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POETIC AD.
LETTER FEOM AN OXFORD STUDENT
TO HIS MAMMA.
Dear Mamma. Your anger to soften ;
At last I sit down to indite;
’Tis clear I’m wrong very often,
Since’tis true I so seldom do write I
But now I’il be silent no longer,
Pro and con all my deeds I’ll disclose.
All the pro’s in my verse I’ll make stronger,
And hide all my con’s in my pro’s.
You told me on coming to college
To dip into books and excel:
Why the tradesmen themsevelvesmust acknowl
edge,
I’ve dipt into books pretty well.
The advice you took pleasure in giving
To direct me is sure to succeed,
And I think you’ll confess 1 am liviDg
With very great credit indeed.
I wait on the Reverend Doctors,
Whose friendship you told me to seek,
And as for the two learned proctors,
They’ve callcdTor me twice in a week.
Indeed we’ve got intimate lately,
And I seldom can pass the street;
But their kindness surprises me greatly,
For they stop me whenever we meet.
My classics, with all their old stories,
I row very closely pursue,
And ne’er read the “Remedia Amoris”
Without thinking, dear mother, of you.
Of Virgil I’ve more than a smatter,
And Horace I’ve nearly by heart,
But though fam’d for his smartness and satire
He’s not quite so easy as smart.
English bards I admire eveiy little,
And doat upon practical lore,
And, though yet I have studied but Little,
I hope to be master of Moore.
You’ll see from the nousenee I’ve written,
That my Devils are none of the Blues,
That I’m playful and gay as a kitten,
And nearly as fond ot the Muse.
Br’ght puns (oh how fondly you’ll bear ’em)
I scatter, while logic I cram,
For Euclid and puns asinorum
We leave to the Jobnians of Cam.
My pony, in spite of my chidings,
Is as skittish and shy as can be,
Not Yorkshire, with all her three ridings,
Is half such a shier as he.
I wish he was stronger and larger,
For in truth I must certainly own
He is far the most moderate charger,
In this land of high charg-jrs I’ve known.
My doubts of profession are vanish’d,
I’ll tell you the cause when we meet,
Church, Army, and Bar I have banish’d
And now only look to the Fleet.
Como down, then, when summer is gliding
Our gardens, our trees, and our founts,
I’ll give you accounts of each building—
How you’li wonder at all my accounts.
Come down when the soft winds are sighing,
Come down—Oh I you shall and jou must,
Come down when the dust clouds are Hying,
Dear mamma! come down with the dust.
LAUGHOGRAMS.
ten
Some people say dark haired men mar
ry first. We differ: it’s the light headed
ones.
A man is like a potato—never sure
when he will get into hot water.
A dandy on shore is disgusting to ma
ny people, but a swell on • sea sickens
everybody.
A green grocer advertise “Hams and
cigars, smoked and unsmoked for sale.”
A boy defines salt as “the stuff that
makes potatoes taste bad when you don’t
put on any.”
“Do you want to buy a sewing ma
chine?” asked an agent of a backwood s
farmer.
“No I always sow my wheat out of a
basket.”
“Have you Blasted Hopes?” asked a
Jady of a green librarian who had ase
vere toothache.
“No, ma’am, but I have a blasted tooth
ache.”
Woman’s fear—l’ll never get mar
•tied.
‘‘There now,” exclaimed a little girl,
while rumagiag a drawer in the buseau,
“grandpa has gone to heaven without his
spectacles.”
“Who are the greatest magicians of
the day?” asked one gentleman of anoth
er.
“Paper-makers,” replied the one ad
dressed.
“Why ?”
“Because they transfer the beggar’s
rags into sheets for editors to lie on.
A fashion reporter writes: “Dresses
are not to be worn any longer this Sum
mer.”
That would do for warm weather, but
what about the late cold snap ?
“Jenny,” said a Scotch minister,
stooping from his pulpit, “have ye got a
pin about ye ?”
“Yes, minister,” implied the young la
dJ
“Then stick it into that brute o’ a man
o’ yours by your side.”
“Are you guilty or not guilty ?” asked
a magistrate of a prisoner the other
day.
“And sure now,” said Pat, “what are
you there for but to find that out, yer
honor?”
“Henry, love, I wish you would throw
away that book and talk to me I feel so
dull.”
[A long silence, and no reply.]
“0, Henry, my foot’s asleep!”
“Is it ? Well, don’t talk, dear, you
might wake it.”
Why are soldiers apt to be tired in the
month of April ? Because they have just l
gone through a March. j
AGRICULTURAL.
FARMING IN THE SOUTH.
One of the greatest errors in South
ern fanning has been resting the soil
after it was worn out, that it may be re
cuperated by the slow process of the
growth and decay of crop after crop of
weeds. Better rest such laud before it
is exhausted by a crop of peas or of oth
er green crops ploughed in, and save the
years it will take to fertilize the soil by
the scanty growth of weeds. The appli
cation of very little farm-yard or com
post manure, with the aid of the atmos
phere will give a green crop, and if two
such crops are necessary to bring the
land to a bearing fertility, it will save
time and be more oconomical than to
lose the use of the land for a much longer
period, and then have to manure it be
fore it will bring paying crops.
[N. C. State Ag. Journal
Pneumonia in Hogs.
Give 15 drops of extract of gelsemi
um morning, noon and evening, until fe
brile symptoms disappear. Inflamma
tion of the lungs of pigs runs its course
rapidly, and may be considered as a dis
ease generally fatal, if not taken in hand
as soon as the first symptoms appear,
such as hard, laborious breathing, shiv
ering, loss of appetite, cough, &c. Half
a pound of hyposulphite of soda, or two
drachms of saltpetre, should be given in
a little gruel every morning and the ani
mals kept warm, dry and comfortable.
Access to green food, apples, cabbage,
carrots, &c., and fresh water.
THE QUEEN BEE.
Reaumer relates the following anec
dote, of which he ’was a witness:
A queen bee and some of her attend
ants were apparently drowned in a brook.
He took them out of the water and found
that neither the queen bee nor her attend
ants were quite dead. Reaumer exposed
them to a gentle heat by which they were
revived. The plebian bees recovered
first. The moment they saw signs of life
in their queen they approached her and
bestowed upon her all the care in their
power, licking and rubbing her; and
when the queen had acquired sufficient
force to move, they hummed aloud, as if
in triumph.
REMEDY FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA.
The following is practiced successful
ly by Mr. H. R Knapp, of Atlanta:
Take two ounces each of powdered
red pepper, alum, rosin and sulphur;
mix one tablespoonful in three pints of
scalded meal. In severe cases put one
third of a teaspoonful in a meal pellet
and give to each fowl every day till a
a cure is effected. Put a lump of alum
as large as a hickory nut in their drink
ing water.
ONE OF BEAU HICKMAN'S TRICKS.
Beau once made a raid on the Balti
more restaurants. Fie determined to
dine well that day, or know the reason
why. He walked into Guy’s restaurant
and asked for the proprietor.
The proprietor came in, and Beau
said:
“Sir, I want the best dinner you can
give me.”
“All right, sir,” said Mr. Guy; “walk
in here,” showing him into a neat little
private room.
The Beau ate and drank of the best,
and, just after he had finished his cup of
“cafe noir,” and had lit his Havanna, a
servant entered with a folded paper on a
silver waiter, which he gravely handed to
the Beau.
“What is this ?” inquired the Beau of
the waiter.
“De bill, sail,” politely replied the ser
vant.
“Bill; I don’t want any bill. Ask the
proptietor to step here. ”
The proprietor appeared, bowing and
smiling; he hoped there was nothing
wrong; and that his guest had liked his
dinner.
“I liked the dinner well enough, and
the winfe, but I want to know what this
means.”
“That is the bill, sir,” said the propri
etor.
“Well, I never pay any bills. lam
Beau Hickman. I don’t pay anybody.—
Besides you have no right to charge me
for this dinner. ' I asked you, you recol
lect for the best dinner you could give
me.”
henry franklin,
WHOLESALE GROCER
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 2 Warren Block, AUGUSTA GEORGIA.
“Well, Beau, you have rung in on me
and got the better of me fairly. Now I
will not only forgive you for this trick,
but I'll give you $25 if you will play it
on the St. Clair, on the other side of the
way.
The next day the Beau fared sumptu
ously at the St. Clair, and the scene was
re-enacted.
The bill was presented, and the pro
priety received the same answer that
Guy had.
He wound up by saying: “Beau you
have sucked me in, and if you will play
this trick off on Guy, I’ll give you fifty
dollars.”
“My dear sir,” said Beau, “why didn’t
I call here first. *Guy has paid $25 to
play it on you.
“You’ve destroyed my peace of mind
Betsy,” said a despairing lover to a tru
ant lass.
“It can’t do much harm, John, for it
was an amazing small piece you had,
anyway.”
♦<. ■—-
Adam’s nativity has at last been dis
covered. He was, according to Darwin,
a germ-man.
Ease and indolence eat away, not cap
ital only, but, worse still, all a man’s
nerve power.
Give your boy play enough to make
him healthy and happy, but let him leam
early that work is the business of life.
A friend should bear with a friend’s in
firmities, but not with his vices.
It is a rare thing for the sons of rich
men to die rich.
The recent test of Fire-Proof Safes
by the English Government proved
the superiority of Alum Filling. No
other Safes filled with
Alum and Plaster-of-Paris.
laAßvm & co.,
, 265 Broadway, N. Y.,
721 Chestnut St., Phila.
THE GREAT REMEDY FOR
CONSUMPTION
which can be cured by a
timely resort to this stand
ard preparation, as has been
proved by the hundreds of
testimonials received by the
proprietors. It is acknowl
edged by many prominent
physicians to be the most
reliable preparation ever in
troduced for the relief and
cure of all Lung complaints,
and is offered to the public,
sanctioned by the experience
of over forty years. When
resorted to in season it sel
dom fails to effect a speedy
cure in the most severe
cases of Goughs, Bronchitis,
Croup, Whooping Cough,
Influenza, Asthma, Colds,
Sore Throat, Pains or Sore
ness in the Chest and Side,
Liver Complaint, Bleeding
at the Lungs, &c. Wistar’s
Balsam does not dry up a
Cough, and leave the cause
behind, as is the case with
most preparations, but it
loosens and cleanses the
lungs, and allays irritation,
thus removing the cause of
the complaint.
PREPARED BT
SETH W. FOWLE & SONS, Bolton, Mass.,
And sold by Druggists and Dealers generally.
To Arrive! New Goods!
ATTRACTIVE AND NOVEL. I
J. H. JONES & CO.
ANNOUNCE THAT THEY ARE IN RECEIPT OF THEIR NEW FALL
STOCK, EMBRACING
im mi OF FOREIGN AID DOlEffiE
BMW GOODS?
FANCY GOODS, CLOTHING,
Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Hardware, Groceries, &c.
and we guarantee to sell goods as low as they can be purchased
in Augusta, Atlanta or any other market. We earnestly Solicit a
call from you. when jou visit our town, for we feel contidei. t, that
for style, quality, and prices, our selection will be hard to surpass.
SOMETHING WORTH REMEMBERING
OUR BUYER (MR. KEAN) IS NOW IN NEW YORK, CULLING GEMS FROM ALL THE
LARGE IMPORTING HOUSES.
in the United States, and feels confident that for
Style, Quality & Cheapness
HIS SELECTIONS WILL BE HARD TO SURPASS.
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fins SPBINfi g®o
T s coming in rapidly, and we cordially invite all to visit us daily, as there will be something
lEW, ATTRACTIVE AAR AOVEI,
Every day, and it affords us pleasure to display them, whether you buy or not.
We will sell to COUSfTRf MERCHANTS at New York quota
tions for CASH.
For approved City Acceptance wo will sell on a credit to Ist October next, adding 1A per
cent interest per mouth.
Apply with perfect confidence in our willingness and ability to
serve you as well as any house South, and you will not be disap
pointed. Very Respectfully,
KEAN & CASSELS.
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BROAD STREET, A.U GIJSTA, GA.
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S. D. BLACKWELL 1 SOM
ARE NOW RECEIVING
A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK
OF
CONSISTING OF EVERY VARIETY OF
Staple & Fancy Dry Goods
A LARGE LOT OF CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS!
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BOOTS & SHOES!
A FINE LOT OF LADIES’ HATS!
HARDWARE, GROCERIES. &c., & c .,
Which they pledge themselves to sell as
Cheap as the Cheapest.
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS
FOR FALL & WINTER TRADE.
We are now receiving from FIRST HANDS our Fail and Winter stock of
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS A.ZSTD TJR.TJNKS
Which we will sell at Marvelously Low Prices.
Our stock is the largest that has ever been offered in this market, and to the WHOLE
SALE TRADE we are determined that no house North shall undersell us.
"jOK
OUR RETAIL, DEPARTMENT
Is supplied witli a full line of the BEST PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE GOODS made to
our own order and warranted to give satisfaction. Prices
in tills department are always as Low as tbc Lowest.
GALLAHER & MULHERIN,
ocl - 3rt *99 ill ..<] Kt.. AUGUSTA, GA.
WO Jl SALE.
In Store and to Arrive.
100 Illids. Bacon SHOULDERS.
b 0 Hnds. Bacon SIDES.
100 Hlids. Reboiled MOLASSES
20 Ilhds. Cuba MOLASSES
20 ’’uncheons Demarara MOLASSES
200 Barrels Reboilcd MOLASSES
00 Barr.ls New Orleans MOLASSES
40 Ilhds. New Orleans SUGARS.
35 Ilhds. Demarara SUGARS
150 Barrels Refined SUGARo
50 Tierces RICE
150 Tierces Choice Leaf LARD
150 Kegs Choice Leaf LARD
150 Boxes Pale SOAP
150 Boxes and half boxes Adamantine CAN
DLhiS
100 Bags Rio Java and Laguyra COFFEE.
320 Boxes Well-cured Bulk C. R SIDES
50 Boxes Welt-cured Bulk SHOULDERS
Brooms, Woodware, Spices, Starch, Matches
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Twines, WraD
piug paper, at lowest wholesale prices.
.. ~ WALTON, CLARK & CO.,
Mch26 Augusta, Georgia.
piano’ company
It costs less than S3OO to make any SGOO
Piano so’d through agent3, all of whom make
100 per cent, profit. We have no agents, but
ship direct to families at factory price.
We make only ouestyleand have but one price.
Two Hundred and Ninety Dollars , net cash, with
no discount to dealers or commissions to teach
ers. Our lumber is thoroughly seasoned; our
cases ar e,Double Veneered with Rosewood, havo
front rout'd corners, serpentine bottom and carv
ed legs. We use the full iron plate with over
strung bass, French Grand action with top dam
pers, and our keys are of the best ivory, with
ivojy fronts. Our /’iuno has seven oetavts, is 0
feet 9 inches long, 3 feet 4 inches wide, and
weighs, boxed, 955 pounds. Every Piano is fully
warranted for five years.
Send for illustrated circular, in which we re
fer to over 700 Bankers, Merchants, etc., some
of whom you may know, using our Pianos in 44
States and Territories.
Y. S. rS AYO COMPANY,
810 Broadway, N. Y.
Please state where you saw this notice.
EXECUTORS’ SALE OF 1.4.\1>.
BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE COURT
of Ordinary of Elbert County, will he sold
on the first Tuesday in December next, nt the
Courthouse door in said county, between the
legal sale hours, all the lands in said county
belonging to Dillard Herndon at the time of his
death that has been reduced into the possession
of the executors of said Dillard llerndon, con
taining twenty five hundred and seventy-two
acres, more or less, adjoining lands ol Elbert
M. Rucker, George K. Heard, James McLnnnhnti,
Richard C. Adams, Thomas Black, and others,
which said tract has been cut up into eight
smaller ones, making that many very desirable
plantations, all well Umbered and watered, aR
follows, to wit:
One tract, known as the mill tract, containing
five hundred and three acres.
The old house tract, containing seven hun
dred and forty-one acres.
The Burden r; et, containing three hundred
and seven and three quarters of an acre.
The home tract, containing two hundred and
hfteea acreo.
The Bro vn be uom, containing two hundred
and ninety-four ami one-half acres
The Blackwel. place, containing two hundred
and seventy-three and one-quarter ncres.
The Adams place, containing one hundred
and forte -nine ncres.
The Warren place, containing eighty-eight
and one-half acres.
AH by surveys recently made. The old home
place, t"C homo place, the Burden place, and
mill tract have very good dwellings and out
houses.
For further particulars and information call
on either of the undersigned, who will toko
great pleasure in exhibiting the several places.
Terms of sale: One half cash in currency;
the other half by note due the Ist January, 1875,
with interest at 10 per cent., and bonds for title
given until final payment.
DANIEL M. CARLTON,
PETER CLEVELAND,
JAMES W. JONES,
Oct. 21, 1873- Ex’rs of Dillard Herndon,
deceased.
NEW STOCK AT LOW FIGURES
J. EBERHART & SON
Have now arriving a superior stock of
GENERL MERCHANDISE
Which they want to sell by Christmas
CHEAP FOR CASH.
7he Oldest Furniture House tit the State
PLATT - BROS.
212 & 214 Broad St.
AUGUSTA, GA.,
Keep always on hand the latest styles of
FURNITURE
Os every variety manvfactured, from the lowest
to the highest grades
CHAMBER, PARLOR, DINING-ROOM, AND
LIBRARY COMPLETE SUITS, OR
SINGLE PIECES.
At prices which cannot fail to suit the purchaser
UNDERTAKING,
In all its branches, METALLIC CASES AND
CASKETS, of various styles and make; im
ported Wood Caskets and Cases, of ev
ery known design and finish; Cof
fins and Caskets of our own
make, in mahogany, rose*
wood and walnut
An accomplished undertaker will bo in at
tendance at all hours, day and night
NOTICE for leave to Sell Land.—
Application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary of Elbert County, Georgia,
at the first regular term alter the expiration of
four weeks from this notice,for leave to sell the
lands belonging to the estate ot Moses F. Adams,
late of said county deceased, for the benefit of
heirs and creditors of said deceased.
Sept. 29,’73. LOUISA A. ADAMS, Admx.
ssooßeward
I WILL pay the above reward for tbc ar
rest of the party who set fire to the
gin-house of J. B. & J. M. Almnnd last
Monday night, with proof to convict.
J. B ALMAND.