..._The Gastonia
_ to ttM Promotion ot
V ol. X\ 111. Gaatonla, N. C„ October 21, 1807.
MAJOR JONES’ COURTSHIP.
By Hajor Joseph Jones, of Pirteville, Georgia.
I.RTTBK XXI.
lTXBTILLX, July 8.
To Mr. Thompson: —Dear bir—I ex
pect you here begun lo think I waan’t
never gwloe to write to you aualti, but
the foot (• I ain’t bad time in tend to
nothin but the fourth ot July ever
arose 1 writ ray (art letter to you. Bat
ther aint no use of apology <* tween old
frlecde. I always like a lung apology
aa the vary Inst evidence that the
writer don't uieuu what he eta—It
•hows that be knows tber’s something
wrong at tbe bottom, sod he’s iryiu to
throw duet lu a body’s eye.
well, to proceed with no apology. —
Wo bed the most gtorlouaeit fourth of
July tbla year that ever tuck place In
l'inaville. H waa one of them memor
able oocasloiia which don’t happen
more Ulan nnr* or twice in a aian’a
lifetime, even In Ihla country; and I
•poee don’t ever happen in any other,
we bad a real temperance eelebrelloe,
aod thougta thar waau't no ticker on
tbu ground. I never a red the people lo
better spirits lo my life. Ther wasn’t
no cnaaln nod sweating nnd lighting
like they used to be, and ther wasn't
no noaee nor heads, nor bottles an
glasses, nor duties broke, and ther
wasn’t do fellers loft under the tables
for tbe hogi to root about till they got
sober. But I muat give you a regular
account of our prooeediiia, acoordlu to
the request of Uie "rinavtlle Temper
ance Clnb.”
Well, It hAS been gin out all over Urn
County that I waa gwine lo deliver tbe
oration, and I do blleve every mau,
woman, and child for morv'u lea miles
round was thar to bear it, affording a
very strong evidence of my grate liter
ary popilartly. at-nan bit book baa been
printed. It wouldn’t be worth while
tor me to tell you nliout the shootiu lu
the moraiu. You know tlvo boya a!
ways keeps up a moat alffred racket on
slch occasions, till I her powder gives
out, and they used to git drunk and
Ught, but this time they wa* alt quiet
and friaudly as you plea*. Ilyin round
’■nnng tbe galla, till tbe peroeeaiou waa
formed and matched dowu to the
spring, whar ditiocr was to take place.
The crowd waa ao large they couldn't
all begin lo git In llie etiorch. ao seals
whs lixed all along the side of the hill,
under tbe trues, and Die prooerdlna
tuck place out thar, while tba niggers
waa aettln tlm tables for the Imrbycue
down In tire holler. 1 wanted logo
with Mary to keep her from gttlln
akeered, but beln orator of the day
they wouldn’t bear to 11" slch ’range
merit, and I had to walk In tbe peraes
aioo, with Mr. Mounlgotaery, who read
the Declaration of Independence.
Mnry sad mother end ell of 'em was
In a terrible awivet all the Umc. for
tear I’d git cowed and wouldn't aoo
eecd in my oration; aod I fait a little
jubua myself, for 1 never seed to many
People together before in my life. But
I wee'termined to sustain any revela
tion, and while pareon 8torrs waa
preyin and Mr. Mountgomery waa
readin the Declaration, I aot Uiar and
screwed up my spunk to the very high
est notch.
Aa soon aa I be readin and prayiu
waa done, the boys raised a tlmnderid
about, and tbo old gentleman ooroe to
me aod aea he, “Major, do your beat.”
■ felt ktod o' choky,but after Urey waa
all dona hollerln and wus still aa mice,
I tuck a gourd of water and cleared
my Uirote two or three times, and
stepped out outo the plat form nnd be
gun my oration.
"Yrujnde and feller cltlrana:”—hem,
sea I—(and I nowr felt sieh a roarlo
sound in my ears and mv heart seem
ed Ilka it waa gwine to Jump right out
of my moutb. I couldn't think of the
lust word to begin with, and f hem’d
three or foer tiroes, and looked down
to my feet aod then up to tba trees, t
didn’t know what upon yaatb lo do.
lest than X happened to see Miry,
liar face was aa pale aa a street and hvr
bright blue eyes waa tailed with tears,
aod she looked Ilka she waa Jeet gwloe
to fly array. Ther waa ’leeiriclty, or
loeimerlam. or something In her looks,
for 1 never fait so brave aod ao datea
mlord to do or dye tryln In my life,
and 1 Jest gin Hie croud a bold look all
rooud and stood like I war wallln a
purpose for 'boat half a mlnlt.) "My
feelln’e on a occasion like tbla onn't
And word* at to speak ’em In —(the
Idea tack fast rate—*Hsna foi Majer
Jones!' saa all of ’em.)—and my toogae
has dooe rlleot homage to the sublime
emotions of my heart!—then I laid my
hand on my buinm and gin 'em anoth
er look—‘Hurra'.' sea they,’
w hat It tme oenation/ what day It
thla opou whtali w« it aaecmbledV It
la the dabtmth day of freedom I the day
apon which n glad nation of fireman
worth ip at the altar of liberty. While
we le aeeembled here, mill Iona Ugeth
etlu from tlie great clllta uod townt of
the north an oait, from lire broad ral
leya of the Weat. and the ho met led ■ of
U>« tunny Honth, lo calebrate tha dec
laratlon yon hava leat bard—that great
and glorloua leaolutlou In aupport of
wbloh waa pledged the 'llvea. for turret
and aaored honor*' of our gallant fath
era—and to offer up tlianka fur Urn
Ueeaed pneileget they bequeathed to
ua. Who ean tblnh of thla ocoaeton
with feel lap of a ordinary character?
(Nobody, liurre, hurra!) Feller oill
reoa, I tael my uaqaaHHcatton for the
teak yoa baee honored me with 1
I know 1 cant begin to dojuallcetn
thla oeeeeton.but I will do Um heat I
ean. ('Go ahead! hurra for Utlw
Joneel)
"I needn't tell yon anything about
the rerolatloe—I needn't tell you Imw
our forefathert Ct bled and died foi
ther country’ yon all know that at
wall na I do Wa halnt got nothin to
do WKh to* p*»t the percent end fa
tare In what wmaatna at; aad if we
doea owr dnty ta our country, If w*
per forma owr pnrt aa well aa nor great
grandfather! did ttwlra, well all eoeat
ont atralght In the end. Bnt thatt
Ok rub, m Mr. SUakapear so*, la we
carry In out the great principles of our
anaistera? to we actio like worthy
children <»f alch worthy poretiUT to
w« cxrrtln ourselves as we tfiould do
to keep pure, and clean, and spotless,
and untainted, the free Institutions
sod glorious republican principles
lisnded down to na by the heroes that
wou our Independence? Can aoy mao
look over our cnuutry, and aae the
pride, Ute meanery, the rascality, tba
corruption, the foppery, the muokej
isui. tin treachery, the dissipation, sod
the tetotal disregard for morality, re
ligion. nnd virtuous principles. that
characterizes the people of our day,
and lay yea to theta q-ieattous? No.
fuller citizens, Ik cannot.
"The truth can't Im dlegiileed—we
!• gwloe down bill In the leak of hu
man advancement. ('That'* a fact!
hurra!’) Our boasted republicanism It
fast fan In sway—our free and glorious
Institutions Is fast slnklo Into con
tempt—our lew* I* set at dcOanoe by
bud men of a very grade, aud Instead of
gtvlu evidence to the world of man’s
Dtrioss for self-government, wt Is ex
hibiting lUe most melancholy proofs of
Ills weakness, corruption sod prrddy.
Wn hsy* gone far away from tbe brlgh*
example set ns by our fathers, and If
we dou’t kink to it. aud retrace our
step* before we go tnuoh farther, ]1k*
the children of Israel in Hie wilder
ness, ** will bo paid off for oar mesu
ness and nnvar be 'lowed to enjoy the
promised btaasina which the wisdom of
our patriotic ansiiter* boheid In re
serve for the faithful—('Amen!' trs
old Deacon Rogers,)
"Tbe past aud present gnaeration» it
Killy of u great faiUln off, and tbe only
nmsuds wn can make la, to try to im
prove the anooeedln one. Llvla as we
Is in there degenerated times, It ain’t
so easy to see tin1 difference between
I bn people of tble day and them of T6,
a* we call It, without we take lb*
trouble to consider Into the mailer.
Well then, feller citizens, spot* Gener
al Washington could oome back and go
Into the White House at Washington
now. Whet would be tblnk to Had
Jnbo Tyler and Jobu Jonas, and Bob
Tyler aeltin round tlx President’s ta
ble, schemiu and plaoln, lormln out
Postmasters and eppiolio Collectors
and Marshals, and mekln new oabl
uets, sod applotin new Ministers as
ofteu mi tbe wind changes the political
weathercock? Would lie not like Cae
sar's gboet, when bested hi* degener
ated countrymen dancln monkey* and
playln on a band organ In III* straits
of Home, vaolsh In a fury of shams
and indignation? bappose the ghott
of Itenry, or lUneoek. or Franklin
could go into the House of Bspxasenta
livet in the middle of a debate and
bear the vulgarity and blaekgardlsin of
them fellers, and witness tbs confusion
sod tbe rowdyism that disgraces tha
House. Wouldn't ba think be was in
a Georgia ram groesrv Instead of the
American Congress, whsr they uied to
make laws to govern the uttkm? (‘To
be sere be would—gl vs it to 'em. Ma
jor!') What would slob spent* a*
Joneses and Treble's and Halobrldga's
think. If they was lowed to see tbe lit
tle ntvy, for which they won slob ever
lastln glory, wastin all tta time In pet
ty court marshals of its oBcsrs, and
rlolin upon tbe scat la inglorious Inte
nsity' W bat would etch ghosts as
Marlon’s and 8omptar‘a and Greene's
think if they was 'lowed to review tb*
army of Ute pri*«ui day, or to read tbs
dlsgracefal history of tb* tkmalnol*
war, with all Us rxtrsvagaucs at.d ras
cality? Wh*t would tlx honest men
of the old lima who mail aged the mon
ey affairs of our Government say of tha
thousand* of defaulters that have
plundered the Treasury within lbs
IMtt 10 years? What would the peo
pl* of Ibtm (Uji think If thfry could
road tbs newspaper* bow and see all
tbs murders and robberies sod all
maouer of rascalities that (hay’s Oiled
with every weak? Do you think, if
one of them plain old broad-brimmed,
straight collared, knee-baeklad Repub
licans was to ousds back be could rse
ognlxs bis countrymen lu the starched
up.t wap-locked, high heeled, slokly
looltln dandy* or tlx present day? Ho.
do. felkl ettlaeus, they would be jest
as sot to claim kin wltb tb* Hotten
tots or Malay*. They wouldn't know
os, neither by tbe spirit of government,
by tlx ebarsotCT* of our public men,
nor by our dross, santlmeuts, or habit*
—certainly not by our veneration for
Ux laws or tbs verdicts of oor Juries.
(That's a fact I) A- Ilttl* redaction on
this subject, feller citizens, will ooo
vtoce you of lb* Importation of polltl
osl as welt as social reform; and I hope
that tha gsnlos that presides over tlx
destinies of our country will this day
Inspire every citizen of lb* Hepubllc
with a fires resolution to bilog back
Imth tbe government aud lh* people to
thstr original purity. (‘Hurra: hurra!’)
imuire, i man toy a r«w word* to
yon before I’m done. Tour eoaniry
mpeoto munl> from yoa. You exerto
• non powerful InOouooe lo lbs world,
and wa looka to you fur a futor gansr
•tion (Mtuu of >001 put tber foot and
hacdkerthers to tliar raocs) of nan and
wltanta 8t to Inherit IhU glorious
governtaeat, nod to bring It tiabk to Ita
original parity and baauty. Your’* la
the power of Influence, which says a
beautiful writer, ‘lima Iteaouioe la hu
man lyaipalhy, and la aa honodlaM la
III operation. I glory* in ibr tlioaght
that the day la come when that power
la begialn to be felt In Ibis oaootry and
when men uo longer look epoa women
a* mere or eat urea of moonshine, bat
glen to ’o» foil Importanoe in aoalely.
Owing t# past neglect, femal* Influence
hut not been directed aa U ought to be,
and It la to thla cauca, that maoti of
our defenrruoy aa to a paopta I* owl a.
Lat the ladyt bat take (he right itaad
and they can bring aearythlag straight
In no lima. If toey won't marry a
draakard, who’a gwlaa to drink linker?
If Uiejr won't keep company with fops,
who's jrwlne to stake s mookey of
himself? If tbay Is republican la tber
principles sod aeatimeuU, who'sgwioe
to pit on sirs aad try to hs arista
orate? If thsy thinks mors of a good
character than they does of rlcbee,
who's (wins to stU bis dimeter for
moooyr If thsy npbulds virtue, who’s
to practice vlor? It they Is plooa.
who's twice to dare to make fame of
religion? This Is the proper Held lor
tbs exercise of wlralu'e Influence. Di
rected In this wsy It will not only se
cure the permanent prospei Ity of tber
countnr, bat tber owa happiness In
ther domestic relations tu this Ufa,
and everlasting blessing In the world
to come.”
’’Hurra! Ames! Glory 1 Hurra! Hur
ra!” shouted all the fellers, and tbs
galls wared tber parasols aad bauker
ebsrs Ilka a perfect harryoaoe, aod old
Ur. Mo not fernery ebook mo by lbs
hand for ssoro’n • mlnlt-“Wby, Jo
seph," ses he, "you have esoollod your
self.”
The ffiler* all crowded round me,
aud the gal la all got round Harr, oon
■ratllalio bar, and I couldn’t git a
ebaocs to say a word to bet Ull tb*
dram beat for ua U> go to the table.
Tber waa lota of everything that waa
good to tat tbar, hat my a spoilt* was
all goo*. imd Mary couldn’t eat for
Ulklo about my speech. *be aed aha
waa half seared to death whan I foot
commenced, and If I hadn’t got start
ad wban 1 did ab* Was Jeat gwioe to
go right straight borne. I can’t tell
yon half wbat mother aed. and old
Hiss Stall ins.
After tlie dinner was over. Squire
Rogers and Ur. Uountgomery read tbe
toasti, bat they would be eo long f
epoaey woulde’t Ilka to put ’em In tbe
“Mlenellsny.” It wee particularly un
derstood iner waa to be no political
Unwta. and nobody waa fool enough
but Cousin Pel* to brake Uie rale. Mo
wae dyln tn make blmself ounspieuone,
aod tbe Brat chance lie got be Jumped
upon the table and hollered out aa load
as he oooId. “The honorable Mr. Mar
tin Man-” •■Stop,” eat Squire Rog
ers, “we don’t have no political toaata
hare, Ur. Jones.” “No. no 1" see tbe
fellers, “git down, if that’s per game.
I thought Pate would faint before he
could git off the table. I didn’t see
biro no more that day. Everything
went off perfectly smooth end quiet,
and tbe dtty was very pleasant. No
more from
Tour friend. Ull death,
_ _ Jo*. Jons.
P. S. I see siat falter in Char lee
ton la advrrtlslu for aala “Majar Jones’
Courtship, by Judge Lou gat root.”
That’s a most bomlnabl* mistake, for
tbe Judge never writ a line of my
book. 1 don’t know whether be feels
flattered by bavle my wrttlna attrib
uted to him, but if b* does, I am even
with him, for 1 lake It a* a very grate
oompllioent to myself.
I wish you would tali Mr. Uolmaa of
Augaata that I tint no oaadldala for
President, ami if he's got anny friend
ship for me be won’t put me la tbe pa
pers for President any more. I bate’t
got no very grate opinion of myself,
but I’ve always tried to live a honest
man and wbat little character I la got
I want to keep.
LETTER XXtt.
Pioeville, Anguat d.
To Mr. Thompson; Dear Sir—Too
know I prom laid you, when I saw you
la Athens, to giro you a account of
tbe Commencement and other matter*
and thing* as soon as I get borne.
Well, if tbtf’s any thing I do dominate,
It’s a mao what brakes hi* promise to
a printer, or don’t pay him for bis
paper when be ought to—no the fust
thing 1 done when 1 got home was to
write a Utter to you.
Ever aenae ( went to the Commence
me mi of ilia Female college down tn
Maooo, I’ve bad a moostrons cariosity
to see bow they d-me things et a reglar,
boy collage, aod os soon aa 1 found out
the time it was gwlne to lake place,
l told Mary I waa gwlne to Athena.
Her Up drapt In a mtnlt.
“Ob, tea," aeathe. “you don’t care
nothin for as* now—you'd Jeat as leuv
be away from meoow as not. I didn’t
thiuk you’d git tired of me so soon.
Mut it’s always tbs way with men.”
I told bar I wasn’t tired of bar at all,
but Jeat wanted to go op to Athens,
end site Oould go mlnog wltb me lo
the buggy.
"Tea,’’ seia OKI MM HUHlns, “yoa
e»c go along with Joseph, and It'll bn
good (or ysr health.”
•’Bat, mother,” bji Mary, “yon
know I ain’t wail enough to travel.’’
“Oh, yaa you Is, child, and It’ll do
you good.” see tbe old womeo.
The geile ell 'lowwl It would be Urn
very Met thing for her. nod I promised
I would drive se earaful as 1 oould,
end after a while tbe oonaenled to go:
but X believe It wee more because she
didn’t went to bn away from aa than
for the good of her ltealih.
Wall. It task 'em about half a day to
fli, and whan we got loaded nr. | waa
afraid old Hoaoo was gwlaa to barn
moro'ii hie metob to poll os, they’d pot
In so much plunder. Wa hod two
trunks, and a ban box of oourse, and
Iota of provisions, and more vl.le of
mad loirs than would nit n ploy woods
doctor’s shop, sod hartshorn and sa
te fed ity enough to hill all tba vermin
In Georgia.
Nothin serious didn't happen on the
rood, only Mery waa monslrone theory
every now and tbea when wo noma to
a had plane, and Ilka to make me opaM
three or four limes by entchln hold of
the lines when I waa dole my vary hwt
drtvln to get roond tba holes.
We got to Athens a little before
dark, Md l loll you what, i was a good
deal disappointed la tbe plaoe. It’s a
mooatrooa hiHy and boUary piaee. but
•**» • right smart sort of a town, and
ho* got so toe pretty oooaptcooun
MMiim In It I hadn’t no Mon It was
anything Ilka an large nor so band some.
Bat I needn't tell you nothin about
Unt. I stepped et Mm Planter’s
Hotel, wher we get a hr* rate supper,
and wber f never seed so asaoy psodU
at ooa Uhls afore la nv life. At drat
I ata rather eperie, thlnhln thnr
wouldn’t begin to bn enongh for ’em
ell, bet the niggers wen all the lima
telngio in new dishes. right hot M»«C
th« kitchen, nod I he Us re ther *m
m many baskets foil of "Crepe left
when we erne all dosses would feed ell
the people In Ihoeville. After eupper
Mery found some of her old acqualnt
eneee from the Female College, nod I
left hex In the parior to talk with ’em.
end went out on the porch and smoked
• Mfar aad talked politlce with Um
geo tie meu till bedtime.
The east day wee Taeaday, and after
braekfWet I tuok a walk down to the
College arsons to sue the crowd, and
»loh n crowd I never met before. Ther
wee peuple of every sort, in*, ooodi
tloo end circumstance, from the Gov
tenor at the (Mate down to froa nlggera
end dandles. Thar was members of
Congress and Judge* and Mg lawyers
[rom every pan of the Stain, and aoma
from Carol I ua. and Sea I on. aad Juuiur
Freshmen and Softmure enough to
kevp Georgia la a stew for e century to
AAffl#
About Ui o'clock Urn ball rang for
iba Junior sxercl***, m4 I wool and
got Mary aod want to ibe chapel aa
mod a* I oould, to got a good seat.
The boua* t»i full, bat tbo crowd hop
coain from all quartan, aod wbar I
Mt I bad a perfect rX« of Va at Uiey
marobad up th* passage w»yi look In
round for (aula.
It tall you what, It m a lira animal
•bow for true, i oarer oould 1*1 laved
ther was so many different taste*, eo
many outlandish notions In human
Dttur. Thor was fsUscs with thsr
britches stick In to 'em ssUgltaaif
IhoM beau ooaltaj sad pound into 'em,
and some with trowtsrv all puckered
round Ule waist like s lad?'* work bag;
bet tbar cloth as was netbto to ooinpars
to ther hair and whisksrs. dome bad
rrau long frizzled looks that almost
klnred ther fsoaa sod looked like they
hadn’t been com bad In a month, and
tome bad long straight greasy hair that
hong down in clumps Ilka taller
sandlee. Sosa* bad whisker* that bad
lild all but two llule opening* right
round tbar eyas, and tom* was shiv ad
:lean all over except right on the tip
•end of Iber chins, whar a little itaety
lookio tag of hair stack oat like u
billy-got*'* beard; sad It was really
imusiu to sea boom young chaps with
map-locks of corns six month*' staodln
but who hadn't been long enough away
[rom Vho breast to raises goal-knot —
MSt to tea lbs little plft-fuaUnr*. as
roa mought call ’em, on tlier chine,
bow proud they was of 'em. and bow
ih«^ would stick ’em out to wards the
I eras soilin' lookin' at ilio natural
iurloettlaa u they passed, when I scad
l sort of a stir down to wards the dors,
tod tome geotlscaaa behind me sad,
' Wbat upon yaatb la that comto yon
!•»?" I looked. *pd short "fineoh ther
aa* a climax ot hairy wooden coming
•P tba aisle. I never was so put to to
make say thing out afore. I couldn’t
loll whether It was a man, woman, or
monkey. It had a grata long thin
itlky hair basglu’ all down over Its
aeok and shoulders and slob a pair of
whisker* as no human ever wore before.
They klvered all the aides of tta fao*
tud run dear round it* ohlu, and
bung way down ou Its breast. Its
•omplaxioo was light and Its face
looked sort o' pal* and aheepy. and Its
balr and wbltksrs close up to Its ohto,
was tween a sorrel aod a drab, oolor,
but down towards tba send th*
ablskst* was oulerod aa Uapti aa a
be reek la. Kvsrybody was gacln at It
•od wonderin’ whar it oomea from,
and soma ot ’em was langtdo right So
Its fane.
I we* monstrous glad Mary was
■eltln right behind a big tall woman
what bad a gnat big Conestoga bon
net on, to the couldn't sea tba outland
ish tiilog. for I kcow’d It wooM ekaer
bee almost to death if aba was to asa It
walklo toward* bar. Jt got a seat
sftar a while, and I thought the gall*
would die lsufhlu at U. But, good
Lord, so CDs of ’em had no Mausaa to
Uugk. for they had bustle# on that
would have UUrally tbrowed the
whisker* and th# thing that wore ’em
entirely In the shad*. 1 never Devoured
wbat a bustle was afore. Would you
believe It, Mr. Thompson, that I saw
bustles up to Athens that. If they'd
J??BI!Bl“*? •“* “S0*1' wowld bnrt#
the back af aoy gall |0 btaorala to
carry 'sc*. Itl a fact, as abase as I'm
tKtin bsro. Why. soma of 'em looked
out u( proportion. Ilka a bundle of
fodder tied to th* handle of pitchfork.
It is really oodaemu* to eea to what
monstrous extremities they carry them
things. I'm a married man, sad I be
lieve I lore my wlf* as wall aa the next
msa, bat I do thick If say thing would
mike m* tu* for a dtvoroe. it would br
to sea my wife toatla about slot, a
monstrous pack os her book as setae
of them I saw ap to Athens. Bat.
shew. Mary slat aich a fool.
After they all got pretty wall settled,
th# yoang roMeman oomomnoad tber
speeches, end I don’t think anybody
oould want any better evidence that
Gsorgu boys is *<* tome aaDsrtoyi*.
Mary Uksd <*a» all drat rat*, exoept
on* Ulisr who spoke last. Ha gin the
gall* all sort* of » raklo, and I oould
sea soma of thsr ayve obtain Ilka they
didn’t thaak him for U. n# run 'em
down for everything be could think sr
and trd Ifoae of **> bad &
■ppwrauM ta old father Adam lu the
garden, with slehnkoge bustle *• as
“>•» wear oow * days, th, old feller
would took fright and never stopped
till In tooled On walla of PsredlM
Mary sad eh* didn’t believe la baa lias,
but th* tbopgbt h# hag . g^t deal af
Inmnanos to talk tlnt-e-wsy snout th*
lad vs.
After Ux epeectwe *M orrr I Luck
Mery to the MUj. ■»* after dinner I
penwaded brr to jo and lake a llUto
walk. I era* pwlM down to Ux river
to abew bar U»e *>U*» tmmorr and
waa wilklnf atom College avenee.
talkin’ to bar aboat tbaOnTetore* and
bandeoaee booaea, when )aat aa v* got
oroortu to a waUnaatoa oart. aba
* load »area«. and If | hadn’t
crabbed bold of her Ilka a etaal
trap, ebeMdwjt rtdbt down la the
atraet. “Oh, eh my Ixrd’• aaa aha.
"wbat that r I looked ua and
what ebook! I aee but that Infernal
bal« thief m •°*ta’ out froaTb*
hlad tba oart. > aaver had a better
■■-1.1
-Mtoep.Uecythiag all to piaoaa la
**y _llf^ »» thick the bomlnbl*
*”**? ooats aad ekara Man
M*wt out of her new. Bui 1 fed
ker, and aa I had te tot
„ Vf!, Tf *? onmwa 1 had ta taka
Mr rifbt buck U tt)i hotel and cicv
with Kr ail tha
Mr note. It ic a outrcMCiw Bbeme
tkak aloh walkin' aaaxueruw* ekoutd b#
nowad Ugoak largo to frlghUn Ilia
, M* eblklrau to deaUj. r
wouldn't bad Mary aaa tbo ugly com
aot for oay thing la tba world, tor thor
ata't no toilin' yot what may ba Ilia
eoutequcooe*.
Tbo naxt day wo woat to boar tlio
graduate* apoak, and to ora ’am git
thar dlplomm. Tbo apoaoboo waa all
fuot rate, bat 1 noticed oao thing
which I boliort waa Urn aaaa with tba
Junior claaa too. Them that waa tba
aacartaat. aad mad# ”>» hast nmekw
didn't hara mora’n a raaKwauT«ua^
tlty of hair on thar brink, which gore
to atrrogthaa me la tbo optalon that It
I* only uncultivated brain* that rank
all to ward*. If l had a aaa and
waatod to malm any thing cut of Ulan,
I would keep hi* heir eat clone to hie
liclu
„ Alter the tpaaebe* waa over. the
I’rrrid rot gta eaali of 'em e place of
paper tied with a Mao tlbboa. and t*M
'am te go boaM aad ba good boy*, to
frrea Ilk* gentkaon. end ba gaototnoa.
try J? *'L g*t^r through
u* ba oaMad uu a wkok
lot of fallen end mad# 'em Matter* of
Arte, mod gta ’em a paper tied with
Mu* ribhox. Somebody ax’d me if I'
wcan’t gwlna to taka tha degree, f told
jlm oo for 1 tuck lUe “IfUoclluny,” He
•aid b* manat Urn dagraa of Meoter of
Aru; “Oh, ak,’» aaa 1. for I didn’t
kaow what aka to any. cod when lm
waot away I ax’d Mary what It waa.
She arid It waa a ttu# wliet they give
to eololare. Mot bavin’ much bonk
Lerain’ myeetf, I didn’t put ’em to the
tioobie, and w* wool borne to our
i»otH.
Tb« nut morals ws wmt to bow
Mr. Plck«M of South Carolina make
i>l» eperoh sod stab a thunderin' crowd
•ad elclt a everlutla' gatherin' of oar
rlagte and bone* I never d’d sea. I
•P ■ *bsrp lookout for Uio hairy mao,
lor fear lie nought give Mary another
skew,bat I didn’t tee him. lepoas
°*r*t loot dotin’ the night among fate
»“***» and hair, and coaldn’tflod
himself in the moreln* In time enough
income to the oration. Yoo beard
Mr. Plokan’e speech and knowhow
rood it waa as well a* ms. no i won’t
meka my long letter aoy longer by
mvln’ anything about it.
Mary was aoxtoer to git boor, and
u aooo aa dinner waa over we started
*uS gut biHiiu U>« uul day all SOUuO
and aafe. Mary ana aha thinks Frank
Collage le a fust rate Institution,
hut aha see if she waa a professor aha
would rather belong to tba Parnate
College in Maoon. fur aba aaa tber*
would n’t la half so much danger of
getttn’ wollnped now and Uwn aa tber’
U when they haye boyi to deal with.
She see they didn’t whip noon of tber’
pmfemora when sbe waa hi collage,
though they used to make ugly facet
at 'am sometimes. But aha aro boya le
worse than galls any way you
caa flx ’em and I’m very much of her
optolon. Georgia boya la monstrous
rough ocstoflosn if tiiev git tear’ dan
der up. and It won’t do to fool with
’em. No more from
Yoor friend, till death.
Jos. JoMItt.
. P. S—I found a namesake at the
Planters Hotel up at Athens, by tba
name of Jo»b Jooea. He’s a moo
Strom clever feller, and lwontdatbs
aetonlalied If he eras a disUnt relation,
for our folk* waa always mooslroaa
fond of serlpter names. They named
me after the feller what had the
‘Pitted co,t and gut sold into Egypt.
(To Be Continued Next Tharsday.)
Warned Teteemie Utile Paw.
«»neue (Necrver. Mb.
The Winston Sentinel of yesterday
givm the story aa earning from Bail
road Commimlowar 8. Otho Wilson
t*ata faw days ago Gov. Bussell,
dodge Robinson and Solicitor Poo got
on s train at Raleigh, and tee three
were ee gaged lo an animated convex
aetloa when tee ooadoctor earns along.
That offlstal took an tee tiohatt of tba
Jadgs sod aollollor, bat tbs governor
snorted sad asked him to go on. Af
terwards be exhibited Me transport*
Hoots tbeeoaduetor and It tamed
oni to be a pam 1 It I* Well knows
teat Gov. Boseeil wsat to the Naab
vlllo exposition la tee private ear of
aa offleer oftbe Seaboard Air Line,
and aa tee guest of that system, bat
who would bsvs believed that this
arch-enemy of corporal loos aod mo
Dopollea would have oome to totlog aa
ordinary pam I
aamMmawaaB
The n«uw«v«e» Ueaallne.
(Moaee Owlio
Oooalderlag the number of deaths
from the rxptoeloo of gaaollao. it le a
vary ear to a* qoastloo whether tba salt
of that dangerous fluid ought not to
be prohibited altogether. Throe per
sona lost their lives ae a recall of fina
lise explosion* last Tatoday, and Me
fatalities throughout tea year aro
alarmingly large. There aro undoubt
edly some rvstrlotlon* upon the sale of
gasoline, bat It la evident that they
are Ineffective. The city authorities
•hoold eooaidtr tee advisability of pro
hibiting Its sale aotiraly.
bill aif oi Bum i
HB D01UPT BBUETO H TVBX,
BUT BAM Wi«nimn»^t«T.v
R01ZBB.
MU Arp tnACUiu* CuetciiutlufL.
■1*5!* w m of Walter
K'kKtasiriajsirist
Jetterjaaiaor hie life u
gplpg about from oeweten toot artery
la niliMIlai aad remarking tbo tur,
Ma rtabe that covered tbo m««eort£
ted, Mot only that. betbTteaaS
Utetap «qwa!tedm<teeS>alLy,dAdX
RS*TS£5r«S??SS!6$gH
Laurel HUL the beautiful hSaeoftha
teed of FbUedelpbla, aad tbo dm
telag that greeted mo at the entrance
aaoa browoatoM alataeef Old Mor- ,
taXte working as a T-1«nr Wit !
■arble alab. A little dried up, mmo
laoled old geutlaaeau wtlb a pea laokot j
Mat«iaadttieMg pookrto iuod with
*lorit aad wal late aad braabeo aad
aid rage. Maybe be la there yet. I !
Aoe*tk now, ball thought of bin the
Dtber <Uy ee l waedteOd through tbo
dlootcUyofte dead Id Myrtle BiU
U Boom, Oa. It baa been about feet} .
peuntlooof helped to lay eft that oom
itery, aod people have been MOTteg !
Ibert ever a I nee and a good Motto to J
rieoe ovor the gate would be; “For J
nen May cpmo aad Maa nay go, but I
lo oa forever.’1
jlo o>a-um* irmou «u wan me. nna ,
( can’t belp but think of him u “OW !
Mortality,” for 1m lias l<eon anrslng j
ind cherishing that graveyard for over !
thirty year* and baa made it a plane of j
Maaty end a Joy forever. Ho luw long J
hooe made (opntntloo u aa ubis law
tor end a lanraad lodge, bat I know j
that ha saver took aa aoob totareat or !
rral pleasure in aaytbiug aa tot baaotl- !
tying and adorning that lovely and i
romantle plaoe. He ban^ant ban- '
leads of dollars tboro ootoffala owe
socket. His own lot, with Ita Italian
snrbie monument to the mmem sf 1
ito wife, la a marvel of Ofuielte bean- '
ty. I law where ha had righted up ■
tad pieced a now fouudattou ander ,
the moenmant of tlm wife of a far dis
tant friend. Within the last year or
two he has been to Ifaoeo and reformed i
tod renewed the moonmaou that :
nark fats parcels' graven Ho has
Men to ttatoeton end worked no those ,
*r hi* IwMbwi end *r«t*r* wKn died I* '
the long ago, eud bet placed toceb
itoues over thegrnvm of his grand
MMtrto. Ho tolKod to mo feelingly i
ibout come neglected graves of our
rlends wbo slesp In the old graveyard ,
tt Borne that nobody ceres for and to
sell nigh abend'iaea. ’‘When f gel
through with them,” be raid. ”1 shall '
tad mttsOed and taka a rant from this ■
Business and endeavor to bo ready for 1
21 own fanerat.” If ha to not Old <
ortality now ha will be if bo lives I
Wall, 1 like that. We all libs ft; <
that la to say, all kind-hearted, re- !
■active people. Some people ora 1
afraid of t graveyard, especially yonog <
people, wbo have a horror of dretb,
on* It is a foolish fear and weare off aa
wa gat alder. Whan I sms a youth at '
a country school there waa n braggart
sort of a buy named Baldwin wbo aald
bo wasn’t eratd of ghosts. Jim Linton
bet him n delta that be wouldn't go
■own to tho rocky Odd that night and 1
sot a sassafras bush that sms near on
Sid grave and bring It to tbs ion—.
Tbs money was pot Bp. Jnstabost 1
doth Jim slipped around end hid be
hind a rook pile that waa near the .
bnsltrs that had grown around tho 1
grave. When Baldwin got than and
was about to out the sassafras Linton :
—id solemnly Is n deep bn— votes, 1
-'Beware ! That’s my grave,” and
Baldwin ran home with Jim aft— Mas
and liked to have fainted at tha doer.
When I was the little mlU hoy and had
to pa— a ooonty graveyard on the way
and happened to bo into la getting aty
grist from the miller It waa a strain
on my ynnthfnl ooarage to go stow by
the seortd mysterious piano. 1st go
fast you can’t on ao old away bock
man with n bag of meal under too.
Tor three or foor yean I was on the
lookout for a ghost la tho twilight,
but I savor saw mm and I rsafcna it
helped me later oe. far my wife I toed
omu the vitiate graveyard nod ween 1
waa nonrtlug bar and hi Mating at her
shrine I bad to pass osar It every
night nr two and it was a tost of my
levs and —y devotion, for neither raiu
nor darkness lutlmldatad me, Whtafa
prof—that lore is stronger than fear.
Boms moonlight nights when I w— n
HUie prematura I Kara walked inside
of that tiarahonored pin— and ant
epitaphs and tt* epitaffy f—Vt'ls a nT
dooming trait in oar bameaKy to
apeak wall of tbs dead, sspsrrtally upeu
their tombs.
ss.waawjirajjw:
gbotte«9e«aeL Om night In Flat I
iMiMhrol M were giving la ear
MMrtaaoa *Hm ay old college Mead,
McKay, teak Me tare. Bala 1m oW)
to (Mvartaatcar nnunU He toot
*UkUaih cadeda
oeted hie ohfcree there, cad foralaht
mra llaad la Italy ar la the eMfet
alcat the MedHataaota. Maytag aoeoe
fan aaawal aaathe la oaaglaaa. Oo
errletag at Dr* den ha toogOt dor a
gleeiat hoote to real aad foeod om
oa c hill la the eaharhe, a Urge. aM
•tee, reek t>ettt auha cd tha oldea
Him Be cad Me wife aad daughter
»*a phaeed whb tha gUee end rented
two mat Tha mai were high aad
large ead had a hear* ouretaabeet
fear feet Mew tha a4lto*. Oa thh
eerale* aad feet ever thtMMtelwMe
r^aad tfeTJUh lVZH“ M »**•»*
edU>ahaak la thTeolHag.Tkmmi
•
UMBfeQa, Tftf., FOM
“ *w«nt bow tbomld I know (My
rare married T They ragtatctod Mr.
—mad lady.en X —edgeill owe to a
oou In the third alary mod the ether
a the eeeood ttoer,” emld M. B. Soott,
royrletor of the Sylvan Hotel of La
torto, who planed m eu and wilt Is
a awkward iltanUoo sss sight laet
reek. It waa is Uie oorridorof the
Iotofalee that Mr. Soatt was rotating
he Incident to friends.
• What did they do
“They remiloed op one belief the
light la their raepactlye rooae, ratt
ed for each other ts come Is.”
“How did It tad r>
“Why, the wesniwe imp leg Bows
he •tabs between IS aod 1 A. K. to
ee what wee the mtter."
“Was he oad F“
“Bay. dost sitsMna H. But Ml
wt he doesn’t rvglaur that way agate.*
esESBe^^nas
thaler War.
MMurriage from
ted drove ever
1000000*0 bHI 1
ho “lady of hlaahetse“s
ended to hie away to
lute and to readson*. 1
if “alee aod wo" a
lidtesttto OMMWte _s»the plane efj >
LSe wakdeawreet the Mars father
there to Infom tha yonag sonM—g
ttobMep’tates TwaT*etheHTood
ka wjllht aa net 1 ratarnJoJhytowof
r-nryt. -g
HMMIMmL. _
tad want hie way, had
that this MB bo Ms hs
pet that Kin. or that Ms
MB bo a tettmre f , . - .