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Aiiurucy-at-Law. Athens. Ga.
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ji»H\ M. MATTHEWS.
LYLE,
Attorney at Law,
watkinsville,
v at Law,
Danielsviile.Ga.
renin auy business »v
March! 4.
BXiihANII & P
tij Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupree Hall.Broad St, Athens, Ga.
Wear* now prepared to store Cotton at 25 cents per
bile, and will advance cash when desired. Oct28.
limm & CLASSICAL SCHOOlT
Jjj F.»r Boys, cor. Wray ami Lumpkin st«.. Ath-
{Ut anS—3m LEE M. LYLE, 1’iin.
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li. mv.crxs,
h »io*alo and Retail Dealer in
V GOODS, GROCERIES. HARDWARE. Ac.
Fciip** Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
Toils" UClUUbTY,
t) i'iiin ar, 1 Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
BroaU St., Athens, Ga.
Officei ,rn.r Broad anJWall stroets, overthestoro
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PAVILION HOTEL,
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TVu FIRST-CLASS Hotel is situated in the very
centrecf tho businoss part of thocity, and all who
stop there will Hud every convenience and luxury that
c-.'j beprocurod. Board, per day, $3.00.
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iJUMMEY Si NEWTON,
k3 Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic HARDWARE,
June!) No. 6,Broad street, Athens, Ga.
Q (’. D0HBS,
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Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. Ac.
VeVD No. 12 Broa*l Street, Athens, Ga.
TpYIORY SPEEK,
Hi LAWYER, ATHENS, GA.-
As Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend
tho Courts of Clarke, Walton, Gwinnett, Hall, Banks,
Jackson, Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White,
and give attention to collecting and other claims in
thoso counties. March 19, 1873.
T7" ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
-IV. FRANKLIN, N. C.
Practices in all tho Courts of Western North Caro
lina, and in tho Federal Courts. Claims collected in
ill parts of the State. npl6—ly
TT'KIYABl) E. HARDEN,
JLLi (Late Judge U. S. Courts Nebraska andUtah,
and uow Judgo of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
julyLt ly (JuiOuaii, Jlrook* County, Ga.
Fxnui tho -April Oreil.nil Monthly.
NATERE AND AKT.
When art was youug, Pygmalion formed
A marble maid, divinely fair;
Her beauty all bis being wanned.
And moved him to enraptared prayer:
‘ O, leave her not a senseless stone,
Almighty Jovo, enthroned above!
But givo her life to bloss my own,
Endow her with tho soul of love!’
Jovo heard and smiled. Tho marble flusbod
Like snow peak at tho comiug sun;
‘ Pygmalion!’ Lo! slio spoko and blnshod!
And thus his stainless bride ho won.
Ami ever sinco tho artist touch »
Has had a quick, Promethean lire.
For all who love their labor mncb,
Who nobly strugglo and aspire.
To such the miracles recur
That only genius works at will,
That seem dead images to stir.
And every source of feeling thrill.
Thus Nature, over to tho heart
That rightly seeks her, answer gives;
In evory mastor-work of Art
A portion of her spirit lives.
Tho templed pile, the marbled sbapo,
Tho painted tree, the stream, the sod,
Are only forms her soul to drape—
* For Nature is the art of God!’
Tho paiutor, when ho spreads his tints,
That only mimic what is real.
If Nature guides him nobly hints
Her dearest charm, ber sweet ideal.
Tho roso a richor beauty takes
From bands that she has deftly tauglil j
Tho violet swootor perfumo makes
When Art has wedded it to thought.
O, Goddess! On thy altar tops
| Of awful peaks that touch tbo blue,
j Whero every suowy gem that drops
i Unmclted lies in stainless buo.
j 1 gaze upon thy wido domain
From mouut’ain unto boundless sea,
And listen to tho grand refrain
Tbo pillared forests sing to thco.
For down below, in circling ranks,
Tbo pines uplift tboir branching arms;
And fartbor, on tbo river banks,
Tho oaks reveal their milder charms.
And as I leave the dizzy height,
Returning to tho valley mead,
Gray rocks with 'ichens are bedight,
And llowcrs up-spring of lowly brood.
The happy creatures of the wild,
Bound from the thicket on tho way—
Tho mother doo, tho fawn her child—
As half in fright and half in play.
By springs whore viny tresses cling,
Aud tuneful gurgles meet tho ear,
The feathered people drink and sing,
Or seek tho covert in their fear.
But soon the cabin’s lazy smoke
I see abovo tho orchard curl;
And bark ! what sound tho silonco broke f
Tho jocund laugh of boy and girl!
Around and round, in merry rout,
I'see them go, as though to play
Were all of life and care and doubt,
Could never cloud their Summer day.
Tho oriole her pendent nest
Is banging from the willow hough;
The lark with joy distends his breast, ,
Aud warbles to the lowing cow.
Thus Nature everywhere repeats
Tho beauty and the love she owns;
From bill to sea her rhythmic beat
Is heard in many blending tones.
And Art, her handmaid, catches up
Tho glory of each sound and sight,
To pour them from her magic cup,
A draught to steep us in delight.
within herself, 1 He had no business to tako
off my shoe.’ And he thought to himself,
* She had no business wearing stockings with
holes in them.’
Accidents will happen, youug ladies, and
the safest plan always is to b8 neat, and
not think as Lucy did, ‘ Oh, these holes will
never bo seen, they’re away down in my boot,’
for if you do, your fate may some day bo tbo
same ushers.
having a faco denoting sbamo. It is from the
Anglo-Saxon^rcam faest, protected by shame.
Surname is from the French sumom, meaning
additional name, and should not, therefore.be
spelled sirname, as if it meant the name of
ouo’s siro. Freemason is not half Saxon, but
is from tho French frcremacon, brother mason.
Standard.
T F. 0'KELLEY’S
O . PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, -
Ovar Williams’ Shoo storo, Broad street, Athens,
tieorgin. sep3.
R Fecamp,
Attorney at Law,
CARNESVILLE, GA.
Will givo prompt attention to all business entrusted
t > V'»m. lie will attend the Courts of Habersham,
Franklin and Hall. aeplT—ly.
c. rCKPLKS. E. T. HOWELL.
PEEPLES & HOWELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
SO and 22, Kimball House,
ATLANTA, GA.
DRACTICE in tho Statonud Federal Courts, and
A attond regularly all tho Courts in Atlanta, includ
ing tho Supremo Court of tho State, and will argue
cases upon briefs for absent parties, on reasonable
terms.
They also practice in tho Courts of tho counties con
tiguous or accessible to Atlanta by Railroad, sepll
M. W. REDEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U. S. Claim Agent and notary Public
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA.
Ofico on Wilson itreet,'below King & Bro’s.
February 19, 1853.
, JBB B. ESTES.
ESTES & BELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
GAINESVILLE. GEORGIA.
\\ T IhL practice in tho counties composing tho West-
» cm Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth eonnties
J: * ' ! * ua Ridgo Circuit, lhoy will also practice in
w»Supr»a.e Conrtof Georgia, and in tho United Statu
«»rt at Atlanta. mayl4
A. A. EDGE,
Boot, Shoe and Harness
MAKER,
^prilli—ly WATKINSVILLE, GA.
JAS. L. LONG, M. D.
Surgeon, Accoucheur and Physician,
(Ojffce at 3fr. Thomat Sheait’ Store,)
Good Hope District^ Walton co., Ga.
Offers bis professional services to tho oititens of tho
surrounding country. oug27
Livery,
Feed & Sale Stable,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
OANN & REAVES, PROPRIETORS,
\V I , L , ljb *f“ Bn4 » t *helf old stand, roar Franklin
onV.,‘““••■‘i'lding, Thomas street. Keep always
«n hand good Turn-out* and carofnl drivers.
w . * lrB * for when entrusted to our ear
®<®ok on hand for salt at all tlmu. dcc25-
WALTON HOTEL,
rnnw v CONROE, GA.
1 would *«*P«otful!y inform travelers
Of thV'.Ket^n'l 0 ,® ,nt , rt "y that bo has taken charge
all * nd sp*r® no ptiffs to mako
who “ a l- f«vor him with their patron
- will bo reasonable. -jaa3& li
Rs B. ADAIR, D.D.S.
> GAINESVILLE, GA.
luev, Southeast corn or Public Square. mar27
The Accident which Happened to Lucy.
Everybody wonders how Lucy Wills lost her
1 over. ‘She is a very pretty girl, as well as ac
complished and intelligent. Dr. Hampton
was a gre-r.t catch, and when ho came to Nor-
tonsburg, Lucy was not the only girl who de
termined to “ sot hor cap” for him, and Mrs.
Grundy wondering who would captivate him;
but very soon the young physician showed a
strong preference for Lucy, and pretty little
Lucy was delighted. Every few days they
wero seen together, riding, walking, etc., and
tbo little boys counted the dimes they made
carrying watermelons and things from the
doctor to Miss Lucy. Bat all at once his at
tention ceased. For a time he moped about
in a very quiet way; then he began visiting
Avice Leigh, and then the village gossips won
dered why it was so. Bat yon see they didn't
know any thing of that boggy ride Lnoy took
with the doctor, the accident that happened,
nor what came of it Lncy knows why she
lost the doctor, bnt she will never tell, and he’B
a perfect gentleman.
Yon must understand the doctor had not de
clared himself, but he intended doing so, and
concluded ’twonld he so nice to whisper the
sweet words in her ear as they drove along
the shady turnpike. Ha invited her to drive
out with him, she accepted and away they
went.
They were very gay, qnoting poetry and
Madison bell, making lovo in that ronnd-abont way that
comes just before the declaration, when the
doctor’s horse backed his ears, shook his head
kicked and did bo many queer things that
Lucy became frightened, and before her lover
could prevent, jamped from the baggy. Dr.
Hampton, after quieting his horse, went to her.
'Darling, are yon hurt t’ he asked. Eucy
blushed.
' I believe—I think I’ve sprained my—foot.
It was very foolish in me to do so, bnt I can
walk to the bnggy and wo mast go home.'
She attempted to walk, bnt fell hack power
less in her lover's arms.
' Yon are hart,’ he sai.d, * yon mast let me
see yoar fobt,' and she pnt out her little foot
clad in a neatly fitting boot
Your shoe will have to coma off,’ he said.
' The ankle is swollen badly.' ' Oh, no, no, go
away,’ stie said as ho began nnlaclng her boot.
'Yon shall not take off my shoe.' Bnt here
the keen pain struck her again and she faint
ed, while her lover removed the tiny boot.
Bnt immediately ho started back in amaze
ment, for there before his bewildered gaze
were the five tiny toes of his lady-love peeping
ont from an immense hole at ono extremity of
her stockings, wbiio at the other was a little
round heel peeping ont os slyly as the five
little toes; and then tho doctor knew hie lit
tle drsam was over, for of all things ho ad
mired neatness in a woman more than acy
thing else. When Lucy recovered, he carried
her to tho buggy, waskind and gent#, drove
her home, but the intended proposal was left
unsaid. USSB
Lucy knew she had loBt him and reasoned
Curiosities of Language.
CHANGES IN THE MEANING OF WORDS.
Language shares in all tho vicissitudes of
niau. It reflects all tho changos in the char
acter, tastes, customs aud opinions of a people,
and shows how they advance or rcccdo in cul
ture and morality. Often tho meaning of n
word changes imperceptibly, until it becomes
just tho opposite of what it once was. To let,
in the common version of the Bible [and in
Shakspcare,] means to opposo; to-day, it
moans to permit. Anecdote means a short,
amusing story, etymologically, it denotes some
thing as yot unpublished. Tho instant an an
ecdote is published, it belies its title; it is no
longer an anoedote. To pi event, which now
means to binder or obstruct, signified in its
Latin etymology to anticipate, to get tho start
of, and is thus used in the Old Testament.—
Girl onco designated a young person of cither
sex. IFtdotc was applied to men as well as to
women. Astonished literally means thunder
struck, as its derivation from “ attonaro ”
shows; Milton speaks of a knavo who throw-
heavy stones upon a certain King, “ whereof
the one smote tho King upon his head, tho
other astonishod his shoulder.” Property and
propriety como from tho samo French word
“ proprieto;” so that tho Frenchman in Now
York was not far out of tho way, when, in the
pauic of 1837, ho said ho “ should loso all his
propriety."
DEGRADATION OF WORDS.
Words are elevated and ennobled in moan
ing, and they also deteriorate and degeuorato.
Humility, with tho Greeks and Romans, meant
meanness of spirit; Paradise, in oriental
tODgues, meant only a royal ark; regeneration
was spoken by tho Greeks only of tho earth in
the spring time and of tho recollection of for
gotten knowledge; sacrament and mystery are
words “ fotched from the very dregs of Pagan
ism” to set forth the great tiuths of our re
demption. On the other hand, knave formerly
signified only Ud; a villian was a peasant; a
menial was one of tho many; insolent meant
unusual; silly, blessed—the infant Jesus be
ing termed by an old English poet, “ that
harmless silly babo;” officious signified ready
to do kindly offices. Demure was used onco in
a good sense, without the insinuation which is
now almost latont in it, that tho external show-
of modesty and sobriety rests on no corres
ponding realities. Facetious, which now lias
tho senee of buffoonish, originally meant ur
bane. Idiot, from the Greok, originally signi
fied only a privato man, as distinguished from
an officeholder. Homely formerly meaut secret
and familiar; and brat, now a vulgar aud con
temptuous word, had anciently a very differ
ent signification, as in the following lines from
an eld hymn by Gascoigne:
O Israel, O household of tho Bonl,
O Abraham’s brats, O brood of blessed seed,
O chosen sheep, that loved tho Lord indeed.
Imp once meant graft; Bacon speaks of
“ those most virtuous and goodly young imps,
the Duke of Sussex and his brother.” Beldam
was originally “ bollo dame,” fair lady.
WORDS WITH CURIOUS DERIVATIONS.
Saunterers were once pilgrims to tho Holy
Land, (la Sainte Terre,) who, it was found, took
their own timo to go thero. Bit is that which
has beon bit off, and exactly corresponds with
the word “ morsel,” used iu the same sense,
and derived from the Latin morderc, to bite.—
Banhrupt means literally broken bench. It
was the custom in the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries for tho Lombard merchants to ex
pose their wares for salo In the market place
on benches. When one of their number failed,
all the other merchants sot upon him, drove
him from the market, and broke his bench to
pieces. “ Banco rotto,” the Italian for bench-
broken, becomes banqueroute in French, and in
English bankrupt. Caitiff, from the Latin
captious, is only another form of captivo. The
French chetif, mean, spiteful, has the same
origin—both words referring to the moral
degradation produced by captivity. Mounte
bank means a quack-medicine vendor—from
the Italian “montare,” to mount, and “benco,”
a bench. Literally, one who mounts a bench
to boast of bis infallible skill in caring diseases.
Toad-eater is a metaphor taken from a mounte
bank’s boy eating toads, in order to show bis
master's skill in expelling poison. The pro
priety of the term rests on the fact that de
pendent persons are often forced to do the
most nanseons things to please their patrons.
Quandary is a corruption of the French “ qu’en
diral (jo) T” •* what shall I say of itt” and ex
presses that feeling of uncertainty which nat
urally prompts such a question. Faint is from
the French stftxn&rc, to pretend; so that orig
inally fainting was a pretended weakness or
-inability. We have an example of the thing
originally indicated by the word, in the French
theatres, whero professional fainters are em
ployed, whose business is to be overcome and
to sink to the floor under the powerful acting
of the tragedians. Topsy-Turvy is said to he
a contraction or corruption of “ top-side t'other
way,” just as helter skelter is from hQariier et
ederiter, '• gaily and quickly." Hip! hip! hur
rah l was originally a war cry adopted by the
stormers of a German town, wherein a great
many Jews bad taken refuge. The place be
ing sacked, they wero all put to the sword,
under the shonts of Hierosdlyma est perdita !—
From the first letter of those words (b, e, p,)
an exclamation was contrived.
DECRETIVE ETYMOLOGIES.
Wiseacre has no connection with “ acre.”—
The word is a corruption, boffin spelling and
pronunciation, of the German “ weissager," a
wiso-sayer, or sayer of wise maxims. Goose
berry, Dr. Johnson explains as “ a fruit eaten
and sauce for goose.” It is, however, a cor
ruption of the German “krusbeere”—-from
" kraas " or •* garse," cflsp; and tho fruit gets
its namo from the upright hairs with which it
is covored. The frontispiece of a book is not
a piece in front of a book; it denotes a front
view, and is from tho Latin frentispieium. Je
rusalem artichoke is a corruption of girasale arti
choke. Girasol, French, means “ turning to
wards the son.” Shamefaced does not mean
[Vvashington Correspondence Pittsburg Leader.]
SoIhcru’s Latest Jokes.
PERPLEXITIES OF A YOUNG ACTRESS—NOTES
FROM A BALDHEADED PARTY.
Sothorn has a national reputation as a prac
tical joker as well as an actor, but I never
had learned to what au extent docs he carry
his passion for practical joking until his last
week’s engagement at the National Theatre
here. It appears that joking is a passion with
him. His daily joke is as necessary as the
morning appetizer for the average mao. Upon
the stage, even during the incidents of an act,
beforo tho audience he is continually playing
his jokes. Here is an oxamplo: Inoneofthe
acts of “Our American Cousin,” a young lady
who was playing ono of the prominent parts of
the play stood a little back during one scene,
and a3 sho was to come forward during the
act, Sothorn passod her, and said in a whisper:
‘ For licavon’s sake bo careful, your skirt is
coming off.” Tho young lady was distracted
at tho intelligence, and clutching at her skirt,
clung to it convulsively until sho had an op
portunity of stepping behind a flat, when she
discovered that it was only another one of
Sotheru’s jokes.
Friday night ‘ David Garrick ’ was billed,
and Sothern that evening seemed so full of a
breezy humor that it could only find vent in
somo sort of practical joke. In tho cast of the
play was a very beautiful young lady, who is
very sensitivo upon tho subject of admirers.—
Sothoru, when ho came on iu tho second act,
noticed a bald-headed old gontloman in the
second row front literally devouring the face
of tho young actress with a double-barreled
opera glass. Hero was too good a chance for
a joke. A few momonts after his conceiving
the idea a box was brought behind tho scenes
by ono of tho ushers. It was for the young
lady mentioned above. It was a beautiful box,
and filled with exquisite French bon-bons.—
At first sho was very much pleased with the
present, bat as she road tho note accompany
ing it her cheeks flushed, and sho fairly stamp
ed her foot with indignation. Tho note was
as follows:
Lovely Vision : I lovo you ! 1 adore you!
Look for mo, tho bald-headed party, second
seat to tho right, in front. You will recognize
mo by my bald head and my firm Roman nose,
my mother’s—I moan I havo it from her by
inheritance. Bo mino. I lovo you madly. I
am a widower with no children, but long to bo
a father. I havo §23,000 a year. Say, will
you bo mino ? If so, please drop your hand
kerchief at tho end of tho sceno.
Your Devoted Admirer.
This note so discomfited tho young lady from
tho unusual experience of having so vigorous
an admirer, and so bold a ono during hor
presonce upon tho stage, that sho missed
several of her cuo3 in the succeeding scene.—
Sho was going to send tho box and noto back
to tho bald-hoadcd party, but her frionds dis
couraged her, saying it was better not to no
tice it at all. Fancy the fcolings of tho old
man if the box and noto had beon sont him.
Toward tho close of tho next scene up came
an usher with auothor noto, which was as fol
lows ;
Oh, cruel, cruol ono! Why did I ever meet
you ? I swear you shall bo mine. I am in tho
box now, so that I can bo noaror you. Behold
me, your fato. Lovoly cruel ono, do not think
to escapo me. * W. P, B.
This was too much, tho young lady thought,
and it was with flushed cheeks and indignant,
snapping eyes that she went on with her busi
ness. Wonderful coincidence. When the cur
tain went up, there was tho bald-headed party
in the box.
Directly up camo another note. It was as
follows:
Tho strugglo is over. I am going to cut my
throat in fivo minutes in the box. Cruel, ob-
durato ono, why did I ever meet yon t No, I
won’t cut my throat. I will haunt you for
years, and then cut my throat. Beware how
you scorn mo! Iam on your track, and you
can never escape me !
The young lady now became quite frighten
ed, as sho thought sho had an amiable lunatic
for an admirer.
Tho following conversation explains the
sequel to the above. Time—The next even
ing, after the enrtain had been rung down on
the last act. Scene—Mr. Sothern bidding fare
well to the members of the company. He ap
proaches the young lady.
‘ Good-bye,’ said he, as he takes her by the
band.
* Good-bye,’ she replied.
‘ Oh, by the way,’ says Mr. Sothern.
•Wellt’
‘ Did ho cut his throat t’
(Sadden light dawning.) ' Oh, Mr. Sothern,
I will never forgive yon!’ and tho little body
walks indignantly away, only to be overcome
with laughter afterward at the real excellence
of the joke.
Who are Rich.
The man with good, firm health is rich.
So is the man with a clear, open conscience.
So is the editor of a good paper with a big
subscription list. (Over the loft.)
So is the clergyman whose coat the little
children of the parish pluck, as he passes them
in their play.
So is the wife who has the whole heart of a
good husband.
So is the maiden whose horizon is not bonad-
ed by the ‘ coming man,’ but who has a pur
pose in life whether she ever moots him or not.
So is the youug man who, laying bis hand
on his heart can say, ‘ I have treated every
woman I have ever met as I should wish my
sister treated by other men.’
So is the little child who gets to sleep with
a kiss on its lips, and for whoso waking a bless
ing waits.
How Uncle Shade Lost His Religion.
Everybody about Rockingham is acquainted
with Uncle Shaderick Leak, colored^ * Uncle
Shade,’ as he is more generally known, has,
daring his lengthy and not altogether unevent
ful existence, experienced two rather heavy
falls. According to a statement made to ns
by him, his first great fall was in tho timo of
tho Sherman raid, when he fell from grace,
(and that was a time, you know, whon every
body’s religion was pnt to a sevorfj test)—his
next downfall boing from an ox cart in front
of our office about 230 feet of lumber falling
upon him, and which tickled Tom Hurt so.
But we will let Uncle Shade himself relate in
bis own peculiar way, how he foil from grace
his first great fall, in time of the raid:
’ I wuz living wid mars Watty den. I had
heard a good deal sed about de Yankees
white folks sed da waz mighty bad folks; sed
dat I must hs better tickler an toll dem nuffin
but de trufe, as if da cotch me in lie da would
be shore to kill me. Well, I wuz standing in
do front yard near the piazzy when de tns3
Yank I seed made his 'poarauco. He wuzent
dross like a sojer, bnt had on a high crown hat
and rid up mighty quietly, singin of a hymo.
De hymo was dis, I believes, dat he was a
singin’:
Hallaloo! Hallaloo!
I b’longs to de ban’ hallaloo!
I had been a proaohor myself up to dat time,
and I wuz satisfied from de way he cum np
dat ho waz a preacher too, or at least a mighty
good man. Ses ho as he rid up to me. ’ Sam
my,’ (da called all do nigger men, Sam,) ‘ how
doz ye do, sirt’
Puty well, tank you, boas,’ (ses Ij ‘ how doz
you dot’
• Iso quito well, Sammy.’
‘ Sammy, has you got any pig hams t’ he ax
ed in his sweet way.
‘ No, sir, boss, have no hams,' I sod.
• Got any chickens, don, Sammy t’ ho further
enquired.
We had chickens, but I told him no, cause
I didn't want him to git ’uni.
• Any eggs, Sammy t’
• No, sir, no oggs, boss, I replied.
' Pleaso hold my hoss, Sammy. I tnck hold
ob do bridle, and he got down off his hoss and
went to de chicken coop, and pulling a large
bunch of keys from his pocket, unlocked de
door, went in and filling his high hat wid egg3
cum touting dem back whero I wuz, I felt dat
my time wuz about up, having told a lie and
been cotch in it. Bnt my faith in do Lord
had so far sustained me. He sot tho hat ob
eggs on de piazza and as he turned round to
git up ou his hoss, down went de old hat and
broke ebber egg but four!
Umph! how I was skerd! I felt shoro dat I
should soon bo a dead nigger.
Sammy,’ said he as he looked at de eggs on
de ground,' ain’t dat a hell ob a case.’
I was astonished to hoar him use such ugly
language, and I sed: ' yes, massa, dat is a bad
case.’
• Yes,’ soz he, * bat ain’t it a hell ob a case 1*
Not wishing to cuss—being a preacher—I
said ‘ yes, mossa, dat is a very bad case.'
Den he drug out an old Bword, and ses he,
bis eyes flashing fire like de debit:
'Damnyour old soul, didn’t I ax yon if it
wazn’t a most hell ob a case f'
Thinking he was gwine to cut me in two
I jumped about three foot high, and hollowed
out:
• Yes, mossa, damn my aoul if it aint a moat
hell ob a case P
I’s bin a wicked man eber since, hat if I's
lost dat nasty Yankee will have to answeefor
it, which is some consolation.—Rockingham
Spirit of the South.
Rev. Cmsar Cole’s Lecture on <( De Fast Ori
gin ob Man.”
Bredren and Sisters As dis is de fust
ob mi course ob lectors, I perpose to kommenso
at de bery fust ob heginuin. De fust question
what stars you in do face is dis: ‘ Who ia yer f
Whar did yer cum from at do start P Now,
I’m gwine to discuss dis question on bofe scrip-
tend and sientific pints, as opposed to the late
so-called Dawiuium theorem. Wo is tole dat
after form becum void, den de good Lord made
all kreepin things, an de animiles. Well, den,
what next f Dare must be sumbody for to
make dem wilo beastes behave daresolves.—
Now, I ax, was de monkey do man fur de sit-
uashunt No, mi hearers. He mout hah
throwed coconuts at om till de cows cum home,
and dey wouldn't a bin wuf a cent. So much
den fur do pint.
But Mr. Darwin says de fizziclo formashnn
is de same, an darefore riginal man wuz a bab-
boon. Now, right bore, bredren, I takes groun
right agin Mr. D., an if you please, we’ll fight
de debhll wid fire. Siunco agin siunce. Fol
low me close now, bredren, fur dis is a bery tick
lish pint. If wo is all monkeys, I ax in de
namoob alldat's right an sensable, whar is
dat tale dat ort to bolong to bofe de speshiesf
I mean, my sisters, whar is dat longated con
tinerashun ob de spinul vertiba ob de back
bone— dat—dat—porhonslo extenshuu ob do
spinal collum. what gibs de monkey de power
to mako a susponsliun railroad bridge ebery
timo ho wants to cross do crook t
I tells yu, mi dear bredren an sisters, we
hasn’t got it, we nebor has had it, and thank
de Lord, wo nebor will be boddered wid it.
But I must bo breaf. Hopin dat deso remarks
will bab de effeck to make you all, as mon an
wimmen* think more ob yersolves, I will close,
bnt beforo brudder Boles passos do hat round,
Sweet Potatoes.
THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL MODE OF
CULTURE.
A correspondent of the Southern Cultivator,
who signs himBelf “ Bolton,” furnishes tho fol
lowing letter on the culture of this important
and muoh neglscted crop. ^
Much is being said in tho agricultural pa
pers on every subject except tho sweet pota
to, which I think is ono of the mo3t important
crops raised Sonth and a crop that has bscr^.' ■ ■
shamefully neglected. I shall try in a few
words to give yon my plan of growing thorn,
which I think will give any of tho readers of
tho Cultivator sucooss, if they try It In tho
first place, I select for bedding jast such pota
toes as suit my taste, viz: rather largo and
or smooth skin, otttui p nro yellow yarn.
prepare tho twd I spado up sufficient spaco,
which should be of rich, mellow earth, and
raised several inches high. I then put on a
good layer of stable manure, then rich earth
about one inch thick, then tho potatoes, about
l inch apart, then rich earth again, finishing
with a heavy coat of manure. As soon as the
potato begins to sproat,the top-coating of ma
nure should be taken off, and more earth well
pulverized pnt on.
In the next place, I select land of a dark
color—where there is bnt little or no red clay.
About the 25th of March I plough this laud
10 inches deep, breaking it broadcast. When
the potato slips are large enough for planting,
I prepare my rows, by laylBg off 4J feet apart,
and ploughing from 12 to 14 inches deep, and
am oarefnl not to have a high bad, fas was tho
custom before the war, and is row with many
planters.
In cultivating them, tho first ploughing
on de bery vitle subjack—' De primeble fust
cauz ob do Kulierd man
“ Farewell, Eyfe.”
A Worcester, Mass., oculist was called up
on by a tough old customer of sixty, whose
eyes showed plainly that brandy and water
was no stranger to him, and bis breath cor-
robe rated plainly the statement of his eyes,
Tho Doctor examined him and suggested that
ardent spirits might have something to do with
bis condition.
‘ Ob, no,' said the old fellow, • I don’t drink
enough to hurt anybody. I take something
stimulative when I get up, and then again
just before breakfast, then only onoe at elev
en o’clock, and a little dose before and after
dinner to help digestion—don’t tako anything
more ant'd four o’clock, and then a little more
at six o'clock, and then a little more before
and after snpper, and just before I go to my
bed.’
‘That ailt’ said tho doctor.
* Never take anything more unless somebody
asks me, said the man.
‘ Well, sir,’ said the doctor, * I think I can
cure yonr eyes, but it will bo necessary for yon
to leave off drinking entirely.’
* What!’ said be in amazoment, * can't I take
just a littlo f’
* No sir, not a drop; and if you do not leave
off drinking yon are liable to become blind.
‘ Then larowell eyes,’ said the old toper, as
lie seized his hat and mode for tho door, ovi*
should be done with a bull-tongue, which is
I wiilmakenouncement'datI wffi deiiWmi|P Q * ! “«>eground»»f good muiocan
2d lecter at dis place on de cummin Sunday, P“ 1Ut 5 tha “ Ihoe 8ttt Zf' a “ d *****
'grass out all tho year. The noxt ploughing
is dona with a turning plow, put in the furrow
made by tho bull-tongue, thro wing the dirt to
A Mule Kick. I the potato, and this plowing continued until
Two Irishmen engaged in peddling pack-1 t h e middles are broken out, and ever after
ages of linen, bought an old mule to aid in I wards cultivated with sweep and boo.
carrying the bundles. Each would ride awhile, As t0 gathering-after the first frost if the
or “ ride and tie,” as the saying is. One day g r0U ad is not wet, I gather my crop—haul the
tho Irishman who was on foot got close to the potatoes where I expect to bank them, and if
heels of his mulcship, when he received a kick I tho weather permits, I lot thorn, lay out throe
on ono of his shins. To be revenged he picked or four days, in piles of about ten bushels each
up a stone, and hurlod it at tho mule, but by I _taking care to cover them at night, and
accident strnck his companion on tho back oi j tearing down the piles every morning. This
the head. Seeing what he had done, he stop-1 process is continued till the potatoes cease to
ped, and began to groan and rub bis shin.— 1 8we at, and then properly banked away, where
Tho man on the mule turuod and asked: t hey will remain good for twenty months.
What’s tho matter t” Many wait till several frosts havo fallen.
“ The cratur’s kicked mo,” was the reply. I This plan, I think, is a ruinous ono, as I bo-
Be jabbers,” said the other, “ he’s did that I |;g V0 a jj 0 f (ha sap of the vine makes back to
same to me on tho back of my head.” I potato as soon as tho frost touches it; in
Iu I’raiso of Georgia. which case you have a watery potato to eat
A Georgian gives his state high praise, and j till they all rot, which they will do, no matter
it is not far from being just. Ho says if a wall how well you put them up. The low bods re-
could bo raised around tbo commonwealth so I tain the rain, while the high-drawn-up beds
high as to shut out the rest of the world, become a3 dry as powdor, and are never wot
Georgia would be an empire in herself. In 12 inches deep by the heaviest rains; therefore,
tho southern part they can produce vast I plough deep, and low beds will make your po-
qnantitics of cotton, so fino that it will sell I tatoes. I made at the rate of 540 bushels per
quickly at eighty cents a pound; and peach- acre last year.-
es without rot or disease, and with no fear of Tax Defhnlters and Double Taxes,
frost, can be grown red ripo by the first of I w# give below the law in regard to tax do-
June. A day’s journey to tho north is the faulters and how property not returned is to
finest corn and cotton-growing region in the be doubly taxed :
whole South; thero too, all vegetables thrive, I If a persen fails to make a return, in whole'
and tho apple, peach, cherry, plumb, grape [or in part, er fails to affix a value to his prop-
and pear. The State, too, possesses fabulous | erty, it is the duty of the receiver to make the
wealth in marble, iron, lime and coal; and | valuation and assoss tho taxation thereon, and
that precious metal, gold, is not absent. But ia all other respects to make tiie return for the
the author berates tho people because they do | defaulting person front the best information he
ot develop their resources. They might ex- can obtain, and having done so, he shall double
port large quantities of sugar; they might pro- the tax in the last column of the digest against
dace wool enough to run many factories, giv- 8 u C h defaulters, after having placod the proper
iog employment to thousands. It is urged | market value er specific return in the propor
that tho way to unbounded prosperity is to column; [and for every year’s default the de-
establish the small farm system, by which the faulter shall be taxed double, until a return ie
laborer owns the land in fee; then, as in France, made.]
productions will be multiplied ten-fold, edu- If thero is taxable property, real or personal,
cational advantages will be enjoyed, and all in a county, that to tho satisfaction of the re-
tho social privileges secured. At present con- j coivor, when he comes to conclude his digest,
ditions seem to be unfortunate, for we read 11 8 n 0 t returned by auy person, nnd he doo3 not
that in a recent public address Gov. Smith I ^qow the owner or possessor, it is his duty to
conveyed the melancholy information that assess and doable tax it, describing it partfo-
last year only 1,000 immigrants came to Geor- j ularly; and the same power is conferred on the
gia, while 20,000 of her citizens loft the State.’ j (ax collector as to suchproporty, whon not as-
| sesaed, or over-looked by tbo receiver.
Better than Poison for Caterpillars.
Said the Opelousas Journal last fall: Tboro
I is one little cotton crop near Opelousas which
ia
Wonders of Newspaper Printing.
The New York Herald claims that a recent
Sunday edition consisted of one hundred and
fifty thousand copies. Each number consisted
o! twenty pages, that is one hundred and twen
ty columns, of which seventy-eight were ad
vertisements and forty-two reading matter.
Tbo Herald says:
A detail, which will be perfectly new to
non-professionals, is that to produce one hun
dred and fifty thousand fall copies, it is neces
sary to take nine hundred thousand impres
sions. To accomplish this in the short time
allowed, five rotary Hoe presses, of eight and
ten cylinders each, and two Bollock perfecting
presvjs, were kept rolling off at tho rate of one
thousand a minute. To drive these huge
pre/jses, two large engines of eighty horse pow
er were kept in motion by burning six tons of
coal in the farnaces. To form the stereotype
plates for the cylinders, eight tons of typo
OiStal were used to cast one hundred and forty
wight plates, weighing, when fini shed and dress
ed, thirty-eight pounds each. Tbo ink on a
single copy would not be taken into observa
tion by the average observer, b nt it required
seven hundred and twenty-five j pounds to keep
the rollers prepared to leave the imprint of
their kisses on the eighteen million virgin
pages that were to glow at dayilight with tho
news. And these rollers were composed of
fivo hundred pounds of glae, min] ;led with one
thousand pounds of honey. Then the virgin
pages—the paper on which all this is printed.
There are eighty men and boy.s about the
presses, handling. Sheet by ebeel; it is passed
through the proas, until sevontet <n tons, or
thirty-four thousand pounds, are printed on
both sides. If you were to pile fa hose sheets
one upon another, they would mak e a monu
ment one hundred and twenty feet 1 ugh ‘
Agricultural fattens.
Farming lo Advantage.
I have known two kinds of industrious farm-1 the worms have not stripped ofita leaves, and
era. I do not include the sluggish and negli- | was not saved by poison The owner of it,
gent. Bnt of tbo real bard workers there are Mr. A. Steen, and his son, tiod a piece cot-
two distinct classes. They both rise with the | ton bagging, long enough to reach across two
dawn and work after night, and are worthy of j cotton rows, to a piece of rope, and one of
success; but one class falls for want of proper | them bolding one end of the rope and tbo
thought and management. These will put [ether bolding the other end, they went np and
their energies into one piece of work, and neg-1 down the cotton rows, when tbe worms first
leot otbor things which need them more. I jmado their appearance, dragging it over two
know one man who was ao intent on finishing rows at a time. The worms woro about half
piece of board fence, that be worked hard at | grown, and at that age their feet or holders
it the very time the weeds in bis root crop ere weak, and the least shaking of the cotton
grew from one inch to ten inches, increasing I makes them fall off. They also at that ags
tbe labor ot cleaning out at least tenfold and are not able to crawl back. Mr. Steed's meth-
reduced bis crop about' one half. Another od knocked them all off bn tho ground, and
bays costly tools and lets them rust and rot in | they died there. He went over hie cotton,
the field be«lase he is so busy with something or that part which had worms on it, twice,
else, although tho labor of bousing would be a and saved it. - Two persons can go over tvrcR-
mere nothing. Another builds a costly barn, ty-fiva acres a day. If the worms appear
and uses up his means for manuring, cnltivat- again ho will again sweep them off.
ing and draining when cheaper buildings Heavy Grain Crops,
would have answered. Another works a wet Undoubtedly thero will be a heavy diminu*
field year after year at great cost and incon- tioa j a tt0 cotton area planted this Spring,
venience, and with small results, because bo 0no of tho correspondents of tho agricr.lt-
is too busy to underdrain it. He does every- ural bnreatl tells U3 that ho sl:all ropoit
thing at a disadvantage. Very different is the for Twlggg county a diminutiou of ft . om
coarse of a good manager. He looks at all his aqwrf&rtoathlnl. Ncarlyall the planters
work—has it mapped ont before him—esti- Ja that county report ono-third in cotton and
mates accurately the labor to accomplish each two-thirds in grain, instead of vico versa,
job, and tbo timo when it should be -done to waa tu 0 almost universal condition thero
prevent loss and then goos oa systematically. I A heavy acreage in small grain !
It does not require great genius to do this, but Liao universal, and it is repot ted to ho very
common sense, and for the farmer to *eep bis isi 0at8 wiU b6 ablilu!ain m U(;orgia
wits about him. This is what makes a man k y M aQd we truat tbat Sopt3aiber wili
practical and successful—Country Gentleman. | gbow tbe State OBOe morc indepeudoG t of Wo3 -
i ..... tern corn snpplioe aud. on the economical tnrn-
„ „ T ^ Diregrass Farmer. pike to prosperous fortunes again. And we
Mr. H. J. I ansh, of Berrien county, as we 1 8b all not be greatly surprised if planters find
learn from tho Georgia Forester, ran three when harvest’* all gathered thaijtbougt. they
plows last year and made 2G bales of cotton, have plenty of grain the cotton product snot
averaging 500 pound3 per bale, no fertilizers | S r<latl y short of last year.—Macon Ie egraph.
used only homemade. Also made 550bushels ..A young lady of Iowa laeoatiy
of corn, and 300 bushols efthat was made on “ Some men are always talking about ]’
10 acres; about throo hundrad bushols of sweet thelrOwa. tjQRrqj—always bar
potatoes and seven barrels of syrup. He had JhUshwlw^aU g ,Ud^itfnr.T I do
planted 4b acres in cotton, and nino b&losw&ro 30100 of thods t&ou who yffl&jjft
produced ou tea acres. elsewhere will get cheated f"