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We will suppose that the p of this county is 5,000. I that it is" nearer 20,000 and t 'chemist in Philadelphia, for ThC 1 result fe as follows, nn&'m&W interest to aar resdere ? ; ** iilyin wu ' ■ ?w« ; * «<»*■•- *■* - J^acpprtMpfl h®4son®/! laifm* I «J!S££S25«te^ ^ ■ plies, and wc trill have no difficulty hi obtaining^ sufficiency 6Flaborto ! ihsure savings bank at the end of a year and the interest thereon at six per cent, computed annually would in twelve years amount to mere than $670— enough to buy a good farm in the west Five centt before breakfast, dinner and Buppfer you’d hardly miss it, yet it. is fiftasa £/&** Enough to buya small library of books^ Invest this as before, and in twenty Choice Family Grtfeerfoe, Canned-Fruits, Jellte*, • had iPvesewe* Oyateas** 8ahn<m.#nd other Fw*. , ^* ar0Hi .K Ca " di, <’ hr* *wV. a^ku, «>w»„ Tok . r „ . m4 I honestly belibvc error in inviting iinmigratid* to otfr ! country, fcM-T think tfiki J fbWlgtfHtoP 11 migrants show their wisdoni in not '* ing to *a country where ifie^repificn^ 1 po^latioado not JjlJfljjffl [] »vas.tlL«H«>0rt He iigppi. nitamnici SStt •< SmiJ flvXt ifwo eyrn, vac amount of nci ilfiL *L*!3!** W** IN fore we invite immigration. Those who desire more labor must learn to make more supplies.—John W. Han na, in American Stock Journal. a HlllEE lHfLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. mu_: ■"' || -r~''—jW-M-JX... T~yg~.:; ~_uh: _ ; ~~x-^ PCVLISnCD WKKELT, 11V S. A. ATKI^OX. Al TIIKKE DULLARS PER ANNUM, sfj:reti. r is.( d r.< set:. /.iff, /frond st., over 4. U- Hiigyup: , / ILtTKS or AllVKirriRlSG. ) ,.lrrrti*emt*iil* will be inserted at One Dollar anti j-,rt % Cahts per Square of 12 line*, for the first, and Setcntv-OTe Cent, for each aubacquenA Ini f»r»nr time under otto month, librml eonipcu will be made. %_• « Hu si ness Directory. I.\MAlt COBB. A. S. GBWIN. IlOWEI.l, COllB. COBB, ERWIN & COBB, •ax Song. ’'V 1 A ®' cr the blue-roll. u-* •-IPUyfw - ww wsui there fire i8landtoryertlmv uncluuudiu and bright. * A, .. vVherethe wind has a Voice, tike a &H| f from its cave, H Thift can luU MieTNvSugc'Konl jn a dream •"rfH There the mnrinuV oAcean, that falls on the shore, ' Faints in' dEtiincc awav with aMnusic- . liketon^, / Anil the sweet-aiming bird tones bis love-laden lure, Under bowers whose bright rosea forever are blown. - l£i~-i .N ESTES, \ TTORNEY AT LAW, Homer, I!:inlcs County, On. 1>. G. ANDLER, \ TTORNEY AT LAW, * V. llonicr. Banks County. Oa. W!U practice in the coon tics of Bauk^ Jackson, Hall, Haber* • ham ami Franklin. lAriTIS IT. KIDKX, A TTORNEY AT LAW, ^ A atul Notary Public, Athtms, Ga. Will pra> - tii-e in the Wctcrn t irruil ; will give partlctilar .tt.nti.tn to thr inllection oft-litinu, and will net it, ■w-rnlfor tin- purrhiwe and sale of real cstato and l„y taie, on wild land*. janistf SKELTON & SKI DEI L. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, - A llariw.il. Hart County, Georgia. PITTMAN A HINTON, ~ \ T T O R N E Y S - A T I, A W , -a^A. Jefferson, Jackson county, <ia. SAMUEL P. THURMOND, \ T T O R N E Y A T L A \V , * *• At liens, ‘ia. Orti'*o on Broad sired, ove/ Hwry \ Stm'sStore. Will give apetrotl ationiion • '•** , * , < ' n Binkruptcy. Also, lo.ihecoliection of * . < Uimv entrusted to hi* earr v . J. ». A, J. (’• .iU:\AM)FR,i Z ' ~ | )HALERS IN HARDWARE, I - Iron .steal, Nail,, Carrlafitt Material, Minins .m .Ir iifiii.. A.-,, Whi:.• 'rrll ,1.. Atlinu. J. It. tl'Cl.KSKKY, \ TTOKNEY A T L A W . - t Carneavillo, Franklin coontv Ga. Otlicc rmcriv iwvupiod bvj. K. Laiib'aton.'Eaq. jail Corn !Sheirer« - -and— Aifiicultural Iinpleinents. E A HE AGENTS FOR THE I'UowiuR standard Machines: Iturkey Iteapcr anti Mutter ; Hall. Ho tre A UackhardN l*<mtr 1 Thresher ; '»v»at!irr»» Sir.*ho Mnrhi.tr IVh ( an- dills an*t''iijar V-vaporatom ; e also h.tvc a Tin £h*)> In the rear -?f the store, rr we Weep all kinds of. Tin. Sheri Iron and per wsrk. We 4U0 keep a g<x»d stork of Tin eon h tod, not " the best in 4iei'r^ia, M but . heller than oars, r.iJ at low prices. - conliully p'tjrn onr •lui'ere thanks to 11> anti cawto.n *rs In Athens and the coiin- •t .1 hop., hv sir.rl a’Jenttirii :«» busiucss, to >i t conlinnaae** of ih.iir cast.no. *« u ajftds '*im u I V* < vniry JtrictJy atteud- ;vll «l our slum”, “ green, ^ ^ pH if* loveliness over them aORhe ywtr lonrff *• V «w ** And the days melt away, like a fairy- built scene, ‘ Mid the rapture of beauty and fragrance and song. Oh. there could we fly, till the world and its schemes, Like some cloud-gathered pageant, grew distant and ditu. There the light of our life should l>e par-- adise-d reams. And its music all nature's perpetual hymn! Let the dclvcr for gold, with his weari some care, Grope for heart-chilling treasures, that freeze as we clasp, And the minions of lainc for that phan tom of air. Chase the fanciful bubbles that break in the grasp: But dearer than all, of'which poets have told. Were our life and our loye in those mag ical isles, Where the heart's daily sunshine could never grow cold, And our hoperond our joys feed forever on smiles. A boot Love. BY GEORGE ELLIOT. N ». 6, Broad -ir ••*!, a; mi > V .1M K Y * KKWTOK* GROVE :v 5AKER SLU IN' i MAt:MINES! ! PliOMI.'M • >1 . I! N! |N 1 SR. ] »Y ALL Wil » ,1 VVE TRIED ’ * tli.it. I'iti.e- inMhiaq,. with all the Mlt'iDV’EMiiNTd AND ATTACHMENTS, ->>- l>. ha-1, at tuaniibcturcr’a prices, freight . i l it. si the IIAN’NKI! OFFICE. Notice. I« the Citizens of Franklin nnJ adjoin ing Counties. M V.GCTKLKV, O V R U E O X D E N T I S T . O Ha« recentlv located at (.''.irnesvillo for the [•iir;>o«G. if pr.-ictii'lng hi» profevl-.n. Persons de^lr- ins w.jrk in hi* line will give him n call. Teeth in.fried on tl»eino*t improved hasi* lor from S< 50 t»>^00. OjUlv in Franklin House, oser A. I). Fuller's Store. Kov. 11, 1870-Gro Demurest & Woodruff, -Sttrrmsors to Towi.iNSON-Dmt.vitKST CO.,) 028 A. 63 I, IIroadway, N. Y. MaNUKACTURKI'.S of ,, BUGGIES, k F,pc Latly adapted to Southern Howl,. OI K STOCK •COMPRISES UGIIT VICTOR FAS, PHAETONS, CABiUOLAS, ROCK A WAYS, Autl all other stjrU.of l'iue Carrhigen, For one or two hors***. Tor A* NO TOP BUGGIES, Ob Eliptlcind Side Springs. CONCORD BUGGIES, •Wall iiacKHandJcrHeu HVigeos, Wo are also sole munufiwturnrs of the Woodruff Concord Buggy I’laatallon Wagon for 1, 2. 4 and 6 Horses. The best Buggy and Wagon in America for the Money. W e hare had an experiense of thirty years In making work for the southern States, and know •ita.-t!r what Is wanted to stand the roads. We to .end for Circulars, and parties visiting ■ - w * ork we especially invito to callat our Ware- ro-itas. Wo solicit tho trade of merchants and dealers. Illustrated Circulars, with prices, sent by , , A. T. DEM A REST. N. Y. Jolyl—ty W. W. WOODHOFK, GA. The amount of combustible carbon- matter indicated by this y;’t A - r bwn'tket _ - 'ennsyivania bituminous coal. is en- cents each morning iiardly j also greater tlian tliat of the Sdwannee worth a second thought; yet, with it | coa)> ^ stated by the agent in tins city, you can buy a paper of pins or a spool j viz . 63 , K . r ceut . aubon and 29 ^ cent, of volatile matter. of thread. Seventy cents per week— it would buy several yards of muslin ; §36,50 in one year—deposit this amount as before, and you would have §2,340 in twenty years, quite a snug little fortune. Ten cents before each breakfast, dinner aud supper—thirty cents a day. It would buy a book for the children : S2,10 a week, enough to pay for a year’s subscription to a good ueswpaper ; §109,50 per year—with it you could buy a good melodeon, from which you could procure good music, to pleasantly while the evening hours away. And this amount invested as before, would in forty yeafs procure the desirable amount of §15,000. Useful Precipes. IIow to Make Corn Beer.— Taken peek of corn, boil until it is done, put in a five gallon keg, and fill it with boiling water, and sweeten to suit vour taste with svrup. Of course I know that, as a rule, sensible men fall in love with the most sensible women of their ac quaintance, see through all the pretty deceits of coquettish beauty, never imagine themselves loved when they are not loved, cease loving on all proper occasions, and marry thb woman irtost fitted for them in every respect--indeed, so as to compel the approbation <<1*11 the maidyn ladies in their m- hood. But oven to Ibis rule an ex ception will occur now and tlnn in the lapse of ceiuuries, and I think the deep love a man sometimes h...- for a sweet, rounded b < ssom-like dark eyeu girl, of whose inward seif he is realiy very ignorant comes, out of the very strength of hi- tiau'ie, and not out of any incon- si.-tciu weakness. Is it any weak ness, pray, to he wrought on by ex- qi.isi*c music? to its wondrous harmonies searching the subtlest windings of your soul, the delicate fibres of life where no memory can penetrate, and binding together your whole being, past and present, in one unspeakable vibration; melt ing you in one moment with all the tenderness, all the love that has been scattered through the toilsome years, contracting in one emotion of heroic courage or resignation all the hard learned lessons of self- renouncing sympathy, blending your-present joy with past sorrow, and your present sorrow with all your past joy ? If not, then neither is it a weakness to be wrought upon by the exquisite curves of a woman’s cheek, and neck, and arms by the liquid depths of her beseech ing eyes, or the sweet childish pout of her lips. For the beauty of a lovely woman is like music; what can one say more ? Beauty has an expression beyond and far above the one woman’s soul that it clothes a;> the words of genius have a wider meaning than the thought that prompted them; it is more than a woman’s eyes—it seems to be a far off mighty love that has come near to us, and made sjieech for itself there; the rounded neck, the dimp led arm, move us by something more than their prettiness—by their close kinship with all we have known of tenderness and peace. Tbo noblest nature sees most of this impersonal expression in beauty (it is needless to say that there are gentlemen, with whiskers dyed and undyed, who see none of it what- everA and, for this reason, the lax Dniimnrtnli, pa-kot .......1 Qc j . , -i. tik* miniauirr r ■«.•* a* | r.ohl< st nature is otten the moat blinded to the character of the one woman’s soul that tho beauty clothes. Whence, I fear the trage dy of human life is likely to con tinue for a long time to come, in spito of mental philosophers who are ready wijh. the best recipes for. avoiding all mistakes of the kind, Bed Bug Extemixator.—Take one-quarter ounce red precipitate; one- quarter ounce blue stone ; one pint tur- peutiue. Mix thoroughly, and apply with a brush <>r feather. We doubt if in the whole extent of the Lnited States, a better bituminous coal can he found than is afforded by Dade and Walker counties, in Georgia. The seams vary from one to four feet. They are so situated, for the most part, as to afford an admirable opportunity of working them to advantage. The quantity is sufficiently great to supply the State for an indefinite period. They are situated from three to eight miles from Trenton on the Wills Val ley Railroad, in Dade and Walker counties, fifteen miles from Chattanoo ga and twenty miles from Ringgold, on the Western and Atlantic Railroad. A railroad from the coal field and iron beds to Ringgold is now chartered with §15,000 per mile State aid. The eagerness to reach this valuable deposit defeated itself last winter-. Five different railroads were chartered, which were to he coal and iron roads. This multiplication distracted the at tention of the people of that section and prevented anything like unanimity or concert of action. As a conse- j queuce, neither of the roads have been commenced. We hope, during the further developments. 5,000 as a basis of calculation, and COme these buy half enough to do them— _ 4W ^ lhat tiie .v either buy tbo other half j5 without-it lyO’potinds, a very ' s.rP*llo\vauce, t« the head, will give 7-56,000 pounds of bacon, which at the earn nt urine, twenty-five-Cfuta pec. th^. handsome, sum of MB at home.' V > tt I he question naturally arises, lmw can this be done ? We will suppose then, that 1,200 farmers of the county procure each one brood sow of some thrifty breed; this sow, with proper attention will raise twice each year ten pigs—hut I will taka one-half that number as a basis of calculation, and by judicious feeding they will in six months attain tho aggregate of 2,0440 pounds, at twelve months 3,000 pounds and up- ** j coming session of the Legislature, that Squash Fritters.-A pint of gucIl a wU1 lM}effected * squash, or less, from the dinner table, wU , ^ tlK! construction of at least mu: egg, two spoonfuls of flour. Fry in a spider or on the griddle for breakfast. | one of these roads. We need cheap ! coal and iron. Cotton and Cotton Boll Picker. The Newborn Journal of Commerce thus refers to a machine for gathering cotton, patented by John Hughes, of Newbern, N. C., March 28, 1871 : This machine is not what is strictly denominated a “cotton picker.” Man’s wards. This gives for the county near j . in « euuil ? " iU aud ha ' i upended itself 3,(400,000 pouuds of pork, worth twelve and a half cents a pound, near ly §400,000, aud will be an abundant supply for home consumption and some in vain, in endeavoring to get up such a device, for until human intelligence can be imparted to machinery, co^on per se can never be picked by it, for Gargle For ScROBUTJC Gums.— i The iron ore in the section referred ■farmwoa-draf-maya < .atr fo. ia jvltat is called ora, ed borax, ouc ounce,honey of roses, twcTjlt is sedimentary—-dcposHcU bjrWaTCr ounces mix. Horseradish Sauce. — Grate very small a stick of young horse-radish ; then, with a couple of table-spoonfuls of it mix a small tea-spoonful of mustard and lour table spoanfuls of cream; stir it briskly, and add by degrees a wineglass ° 1 Ur >f vinegar. Berkshire Piss for Sale. IN KENTUCKY WE HAVE v »riou» breeds of hogs, including the • Hue Chester and Essex, a:ul regard the Berkshire ^ "MxsrUr, The Berkshire stands unrivalled with -•ur bog breeders, and nt our Mis, a* a fine hog. I am prvparrd t„ furnish pigs to those wishing to or- ■it trout me, al as reasonable ratoa as any oue. I • ■tii tarnish them by the single pig or the pair, trout the very best stock in the country, ranging Tom thus,-almost pure, ' ' uh pedigree. I , depot ready those almost pure, up to the no rest thorough- ‘I™.> • ‘tb Pedigree. I wt|l box and deliver n pair railroad depot ready tor shipment, »a their pedigree accompanying, showing *s«Ta"dv,at f.om S:to to $50 a pair, acoorti .St-iPPyt “try will be (mm lOto 14 wael Jz thw —til TfTT ir-Tiii au ‘^eidhVitoiu ,»io to 100 lbs. each. Kuv shipment, ring stock according to 4 weeks old, Addret- W. T. WOOD, Terryv . filial Guide for 1871. ( )HR BEAUTIFULLY Illustrated 7 '* FLOli A Mi T1 !>K A NT> FATtM KIPS MAN \ lunr* s v :(V.rsoMWu Koehunter, K. Y. •I. J. H. GREGORY’S SEED QATALOtkBE V IUHTsSTUATED Catalogue, list of -JFklfWr.IRdlwi ♦SgetiWta"of the < ow «f hundrod of wMcH I tormM •mi a c«refolljr»e- Tff-Mswasiwss? Tk ’VTW 1 ** <»«•<- V b|-t, vtAP- J.'ti. GREGORY'. I ‘* a Marhltaifua, Alas|f to sell, l)cing.300 pounds a piece for 10,- th ® 3,mple rCas0n ’ that the °^ Q 000 persons. In those two items we ,mevenl >’ and at ^rent times, hence save the annual expenditure of §200,-1 lt ,s Dece6sar >' that discrimination must be used in picking it, the ripe and open 1 tolls must be selected and the unripe ones left, and this can only be ibne by a power governed and controlled hy reason and intelligence. This new invention contemplates im mense saving in labor and material in the cultivation of cotton—it looks to the gathering nt one time of the entire crop like all other crops, it looks to remedying the great and growing want of the age, viz: the scarcity and cx- peusiveness of labor. The plan proposed is this; to allow all the cotton or as much thereof as cannot be conveniently and economi cally picked by hand before that time, to remain on the stalk until the frost strikes, it—then the machine is to be plaj^M ogff.ia^the field. in regular strata or slabs, and abounds in shells. When sending on to the chemist in Philadelphia a specimen of this ore for analysis, we inquired whether the shells were in sufficient quantity to supply lime as a flux. To the reply was that, al though the shells were present in quan tity, the analysis yielded no calcareous To Keep Fresh Fish.—To keep matter. This fact ought not to have flesh fish, clean them and remove the occasioned surprise, if we hud recollect- irirls: insert pieces of charcoal in their ed Mr. Ruffin’s statement that the shell mouths and bellies; if they are to be eon- Jjniestoue of Southwestern Georgia and veyed any distance, wrap each fish up sep- Florida yielded no liuie oil analysis, arately in linen cloth and place them in when ^ fr01u the surface , Jlud also a l>ox with rublmgc leaves above and be- . t . i . . , , . , j ow that what are cuIUkI limestone lands in . m j the blue limestone region, from Penn- Auousta Pudding.—Nine table-’■y lvaniat0 Alabamu > are ^tieient in spoonfuls of flour, ten eggs, and oue ca ' careous mat ter. quart of milk. Boil the milk, and pour i This tossiliferous or sedimentary iron over the flour, and let it stand until it is 0 re, which abounds in Northwest Geor- eool, and then putin the eggs, which g j a , j s ofigreat value. The iron made have been beaten separately and very from it i 3 extremely tough, and is suit- light. Bake it in a tin mould or dish, ,, r . ... „, • . , e ... able for car-wheel and other similar and in a quick oven. Serve with cream i . , r , lucc ^ * manufactures. Hence, the pig made •** j from it, can be sl ipjied at a large profit Pickled Cherries.—Two pounds to Pittsburg, on the Northeast, and St. of sugar to each quart of vinegar, boiled 1 Louis, on the Northwest It would with a few sticks of cinnamon and whole c^em like “carrying coals to New- cloves. When cold put in the cherries 1 to ^ iron froin Geor . and cover them closely. Skim the vine- j ; a ^ Pittsbu Yet th e ti „;o is not gar while boiling. Prepare plums and >5 , , XT , ., grapes in the same way. i ^ J Sta " t wh «“ Georgta | and Northeast Alabama will be the re- Cream Pies.—Six eggs, two! liance for tl iis imj)ortant element of cups sugar, two cups flour, two teaspoons j ’ ron manufacture of that great city of cream tartar, one teaspoon soda, dissolved , furnaces. This will occur as soon as we can obtain capital and transporta tion for the development of our coal seams and iron ore beds. We were informed hy General Wilder, the head of the immense iron works at Chatta nooga, that almost the entire products of those works were now sold in St Louis. 000, and receive an income of §200, 000, making a saving to the county of §400,000 in a single year. I think that my estimates have been small and my calculation not at all exorbi tant So much then for raising oi# own horses and mules and hogs at home. While upon this particular branch, I will endeavor to give some of my personal experience upon the subject. Since the war, I have adopted the plan of keeping fewer aud better hogs, which I find is the best policy for me. I spared no expense or trouble in my efforts to obtain the very best breeds. My object in this waft not oiily to de monstrate tha superiority of good stock over the common; hut to show the re- atiye^c^q^b^food oanimuod* 1 peas that I used in feeding six head of Chester white pigs until they reached the age of six mouths, when they weighed a gross aggregate of 1,200 pouuds. During this time I fed them with 18 bushels of corn meal and the same quantity of pea meal, making an aggregate of 36 bushels to the six pigs, worth iu the market §1 50 a bushel.— Tliis was daily made into slops of Irish potatoes, squashes and other cheap articles of food, to which was added a litttle salt, allowing 200 pounds for gross, we have 1,200 pounds of pork wortli twelve and a half cents, giving a net profit of §71 in six months from six pigs. Now I ask why can we not raise our pork a&feheap, if not cheaper, than it is done in Kentucky, provided we procure the best breeds and use a little industry and economy ? .My present system on my farm, is to urge each family of freedmen to shoulder a part of this responsibility, and raise as much pork as will do his family. Should he fail in so doing, as is sometimes the case, I am ready to sell him jvhat he needs and wait until he can pay me. In this I have suc ceeded very well, and by distributing stock in,this way, they will be apt to receive much better attention than in two teaspoons cold milk. Rub the cream-tartar in the flour; stir the eggs, sugar amt flour a minute, and add the soda when it is ready to bnke. This makes three pies. Split them when cold, and put in the following cream:— Cream for Pies.—One pint milk, one cup sugar, one-half cup flour, two eggs. Beat eggs, sugar and flour tageth er and pour into the boiling milk. Fla vor with lemon or vanilla. Rejidy for Indigestion.—Half an once of ground Turkey rhubarb; one drachun of sulphate of quinine; onedrachun of extract of sarsaparilla. Put the sarsaparilla Into a cup with three or four teaspoonfuls of cold wa ter ; let it stand till dissolved; then add the other ingredients. Make it into a stiff paste; it will then be ready to make into pills with the use of a little flour. Tho whole costs but a small sum and makes nearly one hun dred pills. The dose is two pills every other night. Always have* job for a- reiny day, Mend the harness, make a plough- stock ; on axe-handle, or Mean up the j ed in dean stable and bcn-hoosc. ' can bear it. To Clean Feathers.—Dissolve four ounces of white soap, cut small, in four pounds of water, moderately hot, in a basin, and make the solution into a lather by beating with a small rod. Then introduce the feathers, and rub them well with the hands for five minutes.- They are next to bo wash- water as hot as the hand Indicator of the Weather.— The color of the sky at particular times affords wonderful good guidance. Not only does a rosy sunset presage good weather, but there are other tints which speak with equal dearness and accura cy. A bright yellow sky in the even ing indicates wind; a pale yellow, wet a neutral gray color constitutes a fa vorable sign in the evening, and oh unfavorable one in the morning. The clouds arc again full of meaning in themsdves. If their forms are soft, undefined, full aud feathery, tho weath er will be fine; if their edges are hard, sharp and definite* it ifill bq foul Gen erally speaking, any deep, unsusual hues betoken wind and nun; \yhile the more quiet and delicate tints bespeak fair weather. The wheat crop in the Southwestern portion of the State of Virginia is said to be the most promising since the war., A large acreage has been seeded, and the prospect is exceedingly good for a large crop. I r v ' • ■: a vgo f'T both large and small, will be at once gathered and carried to the gin-house, wlicu by another machine invented by the same party, all the unopened bolls will be at once opened and the cotton picked from them, as well as the al ready opened bolls. In this way all the exponse of hand-picking will be saved, and the entire crop will he se cured, whereas now the picking of that which opens by sun or frost is exceed ingly costly and very irksome to the planter, besides which from one-fifth to one-third of the entire qrop is lost, by reason of many bolls never opening. It may not be generally known, but it. is nevertheless true, that every boll, no matter how green or small, even if no larger than a marble, has good cot ton in it, and by this process all this is saved. Besides this, all the cotton boll hulls will thus be saved at the gin house where they can be readily util ized for manure. The principal features of this valua ble invention are as follows: In front of a wagon the body of which is lower behind than in front, are arranged two stationary horizontal cvlindexs, open at the top, with inefiued planes tend ing to a common centre, about these revolve cases upon which are arranged rows of curved teeth or combs, these ore me nuuc -tias acqui in. ti > remove the cream too soon. Many neat and thrifty bouse wives make a practice of “skimming up” the milk at stated intervals, so as to be through with the job.* This is of course very pleasant, but it involves considerable loss, as they do not get the full cream from the newest milk. The milk should all bo skim med at the same age, provided it has had the same conditions as regards temperature, etc. It follows, then, that some milk should be skitns med every night aud morning.— Xorth Western Farmer. Dealer in Watches, Clock*, Jewelry, Sllrer-platad Ware, Musical Insiniu.eutx, Speotaclci,Guns. BirtoU, Sporting Equipments, Ac!, Ac. A Select Stock of American and im ported Watches. Doe bit GtusawltF 40 inch barrel, rjctllentfor Uma -Inge, i'istola of all kind*, l’enetraiimi of ball fib, S'Xti Training Souppernogs.—A. J. Banter, Whiteville, N. C., in the “Carolina Farmer,” says:—Our mode of cultivation is on the arbor system, and not to train to stakes. We plant our vines, say thirty-two feet apart each way, set the posts in squares, about eight or eight and a-half feet apart, rail on top, aud so continue until the vines meet over head. The pruning knife is used only to train tho young vines, for, as the arbor is extended, the power ful tendrils with which nature has supplied this vine, will cut offmany branches, and thus relieve the parent plant of its superfluous wood. This tendnl seizes upon a young scion, wraps its wiry coil around it, and finally cuts it in two, nn/j the dead portion at last falls to Hhe .ground to enricb die soil " soon as the vintrr^uire$mrtli itijfa*$Bainpfm8Nr a once with it, or much time may be m r f ** nd - « ld «iV p»mic7 lost in enlarging the vineyard, and the consequent production of fruit Thus whole acres are covered with one continuous mat ol’ vines over head. The Best Place for a House. —“Gossiper” says: “ Winter or Summer, except in a stormy time, there is no place so comfortable for colts or tired work horses as a good pasture lot. To tic up a horse at night in a narrow cell, with a plank floor to stampon, is a specimen of cruelty that civilization ought to be ashamed of. If the jxior animal must be confined like a convict in a dungeon, for pity’s sake let him have his head, and give him at least twelve feet square, with a soft dry floor to stand or lie on. In the large cities land is worth more mon- where they arc kept in large flocks. , , . . ,, teeth engage the limbs or branches of My best success in hog raising, has , ° & „ been with those which I never permit- tejl to run at liyge. I still have on hand a few of the “ Buster” breed. If they are esteemed at all, it roust be for their large pro portion of bone-and sinew, ns well as for thfcir feuoe alimbing propensities and root digging proclivities. 1 as sure it cannot be for their large yield of pork, compared with the amount of food consumed- Sorghum, peas,. Irish potatoes, tur nips, squashes, hulled cotton seed, etc., (every man who has agin should get a huller) [we regard the cotton seed meal, after the oil is pressed out, far preferable to the raw hulled seed, and ’would recommend exchanging tho seed for meal.—Ed.J are the moat easily raised, for cheap as well as early food. One acre of sprghamt will feed twenty head of frags a month and keep them in, a thrifty condition ; one hundred bu§hel»to&!ri3h potattM «an be raised to &e here, with a cost of about twen ty dollars, and this will feed a number of hogs until frost. We should resolve to ? J «,?i“ M °" C T CribS “ h T adhere™, Of purtteta. ia »ill ena- and fill them, as well as our smoke- J I v 4 , ” ■ - - ’ ble one sometimes to remove the entire cream at one dip of the skim mer. If allowed to stand too long with out skimming, both the quantity and the quality of the cream will be seriously affectedthe surface wiUbeoprns discolored, blotched and knobby^, 'VT&ic underneath, 1 the the cotton plant and strip from it all the bolls, these ore carried up to the top of the open cylinders into which they drop upon the inclined planes, from which they pass in a conduit into the body of the wagon, As soon as the wagon is full they are transferred to another and- carried at once to shel ter. The revolution of the frame con taining the te&h is produced by gear ing attached to tba wheels of the wag on and is in reverse direction to the movements of the wheels. The machine above described is in tended to pick two row9 of cotton at the same time aud it is estimated that it will pick six acres or more per day. Proper Time to Skim Milk. £he milk should be skimmed as soon as all the cream hae risen, and before the milk has thickep^il The exact time required lor the cream to rise, will of course depend upon the temperature, but a little exper ience will enable one to telj. At tbo proper time the cream will have a bright, healthy appearance —rich, yellow, 1 uniform, mid such houses; and keep our money at home, for the improvement of our farms and to render our homes more comfortable and attractive, and not send it off to iricji the coffeirk 1 Of the North and 'est for something^ eat. ‘ i -In conclusion, I ask the co-operation of every farmer, as-well as every good citizen of the country, of other callings, r. i. mtowN. EDDLEMAN k BROWN, Wbal.-u)(> Dealer* in Boots, Shoes, and Leather, i FRENCH and American Calf Skins, Laula, Pec*, Liuiugand BindingSktna, J-boe Finding*, Ac. Opposite Kimball House, Decatur street, Atlanta, l.a. P. 0. Box 256. dhoe manufacturer* and March ant* will And H to ibeir advantage t« call on u* before malting their porebaac*. - • ‘ Jan 6-Sm. BURKE’S Circulating Libraryl Under the Xeu'ton House, Athens, Ga., WILL REOPEN ED SATURDAY, FEB. 4,1*71. there is na excuse for any such wicked economy. Ask the horse what he wants and he will tell you that a place where la* can walk around, lie down and stretch his tired limbs, and roll over from one side to the other, gives him more ease and comfort, alter a day of hard work, than the most costly plank stalls, with all the accompammnien of curry combs, stiff bristle brushes, rubber cloths and dexterous host! ers that can be produced.” S0RGUM.-7-Hav.ing been engaged in manufacturing sorghum syrup for the last eight years; I will give you a few- items fn Injgard to it, which 1 observed and experienced. While it is not the best flavored sweet, I am satisfied it is the health iest, and when properly handled gives first rate satisfaction for or dinary use, in most every family. To do so, however, the following is necessary: Good soil is the main thing in Savor. Gravelly, sandy soil- generally preferable; clay is sometimes good. Avoid mucky, rich, bard humid soils,' for * nun*" ber of years, or soil flooded with liquid manure fi&Wi barn-yards. Select tiiat part ot yOi>?4Md which your stock prefers to grcufcj ai.d c».ts pasture the shortest six l eir gras ses have the best flavor; sa cane will have the best flavor. The best cane i» the Ciiineso- or sorghum. Endeavor to raise a good Stalk* uot overgovefi, but perfect. Cut when half the seed will grow, oris ripe, keep dry. The seed is very good lor hogs, pigs, poultry, etc., and the stalks tor hogs, cows of^beeves.—Ravenna, 0., Democrat. 7- TORACWCllE jr - ' EXCLUSIVELY CASS? R E D U e E D P It IC Ed-. THRESH OYSTERS AND FISH X rsetiivef every Tue*d*y *nd Friday. Fhrh 6G cmuu per bunch—Oyttern 70 oeuu per quart. I hateaboon h;;xnl a large *sw>ruacnt of Cigar*. Pipe*, Tobacco, Canale.-*. Fruits. Pickles, dines, dec. At Greatly Reduced Priors. Soda t racker* ik. for IS e.. lemon Snap* naflb. Me. Spice Cracker* per lb. 26 c Urackarell* pwlb. Me. I’k-Nic Crackers per lb. 20 c <■ M VON EEXILES Wm. A. Talmadge. I'OST omit, COL. AVENUE, ATUEX -^9 nctralion of bull 6><: r ineboa into wood. » ith a dcnlre to please all, will sell the abort coed at very reasonable prices. BEPAIRING. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry. Guns and Pistol*, promptly attended to iu a satisfactory manner. Call aod sue for yourselves. «pr 4 LOOK ou n JUST ARRIVED, *A FINE STOCK of DRY GOODS, „ IA GROCERIES, PROVI/tWXS. UQOTS. .*• Jl T. .**/ .. . ..- . ORE LOWEST CASH PRICES, I feel confident of giving entire totislhcilom. J. L. FHANKLIfi. jtn lG-3ra Under Newton House, College Avanne. Something Attractive! JACKSON & O’FERRELL r AKE pleasure in announcing to the pub Ac that Ibojr has jurt opened, °a Cot. Family and Fancy Groceries. &e, wbieh they pioposc to sell at V8KY 1*4)W l*HICK8 FOII MSB Give these a call and be convinced. Feb—101y. Spencer House, SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA. O NE’of the best Eating Houses in Georgia. Fasaeugen by the evening train from Atlanta can get a splendid supper here. It is a nice summer resort. Mr. H. L. Spencer has made several bcautlftil pends, and ha* also prepared a splendid place to take “ plunge and shower baths" —water as clear as crystal, nml from eight to ten feet deep. No. 1 place for aquatic exerciae and sport, lias a alec keel-bottom boat, from Balti more, propelled by oars, tor bis patmusand friends. Tbe bonsai* convenient to the track: no trouble in rainy weather to get to it. Parties going to Athens, Washington, or places on stir of tbe branch roads, ey than horses, but ou tbe farm S?X n S^iT-vTbX d, U7^^' night's rest and breakfast. II. L. 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