The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, February 04, 1885, Image 4
The Abbeville Messenger.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBUUAKY 4, 1??. j
BDBBCHirriON ?2 00 ,
THE DISPUTED l'OKM.
Rev. Hugli F. Oliver PrtKlttcea 8<hii?
*1.^ iif Utu VmiI.mx'u .
Authorship of the Celebrated l*o
em "All Quiet AIoiik Tola-1
mso.,'
JSditora of the Chronicle :
Here arc the poems of Thaddeus Oliver
submitted by me, four yearn a<;o, to
Mr. Jan. K. Randall, and his comments
upon them :
A l'l'aKiiieut.
BY THAOI>EU8 OLIVER.
So when I con, in futuro time,
These gifts to lova aiuacre,
May naught in verai-, or proau or rhyme, j
To mar that love appear ; I
But every pledge aud thought and word
Of tnose I've fonnljr loved.
In ir?'iin?rv ?ci irnrh endeared
lij lapauof lima be proved.
This is ordinary verse easily surpassed
by the thousand and one poems that
appear in the newspapers daily. Here
is a tnore ambitious effort : ,
Sly Soul Ih l>nrk. I
BY THA DPE17H OI.IVEtt, 1840, (net. 1U.( '
Mr soul is dark as ntnrlesH night '
And cheerless no (lit) desert rutin ;
J?or like nor Invo dispenses light
To cheer atFectiou's solitude '
Tbo kindled feelings of my licnrt,
Which late have glowed with fervent lieat, I
Have ceased to yield to woman's art, (
Or pay their homage at her fc?t.
i
0 thou, who thus hast rudely reaped
The first ripe fruit of love's fair field,
Who on my soul hast sorrows heaped, I
Autl every Sympathy eongeuUd.
1 would not hav? thee shed a tear, j
Or o'er a pang of sorrow know ;
Mnp nl?*nan rii alt iKv nu(hu*flv I>iir I
"Through this dulf scene of pain and woe. i
Perhaps tbou'lt jet lore more sineere. t
Thy heart is yet warm and freo ; j
Perhaps love's thrilliug words a gain thou'lt
bear? (
But ne'er again from me.
Affection's fount is turned to vtone,
And ne'er agaiu will flow,
Unless some Moses-like fair one
6halt deal a magic blow. J
This, too, is ordinariy verse-making,
and the 5tli stanza is crude in expression
and imperfect in rhythm.
T/? 11 it ?
it uicse are mo dorc selections possi- ''
ble, we must Ray that the literary proof '
Ik totally inadequate. Mr. Oliver, if
Adjudged to have written "All Quiet,"
made one lucky hit. and had one geuine J
inspiration of the muse. ''The rest is
nilence." Neither poem, which we subjoin,
comes within a thousand miles of
All Quiet Along the Potomac.' "
At tho time I gave these poems to j
Mr. Randall I stated that tncy were
written by my father while yet a boy
about nineteen years of ago, were never r
corrected by him, and not intended for j
publication, the longer one existing in his
handwriting, only in pencil on tho j
fly leaf of an Antlion's Latin lessons, j
_ . Can they prove, even allowing Mr. Ran- ,
d all's snvorfi 4?ritt<>i>n tn '* ??
?.V wvi J uni, lUilb |
their author, fourteen j'ears after, under j
the excitement, too, of the stirring times ]
of 1861 and himself a private soldier at ]
the mouth of the Potomac, could not ,
have written "All Quiot Along the Potomac
?" But for those times nnd the
emotions excited by them in Mr. Kandall's
own breast, where would be "Maryland,"
ray Maryland," the one. the foundation
stone of James It. Randall's poetic
fame ?
After emphasizing the indisputable
fact that the poem was generally known
to the South as a waif and believed to
be of Southern origin, and after giving
fiis evidence, unprejudiced and unequivocal,
that he wrote to lii?
the poem on October 3, 1801, referring
in that letter to n similar one of the week
before; that he read it to his brother, Dr.
Win. W. Ashton, now of Khrevoport,
L*., to Dr. Charles Ilostic. now of llurke
County, (Ja., to John II. Hudson, lute of
Jefferson County, ami to Mrs. Ashton
on arriving at home, and told them my
father wrote it. Co!. John 1). Ashton
ways: "I submit that the poem itself
furnishes almost positive internal evidence
of having been written by a married
man, upon the sacred memories of
home and wife and children were crowding
as he wrote. Such n man was Mr.
Oliver. * * * Mr. Oliver, both by natural
gifts and careful culture, was fully
equal to such a production. * * From
Mr. Oliver's well known modesty,
J?e would have been tho very best man
to publish the poem, if he published it
*t all, over his own signature."
Jiero are extracts from my father's
letters to his wife, which show how
"the sacred memories of home and wife
jmd children were crowding as he wroto.'?
The letters are in my possession.
"Brunswick, Ga.. June 10th, 1861.?I
rannot divest tuy mind of thoughts of
home and its inmates. I could sit patiently
and answer all the ten thousand
questions of that querulous and inquisitive
big fellow' I could even benr with
pleasure the fidgety motions of llujhdy,
nd listen to all his artless communications.
All my affecttonw sectn to concentrate
on you and the children."
Va? August 21st, 1861.?
i know tVinf vnil nnvnv ""
_ ? .? ..... j WM >tv v vi wua v uu a icvwr
from me in your lifo more anxiously
looked for and more acceptable than this
one. We hare never in our lives been I
separated so far from ench other, nor
surrounded by more embarrassing cir- .
cumstahces. It seems strange to me to
be tbua situatad, and I feel hardly con- <
scions of my own identity. I am lead- 1
ing a life so different from all my early 1
And youthful anticipations, that my condition
and situation in life are wholly .
inexplicable. Here I am, away from .
those I love bent and away from businet*
and intereRtu that I know impera- i
lively demand my attention, and only \
f, ' ' i' > '
for tbo purpose of taking part in an unnatural
warfare for an indescribable
cause. Away from you ami the children.
I feci intensely all that warm and
ilevoted attachment and affecMon which
lire due to a devoted and beloved wife."
'Acquia Creek, Va., August 10, 18(?1.?
[The true original of the problem] 1
want to show you my h>?nrt, make known
its deep emotions nt every thought of
you, my earnest longing to s?-e you and
be with you. These are not easil3' portrayed
on paper?indeed it is impossible
to do so, and all 1 can do is to] approximate
it.
"Last night, for instance, I was standiiiff
yuard." (Italics all mine.") "It
was a dark, rainy and stormy night, such
l one as will awake t/i0iiyht and reflection
in the mind of any sane human
being. My thoughts naturally reverted
to my home and my loved one*
far away.''
(.Compare?
There's only th? .sound of the lnno Kuntrv'a
trend,
Ab he trumps from the reck totho fountain,
And thinks of the tiro on the loir
trundle bed
Far away in the cot on the mountain.
On such a bed iny brother and I,' the
only cnuuren tnen, lour others b?:ing in
Iheir graves, slept every night. And
lUiena Vista, Georgia, our home then, is
an a hill looking southward.)
' When the drum tupped tho hour
>f nine, the painfully inelancholly
thought arose in iuy mind that jny dear
wife, even then, was not only thinking
jf me, but perhaps was on her knees
inploring pardon for my sins and beseeching
an all controlling power to protect
me ngninst present impending d.in;rs.
If my conjecture was true. I minified
ny prayers with hers, pnd have resolved
it that hour every night to pray with
you. and try again with creator enerirv
ind faith, if possible, to conquer my siu"ul
and rebellious npirit.
.Compare?
[lis musket falls .slack ; his face dark
and grim,
Gruwa gentle with memories tender,
^8 he mutters a prayer for his children
asleep,
And their mother?may Heaven defend
her
And with the expression painfully
nelancholly thought:
Then drawing his sleeve roughly over
his eyes.
He (l(ishcit h\s tonrs that are welling,
\nd gathered his gun closer up to its
place
As if to hetci) down the. heart mnell.
ivy.)
"We are now at a very dangerous point
ind there ia little doubt that there will
je a battle in a day or two. It will be an
iwful and terrific scene. I have never
seen such preparations for war before,
rhousands will hove to be sacrificed, and
tin hard to tell where victory will perch.
We shall fight against large odds, but it
is thought with considerable advantage
m location. I-trust it may prove a final
?nd decisive battle, and that victory will
be ours. The yankec vessels are lying
in sight of us, and the train on the Maryland
side arrives every day, doubtless
bringing troops. II they whip us here
their march to Richmond will he easy.
It id only sixty miles and comnarativelv
few intermediate troops.
When surrounded hy comforts of n
peaceful home and the scenes of social
life, I admit it would he almost horrifying
to my mind to think that in such a
short time 1 may have to mingle in such
a tragic sceno. Hut here, surrounded
as I ain hy so many military demonstrations,
I feel almQst an intense anxic-1
ty to hasten the time nnd mingle activity
in the bloodiest part. My mind remains
callous and forgetful of life until
my thoughts recur to the gloom and
desolation that will pervade 1113' home in
the event the worst should befall me."
Compare?
He passe* the fountain, tlic blasted pine tree?
Ilia footstep is lajrjritiff and wenrv.
Yet onward lie goes, through tin broad belt of
light,
Towards the shade* of the forest so dreary.
Hark 1 wa? it the night-wind that rustled the
leaves 1
Was it moonlight so wondronsly flashing V
It looked like a rifle : 11n ! Marv, goodbye!"
Aud the life-blood is ebbing and plashing.
'Thunderbolt Battery, May 3, 1803?
On the first tiny of this month, seventeen
years ago, I asked you to marry
.ne. I thought of it frequently on the
first day of May, and especially at
night, which proved to be as mellow
and mnonshiny a night a.* the one on
which I rode arid walked with you
and rucked >/ou to marru me..''
"Camp n?nr Oclawaha Bridge, Floriday,
May 14, 1864.?Every lino and
word from you has a peculiar and
charming interest, and continual nbsence
from you gives all intercourse
with you the warm zest and arilor of
youthful courtHhip. Your allusion to
our ride and visit to nnd from Glover's
Mill, and tho pleasant interest therewith
connected, awakened many pleasant
thoughts and reflections, and provoke a
strong desire to renew in person those
samo profession* of ardent and t//>ckangivy
love." *
(.Compare?
Tho moon seems to shine just as brightly
as then?
That night when the love yet unspoken
Leaped up to his lips?when low, murmured
vows
Were pledged to be forever unbroken."
One word morn from Coloiwl Ashton.
"He road the linex without unusual
reeling until he eaijie to tlio picture of
the little trundle-bed, when his voice
trembled and his eyes filled with tears.
That touch of nature was contagious and
I felt the big drops trieklo down my own
cheeks; and even to this day, when 1 recall
that scene, now that he in dead and
gone, I fool again something of the old
Bmotion."
Yos, "ho is dead and gone !'' Tho Hon.
Alex. H. Stephens wrote me twelve
years ago that bis brother Linton knew
him intimately, and assured him that
this early death prevented my father's
becoming ono of Georgia's foremost
men. Yms, "he is doad and gone" And
as I recall that gentle hnnd and tender
heart I mubtbeg that any, whom in'the
excitement of controversy 1 may have
wounded, will forgive as they hope to
be forgiven. Yes. "he in dead and
gone," In a hospital at Charleston, in
August, 18(54, a lost leg was the precursor
of a lost lite, and while the black
robed Sisters of Mercy, who for six
weeks had been to him as ministering
angels, breathed their prayerful and tearful
farewells, his'spirit went back to God
who gives Ili'on F. Oi.iveh,
1323 Broad Street, Augusta Ga.
Ilialr Bill Threatened.
Members opposed to the Blair bill
sw?-ar thatthey will defeat ii by filibustering,
if in no other way. They are sworn to
kill it they can. The latter ought to be
defeated, but not the former. The attempt
to pension, at one fell swoop,
wjiat somebody calls '"all the cats, dogs
and monkeys" who were or pretended to
be in the Union army is something
monstrous and indecent, but Mr. Richard
Town-end, a democrat, from Shawneetown,
Illinois, is at the head of it, as he is
of many similar demagogical schemes.
The Blair bill is different. Virginians
and North Carolinians openly declare
tlint the defeat of the Rhiir bill by n
democratic house will make those states
Republican or else put them in peril of
loss to the democratic column. A conspicuous
North Carolinian assured me
that General Scales could not have defeated
York for the governorship if he
had been hostile to this measure. Kxtrcme
Southern men when confronted
with this argument either do not believe
it or are heedless of consequences.
One of them said to me : "The South
docs not intend magnifying her danger
by HIair's Trojan horse. While Kng
lain! ik driving dark races to tlie wall, in
her remorseless conquest of her share
of the. world, we are asked to educate
and coddle them." I asked him iI" lie
thought the Blair bill woiiM pass if it
could bo fairly brought to a v.??o before
the house. lie r?-pli??d : *! .suppose mo;
but it will not allowed to r? ?t-h a vote
before the house.?not this session at
any rate."'
All of which remains to be seen.
The late K. \V. M. Muekey has not
been eulogized, and I understand that
no day has been fixed for that performance.
Perhaps ".hero will be an eternal
silence ; anil it may be bettpr so. It
would be a pitiful mockery to see men
who allowed a small shower of rnin to
drive them from his unhuriod coffin,
rising in solemn hypocrisy to proclaim
his presumed virtues and their nlle??i>il
o
devotion, Before Mackey was put in
the ground his so-called friends fled
from the cemetery, leaving Colonel Aiken
of South Carolina, who was his
pall-bearer but not h>s friend, to see
that the earth covered hiin. This is a
fact of history, and one, too, that points
a Tit-publican moral if it does not adorn
a Democratic tale.?Chroniclt and ConHtitntio/ialisf.
A Striking Contrast.
The grand daughter of Gen. Andrew
Jackson has been forced to pledge the
old warrior's New Orleans medal and
other relics, for money to purchase tho
necessaries of life. These interesting
relics havo not coinc upon tho market
through any fault of her own. She is
an invalid without means of support.
Strange, is it not, that idleness could
combine to protect the "honor"' of Grant
at a cost of $350,000. wiiile the direct
representativc^of s?uch a man as Jackson
is driven friendles* to the w.ilJ. One
loaned his name to a public swindle and
lost his wealth in nn effort to rob private
individuals. The other fought thu battles
of his country, administered her
aUairs in a stat ssman-like manner and
died without having accumulated even
a competency. It is a disgrace to the
American people that the "relics" of
Grant should bo preserved, while the
relics of Jackson, a better, greater, braver
man, should i?e wrung by poverty
from the hands of an innocent and suffering
grand-daughter.
Terrible l>cctl of a Drummer.
Many things of a sensational nature
have been laid at the doors of the
drummers. Iiut the latest was perpetrated
in Charlotio X. C., by one of the
fraternity, of which the Observer gives
the following account, and adds a reward
of $iX) by the city authorities for the
drummer, who left th? city in time
to escape lynching:
Yesterdav mornintr a newlv nrrirnd
" / ? - , w*"
drummer propounded tho latest as
follows: If you meet three beggars and
give ton cents to one and ten cents to
another and flveconts to the third, what
time will it be ? Of course, all gave it
lip. when tho drummer with u diabolical
laugh replied: "A quarter to three.'' The
crowd dispersed in different directions
nnd within half an hour the stunner
was spreading over tho town like the
measles. By 12 o'clock it had reached
the graded school, and a person could
not pass along the street without having
it fired at him."
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Comity of Abbeville.
IN THE I'KOlf ATE COUIIT.
Iii the m.iltrr of ?hi> Kxtnie ?>r .1 ??^1 H. IVrrir, I
(IffPiKi'il, l<, \N. 1'crriii, ^'iiiiiiunirator
PHitioner.
I'r I it I ?n for Settlcironl n?.l Dinc-bargc.
NOTICK i? liiTL-hv ;,:vfii that I.. V , I'efrin
as Administrator, of ?ni<1 Kotate has applied
fur nettlcuicui and discharge.
1 ll in ordered that Friday (lie IPtli of December
next he fixed for nettling Raid estate and
granting th? discharge prayed for.
J. FULLER LYOX,
Not. !9-if Judge Probate Court.
J^UGKNE B.OARY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
^ Abbeville, 8. C.
' ;'r. r.'i
IJ Siitl I Son,
IIAVE S
25000 FOUNDS BACON, 1
1000 Bushels of Corn, ;
200 Bbls of FLOUR,
00 " of Molasses
In Stock and to Arrive.
PARTIES in need of these goods will
do well to exainino our stock.
mules 3
Mules! .
4 Lot of very fine mules on hand ]
which we will sell cheap for the
ash.
W. J. SMITH & SON. :
A Varied and extensive stock of nearly
everything usnnlly needed by the
trade, to be found ?t
SMITH & SON.!
.jan 14-tf j
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PAYILION HOTEL,
CHARLESTON. S. C.
First Class in nil Its Appointments *
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JiA TKSy y?2.00, $2.r>o.
Kxccllent Cuisino, largo niry room e
Otis Passenger Elevator. Electric It* ,
and Lights. Heated Rotunda. H. *
Centrally Located. .
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CARPETS.
CARPETS and House Furnishing Good*,
the Largest Stock South of Baltimore,
Moquet, Brussels. 3-Ply and Ingrain
Carpets. Rugs, Mats and Crumh
Cloths. Window Shades, Wall Papers,
Borders, Lnco Curtains, Cornice* and
Poles, Cocoa and Canton Mattings, Upholstery,
Engravings. Crouios, Picture
Frames. Writo for samples and prices.
BAILIE A COSKKRY,
Augusta, CJa.
French Candies, Frcslil
LEMON CRACKERS, FRESH !
SODA CRACK El IS, FRESH!
GINGER SNAPS, FRESH!
ASSORTED JUMBLES. FRESH!
J list Kucutvud.
l-t( QUAHLKS A THOMAS.
Out of tlie Jaws of Death?
The frentleman who outline hli cnao hnlnw
la a twin considerably advanced lit life, and in J
noted for his HtorUnirlntejrrlty. Ills poet-office
1* YatMvlllo, Upson County, Georgia. Tl?o following;
Is
Mr. John Pearson 3 Statement. ]
In the Spring of 1S88 I was attacked with a
very bad oousrh, which continued to #row "
worro until Kali, wiion I rot so weak that I
eoiiid rot (ret about. I tried a great many
kinds of medicine. but contlnnt-d to grow
wor?e. I wtui notillcd that 1 had eonnumplloa,
and wonld probably die. l>r. Holioway Dually
told me to try 1!rower's Lung Restorer. Tliey
sent to Ward's Store and got a bottle, and I
commenced taking it right away After taking
twoor three dose*. I b?>gHii to hnprovu, nnd by
tho time I had nwa up ono bottlo I wa* able to
pot on iny feet azain. I am now In excellent
heal'lu I am confident that the I.uns Restorer
saved my lift>, and my n^icliboM aro of tho
peine opinion. It Is the best Lung Remody
ever mado, in my opinion. I>r. II. promistnl nio
that he would write to the inannfaotnrorM and
toil thorn of the wonderful enro It mndolamr
Cli?0.
Statement of Mr.BcRj. F. Hearndon:
Knrly in N?v?rr.Wr. l-'Hfl, >rhl\> ucvrinic on tho
mr.chliif, my wlfo wa? taV'-n with a i??>Ti to ?,>aln
In li??rsit!* . which was ?.? ..? |i>;i<i\v<:d by hmnorrhac*>
from her lm-vr* nn-t is .?? -m-o ??<?igh.
Foyer wntnenooil, i?!u< in :; -r r??t mir
*1?hi|>, n:?<l li ? few wo.i'?t *ho \?ar. rr-jm?1 tn n
llvina Kkclcton. Tk#> jo 10:1.1 ire r>hn told
mo tnut he thoinrhl <110 o( licr Itnio was entirely
con?v S)ii> could not rwt.itn tho iwsnt
dell<-Hto w?arl*htn?nt on linr hIm.-.;u*V I t'isn
agreed with Dr. Sn^van, my fivrnMc ihysMan,
to call J)r. Ilul'nwny In eousnltut'.vi. 'i'hey
mado a final oiuri>i:iatl<>n of tho patient, mm
pronounced tho oa-sa hoi*>lyr?. I>r. Holloway
then aufi.-wterl tlio ]tr?-\ver'< I.nng Pcyronir as
a laKt n*".rt. I mint for a bottle. and cava hor
a dose. I found that riiiuwiH retain ft on hor
stomach, and :?ft<T about th? third dom I began
to noli<uj Miir? Imitr'iv'cnifMt in her condition.
I coutluuoj tho innlintiK rocnlarly, and by tho
timovbo had taken two |y?itk-<. tdi?>\rmabto to
walk about tho ho:is?. f'hu J* now *n bettor
health than Kho bat on Joy *1 for ?->xer:\l years.
1 iHtllevt; 11'? I.ntiif f^'.nrcr savod hnr life.
Mr. lieariidou'a tio.;l o:Voii in Vat*:nUI?\ ITr?aon
County, f;?. 11" I* a thoroughly reliable
man In over? i^rtieuUr.
I All AD DAMt/lfJ 9 I fi USB
hnmnn, nmir>iii, ut Lnitmn,
MACON, GA.
^y'K OFFER FOB KENT THOSE TWO
HANDSOME NEW STORES,
undor tho Now Hotel, in tho town of Abbovillo.
They uro 25x85 feet, Imvo pnlinlicd French
plate kIamii front*, and nituatcd on ihc Public
Square.
The new Road to Verdifrv will mako Abberilla
a competitive point in freight*, and enable
it to sell gooda as cheap ax anv place in
tho State.
SEAL * BON HAM,
Real Estate Agents.
Dec 17-tf
FOUTZ'S
HOR8E AMD CATTLK POWDERS
Mo Houb will die of Cold, dot* or Leva Fmrmn.
If Ftat?*e I'owdert an amd In time.
rout** dewier* will rnre andprevent Hoo Cbolbk*. 1
FouU'e Powder* will preT?t Oifu iw rowxa. ?
Poatx'e Powder* will InerrM the quantity of milk *
and (ream twenty per oenL, an make the better tm J
and tweet %
_ Fofi??"? Powder* win enre orerevent aJmoet rrur 1
DienABB to which Horace and cattle are eobjecL r
Tovtxi Pownexe will gift Sathtaotiom.
old everywhere. J
PATIO a. TOtT*. PreprleMs n
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INDORSED BY vSp BETTER AND 1
SCIENTISTS AS jJ||* CHEAPER TEA
mCTICALLY^^U^H m
[Mestrnctlito STOKE.
Over COO Send foi
Beautiful fjpfl Price Llat
Designs. CIrc5J,arc
t $ 1
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MONUMENTAL BRONZE COMPANY
EailXJKI'CIlX. COM X.
T. Ii. l>OU(? LASS,
Nov. 20, 1884.?1 yr. Agent.
Slip
WE nro authorized to sell the .oilowiug
I.nuil.s :
Tract, 226 Acres,
*>'ear Phoenix, known ft* Chijilcy lands, boundid
by lands of (Miipli**, Tolbert, Estate Hutchi)8on
and others.
Also Tract 120 Acres,
'art of America Ihckct Tract, hounded bjnndftof
S. II. ltrooks, Tolheit, J. S. Cliiplur,
>r., and others.
A LSO lot in the town of Troy, known as
T r? ini i_ rs
UIH D, DMJGK. 0.
Also the Simmons lot uear lU?l_'(/rt,
J3* Acres, More cr Less
Sntindiril by T. J. r.lli.s, W. C. Norwood and
it Iters
Uso Store House and Lot,
n the Town of Ilrndley, on Main nnd OrifGn
Ureets, hitelv owned bv Tlios. II. \Vnlker.
* 1'AHKklt A MjuGOW AN,
Atty for F. W. Wupener ?V Co.
Nor lU-tf
A WEEK'S fODSSS F3ED '
FOR SIX GOOD PA.VILIS3.
wvr tm*pc ?vt>d the i nr?H of fr*(j q|
/vw BtljrhhM* Of a c.?ni
qui1 grt frrt? fi'-r jroiu*?if m ci cacti |
w lhi-m t yj-crhii^i ui *
THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEJfLY,
NjHif5T7^ rrrTinMfrr^AT 3
1LVI iiuaiua LBMUttUHL 1
0U8 / "WCLt woH<J-Ww*
' l Sko+thos of U?e i4J P?rK?y,
THSSE I -n,jLL ArtrS" IUmm, IcitznTc,
BUMOF.OtJS J Hom? a^d Hearth Strat
WtlT?P<> ( "B^"SV HAMltTOWS" wJvwtxoi '
X tj'd in tho "Crstciw" i*U+:. ,
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Vtessenger Office.
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A FEW HINTS
FOR THE USE OF j
J DoflR. ? To move the toto?l#
gently, 2 to A Pill*;
thoronghly, 4 to 6 /S//?.
Experimct *cill dceidt thi
Ipji. yroprr ilu*e in euch ccue.
Vor Const) put ton, or Gostlvvnesn, no
roinedy 1b so otTectivo as Ayeh'8 Pills.
They Insure rogular dally action, and ro.
toro ttao bovvola to a healthy oondltlon. j
For Icfl|g?rtlont or DyajxpilSt Ayeb'S
Pills aro invuluablo, and a euro euro.
Iloart-burn, Looa of Appetite, Fool
Btoinudi, Flatulency, Dlsziness, Head*
aclio, Numbness, Nausea, are all relievod
anil cured by Aykb's Fills.
Iii LU?Compl?lnt, Billons Disorders,
tuid Jaundice, Ayek's Pills should b? c
givou in do*c* largo euoujjh to excite tho
livor and liowold, and roinovo const!pr.tiou.
As a ctoRimlng medicine iu tlio Spring, theso 1
I'Ii.ls ?tro ntiri|u:tllud.
Worms, caused by a morbid condition ot JJ
tho bowol3, are oxpclled by theso Pills.
Eruptions, Skin Diseases, and Pllos,
tbe result of Indigestion or Constipation, aro
cared by tlie use of Aykb's Tills.
For Colds, tako Ayeti'8 Pills to opoa
tbo pores, rcoiovo inflammatory secrctlons,
and allay tbe fovor.
For Dlarrlico* and Dysentery, caused by
audtlon colds, Indigestible food, etc., Aybu'S 1
Pills aro tho true remedy.
Blioumnttsm, Oont, Neuralgia, and
Sciatica,often result from digestive derange,
meut, or oolJs, and disappear on removing
tbe cause by tlie use of Aykb's Pills. I
Tumors, Dropsy, Kidney Complaints,
and other disorders oanscd by debility or
obstruction, aro eared by Aykb's Pills. a
Suppression, and Painful Menstrualion,
baro a safe and ready remedy In
AYER'S PILLS.
Fall dlreotions. In various languages, aoeompauy
each package.
PRBPAKKD BT
Dr. J. C-AyerA-Co., Lowell, Maes.
Sold by all Druggists.
Noiice.
11HK contract to fill the gully in the
Road no*r Martin's Mill will l?o let
o the lowest responsible bidder, nt said
cully, on Friday, January 16th, 1885, at
10:30 o'clock, a. m. Contractor to give
>ond with approved sureties. Speciflations
made known on day or letting.
L'hc right in reserved to reject any or
ill bids. W. T. COWAN, i
Jan. 5, '85. County Conn lisstonur. i
-A-T G-OC
Carriage
(1AX UK FOUND THE LARGEST STC
J Knail 'Jnris, Plantation Wu^ons (nil a
Saddles, Ik-llinu, Leather of ull kinds, Wn^
will OFF Kit Sl'KCl A L ItAUOAINS IN A
than Maimiaet ureirt' Prices. These
which I will ^uarnntee c<|iial to the best,
thai thej are absolute bargains.
A. J
( Hucrossor to It. II. May & Co.,)
701' Hroail Street, I AUGUSTA,
Oct H-tini.
Camp Mior
Establii
Day &
733 and 735 BROAD STRI
Manufacturers ana I
Carriages, Uockaways find Buggies. I'll
ufncturers' Agents for the Sale
The GENU INK an J only llo.nl Cart tli
Trice $ 15
WILSON, GUILDS ?fc GO'
Packing. Also Oak rihI.Hemlock Sol
Kid Skins. A full Stuck of Shoe Last
VOUU OHDKIIH, OK CALL AND SKI
l'OM Sh KICKS.
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EMORY'S
Arc tho B1SST EVE
jSagn-? Hon<I?clie. One j;oo
I'ills, followed bv one |
man iiihcIiinorv run m.s
' tt 5~-^lvWurwCil n,K' ',ut nen 'n a
1cm, I'lCttnaut, Iufti
irSwiWtfvfev by all DrUgrei.sts and Mc
STANI>Aftl> CUltIC
vnsr? Emory's lilttlo Cj
WRlUr \J\| to be the best l'ill ever
Mf W. H. Goiikk. llurntoi
W are the most popular ol
N. C. llv aired mot!
5?2SSSoL,,EI!f? Haeicr' ,",cu-t (,r"vu'<
? !* ? Athens, Texas. '
Th?v are unexcelled
If" A T A 1) T A In all its forms nositii
ilALiilli Xxjl 1*11 Im, ft never-failing
loison of nny kind. Endorsed by physicium
S5 Cen tH a Dili.
F. A. B
ESTABLIS
Watches, Dias
Sterling Silver &1
jLOGKS, bronzes ai
7C
PARSONS!
A?d will completely cluuiRa the blood
parson who will take 1 Till each night 1
health, If such a thing1 be possible. For V
Physicians use them for tho euro of LIT!
or sent by mall for 85c. la stomps. Clrct
niniBmaB'Bi
uirn i itii
JSWfflSffiXa. ?8SffC?S.MSirK
DImmm "f u>? Splii*. Bokl uverjrwhoro. ClrcaUra f
If U wall-known flirt that mo*t c*f th? j
HofH ?nd Cwtu Pow>1?r ?old In thl* tuon- 1
try ! worthlMi; ?h?i 8herUUn i Condiiloa I
VtowdterlaafcaoliittljrMirsandTaryTtlaabl* IM I
othtoc on K*rth will make b?n? I
farUkeBheild^r.1.Condition Tow- I
Mr. DOM.OO* MMpooafultoMchplotar
omcKir6ffotlRA:ii
iDYEAR'S
e Repository,
)CK OF CARRIAGES, HUGOIES, PH-iiTOKH,
izea, I to 0 horse, ) Single unit Double llaruens,
on Mittcriul, Ac., Ac. For the next thirty d?jn 1
I.OT OF OPES AND TOP HUUUIKS nt leas
ics arc all Fine Northern and Eastern lunken,
I'ull und examine them aud cuiivinco jourael?e?
R. GOODYEAR, Agent:
ol't. georoiy railroad hank.
, GE01lGIA.|FACTTOKr^.
ii of lie SosBl
shed 18(8.
Tannahill.
ZET - - - - AUGUSTA, CA.
)ealers In All Kinds Of
mtation ami Roail Wagons, Carts, &c. M-nuof
the I'm/icr's Patent Ron<l Carts.
ivested of all Sulky Motion. Ten I'atenM*.
an11 upwards.
S. I'll I LA I) Kf.I'll I v u* ? izrwr
WF1 have added to our stock a fine linn
ofCHKAl*TltADK lU'OCICS aad
1!()('KA\VAVS in ado to our own ordm*,
with special regard to the Quality of tb?
"Wheels, Axles ami Springs, which wcsoll
?'?wer than anv house this side of Cincinnati.
NO CIIKAI' AUCTION WOllK
SOLD. Also a full stork of Saddlery and
Harness, Bridles, Collars, Whips, Buggy
Umbrellas. Trunks. Coach Material of
Kvery Description, Cloths, Paints. Couch
Varnishes. Also leather and (Jutn Belting.
I'acking, llivets and Lacing Hooks
and Punches, Italian llcmp and Soapstor.o
le Leather, l-'rench and American Calf *nd
s, Latest Styles -Just Received. SKNl) IN
I'] US. Onr Prices will at. all times be HOTocrats
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KIISON SKNDIXO US 3 SUIJSCIUBEKS.
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stahlishcd.
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11 v
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St. WASHINGTON, D. C.
0. MARKWALTER'S
cam Marble and Granife Work*,
ST., NEAR LOWER MARK ET, Au^uata, Ga.WORK,
Domestic and Ituportod. Ail
fa.ntcm and SootisJi Granite, a* Low l'ric?u.
V AND SOUTH CAROLINA MOSUMa
nit a Si'Koiai.ty. A large selection of
, and ORANITE WORK always on baud,
LKTTKRINO and D K LIV K R V.
BOB u<iiiiirgf?-cai
LITTLE CATHARTIC PILLS
It MAOK ftir CHHtivrneHM, Imli^VKilou,
(I (lose cf three or four Emory's Little Cathartic
till every nifflit for a week or two, imtkiu thu huregular
us clock work: they puril'y 11>?< blood
>kon-<lo\vn body. Purely Vrj{?liil)lt>, U.n mlliblc,
I lie voimjfeHtJchiltl may tako thorn. Sold
idiciuu beftlei'K at lfiCl.s. u lt??.v. or by mail.
1 CO., Proprietors, 107 Pearl St., N. Y.
ntltnrtic arc more than is clnitited: tliev j>rovy
used Hero. Worth twice the moimy uskod?W.
iv Grove, Oh. Eiiiory'v Initio ('ailiurtlo
[ all the Cniliartic* ? \V*. Ithiior, Mili.t Hirer,
?er u.xuil uiic box with wonderful reauUh?N. W.
)hin. 1 recouintciid them.?John Coli.inh, m.
ri.ev are t'ZCi'llitnl.? It. Hknsux, Jnck.vm, Hi**,
I.?Mus. Hi.i/auktu Kcyhku, Moborlv, Mo.
rely cured with Kniory's Stniularrt Cnra
remedy: lliev contain no Quinine, Mercury, or
i nnil sold l?v ili ii^>:ift(s everywhere. or bv wail,
STANDARD CUKK CO., Nuw York.
RAHE,
SHED 1842.
sends, Jewelry,
Trilllfi PbfP.il Warn
?D FINE ~FAHCT GOG33S
I
)2 Broad Strset, Aug-usta, Ga.
I PURGATIVE All I (I
5HZ7 PILLS
In the entire system In three months. Any
"rom 1 to 13 weeks, may be restored to sound
female Oomplnlnte these Pills have no equal*
SB and KIDNEY dlsoases. Sold everywhere^
ilara froe. i. 8. J0HN9OH & CO., Bott*n, Maul
Inn vrouft MIBTO. lironcfiltli, Neural.
EM fc'lA. Khenmatllm. JOHNSON'S A NO.
ft? I>VNK UNIMKKT (/or Jn.tr
Dl {[") w'll in?t;nt(\ntooslT relievo the** ferrfbia
U nd, 7,u Potnivelr core otno <W?
Rffl out of ten. Itifornutlon that will acre man*
fjp%| IIvm MM fre? hj iuaU. Ooa't d?Uy a nwJ r?T
B IA l'/o*enik>n U belter than cui?
NT CDRE9 Infloonsa, Bleeding at the Lonn. Koana.
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