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The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
Brave Lying,

b.
"That thunder shower was one of the
worst things of it's kind I ever took nand
in"
"Would You replenish your glass and
tell us the details ?" asked the heavy man,
politely. ....
"It was in the winter of 40" said the
stranger stirring his glass refectively. II
heard there was a good deal of walnut tim
ber in them sections, and l was keen to
get it. So me and my son took a steamer
and went up on the northern coast, where
no white man had ever been before. As
soon as we landed weknowed we had struck
it rich, Gentlemen, there was millions of
acres, all cut and ready for the market"
might inquire who cut n" interro-
gated the heavy man, solemnly. "You
say no white man had ever been there"
"The polar bears had gnawed it off
searching for honey" replied the stranger,
calmly. .......
GO on with your thunder shower"
"Well, as I was telling you, we started
right IN, and in three weeks we were richer
than any three men IN the state. There
was no end to the luck Everything went
our way from the start. We had all the
| logs down on the deck and were only wait
| lag for the boat to come and take us off,
when / seen clouds making to the north
and knowed it was going to settle in for
thick weather. l told my son to look out,
and in less than half an hour there broke
the doggondest storm ever seed. Rain
Why gentlemen, it rained 50 hard into the
muzzle of my gun that is busted the darr
thing at the breechl Yes, sir And the
water began to rise on us too. Talk about
your flood down south Why, gentlemen
the water rose so rapidly in our house tina
it flowed up the chimney and streamed 30(
feet up in the air We got it both way
that trip, up and down"
"Do we understand that you are relating
facts within the scope of your own expe
rience ?" demanded the heavy man, will
his mouth wide open.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
Small Farms.

We are glad to see in the Savan
nah News an able article advocating
small farms. for it is at present the
great need of the South, whose large
farms eat up the profits OF the plan,
ter. The tendency of large farms is
to waste and slovenliness, for the
owner of a large farm feels natural
ly called upon to use as much of his
ground as possible and he too often
plants more than he can properly
cultivate, and in his efforts to spread
himself over large acreage his work
must necessarily prove careless. On
the other hand, the owner of small
farm feels compelled to make as
much as possible out of his limited
acreage and has the time to cultivate
it we'll. Small farms naturally tend
to diversity of crops, for every acre
must be made to produce that pro-
duct for which it is best adapted,
while the large farmer has no time to
enter into minor details Small farms
produce habits of economy and Or
der, the foundation of agricultural
prosperity. Statistics have proven
that small farms mean wealth and
independence, and it is to the fact
that the land is divided up in small
farms that many of the Northern
states owe their wealth. .,o
There is no section Of tho country
where small farms can be made more
profitable than in Georgia, where
every variety OF product can be rails
ed, and where in many cases two
crops year can be raised off the
same ground, A little farm well
TILED in Georgia is continual
source of revenue to the tiller, and
with this revenue and freedom from
debt and the harrassing care of
large plantation follows contentment
and independence
The question then occurs, what
shall we do with our large planta-
tions? Cultivate only that portion
Of them which it pays to cultivate
well, raise on few acres what we
now raise on fnany, and then put the
rest down in grass and engage in
raising stock, Then invite immi-
grafton, show the world what can be
done on small farms an Georgia, and
the surplus land will soon be dis
posed of at good prices. Such
plan followed out would in few
years make Georgia one of the most
populous and prosperous states in
the Union -Americus Recorder
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

bran new lot of hair on that goat OF
the woman won't take it back. She
don't want no bald goat Well they
can run the baby and goat to suit
themselves, cause have resigned.
l have gone into business. Don't
you smell. anything thats would lead
you to surn,ise that l had gone in
to business 2 No drug store this
time" and the boy got up and put
his thumbs in the arm-holes of his
vest and looked proud
so, | don't know as I smell any,
thing, except the faint odor of a
horse blanket. What you gone into
anyway r. and the grocery man put
the wrapping paper under the coun
ter, and put the red chalk in his
pocket, so the boy couldn't write
any signs to hang outside.
'You hit it the first time. I have
accepted situation of teller in
livery stable,'' said the boy as he
searched around for the barrel of
cut sugar which had been removed.
"Teller in livery stable Well,
that is new one to me. What is a
teller in livery stables ?" and the
grocery man looked pleased, and
pointed the boy to barrel of seven
cent sugar. 10
s'Don't know what teller in liv-
cry stable is?'' 1t is the same as
teller in the bank. I have to grease
the harness, oil tie buggies and cur
ry the horses, and when man comes
in to hire horse, Ihave to go down
to the saloon and tell the livery man.
l like the teller part of it. but ereas-
ing the harness is little too rich for
my blood, but the livery man says if
| stick to it I will be governor some
day, cause most all great men have
begun life by taking care of horses.
1t all depends on nay girl whether L
stick or not. If she likes the smell
of horses l shall be statesman but
if she objects to it and sticks 'up her
nose | shall not yean to be COVER
nor AZ the expense of my girl Say,
can't you come over and see the ba-
by? 'Taint bigger than a small
satchel," and the boy waited till the
grocery man went to draw some vim
egar when he slipped out and put
up sign written on shingle with
white chalk, yellow sand wanted
for maple sugar"
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
Gems OF Thought.

/ 4..er
! The greatest mesiicine in life is .
true friend.
We should do good to an enemy
and make him our friend.
Argument, as usually managed is
the worst sort of conversation.
| To keep your friends, treat them
kindlyi to kill them, treat them Of
ten.
The great difference between men,
the great and insignificant, is ener-
gy-
The sun produces life or causes
death, according as it rays fail, and
SO doth love.
A punctual man is very seldom a
poor man, and never man of doubt
ful credit.
He shall be immortal who livsth
till he be stoned by one without
fault.
Be gentle in old age. Peeyishness
is worse in second than in the first
childhood.
In most families, interests, are
Ear safer subjects of conversation
than opinions.
Harmless mirth is the best cor
dial against consumption of the spir-
it's.
The best and most important part
of every mans education, is that
which he gives himself.
All of us pay high price for the
manhood we attain-nothing less
than the sweet faith of childhood.
Women love to find in men diff
ficult combinations gentleness
which will invsriably yield with a
force that will invariably protect.
Ten poor men can sleep TRANQUILITY
upon a mat, but two kings are not
able to live at peace in quarter Of
the world.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
EXTENSIVE DRESSING.
Costly Garments Worn in New
York,

Extensive dressing in New York
has reached a height only equaleed
in Paris and perhaps in London.
Many we althy women try to dress
as extensively as possible, and every
article OF their apparel, from the bon-
net of duchess lace, white ostrich
tips and pearls, to the satin shoe, is
purchased with the conviction that
no other article can be had for
money. -
Mrs A. T. Stewart IN her palmy
days had every dress, shoe and bon
net of the most expensive kind Que
dress made in her husI and's store
cost, it is said, $4,000 and is among
the most expensive costumes eYer
worn in this country. The dress
was made OF golden Persian brocade
and contained 30 yards, each costing
$50. 1t was lired throughout with
gold-colored satin, and about. the
long court trail was a ruffle of royal
guIpure lace, Is inches deep, it be-
ing the only piece Of that design in
existence. This lace was valued at
$1,000, and the two founces of old
round point lace which trimmed the
front were. valued at $1,000, The
buttons fastening the dress were Of
solid gold, with q ruby in the, GEN.
tire. At the reception in Saratoga to
which Mrs. Stewart wore this mag
nifcent costume, she had a. special
detective to follow her about and
protect the elegant diamond neckla-
ces, pendants and bracelets which
she wore.
The most costly pair of shoes
ever made in this country were made
for q young lady some years ago to
wear to a fancy ball given by Mr..
August Belmont. Those who at
tended the ball will recollect them,
as they were the cynosure Of all
eyes. The girl who wore them had
a most beautiful arched foot. They
were made of yellow spanish velvet,
with high Louis XIV heels, and laeeG
mp the side. The eyeleis for the
golden cord to pass through were
rimmed with solid gold, and to the
side of each was set a precious stone
first a ruby, then sapphire, then
an emerald, then al opal, and oven
again in the same order. The top q
the shoe was finished ip the SAINT
fashion, and iii front were 16 tiny
golden chains caught by a cluster
diamond pin, The girls mother
aunt and grandmother gave up theil
Jewels, and had them taken out o
their settings, for the whim Of thi
beauty, who married well long
since.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
Not so Very Crazy.

Nose Schaumburg had loaned Sam Bing-
tom $500. AS Nose Fad not seen Sam on
the streets Of Austin for several says, it oc-
CURED to him to call at Sans house and
find out how he was coming on. He did
not see Sam, but Mrs. Bingtom was at
home, she loo ed very sad, and had black
rings around her eyes.
lam in great distress Mr.. Schaumburg. "
''Vat wash de meter ?"
Mr.. Bingtom has lost his mind, and has
been taken out into the country.
"Did he leave dot money nit you to pay
dot note vot come due next week p"
80, no, Mr.. Schaumburg he is not crazy
enough for that. He has notilost his rea-
soning facultieo entirely"
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
Farmers Should be Readers.

We know that farmers often claim
that they have no time to read This
is not always true.-Indeed, it is
true only when they don't want to
read, No working has more leisure
time than the farmer. There is not
one day in ten, even in the buisest
season, that he could not find one
bour TO devote to study, and during
at least one third Of the year he
could spare two hours in the day and
often twiceas many. Farmers boys
have abundant time for reading and
study. This will seem wild Ian.
guage to some of our readers, but we
know what we are writing about.
We know all about farm life, and we
know that any smart ambitious boy
on the farm can find as much time
for study as he needs if he only tries.
And we know that every farmer can
find, on an average more than one
hour a day to devote to acquiring
knowledge. Kansas Farmer.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

Partially mine and partially my sons,
answered the unabashed stranger. ''He
watched it 60 up and l watched it come
down! But you can get sorne idea of how
1t rained when tell yo1 that we put out a
barrel without any heads into it, and it
rained into the bunghoe of that barrel fas-
ter than it could run out at both ends!"
(Which of you saw that ?" inquired a
listener.
1--WE each watched an end, my son and
me, " returned the stranger. 'spm telling
you about storm now, gentlemen. But
the worst of all was the lightning. 1t
wasn't in streaks, it just stood still in one
flash, and when it got through you should
have taken a look at the timber The
timber was chopped into the finest sawdust
you ever got you eye on! Fine as snuff !
Wasn't stick half an inch long! You
never saw anything like it! There was
over $4,000, 100000 gonel We thought
we might save the saw-dust to mix paints
with and save couple of million out of
the wreck, but while we was thinking that
over, the wind sprang up, and then there
was music I've seen some wind in my
lifetime, but no such wind as that ever
blowed before or anywhere else Well,
you can get an imperfect notion of how
that wind blew, when l tell you that it
,blowed that saw-dust right back into its
former shape, and when that storm passed
off, there stood them trees just where they
stood before the bears got after them!"
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
Mans Grandest Treasure.

The grandest treasure it is possible for
man to possess on earth is good wife
The poorest investment he :can ever make
is worthless one. Personal adornment
may please the eye of the vulgar, but it
will not hide false heart Sin may cloak
itself for brief period in the garment of
hypocrisy, but sooner or later it shall come
to judgment. Pure affection is priceless
jewel, the embodiment Of earthly bliss.
In the true union of husband and wife
money should not enter into the consid-
Grafton. The happiest homes the world
ever knew have been bought and paid for
by the mutual earnings after marriage
The good and true wife adorns her home
and makes Of it a little heaven. 1t is the
abode of royal family, a king and queen
dwell within. There are no false gods in
such household. In it two hearts beat
as one. The Tempter dare not enter its
sacred portals. Marry for love and work
for riches," may be stale old proverb,
but millions of happy homes testify to its
truthfulness.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
That Bad BOy Again.

0aid the bad boy to the groceryman 'T
'n'nk when a man is in trouble if he has a
good little boy to take his mind from his
troubles, and get him mad at something
else, it rests him.
Last night we had hot maple sirup and
piscul' for supper, and pa had saucer
tuii In front of him, just a steanng. T
oohla see he was thinking too much of his
INNING STOCK, and [ thought if there was
any'hing | could do to take his mind off
VI IT, and place it on something else. /
would be doing kindness that would be
SSPfpifeeclated Sfi l sat on the right of pa, and
~nen ne wasn't looking pulled the table
clotn so the saucer of red-hot mapel sirup
dropped off in his lap. Well, you'd dide
70 see now quick his thoughts turned from
MS financial to his physical misfortunes.
Ihere was about pint of hot sirup. and
y went all over his lap, and you know how
no' melted mapel sirup is, and how it sort
OF cling to anything. Pa jumped up and
GRABBED hold of his pants legs to pull them
away from hisself, and he danced around
ana told ma to turn the hose on him, and
then he took a pitcher Of ice water and
poured 1t down his pants, and he said the
condemned old table was getting SO rickety
'nat saucer wouldn't stay on it, and ]
'old pa If he:woqld putsome tar on his legs
.lie same Kind that he told me to put on my
ZIP 10 make my moustache grow, the siruE
wouldn't burn SO, and then he cuffed me-
ana think he felt better 1t is a great
thing to get mans mind off his troubles.
-Peck's Sun.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

We want somebody to explain for
the benefit of the legislature why q
merchant has the right to sell a far
mer cask of a thousand pounds of
bacon for one hundred and fifty dol
lars, payable the 18th of October,
and take mortgage with homestead.
waiver upon the mans farm, while
another farmer can buy the same
cask Of bacon for one hundred and
ten dollars in cash. Payday comes
within six months from the day of
the sale of the bacon, and yet the
credit purchaser is compelled to pay.
forty dollars for the use of one hun
dred and ten dollars for six months.
Yet banker, or private capitalist
cannot, without violating the law
loan money for more than eight per
cent interest. a.
The legislator has never consid-
cred the question of usury, or he
would entertain a different view of
the matter. ~
AS the law now'stands, it j" hafd
o borrow money. but the farmer can
get all the guano and goods be wants
on time by paying an, interest Of
forty to sixty per ceut.-Hawkinsyille
Dispatch.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
The GOody-GOOdy Man.

An exchange gets off this nice hit
Church work and meetings will run
smoothly enourh as long as every
member is vii ing to admit that he
is a sinner. The very minute how
ever, that either man or woman be-
comes sinlrss or perfect. you are
bound toyhave trouble. No one can
SO qtichlS get up first class row as
q man who is so awfully good that he
ought to have gone to heaven years
ago. He is harder to keep quiet
than swarm of hornets with fire
under their nest. 1t seems a para
dox. but it is nevertheless true, that
when man gets too much religion
he is a good deal worse than though
he had none at all. So long as he
knows he ought to go to the bottom
IS pit he ca'i be easily handled and
utilized, but the very minute he gets
an impression that heaven isn't quite
good enough for him he tries to
''boss" the minister and congregation
and is so conceited and intolerable
that mysterious ldispensation of
Providence would be received with
resignation, if not hailed as tlong
felt want.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
The Atmosphere in Mexico.

The strangest feature of Monterey to
Northern eyes is the clearness of the air,
such as that which made me, as stood on
the Mount of Olives think the Dead Sea
within an hours walk, though 1 found ii
days ride. Among the aerial phenomena
here class the foot hills standing out so
prominently that you think you can see
round their corners and into the interspaces
between them and the secondary ranges
The most distant peaks, too, seem pressing
forward to peep yer the shoulders of those
nearer. Everywhere the lights and shades
contrast no less than those of electric illu.
minators On the whole, the atmospheric
brilliancy surpasses whatever is known in
the North as much as our Northern sky
surpasses the London fogs, where men are
forever doubtful whether their celestial lu.
minary is the sun or the moon.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

i, A Chicago merchant who sailed direct to
Paris from New York was surprised to be
shaking hands in Paris with New York
merchant whom he had hidden farewell on
the wharf at New York, after talking with
him about selling lot of cheap gloves,
which the Chicago man intended buying in
Paris. He was still more surprised when
the New York man offered to sell him the
gloves. The New York man bad nc'sooner
left him at the pier than, stepping down a
few streets below he boarded a faster
steamer, arrived in Paris first and bought
the gloves himself.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17
Got His Well Dug.

An IriShmau took the CONTRACT to
dig a public web. When he had
dug about twenty-five teet down, he
came one, morning and found it clfS :
ed in filed nearly 10 the top Pat
looked cautiously around and saw
that no person was near, then, took
off his nat aud coat, hung them on a
windlass, crawled into some bushes
and waited events In a short time
the citizens discovered that the well
had caved in, aud seeing Pats hat
and coat on the windass they sup
posed he was at the bottom Of. the
excavation. Only a few hours oi
brisk digging cleared the loose earth
from the well. Just as the e&gsr Cit
liens had reached the bottom, and
We're wondering where the body was,
Pat came out Of tue bushes and
good-natnredly thanked them for re
heviqg him Of sorry job. Some o.
the tired diggers were disguised, but
the joke was too good to allow any.
thing more than hearty laugh
which soon followed
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

Recently the East Tennessee V;r-
giuia and Georgia Railroad did a
piece of remarkably quick work.
Three Thousand bales of cotton were
shipped from Atlanta Monday MORN.
ing, and before Wednesday night
had been packed in schooners at.
Brunswick, which were all ready to
sail.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

DR.. Talmage spoke right tuneful-.
ly Of spring last Sunday "Tree
branches are pulling, ON their sleeves
of verdue. and roots their boots Of,
sod. Buds burst like. harmless bomb
shells, scattering aroma on the fields.
JOY of fishes in the water. Joy Of
insects in the air. Joy of wings In
the skv.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17


THIS is TO certify. that we bought
over -Four Thousand Dollars worth of
DIR. Dromgoole's English Female Bit
ters and Bailey's Sclins Apeyjeat dur.
ing the year 1881, and from personal
observation and public opinion, take
much pleasure in recommending them
as worthy of public confidence and favor.
a, THOMPSON, GEORGE 81 Co,
Wholesale Druggists, Galveston, Texas.
IF6ou don'tlike the use of asickeuing
pill for your headache and constipation,
Just try one dose. Of BaileyS Saline
Apertedst, and you viii never use another
pill for the same purpose,
"TougES on chIlis,"
Cures 8 cases for 25 cts. in cash or stampA
Mailed by John Pasham, Atlanta, Ga
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

Next year, 1884, will be the centennial
year Of American Methodism. Not that
Methodism was introduced here that year,
the first society being formed in 1866, but,
in 1874 the Meth ldst Episcopal church
was organized, and now the differenh
branches Of the church are pfepariug to
celebrate the event.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17


A BIT OF MOTHERS DRESS. "A lit
tie fellow from one of our charitable
institutions was beng taken to New
Jersey farm by an agent, the owners
Of the. farm having bad the boy
bound TO them for a term of years,
when the agent noticed that the boy
kept placing his hand inside of his
jacket on tie LETT side, and OCCASION
ally would peep with in with a ten
der look. At last he said; "What
have you got in there, my little
friend z. "0h, nothing, sir" he re-
plie,l !; "only a bit of my mother s
drees, which I've se9ed on my coat
ii was the dress she had on when
she died, and now it kind of COM
forts me when | touch it.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

Jefferson Davis is said to be
falling very fast of late.i His hair
is very white, and he has The ap-
pearance of feeble, wan, bent old
man. His wife, however, is fat,
hale, hearty lady, who watches
over him like she would a child.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

An Indian girl trapped eighty.
three rabbits and sold them for
thirteen cents each. What.
was the sum total, and how much,
did she have left after buying
her father $40 overcoat?
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

Distinction iliA q h 1hs "a lrsl.v
ty should not oe oblitel atoa hy
men.
The Dawson journal., 1883-05-17

Nothing is more common to try
to. reconcile our conscience to our
evil thoughts by our good actions.
Connecticut western news., 1883-08-22
A Storm of Fishes.

The coast of Mexico, near Vera Cruz, not long ago had shower of fishes, causing the utmost consternation. A similar thing happened at San Luis Pe- tosi. Superstitious people talked about the end of the world. The fishes were 8 species of sardine not familiar in the neighborhoods. A shower years ago in Wales was of small fish known as sticklebaeks, sprinkling the ground over an area of several square miles. They were alive when they fell; yet if caught up by whirlwind from any of the brack- ish ponds near the sea, in which this species of fish abounds, they must have been conveyed through the air distance of thirty miles. The theory of scientists is that the fishes are transported with wonderful speed through the air to the place of deposit. In India such a shower is known to have taken place, the fishes varying from pound to a pound and half each.
Connecticut western news., 1883-08-22
A Vermont Cats Sharp Trick.

The Island Pond (Vt.) Herald says: Some time since the dogs of this village became accustomed to chase cat. which, to escape them, ran under barn. There was situated beneath that barn an old well in which was from one to four feet of water. There was an open space so that the cat could go anywhere under the barn, but when a dog followed her under it, it being dark, she adopted the plan to run and jump directly over the we'll. The dog, not noticing it, would Gland" in the water. This practice she pursued until she had jumped some half dozen dogs into the bottom of the well. Whether there was any design on her part in this mode of procedure, or whether she was interested in the soap business carried on by the owner of the barn, no one but the cat knows. This may seem to be ajoke, but the foregoing facts can be proved by several respect able witnesses.