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by and. b. freeman.
MY S WEETffEART.
Do you know my sweetheart, sir ?
She has fled and gone away.
I.ve lost my love ; pray tell to me
Have you seen her pass to-day ?
Dewy bluebells are her eyes :
Gold en corn her waving h iir ,
Her cheeks are of the s . eeiblush-ro.ses;
Have you seen this maiden fair ?
White lilies are her neck, sir;
And her breath the eglantine ;
Her rosy lips the red carnations ;
Such is she, this maiden mine ;
The light wind is her laughter ;
The murmuring brooks her song;
Her tears, so full of tender pity.
In the clouds are borne along,
The sunbeams are her smiles;
The leaves her footsteps light;
To kiss each coy flowsr into life
Is my true love’s delight. *
I will tell you who she is,
And how all things become her.
Bend down, that I may whisper,
My sweetheart’s name is—“ Summer.”
Chamber's Journal.
ONLY A POOR WORKINGMAN.
“ I’m only a poor workingman, Jen
nie, only a poor workingman/’ was John
Grey’s disconsolate remark, as he don
ned overcoat and hat, then stopped to
kiss the pale-faced child that lay on its
low couch.
John Grey had spoken the truth.—
“ Only a poor workingman ” he was;
but a man with aspirations for some
thing beyond the usual routine of his
daily life. Fitting for a phjsician
when his father died, and, instead of
the goodly heritage the family had ex
pected, creditors came lorward, unjust
men settled the estate, and in three
months from the time John Grey was
wiitten f&theiless he was toiling for
daily bread for himself and two othei s ;
toiling as many others have—going
forth in the morning with tin pail in
hand, not to return till late at night.
He had known Jennie Grey liom
earlv ch'ldhood. It was the rare boy
and girl fondness that had ripened in
to truest, purest love. A weary wait
ing of li/e years. Jobo’s sister was
married; but there seemed no hope of
anything belter coming to John, for,
with his tasles and aspirations, he could
not hope to rise in the mechanical
world ; and then, choosing the woi king
day wot Id with one she loved, against
pleasure trips, silks and velvefs with
one she didn’t, at the altar John Grey
and Jennie Ware were pronounced man
and wile.
Patiently he toiled, and cheerfully
she wrought. In time, four bright
children came to their home. Healthy
bodies, as well as sound intellects, were
vouchsafed all but one.
Bertha, the second, the brightest of
all, whose large dark eyes were ever
studying something afar off, was now
drooping.
“ A warm climate,” the fat man said,
who had grown so rich on death-bed
scenes that he had forgotten, if he ever
knew, what a light purse and a heavy
heart meant. “ A warm climate, and
all delicacies to tempt her appotite.”—
How? An invalid mother, a hards
working wife, three rosy children, and
one sick one. All these to care for on
the slender wages of a workingman.—
Bitter mockery seemed such talk to
John and Jennie, and this was the feel
ing that prompted his opening remark.
“Better a workingman than a dis
honest gentleman of leisure;” and
Jennie called up a smile of wifely en -
couragement, for, with all their hard
ships and disappointments, love had not
beon crushed out of the hearts of these
two
“It isn’t for me, Jennie. I have
gotten bravely over my hopes and as<-
pirations j” but a tear oame to the
strong man’s eyes even as he spoke
“ I’ve gotten bravely over it all for my
self. It isn’t tor you, Jennie, though
birth, education and worth have fitted
you to rank with any lady in the land.
You might have married where all com
forts would have been yours.”
“ Not all, John, dear. I might have
married land, wealth and idleness; in
stead, I chose a heart. Was it tbolish ?
I thought it outweighed them all.”
“ A poor workingman may be rich in
a wife, Jennie,” and John Grey brush
ed the tear from his eye, “ but I would
like to see yon better clad. I would
like to surround you with luxuiiesjbut
it isn’t all you, dear. I would like to
educate our children as they ought to
be educated. Nature has been mos.
bemficent to them, but their t father
can tdo much. There is Harry, eager
and interested in insect life ; with pro
per opportunities he might become a
great naturalist. Will, poor boy, ha 6
a J I ni y old love for anatomy and so
Porhaps, with no drag on him, he can
work his way up alone, though the
struggle will be hard ; nut Hairv hasn’t
self-reliance or perseverance sufficient.
He needs help. Then, little Annie, she
might be a finely educated, accomplish
ed lady, if her lather could only do his
uty by her. Lut it isn’t that alone,
Jennie, it is for this, our first-born
daughter It seems as though it would
kill me, Jennie. A little paltry gold
he ‘- bl '. iD 8 back health'and
strength—aye, life itself"
“ Jobn ;”. hia "“W, “ wait a min-
Hf s T. G l? d n h ° hU ba " d child’s
,i v be haS beld °“ r destiny ”
mnt li-?!! d i7 hat a desti “y.” he inter
rupted with bitterness.
r UI !ee what a destiny, John.
J 0 VnojT ?,?" a snrely, but
Psnnittsd W 1" be Welt wi 'h him. He
wnrl U d° t ITe U P y° ur chosen
work, and Why? Because ho h.d
y H| | 111 I
Culljoun -aJfjffiflha- £imcs.
chosen something different for you, and
what the Master chooses is sanctified,
John. He permitted you to over
and care for your sister Ellen. You
saved her from a sad pitfall. He has
allowed you to be a slay and comfort to
your bereaved mother. He has given
you a true-hearted, loving wife, not
rich in worldly goods, to be sure, but
then you kuow that poor folks value
love. Mrs. Barlow was in here yester
day. She told me of her boy. Her
wealth has not saved her from the con-,
taminatian that associating with Jack
Potter and his set almost brought upon
our Harry. What saved our Hairy ?
Your judicious counsels and fatherly
love. And yet you say that you can’t
do anything for your children. Mrs.
Barlow wept when she saw Annie —just
the age her little Winnie would have
been had she lived. But her mother’s
wealth enabled her to leave her child
to the care of hirelings, and she now
feels that Winnie might have been
given the child. Her son no comfort
and her daughter dead.”
Sadly John Grey pointed to Bertha.
“ No, John, Bertha is yet alive, and
please God she shall live in spite of the
doctor. Good nursing is worth more
than anything else, aud that she h s.
The Great Physijian can heal now as
well as in the days when they whisper
ed the tidings that “ Jesus of Nazareth
passeth by.”
“Jennie, I am rich, though only a
p>or workingman,” And John Grey
took up the little tin pail, and with a
kiss for the pale-faced child and one for
the brave-hearted Christian wife, start
ed forth to his daily toil. A few steps
from his door he encountered Frank
Barlow. The man’s heart warmed to
wards him, and with a sympathetic feel
ing, he stopped impulsively and laid his
hand on the boy’s shoulder.
“Frank, laddie, I’m only a poor
wurkingman, but you are just the age
of my boy, and L’tn sorry for you.—
Where have you been ? Not fresh from
home in this pligh.?’’and he looked at the
lad’s untidy appearace. “ Was the
whole night not too long to spend at
Robinson’s low drinking hole with such
fellows as Jack Potter, when the dear
mother, who would have yielded her
life for you, was alone at home watch
ing and waiting for the only son, who
should be her comfort instead of her
disgrace, her blessing instead of her
baue ?
“ I know, Frank, that soma would
tell me I was meddling with what was
none of my busitv ss, but you are too
much of a gentleman for that. I want
to help the needy. I cin’t do it with
money, for that I don’t possess; but
take a little counsel irom me, if l am
onlv a poor working man. You have
the fu'ure before you; don’t sta : u it
all with sin.”
“ Mr. Grey,” and the boy caught hi
hand, “ you’re the best friend Ive got,
excepting my mother, if you are a
working man. Look ofi'.er me a little,
won’t you, as if I was Harry, for I’ve
no father ?”
The promise was given in the tight
ening hand-grasp as they parked.
A few blocks further on and John
Grey heard a qnick scream of fear.—
He sprang to the middle of the stieet
aud drew back the frightened child
The lady with her, somewhat deaf, re
sisted a moment ere she saw the dan
ger. Ah, that moment! The spirited
horses struck him down, and the car
riage rolled over the prostrate man.
Home—home they bore John Grey.
A few hours of agony and his eyes
closed forever to earth. Poor Jennie!
With grand flourish he was borne to
the church in an elegant rosewood cof
fin, presented up the man whose caie 1 -
less driver was responsible for John
Grey’s death. John would rather it
had beeo a plain pine box, for the bal
ance of the mouey would have made
Jennie and the chillren comfortable
for a while —his bod/ my r would have
felt the difference. The clergvmau eu
logized the workingman’s heroism anti
self-forgetfulness, likening him to the
Master, and drawing therefrom texts
and illustrations for futuie use; while
many a person, unused to stopping at
the plain dwelling, now turned in at
the door for a woid of sympathy, and
then passed on.
All was forgotten in a week —no, not
quite all. Mrs. Harlow pressed a well
filled purse in the broken heai ted wid
ow’s hand, saying. “ For his sake Like
it for Bertna 1 believe he has saved
my boy from ruin.” Frank Barlow,
Loo, came in, and kneeling by the cold
clay, prayed ihat the woiking-man’s
God might be bis God, keeping him
from sin and evil.
Time passed on. somewhat callousing,
io kindness, the bleeding wounds in
Jennie Grey’s heart, and making of her
a working woman.
Harry’s love for natural history must
be crushed. A situalion, sorely needed,
was found for him in a eounting-rooo
and there he toiled on tbiough life.—
But it was the place God chose for him ;
and once, twice, thrice as the years
wore on, he stayed the hands of young
er men, who but lor him would have
burrowed, tor a little money boriowed.
or a forged check, in hiding-places of
sin.
Bertha lived, and talent rare, the
growth of those long yeais of sickness,
came at her cull, lne muse insued
her, and language and deset tption flow
ed from her pen as by inspiiafcion.—
Many a weary one had cause to bless
her for comforting worJs waitien.
Strangest of all, Bertha s genius was of
that rare order which could command
its price.
Will’s perseveranco and love for the
CALHOUN, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3.1877.
profession finally enabled him to over
come all obstacles, and by slow
and oh, su ;h toilsome climbing,
at last reach eminence in the chosen
walk.
Little Annie became the wife of
Frank Barlow. Not a poor working
man, but one who chose the sacred pro.
fession, and proclaimed its truths in
the byways and hedges to the spiritual
ly lame, halt, the blind. “Reverence
and worship for your father’s memory,
Annie is what first led me to love you,”
he said.
All this was the works of time. The
woi Id took no note or account of the
long, weary days and sleepless nights
before it was accomplished ; of the days
when rent must he paid, when meal
gave out, and hunger was a daily por
tion No; the world took no note oi
it, and we woa’t. It was only a work
ingman’s family, aud when worse came
to worst and they couldn’t take care of
themselves, there was the county-house.
They didn’t go there, though. God
took care of them, and gave them
brave hearts and toiling hand,and after
awhile the world began to smile upon
them.
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Pitman’s Pet Lamb.
Judge Pitman a short time ago
bought a pet lamb for his little children
to play with. It was a pretty good siz
ed lamb, and strong and vigorous, but
the judge said he pt efered that kind,be
cause the children would be less likely
to hurt it. On the day that it came
home they turned it out into the front
yard, where it strayed about, nibbling
the grass, while the judge tied up his
geraniums. Mrs. Pitman had her chil
dred in the house, and she was readin g
to them from'a book‘a de>cription of the
characteristics of lambs the account
said: “The lamb is one of the
most playful and innocent of animals.—
So kind aud meek is it that its name
has for centuries been the synonym of
gentleness and sweetness of disposition.
It never injures any one, and when it
is attacked it always suffers humbly
and in silence. There is something so
beautiful about the gentle little animal
that—”
Just at this point Mrs Pitman was
interrupted by the voice of the judge
coming hom the front yard. It
sounded as if he was in dis ’-css of some
kind. The whole family flew out upon
the porch, and there they saw that pet
iamb who was the synonym oi gentle
ness, eng. ged in huttiug the jud .e. It
would bu.i him in the rear and knock
him over, aud then it would butt him
on the ribs, and plung its bead into his
stomach, and jam its skull against his
chest. When be rose it butted his
shins, and when he stooped over to rub
them it bulled bis bead. Then it butt„
ed him generally whenever a chance
presented itsell.and when it had dou
ble! the judge all ud under the Norway
maple it batted down three rose bushes,
butted a plaster garden vase to irag„
ments, butted two pailings off the fence
and danced off down the street, butting
at the tree boxes, and hitching posts
and the north wind.
Mr Potter finally knocked it in the
head with a club and brought it home
to the judge and subsequently, when
they had the hind leg for dinner the
judge observed to Mrs. Pitman that
from the manner in which that lamb
eat he should believe is was born dur
ing the year 131 L and that it was, in,
fact a teirifle old ram. Then he said,he
should go down and see the man who
sold it for a lamb and bang him with a
club.
A Vagrant Philosopher.
In the hip pocket of an old vagrant
pulled in by the police the other night
was a memorandum book full of bis own
writing with pencil and some of his
philosophy is good enough to be pie
served. His first paragraph reads:
“Drinking bad whisky because it is
offered free is like getting in the way of
bullets purchased by an enemy.”
A second i cods :
“Honesty is the best policy, but some
folks are satisfied with second best. It
is ha'd to be honest on an emDty,atom*
ach.” ' T
A third run.* :
“A dry rfiank under a rain-root shed
is better than a featherbed in jail, and
one isn’t annoyed by the jailor bringing
in a square breakfast.”
A lout th says:
“Pay as you go. If you haven’t any,*
thing to pay with, dou’t go. If you are
forced to go, reco-d every indebtedness
and let your heiis settle the bill.”
The filth explains:
“We should have charity for all.—
When the winter winds blow cold and
drear, we vrgs should pity the poor fel*
lows in India who are having red-hot
weather.”
A sixth is recorded :
“Poli eness, costs nothing, but it is
not expected that you will wake a man
up at midnight to ask permission to go
through his heo-house. It is more cour
feous to let him enjoy his needed re
pose.”
The seventh and last was noted down
as follows :
“When you pick up an apple-core do
not find fault because it is not the apple
itself, but be satisfied wLh the grade of
dement. Do not be ashamed of your
occupation. We caunot all be lords,
nor eaa we all be vag^an.s. As I can
not be a lrnd I saan’t lament at being
a vagrant. Be truthful aud outspoken.
That is, tell ’em you a e a Chicago Ij. e
snffeier. Keep seasonable boars, or
some other vag will get your plank fiist.
Be hopef.:’, cheerful, and good uatured.
Giowling won’t cure a sore heel.—De
troit Free Press.
A VIRGINIA.RECLUSE.
Tne Silly Joke That Made Iliui a
JUermit.
Nearly a cenlury ago there lived in
the town of Charlottesville a young man
who played a prominent part in society
circles. an accomplished dan
cer, dressed in fashionable style, and
was the central figure at balls aad par*
ties. Upon one of these festive occa
sion a wag, who was present, attached
a bundle of rags to the coat-tail of the
youth, and with this absurd append,
age to his otherwise faultless apparel he
went through the mazes of the dance
with the beautiful belles of the day.—
W 7 h ahe discovered the tiick played
upon him the young man was so deeply
root ified that he ever afterwards es
chewed society, and lived the life of a
hermit. Abandoned the gay world, he
betook himself to a small building which
. jod on the site of the present resi
dence of fir. James Dolin, and com
menced the sale of whisky. The door of
his den was fa tened with a log chain,
and was never opened wider than w::
necessary to admit the quart bottle of a
thirsty customer. At first he bought
liquor by the jug and retail it by the piut
but as business grew brisk he purchas
ed a barrel, and finally when the price
of whisky got down to twenty cenH
per t lion, hew as enabled by his rapid
accumulations to till his cellar. He
ed thus for many years, never leaving
the premises in daylight except at the
May term of County Court, when he
would emerge from his deri clothed in a
drab swallow.tail coat reaching nearly
to the ground, and a pair of leather
breeches, walk to the Court-house, pro
cure his license, and return to his hole.
After night he would visit a pump near
the Court-house, and some people said
that on dark nights he would extend his
walk into the country.
About forty years ago, one rainy
morning, when a customer knocked at
the door of this singular individual,
then an old man.there was no response.
The door was foiced open, and the sol
itary occupant found to be dead A
committee of citizens was appointed to
examine the premises. The cellar was
found well stored with liquor mellowed
by age, and beneath the grouud, buried
in earthern clocks, $6,000 in specie
were biought to the surface. Probably
with a prophetic vision of broken Char
lottesville banks, he was a hard-money
man in the strictest sense of the word.
A log of wood upon which the head of
the miser rested and a blanket, covering
his stiffened limbs, constituted the fur<*
niture of the miser’s nome. His only
ledger w a slate, upon which was
found a statement of the amount of cash
on hand.which tallied with the contents
of the earthen jais. The name of this
old man was John Yeargon There are
many of our citizens who remember him
well, and whose mouths wafer when
they think of the superior liquid re
freshments purchased for $1 per gallon
through the crack of the misers door.—
There were no Moffett bells to ring in
Johnny Yeargon’s day.— CharloLiaoilit
(Fa.) Ciiron'.cle.
The battleofields around Richmond
are quiet meadows now, reclaimed by
nature, with few signs of the days
of “blood and iron.” At Cold Hardor,
Fair Oaks, Seven Pines and Malvern
Hill one sees little to remind him of the
terrible scenes enacted there twelve or
fifteen years ago. In the woods and
on hillsides and river bluffs in the
Peninsula, where no attempt has been
made to cultivate the land, sloping
earth-wciks are still to be seen, but
elsewhere the intrenchmeuls have been
leveled. Below Petersburg there are
few tiaces even of such formidable for
tifications as Steadman Hell and I) m
nation. The Crater and the fields
around it are owned by Mr. Griffiths,
who was born close by, and was in
Petersburg when the mine was fired.
He has built a house near the Crater,
and has his fathei’s farm unde*’ ex
cellent cultivation. The Crater itself
has beeu left almost untouched, and a
thick unde.biush of peach-tree and
sprouts has sprung up from the pits
thrown away by the soldiers during
the siege. The ravine where the
dead lay ia great heaps on that
rible morning has been brought under
the plow year after year, until now only
a slight depression in the field can be
pointed out. The visitor has to pay
twenty-five cents for a glimpse of the
Crater end the interior of a shed stock
ed with battle-relics.
A boy of five was “playing railroad”
ith his sister of two and a half years,
Draw : ng her upon a foot stool,he imag
ined himself both the engineer and con'
ductor. After imitating the puffing
noise of the steam, he stopped.and call
ed out “New York,” and in a moment
after “Patterson,” and then “Philadel
phia.” His knowledge of towns W3S
now exhausted,and at the next place he
cried “He .ven.”liis little sister said ea
ger lv ; “Top ! Ides I’ll Jit out here.”
The monster 100-ton cannon have
recently su improved that the Italian
Government in ends to tty some new
ones, which it has been ordering from
the Buglish manufacturers, with a
change of 470 pounds of powder and a
projectile weighing 2,280 pounds, or
little less than a ton. The mttallur
■ ists are busy making a composite p ate,
io which steel aod iron are combined,
for the purpose of resisting, when used
as targets, the projectiles for cannon.
TWO GIRLS IN A POND.
Will Never Go Swimming in Bo;
Style Again.
There is in Clarksville, writes the
correspondent of a Tennessee paper, a
pond of water, an innocent looking
pond, but a deceitful pond. It is not
a pond given to unexpected hqles;
the manner of its wickedness is of a dif
ferent character, as will be found. In
Clarksville two young ladies were pass*
ing the summer, and on Sunday,as they
wandered near the pond, they deter*
mined on a quiet swim. Disrobing
they entered the water and had their
swim.
As soon as they emerged from the
water, the elder one, whom I will call
Susan for the occasion,saw quite a Dum
ber of black spots on the neck and an
kles of her companion.
“Lordy ! What’s that?” she exclaim
ed.
This remark was followed by a
scream which rang the woods for miles
around.
“O, Jiordy ! I've got ’em, too !” was
the next remark from Susan, followed
by another scream in a fortissimo tone of
voice.
“Pull ’em off,” they ejaculated in the
same breath.
More screams, A succession of
screams, while with the thumb and fin
ger they grabbed the living things and
tried to pull them from the flesh.
The slimy substance slipped from be*,
tween theii fingers like jelly fish. In
their fright they started for the house.
Through the woods they went*, while
they kept ub their screams at the top
of iheir lungs. Nearing the house,
every soul on the place,men and women
came rushing out, of course, to ascer
tain the cause of their alarm. Bless you
what a figure they cut! Yes two fig
ures.
The men folks retreated in good order,
while the girls rushed into the house to
learn from the well informed old won an
that they were covered with leetlei
An application of salt water r iieved
them of their enemies. Their clothes
were leturned to them, and tl ey then
and there made a solemn vow that they
would never go swimming in boy style
again.
A Lesson iu Business,
Merchants sometimes pay a high rate
of interest, three per cent,a month,even,
in order to get out of a “tight place.’*
A young merchant of New York, who
found himself in need of SIOO,OOO, for
which he was willing to pay a high
;ate of interest called on Mr James G.
King, a banker, for the loan. He re
ceived aid, but he was also taught a les
son. Said Mr. King:
“Lookye, L., you have paid as high
as three fer cent, a month for the use of
money!”
‘Yes,’’replied the applicant, a little
warmly, “and I am ready to do it again.
My business will warrant it.”
Mr. King shook his head. No busit
ness in the world, he declared, c<'uld
warrant such a thing. But the young
er was headstrong and positive. He
knew that his business would warrant
the interert mentioned for the accom
modation required.
“Well, now look here, L., I happen
to have a hundred thousand in the bank
which I can spare; but I don’t want to
lake it out for a short time. If you will
ake three years at three per cent, a
month, it is yours. Make your note for
the hundred thousand, payable in three
years after date, at that rate of interest,
and I will discount her for you at once,
saying nothing about security.”
The young merchant was delighted.
As soon as he could beiieve that King
was ii earnest, he took a blank form
and made the note.
“Now let us reckon- the discount,”
said the cider merchant.
He figured a few momects, and then
looking up with a smile, he said :
“L., you owe me SB,OOO !”
The young man thought at first his
friend was joking ; but when he came
to look at the figures, he found it too
true.
SIOO,OOO, at 3 per cent, a month
would be 36 per cent, a year (36,000,)
and for three years SIOB,OOO !
“Well, L„ wbat do you think of a
business conducted upon such a basis ?
Now look ye ”
Mr. King then told the young man
just what he would do,on the condition,
however,that he would turn over anew
leaf in his business L. saw the brink
upon which he had stood, and, with his
friend s generous assistance, he backed
away from it. — Youth’s Companion.
Q
A lady sent a note to the newspaper
to get a recipe to cure the whooping
cough in a pair of twins, By mistake a
recipe for pickling onions was inserted
and her name attached. She received
this answer through the “Answers to
Cot.espondents ; “Mrs. L. H. B. — If
not too young skin them pretty closely,
immerse in scalding water,sprinkle with
salt and immerse them for a week in
strong biine.”
Said a distinguised politician to hi
son : “Look at me ! I began as Alder'
man and here I am at the top of tHe ;
and what is my reward?—why when I
die mv son will be the gieldest rascal in
the United States.” To this the young
hopeful replied : “Yes , dad, when you
die. ”
What makes a pair of boots ? Two
boots, - *
GRAHAM & BARNETT.
STEAM SAW MILL
Three Miles from Calhoun ou the
Sugar Valley Road.
Lumber.
A good supply of Lumber ou hand, and
any bill cut to order on short notice.
Shingles.
We are prepared to fill all orders for
Shingles, and guarantee satisfaction to
purchasers.
Lathes.
Lathes supplied in any quantity on short
notice.
Our prices are in accordance with the
hard times. iVe solicit the patronage 0/
those wishing anyhing in our line. Our
facilities for supplying the public are not
excelled by any similar enterprise in this
section.
WHITE OAK LOGS WANTED.
We want good White Oak Logs, and will
pay the cash for them.
GRAHAM & BARNETT.
jun 2 3m.
Interesting to Farmers
McArthur * s**ith.
do wora cueaper tiiau it can be done any
where else in Calhoun fo cash or pro luce
You will do well to call and get their prices
and test the quality of their work. You will
get satisfaction.
Mr. Smith is an excellent workman, a
polished steel smith.
All work done at prices conforming with
the present scarcity of money and ttie pres
sure of hard times. Call and have your
horse shod, and see how reasonable will be
the bill. Also bring in your wagons and
buggies for repair marol-9mr
LOGS WANTED!
We will pay CASH for Logs,
Good POPLAR, 12, 13 and 14 feet
long.
WHITE-OAK, 14 and 16 feet long.
A few 12 feet long.
PINE, 16, 20, 22, 24 and up. A
few 12 feet long.
WALNUT, of good quaHty.
A good suppiy of
LUMB E|R
constantly on hand. Also Lathes and Shin
gles. which the cash can get cheap.
We are prepared to furnish
DRESSED LU3IBER
in large or small quantities, and can
give satisfaction.
ocla6m L. HILLS & CO.
-X*. M. EXjIjIS’
LIVERY & SALE STABLE.
Good Saddle aud Buggy Horses
and New Vehicles.
Horses and mules for sale.
Stock fed and cared for.
Charges will be reasonable.
Will p iy the cash for corn in the ear and
odder in the bundle. feb-3-tf.
H. A. DORSEY’S SALOON,
Railroad Street Always on hand choice
Liquors, etc., and the wants of customers
willl at all times be attended to with prompt
ness and politenesss. 3-lyebf
Grin. Repairing.
John H. Beard
Would respectfully inform the people of
this section of Georgia that on short no
tice he is preoared to repair Cotton Gins in
a perfectly satisfactory manner, having had
much experience in tnis line of work. All
owning gins that need repair would do well
to at once secure his services.
House Carpentering,
Is also ready to engage his services in all
manner of work under the above head, and
also in the line of
Bricklaying.
promising entire satisfaction in every case.
sep29-3m.
J H. ARTHUR,
Dealer in General Merchandise
CALHOUN, GA;
Always endeavors to give satisfaction to
artamos. o HB
VOL. VIII.---NOII.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
GILMt>RE & COj,
Attorneys at Law,
Successors to Chipman, Hosmer & Cos.,
629 F. ST., WASHINGTON ). C-
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Southern Claims Commission, an a class
es of war claims before the Exe< .ve De
partments.
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Officers, soldiers, ar l sailors i.e late -
war or their heirs, ar;. in many v en
titled to money from the Governi. .. of
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Contest ed land cases, private land c s,
ining pre-emption and-homestead. s,
rosecuted before the General Land c e
nd Department of the Interior
Old Bounty Land Warrants.
The last report of the Commissioner of
the General hand Office shows 2,807,500
of Bounty Land Warrants outstanding.—
These were issued under act of 1855 and
prior acts. We pay cash for them. Send
by registered letter. Where assignments,
are imperfect we give instructions to per
fect* them*
Each department of our business is con
ducted in a separate’b ireau, under the
charge of expertmeed lawyers and clerks.
By reason of error oi fraud many attor
neys are suspended from practice before
the Pension and other offices each yea?.—
Claimants whose attorneys, have been thus
suspended will be gratuitously furnished
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us.
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neys in all branches of business.
Address GILMORE & CO. }
P. 0. Box 44, Washington, D. C.
Washington, Di C., November 24, 1876.*;
I take pleasure in expressing my entir*
confidence in the responsibility anil fidelity
of the Law, } atent and Collection House of
Gilmore & Go., of this city.
GEORGE 11. B. WHITE,
( Cashier of the A alior.al Metropolitan Hank 1
deo9-tf. 1
a greenhouse Tat
YOUR DOOR.
For SI.OO we will send free by mail,
any o eof the following Ms:
Bdistinct varieties Monthly Roses, Winter
flowering
8 “ Chin. Chrysanthemums, “
8 “ Begonias, “
8 “ Carnatiou Pinks, a
8 “ Zonal Geraniums,
8 “ Double “
8 " Ivy leaved “ *• . *
8 “ Heliotropes, “
6 “ Abutilons, “
2 “ Double Camehas, “
4 44 Azaleas,
4 “ I obster Cactus, “
6 Bouvardias •
“ Stevias and Eupatorium^'
8 “ Fuchsias, •
4 44 Double Violets, **
2 “ Poinsetta, scarlet* white*
4 “ Plumbago, “
8 44 Ferns, for Wardian Cases,
4 Palms, “
9 41 Mosses, *•
6 “ Mirantas “
8 44 Hyacinth bulbs “
40 assorted Tulips Bulbs.
20 assorted Crocus, Bulbs.
2 assorted Jacobean Lily Bulbs.
12 assorted Oxalis,
4 Lily of the Valley.
8 New Pearl Tuberose.
OR BY EXPRESS
3 of any of the above $1 collections for
5 “ a
7 “ <
9
12 “ n g
14 “ 7*.
Or the whole collection of 338 Bulbs
Plants sent by Express oi receipt Of
$15.00. to which either of our books. “Gar_
dening for Profit, Practical Floricultuie, o_
“Gardening for Pleasure” (value $1.5
each), will be added. Descriptive Catalogu
free.
PETER HENDERSON & C 0„
Seedsmen and Florists,
35 Cortlandt £s., New York.
junl3-ly.
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