Georgia Historic Newspapers

    THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL.
BY CHRISTIAN, lIOY L & CO.
fate« Mukln Joumt,
~ ' " ‘ T". Everv Tnuisdij.
n r±n,’as-t*iri€U» in .advance.
Turoe month*. i ” ( *
Hi* qiullfh* D
Oiif year, $2 oo
Hale* of •M*'rrtinlng :
Oo>' dollar per »qu«ro of ten line* lor the
jfrst insertion, and tHveutv.flve Gems per
B((iurr { o r each auterqUMlt insertion, notvX
ceeiiinit three.
u „. .qoare three month* *8 00
Bue .quurc six month* 12 00
One square one year 20 00
two squares three months 12 00
I*o sau.rre* »i* month* 18 00
I»o square* one veer 80 00
fourth of a column three moth* 80 00
Knurth of a column six month* 60 00
Half column three moth* 46 »<>
Half column *ix month* 7" 00
One eoluuin three mouths 70 00
Ob* column six months ~...100 00
Liberal Deductions .Wade on
Contract
n , T „
Legal Advertising.
Sheriff’* Sties, per levy, *2 60
HintC»g« Ft Fa Sales per square 5 O 0
Citation* for Letter* of Administration, 8 00
.i •* •• Guardianship, 8 00
Diatnision from Apminiatrntiou, 6 00
.* •* Guardianship, 4 00
Application for leave to sell land, 6 00
Sale* of Land, per square, 6 Oo
Sales of Perishable Property per sqn r, 8 Oo
Koticc* to Debtor* and Creditors 8 60
Foreclosure of Mong»g;e, per square, 2 oO
Kstray Notices, thirty day*, 4 00
jr»;> fl'ork ot every description ere
2!Uod*ilti uoatpes* and dispatch, at moderate
■M*a. t '
RAIL -ROAD GUIDE.
louibweiterii Riailroad.
WM. HOLT, Prc*. | VIKGIL POWERS, Sup
Leave Macon 6.16 A. M ; arrive at Colum
bus 11.16 A. It. ; Leave Columbus 12 46 P.
J { ; airive »t Macon 6SO P. M-
Leaves Macon 8 KM\ arrive* it Eu
fbula 6 *O, P 2 ; Leaves Eufiula 7 20, A M ;
Arrive* at .tlaenu 4 50, P M.
ALBANY BRANCH
Leave* Rmiihvrtle 1 46, P M ; Arrive* at
Albany 8 11, P M ; Leave* Albany 2 35, A M;
Arrives at Smiihtille 11, A M.
Leave Cuthh’rt 8 57 P M ; arrive *1 Fort
G,iisi 5 4o P. it ; L-«.e Fort G in* 7.06 A
M. ; arrive at Cutlibert 8.06 A. M.
Hkcou & VVe tern Kailroad.
A J. WMIfR President.
B W 4 LEEK, Superintendent.
DAY PAKSESGKIt TRAIN,
t, v.j M• • ■ 7SOA V.
« t lau*a . . . 1 67 P. M
1,, v r Vi l j i . . 6 66 A. .
A VV-S a; d.e -n ... 1 80 P. Si.
NIGHT THaIK.
Macon . . - 8 46 P M
.r-ive* a( Atlanta . . 4 5 14V.
ia-aves A ltola . • a L> P V
Ar.'.vei *t atacun . . . 126A. A- ■
.WnlvrK tk ACmmlk KHilroad.
Campbell Wallace, Snp’t.
DAY BArt.SRNOiiK TRAIN.
X,r»ve 4lUu'» . • 846A. M.
Laav* D ntj . . . 2.8" P «
Arrive a! Obit, sneg* . . 6.26 P. 'I
Leave ..... ..awa . . >.2" 4. V
Arrive at Atlanta . . . 12 05 P. Al.
SIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . . • 7 00 P >!.
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 4.10 A V
Lear* Chatuuooga . . 4 3i) I’ M.
Arrive xt Dalton . . . 7.50 P. M
Arrive at Atlanta . . . 1.41 A M.
SusiMtt ©arfls.
LEVI C. IIOVia,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dawson, .... Ga.
AITIMi prtciice in the &erernl Court* of
f T Law and Equity it) thro Si*’e aid the
Cifcuit Courts ot thr United for the
cl Georgia. At»o, attend n eiveu to
OOMMISSION io BANKRUPTCY.
c. B. WOOTEfi,
attorney at law,
Dawson, Ga.
J*» l* 1898 ly
DR. R. A. WARNOCK,
j V FERS his Professionhl services to the
civitens ot Chickasawhatohee and its
olnity. Ftom ample experience in both
<,?l and Military practice, he is prepared to
Hnerf-sfullv, cases iu every department
* oct22’6irf
y. J. Pratt. j b. ciu.h.
p RATT & CRIM,
DRY GOODS AND
Orocery [Merchants,
DAWSON, - - GEORGIA.
T fBERAL advances made on Cotton
r~f to our correspondents in avan
*“ ® nd Baltimore. oct22’«Sly*
BYINTG'ON’S hotel.
(Opposite The Passenger Depot.)
I*ACON, - - UEOKOIi.
TS Now opon for the reception of visitors
1.. . spared no expense in furnishing
f i 8 De * throughouf, and determined
h . Table and Bar shall be inferior to
*■ ,n the I feel conHdent that I can
tr toiuv old patrons and tho pi. ,lie all that
• e ’*“ »iab in a Hotel. 0,11 a-.d s»e me.
,i J L. RYINOTON,
Le'e»f Fen Valley, Ga.
IS ASS I HOUSE,
hotel am restaurant
K St., JfIHCOH, Ott.
" : j j Proprietor.
MT Tree Coach to aud from Ilotei.
mm\ MONET!! MONEY!!!
MOPIEY IN DAWSON !
MORE MONIYJN SAVANNAH I
Still More in Baltimore!
Most Money in New York [
And Policy World without end
—IN
LIVEIIPOOL !
WK have, after much effort, succeeded in
per feting our arrani{enn*nt» to Ad»
Vance on Coitou And are now prepared to
advui cv, at very low ratt g of int< re*', on Cot
ton in store in our Warehouse in D.iwsou, or
consigned to our frienda in Savanuah, Haiti,
more, New York, or Liverpool, and allow
planter* to hold their crop* for the spring
market.
ResprctfuHr’*VPfciUng p*tronßirc, we are
in readiness to serve all who may favor us
•<ith their cotton.
MIEATH ITT, IStRRIS * CO.
Dawson, Ga , November 6;tf
WATCHES,
JEWELRY, SIVER-WARE, k (
At the old Staod of
E. J. JOIIASTO.I 4c CO.,
near Lanier house,
MACON, - GA.
I AM now receivintr, for the Fall and Win
ter trade, » fine selection of WAT' HES,
r LOOKS , JEWELRY. SILVER WARE,
/■’.l ACY GOOLS, EIA EOS aid otle r mu
se I inst'Uir-n's, WALKING CANES ,
ROGERS' LADLE A DOCKET CUT
LERY, etc., which, with otv fttvmer st.tck,
will be sold u- VMRY LOW PRICES FOR
CASH. A call is r *.« ctfullv st.li ited.
E J. JOHNSTON.
WHEELER, fit. WILSON’S
Sow ing !!achine«, 'milss,
And all new improvement*. Public attention
is called to th*-8c \*itchihe*q for )» a T nmiu
faciurer’fi priced by E J. JOHNSTON,
Agent for Middle G oigia.
Gsh Barrels, Locks iKd Mountings.
I have for sale over 500 Gun Barrels, which
I am offering at low figures
E. J. JOHNSTON
WATCH V/OIJK.
I him pr**! a't-d to do «t short nouce, ‘ui a
h«4hh< r -<»»d tully «.* tern o o*ll Al»\
it *t-irv ili 8 >«n>iard Sewing M iehin n
!ep*ir**tl at *hu»t notice.
i.ov6;X»n E J JOffKSTON.
t:*T lUEIvtIEO Ih^i.
D. C. HODGKINS & SON,
MACON, GEORGIA,
DKALtUK IN
GUNS, PISTOLS, AMMUNITION,
AND
Sporting Groods
Oj every Description.
H »VK SOMVTRISfI NVW IK THX ViT "f
HHVitcH utattiNO tori.re a'd shot or**,
and invite inspection of their rock for the
coiidnsr season. They are also prepared to
fun ish the fanner*
WINCHESTER GUNS,
And the Catridces, at the verv lowest prices.
And notwithstanding the advance in price
and great scarcity, in con.« qnence of 'he el
traordinarv demand for the Noe. 1+ and 4,
(fi inch.) w tut In A We<*OU’« Be
v**iv«‘rw, *e have, by an eiertion, been
able to procure (hem in a small quantity, and
are readv to furnish them on eaily applica
tion. ’ novs#t
A I AVOH >I El)i:i>.
MY friends in general, and subecribers in
particular, will do me a special favor
bv calling on JlKitff Yi tills at W. Yl.
Store, and get a copy of mv
“Guide to Health,” by the 10th of next
month. I need help to wind up the expense
of printing, &e.
Mv respects to all who will favor me,
James j davis, m. and.
P, ||.—Falter not to in tie the leap. Tegti
nioninls are bri ig had as to the < (ficacy ol
the medicines held forth in the Woik.
oct 9—2 w J J. D.
Valuable Plantation
FOR
I OFFER for sale on terms that will be made
satisfactory to a good rt sponsible pm chas
er, for the reason that I am not a planter.—
My plantation, six miles on the Riil Road be
low Dawson, two and a half miles ftom
Graves’ mill, containing fourteen hundred,
Bcventern and a half acres. This place is
healthy, acknowledged to be one of the best
places in the county of Terrell, beuig a good
stock farm, well wa ered, good orohai ds, and
in short, a desirable home. If not sold by the
16ih December next, w ill he for rent. For
terms, apply to .Messrs. Otr, Brown A Cos., at
Dawson, Os. or to AV. T. BL ifGK,
uovG“2iu Charleston, S. C.
LANIER HOUSE,
iUACON, : s UEOAACJIA.
COLXIER & BOYS
Having ttH.-uim and the management of this
House, re* pectin Ily solicit a share ot public
putronage.
Fite Omnibus to and from the II on**. At*
ten live Porterb. novMI
MARBHALLHO USE,
A. B. L(ICE, Proprietor,
Savannah, - - Ga.
I > AWHON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER it, 1S(IS.
EUFAULA co-operative
LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
Ex-Gov. JOHN GILL SHORTER, President.
Maj. JAM ..S M. BUFORD, Vie, President.
J, G. L. MAUI IN, Seer, lary and Treaduror.
Insurance For the Rich and Poor.
rHE cheapest and heat syat.em of Life In«
surance i* now offered by this reliable
Company It is founded upon the principls
th*t one thousand persons come tore'hor and
bind themselves, each to pay one dollar to the
surviving lriend* of everv deceased member
amang them at hi* death. These mortuary
contribution* are
Left iu the Pockets of Members
Till called for at iutervuli during the year, or
for cooVeoifDcc they niuy be paid in advance
in the shape ul a deposit, and in that case
eight per cent. in‘.ere»t it allowed till the
funds are applied Every person, of either
sex, from 15 l*» 76 years of age, can secure a
membership h v paving an admission fee of
onlv %iX BOUaARS, uo matter how
rnaiiy classes maty b“ entered and Ministers in
ac« ual charge of churches can become meiu*
b rs
Without any Outlay at The Start.
There are two divisions. The claase* in
Division 1 are composed of 1,000 m. inhers
each. This Division includes none but sound
lives, and re Arranged ns follows:
.J? 15 25 36 46 SS . m
a* 7 s> t« to to to to to »=o
gg 1 25 35 45 56 6<) 05 %<%
~ m JTS yrs yrs yr* yr* yrs 2* c-
Class A 50 75 100 125 ISO~ 200 ~~1,000
Class B 100 150 200 250 300 400 2,001
Class C 150 225 3>.| 375 450 600 3,1X6)
Class K 260 375 500 025 750 10,00 S,(XK)
Claes J 500 750 10,00 12,50 15,(X) 20,00 l(y*X)
The second Division is composed of sound
lives from 65 to 75 years old, and impaired
lives, who mav be represented by the “Medi
cal Examiner” a* safe for 10 years more of
lite; each class is entirely eeperate and dis
tinct from the other. This company is nec
essarily a
iYEutiisil Company,
And cannot insure on any other plan. The
xell-iuteres-ed punctuality of each member in
paying his it -rtuary Contributions, can leave
no possibility of the Company's failure to
meet all casualties ibat may occur.
PolU'iex w ill no* Reroute Void
iu lliix Coiujauy
Bv reason of inability to meet the notes for
x'gc amounts of premiums. The Ooutribu
lion* a>c only paid at different times during
the rear, and in such stu ill auioun** that at
oio.t any m e can meet them with certainty
and ease It. is onr moral duty tos'tain everv
ueiye to tay our detqs and lea- our families
a boon of comfort after our dea hs.
The fur tit a Ca-ftperclire
Life (ft-an*hcp * untf any
M kt-s litis ct-uifort lor our fami ies a ce-uit>
Iv. Let US ,v ,*1 eutaelves of this matchless
of f. The d'Vi'irtit »r«-
rhtpidU tibi’ g utt. I nui n«.» i iki: g
tloT.ff and ldroiahiug poiu ics for uuv «te>ir**d
aui.
K »r Hifo*nn'ion on the subject, and for iu*
MUruQCv, wppiy io
S H. WEBTOV. Agent,
novl8;l iu IJww-uji, Ga-
OYSTER SALOON.
BYK D & COICKR,
HAVE on hand, at tb#»ir ptnn* on Main **t.»
iit’xt door to J L Tn- k**r k B:o’$
stor* 1 , FBI;<H D.ITEKN, and »re
prepxmd to serve them np to mil tb< taste
of all. Come »nd try rh^ru.
Da*eon, G»„ Oct. 22th, JB6B —ts
Guide to Ifcuitli!
A TY Guide to Health is now published in
Xyl good binding and plain type. Sub
Geribera and others wfchii g h book or books,
can be accomodated hv calline on J. A
J/im* at th** Store of W. M PEEPLES*.
Block, Diw-ori, fit
J J. DAVIS, ML D.
Aug, 27ih, ts.
BROWN HOUSE
E. R, BROWS & SOW,
Fourth St., Opposite Passenger Depot,
Jtlaeon, Georgia.
IT'ROM the Ist. of Jul* the business of'his
I 1 House will be conduct, db\ E E Biowu
& Son, tlie Senior hsvinj; ss«oci«ted hi- xou,
Wm. ¥ Brown, in the management and in
terest of the Hotel.
The hou-e con tains sixty rooms, which are
reserved chiefly for the iiso of Caveliers and
transient gues'g Competent assistants have
been ae- cured in every apartment, and eve
ry at tention » ill be oaid to ensure comfort
to their customers Rooms clean aud airy, and
the table always supplied with the best the
counter affotds. Porters attend arrival and
departure of all trains to convey bsgeape
and conduct passengers across the *‘reet to
their quarter*. jul\27,tf
SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN,
DAILY AND WEFKLY,
13y J. It. Bneed.
To the Merchants of the South, and espe
cially of his State, he looker wirh confidence
for a generous sOppdrf, promising them, in
return, the best news, commercial and polit
ical journal that bis experience and capabili
ties can produce.
TERMS*
Dafty One Year, SIO,OO
“ Six Months, 6,00
“ For a less time, per month, 1,0 >
WeeklY, per year, 3,n0
N. B. Payment in advance for either edition
will bo required, without ejCr»»}»tion.
AH tetters should be addressed as below,
J. K. SNEED, Kepubltcan Office.
norliltf .Savannah, Ga.
DISSOLUTION.
rpRE firm of Orr, RrtiMH A ft».,
L doing a Mercantile lid-ine-r in D wsnn,
(J.., h»« tK ! B day been dissolved by mutual ;
cenprtti
W T ORR, who continue, the bn-ritees,
■MmSch all the list'tiliiie* of tire concern, and 1
>g a*tbori*cd to collect all the debts due the ■
S,me. w. F.ORR
LE OY BROWN.
Nov. 12tb, 1838. THUS. TANARUS, OilßiisTlAN.
. PUKTItV.
I IMIIOi ON UnTßlTllTv
It seem* to me, the women now,
Dress np most awful queer,
In narrow skirt* and little hoops—
How fanny they appear.
Their hair they friz in fancy shapes,
I’ve laughed, and laughed again,
To see how queer the women look
With chignon on the brain.
Last n : ght I met a little miss,
Rigged np in wondrous style,
She bad a little bonnet on
That really made mo smile.
Twar smaller than a cabbage loaf
Drlf and up for want of raiu;
How very queer the women look
With bonnets ou the btaln.
They say they wear their drosse* short
To show their prettv feet,
But if their ahoes are’No 7’*,
Ex'retnee witl never meet;
And when they wear their dresses long,
And dragging in a train,
I always think of bean poles, with
Gored dresses on the brain.
Oh, well, this is a curious world,
False teeth, false calves, and oh,
Thev speak of patpitafors; but
The truth I do not know.
But let them wear what’er they will,
Remonstrance is in vain,
Arid they are really charming with
The fashion on the brain.
When *>hal We Yl.-. i Again—
A Hcautitul 8 struct.
The following waif, afl tat on the “sea
ot reading,” wc clip from an eichange.
W e do not know its paternity, hut it
contains some wholesome truths, beauti
fully set forth;
“Men seldom think of the gre»t event
of death until the shadow fall* acr< 8-
tbeir own puts, biding forever from their
eyes the trace* of he loved oue* whose
living smile* were the sunlight of their
existence. Death is the great antago
nist of life, and the cold thought of the
tomb ig the fke'eton at all feasts. We
do not waut to go through the dark val
-1yi al hough it* passage may lead to
lLradir-e, acd with CLarles Lamb, wc
do not want to Its tiowo in the muddy
grave, even with kings and princes f t
our led-f. lh.ws.
Hut the fiat of nature is inexorable
There is no appeal of relief from the
great U« «h ieh and "ins u- to dust We
! tl Bri-h and w- fade a* the leave* of ih.>
forest and the J -w.-r :nst bloom* and
wither* iu a day ha* rot a frv'isr b"ld
upon lift* than the Bitghtieat monarch
'Lat ever -Lo k the ea r th with hi* fu>>t
stef a. G Deration* of mi n appear and
vuiimli a- the gross, and the countless
multitude that t Lr 'eg* the world to-day,
will to morrow disappear as the foot
steps i-Xi the .Lure
lu the beautiful drama of lot, the in
•tied of immortality, so eloquently ut
tertd bj the death dt voted Greek, fir.d
a deep response in every thoughtful
soul. When about to yield his young
' xisteuce as a *act ifioe to fate his beloved
Clem an the asks if they t-hall not meet
again, to which he replies: “[ have
asked that dreadful question of the hills
that look eternal—of tho clear streams
that fl forever—of the star* amonj:
whose fields of azure rny rait-ed spirit
hath walked in glory. All were dumb.
But while I gaze upon thy living face, I
feel that there is gemotling in the love
that mantles through it* be-uty (bat
canuot wholly perish. We shall meet
again, Crcmnntbo ”
Anf.cdote of Fbederick the
Great. —A sergeant of the file guards,
very vain, but possessed of tr ueb brave
ry,wore a watch chain, to which he had
fastened a musket ball, being too poor
to buy a watch. The king heard of
'his, wished to expose him to ridicule.
(Stepping up to the sildir, he said:
Serg an', you must have been econo
mical; I see you wear a watch; mine
tells me it is five o.clock; how much is
yours?’ T* e soldier, gne.-sing the in
tention of the king, hut nothing daunt
»and, immediately drew fotrh the bsil, spy
ing: ‘Your mfjeaty, my watch is neither
fiv uor six o’clock, hu' tells me is of
tcD an I look at if, that I must be ever
r, ady to die for your majesty.’ ‘Here, my
friend,’ added the king, much moved,
‘take this, to know the precise hour also
in übtcb to die for nu;’ at the same
rime giving him his own watch studded
with jewels.
Girls, remember that the man who
bows, smile*, and says many suit things
to you, has no genuine love; while he
who loves niesf sincerely, struggle* to
hide the weakness of bis heart, and fre
quently appears decidedly awkward.
A little boy running along stumped
his toe and fell on the paYeioopt.
“Never mind, nty little fellow,’’said a
bysund-r, “yuu won’t foei the pain to
morrow ”
•Then,” answerd tho liitlo boy, “I
won’t cry to-morrow.”
Hflow will bes oir.d what is deemed
a proper text from which *n preach the
funeral germ on of Hen Haller : From
Jeremiah 111, 19: “Ami t be basing, and
tbe firepans, and the bowls, aud the
cauldron*, and tbe candlestick*, and
tbe gpoons, and ibo cups that which
was of gold, in gold, and that which was
of silver, in silver, tbe Captain of tbe
guard took away.”
From the New York Ledger.
THE LOVER’S CAPTIVITY.
Tho old clock in the kitchen had
just struck nine
It tv us no gildel toy, no trifle of
bronze, or alabaster, hut a lull, square
Hood rtdie of the olden time, looking
not unlike a c flin e.use set on end in
tho corner—a c ock that hud lasted
through one generation, and to judge
Iroin nil appearances, was quite liitely
to lust through another. Deacon Mer
ri't cherished that oi l time piece with
a sort ot pride which he bitnaelf would
scarce y have con'essed to.
There was a great, ruddy fire of
chestnut logs m the wide, red brick
paved tire place, and the candles in
the p fished brass sticks wen winking
merrily from the high wooden mantle,
where they shared the post of honor
with a 1 rooked sea shell and a plaster
basket of improbably colored fruit.—
At tfie windows u curtain of gaudy
chintz i hut out tho million sturs of tfie
frosty autumnal night, and or- the cosy
rut: of parti colored rag*, a fat tortoise
shell cat purred away tho s.owly laps
ing minutes.
Hut the tortoiseshell cat was no*,
the only inhabitant of the snug farm
house kitchen.
“John,” said Mehitabel Metritt, de
cidedly, “if you don’t behave yourself,
I’ll—”
What she would do, Hetty Merritt
did not say—the sentence w as termi- :
ti ded by a laugh that set dimples !
round her mouth in motion, just as a 1
June sunshine j lay athwart a cluster
of red ripe cherries.
Hetty Merritt was just seventeen—
a plump, rosy girl wi h jet black hair
brustieu back from a tow forehead,
and perfectly arched evehrow s that
gave a bewitching expression ot sur
prise to a pair of toeliing hazel eyes,
cine was rather dark, hut ‘.he severest
critic would hardly have found fault
with the peach-like bloom upon her
cheeks, arid the dewy red of her full
daiiit y curved lip
Evidently Mr. John Ayltner was
quite satisfied with Hetty s pecu tar
style of beauty,
“Come Hetty,” said John, moving
his chair where he could best watch
the flush o’ the fire tight up m her face,
and picking up *,be thread of conversa
tion where be had dropped it, when it
became neeesaary for He ty to hid him
“behave himself.” “you might prom
ise. it’* nine o’clock and your father
w ill soon he home.
‘ Promise what, John ?” said Hetty,
demurely, fitting a square of Turkey
red patch work to a w hite square, and
intently observing tfie effect.
“Nousense 11 tt ! You know what
veiy well Promise to marry me U—
lore Christmas-! I tel you what,
Hetty, it i.* ui! very well for you to
keep putting a follow off. hut I can’t
aland, wtiai with your father’s fori lid
ding me the house, and t'aleb Tiu
man’s coming here every Sunday
night—”
Hetty gave her pretty head a to-s.
“As if i a eh Truman's coining here
made any and tictvnee in my feelings,
John 1”
“No, but, it isn't pleasant, you
know I'm as good a in.til as Caleb
Truman il I don't own railroad enures,
and keep an account at the Brigham
Bank and love you Ilu'.ty from the
bottom t.f my heart Betty, tnis mat
t-r lies bet we; D you and me only—
no other person in the worl t has a
right to interfere between us. Come,
promise m .”
Ho held both her hands in his and
looked earnestly into Hie liquid brawn
eyes.
‘•Do you love rne, Hetty?”
‘‘You know l love you, John.”
‘•1 hen we may just as well—hush !
what's that ?”
There was a portentous sound of
drawing bolts and rattling UtcOes in
tiie | oich room beyond—a stump of
nailed bo ts shaking off the dust of
country roads. Hetty rose to her feet
with sudden scarlet sutiusi g brow auil
cheeks
“Oh, John, it’s father.”
‘‘Suppose it is ?’’
‘‘But he mustn’t find you here,
John Hide yourself eons.-where, do!’
“What nonsense, Hetty!’’ said the
yt ung man, resolutely standing hie
ground, “I haven’t come to steal
spoons—wny should 1 steal away like
a detected burglar?”
“For my sake, John. Oh, John, ts
you have ever 1 ved me, do as I say.
Not in that closet—it is ca so to his
bedroom ; not through that window,
it is ua.led down tight. He's coming!
lie’s coining ! Here John, q tick ! ’
And, iu tbe drawing ■! a breath
she had pushed John Aylmer into be
square pendu um euse of the tall old
i clock, and had turned the key up ton
I him.
It wns not a very pleasant place of
I refuge inasmuch as his shoulders w ere
1 squeezed on e ther side, and his head
, flattened against spring and whee’s
| above, and the air was unpleas iitly
i close ; but honest Jo' n made the best
I of matters and shook with suppressed
j iauuhtci iu his solitary prison-celt.
I “Hew! a j dly scrape to be in,”
though. John, “and no knowing when
I’ll l-e out of it! Hetty’s a shrewd
little puss, however, and I cun t do
Iteller than leave mutters iu her
hands "
“8o you haven’t gone to bed, Het
ty ‘r”sani Deacon Merritt, slowly un
wimiuig the two yards of wool en com
loiter m which lie generally encased
nis throat ot an eveu.ug.
••Not yet, father,” said Hetty, pick
ing up her scattered bits of patch-work
with a glowing creek. ‘ Did you have
a pleasant meeting ? ’
“Wed, Vos,'’ quoth the deacon re
flectively, silling down b fore the tire,
greitly to Hetty’s constuiiatieD (she
had hoped he would have gone penoe
ahlv to bed according to Ins usual -jus
tom) ‘it wns tol’bly pleasant. Elder
Jones was th#re, and Elder Back
stretcher, and —well oil the church
folks, pretty much Why, how red
your cheeks are, Hetty ! Tired,
uin’t you ! Well, you needn’t set up
tor me, my dear; it must he getting
lute.”
The deacon glanced mechanically
round at the clock Hetty felt the
blood grow cold ii her veins
“Twenty minute* past nine—why
it must he later than that Why,
land o' Gosheu! the old clock’s
slot ped !”
The clock had stopped ; nor wns it
vv* nderl'ul considering all tfie ctrcum
Btunc.es.
“I wound it up this niornin’, I am
sartuin.” said the deacon jwrturbedly.
“It never sutved me such n trick bes
fine, all the vears h’s stood there. —
Your Aunt Keziah used to say that
whenever tnat clock sti pped it was a
sign of a death or ma riage in the fam
fly before the year was out ”
There wu* » suppressed sound like a
chuckle bwh nd the clock-case as Dea
con Merritt fumbled od the shelf for
tfie clock key.
“These springs must be ont of order
s rnehow,” said the deacon decisively
“How acered yc u look, child ! There
ain't no cause for being scared. I
don’t pu* faith iu your Aunt Keziuh’s
old time mpersiit on. Where in the
nutne of nil J< s*e*eed. is that key ? I
could have declared I lelt it in the
case ”
“I-n’t it on the shelf, father ?” asked
Hetty, guiltily, conscious that i: was
snugly reposing in the pocket of her
checked giDgb >ms dress.
“No nor ’taint on the set off neith
er.”
And down went the deacon stiffly
enough on Ins knees, to examine the
floor, le-t perchance the mi sing key
might have slipped off and fallen
there.
“Well I never knowed anything eo
strange. ’
“It is strange,” faltered hypocritical
Hetty.
“JL’.l have a leg’lur »»rch to-morrow,’
said Deacon Merritt “It must he
somew here round.”
“Yes, it must,” said Hetty, tremu
lously
“Only,” went on the deacon, slowly
resuming his place before the che ry
blaze. "I kind o’ and n’t like to have
the old clock standstill a single night
When I wake up, you know it seems
like it was sort ot tulkiu’ to nte in the
| stillness.”
The d-acon looked thoughtfully at
! the ti ry hack log. Hetty figetted
uneasily about the room, strstgfiten
; ing table covers and settu g back
ehuir.R—oh, if he would only go to
bed.
As be sat there, hi* eyelids began
io droop, and his head ts u‘.:d somno
lently
Ha ly’s eyes lighted np with a spar
kle <-f something like hope.
“Chi'd,” he suddenly and, straight
ening himself up in the stiff-back chair,
“you and better go to bed. I’ll sit up a
wtii e longer, t.ll th f : logs burn out.”
“Hut taihor l'rn not sleepy. *’
“(io tt) bed, my child, reiterated
the deacon, with good-humored au
tfiori'y that brook* tl no opposition, and
Hetty crept out of the room ready to
cry with anxiety and mortification.
“If John will only keep quiet a little
while longer,” she thought, sitting on
the stair* w here the autumn moon
light streamed, in chilly splendor.—
“Father sleeps so soundly—and he iw
sure to gi to sleep in hi* chair 1 could
just st'-al in aui release him, a* ea*y
a* poHSib'e.”
Mie sat there, her plump finger* in
terlaced anil tier eyes fixed dreamily
od the floor wtiile all th lime her ear*
were strained to their utmost capacity
to catch every sound in the kitchen
beyond.
Hark! was that the wall of the
wind or was it something to her liter
ally “nearer and dearer ?” Yea, *he
could not be mis ukeu now, it was act
ually a snoie !
Hetty rose softly to her feet with re
newed hope. Purely now was the ac
cepted tints.
N-uselessly as a floatingshadow she
crossed the hall, opened tho kitchen
doot, and stole across the creaking
boards of die floor. The shifting lus
tre ot the fire-light revealed <o her
Deacon Merritt, nodding before the
tire, with closed eyes, and hands hang
ing at his sides
“Ha is certainly asleep.,” thought
Hetty
\\ ith a heart that beat quick and
fast, like the s rokes of a miniature
hammer, she drew the key from her
dress pocket and proceed, spate of the
nervous trembling of her fingers,
to fit it lotu the lock. bo absorbed
was she in her task, that she never
noted the sudden cessati u of the
heavy breathing—never saw the Dea
con atait sudden into w ak.-.fuines*
and look around toward* her Ah,
Hetty—l ve is blind, they say. and it
is eqjaliy true ttiat love is sometimes
deal.
The deacon rose quietly up, with a
shrewd twinkle iu his eyes, and Het
ry gave a little frightened shtiek as a
hand fell softly on Iter arm, poseei-sing
itself quietly of the bey.
“Let me help you,” said Deacon
Mert itt
‘ Father, I—[ found the key,” fal
tered lie ty, “and —”
“Found the key, eh,” r<turned the
deacon “Weil, that a lucky—and now
you can fend out what’s the matter
with the aid clue-. I'
Hetty’s heart, throbbing so wildly
a moment or two ago, so-, nied to tand
absolutely still, us Deacox Merritt
Vol. 11l IVo. 18.
turned the key and opened the tall
door of the clock case.
“Ilal-lo !” ejaculated Deacon Mer-s
--ritt, as John Aylmer tumbled laugh
ingly into the room. “So you was the'
matter with tho old clock, cb ?”
“Yes, sir,” said Mr. Aylmer, com
posedly ; “J hope 1 haven’t seri usljf
interfered with the works of vour
clock*!” 3
“You’ve seriously interfered with
me!’' said the deacon, waxing indig
nant. “YVfial do you mean, sir, by
hiding in my house like u thief?”
“ln med indeed father !”cried Hef
ty, bursting into tears, ‘it wasn’t his
fault ! He didn’t want to hide, but I
put him there 1”
“You did, eh ! And mav I ask
what for ?” 3
“Father,” faltered Hetty, rather ir
relevantly, “I love him—and he loves
me 1”
“Is tnat any reason he should bidff
in a clock-case, Miss ?”
“No -but -father ! Oh. father ! I
never can marry Caleb Truman. He
i* old, ami cross, and withered, and
Hetty s toars finished the sentence'
for h' r Jhe deacon looked down,
not unkindly, on her bowed head,
and the tender arm that supported it.
Apparently the “course of true love,’*
roughly though it ran, wasoverwbelm
ing all bis worldly-wise arrangement*
in its tide.
“And so you two folks really think
you love ouch other ?” said the deacon,
meditatively. ’
“1 love her with all my heart and
soul, sir, said John Aylmer, earnest
ly. “1 m not rich, I know, but 1 cun
work for her ”
“And I can work for myself, foot,
father,” interposed Hetty, with eye*
that sbooo like softened stars
“And you said yourself sir,” went
on Ayltner, ‘ that the stopping of th*
dock mount either a death or a marri
age Os eourse, we don't want any
deaths ; so don’t you think the most
scn-ihle thing we can do is to help oa
a marriage u« soon as possible?”
The Deacon laughed in spite of him
self.
“Its 'ate,’ said the Duxcon. ’‘Corns
round to morrow morning, and we’il
tal* about it No. Hetty, I’m not an
gry with you, cfiild I s’pose young
folks w ill be young folks, and there’*
uo use try ng to stop ’em j"
Arid, as tee Deacon re-huog the
pendulum and set the iron tongue off
the old clock talking again, John Ayl
mer paused on the lrunt door-step t©
whisper to Hetty :
“My darling 1 its worth p*-sing *
life time behind the clock-case, to lesl
as happy as I do now !”
Km Klmx.
A h< rrid outrage was committed
s '«ewhere in the Ht»te of Arkansas a
few ti»ys sgo. Our informant is a re-
Haile elat'd man, who heard tbs par
ticlars from a member of the “loyal
lengue, who got bi* inf rmation from a
fellow who lost a cousin in the late war.
It aecoied that a Mr. Gopet-bagger
was attacked in his own house by 1,632
Ku Kiux r* armed with doufile-bar-r
relied bowie-knives. They slaughtered
aud ate 19 of Mr. B'ggers’s children
before his eyes and c urptoLd Mr* Bag
ger to cut hei ow n he. and vff aud bang it
on a book in the cellar. Sir* was then
ordered to k< ep still upon pain of instant
death: She happened to suimz", and th«
lead, r of the dasiardly crew immediate
ly had a thra-biog machine *et up and
ran Mrs. Bagger through. It’s very
and üb'.'ul if *bi recovers. Mr Bxgger
was *.btn Lrced to swallow four tons of
gut powder ®nd a bandtu! of citro-gly
cerii e. He was uert dieted on live
coals until an exploaiou took place f
which subj'oUd Mr. Bagger to snob
iu loose para a* to almost deprive him
of reason. TL fi>nd3 then shot him
full of boles, made him hurrah for
J'ff rßon Davis and Horace Greeley,
and finally inoculated him with ths
small-por and soaked him with strong
lye. He was threatened with instant
death if ho revr aled the names of any
of the perpetrators of this outrage, all
of whom are neighbors of Mr. Bagger,
aud wto hate him because Mr B. waa
a loyal sti'ler and cotton speculator dur
ing the war, and now lives ou confiscated
plantation, with enough niggers to elect
bitu to the Legislature, it is feared
that. Mr. Badger bas sustained such iu—
ternal ir.jurie* that he will not be able
to ap’ ear ** a witness at the military
commission to try some ex-rebel* sos
reading Democratic newspapers.— UYe
coutin Paper.
following dialogue took place
on the Ohio railroad :
‘Hallo, stranger, you appear to b*
'ravelling ?’
‘Yob, I always travel when I’m on *
journey.’
‘I think I have seen you somewhere?*
‘Very like ! I’ve often been there.*
•Mightn't your name be Smith V
‘Weil, it might—if it wasu’t some
thing else !’
‘Have you been long iu these parts T
‘Never l inger than at present--— five
feet nine !’ j ,i
‘Do you oalculate to remain here
some Urn. ?’
‘Well, l guew I’ll stay till I’m read;
to 1< ave !’
‘1 reckon you were born in New EfMp
land V
‘AYeli, my native place Was eithef
th.re or somewhere else.’
‘You travel as if money were plenty
with you.”
‘V\ ell, I might have more, and-be
rich t.’
‘Have you anything n?w?’
‘Yes, I bought a whetstone this morn,
iog-’ !<S I
‘I thought »o; you’re the suarpeft
blade 1 .v,;r saw on this road.’