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ATLANTA & CHARLOTTE
Air*X.inc Railway.
Passenger Department'
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On k'.<i uftcr June lht, ls7i>, Trains will r
on this road as lollowt*, ^oinu Hast:
JJrAmvAr.n.
Arrive at a
Leave Lula <1.4» a
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Arrive at Lula 7.4." v
GOING EAST.
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Arrive at Lula
TltltOl'GII KUKTOIIT 1
Arrive al Lula
Leave
"iGloae connection at Atlanta tor all points
West and Southwest. Connecting at < Uiurlottc
l for all points East. Through Tickets
I at ‘Gainesville, Seneca City, Greenville and
"{Spartanburg to all points East and West,
i G. J. FOKKACKK, General Manager.
|. J. HOUSTON, Gen. Ticket Ajr’t,
brgia Rail Road Company
noticing Sunday, Oct. Mh Trains will
mIows : ^
|nUrvilla 1**4‘» a m
HWO a u
teh a u
j 11.35 A M
kilo.... A 11.21
...
,.11.45 a
247 1
1.15 v
Close connections made at
s fori all points North and
b South,
hi., Pass., Agl.
I S. K. Jciinron, Snpt.
cm Railroad.
Rrtlicustern Hail road onjnml
ICtli ls7«, trains on ttiis road
daily except Sunday.
8.50 1*. M.
rt.20 1*. M.
10.30 l'JM.
,.7 3.30 1*. M.
7.40 I*. M.
lo.oo 1*. M.
■us also connects closely at Lula
■ bound trains on A. L.ILK.
Is ninl Saturdays the following
I will l»u run :
0.45 A. M.
8.45 A. M.
VM A. M.
11.30 A. M.
loimccts closely at Lula for At
tho time to Atlanta
l-fivo minute*.
only four
Dr. James \Y. Stinson ami .Miss
Martha L. Jackson were married in
Upson county the 1-hli of January,
1n>0, ami on tlie 14th of this month
im \ cidohraietl liie fiftieth anniversa
ry * i ’itcir marriago l v a sumptuous
enti r.ii .mci.t at their present home in
Meriwcliur c.mmy, to wliich fyeir
children, gra:m- chil itvn ami great-*
graiuKchiidrcn, ...i-i moil* neighbors
ami friends wcr.: iav tod. From tlie
Meriwether 17wUeatur we lake the
following interesting umuiu; of the
pleasant occasion:
Arriving at tin* country mansion <4
the hospitable pair aboir 111 o'clock,
this reporter found the large open
space in front of tiro residence crowd
ed with carriages anil buggies. Driv
ing to the gate we were kindly met
by Mr. Den F.Tigner and escorted to
the house. At the threshold the
good Doctor greeted ns with a real
old fashioned welcome, while Mrs.
Stinson in her genuine motherly man
ner took charge of our silent partner,
who was so overcome by the cordial
reception that sh ■ I'snmi her.tongue
•At once.
The neiglibots, numbs. • mg !• ‘.ween
U'J and faitiilk •
scniMcd ; warm lit*
the various rooms and with tlie little
game* and mirtldul romps of the hap-
py ch.l Iren, the sportive jest* of the
younger people and the .soberer eons
verse of the sturdy farmers and graver
matrons, everybody setyued as happy
as they could be. Busy lingers in a
cosy nook were noticed weaving a
handsome wreath for the bride of fifty
had a
•s were 1
years while the happy gloom i
siepp’mg from room to l ooui iin
group to gr up, made
and at home by pleasauti'j
at dowy las 1 /Wednesday. The
turkeys, i pjhieoed ducks and other
fowls w ere done o a turn, the pus-*
lards and pies jjaro such as Mrs
the. hyllabub
**tfeo cakes seemed
u} auanlij/. We
Vu of o .ku
ho lir^ china sol
ed, Tilly years
bought to giacoa
,r. .Stinson had in-
distinguished
among Vann Hons. A. II
1 amb&jKud J. Dailey.
Stinson oftlv
was just right, w
endless in variety
enjoyed the plea]
from a plate, on
Mrs. Htingoti evq
old,' tho act bein'
supper to whiqhfcl
vited avuutuuei
fried di
( ha;.;
Dinner rfver ji m * every one in tin.
best humor, j> sfy^Und reminiscences
were freely luUcIged, tl^ well pre*
served trunk th:
trousseau of 18;
by somcoi
measuiviu
it to he L’l
an averagi
oval phap
rallied on
theorize di
a lot of nici
two silk drj
lady, **we cow
contained the bridal
.being brought out
r company. A sly
[pid relic showed
g, 11 wide and
the top being
Stinson being
her trunk, said
r, for it contained
lung, including
? 4 HMy !’* said a little
scarcely get one call*
dress in it oj the pro-cut style*’’
Dot the doctor. 1 affirmed that in her
silks Airs. .Stinson was handsomer than
any of the bcllL <>;' thin generation
and twice :ia clT.er. After the mar*
tinge hi 18o0 tt-j good doctor carried
h:« bride homoJin a two wheeled gig,
the littleJt-runkfresling safely beneath
tho ^ ‘
moved to Alert-
lore fhe 1h[^I9bU 111 c 'd his servants
ti.o h’.jiUrcds,
ran away up into
_
pauy assembled itiRiu spacious parlor smoke JioWjPj5m| annually filled to
ami nitu* some old time and lively ovullowing , nii ^slaves well fed,
the piano, including “Ha^te to warmly clothed-hud kindly cared for,
the Wedding,’’ Doctor and Airs, were L.l, sleok iiis busi-
Slittsou took their pi .ee.- in tile ecu- ness alia.ra lhoviug on like a well regs
ter, Judge K. T. C. Tin ker support- ulated piece of machinery. For ah
tho Doctor and Airs. Campbell this grand success the doctor is large-
acting as first lady for Mrs. ,S., when, ly indebted to the good wile he sc-
it being Leap Year, Mrs Stinson look cured January the i it It, 1830.
advantage of its privileges and ad- Alter tho war, when tho S..uth
dressing the Doctor, said: 4 *i'iMy' -ecmul ruined brews ami age<| 4 at,-
years ago I promised to love, honor pie all over tiio haul were giving up
and obey you, to keep you in sickness j m despair, Airs. Ibtinsoji encouraged
and in health and forsaking all others j her hatband by telling him that they
to cleave t'o you so long as we both could do very well without their ser-
sliould live. Have l kept my vows?” vn.nt*, and acting on i his idea and
With feeling ami emphasis lim loving with her old time energy and spirit,
husband responded: ‘‘Yen, in every tho Dr. and Airs. Stinson have saved
jot and little.” From tho minister j frunf the wreck quite a handsome
cal couple
; that filled
id fii-md*
who stood in front of tho
and from every luting he.
senility went forth syrnj
spouses to the hnppinc
the hearts of the t wain, :
diclicu and prayer that t!
spared to each other and
the child)cu, ncighbois
that love them so well.
Fifty year-of wed-1'.d bliss! *Ti?
long WoUo for twu loving Ik arts to
enjoy the comnniniou and comforting
consolabon of each other’s love and
society. Through fierce trials, stormy
troubles and long, exhaustive wars
they have passed baud in hand. Fitly
milestones on Ike’s pilgrimage have
they counted in company; half a
country of wedded blirs have they
known. Faithful in the highest s.nso
have they boon each to tho other.
Witnessing their evident love raid
teem for one another
before us wo thought «<
propriatc lines:
estate and a priuceiy incone. Who
can estimate fne value of a good wife?
Dr. .Stinson at 83 says diamonds and
rubies can not approximate her Worth.
Airs. .Stinson told a story on the
Doctor that he laughingly said lie
could not remember. It seems before
!us marriage ho taught school a por«
tion or one ve
pr«
wile. On
is they stood
the poet’s ap
“Tii
With heart
COlJ,
pretty Miss Maiihu
“laughed out” and was sternly sum •
moued before the master* As lie was
proceeding to reprimand the lonely
culprit slm stopped proceedings by ex
claiming: ‘‘Now, Jim, you promised if
I’d come to school i«> you that you
would not punish me!’’ This raised,
a laugh in school-in which tho teacher
was forced to join and
the mischievous little lady css
caped by her timely reminder.
\\ hiie wo were laughing over the in
cident the doctor admiringly whis
pered, “oh, she has always been re
markable lor her presence of mind,
ever equal to any emergency that
might niiae.”
Four geaeintioi.s were repre
sented at this happy family
reunion, ar.d while joy seemed to per
vade the heart! of all, the eyes of the
aged couple would lid with teais as
busy recollections recalled the loved
ones who had preceded them to the
Happy Land. f
In Macon J. T. Austin cut Mr,
Huntcf, a butcher, scurely about the
head and neck.
Tho visitor to Washington, Geor
gia, has probably noticed, on the
way from the depot to his hotel, a
line old place, now descrtqdy allied.
Ilaywnhd. For many years it was}
<iceupied by a wealthy Southern fam
ily. There is an a veil no of fine trees
ending, Just in front of the phiKza,
with a niugbififcit whitcoak, an old
Wa.V ijp*J lu^VaVod garden otune Vide,
and in tho grovo n beautiful stream- 1
of water. The mansion, now almost
in ruins, was nothing but a plain
country home, with a long pia/oca,
and with exquisite views from the
windows. It was the residence of
Judgo Garnett Andrews, whose
name, with those who knew him, re
vives the recollection of unsftUicd in
tegrity. The family circle was a very
cultivated ouo.
Few men have appreciated intelli
gence in women as did Judge An
drews and his daughter. Funny was,
iu consequence, a reader from her
childhood. No ouo ever imagined,
in tlie bloom of Fanny Andrews*
youth, that she would ever leave the
privacy in which Southern girls were
so carefully reared to try her fortune
in the world of books.
She was never handsome, lint she
is an < legaut looking woman, Dili a
line, expressive face. Iler Grecian
nose gives the features an iulelkctunl
appearance. Slio horsed says, people
call her hair “auburn,’’ to her face,
but “ red*’ behind her back. It is
pale, auburn, and is becomingly ar
ranged in Unify pulls. She is ol me\
dium height, with a graceful, woman
ly figure, and tier carriage is very
erect and dignified. She is always
well dressed ; indict, she confesses to
a feminine love Of dress. Her man
ners and conversation are charming,
fake litecirysubjecLs
unless some one else introduces them*.
oi tho author, that the ft iner is her
favorite character. The villagers,
among who|P|Iiss. A. lives, who aro
very fond and proud of her, think one
trait of Mildred Lorinir like her: tho
firing like her; tho
cool, quiet, Womanly courage with
which, .standing in IIiq ruin? of her
home, she faced and fought inevitable .
misfortune.
“A Mere *Tdventurer” slmwi a
up-irked impivvemeut in finishjover its
predecessor. There is an artistio I cs
straint, a freedom from exaggeration
in it, which aro, admirable. The
J&ikdelphia Ilwnc Nujazine *a& of
U, “tlie snar}> inaiglit into tl.^
the world, and the bits ofVfBSom
scattered abundantly through .the
pages, would do credit to Thackeray,
while the fine expression reminds’ us
constantly of George Eliot. As to the
mere execution, it reminds us of noth
ing so much as beautiful picc.s of .em
broidery in which every thread is. in
its place, with no ends left hangirigj’
The last sentence contains high, but
discriminating praise. °
. 'A'ho novels of Aliss Andrews, espe
cially the last, have met with far more
flattering notice at the North than at
the f^cuth. Hie favorable reviews
from Northern pens might bo mista
ken, but they certainly could not ru-
suit from partiality. “A Mere' Ad
venturer” lias been more praised in
fastidious Boston than in an other
place, but it lias received very wide
commendation. The Chicago limes
even says, in a notice too long to copy
in lull, “there is so much force, natur
alness, and dash ia it, that if the au
thor does not keep on her gnaid, she
will ouo of these days startle us with
the long expected and still dilatory,
‘Great American Novel.’” And to
.show tlie wide circulation and praise
the book has obtained in places where
an undisguised Foutlieru woman—
probably an unrepentant rebel—could
hardly ho expected to receive wide'*
served praise, the San Francisco (’/iron.
i»We, in a very
Thu dishonest speculations of men L„„ L,,,,,,,,.!,
.1 i.„. i.-.i i. I.:. I ' Ui,Ul
whom her lather had trusted with hi.
property, caused the ruin of his fam
ily, and caused Miss Andrews to do*
pend for her living on her own exer
tions. She never wanted to write
books. Sho declares she began with
the most sordid motives. She was
rvim-d, and she wanted money. But
she became" interested, now takes a
hearty pleasure in writing, and ho-
guilts many sad or lonely hours thin -
mg over the imaginary fortunes of her
lidrocs.
She is regarded as a very attractive
pci son in select society; Is, from heY*
looks, perhaps thirty years old and, I
am told, is belter looking than in her
early youth. 1 learn that her moth
er, who was a beautiful woman, was
very handsome at sixty years of ago,
aim her daughter will, therefore, prob
ably retain her freshness a long lime
au i he a charming old woman.
Miss Andrews is, at present, an in
male of lho Washington Hotel, a
1,1 pleasant, old-fashioned country-tav
ern sort of building, with a iong par//.a
ll certainly ought to have a swinging
sign to complete its appearance of ans
tiquity. it is well kept, with good, sub
stantial fare, well cooked and exqui
sitely neat. It is a good place to
stop over Sunday, especially if one
lais letters to the fair authoress, who
is not inaccessible to persons well
ret ommcnUud. It is understood, how
ever, that Miss Andrews intends sooii
to purchase a homo of her own.
will close it with-*
favorable verdict
unifold merits.’’
1 have quoted these pas-ages be
cause I thought your Georgia readers
might tike to hear what those out-ido
critics say of a Georgia novelist. As
lor the lad)* herself, she has been no
ticed iu article*!, short and long, in so
nianyfinaga/iues and papers all over
tiio country, that she is probably now
no. very much excited by either praisQ
Wmue. Traveler
ItEHAItKAHLE SHE! L KXl’LOSlU.YJ
A day or two *inco an old, um x*
plodcd shell,, left probably when
.Sto,Ionian was raptured, was found
near Griswoldvil!e, on the place of
Mr. Dulkcom, by a party of little dar
kies. It was taken from them by
their lather and hidden, as bethought,
a safe place. It was, however, on
last Saturday discovered once more by
the little negrom, who took it to an
md
Besides magazine contributions, she
lias published two novels, “A Family
Secret,” and “A Merc A<1 venturer.’’
Tho fust was given to the public at a
lime of great financial depression, but
the Messrs. Lippincott say it was the
most successful beck they published
that year. The first novel depended
more on the interest of the plot; tiio
lust turns on aconfiistof feeling. Her
characters arc spirited, ami seem
drawn from the life. In “A More
Adventurer,” Mr. Thomas ilonlow
certainly K a-* the Chicago Times
says, “drawn with consummate skill.’*
lie is not simply an unmitigated vil-
lniu. 11 is honesty ami good, vulgar
traits contrasted with his utter want
of refined sensibility, are admirably
depicted. The bov, Leroy, end tho
til, Fannv. are buihlvery vivid cro
• ■ VI by
itions In fact, I am told by friends
open place :
upon it with an as
when the charge e;
iible noise, killing
darkies instanllv,
»nmnncc«l heating
a tti break it open,
piodexl with a ti i r-
one of the little
and dangerously
woumiing the other two, literally
scalping one of them along the whole
front of his .skull. One of the two
survivors is not expected to live.
The slu’d had been lying exposed
about fifteen years.
NEVER AGAIN.
(NJilluJ^cvilli live*>r4i r, 2'jtli.)
Farewell !—Yesterday Georgia’s
old and venerable Cnjiilol put otfits
political garments forever, nnil as
sumed the iligmlicd toga of tho Arts
aiid Sciences. Tho blatant dema
gogue, and trading political trickster,
will never again pollute its sacred
Halls. Minerva holds her court
where Mercury and Midas reigned so
long.
l!..l never u hifc Ihtstars twinkle
and tlie rivers Georgians
wk to hold m'nouorcd rememo
loanee tiio mnssivo old structure,
whoso ancient walls havo trembled'
with appiaase, from tho days of grand
old Troup to tho las t honest words of
tho nohlo Jenkins. Vale ct'Vale. All
i nif the risia { stm!
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