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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
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AT TEAGUE POTEET???S.
A Sketch of the Hog Mountain
Range.
BY JOEL CHA.VDf.KR HARRIS.
. {Copyright, 18Si. All right* mcrved.]
IV.
[Continued from last Sunday.]
He hod not mode love t<* the girl, princi
pally because her mootls were elusive and her
methods unique. She was dangerously like
other women of his acquaintance, end danger
ously unlike them. The principal of the
academy nt Gullcttsville???a scholarly old
gentleman from Middle Georgia, who hod been
driven to teaching by cliro necessity???had
once loftily informed Woodward that Miss I???o-
tect was superior to her books, and the young
mull had verified the statement to his own dia-
comtiture. She possessed that feminine gilt
which is of more importance to a woman in
this world than icholarlyacquirements,???apti
tude. Even her frankness???perfectly discreet
???charmed and puzzled Woodward; but the
most attractive of her traits were such as mark
the difference between the bird that sings in
the tree and the bird that sings in the cage,???
delightful, but indescribable.
When Sis Potect began to question him
about Sue Fraley, the thought that sho was
moved by jealously gave him???a thrill that WQ3
new to his experience; but when sho flounced
angrily out of the room because ho had con
fessed to carry a note from Miss Fraley to Tip
Watson, it occurred to him that he might be
mistaken. Indeed, so cunning docs mascu
line stupidity become when it is played upou
by a woman that ho frightened himself with
the suggestion that perhaps, alter nil, this per
fectly original young lady was iu love with
Tip Watson.
Poring tho rest of the day Woodward had
ample time to nurse and develop his new the
ory; and the more he thought it over, tho
more plausible it seemed to be. It was a great
blow to his vanity; but the more uucomfor-
tablc it made him, tho more earnestly he
clung to it.
Without appearing to ovoid hinj, Sis man
aged to make the presence of Mrs. rarmnleo
and Mrs. Ilighlower on excuse lor neglecting
liim. Sho entertained these worthy tedht
with such eager hospitality that when they
aroused themselves to the necessity of going
home, they found, to their dismay, that it
would bo impossible, in the language of Mrs.
Potect, to ???git half-way aorost Pullium's Sum
mit ???foro night 'ud ketch ???em.??? Sis was so de
lighted, apparently, that she bocaine almost
hilarious} and btr gnvety affected nil around
her except Woodward, who barely managed
to conceal his disgust.
After supper, however, Mrs. Potect mol her
sts bef
two guests betook tbcinsclvcs to the kitchen,
where they rubbed snuff and smoked their
pipCa, ana gossiped, and relnicd reminiscences
of that good time which, with old people, is
always in the past. Thus Woodward had
aropfo opportunity to talk with Sis. llo en
deavored, by the exercise of every art of con
versation ond manner of which ho was master,
to place their relations upon the old familiar
footing, but ho failed moat signally. He found
It impossible to fathom the gcntlo dignity
with which h'c was constantly repulsed. In
the midst of his perplexity, which would have
* been cither pathetic or ridiculous if it had not
bccu so artfully concenlod, he managed for
the first time to measure tho depth of his love
for this exasperating but charming crcaturo
whom he hod bceu patronizing* film, "'as no
longer amusing; ond Woodward, with tho
S&vagc inconsistency of a man moved by a
genuine passion, felt a tragic desire to humblo
Himself before her.
???I???m going homo to-morrow, Miss aft,??? ho
eaUt, finally, in sheer desperation.
???Well, you've had a heap of fun???I mean,???
flic added, ???that you have had a nice time.???
|t ???I havo been a fool!??? ho exclaimed bitterly.
Ber ing that she made no resnouso, ho contln-
??? ucds ???1???vo been a terrible fool all through. I
jtuio here to hunt up blockade whisky??? '
^???Wliatt??? . ??? ,
Sis???s voice was sharp and eager, full of
doubt, surprise, and consternation.
???I camo to GulleiUvillc,??? ho went on, ???to
hunt up blockade, whisky and failed, and
three weeks ago I sent in my resignation. I
thought I might find n gold mine ou my laud-
lot, but I have failed in everything.???
Gloating ovor his alleged misfortunes, Wood
ward, without looking at Bis Potcet, drew
from his pocket a formcdablo-looking envel
ope, unfolded its contouta leisurely aad con
tinued,???
???Even my resignation was a failure. Hog
, Mountain will he raided to-morrow or next
% rose from her chair, pale and furious, and
advanced toward him ns if to annihilate him
with her blazing oyc??. Such rage, such con-
tempt, he hud never before beheld in a wo
man???s face. He sat transfixed. With a gesturo
almost tragic in ita.vehemonee, tho girl struck
the papers from his hands.
???Oh, you mean, sneaking wretch l \ ou???
And then, as if realizing the weakness of
mere words, she turned and passed swiftly
from tho room. Woodward was thoroughly
aroused. Ife war not used to the spectacle of
a woman controlled by violent emotions, and
ho recognized, with a mixture of surprise aud
alarm, The???great gulf that lay between the rage
of Sis Foteet and the little platitudes and
pre
tences of anger which he hod Been the other
women of his acquaintance manage with such
pretty daintiness. * , . , ,
As the girl parsed through the kitchen, sho
seized a horn that hung upon tho wall and ran
out into the darkness. Tho old women com-
tinned their smoking, their snufl-rubbing, and
their gossiping. Mrs. Hightower was giving
the details of a local legend showing how and
wbv Edny Favors had ???conjured??? Tubithy
Cozbv, when suddenly Mrs. 1???oteet raised her
hands,???
???Sh-h???-h l???
Tho notes ot a born???short, almrp, ond
Strenuous???broke iu upon the stilines of the
night. Once twice, thrice l once, twice,thricej
once, twice, thricel It was an alarm that did
not need to be interpreted to the sensitive car
of Hog Mountain. The faces of the old women
became curiously impassive.- The firelight
carried their shadow* from the floor to tha
rafters,???whirling, bowing, jumpin, quivering;
but tho women themselves sat a?? still as
Statue*. They were evidently waiting for
gomc-tblng. They did not wait long. In a
little while the sharp note* of the horn made
themselves heard again,???once, twice, thrice!
once, twice, tbrico l ...
Then the old women arose from their low
chairs, shook out their frocks, end fried into
the room where Mr. Philip Woodward, late of
the revenue service, was sitting. There would
have been a good deal of constraint on both
aides; but bnjrt there could be any manifes
tation of this sort, Sia came In. .she seemed
le tecrushed and helpless, nay, oven humilia
ted. .. . .
??????Why, my goodness, Bill??? exclaimed Mrs.
Hightower,'???you look nwtehuUv lagged out.
A body 'ud think you???d bin ar/ taken a run
tip the mountain. We all 'lowed you wuz in
here lookin' airier your comp???ny. >V her' J
ycu git tho news????
???From this gentleman hare.??? Sis replied,
indicating Woodward withoul looking at him.
Bke was pale as ucalh, and her voice was low
ond gen tit.
Woodward would have explained, bat the
ejJL.reiit of the women gave him
noopjiortui i??y.
' "I declare, bi* t ??? exclaimed her mother, with
a fecit,.nul.ij.eti.- liulo lough: ???cf you hain't
a nlnra light, f haiu't never .ceil uoae."
??????rhe'?? the. to much like her grau???pan I???o-
tcct," f??itl Mr., Hightower, ???-ec ef hoM V
tpit 'er right oul???n his mouth,???that she i*.
This led to a aeries of reminiscences more or
less entertaining, until after awhile Bis, who
had been growing more and more restless, rose
and said,??? _ . . ...
???Good-night, folks; Pm tired and ???sleepy.
The clock has strode eleven.???
???Yes,??? said Mr*. Potect, ???an* the clock???s too
fest, bekaze it hadn't akacely bin mor???n a min-
nit senee the chickens crowed for ten.???
This remark contained the essence of hos
pitality, for it was intended to couvey to Mrs.
Poteens guests the information that if they
were not ready to retire, she was prepared to
discredit her clock in their interests. But there
was not much delay on the part of the guests.
The women were dying to question Sis, and
Woodward was anxious to be alone; and so
they said ???good-nizlit,??? tho earnestness and
quaint simplicity of the old women carrying
Woodward back to the deva of his childhood,
when his grandmother leaned tenderly over
his - little bed and whispered, ???good-night,
dear heart, and pleasant dreams.???
Shortly afterward the lights were put oat,
ond, presumably, those under Teague Puleet's
roof addressed themselves to slumber. But
wliat of the news that Bis had given to the
winds? There was no slumber for it until it
hod fulfilled its mission. When did he go, and
what was its burden? Three sharp blasts
upon o horn, thrice repented; then an Interval;
then three more, thrice repeated. Up, yp the
mountain the signal climbed; now tattering,
row falling, but always climbing; sending
echoes before it, and leaving echoes behind it,
but climbing, climbing: now fainting and dy
ing away, but climbing, climbing, until it
reached Pullium's .Summit, the smallest
thread of sound. Two men were sitting talk
ing in front of a cabin. The eldest placed ono
hand upon tho shoulder of his companion, nod
flung the other to his ear. Faint and far, but
clear and strenuous, came the sigual. Tho
men listened even after it had died away. Tho
leaves of tho tall chestnuts whipped each
other gently, and thjc breeze that had borne
the sigual seemed to atay. in the tops of the
mountain pines r.s it awaiting further orders;
and it had not long to wait.
The man who had held his hand to his oar
slapped his companion on the back and cried,
???Foteet???s!??? and that waa news enough for tho
other, who rose, stretched himself lazily, aud
I iassed into the cabin. He camo out with a
iorn,???an exaggerated trumpet made of tiu,???
and with this to his lips he repeated to the
waiting breeze, and to tho echoes that were
f ;lad to be aroused, the news that had como
rom Potcet's. Across the broad plateau of
Pullium's .Summit the wild tidings flew until,
reaching tho western verge of tho mountain,
they dived down into Prather???s Mill road,???a
vast gorge, so colled because of the Ireok of a
drunken mountaineer, who declared he would
follow the stream that rushed through it until
he found a mill, and tvus never heard of
again.
The news from Totcd's was not so easily
lost. It dropped over tho sheer wall* of the
chasm, three hundred feet down, and refused
to be drowned out by the rush and roar of tho
waters, and they leaned over the bowlders,
until it had accomplished its mission. For
here in Prather's Mill road burned tho slow
fires that kept the government otlicials in At
lanta nt a wliito heat. They were burning
now. If one of the officials could have crawled
to the edge of the gorge, whore everything
seemed dwarfed by the towering walls of rock
and the black abyss from which they sprang,
he would have seen small fitful sparks of tlamo
A ROMANCE OF OWL HOLLOW-
deep
r nig???
tho Arcs that all the powor and ingonuity of
, ??? ty of
tLo government failed to smother, they
were now blown out one after another by tho
blasts from Bis Poteet's horn.
The news that was wafted down into the
depths of Trathcr???s Mill road upon the wings
of the wind was not nt all alarming. On the
contrary, it was received by the grimy watch
ers ot tliostills with considerable hilarity. T
the most of them it merely furnished an ex
cuse for a week's holiday, including trips to
both Gullcttsville and Villa Bar. Freely in
terpreted, it ran thus: ???Friends and fellow
citizens:???this is to inform you that Hog Moun
tain is to bo raided by tho revenue men by
way of Teague PotccUs. Let us hear from you
at once.??? There was neither nlarm nor hur
ry, but tho fires were put out quickly becauso
that was tho first thing to bo done.
Teoguo Potcet owned and managed two
stills. He. was looking after some ???doublings???
when tho notes of the horn dropped down into
the gorge. He paused, and listened, aad
smiled. Undo Jake Norris, who had come to
havo his jug filled, was In the act of taking a
dram, but he waited, balancing the tin cup in
the palm of his kanu. Tip Watson was fell
ing one of his stories to the little boys who ac
companied Uncle Jake, but it was never end
ed.
??????Bis talks right out in meet in???,??? said Teague,
after waiting to be sure there was no postscript
to tho messago.
???AVliat???s tne row, Teague???? asked Uncle
Jake, swallowing his dram. .
??????Nothcr raid cornin??? right In front or my
door,??? Tcaguo explained, ???an* I reckon in
reason I oughter be homo when they go past.
They useter be a kinder coolnoss betweenst mo
an??? them revenuo fellers, but we went to work
ho went through all the forms of a cotillion
exhibition, and Uncle Jake was so overcome
that ho felt called upon to take another dram,
???a contingency that waa renewed when Tip
swung from the measure of a cotillion to that
of a breakdown, singing,???
???I haln???t blu a-wantln??? ho no??? wlnci-mo???
wines??? ... . . ,
Sence daddy got drunk on lowwlues???low wines.???
???Come, Tip,??? said Teague, ???yeas shot up
shop. Kf Sis ain???t ft caution,??? he -said, after
awhile, os he moved around putting things to
rights. ???Kf bis ain???t o caution, you kin shoot
me. They hain't no mo??? tollin??? wher??? Sis pick
ed up 'bout thish 'cro raid than nothin??? iu the
worl*. Pang mo cf I don???t b???lieve tho gal???s
glad when a raid's n-comin???. Wi' Sis, hit???s
movement, movement, day in an??? day out.
They bnin't nobody knows that gal less???n it???s
me. She kne vrs how to keep things n-gwinc.
Sometimes she runs an??? meets me, an??? says,
ee???the; 'Pap, mammy???* in the dumps: yes*
you an???me make out we er quollln???. Hit Mi
sorter jstir 'cr up;??? an??? then Sis, she???ll light in,
on??? by the tune wo git In the house, she???s
o-acoldin??? an??? a-snssiu??? an??? I???m a-cussin', nu???
oirtcr awhile hit gits so hot an??? natehul-like
that I thes has ter drag Sis out bchin??? the
cbimblv ond buss 'er to make rertniuan??? shore
that she ain???t accidentually flew off the han???le.
Bless your soul an??? body she???s a caution!???
???An* what???s ???cr maw a-doln* nil that time????
inquired Uncle Jake, as he took another dram
with an indifferent air.
Teague-kughed aloud as he packed the fresh
earth overhis fire.
???Ob, Puss! Puss, abe thes nets thar a-chaw-
in' away ct 'cr snuff, an??? a-knittin'away at 'er
seeks tell she thinks I???m a-pu??h:n??? bis too
dost, on' then sho blazes out an??? blows me up.
Airtc-r that,??? Teague continued, ???things gus
more liome-like. Ef ???twa???n???t for rne an??? Sis, I
reckon Puss ???ud teetotafly fret 'erself away.???
???St. Paul,??? said Uncle Joke, looking confi
dentially at another dram which he had pour
ed into the tin cup,??????St. Paul cays ther' cr
r eomo you kin fret a
you can???t. Tber'smy ole 'oman; more es-
jiethuallj she???s one you can???t. The livin??? hu
man bein??? that stirs her up ???ll have ter frail 'er
out, er she???ll frail him.???
???Well,??? said Teague, by way of condolence,
???the man what???s stubbed by a pitchfork hain???t
much Letter cif ???n man that walks bzr???-
footed in a trr&.holt patch.???
The suggestion in regard to Mfctref* Norm
seemed to remind Uncle Jake of something
important. lie called to his boy i, took another
modest dram, and disappear** iu the under
growth. Teague potcet and his .friend* were
toon ready to follow this worthy example, so
that iu another hour Prather???s Mill road was
a very dull ond uninteresting place from a
revenue point of view.
[To te combined next Week. ]
The cr.lv body competent to decide os to the
best brain! of baking powder now before the
public ft tfco community of house-keepers.
And as it is conceded that boose-keepers, with
great unanimity, prefer Dr. Price???t Cream
Peking Powder, ??cr all competing products,
after tweaty year*???trial, there is no appeal
frem that d?? c'
It was jiet this time last year the craps was
all gathered ond we'uns had dug our tnters,
and me and Caledony wont to spend a week
longer gran???-maw: we hope her warp n coun<
terpin; wo clrawd it in tho slays and sot it off
in three stripes the ???cat track,??? and tho
???honey comb,??? with the ???Allegany ridge???
betwixt. It was tho draft of Miss Gooden 1
that she got the silver cup on over thar at the
county fair. Tho neighbors flocked in to seo
gran' maw???s, aud sho 'lowed ???Gals, I lay you
cant go to a houao lu these diggln* in a year
from now and not find a kiverled wove atter
this patron; they???ve every one got tho patron
of my ???Coufederiek??? quilt, aud that thar ???t
lip and the bud??? I got from your Aunt Nam
time of the big mcetin???.
Miss Rodock lives beyan??? grnu???mnw???s
piece and she???s got two pretty gals Secession
aud Surrender, ???Socesh??? and ???Ren??? they
call ???em lor short. Ren hnint but sixteen year
old, ond Jefferson Davis Millinger???he goes by
the nick name of ???Tigc??? knze he is a plum
tiger when he gits mad; he???s been agwine
longer Ren to the singin??? and that sot folks to
enyiu??? they was agwine to marry. Mis??? Ro-
dcck didn't know folks was a talkin???, and
gran'maw 'lowed she knowed in reason Caline
Rodock had ruther shroud Ren ond lay her
out and bury her as to see her marry Tige, for
Tige when he gita mad fights like a wildcat,
he havo como mighty nigh killin' two or
three, ond ns to Tobe Millinger thar haint
cleverer feller no wliars. Gran??? pop???s house
is in Owl Hollow right ot the foot ol???Big Tater
mountin.???
The sun was a stakin' on totlior side of the
river, and its valler light had settled on Big
Tater mountin and peared to set the sassyfac
and black gum leaves on fire. Abo Madison
rid by on his waggin??? ond when he gotfernont
the house gran'maw hollered and nxed him to
tell Co linens folks to come over ond go longer
the gals a muskrdimo huntin. Oran??? pnp had
lit his pipe and kcelod his shuck bottom choer
ogiu a black jock sapplin??? In front of the door;
ho puffed tho bluo smoke over his wide brim
wool hat and 'lowed ???Ole 'onion you've done
went and axed Calino's folks uow and that*
all right nod I???m willin', plum willin???, I haint
nniry word to say foment it, but thars condi
tions olo 'omnn to everything???conditions you
know, and the conditions I???m a driviu??? at air
J dota to my mine ef they ...
Iron???maw was a sewin up n loak in her water
gourd; she never rh her eyes. Culodony look
ed at me skecrcd liko ns how sho thought tho
ole folks was about to git into a fuss, anil which
they ncvc.i was knowed to do. ???Ole 'omnn I
means nothin??? more nor less than the anrcuin-
stance of Cnltao's folks n fotchin??? with
aich company as is beyant the notice of them
two gals Eliz-a-bcth and ,Californy.??? Thats
what he oilers calls me ond Caledony.
'lowed: ???Californy thar hnint no a kin to we???-
uns but her and ]'liz-a-bcth Hies In the same
flock and while thoy roostoa around mo they've
get to go longer tho best or none.??? I knotted
m reason it was the Millinger boys he was a
hintin??? nt, they arc nico boys, but ther old
daddy cheated gran' pop in a trade one timo
and he???s holt a grudge ogiu ???em all over sonso,
and'lows he wouldxut trust nniry " ???
ono of tho
One bottle o! Dr. Fuller'* Pocfcot Injection, with
* ??? capsule*, t;
: u I* wk j
lioy
with 'em,??? eays ho knockin' tho ashes ont'n
his pipe and it 'penrd liko ho knowed what he
was a talkin??? about. But Caltaes folks nor the
MiUingcrs never bothered him long, he slap
ped at the flics awhile then lent his head agin
the treo and drapt oil to sleep with his mouth
wide open. ???Gals,??? whispored gran???maw ???of
Caline Rodock ana her gals do fetch them that*
Millinger boy* treat ???em civil mannered, kasc
them Millinger boys Tobo and Tige havo got
os goed n mammy as ever trod anoe leather,
but tho po olo soul haint trod no shoo leatlior
here of late, they say aho???a scroller-loed, and
have get the rhenmatiz in her lints and tho
tetanus in her tees, and is on the lift so sho
haint no account po??? ole critter.??? ???Has thorn
boys ever f toll anything???? say* Cal, still think-
in r obout tho boys. ???Not as I knows ou honey,
but my ole man ???lows its in tlic blood nml
bouo and ho wouldn???t trust none of the name,
and it shows that a man had orter be mighty
licncftt e?? he wants lolks to trust his chillun,
you know tho Book read3 'tho sins ot the
fathers lights uj>on tho chilluns??? heads.??? ???
And gran'maw looked mighty solemn. ???But???
cays Cal ???it dor*t eay notbin???*about tho moth
ers, It soys the pcrnickertics of tho fathers,
clout it Iletiy, the pcrnickertics or old Nicker-
tics or what ever you call it, of the fathers
shall bo.?????????Oh l shot up your mouth Cal,???
Mis??? Itodoek 'lowed she???d stay longer grnu???-
maw,and IctSeccih and Ren go and enjoy
theycclves, but she nover knowed what Ken
w os up to. Bltnon Grubbs i a little taller face
dirt eater, ten year old boy that gran??? imps got
bound to him, lie sent him along with us to
climb tho trees. ???Run on a head Bimon,???
f ays gran???-pan, ???take down that ar path that
leads arcundNatlinniolCager???s,chcerfn then bar
to tho leftthrough that ar clump,of treesfernnet
them ar big rocks you see over yan twix them
or two pine trees, then bar to the right and
climb down that nr clef to the age of tho river,
ond you'll see a vine that kivers a sweet gum
tree, hoint been tctchcd by inon nor beast, and
retch you dont break your head strong neck.???
Simon???s neck haint so easy broke,??? says Shag
Grifiin, ???liis torts hard to kili.??? Bimon cluni
the tree like a squirrel and I never seed the
likes, the ground was fariy block with ???em,
ond Bimon tuck a notion he wanted to show
liitsef ofi' while he was un thar so ho taken
muskydime hulls and split ???em open and stuck
???em all over his forrid. 1 have saw tho time
forrid. Alter we filled our baskets some of tho
gang went to giltin??? aweo??? gum, and some a
nihin??? ond some of the boys to playin??? mum
ble peg, and they was all scattered up and
down the river honk, Caledony 'lowed, ???Betsy
my teeth is'cll on nigo for a dip of snuff. I
wished I never hod saw none nod you may
k your stairs you dont uso it, I haint like
Doth Williamson she. swabs her brush at
meetin??? ???fore everbody, I alters has to hido it
kfize I???m ???ebamed of it; less climb on yan big
reck to as I can take a dip.???
The two rocks is called big and little tater
reeks kasc they are shape sorter like a sweet
* ???7 aud they aro not tur from Big Tater
main. Airy one of 'em is bigger than
gran* pars Louse, you can climb all over ???em
Mid find V ies big enough to hide in. ??,IIuih???
rays Cal somebody is a heed of us and as we
sot down on c rock whar tho boys bad writ
our names, I hearn some body say, ???when the
old man dies, and which he???s*lQ<eIy to at any
time the truck will bo hnlfed twix me anil
Tube and I know in reason its moro???n Muse
Gent has got, but I???ll tell you ef you???re a mind
to marry IftMyov can marry him, but sho as
my name???s Tige I'll kill him.??? ???Tbits Tige
Millinger and Ren Rodock 91 whispered Cult-
deny.
They must have hearn us and moved away.
Me and Cal sot and talked along time, atter
while the crowd seed us on the rocks and here
they all come and we all let in to hollerin'
over egin Big Toter mountain to hear it
answer us back, when we hearn a gun Are
away over on yan side the mountin awards
the big road.
???Thats Tobe Mil linger's old rifle, yaz thats
the ???baby waker,??? ana I know in reason Tobe???*
kilt a deer or aump???n kazo that old 'b*by
waker??? of his???n never misEes fire, and Tube's
in or about the best shot aronnd Big Tater
Wouldn't Bun.
???Arc you going to run for mayorT??? was a*Seel
Fitzgoober yesterday.
???Not much,??? sadly answered Fitz, ???1 like to
run myself to death l??*t night for a polleceman to
arrest a burglar; end that sorter set me back about
luunftg for any thing.???
mountin,??? Bays little Simon. ???Them Millin
ger boys hnint been a nigh to-dsy, I Mowed
you couldn???t tie Tige away if he k???nowed Miss
Ren wa9 here,??? says Shug Griflin. ???Sling???
was my beau, he Mowed he was so sweet when
he was little his mammy named him sugar,
and although his name was Stonewall Jaeksou
Andy Johnson Lee, he had went by ilie name
of ???Shug??? all bis life. When the gun fired I
seed two boys Bill Amos and More Gant slide
down off???ll the rock and go towards the river.
???Whar if Mits Ron no how???? says Shug try
ing to be funny, I haint saw her in nboul a
tour or bolter.??? ???Sho was down thar a gittiu???
of a chaw of swre??? gum reckly atter we???uns
fuss come,??? soys little Simon, nml I havent
$aw???u her seme, mebbe she???s fell in the river.???
ITo be run tinned next wcek.j
BILL ARP.
Be Is not Disgusted nt tho Ohio Klertton???
New York nml Indiana all Bight.
I don???t think we ought to/eel discouraged
about the Ohio election. Ohio has given largo
republican majorities ever sinco the war. New
York and Indiana are what we are banking
on. I have faith in thoeo states. The papers
say that tho republicans sent a million of dol
lars to Ohio and that was enough to buy
twenty thousand votes, and it did buy them.
I am glad that our party dident spend much
money there. But it was a grnud sight to seo
Hondricks,1 Thurman, and Bayard, and
Randall and Uoorlioes pitting brains against
money. I am proud of our democratic states-'
mon, proud of their ability, and their pjrity
The republicans cant name five such men*
They havent got them. Just think of thefr
standard bearers, Blaine and Logan. I feel
ashamed that I ever wrote a good word for
Blaine. But I dident know then the manner
of man he was. His record was smothered.
Mr. Beecher set him up about right when ho
said that he was a brilliant, corrupt and
audacious man. Mrs. IVlton knows all about
him, for she was in Washington when his vil
lainy was exposed. The lettors she wrote for
your'pnpor over tho signature of ???IMnindealer???
unmasked the man and would have convicted
him In any tribunal of justico. They were
withering, and they made mo ashamed of my
country for giving such a man even the possi
bility of election to the chiof oflice of tho na
tion. I would not have alluded to Mrs. Felton
as the author of tho>o letters, but I seo that
Colonel Avery has written it already to the
Chronicle at Augusta. And then thoro is
Logan. Heaven help us at the south if ho
ever gets in power. 1 had rather fall into the.
hands of Sitting Bull and oil his tribe. When
I rend about his calling Mr. Weit a liar and
spitting In his fnco because he accused him of
trying to raise a regiment for the confederacy
at the beginning of the war, I was remindod
of some scripture. Peter got awful mad when
he was accused of being in good company and
ho cursed and swore terribly and doniod it.
Why I reckon thoro nro a thousand living
witnesses to Logon's efforts to raise a confeder
ate regiment and now it insults him
be reminded of it. I wish
Abraham Lincoln could have
heard him deny it, for old Abo bought him up
with a brigadier???s commission, ond tho men
who Lognn had enrolled had to choose another
colonel down in Kcntuoky. This is history.
Well, it is a sad picture lor a patriot to con
template
???Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall,???
But if the nation can stand it I reckon we
con, and so I am not going to get sick and go to
bed about it. I am too busy witli my own
concerns. If Blatao is elected there will
Mix, SmttliV* Case, nml whnt tlio Bev. Mr.
Me Klustry lins to ??nj nbout it.
- -J yea
been called Eczema or Salt Rheum, I^orinsis and
U pm. aud tlio like, and have always been told
that there was no cure for me, and havo been so
were not deep, but if I attempted to heal them, o
toot! after their flut appearance, they would bum
and run tosether until there was a complete dry,
red Kale, which would become *o inflamed os to
croc k ami look fiery aud anpry, and the burning
ECtisatiou would be almost Intolerable.
I waa at times so lame that I could scarcely pot
about, and could not arc myself without ns.-ut-
ance. 1 have tried many remedies, aud have paid
flCO In a single instance ton physician, but narc
ever obtained only temporary relief. Although
belied for a time. I soon relapsed again to bo as
badly troubled as ever, and during the winter of
lfcSl and INKS I sufifcrcd so much ax to l>c entirely
discouraged. Last Juno, however, I was ndvised
by Elder ar.d Mrs. L. C. McKiustry, who arc well
known in these regions, to try yonr Ctmcuua
Remepikm and I felt somehow a UUle courage,
from their favorable opinion of them, to try their
virtue. About the secoud week of July last Ic m-
menced taking the remedies, and Within six weeks
1 began oi see a permanent improvement, until
now (Oct. 1) I am about ns good as new, and uiy
flesh I* as the flesh of a child.
MRS. HFXJ. SMITH.
I cert ify that thenbove statement of my wife is
corre ct, and I join with her in expressing my grat
itude for the great benefit she lias received.
B. SMITH.
I certify that the above statement ft correct. Mr.
Smith ft a prominent mnu in this community,
where he lives. Ho ft a well known dealer in atoek,
and lift statement, with that of Ills wife, Is fully
entitled to crodit.
Donent Stanstcad, rrovlnco of Quebec, this
twenty-seventh day of October. 188J*
Later.???I have seen Mrs. smith recently and be-
roughly and permanently cured,
L. 0. McKINSTKY,
lieve her tobe thoroa
be a congress to watch him, and wo poor folks
rr'ta a good fix anyhow, for wo have got
fishing, thoy want. Z can still sit in my
pinzrn ond put my feet on the banisters, lean
still take comfort at homo aud frolic with tbo
children. Politico cant rob us of pure air and
water and good health ond food arid shelter
and raiment,and tho communion with kindrod
and friends. So let hor rip. Last night I
helped tho children with thoir lessons. Tho
teacher told them that if they missod threo
words iu tho spelling they should stay In nt
recess, so I hod them to stand up and spell,
hard words soveral times far it is a powerful
strain on a young mind to remember these
outlondfth words. This morning l tried them
again nnd they did pretty well and Jjhopo thoy
wont bo kept m. 1 have not forgotten what a
trial these curious words wero to mo and how
somooftny school days wero a dark shadow
over my young lit??. Not long ago I road a
piece on education written by tlio superinten
dent of Brooklyn schools aud ft atiiiod mo.
He said tho tender brains of children were
>nckcd too hard ond too fast with study. It
i just liko training a boy to carry a rail when
ho is only strong enough to carry a haudstick.
Don't force a child to spell such -words as
trousseau, intaglio, hautboy, Gaelic, melee,
chapeau, polyp, Ypsilontn cuirass, cufth,
zouave, gneiss, gargoylo, glyptic and others
liko them. Grown folks cairt spell half of
than cr??! don't know the meaning of them
cither. And yet all these words nro in tho
first fire pages of the book that has boon pro
scribed aud adopted by tbe board and if tho
teachers do not use them they get no benefit
oi tho school fund. Tho old Webster was good
enough for us and it Is good enough now. Tho
look called Harvey???s graded spoiler ought
not to bo pul in a child???s hands. It U too
bora and too complicated. Wobstcr began
easy and kept on getting a little
harder by degrees, but this
book begins hard and keeps so. It
looks liktttno author hunted all over the dic
tionary for the most outlandish aud uncom
mon words he could find and left out all the
common ones that children know tho manning
of. I???ve been writing moro or loss for thirty
years and never had occasion to use glyptic
nor gargoylo, nor cufth, nor intaglio, and I
never ex(i * ??? ???* 1 ??? ' ???
them end
Butin
ting tin and to I
falFinto line. But it is going to keep tne and
Mrs. Arp mighty busy at night to keep Carl
end Jessie from being kept in at recess. If I had
studied this book when Itheir ago I wouldcnt
have seen a recess in twelve months. I like
polling. It is a subtantial accomplishment
and recommends anybody for business, but I
wouldent go bock ou a young man becaune ho
couident spell such words ax Air. Harvey has
hunted out among the rubbish and put in his
book. But I supjiose.thfs ft progress, and it
takes more learning to do this generation than
??? ufcd to, and eo they must bo loaded heavier.
,he wouldcnt take a longsbst nt a squirrel
r fear of straining hia gun, but wo must shoot
now strain or no strain. I wat in hopes there
wtuld be a reform in spelling, and we would
leave out all these silent letters and save
I don't toe why nabor ft not as good os
neighbor, and plow as good as plough???wo
hose got rid of of some things. 1 runismber
ben z W6S called izznrd ond wliou tho way to
I buzzard out fond was to b u izzard (buz)
ml a r d fzard) buzzard. Airs. Arp says
t when she was a child (that was a long
time ego) an 'old-fashioned carpenter wa*
working for her father, and she wanted to
pUy with tho footsdze ond the carpenter said
she might if abe could spell it. flho tried
etv< ral ways, but he aaid no, that the way to
spell adze wos a d izzard c.
But our little chaps are happy n->w. Th?y
go s mile and a half to school and carry their
dinner and they eat some at tbo firstrecess
and the rest at noon, and come homo hungry,
end ransack the cupboard and closet. I go
out to meet them most every evening for thoir
absence makes mo loneaomo, and I wish I
was a boy again that I might go with them. I
look forward to fraturday and flundsy as
j rornlly as they do. Children are a gr sat
trial and a source ofeonstaufeare and anxiety,
but they are a blessed comfort too.
Bru. Aar.
Ctocvba Bbsolvekt. the new blood purifier,
and Cvtici ba, and Cvticuka Soap, tho great skin
cures and bcautltierx. nro sold everywhere. Price
Cl???TK'VRA.fiOC.: SOAP, '?????'<???.] RKSOI.VI^T, 11.00.
Potter i)rujrntul Vliciutcnt Co., lloxton.
sun wed wkjr top cos nx read mat
The ???Hilldale" Herd
-OF-
JERSEY CATTLE!
SERVICE BULLS:
L F.ONJ>IAS 3010. SIRE: SIGNAL 1170. DAM;
Geranium S9C3. 11 lbs. in 7 days.
81GNALPKTBO 11078. Sire: Leonidas D010,
sou of SIGNAL 1170. Dam; Optima 0715, daughter
of SIGNAL 1170. 10 lbs. 6 oz. lu 7 days ns a 3
yonr old.
KINO KOFFK12, Jr., 12327. per cent
GOOMASSIE. Hire: King Koffeo 0023, Dam;
Island Star 11870. 21 lbs. 3 oz. os 5 yoar old.
TlictoBulls will be allowed a limited number
of approved Cowa after November 1st, WM, at
8 00.00. Orders booked now. Keep of Cows In
ilk, free of charge; others $2.00 per week at
owner* risk, YOUNG STOCK FOR SALE. .
L. J, & A. IV. HILL,
Atlanta, (*a.
Hilldale Farm lx at East Point, six miles from
Atlsnta. on Central, and Atlanta and West Point
Railroads??? trains running to and from at all hours
Of tbo day. aepI4-tf sun wk j
Out of the jaws of Death
The i(nt!.n,??n who outline hU CIO below It .
m??n considerably mWwucul In ;U!e, end 1, noted
tor hi, sterling llltcfrlty. III. iKistolUco hi Y>t??
rllle, Upwn county, On. The following hi
Mr. John Pearton???t Statement.
Jntho.prlngollSSdlwn.tt.ckod with > rrry
bed cough, which continued to grow worse until
(.11, when I got to wo.1t that 1 could not get about.
I tried a great m??ny kind, ot medicine, but con.
tinned to grow wo??o. I wu nolldod that I bid
consumption, and would probAbly die. Or. KoUo-
way Cosily told mo to try Brewer'. Lung Rcwtorer.
They .cut to Wud???i .lore ??ud got a bottle, and I
commenced taking it tight away. Alter; taking
two or three do... I began to lmprorc, and bjr th.
timo 1 had used up one bottle I wu able to get oa
my (cet again. I am now In excellent-health,
am conhdent that the I.ung Restorer Mred my
We, ??ud my neighbor, are o( tho umo opinion, (t
U tho best Lung Remedy cm tnado, In my oplQ.
Ion. Or. U. promtacd mo that he would write to
tho mannlaeturen aud tcU them ot the wonderful
cure It nude lu my cue.
Statement of Mr. BenJ. F, Mearndon,
Early lu November, 1S81, while sowing on tha
machine, my wito was taken with a severe pain In
hor aide, which was soon followed by hemorrhages
from her lnngs and a severe cough. Fever com*
mcncedi alio could neither cat or sleep, nnd In a
few weeks she wu reduced to a living skeleton,
The attending physician told me that he thought
ono of hor lungs w m entirely gono. Bho could not
retain the most delicate nourishment on her atom
at h. I then agreed with Dr. Sullivan, my family
physician, to call Dr. Holloway In conxultatlon.
They made a final examination of the patient aud
pronounced tho case hopeless. Dr. Ho^oway then
suggested tbe Brower's Long Restorer as a last re-
sort. I sent fora bottle and gave her a dose. 7
found that she could retain Itou her stomach, and
after about tho third doxe I began to notice toms
Improvement In her condition, I coutluucd the
mcdlcluo regularly, and by Uio time she had taken
two bottles she was ablo to walk about the house.
Bhe 1s npw In better health than she has enjoyed
for several years. I believe the Lung Bestorsr
saved her life. We havo a family of six children,
and some of them grown.
Afr. llearndon'a postoflfee f* YatcivIUe, Upson
county, Ga. He ft a thoroughly reliable man in
every particular.
LAMAR, RANKIN ft LAMAR,
MACON. GEORGIA.
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A gtrl fu my ciuptoj bus Cxn cured of wlu* t
believe wo, ontlllutloukl Scrofula by tlio iu j ol
Ewift'. specific. J. o. McDaniel,
Attatoona, Cl????? Julf ii, liil.
TETTER FIFTEEN YEARS.
6*Ift???>Specific hn cured me ot an obvllut.
Tetter of fifteen yen???, utanillnc. I,. COOX,
I'.lmetlo, Ga, July 15,1MC
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I have prescribed Swift's Specific In many cases
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It. M. ITRICIKLAND M.
CftveSpnn Oa.. 25,1
FRESH AND FAIR COMPLEXION
A yount lady wbo wai troubled with Tetlcran
Eruption, bar been entirely rcllned b few bot
tle, of fjwfft'a Specific, and ber complexion
(mb and fair,tain. UIO:'. H. MORGAN
Grcciuboro, Ga.. Auj. 1 1AM
FEARFUL BLOOD POISON.
A negro on my farm has boon cured of a fearful
case of Blood Pofton bythe use o threo bottles ot
Swift's Specific. ANDREW J HOWARD.
Forsyth, Ga., Aug. 3,1534.
1ETTER FOR ELEVEN YEAlR8.
Swift's F peel Be hat cured me ot Tetter rw??
which 1 had suffered for elorvu years aud has
built up my general health so that I fotl like a
new man. L. W. LEE,
Dawson, Ga., Aug. 30,1331.
Swift's Bpedfle Is entlrelv a vegetable prepara
tion; no mersury, no potash or other minerals.
Send for treatise on Blood and Skin Dlsoones, tret,
SWIFT SPECIFIC OO..
Drawer 1, Atlanta. Qi. n
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Warranted uh$olute!y purO
Coen*, (com which the *xccm of
Oil ti** bceu removed. It bos (Ares
t7mm the tirenpth of Cocos mixed
with Plarch, Arrowroot or Boyar,
end it therefore fur moro econo raft
cxL It ft delicious, nourishing,
a???.rrngt herring, euily digested, aad
admirably adapted /or Invalids aa
WvU for person??in heahh.
Soft by Grocers everywhere.
& CO,, Doriesier, Hass.
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