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tRIOtf K A. CHAPTER.
No. 19. it'ivts ;it Trion on (ho Friday
nialit before the third Sunday in April.
Mav, June, July, August, and Septem
ber and on Sutnrd night helete the
third Sunday in Onmiter. Novemper.
Do somber, January, Feb uarv. and
March. BRYAN I! I’.
O I? MVKIiS, Sect'v.
ATTORNEYS:
J. M. Robertson,
Attorney at Law,
and Solicitor in Chancery.
Chattanooga, - - Tfnn.
IJRACTICR in Ch.iftfery, Circuit mnl
Courts of r»’iHM*ssi?it ;tim! M Distiicl • tiurl.
Also in adjoining cnijml«*» In Georgia.
(A7- ffiee in Court House.
Robert M. W. tMmm,
Attorney at Law,
LaFayette, - - - - Georgia.
WILE PRACTICE in tli« Supnior t oun* ofiln*
.mutt mill ndjoiuiti!! circuits. llcctiot.> i
Otlijc on cor.i< r op.n.-itc iJrug "tre
3 35 3iii.
Joa.t TIIELAN, C. F tioRKK-
Phelan & Goree,
Attorneys at Law,
Posit Block,
24!' ’da. be! SI.,
UHATTAKIXVjA, - TENNESSEE
— - ~alli""il
w. U. & J. P. Jacov...?
Attorney * at La i >
Trenton, - - - - Georgia.
T >R ACTICR in Hu* countios of D.Tilp. U’.ilk* r-.tini
1 > i'.'.'SO, and si'ij'ilniiigpoitnlit'S, ami in tin* v *l
t.r -.it* 1 .‘.ml Feiicril « oiii’ts v so, Jacl»>on, cKml l
nn «*'!t -rtikcc, in North \]al>nm . and *-ls. were in
. fiec i ti contract. tiptcinl ut'iution given to the ejjl
lection of claims. %
W, M. Hours’,
Attorney at Law.
SUMMERVILLE, - - - - GiCORGIA.
WILL practi-o in :iiv l.’omc and adjoining ‘‘ir
cu ts. Collections a specialty.
.1. C. Clements,
Attorney at 8, taw,
LaFayette, - - - Georgia.
AlT'l L practice in tli*'several ooui.ti< s of iln
y \ Romo and Cherokee Circuits, and tin* mi; rene
Court or deni-gin.
F. IV. Copeland,
Attorney at Law,
LaFayette, - - - Georgia.
-nr | LI. practice in the Superior Courts, o' Kmn
T T t'ircust. Kluewlli r«* hv special :i"r»:pm«*nt. Co
Icefions asp cia.ty. (Olfi-re in mar of J uiht rsonV
K : t«*r«.)
11. P. Lumpkin,
Attorney at Law,
LaFayette - - Gboiigh.
Al7 ILL give prompt a tcnti'oi to all l-usiii'-ss
t T entrusted 10 him.
Oiltce at Shutord St Lumpkin’* store
Ft '»iw'i i i iihitw jH-.wpaarsßtgaßtßair.fi m
DENT ISTS:
Dr. Geo. B. Jordan,
Resident Dentist,
Rising Fawn, - - - - Ga.
Offers lii< professional services to ihe people m
Dado and Walker counties. Oenlal opera lions per
form, d in a neat ami substantial main er.
All woik Warranted to give pe feel satisiaetion.
Will make a professional trio through >leLe
mores* CnVc, on the tir-i of ea ii mouth.
Dr. J, P. Fana,
Resident Dentist.
Dai, ton, - - - Georgia.
g ?r! w" TrN A 1 »*REP \' Es) with all lib
* Modern Impr'veinents in lontm
to turn «mt as good work
sw can be had in tile -tt-de, and at a- low prices as
can he doneliy anv firstria** w>>rkiino.
(S/-I guiranne all wmk turned out to stand any
nd til reasonable tests. Special attention given to
correcting irregularities in elilldren’s t*eth.
3t/-Lad|es vvni'ed on at their resi 'em-e. when tin
aide *.o visit the office. A liberal share of patronage
solicited.
{jQM HRee: Up-stairs on Hamilton street, opposite
Na.ioiial Hotel.
Will visit LnFavette, Walker (Jo., at Superior
Courts August and Fehruary.
HOTELS;
GOREE HOUSE,
.1. IYITIIVKN Proprietor,
LaFayette, G eohgia .
above bouse is thoroughly fur
* nished and prepared with the very
best accommodations, lor transient and
local custom, and at reasonable prices.
Satisfaction guaranteed to those who fa
vor i- with their patronaee.
READ HOUSE,
J. T. READ & SO A Pro’rs,
A. L. DeLoag, Bookeoper-
Wilt. If Hamblen. £ liief )
J. Walker, \ Hay ", lerks.
J. I*. Bostick. ( sight )
Chattanooga, - - - Tenn.
Fronting Union Rassengnar depot
THE ROME HOTEL,
Broad *t., Rome, tin.
In Ten Htei" 4 ok tub l< aii road.
AO 0.11 A I Ill>> AEIiDLI)
LCU; \TEI) In ii»« Principal Busings .square of
the City eoiiv* nient M the Wharf, the Hank
and Hie Post Ossie, and Is thoroughly renovated and
lep.ainted. J.L >!. ESTES, Proprie tor-
NATIONAL HOTEL,
J. <l. A. LliWl*, Trop'r.
Dalton, - * - Georgia,
This bouse is a lartre four-story brick,
within a few steps of the Pa .-sen per de
not.
BOARD PER DAY - - - $2.00
Polite and attentive porters at every
train; oass them your cheeks, walk rialit
averaud make y .urselftit home.
W. M. LEWIS, Cleik. j
Walker County Messenger.
HIE MESSEN(i ER.
i.AFAYETTE. GEOIKiIA.
TiiumDAY Morning. N 'V IS. DSSrt.
Kates of Subscript lon :
Twelve Month* #l-fih
iA Mouths . 7ft
Four Monihs • r »°
*nn.de Copiei... OS
nvolahly n ntlvnutn*.
“'Siletit Jnps the ynller leaf” is
the first iistal lin t-n t of lull | oetry
received by one of our Stale ex
chnnges.
John Lneaii is to t>e made Secre
tory of the Interior, and Gen. Grunt
is to succeed him us Senator from
Illinois.
- ♦ m - -
Muiinolia.Coliimhin county. Ark..
Inis a wool factory, cotton ein and
iirist mill till combined, and the
Banner savs its a great convenient',
to tile people.
Men tire so fearful of woundine ,•
woman’s vanity that they rareh
remember she may, hv snttie possi
hility, possess a jjrain or two o
ts nitnon sense.
Now let the southern p.ople tout
i l.eir attention to o ak toy Lit: crops,
i erecting cotton inannf ctnl'ies, am!
j miftts>ih|! wealth. Polities may
j lake a four years' list. V liiitjhni
j Slur.
Some feelde mimleil imlivnlua
suggests that the D’ liioctai're t tee
tors vote for Grunt, snpytstitiy. ii
that case, that Cookline eouid con
trol enoujih Repuhlican Voles !•
elect Grant instead of Garth In
Snowflakes.—ll nicnck eanieii
Galena by 802 majority. Grant
was away at a wedding.
Rev. I <is. K. B'-ecJtei was beat
en in the Eonin district hv 1,200
majority
Gen. Weaver’s county gave Mat -
cock four majority. — (hicaga 'Hairs
A valuable l eilei belonging to
'armer near Northallerton, in Eng
land, recently broke its lee, and i'
tut.l to he amputated. The animal
lias since been fitted with a wooden
leg, on which it move- about with
utmost ease, which proves the ab
surdity of hastily ordering the des
truction of animals that meet with
such accidents.
The Rev. William li. Felton, of
Georgia, makes his final appear; nee
in the present Congress. It. tin
nexl he will he replaced by a dem
ocrat, tl man who, it is Imped, has
enough moral courage to adopt a
line of political policy for his guid
ance, and having adopted it, to fol
low it. — Washington Bust.
It is nmv reported that Dr Fel
ton is going to contest the Congres
sional election in the Seventh dis
trict, and lias employed Col. Amos
T. Akerrnun as his attorney. Con
testing elections before a Radical J
Congress Inis been n favorite past
time of ilte defeated opponents of
the Democracy ever since the war
They not only have strong hopes of
being seated without rey-ird to rig t j
nrjustic”, hut if they fail they lmp< '
to make a nice bttle sum out of the
National Treasury in the way of an
appropriation to defray the expen
ses of the contest. Its a dead up n
and shut game.— Savannah Morning
Mews.
■ -
‘TI. W. G.” thinks that the tie
feat of Hancock will prove a bless
ing id disguise if it only turns the
Southern people from polities to
work. He says, very sensibly ; "We
| arc able to do w ithout Federal pitt-
I ronage. The defeat of Hancock will
I he a blessing in disguise if it only
I
: tends to turn our people from poli
■ tics to work. We have the best
j country in the world. The sun i
; shines on us kindly, the soil \ie|i!s]
us abundant crops, the earth gives J
us gold, iron and coal at every fi-- i
| sure. How much grander a mis- i
sinn it is to develop this section in- I
to its full power nod production !
than to win a shale of public pat
ronage. What we need is fewer
stump speakers and more stump
pullers less talk and more work —
fewer gin mills and more gins— !
fewer men at the front and more at
the Ime. One pi ugh is worth
, twenty politicians.” (
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IH, 1880.
The Sewing Girl’s
Dream.
Outside the great silvery snow
llakeM were swarming through the
! purple dust.
! Within, the last expiring Coal
moldered to gray ashes on the
hearth. It was a small white-wash
ed loom wit a green painted iron
cot in one corner—the tinev coal
stove epnoeile —a square shuttcrless
window with the frost rapidly con-
I gealing on the panes, and a rough
I table before which a fair, girlish
creature was standing as eitli c .Id,
blue hands she folded into a bundle
a finished garment of dainty etn
t roidered cambric.
She smiled softly to herself, th s
beautiful young seamstriss, as she
thought of the crazy lire and deli
cious suppet she had coined that
night at least.
And poor, patient \\ ill, ie*r crip
pled invalid friend below stairs,
and his weary, uncomplaining
mother should share her fire, her
supper and her delight.
Ev" H; zelton's delicate, sad face
grew radial.t as a star, as she pic
tured toe plea-eti surprise with
which Will Thurston would turn
his hi :, solemn eves upon her, tts
file put Iti I Is wasted hand tht
wine anil the fruit, a <1 the nutri
ums -telicaeies so t.ieessirv h t
ftmu. hut, alas! so unattainable.
She ilp \V her thin, faded shawl
o'oiitel her graceful shoulders, and
■ sing her precious him.tile, locked
i r door behind her, and ran lighl
v down the tincarpeted stairs.
She tapped sultlv at a door that
pencil front the cheerless hall,
n il was admitted into it I rg>- hut
dre-.n room.
O i a lounge, drawn closely before
me grate, where a hiindful of coals
was smoldering lava manly young
lellmv of twenty, who turned Ids
handsome face eagerly toward her
as she entered.
The pale woman who sat by the
invalid looked up anxiously front
her hov’s ihreadbare coat, in which
-he was deftly sewing another need
ful patch.
"Is my girlie going nut io the
storm alone!" she inquired afloc
innately.
”1 have just finished my work,
unity, and you know Mrs. De Roe
promised to pay me to night. Won’t I
we have a feast when I get hack,” |
-be answered gaily.
"You think of us before you j
think of yourself, Eve.” answered i
the pale woman, brushing a tear
from her withered cheek.
"Never mind me, aunty dear I
am young and strong; and maybe
when Will gets well and into a
place, he will bring me something
nice occasionally.”
“That I will. Eve, something you j
don’t expect."said the voting ntan, |
looking at the wan, sweet face with |
glistening eyes.
Will Thurston was thinking of;
the fortune he meant to win, and j
lay with his heart at her feet. Alt! j
only for that terrible fall when he
■ was searching through the ware
j houses for the employment he nev-
I er found,this sweet child would not
be dependent upon the greedily
given charity, needle work of a
haughty, heartless woman !
“What will you give me, Will ? j
If I guess it will you tell me?”
"Never mind now, Eve, it is get- i
ting dark, and you will be afraid I
out in the streets alone.”
"Good-bye then, for an hour,
aunty and Will," said the lovelv
girl, t lipping nut of the room, and
hke a gleam of sunshine, leaving it
more dreary than before.
Eve went up to the steps of Mrs.
De Rue’s grand mansion w ith a glad
expectant luce, and was immediate
ly ushered into the presence of Per
proti l, aristocratic employer.
Tl >e lady took the rich fabric and
critically examined the beautiful
needle work.
Something in the expression of
her severe countenance sent the ea
ger blond front Eve’s young face,
cold and curdling to the heart.
"I am sorry for you. Miss Hazel
ton,tor you have spoiled your work.
llow did you stain the embroidery
so badlv ? ’
Eve thought of her long da" of
toil and lasting in her tireless room
where her numbed and lacerated
j fingeis had plied the needle faith
fully, despite her htinge'nnd weari
ness, and a choking sob was her
onlv answer.
“You t eed not erv. Miss. Os
i course, I shall not charge you for
the gii'tm-.td, hut you can’t expect
any pay nr any more work from
me,” said the purse-proud, pitiless
j woman, in a voice that plainly
meant instant dismissal.
S i Eve went out in the storm,
and turned her Wan, desparieg face
homeward.
"Oh. Will? Oh, aunty!" she
chied.“l didn’t get any money, and
Mrs. De Rue was displeased with
mv work, and what will become nf
os all?”
“The Lord will provide, girlie”
replied Mrs. Thurston, smoothing
Eve’s tawnv curls that bun over
her worn shawl, wet and heavy
with the clinging snow-flakes.--
"Take a sop nf tea, mv child, at d
a hit of our bread and meat, anil
than go to lied.”
Eve swallowed the cold insipid
beverage and a morsel of the crust
and scrap, at d then crying softly to
herself, went up to her ro on.
Wet and shivering, and Inurl
sick, -lie threw heist It into a tail
hacked. rocker, the only semblance
nf luxury sio po-st-ssed, and gave
wav to her grid and disappoint
ment.
What had she <!• il ll- that life must
lie s i hard and hopeies-? " is heav
en just tn lei a pour, helpless girl
who had never done conscious burin
to any living creature stiller hunger,
and toil, and sot row ?
Still trioiti iug and sobbing she
! fell last asleep.
The storm had ceased outside,
and the full, coni mono shone no
the frosty window and filled, wit It a
pale, iev light, t o room in which
she sat ahipe. "like a preciou- -tin g,
set ill the heart ni the cavern
gloom.”
And while site slept, the angels
| came, and people I the gloom with
i visions of delight. Toe hare walls
“-Hr iclu-il away i no *.»ni«-ly l»ii!l«,”
The dead latlor to il the dead
mother Wt re there, and the hist ba
by sister ai d the good old grand
mother. At d good Mrs. Thurston |
Wt s tin re. no longer ; n her sad gat
mf-nts of rusty mourning for
the loved husband who sailed
away on cruel s> as that never
) I relight lio-k his Inst ship, hut
| robed in dazzling splendor. And
! kind handsome Will w„s there, erect
| and proud, ai d oh! so luippy and
! tender. And he tunk her hv the
hand and called her his bride, and
she leaned on his arm and went
fourth into the midst of them all,
dressed liki a queen. The mother
smiled, and the father blessed her.
and the saintlv grandma her kis-< d
her, just as she had done yt ars and
years ago, when Eve was (t careless
I joy ful child.
A smile of heavenly sweetness
| and rest lingeted tin the rleeping
■ girl-
An ! that visioned reunion of the
i happy living with the happy dead
was infinitely natural and sweet !
And then sue awoke from the
delicious splendor of her dream to !
feel the iev niotnibeiints on her '
cold face, and (lie frosty, midnight |
air upon her wet. freezing garments, 1
as it crept wailing through the bro- :
ken windows.
She shivered and moittnd, and
then sat upright.
Oh, heaven? was it only a dream?
Must she still, toil stliv". hop* and
Sillier ?
And Will—poor, dear, unfortu
nate Willi Would he ever lie well
and strong again? Anil would
somebody give him and her a place
among Die world’s workers w here j
they might earn tin ir lire anil
bread ?
Sue threw ntt her garments, still
with tne fin/, ii (limpness, and
crept into her meager lied
Oil. hmv Per lingers stung and
ached with the awful Cold! Oil, how
her heart throbbed with its hitter
disappointment!
It was high noonday when she was
awak-nt.d from her heavy shunt er
hv a loud knocking at llie-dnnr.
"Eve —Eve! Will wants vnu to
come down to breakfast ’’ cried the
voice of Mr.-. Thurston ; and it
had been a weary time since Eve
had heard that dear voice so eager
and cheery. I
W liere bad her unfortunate friends
found the wherewith for a break
fast ?
Had she not broken with them
tin ir last scanty crust ?
So she went down, her sorrowful
brown eyes full of wnudet, and her
Inva Iv, disordered hair twined in a
coil of rebellions ringlets about her
graceful head.
She paused at the door opened so
blithely ft r her, with a quick, glad
cry of childish iimulb’ment.
i A great bed of red-hot coals blazed
■ and crackled in the grate, and the
purple and scarlet Haines leaped
upward in delirious frolic.
In t lie centre of the room the ta
ble was Itiit I for breakfast, with a
dazzling burden of such delicacies
as she had nut tasted for months.
And Will, with e happy Hush on
his wasted cheek, and an cag< r,
Ir jtiiiilousjny in his handsome eyes
* at at the least proud as a cnnqocr
i nr.
"Am l tlrean ing yet ?” asked
Eve, dizzv ainl bewildered by t!.e
I set-tie. "Oh, aunty. | can’t hear
j this —I can’t awake again to the
cold, trouble and hunger!" You
ueetl not, dear," suit! .good Mrs.
'Thurston, taking the gitl in her
arms, as she struggled forward,
weak with sorrow and long fasting.
"We tire rich now —mv tey and I.
Look up, darling. Will’s father
wants In speak to you.”
Ai tl then the bewildered creature
lioea me conscious tjJ! the presence til
a tall, handsome, bronzed and
bearded man —the pi rfect prototype
of manlv, noble Will.
"1 don’t understand,’' murmured
E e, while her lovelv eyes tvauder
,l ed over the faces ;f the happy
[group "I thought Mr. Thurston
I " ' IS
| "Ai dso did we all think he was
: dead," ii.ttlJUpteil the joy ful wo
man, anil then she hurst into rap-
It ti rolls tears, and then running
| tnieli to the returned wanderer, she
i clung t ti him fondly crying and
j laughing in a breath.
‘ You see. Miss Ha/elton, I did
I'otue hack after mv shipwreck and
seven years’adventures, like Enoch
Arden. I returned to bring quite
a handsome twmpetrnce to this pa
! rent, true little woman, and this
; gootl sun who u I would know any
i where was mv own."
Ami Eve still wondering if she
was in a dream, drew tow aril Will,
trembling and smiling.
'1 am so glad for you and aunt y,” l
she sail l . "1 know vnu wi'l let too |
Slav with you until ”
Will’s arm was around iter waist. !
and liis voice was whispering in her '
ear a different ending to her broken [
speech.
"Until you are Mrs W ill Thors- ;
tun,” lie said. "Wake up Eve. Don’t i
look so unitized. There is no more |
work for these little l ands, and no ;
! more trouble for this little head.— j
Didn’t you promise me once that
when ws were rich enough you j
would lie my wife ?”
“I think I did.” answered Eve j
softly. "But I airt mil rich.”
"Allow me to nsnire you differ I
rntly mv little dalighler-10-he,” nli
[ served Will's father. "Ytitir Uncle !
1 I ft a sung little stun in niv hands
; for von. Eve. But it was almost in j
1 the hour of mv disastrous voyage !
I that lie died, and you all know in
Imw unfortunate a stale mv affairs
iwi re left. But little Eve believe j
me. Will's wife will hcagl'litc tilt j
i • >1
heiress.
b i !•)!• dream of that hitter mid- 1
! night was not all the mockery of a j
i troubled slumber.
For Wi'l grew well and strong i
with astonishing rapidity.
And Eve became his wife, and;
| they were all happy as mortals
iiitietiirio are when the storms til
I fife exhaust thenisel res, and fair i
fate smiles propitiously.
An exchange contains an article .
beaded "A Newspaper Man’s Sail
Fate." It is pretty sad when a
i news aper man loses bis railroad ;
pass when he is 200 miles from |
Inline.
Somebody in new Milford hits’
found nn umbrella, and announces J
that the owner can have it by call- j
ing, which shows quite conclusive
ly what sort of an umh.clla it is.
The Democratic roosters need air
I and exercise. 1
A PRETTY STORY.
The Queen its Italy Adopts Two Or
phan Children.
In Naples the papers tell n very
pretty stuiy nf the Queen of Italy.
It appears that as she was driving
to the royal wood of Liealo the
coachman mistook the road, and
one of the gentlemen asked a conn- .
tryinan the way. The man, seeing [
the line carriage and horses and the
servants’ livery and til! the gay I
co ■ puny, thought lie was being ;
fouled. ‘‘As if you did not know !”
he said with a big grin The Queen
laughed, and assured him that they
were lost. Then only did thecoun
trvir.iin condescend to point out the j
wa v, after which lie walked off as !
j if fearing to lie laughed tit again.
‘ Give him twenty francs for his j
trouble,” said tint Queen tn one of!
i tier iseort, who, going after the!
■ countryman, said:
“Hen. my man, is a little present
from the Queen of Italy, who thanks
you.”
"The Queen 1” cried the country
nine, returning to tho carriage, j
• Forgive me tlint I did not not j
know thee. But I had never seen
thee before. Thou art as btantiful J
its a May ruse. God bless thee.”
and the carriage drove nil'.
Nmv the countryman, who had
once seen Ihe Queen, wanted to
see her pretty face again, and the
| following day he presented himsell
, at. the palace.
"1 know Iter, you know.” he add
ed mysteriously. "1 spoke to her
j yesterday, and want to speak to her
I - ii
again.
Thinking he had to do with a
mad man the porter was about to
i have the poor fellow arrested, when
j the very fellow who had givt n him
I the twenty francs appeared, and,
j recognizing the .man, told him to
j wait, lit; informed the Queen of
j his presence.
‘ Bring him here by ail means,”
■ was lit r answer.
When the man was for the second
, time before the Queen he said :
"Yes, ’(is thou. 1 thought I had
j seen a fairy. Thou art just an an
gel. I did not tell thee yesterday
that 1 have two little ones without
a mother. Wilt thou tie their
mol her ?”
‘•T:rat I will," saitl the Queen.
*■ Then there's the twenty francs
thou gavest me yesterday. I thank
thee, hut I want no money.” And
he went away, crying and smiling
like a chili).
The Quetn has adopted the two
little ones, and they tire in an in
stitution under her special patron
age.
A MAN IN THE KKlb
A Kl iiitl-Ciinllhig Episode tluf Star
lit tl a Texas C(iiaiiiuail) .
A lady residing on Fourth street,
and who had licet) temporarily left
at home by her husband, who was
away from town nn a business trip,
was shucked on going into her room
an evening or two since to discover
what appeared to be a ma:t stretch
ed prone upon her bed, with the
cover drawn close about him. Her
first impulse was tu flee,screaming,
fra mi the room, hut a second thought
came, and with it nerve enough to
(nit the thought into execution. The
lady stepped noiselessly into an ad
joining room and armed herself
with a club. She returned with it
and touched the object of h“r fright.
There wits no sign of life. She
touched it again, and still harder,
Imt still the object did not move.
Stic now thought the man was
alee; ing. Ami a third thought
came. Hurry ing iti to another room
she prneurtfi a bottle of chloroform,
saturated a cloth with a drowsy
drug, crept hack to the bedside and
spread the cloth over the sleeping
man’s face. When it had been
there a minute or two she knew
her fee was vanquished. She now
ran o t and told her neighbors' of
what had occurred. Men armed
themselves with guns and sticks j
and marched in solid phalanx to
w here the interloper lay. The cloth
, t
and the bedclothes were carefully
removed and the object beneath
them was plainly revealed ‘.o sight.
It proved to tie nothing more than
a stuffed dummy with a lalse-face
upon it. The lady’s young son had
fixed it up, thinking to give his
VOL IV. NO. 18.
mother ;i ware, '■'ho didn't scare
though, worth iicpnl, and her bravo
conduct Inis made !it*r Hip heroine
of the neighborhood. W'c have
told tr is shin- just as it was related
in us. - H un; ( Tex ) Exit miner.
FI N' DOWN’ son H.
A Prograwlvr liaee.
| An ei.ler|irisi' g darky, of a calcu
lating turn ol mind, called a few
days since on a genlieman who
• •
owns a garden in the western pelt
of the city, am) represented that
the pardeii was partly growing lip
with irrnss, which, if left to go to
! seed, would render it impossible to
i grow vegetables on the spot next
! year, and proposed to cut it down
lor a certain sum, which the gentle*
j man agreed to pay. Me then went
| t.n the gentleman who had recently
| rented the premises and made him
j the same proposition, which wow
| again accepted, the latter not know
ing', of course, that the owner had
| agreed to pay,for the work, as the
J darky had studiously kept that to
| himself After cutting the grass
and collecting pay from hoth gen
tlemen, onr hero proceeded to the
owner of a cow, sold the grass for
! double what he charged for cutting
it, pocketed four times as much
money as the work was worth, and
I went on his wax humming, “Jesus
I
|my all to Heaven is Gone.” Now,
; who savs the African is not a p:o
--[ gressive race ? TaUakam* Flori
dian.
A Conscientious Texan.
About 4 o’clock on Saturday ev
ening, the Dili inst., Mr. 1,. S.
Woodward, a venerable Texan of
threescore years and ten, with his
daughter in a wagon drawn by two
mules, attempted to cross the In
ternational rairoad about ten milts
■ north of Austin, when to his terror
and astonishment, just as the mules
were fairly on the track, the loco
motive dashed by on a down grade
cutting off arid taking with it one
of the wheels of the wagon, the
tongue and the two moles, but
leaving Mr. Woodward and daugh
ter tu.hurt. As soon as lie could,
the conductor stopped the train,
found both mules dead, inquired
tne names of the unfortunates, and
promising to make it all right,
came no to the city and reported
the acciileot. Mnj Hoxir, who rep
resents the International Railroad
Company, called to pay the dama
ges and tendered Mr. Woodward
S-100, w hich he refused, saying:
"()ne hundred and seventy-five dol
lars' will pay fur the mules, and
that is all I want.”— New Orleans
Democrat.
An Amusing Incident.
In a liille village in Virginia
there lived a family named Ransom.
They were not very pious people,
and never want to church. Once,
however, during a revival, the fami
ly were prevailed upon to attend
preaching. When they had made
their reluctant and tardy appear
ance the services had just begun,
and when they had scarcely taken
their seats, the minister gave out
the first hymn, raiding it some
what thus: “Return, ye ransom
sinners, home.” ‘All right! cried
the head of the Ransoms, getting up
in i rage, and clapping his bat on
his head. “Come along, old woman
and gals, we’ll go home fast enough,
and everybody in the old church
linows we didn’t want to gome.”
Gem Garfield must l e the child
ol fort tine. Never were so many
political honors piled on one man’s
head in this republic, lie is now
Representative in the House till
re xt March, Senator elect, and, by
the people’s voice. President elect.
If tinder our Constitution, anything
more could he added probably it
would drop on him. — Cincinnati
Gazette.
The West Point l‘ir*.i tells how a
young lady of that place who had
been deaf for several years was sud
denly and singularly restored the
other day She had been under
treatment for her deafness for about
a year, and, while chewing sug.-.r
cans, heard- a territilo crashing in
her ears. As soon as it subsided
.-he heard very distinctly.
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