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VOLUME 111.
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Preaching by the Clrcui} preacher, oil the
Srd Sunday in each month, at 11 oclock a- in.
anb at the Furnace at S oclock p. m.
Preaehing by the Missionary Baptist at the
Furnace, on the Ist Sunday and Saturday
ight before, in each month, by the pastor,
Itev. X. C. Taeker.
MASONIC;
The regular meetings of Rising Fawn
Lodge No. 293. F. k A. M., the Ist and Srd
Saturday nights in eaoh month. T. J. Lum
pkin, W - M., J. W. Hussey, Sect’y.
Trkmton Lodge No. 179, F. JtA.M, meets
on the 2nd and 4th Friday nights in each
month. H. A. Russell, W. M., J. A. Bcunctt
Seet’y.
. Trrnton Royal Arch Chapter meets on the
Srd Wednesday in each month. M. A. /?.
Tatum, H. P., W. U. Jt. co way, Sect’.
COURTS;
Suporior Court meets on the Srd and 4th
Mondays in March and September.
Court of ORDINARY, meets on the first
Monday in each month, J A Bennett Ordinary j
iho Justice Court for the Rising Fawn
district, on the 3rd Satuiday in each month .
EDUCATIONAL;
The County Board of education meets on
the call of the chairman;—E. B. Kctcherside,
County School Commissioner.
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RISING FAWN, DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1881.
“fl KNOW IT/’
15Y E. W. D.
At 17 years of age I was more of a
man than 1 have evei been since. I
j wore a long tail boat ami boots(to
I which thre.a ppu rten a ivcc of spars Wfis
j generally added), a mustache was quite
! visible on my upper lip, and a con
sciousness of ripe maturity never left
Jmy mind. I was studying for the legal
| professions, but at the time of which I
write was spending iny summer vaca
tion at my lather’s house in the coun
try.
Though so manly (almost soldier
like, as 1 fancied j, in my appearance,
my inner" was by no moans so stern as
iny outer man. 1 loved my mother
with childish tenderness, ?md sooner
I than pain her pious heart, I uunnir
muringly accompanied her ’Avery Sun
day to the village church, to listen to
long sermons of which I could not hear j
a word for the tremulous accents oi the j
very aged minister who conducted the 1
services were so faint as to be iunudi-;
ble where we sat. Though incited by
love and duty to subject myself to this
weekly penance (well deserve by my
weekly sins), ray conscience did ilbt
prevent me from whiling away the time
by such amusement as Hy at hand—
that, namely, of observing and specu
lating on the countenances of my
neighbors, an occupation of which I
was fond.
The physiognomy which interested
111 c more than all others was that of a
young girl who sat not far from us.
and who was accompanied by an aged
lady, probablv her tsr l j iuol,iel_ 7 r , JC
ooject ot lief ever-watchful care, the
girl’s face, from first eliciting my care
less admiration, gradually absorbed
my whole attention. It was very beau
tiful, but, apsrt it possessed the great
est possible interest for me. Never
had I seen a countenance which denot
ed so much sensibility; each emotion of
her mind was plainly written upon it,
by its quick, delicate changes; nothing
was awaiting but the key of a corres
ponding degree of sensibility in the
beholder, to read her tender, innocent
soul like an open book. For hours I
gazed, ana speculated on that fail young
face—l thought bow sad would be the
lot of so sensitive a being should fate
unite her to one who would not know
bow to read aiiglit wliat was so deli
cately written —to whom the varying
expression of that sweet countenance
would be but a blank—who would be
able to see in it only its coarser part—
beauty of feature. There was no end
to the reveries into which those swift
coming blushes led rae.
Sometimes, by chance, the fair object
of my busy fancies would catch my eye,
or, without looking at me, seem to
kne w or feel that I was gazing at her,
and I wickedly delighted in noting the
blush which deepened on her cheek tiU
I withdrew my eyes.
One Sunday I happened, in coming
out of church, to be close to my lovely
neighbor—immediately behind her—
my hand actually touched her uncon
scious gaiments. I felt an irresistible
desire to force her in some way to no
tice me—to speak to her—to occasion
one of those charming blushes—any
-1 thing—l knew not what. In short,
! like an impertinent coxcomb as I was,
I stepped forward, and with insuffera
ble insolence, which I blush now to re-
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| member, I whispered in her ear:
) “Yon are very pretty!”
j Never was I mote suprised than when
she calmly replied:
“I know it!”
I was absolutely startled. I had ex
pected a silent, conscious blush—an in
dignant glance—anything rather than
this cool “I know it.”
As much as I had heretofore disliked
; attending the village church the next
! week seemed to drag along slowly
enough, and wnen Sunday again came
I my mother and I were early seated in
: our pew, and I impatiently waited for
I the arrival of my lovely enigma. 1 tried
So ISie Bright Fearless Attain*! she \\ rnng.”
to prepare myself for disappointment.
/I have been thinking and dreaming
about an ideal,” I said to myself—
“doubtless when the young lady her
self appears, all my fine imaginings
will vanish—there can be no doubt mv
fancy has been playing tricks with me,
investing a mere country maiden with
transcendent graces and charms.”
While I was reasoning thus witll my
self, the young lady appeared, leading
her old relative with tender care.
Worshiping an “ideal,” indeed!
My most charming remembrance did
not begin to do justice to the beautiful
reality. A soul full of tenderness and
sensibility seemed to have found a fit
ting home in a person and face of love
liness and grace.
She blushed when, looking around,
she chanced to see me, and again the
play of expression on ' her features,
which had so interested mo formerly,
charmed me.
’J he more I studied her face the mole
I seemed to see into the pure depths of
her soul. I could have staked my life
on her noble piirity of thought and
deed.
As we returned homd I described mJ’
fair neighbor and ask my mother who
she was.
“Her name,” m,y mother said, “is
Grace Denny, and she is the loveliest
the most superior young woman I have
ever iu my whole life met with. It is
too soon to think of such things vet,”
she continued, smiling, “but some yvit-t
hence it would make me happy to see j
my dear son married to just such a wo- j
maj) >oi quite so last mother,” said I> 1
laughing a good deal to hide a little i
boyish embaressrnent which I was most
anxious to conceal.
1 found that Grace had become a
constant visitor at my mother’s, and J
did not fail to improve the opportuni
ty of becoming better acquainted w ith
her.
Grace— sweet, noble Grace, with her
childlike simqlicity and sensitive wo
man’s heart—who could resist her? I
could not; my whole soul was hers. In
vain had I struggled—in vain had I
called upon my vanity (of weich I had
plenty to invoke) to save me from the
mortification of loving without return.
I could not stem nor control the passion
which, stiong as a mighty whirlwind
had seized me.
One evening I sat by the piano while
Grace sang to me. The cousin was
not there, and dear Grace’s varying
color and glistening eyes suggested
sweet hopes to my vanity. I fancied I
saw love in those bright dewy eyes and
on those soft music-breath lips.
It was the last evening of my vaca
tion and surely I read a gentle farewell
thought in Grace’s face. I was beside
myself without joy at the idea—l was
as if in a blissful dream—a sweet delir
ium—a rapture of love. A* Grace rose
to leave the piano I caught her hand,
and, unable longer to repress the one
thought that hilled my heart I exclaim
ed fervently:
“Grace—dear Grace—with all my
soul I love you.”
She lifted her large, soft eyes and
said slowly, while a mischievous smile
6tole over her face:
“I know it ”
She was gone before I had time to
prevent it, or to recover from my sur
prise.
The next day I returned to college,
expecting to complete my studies in
another )ear. A year! How long to be
absent from the beloved being who was
to me, I felt, heneefoith and forever,
she returned my love or not,
the nucleus around which all my
thoughts would revolve. I need not
say how often her strange and unsatis
factory answer tormented me. I perceiv
ed in her repetition of the same words,
her remembrance of the time she had
used them before; and this then was
the just punishment of my insolence.
1 tortured myself by bringing the whole
scene again and again to memory—my
passionate declaration of love, and her
provoking reply, “I know it.” ‘ The
deue'e you do!” thought I, sometimes*
“I would l had possessed the wit to
have left you a little more uncertain.”
1 often wonder that I was aide to
study at all at this time, for Grace,
beautiful, graceful Grace, was never
absent from my thoughts—she bad be
come the dream of iny life, the object
of all the love which had till
now been scattered on various rival
beauties. I did study, however, and
study hard, and at Hie end of the term
passed examination with high honor—
much to my dear mother’s pride and
j(,y
--1 determined to be wiser when I saw
Giae6 again—to discover beyond a
doubt it 1 were indeed beloved before J
committed myself as I had done by
foolish speeches.
111 order to satisfy myself on this
point, and perhaps also to gratify a
little pique, when I returned home I
did not go immediately to see Grace,
as my feeling dictated, but waited till,
at my mother’s summons, she spent an
evening with Us. Even then, though
my heai t was full of tenderness for
I affected coolness. I had made up
my mind to play a part, and, suffer as
I might, I would act it out. There
was a young lady staying with my
mother at this time who dearly loved
to flirt, and 1 was quite ready to con
tribute to her amusement. I devoted
myself toiler the whole evening, and
felt the sweetest pain I ever experienced
when I saw, by Grace’s dear, charming,
sains Uivafc.w.ddv' - 1 — J ’
When this foolery had been caricd to
ist height, I perceived Grace snddcntly
rise and step through tliconei* w^low.
on the piazza. In a few foll
owed her; she bad retires to a little
distant from the window, and stood
with her head leaning against the rail
ing, wecpingT Stealing softly behind
her, 1 passed my arm around her and
whispered:
“Ah, dearest do uot deny
it! You love me!”
There was pause; then, laugh
ing, ret still Klf crying, Grace turned
aside her heart and said:
“Alas! I know it!”
The nativity of Mr. Chester A. Ar
tliur, vice-President elect, is a question
ot first importance just now, and we
are glad to learn that there is some hope
ot the Senate looking into it before the
4th of March. If Mr. Arthur knows
where he was horned, he certainly can
make proof of the fact; if he does not
know so much as that, he is not fit to
be Vice-President uo matter where he
was born.
fontrressionit! Cflntcsls,
Washington, Feb. 21.—The House
committee on elections had under con
sideration to-day the question of allow
ances fer expenses ia the contested elec
tion case of E. Moody Boynton vs.
Loring, third district of Massachusetts,
recently decided in favor of Loring,
Republican, and sitting member. The
contestant. Boynton, presented vouch
ers for $7,400 as his alleged expenses,
iticlnding a receipt from Benjamin F.
Butler for $5,000 for professional ser
vices. The committee referred the
matter to a sub-committee with iusruc
tions to fix a suitable sum and to in.
elude it as an amendment to the sundry
civil appropriotinn bill. It is thought
tl*ey will recommend $2,000 as the
maximum sum Cos be allowed in the
case.
The committee also took action iu
the case of Mackey vs. O’Conner, of
South Carolina, and voted to dismiss
the contest. The sub-committee of
whom Representative Speers, of Geor
gia, is chairman, were instructed to
drepare a report aud present it to the
j House.
| In the meanest hut thare is often a
romance, if we did but know it.
Terms: — SI,OO, per Annum s victly in advance
News in General.
A distinctive lire oecurcd in fieotts
boro, Ala., l ist week. The Herald of
fice was destroyed.
Knoxville, Term, is to have a woolen
factoiy in full opperation soon.
Senator Brown was re-clected presi
dent of the W. it A. railroad.
W ayeross, Ga. boasts of a fi.ldle
st ring factory.
The latest novelty is thr Covington
life insurance company, formed exclu
j si’vely of bachelors over 27 rears of
ago —$10 admission fee. The first
member that marries gets all the mon
ey paid in up to the time of marriage.
The young ladies debating society
of I.agraiige discussed the question,
“Should yong ladies in school receive
company.” 'ike judges were young
men, so they decided in the affirmative
—they hate negatives.
On the Kith iust. Samuel J. King,
democrat, w as elect mayor of Philadel
phia.
Of the family of the celebrated Da
vy Crockett, two are still living, a son
and a daughter. Lieut. 15. I*. Crock
ett, of Gran berry Texas, Gi years old
and Mrs. Matilda Fields who lives in
Gibson county, Tenn., r>o years of age.
The number of postAfliecs in the
United States is said to be 42,000.
Tht Masouri Legislature passed a
bill on J9th instant making the keep
ing of a gambling house a felony; puu-
L.U-1J- L _ ... - . . f
Small pox hasTnade its’ appearance
in the state prisoti’in Massachusetts.
Clias. D. McLean, whojwas a soldier
under Gen. Jackson, and editor of the
first paper published in West Tennes
see, died at Memphis on tlie^l r>th in his
SOth year.
Official dispatches received at the
headquarters of the department of Da
kota from Popular river and Buford,
bring news of an extraordinary flood
of water and ice. The Indian camps
were flooded, and many Indians and
several hundred ponies were drowned.
Others escaped by precipitate flight,
loosing their tepees and robes in the
river. The movement of Major Ilges’
force from the camp at Popular river
to Buford had been blocked by the
swollen streams, and he cannot carry
out his instructions until the flood
abates.
France is considerably excited over
the sale of arms to Greece.
Several of the National banks arc
threatening the government to with
draw the deposit of m the event
the funding bill becomes a law.
A man liy the name of Hiuiuru was
killed near Wauhatchie on the N, &
C. <k St. Louis railway Sunday night.
The Vulcan Iron Works, at Chatta
nooga, was put iu operation last Mon
day.
The funding hill passed the senate
with no material change. The bonds
are to be of the denomination of SSO or
multiples thereof, and to bear three per
cent interest. The amount authorized
to be issued is $400,000,000.
A Calcutta telegram says; An envoy i
from the Ameer of Afghanistan has ar
rive at Peshawer. en rornte to Calcutta
on a mission to the Indian Government
It is reported from Candahar that a di
vision of the Ameer’s army, consisting
of four regiments of infantry ar.d 1,000
cavalry, arrived at Ghazni. The news
caused a great sensation.
There is a much more hopeful feeling
l n Paris relative to the Greek questi on
in conseq nence of Germany having
consented l%take the lead in the ne
gotiations at Constantinople.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says:
Russia has signified her willingness to
send a representative to the internation
al monct; ry conference.
NUMBER 17.
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At Tim Flanagin’s ball, Miss
O’Rourke, with light heart and twink
ling feet “danced to the man with the
goose on his button,” because Com
sens’ Lightning Liniment, the Cham
pion pain killer, had cured her rheuma
tism. You can buy a bottle of the reg
ular size for 50c., or a sample bottle
for 25c. For sale by Flicks Bros.,
Rising Fawn, Ga.
We have seen the question, “Do we
believe in witchcraft?” floating around
in so many ot our exchanges that wo
rise to explain. The only witches iu
whom we believe are our beautiful girls
who are healthy and rosy becausethey
use Portaline, or Tabler’s Vegetable
Liver Powder. Sample bottle 25c., or
one package for 50c. For sale by
Fricks Bros., Rising Fawn, Ga.
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