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BY A. & E. A. Mai AN, iBimkM'JQKWS <fwm: CHAPTER: TRION R A. CHAPTER. No. 19. meets at Trion nti tlie Fridav tight before the third Sunday in April. May, June, .July, August, timl Septem- [ ber and On Satardiv night hefete the third Sunday in October. Nnvemper. December, January, Fehuarv. und March. 0. 0. BRYAN, H. P. O. B. MYERS, Sect’y. ATTORNEYS: J. M. Robertson, Attorney nt Lan 1 , ud Solicitor in Chancery. Chattanooga, - - Tf.nn. PRAf'TICB in Chmiffry, t'ircuit m.i! -U|»ri’m (JoarUi ot* IViiitotWHß ami U >. HUtiini t/'ourt. AJcn in •«Jjo!niiifcotiiit‘« , *‘lnGi , *»rjtia. •3- See in t ouil House. Robert It. ff. Glenn, Attorney at Law, LaFaykttb, - - - - Georgia. WILI, PRACTICE ia the Sutiniinr i nans ol'ihe ■ .••mo and adjoining circuits. «’••llections a Mociahy Odloti on corjrr opposite Urut* tore. 3 35 3m. Joa« Phelan, C. I*. tioRSK. I’helan & Goroe, Attorneys at Caw, J’os9 Block, 219 Market St., HOAVTANOnUA, - - - TENNESSEE : W, U. & J. P. Jacoway, Attorneys at Law, Trenton, - - - - Georgia. PHACTICE in tl»e eountiws of Hade, Walker anti CiMnni, and a<lj lining counties. >md in tin* Hi ftr«tae and Federal « mi.-w ' no, Jackson, o Kiuh « 9 pi hemkre, in Norili Alahann, and elsewhere by •peeifti contract. Specini attention given to the col- U«tion of ehtfms. W. 11. Henry, Attos*ney at Law, Summerville, - - - - Georgia. WILL pracil *e in the Koine and adjoining Cir eu.t*. Collectloas a specialty. J. C. Clements, Attoi’ney at Law, LaFayette, - - - Georgia. • "IX7I -la practice in ihc several counties es the YY fiame and Cherokee Circuits, and the Supreme Afaari of Georgia. F. W. Copeland, Attorney at Law, LaFayette, - - - Georgia. WILL practice in the Superior Courts, of Rome Circuit. KUewlu r»* hv M" cial agreement. Col iactioui a*p ciatty. (Office In rear of t uibi-raon’* 0VM«) H. I*. Lumpkin, Attorney at Law, LaFayette - - Georgia. WILL civ* prompt addition to all business entrusted to him. Ofhce at rfhuford &. Lumpkin’* store. BpgiiM a nwa ii it mii i to? DENT I.STS: Dr. Gao. B. Jordan, Rrsidnit £sen.tit<;t, RrsiNG Fawn, - - - - Ga. Offers bis professional services to the people of ttada and Walker counties. Mental operations per yiavio- d in a ucat and sutistantinl »nati< er. All work warranted to give p.- feet satisfaction. Will make a professional tri;» thniugh McLe~ saorM’ Cove, on the fir“t «fea< ii month. Dr. J, P. Farm, Resident Dentist. Dalton, - - - Georgia. T AM PREPARED willi all the fifiC 1 VTg lern (iminvements in ID ntal iptiliances to luru out as good worn as can be nad Inth* State, and at ns low price* as oin h« donebv anv firatetass w rkm.ia. (gy-I guarantee all woik turned'out to stand any ad »ll reasonable tests, special attention given to oorrectiog irr-gularlties in children’s tenth. o(jb Ladles wal'ed on at their residence, when tin able *n visit the office. A liberal share of patronage solicited. QQP-t tffice: I’p-stairs on Hamilton street, opposite Va.ional Hotel. Will visit LaFayette, Walker Co., at Superior Court* August and February. HOTELS: fIMEE HOUSE, J. WITHERS Proprietor, LaFayette, Georgia. r B y[IB above house is thoroughly fur ■*- nished and prepared with the very best accommodations, tor transient and local cu-u ai, and at reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaranteed to those who fa yor i* with their patronage. READ HOUSE, J. T. IIEAD& SOY Pro’rs, A. L. DeLoag, Bookeeper- Will H Hamblkn,! hi f 1 J. N. Walker, < Day > ■ lerks. J. P. Boutick, f .Might ) Chattanooga, - - - Ten a. Fronting Union Passcngear depot. THE ROME HOTEL, Broad St., Rome, (ia. In Ten Step* op the Railroad. NO M t DLIi LOT kTED in the Principal Bunin*-* Square of the City convenient t > the Wharf, the Hank and the Post Office, and hi thoroughly renovated und repainted. J.L M ESTKS, Proprietor. NATIONAL HOTEL, J. q. A. LSiW’IH, I’lup r. Dalton, - - - Georgia, This house is a large four-story brick, within a few steps of the Passenger de BOARD PER DAY - - - $2.00 Polite and attentive porters at even train; pass them your cheeks, walk ?ver and make yourself u s home. W, ii* Clerk. Walker .County Messenger. __ (Jhattanooga Advertisements. T. H. PAYa-E & <O., Successors to Patton and Payne JOSSERS AilS RETAILERS OF cchool Bojks, Bta ioa ery, Bla-k Book , Wall Paper, Pic ture Frames and Moul dings . * —— Our stock is complete in every lino anil prices !5 O"V r r o>s ON SCHOOL HOOKS, PA TEH. Envelops, Pens. Ink Pencils and slates. We make Picture Frame* of every discretion and price. Tiie Largest stock ot WALL PA PUR in East Tennessee. t'ROQUKT .Set-. Tlie Lest ami cheapest in tlie market at SI.SO, sa.3:»,si.s<>, 00, $3.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00 pewef. ISase ha Sis und hats of every description. Send for Sample and prices T. S 3. PA YAK & <«.. Chattanooga, Tenn. A IIEVOLFTAOH A. W. JUDD, Portrait and Landscape PB3T33RAPHER, * ■as secured ti'C exclusive right Jer the ■ i v of Cttafrania.ra to use the WOSTDERPUL AROTYPB P. OCESS. This is the process which ha- brougii iLnut sue' a startling revolution in'lit tu inner of produ ing phi,t< .isi hi ■ ri• ts. The arotyj’e prints arc mad with printer’s inks on a con un n I .! eress. and are therefore uh'iVu'cty i o maaent. The nm-t rcmarkalile fealUK of tiiis improvement is tin* ein at-no with which the prin'. can he produced •Ve respectfully soli,-it an ins; ection o the fxtptisire specimens <>*' the wuik ot. exnihit'nn 2lit Market street, Uhattsooo ga, Tenn. Respect fitly, A. W. JUDD. J. 11. CADY & CO., 198 Market Street, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. —§ <: S — Keep on hand a full line ot Newspapers and Periodicals, Rooks and Stationery, Whole*, sale and Retail, Wall Paper, Variety Goods, Wrapping Paper and Paper Rags, School Books. -§o§- W'iil sell any Book published. If not in stock will order promptly. -§o§- Uull and see me me when you come to t h .tl irinogu and get bargains. miscellaneous Advertisements. illO? BITTEE& !(A Itledicinc, not a Drink,) H CONTAINS P ixors, buciiu, jianduake, g DANDELION. \XDTH3 Pt’RKST AND HISST I. ® IS TIES OK ALL OTHKK ItITTKhS. fT. I THEY CUKII I h \!l f>laca*oß 0f thfStomach, Bowels. !"<.». g QS i.lviT, Ividut vs, and l PluuryOrynr *. * • 5| if, vousness, H‘ fnlr*snc*:-sand Chpcwa../ K Female Coujpluiuts jn II 01 COO IM COLD. (Will bepnfrt for a case fliey will not cur iitiip, or for anj'tlilnß Impure or iujurlotu 2 found m tii. m. \fkyonr drupK Ist f<tr llop Blttprs nnd t— S iiLin before you sleep. Take no Ouic t ,,!» tfls an Absolute .and IrrprtaMblP euro forK^ iY’ !)■ ju-vucwi, use of opium, tobacco aud narcotics. •351 Send for Cibcvlax. ■ESEBav■ - » ■ ■ *'nM l ydni«rGli, • . *p 1...L n Co., Hochnler, N. Y., k T.>'. ' tuimi i vw, , LAFAYETTE,-GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1880. HIE MESSENGER. LAFAYETTE, GEOUGIA. Thur'ujav Morning. Dkc 2 1880. WX l> "V 'Hail I iio foil IT t v*. I{a(4‘h Os SnUscriplion : Twelve Months ifl.fl'* rls Hoiitbs '** Four Mouths -ingle t'opiea <l,< ' nv irlably in ndvance. gs.-msiMifftfr.ff.'yii-r. ■fwsvwt'YfrsJWOUWllWiC MBHlif* Someone inquires: Where have all the ladies belts gone? Gone to waist long ago. Why is the money you are in the habit of giving to the poor like a new-horn babe? Because it is precious little. There is a roa i on Long Island so economical that ho waters his door patli for fear that some oi his dust will tdnw over into his neigh bor’s land. When King David remarked, - ‘I have said in my heart all men are Rare,’" lie evidently referred to the way in which election probabilities are patched up. Proprietor —"If you hoys don’t clear nut I’ll call that officer and have you taken in.’ Boy —*' Dial's Whole you’d he taken in ; that po- | liceman’s my dud. lie is.” Providence made a great mistake when it put hearts into girls— hearts all ready to love and- to ad mire, and to he grateful aud hap py with a word, with a nothing. When the press of this country will do one half the free adveitising for a widowed seamstiess that it will for an imorai actress, a great i start will he made toward burning up the jewel of consistency.—Ex change. Col. Sam Carter, of Murray coun ty, mi two hundred acres of land, will make thin Reason two hundred bales of cotton. This is equal to the cotton production on the Mississip pi bottoms. | An Et.giisli lawyer would go on speaking alter the learned judge had cautioned hi to to desist, till at last his irritated lordship cried: "Sir, ’tis no use speaking ; what you say to me goes in one ear and out of the other.” The advocate would not lie silenced. "M v lord.” he said, it is no wonder, wtien there i■ nothing between them to stop it. It is so strange! We see a mil lion faces, we hear a million voices, we meet a million women with (lowers in their breasts and light in thtir fair eyes and they do not t uch ns. Tl) nwe see one, :nd she holds for us life or death, and plays with them idly so often— as idly as a child with toys. She is not nobler, better, or more beauti ful than were those we passed, and yet the world is empty without her. This old but tolerably good story is again on its rounds credited to Ben Wade: He was once traveling westward and interviewed a lank countryman petidling cakes at a small station in the alkali region, who remarked: "Waal, vaas strang er; I ’low we’ve gut just ez fine a patch o’ country ez kin he fetched in Amerika. fliar ain’t hut two things we lack ; cf we bed them, we’d he oil right. I calkerlate all wee need is water and good society.” '‘Humph I that’s all hell needs!” answered the crusty senator. Our Congressmen Elect. The following is the list of Geor gia congressmen elect to the next Congress: First District: George R B!ack, of Screven county. Second District: Henry G. Tur ner. of Brooks. Third District: Phillip Cook, of Sumter Foii-tb District: Hugh Buchan an. of C"W'eta. Filih District: K. J. Hammond, ul Fulton. Sixth District: James 11. Blount, of Bibb. Seventh District : Judson C. Clements of Walker. Eighth District: Alex. 11. Step hens. of Taliaferro. Ninth District: Emory Speer, of Clark. j Tii 3 Managing Wifo. Ezra Newton hail het>n looking over liis yearly accounts, “Wall," I asked liis wife, looking up, "how do you pome mil ?” “I fiod," said h»r husband, “lh«t | my expenses during the pu»t, year i have heen thirty-seven cents over a j tliou-nn i dollars.” “And your income lias been a tliousand dollars ?” "Yts. I managed pretty well, did I not ?” “Do you think it managing well to exceed your income?” said the wile, “What’s thirty-seven cents?” ask ed Mr Newton lightly. "Not much to he sure, hut still something. It seems to me that r. <• ought to have saved instead of fall ing I ehind.” “But now how nan we saeii on mv salary Elizabeth ? VV• haven't lived extravagantly. Slili it seems to have taken it all.” “Perhaps there is something in which we might retienoh. Suppose you mention some of the items.” “The most important is house rent, 8150; and articles ol food, i 8500.” “Just half.” “Yes and you'll admit that w<- can’t retrench taere. I like to live wel ; I had enough of your poor hoard before I married. Now 1 mean to live as well as I can.” “Still we ought to save something against a rainy day, Ezra.” “That would he like parrying an umbrella when the sun shines.” “Still it is well to have an um brella in the house.” “I can’t controvert your logic, E-izaheth, hut I’m afraid >ve shan’t he able to save anything this year. When I get mv salary raised it w ill he time enough to think of that.” “Let nie make a proposition to you.” said Mrs. Newton. “You said that one-half of your income had heen expended on articles of food. Are you willing to allow me that sum for that purpose?” “Yes, and I w'll shift the respon sibility with pleasure. But I will t* ll you beforehand you won’t he able to save much out of it.” The different character of the husband and wile can he judged from the conversation which has been recorded. Mr. Newton had little "prudence or foresight. Hr lived chiefly for t e present, and seemed to f ticy that whatever con tingencies might arise in the future he would some how lie provided for. Now to trust in Providence ip a very proper way, hut there is a good deal in the old adage that God will help those that help them selves. Mrs. Newton on the contrary had been brought up in a family which was compelled to he ecoi omical, and. though she was no! disposed to deny herself 'Comforts, yet she felt that it. was desirable to procure them at a fair rate. The time at w hich this conversa tion took | lace was at the com mencement of the second yen r of their married li. The fitststep M is. N- w ton took on 1 accepting li.e charge of tin* hoU.-e- 1 hold expenses was to institute the practice of paying cash for all arti-; eles that came under her depart ment. SI e accordingly Called Oil the butcher and inquired : "How often have you been in the habit of presenting vnur hills, Mr Williams?” “Once in six months?” was the reply. “And I suppose vou sometimes have had had lulls ?" “Yes; or.e-third my profits on the average are swept off by them.” “And you could afford to eell diaper, 1 suppose for ready loon ey ?” "Yes and I would he glad if all my customers would give me a chance to do so.” “I will set the.r an example, then,” said Mrs. Newton. “Here after, whatever articles shall he purchased of you alia’l he paid for on the spot, and I shall expect you j to sell them as reasonably as you j can.” This arrangement was also made ! with the others, who it iH scarcely l needful to say, were glad to enter j into the arrangement. Beady mou-j ey is a gital t-UppolU l ol trade end a cash customer is worth two who ‘ 1 purchase on a er* dit. Fortunately Mrs. Newton lmd a i email supply of money by her. i which lasted till the first monthly ] installment fntm her husband be came due. Thus she was utile to | carry out her cash plan from the beginning. Another plan which occurred to her ss likely to save expense was to purchase articles in large quantities. She had soon saved enough from the iijaiiev allowed to do tin's. For! example instead of buying a few pounds at a time she purchased a ! barrel, and so she succeeded on sav ing a cent or more on the pound. | This perhaps amounted to but R. i trifle in the course of a year, hut! | the same system carried out in re i gard to other things yielded a result which was t'V no means a trifle. flu-re are other wa\s in which a can fill liiium keepi r is able to limit expenses which Mis. Newton did nut overlook. With an object in view she was always on the lookout to prevent w-.ste to ge' full value of whatever was expended. The ri-sult was be \ mid tier anticipations. At the close of the year, on ex amining her ban k hook —for she had regularly deposited whatever money she had no occasion to use in one of the institutions. She found that she had 8150 besides re imbursing herself for the money during the first, month, and having enough to last the other. “Well, Elizabeth, have yon kept within your allowance?” asked her husband at that time “I guess you have not found it as easy to save as vou thought for.” “I have something, however,” said his wife. “How is it with yon ?” “That’s more than £ can say. However. T have not exceeded my income, that’s one good thing. Wo have lived fully as well as last year, I arid I don’t know but better than when w-o spent 8500 ” “It’s knack, Ezra.” said his wife; smiling. Bhe was not inclin ed to mention Imw much she had savrd She wanted sometime or other to surpri e him when it would he a service. “She ms v possibly have saved up 825,” thought Mr Newton, or some trifl".” and so dismissed the matter from his mind. At the end of the seeo- d year Mrs. Newton’s savings, including the io'erest, amounted in 8350, and she began to feel quite rich. Ifer bushiMii! did not think to inquire Imw much she had saved, supposing as before llrat it could be hut little. However he had a piece of good news to communicate. His salary had heen raised from BJ.OOO to sl.- 200. He added : “Ae I before allowed you nnt-half of mv income for household ex penseH. it is no more than fair that I should do so now. That wil' give you a better chance to save part of it than before. As before Mrs. Newton merely said that she had saved something, without speeyfving t: e amount. H- f allowance was increased to 8000, but her expenses were not proportionately increased at all. so that lief saving for the third year swelled the aggregate sum in the savings hank to SbGO. Mr Newton, on the contrary, in spite tis his increased salary was no hetter off at the end of his third year Ilian before. His expenses had increased by 8100, though he would have found it difficult to tell in w hat way hi* comfort or happi ness had been increased thereby. In spite of bis carelessness in re gard to bis own affairs. Mr. Newton was an excellent man in regard to bis employers. They according in creased his salary from time to time till it reached 81,600. He had stea dily preserved the custom of signing one-half to his wife, as heretofore, and this lmd become such a habit that he never thought to inquire whether she found it necessary to employ the whole or I not. Thus.ten years rolh-.-J away. — During all this time Newton lived in the same hired house, for which |,e had paid an annual rent of $l5O. Latterly, however, lie baa become^, j dissatisfied with it. It has passed ! into the hands of a new Ih■ dlord, | who was not disposed to ket p it in the repair which he considered tie j siralde. At tins time a block of excellent houses was erected by a capitalist, who designed to sell them or let them an he might have opportunity. They were modern and much better arranged than the one in w hich Mr Newton now lived, and he felt n strong desire to move into one of them. He mentioned it to ids wife ■ one morning. "W lint’s the r«'ot?” inquired she. “Two hundred and twenty-live ’ for the corner house, aud two hui<- | tired for either opdhe others.” I “Thecnrner house would I eprefer ! aid .on account of the side win • » I (lows.” “Yes, and they have a large i yard besides 1 think we had la t ter relit one of them. I : Uess I will engage one of them to duy ; you know our year is out next week.” * “Please wait till to-morrow before engaging one.” “For what reason?" “I should like to examine the bouse " “Very well. I suppose to-morrow will be sufficiently early." 8o"» after breakfast, Kra. Newton called jn ‘Squire Bent, the owner of the new block, and intimated her desire to lie shown the corner house. Her request was readily complied with. Mrs. Newton was quite de lighted wit l > all the arrangements, and expressed her satisfaction. “Are these houses for sale or to let ?” she inquired. “Either,” said the owner. “The rent is, I understand, Cp).>K ” t —•’ “Yes. I consider the corner house worth at least twenty-five dollars more titan the rent." “And what do you charge for the house for a cash purchaser?” asked j Mrs Newton, with subdued, eager ness. "Four thousand dollars cash,” was the reply, ‘and that is but a small advance on the cost.” “Very well, I will buy of you,” added Mrs. Newtori’quietlv. ‘Wliat diil 1 understand you to say?” asked llie 'Squire scarcely believing his < tvn t ars. “I repeat that I will buy this house at your price, aud pay the money within a week.” "Then the house is yours. Bo t your husband did not say anything «f his intention, and in fact I did not kt.ow —” “That lie had money to invest. 1 suppose you would say. Neither dops he know, and I must ask you not to toll him for the present.” The next morning Mrs. Newton invited her husband to taken walk, hut willn.utspecil'ying the direction They soon stood in front of the house in w ieb he desired to live. “Would’l you like tu go in,” sha a-k J, “Yes. it’s a pity we haven’t got the key.” "I have the kev,” said his wile, fortwiih she walked up the step* and proceeded In open the door. “When did von get the key of 'Squire Bent?” asked her husband. "Yesterday when I bought the h 'tii'e,” salt! his wife quietly. Mr. Newton gazed on his wife in profound astonishment. “What do you mean ?” “Just what I say—the house is mine and what is mine is thine. So the house is yours. Ezra.” “Where in the name of goodness did you raise the money ?” asked her husband, in onriazmerit as great as pver. “I haven’t been a managing wife for leu years for nothing,” said Mis Newton smiling. It, was with difficulty she pertain ed her husband that the price of the house was really the result of tier savings. He f-lt when lie sur veyed the commodious arrange rrients of the house, he had reason to he grateful for the prudence of his managing wife. We’ve just found out what rn«-fe the Atlanta girls walk so pigenn loed. The streets of that city are so narrow, that they cannot walk any other way. Within two years, 18,(X!0 persons have settled in Florida. VOL. IY. NO. 20. ’it liy He tics In I lie Penitentiary. An important case nns tried be fore the criminal court of the Die trict of Columbia. An old colored mini was on tlie nitrons stand. — Tl i' district attorney interrogated tlie witness ; ‘What is your name?’ “Jolm Williams, sail.’ ‘Are von the John Williams who mm sent to the Albany Ptnte peni tentiary for larceny ?’ ‘No, sab —not this John.’ Are you the John Williams who was ci evicted for arson, and sent to the Baltimore penitentiary ?’ 'No, Hull.’ Tired of asking fruitless que®ions 1 the district attorney suddenly put a leading one : ‘Have you ever been in the peni tentiary ?’ ‘Yes, s ill’ 'A i eyes were turned upon tho witness. The district attorney smiled complacently and resum ed. ‘How many times have you been in the penitentiary ?’ ‘Twice, sail.’ •Where?’ ‘ln Baltimore, Bah.’ ‘How long were you there the first time ?’ ‘About two hours, eah. ‘How long the second time?’ ask ed the attorney, rather crestfall en. ‘An hour, eah. I went there to whitewash a cell for a lawyer, who had rohheil his client.’ The attorney sat down amid tho laughter of the spectators. A Cat, k.t and Clam in Battle. , Tbe family of J unes Harrington, of Stapleton, while seated at the supper table on Tuesday evening, had their attention attracted by a squealing sound issuing from the I kitchen closet. On making an in- I veeiigation Mr. Herrington discov ered a rut securely held hy nno of its legs which was caught in the shell of a large clam lying upon the closet floor. By Urn time the cat was found the rat had managed to make its wav out of tlie closet, dragging tho chon with it. The cat at once at tacked the rat, when the latter, not withstanding its crippled condition, allowed fight, and finally succeeded in fastening it ,j teeth into the cat’s ear. The cat. wild with rage, rush ed out into the yard, carrying both the rut and clam with her. There the rat, still held a prisoner by the clmri, was killed hy the cat. Mr. Herrington sain that it was shunt tin: most comical scene he had evi r witnessed. There Vfos So X iro. Gilhoolv lives on Galveston ave nue. not far from a milkman. Yes terday he met the milkman, and, taking him off to one tide, asked him seriously : “Wasn’t there a fire in your ham early yesterday? I had a great no tion to rush over to your assist ance.” “Why, there was no fire in the burr.,” said the milkman; “what made you think so?” Nothing, except. I saw you pump two hucki is of water right quick, and rush into the stable with them will-: • Villi li. >. the cows.” — G'ulvcs lon Aewa. Seven (Icod Kales. Never answer questions in gener al company that have been put to others. Never lend an article you have borrowed unlegs yen have permis sion to do bo. 1 Never attempt to draw the atten tion of the company upon your self. Never exhibit anger or impa tience, nr excitement w hen an acci dent happens. Never pass between two persons who are talking together, without an apology. Never peter a room noisily ; nev e» fait to close the door after you, and never slam it. Never forget that if you are faith ful in a few things you may be ru ler over many. —Christian Age. - If a mule had as many legs as a cock-roach this country would not be so thickly populated.