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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-14

question headquarters for such
goods
McLain Bros. are selling challey,
white lawns and figured lawns at
cents per yard.
Try the soft and noiseless "Sil-
yer King bed spring. Something
good to sleep on.
LowREY & ORR.
Drugs sold on time at lowest cash
prices by Dean q DAVIS.
A. j. Btldwm q Co. received an
assortment Of lace curtains this
week. They also sell the best car
tain polls.
The correct thing in shoes is the
foot that is encased in Turner'S
perfect fitting footwear.
Buy your goods OF J w. Turner
and get chance at his Fourth Of
July premiums.
Go to Cheathann q Farrars for
garden seed, drugs. medicines,
paints, oils, etc.
We have exceedingly graceful
designs in embroideries, with edg>
ings and insertings to match.
LowREYl ORR,
If Turner can't fit you, who
can? That's a question worth am
swering,
We have the exclusive sale of
Weylman u Cos. ladies' and
misses fine shoes. Lowley and
Orr.
The largest tubes of paint ever
sold, tor ONLY 10 cents at Dean &
Davis.
For Guns, Pistols, Winchester
Rifles and Cartridges at low prices,
90 TO A. j. Baldwin q Co.
Group, whooping Cough and
Bronchitis immediasely relieved
by Shilon's Cure. Sold by T. d.
Sale.
A. J. Baldwin & Co. are offer,
ing bargains in Persian Mulls,
checks nruslins and white lawns
Car load of Corn, Oats and Bran
Just received at l.. &. Durham's.
The best and freshest family
groceries at A. B. Hays.
Bedsteads, cots, spring beds,
towel racks, center tables, safes
and mattresses at
LowREY & ORR's.
For pure apple vinegar call on
Dean u Davis.
We have the largest lot of triple
extracts and cologne ever seen in
Dawson, Call and see,
DEAN Il DAIs.
Another handsome lot OF Chill
dren's carriages Just received At 4.
J. Baldwin u Cos.
An immense stock of laccs, lin.
ems, domestics, caicoes, lawns, ribs
boEs and notions, any style, any
price. LOwREY d ORR.
Doubleday your purchases, but
call at once and buy Il pair Of
Weydman's celebrated shoes.
LowREY & ORR.
For lame back, side or chest,
use Shiioh's Porous Plaster. Price
81 cents. Sold by T. D. Sales.
New Spring Millinery arriving
at Mrs, NJ. NJ. Anthony's.
Fifty bushels Of peanuts at ST
per bushel for sale by J. w.
Turner.
A new store in town. They call
it the SURPRISE STORE.
One bottle Johnson's Chill and
Fe 5er ionic guuraateed to cure and
prevent the return of fever.
Price 80 cents.
The best and cheapest heel
scrapes can be found at j. w.
Turner's.
Percales aod Sattines at the
lowest prices at A. }. Baldwin q
Cos.
Fine line of Tooth and Hair
Brushes, Combs, Extracts, Face
Powders, etc, at Chcatham q
Farrar's.
We sell all responsible parties at
cash prices, il they desire it, psva,
nc in the tall Cheatham q Far
rar.
When you want ice cream lrecz
ers 20 TO A. j. BaIkwiu u Cos.
Catarrh cured, health and sweet
breath secured by Sbiloh's Catarah
Remedy. Price 80 cents. Nasal
Injector. Sold by 7. D. Sale,
Will you suffer with Dyspepsia
AID liver complaint? Sh'loh's
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-14

We have just received over fifty
different designs Of moulding Tor
picture frames, DEAN u DAVIS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-14

Horsley q Killen have the best
selection OF ladies and chiidren's
shoes in die city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-14

The big clothing sale continues
at Davis 4 Locke's.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-14
Laces! Lacesi Loces!

An elegant line of Torchon, Me-
deci and Vandyke Lace at iIors,
ley d Killen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-14

McLain Bros. have all the new
things in white goods, Swiss
founcing, including the latest noy7
elites in Vaudyke points, Accord>
con pleats, ETC., which will be
closed out at the lowest prices.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-14

Clothing 30 per cent. below cost
OIL Davis andLocke's Bargain coun.
ter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-14

Mcl.ain Bros large stock of
clothing must lie reduced You
can buy from them at your Own
prices.
New Spling Millinery ut Mrs.
NJ NJ. Anthony's,
Get prices iron any house in the
city aud thea go To Davis u
Locke's. They will underseIl
them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-14

Flouncing, fouhciag, swiss,
nainsoeks and chantil'y Aounciug
asd fish net at Hgrsloy u kiIIen.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Anthony cordially
invites the ladies and public gener>
ally to examine her lovely hats for
spring aud summer, which she is
selling low down.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-14
Hon dsome coods

Horsley & KilIen have decided
ly the largest and handsomest ne
OF white goods, embroideries and
lace of all descriptions. ever ship,
ped to the city. They are beyond
question Il eadquarters for such
goods
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THE AGED STAGE DRIVER

the other without travelling all around both
States. The solitudes OF this border region.
which it pierces. have not yet been disturbed by
the snort OF the iron horse although there is a
Ponaganset railroad project. 1t Is proposed to
bore straight from Providence to Danielson-
vile. When this is done the old yellow stage
coach will DO abandoned. In the moan time.
however. it continues to run daily between
those two places, q distance OF thirty miles,
and to carry passengers for 81 a head
The route Is through primitive and pic
turesque country, teeming with historic inter-
est. 1t is country full Of superstitions. ver-
itablo wonderland Of legend and "Reminiscences.
The hale and hearty old people who inhabit Its
rock-rb regions delight in tollinG ghost
stories. and the young people delight in LISTEN
ing For generations back they have believed
in wizardry. They will do much Of their work
only during the full OF the moon; otherwise
they would expect to die or to have very bad
luck. Planting must not be done until the
signs OF the zodiac are propitious, and gardens
must mover be ploughed on Fridays. Even q
tooth must not be pulled unless the stars are
right II 1t IL. it will come hard and cause great
suffering. Pork il killed during the small Of
the moon, will shrink to nothing In cooking
while that butchered at the full OF the moon
will continue white and firm. The study of the
almanac which always hangs by the kitchen
tireside, they consider imperative if ono would
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Gypsy PRINCE WILLIAM,
His Wealth. His Wife. ana His Sc 500
ChnriOt Tint Nnrnmm Coxeted.

His Wealth. His wife. and His sc. 500
Chariot that Earnum Coveted.
M1DDLETowN, July 12.-Prince William is the
richest gypsy in America. perhaps. and he rolls
about the world in IL big silver and gold chars
lot tho grandest wagon in New England.
Prince William Is smart and shrewd. He drives
troop OF horses and trades them to farmers.
His wife goes about the towns at which he
halts and tells fortunes for % cents or 81 an
augury. Not long ago Princess Mary William
told Mrs. Ibth Of Rockville that her husband
was regular Don Juan" Mrs Ibith pitched
into lbith, and then Don Juan whipped prin-
cess MARI. THE Sun printed an account OF
tho incident and the court proceedings when
1bith was heavily fined for thrashing the
Princess. 1bith appealed his case to the SUI
perior Court Mary is Just getting we'll OF her
wounds. The affair made Rockville unattrac-
tive to the Prince so he rallied his band,
mounted the lofty seat Of his flaming chariot.
and. with his troop OF horses trailing behind.
rolled over the rough hills through lofty
Hebron towns into Hartford
rerainted and omhesicd. il is "a I w9nGeriui
affair. No Pharonh ever rushed 10 battle in
one body SO big, flashing. and ,cumbrous. It is
wife, They sit on the high seat as they travel.
overlooking league OF country: when they
WIN Seaant aud costly hanEi@Gs 1T Il IS co@t
riage, is work OF, art, The sides are hand
somely paneiled. painted and Vanished. The
ground work is Of maroon color and the ornR-
mentation OF gold. On the panels are oil pain
ings of hunting and sporting scenes. The
wheels and running gear are painted to match !!
the body. and all the metal work is triple sllveni
plated.
The gypsy prince Is about to set out on ha
great annual tour. and proposes to go In Ror-
did the plating for the vehicle and Job Murray;
OF East Hartford. where the prince owns . !.
great uOnl OF real estate, vanished IL and ,
touched up the rusty spots. The chariot has
cost Prince William altogether $500. 1t was,
built for 81 500, and the improvements at Hart~S
ford cost 1000 more; At one time P. 4. Bar
mum saw the gypsy chief riding about in splen-t
dor and tried TO buy the outfit; but Prince WIZ
liam Is Just as big chief as Barnum. and he
wouldn't sell It
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THE OLD YELLOW STAGE COACH.

renp good harvests and avoid misfortunes.
They believe that II YOU take up live black
snake and bite it your teeth will never decay:
that il the nails are pared on Friday toothache
will be prevented, and that child born in the
heat OF the day can SEQ into the future and will
be exempt from the Influences OF wltchcraft.
If you are travelling from Connecticut to
Rhode Island you embark at the hamlet OF
Danielsonvie. The stage starts from the
front Of the little Post ONCE every week day
morning at 8. There isn't much travel on this
end OF the route. and a dilapdated express
wagon is run as far as Hopknss Mills. which
is Just half way. The owner OF the route and
the driver on Tuesdays. Thursdays, and Sat-
urdays is John W. richards. He has sat upon
q coach box and handled leather ribbons since
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Cat Hollow It is populated Just as thickly
with cats a little further beyond Is the old
killingly, tavern. 1t was a noted place when
the siX-horSe passenger coaches and the
fast night mails thundered along the turnpike.
II ia noted Mace now. II is the town poor
farm. The old oaken floor Of the big dance
tiny feet is now scraped by the shoes OF
paupers. The tavern Is 80 wears Old.
Through the valley OF the WhiteStone and on
past deserted old stone mill and village the
horses logged. Behind n curtain OF heavy
foliage which Grapes tho road they, draGgedthe
coach for moment so nature could set new
and still more beautiful scene. When they
plunged from tho thcket again it was to come
out at the foot Of q roaring catRract. On either
eide gradually rose two rocky hills. A. volume
Of water came tumblinR madly down between
fall. The water rolls down the natural stone
stems exactly like n rubber ball down q pair OF
cellar stairs and whirls the spind!es OF the sew
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eral mills that form the Chestnut Hill COM
munity. Among them is one OF the oldest mills
In the country. 1t was built there more than
century ago on account of tho naturally per
feet water power, On the road back Of tho
mill stands the village store equally as old.
The arrival of tho coach is an exciting event.
and the entire village turns out to SEQ 1t go by.
At the little Post Office the tat Postmaster.
typical specimen, yanked out the single mail
bag and strobe into his littc coop with dig
nifty and pomp that would make Postmaster
behind. the coach dipped down the other side
OF the hill and went Jamnttng along he ancient
turnpike toward the Rhode Island limo 1t
crossed chain OF little lakes over n causoway.
both sides Of which were fringed with rows OF
harmless water snakes basking In the summer
sun, and dwelling houses began to grow scarccr
and smaller. Occasionally n woman or child
would be waiting with letter to mail. or a farm
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CHoPMIsT POST OFFICE.

sparks and emits black smoke. Hanging upon
its walls and lying all around 1t are rusty mo
mentoe- of the old days.
white schoo!hOuse is passed. 1t is Il most eX-
traordinary schoolhouso and performs some
most extraordinary reaks. Several years ago
ball OF lurd lightning shot into tho little open
belfry. tolled the little bell once. and then slid
down the bell rope into the schoolroom. where
two dozen children sat grooming over the three
RS, and the pretty school teacher sat upon the
platform. ltcame sliding down the bell rope
the teachers bewitchinG little foot tho ball OF
lightning followed a crack tore the sole from
her shoe and audaciously slapped her lett
cheek with it. When the festive ball OF light
ming had done this it turned around. followed
the crack. climbed the rope. tapped the bell
has done this same trick OF running down the
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been cut down to six, The old stage. route
linked New York bridgeport. New Haven,
Hartford. Providence, and Boston. Toll gates
spannod the turnpike several miles apart:
change stations were located at intervals Uf
fifteen miles. and taverns were thicklv sprin-
Killed. all the way from New Nork 20 Boston. 1t
was abandoned section by section, MS mile by
m lie OF rail Dads grew In 1871 nothing was
left OF 1t tut the portion which still romans.
But the toll gates arc no more the change sta
tons. barring one. are abandoned. and the an
cient taverns nre dark and dun.
Passing through Danielsonville's shady
streets the coach lumbors over dusty coun-
try road, with finger posts at every corner. for
q mile or so before 1t stri kes the ancient turn
pike. 1t is rolling road and rolling coun-
try. In the misty distance tower the frowning
Pomfret Heights, dotted with n summer set
Element OF handsome houses owned by Now
York and RustOn people. 1t was hero that
Gen. Putnam OF Revolutionary famc had His
encounter with the wolf. The den s still there.
Not so many miles away the immortal General.
cast in brass, rides horse Of the same
material.
Dog Hill Is slowly climbed. A small cluster
OF cottages Is perched upon Its brow. Every
cottage is SURROUNDED by a small army OF dogs.
hence the name. The valley below is known as
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contrast to the porch over the entrance. The
house belongs to that period in American
architecture whom classic models were fol-
lowed as In tho Capitol Mt Washington and the
Sub-Treasury in New York. So far as known,
there is but one other private residence like 1t,
and that is three miles from the town.
After the farmhouse and the classic period
In architecture came tho era of tho box house
The simplest design is shown In tho picture OF
the house OF an electrician. Save for an en-
tension in the rear and bay windows on the
left, tho house is as straight and square as a
dry goods box. The caves are supported bv
wooden brackets and there Is nothing else in
the way OF ornament except the pillars OF tho
porch. which have bases md cans. The cupoa
the brackets under the caves. The box house
Ia house Of hard straight lines and so So
vere!y practical in appearance that it might
have boon designed by Josiah Bounderby OF
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or with q few brace OF birds or few dozen
Hesticut wa Was let beIimi. s sweet D faced old
lady. wearing a black dress and white apron,
appeared with tin pail which she banded up.
She smiled and nodded. hut didn't sreak a
word. The pail was filed with saddles OF frogs
legs. all ready for the. iron. She was sending
regularly every Saturday during the season.
A, stone shaft, planted on one side Of the
% tss e sand SVbsr TG nn ha IF
necicut ends. From time immcmorial this
border country has been overrun by gangs
OF thieves from both States. They ply their
calling by night for miles around, and carry
their plumber to some lonely shauty standing
near the line. where they are pretty sure not to
be disturbed Occasionally; too, this desolate
waste, produces crime that creates excite
ment IN both, States. such was the murder OF
dozen years ago, after she had suffered tho
most cruel and humillatiu personal punish
ment at his hands: had been kicked and
beaten, and then dragged by the hair OF her
head over rocks and stone walls to the orchard
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE STAGE COACH.

1885. Richards is 10 years old. but he doesn't
look 1t. He began his professional life upon
the turnpike when only Is years old. and he
has kept at 1t continuously ever since In
1885 and 1886 he drove the fast night
mail This was the most responsible
Job that fell to the 10: OF q driver. The
stage companies were under contract to mako
seven miles an hour winter and summer.
When the mail was started from New ork
peculiarly CONSTRUCTED watch, locked up in a
case to prevent docturing. was started with it.
Tho watch was passed from driver to driver Mt
each change station, and WAS n very inspiring
little contryance. Tho mail was carried In
sometimes six horses were required to drag it
over tho turnpike at the required high speed.
In louely parts OF the road guards we're posted
to prevent any a. Tempt TO rob the bags
From tho mail richards was transferred to
one Of the big iX-hOrse passenger coaches
The horses were all magnificent animals. They
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much imposing as interesting for the variety
OF features OF its exterior design. NO one part
OF tho wall Is like any other, neither are the
gables, the chimneys. or tho balconies ana
porches. The windows are in pairs or trip
lets and some OF four different panoe, but no
two sets are alike or OF the same sizo.
Tho house OF a merchant prince has the same
variety OF design as the bankers, and is rather
moro OF place TO be seen than to see from:
The heavy stone archways over doorways and
windows are beautiful In effect.
The rounded turret Is becoming q. popular
feature OF suburban houses. In small houses
when II is raised but little way above tho
roof 1t appears to bring the straight sides OF
the building into harmony with It's own curved
lines. Tho newest designs have q big round
turret In tho corner, and the rest Of the house
In almost any arrangement that will not draw
attention from the beauty OF the turrgt
Another house OF unique architecture Is tho
house Of a bank clerk, which Is n striking OBJ
Ject where IL stands. The owner calls 1t IN
old colonial house. The second story over
hangs the first. and the third story has the mp
pearanco Of getting ready to tumble over the
SECOND. The plain surfaces are painted IN
yellow and white, and thu, shingles are lett in
their natural color 1t will probably take sew
eral years growth OF vines and shade trees to
round tho corners OF tho old colonial house.
and several wears more Of rain and sun TO tone
down It's colors into softer tints
Tho apartment house OF these sections Is
sample Of tho best things they are building in
the suburbs TOR folks who like TO live In such
houses. Tho three sections, one on each side
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Recent Deaths Among tb. OLD.

MIDDLETowN. July l2.-These aged ConneoS,
ticut people have died within a few days: Abby
A. Young, the oldest woman in New London.
aged 90 years and months: BENJAMIN B. HeWa
lit OF Mystic prosperous farmer seoctman.
and State representative at different times. 10
years old Jedidiah Buck, Columbia II years
old; Charles II. buckingham. Windham, for
So; Charles W. Loomis. a well-known Lebanon
farmer who died after coming from work In
the hay Held, aged 70: MIR. Bernard Baker.
Webster, so.
The remains OF John Monroe Smith. who died
at Southbrtdge southern Massachusetts,. were
buried In Iantic Cemetery, Norwich. yesterday,
be WAS over 30 years old
lp Westerly, i. l., Matthew Totem died ON
Independence Day, aged SO.
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makes wooden walls and shivers all day VIII en-
the thermometer Is less than Is below zero.
Moreoyer. instead OF max ing the exterior
beautiful by the use OF noble materials, he
brackets mouldings. lozenGes-wood sawed
I'M to every conceivable form-and then foolishly
dreams that his house is SO much the hund-
somer by every block"
Miles Of streets In every large suburban town
are built up with theso uo1 houses
When the box house model had been worked
to death. the architects fancy and genius were
Just ready to wa ke UP for tho boiest flights.
First tho Nat and French roofs We're discarded
and some experiments made with the high.
narrow ga BILE, rs shown n tho House of Seven
Gables" A family which spent three years in
its corners and angles has moved this year into
one Of the SquareSt Of lQuRre houses with q
two-story porch and no gabe to speak Of. Be-
sides their inconvenience because the gables
made the chamber walls sloping, such house
was unsatisfactory as an architectural model.
Not many variations could be made upon the
original design and the architects finally for
this reason gave IL up.
Then the architects began to study old Eng
lish houses and to make experiments on their
lines. This WAS about 1850, and from that
TING on an endless succession OF new and orig
builders demanded houses with peaks and
gables. towers md tu rets, panel and shingle
work on the front, ms eat OF cap boards, and
the interior arranged wi h hooks md corners
called rooms &Gw building material has
into tho exterior walls and 10 limo the ridge Of
the root! Shingles wore turned out with
rounded or pointed ends and stained ami
permanent colors. Tho shingles ssnrang
scarcely suburban cottage which does
not have its second story covered with
shingles instead OF clap boards A red
color is almost always used to stain the
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to the street is common enough. There are
brasa Knockers on tho doors OF these houses,
and the doors are in odd pane designs.
The very top notch reached by the architec-
tural skill OF those times Is shown in IL very old
house in q very old part OF the town. half
dozen giant evergreens shield it from the
roadway and you have to approach quite close
to see tho massive porch with its gable roof
modelled Rftor the Parthonon. Four great
fluted pillars. three foet apart and each about
thirty feot high and foot In diameter. sup.
port the roof They have rounded bases and
Ionic capitals Tho house is OF wood. like the
porch and pillars, and is surmountod by
cupola On one side an addition has been
built with tiny porch and pillars in ludicrous
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country. 1t is known in Washington rs North
Foster. but in this land 1t is spoken Of as
beaten building is, occupied as a dwelling, n
country store and q Post Offlce. The office
was established by the Hon. Theodore Foster.
years ago, and Foster or a descendant OF q
Foster has run 1t ever since.
Human habitations begin to spring IN along
the roadway again soon after leaving the store.
Quaint little cemeteries. containing musty
stones marked 100. fit by frequently The
a century ago stands as it originally did. Ills
tombstone near the roadway bears his life
history. From 1t one learns that he had raised
every vegetable and tree ever known in this or
any other country Coles black smith shop
which bore the distinction of being the only
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no longer tolerated. The new school OF archi-
tsc,s are artists now as we'll as practical build
ere. Given tho amount OF money he is willing
to spend. and the prospective builders iden. II
he has any. OF what he wants his house to bo
like the architect allows full play to his fancy
and genius. because he knows the moro beauti-
ful he makes the house within the cost given tho
better satisfied will DO the householder and the
more reputation the architect will get There
arc lots Of men who may not be able to see
what Is really beautiful in q painting. Almost
anybody can see or at least be impressed by.
the beautiful in architecture. and as the beau
tiiul In architecture is all the fashion. every
body with the money tor house is willing to
pay for It. Even II he gets less room in his
modern house than II he followed the simple