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BY U. L. WESTON &O.
FOR HIS BROTHER'S SAKE,
The True History of a Life of
5 Self-Sacrifice,
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“BY COL. GEORGE W. SYMONDS,
“The Gover: or ‘pardoned Jolin
Brisben, a penitentiary conviet, to
day. Hewas sent up from Bour.
bon for fifteen years for forgery,
and had ten years'yet. to serve, . ‘
Our readers are familiar with the
history of this ease, and the hu-l
mane aetion of His Exeellency |
will be generally’ commended.”—
Frankfort (Ky.) Yoeman. !
I read this little paragraph and |
my mind went back six years., 1|
knew- John Brisben, and § :1.0
knew his twin brother, Joseph. 1|
was familinr with the details of |
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the eetion that placed John Bris.
‘ben in a felon’s cell, and now,
when ‘the sad "affair is brought
back to mind so vividly, T must
write it out, for never before have
1 met, in prose or poetry, in real
or in romance, a greater hero than
plain, matter-of-fact John Bris.
ben.
The Drishens came of good
stock. 1 think the great-grand
father of my hero emigrated to
Kentueky when Kenton's Station,
between the Jresent city of Mays.
ville and the historic 6ld town of
Washington, was the principal
settlement on the “dark and bl ody
ground.” He came from Upper
Yensylvania and loeated about five |
miles from the Ohio river, on‘
Limestone creck. He was an in
dusirions, strong-l'mbed, lion
hearted old fellow, and in a few
years his surroundings were of
the mest comfortable deseription.
One of his sons, Edwin Brishen,
once represented Kentueky in the
Federal Congress. I think he
was the grandfa her of John and
Joseph Brisben.” Their father's
name was Samuel and he died
when they were little children,
leaving his widow an excellent
blue grass farm and a snug little
fortuse in stocks, bonds and mort
gages. The widow remained single
until her ‘death. Mrs. Samuel
Brisben wasa good woman and
she idolized her twin boys. Like
most twing, the brothers resem
ble each other in a striking man
ner, and even intimate acquaint
ances could not tell theim apart.
But although'the physical resem
blance was so elrong theve was
great dissimilarity in the disposi
fions of the twins. Joseph was
surly and morose, sometimes eun
ping and revengful. He was with-
La dreamer and an enthusiast; a
man well learned in books, a bril
vent, frothy talker when he chose |
to be soeiable (which was seldom,)
a splendid horseman, and a good
shot. John Brisben, on the con
erary, waus cheerful and bright
uornble and forgiving. iré
was a man of high moral p!‘inc‘l‘
ui, iniensely practical and meth
:;('-:: gare’d | ”}.‘ for ;h ‘n',, and,
ngh he suid bub little, waqa
lendid ecmpanion. He was
Gor. horse IAL, :I!.‘{ 7L i‘{\‘zx“u ”\;?'v\
12 ever shot a gan in his life. H:
BwW nnihlng of the poetry of ,EZ:'
wnd as for sport, hel enjoyed hin
oif only when at hard work. He
loved his brother, and wheu they
were boys together sullered pun
ishment many times, and uncom
plainingly, t-fn..t “Jodie” might go
-cot free. His life was, therefore
:ne constant sacrifico, but the ob
ject of this loving adoration made
but shabby returns for this un
selfish devotion.
They were 20 years old when
their mother died very suddenly.
Joseph made a great pretfense of
grief, and was so hysterical at the
grave that ke had to be led away.
John, on the contrary, never
demonstrative, took the great afllic
tion with his customary coolnees.
He gaid but little and shed no
tears.
The property left to the boys
was considerable. The day they
were 21 yearsold, the trustees
met and made their settlement.
There was the blie-grass farm,
valued at $50,000, and 100,000 in
¥woll invested securities wlhich
could be turned into money.—
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Joseph demanded a division. i
“Y on can take the farm John,”
he said. “I was never cut out for
a farmer. Give me $75,000 in
mooney for my share.”
So that sort of a division was
made. John continued on at the
homestead, working in his plain,
methodieal way, and slowly add
ing to his share of the money what
he could raise out of the profits of
the farm. Joseph with his newly
acquired wealth, set up an estab
lishment at the nearest town and
bezan a life of pleasure of the
grosser sort. His brother gave
him no advice, for he knew it was
wseless, Joseph spent his money
with great prodigality and before
he knew it he was a beggar. In
the meantime John’s &25,000 had
doubled itself. One day_ Joseph
came to him with a full confes
gion of his pecuniary troubles.
“«John,” said he, “I am not only
beggar, but I am heavily in debt.
Help me out like a good fellow,
and I will settle down and begin
life in sober carnest. With my
lcapncity for business I eamrsoon
' make money enough to repay you.
{ I have sown my wild oats, and
with a little Lelp T can soon re
cover alldhat T have squandered
s 0 foolishly.”
For an answer John DBrisben
placed his name to an order for
€25,000 he had earned so labori.
ously.
“Will that be enough, Jodie?”
he asked, “becanss I have as much
‘more, which you can have if it is
Decessary,” :
“This will be suflicient, old fel
low,” was the reply. “In two
years I will pay it back.”
He went back to town, drew his
money, paid his debts, sold some
of his horses and discharged scv-}
eral of his' servants. Twenty |
thousand - dollars was left out of
the loan. Hae invested thisin bus. ‘
inessand for ‘a while seemed to ]
have really reformed. John was |
encournged to say: |
_“Jodie will come out all right.
He is smarter than I, and infive
years will be worth more money
then I could make in a life time.”
__lnless than three yoars Joseph
Brisben’s affairs were in the hands
of his creditors, and a sheriff’s
ofiicer closed out his business.—
Ag:zin he turned to his brother for
heip and sympathy,
“I own that I managed a trifle
carelessly, ”” he said by way of ex
planation. “Experience is a dear
teacher, and the lesson I have
learned T shall never forget., 1f
you come to my assistance now I
can soon recover my-elf.”
T s i ReL R PR
Once more John Brisben placed
Liis name to a check payable to the
order of his brother, and Joseph
entered into business again. In
two years he was a bankrupt.
“I shall never succeed in busi
ness, John,” e said. “Help me
out of this trouble, and I will live
with you on the farm. I shall
succeed as a farmer.”
It took all of John Brishen’s
hoard to pay his brother's debts,
but he made no ecomplaint, uttered
no reproach. He said:
“I am glad you are coming back
to the farm, Jodie. You need do
ro work and we will be very hap
py together.”
So Joseph took up his residence
at the farm, and remembering his
brother’s words, devoted his time
prineipally to hunting, fishing and
riding about the country. lln the
weantime John Brisben had fal
len in'love, and the daughter of a
neighboring farmer, Compton, by
name, was his promised wife.—
Being a man of striet honor him
self, and having full confidence in
his brother,. be did not objoct
when Joseph began to pay his
affiznced very marked attention.
“I am glad he likes her,” he
thonght. “lam so busy on the
furm that I have little time for
pleasure, and Alice is so fond of
amusement.”
Oune nightt Joseph came to him
just as the shadows of evening
were beginning to fall. There
svas o triwmphant ring in his voles
hen he spoke.
“Jobn, old bv, he said, hold
mg out his hand, “congratulate
wme. 1 think from to-day I ean
date the beginning of a new life.
Alice Compton has promised to be
my wife.”
He was too much engrossed
with his new happiness to see the
effect of this announcement as por
troyel on John's face. He did
not notiee the strong man’s hand
tremble in his own.
“Is this true?” faltered John at
last.
“Why, of course it is. Are you
not glad? We love each other 1
and shall be very happy. ‘
“We love each other, and shall
be very happy!” repeated Join
mechanically, and all the sunshine
of his life sank behind the heavy
clouds of despair. “Yes, Jodie, 1
am glad, and I wish you long years
of happiness.
He turned away and staggered,
rather than walked, to his own
room. e did not stir all night.
Once a deep, sobbing groan strug
gled to his lips, and the moon
beams struggling though his win
dow fell upon his face, and sur
prised two great tears stealing
down his pale cheeks. He brush
el away this evidence of weak
ness and sorrqw, and when the
norrow came, no one looking into
is calm, serene eyes would have
’guessed how hard was the baittle
that had been fought and won in
that lonely chamber.
They were married, and the
man rejected by the bride and
supplanted by the groom was the
first to congratulate the newly
married pair. A vacant house on the
farm was fitted up for their recep
tion and John Drisben’s money
paid for the furnishing.
“«Hereafter, Jodie,” he said, “we
will divide the profits of the farm.
1 don’t need mueh, and you shall
have the larger share.”
Ten years ‘passed away, and
John Brisben, an old ‘man before
his time; still worked from dawn
till dark that bis brother might
play the gentleman and keep in
comfort the large family which
the years had drawn round him.—
it had been nec ssary to mortgage
Dawson, Ga., Thursday, October 18, 771883;
| the old homestead, to raise money
to pay Jodie’s gambling debts, for
of }ate years he had played heavi
ly, and had invariably 16st,
i One day—lt was in the summer
of 1877—a forged check was pre
l sented at oneof the banks at the
shire town, by Joseph Brisben,
and the money for which.it called
was unhesitatingly paid over to
him. He was under the influence
of liquor at the time, and deeply
interested ind game of cards for
high stakes, which was in pro
gress. The cheek was for $2,500
I think. Befere daylight the next
morning Joseph Brisben had lost
every dollar ef it. To ‘drown his
| chagrin he beeame beastly drunk,
and while in this condition an
officer arrived and apprehended
him for forgery and uttering a
forged check.: The prisoner was
!conflm--—l in jail, and word of his
| disgrace was sent John Brisben,
' The latter read the messege, and a
'mist came over his eyes. He
groaned audibly, and {)ut for a
strongeffort of the will he would
have fallen to the floor, so weak
’enod was hie by the shock.
- “She must not knm_v it,” he
said to himself, and he ‘made’in
stant preparations to visit his
brother. When he reached the
jail he was admitted to the cell of
the wretehed eriminal. The
brothers remained together for |
several hours. What ]?fissml dur
ing the interview will never be
known. When John Brishen
emerged “from the ‘jail he went
straight to the magistrate who had
issued the warrant for the appre
hension of Joseph Drisben. |
“Squire,” he said, in his slow |
besitating way; “you have made a
mistake.”
“In what way, Mr. Brisben?”
asked the magistrate, who had a
high regard for his visitor,
“You have caused the arrest of
an innocent man.”
“But”— began the magistrate.
“Issue an order for my brother’s |
instant release. He is innocent of
the intent to do wrong. I am the |
guilty man. T forged the name of
Charles Ellison to the check he |
uttered. He did not know that it
was a forgery.” |
“You!” eried the astounded mag
istrate. “You a forger—impossi
ble.”
“Nothing is impossible in these
days,” said the white-haired old
man sternly. .“I alone am guilty. |
My brother is innocent.”
So stoutly did he aver that he
was the forger that the magistrate
issued a warrant for his arrest,
and at the same time he wrofe an
order to the jailor for the release
of Joseph Brishen.
“My constable will be in soon,”
said the magistrate, but the uldl
hero picked up both of the pa
pers. ;
“IL will not trouble Lim,” be ‘
said; “I will execute both papers.”
And he did. Handing the jail
or both papers, he explained their
menning thus:
“They have made a mistake. It
is I who am to be your prisoner.
My brother is innocent.”
Accordingly Joseph Brisben
was released and leturned to the
farm. John remained at the jail
a prisoner. When the extraordi
nary affair became known several
promiuvent citizens offered to go
on the accused man’s bond, but he
would not accept their kind offers.
At the trial he pleaded guilty and
wus sentenced to fifteen years im
prisonment at hard labor in the
penitentiary. Joseph eame to see
tim before he was removed to
Frankfort, but their interview was
a private one. S s
Joseph Brisben remained at the
farm, but was a changed man.—
From the day he was released
from jail down fo the time of his
death, he was mnever known to
touch a card, and a drop of li
quor never passed his lips. Last
April he died, and his eonfession,
duly sworn to before a justice of
the peace, was made public after
the burial. In substince it was
this: That he was guilty of the
forgery for which his heroic
brother was suffering a long im
prisoument.
“It was my brother’'s wish, not
mine,” reads the document. “He
inststed that he had no ties of
blood or marriage, could better
suffer the punishment and the dis
girace than I who had dependent
upon me a large family.”
- Noble Jolin Brisben! Of such
stufl are heroes made.
TFuaneral music should always be
re-hearsed.
Goeg without saying—the deaf
and dumb alphabet.
The whole is sunrarior to the
half. That is why a hole in a half
dollar peice downs it. |
The best violincello player is a
great Braga, and it is not strangs
tkat the ehampion cornet player is
a wonderful blower.
We read in an exchange of a
young lady having been crazy by a
sudden kigs. This should teach
young ladies to be constantly ex
pecting something of that kind,
and to be prepared for it when it
- COmes,
{ A Sister’s Kigs.
~ “Now, Tom, what will youa have to
drink?” ‘
*Nothing more than 1 have, Ro
land,” and the speaker faising a
glass of water to his lips as he look
ed toward the comparion with whom
he was dining at a hotel.
“Nonsense, Tom ; surely yon will
not refuse to take a friendly glass
with me ?* |
“Of anything stronger than this,
yes” 3
“Buty Tom, you do not mean me
to understand that you never touch
it ; that you have not sufficient self
respect to touch it as only a gentle
men should 7
“Roland, I have known sfronger
]' men than I, with just as nitch self
| respect who have yielded to the
i tempter and gone beyond the limits
of the social glass, but even the
knowledge of that might not have
’ kept me from indulging.” |
- “What was it, then ?”
“A sister's kiss.”
“Bah! sentimental nonsense!
Did she bribe you with a kiss 1’
“No ; but listen.”
I have a sister just coming into
womanhood—one of the purest, lov
liest women I think God ever made.
I bave always bad, whether I de
served it or not, a large share of her
waim young heart, andevery evening
when I enter the house she puts her
arms about my neck and kisses e,
with a glad look of welcome in he
eyes,
Roland, there are many things I
prize in this life, but I would give
them all up rather than that evening
kiss. I thought, as you did ouee,
that I could take a friendly glass and.
let it go so far and uo fartber, and I
even had the glass in my hands 0
carry it to my lips for the first time,
when the thought of the kiss I would
have tlat evening, came into my
mind. Could I take itif I drank the
wine ?
“Would not the oder of it still
cling to my breath and poison the
kiss? I knew then that I must give
up one or the other, the glass was
put back, for I could not give up
the other, and then I registered a
solemn vew that, if I could help it,
uo stain of that kind should ever
soil my sister's lips, A few even
ings after that we were out together
where the soewl glass was handed
round. Now, there was no oue
there who did not counsider Limselt
csentlewan, and who would not, un
der any eircumastances, bave kept
within bounds before ladies, and
vet I saw my sister shrink from any
she had seen touch the wine, and
when we went home she spoke ot it
and laving ber head on my shoulder,
said sadly : '
“I¢ makes me feel sorry for ti.eir
sisters, Ton.”
“Yom,” said his companion, so
berly. you have not gone too far—
no, not even in ex¢luding me from
your howe, 1 think I will like you all
the better for it. T am glad you
bave told me what you bLave. Ifl
had a sister—
“Would you have done the same?
Then do it now. Stop for the suke
of any other fellow's sister. Sarcly,
the time will come when you will
want another's sister for your own.
“I don't knew, Tom,” was the
hesitated reply. “If I did stop for
the sake of auy other fellow’s sister,
what you have said makes me a lit
tle envious: Suppose I were to stop
and thén grow so very envious
“Roland,” said his companion,
looking up, I must give her up to
‘some one I know, and there is vo
one to whom b would so willingly
give her as to you ”
“Then, Fom, my word for it, that
I will not touch wine again so long
as I live. Your sister’'s kiss has
saved me as well as you—from
what 7 God knows.
Young men, there are other sis
ters in this worll like the oue just 1
mentioned, and sach sisters make
wives such as a man may be proud
of having won.
Tor the sake of one yon may meet
who would make your home so
bright and - cheerful yor would be
glad to go to it, sure of a welcome
—for her sake stop ere it be too late
bring no shadow of that kind into
her life, but be strong to resist, that
the time may come when she will
put her hand in yours and tell yon,
lyou have mude ber life a very happy
one.~Authur's Magazine,
Mr I B. Battle, Wadley, Ga,
says: “Brown’s Iron Bitters curea
me of poor appetite, general debility
and sleeplossness,
VOL. 18-NO. 22.
Talk With a Farmer.
Eufaula Daily Balletin. *
A prominent and observant farmer
from the country informs us, that the
shortness of the present cotion crop
has caused a general disposition on the
part of tenant farmers to go back to
the wages system. Many colored far
mers who have rented land and eul
tivated it “on their own hook.” say
they prefer to work for wages, for
this will ensure them a living, which
they cannot certainly depend upon
under the tenant system. :
‘ The same farmer, asg an illust;-ation
of the unusual proportion of seed to
lint cotton this year, says that. last
year, he giuned an average of eight |
bales a day. This year, on the same
gin, and with the same power he has |
been able to gin only five bales a day,
and that only on two days, the aver
age being four. He gets as much
seed in a day’s, ginning as he did
last year, but only about half as much |
lint. One of his neighbors relates |
the same experience.
’ But after all, with provisions at a
low price, and a fair supply of corn
in the country, the farmersare not in
such bad condition as the above facts
might lead one to suppose, or as they
would have been, had they failed to
make a supply of corn. The pres
ent short cotton erop will hasten a
change in our system of farming
which will ultimately result in great,
benefit to the country. The first
step in this direction can be very
wisely taken by sowing izu-g«-ly of
oats, as soon as the weather will per
mit, on well prepared and fertlized
ground.
Close attention to The manufacture
of home eoniposts, to take the place
of costly commercial fertilizars, would
be another long ster in the direetion
of the much reeded reform.
Mr.G. H. Gulpin, Wadley, Ga.,
says: “My wife used Brown’s Iron
Bitters for weakness and debility
with good eflect.” :
Be Sure to Sow Oa's.
The Enquirer-Sun has several times
volunteered its advice to the farmers
of this section with reference to sow
mg oats. If its heeded itwill not on
ly prove a blessing to the agricult
ural community, but will be of gener
al interest to the eountry at large.
The various industries are dependent
one upon the other and to impede
the interest of the farmer is to clog
the motive power of the whole ma
chinery. The prosperity of agricult
ure very largely depends upon the
raising of honre supplies upon the
plantation, and unless the farm is
self sustaining there isnot nor cén
there be any success. One of the
items which goes very far in this
direction is the raising of a sufficient
quantity of oats. The farmer with
his well filied barn of oats is indepen
dent of western corn for his plow
stock and need not pay ruinonscred
it prices for suchk provender. We
have known mules to keep sleek and
fat through the entire plewing sea
son when fed on nothing else than
oats. It serves as long forage, and
corn as well. Those whomade good
crops of oats last spring Wive not
forgotfen how well it helped to
bridge the summer. - Tt is now about
time to prepare to pnt them into the
gronnd and if the agriculfural com
munity will devote much of their at.
tention in this direction, they will
not régreb it when the corn in their
cribs begin t& grow low. Be sure to
sow oats.—Columbus Enquirer.
A great many people feel ther,-
selves gradually failing. They Con't
know just what is the matter but they
suffer from a combination of inde
scribable aches and paing, which
‘cach month seem to grow worse.
The ouly sure remedy known that
will caunteract this feeling and re
store perfect heal’ n is Brown’s 'lron
Bitters. By vapid assimilation it
purifies the blood, drives out dis
case, gives Lealth and strength to
cvery portion reached by the eircu
latory system; renews wasted tissues
and restores robust Lealth and
strength, ]
It doesn't hurt a man’s ba'ck‘
half so mueh to bend over at
bowling, when he rolls twenty
pound balls, as it does to bend
over to black his shoes.
A legal gentleman met a broth
er lawyer one day last week, and
the following conversation took
place:. “Well, Judge, how is bus
mess?’ “Dull, dull; T am living
on faith and hope.” “Very good,
but F have got past you, for I'm
| living on ehexity.”
~ Now is the vime to pay your sub<
‘vmiptiuu
.+ R 4 rne Sitaation, - - |
Cathibert Enterprise, ; ¥y,
Our people are a liftle blas “jusé
now, and rather inelined fo eomplain
of the short cotton erop. Well, we .
have been trrveling aveund a fitfle
and ‘itis manifest that the eofton
crop is cat short and many of the
fields have been picked the last timse
for this season and. the prospect is
that the entire crop will soon be gath
ered. This is a fact without a parak
lel, we believe, since we never saw's
cotton crop so nearly all gmthered
before in the middle of October. This
at first made us a little blae, as we
were trying to make some colleetions;
80 we began to investigate the ques
tion, ‘what is the§ proportion of the
crop ¥ and we found by careful inves
tigation that the yield is about 60,per
cent.—not of the average crop, i the
run of years but of what would be a
full crop. Well, this is not so bad
after all, especially as the price is
advanced enough to_make up for the
deficiency in quantity. But is it now
true, all things considered, that this
country, and particularly this eounty,,
15 better off than it has been at any
time since the war? It certainly js.—
Then, why should our people be cast:
down? Rather let us be cheerful and.
icheer one another, and start now tor
Sow grain in these cleaned cotfon.
fields, and thus secare to our county’
plenty of bread and meat next year.-
Wo have made two goed corn crops
in succession, and the probability is
that next year will hardly be a good
corn year, therefore, we urge the far--
mers as they clean the cotton fields
t 0 80w grain in them, and thus take
advantage of a short cotton crop this
year aud do our bes. to prevent a
possible seareity of bread aud meat
next year. No doubt many of our
fields need to be sown to recuperate
thew ; and is it not true that we have
less use for cottom, when we make
pleuty of grain, and have good pas~
tures ? Does not,and have not these
very things reduced she priee of
meat, and flour so that & short cotton
orop will go as far towards supplying’
the country this winter, as a large
erop did a few winters past? Q! yes,
let ws cast off all this blue feeling
and rather make thank offerings tor
Him who hath dealt us so bountifal
ly the necessaries of life.—Crmizex’s.
A Few Doses Of Shriner’s Indian
Vermifuge, given in time, may save
ot any dollare in manege —ed fle
life of your child.
He Was a Stumbiing Block.
Negroes are sometimes very care
ful fiot to say anything to injure the
reputation of a neighbor. A gentle
man stopped at a cabin where an old
negro woman lived, and while wait~
ing for the children to get a bucket:
of water, entered into a conversation.
with her coneerning the érop pros
pects :
“I did bab fo, or five fine hogs,”
said the old woman, but da's dwine
dled down ‘tiil I ain’t got but one
now.”
“Somi¢body steal them?”
“I neber talks ‘bout my neighbors,
an’ I doan like to say what become:
ob-de shoats, I neber makes mischief
I doesn’t.”
“Did the hogs die ?”
“Da muster died ; but yer ain’t &
gwine to gil me gay nuthin’ agin my
neighbors. De man what libed up'
dar is d%ad rrow, and I ain't a gwing
to say nuthin’ #gin him.”
“Do you think that he took them ¥
“Mister, dat man's tie’éd, and f
doan wanter say nuthin agin *him §
but lemme tell you, while dat nigh
was libe'' he was a powerful stuih
blin’ black ter hogs.”—Arkatsaw
Travler,
| The Little Model Reflulf“&
! Varraratso, Currt. —Senor Bicardo
Staven, a leading commission mer
chant of this city, after Hdving ex~
hatsted all other remedizd has been'
completely cured of rheumatism by
the use of St. Jacobs Oil, the great
i paiu banisher. He males this publibs
Tue growth of the South #n¢ diate
rial and industril progress is #lustra
ted by the great expositions,and the
fact thut the Louisville Exposition is
the best thing ever done for the ad~
vancement of the south is shown by
the following words from the editor
of the Philadelphia Fimes, who says +'
“It is the largest and in all ye~
speets the most ectaplete exhibitiont
ever lLeld in the country, with the
single exception of the Centennial,
and the people of the whole:
country are to be congratulated ent
its exceptional success and benefiventt
results. The late Atlanta Exposition®
and the present Louisville i‘mprowv
ment npon it may be accepted as
dating the new departure of the rew’
South-the departure that is to diver~
sify Southern industry and vastly
_enlarge the capital of the permaneng
t prosperity of the Southern States.”