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WAR RECOLLECTIONS.
A Lady Tells Her Experience Near Maoon
After it Surrendered to Wilson.
[SPECIAL OOBRKsrOXDESCK.]
Editors Telegraph and Meeeengcr: The
article in Sunday’s Teleobaph and Mes-
siM.tRupon the surrender of Macon, nine
teen years ago. recalled many personal
reminisce!
enccs of that time to the mind of
ter him “I wish you Joy—of those little
chickens—they would hatch in a day or
two!” You should have seen him dls*
gorge. He revenged himself by oapturin^
TEE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1884.
—
your correspondent. It is proper and per
haps needful to chronicle all the facts m
tho era of our history, for the time is com
ing, perhaps in the near future, when
facts will be ia great demand, that our his
, torians may be able to defcpd and vindi
cate the Southern people:
The writer had a .temporary refuges
home near your city at the time General
Wilson entered Macon. After the tight at
Missionary Ridge and the formidable pre*
. parations made by the Federal army, it
was evident to the citizens of North—
Cherokee Georgia—that trouble was brew
ing for them, and all j*ersous who gave the
subject a serious thought became convinc
ed that the time had come to refugee ami
to seek a shelter from the depredations of
the vandal horde, then threatening an ad*
y;^c on that part of the State.
tSn. Johnston made a brave defense, but
it was all retrograde—all retreat, masterly,
it is true, but backward all the time. When
be retreated from Cassvillc to the Altoona
.heights, the stampede of the citizens of
North Georgia begun in earnest.
Time would fail me to tell you of the
trials, losses, dangers and vexations that
beset us until we found a home, on an old
farm in Jones county, not far distant from
Walnut creek and within a half-dozen
miles of your lovely city. I could tell you
of Stoneman’s raid, of Sherman’s advance,
of tho depredations by Wheeler’s cavalry,
and of the thousand particular troubles
that attended us in this barren refugee
home, but I will skip over ail preliminaries
and say to you that I rode from home to
Macon on the morning of the day that the
surrender of the city occurred, the 20th of
S >ril, 1865.. We knew Gen. Wilson was
vancing from Columbus, but the uncer-
tnd
a huge basket of f. esh eggs that were
den in my bedroom—under my bed.
Our old shot-gun was taken—carried out
and placed beside my store of eggs. Just
then the raiders discovered two barrels of
Hour and a barrel of ea’je syrup, which
had been secreted. The house plunderers
rushed out to take a hand in the divide,
leaving a hall drunken soldier to guard
the plunder collected in the dwellin'?.
I watched him long enough to see n<
We then turned to the Provost mdrshal’i
itiesof 1'
office, and by the entreaties of Mr. Birch i
and the demands of the kind-hearted
chaplain, 1 was promised a guard within |
two hours, as the soldier would have to get |
his horse and equipments from camp be
fore he could start out to our home.
QQV. BROWN 05
While I waited for the guard, my heart
tortured bv anxious fears for the safety of
ray dear ones at home, I had ample time
to turn over in my wind the probable
‘ business” that Governor Browu was
transacting so secretly in Gen. Wilson’s
illtiCTLTa clotlling l nd Hats - A8ENSAT10N--READ THISm
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WMJfiJU mill IBB|^uwiiujn O. "-»« | parlor, while Alexander Step! elm, B. II
decidedly maudlin. when l began to Iec- j an( j so man y other prominent man
him on his inhumanity. and thieving. werc arrested at the pointoi the bayonetuiul
were i v _ „ .
treated as putlaws. Kven at that time Jef
ferson Davis was being hunted down liken
beast of pray—and was brought into M acon
a day or ho thereafter with a display of
vindictive hate that was terrific to tho by
standers.
To this day I lmvo never been able to
understand the distinction ami the differ-
euce in Governor Brown’s case, unless. Jn-
-
Have you no mother or listers,” said I.
“If so, what could they think of you?”
•''The tears gushed from Ids already wa
tery eyes—he told me he had a mother and
two sisters in Virginia—and after a little
more exhortation and advice on my part
he otumbled to his feet and cried out, “God
helping me. I’ll never da this thing rgnin.
Bv iinco! hide your nigs* I’ll help yon.” • ence i n governor Brown’s case, unless, m-
I had always a mortal fear of n gun. To ,j cei i t my Federal guard was correct, who
this day, 1 stopmy to shutout the p rovc j to Iks a most estimable young Lrish-
report, hut 1 felt that I could not give up , m(m f rom Cincinnati,
our only weapon. Ihere might conjo an 0n the day p^ident Davis was bought
emergency when death by my own hand j nto Macon a prisoner,-in v guard happened
would be a choice of evils. to go to the city. He caiue back brimful
Inspired bv his change of manner and of the news and exultation that the “arch
sentiment, l*eized the old weapon, loaded fleml” could now* swing on the “sour
as it was in both barrels, placed it in front! apple tree.” He told the story of the cap-
of me against my person, so as not to ex- • ture, scoffed at Ids mean appearance in
cite the rabble that were fairly cavorting in soiled Confederate gray, hooted at liis
the yard, ami with head erect I clasped the claim to decent forbearance on the part of
firearm with both hands and marched into the Federal authorities, and with very nat-
thc house, followed by my new convert, j ural delight proclaimed tluf war over, etc.,
lie turned down a bed, hid the gun and i etc. I heard him without protest. My
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in time. In a moment afterward^ a dozen
men were rioting in the room, beating and
overturning some trunks to discover false
bottoms, if possible.
Orre had snatched my husband's lint off
his head (and he had but one). The ma
rauder’s hands got so full he laid tho hat
down. I crept behind him. silently cap
tured it and whisked it up on the top of
my wardrobe. My tearful (?) Virginia
renegade 'gave nte a smile and
a wink, as much as to say, “Hurrah
for you.” A grimy Hessian was just,
anout to lay his hand! on two handsome
table spoons—heir-looms in the family—
when I glided by and transferred them into
my dress pocket, amazed at my own audac
ity; which must have also overpowered the
edllk
sorrow wad too deep for words. Finally
he saw the tears rolling down my cheeks,
and gentlemanly instinct checked his tor
rent of invective.
“Oh, madam, I am sorry for you. Of
course you like Jeff Davis, but he is a bad
man—a bad man; but you have got one
rims. Houghton,K*q., lawyer,2S State street,
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stock of Spring
CLOTHING AND HATS.
They have made extrardi-
nary exertions to suit the
taste of their customers. The
greater portion of their stock
was cut and manufactured to
thei i ordei They are pre
ared to meet the demand
or the finest and best grades
cents.
50 pieces Nun’s Veiling at 15 cents, usually sold at
big lot o! India Seersucker,
at 20 cents.
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■ Five cases of a favorite brand of 4-4 Bleaching sold at I £
Scents. Other big concerns sell the same goods at 10
the I
the 1
1,000 White Marsailles spreads at $1, worth $1 t Q
and sold at that price by all other Dry Goods houses.
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White Goods in great variety and quality. The low
prices on these goods astonish all judges who price them.
The low
of goods.
good loan among you; he i* a good man pc
sure enough.” I asked hla name, for I »J
.andal himself, for he grinue
' lie w as
that auch a ride
most perilous undertaking, at that
particular time, for I was accompanied
only by a small negro boy as a groom, but
the general anxiety for our country and
the soldier boys in the field, was so great
that individual, personal, safety was in a
great measure overlooked.
nr macon.
About 10 o’clock a. m., L walked into Mr.
John Burke s book store, which was so
soon afterward laid in ashes. On entering
1 passed bv Oen. Howell Cobb, in citizen’s
cloihcs. The city was not loudly excited,
although 1 was told that the liquor barrels
were being vigorously emptied to lessen
the horrors of tho expected sack of the
city, as the vandal horde were surely com
ing on as rapidly as their horses and the
lttst for loot could bring them toward us.
The first acquaintance I encountered on
entering wns Rev. A. L. P. Green, of Nash-
v®\ dnoe debased. He was the picture
of tie.-pair. sitting with his stockinged feet
elevated upon a chair before him. To mv
inquiry, “Watchman, what of the night
_ly.
For more than two hours they plundered
and fumed over the place, and then left us.
wornout with excitement and the dread of
even worse things happening to us on the
morrow.
Nobody left their homes to condole with
their neighbors, and it was days before we
was glad to hear there was one even in
Nazareth, as well as anxious to change the
subject.
“Why, your Governor Brown! When
e were marching fiom Columbus he sent
a messenger to tell us lie would have twen
ty car loads of provisions here ready for
11a nnd tlipv worn rm hand aura onniitfli!"
F. H. Drake, Esq., Detroit, Mich., suffered
untold tortures fr*>m a skin disease,which ap-
•cared on his hands, head and face, and neur-
.v destroyed hls*eycs. After the most careful
doctoring and a consultation of physicians
1 to date.
COLLEGE,
MAQOM. CA.
A First- class
"OMRCiHl BusinnssSchoa!
Equal to any North or So.A'
t year*, whs -
Sent! fbrC'imdam, (re-.
W. M.KhV, ■ P-fcaipt
ho teplied tvl;l> a most-ing-zbrions facel
“I am hi’ninicil ut laat. 1 have tried evorv
railroad t.» leave this place, and hero I am
. to he captured.”
It was not the time to say "I told you
xv “ kill t illiltluntlti rnn\nn\lv.Mr...l Uiu (
so," hut 1 dbthittly remembered Ids reproul
to myaelf, when I advocated tho propriety
ot selecting a ■ refugee home in Southern
Georgia, after the tight at. Ulaslonurv
Ridge: "Why. tuy dear madam, I : am as
tonished ot von. There fa no danger;
none at all. why should you forsake your
home and discourage your neighbors by
such a cowardly proceeding?"
I quietly remarked: "I Imrebcen told
Doctor, you have removed your cotton to
Macon, and I thought It good policy to fol-
IUVII iici{(uuuiP, UIIU it uojn ULIUIu nC
he ird how our friends had fared, but our
experience was found to be very similar in
hll respects to their own. It was all rough.
General Wilson, if yon renieipber, be
came disgusted with the extreme thievery
of his troops, and played off a clever trick
on a noted regiment in his command. Is
suing an order to march to Nashville to be
disbanded, lie halted them a few miles out
of the city, disarmed them, and made them
disgorge jewe’ry and valuables. The loot
was collected, and au invitation issued to
the suffering citizens to come in and claim
their stolen property, but it was remarka
ble that very few could swear to anything
they found in a mass that mast have
weighed some hundreds of pounds. The
Welches wero all broken np.
mentioned the fact to one of the sol
diers afterward, who came to get vegeta
bles from my garden. and he remarked:
“It was a clever dodgo on the part of tho
villain oilkers to get it in their own
clutches.” y
Oh what a season of apprehension it
was! The city soon regained its cotnpo-'
sure, for there was security in numbers,
hut the country people suffered agonies of
fear in the midst of secret danger.
A SHOT 15 THE DARK.
On the 7th ot May—Sunday evening—
my husband* went over to the cattle pen
. j, and they w ere on hand sure enougli!’
My honest guard had been misinformed if
the statement is not true, for he spoke sin
cerely. To rotum t6 my tfip for the guard.
The day wua very sultry and about 1
o’clock the clouds piled up in thunder-
heads to the zenith. At the appointed
time the guard appeared and we started
forborne. Just as wo reached the river
the rain began to pour, the lightning to
blaze and the heavy thunder reverberated
through the Ocmuicee hills. %
1 had no umbrella—such luxuries lmd
become scarce among us at that time -and
only a light wrap for protection from tho
weather. A friend in the city, to whom I
told our troubles, kindly offered me a six*
enrn Remedies.
Sold by all dmi
cents; Resolvent.
Drug and Chernies
iuiu uui uuuuiLh. *..*»'*• j uittuvu me a 01*-
shooter, if I could take it out avith nte. I
resolved to try, So I enytlcrpea it carefully
(it was lAadcd, every barrel) In my man
tle, and laid the ditadful shooting-iron
very gingerly in my lap at starting—and
nothin*; was ever more gently nursed by
anybody.
The Federal soldiers were so distrustful
of the citizens that a great many refused
to drink milk or eat the food offered to
them, dreading poison. I was afraid to
show* my firearms, for the guard’s suspi
cions might then prevail against us. so
I sat throughout the storm, without
the slightest protection from its fury-
eve ry thread of clothing thoroughly
drenched with rain, afraid to move, lest
my dangerous pet might betray itself or
injure me—until I was as wretched as I
could well become, in mind and body.
My home was constantly in thy mind,
ahd the dread of what might have hap
pened in iny absence. I bad not slept a
wink the night before, nnd I felt 1 was
growing exceedingly nervous and cxcita
b e, fidgety and hysterical.
on an opposite hill, to count our cows ami
sheen, which comprised tho bulk of our
perishable property at that time. I heard
a gun fire. A few moments afterward he
reached the ho ise and told us n shot had
been lired at him from a little thicket
above the spring, and ho returned for the
old shotgun. As he advanced slowly down
uusk
SAFE AT HOME AGAIN.
I judged from his appearance, on tlm
day when Wilson was so near, that he nnd
tho cotton hud both tried to escape and
had faile<l. The cotton was exceedingly
- - exceedingly
dear to him, so dear that he or his agents
applied to the United States government
for its value about os soon as the proper
papers could be made out. With poor
I success, however, as the needed proof of
loyalty could not be successfully establish
ed so soon after the war.
After 1 had gathered all tbe meagre news
about tbe army—for the flag of truce had
^ * T ‘ ‘ ‘ OobSral
the path to the spring in the deep ... .
evening, he heard steps coming toward
him. As he cried “halt!” a tremendous
flash saluted him. He replied with a load
from one barrel, and Ids assailant retreat
ed. As the would-be murderer moved
away tils cough lietrayed him to be one of
our negro men, who had joined tho Federal
troops then encamped outside the dig
1. Ml ictus,
Co., Boston, Mass.
Bend for “How to Cure Skin Diseases.”
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Ladies’ Linen Collars and all
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styles Neckwear i n I ftjj
J. W. RICE & CO.
Propose to move right along at the head of the procession '
and make it lively for those who attempt to follow. Goods
received by every steamer.
apr27d&wly •
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1 prize..., 5,000
2 prizes ,2^500 each 5,000
f r*<« forward to meet Oob?ral Wilton—I
started for home. As I passed theKiiiacopal
tburch I romeailwred the beautiful Raster
•entice of the Sunday before, with IUstm).
. Elliott to preach one ot his most enjoyable
discourses, and the whole inside of the
crowded building decorated and perfumed
by counties, wreaths end feetoons of flow-
•rs. How desolate aud sad did every thine
now appear na I passed by with tho dread
of Impending desolation and ruin eo pow
erful in toy soul.
The stillness of the grave seonted to have
settled on the ronntry and the people. I
do not remember tueeiinp a solitary person
on my return. As 1 slacked ray tteed in
Walnut creek for him to drink, I cast my
eye np at tbe ruine of the bridge, burnt
when Stonetnan attacked Macon, and won
dered where the next torch would be
placed. The weery afternoon dragged
ifflng: every ear intent, listening for
sound, of •true, or watching for the smoke
of the enemy’s torch. Towards night a
few desultory slidte were heard, and the
rumble uf wagons along tbe main road
some SOU yards distant alone betokened
tbe capitulation of Macon to the Union
limit.. He was wearing away ilowly will
consumption and died in tire camp tome
two months later. Diseased In body—end
cursed with Ignorant bate nnd revenge-
lie came homo to do a dreadful deed In •
dreadful way.
He hod assistants, for my huaband
beard voice*, ns hi* assailants reached tbe
thicket again, a* if In consultation.
bach n night a* followed 1 No one could
sleep, end time will never efToce the mcm-
ry of tho lonely vigil. There woe not a
ibito man within a mile, nor had we n
messenger that could be trusted to go In
search of help. We bed no weapons but
the old shot-gun I hnd rescued under the
circumstance* previously related, ami
we eat out the lonely hours until daylight
dawned on tbe world again, with is
words to each other, momently expecting
a volley Into onr sleeping chamber; and
with a great deal of uncertainty os to the
result ot tbe attack In the darkness. We
put out the lights for an obvious reason.
Wa discussed many plans for relief and
protection, but I continually Insisted that
1 could go to Macon for a guard, with great
er safety than could either my husband or
Ihtle boy. We were all impressed with the
idea that tho conspirators would follow
safo—standing out in plain view in the
yard as I approached, so that my mind
was relieved at the blissful sight, ltcst to
the mind brought reet to tho poor tired,
drenched frame, and my sleep that night
wa* sweet end refreshing, after twenty-
four hours ot painful excitement and ex
posure.
Tho guard was with us for two weeks,
and during his stay no dttUculty occurred.
He became so attached to the family that
he wrote more than one letter after he was
mustered out ot service, thanking us for
courtesies shown to him—so the friendship
was mutual.
In less than two months after the sur
render, sn epidemic fever prostrated us all
on languishing beds of illness. Death took
my last surviving child, and I bade adieu
Mr beautiful city and surrounding
with a aad and sorrowing heart.
This climax of suffering so greatly over
shadowed the trouble that attended the
surrender to Oeneral Wilson, that the rec
ollection of the latter scarcely rises to tho
dignity ot a troubled dream. Wise old
Samuel Johnson once remarked, “When
any calamity ha* been suffered, the flrst
thing to be remembered 1* how much lias
been escApcd.”
Macon suflered, but how much did Ala-
eon escape!
- Remember Columbia under the torch ol
Sherman’s bummers I If it be true that
Oeneral Wilson Intands to write a history
ol his raid, and to chronicle the sur
render at Macon as the capstone to hla
laeona. It will be well to loek out for the
“Important business" that benefited our
then executive so greatly.
On the evening ot tbe same day after the
consultation in Macon, or perhaps the
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50 each 10,000
500 prizes 20 earh 10,000
1500 prizes 10 each 10,000
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■versally acknowledged to be the mest EFFECTIVE
.. .. _ .. cams richer ami more powerful so long at
with a murdcrou* purpose if onr protector he continued to transact “business” with
should start, and we were hourly watched,.
_ taste, ami al»o embodies a prepar
ation of the Phosphate of Lime, giving Haturc
the very article required hi aid the healing
qualities of the Oil, and to recreate where dla-
^^s!!u^m«nM^Susddo l hiTita r tsd Machines in the market. They have been indorsed by
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A KXOC'K AT Till boon.
After nightfall the passers-by increased.
Sometime after midnight a knock was
beard at the front door, and a stranger
gentleman in Confederate uniform ealntwl
me as I opened It. He told me ut Uenera
WUson'e occupancy and the particular* of
the surrender, and remarked! "My dear
madam, you ehyuld . if H —
wo hollered; so 1 claimed the right to go,
leaving the defense ot the chili and our
homo with my husband. Dut nobody can
imagine tho feelings with which wo sepa
rated that Monday morning, nor the (orc-
ihat tilled my heart a* to what
JUUkl Start ns aoon
cuoegh *0 -ee the road,
beg you not to delay.-' It b the
wont crowil of men this world ever saw—
nobody will be nife, especially in the conn-
fay.” I thanked him, and hues'* 1 him in
wardly for this mark of
courtesy aad he hade me go
Alas! we could go no farther. All
next day we wandered about tbe
■I «, Impress'll by dread and oterpow-
erTngantlety. Neither food or sleep could
relieve sn. Another night passed without
div.uifeance, and we began to hope we
were to be spared. I hail thrown rayeelf
on a lounge after daylight tnd was sinking
into a sweet, restful sleep, when I beard
my husband’s voice—"Take it. hut why
should you kill me?" Springing to my
feet, I found tbe yard full of Yankee troop
ers, my husband surrounded by bayo
nets, and a greasy Dutch soldier in the act
of transferring Ufa watch and Confederate
scrip into his own pockets.
miserable wretches were drunk and
They plundered the mest.
j r*n-ack<d the dwelling, and
r with every horse anil mule wo
I, except a c:lt, their saddle bows piled
up with our stud and swinging behind in
In the contusion. It occurred to me that
itwnr a time for strategy. Halting the
eaptain—who had spent his time in joking
with the -colored ladies" of the place-l
asked If he was obliged to have those
I horses? He drawled, “No. but
you rebs ought to have
’ tbit I needed them
vir the growing crop,
e. nnd I knew he wai
i to ptmi-ili a woman and
• children in such a nterik-na way.
1 upon by eome good spirit, a- I
■— the protecting power of AI-
i, he ordered hi* drunken, pro-
ierv to poll off <be bridles mnl
t woman her horsesJ*-- ■*
I hut one, who fonvedone of
nt* to In,rant it «t-> follow
boding* that tilled my heart ts to w!
terrible calamity might greet my eyes
my return.
I rode on horseback toour nearest nelgt
bor’s—dear, blessed, kind soul, may heaven
teward him—who made me dismount and
scut his son with me, driving his buggy
•nd gentle horse. Wo passed one camp
of Federal soldiers neat old Fort Hawkins
and creased over the pontoon bridge Into
the city without molestation. I drove to
Rev. 1. W. Burke’s to request him to ac
company me to Oen. Wilson's head
quarter*. I found trim prostrated by Ill
ness. Rev. K. P. Birch, the pastor of Mul
berry street church and a Federate haplatn
were visiting him. I told my story and
these two kind ministers volunteered to
escort me to the Lanier House, and my
K titude is yet green in my heart of
rts for their consideration
•nd attention. We pushed our way
through the mixed crosnls of dirty men
and horses (for, as yon recollect, the pro
voet-marshal had his quarters quite near
tbe Lanier House) untd we gained tbe en
trance to the hotel. Hie Federal chaplain
remarked: “I will carry you up to Oen.
Wilson's parlor, without the formality of
card." and we liegan to ascend the steps '
the second story.
Just then a smart, dapper little officer
aforetime vnemlca of our Confederacy, for
some years afterward.
We trust General Wilson will writo bis
book, and we hope the secresy part of all
military negotiation* will l>e carefully re
moved; aud perhaps a flood of light may
fall upon the military operations in Macon
and all orer Georgia. The Hi
ind all oyer Georgia. The lines in Butler's
’Hudibroa” strike me as singularly appli
cable to a fall consideration of this subject
fall consideration
— to prominent officials At
cable
—as
that
“He ihoreforo wisely cast about
AU way* he could t’ eniurc liU throat.
And hither came, t’ observe and imoku
What course! other rUkers took;
And to th» utmost do his best
To save himself—and bang the rest.”
FtxiSA.
dipper ii
with tbe adjutant’s insignia on his sleeves
came out from the office below add In
quired of the chaplain “if Gen. Wilson was
wanted.” He then informed nv that the
General had declined to see any perron
that morning. The chaplain remarked
would “take the responsibility of iutroduc
ing the lady” hiliuelf. “No; you cannot
go,” persisted the officer: “Gen. Wilson
has given orders to admit no ladies. The
last one who came was insolent, and he
has denied admittance to all.” Here the
chaplain manifested impatience, saying;
* Gen. Wilson Is a gentleman, end my *u-
rior officer. I pa.-'-cd my word to this
that she should Mate her petition in
Transplanting Vegetables*
Country Gentleman.
The common practice of transplanting
arly vegetables from hot beds is usually
erformed without any previous prepara-
. on of the roots. But as they always meet
with some check in the removal, various
means are adopted for preventing it in
those plants most affected by it, such, for
instance, as encumbers, tomatoes, etc.
One mode i« the use of small pots, from
from which the plants are taken to set in
open ground. Another is planting the
seed on inverted sods, which are lifted oat
with the plants on them and set Into tho
ground. One of the best modes, however,
is to employ Hat turnips, scooping them
out and filling the cavity with fine mould
to receive the seed When the plants are
large enough, the whole is taken up and
the tnrnlpa set two or three inches below
the surface. There is no mutilation of tin
I_ kept In every family for instant use on the
flrst^appearance of conghs^ or irritation of the
lungs. ' Manufactured l»y A. II. * ilbor, Chem
ist, notion. Mold by all druggists.
DR.
DYE
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I OXLY^foWo*OR otl>* vSflICT
ifrw* K**rore Dsklitt. Lost Tnl
mso *unnn an-l *11 ihoM iT
)o,iL NtTvu, n* ilUn* fn.rn
.‘sTS
the most progressive and successful farmers of this section
after several years’ service We have in store a large lot
of all si^s and styles, which we will . :11 at low pric s and
on such tcr<ns as will no doubt suit any one who contem
plates buying a machine. Correspond with us.
A, R Fi
MACON.
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SITTERS
^•LTA^cnKLTTOMMnrali^LMIth.
Executor’s Sale.
JOHNSON 8l LANE,
Thx kidneys act as partners of the blood I St'JST
and when their functions arc interfered briifv
i IIV virtue of the power In ns vested, under
| J* the will of Mrs. T. B. Fish, l*tc of Fnlton
county, deceased, will be sold bcfsre the court
I hexvj of “ “ ‘
i p7 and i 09 Third St., Macon, Ga.
with through weakness, they need toning.
They become healthfully active by the use
of llcntetters Stomach Bitters, when fall
ing short of relief from other sources.
This superb stimulating tonic also pre
vents and arrests fever anil ague, constipa
tion, liver complaint, dyspepsia, rheuma
tism and other ailments. Use it with reg-
root, no check in grow th, aud the turnip 1 J5?j e a ‘* aUf * Healers
soon decays. I g™rauy.
tafl property, to-wii: Two-stoiy brick eight-
room dwelling, No 1G3 Second street, with gas
and water fixtures In honsc. l/)eatc«l on pai
of lot s, block 4;: also small lot in rear of tw<
story frame dwelling, adjoining brick resi
dence, size 30x10.
Terms—Oae-half cash, the balance in eight
months, the purchaser to give note bearing In
terest at 8 per cent, per annum, secured by
mortgage ou the premises.
■ GEO. 8. FISH,
U-r;«
l.i-iv
. aiivance.
Tlie adjnUnt horriedly drew near the
steps, called fn a whisper to the chaplain
ami said: *If you must know the truth.
i’t see (ten. Wilson at this time, for
KV closeted with Governor Brown by ai>
(•ointment, und nobody can sec him. The
Governor came over from MillMgwil'e
early this morning and they are tran
... importance
looked; queer! i
ipUin looked queerly at me
“You bear that madam; it ■
Uzatyoiir'GoTernor"will ibut jrououflfah
day.*
Undo Remus*
National Republican.
Joel Chandler Harris, better known as
Uncle Remus,” is the son of a missionary
and was born at B'rogba, on the southern
coast of Africa. lie was educated by hb
father, ami acquired a wonderful acquain
tance with foreign languages. Ho ts an
adept Hancrit Mjiolar, and is deeply rented
Hditsic tnd Buddhist literati **
EDWARD P. HALSTEAD,
Qualified Veterinary Surgeon,
(Liteof Hereford, England,)
• to inform the public generally that he
*~ Am * lfa *"*wy Inflnnary In
* ’ nd Ml **
sweetly quaint lcgetuls of Indian and Ju
dean myriiologv have found their way into
his simple troothem tales, ana the spirit of
hU phiU*»oi>hy is identical with the teach
ings of Moses and Bnddha.
B Ef
InteL ,
Macon for the treatment of Lame au
Hors** and Mole*. Horses carefully examin
ed as to sonndness.
Numerous references from tbe best men in
North Carolina and Georgia.
Address P. O. Pox SQL Can be seen person*
aprftftnrtr
W. H. FISH,
apr5 law4w
Kxccutor* of Mr*. T. B. Klih.
MONEY LOANED
QN Improved Farms and City Property.
For terms apply to
R, F. LAWTON
lAKKIHK to call the altentloo of the P
it »» a (treat tabor savin-’ machine in
just received a large lot ol Bailder*' He
H.VNHKB
Macon, Ol
An (apart in Lrlns-
I’hlU.ieliih!* Time.
General Pope thonkl be able to firul out,
if any bod r can. wht-Uicr General iiwaim
bu been lying. Ili* opinion will be that
.» expert. Bm tbe file* of aetUng John
to determine a question of officer-like
the ridiculous.
MONEY TO LOAN
—ON—
! Lire tniuranace Policies !
; TNNDOWMENT Policies maturing with | Marble, Granite and L
i Ez in firs year* discounted at fair rates Railings of everv descrinti
Apply toor aduress, .nclorinz stamp (a: , ‘ -““‘“K" 01 / t-t-bt-ritu
T. 3. AR
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178 Second Street,
Marble, Granite and Lii
ring etaap
I reply. J, H. BIRCH.
I decJJAwly 25 Cotton Are, Macou.Qi.
ket. Plans, pric
not ltlmr k j rAwIf
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