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March. O. C. BRYAN, H. I*.
G. B. MYERS. Sect’y.
ATTORNEYS:
J. M. Robertson,
Attorney at Law,
and Solicitor in Chancery,
Chattanooga., - - Tenn.
FRACTICR iii Chancery, Circuit mill Cupreine
Court* of Trnn»*we# and U. S. ilist lmCourt.
Ai§o in adjoinlnf cnu.itieulß Georgia.
QtJ- tli-e in Court House.
Robert M. YY.] Gleun,
Attorney at Latv,
LaFayette, - - - - Georgia.
WILL PRACTICE in tlie Supeilor Court* nfiho
home and adjoinine circuit*. Collections a
specialty. Office on cor.ier apposite Drug store,
f ,3 2j 3m.
John I’uklan, C. I’. Corke.
Phelan & Goree,
Attorneys at Law,
Poss Block,
249 Market St.,
CHATTANOOGA, - - - TENNESSEE
W. U. & J. P, Jacoway,
Attorneys at Law,
Trenton, - - - - Georgia.
I>RACTIOE in the coutitias of Dade. Walker anti
OaMo-a. and a lj lining counties, and in tile S«
preitic and Fctler.il Omi ts V»o, Jackson, lleKalh
»a «fCherokee, in North Alnlinin s and Hsewliero by
jptuial contract. Special attcutiongiven to tlie col
lision of vlamis.
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Attorney at Law,
Summerville, - - - - Georgia.
WILL practi-o in the Rome and adjoining Cir
cuit*. Collections a specialty.
J. C. Clements,
Attorney at Law’,
LaFayette, - - - Georgia.
W| practice in the several counties of Lhr.
Unme and Cherokee Circuits, and the Supreme
Oiurt at Georgia.
P. W. Copeland,
Attorney at Law,
L Fayette, - - - Georgia.
Wll.fi practice in the Fnpnrior Courts, of Rome
Circuit. K.lsewh* re bv special afreement. Co!
lemons a*p cia ty. (OfiDc in rear of Culberson’s
I* tore.)
11. P. Lumpkin,
Attorney at Law,
LaFayette . - - Georgia.
11 il.l. giv? prompt attention to all business
f entrusted to him.
sty- Office at Slmford & Lumpkin’* store.
DENTISTS:
Dr. Geo. B. Jordan,
Resident Realist,
Rising Fawn, - - - - Ga.
Offers hi* professional services to the people of
fiade and Walker counties. Dental operations per
form- d in a neat and substantial manner.
All woik warranted to give perfect satisfaction.
Will make a professional trip through McLc
niorws’ Cove, on the first nl catli month.
Dr.’J. P. Fann,
Resident Dentist.
Dalton, - - - Georgia.
—T AM PRBfAKED with till the
J3+i& 1 Modern Iniprovements in Dental
‘pplianccs to turn out as good work
as can be Imil In the State, and at as low prices as
can be donehy anv firatelass workman.
{&7-I guarantee all woik turned out to stand any
mi til reasonable tests. Special attention given to
corrcciing irregularities in children’s teeth.
ft; -Ladies wai’ed onuilhcir residence, when un
able 'o visit the office. A liberal share of patronage
solicited,
(Tp-stairs on Hamilton street, opposite
Na.iona! Hotel.
Will visit LaFavette, Walker Co., at Superior
Courts August and February.
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CHATTANOOGA,TENN.
J. ». RAWAX3S $ MM(pr tfw's.
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Terms; sl-50 to $2-00 per Day-
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Stroud St., Rome, Cia.
In Ten Step* of the Railroad.
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NATIONAL HOTEL,
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Dalton, - - - Georgia,
This bouse is a large four-story brick,
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Walker County Messenger.
(Jhattanooga Advertisements.
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Portrait and Landscape
PHOTOGRAPHER,
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LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1881.
They Say
“Tlievsay!” Ah, well; suppose .‘hey
do.
But can tliev prove this story true!
Suspicions may arise from naught
But malice, envy want of thought ;
What count yours if among the "they,'
WIIO whisper what they dare not say?
“They say!" why the tale rehearse,
And help to make the matter worse?
N’o good can possibly accrue
F• on, telling what may be untrue,
And is it not a noble plan
To speak of all the best you can ?
"Tliev say!” Well, if it should be so,
Why need you tell the tale of woe? 0
Will it the bitter wrong redress,
Or make the pang of sorrow less?
Will it the erring-one restore
Henceforth to "go and sin no more?”
“They say !” Oh ! pause and look with
in :
See how thy heart inclines to sin;
Watch, lest in strong temptation’s
hour
Thou,;too, should sink] beneath its
power,
Pity the frail: weep o’er theirffall,
But speak of good, or not at all.
—Columbus Enquirer.
The Darkest Hour is
Just Before Day.
BY MARY GRACE IIAI.PINE.
Richard Irwin toiled slowly and
very wearily up thejtwo'flights of
st.rrs which led to the poor abode,
whose scanty]furiiiture]had grown
still more scanty as want and pov
erty pressed more hardly" upon
him.
But poor as it was, everything
was as neat as his pretty wife
Mary’s busy hand could make it,
who turned upon him tlie same
brave cheerful smile with which
she always welcomed him, though
her heart sank as she saw the gloom
which shrouded his face.
“It’s sf no use, Mary,’ he said
sinking down into a chair. ‘I walk
ed the streets all tlie morning, and
there is no work to lie had; men
are discharging their old hands in
stead of taking new. I’ve had no
work for three months now, with
tlie exception of an odd job or so.
Winter is coming on; all my hard
ly earned savings are gone; and
what is to become of us is more
than I know.’
‘lt is always darkest before the
dawn, Richard.’
‘That’s what you have been say
ing for a long time.’ was the gloomy
response; ‘hut the r.igbt keeps grow
ing darker. I wouldn’t care so
much if it wasn’t for you and the
baby; but to see you growing so
pale and hollow-eyed, and to know
that Freddie is neither comfortably
fed or clothed drives me almost
wild.’
The young wife laid her hand
softly upon tlie bowed head of the
speaker.
‘God is good, my husband. He
will r.ot forsake those who put their
trust in Him.’
‘I sometimes doubt whether He
cares much foi what is done here.
It don’t look as if he Hid. There
is Tom Stevens, who got rich
through fraud and extortion. As
I was going through the market on
my way home, I saw him bringing
a turkey for to-morrow —for 10-mor
row is Thanksgiving Day—that is
for some people. I don’t know
what we have to be thankful for.’
Mrs. Irvin’s chief comfort in
dark days was her firm belief in
tlie wisdom and power of God, and
and it cost her not a little effort to
repress the eager piotest that arose
to her lips. But she was a wise lit
tle woman, who knew when to
speak and when to be silent.
‘I know what I have most to be
thankful for,’ she said touching her
lips to his forehead; ‘that I am (lie
happy wife of a man who never
gave me occasion to blush for him
or regret the day that made me
bis.’
Lifting his head Mr. Irwin look
ed eagerly into those sweetly seri
ously eyes.
‘ls this really so, Mary ? J have
feared of late, that it was a ('elfish
tiling in me to take you from a
home of ease and comfort to my
hard and toilsome life. You had
many suitors. If, knowing all that
you do now, you had your choice
to make again, would it be the
same ?’
‘lt would be the same. You lit
tle know the heart of your wife,
Richard, if you think that I have
the shadow of a regret. I only
wish I could Help you in some
way.’
‘You do help mo ! [I it were not
for your love, and all that it gives
me, lie,art and strength would ut
terly fail.’
‘Bee wlint a nice dinner I have
for you I’ said Mrs. Irwin, pointing
to some covered dishes upon the
hearth “I don’t believe you can
guess wiiere I got it ?’
‘Begged it, perhaps’ was the hit
ter repoiiße.
‘No, indeellwe haven’t got. to
that yet, and please God, we never
will. We had only a crust left
from breakfast, and ibis I moisten-1
oil with some milk for Freddie. As ,
I was thinking of it, and feeling!
troubled at the prospects of having I
no dinner for you on your return.
Mrs. Allen’s little girl tapped at the
door, saying ‘that her mother hop
ed I would excuse her for sending
some meat and vegetables ns she
had more than she wanted for her
dinner. Mrs Allen is the woman
who has the rooms under us. and
with whose sick baby I watched
one right last week.’
The savory dishes that Mrs. Ir
win placed upon the neatly spread
table gave forth a very grateful
odor to the hungry man, who, with
all the rest of his discomforts, was
faint for want ol food.
It may be a very humiliating ad
mission for them to make, but is,
nevertheless, true, that the world
looks very different to most men
after and before dinner, and Mr. Ir
win arose from the table with more
courage for the sharp conflict, the
inevitable hardships, that the ma
jority of the people have to endure
in one form or another. *
‘Bee how nicely I have mended
your coat,’ said Mrs. Irwin, holding
the article alluded to up before her
husband, ‘I want to go to church
in the morning. You will go too,
won’t you?’
Mr. Irwin had his hut in his
hand preparatory to going out
again on his almost hopeless errand.
He turned hack.
‘What for ?’
Tlie voice was very low and rev
erent that said :
‘To render thanks to the Lord
for all His mercies.’
•Poor little woman 1 For what
will you render thanks ? For these
thin, faded garments, these bare
walls, and scarcely food enough to
keep soul and hody together?’
‘No Richard. For this, that health
and strength are continued to us; j
that while so many households
have been made desolate in our
land, we are spared to each other!’
Mr. Irwin felt his eyes moisten
as he descended the stairs though
he did not feel tlie full significance
of these words until a few hours
later.
‘Mery is a good woman,’ he
thought; ‘the best wife in the world
I wish I could feel as she does ,
about these things hut I can’t.’
As he entered a store whose pro
prietor liad sometimes employed ,
him t,o do odd jobs about it, lie was ;
accosted by a pleasant looking el-1
derly man, who addressed him
thus :
‘ls your name Irwin?’
‘Yes, sir.’
‘You worked at one time for the
Waterville sewing machine compa
ny ?’
‘Ye3, sir. I worked for the com
pany until they failed, about a
year ago.’
‘lt did not fail exactly,’ said the
Stranger, with a smile; ‘it suspend
ed. It lias gone into operation
again. My son is a member of tlie
firm. He wrote me to try and hunt
you up. He is in want of a com
petent man to act ns foreman. |
Would you like the place?’
Mr. Irwin felt a choking sensa
tion in his throat, and hi* voice
was a little husky as lie su'd :
‘I should, very much. I have a
dependent family; and I have been
out of work for some months.’
Those keen eyes took a rapid sur
vey of the speaker’s worn and shah
by garments.
‘My'son writes that there is some
j tiling due you on the old account,
i Let me see —’
Here the speaker refered to a let
; ter which he took from his pocket.
“Seventy-five dollars. 1 think J
have the amount with trie, and il j
you will give me a receipt, I will i
make it rquarts with you now.’
It Imd been n long time since Mr
Irwin had had a sum like this nl j
his disposal, and he*could hardly |
reali/," his good fortune, even when
the roll of hills was in his hand.
I Its first collected thought was ofj
his dear, patient wife. ‘Poor Mary !
how glad she will he to know this!
he said to himself as he went down
the steps into the street, putting |
his hand in his breast pocket to |
make sure it was not a myth, the
money he had placed there, as well
as the bright prospects that.had so
suddenly opened before him.
As lie hurried along, eager to tell
the good news, and impatient at
every obstacle in his way, he saw a
dense cloud of smoke in the quar
ter where he lived. As lie drew
nearer he saw a crowd of people
following some ghastly thing that
was being borne past him to the
station.
‘What is it.?’.he inqured of n by
stander.
‘A woman and a child burned to .
death in a tenant house on Front
street.’
Front street! There wbb "where
he lived, and with quickened steps
and sinking heart he pushed on.
His worst fears were realized. The
building he had left a few hours he
fore was a mass of smoking ruins,
whose numerous tenants were hud
dled out upon the sidewalk before
the few things they were able to
snatch from the flames, but among
whom his eyes sought vainly for
those that he most wished to see.
Rushing up to one of the women
he seized her almost rudely by the
arm.
‘Mrs. A Ten, where is’my wife,’
h 3 cried.
Pntting'down'the child phe was
holding, the woman aroseandjstar
ed around wildly.
‘I haven’t seen her. The Lord
he good to us 1 It’couldn't bo her
they tooK away so burned and j
blacKened that her own mother |
wouldn’t Know who she was !’
For a moment Mr. Irwin stood
motionless, strugling with the sine- [
eni'.g horror that, palsied limb and [
brain. Then, as ho remotnbered j
the gastlyjspectaclo ho bad met,
pushing through the crowd ho turn
ed his tottering steps in the din e*
tion in which lie had seen it borne
a moment before.
In the shadow of such a terrible
bereavement, how light seemed all
other trials, how h'aeic the ingrati
tude that made him sothanuful for
rich treasure of love that had been
hie! What cared he now for the
opportunities thrown open to Him ! i
How poor and empty seemed all
he had hoped to do and win, now
she was gone whose presence had
made his abode such a haven of
peace and rest,
‘Merciful Father! taico all else
hut spare my wife and child !’ was
the cry that went up from his tor
tured soul, as the > dicer in charge
turned the Key of the room where
the dead lay.
Upon a rude table, tlioir faces
chared and lilarKened beyond all |
recognition, were the unfortunate j
mother and child, awaiting identi- i
fieatioo.
‘Oh, Mary ! oh, my hoy !— can J
this heyou?’ groaned the wretched
man as he turned lus shuddering
gaze upon them.
Here Mr. Irwin felt a light touch
on his ar r.
“Richard!’
Turning, he saw his wife with
their child in tier arms, standing
just hacK of him.
The revulsion, from the extremes
of grief and despair to this blessed
reality was too strong, and had il
not been for the officer who was
standing by, he would have fallen
to the floor.
It seems that Mrs. Irwin who
had barely time to escape with her
life had taken ref ge in a house
opposite. She had seen her hus
hand rush p.-.ston his way to thesta
tion, and divining his errand, fol- j
lowed him.
The following day was truly j
“Thanksgiving Day” to both; and j
riot only for the material blessings
that surrounded them.
And through all the prosperous ,
years that followed, years that
| whitened their hair littd knit thoir
! hearts more closely together, never
| did Mr. Irwin omit, on that day, to
refer to this eventful season of his
life, or fail to render most hearty
than/,a to the Giver of all good for
this crowning proof ol I'is good
ness “that they were spared to each
other.”
Eat ing Onions.
A couple of young girls living in |
a hoarding house on Charles sire d, |
n'aved a mean trick theothrruight '
r . t
on another young ami attractive
maiden in thesame house. They
all had some cake and wine togeth
er, and in the unsuspecting ont’s
glass was poured a small portion of
tincture of nssafoetida, which, ns j
every one kn .ws, smells like a con
glomeration of onions, had eggs, de
cayed vegetables and a host of oth
er things too numerous to men
tion.
The prank-playing damsel knew
that the unhappy maid’s Charles
Augustus called on Sunday, and
they al o knew that while she
could not detect the flavor of tlie
assafav-ida in the fragrant wine,
nevertheless it would produce to
lier aforesaid Charles Augustus the
impression that she had hee l eat
ing onions by the peek. Poor lit
tle unsuspecting thing! She was
radiant when she flew to the door
ar.d admitted tlie manly form of
the object of Iter heart’s affections;
and she did not observe, as they
were locked in close embrace, that
as bis lips met.her’s drawing a dim
ple in the back of her neck, that a
look of wild, unutterable horror
spread over his lineaments a dusky
pallor.
He cut the embrace short, and
they went and took their places on
the cosy tete-a-tete in the corner.
Thenjihe noticed that there was n
far-off, trohled look in his eyes, end
In; shifted about uneasily, .as'Jif
vaguely aware that something was
the matter, but th-t he couldn’t
tell exictly what it was. She
| couldn't detect the odor, which
| resembled day before yesterday’s
! fried onions, and which was] ling
ering dreamily around on Ihe soft,
warm air.
“Dearest,” asked hlic, “wlint is
the matter? ’
“Nothing, sweetheart, nothing;
t’'.tt is nothing,” answered he, as
liisgazi flew swiftly from one object
•o another.
“But there must be,” said she,
leaning forward. "You are. not
yourself to night. You have some
thing on your mind. Tell tne, i
darling,” and she tried to gaze into
his face, while he dodged her with
a look in his eyes like that of a
hunted wild beast..
“My love, you are. not well,” said
she, anxiously, as she wound her
arm about his neck and drew his
head about until their faces nearly
touched. "Wh-h-hat is the mat- |
ter?” and she tenderly sighed her
soul into ears.
•‘Oil, great Go ’frey!” hn groaned,
ns the fatpl simoom struck him.
‘•“You--that is, I—am not not feel
ing very well.”
“But, dearest, you looked all
right when you came in.” she per
sisted, lovingly, and then she
sighed again, and be jumped like
a goaded mule, and kicked over a
little table.
‘T know 1 did,” said lie, ner
vously picking up the pokor and
abstractly putting it in his coat-tail
pocket. “I know I did, Imt I’m
awful had now; I’m afraid I’ll have j
tc go,” lie continued, ss she leaned j
over.toward him again. “I think
I am going to have the yellow fe-;
ver.”
“Gracious, Charles,” said she. |
“Can it ho tint you arc ill?”
“Yes,” answered he,'is lie rose j
and ran the poker through hi» hair j
in an ill-directed, agitated manner'
“Good night, darling. Don’t kiss j
me,” he continued, shuddering.!
“you m ght catch the fatal scourge,’ |
and he hurst out of tlie door and j
disappeared.
The young girl, as she wandered j
j distressed and musing out of the j
! room, next tacfcled a gruff old
i lodger, who, in pretty strong Inn- [
' guage, convinced her of the fact 1
j that she had been eating onions; j
I and she discovered the joke by
i asking tfcs same girls who had I
NO. 31.
played Hi trick on I or. in tin ago
nizing tone of voice, if her breath
iv:ia really perce| tililo. Tliey ex
ploded with ill-timed‘levity, ;nr>d
then told lo r all. She says tow
j she will never have any thing to do
wtih them as long’ehe lives, aintjas
j for Charles Augustus, wvl\.-~Balti
more American.
Whittle tV.tS.
One el’ the lieok-lippers far a Detroit
himlier linn was recently sin;, to the
| nnr.li woods in transact sonic iSnslness
! for Ids employers, lie is a linin' of
good mind uml strong limb, and lias
about, gymnasiums long enough to
work up his muscle mill understand
Imw to strike front the shoulder. lie
reached a camp belonging to another
firm just at noon one day, and all hut
; one of the loggers gave him a hearty
welcome. This one man seemed out.
of sorts and bent on mischief. After
throwing out repeated slursnml insults
he boldly said:
“Stranger, I’ve been aching’ fur a
whole week past to put some one in
my vest pocket.”
This was turned till’ in a pleasant
manner, lint the logger persisted:
“I've got a great hankering to play
pitch tml toss with you and if you
don’t, run before 1 Oiihli my dinner
I’m going lo heave you over the slnuily
a few times.”
The Detroiter didn’t run worth :t
cent. When lie saw that a litas was in
evitable lie removed his watch and pin
shed his overcoat and was in first-rate
trim when the logger got ready to
heave away. As tho hull}'came for
ward lie was neatly knocked down,
lie got up witli a grin and went down
again’. The third time lie got up he
sal down on a log to collect his ideas,
and w hen they had returned to him ho
carefully approached the Detroiter and
said:
‘Mebbc ton area Presidin’ Elder!’
‘No.’
‘Hegular preacher?’
•Xti.’
‘Circuit rid -r?’
‘No;’
‘Triii-; di-'rilmtor?’
‘Xo; i am a book-keeper hi (lie em
ploy of l>a!li iV Shingle, of Detroit,’
‘l’u! it lli-it-! ’ said the man, as he
lidil out liis hand, ‘I am all bluff and
no light, hut I look you for some sort
of a preacher, ami I thought 1 might
whallop you and stand solid with the
hoys. Say. will tondo me a favor?’
‘Yes.’
‘All right. I’m going io 101 l the
hoys von are Tom Sayers! Carrying
two black eyes around '.W* rauif wall
lie grief enough for aIC to stagger under
j let alone anyone knowing I got eni
from a man wearing a tolled shirt, and
a clean collar.*—Detroit Free Press.
The Cheaper Way.
A man with a blue eye called
upon tt Griswold street lawyer yes
terdny and said:
‘‘l have been ki ocketl d .wn.”
“Good case—good case, if you
have atiy witnesses, was the smiling
reply.
“I’ve got this black eye and an
old woman for witnesses.”
“Correct—correct. I’ll tai-ce tho
evidence and see you through.”
“For liovv much?”
“Well, the whole thing won’t
cost more than six or eight dol
lars.”
“And whnl’ll I get.”
“Justice.”
“And what’ll the other man
get?”
“Oil, he’ll probably he fined fivo
dollars.”
“Say, you go to thunder!” sud
denly exclaimed t lie plaintiff.
"You must think I am a fool to pay
out SC or SS anti have the bother
of a law-suit, when threo different
men are just aching to lick the feller
in rotation at only 81 a head! I’m
not ptirty looking, hut I’m no cun
durango.”—Dclriot Free Presi.
Colored Philosophy.
“Sometimes (says Brother Gard
ner) my ole woman gits de blues
an’ blows ttroun’ kase she sees
odder folks ride out in deir kear
idges an’dress up in deir satins;
hut I build up a good fire, git out
tie apples, cider an’ pop corn, draw
up de big rockin’-cheer, an’ she
can’t Htnn’it nber ten minits. I)e
blues begins to tiy away, an 1 she
pats ile bald spot on my head an’
buys: ‘We has a cation of our own,
plenty to cat aleetle money in the
bank, an’ I ’sped we tin sot down
an’ take as much solid comfort as
if you war Guv’ner an’l had ten
silk dresses.’ He who makes de
most of what lie’s got am fitten
liisself to enjoy better. No situa
shun hut what could he made
worse. Ebery foliar made by
honest work ought to bring two
dollars worf of solid comfort.”