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MACONf, • - - GEORGIA.
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, >Y iness in the Macon, South western
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m. 11 a tti ’t :11
/ttofiiey ajid Colipjellor al La'*,
JJ./IISO.V, G.l.
DR. G. W. FARRAR
HAS located in this city, and offers Ids
Professional services to the public-
Office next door to the “Journal Office,” on
Main Street, where he can be found in the
dav, unless professionally engaged, end at
night at his residence opposite the Bspiist
church feb. 2- ts:
C. B. WOOTEN. L C. HOYLE.
WOOTEH 3 HOYLE,
Attornevs fit I;aw,
IJ.IH’SO.t G.l.
Jan 6-ly.
K. J. WA R REN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUKKSrULE, - - - G.-l.
e. W. WARWICK,
Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity
SMITH VILLE, GA.
Will practice in South Western and Pataula
circuits. Collections promptly remitted.
B. A. COLLIER. C. T. CIIEVES.
TOWNS HOUSE,
BROAD ST.,
ALBANY, GA
B. A. COLLIER & CO. .
McAFEE HOUSE,
At Smilhvillf, t a.
r PHE muUrsigned having fitted op the Me-
L Afee House at Smithvill.’, takes pleasure
in notifying the travelling public that the
above house is now in the “full tide”of suc
cessful administration by himself. He will
spare no expense to make it a First-Class
Hotil. 3/eals ready on the arrival of the
rain. VV. M. McAFEK.
PROVISIONS
iif Tim
We are now prepared to sell
PROVISIONS OH TIME
pBl M & TUCKET? .
M j»26, ts-
CRAWFORD
hale seminary,
daayson, GA.
J 'IE Fall Term of this Institution will be
on Monday, 4th day September
CHARGES-
? irst Ciase, per month of 4 week’, f°> 00
TV°.? r-^' 488 ’ I >er mont f’ of four weeks, 400
!p Class, po, month of four week. 500
ayßient9 must he made at the end of each
, n ,• Pupil* will not be continued in
J lO unless these terms nre complied with,
oard can be had in pleasant families at
» 15 or sl6.
j:m. Id WARDS,
*uglf*lm.
lA 'VT«M & H'IGLIVGIIAin,
successors to
LAWTON & LAWTON,
FOURTH street,
~ Macon, Georgia,
;v A. R E II O U 8 K
L°tton ami Commission Merchants.
*irw! Ta ? Bt '" mute on Cotton lu Store when de
• : nano Dealers. autpit-Uui
Dawson Business Directory,
Dry GoodN HI err It ants,
pit I VI, & TUCKF-It, Dcaiers in
Dry Goods Clothing, Boots and Shoes
Groceries 4sc. agents for some of the
most approved F rtilizers. Main Street.
Kl rNLIt, I.DWARI), Dealer in
staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Groceries
Hardwire, Crockery etc.
( ) II I® • II • !'• Dealer I:i Fanev and sin..
' /pic Drv Goods, Main st., next door to
J. W, Reddick’s.
Grocery Jlcrcliiints.
TTOOO, IJ. IS., Deal ctrin Groceries* nnd
At Family snnplica generally, at \V. F.
Orr’s old stand, under ‘Journal" Office
Main st. *
F DA L l's-S, .0, L. Grocer and Coin
lJ mission -Merchant, Dealer in Bacon,
clour, Liquors, &e.
F) LDDICH, .1. Grocer dealer in Ba-
V eon, I 1 lour. Lard, Tobacco, &,c.
IIASIDWAKL.
T ris A ItROTIIIER,
I J Hardware. Iron and Steel, Wagon Tim
bars, and Plantation Tools. Also Manufac
turers of Tin Ware,Mam st., at J. B. Perry’s
old stand. 1
BALDAVIV, ANDREW. Dealer
in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware Oat
tcrlv, Furnitaire, Ist door from the Hotel.
Driissisis,
( ILAT'HAVI, G. A., Druggist and
Physician. Will visit by dav or night.,
patients in Town will prescribe for
any and all the ilia that Hash is heir to.
Keeps a complete supply of Drugs and Meds
ieines. School Books and staiionarv—Gar.
den Seeds &>., tea., At his old stand. The
Red Drug Store ou Main St., TEUJ/3 Stricl
ly Cash.
JAIN 123, DR. .9, If., Dealer in
Drugs, J/Vdiclnos, Oils, Paints, Dye
Stuffs, Garden Seed, Ac., Ac.
„ Livery Slitble.
pniNCE, H. ft. A J, li., Sale,
L Feed and Livery .Stable. Carriages,
Hacks, Buggies, Diays, Wagons, Harness
and Mules for sale or hire. Ho ses boarded
at reasonable rates. Depot Street,
BL ICKSfIITH HIOP.
AYAP.P, RANDALL. Will make
V v and repair Wagons, Buggies riows,
Dickson Sweep, Shoeing horses, rear Post
Office-. Always ready to no work good and
cheap Jan. 19 ly
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MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
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64 PAGES READINGfMATTER.
30 PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS
WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL
v D. WYATT AIKEN,
CDAIILI.STOX, 8. C
SUBSCRIPT IONS
Are respectfully solicited for the eretion of
MONUMENT
TD TITS
onfederate Daad of Georgia,
And those Soldiers from other Confederate
Statos who were killed or died in this S-atG.
THE MOXUXEXT TO COST *50,000.
The Corner Stone it is proposed shall be
laid on the 4th of July, or so soon thereafter
as the receipts will permit.
For every Five Dollars subscribed, there
will be given a certificate of L:fe Membership
to the the Monumental .Association. This
ce-.tifu-at.c will entitle the owner thereof to an
equal interest in the following property, to be
disttibu'od as soon as requisite numbers o!
shares are sold, t.t--vit .-
First, Nine Hundred and one acres
of Land iu Lincoln county, Geors
pia, on which are the well known
M\ r-uder Gold and Copper Mines
valued at *l5O 000
And to Seventeen Hundred and Forty*
four shares in One Hundred Thousand Doi
lars of United States currency, to-wft :
1 Share of SIO,OOO SIO,OM
it. . ... 5,000 - 5,f00
A .: S.SU3 5,C00
•5 2,000 •• 2O»tFO
in “ 1,000 10,000
20 “ 5») KMOO
two “ w:
SIOO,OOO
The value cf the separate interest to « hich
the holder of each certificate w ill be entitled,
will he determined bv the Commissioner?,who
will announce to the public the manner, the
time and place of distribution.
The following gentlemen have consented
to act ns commissioners, and will ei'l er%y a
committee from their own bo.lv, or bv spe
cial trustees, appointed by themselves, re
ceive and take proper charge of the money
for the Monument, as well as the E“al Astate
and the U. S. Currency offered as induce
ments f r subscription, and will determine
upon the plan for the Monument the inscrip
tion thereon, the site therefor, select an ora
tor for the occasion, and regulate the cere
monies to be observed when the corner-
stone is laid, to-wit : .
Generals L McLaws, A. R. r'ugM, \.A.
Cpovall W. M. Gardiner, Goode Bryoo, uolo
ifals O. Snead, Wm. P. Crawford, M .jors
Jos B. Camming, G o. T Sackaan, Joseph
Ganabl, I. P- Gin.der, Hon. R. H.. May,
Adam Johnston, Jonathan M. Mtiler, W. 11.
Goodrich, J. D. Butt, Henry Moore, Dr. W.
E The'.Wr.ts in the respective counties will
retain the money received for the rale of
Tickets until the subscription boots are
closed. la order that the several amount*
„., T r,o ref rued to the ,S'.are-!i ;.: ers, in case
■Um number of r d.scip'ions will no ™ ’
rant any forth*. proo.cd»«.tbo ?!s*««* w.l.
report to this office, weekly, the re.u.t or
heir -a’ee. When a sufficient number of
.bates are sold, the Agents will receive
noUco They w ill then forward to this office
tbCa “rrA re e. iV McbAWS,Gen.sl.’ts,
No. a Old r.o.K 4 ns.,Mclt.thsh*L &^
Combs, of Dawson, Ga , will be glad
to give information and receive sjbtstiptious.
DAWSON. GA., THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 1871
A RIINA WAY MATCH.
A parent many years sineo, tv lion
brigltt eyed and fair haired lasses woro
not eo plentiful in New York as they
nro now, there dwelt in the town of
II .(a pretty village, distant then
about five and twenty milos from
“market town”) a peculiarly comely
and graceful maiden who had a pecu
liarly cross grained and ugly, but
wealthy father.
Minnie was Danforth’s only child ;
and report said truly slio would bo his
legatee. The old man was a sturdy
farmer, and was estimated to bo worth
fully ten thousand dollars—at that pe
riod a very handsome fortune, to be
sure.
The sparkling eyes and winning
smiles of Minnie Danforth lmd stirred
up the finer feelings of the whole male
population of tho village, and suitors
woro numerous, but her father was
particular, and none succeeded in muk-'
ing headway with him or her.
In the meantime, Minnie had a true
and loyal lover in secret. Who would
have supposed for one minute that
such a fellow would dare to look upon
beauty and comparative refinement?
His name was Walker, or, as he was
generally called, “Joe” AValker; and
bo was simply a farmer, employed by
old Danforth, who had entrusted him
with the management of his place for
two or three years. %
But an excellent farmer, and a
bright, good manager, was this plain,
unassuming, but good looking Joe
Walker. Ho was young, too—only
twenty-three—and had actually fallen
in love with the beautiful, pleasant,
joyous Minnie Danforth, his old em
ployer’s daughter. But tho strangest
part of tho occurrence was that Min
nie returned his love earnestly, and
truly and frankly, and promisod to
wed him at the favorable moment.
Things wept on merrily for a time,
but old Danforth discovered certain
glances and attentions between them,
which excited his envy and suspicion.
Very soon after, Joe learned the old
manJs mind, indirectly, in regard to
his future disposal of Minnie’s hand,
and he quickly saw that the caso was
a hopeless one unless hw resorted to
strategem, and so he set his wits to
work.
By agreement, an apparent coolness
and distance was observed by the lov
ers toward each other for five or six
months, and tho father saw, as he be
lieved, with satisfaction that his sus
picions and fears had all been prema
ture. Also by agreement between
them, Joe absented himself from the
house on evenings; and night after
night, for full three mouths longer,
did Joe disappear as soon as his work
was finished, to return homo only at
late bed-time. Thi3 was unusual, and
old Danforth determined to know the
reason of it.
Joo frankly confessed that ho was
in lovo with a man’s daughter who re
sided less than three miles distant, but
after a faithful attachment of sevoral
months tho old gentleman uttorty re
fused to entertain his application for
the hand of tho young girl.
This was capital—-just what old
Danforth most desired. It_ satisfied
him that he had mado a mistake in
regard to his own child, aud he would
help Joe to get married, and thus stop
all further suspicions of troublo at
homo. So ho said :
‘Well, Joo, is she a buxom lass ?’
‘Yes, yes,’ said Joe, ‘that’s for oth
ers to say. I’m not much of a judge,
myself-’
‘And do you like her ?’
‘Yes, sir, yes.’
‘Then marry her.’
‘But the father objects.’
Tooh ! Let him do so. What need
you care ? ltun away with her.’
‘Elope ?’
‘Yes. Off with you at once? If
the girl will join, all. Many
her and bring her here. You shall
have the cottage at the end of the
lane ; I’ll furnish it for you : your wa
ges shall be increased, and the old
man may like it or not, as he wills.’
‘But ’
‘No ‘huts,’ Joe. Do as I bid you.
Go about it at ance, and ’
‘You will stand by me ?’
‘Yes—to the last. I know you, Joe.
You’re a good fellow, and will make
anybody a good son cr husband.’
‘Tho old fellow will be very mad.’
‘Who cares, pray ? Go on, quickly
and quietly.’
‘To-morrow night, then ?
‘Yes.’
‘l’ll hire Clover’s horse.’
‘No you don’t.’
‘No ?’
‘I say no ! Tako my horse—tho
best one—young Morgan ; he’ll take
you off in fine style with the now phae
ton.’
‘Exactly.’
‘And as soon as you are spliced,
come right'baek hero, and a jolly timo
we’ll have of it at the old house.’
‘Her father will kill me.’
‘Bah ! He’s an old fool, whoever
ho is. He don’t know your good qual
ities, Joe, as well as I do. Dou tbo
afraid ; faint heart, you know, never
won fair woman.’
‘The old man will bo astonished.
‘Never mind —go on I We’ll turn
tho laugh on him. I’ll tako care of
you and your wife, at any rate.’
‘l’ll do it.’
‘You shall,’ said Danforth ; and they
parted in the best of spirits.’
1 An hour after dark on the following
evening Joe made his appearance,
decked in anew biack cloth suit, and
really looked comely. The old man
hustled out to the barn with him,
helped to harness young Morgan to
the new phroton, and, leading the
huunky animal to tho road, away went
Joe Walker in search of his bride. A
few rods distant from the house he
found her as per previous arrange
ment, and repairing to the {Text vil
lage, tho parson very quickly made
them one in holy wedlock. Joe took
his bride and dashed back to tho town
of II , halted at old Danforth’s
house, who was already looking for
him with open arms.
‘ls it dono ? Bring her in, bring
her in,’ continued tho old fellow, in
high glee; ‘never mind compliments
—no matter about the dark entry—
hero, Joo, to tho right —in the best
parlor—we’ll have a time now, sure !’
and tho farmer rushed away for lights,
returning immediately.
‘Here’s the certificate, sir.’
‘Yes, yes !’
‘And this is my wife,’ added Joe,
passing up tho beautiful uud bewitch
ing bride, the lovely Minnie.
‘What!’ roared tho old silo, ‘What
did you say, you villain, you scamp,
you audacious cheat—you—you —’
‘lt’s tho truth, sir, we’re lawfully
fmtrried. You assisted mo; you
planned tho whole affair. You lont
mo your horse, you thought me last
evouing worthy of any man’s daugh
ter, you oncouragod mo. you promised
mo the cottage at tho end Os the
lane—’
‘I didn’t—l deny it! You can’t
prove it. Youro a
‘Calmly now, sir.’
The entreaties of tho happy couple
wero united to quell tho old man’s iro
and persuade him to acknowledge
their union
The father at length relontod.
It was a job of his own manufact
ure, and he saw how uscloss it would
be to destroy it.
lie gave his consent reluctantly and
the fair Minnie Danforth was over
joyed to be duly aeknowled as Airs.
Walker.
The marriage proved to be a joyful
one, and the original assertion of Mr.
Danforth proved truthful in t.Very re
spect. The cunning lover was a good
son and a faithful husband, and lived
many years to enjoy the happiness that
followed his runaway match—while
the old man never cared to hear about
the details of the elopement, for he
saw how com pie tel}- he had oyorshot
his mark.
From tin- Cumberlimd (Md) News, .lug 14.
Dentil ol Air*. Viillau'Jigliiiut
We regret to announce tho doath
of Mrs. Louisa A. Vallandigham—-
widow of the late lion. Clement L.
Vallandigham, of Ohio—who died in
this city, at the residence of her broth
er-in-law, Dr. H, 8. McKaig, yester
day morning, at half past 11 o’clock.
Mrs. Vallandigham was tho daugh
ter of Mr Wna. McMahon, who was
one of the earliest and most influen
tial citizons of Cumberland. Bhe was
born in the year 1818, and in 1846
she was married to Air. Vallandig
ham, and removed to Now Lisbon,
Ohio ; but shortly afterwards Air. Val
landigham took up his residence in
Dayton, where ho lived to the timo of
his death. After the burial of her
husband, Mrs. Vallandigham, accom
panied by her son, came to visit her
friends in Cumberland, with tho hope
tliat her health, which was shattered
by tbo distressing death of her hus
band, might improve by being with
her nearest kindred. During tho first
two weeks succeeding the lamentable
occurrence of Air. Vallandigham’s
death her reason was much affected,
but she had fully recovered after the
lapse of a fortnight, and her mind up
to the hour of her death was as cleat
as ever. The immediate cause of her
demise was dysentery, from attacks of
which she has been sulforing all sum
mer. Bat a few weeks ago Air. and
Airs. Vallandigham woro in robust
health, with the promise of many
years before them. To-day both are
wrapped in tho cold embrace of doath,
and of the happy family they and
their son composed, there is only Char
ley left— a promising young man, aged
about seventeen years.
We learn that it is designed to placo
tho romains of Mrs. Vallandigham in
a vault at the Rose Hill Cemetery,
and to remove them to Dayton in tiio
fall.
Gkiuiaict. —New York, Aug. IG.
Advices from Loudon stato that Bis
marck has commenced a vigorous cam
paign against tho Papacy, and as tho
first blow declared in Parliament and
his official gazette that ho regards the
Ultraiuoutauo Church as hostile to tho
State, has broken off all relations with
it not purely political, and has dissolved
the Catholic Department of the Minis
try of public Worship He is intrigu
ing for tho establishment of an Ortho
dox Catholic part}', which is tho name
applied to tho opponents of infallibili
ty, and is actively supporting Dr. Del
linger, of Munich, where tho Doctor,
though excommunicated, has just been
elected by a voto of 54 to 0, Hector of
the University. It has been announced
in Ultraiuoutauo organs that tho State
treats as Catholics those persons who
are inhibited for rejecting tho infalli
bility dogma.
The Curosand Bishops who followed
Dollinger, and had been removed
from their parishes by their Catholic
superiors, have been reinstated by tho
Stato, and the whole of Germany are
daily looking for a still more stunning
blow to bo struck at the Church by
tho great Chancellor of tho Empiro.
Mere matter of form—Fitting a
dress.
A stylish bonnet in California costs
more than a mule.
Can anything that is lairful be a
blessing ? Yes, a bale full of cotton
can.
Bolling stock —capital that is in
vested in bowling alleys.
OCR SATURDAY NIGHT.
Down in lli«‘ Valley.
Higher and higher !
Way up toward the clouds, their
peeks reaching into tho snow-caps or
namenting the elevated point of a
rango of tho Kocky Alountains, rose
abruptly, a milo or more, one of the
landmarks for those who cross the
plains. Hough, rugged, rocky, and
bare, this mountain-side soemed like
tho life of one who never Ims triod to
make others happier.
Down in tho ravine or little rill-mar
kod valley below us, about three hun
dred stops from where lay tho track
along which, with careful steps our
horses picked their way, a little cabin
stood, (’lose by tho stream —close
agaiust the rock—backed by tho evor
lasting Bills, and sang lo by tho gurg
ling water as it ran hero and leaped
there from stone to stono, hurrying on,
too busy to stop, for it was needed fur
ther down tho valley, where stood a
small mill, attended by an old miller
and his wife of forty years.
Tho littlo brook had business there,
so it loiterel not on its way. Not ev
en to gladden tho heart or sing to tho
ones in the littlo cabin, for by its work
it helpod prepare food for many a
workingman, a weary wife and wait
ing child.
“That is a romantic spot—rough,
wild and attractive. Look at tho leap
ing water —the abrupt clitfs—the over
hanging reck seeming ready to iu.ll up
on that solitary cabin, from tho chim
ney of which a blue smoko is rising.
What a view for tho artist!”
“Yes, that is one of the most attrac
tive spots in tho canyon (ravino.) It
is known as the queer place,” answer
ed our friend, companion and cicer
one.
“The queer placo ?”
“Yes, the ‘queer place.’ So the mi
ners call it.”
“Why so ?”
•‘Oh ! there is a man who lives there
who nobody can find out. With him
lives a woman—a pale-faced, a sad
woman who never smiles, hut who is
always kind to thoso who may call there
on tho way to tho other ridge when
prospecting for ore ”
“What does ho do for a living ?”
“Mines a little. Prospects a little.
Works all tho time when ho can
find employment. Sometimes lie
works in the mine back of us—some
times ho outs timber in tho winter.
But ho nevor smiles—never mixes
with other people—never treats tho
boys—never seems to care whether
anyone likes him or not.”
“Lot us go down and cal! on them
—somebody is at homo.”
“You may go- 1 do not care to. I
will wait at the mill below w here I
have somo business. Bettor let mo
lead your horse, for yon cannot rido
down there, and ho might break loose
or bo stolen should you loavo him
here.”
Down in the valley. Down the
rough path filled with rocks, till at
last wo reach tho foaming, furious
htroam hero, which subsides into good
behavior as it reaches tho shadow of
tlu> cabin. Tho door of tho littlo home
stood ajr.i-. Just i aside, on a plain
chair, sat a woman mending a torn
vest, while on the floor, as if resting
from a tramp, lay a man, from whoso
euaiso boots tho dirt and dust from his
lato exorcise had not been swept or
brushed.
“Good evening, stranger—don’t g"t
up—if you are- tired as wo are, it
would be an outrage upon natui'e.”
“Good evening, sir. Come in if you
are tirod, though its but little wo have
to offer fir rost on save the tloor and a
blanket.”
“This is a queer place for a homo,
but it is very romantic. Passing by it
seemed such a quiet retreat wo called
to see who lived in so wild a spot.”
Only us—wife and I. Yes—it is—
it is a queer place, with no neighbors
to bother us—so we liko it.”
“Excuso us, but all men, though
they differ at times ! Why do you live
bore ? Why livo so far from any other
people ?” »
“You ask singulty questions—that’s
my business!”
“And ours ! ’
“Why so ?”
“For good reasons. This is your
home. Ours is a thousand leagues or
nearly a way from bore. Should you
come to our home and ask why wo liv
ed there in preference over soino other
place, wo should tell you. Honest
mon as wo are, have not much
to conceal.”
“You talk boldly ! This is our homo.
Wo camo hero to escape prying eyes
and many tongues —did wife and I.
Tho question you ask I will not an
swer.”
“But you have, and wo thank you
fer so doing !”
‘ Well—you are a q ioor man—quee!
or than this place !”
“No —only a little abrupt at times,
liko these great mountains ever throw
ing shadows down upon you as they
are thrown at times over tho hearts of
men.”
“Are you the devil to read my
thoughts ? To talk of shadows because
I think of them ?”
“No; wc only saw tho shadows by
your door as they come and go across
your heart, to lighten or darken tho
eyes.”
“Why.come you downheie? This
is not on your road—it is not a road
leading toward iho city ?”
“We will tell you frankly. Wo
heard you had a history. A good or
a curious spirit whispered to us —when
in tho track up yonder by that gray
rock—‘go down there and learn sotue
j thing for tho good of others.’ This is
why wo conto —not, as you imagine, to
gratify an idle curiosity.”
For a minute two men sat looking
full and square into each others eyes.
Then said tho man of tho mountain
homo—
“ Wife—this seems like a friend—
like an honest man. Shall I tell him
why we are hero ?”
“Yes —if you w ish to. You know
best. Sometimes comes the timo to
break a resolution- Perhaps now is
such a time.” Thus spake the wife, a
pale-faced woman o( a little more than
thirty years, as she looked kindly upon
her husband, a man about ten years
her senior.
All wns silent for a moment except
tho singing brook which wont on its
way as it entno.
l’rotty soon lie began—
“ You ask why 1 live here ? I will
tell you, though I do not know I
should. Fifteen years since I was a
business man in Erie. Perhaps you
know wlicro that place is. T had a
fortune loft me. I married that wo
man who sits thcro at work on a gar
ment lain waiting for—a vest I toro
when coming down tlm mountain an
hour since. I was a good follow.
That is, a liberal man, who loaned
money to all who asked, and spent
half of my timo in somo drinking
plaee, treating others to gain friends
and add to iny business. It is a short
sto’-y—an old ono. In ten years I bo
came a drunkard—yes—a common
drunkard. Aly money was all gone.
M}- four chililsen died for want of
medical attendance and warm clothes.
My wife lost her health —rather I de
stroyed it for her. I could not say
‘no’ when asked to favor thoso I know
to bo leeches on me, lost they say 1
was not a good follow. I wns afraid
of them. Afraid they would spoil my
reputation. So they boro mo down till
I became but a wreck.”
Ono day wife wanted mo to leave
for tho West. She said wo would sell
all we had, not much but broken dish
es and old cloths, and try it again. I
told her ’twus no use, but she begged
of luo. One Sunday—there, there,
good wife, don’t or}- —wo walked out
to th j graveyard where our dead chil
dren were resting, and there she pray
ed of mo to go away and try it anew
in somo other place. A good angel—
I always thought it wa* tho spirit of
in}' littlo Bertha—whispered just as
plain as you spoke when you camo in:
“Go—pleaso go, and i’ll help you
all 1 can 1” *
I looked at r~y wife and sho kissed
mo and said if I would go, she would
try and forget all tho past, and we
would commence life anew.
I eauie away. VVo kept coming
West, working our way. At last we
roched here. My poor wifo was sick,
oh, so sick at times, but sho never
wanted to go back. Wo found this
little cabin—and here wo are. I do
not want any neighbors. lam grow
ing stronger than I was. I work
hard at whatever I find to do, arid
savo all I can. By-and-hy we shall
have enough to got a littb homo some
where, then we will live again. You
see it is not much of a story. You
wanted it—-there it is. It is tho story
of a misspent life—but, but sir, I am
getting the bettor of it. It is never
too late to mend, aud I’m doing the
best 1 can, and my good wifo tiioro is
helping mo all sho can. And it’s a
great deal, too, I assure you, sir.—
While sho forgets and forgives the
past, I work for the future. There,
sir, you have tho wholo story—only
don’t toll folks here of it. for somo men
always laugh at and sneer at a man
who is trying to do right. I can stand
it, but 1 don’t caro to when it can be
got by. Maybe you know something
about it, and maybo you don’t; but
such talk to a man, when lm is trying
to do right, is hard to bear. But 1
can bear it if I must, for there is life
and health and more happiness than
we have had in store for us yet.
*****
We parted from tho man who lived
down in tho valley, friend*, lie said
ho was glad w® called, while his wifo,
as wo bade them both good bye, said,
“God bless you for kind words !” aud
her tone alouo repaid us a thousand
fold for our walk into and out of
the valley this pleasant Saturday
Night.—“Bincx” Pomf.uoy.
Tlie Cotton Crop in Alabama
and Mississippi.
Accounts from tho in ten or are spot
ted but all agreo that rain is wanted,
and in sections the crops aro suffering
from the drought. In north Mississip
pi tho crops are said to be in good con
dition, while in the eanebrako or prai
rie country, the prospects aro reported
bad. Along tho line of tho Alabama
Iliver tho drought is said to ho partic
ularly severe, and in somo localities
immediate raius are needed to save the
crop3 from ruin. While on this sub
ject wo beg leave to call tho at
tention to the fact that tho public is
allowing itself to bo drawn into the
other extreme regarding tho condi
tion of tho crops. There has been an
improvement since June, no ono can
doubt, but it must be remembered
that without this change tho crops in !
this section would have been a total !
failure. So far but little or no fruit'
has been made, and wo consider tho j
crop in its most critical condition, ono |
in which it will require the most favor- 1
able seasons for development.— Mobile j
Regular. \
Why are sheep the least moral of
the animals ? Because they gambol iu
their youth, spend much of their time
on the turf, many of them are blacklegs,
and they all get fleeced at last.
Mr. Charles Thompson recently ran
his bond against a young lady during
a cotilion. “Ah ! excuse mo, dear, ’ lie
cried ; “did it hurt, ah V” “No, sir, it’s
too soft to hurt anything,” she replied.
YOL. VI. —NO 29.
What Railirnlism Him done.
It disfranchised thousands of white
citizens.
It invaded the Federal Constitution.
It usurped the sovereignty of the
States. .
It annihilated ten States.
It abolished civil, laws in certain!
parts of tho United States.
It created military c mmissions to'
try civil cases.
It suspended hebeaa corpus in time
of profound peace.
It denied to tho white citizens trial
by jury, five years alter the late war
ended.
It endorsed tho outrages of Holden,
and othors.
It encourages tho negroes to idle
ness.
It gave about two hundred millions
of acres to the public domain within
the last two years to corporations of
rich capitalists.
It broke every plodge it over made
to the people.
Tt unseated Democratic Congresmtfetf
who woro duly elected.
It squandered the public treasure.
It refused to prosecute tile theives
of public monoy.
It attempted to corrupt the ballot
box.
It has taxed every species of prop
erty of the poor man.
It exempted tho rich man’s bonds
from taxation.
It payed the rich mart in gold.
It payed the soldier, his widow and
orphan in greenbacks.
It appointed spies in evory eommu
nity.
And now socks its perpetuation By
tho enactment of infamous laws to
prevent Democrats from voting.—Lou
ise ills Democrat.
If you want to glido smoothly, use'
tho oil of patience trooly.
An Indianapolis wedding was post
poned because tho man got drunk on
his way to the bride’s residence ami
lost the license.
Two young men were turned out of
tho church iu *Springfield, Long Is
land, for playing euchre on a young
lady’s lap during tho sermon.
“Give tho devil his duos” reads wolf
enough in n proverb, but what would
become of you and mo if this arrange
ment is carried out ?
A New Orleans man who tried {o'
frighten his wifo by playing burglar
hopes to rocovor, evon if thoy can’t
find tho ball.
An old gentleman being asked what
he wished for dinner, repliod : “An
appetite, good company, something to
oat and a napkin.
Statistics. —Os tho 1,001 young la
dies who fainted last year, DOS fell iif
the arms of gentlemen, two foil on tho
floor, and one into a water bucket.
A littlo fellow going to Church for
the first time, whore tho pews wero
very high, said oncoming out, “I wont
in a cupboard and took a seat on the
shelf.”
The yoxing lady who sang, “I wish
somebody would come,” has had her
dosiro gratified. Eleven country cous
ins have arrived and intend to stay all
summer.
A German out West being required
to give a receipt in full, produced the
following aftor much mental effort: “I
ish full. I vants no more money.—•
John Swaekhammer.”
An officer on a review day happonod
to bo thrown from liis horso. As ho
lay sprawling on tho ground, he said
to a friend who ran to his assistance,
“I thought I had improved in my rid
ing, but I find I have fallen off.
“What brought you to prison, my
colored friend 7” “Two constables,
sail.” Yes, but I moan had intemper
ance anything to do with it ?” Yes,
sah, dey was bofo of ’em drunk.”
“Leave you, my friend,” said a tip-'
sy fellow’, clinging to ad amp post ona
dark night, “loavo you in a condition,
not to tako care of yourself! Never ! ’
On hearing the report that the
shocking condition of the firemen’s
hoso had resulted in tho destruction of
property, a woman sat up all night
darning her husband’s socks.
“Mothor,” said a little girl who was
making her doll an apron, “I believe
I will boa Duchess when I grow up.”
“llow do you over expect to become a
Duchess, my daughter?” “Why, by
marrying a Dutchman, to bo sure,” re
plied the girl.
Some girls will never learn to re
strain tho natural impulses of their
nature. A minister was baptizing a
girl at Bipon, Wis, and when ho had
subme-iged her and came out of the
watos, he asked her how she felt in
her mind. Ilor answer was, “All
hunky, only a little wet. ’
Doeply were we affected ott reading'
the other day of a young lady who, be
ing told that her lover had been sud
denly killed, cried, ‘Oh, that splondid
gold watch of his ! Give me that—
give mo something to remember himi
by.’ Touching simplicity.
‘Paddy, my hoy,’ said a gentleman:
to a fellow whom he observed fishing
away at a deep pool, ‘that must be a
favorite stream for trout.’ ‘Faith, and
sure it must be that same, for I havo
been standing hero this throe hours,
and not one of ’em will centre out of it.’
“I was not aware that you knew
him,” said Tom Smith to an Irish!
friend the other day. “Know him,”
said he, in a tone which comprehended
tho knowledge of more than one life,
“I knew him when his lather was 4
boy.”