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TOWN DIRECTORY.
Mayor—Thomas G Burnpft.
Oourtmionrrs—D R. Rivini, E. R
James, U P. Riving W. B. Pietcc.
G:,«kk—U. P Bivins.
TaßAscsatt—W S. Shell.
Marshals—S. Marshal.
R. II VfeK teely, Deputy.
JUDICIARY.
A. V. Spkkr. - Judge
K. D. DismiuaK, - Solicitor General.
Butts—Second Mondays in March and
September
Hrnry—Tlftrd Hondaj’fc In Jr, nnary and
July.
Monroe— Fourth Mondays in February,
and August.
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September.
Pike—First Mondays in April and Octo
ber.
Rockdale-Third Mondays ip February and
anJ \n,r,unt.
Hpnldinjt— First Mondays in February
and August
Upson—First Mondays ia May and No
vemher. ,
cillifrtiM. *JWi EUI <> R L
Mutuo&ut Kprscrrcxt, (rffußCtf, {South.*
Rev. Wesley F. Smith, Pastor Fourth
Sabbath in aaeh month Sunday-school 3
p. u. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
MsTHomaT Protkstant Cttneca. First
Sabbath in'.each month. Sunday-school 9
A. X.
Ukbistux Church, W. S. Pears, Pastor.
Rreond Sabbath in each month.
Baptist Church, Rev. J. P. I.von, Pas
tor. Third Sabbath in each month.
DOCTORS
DR. J. O.TURNIPSKKD will attend to
ail calls day or night. Office -i resi
dome, Hampton, Ga
IVR. W. H PEEBLES treats all dis
* " eases, and will attend to all calls day
and night. Office at the Drug Stor<.
Broad Street, Hampton, Oa.
OR. D. F. KNOTT having permanent!*
located in Hampton, offeig his profe*
aiannl services to the citizens of Hampton
and vicinity. All orders left at Mclntosh’*
store will receive prompt attention. sp2(i
DR. X. T. BARNrC'L’T tenders his profes
sional services to the citizens of Henry
and adjoining counties, and will answer call
day or night. Treats a 1! diseases, ol what
ever nature. Office at Nipper's Drug Stoic.
Hampton, Ga. Night calls c*p*be made st
my residence, opposite Berea ohureh. spr2f>
JF PONDER. Dentist, has located in
* Hampton. Ga.,and invites the pnhfic to
call at his room, upstairs in the Bivins
House, where he will be found at all hours.
Warrants ull wdrk for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
CW. HODNETT. Attorney and Ooun
• sailor at Ijhw, Jonesboro, Oa. Prompt
attention given to all business.
GEOROK P BIVINS Attorney at Law.
Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Collection* promptly attended to.
Office up stairs in the Mclntosh building
Hampton, Oa. mml2:f
C. NOLAN Attorney at Law. Me
1. Donongh, Oeorgia. Will practice in
the counties comfosijtg the Flint Circuit ;
the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
Uuited States District Court.
WM. T. DICKEN, Attorney at Law, Mo
Donough, Ga. Will practice in the
counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir
cait, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
United States District Court. (Office up
stairs over W. C. Sloan’s) apr27-ly
GKO. M NOLAN, Attornkt at Law,
McDonough, Ga. (Office io Court house )
Will practice in Henry, and adjoining coun
ties, and in the Supreme and District Courts
of Georgia. Prompt attention giv«*n to col
lections. mch23-6m
JF. WALL, Attorney al Law. Hemp
. ton.Ga Will practice in the cowl ice
composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia
Prompt attention giveu to collections. ocs
EDWARD J. REAGAN, Attorney at
law. Office up rtaiis in the Mclntosh
building. Hampton, Ga. Special attention
given to commercial and other collections.
BF. McCOHAJM. Attorney and Conn
• sellor at L>w, Hampton. Ga. Will
practice in Henry, Clayton, Favette, Coweta
Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Bu'is Supe
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7 HE OI.D MILL.
Mere from the Hmw of the hill I look,
'I hi ouch a lattice Of honfrns an I Tenvw,
On the old gray mid with its gruiubrel roof,
And the ni" a 8 oq its totting eaves,
1 beer tl eicksiler Ibatjirs it walls,
Ai d tire rushing wstet's p hi nil.
And.l redthe binds flints rise ai l fill;
As the 'whtef goe-> slowly found.
*
f ro(S thife often when J whs young,
With nfy grist on the horse be r ore.
And talked with Nelly, tins millet’s girl,
As 1 waitid my turn at tlie dour.
Ami while she tossed ber’ringle'* brown,
And flirted ynd chatted sp free,
The wheel mifflit stop,or the vyhecl might go,
It was all the same to me.
Tin twenty years since lust 1 stood
On the spot where I stand to-day,
And Nelly is wed, and the miller is dead,'
And the mill and I are gray. »
But Hoth.itill we full into min and wreck,
To our toriune of toil are bound ;
And the nun goes and laa at.re.rm U >ws,
Aud the wheel moves slowly round.
Harper's Monthly
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The idmii-ag of a Feud.
Ihe lyud betwe'?) ihg Iveti acky T'lailii-s
of Reynolds and Garth had its origin some
time previous to the gre -.t oivtl war; but
that strife of section againsi section,' State
against State, and brother ngid st broth--:',
ndileti fuel to its lire an I iiitetisitjtto it» bit
terness.
When the wa?J?b*. ke out the Rcyiulids
family ranged ihera-elvi-s on the side of the
Ibbils, and the Garths, probably tor no ha
ter reason than opposition to their old ene
mies, espoused toe Union cause.
It is not to b p .-apposed tlut either of the
families eared much, if nnythi :g for the
involvtd in the contest, the Rey
nolds tribe seeing in the struggle a pretex'
for dr-voting th-mseWes to the destruction of
the Gait l s, and the Gaitli tribe find tig in
the wnr an exeuae lor ihe extermiimtinn of
. dial a a
member of either family was regularly en
roiled in any army, bat all the R-ynpjiia and
all ttie Garths preferred to sirre their per
sonal ends by engaging in a style of warfare
which was generally regnrded us iUegiti
mate. They called themselves guerrillas
and partisans, but other people gave them
the designation of bushwhackers
They carried on the business of bush
whacking to their mutual extermination, if
not to their entire satisfaction. So thor
oughly was the work of iho bullet and the
rope done, that there were left of the two
tribes at the close of the war only Phil Rey
nolds on the one side, an 1 John Garth and
his daughter Lottie on the other.
It was then supposed that one or the other
of the two mile survivors would term nate
the feud by completing the extermination of
one family or the o'her, but the general ex
pectation was di-appointed.
John Garth, finding himself obnoxious io
the neighborhood because of h;s alleged
Union Bi’Otiincntt, quitted Kentucky, and
crossed the river to take up his abode i.'
Indiana.
John Ganh made an end of his exile
within a year. His property was going to
waste, his old neigliboruood had Settled
down to a condition ol reasonable quietude
and loieration, and he returned to his farm,
accompanied by his daughter Lwtrtie, then a
tall and handsome girl of eighteen.
It was then believed that the feud would
be at last fought out to a fatal lermiftHiinn,
but no immediate conflict occurred between
the survivors of the hostile families.
Pnil Reynolds and J 'hn Garth both went
armed, but thut was the custom of the
country, and the care with which they
avoided each other exceeded the eagerness
with which they had sought a meeting dur
ing their bushwhacking days.
At last, as Reynolds was returning from
the mill, lie met Girth in a narrow path ;n
the side ot a bill, and a glance al their faces
was enough to show that the fatal hour had
c me.
Neither was willing to make way for the
other, and the first words that broke from
their lips were those of abase and recrimina
tion. Alter a little of this wordy wwfafe
they drew their pistols and opened fire.
When all the chamWs ol their.revolvers ,
had been discharged, flie refill of the action
thus for was »een to have been fatal to Rey
nolds’ mule and Garih’s hofse, while the two
mep were slightly woupiled.
They renewed the fight on foot, clinching
and wrestling for the dJlfct' rv.
Then Garth slipped and fell, his antag
onist falling upon him.
With a yell of triumph Reynolds drew his
knife, and prepared to wipe out uil scores
HAMPTON; GEORGIA, 'FRIDAY, APRIL, 2, 1880/.
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ut> the hi'l. and with one glance she took !
the detail* of the anenc, and realized lie
fa i tier’s danger.
Without pausing to dismount, she im
plored Rt.yanlds to spure the life of the
prostrute man.
Tier tearful eyes, her outstretched arms,
u!*d her agon z'ng neci-nts. might have melt
el a h< art‘of stone, luir they could nb*
’ehunge Phil R-yhohla’ heart of tire.
He only saw in her appearance another
euflts" ypr triiiinp'ii, a tfliam- tn Inflict uIK
other pang upon his hated udvrrsury.
With oue-suse u-id powerful stroke he
drove hb heavy knife 'o the heart of the
man beneath him, and Johu Garth's lighting
dnvs were epdi d
Lottie Garth*shonk'imd tieht in h-r saddle
like a sapling in a _ strong wind, and it
seemed us if she would fall from her horse ;
but she recovered herself, and fiercely face!
the murderer us he rose from his bloody
woi-!<a
“Phil Remolds,” she said, and her voice
rang out on fhe mountain air as clear as a
silver b'-!k -‘you hate murdered my fatlier.
fhdngh I begeed you to spare Ids bfe. A«
sure as God Jets ing live f will kill you for
thi* detd !”
R-ynohl® was latrly tv-rved for a niortTi tit,
P, rhaps he felt the enormby of his crime ;
perhaps the words an I tone of the orphan
gjrl cut him to the quick.
He made no r-plv, but picked up his pis
tol, and ■ hastily b-gnnto lond it as if he
meant to complete the work of extermina
ting the Garths, and at the same time to get
a wttn*fis. But L- tlie turned und
grilloped away, and was soon out of his
, ynich or sight.
Lottie Garth did not expect that the
slayer of her father would be punish'd by
Irf-v, and he was not. He was arrested and
held to bail, but was m ver brought to trial.
The feeling was that such a feud mast
have such an ending, and thut it was a mat
ter of liti ! e cons'qaence whether Reynolds
kill'd Garth or Garth killed Reynolds,
though there was more sympathy with the
latter than the loimer. on political grounds.
I he gi'l gave tier testimony af the inquest,
saw that her fa’her was properly buried, and
then bade farewell to her few friend* in the
neighborhood, after putting the Garth farm
in the hands of an agent to be disposed of.
Ft wag understood that she had returned to
Indiana. %
It was some six months after the death
of John Gnrth that n stranger made his ap
pearance in thn settlement. He was a boy,
boa idle**, and with curling locks, but-active,
intelligent, and nb e bodied. %
He said that his name was Ben Sellrtw
tlml he was from Birtcn oounty, that bis
father had been killed in th*> war, mid that
the recent death of h s mo'hT had left him
an orphan, with his own wav to m tke in the
world. Jus' ihm ho waived farm work,
and he easily found it in the setjlmn mt, as
he was neither afraid nor a-hum-d to work.
He proved to b" a good harvest hand, ami
made himself ivefa! in that specialty to sev
eral farmers, but finally accepted the offer o r
Phil Reynolds, who proposed to give him h
home for the winter and a small allowance
of money, in retnrn for his services.
Phil R'vnplds was iyed at the ac
quisition of his new farm hand. The ex
bushwhacker was a lonely mm, and he lived
alone, with the exeep’ion of rucli chance cf
negro servants u“ be contd pfek up, and they
had peculiar ideas ol independence since
their emancipation. Ben S»dlew professed
and proved himself to be capable not only
of doing field work, but of prepiring Ihe
m?ul* and keeping the household in order.
As he offered to make himself generally u«e
Eil for a small Btij<end, be was a god send to
Reynolds.
The ganger from Barren county d I hi*
work well. He was active and willing. To
use a word peculiar to that region. Ft would
tie ttird to find a more ‘biddable” boy. Ihiil
Reynolds hud not beeo so comfortable an I
so well cared for in years, and be regarded
Ben S-.dlew rot only as a treasure, but as
absolutely necessary to his ixisteoce,
I”hhs affairs proceeded smoothly on the
Reynolds’ farm, until the owner was taken
sick, about a month after Ben S<dlew ha i
accepted h's employment It was a strange
illness, and the neighborhood doe'O, could
make no'hiog of it. The sick man com
prised <H unaccountable pains, and became
so wfbk that he wus obliged to take to bis
bed.
The jihysiy in, unable |o make a sati-sfac
■ tory diagjiosj* t>f the case, dosed bis patient
with various drnes.by wny of experimenting
upon tbf ir i fleet, and the symptom* became
aggravated, until Reynolds sunk into no
apparently h ipefeaa decline.
Ben Seliew attends] him wi'h the utmost
faithfulness, preparing ail h’s food a .tjJLiKiL
hud deckled that there w.,s no hope i<u i ,Fhd
R.-Vi'olds. B-n was ehargud with the duty
o( breaking this snd news to the siekmun, (
mid he d d it tenderly.
“If there is anything on your mind,’’ sal J
the hoy, “perhaps yon had better clear p
off.”
“I havu been n hurl case,” rep Ted Uey
nohist "but there i« nnlc one thing that really
hoi hers me. I killed John Garth when his
darter was hoggin* for lii.s life.”
“f hn-v*- heard of that. Bill l think you
might havu allowed a little mercy there.”
“Did he show anv rneicy when lie shot my
brotlici ?“ u-kerl Reynolds.
“Did yon show soy mercy when you
hanged his son f” answered Bun Selluw.
“Well, it’s till done anti gone. That gal
ot Garth’s swore that she would kill mu, any!
I know she meant it. Lve been lookin' loj;„
her ever since, diut I reckon sho will miss her
chiinee.”
‘ Don’t be too sure of th ,t,” sa.i-1 tjie boy,
us In; h ft the room.
Ben Sellew went out to (bid the negro
min —the only per.-on then ifli tlx* place be
sides himself and U -yrtohls—in send hifn' to
the neatest, to va for so-no winh which the l
doctor had ordered. 'Mie*i' oViWsetßP'r was
“non jogging nlong upitn (it* favm-tte mule
As the nearest town wi« «mu ten miles
awav, an t the rrnds were bad, he could not
be expected to r- turn under four hours.
It was dark when the .Boy Wont back to
the sick man’s cliainlier, where he lighted a
lamp und mix- d a dose of in tdicine.
-• lake this,’ 1 said ha, ns put ihs gins to
Reynold- 1 ’ lips, “it will be the last dose you
will need ”
* Have I got to go off so soon us that ?”•
asked The'terrified patient, when he swMkiw-n
ed the draught.
“So tlie doctor* say.”
“Send for a poison, thru—-any kind of a
parson
‘ Can’t do it. J k* has 'gone away. I
will be yuur parson, nnd you shall Imvt- as
good a chance us you gave John (jurth.
His d.tiigMcr swore Hint she would kill you,
I’liil Rpyaolds, and she Ins done it.”
“What'do ymi irteun f”
“I am Lottie Utilli.”
I'heu you huve poMonsd anr t J a.n burn
ing up!”
When the negro man returned, lie found
R-ynolds dead in his lied. H<; called in tbr
neighbors und thev docovered u paper piu
ned to the dead man’s breast, on which these
words were written :
“ 7 lt m man killed John Garth, and John
Garth's daughter hast IcdUtl him ”
Tlie boy fiom Burreu comity hud disap
peared, and it was not thought worth while
to pursue him, or to search for Lottie G»rlli
Tnr- feud had at last imrned out lor tlie luck
ol fuel.
k ‘Must I Then Leave Thee.”
It. was inoonligh' on the Hr!!. From out
the trees a gentle z-*i>hyr creeps, to rob the
hyacinth of its perfumed breath, and
od ovn the garden walk the-whippoorwill
lends his in iriotoneof -adoeau unto the balmy
night. Sleep, with brooding wiiigs, sits
silent o'er Ihe scene. But hark ! it is the
tinkling guitar strumm-d by the lantfly
Augustas. lie comes. B o»?ath the vine
clnl window, iii Ihe ghostly gloaming, he
pauses, and up Ihe fiower-trelliscd wall be
shoots a melancholy tenor, fraught with the
passion I*o inquiry, "Musi l then leave thee
here alone? ’No answer save the
buaniiag echo, and the low clicking of a dis
tant door. The scene changes.
It is a backyard tabiean. A while
robd old min bends above a ebaio-ed d)g
and soothes his too eager spirit as he loos
ens the collar. A law voice says, "S ek him.
Bull—lake a short cut round the rose--ou<h ’
A flash—and the old man is alone. The
clatter of a fallen guitar comes from the
front ; a sounJ like the rash of a steeple
chase nearing a hedge is borne back, and
neck and neck two ftgwrrs cross the picket
fence to disappear down the dim perspective
of the deserted slivet. Then the old man
meets Bull as he re u i.» on the outer walk,
and removes in a diseonraged manner a da'k
object from his foaming biou h, while the
animal' sneaks around to his keunel iu sileuco.
Tue door opens and shat* upon ti* while
robed lona, and all is stffl aguih. But as he
gets in bed and shoves the old lady’s ieet out
of their warm p ace, he muUcrs "Dull is
getttn' old, an’ sertmades dwn't pay dlvydemls
‘ like they used to; but if tb? busfideks keeps
up, i tiiiiik you will be justified in startin’
unolher patch work quilt, Muiht. Thai lust
,'eilow left real cassumcr.”
• Wlmi sorter sample did you get V’
‘•Tolerble fair. Thtie was a long strip
with a pi-tot pockei bungin’ to it, and one
gallus butt’^J* — Matan Telegraph.
I,iist Moitirnts nf Heetlinven.
He pud but one h ippy moment in lii« fife,
and that moment killed him He lived in
poverty, driven Into solitude by Ihe contempt
tif the world and by the natural bent of a
disposition rvndeied linrsli. alimi-t sov*
age, by the injustice of hi* rontennio-aries.
But tic wrote the snblimcat niu«ic that
ever man or nigcl (li-esniad. Ho sp k-‘ to
mankind of hi* ibTin* Ungime**, nod ,h**v
dim) lined to listr-n hi hho. U« ttpokn to
tliem as Nature aperks in the c-lestial har
mony o the winds, the waves, the singing
of the birds mind the wo ml*.
Ami yet w ' a bis talent so disregarded
llail he was de*tim-d more flitn once to suf
fer the bitterest agony of the poet, tlie ar -
tist, the uiiMicmii. He doubted flic own ge
nius. . - /.
BeetlKiV'-n had but win friemt, and that
friend vyus HniuniM, But pin rry atilm
justicy li d irritatml hun uehlw war aom.*-
tiincit unjust himself. He quarreled with
IfilthAn'l, and fill tt king Uillrf Uny ecused Ui
nn*er to croxi* hi» lui Uwtunes, he bi-cunje
COIIIpIIAi If da»»f. i -J -i- i<iji fj
Then lb etlmven ret ired to Baderi.aypu-re
lic*liVt*fll ikahtted ami wd, in u sum If house
that seareely sufficed . hia gye a.d iq.l.
' TWre his taily p fir a mi, h wii-.fii Lff
amid the grisjii allpyp ol u Inauti uf loresl in
the neighborhood al the towg Akni.i with
the birds ami the. will tl i wet#, he w mid th-m
sirtier himp-df to give scope to his genius, la,
compiiso llis ninvultius sytuph ipks, to ap
proneb die gates ul licavsn ytiUi m .Irjiliou.s
Accents, all l to speak aloud JO angels Hurt
language which wus ton iieautilul for Ktuian
ear c , and whicii hum in ears had faia-if to
comtireheu.L
Bui in the midst of his solitary dream ng
u letter arrived which brought him back, |
despite him-clf, to lliepiffurs of the world, i
where new griefs awaited him.
A nephew wlium lig-ljjul bright up, and
to whom he was attached by the of- J
fices wtiicb he had hitny:ll perform d for the
youth, wrote to implore, bn uncle’s presence
in Vienna 11 r had become imp! (gated in
some (lt?(|st rons b.winess, from which his
elder relative alone could release. Inin
Beeiboven set off en his journey, and.
compelled by the necessity of economy, uc ■
complished part ot the distance on loot.
One evening lie stopped before the gate of u
small, mcau looking house nnij solicited shel
ter. lie had ulriady ayveyaj l<;nyjui,u to tra
verse before reaching Vicuna, and his
strength would no: ei) ible Ihm to continue
any longer on the, road. They received him
hospitably ; he partook ol their supper, and
then was in-tailed in lli-< mister's chair by
the fireside'.
When the table wi* cleared the father of
the family arp j u,and ope uoJ air pld clavgc n.
Tint three sou* each .byk a violin, and the
mother add daughter occupied llicmreivpp in
some domestic wc k
The fattier gave the k"y note, and all four
began playing with that unity and precis
ion, that iiniity; geiiip 4 , whieh is p'culi ir on-v,
ly to the people of Germany- It ( SOeinijl
that limy were d/cply iuttire st ud in what
they playcil, for their *liolp souls were in
the mstrutnents. Thatwo women desisted
fioin their* occupation to an I (heir,
gemig qouu'ch mces expressed too tin itions
of their horn ts.
To obsei ve ull this was the only share that
Beethov n cqliiil take in wiiat was passing, .
for lie did not bear a s.ngle mile, lie Could |
only judge of their performance from the i
movements ol the executants, and Ih - * fire ■
Ujui animated their features.
When tiiey had fin:shad they shook eweh j
other s bunds warmly, ns il to congratulate I
themselves upon a cunnunlty of happiness, j
and the young girl llirew heisclf weeping in
to he*r moliter’s arms. Then they apjrearei
to consult together; they resum'd tlieir m
sirumeuts; they emnnruced again. Tnis
i time ineir enthusiasm reaciied its height;
their eyes were fi led wjtb Wtrs, a >d 'b • col
or then moun'ed to thair cheeks.
4 My friends, ’ said B.etb >ven. ‘‘l urn very
unhappy (hoi 1 can take no part in the de
light which you experienc?, for 1 also love
music ; bui, as you
cauiiut hoar any sound. Let me read this
MUSIC wb C'u p* educes iu you such sweet aud
lively emotions.”
He look tie p:pcr in his baud, brfiAfJ"#
grew dim, his brearh cone short uu I fait ;
then he dropped Uid ui sic aud bins', into
tears. These peasiiuis Bad been playing the
' allegretto ot Beethoven’s symphony iu
| The whole fubjny surrounded him with
signs of curiosity ami surprise For some
moinenf* his couvulove suds iuij>eded bis ut
teruuce ; then he raised LuS head aid surd, "1
; am lieeihoven.”
And they uncovered their beads, and bent
knew that they hr I them u mm
who wne greater pi pi u kuyg. Beethoven
tield out his arm* ajid embracer! thorn all—
the fudier, the nrt >rh. r] the'ymthg’gWutid her
tlnee brotheis. • * -a. / ’ Mr. 4
All id once he rftsfl ith. nod #tti«g down
in thrfc eluvi cio, lu- sigrr-H iw- tlie voma' utvn
to trrk - up ihqir Uiufi
ed the piano part of this symphon'* Tim
... . p*
jier'ornrers were nuke i ; never was
mn*ie more Mivine or tv-Her ex ented. Half
| tho nlglit passed nw.iV Thfus?*aitlf fhe pcas
] ant* listened. Tuote were the la t accents
id ihe sAvim.' * '•
Ttio father co:npe|led him !o accept hi*
own bed ; hut tiuring tfvr* night Br*ethoven
1 was ristlo-rs and fevered. He rose ; lie need
ed air ; he went forth with puk-'d f !- *t kvA
I the country. All naiuro was exhaling a
maji sdc hiiriiioivg ; tlie through
t die branuhes -if the tree*, and moan ‘ I along
the m m ri;M i'll “lidt-i o' tlu-_ wood. Ill)
| lenviined some Itonrs among
the cftol dews of the morning ; but when ha
| TotUftied to the nO'lte'l hr* WIS re z l with an
I icy ohilk They sent to Vii-nna for a physi
cian ; drdpsy tvff'ihWdm st ws«/f(rtAl to de
elnre itself', and 'tl two days, despite ovary
I rare slid skill, the doc'-w said lieeiliovett
muv dir. An iin truth life was every m
, stwii cbbl'ig IhsMrpiu hiing , .
A» It. lay upon his bed, pule nnd sufleiiu:r f
| a muii mitered. ,L w. i ( s 1 1 uni net— laui n L
j his old and only friend, if - liaf*iLiii of
i the illiters of Beethoven, and lie came to h in
j wiili succor and hi ucj. But ft was th n
I lot) lab ; Beethoven was i:i!
I• gr ib-lul smile was .ill he hsf to beats; v
upon Ins friend.
ttuMaVYßuf bent AoWartfs Mm, nod by lie ai t
rtf ankpoastic',instrument, enable i Seetkov- n
to hi nr n lew winds ol bis eoingusaion and
! tvg Be-tliovcn si-emed r -uui.iiated, his
| eye* Mimic, he strugg nd £pr lilterag-aJ, fit 1
j gasfiel, ‘ Is it not t no, Huinm;l, ifial 1 hava
| some talent after all?’’
Thex' were fits last words. His eyes
fixed ; his mouth fell opan und bis spirit
pewed away.
They buried him in the little cemetery at
DobHng.
A Pevtttetl VVife.
•11l in.' father’ poultry yard, savs a writer
in Chambers Journal, ‘ w.iS a game c irk, fha
most beautiful bird of'the kind I ever saw.
Ho had Several wive*, aw) it was a curious
thing to see the different atrs and graces of
the ladies in his train. He Was »n inveter
ate fighter, if he could escape from th«
yard, which was surrounded by a high wall,
liy yonu m-aos, an accident had happened
to bis Io it, and he became lame. My
brother, who was a radical student- advijed
us to-i.online it. Mam nv undertaking this,
li.lph uulne evtry minting to have ids foot
dressed, and tli iogh evidently suffering very
much, allowed her to at ten Ito it. B'it / no
imp'ovem' ii' c uni, and rhe pio. bird iieg.in
to droop. Oie day we heard a loud noise ;
a (amouf gam*-cock hrd come into the
yurj warn tha gate w w leftf np"n, attacked
Rilph. an I had him tieaten severely. He
was injured, Hr nigh ho Im l defended him
self well. Mamun picked bim up end c«r
rieii him awuy, but the next morning ho
was out in tha yard, warmi ig him oil in
the sun l was vigy gf id l was prrmit'ed
to see what I then -«i-v, or I could ant huva
t> litiV'Hlit. hr>an .beaten!. lie
wn-t no longer to tie honored by hie taithl-w
wjve* They coin; firat. oue by one, and
then altogether, looking with nil the contempt
they could display One and another peck
ed at him, and at last the prettiest, and his
fiiTiri'C. weul straight up to him and gave
hon a severe dab near his eye. But there
was oue faithful friend am ong them, aD awk
ward, bast tin; br>wn hen, with no preten
sions to heanty, who Bew to bis rescue,
stood resolutely bef re the prostrate bird—
for he had sunk to the gr<*ind as if heort
broheu—and sheltered h m with her wings.
It was useless to leave him in the poaltry
yard, so he and his faithful browo hoo ward
plac'd in the garden, the tool-Uowe fosiu#
, |n(i open tor them through the night.
Some weeks part' d and itaipii gtew weaker,
till one in irniog ws found him dead. A
grave was dug and sbis faithful wife saw
him pined in it. She was taken back to
1 the \arfl, but slje nyver roiligd ; ai*d a few
* &V 8 affeN,C B{jif iter lying cold apd lite-
Ie» on the spot wl.cC the Itteud of b r gen
croak heart by buried
A N t rw Yofcti music Srm advertises m
j* • Polouaia®,’’ lor ibe piano. Welt, well I
Sume prurient prudes, we presetmj, have ob
jected to the exposed legs of the piano, aud
j this polonaise has been d signed for their ess
! peciu! benefit. These people will not be sat
ij-< ....in fwnflitftiiti” _ J
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