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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11
uEAVENWARD.

1t is truly a Joy of soul to sse one
turn his face from the 7anities OF
earth to the noble pursuits of a Chris
tian. There is no hope so firm; no
peace so calm; no joy so pure and
heavenly; no breathing so deep,
earnest, and heart teIt; no expecta-
tions SO well founded; no love so
sweet, so strong, so soul-cleansing,
as are the hopes, the peace, the joys,
the aspirations, the expectations, and
the comforts and consultations which
a firm faith in Gods blessed word,
and a cheerful obedience to his com,
mends awaken in the heart of the
true believer.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

A GOOD MANAGING WoMAN.-A
managing woman is pearl among
women; she is one Of the prizes in
the great lottery Of life, and the man
who owns her may rejoice for thu
rest OF his days. Better than riches,
she is a torture in herself-a gold
mine never failing in its yield a
spring of pleasant waters whose
banks are fringed with moss and flow
ers, when around is bleached with
sterile sand. The managing woman
can DO anything, and che does every
thing well. Perceptive and execu-
tive, of quick sight and steady hand
she always knows exactly what is
wanting and supplies the deficiency
with tact and cleverness peculiar
to hersel:.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11
No. "a
THE WOMAN WHO LIVED TOO
LONG

The legend says there once dwelt
on the island of Falster lady of
rank who was extremely rich, but
had neither son nor daughter to in
herit her wealth. She. therefore re-
solved to dedicate it to pious use,
and caused church to be built which
was both spacious and magnificent.
When it was completed, she had the
altar candles lighted, aud going
through the choir to the altar she
cast herself on her KEGS and prayed
to God that in reward for her pious
gift he would add as many years to
her lifo as her church should stand.
From time to time her relatives and
servants died, but she who had made
so foolish a prayer lived on. AT
length she had no longer relative or
friend. She saw children grow up,
become aged and die, and their chill
dren grow old, while she herself was
wasting through extreme age, SO that
she gradually lost the use OF her SEM
ses. Sometimes, however, she re-
covered her voice, though for an
hour only, at midnight on Christmas.
On one of these nights she desired
to be laid in an oaken coffin, and
placed in the church, that she might
there die, but that the priest should
attend her, every Christmas nigh! to
receive her commands. From that
time her coffin was stood in the
church, but she has not been permit =
ted to die. Every Christmas night,
the priest goes to her, lifts the lid of
the cofin, and she raises slowly up.
When sittings she asks, SIS my
church yet standing?" And when
the priest answers, yes" she signs
and says:
"Ah God grant that my church were burnt;
For then only would my atfclion be ended"
She then sinks back into the cof-
fin, the priest let's the lid fall, and
comes not again until tho next Christ
mas midnight tolls from the high
church tower.-H0he and School,
Louisville, Kentucky.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

THREE or four years ago man
calling himself Ii. G. Alinher suc~
ceeded in procuring an appointment
as postmaster at Winona, Mississippi
Senator Pease going on his bond in
the sum of $4,000. A year or two
afterward he defaulted in qnite
large sum and fled that section of the
country, leaving wife and several
children. Detectives set about hunt.
ing him up, and in their searches
ascertaned he had two or three wives
living, and at one time going under
the name Of Charles Eagin. In
February last the special service of
the Post Office Department put de-
tective on his track, and last week
he succeeded in tracing him to Char
lesion, Missouri, where he arrested
him and took him TO Hclly Springs,
Mississippi, in irons, and lodged him
in Jail at that place.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

A Marietta man bought horse.
1t was the first one no had ever
owned. He saw in a newspaper
that side window in a stable makes
horses eye weak on that side a
window IN front hurts his eyes by
the glare window behind makes
him squint-eyed E; a window on a
diagonal line makes him shy when
he travels, stable without window
makes him blind, He sold the
horse.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11
HANGING OF ALFRED AIRING.
How He Met Death on the Gallows.

How He Met Death on the Gallows
There were three negroes to be
hung in Atlanta last Friday, but
owing to Stafford getting new tria
and tho second time found guilty, he
and Purifoy, the murderers of Casey,
we're re sentenced to be hanged
on the 18th of June.
Alfred airing. Tor Orapge,) who
murdered joe MayfeId, colorcd, at
West End, by splitting his head
open with an axe, while he was in
company with Aring'S sweetheart or
alleged wife, paid the death penalty
by swinging on the gallows in At,
lanta at one o'clock, last Friday, and
was pronounced dead after fifteen
minutes. 1t was in private, only a
few witnessing the scene, Deputy
Sheriff. Whit Anderson jerking the
trigger from under him.
He had the benefit of white and
colored preachers. He said he kill
ed Joe Mayfeld after witnessing him
have sexual intercourse with the col
ored woman, Patsy Yancey, whom
he claimed as his wife, although new.
er married by law, and that he done
his duty and God would honor him
for it and Jesus would receive his
soul.
He said he was not afraid to die,
and wrote a letter bidding his faith
er, mother, sisters and brothers fare
well, and saying "tell Miss Francis
my olde mystriss that | am very sor-
ry that cant get to see her before
| am hung" and that he expected
Sin + houcs to be asleep as a dead
pig in the sun shine. AFFORD AR
ING"
He walked from his cell without
the least nervousness, tremor, or
fright, perfectly selfcomposed, de
liberate and Indifferent, answering
all questions promptly, while chew
ing tobacco vigorously. He shed
not a tear, bnt smiled and met
death like hero and martyr. His
last words were Good bye-I am
about to be off," The cap was ad-
juSted, the triggers sprung and the
soul of Alfred airing was launched
into eternity. The knot slipped and
he was choked to death.
The cool, undaunted manner with
which he met his death is astonish
ing, and his protested faith in Christ
must have sustained him or his heart
was hardened to all emotion aud in~
sensible to its dreadful reality.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11
orHE ORGAN ON SHERMAN.

Gen. Sherman's Memoirs will
serve no good purpose so far as he
is personally concerned. The answers
and criticisms its publication has
provoked are very generally based
upon the declaration that while he
commanded some of the best troops
in our armies he won a battle except
when opposed by inferior numbers. -
Washington Republican.
The same may be said of every
Federal General. The contrary can
be said of none of them. -Richm0nd
Dispatch.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

THAT was a very senaible sort of
Cbriatianity which the Rev. Mr..
Williams, an old time minister at
Dudley, BIass, is said to have taught.
1t is related of him that when mid
wav in his sermon, on sultry Sun
day, he heard the sound of distant
thunder, he glanced out the window
once or twice, stopped preaching,
and remarked: "Brethren, observe
that our brother Crosby is not pre-
pared for the rain. | think it our
duty to help our brother Crosby get
in his hay before the shower" Step
ping down from the pulpit, he went,
with several of the brethren, to the
hay field and worked there for half
an hour, when the hay was housed
Thsn, returning to tho church, he
took up the thread of his sermon
where he had left it and preached
straight through to his"fifteenth' and
Finally" without an omission.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11
BEES, ENEMIES

Never put a new swarm OF bees
in an old hive, as there will almost
certain be eggs of the honey moth
deposited in the crevices of the hive,
which will hatch out and probably
destroy the swarm. When the moth
once gains an entrance to the hive
the bees appear p0werless to pexel
them. When the maggots begin to
eat their way into the combs, the
sooner the bees are fumigated the bet
ter. DO not have large round en-
trance to the hive, convenient to
mice, bugs and other enemies; have
al entrance of only quarter of an
inch in height, and from an inch in
winter to four inches in length in
summer. Should wasps or other
bees attack & hive, the only plan is
to narrow the entrance 50 that only
one or two bees can pass at a time.
To destroy wa6ps, saturate a piece
of oolen rag with spirits of turpen-
tine, put it into the entrance to the
nests, and leave it there one night.
The next morning every wasp will
be dead.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

GRANT got slam this week from
President Hiram Price Of the nation.
al temperance association now in Sos
sion at Chicago. Mr.. Price said
that the presence of Vice President
Wilson in the convention "waS an
indication that the time is coming
when there will be man in the white
house who sill represent the friends
of temperance" The temperance
people seem to think, that Grant is
not strictly a total abstinence man.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

Tom Glover, OF Columbus, color
ed, and who was confident that he
had never enjoyed himself so much
'scene de snrrendah, pulling out
his little pluifer the other evening,
bIazed away at q group of his cOun-
trymeu with such success that Bill
Wadsworth will retire from society
for a period. Tom wiIlalsO turn her
NIT, under legal auspices, for teEm'
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

A GOOD story is attributed to
Sheridan's son Tom, who being told
by his father that he had made his
will and cut him off with a shilling,
said he was sorry, and Immediately
added: You don't happen to have
the shilling about you now, sir, do
you
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

A colony of about forty people in
Trumbull county, Ohio, are now ne
gotiating for the purchase of lands
near Atlanta. They want about
thirty acres of land desire to engage
in truck farming, poultry raising
and cheese making.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

AN old woman of Indianapolis
who has lived there for years and
been engaged in washing and gather
ing rags for a living, died last week
and now it turns out that she is the
owner of 100000 worth of resi- es-
tate in that city.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

THE Marietta girls says the sold
folks don't like for our lovers stay
later than ten o'clock, but then you
know we keep them quiet by chang
ing the clock Jes so
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

A Marietta hired girl attempted
suicide because she broke a saucer.
So far SO good. You are astonished
of course but listen further: She
had hardly recovered when she
broke six plates and swore the cat
did it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

TIE worst case of selfshness that
ever has been presented to the pub
lie, emanated from a Marietta youth
who complained because his mother
put bigger mustard plaster on his
younger brother than she did on
him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

TIE rebel iron clad Merrimac is
a tough customer for the wreckers to
handle. For twelve years they
have been exploding powder around
her remains, and they are digging
and blasting away at her still
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

A German woman in Brooklyn
lately entered crockery store and
astonished the clerk by asking for a
"IectIe Beecher." A little pitcher
was what she wanted.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

A BOY writing to his sister, said :;
"Sarah Jane Gibbs is dead, and her
mothers got twins. They are girls,
and this is awful fine weather for
ducks.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

THREE things that never become
rusty: The money of the bcnevo-
lent, the shoes of the butchers horse
and womans tongue.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

THE Macon and Brunswick Rail-
road was sold on Tuesday and pur-
chased by the State for one million
of dollars.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

Well, John, ssid a Sunday sch COL
teacher to a new scholar that had
been gathered from the highways,
'how old are you'' six years,
mum. Have you any brothers or
sisters q? One-Bob-that's ALL
How old is hel Dunno, nam, but
he's Just commenced for to chaw
terbackeT.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

WELL, after all the Pennsylvania
and Ohio Republicans declare against
a third term. What is Ulysses go
ing to do about it ?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

AFTER SO long a time, Marietta
man has had ocular demonstrations
of sound. He has seen his bed
tick.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

THE Rev. George Cakebrsad has
accepted call to Mount Pleasant,
Iowa. We suppose he's kneAded
there.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

ONE of the rules of the Loafers
Club in Marietta is to fine a man
ten cents every time he perspires.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

"CAN animals suffer pain Y is the
Iatcst question. Stick a pin into a
mules hind leg and see.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

Considerable father: "You should
eat Graham bread, my son; it
makes bone" Responsive youth /;
"H II I'm bout all bones now"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11
Gle Selayjetta 5aNrpal.
Marietta, Ga, Friday, June IL, 1878.

A FARMER in Cobb county is so
penurious, he splits his matches
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

EHAYING recently purchased The entire
q z equipage OF Mr.. G. K. Boa1's Marietta
Livery Stable consisting Of Horses. Bug2ies,
and Carriages, l respectfully call The attention
Of the citizens OF Marietta and the travelling
public generally to the fact and solicit the lin
era patronage heretofore bestowed urn my
predecessor. All orders may be lett at the
Stable or Kenaesaw House Office, which viii
be promptly attended 10.
In connection with my Stable Of fine Horses,
Bngaies aud Phatons, have a very FINE
HEARSE.
The Stable il nea. he Railroad Depot, OPP
posite the Kennesaw House.
J. 4. 6. ANDERSON.
Dec 18Th. ia
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11
$4,000 Fruit Trees.

I propos. to sell at the Marietta Nursery
from now uasi tiie last OF February, one aud
two year old Apple and Peach trees at I2i cts
per tree.
Scupperuong Grape Vines and Everbearing
Mu.berlies 1t = CTS each. Dec. 1lth, -.
n. b. HARDEN.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-05-26
Memorial Day.

One dav in the wear given to the mem
orv of those who give their lives n bat
tie An in the hospital for their country
!. little enough \ few hours next S'tui-
day will not hurt the busiest business man
- for should he find himself t few cents
out in pocket by their Observance n may
well chlrge the amount to rroili
By It's plvments Of pensions the nation
in is way. do, its duty in the way OF ft-
membcring those who saved it. But 1t l.
the living and n,4the dead whom 1t must
regard. If dead soldiers have any atten-
ton paid to them it must come from TIN
hearts of men AMI women and children
and not from corporations
The services Of decoration day are by
some thought to be ju-t ~ well omitted
They think the -piIit lhu inciie- TO tiles
ceremonies is sentimental one. There /
a little : lriicc truth in W ut they think
No lhln in his ~en~s would IL Il business
matter rnglg.. in an under taking where
the work j. To shoot AMI be ~hot ut. There
WI, something of sentiment that pl omp
cd t. enlistment Il sentiment that zoe, by
the name of patriotism or love of country
Prisoners who had been confined fo
III lntu- in Southern prisons. were know
to -hrd t,rr- of i,y when they got buck M
der the folds of 4 strip of red. white an
blue 81 Ih which some of them used to ca,
Old glory, and whir! sill goes BIZ til
name Of the old ht-. Nm, too, who h;t
not been Weakened by starry 'tl"n. but wh'
hal been living under IL hostile govern
menl did, in those days, actually wee
when they saw the stars and stripe, com
TO their view agtin.
SO lave we. on the Decoration Days tina
have gone bcfoIe. known the eye, of mo-
who were in the amy t. grow wet ut tip
grave of some unknown soldier. 50 Il
we see year after lc,r, women making II
labor IF love to arrange the flowers for
visible sign of Remembrance for those win
were strangers to them, ~ well as f"
those who were their nearest friends.
1t Will be i sid day for the coulitr.
should it come when such - sentiment Il
this i, done away with; and we may civ
thanks that human nature is 50 constitute"
thtt such a day viii not come. 1t Is TIN
sentiment that makes men give their live
to pro;cc, government. It. i it whc
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-05-26
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-05-26

TIE MECkLk>EUE@ CENTENNIAL.-Th,
North CIroIinlan> hud Il great time at
Chtrlotlc on the 10Th. The ceremonie
we're inauguratcd by the firing of on
hundred guns by the Rtleigh Light Ar
tillrrv AMI the Richmond IIpWitZ rs. and
he ringing of bells. etc. Vast crowds ~
,-mblrd estimatrd from 2J0OD to 4O,OoO
The largest as>cmhl,ge ever seen in tn.
>t ,te. Gen. William r. Cox of North
Carolina was made Chief Marshal, and "a
nine A. NJ. the procession formed and
marched through the principal streets.
Governor Brtg len of North Carolina
Governor IIrndricks Of Indiana Govcrno,
) ntc> Senators and Supreme Court Judge,
of North Carolina We're present. The pro
ces>ion WIS more than Il mile in length
and on reaching the Fair Grounds the cX
rrr,cs were oprnel by prayer by the Rev.
DR.. y. w. Miller, and the singing Of tn,
Did North STATE Major Sctton Gales
me Ic:tutI Oh ne NlcChltHpulS utCl'tl tlllOu,
in Il short speech, proceeded to read tn,
NcckIcnburg resolutions, after which the
Ion. Joseph Kerr Of North Carolina, on,
# the orators Of the occasion. delivered Il
most eloquent and impressive address
he was followed by the Hon. John NJ
l' ght of Tennessee, who was the oull
o her invited speaker. a grand banquet
was spread ut ) o'clock. which added zc1I
o the occasion. On the speakers stand
vas Judge Mrrrimon now United States
senator. Governor lIrnlrick, Of Indiana
tinvcrnOl Walker of Virginia. and many
,thcr prominent gentlemen. The assem-
'IAgc II tioirnel at ) o'clock, and there
was. LATER, a large gathering in Indepen-
fence SIIlrr, whi.n li>t-ne t. speech
o., from Governor Chamberlain of South
Cuolina, Governor Hendricks Of Indiana
md others Altogether the celebration
WIS Il grand Success.
The speaking was rather of the spread
rlglc order but H. general tone WIS very
patriotic. Altogether it is Il very GOOD
ding for the SoIth, and North 90, i,
.clncmber the day, when the whole coun,
~ WAS united in :, common cause.