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THE MESSENGER.
IjAFAVKTTB, GEORGIA.
THURSDAY MoIISIWI, March *> IHSJ.
Mississippi Had to 80.
I .lon't Mirvp I told you how
Massiaeippi got knocked outer the
Union. U ell, it happened in this
wire. Not lot k<r go Rill Mo**iy
romp to inv house, and axed nie
nmi my folk* to it getherin nt his
mammy’*, ami not to fail to bring
all our hive*, forks, spoons, rlisliea.
and hII our crockery. Rhivjv saiii
slip felt sorter kukeflf-d, and we
must po. We etc no dim er that
day—*avin numfl*. Weil, we pot
1 liar about 5 o’clock in the I’. M.,
TliP folk* had hepun ter arrive, in
i nnsiderahle squads some on
horses, some in wagging, and some
er foot—all of cm in Sunday
clothes and lookin hungry. Every
body seemed ter torn out—even I
down to a Yank schoolmaster—he |
come too. This here feller war a
tryin to marry some er the pals, and
war always pokein his face war it
warnt wanted. Dark come, and
nice long tallow orbs er night war lit
and scattered periniscuously in the
hollar, and then such a rumpnsa ns
the voting folks did kick up —play in
“Pun Onncr," “Old Sistei l’liehy,”
‘Come Kiss me (Quickly,’ and so
4th I thought they’d shake the
top of the house off. ’Bout 0
o’clock old uncle Davy, the nigger
fiddler, come. Then that aforesaid
rutnpass pot cnmsiderably rnmpass
cr— they pitched into a reel, old
fashioned—ther heels mighty nigh
tallied, and that thnr fiddle—well,
it made old folks sygh for being
old. After awhile they Sot down
ter rest. I netted none of the gals
would dance with the schoolmaster,
and he lidn’t have a charce to
show hisself off. He tried Sal
Morry—she wouldn’t dance with
him, hut went rite out on the floor
with llob. Boh at n good reel
dancer, and in a single foot jig, can
heat anybody that ever shuck a
foot. They hadn’t sot thnr long
restin, afore somebody said: ‘‘Eel's
intersperse with a jig!’’ When this
war said, Bob stepped out on the
floor, solus bolus, and said he could
heat anybody thnr in that sort er
dnreing. The schoolmaster, thinkin
this ther best time ter 3how off,
stepped out and said if they’d give
him a fair shoin, lie “guessed he'd
trot a reel with Bob.” They then
throwed up beds and tales fur who
should dance Ist, and it fell to Boh.
He wa'ked out on the floor, lookin
like a Prince; he ar a handsome |
boy—takes niter the Munro’s.
“Well,” said lie to t'ukle Davy
says he “give us, ‘Rack Back, Davy’
on yer instrument, old man, and I
will loosen my j'tds fur you.” 1
Uncle Davy showed all his front ;
teeth —give a scratch at the fiddle
with his how, and she began talkin
in .er most mellifluous language.
I couldn’t keep from pattin my
foot. I looked around, and Rhody
war giving me one of her old t ; me,
henvichin smiles. I knowed she
war thinkin how we lister donee
that same jig, 30 years ago, when
we war courlin. Yes, *ir, like
bubbles bileing up in a hot pot,
these old 'ime things come swellin
np through the mist of the past, to
the p p of my present
Bob he bergun walkin round and
round on tip-toe—heels strikin now !
and then ter keep time; thrn lie
turned square to the tiddler, and
bergun some of Ids prettiest licks —
a regular dema-seina-quava double j
shuffle; then he pot so fast you
couldn't tell which was which. All
of a sudden he jumped round, faced
the gals, and bergun the knock
kneed step. “Come down to yer
knilten, Miwser Bob,” said uncle
Davy,and the lust thing I knowd he :
war down on the floor, keepio time
with his knees, toes, elbows and
hands; then he sprung out full
length on his stomick, rolled over
and war standing strait up fore you
could think. Bnl> turned to the
school man. made n sort of kurtsy,
and said: ‘You’re welcome to the
floor now, sir.’ That feller walke 1
out on the fli,or. Just then Sally
Morrow slipped a spiled goose nig
in his hind coat pocl.it. She war
a rappid gal, always in some mis
chief. The teller looked sorte r
flustered, and begun dancin a
sorter slow step, wlmt you uses in
a-reel —it wouldn't fit a jig, and he
war gittin considerably non-plussed
when Sally Morrow hollered nut,
'jump op and cross your laigs."
Thinkin this would please Die gals,
he sorter squatted, then jumped
about two feet off the floor and
crossed his legs, sorter smiliu ai d
lookin at Sally; hut when Ik was
crossin his legs up in the air, that
llwr aig busted in his hind coat
poekit, like a young gun, nnd he
Come down on the floor flat Mooted,
ami shuck tlie hole house, He war
scared —liavin herd the bust, he
knowed somethin war rung. But
tin' o 1 the foolish is t grin 1 ever
' seed a fellow have, lie hergun lookin
round on one aide, then on lother.
Twan'l me,’said Boh, 'Me nuther,'
said Hally Morrow. ‘Better go out
and shako voursclf,’ said Boh
' j ‘W-li-y-I Robert!' said Rlmdy.
Just then—J.i-ru-sii-liuii!—whiit a
smell como pulliii up inter our
noses! Hucli a nuther ruiihin out
er the room you never seed —every
body wanted to smell somethin.
; 'Whar’s my ridicule with hartshorn
in it?'said Minerva Scales. ‘Hakes
erlivt! break a bottle er cainfur,'
said Miss Kissiaii Krurup; and old
j Mivs Morrow, the parson’s wife war
xi*tin up in the corner by the tire
place, dippin snuff Bhe war such
a good Cristiun, she wouldn’t jiue
in the gem ral skedaddle. How
ever, she sot thnr as long ns she
could stand hit. Suddenly she got
I a whilFi.nd jumped up, nnd 11s she
run out er lieavin, said: “ Some Lind
1 brother will please hum n rug."
That school n'nn got out er the
winder in the dark and ain’t been
seed since. However, a piece er
nig shell war found at thedeponex ;
day. That war an amusin circuin- 1
stance nt tlio time; hut our folks
here are considerably scared now.
’Bout 4 weeks after this transpired,
one of 'Hud's Rails gits up in KOll
- and made a rip-snortin speech
agin the South; wanted us throwed
back 100 years in 11 Trrritori; all;
our laws kill; confiscashun, fireand j
blood to lip riot all over Dixie. ;
Then lie bergun readin letters from j
persieuted and killed loyal men, j
what had been run outer the South; 1
read ’bout one what war invited to !
a public festival, and while enjoyin
the oension, puldically, and in the j
i presence of more’ll 200 Southern I
folks war hlow’d up plum tlno’ a
winder by a torpedo, placed in his
1 hind coat pocket, and barely escapt
| with his life, and small portion of
i IDs coat line, to tel) the sail tail.
Ever since I herd er that, I’ve been
r
lookin fur a Kongriss Koirnniitee
ter come down here anJ try us for
our lives. When they do come, 1
I want that Duclitnnn (Shellyharger)
ter bring along a piece of that
blond up coat tale —may he it smells
er that nig yit, and we can prove a
’ pint by it—that is ter say, by the
I odor. That tbar torpedo letter
settled Massnssippi’s hash, and she
too war made a Terri tori. — Gemcs
t/unro's letter to the Southern Cultiva
tor; May, ISG7.
m
Confederate Charge at Malvern.
Never have I felt the thrill that
stiired my pulses as the serried ,
ranks of gray entered the waving;
j grain—inarched into the golden J
sea.
A MEMORABLE CHARGE.
Out of the slmdowy wood, into
the golden sea they came, until the !
long, slanting bars of yellow sun
light glinted upon the weapons
borne in brawny hands. On, and
yet onward beneath the fiery arch
es their covering guns were build
ing with shot nnd shell above their
heads. On and on, grim and silent
as destiny itself, they pressed on
until they lu.d traversed nearly
half the distance between the
! forest and ourselves. Their artil
lery grew dumb, but the gray wall
moved on. “Will it never stop?”
\Ye beg,in to ask ourselves: “Must
we be overwhelmed?” “Why are
our cannon silent?” A litttle fur
ther, fifty yards, perhaps, and then
i over >ur lunds hurled hissed and
screamed the iron grapa and dead- •
; Iv canister from nearly an him ‘red j
guns, through the frightened air 1
rushed monster shells. Our ears
were assailed by a a roar as if the j
! artillery of the whole eatth, and
heavens, too, had been let otF in
unison. The ground shook as if
with fear. Great wreathes of smoke
from out of which shot tongues of
flame, curled upward, building
lofty pyramids in ethereal space.
The golden sea was ploughed into
wide furrows, the bosom of the
enrthwas gashed, niul scarred, the
tho advancing wall of gray was
rent ar.d torn nsunder. Men and
banners, nnd forests of gleaming
steel went down beneath the sur
face of golden sea to rise no more.
' Those who continued to breast the
fearful blast dashed bravely on
ward. The gaps wpre closed again
and again, only to be reopened by
1 each succeeding gust that swept
above the heads of os who watched
• and waited. Behind us- ctionon
-1 neers were handling their piece* as
if tney were toys, not huge engines
I of suffering and death. The very
! guns themselws seemed endowed
with life. We could feel the fiery
, breath as it came short, sharp
i gasps from llieir blackened iiiuz
, zh a. We could bear them groan
hh they recoiled from each dia*
; charge. They shook and trembled
and yet came bravely to the trout
r time after time. Ammunition
1 boxe* were emptied and went rum
bling In ‘.ln; rear fora fresh supply,
' but other* took their places and tne
fearful work went oil. Up from
the gunboat* on tha river cuilh
huge cyluiuder* of iron—two hun
dred pounds weight of uielai
high in air and laming death upon
the ndvai cmg fnemeii, but their
course lay stiaight onward.
in ITI>KW.
Fiercer anil deadlier grew the
slorin. At last came the superb
moment when flesh and Idood
could withstand its fury no longer:
j Valor must yield to the inevitable.
Endurance and heroism were unn- j
: vailing. The wall is shattered by
t e biast. Small fragments begin
to fall away and go drilling slowly
to the rear, ivliun dUintegiatWn he
gins in earnest. Our cannon gives
them one vengeful parting breath,
and followers of I ee’s army are ;
in full retreat. We spring to our
feet —we who have waited so long
—and charge. Ti.e day is ours, at
j last. The harvest is ended. The .
golden sea has vanished. It has
beer, lapped up by the flaming
tongue of war. Corpses strew the j
earth. In places bodies lie piled in j
heaps, just as they fell. The ground
is crimson now, and mangled forms ;
and shattered weapons—the wrecks j
of battle —ni“et the gaze on every
side, while groans of puin and cries 1
! of agony mark cut tho field that !
wilt ted for the harvest nnd was
I gathered as grain was never gar
: nered in before.
Ah, Malvern! thou wilt be long
remembered by those of us who
: trod thy fertile fields in bloody
1 strife and vet survive. North and
South thy history shall linked with
tnat of Gettysberg, the Wilderness
and other kindted spots whereon
I opposing foemen did mighty deeds
which proved them brave men all.
| —Philadelphia Tunes.
Advice to a Young Man.
No, my ron, cheek is not better
than wisdom; it is not better than
j honest modesty; it is not better
'! than anything. Do lotlishn to
1 the siren who tells you to blow
your own burn, or it will never oe
tooted upon. The world is not to
: he (leceverl by cheek, ami it does
search for merit rod when it, finds
it, merit is rewared. Cheek never
j deceives the world my son. It
j appears to do so to the cheeky
1 man, hut he is Lite one who is de
ceived. Do you know one cheeky j
| man in all your acquaintance who
is not reviled for his cheek the ;
| moment his hack is turned? Is not ;
the world continually drawing dis- !
tinotions between cheek and merit? j
Almost everybody hatesthecheeky j
j man my son. Society tires of the j
brassy glare of iiis face, the hollow
tinkling of his cymlmline tongue,
the noisy assumption of its for
wardness. The triumph of cheek
are only apparent. Ilu bores Ids
way along through the world, and
frequently better people give way
for him. But so they give way,
my boy, fora man with a paint pot
in eacli hand. Not becauso they
respect the man with the paint
pots particularly, but because they j
wint to take care of their clothes.
Avoid cheek my son. You can sell
goods without it; and your custo
mers won’t run and Idle in the
cellar when they see you coining.
——
A gentleman greatly provoked a
I one-armed organ-grinder by asking
| him if lie was a survivor of the late
j war. “Why, you fool!” exclaimed
i the irate musicinn, “don’t you sec that
j I survived? J'o I net as though 1 was
killed iu the war.”
A cow with three riijgs 011 a horn is
i 0 years old; with four stie is 7 years
j old. No new rings are formed after
the tenth your. The deeper rings,
however, and worn appearance of the
horns are pretty sure indications of
; old age.
—
“My boy,” said a father to his yong
son, "treat every one with politeness
even those who are rude to you. For
remetpher that you show coiirtesv :o
others, not becuse they are gentlemen,
I but becauso you are one.”
A singular curiosity on exhibition
at the post office at Franklin, X. V.,
is a fifty-pound, pumpkin, grown be
tween Die four posts of a common
chair, completely tilling the space.
Mr William Smith of tills county lias
two son-in-laws that have only one
h ind each. The me James Park and
•Sidney Pots.
The New Orleans Picayune thinks
that a man, like a razor, is made keen
by being frequently strapped.
PHICtS TO SUIT ntITIMsS.
EJ. P. DUIFtANBO
Dealer in
U ATCIIKM, < JiiWKIJIY,
NlliVlill I'l-YTIJB WAKi;. VIE) A
ri\i: Ki;iii:( Tio.\ «s <;«)M), nil.
VIEW A\!) mtiecl
«OlilO MOliD (>OOI)N or Al/I/ DE»
M'ltll’TlOVH A\S> OOOON AVAR.
KAATIEO AS It I: l» i£ IX GATLIN
A I. L \\ OR It « Alt IS A \ rBE »
PKIHONAI, ATTENTION GIVEN To KEI’AI KIM,.
E. I’. DIJKANDO, 210 Market Btee.'t, Tntvt t-Whceler Jll.uk,
< SiATTA VOOt; A, TEA A
The Aliiddin Nalcty I
It extinguished itself when overturned ! It extinuM;c*> it.- elf when dropped from
111 the litmtl! It extinguishes itself w lieu In nken! Itenti be carried
at pleasure. Blowing down the chimney or turning down the
wick to extinguish the light, entirely unneeessjiry.
On exhibition and for . ale by
Gr. 3VT. 33 „ Heard,
< rookery, ('hintt, Glassware, I,amps and Vamp floods, Silver-Plated Ware, j
I.ooking (Hasses, etc.
CSTKenioved to 220 Market street. Next to old X. Orleans store.
MIATTAAOkA, - - - TENTH ESKKE.
BALTIMORE CLOTHING HOUSE,
EXTRA.
SEASON!
The Largest Stock of Clothing!
FOR
nien. Hoys, Miid Children.
: 8 brf] lo i»<bnu yoii'thnt .we carry the best wlfitcd
stork ebb n(
FFCIOEsS IjOWEMT
Tliiiii elsew here.
E maiiisnietiirc mod ol'iay aootl* and lints far can
UKrBEIBLBEIjH!
Thotif t.tn iift; theirs.
nAInIt ia/n.cl SEIE3 14/EES
llefore l>uyin£ clsewhere.
tS. M. GLANS,
1. KOI’FK. .1. M. OIM.KSI'IK. C. A. HO IFF.
ROUFF 1 db
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, Dressed
Door and Window Lumber, flooring,
Frames, Mantles, Ceiling, Weather-
Brackets, Ballasters, boarding, Etc., Etc.
. ♦ —.
AM) DKAI.KK IX
HOUGH LUMBER, FANCY POSTS, LATHS, SIIIXGLES, AC.
Market Street near Railroad Crossing,
CHATTA A 00« S A. TE A A ESSEE.
VECETABLE
|| PAIN KILLER
Ejsa} A PURELY VECETABLE REMEDY
’ * SiV-jl For Internal and External Use,
a ' y Is a SnIRE CURE' tor all the Diseases for which It is recommended,
and Is ALWAYS PERFECTLY SAFE in the hands of
f * \' even the most inexperienced persons.
A n ni* a iure and quick remedy lor fOUfillS, SORR
s' 111?'-. 9 - W TIIKOAT, (.’HILLS, ati Biraiiur troubles. uffords nlirf
i .A. O S| »•* the mo*t rt iUamaHt j'omu of IMPIITIIIiRIA, and is tho best
> ,?T ZJR kuuwn remedy for HHEU3LITI3M and NLI RALCiIA.
i THE OLDEST, BEST, AMD MOST'WIDELY KNOV/N
jpt I |r, FAMILY MEDICINE IN THE WORLD.
/ V li v It hns been used with such wonderful unecee* in all
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fv, (, 'V w\\ DYHB\TKRV, r.*ul r'l ROWEL
T. 55 < rttn,kifred °" wo'aWsf •*** / or ***** diteate*.
M ill l $ HAS STDCD THE TEST OF 40 YEARS' CONSTANT
*.: i gfv &\ p USE IN ALL COUNTRIES AND CLIMATES.
t 1 ; I iM'ltJi SSr Tt is RECOSIMET.DKO ty Physician*. MtwiSonarlc,
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WORLD. nT/Mff 1
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LOGUE No. 230. «*TAN AGENT f j§
WILLDELIVER A MACHINE AT YOUR Jr
RESIDENCE, FREE OF CHARGE,
SUBJECT TO APPROVAL. No ‘ 6 CLOSED -
Address WILSON SEWING MACHINE CO.
129 & X3l State St., Chicago, Illinois, U. S- A.
For Sale hv J. A\ Reeder & Co., Rome, ©a.
Th it Organ ft tmt on Mil The purest an* rnXrfno M** or rttpomtotWy icTiatmr.
fUrm* WIARCHAL & SRrtITH ORCAN CO., dJOfl
milw iTai i ifflfl Tlr Mindius direct from factory to purchaser, cun sell this beautiful Organ, 70 inches all Mil
rTCiriiWas ,|H iuches long, soli'l waluutcase, 5 octaves. 15 stop*. 4 Mot* of Keed*. *•»*' MF v T'
MUrm 111 imnisf We are determined that every one shall have an opportunity to tost this imißuinccut orgui. «■»
}mw Va'mX therefore put the price at 360, «n<t 3oml on Fifteen Days’ Trial. ,3'‘-* 8t ' u ' 1
«KB®=SJis» every Organ a STOOL, MCHR and IN.MTKH TION HltyMi, tcotuplcit Musical ( -tfitK
wm LAV-H'T. T*l 4) rder at ©nee. lie posit the evouey with .v our bans or any respoustble merchant, to be paid to
ncripifeu. MAiUiiAL * SMITH, S tt <*t Eleventh fetreef, JvfcW York, H. ¥.
NEW PREMIUM CORN SHELLER.
f A «!M CM,Y CTIE Al* I’KACTKI.E IIANIB CORN FMfXLEB
1 1 jam f «*“■ awstßiwvm*?"*** v
. I s TWO IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES.
C ' ,n of°o?Uer? Ut K:JS| [ FIBST.-Itdoos not injure the corn, and In therefore Just th*
Will la«t a Life- 7?'9BL \ , sK^^ f "Ti‘e l tip S «i'5 n *rrt butt'end of the com e«n»i
tln-.e. .A fee- \ pholi.Hi into one vessel, and the body of the ear im«. wythcr.
which Is an Ini-nenseeonvinl; i ce, as many Dinners plant only
** ' "~ ‘ ShUlier fm .hrlilngoorn for j»nt-
A ' X'Mt V tr?’oTmeflTTorjteed. or '.'V'ffi'ma? bfT' “
B Vofrffi I 9 I I’SSISS how sum- lanr,rinh-|G!eed .h*dfar, I. n.aj hai e.
Po Jbj ffl It 'Will Pay IF or Itself I»Sany
llftHMaa JTOver oil Anv Fartiit ..
Vt\V. lito&W pm?.& Our PREMIUM CORN Slll'i J.KR i s tlcsliiiea to berome the
9 0 V ui'oSy pifciisher*. FARM FIREsIdE, Springfield, Ohio.
J. F. NVAItm.AW. -It <• JON IS,
WARDLAW & JONES,
At the Old Star dos Reece Bros., in DeSoto,
Dealers in all kinds of
FAHBY AKD FAMILY GROCERIES,
Alee BABS'NS AND .TIES,
sihd all kinil of supplies, nstially kept ill n first class grocery store.
_ We have a in connection with our store a larce couiuioiiious stable and.’wagon
yard.
The trade of Walker and adjacent counties especially solicited.
pay the highest uiatkot price for ail kind-of country produce, and sell
our goods at “rock bottom prices.” WAUL)LAW A JONKS.
■V E A. L O
DEALERS IN
! CLOCKS. CLOCKS, f
* *
*
WATCHES, JEWELS'/ AND SILVERWARE.
iJO.UU, ---<*•* (IGORtiU.
for ( lIItTTiAR.
£F„ LONG,
DEALELI IN
FURNITURE,
SUCH AS
ISI DMTADM, BI KEAIS, WANDBTAKDB, TABLES
138 A SUM, HETALIC CASES, CASKETS, < ©I -
ll\ ROBES, A.M» A UEAhEKAL
8.1 Ai: OF TRIIIIIIAGS.
All orders by mail or telegraph promptly filled.
Ho. 31 TSarkot Streel, FIIATTAAOOCiA, TEAI¥.
P .X Y I\ E ,
D6ALI2R IN
FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES, AC..
We have a splendid line of j Al/ie a fine assortment of
Honsduniislticig (food*, r >Vhi»kk , M and everything
Factory Yarn*, Coflee, | itMiiaily kept in a hrst-
Mugar Malt and I elass tJUOC'ItICA'
tlae korel. ! STORE.
All kinds of
I* rod nee wanted
for which w e nlll pay
the highest market price.
fiurThe trade of Yortli ©corgia resipet-fftilly solicited
Between the W. A A. K. B.crossi-- od the A. k 0, S. Dcnnf.
(. II AT'f a x out; \, Ti. \ n i:-1; t ;.