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ATHENS, GA. JUNE 28, 1872.
I’lir Sonflicrii J]:nuier.
MiscelLaneous.
Miscellaneous.
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„f 12 line., forihe first, and
,. : ,ch sul>*c<iuenl Insertion,
month. For a longer period
e made.
E.E. JONES,
DEADER iN
STOVES,
General Jlfiscellanjy.
LONGS & BILLUPS, !
BROAD ST., ATHENS, GEO.,\
DEALERS IN
The One Dollar Rill.
DRUGS AND MEDICINE
Uiisiii'jss Directory.
. vM r <o!lH. S. F.UWIN. HOWELI. COBH
(HUB, F.RWIN ti COBB,
1 ttorneysat law,
\_ Album, Georgia. Office in the Deuprec
!»uildiog. « -
a. r. font-low
henry jxoksB#. 1 '
Lumpkin & Jackson
,\ TTORJfEYS AT LAW. will practice in the
r\. Superior Court of Clark county, the Supreme
.- .urtor the state, an I th» Cnitcl States Court
for the Northern Di.triet of Georgia. fch. utr
SAMUEL P. THURMOND,
\ T T () R N E Y A T L A W ,
. V. Athene, Oa.
Offlre on Broad street,
v 0fil „ \Vitl*iv» special attention
, i* i’s *s in Itinkruptcy. Also, to the collection of
k !i claims entrusted to his care.
,J. J. A J. r. ALFWNDKIl,
E\LER3 IN HARDWARE,
,».•], Sail-*, Carriage Material,
• While liaE
l) ‘
at,;
A
Allanti.
M.VAN ESTES,
rOR NE Y AT
Banks County, t»a.
L A W
PITTMAN & HINTON,
TTOBN EYS AT LAW,
Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga-
r ITN-W.A IIIll,
CHEMICALS,
DYE-STUFFS,
PAINTS,
OILS,
GLASS,
PUTTY,
STATIONERY ;
PFKFIDIERY. LIQI ORS. BITTERS,
EVERY UHING usually
ROUGE FURNISHING GOODS,
usually kept in a First Class Drug Store.
Particular attention has been pard in the selection
of aur stock, to the purity ami reliability of oui
goods, and families and physicians are assured that
orders will be filled with promptness and fidelity.
Our ~ ’* *
STOCK OF FANCY GOODS
is large and attractive, embracing a great variety
PERFUMERY,
TOILET ARTICLES,
BRUSHES,
COMBS, &C.
Uelmbold's and Ayer’s Preparations, Hurley’s
Worm Candv and Sarsaparilla, Drake’s
Plantation Bitters, Komain’s Crimean
Bitters, llooflana’s German Hit tars,
and many other popular preparations always on
hand.
r HAVE STILL ON HAND
A- the
Largest Variety of Stoves
in Athens, which I will furnish at the leircst liv
ing prices.
I DE MARION,
LargestOven Step Stove Manufactured !
Hundreds of the Mai Ion have been sold in Ath-
JAY 0. GAILEY,
I NVITES ATTENTION TO HIS j a good stove at a small price, I can safely say thV
j 7he Marion is the Stove.
13EW FALL STOCK
exa
.VXD
CII IMS EYS ASD
PURE KEROSENE OIL.
his slock botore puri haslng.
Call and examino
sept li-lf.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Successors t<» (irorge Sharp, Jr.,
Silves’smii&Sy
\ thxntfi, Grii.
"\V r E OFFER a large variety of
FINE WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
J EWELllY,
SILVER WARE,
SPECTACLES,
FANCY GOODS,
FINE BRONZES,
AND STATUARY.
W K 11A V E A F ULL COUPS OF
THE SOUTHERN HOME,
entirely new stove in design ami construction,
i most novel arrangement, the part of the oven
directly under the fire box is protected from the
strong heat of the lire in this particular place, ami
a uniform heat is obtained, in all parted the oven,
thus securing the most desirable thing in any stove,
viz : Even baking and roasting. This stove has
been in the market but a short time, and the large
sales since its introduction waxranls thccouclusion
that it will soon be the
LODINGSTOVDht'COUNTRY
I ALSO KEEP THE
FOREST CITY,
QUEEN OF TIIE SOUTH,
FI RESIDE,
CAPITOL CITY,
And Many Ollier Leading
Stoves.
I have on hand at all times a large stock of
Tin Ware of all Kinds
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS
of the most approved varieties on hand and for
sale in any quantity desired. Also Grass Seed.
ST. LOUIS LEAD
Warranted strictly pure—the best in the market
llorse, line, and faille Powders,
Invaluable for all diseases of stook.
RENOVATE YOUR CARPE1S,
Something New!
^ DISCOVERY has recently been
by which Velvet, Brussels and In
grain Carpets ran be thoroughly cleaned and reno
vated, without removing them from the tloor. It
also destroys and prevents moths. It thoroughly
cleanses all covered furniture, such as Plush Chairs,
Sociables, Divans, Bockers, etc. It is the acknowl
edged cleanser for clothing of all descriptions, re
moving grease spots and restoring their original
colors. For silks, riMxms and lace there is noth
ing that equals it, and cau be used without the
slightest injury to the finest fabric. It contains no
acids, and is a pure Renovating solution. This is
entirely a new process, and commends itself when
ever used. We will elentiyourcarpets, etc., or fur
nish the solution, with directions for using.
Athens, April 17, 1872.
This certifies that Mr. Max M. Mverson has
cleansed for me a very much soiled carpet, remov
ing all grease spots and, where not too much worn,
restoring the original colors. 1 cheerfully recom
mend him to the citizens of Athens who may need
his skillful service. H. HULL.
The undersigned has purchased the receipt for
tin* above solution from Mr. Max M. Mverson, and
will promptly attend to all orders 1*-ft at his Paint
Shop, on Jackson street, near the National Bank,
april 19-tf JOHN POTTS.
IIo! for the Suburbs!
i-nu want to invest in
[ F you want to invest in a snug lit-
tle’suburban residence, call on M. STAFFORD
for particulars. House just built. May 3
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
livrLKIAL.
LARGE LOT direct from the
manufactory, and will be sold as low as can
be bought anywhere in the State, freight added.
8IJMMEY & NEWTOX.
The success
with since it:
for its excelh
that JOKES' TIS WARE has met
introduction, is a sufficient guarantee
ROOFING,
GUTTERING,
AND JOB WORK.
OF ALL KINDS,
f atctyukRti|i* BUwft Jujrwew
.tlnnu Tartu re many Fine Ouotis
in our own shop, and arc prepared to FILL ANY
OUDK N f.*r goods or work promptly.
u% All goods engraved free of charge,
nake a socially
PREMIUMS FOR F IPS!
»red to give any information on ap-
. and are prep ii
plication. We guarantee the
LA RG EST ASSORTEMN T.
THE FINEST GOODS,
T H EIiO W EST P RIC KS,
AN DTHEBEST WORK.
•flail and see us.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
May 2W y
attended to promptly. The manufactory is still in
charge of Mr. W. H. JUNES, who will be pleased
to soe his old friends and customers.
Orders from the country fi»r work or goods will
meet with prompt attention.
E. E. JONES,
Corner Broad and Thomas sts.,
A TIIE.XS.
Wm. A. Talmadgc,
OP. POST OFFICE. COL. AVKSl’E, ATHENS
A
(*■•>■ j )Jh su
Send your Old Furniture to
WOOD’S
tuepajer shop,
‘Next to the Episcopal Church, and have it
auay 1 U3m AM DE G VO I) A S KE IP.
E. S. ENGLAND & CO.,
^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STOOK!
el .-te 1 with care by one of the firm, in New
• •rk, to which they invite the attention of their
uMo.nrr* *11.1 the public. They have a good assort-
ifAPLE&FANCYDJWGOODS
BlttMKltlKH,
I'uuvihoyn,
H%KD\V4ltR.
UUHKF.IIY,
IIATM. CAPS,
HOOT*,
MHORu,
ything in the way of
An l
'h .rt.
F aiBitij and f Unlalim Supplies
Th»* (rill r.-.x. .» ... 1 •
HI'iIJF.>T price
[» ‘y ti„.
They
COTTON or other 1
Will •‘lore fan
per month.
W,' are'foteriulned t.,.l<- a furl
•■lost* at:»*nti in to husine** hope t
nier* and make many new ones.
i
FOR
"* ' 4;l u Rnlr
and by
*b .«se old cu>t«i-
Hrptruf
landreths
,} RECEIVED, a f,l!
i - s .. .v si'. i;j •;
GANG E Id.
^ DBS. HITCHCOCK 4 PATTERSON cure
N
this dreadful disease, without the use
of the knife, or any (>oisoning mercurial
agent. For circular, with’ testimonials, ad-
H1TCHCOCK & PATTERSON,
jan 1 Madison, Ga.
Toidod AyiioJeu
Of Great Beauty,
Just received at the
NEW DRUG STORE
$200 Reward.
X YV1LL GIVE the above reward for the arrest,
with proof to convict the party
_ _ parties whom
I have reason to believe have several times sot lire
to premises occupied by
COURTENEY' BEALL.
Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-plated
Ware, Mux ea! Instruments, Spectacles, Guns,
Pistols, Sporting Equipments, Ac.. Ac.
A Select Mock of American and im
ported Watches, Double Guns with
40 inch barrel, excellent for long
range. Pistols of all kinds.
Penetration of bull 6J4
inches into wood.
With a desire to please all, will sell the’abovegood
it very reasonable prices.
REPAIRING.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Guns and Pistols,
promptly attended to in a satisfactory manner.—
Call and see for yourselves. apr 4
W. IV. SUMMERS,
Scott Farm, Bedford County, Tenn.,
BREEDER OP
Thoroughbred Short-liorned
Durham Cattle,
BERKSHIRE IMS ASH CULTS! Oil) SIIEEP.
T AM BREEDING ENTIRELY
L from premium animals My herds have pro
duced a greater number of premium animals than
any other herds in Tennessee; uave never failed
to take premiums at every lair, both in Tennessee
and Kentucky, at which they have been exhibited
• • 1 1 .I TIIODAlTnilUOl't
I hare on han*! at all time* THOROUUHBRLD
BULLS anti COWS, of all ages, bred front my cel
ebrated Lulls Stonewall Jackson, by imp. Duke of
Ardrie. and Red Rorer the 2d, by Red Rover ttaa
1st. These bull* weigh from 2,.jU0 to 8,000 lbs.
BERKSHIRE PHIS, native and imported stock,
bred from my noted premium boars, Dick John
son and Bob Lee. My premium Liars and sowa
will weigh from 500 to 800 lbs. My COTS WOLD
SHEER are pure, my premium husk weighing
a.'irt lbs., ami sheafed last year 18}£ lbs.
My stock is second to none for size, color, beauty
and style in the United States, having made ail
my selections in buying and breeding for this rare
combination. Orders solirited and satisfaction
guaranteed. Address me at Wartrace, Bedford
( o Ttun. W. W.JSUMMERS.
X. W. SCAt.t.AlVts
TEACHER OF MUSIC.
(i-’FIGE t oner of Lumpkin and
FiiU'sl
i xtrwela, lie tribe Epixpocul Church,
vtng out of town can take their lessons
Kerosene
> AA FOU
•tiul practiioait IheotficQ.
Pianos, Organs & Sheet Music
NEW DRUG STORE.
MOST BEAUTIFUL
D E C A L C O M A I N E,
Transfer Pictures,
AT THE
NEW DRUG STORE.
S. C. DOBBS,
PkEALER IN DRY GOODS,
A-J GROCERIES, PRODUCE. HARDWARE,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
ROOTS, SHOES, HATS,
And in short, an aborted stock of family and
plantation merchandise. The higuest market price
always paid for country produce.
Croquet.
B RADLEY’S Patent Croquet, made
of the choicest hard woods, wirh patent sock
ets, indcxical balls, galvanized bridges, and all the
latest improvements. For sale at
apr 12 BURKE’S BOOK STORE.
Fashionable Stationery
D QUINN, 183 Broad Slreet,
• Augusta, Ga., makes a specialty of sending
Any one sending him one dollar will receive, post
paid, a l*>x of assorted note paper and envelopes ol
the latest pattern. apr VJ-Sm
BALES FINE TIMOTHY
-200 fL,
200 BBLS. LIME AND CEMENT.
100,000 LATHS, offered low, by
R. B. HODGSON & GO.
LIVERY, SALE & FEED
STABLE.
GA.YiY & KEAVJES
At their Old Stand, Athens, Ga.
-respectfully
I 1i thesr friend* and the pu
5^A 1 !? . Ilare Vegetables.
V , lhe of New and Rare
^e»ahb*x axpecialtv.
I
r . a ..I . •^n^ialty, besides ralsinz all th#*
«h e u ^ r v * rie *“-
Fvb^im H (>REQORY -
for sale, on the most reasonable terms. All lunru-
mentsof the best makers and fully warranted.—
Ferrous desiring u> purchase can have an instru
ment placed in their house, which, if not satisfao
tory alter fair trial, can be returned or exchanged.
ffcaf'Fianos and Organs sold on Monthly Pay
ments, and old instruments taken in part payment,
if in good condition. [oct 27-tf
Five Gross
PkF FOUTZ HORSE AND CAT-
Vy TLE POWDERS for ule it Proprietor’*
• <iREH ORy, Marblehead, Maas.
prices tt the
NEW DRUGSTORE.
feb2J-2t
announce to
_ w public that they have
recently added to their stock a number of
Fine Harness Horses.
NEW BUGGIES AND HARNESS,
and put everything in tine order for the summer
'phleton* and polite drivers furnished on short
“Teams may always be hsd for trips to th* moun-
Uias, or suy point desired. may. 13
mfz rwM" i^r*:** 9
sansaPABiLLa.
A Substitute for Mercurial Preparations,
Castor Oil, Rhubarb, Senna, &e.
rpHE PUREST AND BEST
A.c'ssas:?Ssya~!iHj
Medicine. PrepmSfby J. Deanta, M. D., Aupa-
ts, Ga. Sold by Dr. King, Athens.
How it did rain that November
night! None of your undecided show*
ers, with hesitating intervals, as it were
between ; none of your mild persistent
patterings on the roof, but a regular
tempest, a wild deluge, a rush of ar
rowy drops and a thunder of opening
floods!
Squire Partlet heard the angry rat
tle against the casements, and drew
his snug easy chair a little closer to
the fire—a great open mass of glim
mering anthrasite —and gazed with a
sort of sleepy, reflective satisfaction at
the crimson moreen curtains, and the
gray cat fast asleep on the hearth, and
the canary bird rolled into a drowsy
ball of pellow down on its perch.
“ This is snug,” quoth the Squire.
“ I’m glad I had that leaky spot in
the barn roof fixed last week. I don’t
object to a stormy night once in a
while when a fellow’s under cover, and
there’s nothing particular to be done,
Mary!”
“ Yes,” Mrs. Partlet answered. She
was flitting about, between kitchen
and sitting room, with a great blu6
checked apron tied round her waist.—
“ I’m nearly ready to come in now,
Josiah. Now, I wouder,” solto voce,
“ if that was really a knock at the
door, or just a little extra rush of the
wind and rain.”
She went to the door, nevertheless,
and a minutefior two afterwards she
went to her husband’s chair.
“ Joe, clear, it’s Duke Ruddilove,”
she said, half apprehensively. The
Squire never looked up from his
paper.
“ Tell him lie’s made a mistake.—
The taveru is on the second corner be
yond.”
“ But he wants to now if you will
lend him a dollar!” said Mrs. Part-
let.
‘ And couldn’t you have told him,
No, without the preliminary ceremo
ny of coming jn here to ask me? Is
it likely that I shall lend a doller or
even a cent to Luke Ruddilove ? Why,
I had a great deal better throw it
atnoug yonder red coals! No—of
course, No?”
Mrs. Partlet hesitated.
“ He looks so pinched and cold and
wretched, Josiah. He says there’s no
body in Jhe world to let him have a
cent.”
“ All the better for him, if be did
but know it,” sharply enunciated the
Squire If he had come to just that
patch half a dozen years ago, perhaps
lie wouldn’t have been the miserable
vagabond he is now.”
“ We used to go to school together,”
said Mrs Partlet, gently. “ He was
the smartest boy in the class.”
“That’s probable enough,” said the
Squire. “ But it don’t alter the fact
that he’s a poor, drunken wretch now.
Send him about his busines, Mary ;
and if his time is of any consequence,
just let hi in know that he had better
not waste it coming here after dol
lars.”
And the Squire leaned back in his
chair after a positive fashion, as if the
whole matter was definitely settled.
Mib. Partlet went back to the kitch
en, where Luke Ruddilove was spread
ing his poor thin fingers over the blaze
of fire, his tattered garments steaming
as if he was a pillar of vapor.
“ He won’t let you have it, Luke,”
said she. “ I thought he wouldn’t.”
“ Then I’ve got to starve, like any
other dog!” said Luke Ruddilove,
turning moodily away. “ And, after
all, I don’t suppose it makes much
difference whether I shuffle out of the
world to-day or to-morrow !”
“ Oh, Luke—not. to your wife ?”
“ She’d be better off without me,”
said Luke, dowu-heartedly.
“ But she ought not to be.”
“ Ought and is are two different
things, Sirs. Partlet. Good night.—
I ain’t going to the taveru, though I’ll
wager something the Squire thought I
was.”
“ And isn’t it natural enough he
should think so Luke ?”
“ Yes—yes, Alary ; I don’t say but
what it is,” murmured Luke Ruddi
love, in the same dejected tone he had
used throughout the interview.
“ Stop!” Airs. Partlet called to
him, as his hand lay on the door latch,
in a low voice. “ Here’s a dollar,
Luke. Air. Partlet gave it to me for
a new piece of oilcloth in front of the
dining room stove, but I’ll try and
make the old one do a littl ewhile long
er. And Luke, for the sake of old
times—for the sake of your poor wife
and the little ones at home—do, do
try to do better.”
Luke Ruddilove looked vacantly
first at the fresh, new bank bill in his
hand, and then at the blooming young
matron who had placed it there.
“ Thank you, Alary,” he said, and
crept out of the warm, bright kitchen
into the storm and darkness that
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hout. Atrs, Partlet stood
the kitchen fire.
say I’ve done a very foolish
thing,” she^wndered; “ but indeed I
could dot', help it. Of course he’ll
spend it nil at the public house, and I
shall do without my new oilcloth;
that will be the end of it all.
And there was a conscious flush on
her cheek, aa if she had done some
thing wrong, when she rejoined the
Squire in the sitting room.
" Well,” said Squire Partlet, “ has
that ne’er do well gone at at last T”
yG ‘
ikes’tavern, I suppose?”
Wot, Josiah.”
-‘d-jitVj past hpping for,” said
shrugging hie shoulders.
“ And now for a pleasant, evening.—
How it does rain, to be sure.”
A.nd Airs. Partlet kept the secret
of the dollar bill within her own
heart.
It was six months afterwards that
the Squire came into the room where
his wife was preserving great red
apples into jelly.
“ Well, well.” quoth he “ wonders
never will cease. The Ruddiloves
have gone away.”
“Where?”
“ I don’t know—out West some
where, with a colony. And they say
Luke hasn’t touched a drop in six
months.”
“I’m glad of that,” said Mrs. Part-
let.
“ It won’t last long,” said the Squire,
despairingly.
“ Why not?”
“ Oh, I don’t kuow. I haven’t any
faith in these sudden reforms.!”
Airs. Partlet was silent; she thought
thankfully that, after all, Luke had
not spent the dollar in liquor.
Six months—six, years—the time
sped along, in days and weeks, almost
before busy little Airs. Partlet knew
that it was gone. The Ruddiloves
had come back to Sequosset. Luke
lmd made his fortune, as the story
went in the far away El Dorado,
vaguely phrased “out West” by the
simple Sequosseters.
“ They do say,” said Mrs. Buck
ingham, “ that lie’s bought, that ere lot
dowu opposite the Court House, and
he’s goin’ to build such a house as nev
er was.
“ He must have prospered greatly,”
said gentle Airs. Partlet.
“ And his wife, she wears a silk
gown that will stand alone with it’s
own richness,” said Mrs. Bucking
ham. “ I can remember when Luke
Ruddilove was uothing but a poor
druuken creetur.”
“ All the more credit to him now,”
said Mrs. Partlet emphatically.
“It’s to be sure all o’stun,” said
Airs. Buckingham, “ with marble
mantles and inlaid floors. And he’s
put a lot o’ papers and things under
the corner oue.”
“ The corner what!” said Airs. Pait
let, laughing.
“ Floor or mantle ?”
“ Stun, to be sure,” said Airs. Buck
ingham. “Like they do in public
buildings, j'ou know.”
“ That is natural enough.”
“ Well, it’s kind o’ queer, but Luke
Ruddilove never wan’t like any body
else. Folks thinks it’s dredful strange
he should put a one dollar bill in with
other things.”
Airs. Partlet felt her cheek flush
scarlet; involuntarily she glanced up
to where the Squire was serenely check
ing off a list of legal items in the bill
he was making out against some cli
ent. But the Squire never looked
around, and Airs. Buckingham went
on with her never-ceasing flow of
chit chat, and so the hot color died
away in her cheek. After all, the
money had been her own to give, and
the old oilcloth in front of the dining
room stove ha<i answered very well.
She met Luke Ruddilove that after
noon for the first time since his re
turn from Sequosset—Luke himself,
yet not himself—the demon of intem
perance crushed out of his nature, and
it’s better, nobler elements triumphing
at last He looked her brightly iu the
face, and he held out his hand.
“ Alary.”
“ I am glad to see you back here
again, Luke,” she said, tremulously,
“ And well you may be,” he rejoin
ed. “ Do you remember that stormy
night, Alary, when you gave me that
dollar bill, and begged me not to go
to the tavern ?”
“ Yes.”
for I am afraid,” he added, smilingly,
“ the luck would all go from me with
it; but ni tell you what I will do,
Alary. I wiU give money and words
of trust and encouragement to some
other poor wretch, as you gave to
me.”
And Squire Partlet never knew
what his wife did with the dollar bill
he gave her to buy a new piece of
oilcloth.
A Touching Incident.
During one of the most tremendous
snow-storms ever witnessed here last
Winter, writes a Newfoundland cor
respondent, a poor widow left her
home in search of her only son, a boy
of 16 years of age, who had gone out
in the morning wood-cutting, with sev
eral others. Unable to bear her anx
ieties, the poor mother rushed out into
the blinding snow drift, hoping to find
her boy, and that her feeble arms
might in some way help him home
ward.
After struggling on for several
miles she met the party, who were on
their return. By this time she was
utterly exhausted, and unable to re
trace her step. What was to bo done ?
She sank down in the snow, worn out
with fatigue and hunger. The little
party of boys were quite unable to bear
her among them homeward, and to re
main with her would have been cer
tain death to all. It was agreed that
they should cover her as well as possi
ble, and return to the village for help.
Her son, however, nobly refused to
leave his mother, though to remain
was in all probability certain death.
When the lads give the alarm in the
village a number of meu at the peril
of their lives went out to rescue the
mother and her sou. Their efiorts to
find them weae for several days unsuc
cessful. They were finally found un
der a cliff, frozen to death and locked
in one another’s arms. “ In death
they were not divided,” for theirs was
a “ lovo stronger than death.” It
would be difficult to find a more touch
ing instance of self-sacrificing affection
than this oue, taken from “ the short
and simple annals of the poor.”
falls of the Yantic, In Norwhich, on
lands now owned by my friend, Calvin
Goddard, Esq. I visited the grave of
the old chief lately, and above his
moulding remains repeated to myself
the inestimable lesson.”
To Drive Rats Away Without Poison.
This is followed chiefly in Paris by
men who mako it a special business.
They take a ' deep tub with water on
the bottom, and a little elevation in ,, ... ...
middle like an island, on which is only USUal llst °f frU,t f' H « ha *
*' mi tin mi ovf.mcirn vnnnvnrn nr I linnao
place for just one rat to sit on. The
top is covered and his a large balanc
ed valve, opening downward ; ou the
the middle of this valve-a piece of fried
pork or cheese is fixed, and when a
rat walks an it to get the cheese, the
valve goes down, drops the rat iu the
water, and moves back in position.—
A road is made from a rat hole to the
top of the tub, by means of a piece of
board rubbed with cheese, so as to
make the walk attractive for the rat9.
In the course of a single night, some
ten or twenty, or even more rats may
go down, and if the island was not
there they would be found most all
alive in the morning quietly swim
ming around ; but the provision of the
little island saves the trouble of kill
ing them, because their cgolistic in
stinct of self-preservation causes them
to fight for the exclusive possession of
the island, on which, in the morning,
the strongest rat is found in solitary
possession ; all the others being killed
and drowned around him.
An Alabama Orchard.
The agricultural editor of the Mobile
Register has been visiting the orchards
ofCapt. Donavan, ten miles above
Alobile, and we copy so much of his
report:
At present Capt. Donavan has one
hundred and twenty-eight acres in?
bearing peach tress, and about thirty?
acres in apples, to say nothing of nec
tarines, plums, figs, and se on through
A Valuable Invention.
Never Tempt A Man.
The late celebrated John Trumbull,
when a boy, resided with his father,
Governor Trumbull, at hia residence
Lebanon, Conneticut, in the neighbor
hood of the Alohenans. The Govern
ment of this tribe was hereditary in
the family of the celebrated Uncas.
Among the heirs to the chieftainship
was an Indian named Zachary, who,
though a brave man and an excellent
hunter, was as drunken and worthless
an Indian as could be found. By the
death of intervening heirs, Zachary
found himself entitled to the royal
power. In this moment the better
genius of Zachary assumed away, and
he reflected seriously. “ How can
such a drunken wretch as I am aspire
to be chief of this noble tribe? What
will my people say ? How shall the
shades of my glorious ancestors lcok
down indignant upon such a successor?
Can I succeed to the great Uncas !
Aye—I will drink no more!” And
he solemnly resolved that he would
drink nothing stronger than water;
and he kept his resolution.
Zachary succeeded to the rule of
his tribe. It was usua for the Gover
nor to attend at the annual election in
Hartford, and it was customary for
the Alohegan chief also to attend, and
on his way so stop and dine with the
Governor. John, the Governors’s
son, was but a boy, and on one of these
occassions, at the festive board occur
red a scene which we give in his own
words :
‘ Oue day the mischievous thought
struck me to try the sincerity of the
old man’s temperance. The family
were seated at dinner, and there was
excellent home crewed beer on the
table. I thus addressed the old chief:
‘Zachary, thi9 beer is very fine ; will
you taste it ?’ The old man dropped
his knife, and leaned forward with a
stern intensity of expression, and his
fervid eve3 sparkling with angry indig
nation, were fixed upon me. ‘Jhon,’
said he, .you dont know what you are
doing. You are serving the devil,
boy; Do you know that I am an In
dian ? If I should taste your beer, I
should never stop till I got to rum . I
should become again the same drunk
en, contemptible wretch your father
remembers me to have been. John
That night was the pivot on which
my whole destiny turned. You were
kind to. me when every one sp
coldly; you trusted iu uie when all
other faces were averted. I vowed a
vow to myself to prove worthy of your
confidence and I kept it. I did not
spend that money-—I treasured it up—
and Heaven has added mighty to my
little store. I put the dollar bill un
der the corner stone of my new house,
for the house has risen from it and it
alone. I won’t offer to pay you back,
At the invitation of Messrs. Stro-
hccker and Inverson, we witnessed yes
terday, at the residence of the former,
the successful transformation of water
into ice by hand within the short space
of fifteen minutes.
These gentlemen are the originators of
the process, and have already made
application for letters patent. There
is no humbug about the matter, and
s o simple is the apparatus and modus
operandi, that any intelligent lady, or
even servant, can learn all about it in
a single day. We propose to describe
the procees, suppressing the name of
the salt used, which costs but thirty-
five cents per pound, and when mixed
with water and applied, can bo re
converted into its original state by
evaporation in shallow pans for four
hours in the sun’s rays, without losing
any of its value or virtue.
In the experiment witnessed by us,
a tin receiver holding a half gallon,
and covered with woolen cloth as a
non-conductor of heat, was provided
with a pivot at the bottom. Within
this there was fitted a secoud tin can
of the capacity of oue quart, with five
spiral flanges two inches apart attach
ed to its outer surface. The top of this
vessel was tightly closed with a cork
but the upper segment could lie remov
ed, but was kept firmly in place by
wire hooks or springs. Just under the
neck of thecork a crank was adjust
ed which gave a rotary motion to this
second can, which was poised ou the
pivot beneath. When water as cool
as ice water, or of 34 degree Faren-
heit was desired only, the fluid was
placed in the second can just described,
and the interstice or space between the
two cans filled with a dilute! mixture
in equal proportions, of the chemical
salt used, and water. Four minutes’
rotary motion imparted to the flauge
can by the crank referred to was suf
ficient to reduce the temperature of
the water or milk to 35 degrees, afford
ing a delicious and refreshing drink.
This most hbusekeepers would deem
sufficient for all practical purposes.
But when genuine ice is desired,
still another small can, or displacer, as
it is termed, is inserted within can
No. 2, having the flanges. This third
receiver, k when filled also with the
chemical solution, is then submerged
in can No. 2, which is only half full of
clean water. The little vessel displac
ing its equal bulk of the water, causes
it to rise to the top of the can on all
sides, thus placing it in close contigui
ty to the solution on the outside of
can No. 2, and on the outside of can
No. 3, the “ displacer.” The turning
of the crank l>eing renewed then
briskly for eight or ton minutes long
er, ice a half inch thick is formed up
on the surface of the third can called
the displacer. The saline solution is
then poured into shallow sheet iron
pans, exposed for four hours to the
sun, becomes chrystalized again, and
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again while you live tempt a is once more ready for use.
man to break his resolution.
“ Socrates never uttered a more
valuable precept. Demosthenes could
have given it with more solemn elo
quence. I was thunderstruck. My
parents were deeply affected. They
looked at m?; and then turned their
gaze upon the uenerable chieftain
with awe and respect. They after
ward frequently reminded me of the
scene, and changed me never to forget
it He lies buried in the royal bural
place of tStribeir near the %eeutifol
The whole operation does not con
sume fifteen minutes, and is perfectly
simple. Messrs. Strohecker and Iver
son do not propose to contend with re
gular ice factories in cities, but their
invention will be invaluable to armies
on the march, to families in the coun
try, and to the people in tropical coun
tries. The discovery is an honor
to our city, and we trust will realize
the most sanguine expectations of the
inventors.—The outside ooet of ap
paratus will not exceed ten dolleara.
quite an extensive vineyard of Dianas
and scuppernongs, and, contrary to
the usual experience in this region,
finds no trouble in obtaining good
yields from the former. He holds
that the reason why we fail to raise
other grapes than the senppernong la
the country among the pines, rests in
fact that we do not fertilize them suf
ficiently, which is exactly bur own
views in the case. O lr grapes soon
die and go to nothing because we
starve them to death—If we fertilized
liberally at the start and kept it iip
regularly, it is not improbable that we
should raise as fine grapes in Southern
Alabama as ever grew in California.
We found the Captain’s orchards in
splendid condition—all the trees trim
med up to the most approved form,
and showing a rank and luxuriant
growth; demonstrating plainly that,
as Jack Downing would say, “ Some
things can be done as well as others
or, in other words, that our bad or
chards are our own fault, and not that
of the country. Delaware never pro
duced any finer peach trees, nor trees
larger of their age, than wo saw on
Captain Donavan’s grounds lost week.
Among some of the special attrac
tions which struck us while riding
over the Captain’s grounds were his
natural deposits of swamp muck of
the finest quality, acres upon acres in
extent, and from two to ten feet in
depth. They are located on his table
lands, and therefore may be drained
with but little trouble. Some of them
have already been rained, and are now
under culture. Another special in
terest was found in five large fish
ponds, full of fish, and fed by a pure
spring branch running across his cul
tivated grounds. On its way from its
souica to the ponds, the stream passes
near his residence, an 1 supplies a well
arranged bath house, containing a vat
large enough for one to swim in.
The oaks growing about tbe resi
dence, which is a large two-story frame
building, with galleries, on the South
ern plantation plan, were also a spe
cial attraction for us. They were put
out by the Captain only twenty years
ago, and now many of them measure
two and a half feet in diameter. We
noticed several species, as willow oak,
red oak and water oak, all of which
seamed to have made about the same
extraordinary growth—due to fertili
zers, no doubt.
Iu all his experimenting Capt. Den-
avau does not seem to l ave looked
much toward an origin of new varie
ties, though he has sumo novelties to
show his friends who visit him. Among
these is a variety of cattle obtained by
crossing, and remarkable in many
points, particularly in the extra weight
of the haunch. He has also a remark
able plum of the Chickasaw kind, as
largo as an ordinary peach, rnd a
blackberry unlike anything we ever b< •
fore saw. The berry seems to stand
between the ordinary blackberry,
(Rubus viumit,) and the dewberry,
(/?. canadensis,) is large, of exquisite
delicate flavor, and has a cane which,
with the branches and leaves taken off,
would even be accepted as that of a
rose, so perfect is the resemblance. It
is certainly a most remarkable berry,
and ought to have a fair show.
Captain Donavan is a true Southern
er, bora in one of the Carolines, as al
ready stated, and yet one approaching
his place uninformed would be likely
to suspect that he had started into life
far above the line of Mason and Dixon.
His residence appears Southern
enough, but seems to have fallen into
strange company when we look around
at his neat and extensive barn, his
cribs, stables, cow-houses, work-shops,
and so on.
In conclusion, we would state that
Captain Donavan is not a candidate
for any office, and that no part of his
place is for sale. We go into this ex
tensive mention of bis premises on'oar
own book, under the full conviction
that any really good thing in the agri
cultural or horticultural line is well
worth talking about.
Preserving Vinegar.—Cork it.
up in glass bottles, set them into a
kettle with hay or straw under and
about them to prevent them from
knocking together; fill up with cold
water. When it boils, take out the
and let the bottles stand until it is
cold. Vinegar thus prepared never
loses its virtue though kept for years,
and if used for pickling will never
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