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[For the Quitman Ukfortf.u]
DKSIMIR.
liY r. i). i).
How siul is t’.i hi art when its h : v
all th cl.
Aud the bright j.is of childhood are
dyino or and id:
When the low l ones have flitted from
life’s dreary shore.
And the pleasures wo ouce knew are
pleasures no more.
When the one whom we 1 ve \ is cs
trano. and or grown cold.
And the vows of atl'eetion to others are
told;
When the liewl; -ldown rose of a stranger
we store.
And till* thomes the deli ■’ te 1. and. li t :
no more.
When tl fi i ods ‘ whom v.*,' tin .!■ and, :r ■
friends hut in
And nT r l-*et hath exposed us to sorrow
and shalie-:
When the fill •• • 1
,
And the ted: i,rs nacp e... r. id, are
cherished no m re.
When a
and
And nothin/ is 1. ft us D h .pe hut th<-
tomh:
Wlicii the chill ldi;'ht of miln ss w fi t 1
<>Yr.
And the 1 1 Si ill! ■ • U 1 ar M ■
in/s no rure.
v family v
__ [f:.r t o I?
A Visi 1 1 oi' Lib'.
i:v T. i). V.
Should \v< carefully von;'.]-'; Ihc
itn'l oi' :i si’ lo .1 V i-oii’e
not fail -am; l!1 !,f! U'"‘ Jj' -S
and hours, it foreshadows the history
f hm.ir-n V.'-.: rDe in Hip m-i'n
iag, onr h< u-ts beating with ffee,
.our Lames i;:i eit tv':+-Ii li/nth.
Ms via . > ] t to l'-grat, I / foul
]„mr i crush O, u.) love I onm to la
in.-at, our hirsts look 1" '..ri'l to a
future nuclouih and by rare. l\\ e see ,
no clouds; we hear not the ; mrmur-;
ing of storms; iii.-tl with o/r e. .'
Mai beloved c< impanio]; .ao •lupany
iug, wo cor.name : onr j. ...j /■ Step
by step the scene berm v -ri love
ly, Jiour ~by hour our hoi ■ become
brighter. .V a w of or i
have fallen by the v.-.ad'.' ■, but in
our anxiety to push fora; .v. ■ he--it
them not and to. y s-iof pa from
our recollection. Thu of the
morning are In hig (nt-.h-d by tin
fervor of t'.’.o no >ml iv vi; still w.
press on, though tli fre'f is that sto id
by ns are fast disappr a ag. Some
remain, lmt their look:-/ are. cold and
estranged; many have'') ■ame we ary
and laid down to tlieijf rest; but now
hopes beckon ns on The scenes
through which we pass are more glo
rious and brilliant, Imf the beauty and
freshuc-a of the moiling have faded
from our sight and forever. Still
onr steps fail not, neither do our spir
its droop. Onward and onward we
go, but as we advance, happiness and
fame -the a euro of our ambition- :p
--penr to recede; the shadows begin to
lengthen and the chilly airs of even
ing are expelling the fervor of the
noonday. Still we press onward, as
the goal nUid be won, the haven //<••/. ‘
lie reached. But the bright orb of
hope that cheered us on is sinking' in
tlie west, our limbs .begin' to gro w
faint, our hearts to grow sad. We
look hack with sorrow to the compan
ions we neglected, we turn to gene
upon the happy n< t-threnghijwbk'b
we passed, hut the .shadows of e*. '•
ing interpose, and thick mists cloud
the vision; we endeavor to disc , e
the old and familiar faces, our friend
of the morning, but we seek in v/.iu
to find them. We outstripped t.Aem
fill in a race after shadows, and now,
in a land of strangers, in a ntorijn and
inhospitable country, the
of bur existence, the evening of our
day-dreams coma on us, and weary
and heart-broken we lie down to rest
—unwept, unhouored and uukiiQwn—
in the stranger’s grave. Yet happy,
thrice happy, if amidst the excitement
ol the day we devoted but a. few mo
ments to Him “who doetli all things
w 'll,” thus laying up treasures for
01 rsolves for the distant and un
ki own to-morrow!
‘Weary, still weary, I know this:
for man on earth there is no nortal
') trough which he can he l".l to Miss,
Until lie pass to life immortal.”
urn*
A Betroit hotel keeper writes his
own hill of fare, thereby saving the.
cost of printing. It announces “Cof
fee, sonpo, route bofe, fride ham, boyl
ed andliakt potntos, fride coul pud
din and mins pie.”
rp-g yc / ’” ■[. -■ .y| Tip '%'y
[Fur tlm Quitman Urpui.T: ii.]
litiiircl drove ('iMnolory, Savaiititih.
in j, a. jj.
Poets, as well asprose-wrilen . ha
: enjoyed a stroll amid the grave , and,
no doubt, have emerged from their i
boundaries into tiro work-day world
: bed.ter and wiser men. Yc. t some poo-1
1 pie recoil from the church-yard with
i a species of terror, mental terror, or
rather mental weakness, and fill tl sir.
mitnlte with all kind t of repulsive tig
uresaud metaphors about if. lint if,
we only view it in th light of reason, i
there is nothing obnoxious in that i
, place of the dead, which the < b r:s \us, j
with a beautiful and touching’ pii-ty !
and sensibility, term “(lod’s acr;;.”
, Its suggestions have aflbrded to
the English laitgnag one of th- most
beautiful of the poetic < flu-ts that
grace it. dray’s “F.l,■ gy v. ti 1: in
a country tdiureh-yard” is re of; 1
most beautiful philosophic effori ; of a
'great pathos; Addison's yTl.og./'.ts
in AYestinin. ter Ail ; ” i. calmy,
haj•;>y, <•.(:•.>ilatory i-.ml beaut;l';:l:
and ;• lay ai . 1 the <1- and i
nd drove can be made f.:r fi.nn ua
protltable.
IVlir.t a quiet place i; is, ;nriy !
Froni the first mom; at the visit■ ;• ct,
t- and Walks along the w< 1 !;< ]>t
.grave! walks until he pos. es on:, fp,
V. rv pow ■ of pe: :d o:lii t i
.manifest. I’or w;lh n tic enclosure,
’ sacred to IhYjgonmry ofthedead.no
rude W. '1 -m j and cares
of (lie world ;q;prar as> If rhey never
. .•. 11 .. • ! the tl-v.: hold, and
' the s’till;...ss is grateful ,to those who
tl Mtl bustle and 0 f
The breath of fhr.-.oiv, liei . ’ •• . ; ,7
r-• of. of tie > l;i ii, ; : to u
'.literally kisb,m ■ on t'.i • v inds
from even- grave. Th. tu s wave
wiih a gentle motion, and swr.v softly
to the sporiing of fie■ ;<.i.s< 1. :s ’.. inds.
1 h re nj . ■ in
which. Art ha-, in the hand ■ v dof
o : • oi ' 1 : h of
the spot dedicated to repos.,-, eat.-h- s
j oar ■ i ;ht t > make e , that after
all thci'.: is no 1; ;;toi- in D.• h. w!r •
jft i ( draped t-li'.l:, v; ’i ' -l u-i's mv:.
u .Is, when Jl ~- ,cl r .'■<■ li. v
:uck ihe Iv; ’y p!a sof l-csf, when
Uv f i'.s .sf ■ Ip. :: . in g. ntlc
mourning over cir.-h pi! whciv the
: lovc-d and losi av v in* all,- • for the
1 c.rning of the -ve ; and In a f; as clo •
i .igc.iii as ever to , ucvi r to be
; f.a-.-fed more. As v.v j df ;rilicr,
should the heart be oppnssive. tin rv
are jde.iHant -" .Is to j---st us; tiler,
are shady lives Frit cover tin m ov..
1 v.itli a lvfiv cooln .•;Ei -e arc .
■grateful sight.--., nmd u--. avd v. • e.-:i
tilin'; >;’ Ini' t■ah ;• pv V. hi
makes this of tin Jo "1 and lost |
■o iieu'i: if'! l v\ o ;l g'v. irdiau care.
We will lie Urn I. r for :;udi sights;
we will lie morpjiioreiful Kj l: j erring i
for such mor.iii::l::;r.
If it were pi-Hde th: 1 we could:
forget the moiamicufs f • : she o:i
every side aruir.l us, :- . of the'
[ whitest of mo.rllc, sonic of : ,•■ .
granite, nonuf of hs- prit ' .b
--stanc-e, v.-t; mi.;hl believe wo w<
some well l. pt ;: 1 most
pleasure ground. Iliituol a si.-p c.oi
we make witli ■ it se ing some te U
, rnonv uplift. 1 U> teil us that the de. :
sleep heri...ili,if lo.'g s’cep ;h:it ‘know
no waking.' It : iay be a ]>il]fi!- e
spienou* by its attitude, i' may b a
sculptljr< 1 scroll. A ; ;• : :emal -
hehiui each and nil ol them. Her*
ds iurafl’cef; a.,.' : inemori.il of a widow
| to I<T husbav.d "killed on the battle
| fu-Vl,” whilst gallantly l aidli g his
troops against the invaders at Colum
l.fn;, Ga., of a Soil to his mother, of a
mother to her child. All tl; - phases
— * —i
i"f grief and all the phases of loss are
; hero exemplified. Even public nn sit
rbceives amid thei,u,: tombs here its
significance. Someone lias died
whose life was a car. or of u: ;o fulness,
and a community gives a public at
j testation to its loss by a monument
the murid crown of death. A beloved
and respected memlior of .■me asso
ciation lias been snatched away in his
dawning manhood or in bis ripe age,
and the .sculptured tablet, the splen
did remains to record his
virtues’, and the general appreciation
of them, by those who knew him best
Wo often are amazed at (lie sur
prising riipidily with which our cities
of the living grow, but if wo look into
it, is it not still more amazing how
Ihe cities of the. dead become peopled?
i wenty-one years ago an act of incor
poration was granted making Laurel
(Trove a public burial-ground, and
many who were joyous and buoyant
with life !!u'ii, sleep beneath its ver-
QUITMAN, (i A., THURSDAY, A TOIL Hi, 1N74.
dant sod in those busy days of ours. .
What changes have there i;ut boon ini
. our own, us well as in other laud
.since limn V Franco l.auislu dan Km ,
peror t" adopt a llepublie. J>j r. s■ii |
1 uuted I . b. Ua from ih throno, <1
the king that afterwards was ii. po-ed
ion h< r back to the Piedmontea
moauiinins, lifted the banner of Lb
I publican liberty, and is again on the
verge of placing a King on the throne.
Italy has been “so-called" unified.
' ft spotty ptsne.es, : ; well as the bead ,
of the Catholic (“lurch are blotted
I ’ I ; .. , ...I ... 1. , 1 ’
'out oi 1:* i o. iiiii'i. in loiii'i c.
and tlu* Nt apolifcan ICii !•.• i is no
| more upon the map. The I’■ -trie
: Telegraph p • :1m o.- an. Tin
Morthw st p:. h. h u efi
ed; exploration has penetrated b. th
erv heart of Afric.fi, and tlio jchui
of the N’n-arcas well kr r. as lie
son mi Of illo ?[.’ ;i. Si t •:!'!
navigation lias 1 >ri yd tlu* sons and
nmVvs all ilio world .ddufm 1 all t!d.,
, has I.:-.;; -nod s : noo * ’uv a ’■ pt
! Ikto laid down l i.; 1 cad to haw* tin;,
; t'arflj am.* dL 1 a’-ove it i t ill! .mnt
V oplo of all nut; :.;ditics S’ p !•:
Fit uii Italians F,- .hard ■ Jr;
Jew.: a:id native ;. Tl: v are. ;; :1 in
i olio liuSil 11. nt, .’ .l a*.ait ] • tlu
railing of the A :. ■ 1 of the ( ‘ i to
;i,nso one * ri'.b.v tl: • 11. -i. : so!
1 f-r:‘! r 1 j id;;. • ait.
On o;ir ; \t vi ' . a all lai. t l .
i- , -; A ~ c • f- ...
ikinoie tlu* t , a 1 end •vv to
j • oilAjirn'e i'.u’.i ;;i oiv owni ha:
j l;ui;r that i:i a < :.!••* vy i.::u ;>
can !>c icu-ned that is useful, lun.-li
•••( rid, wlriiat vc glean P T H
our lives from thus, v
own land and in n-vn l.nt
now resting peacefully bey.,mi the
portals of the tbmlK
A Nob’c Tribute 1 V E-v.
Colon ll Giles:'. V. of the , a /vh Ar
my, has rec i.flv pub’J; :ed a ; "ri's ~
. inmt.-irv biographies. One of flu m
devoted to G, i; r:.! Lee, which e :i
--i-lmh s as follows:
“The (lav will coma when the evil
•ids,.- ions of the ; ... civil sC fe wih
1 a in oM'rion. ; and Nortli and
- ■ i. . .. ,
tiv< . n 1 ior; ■;< t>; . a .flier's wron
Then hisfo; - w'.-l -, 1. with acl
voice of the dee.l-mine . .. thersi.’. .
c.tid the citizens of the whole I'l.i.in
do justice to the memories ol' lb.
.'ee-d, and pie. aliov • :.d other, t1,.-!
I luirn-i of tile gnnfc (si fof whom vec I
; have just written. In strategy ; 1
i ty, in battle, terrible, iii adversity n
in prosperity a hero indc and, With the
simple devotion to duty and the rare
P’.Uit;• of the id. .ll ('hi -si hill klii-.-iit,
he joined all the ki:i dv ■ ualilii of e.
leader of m- :i. Hi- a wondrous fn
; arc indeed, that ih s before America, j
. bu< in lti'.-nuiiials of years to com a
ei those of the pas!, there v.iil be j
found ft w mimes lint call rival in un
sullied lustre Unit of 111" 111, ■ de
in;dor of Ins mitive Yir dnia - -’1 " , i t
Edward Lee.”
MARRIED JiAYIM: 5.
Tiie h liiir.viug m ixirns should ' ei
graved in silver and prew-ifei* !
, ' bridal pair at their (:.-; a m ;■! :
rises for theirguid nice:
Thii very nc.an st apj ;' i: ili to a.
• hiipiuosH outtirth is t-he cult • vo
fi -ti on bo'h FAcs" of ; 1 ■ lute urn ■ 1-
li .hIK ,-.S.
Never Imdi g---t angry at once.
Never s]--e,:k loud to ono nUotliu
ime the i see a ol in.
Lei. ; will rive to yield ofb-m.st to
the wishr -of the other.
Ni-ver ibid iVa.l! mileas it is per
fectly certain that a faults has lx ( n
committed, and aL.s.v; jieak loving
ly.
Novel- tavmv v. iilga past mistake.
Neglect the whole world besides,
rat!-or than , vnotlu r.
Never make ;i remark at the i-xpem-e
of one r.i.otiieT ; it i * me: me ;.
Never part for a day without loving
words to febink.of during the abseuc. .
Never iheit without a loving
welcome.
Nevcr let'the sun go down upon
any anger or grievance.
Never let any fault you have' com
j mitti and go until you have, confessed it
. and asked forgiveness.
Never forget the happiness of early
i love.
1 Never sigh over what might lmvi
! hi i 11, but make tile ! i si is what i-.
Never forget that marriage is or
| dainod of (tod, and that his blessings
| alone can make it what it should 1 v.
Never let, your hopes stop short of.
the eternal love.
KaeiAMr nonni
SuuTTiNo Down on W.ut Cimis
j The project of obtaining from the
j public authority compensation for;
property destroyed in the South dur
ing the late war has received a st vere
blow by an adverse report by Air.
Lawrence of Ohio, from the commit
tee on war claims, in Ihe case of J.
and T. (ireen, of Jackson, Miss., whig
claimed about a million of dollars for
cotton and woolen mills' destroyed by
Gen. Grant, r l’he report was order-,
ed to be printed.
out wiusr.
nv amv HAsnoi.pi;.
Thi Xl.ireh twilight was 1 ;;r.:ir. ; ii
purpl fir. ■ away in the we and in
Harriet Clilfor.Ps little pallor the red,
reflections of the arjth. . iio-U aped
grat ■ tr ’. la a ph irtorp chi mt)
on the walls. Yi s, it, was a little par
lor, but the carpet was a pretty pat
tern of dead boughs wrealhct with
autumn-crimsoned ivv, and the man
tel was decorated with Wax Hovers
the work of our heroin- 0..n ban
and a hanging basket full of b! - .... -
and t. iling gr- ;: rV was ; . the win
.'low, and the work-table, the cabinet 1
piano ami the little sewing machine
again.-.! I’m wall, all Iwtok u and a wo
ll!;!ii*.*s v, >.’j:tnly pv
h< r Ltj), and iivi- detu at. oval !: •
distiuut in tin 11 relight. Sit. v.f.s von
i l! "and F look upon with dark
I)l*)\vii hair an i. hoot>Lil rolnr. de\ es, i
li. r apule bio oin coniph* ion was re
Mu mi ri . j th.at.d <• \u: jrdJolm
Vpu-.v froln tl;.’ urm-ciiair opposil ,
, • ; ] • - A ;tb d l*i ■' 111'
, , ; i\\. 1 i . ■■ con tom i late n pret
' - : l r.t.i p. if, , .•> astonished at you,
Mr. Aj. row,”> ridllarrict emphatic.*,!-
- i' ■ : th: i you should prof- r a
' ii ’a the m. .tin.’, p, indent existence
‘ , ..'m ', I toils,-me"end slavish in
.lie v. /.d, i think, always excepting
‘■ V i‘ -.. .Id not like to be a farm
e. -.1., y. then :"
• • . \v pis-; i— • tj> no a g '...
uiootl; and VfrirutHedby !■ il. I like
to.'. ■ ia ; tl: v and .. ear } e es
and j reach s :ii. rs, and " ;,i I , ps
" •' a diamond ring; and I dele.-'
botli
fell, that th, lilUehali'-laugL-iug ripeel-ii
1 had settled a ((uesii,in that lay deep
down below tho aurfuce.
John Augv.w w< nt f v l,k- 'YYcsivv.
aud her'v.'; ■-w. v .nut ;!••• toon-, and
iritis Which erveil to while away her
“A ■ if / v.ould In’ a farmer’s v-T'e !'
b. ~ ,i j h avfcn:. .
(UHL a carriage with a liveried, yifccli
m::n V A farmer’s wife, indeed'•"
And Harriet laughed a little r-conv
ful laugh in tlu, sileuee of her own
room, at the mere idea of such-a sac
rilk-e.
Hut as tin day crept on, Harriet.
; Clill'ord las ..me conscious of a grow
vat ;mii in hi i- life. Until John
. Ag-.a ,r v, a : away, ; he. never had
known how, #!ie had grown to . xp. ,
i.is dailv visits, and rrnicmher and
treasure up lbs words. And Harriet
: and a month . the se ho* a
"I don’t waul t i.'ototh ... .i- Ye.v”
id Harriet nhorl.lv, “i medn’t
| brew up any of tli )„- h .rvid hitter
! ‘;i , for I v.-.ou't drink a drop of
ihi m."
Having thus exure i -d her deter
lisa! fen, Harriet went up to her
i ow .i room, and had n. is arty cry.
“I v.i li la: would eoMo back.’'
I thought Harriet. “1 w■ :M ,a.„ . i
: rather lie a farmer's wyiu th in liev. rj
■se /.
■ Sliolo.)! 1 of.t o;i the dusty p vc
',■l, Vh- ■s I the r >'• of ttionoto:lulls
'll-; k houses, nn l thought longingly ,
■
avd Vah count's buiter'-ups.
“lm country' would be nil".' after
oil," H.-rriet said to her: elf. “Oh, 1
virfh
Ac i th -u our unaccountable little
j Harriet cried again., .
Jus: about tied linn; Sabrina Elion
eum fr< m the far West on a visit -an
j old schooliuato of Harriet's-- and
■ ■ ie'f askec I b ■• * > tea the first wt ek
of her ;.'ey in town.
“Is it very lonely out West?” asked
Harriet, turning pink an l white, as
fin* • msst'd-the brimming tea-cup to
“Iris splendid,” said that young
ihsly. “Lonely indeed! Why, they
i have the nicest society out there in
Uio world. I woue.lii’t come back
I here for anything.”
“I once knew a gentleman who*
went out to Wisconsin,” said Harriet
| diploma!ica-liy, “a Air. Agnew.”
“Air. Age." .v! Why,” cried Sabrina,!
vitli wide, open eyes, “he owns f ir
m'd farm b> papa's and we like him
y<> nincli! j?apa says he is so timuglniv
in earnest in whatever lie does. And
y si used to know him ?”
“Yes,” said Harriet. “Will you
have some cocoanut, cake, Sabrina
“Straiige ho lias never spoken of
you.”
“Not, at all strange,”said Harriet,
bit ■ he# red. under lip. “I dare
say he has forgotten me long ago.”
And Harriet began to talk very fa i
and disconnectedly about something
else.
“Harriet doesn't look a bit well,”
said Sabrina before she took her
lea ve. ‘‘Airs. Clifford, why don’t you ■
let her conn l home with me for a few
.weeks? Our Western climate would i
brut her up like a tonic.”
“What do you say, Harriet?” asked '
Mrs. Ciif.brd, \\ itli eyes full of tender
iu:itm*iuil unxietv.
“I -I should like to go," ' aid liar- '
riet, lnuiein ■ b , h. -el “Only for ft
little while, yoti kmov, maiiima.”
Harriet | i. i the beautiful \V< I. 1
with sutlicient enthusiasm to gvatiu
even Sabrina, v. lm was rather exact
ing on tliat sjiecifil point. Tho eoun- 1
try was lovely, t! ■■ ; mrv “spl< udid."
the society line. "ptionaMe.
“It’s a pity Air. Agni •>’ has gone to
Chicago,” .-.ar.l S ’.bv.i; “but lie’ll be 1
: | n , . lu 11,. ■.
tim '. ' with " a riV ' .ish'twinkle o! li.-v :
evelaslu s, ' you can amuse yonrselt
very tolerably with Oeur-c Syksuii."
For Air. S .n, a rich c-iUh* far
mer in the- n'. ighl- U- •• •!. had-fallen 1
denperately in love with the pretty
(Tot lYil/lt. '. or of 11:S lU.aUlfltlOll.
It would be (lullcl.lt, however,-to I
! doseviho Mr. Atfuow k Asfcoiiisiiniout.
ono lovolv August evening, on t utor
ing tho Elton duinains, see iLur
nt t ClilV *i’d sittiii- ou tho
t hrowing ho ildt tl nu 1 to a tribe of
: young ti i- ; •, h r pr. t\
faoo half iiiddoti undor one oi* Sabri
; lu's utraw lmt.;.
“Harrii f !”
down tho pan (*)’ mo d■ ; -die
i is 1. 1.5 do you ti . Mr.
A'. new M
And . ri*. ■ \v, iiis;i.' ac ol ■ diWp
, lit ' • , - Avu-'.l flCi l a h M
iaburh.'i tei'i, 'y-d :n. I spent the
"Vi, VverVV. "i (in. naturally
uof{:M. 'dr to** t. ; oi > hi inendKlii}),
•r t VC 11 ; (mi iill for lout ll
in tho tilin’. 1 Occident; uand
’ ! . 1 . !i !her- * ■ ■ •
-lo -, ,1 i- ■ s h i : oh • oil her clr •In
.\ a . ovC'ii ■ r< : -.or than ever.
“Here is f|in; ■ r . i.ii.i yo.t waht
*d, Aii s S.tbri m,” he said, [.dancing
1 ! Atlu .• <ii -outenti tlic room.
u i!(*rc i> • hii riot. V”
oriv/l’.od i, oMi- vivvi-usy through arc
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Harriet was not picking grapes;
:;l'.c -good in the checkered shade of
the vim a, her pretty forehead press; 1
: ii-.e tr. Id-.-bar, and her hand:.
inicallv toviiig with the leaves,
vrhi! • the haif-fuled basket of purple
fr ri 'o ' v !■ mute wk-nc.H to her idle-
‘.[o , h 1 y i • ar: working!” . aid
John Ague v quietly.
‘ : w , v ■ .id Harr! : . grow -
ir.g bowi!cls:i -Iv pii.-k,
•ai , you 111, .s • -iV:..ed Mr. Eyk a;: 1 ."
*ii .i\ i•. f. -a r A i'l.uTK i uv -
“1 ; or,ld have i M ,: I* that yon:
did not. w;ii 1., be a farmer’s wife,’ .
n : ■ 1 1 Mr. Agi < iv.
“Jit! n you would liave toldhhu,
wli-'f \ ■ true.” uM.i.l H irrii :.
• i.it-.t ils sslto illw:\vs did
.vh< :: ( "at *"i! •
“You , ,:d so one ■ ydcmlf.’’
“I suppose ; poor girl can have fin
pri, hop of eh.in .ing her mind, <• ui’t .-
;lu ils.-s.t ,1 11 rri-.-i., with very sn
perihe us iiTitation.
'“C i-uinlv,” .. .-..sated the gentle- •
; man calmly.
"I iv fa and Mr. Syk.-.on beeau 1 !
did no! lot ■ him, and for no othe;
| mason v.lmtcu-r,” said our liftl he
roine, developing strong symptoms of
a eo'iiiii.g shov. r front those t-letir;
' ll , j can't 101 l you how glad
T am to hear tho-e words,” sai.l Ag- .
",'s. coming a s;ep or two nearer to |
her. “If ins; to take coum go and j
av, 1 i.; same qiieslion that Georg,
X;., iv -, . did, v. a,it would x'oa ruts-,',er
“'“A k it. as 1 s s.iid Harriet do
mm-oiy.
“Dearest, will von lie mv wife';”
.I/MUGII, \\ Hi IllJ Will! i
“Yes,” Harriet answered softly,
placing Iter hand in liis.
“A. farmer’ijg.vjfe ?”
I “Yes; the lia;uiie.-fc wife of the no
blest farmer in all the broad Wi-d.”
And then, Of course, our Hai*ie: ■
! gan to cry.
A-'ll see lidw it was: Love had
transformed her whole nature, and
she cared no more for diamonds,
brown stone houses and lily-whit,
hands. Once fairly placed in the
balance, John Ague a's brave, true!
heart outwi ighed them all.
And Hnbri.ua b’.lton had Harriet for
a neighbor, ail r all.
rat£ASxmz:.*:i . • 'i'omot-vi-i
“Th Iho Colonel horoV” hliouT ;1 v. 4
i'l in, Neirkine; his b-.'nd into a K:ne ; ns
(’ily shvH c;ir. “He is,” answered
thirteen men e.s they rose tip.
A slip of paper on the doorpost of
a New York hoarding house, an
nouncing lodgings to let, warns in
tending applicants that “No perform
i", on brass instrument., ti.. and apple.”
“Tb.c Dnnidcsl Um.v, ingest Ibtg
that liver We. e liar.”
LTmia the Ylv. tint, rpri.-c.]
Ileiame in fi.i.a Trnekee Ylead
ows yesterd.’.y, did 1.1i.s leva I-li'eaded
dog. lie roue in by the sidi of his
master oil u load ,f j i.tatoes. He
w i liot e preliy (I,';.', not a dog of
blue blood find i.i.di decree. Ho was
| a tall, gaunt, t-h >,; y-hain and, wild
eyed looking brindle boast, of unre
corded pedigree. As tlie wagon, car-
Llying man. (log, and potatoes, halted
lor . <..(,■ in li lit of a saloon in ( 1
struct, oie 1 of a party of half a dozen
; loungers thereabout made somo rc
inrj'k in n, ". ■ i to thi- appearance of
the (••.nine, hi n thus s] :),eyoliornv
! handed, fro :y-l eadod t tiler of ye soil:
i “Fciiciv, t ■ i:.t ain’t, a purty dog, 1
know—lie’s like me, male s unpreten
tious to nuteral beauty but lie’s just
iiiedurr.de I kniiwingi-;t dog that ev
er v. ore h.-.r. He’s got more, ills!inch.
;Hat ihg i: :s, an’ ii ... • ivory, nil’
pi T.'l ration, an' in. ight into human
mitur', j: .1. in that, old < :dvzo’ l;is nor
i can b. foamliu the beds of a whoh
pia/.a full of y, r cuiratcd town dogi -
poodles an' sicli. What. I pride in
him for is bis regular human sense,
lie’s ji.-.t the (blindest ilog out-
Now cf I come home from town
perfe tly sober when I've left him to
renter the ranch) it would je.rt, do
your heart. ■: ,od to see that dog show
loll' what a sense of appreciation lie’s
got. ol me. Foili ru, his gorgeous tail
then stands aloft; he skegles about,
lie runs i>:i .f.in.- a sa-rapin’ up the
, veiuth with I is hid feet, -.aidin' the
chips a Ilyin; he holds up his Lead
, an’ b rksin a cheerful unmanly tune o’
voice escortin’ me forward an' feclin'
m .- . ill ;.. and hoi and a Vouulchu; i '
iiut ht me ei,me liome full of tangle
i r. she.-p-lu id’s delight and terran
, i.-r juice, and that is the darndost
idest dog ever yon saw. He
•i t.ik, ■ inn: 1 - k at me an’ he knows
1i.,.. : gi ihis tail, he lops
•: , y ee.r: . I'.: !;s hi head, squats his
b ' m’ lookin' back now an’ then
’ e g.ksoti’an’ crawls under tlje barn
,ui illy a-lmm.-d to be seen about
the premises, for fear somebody il find
'a,; i own him. I toll you, fel
, lor - lie’s the cu.ssedcst dog for right
out an’ out human sens,- that ever
in these parts, and Trucker
•• ; proud that hc^mMnip
* * Mp
six Hebr( w ladii sTo eo-operatc with
■ : ,i ac; is. tk Rabbi replies vary
bar] , • .sc to fanat
; ieisc an I . ’ : .... lie says the latter
!c.-.r.iiof apprceb;*. : e- crusades be
an sc he drink and is no drunkard,
plays usd i- no gambler, and lives
well and is a i glutton. The second
point made by th Rabbi is that the
•Jew is no hypocrite. “If he drinks
wine or strong drink, or plays, a game
of cards, his wife and his children arc
a-.d excluded from lie same pleasure,
i Wliat.-vcr is lmt prohibited loses
m;.ill oi its charm. Those young
poop 1 ... who and: ink a glass of wine or
beer at il :r parent's table In come no
drunkards ami no temperance fanat-
Third, Rabbi decides that
"any b .Till in would <-..ashler it
icaiiige rad !•!-.-plnnny to abuse
piv " ;.’.d la iicdicti-si lor purpose
of public dcmonsirations, in which
tin- wir- s are laid and drawn l>y poti
ticiaus on o;m .noKt, ami nu n who
■uuiii- fnoney out of the aillur on I lie
"ill. r iind that time wer • “no wliis
ky ;i;ilay.:i;is i-i the t. ;it:. of 1.-.racl.
Al;nt-a Hr,> An c xtremely sharp
and li ■ m fi om the
AVi ■ i once vs ■■: and isio the office of
.1 >s. ('. T. J, el: si, the chemist.
“Dr. J m, I presume ?” said he.
“Yes, sir.”
“Are you alone ?”
“A1 iy f It 1 : (, ■ door?” And he
did so; then, having looked behind
the sofa, and satisfied hfrnself that no
one else in the room, he placed a
large bundle, done up in a hand
kerchief, on the table, and Opened it.
“There, Doctor,, look at that!”
“AY II,” said the (iqptoiv “i $ it,”
“What di. you Call that, Doctor?”
“.’ e 11 it iron >sites.”
“Wh A!” said the snail, “isn’t- that
stuff gold?”
“ •■■', I 'd the do fur: ‘it's good for
n ibsiipyrib And putting
in a shovel or r the fire, it goon
■ vap 'at: dup the chimney.
“ A 11,” sr.id th > :- uiTmaiily man,
v." i gnu look, “[here’s ft wid
ow up in oe.r town who Ims a whole
. : l I’ve been and
married her.” ,
0:s: Ti: ■' Doli.ass for a Kiss.
- - Mellon l ger, an attractive young
iejuis r, -v.i, Is ed against her will
by a conductor on the Chicago and
North , es: . rs railroad. She caused
him to he r, r ted on a charge of as
sault mid h.iUery and he was fined
and di : ,vd from his position.
S. 'lt. o v at for the railroad com
pany, and has just recovered one
♦ ..nd dollars damages, the Circuit,
Court "f Sunk county, Wisconsin,
ruling is a matter of law that the
l.jpauv was liable to the plaintiff'
for aiilusl damage occasioned by the
wrongful ae! of the conductor. Now
let railroad companies take warning,
and employ no conductor of vehe
a.i n• oaeidalory propensities.
I it O l liSSION V b.
Di’. i:. a. .ii: ii ii s.
IM’adicinjr Physio inn,
n >i aa, <;
('iTicb : Hriok buildin" Adjoining tor
M i . lirit -, Jolks A Cos., Rorevon
slid. [l-tf
FI NNET. S. T^b^N(;sAKRWY.
!si:nni:t & kinosUkry,
Attorneys at Law,
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(M'ITMAN. IVROOKS CO., GA.
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(jl ITM VN, GEORGIA.
• Oflicc in llu Court House, first floor.
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11. A. DENMARK*
I! 0W V. 1.1. A I) ENMA Ii K,
Vt'TOlt >i KVS VT I*A W.
NO. 8 PIiAYTONST.,
S SAVANNAH - - - GA.
I<''l''i‘, by j’-ci’inission, to Messrs. (Iroovor,
Stub] -AC" . i ll;. If. Kepjmrd, Savannah,
i ll"!'.. A. H. Hunsell, .1, L. Seward, Thomaa
ville. Ik'iuiet A Kingsberrv, Quitman, Ga.
1I1S( ELLA X LOIS.
DEALEIiS IN
(it Jiornl Mcrcliiuidiso,
Cloths and Cassimei’es,
READY MADE ChOTHpG. J
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NOTTI O N S .
i loots mid Slioesn
FANCY AND
FA3IILV (JItOCEUIES,
iQTTi’MAX - OA..
Di SIKHS TO NOTIFY his friends and
tl i nltlic /onerully that bo is now lo
a A 1 1 .‘•x ■th vni street, one door West of
1 • . in tin* building formerly
1 b\ Mr. W. S. Hmn|hw,vs, with ti
: ; tmciit of Family Groceries,
*> ' * i bis, Notions, etc. consisting princi
pally of
liau’on, ( ';mnctl Good.®,
Flour. Pickles,
(\>ili*(', F'l’iiiln.
< 'll Mli < ZN r lll
Iboe, Cheese, .
I)i'( ( roods, Doineslicp,
f- hirt i11Sheetings,
1 ’nut iSro., eVro.
V!: ■! wltiehb.' pr.*].,. . tosdl cheaper than
th ’ ehe.tp.-st, for the cash.
■ ■ 'f URirket prices paid for Conn--
try l’roduee.
] "‘-st favors, a continuance of
el';-.! 111 is : elicited.
F. K. HARDEN.
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A. J. KOUNTREE
Vj r < H I/D INFORM HIS FRIENDS and
? th public generally that he lias now .
>n b ind ii good assortment of
Dry (foods,
(i pocei’ies,
1 lm tS?o'
Ac.YA-c..
; . , il iliem ns clu-ap as the saran
' I ' I- ' .in lie bought from any one
else in this market.
TO DEBTORS :
riV) THOSE INDEBTED TO HIM he .
I would • v that hn is obliged to have the
T 1 1,., rum .hi his l.usinesK, and lie can
in.lni no Inn.., r. lie hopes they will Ket
tle v :!Innil ilelav, ami save costs of Court.
b J. KOrXTKEE.
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T. A. WHITE,
Hoot & Shoe Maker,
QI-TIT3IA IV GA.
I>EGS LEAVE TO INFORM his ols*kk
) i outers and tlie public generally ttyit ho."
is still a* li is old stand on Depot street, and*
will Continue to keep constantly on hand the
best quality of material and as many active
;id e\|.e i in*-d work me uto work it upas
his pat vonago may require.
boots and shoes out and made to order,
..'id a in' vt lii always guarranteed.
Repairing neatly and expeditiously
at prices to suit the times. r
- ALL WORK If-1 RB*\ yTED. *HSt
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