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VOLUME VII.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 22,1882.
NUMBER 42.
| The Advertiser and Appeal,
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[BRUNSWICK. - GEORGIA,
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T. O. STACY,
Brunswick, Georgia.
CITY OFFIGKB8.
Mayor- H. J. Colson.
Aldermen- J. J. Spears, J. P. Harvey, F. J. Doer-
fllnger, 8. 0. Littlefield, J. M. Couper, J. Wilder,
W. W. Hardy, J. B. Cook.
Clerk <* Treasurer—James Houston.
ChUf Martial—E. Lsmbrightt
Policemen—D. B. Goodbread, W. H. Rainey, 0. B
Moore, C. W. Byrd.
Keeper of Guard Home and Clerk of Market—D. A.
Moore.
Fori Physician—J. 8 Blain. .
City Physician—J. B. Robins.
Sexton White Cemetery—C. G. Moore.
Sexton Colored Cemetery—Jackie White,
Harbor Master—Matthew Shannon.
Fort Wardens—Tho*O'Connor, A. E. Wattles, J.
M. Dexter. ,
STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL.
Finance—Wilder, Cook and 8pears.
Streets, Drains it Bridges—Harvey. Hardy and
Littlefield.
Cemeteries—;Littlefield, uoermnger ai
Harbor—Hardy, Cook and Littlefield,
Public buildings—Harvoy, Joupur and Wilder.
Railroads—Wilder, Spears snd Hardy.
Education—Cook, Couper and Wilder.
Charity—Spears, Hsrvey and Cook.
Fire department—Doorflinger, Unray and Spears,
Police—Wilder, Cook an l Harvey.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
Collector of Customs—John T. Collins.
Deputy—H.T.Dnnu.
Collector Internal Revenue—D. T. Dunn.
Deputy Marshal—T. W. Dexter.
Postmaster—Llnua North.
Commissioner—C. H. Dexter.
Shipping Commissioner—G. J. Hall.
OCEAN LODGE No 214,F A M
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lictf ulur commnnlc.tioH. of till. Lodge wo hold on
the 6r»t imt third Mond.jr. In "Vl: month, it 7:30
o’clock. P. M. ,
Visiting snd all brethren In nood .Landing »ro frs-
lerumlly invited to itteud.
J J. 8PEABS. C. E. FL&NDER8,
Secretary.
SEAPORT LODGE, No.
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Meets every Tuoediy night :it eight o clock.
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Convenient to i>ii.-iue:s.s,
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Railroads and the Steamboats.
Furniture New, Table Good
W. C. BE€E & €Q.s
proprietors.
A SPECIALTY
Gents’Furnishmg Goods
I have just upen<:d, in store of Messrs. Moore k
McCrary, a handsome line of above good#, which I
propose selling at price*
Sever Before Known !
WRIGHT
THE HU HR AH SEASON,
Macon Telegraph and Meeaonger.
Tiie days of the sweet girl graduate,
the ripening masculine student, the
rosebud orator and the blooming can
didate are upon us, and we take occa-
siou to lift our voice in an appeal for
a helpless and long suffering people.
Naturally, the appeal will go direct to
the class known as “ye locals” of the
commonwealth, whose duty it has
been to deal enthusiastically with the
hurrah season, which lies well in be
tween spring and the heart of sum
mer.
The evil complained of is the reck
less and stupied application of the
laudatory division of the English lan
guage to every one whom necessity or
pleasure brings pleasantly before the
puhlie. It is an evil felt as deeply by
the various locals of oertain commu
nities as by the people whom he af
flicts^ and bat rarely appreciated ex
cept by very young or over ambitions
subjects. Why it has grown to pro
portions sufficiently large to draw
forth comment it is difficult to Bay,
nuless it be that susceptible reporters,
drawn into s self commitment upon
special occasions, have set np a high
pressure gauge, and are forced in all
instances to insult or toe the mark.—
Sowing the wind, they reap the whirl
wind.
It really seems as though the good
old fashioned modes of mention are
lost forever. Forty years ago a young
lady having read in public an essay
might open the morning paper and
find it stated that “Miss Curlyhend
entertained tho company present with
an original composition entitled
Thoughts on a June-bug.’” Only
this and nothing more. Bat the mod
ern reporter wraps himself aronnd
the subject much more elaborately.—
Taking from bis private drawer hia
list of English and anglicized adjec
tives, be indites: “Bat the event of
the evening was tho recherche treat
ment which that novol subject,
Thoughts on a Junebng,’ received at
the talented hands of Miss G'urly-head.
Tuking the bug when he first hurled
his rainbow form into the mellow
tmimer of a breathing corn field, she
followed him through all the devious
rulings of his short Lmt active wi
lt. Whether ho hung upon the
pauses, aud he hears his brokeu sen
tenons fall into the listless >-ars of a
wearied crowd. In tho morning be
has it* “Hon. Percival Jones on lost
evening uttered one of the most elo
quent addresses ever delivered in this
city. He spoke to one of the largest
and most enthusiastic audiences ever
assembled in oar midst. Taking np
the speech of tho scalawag recently
outlined in these columns, who aspires
to represent this county, he literally
tore it to tatters. He brought to bear
upon the subject all of the powers of
a richly stored mind, and the charms
of wonderful eloquence. Hi8 denun
ciation was terrific. He bnrled upon
the record of his opponent a flood of
sarcasm, irony and invective that fair
ly made the flesh creep. Once when
he raised his right hand aloft and ot
tered the stinging sentenoe, ‘ho is a
liar,’ his magnificent appearance elec
trified his audience into demonstra-
tions which prevented his continuing
for five ruinates.”
The reporter, however, does not
paase at this. The male graduate,
the newly admitted lawyer, the lately
arrived physician, the numerous can
didates, tho enterprising showman, all
sit easily upon his shoulders and are
borne without a jostle. A reform is
necessary somewhere. A suspicion
has arisen that exaggerations are
creeping into print, and there is a
Laggard look about the average re
porter’s face which bespeaks a strain
that cannot much longer bo endured.
A EoRltitsiorTf
The horrible particulars of a col
ored woman who was compelled to
stand by and see her daughter burn
to death, is given by tho Athens Man
ner. It seems that some bands on Mr.
D. W. Elder’s place, near Goshen
Academy, were clearing off a new
ground' and burning the logs and
brush. After dinner, most of them
left for home, a colored woman and
her daughter, aged about eleven
years, remaining behind to attend
to the fires. It soems that tho
little girl begun to punch at a large
heap, in full blnzo, when one of the
Jogs rolled off, catebiug tho child l>o-
ueuth it and holding her seonrely.
Her .screams brought the mother
her assistance, and the woman did uli
, . . in her power to release tho prisoner,
golden plumes of the ripening gram, j but tbfl lQg ^ gQ heftvy that her
nr httfiari in f.hfi ItZ&GlOllS . .. , , . T
ettorts availed naught. In the rneun-
THGLIXE-KILN CLUB.
buriod himself in the luscious
depths of a rosy peach, she was with
nim, explaining his every movement,
aud mingling Lor gentle philosophy
with the hidden emotions of his little
wayward life. Her rioh, sympathetic
voice fell upon her spell-bound hear
ers like the dew of heaven upon the
thirsty fields, and beneath the tender
charms of her fancy they nestled, even
as a lost traveler nestles in the shad
ow of a great rook in a weary desert.
When she ceased, a burst of applause
shook tho building, and flowers rained
at her feet until upon her cbeoks the
roses cast their tints and flashed a
tableau few who witnessed it would
care to forget.”
But this is only one division of the
hurrah season. While it must be ad
mitted that ye local, cast in upon a
college commencement, is apt to let
his fancy tune flight, yet there are
adjectives called forth by a political
campaign which cau ever bo reached
amid the epbomeral sweets of com
mencement. Your true reporter of
the modern pattern does his loftiest
work upon the platform, side by side
with the orator of the evening. It
may bo that tbo contest is for a seat
in tho Legislature only, but it is all
the same to him. Nor does it affect
his spirits when the orator stammers,
time tho flames were slowly devour
ing tho child, whoso moans wore
heart-rending. She was sometime
burning to death. When help arrived
they found only the charred body of
the girl and an agonizing mother, who
had been forced to stand and witness
her child slowly tortured to death be
fore her eyes.
A number of oak logs taken from
an ancient bridge in Germany havo
been secured by a Boston manufactu
rer, who will convert them into chairs
and tables. The timber was first
used in 780, and remained in the wa
ter for about 1,100 years. It is in a
remarkably fine state of preservation,
and shows no signs of decay after
penetrating two inches below the sur
face. _
When a friend asked a reformed
inebriate the cause of his reformation,
he said: “As yon are married you will
quite understand it when I say that
getting tipsy made me see my motb-
er-in-luw double.”
A Chicago paper says that it wasn't
Jesse James who was killed. Well, if
it wasn’t Jesse, ho must be mighty
proud of himself after reading tho
certificate of angolic character given
him in tho funeral sermon
Detroit Pros Preu.
As soon as the club had opened in
due form, Brother Gardner announced
thnt the Hon. Chatteraugus Tomp
kins, of Montreal, wbb in the ante
room, and desirous of addressing the
meeting. The visiting committee was
instructed to bring bira in, and after
a short delay, a broad-backed blook
man, with an eye like an eagle and a
mouth betraying great firmness of
character, made his appearance and
was given a general introduction. In
taking the platform be announced
that ho had made the tour of the
world three times, received the forty-
seventh degree in the Sons of Malta
and would address the dub for a few
minutes on the subjects of economy
and philosophy:
“What am economy ?” he began, as
he got a brace for his feet and looked
Pickles Smith sqnare in the eye. “I
answer dat economy am de art of ex
tractin’ de most valne fur de least
money. Economy am de art of mak
ing time count. Take de plumber,
fur instance. All he wants to begin
life on am a solderin’ iron, a fire pot
an’ a bar of salder. Economy does
the rest. Ho gits pay fur de hours he
sleops as well as fur de hours he
works. Likewise, moreober, fur his
helper. Time am cash to him. Eb-
cry five minutes gone while be am
huntin’ fur a leak am so much added
to his capital. Take de house painter.
If he kin kill fo’ minntes gwine up a
ladder he knows he kin kill seben
cornin’ down. Ebery minute he gains
am dead cash. He could save ten
cents a day by economizin’ on cigars,
but he doan have to. He can save fif
ty by economizin’ on de man who
hires him half a day.
“Praotic economy, but let philoso
phy entor into do practice. Doan’
scold de old woman fur partin’ de
partaters so thick when yon have just
traded a grindstun, which cats nuffin’
an' am alius on hand, fur it dog which
eats all do tiiuu an’ am inissin’ when
a tramp comes along A shotgun may
be worf mo' dan a watch, but when
you git d<- gun you mils' buy fodder
fur it.
“As fm philosophy, do mo of it you
have de leas you fool de want of in
ey. Philosophy buys green wood an’
lets it season in do stove. Philoso
phy gives a hoes fodder just before
feedin’ time to save oats. Philoso
phy puts three chillun in a bed to
save kivers. Philosophy is in no hur
ry to pay debts. It reasons dat do
man who has owed a bill fur six
months receives a warmer welcome
when ho comes to pay np dan dechap
who got trusted only yesterday. Use
philosophy in your families. If de
ole woman wants a new bonnet tell
her dat she mus’ have a dress an
cloak an’ parasol to match. By goin’
widout de bonnet she saves do ex
pense ob all do rest. If do chillun
cry fur maplo sugar, feed ’em wid fif
ty cent syrup. De sweet am what dey
cry fur. De same rain storms which
stops your work in do garden will
wash whitewash ofi de walls an’ fen
ces, so what you lose by de wet you
make up in de sunshine. True econ
omy will adulterate castor ilo wid ker-
osino, so dat de dose will act on de
stomach an’ cure a soi^o froat at de
Bame time. True philosophy will neb-
er waste breath in statin' de case artcr
de judge has passed sentence. Wid
dese few disaffected imprudences I
will now expand.
An Atlanta man has been sentenced
to twelve months on the chain gang
for stealing the zinc lining from a
bu'.h tub
0i,000,000 Por the Education ortho
Freedman of the South—A Rich
Donation.
Norwich, Cobs., Special to tho Philadelphia Times.
John F. Slater, a wealthy gentle
man of this city, has signified his in
tention to create a fund of $1,000,000,
to be known as tbe “ John F. Slater
fund,” for the education of the freed-
men. The fnnd is to be invested in
tbe hands of trustees, who are to ap
ply the income according to the in-.
strnotion of the donor. It is under
stood here that tbe uct incorporating
these trustees is to be presented in
the Senate at Albany, New York, to
day. Mr. Slater thus explains, in one
paragraph of bis letter to the trustees,
his general object; “The general ob
ject whiob I desire to have exclusively
panned is tbe uplifting of tbe lately
emancipated population of the South
ern States and their posterity by con
ferring on them tbe blessings of
Christian education. The disabilities
formerly Battered by this people, and
their singular patience and fidelity in
tbe great crisis of the nation establish
a just claim on the sympathy and
good will of humane and patriotic
men. I cannot but feel tbe compas
sion that is dne in view of the prevail
ing ignorance, and which exists
through no fault of their own.” Mr.
Slater leaves the trustees the largest
liberty in making suoh ohanges iu the
methods of applying the fund as may
from time seem wise. He suggests
that the education of teachers for the
colored race may be the wisest pur
pose to which tbe fund can be put, if,
after thirty-tbree years, tbree-fourtbs
of the trustees shall, for any reasoD,
agree that tbero is no farther ase for
the fund in tbe form it is now insti
tuted. He authorizes them to apply
the capital to the establishment of
foundations subsidiary to the existing
institutions of high education, so as
to mako them more freely accessible
to poor colored students. Under the
prosont institution of tho fund he
specially wishes t hat neither principal
nor income be expended in land or
buildings for any purpose than that
of safe and productive investment for
income.
Konai'tlilii" Lacking-
A well-known Illinois fit rut it whs m
Chicago on business the other day,
when an acquaintance took occasion
to ask:
Well, farmer Jones, is the wheut
all light this week ?”
“Y—e—s, pnrty fair,” was the
grudging reply.
“Good show for fruit ?”
“ Wall, I guess so.”
“Sell all your potatoes at a big
price?”
“Purty big, but I didn’t have
many.”
“Had any too much rain in yon sec
tion ?”
“Guess not.”
“Well, then, I don’t see us you have
anything to complain of. I think you
ought to feel like a young colt.”
“Wall, I suppose things do look a
little bright—just a little—but I don’t
see any occasion for shouting. Fact
is, twenty-one of my ewes had single
lambs when they might as well have
bad twins, and I don't look for mneb
of a price on wool this summer.”
Whew 1 Coming up these stairs
takes tbe wind out of me,” remarked
the gentleman wuo climbed to tbo ed
itorial room to give advioe about ran*
ing the paper. “1 aut so glad,” says
the editor, shaking him by the hand,
and tbe gentleman thinks the editor
is delighted to sec nim.
A new comet is coming this way at
the rate of 2,0G«l,O0O utiles per day.