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ThE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY I, 1884.—TWELVE PAGES.
I
UNCLE REMUS.
fun and philosophy of the
OLD HOME.
••D# Pint* er Dst Tale. Honey. is V 'Bout Like
Die. Dat Dey Alnt no nee er Dodcin* Wllsa
Dey’e • Blf Puee Owlne on. But You
Bide Out Wen Dey’e no Beoket."
. The discussionover AuntTempy’s fragmen
tary etory having exhausted itself, Daddy
•Jack turned up hie coat collar until it was a*
high aa the top of hie head, and then fried to
button U under hie chin. If tliie attempt had
been successful, the old African would have
presented a diabolical appearance; but the
coat refused to be, buttoned in that style. After
several attempt#, which created no end of
Amusement for the little boy, Daddy Jack
•Aid:
. "De Lion, ’e no hab bin sma't Ink Brer Bab
bit. ’E strong wit’ *o fut, ’e strong wit 1
lath, but 'c no strong wit’ ’• head. ’E bery
foolish, 'cep’ 'e is bin hab chance fer jump
'pdn dem creetur.
^One tarn f e bin come by B'er Babbit it
dn'rpnd; ’e ahx um howdy; ’c ahx urn wey ’<
gwan. B'er Babbit say 'e gwan git film front
de Buckra Man wut bin coinin’ ’long da road
: B’er Babbit say:
" *Hide you'se’f, B’er Lion; da Buckra
ketch-a you fer true; ’o is bin ketcji-a you
tarn'e pit ’e y-eye 'pon you; ’e mekky you
kick wit’ sorry. Hide fum da Buckra, B’er
Lionl’
“Be Lion ’e shekky 'c head; 'e say:
" *Ki! Me no skecr da Buckra Man. I glad
fer shunt. I ketch uni un I kynr um way I
Jif; me hab da Buckra Man fer me bittle.
How cum you bein’ skeer da Buckra Man, B’er
Babbit?’
''B’er Babbit look all ’bout fer ace ef da
Buckra bin cornin’. *Esay:
• "‘Mo hab plenty • reason, B’er Lion. Da
Buckra shoot-a wit' one gun. ’E r’ise um too
y-eye, ’e pint um stret tozo you; *e say
bang! one tom, ’c soy bang! two tarn; dun you
ia bin git hu’t troo du head un cripplo in da
leg/.,
"Lion ’eshek *e head; ’o say:
"'Me no skeer da Buckra Man. I grab-a
da gi in. f I ketch um fer mo brokwus.’
"B’er Babbit, ’e iahfl’; ’esay:
'“Him quaru fer true. Mo e*keer da Buckra,
me no akeer you; but you no skeer da Buckra.
How come d*?’
"Da Lipn lash ’e tail; ’e say:
'Mo no skecr da Buckra, but mo akeer da
Pa’tridgei mo berry skeer da Pa’tridge.'
"B’er Babbit *e lahff tell *e kin lahff no mo*.
'Esay:
" ‘How puin you akeer da Pa’tridge? *E fly
wun you .wink-a you’ eye; ’« run un ’e fly.
HooI rue no skeer’bout dem Pn’tridge. Mo
akeer da Buckra.’
"Da Lion, *o look nil ’bout fer aeeef da Pa’t-
ridge bin cornin’. ’E say:
•' 'I skeer da Pa’tridgo. Wun me bin walk
in da bushsidc, da l’a’tridgo ’e hoi’ right still
? pon da groun’tell mo cornu dey-dey, un dun
V fly up—ftrd-d-d-d-d-d-e-el Wun *e is bin
do det me is git-a ekeor berry bahd.”
No typographical device could adequately
describe Daddy Jack’s imitation of the flush
ing of a covey of partridges, or quaili but it is
needless to say that it made its impression up
on the littlo boy. The old AlVicnn went on:
"B’er Babbit, ’e holler un lablf; *e any:
■" ’Mo no akeer da Pa’tridge. 1 run dcin up
ebry day. D* no hu’t-a you, B’er Lion, You
OTP V«ar eye^pon da Buckra Man. Da Pa’t
ridge, ’o no hab no guu for shoot-a you wit’;
da Buckra, ’« is bin hab ono gun two turn, hot
du Pa’tridge fly, B’er Lion; but wun da Buck
ra Mail mine you be#’ keep in do shady-side.
J tell you dis, B’er Liou.’
"Da Liou, ’o stan’ um down ’e no skoer da
Buckra Man. un bimeby ’o aav goo’-bvo; ’©
•ayj’e gwan Jodk'i .fer da Buckra Man for
true. ' v / 4
"8o long tarn, B’er Rabbit is bin yeddy ono
big fuss in da timber s -V yoddy du Lion v’lce.
RIVALING LULA HURST.
Sirs. C. F. Coleman Kntertnlna an Audience
nt Voting Men's CUUtlan A**orlntion
Atlanta has developed a second Lula Hurst
or rather there is a lady in Atlanta who can
discount the Cherokee phenomena in handling
chairs, upsetting tables and tumbling healthy
people snout. ..... , ,
The lady is wellknown and highly respected
in Atlanta, fibe is Mrs. C. F. Coleman, wife
of Mr. C. F. Coleman, the superintendent of
the Atlanta cotton factory. Mrs. Coleman had
seen the wonderful Lula when she was in At
Innta, and her husband had felt her peculiar
and inexplicable power. About ten days
or two weeks ago Mrs. Coleman
accidently ascertained that a chair Would yield
to her touch, and twist in any direction at her
will without the use of muscular power. At
first she was lost at the power she had, but
afte r many trials of various kinds assigned to
herself the same power Lula Hurst mani
fested and which so mystified
all who saw her. Sho imparted
the knowledge to her husband nnd repeated
trials were inode. These trials only strength
ened Mrs. Coleman’s |»wx*r and convinced her
husband that she could repeat Lula Hurst's
freaks. Mr. Coleman made the discovery
known to his friends, and last night
quite a number of invited guests
assembled in the Young Men’s Chris*
lion association rooms to witness her first pub
lic manifestation of the strange power. Among
those present were ex-Goveruor Bullock, Hon,
H. I. Kimball, Bev. Mr. Thomas, J. C. Kim
ball, \V. M. Scott and Mcnxo White nnd about
twenty ladies. Mrs. Coleman was
at first somewhat embarrassed but
ns she proceeded with her
task she became calm and succeeded in e
thing she undertook. A stick held by
Scott and Mr. Kimball was made to pass
around freely despite their strenuous efforts to
hold it still. One of the gentlemen was com
pelled, very much against his will, to give up
a pleasant chair in w*hich ho was easily sit
ting. While a table was raised almost
entirely from the floor, simply by Mrs. Cole
man holding her hands^upon it. The master
piece was performed when Mrs. Coleman took
a walking cane in her hand. She held to one
end, nnd bv simply touching the other end to
the edge of tho table, made the table stand
wo legs only. During tho *
ire entertainment tho gentlemen
f iresent watched closely but could detect not li
ng resembling trickery. They all declared
that tho Indy’s iM>wcr was something wonder
ful and while nil said that she was eoual to
Lula Hurst somo declared she excelled her.
Mrs. Coleman is at tho same loss Miss Hurst
was to uccount for the power she commands,
The GrAnt ltoya ntul Tlielr Wives.
From the New York Journal.
General Grant’s three sons aro nil married.
Colonel Frederick Dent Grant married Miss
Uonore, a bountiful and wealthy Chicago
girl. They have been married several years,
and live nt Morristown, N. J., in a simeiou*
house surrounded by well kept grounds. On
Tuesday evening last, the night before the
failure of tho firm, colonel and Mrs. Fred
Grant attended a reception, where Mrs. Grant
was noted for her exquisite costume wild dia
mond jewels. The next morning she was al
most pcnnitcHa.
Ulysses 8. Grant, Jr., married some five years
ago in this city Miss Chaflee, the only daughter
of ox-Kcnntor Jerome B. Chaffee. Miss Chaf
fee’s mother died when she was yet n child,
and she was brought up by her father’s sister.
Sha was educated nt various schools, but snout
most of her school lifo at tho Barken institute
in Brooklyn. There the was much
beloved by tho other pupils and was noted
for
r punl
her ’genorosity. Her father visited
mtly and
B’rr Babbit toiler do fuss tell ’e is bin come
’pon da Lion wey ’e lnVlhVpon da gmun’, J)n
Lion, ’e ia moan; ’o ia;grpnn; ’o is cry, ’K
hab hole in *C bond, one, two, threo hole in 'e
•id*! ’• holler,’* groan. B’er Babbit, *e ahx
uiu howdy. ’Ksgy: ^
'f.'Jvi, lV.-r Lion, wey^buhab fine so much
trouble?* V , i 0
"Da Lion, ’e moon, ’e.groan, V cry; ’« say:
'*ffiwf tiHHhoIrdI-Ijftah bno hole in me head,
one, Two, t‘r#e/l>olp in me side, mo leg bin
brukl’
• "B’er Rabbi} tyji hoi* ’e head ’pon one side;
*o look skecr. ’R say:
" *Ki, B’er Lionl I no know da lVtridgo is
ao hskd-lak dat. J t’ink ’o fly way un nohu’t-a
you, Hhuh-shuhl wun 1 see dent lVtridge I
mus' git ’pon turrer side fer keep tne hide
whole.* fur’
"Da Lion, ’e moan, ’e groan, ’© cry. B’er
. Bubbit, to say:
" 'Da 1 Vtridge, *© bery bahd; ’e tints’ bln
. borrv da Buckra Man gun.’
"Da Lion. *o groan, ’e cry:
" ‘ ’E ud da Pa’tridge no r n tall. Da Buckra
Man is bin stan* way oft* un sboot-a mo wit’ V
gun. Ow, ms Lord I’
"BVt* Babbit, > h’ist ’© ban’; *e say:
•• *Wut I bin tell-a you, B’er Lion?* Wilt I
bin tell you fbout da Buckra Man? Da Ba’t-
ridge uo hu’t-a you lak dis. ’E mek-a da lug
fuss, but ’a no liu’t-ayou Ink dis. Da Buckra
Man, V po tuck no ftiss ’cap* ’e p’int *• gun nt
f^And what ttienf” the litele boy nsked, ns
Dgddy Jack collapsed in his seat, seemingly
forgetful of all his surroundings.
"NVn ’tail,” replied the old African, some
what curtly.
"Do p’int# <+* Hat tale, honey,” said Undo
Bcnius. covering tho hriisijuencss of Daddy
Jack with his own amiability, "is dcs 'bout
lak dis, dat dev aint no use er dodgin' w’ilcs
dev *• a big ftiss gwine on, hut you bettor take’u
bide out w’en day aiut no racket; mo* *ih«1iu-
ally w’en you sec Miss Bailie lookin’ itchino
de lookin' glass fer dat ar jwach I im’ w'at she
tuck'u make me kyar updarday 'fo* yistiddy;
C tw’n aba fine it don’t you git too skc*r’*d,
ise I tuck’u make sohie weak place* in dat
or switch. on Miss gallic won't tno’n strak you
wid it ’fo’ bit'll all coine oujiuted.”
Bart# of this moral the little U\v understood
thovmigfciy, tor be lahgbcd, and ran to the
big-house.’ and not long afterwards the light
weut out in Uucle Bemus’s cabin; but the two
old negroes sat and nodded by the glowing
embers for hours afterwards, dreaming dreams
they never told of.
, .Next veghi “Tug or tii Ocux."
Pass.
when h, bo.
longed to the MountsiaVwvn home guard in
tiinn pt the war.that he and another individ
ual, W^ib standing picket an the turnpike road
one night while the company was at the
mitfpgmuntl'nver ttwChflf. ’fhey saw two
forms coutfhg tramping aMig the road iu the
darkness, and just ak they came opposite Wes
ley, he commanded them to halt. "What
Will you have?” one of them inquired. "Have
you a pose?” demanded Wesley. "Yes, sirec.
Do you waul to see it?” sold the traveler.
"That's our orders, to lot tv> one pass without
•bowing bis pasters,” returned Wesley.
" Well, then, here it ir; take a good took at it,”
•aid the traveler, htitantly (lashing a great
old revolver curbed into Waslcy’s tare. After
fnaIks (WUwft. <1*. Tiiiar i
^mamlfayes.colorcdTadquUea curios
ity in the shape of a chicken with seventh &
t#v?s—nine on one foot and eighe on the other.
Tbs chicken was dead, but we saw it and
counted the toes.
her frequently nnd would leave her $50
or a $100 each time. Then, of course,
"tho girls” Ivere treated to all sorts of good
thiugs, to 'now gloves and bonnoU, and two
pounds of caramels. Miss Cbailco left Barkes
for Heidelberg, Germany, where she remained
for somo time. 8ho speaks German fluently
and is a good plauisL Bho passed threo sea
sons iu Washington, and although sho was a
treat belle, yet she lias never been entangled
it tho slightest flirtation. 8hc and Ulysses
met, and after a short and sweet courtship
were quietly married in this city. They have
wo beautiful liUlo children, and
are at present residing in West Fifty-eighth
street. M “
rs. U. 8. Grant, Jr., is now about
twenty-four years of age. Sho is of medium
height and fair, although, not a decided
blomlc. Her eyes are a deep blue, shaded by
long lnshcs, and her bair a light brown, show
ing golden tint*. 81ie has a fresh complex*
ion. She does not care at all for society, and
gives her entire attention to her husband nnd
children. On her marriage sho received her
fortune of f100,000, which is ail lost,
Jesse Grant, the youngest son of tho general,
married a few years ago to Miss Chapman, of
California, daughter of a bonanza king. Sho
is young and handsome, and was reared in the
midst of every luxury. Her wedding trousseau
is said to have been the most costly ever owned
by any American girl. They arc residing at
present nt East Sixty-sixth street, with Gen
eral and Mrs. Grant. Miss Chapman came
into a largo fortune at her marriage, but how
much of it has ltcoii saved is not yet knowu.
GEORGIA SNAKES.
The Henson Fairly Opened will* a Lively Lot
of Crawlers.
From the Cato«»nn, Ga., Courier.
Oil Tuesday Inst Mr. Boh Bell killed a large
rattlesnake on n rocky ridge on Dr. Craven’s
farm. The snake was four find long and was
ornamented with eight rattles nml a button.
From theToccoa, Ga., News.
A few days ago Isaac Mulkey killed two rat
tlesnnkcs, one two feet long and the other In*
tween live nnd a half and six feet long. Aftc
killing the first one he had not proceeded ove
fifty feet before finding the other. One had
two rattles and the other had eleven.
From the Wrightsvllle, Ga., Recorder.
John Davis, a negro who is working for Mr,
A. T. Linder, of this place, was severely bitten
by a ground rattlesnake last Thursday even
iiig. lie at once bound a ligature around hii
leg, ran to his home which was near by, and
with a rasor cut out the affected part aud ap
plied a frog to the wound. He look a few big
drinks of "snako piion,” had the leg cauter
ised, and next morning was a little lame but
doing remarkably well. •
Front the Carroll, Ga., Times.
Mr*. J. M. Crutchfield aud her little boy,
going to the Tallapoosa some -days ago to fish,
discovered near their path a pile of suakes.
TheJittle boy went to call Mr. C. who pro
ccedcd to the place and JriUe*J the reptiles, of
which there proved to be five, the lot aggregat
ing 240 inches in length* They were high laud
nioccasius aud all coiled together, nearly of a
site, about as large as a man's wrist. Mr. John
Crutchfield kilted two very large water moeea
■ins near the aante spot withiu a few days of
the same time.
From tho Conrans, Ga., Houth.
L ist Thursday evening Mr. Jim Robinson's
bov, about ten years old, was bitteu by a rattle
snake's pilot, lie was plowing near a log
where the snako was lying and must hare dis
turbed it iu such a manner that it became in
furiated and instead of ruuniug made fight,
lie struck the boy on the ankle aud by the
time bis lather, who was about a hundred
yards away ©uttiug wheat, could reach
him his leg bad swollen consid
erably. Mr. Robinson promptly corded
his ’ son's leg and carried him
to the house, after which he hurried for the
doctor. In an hour after the biting occurred
Dr. Stewart was on the tcehe, but by this time
Jlng had become intense, the lips being
twice their nature! sise aud the tongue had
swollen to such dimensions as to be almost im
possible to contaiu it in the mouth. The doctor
administered the proper remedy and in a short
time the boy began to revive and i» now doing
very well. 'The snake was killed aud found to
be a very large one. _
From the Sultan to Abram S. llewttt.
CoxsTsynxoruc, June JL—The sultan has sent
a prv»cutef a valuable carpet and other rastly
gifts to Abram H» lieu iu. member of congress,
who, during bis visit here last winter, was present
ed to ibe sultan by Mr. Wallace, the American
minister.
BETSY HAMILTON.
A SKETCH OF LIFE IN THE BACK-
WOODS.
It Usd Been Whispered Around That Jake Loftis
Had Flirted Melindp Jsne Trotman, end
Was s II Itch In' of His Hidin' N sg
Up at Our House, Xte., Etc.
It had been whispered around that Jake
Loftis bad flirted Malindy Jane Trotman, and
was a hitchin’ of his ridin’ nag up at our
house; but they didn’t know that when JakuN
critter was a chawin’ of our fence, Malindy
J&ns was inginucrly in the house.
The Trotmans is not the sort that sounds a
horn and tolls they business to everbody, and
for that very reason some folk* tries to find
out ther affairs.
Malindy Jahc she kep her lowin' hid and
never let none of the neighbor gals but me and
Caledony see it, and Jake he got ao he taken
the nigh cut, and gin old Miss Freshours and
old Arminty the dodge when he went to see
her, and they sot it down that he had quit
gwine, nnd that it was all busted up betwixt
’em* or, "Mebbc,” says old Arminty, "atter
all he haiut never coted tho gal."
But when the Trotmans let in to white
washin’ ther house nnd fence, and then let in
on the trees around the house, they knowed in
reason it meant a weddin’j but thar wasn'
nothin’ like liudin’ out for sartin. Bo Armin
ty tuck it on hersef to go over thar and stay
the live long day. She hinted and hinted but
all sho gethered from Malindy Jane’s maw
was that the dock lowed lime was healthy.
Caledony was a tollin’ it at our house, and
she lowed that when gramnammy Eve was
leavin’so much cu’osity to ole Arminty she
never forgot ole Miss Trotman. Sho left her
sense enough to come ahead of her. They
didn’t only whitewash, but they scoured And
fix up tel they didn’t skasely know they own
place, but Malindy Jane was the onlie*st gal
the old folks hud and she didn’t git married
every dav.
To bo sho if they’d had ther own scsso about
it, they never would have picked out Jake
Loftis; but who in all the land could they have
picked out for a husband for ther gal, Malindy
Jane? .
The day was sot, and sho axed me and Cale
dony to wait on her. Col sho come over tooui
house and wc all went together. Sho fetched
her yaller buff muslin (mine’s off*n the same
piece) and lowed tnu and her could fix nnd
dress alike. 8o wo wheeled in and starched
our yaller buffs so stiff they’d stand alone, ond
ironed ’em slick enough to see your face iu ’em,
nnd we tuck the artificial ofBn our last sum*
mer hats and stuck ’em whar the overskirt
was tucked up to one side, nnd wo tncked
row of cedar nil around the bottom of the frock
and pul n piece under our breastpins and ..
piece in our hnir, nnd I wislit you could have
saw us* I tell yoii wo wo# flxt. Aunt Nancy
lowed: "Gals, for nil you do, don’t outshine
the bride.”
Buddy he hitched tho steers in tho waggin
and sot in tho cheers, and we all went, even to
maw. We went soon so os to hep Malindy
Jane fix, and bless you when we got thar tho
house and yard was plum full. They had
been a coinin’ ever senso a rour by sun. I
t bo sartin but, but I think everbody that
come fetched a baby and a bench-legged fleo
nnd n flop-ycarea hound. Wa’unt allcrs
fastens "Old Scrooge” and "Trip,” nnd never
lets ’em Toiler.
Alter I fixt the artificials In tho fashion on
Malindy Jaue’s head and lent her my neck
ribbin. (it’s good luck to marry in sutnp’i
horrid) why I taken a peep In tho sottinfroom
to see who all was thar, and behold thar sot
the flimmouses big ns who but they, and I
know in reason they wasn’t nxed nor wanted;
and who should be niked un on a bench all in
a row but them tore down Freshours’ chillun
(rand ns you please, and still for the fust time
u they lives, nnd ther faces was rally so clean
I didn’t skasoly know ’em. They had shorcly
been put to soak tho night atore. Ther skin
was ns shiny and slick as a pooled ingun, and
ther hsr plastered down tigut with saff soap,
and they looked plum sntistied.
Over in tho cornder sot the threo old maids,
Miss Bunch Beasley, Miss Batience Bolter and
ole Arminty Bendergrass. Mis* Bunch i* as
broad as she’* long and os good as she’s broad.
Miss Batience is ns long ns a bean polo and ns
good as she’s long, and is ftinny enough to
make a dog kill his-sef n laughin' Shu wears
a short frock to try to make her look short,
and all the colors of the rainbow to make her
look young, l'ap lows she looks like Joseph's
coat. Ole Arminty was a suitin’ right side of
'em. Now tluir was three old maidM as diflcr->
cut as tho elephant and the monkey and the
tiger. So folks needn't say old maids is all
alike. Aud widders lacks a heap of buiu' all
alike, too. The widder Coinings wasthur.and
;rou wouldn’t have knowed she was a widder.
' tut the widder McAllister played fishin’ for
love, and put on a sight of airs. 8he tuck
kecr to let everbody know she picked the tur
key and baked the taler custards and half-
moon pics.
Joke he was the last one to come. Ho had
his head drippin* with lard and scented with
cinnamon drnps, and his new shoes was so
tight ho couldn’t akusdy walk. 1 wonder if a
fuller ever got married without havin' on tight
boot# or shoes?
Home town boys was out in. tho entry a
glin’. Cal lowed if slic’d a been Maliniiy
they shouldn’t cr been nxed, one of ’em in
iH'rticklcr, I disremember his name. Bho
lowed ho thought ka#o he lived in town tha?
wan all he needed. He had the eushorance to
laugh at country boys with ther homemade
jeans, and all lie was fitted fur was to wear fine
Sunday clothes that wasn't paid for. Ho
strutted around mighty bigoty and smoked aud
chawed terhneker, and took his sweetened
dram, tied his cravat iu the fashion, pulled
his moustache, utul played with his watch-
chain, and when he laughed at them boys he
laughed at his better*. One good, houest*
bard workin' country boy like Iky Hoberson,
Cap Dewberry or Jako Loftis is worth enough
of uis sort to'build a feuce from here to town.
Yes, overbody knowed whou (Jake got thar
by the cinnamon drap*. Brother Cole was axed
uiorry 'em, and as many couples as he has
joined he don't kuow his piece; he had to read
it, and they belt a candle and dript the taller'
a ineh thick on the po* old man'a coatsleeve,
and then alter all he come nigh niarryin* ’em
by the wrong names.
Caledony and Iky Hoberson stood together,
and I and Cap Dewberry, and when we tuck
our stands, Malindy Jane she got on tother
tide of Jake and Brother Cole he wiped, his
specks and sot in to readin' and spellin' out
his words.
The csuple which now stands afore us for
the occasion ami benefit of being jined in wed-
ck, will please to jine they rignt hands.”
Old Miss 1'aticuce Better squeaked out in a
loud whisper:
"Lindy Jane, you air on the wrong side of
Jakey.”
Then brother Cole belt his paper up and
read on:
Will you, John Loftis ”
Jacob, not John,” says Miss Patience.
••Well, then, Jwo’ll 'proceed to continued.
Will you, Jacob Loftis, take the 'oman, Malis-
•y Ann ”
Ms-lin-dy Jane,” says Miss Patience a
little louder. Then in a loud whisper: "For
the lands sake don't git 'em married wrong.'*
•‘Well,” says he, "ling on a piece of light-
pood, or hold me a torch, for K cant see.”
Borne of ’em grabbed a torch and belt it
high. Then jist as fiut as one word could fol-
ler tother, without stoppin’ to git his breath,
he went on:
"I pronounce you man and wife fttr better
or fur wusser salute your bride and if any pres
ent has any re-jections let 'em speak now or
forever atterwanls hold thar tongue you’re
dismist amen or.”
Then old man Trotman step! out and lowed:
"Git your pardnert and go in tother bouse to
supper; the ole’oman’s got ^ ea fc | n
thar, and «icb M it ift ymiVft Welcome to it.”
So we locked firms aiiu marched in to supper.
The table was plum full, nothin’ wasn’t r.kase
nor skimpy. The bride’s cake was sot on a
block of wood that was kivered over with let
ter paper cut, in fringe to hang all around the
aige or it. It had a thin whitewash over it,
and was dressed off w ith little sprigs of cedar
stuck in a row all around and a long stick of
peppermint candy stuck right straight up in
the middle, and I tell you it sot the table oft'
powerful. They had a taller candle at each
cend of the table and a pine light in the fire
place. Alter supper wc sot in to ployin' Visa
in' games. Ole brother Cole had done all ha
could—he bad jined ’em in wedlock and he
had et bis supper.
The games was a gwine on and all was a
laughin’and havin’fun, some playin’ "Wil
liam with a trimbling toe,” "Clap in and clap
out,” "All around the mulberry bush,” and
some was "Fishin’ for love,” when brother
Cole knocked for silence.
"Brethcring and sistering,” says he, "let us
unite in pra’r and be dismist ar. ’
Atter ne was gone* Aunt Nancy lowed:
"There air a time fur oil things, aud that ar
prayer were very on-timely. Brother llagin
wouldn’t have «lone sich a on-timely thing as
that.”
But they soon got to tdayiu’ and laughin
louder’n ever anil havin' a power of fun, and
all looked happy ’cent Miss Trotman. In cose
she was feellu’* baa obout Malindy Jane
niarryin*. The women folks ail hud sump’n
to say to her obout it. Ole Arminty lowed in
religious tone: "Ah! I tell you, Miss Trot
man, I haiut never married, and all of *
can marry that’s a mind to, but morryin’
a mighty solemn thing.”
"Yes/’ says Miss Trotman, with tears in her
eyes, "it's a solemn thing to marry.”
"Yes;” says Caledony, "but it’s a heap sol
emner not to marry.”
"I bound for Cal,” says pap.
And that sot ’em all to laughin’.
Bkthy Hamilton,
Next Week, “Cbuv on Fist One Thing, then
Tother.”
A BRIDE STOLEN,
AND SUBJECTED TO CRUEL TREAT-
MENT.
A Runaway Couple Separated by a Ruffian in Bowl
ine Green, Wbo Allures the Bride to a Strange
Place, Where 8he Fight# Desperately
for Her Honor-Etc.
STATE POLITICS.
Twenty-Eighth Senatorial District#
Editor# Constitution : The question of senatorial
nomination is exciting much interest In our county,
and I ask #pace in your columns for an article ad
vocating the cause I conceive to be most conducive
to the true interests of Jasper county. Two gentle
men are candidates for the nomination. Mr,.E. B.
Smith and Colonel Fleming Jordan, both men of
ability. Mr. J., largely connected with the voters
of the county: Mr. N., with a very small circle of
relatives to rally to his support, and relying upon
his Intrinsic worth fer the Indorsement of bis peo
ple. . In discussing this subject I am conscious of
no personal animosity towards Mr. Jordan, but I
take it that in selecting men for office, the question
ol kindred, friendship and social ties are secondary
to that all important matter of merit, safety ana
record. Thus while wc admire Jordan as a friend,
wc cannot be censured if we look higher than
friendship in selecting the man for whom we
shall vote. We want safe, hardworking,
practical democratic men, men who have stood up
in the past, stand up now, and have always stood
up for democ racy. As an exponent of these views
I present to the favorable consideration of the
MARRIAGE OF THE MIDGETS.
Nineteen nml n Half Inch Millie Vows
Obey Twenty-Two Inch General Flynn,
A London exchange says: "Rev. J. Mackie,
ol the Scottish National church,Manchester,ofli
dated yesterday afternoon nt tho marriage of
the smnll couple known as the Royal American
Midgets, which took place nt the St. James
hall, in that city, where they have been hold
ing receptions for some time. The contracting
parties were Mr. Francis J. Flynn, otherwise
Known as General Mito, frhosn stature is
twenty-two inches, nnd Miss Millie Ed'
wards, who is nineteen and one-half inches,
Colonel Dipt, who is not a great deal taller,
acted nij best man. Arriving in carriages, the
bride and bridegroom were lifted out amid
cheering from a crowd nnd carried into the
office, where diminutive basket scats had been
set for them on a table. The room was decor
ated with flowers, the ring was put on, the
declarations were made nnd the register was
signed. Tho subsequent ceremony was
according to the forms of the Bresbvterian
church, aud there was a grout assemblage of
spectators with is. to As. tickets. The bride
entered on the arm of her husband, who in the
meantime had put on a general’s uniform
while the lady had attired herself in cream-
colored satin, with train, veil and wreath,
Her bridesmaids, one of them, her husband'
sister, were two IB.tle girls. The married pair
stood on a table placed beside tho minister.
Ho prefaced tho service with a few words
addressed to the company, but ail was con
cluded in about a quarter of on hour, aud the
bride and bridegroom were handed down from
tho table to reccivo tho congratulation* of
friends aud admirers, the band of the Third
Dragoon Gfiards nlayed Mendelssohn’s march.
The husband In his twentieth year, tho wifo
two or three years younger."
BURIED WHILE ALIVE.
A West Virginia llrlde of Three Months
Hurled In a Trance.
Wheeling, W. Va., June 24.—Ono of those
ghastly stories of interment before life has be-
coino extinct, which cause au involuntary
shudder of horror to pass through tho reader,
is current in this city. The victim, so the
goes,is a young married lady of 20 „
ay of lust year, three month* after her
marriago tho lady was taken violently
ill, and after lingering for
days, apparently died. There
were certain peculiarities obout the appear
ance of the supposed corpses however, which
caused a suspicion in tho mind of the attend
ing physician that his patient might be in l
trance; but after keeping tho body for four
days, with no sign* of returning life, the re
mains wero consigned to tho grave, temporary
interment being made iu the family lot in mi
abandoned graveyard. A day or two ago the
body was disinterred prior to removal to an
other cemetery. ToJJthe surprise of the
sexton tho coffin Tid showed signs of
ilisplaccincnt, and on its beim
removed tho gravo-digger was horrified to lino
the remains turned face downward, tho hands
filled with long tufts of liuir torn from the
head, and the face, neck nnd bosom deeply
scratched and scarred, while the lining nt the
coffin had becu torn iuto fragments in the dcs
perate etl'orta of tho entombed victim to escape
her terrible fate. 8ince the discovery tne
rouiig husband has becu prostrated ami his
ife is despaired of. The names are withheld
THE CHOLERA IN FRANCE.
The Question of its Introduction into Amer.
ten Discussed by the Government.
Wakhixotox, Juno 24.—At the request of
Surgeon-General Hamilton, tho secretary of
state to-day sent a cable dispatch to the
United States eousul at Toulon, France, with
a view to ascertaining the fact* in relation to
the retried outbreak of cholera at that port.
If the answer should indicate a serious epi
demic, the local quarantine stations
throughout tho United States will be ad
vised to adont precaution* against the
introduction of the disease into this country,
In the coarse of a conversation upon the sub
ject, Surgeon General Hamilton said that he
did not believe that the cholera, reported to
have appeared at Toulon, would extend be-
; mud the coutrol of the French health officers.
] t had probably been brought from Egypt in
»p ships returning to France from
troop
that country. There was little danger of the
direct importation of disease from Egypt into
the United States, for the reason that our im
ports from that country are confined to name*
which are rigidly inspected by the govern
ment officer*. The surgeon-general added
that cholera was, of all disease*, perhaps the
most difficult to quarantine against and locali
ties threatened by it should adopt every pre
caution in the way of perfect cleanliness and
attention.
MOTHER AND SON CONVICTED.
Doth Sent to Prtnon for] Ten Years for Man
slaughter.
Foat Smith, June 24.—The case of Mary
Mtttoy and her son James, aged about twelve
years, for the killing of Arch Casey on the
third of December last, near Fort Gibson, In-
dianTerritorr,hatterminoted by thi|juryfbring-
ing in a verdict or manslaughter against both
of them. Judge Barker sentenced them to
the penitentiary for a term of ten years each
and a fine of $1,000. The charge against them
was murder, but was reduced to manslaugh
ter by the jury, on the strength of the
woman’s evidence. The circumstances in the
case are curious. On the morning of the 3d
of December the dead body of Casey was found
in his wagon, which hail the team attached,
near hi* place of abode, about nine miles from
Mr*. Matov'f. An investigation was at once
began and'the virm tracked back to the de
fendant’s place. There blood was discovered
about the bed and on the door under the bed;
also leading from the house to where the
wagon stood in the yard. These circumstances
caused the arrest of Mrs. Matoy and her son,
though they persistently denied till knowledge
of the killing until a few days prior to the trial,
when they owned that the killing had been
done by them in self-defense.
Louisville, Ky., June 24.—There is great
excitement in Bowling Green over the stealing
of a bride from her husband by Bleas Ever
hart, a noted desperado. Wilton W. Jones,
the husband, is a youth of about 17 years oi
age, while his wife, formerly Miss Addie Wil
son, was about a year younger. She is a
beautiful young lady, with a remarkably in
telligent countenance. She was about the
average height, had a fine physique for one . . . v
i . * voters of Jasper the claims of Mr. K. H. SroJlb. Jn
so young, and was neatly attired in a black j this- contest focal tomes are somewhat Involved,
which is to be deprecated. The stock and prohl-
tiw. \i n j««n„ , . J bitioo laws were established with difficulty In our
the Madonna order, and the sad expression I county, and there remains some bitterness of feel-
about it, occasioned by the brutal attack flo in* among the advocates, pro and con, of these
t i , measures. I notice a correspondent from Monti-
which she had been exposed the night belore, cello to the Milledgeville Chronicle speaks of the
enhanced its beauty. 5! 01 * Itt,v as , malnl >; * pecuniary Issue-
v I It is a pecuniary issue in ono sense;
TKLLixo THEIR STORY, I but there is a higher, more elevated ground than
The votin'* counlo minted their stnrv nnlv this view of the subject. In the Important matter
me young coupio rcinicu tneir story oniy | of vo tj„p a t rae patriot is supposed to lose his
after a great deal of persuasion, and even then I pcrsonfllidentity in the broader, more catholic
it was told by both With groat reluctance and ’.SSJS’iS
piecemeal in answer to the questions put by I the welfare of Ms county, district or state ns the
the reporter. Concisely stated, Air. Jones's I
account of the affair i, a, follow.: | when hc say. in .utatanccr "I had a good tone
* ’ ic and therefore I voted for fence,”
Ms poor hard-working neighbor
ntor L ’- ‘ *
.. , and who find# ii
ding I
:•I against depredations’ from other people's cattie r
•fid intended I or reversing the case, to hear a stock-law man say,.
lc * 11 I bad no fence, therefore I voted for the stock
—r ——P ana said i law," irrespective of his ndghl»or, who is a small
i?/. OUr „ arre *V. J vhich I land owner ami has scarcely sufficient area for cul-
. J*** “° I tivatlon and pasturage. This view of the mutter
nj tlie arm and led mo out to I savors too stronsrlv of self to Im* nonular
lrl?i f n ° W V? k ,,C 8 l t }* n * r 9° m - I As to Mr. Hinith s position on this quest..... . -...
He read a “‘jj rtata.that.tthctlme Un put to. rate he had.
told me to board the train, nml I m
- .‘ rr >?,U7 C .. 1 L leav ? I the stock law because he honestly ’ believed" it to
H“*f*Y* \ 50 J r . I A ,1 l t 7 1 . c ! d *5?* / caught on to I boa measure beneficial to all classes and conduc-
poking by and was I j Ve to the material prosperity of tho county. lie
il/?*} n / ? c *d1y to fhe platform, badly bruised I hoped nnd believed that after a fair test of the mat-
nnd, fu fact, almost killed. I t er u, e opponents of the law would become recon-
ut , 1 M,W - Jonwb story. .... I died ana favorable to it, a# In Putnam and other
. while he was lying half dead on the plat- I counties, where it ha# been adopted. After suffl-
forin, the man rame back and told me that my I dent time ha# elapsed to test the matter fully, if.
IY..”./.”' ; ‘ I when he says in substance: “Iliad a good fenco
nftn V? h0 7 c : *?, cftr I Wound my place and therefore I voted for fence,”
ra i Ir0ttd B hUl°n I irrespective of his poor hard-working neighbor
2* a n ^ cnn, l to * e H who is dependent on his own labor for support,
‘ii '' e JSS}™ «$&**?* were toMTjfd and I nnd who finds it Impossible to clear, cultivate land
I «n,l split mils.!.) teep q Mifficlcnt fence, to Insure-
to see tne sights, anc
to take the night train for home. While at the, ...
depot In the sitting room a man came up and said J i aw ,
my father, <
to come In and get a lemonade. I said no, and ho I in regard to the prohltttion act,* Mr. Smith’s po-
sald, wait then till I go in hem a few minutes. I sition is too well known to render explanation
When he returned he had on n Is I necessary. His attitude is entirely consistent with
coat. After awhile we cainu to a place where I his post.
there was a stone fence. We walked along this I it Is a noticeable fact that frequently when a
fence until we came to an opening which wc f man becomes a candidate for office his opposition
pawed through and climbed a hill, aud came to I to measures publicly expressed, begins to tone
some kind of a bank, where there was a body of I down and soften by degrees until it is really dlffl-
water thev adl the reservoir.’ ’lie then said: cult to tell which side fie espouses.
‘Let s sit down and rest awhile, I know you arc As regards an Issue being made against Mr. J.
“toth I because of his not being connected with tho
I replied: I don t want to rest, I want you I church, I am unaware of any such fact, though
to hike me to Mrs. Jones’* hotel, where you prom-1 should that bo the case, the scriptural
8 mK! ^ to k . e . ,, . caro °f* . , . , I Injunction, “In honor preferring
Oh, he said, sit down and rest, 111 take you I one another” would be a sufficient
to widow Jones s after awhile. ... I guide for action, before which all human opinion
“I refused again and_agaln to sit down by him | would pale. When wc advocate, the candidacy of
and
throat. _ . . _
and the way he hissed between his teeth, I much bouucl to be guided by his conscience in
and the way he choked me, # .that ho. in | voting a# any other act of his life. But waiving
got mad and caught me by the I moral and religious men. It is reflecting on no man
SftW . by .the. look in his eyes | simply because he Isom of the church. A man i«
tended to do me all he harm he could. Ho tried to |
up by kickiug ono of my feet from under
l I caught him by the throat, too. We
these thiugs, let us look to the political Issues in-
. ... . . .... volvcd. The records of public men arc open fop
* F throat* too, >\c j dissection and deserve consideration nt the hands
—, 1 ;~r- l°Ud l~ . ■ k(ku, Biw. iuu» mi, o«unu uiniiui uv iiuiiuhii
dark and before I hail run far down the hill iny record. This 1* unjust, as Mr. Smith’s record ns a
foot struck a stone and Hell down, and before 1 democrat Is without a blemish. It is tme, he ha.«
than ho was, I was «o daspernto. anrf 11 aem man and withal a ripe scholar who la well
throw Idm off again and he (elltiown. This gave ported on public matter., and It I. to hi. credit,
mo another chanco to Jump up and run toward,* I (hat ho ha. never Joined a horde ol ofllcc reeker,.
house whore I naw a light, and I kept running and llo ha. a political career, however. That career
.creaming manicr oa loud *■ I_could, llo ran mo | conilaU in a lifetime devotion to domoentejr— true-
rotcction sgr
—— land. Upot. —
— - -- vcstlgfttion It will not be found that he has, in a
aud was choking me nearly to death with both I single Instance, abandoned the democracy or giv-
hand#, and telling me not to scream or ho would I en encouragement to its open or disguised loe*.
murder me. I thre 1 *' K,tT * *■■—•<« «n.i »„ 1 »- *• —»f**—-»*— *—
screaming, os fast ■
to tho house where I saw tho
d fan. I In those dark aud bitter days after the war, when
1 i F . I toe country was almost iu a #mtc of anarchy,
to me nousc wucrc i saw tne rignt, ana me kind when good democrats were being displaced from,
young ladles took rue in and did everything they I office aud their place* filled by radfeal appointees;,
coaid forme. I when our legislators wero prevented from enter-
1 , a place or safety. I Ing upon the discharge of their duties by reason
iMrs. Barclay, into whose house the tinfortu- I ol» requirement, to take the Ironclad oath, our
fnate girl ran about ton o’clock on 8«turday Igwn:l«mrtjato to®J at Si?Sli!S
„• ,t,* .i,„ .... I H. Glover, being among the number, Mr. nmlt»
night, found that «ho was an entiro atranger I WIU found supporting organized democmey. Since-
ami bad .ought .afety from «o terrible a dan- I thou ill.recorda. a democrat to untarnished by
ger. Bv this time Officers Pence and Corbin, I any "shadow of turning,” and of recent years
who hnd'hoard the girl', ahrioki, reached Mr,. I .luce, tndependenttem hu lifted Ito hood and
Barclay'. hnu.owLro they f,,und her Inth, *ffSSSJSiSS3S StStidgStSA
nervous condition described. The officers I flrm unswerving and faithful in the discharge of
named led the young lady from Mrs. Bar-I hi* duty os an organized democrat, zealous for tho
clay’s toward Ritter’s hotel, where I intenuta of the party, active In promotlnR
they hoped to learn something of PWCLM? harmony within Its ranks, and
her huibandT 8ho WM .uiToring ra terribly % SSffil&iSSk p7^tte«
from nervous prostration «ud the terrible chok- I mid democrat.
ing, beating nnd kicking that sho could I Shall democracy reject snch men? Todcmffcra-
scarcely totter along, though one of tho gentle- I cy wc look for the political welfare of our country-
menouiitedher uu o.cl: side. Sho talked f'J' 1 what^^tothoin.ofany mrty orB»nlmtlon,1f
wildly, criad hecau.o .ho had loft hor father ^^'^'tho.o’X “h.re tho
and lost her hu#bnnd, and finally wept bit-1 j^nv nn d deserve support and reward for services*
Itorly. When tho party had walked about I rendered.
half a block and reached the Morehead house, | After earnest •olldtatlon from leading citizens'
Jim William. ...d William Calgv canto
with a man who pro\cd tobe tho lady • hue- I candidate for the senatorial nomination. He is
band, and they met tn fond embrace. I not seeking the office ns a stepping stone to higher
■ THE UUILTY man IDENTIFIED. I official position. There is uo pecuniary ad van-
lit wo* (toon decided that Everhart wn. tho I Vuto to be derived from It. .It will luvolve amort
bail as it can well be. He is a noted stool I have that neglected class of our citizens, who are
iiiguon for gamblers, and ropes men into their I ^Htoogt^ lepreaentotloM _ front the holla-
ion,, for which offen.c he fcn. boon indicted iinolitoS?honnn. of the goreramrat and .Und
again and again. It is alleged that ho would I on an equal footing with other classes and Indus-
have been in tho penitentiary long ago if his I tries. The people arc awakening on tbi* subject
family had not been influential and wealthy "i* evinevd by the recent speech of the lion,
nn,tin'll tn nnv hi# fine# nnd trot him nut of hi# I Thos * Hurdeman on the house bill, elevating the
enough to pay ms tines ana get mm out oinis ^rjcun,,^ department to a cabinet poaltlon.
scrape's, His father is a popular steamboat I citizens and democrats of Jasper, wlftyou rally
captain, and bis grandfather was tho ceks- I to the support of this tried and true democrat?
brated Judge Hynes, of Bowling Green. He I He stands before you with a record, without a
has a largo number of rich and influential rel- unconnected with clique or ring and un-
I..v» hn# fnr munwomUn f Prtm I trammelle<l by promise or pledge, save that of a
atives, but has for many years been going from I conscientious discharge of duty, with an eye sin-
bad to worse, until he put the cap on his mon- J gular to yonr material, moral and politic!
umont of infamy by planning and almost a
I inter*
_ poll I
eats, a man of whom any country should bo
proud. An Old-Link Democrat-
Jasper County, June'JJd, ltfNl.
A Tripednl Cat.
From the Tocfoa, Go.. News,
While others are lioasting of natural curiosi-
ceediug in carrying out this last scheme.
THE YOUNG COUPLE.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born and
brought up near Rubyville, Warrior county,
“, bout . 1 .?.J nil ^ fr ? m Green. Mr. „ ul „
Joness father is a farmer, who is estimated to I t j eg um j mongtros j t j ea Toccoa comes to the
be worth soma $40,000. Mrs. Jones s parents I f ront w j t j l a three-legged cat. This cat was
are also ouite well oil. Mrs. Wilson was wil-1 kittened with only three legs. It is now about
ling that her daughter should marry Jones, I y o|l , aIld u ft Iarge healthy looking cat.
but the father of the young man refused to T £ e ri ht ', eg j n front S the one that ia miss
al low the voung people to be made happy, ou I in _ The shoulder blade and fore arm aro
the ground that hti^ son was too young to as-1 there, and the cat works them in walking just
suine the responsibilities of life. I ftg though there was a leg there but they are
Nothing could induce the young couple, I cnc | oged j,i the skin that cover* the body and
ter being discharged by the g™nd jury, to I conge q Uen tly cannot protrude sufficiently to
y to reach ther home by the raiiroadagain, I ^ 0 f service. The cat is a nuisance so fir aa
■ , . . . . •• _ .... ■ UC »/I Beil Ike, * **C ' o. »» UUIMHILC rate
they wrere furnuhed by Captain winan. I rat* i. eunccrned, but it certainly ia
th a spring wagon, in which they left for | # CU ri M ity.
, smtrraui. Colbert co„ Ala., Jane 2S.1M 4.
A Bleu Ooiu Mine. I EtltonlC o, mIn , 0 s : Dear Sire-My attention
From the Wmhinaton. Co., Gawtte. I tnu been called to the following .peel*] clipped
The gold mineon Mr. Henry Slaton . place I from yonr telegraphic column,:
•till verv promising. He i. merely opening I hcpbidisig woag l.v immp.
with . View to exhjiting the ore to men
who make a business of mining. Captain I eflccl that the laborers employed to construct
Carlyon who has a large experience says it Is I itreeu ln the new town of Sheffield, Ala., have
an exceedingly promising mine, and Mr. I been paid off and the work definitely suspended.
Tatom savs the same. The shaft has been I There is no sequence to this proceeding further
„. n t. #... f.wk* below water ind I than the owners have gotten tfrad of the matter,
r,Va r fL,^u«dr«| f ^llare° worth'd orte. wrather to too warm to further prnh Ure
taken out. Mr. Sleten to in «orre.pond«Bce I "information" to utterly untrue. More
with a number of parties in regard to tne mine, t gracing is being done on the streets than at any
He offers to take ten percent of the gross pro-1 previous time, and we are preparing to establish
duction. and give the lessee* the privilege of I water and gas works, also for the erection of a com-
&Jt'rt?o e rS5Stei ding tr “ u ’ W.&
thousand acres, for $200,000. not ..i ired - Q f our enterprise, but will trash it
.a n-t.1 V *H v n ,i,i H - I With the same degree of energy as heretofore, fnl-
It Will Cost \ou Nothing. I ] r ga confident as ever that Kheffleld will, in a
For what?” For a medical opinion in your I comparatively short period, become tho “Pitta-
lB R‘~te e i2 , e 0 i^ted that the unfwralleled rac-
com which your phy»iei*n hue toiled tereliev* I ^ of onr wonId tIC | te ‘ , plr i, ol
or cure. "From whom. fwm Utt. biarxey i oug - on ihe part of the people of numerous towns
k Balen, 110$ Girard street, Philadelphia, dis-1 likely to be outstripped by Sheffield in their
nensers of a new Vitalising treatment, which I growth and development, and therefore we were
S’now attracting SSJSSSl
moat remarkable cure* in dreperate I im*U paper*. Wc did not liowm eipret a flret-
cases are being made. Write and ssk them I class paper, like The rossTrrmoM, to publish spe-
net only to give an opinion in yonr case,but to I cial* injurious to Sheffield or any other place, tel-
furnUh'yon nich information in rcg.rd to iheir terejhcd from a p^t l» ^ dtotMt. .tonply oo
imwTrclmrata.willroabl.TOutogteanin-1^SS^SJSmS^ * jo01 eom *
talhgent idea of iu nature and action. It will l r v respectfully,
cost you nothing, as they make no charge for J ^ Alfred H. SIoaa,
Vice President and Manager.