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VOLUME XIII
thing, when the clerks happen to
be in the rear of the room behind
the prescription partition, for a
countryman to walk in, stride the
length of the store, and attempt
to walk through the big mirror
Usually,
and disappointed sigh. The phil
osophy of the Bottle Holder, who
still retained the cob-stopper m
his fingers, relieved the tension:
“I reckon, boys,” he said, “thet
we all ’ll hev to squinch onr thirst
terday m city water. Thar’s a
heap er gooddicker wasted an’hits
all ther fault uv my dod-gasted
ca’lessness. Les’ tek tu’ns suckin’
ther cob!”
MONUMENT TO HALL
upwards, the cry went up for
small parks. Many of these mu
nicipalities—notably Boston—took
up the matter practically and mil
lions of dollars were spent in buy
ing plats of ground alfeady built
upon, tearing down the building*
’and converting them into at
tractive breathing places for Un
people. The city is the natural
owner of the square, and if it hs
sold should become its purchaser
Then the tree-shaded tract shouh
be laid out by a landscape gar
dener, and I have no doubt the
Daughters of the Confederacy, or
some ot our other patriotic soci
eties, woujd gladly take charge of
a fund to erect a monument there
to the memory of Lyman Hall,
who was a signer of the immortal
Declaration of Independence from
Georgia and for whom Hall county
is named. No! sell not the square
—but improve it and preserve it.
and, making it a thing of beauty
and a joy forever, cause our chil
dren and our children’s children
to rise up and call us blessed lon^
after our mortal bodies have been
resolved back into their original
earthy element.”
A prayerbook was recently lost
by an elegantly dressed lady in a
Berlin confectioner’s and found—
to the disgust of the loser. The
book had three compartments—oim
for prayers, one for sweets, and
one for brandy.
SYSTEMIC satabbh,
Bjia Cures Catarrh* Wherever
Located*
There is a strong undercurrent
of sentiment in the city, which re
sents the proposed sale of the pub
lic square for business purposes,
even if the county commissioners
find that they can legally do this.
It is pretty generally conceded
t{iat the square ought 10 be divert
ed from its present undignified use
as a hitching ground for country
horses and mules, but that it
should remain forever as a breath
ing place for the people few dis
pute. §aid a gentleman the other
day, who has always beeh.foremost
in promoting the city’s best in
terests: “ •
“It would be worse than •sui
cidal to sell the square and cut it
up into business lots. Our city is
bound to increase overwhelmingly
m population in the next decade
of years, and if we destroy this
breathing place we will never re
gret it but once, and fchat will be
always. We would simply go
through the dear experience that
has befaileiT other cities. The
primary comiqercial instinct
which animated the pioneers in
these towns covered block after
block with buildings. As the
ciiies grew and wealth began to
increase these same foolhardy util
itarians saw that they had made
a mistake, and all over the land,
in 3itie3 of 25,000 population and
which confronts him,
however, when he espies a figure ad
vancing toward him—his own re
flection, of course—-which he fails
to recognize, he steps politely
aside for the other to pass, and
t’other feller 4 ’ does the
when
same thing he leaps the other way,
and until the roar of laughter that
greets him gives an inkling of how
he -is being fooled, he hops about
like a heir on a hot griddle, bow
ing aind grimacing to his counter
feit like a monkey in a menagerie.
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. Last Sunday morning residents
along the line of .Main street were
much amused at the odd proces
sion which passed steadily down
that thoroughfare. It was com
posed of five stalwart mountain
eers, in wool hats and jeans, and
they were evidently brothers, for
there was a close pbysiogmatical
reseiqblance. They were march-
One of Gainesville’s tutors hand
ed us a sheet the other day,
“which, ” explained the teacher,
“one of mv pupils handed me for
a Friday’s composition.” We
herewith give the composition for
the consideration of our readers:
“This is on animals. The lion is
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the king of the menagerie and he
will bite you^ head off if* you put
it in his mouth
The female lion
is the Lady of Lions and you will
get claimed if you go near her.
The tiger is a striped animal and
is very- ferocious, and he can shave
you if you are not very careful,
for he is a barbarous beast; There
are men who try to fight the tiger,
but they can never get the best of
him. The leopard is like the tiger,
only he’s got spots, and right there
is where the saying comes from:
‘If anybody tries to pull down the
American flag, shoot him on the
spot.’ The dromedary is a beast
of burcten and gives milk to the
Arabs; There is no dairy like the
dromedary. There are no pumps
out there. The Arabs drink drom
edary milk for dessert after eat
ing the sand which is there. The
giraffe is a hign-toned animal and
has a long neck like a dude. He
eats the leaves from; the tops of
trees arid there’s Where he gets hie
high living. The rinesoreous
(meaning rhinocerous) is not a
prohibitionist, for be always car*
ries one or two horns with him.
The camel is a humpty-dumpty
animal and can go for a long time
without water,, but our teacher
"thinks we can beat the camel on
that. That’s all I know about ani-
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mals. . There are several kinds o :
lions—the Asiatic lion, the African
lion, the dandelion, the lion (ly
ing) like the dickens.
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feiiss Mattie L. Guild, of Chicago, III,
( ss Mattie L. Guild, President Hli-
Young People’s Christian Temper-
Union, in a recent letter from Chi-
Bo, UL, says:
1/ doubt if Peruna has a rival in aft
I remedies recommended to-day dot
frrb of the system. A remedy that
y cure catarrh of the stomach will
p the same Condition of the mucous
mbrane anywhere. I have found it
[ best remedy I have ever tried fot
srrh, and believing it worthy my
lorsement 1 gladly accord it.”
itarrh of the abdominal organs la
y much more common in summer
ii in winter time.
This form of ca-
rh might be appropriately classed as
imer catarrh. *
’eruna will cure catarrh wherever
ated. In pelvic catarrh it has won
Bl deserved renown. Peruna will
[e any case of diarrhoea, acute of
fcnic. Perana is an absolute specific
[ dysentery. Peruna cures catarrh oi
> liver. Peruna cures catarrh of the
carie fishing-rodj.tliebendabl^ tops
of which bobbed backward and
forward at each step. Solemnly
and quickly they. covered the
ground, and one of the bystanders
suggested that it was a contingent
of “Middle-of-the-Road Populists”
on a still hunt for a gubernatorial
candidatei^^HiP.
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There were three of them. They
were from the country and they
had corfie to town to
and incidentally attend
And a lit tie money wili go a long
ways. You can also make a lit
tle money go a long way at our
store. We vrtll continue our
do s o m e
nerve is a great thing, nerve is
[ecnliar combination of a vari-
(of elements, by means which
| possessor [ tjbereqf; is f pretty
r to “get there ’ - There are a
I of ‘‘nervy ” people in man’s
N* But, the people wBqf were,
ading on Main street Saturday
pnoon, were made witnesses
p exhibition of nerve far out
'the ordinary—a show ot nerve
P suprising and laughable. A
pthy looking pair came stroll-
PP Main street, seemingly,
uncounscions of the many
hdering and twinkling eyes
toed toward them, gazing into
P 1 other,s countenances and
^ reading the silent story of
pproGal love. Their hands
re c ^sped in a loving grip and
I occasional little squeeze the
man would give the soft lit-
ho held in his own paw,
°^6d that Cupid was getting m
! e 8t work. It was reported
1 they came from the Southern
°tin the same loving manner,
Mo continued up Green street
pir country home. No doubt
f We happily made one ere
; * they deserve to be.
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Co 6 , cler ^8 in Dr. E. E. Dixon
a | * c ^ ra g store have a great
rda , 8 i ) °M ou t of some of their
visitors whose bucolic
i c 18 turned topsy-turvy by
3 ri0lls angling of mirrors in
more Tf * *
1 At is no uncommon <
tradin
Judge Prior’s court, to which they
had been summoned ’ as witnesses.
Aware of the fact that Gainesville
jag fay Jtoyrn and-that the wary
blind tiger js harder to hunt to his
lair than the mysterious nocturnal
giasticutis is to trace i to his den,
one of the trio brought in a quart
bottle, cob-stoppered and loaded
to the muzzle with “giniwine
mounting dew,” with which to re
gale and refresh himself and pals
during the day. It was about
three-quarters, of the hour past
nine when one of the triumvirate
suggested that they all take a dram
before “cote tuck up.” This mo
tion, being a good one and in or
der, prevailed, and the party ad
journed to the basement of the
courthouse, over which sanctum
sanctorum Major Domo Jack Col
lins has exclusive and autocratic
jurisdiction. All, as the Irish
would say, “had a great drought
on ’em,” and the custodian of the
bottle pulled the flask from his
pocket as soon as his foot touched
the bottom step of the stairway.
Alas !• for the frailty of glass. The
bottle struck against tbe sharp
edge of the door casing, was shat
tered, and the precious fluid which
it contained was spilled upon the
ground. For a moment the ex
pectant drinkers gazed at the (
wreck of all their bibulous hopes, (
and each in turn heaved a deep I
OCONEE MILLS
Since the protracted rains crops
are flattering. Mr. W. A. Thom
son has the finest corn crop we
have ever seen.
M. J. W. Akin has sold his farm
to Mr. Joe Allen of Atlanta.
Mr. J.. P. Buffington, accompan
ied by his sister, Miss Maggie, is
spending the week at Young Har
ris.
Esquire H. A. Langford
AND |WlLL MAKE
CLOTHING' a SPECIALTY
j Esquire ±1. A. Langiord is ex
pecting to farm on a large scale
'next year. He is going td tend
the enormous amount of four acres.
Homer is like a great many ot
us—he dosen’t believe in so much
work nohow.
Miss Becca Walker is- very sick
with fever.
Messrs. EL W. T. and Job n
Gaines went on a pleasure trip to
Charleston last week.
Sunday school at Lebanon last
Sunday was very dull indeed'.
We have a stylish stock of Clothing, a la
out of which you can secure a suit to please
of goods to suit, the season. A beautiful fit,
quality of goods, and at a
cost to suit a flabby purse.
Come early, Saturday, and take your choice,
worsteds, skeleton back serges, black granite cloth, e
Special Summer Suits
very
However, the superintendent ap
pointed Profs. Loudon, Langford',
and Baxter Thompson Jas musi
cians pro tern., and of course the
occasion was made enjoyable for
the few present. The young peo-
(HYNDS CO’S OLD STAND.)
