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•.NO. 30-NEW SKRIES. VOU 4. NO. 22,
Miscellaneous.
11. The air circulating in the soil, for the purpose of shearing once in
decomposes adds and removes “ sour- each year. The folly of such a course
ness.” is like that of a beef producer who
12. The removal of the standing should let his animals run in the stock-
water allows warmth, which cannot de- range and expect the results of stall-
scend through a body of water, to pen- feeding. The mutton breeds, likeShort-
etrate farther into the soil. horn cattle, are simply machines for
13. By causing the water to descend converting farm products into meats and
into drains, instead of evaporating from fertilisers, the production depending
the surface, another chief source of the regularity and freedom from
coldness is removed. friction with which the machinery
14. Buns in descending through the runs—irregular feeding, and occasional
ground, carry the heat of the atmoa- scanty supply, undue exposure to cold,
Jamils ioraal—gtljoto to
THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
Mreside Miscellany.
aimer.
rnu.isitrn weekly,
BY S. A. ATKINSON,
IT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
STRICTLY IS ADVASCK.
The following dialogue, which appear*
in Moore's Miscellaneous (Porks, and
was written over forty yean ago, has a
peculiar significance at the present day;
Cotton and Corn.
O'firc, Broad «L, overJ. FI. Huggins
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LAMAR COBB. A. S. ERWIN. DOWELL COBB
COBB, ERWIN ft COBB,
A ttorneys at law,
Athena, Georgia. Office In the Deuprec
building.
M.VAN ESTES,
A TTORNEY AT
~C\. ITomer. Banks County, Ga.
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A T T O It
xO. llonier. lti.nl
LAW,
Franklin.
MANTIS W.
. ANIXLER
\ e y a r
4 County. 0.1. Will practice
a!m, Jnckson, Hail, Haber-
enjoy that which, after all was the prin-1 sition, and that our arms were
cipal ingredient in the boy’s cup of hap
piness, namely, the satisfaction of de
nying one’s self of something, for the
sake of her, who sacrificed so much for
us in our infancy.
A Reminiscence of Gen. Scott.
One evening, after our rubber, I said
to the General: “ There is one ques
tion I have often wished to ask yon,
but have been restrained by the fear
that it might be improper.” The Gen.
drew .himself up and*aid, in his em
phatic manner—“ Sir, you are inca
pable of asking an improper question. 1
I said, “ you are very kind; but if my
inquiry is indiscreet, I am sure you will
allow it to pass unanswered.” “ I hear
you, sir,” he replied. “ Well, then,
General, did anything remarkably hap-
L A W ,
BIDET,
A TTO 1] NE Y AT LAW,
V SoUHT} Public, Athena, Ga. Will prac-
. Hoe In the W rat cm circuit; win give particular
* aluijtlou to Um collection ofclaima, and will act as
aMiliur the pnrcbaaaand aalo of real esute and
pay uutes on wild landa. janlStf
A DIALOGUE.
Said Cotton to Corn, t’other day,
As they met, and exchanged a salute—
(Squire Com in hie cabriolet,
Poor Cotton, half famish’d, on foot)—
“ Great squire, if it is n’t uncivil
To bint at starvation before you,
Look down on a hungry poor devil,
And give him some bread,I implore youl
Quoth Cora, then, in answer to Cotton,
Perceiving he meant to make/rw,—
'• Low fellow, you’ve surely forgotten
The distance between you and me !
j pen to you on the morning of the bat
“ To expect that we. peers of high birth, | tie of Chippewa ?” After a brief, but i intended to betray me, nnd nothing but
Should waste our illustrious acres
For no other purpose on earth
Titan te fatten curst calico-makers !—
way discredited. The British army
had fallen bade, leaving their wounded
in our possession. The mansion which
I had visited in the morning was the
largest house near, and to that the
wounded officers in both armies were
carried for surgical treatment As
soon as I could leave the field I went
over to look after my wounded; I
found the English officers lying on the
first floor, and our own on the floor
above. I saw in the lower room the
young ladv whom I had met in the
yfawdfcrat fte'Tireai&st table, her
white dress all sprinkled with blood.
She had been attending to the British
wounded. On the second floor just as
I was turning into the room where our
officers were, I met my hostess.
One glance at her was quite sufficient
to answer the question which I had
been asking myself all day. She had
*• B. S MILTON, C. W. aKIDKLL,
SKELTON & SEIDELL.
ATTORN EYS AT LAW,
Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia.
"PHTMAX & HINTON,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga.
SAMUEL P. THURMOND,
A ttorneyatlaw,
Athens, Ga. Office on Broad atrect, over
Barry A Son’. Store. Will giro • pedal Attention
,n Bankruptcy. Also, to the collection of
«n claim. entruateU to hi* care.
J. J. A J. ALEXA.M1KR,
"HEALERS IN HARDWARE,
Te Iron Steel, Nails, Carriage Material, Mining
■.jUemenu, Ac.,. Whiten ill at.. Atlanta.
J. It. MTLF.SKKY, '
A ttorney atlaw,
Carncsvillc, Franklin county, Ga. Office
rmarly occupied by J. F. Langston, Esq. Jail
Corn Sliellers
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where wa keep <11 kinds of Tin. Slung Iron and
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Wareon hani, not " the best it G.-oigia,” but
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** No —vile manufacture ! ne'er harbor
A hope to be fed at our boards;—
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“ No—thanks to the taxes and debt,
And the triumph of paper o’er guineas,
Our race of Lord Jemmys, us yet,
My defy your whole rabble of Jennyt!”
So saying, whip, crack, and away
Went Cora in his cab through the
throng,
So madly, I heard them all say
Squire Corn would be <2oien,before long.
Kelp Yonr Mother.
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To the Citizens of Franklin and aftyoin-
Ing Counties.
M.V. GURLEY,
gURGEON .DENTIST
The throne of Prussia has been occu
pied by monarchs with some of whose
names pleasant memories have been re
tained. One of these, we are told, was
one day a little annoyed at having had
to ring his bell, more than once, with
out any one answering it. On opening
the door of his cabinet, and entering
the ante-chamber, he was surprised to
find his page fast asleep in a chair.
His first impulse was to awaken him;
and had he done so, no doubt he would
have done it rather roughly. On com
ing up to the sleeper, however, a play
ful thought seemed to seize his majesty
(for kings are but men), and he re
solved to amuse himself a little at the
page’s expense.
There was hanging partly out of the
boy’s pocket a paper, on which the king
observed something was written. His
curiosity was excited. He would grat
ify it. It would be mean for a fellow-
servant to do such a thing, no doubt;
but it was different with him. Did he
not wear a crown? So he quietly
leaned forward, and as stealthily as any
London pick-pocket, extracted the let
ter, and retreated into the loyal apart
ment. Taking his seat, he opened it;
and with a gleam of amusement in his
eye, he commenced reading. The let
ter was from the boy’s mother, and was
as follows:
“My Dear Son:—I return you
many thanks for the money you saved
from your salary, an 1 sent me. It has
proved a very great help to me. God
will certainly reward you, my dear boy,
for it, and if you continue to serve
your God and your king faithfully and
conscientiously, you will not fail of suc
cess and prosperity in this world.
From your loving mother,
Mary 5i: * *
By the time the king had finished
the letter his amused look had given
place to an expression of admiration,
justice, and benevolence.
“Worthy boy,” he exclaimed, “and
equally worthy a mother. The act
shall be rewarded.” And then step-
Hat recently located at CarnoaviUe for tho
purpose of practicing bis profession. Persons desir
ing work in hi* line will giro him a call. Teeth
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Address
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-.—10
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number of ducats (worth 9s. 6d. each)
and put them in the letter, into the
boy’s pocket. After this he rung the
bell violently, which brought the page
into his presence.
“You have been asleep, I suppose,”
said the king.
Tho page stammered out an excuse;
and in doing so, he put his hand into
his pocket, and felt the money. Pale,
and with his eyes full of tears, he looked
at the king imploringly.
Wbat is the matter with youP* said
his majesty.
“Oh,"replied the boy, “somebody has
contrived my ruin; I know nothing of
this money!'
“What God bestows,” resumed the
king, using a German proverb, “he
bestows in sleep. 8end the money to
your mother, and give my respects to
her, and tell her that I will take care
of both her and you. 1
It was with a light heart the page
wrote home his next letter. Although
the reader may have no loyal master to
reward his virtue, he may still, by be
ing kind to his mother, if he hav* one,
im pressi ve silence he said: “Yes,
something did hapen to me—something
very remarkable. I will now, for the
third time in my life, relate the story;
“ The 4th of July, 1814, was one of
extreme heat. On that day my brig
ade skirmished with a British force
commanded by General Riall from an
early hour in the morning till late in
the afternoon. We had driven the
euemy down tho river, some twelve
miles to Street Creek, near Chippewa,
where we encamped for the night, our
army occupying the west, while that of
the enemy was encamped on the east
side of the creek. After our tents had
been pitched I observed a flag, borne by
a man in peasant’s dress, approaching
my marquee. He brought a letter
from a lady, who occupied a large
mansion on the opposite side of the
creek, informing me that she was the
wife of a member of Parliament, who
was then at Quebec; that her children, lhi
servants, and a young lady friend werefsc
alone with her in the house; that Gen.
Riall had placed a sentinel before her
door; and that she ventured, with
great doubt of the propriety of the re
quest, to ask that I would place a sen
tinel upon the bridge to protect her
against stragglers from our camp. I \ Magazine.
assured the messenger that the lady’s
request should be complied with. Ear
ly the next morning the same messen
ger, bearing a white flag, reappeared
with a note from the same lady, thank
ing me for the protection she enjoyed,
adding that, in acknowledgment of my
civilities, she begged that I would, with
such members of my staff as I chose to
bring with me, accept the hospitalities
of her house at breakfast, which had
been prepared with considerable atten
tion and was quite ready. Acting up
on an impulse which I have never been
able to analyze or comprehend, I call
ed two of my aids—Lieutenant Worth
and Watts, and returned with the
messenger to the mansion already in
dicated. We met our hostess at the
door, who ushered us into the dining
room, where breakfast awaited us, and
where the young lady previously al
luded to, was already seated by the
coflee-urn. Our hostess, asking to be
excused for a few moments retired, and
the young lady immediately served
our coffee. Before we had broken our
fast, Lieut. Watts rose from the table
to get his bandana (that being before
the days of napkins) which he had left
in his cap on the table by the window,
glancing through which he saw Indians
approaching the house on one side,
and redcoats approaching it on the
other, with an evident purpose of sur
rounding it and us, and instantly ex
claimed, ‘ General, we are betrayed I
Springing from the table and clearing
the house, I saw our danger, and re
membering Lord Chesterfield had said,
‘Whatever it is proper to do, it is prop
er to do well,’ and as we had to run,
and my legs were longer than my com
panions, I soon outstripped them. As
we made our escape we were fired at,
hut we got across the bridge in safety.
I felt so much shame and mortifica
tion at having so nearly fallen into a
trap that I could scarcely fix my mind
upon the duties which now demanded
my undivided attention. I knew that
I had committed a great indiscretion
in accepting that singular invitation,
and that if any disaster resulted from
it I richly deserved to lose both my
commission and my character. I con
stantly found myself wondering wheth
er the lady really intended to betray
ns, or whether we had been accidently
observed. The questions would recur
even amid the excitement of battle.—
Fortunately my presence and services
in the field were not required until
Generals Porter and Ripley had been
the accident of my aid rising for his
handkerchief saved us from capture.
Years afterward, in reflecting upon
this incident, I was led to doubt wheth
er I had not misconstrued her startled
manner as I had suddenly encountered
her. That unexpected meeting would
have occasioned embarrassment in ei
ther contingency; and it is so difficult
to believe a lady of culture and refine
ment capable of such an act, that I am
now, nearly half a century after the
event, disposed to give my hostess the
benefit of that doubt.”
“And now Sir,” added the General,
“this is the third time in my life I have
told this story. I do not remember to
have been spoken to before on the sub
ject for many years." He looked at
me, and seemed to be considering with
himself a few moments, and then said:
“Remembering your intimacy with
General Worth, I need not inquire
ow you came to a knowledge of our
secret”
Well, General,” I replied, “I have
kept the secret faithfully for more than
forty years, always hoping to obtain
your version of what struck me as a
most remarkable incident in your mili
tary life.”—Thurloio Weed, in Harper's
The Road to Wealth.
There be those who inherit, or by
some sudden stroke of good fortune,
acquired riches, but almost universally
speaking, the difference between the
wealthy man and the poor man rep
resents the difference between the per
son who saves and the person who
.spends os he goes along. It is not on
increase of salary or an extension of
business relations that secures' a com
petence, but the adhered to determina
tion to economize, to incur no unneces
sary expenditures, and to lay by some
thing of each week’s gains. So long as
people increase their outgoes in pro
portion to the increase of their inoomes,
they are no nearer that condition of
independence which is desirable for all
to attain. The present growing fond
ness for ostentantion and display oper
ates as a direct barrier of frugality.
Some one has said that life in the
United States has become a stn
for social position; that whereas in
olden countries the lines of demarca
tion are so closely drawn by blood,
caste, etc., as to repress this ambition;
here every one has an opportunity to
climb the social ladder, and may aspire
with confidence to any round. There
is much truth in this observation, and
the very fact that it is so presents a
constant temptation to per-ons to scat
ter their ducats in keeping up appear
ances and in making what is vulgarly
termed a “spread.” Those who yield
to this temptation without a fortune to
draw upon, generally acquire extrav
agant habits which always keep them
financially under the weather. There
are others who, aiguing that the tit*
theory oi life is to “live while we live,”
invariably spend dose up to their in
comes. An impecunious old age is
generally in store for such persons.
It is in little things that tho money
takes its flight The failure to stop
the little leaks is what prevents finan
cial reservoirs from ever filling. A
New Yorker—now a wealthy man—
moved out to an aborning village some
fifteen years since. While his neigh
bors, during that time, have generally
sent their bundles to and fro by ex
press, he has carried his own. In this
manner he computes that he has saved
twenty-five hundred dollars during the
fifteen years. And this is but one of
very many ways in which individuals
can save their pennies. Of course,
those who propose to “take life easy”
and do not trouble themselves about
engaged at intervals for several hours; ,
sothLt when my brigade, with Tow-; future, do not care for any sugges-
son’s artillery, were ordered to cross tions of this character.
Street’s Creeks, my nerves, and confi
dence had become measurably quieted
and restored. I need not describe the
bottle of Chippewa. That belongs to
and is part of the history of oar coun
try- • ‘
* It is sufficient to say that at the close
of the day we were masters of the po-
But those who
■im to secure a competence for their
declining years, cannot be too mindful
of the fact that there is no royal road
to wealth, and that no matter what
their poation or income, frugality and
economy are essential for the attain
ment of that competence.—Hearth and
Home.
Plantst&ke in their sustenance through
their rootlets. It is ferae that the leaves
exercise' important frinctions in the
economy of plant growth by inspiration
and expeation, as is the case of indi
viduals, fend are in point of fact the
lungs of ’the plant The leaves there
fore are as essential to the life of the
plant as the roots, the one by inhaling
nutriment front the atmosphere, the
-other Absorbing the soluble constit
uents of the Eoil. The leaves consti
tute tho breathing apparatus of the
plant, the rootlets the mouths, and the
circulation of the fluids, synonymous
with the blood in animals, goes on in
the plant with the same regularity—
except in the winter season, when in
temperate latitudes, all the functions
of the plant cease temporarily to re
commence again with the opening of
Spring. Concerning this port of a
plant’s life - the farmer need trouble
himself but little. Let it but get its
head above ground and into the free
air of heaven and the sun and dew and
oxygen are waiting for it. There is
never any diminution of this supply.
There is even room around it for un
numbered millions of its kindred plants
to grow and flourish. The air and the
soil in the natural growth of plants—
that is to say, where the crop ripens
and dies on the ground—are always
giving and always receiving. Not a
plant that decays bat restores in its
ashes to the soil some portion of that
which it had received from it, with the
further addition of what the plant had
drawn from the atmosphere.
It is different in the case of the cul
tivated plants in their relation to the
soil. The food it draws from the soil
is carried off in the crop and the soil
becomes by so much the poorer. If
this process is carried on year after year
the soil becomes exhausted of its fertil
izing constituents and barrenness en
sues. The deeper then that the roots
of a plant have power to penetrate the
soil, and the greater freedom that is
given them to extend through the soil
laterafi^ a^^tLr.. Jocrcaaod dept
more gradual will be the process of ex
haustion in consequence of the larger
store of plant food thus reached.
Thorough tillage, deep ploughing and
subsoiling are therefore the sheet-an
chors of good farming. By thorough
tillage the soil is kept open to the influ
ence of air and water, and by deep
plowing and subsoiling, the soil retains
a larger supply of moisture that be
comes available in dry seasons, whilst
the roots thus find a larger supply of
plant food. Two things are therefore
essential to be observed in good farm
ing. First, when the land Iks wet and
cold it should be underdrained; next,
it should be deeply plowed and also
subsoiled when the undersoil is of such
a character as to render it beneficial.
Every farmer must be his own judge
of the necessity of underdraining. It
will cost but little to tiy the experi
ment where the land lies low and water
either accumulates on the surface or
penetrates the hard soil but slowly.—
All such soils will yield three-fold re
turns by underdraining.
The advantages arising from judicious
underdraining are thus set forth by an
old and experienced writer on agricul
ture, an l in the views which he ex
presses we so heartily concur that we
reproduce them as a fitting dose to this
article.
1. Removing the water from the
pores admits the air, which is essentia]
to the growth of the roots.
2. The roots extend father and deep
er into the soil, get a firmer hold upon
it, and draw nourishment from a huger
area.
3. The air decomposes vegetable mat
ter, and thus furnishes organic food for
the growing plant
4. The air and other gases decom
pose the earthy parts of the soil, and
thus provide new inorganic food.
5. The free circulation of air in tho
soil conies in ammonia, and other fer
tilizing substances to the roots of
plants.
6. The presence of water causes soils
to bake, so as to render them hard to
work, and also to prevent the free
growth and expansion of roots.
7. When all excess of water is re
moved, compact and day soils become
tight and pulverized by working them.
8. The free access of air renders
poisonous compounds of iron, maga-
nese, etc., inerf, and dover and other
deep rooted crops will" not be killed,
but they will continue to grow and
flourish from year to year.
9. The depth to which the roots pen
etrate in soils, freed from poisons and
filled with fur, secures to the plants
sufficient moisture to withstand the
surface effects of drouth.
JO. In hot weather, the circulation
of warm, moist air through the open
mouth drains and the soil, condenses
moisture in the cooler soil, and fur
nishes an additional security against
drouth.
forth* purpose of shearing once in
each year. The folly of such a course
Is like that of a beet producer who
should let his animals run in the stock-
range and expect the results of stall-
feeding. The mutton breeds, like Short
horn cattle, are simply machines for
converting faro products into meats and
fertilizers, the production depending
upon the regularity and freedom from
frictioo with which the machinery
runs—irregular feeding, and occasional
phera with them, and thus warm the
soil and roots of plants.
15. Draining, by rapidly removing
the water in the spring, and after heavy
rains, and by wanning the soil, is
equivalent to lengthening the season,
and gives a wider range of cultivated
plants, and a longer time for plowing
and working the ground.
16. Land freed from excess of mois
ture, expands much less in freezing,
and the roots of wheat, clover and
other crops remaining in the ground
over winter, are not destroyed by win
ter kill.
17. Water by sinking through the
soil into drains is prevented from wash
ing the surface into gullies, and from
carrying away into streams the rich
soluble portions of soils and manures.
These reasons we believe are sufficient
to induce farmers to inquire into tho
condition of their soils, and try the
experiment of draining upon at least a
small portion of their wettest lands.
The experiment need not be on a large
scale. A single acre well drained will
suffice to show whether this means of
improvement may bo profitably ex
tended.—Maryland Farmer.
How to Make Sheep Husbandry Profit
able in the Fatare.
Extracted from an Address before the
New York Agricultural Society, at
Albany, Feb. 8,1871.
BY J. R. DODGE.
Of the Agricultural Department, Washington.
I come to the inquiry, Can sheep-
husbandry be made profitable in the
futuro? I juaner. Y-. —Thrat kmcf
by what breeds? and where located?
The first requisite is, not that the
wool-growers shall be unduly favored,
but that they shall not be discriminated
against by the Government; that the
burden of taxation necessarily resting
upon the home producer shall be laid
at least with equal weight upon thefor-
eigner who in the solitudes oi almost
savage wastes avoids all tribute to dv-
Qixation and government. There
should be no premium paid to alien tn-
dustry. With the exception of the
very finest for doths, a little lustrous
combing wool for a class of worsteds,
and some of the coarsest for carpets,
we already produce all the wool requir
ed for consumption, so that every
pound introduced for other purposes
displaces a pound of our own; and one
would imagine, that a continent before
us, ninotenths of which is unutilized
by agriculture, containing 100,000,
000 acres of herbage, yearly wasted,
saffident at least for 100,000,000 sheep,
capable of producing more wool than
Great Britain herself is able to eon
sume, the home competition, foreigners
being exdnded, would reduce the prices
to a reasonable level, but one remove
above th.it resulting from the compe
tition of the world.
2. Another essential is the utiliza
tion of the vast plains beyond the Mis
souri, the valleys and slopes of the
Rocky Mountain system, the savan
nahs of Texas, and the mountains of
the South, in the production of merino
wool, where uncropped herbage annual
ly decays in suffident amount to dothe
in comfort and elegance every human
being on the continent of North Ameri
ca. While the merino can be profit
ably kept under more varied conditions
of rural husbandry than any other
sheep, it is especially the breed for the
border, the arid plain, the mountain
fastness, and the wilderness; it i* the
nomadic member of the ovine family,
a great traveler, yet social and gener
ous, frugal and thrifty—delighting in
the depth of the solitudes, yet never a
solitaire.
3. Almost equally essential is the
introduction of the element of mutton-
with-wool into the improved husband
ry of the older States, as a link in the
chain of a wise rotation, and as an in
separable adjunct of high farming—
mutton as the product of large yields
of the roots and grasses, obtained in
the shortest period of time and in the
largest measure of quantity, with woo]
as a valuable incidental, and manure
as a third result of present intrinsic
value and still greater economic impor
tance as a productive investment. Few
owners of long-wool flocks in this coun
try appear to understand, practically
the difference between fine-wool and
long-wool husbandry, forgetting that
it is the destiny of the merino to he
kept for wool, of the Leicester to he
idled for mutton, and holding the mut
ton sheep, upon barely thriving rations,
or a temperature uncomfortably high,
reducing inevitably the amount of flesh
produced by neutralizing the nutritive
power of a certain quantity of feed.
To make mutton with the highest profit
every pound of hay, roots, or groin fed
must yield a fair result in flesh gained.
Thus, while wool-growing may be suc
cessful in the midst of primitive, almost
barbaric practices in culture, mutton-
production involves arts of husbandry
the most advanced, and a knowledge
of animal physiology the most enlight
ened. But the full value of mutton
making, as a part of a system of farm
rotation, cannot be determined with
reference to its immediate returns. It
has often happened in England, in the
early figuring of the farmer, that turnip
feeding has an apparent loss, whiie the
net product of four years’ rotation bus
resulted in a decided profit, which could
not be enjoyed in the absence of tho
fertilizers obtained in the production of
meat from grass and roots. It should
be remembered that the selling prices
of farmers express very inadequately,
especially in this country, the difference
between the productive capacity of
poor and rich soils, as shown by the
accumulation of a lifetime of industry
and economy.
Matthews & Bostick,
r PAKE this method of announcing
• * to tha public that they ha** laMb opaoM.
on Oalkge Avcnrfe, ant door io Rlteh A Morton's
«**»•& afotfeAadcasnfaUy salaried »tod|ol
Chphre Family Groceries*
Canned Fruits, Jellies*
Preserves, Oysters,
Salmon and other Fish.,
CIO AH’S: '
ii£ m » 5. IO hot
the freshest and pawst articles. Call sad arc •*.
Athens. DecS. M70.
EXCLUSIVELY CASH!
REDUCED P it I C;E 8,
TT'EESH OYSTERS AND FISH
JL received orcry Tuesday and Friday. Flab
65 cants par bnneh—Oysters 70 cents per naan.
I have also on hand a large awonment of Cigar*,
Pipes, Tobacco, Ctndles, Fruits, FidtUs, Sar-
dines, &c.
(9!B4im8ai8«
At Greatly Reduced Prices.
Soda Crackers- l.i lb* for » r.
Lemon Snaps - ....... per lb. ZOn.
Sple* Crackers p*r lb. 25*.
Cream Cnckwetls - per lb. 15 e.
Plc-Nlc Crackers
C. M_ VOS
... peril
EEKEL
Win. A. Tnlmadgc.
POST OFFMT, COL. AT?M K, AT 11 MS
The Labor Question
The Constitutionalist has recently
presented some thought.nl and timely
suggestions, in reference to the encour
agement of immigration, and increas
ing the supj'y of labor at the South,
which are worthy of consideration.—
The plan io, to form local associations,
or land companies, setting apart .or
parcfiBtngTTcertaTn-amount 'oi lanffT
which is to be offered, through special
agents, or through advertisements in.
the press of Europe, on such fhvorabie
terms as to compete, in some measure
at least, with the inducements offered
by the owners of Western lands. Sim
ilar suggestions were presented by the
writer through the Southern Banner
two years ago. We urged planters
having surplus lands to unite and set
apart alternate lots, at low rates, and
on easy annual payments; and to have
intelligible plats, setting forth the char
acter of the land, distance from rail
road, and other features of interest to
those seeking new homes, and let in
telligent parties, with authority to make
sales, or to lease them, take them tq
Europe, and properly present them to
emigration agents, and to emigrant
parties. It appears to be thoroughly
practible. There ore parties traveling
in Europe, from almost every county,
from time to time, who, at trifling ex
pense could give the matter the needed
attention, or, several planters could
form a company, and raise a sum suf
ficient to send an agent on the especial
business of procuring immigrants. It
seems essential to the success of any
immigration scheme to have something
tangible to offer. It is useless to rend
out State or county agents without
placing lands in their hands for dis
posal. Prudent people, those most
desirable as settlers, will not ret out fur
anew country without a definite and
reliable knowledge of the facilities pre
sented for bettering their condition.. A
class of reckless and adventurous spirits,
may take the risk of finding employ
ment by the month;, but the planters
of the South are not usually disponed,
*or able to pay as high wages as can ,be {
obtained on the truck farms of the
North and West. The great want of
the South is settlers with femilies, to
take up portions of plantations running
to waste, where besides making a cw
for themselves, and become valuable
citizens, they will be available, whto
Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jovebry, Silver-plated
Ware, Musical Instruinonts, Spcotacles, Guue,
I'lstols, Sporting Equipments, Ac., Sc.
A Select Stock uf American and Im
ported Watches, Double Oo.es with
40 Inch barraL turilMtfor Una
rcxQc. ristols of all kinds.
Penetration of bull 6%
Inches into wood.
With a desin to pleovo an, will sell the nbovo good
at very reasonable prices.
REPAIRING.
Watches, docks, Jowt-lrr, Guns and-1'lstol*.
promptly attended to In a aatlafhctory manner. -
CaU and at “ •—’ ‘ -
1 sc* for yourselves.
apr 4
LOOK OUT!
JUST ARRIVED,
AND EVERYTRlSfFkEPT IS
A VARIETY STORE
The highest cash price* paid for produce, cotton,
Ac. I respectfully nollrit a liberal shsra of tho
patronage of my friends and the public, and a* *
LOWEST CASH PRICES,
fool confident of gUins entire eattsfoctiom:
J. L. FRANKLIN,
Jan tS-Sm Under Newton Hottss, CoUog*
lege
choice stock of
family and Fancy Grocmi’s.
which thoy propose to sail at
TEKY I.OtT P KICK ft POH CAftll.
Give them a call and b*convinced. Feb— IMy.
n—7— ——r<"- r ■■■ —
Spencer House,
SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA.
I' \NE of. the beet Eating Houses in
V / Georgia. Passengers by tht evening train
from Atlanta can (*t a splendid aoppet hare. Ill*
• nice summer mart. . Mr. H..L Spencer ht»
mad* several beautiful ponds, and has also prepend
gport. _
mot*, propelled by oats, for bis patron* and fti*nda.
The house is convenient to the track: 00 trout.l - in
rainy weather tp get to U. Parties going to Atlirn.,
Washington, or pTares no in* of the branch roadr,
and through passengers, wUl find it *ery conveni
ent and pleasant to lay over here, and get a good
night’s Mrtand fananhst. H. L. SPENCER A CO,
Shoo
Drcatur
street, Atlanta, < . .
She* manufacturers and Sierrhamauill find it to
theiradnfutvto eaSow u* before amkil<i
purchase*. ... jjjP*
needed at stated- periods, by the day;
whose females trill be reliable as
mestics, and whose skill as artisans wjlf
gradually develop* mechanical enter
prises, and add to our self gustiffinii^
resources. ( “
The advantages resulting from such
accessions to our population are so
manifest, and the field so inviting to
them, that it seems strange indeed that
there has been such dday in inaugurat
ing the movement
Dr. Anstie of Loudon, in a recent,
number of his medical journal, dec’ar
that the use of alcohol by women
obtaininga frightful extent in Englam
and maintains that the prevalent oxcbss
demands the earnest attention of all
medical men. He is no advocate of
total abstinence, but i3 compelled Iry.
the eqtent of tho evil to raise i{ -voice
of solemn warning against the abuse
of alcoholic beverages!
Something Attractive!
J4CKS0N & O’FERRELL
r. SI. EDDI.BSUN. C. 1. BROWN.
EDDLEMAN & BROWN,
Wholesale ffsaien to '1
loots, Shoes, and loiter,
TPRENCH and American falfHkinr..
Jl 1 lusts, Pec*, Lining ami Binding Skins, Shoo
Findings, Ac OWxwllo Kimball Douse,
street, Atlanta, Ha. P. tLlbmZW.
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