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THE MEIUIHY
A. J. JERNIGAN, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND a GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. *1.50 PER ANNUM
Vol. 1.
Sandersville, Ga., August 3, 1880.
No. 18
SANDERSyiLLE & TENNILLE
RAIL ROAD.
On and after to-day the Passenger
Train on this rood will run as follows:
f DAY PA88EMGEK TRAIN,
leaves Sandersville daily 9:15 a. m.
1 leaves Tennille daily 9:41 a. m.
heaves Sandersville daily 3:30 p. m.
leaves Tennille daily 4;10 p. m.
To insure disjxdch all articles destin
ed for (his point should be marked to
Sandersvifo^ instead of No UPS as.here-
yfore. ^ aon J - L WlN '
apr 3 * oon
NO
13, C. R. R.
ARRIVAL OF TRAINS AT
Vndau Passenger train arrives 3:54/).m
iLnday " “ “
>•„ tJioht “ 4:41 a. m
jlown Sight “ " » 10:43 p. wi
' POS'JL’ OFFICE HOURS.
7 to 11:30 A. M.
1:30 to 6 P. M.
E. A. SUL hi VAN, P. M.
B, D. EVANS,
attorney at law.
SVNDERSVILLU, GEORGIA.
April 3«1. 1880.
TTVV. 11, Whitaker,
detsttx^T*
‘SANDERSVILLE, GA,
Twk** Gash.
Office at bis resilience on Harris St,
April 3rd, tf 1880.
Dr. Wm Rawlings,
PHYSICIAN & SURGRON
Sandersville, Georgia,
Office at Sandersville Hotel
spy 10, 1880-Ay
E./. Sullivan,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Sandersville, - » Georgia,
Special Attention given to the
Collection of Claims.
OFFCE IN THE COURT HOUSE
O. If. lingers
ATTORNEY at LAW,
SANDERSVILLE GA
Prompt Attention Given To All
Business.
Office in north nvest room of
COURT HOUSE,
may 4th i880 ly
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
faniiwsriUi, to
Will pracjticc in the State ami
United State Courts,
Office in Court House.
sandersville, ga,
Office next door to Mrs, Bayne
Millinery Store on Harris street.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Sandersville,
May be consulted at his office
Baynes St. in the Masonic Lodg<
pudding from 9. A. M, to 1 P. M
and from 3 to 5P. M,; during otli-
«r hours at bis residence on Church
St, when not professionally engug
April 3rd ly 1880
80 A Speudid Offer 80
Y^u can get yoqr county paper
THE MERCURY",
THE LOU ISV t LLE WEEKLY
False.
As pure m gold, and better,
Was the love I gave to thee;
As dull an dross, and darker;
Was the love you gave to me,
As pure ns the heavens above me
Was tire life I hope to live;
Ab dark ns the world below mo
Is the life you choose to give.
As cruel ns dentlr the nuguish
Of this heart once wholly thine;
Yet 1 would not have thee languish
Iu vaiu for a love like rniuo.
With Clasped Hands.
Let mo feel your hand in mine,
Graceful, slender, soft and warm;
Lot me see those blue eyes Bhine—
Let me olasp that girlish forq—
And tho onreB that fill my breast,
Sore snddened and distressed.
Will, like sleepy birds nt evening,
Sink to rest.
Let »ne feel your hand in mine,
Nestling like a frightened dove—
Like a honison divine,
Fluttering downward from above,
By- tho touch I’ll surely know
If you love mo >vell, and so
shall see your oheeks’ warm blushes
Brightly glow.
Let me feel your hand in mine!
Darling, may I ever hold
This great, treasure nt Love’s shrine,
Which is more than genjs of gold?
Do you give a warmer press
To my flugors’ close uaress?
Then, sweetheart, I know your answer—
It is "yes.”
KATE'S ADVENTURE.
I am Kate.
Of course 1 can tell my own ad
ventures a deal better than any one
can tell thorn for me. That stands
to nature, I’m not a practiced
writer, and I don’t know how to
produce what the fashionable au
thors call “grand pen-eff cts,” but
I believe I can make you under
stand how it was. And that is all
hat is necessary;
Leeman had sprained his ankle
—that's my brother.—and he could
not go to town with the load of
russet apples that was already piled
into barrels, and stood waiting un
der the big red shed.
‘It’s too bad,’ said Ho. ‘Those
russet apples are worth a dual at
this time of the year—and wo shall
miss the market day.’
Can’t you ask Neighbor Hutton
to take them?’ said my mother.
‘Neighbor Hutton is a deal too
sharp a practitioner for me,’ said
Lceman. ‘It’s a hard tliiug to say
about a neighbor; but I can’t trust
)iiB honesty.’
Mr. Hall?’
Hall would be casting it up in
my face for the next six months,
8S e ? earfor TWO PA-
I + LRS fpr little more .than the
price of one.
8eml us $2.50 and receive your
|f.° mc P n pcr with the Conrier-Jourual,
le test,brightest and ablest Family
[Weekly
in the country.
& Mery,
repaired by
Jernigan.
;hat, I had asked a favor of him,
said Lccuian. ‘No, I’d rather lose
the apples than lose my indepen
dence. But it is too provoking that
I must needs must have slipped on
that piece of orange-peel, now, of
all times in the world. I have been
saving up these apples all the win
ter with a special eye to this par
ticular market day.’
‘Leenmd,’ said I, ‘I’ll go.’
‘NonsenseJ’ said Leeman.
<But, why not?’ said I. ‘Old
Romp is as gdntlc as a kitten, and
I know ever inch of tho way.’
(But there are the lied Swamp
Woods—that desolate stretch of
three miles, with never a house on
either side of the way, except the
deserted cabin where the old negro
hanged himself, twenty years ago,’
argued my mother.
‘Who carep for the lied Swamp
Woods?’ said I, valiantly. ‘I nev
tier was aftaid of fp°g s nnd whip-
poor-wills, and I’m not going to
begin now. Lil, will you go out
gncl help me harness, early in the
morning, and—’
‘Oh, I wish I was going, too.
Can’t I go, Kate?’ pried Lil, my
hoyden younger sister, with her
blue eyes glittering with delight at
the idea of anything unusual.
Stuff!’ cried I imperiously. ‘Of
course you can’t. Hasn’t Pomp a
heavy load enough, without your
ninety pounds "of mischief loaded
on? Besides, you must stay at
homo and take pare of mother and
Leeman, and finish the chintz cur
tains for the bjg west chamber} for
Colonel Hay may come at any
time now,’
Colonel Hay was our city boar
der—a gentleman who had been re
commended by his physician to try
the fresh pine-scented breezes of
Shawaugoenta Mountains, and
whom our rector had recommended
to the Icy Spring Farm.
We wore not rich, although
mother and Leeman had managed
the farm economically and well
since father’s death, and the week,
ly addition to our income would be
something worth considering.
Tho idea of a city boarder was
very pleasant, too, and Icy Spring
Farm was a very lovely spot, al
though wo seldom allowed our
selves to think of that.
So, aftoi a little, I coaxed mother
and Leeman to consent, and the
next morning Lil and I were up
long before daybreak, harnessing
old Pomp, and getting ready for
the day’s journey,
By tho time the red, level light
of the rising sun {touched old
Pomp’s gray mane with radiance, 1
was driving through tho Red
Swamp, where the maplo^bees from
which it took itf. name were all
aglow with crimson blossoms, au<J
the thrushes and robins called to
one another with flute-like notes.
Well, 1 managed splendidly,
knew where I was going to when I
started. 1 sold the six barrels of
russots to the man who kept tho
Park Hotel for four dollars apiece,
and that was more than Leonjun
himself anticipated.
Be careful you don’t got robbed
now,’ said the man, ns ho watchful
me put the bills into my little lea
ther portinonnaie.
‘Robbed!’ said I, with a laugh
Why, who should rob me?’
•‘Oh, I don’t know,” said the
landlord. “There's always tramps
and burglars around. They've a
crop that don’t belong to any par
ticular season of the year.”
As I turned away—f did not
notice it nt the time, but it came
buck to me afterward, as things
do pome back, like a sudden Hash
across the dark shield of memory
—a man who was lounging on the
steps looked bard at me
I colored a little, and thought
to myself, “W ell, he will know
me the next time he sees me,"and
then forgot all about it; for I Had
mother’s black bombazine to
match, and Lil's spring lmt to buy
and some dinner china to select,
and the doctor’s prescription for
Leeman to fill out at tho drug
gist’s, so that it was well on to
seven when I turned old Pomp’s
head homeward, in the suburbs ot
the town, with a feeling of elation
which was quite pardonable,when
one considers my inexperience in
the marketing line and my excep
tionally good success.
The sunshine was warm, and
still on the high-road, and I was
ather glad when at last we came
to the shadows of the Red Swamp
where the birds were all silent in
the noon-beats, and sweptest of
odors came floating up from the
tangled recesses of fern and cow
slip, on either side of the solitary,
railed-in-road.
All at once, old Pomp gave a
sidewise start—his ancient idea of
shying—and then I saw a man,
pale, dusty, and tired-looking, sit
ting on a fallen log, just outside
of the road, I felt sorry for him ;
I was like mother—who never
would let the shabbiest or meanest
looking vagabond go past our
house without a draught of milk,
or a piece of fresh-baked pie, or ft
slice ot her home-made bread-cake
—and without stopping to think
I drew in old Pomp’s rein.
“Are you going toward Leno$
Cross Roads ?” said I.
“Yes ?
Then jump in; I’m going in
that direction, too, and I’ll give
you a lift.”
He thanked me in a silent,droop-
self on the board at the back of
the wagon, toward which I point
ed with the handle of my whip.
“You look ill,” said L
“I’m not 111,” bo said, with a
smothered cough, “Only tired
with my long walk. I didn’t
know it was so far to Lenox.’*
“I suppose you arc going for
work ?” said I. “Deacon Briorly
has a good many hands just now
in his tobacco factory.”
“No,” auid lie; I am not going
to w.ork.”
I asked no more questions. 1
did not like tins idea of a man’s
shrouding himself in mystery in
i bat sort of way ; and,ns I glanced
around once more, o sudden rev
elation came across me, like a
blaze ot light.
It was the same man who lmd
eyed me so keenly on the steps of
the Park Hotel.
Then I remembered my moth
cr’s words of caution, Leeman’s
reiterated exhortations, the land
lord's friendly words of warning.
And, in spite of it all, I had de
liberately thrust my Billy head in
to the jaws of danger. There was
only one thing remaining for me
to do—to get out of the scrape us
well as I could,
I cast about in my mind how to
lo this; and presently, with beat
ing heart, I dropped a little pa
lter parcel of blue ribbon into the
road
“Oh,” I cried, cheeking old
Pomp, “I’ve dropped my parcel.
Would—would you mind getting
out after it ?”
“Not in the least,” maid the
stranger,and ho climbed laborious
ly out of the wagon.
Ho had'scarcely sot his foot on
the ground before 1 laid the whip
on old Pomp witli a will, and rat
tled away over the long, straight
road at a pace that seemed posi.
tivoly marvelous to me and Ponq
both.
So we left our passenger behind
in tho middle of the Red Swamp.
T could sec him standing there
blank and astonished, the sole
figure in the long perspective, as
1 ventured to look buck; but I on
ly whipped Pomp the harder, and
never let him 'bate his pace until
we stood well out of the Red
Swamp.
“I’ve out-gcnrallcd ldm,” said
I, to myself, “and I’ve saved Lee
mans’ s twenty-four dollars. I'm
sorry about tho blue ribbon ; but
it was only a yard and a quarter,
after all, and 1 can trim Ld’s hat
with something else."’
They were delighted at my prow-
uess when I reluted my adventure
at home. Leeman declared I was
a capital {little market-woman ;
mother shuddered ftt the idea of
the despearate tramp alone with
me in the tangled wildernesses of
the Red Swamp; Lil declared that
I was a horoinc.
(‘Wasn’t it a good idea for Kate
lo drop the blue ribbon, and send
him after it ?” said she.
Kate was a goose ever to let
him get into the wagon,” said
Leeman, knitting his brow,
“Kate musn’t go by herself such
a long distance again,” said moth
er.
And I drank a onp of tea, aud
rested myslef, and went out after
ward to see the new brood of
darling little yellow chicks, which
old Speckle had brought off' the
nest during my absence,
I was ;on my knees in the lien
house, feeding tqem with scalded
meal from the palm of my hand,
when I heard mother calling me
“Kate! Kate! come up at once
Colonel Hay has arrived.”
“Colonel Hay?”
I started up, looking in blank
dismay at my calico dress qnd the
nftoahatains on my hands.
However, there was nothing for
it but to qbey the summons; so
went up to the house. A sort of
blur seemed to come before my
eyes as I entered the sitting-room
“Colonel Ilay, this is my eldest
daughter, Kate.’*
And then the blur cleared away,
and I knew the man I had twice
before seen that day—the pale,
tired traveler, whom I had so
recklessly abandoned in tho mid
dle of the Red Swamp.
“I—I beg your pardon, Colonel
Hay,” I cried out, impulsively
“I thought yon were a thief.”
The burst of laughter that fol
lowed from every inmate of the
room effectually scattered nil em
barrassment.
That wus my adventure. And
Ilay has long since forgiven me
that unkind desertion of him. In
fact—this is quite private and con
fidential, mind—wo are to be
married soon, and I am going
with him to Florida, to try the
effects of a Southern climate on
his health. That is all. Isn’t it
enough ?
TANNERS* MAIL
[Now York Him ] -
Dr. Tanner's mail increases rap
idly. Yesterday lie received thirty
letters at one time. After being
opened, these letters arc handed
to him, A good many of thorn
are oxtremely silly, and the Doc
tor tears them up and impatiently
flings thorn on tho floor. Otto of
the first letters that camo into tho
fasting man’s hands yesterday was
the following, purporting to come
from Mr. Hays, of Washington,
D. 0.:
Washington, July 16—Du.
Tanner: A bright, idea has just
occurred to me, The Pi t mine
water is filled with invisible fish
at this season of the year. Have
a gallon sent you daily, and it will
not only enable you to fast 4 0 days
but forty months. Try it, and it
will work wonders. I am living
on it. Yours truly,
If. B, IIayes.
Another of similar purport, nnd
signed ‘ •Passaic,” contained the
following.
To client the doctors, you should
have drunk Jersey City hydrant
water, which is both meat and
drink.
lyn, accused the faster of living on
dust:
I think I have discovered the
reason of your increase in weight.
The Clarendon Hall, not having
been swept since the beginning o/
your task, contains plenty of dust
which is in part absorbed by your
clothes and lungs.
Sarah K. Wilson, ofTon>s Riv
er, N. J., bolieves in the fasting
man, as the following shows:
I am not uneasy about you, for
| verily believe you can endure all
you have undertaken,and more too.
There is nothing impossible with
God. 'Flu's is no miracle. Fast
on 1 Teach people to feed their
souls, and not their stomachs.
In the afternoon the Doctor re
ceived another challenge, this
time from Prof. J. Lcybournc. It!
was as foljows:
Friend Dr. Tanner—Proud
of your endurance, but in regard to
your forty days’ fast, 1 can produce
a man >vbo is capable and has fas
ted fo- a complese summer of three
months. If he fails, I can back
any actor on Union square to fast
you a match for |i,Ooo a side dur
ing any summer scasotp
“J. W. K.,” of Brooklyn, sug
gested prayer as an accompaniment
to air and water:
THE MERCURY.
Entered as second-class matter,
at the Sandersville post-office,
April 27, I860.
Sandersville, Washington Co., 43a,
Published By
JERNIGAN & SCARBOROUGH.
Subscription, $1.60 per year.
Dear Doctor: You have my
best wishes and kindly sympathies.
You say, “We need less religion
and more humanity.” Yes ! Much
of the religion of this day is a sham,
a fraud, a lie 1 We need more
humane Christians, who will feed
the hungry poor. While you are
lasting, a 1 low mo to suggest pray
er as a good accompaniment, and
while you draw demijohns of water
draw also water from the wells of
salvation. Feed on the bread
heaven, and hunger no more,
ing sort of way, and seated him- and heard my mother saying:
The following was dated Brook
lyn and signed. “An Eye to
Business,” and is given as written :
Dear Sir you are holding out
well and will win the pile no
Doubt you are a Brick Every incli
ofyou i see solid for Garfield the
Next president of these united
States. Attend strictly to your
work and you will come out with
flying Collora and in Novenibor
Next yon Can walk to the poles
Cast your vote for Garfield and
Arthur.
After reading tho following
the fasting man said this was the
most unique of the lot:
My dear Doctor Tanner;
If you fast in this manner
And live without hash
Our business will mash.
With tears in my eyes,
I see with Surprise
That you live upon air —
I ask is tins fair ?
Supposo every guest
Should just do his best
To accomplish your feat
And ask nothing to eat?
I’m sure they wouldn’t pay
For each one would say
“My last week is paid
And board bills are played.”
But if you’ll die in season
They’ll come back to reason,
And then they will take
All the hasli I can make.
Therefore, my dear friend,
Bring this fast to an end,
And prevent the grief deeper
Of—, A Loading-house Keeper.
Another correspondent,wi i Iting
from Washington, pointed out
how the Irish famine might have
been prevented as follows:
You are setting the world a
valuable _ example if you
succeed in your forty-days’
task. If such a feat could have
been demonstrated one year ear
lier there would have been no need
of the Irish famine, and hundreds
of thousands of dollars would have
been saved to the noble people of
this country. I am with you.
An other, who wrote from .Brook-
of
Uniting at Gettysburg.
To die Editor of die Courier-Journal
OrEi.icA, Ala., July 19.—In
the columns of your paper a short
time ago there appeared an article
written by Gen. Alphcus Baker
suggested the propriety of holding
a grand Hancock and English rat
fication at Gettysburg. The effect
of such a meeting would be whole
some and salutary. Let Demo
erftts cotne up from every part of
our broad domain and bury nation
al hate and local rancor side by
side with the gallant soldiers that
fought under eacli flag on the
heights of Gettysburg, and swear
allegiance to one banner, one con
stitution, one country. Let the
blood that was shed in the late in
ternecine war serve to cement the
stronger the union of the States
The prosperity of every part off
our common country fills me with
ordinary satisfaction. My heart
dilates and glows at the thought
that prejudice and passion are
giving way before theonwad march
of virtue and intelligence.
Gen. Baker is a brilliant orator,
and would rise to the height of an
occasion like thiv
J. J AllERCROMniE.
DIRECTORY.
SOCIETIES.
Hamilton Lodge, No. 68 F. A. If.
neels on the. Second and Fourth Wed-
ncs lays of each month.
Sandersville Lodge, No. 8 A. O. U.
W. meets on the First and Third Mon-
lay nights of every monfh.
Neuman Lodge No 1551, Knighisof
Honor meets on the First and Third
Thursday nights of eixry month.
Harris Council No. 114 Legion of
Honor meets on the Second and Fourth
Monday nights of each month.
Washing/on County Agricultural So
ciety meet's on the first Tuesdays in each
month.
The. County Grange meets every
Month.
The Library Association meets at the
••all of the. Directors.
RELIGIOUS.
Baptist Church.—Rev. J.M. Adam,
Pastor, regular services every Second
Sunday and Saturday before. Prayer
meeting Tuesday nights.
Methodist Church.—Rev. Geo. O,
Clarke, Past *, services every Sunday
morning except the. Second when h*
holds services at Tennille. Prayer
meeting every Thursday nig hi.
Christian Church.—Rev. J. M. Am
mons, Pastor, services every Fourth
Sut\day. Prayer meeting every Wed*
nesday night.
MUNICIPAL.
Mayor.—J. N. Gilmore,
Clerk and Treasurer,—Wm. Gallon
her.
Oily Council.—S. J. Smith, J. 0,
Pace, 'Dr, J. B. Roberts, J. T. Tapper,
M. Newman.
City Marshal.—J. E, Weddoy,
COUNTY OFFICERS,
Ordinary.—H<>><^C. C. Brown,
Sluriff.—A. M. JiiSyo.
Clerk Sup, Court.—S. M. Northing-
ton.
Tax Receiver.—I. Hermann,
Tax Collector.-—W. R. Thigpen,
Treasurer.—O, H. Rogers.
Surveyor.—Morgan L- Jackson,
Coroner.—John Layton.
SUPERIOR COURT,
Convenes on the Fourth Monday in
May and September. Hon. H. Y. John
son, Judge.. Hon. J. K. Hines, Solics
itor General, S. M. Northinglon, Clerfe,
COURT OF ORDINARY,
lion. C. C. Brown, Judge, sits on
the. First Monday in every month.
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Store of
JERNIGAN.
On hand and for sale at all times
Violin Strings, Violins, Boxes,
Bows, Rosin, Harmonicas, Ao-
cordoons, Bridges, Pegs &c.
McClc’.ljin to Hancock.
Orange, N. J., June 30.—1 am
very glad to-day, and not at all
surprised to learn that so many of
your old comrades are going to
support Hen. Hancock. The Gen
eral did so much to insure success
of the war, knew so well what it
was for, and perceived so clearly
when it was that he deserves the
hearty and enthusiastic assistance
of all the old soldiers. That he will
receive the support of the great
majority of them I do not doubt
trust that the lqiqarity in this
State will be too small to be coun
ted, and that we shall work with
the utmost energy for the success
of o ur gallant comrade,
With very cordial greetings to
my old companions in arms, and
my best wishes for the complete
success for the organization, I ftiq
sincerely yours,
Geo. B. McClelan
F
DYEING!
OR the benefit of inquirers
Dresses, Coats, Pants Vests, Ac.,
dyed; below will bo found a sched
ule of prices. Thankful for past
favors I solicit a continuance of
the same:
Coats,
Pants 75
Vests, .....
Ladies’ Dresses.
Childrens’ “ .
Shawls, silk, 1.00
“ wool
Cloaks, waterproof. 1.50
Saeques 25
Mittens
Feathers,... 10
Silk Ties
Kid Gloves, black,,
Stockings,3 pairs.,
Ribbon per yd
Handkerchiefs, silk
Dying left at either the Mercury
office or at Mrs. Bayne’s Milliuery
store, with instructions as to color^
will he attended to.
MRS. C. SCARBOROUGH
may 18, 1880.
11.00 to $1.50
75 “
1.00
60 “
75
1.50 “
2.0Q
75 “
1.00
1.00 “
1.50
50 “
75
1.50 “
2.00
25 «
50
10 “
15
10 “
%
10
25
25
n
10