The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-12-08

ana cards OF thanks, published in this
paper are charged for at special rate.
Miss Julia Atkinson returned from
Rome on Monday evening, accompa-
MED oy her uncle, Mr.. Jasper O'Neill.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Bolan Brumbv
on Monday evening, fine boy. Our
congratulations
The Third Georgia Regiment is still
at Savannah, and it may be they will
not move on to Cuba before January.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Cole. a
line boy, on December 1st, at the resi-
dence of Mrs. H. A. Dunwody, in this
place.
Christmas is speeding this way at the
rate of twenty-four hours Der day.
Look out for Santa Claus when you
hear the bad boy with his bugle.
AS you do'unto other men, some day
some other man will do unto you. This
is what keeps some CT our Marietta
people as good as we now find them. Is
When man with head full of ego
tism, looks up at star in the heav-
ems, he wonders why his head is so
much bigger than the star; but then
there are no 'big heads" in Marietta.
The man with plenty of hog and
hominy, and out of debt, can sit around
his fireside this cold weather and laugh
at those who have yet to pick out their
four cent cotton.
When you hear Marietta girl talk.
ing about dying an old maid, you can
wager your hat she has a fellow that
she is urging to marry her about Christ
mas.
Politics is a game that politicians
play, and while they would not call it
progressive euchre, they euchre one
another very often, but the Marietta
politician always takes his chance, even
to the last chance.
We have some men in Marietta who
spend all their life working for glory,
and then we have others who are salts
fled to spend their lives slipping in at
the back door of negro's domiciie
to get drink of mean corn liquor
A poor man is never naked so long
as his soul pants for holy things, but
he feels more comfortable in chilly
weather, such as we had Sunday and
Monday, in his pants right side up
with care, and thick undertaking.
If a man had no better way to hide
his faults than country butter. such as
is sometimes brought to Marietta, he
would find that cultivating a sweet
disposition would be of more value than
strength. "a
We have some men in Marietta who
keep promises" with loyalty and de-
votion that is remarkable-that is,
keep them until they are hoary with
age. But they never fulfil them, no
never If they did, we would have
some money jingling in our pockets
that we need just now.
We are satisfied last Monday was a
cold day In fact, in our rounds hunt
ing for news, nearly every person inn
parted that information to us. 1t may
be that they thought we didn't know
it, but we assure our people that we
felt the cold just as if we were COM
mon mortal.
DR.. j. w. Quillian prea ched Sunday
morning very able sermon, although
laboring under physical disabilities.
While at conference he contracted
severe cold that attacked his lungs,
and he was threatened with pneumonia
Owing to this fact, he held no services
at the Methodist church Sunday night.
He is much better now, however.
The Mary Jane and Benjamin enter
tainment, which was to have been last
Friday and was postponed on account
of the weather, will be given Friday,
December 9th, halt past seven O'Clock,
at the residence of Dr. Cortelyou. New
features, and everybody invited. Grown
folks 25cts: children 1jcts, or two for
25cts.
Rev. Paris, of the Congregational
church, col, having rented land of Mrs.
Reynolds, below town, speaks of inau-
gurating an industrial school, where he
would like to put to work all the idle
colored boys around town, and thus
learn them habits of industry. He had
such a school at Jonesboro, Ga, and it
worked we'll.
The ladies of the Presby terrain society
met at Mrs. Patton's last Wednesday
week They took time from their
charming work for brief, but thought
full discussion, and it was decided with
ont A d;SSop+;uu vote RI DOStnOpn tho