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VOL. XXVIII
ATHENS, GEO, THUESDAf, JULY*14.1S59
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A RUSSIAN WOLF-HUNT.
I5A.IX.-V DVINO-
Xol in a moment drops the rose
Thai in the snimnor garden grows; .
A twilight song of ecslacy,
And the red, rod loaves at its frngrant heart,
Trembling Sd in delicious pain,
Pall te tlio ground with a sinlden start.
And the grass is gay with a crimson stain ;
And the honey-bee out of the fields of clover,
Heavily flying the gaVden over,
Brushes the stem ns it passes hy,
And others full where the heart-leavt* lie ;
And air and dew, ore the night is done.
Have stolen the petals, every one.
Who maple docs not shod its leave*
In one tempestuous scarlet rain.
But softly when the South-wind grievos,
Slow wandering over wood and plain,
Ono by one they waver through
The Indian summer's hazy hlso,
And drop at last on the forest mould.
Coral arid ruby and bunting gold.
A ml sunset’s gleam of gorgeous dyes.
Ne'er with one shadow fades away,
Hut slowly o’er those radiant skies,
There steals tho evening cold nud gray.
And aether and violet linger still
When stars are o'er tho oaatern hill.
Onr death is giadttnl like to thcao;
Wo dio with every waning day;
There is no waft of sorrow’s breeze
Hat bears torno heart-leaf slow away!
Up and on to tho vast To Ho.
Onr life is going eternally!
Lots of earth than wo had lad year
Throbs in your veinsaiul throbs in mine,
llut the way to heaven is growing clear,
Wltilo tho gates of the city fairer shine,
And the day that our Uteat treasures lice.
Wide they yr ill open lor yon and me.
-A- LITTLE -WI5XX.5B-
Boyond the smiling snd the weeping,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the waking and tho riceping,
Ueyono the anwijg and the reaping,
I shall he soon.
Love, rest and home!
Sweet Home!
Lord, tarry not, bat come.
Beyond the blooming and the fading,
I shall be soon;
Beyond tho shining ami the shading.
Beyond tho hoping and the dreading,
Lo»c, lost and .home!
Sweet Homo!
Lord, tarry not, bat come.
Beyond tho rising and the setting,
I shall be soon: ,
Beyond tlie calming snd llie fretting,
Beyond remembering and forgetting,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and borne!
Sweet Home!
Lord, tarry wet, bat come.
Beyond the parting and the meeting,
I shall beaoon;
Bcvond tho farewell and the greeting,
Beyond the pulse's fever-beating,
I shall bo soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet Home!
L >rd, tarry not, bat come.
Beyond the frost-chain nod tin feasor,
' 1 shall bo soon;
Beyond the rock waste and tho river,
Beyond the ever and the never,
1 shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
•Sweet Home!
Lord) tarry not,but come.
THE robe: bush.
mox TUX GEHMAK.
A child sleeps under the rose bosh fab,
The boda swell <oot in tbe soft May air;
Sweetly it rrsta, and on dream-wing files
'Jo play with the angels of Paradise.
And the years glide by.
A maiden stands by the rosebush fair,
The dewy blossoms perfume the air;
She presses her hand to her throbbing breast,
With love’s first wonderful rupture blast,
And they can glide by.
A soother kneels by die rose-hush fair,
Soft sigh the leaves in the evening sir;
Sorrowing thoughts of the past arise,
And tears oi anguish bedim her eyes,*
And the years glide by.
Naked and lone stands the roaejsosh fair.
Whirled ore the leaves in tbe Antnmn air;
Withered and dead tboy fall to tbo ground,
And silently cover a new mode mound,
And the yean glide by.
Thbrb is nothing by which I have
through life profited more than by the
just observations, the good opinions,
tho sincere and gcntlo encouragement
of amiable and sensible women.
We translate the following story
from a late number of M. Alexander
Dumas’s newspapers. It is an extract
from one of his letters from St. Peters
burg:
Wolf hunting and bear hunting are
the favorite pleasures of the Russian.—
Wolves are bunted in this way in the
winter, when the wolves being hungry
are ferocious. Three or four hunts
men, each armed with a double-barrel
etl gun,get into a troika, which is any
sort of a carriage drawn by three hor
ses—its name being derived from its
team and not its form. The middle
horse trots always; the left hand and
right hand horses must always gallop.
The middle horse trols witli his head
hanging down, and he is called the
Snow-Eater. The two others have on
ly one rein, and they are fastened to
the poles by the middle of the body,
and gallop, their heads free ; they are
called the Furious.
The troika is driven by a sure coach
man, if there is Stdch a thing in the
world as a sure coachman. A pig is
tied to the rear of the vehicle by a
rope or a chain, (for greater security,)
some twelve yards long. The pig is
kept in tbe vehicle until the huntsmen
reach the forest where the hunt is to
take place, when he is taken put and
the horses started. The pig, not being
accustomed to this gait, squeals, and
his squeals soon degenerate into lamen
tations. His cries bring out one wolf,
who gives the pig chase; then two
wolves, then three, then ten, then fifty
wolves—all posting as hard as they
can after the poor pig, fighting among
themselves for the best places! snap
ping and striking at the poor pig at
every opportunity, who squeals with de
spair. These squeals of agony arouse
all the wolves iti tire forest, within a cir
cuit of three miles, and the troika is
followed by an immense flock of wolves.
It is how a good driver is indispensa
ble. Q'he horses have an instinctive
horror of wolves, and go almost crazy;
they run as fast as they can go. The
huntsmen fire as fast as they can load —
there is no necessity to take any aim.
Tne pig squeals—the horses neigh—
tbe wolves how!-—the guns rattle ; it is
a concert to make Mephistopheles jeal
ous. As long as the driver commands
his horses, fast as they may be running
away, there is no danger. But if he
ceases to be master of them; if they
baulk, if tbe troika is upset, thei cjs no
.hope. The next day, or the day after,
or a week afterwards, nothing will re
main of the party but the wreck of the
troika, the barrels of the guns, and the
largest bones of tbe horses, huntsmen,
and driver.
Last winter Prince Repnine went on
one of these hunts, and it came very
near being his last hunt. He was on
a visit with two of his friends to one of
his estates near the steppe, and they
determined to go on a wolf-hunt. They
piepared a large sleigh in which three
persons could move at ease, three vig
orous horses were put into it, and they
selected fora driver a man born in the
country and thoroughly experienced in
the sport. Every huntsman had a pair
of double-barreled guns and a hundred
and fifty ball cartridges. It was .night
when they reached the steppe; that is,
an immense prairie covered with snow.
The moon was full and shone brilliant
ly ; its beams, refracted by the snow,
gave a light scarcely inferior to day
light.
Tbe pig was put out of tbe sleigh
and the horses whipped up. As soon
as the pig felt that he was dragged he
began to squeal. A wolf or two ap
peared, but they were timid, and kept
a long wtfys otf. Their number grad
ually increased, and as their number
augmented ihey became bolder. There
were about twenty wolves when they
came within gun range oi the troika.—
One of the party fired ; a wolf fell.—
The flock became alarmed and hall fted
away. Seven or eight hungry wolves
remained behind to devour their dead I
companion. The gaps were soon fill
ed. On every side howls answered
howls, on every side sharp noses and
brilliant eyes were seen peering. The
guns rattled volley after volley. But
tbe flock of wolves increased instead of
diminishing, and soon it was not a flock
but a vast herd of wolves in thick ser
ried columns which gave chase to the
sleigh.
The wolves bounded forward so rap
idly they seemed to fly over the snow,
and so lightly, not a sound was heard;
their numbers continued to increase,
and increase,and increase; they seem
ed to be a silent tide drawing nearer
and nearer, and which the guns of the
party, rapidly as they were discharged,
had no effect on. The wolves formed
a vast crescent, whose horns began to
encompass the horses. Their number
increased so rapidly they seemed to
spring out of the ground. There was
something weird in their appearances,
for where could three thousand wolves
come from in such a desert of snow.
The party had taken the pig into tbe
sleigh; his sqfeal increased the wolves’
boldness. The party continued to fire,
but they had now used above half their
ammunition, and had but two bundled
cartridges left, while they were sur
rounded by three thousand wolves.
The two horns of the crescent came
nearer and nearer, and threatened to
to envelope the party. If one of the
horses should have given out, the fate
of the whole party was sealed. “What
do you think of this, Ivan?’’ said
Prince Rapnine, speaking to the driver.
“I had rather be at home, Prince.”—
“Are you afraid of any evil conse
quences?” “The devils hare tasted
blood, and the more you fire the more
wolves you’ll have.’’ “What do you
think is the best thing to be done —
“Make the horses go faster.” “Are
you sure of the horses?” “ Yes,
Prince.” “Are you sure of our safe
ty ?’’ The driver made no reply. He
quickened the horses, and turned their
heads towards home. i
The horses flew faster than ever.—
The driver incited them to increased
speed by a sharp whistle, and made
them describe a curve which intersect
ed one of the horns of the crescent.—
The wolves opened their ranks and let
the horses pass. The Prinee raised his
gun to his shoulder, “For God’s sake
don’t fire!” exclaimed the driver, “ we
are dead men if you do!’* He obeyed
Ivan. The wolves, astonished by this
unexpected act, remained motionless for
a minute. During this minute the
troika was a verst from them. When
the wolves started wgain after it, it was
too late—they could not overtake it.—
A quarter of an hour afterward they
were in sight of home. Prinee .Rep-
nme thinks his horses ran at least six
miles in these fifteen minutes. He rode
over the steppe the next day, and found
the bones of more than two hundred
wolves.
Influence of the Moon on Plants.
1. Vines, if pruned when tho moon is
increasing in light,will slioot out.spread,
and grow fast, particularly if done in
the second quarter, because, as the
light of tlie moon increases, so does the
sap in the tree.
2. Vines, if pruned when the moon
is decreasing in light, will not spread
nor grow fast, particularly if it be done
during the last quarter, because the sap
decreases with the light.
3. Timber cut down when the moon
is increasing will soon become rotten,
particularly if she be in the second quar
ter.
4> Timber cut down when the moon
is decreasing, will last foty years, and
the more durable it will be if cut down
during the last quarter. 0
5. Peas sown during the moon's in
crease will bloom to the last, and will ho
full and rich in flavor ; still more cer
tain if sown during the second quarter.
6. Peas sown when the moon is de
creasing in light, will be just in the op
posite condition.
7. The age to which a pomegranate
will live, depends on tbe moon's age at
tlie time planting; it will live just as
many years as the moon was days old.
8. Plants and qitrubs shoot up and
take little root, it planted wheir the
moon is decreasing in light, and in tlie
zodiacal signs, Gemini, Libra, or Aqur-
lius.
9. If planted when in tho signs Taurus
Virgo, or Capricornus, they take deep
root and do not grow tall.
An Old Joke Illustrated. A
day or two ago, says our Douglas friend,
Mark Aiken, a man came to this city
with one hundred dozen brooms and
called at the store of Messrs. G
to sell them. After some dickering, a
sale was affected at two dollars per
dozen, with the understanding that they
should be paid for, half in money, and
the other half in goods at cost price.
The brooms wero delivered to Messrs.
G———, and one hundred dollars in
money paid to the broom maker. The
clerk of Messrs. G now rubbed
bis hands, and smiled very patrouiziug-
iy»
“What goods shall I sot out for you,
sir ?” said the clerk.
The broom maker scratched kit, head
and assumed an attitude of laboring
meditation, then recovering himself, he
said : “Well, I don’t know what 1 do
want, but guess I’ll have fifty dozen
brooms I" Chicago Herald.
Dew to Know Good Fathers.
It is a good sign and true, when you
sea amid a little group of boys, oqe to
dart from the rest, and tossing his arms
above his head, shout, “There’s my w
father !” as he runs to meet him. You "Wishing the parties consarned as pies
From tlie Sunday Times.
Tke Disbanded Volunteer.
We have been expecting for some
time that the old war-horse would prick,
up his ears, and give a snort over the
war news from Europe. Do takes up
the theme in tho following letter, but
in a very different vein from that in
which lie was want to discourse of snch
matters a few years ago. Age and re
flection liavo calmed the battle-spirit
that was once as tho breath of his nos
trils. lie has no sympathies, it would
seem, with either party to the great con
test now being waged in northern Italy ;
but regards it as a sort of oyster-open
ing affair, in which she will get noth
ing but tho privilege of paying part ot
the shot and receiving any qpautity of
the Rhells: ** .
Saint .Vicklas Hot ci, Juno 30, 1859.
Eddytur* of the Sunday Timet .-
So the great Uropian cannon and bng-
onet march has commcnst in airnest.
and promises to be as parly a game at
cut-throat as over was played senst Cano
wiped out liis brother Al'il with a slnng-
sliot. Much as hes ben dun to crippi!
Satan hy preests, and misshinaries, and
coalporters, and setjh, it doosent seem
to liev put him back enny. IIccs tola-
bul strong for an old feller, and puts the
devil inter nashnns and individuals jest
about ns ecsy ns ho did inter Eve six
thousand years ago. At present ho
must bo waggin liis talc and shnkin his
horns in a plcsent state of egsightment
nt the prospeck of an oppesisliin rent al
as will more’n redeem all his losses by
conrarshin doorin the last few yeers.—
Purty soon all Italy will bo about as hot
and smoky as his own Towfit, and smell
ns strong of snlfier; and sartainly his
prospecks of a heavy soul-crop was
never moro encurridging. I s p o s c
there’ll be a millyun of sogers engaged
in the shindy.afore along; and to think
wot havic will be cawsed by setch n
mity armyment, all acooterd with mod
ern weeping, is onuff to dror tears from
a hart of stun.
Onless apperienecs is deseetful, this is
bound to be a tuffer struggil than we bed
in the Crymeab with the Ilooshins. If
the Anstrans is flaxt ont, and obliged to
take to thnr heels, the Lord be merciful
to tbar soles, for its kwitc sartin, tho
Italyuns wont lisson to tbar cry for
kwarters. An Injun hates a white man
orful bad, bat not as sevagaous as an
It&lyun hates an Austran. And good
reson why : bein ridden over ruffshod
by a passe! of tirants for forty years is
raytlier riling to the temper, and well
kalkelated to make the sinccrcst Chris
tian a triful wulfish about the bed and
ears; Upon the hull; I gness that cf
the army of France Josef was to get a
lofty fall ib Lutnbirdy, the Lumbirds
would make short wurk o( tbo detached
corpses a flyin to 1 liar nativ land.
The question is. doos it make mncli
diffrence to tho onfortuit Italynns witch
side ukers the other in this game for It
aly. Spose France wins, doos enny-
boddy bleve that thar a goin to be free
and independent! Doorin the ' fight
tbar bound to suffer, and at the eend of
it, artcr bein dreeued dry to furnish the
sinners of War for both sides, they’ll be
jest about whar they was before, so far
as liberty is consarned. llowsever, a
change of masters would be sutliin; and,
ef France whips, they wont hev kwite
setch a devil iogarnet for a ruler as that
jewil from tho devil’s mine, France
Josef. ; ,
Wun of tho tirants of Italy hes gon
whar he belongs, I see—his majesty of
Naples. He hes lied a hard time get-
tin hum, and ef he resercs his desarts,
he’ll hev raytlier a squirmy time now
bees got thar. As bo hed ben expected
on tntlier side of Jordin for menny
weeks, it is persoomed he found every
thing prepared for his reccpsbin—no
dout it was a warm wun. The Bore-
bones area had breed ; and this raskil,
who rotted alive beforo his own oyes for
about two months afore his disease, was
the wurst of the hull dienasty.
Menny thinks that tliars to be a free
figbt all over*Urope, but I dont bleve
it. England sartainly wont go in cf she
can avoid it. The Rooshin war was a
sickner, and the Ingin strnggil lies ben
milyuns and milynns out of herpoaket.
She may be rung in, prcliaps, cf Napo
leon should try to cum bis father's—1
mean his uukil’s—gams in Itlay, but
not otheiways.
Wun blessed thing is sure—we kant
bo shuvd inter the muss nohow. Its
our bizincss to feed the bellygercnts, in
case thar own belly timber gives out,
and to do thar little chores on the oshin
for ’em ; but, beyand that, we hev no
more interest in the kwarrel than the
old woman hed in the ruff-and-tnmble
atween her old man and the grizzly.
Iff. BWidiiCs Tight-Ropc Fc-t.
correspondent oftlicN. Y. Tribune,
ytvho Wlft an eye witness, fuAishes a
* unt >sf • Blondin’s daring
at Niagara^Falls. Wo extract tke
/including portion:
9- TlieJnoming broke bright and beau
tify! .Jleu^azy ehftuls were in the sky,
jus^R)uglI^o hide tho too ardent rays
of (TO snn, aneb ther#was a incst re
freshing breeze, and altogether the day
was such that a better could not have
been desired. At an early hour tho
crowd began to collect. Every train
that arrived, from every direction,
brought Its proportion of onger specta
tors, and every sort of vehicle that is
indigenous to Yankee land, seemed to
be pressed into the service to convey
their quota of people who wero to coin- mor
pose tho immenso (for out provincial
town) crowd of people who congregated
here to witness this most daring of all
foolhardy feats of modern times. At
noon tho crowd amounted to more than
may be sure, no matter what business
troubles soever that man have, that
there is a spot in his heart still fresh
and green, which tbe cares of tho world
have no power to blight. “There’s my
father 1” With what a pretty pride the
fellow shouts this) He must be indeed
a brute whoso fatherly heart does not
swell with love, whose eyes do not glis-
teu, who does not at sneb a moment,
feel amply repaid for that day’s toil, no
matter how wearisome. After all, Lore
is the only thing worth having -in this
world. They who stand over new made
graves tell us so. Homo and money,
and ambition, dwindle to nothing be
side the white, calm brow of death,
though God knows it may be hut the
) oungling of the flock whose lips have
never learned to syllable our name,
“My Son” said Mr. N., “how could
you marry an Irish girl?” “Why,
lather,” said the son, * I’m not able to
keep two women. If I married a Yan
kee girl. I’d had to have hired an Irish
girl tj take care of her.”
Charity ceveia * multitude ef sins.
pay him b tndsomcly for his venture.—
The rope will remain suspended, and he
will walk over two or three times a week
daring the ploasuro season. His next
trip across is announced ffl^he 4th of
July.
The rope was made in New York to
order, and is vffkr 1,100 feet in length v
As something Re one hundred feet cov
ers the shore, we may safely say that
the part covering tho gorge is at least
1,000. This rope is a trifle more than
two inches in diameter, nnd was drawn
with tho blocks and windlass as tight as
it could be without risk of parting.—
Tho depression was peilinps sixty feet
below a true line, and as tbo Canadian
bank is some twenty feet or more higher
than the Amcrcnn, the greatest depres
sion was nearer the latter than tbe fbr-
This rope was stayed from side
sway by small guys of half inch rope, of
which 2.7G0 feet were used. They were
fastened to the main rope in pairs, about
20 feet apart, ran diagonally to tlie shore
on cither side, where they were made
fast
5.000 persons, exclusive of tbo usually*] t i ,st t0 t * ,c t|- ecs. Only two guys ran
nniat inhnhltanto of tl,; a vllLm-n »1, A n™ down to keep the rope from an upward
ent a time as suckomstanccs wll permit,
I remain, Yoms alius,
A Disbaxdeo Volunteer.
Tomatoes in a Nkw Fashion.—As
tbe tomato season will soon be here, the
following method of preparing them for
tbe table, we are assured by one who has
mado the experiment, is superior to
anything yet discovered for the prepar
ation of that excellent article i—Take
good ripe tomatos, cut them in slices,
aud sprinkle over them finely pulvoriz-
ed white sugar, tlisn add claret wiue
sufficient to'Cover them- Tomateos are
sometimes prepared in this way with
dilated vinegar, hut the claret wiue
imparts to them a richer and moro
pleasant flavor, moro nearly resembling
that of the 6trawbriry than anything
else.— Harrisburg Union,
An “Anti-Cursing Club” has been
formed at Grass Valley, Cal, the mem
bers of which are fined twenty-five cents
for every oath, the money to be appro
priated to some worthy purposo trora
time to time. At tho last Accounts the
club had cursed enough to buy a pew
aud there was a balance on hand.
quiet inhabitants of this village, who arc
generally not aroused from tlioir custo
mary qnicscucc by anything less excit
ing than tbe mortal peril of some unhap
py one who has been entrapped into the
upper rapids and is about to be burled
over tlie Falls. The noon trains brought
great augmentation of tho already
large gathering, and from that time till
4 p. m. constant additions were made to
the crowd. By 5 o’clock the impatience
of tho assembly had reached its bight,
and it was estimated that at tLis 4imo
the crowd amounted to twelve thousand
people, which, as tho population ot this
villago falls somewhat short of two
thousand, is doing pretty well. They
wore not by any means equally distrib
uted, there being about eight thousand
on the Canada side, while bat four
tliousand or thereabouts were congrega
ted on tho American shore. This is
partially accounted for by the fact, that
tbe American end of /ho rope anchored
in a pleasure ground, the admittance to
which is charged at twenty-fivo cents,
while our Canadian neighbors have tbe
advantage of free admission to tlio in
spection of the rope and all tbreunto ap
pertaining. The crowd, though large,
was a very quiet one, and no fighting or
ill-feeling of any sort marred tho gener
al good temper of the occasion. very
large proportion of the persons present
were ladies, who wero delighted with
the day’s entertainment.
At precisely half-past four o’clock,
M- Blondin appeared in tho pleasure
garden, whore the American end of tho
rope was fastened. There was a short
tight rope erected herein, upon which
tbe daring Frenchman mounted, nnd
went through many of his most graceful
and pleasing feats, to the great admira
tion of the spectators. He was dressed
in a dress similar to the ono ftequently
worn by acrobats nnd public gymnasts,
etc.: pink tiglits, buckskin moccasins,
and spangled tunic of yellow silk; he
was bareheaded, without even the fillet
of white satin that is frequently worn.
At 15 minutes past 5 he stepped upon
the large rope, where he conversea a
few minutes with liis frieuds in tlie most
cool and unconcerned manner, having
apparently no more doubt of his suc
cessfully accomplishing the nndertaking
than he had of attempting it. As he
stood for a minute on tho rope, before
stepping out, he addressed the crowd as
follows:
‘Gentlemen, any one what pleases
to across, I carry him on my back.”
No ono seemed disposed to accept the
kiud offer, and having joked a few min
utes longer, he at last started on his poi-
iloas journey. He walked rapidly and
firmly, as if ho had been on a bridge,
until ho chose to stop to indulgo in some
gymnastic evolutions for a faw minutes.
He balanced himself on ono leg, sat
down, and laid down on the rope at full
length, then, recovering himself, be
walked to tlio middle of the viver, where
he again stopped to accomplish another
feat not down in the bill. Here, stand
ing on the rope, with as much indiffer
ence as if it was a solid platform, be de
liberately lowered a small line to the
little stcnm&oat, tho “Maid of tho Mist,”
that liad steamed out to that poiut ; to
the line was attached a bottle of wiue
by the captain of the boat, and the bot
tle being drawn up by the adventurer,
he opened it, and, making a comprehen
sive bow to both crowds on the sides of
the river, bo drank to tho health of all
present; then throwing the bottle into
the river, ho walked on, stopping no
more until he reached the Canada shore.
He was exactly nineteen minutes cross
ing tbe river, including stops. On his
arrival on tho Canada shore he was
cheered vociferously. He waited here
about half an hour, when he prepared
to return. At G.42 he stepped on the
rope to commence his return passage.—
Ho rested but once, lyiilg down on the
rope for two minutes and accomplishing
tho return trip in eight minutes.
As soon as lie reached tho shore, tbe
cheers and shouting were almost deaf
ening. M. Blondin, having been per
mitted an instant for refreshment, was
seized by tho enthusiastic crowd and
placed on their shoulders and borne about
iu triumph. Ho was then placed in a
carriago and escorted through all tho
principal streets of tho village, the crowd
thronging him on all sides, and cheering
in the wildest manner. He did not
appear very much exhausted, and man
ifested no more fear or nervousness than
any ungytnnastic novice would at eating
bis breakfast.
Thus was snccesslully accomplished
one of the most daring and useless feats
that even this fast age has ever wit
nessed.
A contribution, amounting to over
8390 was taken up on the Cauadian side
for tho successful performer, and his re
ceipts from other sources will no doubt
movement. Tho rope and guys cost
$650, and were purchased chiefly hy
subscriptions made nt tbe Falls.
Good and Bad Farming.
One of the contributors to tho Amer
ican Farmers’ Magazine gives ns bis
views upon this subject in tlie following
manner :—“If there bo what our title
indicates, then there are good and bad
farmers. Did the earth bring foith
spontaneously in all latitudes and lo
calities, then there would be no occasion
to speak of good farming and bad fann
ing, nor of good farmers and bad farm
ers, for tlicro would bo nothing to do
but to gather the spontaneous produc
tion of the earth. But this is not so ;
for it has been decreed to man that by
tho sweat of his face ho should cat bread.
This implies labor, whoso application
and direction constitute the priucipal
difference between good and bad farming.
For the same sun shines, tho same dews
distil,the same showers descend,the same
breezes sweep over the plains of the
bad farmer that do over the acres of the
good. The latter is diligent, methodic
al, skillful, and enterprising, while tbe
former is wanting in all these, and more,
for he is the slothful man, whose portrait
is so vividly drawn in an old oriental
volurao well known to our readers.—
Tho good farmer takes care to have
plenty of forage, for without forage he
can keep no cattle, nc horses, no cows.
Grasslands, both for hay and pasture
aro indispensable: and root crops are
also essential to aid in feeding livestock.
Besides these, wheat, barley, buck
wheat, oats, rye and corn must be pro
duced to feed and sustain man.
But, says the bad farmer, wealth is
the secret of success with my neighbor,
the good farmer. He has inberiied
money, or else lias made it in other busi
ness, and can therefore outdo one who
has inherited nothing and made nothing
but wbat be lias got off from his farm.—
This may he true in your case, while
ryProfefaionMdknd “asincas men can have
thoircard* ported ttmler tbisJieadrfor ope year,
at. the rate “Five DollarsJgAaaH of not more
Han six lines, lu^aeventyjPT^imi for Cocb sddn
onalliuo. J ,
«AW CARDS
T. PITTJ
* TTORXKTJCT L,
/V for ilio present, at lh^
i—May be found,
t,at mowiacnooof Col.Turk,
Itanks Connft Ga. conffiTutiicatlons *houM b*
lulilrt-jwoil to mm at RashvlllOp Banks do., Ok.-*
Will ]>fiieiicoIn tlio NvPstem Sircuit, anil in Mad
ison County of theJ^rthofli. j/
May 19, 1859.-^1 m.-wjfd.
♦ ML'Kt. P. Thuumond. | John It. NoxtU.
THURMOND & NORTH. .
4 TTOUNEY* AT I.AW, Jefferson.Jark*
• a. son county, Ga—Will practice In cO-paituer-
sliip in civil cases in the 1 Postern Circuit and
neighboring counties.
Feb IT. IS59 50—tf _ , . ; .
T. 111. DANIEL*
A ttorney at law.—(Office at ftanuu
villo. Ga.,) will practice in Clark, Madinoit
Elbert, Hart, Wilke*, Taliaferro, Hancock, Wsf
rcu. Glasscock and Lincoln counties.
February 10, 1850.—ly.
JAMES N. INDERMOD,
A TTORNKY AT LAW, Jefferson. Jac*sonCo it
On. Will practice in the counties of-tho Wes*
tern Circuit. Particular attention paid to colleot-
ini'. [Jan 20. 59] Feb 11, 58—tf.
J. W. HANCOCK*
A TTOIINEVAT LA1V, Danielsviile.Oa.,
will practice in th» counties of Jackson, Clark;
Madison, Hart, Oglethorpe and Elbert;
Oct. 28 ly.
JACKSON & HUTCHING,
1 TTORNKYS AT LAW.—Will practice
in the rowiHio* of Gwinnett, Waltdn, Jackson,
«nd Hull, of tho Western, and tlie Coltnty of For-
aytn of tlio Blue Ridge Circuit.
AMES JACKSON, | N. I,. HUTCHINS, Jr,
Athens, Ga. | Lawrenroville, Ga.
S.—During M r. Jackaon's absence froinGcOr-
gjn, business letters should be addressed tb the
tirin nt Lawrencevillc Sept 30~tf
R, J. & W. T. ilHLLICAN,
A ttorneys at law—win practice in the
cennties of tho Western Circuit, and the coan
tics of Madison, Elbert and Hart, of the Northern
Circuit.
Ii. J. MtLLICAN, I WM. T. MtLLICAN,
Jefferson, Ga. Camesville, Ga,
Sept. Ifi—ly
Hull & iullyeil • ’
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
I N I1E undersigned having associated themselves
. together in the practice Of law, will attend tbe
several Courts in the Western Circuit, and give
their joint personal attention to all business entrus
ted to them.
GEO. HILLYER, I WM. H, HULL,
Monroe, Ga. | Athens, Ga,
July 15—ly.
D. G. CANDLER,
A TTOUNEY AT LAW, I>ht Delta, Fraofe-
1%. lin county, Ga. May 28,’57—tf.
ANDERSON W. REESE,
A TTOUNEY AT I. AW, ArnSxs, GaonoiA,
• a- Office iu tho Southern Banner Office.
Junes
JM. itt. HITMAN, *
4 TT0R.VEY*t Law, Jefferson, Jackson county,
On., will g. »o prompt attention to any business
trusted to his caro.
January 21—12a.
JOHN H. HULL,
V TrORXEY AT LAW, Augusta, Ga., will a.
tend promptly to all business entrusted to hi
re. [Jan. 8.
H. Wt LUMPKIN,
WILLIAM G. DELONYy
Attorney nt Law, '
Office on Broad Street, over the store of I. M. Rett
!V. Athens.Ga. March 15—tf.
THOMAS W WALKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athens, Geor*
‘•A. gia. Office over A. S. Jc M. U. Mondcville’s
uewstore.
Mar .cli 4—tf.
V TTOUNEY AT I,AW,Athens.Ccotgia-*
will practice in all the conntiesof the Western
Circuit. Particular attention given to collecting.
, ... - . . ; Office ovei- Wm N White's Book-store, on ?liO'-
it maybe also with many well-to-do S corner of Btuad-sttw* and College Avcnek
farmers. Remember it is good farming J an 3 1—H
that pays. Bad never does. So tar is
it from this, that it not only fails to pay,
bat impoverishes him who is engaged
in it. No man can afford to raise seven
bushels of rye per acre, or ten bushels
of wheat, filteeu of oats or barley, twen
ty of corn, &c., while good farmers pro
duce of wheat and rye each from thirty
to sixty bushels per acre, eighty of oats,
and seventy live to one hundred of corn,
and two or threo hundred of potatoes.
No wonder that bad farming leadJ ulti
mately to abandoning of the business,
because it does not pay. True it does not
pay, never did for any length of time,
aud never will. There are no more inde
pendent people in the wofld than good
farmers, and few more miserable, de
pendent aud wretched tliau bad farmers.
It is tbo purpose of every philanthropic
man, and more especially it is so with
those who conduct the press, to greatly
multiply the former class by diminish
ing the latter. Then shall good farm
ing be the rule, and bad farming tbe
exception. May tlio day be hastened
when this shall be verified.
Historical Table.
1G0? Virginia first settled by tlie English.
IP 14 New York first settled by the Dutch.
1C20 Massachusetts sealed by Puritans.
1624 New Jersey settled hy the Dutch.
1627 Delaw; re settled by-t-Wedes. and Fins,
1635 Maryland settled by Irish Catholics.
1635 Connecticut settled by the Puritans.
1636 Rhode lsd. settled by Roger Williams.
1659 North Carolina settled by English
1670 South Carolina settled by Huguenots.
1682 Pennsylvania settled by Wm. Penn.
1733 Georgia settled hy Gen. Oglethorpe.
1791 Vermont admitted into the Union.
1792 Kentucky admitted into the Union.
1796 Tennessee admitted into the Union.
18U5 Ohio admitted into the Union
1811 Louisiana admitted into the Union.
lnlC Indiana admitted into the Union.
1817 Mississippi admitted into the Union.
1818 Illinois admitted into the Union.
1819 Alabama admitted into the Union.
1820 Maine admitted into the Union.
1821 Missouri admitted into the Union.
1836 Michigan admitted into the Union.
1836 Arkansas admitted into the Union.
1845 Florida admitted into the Union.
1845 Texas admitted into the Union.
1846 Iowa admitted into tho Union.
1818 Wisconsin admitted into the Union.
1850 California admitted into tbe Union.
t3PA young man while undergoing
an examination-for the purposo ot being
admitted to the bar, whb asked : “What
wero tbe constitutional requirements
which render a man .eligible to the office
of President of tho United States!”—
He answered ? “He must be tliirty-five
years old, and a mighty good Democrat’
Old Gent.—Why don’t you go to
work and stop picking your nose ?
Boy—It’s my nose, sunt it ? aud it’s
Fourth of July too. I’ll pick ftliunder J
out of it, if I’ve a mind to.
MEDICAL & DENTAL
Dr. R. M. SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY,
PJilNTS, OILS, LYE STUFFS,
MEDICINAL BSANDV AND WINE, &C..&C., &C.
I S NOW receiving andepeimtg a large stock of
oooits, selected in tbe Northern Markets by him
self with treat ea<o, and which he confidently recom-
i.endet to the public ns being pure.
Athens, June 9,1859.
DR. j”(T01HL
O FFERS his professional services to thb
citizens of Athens and vicinity. He can
he found at his 'residence, on the street
leading to Cobbhaia.
March 17—!y.
MEDICINE AND SURGERY. ~~
O R. G. L. McULESKEY, having removed »
Athens, offers liis professional services to the
citizens of th- town nnd country. With an ex
perienoe of twenty years constant practice, he
iio|>e8 to merit nnd share n liberal patronage. Re
sidence nud office that which was formerly occupied
by tlio Into Judge Dougherty, on College A zenue,
where he may be found,
J anuury 27
W. & II. R. J, LDNG,
W HOLESALE and retail Druggists, Atltttoa
On. * fJnn.3.
Spears A* Slight,
WHOLESALE atmsiL, DEALERS IN
f?
DRUGS, IQ Medicines
Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes*
WINDOW GLASS,
Dental and Snrgical Instruments,
PERFUMERY AND FANCY ARTICLES,
Opposite Planter's Hotel,
NO. 3 16 BROAD STREBT,
AUGUSTA, GA.
■dpril 14 ly
I)It. H. A. LOWIIANCE*
Resident Dentist.
J^OOMS nt tho corner, North of tho Ncwtott
House, up-stair*.
DENTISTRY!
K 4. i. S.& C. E. I.ATIJ1KR will trial*
Oxford, PenficU, White I'tuVna,
Elbcrton, Wan-etiton, Mount Zion,
Camesville, Dauiolavillc, Fort Lamar,
ISP Permanent office in Greensboro-
Septa U
DR. II. G1LLELAND, DENTIST,
W ATK1N8V1LLE Ga, respectfully solicits tbo
pulroungeof tbe surrounding country. Full
utisfaeiion will be given iu their profession.
April 22. _
. DR. C. II. LOMBARD.
INVENT 181’, ATHENS, GEORGIA; Rooms ia
\j builU'ug with North of the Post Office, Cob
1 ege Aveii te.
* 9—’y.