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€ THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY OCTOBER 14 1884. TWELVE PAGES. AT TEAGUE POTEET’S. A Sketch of the Hog Mountain Range. BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. [Cor jrlght, 1884. All right* referred.] n. Naturally enough, the fcovcrnmcht look n/> or count of Si* Potect. The commiuioner at Washington conferred with the marshal for Georgia by mail, and begged him to exert himself to the utmost to break up the b»vsineea of illicit distilling in the Hog Mountai n range. In view of an important election abo nt to be Jield in some doubtful state in the north or •weafr tbo worthy commissioner at Washington even suggested the propriety of another armed raid, to her made up of deputy m arshals and a detachment of men from the AUnnta garrison But the marshal lor Georgia did not fall ia with this suggestion. Ho was of the opinion that if a raid was to lie made at all it should not be made blindly, and he fortified hit opinion with such an array of facta and argu ments that the bureau finally left, the whole mutter to his discretion. Early one morning, in the summer ol 1879, a stranger on horseback rode up the straggling red road that formed the principal busines thoroughfare of Gullettsville, and made his may toward the establishment known as the Gufiettsville hotel. The chief advertisement of the hotel was the lack of one. A tall, worm eaten post stood in front of the building, but the frame in which the sign hod swung was empty. This post, with its empty frame, was as significant as the art of blazonry could have made it. At any rate, the straugoron horseback—a young man—pressed forward without hesitation. The proprietor himself, Squire Lemuel Pleasants, wes stan *' the low pisaxa as the young man rode up. The squire wore neither coat nor hat. Ills thumbs were caught bchimd his suspenders, * giving him an air of ease or of defiance, as oue might choose to interpret, and his jaws were engaged in mashing into shape the first quid of the morning. As the young man reined up his horse at the door, Squire Pleasant* stepped briskly in* aide and pulled a string whieh communicated with a boll somewhere in the back yard. “This ia the Gullettsville hotel, is it not? 1 the young man asked. “Wei, sir," responded the squire, rubbing hit hands together,' “nonce you push mo so rjost, I'll not deny that this here’s the tavern. Seine calls it the hotel, aomo calls it tho Pleasant house, some one thing, an' sorno another s but as for me, I say to all, says I, 'bays, it's a plain tavern/ in Fergcenia, sir, in my young days, they waVt nothin’ better than a tavern. 'Light, sir, Mjght," continued Ihe hospitable squire, as a tow*headed stable boy tumbled out at tho door in response to the bell j “drop right down an’ come In/' The young man followed the landlord Into a bars little office, where he was given to under stand in plain terms that people who stopped with Squire Pleasauts were expected to make themselves completely at home. With a pen upon whieh tho ink had beeu dry for many a day the young man inscribed his name on s thin ana dirty register,—“Philin Woodward, Clinton, Georgia/' whereupon the squire, with unturcssaiy and laborious formality, assigned Mr. Woodward to a room. Judging from ap|>oaraiice. the Uuitcd States marshal lor Georgia had notgono astray in so* looting Woodward to carry out tho doticato mission of ananging for a successful raid upon llt-g Mountain. Lacking any distinguishing trait of refinement or culture, his ooin)H>*ure suggest* <1 the possession of that necessary in* lortnation whieh is the result of contact with the world and its inhabitants. He hnd that large olr of case and tranquillity whieh is born •f association, and which represenU one of Uio prime element* of the curious quality wo cull personal maxtfrtisip. JJo was ready-wilted, and hill or the spirit of adventure. Ho wus the owner of the title to a land lot somewhere in the neighborhood of Hog Mountain, ami this land lot was nil that remained of uu in- hrritaneo that hod been swept away by the war. There was a tradition—porhnp* only a rumor—among tho Woodward* that the Hog Mountain land lot cover*d a vein ofg-dd; and to investigate this wus a part of the young man’s business In Gullettsville, entirely sub ordinate, Imwever, to his desire to earn the salary attached to his jNirltion. Tim prescueo of a stranger at the hospitable tavtrn id Bqttiro Plcaaaula attracted the utton* Hon of the old and young men of leisure, mid the most of them gathered upon tho long, nar row pintxa todiaeusa tho matter. Uncle Jimmy Wright, the sage ot the village, had inspected the name in tho register ami approved of it. He had heard of it before, and ho proceeded to give a lung and rambling account of whole £ alterations ol Woodwards. Juko Cohen, n pod- ‘r, who with marvelous tact had fitted him* •elf to the conditions of life and society in the metttiteiiis, and who waa supposed to have some sort of connection with tho truffle in “blockade” whisky, gavo some reiniuisoencoa •f a fondly of Woodwards in Ohio. Tip Wat- •an, who had a large local reputation for hu mor, gravely inquired of 8qu;re Pleasauts if the new comer had left any message for him. Doubtless the squire, or some ouo else, would have attempted a facetious reply to Mr. Watson; but just then a tall, gannl, gray'hair ed, grizzly-to-u riled mini slopped upon the plats*, tupl salnyd the little gathering with un awkward wave ol the bund. The not unkind ly espresso-u of his face was curiously heigh tened (or dtcprnrd) by the alertness of Ids eyes, wldeh had the quitsleal restlessness we sometimes see in the eyes of birds or auimals. It vras Teague Poteet, and Ihe greetings he re ceived w» rv of the moat effusive character. “llowdy, boys, howdy I” he said, in response to the chorus. “They Laiu’t airy one or von geutA kin split up a twenty dollar chunk or grtenbeeka, is they 7*’ Tip Watson made a pretence of falling in a chair end tainting; but ho iiutiicdlately recov ered, and said iu a sepulchral whisper,— “Kl you find anybody dead, a*’ they ain’t only dollar bill on their pon.ou, don’t got i.o iu ki 9 9 . "look at Cohen's upper lip s-trimbtiu/ He wants to take that bill uut somewhere* au r bar g it <>u a clothes-line/ “Owl” sarlaitm-d Cohen, “yoost 11axon at date man! Late Teen Vastcn, be so Joan/ a* slit tew utter peoples put tergottor. Vait, Teague, vait! 1 chance date pill right avay, tcrverkerly/* Put Teague was absorbed in some informs* t-en which Hquire Plepaanta wasgiving him. “He don't favor the gang,” the squire was •eying, with emphasis, “atp I’ll be boon' he am t much mind up wi* ’em. Ho’s another cut. Oh, they ain’t a-foohn’ me this season of U*ry*ar,” he continued, as Tragus P* •hcek h i Load doubtfully; "b« ain’t mmtorwd •ut’u bis mind yit, not by a dsduUuin sieht i^i jest a-teilin % of you; h* looks spry, an* he •u/i no sneaky—I'll swar to that on tho lias’.” “Well, 1 tell you, square," responded Teague, dryly, “I hain’t never seed people loo pwity to wester yother folks; an' 1 reckon you am i nutbrr. is you?” "Nu/* Mid Squire Tleasants, his experience •Pp*aled to Instead of hU judgment; “no, I ain't, that’s a fact; but some folks'youer bicere to take on tms'/» * I urUu r rt-mment on the part ol PoUot and the others was arrested by the appearance ot wtodwsrd, who came out of his room, walked rapid iy down the narrow hall way and out 0|4h the pisua. He was bareheaded, his hands Were full of papers, and he had the air at* man cl business. -The younger men who fcsdgstliutfd arrurd Squire Pleasants and Tcwgue Poteet fell bark bmngingty aa Wood* ward came forward with just the faintest per plexed smile. . “Judge Pleasants,” he said, “I’m terribly mixed up, and I'll have to ask y*a to unmix me." - The squire cleared his throat, adjusted his fiwrtarWf, and straightened Nuwclf in tsia chair. The title of judge, and the ftte f air Of def. rvtre with which it was bestowed, ftVt tehee. He frowned judicially as ha laid hia htnd upon the papers. “Well, air," said he, “I'm gittln* ole, an’ I reckon 1 ain't much, nohow: I’m sorter like the gray colt that tried to climb in the shuck- pen Jrm weak, but willin'. Ei you'll jest whirl in an’ make indication wbar'in I can be’p, I'll do the beat I kin." ^ _ , A . “I've come up here to look after a lot of land," said Woodward. "It ia described here •a lot Ho. !8,376lh district, Georgia Militia, K rt of land lot Np. 11, in Tugaloo. formerly waTiga county. Here is a plat of Hog Moun tain, but tomebwow I can't locate the lot." The squire look the papers and began to ex •mine them with painful particularity. “That'ar lot," said .Teague Potect, after •while, “ia the ole Mathis lot. This Hue runs right across my simblin* patch, an’ backs up •g’in' my boss-stable." “Tooby shore,—tooby shore I" exclaimed the mu ire. ••Tuttutl Wbat »m I doin’* My mind is drappin’ loose like seed-ticks from a shu- make bush. Tooby shore, it’s the Mathis lot. Wr. Wooderd, Mr. Potest—Mr. Potect, Mr. Woodtrd; lem me make you intcrduced, gluts." Mr. Woodward shook hands grac cordially,—Poteet awkwardly and t piciousnr. . . “Jt seems to me, Mr. Poteet,” saul Wood ward, “that I have seen your naipe in tho pa pers somewhere.” “Likely," replied Potect; “they uv bin mighty sight er printin’gieifio on scnco th war, so I've heern tell. Ef you'd a-drapped ip at Atlanty, you mought cr sued my naino mixt up id a warrant." “How is that?” Woodward asked. “Bokase I bin a-bossin' my own affa'rs." Potect had straightened himself up, ami ho looked at Woodward with a steadiness which the other did not misunderstand. Jt was look which said, “If you've got that warrant in your pocket, it won’t be safo to pull it out iu these diggiu's." Squire Pleasants reapgnized the challenge that made itself heard in Teague Poteet’s voice. “Yes, yes," he said, in a cheerful tone, folks is seen sonic mighty quaro doin'* nonce the war; but times isa-gittin'a long ways bet ter now." “Better, hell I" exclaimed Bid Parmalee. What ho would have said farther,no one can know; for the voluminous voice of Cohen broke in,— “Tlook ow-ut, t'ere, Sid I tlook ow*utl t at p»d man kedccyoul" This remarkable admonition was received with a shout of laughter. Godd humor was r< stored; and it was increased when Woodward shortly afterwards, drinking with the boys at Hix’s saloon, called for throe fingers ol Moun tain Pew. ami washed it down with tho state ment that it tasted just as nico as liquor that bad been stamped by the government, short, Woodward displayed such tact and tend with such heartiness into tho spirit ol the people around him that ho' disarmed tho trained suspicions of a naturally suspicious community. Perhaps this etutemout should he qualified, Undoubtedly the marshal, could he nave made a personal inspection of Wood ward and his surroundings, would bavo prais ed bis subordinate'sjtact. The truth is, while ho had disarmed their suspicions, he hod failed utterly to gain their confidence. With a general aa well as a particular in terest in the direction of Hog Mountain, it was natural that Deputy Murshal Woodward should meet or overtake Mins Potect n dc buck and fourth betwffn Gullettsville and the gray notch in the mountain known tee ft. It was natural too, that he should take advantage of the social informalities of tho section and make her acquaintance. It was an acquaintance iu which Woodward and, pre sumably, the young lady herself became very much interested; to thottho spectacle of this attractive couple galloping along together over the red road that connected the Valley with Mountain came to be a familiar ono. And its effect upon those who paused to take note of it wus not greatly different from the olfect of such spedneles in other sections. Homo look ed wise and shook their heads sbrrowfullyi some smiled and looked kindly, and sent nil manner of good utfrhva after the young people. But whether they galloped down the Moun tain Tn she fresh hours of the 1 morning, or aniblrd up its dark slope in tho dmk ortho evening, neither Woodward nor His Poteet gave a tnought to the predictions ol spito or to the prophecies of friendliness. Tho Mountain girl was a surprise to Wo id- waid. Sho had improved h-r lew opportu- lea to the utmost. Such information as the Gullettsville Academy afforded she relished and absorbed, so that her cducution was thorough as far as it went. Neither her con versation nor her manners would have at tracted sprrini attention in acoinponyof fairly bright young girls, but she formed a refresh ing contrast to the social destitution of the Mountain region. Beyond this, her personality was e©rktinly more attractive than that of most woman, be ing based upon an indinendenee which knew absolutely nothing of tho tliouiaml ami one vexatious little aspirations that are essential to what is called social success. Unlike the typiral American girl, whoso sweetly aavere portraits smile serenely at us from tho canvas of contemporary fiction, Mias Poteet would have been far from equal to tho ttsk of moot ing all the requirement*! of porlcclly organized society; but she could scarcely have been E lnccit in a position in which her uutiirul rightness and vivacity would not hnvc at- 11acted attention. At any rate, indefinable chnrtn of her presence, her piquancy, and her beauty was a perpetual challenge to Ihe admiration of Deputy Marshal Woodward. It pnrsuod him in fiis dreams, and made him uucnnfirtnblo in bis waking bi-ura; so much so, indeed, that his duties ea a revenue oflioer, jarplexiug at best, buuine a burden to him. In | oint of fact, this lively young l.oly was the unforeseen quantity iu the problem which Wrodward bad Wrn employe*! to aolve; and, between bis relslions to the Government and hia interest in Bia Potect, he found hi modi' in volved in an awkward predicament. Perhaps the main features of this predicament, badly presented, would have been more puzaliug to Ibcsuihotitirs at Washington than they were to Woodward; but it is fair to thu young man say that he did not mistake the tact that the Moonshiner had a daughter for an argument in favor of illicit distilling, albeit tho tonipta« tUm to do so gavo him considerable anxiety. In the midst ot his perplexity, Deputy Mar shal Woodward eoueluded that it would be better for the Government, and better for his own peace of mind, if he allowed Bis Poteet to ride hi me without an eseort; and for several days be left her severely alone, while be at tended to his duties, aa'beeame a young fellow affair business habits. But cue afternoon, aa ho sat on the piaaia of the hotel nursing hisconftisionand discontent, Poteet rode by. It was a tantalizing vision, (hough a fleeting one. It seemed to be merely the Hash of a red feather, the wave of a white hand, to which Woodward lifted his hat; hut these were sufficient. The red feather nodded gayly to him, the white hand invited. His burse stood near, and in a few moments he was of Mr. Horrfs was as prominent aa his rotun dity. When be was not laughing, howaa ready to laugh. He sealed himself, looked around at the company, and smiled. "It's a long pull betwixt this an' Atlanty/' he said after awhile; "it ia that, certain an* shore, an’ I hain’t smelt of the jar sence I left thtr. Full 'er out, Teague,—pull'cr out The jug was forthcoming. "Now then,” continued Uncle Jake, re moving the corn-cob stopper, "this looks like home, sweet home, es 1 may say. It does, rertain an’ shore. None to Jine me? ~~ ** well! Timea change an* change, but th is company for one. Bo be it. Es St. Paul •ays, cleave nigh unto that which Is good. I'm foreswore not to feel lonesome tell I go to the gallows. Friends 1 you ur got my good wishes, one an' alll" “Wbat'a a-gwine on?" asked Poteet. “The aame/* responded Uncle Jake, after swallowing bis dram. 'lAllers the same. Wickedness prevails well-nigh unto hits own jeatifjcation. 1 uv seed sights I You all know the divers besetting* wbarby Jackson Hicks wux took off this season gone,-i- murdered I may say, in the teeth of the law an* good govunmeut. Sirs I I sot by an' seed bis beset- ters go scotch*free." « - "Abl" The exclamation came from Teague Poteet. “Yes, sir I yes, friends!" continued Uncle Jake, closing his eyes and tilting his chair back. “Even so. Nutber does I boast es bo ot meth tho Tibbie-minded. They buried so 1 thurried roe forth and hence, to mount upon the witucss-Btan* an' relate the deed. No tle- nionce did 1 make. Ex Bt. Paul says, sin, tabii/ occasion by the commandment, worked, in me all manner of conspictiessence. I told 't m what these here eyes bad seed. "They errayfd me before jedro an' jury," Uncle Jake went on, patting the jug affection-; ately, “an* I bowed myhowdies. 'Gentermun friends,' s’l, 'fuller ms dost, beksze I’m a-giv-j in' you but the truth, stupendous though it be< “Ef you thes but name the word,' s’ I, 'I’ll tako an' lay my ban' upon the men that done this ur righteousness, for they stan' no furder than yon' piller,' a' I. ‘Them men.' s' I, ‘sur- rounffcied the bouse of Jackson Ricks, genter mun friends, he bein’* member of Frieudship Church,’ an’ called ’im forth wi’ theoshoreance of ffatsn an’ tho intents of evil,* a* I; 'an’ ole i*n ili crippled rz he wiix, they shot 'im down, -^■tbeni men at yon' piller,' a' I, 'ere he could tut raise bis trirnblin* han* in supplication; an’ the boldest of’em dost not to face me hero an* say nay,’ a* I/' "An' they uv clcr'd the men wbat kilt pore Jrckaon Ricks!” said Teague, rubbing his grirtled chin. “Er. clean an' ex cle'r ex the pa'm er my han’/’ replied Uncle Jake, with emphasis. The fiddlo in the next room screamed forth a jig, and the tireless fret ot the dancers kept time, but there was profound silence among thoso in the kitchen. Uncle Jake took ad vantage of this pause to renew his acquain tance with the Jug. Deputy Marshal Weodwarrl knew of the killing of Jackfeon Ricks; that is to say, he waS familiar with tho version of the affair which had been depended upon to relieve the revenue officers ol tho responsibility of down right murder; but be was convinced that the story hinted at by Uncle Jako Norris was nearer the truth. A a the young man rode down the Mountain, leaving the fiddle and the dancers to carry the frolic into the gray dawn, he pictured to himsell the results of the raid that he .would be expected to lead against Hog Mountain,— the rush upon Poteet’s, the shooting of the old Moonshiner, and the spectacle of the daughter wringing her hands and weening wildly. He rode down the Mountain, and before the sun rose he had written and mailed his resigna tion- In a private note to the marshal, en closed hith his document, he briefly but clearly set forth the fact that, while illicit dis tilling was an unlawful os ever, tho man who loved a Moonshiner's daughter was not a proper instrument to aid in its suppression^ But his li tter failed t» have the effect be de sired, and in a few weeks ho received a com munication from Atlanta setting forth the fact that a raid had been determined upon. tome of the ofd women range find begun to manifest a sort eft motherly interest in tho affairs of Woodward and Bin rotret. These women, living miles apart on the Mountain and its spurs, had a habit of "picking up their work" and spend ing the iloy with each other. UiM.n ono oc casion it chanced that Mrs. Buo Parmalee and Mra. Pur it hu Hightowor rode ten miles to frit Mrs. Puss Poteet. “Don’t lay the blame of itontcr me, Puss,” exclaimed Mrs. Hightower,— her shrill, thin voice in queer contrast with her fat and jovial oppyaronco; “donltyou lay tho blamo outer ic. Dave, he ’* a-compliiiniu* bekaxo they a’n’t no salsotly in the house, an* 1 rid ovor to Sue’s to berry aomo. Airter I got thar, Buo mi. a«’ shot *Yoss us pick up an’go light in on Tubs/ so*she, ‘an’ fine out smni nutber that’s a-gwtne on 'mongst folks, tho." "Yes. lay it all enter me," said Mrs. Parma- lee, .looking ovor her spectacles at Mrs. Potcot; “1 sex to Purithy, a’ll, ‘Purithv, yosa go down in' see Puss,* •* 1; ‘maybe wo ’ll git a glimpse er that air new chap with tho slick ha’r, Hid ’ll ho a-peggin'out. uirter awhile,’ s’ I. ‘m/i f the now crop’s ex purfy e* 1 hear tell, maybe I’ll set my ca^> fer ’Im, 1 s’ I.” At this fat Mrs. Furitha Hightower was mpelled to leun on frail Mrs. Puss Potect, so heartily did she laugh. "I Ueclar'," she exclaimed "ofBuo hain’t a sight! I’m mighty nigh outdone. She's thos bin a-gwinc on that a-way all the time, _ _ uv bin that tirkled tell a little nn»ro an’ I’d a- drouped on the groan'. How's all?” "My goodness I” exclaimed Mrs. Poteet. "I hope you all know me too well to btf a-stan’in r lit tliero tnakin' excuse. Come right along iu, i/ tako otl your thiugs, an’ ketch your win*. «■ is home to-ilny.” Well, I’m moustus glad,” said Mrs. High- tower. “Bis meter thiuk tho world an’ oil er me when she was a slift of a gal, but I reckon she’s took on town ways, hain’t she? Hit ain’t nothin’ but natehul." "Bia is proud enough for to hoi* Vr head high," Mrs. Parmalee explained, “but she hain't a bit stuck up." •Well, 1 let you know," exclaimed Mrs. Hightower, untying her bonnet and taking off htrrhawl,—“I let you know, hero’s what wouldn't be sot back t>y nothin’ et she had 8ia's chances. In about the lot* word pore rnaw spoke on 'er dying bed, she call mo to *er an’ •ca,«e'the.‘Purithy Emma/so’she,‘you lioi* which Mrs. Hightower and Mrs. Parmalee, with ell their experience, had rarely seen per formed in that region. Woodward greeted Mrs. Poteet’s visitors with a gentle deference and an eaay courtesy that attracted their favor in spite of them- •elves. Classing him with the "RestercraU," these worn eh took keen and suspicious note of every word be uttered and every movement he made, bolding themselves in readiness to be come mortally offended at a curl of tho lip or the lifting of an eyebrow; but he was equal to the occasion. He humored their whims and eccentricities to the utmost, and he was so thoroughly sympathetic, so genial, so sunny, and so handsome withal, that he stirred most powerfully the ‘maternal instincts of those weather-beaten bosoms and made them his, friends and defenders. He told them wonder ful stories of life tn the great world that lay far beyond Hog Mountain, its spurs and its foot-hills. He lighted”their pipes, and oven filled them out oi his own tobacco nouch, a proceeding which caused Mrs. Parmalee to re mark tha* she “would like mannyfac’ mighty well ef ’twer’n't so powerful weak." - Mrs." High tower found early opportunity to deliver her verdict in. Bit's ear, whereupon the latter gave her a little hug and whispered,— “Oh, I just think he 1 * adorable I" It was very queer, however, that as soon os Sis was left to entertain Mr. Woodward (the women making an excuse of helping Pubs about din ner), she lost her blushing enthusiasm and be- csino quite cold and reserved. Tho truth is, Fi« lifld convinced herself some days before that she bod the right to bft very angry with this young man, and she began her quarrel, es lovely woman generally docs, by assuming an nir of tremendous unconcern. Iter disinter estedness was really provoking. “How did you like Sue Fraley's new bon net last Bunday?" she asked, with an iuuo- cent smile. 1 “Suo Fraley's new bonnet 1" exclaimed Woodward, surprised in the midst ot some serious reflections; “why, I didn’t know she •had a new bonnet." “Ob f you didn't? You were right opposite. I should think anybody could see sho had a new bonnet by the wav she tossed her head." “Well, I did n’t notice it, for one. Was it one of these sky-scrapers? I was looking at fornething else." “Oh I” Woodward had intended to convey a very delicately veiled compliment, but this young woman’s tone rather embarrassed him. He row in n moment that she was beyond tho renehofthe playful and ingenious banter which he had contrived to make the basis of their relations. “Yes," he said, “I was looking at tome- thing else. I had other things to thiuk about." Well, she did have a new bonnet, with yel low ribbons. She looked handsome. I hear she’s going to get married soon." “I’m glad to hear it. She’s none too young," said Woodward. At ahothcr time Ria would have laughed at the suggestion implied in this remark, but m>w ane only tapped the floor gently with her foot, and looked serious. “I hope you answered her note," sho said presently. “What noto?" he asked, with some aston ishment. Bis was the picture of innocence. “Oh, I didn't thinkl" she Exclaimed. “I reckon it’s a great secret. I mean the noto sho handed you when she came out of church. It’s one of my business.". “Nor of mine, either," said Woodward, with relieved oir. “The noto was for Tip Wat- This statement, whieh was not only plausi ble, hut true, gave a new direction to Sis’s.an ger. “Well, I don’t see how anybody that thinks anything of himself could be a mail carrior for Sue Fraley," she exclaimed scornfully; whereupon sho flounced out, leaving Wood ward in a Btato of bewilderment. ITo he continued next Week.) 8KLLING TO MINORS. BETSY HAMILTON. A’SKETCH OE LIFE IN THE BACK- WOODS. nut** •t«’u»i near. an«l in a few moment* he was galloping toward the Mountain with the Moon shiner’S daughter. When the night fell at Teagua Poteet's on this particul evening, it frond a fiddle go ing. The boys and girls of the Mountain, to the number uf a dozen or tnoro, had gathered tor a Iridic,—a frolic that shook tha founda tions of Poteet’s castle, and aroused cohoes familiar enough to tha good souls who are tend of the cotillon in its primitive shape. ' Tha old folk* who had aceonipanied tha youngsters sat iu the kitchen with Teague and his wife; and hero Woodward also sat, listening with interest to the goMip of what eeemed to be a remote era.—the wsr and the period preceding it. The activity of Bit Poteet found ample scope, laud whether lingering for a moment at her tsthvr'a side like a bird poised in flight, or moving lightly through the figures of the cotil lon, »he never appeared to better advantage. Toward midnight, when tha frolic was at Its height, an unexpected visitor announced him- Iself It was Uncle Jake Norris, who lived on the far side of tha Mountain. The fiddler waved his bow at Uncle Jake, and tha boy* and girls cried, "Howdy/* as tha visitor stood U tiring and smIUpc in tha doorway. To these ri< me nitrations Uncle Jake, “a chunk of a I white men with a whole kstfi," as he dee- rribtd himself, made cordial r’Cjpoo*e, andF »»e» ■ur, i uriiny r.iuiHB, m ini', you uoi your head nigh; don’t you bat your eye* to please none of 'em,' se' she." "I reckon in reason I ourhtcr be thankful that Bis ain't no wuss," said Mrs. 1'nteet, walk ing around with aimless hospitm' tv; "yit that chile's temper is powerful tryin’ an' Teague sckshully.and candidly b’leevess she’s nfitde i-ut’n pyo' gol*. 1 wish* I may die ef he don’t.” After awhile Bis made her appearance, buoyant and blooming, liar eyes sparkled, her cheeks glowed, and her i miles showed bcautitUI teeth,—a most uncommon sight in the Mountains, where the girl* were in the titbit ot rubbing snufi aud smoking. The visi ter* greeted her with the etltuive constraint •tut awkwardness that made so large a part of tbeir lives; but after awhile Mrs. Hightower laid her fat, motherly hand on the girl’s shoulder, aud looked kindly but keenly into her eyes. "An, honey!" she said, "you hain’t sp'ilt yit, but you ws'n’t made to fit thiidi hero hill, —that you wa‘n*t, that you wa’n’ti” Women are not hypocrite*. Their little thrills and nerve convulsions are genuiue while they last. Fortunately for tha women themselves, they do not Ust/but are succeeded l»y others of various moods, tenses, and gen ders. These nerve convaUtons are so genuine »rd so apt, that they are known aa iutnittens, and under this name they have achieved im portance lira. Hightower, with all her lack of txperieuee, was capable of feeling that Bis Po int needed tha by-no-means insubstantial en couragement that lies {none little note of sym pathy, and aha waa not-at all astonished when Bis responded to her intention by giving her a smart little bug. Presently Mrs. Parmalee, who had stationed herself near th«* door, lifted her thin right arm and let it fall upon her lap. "Well, sirr she exclaimed, "ef yander ain't Bfr'a bol" fir* rrn to the door, saw Woodward eff&ing A Number of Prominent tmtoooUts Ordered ■ v to Appear for Trial. A very large sited commotion was created among the saloon keepers of the central por tion ot the city, yesterday, when tho deputy sheriffs t»cgan to drop in and motion the bosses into corners for privato interviews. A court note in Tux Coxstituhox yesterday morning had given tiio cue to many of the victims, but some nfthero wore caught unawares. The grand jury had re turned* large batch ot indictments against the saloon men for turnisbiug liquor to minora, the minors hi question being Messrs. Tom Dodd and Lorenzo Jones. These young f yntlemcu, who bear all the appearance of inving reached their majorities, hod been furnUhed drinks at a number of barrooms, the keepers not suspeotiug they . were violstlbg tho law iu responding to tho demands of the young men to“se£'ein-upl" Jones and Dodd were very unwilling witnessoa in the matter, hut found them was no escape other thun to mnkeaclaan breast of thoir wanderings among- the bar-rooms. They gave tho list pretty fully and iu several cases two -.indictments against each naloonist were found The bonds in the mass were fixed at $590 each, there was a lively hu»tiing around yesterday afternoon to get Uio same signed up. Thoro •corns to bo no rsca)H) for the victims ot the deceptive appearances of Messrs. Dodd and Jon is ami the county treasury is likely to be largely augmented by the fines and penalties. Iu the nicnntitm* tho weather has grown frigid for Mima. Dotld and Jones in the vicinage of the barrooms, aud they will hardly got “tho buoxe” set out for them again until they can produce documentary evidence that they havo crossed the line into tho full estate of man hood. The grand jury is at work upon another batch of indictments against saloon-keepers who, on the 4th iust., furnished liquor during the election day. There are a number ot straight cases against the keepers, and they will bo mado.to dunce to the music of the vio lated statute. Under the law the saloous can not be opened either before or after the palls clofe, any more sal'cly than they can be kept open b>r supplying liquor during the progress of the election. ' SAVANNAH. Death of CoIoohI \Ym. 31 Hneetl— -Mr. Hew ry Dsvte Itrcaks III* Leg. Bavaxkah, iu., October 11iH^pecisl.]—Colonel William kl. gifted, eldest son ol Colonel J. R. Bnieif, formerly c>titor of the old SAvannAh Re publican, died in re lost ufrht, aged tbfrty-niue years. lie was r* Itnetnhor ot company B, Oglethorpe Light Infantry, and was raptured at Fort Pulaski. Subsequently hi was appointed midshipman in the confederate navy, and remained tu!hat,ser- vlce till the close of the war. He was connected with n*\cn.l papers, and recently hud been pub lishing a weekly t*iper. the Journal of Commerce. He was Interred at I ton* Venture to-day. kl. Funk, familiarly known as Father John, a prominent Uemau,»Uod -uddruly fromVon$estton of the brain late !u»t ulxht, aged 6-5 yean. Tie was a tailor by trade, and belonged to the Gertni Volunteer*. Friendly eoefetr. ®chht*en socld and the Turner*. lie will he hurled to-morrow. A telsfrntM rrwlv*-! here to-day statute that Itenry L Daria, receiver of t*x returns oi this county, whole vi>!tIn* Asheville N. C., aeddent* ally slipped while .'limbing a mountain declivity, and brusv hi* rfrtit log. Fatly this morning a fire waa discovered on board the Brit\«h »tMm»btp Htrath*ten. which * Liverpool. U wae extlugukhed Onlv lire hales of cotton wore callfr-pe fright*rod a fcprw hekmatn* to Mr. .% tehawati which ran away. sma«htnc the buegy damage to the begey A United Mates Court at 111 rrn Ingham. FntttiM.iuw. A!a..»Vtoberg.-{SpeclaLi-l!| pirn res nee ef n MU pamM Is*t ana Ion of congrew, e»ut!frhtrg rrtted Sf.to* court here, tha depart* mint of itotlce has jn t rbed the loose of a larre three story tuUJtng which wlUbeusedai a court room and offices. Ftr»t term of the court win fcs L.M Cm Ur.biUy In March. idrmlr.xtuuu Hilary asaorialt«m, ontamUdd thiee weeks •rq. now has wo member*. Th* CUwrin?- t n an entirely mw idea of his own tmpor- j pgased on into the kitchen. ThegOod feanor j up (If reed, and blushed ftirtouaiy,—a feas ?mk toatet ©rite with, toemember*. At Last JaksLoflts Married Jan* Trotman. and He Oawa Syrup Biting la Honor of tao Bveat- Bstiy Waa Tbsro and Tasp Wero at Bstay’a Cotton Picking, Btc. The fugar-eans waa ripe and it was lasses biiin* time, and Jako Loftis that married Malindy Jane Trotman had a truck patch ful of sorghum cane and hauled it over to Squire Robersons to git it ground in his sorghum mill and biled in his kettles. They lowed it would be towards the shank er the night fore it got done, and so them and tho Robersons^ axed we’uns to come over aud leas have a candy pullin’. We’uns had had a apple peelin’ and axed them, and we axed ’em to our *cotton pickin’, and give ’em monstrous good dinners both times, and tho Robersons is folks that haint a gwine to let you out do ’em in bein' clever, and Mfrs Gooden is the same way, if you do anything for airy one of them women they rickerleeks it, and if ever you git in a push for work, you can count on airy one ol 'em a hep- pin' you out, and if you git sick they ’ll set by you plum tel the chickens crows for broad open daylighi and not blink ther eyes. One day maw'lows, says she, "I’m a thousand timea obleege to yon Sister Gooden," and Miss Gooden'lows; "Oh! shetyour mouth with _yonr 'bleegtums', I reckin’ 'one good turn de- sarves another,’ haint you hopo me many and many’s the time when I was in a pinch?” Maw told her she wasn’t liko old Miss Sim mons. "Ef that foman has ever done a hands turn for any of we’uns," says maw, "I disro- member when it was, and F know in reason I wouldn’t er forgot it nuther, and ever time she sends to borry (little Safinginnerly comes) Sal ’lows, 'mammy she ’lowed, tell you ns how one good turn deserves another/ " "And so I spose as how," soys Miss Gooden, "ef you does old Miss Simmons a good turn you’vo got to turn in and do her nnothcr’n?" Well, the Robersons thought if wo’uns could gin trolicks and ax them, they mought gin ono on’ox we’uns. Bo they axed us all to the“sor- ghum strotchin’,” as Iky calls it, and we'uns all went, even to pap, and when wo got thar a roar by sun Ikv’s little bobtail mulo was a windin’up the job of grindin’ tho cane, and they had sot the juice a biiin’ iu tho big iron kittles, and Miss Roberson she had tuck hor wath pot ami sot some to biiin’ for tho candy. The old women ’lowed they’ll tend to the makin’ of the candy and the young folks could pull it. The big pino torch stand could bo seed (or miles around and the red light made the gals look pretty, Cnledony hjid Cob sin Pink was the prettiest gals on the ground, hut little Jocksen Gates couldcn’t keep his oyes olTn me. We’uns knowed iu reason them mitchee- v : oua boys would be dead *ho to string lasses randy all over us, and so me and Caledony and Flurridy Tennysy and Cousin Pink all wore nir blue And coperns cheek homesputu frocks Hint Aunt Nancy wove on tho same bolt, knso we-didn’t wont to git our Sunday riggin’ mint with lasses; but bless you some of tho. sals tried to wear all they bad, most of’em bsd on ther Sunday-go-to-moetin’ frocks, aud Becky Haskins looked pine blank like she was a-gwine to a weddinl; ner pokeberry muslin frock had faded most white, and she had "ar tificials” in her hor; and them Froshours gals and old Miss Green’s gals and the Simpsones all had ther heads diked out in merry golds and bachelor’s buttons and Caledony she wbirpered to roe and ’lowed she knowed in rcafon tlfry never left a blossom whar them come from. The lasses was biiin* monstrous pretty, and we’uns stood around nml watched it, anil pass ed ci mplinicnts, and pap and Sqttiro Rober son ’lowed it minded them of away up yander 'in Tennysy whar they biled uptne-maplo juice to sugar, 'lowed they had sot up many a night tel midnight awaitin’ for the "stirrin* Miss Roberson dipped up some of the candy in a gourd and pourd it in a big bluo nig© 'ilieb, but it wasn’t done, and all ruu back to lurrcs. Little Jackson n*tes was monstrous frisky, and Sammy Gooden ’lowed "Look at Jack, fuss thing you know you’ll fall back wardii into them hot lasses." Cap Dewberry ’lowed ho wished he would, it inought k’yoro him of his ni*nfrbnes« f tryin* to show oil 1 foro .Miss Iktsv. "Gafr,” says grnn’-rnaw Robtr- son, “I’ve'oilers hearn it said ‘a wash pot mver biles’, these hero Inesc* haint a-gwiuo to ‘urn to no candy while yuu'uns watches it, go long out yander under them trees aud play your kfrsiu' game and let these Ipsuscook.” Buddy be stirred up tho crowd, ho hollered out, "all of you’uua go to ydn tree, and Miss Ca)ed»ny you !*• tho wJtob," thou bo hollered out, "Mollis, Mollin Bright, three score and ten. Can I get there by cundlo light? Yos if your H'gs ore long and light. TVnot o'clock old witch?’’ “One.” “Luok out the old witch is on the road.” And when we gut tired of that we played "It rains and it hails and ita celd ttorinv weather, in comes tha farmer drinking ».ftho cider. I'll be tho reaper, y«m’Il bo tho birder. I lost my true l.,\? and where shall I find her?” We stopp'd ringin’ a minute and hearn a burn blow over the mountin' then herecuine n pack ot hounds u burkin’, and up rid o p&rsel of town luy* Uut had been a deer huntin’. - “Them b-»ys nr *t in reason n smelt them.thar lasse- n wlfu’,” say* Sammy, “No they never nuthe,f” suyr Tack»on Gator, "they hetrn of Ihe frolic end they ji*t wants to fetch they sef here whar they Inint wanted.” "oh! ho, Jaeky” sava hammy “1 knows what ails yon, you*thinks they mought cut you mit’n Miss Betsy, you thin!: s^you’s a mighty man, and you air mighty bigoty -but them Uiuru boys will show you that you haiut higger’n a nhnw ter Lacker,” and witli tliui Jackson hit him •rrt they hitched and fit all over a pile ofsor- glum eone. _ The town boys lit o. ‘a ther crit ters and Mr.’Sprijrgin* he marched right up to me and axed me to incept of tho pleasure of his company to pull candy, unR when mu aid him locked arms and i*rorusod around to the sorghum mill, I dent knew which was the maddest Cap or Jseky. Cap he pulled candy with Cousin Pink and Iky Roberson with Caledony. Thar w*-* o' Dorsum valley boy pollin' with Dosh \Vi!liams#n, and I hearn him say, “here Miss Doth, take a holt er one cind ot this candy and I’ll like t'other, and we’ll eat tel we meet and then we'll kin." Some of them town beys thought they waa mighty smart and string candy all over them gals heads that had all them artificials and all them merry golds and bachelors buttons in ther bar. *M« and Cal and them kep out’n that mess kase we seed some of'em wa* tight. Its a pitv temu boys th.uk* thev cant go to a frolic without totin’ «>t a groat (fask of whisky in ther peekrie. Mr. tepriggins be wasn't a drinkin 1 but I lay I uev-r gives him no more eatdvj Him and me pulled oor’n whiter*n tethers, and he 'lowed it was sweeter ktse I palled it and axed me to plat it and give it to him,but beys dont alters pv sm what they says fir what should f ten next mornin’ all wad ded np on that stump aider tho gate frit my very candy, I kmwd it by the plat. Ca? aud Jacky rrulrf er had the ’augh turned on me then if they'd er knowed jtr but I tel! youl grabbed up that bunk «>f ••andy quick fore any wdv seed it and buried it side of the stump. Them gals was in or about a week a geuin' of them thar lasses o it'n ther heads, but ever body complained of bnvin* * power of tvn at the "sorghum stretcbra’.” Betst TTamiltox, Next week, ("Jnother.fiketch." We feel assured thafour friend* will (hank i fer bringing before their nntic0»1|rticlea wkiab have no superior among the many that fill ear markets. We rafer to the celebrated Dr. Price's Bneeial Flavoring Extract*. We have used them, and can recommend them as the best article in domestic use. The Crop of Cotton this season Not So Eu« conwglng-Obeying the Jaw, The proanect is not bright/ We were count ing on twice as much cotton as we are going to get. I dont plant cotton, but my tenants does, and I thought I would get enough rent to pay my taxes and put blinds to the house, but I -doht, and the blinds must go. It Is hard on me, but it is harder on Roland, for ha has worked faithfully ami had high hopes of being able to buy another mule. Roland is a cheerful man and never, com plains, He com pares himself with those who are worse off* When I sympathized with him about the long drouth cutting oil his cotton, he said: "Well, Its not so bad a* it might be, for I made a good corn crop and plenty of wheat and oats, and I don’t' owe as much ns some of tho nabors. I don’t owe Aioiv' tei^n I can pay/* How much do you owe, 8r. id I. % "Only two dollars," ftuni he. I wiin every hotly wns as well off as Roland. I traveled with e mafr irum York in South Carolina tbe.otber day, ami fie anid his people owed enough lor guano W mite all their cot ton, and there wosent.,enough made in his county to makes shirt apiece tor the people who made it, “but then” said lie, we are having mighty good meetings going on, and I always noticedthut it took a poster .M religion to do folks under trouble— more religion in adversity than prosperity end they hIUays getit." Thais so I reckon, the i^hhI book «*ays: "Ilumblei thyself under tho mighty hand of God," bub a man can't do ’ ti with a pocket full of money. lie may to* over so much in clined that way. out ft man wbo has no wants nnsupplied cant - gc-t. down to it and wrestls in prayer and take underhojit liko one who is in the low grounds of sorrow. The rich maix feels secure and imlopendoMt whether it rains or not. The oi.ly thing Do wants it to rain for is to lay the dust and cool the* air so he can led better in hi* <kro. But tho poor former look.* -to tbo clouds for a living nnd he never 1vqk«» tip v/ithout feel ing his dependency upon ' ilim who inado them and who ponds the rani upon the just and tho unjust, it is hot. «t all impossible for n rich man to reverence bis Maker, and do gccil with his and h«vo a peaceful conscience. Job is o notable example, ^anik we have them about nowadays, ever and nuon, but still they are scarce* It looks like tbo mere the Lord gives ft man the more he ought to lavs him but he don’t, and it is the sameway with a parent anti hfr children. Poor folk's children lovo their pareute better than rich folk’s chil dren, and the best Chris* in ns I know of arcs among the poor and the afflicted. Rich men's children stand ti round waiting for tho old mon to die. They don’t think they arc, but they are, and they catch thom- selvcs figuring many a time about their share* and wbat they will got when-t he old man dies. Dr. Haygood preached a-sermon at our town not long ego, aud with hoteiou earnestness de clared that itwKB a periiou* thing fi»r a father to lay up money for nis children. "For many long years," said he, iixve ueen an educator of the boys oi this land. I ,imve loved tiiens and watched them, and tried to guide them by precept and example*, und I say now with solemn conviction, that there is no dangiuvn# peril, no temptation oo fatal to youth as riches* Many boys come to eollugu na beneficiaries 2 many come whrae part-nil uro toiling ana struggling to give them un education, and many come who*c parents are rich, and their children never known watt. It is this last class only that have ‘ ever given us tronblo or anxiety. From this class all tho expulsions coiue, and not long ago wo had to cxpnl one ot them who w«f only, sixteen yearfi old for being a habitual drunkard. I keep a roll of our graduates end watch them from year to year after they leave us, aud it is only thia clast who come to grief aud make up a record either <>f indolence or of shame. Ot course there are many tmote exceptions, and I only allude to tho contract iu general." This wub the substjuu'o of the doctor'0 declaration, and I wish >v»ry parent in tha land could bavo heard it * aud realized tha solrnit) cmphnnrt with which ho said it, for Dt* II a vgood knows, lio hrei <ipp"rcunity to know* Poor l>oyp make tin best citi zens. They obey tho low, wud they work and toil for an houest living. Rtciios are bes*t with many peri l?. A man >'«u pile up and keep on piling it lu* vranu u» hut let him look out for brtokerH. Nut tow .^o I passed^by a princely mansion in n tor.**»:ty, uud I oskod two. The son fr a t: loafs around town and i u gambler who uegleei) killed the old man. Bo, gicd in poverty: some . for our child ran. ^ wealthy old; gent| u*h where they wi know but gabond who -f .oghtor married h. •, uud that is what in- r ill, there issorno u.y.* -; some security i ago I asked a about his children, bey wero doing. and he answered with pir - utorot his oldest toys and sahldhey were r and steady uud at work—and then to* i-ddt-d, but these boytf were born when 1 wo* p'x.r.v-u-y poor,and had to work hard for a Itvi. ‘ they had to work t-»> u; doitry and cronmny.bii after I had never worked :.ny, ami-.t deal of trouble r ml ftuxi ever got rich/' That i*4he way of Itegs riches. But still a fortune gal pursuit of an honost «ai ami many iren imam mans ire their children t eviryoody eln*>: I think 1 rfrk it nnd lake the eh*nee have it, but*everv iuhii w i ought to bo lore .varued u bring up hii children «»»» "Git acquainted with then man at Anniston Bay, M f, :qaired habit! ofla- > » > youngest came off and they • give me a groat i-ry. I nm sorry I Tho porlls of i-d honestly in tho i'-g p thing, ir- it aright ami >. aud I am liko w.».thl be willing to - it is no sin to i.- hunting for it od I->r*» .vanned and pmner principles. 1 heard a rich ii tired of work and I must quit, b have got money enough but it look* like I can't stop. 1 want to stop and get acquainted with my children/' Well that is right. A man ought to knoif his children and they (ought know hhn. lie fought to tako tiiqc t.. talk to (than* and tell them stories about what he did when he was a little boy, end ho ought to frolic with * them and nil have a godd family time to gether. That b r.U money all to pieces and evenithehn* got a-big pit© for them, they won't be waitinr tor the md man to die. Bill Aar. BAYED IIY A 1.0 l D OF IIAY, A Woman's Thrilling Imp From a Train OvtrjiTmils. Bradford, Pa., to tter # to Philadelphia Times. 'I tell you wbat. boys, T*w railroaded It tor years and been mixed up in >01 kinds of disasters, but I hope to cror.bc right here If I want to be tho eye-wltne*ttf*tn of snch an awful sight at I saw adsy or two ago.” The speaker was a brakomcn on the Erie. "A day or so ago.,' he continued, “a UU and bandiome woman get Into th • i idles* ear at Don- kirk. With her wiv* a bright VimI interesting boy, poseibly 2 yean< of age. The mfld laughed, and errsked, and pfrved with th»* (tavseogers. When the train left CmHrauvm r who te>.med * nervous, gr tout of her %<*t, iJckf-t op the hsby, and r.tarted tor tb» r#*ur cud i*‘ me o toch. “A short dbun.’c east of t'^caraiigus is a Ion* deep gulf, over which the raft,*- *v I nos built \ hlgu tre»tle. The illstanci* from Ui» rop of the trestle to the watou roa*! to low i* perhatn too feet- As iarp and sbort curve htofrto thctra-Je. As the trails rtuhed over the gulf a saati/* nlereiag s'.iriak was heard. I looked atul saw an otdect lean from the pi*; '-.rn Into tb? n>*ky gult That object. Hr. was tho lady p _ . ^— ' E'ftSC"" time the woman tteaped patrol oxe - * gg •ndchlM 1 . . drawn oy a -rattle, Mothec nter of the h*7 and were thus aavrat from n horrible death, frrmerwassohi rrfficd thet v .. i‘irnp©d from hia wagon and darted up the hilt iw voAiin, who was not hurt In tt.« tenst, h©e o%as# w*s Mr*. AOam Frail and tor home 11 Mf.-blfSB. She waa on her way to visit frfred* it* t f >e oil coutrtry* Her* was fudeed a mlraculoa^ >-rape." Mrs. Peril mid that ifcecoutd o-.t ••xpUIn her 10* tfon. Wrn near the car do*>r '*m seize 1 with an Insane ileefra *o jump fmm ihe train. Tke*annera*e c drove ©ton* yw think!<i* ol hfr dead wife aud ila&gbfrr. wfem rame thnwgh th* 1 cioud*. u ft were, on hts hay hr tto-cgirt the* tr.^ *l«or CCS.C hack totor.h :o revisit ktm. landfill ted had iSoisTiMcT raiml