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SUNDAY BANMER-WATCHMAN.
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VOLV.
ATHENS; GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17,1884.
NO. 207
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS, j ATIAHTA DOTS.
_ ... . T ! OtrmipnZmmMamet-Wnt-Mmmm.
The M«3ir of Danj<4 mi rec^iv* jcurned line die yesterday after-
ed another letter from General Gor
don showing that he is grill J»<c—«
A case of yello#~ /ever hasbeeo
reported from IHTUnited State*
steamer Galena, and sent to hospi-
_ - ^ J f.^re*pond«4 to. alter which they dis- fine yield on upland.
The Great Falls -cotton mm* will nrrtfrf In' the best of soirits. The Sweet potatoes are later than usu
«1> but they are daily making every
follow*the otample
until September J JZl
New York, August 14—The
stock market to-day was buoyant
during thtf early hours of trading
and there was an advance of } ~ 2*
in prices.
g, the distinguished French
few Months ago
, _ jehttatibcBii
, died in Parij yesterday pf
London, August 14.—The Lancet
says that up to the present time
there has not been this season a sin*
• Richmond, Va.J August Mf-
WreBn A Flfeet, tobacconists, arid
S. P. Hswes, proprietor of the
South saw works, have made as
signments.
ST. PKIlKSUUl<>T^UgHlt i$.—
Three ^l<r:tM of a 1‘cm.irkable char*
•cferoccurred near lids cityV They
a ere caused by blood poisoning' in*
duced by stings which bid been
Htop^mm* win persed in the best of spirits. The
of the Salmon banquet closed shortly after mid
night The second meeting of the
State Bar Association was n grand
success.
The citizens meeting, which oc
curred last night at the court house,
was an interesting one. The com*
mittee, which w ere appointed to se
lect .* ticket .for mayor, alderman
and six councilmen, subject to the
contact with cattle infected wjthi/eainqent will take place, Tuesday
(rinderpest. [ * T * f\ ^ C\ of next'week at Griffin. . {
Director Mock, ofthe Macon puli
noon. After adjournment they
were invited to take carriages await
ing them, and were shown the city
by the' local bar. Last night the
association were given a banquet at
FARM NOTES.
Although the fruit was abundar t
th's year, it failed, on account of rot,
to do as much good as an ordinary
crop Thousands of bushels have
been fed to the bogs, and only a
small amount dried.
Fodder is being palled from up
land corn and where the crop -had
good attention, is very fine. Field
the Markham. Several toasts were j peas are also good and will make a
ratification'of the meeting, reported
ttib-fbflowing'ticket: For .Mayor—-
Hon George Hillyen for Alder-
mtf»j—-John R. * Grambfinz; for
Councilmen—1st ward, W. M.
Middlebrooks; 2d ward, W.J. Gar
rett; ad ward, D. A. Beatie; 4th
ward^E.F. .May; 5th-ward, Z. A.
Rice; 5th ward, J. C. Kirkpatrick.
After a long discussion the ticket
was ratified by -a large majority.
The ticket is a strong one. Hon.
George Hillyer was for several
terms Judge of the Atlanta circuit,
and is in every way fitted for Mayor
of this large and growing city. An
other municipal ticket writ no doubt
be put in the field by the liquor
dealers.
Tbereunion of the 13th Georgia
lie library and a member of the dry
goods firm of Mock Brothers, is in
luck. Yesterday he rectiived > a
check for #50, won in the August
drawing of the Louisiana lottery,
and he also drew $60 in the July P UD »c dept o 1 1
drawing. T / T “* R *^7fiSV
. | ' aace m the trea
Birmingham, Ala., August^.— ~ '
The subterranean stream running
from one end of thecity to the oth*
er, which-was recently discovered,
is still the towntalfc'. An dxplorfrig
party wiil enter the aperture on
Monday for the purple, of,making
a thorough examination.
It is rumored that Gencial Butiei
wiU endeavor »o purchase The* Bos
ton Advertiser and run it as an organ
in his own iuterest during the cam-
‘ paigrt.- HchXrcvitJently tieffp.iirtfd
of any voluntmy support Irom an)
journal of stamtingVi influence, un
less lie has cxvlitajye .Eqiitroi of af-
himself. ‘ ' ...»1—
The advocate* for Madame Patti
presented a petition to-day for a di
vorce from her husband, Marquis
DcCaitx. IJie^, Usance of opinion
expressed > by the bar is that the
court will feluse to grant the great
prima donna divor^c. on the groufld
thatfthc laW reserve* the' right of
divorce to s«th applicants as have
received injury in marriagerelation.
Hon. Henry W. Murray, grand
master of the grand lodge' of Vir
ginia Masons, died last night at
Charlottesville, * here he was strick
en with paralysis eight days since*
The deceased was about filtyttour
years old. He had>been a stKF
senator, and served,- in the late war
as captain in the confederate armyr
Ireland, though raised'irf Yigmiad
He resided at Louisa courthouse,
where he will, bg buried with Ida-
sonic honors. \He was a mAnber of
St. Andrew* comoaudery/^ICnight*
Templars, of Richmond, will attend
as an escort the 1 gqut^ lodge at-
the funeral. , ,,
* * / a*nlltt«i
>ext week
'StateTreasurer D. N. Speer has
finished a quarterly statement of
the condition of the treasury. The
receipts enuring the quarter reach
ed $203,62982, which was set offby
the disoursement $508,095.97. The
public debt of the state on July 1st
'*“* 534: There was' a baL
treasery the rst of the
tbonth, of $206,715^63.
J udge J. B. Estes, of Gainesville,
*t»d\ Hon. W. B. Hill, of Macon,
\yaairi the city yesterday.
Clarkk.
Jlurtwrit &*».
Mr. Editor: Please publish the
following statement-to my. friend*
and the public: When fehtered tbe
senatorial race, I did so expecting'
the people of .tbe^iapict toy decide-
the question at the ballot box, uri-
ordered the primary *my name was
announced as a candtdate in the
primary. Though many kind friends
felt that the method^ used against
me during the canfatf -aad' on the
day of-election, which out of a poll
of sixteen hundred ^ecu/ed only the
small majority 0*1 ftrty-siri against
sent do hfUevirigTt would
contlnnesptnfr gnd personal, divis
ions already todmuttr enfcfcfidered.
I shall cheerfully acquiesce’ id' the
result of the primary, 1 ind contri
bute my eawett . effort* to allay
whatever bitterness that has sprung
op during ^ heated personal can'
DEATH OF JOHNNIE STORE;
Who died in Athens, during the
evening.ot August 13111,1884. While
jt V G.jd's will that men should die,
and we'have the evidence around
us djily that God’s will must and
hall be carried out, we are never
prepared to give up our loved
While the human tfiat
in Christ caused ijim^.tb weep
over the" * grfve "of Laiarus,
when he had the power and
him from the dead, it is per
fectly natural that we, as human be-
itigs^Ahould weep over the depar
ture of our loved ones, even it they
are like our Irierul. Johnnie, who
prepared for .the change, as i
gave eveiy evidence, and what wi
most remarkable, to his brother he
named the (Uy that
would die, with full assurance ci his
truat in his Savior, which
should be a great comfort to his fam
ily and friends; I have heard tny
mother speak of Johnnie’s devotion
Xo his notin' r, and how he wept
Wfe though his little heart would break
whem it pleased God to remove her
from earth.'. What a..change there
was in that wane..wbco.Uiey met
again,in heaven.. Johnnie was a
promising young inan who had just
ripened into manhood, who was dil-
igenrand faithful to busintfSvand ot
a genial, happy disposition and al-
*ways met Ms YriefldT^ tnchTcquain-
ces with a smile. I have known
Johnnie for many years past and I
have never yet heard any one say
aught against him. As Mr. Stovall,
Ironi Morgahi county,’ entered the
store on yesterday, he ' remarked,
while I never knew, the.young man,
I fee!"Very badly about ms death, 1
I find so many. : people expressing
their griefs' over h» death, that 1
have became interested in him. I
mVaelf feel adeep syirirfithyTor his
- . TlltHti^ brdther, kindred and friends,
d £T \ h * Prpl^UOO- Which the law -btie fttr none-more tharrthe young
md ? rd **« ^ e ? ^ e . meeting | a jy ^ho had promised ito go band
in hand withjfohnuie over this rug
ged pathrof hte'ahd who showed her
true and faithful character in pacing
the last tribue of respect that it was
possible, for: her to pay to him on
earth, kfid *wi*y God bless ! them .all
and make what seems such a dark
dispensation,* npw prove to'- be a
bright Hnk in the chain to lead them
on to heaven. - J. T. Couxa.
*' • OCONEE DEN OC RACY. 1
Pursuant, to a call by the chairman
of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee ofOcdoes county, there was
a mass mebtiog-of the democracy of
the 261 sf district, G. M. y at Salem,
on the 13th, for the purpose of elect-
effort to catch up. This important
op promises an abundant harvest.
Turnips have not showed their
heads; but everybody has sowed
more or less. The rains that are
lised this week will start them
p-v, » - *
ic melon crops that was thought
1 ruined by the June rains, turns
out well. Our city is now over
i .TMfcuhh patches wUl
„ rly sought after. '
.3.ap|U ,tarmshave, the best crops
ttns yetn - ; 1.
CottonJs perpaps growing foster
and taking on forms more rapidly
than at any time in the memory of
the oldest inhabitant. Bat it rests
entirely with the seasons as to the
size of the crop. An early frost
would nip thehopes of thousands of
farmers, for the bulk of the crop
was planted in May, and it will
need to the 20th of October to in-
a good crop. In making esti
mates it is well to remember- this
fact.
Protracted meetings with Cuflee,
and attending barbecues by the
whites has about stopped on the
farm. Very little improvement has
begun in the way of building, fenc
ing, etc.
Where cholera left a supply of
hogs, particular attention is being
shown this highly important indus
try, and beneficial effects are al
ready visible.
Alieady farmers are looking
around and commenced getting up
seed and insnutt$ifor the oat crop.
Some will sow during the last
plowing of cotton, and others on
lan'd--*where they have early corn,
while others will : fejg8g|5gttibble
land and so wan early^jfQlf- there.
In all seriousness we would urge
tlje importance 01 putting in a large
crop ol oats.. The failure this year
ought to redouble the efforts to get
seed and sow down the best land,
for upon this most important crop
hangs, in our humble opinion, the
agricultural destiny ol the south.
With cheap horse and hog feed,
(and this is the cheapest la the
ir.nrlrliJUy nmittrnan raise cotton
cheaply^ind as cotton is the princi
pal crop of this land, we should en
deavor to raise it at the minimum
cost of production. Rye and bar
ley patches will also receive early
attention, and we would here re
mark that an acre sown before the
the 24th of September yields one-
third more than sown at any other
date.
The grass crop will be abundant,
and could it annually be saved,
would make the south independent
in ten years.
It has been demonstrated this
year that as fine Irish potatoes as
ever grew in Yankeedom can be
raised in Georgia. We only need
the proper preparation for saving
them to enable us to supply the
world with this important vegeta-
ble. v .
Horses and cattle show the ef
fects of the finepasturage they have
this year. It will continue* until
- I
On nearly every farm work i
the crop never ceased until this
week. Three-fourths of the cotton
in this part ol Georgia has been
worked since the late rains. 7
HERE AND THERE.
•s Arosnd WjuWaetoa City-Uncle
id’s Navy-Tfci 6rav* ef Jobs Wilkes
Beoth—“HUTs- ‘-Scat"—The Ekjrth
Wonder World—Great
Natural Curves ia North
There are **lqt of dead-beat
guides in W ag££gton .City, who
try to foist theqpielves on you at
every step. Thdy-are all liars of
and when they
1y him for all
a statue on
figure hold-
id, and a se.cond
Fjfcross .the lawn
: upward. The
every day, ex-
plo.. j pitches
2, who catch-
| ® fi n R« r - There
are plenty of peojfe verdant enough
to swallow every ,Word of the story
without question.]
In the rotutfdki
a door, is the pau
combat between
Indian. The
most fearfully
looked at Upon
return from Athi
dining days of
marked to a friei
f icture, “You
ndian? The
face is an exact
he Capitol, over
ng of a deadly
white man and
skin has the
ffice you ever
. Emory Speer’s
during the de
reign, he tc-
pointing to the
the visage of that
tpression on his
unterpart of the
f'rimaces made by the organized
democrats at hora£ when I passed
them.” , *
The man and brother is undeni
ably on top in Washington. The
bearing of the negroes is as insolent
and independent I* wood-sawyers.
They consider themselves tar supe
rior to the white iffian. The first
night we arrivedjHn Washington
we had to give otic of the fellows
a pretty pbrin shot, for his imperti
nence. They putk.themselves for
ward on every occasion, and spend
all their salary in fme clothes. The
government office^ are filled with
negroes, many receiving handsome
salaries and holding responsible
places.. >
•A
While in the city there .vas con- seta*pe at Bristol, says they hnd to
siderable indignation over a flagrant change cars, and hence the mistake.
rose-bush, now in full bloom, droops
over the liumHe mound, r nd several
of our association plucked a bud
therefrom to carry home a^ a me
mento of the- man who, vhr^*»g f *
mistaken patriotism, aimed a most
feariul stao a; the people he loved
and hoped to aid.. None of Boc' k’s
brotheis have ever vi.'ted Wash
ington City since that unfortunate
night, although offered large sums
for a single performance there.
In Luray Cave we were shown a
large column, a solid stalactite, and
measuring in length perhaps twenty
feet, that had fallen from its place
and laid prostrate upon the floor. It
must have been centuries since
some great convulsion of nature tore
from its bearings this shaft, as the
drippings from the wall has cement
ed ? it to the earth, and it is again
immovably fixed in its place. This
prostrate column is pronounced by
scientists the eighth wonder of the
world.
On the line of the railroad, about
five miles north of Warm Springs,
N. C n is Paint Mountain and Chim
ney .RocJd <• The train passes direct
ly under the former. These are
great natural curioslics, aud wor
thy. of a visit. from the sight seers.
Paint .Mountain is streaked with
various colored minerals and is said
to have been, painted by the In
dians. Chimney Rock is an immense
tower of stone, 300 feet high, stand
ing upon this mountainside, and is
as perpendicular as a well. In one
place, however, it .can be scaled.
No section is .richer in natural won
ders than Western North Carolina.
V
Capt. W. B. Burnett, of Athens,
was born and reared near Warm
Springs. During the war his fath
er’s house was saved- by a deserter
from, the Confederate * army. A
Yankee officer was in the act of
applying a torch to the building,
when the soldier stepped up and
begged him*to desist, stating that
while he was fighting in the Union
army the owner of that mansion
had. by his kindness, kept bis fami
ly from starving, and that he would
sacrifice his life rather than see this
noble old man’a home burned from
over bis head!
Cql. Binns, of the Butler Herald,
*•“ his explanation of that valise
AT TALLULAH.
The falls is immensely popular
this season. Tallulah is destined to
be the resort of the south.
The phantom party of last Satur
day night proved an enjoyable suc
cess.
M ; *s Fannie Mem nan, of Sen
eca, S. C-, is at the falls, and is
quite a belle.
Augusta is represented in Mrs E
T Miller, Mrs Burt Miller and
Misses Hattie and Bessie Miller.
Mrs Julius Cohen, of Athens, and
her two little daughters, Bessie and
Sallie, are at Moss’ hotel.
Misses Florence and Laura War
ner, of Jacksonville, Fla., are spend-
*ng the summer at Tallulah.
A description of the falls and sur
roundings has been written up for
the Century magazine, by a regular
contributor, and will appear in the
next issue. It will be illustrated
and will no doubt prove a big ad
vertisement for Tallulah.
Mrs C G Talmadge and her
daughter. Miss Maude, are the
guests of Young’s hotel.
The new livery stables are large
ly patronized by horseback riders.
The music and singing at Moss’
every night is delightful. Mrs. and
Mbs DeGive, Prof. Horian, of At
lanta, and Mrs. Lewis, of Hawkins-
ville, comprising the best talent.
Mrs. Clyde Lamar, of Jackson
ville, Fla., who has been spending
the past month at the falls, leaves
this week for Saratoga.
At the falls from Macon: J N
Birch and wife. C A Caldwell, Mrs
Turpin, Geo R Turpin, Mrs M A
nd J \V Washington, H V Wash-
ngton, j J Cobb, G A Smith, Mrs
Payne. Misses Kirkland and Me-
Avoy. *
An attractive party arrived Fri
day, consisting of Mrs L Mimms,
of Atlanta, Misses Daisy Breaux, of
New Orleans, Daisy Irwin, of Mo
bile and E DeMoville, ot Nashville.
The list of arrivals this week is
1 very long that lack of space pre
vents its publication. <
The list of visitors was very
largely increased Saturday, both
trains coming in crowded.
ATHENS TaCTORY.
To those who supported me so J log delegates to meet in Watkins-
gftlbmUy words ere , inadequate to ville on the first Tuesday in Septem-
express my thanks. Against a ber next, to nominate a candidate to
powerful coaa^VMttion of influences, represent Oconee county in the
tweked up witbC^plentyl of. riioney, I lower house of the next General
* ' ' * Assembly. Messrs. G. L. Anderson,
R. A. Moon and S. H. Thrasher
almost siogle-baaiU^l they rolled up
a vote fqr me by fur { the 1 largest I
have ever received in any contest. (
Such a result cannot be considered*
altogether in the light of a defeat.
' Entertaining no unkibdoesa toward
those who eppoeed me, I would do
injustice' manyrdnn deeUngs. did 1
me to faithlhUy and true have the
were elected. On motion, it was
requested that the proceedings be
published in the Banner-Watchman.
.Meeting adj° urn efl-
E. C. Anderson, Ch’m.
G. L. Anderson, Sec.
' ■ >1^ ■». tr * 1 ■ . \
SycaMorb. Ill., August 14.-—
•weit ot here, was -killed by Louis
' Taylor, a farm band, yesterday.
KSCAriNO A LIVING DE ATH.
A dealer in toilet articles, named
Legrain, was supposed to have died
veiy suddenly last week, and on
Friday an undertaker’s assistant
went to his house to prepare the
corpse-foe fouviaL. They had cloth
ed ft for the grave, and were about
to lift it into the coffin, when the
dead man suddenly opened bis
eyes and resisted their efforts. Ter
rified, they at once put the coffin
out qf sight, but not fo quickly that
the unfortifimte LegmiR did not see
it ‘ His family were summoned and
a doctor sent for in haste. The
funeral bangings and other marks of
mourning about the dwelling were
hurriedly removed. The patient,
however, bad been thrown into vio
lent delirium by the excitement of
his return |o life and the certain con
sciousness that be Igad so narrowly
escaped the living death for which
he had been prepared. The sight
of the coffin and the shroud could
not be effaced from his imagination,
and yesterday he died, this time in
reality, raving to the fast about these
dreadful emblems. ,
New York, August .5.-11 i.
said that the presidency of the Erie
railroad has been tendered to John
King, of the Baltimore and Ohio
company, who will accept it under
certain conditions. King wafe for
merly receiver of the Ohio and Mis
sissippi railroad company. .It» re
ported that the Erie is to be reor
ganized.and six new directors are
to be elected, among them D. O.
Mills, David Daws ao& John King.
The English holders, it is said, have
agreed to advance the needed mon
ey to carry out the reorganisation.
violation of the laws by a negro
club. They asked permission of
the Commissioners to stretch a re
publican banner ft^oss one of the
principal aviuue^Ww*: we« refused.
That night, under a notorious leader
and politician, the blacks strung up
the banner, in defiance of the com
mand ot the |city authorities, and
there it was permitted to swing.
The Commissioners hadn’t back
bone enough to take it down and
punish the outlaws.
One of the most interesting places
we visited was the Navy Yard.
There are a number of old field
pieces on exhibition, captured in
the Mexican and other wars. We
were shown plates of iron, twelve
inches thick, that had been shot
through with balls, and England
has a gun now that can go through
three feet of solid steel. One man
invents a plate, and another sets his
brain to work and manufactures a
gun that can penetrate it The on
ly protection iron vessels have
against modem ordinance is that
the entire hulk is sunk in water,
only a revolving turret, causing a
ball to glance, being left for a
mark*
*.*
We went on board a man of war
anchored at the Navy Yard, and it
seemed to us a most formidable and
death-dealing vessel, with its enor
mous gun revolving in a solid iron
tuiret; but the commander tells us
that a British vessel could sink it .at
three shots. The men are all be
low the water during action, and
every particle of wood about the
vessel removed. The officers speak
with great contempt about the
American navy, and say our ves
sels are nothing but old tubs.
In the verand^Pbf the National
Museum we noticed a number of
large trees petrified into stone.
They were just as when growing
in the forest, only every part of
them were as hard as marble. We
regretted very much that we could
not gain admittance to the building,
as* it is said to be one of the most
interesting sights at the xapifal.
In driving out, we were shown
the house where Senator Sprague
resided, which Roscoe Conkfing in
vaded and wrecked the happiness
of this peaceful family. It is a plain
brick building, without any pre
tensions to outside elegance, that
characterizes so many of the pri
vate residences in Washington.
We were also shown Mr. Hill’s
seat in one of the parks, where he
always spent his evenings after the
senate adjourned. This great Geor
gian and Mr. Blaine would meet
and chat lieie for hours. The bench
is opposite the fountain,, and is
known: as “Hill’s Seat.
: * ' V
In a quiet church-yai^ in Balti
more repose the remains of John
Wilkes Boothe, the assassin of
President Lincoln. His'heart and
*MI *re preserved in the medical
museum at Washington. A little
le only
the association that “changed cars,”
tbe same coaches in which we
left*Atlanta carried us through to
Baltimore. ivWfckfe rather inclined
to suspect that the genius of the
Butler Herald.thought that Henry
Cabaniss had some designs on his
baggage. We* will add that Binns’
valise contained a paper collar and
a copy o! his excellent weekly.
We -formed the acquaintance of
two mighty clever preachers on
Trip, Mr. Underwood and Mr.
Parks. They are two of the most
high-toned gentlemen we ever
knew, and added greatly to the
success of our party. Mr. Under-
woo^ is the happy father of thir
teen children, but said he was just
takirfg his bridal tour. With such
a nhble lady for a companion, the
whble life of this good man has
bee'h'one continuous honeymoon.
It “would be like eating bread
without salt to run a press excursion
without the presence of that hoary
old‘veteran, John Triplett, of the
ThomasvUle Times. John is
the'best posted man on almanac
literature m Georgia, and one of his
jokes - would make a grave-yard
yawn. . It was like reading the riot,
act ■ to a mob for Col. Triplett to
start on the Gettysburg picture
narrative. We were finally induc
ed to listen to him at the muzzle of
his pistol. They have lost the
ceipt for making truei or better fel
lows than John Triplett.
A REMARKABLE NEGRO.
Old Willis, who occasionally
visits* this county, is a most remark
able negro.. He has been blind
since infancy. However, he learn
ed the blacksmith trade, and can
•poke and tire a wheel as well as
any one. lie can bottom chairs,
and can do most any kind of me
chanical work. Recently he made
a wheelbarrow out.and out; body,
wheel, tires, spokes and all. He is
very industrious, refuses to receive
aid from the county, and goes from
place^to place doing odd jobs which
the people give him, He nukes a
comfortable.living and has saved
up some money. Although he
never’went to school he can calcu
late in his head any ordinary sum.
Numbers oi negroes' with two good
eyes are far less useful citizens than
Willis with none, and they could
profit by his example of patient in
dustry.—Gre^nesboro Home Jour
nal.
Houston, Texas, August 15.—
An incendifty fire at Lampasas has
destroyed the business part of the
town. The loss has not been esti
mated. G. B. Malone & Co., bank
ers; and S. D. Crittenden, merchant,
are the heaviest losers. The same
town experienced a frO.oOo fire a
fortnight a^c' 1
The record df cholera cases in the
Toulon hospital for to-day is as fol
lows: Admissions 8, deaths bone,
discharged £ under treatment 69.
OBJECTIONS OVERRULED.
Why a Newspaper Man Changed Boarding Uous-
Ben Rideway, a Louisville, (Kv)
newspaper man, who for the first
twenty years of his life had been ac
customed to feeding on champagne
and diamond-back terrapin, has lor
the last twenty years been having a
catch-as-can wrestling match with
the usual boarding house spread,
and is still alive, but weak. One
day early in the spring he went to
his landlady with a complaint.
“Madam,” he said, with a tlemi-
quaver in nis voice, and a piece of
wetness in each eye about as big as
buckshot, “haven't I been a pretty
good boarder for the two years I
have been with you?”
“Why, Mr. Ridgely, of course
you have. Only yesterday a lady
asked me how long you had been a
member of the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association,” replied Jhe lady
in surprise.
“Yes; and when you gave us eggs
with feathers on, did I ever kick?”
“Whft-r-wbat’s that?” stammered
the woman, thrown off her balance
by the suddenness of the blow.*
“And did - I ever insist on your
clipping their wings?”
„ “pir, I don’t—7-’
“And didn’t I keep right on, even
though you let the butter wear its
hair banged, when you knew I lis
ted bangs?”
“Mr. Ridgely, this is. going to—'*
“And did I complain, when 1
found a button in my pie, because
there wasn’t a buttoii-hole in mv
flap?”
“Sir, I won’t stand this any ”
“And did I report you to the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty
to animals when I picked that poor,
helpless cockroach out of the bis
cuit?”
“Shut up, you •”
“Yes; and when I found a min
now in the milk did I ask you wheth
er you milked your Cow with a fish
ing, pole or a seine?”
“ W ha—w ha—w ha *.*
“Don’t mention it, madam! When
the steak was a little tough, was I
one of the hoarders who sent a buzz
saw and a steam engine up to the
house?”
“I—I—I ”
; ‘And did I ever object to paying
for furniture repairs because the
broad was so heavy that,when I swal
lowed it, it knocked the bottom of
the chair out?” /.
“You mean good fqr nothing-—*’
“Don’t get excited, madam! Did
I ever inquire whether you drew
your tea with a windlass or a chain
pump?”
“O, you villain, you wretch, .
Dear Banner-Watchman: Our
radical friends tell us that a protec
tive tariff makes a country prosper
ous; that it enables the manufactu
rers to pay good wages, &c., but I
find my friend Lawshe says he has
not time to argue the question. If
it makes so much to the poor man’s
advantage, can’t he give us a small
touch of the modus operandi. No,
or any one. else can, for it ^s not
true. When I make an assertion,
if I don’t give the true inwardness “I hear you, madam; : and I want
of it, don’t believe it, for it is noth- to ask if I ever reflected on yo
ing but wind. The radical protec
tionists try to make believe that free
trade is the cause ot all the poverty,
degradation and want now* in La-
rope; that free trade makes low
wages, &c.; but it is not free trade,
but too much labor that makes low
wages, for any one with three con
secutive ideas knows that supply
and demand, as a general thing, con
trol the price of everything, labor
not excepted. The‘«r population in
Europe is too dense. There is more
labor on the market than-there is a
demand for, hence wages are low,
and low wages and too much pop
ulation will bring poverty, and with
it degradation and want. The ter
ritory of Europe is too small to sup
port a large population, especially
in some localities, and to transport
their supplies from a distance makes
them dear. Still we . see protec
tionists trying to iucrease our work
ing force in this country by immi
gration societies, and a rapid . in
crease of the working force into
this country would be the worst
drawback to tbe laboring class that
could happen. A protective tariff
don’t do tne laborer any good, for
the party protected will always get
his labor as cheap as possible, and
its cheapness will depend upon the
quantity and quality of the labor.
Then, when he sells his goods, he
will sell them as high as he can,
tariff or no tariff, and with a tariff
of 40 or 50 per cent., it enables him
to sell for that amount above what
he could get with tree trade. Free
trade and state rights is my sheet
anchor, and if I can’t get it, I will
come as nearit as I can. I am not
pposed to a regular influx of popu
lation, but let it be slow and gradual,
and such as wish to come on their
own means. Don't prevent them,
but restrict them, and don’t let
criminals and paupers be sent in to
us. Iam for progress, but don’t
wish to get ahead of the music.
Peter Culp.
McNUTT DOTTS.
The nomination of Dr. H. H.
Carlton for state senator shows the
appreciation and profound wisdom
of the several delegates. Long
may they live to enjoy that noble
work.
Mrs, Mary Benton has divided
her river plantation among her
adult children, who will proceed at
once to make it a scientific and
productive farm.
Our society is highly honored
with the presence of the beautiful
and highly polished Miss Hattie
Winfrey, of Antioch.
C.B. D.
The cattle men are meeting with
only indifferent success in stamping
out tbe Texas fever.
molasses-can by asking if yo
patent on that fly-trap?”
“U— p-—o you—o •”
“I ask,,‘Madam, did I ever do
arty'of these thing*?’ And I an
swer by saying, Never—no, never.*
Therefore, I want to know why in
the thunder—excuse my forcible
language, please—when they bring
me a plate of soup with a dishrng in
it, they don’t bring along a pair of
scissors to cut the darned thing up,
so a man won’t choke on it. That’s
all, madam.”
When the lady was resuscitated
Ben was compelled to go out into
tho cold, cold world,and get another
boarding-house. Such is woman’s
inhumanity to man.
THE MAN WHO STRUCK l’.ILT.^
PATTERSON IS BROUGHT TO
LIGHT.
Camtstille RrgUter.
February 7, 1S83.
Ordinary Fuankun County.
■—My father struck Billy Patterson.
It was a great many years ago, or at
least I suppose it was, as I was a
very small child when he used to
tell about it. He is dead now. As
near as I can And out he was a wild,
mischievous boy when young, and
ran away from his home in Vermont,
where he was born and raised by
tender parents. He was of a roving
disposition, and among other places
which he visited was Franklin coun
ty, Ga. As he was fond of sport he
attended most all public affairs. He
attended the one in Georgia, I say
because he left Georgia as
soon as was possible, and never re
turned to see how Billy or anybody
else came out He said when the
row began, and when “Mr. Peace
Maker,” as he called Billy, stuck his
name to break up “the sport,” as
he called it, he just leveled him and
dug out” as so n as “possible and
left Georgia;forever, as he thought
there might be more blows than one
and^ie might get his share of them;
so he never waited to tell who struck
the lick. He came to. Cleveland,
Ohio, and as he grew older and wis
er, bef an to g:ow strictet, and be
came as good an engineer as ever
was on the road, and ran fifteen
years on one road besides others.
My mother went from this place to
Ohio, and married my father, and I
was born there. We came back
here to live and his name was Geo.
W. Tlllison. He never knew there
w*sa will made, and I am not sure
as he would have cared to tell who
struck Billy Patterson, if he had, lor
he always had money enough, but
I don’t see the hurt in me telling
tfav0. -As I r am an invalid, I might
USiwell hat$ the money, if it is
rightfully mine. Please address
Jennie G., Gorey, Athol, Warren
county, New York, and let mo know
full particulars concerning the will.