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About The Georgia weekly. (Greenville, Ga.) 1861-186? | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1861)
AG RI CULT URAJL. 1 Colic in Horses. I Jno. L. Gregg, of Missouri, ,Bays I the Valley Farmer: I “ I can cure by the following recipe, I any case of the colic in horses in twen-1 ty minutes. Take 3 oz. tobacco, in I small bits; 1 dr. red pepper; gal. I boiling water; mix and simmer on I coals ten minutes, or till the proper-1 ties of the medicine are extracted. I Administer by injection with £ pint I syringe. Repeat every minute until I relieved. By this method I have cured I more than fifty cases without a single I failure. The horse is generally fit for I use in one hour. The modus operandi I of the medicine is this: Tobacco is a I powerful relaxant—Capsicum a pow-1 erful stimulant. By the relaxation! produced by the tobacco, free exit is I given to the collection of wind or gas, I and the circulation is equalized; the I pepper prevents too great a relaxa-l tion.” I ir Shearing Sheep. f ‘'A correspondent of the Ohio Far-1 morsays: “The operator must have! a good pair of shears. He must know I how to keep them in order, for it is I certain that a dull tool makes poor I work. Good, sharp, bright shears, I not too sharp pointed, will run smooth, I The spring should not be so limber asj to double over the wool, nor too stiff] so as to make the wrist lame. With I skill, a steady nerve and an even tern-1 "per, it can be made to do good work. I There are various opinions in regard to position. Some shear on the floor, others use a bench. Good work may be done either way: I prefer using a bench. In all cases the operator should hold the sheep in the easiest possible position, and keep the skin tight so as to make a smooth surface to prevent cutting the skin, causing the sheep to kick or tear the fleece, and so exert their strength as to injure them and sometimes to cause death. This can and ought to be avoided.” About Geese. Rearing geese for the profit derived from their feathers is practiced by a large number of farmers, back some little distance from the large towns. Near large cities, land is too valuable to devote to their use, and dogs are bo numerous that it will not answer to let them run in the street. In breed ing geese, however, few ever consider the kind, but without care or thought,; breed on from year to year, geese that weigh, when dressed, from seven to ten pounds, when with care they might be bred up to weigh orfe-fourth more. The feathers of a goose, it is said, weigh from fifteen to seventeen ounces a year, and sell at an average of fifty cents a pound, while their eggs are -numerous, afidin cooking, one is count-i ed equal to three hen’s eggs. A New Race of Cattle. The Belgian paper “Le Nord,” pub lishes the followjng^,, M. Dutrone, one of the most distin guished cattle breeders of France, has succeeded, after twenty years’ trial, in producing a bovine race without horns, which carried the first prize at the great cattle show of Poissyid, in 1854. A cow of this species which had been] raised on the farm of the King ofl Belgium, at Lacken, near Brussels,] was killed lately in the latter town, in] presence of the professors of the vet erinary school, and the surveyors of] the public slaughter-house. The re-| port of these gentlemen confirms the] fact that the quantity both of suet and] meat was much more considerable than that of the ordinary cattle. M. Du trone ordered that one-half of the cow be sent to Ghent, to be sold for the benefit of the much suffering poor of that town. | Keeping Cows’ Tails Clean. j The Rev. Mr. Howard, of the South ern Cultivator, in a humorous allusion to the fastidious care sometimes be stowed on farm stock in Europe, men tions a case of the kind which he saw in a dairy farm near the village of] Brock, in Holland:” “The cows’ tails were tied at the] ends to a cord which passed through a pulley in the roof, and at the end of the cord was attached a weight. The] consequence was, that whenever the] cow’s tail was at rest, it was straight] up in the air—some fifty of them in •this position presented a singular sight. When asking why this was done, we were seriously informed that it was to keep them clean.” The “South American” Potato. A correspondent of the Ohio Far mer says that a variety of potato call-] ed the South American was-brought] into Ohio some years ago from New] Hampshire. Joseph Moshier planted] three pecks and harvested 50 bushels.] The next year he planted an acre and] gathered 530 bushels ! It is a “ dark] blue potato, and very white meated.”] In quality, it is equal or superior to] the Bilboa, Pinkeye or Mercer, and] yields “ twice as well.” j Bee Robbers. The Bee Journal says: “ When! robbing bees attack a weak colony! having a fertile queen, it is advisable! to remove it from its stand to a dark! chamber or cellar. Set an empty! hive in its place, strew therein a hand-1 ful or two of the stems and leaves of! wormwood, and rub the frofit of the! hive and the bottom board therewith. I The assailants will soon forsake the! spot, and the colony may be replaced! on its stand on the evehing of the fol-fl lowing day.” I THE GEORGIA WEEKLY. 1 PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT I OF THE [Confederate States of America. | # PRESIDENT; JEFFERSON DAVfIS, I OF MISSISSIPPI. I , ,VICS PRESIDENT [ALEX. H. STEPHENS, I OF GEORGIA. . r * ■ I Heads of Departments: IRob’t Toombs, of Ga., Sec. of State. I C. G. Memminoer, of S. C., See. Trs’y |l. P. Walker, of Ala., Sec. of War. | S. R. Mallory, ofiFla., Sec. of Navy. | J. 11. Reagan, of Texas, P. M. Gen’l. |j. P. Benjamin, of La., Attor. Gen’l. I Congress: [President — Hon. HOWELL COBB | Secrf’y— JOHNSON L. HOOPER. of Postage In the Confederate | States of America. I These laws are not to go into [operation until so announced by the [proclamation of the Post Master Gen | eral. —[Ed. I ON LETTERS. I Single letters not exceeding a half lounce in weight— I For any distance under 500 miles, |5 cents. I For any distance over 500 miles, 110 cents. 1 An additional single rate for each I additional half-ounce or less. I Drop letters 2 cents each. I In the foregoing cases, the postage Ito be prepaid by stamps and stamped I envelopes. 1 Advertised letters 2 cents each. I on packages. 1 Containing other than printed or I written matter—money packages are I included in this class : 1 To be rated by weight as letters are I rated and to he charged double the Irates of postage on letters, to wit: 1 For any distance under 500 miles, 110 cents for each half-ounce or less; I In all cases to be prepaid by stamps lor stamped envelopes. | ON NEWSPAPERS, | Sent to regular and bona fide sub- Iscribers from the office of publica- Ition, and not exceeding three ounces I in weight ylte/im the State where Published. ■HR-ckly pa pci-. *>J cents per qmrrtr'i-* - I quarter; 1 Tri-Weekly paper, 19| cents per I quarter; : Daily paper, 89 cents per quarter; ... In all cases, the postage to be paid I quarterly in advance at the offices of I the subscribers. I Without the State where Published. 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Monthly, 6 cents per quarter, or 2 | cent for each number. | | Semi-Monthly, 12 cents per quarter, I or 2 cents for each number. | Two cents additional for every ad- I ditional ounce or less beyond the first 11J ounces. | Bi-Montbly or Quarterly, 2 cents I an ounce. ■ In all cases, the postage to he paid I quarterly in advance at the offices of I the subscribers. I ON TRANSIENT PRINTED MATTER. I Every other newspaper, pamphlet, I periodical and magazinOj "#ach circu- I lar not sealed, hand-bill and eqgrav- I ing, not exceeding 2 ounces in weight, 12 cents for any distance; 2 cents-ad- I ditional for each additional ounce or I less beyond three ounces. In all cases, the postage to }>e pre | paid by stamped envelopes. | FRANKING PRIVILEGE. [ The following persons only are.en | titled to the franking privilege, and |in all cases strictly confined to “OF-* [ficial business.” I Postmaster General. | His Chief Clerk. 1 Auditor of the Treasury for the |Post Office Department. I Deputy Postmasters. 3NT E MiNTINt OFFICE! . ‘‘Cljc (Econjiii Mnhlf Office, having been fitted up with all the mod em inprovements, is now prepared to execute all kinds of Printing, such as CmLOGUffIfCIRCULARS, BLANKS, CARES, HAND-BILLS, BILL-HEADS, Ac., And every variety of mm-paiss’mm rag. Orders will be thankfully received, and punc tuality and neatness guaranteed. THE GEORGIA WEEKLY Is published every Wednesday morning, and mailed to subscribers at $2 per annum, in ad vance. It will contain the latest reliable news from all parts of the country, and as each of the Companies of Volunteers from Merriwether County will contain a Reporter to this .paper, thereby furnishing an excellent medium of cor respondence between th£ SOOiEE m as me.? /.it: It should be in the hands of every man in the County. Address orders to PECK & LINES, Greenville, Ga. book mmmi RULING & BOOK-BINDING. THE Subscriber would respectfully inform the public that he has in successful opera tion, in the city of Atlanta, a New Book-Bindery. Blank Books —Ledgers, Journals, Day Books, Blotters, Hotel and Stable Registers, Dockets, Record Books, <tc—with or without Printed Headings, and Ruled to any pattern desired, manufactured in the neatest and most durable manner without delay. Magazines, Music, Newspapers, Ac., neatly bound at short notice. fiQf* Orders from any part of the State will meet with prompt attention, and Books required to be sent by mail, hand, waggon or Railroad, carefully enveloped so as to avoid the possibil ity of injury by transportation. 1-ly J. P. MASON. GODFRED KENETC" LAGRANGE, GEO. Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of rtMOTllj, BLINDS & SASJI& Also Agent for FISK’S MEjjtgfc BURIAL cEsp, Mahogany and other wood 7 COFFINS. All the above he warrants to sell at as reas onable prices as any one elsewhere* 4-ly Professional Saris. BRYANXwESTBSOokT^ ftUpwtj; at Safa, GREENVILLE, GA. Will practice in Meriwether, Troup, Coweta Fayette and Clayton. And in the SUPREME COURT in Atlanta, and the DISTRICT COURT in Marietta. Strict Attention given to all business en trusted to his care. JBsaF“ Refers to a trial of himself, “©a 1-ly. Geo. A. Hall. Geo. L. Peavv. BALL & PSAVY, ttitamp at Safa, GREENVILLE, GA. PRACTICE in Coweta Circuit, Pike, of Flint Circuit, -Talbot and Harris of Chattahoo chee Circuit. Also in Supreme Court, Atlanta, District Court at Marietta. 2-ly JOHN W PARK, Uttimtfg at &afa, GREENVILLE, GA. Office, one door above Judge Warner’s. A. H. FREEMAN, , Jtttiim.ts >sytgfo, Greenville, . • Will practice in the adjoining counties. Strict attention given to all business. .lgiy-., - 7 teg* IWA. G. FLOYD, "Besident dentist, rfF* jSR gp.eSnville, ga. Teeth set on plate from one to a full set. Pat ronage respectfully solicited. S3?" All Work Warranted. “®8 GREENVILLE Ufomtit Jf trank ©fllltjt Greenville, MerriwetheppCo., Ga. WM. HENRY PECK, A.M., PRESIDENT, (Formerly Principal of the Public Schools of Now Orleans, Chief Instructor’in the New Oaigans Female College, and late Pro , fessor of Belles Lettres, Oratory and History in the State Uni versity of Louisiana. The exercises of the Greenville Female College began on the 9th of January for the Scholastio year of 1861, and the President re spectfully solicits the patronage and encourage ment of the citizens of Merriwether and the adjacent counties, in his desire to advance the College to a rank second to none in the South, and equul to any in the North. The College is empowered by State authority to grant Diplomas to regular Graduates in the Languages, Arts or Sciences. During the last eight years the number of Students has averaged from seventy to eighty in regular attendance, and durirg that time but one pupil has died. No better proof of the excellent health of Greenville can be asked. The Scholastic year will consist of Forty Weeks, with a short vacation in July, and will close on or about the 29th of October, 1861. The College will be open for such as mlty wish to continue their studies, until December 20tb, 1861. A Prize of Five Dollars," in Books or Coia, will be given to each Model Pupil of each Colle giate Class, at the Annual Commencement in October. A similar prize will be given to the Model Pupil of the entire College. Minor prizes will be given to meritorious pu pils. The Preparatory and Primary Department is under the supervision and instruction of Mrs. Jennie A. Lines, formerly Principal of Prepar atory Department in the Southern Masonic Fe male College, Covington, Ga. The Musical Department is conducted by Professor A. Sciilichteu, late of LaGrange, and a gentleman eminently qualified to fulfil tile requirements of his chair. The Ornamental Department, including Draw ing, Painting, .tc., will be conducted by a com petent teacher. Grecian Painting will be taught by Miss Mary Francks Beckwith, of Greenville, Ga. Other instructors will be engaged as the in terests of the College shall demand. T}egi(lql* GoUcgtqfe Gotffise of §it|chj: MINOR CLASS—Arithmetic, Grammar, His tory, Geography, Writing, Spelling, Dictation and Reading. MAJOR CLASS—Arithmetic, Grammar, Ad vanced History and Geography, Writing, Spelling, Dictation, Reading, Composition. JUNIOR CLASS—Mathematics, Grammar, U. S. and Foreign History, Elocution, Composi tion, Orthography and Defining, Dictation, Science and Rhetoric. SENIOR CLASS —Mathematics, Sciences, Rhet oric, Logit, Physiology, Composition, Dicta tion, History, Evidences of■ Christianity, Orthography, Writing and Elocution. The Frengh, Spanish, German, Italian, Latin and Greek Languages will be taught, at extra charge, to such as may desire to learn them. Instruction in Botany, Geology, Astronomy, Chemistry, and other occult sciences will be given during the course to those who may de sire. TEEMS OF TUITION FOR THE SCHOLAS TIC YEAR,OF FORTY WEEKS. Primary Department, $20.00 Minor and Major Classes, 30;00 Junior and Senior Classes, 40.00 Music upon Piano or Harp, 45.00 Each Foreign or Dead Language 10.00 Each Ornamental Branch, 10.00 Assessment Charge, 1.00 Dues for tuition must be paid at the close of the Scholastic Year; and from them no deduc tion will be made, except in cases of protracted illness of the pupil for whom deduction may be asked, or in similar pressing exceptions. A discount of ten per cent, will be allowed for all advance payments. Pupils are charged with these rates of tuition from the date of their entrance to the end of the Scholastic year, except in extraordinary cases. Board for pupils may be obtained in Green ville, or with the President, upon reasonable Apply in person or by letter to WM. HENRY PECK, President of the College, Greenville, Ga. t 7 R. HI PLE Y, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN CHINA. CRICKER?, QUEENS AND GLASS WARES, Lamps, Plated Goods, Table and Pocket Cut lery. Wholesale and Retail. Near Railroad, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Jan. 22, 1861. 1-ly mm SIGN OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE, WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA., DEALER tM UOatd)Co, siorko, todru, Silver Ware equal to Coin, SILVER PLATES WARE, WATCH MATERIAL & TOOLS ! WATCHES CAREFULLY REPAIRED, i-iy S. B. OATMAN, ISSUE DBAIBR, MONUMENTS, TOMBS, HEAD-STONES, MANTELS, VASES, AND Furnishing Marble, EF’Also Iron Bailing for Cemetry Enclosures South of the tfeorgia Railroad Depot, ATLANTA, GA.
