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JOHN H. HODGES, Publisher.
Devoted to Home Interests and Culture.
TWO DOLLARS A Year in Advance,- .
VOLUME X.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1880.
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NUMBER 20.
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** r in< *‘ : “I certainly do owe you everything.
CONTRACT ADVERTISING.! It’s a profanation to mention money in
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n ad ranoc, unlesB by special contract.
Notice to "debtors and
Creditors.
Notice to all Persons hold
ing claims against the r estnte of Jno. N.
Evans arc requested to present them to
mu, and all persons indebted will make
payment to the undersigned.
D. H. Culler, Adm’r.
Gwks. Be Bonis Bon.
GEORGIA —Houston County:
Jolm C. Barker lias applied for exemption of per
sonalty and settiug apart and valuation of borne-
stead, aud I will pass upon the same at 12 o’clock
M , on the 24ih day of May 1880, at n y office.
•jw. A. S. GILES, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
Mrs. Sophia Anu Kiilcn has applied for admin
istration on tue estate of Samuel D. Killen, late of
aaid county, deceased.
I bis is therefore to cite all persons concerned
to appear at the June term 1880 of the Court
ol Ordinary of said county, snd show eauRe, if any
they have, why said application should not be
granted.
Witness my official signature this April 29,1880.
4w. A. S. GILES. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston County.*
O. ly Greene, administrator dc liouls non of
lilies Jj. Greene, of said county, has applied for
dismission from liis trust:
This in therefore to cite nil persons concerned to
appear at the August term 1880,of the Court of Ordi
nary and sliow cause if any they have, why said ap
plication sho lid not be granted.
Witness my official signature this April 29,1880.
A. S. GILES
3m. Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston County.
W. II. Brown, Guardian of the minor children
ofWm. K. Killon. deceased, lias »uplied for dis-
minnion from hi* trust:
This is therefore to cits all persons concerned to
appfar at the June term 1880 of the Court of
< irdinary of said county and show cause if any they
ham, why said application should not be granted.
Witness my official signature this April 29
288'j. A. S. GILES,
4w. Ordinary,
A PPLICATION FOB LISMIShlON.
J\ GkohoiA—Hocsios County:
it. I). Bn wn, aduiinistrntoi of Mrs. I.ncaelia
Brown, deceased, has applied for dismission from
liis trust;
This is therefore to cite all persons < *ncemed to
:d Ihe .Tune teim 18s,) t of the Court of
Ordinary of said county and show cause i any
they have, why said application should not be
gom ted.
•Vi 1 ness luyoiflcial signature this Fcl», 23th, 1880.
Sin A # S. GLLEn, Oi dinary.
A pplication fob dismission.
Georgia, Housn k County:
James W. Irelvin,executor of Jesse T. Brewer, of
'aid comity, deceased, has applied foi dismission
Urum liis trust: ,
Tliir is therefore to cite all persons concerned to
appeal at the June term 1880, of the Court of
Ordinary of saul county, and show cause, if any
They hare, why said application should not be
tfrautod.
Witness my official signature this Feb. 5th. 1880.
3w. A 8. GILES, Ordinary
CAMPBELL & JONES,
MAO ON, GA.,
COTTON FACTORS
—VND—
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
A?arohouio Corner of
POPLABaud SECOND S5BETS,
Greet their patrons with the announcement that
■Uimr large and commodious Warehouse is now be
ing entirely rebuilt in brick for the better accom
■gund&tion of cotton consigned to them, and are con
fident that their facilities for hana'ing the next
*rop cannot be surpassed by any house in the
State.
Thoir office and salesroom have been rearranged
*rith a *iew to improved light on samples and the
comfort of visitors, and a cordial invitation is ex-
■ tended to all to call and see them.
Thanking their friends for the liberal patronage
.extended to them in the past, they ask its continu
ance
Advances on Cotton in Store
made when desired,
At the lowest hank rates. * -
ft*»»PBELL & JONES.
tFOR ’
PIANOS, ORGANS,
SHEET MUSIC,
VIOLINS, GUITAR STRINGS,
ARTIST MATERIALS,
WAX FLOWER MATERIAL,
STATIONERY,
MACAZINES,
FASHION PUBLICATIONS,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
GALLON OR ADDRESS
L.W. SMITH & CO.,
MACON CA.
charge a part of it in another way. ”
Miss Vin smiled and blnshed, pluck
ing at one of the roses climbing all about,
the window, with lowered head and
very great embarrassment.
Sidney, however, saw nothing of this,
his thoughts were prop cted into the fu
ture; and although his gaze rested
dreamily on' the things about hint, his
fancy had taken atwild Right, and was
busy with very different objects. And
there was a silence, Laviuia frighten
ed.
Just then Carrie appeared, with her
straw hat’on and the strawberry-basket
in her hand, looking a great deal like a
figure out of a picture.
“I want you, Sidney.”
And, with his honest smile, away went
Sidney to stain his hands with picking
berries.
Laviuia looked after them with a fad
ed glance—just the shadow of some
thing—not vexation, but a gleam of sad
ness aDd disappointment; and she went
inland was rather quiet for a few min
utes, bustling about the room, and fi-
jially over to the glass, where she took
a peep at her own comely features. She
saw a woman of thirty, still pretty and
even handsome.
Well, there was certainly no disparity
of ages, for he vas quite thirty also—
some months more,
“That is what he means, I think,”
said Laviuia after .deep cogitation.
“He does owe me everything, just as he
says, and I—I believe be likes me. We
grew up together, and its only natural.
I shall certainly not do anything rash—
I mean, refuse him. I like him, too”—
her voice faltered—“I never knew until
now how much.’
Old Dorcas came in with a needle to
thread, and Laviuia drew lieiseif up a
little haughtily at bring caught before
the mirror.
“Strawberries for desert, Dorcas
Carrie will pick them.”
“I see the doctor and her gatherin'
’em, miss,” returned the ancient hand
maid. ”1 think I never see him look
ing so well, miss, ns this time. And it’s
not so fur off I can tell you,” said Dor
cas with a nod aud smile.
“What’s not far eff?”
“The question lie’s*going to ask you,
Miss Vin. You know very well; and
if you intend to make him happy, it
lakes only the one word.”
“Nonsense! I don’t even know what
you mean,” saidL niaia, »ith a laugh of
trepidation and coloring brillifintlv, ab-
soibed in the threading process. “The
difference of age aud, everything.”
“The age is just right, and he is in
earnest I found this on his.desk.”
Dorcas produced a sheet of paper on
which was traced many times, in very
beautiful pennmanship, surrounded by
scrolls and other marvelous embelish-
inents, the name of “Mrs. Sidney Lin
den.”
Laviuia inspected it eagerly, and then
returned it with a leproving frown.
“You had no business to poke among
Doctor Linden’s papers, Dorcas. It
was wrong, aud he would be very an
gry-”
So the old servant was dismissed, and
went out smiling, and Miss Vin was
alone again/
Well, here was confirmation strong as
proof of Holy Writ—^documentary evi
dence which even the law admits os in
disputable, and Lavinia Brandon,
like the practical woman she was, ac
cepted the facts and went on with her
plans.
As Sidney's wife she oonld be of more
nae to him than ever—and that war sav
ing mnch; Old Doctor Jellick had
long been willing to sell out his prac
tice, and-ran her happy thoughts: “We
can stay just where we are. This, old
honse is endeared to ns both, and the
village and the people. Oh, Sidney,
you don’t know how much I have al
ways loved you, and J never dreamed
nntil now that yon cored for me other
than a consin! How my heart beats! I
never expected to be so happy! But
thank God, who is so good to us all!”—
and she wept a little gush of gratefnl
tears. _ ,
On she went with her castle-building.
Wonderful things were to be done, ev
erybody should share something of her
happiness.
Her sister Carrie, in a year or so—
she was only seventeen as yet, and too
young—should go to New York and
make a fortunate marriage; it would, of
course, as Carrie was so pretty, be only
a question, with herself as which million
aire and paragon she shonld choose;
perhaps she wonld fancy' some Date’s
son abroad—marriages of this sort were
growing very common.
And so on bnilded Lavinia her bean-
tifnl aacbiteoture until, with a thrill,
she heard Sidney and Carrie disputing
about the strawberries in the garden
j outside.
I * i 'She went ont to them, arid Carrie,
Ws sunburnt and- vexed, and with hi
<e, t£' **&&&
“Sidney,” she said,' abruptly, “I
don’t know what yon will think of me
but I have changed my mind since I
saw yon a few minntes ago, I cannot
be your wife; bat I may tell you this,
that should you ever fancy Carrie—yon
might learn to like her in time—it would
make me very liappy.” . _
“But you, Lavinia ” he began,
astounded.”
“Wtll.I really was tempted ot give you
my hand, Sidney,” she smiled, “but it
was only the craze of.an instant. Such
a thing would never do, and yon will
say so yonrself some years from now;
and while I’m grateful to yon, Sidney,
for thinking so much of me os to wish
to mate me your wife, I must tell you
°Do you not feel an intui- lankly that it is impossible. I was
I owe everv I ^ orn for nn Sl d an d must die one.
And now if yon are a wise man,, you
will turn yonr thoughts from me and
bestow them upon Carrie.” And with
a little laugh; in which there was noth
ing of her heartbreak, she turned and
re-entered the house.
And to the hour cf her death no one
ever knew her secret.
“She is snch a romp, Sidney. I won
der you do not get ont of patience with
her!”
“No, my stock of that article is un
limited. A wonderful day this—clear
as crystal. The country in summer—it
is the nearest idea my not vtry vivid
imagination can realize of heaven. I
think, dear Vinnie,” he said laughing,
“that it is just the sort of day on which
to say something that has been in my
thoughts for a long time.”
“What can it be, Sidney?,’
“Yoa can never guess. It is some
thing very serious and prosaic.”
“Perhaps you had better postpone
it.”
“No, I might never have the cour
age again.
ticn of what ir. coming? 1 owe every
thing to yon, dearest Vin; your money I
paid for my education—for the very
bread I,bave eaten. I am in the atti
tude of one who still asks favors; this
the last, I hope, but the greatest of all.
Vinnie. I am in love, and one word
from yon seals my happiness or mis-
ery.”
She was silent, looking dow a on the
grass; but after a minute sbe spoke.
“Sidney, I mustjsay frankly that I
did not expect it. As to your obliga
tions they’are nothing, but once I did
think them a tie jtbat ^should always
bind-us.together—friendship and grati
tude—you understand? But as it has,
you think, grown into another feeling,
those obligations’are discharged; if, in
fact, you love me, -r Sidney, and wish to
make me yonr wife, it is I who am in
debted aud grateful to you, for I tell
you'frankly that it was until this mo
ment, a dream thatjl did not let myself
think of. But, since you wish it, I will
be your wife, Sidney, and live hence-
fo. th with but the one th> ng it of mak
ing myself worthy of you.”
Bed and pale by turns—tremulous,
puzzled and bewildered at first—stood
Sidney ..Linden.
Was there ever before so iuereditable
a mistake? He knew not what to do or
say. He bad intended to ask Lavinia’s
approval of a contemplated proposl to
Carrie—and wlmt an appalling situa
tion had arisen 1
He was indeed -bound by honor and
gratitude to Lavinia, who had been so
good to him, and he had intended al
ways in some diin fashion to return
something—he - did not know exactly
wlmt; but paying the debt in this way
had never entered his thoughts. He
loved Carrie—a hidden, romance of two
years back; a real love- a part of his
life, indeed. But here suddenly was
a catastrophe; he was ruined.
“Lavinia, I—of course I—” he stam-
ered—“that was what I meant—to ask
you to be my wife. I never bad any
ocher idea than to—to discharge my ob
ligation in the one way—by-asking you
to—to accept ine as your husband;” and
he hung his head in shame.
Layiuia did not uotice it, or, if sbe
did, put her own interpretation on his
Confusion. Sbe was quite two happy
to realize details of what was happen
ing; memory brings those back after
ward. And, speaking very little more,
they crossed cho lawn to the honse and
she went in.
She went up to her room and knelt
at her bedside and offered up a thank
ful prayer. Think of the ecstacy of win
ning something Deyond your maddest
hopes! And in shuffled old Dorcas to
ask something about dinner, bmiling
broadly and rather idiotically, as usual.
“Well, Dorcas.” saidLavinia, getting
np and going to her, and patting her
hands tenderly on the old servant’s
shoulder, smiling raidiantiy, “you were
right and it is to be.
“I knowed it—dind’t I?” said honest
Dorcas with a hroader grin. “He often
talked to me, as young men in love
will, with anybody, about the one they
love; they'll even sit and hear her abns
ed rather than not talk of her at all,”
went on wise Dorcas, who coaid see
through a millstone as well as others.
Layinia uttered a pleased laugh and
kissed the old creature.
“He does love her sure, and he says
to me this very morning, ‘I can’t wait a
day longer, and I am going to ask La
vinia for her to-day,” and you see he
has done it and got yonr concent,”
It was not a cry, it was a kind of a
choke, as of somejone dying suddenly
of suffocation. Old Dorcas stared
aghast—her mistress had fallen to the
floor. Bat in one minate she was on
her feet again, though pale, strong and
steady.
“The idea of losing her,Dorcas—it is
Carrie, we mean, of course—it over
comes mi a little,” said Miss Vin; and
Dorcas had never seen suelra counte
nance ont of.a coffin. “But we must
try to bear those things; he will mjke
her a good husband. I think J will Jio
down lor a moment*
So Dorcas, none the wiser, shambled
out, apd Lavinia crossed over to the
window and stood looking ont. J do
knot know what she saw -thpre; but
those moments had their tragedy which
words can &iye f—— Ba of-
A Perplearng Problem,
Oil City Derrick,
Wanted.—Three c&mpetent men to
fill vacancies on the editorial staff of the
Oil City Daily Derrick.
Tlie-sad circumstances which called
ont the above advertisement are as fol
lows: In yesterday’s editorial column
appeared a notice that a man named
Shores hrd married his step-daughter,
who was also his consin, being an un
cle’s daughter by bis (Shores) deceased
wife’s former marriage. The city edi
tor thoughtlessly asked: “What rela
tion would ihe children by this mar
riage, and their children sustain to the
parents?” The whole force attempted
to solve the problem, with terrible re
sults,
“In the first plaoe,” said the city edi
tor, “the children would be their la
the's and mother’s second cousins; and
their grandfather would be their grand
uncle by their father’s side, while their
grandmother would be their grandaunt
and step-mother, as well as their fa
tker’s wife, hence they’d be their own
-children—Gracious! twice ncthiug or
nothing and two to_oarrv >” And then
he tried to stab himself with a copy
hook.
The night editor said: “As Iip,mar
ried his wife’s daughter, the mother is
sister ttrhev own children, and her bus
band must be their brother-in-law, and
if he’s their brother-in-law, being also
a cousin to his wife, her diildren are
his second cousins, and he must be a
cousin to her husband; so he’s his own
cousin, aud being his own cousin he
must nave been also bis comius, and bis
uncles arid his auuta—and so do his
cousins and bis hncles aDd his aunts—
and so do his cousins aud his—” And
right here it became necessary to fasten
the'night editor into his chair, where
he sits wildly repeating, “and so do bis
uncles, and his cousins aud his aunts,”
a hopeless idiot.
Then the editor attacked it, and in
two minutes he made' the children their
own mothers-in-luw, and one of them
he declared was her own grandmother,
after whieh he waa delivered up to the
police for safe keeping.
The problem was taken np by the
“comps,” and in half an hour every
man was sitting with staring eyes, fig
uring with his finger on the back of his
hand, and swearing Shores hac mirried
his great-grandmother without a license,
while the devil jumped out the window,
under the impression he was bis own
ancestor. "
COL- HARDEMAN CALLED FOR.
Macon Telegraph & Messenger.
Houston County, Ga.,
Col. Thomas Hardeman, Jr., Macon,
Ga.—DeabSir: The time has arrived
when the people shonld take into con
sideration the gubernatorial question.
The office of governor is one of import
ance, and we-consider it is essentially
necessary that it should be filled by a
man that is honest and fully capable.
Ws, the undersigned, have oar prefer
ence, and forgetting not and remember
ing the great services you have render
ed our party and country, as chairman
of the Democratic executive committee
of the state, as legislator for a number
of times, as Speaker of the House of
Bepresentives, and president of our
State agricultural society; filling each
and all of those-offices with distidgnish-
ed ability, and giving a good and true
account of yonr stewardship wherever
we have placed you, we deem it the
greatest-ingratitude not to say you are
our choice for that responsible and ex
alted position; and we desire to know
whether or not you will consent to be
come our standard bearer in the ap
proaching contest. An early reply is
respectfully solicited.
Bespectfully yours,
B M Bateman
J L Holt
J N Bateman
P W Stubbs
J M McIntosh
B L Smith
Fred A Toomer
W Brunson
Bobert J Smith
M H Thomson
J H Hose
W H Johnson
D C Dunbar
T D Warren
W W Wagnon, Jr
B H Baskin
IB Etheridge
W C Wiuslow
Edwin Martin
John Smith
P G Smith
W S Wallaoe
B A Walton
L P Warren
W W Waguon, Sr. O. C Bateman
Ira Atkins T B Goff
J W Mathews
G A Gantt
T, M. Butner
D W La wren ee
G P Pattishall
J Pierce
M M Minchen
E L Felder
John F Harper
C D Anderson, Sr,
WIO Mills
J B Barrett
George G Nunn
J E Jones
Luther J Thomas
G W Singleton
D H Bil'ey
£. Letter Without au Owner.
Portland (Me.) Argus.
A letter, postmarked Bangor and ad
dressed “To the Handsomest Yonng
Lady atBockland, Maine,” was received
at the postoffice in the latter city- last
week. After a consultation between the
ohief of the office and his subordinates,
the former official ordered the missive
to be displayed through the glass win
dow, that some maiden with confidence
in her charms might step up and boldly
demand her property. The Courier,
which is one of the brightest lit’lo pa
pers in Maine, by the way, says “crowds
of .women have looked at that envelpe,
bnt none have dared call for it. Mai
den ladies in false teeth and falser hair
have stood and gazed at the magic di
rection, and then walked meditatively
bp and-down the corridors, endeavor
ing to master np courage to face the
awfully penetrating eye of the manat
the delivery window. Handsome young
women with rosy cheeks and laughing
eyes have seen it aud speculated as to
why it was not given to them without
further delay. Young men with girls
have urged their respective sweethearts
to step up and ask for what is clearly
theip qwn. The amount of trouble and
wojrry which that little envelope has
created ir our city is simply incalcula
ble. j And meantime the letter tantalir
zingly hangs in the window, while the
Cerberus at the delivery window awaits
with uneasiness, and impatience , the
/.when^s-iine ■
con. Hardeman’s. eesponse.
Messrs. B. M. Baleman, Gen. G. A.
Anderson, W. W. Wagnon, Dr, B. H.
Baskin, Wm.-Brunson, T. M. Butner
ami others— Gentlemen : Yonr letter
asking if “I will consent to be yonr
standard bearer” in the next gnbernato
rial canvass has been received, and it
wonld be unbecoming affectation in me to
withhold the expression of the gratifi
cation it r.florfted me. I.am no stranger-
to you, gentlemen; you are residents of
an adjoining connty, and many of you
haye known me from my boyhood, and
it would be unnatural, were I not grat
ified at this manifestation of yonr ap
preciation and confidence. I am the
more sensible of yonr good will, because
I recognize among yonr signatures
many who in days past gave this same
generous confidence to another. Speak
ing of the office of president, the' great
and gifted Webster said “while the of
fice is quite t o high to be sought by
persoual solicitation, it is not to be de
clined if proffered Jj.V the voluntary de-.
sire of a free people.” I most. heartily
rfeiterafce the sentiment, - The office of
governor is oae of honorable distinction
and great responsibility, and while it is
worthy of the ambition of the highest
and ablest of Georgia’s sons, it sbonld
be reaohed by the voluntary offering of
the%eople, and not through private so
licitation or political combinations,
shall resort to neither of these means in
carrying out your wishes, believing as
I do that the people, if left to select for
them8eivs.'will, make such a choioeas
will redound to the harmony of the par
ty you represent, snd the wellfare and
houor'of the state. The success of the
democratio party is essential to onr
peace and prosperity. A division in its
ranks will engender strife, disorganize
labor and bring disaster to onr agricul
tural interest. Wo need for our pros
perity quiet, quiet in our homes, quiet
in our industries—quiet in onr councils;
and nothing will so conduce to this
peace and quiet as unity and harmony
in that party -which has rescued the
state from bankruptcy and misrule and
established her npon a foundation of
honor and prosperity. This quiet, this
harmony, can be, will he secured if the
people are permitted to seleotfo? them
selves their standard bearers without
the dictation of “leaders,” or the com
bination of rings.
You have been pleased, gentlemen, to
refer in complimentary terms to-my
services as chairman of thestate “Dem
ocratic executive committee” in a try-
iug hour of the etate and party’s h'sto-
xy. At that time patriots were alarmed
for free government. We were endeav
oring to free ourselves, from rcpuJliequ
misrule. Division m onr ranks alarmed
our people, but that division, <iy-pru
dence and conciliation, worked no det?
gen s’, eoi\in -r^a 'S • '
endeavored to discharge my duty to
the full measure of my ability and I am
glad to know you think those labors
contributed to the success of the party
and the establishment of good govern
ment. I fear, however, yonr allusion
to my services at that crisis, is an uu
fortunate one for your purposes, for in
action then, is the plea of availability
now, and silence is endorsed and oom-
mended, because it has no political rec
ord.' The days that tried man’s fealty
to bis party and to his state’s best in
terests, were the dark and trying ones,
when Federal soldiers guarded our polls,
and Federal bayonets glistened in onr
legislative halls.
I had been a whig—a Henry Clay
whig—from my boyhe-od, but I saw then,
the honr had come when patriots all
sbonld unite to save the state and her
liberties; and I did not hesitate to es
pouse the canse of the only party that
gave ns a hope of home rule and con
stitutional government, and from that
time nntil now, I have endeavored to
discharge my whole duty in maintain
ing its cause and fighting its battles.
As i legislator, I sought only the ad
vancement- and developement of the
whole state. I only regret my inability
to have discharged the duties of the
trust reposed in me in snch a way as to
have redounded more to the public pros-
iper y and the state’s welfare. In my pres
ent position os president of the State
Agricultural Society, (to which you al
lude, 'and which I prize higher than
any ever conferred upon me by the peo
ple of my native state). .1 have labored
to cheer the spirits of our iurmers, to
elevate their industry aud to encourage
them in their commendable efforts, to
rebuild their fortunes,, and restore the
state .to her once elevated and honora
ble position. In these labors, I shall
never weary, regardless of party prefer
ment or political honors. The perma
nent prosperity of the state depends
upon successful aed remunerative ins
dustry, and this can only be seemed by
anise, just and conservative adminis
tration of her government. This much
the labor of the state demands of her
rnlers, and to the democratic party we
mast look for this administration, which
can be best secured by forgetting past
dissensions and renouncing all personal
pretensions. The interests of the peo
ple and the welfare of the state demand
this mach from political aspirants,
would, therefore, oounsel harmony, and
forego personal preferences if they are
incompatible with the great interestfof
the state, My course in the past in this
respect is a guarantee of what it will be
in the future, and I therefore say to my
friends that nnder no circnmstances will
I content to-the use of my name for the
honorable position to which, in their
preference, they would call iae il it will
endanger in the least degree that har
mony which is so essential to the suc
cess of that party, which alone prom
isesns the benefits of home government
and the blessings of civil liberty.
I am, gentlemen, with gratefnl regard,
your obedient servant,
Thos. Hakdeman.
SOLVING
RIDDELS
SLEEP-
IN HER
A S«I SQQS5ER.
Cincinnati Timea.
John H. Craig, known as the “Hen
dricks connty giant.” is in Indianapolis
on his way to join a circas in- Minne
sota. A talk with him brings opt the
following facts: “He was bom in Ken
tucky near Frankfort, and has lived
jear Danville most of his life, sphere
he owns a fine farm- Mr Craig was at
the Centennial Exposition, and v-hile
there was presented with a fine badge
costing %12fi. by the Knignts of Pythi
as, of which ho is a member. In the
inscription the lodges of the Bsd Men.
Knights of Pythias, and Independent i
Order of Odd Fellows all credited him
with being the largest member of those
orders in the United States. Mr. Craig
is six feet fonr inches in height, weighs
720 ponnds, measures 64 inches around
ihe chest; around' the waist 78 inches,
bip 86 inches, thigh 56 inches, calf
28 inches, arna 20 inches. There is
considerable trouble sometimes in
measuring him for a sqit of clothes.
While being measured for a coat ye-~
terday by a tailor, the Litter had to
measure part of the way round him.
and then chalk it and take a fresh
start. Twenty-one yards of c-Joth are
required for a snit. His hands are
very small, only a number eight glove
bein'* used,and a number 9 sh- e covers
his feet His hat measnre 7| inches. He
pannot sleep in an ordinary bed, and
There is a girl at Buddie’s Mills, Ky.;
who is proving to be a decided natural
curiosity. Her name is Lizzie Collins,
and she is the daughter of Wilfiam Col
lins, who lives near here. Lizzie: is on
ly thirteen years of age, and. .-for soma
time past has been a terrible sufferer^
Her uervons system is .completdy shat^
tered. Her left side, two of her finjgerk
on her left hand, and the left side of
her tongue are completely paralysed.'
She has been in this condition for about
five months. When the. symptoms first
made their appearance, Dei parents
called in the advioe of the best physi
cians in the country, but they were un
able to afford her any relief. The dis
ease grew worse, and at last physicians
in all parts of tho state grew inter
ested.
A peculiar feature in the case was th<4
constant inclination to sleep manifested'
by the patient. She would Bleep for-
hoars at a time, and while in that ooa-»
dition her contortions were frightful to-
witness, and during her hours of wak--
ing she says she suffers terribly whilef
unconscious. Bnt the moat astonishing-
feature of all is the wonderful feats per
formed by the girl while asleep.
A few days ago several gentlemen of.
high standing in the community dftfcep-f
mined to watch Lizzie during- one pf-
her somnolent spells. As soon, ns she,
had fallen asleep, which she seemed to-
do quite naturally, sho quickly gave evr s
idence of being in great pain. This
leeling, however, apparently' passed;
away after a little while, and then she-
asked in a perfectly audible tone ot
voice;
“Mamma, are you there?”
Her mother was standing a- tow foe
from her bedside, and quickly replied-^,
“Yes, dear, I am here What do you
want?”
“Bring me my arithmetic, please; F
must net my lessens leataed for to-mori-
iow.” - .
The parents say this is her usual te-
qnest.ipt She seems to imagine tha? ajse-,
is attending school again. The mother
brought the desired book, and Lizzie^
with her eyes closed, solved the most'
difficult problem with the greatest ease.'
One of the gentlemen present^ passed;
a lighted candle in front of her face-sev
eral times, buc she seemed entirely nqp-
conscions of its proximity. Her bosom
rose and fell quite naturally, and the
eyelids never apioved. She was faet,
asleep.
The next test, was tlfA laevitable “15”'
puzzle. To tire astonishment of. all]
present she treated this rriathematrcnll
vroader, that is puzzling half the coufi-'
try, with perfect indifference, -tor'under'
her deft manipulation, 13,' 1 i abd'lSj;
came out bold and clear at every ven
ture. Although she was tested iu vari
ous ways, she never failed once in solv
ing this difficult riddle, and did so ap
parently with the greatest eash. Iliad*-;
dition to this, she is in the habit of call
ing for pen and ink, upon a small writ
ing desk being placed upon tfie bjed^
sbe will write tfie most e^e^n% Zbd af
fectionate lefiera to. h.cs friends, leading;
them over, correcting all err ora and,-
with carets, supplying all words that sho
may iuadrYertantly leave out.
The visitors present on the occasion ,
referred to. awakened, bpr. snddenljfv ;
when she exhibited the most complete;
surprise on being presented- with the;
letters she had written and told of the;
mathematical problems, she had solved--
Sbe was, as.ked to repeat som.e of the
latter* bri was totally unable. Her re-.- -
markable powers have mystified every
scientific man-in the state, and nnm-;
hers constantly visit tfie. konsu
she resides.-
Glen. Cove’s Singing Heir.;
Glen Cb-ro; Gazette,
require^ two ohaira for a seat. His
mqsples are hard and he possesses im
mense stregth, While traveling over
tlm Alleghany mountains, during a re
cent trip, ho sometimes stalled the
horses while climbing qp the steep sides.
Mr.4Craig is very jovial, wealthy and
tikes things easy, is very kjnd.hearted
and noted for his bepevolenpe. His
wife is very large,weighing 307 ponnds,
and is only five feet two inphes in
nment to ihe party andv^je-^tiriOf-rWas
secured an adntf fl £ " '''"
. ■: A --- - V
height, and measures^nr - . ;;-ohT p
• - Jjid the . lL.-z.is.in .j
Glen Oovc goes tor the front with
“boss,hen,” not a mere ordinary pggr
laying hen, but a s(ng\Dg hen, a beq
that sings “Hold ti e Fort,” with all the.
nnetipm of a widow Van Cottatcnmp,
meeting. This biped is the pet of q
yonng lady of this village. She hfttl
the ben fo appom^fiPJ her a* she
Sings the hymn, and tfie pallet does it
with a vim, a gravity and propriety re
ally creditable tft poultry nature, r She
has only to start tho melody and the
pullet joins iu and sings along with her
to the end,fo([awingthe scale apd npnt(-
iug the rests in q way that wou ld deligh t
the moat - exacting choir master; ap<l
and what is morS to the heii’a credit,
she doesn't giggle in the rehearsal, no^
flirt, nor eat peanuts nr caqdy.
mnnoh ohewing gum, nor gpt ifi a huff,
nor manifest any other of the usual an^
soul-harrowing epeentripities of manic-1
genius. As a matter of genius. Gig (
Cove’s singing lien is as far superior to
the boasted egg-laying heps as the la*-'
tre of Aldeparau ip to the glitter of iy
pin-head iu the pinafores of beanW
lancing a| oharjty bafls. •’