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r 11.neou.o* K|B W;. v‘ ' m I H tBBI 1 -B" : ‘ J* ‘V .Vd Hi, -■r •■.■ ,i ''-'- - ■ a. in ' *jf, *-i 11rAii• ■ HBe-r. 1:i BBhL> aimpf .ni'T w-ir. dk|‘) t'<>: '-..iM'iiu'iu i- injar-1 i' );!!•“ BifjEESfSk 1,1 - 1 h • - ■MBBBBMfr 1* 9 L 1 £ jfljffc Hh| : i •■ 1' 11;i ironu'il (i* 1 \->niVcarly leach vi"y-- Si'l E “Roustturkey mill plum |>ul Sftjjug, bells ringing, bonfires liam lik■ •dumb ilrivt'ii eat 11*,* v ,' I Miorrilv 'l l I- clanking <>l < hams Wnw; 1 bind ns more surely to onr misery lliiin was I'romet liens bound." t “Betsy." l,‘ “Yes, coming, ruining. Was & there ever another tieli name i , It is Betsy here, am! Bels\ there, j until 11n* goodness knows IM * rfcther have heen eiilleil dc/.ebel. \for tlnit. at least, is classically his lt is a fearful thing to lie iufi old maid. If it was m\ own Tuu 11 1 wouldn't coimdamylmt so '-.‘Bsfetf * “(’omiiig, coming, fomTug. It , is the everlasting demand, t lie la by's new tooth, or that irrepressi >tt' nephew of mine has broken a ‘third no, 1 mean Inis broken a c-leg for the third time, or r “Oh, Betsy, Betsy, can't yon coined It is a letter, and it is ad dressed to yon, and we are dying to see it." All of this with a sudden open ing of the door,hurried w ords uml immediate exit. “A letter, and to me !” “Yes, yes, Betsy," the door re opening again -and a man Ini' ' written it." Door eh.sed again. “A man write a letter to me. Betsy Brown, spinster! Well, well, that is audacious, certainly, and Betsy Brown laughed a dim pie into each of her rosy cheeks. *. “But, Bets\. i say, Betsy!" (the door ajar again) "it i'li't an L ordinary letter. Now don't drop Jaown all of a heap like poor Mrs. f.Siinpkins did when they brought her husband in dripping as a rat. and don't go into hysterics like. Thad's'wife always does, for real , ly there isn't a drop of hartshorn or camphor or anything of the sort in the house, but bear it like-*' “Like a man," says Betsy Brown bravely. bracing her broad back against the pantry .door, and planting her feet linn C ‘lv. _ “The letter, my dear " , “Don’t say my dear, that's om Timms. It sounds as though you rwere preparing me for some terri ble calamity. Say Betsy. Loud and sharp too. Make it sound like a tonic. Is it nerve that 1 .lust box my oars smart typ,..,, Don't purr, Manila, Ron't.Vk., r Wiw lien. Betsy." the words Spoken ‘shrilly close to Betsy fßrovugs ear. "it is /,/> writing," led faded from Boi . o £ ■ , SaL^ bla<*k with il, new, wild a . ha) came into them. ■fer ,, "\vh.i ! ni-y: You. jjHßßttf'v ,fr * n;.l.> i.iilil. voii tSlllk.. ■ Hnß’ 1 ' : \ A ' Vs**' -** iße * z *lr>v' r 1^ &ywmr *■'■<■ • •'••' "tar- *(<• whom Y,r..,l people In. <<; ; ,l S on ~l W,; rM , |K .„. ( . ol|](1 111 :il “ 'iWi* *> me v. hat in- .had ' >e,a ~: <1 me read hi h■ 11<•i-. , ‘ et 1< ti A •al wjd* ■ •Bc-s: Thank Got that you . i in home at J.i-I, iny own, own ”**Mtug • Year- ago I rami—ennie near IsTDoii it lohear a false story of your up roviojj uni riH' In \ our sailor boy, giv- W' yoOi iit In another. Then came jf*'V%!lai'. inonlii- of hopeless. licari kship, wamleriiig in strange lamb, ni|e ms of liiUer -en il mle toa >av 3B>e on a wild foreign shore, al He ' '“ease, i have been true In yon, Hitiyftii have ba<i Itie emirate lo wait .<>(l Coe. Oh i'll i I<l, ehilil, wliat 1 have bf'red. in (he long, slow years as |hey by me! Waiting, oh so j>a • <j)itly, tin- a reprieve, ever lireaming jjJrniv Be--, ul my little thirling, of my fTTtllo wit'e. May I eoine 10-night ? I bear your gpnl answer, and w ill surely see ymi. Yours as ever, Roiti:i:i.” ••hitlie Hess! little darling! little wife!” suid Betsy Brown, with white lips. ‘-I was sixteen (then,and Robert \va hut two i years older. lie i young yet af thil ly-eight. <li Robert, Robert, il can never lie !” "Little Hess, little darling, little wife,” she ! ,-oeated, with a louder lingering IL w|he voice on I lie words; then Sfftdenly the old ironical tout 1 re |tnnu'il, and she added: ‘‘Little wßess, indeed! Root' ltoherl, poor ' iLI dear, I remember," and a h *)U l.lnsh stole ovi'C l!etsy handsome face. "I re fuiemher how he lilted me up in ' his urius and held me done lo him, and how lie kissed me good : live over and over again. <>h, dear, we were two very foolish ; people ; Inil, dear me, that’s 1 years and years age aiuJ Llux. lieavier now. Uoliert would laugh al I lie very idea of calling i rue little Hess, lie’s coming to night. Let me see, what will I Wear' I tel s v Hrown, are you de mented I hope your friends will incarcerate you in an asylum before you have indicted an ir reparable injury upon some un suspecting follow citi/en. What w ill von wear, indeed 1 Him* is very becoming to you, is il not ( |So ethereal for your sylph like j figure; and yet white is consul I ored exceedingly appropriate for a hiimx. ) mi ha\ e only o/n dress, l.elsy Hrown, and you know how you look in that. You will wear j your old black silk silk, your old point lace collar, with a little lace at your wrists. Be sensible, Betsy Brown, if you are old : sec ond childhood conics soon enough. Lotus not have any hot house forcings." ••Robert is coming to night.” That’s what the miserable parrot said from his perch in the kitch en, with a wicked leer in its one good eye, tor thecal had scratch ed the other past redemption, but not only did the parrot say ‘•Robert is coming to night,” but the tea kettle took up the words and sang them over and over, and the clock ticked them, and old Pete sawed them out of a hiekovv log in the shed, and the cricket chirped them, and the turkey roasting in the oven emitted them with Imrsts of savory steam, and tlie hig plum pudding bob bing up and down in the kettle bubbled them; in fact, the whole atmosphere for miles seemed vi brat ing the glad words that were •coursing through Betsy Brown's head, ‘‘Robert is coming to night." Roast turkey and cranberry sauce, the very guardians of American liberties; who'd care for Thanksgiving without them! And in all (Jio’width and breadth of the land then' was no -upper table that could boast of a fitter, browner, more palatable bird than the .one gracing the table in the home of Betsy Brown. ••I tell you, Manda," says Betsy authoritatively,-I will have it -o. Robert shall not lie kidnaped a gain, lie's had slavery enough. Only think, lie's a boy to me!— He's seen nothing of life, Lucy to day i- what I was twenty years ago. Nellie is a little different, a little older, but young and beautiful, lie will never fancy that lam Pe--ie Brown. I will have if -o Manda. 1 will. We i will wait for him in the dining \ room." lie \va- a large bronzed man that came into the supper room and waited with glowing face and shining eyes expectantly before them. Two young girls stood Tll i: FI E LI) AM) VI R E SIDE. to him, with happy blushes on their fan . Betsy Hrown. at tired in her sober black silk with a in her brown Iwilr. kept Lack in the shadow, lie r pppr t almost bursting, fttporbm^ h,r : "" 1 ' -Ie Aihi be hl ' lIU,< ’ Bessie oil Id he throw him Lucy's feet a- they did in iJpvels, and should she heroically ■jT r . linquish him to her young rival. was hard. Inn she would do it. Jt" she would. Why she was a old woman to think of any oilier-course. Hut Robert seems to be in no hurry to commence his devotions-, lie is looking a little beyond.— lie merely glances at the young beauties; he holds oat his hands —can it be possible that he re cognizes her,thanks Betsy Hrown gladly—he comes forward. He falls at her feet and sobs aloud, "Oh, Bessie, Bessie Brown, my own darling, patient Bessie." Was it not worth all the years of waiting '.m She reaches down to him, and he holds her close again in his arms. "I didn't think you’d know me, Robert. I’ve grown so old.” •‘Not know you, darling. I could never forget you. You never can grow old to me. The longer we live the better i love you.” - I thought, Robert, you'd take one fairer and younger. I meant it so.” ••W icked Bessie. Alter all the years of my wait ing. Andthen,” and he looked at her admiringly; "tlieie are none fairer.” Betsy Brown's cheeks grew scarlet as the Howcr in her hair, but the beautiful smile about her mouth betrayed how glad she was that she was yet lovely in his eyes. And how happy she was. Only this morning she had been so wretched. W liat a rosy lined gleam had fallen athwart her world. The bells could not i in"■ jm-fntly I'lmuiJj —there ‘'on-M --not be enough of thanksgiving, for, like Endine. love had given to Betsy’s world a soul. (llll’S. fl' t'nM tin 1 ( ’nii. j The business success of a gen I lonian in one of the interior counties of Kentucky, is some thing extraordinary, and should ervo as a valuable lesson to the youth of the coimlry.showing, as it does, that by intelligent indus try and well-directed energy, we may accomplish wonders. W'e are told that lie began business 11' years ago with a capital of twelve thousand dollars, and has just failed for one hundred thousand dollars. It would have required an immense effort to ad<] another nought to those last ligures, but the probability is that if he had not been hampered by a lack of capital at the outset, he could have done it. There i- to be a baby show in I New York soon, and Boston is to contribute an infant six months old that weighs but a pound and a half. There is no telling what j that baby may be before he dies. Small as he is now, at thirty he may weigh two hundred pounds i aud knock a bull down with his list. Stranger things have hap pened before now. "When 1 was first born," said one old lady to another, "you could have put me into a quart pot." "The mercy mi 11- ! and did you lir< f "Well, | yes —they tell me 1 did." There are said in he two beau | tit 111 girls engaged in the barber's business in Detroit. Of course a good deal of domestic anxiety is the result. All the bald headed old rascals who alway s take the front seats in the pit at the ballet are having themselves shaved to I death, weeping secretly, but bit terly. all the while, that they have no hair to shampoo. Wliat a ridiculous old world this is the bald headed part of it especially. The wealth of Trinity church in New York city is estimated at -ix ty million dollars. It is said to be as hard for a rich man to get to heaven as for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.— Old Trinity may never have heard of the existence of that lit tie difficulty, but if she ever has, she thinks she is rich enough to a-k nobody any odds. There i- a town in Michigan called Bull. But don'l call the people there Kullites. if you don’t want to be shot. The Republican party must bow* itself to those it once subju gated on the field of battle." -ays the New York Gommereial Ad vertiser. Yes; that was what was thematterwith Joseph’s brethren they thought lhey had effectually squelched him in the old well, but •Joseph "got the bulge” on them In Egypt. •Some iihalf dozen Scotchmen passed through Duluth, Minneso ta. last week, on their way from McKenzie’s river, which is 1.300 miles to the northwest from Du luth. and which runs into the Arc tic ocean. They went to that bar ren country some ten years ago, from the islands lo the north of Scotland, by ship, direct to Hud son’s Bay, and until they got to Fisher's Landing, on the St. Paul and Pacific railroad, on their re turn, they had never seen a rail road. They knew nothing about the Franco-I’russian war; in fact, they had practically out of the world. •> W. 18. *E**lO.\*, Attorney at Law, MARIETTA, GA. OFKK b, north siile of Public Square in Blackwell’s Building, up stairs. Marietta, October 1, 1877. l v Marietta LIVEIM STABLE. (Opposite the Kenncsaw House.) rill IK best of Vehicles, tin* safest of I I'rivers, and Ilic fastest of Horses, are always ready, night and day, for hire. Xo man or woman or child lias given me ti call in file past who has been nor shall tmy ever ill the future, he dis satisfied w ith my tennis or Hie men in my employ. Everything and everybody about me are a no. onk. I have cheapened my charges propor tionate to the stringency of the times.— For reference to the truth of wliat I say :is to the turn-outs anil charges, go to my friends, which means the public gener ally. Parties hiring are strictly respon sible for the safety of themselves, vehi cles and horses. ap 3-1 y •!. A. ANDERSON. Aericola’s Bakery rpil ti public are respectfully inform ed that I have re-opened my Bake ry in Marietta, anil w ill furnish (lie ve ry lies! of BREAD, CAKES, Ac. For sale, at the store of M rs. Shoenthall, also Cakes etc., for sale al R. Hirsh's and lo parties at their resiliences, and all at moderate prices for cash. Inn ing given entire satisfaction in the past, 1 feel sure that no one will be disappoin ted in giving me their custom. Parties supplied at short notice. Gra ham and Bye Bread made lo order, and 'i east kept for sale, oet 30-1 y If. .1. T. AGRI< 01,A. It A tib A I AN, MX SSG AOAN ! X. G. GIGXILLIAT’S Variety Store, north side mine sn \hv. TI a rief fa, (< c o i* g i a . Wll.l. SKI.I. CHEAP FOR CASH!! Cl A LT. soon or you will loose a har- J gain. Come and see for yourself. A large assortment of Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Ready-Made Clothing, Sheeting and Shirtings, Boots. Shoes, Hats, No tions. Ac. Also, GROCERIES! Sueli as Cofloe. Sugar, Spices, Pepper, Soda, Starch, Soaps, Ac. Also, fine Se gars and Tobacco. ap 3-1 y J. M. Wilson. M ANI'FAt "iT’RER OF TI N & SHEET I BOX AND Wooden Wares. IM> UFA I.Kit IN • <95 STOVES, HARDWARE, CIT EERY, HOUSE FURNISH ING GOODS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS KM BB A VINCI Straw and Fend Cutters, Corn Shelters, Turning Plows, Wheel Barrows, Bakes, Shovels, Hoes, (irass Scythes. Plow Plow Stocks, Ac. ALSO. Syrup Mills, <>/ a Superior Mohr. POCKET A TABLE CUTLERY. \Nl> <'arpenter’s Supplies. Many Varieties of Wooden Ware. All these and many other valuable ar ticles sold on !>est p.,.ihh' terms. Marietta, July ;’>. is;:. |\ £tF~ LAW BLANKS, neatly printed, l’or sale at this Ollice. — Call and get a supply. US' Hmiv Bkoiiikiis are otb-ring every variety of Family Groceries on the best of term-. Thei' Pickled Fish. Cheese. Coffee. Ac. are excellent. tf _ R. A. AAITIIER^. bis Fjik S Muliisil MANEFAI TI ItKR OF S t e a m E n g i it (' s, CIRCULAR SAW .MIJ.LS, Improved iitlK, GRIST M lid. M.VHIXKRY, I V INNING Gear for Water Wheel-, Ai off*very size and df-seriptioii: J’lans and Specifications for Mill Work furn ished free of charge. A !so. Manufactu rer of Gold Mining Machinery of latest improvements. Prices to suit the times. All work firs! class, AND lil AIIAN i l i:i>. And having just built new buildings, and having as good machinery as could he had North, I feel confident that lean defy all competition as to quality of work and cheapness of price. Being a praethad mechanic of thirty live years experience, ! am not afraid of my abili ty to give satisfaction loail who may feel disposed to patronize me. Marietta, March 13, 1877. W. C. GREEN, Watchmaker , & Jeweller, -M A 111 BIT A. iilwill OKOHOI A. \ KSO, dealer in ( locks of every de . seriplion. Repairingof Watches, < locks, etc. a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sign of Big Watch, west side Public Square. oet 2 J. B. O’NEILL & CD. Af/.v/ iS t(fr oj th( MAIMKTTA, Ci (f< )R(; l A . DU.A I.KI’S IN ALL KIXhS nr mi y EaocE?.i2s i cm?,v pmbik, Mariutla. Sept. !. 1 5 77 . \\ F. A. IKWIX. A. S. < LAY. IRWIN A CLAY. Abtinicys nl Law. \\rill attend to the practice of law in VV Cohhand adjacent counties. All collections entrusted to them will be met with prompt attention. Office over M’Clatehy’s store, west side Pnb lie Square. Marietta, August 7. 1877. ly. MARIETTA SAVINGS RANK. ■liillX R. WINTERS, President. G. G. pd |;\ \P, Vice President. VAN TVYt'K, Cashier. Notes Discounted. Exchange Bought and Sold. T. J. ATKINSON, EAST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE, .MARIETTA, GEO. DKAI.KIi IX Cii<ic4‘ S’ttiiiiH tKi'Ot't'i'iri! COUNTRY PRODUCE lAIvEN OX TilK JIOS i I tIIKIJAI. TBII.M- . R. M. Good.max. E. N. Raosdai.k. 1. 11. mu i. CO. DKAId.RS IN FERTILIZERS, HAVE OX HAXI >, AT Till: Old Printing Office Building. BRIGHTON'S nniimiTEit mu ihim: SnpiapliosplialtN MADE BY George Upton. Boston. Mass. AND ./. < . it A (wSD.t /./’s AM MON I ATE D DISSOLVED BO.XE PHOSPHATE. NOTIIINd Hl-.'lTKl; 11)1! Tl ItMI'S 1)11 \t Hi: IT. Will. 11K SOI.II OX The most moderate term* for eoh. Marietta, July 3, 1577. ly GREEN Manning & Marker. AND REPAIRERS. MARIETTA, GEORGIA, VRF! now prepareit to do all kinds of work in their line of business as cheap and as well as ii can be done any where. Buggies and Wagons made or repaired in the best style of workman ship, of the best material and on the most reasonable terms. Plantation work and repairing done cheaply and at short notice, and in a satisfactory maimer.— Blacksmitlitng executed with despatch. Call and ee 11s at our Shops on Atlane. street, near the Ce ' House, and give us a trial, and we guarantee perfect j^ttistation. ap 3-1 v a-i. I\(‘ihov*hl ! Bemoved! I HAVE changed my place of business next to Marietta Saving’s Bank, and will be thankful to welcome all my old friend-.ind patrons at my new stand. S Will Sell at Atlanta Prices, C. O. D. Dry Goods! Notions! Hats! Crockery! Clothing ! \Ni Boots aml Slices! And every thing in a Dry Goods business. US’ N. B. call the attention of all who areTWilebted tome, to come at once for settlement, and save cost. JOSEPH EI.SAB. Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly TIIL FIBUI AMi yntENIIIK. HOOK AND JOB Printing Bsiablishment! powder spring street MARIETTA, GEO., RKIX<; EC ELY PRKPAKED WITH NEW & lIPIOVEI PRESSES, Also, with the latest styles of (Tip, Mote, ORNAMENTS, &C. Is prepared to execute EVERY DESCRIPTION OF Look A Job Printing, IN A XEAT MANNER: Such as Bills ol Fare, Programmes, Drug Tickets, Picnic and Ball Tickets, Auction Bills, Hand Bills, Circulars, Deeds, Invoices, GIVE I Bill Heads, US A | Headings, TRIAL | Patent Tags, Bills Lading, Druggist’s Labels Promissory Notes, Cards, Bank Checks, Catalogues, Envelopes, Mortgages, Contracts, AX'D EVERY VARIETY OF BLANKS! Posters, Slreet Bills, Programmes, Dodgers for Shows, &c. DONE IN A SUPERIOR STYLE, AND At the very Lowest Rate?. for Orders by Mail promptly at tended to, and estimates for warded, on application to J.G.CAMPBELL & CO For sate at this office, Waddell's Biographical Sketch of Linton Stephens— to be had at •t reduced price. It is pronounc ed t lie most readable and instruct ing biography that has appeared •■iiiee the war.