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THE WALTON CMKET.
$125, A YEAR.
The Walton Casket.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY
JOHN P. EDWARDS,
EDITOR PROPRIETOR,
atsJ.2s, per annum.
STRJCTLX' IN ADVANCE.
Professional Cards.
J. N. Glenn, S. C. Dunlap,
Lawrenceville, Ga. Monroe, Ga.
GLENN &. D.UNLAP V
ATTORNEYS AT LAW ,
Mofaroe, .Georgia.
Prompt attention will Jbe given to
any business entrusted to then - care.
D. H. Waller, . .. +* H. D. McDaniel.
walkj&i & McDaniel,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW ,
Monroe, Georgia.
Will practice in the counties of Wal
ton, Clark, Jackson, Gwinnett, Hall, of
the Western Circuit; Green, Morgan
and Putnam of the Ocmnlgee Circuit*
Oglethorpe, of the Northern Circuit;
Newton of the Flint Circuit, Also
practice in the United States District
Court and the Supreme Court of Geor
gia*# Atlanta, Ga. 1-ts.
Dr. W. S. R. HAIiDMAN,
Monroe Georgia.
Offers liis Professional services to
the pttidic generally 1 ts
N L. GALLAWAY, .T A. ROBERTS.
GALLAWAY & ROBERTS,
Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Ow?, Djre-
Stnffs,Perfmierv\etc. strict
ly pure. Broad street, Monroe, Ga.
D. Callaway, tenders his Profession
al services to the citizens of Wallon and
Surrounding country. 1-ts.
Dr. MILTON H. THOMAS,
UEJYTMST,
Monroe, . . Georgia.
Office at residence, first door above Stephen
Fclker’s on Broad street, offers his Professional
services to the citizens of Walton and surround
ing counties. He is prepared far preserving the
natural teeth, or inserting artificial substitutes in
a duiable manner and with the latest improve
ment of the art. I'd-
Business Cards,
MISS nETTIE TUCK, MIIS. SARAH CAMI*.
Mesdames TUCK & GAMP,
Have a superb stock of Huts, Bonnets Ribbons,
Flowers,Feathers,Fancy Goods etc. Broad street
Monroe, Georgia.
G. O. LUNCEFORD, W. W. WHITE.
LUNCEFORD & WHITE,
dealers in Dry Goods etc. Quick sales and low
prices, Monroe, Georgia.
CALVIN G. NOWELL,
dealer in Staple ami Fancy goods, Groceries,
Provisions etc. Will barter for any kind of
country produce, at bis old stand, Monroe, Ga.
JOHN FELIvER,
has just opened a fine stock of Staple Dry Goods
Groceries, Hats, Shoes and Provisions, Monroe,
Georgia.
RAILROAD schedule.
Georgia Railroad.
UP DAY PASSENGER.
Leave Augusta, 8. o'clock, a.m.
Arrive So, Circle, 3.37, “ , p.m.
Arrive Atlanta, 6.23, “ pm
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DOWN DAT PASSENGER.
Leave Atlanta, 7.10, “ a.m.
Arrive So. Circle, 10,29, “ a.m.
Arrive Augusta, 5*30, ‘ p.m.
UP NIGHT TASSENGER.
Leave Augusta, 7.00 ‘ p-m.
Arrive So. Circle 2.34 4 a.m.
Arrive Atlanta 5.35 ‘ Aim.
DOW NIGHT PASSENGER.
Leave Atlanta 6.15 ‘ p.m.
Arrive So. Circle 7.54 4 p,m v
Arrive Augusta 2.45 4 am.
S. K. Johnston, Supt.
MONROE, GA,, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1871.
>
Keep the Gate Shut,
An English farmer was one day at
work in his fields, when he saw a pacty
of huntsmen ricing about his farm. —
He had one field that he was specially
anxious that they should not ride over
as the crop was in a condition to be
badly injured by the tramp of the hor
ses. So he despatched one of his work'
men to this field, telling him to shut the
gate, and then keep watch over it, and
on no account suffer it to be opened.—
The boy went as he was bidden; but
was scarcely at his post, before the
huntsmen came up, peremptorily order
ing the gate to be opened. This the
boy declined to do, staling the orders
he had received, and his determination
not to disobey them. Threats and
bribes were offered, alike in vain, one
after another came forward'as spokes
man, but all with the same result, the
boy remained immovable in his deter
mination not to open the gate, yifter a
while, one of noble presence advanced,
v ‘
and said in commanding tones: ‘My
boy, you do not know me. I am the
Duke of Wellington, one not accustom
ed to be disobeyed; and I eomniand
you to open that gate that I and tny
friands may pass through.’ The boy
lifted his cap and stood uncoveied be
fore the man whom all England delight
ed to honor, then answered firmly: ‘I
am Sure the Duke of Wellington would
not wish me £o disobey orders. I must
keep this gate shut, nor suffer any one
to pass but with my master’s express
permission.’
Greatly pleated, rffce sturdy old war*
v?*m*-Ht+rA-i+rbs <r.\n hat, auu said: *1
honor the man or' boy, who can be nei
ther bribed nor frightened into doing
wrong; With an army of such soldiers
I could conquer the wbVld.’ ibid hand
ing the boy a glittering sovereign, the
old Duke put spurs to his horse and
galloped Away, while thfe boy ran oft' to
his work,shouting at the top of liis voice:
‘Hurrah, hurrah! I’ve done what Na
poleon couldn’t do—l’ve kept out the
Duke of Wellington.’
Every boy is a gate keeper and his
Master’s command is ‘Be thou faithful
unto death.’ Are you tempted to drink,
to smoke or chew tobacco? Keep the
gait of your mouth fast closed, and al
low no evil comparfy to enter. When
evil companions would eouneei you to
break the Sabbath, to lie, to deal false
ly, to disobey your parents, keep tlib
gate ot your ears fast shut against such
enticements; and when the bold blas
phemer would instil doubts of the great
truths of revelation, then keep the door
of your heart locked and barred against
his infamous suggestions, remembering
that it is only the fool who ‘hath said
in his heart there is no God. 5
Immortality. —How beautiful die fol
lowing gem from the" pen of George D.
Prentice, and how happy the heart
that ean see tlttse beauties as he por
trays them :
‘‘Why is it that the rairtbow and the
cloud come o’er us with a beauty that
is not of earth, and then* pass away,
and leave us to muse on their jaded
loveliness ? Why is it that stars which
hold their nightly festival around the
midnight throne are placed above reach
ol our limited faculties forever mocking
us with their unapproachable glory ?
And why is it that bright forms of hi>
man beauty are presented to our view,
aud then taken from us, leaving the
thousand streams of affection to How
back in Alpine torrents upon our hearts?
We are born to a higher destiny thsfn
that of earth. There is a realm where
the rainbow never fades—where the
stars will be set oqt before us like islands
that slumber on the ocean, and where
the beautiful being that passes before
us like a meteor will stay in our bres
ence.
BIT AMD BY.
i
By and by! We say it softly,
Thinking of a tender hope,
Stirring always in our bosoms,
Where so many longings grope.
By and by! Oh,love shall greet us
In a time that is to come,
And the fears tbafuow defeat us,
Then shall all be stricken dumb!
By and by! Then
Clouding o’er our sky to-day,
Shall be gone in glad to-morrows—
SbalL be banished quite away!
By and by! We say it gently,
Looking on Our silent dead,
Avd we do not think of earth-life,
But of Heaven’s sweet life instead.
By and by! We look in yearning
Toward tlife harbor of tbe'hlest,
And we see the beacons burning
In the ports of perfect rest.
4-
By and by! Our ships shtjf anchor,
-If the tide and wind run la::;,
Some day in the port of Heaven,
Where our lost and loved ones arc.
By and by! Oh say it softly,
Thinking not of earth and care,
But the by and by of Heaven,
Waiting lor us over there!*
flEi?“The election in Haralson
county has gone Democratic by 47
majority
UriT'The Democracy of Texas car
ried the State by 40,010 majority.
25#'"A Jackson county man has
invented anew churn. It feeds itself
and is non-explosived.
Chinaman’s account of the
Chicago calamity is “Meli
&nn % k&ftsiucrt jAnp air&
milk cow*; cow kick oVer lamp; up go
Chicago.”— Washington Star.
2#~A colored \voman tu Morgan
county recently, astonished herself and
her employer by picking four hundred
and thity pounds of cotton in one day
Selma Times says that
tiiere is but little doubt that the larger
portion of the cotton ciop of that sec*-
tion has been packed and ginned, ar.d
that most of it is on the market.
An old bachelor having been laughed
at by a bevy qf pretty girls, told .them
that they were small potatoes. “We
may be small potatoes.” replied one of
the maidens, ‘‘but we are street ones.”
*
‘ A little gitl, just returned from a par
.ty was asked by her mamma.how she
had enjoyed herself. ""Oh, mtemmatj”
she said, “I’m so full ol happiness.: I
eoiildoltf.be no happier, without I was
biggest v :
“Husband, I nust have so’ite change
to-day.” Well, stay at home and lake
cure of the children ; that will be change
enough.”
Never chase a lie. Let it done, and
it will-nut itself to death. lean w.ork
out a good character much faster than
any one can lie me out of it.
Known unto God are all future events
and contingencies. I have thrown my
self blindfold, and, I trust, without re
serve, into His“tdinighty hands.
The likeness of JSilas Wright arill be
the vignette of the new SSO Treasury
bonds, “Edwin' M. Stanton of the SIOO
bonds, Thomas H. Benton of the SSOO
bonds, ex-President Harrison of the
SI,OOO Burlingame oftho.
$5,000 bonds, Und John A. Andrew of
the SIO,OOO bonds.
SE# I*'**Jupiter,” 1 *'**Jupiter,” a celebrated leader
of the Democratic negroes out in Texas,
is full of metaphor. He said tho other
day, in a speech at Waxabatchie, “that
if he had his way he would give the
Rads the stripes in the old flag tid they
saw tho stars, and then knock them
out of doors with tho pole.” Go io
Jupiter, and win.
Letters ot Recommendation.
A gentleman advertised for a boy to
assist him in his office, and nearly fifty
applicants presented themselves to him.
Out of the whole number, he in a short
time, selected one and dismissed the
rest.
‘I should like to know,’ said a friend,
on what ground you selected that boy,
who had not a single recommendation.’
‘You are mistaken,’ said the gentle
man; ‘he had a great many. He wiped
his feet when he came in, and closed the
door after him, showing that he was,
careful. lie gave up his seal instantly
to that lame old man, showing that he
wastkiud and thoughtful. He took off
his cap when he came in, and answered
my questions promptly and respectfully
showing that he was polite and gentle
manly. He picked up the book which
I had purposely laid upon the fFoor and
replaced it on the table, while all the
rest stepped over it or shoved it aside
and be waited quietly lor nis tern in
stead of pushing and crowding, show*
ing that he was ltonest and orderly.—
When I talked to him I noticed that
his hair’was in nice order and teeth as
vvnite as milk; and when he wrote his
name I noticed that his finger nails
were clean, instead of being tipped
with jet, like that handsome little ‘fel
low’s in the blue jacket. Don’t you
call those things*leiters of recommenda
tion! I do, and would give more for
what I can tell about a boy by using
nty eyes tcu minutes than all ihe fine
letters he can bring me.
Aist lik DressJi-NUfeon’s toilette are
pronounced by Boston critics to be re
markably beautiful. Her ** Lucia”
dress is the most delicate peach-blos
som-coloted siik. In the shade it was
a decided pink, and in the fall blaze
of the footlights it paled to almost white.
The front breadth was literally covered
with flounces of point lace, aud a deep
flounce went around the train. The
corsage was heart-shaped and filled to
the throat with a white tulle tucker.
Her ornaments* were diamonds, and
they sparkled from the dainty ears and
flashod from the throat. But tho love
liest toilette she has worn was the oue
in which she appeared in the last act ot
‘ Martha/* A petticoat of sky*blue
silk was trimmed with silver fringe and
rows of silver braid, between which
were brilliant buttons. The train of
black velvet was the side by
silver and cord tight fit- i
ting velvet body-was fastened with dia
mond buttons and the wrists were
ished with deep cuffs of point lace. A
coquettish gray hat with a loDg blue
plume was set'jauntily on the frizzled
mass of goldeu hair It was the very
perfection of a toilette. — Age.
2^"Josh Billings says: “Most men
will concede that it looks foolish to
see a boy draggin’ a heavy sled up hill
for the fleetin’ plcasuae cf ridiu’ down
again. But it appears to me that the
boy is a sage by the side of a young
man woh works hard all the week, and
driuks up hia wages on Saturday
night. v
Beer fills many a bottle, aud the
botle many a bier.
A Doctor’s motto is supposed to be
“patients aud lbng-sufferiug.”
Dogs arc said to be the best dentists
because they insert uatural teeth.
2afPL4 Chicago paper suys, a good
deal of our religion is simple starch.
That’s the reason it washes out of
some folks so easily.
Truth is immortal: tho sword cannot
pierce it fire cannot consume it, prisons
cannot ‘incarcerate it fumino cannot
saarves it.
VOL. I JSQ. 4,
. .AJwpj Davie i .
In a recent small* <
sissippi man who made b6»e«
trading a business. He bought up her*
~ses for a cit^.market, and was consid f
ered pretty good on a trade.
£>ne day, a long, lean, queer,
looking, spepfcfien of the Western coun
try arrived at the dock with a boat
Toad of hcYses. He inquire .tfST"
horse jockey.
‘Daddy sen.t me down with soajßlbi
ses,’ he safain a half idiot tou,
r tf Wbo is he?’ ®
‘What do you want for
‘Daddy said you could set your own
pri«,’ wad^tk^response. *
‘Let me go down and loolT[a^Voy x**
horses,’ and
they at the boat. :
Brown examined the horses
named price he would give for this.ofU*
that, and the' country bumpbNt
made no objection, although some or
the offiys, were not more than one-half
the worth of the animal,« One of tL<?
bystanders said Brown had it his tfwu
wljiy. 0F
At last they come to another animal,
which did not look so much superior lo*
to the rest.
‘I must have more for this animal.’ -
said the fellow. ‘Daddy says he can
run some.*
‘Run!’ said Brown, ‘the nag can’t run
worth a cent.’
‘Daddy so, and daddy knoWs.’
‘Why, I've got one up to tfre static
thatj wqjild btf-.t him all hollow.’ }
'4iueas not,* said the fellow. ‘Lot*
try'em. I’ll bet the’ whole boat
of horses on ’em. Brown smiled. ».
‘l’ll stake five thousand dollars a
gainstyour boat load,* said Brown,-
winking to the crowd; ‘and these men,’’
selecting two—-‘shall hold the stakes.’
Brown’s five thousand was intrusted
to one and the other went on board the
horse boat.
One of tho crowd started to remon
strate with the idiotic follow but he on
ly responded:
‘Golly! dad told me he could run
some, and daddy ought to lose, if be
was such a tarual fool us-to- tell me that
when be couldn’t.* * ’ ‘
Brown’s sleek racer was brought
down and Brown mounted him. The
countryman led out his animal and
clambered on his back, looking as un
couth and awaward as the horse he
proposed to ride.
The word was given and they started
amidst the laughter of the crowd.
At first Brown was at the head, and
it looked as if the poor fellow was to be*
badly beaten, wheD suddenly his horse
plunged forward and the jockey was
left far behind Such going had not
been seen in those parts for a long time
aud poor Brown was crest-fallen as, the*
cheers of the bystanders fell on his ears
‘l’ll take the ‘spondulix;’ said the
countryman, riding up. ‘Dad was right.
The anermal ean get around a little.
Brown tried to say, it was alia joke,
but the fellow would have his money.
‘I guess I won’t trade to-day/ be
said,as he put up his Told leather pocket
book, ‘£ll gb back to daddy.*
—r*H« *; " # , .Aw .
bad sing—To sibg another
m&u’a name to a note.
SSST’Why are birds melancholy in
the morning? Because their little, bills
are all over dew. i
A man must have a very bad opinion
of himself, not be willing to appea
what be ffcrlly is.
gcgPTt is rrported Jefferson Davis
intends so make Baltimore his permanent
borne.
lalP’Corn, of this years’crop, is sell**
tDg at 50 eents pe? bushel.