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That Ghost,
sometime ago Dr. Ketohemie of
Franklin county, saw a ghost while
riding along the road in Lis buggy,
tlxis driver also saw the ghost, and
■ Key loth agree as to its appearance,
■few as dressed in woman’s clothing.
Hre doctor spoke to it and it vanished
Kto thin air.
We have no doubt but ii is the same
rme that was seen near Homer, one
flight last spring. It was seen again
■ nor. long since on the river near
Homer, some parties wre traveling
through the county, and stopped to
test after dark. They oonolnded to
pass away the time by fishing in the
river above the bridge. While seated
on the river bank, pole in hand one of
the gentlemen, who is well known as
an exconfederate, belonging to a south
Carolina regiment during the war, saw
someone approaching the bank on the
opposite side. He noticed that it
Inalked with a long step aud a short
alternately, and made not the
te9t noise, as it passed between
all weeds and bushes. It appeared
Se very tall, and one arm stood
mho. It stooped down as it ap
aehed ibe bank and proceeded to
out of the stream At first it
ped the water like a dag. and after
wards continued to diink by drawing
in long swallows, without noise much
Ike the ox. It contiued to drink until
its s .;es were expanded, and tli* cloth
ir.g it wore became tight on the body
It then stepped forward into the stream
and w alked across, apparently on top
of the water. No sooDer did it step
into the water than the gentleman ie
eogmy.ecl that the object he had been
watching with so much interest was a
ghost. As it was about to pass him
the fi&herman hailed it and a cou versa
tion sprung up between thmi. said
the ghost: “I do not make a busi
ness of talking to people, but as you
stem to be a stranger here, I will tell
you. I Lave been making a tom of the
Congressional Disiriot in the interest
of Mr Pickett. I find that his chances
of election are too slim to depend on
for a living, and I have come back to
get a square meal and a drink of wa
ter.” The fisherman es.-aved to speak,
but found his lips would not move; he
became much alarmed and jumpel in
to the river, but the ghost was gone,
ne quietly waded down stream till he
reached the camp, and started for
home.
The pineapple season has begun iu
New fork Merchants there are re
ceiving 3,800 barrels a week and when
the season is at its height, the quantity
will reach 10,000 a week. The
barrels contain trom twenty five to
thirty extra large “pines,” or forty to
sixty small ones. The season last*
until August, and about 5.000,000
pineaples are itnoorced each year.
A fisherman in sewart county, Ga ,
pulled out his line from the water the
other day and found two fish on it. A
large fish was caught iu the regular
way, and a little way above was a
small fish with the line running
lengthwise through it. no one can
account for the fish beiDg on tfce line
as it was.
Bull Dog and Rattlesnakes.
H. D. Washbarn, who lives ten
miles north of Quitman, Cla , was pass
ing around the baok of bis plantation,
accompanied bv two bull dogs, one
a small one. The small dog was sud
>.eu!y attacked by a monster rattle
snake. The larger d>g went bravely
to the rescue. The snake immediatly
released the small dog and sprang for
the larger oue, biting in the neck. Mr,
Washburn had in the meantime got
hold of a feuce rail, and started for the
scene of the battle. On seeing Mr.
Washburn the snake left the dogs and
sprang for him. The old gentleman
backed a few steps and struck at his
snakeship with the rail. The rail took
effect on ike snake’s head and stunned
him. Then Mr. Washbarn got in his
work, and in a few minntes killed the
reptile. The snako was as large as a
man’s thigh aud seven teet long. He
was an old settler. Sirange to say, the
small dog recovered, but the la'ge bull
deg died the next day.
The high fishion in London at
present is a lady dentist, a Gorman
barouess, who is said to be one of He
cleverest teeth-extractors io England.
She is a tall, power ul and well built
woman, exceedingly lady-like and
agreeable in manner, but at the same
time both firm and gentle witb her
patients. Bhe possesses a wrist of iron,
and the clever manner io which she
exacts refractory teeth has censed
her name to be | r iclaitned, far and
wide as an exceptionally sncce-tslnl op
p< r Uor. Toe baroness' waiting rooms
r- so crowded every dav with fashion
ale people, male aud female, and al
though tins lady does not advert be or
ay herself oul in ativ way to attract fa
lieuts, Iter p act ice is one of the largest
in London. Her ciia g is only halt a
jni ea, or $2 5l) for extr-mting teeth,
fifteen shillings, or $175, witn g<s
Oilier Mercer of Alleghany, Penn ,
no'iced a woman go into the middle
of main street and dig a hde with a
batcher; she placed an object in the
bole and carefully covered it up. The
officer unearthed tho object and found
a small hand mirror, with writing on
it which he could not decipher. Tak
ing it to the woman’s house she said
that writing on the glass war “Fath
er, Sou and Holy Ghost,” and that
it was a charui to drive away an ail
ment in her head. It war a swiss
oustorn and she wauted to keep it bur
ied for three days, she was allowed
to reinter the glass.
The surfaca of Dix River, in Ken
tucky, was literally black a few days
ago with new lights that had swarmed
into the stream from Kentucky riverr.
People who saw the enormous shoal of
fish when it passed Hirrodsburg say
that one blow with an oar in the water
would have killed dozens of them.
In the old ohurch of San Miguel, in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a bell that
was oast in spain in the year 1356. It
was brought to Mexico by Cortez, and
aPer the fall of Montezuma Indian
slaves carried it to Santa Fe. Three of
the altar pieces in the ancient oburob
are more than seven hundred years old.
Power & Gunnels,
Harmony Grove, Georgia.
DEALERS IN
Plantation Supplies.
We Keep in stock a full supply of good aud fresh goods. We cau not be
surpassed in Quality and Durability. We buy at lowest market figures; we
defy competition in prices. We want only a living prolit on cur tales. We
do not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do we wish to accumulate their fortunes.
We are .receiving daily, a full supply of oar Customers every day wants.
"fcatfe, JVviA "3<JwiWj ( w\Q^Vcfc>,
Country Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market prices.
Athens Music House,
114 Clayton Street, Next Door to I’ostoffice, Athens, Georgia.
Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors,
B Keeps always on hand the oest makes of
Pianos, Organs, Guitars
VIOLINS AND BANJOS
And all kinds of Musical Instruments at the very lowest pi ices for Cash,
or on the Installment plan.
Written gnranteeon all instruments sold. Special reduced rates to chnrch
cs and Bnnday schools.
Pictures and Picture Frames a specialty. All sizes and styles of Frames
made to order at short notice. Buy from ns and save agents’ commissions. 16
Consult Your Interests by Buying Your
Drugs And Medicines
FROM
WADE & SLEDGE, Athens, Ga.
We sell at the lowest possible price, and gmantee every article to be abso 4
lutely Pure. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. Remember the
name and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmacists.
Between Hodgson Bros., and Talmadge Bros,, Clayton Street. 16.
