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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16
CONVENTION" OR NO "CoNvEN-
TON"

Hayes has been counted in by
fraud, the Legislature of Georgia
has adjourned and so has Congress.
The next important subject is the
holding of State Convention. We
are strong advocate of the Conven-
ton, but we desire the people to read
both sides. Hence we open our
columns to the friends and opponents
of the measure. Any well written
communication, accompanied with a
responsible name will be given a
place. We invite such articles, and
will be very glad to obtain them on
this or any subject which may like
ly come before the body or any sug
gostions that may be made. Writ
ers can have full swing. We have
only few CAUTIONS write plainly
on one side Of sheet, and do not be
too lengthy. COaambas Enquirer.
With the Griffin News, we like
the suggestion of our Columbus cos
temporary, and extend the same in
vitation' to- the people in this vicini-
We hardly feel competent to judge
of public opinion regarding the pro-
priety Of holding a Constitutional
Convention. The public mind has
been SO engrossed with the shifting
panorama at Washington, that the
subject of Convention or no Conven-
ton has been entirely ignored. Let
the people speak by all means.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.

We do not see how any reasonable
man can oppose State aid, where
such aid actually decreases the bur-
den of taxation upon the people.
The States endorsement of the
bonds of the Marietta and North
Georgia Railroad would have 80 in>
creased the States tax income from
that section, as to have materially
lightened it in this. We do not be-
lieve the thoughtful people of South
Georgia could have objected to such
endorsement. The fight against it
seems to have been made upon the
ground that Bullock endorsed Rail
road bonds. Of course we do not
favor reckless expenditure of pub
lie funds for wild cat enterprises !;
but we do favor a judicious bestowal
of State aid, where we have every
assurance that the people will have
returned to them value received.
Retrenchment and Reform have a
different meaning to modern legisla>
tors conception of the words and
Economy does not mean narrow
minded parsimony. ALBANY News
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16
FLOWERS.

Flowers, of all created things the
most innocently simple and most
superbly complex-play things for
childhood, ornaments of the grave,
and companions of the cold corpse in
the coffin. Flowers, beloved by the
wandering idiot, and studied by the
deep thinking man OF science
Flowers, that of perishing things and
the most heavenly. Flowers, that
increasingly expand to heaven their
grateful, and to man their cheerful
looks partners of humane joy,
soothers Of humane sorrow, fit EN-,
blems of the victor's triumphs, Of
ths young brides bushes /; welcome
to the crowded halls, and graceful
upon solitary graves. Flowers are
in the volume of nature what
the expression "God is love" is in
the volume of revelation. What
desolate place would be a world
without flower
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

A party of robbers boarded a loco
motive at Long Point, Ind, killed the
engineer, set the engine in motion,
and drew an Adams Express car
away to convenient place for rifing.
This was in 1875. A few days ago
five men and woman were arrested
as the robbers. The woman is Jen>
ME Osgood. and it is said that she
not only planned the crime, but was
leader in its commission. She
wore mems clothing and a false
moustache, and was one of two who
killed the engineer.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE COUNTIES
/, Cobb, Paulding, and, Pickens.

closed ia or. the ceb, and as we passs
ed Muley favored him with a salute
that was most internally foul; for,
! planting his two heels upon the off.
quarter Of the honest BucephaIus, I
heard yell, and CHANGING around
saw my rival and horse go down in
the most promiscuous manner. NV
steed Of the desert kept straight on.
We had ride of eight miles before
US, and felt satisfied that in that
distance, at the rate we were travel
ing, Muley would have a good deal
of the devil taken out of him.
became aware of another fact, ana
that was my best pants were giving
way.
About five miles out we struck a
watermelon patch and went straight
through. | could hear thedmelons
bursting under me like bombs, and
when we emerged from the further
side specimens of this fruit were
strung on the mules leg like beads.
A mile beyond this | saw our ex-
cellent minister of the gospel wend-
ing his solemn way across the prair-
les with wagon full of infant ia
cobs, and saw also that unless he
whipped his horse, Old Hundred, to
most extraordinary run, we would
be into him instanter. pulled hard
on the near rein with one hand, while
steaded myself with the chain with
the other, but with no more effect
than if | had taken a pull upon Pixies
Peak. We struck the parsons fam
lily about amidships and went through.
/ never saw infant Christianity SO
scattered as on that occasion.
left the parson gathering up his
family, and continued until l struck
the doctors fence, and went flying
into his front door with the bull dog
close at my tattered rear. | knocks
ed over the cradle and upset the sup
per table. The doctor came to my
rescue with kick in the ribs of his
dog that sent him with howl and
mouthful ofpantaloons into the yard.
| then told the doctor with one breath
all had lett-that Araminta's
little devil of brother was dying
Of tco much watermelon patch, and
wanted a doctor with squills.
We returned in about the same
stlye. The doctor having a younger
horse than my rival had been fav-
ored with kept the lead, his pill bags
Tapping in the air, while his coat
tails made straight line behind.
This horse tagged airy the mule
started him up again with vigor,
GUS bite on the rump that seemed to
infuse new vigor into that medicated
animal We passed my rival sitting
on the roadside nursing his off leg
as if it hurt him. He never come
back, acknowledging his defeat in
the most gentlemanly manner.
The doctor soon put Araminta's
little brother in perpendicular po-
sitior, and that night at the bedside
of the little sufferer, keeping we'll
to the front, proposed, was accept
ed, and the happy day was fixed.
| rode into Araminta's affections on
a mule
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

THERE is man in Southington,
Conn.,, between fifty and sixty years
of age, who has steadily worked for
his father until the present day, new
er had dollar in his pocket, never
went to church, wedding, or funer-
al, never was on a car, never to a
party, never spoke to girl, never
had holiday, and yet had his poll
tax abated this year on account Of
poverty, while his fathers estate is
estimated at from $4,000 to $780,
900.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

"Just for the fun of the thing" a
citizen stepped up to a country man,
a night or two since, and asked him
to lend him his hat, a dilapidated af>
fair, placing his own glossy silk tile
upon the husbandman's head as Sc
curity. He then turned around and
began talking to his friends, and on
looking about for his hat both it and
the green youth had vanished. The
citizen considered himself sufficient
ly amused.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

New York city las a population
of 100000 AMI Brooklyn has
quite a half miIlnn more. These
together with Hoblken, Jersey, and
the numerous suburban towns and
villages, have, a1mbined popula,
ton of quite 2,oooboo, more than
Paris or any city II the world, swith
the single exception Of London.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

"Do you think That souls separa-
ted here are unitel hereafter 7" ask,
ed pale, emaci4ed priest of a
friend. sit cost dc a pretty good
figure to get a digrce, and when |
invested it was fortune and eterni-
ty, too"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

"It's id outrage" said Dem
ocratic lawyer high up the State and
national councils of his party. "Ex
cuse profanity; haven't INDUCED
in it for years, but this IS an extra
ordinary occasion, and seems to de"
mand extraordinary language"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

Gentlemen, l can't lie about the
horse. He is blind in one eye,"
said the auctioneer. The horse was
soon knocked down to spectator
who had been greatly struck by the
auctionee's honesty. After paying
for the horse he said: "You were
honest enough to tell me that
this animal was blind in one
eye-is there any other defect ~
eyes, sir, there is !! He is also
blind in the other eye," was the
prompt reply.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

A little fellow ran to his mother
the other day and asked "Ma, can
l have some bread and jam ?" His
mother, wishing to break him of the
vicious habit, replied "When | was
of your age couldn't get anything
to eat between meals if | wanted"
"Yes, said the boy, after a moments
pause, "but you didn't have a good,
nice mamma, did you !" This set
tied it in favor Of the yoang ilatter'
err.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

The affections ofa woman are too
sacred to be trifed with; those Of a
man are more easily alienated. A
bankrupt in one place, he speculates
in. another bot a yoman, in bestow-
ing her heart gives|us the fee simple
of her affections, and in giving US
what cannot be given twice. over,
she gives US that which gold, with all
its power, is unable to supply.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

ONE evening, at the theatre, John
Phoenix, the humoris', observed
sitting three seats in front whom he
thought he knew; he requested the
person sitting next to him Ito punch
the other with his cane" The po-
lite stranger did so, and the person
turning his head little he discover
ed his mistake-that he was not the
person he took him for. Fixing his
attention steadfastIy on the play. and
affecting Inconsistencies of the
whole affair, he left the man with a
cane to settle with the other for the
disturbance, who being wholly with>
out an excuse, there was, Of course,
ludicrous and embarrassing scene,
during all which Phoenix was pro.
foundly interested in the play. At
last the man with the cane asked,
rather Indignantly:
Didn't you tell me to punch that
man with my stick ?"
"Yes."
"And what did you want 2"
81 wanted to see whether you
would punch him or not"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16
Marietta, Ca. Friday AYrni rg, March 1s77t
RITTER SWEET
by JOHN MACKENZIE,

90
Hearts that ripple gayest measures ~ sfi
Deepest strains of sadness know. sa#4
Hearts that thrill with sweetest pleasures
Oft are chilled with deepest woe.
Hearts that wall in widest anguish, !.
Highest notes Of mirth employ.
Hearts that pine away and languish,
Wake in ecstacies of Joy.
Eyes that look loves warmest passion,
Glisten with the deadliests hate. -
Man is but the dupe Of fashion m IA
Fashion but the slave of fate.
Hands that shower greatest blessings,
81 OFT the foalest curses rain. 81,
Hands that give the most caressings,
Oft ihflict the deepest pain.
FAT the parting all oar pleasures
Leave some bitterness behind;
And in sorrow, dearest treasures
wv Linger with the weary mind.
Every sweet must have its bitter
Every bitter have its sweet,
Sweet would not be sweet if bitter
Did not mingle wit hthe sweet.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

A Cobb county girl worked the
motto, II need thee every hour"
and presented it to eher chap. He
says he can't help !. 1t takes him
two hours to milk md feed the pigs,
morning and night and business has
got to be attended to.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16
JOB WORK.

The MARIETTA JOURNAL is pre-
pared to do job work Of ALL KINDS
at the very lOs0eSt figures with meats
ness and dispatch. We duplicate
Atlanta prices. If we do not give
satisfaction, no charge will be made.
Give us your work.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

There are loas lof men in this
country who doHt care for money,
but they feel jug ike using pos.
tage stamp oveFlagain if the ink has
only touched on Iorner.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

Toledo psoph bare proverbially,
economical. Aluhn who died in
that city the ohi day left word
that the door platg should be taken
off and screwed orfhe top of his cof>
G.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

A fond mother remarked: "Yes,
I wan. my daughPF to study rheto.
rio, for she CAM f1l pan cakes now
without smoking III the house up"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

z~s-9E you want fine varieties Of Wheat and
Rust Proof Oats Seed, call on L. C. g. w. G.
MCCLELLAN, as they at considerable expense
have arrangements made to supply those who
call On them.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

~ REMEMBER, that the JOURNAL
Printing Office is upstairs in brick
building, SOuth>side Of public squa e
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16

g END 25cto G. P. HOWELL IL CO., New
SYork, for Pamphlet Of 100 pages, contain
rg lists of 2000 newspapers, end estimates
lowing cost advertising.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16
The ssyariga a|ullrnal,

MARIETTA, Ga, FRA arch Is, ia77.
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16
Pianos and Organs,
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
VIM. KNABE & CO.,
C GORHAM & CO.,
c. .ICKERING & SONS,
DURHAM & SONS,

DURHAM & SONS,
PEASE & CO.,
and other Pianos from $3.50 to $1,000, or u
Octave with all the very latest improvements.
MASON & HAMLIN,
PRINCE & CO., and other Organs will
now be sold by the undersigned at less than
New York factory prices for cash, or on easy
monthly installments, or rent with privilege Of
purchase to responsible parties.
Every instrument fully warranted for five
years. Old pianos taken in exchange.
For terms and prices please address me
through the Post Office and / will cheerfslly
give all information by letter or in ..person.
Orders, for tuning or repairing Pianos. lett
at VIM. Roots Drugstore will meet with
prompt attention, at moderate prices.
+. l.. FREYER.
Marietta, Ga.-sept2lst75.ly
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-03-16
OFFICE.

UPSTAIRS, IN FREYER'S BRICK
Building, in the rooms formerly occupied by
DIR. Greer, South-Side of the Public Square.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-02

Journot give me your gun, and / will
keep this post until you return"
F" Come on, Monsieur y said the young
man.
Whittier do you lead mepn
You shall soon learn, but be sure 1t
Is place of safety, since L have sworn
it to my mothern
"Go on, then; will follow" said the
marquis.
The young man led the fugitive down
to the rivers bank, where they embark
ed and were soon on the opposite side of
the Seine. Here, after landing, he con-
Quoted him by back lanes to the rear of
a house OH the Rue St. Honore, where,
after knocking gently, they were ad-
mitted by fair young girl about the
same age as the young man who bore
the marquis name. She was SO pretty,
indeed, that the fugitive gazed admiring-
ly on her charming features.
Citizen Journot," said a matronly
woman, as the marquis entered a large
and comfortable room, " do you not
remember me?"
C do not"
Well, it is not strange. But when
we last met it was in the Rue de la Paix,
twenty years ago. This young woman
was then an infant in my arms, and you
saved my husband from going to pris-
on"
Ah yes, he has just recalled the
fact, said the marquis.
He is temporarily in charge of the
Conciergerie But from that hour,
with means you furnished, he has pros
pered in trade, and we have been abund-
antly blessed. Pauline, my daughter,
is about to wed this young man, another
of your proteges. And now please to
step into the next apartment"
The Marquis Journot obeyed, and
instantly found himself in the presence
of his wife and children. His kind but
humble friends had secreted them in
the hour of their great peril, and now
brought them in safety to each other.
Could gratitude have had better express
sion.
That very night the marquis and his
family were conducted in safety outside
the walls of Paris, and soughtand found
in the provinces place of safety until
the Reign of Terror had ceased, and
the demon of discord had drunk his fill
of blood.
Truly the kindly deed of the young
marquis twenty years before had proved
to be Z" Bread Cast upon the Waters,''
and had furnished him two surprises of
an agreeable nature.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-02
A Parrot Story.

Two sailors who had parrot with
them, went into magician's show, in
an upper room in some foreign city,
The three constituted the audience.
After each feat of the magicians, one of
the sailors would remark, :" that's pretty
good; wonder what they'll do next.''-
Finally one of the sailors asked permits
sion to smoke, which the magicians
granted, forgetting that in the room be-
meath was an immense quantity of gun
powder. The Jack tars and the parrot
continued to enjoy the show, one sailor
adding the pleasure of his pipe, and the
other remarking after each trick, "That
is pretty good; wonder what they'll do
next"
A spark from the smokers pipe
CHANGED to drop through crack in the
floor into the powder, and something
suddenly occurred. Sailors and magi-
clans, parrot and all, " rose above party
prejudice" and were all blown to king
dom come, in a million fragments, all
except the poll-parrot. He landed in q
heap of bruised flesh and burnt feathers
in potato patch, four. miles away. He
was utterly demoralized. 1t took some
moments to collect himself, and when
he had partially done SO he hoped
limpingly upon a fence rail and remark
ed: "That's pretty good; wonder what
they'll do next"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-02

"a An Irishman chanced to be present
at jumping match, and seeming much
interested in the contest, he was invited
to try his skill. He gladly consented,
and taking off his long black coat, laid
it across fence near by. Three dandies
who had just halted to witness the sport,
thought it was good chance to play
him trick. Accordingly, when his
back was turned, one of them procured
piece of chalk and drew an ass head
on the back of Pats coat, and waited to
see the fun when he discovered the
trick. He soon returned for his coat,
with smile on his comical face. AS
his keen eyes glanced at the profile on
the back of his coat, one of the dandies
laughingly asked how he liked jumping.
"Oh! l like jumpin' well enough, +" said
Pat; but iv yen tell me which av ye
had the chalk on yer face, an left the
print av yer jaw on my coat, I'll tell
yees if he took a gud likeness"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-02

pD If we except the blessings Of
strength, health, and the testimony of a
good conscience, all the other con-
veniences and pleasures of life depend
upon opinion. Except pain of body and
remorse of conscience, all our evils are
imaginary.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-09-27

THE question of the currency is of
boundless importance to the American
people. The stability Of our Government
will depend on a wise settlement of this
momentous interest.-Peter Cooper.
Most true; and Mr.. Cooper should
have said in this connection that the
only safe course for our government, is
to follow strictly the requirements of the
Constitution. Our fundamental law is
sound, and gives the law making power
no control over the currency, to make it
plenty or scarce, and thus expand Or
contract, as knaves wish. "The ques-
tion of the currency is Of such bounds
less importance" that the wise men who
framed the Constitution, and those to
whom it was submitted for approval or
rejection, adopted it with this understand
ing. They never designed to give the
Congress power to appreciate or depre-
ciate values, and thus favor some and
rob others. The trouble now is, this has
been the gambling game of the men in
power, through initiation first, and cons
traction afterwards, and hence our ca
lamities, and woes and suffering.
Let it be understood that the general
good is individual good; that justice is the
only safe rule; that chartered monopo-
lies and restrictive e,iactments to favor
class interests are always to the injury
of the people, and work out sad results,
as we realize now.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-09-27
AN UNROMANTIC WOOLNG.

Miss Maria Roop was married in Bos'
ton on Saturday last under the following
circumstances
Captain Roop, distant relative, who
sails an English ship, visited Mr. John
Roop's few weeks ago, on his way to
Parrsboro', N. S., and met his fate in the
person of the young lady who is now his
wife. He returned to New York and be-
gan to load for Java. He wrote to her
and proposed that she meet him in Bos-
ton the next week, marry him and sail
for lava. q His boat was on the shore and
his bark was on the sea, or loading at the
wharf, and she must decide at once. The
letter was received in the morning, and
had not been read more than half doz-
en- times (such letters require great deal
of reading, it seems), when despatch
was received to the following effect:
Please answer my letter by telegraph
yes or no. Any girl can probably say
yes or no to the offer of hand and heart,
but when such offer is coupled with
three days notice of marriage and sea
voyage to the East Indies. the case re-
uuires little more consideration. So she
took time to consider, and added strength
to the saying that the woman who con
siders is lost, for, when the afternoon of
the same day brought her another dis
patch, which was simply Yes or no ?
she wentto the telegraph office and wrote
Eyes" on blank. The operator know
ing nothing Of the vast Importance ofthat
monosyllable message, placed it on file
for transmission, and the most anxious
man in new York was soon made happy
by its reception. The lady left St. John,
N. B., on Friday morning last, and met
and married the captain at the residence
of relative in Boston. Their wedding
trip will be a long one-around the
world, but not in eighty days.