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VOL. XXIII. NO. 50.
LEGAL BLANKS.
Tho HERALD office ktoeps on
hand, for sain, a full line of
blanks:
Warrantee Feeds,
Jtomlnjor 'Title ,
Mortgages mi Real Fstate,
Mortgage mi j*rs'id property
Waiiter Note* t
Crop Lein*
Note* reneroing title ,
Summons of garnishment'
Forth-coming Bonds,
J'lslices Stem m onses,
Constables’ Sides,
Suhpoenaes and, Fi-Fas
gMTU jttor-Hoads and Envel
opes Hupplind to order.
tiBMR&L ’DIRECTORY.
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SUPJCKIOH COURT.
1 N. 1.. UIITCIIINS, JllllgO.
H. K. Kessell, Solicitor General.
The Superior court meets tliu first
Mondays in March and September.
• COUNTY OKl'lt'KltS :
It 15, Whitworth, Ordinary,
r» T ( ain, Clerk S. (
T A llaslett, Sheriff,
W J Trihhle, Dept. Sheriff.
S <’ Martin, Tax < ollector,
J> ('Hawthorn, Tax Receiver,
A VV Moore Treasury,
It N Maß'ett, Surveyor,
JT Hadaway, Coroner. '
county commissioners.
J D Spence, chairman, J'l' I,am
ain, J S Hobbies, J T Jourdan, W
T I’erry.
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONS!!! :
W ’I Tanner.
town oovkknmknt:
Bam .1 Winn, Mayor,
A N Robinson, Marshal.
chukcii kiukctohy:
Metlmdist- Rev. W A I’arks pastor
Services llrst and third Sundays.
Haptist—Rev. .1 R S Davis, pastor
cervices 2nd Sundays
(•('esbyterian—Rev. C Frasier pas
tor. Services every fourth Sunday
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FROCKS S IONA /< C.'l ROS
gAM J. WINN,
attorn ky at law,
f, A WKHNO KV I 1.1. K ----- (ia
Negotiates l.oans on Iteal Estate
A. M. WINN, M. D.
Lawrenceville, Ga,
r. F. JUHA 1.. K. M DONALD
jII IIAN A McDONAM>.
>Vi 1 f praetiiie in nil courts of the
Rtnte by coo ract. Ailvioe given to
representatives of estates. Collee
(iiins n special y. Due atention
Kiveo to eoires i>ondeiiee.
rjs M. t’KKIM.ES,
ATTORNEY at 1.4 W
Lawrenceville,
Practices in the State courts. Spe
cial attention given to the winding
lip of estates.
JJK. J A PIRKLK
■ I‘itvsieiA v an<l Surgeon
Auburn
Surgery A Specialty,
Prompt attention given to all calls
DU. J. B. GURLEY,
Trip,
Physician ami Surgeon ,
Having located at Trip, Gvvin
uettcounty.he respectfully asks
tin* patronage of the public.
Jan. 9, ’94.—(5m
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Traffic Manager. Gen. Man.
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w. n. lover, 1 v. Pass Agt.
Ailaula, Ga.
The Gwinnett Herald.
TO A LOST LOVE.
I have so many tokens, dear,
Of thee around my room—
They fill my darksome soul with
cheer
And chase away the gloom.
Thy laughing photograph looks
down
Upon me from above,
And here’s a stray bit of thy
gown
I captured front thy love.
And here’s a dainty hit of lace,
A veil—’twas ueyer missed.
Oh, would that it might press
thy face
Again, and then lie kissed!
But, no! I’d most forgotten,
sweet,
That this can never I>«
That as we were we cannot meet
For I alono am free.
So take them down! Farewell,
my love!
To say that word is hard.
The face smiles at. .me from
above,
But—here's thy wedding
card I—Brooklyn Life.
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Biographical
Skotch.es.
OF THE PIONEERS OF
GWINNEIT,
KY MAJ . R. 1). WINN,
[Believing it will be interest
ing to our readers, we have been
furnished a number of sketches
of the pioneers of Gwinnett coun
ty by Maj. B. 1). Winn, which
worti written and published 20
odd years ago.— Editor. J
pen and ink sketches.
Written for the Gwinnett Herald.
,ionN samsaon.
Away back in the early times
of this county there came to its
frontier settlements, from the
comity of Elbert, two families,
(lie heads of which were Wil
-1 iam Richardson and John Hum
mon. The first named settled
on the Malthio place on the
East bank of the Appalaclree
and the other near by «t the
lsham Williams old place, til
its litud suiinp;.
These families wore closely
connected by relationship, Mr.
Summon having married the
stepdaughter of Mr. Richard
son.
Their removal here was at
the early period of 1824, only
two or three years after the
county was laid out. Their res
idences were in the immediate
neighborhood of my father s,
and although an urchin only at
the time, 1 well remem her their
coming
These families were consid
ered a valuable accession to the
then rude and rough population
that inhabited that now section
since known as Hog Mountain.
Of Mr. Sammons I now come
to speak more directly; of Mr.
Richardson, probably in anoth
er chapter.
Mr. Sammons was born in
Greenville Dist., K. C. on the
14th of Dec. 1782. In the date
of 1814, he married Elizabeth
Harrison, who survived but a
year or two, leaving one child.
After her decease he was great
ly disconsolate and sought re
lief in travel. Leaving his lit
tle girl with her grandmother
he went West, first to Natchez
and then to New Orleans, but
distance an 1 new scenes brought
him no relief. The memory of
his loved and lost wife preyed
upon his waking hours, and bis
night visions were of her and
her sweet babe he hud loft be
hind.
Soon lie retraced his steps,
returned to his native place,
and on the 28th of May, 1817,
married Mary B. Harrison, a
sister of his former wife. The
two w ives of Mr. Salomon were
the step daughters of Mr. Rich
ardson and the daugters of Mr.
Clem King llarrjson, a resident
of South Carolina, a gentleman
of high spirit and intelligence,
who, in a difficulty, committed
a hoitiiside, and to escape a
prosecution, lied to Spain, hut
wasafterwardsarrested, brought,
back and suffered the penalty ol
the law.
Of his children, two were the
wives of John Summon, one tile
wife of James Baskin, another
the w ife of Mathew Wynn, and
iiis only son, the late Major
Mat J. Williams, who is well re
membered hy many of our pen
pie, for a long time a citizen ol
Lawreneeville, and a lawyer ol
great ability.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13th 1894
He, like his father, was high
spirited and a courtly gentleman
received his education at the
Millitary school at West Point,
was an’accomplished schollar
and every inch a gentleman.
1 might say much of him, of
his urbanity, his talents, his ge
nial and social qualities, but my
space will not permit.
By the first marriage, as be
fore stated, Mr. Hamilton was
-the father of one child, a little
girl to whom her mother’s name
was given. Long years ago she
and 1 were pupils at the Rev.
John H. William’s school at the
old academy in LawrttbceVille.
We were near tho same age and
about fourteen. Mr. Wilson
was Principal with Miss Emily
Cooley, a maiden lady from
Massachusetts, ns Assistant,
having charge of the girls. Mr
John Norton, who was prosecu
ting his studies in the higher
branches, would hear the recita
tions of the advanced classes
twice a day.
In referring to Miss Cooley I
desire to say: She was an ac
complished lady ' f perhaps 45
years, kind and agreeable in her
school, a first class instructress
and had the esteem of the whole
school, both boys and girls. I
had very great respect for her,
for her marked kindness to me.
Talk about “Yankee school
inarms!” They then as now,
were spoken of in derision some
times. If a boy had spoken
thus of Miss Cooley in my pres
ence lie would have “waked up
Cain” and a difficulty instanter!
My little friend Elisabeth
was then a beautiful girl just
budding into womanhood, with
large blue eyes, expressive of in
telligence and a confiding nature
golden hair in profusion in pro
fusion in beautiful ringlets, and
a young form faultless as a
Fairy.
The friendship of our fami
lies made us friends, and after
these long years, when she is
dead and 1 am falling into the
sere and yel low • leaf, l recall
“>>i* I »l. eiMii 1 1 1 imwl iiiiou « t t liaa
old fiiwltMiiy, in inu nappy uay«
of life’s young dream
When grown to womanhood
she married Cooper Bennett,son
of Rev. Mitchell Bennett, then
and for a long time pastor of
.Red Land Baptist church, and
soon moved to Alabama.
A few years ago she was left a
widow. After the death of her
husband, one of her daughters
married Watkins Strickland,the
youngest son of the late Oliver
P. Strickland, and with them
she went to Texas. While en.
gaged in her household duties,
her dress caught fire and she
was badly burned, which result
ed in her death. Alas! a tear
glistens in the eye when 1 think
of tlie horrible death of my ear
ly friend.
Mr. Summon and his second
wife were married the 28th of
May 1817, and had fourteen
children, 5 sons, viz: John,
Muiumsseh, William, Edwin
and Robert, and nine daughters
Mrs. 0, P. Strickland, Mrs. Jas.
0. Dunlap, Mrs. Styles Liddell,
Mrs. G. T. Rakestraw, two Mrs
Moncriefs, Mrs. John M. Mills
and Misses Mary and Laura,
both married but tho names of
their husbands 1 do not recall.
After a year’s residence at
the Williams old place, he pur
chased a tract of land on the
Alcovy and settled it the next
year where lie lived until his
death, which occurred Sept. 12,
1850, in the 08tli year of - his
age.
I.n his religious faith he was
a Baptist, as were his wife and
the most of her people, hut nev
er joined the church for the reus
on (as he said,) “that he could
not fellowship many church
members wnom lie knew to he
hypocrite and scoundrels. “
lie was a first class citizen ol
this county over a quarter of a
century, with unexceptional
morals and habits, and his lile
and good example were worthy
of emulation hy those who
come afttr him.
W.
THE ADVERTISING
Of Hood’s Saisanarilla is always
within the bounds of reason be.
e.mse it is true; it always appeile
o tin sober, common sense of
thinking people In cause it is true,
tnd it is always full substantiated
->y endorsements with, in the
financial world be accepted with
>ut moment’s h gita ion.
DODGED BULLETS
TUB THRILLING AIIVENTURR OF A
WALKER COUNTY FARM
ER WITH CONSPIR
ATORS.
Constitution,
Further. facts have come t<*
light in tho Walker county con
spiracy casey which may lead to
tho arrest tomi rrow of Ike Ken
ny, the other conspirator in the
trio of desperate brothers.
The additional evidence in
this sensational case shows more
coid deliberation in plot nnd
more reckless daring in execu
tion than anything that has
been up before Commissioner
Broyles this year.
Some time ago Mr. W. B.
Htanser, who tills the fertih
glebe up in Walker county, had
occasion to testify before th
I nked Htates commissioner ii.
Dalton against soino 'of hi
neighbors in a .moonshine case.
This incurred their anger, am
he heard that they had threat
ened to “fix him. ”
Friday night, just after sup
[>er, Mr. Ktanscr was comfort
ably seated with his family be
fore a blaring fire, when a noisi
on the outside attracted his at
tention. He had opened tin
door and started towards tin
stable, thinking that the noisi
was caused by n loose mule,
when some one on the outsidi
of the rail fence just in front
asked: “Is that you, Bill?”
Stansor thought that he hoi rd
the clicking of a pistol and drop
ped to the ground. As he did
so a volley of pistol shots rang
out. The lead hit all around
and threw dirt in his face, bul
fortunately none of the balls
took effect.
%
At the first shot Mary Stansei
rushed out to her father’s res
cue. From the light of the pis
tol shots she recognized two ot
tho men. The would-be-assas
sins Hud when she oauio out.
Mary is a bright-eyed moun
tain lassie and her rich heauDi
stood out in bold contrast at
||, u ‘ . • *
desperate faces of the conspira
tors and the rusty countenances
of the other witnesses. Sin
told the part she played in'the
matter m a simple, childish
manner.
“I was a-sittin’ by the fire
when pap went out,” she said,
‘‘and as soon as I heard the
shots I knew something was up,
an’ 1 ran out an’ saw Joe Kin.
ney an’ Lishe Kinney. 1 knew
it was them because the pistols
made such a light.”
Upon the testimony the Kin
ney brothers were bound over
upon a *I,OOO bond to await
trial in the United States court.
Failing to give bond they were
ordered to jail.
As stated, recent information
will lead to tho ariost of the
other brother, and he also will
come up for a hearing before
Commissioner Broyles this
week.
HE OBEYED HER.
Most American women have
bad embarrassing experiences
in social emeigencies. Perhaps
none was ever more trying than
the adventure of a lady noted
in New York s< cioty for her
courtesy and savoir faire.
One winter day she started oil
the train for Philadelphia, Ink
ing her seat in what she sup
posed was an ordinary parlor
ear. There was but one other
occupant, a somewhat stout
man, who sat with bis back to
her. Presently he lighted a ci
gar and began to smoke. The
lady coughed and moved uneas
ily, but her hints had no effect.
She said at last tartly :
“You probably are a foreign
er, sir, and do not know that
thole is usmoking car attached j
to the train. Smoking is not
permitted liefe.”
The man without reply threw
his cigar out of the window.
A few moments later the con
ductor entered and stared ai
her in dismay
“How did you come here
madam ?” lie enquired.
> ‘Why, where am I ?’
“In General Grants privnb
car”
The mortified lady’s usual
tact failed her here. Him look
ed at the dumb, immovable fig
ure and retreated without a
word. —Youths C< >in pun h >n
The religion of Christ does ev
erything for a nmn that he can
l.et do for himself.
MY MATRIMONIAL VIEWS.
I will not wod a widower,to have
my happy life
Tormented by the virtues of his
“late, lamented wife.”
I will not wed a bachelor, with
heart of solid stone,
To spend his evenings at the club
ftnd leave me all alone.
I will not wed a millionaire, to
be accused of crime,
1 f he should chanco to pass away
a hit before his time.
A poor man’s wife I’ll never bo,
to bake and stew- and broil,
\\ ith hall a dozen little onus to
add to all my toll.
I will not wed a handsome man,
a ‘sport’ would notsuit me,
They're hound to have another
wife,and sometimes two or
three.
A homely man is not my style—•
a dude I would deteat—
I could not lovo a solemn man
' or one who’s prone to jest.
T will not wed a man who seeks
for years my love to gain ;
i’hu very slowness of his suit
would always bring me pain
1 will not wed the man who
claims to love me at first
glance
in fact, 1 will not. wod at all—
until 1 get a chance.
—Brooklyn Life.
QUOTH THE COCKERILL.
Once upon a midnight dreary,
as I pondered weak and weary,
in a state of sleepy stupor on
the quiet Senate floor; while 1
nodded, slumber seeking, sud
denly there came a squeaking,
as of some one always speaking,
speaking on the Senate floor.
‘lt is only Cockerill,’ thought I
‘speaking on the Senate—only
that nnd nothing more. ’
‘Cockerill,’ said I, quite em
phatic,‘l’opulist or Democratic,
whether late or some worse evil
sunt thee to this Senate floor,
cannot you but once be quiet
from this everlasting diet, from
this weary wanton riot of just
talk,and talk so poor ? Is thorn,
is there any respite ? Tell me,
tell me, I implore ?’ Quoth tho
Cockerill, ‘Nevermore/
‘But the times are dull and
dreary, all the land is tired and
WtWf laPtul-Y/ViVm "tfiTfl N ihil
store. While you stand there
talking, talking, danger thro'
the land is stalking. Cease this
weary, endless balking. Take
a vote at half-past four. Let
us v«te at least by Cnristmas,
if wo cannot vote before. Quoth
the Cockerill ‘Nevermore.’
So the Cockerill never tiring,
never weary, still is firing col
umns of the direst speeches ever
mortal hoard before, and his
eyes have all the seeming of a
demon that is dreaming,and tho
light upon him streaming shows
an empty senate floor. Still he
talks and talks, although he
knows that ho is an awful
bore. Will lie slop? Ah, nev
ormore! ’ —Exchange.
HE KNEW' HOW IT WAS.
In the cabin of a Windsor
ferry boat the other afternoon
was a well-dressed man who
carried his hand to bis jaw now
and then and uttered a stilled
groan. After a bit a fellow
passenger had his curiosity
aroused and brusquely queried:
“Toothache?”
“Yes.”
“Is she holler’?”
‘T expect so. ”
“Gives a sort of w iggle and
then jumps on you now and
then,don’t she?'*’
“Yes. Great snakes! How
1 suffer!”
“I’ve been there and know all
about it.
If she’s holler and has the jumps
it ain’t no uso foolin’ around.
What you want to do is to go to
a dentist. ”
“Uni! Jernsha, how it
iclies! ”
“Go right to the dentist and
have it yanked out. Man w ith
,t toothache always feels a little
reared about having it yanked,
but that’s all imagination, you
know.”
“I ’<l rather bo shot! ” groaned
the sufferer.
“Oh, pshawl Go to some
dentist who gives laughing gas.
j He’ll give you gas and take
j iliat tooth out without your
j knowing it. 1 pledge you my
.vord it won’t hurt any more
| limn paring off a finger nail.”
“t in! What-a liar! G’way
I from me! ”
“Why, man, I pledge you my
! word that you’ll never .”
“Don’t talk tome! I know
:tl I about it! 1 ’ve l»eon a dentist
myself for the last fifteen
years! ”
“Oh, you have!” growled the
other at lie hacked away. “Well
that’s different, it w ill not only
seem to you as if your b 1
lead was being pulled ojjj, ‘
dio'ihh-rs, but you, l ;. iieinocijH
e||i' f'll tWo We* k i Hie
1 'm • 1 •.: ml
WHAT THEY WERE FIGHT
ING ABOUT.
A pin and a needle, says tho
American Fontaine, being neigh
bors in as work-basket, and both
being idle, began to quarrel, as
idle folks are apt to do.
“I should like to know,”
said the pin, "what you are
good for, nnd how you expect to
get through the world without a
head?”
W hut is the use of your
heiid/ replied the needle rather
sharply,"if you have no eye?"
“I am more active, and can
go through more word than you
can, ’’said the needle.
“Yes, hut you will not live so
long. ”
“Why not?”
Because you have always a
stitch in your side,’’said the
pin.
“4 ou are a poor crooked creat
ure,” said the needle.
“And you are so proud, that
you can’t bend without break
ing your back. ”
“i’ll pull oil' your head, if
you insult me again. ”
“I’ll pull your eye out, if you
touch me; romeinhbr your life
hangs on a single thread,” said
tile pin.
While they were thus convers
ing, a little girl entered, and
undertook to sew. She vorv
soon broke oil the needle at the
eye. Then she tied the thread
round the head of the pin; and,
attempting to sew with it, she
soon pulled its head off, nnd
threw it in the dirt beside the
broken needle.
“Well, here we are,’’said the
iwedle,
‘We have nothing to fight
about now,” said the pin. “ft
seems misfortune has brought
us to our senses, ”
“A pity we had not come to
them sooner,” said the needle.
“How much we resemble hu
man things who quarrel about
their blessings till they lose
them, and never find out they
are brothers till they lie down
in the dust together.—The Pres
byterian Mont hi v.
NO FUN IN BUCKING BRON
CHOS.
Many people have nil idea
that to ride a buejung broncho
is the cowboy’s delight, but they
are badly mistaken. There is
no fun in it. Wien a tJioromdi
no jar in it and I rather like to
have miejio it if 1 am riding.
Bill when a broncho bucks and
jumps into the air and comes
down stiff legged, with bis feet
planted together, I bat jars every
bone in the rider’s body, espec
ially bis backbone, and is apt t
make bun feel pretty sick in
short order.
My first experience with a
hacking broncho cured me of
the idea that there was fun in
it. I had read that the cow-hoy
always locks his spurs under
tho broncho’s holly at such
times, and so 1 did the saino.
Well, the spurs went through
the horsehair cinch, and the
broncho kept hacking as long as
they staid there. I couldn’t
got them out till two men came
to help me.
Tho proper tiling to do when
a broncho bucks is to keep your
spus away from him, balance
yourself forward or backward
in the saddle, according to the
wav he jumps, and grip him
well between your knees. You
have to let him buck till ho gets
tired of it or finds that he can
not get you off—Kan Francisco
Bulletin.
Baptism by immersion was
performed in a peculiar manner
a few|days ago in Buffalo Town
ship, Washington County I’a.
Thomas Toland was too ill to
leave his room, and was desir
ous of baptism. A large box
was made and filled with water,
and into this Mr. Toland, sus
pended in a sheet, was lowered.
The rite was performed hy the
Rev. M. Justico, a clergyman
of the Christian Church.
A SKIHOUS ERROR.
“I stole a woman's new $25
bonnet once,” said the retired
burglar, “hut you can hot your
life if 1 ever go into the business
ngiiio I won’t steal another otto.
“Did the woman run you down
and get you sent up?” ”>(.aw .
But 1 to >k the thing home and
gave it tome wife, and she never
let up on me tilt I gits her a
S2OO (tress to go with the bonnet.
See?”—lndianapolis Journal.
Lives of great nm -■£», remind
l'OltdFjiS
jiff j'. -.:f jg
SI.OO PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
~ —i■ ■ ,
Highest of all in Leavening Power,— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report.
Ro^JKS
ARSOLLTTELY pure
THE ART OF CONVERSA
TION.
HOME RUOOEBTIONS TO THOSE WHO
DESIRE TO EXCEL IN IT.
Good Housekeeping.
A talent for conversation has
an extraordinary value for com
mon, everyday life. Any one
who hint the gift enters in a so
cial circle anywhere. How
every one’s face brightens at
his coming! How soon he sets
all the little wheels in motion,
encouraging the resources Of the
reserved and shy, subsidizing
facile, and making everybody
•glad and happy! As civiliza
tion ripens and the social life
improves, so language continual
ly assumes now and higher
forms, and conversation—which
i« a sort of radiation to the in
tellect —gives a luster which no
other form of expression can to
y>e higher developments of our
intellectual moral nature. Our
language is not merely express
ive of our wants—it is commu
nicative of ideas and impulses
that stand tar above all mate
rial things—a streaming out of
the soul of man to make com
| mon cause with his follows,
To converse well is not to en
j gross the conversation. It is
| not to do nil the talking. It is
not necessary to talk with very
great brilliancy. A man may
talk with silcli surpassing power
and splendor as to awe the rest
of the company into silence, or
to excite their envy, and so pro
dueoachill where his aim should
be to produce heat and sunshine.
Those who attniro to tho uuiov
a (low of soul” must learn to
listen patiently, and without,
betraying an anxiety to speak
themselves, or a patronizing
condescension to the speaker.
We are all a little egotistical,
but in the moment we betray
it we bee,i me.obnoxious.
Conversation is like a game
of see-saw, as one goes up an
other goes down, but the game
is over in an instant if the two
ends are up at the same time,
The moment, therefore, that a
person essays to speak, give
way, no matter wluitgood thing
von may have ready at the mo
ment. If in the midst of a nnr
rativo which you ariv relating
some bore should break in with
mi interruption to displace you,
let him have his way at once;
| suspend your dialogue and let
him go on, and ho will, unless
hard as granite, feel yopr for
bearance to be a greater blow
to his rudeness than if you were
to persevere. A person so break
ing the thread of another’s dis
course deserves severe rebuke,
and, and you will find none so
severe, so salutary, as a polite
yielding at once—not sulkily
and with a frown, but with full
est disposition to hear him pa
tiently, and t<? enjoy his ob
strusive nonsense.
Self-possession must be culti
vated by the conversationalist
that ho may not run away head
long and say many things that
he may afto-wards regret. This
is the source of that gentleman
ly reserve which distinguishes
the man of refinement from the
more bore, and begets that pa
tience in listening and that, gen-
eroui spirit of appreciation,
which makes a speaker feel as
much pleased with his hearers
as with himself. He should
seek the art of making others
feel quite at home with him, so
that no matter how great mav
lie his attainments or reputa
tion. or how small may he theirs
they find it just as natural and
pleasant talking to him as hear
ing him talk. The talent for
conversation, indeed, more than
anything else in life, requires
t act and discretion, I t requires
one to have more varied knowl-l
edge, to leave it at instant and
absolute '..it, i„,
use just a
4 , •
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SNELLVILLE.
Mrs. Harper is very sick.
The farmers are at work with
axim getting ready to plant an
other crop; some of them are
hauling gtinno.
The cluh at, Piney Orove had
a lively meeting ..n Saturday
night.
W. L. Harris and 0. C. Wil
liams, of Auburn, were at home
last Sunday. One of them
claims to have got left on the
leg ball at Jug Tavern.
Prof. I. W. Ethridge has gone
to Auburn to see pn and mil.
Quite a representative crowd
collected at 1). M. Olewer’s
near Centreville, on last Sun
day, as follows: Messrs. King
and Veal el Stone Mountain,
Mr.. Russell of Braden, Wesley
dower of Trip, F. M. Moore
and Prof. Ethridge of Snellville,
and Messrs. Evans and Mason
of'Lull tre villa. I lie ladies were :
Miss Mary Donaldson of Trip,
Misses Mary and Emma WiU
limns of Piney Grove, Misses
Lena Mason and Lizzie dower
of Centreville, All we lacked
having a gay crowd was Gris
Johnson.
The entertainments at Mr.
Loveless’ on Inst, Tuesday night
and Esq. Pate’s on Friday night
were highly enjoyed.
Keno is indebted to two young
ladies of Piney Grove for a call
one night this week.
W. I). Williams has about
completed his now residence.
The political music has not
stuck our village yet.
Mrs. W. 1). Williams is visit
ing her parents near Atlanta.
Quoting from Georgia’s great
FROM HOC "MOUNTAIN
Wo trust you will allow us
the privilege of ’ writing a few
dills from our vicinity.
We have a very large school.
Prof, jjackson is principal and
Miss Lula Tmigle assistant.
Hog Mountain church is just
ly noted for its large congrega
tions. Last, !lnl Sunday Rev.
llaselet preached a most, inter
esting sermon. His text, was—
well, it was somewhere in the
Bible, and the house was crowd
ed, especially on the gentlemen’s
side. It seems that our commu
nity is blessed with boys, but
wo have no girls to spare.
Mr. Charlie Bradford has pur
chased a new organ. Now,boys,,
you can have a good excuse to
go to see —Mr. Bradford.
Soiim two or three weeks ugo
Joe Chesser, one of our young
men, “come up missing, ” and
no one knew his whereabouts,
but a few (lavs ago ho returned
and says he lias been out west,
and is only home on a visit.
We wish him 'well, hut would
ho glad to have him stay with
ns another year.
Our saw-mill men are sawing
up everything available. Wo
believe they would saw up tho
surrounding country if they
didn’t break down occasionally
They had some visitors the oth
er day who decorated their
houses with cedar. Call again,
ladies, when wo are at home.
Prof. Kammous has a very
good school down on Peachtree
street at Bradford’s Academy.
Success to you, Professor; may
this lie the happiest year in the
lives of your pupils.
I’OHKKIt.
LUXOMNI LOCALS.
Last Saturday night there was
a heavy wind and rain here.
Mr. William Gutliree, of For
syth county, Miss Ollio Anderson
of Pickens coutily, and Mr. Jo
s' n i Ethridge are attend.ng the
High School at this place.
It is reported that two more
boies of tobacco was found in
the swamp b low sweet waler
park last week, hut. was ruined
ns the boxes had been torn off
and the rain aud high waters 1 ad
ruined it.
. M. Leonard came vy Kq
being hint the other, jA
to flag down the v "' e
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