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THE HEKR\ COUNTY W EEKLY CONSOLIDATED JANUARY 1,1891. VOL . XV. PROFESSIONAL t'ARDS. j ||ft. «. «». DENTIST, &icPoNnrun ** a ■ Aiiv oiio <1 work done can !»c rc- j conimo«lnt< cl uithor l*y ’.’tilling on me in per- j ?on or addn spinjr me through 1 lie mails. Terms canli, unless special arrangements are otherwise in id*e. i'iko W. Buy an j W.T. Diokkn. IU£VA> A IVK kIDV A ! I QIIIs \'j \ S A 1 Ij A v», MoDonoi'wj, ‘«A. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial*Circuit, the Supreme Court i f Georgia and the United States District Court. apr27-ly j Am. if. ti im:R, 'attorney at law, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of! Georgia, and the United States District ourt. marlti-lr y «* '«-"• ATTORNEY AT LAW. McDonough, Ga. Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia Special attention given to commercial and >ther collections. Will attend all the Courts rt Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over run Wksklt office. ; i\ lUU,, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing tha Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention givrn to collections. octs-79 W A. UKOIV.I, ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in all the count its compos, ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court. janl-ly a. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hampton,-Ga, Will practice ill all the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the. Supreme Court of Georgia and the District Court of the United States. Special and prompt atten tion given to Collections, Oct 8, 1888 Jno. D. Stewart. | R. T. Danikl. NTEWAHT A , ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Geippin, Ga. you A a.. TYE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Nation! Batik Building, . Atlanta, Ga, Practices in the State ami Federal Courts. THE— D' - -ma R'Y. IS THE ONLY SHORT AND DIRECT LINE TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. PULLMAN’S FINEST YES' TIBULE SLEEPERS B ET W E K \ ATLANTA & KNOXVILLE MACON & CHATTANOOGA BRUNSWICK & ATLANTA u itiioi mi nGr. Direct Connections at Chat tanooga with Through trainsand Pullman Sleep ers to . Memphis and the West, at ttnoipllle -with l*iii:»iun Sleepers for WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK. FOR further information address, B. W. WRENN, CHAS. N. KICHT t*en*l. A* 1 ., A.G. P. A. KNOXVILLE. ATLANTA A gm- a a 1 K.\ 55 ! I nndwrtuk* to briefly Cjl *1111188“- '• MV fairly inMlif* nt p-rson of either ■|II I 11 sex, vho « dii read and write, and w ho. ■!> . - I 1 I I I latter inetriictiun.will work indo*triou*ly, WW W W Vto e«n. Three Ihriiwaiwt Dollars a Year : nth- Ir-.wa K». tpic.uh- r- ve r they live.! will al«o furnish the rituadon <>r emj l >rn ntjl which you e»n earn that amount. V.mou-.- for n.-■ un -- •*- il aa above. Easily and quickly learned I deair- but • •,»« worker from each (Harriet or county. I have already taught and provided with employment • ler»e num’ 'h * U : u- verfWKWaveareach luM'.W ar ,d Slll.li). li. • • i.lar* FREE. Addrwaa at once, t. < . ALLEN. Box 4*o, A u gun tax, Maine, TEN DOLLARS r ’’ v*»ai<l for the best description of the celebrated : '.r. , , . -t-i'iod -The Nuw Sooth”reached by ‘ft.-- i • t Icmic'ftoe. \ irginia A Boorfla 15 *«»-•» :.▼ '*♦ s riptiou sliail include all reMWMf t . . i »;• i art.»»*n < onte*t closes Dec list-, tv, ] M4 „-- 11 v throe distinguished goutbernera * akauxt -• li. \V WRENN. K-SOXVILLSa TUN. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889. DqVkl Baking S&S3X&& Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE THE TRAIL OF BLOOD. The Story of the Search for a Lost Sister. A special from Athens says : “Peg Wood,” of Turnerville, remembers many interesting stories and traditions of the Indians and early settlers of Georgia. These stories would till a good sized volume, and will doubtless be published in book form some day. &ie of the-e stories is full of thrilling interest, and is as follows : lust where the track of the B R. atul A. railroad leaves Turnerville, passing through a deep cut. there once crossed a dim trail .known as Hinkle’s trail. This Indian path led from the head waters of the Sotjue river aud crossed the Tallulah river going nearly due east to the waters of what is known as Brasstowu creek in South Carolina, and this trail yet to l>e dimly seen and traced, has a bloody! history with few parallels in the history of crime. The facts, as gathered from au old citizen now numbered with the dead, wlio was born near tha mouth of I’an th r creek, are as follows : John Hinkle, who lived on the head- waters of Brasstowu creek, and who for years passed to and from the So que Indian settlements, made and blazed out the trail, and from that day until this il has been known as Hin kle’s trail, and there are few hunters aud Miernyen who-.Tiave bunted and fished Tallulah river who do r.ot know that snot in Tallulah river known as Hinkle’s Hole and Hinkle’s Grave. This trail has a history, and a bloody one. Old citizens told us that the In dians stole Hinkle’s sister from her home on the headwaters of Brasstowyi creek, aud crossed the river at this fa tal spot, that John lliukle, then a mere bay, followed the Indians to the river, and there he lost all traces of ei ther the Indians or his sister. Out crossing the river at this spot he fol lowed 011 in the direction of the Soque river, and the Indian town, hut failed ever to find a trace of the lovely sis ter, and, on his return, blazed out a [lath and in his wrath swore that on this path he would travel back and forth, aud every person that he met face to face 011 the path should die uu less he found his lost sister, and, it is said, that this path is strewn with the dead victims of Hinkle’s vengeance for forty miles. Travel this trail to-day, which can be seen dimly traced, and 011 either side ol the path for miles, now aud then, yon will find the grave of some Indian or white man who met his fate !at die mouth of John Hinkle’s deadly rifle. • Years after all this country was settled up by the white man. Johu lliukle would follow this bloody trail from end to end in search of the lost sister, aud after years of ceaseless trial and trouble he married a wife, and still with her he made li is accustomed trauip over his trail. Years passed on and to him was born two lovely children —two girls. .Still Hinkle would keep up his tegular tramps back and forth on the bloody trail Being caught out one Jieary night with his wife and children, having wa iled the river and dragging his wife ami children with him, night overtook them, and on the south bank of the terrible stream the wile and two chil dreu were found the next morning cold in the icy arms of death, with no one to Ciose their eyes only a debased drunken husband and father, who was so beastly drunk he i l not know bis wife and children were dead. The 1 tiood people of Brasstowu repaired to the place, and there iu a rude coffin laid to rest the mother aud babies. Ever from that day, as long as John lliukle lived, he said, two black dogs were following him day and night. Six years after the death of the mother and children John Hinkle was found iu the river near where the children met their fate, dead and floating near where his bones now rest. The citi zens took him from bis watery g r a\e, j dug a hole near a large oak and laid AND HENRY COUNTY TIMES. McDonough,ga.. Friday, may 1, isoi. him to rest, and on that oak tree near his grave there is the outlines of dog's head ab-rt-it were keeping watch over his Jioues. , ■ - ■ Will the Infidel Change. The following is from the pen of Editor Williams, of the Greenville, S C., News, touching the skepticism of Col. Robt. Ingersoll, and we hope all of the “infidehr" iu this comity will 1 ead it: 'Hie utterauces of Ingersoll iu his tribute to Barrett is attracting atten tion, because it indicates that after a life spent in deriding God aud debasing man as like unto the brutes which die, the famous agnostic is beginning to think otherwise. “Will the curtain fall at last? Will it rise again upon some other stage? Reason says ‘perhaps,’ and hope still whispers ‘yes,’ are the words with which tlie tribute to a man who had re ceived the last rites of a Christian church, was closed. “Hope still whispers ‘yes.’ ’’ When the keepers of the house tremble in their weakness and those who look out lof the windows s» e only darkness; when the silver cords that hind the strong man’s heart to earth are loosen j ing and all the golden bowls wherein he lasted pleasure are being broken, there must come to him a longing and a hope for something beyond He has tasted and it was good, but the taste has died from his lips aud left only bit terness 5f he has- l-wrld and hoped, but I loves and hopes have vanished like : dreams of the night and left only mem ories. He has seen the strong and the beautiful die and the magnificent de cay, and nature continually w’arns him that he, too, must follow, must go from this life aud be presently forgotten as if he had never lived There must come to his soul then a whisper, a hope, a thought, that the inevitable act of death does not end all for him—that beyond the impenetrable veil there is an awakening to another life—that the spirit of mau was not created to burn, to long unutterably for higher and pur er things to be glad and to suffer and to become nothing—that there must he a somewhere where innocent hearts which ached sorely will he comforted, where the lowly will be lilted up, where the countless multitudes who have cried out their helpless anguish under wrong and oppression will know that a pitying and loving Omnipotence has 'heeded and waited to give peace aud rest and happiness. Ingersoll is becoming an old man. A 8 he grows older he will listen yet more eagerly for that heart whisper “yis.” A Strange Suicide. A peculiar suicide was committed in Scotland, on the East Tennessee, Vir ginia and Georgia road, Thursday night, April 23rd. A young white man named Charles Patterson got on the train at Macon, and seemed in the best of spirits. He knew several of the trainmen, and laughed ami joked with them until Helena was reached. Here, while standing on the platform, he caught sight of a beautiful woman standing on the veranda of the Hotel Cam. He saw her for only a moment, when the train pulled out. From then on to Scotland, six miles, lie raved about her, and declared that, as he could not marry her, and didn’t even know her, he would die for her. At Scotland he went to the hotel, and went to a room. At 8 o'clock he cut his throat from ear to ear with a pock et knife. He died in a few minutes. Ilis last words were : “I am dying for her.” A lady was so reduced in flesh last summer by the chills that she actually had to wear suspenders to hold her corset up. Some friend advised her to take Cheatham’s Tasteless Cill Tonic —she did so. That pair of suspen ders for sale cheap. She now tips the beam at 140 lb?. • A chronic kicker is bad enough, hut a continual scratcher Is worse. Better imitate- a mule than a hen. Hunt's Cure wi I do up the worst case qf itch known. Pi ice JO cents. HUS PBOSPKKITY. Hu Bought a liraml new pair of shoes, He thought he'd got some spats;) He then discovered that he lacked The latest thing in hats He bought one, The».j»is trousers bagged; He ordered two new pair, And then, strange laet! he noticed that His coat was quetc threatibure He bought another. Then he saw Some waistcoats. Just tltc thing ! He had to get*komC ties to match; He bought a diamond ring. He J .fined three ctufew.- He bought a florae, Then changed it for a team; He bought a sailing yacht at first, Aud then moved up to steam. He bought these tilings, and many more. This man so great and wise; For during his career he had The sense to advertise. A CROW CAUCUS. , - The htraugr Sight Seen tn jt Prohitlon State. I never would have believed stories told about crow justice had ' I not at tended their ’court, writes a eorrespon. dent of the Kansas City Star. One beautiful day In December ' I was ri ding on the public road two miles north of Hamlin, Kan. I had noticod a great flock of crows flying about me, and when nearing an old cotton wood grove, in making a turn to the right, I saw hundres of them perched in the trees in solid Hue? to the eud of the rows. 1 had read somewhere that crows were well governed birds, and when I saw this tine looking body T judged tlmt it sat there to giv’e trial to an offender of some sort. I stopped my horse, half fearing the crafty birds would fly—adjourn court or continue the case. To my delight no attention was paid to me—it takes a man to dis turb these mocking, impudent black legs. I was just in time to hear and see all that was done. From a tree at the head df a row where ten crows sat, tliere c|me such loud and rapid cawing a? 1 never heard before from so few threats, and every now and then the Jlock, joi#cdi. iuf th# ■ noise infa the chorus thus furnished have been asked, if noise was desired. After two or three minutes of this racket a silent rest was taken, which was broken by a single crow, who made a little talk in the crow dialect, followed quickly by others. Things became more dignified and my interest in the proceedings was so intense that when a line fat bluebird submitted a few remarks and was ap plauded by general cawing from every bird present I could scarcely keep from clapping iny bauds. Suddenly twelve crows flew down the Hues twice ami back, ami all was still as they did so. i was amused and startled. This might be a jury of crows on parade. Aud 1 believe it was After two or three crows had again spoken the twelve flew down the line once more; hut this time there were tierce caws from every crow in answer to caws from the twelve. My fancy explained : The jury was seeking its verdict in public opinion, and the ex cited crows like revolutionary mobs, demanded blood. Back to their perch es for the last time flew the crows, and again silence fell, not unlike the ab rupt huse of courtroom whispers as the prisoner steps forward to learn the worst. But I could distinguish no criminal. As I looked for the poor fellow there was a great angry caw from every crow, and all flew to the centre of the line, where, as I live i they tore three of their unsuspecting kind in shreds, leaving only a few feath ers to float upward and out of sight as they and noiselessly flew away, seemingly satisfied with what they had done. A Dangerous Period. As the season moves swiftly toward the lioumlary lines that lie between winter aud spring, it frequently hap pens that the human system, which has borne the strain of winter, shows signs of relaxation. I.i all ages this period has been noted as a dangerous one, especially to those who have weak constitutions. A couise of the great blood purifier and tonic, S S. S , will enable the most delicate to face the season’s changes with impunity. It is a medicine that not only strengthens the weak and the delicate, but is an additional safeguard for those who consider themselves strong. A long felt want supplied at last—a pleasant castor oil. It is known as Cheatham's Tastele«g Castor Oil. Children tqke it with delight, anytime of day or night. Sweet as honey and just as effective as the plain sickening cas tor oil that we have been used to. Pi ice 2o cents. Financiering in Georgia. Four or five of us were waiting ou a hotel veranda in a Georgia town for the ’bus to drive up and take us to the depot, says the New York Sun, when a colored man came along, dragging after him about the meancst-looking dog you ever saw. “What are you going trt do with hire ?’ asked one of the group. “Kill him, sah!” “ But wh y ?’’ “No good, sah.” “Then sell him.” “Can’t do it.” “Then give him away.” “Nobody would dun take him.” “I'll take him. Bring him right tip here.” ‘You is foohu,’ sah.” “No, I aiu’t. Here, give • him to me, and hare’s a quarter, for you.” He tied the dog to a chair and ran over to a hardware store and bought a collar. Then he went to a dry goods store and bought a half yard of blue ribbon, and in ten minutes the dog was blanketed up and bowed up until he did look faucy. He was taken to the depot in a ’bus, and we had scarcely arrived when a white man, who sat on a box whittling, came forward and said ; “What ye got tliar stranger ?” “Chinese fox hound,” replied our friend. “Shoo ! Never saiv oue before.” “Tliit is the only one in this coun try.” “Cost a heap ?” “Given to me by the Chinese consul at Washington, hut I wish he had him back lie’s so wild after game that he bothers the life out of me.” “Is he all right for this climate ?” “(), yes.” “ Good uatured ?” “A perfect baby.” “How much ’ll buy him?” “Well—urn. I never set any val ue on him. lie’s a present, and I Hfpp'Me I nngbt to kijSsp him, ftut as this is a fox country, some good man around here ought to have him.” “Will you take #20?” “Uni! Make it twenty-five.” “Can’t do it. Just got two tens hero for the dog as he stands.” “Well, 1 suppose you'll use him well, and it will lie better for the dog.” We rolled away on the train as the purchaser heaped for home with his dog. None of us could say a word for a long, long time. It was the sel ler who finally spoke first, and said ; “Gentlemen, think it over, and be ready to name you drink when we reacli Atlanta. Not to be Kooleil. “Now, jest you go right along ; you needn’t stop here,” said farmer Hay fork, authoritatively. “I don’t waiq no lightiun’ rods.” “I am not selling lightnin rods,” re sponded the sleek-looking peddler, whose sn.ldeu ap|« arauce at the gate aroused the ire of Farmer Hayfork. “I don’t keer what yer sellin’,” re plied the farmer. “I don’t want it, an' won’t take it, an’ that's all tber is about it. 1 kuow the tricks of you city sharpers. I read the papers, I do. You can’t catch me on any double back-action pumps, or any self-work ing churns, or patent Egyptian corn fresh from the Pyramids —not much; and I don’t want to take any mowers on triil, either and sign a receipt fer it and have it come back as a ninety-day note fer #IO,OOO. No, siree. And you can’t buy my farm, either, and t hen have me buy It back at a big ad vance, because some confederate of yours comes along and offers twice what you gave fer it. Nixy! I’m no chicken. Now clear out.” “I only want—” “Oh, yes Y you only want to get my tnfme to anything at all, so you can make a note of it. I’m up to all such tricks. 1 read the papers, I do.” “1 only want *0 show you our new patent reversible liea’s nests.” “What on airth is them ?' “It's an ordinary hen’s nest, only it reverses itself every time a hen lays an egg, and drops the egg into a basket below.” “What good is that?” Can't you see? The hen turns round to look at the egg, but itaint there, and she conclu les she did 11 t lay any, and sits right down and lays another one, aud so on. Only $30.” “By gum ! Gimme a dozen.”—New York Weekly. Spring is the time when the swelling buds and the building swells begin to think about leaving for the summer. l’ungent Puns. Iu au account of the recent Baptist convention at that place, the felicitous punster of the llawkinrvillo Dispatch and News gets off the following: “The convention took Holiday when it left Macon, and had Fitts all along the way. They have a Brewer, but will not need any beer. They claim to be at peace, aud yet there is a constant Battle among them, and there are re peated calls to Kilpatrick. They are well supplied with Coates and have a worthy Knight and Champion for any cause they may advocate. We trust they are all satisfied with their Holmes and with the Hall where they assem bio. Slavery was abolished long ago, and yet there is only one Freeman in the whole lot- The trades are very well represented in this hotly—there are Carpenter*, Bakers, Butlers, Cart ers, Coopers, Weavers and Musons; there is also a Toole aud a IVowell. If they have graiu they will Garner it into their Binus, They are visited by bo,h Dew and Halo, (July two [Kiints of the compass are represented—Nor then and West. When out of iumls they draw on their Banks. They are in Love and charity, and have what all need—Grace. Some of the wealth is silver and some is Golden. One of them is all Wood ami another is Wood all, and still auothur is Underwood. There is a Hyman and a Lowe. They draw music from Wells, aud have many poets but only one Muse. If you are not satisfied with this creed you McCall for Moore. • There were in this count.rj r during February 19b railroad accidents, 93 of which were collisions and 93 de railments. In all these nccidcnts <sl persons were killed and ‘275 injured. Of the killed seven were pasengers, and of the injured 108 were passen gers. The remainder were railroad employes. Of the 197 accidents, 37 caused the death of one or more and 57 mused injury, 10*2 causing no In jury sufficient to be recorded. Chicago Tribune: “What office are you a candidate for?” inquired the reporter, who was making bis hasty rounds of the polling [dace*. — “Me?” exclaimed the man leaning up against the door-frame. “Thun der ! I ain’t running for anything. I was born in this eoutry.” Sugar is selling now at a lower price than has ever been known. The peoplo should remember that the tariff was taken off of it by a recent act. Oh, that such burden* could be removed from more of the necessa ries of life. The Belgium farmer calculates that every rod of land must maintain a man, so thickly are they popula ted. Every acre of their land is a perfect garden. The wi men of Kansas voted against their husbands laU week anil thus elec ed the Democratic candidates. For good judgment com mend us to tho Kansas women. It has been s.iowr. that the three Italian subjects recently lynched in New Orleans were bandits from home and that they were going un der assumed names. Senator Edmonds thinks that the Farmers’ Alliance will figure very much in the next presidential clec ! tion, and that the chances are strong ly in favor of the Democrats. A commercial congress has just been held in Kansas City, Mo., to discuss reciprocity, (free trade) with other states and the subject of trade generally. There were 3,000 patents granted to Southern men last year. This shows that tho brain of this section is at work as well as the muscle. Two women have been elected police judges in Kansas. The boys will have to look not upon the cup now. The Geoigia state fair will be held at Macon, it having been decided not to make the talked of change. In boring of the new city artesian well at Albany, Ga., oyster shells have been brought up from a depth of 3‘25 feet. English Spavin Liniment removes all hard, soft or calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavins, curbs, spliuts, sweeney, ring bone, sti fles, sprains, all swollen throats, coughs etc. Bave SSO by use of one bottle Warranted the most wonderful Blem ish Cure ever known. Sold -by C. 1). McDonald. f Henry County Weekly, Established 187 G, ( Henry County limes, Established 1881. GKOItOIA IN HltlEF. Short News Items Culled from Vari ous Sections of Our State. The progressive farmers of Cobh county are reducing the cotton crop. The Macon Volunteers celebrated their sixtieth anniversary last week with a picnic at Hcech Haven. Albert lloroa, alias Kitchen, a ne gro who is in the Chatham jail, has i conf issed to having murdered two wives. A lot of cotton at thu (Granlvillo depot was set on fire Wednesday by a spark from an engine; The dam age was not great. A Savannah News advertised in quires if there is any family that wants to adopt a nice girl baby, two months old, for SSOO in cash. The Kincaid Manufacturing Com pany, of Griffin, has declared a divi dend of 0 per cent and decided to put in $30,000 ot now machinery in the mill besides. A twenty pound cat fish was fouud dead on a trot lino at Watson’s mill, Oglethorpe county, the other day. It had choked to doth on a three pound trout that had got hooked first. It is reported that tho Covington and Macon railroad has offered to pay $17,590, as a compromise of the damage suit of Harnum & Hailey’s circus. The amount sued for is $40,000. Hoarding bouse keepors in Augus ta should carefully scrutinize tTielr toddies before drinking. One was poisoned the other day by carelessly swallowing three or fyur fingers of toddy without stopping to examine the mixture. A martyr boarder bad evidently tried to get, bis revenge by putting in a deadly drug. President Chupp, of the alliance, proposes to plant 35 aeies in corn and eight acres in cotton. Most farmers do just the opposite and come out at the little end of the horn. President Chupp has his farm in fine condition, “lives at-home and boards at the same place,” and livos well, J,oo. —Eithoma New Era. Early last Monday morning two jurors were riding on horseback through the low, wet piney woods coming to court; they neared a pond and one of their horses bogged “slap tip to the bub.” Springing from his back the irate rider exclaimed, “Well damn the man who first invented law.”—Early County News. There is a man iii Litlionia who made his brags that he knew several widows who would need him as a wit ness in the pension business and he was going to charge five dollars apiece, hut he was not all tlie man that was in the war, so widows made out without him, and he didn’t gut to see the court house.—New Era. There will be less dancing at tho coming commeuoement of the Uni versity of Georgia than is usually the case. Tho boaid of trustees, at their last meeting, resolved that it was necessary to restrict the dancing at commencement season, and ac cordingly recommended to tire chan cellor that some steps lie taken du ring the session to accomplish the desired end. So the resolution of Chancellor Hoggs is made up, and three of li e commencement german* falls beneath the hatchet. The Griffin Call says : Col. Frank Ison, who has watched event* of Spalding county for fifty years closer than any living man, atid whose memory is as correct as that of any man, stated yesterday to a Call re porter that just forty-two years yes terday this section was visited by the most damaging freeze ever be fore or since known. Vegetation was well advanced, far more so than to-day, yet everything was killed : He hail a field ef wheat in the “boot” that was entirely killed, and a field of corn fared the same fate. Large ; trees of the forest were killed by the same freeze. A Lee county young man in in trouble. Hershel 11. Fudge, who had been in Atlanta for some years, went to Albany, where he was well . known, and assumed to represent a well known insurance company. He wrote a policy for Mr. A. J. Lippitt for #2,000, Lippilt giving his note for #OO, which was to be returned if the work was not accepted. Later, Lippitt ascertained from the compa ny that Fudge was not in their ser vice. Fudge bad succeeded in hav ing the note discounted, and return ed to his home in Lee county. He has been indicted by the Dougherty grand jury and jailed in Albany. A gentleman attending court at I’erry told us one day last week that Mr. Will Slappy killed a large bear with a pistol on the first day of April, at Westlake, in Twiggs county, just aeioss the river from Houston. Mr. Slappy was attending to bis duties in the store, when he heard a hog squeal. lie went out and in the edge of a swamp, within 20 feet of the public road he saw a large bear de liberately eating a hog that was not quite dead. He fired at the bear three times with his pistol, the first shot killing the animal.—l’erry Home Journal. NO- 35