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VOL. VII.
THE MESSENGER.
| LA FAYETTE, - - - GEORGIA
I - j
COMMUNICATED.
I Soocnow, Chinas Ncv. 9tb, 1883
Editor Mmeager'.
Yaatetdav was a big'day in the'
history of your eot respondent. L |
witnessed the formal opening of the !
Soochow Hospital, an enterprise I !
have heeii interested in an 1 lock
ing forwald to ever since 1 began
' the study of medicine. 1 send you
a programme of the extercues :
1. Scripture Rev. Dzung Soong
Lieu.
2. Hymn. Rev. C K. Marshall.
3. Prayer R«v. 11. C. Dußose.
4. Statement of Appropriation —
Plaus-Me' hods, <kc. W. R. Laua
buth M. D.
5. Address by Rev. Dr. M. T.
Yates.
6. Address by Rev. H. N. Wuo,
M. D.
7. Doxology. Rev. C. F Reid.
8. Benediction Rev. Dr J. W.
Lambeth.
9. Refreshments
10. Inspection o( Hospital.
Mr. Dzung and Dr. Woo are of
the Episcopslisn Mission. They
are natives as their camea indicates;
though Dr. Woo has spent some
time in America. Mr. Du Bose is
of the Southern Presbyterian Mis
sion. Dr. Yates is a Southern
Baptist. He is from North Caroli
na —rerainde me of my grand fa
ther Williarc Smith, of Catoosa,
every time I ses him. He is one
of the eldest Missionaries in China.
Bpeaksthe Shanghai dialect just
1 like a native. Mr. Marshall, Mr.
Reid, Dr. W. R. Larobuth and Dr.
J. W. Lambuth are members of
my own Mission —tl e Southern
Methodht. Mr. Marshall who 3 ?
real name is Zow is also a native
He w«8 carried to America when a
boy by Dr. J. W. Lambuth, where
he staid until after ht was grown
when he came back to China to
bring the gospel to his fsllow-coun
tryrr.en He is now studying med
icitie under Dr. Lambuth and my
self and is also superintendent of
the indoor department of our hos
pital. Bseideg these I have men
licned there were present Mr. and
Mrs. Walker, of Shanghai, all the
Missionaries of Soochow except
on*, and two Chinese mandarines
in their buttons and peacock fea
thers. We had quite a successful
opening, and every item on the
programme was carried out. Ev
erbody expressed themselves well
pleased with the hospital which cf
course was vert gratifying to us as
we have sped a great deal of mon
ey and time and have spared no
pains in building it, I feet that I
can speak thus freely of the hos
pital as it is a public institution,
and besides almost the whole of
the work be'.oogs to Dr. Lambuth.
I think I risk nothing in saying it
is the lest arranged and nice t
missionary hospital The Chinese
are taking great interest in it. Tbre6
officials two of them of high rank
came to see it to*day. They aent
a servant in th. morning with their
cards to tel! us when they were com
ing and of course we were on hand
to receive them as handsomely
as possible. One of them came in
a fine sedian chair followed by four
officers on horseback and about a
dozen foot soldiers. When his
j chair was lowered in front of the
door the soldiers arranged them
selves in line on each side of the
hall while Dr. Lambuth and I
stood in the center to receive him
by bowing and gruti'ing and sha
king our own li.nda white he
i bowed and grunted and shook his.
|We treated them to tea, cakes,
watermelon Beeds tod cigars and
then showed them over the buil
ding. They eeeined very much
mterrsted in everything specially
the apparatus. Two ol them had
j their temperatures taken with the
j clinical thermomiter to see wheth
er they were health yor not. Going j
into raptures ovet it just like they j
were boys instead of dignified
offioersof the ‘ Ctlestiai Empire.” j
At present we have-even patients
in the hospital. Three opium
smokers breaking off the habit,
(three ro.diers who received gun,
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1881.
hot wounis in a flstn hist w-en
with some salt smugglers »t a small
town not far froin;iieie, and a man
who was accidently shit in the
country about a month ago, they
ate all doing well.
In my next I will take tin soma
of Ihe queationsyau have proposed
in your questions.
W II Park.
CoPkIand’sCROBBING, Gl.
The Chrielm s tree at Liberty
Hill Academy on M uid.-iy nigh'
was quite a pleasant affair; the
house was not sufficient to seat
more than one-third of the crowd.
After the singing of a few appro
priate songH by the school, I L Ma
gill the Superintendent made a lew
remarks in regard to the design and
origin of Christmas trees, after
which the coininiitee enteied upon
the d’stribution of presents which
seemed to please the little people
wonderfully, and the older onto in
proportion.
On Tuesday (Christmas day)
quite a number of relatives and
friends of Mr. I L Mngill assetn
bled at his residence and spent tiro
day very jleasantly. The ladies in
pleasant conversation, and inno
cent amusements and the g. title
men in chiving rabbits, hut.ting
squirrels, birds. &c.
At noon the crowd —numbering
betvr f en 50 and 75 —wereinvited to
partake of a bountiful repast that
bad been provide! by deft hands,
to which every one did ample jus
tire, on the fqjloving day, a simil
ar gathering was had at Jus C
Wright’s aud on Thursday at Mr.
Harobrights and Friday at Robt.
MrSpaddeh’s the days being spent
iu like manner to the first men
tioned with an abundance of every
thing that would -.tend to satisfy
the most noted epicure.
The good people ot this commu
nity arc- Doted for their liberal and
social qualities. Wv think a spirit
of sociability should be cultivated
by every neighborhood and com
munity thus causing the short time
allotted ua here to be spent in a
pleasant and agreeable manner.
A-. infantrbild of Mr. Sikes died
on the night of the 23rd, and was
buried on Christmas day at Dog
wood cetnelery. Its death was
caused by cramps. Mr Sikes will
move in a lewjdays to John Duna
gan’son Peavine.
Dr. James Hambright and lady
from Adairsvi le, Ga., are visilinj
relative •• in Catoosa.
The Masonic Fraternity at Tun
nel Hill gave a magnificent dinner
on the 27ih.
Mr. McSpadder., from Tennessee
is the guest of Robt. McSpadden,
his brother.
Robt Ham bright, of Chattanooga
; s visiting relatives und friends in
the valley.
V’e ore reliably informed that
Jorden Harlan col, living in Whit
field county sided a eiioat 15
months old, recently, that wei bed
nett 490 lbs. so far as wo know he
stands at the head of the list. The
weather has been fine during the
holidays and we trust it will con
tinue so for some length of time,
thereby enabling the farmers to
make a good beginning at the com
mencement of the new year.
A. C. Milligan.
Dee. 28th, 1883.
McDonald, Tk.nn.
Editor M eimnycr.
On the nightof Dec 2nd at about
fi teen minutes before 12o’clock the
store as Bennstt & Co wasdisoover
id to be ou fire by Mr. Beurielt.
It ha I apparently caught on the
side of the war .room and farthest
from Mr. Bennett's dwelling, and
wasjust getting to the tomb of the
roof of the maiu building wh»n
discovered. The Are bad gained
such headway that the store could
not be entered, and as the dwell
ing was very near the store it was
though'; impossible to save it—
Everything in the dwelling was
removtd, even soma of the doors
and windows were taken out, but
the building ctuld not he saver; j
In twenty-five minutes al er in«'
fire was discovered the buildings
were t the ground Total I ss near :
tour thou and dollars No insur-‘
aoce— B< unett &Oo are r<-build g ,
and by me loth of January tope i
t« open up »n«\v. Ih* post-. Ilie?
aud express office, which were kept
| by Mr. Bennett were burned.
As to the c.iiuie f the fire, there
i< no solving too mystery There
hud been no (ire or light in the
I store for ov»r th'rty-“ix h urs.
There wis no defective Hue as re
I ported in tie Chattanooga Times
of rece it date.
W- 8. Paskkh
P. S. Mr. Marsh liank, a v* rv
I line yourg nan and of one of the
best famihea in the county died
this morning.
W 8. P.
Pond Spring, Ga-, Deo. 31,1883.
Editor M easengrr:
Christinas is about over in this
locality, and s >on we wilt enter a
ne-v year too, I hope with renewed
energy to n ake us all'men success
ful than wo were iu the one we
have just left behind us.- The
past week lias ueen one of fun and
mirth, shooting at turK«y’s heads
p otruded through a hole ii. a box
sufficiency high to take sight at
six'y yards at t :i cants u shoot
two were killed after spending
several dimes an 1 c insidmahln
ammunition the third cue stood the
fire route time,and was finally taken
from the box and moved eff about
one hundred yards where he stood
the fire quite a while, at last a shot
gun was sent for, loaded with a
ha’f pint of buck shot and one pint
of powder; and put in the hands of
our tax collector. The trigger was
pulled,and down came the gobbler.
This made Hve fur Lien which he
cariiod home, and 1 suppose by
the remrak lie made next day, that
they were after, being prepared,
consigned to wh ro a ! fat turkojs
go.
The nex* thing in order W;*g,
that of getting up a dance, or as
they call them now,a pasty, which
was successfully oarrisd on during
the wee.i, on'y tw.» places a fail
ure was made, which whs esusid
by beii g 100 far from their baso ol
operatioDP, and no way to replen
ish their ammunition. Duiingthe
night they fell buck within the
fortifications and a general order
was issued that all the canteens bo
filled with tanglefoot a ,d eyery one
be ready to march at day light ard
procure tlm consent of all * lie girls
in the boundary to put in an ap
pearance at such a place the com
ing nihgt The orders vere st ict
hut carried out to the letter, aud in
consequence thereof, there were
several lean looking horses and
mules Saturday evening Aso the
hoys looked very much like they
had had a week’s hard service in
the regular army on half rations.
I understand there isa now way
of warming net up in the Cove,
the first experiment being made at
the Cove Post Office near Parks
Hall’s mills. During Christmas
the stoye hi the store became dis
connected from the pipe, and there
c ud in no (ire built in it. Oneef
customers who bad got pretty cold,
more especially his feet, swore
“they had to he wanned some
how, or they would freeze,”
So, he sit down in a chair, pn'led
off hia boots and socks, rolled his
pants up above his knees, walked
out oo the p atform aud jumped
out in thu mud which vhich av
erage from eight to ten inches deep
for two hundred yards, which die
tauce he traveled and returned
through the same on hie airiral at
the store, procured him a pan of
water, was his feet, put on big
socks and boots and swore, ‘of that
don’t warm you 1 will try some
thing else.” He wag now becom
ing *ume*vha! bungrv, and not
much chance for sriptbing to cat,
be proposed buying a chicken from
one of the merchants, but hiscon
dition would not allow of hia using
himself in a proper manner to
catch it, thereloie he aaked a by
staader, who had just purchased a
new suit of clothes, to get into the
coop ar d catch It f«r him, which
he did, though not till he had
caugnt three, turning Nh. 1 <fc 2
loose a* they vyt-re not the right!
one*, anti by the t'we be was ready !
to choose the third ore,them.id &c j
in iho coop was pretty well stiredd
up and the consequence wo.», when j
the cbieketi was caught, big new
suit needed soap aud water, which
wae applied John pit lie *1 i'l>
»ti, pit Kdit as wei! ea he could
opt hint up .e fi a in the More, pro
cured .1 ituk, ft i it ,t|ir ighj| the
o«i.v id h II it in th j stove until
tbmnt t littlle itruwn, .thenate
t, pe i f-nth sr* bloo 1 and all.
llamy you shatiuldlkeep better’tvt
ing sccnmnioc alionsjfor.'your i u*.
tomers Cristmaa time*.
Wejhave get through Lelidsva
without a wadding, but the signs
»re gi od|for*onw two yet, and
says no, it wili
be. *
Tomjsays.'lie has taken his last
load of 'posso.ns off that he intends
to.llasaid ttiis one* before, but
thought be would try one more
load and purchase something nice
for',Cristina*, lie realixsd for the
last load, a finejsilver fcwatoh, 8 oz
case and a gold chain, suppose by
its apt a dangling condi
tion at hillside it will weigh half*
pound. He says ho dona Jail this
besides salting away some two
bumlrr d for, his.aumuiersiineat.
Mr. D. T. Hall “auticipateajgoing
to KentucK next} week, for the
purpose of purchasing cattle of fine
lined.
Mrs.; A. M.jCamp.who h as| jbeen
abi-ent sometime ot her j)fr there,
Has returned homo and now Bud
looks pleuriug as a newly married
mac. Bud says h* aint ashamed
to water in ;day .tin>e w _like
Dick was, tiul.it is “entirely out ol
hia line of bUßities* to, 4 curry the
old fellow, consequently his hair is
i,ot so smooth as when Dickj'cur
ried him after late supper and be
lore early breaKtast.
Hal says’geese are “so high, he
Pars he) will not (get his
ranch itailed before fall.
John Limdkr.2
Miss, i Polly Wanta
cracker.
“S eis the meau»et girl I ever
saw,in myjife/’isasd ivs.
“A regular little miser,” added
Mary Reynolds.
‘V\ ho is ?’ asked Jessie Fergus,
the new scholar.
‘Why, that girl'over there in the
corner bv the register nibbling
away at a aoda-crucker. Sbe nev
er bring* anything but a cracker
or two for her lunch, ’cause she.’*
afraid, I suppose, that if she
In ought any goodies some of the
girls might want her to go halves
•We call her Mis* Polly W’mita
craoker.’
‘What is her roal name?’ asked
Jessie.
Oil i her real name’s Stell* Bur
toe. ButJMiss Polly Wantacracker
is a much morejsuitahle one accor
ding to our way of thinking.
•Perhaj s *he is poor and can’t
afford any goodior.jfi.-r her, lunch,
suggested Jessie, who wss a awed
temlured, kind-hearted girl.
‘Well, if she's poor, I don’t see
kow she can afford to came to tuch
an exp ni-iv# school as thia and
dress as nicely as she does.’
‘Thai dress sha’s got oo (doesn’t
it fit horribly though 7) is made of
cloth that costs two dollars a yard.
I saw some like it in my father’s
store last week. And she gets pock
e’-mncey every month from some
body. Tli* letters come to Mrs.
B ushoui’s care, and I’ve seen Miss
Polly Wantacracker open ;hem
and take money out.’
‘I peeped over ber shoulderonoe,’
said Mary Reynolds, ’and spied «
live dollar bill. ‘Aren’t you going
to treat? says I. ‘Not this time,’
says sue with a perfectly sickening
smi'e, and after that she never op
ened her fi tters,in the school room.
Look at her now Bh*’» glancing
tbie way.’ Don't she look asham
ed ? She know* we’ie talking a*'OUt
her.'
‘Poor girl I’ said Je*ai*-; ‘to me
she looks moie gl'ieved than a»ham
ed. Aud isn’t alie pretty? I wish
I had her lovely blue eyes and
beautiful curly hair It curls na'-
urally ilist is plain tobc
‘Oh ! H ere now,’ interrupted Al
ice Hays spitefully, ‘the qi.ls won’t
U ink much of you it you arc going
to stand up sot Miss Polly WaiHa
ciacker, I can tell you that.
‘f sha‘l stand up for her,’ deelar.
ed Icssi?, with sturu.y Scotch self
assertion, ‘until X am conyinced
NO. 23.
i that, she deserves th o harsh tiling*
you say about her—no matter went
th*i girls thinK. I iikn to judge
1 Ifople for myself, und I Latent
been here long enough to form any
decided opinion about tiie lady,
but in a month or so I’ll final out
whether Stella Burton is a ‘regular
little miser’or not. And until 1
‘lj. I’m most crrtHinly not g. ing to
take sides again.' t her.’
But when‘a month or so’ had
passed Jessie [reluctantly yiuiltlod
that site lud come to the c inelu*
‘ sinn tbat Alice aril her friends
were right. She had watched the
nibbling of the crackers at lunch
time and had seen the reception
of the monthly alio ranee. She
had noticed the costly materials of
which Stel’a’s dross, cloik, hat.,
and even aprons were made’ rnd
bad been umob mortified by the
girl s persistent refusal to share her
Jessie’s—candies, craker>. or l'ruit
‘lt’s because she's afrsid you
might expect something in ro u n,’
said Mary He> r.olds, with h ecoin
ful loss of her head. ‘When she
first came l«‘re, six monttis ago,
wo told her that all thejgirls took
it in turn.tojbring sweets for ti e
class, and she turned asjredj aa a
beet and. said,"'please leaye me
i ut. I can’t afford it.’
’I w inder what she i* s iving her
money for?’ Bella Siuy'he joined
in. I’erhapHitojliuy'a gohl_wa'ch.
but I d do without u gold watch
foreverjbtfore.l’d
thing ’
Thej. Christmas jfcolidays drew
near,
Academy stare d.ajsuhscrplionjliit
for ihe;f purpose of r« sing ,the
ineam with^Xwhich to purchase
for their principal and teaches
some handsome gift, Icm con
tribute nothing,’ stiidjStella.J when
they laid it on ber desk. ‘That’s
too bad,’ aneered Alice d ays,
V» o ll l.avo to lakejup a contribu
tion for you.’ And they 'did, and
the next[ day atjjrrcess SleUafwus
presented most cericor.iouaiy with
ajjjpapcr bag of cheap crackers.
Not.ajword did’she say when it
wa»;piaced iu her lap, but when
school was gover Mary Reynolds,
whose way'lay in the name diroc
tion as bars for a blofk or two,
saw.her hand the bug to tbo poor
old woman w o kept a smsll
peanut .'stand- oa the corner. ‘Did
you ever see such ooolneis!' said
thejgirls inch orus when they heard
of it. And answered ti mselves,
‘netei,’ in another chorus.
Well, the holidays passed.
School was to begin again upon
the 31 and on the
evening ot,tbiT3i Mrs. Blossom,
the prim ipal,gave a welcome-back
New Year party to her soliolursand
their near relations. Stalin o arac
with the rest, dressed in a delicate
lavender silk polonaise, looped
over a dark purple velvet skirt,
and embroided with buDcbss ot
lovely purple pansies, a bunch of
resl ones s-rving her[for a breast
pin, and by con
trast, ber golden hair look still
more golden.
‘How oweet she looks,’ whisper -a
Jessie Fergus to Bella Smytbe.
‘Wh>?’ nrswered that ycunc
lady. ‘Oh! M ; ss Polly Wantacrack
er. 1 must confess I don’t so
any sweatees.* about hor. I’m go
ing to sit by her at the supper ta
ble and see if she only eats crack
•r« then. And she did She sat
on one side of Stella and Mary
Reyn Ids en the other, and while i
eating horn the heap of dainties on
their own plate they kept a sharp
look-out on the heap on hers, i
She ate very slowly, but, one by
one, cake, mottoes, bunch of grapes
almonds raises quickly disappear
ed. ‘She never ate them,’ whis- 1
pered Bella to her cosin Caroli
ne, who sat next to her. •She's 1
eaten nothing but some maca
roons and her ioe-creain. Thsy’er
gone into her pocket. We’vo got
her now. Come to the dress ng i
room when she starts for home 1
acd you’ll see some fun. Pass tbe I
word to the other girls.’
So when Stella started for the i
dressing-room, a short time after
supper, she was followed by n» ly i
ail her schoolmates. And when i
she stooped to draw on her over-)
shoer. ehe found hettnlr seized On
the right by Bell Smytbe and o o i
'h« left by A!i e ITr.ye, while Mi
l’ll Reynolds sought tor and f. u-id
thepooketinleiekin.su] in )>,-
pocket were oske. the motto - *».■
grjpes and the almonds and >
*ina that liad,been;*ery«(l l , 1,,j h
tl>e>upp#r table. ‘Oh, for shame
Ms* lolly, WatPueiacii rl’ h.ir»t
from the looxers im. 'T i.-y me
mliie.’;s«idiS'ella defiantly. ‘lrli 1
not eteal.them. They were given
to in-, and I have a to do
with tiiftn a* J please ’
F r ehnmel itaid the girl* again.
• And no ladylike girl w.,uld do
1 such a thing,’added !l 11. S uy'he.
’ 'Dressed in silk and vsivet, too,’
said her ootieinJCaroline. ‘‘With a
poldjchain'andjloekct, and geltieg
85 a[month spending-money, said
Alice Hays:
S'clla 100 xml from one scornful
fuse to another ; the tears came to
her eyes, but she forced them back
andjwilh[tremb! ; i.g lips turned to
Alioe and said: Your carriage will
b‘|kere]for you in a few moments
will itJnct’iMisa Hays?’
‘lt;wiil,;Miss;P,dly Waatacraker.
And what then?’ was the reply.
‘Will you“take ms to my homo
in it? A-d— ’
'Well, if that isn’t sublime cool
ness, interrupted Alice.
‘And will you tube,’ Stella went
on, ni t i o icing tbo interruption,
‘Miss 8 nytl e.jMits Reynolds and
Jessie Fergus witb'u? if they will
g.r
‘lndeed I’ll go,’ exclaimed Jennie
springing to the girl’B side. ‘And
I’m sur. jMa'y and Bello will tom
Girls you must. I feel that we
lave misjudged Stella, and than
now she in offering us a chance to
do her jis ioj. And in wh it bet
ter way could we— could unj one
begin the Few year than by setting
right, ns far a* post ibis, the wrong
of thejold?’
There was no resisting this ap
poal. And whew u few moments
after some one called Miss Hays’
carri-gel’ away went the five to
stand in a little lees than half an
hour before the door of a neat,
bricx house in a pleasanto’d-fesb
ioned street.
There they got oat of the car
riage and Stella led them in at the
front door and up the stairs until
th-y reached the atiie, where she
softly pushed open a door of a low
ceiling room and an old woman
sitting in *[rocker 1 by a tiny stoye,
started out of a dozo to welcome
her.
‘Dearies’ been ns go id as gold
ever since—’ she begin, and then
stopped suddenly and stared in
surprise at the unotp ctod visitors
Thank yon, Auntie Bnwn 0 one
girls,’ satd Stella. And following
her to the bed in the c >rnev they
saw the sweetest, prettiest, little
girl sleeping there that ever went
to dreamland. ‘What a darling!’
exclaimed they, ‘Who is she?'
My tisti-r,’ answered Sts la proudly
And she has no one to take c tra
of but me, except Auntie Brown,
lives on tbe floor below, and ie
kind enough to look after her a
little when I am ob’iged to be
away. And now I wH teU you
hew we live. A very di-taot rela
tion of mine (I have no near rela
tions but Desric) owns our school
building, and it is through sou:*
arrangement between Mrs, Blossom
and him that I urn being educated
there. And I study very hard, as
you all know, fori believe the bet
ter education a person Las, the bet
ter her chance of succeeding in ti e
world. And bolide hi* kin lnoss ip
this way, my fifth cousin sends 85
i month. Toat Isju*t pays my
rent, sad the dollar and a half that
learned by wool baby
shirts and seek* inr a store ufar
by is a.l iLe other money I have.
Mv c'otLcs are made (1 make
them myself »d<l that’s the reason
they fit so badly, Miss Hays) from
the watdrobe of ay dear o-.other,
who became very poor bes re she
died, and could leave me nothing
else. The gold chain and locket
she gave to Dearie. Dearie was
'i years old when mtnnoia left us;
she i* 4 now j and during the two
years she ha* been all mine I have
tried ta m ike her life happy. To
night I told her that I was going (o
«ee Siuta Claus —I could give her
uothing but a cheap do’l for her
Christinas —and tbat I would
bring her from him some goodies
1
‘Dorrt say another w:rd, don't
gay anoiber word,’ crie I Miss Hays.
‘What young wreicbcs wo have
been.'
‘Why did’nt you tell us iufjre?’
asked Bell* Smytbe.
‘Because 1 lh»u„ht it would
seem too muah like begging, you
aae so well off. compired to me.
Resides. I've never reslly wanted
fat anything: and a* fi,r Dearie,
Oonuui'eJ ou Fuitith s’a^c.