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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1886.
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The father stood motionless before the
Itody of bis hoy. The crimson flow hod
ceased. Alwmt the pale brow, oneo the
lsygronnd for mother finders, the damp
cold locks clang rigidly. No smile shone
oat of the smooth face; no eager light
danced in the open eyes. They were set
helplessly, blankly upon a far infinity.
The hands that knew his so well, that
had learned the bat and the rod, the strong
firm hands of youth, lay wan and idle,
pitiful in their powerless repose, upon the
t)i
•road still breast. The finely moulded
form, youth's promise nearly fulfilled in
manhood, lay stretched in a stately dignity,
odd and ill-fitting.
The nhsolnte helplessness, the unutter
able stillness of that thiug, the antithesis
of life, filled the room with an appeal that
touched the deep ear of humanity, stiiring
resentment, chilling levity.
“Murdered in cold blood," “shot down
like a dog." “A father’s cpiarrel avenged
upon a son —" whispered the bvRtanders
among themselves. Their blanched faces
were fixed npon the two as they withdrew
and left them alone, the father and the son,
the living and the dead; fixed in pity too
deep for words, too earnest to long survive.
Before the corpse of his boy! It was his
only one. The single pride and purpose of
his own existence was gone -gone as a
rain drop in the ocean, the shadow of a
bird’s wing on the pane, the lines of a dream
l'rovidence, destiny,accident, ax yon please;
at that moment, the result wah the same.
The man's heart was breaking, and yet there. lie ’had, like the
it was not to break. Grief, which is deep made sorrow his ride,
enough for all the agony hearts may know,
•urged and swelled and beat within him, as
his eyes clung to the magnificent wreck at
bis feet until its violence swayed him as the
reed is swayed before the storm. It bent
bis head. It wrung wordless cries from his
lips. It dashed tho flood gates aside and
poured the pent up torrents upon his cheeks.
It tossed his arms and bent his limbs, until
be became a living appeal hardly less fright
ful than that which spoke from the help-
.cesm-HH. tho silence, tlio stillness at his feet.
But the appeal of the living was full of
Imprecations, while the mute appeal was
rigutoons in the unspeakable justice which
surrounded it.
All men know the second stage of grief.
Night follows day, tho tide runs out when
the tide 1ms run in. Kleep swallows up
waking, the calm rises beyond the storm.
Reaction is the law of nature; frenzy has
its cure. But tho still, rigid form moved
not when calm despair took the place of
frenzy.
Moved not? Ah’ no. Bend down the ear,
touch wrist and brow, the rising-falling
a kind and respectful greeting, whenever
chance or business gave him a meeting with
any. To his laborers he was kind ana just,
and under these circumstances he pros
pered; wealth began to accumulate. System
pays.
IIL
The years went by. . The stranger who
had cost his lot among the huinblo Georgia
folks was called nch. Bat he had never in
creased his farm of five hundred acres. He
had gone on rotating his crops,planting suc
cessively corn, cotton and oats in each of
three fields and giving the fourth rest, as
whs the custom. He bad spent little, food
being merely u duty with him, a pipe his
only solace. His long hair had whitened
much. His face was even graver. His
voice was a trifle gentler; but ho had never
resumed the trail. Year after year ho hod
promised himself that he would again re
new tlie search; year after year ho had post
poned it, saying, “a few thousands more.
This time it must be to the death." Distrust
of self grows with neglect of duty.
Ten years had passed what years they
were! It must not be supposed that so
strong a mind as John Morton possessed
could rest and rot daring a decade. Fiction,
history, the classics, science, all engaged
him for a time, but he could not lose him
self in either. Reluctantly, moodily, ho
turned to the Scriptures. His old sorrow
held him there, for his sorrow, while not as
keen, was weighty rh ever. The flowers of
friendship, the touch of sympathy, the in
fluence of surrounding minds under a mer
ciful Providence, unloads the human heart
of its misery, but he had denied himself
prophet of old,
Ho carried the
same heavy wearing weight of grief. He
clasped ft to his bosom and guarded it from
tho world, lotting it feed upon his life with
a grim and inorid satisfaction.
But the power to throw off the farmer’s
life, die hermit's mood, seemed lost. He
could not dissolve his new life in the action
of a wanderer. Ho felt a chill at tb<
thought “Not yet" he would whiter.
Time enough, “the next move must b * t«
the death.’ But ho changed again. From
a Scriptuiohenrchf-r he became h tbcologuu.
Every hour of bin so*™ time, by lamp or
sunlight, found him over his books. He
had at last found a boundless field. He
even went down into the village and heard
the earnest Hard-shell Baptist preach. He
listened atLentivtly, reverently, and when
he passed oat clasped the good man’s hand.
But he went no more. He was deeper than
his teacher. Constant seclusion aud an un
broken train of thought upon one subject
told upon John Morton. From a theolo
gian he become a religionist, if tho distinc
tion will stand.
But one thiug had long stared him in the
bei
breast is a trick of tho eye, aud lias cheated face. He had begun at first to put it nside,
the world since death began. but it would return. His mind from con-
Tlicro is nothing so frightful as the un- stunt pressure hod lost its eliiHticity. Throw
checked emotion of a strong man, unless it I it off as lie would, his oath returned with a
lie the calm into which he sinks, when they I persistency that was almost maddening,
•re exhausted. Hie calmness of this man’s I Cast it far out upon the waters ns he might,
despair was marked by deliberate action. I the fact ever came floating back unto the
He reddened his hands in the thick blood at sands. His oath of vengcnce was a fact,
his feet and raised them on high, as with I and it conflicted with every creed he could
the precision of one who repeats a creed, he I analyze. A man differently constituted
swore vengeance upon the destroyer of I would have let it beat upon the cushion of
hit idol. an easy philosophy, or would have classed
There was nothing of the claptrap of the 1 it with his other sins and turned his back
stage in the act. Ileal tragedy is not always I upon them all. But John Morton was
noisy. As one might bend to touch Jhe I alone. He could neither loosen nor shake
coffin rose with bloodless lips, or lay them I off tho burden; the tide came in always. Ho
on marble brow, so knelt this man, and I side by side he held the two, his faith in
the words of liis pledge seemed to have 1 God, aud the other, praying os he walked,
taken the place of life about him. When I and as he read. Aye, slid as he slept, and
he rose, a living purpose held the breaking I one day when the sunlight was streaming
heart together; a duty he callod it, sacred in through the morning glory vines and the
and eternal. And with ono look upon the song of tho mocking bird in the leandtr
immobile, unchanging face, a look that hedge floating in upon him, he lifted his
threatened to yield itself again to the storm I arms and cried aloud, “Godin heaven, I
within him,— with a sob that burst through I yield at lost, my will is broken," and tbore
the bars of his manhood, the father tamed in that warm July evening, with the light
and groped like • blinded miner for the I of heaven soft upon him and the many
light and air of the world; light and air colored blooms in his far stretching fields,
which already through the open door was 1 John Morton sat, conquered,
flooding his form with the .evening’s splen- IV.
dor, the room with tho breath of flowers. I Were thin • fancy sketch, here ought it to
U. I end. Contrition in the final stage of the
Despair and morol wnkgm people the warfare of oouncience. Hat mm cam.
asylums. Dteie.ii end purposeless live* not when this struggl" wne ended, to John
■trow tho river tank with the .elf-destroyed. Morton k great surprise, for he hud long
Despair, taking refuge in action, make, contemplated tho very etui, into which ho
moie history than we realize. In John hadeoteml. ... ..... .
Morton, moral force and mental power "What!" cried he, pacing the little porch,
were happily blended. In both he had "I. It not enough? then’ ho .aid reverently
been unteeted. The murder of hi. boy was “into thy hand. 1 yield my vengeance. Hi.
deatined to bring both into play. The pur- *‘> c f tnnied to the blue aky above him,
Bo« to which he bail devoted himself he- ®nd tear, tnckled upon hi. furrowed cheek.,
came'clear and imperative when the nod I ’’Wash these bloouy hand.! If that boy a
waa pressed down over the hut form to «PpeM must pa., uuaniwered, let it be so!
which hi. affection, had gone out. 'lUo weight lay heavy upon hie heart. It
The effort., little more than perfunctory, I *“tcd not on ounce. John Morton found
which the officer, of law lu d made torffeet *»“ )‘*tle relief, lie more then one. pur-
the arret ol tho murderer, for John Mor-1 stalled himeelf that light waa breaking in
ton waa bnt a plain farm,—, wen. incrooeod I °P°5, , *!!' , .... ,
binder tlie promiso of reward.. Hi. purpose ,’"“>t he would whi.poraddrc.Hing
did not rent with this. 1IU action was con- hmmdf a. ho went about hi. reading,
tinuou*. Every town, every neighboring I “*“*• ... .... .
city wa. placed in posseesion of tho neecs- Bnt the waiting brought no change, and
Miy descriptions ana detectives employes!. I he strode through the fields and the far
He made flying tripe to identify suspects, pine barrens, the .{Section never an.were. 1,
These grew longer as the caae became in a *®**to hi* Ups. .... . „ , .
measure national. He was convinced that , Why? Can it be that I hove failed of my
the detective, were hut groping in the duty; that after all l have erred? He .hook
dark. Juat where moat men', efforts would his head. Hut the question ro«e again,
have ended, John Morton', really begun. Ttene doubt, took a new and more ter-
He took tlie field himself, a fierce joy in rible form aa the months rolled by. A fear
v.l- bosom as ho felt the elimulua ol inde-1 distant hut admitted, grew alowly within
pendent action. The case dropped oat of hi* conscience, “la au oath, anch oa I have
poUce circles. sworn, without forgiveness? Must these
A year rolled "by. The determined man bloody finger, ever remain raised in the
waa still traveling from point to point The sight of Heaven binding me to revenger
grief, though full am: deep, waa gentler. "Clod forbid," ho cried aloud, and far i
grief, though full an-: deep, waa gentler. "Hod forbid, be cneu aloud, aud far oR
Tic purpose waa aa de. i end im|>erative aa through the pine visUs came Imck the cry.
at tint The silent man of fixed features “God forbid," woven into tho wind hnrp’s
wee seen in many .tales, and among many I monotone. Hut the feer, bushed an in-
peoplea, during the Hist year of hia search. "Unt by the repetition of the words w rung
Men gazing npon him said, "He has a his- from his soul, returned,
tory.” The minere learned him. The John Morton plunged into hi* books
ranchmen gave him shelter. The far away again. "Ie auch an oath binding ?" he asked
lumbermen divided their tucals with him, I °f one and another. Home .were silent,
and in the cotton towna hi. face became I some were evasive, Mime denied it; hut iu
familiar. Hut his purpose was unknown. I many the sacrednesa of a vow was clearly
it was a still hunt. I set forth. Nay, even the Scriptures seemed
But a change came. The little hoard of to lend strength to his fears, aud kept alive
the farmer vra. at last almost exhausted. I hi* apprehension.
The chase we.a perfcrco interrupted. He The purpose having failed, John Morton
nettled down with bis secret, to earn a I entered upon a gloomy era. Would it be
living. Though o plain farmer he bad I the asylum or the river?
been educated. He knew the languages No map ha. even portrayed the extent to
and the science* as the average college man which a mind muy err in protracted soil-
know. them. Hi. was well read in current I lude. Ood had other thing* in view than
literature. Hi. was a thoroughly auper-1 '“ere development wlicu he made men a
ficial education, after the manner of the
time.. A farmer he elected again to be.
He he. n life over
Sotu ' int idee of tbs ultimate aocom
and walked nntil the trees seemed to hive
lain down in shadows. Ho loaned his arms
heavenward and cried, "I thank thee; oh, I
thank thee." But a. he climbed the alopea
homeward again, hopo trembled. “What,"
aaid tho old voice, "What if yon do meet?
what then ?" He crept into lu. room and
lay down to think.
V.
John Morton never put foot in the village
again. "I am in purgatory," he said. "U I
meet the man, I mu lost; if I do not, 1 am
saved." Henceforth bo looked no man iu
the face, whom he could avoid. The eager
senrch of fifteen years before had given
place to downcast looks. People still said,
"The man hod sniferel some gleet sorrow."
They pitied and respected him the more, us
the year, rolled by.
This could not lost. It i. a peculiarity of
fear that it must increase and multiply, or
E erish. Apprehension in Morton’s’ case,
ad he been un active factor in the great
outer world, would soon have been disarmed.
In liis isolated position, it resolved it into a
belief that the man of all others he most
dreaded would some day break in upon his
solitude. He began to plan a new refuge.
But where? New communities he thought
would bring new dangers, and he had not
the heart for new occupation in the great
world. In this dilemma a thought come
to him as it has to many a perplexed and
disheartened man beforo. Ho would throw
himself upon the bosom of the church and
seek a hiding place there. This resolution,
once formed, was acted upon immediately.
Ho sold his laud, and followed by many a
“God bless you" he loft the little circle
which bud shoiterc.l him so long, and again
entered the great busy world.
VL
John Morton had nbsolntely no creed.
That is, no church creed. Just what his
belief waa he probably did not know him
self. It was warped and twisted about his
one life theme until his moral system was
entangled almost beyond redomption. But
above all his confusion roso a belief in an
almighty being, a sense of personal un-
worthiness, and a craving for salvation.
The decision he arrived at was the result of
bis dilemma. He made his way direct to
the Catholic Bishop of his State. It seemed
to him that behind him lay safety, because
there was less publicity. He found a young
open-hearted polished gentleman fnll ol:
anecdote and reminiscence, to whom the
bare purpose of his visit was soon made
known. The priestly gentleman surveyed
the applicant for admission to the order
with something akin to awe. Ho saw a
powerfully built man of sixty whose deeply
lined face and white buir gave him un air of
dignity and a presonce almost irresistible.
He himself was a character reader—all sue
ccssful men are; and yet bo could ns easily
have accused the simple worded gentlemen
before him of falsehood, as to believe that
in his life he hod been only a former. His
first perplexity was further increased when
he discovered tho depth and learning of the
applicant. Theology and scriptural history
were simply at his tongue’s end, aud liis
hook education marvelous in' its breadth
and extent. Thu cultured churchman re
velled iu the conversation which followed,
and in tho novelty of which, for the time
being, John Morton lost himself. Once he
was on the point of laying barn bis soul
and secret, but the gloomy thought that he
himself had been better prepared to judge
of his dang ii that the churchman deterred
him. A nine outlined his studies, how
ever, and the manner of his life he did
give. Thes wne sufficient. The result
of John Morion' visit was a deep interest
and admiration for him in the mind of the
Bishop; an interest that further vi.-ils bnt
increased. What followed bad little to do
with this narrative other than the final re
sult. A special application at llouie, a fow
months of systematic preparation, the
intervention of powerful churchmen,
brought John Morton hia wish. Ho be
came a Priest, and so situated a. to
almost cut off from the outer world.
HU wish waa obtained. Did it bring
him pence. Not at first. Hia now refuge
did not satisfy him an long ns it was
refnge only, hut he felt safer. He bogon
believe that he would die without au oi
portunity of fulfilling his vow; and his go
prayer was to the end that be might be ab
solved from the sin of recording it, since"
had not sinnod in violuting nor in per
forming it.
John Morton's first strength came from
communion with strong minds. He ceased,
under this influence, to live within him
self, and gradually this came about; he be
gun to gee clearer. HU mind a. the years
rolled by regained iU vigor; and one day
when in the radiance which streamed in
upon him through the Cathedral window,
he knelt at prayer, a strong buoyant faith,
that, coma what would, a hand would bold
him up, camo and retted within him.
He arose with the light of Heaven in ’'
eyes, and peace in hi. chastened face.
Prom Unit iluy.P'nihor Stephen,for »o they
called him, went forth to the word. In the
oily, his patriarchs) figure and glorified
face were seen wherever humanity cried
for aid. Little children cleaned his hands.
Mothers knelt for hU blessing, end young
men who labored in the stores, ali i
counting rooms, and amid the pitfulUof
life, felt the touch of hU fatherly hand, and
wondered at the deep kindliness of bU
cheering words. Thus labored he with pri
vate purse and with pentoral solicitude, hU
feet ever in the home* of the needy, hU
eye. and soul lifted Heavenward.
VIL
One day behind the confessional stood
Father Stephen. Before him, half hidden,
there came an.l knelt a man also, weary
and broken; a veritable beggar ho seemed,
whose abject wretchedness would have
melted a heart of iron. Already hod the
good Priest planned assistance of more
than a spiritual nature, when the broken
words of the man before him caught and
claimed hia whole thought.
“Help, help, help for the guilty. I have
carried the burden until I can carry it no
longer. Great God, if there is a forgive
ness for such as I, thy mercy is indeed
bnun llesK’.'' Father Stephen heard not the
pitiful groveUug of the wretch who«e burst
ing heart hael amt its burden in despair be
fore him. The voice seemed to come to
him from the depths of a lost generation
wearily over the grave of a acoro of years.
He forgot hie priesthood and the occasion.
He staggered forth and reached the en
trance of the box. He seemed to be fol
lowing something that appealed to him
from another and forgotten life. He
dragged the startled wretch into the light,
and upon the wun haggard fuce.turncel with
turned a horror-stricken face npon that
pressed so close to his it was ashen, snd
the eyes had lost their light. Fathor
Stephen was dead. With a cry that chilled
the heart of every hearer the wretched man
cast the body from him and hid hia face in
‘ s hands. • * * * * .
Tho hands that lifted up the dead priest
were geutie, and the faces that bent over j
him full of sorrow. They boro him out to
rest forever under the churchyard sod, and j
the last sound that followed them was a
wild laugh that came from the confessional,
where u beggar sat ahiveringin rags.
A esney chicken hawk dnrtcd into the
yard and, missing hia prize, flew in thedoor
of Mrs. Snelson’s room. The windows be
ing closed and only one door open, Mrs.
Snelson stepped m and closed the door be
hind her, then gathered the broom, and at
the hawk she went. Knocking him down,
she seized a knife that happened to be con
venient and cut his head off.—LaGrange
Reporter.
The Wilcox county correspondent of the
Hawkinsville New. gays: Mr. Tom Handley
of this county has a pasture fence made of
new rails containing 800 panels; each pan
el contains seven rails, and each rail has
two lightwood knots under it; now, how
many lightwood knotnare thole in his fence?
During the freshet lost week s&ys the
Hawkinsville Dispatch a cow drifted down
tho river and lodged against the river bridge.
How far she traveled in this way it is not
known, but sho must have been in the water
good while, os She was unable to walk
when rescued.
The Americns Republican learns that the
cholera is yet playing destruction with tho
hogs in Sumter county. Larkin Dupree has
lost twenty-five in the last week or so by it;
Jessie Salter and many others have lost
nearly ull their hogs.
Tho Macon Public Library; is to receive a
sweet potato that measures .ix feet in length.
” was grown on the plantation of Mrs. Hen-
Fraley in Baldwin county, and will be
given to the Library by Mr. Warren Ed
wards.
No. 3 of Macon, the Alerts of Montezuma,
and Cochran No. 1 of Cochran, ore tho only
companies that have so far signified their
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Jmedlcal science and practical experience directed
towards the benefit of
became enviable and bonndlesa because of his won-
derful success in the treatment and core of female
juiplatntii. Tbe Regulator is the grandest remedy
known, and richly deserves it* name—
A MOUNTAIN GIANT.
plantiui; of cot- .xcfl the cotnpamonriiip of doubt ?
ton. The lack of experience, the near »:yh. | . Nor was a principal terror long in nrruy
orupamon nnd M>t in motion tbe aecret
springs which were to move him iu fumily
•ml s'-cial circles. Tho human mind can-
not rtht npon iu self. Broad and strong
pliahmeut of bit purpose led John Morton I cultivated as was the miud of John
to settle in the South. He seemed to think Morton, it trembled when iu purpose
that then the fugitive wah hidden. With the I foiled, and became the prey of doubt,
remnant of Lis means ho purchased Ian! j Promethoua only condemned to
and mules and began the
of experience, the new alyl
of labor, '
•gainst
Hia nttluKDcm made work a necessity
him. ’lie absence of friend* and kindred tok^-p it m to Ain, sin In eternal death.** Iu
•nd the non-poFM tfeir.n of social ties gave j brief aeuten-‘o he embrac«-tl Lin iu-iu
«f time. He labored; nnd labor, I difficulty. He could not rid hiroxtlf of it. n _._ „
Ubor, bring, profit nearly ulwajs. , *>°k» brought him no comfort. The ! | jr , u fa e il his cheek. .....
ith him. Koon indeed the a.ti quiet j of nature were powerleee to afftret atretching np his anna, “mercy—for both,
of tbe hia dignified even de- hjm. Omijiiwii «oaU «uu« •»*! Uu, ^ words went oat in • whisper. He
or, aori the nprightneasof hisoomlnct { cLci.l, * | *onk il vwn, slowly aa if to pray, Iris anna
’ hope that glimmered in ( falling about the mck of the beggar, who
>r, his ignorance of methods, were all I >»R itself at the head of tho heat that
t him. But he was not vanquished. ] assailed him. "Altoath tosin,' he reasoned,
diene*, made work a necessity for “« binding; to violate that oith i* to .in ;
A Desirable Slile-Shew Attraction Tliat
Itwrnuiu Can Met.
John Andrew Fergnson of Gordon county,
is tho coming mnn to knock John L. Kulii-
van out of the pugilistic ring. John An
drew is a "whopper." He is of a raw-bone
nature but tip. tlie lieani to the tune of two
hundred and forty pounds. In height he
stands six feet three and a half inches "in
bis socks.” Acroo. the palm of a band
measure, six inches, and hi. fingers look
like sawed-off sewer pipeing. His is a moat
powerfnl frame and hi. walk denote, that
of a very stout man. He wo. interviewed
by the Cournnt and he said that his father
was rather a large man bnt bis mother
was only of medium size. John Andrew is
now in his 36tli year, and lives on Mr.
ltsgweil's place, at Erwin poat-office, Gor
don county. When asked about tbe extent
of hi. atrengtb, he a toted that it was never
fnily toKlcil, but, insinuatingly speaking,
made ns understand that he hod etondinp
inviUUona to attend all hoase-raisingt
log-rollings that happened in his neighbor
hood. From appearance* he would make I
handy person around when it was necessary
to more a boose. lie is very active and
boasts of hi. great speed, which he says it
i(nite astonishing considering his size. Here
is a chance for some sporting syndicate to
down John L. Sullivan, the Boston .logger
brute. With a year or so of good training,
we believe John Andrew could knock him
ont in the first round. John Andrew
game and sav. "he be dinged if he’s afeared
of anybody. Cartersville Cuamut.
—beranaa It control* a cla*. of function, the r*.
rio.n* fl.nuiK'»nonla ol wlilcli rau.e more 111 b-alti)
ll-an all tbe oilier rau.ee combine^d, amlthu. rrj.
H bor from her tong train of aRliouou. whl. b
■rrlj cmMtfer tier life anil prematurely end ber
oxUlencc. Uhl what a muHHmle of living wum-nrea
can teiUrir to lla charming .Uncial Woman! tab. to
juadence Ibis
frighteued energy to his, he gazed,
was enough. The beggar gasped;
"John Morton! mercy!" The hut word
was a hi -,s that cut the air like a lash, lie
wav hideously pale, and a sudden sweat
beaded hi. trow, lint into the face of
F’ather Stephen, e. he lifted it from the
pitiful acebu at his feet, there came a look
mortals seldom see. An sngei's wing hod
"Aye, mercy," he said
made'him fiicnda among the hospitable The flint ray of
openhenrted people of his adopted land. I John Moiton* gloom came to him os he 1 shivered at the touch. Bnt no prayer ia-
To them ha was conn, -ion, gentle, kind: wandered in the t'
oux, gentle, kind; I wandered in the pine Ivarrens. In wool* it sued from tha trembling lips, and tha
mponaire. never. He entered no man'* | waa “on opportunity _to # fulfill yourobliga-1 bead went down nntil the gra^haire swept
gently to free
: clasp. He lifted
power laws. He
A Macon Man Lose. • Bride.
Mr. J. 8. Clark of Hudson, and Mias Neva
Jay, daughter of Mr. J. L Jay of near Shell-
man, were married at the residence of Mr.
UusSlnppey on Tuesday the lith init, Dr.
Bride "
Christmas, and it wss another cwto of "lore
at lint sight.” Mins Neva wss to have been
married next Sunday to a gentleman living
in Macon, to which nnion she had her
parents' consent, and for which rearon she
told Mr. Clark not to apeak to her parent,
in tegard to their marriage, they having
each one eipres-nd tiicir feelings oq tho
subject before. Mr. Clark went down last
Monday anil called on hia iutended bride
and arranged for her to meet him nt Mr.
Kne Blappey’e, where they met and were
made man and wife. - Smithrille Enterprise.
Why He Dropped tho Baby.
Last week a very clever ex-Alderman met
a baby carriage on tbe road, took the little
occupant ont of the vehicle, fondled and
kissed it a while and then asked whose it
was. On bearing the reply that It was one
of the colored persuasion, he quickly pul it
down, looked around to see if auy white
people hod witnessed hi. loring caresses,
and slunk away.—Atnericu* Republican.
Chautaaqaa
John H. Klmlwlb of WdSeU.
county. S. T, write* may »i. lues, mat be was aaf-
.. htif uj cowatlpattew
ib.WKit.Sn day* with-
fartssw
m bad 1
OR. J. BRADFIELD’S T)
.TOil
■its Grand Single Number Drawings hi,
place Monthly, mid (he Extraordinary Dm
mgs regularly every three months inrieultfl
Semi-Annually as heretofore, heginnql
March, 1886.
> A SPLENDID OPPOItTTTNITT TO WIN X rtltTOl 1
FIFTH GRIND DRAWING CLASS K. IN TBlI
ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUUDllI
A I'M! I. tilth IMKi: IQlut M.,.iM.1v-
AliUL Kith 18iiG—19l.st Monthly Dntwlag.
CAPITAL PRIZE. $75,000.
100,000 Ticket* at Five Dollars Each, ?m.|
lions in Fifths Iu Proportion.
LIST OP PKIZK8.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE
UV*|
w
EM ALE liEGULLTOJ
MONTHLY SICKNESS,
SUFFERING WOMAN
too..
360..
I
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Dry goods men are selling goods for cost; tobacco
whisky men aro closing out for cost, and in order to keep op j
chirk met" ms* n Jay (w 'tiuMir.it ’time tari w Nh tho procession and maintain it proper equilibrium, Aj
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Groceries, Provisions, Tobacco, Guano
—AND—
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for c-ish or on time, wholesale or rotail, at prices that cann<*
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PROHIBITION PLANTER:
(All Iron.)
AiljrotiliU o any low stock, will bust a life time, a boy can rnn it, ptsnto cc ' n ’ ■
ami ro'.ton, rittur w*t or rirv ,<•<-.i or nihil. ,
COMBINATION IRON COVERKR BOARD AND HARROW, can chaog-««“
to me otltcr in two minutes. Never bad acnltciMn.
Coi. Livingston, President of the Stats Agricultural Society, say* it to tbs beat s
■aw. It i, ih* CHEAPEST AM) BEST. _ ‘
IT '* ILL PROHIBIT 1 RANTING CROPS WRONG and wawting yowr 1‘-
drop any number yon want, any distanca apart For sals by
Gfl
31. J. HATCHER, Macon,