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FEBRUARY 21, 1874.
A TALE OF JEWISH FOLK-LORE
ItT DR. r. DR 80DA MP.MIhZ
The period of our taki in mipponral to be
dome time ankecrdotit to the 19th century,
for the original in to be found in the
Medradi Rabin dli (where it in narrnted by
Lab liunna in the name of Hub .Tow )
which was ooiupiled. according to Zulu;,
Ivetwoen the 6th and 13th eentnrien. It
has found its way, in a modified fonn,
into Turkish popular liioratnro (“Master
Naemddin'H Pranka”), and German folk
lore possesses the same in the collection of
naredorffer, Pauli and Haim Kaolin.
A rich merchant of JoniKalem lml Ikxiii
accustomed to make frequent journey* to
Athena on business. tin gradually es
tablished a connection there, and mode
Urn intimate ac(|uaintuncc of a witty
Athenian Jew, named Agathoclea, with
Whom he was wont to lodge during bin
Sojourn. One day, onr merehnnt, while
•laying m imnal with hm friend, fell dan
(rcroualy ill, and, fearing the approach of
death, called Agathodeu ntul tkua ad
dresaed him:
“Thou seest the Banda of my life are
bear mu out. Death, the great Ucftiier,
ia about to gather me, too, from the
blooming fields of terrestrial life. Well,
m Ood will I lam ready to go. Hut, ill
order that the last sigh may escape more
easily from this gasping breast, in order
that I may slumlier peacefully in another
life, receive now my last desires. My j
friend, thou knowestl have a sou; alas I
ho ia far off, and 1 shall not e :piro in his
young arms. Ho is my heir; to him be
longs what I have painfully amassed in so
many long years. Take, then, this key to
my treasury and preserve it for him until
he conn* to weep upon my foreign grave.
Hut that thou maye.it not be deceived by a
utranger, kuow that ho is an especially
olaver lad. Indeed, often Ims lie en
livened, by many ingenious jokes, the
dark hours of tribulation that I have en
dured. Givo him this key only when lie
Has proved to thee that lie is the rightful
lioir, by throe striking proofs of ingenuity
aud ready wit.”
Thus spake the man of Jerusalem, and
breathed his last in the urins of his friend.
The sad news of liis death was soon car
ried to Jerusalem, and the sou set out to
toko possession of the property. The
witty Athenian, however, in order to put
the youth’s ingenuity to the tost, had re
quested all those to whom a Jewish stran
ger could lswtsibly apply, to inform him
that they did not know such u man as
Agatbocios at all, much loss his place of
residence. The thoughtless and gay
Athenians, over ready for a joke, willingly
promised compliance, so that when the
young man arrived nobody hud over board
of an Athenian Jew named Agathocles,
and the stranger lmil to wander long about,
the streets in vain. The thought, how
ever, soon struck him that such ignorance
of the name of a liuir-established and
wealthy merchant, such as he knew Aga
thocles to bo, eonid not but be pretended,
and that, therefore, there was a plot to
withold liis father’s property from him.
Ho saw that cunning was the only weapon
to be employed iti such a case. Ho ac
cordingly accosted a wood seller, and
asked him if the bundle of wood lying at
liis feet was for sale.
"Surely, master,” waa the reply. "Why
else should I be standing here ?”
"Then I will buy it, my man,” said the
youth; “here is the money. Carry the
bundle to the house of Agathoeles, and
•ay the young man from Jerusalem has
arrived, and, being unused to this chilly
climate, semis a bundle of wood that they
may light a fire in his room.”
The wood-seller did as he was told, anil
Was followod, of course, by the young
man, who quickly arrived at tho dwelling
he had been seeking all day.
All wondered at the sudden arrival, but
(ho host bade him heartily welcome and
concealed his surprise. It was near din
ner time when the young man arrived,
and, in duo oourse, they sat down to table,
host, host*ns, ,two sons, two daughters
■nd tht guest. Five roasted pigeons were
placed before them, and the host requested
the guest, ns was usual, to csrvo them.
The young man did so, laying one pigeon
upon a plate before the husband and wife,
one for the two sous, one for tho two
daughters, and coolly reserving the re
maining two for himself. Enraged at this
neglect of tho rules of common politeness,
the host asked if this were Jerusalem eti
quette.
"Not so,” was the calm answer; "I had
vsry good reasons for my division. You
ana your worthy wife make up one pair,
and consequently require but one pigeon
to make up tho lucky number throe. Sim
ilarly your two sons and two daughters.
But 1, alas I am but a single man; aud,
therefore, require two to make up that
number.
Tho host smiled at this ready answer,
and agreed within himself to account it as
the second proof of ingenuity in his dead
friend's son. But one of luh sons, who.
perhaps, frequented tho Rchoois of the So
phists, desired to air his cleverness, too,
and thus addressed the stranger:
“Most willingly, friend, would I emn
lute my good father, and show thee some \
special honor; but, alas I I have but these
two fine oranges. Divido these, I pray
ttoee, between thyself, my brother and me,
so that each of ns may hate a whole one.
For lam desirous of eating one, I prom
ised my brother one, and I would honor
thee with one surely, an accomplished car
ver, as thou art, will find this child's
play."
“On the contrary, I cannot for tho life
of mo execute such a partition,” was the
modest reply.
“I see, then, thou hast not reached tho
acme of ingenuity yet," uud the other
with sneering compassion; “for see, I can
pcove to thee that those two oranges are
three.”
"Indeed! I should very much like
to h!ar that,” answered the stranger.
“See then; I place one orange before my
brother, that at one; another I plaee be
fore thee, these are two; and this one (tnk
ing the brother's) makes three,”
The Jerusalem youth smiled approval,
and said: “This proof is iudood convinc
ing. I confess lam thine inferior in wit,
and with deep shame, do I attempt the
division thou requ>redst. See, thore is
cme orange for thee; there is one for thy
brother; here, taking the one from beforo
thee, I have one which I cut and eat; k thy
brother does likewise; do thou the same
with the third one, whose existence thou
so wittily didst prove.”
A burst of laughter followed this sally,
and the host’s son took the earliest oppor
tunity of vanishing from the table.
Some days after the host who olwerved
that the stranger had made rapid progress
in his eldest daughter's affections, deter
mined to bring matters to a crisis, and to
lay before his guest a third problem for
solution. ■He accordingly had a single
fowl roasted, and requested the stranger
again to officiate. To his surprise and
chagrin, he received the miserable share
of the head, his wife tin- internal giblets,
hiss 'ii t'u.’ t'ligus, and hi? daughters the
bony wings, while the guest calmly re
moved to liis own plate the whole remain
ing Isslv. Again, Agathoeles asked if
that were Jerusalem manners, and was
met witii the same reply, that the young
man hud Ills masons for such a division.
"I gave thee the head,” ho wild “be
cause thou art. the head of the house. Thy
wife received the inner parts, for I desired
to convey the idea that it is net outward
show that biuds us to the weaker sex, but
the peaceful character, the amiable quali
ties of.tho soul. Mor ovcr, the place of
the wifo is not outside,in the noisy street,
but at homu in the house’s iuner cham
bers, or in the Ciunaikeien, whore she in
stills the first precepts of honor to hur
daughters. I gave tho nous each a thigh,
for they are the sup|Hirters of thy house.
Each daughter received a wing, for it is
not their destiny to remain in this bouse,
but to fly away with their husbands, por
chance into distant climes. For myself, I
reserved the boat of the bird, for by boat
I came hither, and by boat I atu desirous
of speedily returning. ”
“Hut not without a wing,” said Ag
utbocles; “not without a wing, that shall
add now speed to thy boat” And he
glanced at the fair Athaiah, who bowed
her head in blnshes, equalled only by
those of tho young stranger. Kisiug from
the table, Agathocles joined their hands,
“Be blessed, thou man of Jerusalem; 1
perceived thy love for my daughter, and I
delayed only till I had received three
{iroofs of thy wit. Splendidly hast then
lone out thy fnthcr's opinion of thy in
genuity. (To now in peace with my
daughter, who, in her sphere of tho
interior of thine house.can wish for no bet
ter haul than tliou art.”
The Jack Ketch of Australia.
The Pall Mall GnzrtDi of January 7th
lias the following: Among other remark
able men who passed away in tho year
just brought to a close, was one who die
served mention ns having, altliouglk born
in this country, devoted many years in the
antipodes Uf a work of great utility.
William Bnmford, who died the other
day in Melbourne Hospital, had been
hangman of the colony of Victoria since
1857, and also hold the honorable office of
pulilio flagellater until seised with an
asthmatic attack when Wielding the out.
Mr. Haitiford, who was seventy-three years
of age when ho died, lmd himself, in the
days of his youth, received three hundred
lashes whoa serving in the Twenty-third
Pusileers, at Gosport, of which regiment
ho was a member for twenty years, only
loaviug it, indeed, on account of some lr
regularity of conduct, which led to his
being transported to Van Diomun’s Land,
where he, arrived in the Royal Sovereign,
in tho year 1841. Having served liis sen
tence, ha proceeded to Victoria, to the
“diggings,” and remained tin noticed till
1847, wlieu ho volunteered to hang an old
murderer mimed Mason, in Melbourne,
and from that time until just before his
decease, ho executed all tho criminals sen
tenced to death in tho colony, with only
one exception. It was Mr. Bumford's
practice to keep count, and mutter after
an execution the number of his fellow-
creatures ho had assisted out of the
world.
After executing a black man at Ballarat,
on tho 11th of August last, he was heard
to ejaculate in a hoarse whisper: “Sev
enty-one. ” In appearance he was not
prepossessing, and his claims to personal
beauty were not heightened by tho ab
sence of one of his eyes, which ho unfor
tunately lost in a row at Melbourne about
fifteen years ago. His habits were not,
strictly speaking, temperate. Yet there
must have boon something very "taking"
in liis conviviality, for after an execution
he was wont to spend his money freely
with a “degraded lot,” who were on the
lookout for him when ho left the jail. On
receiving notice that he would bo wanted
for a hanging, he would, with a singular
abstemiousness, voluntarily imprison
himself for two or three days and sleep off
all traces of intoxication. After pinioning
aoondemuod criminal, he invariably mur
mured in his egr the words “God bless
you 1” and on one occasion, when tho man
executed died instantaneously, a sweot
smile was observed to steal over his face
on, leaning over the drop aud looking up
at his work, he remarked: "The best job
in tho country; that makes forty-seven."
A Bostonian’s Nouns Rbvbnok.— The
Boston Globe relates the following: "A
working girl in this city was engaged, re
cently. to be married to a young nian who
apimared to bo highly respectable, and
indeed was, as tho world looks at th* mat
ter. During the existence of the engage
ment, however, the girl’s father died, and
that event placed her in n very trying po
sition. The support of her family, which
consisted, bosido herself, of her mother
aud two or throe small children, devolved
upon her and a little brother, who was old
enough to do work ns an errand boy, and
thus contribute something. She con
sidered it her duty to provide for her
mother aud the littlo ones, and, if si e
married, their maintenance would fall on
her husband. Tho latter she was unwil
ling to have occur, oven if her intended
husband would accept tho charge, which
she doubted, and sho therefore told him
that tho engagement was at an end. Ho,
not knowing why sho took this oourse, as
sho was too high-spirited to tell him, sup
posed that lie had been supplanted by a
rival, and vowed vengeauce. Sho was
alarmed by this threat, thinking that ho
would do her bodily harm, but the course
which be took was far different. He in
veigled the little brother iute committing
a criminal offense, for which he was sent
to a place of juvenile reformation, thus
taking from the family wlmt little support
was derived fro® tho boy’s work. The
girl, unaided, is now supporting the
family, and her ease is but one of niauy.”
A Lucky Hit.—A French nobleman
observing his tenant about is destroy a
flue thrifty pear tree, inquired the cause,
lie was told that it was a chance seedling,
and had borne no fruit in twenty-live
years. He bad already out its roots pre
paratory to the first stroke; but was or
dered to let it remain. He did so, and in
the following year it was loaded with
superb fruit of an entirely uukuown va
riety, wbiob at onco became celebrated.
The root-pruning the gardener had given
it worked like a charm. Not many years
afterward the Dnehesse d’Augoulesne was
passing through Lyons and its inhabitants
sent, to her their hospitalities. Nine fair
maidens presented' the Duchosse with
golden salvers, on which lay heaped this
precious fruit, and begged her to bestow
on it her name; and the pear now recog
nized as the crowning glory of nil fruits
was thenceforward known as the Duchosse
d’Ango dome.
The San Francisco Bulletin says there
pro two or three thousand outlaws in the
mountains of California, who live by rob
bery and violence. They occasionally
make n raid tn some village and strip it of
valuables. They arc quite secure from
arrest in their mountain fastnesses.
Envy is a littleness of soul which cannot
seo beyond a certain point; and if it does
not occupy the whole space, feels itself
excluded.
BUSINESS CARDS.
UsSunteT
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
QUITMAN,
BROOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
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Will practice In the Counties of the Hoc then;
Circuit, Echols and Clinch of tho UrtlnsWrok, and
Mitchell of tho Albany. wOffioo at tho Court
House. janriß-tf
J, S. N. 8 NOW,
DENTIST,
Quitman, - - * - - Georgia,
Office Up Stain, Finch’s Corner.
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BENNETT & KIN6SBERRY,
Attorneys at Law
Q UITMA N,
Brooks County, • Georgia.
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EDWA&D R. HARDEN.
Attorney n,t Law,
QUITMAN,
BROOKS COUNTY, • • GEORGIA
Late mi Associate Justice Supreme Court U.
8. for Utah and Nebraska Territories; now i .ldg
County Court, IVooka Couuty, Oft.
may24-12mo
DR. E. A. JELKS,
PRACTISING! PHYSICIAN,
Quitman, (fa*
OFFICE—Brink buildini; adjoining tho store of
Messrs, llriggig Jelks A Cos., Sorovoti street.
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
D. W. PRICE,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
QUITMAN, GA,
Would Inform tho citizens of Qnitman and snr
rounding country, that bo has juatoponed a
FIRST CLASS
MERCHANT AND TAILORING
ESTABLISHMENT
IN QUITMAN, AUD UAH OH HAND A SINK
DOT Oil
CLOTHS AJfD CABBIM RUK9,
SUITABLE FOB MAKING
DRESS AND BUSINESS SUITS.
He has also on Hand a Select Stock of
READY MADE CLOTHING.
CUTTING, CLEANING
—AJTTV**
REPAIRIN G
DONE OH BHOBT NOTICE.
ter PRICES MODER ATE.
CREECH & NEWSOM,
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
Liquors, Flonr, Bacon, etc.
QVITMAN. GA.
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MISCEI.I.A NEO US A D VER TISEM ENTS.
BRIGGS, JELKS & CO~,
DKALi.na kn
Drugs and Medicine*,
Family Groceries.
Hardware,
Crockery,
Dry Goods, Dueuertie sed Foreign,
Millinery Goods,
Boots and Shoe*,
Hats,
Clothing,
Notions, etc.
WHICH WE WILL SELL
STRICTLY FOR CASH
—AM® A*—
CASH VALUE.
Farmers’ I*rmlar, when pgirhaard by
rotuMercd ifCAKH.
HENRY F. MABBETT
31 an agt-r.
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IWOUJJJ RESI'ECTEUI.LY CALL THE AT
TENTION of tlie citizen* of Brooks and
the adjoining couuties, to my large and scieei
stock of
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
IIA R D W Alt 13
GROCERIES, Etc., Etc.,
All of which will be ohl npon REASONABLE
TERMS and at LOWEST PRICES.
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I would algo call tha attention of Plan torn to my
LARGE STOCK OK
FARM IMPLEMENTS,
Buch M
TLOWB,
CIEYICES,
HEEL BOLTS,
GRAIN FANS, cte., etc
These goods will be sold at
MANUFACTURER S PRICES,
With Freight Added.
- GIVE ME A CALL “6*
JOHN TILLMAN,
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NEW STOCK.
The undersigned having purchased
in person in the Eh stern Cities, a large and
well assorted stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
is now prepared to offer peculiar inducements to
bis many customers and the public generally.
His sti>ek embraces a complete variety of
Dry Goods, Ready Made Clothing,
* Hats, Caps, Hoots and Shoes,
Hardware, Tinware.
Crockery and Glass ware,
All kinds of Woodware and
A COMPIJETK ASSORTMENT OF
FAMILY GROCERIES.
nil of which he offers on the most reasonable
terms. D. It. CKEECH.
9. i'tV.O.IU
MISCELLA NEO US Ah VEIiTISEMENTS.
SALE and LIVERY STABLE
Quitman, Ga>
fJMIE UNDERSIGNED KEEP ON HAND
SADDLE HORSES,
HARNESS HORSES,
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES,
Ect., etc.,
For At AccummtxLdiim qf the Public.
THEY ALSO KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND
A Good supply of
Hornes and Mules for Sale.
SELECTED D V ONE OF THE FIRM,
And Always Purchased on Slice Tertis as
to Enable Them to Sell at tho
Lowest Prices,
PERSONS DESIRING TO PURCHASE
SADDLE OR HARNESS HOUSES
Can be Supplied upon Short Notice
If not on hand, If ft description of the .took
wanted in left a, the Stable the order Will be filled
ill a few nay*.
CECIL K THRASHER.
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rAINE&HALL,
Haying recently mwiEiYED a lajige
Mid well assorted stock of
General Merchandise,
Consisting of
DRY GOODS, READY MADE CLOTHING,
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, Etc.,
ALSO
A large and well Belccted stock of
Family and Fancy Groceries.
Oaring to the great financial pressure, we hare
determined to sell goods at
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
Extraordinary bargains can now be obtained
FOli CASH.
We will take anv kind of produce in exchange
for goods, or in payment of accounts.
We will also take certificates of deposit on the
Bavannah Banking and Trust Company.
All of our customers are earnestly requested
to come forward at once and make settlements of
tlicir accounts. oct2s-3ra
DEDELL & CO.,
Liquor 1> eale rs ;
ASD
TOBACCO AGENTS,
140 BROAD STREET,
COLUMBUS, GA.
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M FITZGERALD,
(ESTABLISHED 1850,1
Manufacturer and Wholesale and Betail
Dealer in
CANDIES,
CORDIALS, STROPS,
Fancy Confectionary, Ac.
180 Bryan St.,
Between Barnard and Jefferson Streets,
Savannah, Ga
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SA VA NNA H AI) VER TISEM ENTS.
(with uitbbt urrevunom.)
FOR 20 YEARS THE
Standard of Excellence
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Over 750,000 lu Use.
If you think of buying a Sewing Machine it will
pay you to examine the record* of those now ia
tine and profit by experience. The Wkwln
Ik Wllaon Stand, alone a. IK* only Light
Banning Machine, n.lng the Rotary Hook,
making n Lock Stitch, alike on both eidea of
the fabric sewed. All "battle machine* waste
power in drawing the .battle hack after the
stitch is formed, bringing doable wear end strain
Upon both machine and operator, ncuce. while
other machines rapidly wear out, the Wheeler
it Wilson Last, a Lifetime, ul d proves an
economical investment. l)o not believe all that
is promised by so-called “Cheap" machines, you
should require proof that years of use have tasted
their value. Money once thrown away cannot be
recovered.
Bond for our circulars. Machines sold on easy
terms, or monthly paymonts taken. Old Machines
put in order or received In exchange,
j WHEELER A WILSON MKO CO.'S OFFICES:
i Havansah, Augusta, Macon and Colnmbns, Oa.
W. 8. Claim, Gen. Agt., Savannah, Oa.
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JOHN M. COOPER 4 00,
SaVannali, Oa.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Keep constantly on hand a large assort
ment of
,WINCKLL,ANEO IS, STANDARD
AND
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Snnifny Lit*'*trie* furnished on the
most liberal UTini Irifh the latest
and IrtLSi Knylish PulAicutivns.
15 I 15 L E S,
Pocket, Family and Pulpit,
In Gftftt Variety.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, SCRAP BOOKS.
Any books sent by mail on receipt of price.
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BKF.SXAVN
EUROPEAN HOUSE,
Nos. 156, 158, 160 and 182, Bryan St,
SAVANNAH, GA.
rnHE PROPRIETOR HAYING COMPLETED
1 tho necessary addition* aud improvement*,
eon uow offer t%nia guests
ALL THE COMFORTS TO RE OB
TAIN ED A T OTHER HOTELS
AT LESS THAU
HALF THE EXPENSE.
A Restaurant on the EUROPEAN PLAN ha*
been added, Whefe guest* can,
All
Order whatever can be olitaiuod in the market.
Rooms, with Uaoril, SI SO per day.
Determined to be
OUT DONE BY NONE
" I can ak i* a TRIAL, confident that complete
satisfaction will be given.
<* M-tf JOHN BREBNAN, Propri. to
GEORGE APPLE,
DEALER IN
CLOTHING,
II A T S, CA P S,
Gent’s Famishing Goods,
BOY'S SLOTHING,
TRUNKS, VALISES,
Boots and Bhoes,
No. 162 Bryan Street, Market Square,
tVDEU DRESS AN'S HOTEL,
Savannah 6a.
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SAVANNAH ADVERTISEMENTS.
l. Dxwrrr. ilmobgaw.
T. 8. SANFORD.
DeWITT, MORGAN 4 CO,
130 Congress Ht.,
SAVANNAH, - • - GEORGIA,
DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,
WTTILL, ON Ist OF SEPTEMBER. COM
W MKNCE opening their Pill and Wmtaf
stock, and will offer the same far CASH oa tbs
most reasonable terms.
DRESS GOODS,
SHAWLS and CLOAKS,
QUILTS and TOWELS,
, *
EMBROIDERIES and GLOVES,
Woolen goods, for
GENT'S abd HOYS,
Full stock of
PLANTER’S SUPPLIES,
I)R. 11. COX,
LIVE STOCK, SLAUGHTERED MEATS,
AfrtP-
I* It O I > IT c R
COMMISSION MERCHANT
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PURCHASING AGENT,
8A VANN AH, GEORGIA.
-—■■ -ox* -
Stock Lot*,
WILLIAM AND WEST BROAD STENTS,
o:o-
Produce Depot
IN BASEMENT OF CITY MARKET
—am
cosimishti os
BEEF CATTLE,
MILCH COWS,
SHEEP, HOGS,
G A Ml,
DRESSED MEATS, Ac., A<b,
—Ai.no—
POULTRY. EGGS,
VEGETABLES,
FRUITS,
MELONS,
SUGAR.
SYRUP.
HONEY,
HIDES,
TALLOW. A<.
RESPECTJTULLT SOLICITED.
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MAMET SQOA£E BOOSE
VALENTINE BASLEN,
(Successor to hi* brother Antony Bailer)
THE WELL KNOWN
TEN PIN ALLEY,
At the Old Stand, 174 Bryan St,
OPPOSITE THE MARKET,
Continues to keep on hand the best of
Brandies, Whiskies, Wines, Ales,
AND ALL OTHER LIQUORS,
Mjr Foreign Liquor* are all of my own Impor
tation.
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MARSHALL HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
A. B. LUCE, Proprietor,
BOARD, 83 00 Per Day.
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