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‘Now touch’er off, Jim.”
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Do they miss me at home, do they miss me?
Twould be an assurance most dear,
To know that this moment some loved one
Were saying I wish he were here.
To feel that the group at the fireside
Were thinking of me as I roam,
Oh, yes, ’twould be joy beyond measure
To know that they miss me at home.
When twilight approaches, the season
That ever is sacred to song,
Does some one repeat my name over,
And sigh that 1 tarry so long?
And is there a chord in the music
That’s miss’d when my voice is away,
And a chord in each heart that awaketh
Regret at my wearisome stay ?
Do they set me a chair near the table,
When ev’ning’s home pleasures are nigh,
When the candles are light in the parlor,
And the stars in the calm azure sky?
And when the “good nights” are lepeated,
And all lay them down to their sleep,
Do they think of the absent, and waft me
A whispered “good night” while they weep?
Do they miss me at home—do they miss me
At morning, at noon, or at night,
And lingers one gloomy shade ’round them
That only my presence can light ? v
Are joys less invitingly welcome,
And pleasures less hale than before,
Because one is miss’d from the circle,
Because I am with them no more ?
The reduction of fares which was
made by the Western & Atlantic Rail
road company has proved to be a marked
success. Before we are a month
older we will be able to give our read
ers some figures which will be astonish
ing to railroad men as well as the gen
eral public. These figures prove beyond
all question that the managers of the
W. & A. R. R. knew what they were
doing when they reduced its passen
ger fares, and that not only has north
Georgia and east Tennessee been bene
fitted, but the revenues of the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad have been in
creased.
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“ Haw-haw-haw! ”
HOW THEY CELEBRATED
The Fourth of July.
This is one of the days when young
America and old America and Mrs.
America all consider that they have
the right to cut up an extra shine.
Some say that on this day in fact
America celebrates her Saturnalia.
If the small boy gets boistrous he
is not spanked unless he gets entirely
too boistrous; if two ladies get to talk
ing they are not considered as dis
turbing the rest of the boarding-house
unless they talk entirely too loudly;
if a man gets gentlemanly tipsy it is
not considered on this day that the
policeman has the right to catch him
by the coat collar apd put him in lim
bo unless he gets altogether too hila
riously and rowdyishly tipsy.
Firecrackers are considered a per
fectly harmless source’ of amusement
even if an urchin some years ago did
throw one into a pile of shavings in
Portland, Maine, and start a confla
gration which burned down about
one-fourth of the entire city. The
firecracker, it is well known, has a
mission to perform; but how are you
going to have a mission performed
unless you have a missionary to per
form it, and just here young America
comes in and takes the firecracker for
his text.
He generally goes out to do his
missionary work with the cats and
dogs, and if he gets in his work by
tying a firecracker or, what is better,
several firecrackers to the tail of the
house cat and then touches them off,
he considers within the next minute
or two that he has done his whole
OUR “FOURTH OF JULY” NUMBER.
ATLANTA, CA., JULY 4, 1888.
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“ Head’er off from the haystack! ”
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
duty in the premises; and if he has
not covered the entire premises the
house cat will within the next few min
utes ; that is, as long as the firecrack
ers last.
We remember the first time we
tried this, poor Pussy, after circling
around the garden fence and making
two or three efforts to climb it, but each
time being brought down by the, “go
ing-off’” of a firecracker, at last ran
like a flash under the house, and, as
the explosion of the firecrackers was
heard under the floor among the in
flammable trash, the old folks took a
hand in the affair in a manner which
came very near bringing on a collision
which would have been a catastrophe to
the boys. Finding, however, that
nothing got on fire under the house,
they quieted down, with the double
command not to tie any more fire
crackers to the cat’s tail and not to be
guilty of any thing at any time which
would be productive of danger. This
command we obeyed in good faith, —
whenever we thought there was no
danger of the old folks catching up
with us if we departed from it.
Well, the waving of American
flags, the firing of cannon, the playing
of brass bands, the explosion of large
firecrackers and small ones, the gath
ering together of thousands of excur
sionists who come in over the Western
& Atlantic and other railroads, the
shooting of skyrockets and Roman
candles at night,—and, by the way,
we must not forget to add, the sale of
red lemonade, —all combine to make
this what Thomas Jefferson, on his
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death-bed termed it, “A great and
glorious day.” -
We hope that it will always con
tinue to be a great and glorious day,
and that the rest of Thomas Jefferson’s
dying words may be fulfilled in that
with it we will have “independence
forever and we are satisfied that if
our readers will travel over the Wes
tern & Atlantic Railroad they will
come as near perfect enjoyment dur
ing the other days as well as the
Fourth of July as can be allotted to the
average mortal.
“Come up to Marietta and spend the
summer.” This is what the proprie
tors of the Whitlock House in that
most beautiful of cities say to those
who are sweltering in the heat in south
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, etc. We
have stopped at the Whitlock House,
and can bear cheerful testimony to the
fact that there is not a more charming
resort anywhere in the south than this
gem hotel in the “Gem City.” The
rooms are large and airy, the table
fare is exceptionably good, and the
attention to guests is marked by polite
ness and considerate courtesy. This is
not an advertisment; but is a sponta
neous tribute to its excellence on our
part.
“I don’t think much of the scenery
in this part of the country,” said' a
western man on a W. &A. train bound
north. “Give me a prairie every
time.” “What’s the matter, wlththe
scenery in this part of the .CQWtfry f
asked a fellow passenger .“Rgosb,
you can’t see any. Them dinged hills
and mountains are in the way? *
NO. 13.