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the Una htsDille Reccrher.
VOL. I.
JOBS C. VAH SYCKEL & CO,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
CROCKERY,
GLASSWARE,
House Furnishing Goods
Tin-Plate,
Stoves,
Hardware,
&c., <fce.
naitUT aorraxKB or
TINWARE.
No. 116 Third Street,
MACO N. GA.
_
CARHART & CURD,
DCAl.EHB »
Hardware, Iron & Steel
WOO DEN WARE,
Carriage Material,
Cotton Cine,
Circular Saws,
SCrXI.ES,
ei
PAINTS, OILS, Ac.
MYtcvin. On
tt. J DAVANT. J. 8. WrOD, Jll
DAVANT & WOOD,
0OI1SSION MERCHANTS
114 Bay Street,
Savannah, Georgia.
Special attention given to sale oi
C0TT0H.RICE & HAVAL STORES
43BHTB roa
DRAKE’S COTTON TIES.
Cash advances made on owniignment*.
SID. A. PUGHSLEY, Jr.
AGENT AND SALESMAN,
—WITH—
I. L. FALK & CO.,
CLOTHIERS,
425 and 427 Broome St., New York,
Cor. Congress and Whittaker Streets,
havannatt. ga.
A. J. BRADDY & SON
WniGirrsviLLE, Ga.
BLACKSMITH SHOP.
Boggies, A specialty ol Plantation Work. Wagons,
eto., made and repaired.
Plows and Plow-Stocks of all kinds, and
•very kind of Wood and iron Work done by
A, J, BRADDY & SON,
I
Wright sville, Ga.
SMITH’S HOTEL,
W. J. M. SMTTH, Agest.
Wrightsvilie, Georgia.
Having lately undergone thorough repairs,
this Holm is prepared to accommodate tnt
public highest with market the finest the market affords. The
prices paid for country tjoyhioo
John A. Shivers & Son,
Tennilue, Ga.,
Arc new prepared to build, repair and
overhaul
Carriages .Bu^gias,Wagons, Is.
k$SP“ We ala© make % eoeejolty ot One
Hone Wtaeas,
WRIGHTSVILLE, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 16 , 1881 .
DRUG STORE.
J. W. BRINSON & CO.,
DRHSTS,
Wrightsvilie, Georgia.
Have on hand a complete stock of Drop
and all other articles usually kopt in a
First- Class
Drug Store s
Which they are selling at. prioos to suit tht
times, and are prepared to fill all orders au«
prescriptions on the shortest possible notice.
Da. J. W. BRINSON continues to praa
tice his profession in its various brauces.
Office at the Drag Store.
W. B. MELL & CO.,
Wholesale) and retail deplore in
SADDLES, BRIDLES. HARNESS,
Rubber and -Leather
BELTING AND PACKING,
French ami American Cali Skin*, Sole, Har.
ness, Bridle and Patent Leather,
WHIPS and SADDLERY WARE
TRUNKS, VALISES,
Market Square, Savannah, ea
Orders by mail oromDllv attended to.
A. M. MATHIS,
Tknnille, Ga.,
Horse-Shoeing a Specialty,
All work intrusted to my care will receive
prompt, attention. Charges reasonable and
satuortri ion guaranteed i n every insta nce.
Miss Anna R. McWhorter,
WIIIOBTSVII.LK, Ga.,
Keeps on hand a nice selection ol
lilSFF Hi Faucy M
SUCH AS
LADIES’ HATS, RIBBONS,
FLOWERS ani> TRIMMINGS.
In endless variety; also a nice assortment o;
latest patterns, etc., all for sale as cheap h
the cheapest. I am also prepared t- cut, fli
and make dresses at, short notice. Call on me
before purchasing.elsewhere,
J. T. & B. J. DENT,
Eight miles west o* Wrightsvilie, Ga.
Keep constantly on h ml a fine assortment
ol Pure
Liquors, Brandies, Wines, Ales, Larjer.
Etc., etc.; also Tobaoco, Cigars, Candies,
Pickles, Oysters, Sardines, and a
lull line ot family
GROCERIES!
All ot which we will sell at inside figures
Give us a trial. Respectfully,
J. T. & B. J. DENT.
Mr. William N. Pethick, a young
American who has been acting as the
private secretary of the Viceroy Li Hung
Chang, and who is said to have gained
a more perfect mastery of the language
of the Mandarins than any other living
foreigner, rendered valuable assistance
in the recent Chinese treaty negotiations
and indeed, as a private letter written
by the viceroy’s son declares, was largely
instrumental in securing the insertion of
the clause which forbids Americans to
transport or trade in opium. In a letter
to the speoial commissioners of the
United States at Pekin Mr. Pethick
furnishes striking statistics as to the
magnitude of the .opium trade. The
total value of imports into China in 1879
was 8114.350,000, of which 851,000,000,
or nearly one-half, was contributed by
opium alone, the increase in quantity
over the previous year being nearly
1,500,000 pounds. The value of opium
imported exceeded the value of tea ex¬
ported by 85,000,000 and the value of
silk exported by 810,000,000.
The medical department of Queen
Victoria’s household comprises threo
physicians ordinary, three physicians
extraordinary, one sergeant-surgeon ex¬
traordinary, two sergeant-surgeans, threo
surgeans extraordinary, one physician of
the household, one surgeon of the
household, one surgeon apothecary, two
chemists of the establishment in ordi¬
nary, one surgeon ooculist, one surgeon
dentist in ordinary, and one other
physician.
River and Sea.
Wo stood by the river that swept
In its glory and grandeur away.
But never a pulse o’ me leapt,
And you wondered at rue that day.
I look on your tresses of gold
You are fair and a thing to be loved—
Do you think I am heartless and oold
That I look and am wholly unmoved
We stood by the lake as it lay
With its dimpled face turned to the light 1
Was it strange I had nothing to say
To so fair and enchanting a sight ?
One answer, dear friend, I will make
To the question your eyes ask of me:
'• Talk not of the river or lake
To those who have looked on the sea.’
-Ella Wheeler.
IVY GLEN.
“To"let?” said the agent. “Ready
furnished ? For a month ? Really,
ladies, I’m very much afraid I havon’t
any property in my hands—not at
present, at least—that will meet your
expectations. I’ve plenty of unfur¬
nished houses, and plenty to rent for
a year. But for a month ? There isn’t
any such real estate in the market—
there isn’t, indeed.”
“ Wo don’t want an unfurnished
house,” said Angela Frost.
“ And wo have no occasion to!uso a
house for a year,” added Josephine, her
tall, blooming young sister.
The agent bit the end of his quill
pen, and looked at them dubiously,
from behind the ink-splashed rails of
his desk.
“ We are schoolteachers,” Miss An
gela explained, “and we have just a
month’s vacation; and we want to spend
it in a healthful country resort, where I
can botanize, and where my sister con
sketch in water-colors from nature.”
“ Ah !’’ said the agent—ah!” Indeed,
I’m very sorry, ladies, but I don’t think
there’s any property in tho market
hereabouts that will meet your ideas.”
“ What time does the evening stage
leave the hotel?” Josephine asked,
rather despondently.
“ At five, I believe,” the agent rq r
plied. And the
two lames went slowly out of
the stuffy little room with its high desk,
its floor covered with cheap oil-cloth, and
its general atmosphere of stale tobacco
smoke.
‘I’m so sorry, Angel,” said the
younger. “ The air of these pine
wooded glens is the very thing for your
asthma."
“ And the little river in tho deep
gorge is such an exquisite study for your
paintings, Jo,” said Mias Frost, fondly.
“ Couldn’t we live in a bam ?” sug¬
gested Jo, with a comical arch of her
'eyebrows.
“ I'm afraid not,” sighed Angela.
The real estate agent, in the mean¬
while, had hardly smoked a pipe and
read the local paper before the door
burst open and a short, stout lady in a
pink hat and feathers came in.
“Mr. Muggeridge,”said she, handing
him a key, “ you may let Ivy Glen or
yon may sell it—readv-fumished, with
a cow, a poultry-house and the pony
chaise thrown in.”
“Madam,” said Muggeridge, bewil¬
dered.
“ I’m tired of it,” said the lady. “Su¬
sie and Jennie are homesick to get back
to the city, and so am I. I’ve been
without a servant since Monday, and
now I’m going to take the evening stage
to town and meet my husband before he
starts for Ivy Glen. I dare say he’ll be
vexed, but I can’t help it. And I’ve left
word at the dairy farmhouse for my
brother Duke to follow us.”
“You couldn’t let it for a month?'*
experimentally hazarded Mr. Mngge.
ridge.
“ I’d let it for three days,” said the
lady.
“I could find you tenants for a
month,” said tho agent. “ And perhaps
at tho end of that time something else
might offer.”
“ Very well,” said the lady. “ There
is the key.”
And away she went; and Mr. Mngge
ridge clapped his hat on the back of his
head and set off, in hot haste, to tho
hotel, for an interview with the two
young ladies who had so recently left
his office.
And so it happened that Jo and Angel
Frost took triumphant possession of Ivy
Glen, a romantic cottage, half covered
with the dark green, glossy leaves of the
vine from which it derived, its name,
with a buodoir, piano, all the pictures
garlanded with pressed ferns and dried
autumn leaves, and a library of novels
“ Mrs. Fitch must have been a very
Sterary person,” said Jo.
“ And musical,” added Angel.
“As for a servant, one would only bo
uisance,” said Jo.
“Til groom the pony myself," said
Angel. “ He’s no bigger than a New¬
foundland dog—the darling.”
“And I’ll milk the cow and feed the
dear little chickens,” declared pretty
Jo.
It’s really on earthly paradise," said
the elder sister.
“ So it is,” assented Jo.^
The two sisters passed three days o
unmitigated happiness in the deep
ravines and cool, flower-enameled woods
that surrounded Ivy Glen.
Angelt made various valuable ad
ditions to her herbarium, and Jo
sketched leafy nooks, bits of falling
water and sunset’ effects to" her heart’s
content, until finally a good, old-fash¬
ioned rain-storm set in, of a July after¬
noon, and prisoned them in the cottage
parlor.
“ How stupid this is 1” said Jo, start¬
ing up from her book, as the twilight
shadows brooded darker and darker in
the room. “ Let’s go down to the barn,
and talk to Dick and Frizzle. Poor
dears! they must be as lonesome as we
are.”
(Now Dick was the pony, and Frizzle
was the cow; and Jo and Angel were
already upon the most affectionate terms
of intimacy with them.)
It was quite dusk, when Marmaduke
Framingham opened the hall door and
strode in, shaking the rain-drops from
his shoulders, as if he had been a huge
Newfoundland dog, and flinging his
fishing-creel and tackle on the table.
“ Lou!” he called, all over the house,
in a cheery, stentorian voice—“Louisa!"
But, as might be expected, no answer
was returned; and he went up to a cer¬
tain pretty little circular-walled room,
where ho had been wont to keep his
slippers, gun-case, and sundry other
masculine appurtenances, when sojourn¬
ing with his sister, Mrs. Fitch, at Ivy
Glen.
“It’s as quiet here,” ho muttered,
under his breath, “as an nuchantcd
castle. Where is Lou?-—where are the
children?”
But. ho pausod on the threshold.
Even by the waning twilight he could
perceive that a general transformation
had taken place.
A pretty easel stood near the window,
the tall staudards of the old-fashioned
dressing-bureau were knotted with blue
ribbons, the chairs were freshly draped
with chintz, and a fairy work-basket
stood beside the sofa, while upon the
table lay a flower-twined gipsy-hat, u
bunch of wild flowers, and a pair of the
tiniest gauntlet-gloves that Mr. Framing ¬
ham had ever set eyes upon.
“Hello!” said Marmaduke; “Lou’s
got girl company. And she’s put ’em jn
here, by Jove!”
He struck u match, lighted the
prettily-painted candles in the brass
sconces, and stared blankly around him.
At the same moment, a clear, flute-like
voice sounded below stairs.
“Come in, Angel, quick! Goqdncss,
how the rain drives in at the door!
What’s this in the hall? A—man’s
coat!”
“Burglars!” shrieked Miss Angela,
who was not strong-minded in practice
as she was in theory.
“ And there’s a light np stairs! : ’
cried Jo.
“Preserve us !” said Angelia,
beginning to tremble; “ the house is on
fire! Jo, Jo! don’t stir a step! I insist
that you shall not go up stairs!”
But Miss Josephine deftly evaded her
sister’s grasp, and rushed directly np to
the little apartment which sho had con¬
fiscated to her own use.
“Who are you, sir?" she sternly
demanded, as, standing in the doorway,
her gaze fell upon Mr. Marmaduke
Framingham.
“I—Ibegyonr pardon,” began that
gentleman.
“Leave the house!” said Jo, in the
imperial accents of Queen Elizabeth
condemning one of her courtiers to
death.
“Jo, Jo, "don't,” pleaded Angela, who
had crept up in her sister’s shadow and
was now weakly tugging at her dress.
“Perhaps he’s got a band of accom¬
plices outside—perhaps he’s a crazy
man!”
“ Ladies,” said Mr. Framingham, “ if
you will only permit me to explain—”
“Nothing can explain an intrusion
like this!” declared Josephine.
“ My sister, Mrs. Fitch, the occupant
of this house—”
“ We are the occupants of this house,”
inexorably interposed Miss Frost.
“ Mrs v Fitcli has left the premises these
three days ago.”
“I assure you,” said Marmaduke,
“ that I was quite ignorant of any such
change of arrangements. I have been
on a fishing excursion up the hill, and
supposed, of course, that my sister was
here—>”
(“I’m quite sure he is a crazy man!’’
interposed Angel, sotto voce.)
“ And as it is such a stormy night, I
beg only to be allowed to pass the night
in the bam,” concluded the suppliant.
“Your sister left word for you at the
Dairy farm,” said Jo, severely.
“But I came around by the other
road,” said Mr. Framingham, abjectly.
The humor of the thing was too much
for Jo—she burst out laughing.
“ Angol, do stop twitching, my dear,"
Raid she. “ Yes, you may sleep in the
barn, Mr.—Mr.—”
“ Framingham, ladies, at yo«r ser¬
vice," said the disciple of Izaak "Walton.
“Mr. Framingham, then,” said Jo.
“ But you must have some tea with us
first. I am going to cut some cold
tongue, and Angel will make fritters,
and we have M. Blot’s recipe for choco¬
late. I’m really sorry that I mistook you
for a bnrglar.” v
“Or a crazy man,” sauLAngel, apolo¬
getically.
“ And we will entertain you as hos'
pitably as in us lies,” added Jo, with a
mischievous sparkle in her eyes.
Mr. Marmaduke Framingham was
afteward heard to say that he never
spent so delightful an evening in his
life. Ho engaged board at the Dairy
Farm the next day, and instead of fol¬
lowing his sister to the city stayed
down among the glens and braes.
And when Josephine Frost’s month of
vacation had expired she went back to
the city to resign her position in the
grammar school.
“ I am going to be married,” she con¬
fessed, blushing very prettily, when the
mistress asked the reason why.
So Miss Angela Frost went on alone
with her career in life, and Mrs. Marma¬
duke Framingham settled down for life
at Ivy Glen.
“For,” said she, “I think it is the
sweetest spot in all the world."
“ Bo do I!” said her young husband.
How Officials Were Once Paid.
It is not a general known historical fact
Unit iron* 1777 to 1784 the territory
now known as Tennessee formed a part
of North .Carolina, and that in 1785 the
Tennesseeans, becoming dissatisfied
with their government, organized a
State government under tin; name
of “ Franklyn," which was main¬
tained for some years. The organiza¬
tion afterward disbanded, and Territor¬
ial Tennessee was again annexed to
North Carolina. The following is among
the laws passed by the legislature of
the State of Franklyn. We copy as
found in a speech by Daniel Webster on
the currency in 1888 :
“ Be it enacted by the General As¬
sembly of the State of Franklyn, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same : That from the first day of
January, 1779, tho salaries of the offi¬
cers of this Commonwealth be as fol¬
lows, to-wit:
“ His Excolloney the Governor, per
annnm, 1,000 deer skins;
“ His Honor tlio Chief Justice, 500
deer skins; or, 500 raccoon skins;
“ The Treasurer of the State, 450 rac¬
coon skins;
“Each County Clerk, 300 beaver
skins;
“Clerk of the House of Commons,
200 raccoon skins;
“Member of Assembly, per diem,
threo raccoon skins;
“Justice’ fee for signing a warrant,
one muskrat skin;
“ To the Constable for serving a war¬
rant, one mink skin;
“ Entered into a law the 18th day of
October, 1779, under the great seal of
the State.”
How Raisins are Made in California.
In Mr. Blowers’ vineyard, Yolo county,
the grapes are allowed to remain on the
vine until of a golden color and trans¬
lucent. Then they are picked and put
on wooden trays two by three feet in
size, placed between the rows, sloping
to the sun. When half-dried they aro
turned by putting a tray on top, and by
inverting them both, are transferred to
the new tray. When the grapes lose
their ashy appearance, and after removing
the green ones, tho rest are put into
large sweat boxes, placing sheets
of paper between every twenty
five pounds of raisins. They are left
there for two weeks, when the stems are
tough and the raisins soft. The packing
follows, in which iron or steel packing
frames are used, the raisins being as
sorted, weighed, inspected, aqd made
presentable. Mr. Blowers prefers a
rich, moist, sandy loam, in a warm cli
mate, for raisins, and believes that win
ter irrigation will destroy insects and
keep the vines in a thrifty condition,
i He prefers to plant vines eight by ten
I feet apart, or even ten by ten feet, and
' fertilizers.
uses
NO. 48.
Dreams That Came True.
A belief in the truth of dream-warning
has lingered even in our own day. It was
yet more prevalent in past centuries.
Macaulay has ridiculed Archbishop Laud
for the care with w-hicli he recorded his
dreams in his diary; but the prelate was
no more superstitious in this respect
than were many of his contemporaries.
The mediseval historians generally note
some dream prophecy before any great
event took place. A pious monk dreamt
of the fatal accident that should befall
the Bed King. Henry IV., of France,
was oppressed by evil dreams the night
preceding his assassination. It is an un¬
disputed fact that, in the present cen¬
tury, a murder was discovered from the
circumstance of one of the parents of
the victim dreaming whore the body
was concealed.
Bishop Hall relates a curious story of
a cure effected by means of a dream; a
cripple dreamt that he bathed in a
certain well in Cornwall and was restored
to health. Acting on this visionary pre¬
scription he recovered the use of his
limbs. The bishop attributes this dream
to “ a good angel.” Probably, as Lord
Byron says of prophecies, people noto
the fulfillments of dreams and forget the
failures—pass over the ninety-nine base¬
less visions, but record the hundredth
that happens to be verified.
Authors, artists and musicians have
carried on then- work in their dreams,
sometimes with more success than in
their waking horns. Tartini, an Italian
composer, dreamt that he heard a
fiend play an elaborate solo on the
violin. He attempted to reproduce it
wlion awake; but, though the “ Devil’s
Bonata ” is ranked among his finest pro¬
ductions, the composer declared that it
was so inferior to the music of his dream
that he could have broken his instru¬
ment with vexation at his failure to re¬
produce that beautiful melody. Con
dorcet and Franklin worked out elaborate
calculations in their sleep, and reme m
bered them on waking. Lord Thurlow
is said to have composed part of a Latin
poem in a dream; and Sir J. Herschell
lias left a verse which occurred to him
in similar circumstances. Goethe records
that his dreams often assisted him in his
compositions.— London' Globe.
The “ Bramble.”
The mustang of the American con¬
tinent has its counterpart in the
“ brumbie ” of Australia, large herds of
which exist in the interior parts of
Queensland and New South Wales.
These animals are so numerous that they
have often been destroyed and boiled
down for the sake of their tallow and
hides; and in some of the newly settled
districts they swarm in such numbers
that tho squatters have to protect them¬
selves and the pasturage against their
inroads. Brnmbio stalking is a recog¬
nized pastimo, the destruction of tlio
wild horses being as necessary as the
destruction of kangaroos or rabbits. The
sport of capturing and taming these ani¬
mals, however, has attracted a good many
adventurous spirits, who adopt tactics
somewhat similar to those adopted by
the inhabitants of Mexico and South
America. The hardiness and strength
and size of these brumbies are remark¬
able, and when trained they are of con¬
siderable value. Their progeny, when
crossed with European horses, possess
excellent qualities. It is recorded that
in one year no less than 7,000 wild horses
have been shot at a single station in New
South Wales
White Ants in Court.
An intimation of the mischief done in
regions infested with white ants, by the
wood-destroying habits of these insect®,
is furnished by a recent law suit in Now
South Wales. The plaintiff, a contractor,
had received from the defendant in¬
structions to repair a house which had
been damaged by the white ants, and
that a considerably increased expen¬
diture would bo required to put the
house into thorough repair, and he in¬
formed defendant of the fact. The bill
for the work done was disputed as
excessive.
A considerable amount of evidence
was taken on both sides as to the work
performed, and it was stated that an es
timate could not be given of the con
tract price of work, as the white ants
operate during darkness, and the ex¬
tont of their ravages could only be seen
as the work progressed. One witness
described the house as being so serious
Iv injured that new material would be
required throughout, and the best way
to have dealt with it would have been
“ to put a fire stick under it.” The es¬
timated costs of the repairs before the
work was begun was about 81,150.
The defendant had paid $2,000, and the
court adjudged that he should pay 8230
more.