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ONE OF THE "JIN ERS,”
Miuish r of the Masons, and God- 1
ides of Hdpe of the Odd Fellows,I
A Woman Who Thouoht Sui: and Sword Swallower of tlu
Fmnigans, and Virgin Orns
tin* Grange, and Grand Mogul
of tin* Solis of Indolence, and
wo-Edged Tomahawk of the
She was about forty-live years! United Order of Blrtek men, find
old, well dressed, lmd black hair, 1.ale-Bearer of the Merciful Man
Had Jubt Grounds for Divorcr.
[Manchester (A T . II.) Mirror.'] Two-1 1
rather thin, and tinged with gray,
and eves in which gleamed the fires
of a determination not to be easily
balked. She walked into Major
Huso’s office, and requested a pri
vate interview, and having obtain
ed it, and satisfied herself that the
law students were not listening at a
key hole, said slowly, solemnly and
impressively:
‘1 want a divorce,’
‘What fort I supposed you had
one of tin* best of husbands,’ said
the Major,
‘I s’pose that's what everybody
thinls, if they knew wlmt I’ve suf- .
fired in ten venrs they'd wonder 1 *'!, homo it, liopm ho d got
l.ad’nt scalded him long ago. j •’•■H lm.*rl n.fhn* n h„t >tr
ought to, but for the sake of the
young ones I've borne it and said
nothing. I’ve told him, though,
what he might depend on, and now
the time’s come. 1 won’t stand it,
voung ones or no young ones; I'll
have a divorce, and if the neigh
bors want to blab themselves hoarse
about it they can, for 1 won’t stand
it another day.’
‘Hut what's the matter? Don’t
your husband provide for yon? Isn't
ho true to you'/ Don’t ho treat
you kindly?'pursued the lawyer.
‘We get victuals enough, and I
don’t know lmt lie's as true and
kind as men in general, and he’s
never knocked none of us down, i
wish he luu), then I’d get him into
jail and know where he was nights,’
retorted the woman.
‘Then what’s your complaint
against him/’
‘Well, if you must know, he’s
one of them plnguey jiners.’
‘A wlint;’
‘a ii,«T „„oofti,™ii«.Kiyfi» 1 ,i s v l ;;"', .ibiUf'ibd
Mnollii"g.L| 1( . 11 !•„, (jil . u lf
i here can t nothing come along
that's dark and sly and hidden, but
he’ll jine it. If anybody' should
get up a society to burn his houseiVviien
down, he'd jine it just as soon nsitheir
iKins, nrid Skipper of tlm Guild
of Cara tine Columbus, and Big
Wizard of the Arabian Nights,
and Pledge-Passer of flic Reform
Club, and Chief Bulger of the
Irish Machinists, and Purse
Keeper of the Order of Canadian
Conscience, and Double-Barrel
ed Dictator of the Knights of
the Brass Circles, and Standard
Bearer of the Royal Archangels,
and Sublime Porte of the Onion
League, and Chambermaid ol
the Celestial Cherubs,and l’ruis-
sapt Potentate of tin* Petrified
Pig-Stickers, and the Lord only
knows what else, I 've borne it
_ w 'em
j all jiimd after a while,but 'faint'
no use; and when he’d got into
a new one, and been made
Grand Guide of the Nights
Horror, i told him I’d quit ; and
I will.’
Here the Major interrupted,
saving:
‘Well, your husband is pretty
Well initiated, that’s a fact; but
the Court will hardly call that
good cause for a divorce. Tin
most ol the societies you men
tion arc composed of honorabh
men, and have excellent Repu
tations. Many of them, though
ealT'd lodges, are relief associa
tions and mutual insurance com-
pains, which, if y our husband
should die would take care of
you, and would not see you stil
ler if you were sick.’
I ^ ‘See me suffer when I’m sick !
Take care of me when lie’s (lead!
Weil, 1 guess not. I can lake
pare ol myself when he’s dead,
land, if 1 can’t, I can get another
There's plenty of ’em. And
es
NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.
S.\M'KiisNii,j,K, Ga., Jiui. 20th,1880,
All persona are hereby forbidden n
ofjUnder penalty of the law, from hunt
ing and fishing or trespassing in
any manner on t ho lands of the un
dersigned :
H. N. HOLLIFIELD,
W. II. PARSONS,
MAI. RAWLINGS,
WM. MARTIN,
nnr 3,1880—Oni
L W. ^cSABTY.
The Only FIRST CLASS PAINTER
IN
j-
w
'ILL work for anybody that
feels disposed to pay a rea
sonable price for a good job.
S3tt
THE
YOUR S P E CTAC L E s AUGUSTA STORE
Till’
FROM
People’s.
TIE NEW
&T€^ME!
Mrs. S. Fannie ./ernigan,
Has opened a JYotion Store, next
JERNHiAN S JEirELRV
want to be siek and suffer^ its
none ol tlieir business, especial!\
; a ft e r the still-ring I've had
1 ain’t sick because ol
, ,, ...... , , - - carryin’s on. And yon
h° coultl b re .' "!' U." 1 11 l he y. Il,ld h'jneeilu’l try and make me believe
it’s all rig
mt it is
and
■Sam
pay to get in, he'd go all the sud-
dener. We hadn't been married Ry
inoro'n two months before he jinotl;man that jim s
the Know Nothin's. Wo lived onlthat he don’t
n farm then, and e\ery Saturday home
night he’d come tourin' in before sup u til\
per, grab a fistful
and go oil’ knawin’
the last I'd scoot him till morning.
And every other night he’d roll and
tumble m his sleep, and holler,
‘Put none hut Americans on guard
—George Washingtonand on rai
ny days he'd go out into the corn
barn and jab at a picture of the|art
Pope with an old lmgnet
there. I ought to put my foot
down then; hut ho fooled mo so
with bin lies about the Pope’s com
ing to make all Yankee girls marry
Irishmen, and to eat all the babies the Republicans"!
that warn’t born with n cross onto make a woman
their foreheads, a»d m I Ft him
on, and encouraged him in it.
»itlmr. I know
to live with t
so many lodges
never hid go at
signs his name,' Youi
, Smith, M. M., I. O
ot nut-cakes, 0. F., K. <). 15., K. of.p., p. 0 t
cm, and that's]11R. A. 11. I. 1. P, K of Y,
N. ( '., L. E. T., II. E. it., R. LP. ,
X. Y. Z., etc.’”
’Gii, that’s harmless amuse
ment,’ remarked Mr. 11 use.
She looked him square in the
eye and said: d believe you
a jiner yourself.’ //o tub
that was mitted Hint lie was to a certain
extent, find site rose and said, ‘J
wouldn’t have tlnmgt it. A man
like you, chairman ot a Sabbath
School, and Superintendent ol
It's enough
t a Re piseii.
go 1 But 1 don’t want anything lo do
of you. I want a lawyer that
‘Then lie jined the Masons.■don't; belong to nobody nor to
P'raps you know what them bcjuoiliin.’” And she boned out of
but 1 don’t ’cept they think they're tin
the same kind of critters that buiit
Solomon's Temple, and took care
of his concubines; and of all the
darned nonsense and gab about
w >.shipful master rid s quins and
com passes and sich, tt.at we had
in the house lor the next six months,
you never see the beat. And he's
never outgrowed it anther. What
do you think of a man, Squire,
that'll dress hissell in a white
apron, big enough for a monkey’s
bib, and go marching up and down,
and making motions and talking
office.
M’EIIY MAxTlAS A (’llAN( K.
“One day las’ fawl,” began the
President of the Lime Kiln Club,
as Elder Toots settled back tor his
usual nap, “I war' passin’ up An
toinestreet’an* I seed Cutwater
Smith as siltin’ on de fence. Inde
airly winter I passed dat way agin,
an’ 1 saw him huntin’ de streets for
wood. De odde- day I had "biz-
the foolishest lingo at a picture oI ness wid him, an’ I found’ de f'am-
George Washington in a green jack
ct, and a truss on his stomach'.
ly out o’ fewel ‘out o’ purvishune,
an' wuss off fur cloths dan my ole'
Ain t lie a loonytick ? Well, that’s cow ever was fur a blanket,
my Sam, an’ I’ ve stood it as longjkcnw what would happ de fust time
rs I’m goin’ to.
‘The next lunge the fool
j I saw him roostin’on de fence. I
made tell ye, cull'd men, de man who
was into the Odd Fellows. I made roosts on de fence inde fawl will
it warm for him when lie camejluig a cole stove an’ look into an
home and told me he'd jined theinpemty cupboard all winter. Dis
hut he kinder pacified mo by tell- j world owes no man a Jibin',
jug me that they had ji sort of any member of dis c.lub has has got
branch show that took in women, dat ideah under his kinks, lie
and he'd get me in as soon as lie.wants to wollop it out right away
found out how to do it. Well, one What de world owes a man, an'
night he come home and said I'd what it gibs to ebery man, is a fair
SHE WILL KEEP OX HAND A [J, THE TIME
ZEPHYR, HOSIERY, NEEDLES, ZEPHYR NEEDLES', TOWELS
/ / A NK EIIOH / EES CO MRS, HUTTONS, IONS, SOAPS, CANVASES for
ZEPHYR WORE, DOLLS, TOYS, MAHRLES, It ALLS, FINE & COM-
MON DANDY, SLATES, PENCIL, PENS, HAMRURG EDGING, ,tc.
Fans, and Gloves.
HOW Cl I HAP I WILL SELL
Buy The Improve Weed
SEWING MACHINE, only $28
on k or’ rim
I.DI'.ST .MACH INKS IX THE
COUNTRY.
THE LATEST OUT,
. I TTAG11MENTS, STYLE
CUT. FOR SALE II Y
TIiopp wliolmvo -II Iisi'il T lie l'<njiU-.s Mneliliic
"'ll! iiivlc i- it to 11!! iitliciK, mill AUK.VIS Mcllimr it
11 ’/'/>;r , , , iD"- 1 •' "it"! tin- i’Eill'I.E wiint. ltionki s till-
II I l II vl // /.:-lintil, 1 ■ Mii-li. Hills -Ii.-llv, iloi-Hthi- Wlili-st rmim.
/ / Ik A l,n '^ " ^ |( ‘ ImiBBiih \\ it Ik m t running tint
works ol Hu* Mn ltiug. Write lor (lmm>tiv<* dr-
cularH uinl purlirularVi
A. J.Jernigan
If. .1
npr 'jo Ihso — ti
-S: A. l'\ I J)KN FI LD. Agrnt*,
11 WatII»»y. da
Comity
Board of
lion.
IMucn-
er
Blacksmith, Machinist and
WOODWORKER,
W ishes to inform the public that he is still on hand doing noth-
SANDEltSVILLE, GA.
uk f
Wishing to inform the citizens
of Washington and adjoining
counties tliat having again open
ed a first class
BOOT AND SHOE SHOP.
I am prepared to furnish my oldi
customers and as many newl
ones as may come with boots
and shoes of the best stock that
can be bought and at prices as
low as the “Butchers.” I am
new receiving ui)’Summer styles
and samples, and the citizens
are invited to call and examine
my stock and new fixtures be
fore making other arrangement
for summer shoes. Line Boots
Shoes and Gaiters made on
short notice, also 1 guarantee a
fit or no sale. Repairing done
with neatness and dispatch
work warranted not to cut
the eye, bind under the arms
nor pinch around the toes,
Plow nil blow vu gmitlo Breezes,
All among the leaves ami, ITecsses,
Mug all sing ye heavenly muses,
WliiI.* 1 mend jour boots ami shoses.
Call at North corner public
square, up stairs, sign Premium
Boot Shop.
B. C. HOLT, Agt.
apr 3—2111
1 he* Board of Education will
meet in the Court House in San-
idersville on the first Tuesday in
May at lOlJ o’clock, for the trails
jac ion of business. Trustees are .
requsted to notify the Board eith-i'AYj 511 '- first class work in the above branches of mechanism.
;or in person or by letter of the
number of schools required, and,
names of Teachers recommended
: for positions in- their several sub-1
j Districts. All persons having bus-J
mess with the members of the j
Board can meet them at the time
designated. 15y order of
1 MACON WART HEN,
1 'resident,
I Lira! 10 N’. 1 IolikIkld,
I Secretary
WATCHES,'
CLOCKS and
JEWELRY ,
REPAIRED BY
Also agent for
Liddell's Patent Portable
t Engines; Saw JUlils, Corn and
If heat -aMills
And MACHINERY for Plantation, Custom or Merchant 'Mills.
Call and see me on north end of 1 [arris street,
Sandersville, Ga. apr 20-tl
|J
A a
NEXT DOOR
Jernigam
* « 130’
ADAM’S LIVERY STABLE
I am prepared to do all kinds of
©
TAX NOTICE—LAST ROUND.
1 will attend the following nam
ed places on tb.e days specified for
the purpose of receiving the Tax
If Returns for the State and county
Taxes for the year 188O:
been
.*eu in
laek-br
imposed, and somebody laid ehance airn his bread an’butter
jailed me. Did it liisself, ol h’ar people groanin’ out dat luck
want me round,is agin ’em. Out upon luck! Ifluck
/x ' meansanythin,’ it’sbsteady work an’
bind
.i.use. Didn't
k wing to bis
goings on.
Of
trse be didn't, and I told him so. takin’ care of de shillins. Oder
Tut a be jined the Sons of Mal-jfolks am whinin’ aroun’ dat dey
ter, Didn't say nothing to me
about it. but sneaked off one night,
pretendin’ he'd gut to set up with
a sick Odd Fellow; and I’d never
found it out, only lie came home
looking like a man that had been
X€&Jkm
For Violins, Accordeons, Bows
Strings, Rosin Boxes, 8cc.
AT REASONABLE PRICES. ALSO DEALER IN
BiiMat ©as©, Ootflss a»4
CASKETS,
April, iotli 1880 tf
At Prices to suit tlic“Tiiuc.s
bev no show cben the dies an’ skee
ters bev a show! Ebery man ha;
a chance to reach up, but when, lu
makes a saloon his headquarter;
he’s got to reach down. 1 doan
go much on public charity myself. Temiille
1 wo
lie 0
from
wusser, jim 11
and t’other,
Tanner’s
Monday
may.
3
1 )avisboro
Tuesday
it.
4
Cato’s
XYednesday
((
.3
(files’
Thursday
a
6
Clay's
Friday
ti
f7
1
Robison’s
Monday
it
iO
McBride’s
Tuesday
a
11
Wammoek
s Wednesday
a
i2
Lamb's
Thursday
a
13
Riddloviilc
Friday
a
14
Hebron
Monday
17
1 TosscFs
Tuesday
a
IS
Peacock’s
Wednesday
a
19
Wartben’s mill Thursday
a
20
Tabe made
Friday
a
21
Temiille
Monday
a
24
warfhens store Wednesday
a
28
Fourteen c.
k r Friday
a
2U
Jernigan, has
nice new Jew
elry, clocks
and Sewing
Machines foj Fresh Drugs, Medicines,
Pin 4* iiATiirg',. ■
KEEPS ON HAND ALL THE TIME
sale cheap.
Chetpicals, 4*#*., 4*c.
-A LSG F1NE-
through a threshing machine, andjbut when I am gibin’ I’d sooner
1 wouldn’t do a thing for him t il) gib to a wideawake thief than to a
lie owned up. And so it's gone'whinin complainin’ loafer. Dei In Sander,-ville every Saturday
from bad to wus, and from wus to curtain will now be lifted on de reg- until the books are closed.
tins and that Mar time table of bizness. Detroit 1
lie's Worship Free Press.
HERMANN T,
may 4
gars, Tobaccos, Lamps and
Fixtures, Perfumery,
TOILET AND WASHING SOAPS, AND EVERYTHING IN
THE DRUG LINE. PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT ALL
hours.