership Notice.
I HAVE this dav sold a half interest in my
business to G F. Turner, and the name
and style of the firm will be known in future
as Harper Turner. R. T. HARPER.
Janutry 9th, 1879.
We respect fully solicit a share of the pub
lie patronage, believing ve can show as fine
ami well assorted stock of goods a 3 will be
found anywhere. Our stock of
DRY GOODS
fs complete in every particular, and includes
a fine assortment of Ladies’ Dress Goods,
Lincus, Bleachings, Domestics, and Fancy
Notions of all kinds.
ciotnmg !
A new and elegant lot of Clothing, of every
style and quality. Gents’ Underwear a spe
cialty.
HATS AND CAPS
To suit the tastes of the musses, and at prices
that will meet the requirements of the trade.
BOOTS AND SHOES!
Our stock of Boots and Shoes, hnving 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!
We have also a large lot of Furniture—Bed
steads, Bureaux, Washstands, Wardrobes,
Tables, Chairs,,’ etc —which we will sell at
extremely low figures. Bedroom setts a
specialty.
GROCERIES.
Special attention is called to our stock ol
Groceries, which is quite large, aod com
prises every article kept iu that Hue.
Our stock is being constantly replenished
with Goods that are earelully selected by ex
perienced buyers, and are bought lor cash
irom first hands, thereby enabling us to seil to
advantage—both to ourselves and customers.
With all these facilities we are prepared to ex
hibit at all times a complete general stock,
and parlies wishing to buy eau always find
some specialties at very low prices at our
store- Give us a call.
Harper & Turner.
nimiw itu Mw . u
the
Georgia Stale Fair,
At Macon,
Oct. 27th> to Nov. Ist, 1879
IHE MO'ST MAGNIFICENT AND
BEST APPOINTED GROUNDS
IN AMERICA.'
LIBERAL CASH PREMIUMS
In all Classes, and the largest offered by
any Fair in the United States.
Trotting and Running Races
Every day, by 9ome of the most no
ted Horses on the Turf!
Music will be furniehed.bv a
Celebrated Military Band.
MANY OF THE PROMINENT
Statesmen, now before the Public,
will attend the State Fair ns
visitors, and several will
make addresses.
Greatly Reduced Rates for
Freights and Passengers,on all the
Railroads in the State.
A cordial invitation is extented to you to
be an Exhibitor, and you are requested to
write to the Secretary at Macon for a Pre
mium List and other information.
TF'OS HARDEMAN, Jr, Pres’t.
L. F. LIVINGS'TON. Oen’l Sup’t.
MALCOLM JOHNS ION, Sec’y.
CONFECTIONERY!
am* I » + BP I i+wm* 1
A NSW ENTERPRISE
IN HAMPTON!
HENDERSOH & MITCHELL
DKAI.ERS in
FRUITS,
NUTS,
RAISINS,
PICKLES,
SARDINES,
CRACKERS,
OYSTERS,
CAKES, Etc., Etc.
CANNED GOODS!
FANCY GROCERIES 1
A full line of Confectioneries always on
hand. Next door to Z. T. Manson. sepl2
City Livery
AND
SALE STABLES.
Having recently leased the large and ele<
gant brick stable on James street, I am pret
pared to serve my patrons and friends to the
best of my ability, and shall always keep
on hand the beat horses and most stylish
turnouts to be found this side of Atlanta.
My livery rates will be reasonable at all
times.
1 have also a commodious wagon yard, in
which are a number of extra stalls, where my
friends from the country cun have their stock
cared for at very small cost. Oa the prem
ises is a comfortable bouse for the accommo
dation of those who may wish to spend the
night, where they can stay without extra
charge.
Give me a call when you come to town.
G. W. WOLFE.
Hampton, Ga., Nov. B;tf
*
SALOON.
BEST CIGARS!
FINEST WINES!
PUREST_LIQUORS!
I CINCINNATI BEER ON DRAUGHT.
BILLIARDS AND POOL!
feb2Btf
Job \\ ot k solicited and executed with
neatness.