The Conyers weekly. (Conyers, Ga.) 18??-1888, March 07, 1884, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEEKLY. VOLUME VI. IffflNOS TSAT ABE 1 NOT” (dreamed a dream of Love, 1 she was holy, pure, and true, That give delight on earth, i friend to i voice to bid man look above, Her con stancy her only worth, jias! like this she cornea to very few. I beard her $acred name A ,Hdv pleasure-seeking dame, Whose vanity is her disgrace, Whose summer friendship fades before the cold. Is love timn but a dream, ‘ fancy know? Th H A sweetest man can Or she broken earthly bars ir.A fed. with her celestial gleam. To shine aloft among the stars And look with scorn upon the cloud, below? When Faith and Hope are dead, When life has for its only aim To seek the passing moment’s bliss, To find sufficiency of bread, Man soon his highest joys will miss, And seeking Love will find her but u name. HE LOVERS’ QUARREL, while I -. live,” said .. Miss Bash- ^ , .•‘Sever, ■igb, “never while I live, will I see your |S 5 C meant it when she said it;land as ft spoke, she threw her betrothal ring ft, <3 her lover, w o la t> en e er. I It ^sed him and rolled down upon r lina ^ closet oor aml one over of ' : | hose ie 81 old-fashioned , ? , losets that used to stand on either side f ^ ie mantel-piece. She did not notice where it rolled; he lid though; and after she had left the ram, he turned to pick it up. The ring be had worn would always be precious turn. | Hiss Rashleigh went straight to her bum room, as miserable a girl as ever lived, and a moment later Grandmother Rashleigh hustled into the drawing-room, pushed the open closet door to, picked up the fallen magazine, set the annuals ■nd books of poetry straight on the [table, eliairs pulled down the shades, arranged Ike mathematically against the [wall, | and bustled out again. “I’ve had these things fifty years,” she said fo herself, “and there’s Cornelia and pr bean with no more respect for them pan if they were so much lumber.” I Then she closed the door behind her, ■nd went away to her own room up ihirs, where a fine silk patchwork quilt ftas ftmelia. in the frame, a surprise for said I Grandmother Rashleigh gave every ■cuag person of the family something, of Ber own manufacture on his or her wed ■ing I day. ‘Now,’- the old lady had said a dozen pmes ber; to Tripheny King, who was help Pg “I rather think Cornelia will pwe the best thing I’ve done; and i ere s a bit in it of every handsome f !k ^re’s ever been in the family, and f‘ ker Other’s and grandfather’s wed pog les vests.’’ m, it’s a real memorial quilt,” Nd Tripheny. “it takes you, miun, to plan Tie such quilt things. ” : afteinoon, was finished and bound that and Tripheny’s job of qnilt “ g beiD g over she went home. But she ® yarned ® was about the all village the news that sure was over between Miss fsWeigh 0rrieba and Mr. Spear. She’d heard Psndma, spying something to her and the old lady was furious.” fie would never have done that if he Corn^ 6 ^ ^° r me you inow grandma,” * » „ a , _ saying at that moment. staff and nonesense ! He loves the f ? onad °ti 1> you walk on!” said the old lady. never get such another, Cor aeliaj never marry at all; I hate “ I Cornelia answered. 4115 411611 ber grandmother made the , otYV°? 0 her bot mother's, to hold her, and she went her usual course fell out with grandma. •three days passed. At the end of the If- 1 Pratt stepped in at Mrs. S T y0QDg Mrs - Rhsbleigh, as - b e,) er though she was nearly ffi'tTr , ° T ?Tandma va s old Mrs. Rash leigh “i exin- you’ll feel when Ite v 0ll fh „ upset bav e { Cornelia,” she said. “Yo he; n-U J , T< C Y Y PGar 0rUeI ha this ’ n!t been time—he, heard he, of aim* be was at your house. His mother -ays hr over to explain and make Independent in All Things CONYERS, ROCKDALE CO., GA., MARCH 7, 1884. up, and he never came back—he, he! She thought maybe he’d stepped over to his brother’s, but he hadn’t—he, he l I reckon he’s drowned himself 1” “I don’t know why the whole town should talk over my affairs and every meddling old maid giggle about them 1” cried Cornelia. Piety jumped to her feet, seized her pan««Undtad toward the door. “Good afternoon, Miss Cornelia and Mrs. Rashleigh,” she said, with a con temptuous courtesy. “I'll remember my manners, if other folks forget theirs, Only there’s other folks aa likely to be old maids as me, and I fancy it’s Mrs. Spear’s affair now if anything has hap* pened to her boy 1” Away flounced Miss Pratt. “You’ve put Piety into a rage, Cor¬ nelia,” said Mrs. Rashleigh. “That’s a pity; shehas a long tongue.” But Cornelia was crying. “Oh, mother, dear,” she sobbed, “it isn’t true, is it? Orville did feel dread fully. Won’t you see, mother ?” But at this moment Sally, the little servant girl from Gradma Eashleigh’s came flying into the room, without any more warning thau if she had been shot from ^ old missus says you are to come over at once, both you ladies !” she cried, standing before Mrg Rashleigh, and re¬ ating her lesgon like aparrot. “There’s Bome thing J of importance, and you’re ’ eded womt „ ne “Get your bonnet, Cornelia,” said her mothep< “m jast put on i his sun-hat. Wilat ^ it> g a]ly . do you krow ?” <<j know it’s something di ?adful. Mis sug j s a j mos t wild, and there’s lots of t " 0 jk 8 there. Something about Mr. gp ear> »* ' The two i adies S aid no more. They hurried away together, and entering grandma’s parlor, found there assembled more of the members of the Spear family and a friend or two besides. Orville had indeed disappeared. He had never been home since his visit to Cornelia, and now the alarmed relatives were anxious to get all the information they could regarding the interview be¬ tween Orville and Cornelia. “I had reason to be angry, Mrs Spear,” said Cornelia, proudly; “good reason, and I took off my ring and gave it back and went out of the room. I don’t know when he went or where. I —I thought he wouldn’t mind so much. I believed he had stopped caring about me.” “He ought to now, at all events,” said grandma “My boy is dead, I’m sure. I shall have the pond dragged!” said Mrs. Spear, amidst her tears, “He left all his money at borne. He wouldn’t have gone traveling without a change o clothes. Oh, you wicked girl ?” “I hope,” cried the eldest Miss Spear, “that he’ll haunt vou 1" “I could kill you, you hateful thing !’’ now; but when her two friends turned upon her thus, she gave a little scream, and fell over on the sofa. She was in a dead swoon, and the water they sprin kled in her face did not bring her to. Grandma grew frightened. “I hope it isn’t an attack of heart dis ease ” she said. “Poor child ! she looks as if’ she were dead ” “Oh, don’t say that!” cried th mother. They gathered around Cornelia ar did all they could for her, and soon si recovered and sat up, but all her prit’ was gone, dear!” she sobbed, “Oh, dear! oh, “I wish I had died! I wish I had never eome to! Oh, Orville ! Orville! what has become of you ?” “Oh ! oh !” moaned the mother. “Oh ! oh!" moaned the sisters. And Cornelia’s head fell back again. “Emma, get the lavender out of the china-closet," said grandma to her daughter. “Quick! It’s on the corner shelf!” Mrs. Rashleigh rushed to the closet, “locks as it shuts. Here u the key. And Mrs. Rashleigh flew back to the door, opened it aud uttered a shriek. There on the floor, huddled up under the shelf lay }>oor Orville Spear. He was white and limp - the fl stared at . him . . Cornelia sat and in most awful way. She thought him dead, but the more experienced matron saw that he was yet living, Sally was sent post-haste for the doc¬ tor; and there, in Mrs. Rashleigh’s drawing-room, he found Cornelia and Or¬ ville lying quite unconscious, like Borneo and Juliet in the scene at the tomb, and the rest of the party in a state of bewilderment and terror past description. At last, however, both were conscious and seated in arm-chairs, regarded each other, while the observers kept silence, and Mr. Orville Spear uttered the first words. “Of all confounded fools--” “Who, dear?” asked his mother. “Me,” said Orville, regardless of grammar. “Who shut me in ?” “What were yon in the closet for?” asked grandma, with a guilty con¬ science. “To pick something up that rolled there,” said Orville. “The ring?” asked Cornelia, fran¬ tically. “Yes, the ring,” said Mr. Spear. “More fool I! Some one banged the door to. I shouted and howled and kicked, and no one heard me.” “Oh, oh, oh, oh I” shrieked Cornelia. “I believe you hid there to kill me, for no other purpose than out of revenge.” “You banged the door on me,” said Mr. Spear. “A jealous woman would do anything,” “I banged the door, Orville!” said old Mrs. Rashleigh. "I! You’d left everything flying. I just pushed it as I passed, and you ought to bless your stars that yon are alive, for people don’t go into the drawing-room, sometimes for a fortnight in this small family. We use the parlor much more, and I am deaf, and so is old Hepsiba, and yon might have died there. Yes, and you’d have killed him, Cornelia,” added the old lady, “throwing his pretty diamond ring on the floor I” . “Oh!” moaned Cornelia. “Oh!” “It wasn’t her fault. I was a con founded fool all through !” cried Orville. “I knew that closet had a spring-lock. No; don’t blame Cornelia." “I shall always blame myself f” sighed Cornelia. “Oh, how pale yon axe!” "And how pale you are, Cornelia!’ sighed Orville. “Bid you really care when you thought I was dead ?” “Ladies,” said Grandma Rashleigh, “now that Orville is getting on, let us go mto the otner room and leave these two young folks to talk things over to¬ gether.” She led the way; the others followed. When the tea-bell rang Boon after, Orville and Cornelia came out of the drawing-room arm-in-arm, and the wed¬ ding-day was fixed. A Battle field. lading »• —»' was visited *1 r by a ue correspondent 01 “ of the Gall > °L Peo ” a ’ 1 ’ that fanners still gather , lead and iron in the field, and that one merchant shipped over three thousand pounds of old bnl lets ^ ^ ^fhe other day a child iormd a shell that exploded after it had been bnned twenty-one years. Of the 3,500 soldiers whose remains lie in the cemetery, 2,361 were unrecognized. Two large iron cannons serve as columns at the gate of the cemetery. The grave nearest them is that of the “Drummer Boy of Shiloh.” Albert Sidney John son died under a large tree that stood near by; but of the tree there is only the stomp remaining, and the spot is marked by a young evergreen. Very Charitable. —A lady in one of the flourishing towns of Vermont had been in New York, and ou her return was describing to her husband the chief features of the metropolitan life which rad impressed thems6iv«i np^he* “which more good than ottr j ar£e cities. On nearly all ‘ frequent intervals, I etjg ^ Terj . reading, ‘Free • g ver the doors - I could not help 1 ,— . Free Lunch.’ th inklne as I walked along, what a blessed work the relief societies in Ned , _ ^ ,♦ Tor are a NUMBER 52. H H OO Fistula, Fisure and Rectal Ulcers, Dr. Taber, NO. S2 DECATUR STEET, ATLANTA, GA., MAKS A SPECIALTY OF THESE DISEASES. And has cured cases of forty years' standing. Cure guaranteed. If I fail to cure vou of Piles I will, return your money- Address, enclosing stamp, F. F. TABER, P. 0- Box 262, Atlanta,Ga. 1 % & J V M S' .4 'SPILLS MAKE NEW RICH BLOOD, And will completely change the blood in the entire system in three months. Any per¬ son who will take 1 Pill each night from 1 to IS weeks, may be restored to sound health, if such a thing be possible. For curing Female Complaints these Pills have no equal. Physicians use them in their practice. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for 5J5 ets. in stamps. ’ Send for pamphlet. I. S. JOHNSON & CO., BOSTON, MASS. JOHNSON’S CROUP, ANODYNE ASTHMA, LINIMENT BRONCHITIS. will instan¬ taneously relieve these terrible diseases, and will positively cure nine cases out of ten. Information that will sava many Prevention lives is sent better iVee than by mail. Don’t delay a moment. cure. JOHNSON’S ANODYNE LINIMENT Spine and Lame Back. Sold everywhere. Send for pamphlet to I. S. Johnson & (Jo., Boston, Mass. Horse It is a and well-known Cattle I’owder fact that sold most in of tills the R I M A If faff ig ffjf 11 ■■ ■«, BrI A B VL B AR JB wf aim SJgfll ffS HR I h BB country is worthless; that Sheridan's Iltlia KM BvB J® LH ■ I will make hens lay like Sheridan’s Condition Powder. Dose, ono teaspoonful to each pint food. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for 25 cts. in stamps. I. S. Johnson & Co., Boston, Mass. I S. D A NIE L L, DEALER IN MACHINERY* FERTILIZERS ETC. HEAD l HIS LOOK CLOSELY, Steam Engines, Sells thecelebra Colton Presses, - IS THE - ted Bird&all, and Saw Mills, Syrup A Aultman Taylor Mills, Threshes, caiTp? Engines,^the Van* Cotton Gins, and MSBHRpNHBHI Winklp, Winship Portable Corn K and Gullett Cot¬ Mills, Beltings etc. all ^ Best ton Gins. Condensers The and in fact for and any kind of and the very Fin¬ machinery that is **«**--*•< V- ML. / I 1 WF J est Threshes sold wanted. \V hen IMPROVED TRACTION ENGINE in the South. A you want machin** With or without Reversing Rear. 10,18 and 16 large supply of the ery don’t fail to RUSSELL Home Power. Built Massillon, by 0. Perry Boyce Read call on nim. & CO., ea, the best made Also agent for the famous Aultraan & Taylor Machinery. You can sava money by calling on rne. »/ 8 . I) AN TELL. JOHN NEAL AND COffiPANY J -WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS IN y m m s&f •Sr ,1 w w ■J 1 is 'up JBf L NOS. 7 and 9 SOUTH BROAD STREET ATLANTA, GA. :o: Special inducements offei’ed to DEALERS and others in all grades of Fur¬ niture. A share of the patronage of Rockdale and adjoining counties ernestly solicited. Be sure and give us a trial before making your purchases. NEW AND BEAUTIFUL VASES. CHINA. DINNER AND TEA SETS, Ka@ entlery, Toilet Sits, eiustous. FORKS, SPOONS. HALL AND LIBRARY LAMPS -The Cheapest Goods in the South at * McBride’s China Palace, ATLANTA, GA. Merchants remember that the saving on freight 011 Crockery, Glassware, Show Cases, * Woodware, Tinware, etc., bought from McBride & Co-, is a good profit. McBRIDE & CO. T7 l-L. “i P. GUESS & CO, : --- MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN j^Han & Rutland Marble Monuments BOX TOOT STORMS. Y <?- V 00J & Matallic Caskets AND CASES, m Sizes and Prices furnished on short notice by H. P. GUESS & fo Church Street, Stone Mountain, Ga.