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JIIREE DOLLARS PfK ASiBO It ADVANCE.
ATHENS, 6A. SEPTEMBER S, !87l. *
VOL XLI.—NO. 2—NEW SERIES. VQL 4. NO. 46.
hmmiv :* whkhl.lt
jn * a A. ATKINSON,
r three hollars PER annum,
strkti.vix advance.
,'nr, UdmJ st., over J. H. Uuggin*.
KtTKS OF tllVEUTIKIXfi.
j W ,i*iiu9i>t* will twinwmd'atOneJIoUw Mid
»v ,vht< prr Square oflJ lines. for The trj.t, and
«'-itr-4»* Cent* for each subsequent !ns*runn.
,.,v time under one month. For * longer period
,-jeontrueu will be ia*4e.
Business Directory.
«\n cou». b. iRtrijr. howkll conn
cobb, ERvm * conn,
i TTORNEYSat law,
V. RDtcm, Gsetgla. Often In the Deuprec
Win*.
l». (J. CANDLER,
^ T T O U N E Y A T
Summey & Newton,
■ HOAD «T., ATHENA, OA
—:o:—
IRON, PLOW STEEL,
STEEL, HOES,
NAILS, PLOWS,
HILL SAWS, COTTON GINS,
And General Hardware and Cutlery, at
Wholesale and Retail.
Sl/MMEY Jt NEWTON
thenr. Ga.. April lith. tt No. • Broad SI.
L A W
Hanks County. Ga. Will practice
of Hanks. Jackson, Hall, llabcr
A Franklin.
Home
MISTI\ W. BflHIN,
v T T O H N E Y A T L A W
\ and Notary Public, Athens, Da. Will pra
... u. :ac Western circuit: will K' vt particular
i,tion to the (vllcclion of claim-, and will act as
,'ii f*r t ho pur* base and sate df real estate and
uses on wild lands. |anl5tl
„ ,K St. TO It. C. W. SKIDKLL,
hKELTON & SBIBKI L.
4 T T O U N E Y S AT L A W
■ 1 Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia.
Fireside Miscellany.
Work.
BT ALICE CART.
ARTHUR EVAN A
Watchmaker & Jeweller,
(LATE WITH CHILDS A MOSS,)
"IDEtiPECTFULLY imnouncps to
_LY the cIUmos of Athens ana rlcSidtjr that h*
has locate^ at the N*j* IfroiStoT. of Dr. tVm.
dll kind. of repairs on
t, etc. All work promptly
(Aug. II—8ut.
TO THE_PUBLIC.
T HAVE PURCHASED the inter-
.I. eM of Mr Wm. J. M >rt«n in the late firm of
Hitch A MurUri. mu! will continue the business.
I hope, by f.tir Uealint; to icisin the customers of
the late firm, jud to receive a fair share of the
ir.ule in my hue of business. A fresh stock of
Clothing and Furnishing
Goods
will l»e received for the Commencement trade.
July 21. J. E. HITCH.
PITTMAN A MINTON,
V TTORNEYS AT LAW,
/ Y Jefferson, Jackson county, Oa.
SAMUEL P. THURMOND.
A ttorney atlaw,
£jL Athens, (is. Office on Broad street, oyer
Isrry .% SsMi’a .Store. Will rive special attention
o oaics in Bankruptcy. Also, to the collection of
11 claims entrusted to his care.
J. 4. ft J. i\ ALEXIMIKR,
HEALERS IN HARDWARE,
L-f- Inn Suwi, Nails, C.rriage Malarial, Mining
ipMhaaia^Ac., While Kill >t., Atlanta.
M.V.IN ESTES,
VTTORNEY AT
O. Homer, Bank* County, Oa.
LAW,
J. B. MTLESKET.
A ttorney atlaw,
CemesviUc, Franklin county, Ga. Office
nsrly occupied byJ. F. Langston, Esq. ia21
WM. WOOD
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
P U RNITURB.
jJ'URNITURE REPAIRED, UP-
EBBLGUAN & BROWN,
Wholesale Dealers in
Soots, Shoes, and leather,
LHtENCH and American Calf Skins,
J? Last,, Pc*., Lining and Binding bkins, Shoo
findings, Ar. OpiH.site Klnilull House, Decatur
street, Atlanta, tia. P. O. R»i 1S6.
Shoe manuCu-turers and Merchants will #n.t It to
tksii adraiitagc to call on us before making their
purrlUkMS. |»r>6-3ro.
of wood coftns and Fisk’s Patent Meulic Burial
* 'fttet al wavs on hand.
Ware rooms on Clayton St., next to Episcopal
Church. Sop9 6m. WILLIAM WOOD.
O'HARA’S
Giant Pocket Corn Slieller,
T3RICE ONLY 81 50. Call and see
JT It at CHILDS, NICKERSON A CO’S.
HARNESS LEATHER,
-AND
HARNESS MATERIAL.
LT'OR SALE BY
X 1 CHILDS, NICKERSON A CO.
Carriage, Buggy ft Wagon
SXKsAYAJPSJBiJaa4iaa»
A LARGE and well selected assort
ment, for sale by
CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO.
Horse, Cow, Hog ft Chicken
at the
NEW DRUG STORE.
Down and up, and up and down,
Over and over and over;
Turn in the little seed, dry and brown.
Turn out the bright red clover.
Work, and the sun your work will share.
And the rain in its time will fall;
For Nature she worketb everywhere.
And the grace of God through all.
With band on the spade and heart in the
sky.
Dress the ground and till it;
Turn in the little seed brown and dry,
Turn out the gnlded millet.
Work, and your house shall lie duly fed;
Work, and rest shall be won.
I hold that a man had better be dead
Than alive, when his woik it done l
Down and up, and up and down,
On the hill top, low in the valley ;
Turn in the little seed dry and brown,
Turn out the rose nnd lily.
Work with a plan or without a plan,
And your ends shall be shaped true.
Work, and learn at first hand, like a man.
The best way is to know and to do 1
Down and up. till life shall close,
Ceasing not your praises;
Turn in the wild white winter snows,
Turn out the sweet wild daisies.
Work, nnd the sun your work will share,
And the min in its time will fall;
For nature\she worketh eveiywh re,
And the grace of God through all.
The Fairy of the Glen.
Turnip Seed.
EARLY FLAT DUTCH,
STRAP LEAVED.
POME III AN GLOBE,
LARGE NORFOLK,
SEVEN TOP, M.ihunv Reb)
AMBER GLOBE.
YELLOW HUT A BAG A,
WHITE RUTA BAGA,
FRESH AND GENUINE,
AT THE
NEW DRUG STORE.
hilst Miiland Cattofl Seed Kulle
COMBINED.
, t\VN El > in Georgia, made in Goor-
' ' <>u. tt:;-l <>i tit-urgia material. This ia a
mr m K *.i tr iii Mill. «e/r:tM and is «*aae harden
ed *.* d' i>» rau for sear* without wearing out
l int' Ilumony, Hulls Cotton Seed,
I.. hn: it r.Wheat. 1: i. Hi
• ... - />.r i .> sun.,0.1 S'
vkH.V;, itfl I'nllv warranted f
*'.»! ^rin 11*. Bushels of corn, and hull 300 hushfJ
.1 fte.si |»rr <i.iv. wiih.bf Sor*r /totter, on romtn
'jin jfor Send f<»r .-ijvul.ir and pri« e list, lo
K. RGCETCIirUSi CO.,
Jtai v t*.ai. Columbus, Ga.
Life of Gen. Lee.
T 1FK nt‘ Gen. Roliort U. Lrr—
J J «l!h In
For Sale or Exchange.
T HAVE 300 acres of land in Cle-
burns I’a, Ala., which 1 will sell cheap, or ex
clause fur rt-ui cataie in this city. There are tio
acres cleared, aiiufii the beat bottom land on Uane
creek, pruilurlng .10 to <5 buabcla of corn per acre,
and coiloii in proportion. Tlie remainder is in
the wotala. The farm ta '10 miles from the Selma,
Rome and Urliou Kallroad, oncandaquarler miles
tVom the eoiioly site, Gtlwunl.silie, 6 miles fr..tu
the located de|iot of the C<duu)l.ut and Cliat-
lanouga Railroad, and one mile ft-om the route
of the Uritfin anti North Aialiaina Railroad
There is an excellent store house (not he-
long'-tg to the place), which can be bought or
re .tied chea.p end ia a .
Mplrndid Stand for a Country Store.
Titles in*lUj»utable. For further information a^
ply to, or addim
Da. J. W. MURRELL,
March SI -3m Athens. Ga.
THE GEH! THE GEM!!
r PHE BEST FRUIT JAR ever in
X vented. Forialrutthe
NEW DRUG STORE.
I'HAT BROWN’S GIN I pur
■ enved ui Summey A Newton (Agents fur it
in Athens) a out two years ago. is as good as new
now, uud ihei e is none .wtu r.
' THUS. HOLDER.
you’ll have to help me do the turns.”
May took the candle-stick, contain
ing the half inch of tallow candle, and
with alow “ good-night, ma’am,” went
sadly up the stair-case pointed out, to
little room at the top that she was to
occupy. Then closing the door, May
fell on her knees and wept bitterly.
*' Oh,” she cried, “ how can I live
with these hard, unloving people?—
Pray, God, take me away to my dear,
dead Mamma 1”
It was early daybreak when the harsh
voice called, “Mary, make haste
down 1”
Fm no longer May,” thought the
ddMi^rtn somebody «£&"'
She hurried down, and assisted all
day at “ the turns,” but oh, that never-
ending, first week at Unde Lyndon’s.
No relief from toil—no companions—
not a single book—such waste of time
Aunt Martha would condemn.
“ When you want amusement,
Mary,” she said, “ go on with knitting
Uncle’s stockings.”
At length the sweet springtime had
come, the trees were bursting into bud
and blossom, and the swallows had
come, too. A little twittering an
nounced the building of a nest under
the eaves of the old farm-house.
Oh, for something to love—some
thing to love me!” sighed louely, little
Mary.
Another week of glad sunshine, and
thick, green foliage dotlied the trees,
and wild flowers covered the hedge
rows of the pleasant lanes.
“Shall you be lonesome, Mary?"
asked Aunt Martha, one night, “ if
Unde Roger and I leave you fora
whole day ? We are going to the town,
and it will be quite dork before we get
home; but you’re quite safe, for the
men will be about the farm, and the
dogs always bark if a stranger comes
round.”
Mary assured her aunt that she
would not feel afraid, and she fell
asleep, wondering if Aunt Martha
made her journeys to the town in that
striped skirt and faded sun-bonnet—
But no. Mrs. Lyndon, though a score
of years behind the mode, looked quite
respectable the next morning. They
started after an early breakfast, and
May, standing on tip-toe. .gazed after
them until they were out of sij
then her eyes fell upon the undulating
line of hill and valley, and she called
to mind a deep hollow at the foot of
one of the hills, remembering her dis
appointment as Uncle Roger drove by
W 1
"IW y
illuAtnttions, ar.tl maps. By
Brice, §5.
T. d\. Bruvr
a A. B. FAIMIUIIAIt,
of F| rvnsylvsnia Agricultural WorltS,
*uuifkrfi;!rr cf Irupro*ui * [YORK, Pkkw’a.
MClaivMffFm KOl-in STEEL SWEEPS,
and scjtAPElW,
JLj-waSkz
qMBf Hoasa-Powins, Tuxsuu-
«»* Macni*~'
noun & FEED STORE!
ON COLLEGE AVENUE,
(OPrOBITE NBWTON HOUSE.)
Nay I!
WM. HENRY HULL.
Wilkie Collins’ Novels.
A KM A DALE; paper, 81 60
U Cloth. 42. Man and With; paper, ft: doth.
Il so. Tho Moon-Siona; paper, 41SO idoth, 43.
N-tSomc, paper, 41 SO; cloth: 3. The Woman lo
Wkjo; ***,„ M; e, °‘ h ’ W T F °a“WkE.
New Books.
THE COMIC BLACKSTONE; by
-4, Hilbert Abbot A’Beckett, with Uluatratloua
Notice to Planters.
E HAVE perfected arrange-
munis wii the Brown Colton Gin Co., so
that w«» can allow lliu® on these* i t !e‘-rated Gins.
All letters cheerftillyanswered.
SUMMEY & NEWTON.
fall and Winter Importation.
1871.
RIBBONS,
Millinery and Straw Goods
& MSTRONGj CATdii & GO*,
ixroaTXK, aXd jobbers or
BONNET, TRIMMING, AND VELVET
Bonnet Silks, Satins and Velvets,
Bluk NtUs, Crapes, lluchts, Flowers, Feathers,
OJiSAMESTS,
jitai |qulbI$ and files’ $&U,
TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED,
SHAKER HOODS, AC.
237 and 239 Baltimore Street,
HAI.TI.il«KK,Wn.
Offer the -aigeM Hock to be found in thD coun
try, and unequalled in choice variety and ebeap-
ns, comprising the latest European noealtico.
Orders solicited, uud prompt allautlou giren.
Aug II St
BY E. ANDERSON.
Roger Lyndon led nway his little
orphan niece from the grave of her
mother. Her father, his only brother,
had died a year before, and at that
time he had promised, should the child
ever want a home, he would provide
one; “ but,” he had added, “ there
are no pets at our house; we work all
day, and don’t sit down to read poetry,
and make fanciful gew-gaws, like
these,” aud he looked scornfully on the
little ornaments of the widow’s best
room.
So when the poor mother, who, for
her child’s sake, had struggled on iu
failing health, was released from earth
ly suffering, Roger Lyndon came again.
The furniture was all sold, and May
only allowed a few mementoes of her
childhood to carry away to her new
home.
The poor child was scarcely ten
years old, but had promised her moth
er she would endeavor to conform
Uncle Roger's rules, and above all,
not trouble him with her griefs, for
hated tears, and like some others,
never laughed and never cried. Oh,
what miserable people these are!—
They oiiglitt.ign away into somegloomy I Yittle glen'
world of their own, where there is 1
nothing bright, and beautiful, and
loveable. No, Roger Lyndon looked
not down at the sweet, earthly flowers,. , ...
, ' home some of my own, Bweet blos-
nor upward to those flowers of Heaven I „
—the glorious stars,
As poor, little May rode along by
her uncle’s side, but few words were
exchanged between them. He was re
gretting the two days he had lost, and
An entire day, and no work!”
I cried the child. “HI be May once
more, and go to the glen, and bring
soms.
May put on her sun-down, packed
her dinner into a little basket, and
away she tripi-cd over the lonely moor.
There was the very place they had
passed upon that dreary ride. How
hoping work at the farm had gone on |t looked the deep shad .
all right during his absence; aud his I of ^ lcafy treca! And in that
young companion, mourning her sever- L^ ghe heard ;he drop .
■nee from the graves of all she loved. | ^ rf a tby CMCade< and fo , lowing
the sounds, descended lower and lower
into the glen. A little brook was flow
ing by, its sparkling waters cool and
At times forgetting her troubles, she
gazed, with pleasure, on the varying
landscape, or uttered an exclamation
of delight as a little red or blue ' ,ird | pleasant to the young wanderer’s eyes,
flew belore them, and then poor May * „ pm . ^ M tQ ^ my ^
was checked by a gruff “ don t talk \ f Ma >a0> kDee Ungdown,
suck nonsense, cn ild! 1
Towards evening they reached a
great tract of moor-land country; the
she drank of the sweet water, then rest
ing her head against a tree which dip-
. , . , . , . ped its long branches into the biook,
last few Jn.l^ bad been up and down fcU ^ and drearaed of honie
steep, rough hills, and it seejned to be-1 ^ unf ^ home> and during
come more bleak and lonelyas they K h dreani8( the hours past
advanced; then here and there stood a
few clumps of trees; field? and mead- y w J' long ^ noon when she
ows succeeded, and beyoud them stood l woke> dy refreshed, but oh, so
a solitary house and out-budding h , May open her litUe basket.
Three or four great dogs rushed out 1 b J
'OrotttCruikahank. One largo Tolumo. _
,"'»l4id ho not Die? or, tho Child from the
if-yiM*. From tho German j by Mra. A. L.
J**- II ».
, IWa « rolumo Aral of Selene* for tho
iff*-'-! Jaeub AuboU, with numerousUlustra-
• i. Il *>.
SaSr? By Maurice Sand (aoa of George
**» Wr5 By 8. A. Depoutc, of
fiiijfij 1 *! 'W I’hrxic; or, Ererrbody'o Ufa
*■ w. Half, M. D. 41 *0.
|, y Brotllane. with eight
W ‘ *Tiee««nU. »"«^^ URKE .
r
I ’’
SUMMEY & NEWTOrtj
l.'ijotrUra ami Dealer1 in
[Wi Steel, Nails, Hollow Ware,
««Jsiii. 4KVU.S. ra»BN,
V 4k«l,
^ Uroad Street, Athens, Oa.
OffleeNortheastcrnRailroad, i
XTfVrrra^ . A,h *“. -fuua 17; lib. *
N°Jl C ? » hereby given that
to tha Northeastern
? g °P* B far oubacriptloB. at
u«ct u • .*•”• * per rout on tha aulMerlMd
“ro, oi£!u?*E b fel2“■ D- Mo^Trou-
Uiot* aaSluS^i**™*®- Uom * r ’ “W-
Wm. A. Talmadgc,
OP. POST OFFICE, COL. ATKNCK. ATHEK
Dealer In Watches, docks, Jewelry, Sllrer-pla
Were, Musical Iustruments, Speolacles, Gun
"f&MS JKSBK-Jfui*
ported Watches, Double Gun, with
40 inch barrel, eirrUentfor long
raagt. Pistols of all kinds.
Penetration of buU 6J4
inchos Into wood.
With ■ desire to please aU.will sell the’hboTegood
at very reasonable prices.
REPAIRING.
Watches, docks, Jewelry, Guns end Pistols,
promptly attended to in n istisfrctery manner.—
CaU and ms
‘ I wish I had brought more,” sai»l
she; “I could have eaten twice as
much.”
She started to find she was not alone,
for near her, a little, old, weary-look-
the men are all I woman was bending over the brook
and trying to sip a few drops of water
from the hollow of her withered hand.
Stay, good mother,” said May;
“ I have a little cup in my basket—
here, drink from this. But are you
“ What a namel too fantastic for j not too?”
me-Mary, more like!” “ 0h ’ dear! and 1 have no nice
Papa and Mamma always called d,nner 8Uch 88 y° ure *”
metharma’am and poor, liSe Mary “Thenmkemine. lamyoungand
pressed back the tears which trended f^S’ and there is more at Uncle’s
on her dark lashes. boa * wh “ 1 f ^ ome ”
She looked with dismay on the But at length the dinner was shared,
strange figure of her aunt, in a cotton and 88 ^ together and ate, May
to form two told her ® m P le 8tor y*
with a rough greeting to their master,
and May, scared at their savage looks,
was lifted from the vehicle on to the
porch of the lone farm-house.
‘ My! how late you are 1” exclaim
ed a harsh voice;
gone home, Roger; you will have to
put up the horses yourself. So this is
your brother's child—what’s your name,
girl!”
“ May, ma’am, May Lyndon. 1
you are not more happy,
farewell!” )
The .old woman took the staff upon
which she had leaned, aud with sur
prising swiftness, walked on. She
onoe turned and waved her hand, then
disappeared amid the trees.
“ She cannot he a witch, surely 1”
cried May;/ 1 ’ perhaps some fairy in
disguise. I> have read of such, and
how they protected the lonely and the
friendless. _ Yes, I will strive to be
good, doing my duty as she bade me.
May found another road, by which
she could walk along under the trees
for some distance, and thus shorten
the track over moor; and there were
the hawthorns, laden with their sweet,
white blossoms, and the birds flitting
before her path, so the little wanderer
was cheered and comforted.
It’s right pleasant to find all in or
der when a body comes home tired,'
said Aunt Martha, “ and a nice sup
per all set ready. You’re getting quite
handy, little Mary.”
One day, long after, Aunt Martha
was busy over a great household wash,
aud unlucky, in lifting a large kettle of
boiling water, it fell from her grasp,
and (loured over one of her feet
Then she found the value of her lit
tle orphan niece, aud os she sat in her
rocking-chair, day after day, lame and
helpless, watching the child, working,
working with all her strength and en
ergy, even the hard heart of Aunt
Martha was softened.
“Roger Lyndon,” said she to her
husband, “ I’ve been a cruel, wicked
woman, and I grumbled when you
brought home little Mary. But what
should I have without her, now?—
Please God, if I get better, her young
life shall be a happier one.”
I’ve thought of that, too, wife,” he
answered, “ The child is growing
pale aud thin, and slaving herself to
death. She has a look, in her face,
like my poor, dead sister-in-law, when
in her coffin.”
So remorse or fear, and, perhaps,
one little stem of kiudness, softened his
heart, also.
A good, strong, colered girl was
hired, and May promoted to the post
of housekeeper; then, gradually, she
came to have entire sway over that lit
tle household? - With her sweet, child*-
like influence, she had humanized those
stony hearts.
Flowers were planted round the old
farm-house, and in the summer cluster
ing roses will peep into May’s little
room. And Aunt Martha wears a nice
dress and neat cap. Long since, she
discarded the patched skirt, and as to
the old sun-bonnet, had said, “ burn
it, child, burn it, for the beggars would
not pick it up if they came round.”—
And May laughed aloud as she watch
ed the very last shred consumed by the
flames.
Aunt Martha never quite recovered
from her lameness; the muscles of her
foot were contracted by that severe
scald, so she knits all the stockings
now, and exhibits to the admiring
ueigliliors, when they call, the tasteful
fancy-work or her little niece. But,
oh, dou’t think May wastes her time 1
for it is she who makes the pies, and
puddings, and cakes ; and I would like
to know who else looks after all the
young ducklings and chickens ?
Once more came round that day
when Mary Lyndon had rambled, so
lonely and so sorrowing, to the glen ;
and true to her promise, she set forth
though scarcely expecting to meet that
old woman—so did aud feeble; how
had she lived through the cold, cold
winter ? *
She was not there, but on that very
spot sat a lady, so young, and fair,
and lovely, and so richly dressed, that
May believed her some princess, who
had lost her way.
“ If you please, ma’am,” she asked,
dropping a little courtesy,
Until then, I Mark Twain and the Car Peddler.
Farm Miscellany.
Lime as a Fertiliser.
Clover! Clover t
WB WflHtt me recently. “Ia
limestone countries clover it sown to
enrich land; throughout the Cotton
States we have to enrich the land W
fore We can grow clover.”
My experience teaches that this is ft
great mistake. I am convinced that
nowhere on this continent can clover
be grown at leu expense and with
greater remuneration than on the day
lands of the South, at least as far South
as the latitude of the City of Colum
bia, S. C. A detail of a few experi-
And then there were the peddlers.—
I bought out the pop-corn boy to get
rid of him because I was trying to I Manures may be dassed under three
compose a poem for a young lady’s I principal heads: first, those which sup-
album and I did not want to be dis- ply » me «sential dement to the pkmt;
turbed. But he came right back with a**® 1 . *«» wtich « mere stimu-
a stock of peanuts. I took a new sup- ^ an * 8 * ^*^7* t ^ ose do not
ply and hurried him away aud he re- 804 directly on the plant, but act on sub
turned with some ice cream candy.— I stances already in the soil, rendering
I don’t like ice cream candy and pea- them moresuitableforplant life. Lime
nuts together, but I invested at once, Wongs to this last dass almost entire-
becausean inspired rhyme bad been >7. as there are very few soils that do
born to me, and I wanted to get it not containsuflidentlime forany direct
down before it slipped my mind. Then demands that plants are likely to make I meats may not be uninteresting to our
dm sooundrd came back to me with on tliem. readers,
tobacco and sqmre, nnd afterwards lnorder “*7 ** on In November. 1867,1
with oranges, imitation ivory baby| the ^organic matter in the soil, or. of old red land in barley and
whistles, figpaste and apples; then he indeed ’ on any matter » must ^ I clover, manured with two hundred
went away and was gone for some time, br0U S ht into 8 Wubie state. Plants pounds of Soluble?Pacific Guano par
and I was encouraged to hope the train ^ eed only on liquids and gases; they Mre . I n June, 1868,1 reaped on.
had run over him. He was only keep- have n0 P° wer of 8 “ imUatin K ,olld hundred and forty-five bushels of bar-
ing hid most malignant outrage to the • .. . , . tty* and secured a beautiful stand of
last. He was getting his literature The inorganic portionslof plants Lover on about five acres. In May.
ready g 5 built up chiefly of potash, soda, time, twenty-three heavy two-hora*
Andfromthat time forward ft.Hr*^ of clover hay were houred. Th-
degraded youth did nothing but march ^ ^J lC> ^ 0S ? ° nC ’. , y . fall of 1869 was so dry the crop was
from one car to the other and afflict **! , 3 ’ ^ W * * Uan ^ a j pastured off by cattle aud sheep. Th.
the passengers with specimen copies of ^ m n/Lantf 6 mrelv 9 P r ‘ n 8 1^70, thuugh uncommonly
the vilest blood-and-thunder romances °- n ti ,n t i 1 n i ant « themselves heina| dry ’ produced * fair cro P o^ Hover;
on earth. “The Perjurer’s Doom” * ‘ f themsel ^ 81 the fall crqi was agaiu grazed off
end “The Desperado’s Revenge” were y , fo . rmed from ° f . s Last May I mowed a beautiful crop of
some of his milder works, and on their urin g e t*™ 063 ? rni . hay, and in July a second cutting was
backs were pictures of stabbing affrays J . ^ °f 0 . 6 ? 0,1 I housed for winter feeding of sheep.-—
and duels, and people shoving other! . a . y ** ID , & S °* n U n February, 1869, the patch was
people over precipices, and itched ** ^“JT"'‘“-broadetot with a mixture of eight ha*s
wood cuts of women being rescued °° e mso u e • l 0 f Wando and six hundred pounds of
from terrible periis of all lrinds—and j ^ however we add causLc lime to
thev are always women who are so a Sod ’ * render8 theS ® insoluble 8ub * Last January I turned over, with m
. y . ,, , y , ... . , stances soluble, and prepares them for two-horse Monitor plow, all of tbi»
criminally homely that any nght-mind-1 ^ uge of the Unt twenty-five acre field, but the five aero*
All soils formed from the decompo- * e . U in clover, and in AprU pUnted
. . . . . , , I it m sorghum. The three acres, upon
violent 'Wh But the ueddler bov 1 81tl ° n ° f gr ” lte 001118111 “ abundance which there was a scattering stand of
l . • i of potassa and silica, the most import- c i over , hashed, from its first appear-
peddled these atrocious books fop the growth of the Luce above the^ ground, infinitely the
wheat plants. But these two elements hes* sovghum in the field. And why T
r ,. , ., , , ... I Because the dead clover, the young,
o urivijt'-...... »w»t »u« , a f° C ° mblned l Wl ^ eacb0tb ° r ’ “ d ^ clover, and the roots of clover turneS
... ... ° , alumina, m the form ol feldspar, which L nderin j anuary have manured thfr
trying to say things that would make | ^ perfect , y iusoluble . Caustic ^ 7
lime breaks up this combination; and I Another experiment. In 1867 l
accordingly, when the farmer finds sow<*l a cow-peiinedpatch ofoue and
,. ° • ^ . . a half acres in barley aud clover.
that bis wheat straw is getting too fee- &Uy 1870> a very p^r crop was taken
ble to support its own weight, he ap-1 from the patch, and in October last
plies lime to the soil, with the imme-1 the young clover was pastured off by
along for hours together, and 1 gave
up my poem at last, and devoted all
my energies to driving him away and
trying to say things that w
him happy.—Mark Twain.
Chiuese Productions.
The beautiful fabric knownas Grass-1
cloth is of China production. The
term grass is peculiarly inappropriate, diate effect of stiffening up tho straw. I sheep tUfscaxcely average was appa-
as the fibres from which the cloth > 8 p:<v v or ojrtv vears a»o the farms in rent *>’ ^ t ’, Immediately after the lap. 1
manufactured are as far removed from New Y or k, Pennsylvania, and Virgin- j ey> followed by a two horse Murfee in
grass as possible. There are tnree I had almost i un down, anti were not | same Furrow, and sownin wheat. Thia
different plants ftom which the fibre* Lon^ered worth fencing. These were land. vhp* years ago was a day bank,
Sido | .» .,:u I seemed now a nch, friable, black soil r
which I folt sure would produeo • wheats •
mi i>~ B a * crop; but I feared the clover was gone-
are cultivated to a large extent. T e and Virginia. They had been 186 after harrowing I sowed the surface
fm t makes the finest fabric, and » cropped through consecutive years with with orchard grass #eed. The wheat
used in the Southern provinces of Chi- ^ same lant3> uatU they would no and grow came up well, but when i
n^Ur^lyfor clothins There .real nger j«d enough » pn, f« U.e
great many varieties of this cloth, as trouble In 80ia e parts of Pennsyl- c i over as ever I saw. Where tho seed
we have of cotton and wool, and they 1 yan j a jj me jg a bundant, and upon ap-1 came from 1 can’t tell, but the crop is
range in price from eight cents to 81- . • it to the W0nWJUt soils the cf- there to show for itself.
25 per yard. They are not considered s wa3 remarkable . Farms that . Tbi ^ expe«trmnt. J have stated
as desirable as linen. We get a quan-J thipty Qr forty year3 ag0 could almost I °D5ri n g this time th*
tity of this production in the form of j,ave been had for the asking, are now j cattle and sheep were housed every
cloth and linen handkerchiefs. Can- known as being among the best in the night, and their dropninga sheltered
ton is the port from which this cloth is g. I until March, 1870, wnen they were
.tmnojtaik;. ro.int.ir J; . . , . . hauled out and thrown in furrows upon
shipped to this country. But lt ^ not on t he inorganic P«r- w hich beds were made, and the land.
Vegetable Tallow is an article °* Lion of the soil alone that lime acts.— I planted in cotton. This last spring,
some importance. It is an envelope I j t bears, perhaps, an even more im-! almost every one of those beds, for
of the seeds of the StiUingieae Sebifera, Nation to the organic portion I several inches on either side of the row
the “ tallow tree.” This tree grows of the goii. i a Norway and Sweden, of cotton BtalkB was cove ^ d Wl - b -*
spontaneously in China, and has been every f armer has to pay a portion of
introduced into this country, and hia Ux to t h e government in saltpetre,
forms a shade tree in this city. The i n order prepare this, ho heaps to-
seeds are steamed to soften the tallow, Igcfoe, 0 j d mortar or lime, manure,
which are then washed and pressed, u hes, and earth, and keeps the heap
and the tallow formed in cakes. It is I mo igt. The lime and the nitrogenous
used for m: king candles, and some is ma tte f of the manure react on each
exported. It is much inferior to stear- J other, an( j form nitrate and carbonate
ine or ox. The candles are often high-1 oflime. Nitrate of lime is decomposed
lyornamented. j by the carbonate of potassa from the
wood ashes, and saltpetre is thus form
ed. Precisely the same kind of reac-
Maryland is excited over an “ Afri- j tfoa is going on continually in the soil
can Fire King,” and this is what he wb en we apply lime to it; and thus
does: He first heated a shovel red I the nitrogen of the decaying vegetable
A Human Salamander.
i for yourselxea.
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To Housekeepers.
TUST RECEIVED, a large assort-
rj meat at
which we ere offering at tkj lew prtcae.
WARRANTED IN
EVKIIV PARTICULAR
SOMME Y& NEWTON.
met a poor, old woman in the glen?”
“ I was that old woman, May,” and
she laughed a sweet, musical laugh,
that the birds up above, iu the high
trees, seemed to uuderstand. “ But 1
have often seen you in your sleep, and
watched over you. Tell me, are you
not happy now ?”
“ Yes, dear lady, so happy 11 have
all I wish for—flowers, and birds, and
books, and Aunt Martha loves to hear
me read to her at night. She calls me
‘May,’ now, and never speaks cross any
more. And I no longer stand upon
the moor to hearken for the Sabbath
bells, for Uncle takes me to church
But I thank you, Madame, for before
hot, and applied it to the bottom of matter is brought into fit condition for
one of his feet It made no impress- the use of plants. For all these uses
ion on him whatever. He next heated the more caustic the lime is, the better
a shovel red hot and licked it repeated- f or the land. A heap of lime that has
ly with bis tongue. It did not even been long exposed to air and run is
dry the saliva in his mouth. He then I much less valuable than that which is
have you! put his hand in a hot stove and took freshty slacked, as it has absorbed car-
« a AM zLaaa/Lam am iwiJItnl nnfltMIAlfa nAnl Ann I t •_ ! J 1* 4a
therefrom a redhot anthracite coal, and bonic acid from the air. Carbonate of
offered it to the spectators, whodedin- ij me is of but little value as a manure,
ed to accept the present. His hand although, when it is finely divided, as
was not even scorched. He then call- when it is in the state of chalk, it may
dress, pinned up so as
most capacious pockets, displaying an “ Yes,” she added, “ I have a she!- ^
old, striped, woolen skirt, and stout, tor, and food, and clothes, but oh, i we met ^ j wa8 hopeless, and heartless,
clumsy shoes. She also wore a faded j Ihe 1-6 * 9 no one to t° ve me • an< ^ 13 1 an d fretting my life away. It was you
sun-bonnet, whose original color it | work all day long. from | wko p Ut j t j nto their hearts to be kind
would have been hard to guess. Aunt I sunrise to its setting. This is my first
Martha usually assumed that descrip- Wida 7. «>r I never go out not even to
tion of head-gear, “ being handy-like,” <*“«*. 80 1 ramble awa 7 to the moor,
sheoid, “Jrai out of doors.” and there listen tothe foDoffSobbath
May glanced timidly round the large, bells.”
dimly- i^bted room, as she ate her sup-1 “ Patience awhile, little May; goon
per, her eyes heavy with sleep, and I in your well-doing, and such goodness
80 yet more so with the repressed tears. I will meet its reward. The poor, weary
You’re tired now, child, I guess,” I woman can only now give yon her
?aidherftiuit, “ oo go to bed, for we I thanks; but come again to the glen,
rise early *! the £aa,Jftd to-morrow upon Itit day next year, and tell me if
and good.'
No, no, my child, I but counseled
you. But I have seen your happiness,
and again bid you farewell.”
“ And shall we meet no more ?”
“ It is needless, May. You now
esess all you want, and there are
other little, lonelv wanderers. Mv
care must be extended to one of those.
“ Oh, yes, kind Fury; go on your
errand of love, and take with you the
thanks and blessings of the little orphan
you have protected.”
ed out to know if there were any “ un
believers” present. To his astonish
ment a spectator announced himself
still an “ unbeliever.” He then put a
shovel in the stove and partially filled
it with shot; when the shot had got
pretty hot he stirred them with his
naked fingers till the lead had melted.
He then took the shovel in his right
hand and poured the hot melted lead
in bis left hand, and then poured the
burning solution into his mouth, kept
it there till it cooled, and spit it out in
a lump. The spectator then expressed
himself entirely satisfied. He said
that was only a 820 performance; if
they would make him up850 he would
show them something worth seeing.
A quarry of granite has been dis
covered on the South Carolina ride of
the Savannah river, a short distance
above Augusta. The granite, the sup
ply of which is almost inhaustible, can
be readily split out into blocks of any
mm desired, and is pronounced to be
the torn" quality of stone which ia used
on tho New York pftyoments.
serve to neutralize the vegetable acids
that exist iu some wet lands. It is
undoubtedly better to apply lime di
rectly to the soil than to make a com
post of it, with peat, or such sub
stances, for we do not gain enough by
the mixing to pay for the expense of
the manipulation. We have been fre
quently asked how much lime should
be applied to the acre. This is a very
difficult question to answer, unless wo
know all about the soil to which it is
to be applied. What would be an ex
cessive quantity for some lands is too
little for others. In some sections, or
upon some lands, one hundred bushels
to the acre may be applied with bene
ficial results; mothers, fifty or sixty
bushels are an abundance, while some
lands will not bear more than twenty
or thirty.
Lime should never be applied di
rectly in association with manure, as
it tends to drive off the ammonia, and
thus lower its value. If we wish to
apply it to corn or wheat land, it i*
best, perhaps, to top-dress the sod the
year before we intend to plow. The
manure may be their applied, and
plowed under in the spring, without
much danger of loss, as the lime has
been doing its work during the winter.
thick growth of clover. Those beds
were reversed, and the land again
planted in cotton. At every working
of the crop during the summer • young
growth of clover nad to be destroyed.
Fourth experiment. In April, 1870,
I selected a half acre of good gray land,
so thickly covered-with nut grass that
the ground could not be seen, for »
sweet potato patch, to test the powea
of vines in eradicating nut mwa by
their shade. The land was laid off in
five feet spaces, and heavily manured
in the drill with manure from the cow
house, and bedded upon. In May the
slips were set out. First of July the
vines could not be seeu for the nut
grass. The patch was then thoroughly
plowed and hoed, aud by September •
roost luxuriant growth of vine* and nut
;rass covered tho land. Last Novem-
jer the vines were cut and carried off;
the potatoes dug; the loud plowed and
cross-plowed, and about three pecks of
barley harrowed iu until the land was
perfectly smooth. Last June a fair
crop of barley was harvested, and the
stubble on at least half the patch was,
in a few days, perfectly hid hr • com
plete growth of clover; which «U tha
summer kept the nut grass so in check
that there is not a healthy stalk of this
pest to be seen. This first crop of
clover has died, and the second crop ia
springing up beautifully. What effect
the succeeding growth of clover will
have upon the nut grass, time ftons
can telL The experiment, however, ;&
well worth pushing to a further tost,
for if clover can be made instrumental
in destroying nut grass, its value will
be increased tenfold.
The only difficulty with clover is se
curing a stand. I have sown i. in No
vember in all kinds of grain, and se
cured a perfect stand. I have, at other
times, with the very came practice,
been disappointed by a most perfect
failure. I nave sown it in Eebruary
and never secured a perfect stand.—
Good authority says it shoul i be sown
on well-prepared, clean land in March,
and allowed to battle with weeds and
grass for twelve months wit rout bring
trod upon. My judgment is a fell sow
ing on dear loud, say in .Ssptember or
October, will ensure quite as good a
stand, and so occupy thn ground by
spring, that a contest with seeds ana
grass will not be necessary. At any
rate, a stand of dover once obtained
need never be lost, and is worth more
annuailv than a crop of cotton, could
the Utter he grown without work^H.
Wvtn Aiken, in Bond CberriMaK