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w". 8. johnsubl,
Attorney At Law ?
CA LIIOI -V, GE 0 R GIA .
fgy* Office in Southeast corner of the
fymrt House.
Aug 11 1 ts
/. C. FAIN. JOS. M CONNELL.
fain and McConnell,
Attorneys at Law 9
CA L lIOUXy GEOR GIA.
ftei- Office in the Court House.
Aug 11 1 tf_
u 7 M. TARVER,
Attorney at Xjaw,
CAIJIOUN , GEORGIA.
j{iay Office in the Court House.
Aug 11 1 ts
wV J
Attorney -A.t Law.
Caliioun, Georgia.
WILL Practice in the Cherokee Circuit,
in U. S. District Court, Northern Dis
trict of Georgia, (at Atlanta); and in the Su
preme Court of the State of Georgia.
~~ E. JT. Iv IKER,
Attornoyat Law,
CALHOUN ; GEORGIA.
[ Office at (he Old Stand of Cantrell A' Hiker. J
WILL practice in all the Courts of the
Ts Cherokee Circuit: Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United States District Court
at Atlanta, Ga. auglO’TOly
RUFE WALDO THORNTON,
DENTIST,
Calhoun, ... G»o.tniA.
THANKFUL for # ormcr patronage, solicits
a continuance of the same.
Office over Boat, Barrett & Co’s. sepls
DR. D.C. HUNT, -
Physician and Druggist,
CALIIOUN. ; aA.
ATTENTION EVERYBODY!
o
FOSTER / HARLAN,
Would remind the people of Cherokee
Georgia of the fact that they are still at their
old stand on the corner of Court House and
NVall streets, ready to supply every body’s
wants in the way of
staheanc fancy
a; n.Y GOODS!
OSjOTSIMe,
HOOTS, SILOES, HATS, &c.
t us Low I rices for Cush as any other
man can possibly afford to do.
hey also keep a select stock of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
plantation supplies,
hardware, CUTLERY &c.,
\i-:n ftrp SIJI a t the lowest market prices.
armnt market prices for all kinds of
•ountry produea.
i ts
< . o<J , ce . s > Teas, Syrup, Rice, Cheese,
abiinfi. aU * ce > and Factory Yarns in
ibuudance at DbJOURNETT & SON’S,
_ Cornor Store, Rome, Ga.
,J * luting neatly executed here.
ROME ADVEETISEMEyTS.
“Home Again.”
J. C. RAWLINS, Prop’r.
CHOICE - HOTEL
BROAD BT., ROME, GA.
Passengers taken to and from the Depot Free
of Charge. ocl6’7otf
TENNESSEE HOUSE,
ROME, GEORGIA,
J. A. STANSBURY, Proprietor.
rpHB above Hole' is located within Twenty
I Stej sos the Railroad Platform. Baggage
handled freeot Charge. o 16 iOtf
ALBERT G. PITnER. HENRY 11. SMITH.
PITNER & SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail
Grocers & Commission Merchants
AM) DEALERS IN
PURE KENTUCKY WHISKIES, Ac.
No. 25, Corner Broad A Howard sfs.,
ROME, - - GEORGIA.
octO,l 870-1 y
COLCLOUGH,
HARKINS &
GLOVER,
Home, G-a.,
C| ALL the attention of dealers to the fact
/ that they have just received the largest
stock of
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, &c.,
ever offered in the Cherokee country, and
can furnish them at exactly New York prices.
Call and be convinced. sept22’7o-ly
Bones, Brown & Cos., I J. &S. Bones & Cos.,
Augusta, Ga. llome, Ga.
Established 1825. | Established 1869.
J. &S. BONES & CO.
ROME, GA.
IMPORTERS
AND
Wholesale Dealers
HARDWARE,
CUU£ fty, GUNS, &c,
\\ ILL offer for sale, the coming season :
350 Tons Swedes Iron,
75 Tons “Jenks” Plow Steel,
A LARGE LOT OF
Imported Cutlery and Files,
Together with a full assortment of GEN
ERAL HARDWARE.
WE are Agents for It. IIOE & CO’S. Pat
ent Inserted Tooth Circular Saws; Machine
Belting. Orange Rifle Powder, and Rome
Iron Manufacturing Co’s. Merchant Bar Iron
and Nails.
All of above to compete with any House
South. novl7’7o-4ui
W. T. ARCHER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealeriu
IWIIITOIII
Mattresses, Looking-Glasses,&e.
All of which lam offering at extremely low
p -ices.
82 Whitehall «t., : ATLANTA, GA.
novl7’7o-3m
J. H. GA V AM,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars,
No. 11 Granite Mock,
Broad Street, - ATLANTA, GA.
AGENT FOR THE SALE OF THE
Celebrated Cincinnati LAGER BEERand ALE
scpt29 For the State of Georgia. 3m
g 7 H. & A. W . FORCE,
SIGN OF THE
BIG IRON BOOT,
Whitehall Street, : : : Atlanta, Ga.
BOOTS, Shoes and Tilinks, a complete Stock
and new Goods arriv-m,; duilv! Gents’
Loots and Shoes, of the best makes. Ladies’
Shoes ot a l l kinds. Bovs, Misses aud Children’s
Shoes of every grade and make.
jar w e are prepared to offer inducements to
Wholesale Trade. Bep!2 ',70-ly
BETTERTON, FORD&Co,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BRANDIES, WHISKIES,
Wines, Tobaccos, Cigars, &c.,
No. 209. market ST., No. 209.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
octl 3,1870-1 y
(.ESTABLISHED IN 1855.)
J.O.MATHEWSON,
PRODUCE
COMMISSION MERCHANT
AUG USTA , GEORGIA.
sept 22 1870 ly
Established ii* 1850.
T. R. RIPLEY,
Removed to Peachtree Street,
A TLANTA , GEOBGIA.
Wholesale Dealer in
CROCKERY & GLASSWARES,
'IIJHLL duplicate any Bills bought in any
Ts Market, to the amount of One Hun
dred Dollars, and upwards, adding Freight.
P. S. All Goods guaranteed as represented
from thi» House.
CALHOUN, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1870.
Calhoun Advertisements.
A. W. BALLEW. JOHN W. MARSHALL.
BALLEW & MARSHALL,
DEALERS IN
FAMILY GROCERIES,
LIQUORS, tfcc.
Have just received and constantly receiv
ing, a fresh supply of
BACON, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL,
SUGAR, COFFEE, RICE,
CIGARS, TOBACCO,
CONFECTIONERIES,
Canned Fruits, Nuts, Oysters,
SARDINES, CHEESE, &c.
And, in fact, a full and complete assortmen
of Staple and Fancy Groceries.
We also keep one of the best Stocks of
WINES & LIQUORS,
in this part of the country.
If you want good, fresh Groceries, or Fine
Old Whiskies, Brandies, or Wines, give us a
call.
SALT.
WE are selling Liverpool Salt at $2,50 per
sack of 210 pounds, 150 pounds $2, 100 lbs.
$1,50, and will always keep a good supply
on hand. novlo’7otf
A. W. BALLEW,
DEALER IN
DRY-GOODS,
NOTIONS,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries,
Hardware, Queensware, &c.,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
FACTORY YARNS, SHIRTINGS,
AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Railroad Street, - - CALIIOUN , GA.
Nov. 10, 1870-ts
R. B. HACKNEY,
(At the Old Stand of M. H. Jackson,)
00URT110 USE ST., CALIIO UN, GA.
KEEPS constantly on hand a good supply
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Tobacco, Cigars, Wines, Liquors, <£o.
All who wish to get bargains will do well
to call on him.
barTroomi
MY Bar, in the rear, is always supplied
with the very best and purest of
BRANDIES,
WHISKIES,
WINES,
HUM,
GIN, Ac.
Give me a call.
novlo’7otf R. B. HACKNEY.
New 3lanagement!
CALHOUNHOTEL.
E. It. SASSEEN,
[Formerly of Atlanta, Ga.~\
RESPECT FL T LLY r announces to the travel
ling public, that he has refurnished and
refitted the above hotel, and is now ready to
accommodate all who may stop with him.
Rates moderate; and table furnished with
the best the market affords.
Calhoun, Ga., August 19th, 1870—ts
J. D. TINSLEY.
WATCII-JIAKEJt
AND
JEWELER,
CALIIOUN, : : : : GEORGIA.
0
4 LL styles of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
neatly repaired and warranted.
augl9’7otf
O^LXjiECOXTig-
SALE AND
LIVERY STABLE!
U
CA. H. ROAZ,
T r EBPS FINE STOCK, and Vehicles to
IV correspond, and in at all tiinea pre
pared to furnish any kind of
Convoyanco,
AT VERY LOW RATES FOR CASH.
Stock bought and sold on reasonable
terms. aull,tf
J. H. ARTHUR,
DEALER IN
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Cutlery, Notions &c.
Also keeps constantly on hand a choice
stock of
FAMILY GROCEPdES,
In all of which purchasers are offered in
ducements to buy.
Aug 11 1 6m
WHEAT GONE UP!
LOOK OUT!
T PROPOSE to give $1.25 per bushel for
1 W’hite W heat, and sl.lO for Red Wheat,
when taken in payment of any accounts due
on my books.
Let those who owe me now, bring on their
Wheat and get good prices far it.
M. 11. JACKSON.
Calhoun, Ga., October 6,1870 —ts
Railroad Boarding House,
By MRS. SKELLEY,
CALHOUN, - - GEORGIA.
Within tan of th* Depoy. o<*loitf
MISCELLANY.
■ i »■ it m
Just a Dream.
PART I.
The midsummer sun shone down upon
the charming little village of Mayfield,
and this was the pretty domestic picture
that its rays lit up:
A cottage with slanting roof, and
broad latticed windows, and whitewash
ed walla gleaming through tangled mas
ses of woodbine and scented tea rose.—
A narrow gravelled path leading up
straight from the little green gate, with
nodding grass and blooming flowers nest
ling close together on either side; and
a few big trees as a background to the
whole. The tiny domain enclosed by a
low stone wall, and over the wall—un
der the shadow' of a low laburnum,
whose fallen petals formed a carpet of
golden tissue for her feet—the leaning
figure of a young girl.
A girl with great laughing eyes and
dimpled cheeks, w ith Hebe’s face and
Aphrodite’s form. Her straw hat hung
on a neighboring branch, and her rich
nut brown hair, tossed back carelessly
with an impetuous movement, displayed
a candid, intelligent brow, and a pair of
sweet child-like lips slightly apart, as
with upturned face she intently watch
ed the fleecy cloudlets chasing one
another through heaven’s blue vault,
and listened to the singing of birds bard
by. She was revelling in her new-found
liberty, this maiden who had reached
her seventee th year on this glorious
day of summer. Released from the
trammels of the schoolroom, she felt as
though she had thrown off the iron
chains of slavery, and was free—free as
the balmy air and the floating butter
flies. She was motherless, and the only
child of a book-worm—a dabbler in an
cient lore, whose fid us Achates w T ere
Plato and Plutarch, and whose familiar
subjects were all the “ ologies.” Plung
ed in grief at the death of a wife whom
he adored, he took to study as a mode
of oblivion, and, immersed in musty
folios, he sometimes forgot he had a
daughter, and yet she was unutterably
dear to his heart.
She w'as a w'ild little creature, this
Ethel West, or Ethie, as she w r as usually
called; she was full of the exurberant
spirits of childhood, and her greatest
enjoyment seemed to be derived from
running through the verdant woods and
fields, and tanning her lovely face a rich
brown shade to match her lustrous
tresses.
Listen to her soliloquy as she leans
upon the w r all:
“ What can papa mean by saying
that 1 am just commencing my battle
with life ? Battle, indeed, when all is
so bright and so peaceful! I could stay
here forever, with the breere fanning
my cheeks so sweetly. I like to see the
blue smoke curling through the trees
and going upwards, upwards, until it
loses itself in that strange shaped cloud;
I love to see the butterflies skimming
over the flower beds, and the bees, and
everything else that seems so gay. —
\\ by do people say, Life is a mistake,”
and shake their wise heads, and look
sad and ominous ? Life is delicious on
such a day as this, and I feel as happy
as a bird.
And she broke off two big clusters of
yellow blossoms from her canopy, and
placed one in her host m and one in her
hair, w 7 ith all the coquetry of a girl in
her teens, and then, glancing down the
road to see if any one w r as coming who
might notice her attempt at finery, she
descried a figure in the distance.
Mayfield was quite a rural locality;
and the appearance of its inhabitants,
few in number, was very familiar to one
another. Ethie shaded her azure eyes
with a tiny hand, while she tried to dis
cover which of the Mayfield magnates
was in view. It was not the village
iEsculapius, she knew for he was low
of stature and inclined to obesity;
neither was it the new curate, who was
fragile in form, and, in spite of his
evangelical notions, sported an eye-glass;
nor was it the Squire of Glenford Manor,
for he was a Methuselah in years and
as red as a rose. Ethie was nou-plussed.
But mean while the figure had nearly
reached the end of the garden wail, and
under the shade she was able to recon
noitre his personal appearance.
Avery tall man, and athletic enough;
dark eyes, large and deeply set beneath
straight, well defined brows; a nose and
chin after the antique, and a thick
moustache over the full lips; and about
the whole countenance a good deal of
weakness and decision; but as Ethie
was no disciple of Lavater, she only
saw the handsomest man that her eyes
had ever fallen upon. Upon arriving
at the gate, he stood undecided as to
the locality of the bell. Ethie advanc
ed with a vivid blush on her checks.
“ Who is it you desire to sec?” she
asked him shyly.
The visitor, starting at the appari
tion before him, kept silence for a min
ute or so. He was a painter, with a
painter’s eye for the beautiful; and in
one quick glance he took in all her at
tractions, and longed to perpetuate them
on his canvass. He already saw the
picture in his mind —the low white cot
tage. the flowers, the grass, the drooping
branches, and in the foreground the
girl’s sweet speaking face, and graceful
form.
“ Mr. West lives here, I believe, and
I have a letter of introduction afid some
books for him,” he told her ia a singu
larly musical voice.
Ethie invited him in, and flew to ac
quaint her father of his arrival; then
she rushed breathlessly up to her own
room, and smoothed a wealth of curls
that a lephyr’s breath had. ruffled, and
donned a fresh white dress. Then she
slowly descended the stairs, and entered
the drawing-room with all the diguity
of a demoiselle who had undergone
several campaigns in town.
“ Ethie my dear, Mr. Seymour has
been asking my permission to sketch
you; he tells me that your s is just the
face he has been seeking for the princi
pal figure he is painting for the exhibi
tion this year; and I have promised
him you shall sit, if it is of service to.
him.”
‘‘And you will do so, Miss West?”
Seymour demanded eagerly. “It will
be an inestimable boon to me; for your
hair is just the shade I require, and the
features correspond exactly with it
which is a rare thing in nature,” he
added in an aside to her father, while a
mute eloquence in his expression made
Ethie blush crimson.
These were the first flattering words
that she had listened to, and they sound
ed pleasantly to her ears. She felt his
eyes upon her, but she could not cavil
at a look which, though steady, was
neither bold nor disrespectful. She
said nothing, but smiled an acquiescence
to his request. And then Mr. West,
eager to pore over his ncwly-acquired
treasures, retired to his study and the
artist and his model were left alone.
A feeling of nervousness stole over
Ethie as her father left the room. But
Seymour was a man of the world, aud
came to the rescue at once.
“ May I see your garden, Miss West ?”
“Certainly;” and she scolded herself
immediately for her stupid little answer,
but had no courage to add to it.
They descended the steps that led to
a large, well-kept parterre and shrub
bery behind the house, walking side by
side, but saying nothing. At length
she ventured a remark ;
“Are you staying in the village for
any time ?”
“ Only for a week or two, to gather
materials for pictures. Your country is
celebrated for its beauty, you know.”
“ i es;” and then not knowing what
to talk about, she said, “ I like the front
of the cottage better than this; do you ?”
“ Yes;” and Seymour put on a senti
mental tone as he went on, “ for it was
there I first saw you. I shall never
forget it.”
Ethie tried to look up gratefully for
his words, but instead of it her eyes
sought the ground steadily, with intense
gratification filling her soul.
u Who were you waiting for at the
garden-wall ?” he questioned, presently,
witli all the authority of an incipient
lover; and she never resented the free
dom, but answered with truth and frank
ness written on her brow.
“ For no one. It is my birth-day,
and I wished to pass it iu my favorite
place. lam never lonely there, with
the flowers and the sunbeams making it
so bright.”
“ But you were waiting for someone,”
he persisted with a serious look.
Ethie contradicted the fact with a
shake of her little head and a puzzled
expression on her features.
“ Yes > the Fates had ordained it! j
You were watching and waiting for me.”
The girl did not even smile—she only
mused over his assertion, and thought
it would be very pleasant to watch and
wait for him always.
PART 11.
A couple of weeks had glided by
since Ethic had first looked on Ernest
Seymour. The sun shone bright as
ever, and the birds sang-quite as blithly,
but she was changed. She had turned
from a wild, happy, laughter-loving
child, into a serious, thinking, loving
woman. Even a casual observer, with
ordinary powers of perception, could
scarcely have failed to note the depth of
shadow that lay in the ere- while beam
ing eyes. The rosy lips parted less fre
quent in a smile, and there, was some
thing suggestive of her feelings in the
very action which pushed the hair off
her hot forehead, as she leaut her cheek
pensively on her hand.
She was watching and waiting for
Seymour now; day by day at the same
hour she leant on the old stone wall,
and day by day her watching had been
rewarded by a presence which had be
come dearer to her than life. She never
failed to keep the trust—ostensibly to
sketch her face, in reality to steal away
her heart.
The easel was placed under the labur
num. the drooping foliage of which con
cealed it from the view of the passers-by.
Id that little green nook the happiest
hours had passed that Ethie had ever
known. Sweeter phrases had fallen
from Seymour’s lips than strokes from
his skilful brush. At the onset the ex
treme beauty of his sitter had absorbed
him in his art in spite of himself, and
Ophelia, Kvengeliue, Louise de la Yal
liere, Diane of Poictiers, and many an
other beside, owned Ethic’s face for
theirs.
“ I cannot be like that,” she would
say to him, stealing on tiptoe and peep
ing in delighted admiration and aston
ishment at the glowing image of loveli
ness depicted on the canvas.
“lies only a thousand times more
beautiful,” he would murmur iu impas
sioned accents; and then he would take
her gently by the arm, and place her
full face, profile, gazing upwards like a
devotee, or bending lowly as a Magda
lene. She was a mine of wealth for
years to come, he said; and theu he
would stoop and look into her eves to
see the rush of happiness that swelled
up into them at his words. “There’s
nothing half so sweet in life as love's
young dream.” Mr. \\ est, wrapped up
n his books never dreamed of breaking
be spell that was cast over his mother
e?s child, and so the tw >. undisturbed,
j drifted unconsciously into an intimacy,
and became “Ernest” and “Ethie” to
J each other. After an hour’s sketching
j he would rest, although it was a labor
of love after all. and not very arduous in
its nature; but he preferred to sit idle
there, with his fingers toying with her
hair as she kuclt on the grass beside him.
He spoke and she listened, aud more
than this Ethie never wanted. There
would come long pauses, more expressive
than speech, during which it pleased
him towatch the changing color of her
soft cheek, and to try to catch the shy,
furtive glance that she dared not in
dulge in too long.
“Tell me about she said one
day.
Seymour smiled gravely.
“About London, child ? Be content
with your Arcadia here, and do not
strive to look beyond. It will be a cru
el baud that draws the veil aside which
hides the world from you. The world
is a dreadful place, Ethie !” and he
shook his head, and then laughed out
right when he saw her look of amaze
ment and horror.
“The world couldn’t be dreadful with
you there,” she replied, innocently show
ing how he had become the Alpha and
Omega of everything. And yet ho sat
on, letting her dream and showing no
mercy.
“Tell me all about your life ”
Seymour stared; his life, full of folly
and dissipation, on which he could not
look back himself unabashed ! To re
veal to this fresh young girl the un
worthy pleasures his soul had been steep
ed in, the senseless pursuits iu which so
many an hour had been passed—the
very notion was a desecration !—so he
averted the querry.
“London is exactly like Mayfield, ex
cept that there are more people and few
er trees, and far less happiness.”
“I should like to judge for myself,”
said Ethie; “but papa would bo misera
ble away from his beloved books; and I
have not the heart to ask him to go. I
wish I had a brother, Ernest;” aud she
looked very pretty aud pathetic as she
wished.
Should Ido ? But no, I should not
at all care to have you as a sister ;” aud
he regarded her fixedly as he emphasiz
ed the last word.
Ethie felt the hot blood mount to her
blue-veined temples, but she managed to
stammer out:
“Why not?”
‘ Because— ’ and then he paused,
rose abruptly, and clasped her her hand,
said, “I must go,” and nothing more.
Ihe girl watched his receding form
with straining eyes and beating heart,
until the turn iu the road hid him quite
f. om view; and then with elasticity ol
youth and hope, she bounded gaily into
the house, humming a favorite air ol
Seymour’s, and saying to herself. -To
morrow he will be here again, 1 wish to
morrow was come!”
PART 111.
Seymour’s stay for a fortnight had
now lengthened into several weeks.—
\N hen the village clock struck eleven
A. M., Ethie knew he would come; and
one morning, haring placed the easel
and arranged the brushes for him, as
was her daily work, she found that it
yet three-quarters of an hour to
the appointed time, but she did not
mind waiting, for she had plenty to
think about. There were no thoughts
now to spare to the blueness of the skies,
the humming of'the bees, or the curling
of the smoke.JUjW inter and summer
were all alike, so long as the bills of the
“present” remained. Ernest was the
sole axis on which her mind revolved.
She pictured to herself the unutterable
happiness of being his wii'e ; but would
such happiness be hers ? She would
never know joy again if aught parted
them from one another now, and just
w r hcn she had come to this mournful
conclusion she saw him approaching.—
She knew that he could not see her
where she stood, so she could gaze with
her whole soul in her eyes on that most
beloved face; then, fearful with true
love’s timidity that he should find her
watching him, she went into the house.
Five minutes later, she walked slowly
forward to meet him with a new-born
dignity and reserve that Nature gave
her as a disguise for the feelings with
in. With all the unconsciousness that
she could act. she held out her hand by
way of greeting. lie took it and quick
ly released it.
“Ethie, sit for me just* once again,”
pleaded softly.
“Yes but I thought you wished to do
the house ? I am sure there can he no
new position left for me to sit in.”
“Never mind do what 1 ask,” he urg
ed.
“To-morrow, then ?”
“Ethie, there will be no to-morrow
for Die here; I leave this afternoon,” he
blurted out boldly and suddenly, but
with a stab to his heart as he marked
the blanching cheek ; 1 at, in spite of
his remorse, he experienced an anxiety
to see the effect of his words. And
what did he see—tears, emotion ?
No, she only stooped quietly, and
gathered a flower, and murmured :
“Do you ?” iin her ordinary tone. “I
am quite ready to sit for you,” she add
ed a minute or two afterwards; “ and
you mast leave one of j< ur best sketch
es for papa.”
She stood calm and motionless as a
statue before him, although her heart
was nigh to breaking; and none hut a
clever artist would have detected the
terrible anguish that dilated the azure
pupils, or noticed that the lines of the
sweet mobile features were rigid and
set with misery.
Seymour could not bear it long,
*T bare Subbed.; let a* take & Ua
Number 30.
walk around the garden/'
She obeyed in silence, mechanically
putting up the drawing material; but
her hands visibly trembled, uotwith
standing her efforts to steady them;
and there was a piteous quiver on her
little mouth.
She suddenly looked up and their eyes
met; and in a second she was in his
■ arms * while ho pressed a long kiss upon
her cold brow. Only the word “Good
bye ’ fell irorn his lips.
“ Good-bye,’Tand Ethic swallowed
her sobs and with a mute despair saw
him pass out of the gate. Once he look
ed back and caught the girl's sorrow
struck gaze; but sho quickly turned
away until he was out of sight. Then
down upon the grass, amid the golden
blossoms, she lay for hours in tearless
grief realizing that “life was a mistake ”
after all.
Day after day Ethic stood by that gar
den wall, watching and wating for ti
d ngs; but thev came not. Her face
grew pallid, and her form shadowy, and
she looked as though a puff of wind
would blow her into her place
the angels.
Only a paper,” was the usual answer
to her usual querry for letters; and “on
-1) a paper brought her death-warrant
at last’
“ At * Ct - Mary’s on the 4th October
to Alice, only daughter
of John Wyntor, Esq., of Orton Hall,
Lincolnshire.”
An hour after they found Ethic in a
dead faint on the ground, with a paper
in her grasp.
hen the first snowdrops reared their
white heads, poor little Ethie wag at
rest beneath them.
Just a dream but her life had ended
with itl
A Remarkable Operation for
Cancer.
The Toronto (Canada) Leader of a
late date says,
“A painful operation was performed
at the general hospital in this city yes
terday, by Drs. Aikins, Beaumont and
Richardson, upon a man named McCul
loch, a resident of llalton, near George
town, who was afflicted by cancer in the
mouth. It seems about four months ago
Mr. McCulloch first observed symptoms
of disease iu the gums, and, supposing
that the cause originated in the teeth
he had some of them extracted. This,
however, did not remove the disease
which gradually developed itself into a
cancer of a violent type. Feeling his
condition alarming, he decided upon
coming to the hospital, and entered that
institution under the enre of Dr. Aikins,
who, upon making an examination of
his patient, and having a consultation of
surgeons, determined upon the necessity
of an operation, iu order, if possible, to
mstc tbo luuu’g Ufa by nutting out the
diseased parts.
“Before beginning, however, he inti
mated that it was more thun probabb
that the disease had reached the brain,
and this was subsequently found to be
the ease. The patient was placed un
derchloroform before the operation, and,
as it was a very difficult one, a large
number of students and medical gentle
men were in attendance. The disease
was situated in the left upper jaw, and
had reached to the back of the eye,
which was protruding outward.
An incision was made in the centre
of the upper lip, as high as the nostril ;
thence along the opening of the nostril
and upwards along the furrow, where
the nose joins the cheek ; thence along
the lower part of the lower eyelid to the
cheek bone, and thence half way to the
ear; from which point the skin was
carefully dissected down to the corner
ox the mouth. Jhe other soft parts were
then divided, and by the use of the saw
the bone was cut through to the roof of
the mouth where the bone joins that on
the opposite side. Ihe bone between
the nose and mouth was separated in tho
same manner, and the whole bone, em
bracing the upper jaw, including the
teeth and floor of the eyeball, was then
entirely removed.
“It was now discovered, as expected,
that the base of the skull was extensive
ly involved in disease. Caustic was then
applied to the deep parts not removable
*y the operation, and the. skiu. stitched
neatly back in its proper place. The
patient lost, of course, a large quantity
of blood, but there is every probability
of his ultimate recovery. The disease
may appear hereafter, as it is at pres
ent striking toward the brain. A simi
lar operation was performed about nine
weeks ago at the hospital by Dr. Aikins
upon a man named \ anloovin, a resi
dent of the county of Grey, and he left
the hospital three weeks afterward quite
recovered. lie returned in sceei. weeks
in perfect health, but fearing a re-ap
pearance of the disease; it w:*s found to
be simply an abscess which had formed
on the parts operated on. and whieh dis
apperred in a few days.”
Our lady readers may have some ca
riosity to learn the style in whieh royal
marriages are announced. Here is the
manner in which that of Victoria’s
daughter to the Marquis of Lome is pro
mulgated in the (Jazettf, w here every
thing is official : the Court of Bal
moral, the -4th day of October, 1870,
present the Queen’s most excellent Maj
esty in council, her Majesty iu council
was this day pleased to declare her con
sent to a contract of matrimony between
her lioyal Highness the Princess Louise
Caroline Alberta and John George Ed
ward H nry Douglas Sutherland Camp
bell (commonly called the Marquis of
Lome), which consent her Majesty has
also caused to be signified under the
grea; seal”