Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-01-28

There is but little news in this par
OF TIE moral vineyard.
O. Z. Hamilton has just received /
fine lot of drugs. lie can furnish hi'
customers with anything they need il
his line, from a dose of salts TO Il barre
of -four, lie a repair your liver anj
rcnovstc the inner man generally, but
no red eve.
Edwards & Bro. have dissolved their
connection MS merchants. Mr.. j.. NJ
Edwards, the old reliable, plays a lone
hand.
Mr.. T. {, Edwards aud Mr.. C.. Il.
Dorroh are in together both fine gen.
tlemcn ana very accommodating.
The roads are in a miserable condi-
ton, with nearly all the bridges gone.
sec you publish list OF the new over
sccrS, and il is to be hoped they will
turn ont to a man, and do something
for their country. a good oversecr
of the roads is a great public bcncfac-
tor, and whenever one docs his duty
well aud thoroughly he should have
special mention | shall make it a
point hereafter TO send in the nam as to
the BEACON of all the good ovcrsccrs
in this section and | hope that all may
be included.
Mr.. w. II. Britain is still the book
keeper for j. NJ. Edwards, and Joe Nc
Rec keeps business lively behind the
counter, They have both first-class
regulations in their respective roles,
and are becoming more and more pop
nlal with the ladies.
DR.. e.. was unfortunate in being
thrown from his horse. Ii is said he
turned a double summcrsault aud land
ed on his feet, but was so surprised and
fatigucd by the unexpected exploit
that he Immediately sat down in the
road, and when he made his appear.
ancc in town, he looked as il he might
have been taking a mud bath.
The country doctor has II hard time.
lie must be chary, wise as a serpent
and harmless as a dove. The sense of
the innate tells him to appreciate fc-
male friendships, to exercise that tact
which beats genius, TO agree in many
things with the old ladies, and to be
cheek by jowI with everybody and the
rest of mankind. Under certain cir
cumstanccs and with some good pco.
Pile he must not be bold enough TO as
Scrt that Il roasted mouse and tried
eggs is not a sovereign remedy for
gunshot wounds, or that cobwebs and
chamomilc tea won't do for dyspepsia
or that no one was ever cured of ian.
derS' by swallowing the yclk of an egg
with two tlcas in it for nine mornings
in succession, for fear that he nlay be
accused OF hcrcsics, rated as a mouutc-
bank, and lay himself liable to bitter
dcnunciations. On occasions he must
have nothing original about him, cx-
ccpt original sin, What n character
he is. The chameleon does not change
lIucs oitener than does the DR.. his
IIninors. How grufl, how sweet: how
.llIlbcral, how accommodating; how
close, how generous; how careless, how
nice is the country doctor.
The Farmers Alliance have made o II
-idcrable progress since their organ.
cation They lately had u meeting OF
he County Alliance r, Salem Church
IN the Macon 4 Louisville road. add ,
" i;t'la r~ino.nre via. ti,vi, Uusi- ,
ness as a fine dinner was spread. A
county committee was appointed to
make agreements tor trade this year,
md | understood they made arrange.
ncnts with Hamilton IL Co. of Ohio, |
who will open Il supply store at Macon {
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