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TO\V\ A\ll COI'NTV. o SQUIBS GATHERED HERE ANI) THERE. o i “Toll us not in mournful num bers.” That things are not what they seem. The candidate is a fool that slumbers, Anti will not reach the goal of his dream. lie must lie up and prancing, With a heart stout and bravo, Or his opponent will lie dancing A joyful jig above his grave. Mrs. Bon. T. Brock is very ill. The music of the thresher tills the air. Money? What is it? Golderned if we know. Rev. Mr. (Mazner, of Rising Fawn, is reported ajs being serious ly ill. Mr. and Mrs. \Y r . 11. Killian were visiting their parents and relatives hist Sunday. Joe Morris is up and out again, after a short and brief struggle with “cramp colic.” Miss Pearl Stringer was taken suddenly ill day before yesterdav, but is now somewhat improved. Our county is becoming im mensely rich in the way of top buggies. Oh, for some good roads. Mr. Noah Killian and daughter, Miss lid, leave next Tuesday on an extended visit to the State of Tex. The many friends of Mrs. Will Case will be glad to learn that she is convalescent after a protracted illness of fever. The weather for the past few clays has been remarkably cool and pleasant i gentle breezes blowing continually night and day. You <lon'l expect to get up these Doming:-* and find snow and ic- on the ground do you? Then quit grumbiing about the weather. The position of some politicians before the people seems to he: “If you can't give me the ollice I want, for the Lord's sake give me what's left. dust ice court met last Saturday, and adjourned again for the waiyt of attendance of parties interested. This is becoming a very, very stale chestnut, Mr. John Ferguson, of Jasper, Tenm, made us a very pleasant call this week. John lias embarked on tlie wide, wide world, seeking fame and fortune. M. A. 11. Tatum is enthusiastic over the Xkws, and pronounces if the best paper ever published in the county. If Clements cannot he nominated, we’re for “Bind.’’ “ruder the spreading c hestnut free no village smithy stapds/ 1 and even the children coming from school, look in at the door and miss the tlaining forge and the bellow’s roar. Our churches are poorly attend ed ertnsidt ring. the length of time between the meetings, .Surely our people feel interested enough to come together on Sunday,even if it is only from a social interest. Miss Willie Nichols opened her school at the head of Town Creek lust Monday, and from all reports it is a prosperous one. Miss Wil lie is u competent young teacher and deserves a large patronage. T; A. Havron, of Jasper, Tcnn., was in town iast Saturday and Sunday. The editor of the Dem ocrat is mixing a little fat with his lean, and is looking decidedly improved. A good, healthy paper lias a tendency in that direction. If the barber who cui Bobby Tatum’s hair is not already in the carpenter business, all we can say is, lib is throwing away valuable time. A more perfect piece of cor nice work and weatherboaivding we have never seen, and Bojaby thinks so too. It is rumored that Mike Allison will accompany Prof. Teal on his journey around the earth. We do not know how much truth the re port contains, but if so, our young ladies can look for some fine par lor magic entertainments when Mike conic.; hack Mrs. A. B. Lee, of Birmingham, Ala., is visiting her son, John Lee. John M. Daniel wears a. broad smile. It’s a boy and a chip of the old block. Weight not known. A total eclipse of the moon is to take place on Die night of the ‘.!2d, at 11:45 p.m. It will be on for nearly fwo hours. Our depot agent had a terrible at tack of hie-eoughs Wednesday, which afforded his little electric “devil great amusement. John Highfield and Gaines Ta tum passed through town Wednes day night with a loud of chickens and eggs for Chattanooga. We would suggest to the beaux that they should be gallant enough to get up sfime kind of an entertain ment in honor of the visiting young ladies that come to our town. It's uuordinary subject,but none the less interesting: “Whois going to knock the smile out of J. A. Bennett's countenance. Yes, whom? Give it up. That’s what the lust candidates done. If Dr. Lumpkin can pick up as many votes as many time's as he can “knock the middlcr in a game of marbles” he will certainly “get thar Eli,” without getting on any body’s “sore toe.” Prof. E. B. Pennington will re sign his position at the Company store the Ist of the month, and leave for Kentucky. This is to be regreted, and his removal from our county will be a great loss. Another negro man killed at the Fawn last week, and a SSO reward ottered for the murderer. So long % as the darkies confine their murder ous assaults to their own color, there will be no serious kicking among some of our populace. Miss Armstrung, of Chat tunnogu, spent iast Tuesday in Trenton, and in her own words, “Trenton is the most delightful place to spend the summer she has seen. The cool breezes, fine water and mountain scenery are almost unexcelled.” Misses Annie Rad v,of Nashville, Tcnn., Mima Hassier, of Chatta nooga, and Messrs. Bob Peoples, and Dr. J. R. Brock made a very pleasant riding party hist Saturday . The visiting ladies were the guests of U. L. Taylor. ll Johnny Jacowav is not seen for the next three days, he may be found ai home studying up the po litical situation. Johnny offered to bet a gentleman that Cleveland and Harrison would be the next supreme rulers, which provoked the crowd to mirth. Johnny failing to take in the situation, some one quietly informed him Harrison was the Republican nominee. Johnny immediately took “back water’’ by saving, he intended to say Cleveland and Morton. This called forth such laughter, Johnny left for home a little nonplused. Quite a large crowd assembled at the church at the furnace last Sat urday night to watch.the old week out and the new in with Prof. Teal. To relieve the monotony and keep the people awake, the Professor and his two daughters{ ?) gave an entertainment. The nrof essor performing some sleight of hand tricks, and the young ladies singing some selections in rare tunes. Duke Brock, Bob Smith and Mike Allison say it, was the best performance of tin 1 kind they have ever seen. Trenton is the place for holding the Methodist Conference next year. Trenton at present is con siderable behind in her finances. The taking up of subscriptions has become monotonous and laborious, and often the results are anything, hut flattering. Trenton is blessed in many wavs, especially in wide awake, energetic young people, who arc gifted with talent and genius. Now why not give them an oppor tunity and encourage .them in put ting their talents to a good use. An ice-cream and musical festival, once a month, would soon wipe out the debt against the church people of the town, and would be a means of creating a greater etl'ort on the part of the in young developing their musical talents, as well as elocutionary accomplishments. lit Mil! II SHOTS OR BITS OF NOTHING CON TAINING SOM ETIIING. On tin* subject of dross, we are aware much has been said and written to little purpose. The laws of fashion are becoming so prepos terous, her dominion so arbitrary, that reason and philosophy can have little hope of gaining ground in her empire. In whatever style, girls, you hide your identity dur ing winter time, for heaven’s sake, avoid so many frills, ribbons, ruf tlles, etc., etc., and confine Your selves to plainoss and simplicity during the hot season. The town has tinged the country. The rural lass with virgin modesty and grace, artless manners, and mat attire is seen no more. The character is lost. In place of the dairy-bonnet, her head is adorned with lappets pinned aloft and rib bons streaming gay; her elbows ruffled and magnified beyond all human size, and her totfeiing form ill propped on French heels. Too proud for ordinary work, and sale of eggs, her train and umbrella are her only care now. The fair maid of old romance is but a dream. It is a notieablc fact said a mer chant, tliaf we sell a yard or two of goods less in the summer time to make.a dress, to the same voting lady we sold to in the winter time. Wo took pity on his innooonse and quietly informed him that i! was also not uvahie with pleasure,!o the church going people, that the bus tle took a decided tumble at this season of the year. What a pity anatomy is not made a requisite part of female educa tion. An acquaintance with the complicated structure and tin mys terious mechanism of this clay, would prevent so thoughtlessly bringing destructive agents to hear on its frailty through the appalling modes of fashion. The. ancient aud sublime stpicks were very tyroos in ejrunparion. with many of the girls to-day. In de gree of suffering, in perfection of concealment, and in extent of en durance, they must yield the palm. The most illustrious masters, fruit ful as they were in tests to try fno body, never invented, imagined, or would have been able to sustain the torture of the mania, for fight lin ing which our girls steadily inflict and bear without repining. They will not admit they are suffering the slightest inconvenience though-, she has fairly won laurels to which no stoick dare aspire. The adhe sion of parts, and the derangement of structure, on account of tighf lacing, is truly frightful. Weheard a young man remark on the loafer’s corner yesterday, that whenever you see a young man loud and talkative, full of in sipid life and laughter, you may venture to pronounce him a female favorite. We hope nothing in the. deportment of the young ladies will ever authorize a conclusion like this. “You talk and write a good deal about the girls,” said a young lady to us a few evenings since; “man why dont you write about the men. We never really know the men we meet in society. Why, when the average young man dons his “visi ting clothes” he discards his iden itv. They try to act as much like a sphinix and talk like a sugar mill as possible. I tell you, we dont know when to believe the men we hear talking. Tally may do as a first nights feast, but won’t go far on a life’s journey. We want to know to whom we. are talking, and certainly we ought to know whom we marry. Don’t you think so?” Yes we think so, and the plea of our friend is timely. But are not the girls to blame for this condi tion of things? We dont assert this but simply a k the question. Haven’t the girls the power to cure this manifest error. “How?’’ Well, by simply stopping the boys when they open their taffy box. “God bless the girl that helps mother” is a sentence that is bchi;. copied extensively by the >• changes. We think they are n -< nsitivc ami tender lit w, though, to smolher anything but a young man’s hopes of ambition. ! Trenton, with- so many young i teachers, bv all means sbodhl have | a literary society. We are ah ! doubtless ready to pronounce ; j wen-discipline , lit- rarv taste, a* : worth the labor if acquisition. ; Barents should i c os oil the fet ters of restraint that circumscribe them, aud (vast* to display their lack ol cultivation by condemning such things as “courting ma • bines.” v A STARTLING SENSATION . Results in Rather a Comical Ter minal ion. | Last Monday evening, a little | il year old son of Mr. DahbV, in |<the lower end of the eountv, left 'be house to hoe in the cornfield, I but failed to put in bis appearance at supper, which at once started the alarm of “lost boy, - ’ and the entire neighborhood soon became engaged in the search. The mountains, fields andcreC "were searched diligently from Mon j day night fill Wednesday evening, i when the young miscreant was dis covered registered at the hotel at - Rising Fawn,and us free from care i as tire most unconcerned. ' He was carried to his home the : evening, where a crowd of nearly . ! hundred people had gathered to ii t i greet the return of the prodigal. Crops are looking fine. A heavy rain fell here yesterday. John P Jacoway, Esq., lias re turned after an extended business trip. The Dade Normal Institute will open Monday, August BtR, in charge of Professors J. M. and H. E. Wat son. (!. A. R. Piible. of Smith Ga., is seriously ill with congestive fever. Dr. Lumpkin left to-day to wait Upon him. Philip Cassidy, a white convict, was killed in the Cole City mines by the falling of slate. Aninquesl was held by Coroner Kiser. The verdict rendereddkas that the de-. censed ?ame to his death through his own carelessness. A petition is being circulated all along the lino of the A. G. S. R. R. and signed by the people, praying the carrying of the mail on the fast trains. This will be a great im provement on the present system, and it is to be hoped that the move will be a success. In expressing our'contempt for the thing called a man, who from pure eussednes and stinginess re fuses to subscribe for his county paper, but reads it by stealth and : theft, we are likely to overflow with | vituperation: yet we feel that we | owe no opology to an intelligent ! public capable of appreciating, the I extent of the wrong and our indig nation resulting from the act. Master Sydney Jacoway, son of J. P. Jacoway, received from the Castle Hill Dairy Farm, as a birth day gift day before yesterday, a tine Jersey calf. The sire.apd dam cf this calf are imported .direct from the island of Jersey, and was reg i istered in the American Jersey ! Cattle Club, of New York, April 28th, when she was only eight days | old. • Thecalfisa beautiful one in form and color, and far surpasses any thing ever seen in this county. I Little Howell Tittle, son of Thos | Tittle, met with a serious and pain ful accident one day this week. He and his little brother were play ing in the yard with a hatchet, and j while chopping on a stump, by i some means or other, Howell placed his hand on the stump and his ; brother struck it a hard blow nearly amputating three fingers of the right hand. Drs. Brock and Ketch erside finished the job with surgi cal skill, and the little fellow is getting along nicely. m ffif* i foe tess? 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