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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION:
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GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1881.
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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
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RURAL PHILOSOPHY.
To Subscribers.
In changing four paper be sure al*
■ways to write the name of the office jou
want the paper changed from.
Timerr-iwo circuses are engaged in dis
tribniing peppermint candy throughout
the length and breadth of this broad land.
Bona of the papers are finding ont that
O’Donovan-Rojaa is very small potatoes.
A sort of yam-yam as the girls would say,
Taa development boom In Georgia Is at
tracting the attention of a sympathetic na
lion, to to speak. Even the Chicago editors
are disposed to regard it with a lenient
eye- ,
Aa Atlanta lady dreamed that she saw
boose painted green, with yellow window
blinds and red doors. Her unfeeling bus
band says that all this is a mere pigment of
the brain.
Taa mayor of Philadelphia propones that
the colored policemen shall have a full vote
and a free ballot. He is right. Let the
good work go on until the whole north is
brought to a realising sense of its duty.
Editor HAt-vtasn says that "few persons
"in the world are capable of telling a
"straightforward story.’’ This is probably
true, but there are thousands of politicians
in Ohio who can tell a He withontwinking.
Tnaaa it a good deal more crime than
hemp in Georgia Our murderers are get
ting to be as loose in their morels and as
reckless aa their brethren at the north. It
is about time for the grand juries to put the
machinery of justice in motion.
With Miss Emma Jane Abbott in pos-
session of a new kiss end a copyrighted
stage ling, and Miss Lotta Crabtree rehears
ing an original kick, there seems to be nc
end to our dramatic possibilities. The sea
son opens in a very encouraging manner.
Those who may be annoyed by anony-
mons postal cards may now have relief.
The postmaster general has concluded to
issue an order authorising postmasters,
upon the receipt of written requests, to
destroy all postal cards of an ahnsive or
scurrilous character.
Sows of our exchanges are protesting be
cause the New Haven Register says a well
known prims donna la getting old. We
are impartial. But it is fair to say that if
the p. d. in question is a day over nine
teen she is certainly growing old. Nine
teen is a youthful age, and that is the
reason Mias Mamie Anderson is only nine
teen.
Ws observe of late a tendency on the
part of some of the little paragraphs that
appear in Ibis column to find their way
into the boaonia of aoroe of oar moat dis.
tlngulahed exchanges, where they modestly
take their places among the original mat
ter. This fact nerves ns to undertake
higher deeds of derringdo. In othir words
we shall not hesitate to write something
really wicked.
The trial of those supposed to be con
HOC ted with the death of Jennie Cramer
will proceed after awhile, but, at last ac
counts, her parents had not been arrested.
Indeed, there is no law in an utterly free
republic like ours to compel parents to look
after their gills and keep them out of bad
company. A little exercise of parental au
thority now and then would save a great
deal of trouble and sorrow in this wor.d.
Tax young man who stood under his
swsetheart'a window one night recently
and snug: "Huck-would I with thee ever,
“Hick-ween of my loving heart,’’ was sur
prised to receive a shovel lull of hot ashes
by the ensuing mall. He went home by a
neighboring street, and citisens who heard
him turned over in bed and dreamed of
dogs with tin cans tied to their tails. It
would appear from this that the current
adulterations of lager beer are not good for
the voice.
Tire farmers of Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina and even in some sec
tions of Georgia now have an opportu
nity to make a little pocket money by
gathering sumac leaves. The season is
from Jane to the middle of September.
The plant is cut off at the root so it will
sprout again and the leaves are dried
under cover. The product now amounts
to eleven hundred tons, and four thou
sand, five hundred tons imported. The
■value of the imported article in 1SS0
was $202,434.
News comes from San Antonio, Texas,
to the effect that Lieutenant Ossian Flip
per, the first colored graduate of West
Point, has been arrested for misappro
priating about $1,004 of government
lands. Flipper has many friends in
Atlanta who will regret to hear this. It
is a pity that, after passing the ordeal of
West Point and so conducting himself as
to enlist the sympathy of a great many
people not republicans, he should disgrace
himself in this style. It is to be hoped
the report is not true.
The American export of grain last
year waa about ’J61,0tt),000 bushels. It
is estimated and generally conceded that
there will be a shortage of 200,000,000
bushels of wheat and com this year,
equal to the balk of last year's exports.
If this is true, the railroads which are
now endeavoring to cut each other’s
throats will continue to bid for a limited
business. The Chicago Tribune says it
was this prospect that started the rail
road war, and there are no indications of
a compromise. The Tribune adds that
if a compromise were to be made it
would fail to hold in the face of a ma
terially diminished business.
Ge.nxral Hancock has a rose-colored
opinion of the character and ability of
Vice-President Arthur. The general
Bays that the vice-president is a patriotic
mid high-minded gentleman, and, if he
is called to occupy the white house, will
discharge his dnties with an eye single
to benefiting the entire conntry. For
the sake of the country, we trust that
General Hancock is right. We hsve
already expressed the belief that the
vioe-president will endeavor to meet the
expectations of what he knows to be the
overwhelming public sentiment of the
conntry; at the same time, we fear that he
may be compelled by the pressure of old
associations to choose between personal
and political obligations on the one hand
and his duty to the people on the other.
received with general regret throughout t bj, fcji be equal to the demand,
the state. Colonel Thweatt waa one of Those who wish carp in thedall should
the landmarks of Georgia politics, and ml fce their applications at an early day
bis circle of acquaintances was probably or( j er that an idea may be formed of
aa large aa that of any man in the state. tht . aggregate demand. The supply most
He was for many years the comptroller I come from the United States com mis-
general of the state; indeed, he Lj one r, Hon. Spencer F. Baird, Washing-
may be said to have created 1 to n, I>. C.,. who will desire to know early
the office. At his suggestion the | j Q the fall the demand in the different
office-was enlarged and the dnties of the Lute*. Those who contemplate con-
comptroller increased until the depart- felruc ti ng ponds can be supplied with in-
ment reached its present prominence. 1 s tractions from the agricultural depart-
The reports of Colonel ThweaU are mod- ment on ^nest. The fact that the carp
els in their way—monuments of his fidel- Bpuwn in Georgia one year younger than
ity, industry and sagacity. He served at -Vaahingion, D. C„ has stimulated the
M state with a devotion that was moat intere8t already excited in their culture,
intense, and his patriotism wan of an I, (the aTp do ^ „ well in Jntuie „
ideal kind. There is something of the ^ have their value as an ac-
pathoe of a tragedy in the circumstances qo -„ ition t0 th e food gopply 0 f the state
connected with Colonel Thweatt’s death. wU , ^ difficult to estimate.
He had a claim against the state which I .
be bad been vigorously pushing for sev- Tax official majority in North Carolina
end years. Of the merits of that claim, against prohibition is one hundred and
it is sufficient to say that some of the best I sixteen thousand one hundred and fifty-
legal minds of the Btate regarded it as six. The prohibitionists carried only
founded In equity. It went from the I three counties in the state, and the ma-
iegislature to the courts, and was there I jorities in the three counties aggregate
decided adversely. There is no doubt I only two hundred and fifty-eight. It is
that Colonel Thweatt considered himself estimated that a majority of over thirty
the victim of a great wrong, and his I thousand of white voters was given
health gradually failed after the adverse I against prohibition.
decision of the supreme court. He was I UNCLE REMUS,
firm in bis integrity, pure in his life, and
loyal to his friends. Such an epitaph as
might he truthfully written over his
tomb is more to be coveted than mil the
blazonry of fame.
rich governor at last I am. I had rather
I see him have a barrel of money than any-
I body, present company excepted. They
I do say that a big pile of surplus cash will
AS IT OOZES FROM THE FEN OF ARP. I make a fool of anybody on short acquaint
ance bat then oar governor has been rich
_ _ . „ . . before and will know how to handle it
Wlo Observes the Vxriern Methods of tio World with becoming dignity. A man told me
A FAITHLESS WIFE
ud BstcItm Thera all in Hie Miad-Ht
Gsafisss Hi net if to the Xiassps of
the Field, era Uenlixia Koch.
confidentially that Bab Toombs was sorter
in a tight—I mean a money tignt— and that
Governor Colquitt waa going to lend him
a few thousand for aula lang syne. I hope
B. A.
A CHEROKEE ROBBERY
I 4th district, Y S Thompson; 5th district. 8 Root;
6tn district, U C Smith: 7th district, W W Pow
ell; 8th district, W T Cheney; 9th district, John
I B Estes.
rrtlnc UI?l> __ „„„„ Secretaries: C H Canon, R A Handay, T W
^*GADS HER HUSBAND TO JEALOUSYa I Dimmock. G A Ramspeck, H M Stevens, John
I W A ** t Jennings.
Aad, Maddeasd by His Wouadsd Caajagil Feel-
iegt, He Murders tbs Guilty Women—The
Trie’, Gmviotion aud the Final
Execution of the Cuckold.
trope in Georgia.
The report of the state department of
agriculture for the quarter ending July I rypin play
Mr. Fox Covcfa ttie «t *i 11m.
•That mast have been a mightj funny song,”
■aid the little boy.
Tun one time aint fun ’n’ex time; some folks
flues fun whar yuther folks fines gri’f. Pig may
laugh w’en he see de rock a heatin’, but dey aint
no fun dar fer de. pig.
•YIt, fun er no fun, dat de song w’at Brer Tar-
de quills:
Written for The Constitution.
A ten weeks drouth is not calculated to
produce much hilarity in a farmer s family,
nevertheless we havent put on mourning I Savor* or Adventure and Bar
it my house. The bottom com is pretty I „ . , _ lBf ‘
good. The barn is fall of hay tbatwes col J**"** a& TTT„.TTi^m’s
aud cured in the early rammer. About | ’“^ eis ml . ’ ...
ten thousand bundles of fodder will soon I *„*****!!? W ° „ * , r ,
be aided lo the .lock of long forage. There . U yoa "• Sen “ tor P ‘* ne ’'? f Ch “-
i. a good lot of oats lo «b. sheaf, aud wheat S‘ Te th , e T
atrawio the rack, and so I reckon we wiU of *-«* C ““ D . .
puil through all right. W. never planted " h "?* lUIfind Senator PayneT raked
any cotton, aud are that *mcn belter off * 4 _.
than oor nabors. They talked about ^Mrs Johraon’s at Wrat End.
making, half crop a ,ew weeks ago. but
now they have got down to a quarter, and I wav toward West End. With but little
their upland corn is burnt up. Already I difficulty the residence of Mrs. Johnson was
there are let, of second ciras mules ^ ^;“^^ndig'est^^m?fe R Ulsd?e
horses seeking purchasers, for the farmers document. After introducing himself the
can’t winter ’em,and nobody wants to buy, I reporter said:
and they will go for a song. I tell you it’s “I *“> h>ld that yon know the particulars
a regular coll.pee, and people bra better -era Cauton. Can you tell
begin to sat their houses in order for hard I ‘ Yes, I can tell you what I know,” said
times. From Richmond to San Antonio, I Mr. Payne, and laying aside his papers, he
from the Ohio river to the gulfit’s general* .^Hickory F1 . t , near Canton,in Cher-
bad—a failure of crops with few excep- I eoonty, there resides an old centleman
tiona. If 1 was a speculator and could find I named Starling Kemp. He is 55 years of
partner who would furnish the money I has resided in that neignberhood
rad take all the risk. I would buy cotton “ ^^d^es^b^i w?o
futures right now, and give him half the I knew him, and by industry and
profits, for the crop won't reach fire million I frugality bad gathered together quite
. . . . . . .... ... ... I amount nf tkic vurliVa ernnda and v
31, is of unusual interest. The average
condition of the cotton crop of the state, |
August 1st, was 81, compared to an aver-1
age crop. A redaction ol this* percent-
I foolee, I foolee, I foolee po' Ba»zud;
l*o’ Bazzaed I foolee, I foolee I foolee.’
“Nobody dunner wbar de quills come fum,
ksze Brer Tzrrypln, he mint makln’ no brags how
he git am; jit ev’ybody want urn on account er
age may be expected within the present derp uj lu’sech. Ioneromechune,ra ole Brer Fox
month, as the effecta of the July drouth I he want it woss’u all He beg en he beg Brer
were not fully manifested when the re- I Tarrypln fer ter sea ’lm dem quills, but Brer Tsr-
ports on which these remarks are based I ^pln. be hoi* on Vam'
r . A ... . , he ax Brer Tsrrypin fer ter loan urn t’um deaa
were made. The caterpillars are reported I weck fiohekin pl * y IeT hiM Chilians, but Brer
in some of the counties of southwest I Tarry pin, he shake his lead en put his foot down
Georgia in considerable numbers. In I en keep on playin’:
north Georgia the aversgo is 80; in mid-
die Georgia, <8, in southwest Georgia,! "But Brer Fox, he aint got no peace er min'
85; in east Georgia, 72, and in southeast I account er dem quills, en one day he meet Brer
Georgia 92. The commissioner says that I Tarry pin, en he ax ’lm how he soem ter segaahu-
expensive credit has been indulged into «*!« ^* , ‘ mblyen **' hu ch “ la '“^' a dea
such an extent by cotton planters this I he an dtx at d 0 qB iiis,
year that serious fears are entertained as I ksze he got some goose-fedders at his boose, en ef
to the consequences to result next fall I he kin de* get a glimpse er Brer Tarrypln quills,
both to planters and merchants. Cotton ““ era.
, r ... I “Brer Tarrypln. he study ’bout d Is, but he hate
culture on the terms on which supplies xcr’nyan*a favon like dat, en bimeby he hoi’
have been purchased this year, is only a I out dem quills whar Brer Fox kin sue em. Wid
deception and a snare. I dat. Brer Fox. he tuck’n* Juk de quills outter
The corn crop of the state has been se- Brer T.rryplnkra’Mdia.ra Jral.oir Arerah.ro
, . . f , , . . I ez he kin go. Brer Tarrypln. he holler, en holler
nousiy injured by drouth, and to some I al - im d(X \ oud & j, e ki n holler, but he know he
extent by insects. In many localities, I can’t ketch ’lm, en he de* sot dar. Brer Tarrypln
upland corn is almost a total failure, I did, en look like he done loa’ all de kin-folks w’i
while in limited localities in every section I be * ot 111 de , R an ’ ? orT '? '
. , , , ., ... _ I “Atter dU, Brer Fox he strut ’ronn’ enplay
of the sUte the crop is remarkably fine, bigglty, en ere’y time he meet Brer Tar-
The rains have been unusually partial, I rypin in de road he walk all ’roun’ ’lm en play
aud in some localities the drouth has I oa de quill* like dis:
been distressing. It is not thought now ’’
that more than three fourths of a crop of I .. Brer Tarrypln, he feel mighty bad, but he aint
corn can be gathered. The prospect for sayln’ nothin’. Las’, one day w’Uesole BrerTsr
the state, compared to an average crop, I rypiu wuz ■ elUn ’ on • lo *s fcUnnin ’ hlae, f*
is only 78. Rains occurred in many parts c ? me lir ** b ^.* 1 ^ r ° Tar .
* a » • .V 1 . . , V, chunc on de quills, but Brer Tar-
of the state during the last week in July, rypl0t he gtay slilL Brer Fox he come up
but there are yet considerable areas 1 ma« nigbtr cn play, but prer Tarrypln, he keep
which have been dry since April. The I hisey«*bhot en he «uy still. Brer Fox, he com<
averages in the five sections of the state °“ ae _ l0 * :
. „ .. -- . „ sajin nolhiu’. Brer Fox stiU git up nigher et
areas follows, viz: North Georgia,81; l UsyonthoqulUs . rtmBrexT „ OTin rai’trajUi’
middle Georgia, 76; Boutuwest Georgia, ootbiu’.
83; east Georgia, 68,and southeast Geor- •• -Brer T,rrypln mighty doepydi, mawnlu’,
go 1 hi Brer Fox, sezee.
. “SUU Brer Tarrypln keep Us eye, shot ra rtay
The partial failure of the corn crop in stul , Brer Fox keep on gittoo nlgher en nlgher,
1880 together with the short crop of I urelUaMt; Brer Tuiypio open huere, »
small grain, followed by an unusually “Ottf hole, on ho make a grab at Brer Fox
severe winter, created the necessity for OD ,, «ciaimod oncio Btmra,
large importations of forage and grain I re#poUfe ^ ^ expression of Intense dlsappolnt-
this year. O win z to the continued rains me nt in the child’* face. “You des wait a mlnlt*
during the fall of 1880, a limited area was I Nex’ mawnlu’. Brer Tarrypic ake hiase’f off
anurn in wl.nat and fall nntn Thia uppm. waller In a mud-hole, en smear hla*e’i wid mud
sown in wtieat and fall oats. Ihis neces- ^ he look dea . zick ] y u ke a c iod er dirt. Den
sitated large spring seeding of oats— ^ crawl ott en lay down un’tecd a log whar he
indeed, mnch of the wheat crop was I know Brer Fox come ere’y mawnin’ fer ter fresh-
sown in January and February. The I en hims’i.
spring sown oats were materially injured " >Br ^ TA ^ yplQ ,Jf y d “* c ^ r ^_ F TZJ*
U af 1 .L • nr v / J 1 come Brer Fox. Time he git dar, Brer Fox gun
by the drouth in May, and wheat suf- ler Up b^eida en forrerds ’cro«
fered from rust. The prospect, therefore, log, cn Brer Tarrypln he crops
for a home supply of grain and forage is nlgher cn nlgher, twel bimeby
at present meagre. It is not howevor-
. , 4 . ... , n I Dey tells me,” continued Uncle Remus, robbing
too late to supplement the corn and small Li/hrad, together In token ot great mtirfactlon
grain crops by liberal seeding, in the —-dey tell, me d,t w’en Brer Tarrypln ketch
early fall, of oats, rye and barley, to sup- I holt, bit got ter ttranner ’to’ he let go. Alt'
ply green forage during the winter and kn “"’,?, rer J^ pln Bre !. r ?^_^f ’ll‘^’1,
. . ,, , I behnt’lmdra,Brer Fox. he jump enherar,
early sprtag.andhay and grain next sum- bu , Bre . T ,„ spla doao ^t’tm. Brer Fox.
mer. Farmers, are therefore urged by the I holler oat:
commissioner to plant turnips, oats, rye “ ’Brer Terrapin, plerae lemma go!’
and barley, in more than usually liberal I "BrcrT.rrjpln talk war down in hia th’oat:
bushel belore January. Every farmer I ^tanoei. "S^aud his"wife had raised quite
ought to sow some rye or barley right I a family. Some time last spring Seaborn
away, an acre or two or a half acre anyhow I P Jackson, another old citizen of Chero-
for earl, epring forage. Sow plenty of oals is o ) n0 ™e ? raraty^
for a later supply. Plow deep, manure I aa( j W ^ Q ^ at i confidence ot all who knew
nchly and use the_ harrow. Sowsome grass him applied to Mr. Kemp for board and
or clover seed with the oats. I-et the far- I WBa BC commodared. Soon after going to
mere in upper Georgia compost all their | Mf Kem „-. to i d Mr. Kemp
cotton seed so they wont have any to plant, and hu w ^ (e Sat he had $1,969 in gold in
and maybe in two years we will gain ail j,;, trur.k and showing them the money
; at we have l<»toy the drought requested them to exercise doe diligence
When I feel blue at home I hunt up the in p ro , Mt j ng j t xhis was soon after
children and go to irohcklng with em. I Mr Jacks-ja went to Mr. Kemp’s to board.
There are children and grundchi.dren all I La3t lSun Jsy t K 0wee ksago Mr. and Mrs.
UP together, rad you can hardly tc.l Kemi) rad Mr. Jackson went to church ’
tother from wh:co, rad they are up to all Fronj - chureh M Jsctson we ot home with
sorts of sport and intschid, and keep Mra. I Mnle ne i gtlbora m dine , while Mr. and
Arpxnastateof maternal anxiety, butthey I y rs> Kemp, accompanied by several ot
love us and we iovethem. Tneykcepus X t lx ; r f r:?n ,ia returned to their home. Late
amuaedrad_ perplexed, for, w. wonderwhat | in the evening Mr. Jackson returned to Mr
quantities, and to devote an area propor
tionate to the size of the farm to grass, if j
soil suitable to its growth is attainable.
September is the proper season for sow- j
ing grass seed.
The oat crop was reduced in area by
the continued rains daring the fall, win
ter and spring, and in yield by the bBt Wi ° Ie ’ ora *"’ * ba hn W ’bom de house,
, ... \f : u - .. . , I she don’t year ’im. Den he call his son w’lch
drouth in May. The yield in the state I m0 Tob& H e holler ea bawl,
compared to an average is, of rust-proof | uuwer.
varieties, 67.2; other varieties, 09.9; fall
sown, 87.4, and spring sown, 6S.2. Not
more than two-thirds of a crop has been
gathered in the state. Commissioner I gitdc boner inr
Henderson says that apart from the ne
cessity of sowing oats to supplement a
short crop of corn and small grain, the | kcchdc'^tonOTinr
fail sown oats are more reliable than
spring sown, especially if the former are
‘Gim’ my quills! 1
* Lem me go en fetch urn.
‘Gim’ my quills!’
’Do pray lemme go git tu
Gim’ my quills!’
Ea. bless gruciou-! dis nil Brer Fox kin
outer Brer Tsrrypin. L*s’t Brer Fox fpotbu’
bid d*t he bleedz ter do sump’] ‘
sing out fer his ole ’Oman fer ter fetch de quills.
Tube! ob, Tobe! You, Tobel’
'W’at you want, daddy?’
'Fetch B:cr Tarrypln quills.’
W’at you say, daddy? Fetch de big tray
■No, you crazy head! Fetch Brer Tarrypln
quills!’
W’at you say daddy? Fetch de dip net
No, you fool! Fetch Brer Tmypla ‘.quills!
W’at you say, daddy? Water done been
Executive t’-ommlttec—Rev a G Thomas, D.D.
r. W P Bond, J C Kimball, Thomas jfooie, R B
Reppard, Rev J C Berrien, John M Green, J M
* ttaway, J J Toon.
Musical Director—Professor R M McIntosh.
The convention unanimously adopted, with
rising vote, the following resolution of thanks:
To the newspapers of Georgia tor their many
courtesies In publishing notices of the Georgia
Special disnatch to The Constitution. ^
Edgefield, S. C , August 26 —Josh I interest manifested by themln its success
I State Sunday-school association and the general
rbountutl h.hptUIiiy.
iLL AROUND U8
WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE DOING.
A WUta Man Kills a Negro in Sumtsr County—
Qalnasvlllo Coming to tbs Exposition—Tha
fisw Telegraph Line to Carrollton—
Fatal Accident In Hegansvllle.
the, will do next for devilment. Tbreeo' Kemp’l wSffien.ig^rewh^irra
bridle and radle“ y she S^k a notira to ^ ““
walk into the stable and then into her stall J” ckso " n ^ his room , buUnstant-
The top of the door jost raked email off I ly discovered that his trank had been
*2 a ^ broken open, the top having been prized
shore they were killed but the fertile soil I od . An examination resulted in discover
S n , nL'Tnn? ln « «h»t the entire sum of money. $1,969
broken. Tney caught the Tom cat and one wa3 mis3mg . A , Mr. Jackson
of ’em took him by the forelegs and had told 8 n0 one but Mr .
another by the hind-legs, and wra M rs. Kemp of the presence of
trying to pu*l him in two, and such j t ] le mon( ,y. i ]e a t once suspected them and
a u ;< to, ing I o® v ® r heard | cau , tH i X he arrest of Mr. Kemp, charging
whra anddeuly the hand holt give way and him with the offense g uch the rep "
ntation °f Mr. Kemp that in a short time
other boy into a -qaall of a different be was ab j e g, g ; ve the required bond. A
kind. I made em a little dam across the f d 0 f u r
branch under the widows for em to bathe had been ^married bat a
m and they wanted to.stay m aU day but fllort ' time Btarted {or gan Francisco, Cal-
Mre. Arp cat down their time to half ra ifornia _ ’ His departure at this par
boor in the shank of ttie evening.. Tl ie ticnlar time aroused tl:e thinking powers
other morning; I, missed em, and so in pe- of D r pu ty-Sheriif Ketchnm, of Cherokee
rasing around I heard em at he bathing count ^. Procuring a trusty colored man
hole rad saw their clothes a little way ou Mr K * lchum gav J him a fine gold walch
S A?n »?ih " nli sent him to ChaUsooogi. where yonng
steal em, carriea em to Mrs. Arp with as K stopping a few days. In com-
”“, Ch K^“ n d' ,y with Sir. Ketchnm’s in,unctions
ried his bloody coat to their father. *‘Mer
cy on me, what shall I do with those chii<
the colored man sought Kemp in Chatta-
cyon me wuntsuau iuo wii.auiosecuu‘1 and tQ h f m soh f the gold
in I | C )l!i m h™nct, rh WiHii 1 m C ^n watch for twenty-five dollars. The money
their death in that branch. Wtiiiam yon d b young Kemp was gold, and this
j ™ tended to confirm suspicion in the
1 * 1 l , d **• So l mind of Mr. Ketchum, who was in Chatta
got half a dozen sizable ones from a peach nooga a j ^ be Thinking young Kemp
tree rad brought em to her, when she gave h ^ !0me cognizance of the robblry, Mr
Ketchum at once arrested him, bat a Search
<ili!, dy ?n,ifailed to reveal any more of the
‘h’ps; *“*J^J**7_ missing money. However, in the pos-
and she broke off about a foot and a half of , f .. ’ « nd
t I h ci!f^ ,e e D m ,, ^h;‘ 1 le” W ,!d t ti »*° tick^to Ban Francisco and
I called cm awhile and it was pitiful I b y a himdred dollars in gold. This money
I ideiitificdra tire prolerty of Mr. Jack
rif. l i le ,'. r 1 VJ. a son, and when asked how he became pos-
jtjts a funeral procession to the hoose. I teased of it, he said that his father gave it
L he ^‘ d ^m hhn Mr KeUhum at onca aSSted
him! A'.lTh^ ..v ir-T. in y cu »g Kemp and his wife, and returned
their clothes in one hand and the svi itch in I witb tbem F to Canton. Soon after
theother. They begged and promised rad reacb i ng canton yonng Kemp—promises of
cried. Nary hek was struck that I heardot f ree dom having been made bythe sheriff-
rad in ten minutes they all had biscuit I ^jj d the sheriff that he knew where the rest
and syrup on the doorstep aud peace and 0 j tbe mone y wa3 secreted—that his father
harmony prevmled. Whai home with- I hadrobb „ d the trunk-and agreed to pilot
° l ir, a ... hi„ him to the place. 'Xhesheriff,accompraied
The other morning my big boy went b Kemp, was soon diligently seaching a
down to get some water melons rad the r * c k-,,n e F nea r old man Kemp’s hoSse.
water melons were gone. Just over in the | q- b8 search resulted in find-
corn field close by was the sign of where U, $1 500 in go id and a
the evenratiDg rascala had cut open and i.,x upon which was engraved the name
gutted about a dozen of the finest ones in ', 8ta gl Kemn The bov auain told
!hf. P nom'n thesKriff thri heather ral mother had
I robbed the trank and placed the money in
1 mkerai 0 rart ar f^ee ‘Be rock ptie, and that they had given
hSt a rat t raf.n I> th!S < s«v! a Jit hinl $300 with which to go to California
■‘Vs soon os these facts became known Mr.
Kemp’S bondsmen at once surrendered him
more than they eat the aggravation is of a j ^ gheriff, by whom he was placed in
very lively character. There is no religion ’ 1
that I know of that will enable a man un- ..\ Vh , t becsmp of thcold lad the
der such circumstances to go back home raan a „ d hb a3ted Uie
with a smile on his face and be calm and ,. w ,, i rea llv don’t know bntmv im-
ro^,“ e KH ! m,^ I Jil'i ft nnnm 0 i r ,orh! y n,i i ,‘rt P"“‘"“'is that the e.ilire quartette i* in
fc M E n *11, home into his mind j ail at canton, where they will remain un-
lu spite of all he can do. when a nabor I f:. tbfi
tells me about the rogues steaiin bis I «* “e trial comes off.
melons I cun give him Christiau advice
about patience and forgiveness and sanctifi
cation and all that, but when they steal
mine it’s a very different thing, bays I to One of tbe Shortest Years Ever Known,
uy boy “them are nigger tracks and they Calhoun, August 27.—Editors Constitution:
will come again.” So that night we agreed The crops In *11 this section are cut very short by
to kill a nigger whether he come or not. | th 0 drouth. I have lately been in Arkansas, and
all the way.
r’ I and Baptist churches for the use of their respect
fully hanged nere to-day. Like most ux- I lveand handsome edifices for the meetings of the
orcides. ha was maddened with jealousy I Hanlelter and his associate members of
when he committed the deed, as the fol- 1 the reception committee for their courteous al
lowing
shows:
About two years ago.Mundy,who was then | The entire session was one of more than ordi*
in prosperous circumstances, married a
young woman named Julia Selby, and the I speeches from t*n or twelve representative meu
couple moved to Mr. Bonknight’ planta-1 *dl sections of the state were most gratify-
tion, seven miles from this town, where JS® indeed, with promises to make the meeting of
thev lived together nannilv nntil n fptr I atSaTannah, the largest and most profitable
iraJLiir*1? P ?i y • lit f ® 01 “f have ever been held,
months ago, when their {conjugal bliss was Steps are already being taken to have some of
interrupted by the arrival of a young man, the most gifted and eloquent Sunday-school
Charles Abney, who had been an unsuc- I workers of the United States aud Canada present
cessful rival of Mundy’s for Julia’s hand. al thMl meelin «j
Abnev began paying the woman aiten- a SUDDEN DEATH
tiona and would frequently surreptitiously
visit her when her husband waa away from i -
home. These visits became so frequent as * .,
to cause the neighbors to indulge in un- Friday night J. Churchill, an old
kind gossip, and some of their I and highly respected citizen of A tlanta,
remarks reaching the ears of died in the Third Baptist church, on Jones
Mundy, he determined to investigate the 1
matter. His suspicions, now aroused, were, , , , ,
unpleasantly confirmed a tew nights later. The church was open for the regular
when he observed his wife, in company weekly sesaion Jof the young men’s prayer
^iiSu* 3throu 8^J*b e meeting, and at the time Mr. Churchill en-
woods. The indiscreet wife was repeatedly , *' y ... ,, . . .
remonstrated with about her faithlessness, l«redthe Rev. Dr. Hornady, pastor of the
but she would always laugh the matter off. church, was leading the exercises. Seeing
and d’clare her husband was too jealous. I Mr Churchill advancing
Mundy soon became convinced that vio- 1
lent measures must be resorted to. and in f l . sle ’ . *0™**? motioned
pursuance of his resolve to apply heroic inviting him to the front, but Mr.
remedies to a disease which, in his opinion, I Churchill did not observe the gesture and
was fast assuming an iacurable type, pur-1 sat down on the left hand side of the aisle,
chased a large Smith & Wet son pistol and I about midway tbe building. Soon after
loaded it carefully. Early in the night of taking bis seat Mr. Churchill looked toward
the 16th of last June the irate husband, I Dr. Hornady who again invited
armed with his revolver, secreted himself him forward by a motion of
in a small closet adjoining his wife’s bed-1 the hand, but Mr. Churchill
chamber and there began hia vigils. He I declined by shaking his head and at the
waited long and patiently for the entrance I same time placing his right hand on his
of his faithless wife and her audacious lover, heart.
but waited in vaiii, for neither came. In a few minutes after Mr. Churchill
Finally, becoming tired of his occupation, I sat down a young gentleman, Mr. J. B.
for it was losing its novelty, he began to I Harris, who was sitting near hiru, heard a
doze, then fell asleep. How long he con- struggle aud looking in the direction from
tinued in a somnolent state he knew not. I which the noise came saw Mr. C’s head
but it must have been near midnight when I fall back. Instantly the yonng man real-
he was awaked by a strange noise in the I ized that something was wrong, and spring-
rext room. He was instantly upon his I ing forward raised the gentleman’s head
feet with weapon m hand. Now was the and called for water, but ’twas useless, as
opportunity to punish the villain who had Mr. Churchill was dead,
invaded the sanctity of his home andde-l As soon as'twas known that death had
stroyed his happine^, and he must make I invaded the building, the congregation
the most of it. The front door slammed I quietly and sadly left for their homes. The
and departing footsteps were heard. Hur- body was placed upon a board anu
rying from his lair, the infuriated Mundy I the family notified. In a short
made for the front window and reached I time one of the sons o! the de-
there just in time to descry the dark out- ceased arrived, and after learning the
lines of a man rapidly crossing the clearing particulars sent for Coroner Hilburn, and
ia the direction of the woods. K .owing J afitr his arrival requested him to hold an
that it would be useless to pursue him in I inquest, but beyend the facts above stated
the darkness, he decided to pay his linme- I nothing was learned except that the old
diate respects to his wife, and re en.ered I gentleman was subject to heart disease and
Her apartment. She was lying upon I a verdict was rendered accordingly, after
the bed appareu.iy in a profound I which the body was removed to his home
sleep. He was now wrought up to a pitch on Plum street.
of tne wildest excitement, and gave vent Mr. Churchill was about sixty-seven years
to his fury iu boisterous oaths. Thus dis- of age and was a true Christian He was a
turbed in her slumbers, Julia quietly raised member of the Baptist church and delight-
herself in bed and naively inquired the ed to labor for the cause he had espoused
cause of so remarkable a demonstration of I Once during his life he said to l)r
wrath. With increment of rage, her bus-| G. G. Roy, his physician; “When I die
band confronteu her, and infidelity and I I want to die in church.” and las
every other crime in the decalogue were I night his greatest desire was gratified Ir
laid to her charge. These she vehemently I his death a large family Joses % a faithful
denied aud asseverated her innocence by I devoted protector, the poor and needy a
bursting into a flood ot indignant tears, true aud kind friend, the church a consis
Heretoiore tears had proved her most poteut tent and upright member, and the world
weapon in conquoriag her irate lord, al- | pure and noble man.
ways exerting au immediate pacificatory
influence; but uow they were powerless to
Axkhicus, August 24—On last Tuesday
near Bottsford, in this county, a negro
named Isaac Scott was killed by a white
man named Alfred Brannon. The state
ment which has reached town, with refer
ence tc the deplorable affair, is that the
negro advanced on Brannon with a drawn
knife and just as he, with uplifted arm at
tempted to strike, Brannon, who had also
drawn a small pocket knife, made a lunge
forward striking his assailant in the heart,
killing him almost instantly. Bran
non, after the homicide, came to town
and s-u-rendered himself to the sheriff
The fair for the benefit of the Americas
Light Infantry opened last night at Hawk
ins’s hall There was a large crowd in at
tendance, and the opening night was a de
ctded success. The hall war beautifully
decorated and the various tables and booths
contained many ^tractive and valu
articles. Refreshments of various k
were serve;: in abuudance. The tables, etc ,
charge of several of our most attrac
tive aud popular ladies, who are determin
ed that the fair shall be a success, if their ef
forts can make it so Our cotton mar
ket is now quite lively; 33L bales have been
received up to Tuesday evening.
Marietta, August 25.—Mr. Mayo Bel!ows,who
as injured in the accident on the Marietta and
North Georgia railroad, yesterday afternoon after
twenty-five hours of intense suffering, breathed
his last. His hands, feet, head aud back were
blistered and on parts of his body the flesh was
perfectly raw. An inhalation of steam waa more
his death. He came here in 1878 from Amboy,
Illinois, and was engineer for two years at Ken
nesaw mills He was a prominent member
of the Odd Fellows and respected by ail who
knew him. The iegisiauve commiLee were
going instead of returning from Canton and after
spending the night in our city left this morning
* fulfill their mission.
Georgia branch and will take charge of Commer
cial hotel upon its opening, September 1st. A
wagon with Mr. William McRoa, a farmer near
’“atkineviUe, his wile and two dauga-ers was
l. Cotton is bc&inuing to come ia pretty
fast. A large trade In this staple is anUcfpated
Hogansville, August 21.—On the 22d instant
Richard Stinson, colored, was instantly killed
while assisUDg to raise the frame work of a cov
ering for a gin horse power, one side being
higher than the other, aud while engaged in lev-
THE GROWING CROPS.
There were two darkies on the piaro.nd tfcejrare the shortest! have ever
tit”. diTlSd my tay 1 'loathe‘dikres
he wanted ’em U> still hunt with him and P rom ^ very Uttle. My opinion is that the proa-
lie in the comer of the fence aBd watch. I P* 5 *? for Provisions for man and beast for the
fixed up a bottle of Spanish browu anu I com ‘ u 8 year are less promising than any I have
just beiore night slipped down in the field eTer In this emergency our people should
and sprinkled it along for a hundred yards I be extremely careful to save everything that will
to the creek bank and knocked down a few sustain life. There is uow a very largs quantity
corn stalks and come back. I was to get I of com in the state that has no ear. The tassel
oyer the fence into the melon patch that i* dead or dying, and no amount of rain
night ana the darkies waa to tee me and coma ame u t0 msk
give the alarm, and m.v boy was to shoot | Mucll of tte Ioda „ j, t , m gKm ^
Hiuivauuratwuu. w aa.ara ua.ra.aca All SUCh COin Should be cut
was to run after me^to the creek and next i do ^n immediately just below the green blades
morning they waa to find the blood and it I and a-ter lying in the sun a day or two it should
was to be nofated that we had killed a nig- I *** carefully shocked and stalks tied tightly
ger and he^ was drowned in the creek be- around the tops of the shocks. As soon as the
sides. Well it all worked very nice. The I stalks are dry ia the shock it should be put under
darkies saw me and thought I wa9 a shore
enough thief and ray boy shot at me and I
• ** ' T - * ,*» ‘
Grand Lodge KnlgtU* or Jericho.
stem his fury or quetich the fires of his I The grand lodge Knights of Jericho wa3 in ses-
imIhiinv With thli fmrrv'itv of ran Tnr?i*m sion at Good Templars hall yesterday, holding
jealousy. With the ferocity of an Indian I sessions, iieing called reorder by the
warrior, he brandished the pistol above her grand Sir Knight chief, A. Lower,
head and swore he intended to kill her I at 10 o’clock am., adjourning atl o'clock foraf-
for her perfidy. She begged him to desist, temoon se ston, and at 6o’clock fornigut session.
l i r ilSt a,!<1 nmou r r et0r “bat nd hM inq cri^ “ra-Tl'is *beST’drac’
illicit amour, but her cries I but we are promised a full report for to-morrow’s
promises failed to appease his I paper. We have, through the courtesy of the
wrath aud he continued to threaten her. grand secretary, Mr. R. P. Zimmerman, the
Becoming terrified, she screamed lustily I followinginfcwmation, T^atevery workiiiglodge
r.,_ ° A I,!.:,.- nort tinrtr hrararlnfr I Of the;order Of KnightS Of Jencho Of the State, is
for help. A man living next door, hearing I represeu ted in this grand body. We doubt If any
the cries, hurried out to ascertain the cause order, temperance or otherwise, can
of the midnight disturbance. Scarcely had I make so good a showing—an interest
he gained the front porch ol Mirmly** 1 in the work of the order by the subordinate
bonze wben « pUtol’e report, near at hand, “SuKSfaEfiS.°‘ ^
startled him. Hastening into the inuer I »j>be following officers have been elected and
room, whence the noise seemed to emanate, I installed:
he found darkness aud smoke. Lighting a JR Love, of Concord lodge, Smyrna, 81
lamp a horrible sight met his gaze. There - _ . v ... , ~ , ...
upon the floor lay the young .woman, gasp- le ^ gj^Knlght V C* F ° rt V ^ ley 1 ^* e ’ Fort '
ing for breath, au immense wound iu her I ^ Banks, of Phrenix lodge, Atlanta. 8ir
ieii breast, from winch oozed her life-blood. I Knight G s and Treasurer.
title made several efforts to speak, but failed I a. Lower, ol Rising sun lodge, Griffin, Sir
o A , conrord, SirK
the wound, which he pronounced mortal s W Register, Phoenix odge, Atlanta, 81r
beyond peradventure. His diagnosis prov- Knight G G,
ed true, for in less than one hour the ua- I Drewry, of Crescent, lodge, Griffin, Go, Sir
fortunate young wife breathed her |
last As soon as the trag
edy became known—sad the news I The Educational Bill
spread like wild-fire—the settlement turned J The following were the yeas and nays in the
out eu masae aud determined, notwith- I house on the bill to lev\ a tax of one-tenth uf
standing the darkness of the nigat, to pros- one per cent on all the property in this state and
ecute a vigorous search for the fugitive I to donate the proceeds re tho school food;
mnrdprw Thev divirifd themselves intn Yeas—Anderson of Newton, Awtry, Borrow,
murderer, iney uiviaea tnemseives into Bate#i ^ Brinson. Broyles, Cameron Carter,
three parties aud started out in different enristie, Clark. Coffin, Cnzler, Cmmbley, Day,
directions. After two hours’ search one of Dial, DuBignon, Kites, Feagin, Flint, Foster,
the bands discovered Mundy hidden be- I Goodrich, Hammond, Heard, Ht-ath, Henry, Ucs-
neatha brush-heap ami he waa immediately I * er * ^? tow , e , r T °[ Stewart, Hlllyer, Hun^Jack-
Vw-T _• i Ron of Carroll, Johnson of Lee, Jones of Dekalb,
taken into custody. I ue next morning he Keil, Ktmsey. Lamar, Lounou, Lester, Lewis,
was brought to Edg ii Id and confined in one Maddox. Martin of Talbot, Mays of Butis. Mc-
of the strongest ceils of the county jail. Cants, McClure, Mclutosh, McKinney, McLeod,
Some threats were made of lynching him,
bat no attempt waa made to execute these P^tRle: Rttcb!£
threats. Robins, Roney, Sapp, belters, Scruggs, Sheckiey,
On the 27th of last June, Mundy was ar- | Singleton, 8mith of Oslcthorpe. Sinlih oi U uloa,
raigned on the * * ' ^
court of genei . , ,
member of the Edgeheld rar was employed Youngblood, Zeilars—82
to conduct the defense. Very few wit* I Nays—Adder ton, Andtrson, of Cobb, Arring
neoses were examined, and the case con* l ton. Bacon of Chatham, Barnes, Buinger.Bcatty,
<nmr-il nnlv -\ few honro The drafrand. I Branson. Brewer, Bull, Burch, Crawford. Dante*,
samed only a tew noare xne defend- Dentoa . DuPreeo! Macon, DuP.ce ol fiic.Die.
ant was allowed to __ go upon the J Dykes, Fordham, Fuller, Garrard, Gaskins, Gray,
witness stand and testify in his own behalf. Hale. Harrell. Hill, Hutchius, Jackson of Rich-
He gave an ingenuous, straight forward mond, James, Janes, Jcmisou, Johnson of John-
explanation of the killing, and bin story
elicited the credence of most who heard it. “o^nS'taSnrfauuftan, uLwlinf
He claimed that his pistol tired accident* Render, SUman, Stanford, Stapleton. Thsrpe,
sown sufficiently early to take good root I . . ..
. , -Hu went on this away twel atler w’Ue
before the freezes commence. They F cx year de racket, en den she lteen,
should be grazed by light stock, to I she know dat’er ole man boUer’n’for de quills,
prevent jointing, but not BO closely as I en she fotch urn out en gun um ter Brer Tarrypln
to expose the roots to freezing. The ca Brcr Traypin he let bo hti holt. He let
I his bolt, Uncie Remus went on, “but long time
area sown in wheat was small, on ac- attcr< ut w’en Bier Fox go to pay his csUs,
count of the unfavorable weather for I hatter go hopplty-fetchlty.hoppity-fetchity.”
preparing the land and sowing during I The old man folded his hands in his lap.
the last fall and winter. The area sown «t qnlcUy *.zla* Into the lishtwood Are. Fit*.
, . . I entiy he said:
was only W) per cent ot an average crop I ..j 3peck blearin’ ns ail right now, en
and much of that was sown in January I fus’ news yon know she’ll h’ist up cn have Mars’
and February; consequently it was more I John a traperia’ down yer; en ef she do dat, den
subject to rnst on account of late ripen- ter-morrer mawnlu’
ing. Notwithstanding these disadvan- ’
tages, the yield was reported to the de- Thereupon Uncle Remus arose, shook himself,
partment at 7S per cent of an average I peered out into the night to discover that the
1 rain had nearly ceased, and then made
ready to carry the little boy to his
crop.
Tbe importance and value of the rice b5 , ore t!le chicken, had
crop is being more fully appreciated I crowed tor midnight, the child, as well as the
every year and the area devoted to it I old man, had been transported re the land where
annually increa ed. A few years mo ^ “ d ,«“'“>** wondcrtui-thc land
/ I of pleasant dreams,
nee culture was confined to a few conn- 1
ties in south and east Georgia; now it is I Atlanta and tbe Cincinnati southern,
cultivated in every section of the state and ,££^^^£2=5
is being experimented with in near- I urging upon the boards controlling the lease oi
ly every county in the state. I the Cincinn*ti Southern road, to acoept, if poari-
Lowland rice is reported at 84 I ** bld 01 and his associates. It
I was also resolved that a delegation from the
the state and upland I chamber of comxneroe be appointed to go at once to
per cent of an average crop, tiouth- I Cincinnati and lay the views of our people before
east Georgia reports So lowland 81 up- I the board aud tructees of the Cincinnati South-
land. Sugar cane is reported in the state «“• Tn “ ««*<»•“?• U ‘ T0 7 ,t f n * one ;
, ., ( will leave tbe city this afternoon at 8o’clock, and
at S2 per cant of an average crop and the Moad i J ia Cincinnati. We trust they
stand at 91. In southwest Georgia the I ..UberooccMtailn their trip. Mayor English
stand is 93 and condition 82. In east I ,nd Major Crane so aa representative* ol the
Georgia the stand is 84 and condition 71.1 chain ner ot connaerce an J the dty.
In southeast Georgia the stand is 94 and I The president has suffered a relapse
the condition SS. Sorghum ia reported at I during the past week and is now at the
S2 in the whole state; field peas at 76; I point of death. Pr. Bliss says he cannot
the stand of sweet potatoes 77 and con. recover. The following is the iast news
dition 71; ehufss are reported at S4 and received:
.1 ...■ i „r l.the 6:30 bnlledn iho.ed e Jitht amelioration
the yield of hay at 85. L, me petienfa a.raptoma rad althouth to.
Since it has been ascertained that the <u uw uifling w jnaUXy ray steer
leaves of the common mulberry and of I araoont ol enconrasement It waa easerly at-
the Osage orange furnish as appropriate I cepted by thora who mold not tries themselves
tood for the silk worm a. the Morns Mob - *
Ucaul i* or white mulberry, there baa I #itb Rev . Dr . Powers, pasrer of Preaidcnt Gar-
been increased inquiry in regard to silk 1 field’* church, arid about seven o’c.ock that the
culture. Mr. John Stark, of Thomas-1 prerideut h*4 had thua far
ville, Georgia, who ha. experience in the ^oraST H.^id « ™k
culture, has promised a paper on the sub- eaonfh change, however, as yet re justify any
ject for publication in the November re- J anticipation of hi* recovery or to modify the view*
p 0r k I entertained by himself and tbe other surgeons a*
* — - ..... itortu. extreme gravity of the crisis. “If,” he
; .1 wa, - the prerident get* through to-morrow a*
unprecedented success thus far expen- W6ll u bt hure-dsj, i think there wfll be aoxae
enced with German p#rp, now under ground for encouragement”
trUI in Georgia for the second year, has _ Thf diamo * nd3 o1 France rae to
induced many to construct ponds espe-1 be sold in order to provide for the better
cially designed for their reception. Xu- 1 maintenance of the public.ra use urns.
hollered “Oh Lordy” aud fell over the feuce
and run and here they all come a teorin’.
My boy led the race towards the creek but
one of the darkies aaw me a slipping along
another way and about that time tue dog
got loose aud here he come a b&rkin and
a yelpin and got on my track and the dar
key followed him and I shook the lead out
of my heels and split for home. I haven’t
had such a run iu thirty years. I beat the
darkey badly bui the dog caught me by the
breeches leg as 1 fell on the steps and come
mighty near getting H>me blood that
wasn’t made of Spanish brown Mrs. Arp
and the children heard the fuss and such a
screamin and hollerin all mixed
with the fool dog a
barkin ‘was never heard before at my
house. It took several minutes to quiet tbe
family and explain, but as good luck would
have it the darkey turned back to the creek
for my boy kept a cailiu of him and before
they got home again the excitement was all
over and the darkies had a big time tellin
us how they run one nigger into the creek
and another to parts unknown. Next day
the blood was tracked and ever since its
been all that we can do to keep the coroner
from coming out and dragging the creek for
a dead nigger. No more melons have been
stolen since, but the next time we try that
remedy I think I will do the shooting and
let sombody else do the running, /or 1
havent got over it yet and the catch in my
back is more than my rheumatism. When
Mrs. Arp sees me a limping around she
says: “William, I’m afraid you are losing
your senses Will you never realize that
you are growing old and can’t do like you
need to when you were young? ’ Then I
hum that sweet and plaintive soLg “When
you aud I were young, Maggie,” and smooth
her raven hair with a rough but loving
Well, I reckon Mr. Cole’s charter i
right now. I knew it would be if the boys
had time to digest it. Some folks are
quicker than others to see into a thing,
borne see into it but don’t see out of it ex
actly, and if you crowd ’em they get befud
dled and vote no. I believe in giving folks
plenty of time. There is most too much
lightnirg now-a days for old fogies like me.
The b->ys who opposed Mr. Cole’s charter
were just a Uttle slow, that’s alL They are
slow but sure, and I bad rather risk ’em
after they do take hold than any other &3rt.
We want plenty of railroad* *o as.to make
their presidents, and agents, and car-run
ners polite. O.d Joe ia polite enough on
the street and manifests a proper interest in
a man’s family, bat I want to see him and
his agents rake their hats off and ask you
to ship your freight over bis line at reduced
rates. I want to see the day when a man
can travel cheaper than he can stay at home,
and do it in less time. I want to see ’em
like your Atlanta merchants when they
make a run cn shirts. Competition is a
civilizer, a refiner of manners, a developer
of resources When the first railroad was
built from New York to Chicago it charged
80 cents for carrying a bushel cf wheat.
When the next road was built the price
come down to 60, and they kept on building
roads until they got seven competing lines,
and now they carry it for 15 cents a bushel,
and tbe roads are all prospering So let’s
have all the roads we can get, and pat Mr.
Cole and Mr. Seney on the back until
somebody else comes along and wants to
bnild another. Bill Aar.
P. S —I am mighty glad we have got a
shelter. In this way a vast quantity ot good food
for stock, which is now' wasting, could be saved.
It will begreatiy needed next winter. No stalks
should be cut that are not yet in ursel, as in the
case of good rates, they might make com. hen
it does rain people then Id sow heavily of winter
varieties of tnmips. If they do not grow large
they may make salad. Your paper
circulates extensively and I trust you
will warn the people of their
danger and do all yon can to induce them to
prepare for the MTeretrtel which awaits them.
I expect re spend a few days on my plantation,
away from railroads and telegraphs.
Joseph E. Baowx.
TO M1LLEDGEVILLE
Tbe Body of Co«. Peterson Thweatt
Is Taken.
The last issue of The Constitution contained
a brief announcemeat of the death of Colonel
Peterson Thweatt which occurred Friday night
at his residence in this city. The sad news was
read with general regret, and the many admirers
of Colonel Thweatt gave utterance to their
appreciation of his many virtues.
Colonel Thweatt was one of those gentlemen
whose honesty was paramount to every other
consideration. For years he ierred the state as
editor manifested great ability. He was a con
sistent member of the Presbyterian church, and
wa* greatly admired tor his many virtues. He
leaves three children to mourn his loss.
Mr. Alex Thweatt, the oldest child, is
well known in Atlanta and has scores of
friends who deeply sympathize with ’him in
his sad affliction. His two daughters, Misses Liz
zie and Belle, who have been living in Mont
ery, were with their fath-.-r when he died. —
death was traaqnil and easy, and as hia spirit
and to-day all that is left of the raan who was
universally respected and esteemed, will be laid
to rest betide her.
THE PENITENTIARY BILL.
Interesting Debate In tbe Senate Y<
tertlay.
An unexpected and intertzting fliscussion oc
curred in the senate yesterday. The committee
on penitentiary had made an advene report on
the house bill for the appointment
of penitentiary commissioners. Mr. West
brook, of the committee, made
minority report in favor or the pansge of the bilL
The discussion arose over the question of the
adoption of the majority report. Mr. Westbrook
made the point that the constitution prohibits
whipping as a punishment for crime, and that
allowing it in the convict caxrps
was in direct violation of tne
constitution. He said that it had been
claimed that Governor Colquitt’s election wss an
indorsement of the chain gang system, when in
reality Governor Colquitt had proclaimed In
unmistakable terms* dozing the campaign that
the system was not organised under his adminis
tration and that he did not indorse it Mr. West
brook characterized the system as inhuman; a
stigma upon the state aud a ‘
Junior Past Chief—A Lower. Griffin, Ga.
ally. Upon this his wakeful attorney con I Thompson, Turu’er of Floyd.Turnipseed, Twiggs."
structe 1 a defense on the hypothesis that Wrifcgrof Crawford, Wheeier, Willteins, Wiikin-
the killing was accidental, therefore unin- J2L’6i ilSoa °* BUilocil ’ " ilhrow * bright. Zich-
teutioual and unpremeditated. The au- q>he bill, although it received a majority of the
swer of the prosecution was convincing, votes cast, failed of a constitutionul majority
The defendant had been heard frequently aud was los‘.
to threaten to kill his wife; had armed
himself to carry this design into execution; TIi ° Production,
had done the deed: then incontinently fled Washington, August' 24.—The census official
to ovade the couseqaenr.es of hie^^ act. JJSgJftJ'VStS?,■“" l «’ ro,oc,to “
The judge’s charge gave coloring tottoa during tsra«follows,
this picture. It was an nble resume of the ... , ,,
salient points of evidence with appropriate rif5Sl ppI — — '*“*2.6?7 , iS
comments and apposite legal deductions. Texas " 9* l ?a , 7^ 803 642
The jury gave tl ecase their earnest atten- a t.hramra "I ^2,830.086 699.654
tion and exc* sive consideration. They Arkansas 1,042,976 6u8,256
retired to the consultation room, and in South Carolina —
two hours returned into court with aver- * ■
diet of “guilty.” The judge then sentenced
the murderer to be hanged to day. During
the trial of the case the accused evinced
considerable nerve, for he expected an
acquittal, but when the dread verdict was
read he completely broke down and wept
bitterly.
This morning the streets presented an
unusual appearance. They were thronged
with men, women, boys and girls. It had
been announced that Mundy was to be
hanged, and this was sufficient to induce
farmers to abandon their plows, laborers to
leave their cotton-fields and housewives to
neglect the duties of the kitchea. Before
10 o’clock the jail was surrounded
by not less than six hundred people,
and two hours later the crowd had swelled
to thousands Tbe fence*, house-tops and
trees in tbe neighborhood contained innu
merable eager spectators. The women
were particularly demonstrative in their
fury against the murderer and yelled in
load accord, “Hang the scoundrel that
killed his poor wife.” Early in the morn
ing I visited Mnndy in his cell and found
him cheerful and disposed to talk freely
upon all subjects. He had slept well and
eaten a hearty breakfast. His spiritual
advisers surrounded him singing, reading
and praying. In these devotions he
engaged with zest. At 12 o’clock he was
brought face to face with the gallows
which was soon to hnrl him to hades, bat
he shuddered not. He actually looked at
the dangling ncose and smiled a sar
donic smile. He was neatly dressed in
black, with white gloves. But he was a
vici ^us looking fellow. 1 he rope was ad
justed around nis neck, and his hands and
feet were pinioned behind. He stood his
gronnd firmly during this operation. The
sheriff told him to make any statement he
wished. The wretch then spoke in a loud,
clear voice as follows:
“My friends, you see me here. Here I
am standing in the presence of my God,
and in a abort while 1 will be dead Under
these circumstances I will tell the truth;
and I tell you in the presence of my God
that I am innocent. It is trne I killed the
partner of my bosom, but it was accident,
not intent. God knows I am innocent, and
I know it; therefore Jam on my way to
heaven—on the road to glory.”
The death .sentence was read, the black
cap placed over his head, and he was asked:
“Are you ready 7"
“Yes. I am ready and I am willing,” was
the answer in a loud voice.
The trigger was touched, snd down came
the murderer with a jerk that broke his
neck. In twenty-one minutes he was cat
down and his father carried the body to his
home, a few miles aw$y, and it was buried
in the presence of an immense throng of
negroes The execution was admirably
conducted, and the gallows discharged its
functions beautifully.
The Sunday-school Convention.
The Georgia SUte Sunday-school association
closed iu annual session on Thursday evening.
25th tost-, at 10:30 at Griffin, Ga.. to meet again
to the city of Savannah. Ga., some time to the
latter part of April, 1882.
report. The following officers were elected:
He waa replied to by Mr. Hacketi, who spoke Hon Milton A Candler, prerident; J C Court-
at wrroe length upon the bill. He thought It was 1 ney, secretary, who are also ex-officio members
creating unnecessary offices that would do no I of the executive committee. " ’ !
good. The funherc naideration of the bill was I Vice-presidents: tot district, RR Heppard;2nd
postponed until Monday. 1 district, B T Hanks; 3rd district, 8 R Weetoa;
864.787
North Carolina 893,153
Tennessee — 722,569
“Ob, Dat Watczmlllloc!”
Food and Health.
The watermelon contains about 95 per cent
the purest of water and a trace of the purest
ear, and nothing has yet baeu discovered
furnishes so perfect aud speedy a “cure”
summer complaint as watermelon and nothing
elae. Even when diarrhea hxs been kept up by
continued eating of ordinary food until the dis
ease has become chronic, this delicious bevera^r
—for it is little more—watermelon, taken freel,
two or.th.-fce times a day, has again aud again
been known to work wonders, and to “cure”
when all the usual remtdles had failed.
Tbe Author or 44 The Georiflnns.
New York Tribune.
The author of the Round Robin novel “The
Georgians,” it is dheovered, is aa Atlanta lady
who will be recognized by the Tribune readers as
the author of the clever series of “Georgia
Sketches” which was a feature of the Bunday
Tribune for many weeks, winter before last. She
is Mrs. E. H. Hammond, the wife ef an A '
lawyer, and lives In n pleasant cottage;
suburbs of that flourishing southern city.
GEORGIA CROP AND FRUIT NEWS,
Tcknits are looking fine in Warren county.
Dooly county will make com enough to
her.
Gwinnett county will make an average
crop.
The rice crop down about Darien never looked
better.
Irwin county just cow counts on half crops
com and cotton.
A vxbt heavy chestnut crop will be rm.de in
Whitfield county.
The grrape crop of Bameaviile has b^en
anally large this year.
An abuudance of good fodder has been saved
in Montgomery county.
Hocston county farmers pa; 49 cents per bun
drea for picking cotton.
Johnson county will make something over half
crops ot com and cotton.
Catxktillaks are aiding tho »u«t to cat off the
Cotton crop of Sumter county.
AT present only half crops of com and cotton
are in view in Greene county.
Cateepillers are on tbe cotton about Cochran
but are doing bat little damage.
C. B Holland, of Murray county, will make
forty bushels of com to the acre.
Army worms are in the cotton in Warren
county, bat not doing macn dumsg-j.
Farmers to Hancock county are paying much
more attention to fine stock than formerly
The general crop prospect of Talhot coucty,
good. L P. Woodall, is the cham^to com
raiser in the cmnty.
W, T. Fordhasj, o| Lowndes county, has boon
selling ham*, bacon and lard aU the y
still has more for tato
Ma 8. Varmedor, of Thomas county, shippel
120 bushels of La Conte pears this sea sol
netted him 92 per bushel.
It will take one hundred and seventy thousand
bales of cotton to pay for the guano used by t ha
atatonf ftMirrira thl« Vrarar *
improved wonderfully since the recent rain a
Corn on the uplands is sorry, ou the^owianda
_ ’y this moruing. The Georgia Pacific is lo
cated as far as Mr. John Walker's, who Uvea upon
i he old Jacksonville road, some five mile* west of
Villa Rica. The present location will run south of
Villa Rica about one mile and a half. The
brick work on our new depot will soon be com
pleted. Crops are splendid, and the farm
’s are jubilant over the prospect.
Baknesville, August 26.—The revival at tbe
Baptist church, which ha* been going on for eev-
e.-al weeks, is still in progress. A good number
will be baptised this morning. The annual
campmeeitog at the Rock commences to-day.-
Mr. C. C. Holmes is pushing forward his r
brick storehouse Mr. JuUen G. Reynolds, the
painter o! the drop-curtalu at DeGive’s opera-
house. is making the inside ot Granite hail
sparkle with his artistic brush. New cotton
still continues to coure in.
Uahlonkua, August 24 —The pastor of the
Methodist church has just closed a service of over
two weeks, of considerable interest. Quite
Branham, 8r, preached a svrmou.ot much in
terest, to a very large congregation. 1 be subject
was “Family Uovemmeut.” On the2ist, Mar
tin Bell, 53 years old, and Hu Ida Dover, 18, were
married by Rev W H McAfee. A new drug
store in town by E H & J F Beck.
Douqlasvillk, August 26.—An election in the
corporate limits ol Douglasvllle on “restriction”
or “no restriction” yesterday resulted for restric
tion by a majority of fifteen voles. Work ou
the Georgia Pacific was commenced here yester
day moruing, with a force of about 160 hands,
with picas, shovels, dump carts, etc. After many
fears and hopes mingled with despair, the pros
pect for the early completion of this much-needed
load is truly gratifying.
trip through Echols couuty, and be fouud the
condition of the crops very discouraging. Owing
peels of a fair yield
does teem that the g
hard year before them.
does ? com that the good people of Echols have
soon carue in. My fnends, ladies of Euro
pean sojourn and much tact, explained that
vre would like, with his permission, to see
the architectural features of a chateau so
noted for its beauty. I felt pained and em
barrassed for him a moment, that he should
be asked to disclose his dethroned, dishon
ored penates to the eyes of strangers, but I
need not have felt so for he received the re
quest with the dignity and gallantry of a
nineteenth century philosopher, and him
self proceeded to be our cicerone. Mr.
Sprague looks somewhat fieshier than of old;
his bltck hair is still abundaut.
and his eyes, the finest feature
of his face, seem to read your
thought at once, and to des re no subter
fuges or disguises. He wore a comfortable
dark cloth shooting jacket, with no vest,
fine linen, well lau::dried, with low turned
collar, and holland pantaloons of light
buff gray. He spoke freely of his old
life in the senate from IS62 to 1874, cf war
time, and the days of reconstruction, aud
incidentally of Mrs. Sprague from time to
time, as evidences of her taste were dis
played in the construction aud ornamen
tation ot the vartou. rooms. He seemed
neither to court nor to shun the men
tion of her name. We asked him of his
son, and he said: “Thai’s Willie now,
firing off that gun outside. He is manifest-,
ing himself.” He is 16 years old, a fine
boy and the father's eve3 kind d with
pleasure in speaking of him, and again iu
leading us through “the turnery part of the
house.” as he expressed it, where he said
he made his quarters now. Here, in a
beautiful chamber that was evidently a
children’s disused play room, broken toys
were still strewn over the shelves of the
cabinet, and a large doll in a pink dress
with broken arm and leg, dominated th
situat oa. It was a pathetic episode iu ou
call—;ne solitary fattier standing amid the
relic* of his absent little daughte rs’ baby
hood, showing to strangers—but women,
with women’s intuitive sense of situation—
the harrowing reminders of a united home.
The central idea of ihe bouse is its elab
orate, spiral, oaken stairway, with carved
balustrades reachiug from the rotunda on
the ground floor to the top of the main
tower. This is estimated by some to have
cost $30,000, by some $20,000, but Mr.
Sprague told ine t he cost could not be accu
rately computed, as it was done in a shop
by day’s work by expert Italian
carvers. The two communicating
parlors are beautifully ornate, but the
heavy frescoing of owe is falliug from the
ceiling and is propped up by a wooden
frame work. An elaborate mantlepiece
from tbe Tuilenes is a feature of this room.
Tbe specialty of the home is its suites of
apartments suited to the entertaining of
many guests, a parlor, Ded room and bath
room in tacli suite. The largest of these is
called the Ch»\*e room, beiug designed for
the late chief justice, and daintily finished
aid furnished for him in gray and blue,
though he occupied it scarcely more than
once. An uuf rained portrait in oil of his little
daughter by a first marringe, Mrs. Sprague’s
half-sister, whom she never knew, the child
having died in her infancy, stands here in
the fireplace. It is the face and figure of a
little blonde beauty, with her hand on the
head of a pet deg Mra Sprague’s suit of
apartments alone was closed to observation.
Talbotton, August *.—You made me say fif
teen c*sea were returned to our superior court,
wfien I said filly. We are not bo small as that.
Talbotton’s population has increased at least 500
since the census. There ere several important
religious revivals in progress in tho county.
Several severe cases of typhoid lever in tho coun-
the Talbotton railroad.
Fort Valley, August 25.—Tho remains of
James A. Everest, who died iu 1848, were removed
yesterday from the middle of the town where the
body w*»s buried 33 ye«»rs ago. The coffin was
rosewood lined with lead oi zinc. On the top ot
the coffin was a stiver plate bearing ibis inscrip
tion, ‘James A. Everett, died in 1848, age 61
years.” The town council bought the railing
around the private lot aud moved the remains to
Oaltiawn cemetery.
i uaiiy coming into l
Beals, arc just recovering irom severe spells. Tho
wife of our (s;eemeu townsman. Captain W. H.
Branch, hits beeu quite ill but is re ported much
better re-day with a good prospect oi recovering.
GOVERNOR SPRAGUE AT HOME.
state of Georgia this year.
Mr. E. Buchanan, of Coweta e-aunty, has late
and improved rarietu^ of seed. He has ■!*.-> im
proved breeds o! ooks and hogs.
Last year Ben Blanton, of Talbot county, pro
duced on fourteen acres of land twelve bales of
cotton averaging 535 pounds each.
\iT.R. Murjht, of E^rnesvtite, raised a fine
crop of oats on his lot,
*rop of oqpi '
A Lady Corrmpondeut’s Accoant ef a
Visit So Cnnonchet
Philadelphia Dress.
Not the least interesting object of view
from me piazza of Tower Hill house is
Caconchet, a mile north of Narragan&eti
*, reached by winding roadway. This
orchard-embowered chateau, which bearo
the name of a noted king of the Narragan-
setts, is the home of ex-Gov. Sprague and
has figured somewhat romantically in re
cent history. Your correspondent greatly
desired a glimpse of its interior, but scarce
ly expected to achieve it. Three lady
friends, whose curiosity was, at ieasr, equal
to her own, encouraged her to present her
newspaper card at the mansion yesterday
afternoon, they kindly accompanying her
on the principle that so often leads half a
dozen serious-minded adults to go with one
small boy to the circus, in order that the
lad may get the right moral view of
the concern. The estate was origi
nally the home of Governor Atwood,
Robinson, and embraced from 2,000 to
3.000 acres—it was a plantation, in fact, in
Rhode Island’s slave bolding days An old
graveyard, belonging to the Itobiuson
family lies not far distant from the house.
Governor Sprague bought the old guberna
torial mansion, a gambrel-roofed farm
house, spacious for three colonial days,
and 200 acres of land, to which another 200,
mostly salt marsh, were subsequently
added at a cost of $25,000, and gave Mrs.
Sprague carte blanche to remodel and
rebuild, stipulating only that the original
dwelling, with its low-studded walls,
should remain for its historic associations.
It is said that be anticipated a cost of $40,-
000 or $50,000, but that tbe bills p-esented
for it to the firm of which Mr. Sprague was
chief member were nearly or quite $600,000,
and the building even then was not fin
ished. It is a light brown frame mansion,
trimmed with a darker shade of brown,
with many angles and turrets and verandas,
the limit of the original house being out
lined to a careful observer, but surmounted
and almost bewilderingly lost in a laby
rinth of stately architectural far.cleg that
make the composite struc.ure of Newport’s
aristocrats villas seem very plain prose. A
severer artistic taste would have
dictated a les3 elaborate and more
distinct plan—a legible purpose running
through the undertaking—but it is at
if a willful woman bad had her own mag
nificent way, and placed a tower here and
another tower there (there are four of
them) and a grand, sumptuous expense
everywhere, iu the capriciousness of un-
bridUd fancy. Our carriage alighted at the
main or south entrance, where a carving of
ivy leaves runs around the n ative door
way under the ports ooch-re, and our
coachman essayed to ring the bell. There
was no response and we drove to another
elegant doorway at the eastern side. After
a solemn pause, broken in upon by a fierce
salute from a yellow dog, a man at a neigh
boring harn cn the estate shouted:
“No one is allowed to ro inside the
bouse, but simultaneously a disheveled wo,
man servant, with voluptuous develop
ment of red arms, put her head out of a
rear window and arid; “Cvyae around this
way,” she received Qur card through tbe
window, saying that Mr. Sprague was e
gaged '3r ilh company up stairs, hut (with _
little hesitancy) she would go and liana it
to him. This we had nqt anticipated, but
merely the priyile-je of being shown the
house by some authorised attendant.
In q few minutes she re appeared and
ushered ua in by a door on the north side
of the mansion, the barn-yard side, lead
ing into tbe servants’ dining-room, saying
that Mr. Sprague would receive us in the
library. Thither we followed her* ^ad, he
the dining room was tcautifnl, with a pil
lared annexe ou either side communicating
with the main room by large sliding doors.
A shotgun lay nonchalantly on the mantel-
ece of this room. The house is semi-
furnishei; the library shelves are nearly
denuded; some furniture appears to be
boxed in the halls for removal, and some,
our host explained, was now in the Provi
dence home. An old Venitian armoiro of
massive beauty and other articles to match
stand iu one department. Whatever furni
ture there is is very handsome. The bouse
is a Chinese puzzle in design; I could
therefore give you no concise plau of it if
I tried. I asked its owner how many
rooms there were. He said, half laugh
ingly, he did not know, he had never
counted them, but referred me to the
ground and chamber plans, hanging re
spectively oa each floor. There were
about GO rooms indicated, more or less, in
cluding the bath rooms, which aro large
and sumptuous. There is beaulifnl carving
of walnut, oak, and other native woods all
over the house, and the sink in the kitchen
is of variegated red marble. The most
beautiful feature of all to me vra9 the elabo
rately engraved plate glass of window and
door panels, the figures in relief being of
classic design and like fine sculpture;
also, the little circular paintings, exquis-
itly wrought, in tne center of the windows
at every turn of the grand
staircase—here an ocean view, next
an Indian scene, and so on, vary ing in de
sign aud beauty clear to the top of the
tower. High up in another tower is a
little apartment that comes upon you like
a surprise, a dainty little banquet-room, it
might be, with walls of Pompeiian red.
Another surprise is on the main floor where
you issue unexpectedly upon a luxurious
marble-floored apartment of Moorish
design—a smoking-room, perhaps—with
a fountain in the center. But the abom>
ination of desolation was written
everywhere. The door-bells were unhung
and voiceless; the pendulum was taken
from the superb clock, glass encased, that
occupied a niche in one of the halls; tho
main and side doors of entrance were ob
served to be securely locked to all the
world.
There are two large ornamental pondh,
covering an area of about 2o acres, in front
o‘ the mansion, and there is a stretch of
5,000 feet of fine beach, private to the
estate, where the best surf bathing may
be had. Much of the 400 acres of land is
fit only for cranberry meadow. About 100
acres is arable or pasture land.
With the business features of the case
your correspondent has no concern, nor
any opinion to express of the unfortunate
domestic alienation; but the solitary figure
of the man with a broken home showing
our parly with gentle courtesy through
his once broad domain, escortur-g us on
cur exii—not, as wc entered, through a
servants’ door, but through one ot ttv<,
long French windows of the library—seat
ing us in our carriage, and reaching o' a
parting hand to the* pray-hairtd la ,j y of
our number, as if, through her, to pfj a
representative good-bye to ua aP„ lingers
in my memory not aa a charac ter to be
unsparingly judged, aud I was „, ore
than sorry when, moved by a sudden gen-
tie impulse, she said with gracious dignU
ty, stul holding his hand, " L hope you will
not refuse au old woman's blessing'” He
smiled half sadly, an<\ raised his hat to us
with a reminiscence of the courtliness that
belonged to the senator and governor of
happier days; and we drove away.
Emma Jane.
Silver Creek, N. Y., Feb. 6, 18t».
Gents—I have been.very low, and have
tried everything to no advantage. I heard
J our Hop Bitters recommended by so many
concluded to give them a trial. I did, and.
now I am aronnd, and constantly improv
ing, and am nearly as strong as ever.
W. H. WELLER.
—It is said that a girl wao waars No. 2
shoes and beautiful hose caa be scared into
believing almost every bit of wood or stone
she sees is a mouse.—Boston Post.
A Talented Lady* Views.
Mrs. C. F. Fleming, state lecturer of Mis
souri, and also an artist of rare merit, whose
picture of Adelaide Neilson is pronouncstk
by the press to be the most beautiful por
trait in the United State?, in a recent letter
said: “I have been troubled with kidney
disease since my childhood, and it finally
culminated in chroniccatarrii cf the bladder.
It would be impossible for me tc describe
how much I have suffered, and I had aban
doned alt hope of ever being'cured. I was
however, recommended lorry Warner’s Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, r»nd it has done me
more good than the combined skill of all
the physicians I have ever tried during my
entire life.” Such testimony is beyond
question, and proves tbe value to all ladle a
of the remedy it advocates.
augl6d2w sun,lues,friitw2w 3dp
—An American cheeie bore aw/.y the
prize of a silver medal at the late great cat
tle and dairy show at Birmingham En-
{ ;land. The prize cheese was 'jue ot the
orgeat e ver rnede, weighing thro*.fourths of
a ton. It came from Iowa.
a A- WoalhPjfori, of 8oring.
fie’.* Ohio, says: "Brovra’s Iron Bitten
cured me of the worst case of dyspepsia
man ever had Tiu, muschs of my slim-
ach, hyer and bowefc. now seem so strong I
believe I cqqid almost digest petrified
cheese! \ recommend it to all whosufferaa.
dld augl8—d&wlw
—Six hundred and eighty-eight thousand
immigrants reached our haopy lan'i during
the past year, and yet “Uncle Sam is rich
enough to give ua each a farm.’*
Aa Agreeable Dressing t W tbe Hair, that will
stop ire fairing, bus W'.n long sought for.
Parker s Hair B distinguished for its
purity, fully supplies this want.
auglG—dim. ♦ufes thur sat Awkylm 2dp
A Prominent I*a«rjr«r*N Opinion^
Springfield (Maa.) Republican.
In one of our New England ez^neaea
we observe that William X. Fillev E*i ,.'f
Pittsfield, ettorney at law t>md a£8i at
judge ponce court, and late, county com-
mtsaioner, was restored tq perfect health
and activity by the use pf Sl. nn
He had.rafferJwitb, rheSLtusmfSr irai
intensely, but to* recent u.?e of the
155“! completely cured,
and say., K u* Oil d^erves the highest praise..
«-A little girl’s first experience in eatine-
1 JuVQih Clo l h * T ’ d all. mam-'
ma ; now what shail 1 d*, * j.u, the bone?”—
O.d Chestnut, on its 100<b round.
Years* Experience ox aa Old
Mra WtssLow’s SooTHiaa Branr is the
preraription of one of tbo beat female phr-
aictraa and nurses la the United 8totes,
rad ha, been used for forty vears with
nevei^failinptraecoas by millions of mothers
for their children. It rellevee the child
from pain, cures dysentery rad diarrheas.
ft* bowels rad wind-colic. By
horaltVl 4n 4k. .k!1J la . . . J
- h “ ,th to toe child it rests the,
mother. Price 25 cents a bottle.
n»M26—dly at sun wed & wkyly