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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ATLANTA. GA„ TUESDAY APRIL 5 1887
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CURE™ DEAR
THE BALD KNObBERS.
i Boded and whipped *t Mid
r the Band - A S«cr«t Q«t
riffin cf tba Bald Kootbar*-
Th® Weird lo.tiation Bceni®.^
Ozark, Mo., March 31.—After tho excite
ment of a week Ozark enjoys a quiet deeper
than tbo ordinary Sabbath quiet in a country
town. As with men who go through groat
dangers and appreciate them only after they
have par8cd, so it is with communities. The
anticipation of a rescue of tbo impriaonod
Bald Knobbcrs, the new arrests and confes
sions, the transformation of tho conrthouvo
and jail into an arsenal, and the preparations
for a sic go, kept tbo minds of the inhabitants
of Ozark busy. When, however, fifteen of tho
twenty eight imprisoned Bald Knobbcrs
waived preliminary examination, and wero
taken that evening to tho Springfield jail, the
natives felt relieved, and the greater part of
the firearms contributed to tho defense of tho
jail by the two local hardwaro firms, w
turned, so that now tho weapons of defense
consist of several old army muskets and squir
rel rides. There aro thirteen men still in jail
here and tho guard has becu greatly red>tcod
in point of numbers, though vigilanco is unre
lated. IJnt very few of the inhabitants ol
Ozark were visible today. Most of thorn wero
completely worn out by tho excitement ofjlho
days previous.
ORIGIN OF THK I5VLD KNORDKIt*.
The Kald Knobbcrs did not origin itc in
Christian county, but down in Tanoy, near
the Arkansas lino. It was originally a bi.nl
of rguiators banded togctlu r to aid in the on-
foncn rr.t of law, but it went the way of c-wry
orifAnization of tho kind ever instituted to
tiikn tho Jaw in its own hands. It was nc os
tarily secret,and under secrecy the evil mind
ed numbers soon gained tho upper hand, :iml
the regulators wero soon reguldiug private
grudges and arbitrating very primevaiiy be
tween qnarrflling parties, always against the
party who happened not to bo a regulator.
They look their narno from
a mcctirg place of tho regulators on
top of a knob er knoll bare of timbor called
a laid knob. Tho organization soon sproad
from Taney county Into Douglas and this
county. It spread like all inovoiucuts in a
course with the waterways of tho country. It
came up Hull and Swan creeks, and the further
up it came tho worse it got, until hero in thin
comity the pooptewero absolutely terrorized and
afraid, as tho saying Is, “to say their souls wero
their own.” Persons objectionable to certain par
ties in tbo order wero nulled out of bed in tbo
middle of tho night amt whipped with hickory
switches and ordered to leave tho country. Of
tentimes tbo reason of tho visit wasgi von. Moro
often it was not. It enrue to such a pais that
every one was in mortal dread of a visit from
tbo Jlald Knobbcrs, and rnombers of tho order
bad things their own way through dark
hints and threats of what they could do if
they wanted* to use thoir power. Tho old ku-
kluxers were but Uttlo worse, and there ii no
doubt that tho Raid Knobbcrd would have out
done them in their regulatory proceedings had
not the oflieem so promptly got after thaiolawloss
©nfi.m rs of tbo law and broken the backbone
f tho i rgmii/atiou. When tho Paid Kuobbors
flrat began •perutiona hero they wero oitlrcr
openly applauded lor their work, or wero
allowed to go on with It without protoat.
They executed tbo laws freely, and iu being
permitted to do so they gained strength while
tho rc&pc^t fur tbo law on thoir part do-
crtasul.
WHIPPING Tl Mil Fit AGKNTH.
On this i tde of ChnjlwUk, on Sw.vn cv k,
tk< ic mo largo trai-ta of timber land vvhoro
prom s of the cutters aro constantly at work.
There men vory often run Into government
land or land owned by purtbs other than tfaoso
by whom tin y ncro etujdoyul. It is nocesw iry
to have agents to watch arul prcvuut this.
Ncvrral of thcao agents who hivo iutorforod in I
these matters havo been whipped and fold to j
lravo tho country. The Bald Knobhor* havo
even threatened lawyers engaged by tho laud
and timbor corporations to protect their inter
ests. At ft raid Isat July Bald Knobbcrs
broke into tho whisky shops of .lames II.
Rhoden and Russell McCauley, turned nil
their whisky out on tiro ground,
smashed up tho fixtures and billiard tablos.
Tho whipping of Croon Waldor, iu I.inden
township, in August last, marked tho northern
limit of tho regulators’ work. They gavo him
halt's dozen laslics, and while he was smarting
Older the blows gave him a Ieeturc intruding
him to reform. In tho story to tho uflkorj of
the law, Walker Mid-.
‘ It was good advice, but 1 didu’t liko to
take it from that kiml of a crowd."
lie mis warned not to be seen ngain north of
Finley. Another man w hose wifo died and
who hired a houickcvpcr to attend to his house
and children on Moan Frock, was called upon,
dragged out ami given half n dozen Idaho* au<l
leetuicd. upon tho grouud that ho was creating
public scandal and disgracing tho memory of
Ilia dend wife, llo discharged tho housookepur
immediately.
(’. O. Simmons, tho preacher, was railed out
and thrashed for wifo-boating before ho ioiue l
tho organization and wont out improving tho
nature of other people.
In October (ireen Walker was terribly beaten
by tho Bald Knobbcrs and given till daylight
to leave town, lie haa never since been heard
of. This event was marie a feature in a war
in tho Baptist church at Smyrna, and came
very near disintegrating that body of worship*
pels through chargas being preferred against
some member for being of tho crowd that
whipped Walker.
Then again they called upon Khodos, a li
quor dealer at Chadwick, and began firing into
hia house until tbo walla wore perforated and
the wonder was that Khodes ami hU wife wore
nut killed.
WIIIl'ITD ON THK TRACK.
Whippings wero a nightly occurrence frotn
this timo on, and soiuo wry interesting scones
aro told of the proceedings of tho Bald Knob-
hr is in this lino. One night they ruet three*
unknown men walking along tho ro:ul near
l kudwiik, pri-sPlitcd guns at tlu ir houls and
unUud them to ruovo f»st, then to stop, then
to move fast again. They had lota of fun with
the terror-atrieken wretches, aud foully wh n
they were all atandiug still tho comuiuiulcr of
the Knobbcrs wild-
Now, any of you fellows who over stolo
auytbiug run liko
One ot tho poor devils started oil'on the dead
un. This nus regarded as a plea of guilty.
av.il he w»s overtaken and very soundly
thru-bed by tho gang.
At a trial of a uiau for attempting to shoot
a Bald Knobbcr in November, there was a
guat commotion, tho defeudaut pleading and
proving that no had been threatvnod by slid
Bald KuobU-r. The jury of six atood threns to
three, and the three forconvietiou were imme
diately set dowu a* Bald Kuobberi. One of
these was H. L. Hale, who has since been
elected justice, and who, as related, has boon
called upon by the respectable citisens to ro-
*ign, some« f the rei'ontly arrested Bald KnoV
ber*. stating that he wa> a ceptam of one of
the “lrgiota ’ into which the onlor is divided*
Isitwus }«id to the house of ticorge
i *4-u.e time tu f.iro the la*t v iait in w Uich
heatd hi* friend i harloa Uceeu were kill«Al,a
week ago Friday night. Tho killing of those
two Liiarmid men while they wero being
draggid from their bed iu tho preaeueo of their
wi\i«and the attempted dceipiution of old
U.»u I'dms with an »v, was a crime which
cas-i *U other* in the fchado wud avoosvd good
rilixtna t«> a nalizatieu of what was coming if
l aid K LobU rv was trot made an end of quickly.
MIKA KI Ml DOWN TIIK (iANit.
Tlie arrest*- followed then in rapid sueces*
>irn, and t o lt~-a than the men havo oonfuasei
to their part in tho whippings and the kith.ig,
ai d tho n-auUahows that kiuic urea of qau •
gu»>*l standing, who joined tho order from gojd
n otivt*, have k»u ltd into criminal a^ts.
Tho exact strength of the li**d Kuolibcrican
t ot b» asM-rtaintd, though Mr. F.leus diuu-
tbatBttii Bay. one of the men at \ row- : , a
jail fctre for the murder of hi* ron tfc e %t. n-d
to have fortv nuns at his hnast on thoic -t-
moo of a tridiug dbputc. The eh - f of the
Bald Krotberv, Ceor*e Walker, hu! groat
power in this county, and througa tic oru*
tiegof Taney, Douglas, f.hrlsUan and firoeu
( aptain N. N . Kinnty is almost a king. He Is
a powerful fellow, who has made rpeechcs
proclaiming hinsclf a Bald Kuobbor, and
vocating the necessity of an order to back
the courts or to act when
rrnrfs aro powerless to prevent petty
thieving, keeping lewd women, etc.
lie advocated Ijnch law at Sparta, in this
«-r uLty, a short time ago, it is said, declaring
proudly that he had attended the hanging
i-ix men in one night in Colorado, “and
war n't a good night for hangings, either.’ 1 1
has killed bis man, w-u superintendent o?
Sunday school Jn Taney county when he dt<
it, served in the union army, is unquestionably
brave and possessed of great personal magne-
thin. His power is eo great that on one occa
sion he marched out 1,300 Bald Knobbcrs
Teney county to have them reviewed by sc
r« tary of State Mcfiratli.
The method of whipping men as explain
by member* of the society who have weakened
is interesting.
A TYPICAL RAID.
Th< y meet at a certain place and procacd to
the house which they litvo marked for what
they term a.“vi»Jt.” Witn railroad tics, to bo
u*<d sk hfltUring mns, they can force in a
door at ore blow, ar.d they generally forco
both front and rear doors to prevent their
victim’s escape. Ho is generally found la bed
and drsgvrd out, no matter what the weather.
He finds nimtelf surrounded by a mob of men,
who, while they keep up the most unearthly
howling and dancing, Hash dark lanterns upon
him. Kvcry man in the mob has his face cov
ered with a moEk. This uiaak is just a black
brig with boles cut in it for tho eves and 11030,
ai d there holes fringed with red. On the top
are two horns made of finger-bugs stullcd with
cotton, and from the.to horns hang red tassc-L
What a spcctado they present to tho terror
stricken wretch can easily bo iro;.clued. He
1-ron pti.v Inseocd, dragged along to a cunvc
ient tree*, ar d “histed up" u coujdo oftim
till almoht choke<L and tlicu ho is hc&tou wit
hickory or m camfiro switches, every blow of
‘ cuts to tho bone. He Is loft then to tho
his frightened family, and the Bald
Knobbcrs, having enjoyed their visit, go home.
Occasionally the chic f of tho gang doll vers 1
tuldrera to tho victim, tho purport of whi
generally is that ho had better not talk nbo
Bald Knobbcrs, or get out of tho country.
Tins AWFUL OATH.
Bald Knobbcrs aro bound by an oath not to
reveal an} thing connected with tho orgAn
tion, to obey tbo captain or leader in anything
he may direct. This oath is taken in some
lonely spot in tlio woods, on tho top of Borne
sleep knob or In an old cavo at midnight. H
tlunds in the middlo of a circle of Bald Knob
' ers, all with their masks on and guns in thoir
hands. Over his head tho limb of a tree
btrdchcft, and on that iiuib a ropo hangs
down. A loop is made at ono end, and tho
others pull at tho other end until tho ropo al
most strangles him. Then standing on his
tiptoes, with his right hand hold up straight,
with his left hnnd over bis heart, ami with a
cocked shotgun at his breast, ho swoar* never
to divulge and always keep thosccrotsof tho
order, to obey the orders of the leaders at any
ami all times, iu any and all things, failing iu
which ho hopes ho may bo killed dead by tho
moet horrible methods, aud then tho circlo of
ktd brethren repeat tho words, "Dead,
(lead, dead,” aud he is gi von tho hand of fol
low ship.
Tho legion to which tho greater nnmber of
there arrested last week bclongoel, mot and
initialed members iu a diaonotl smelter,
down near Chadwick, a firo being built in
enter of tiro place, and tbo members
standing mound it iu a circlo.
A SFI.e IAL TERM ORDERED.
Pi'KiNGFiM), Mo., March J21).—At tho solid
tatiun of tbo authorities and citizens of Chris*
tinn county, Judge W. I). Hubbard issued a
call for a special term of tho court to bo held
at Ozark on tho lUtli of April, for tho trial of
the sixteen Haul K Lubber pvia.au rs now con
oid In jail fi r the murder of Charles Green
(d William r.dcns, in Christian county twe
itkHSgh. The pruhtcutiun »ro certain of
>n\i» ting all tho purtitr, and that all ol* them
ill hang or serve iu«g terms in liiu peniten
tiary.
«*J»m " Wilson to J’ubllflh A Hook.
rnoviDKNt 1:, If. I., March 30.—“Doc" Lovi
Wibon, who claims to bo tho son of rhllip I..
Me.cn, Hit- Worcester millionaire, has been quioily
living In this city sir co hi* release from Jail, to
w l.U-L bis ftttbir-in lmv and bondsman had con
signed him. 11c confided to an Interviewer yester
day 1 lie fret that hr is making 11 book. “Mv Fife,”
In wider, he tells the complete ktory of Id* roumn-
tic «nrt twytUnrlou*exponentcs. A New York lit
erary man of prominence is t cc-wlug up the story
In m the'incidents which "Doe" furnishes Idm.
Aniqimlly p'ornlneut publishing house will print
the- look, and "I)oc" says that his contract whli
the in provides that tho brut edition shall consist of
1.MU,MO copies. The name.*-of the writer and p-ii.-
Ihhcrh are kept secret for fear of Jnjuuettm pro-
reding* on the part of Moeri. Wilson says that a
novel 1 nlu itfioii me story of his career will follow
tie publication of ‘ Mr Life."
More Fart*.
Sterling, Ii.l, August 22, D‘"».
IVo feel wo must writo something of tho suc
cess of Hop Bitters. Thoir salo is thribblo that
of any other article of medicine. Hence wo
feel it but justico to you anil your Bittors to
say that it is a mcdicino of real merit aud virtue
and doing much good and ellecting great cart s.
Yours. J. F. & H. B. UTLEY.
HAYfJsvil.i.i:, Ohio, Feb. 11, ls-ri.
1 am very glad to say 1 havo Uiod Hop Bit*
ter*, and never took anything that did me as
much good. 1 only took two bottles and 1
would not take $100 for tho good they did mo.
1 recommend them to my patients, aud get tho
Ivst el results from thoir use
t\ B. MERCED, M.H.
New Haven, Conn , Sept ir>, k-'..
Wo tako pleasure in giving you a notice aud
a nice, strong one. ns it (Hop Biltcrs) deserves
it. We use it, ami wo know it dosorvee it.—
Tho Legi*tcr.
Greenwich, Feb. 11, l** >.
lU'i* UtTTrnaCo.:
Firs—I was given up by tho doctors to dio of
s<*rofiila consumption. Two bottles of yoar
Bitters cured me. They aro having a largo
»le here. LEROY BREWER.
Gun nv. u 11, N. Y., Fob. l',\ l**v"».
Hop Bitters are tho most valuable modiciuo
I ever knew. I should not hare any mother
now tut fur them. HEN R Y KN A IT.
Lorn: J u k, lio., Sept. 11, In-5.
1 1 avo Leon using llop llittors. and liavo to-
ecivcd gnat bmellt from them for liver com
plaint ami malarial fever. They aro superior
to all other medicines. P. M. BARNES.
Kai AMA7.O0, Mich., Feb. 2, I**M.
Hop Bittfk** Mrv. Co :
1 know Hop Bitters will hear rocommcmLv
tian honestly. All who u.m* them confer upon
th*u\ tho highest encomiums and givolhouv
«it*1 it lur tuzkiug euros—all tiro proprietors
r aim ur thuu. 1 havo kept them *luco they
vurc first t ilt red to the public. They took
high rank from tho first, aud ruainUiued it,
ml ate lucre called for than all others com
Ung as they keep up th-ir hi<h
reputation
Ctu.t:l.u© t*
have uut
1 pun based live
B Is I op ,V Co. la:
n will |de*>e<l <
1 r ir.-rc good th.i
1,:. M six years
I urity and usefulness 1 shall
ouuucud them—something 1
befuru with any pa tint medi-
J. J. BABCOCK,
PhvaicUu and Druggist
KAtlOK t. Mo., Feb l»,
r« bo tleA »i your Hop Bitters
las tall. t »r my dvighu-r. aud
' “***■ “■ " fhsy did
b« lias
JOSEPH BROWN’S REVENGE.
A Story of tho Early Settlement of Ten-
n«-»¥?0<
Edintu.d Kirkc Jn Harper’s Msgaztne for April.
In the time of the revolution this region was
tenanted by a fierce tribe of Indians called Chicka-
rr.aucsf. The fint settler* of Nashville came into
collision with them when they tr*ok their perilous
way down the Tcunes»cc to that remote outpost of
civilization, and for many years they waged an un-
relenting war vij^m the white*. Time and again
Sevier Invaded their strongholds at and''near Caat-
tcncoga, burned their towns, destroyed their crops
end drove the bravest of their warriors like fright
ened deer into the mountains. But they could not
» e subdued until Sevier could discover their moun
tain fartnmts. Hiding in them till the storm was
ever, the miscreants would again emerge into the
daylight, rebuild their birch bark cabins and re-
Mime their Larbarous warfare.
For eighteen years they were the terror of the
entire border, fievier was well nigh everywhere,
but even his sleepless vigilance could not guard
every scattered dwelling. Issuing in small parties
these v.retrbes would fall at midnight upon somo
unprotected farmhouse, plunder and May the oc
cupant-, and be back in their inaccessible haunts
before pursuit could be undertaken. Every white
rr.au prayed for vengeance upon them, but until
their secret haunts were known the prayer could
not be answered. At last, however, came the
ati ippling David who wan to meet lids Goliath of
Gath, and through him the power of the Chicka-
mnugax was broken.
He was a boy ot fifteen, named Joseph Brown,
and his story is a remarkable instance of long
studied vengeance in one *o young; but space'will
allow me to refer to only two of itc incidents. Ifis
father hrd been allowed some lands in the vicinity
of Nashville for services In the revolution, and
its - lie set out with his family to settle upon them.
\\ jtbin n lew miles of Chattanooga his boat was*
suddenly surrounded by about forty Indian canoes,
and in a few moments his he adless body lay at tiro
t^^ttem of the Tennessee. His two oldest sons and
fi.nr other young men were at once murdered, and
j.i - v. ;»*j and four younger children madu prisoners.
.fiscph'M (iijtor was a young half-breed brave
named rhir.-r halt alia, who spared ills lifo that ho
n.ight te the slave of his mother, n degraded
French woman who had been brought up
married among tho Chickamaugaa. He took Jo
seph to her rubin and then returned to the l
to secure his share of the plunder. He had
scarcely gone w hen there appeared at tbodcorof
the cabin ( uttealoy, the head chief of the small
town of Tuskegee, opposite Chattanooga, with
dozen of Id* warriors, demanding the boy from the
Frenchwoman. He said the lad was old enough
to notice everything, aud if allowed to live would
escape and would someday pilot an army to de
stroy them all. The boy could not understand his
words, Lul he die! his actions. A dozon knives and
tomahawks gleamed above him, but they did not
fall, for tlie woman sprang before the boy .declaring
that he should not be murdered,and saved his
life.
ore than a year tho boy was a prisoner
among the Chtcamnugas, enduring all sorts of
hardships but meanwhile discovering all their
hiding places In the mountains. Then he was lib
erated by John Fcvler, and retarded to hlslriemls
in Foulh Carolina.
Then the words of Cuttcatry came to him: “He
Isold enough to notice everything, and sumo day
iMnpe end bring an army here.” Again
and again tho words came to the boy, till the idea
became his controlling thought. Gradually then
it began to dawn upon him thut God had saved his
life for a purpose, and that purpose wax vengeance
upon the Chkknmaugas.
t lie kept ills thoughts to himself, for expert-
hud taught him to be silent and pit lent and
wary. So he waitc d tl 11 he was nearly niiietccn,
and had grown to the stature of manhood. Then
he proposed to his mother to carry out his father’
intention of rcltllng on their lands near Nash rllle.
1 IjIh he did to he wltbiu striking distance of tho
hlekamaugn*.
They traveled overland to Nashville, and on his
father s lands the boy, not yet nineteen, built a
titiin and re sumed tho duties of head of the
family.
Now the yc nth thought himself old enough to
lake 11 part in tho bloody drama that was being
everywhere about him. He repaired to
James Robertron, who had roilita»y command ol
the Nashville district, a.ul told him that h<3 knew
the secret fastccssc* of the river Indians, and
nld pilot nn nrmy to their rear which m’ght dc-
troy them. Robertson heard him gladly, hut
shook hij head, saying that he could do nothing.
The orders of the gore urn cut wero imperative
that both he and 8ev ler should act strictly on tho
defensive, and tinder no circumstance* Invade the
heroVec country. Spain held Louisiana and the
mouths of the Mississippi, and w as in alliance
ith the Creeks and Cherokee*. An attack upon
them would provoke a collision with her, and that
the Infant republic wosnotTwcpitTcd tor, while nil
the wlfdr m and prudence of Washington was re*
iiiircd to avoid another war with Great Britain.
80 for two years Sevier and Robertson held their
hands, while death lurked beside
every man's dwelling. Tho farmer
coulil not loll n tree, gutber a crop or sit In his
doorway without a loaded riilo beside him. Iu a
population of 7,0J0 in the Nashville district, tho
killed were from sixty to seventy yearly. At last
wheu tome of the first men in the district had
fallen, the Nashville people rose, enrolled them-
selves ami demanded to he led nguitut the Chicka-
mangas. Then Robertson gavo way, and seidlng
for y oung Brown, asked him to find u route for au
army through the woods to Nicajack.
Jtwosinoro than u hundred miles, through a
trackless forest where never a white mau hid
been, and behind every trewnight lurk a Chicka-
mauga; but with two or three companions tho
young man went and returned iu safety. By the
iiite he had blazed it force ol to0 men toon follow
ed, and the rest is iu history. The head chief of
the Chtckamnugas was allied, and seventy of their
arrlors, and their towns were laid in ashes. But
more than this—tho Indians were shown that their
secret haunts hud becu discovered, and hence that
further conflict with the whites would result in
their ow « extermination.
In the fight young Brown was entrusted with the
command of a company detailed to intercept a
llightof the Indians to tho cave of Nicajack.
\\ lu.11 it was over he returned to tho town and aik’
d if any prisoners had been taken. He wasdi
ctcd ton cabin where about twenty were on-
;:ed, and uttering it, found there, crouching tn
iccorncr, his termer mistress, the old French wo-
an. All the motive# recognized Mm, and wore
rrtr-striekc u, for they remembered hi* murdered
kindred. The womsii was the only one to speak,
he pleaded for their lives, reminding Joseph that
"iveil him when he was about to bo mur-
. uttcafoy. “We are white people.” he
antweted. “we do not kill women and children."
\ co-ta-concy" tOb, that la good new* to the
tched), she cried.
Brown, at the ace of eighty-six. wrote out tho
narrative from which tho foregoing is taken. He
had then, as iu ids youth, the feeliug that he was
iod’s:avenger. “The Judgment of heaven." he
•ays in hi* u&taUvc, “loll upon the Indians."
•Mine Nail Drive* Out Another,"
a French saying th»t litnls exemplification
tbo way one disease will substitute itself tor
aiu ther and graver one, in very mauyea'ses.
liver disease for Instance will soon induce
Meed dise rder*, throat ailments, skin affections
and eventually, because of impoverished blood,
onsumptiou itself, unless, indeed, it bo treated
its incipieucy a&d euily progress by Dr.
ierres “Golden Medical Discovery" whiih
acts sa u specific iu these ailments, accom-
pi shing a rapid cure by its powerful alterative
action upon the great organ* of the body.
FISHING IN FLORIDA.
astfn has great luc:< with
THE GAMIEST OF FISHES.
Fith’.rg bj USeoBlijM-A T*rpon Capturf* til#
UoBiodcro-Turo Abaur far thi Con**acre--
Cclonel Q«ia> -Ore HutMJrM* u*d Twen
ty Ft-uader-Cojaesodore's Luc*.
Mr. Thcmfis B. Astcn, who with Colonel
Quay is yachting and fiobing in Florida waters,
was interviewed tho other day by the Indian
River News about his experience with tarpon,
the big fish of the land of flowers.
"After building my yacht," said Mr. Astcn,
"with tbo purpose in view of visiting the west
coast of Florida to indulge in tome lively sport
in fishing which, we were informed, could only
he found in that section, we changed our minds
and induced our fiicnd, Lieutenant Hcnn, to
join with us in a trip to the cast coast and try
some of the lesser kinds of fish, such as bass,
trout, sheepibead, snappers, etc. Imagine our
surprise and incredulity when told by the
residents that the famous tarpon whs to
ho found in our near vicinity, so wo de
cided to investigate. The first evening wo
went , to the west sido of tho river with our
hies, books, snells, and other paraphernalDl
to see what was to be seen. Our first view of
the beauties was immediately after moonrise,
when they were to be seen leaping and Hying
through the air, gambolling and playing, their
bright, silvery scales glistening in the moon
light, affording a scene that beggars descrip*
tier. \Yo undertook the task of booking a
few of them and after struggling for soma timo
n «licetunlly, wo finally succeeded iu bringing
c-M) of them up-to who tide of tho built appar
ently exhausted; then the fun began in oar-
nest. The fish seemed to ivftlize his critical
situation, nid as wo failed to bring a litucoora
sjfiir with which to pierce him, we wore at
sea, as it wefe, with an elephant on our h.md3
and r.o means to capture him.
"Tho next evening we were more fortunate.
Wo supplied ourselves with tho largest and
most powerful shark hooks, xn»do snells cigh*
teen inches to two reft iu length of quadruple
twisted wire to prevent tho monster’s j iws
from getting nway with our hooks and tackle.
With heavy lances with which to pierce tho
lish should wo catch one, wo once mure ro*
sorted to tho scene of action. We had learned
two lessons—that tho tsckJe used to catch tho
wist coast tarpon was absolutely insufficient,
and had to to substituted by tbo most power
ful fbark tackle, and that tho proper timo to
angle whs by moonlight, when they como in
tbo inlets and cuts to feed on the suiallor
fish that abound in these places at those
times. Tho scene that presented itself on our
arrival was ono of most exciting interest.
Here, there, and on all &Mcs of us were to bo
seen leaping and Hashing in the moonlight the
glistening forms of there graceful and foarless
creatures. As wo would cast out our lines
baited with mullet, they would bo soizod al
most immediately, and eie wo could tighten
our giasp, tho fish would dart to this side or
that. One moment tho lino would bo entirely
limp and apparently empty, wheu, swish, over
to tho right of you would leap a monster eight
or ten feet in tbo air, shaking his wonderfully
formed brad, aud nino times out of teu tho
book would go spinning several feet away. A
strango fenturo of tho fish’s pranks was hi3
attempt to grab tho hook after throwing it
frera his mouth, sometimes catching it boforc
It struck the water.
“Thus tho sport continued, ever watchful
lest tho lino bora mo entangled in tho lea^t
with any part of the body, for in that cau»,
w-tro the fish to tako a cotuso from tho boat,
tho unfortunate would run ft gr<a% risk of being
drawn overboard or being badly lncorated. Tho
wonderful power possessed by these deulzens
of tho sea may bo judged from tbo fact that
in tho capture of a hundred-pounder tho boat
containing mytilf and assistant was drawn
back and forth over a distance of two miles or
mere. This means being employed to woaj out
tho Strength of tho ii&h, it is at last drawn up
to a''distance that will allow an assistant to
spear him, and oven then it requite) consider-
al io skill to'land him in tho boat whilo under-
going his last c Sorts and stiugglos. Lucky is
lie who succeeds iu getting 0110 of theso varie
ty », for of all gamy fish this is considered by
ccamen the most difficult to capture."
Colonel Quay caught a tarpon on tho occx*
sion wo mention wiilch weighed 120 pouuds
and measured (5 feet 2 inches. Tho one cap*
tured by Mr. A&ten measured <* feet and weigh
ed JOO pounds. On their return trip Mr. and
Mis. Astcn stopped at this placu for a day, and
kindly showed us thorough thtir sploudidly
equipped yacht, tho Awixa. Tho boat is with
out doubt the finest and most convenient that
ever sailed tho river; ©very convenience and
commodity to bo found in a completely fur
nished houso Is right at hand, aud in overy
conceivable nook anil corner we discovered
some skillful device to add to tho comfort of
tho occupants. Tho boat cost over $3,000, and
measured thlrty-ono feet over alt, eleven foot
beam, with a draught of tweuty-aovon inchof.
Aboard the boat was a handsome Bible, rescued
from the ill-fated atoamcr Oregon, after having
been under water for moro than four months.
W.vf.
Ti e *1
uom a very
'i tighter was in po>r he
r »r*. and c:uld obUlr
1 Hop Bitten* >he i*
t* any person iu this co
ales and they are nuv
\V !!. D
L’ Me ;Lt*l
eiu
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, iu the
mkmot he r »orrow for tho death of her tamous
brother, h** » new »ourc« of gnel Her Kratn\*an,
little Lr»!ie Stowe, the five-year old h»u of tho Rev.
t horli> K. Stowe, died ou Tuesday at Cambridge.
>!»mu lit v Mr. Stowe wa* in Florida at the time,
but will be present at the fttnerai.
How ami Why •l.VOtiO Cornea to Koine.
There wm some excitement on the at re*-tv
yesterday when it was announced that some
one in Hon« had drawn a part of the capital
prize of TLi'Louisiana State Lottery. «*n latfc
Tuesday. A New Orleana paper had a list of
the lucky numbeiR a* follows: "Xo, 7HH7
$150,000 whole, fold in fractions in 8m Fran-
s»o. Philadelphia. Buffalo, and Auburn, N.
, Poitland, Me, Fort Wayne, Ind . R >rae,
1, and Aberdeen, Miss. The meky ones
„trr feued at Ia«t. They were Mba Abide
Webb. I'ruf. H F. Clark, and Dr J X. Picoer.
There had peel d toretber and purchased sumo
lott. rv tickets, and among them was the
lmky numb*r—Rowe vUa I Courier, Feb.. II.
Rruiarkiibla Corn,
Ore overt ^nthe ear. Mow cultivated a d Itu-
] . \
At *ll I»t. Oti i^-t'on April 1 '..1 Tc*-i* ^ar:U
ml.t Parch- Dalla*. Tex., br Jed \VelK*ru. Scents
in *taai * U) the editor will get L-v.h u-.niberA
Clew "Idaad Harris Tobaeco."
From the Artist who* l 9bok (J. Ci. Boffai»n , i
Fhotograph.
Hu kory, N. C.—I s*nd you today half dozen
photographs of G. G. Hoffman, of Conover, N. i'.,
and I must say thut your medicine haa done won*
dere for Mr. Hoffman. It seems like raising the
dead to life; ho looka fat and hearty now, an l they
tell me wheu he commenced your medicine he
nothing bm *kln anvl bone*, lhe sore oa hit
breast is healed over, and you can *ee tho oue on
tlie forehead la healing up from the top. I wish It
had been so that I could have taken it when he
was at his worst, but I could not leave my office,
aud he livesrome distance from hero.
Yours respectfully.
A. McIntosh.
This man.«. G. Hofftean, ha* rl*en from the use
ofllotanle Blood Bala (B.B.B.) to his present
wonderfully improved condition. In a short time
hi* boneless forehead will be fully healed, and ho
will stand a monument of humanity raised from
the verge of death. Few persons ever recover from
such a low state, being on a dying bed from that
fell destroyer, blood poison, with the bone* of his
forehead rotted and taken out 2?f*3 inches by the
doctor*, and given out to die. From skin and bone*
wrecked iby blood poiren, to (health and sound
tk.-h, is the woik of B. B. B.
Notmany*»uchdtrpcrate cases maybe found,
but when they are they should not despair of re
covery, as B R will cure them.
When this mcdicina can care «u<-h extreme cases,
is It not reasonable that it will cure all ease* of
blood poison of le*s violence, as it has done. In
thousands of instances ?
The Mayor and doctor* of Conover will
verify the awfol condition from which Mr.
Hotaitan was raNed. It. It. CO.
«)' ’* *••: It '{•pi'-'l i' r x: • - ‘ ' n
A WONDERFUL INDUSTRY
A New industry in the Clty-W hat an Exstlient Firm
is Doing In tbo Way of Wanufsetartoz-The
Saimer’s Friend-Merit Will Tell.
Pal; July 21, 1885—No, 322,885*’
Other Paisat Pending.
ture oi which, though unknown to many of;tho
readers of Thk Constitution, has assumed suclx
proportions that the day is not far dirtant wheu it
will rival any manufactory in tho city.
'J hejight to manufacture tbo cradle is owned by
5te«srn. Adair Bros. A Co., ihe well known cotton
factor* and exporters, and fertilizer dealers, and U
is this firm that has started the manufactory.
• It was only last season that this croule waa
brought lictore the people, aud it was received
with such favor by tho farmers, and tho gentle
men have received m> many testimonials that they
were Induced to go into the business this year on it
much larger scale than before. Mr. A. J>. Adair,
with whom we .talked, Informed us that tbo
fnaths. the b’ades which are tho well known
Blood bladis, tor the cvadles, were brought from
New York, lait the frame of the cradles
i.s manufactured here and uext year the smiths will
a ho to made at home. There are now employed
iu making, packing aud shipping over thirty men,
ders of these cradles havo been shipped. Lfet sea
son where only a dozen cradles were taken, this
season five trill be sold.
There arc many who will read with interest that
tog the supply, although Mr. Adair sajrs !tbat tha
force will be increased in order to keep all order*
promptly filled. The cradle Is wonderful in many
respects, it is the first grain cradle that has eves
let*n constructed of metal. Tho cradle has four
teen fingcrs.mily an inch and three-fourths apart
and there fingers ate rnado ol steel wire. The ctb-
dle is light weighing about ten pounds. With tho
fiugers so dote to each other It is impossible fora
b ad of wheat or oats to escape. Tho following
are tho points which tho manufacturers say make
it the most desirable cradle made: It is very light!
most durable, the strongest, simplest, lightest of
draft, ihe best grain saver, the most adjustable *&<3
they say with emphasis, the best! JTho manufac
turers will sell, aslast year, to dealers and mer
chants; except for the introduction when they bo
sold to farmers that their merits may bo known.
Jf any farmers are unable to obtain them front
their merchants, if they will write to Adair Bros.
.V Co., Atlanta, Ga., their communication will re
ceive prompt attention. . t ,
The gentlemen who have embarked in this en-
tcrprlEe aro well known in tho city and state, and
they would not undertake anything without they
felt certain of Its being of worth to the peoploauu
something that they could conscientiously recom*.
mend to be ns good ns the best.
Aik ytmr retailer for the James Mean# *3 shoe?
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ip&n the reputation of the original. ^
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