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THURSDA Y lliT 18:8.
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EDITOR ANI) PROPRIETOR.
THE WRIGHTSVILLE PICNIC.
Bio croavd—Beautiful Sunday
school procession—Fixb speech
es—A Royal Dinner—The
Post on hand.
Montgomery News.
It has never been our fortune to
.attend a more enjoyable affair than
the Sunday school picnic at Wrights*
villo on last Saturday. The pupils
of the different Snnday schools of
Johnson county, together with those
of Pleasant Hill Sunday school, of
Laurens county,—about 200 in num
ber-assembled ut the Court-house
at 10 a. in., and there forming in
procession, marched to the Baptist
church, singing the hymn, “tye are
marching to tin* Kingdom.” After
assembling in the church, the open
ing address—a little gem of n speech—
was made by master Daniel Chris
tian. Mr. W. A. Tompkins, the
efficient superintendent of the
Wrightsvillo Sunday school, then
presented in a short hut. handsome
speech the banner to the class which
had attained the highest average at
tendance—Mr. A. F. Daley the teach
er of the successful cliss, returning
thanks for the snirto in behalf of his
pupils. We then hatl an able add ress
on Sunday sblvools fronftho Rev. J.
D. Anthony of the Sundcrsvillc Cou
rier, after which the immense con
course, headed by tho Sunday school
procession repaired to a most splen
did grovo of oaks in the western
portion of tho town whore a magnif-
ioont dinner of royal abundanoo, with
plenty of ice-cold lomonadohad boon
sproad. After dinner llov. C. A.
Moore delivered an addross on the
Bible, which was tho closing exor
cise of tho progrnmtno. Tho occa
sion, throughout, soemod to hh one of
unalloyed pleasure and happiness to
all. Not a drop of liquor on the
ground, not an angry word or look
to mar tho enjoyment of the day; not
a. hitoh or a halt iu any part of tho
machinery of tho programme. Tho
undisturbed harmony of the day was
as thoroughly complete as .the sym
phony of tho spheres.
Wo regret that tho want of space
forbids our writing more at longth
on so pleasing a thomo. Wo cannot
louvo tho subject, however, without
thanking tho citizens of Johnson
county for the.warm reception they
have givon tho Post, and saying that
wo novor felt prouder than on last
Saturday that Johnson county was
the homo of our youth.
Prof. Ross came-to Ml. Vernon on
theeveuing of the 6th inst. in com
pliance with his notice to exhibit a
wonderful panorama, and at the usu
al hour a good crowd was on hand.
The Prof, has traveled a good deal
uifd is a fine talker, and after the
mass got in he began to urge upon
the colored friends standing round
to come in, and in order to get them
all in he reduced the price of admis
sion from 25 cts. to 20, and kept
falling until he took the lust one in
at a nickel, and the show begun, and
I believe the general verdict was when
he finished that the five cent man
was budly swindled, to say nothing
of the rest crowd.
We learn that the Dublin ferry is
now free to all. We are glad to note
this fact os it is but another evidence
of the enterprise and liberality of our
Laurens friends. It is a project
that we have long favored, and we
think one that will greatly enhance
the growth of Dublin, the county
site, and thereby benefit the county.
Every citizen should feel an interest
and a pride in the growth and pros
perity of his county town.
Our Sol. Gen. came into town on
lust Saturday with a Mr. Frank
Webb, and two Walkers charged
with sheep-steal iug in Telfair county;
also a Mr. Wells who was committed
for poisoning Mr. John Winn’s hor
ses and throwing the poison in the
well. They were brought to Mont
gomery jail for safe keeping, and
are to have a triul next week before
Judgo A. C. Pate, at McRae.
On lost Thursday while Mr. S. D.
Morris and his family were away
from home, some person broke open
his house and carried away nearly all
of his wife’s best and finest clothes.
No arrest yet.
Montgomery County went fishing
on tho fourth and got wot.
Cholera is still among the hogs to
some extent.
Some of the boys are out driving,
hoard tho report of a gun a few min
utes ago and the dogs have hushed.
I guess wo will have venison for din-
ncr.
Mr. James. T. MoCullough reached
homo a few days ago from tho Indian
spring’s where ho spent ubout two
months. lie is looking bettor than wo
oversaw him.
STATE NEWS.
Death of Hon. J. P. ltohlnson.
A pall of sorrow was cast over tho
entire community on last Monday
morning by tho announcement that
this good man was no moro.
At threo o’clock in the morning ho
was seized with an epileptic fit, foil
ing from tho bed to. tho floor, and
suffering 6cvoro paroxysms for some
ttmo. After tho convulsions passed
of! he fell into a quiot rest, passing
gradually and painlessly away nbout
U o’clock. Dr. Hightower was sum
moned, but found him in a moribund
state and beyond tho roach of med
ical skill.
Mr. Robinson 1ms been suffering
for nbout two years with occasional
uttucka of this melancholy disouso.
But on Sunday tho day previous to
his death, ho was perfectly well and
unusually cheerful, lie leaves a wifo
and four ohildren to mourn the loss
of a loving husband and kind father,
and tho whole people lo lament, the
death of so loved and honored and
distinguished a fellow-citizen.
The manner in which ho spent the
last few years of his life struggling
to liquidate tho heavy liabilities of
hii father’s estate, tho Spartan for
titude with whioh ho seemed to take
advantage of tho laws in his favor,
niid the cheerful resignation with
which he submitted to inevitable fate,
ut once stamp him as a man tilling up
the measure of tho poet’s ideal:
•' Who noble ends by noble means attains,
Or failing, smiles iu exile or In chains,
Like good Aurelius, let hiift reign; or bleed
Like Socrates:—that man is groat indeed.
David Wells, of_Telfaic oounty,
Imd u preliminary trial before a court
of inquiry, charged with tho offense
of killing threo horses, tho property
of J. D. Wynne, and poisoniftg a
woll of water on Mr. Wynne’s place.
Ho Avas bound, over to appear at the
special term of the Superior Court in
tho Sum of #1000. At last accounts.
Wells was unable to give the bond.
DIED—Mrs. Rachel Freeman, of
this county on yesterday, (tho 17th.)
at 3 a. m.
WANTED.
To hire a buggy-horse or mule for
Sat Wi n at this office.
The Eastman Times comes to our
sanctum this week with another very
attractive feuturo added, viz: The
“Cochran Department.” Mr. Wil
bur F. Kelsey is tho editor of that
department, \\’ho (judging by bis sa
lutatory and locals) cvincoB distin
guished aptnoss for journalism. Tho
Times is noAv a seven column shoot,
and in every respect a first-class
weekly. From itl Avell-filled col
umns avc clip tho following items:
Tho population of Cochran uoav
numbors eight or nine.hundred, or
possibly more, with a very bright
prospects of a largo incronso in a fow
years. Tho town is beautifully laid
off iu streets and lots; lands around
horo uro sold very cheap, as Avell as
lots in tho town. Strangers who
como to settle and to build them
selves up homes, arc welcomed with
warm Aveloome. Tho climate of
this outirc section of country is fur
moro bouificial to all pulmonary com
plaints, while it is as Avarm as Flori
da, and at the same timo .devoid of
tho debilitating effcctsof Uic climate
of Florida.
Mr. John T. Let*. Avho has been
teaching school in this county, pass
ed through our town on Saturday
last, en route for his homo in lumrens
county, Avhere he Svill spend his short
vacation. Tho examination of his
school came off on Thursday last, and
was woll attended by tho patrons, as
avoII as by a large number of others.
The pupils acquitted themselves most
creditably, as did also tho teacher, to
the entire satisfaction of the patrons.
To little Sadie, daughter of Mr. T.
P. Wilcox, Avas awarded the prize for
proficiency in Arithmetic; and for
excellence in ponmnndiip, Master
Chorlio, son of Mr, Charles Harrel,
was the successful competitor. An
excellent dinuer Avas provided for all
on tho grounds by tho patrons and
friends of tho school.
The Jail term of this school, known
as Gordon Institute, will commeueo
on Tuesday, July 23d, -
Dubijn, Ga.,
July 16th, 1878.
Ed. Post:
In an article published in the Post
Avfittcn July 2nd, the Avriter had
some things to say relative to jires-
ent indications surrounding the pros
perity of the town of Dublin.
Since that time, it has been official
ly ascertained that the last U. S.
Congress has appropriated teu thou
sand dollars for the improvement of
the Oconeo river. And this official
information sir, is the proudest and
most Avelcomo piece of ncAVs that ever
greeted the cars of the citizens of this
illustrious town. It fully analyzes
the problom which has bo long been
in process of solution as to whethhor
or not Dublin is to be a town, and
puts to silenco all the doubting Thom
ases. Tho question is now settled,
and no distant day in tho future will
tell to the AVorld that Dublin and its
contiguous country havo ample suffi
ciency of natural resources as avcII as
a people with muscle, brain and en
terprise, and that development will
make her tho peer of the proudest
and most prosperous toAvns in our
grand old State.
Those Avho liavo caviled as to the
feasibility of putting the river in
such a conditiou as, that boats can,
Avithont cessation, ply upon its wa
ters, will at no distant day bo put to
silence. The last ingredient requi
site to this end lias boon obtained at
our national Capital. The money
has been appropriated; and with mon
ey and a river such tho Oconco,
the end can ho accomplished. And
Avlien it is accomplished, untold bless
ings to the town of Dublin' and sur
rounding country, will inevitably re
sult therefrom.
| Then citizens rejoice!. iFoi 1 the
dim spark that has for so loug a time
encouraged you, and lured yo f u on to
greater efforts, lias kindled into a
blaze, and will continue to bo apilloAv
of cloud by day and of fire by night to
safely direct your footsteps on tho
turbid waves of life’s ocean. Your
children ail'd your children’s children
will point to the day Avlien this scheme
had its birth, from which results Avill
inuuro to them that will catiso them
to bless your memory.
’•Tis noodloss for mo to assort sir,
that Avithout this appropriation the
boat scheme on the Oconee river nev
er could have boon a perfect success.
There was money required and a suf
ficiency of money for tho purpose
could havo been obtained from no
other source. And let it be romem-
borel that to the efforts of Hon. J.
H. Blount, our people are indebted
for this great boon. For Avhile some
insist that Gon. Cook put tho meas
ure through it is nevertheless a mis
take. Tho truth is, Gen. Cook
fought, the measure to the better end:
for the reason that tho appropriation
was to benefit tho people of the 6th
Dist., instead of his (the 3rd) Disi.
’Tis' scarcely possiblo that Col.
Blount Avill have any opposition in
tho nominating convention. But
should ho have, old Laurens Avill
doubtless remember that ho has done
much good for her and that ho is
ready and Avilling to do' mu4h more.
Col. T. G. LaAvson of Eatonton,
Avho it AA'as'thought by some of our
pooplo Avonld oppose Col. Blount, is
not a candidate for Congfoss; bvt is
a candidate for the judgeship of the
Ocmulgee Cironit.—’Tis needless sir,
for me to say anything in relation to
tho distinguished merits^of Col.
Lawson. It is too well and generally
known that he, is a gentleman of as
fiuo ability as any man of his age in
Georgia; and his-integrity and up
rightness is that Avhich excels. Then
I can only ask that the Georgia Leg
islature Avill act wisely and elect him.
Jacobus.
Cheerfulness A Duty.
There are some people so happily
constituted .that they are always
cheerful, no matter what their “envi
ronment” may be. The disposition
is bom Avith them. There seems to
be a store of sunshine in their hearts,
which gleams ns brightly when the
air is heavy Avith moisture and the
dripping clouds hang overhead, a9
when nature is in her gayest mood.
Such a disposition is ah amiable one,
truly; and those Avho have it may well
be grateful for . the possession of so
inestimable a gift.
There are those Avhose spirit rise
and fall # Avith every change in the
thermometer. A day of sunshine
and Avarmth fills them Avith buoyant
delight, clouds and an easterly Avind
take all the pleasure of life away,
and everything assumes a gloomy
and depressing aspect. Probably the
majority of people belong to this sec
ond class; and the matter is thus a
serious one, because their fitness to
do the work of life is largely affected
by that most uncertain quantity, the
stato of tho weather. A man in a
fit of the “blues” is in a poor condi
tion to do anything Avisely or well.
He is harassed with undefined, fore
bodings, Avith Aveariness of soul, with
lack of faith in his owmpowers, and
even in the overruling providence of
God. And the ill effects of his con
dition of mind do not end with him
self. Ho is apt to bo jn a bad humor,
and to boil over upon whoever hap
pens to como in range of his influ
ence.
There can be no question as to the
reality of this mercurial disposition
of mind. Equally with the cheerful
temper, it is born with tho unfortn
nate victim of it; and Avere there no
remedy, it might be condemned as a
national trait for which the sufferer,
being in no Aviso responsible for its
existence, could not properly be held
accountable. But in point of fact
there is a remedy, and one which
every man, over Avhom these varying
humors bear unhappy sway, is under
the strongest obligations to apply.—
That is to say he is bound to bo cheer
ful in spite of his natural disposition,
in gloomy as Avell as *in smtshiney
weather, because it is ft is duly to be
cheerful.
It comes within your province,
dear Posy, to point out the remedy.
It is plain and easy of folloAving:—
1st.'■Be careful as to diet. 2d. A suffi
ciency of rest and sleep. 3d. Faith in
God and trust in prayer. Of the issue
of such a conflict, if honestly under
token and zealously persisted in,
there can be no doubt, and in the
winning of it there will bo great re-
Avard. Let any one subject to this
disposition to Ioav spirits in gloomy
Aveather, Avlien next like Giant Des
pair, he finds “the fits taking him
again,’’-.try the effect of meeting it
with thoso weapons and be will thank
the Avriter of this article.
AMICUS.
TAKE NOTICE.
My Wife, REBECCA POPE, has
quit my bed and board without any
cause from me, aud I shall not he
responsible for her trades, traffic or
conduct. T. II. Pope.
Julv 10th.. 1878. U
Tho following mysterious letter
Avas written to Mr. Colley by Chester
a foAv hours before he Avas killed, an
account of AA’hich avg gaA-o last Avoek;
My'dear Friend,
My dear Friend:
I Avrite
you this uote to lot you knoAv tlmt I
am avcII and in tho laud of the living
and on my Avay to heaven. ~ I will go
■by Moye’8 Chappol to see uborrtrgei-
ting the contract for building the
church; after Avhich time! will come
to your house sometime in the day.
I want to see you for it has been a
long time sinco I suav you and I A\*ant
you to have something good to drink
and a plenty of it, for I am mad
anyhow", I want to havo something
that is good, and I Avant you to drink
with me, and there is something else
I want. Your friend,
W. C. Chester.
Attention Soldiers!
There will be a preliminary meet
iug of citizens aud survmng soldiers
of ’61-65 in the Court house on the
4th Saturday in July (27th inst.), to
make arrangements for a grand reu
nion of tho survivors of the Lost
Cause of Laurens and adjoining
counties—to come off about the 1st
of September next. _ All, especially
those.wlio wore the gray, are earnest
ly solicited to lie present at this
meeting.
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