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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1895)
ARP’S LETTER. softens IN HIS CRITICISMS OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, And Gives Them Credit for Their Eru dition and Good Intentions. rwo weeks ago I indulged English in some humor at v,e ot England and people, I t i '^ being sarcastic, for I have iv.l ii’J e plaoeThe'Englkh tot are Siform ancesters and the solidity and stability of Saoub* of government sometimes make* T h r^n iYph^d“e theTamilvToO mo? veaw y Jo and but the Chat and many other noble men were our * we have t e ^duftodFy the and foremost Christian nation civilize in'the spread ion in I Chris ian.’ty Progressive beathen countries. as we are in «•t ® sssr js 5aru«as&a; and Gray and Byron and j 30n &n d Cowpt-r host of Charles Lamb and a others. Then there was Newton a ? d and* “d Hannah'Moore. of England A man is who unread would idiot— make mttton sport an f ky, if I was an English subject I would stand «Mence°fo“her a if for ^Imhing elsi^I re member wel! when the crown was placed upon k sr ke&(l in lS37,and when she was married in Sp?e fjople. d oF lovf anTvircue and tolLatfou to Englishman who says he has been living inour country for many years writei to me and iTabout EnUand! <! HF sFyJihat a'‘Son' should not be stamped as ignorant if nineteen oatof twenty had never heard of Atlanta. The StverXgue, pvFfesB-nf (hey eve^reTiglo^and do know ou«btto be ex cused if not the location of American towns from which your protective tariff excludes our goods.” He SF *f e fo? a ^ng manly word w»mmendahou land or anything English and am sorry that ;on of all men should join the crowd of howl ' ers. comfc over cease teaching your children those bloody shirt tales of t lie r. volution. I was ignorant olthe went and real saw k»t«« the play of of Bunkers ine ratriots. mi until I had I toys read that the British technically won that battle, but when at the theater I saw six British soldiers overcome by the emire corps ballet, I understood why they put a monument on the hill. I have always supposed that all SfrZlhermFVsmamYlrWghG^orgi^ X right about that but I am not sure that am Lef us all mutually correct our errors.” nelfinhfded^"yThrnf'buta “joke their on Englishmen when I wrote about ignor nice about Atlanta and Grady and the Liberty Bell and Booker Washington, all of which was taken fiom (he London Daily Views, but it aV&S&tXZIZ&L'SS an Englishman can’t take a joke. He savs j that world they and are that the Americans most serious the people jocular; in the ar ■ most I that no American humorists re appreciated over there at all except Bret Harte, and that iteven strains an Englishman to understand lark Twain n jokes. He as ed one of Vst read men if he did not like Mark Twain’s is,i stejv of the jumping anything frog an l he said: “Well, Ktsir.tiirjsrfuth.'ss don’t see funny in it and if I ja ■ml, B.- TW. retu Ind, me of Ouw Uepew who, while crossing the Atlantic With an Englishman, told him all sorts of funny stones and not being able to provoke a smile IteShm«L“ni* laid: “Well, I don’t believe vou could see a the Englishman still looked l n fou ’ rt,h a gun -i” G serious, and , said: Un you shoot job scut of a gun?’ We had one over hero two years ago who did Itourse lot belli ve it possible for a negro to steal. In of time his man servant stole his pants Imd shirt and some socks, and was arrested lind fete the things restored. Even then he thought L stole*thenf ll j' n <1 ’^ at B °? ie man kick ■£%. iTSSUt . H. m, IWermined to deiend the darkev. I Itticle A rear or so ago the London Globe had an lion?: about Buffalo Bill, which ran as fol I‘‘The cablegrams announce that Colonel IwF’ •J&^TSSTtStSSi Wll ° ff i 1J ,)e remembered in London, S2S has oav was the friend of a man named Boone, 10 discovered Kentucky. He married the anddaugh-’er of Sitting Bullfrog. He was we the governor of Chicane and at one time m mayor of Arkansaw. He served in the wiedorate army under General Butler, who » gaHtetly defended New Orleans against ■stierai Longstreet. He introduced a bill in I mgreBsfot the relief of the citizens of Buffalo, 1 Ik,.3 g0 ‘ h l B n:ime of Buffalo Bill. He I LvTw or Old i]™ amic Monthly, Louis, and finds time to write which is edited by nan ms T‘ Unc!e Tom ’ 8 Cabitl . »- gentle j te'chM” 6 famous b y his negro dialect Well’ iroolYTf Amerlcai , . ould believe that ’s a ' 8 w islishnkJ q i« i papers * never lf we joke. lild not The know Times that thun- the to4onP„^i° Ht«^ exhUin^X kee ver - y,S°od. T |ie caricatures but the wit of that the St|,„ 1 Y® an 3 ? 18 humor, horrid. but Tom his Hood •te foon f.n ed a a ior maga of patronage. He s sf nt to a seminary, and there Wsh „;l° JY" nlv t le P an ° int education, 0f the but until the *”a C lai i , '- pun L|j{ n p W riimn na\M that climate he fo has f Non mTn ?£ ^ s ? am\ Therl/sadou v l°over‘the N ^'-Americ, that keens rybodyTrie? it from sparkPug But “Bred s mnnbtr ev- of bis m jot;. He .... .'ties of 'hemselves pupi ! s to write brief l>cnlar. On© and all but three ‘hi, said: “Mr father is a rtiy mother jg a widow with nine lit al | children, and I am their onlv sun tbl % ROI5f ' r so la En^nshman would do^ tbj Z ;hre» I: or f b nr Gmes and American say ‘T ; b «‘V yR <V’ hut wit an My would ikirtpd poor - little t»ps Ve rt ® otbe f while in the bed and 'Vri, ,.p ’! qile ll s I 0e, 0P he-mother said: ' tB ii.J"," f k,ck me again I will k i Wimm,i S i. ea spa; a C aln anfl sLer the spank h n L.f^ ,tol k y- “What are you laugh tr-.-S’W a: 5’> mother. “Cos you panked iaIrsl' AmeriL n W l Umor 8lie ‘' That hidirenons. is a fair naive exam- 1 jsSSSiS; vo ’ " ,eh ‘ *«“ •E irlitS Ter - * n ‘T i !^atanda t4ve S: A ? c ' r,Aan8 saving tlmt aDd 88 ‘ hey ttat.st ” tiie y &re - an I if they have Hottr? 8011 8rts '’ K0 ~ 1 chipj don’t like our jin ~~ bulldozers our °n the hat. I » 0 K “ n ,r and I do like lilnglle'h. {fiend will cjulet rlotvn and be at peace. He has been living with ns Jon<; enough to tal^eonv jukes. It iB perfectly natural that the English maps should not have Atlanta on theni. especially as it is so far from Canada atnl \ en< znela. Onr people know more about England than the English d 0 about us Our number, visit Scotland and England in' great English every year, and our young folks have to better study hiBtory and are well posted, than the average English youth, Mr. Depew gays he visited Stratford and asked a native what Mr. Shakespeare did that made so something. many people come there. And he said he wrote -‘What did he write?” “I think ” said he, “it was the Bible.” But. nevertheless, that that ShakespeSF'didem® Irite ttelSwOta* it was King James of blessed memory, unt rsnail nut r>n: in. Ul Kiiowu fIi. iul any Yauta cStimttaT I,eace - BlLL Akp ’ in At ‘ .____ BLOWN TO ATOMS. -- Four ^ Men K1Iled b y a Explo sion. By an explosion of powder and dy na mite killed Friday afternoon, four men were and at Big Creek Gap, a mile a half north of Lafolette, Camp be ”-w, *»• -c our other men are missing, and their bodies are being searched for in mass of earth and rock that was dlsl °dged by the explosion. The accident occurred on the works of the Lafolette railroad near Lafol ? tte ’ ^ here a new road is bein g P ro ' jected from there to Jellico. A large force of men were at work blasting for R CUt - Three ke § 8 °J P« wder bad been placed , m a sixteen-foot hole, and four sticks of dynamite were added to the deadly charge. A fuse was attached to the powder and lighted, and the ra&E ran from the place to a safe dis tance to await the result. They waited io ^l ™™tes and the charge failed to g° off - The men were then ordered back into the hole by the foreman to readjust the fuse. Thev obeyed the order > a11 bein S apparently satisfied that the fire had become extinct. Just as they re-eutered the hole, ■» curred, and the earth and stone for many yards around were dislodged and thrown into a conglomerate mass with f v remains oi i ? the unfortunate . • ^ vie tims. FOPULISTS MAKING READY. --- Meetl “* Called lor Purpose oi Se lecting a Convention City. Chairman Taubeneck, of the nation al committee of the people’s party, ^as at lerre Haute, Ind., Saturday, and, with Treasurer Rauklin, author i ze d the publication of the following ... “A* the direction of the executive committee of the national committee ot f noonlp’s people s party, rmrtv we we herobv Hereby call call & Ox tile national comniltte© to be held at the Lindell hotel, in St. Louis, January 17, 1896, at 10 o’clock a - to 10 fix the time ”™ e and ana place rdaco for ior holding the national convention and to transact other business. It iB de «»»«. >h.t we h«.. f .u tion »nd kindly require nil to be pree ent. No one Will be permitted to act „„ 0,8 wnT pr0Xy „ ■without, w m u nrormr P ro P er credentials oreaenuais in in writing. “?■ 3 TAtJBENECK, Chairman. “J, E. Tubnbb, Secretary. .<□ Y t McPabtlix Y Y Secretarv W “M. „ C. EaXKLIN, Treasurer. -------- BLAMES NO ONE. ___ Coroner’s Verdict in Regard to the r*X»t Horror In ClevrUnd. The coroner at Cleveland, O., has rGndered il S verc(1 ( ; t; t in n t) lP viaduct disaster. He r fails „ , to ^ fiud suf fieient evidence of an act committed or omitted on the part of any person •»>««!“,.“? i" .?‘ ,,dine “7 “S 6 criminally liable for tile accident. , He concludes that the seventeen victims of the disaster came to their death ns a result ,, of „ injuries . . sustained „ • , . i or __ trom drowning in the river ----------- ATLANTA MARKETS. COBKECTED WEEKLY. Groceries. Roseted coffee 2I.fi) St 100 It) cases. Green ---- -Choice 21o: fair ll'%c; primo 19c. Sugar¬ Standard granulated 5c; off granulated yellow 4^c. —— New Orlean.-’ white -i%c\ do. Svrup-New Orleans open kettle 25@S0c; mixed 12Vf@20e: sugarhouse 20@35c. Teas—Black ;»@65c: 5%c. green Salt—dairy, i0@50c. sacks, R i $1.35; ce r r H do. ',' af ,, bbla. Y’ choice 70c. Cheese— $2.25;-ice cream 90c; Matches—65s common 50c; a00s Full cream ll@ll%c. $2.75. Soda—Boxes 6c; $I.30@$I.75: 300s 7c; Crackers--Soda Candy—Common 5}fc\ cream stick (linger snaps 8c. W. $1.80;L. 6V; fancy 12@!2K. Ovsters-F. Shot—$1-30. \v. $1.30. Powder—Rifle Flour, Grain and Meal. Flour, first patent, $4.70; second patent $4-25: straight $3.70; fancy $3.60; extra lam ly $3.35. Corn, white 43c; mixed 42c, Oats, white 33c; mixel o • ,,'^ Georgia 75c. Barley, Georgia raised 85c. , No. 1 timothy, large bales $1: small ba eg $1. No. 2 timothy, small bales bran, 9oe. large Mea sacks \ ’ ~- 7oft 43c; bolted 40c. Wheat Stock -mall sacks ~’ n ‘ / Lc. Shorts $1:05. Hulls, iea $6 Cotton Seed W?5c per 100 lbs per ton. Peas. 75c per bu. Grjs Country Produce. Eggs 20@21e. Butter-Western Creamery, o 0 ®22Mc fanev Tenn. 15@t8c, choice 12%. Georgia 4 ’l0(®V2%c, Live poultry—Tur i ieva 3.9,. 12^ •» tt>- hens 25@27 l Zc; Dressed spring 18@20c. _ pouitr^-Tunteys chick ris 22%: ducks ducks L« Tbickeos' 12^@Hc; Irish potatoes— lOtfilS^c. bbh 50a60c # hu. 2SSSS Burba ok $300 '2 50 “$ js?°z cmmbTo « bu &»>■ Hou<-v—Strained ,*s S«8iuc, m the ®12^c- Onions 60c ^ bu; bbla $1.75. Cabbage \V,s2e. Provisions. 6>ic; second quality compound 5/ic. Cotton. 1%. rj0ca i market closed Steady; middling Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report KBE Millionaire Washerwomen. A Russian merchant prince recently died leaving a legacy of 4,000,000 ru bles to his four nieces. But being impressed with the saying that pride goeth before destruction, it was stipulated in the will that before receiving her legacy each niece shall have worked continuously for fifteen months either as chambermaid, wash erwoman or farm servant. The three ?< a» «• •»!•»»•« see that this condition is scrupously respected. therefore The four legatees have gone to work as farm hands and ser vants. But though the conditions are hard, 863 offers of marriage haveal re » d y come in » and seed y noblemen in all directions are ready to put up titles at the lowest market prices. Th f, idea tbo “ iUio ^ ire is . well worth studying. W ben these four legatees come into possession of their fortunes they will know how to sympathize with the poor and humble, for they will have been there them selves. American girls may Bee in these 863 offers of marriage that labor is no dis¬ grace when there is money behind it. But uselessness and utter neglect of contact with “common folks” ought to be in bad repute, whether there is money behind it or not.—Boston Gl»» y ., Repord Rro]ten „ Mr - Justice ... „ Hawkins, i • when , presx dmsf at the trial of a jury case, bore wltfl adl aamlI nirable "ame self-restraint sell restra a long g somewhat irrelevant cross-examx nation. At length he seized a sheet 0 f paper and wrote rapidlv the tollow ing memorandum which "he handed down to one of his friends attheln ner Bar: “Prizes for Patience: Mr. Hawkins, second Job, longo proximus intervalto. —Westminster uazette. 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