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ATHENS, GA. /JULY 14,1871.
VOL. XL.—NO. 46—NEW SERIES. VOL. 4. N#. «*
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Bjl8iBM»jMTOCte^fe
, KIWIS. nOTELL COBB’
j
vODlit EUn IN » vvBiIfi
A TTGfoNEY.S AT LAW,
Atbcua, Georgia. Ofilce In the Dcuprec
building.
n. G.CANM/EIt,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
i Homer, Banka County. On. Will practice
in the counties of llanka, Jackson, Hall, Haber
■ ham ami Franklin.
MASTIN' W. IHDKNe
A ttorney at law,
and Solary Public, Athens, Ga. Will prac
tice in the Wenlern circuit; will give particular
attention to the collection ofilaims, and will act as
afrtit for the |>urcluue and sale of rcgl estate and
|.»v taxes on wild lands. ianistl
j. it. atnnsi c. w. sKinti.t
SKELTON & SEIDE1 L.
^T T 0 RX EY S AT L A W
Miscellaneous.
FLOUR & FEED STORE!
ON COLLEGE AVENUE,
(opposite newton house.)
WM. HENRY HULL.
Marts
SUMMEY & NEWTON;
Importers and Dealers in
Iron, Steel,flails,UoJIowWare,
t*' CTrSMBHlWV ««*•< MHTMMAS,
IIAKDtVARE, AC,
No. 6, Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
Fireside Steading.
Carrie Kissed He.
On a glorious, golden dny,
In the merry month of Hay,
’Neath a bright, cendean sky,
Many little maida and I
To the wild woods took our way,
And there ’twas Carrie kissed me.
In the airy hammock swung,
Clear and loud their laughter rung;
Lightly ran they down the hill.
Bathed their white feet in the tin,
Blithe as birds that o’r them sung;
But none save Carrie kissed mo.
To Housekeepers.
TUST RECEIVED, a large assort*
t) roent of
mm i rmr «□*je mm«
which wc are offering at very low prices. All
stoves sold by ua
WARRANTED IN
EVERY PARTICULAR
SUMMEY & NEWTON.
Hartwell, lluri County, ticorKia.
VITT'l\ v .V HINTON,
A TT 6 UN E Y 8 AT L A W ,
Jeflknon, Jsck'idn county, Ua.
SAMUEL P. THURMOND,
A ttorneyatlaw,
Athena, Os. Oflico on Ilroad street, over
Harry A Son'a Store. Will give .pedal attention
to eaaca in Bankruptcy. Alio, to the collection of
•ted to 1
all claim* entruated to his care.
1. 1. * J. C. ALEXANDER.
1 DEALERS IN HARDWARE,
t.c Iron Steel, Nails, Carriage Material, Mining
tupleinrnu./lc., WbUe'iallat,, Atlanta.
M.VAN FSTESL
V TTORNEY AT LAW,
Homer, Hank* Couuty, Ha.
J. It. XTLKSkKY,
TTORNE Y A T L A W ,
Carneaville, Franklin county, Ga. OOca
strly occupied by J. F. Langston, h*q. iail)
A.S
S. C. DOBBS.
I NEALER IN DRY GOODS,
AJ GROCERIES, PRODUCE. HARDWARE,
READ Y-MADE CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS,
Aid In abort, an assorted stock of family and
plantation merchandise. The hignoat market price
always paid tor country j»n Uu« v
- W. tlAMRCTT. )
I'M. unit. *
I L. >V. LITTLE.J
I -o. i». WILIIOITE.
n W. WILIIOITE.
(T. P. WILIIOITE.
Barrett, Little iV Co.,
POISK.iMCKDRS,
. ^v. Skdbgtillr... lout.
Send your old Furniture to
WOOD’S
REPAIR SHOP.
Next to the Episcopal Church, and have it
MADE G
may 193nt
IIAVE GOOD AS SEW.
Sea Foam
A ND YEAST POWDERS, for
■XJL sale at the NEW DRUG STfIBF.
THE CELEBRATED
“Brown Cotton Gin,”
"N STORE, FOR SALE and in-
sDCCtlon. Call on SUMMEY A NEWTON.
HARNESS LEATHER,
AND
HABNSSS MATERIAL
SALE BY
CHILDS, NICKERSON A CO.
STEREO-COPES!
VIEWS,
ALBUMS,
CHROMOS.
FRAMES,
Curie, fresh and lily-fair,
Charmed me with her winsome air;
Toward mu, smiling, turned her head,
Something in^wliisper said;
Back site flung her flowing hair,
And bending forward, kissed me.
Carrie's but a little girl;
Dark her eyes—her teeth like pearl*
Lips more red, and sweeter far
Than the buds ol roses are:
No crowned king—no belted earl
Worth onvY while she kissed me.
Purer than the morning dew
Was that kiss—no guile it knew;
It was such a kiss of love
As the saints might give above.
So that saint like to my view
Was Carrie when she kissed me.
Brighter bloomed the flower of May
Softer flowed the wild bird’s lay;
Earth and Eden seemed to be
Full of peace and harmony,
All that long, delightful day
When little Carrie kissed me.
me, and fear me, too! Yet I am but
human, and would eat Methinks, as
my funds are low, I could munch a
cracker and a pickle. Laggards, bestir
yourselves, or with this knightly hand
will I wipe you over the aw.
The food was brought and the
stranger ate with voracity, eVer and
anon looking at the door, as if he de
signed to sneak out without paying.
“ Thou art a blower!” exclaimed a
hoarse voice, from unseen lips.
The stranger arose.
“ And a Hand 1”
The stranger, insitae with fury,
moved toward the door.
“ And a beat!”
The stranger threw open the door,
and looked wildly at the tempest, as if
invoking the powers of darkness to
crush his defamer.
“ And a gin-head!”
This was too much. The stranger,
with a maniac howl, rushed out of the
hall, and was soon lost in the gloom of
night.
“ A put-up job,” mauttered the
landlord, gazing ruefully at the empty
plates—“ it was a scurvy trick. No
matter; he shall pay for this. I sus
pected him, audputpizeu in the pickle.”
The landlord went on washing the
dishes with a thoughtful face, and a
deep silence reigned.
The Poisoned Pickle.
A THRILLING TALE OF HI8PLACED
CONFIDENCE.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
501 BKO.tOiriV.NKirVORK
[ INVITE the atter/ion of the Trade
-L to their extensive assortment of the abore
goods oflktir otrit publication, manufacture and i»»-
portation.
Send you rOM Furniture to
WOOD’S
REPAIR SHOP,
Scxt to the Epifcojtal (1ntrch,and have it
wav I Klin MADE GOOD .IS SEW.
500 Kegs Kails.
QLD DOMINION AND ROME
manufacture, for sale at
CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO'S.
Wm. A. Talmadge,
Or. POST OFFICE, COL. AVF.SCF., VI1IF.N
PHOTO LANTERN SLIDES
and
GRAPHOSCOPES.
NEW VIEWS OF XOSEMITE.
» M1.T. ANTHONY A CO., .
. 5&1 Broadway, New .YyA,.
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel,
JMI’OHTESS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
I>ll«TO«UAPIII(- yiATEilULN.
Mar 17-4m.
Loud mirth and wassail resounded
throughout the subterranean hall, and
the rude revelers, seated at Numerous
small tables, feasted right merrily.
The storm raged fearfully without,
and the houseless wanderrer, cursing
the elements and his own irnpecuniosi-
ty, hied to some friendly station-house
for shelter.
But the banquet went on. From
out a polished reservoir of tin poured
forth rich streams of the enlivening
fluid made from bnrnt beans, while
mounds of buttered cakes found their
way duwri dm gaping gtilKlrUl Uig
i hungry consumers.
SAVE YOUR FRUIT!
I HAVE a good assortment of np-
proved varieties of Fruit Jan, consisting of
MASON’S PAT. JAR,
GROOVE RING,
THE GEM,
with Porcelain, Glass or Metal tops. All these arc
offered in quantities to suit purchasers.
June2:itf J. H. HUGGINS.
New
Dry Goods Store.
W, C. 37 08&e
•Vo. 4i Granite Row,
7 Y ESPECTFULLY invites the at-
,L\ tent ion ol the citizens of Athens and th<>se
who trade in this market, to his
LARUE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK
- i-J.:.dir::
Work.
‘ Well done is twice done.” Never
mix up things; do one thing at a time;
begin one thing and finish one thing—
make clean work as you go. Have
order, system, regularity; a place for
everything, and everything in its place.
Whatever you do, do it well. A job
slighted, because it is apparently unim
portant, leads to habitual neglect, so
that men degenerate, insensibQy, into
bad workmen.
Training the hands and the eyes to
do work well leads individuals to form
correct habits in other respects, and a
good workman is, in most cases a good
jHis Norway oats had gone to straw, |
and would not yield five pecks per acre,
and his black Spanish watermelons had 1
been stolen by boys who had pulled bp
the vines, broken down his patent pick
et-fence, and written scurrilous dogger
el all over the hack gate. No wonder
he felt mad when he saw Abel whist
ling along with his fine French merin-
oes, worth $8 a head, and wool going
up every day. No wonder he wanted
to kill somebody, and thought he’d
practice on Abel
• And Noah’s getting drunk was not
at all surprising. He had become a
husbandman. He had thrown away
magnificent opportunities. He might
have had a monopoly of any profession
or business. Had he studied medicine
there would not have been another
doctor within a thousand miles to call
him “ quack;” and every family would
have bought a bottle of “ Noah’s Com
pound Extract of Gopher Wood and
Anti-Deluge Syrup.” As a politician,
he might have carried his own ward
solid, and controlled two-thirds of the
delegates in every convention. As a
lawyer, he would have been retained
in every case tried at the Ararat quar
ter session, or the old Ark high court
of admiralty. But he threw away all
these advantages and took to agricul
ture. ■ For a long time the ground was
so wet that he could raise nothing but
sweet flag and bull rushes, and these at
last became a drug in the market.—
What wonder that when at last he did
get half a peck of grapes that were not
stung to death by Japhet’s honey bees,
he should have made wine and drown
ed his sorrows in a “flowing bowl.
The fact is, agriculture would de
moralize a saint. I was almost a saint
when I went into it; I’m a demon now.
I’m at war with everything. I fight
myself out of bed at 4 o’clock, when
all my better nature tells me to He still
| till 7. I fight myself into the garden
I to work like a brute, when reason and
j instinct tell me to stay in the house
and enjoy myself like a man. I fight
HOW TO TELL A HAM'S TEMPER BY
LOOKING AT HIS HEAD.
Black-hair, very little inclined to
curl, with dark complexion indicates
personal, courage, especially when one
is concerned, with • wonderful degree
of pertinacity, and a- disposition to
hang on until whatever is undertaken
be accomplished.
Red hair, straight, denotes ugliness
and a haughty domineering disposi
tion.
Lightish red hair, somewhat given
» curi, if it he fine rather thaacoaaie,
indicates ambition, but deceit, treach
ery and a willingness to sacrifice old
friends for new ones, or for personal
advancement.
What is called sandy hair indicates
a jovial disposition, without much en
ergy or powers of calculation for bar
gains. Such persons are generally
good fellows, content to work for oth
ers more than themselves.
Brown hair denotes fondness of life,
a friendly disposition, ambition, earn-
a of purpose, capacity for busi
ness, and reliability in friendship, in
proportion as the hair is fine.
Light brown hair, with a clear skin,
is a very certain indication of courage,
ambition, reliability, and determina
tion to overcome obstacles. Nearly
all the business men of the country
have this kind of hair. The finer the
texture, the finer the organization, and
the more touchy and inflammable the
disposition. If such hair be straight
and fine, it indicates an even disposi
tion, a readiness to forgive, with a de
sire to add to the happiness of others.
Persons with fine light brown or
auburn hair, inclined to curl or friz,
are quick tempered, and are given to
resentment and revenge.
Light brown hair, inclined to red
ness, with a freckled skin is a certain
indication of deceit, treachery, and a
world, fences will disappear and land
boundaries will be marked with fruit
and shaide trees, or neat hedge rows,
apd the country will present a much
unproved appearance.
Many promising colts fail to meet
the expectations of their breeder and
their early promise. These dis
appointments have discouraged good
He haa not got them to
The Stock ftaiscr.
Training Celts.
citizen. No one need hope to rise
above his present situation, who suffer j chickens, the moles, the
small things to pass by unimproved, or! hugs, the worms-everything
who neglects, metaphorically speaking, j * 1 ls th* breath of life. I fight
to pick up a cent because it is not a j docks ’ the hurdocks - thc muUen, >
-itbetij^ thegrages/ the weeds, the
• * 111 “■ l wingdom
dolhr>-J. -y*
A rival or’a
l^Wrin Wmtrhrs, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-plated
'Vm«, Musical lnnrunu*nl», Speotaeies, Gun*,
VUtoh, Sponinc Equipments, Ac.. Ac.
V Select Stork c f American and Im
plied Watches*. Double Gun> with
40 Inch barrel, errrllmifor long
range. Pistol* of all kind*.
Penetration of bull 6%
inches into wood.
H nh a ilrairctoplt a.se all. will sell the’aboTc j;o«»d
at very reasonable pricea.
KEPA.IRIKTG.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Guns and Vitlolt,
, pom fitly attended to In a aatistoclory manner.—
< *11 an*l ace for yourselves. *P r *
THE ATHENS
i] and Machine Works,
MANUFACTURERS OF
lie spent several weeks at the North, selecting
bis stock, and made himself (amiliar with the
I ,AT EST NOVELTIES,
as well as the
TVIost DesiraDle Styles
for this market. Having nool«l stock, hia custo
mers may rely on finding bis goods
FRESH AND FASHIONABLE
He trusts, from long experience in the Pry Goods
business, and great can- both in buying and selling,
to please l»i> customers. aprf
A. B. FARRUHAR,
Proprietor of Psnnsyhnnia Agricultural Works,
Manufacturer of Improved [YORK, Penm’a.
Manufacturer of Improved [YORK,
Foliabed Sterl SOLID STEEL SWEEPS,
and SCRAPERS.
— SlI
DICKSON SWEEPS,
upas jDxyLBOD
WTHERN FAN MILLS,
DKONOUNOED the nc plus idtra
*- «l Enin rlcanara.
... DIB FMI.KBRtTKD
l Lilian v Hoi*sc Powers,
srstexs I JSD 2.
tali < "t‘ i ni|>liclty. atrengthand spied. De*
IUtrehera from a band-wheel,
, FULTOU,
!i '* lionwpower, <*n long ftatni, with
*r I'-r.,.,. . fone. thrmhen fn>m e bend wheel.
“ '-abUws-rod and gearing.
t HE BILL ARP.
'**■•»» Mil
f ' I \’ “P*" the LotiUrlll* Horae-rnwer
1-5 In.™ ,f r “h« ,r by tumbling-rod.and with pul-
"■ .1,'"'"" '-I'K.p.-r -(W-Wd. Thi.- power Is
if’
-rci-l T.'ire*Iters.
STEEL PLOWS, SHOVEL
PLOW BLADES,
CULTIVATORS.
HoKSK-Fowxns, Tukesu-
xvo Machines. Ac., de.
Seri for IUutntri Catalogue.
Charles Readc’s Novels.
P UT Yourself in his Place. 75c.
G
it loo late to mend -, 33c. Lore me little. Lore
melon?; Me. foul Play ; 25c. White Lice; 35c.
Pegg Woffington, Christie Johnson, and other elo-
rle». 40c. For rale by T. A. BURKE
‘Twas a coffee and cake cellar in
Nassau street
The unkempt waiter, in saffroned-
colored linen and a bad cold which af
fected his speech and made his nose
run, rushed hither and thither, re
sponding to numerous calls, almost
frantic; for some of those demands
were sarcastic—some even injuriously
abusive.
“ Say, Nosey, why don’t yer go and
let ycrsclf to a soap-biler—s-a-y ?”
“ Cup o’ coffee and nine doughnuts!”
“ Plate o’ beans, and don’t stop to
count a bloody bean!”
“ Slice o’ bread cut with a hammy
knife to give it a flavor!”
“ Three cent plate o’ fried liver, wid
six knives and forks !"
“ Large pair of nippers to haul dis
’ere cockroach out of my coffee!”
With such ebullitions of a playful
wit did the jocund revelers beguile the
midnight hours. Most of these fac
tious knaves were newsboys waiting for
the morning editions; but here and
there a jour printer sat in frowning
silence, getting away with his “ mud-
geon,” or a ghastly reporter or sub
editor hung dreamily over his repast,
wishing himself abed. Perchance, too,
some bummer, looming in a remote
corner, glared savagely upon the viands (
he could not share, and endeavored to
escape the eagle eye of the landlord,
who might have booted him from that
festal hall had he seen the stampless
outcast.
Suddenly, there entered a noble
stranger, who shook the rain-drops
from his doublet and surveyed the
scene with calm disdain.
The scorn of this man was terrible;
it withered, choked, floored; itbounded
a certain great lawyer | , , , „ , .
sought to huraiUtate him publicly by ; .“ . ,e *’*.* J' ost > ,e r*in, the
saying, you blacked my father’s boots 1 ha,1 ~ ,D short ’ 1 fi « ht the umverse ’
' and I
once.
“ Yes,” replied thc lawyer,
did it well.”
Everything in nature and grace are
active, full of life and motion, on the
W1D ®' .. .country knew it. I have half a dozen
, the sparkling i
and get whipped in even - battle. I
have no more admiration to waste on
the lather of George Washington for
forgiving the destruction of his cherry
tree. A cherry tree is only a curculio
nursery, and thc grandfather of his
disposition to do something mean by a
friend when that friend cannot be
longer used to ad vantage.
Straight black hair, crisp and glossy,
indicates great powers of endurance,
indifference to danger, and a strong
The sun, the moon, „ , . ,
heavens, the floods, the rippling brooks ; r CTr ^ w ’ e . m - V ^
«ad flowing founts; th.bM.SFn.bl. 2“T “ “J-** «“
* ’ r ■ .. I ll give him a hatchet and tell him to
on every tree in ecstacy of joy: the . ° , .
.. a .... . „ . down with every cherry tree oh tho
tiny flower, hidden from all eyes, sends .
forth its fragrance of full happiness; “
and the mountain stream dashes along ■
with a sparkling and murmur of pure NOTHING .To Do. When you
delight. The object of their creation •‘ear a man assert that he can find
is accompHshed, and their life gushes nothing to do, you can safely eon-
forth in harmonic work. Oh, plant! elude that lie was born tired and is
oh! stream ! worthy of admiration to devoting his life-time to rest Times
the wretched idler! ; are hard, and money is scarce, yet
Idlenessis the bane, moth, gangrene, a man who is determined to get
insults, real or fancied. The coarser
such hair, the longer will the person
having it nurture his revenge till there
comes a safe chance for its gratifica
tion.
Hair that is inclined to change its
appearance with the weather, with a
sort of recklessness as to its style, in
dicates a corresponding recklessness,
or, rather, independence, as to the
speech of the people.
the curse of life.
Dream not, but work! Be bold, bebrare !
Let not a coward aplrit crave
Eaeape from talks allotted !
Thankful for toil and danger be:
Duty’s high call will make thee flee
The vicious—the besotted I”
The <* Basest Fraud of Earth.”
along in the world can find enough
to do. We have a class of street
lcafers who are very particular
aboutiwhat kind of work they do.
If it is not hard work it matters not
how disreputable it is, they are
Wagon Yard in Athens.
r \' H ESU B SCRIBEli H A S “ ;-'~ 1 “““
a safe, comfortable and commodious Wagon from hlS lightning eyes like A Crushing
Wagon
Yard on River street, near the Upper Bridge,
where Corn, Fodder, and all other necessary ap
pliances, can be purchased on reasonable terms.—
Charges moderate. The highest market price palp
for county produce, and bank bills received in ex
change forcooda. WILEY HOOD.
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
JMTEIUAL.
^ LARGE LOT direct from the
mxQufactory, and will be sold as low as can
bought anywhere in the State, freight added.
SUMMEY & NEWTON.
...* ii'ihn". r m by
tUs-^u-ttMiif, NUUQ as
•nr.t.u..,, ut
nuk-m ul
iintiy
iliV '•■WsrtTTOV PRKMVS,
‘.7 and A/HI fimring, and Ha-
J » i rtce. • n"'f <fcr - df.
1 "cm eaUlaud sec, w address
•u-Ji - N ‘ ( ’KKRSON, Agt.
S | '£*!!> P ourt decisions.
* A,I of die .Supreme Court
“ -.VotoS b'v’v'S J ,f “» r y -*» •«'». to May l«,
“I' 1 ! 1 .l , i ,! -J»IJ, on
f-.l- UtKKZ,
Atkcus. G
To SUMMEY & NEWTON :
\TY SO INCH Queen of the South
1VJL Mill, bought of you atlll gives great satia-
faction, and I advise all that want nil 11a to get
[hem. ’ WASHINGTON STRICKLAND.
The Weekly News.
r J^llE WEEKLY NEWS is a large,
noaly printed, can fully edited journal, each
issue cualvluing an avenge uf
Thirty Colnusws sf Headlag nailer.
It commends Itself particularly to those who do
not enjoy the facilities of a daily mail, and who
deslr* to have the current news of the day in a
cheap, com act and readable form.
Tho Weekly Is made np with great cars and dis-
crimination, and c-.-ntalna the cream of the Daily.
Its extremely low price, carefol make np, and the
large and varied amount of reading It contains,
commend It to all who desire a drat class family
newspaper. Terms 82 a year; aix months, S.
Money mat by Southern Express at our risk and
our expense. Address J. H. ESTILL,
tS-Tfciinan, ua.
A Second-Hand Piano
[iM)R BALE. Enquire at the office
I' of l.ie Southern Banner. (July 7
curse!
All present quailed.
Silence reigned.
The stranger^ was attired in the pic
turesque costume of a Mulberry street
bandit—slouched hat, patched pants,
soleless boots and no shirt. A sardon
ic smile was frozen on his lips—and
both his eyes were in mourning.
Flinging himself heavily into a seat,
he smote the table thrice with his mail
ed hand—for a rag covered his knuck
les, after some street broil.
The waiter stood on his guard, and
the landlord counted the pewter spoons.
“ Slaves!” cried the stranger, in a
tone of terrific thunder—“ Dost thou
know me ? Ha ? ha 7 I am the Skulk
ing Pilferer of the Sixth Ward, and
my name’s Maginnis! Go and ask the
first policeman ye meet, and he will,
with white lips, tell ye of my deeds.—
Many a fence have I scaled to purloin
damp linen from a clothes-line; many
a reclining snoozerhave I gone through;
from many a crippled beggar have I
wrenched the last coin- Ye shall know
A writer m thc Ci™ti lb*. ,fon *•
having perused Hotace Gteeley-,book “ lher b » n<1 - K "T"* 1
about farming, with the immediate ef-, °J ra,,8cI '- tbe )' refusc ‘°, do “■
feet of becoming muddled, indites the 8,1 * roun ^ on ^ r y boxes com-
following, which he is careful to ex- pl ft ‘‘iing that they can find ‘noth-
plain is “ not by H. C.” i i»g to do.” Watcb the man who is
The basest fraud of earth is agricul- ashamed to work. He may not be
tare. The deadliest ignis fatuus that | a thief, but if yott would start out
ever glittered to beguile, and dazzled 1 to huct a thief yon would not look
to betray is agriculture. I speak with among the men wiio occupy your
feeling on the subject, for I’ye been ! W ork shops. If a man’s hands were
glittered and beguiled, and dazzled and j blistered by earnest toil you would
destroyed by this same arch deceiver, j bim by, and direct your atten- 1
8he has made me a thousand prom- j t j on w tbe man who can find ‘noth-
isra, and broken every one of them. | j ^ do . ThtJV are tbe of
She hm, promM metarlv petotmw, j ^ pollu.it,geverything they
and the rain has drowned them; late ! 6
potatoes, and drought has withered
them.
Beecher on Intemperance.—In
one of his lecture-room talks Rev. H.
W. Beecher says: Intemperance,
when it has once fastened itself upon a
person, becomes a disease. * * * We
are therefore to look upon persons who
ore bound in this way as our patients
—not simply as monsters; not simply
as great sinners before God. They
may not be guiltless; but, after all,
they are not guilty in such proportion
as we are wont to suppose. * * *
would suggest further that where it can
be, the hope of restoration should be
connected with institutions. I think
that intemperate persons should be
treated in institutions, as the insane
are. I believe that thus a large num
her might be restored. I have not a
single doubt of this.
She has promised me summer
squashes, and tho worms have eaten
them ; winter squashes, and the bugs
have devoured them.
She has promised cherries, and the
curculio has stung them, and they con
tain live things, uncomely to the eye
and unsavory to the taste.
She has promised strawberries, and
the young chickens have enveloped
them, and the eye cannot see them.
She lias promised tomatoes, and the
old hens have encompassed them, aud
the hand cannot reach them.
No wonder Cain killed his brother.
He was a tiller of the ground. The
wonder is that he didn’t kill his father,
and then weep because be hadn’t a
grandfather to kill. No doubt his ear
ly rose potatoes, for which he paid
Adam $7 a barrel, had been cut down
by bugs from the head-waters of the
Euphrates. His Pennsylvania wheat
had been winter-killed, and wasn’t
worth cutting.
touch. . They foster the vices, and
render desolate the hearthstone.
God pity tbe woman who is so un*
fortunate as t»link her destiny to
a man who can find ‘nothing to do.'
She had better commit suicide, and
thus spare herself the pangs of rais
ing a family of children for the
penitentiary,
a ■ •
The Drunkest Story Out.—
Cousin Nourma is responsible for
the following concerning Jim Smith
and Johnny Greene, who, conc!u<
ded to go home. Arriving at
Smith's house, which they knew
by some peculiarity that even
drunken man couldn't mistake,
they commenced to shoal: ** Missus
Sum—hie—mith ! Ho, Missusm
ith J” “ W hat do you want, you
drunken brutes?” shouted Mrs.
Smith from the window. “Ern
youm ame Mias Mith ?” “ Who are
you, and what do you want?” “ Ef
yer Missus Sum—hie-itb, come’ ere
and pick out MissurSmif, fur Job O'
er Green wants ter go-ome."
part with. The home is too
to human kindness to be controlled by at
the brow-beating passions of brut*!
trainers. It is an old truism, that
balky drivers make balky horses.—
Kindness is the best school master.—
Brutal force to domestic animals is
nothing short of outlawed ignorauce.
It creates a vicious propensity in the
brute to fight back in self-defence.—
The combat is unequal in physical
strength. In the triumph of mind
over the animal passions the advantage
is all on the side of the master.
Many balky drivers spoil the young
colt hy ill tempered punishment—cruel
tortures to make him do what he has
never learned by instinct or education.
They resort to force before the-colt has
learned the nature of obedience. You
might as well attempt to whip intelli
gence into a child as to whip it into the
brute creation. The master of trait-
ing must teach the colt obedience be
fore he can expect to be obeyed. There
are many professionals that are horse-
killers. They break down the colt be
fore they pat him in condition to bear
hard service. Whole stables have been
ruined by ignorant quacks and faithless
grooms. How many promising colts
have been trained off in mode trials of
speed—braised to pieces in ill-advised
fruitless attempts to perform great fades
when the colt was not in the shadow
condition to perform the service re
quired ? How much does it cast the
unfortunate owner to train his colt
down to be worth nearly nothing?—
When the colt trains off without any
predisposing constitutional defect, we
must attribute it to ignorance of the
■ iwfebriiiiTin
The object in training the colt is to
produce dexterity in his movements.—
He is conditioned to perform more la
bor with less injury in the same tly-
Exercise, skillful sweating and whole
food are the agents to increase the
natural powers of the horse. Artificial
cultivation is the process by which
, stoutness and endurance are con
ferred. The art of training produces
change in the physical organs and
vital forces: It expands theAir tubes,
dean the wind, hardens the muscles,
invigorates the body, increases the cir
culation of tbe blood—the vital fluid
that contributes to the force of action.
To bring the horse to the highest con
dition, to stand the utmost exertions,
constitutes the art of Gaining.
It requires pfltience and kindness to
teach the colt to keep up the utmost
exertions, or stay the distance. If be
should be abused or overtasked he will
or bolt the
track in self-defence. Any bad habit
once acquired would injure his pros
pects and diminish his future value.
Young colts have speed, but art de
ficient in staying qualities. There is.
no objection to teaching them to show
what they have got, provided the dis
tance is limited down to their ability
to perform without distress. He must
be kept in spirit to do his work cheer-
fully when cafiM upon. He may do
it with all hill might but mn*t have
something left irt him. It must not be
all driven out of Mm. If you break
Me heart, there will be nothing left
h preserving. The young colt
wants to be encouraged to establish a
good pace with perfectly true undeviat
ing action to insure speed. When he
up all day there' is'<
the subject hog-mouthed,
the wad colt st i
30 minutes for two or three d«yt. his >
neck may be supplied by hand exercise
till he yields
bit, and will turn, go beck or i
at the slightest indication of i
The trainer is then mnstetnf the
situation. He can then drive him is'
the harness without a load till he be- »
comes as docile as a lamb. To «».i
time, he can hitch him up wi& *1
brOhen horse, who will help 1
and will teach Urn by .
provocations from ill-tempered drivers,
he will be true as steel. Colts are not
naturally vicious. Their first impulse
is to obey the commends of their supe
riors. It is only after desperate efforts
to break away from the wanton in- *
diction of brutal drivers, and avoid AV *
abuse of good will by untutored ignor
ance. that the horse shuts up in rdf-
defenseand refuses to work.— IwmVah
Stock Journo’. « £> j*
A Hint to Grumblers.—What
a noisy world this is!” croaked an
ol.l Irog, as be squatted on the mar
gin ot the pnul. ” fti y«>u hear
those geese, how they scream aud
hiss?” What do they do it lor?"
“ Oh, just to amuse themselves,”
auswercu a little field mouse.
“ Presently we ahall have the
owls hooting, what is tlwt lor?”
It’s the music they like best,"
said the mouse.
“ And those grasshoppers, they
can’t go home without grinding
and chirping; wbv do they do
that?”
Millions for Fences.—We lately
gave some figures of the cost of feno-
ing in Illinois. The fence is an Ameri
can institution and habit, and a costly
one it is. Illinois is and to have ten
times the fencing of Germany, and
Dutchess county, New York, more
than all France. A nam
serves to divide ferns in France, Ger
many and Holland. In South Caro-
linia tbe improved land is estimated to
be worth $20,000,000, and the fences
have cost $16,000,000: Tbe annual
repair is a tenth of this. A recent cal
culation placesjthe cost offences in the
United States at 81,200,000,000.—
Nicholas Biddle, thirty years ago,
aL a Ponnrwlwnia Iamaaii L« J
wua me Pennsylvania iQnces naa con
$100,000,000. In Ohio they are put
at $115,000,000, and in New York
$144,000,000. Some of these days,
under the careful tillage of thc
Rhenmstlsia la Cattle.
Rheumatic lament-.'# is far from*
uncommon in the ox, and mwtoa tw l
depend a great deni upon the :
collar idiosyncrasy yt the trifinr'
The symptoms are stiflTnrss aiuf |n -1
ability to move, and severe Inaufaq
ness of one or more of (he limhe,
which perhaps in a day or two will
disappear aim fly to some :
putt Thus, what is himniens Ah
the shoulder to-day, attended. u){h :
heat and-tenderness, will to-iuoitu*
be seen in the hock or knegr; anil hL
is this peculiar flying <-.|»Qiutfrr; wf
the disease, which enables the vet
erinary surgeon to givo a positive
opinion ns to thc nature of the af
fection. It is usually ascribed tt*
exposure and wet; and doubtless
many cases owe their origin to this,:
but in others it appears, under TlM'
very opposite conditions. Proba
bly there is u great deal of truth**'
the suggestion that
some authonr with hereditwty dis
eases of animals.
The treatment of rheumatism
should consist in placing the ani-.
malin a moderately; warm pfabr,
aqd giving die* of a generous char-
peter. Medicine with the excep
tion of a purgative, will be useless;
although in cases where the pstn
idiwete, the tincture of dcoiiitc (m
twenty drop doses), may be given
with advantage. Friction C9 &8
joints will be found beneficial; aiid,
where much swelling exists, tin-
liniment of ammonia, recommended
for sprains, may be rubbed*
daily. Cooling application* do no*
seem to suit this complaint. The
enlargements in the joins some
times become chronic, and should
then be treated with the applica
tion of iodine, either in the form ol
tincture, or the ointment of the bin-
iodide of mercury (strength, one to
twenty).—Prairie Farmer 4 t
T5ES5ST*
• dean, open, perfect stride, let
lough alone. If the driver fames
old
Well enough alone. ^
the colt over himself, he win natnndly
contract the habit of hitching and
hobbling, and he wm lose the advan
tage of a trotter. Skippers seldom
stay well if they are not reded out.
When Flora Temple made her best
time die never made a skip. Dutch
man made the best three miles on re
cord without leaving his feet
Square trotting ts worth more than
buck jumping, shuffling, or any other
mixed gwt known in the annals of the
turfi It takes longer to break up a
bad habit than if does to learn it.. The
value of the colt is determined by his
superior speed and beautiful action.
The pace is established - or greatly im
proved in the act of breaking in. It
js important that the trainer should un
derstand the art of taming thc colt and
fixing his paee, for upon rids depends
his future usefulness.
Bitting, to soften the month and
supple the neck, is the first process to
tame the colt. The head should not
be left strained ujjJong at one
without bring let down to rest at the
first onset. It makes a mere
ana pitania raomn. u ten Mraxneo
f
The following particulars respect
ing a new process of giving a bcatn-
tifully white color to wool are con
densed from an article, upon \h«
subject in a German industrial'
journal. Thu quantity of ingredi
ents mentioned is intended for about
p00lbs.of dirty wool, but of course
a similar projiortioii could be main - -
tained fera greateror less quantity,
nbftt.h by dissolving an warm
& Kife pf nlnm, 18 lba of
cream of tartar, ! lb. of sulphuric
“ 18 lbs. of starch, 6 lbs. of aul-v
pirate of indigo and 8 lbs. of. orchil.,
Immerse tho wool in this bath at i*
temperature of 122 J Fahrenheit fpr
three-quarters of an hour. In thi*
way the wool will get such a whitish .
tone that many may be satisfied
with it, but the white may be made
mnch deeper by rinsing^hc wool
out itr dean water, and then trans -
Ferring it for a short time to a weak
bath consisting of a solution of 1
lb. oi chloride of barium. This, it : .
is said, gives a rich' satin-whiteness,
to the wool so treated, afojl at £»
tomb time considerably ;jnoreasi8.
ito, weight It is also rallf jjed th$tr
the wool does not lose i s natural
softness,- and is easily wrought up
by the manufacturer. -If the plan
possess thc advantages attributed Me
it, the price of thc chemicals used
cannot btf much, and some of ,our
agricultural friends might put it to
test upon a small quantity
wool; t If the plan-were found sue- '
cessful, the baths couhl prol)»biy h^,
made up as they began to diminish, 1-..
and thus thj exj-en-e of operating'' '
on large quantities of wool would
be reduced comparatively. _•