The Dublin post. (Dublin, Ga.) 1878-1894, August 11, 1886, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 3X DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 11. 1886 NUMBER IX. Professional ards. Dr. T. F. WILLIAMS, IDICITTIST. l^'OfHce at His Beside -ce.<jigj Simms’ Building. First door below the Court House. npr21.’86,ly. s Dr. . P. HOLMES, PRACTITIONER, CONDOR, - - GEORGIA. QALLS ATTENDED TO AT ALL hours Residence. ineli&L, 7m. Office Dr. T. A. WOOD, IPx^Joiji-tionzLei?, GO L SPRINGS, GA. C M ALLS ATTENDED TO AT ALL J hours. Obsterics a specialty. Office Residence. inclx24, tf. Dr. P. M. JOHNSON, PRACTITIONER, Lovett, - - Georgia. pALLS ATTENDED TO AT ALL V.J hours, Day and Night. meli$5 tf. Dr. J. X. LINDER. [six urn s NonTir of dum.in.] OFFERS his services to the public at large. Calls promptly attended to, day or uight. Office at residence, aug 20, ’#4 ly. CHARLES HICKS, NT. D., PRACTITIONER. Dublin, - Georgia. jt-20, ly DR. C. F. GREEN, PRACTITIONER. Dublin, Georgia. ."AALLS ATTENDED TO AT ALL V^'hours, Obstetrics aspecialty. Office Residence T. L. CRiNER, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Dublin - Georgia. may 21 If. FELDER & SANDERS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Dublin. Georgia. Will practice in the courts of tka Oco nee, Ocmulgoe and Middle circuits, and the Supreme court of Georgia, and elsc- wliert; by special contract. Will negotiate loans on improved farm ing lands. Feb. 18th. 1885.-Gm. PRISCILLA’S PLAN. HAVE YOU TAKEN THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION FOR 1886? If not, lay this paper down and send for it right now. If you want it every day, send for the Daily, which costs $10.00 a year, Or $5.00 for six months or $2.50 for three months. If you want it every week, send for the Great Weekly, wliipli costs $1,25 a year or $5,00 for Clubs of Five. Till WEEKLY CON STITUTION is the Cheapest! Biggest and Best Paper Printed in America! It has 12 pages chock full of news, gos sip and sketches every week. It prints mere romance than the story papers, more farm-new < than the agricultural papers, more fun than the humorous papers—be sides all the news, and Bill Arp's and Betsy Hamilton's Letters, Uncle Remus's Sketch es! —AND— TALMAGE’8 SERMONS. C .*.* ?. UenU a Week/ t comes once week--takes a whole week o read itl You can’t w-ell form or keep house with out it! . . Write your name on a postal card, ad dress it to us, and wc will send you Speci men Copy Fhee! Address THE CONSTITUTION. Land laims A specialty, and warrants . additional homestead certificates and all kinds of land script bought and sc Id Large stock end highest prices paid. If y m want to sell or buy? If so, write I). A A. THOMAS, Attorney al-Law, Wash- glou, I) V “I don’t know why you- shouldn’t have a chance as well as other girls,” said Aunt Carola. “But how are we to get it?” said Phoebe. Phoebe and Prissy Duncan were two blooming girls who had grown up in the old Duncan farm-house,- Ij.ke wild roses in. a hedge, until, all of a sudden* Earthen Duncan discov ered that they wero childveu no lon ger, and sent for his widowed sister from California to “look after them a little;”' And Aunt Carola was struck with dismay at the forlorn condition, of affairs. “Robert always was shiftless,” she said; “but since he has taken to in- ‘venting a new reaping machine, which is to ont-do all the other reap ers, he’s ten times worse than ever. The farm, fences me tailing, down, tl e barns are out of repair, the fields are all going to ruin, and the vegeta ble garden is full of weeds. And,the front fence hasn’t been-white-washed 1 don’t know when. It’s enough to make my Grandfather Duncan rise right out of his grave to see the way things .lire managed- hero. And Phoebe and Prissy running wild like the very colts and calves in the past ure. I declare I don’t know where to begin.” But Phoebe and Prissy were too sweet-natured lassies, and A tint Ca rola soon became im sympathy with them. But she was amazed to learn' that 4,iio two girls never took part-in any of the neighborhood 1 festivities, nor visited among tho famil'os of tiro vi cinity. “How cm wo?.-’ s lid Phoebe. “Wo have no. clothes,” explained Prissy. “And if we ask papa for money,” ,pursued Prissy, ‘die says he has none to spare just at present,, but. lie will give us some as soon as the machine, is patented.” fthe shrugged her shoulders a lit tle. Nobody but Robert Duncan himself had much faith in the ma chine. “ We went once lo an apple-paring at Squire Hutchings’s,” said 1 Phoebe, “but Susan Claire laughed at our (faded cambric gowns, anil said that our collars looked as if they had come out of the Ark.” , “I. think they wore rather old- fashioned,” admitted Prissy, meek ly. “ We lmve erotched some p e y ones since, after a newspaper pattern, we found; but our dresses are quite as bad as ever. We can’t crochet new dresses. “But 1 particularly want you to go to this Husking Bee at Mrs. Par ley’s,” said Aunt Carola. “Paul Villiston is to be there, and he has especially asked if ho should have the pleasure of meeting his old playmates. Mrs. Parley told me so.” “We used to have jplly limes to gether in the old orchard Pirate Cave,” said Phoebe, laughing. “And in the garret on rainy days, said Prissy, “But I don’t think he would care for us now,” sighed Phoebe. “Wo can’t dress like other girls. Lulu Haight is going, to 1mve a pink.sutteen •Mother. Hubbard’ gown, and Kate Smith is making up a green chum- brey, all in little puffs and flounces. “If I can’t go decently, I won’t go at all,” said Priscilla, with a gentle gleam of spirit. Aunt Carola, driven desperate ‘by the emergency, rushed to her trunks, and strewed their contents over the floor. “But I say you shall go,” cried she. “Here is my foulard silk with the brown polka dots over it. We’ll trim it v/itli tho white torchon lace, and it will suit Phoebe exactly. She is bo fresh nud. pink-cheeked. And for Prissy here is a blue cambric, with pattern flounces, of white and blue. Alter the waist a, little, and letdown the horn an inch.or so, and what better cuin you desire?” The girls looked on with big, de lighted eyes of wouder and sur prise. ‘ How good you are, Aunt Carola!” said Phoebo. * “A regular Fairy Godmother,” ( added Prissy.. “And here aro gloves and pocket- handkerchiefs,” added Mrs. Vail— (which was Aunt Carola’s widowed name.), “But how are your boots?” “They are horribly shabby,” con fessed Phoobe,. “but we ouu polish mild' patch'them up a little, and keep ithem well under our skirls. But—” “We have no bonnets!” said Piis- eilla, in accents of despair. “Nothing but mangy straw things shapod like coal-seuttles,” sighed Phoebe. “The very ones that Susan Claire made game of! Oh, that settles, the question. Wo can’t go!” And one or two. bright tears es caped from under her eyellishes, and rolled like perambulating diomonds iover her round cheeks, Priscilla looked piteously at her. For herself she would not so much have cared. But Phoebe was so pretty. And no body but herself knew how desper ately Phoebe longed to go to this corn husking, at Judgo Parley’s— the coru-husking which was, after all, only a name for an out-of-door picnic, a dance by torchlight on the barn floor, and an elegant supper. Besides, had not Phoebe, among her especial treasures up Btairs,. two let ters written to- her from across the sea, by Paul Willislon? “I know-lie likes her;” thought the loyal little sister; “and if he sees all the oilier girls first, who knows but ■that he may forget how sweet and lovely she is. Oh! I do so wish that she could go! I’d give all that 1 have in the world for a pretty bon net for Phoebe to wear to. the husk ing-”' And' as she-inwardly thought out [chose longings tho Claire beach-cart rattled by-. “Oli, look, Prissy! look!” twittered Phoebe from behind the window- blinds. “There go Susan Claire and her young lady visitor from Now York, with white cheese cloth gowns, land.such funny little poke bonnets, like clam shells.” “Just the- shape they used to wear when 1 was a girl,” said Aunt Caro la. “Dear me, how tho fashions do repeat themselves, to bo sure. Th coarsest sort of rye straw, as I live! and I daresay they gave a high price for ’em at some New York milli ner’s.” ' So the Duncan tea. family went to “Father is busy.” said Priscilla, afterwards. “I will go out to the barn and fodder the cattle.” “But it isn’t proper work for you to do, my dear,” cried Aunt Carols, much scandclized. “No matter,” said Prissy; “I oft - ten do it.” And; she slipped asvuy without waiting- for further remonstrance. But when tho cattle wore duly fed and bedded for the-night, Prissy ran up stairs into the great fragrant lofts, where tho sheaves of rye-straw were stacked. “Prissy ought to be-lie] fling us,” said Mrs. Vail, petiisniy, as she and Phoebe sat by tho evening lamp, rippling, altering and remodeling the two dresses, with, an equal outlay of time, ingenuity and. patience. “Oh, Prissy is not very handy at dressmaking,” said* Phoebo, who never could endure to have reproach cast cm her goatlo- elder sister. Tho next afternoon Prissy came into the room* wearing a bonnet of tho very straw Phoebe ha3 so ad mired on Miss Claire’s head. “Oh, Prissy!” she cried, jumping to her feet, “whore did you get that? Oh, isn’t it u beauty!” Prissy took it from her own head and placed it lightly upon Phoebe's curly tresses. “Do von like it?” sho said. “That is f irtunate, for it is yours.” “Mine? Prissy, you are jolt ing!” “No, truly. It is yours. My present, Phoebe: Ah, don’t look so surprised', dear. Aunt Carola is not tho-only fairv godmother in the fami ly.” “But whore, did it como from, Prissy?” gasped Phoebo. “I inade-it!” was the laughing ro- ply. “You made it.?:’ Prissy laughed triumphantly*, and then she revoaled her delicious little secret. “It’s only rye-straw out of our bairn, Phoebe. Dbn’tyou remember tho hats we usod to make for our dollies? And Misa Olaire’s was ex aoily tho same braid. Tho freaks of fashion are in our favor now nnd then. I wet the straws aud braided ''them, and then 1 sewed them to gether and shaped them over the round tin saucepan for a block. (Don’t tell any ono, will you, Phoebo?). And I’ve trimmed it with the little India.scarf that Aunt Ca rola gave me—all rainbow colors, you know, and threaded with gold— and a cluster of the pink everlasting flowers that grow in. tho garden. And if it had oomo all tho way from Paris, Phoebe, you coiddn’t look sweeter i:i it!” she finishol with a kiss. “But you, Prissy?” cried. Phoebe, absolutely breathless, with- de light. “Oh, I have got ono exactly like it, only mine is trimmed with ono of "our Swiss nutsltiv nook-ties, neatly ironed'and dnoo over,” said IVis- sy. ; ‘ “Upon—my—word!” Aunt Caro la; “if 1 had’n. 806'ii' it wi ll my own eyes, I never would have believed -it.” Prissy and Puoebe Duncan went to the .corn-husking, and Paul Wil- liston duly lost his Heart to the younger, of. the two sisters, while the young rector of tho parish dovotod himself to gentle Prissy. “And we never had such a charm ing eveui ig in our live. 1’ cried tho girl in cl o is. , “It was very pleasant,” said Aunt Carol i; “but you didn’t hear what 1 heard.” “And what was that?” said Phoebo. “Susa i Claire,” Aunt Carola an swered, “saying to her mother: ‘Do look at those Duncan girls. Where do you suppose they ever got those elogant l’aris hats? I, for ono, call it downright extravagance.’ ” “Ah,” said Prissy, “if they only knew!”—Amy Randolph, in Now Ledger. Never too Old to Figlifc. Apropos of some of tho accom plishments of well-known men who have attained, considerable ago, we met with an liem- tho other day that is not devoid of interest. In one of ’Horace Walpole’s letters, written in 1785, lie says: “General Oglethorpe, who-sometimes visits me, nnd, wJiOiis ‘95, has tho activity of youth when compared with mo. Two years and ja half ago lie challenged u. neighbor for trespassing on his manor.” This is one of the most notable instance; of survival of a fighting spirit that wo recall. The old gentleman was in his 93rd year, and still was ready to kill his ninn, if. need be, im vindi cation of his rights.. Tho general, in his younger days, settled Georgia, aind was recognized' as ono of the most Immune and eulighted men of his times.—Raleigh News. Never talk in your sleep. A Pal- mar young man w.ho Imd made up 'his mind to propose to his girl the next evening became' so muoh ob copied with tho question of how it was to be done that he even talked about it in ins sleep, llis room mate heard it, and calling on tho gi<-| the next aftornoon was accept- eo.—Palmer Journal. When the liourt is full the lips are silent; when the man is full it is different. Tile I5iithusinstic South. We can very "well pardon tho en thusiasm of pur southoln friends which leads tlienkinto therbolief that tho south will cveHnallw absorb all the wealth-producing- lYuljiis trios that now enrich tho east, Snohpnlhusiasin bodes only good for tho-pebploYujiong whom it exists, and-without, harming any ono clso. It also is a most sig nificant fact to show that the south :is now progressing and;prospering. We can see in this development of :tho south, a complete revolution- in tho relations ef people, in the differ ent sections, and in fuct, a- complete iYiping out of sections: :We antici pate the timo when Now Orleans will stand to.ward New York- about ns Boston dues, only a litjlo further away. Tho hum of trade; will drown o\ery discordant iTPlp, letlit rise from what it may. Wo uo hot^beliovo that we arc indulging in any day dream -for already, tho beginning of the end has manifested itself. 'The south is making astonishing strides toward wealth, and promises to bo for •tmmy years to come tho most desirable field for-both- capital and labor, that our country offers. .That tho south should suddenly spring into activity is ns agreeable as it is opportune. With a narrowing of tho channels of investment, and a cutting down of tho rate of internal observed north, east and- west, and not only in this country but Europe*, it is tho most desirable, thing, that mould.'happen., now fm. tho south to come forward as a bidder for money iuiic.1tlabor- tbdevelop its v-asl resources. It.means prosperity for the whole country. Tliero aro railroads to be constructed, not in new and mihUb- ited lerr'pory, but through country teeming with population and dotted with populous cities. And there are mills to bo built and manufactures of all kinds to bo started- for all of which- money will be- lout booming as fast as needed* for-money is-more anxious to find.employment than- at any previous- time iu bliu country’s history.—Now York Indicator. How Fortunes Gan Still be Mail:. As 1 sit writing I roinember those iu my city, who years ago started with and-before me to reach the first round of the latter and to-day 1 can ■count twenty-nine machine shops, all of which wit'll- ono exception are owned and controlled by men who started with no cupitol but a goof stock of -energy, ambition and in iustry. I cm also recall not less than fifteen sash, door and blind shops uud planing mills that with no exceptions aro to day owned and operated by practical mechanics who started out working in the very fiiciories they noiv own.—Pniludol- phia Miller. ST A MI* 121J15 N V15 LOP 15S. To bo Sold at Great ltoduecd Price After Oteo ier 1st. A now contract has recently been made, at greatly reduced rates, for furnishing the department with stumped envelopes uud newspaper wrapped wrappers for the four years commencing October1, 1880. A. cor responding lediictipn will, according ly be made to take effect on and ut ter. tiiat dale, in the price of stump ed envelopes issued for sale to. the public. To more fully mcoi the \vants of the public, certain new sizes and styles have been uddod to the list. Copies of the now echo luio of prices with full information and blilruk forms of requisition, will b; furnished to postmasters early iu September. In order tIml the public in pur chasing stamped envoi apes, may ev erywhere and at tlie sumo time have tho benefit ot tho new rates, post masters are urged to use every offur to exhaust their present stock, and to limit their requisitions on tho de partment to cover actual require ment up to the elqso of the present qnar or, m nearly as the same can Uo estimated. Tho department, iu the exercise of iu discretion, will curtail % requisitions for ordinary stain pod en velopes when tho quantities ordorcdl may seem excessive. Special request, envelopes being sold and paid for im advance, will, however, continue to bo furnished in Such quantities as may bo ordered, and postmasters will not diseourago the silo of such en velopes pending tno ehanga-of prices.. Kikola editor made the follow ing 3tatbmpnfc m his paper last week: “1 imes boin& s vuj,her -hard, we aro going to tuko our'v\ r tfe tp. the homo of our mother-in-law next week fora short visit, and wo will give our readers a little vacation by not issuing any paper. They won’t lose nuioli, for tlioro is littlo news going just now, and we print this week ail editorial on the tariff which would have appeared next week. Tho only thing we have had to leave out on this aeoount is Bill Jones’ ml. about a farm for sale, bub this is of no consequonco, as he hasn’t paid us anything for it yet. Brothren, whilo paper is too blutnod dear to fool it away when our mother-in-law will keep us a week for nothing. A Woman'll! Courage. With what i> store of scagying lore Oiipti Wallace has on’ivened the lohg bveningS'on deck, or when our entire party sal tea drinking in hiB red >volvoted. snuggery. Stories of adventure, of strange travels in all the foreign lauds, and last night he told us something about u s'ster-in* law of his that thrilled us as nothing else has dono. Tho young English girl married a sea captain, und went iu hissailing vessel with her husband, visiting, many collntries with him. On-her first, trip, when she was yet ft young, biuda,. there wasa mutiny, and iiorhusntnd was wounded or knocked senseless im his cabin. • The sailors were about to spring down tho. companion way, into the oilbin', when the young woman barred the way, pistol in hand, promised to shoot- tho first man Who moved toward her. She hold them thus at bay till wrath ‘burned out, and tho mutiny was at an end. On tho next voyage tlioy wore ship, wrecked, and this bravo heartod girl, with her young baby, was lashed m tho rigging, and remained thero for several days before they, were rosr cued. They, had nothiiig to oat; uu«D the mother’s mutual food for her • child was exhausted! By - sumo means a can of meat wus fished up , from tho ship, and the child fed on., this until it was gone, und the little - ono about to starve, But the moth- or put her teeth into her hand, be tween tho thumb and forefinger, and Lit a gash into her own flesh,., from which the blood flowed. The- child sucked til’s, and that night the almost dying crew and tho bravo- sailor wife were rescued.—New Or,* ha is Picayune. A Mysterious Hoy. Athens, (Ja. Aug. 4.—[Special.]) On Thusday evening Mr. Horry Whitworth, who lives between . Ath ens and Danielsvi!lc, above five miles fro-i’i the-latter place, heard u child* crying at a creek near his house* andi on going thore found a little white- boy about four years old, clad im while pants uud waist, with a turn ilnwmoollur. The little fellow could give no account of himself, further i him his brother, was -named Johnnie. From tho rumbling remarks of the- little fellow, it seoms that he and his; fumily woro travelling, and crossed a, great doul of. high water, and that Ins taller was drowned. The child is a stranger in that settlement, and no. ono knows to whom lie belongs. IIo; limit be from a distance, ur all thc ; children in that neighborhood aro known. The little fellow said ho had eaten breakfast.. It is ccrl niys eiious. Kafo Field says that women hear w-ith 'heir eyes. Wi* reckon that Kate ; s right. When a number of women are conversing at Lhc sumo time it is all that liny one of them cun do with her ears to talk.--Lowell Citizen.,

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The Dublin post. (Dublin, Ga.) 1878-1894, August 11, 1886, Image 1