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CONTERS, GA., DEC. 19.;
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TUB TBITK LOV EB. r
t BT W. r. TORINO.
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Do vou ask mo utarrv eyes.
To describe the lover true?
W omler not at my surprise,
Who should know as well as you?
Think of all that you nave seen,
And the lovers that have 1 een ;
He is true whose love >s shown
For her sake and not his own.
II
Wh at he does he does alone,
Yet he hopes it wins her thought.
All that in his soul has .crown,
I'o her sovereign feet is brought ;
To his soul her image clings,
She seems woven in all things,
And each thought that in him stirs
Is not for hiit .-uke, hut bora.
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I’Ylr her sake he will endure ;
For her sake he will sacrifice ;
Bravely hearing, her love sure,
Censure, Slander, scorn, advice
If another wins her heart
lie will sadly from her part,
Sadly, bravely ; true love is
For her suke and not for his.
IV
This is the true lover rweet —
True ns ever I am true ;
For my love is all couip ete,
Perfect since it comes from you.
Darling, yet ’tits not true —no !
For I could not let you go ;
1 must keep you where you V* grown,
For my suke and for your own.
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For your own because I Lovo
More than any other can ;
More than ever love could move
Ilea t of any other man.
Look at me and then agree,
>ltmn \ovm\ wViw **•
For whatever 1 may and.
Is because 1 live in you.
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Ki, and so shut speech away.
When old ago our life has spent,
’Twill be time enough t > say,
What is love in argument!
For the r>r<>sen' all stars shine.
Vou are here and you are mine.
Love makes light, and song and flow
er ,
For whose sake ? Dear love, for ours.
ASIYicS OF HOSES,
[Grown people often write un pyui*
path} with children, but, here is a lit
tle poem bv a child in sympathy with
grown folks:]
Soft on the sunset sky
Bright daylight closes,
Leaving, when lijht doth die,
Pale hues That mingling lie—•
Ashes of loses.
When love’s' warm sun is set,
Lore's brightness closes;
Eyes with hot tears are wet,
" In hearts there linger yet
A-lies of rosea.
SAD THINGS.
“ Of all sad words of tongue or
pen,
The padest are these, ‘lt might have
been.”
But of all sad words to beats and
tramps.
The saddest are these, ‘l’m out of
stamps.’
-N. Y. Weekly.
And of all sad words to the tailor
sleek,
The saddest are these, ‘‘cal 1 round
next weHf.’s
—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
But sadder than ever t iesc have
been
Is the servant’s answer, “She isn,t
•if 1
f o ,
—Burlington tlawkeye.
ißut saddest of words to printers
n ßid,
Are, “ lis subscriptioi is still un*
paid.
Watchman.
THE LATEST CURIOSITIES.
A fence made from the railings of
a sool ing wife,
A plate of batter from the cream
of a joke.
The small Ooins it the change o
the moon,
The original brush used iu paint
ing the signs of the tiines-
Tbe latest cootract with the trade
winds.
The chair in whieh tbo sun sets,
A garment for the nak'-d eye.
A buckle to fasten on a laughi'gs
stock.
Ah animal that drew the infer
ence-
An egg f/ om a uest of thieves.
A bmket of water lrom “Ali’a
well
Soap wit which a man w-s wash
ed overboard.
The strop which is usd to .\hu;p~
en too v*atci s edge.
A portion of the }<as mi-d in
raisiug the w mi.
The saucei lounging tu tl e cup
of sorrow.
Hinges and lock front tho trunk
f an elephant-
A feather fr m th wi gof a fly
ing report.
Here is :i pathetic story which ap
t*' \\n to\*\ \v% pt fwVtYt, t •"*
reining Mr. Willian Black the novel
ist. While staying at Ohau lust sum
mer lie felt inclined for a swin and se
lecting the quietest nook he could find
along the beach, he laid his clothes
carefully under a rock, and proceeded
to enjoy his sea hath. Presently a
young lady with one of his own novels
in hand, and absorbed and uncon
scious, sat*herself down close by the
unseen garments. Poor Mr. illiam
Black did not. know what to do. He
made a -o' ew th the water, bobbed
up and down and tried by every mod
est means in bis power to indicate
tliat he was in the vicinity and not in
full dress, he was ashamed to stand
up and shout, and hardly ventured,
indeed, to show more than the top
of his head. So absorbing however
was his own story that he couid not
attract attention. lie had never be
fore wished that his literary power
was less, hut at that moment his fond
est hope was that he had written at
least one dull chapter in his volume.
That vri-h became an inspiration, an
ambition, a desire begot in agony,
when presently there came along a
short-sighted sportsman carrying a
ami who seeing something strangely
acting in the water near at hand,
thought it must l>e game of some
kind or other, and presented his gun
to shoot. Mi. Black could not stand
this, Forgettiug the lady with one
of his own novels in her baud, he,
he startled both her and the sports
man, us, flinging himself bolt upright,
he lifted both his arms above his head
and cried with pathetic rapidity ‘Pray
don’t sho >t ? please don’t shoot! I’m
a man ! I’m a man ! I’m a man !”
The lady by the sea shore took the
hint and diappeard.
America sent a million dollars worth
of toys to Europe last year,
I ■. - .
a Sacfrancisoo young man stabbed
hih mother because breakfast wasn’t
ready.
THE DETBOIT FREE PRESS.
Th is brightest of literary weeklies
is now publishing a n< w novel by
John Esten Hooke, confederate War
Sketches by prominent Southern
writers and a host of other good
things by M. Quad and other brilliant
authors.
Russia has gobbled Turkey,
Som* Other BlfbU of Women.
I believe woman is the equal of
man and bas all the rights of man
and one mere that of protection 1
believe the institution of marriage to
be the holieet and most sacred cu in
stitutions among men. Yet it took
a thousand years to advauoe from
slavery up to the, marriage institu
tion. I hate a man who thinks he
it the head of the family. I do. I
despise him. I hato one of those dig
nified galoots, I never saw a digui
fled man was not a dunce. Solemni
ty is a breastwork which mediocrity
throws up to defeud itself from the
eyes of the world. I hste a man who
is au aristocrat in his family, and
whose wife is compelled to be a beg
gar. She says she wants a dollar
and asks tor it like she whs standing
on a bombshell, and he replies :
What did you do with last 6ftv cts.
I gave you?’ How mjny are obliged
to be continual beggers ? How can
\o<i ra'se children in such an atm >s
nhere ? It s a torr ble thing; it's
wretched and infamous I believe in
the democracy fcf the family. Every
home should he a little tepuhlio in
itself. Love is the only thing that
will pay fen per cent, to both bor
rower and lender. Love is the only
thing where the lait possible <-xtruv-
Hgance is the height of economy.
What right has man to he the head
of a family ? /. man should be pleas
aut and cheerful on coming int > a
hoiuo. When yon enslave any bod'
you make them dishonest, a hut
with love is a palace fit for a king, a
little ago I stood at the tomb
of the dead Napoleon, and when 1
thought of his past life. 1 thought
[ would rather have been a French
pea-ant aud worn wsodeq shoes, liv
ing in a hut with a little wife 1 lov
ed. with children upon my knee and
there a-ms ah ue my nook, ami died
unno'iced aid unknown, ami loved
by those who km-w me. tl an to have
been that king. It, is not necessary to
te ri*h or great, or powerful to be
happy.
SOMETHING NEW
In order t> introduce our lii ..
Seed Spring Wheat-, The Wheat of
Taos, in youi locality—single g>ains
measuring £ inch in length I pro
p >se to se'.il a sample of the wheat
free of charge, to every subscriber to
ibis paper wtm wi*l state the name
of the newspaper and send a three
eeut s'auip to pay postage,
Agents wanted in every c unity to
sell this new wheat,
Adire; s
L L qSxMENT,
OUuvelaud, Term
AN APPALLING CURSE,
Carefully prepared statistics show
tha there are over 600 000 drunk
ards in the Uuit.d States, and that
seventy-five thousand die annual}
who go to the grave of a drunkard
Every year one? hundred thousand
men and votneu are sent to prison
under the influence of intoxication,
while three hundred murders and
four buudred suicides occur from the
same cause, Two hundred thousand
orphans are annually thrown upon
the charity of the world by this
curse of intemperance. Nine-tenths
of our crime and not lesa than seven
eights of pauperism is the immediate
result of the use of whiskey, and
that at a cost to the government—
besides ipdiv dul want—of 60.000
000 a year.
SEA SERPENT.
Unless nature bas been invent
ing some unparalelled liars recently
there is a sea serpent in the Missi
ssippi river. It attacked barges and
left portious of its teeth resembling
ivory embedded in one. of them, This
monster is described as being about
sixty feet long its body was shaped
like a snake, its tail forked like a
fish and it lad a bill like that of a
pelican. Its bill was full six feet
in length, It bad a long flowing
black mane like a berse. When it
swam its head was eight feet above
water. It lasbed the water with its
tail and spouted water forty feet
bigb.
&£, BOUtB I
It is said that thirty - papers col
lapsed in Texas last year and sixty
sprung into existence.
Nine men out often, when you
meet them in tho dark will say ‘hel
lo !, The other one will utter the
first sylable and leave you to finish
it.
The experienced editor can always
tell at sight the man who comes in
with the first attempt at original po
etry. lie walks on tiptoe, and looks
as though he had just passed a coun
terfeit bill or strangled a boy-
A patient, Philadelphian has ac
comnliahed the wonderful feat of
writing -u two postal cards the entire
book of Esther, ihc entire book of
Jonah and the 231st psalm. On
the surface cf these two cards he
has managed to place, in clear well
formed letters, although almost mi
croscopic in size, no lesstbaa 7.114
word*, composed of 29. 3 ( J2 letters.
Very woudeiful no doub', hi t bow
about his oyesigh ? Aud of what
benefit is his feat to the world.
F:ve thousand pounds of artificial
butter are manufactured daily iu
Pittsburg,
A Chicago clergyman said recent
ly that no tme woman would allow
a man to put on her shoe
A South Carolina colored men
mad- an h voluntary asc sion the otb
or b 1 coming entangled iu the ropes.
He was k lh and tailing sixty feet.
DiamcKd cut Diamond-
QM Roue a hotel in the
Northern part of this State, which be
boasted was the b<*?t m that portion
Of th(3 kStcittfy wliora as he tv>
you could get everything that was
good to eat. One day in comes a Yan
kee, sends his horse round to the sta-
I le. and steeping up to the bar asked
old llowe what ho could give him for
dinner.
‘Anything, sir, ” says old Rowe
‘anything from an elephant to a cana
ry bird’s tongue.’
‘Wall.’ says the Yankee eyeing old
Rowe, ‘I guess I’ll take a piece of
pickled elephant.’
Out bustled old Rowe to the din
ing-room leaving our Yankee non
plused at his gravity. Presently he
catue back again.
‘ Well, sir, we’ve got ’em all right,
right here in the house, but you’ll
have to take a whole one, ’canse we
never cut ’em.’
The Yankee thought he would take
some codfish and potatoes
the Farmer
who crawls out of bed at eight o’clock
eats a poor breakfast, and then goes
fishing or hunting, or to the village
corner to talk politics, drink whiskey
and rail out again-t the State as no
farming country, who takes no pa>
pers, an a condemns book farming, and
threatens to move to California or
Texas to get revenge on the States
that will not give him a good living
without work-—is a dead weight upon
the farming interests of any' country
In the cold North such farmers would
come to the poor house in one season
or starve.
The Porte, in order to give Europe
a proof of its sincere desire for .peace,
has asked the Russian Government
to state what condition ,it would de*
mar.d as the basis of .jeace negotia
tions.
PAYNE’S AGE OP REASON
Payne’s Age Of Reason is the
largest and besj. liberal pi b ; cation
in America, While its missic ii3 to
unfetter the minds of men fro* i the
dismal superstition of the past, it is
a first class family Journal as well
Every independent thinker can but
be pleased with it ands ueb are re
spectfully solicitc and to give it their
■upport, Specir en copus 15 cents.
Address, 8, W Payne, Edito-,
1.6 m, 141 Bth street New York.
Bockdale Sheriff Sales fer
February, IS7B.
Will be sold before the court
house door io the town of Conyers
within the legal hours of sale on tl e
first Thursday in . February, 1878,
the following diseribed property to.
wit:
One half sere of land in tke t< wn
of Conyers, part of lot JNn. 273
bounded East by Baptist eh urea
lot North by Welsh, South by Joue*
West by Bentley. Levied on M
the property of James Jones to
satisfy two fi fas iu favor of U L
Bhipley vs, James Jones issued
from Rockdale county court Search
made aud uo personal property to
be found. Property pointed out by
plffs. Levy made Jan 3rd. 1878, by
A. P. Mitchell L. C, and returned
to me.
JOHN H TAYLOR,
Sheriff,
ALSO
within the legal hours o
sale, on the first Tuesday
n February. 187, the ft Mowing de
scribed property to wit;
One hundred acres cf land in 16th
district originally Henry now Rockß
dale county' bounded East by Henry
Wilson, North and West bv Kobt
Wood, South by W- J. Mi’cMl*
Levied on as the property of P. B.
Smith to satisfy one 6 U in fav r of
Cletumous & Petty and two fi fa* iu
favor of Oyrthia J Melton vj. P
Smith issued from Rckdale oouary
court and no personal property to bo
found* Property pointed cut by
plffs. Leavy made Jan 3rd. 187 8.
by A. P- Mitchell, L, 0. and return
ed to me*
JOHN. H TAYLOR
Sheriff
ALSO
At the same time and plner wil
be sold the following described proper
ty to-wit:
One hundred aDd one fourth seres
of land West part of lot No. 309. in
16th, Dist originally Her ry n w
Rockdale county, bounded West by
Nancy Owens, North East by Webb
South West by E P Owens. Levied
- ' - a ‘tn p-nivrty of Joel 1.. Far
mer to satisfy two fi fas in finer rt"
Ira Camp for benefit of W. T.
Owens vs. Joel L. f armer issued
from Justices court 475:h, district
if. M. Search made and no person
al property to be found. Property
noiuted out by Plffs. Leavy ma 'n
January, 3rd. 1878, by A P Mi ched
L, C. and returned to me.
JOHN HTAYLOR
Sheriff.
ALSO.
At the same time and place will
be wild the following property ;
One Lundred aud twenty five
acres of land more or less, beii g a
pari of two lots Nos. 113 and 144,
iu tha 11th Dist of originally Hen
ry now Roekdul# county, bounded
on South by J B Posey, We t by
T D S* ana .north by Wm Briscu*
dine, East by Anthony Leftwich
levied oa as tbs property of W H
Craw to satisfy one fi fa issued from
the Justices Court 561st, Dist G M
in favor of J B Posey v#‘ W H
H Crow, Not enough personal
property fouud to satisfy this
li fa. Property pAnted out by Pltf
and leavy made Dec 19tb, 1877, by
W F Plunxet L G. and returned to
me
J H TAYLOR,
Sheriff*
SHERIFFS Sales FOR MaR cii
Will be sold before tbs court hous
door ia tbs town of (JsQycrs within
the Legal hours of Sale od the first
Tuesday in uiarch 1878 the follow
ing described pr perty to wit:
One hand power printing press and
fixtures, twenty type c; see, two
standi, stones, one heating stove, or e
stooi, two boards, two and
one water bucket, eight gullies, and
ftU tbe type belonging to tbr press,
L vied on'as tbe property of W P
R< eel, to satisfy one mortgage ii fa
issued from the Rockdale Su
perior court in favor sf a J Pierce
against W P Read. Property poin
ted out by fi fa. Levy made Dec 12,
1878.
J H TaYLOR
Sheriff-