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if trip si JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. TIIE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS-,LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS,* Etc.-—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. GEORGIA TEL APH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826. MACON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1882. VOLUME LVI-NO 6 ■OXI.V OOtSG TO THE GATE. Like a Ml of lilnwim riiijrlnir. Clear anil ehllillnh, shrill win! sweet. Floating to the porch's shadow, With the fainter fall of feet. Comes the answer softly bnckw.-.nl, llf'liling lender wuteher wait. While the baby-queen outruns her, ••Only going to the gate,” "Tlirotigh the moonlight, warm nml scented, 1/ive to lieuuty hreatlies a sigh, * Always to depart reluctant, I<oth to speak the words good-bye; Then the same low echo answers, Waiting love of older date. And the maiden whispers softly, “Only going to the gate.” Oh. these gates along our pathway. What they liar outside and in! With the vague outlook beyond them, Over waves we have not tieen. How they stand before, tiehlud us! Toll-gates some, with price to pay; Spring gates some, that shut forever; Cloud-gates some, that melt away. So we pass them going upward on our journey one by one, To the distant shining wicket Where each traveler goes alone— Where the frit-nils who journey with us Strangely falter, stop and wait; Father, mother, child or lover; "Only going to the gate.” CHRISTMAS IN A CARAVAN. From the Argosy. The idea that 1 should ever possess a house upon wheels never entered tny Im agination; and that I should spend one of the happiest Christinas days in it seem ed still more improbable. And yet here cm I, on this my twenty-fifth birthday, while the Advent bells aro shouting through the shutters the best of good news, ready to narrate, with ajbumper of ’47 port in my hand, bow it alt came about. I was down oti my luck. My father, a gentleman farmer, had given mo a good education, “among the nobs,’’ as be prided himself, at Rugby. Latin and 'j,,, - , , were more familiar to me than my rnoCP 1 1 ’ 1 cr tongue, French I knew by sight, and -” * German from hearsay on the Margate sands. 1 could hunt, sboot, box, and play cricket with any fellow of my form. In fact, I could do anything but one thing needful—that is, get my own liviug. But where was the necessity for that'.* The curriculum at Rugby completed, i entered another curriculum at Shrub Hill Station, Winchester, where ray father and sisters welcomed me with delight; and we drove, with a fresh tiger in a brand new livery, toj Manor farm,.some three miles west of the faithful city. That was in 1872, when Plutits or Midas or some of those fellows rocked the cradle of agriculture, and there was no cry ex cept for repletion. Tito hops newly plant ed throve vigorously; the pasture and ara ble vied in their abuudance; the cattle multiplied uutil the gambols of the lamb kins made one dizzy, aud the stream of I’actolus seemed to murmu^“I flow on forever.” Wl Ah, me! the strange reversal came all too soon, tackened the hops. or iucome,” said et tiger’s buttons red in sober cordu.- Disease dec at the worst ui the owner, for a gig, the road.’ 1 seasons, and the the parent- situations; his perplexi twenty-three, f mamma number the antipodes, a double perambu- ngtb reminded mo _ to the rescue aud starvation with appli- Sclamed “Em- is the place fond faih- i rest, was 30 from said ho, hand- pirit of Arte- lad. Good-by! d halfpenny.” ix while hattd- , The scene •.adiuess. The d. Another n oil; when, Opened which caused to bo not on the within the compass alls of Old England, in shape of a yellow caravan. Ymingbam to take leave of -test girls in the world. I ' sentimental; besides, peo- * laugh at me were I to de- ,uaii.en of nineteen sum- hall call “Lassie.” “Think should be, and sbe was epitaph. Think what ould be in a polonaise 'jat, with flaxen hair shoulders, and a a bumble beo and ,ve that precious in jewelry was pur- ed that in passing 3g I noticed near St. ESrebyard a large, dusky, yel- i the following concise f b stuck over the door: I an to be Soled immediately. Apiy within.” J thought! I would turn showmen 'nonce, aud this would be the mau- ’ adorable. Love, methought, i close quarters as lucky box upon a, would be a perpetual movable One never dreamed of Dickens’ iithcsls, “Aggrawashun in a cart is •rawasbun.” Jcfore I could mount the short steps leading to the mahogany door with t wo biass knockers, a gentleman with a wood en leg and a short pipe jerked it back ijud stared at me with some suspicion. : “What will you lake foryourcarava.’t?” said I, looking extremely amiable. “Take for my wan,” echoed Timbertoe, contemptuously. “Air you likely to buy •it?” A few minutes’ conversation con vinced ray querist that I was in earnest, and after bidding Dutch auction fashion, backward, I secured the van 'for one-third of the original cost, alter a certain work- .man bad certified tbe article to beinsotjnd condition. Wo then adjourned to a uc.gh- boring “Black Hone” to confirm the bar gain, and my companion became commu nicative over whisky toddy.- “Taiot no good showing alone. You ■must tag yourself to some big circus or ’nagerie and pick up the coppers. I’ve drummed for a ’ole evening, and my missus has got stifT jumping in bangles .and askin’folksto walk up, but jestjye get alongside some speckled bosses,: or wild beasts, and there’s a ciowdatwutise, ■ and the chaps that can’t afford a tenter won’t stand a penny, ’tlckly when their young wimmeti is with ’em.” I thanked the man for bis advice, and hnrried onward to a prim villa at Edg- baston, where my inamorata and her father lived—the latter a retired ailver- amLIi with plenty of money. "Dick,” said the old gentleman, who liked me well, “you are going abroad; here’s £50 for you to make a start with. Don’t ask me for Lassie until yon have trebled it by hard work; then we will talk the matter over. But I fear, Master Dick,” added he jocosely, “you’ll let her die an pld maid.” “May I see her?” “Ob, by all means; sbe is in the green- houie.” Lassie was terribly zrieved at the thought of parliug. She bad no mother to confide in;;{bnt a thoroughly fidgety, kind hearted, short-tempered, good-na tured maiden aunt, Maria, received her secrets. Seeing Lassie's emotion, I took advan Ltge, when the tear was in the eye, to ur,je immediate flight and marriage, For five mlnttics it was utterly impossi ble^for another live minutes she did not sec how it could be done, and during a further five minutes she would like to know how I thought of managing the affair. “First,” said she, “there is my father; he will never forgive me!” After showing ber that her father’s an ger was never known to last longer than a quarter of an^hour, I reasonably con cluded that to be atisry with the being he most loved for more than a week was not to be thought of. “Then there is aunt Maria!” The idea of aunt Maria’s thunderbolts made us laugh. “Besides, you have no borne to take me to,” concluded Lassie, “That is just what I have, dearest girl,” said I, removing some little tremor of the lips with a pressure of my own. “A de lightful home, high and dry, bright, airy, cozy. Venetian blinds, front and back door, aud all that kind of thing.” But 1 could not bear to deceive my dart ing, and I told her all about my rather striking arrangements. To my surprise she entered cordially into them, winding up with “we must tell aunt Maria.” At first that lady’s temper bounded to the north; cold, biting, gloomy; until a few tears from Lassie caused her to veer to the balmy west, and all was good will. The fact that we had honored her with our confidence, and the remembrance of certain wittered letters in her own escri toire, may have had something to do with it. It was settled that Lassie should visit would ’a boarding-house during the pub lications of tlic banns, after which we were to be married in the Abbey Church. Our respective parents were to still think that I had gone abroad, and the letters of Lassie would favor the harmless deception originating from lore. I will not bore you with our prepara tions. Six weeks atter we began our ex- 1 perineces in the small town of Blakowell, in Derbyshire, famous for Us puddings, A caravan, nine feet by fourteen, resplen dent In yellow and green, two tough cart horses, three dancing dogs aud a tom-cat —intelligent animals, long before trained at borne, and somehow disappearing there from under cover of my adieus—these formed our creature comforts. Being attached for a consideration to a frag mentary exhibition ot wild beasts known as “Wcmbwell’s Menagerie,” considerable sensation was caused by our entry, at the rear of two elephants, three camels, nine huge caravans, and “Walker’s Emporium Cattls Foists. Mr. Brown, nrofessor of agriculture at YASDEKUHjT ofe duty. whereas in this country we have nothing j lounl but sunshine. It is ful, too, of strange The following morning I attended St. customs. The ladies next ’ ‘ * ... - ■ camels, which carry trunks monkeys disport themselves yards, and we often speak to vuippewwy i suve. uut it was an ngm. tve were t marized as follows in his annnal report,,! „ Indians in feathers and war paint; and I lust sitting down to the banquet, thinking and which may prove suggestive to Atneri-1 * ome liras stories have been afloat there is quite a surteit of cocoa-nu* and that a turkey was rather a large bird for can readers?^wen?f^tbey^e not prepared v the ° f W. H. oranges. The air must be balmy, for we a small family, when both the brass knock- to accept all the points^uggested as con- daily see Englishmen pass the night under I ers were exercised violently. Aud elderly elusive: “ been said that_h.s health has failed, and canvas. Oh, Auntie! fancy the night, gentleman iu a white hat, with a stout 1. A steady, frosty winter is better than , at . p , ffS*. , e orders that when many shots arc tired in our vicinity, lady in sealskin and poke bonnet, were an open one for feeding cattle. J 16 avolli a11 wrir * * to scare away the lions we suppose, whose I admitted. 2. An average two or three vear old I *55 D ? T * D ? majestic roar never falls to startle us about “My dear father!” erclaimed Lassie, steer will eat his own weight, of diflereut _ ££ bC “ n ,i rl 11 * 1 12 o’clock. Dick is working an Eldorado taking away his breath with a succession material, In two weeks. * nd **5* copper mine up the country, aud bids me of kisses. 3. Two or three-year old cattls will eat hTwould *ki-l ^ifmslfl f l< th at^a^ nf! tell father that he means to treble fiat I “AunVMaria, by all that’s lovely!” echo one-third of a pound more per head per I rf-mVtr, t * way * i!50 in a|few months.” ed I, sal it ing that ancient damsel under day to their weight upon the same m? S na m^s tha^mdin^ exeftn These letters to Aunt Maria, with ever- the mistletoe, too. teriais unprepared. 2, varying address usually illegible, were “Ab, Dick, you villalu!” gasped the old 4. It is 30 per cent, more profitable to r f n JV.:,*° n ' duly read to the retired silversmith, who | gentleman, thrusting the lingers of his | pro mature and dispose of fattening cattle | i mas- i a and motive ) himself After he position ol Yice Central, ho subord'pile, aud since he suc tion and counsel, we worked liard*. Ill “You could never be lonely or miser- I every month o~f wllter.” I JC# * aalU L ot ^ stationary for a few days, every morning able with Aunt Maria,” interposed I, gal- 8. No cattle beast whatever will pay w»v His cr' L com^tlr^J^Jould * there were the horses to see to, the cars-1 lantlv. I for the direct increase to its weielit from w * y '., ,, gl > /corapet-tor, "V Gould, is van to be cleaned, the dogs to be exer- Another voice was heard. the consumption of any kind orquallty of 2^ia h ^feSJirandrMtetr ,r iS* cised, and the commissariat to be thought “What the dickens, Dick, is tw »w I food. I 7 e . 3 . /fY!. ° e 5T,°. „ ^ , | P „! > . U ^i n TT! of; while Lassie, dear heart, who had stopping to the corner of the caravan. 0. On an average, it costs 12 cents for iTfe 2'^Jwtedou^ot^^acoudJ^ never learned anything but fancy work at “That, my good sir, is Lassie’s Christ- every additional pound of flesh added to *“f * SSS?nwwUum^threo mouil.fha seboo s, serrated her delicate lingers in mas box; a duplicate of yourself-baby the weight of a two or three-year-old fat- ^ se ; t / be^lvisiine lisofficeattn stitching coarse canvas, mending the ani- calling for erandpapa. I tening steer. <» . tDe rnals’ toggery and;studyn»g Mrs. Beeton’s j If any animosity lurked in the old gen- 10. In this country the market value of ^Fot, and J unfriends never letter revealed to our fond aunt our actual I his hands. situation. j “Ob!” pleaded Lass!;, “I know yon will Meanwhile, we managed to jog along j forgive him.” the roadway of life with as few ruts as I “Forgive h!tn for what?” most people. Friendly with our caravan | “For making me happy, my dear father.” the sake ot the manure alone. meantime there *° •**■ i&ssfcax? 1 7. A three-year-old cattle beast, wen|™5KT “f—7 J '***»— «vvtwu . x, a „y auiuiusitv mriveu iu buo UiU Ren- I * v » *•* , ' UI * wUMUJ tuc uiaiacu vaiuo u* i OY>rv ^ ~Tt/% Anil liim fliorA Hit nnllnv rtf Cookery Book. We dined like the medi- tleman’s heart, our baby-boy dispelled it. atore cattle can be increased 37 per cent, -A 0 “H.jn the direilSn If drum! “Dogberry’s Delight” opened at I shown In a caravam” it" was*kiaMdL bug-1 feeding. ' ° I 12 o clock, at convenient hour for school I ged and daudled, until our rlsltoia tired I order to secure a salt profit, no | vi ii ® children, mechanics, and m ? 11-workers, with the exertion. I cattle beast well done can be sold at less rAJ. ! We had to guard against mischief. More «Ab ” said Aunt Maria, “ I watched my than 4|ceuU per pound (live weight). ^ than ouce, whan my back was turned, I opportunity After softening your father I. the fattening of wethers, to fin- | ' .- • 7.7 , * . » I Mikbi juui 1AI.UCJ I . -— — . . o v * •• v.uv*o, w uu- ■ n,. |V ^ ,v. >epper and snuff were sprinkled on the by mentioning the £ 150, he said over his I as sheltering, the Cotswolds and y J * ittle stage, causing dire coufusiou. grog last night: ‘1 can’t help thinking ol Leicester grades can be made up to 180 Scraps of meat Lave been thrown, and my poar girl roaming in those foreign I pounds, and the Soutlidowns grades I ranges, and knock-em-down tollowing. Talk of love and cottage bread, why, it is nothing to the nps and downs of love in a carravan, but I determined to breast the tide of adverse circumstance with a brave heart. ”113 true, I should have to groom horses, polish brass fittings, and scrub deal boards. Well! I must have done this and much more had I gone abroad and harnessed myself to a yankee farmer, or became an Australian squatter. The fel lows who travel two or three thousand tni’.es to do work which they are ashamed to buckle to at home are fools for their pair.s. Besides, thought I, abroad I should be utterly alone, whereas, here am I with a charming bride, a carriage to ride in, and a genteel residence free of rates anil taxes. As to fee ing ashamed of honest work,the great master of Rugby used tossy: “Never be ashamed of anything but sin.” And yet lew would have recognized ns in our altered state; for while I had allow ed my beard and mustacho to hide half the lace, Lassie was shorn of her luxuri ant locks, and, iu a trim caj> and liny apron, looked lor all the world like an irresis'.eblc chambermaid. We felt rather nervous in making a start. Our four- footed friends, Spot, Tim and Jack, were Scotch terriers, rather like in appearance, but as unlike in disposition as Messrs, Bright, Bradlaugb, aud Parnell. Spot was fat, easy-tempered, though fond of bark; Tim demonstrative auJ pugnacious, and Jack, a smooth-speaking, sly little rascal, not reliable st a pinch. Tbe cat, a diminutive tabby, docile aud obedient to order. Picture us, then, on a auii November afternoon, just ready to begin. A large square of {canvas was hoisted in frout, representing Newfoundland dogs in tail coats aud frills standing on their bind tegs in a row lor 5 o’clock tea; being waited upon by a'niagnificciit labuy robed in sky blue, wearing spectacles and a mob cap. My wife's first tattoo on tbe big drum caused me to roar with laughter; but Richard was himself again immediately afterward, guiding expectant juveniles up the steps, and seatiug them on tbe lockers iu the bumble auditorium. The perform ance I need not particularize. Tbe qua- rupeds imitated bipeds with marvelous fidelity. They thrummed on miuiaturc in struments, told fortunes, fought duels, feigned death, became circus horses and rideis, aud accomplished other feats “never before witnessed in this country,” all in twenty minutes. It went ofl with eclat. Being repeated, positively for tbe hut time, at Oo’clsck, wo found, on this our Derby Day, that we bad increased our fortunes to the amount ofSOshillings. Las.ie aud I declared that never bad we enjoyed a meal so thoroughly as our hot supper that uight. The sausages were seasoned with the remembrance of success, tbe quatem loaf sweet with the satisfac tion of liard, honest work; while Bass’, bitter—“nectar,” as Gladstone says, “fit for tbe gods”—was quaffed to future achievements, more after the fashion of frolicsome scbool-boys than that of a sedate couple who had been ms.rieJ six weeks. I could not help noticing tbe gentle in fluence exercised by my wife over onr nomadic neighbors, who seemed also to partake of the fenc natune. The attend ants of the tigers, elephants, and camels —pale-faced, square set men from tbe Yorkshire mines—treated her with a def- ercenee and kindness not unusual. To please them she repeatedly mounted the bread back of an elephant, and traversed the arena on Old Tom, the camel, striv ing to conceal her fears by tbo sweetest ot smiles. Even old Mrs. Buddicouie, tbe proprietress, called her “my ioove,” told ber iu confidence ali her complaints and domestic infelicities,magnified through a powerful glass of brandy aud water, dwelling especially upon the crowning sorrow that a lady in the troupe, alter nately Queen of Sheba and Sister to tbo Sun, bad knocked ber elegant tiara into a cocked bat; declaring in Oriental meta phor that she would never decorate her brow with a crown that more nearly re sembled a saucepan lid than tbe badge of royalty. This intimacy with our neighbors of the menagerie enabled Lassie to carry on tbe delusion that we were seeking our for tunes in some warm clime, where “every prospect pleases,” including that of £ s. d. In a letter to Aunt Maria, carefully antedated, she exclaimed: “We have at length arrived at Melbourne,” not adding “in Derbyshire,” of course, and describ ing tbe happy contrast between our sur roundings and those at Edgbaston. “I expect you are having at home the usual dreary November fog, with tbe sulphur ous smoke of the town thrown upon you; giving up of the of course, as long as he lives he' chief of tbe house of Vanderbilt, leading spirit in tbo great enter- ith which he is connected. who do Vanderbilt's wore y he called J. Devcraux, a leading iuy poor girl roaming In those foreign | pounds, and the Soutlidowns grades I and"ultl,hi^week*^h» hu'flfmnS there has been a general scrimmage when par ts, with only the tigers and sharp-shoot- Pounds each (light weight). EowiEMterTrelbwi^man a nrominent the dogs were lying motionless after a ers for Christmas company.’” 13. Couuting wool and flesh value, the Km« H u.w ‘ “Should you like toseel.erat home?” Southdown grades give the highest returns £? ,l ”£ 0 h “forked hhmeTfnS'rlv to . . inquired. “That I should” said he. I as much as doobfo that of the Cotswold | ' Llmse “ n - carly was scraping the violin, for which ha re- I And t ceived a pat on the back which scut him Lassie, scudding down six steps. lather’s eyes, i anew » womu no an | - ««. • ... . I that will make the great railroid man of But the most troublesome customers right.” 14. Fattening cattle on oats will eat , h fulure ant i i 10 and his brother are were children at the inquiring age of 12, . “Yes,” continued her brother, “when I I one-sixth less hay than when receiving „ r ..i, lallv »«kliia more nart iu tlio man- who wanted to know everything, and were heard where you were. I could not rest I corn or peas; those on pea meal will Lpmctof t i 10 v aw York Central. The never satisfied, and to whom the exploits I until we started, and here we arc.” f drink one-third more water than those on I z?^ u.. v n Worcester rfir of our sagacious pets were nothing to what “A capital start, too,” said I. “You corn or oats Clover lessens tbe consump- years secretary of "the Now Yoik they sa v somewhere else. 1 could have are just iu time iur dinner, so sit down at Hon of roots. Central and oTl er Vanderbilt roads thrashed them, if the birch were not more once.” 15. Apparently about one-fifth of ground chauncevM DenGenerelSuS’ criminal than the poker. Intoxicated They were delight'd. I know not who I corn passes through tho cattle beast undi- , j ,... oucev L»)aUnt to tbe i’resi- gentlemen seldom troubled us; tor, if they I was the happiest. Even tbe near baud I S e sl ed * dent Tilliuchast aud others are active in ventured to ascend the steps without assis- chimes forgot to wail “There is no luck 1°* l e » meal, roughly grouud, gives 21 | thR ,’ uana!Ze f u0I1 t’ while Mr. Vanderbilt t ruce, they relied backward, as helpless I about the house;” and we were tire coziest, | POf cent, greater returns in fattening cat es Lord Rolle at the Queen’s coronatian. I merriest Christmas party in that ancient I He than either corn or oats. 1 was really saving money. The per- borough. Beds were ordered at a hotel : formances on the average realized a pound J for our relatives ; but it W8S past midnight I Farm Notes. I wealth and power with Commodore Van for Gingerbread, patronized by;tbe Queen,” each day, while household and other ex- I when the old gentleman burned down I Never allow a goose in your bam-yard derbilt. President Vanderbilt will be with a little of whirl-abouts, shooting penses were under £3 a week. Tbe life our steps m Aunt Maria’s poke bonnet, or house lot, or in water used for your less active iu the future than he has in upon wheels was healthy, aud wo were and that discreet lady was soon running stock. the past. He w.ll take more recroatlon, happy, until a cloud passed between us along High street, and stopped by a po- Never US0 a poor or in d ifferent p i ow which delights him, and he will give the Sfi,ttwe’Jid'XuSSTSL It caieK hat and Lvoumbrellas 7 C#rri,n3 * " * ZyTlAZTrh iTZIgtel* ^ Pe ° Ple * ChanCet ° ^ this way. ..... —^ The news of our interesting visitors and plement of every kind that il mad?. I Mr. Vanderbilt takes a great pride in \\ e were stationed in the large market-1 their liberal offer of a home lor us had | Doi! ’i hurry things mi sweet friends; his horses, just as his father did, and he the management, while Mr. Vanderbilt I has the beneat of tbe counsel of such men as Augustus Schell, Samuel F. Barger aud Chester W. Chapin, who rose to « . p —| . , . . — ■ i/uA a uuiiy i hi nils mi awuet ineilUS I uv jusboa aju> latuvi uiu. auu m place a. Chcsxrheld, m t he spring of ISM), gone abroad, f lie next morning came t b 0 be3t time to set a hen iz when the hen may be seen airing himself in the Ucn Jim Ackers, a discharged helper trom the benevolent Mrs. Buddicome m two odd i2 reddy.—Jos/< Bi7//«os. tral Park drives any day. Ho has a adjoining mepagerie, who h?d started boots and allowing robe, which had once I thorough knowledge of horses, aud he with tame mice on lus own account, adorned tho ample shoulders of the Sister I Charred corn is one of tho best things 0 R en backs his opinion at races and is planted his cage close to our steps, ob- to the Sun, also to make an offer. I which cau be fed to hens to make them cous id e rcd lucky. Last fall be carao on struct ing tlie entrance. He was a surly, “You knows, my dear looves, tho wan [ lay, not as a regular diet, bat in limited I to PMla.Ielnhla lo witness a race and hn ill-favored fellow, who presumed upon j ’ud be in my way, and tlie dog’s a noo-1 quantities each day. won a private pool of $000 which was his strength and vindictiveness. He would sauce, but sooner than such kind creeturs Salt your stock well, and remember made by the gentlemen of’ the party, not budge an inch. I reasoned with him J as you should be worried, I’ll take wan, that watering live stock is as essential to Socially he is a pleasant man, but his until I became angry. One of our pels, j horse. 4 , aud all off your bands.” i their success as watering stock is to the I near friends are few. On the occasion the puguacious Tim, was at my side; and After saying that our pets would remain j mammoth corporations. of the visit spoken of an incident hap- wheu 1 stormed iiui, realizing how mat- I with us we produced a bottle of the late I Are your wheat, rye and meadows pro- pened which illustrates his free and easy ter s stood, larked furiously at the fellow's I M r . Twamley's fruit port. Mrs. Buddf- I tected from stock during wet weather? I manners, and his well-known inclination legs. Ackers declared the dog bit him, I come was orercome. She wept copiously, I Don’t keep poor stock of any kind. I to hazard bis cash in a quiet way. but I knew better. In a moment the I kissed us both, called us her “werry own I Sail, kill or give away all that you cannot what Vanderbilt’s clothes cost. bully’s iron heel had stretched poor Tiin children,” and made such an excellent I provide far comfortably, and feed well. A number of friends invited bimtotaka moaning and b.ccdmg at my feet; tlie next I bargain that it must be a privilege to bo I How about the straw stack? Much of diaper at the League House, and when L had felled the brute to the ground. But I disowned by tbeBuddicomebosoin. Later I it that lias heretofore been allowed to go the champagne had been reached aud the he was strong, and rising, tliicw himself I in the day a cab, heavily laden, with a to waste can be utilized in feed and add- party bad come to that stato of jollity tipon me in his bate. I crate of dogs and a cradle on the top, | ing to the manure pile. I which begets familiar pleasantry, Mr. Then the old boxing days at Rugby I drove to the Warwick station. Wo enter-I On the deposits to the manure pile de- Vanderbilt offered to bet any or alt the came to tbe rescue. Avoiding bis sledge- c d tlie train for Birmingham, and when I pend the farmer’s profits and wealth. gentlemen present that they could not hammer fists, 1 again sent him down. I saw once again the tall tower of St. I How about tbe gullies and washes on guess within five dollars of tbe price of Undaunted, tbougb staggering, with head ilary’s rise majestically over the quiet [ your hill-side fields? Have them alj at-1 the suit of clothes he had ou. Of bent forward, bo managed this time _ to I town, pleasant thoughts came unto mo I tended to before spring work begins. " course there were plenty of takers. Most close with me. “Now I am in for it,” I about “Christmas in a Caravan.” I Neveb let pigs get poor at any stage of of tbe gentlemen, out of po- Ibought I, and involuntarily closed my ., I their existence. The smoke-house Is the I liteness and for other obvious rea- eyes, wbeu lo! strong arms wrenched us I pjace to winter all hogs except those kept sons, named a high figure, from apart, and we were marched off to the | VEXTUAL ItAIEROAIt UIUEC- I f or breeding purposes. $75 to $125. “Well,” said Mr. Vander- police station for disturbing tlie peace of | Tons. I a beneficent Frovldence ever watches blit, leisurely, after tbe bets had all been . ( ovor the affairs of this world; but Frovi- made, “I guess I’ll take this pool. My riiiirSi>cclnl Meeting in Savannah I denc0 was never known to look after peo- suit cost me precisely $25.” The party ler Majesty’s subjects. Luckily for me a county magistrate, sporting iriend of the late Lord Hastings, who had witnessed the assault, testified to the cruel provocation 1 had received, and kindly, Mr. Reynard, alter much hes itation, discharged us with a caution The Proposed Scheme tn Reference I pj® t00 cjreigsj to look after themselves, laughed heartily at this unexpected de- to the NtcamHiiip Laruinus In jane- I q', IE ewe j s t te kindest of mothers, and noumenf, and Mr. Vanderoilt’s economi- uon l reliable. I if properly fed, aud treated well in every cal tailor was heartily toasted. All this Savannah oetet. respect she will bo sure to take good care goes to show that Mr. Vanderbilt is a man _ A special meeting of tbo directors of the I of her lamb. I of cheerful disposition, aud fond enough Ackers, finding all the menagerie men I Central railroad was held yesterday Kill the dog first and hutitjforhisowner I of fun to lay down some of the cares of against him, and unwilling to faco the I morning at the banking house on B ay afterward, is tuo method of certain Geor-I business and enjoy bimself as a man of batterv of Mrs. Buddicome’s tongue, dis- street, at which were present, among otb- g i a farmers who mean to make sheep rais- his means should appeared altogether. I fouud that benev-I ers. General E. P. Alexander aud C. H. j jng profitable. I oleut matron on my return administering I I’binizy, of Augusta. Tbe condition of I a farmer who keeps sheep and basjno I Dangerous Disease Among Fowls. such infallible consolation to my dear the road and various matters afiectuig the shepherd dog is nearly in as bad condi- Breeders and owners of fowls in Camden, wife as: “No good crying overspill milk; I present and future interests ol tbo cornpa- tion as the inariuer who ventures on the New Jersey, and vicinity have suffered se if Acker hadn’t kicked tho dog, maybe ny were discussed. sea witbout a rudder. rious losses of lata from a disease which the horso would: it’s done, therefore don’t The probable action of tho directors of A merino ram crossed on a flock of has destroyed every chicken it attacks, think no more about iL ^ I the Ocean Steamship Company, who meet! common sheep will double tlie yield of The symptoms of tne disease are at first As X entered the caravan poor Tim tried to-day for tlie purpose of electing a new wool through the first cross alone, thus those of severe catarrli. The discharge hard to r se from the mat near the lire to board, wai also considered. paying for himself the first season. loses its thin, watery, transparent cliar- welcome me, but fcllb«ick with a low, I We uuderstRud that a coin mix icAtion I . . . . r . e I altera cets opaouc. with a pcculiAr And melaucoly whine that went to my heart, was laid before tho directors Irom certain Tl J E Insure for a successful far- 0 fl- en gi ve smell. Tne inner earner of the Tabby tempted him to play with the paw, large and prominent stockholders in Sa- JJ ,er *• da £.°{ reSt_ I^ 0 ^? b j at »~ acd eye contains froth, the lids swell, slick to- aud purred against his side, while tbe I vannah and Macon, citing the fact that a harvest time between the rounds. gether, and at last close, making the eye other dogs came and looked at their com-1 change in the policy of the company was Keep your stock in good growing or- I jggfc as if bad run out. Tlie nostrils panion, iheu at us, wondering why he did I rumored, and that it was reported tlie caw I der, not too fat. Colts should have all I c i ose f roin the same accumulation; the not get up. I gently carried him to Dr. I directors to bo elected for the Ocean Itbooxercise they want. The time to I s jj es 0 f the face swell and the bird finally Voiker’s surgery. “Better kill him out- Steamship Company would issue income break them is before they are weaned, dies. An old breeder of chickens was ask- right,” said tbe kind assistant; “it is all bonds, or certificates of interest, based Colts thus handled are never diflicnlt to ed j n re g ar d to the disease, and in answer up with him.” | upon tbe annual earnings of tbo steam- manage, and are seldom addicted to vi-I to the reporter’s inquiries, said: “It There hung tho smart jacket, the scarlet ships. The communication, we under- cious habits. is evidently a disease ot the lining mem- tap, the tiny musket, would poor Tim stand, urged upon the directors of tbe ■ — -- brane of tbo nasal cavities. When the never amuse us more? Tho thought was I Central to protest against any such action j stock Law and its Influences on I disease manifests itself the birds affected agony, for we dearly loved our lovtug lit-1 of tho directors of the Ocean Steamship i stock Breeding.—Tho practice of turn-1 should be isolated from alt others. Warm tie friends. There was no performance I Company, as it would bo injurious to tbe I j n g hungry cattle upon the public high- aud dry ventilated quarters should be that night, our attention being fixed on 1 interests of the Central railroad and sad I \? a ys to steal or starve must give way be- provided, and simulating aud nutritious tbe favorite. Surely he was iu less pain. I die that company with liabilities, and f ore t be wheel of progress and tbe advent food furnished. In addition to this the And now he turns over and attempts to I such a policy at this timo would bo un- of a more jnst appreciation of tho rights of 1 diseased birds should be given internally dace his legs at the sides, “iasok! ho is wise and impolitic. property. Grass, whether wild or cuiti-1 a tea or a tablespooniul of castor oil,ac- : mitatiug Capt. Dash in the duel,” cried I The directors, it ls said, carefully con- I vated, is as much the property of tbe I cording to the size of the fowl. The nos- Lassie, benaiug over him; “he is better.” [ sidered this communication, and decided I owner of tbe land on which it grows as Is I trils should be syringed also with clioride For a moment I also was deceived. I felt I that in their capacity as directors they corn, wheat, cotton, or any other product, I of soda. If the sick fowls do not yield to the oustreched limbs, so near tbe fire would take no positive action in the but hitherto our laws have required tbe treatment they should, be dispatched as and yet so cold. I gently caressed the I premises. This decision was anticipated I jaud-owner to guarJ his grass by a most | quickly as possible, dear dog, and there was tbo old friendly I by the stockholders, who will file a bill I expensive fence, or have it depastured by . ■ wsg of the tail in response; yet even as 11 petitioning for an order restraining the j his neighbor’s stock. Milnejr tinnier, caressed a tremor passed through the body, I execution of any such schemes, and the Under the operation of tbe stock law, The citizens of Augusta and elsewhere tbe beautiful eye looked earnestly into | ^of the stcanwh^ aimpany from which has been adopted in a number of have recently given concerts for tho bene- my face, as if to say, “A long good-by, issuing income bonds or certificates^of in- coun ties in tills State, each stock-owner fit of the widow and orphans of ths 'ate kiud master,” and Lassie aud i were not | terest. 1 he indications are that though I must confine his slock on his own land, or I Sidney Lacier. The following note from ashamed to rninglo our tears together over j the proposed scheme will be passed by I hire pasturage for them from others. Tbe a gentleman contains tbe suggestion that the stiffening body of poor little Tim. I the directors of the steamship company natura i consequeuco of such require- Macon also contribute to the lovod[ones of Niue months uassod. We have moved I who will be elee'ed to-day, that the legal I , nPn i will he a mdoetian In tlie numbni I one whom Macon claimed as her citizen: lulngbam bankthr^h AuntMaria, and I sa Mated,'and the hew board of directors j ^^^^nMuraliy thrifty we were preparing to spend Chriiimas elected, and the public anx ety on the |2S“J2L ftwlll eamOtfMbMtewal day, 1SS0, iu a manner balking tbe occa- subject of the future policy will be reliev- aloc “' u~,n ttertSl of aU kinds sion. Drawn up witliiu the shadow orau ed by the action that will be Ukenoilher andtliMe wlio avail themselves ofthe old gateway at Warwick, we decided to to-day or to-morrow. The end is drawing take our ease for Christmas Eve until the nig 11 ! and something definite will soon be 1 » emcea 01 worongnorea dors win now Monday following, and, moreover, to have I known real Christmas faro. Matters had itn-1 proved since the previous year, when my | Wiser® Pone* Oe Lms Wet His wm» Aird PilKrlnaa. St Louis Globe Democrat. An old couple at the Union depot, in this city, on last evening, were treated with all the attention, and, in (act. admiration, that people have an opportunity of grading their SSlSS^T *rTTfiuSstediir<STO stock, and will no longer be annoyed by I tbe couple, said ho was lo t years of age, and his the Liehwav scrub. I Who. Paulina, was four months his senior. 6 J Doth were s|>rlghtly and seemed to enjoy the at- ten tion given them with almost childish glee. A Flew for Poe. James Jf Beck, ia Oriental Casket. The world has immemorially been gen erous to Its men of literary genius. As if in return for the infinite pleasure that they have given, it has ever been ready to defend them with tbe sbiold of incredu lity from tbe assaults of enemies, be they just or not. In painting their portraits, in fort, dame history has used the white wash of fulsome adulation, rather than the shaded colors of truth. Thus tlie fol- ;ies aud errors of Shakspeare, Byron, Burns, Shelly, Moore, et id genus omne, have either been ignored, or passed over lightly, by partial biographers, who daz zled by tbo light of their genius, havo never sought for their physical and mcral imperfections beneath their mental and immortal beauties. There lias, however, been one great poet, richly gifted with the divine afflatus who has not received that generous con sideration accorded to his brother authors, On the contrary, by the great world in general, and especially by his own coun trymen, has Edgar Allan Poe been most cruelly wronged. His memory has been heavily enshrouded by the mists of calum- nb; and for him who never injured any one but himself—who was no one’s enemy but his own—the Amerioau people have had no mercy. His intemperance lias been flaunted before the eyes of tho world and dilated upon with an industry aud a venom tliatjwould lead us to imagine that the American people were models of total abstinence and their autho’.s angels of sobriety. Charges of the gravest character, though utterly un founded in tact, have been circulated aud accepted by a credulous public as though they bad uol been proved to be tbe baso counterfeits cf the truth. Thus, it has been cravelv charged, in the sober pages of a biographer, that Poe murdered his wife, iu order to afford a filling inspira tion lor “Tbe Raven.” So preposterous a story is best disproved by tbe fact that Mrs. Poe died a natural death, a whole year after tlie publication ofthe immortal “Raven.” Similarly unfounded are tbe majority of charges against tlie eminent poet. Ex uno disce omnes. The foul spring of all these falsehoods is easily discoverable. His fesrless criticisms, while inspir ing a terror of his powerful pen, raised against Poe a wolfish pack of bitter ene mies. After bis death, when the hand, of which they had bad so wholesome a dread, lay motiouless iu the dust, they vented their rage and spleen in soi disant me moirs and biographies, which were full of malice and untruth. Prominent among these was a brother author, Rufus W. Griswold, whose miserable treachery fo the man who had loved and trusted him was eminently worthy ot “mine aucieut, honest lago.” Honored by Poe himself with au appointment as his executor, he turned upon his frieud, when ho was powerless to speak, with tho venom of an ' iigrate, and published, in the authorized oition of Poe’s works, a memoir, that, for studied malignity and barefaced lying, has no parallel in the literary history of the nineteenth century. Prefixed, as it was, to the authorized editiou ol Poe’s works—thus stauding, as has aptly been said, as o'death’s head over the entrance of some beautiful garden—coming from tbe professed friend and executor of tbe deceased—tbe world naturally acceptea tho statements as true ; aud thus iucalcu- lab’o injustice was done to a man, who, like the aged Lear, was "more sinned against than sinning.” An Englishman first took up the pen In defense of tlie dead poet. To his efforts, in behalf of justice aud fair play, be all honor! A Frenchman followed, who, apropos of Griswold, the false friend and despicable defamer, said: “Are there no regu ations in America to keep the curs out ot the cemeteries?” A cloud of wit nesses have since disproved almost every charge against the immortal author of “The Riven” and “The Bells.” For him the writer would yet enter another plea, and add this Humble tribute to his memory. The charges resolve themselves into three questions. Iu tbe lint place, IFus he honest f That be was so in thought, word aud deed, is proved, not only by tbe direct statements of those who knew him, but also by tbe absence of any im- mtalion to the contrary; “and to be lonest, as this world goes, is to be one man out or ten thousand.” IFos he chaste and true I Not only is no act of immorality charged to his account, hut it can be said of nim that he was of the se lect few among authors and poets, whose rage was so spotless as not to cause a flush to mantle tho cheek of the most modest. In fact, with his almost quix otic chivalry for the fairer sex, he illus trated Hamlet’s truth, by being “cbas!e as ice and pure as snow,” and yet “not escaping calumny.” Well, then, if he was honest, if he was pure, if he was tme, what under heaven have you against him ? “He was intemperate,” reply the vili- fiers; aud into this solitary chink of bis armor they thrust their puny bodkins. Was he intemperate t Yes, I frankly avow it. But were there no palliating circiunstauces ? It is no servile adulation to say that there were. Not to speak of his lack of home train ing, the absence of which was not bettered by the criminal indulgence of bis foster-father; not to mention li s Ishmael- itic career, nor the unfortunate drinking custom of tbat day, when courtesy forced him to take the glass lie otherwise would not; not to touch upon bis sorrows—to drown which in the i-ithlan waters of tbe flowing bowl, he often drank—there is in addition to this, a crowning circum stance, that most not be forgotten. It is that Poe’s intemperance was largely due, not lo the habitual use of an inordinate amount of stimulants, but to his excess ive susceptibility to liquor. A mass of testimony could be cited in proof of this statement; but all may be epitomized in tbe single fact, that very often a single glass of the mildest alcoholic beverage was sufficient to craze him and drive his reason from her throne. Even were these palliating c’rcum- stances absent, Is intemperance, then, such a rare aud awful crime, that for it aIon9hemust undergo tbe terrible and luting condemnation of mankind? Other great authors haze wandered further from tbe paths of rectitude than he. Nay, more, not only have they themselves wan dered, but, “with studied, sly, ensnaring art,” they have enticed others from the straight and narrow path. But v.-hen By ron and Burns, for example, were arraign ed before tlie great bar of public opinion, charged not merely with intemperance, but with infiuitely blacker crimes, by which they injured others than themselves, accused of such an act as —The other dav the cashier of Mr. Cal- I Mrs. Nhaderic has done well for her country. ?tsi »• o- 4 -*— , , - ,, ,, • _ , I A fnw irnnlrs «f nw» vnnp rfHTMmAndnnt vlaltmi Now we liad full culinary confidence, it was pleasant to see Lassie, with si tucked up, boiling out the rich paste was to melt in one’s mouth, while I ^ plucking a prime turkey aud practicing I taSsttebody of water to^te'fift/’by eighty I much difficulty sucoeeddd in arresting the I years, nml have lived by themselves for tbo iis't ^S?JSrjSSSS!SAs:Si sis.7KtssassE?*.’ l i^4s ss«^s^*=a.“2&“2ss received a cold natty-pan down my trek | tjSff^wu^hteften^jfg for my pains. In fact, the caravan looked I said its temperature was to degrees. 9 Wnat a so cozy and cherry that we almost wished I alortous baih i ' " ‘ that It were Christinas Eve all the yetr | greatiy re officers, and often puts them to mnoh trouble and oftentimes danger, and then empei , m , ... l **^t5Sk85\i»^5Jd2£j! ** r®. Wttrded by seeing tha odsnder let off rema inder of Mr. Fere IttOlard’s team at Xcvr- Gerald, Iroquois, Sachem and tbe its turbulent waters and comes refreshed and Invigorated. I soot free. market are taking steady exercise. with an ir.ssnsate fury eminently worthy ofthe rabble that first shouted it eighteen centuries ago in the streets of Jerusasem. May wo not look for a reversal of this decision or a lower court, in that higher, that Supreme Court of all this universe, where “sits a Judge whom no man can corrupt?” Love for his noble character, admiration for his genius, pity , for his misfortune, all plead for Poe. For jus tice they appeal, ills justice they demand, In the the spirit or him who said, "Flat jusliiia, ruat calum!” A RIVER VXRERGHOVXD. The Startling Discovery Recently sutee by a Herder sa Idaho. Idaho Democrat. Mete Green, not long since, while out with his cattle, made a most startling dis covery, and one that may possibly take its place among the grand wonders of Ida ho. He was riding along early iu Dm morning on the divide between Indian creek and Snake river, when bis horse sprang aside, snorted and otherwise gave evidence ot having seen or heard some thing unusual. Tbe spot was on a little knoll on the comb of the ridge, and Mete, who had been almost asleep, taking a sweep around with his eyes to learn tbe cause of his horse's behavior, filially rest ed his vision on what seemed to be a hole in the ground a few paces distant. Dis mounting he was soon looking Into a fun nel-shaped orifice fifteen or twenty feet deep by ten or twelve at its rim In diam eter. At tbe bottom of this funuel—the soil giving out there—was a rift !n the roc* two or three feet in width by four or five feet iu length, which seemed to open into the very bowels of tbe earth. Through this aperture came up from the depths below a terrible roaring, as of a leaping ca'aract, a mighty rush of waters, tumbling over rocks. The ground trembled and th. subterranean noise continued uninter ruptedly. Mete remained some time and the longer lie listened the more convinced lie became that what he heard was run ning water, but how far down to the stream he could not even conjecture- might have been a few feet or half way to China. And as the fissure was large enough to Lko him in should his foot slip or “head swim,” his observation was uoC an extended one. Tbe principal thing he aid while there was to listen low and strong aud tbink loud, at a safe distance from the brink of the hole. A Splendid aouulaia Scene In Ktnda Virginia City Enterprise. The peak of Mount Davidson last even ing presented a most wild aud wintry ap pearance. The snow streamers were abroad in all their glory. Last evening, however, they could hardly be called streamers. They were iu reality au un ending series of whirl winds that chosed- eacli oilier along the mountain. These spiral columns of snow took a thousand shapes in forming and vanishing. Being strongly lighted by tlie setting sun, the great surging columns looked like whirls of flame and illuminated smoke rolling up from a great fire. Tbe brilliancy was seen in places where tbe rays ot the sun passed through the tbiu mist of a single snow whirl. In places where three or four columns happened for a moment to fall in ' line between tbe spectator and tbe sun, tbe whole was as black as tbe smoke from the funnel of a steamboat. Frequently several colors of tbe rainbow would flash out arouud these dark columns, and a mo ment after all above the peak would be deep red, giving tbe top of tbe mountain tbe appearance of au active volcano. It would have beeu a flue opportunity tor* scientist interested in the study of •atmos pheric currents. The motion of tile suow whirls show us what is always takiug place m the air at tbe top of tbo moun tain, botli winter aud summer, and if on our mountains, doubtless ou all moun tains of like height. The straight currtnt ofthe atmosphere is broken up into thou sands of little whirlwinds that rise fifty to two hundred feet above tbe surface of tbe ground. Blurs the blush and grace of modesty— Calls Viitue hypocrite—takes off the rose From the fair forehead of innocent love And sets a blister there— when indicted with such counts, they pleaded guilty to them, then aud there, sole!v on account of their genius, public opinion said: "Go, your sins are forgiven!” But when poor Foe, who was but his own enemy, was arranged before tbe same bar, charged only with intemperance, by which be injured no one but bimself—to him, tlie peer of Burns and Byron in genius, with a thousand palliating circumstances pleading for him—public opinion cruelly said: “Away with him! Crucify him! Crucify him Tbe Tart iron Cotton Goods. Boston Commercial Bulletin Last week we reviewed tbe effect of the tariff on wool and woolen goods for tbe purpose of giving a practical illustration of tbe beneficent Influence of protection. It was shown that the high rate of duty on those articles had been as beneficial to consumers as to producers; for while our wool aud wojlen interests have been de veloped and stimulated, domestic skill and ingenuity have also beeu engendered to sucb a:i extent as to place many wool fabrics within tbe reacb of tbe masses to day at prices from ten to forty-two per cent, lower than any which were possible during the era of free trade. A little re search will show that equally satisfactory results have been achieved by the tariff on cotton goods. In tire revenue-tariff year 1360, when the population of the United States was but 30.000,000, our imports of bleached, printed and dyed cotton piece goods were valued at $25,034,004. In tbe protective- tariff year 1881, with a population of 50,- 000,000, our imports of tbe same classes of fabrics were valued at but $048,043. Our manufacturers have now practically obtained entire control of tbe home mar ket for such goods. Nor cau it be assert ed tbat such control has been obtained at tbe expense of consumers, lor printed cal icoes were more tbau 00 per cent, higher in 1800 thau they are to-day. In fact, nearly all tbe standard classes of cotton goods aveisge lower in price to-day than, they did in tbe lost low-tariff year before tbe war, as will be seen from tbe follow ing table, showing manufacturers’ net av erage prices now and in 1800: ~Aart0Lxs. I860. ’1882. Standard sheetings per yd... 8.73o >. 8.00o Standard drillings do, 8.02o 8.00o Bleached shirting do 15.50c 12.350 Printed caliooes do 9.53o 6.l7o Printing cloths do 5.44o 4.00c The number of cotton spindles in opera tion in tbe United States is 11,500,000 against 0,000,000 iu 1860, and tbe wages of operatives iu our cotton mills have In creased folly forty per cent, since tbe year last named. In view, also, of tbe fact that some kinds of cotton goods are as high everywhere else in the world as they are in the United States, how foolish ap pears the pet theory of the anti-protec tionists that tbe normal value of a com modity is its American price minus the duty to which it issubiecti The absurdity ortbis oft-repeated mis statement is readily shown: The tariff on standard sheetiugs is 57-42 per cent.; tbit percentage of eight cents (the above quot ed price for these goods) is 4.59 cents, leaving tbo alleged foreieu price 3.41 cents per yard. The fact is tbetariflon staudard cotton goods is no more of a bur den to tbe American consumer tbau is tbe tariff on wheat or beef. American sheet ings and drillings are being made for ex- port in competition with similar grades of English goods, and several large corpora tions in this State are almost exclusively running ou goods of this class for export and are now sold ahead up to next May. Nor will it do to say that the lower cost now is due to a decrease in tbe coat of tbe raw material. Tlie average price of mid dling upland from 1835-09 was two or three cents a pouud less than tte average price for the live years 1870-81. A cold in tlie head is one of tte best things that esu happen to a lady with a lace handkerchief, aud Dr. Bull’s w.— . t And succeeding genera-j Cough Syrup is decidedly the best rsiM- tions hav i taken up tte cry, vociferating it dy to cure tbat cold.