The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-23
CuriOuSly
Nebraska

| stations. in Nebraska. Curiously
| enough, the very train upon which the
| remains of Colonel Congdon were placed for
| shipment east, bore also the remains of his
| California brother, and both were buried
| from the same hearse in the family bury
| ing grounds in Binghampton, N. Y.
| Colonel Bostwick, who had long had faith
I in omens became convinced that there
was unucky star connected with his
| Georgia gold NINE He was man of great
! charity, giving 10 per cent of all he made
! to good works. He concluded therefore,
! to donate the entire property of the Cal
|shoun mine to the North Georgia Agrcul-
! tural college, in Dahlonega. While the
| story of his fears explains his giving
| much, it did not detract from the value
| of his gift which is highly priced by the
| patrons Of worthy institution. The col
| lege people propose to take care of the
! stars in order to get the best returns from
| their gift
When Uncle Benny Park had concluded
his relation of gold and gold-hunting, he
went into the house and brought out his
| old ritle-"Long SUSIE" as he called it.
! and. sighting the weapon, longed for
deer that he might bring 1T to earth.
81 have killed many a deer, SAID he. Il
| will not say that [ have killed as many as
| that man in Coffee county, who claims to
have 1000 antlers to show for his skill, but
/ | have killed more than any other man
| hereab bouts. I once killed two deer with
me abreast. I fired and one fell dying
, while the other was disabled so that my
! dogs came up in time and held it until
| could dispatch it with my knife"
| The rifle was made in London in 1851 and
| was five feet ten inches in length.
The Waysidc Graves.
| In crossing the stretches of forest TO the
| va Gus gulches which mark the scenes OF
mining operations, the pedestrian will come
across lonely graves, in which some feVered
| spirit rests. 1t is a little gruesomc to KICK
against stone, only to hnd on lhVeStlSa-
| ton that it is the headstone placed ny
| the rcw-departed miners over some com
| rade. who had come from some happy home
| cil Gle in search of wealth, but who, dying
in the wilderness, was tenderly laid away
by these rough men. They may nave hoti-
fled the relatives, if they knew Where "
ir.d them, but most likely no news was
ever sent and the silence of the dead one
has never been explained Sometimes these
g1aNes are found Under de lse g1oWtfs o.
forest to the number of five or SIX. linen
the camp was deserted, the dead were for
gotten, and nature asserted her sway over
the face of the earth
There are instances, however, of atten-
ton from the surviving comrades. Some tliile
ago Senator John B. Gordon was rldlhS
along the road and, observing man digging
by the roadside In a laurel thicket, asked;
"Mv friend, what are you doing there
POlnLlnR TO IL luuc He'tuoIO IL, 'AAS
replied: -.
81 am keeping promise, sir, to the
dead
Colonel A. c. Wimpey, for ffty-two years
one of the leading merchants In DahloheSa,
still lives to tell of the wild days OIL
prosperity. .oo-
Il came here" he says, lin 1881, anu
began trade. 1t on my counter I'M.
John c. Calkoun's $4,000 pennyWelgnts Oh
gold, extracted in one month, were counted
We did not require coined money in trade
but kept weights, and took gold by measure.
I reckon at the height of the golo
fever here that there were 5000 people III
the valleys roundabouts. In l54Z, COTTON
brought only cents a pound, Whlie Trans
portation was very high. The freleht on
goods to this place from Augusta was %
per hundred, but, when we got them here
we could sell at a proht'of 50 to 100 per
cent.
several years ago, the old residents OF
nv date met twenty in numher. one py
one they have been dropping Off since uhth
now T am the last one left.
And when he goes, the magic cham VIII
not have q link left. /. d. 4nOl'1AA''
Used bv physicians and the people over