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Kind-Hearted George.
A poor old man sat down to eat
A little bit of bread and meat, *
As Georgy Wright came up the street.
His clothes were torn, his head was bare,
The wind it blew his long white hair,
As, cold and friendless, he sat there.
“Poor man,” said Georgy, with a sigh,
“ I feel that 1 could almost cry;
You look so thin, I fear you’ll die.”
The old man raised his head to hear
Kind words that thrilled his heart and ear,
But down his cheek there rolled a tear.
“Alas!” he said, “if I could see
The gentle boy that speaks to me, •
How very happy I should be 1
‘•For dark to me the world has been,'
And I have never, never seen
A tree, or flower, or meadow green.
“ How often have I wished to view
My mother’s face, the sky of blue,
And now I long to look on you.”
“ Poor man,” said Georgy Wright, “ don’t cry,
But pray to God that when you die,
Your soul may go to Him on high.
“There you will see, without a tear,
Far better things than we do here,
And oh 1 perhaps your mother dear.”
And little Georgy’s words, so mild,
Such comfort gave, the old man smiled,
And felt his heavy grief beguiled.
— “Josephine’s Jottings.”
Hymn of the Hejjy Trinity.
We are little Christian^children;
We can run, and talk, and play;
The great God of earth and heaven
Made and keeps us every day.
We are little Christian children;
Christ, the Son of God Most High,
With His precious blood redeemed us,
Dying that we might not die.
We are little Christian children;
God the Holy Ghost is here,
Dwelling in our hearts to make us
Kind and holy, good and dear.
We are little Christian children,
Saved by Him who loved us most ;
We beli.eve in God Almighty,
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
— Mrs. C. F. Alexander.
The Orphan’s Text.— “ lam glad I went
to th»Sunday school, for there I learned the
sweetest verse in the Bible,” safU a poor little
orphan. “It was this, ‘ When my lather and
my mother forsake me, then the Lord "will
take me up;’ and I know it is true.” The
little orphan was right. God does care for
the forsaken child; but to enjoy that care
when troubles comes, every child should make
God his guide now. “ Wilt thou not from this
time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the
guide of my youth ?”
Adele, “The Lily of St. Croix.”
In the South of France, among the moun
tains of the Auvergne, lay the little village
of St. Croix. It was a beautifiul spot, on the
north bank of the river Garonne, near to its
fountain-head; and the inhabitants were a
gentle, kindly people, uniting the liveliness
' of the children of the South with much of the
fortitude and steadfast courage of the sons of
the mountains. In this retired hamlet dwelt
a carpenter, called Gerard Aurillac. His
wife had been long dead, and he lived with
his only child, and her faithful nurse, in a
little cottage on the outskirts of the village,
near to the mountains.
Many years before our story opens, a min
ister of the Huguenot faith had found refuge
from persecution among the hospitable inhab
itants of St. Croix. Faithfully and zealously
he had preached the doctrines he held; and
when he departed, more than one among
those simple people had exchanged the errors
of Rome for the purer faith of the suffering
Huguenots.
Foremost among thesfe were Gerard Auril
lac and his wife; and their little girl had been
lovingly treated by the good minister. At
the time of her mother’s death, little Adele
had just completed her fourth year. An old
woman, called Jacintha, who had always
lived in her mother’s family, and who, during
her illness, had taken charge of the household,
remained with them, and gave, as far as she
was able, a mother’s care to the gentle girl.
But it was her father who became her in
structor, companion, and nurse. Shfe was
always at his side in the workshop, and her
meals were taken on his knee. During his
walks she was seldom absent, clinging to his
hand, and, when weary, he seated her on his
shoulder, or carried her in his strong arms.
From his lips she learned the simple Hugue
not hymns, with their sweet tunes, which she
carolled forth in her young, soft voice. Often
her father would join his deep tones to her
silvery notes ; and the kindly villagers would
say, as they paused to listen, “It is Gerard
Aurillac and Els little blind girl, singing
praises to God.”
Yes, little Adele was blind. Not once had
she seen the blue sky and the bright stars
above her head, or the green grass, sprinkled
with many-colored flowers, beneath her feet.
Her beautiful blue eyes, with their long, dark
lashes, had never seen her father’s face, or the
tender, wistful, loving smile, it always wore
for her. She was very fair, and had such soft
curls, and so gentle a smile, and pure white
brow, that she was known throughout the
hamlet by no other name than “The Lily of
St. Croix.”
After her mother’s death, Gerard had, with
much trouble, procured a large and handsome
dog, which he trained to be his little daugh
ter’s companion and protector when he was
away. She would hold fast to the chain at
tached to his neck, and show him some article
belonging to her father, when trusty Fidele
would lead her slowly and gently to him.
When Adele was about eight years of age,
the persecution against the Huguenots was
carried on with renewed violence. It soon
became known that the hamlet of St. Croix,
favored the reformed faith ; and that the good
cure, (or priest,) having been himself a Hu
guenot in secret, had been the reason of its
unusal freedom Irom persecution. He was a
good, but weak old man, who dared not con
fess bis religious faith openly; and at his
death, the people had continued to meet for
worship, which was conducted by Gerard
Aurillac. This was soon discovered, and
Gerard was told that the Papists were seek
ing his life.
It was on a clear bright morning in June,
that a man came up to the carpenter’s cottage,
saying that a wealthy gentleman, who lived
about five miles distant, had sent for him to
execute a piece of work which would not take
him more than a few hours. The messenger
was known to Gerard as a workman in the
gentleman’s employment, so he at once pre
pared to accompany him. Telling his little
girl that he would be back before sunset, he
bade her a fond “ Good-byand swinging
his tools on his shoulder, set forth at a rapid
pace.
Sunset came and passed, and still Gerard
did not return. Adele waited in vain for his
coming, and strained her ear to catch the
sound of his well-known footsteps. She was
obliged, at length, to eat her supper and go
to bed without him. It was the first time he
had ever been absent at night, and her timid
heart felt desolate and lonely.
It was long ere she slept, and when she
awoke the sun was already up. She>rose, and
called for Jaciiitha; but the old woman,
thinking Adele’s sleep too sound to be speed
ily broken, had run over to a neighbor’s to
inquire if anything had been heard of Gerard,
for she knew that he Would not willingly
have stayed at night from his child. Finding
herself alone, Adele called her dog, and filled
with anxiety (or her father, she showed him
a coat belonging to him, and told the saga
cious animal to seek him. Instantly he set
forth and Adele with him. The fresh, dewy
morning, the cool, flower-scented air, and the
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songs of the birds, would all combine to make
the little girl feel relieved of half her fears ;
and she would run gaily on, talking to her
dumb companion of her father’s delight when
he should see them coming to meet him, and
then she burst forth into a song of joy, like a
bird set free. And thus perhaps she sang :
“ In the Lord I’ll put my trust,
Knowing that His power must
Win the victory:
For His arm is strong to save;
He hath triumphed o’er the grave;
Death shall no dominion have;
Christ has set us free.
Free! Free! We are forever free.
“ Welcome foes for Christ’s dear name;
Welcome suffering, welcome shame,
If for Him they come.
Welcome dungeons, dark and drear !
Death itself can bring no fear.
If the risen Christ is near,
And will take us home 1
Home 1 home ! For evermore at home.”
For some time they proceeded along the
high road; but at length the dog turned
off into what Adele could feel to be a wood
land path. Along this they hurried for a
considerable distance, when the path began to
descend rapidly. She now could recognize it
as a small but very deep glen, which from
its extreme seclusion, was often chosen by
the Huguenots as the place of their seeret
meetings for worship. Soon,she heard voices,
and in another moment the welcome tones of
her father reached her ear. She urged her
dog forward, and bursting through the under
wood, she cried, “ Father! father ! I have
found you at last.” .
“Adele ! 0 U merciful Father ! my child !
my child !” came in tones of agony from
Gerard’s lips; but Adele scarcely heard, for
her trusty guide had led her close to herfather’s
side, and her arms were around his neck, her
faoe hidden on his breast. But it was in no
peaceful congregation that Adele had found
her father. He was kneeling, with his arms
secured behind him, at the foot of a large
tree, and opposite stood a file of soldiers, with
their weapons levelled full upon him. Two
priests were the only other persons present.
On the morning before, Gerard had been
captured by the soldiers, who were lying in
wait for him near the glen. The messenger,
being a strict Roman Catholic, had been easily
induced by the priests to betray the poor
carpenter into their hands; and his work vjas
done effectually. Gerard was hurried to a
house in the neighborhood, where, after being
examined by the priests, and proving firm in
his refusal to give up his fiiith, he was con
demned to be shot the next day, on the very
spot where he had so often led his friends in
the Worship of God. His body was to be
left where it fell, as a warning to the rest of
the villagers. At the moment that Adele
appeared, the poor martyr was making his
last prayer to God for his blind and helpless
child, so soon to be an orphan. “My dar
ling ! my darling !’’ he now cried, “my poor
helpless little one!” and his tears and kisses
covered her fair innocent face.
“Papfl, why do you not put your arms
around me? Why do you kneel herein this
way ?” asked the child, a strange terror steal
ing over her. “ Are you not praying for the
congregation, papa ?”
Before Gerard could answer, one of the
priests approached, and tried to lead her
away, saying harshly, “ Your father is a
heretic, girl ; and he has taught you his
wicked belief, I see. No, this is no congrega
tion, but an execution. Do you understand,
or must l tell you more plainly. Your
father is to be shot; and, unless you come
away, a bullet will kill you too. Come away
I say.”
. But she clung more closely to Gerard, sob
bing, “ Are they going to kill you, my papa?
O, let me die with you ! Do not leave me;
I have no one but you—no one but you.”
“My darling! my darling! you have
Jesu l * !” cried the almost distracted man. O
Jesus, have mercy on my poor child !”
Suddenly, with a quick motion, which Ge
rard saw not, the other priest, who had not
yet spoken, gave the signal for which alone
the soldiers waited;,and the ten carbines
were all fired at once. With one cry of “ 0
God! my child !” Gerard fell on his side,
his little daughter still clinging to him. The
soldiers rushed forward, and found them»both
dfead, pierced by the bullets, some of which
had passed through them both. Owing to
Adele lying on his breast, the shot aimed at
Gerard would not perhaps have been mortal;
but one of the soldiers, more merciful than
his fellows, raised his weapon, and sent the
fatal bullet through the poor man’s temple,
causing r. death as speedy as had been that of
his child.
And there the villagers found them even
as they fell: the strong, brave man ; and ou
his breast, the gentle, helpless child.
They carved the simple cross which marks
the spot, and above a crown, with this in
scription on it: “ Here lies Gerard Aurillac,
the martyr; a faithful follower of Jesu*
Christ, and a member of the Huguenot
church.”
Below was carved a broken lily, with the
additional words: “ And his blind daughter,
who suffered with him, dying on his breast
—Adele, the Lily of St. Croix.”
The Drunkard’s Dying Child.,
Mrs. B sat near a scanty pallet, on
which was extended thesufferinglittleFreddy,
her bright and beautiful boy, reduced to skin
and bone. His large, mysterious eyes were
turned upward, watching the flitting of leaves
and the filaments of sunshine that peered
through the foliage of the multicaulis. An
infant about a month old, meagre, weary of
its existence, lay upon her bosom, and she
was in vain trying to charm it to repose.
“ Mamma,” said Freddy, reaching out his
waxen hand, “take me to your bosom.”
“ Yes, love! as soon as Maria is stiih”
“ Mamma, if God had not sent us that little
cross baby, you could love me, and nurse me,
as you did whe'n I was sick in Cincinnati.
My throat is hot, mamma. I wish 1 had a
drink in a tumbler, —glass tumbler, mamma,
and I could look through it.”
“ Dear, you shall have a tumbler,” cried
Mrs. B , her lip quivering with emotion,
and a wild fire in her eyes.
“ Yes, mamma, one cold drink in a tumbler,
and your poor little Freddy would fly up, up
there where that little bird sits. Will papa
come to-night and get us bread ? You said he
would. Will he get me a tumbler of water?
No, mamma, he will be drunk. Nobody ever
gets drunk in heaven, mamma?”
“ No, no, my son, my angel I”
“ No one says cross words, mamma ?”
“ No, bless your sweet tongue.”
“And there is nice cold water there, and
silver cups ?”
“ Oh, yes, my child, a fountain of living
waters.”
“ And it never gets dark there ?”
“ Never, never!” and the tears fell in
streams down the mother’s pale cheek.
“And nobody gets sick and dies V ’
“ No, my love !”
“ If they were to, God would let the angels
bring them water, 1 know he would, from the
big fountain. Oh, mamma, don’t cry. Do
people cry in heaven ?”
“ Oh, no, sweet one ; God wipes away all
tears,”'replied the weeping mother.
“And the angels kiss them off, s’pose. But
tell me, mamma, will he come there?”
“ Who, my son ?”
“ You know, mamma, —papa.”
“ Hush, Freddy, dear, lie still; you worry
yourself.”
“Oh my ®roat! Dear me, if I only had
a little water in a tumbler, mamma ; just one
little mouthful.”
“ You shall have it j” and, as the mother
said this, the poor child passed away into the
arms of Him who shall evermore give it of
the bright waters of everlasting life.
My Class.
Sheaves for thy garner, dear Saviour,
For thy heavenly courts above,
That shall live through the glorious ages
In those regions of light and love.
We sow oft in trembling and weakness
The seed, but will yield not to gloom ;
For when earth with its seed-time is ended,
The sheaves will be harvested home; —
Gems that may sparkle, my Saviour,
When Thou wearest Thy starry-decked crown ;
Jewels that may flash in the splendor
That flows from Thy heavenly throne;
Souls for whose sake Thou hast trodden
Thy Father’s red wine press of wrath, —
To ransom and bring whom to heaven.
Thou walkedst the grave’s gloomy path;—
Yoices to swell the glad chorus
Os the ransomed and glorified band;
Hearts that may beat to the music
Os angels and saints in that land;
Brows to be sweetly encircled
With the crown laid up for the blest;
Spirits that, worn with this et.rth-toil,
Their loved ones may welcome to rest; —
Hearts that to Christ may be given,
Lives that His work may employ;
Feet that may tread in the pathway
Which ieadeth to heavenly joy.
May they love Thee in life’s dewy morning!
Saviour, draw each lamb to Thine arms,
Where, guided and guarded from danger,
They may yield to thee life’s freshest charms.
—Mattie Morgan.
The Importance of Sabbath School's.
1. Sabbath schools are important in conse
quence of the literary knowledge they im
part to all who are disposed to avail them
selves of their benefits. Here they may
commence at the alphabet and progress on
ward through all the different branches of
literature in the English language, as far as
their inclination induces then! to go, prepar
ing them, not only for usefulness, but also to
exercise the mind in a study of all the differ
ent sciences.
2. Sabbath schools are important because
they are benevolent institutions, free for all.
The rich and the poor can equally share the
same benefits of instruction, without money
and without price, where pleasant associations
of kindness, friendship and affection are nat
urally cultivated; and where many who are
destitute of any other means to procure an
education, can receive such instruction as will
develop their tiHents and make them useful,
who otherwise would remain in ignorance.
3. Sabbath schools are important, because
they promote iQdustfy by influencing the
students and teachers to devote all time
which they can spare from their common
avocations to reading and studying, thereby
cultivating habits ol industry, and preventing
the idleness and indolence which are great
evils in any community.
* 4. Sabbath schools are important in conse
quence of their moral tendency. For, the
pupils being under the influence of their
teachers, necessarily feel the power of their
moral eflflmple, which tends greatly to en
gage the mind and change inclination from
many frivolous, evil and sinful amusements,
and settles the affections on objects of per
manent and lasting interest; which naturally,
by custom (if custom is a second nature, as
an old and popular adage teaches-) will soon
become much more pleasing and delightful
than the haunts of immorality, vice and wick
edness.
5. Sabbath schools are important because
they have a surpassing religious influence, and
because they are means or instruments used
by God to convert sinners from a state of
degradation, misery, ruin and death, and
bring them into a state of life, peace and
happiness, to be enjoyed not only in this life,
but also throughout eternity.
6. Sabbath schools are important in im
proving society; for if they are influential,
as we have shown, in imparting literary
knowledge, in benevolent operation, in pro
moting industry, morality and religion, sure
ly the inflftence of all these together cannot
fail to improve and elevate society to a de
gree far beyond its ordinary state. And
what will be the result if Sabbath schools
continue to flourish? We shall not only
have better children, but better parents, bet
ter husbands and better wives, better neigh
bors, better citizens, better schools and better
teachers, better laws and a better administra
tion of those laws, better churches, better
Christians and better ministers.
Sallie A. Chandler.
The Difference. —As we passed a Roman
Catholic school, last Sabbath morning, on our
way to church, we saw the boys playing a
game of ball in the yard, while a priest with
gown and bands was standing by and look
ing upon the sport. The church bell was
ringing for service, and in a few minutes the
priest was probably at the altar. Is there
any Protestant boarding school in this coun
try where the boys and the teachers spend
their time on the Lord’s day in such a man
ner? We are not now even raising the ques
tion whether or not it is right to play ball on
Sunday ; nor whether it is expedient to teach
boys that the Sabbath is the day of sports;
nor whether it is becoming in a priest to pre
side at such games in his robes of office.
We are speaking of the obvious difference
between Roman and Protestant schools in
their moral influence upon the young! What
we saw here in this city last Sunday, is com-,
mon in all Roman Catholic schools. Parents
who place their sons and daughters ir. them,
may be certain that all their reverence for
the Sabbath as a day of rest from worldly
labors and pleasures will be speedily eradi
cated. For good or evil there is no such
thing as a Christian Sabbath in a Romish
school.— N. Y. Observer.
Uniform Lessons. —There is great variety
admissible in the use of uniform lessons.
Several plans are in use. Not so much de
pends upon the particular plan adopted, as
upon the earnest, prayerful, faithful use of
the one selected. The simplest plan is to
take a book in order, and all study the same
chapter or part of chapter the week before
the recitation. Another interesting plan,
quite as simple, is to take characters, proph
ecies, historical sketches, parables, doctrines,
miracles, etc., as the subjects of the lessons.
Almost all the others may be comprehended
under the question systems, any of which
may be very useful if used according to their
design, but are liable to great abuse by the
indolent. Nothing can exempt the Sunday
school teacher from study and prayer, and
he who attempts to teach without these will
fail to accomplish his mission as a teacher.
He who wishes success in communicating
God’s words to others, must be “ a faithful
man, able to teach others.” Faithful , able.
System. —The fact is, children love system
and regularity. Each one is sometimes a
little uneasy under the restraint which it
imposes on him individually, but they all
love to see its operations upon others, and
they aie generally very willing to submit to
its laws, if the rest of the community are
required to submit too. They show this in
their love of military parade. What allures
them is chiefly the order of it; and even a
little child, creeping upon the floor, will b e
pleased when he gets his playthings in a row.
g&tm, & g'msi&t.
BY THE FBOPBIETOB.
“A Fertilizer for Wheat.” —An inter
esting subject for wheat growers. Fof an
able response upon the subject, see the Sep
tember number of the Maryland Farmer.
A Lady correspondent of the Western
Rural furnishes her plan, in detail, on “Tur
key Raising .” One hundred dollars were
added to her receipts - 'as the result of her
efforts.
Meadow Lands , and How to Manage them —
Drilling Wheat—Farm Implements and Ma
chinery— Thick vs. Thin Sowing of Wheat —
Frauds in Fertilizers—Navy Beans—How to
use Musk—To Improve Sandy Soils—Culti
vation of Broom Corn. —These are important
questions, and duly considered by
our farmers generally. As the limits of our
columns are insufficient for the discussion of
the above, and other kindred topics, we take
pleasure in directing the attention of the
reader to the September numbers of the
Maryland Farmer a year,) The Amer
ican Farmer year,) The Southern
Cultivator ($2.00.) ,
One or more of thieve valuable publications
should be found injAfery intelligent family.
For easy clubbing tfiaiis, see third page of
this paper. t
Three Ears of (l)Rir are before us, the
aggregate length o(which is 33 inches, and
aggregate weight 3jj* pounds; each ear with
14 rows, and 56 gra ns in a row, giving 784
well developed grab s, or 2,352 grains from
the three ears. This corn was grown on the
farm of our enterprising pressman, Mr. W. C.
Whitmire, whose farm is four miles west of
this city. The soil ot Fulton county is re
garded as very poor—third t r fourth class ;
but we are thus particular, in order to vindi
cate our theory of deep culture. The field of
upland from which this cor i vas taken, was
planted on the Bth of April, and trom the day
the seed was placed- in the earth, it had but
one rain sufficient to wet Usd soil thoroughly.
The secret of Mr. Whitmi.e’s success lies in
the following: Ifijt field was in melons in
1868, and trenched pretty generally to the
depth of three feet , and for his crop of corn
this year, the soil was deeply and thoroughly
tilled in the spring, and his seed carefully
planted in April, as<fibove mentioned. What
further evidence is needed to convince farmers
that deep culture is an important lesson, and
a sure provision against protracted drouth or
deluge ?
Scuppernong Wine.
Demopolis »Ala., August 25, 1869.
Mr. Lang don: As the grape season is now
upon us, will you be so kind as to give your
best practical recipe for making scuppernong
wine, and thereby benefit all those interested,
among which is >
Yours truly, H. S. W.
In reply, we eAract from the valuable
little work ot M« J. Vanßuren, of Clarks
ville, Ga., publish* last year, entitled “Tne
Scuppernong Grape ) its History and Mode
of Cultivation, with a Short Treatise on the
Manufacture of Wp*from it,” as follows:
To make either gaming or still wine, the
grapes must be fifMTy ripe. They should be
either picked by hrJ:d, or shaken upon a sheet
prepared for the and fastened to a
frame elevated from the ground a few inches.
Select and pick out all green or unripe ber
ries. We use a wooden mill of our own con
struction to crush the fruit; it has but one
roller, six inches in diameter, and twelve
inches long, working in a bed of a quarter
circle, which is sufficiently open to admit the
whole grapes at its upper edge, and gradually
approaches the roller until the seeds can only
pass through without being crushed. The
roller has sixteen rows of teeth, made by
driving in eight-penny nails -to the depth of
about one inch, and cutting them off at one
eighth of an inch from the roller. These
teeth are half an Inch apart in the rows, which
run lengthwise of the roller. The bed piece
has four rows of &eeth similar to those in the
roller. The mill and press we use, when
worked by hand, will'crush ten bushels of
grapes per hour. We find a roller with teeth
preferable to one without, as the graphs are
perfectly torn and yield more juice
than when only crushed. There should be
two tubs to the mill and press, whicn are
combined in th«> same frame, tha#while one
is under the press, the other can be under the
mill receiving the crushed grapes; thus crush
ing and pressing can be carried on at the same
time and by the same person.
Strain the juice as it comes feom the press
into clean oak barrels, strongly hooped with
wooden hoops, then add one and a half pounds
No. 1 crystalizcd sugar to each gallon of
juice, and stir until thoroughly mixed, by in
serting a stick into the bung-hole. The
barrel should he fiiled full, so that all filth
may work out of the bung-hole, which must
remain open for two weeks.
A good cellar is indispensable, in which
the barrel containing the juice must be kept.
Without a ceiVar, it is impossible to mane
good wine, because it will run into acetous
fermentation from the changes in the atmos
phere. * Brandy, distilled from the juice o t
the scuppernofig, may be used instead of
sugar, and shihdd be added after the juice
has been in the*barrels two weeks, by whicn
time fermentation has nearly ceased; one
pint of brandy to each gallon of juice is suffi
cient. At the end of two weeks, put in the
bungs tight, where sugar has been user., and
when brandy is used, bung up when the
brandy is added.
In February or March following, rack off
the wine intended for foaming or Champagne
wine; add to bottle a tablespoonful of
best clarified sugar, and cork with good corks,
which must be tied in; place the bo*-;.; t
good cellar, bottom up, standing on the corks,
where they should remain, without being
disturbed, until the first of July. D••rhig
this period a second fermentation takes place,
and a sediment is deposited in the necks of
the bottles. To remove this sediment re
quires some care and skill, which can soon be
acquired by practice. Take each bottle care
fully from its place, keeping it iuverted, untie
the fastening to the cork, and take if out
suddenly, and instantly re-cork it; tin- wo.
blow out all the sediment, and, a small amount
of wine with it. Trie bottles should have
been filled to within an inch of the cor l , -
that it will be sufficiently full after the s:.
ment has been removed as above directed.
The bottles should then be re-corked with
new corks, or the old ones driven home wit.,
a mallet, and wired or tied in securely, and
placed in racks on their sides, with the corks
exposed, so that if any leak they can be easily
seen, and stopped by putting in new corks.
*****
To make a fine still wirre, rack it ofl in
February o,*- March, into clean, sweet barrels,
as before directed, and add to each gallon of
wine one pint of Cognac brandy, or, which is
better, one pint of brandy distdled from the
new fermented juice of the scuppernong; let
the bung remain loose for two weeks, so that
the small amount of gas formed during the
second slight fermentation may pass off, when
it can be bunged up tight, and at the end of
one year will be a nectar fit for the gods to
drink.
To all who are engaged in the cultivation
of the scuppernong, we would commend the
purchase of Mr. Vanßuren’s little book. It
is from a source entirely reliable, and contains
all the information in regard to the culture
and management of the vine, that is needed
to ensure success. The price is only fifty
cents, and we presume it can be found at the
book stores generally in the South.— Mobile
Register.
Hinkley Family Knitting Machine.
Seldom do we go out of our way to notice
an invention or call attention to an advertise
ment— only when convinced of the great
merit of the article mentioned, as in the
present case.
Yesterday we called at the office of the
Hinkley Knitting Machine, No. 176 Boadway,
and spent half an hour examining the most
perfect, complete, ingenious and useful inven
tion we have seen for years. Here we saw
a lady make and finish three perfect and per
fect-shaped stockings in ten minutes—quicker
than an ordinary housewife could wash a
pair. The Hinkley Machine is indeed a mar
vel. So simple in construction that a child
of ten years can work it to perfection ; dura
ble, not liable to get out of order; doing its
work with the rapidity of lightning, and al
ways perfect—knitting, as the gague is set,
anything, from a little stocking not large
enough to put your finger in, to one big
enough for the great fat woman—nitting lamp
mats, lap-robes, chair-covers, sofa-backs, sus
penders; in fact, almost anything, from yarn,
silk, or thread. It is worthy a place in every
house.
It can be set on a piano, a centre-table,
dining-table, work-bench, or mantel, and there
worked, with no effort, at the rate of twelve
pairs of large-sized stockings in a day.
What would our grandmothers have said
to this ? And the cost of the machine is only
thirty dollars! Almost any person, old or
young, can earn the price of it, with it, in
ten days, while the work is but fun. We
advise our readers to purchase this machine.
It is a good thing. You never will regret it.
If you do for good cause, send it to us and
we’ll take it oft’ your hands. Send for a cir
cular, which gives full descriptions of the
machine, and how to work it. In fact, it
works for itself. Every farmer—every mill
owner or man employing many hands—every
country storekeeper, tailor, or manufacturer
of furnishing goods—every poor man or
woman who wants to make a living easily,
should have one. Address the “Hinkley
Knitting Machine Company, No. 177, Broad
way, New York,” and ask for a circular of
the machine mentioned in this paper. Money
invested in this way will bring better returns
than do all the lotteries, games of chance,
and wild speculations in the world, for the
invention is a sure thing—a perfect, marvel
ous success. No one who has used it will
ever do without it.— N. Y. Democrat.
See advertisement in another column.
dfommmml and (dpnanriaL
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
OFFICE INDEX & BAPTIST,
Atlanta, September 15 ,1869.
Since our last, there are no important changes to note. Ba
con has advanced slightly, with good stocks in market. Corn
rtmaius at former figures, with a good demand for home con
sumption, and very Bmall stocks. Our quotations below will be
found correct in the mala.
Groceries and Provisions—Wholesale.
BACON—Canvassed Hams lb 23 @ 26
Plain Hams lb 22 @ 23
„ Clear Sides. 31 lb @ 21X
Clear ltib Sides 3H lb 21 @ 2l •
Shoulders %) lb 17 @ 18
BULK MEATS—CIear sides tt> 20 (at 2OX
Clear Rib 3) lb (y)
Shoulders lb @
Hams lb (a)
BLACK PEPPER %i R> @ BTX
BLUE STONE %E> 14 @ IS
BEANS bushel 1 80 @ 200
BROOMS 31 doz 3 50 @ 500
BUCKETS $ doz 8 00 @3 50
CANDY—Assorted 31 lb 25 (,4 27
Stick 38 fi) 21 @ 22
CANDLES—Paraffine. 3) lb , 88 @ 40
Star %< ft> 17 @ 17X
Tallow 3) lb 12
CHEESE 3H 1b 15 @ 22X
CIGARS 31m 18 00 @6O 00
Havana m 80 00 @l5O 00
COFFEE—Java fi) 40 @ 45
Rio |! fi) 23 @ 28
COPPERAS • slb 4 @ 5
COTTON CARDS %! doz 8 00 m 850
COTTON THREAD 31 bunch 2 00 @ 210
FEATHERS 33 lb 75 @ 80
FLOUR—Family 31 bbl 8 00 @8 50
Fancy 3! bbl 9 50 @1(T00
Extra bbl 7 00 @ 7 50
Superfine bbl 650 @ 7 00
HERRINGS • box 90. @
INDIGO, sp % fi) 1 60 <a> 175
LARD—In Bbls 3) fib @ 221£
In Kegs and Cans slb @ 23 1 /,
LEAD %i lb 9 @ 11
LEATHER—SoIe ft fi) 30 @ 40
Northern tanned $i ft 82 @ 40
Upper sft 60 @ 70
Calf Skins 'P doz 40 00 @7O 00
French %J doz 70 00 @75 00
LIME %S bushel 60 @ 60
HYDRAULIC CEMENT %) bbl 6 00 @
MACKEREL %i bbl *l7 00 @25 00
Do $ kit 8 00 @ 850
MADDER sft 15 @ 17
MOLASSES %) gallon @ 60
Sorghum % gallon 55 @ 60
NAILS lb 6 25 @ 6«75
OlL—Kerosene $ gallon @ 60
Linseed, raw gallon 1 45 @ 150
Machine %i gallon 1 00 @ 1 75
Tanner’s ft gallon <& 75
ONIONS bbl 4 00 @ 6 00
RICE slb 12 @ 18
ROPE—Hemp %lb 8 @ 11
Cotton %) lb 85 @ 40
RAISINS box 5 00 @
SALT—Virginia $ sack 2 80
Liverpool sack @ 276
SHOT %} sack 8 50 @ 875
SOAP—Northern ft 7X@ 12X
SODA ip It, 9 @
SNUFF •' , lb 85 @ 100
STARCH slb 10 @ 11
SUGAR—Brown f\ lb 18 @ 17
Coffee %1 D 16 @ 18
Crushed %lb 19 @ 20
SARDINES—M box %i doz 275 @8 00
X hox f! doz 000 @
TEAS—Gunpowder $ lb 000 @ 000
Green $ lb 1 75 @ 400
Black »*1 lb 1 50 @ 2 00
TOBACCO—Common lb 45 @ 55
Medium 73 It, 75 @ 1 00
Prime $ lb 1 25 @ 200
.WlNE—Wrapping Ilb 80 (a, 50
VINEGAR—Cider gallon SO @ 60
Country Produce.
APPLES—Green f, bbl. * 500 @ 600
Dried 7$ ft 7 @ 8
BUTTER IP ft 25 @ 50
BEESWAX slb 85 @ 8S
CORN 78 bushel 1 40 @ 145
.HIOKENS $ doz 8 00 @8 50
EGGS TjJ doz 12 @ 15
FODDER ft owt 2 00 @
HlDES—Green ft lb @ 10
Dry ft lb @ 20
HAA ft cwt 2 00 @ 210
MEAL ft bushel 1 40 @ 150
DATS ft bushel @ 75
PEACHES—PeaIed lb 15 @ 20
Unpealed ft ft 8 (at 10X
PEAS ft bushel @ 1 50
Table ft bushel @ 1 60
PEANUTS f) bushel 2 00 @ 225
POTATOES—Sweet ft bushel 1 80 @ 150
Yams ft bushel 1 50 @ 175
Irish f) bushel 1 25 @1 25
TALLOW ft 1b 10 Z 11
•v'HEAT—White ft bushel 160 @ 1 60
Bed |3 bushel 1 50 @ IGO
Financial.
EXCHANGE ON NEW YpßK—Buying at par; selling
X premium.
GOLD.—Buying at 88, selling at 85.
SlLVEß.—Buying at 23, selling at 28.
\-LD BULLION.—Buying at-$1.16@1.20 $ pennyweigh
GOLD DUST.—Buying at $1.00@1.10 73 pennyweight.
The following are the rates paid by our brokers during the
week for Georgia and Alabama bank bills:
GEORGIA.
Buying
b igia R.R. AB. Cos., 98
Marine Bank of Georgia 98
Bank o‘ E-'iton 45
ii o i.iupire State 20
A usta Ins. AB. Cos. 0
City Bank of Augusta 60
Mann r.eturers B’k of Macon 20
Nwth-Western Bank 1
Merchants and Planters 7
Planters Bank. * 20
Bank of Columbus 0
Central R. R. Bank 98
Bank of Middle Georgia 98
Bank o' Atnens 55
Ban.; o, Augusta
.mi « Bank of Augusta 6
A ngusta Savings Bauk 15
Timber Cutters Bank 1
Bank ojf Savannah 55
Bank of the Stater 28
Bank of Commerce 5
Mechanics Bank 1
ALABAMA.
Bank of Mobile 95
Easteni Bank of Alabama 54
Bank of Selma 00
Commercial Bank 6
Bank of Montgomery
Buying
Central Bank 2
Northern Bauk 80
Southern Bauk 95
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Union Bank 95
Bauk of Chester 15
Bank of tlie State, old 85
Bank of Charleston 76
Exchange Bank 7
Merchants (Cheraw) 4
Bank of Georgetown lo
Planters Bank 15
Planters and Mechanics 85
Peoples Bank 75
Bank of Newberry 70
Bank of Hamburg 6
South-Western R. R. Bank 70
Farmers and Exchange 1
Bank of Camden 75
Bank of South Carolina 15
State Bank 2
Commercial Bank • 1
NORTH CAROLINA.
Bank of Cape Fear 25
Bank of Wilmington 7
Bank of the State 40
All other Nortn Carol!up Banks
65 to 97 per cent, disoount.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
J. WAathbop. J. L. Warkkn. H. W. Dknslow.
J W. LATHROP & C
COTTON FACTORS,
COMMISSION & FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
No. 94 Bay Street.
SAVANNAH GEORGIA. ’
BAGGING AND ROPE, OR IRON TIES, ad
vanced 011 crops. Liberal cash advances made on
consignments for sale in Savannah, or on shipment lo
reliable correspondents in Liverpool, New York,
Philadelphia or Baltimore. 2451—2475-25 t
F. W. 9IMS. J. F. WHEATON. N. B. BROWN.
W. SIMS & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCNANTS,
SA VANNAH, GA.
Consignments solicited: Remittances made promptly :
Advances of Provisions, Bagging, Ties and Rope made
to persons sending us Cotton for sale.
2450 2474-25 t.
r£o WHEAT GROWERS-
Our Descriptive Price List of choice Seed Wheat
is issued, and will be mailed free 10 any one desiring,
on receipt of address. We oiler a selection of very
superior varieties, and a very prime article of pure,
clean seed. EDW’D. J. EVANS & CO.,
Nurserymen and Seedsmen,
2451 2456-6 t York, Penn.
DRUGS, MEDICINES, ETC.
J 2) R - J - BRADFIELD’S
FEMALE REGULATOR,
WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND.
This valuable Medicine is prepared for Women ex
clusively, and to be used by Women only. It is
adapted especially to those cases where the womb is
disordered, and will cure any irregularity in the
“menses,” except in such cases as require a surgical
operation. As these last are very rare, the Female
Regulator is of almost universal application. In a
sudden check of the “monthly courses” from cold,
trouble of mind or like cause, it acts like a charm, by
restoring the discharge in every instance. , thus reliev
ing the lever, headache, pain in the small ot the back
and “lower stomach,” flushes of heat about the face,
chilly sensations, burning of the eyelids and general
restlessness. Taken in time, all these symptoms
pass away immediately, without injury to the consti
tution. Frequently, however, the proper remedy is
not applied in time, the disease becomes chronic, and
the foundation laid for numberless evils to the consti
tution of the woman. The next “turn” comes
around and there is no “show,” or perhaps the
“whites” will appear. There will be some uneasi
ness about the womb, but very little or none of the
natural fluid escaping. The complexion becomes sal
low, bowels swollen, a sort of greenish caste about
the face, constant dull aching pains in the head,
weight in the lower stomach and back, with or with
out whites, palpitations of the heart, pallor, exhaus
tion, indigestion, weariness, languor, aching across
the loins, loss of appetite, pain in the left breast,
tightness across the chest, cough and giddiness. It
still allowed to go on, “green sickness will be fully
developed—the headache becomes severe, with loss
of memory, diminished sensibility sick stomach , dys
pepsia, no relish.for food, loss of flesh, increased flut
tering of the heart, swelling f ‘he feet , legs and body,
and occasional spitting of bLuu. The slightest eflort
causes hurried breathing , almost to suflocation. The
skin is flabby and has a “doughy teeling ” This is a
sad picture, but it is the condition of thousands ol
women between the ages of 15 and 45, who are
brought to the verge of the grave by ignorance or
neglect to take the proper remedy. To ail who are
afflicted with any of the symptoms above-mentioned,
in connection with any irregularity of the “monthly
sickness,” we earnestly say TAKE DR. J. BRAD
FIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR. A few ounces
taken, you will at once experience its benefits, and
with a little patience you will be fully restored to
health.
This remedy has been extensivhly used lor upwards
of twenty years by many of the most experiened and
successful Physicians in Georgia.
We repeal, that DR.’J. BRADFIELD’S FEMALE
REGULATOR is prepared for Women, and lobe used
by women only.
A trial is all we ask.
Prepared and sold in any quantity, by
L. H. BRADFIELD,
1 Wholesale Druggist, Atlanta, Ga.
Price, $1 50 per bottle. Sold by Druggists gener
ally. .
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 29th, 1806.
Dr. J. Bradfield —
Dear Sir: I take pleasure in stating that sometime
previous to the late War, I used, with (he utmost suc
cess, on a servant girl, your FEMALE REGULATOR,
prepared then at Bradfield’s Drug Store, West Point,
Ga. She had been suffering severely from suppressed
menstruation, and this Medicine soon restored her to
health. She is, to-day, living in Atlanta, sound and
well.
I will state, further, that I know of its being used,
with equal success, on a servant girl of my brother
in-law, Professor Rutherford, of Athens, Ga. This
woman had, I think, been .diseased for six yeprs.
She was a house servant, and seemed cured, up to
the time of “ freedom.” Ido not hesitate to endorse
your preparation for the purposes for which yo» re
commend it.
Yours truly, Jno. C. Whitner.
* *
STATE OE Troup County.
This is to certify that I have examined the recipe
of Dr. Joseph Bradfield, of this county, and, as a med
ical man, pronounce it to be a combination of Medi
cines of great merit in the treatment of nil the diseases
of females for which he recommends it.
Wm. P. Beasley, M.D.
This Dec. 21st, 1868.
Mountvii.le, 1868.
Dr. J. Bradfield
Dear Sir: I have much pleasure in saying Fhave
witnessed the most decided and happy effects of your
Female Regulator in this neighborhood.
Wm. H. Finchen.
Moitntville, 1868.
Dr. J. Bradfield —
Dear Sir: I have repeatedly used iu my family
your FEMALE REGULATOR, and have, m every
case, met with complete success. G. L. Davis.
Mountvillk, 1868.
Dr. J. Bradfield —
Dear Sir: Having, for many years, been acquainted
with your FEMALE REGULATOR, and used it in
my family, I take great pleasure in stating to those
thus afflicted that 1 have never known it to fail.
J. N. Carlton.
ASS' I also prepare, and have for sale, a YEAST
POWDER, equal to the best, and for much less price.
3SiF° I also prepare a LIQUID BLUING, now in
use by many of the best housekeepers in the city, and
pronounced by them to be very superior.
L. H. BRADFIELD. Druggist,
2427—57—7 m Atlanta. Georgia. I
A. CONSTANTINE’S
PERSIAN HEALING OR PINE TAR SOAP.
Each cake is stamped ‘‘A. A. Constantine’s Persian
Healing or Pine Tar Soap, Patented March 12th
1867”—n0 other is genuine.
For the-Toilet, Bath, & Nursery this soap has no
equal. It makes the complexion fair, removes all
Dandruf, keeps the Hair soft and silky, and prevents
it from falling off, and is “the best Hair Renovator in
use.”
It cures Chapped Hands, Pimples, Salt Rheum,
Frosted feet, Burns, all diseases of the Scalp and
Skin, Catarrh of the Head, and is a Good Shavirtg
Soap.
This Soap has already won the praise and esteem
of very many of our first families in this oily and
throughout the country. It is used extensively by
our best physicians. Wherever used it has become a
household necessity.
For sale by all Dealers. Agents wanted. Call on
or address
A. A. CONSTANTINE & CO.,
43 Ann St., New York.
2438-2458. I—S.
RUPTURES CURED.
DR. J. A. SHERMAN,
Arlistic Surgeon, respectfully offers his services in
the application of his Rupture Curative Appliances,
at his office,
No. 697 Broadway, New York.
The great experience of Dr. SHERMAN, resulting
from his long and constant devotion to the ireatment
and cure of this disease, assures him of his ability to
relieve all, without regard to the age ol the patient
or duration of the infirmity, or the difficulties which
they may have heretofore encountered in seeking
relief. Dr. SHERMAN, as Principal of the Rupture
Curative Institute, New Orleans, for a period of
more than fifteen years, had under his care ihe worst
cases in the country, ail of which were effectually
relieved, and many, to their great joy, restored to a
sound body.
None of the pains and injuries resulting from the
use of other Trusses, are found in Dr. Sherman’s Ap
pliances ; and, with a full knowledge of the assertion,
he promises greater security and comfort, with a daily
improvement in the disease, than can be obtained of
any other person,.or the invention, of any other per
son, in the United States.
Prices to suit all classes. It is the only, as well as
the cheapest, remedy ever offered the afflicted. Pho
tographic likenesses of cases before and after treat
ment, furnished on receipt of two three-cent stamps
-2420—70 ' W.B.J.
SEWING MACHINES.
gE WING J^ACHINES!
GET THE BEST,
Which is undoubtedly the AMERICAN COMBINA
™ (Buttonhole, Overseaming and Sewing) MA
CHINE—for which we are now the General Agents tor
Aorthern Georgia, and prepared to sell Local Agencitb
in any city or town within the limits of our territory.
mos^P€, '/ ect piece of mechauisin possesses all
the advantages, without the defects of other Machines,
it is evidently to the interest of all who buy to procure
this splendid Machine in preference to any other.
PRICE, $75.00.'
of other Machines, also the best Machine
Thread and Silk, and a superior article of Sewing Ma
chine Oil will he kept lor sale.
J. J.& S. P. RICHARDS,
Bank Block, Alabama St,, Atlanta, Ga.
fSTSend for Circular, coiHaining full details and
testimonials. 2443—15 t.
jp LOREN CE SEWING MACHINE,
THE BEST FAMILY SEWING MACHINE IN
THE WORLD.
MAKES FOUR DISTINCT STITCHES, WITH
REVERSIBLE FEED MOTION.
It will hem, fell, bind, gather, braid, quilt, and gather
and sew on a ruffle at the same time.
Circulars sent to any portion of the Slate on appli
cation to LATIIROP ite CO.,
General Agents for Georgia and Florida,
2441—6 m Agency Savannah, Ga.
INSURANCE.
QOTTON STATES LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE, MACON, GEORGIA.
Authorized Capital $2,000,000
Guaranteed Capital $ 500,000
Deposited with State Comptroller for
Security of Policy Holders $ 100,000
W. B. JOHNSTON, President.
W. S. IIOLT, Vice President.
GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary.
J. W. BURKE, General Agent.
C. I'. McCAY, Actuary.
J. MERCER GREEN, M.D., Med. Ex.
This Company issues all the various kinds of poli
cies, and they are all Noil-Forfeitable alter two lull
payments. They give a loan of 50 per cent, on all
premiums amounting to over Fifty Dollars. It is a
Southern Company and every Southern man is inter
terested in keeping the large accumulations ol Life
Companies at home. In Fire Insurance the premi
ums are mostly returned to meet losses; but in Life
Insurance they are accumulated to meet the deaths
at old age, and only returned after many years.
The money retained here will bring better interest,
and thus swell the profits of a mutual company, and
benefit the insured in many other ways.
Every Southern man will be sure to assent to this,
and favor a Southern Company if it is safe. We oiler
him precisely the same securities as the Northern
Mutual Companii s, the accumulated premiums of the
insured, paid by the young, to meet the amounts in
sured when they grow old and die, and in addition
thereto, a capital commencing with
8500,000.
Surely this makes it safe, and if so, let every man
insure at home.
THEN PREFER THE COTTON STATES LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY:
1. Because it is a mutual company
2. Because it is a Southern company.
3. Because it has a large guaranteed capital.
4. Because it has liberal policies.
5. Because its policies are all non-forfeiting.
Ci. Because it does not restrict traveling.
7. Because it has the best plans of insurance.
S. Because it will always have SIOO,OOO deposited
with the Comptroller-General for the special security
of policy holders.
For further particulars, address
,GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary, or
JOHN W. General Agent
2441- 2465-251
DRUGS, MEDICINES, ETC.
~ DR.
SUMS' LIVE!-REGULATOR
OR MEDICINE, for Dyspepsia,
Headache, Jaundice, Costiveness, Camp Dysentery,
Sick Headache, Chronic Diarrhoea, A flections of the
Bladder and Kidneys, Fever, Nervousness, Chills,
Diseases of the skin, Impurity of the Blood, Melan
choly or depression of Spirits.
Most of the ailments here enumerated have their
origin in a diseased liver, which is the most prevalent
affection in this country, and as in many cases the
patient is not within the reach of a physician, it re
quires that some remedy should be provided that
would not in the least impair the constitution, and yet
be active and sate. That such is the character of the
SIMMONS REGULATOR there can be no doubt,
which the testimony of hundreds will.establish.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED
Pain in the side. Sometimes the
TTWrH I ,a ' n ' s un^er t * ,e shoulder blade ;
111 Vlill ' s 80melinies mistaken for rheuma
lllV UK tism i n the arm. The stomach is af-
with loss of appetite and sick
ness, bowels in general are costive, sometimes alter
nating with lax; the head is troubled with pain, ac
companied with a dull, heavy sensation. There is
a considerable loss of memory, accompa
inied with a painful sensation of having left iiinl„ne
something wliieh ought to have been done. A slight,
dry cough is sometimes an attendant. The patient
complains of weariness and debility ; he is easily
startled, bis feet are cold or burning, and he com
plains of a prickly sensation of the skin ; his spirits
are low ; and although satisfied that exercise would
be beneficial to him, yet lie can scarcely summon up
fortitude enaugh to try it. In fact, lie distrusts every
remedy. Several ot the above symptoms attend tho
disease, but cases have occurred when few ol them
existed, yet examination of the body after death has
shown the Liver to have been extensively deranged.
It should be ustd by all persons, old and young,
whenever any of the foregoing symptoms appear. It
is a pit roly vegetable compound, is not injurious to the
most delicate constitutions, and will keep the liver in
healthy action if used properly.
Persons living in unhealthy localities may avoid all
billious attacks by taking a dose occasionally to keep
the liver in healthy action.
For children complaining of colic,
n I I headache, or sick stomach, a tea-
KPDTII RTnr s l loon,ul or more will B‘ ve relief.
IIUP UIUIUI children, as well as adults, eat some
times too much supper, or eat some-
Ihmg winch does not digest well, producing sour
stomach, heart-burn, or restlessness; a good dose
will give relief. This applies to persons of all ages.
Many persons, from eating too much, are restless
at night, or in day time are fidgety, wool-gathering,
can’t understand what they read, can’t keep their
thoughts on any one subject so as to reason well, or
become fretful. One or two lablespoonsful will give
relief.
Jaundice. —Take enough Regulator after eating
each meal to produce one full action from the bowels
every day.
Pregnant ladies will find sure relief from their head
ache, costiveness, swimming in the head, colic, sour
stomach, restlessness, etc,, etc.
Prepared only by
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
Druggists, Macon, Ga.
Price $1 : by mail $1.25.
For sale by J. F. Henry, New York ; J. D. Park,.
Cincinnati; J. Fleming, New Orleans.
2440-2464-251.
PIANO FORTES.
piANO FORTES,
From the Celebrated Manufactory of
OHAS. M. STEIFF, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
All made tvith the brilliant Agraffe treble, over
strings and ivory fronts, and warranted equal to any
now in use. We are agents for the sale ol the above
Pianos, and to our friends, and all wanting a good in
strument, w£ would say be sure to call and see them
before purchasing any other. We have testimonials
from Professors and Teachers in all parts of the
country as to their general merit and superiority.
Prices ranging from SC6O to SI,OOO.
J. J. & S. P. RIQHARDS,
, Booksellers and Music Dealers,
Bank Block, Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga.
TESTIMONIAL FROM GEN. LEE. '
Lexington, March 2, 1868.
My Dear Sir: The Piano which was sent to me, of'
your manufacture, in 1865, still retains the excellent
tone and melody it possessed at that time, and con
tinues to afford great gratification to ourselves and
friends. I can, therefore, testify to its good qualities
Yours, respectfully, Robert E. Lee.
To Chas. M . Sleiff, Baltimore, Md. 2445—2457-13 t