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lONAL CARDS
LAWYERS* *
VASON ft ALFRIEND,
Attorneys at Law.
OBICk: OFFICE:
D. A. VASON. A.H. AITS3MST),
C.B. Woman.
WOOINK & JOHNS,
AT LAW,
ALBANY. GEORGIA
LAW NOTICE-
Xai. sJt uoiidt, I
«U. B. SMITH.
THE ALBANY NEWS
General directory
DOUGHERTY COUNTY.
Jmif Superior Court—G. J. Wright.
Solicitor-General—W. O. Flenln*.
By WESTON & EVANS.
Devoted t6 the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia.
{$2.00 Per Annum
VOLUME 12.
ALBANY, GEORGIA, THUKHDAY, AUGUST 1. 1878.
NUMBER 31
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DOCTORS*
1. T. HOLMES. W.M.DhMOSS.
Dre. Holmes & DeMoss,
VV.A. STROTHER, M.D.
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
Qlcs ner GiHiert’s Dreg Store.
ataftalttoDnc torn will Merit* inapt
Dr. E. W. ALFRIEND,
E BncmnXT leslenht, .er.lM3. lu ih.
rtouibruchMol fab pro<«aiaa, utk.ciliama
afAAtoywwdtortooaAic, country. Offiea «l OU-
Ih\P. I*. HIL8MAN,
*S1ST
t .faould to 1.11 *1 ito n™. •
IIOTE1.S
DAYBOABD
«u»’
BARNES HOUSE,
$20 Per Month.
BOGEN HOUSE,
(POUIEK1.Y TOWNS BOI SE.)
BBOAD STREET. ALBANY. GEORGIA
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X <ff.au. Tb.uu.ii 3 uBd.il fuMinluu
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>t'f MeAFEE HOUSE,
SmithWl^ : - : Georijia-
Of,.lit. E. B IVpol.
AFEE. Proprietor.
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BARLOW HOUSE.
AMERICOS. OA.
Mtlri la lh. Center ef huaiaena—Oppo.
aile the Court Hour..
Bo*TdP.,Dw$2 00
iMy, COdbllfB.^rftyrtelof
SrrirtaBraUoa paid to Ike wants of all gus-l*.—
ae of Um beat bocefe in tbe.suu.
FOR SALE OR RENT!
An 8TORQ AND DWELLIN'’* .1 Leary, 'ia,
V & ffl- RiLilrtnlDB. flop< locrti— tor baft-
mtm Olffifto* A. W. TURNED, Jm,
■ Leary. «ia.
T'Brick!
rpPBSI BRICK EVER OFFERED IN THIS
Fctf Sale Cheap !
■oil parckasers tot sain pi pri-
fCOLLIER B BARNES.
Albany,C
GIN REPAIRING!
■ufkp Mtta« Ik# paMle itot h< la pnuaral lo
Repair all Kinds of Cotton
Gins, etc,,
Stop was daor
MEDLEY FROM THE FOETS.
Selected aal arranged rxpr«-**ly f.»« the Madison
T Journal, hy 1Nh> who know*."
M mint wjw shining silver bright.
All MootMn lay the untrodden snow <
; When freedom, Dom her mountain height
at Eactattoed. "Bow don’t befoolihb, Joe’"
An kJLr&unM on. the lark awoke .
A Unable bee went thundering br
Nur smoke,
■pun the sky.
rtller swun»-,
ia mmm aw... ,aa.gk TVDOWU i
I deep the peraly caves amoeg.
Ilea Sfroguin* courted Molly Frown.
Loud roars the wild inconstant l*la»t.
And cloudier* seU the son at even.
When twilight dews are falling fast.
And toll* the thuuder drum or heavcu •
Ok.ever thus from childhood** hour.
By torch and trumpet tut arrayed .
Beneath yon ivy mantled tower.'
The bull-frog croaks his serenade.
ft to Uko the red, red rose,
jngbt a ring With poesy true ,
hey Bodkin brake Jab nose,
Saxon. I am Bhodenck Dbu.
Bars of purr gold, weighing twen
ty ounces each, have been ploughed
up at or near Lexington. X. C., to the
value of some $10,000. It is supposed
to be the proceeds of a stage robbery
committed some forty-five years ago,
when the thieves had the metal.
Flour dealers give us the following
modes for choosing flour: First, look
at its color. If it is white, with a yel
low straw-colored tint, buy it. If it
is white, with a bluish castor white
specks in it, refuse it. Second, exam
ine its adhesiveness ; wet and knead
a little of it between your fingers ; if
it works soft and stickv it is poor.—
Throw a little lump of dry flour
against a smooth surface; if it falls
like a powder, it is bad. Third,
squeeze some of the flour tightly in
your hand; if il retains the shape
given by the pressure that. too. is a
good sign. It is safe to buy flour that
will stand all these tests.
Mr. Edward Young, chief of the
Bureau of Statistic-, estimates that
the amount of money spent annually
for liquor in the United States is
$596,000,000. more than twice the en
tire government expenditures. It is
to be stated to the credit of the drink
ers of spirits ami liver that they pay
a very large revenue to the govern
ment—larger Ilian the eonsuiuflts oi
any other single article, in proportion
to the quantity consumed. In swal
lowing a gla-s of spirits the consumer
pays about three prices for it—one to
the manufacturer and two to the gov
ernment. The product of these taxes
in 1877 was $57,409,429 on spirits, and
$9,480,789 on beer: total, $66,950,218.
Thie Wm. King, or
Ira Fort Place,
The Furlow Plact
iaCnfemn county. IJnMnrtm. Ho Lerier Una In
thecomatf. Four Miintoma, fimdci Umeiiiwl.
V 00 favor <•.
Merrf.ll Callaway.
jolyll-lm Americas, #»n«
GRAI1JIF0T
H. T. MAS H.
Washington Hi., ALBANY. OA.
I f )
WheAl, Corn, * /
Oats’, Rye/ ' ^
Peas, Flour,
Meal, Syrup,
Etc., Elc.,
Bought aqd Sold.’ A *f!i l"|
on hand. Custom solicited.
A»taf] Gm-Job. 12,1*71.
Fatiiek Rvax on .Irrr. 1 Iavis.—
Father Ryan was present on the occa
sion of JetTerson Davis’ meeting with
the Army of the Tennessee, at Missis-
ahipLjT'ity. and made some remarks.
Ac?)>w Orleans Times says: .“The
speaker paid ail eloquent tribute to
Mr. Davis’ worth,although expresing
regret that the uukindness of some
lias at times caused even the grace
to need the helping voice of the ser
vant of Christ. He defended him
from Iti- detractor*, stating the high
est point of hi-career was that mark
ed <hv bis great humility and patience
in misfortune. ‘The first Washing
ton was right, and Mr. Davis, the
second Wa-hinglon, was right!’ Thi-
expre-sion atnl another—’Mr. Davis,
you were never investigated!’—elicit
ed round after round of applause.”
Tlie Legend of “El Dorado.”
When the Spaniards first discover
ed Guyana and established coininuiii-
eation with the natives, the latter very
soon became aware of the ardent af
fection which their visitors entertain
ed for gold. They related to the new
comers the history of a great cliiel
Xbo in the interior, on the hanks of n
lake called Pariine, who possess-
>al*ice£ with walls of the precious
a), and who every day powdered
himself from head to foot with gold
dust. The imagination of the adven
turers was at once fired, and they de
terniined at once to visit the Croesu-
whom, in their language, they called
“Ei Dorado,” the gilded man. The
tale was not w holly baseless, as some
i mysterious personage did exist,
and daily performed a toilet soine-
wbat resembling that described in thi
native account. But in stead of uunf.
real gold dust for his decoration, In-
employed a sub-stance, well known to
miners-, called golden . c and, which i
in fact, only an ore of iron in itrinuh
particles, utterly valueless but which
glitters like gold. Many attempts
were fruitlessly made to penetrate to
Cl Dorado, and among others, Sir
Valter italeigh. At Iasi some adven
ireil reached one of the palaces sit-
atea on the < ourodapj, an alHuent t«*
the Vary, hut which turned out to be
nothing more than a natural grott<*.
the walls of which are formed of mi
«k»oih rock*'. Mica i- one of the
oust i l lien I h of granite, and ha*- a yel
lowinh metallic {'litter, which under
strong light, makes it rew<*nihlc
gold. for the famous lake Pariine.
me foundation also e\i-ted for th<
legeml, it* the region inhahited hv the
/!*••#« *">( i- situated on the allu
. latt'!* at On* foot of a mountain
range called Tuiniic-lluiniic, and eve
• during the rainy senaon, the
ground i- covered by an inundation
au immense extent, and the native)-
s aide to navigate the va-t forest 1
their canoes.
I’UON Pat. A one-legged politi
cal orator, who wa- pretty -ii < . --fui
ill haiilrritig an Iri-Iunan, wa- asked
by die latter bow lie bad come to lose
m,-,
, —'I <loii.x ”»»n i-x;iminiii(!
my p«'iligr<.<-. »n<l lixiking up nay <h-
-<’i-nt, I fiuiiul tli<T<- wa- IriHh
hlofiit in me, mill hi-i-oiiiiug convinced
that it hml all wltli il in lliaf leg. I hail
il rail oll’al
”It*- tin: piawiT*," naiil I’al, “il 'ml
Iwcna deilicil gmul thiiat* il hail
aulttlirtl Ip’your hriiil."
* jlilf Jim i-' hrolhrr. Gun. ICt-uhcii
fMVi.. i'i a cMiulidatr fur t.'uii|‘rr',a ill
Mibbiii.lppi.
Irt'ttor from Early.
Damascus, (1a., July 2fitli, 1878.
Eimtobs New*—I will give you a
few dots from Orly. Crops, gener
ally are very line. Corn sulYering
more or less from rain, hilt there will
lie plenty made to supply the wants
of the people. Colton in some parts
of the county was injured by the
drouth and guano. My cotton which
is guanoed is burned up by tho rust
Cotton which was not guanoed is
still green and doing well. Fodder-
pulling is carrying the day*. Many
planters have not yet commenced.—
About the 29th there will be a great
deal of fodder pulled down. FYnif
is not so fine as it was last year. ';
I had the pleasure of meeting your
Milford correspondent, “Strawberry
Blonde,” on the 20th ult. The Blonde
was in fine sprits canvassing for the
Xews. I can’t say with what success
he was crowned, though I can say he
was doing his duty.
Everybody says let Tete Smith be
nominated and elected again. For
fear of tiring vour patience I will say
good-bye for the present. /
Wire Grass Ranoer.
The WilfeT'
It needs no guilt to bleak a hus
band's heart. The absence of con
tent, the mntterings of Spleen, the
untidy dress and cheerless home,
the forbidding scowl and deserted
hearth—these and other nameless neg
lects, without a crime among them,
have harrowed to the quick the
heart’s core of many a man, and
planted there, beyond the reach of
cure, the germ of dark despair. O,
may woman, before that sight ar
rives. ilwellou ttie recollections of her
youth, and cherish the dear idea of
that tuneful time, awaken anil keep
alive the promises she kindly gave.
Ami though she may be the injured
and not the injuring one—the forgot
ten and not the forgetting wife, a*
happy allusion to the hour of peace
ful love, a kindly welcome to a com-
fortahle home, a smile of love to ban-
ish hostile words, a kiss of peace to
pardon all the past, and the hardest
heart that ever locked itself within
Hie breast of selfish man will soften
to her charms and hid her live as she
had hoped, her years of matchless
bliss loved, loving and content, the
source of comfort and the spring ot
j»y. _
Home.
Many parents find it extremely
ditlieiill to make home attractive to
their children. The reason is because
they never felt the refining influence
of music. Home can and should be
in.’ote happy regardless of all cost, as
ally home influences of each
child form the foundation of his oi
lier future career in life. Some pa
rents seetn to think that as long u-
they clothe and feed the bodies ol
their children, their parental duties
are performed, but this is a great
mistake. While they are very par
ticular about feeding the bodies, they
are utterly neglecting their minds,
which are constantly in action, ami
must be occupied with either good or
bad. according to the surrounding
circumstances. If von wish your
children's . mind to expand with a
knowledge of the pure and the bean
tiful things around them, such as
books, pictures, flowers, and above
all things give them music.
Who has not been held spell-bound
by the sweet ami soothing influence
of music at some period of llicir
lives? They were melodies, perhaps,
that were learned in infacy, or sting
by beloved voices now silent; and in
memory we live by-gone days over
again, surrounded bv images of past
affections ami past happiness, and
awake at last from the play of fancy
as from the charm of a romantic
dream. There is no place on earth
more fascinating Ilian home to tin
husband and father, tired of the trial:
and toils of the day, and as the shade-
of night gently close o’er the earth,
bushing tin: busy bum of industry,
and while the spangled heavens, like
a benediction sweet, from a grand
and glorious canopy overhead, tin-
family circle naturally gather around
the music stand, and drink of the de
licious strains until the mind become'
refreshed, and they retire to rest feel
ing in harmony with the peaceful
adorniugs of nature, and perchance to
drearn, during their undisturbed
slumbers of the quiet night, or heav
enly music in the higher spheres
above.
Beast Butler is making himself pe
culiarly obnoxiobs to the moucyocrit-
cv of New England by bis efforts to
arouse the Communistic spirit in that
region, in his Fourth of July speech
at Xewburyport, lie said that the man
of wealth, who toil and spin not, are
a growing class in this country, and
"a class that ought to be squelched.”
lie would lake the members of llic
Conching ( lull, who as amateur
cicii bnien drive teams on tlie “high
road between two palatial hotels,”aml
set them driving “Broadway omtii-
bu-.es from six in the morning to nine
al night.’' The -Yew York /‘out de
nounces lliis sort of language as “vil
la!
The vcm-rnblu Sir Moses Monteli-
«rc, Hu- most beloved ami rrverened
by bis race of all living-lews, has ual-
nrally watched lln- proceedings of
the Berlin Congress, with tin eye of
peculiar interest on its bearings upon
llie welfare of bis race. The follow
ing disiiatches, exchanged between
him and Karon llleiclirodcr of Ber
lin, on flu- iiccptnncc by llie Congress
of llieeqiialily of religions for Ron-
mania, will be read with peculiar ill
teresl by all Jews:
iiarom: l,1011110111:1! ro sin moski
MO.XTKriORK.
Equality of religions was accepted
vesterdav, also I'm- Rotimania. I’on-
gralulations.
SI I! MOSfs IhlNTKFIOIf F To IIAHIIX
ltl.MIIIIOIIIK.lt.
Mo-t gratified w-il.li happy intelli
gence contained in vour telegram, for
which I heartily thank you. I beg
to congratulate you on llie .success of
of vour urn-easing efforts. I’ruise the
Goil ofl-rael for His mercy and good
m-vs to Ilia people.
Why Sonic People nre Poor.
Silver spoons are used to scrape
kettles.
Co flee, tea, pepper and spices arc
left to stand open and lose their
strength.
Potatoes in the ccllai- grow ; and
sprouts are not removed until the po
tatoes become worthless.
Brooms are never hung up and nre
soon spoiled.
Nice handled knives are thrown
into hot water.
The flour and meal is sifted in a
ft-asteful manner, and the bread pan
is lett Oith the dough sticking in it.
Clothes arc left on the line to whip
to pieces in the wind.
' I'D* And barrels arc left in the sun
to drv and fall apart.
Dried fruit are not taken care of in
Reason, find become wormy.
Rdgs, strings and paper are thrown
iiitotnlfiitM
Porkr spoils fdr want of sitlt.
Bits Of meat, vegetables, bread, &e.,
are thrown awuv when they might
bo warmed, and served as good as
new.
A Problem in Per Ceutage.
A teacher iua New England school,
to test the ability of a uot-over-bright
pupil, proposed the following prob
lem :
“Now, Thomas, if you should go
down to Mr. Brown’s store and buy
six pounds of nails at six cents a
pound, and then go over to Mr.
French’s and buy six pounds more at
rive and one half cents a pound, what
per cent, more would you pay for
those you bought at Brown’s than
those at French’s?”
The boy worked diligently on the
problem through the school hours,
uccasionally reporting, as the teacher
called on him to ask if tic had solved
it. “No, but I shall get it.” At tin-
close of school he declined to give up.
and proposed to take it home for an
evening's wbrk. The next day, after
school commenced, the teacher and
pupil had a conversation as follows:
“Well, Tlioiuas have yon done that
problem yet?"
“S»!*-i-am-not-going to try any
more.”
“Why ttotf”" j '
“Because It Can'l be done.”
“Can't’ be’dauc ? Why* yes it can.'
“No, it can’t.”
“Why, yes, Thomas ; it can be done.”
“But I know it can’).”
“How do you know that?”
“Because I went to Mr. French’-
uiyself, last ui^lit, and can’t buy a
pound of.uajis in this., town for livi
and a balf-cOits.”
The teacher gave It up.
A Local Mutter.
Nash Till* Aiuerirau]
A little man can't uDord to engage
in independent politics. He always
looks like a pigmy clad in the armin'
of Hercules. There are rare accasions
when great men and original think
ers can afford to strike out new liues
In those rare cases, where original
genius and long-sighted perception
of truth in new forms point out new
paths in politics, tlie independent
stand some chance of being useful in
stead of ridiculous. Mr. Stephens is
a man of great abilityand knowledge
of history and of politics, but his
judgment is singularly at fault when
be supposes that he can safely make a
panic, which was temporary and pass
ed away with the hour which pro
duced it, a basis for a successful in
dependent movement. The scare of
the Republican party was born of »
consciousness of crime, but even that
did not last a week. The hall dozen
Democrats who shared the fear that
we were on the brink of revolution,
only made themselves ridiculous for
the moment. It is hardly probable
that one of them can suppose that he
was the means ol’ staving the rising
waves of the revolution. Mr. Ste
phens will hardly assume that much,
and the best thing he can do, for hi
own fame, is to let the panic be for
gotten. He may succeed in an inde
pendent race, but all pis genius ami
ability will not give his independent
movement more Hiatt a local signifi
cance.
A Tlirlfty Colored Man.
Green Johnson, a hard-working
colored titan, brought some fine spec-
mens of sweet potatocSOb town last
week. He informed us that he lia-
been using them on his table since the
1st of June. What white farmer in
the county can bent il ? Green has a
snug little farm, makes plenty of
bread and meat, and from five to
eight bales of cotton per year. He is
thus setting an example which might
be profitably followed by others.-—
There is n small, but industrious col
ony of colored people just beyond Mr.
John Wilson's. Most of them un
making good farmers. Among them
we mention Green Johnson, Jim
Clarke, Cube Coleman, Lewis Sim
moils, and Man-iiu and Isaac Sadler.
These colored men attend to their
farms, eschew politics and are self-
supporting anil good citizens. It is a
pleasure to note tin: progress anil
thrift of the colored people whenever
their industry and conduct warrant
it. Their cases are alluded to with
Die hope that their example will be
followed by others of their race.—
This is tlie best country under Hu
snu for tin- colored people, if they
will llse the mtlsele and endurance
with which they are blessed. —77/ohi-
iinrilh' Times.
Dikkctioxs to Stkaxukks.—A man
came into this oltiee yesterday with a
wild, strange look.' Nearly all Hie
intelligence had faded old. iif his syes
and straws were slicking in his hair.
Drawing from his eual-lail pocket a
copy of the Norristown llrnilil of
sYpril 10, IS77, lie placed his linger on
a certain “etching,” and asked if we
would have llie kindness to explain
Hie joke; said he had lieett wearing
out Ids brain over the dnshcil thing
for more than a year, and if he didn't
get. the true inwardness of It pretty
soon he’d Mow Ids lii-uins out. Hi-
informed the ‘perplexed individual
that he should have called a year
earlier; that it was heyond - pow
er to recall the kei of one of our jokes
after so many days. The wild-eyed
iiuui asked liuiv soon the insane asv-
I it in would lie fini£licd, and left. I’. S.
To insure a satisfactory explanation,
a Joae should lie hronglil in lint lalei-
Hum livo days alter publication
Norris to um lirrnhl.
A postage slump is just Idg enough
to borrow, hut too small to p:iv back.
The Usual Fourth of July Ora
tion.
“She always conics along after the
third. She’s got in the habit of it,
and there will be no disappointment
this time.”
(Whoop and applause.)
"She’s a big day I It doesn’t snow
on tlie glorious Fourth, except once
in a hundred and thirty-seven years,
and this isn’t the snow years.”
(Cheers.)
“If it rains—hut it won’t. If it does
anything in that line it will pour.—
Fourth of July never drizzles round
on the one-horse plan. Therefore,
prepare for sunshine and rain and
hail and pitchforks, and a regular old-
fashioned gooil time.”
(Yells from the solid masses around
the grand stand.)
“Friends. Romans—a hundred years
ago or such a trifle, a little baud of
patriots met together in Philadelphia.
They were men of stern and earnest
look. They had left the plow ill the
furrow, the wheelbarrow iu the front
yard, the sledge and the anvil in the
pawn shop, and they had come to
gether—for what?
(Voice from the crowd: “To find
that John Sherman letter I”)
“They hadn’t come there to play
seven-up, my friends, nor cight-up,
nor any such thing. They hadn’t
come there to bet on a horse race, or
plan a robbery, or grunt at the weath
er, or resolve that a reasonable quan
tity of kerosene mixed with butter
improves the taste of both. It was u
far, far different purpose whiclt had
called that little band of patriots to
gether.”
(Wild cheers and a (log-fight un
der llie stand.)
“Fellow-countrymen, you know the
result of that meeting. It was decid
ed that our country hail beeu tossed
around long enough. You ought, to
have been there and heard old Bob
Morris and Torn Jefferson and Dick
Turpin and Long John Wentworth
and Susan K. Anthony go fo^ King
George. They lengthened right out
as they remembered that lie had for
bidden this country to grow dried
apples and catnip and mustard plas
ters, and that lie had sought to force
us into buying from him at retail fig
ures our hand-organs, chewing-gum
and tiij dinner-horns.”
(Mud cheers, and a boy run over by
a pack of torpedoes.)
“The result of that meeting, my
fellow-patriots, was American liber
ty—Fourth of July—ice-cream—lem
onade, and fireworks in the evening.
We not only got all this, hut we’ve
got the privilege of paying taxes, of
belonging to the boss church, or none
at all, just as we happen to feel—of
holding otfice—of making and selling
and buying anything we want to,
from a box of boneless codfish to a
can of peaches labeled with the most
beautiful printing the eyes of man
ever beheld. When that old bell of
Independence Hall began pealing out
its wild notes of liberty, she knew her
business—she knew she was going
right up to the head of the class ana
stay there till vacation."
(Teriflic whoops, with an old wo
man hit in the eye with a lemon.)
“Fellow-patriots, I can’t talk much
longer. Mv heart is too full for ut
terance, and about this time o’ day I
always take a free lunch and a glass
of lager. It is needless to remind you
of Valiev Forge—of Bunker Hill—of
the trial:, and struggles and sacrifices
made by our forefathers that we,
their children, might enjoy liberty,
union, religion anil politics and have
a tearing old time. All I ask of you
is that when night comes—when the
mystic curtain which hides the light
of day settles down upon us—when
the bine-bird sings a soft lullaby to
its young, and the weasel nestles clos
er to its timid mate—I ask you then
to drop vour quail on toast for a mo
ment and utter one cheer in memory
of those whose blood enriched our
soil—heave one sigh for tlie good
clothe.) spoiled in that long seven-
year-' fracas. Friends—good-bye—
whoop ’er up!”
“Terrific rush, and ovation to tlie
orator.) -Detroit Free Press.
The Two Farina.
Twenty years ago two young farm-
era bought one hundred acre farms
adjoining, that were alike as regards
soil and improvement, or nearly so.
Both were paid for, and each farmer
hail about till! same capital. These
men were mimed AandB; and I will
now show how they conducted their
business, and the condition of the two
farms in 1877. A was energetic, took
several agricultural papers, worked
early and late, always said “come,
hoys,” to his hired help, lie taking the
lead, spent no time in needless talk
ing while at work, provided in ad
vance work lot- rainy days, bought
Hie best farm implements that could
he obtained, secured first-class live
stock of all kinds, built commodious
outbuildings as Hie profits of his farm
admitted, set fruit and (iriininental
trees around his dwelling, made good
gravel walks, Imilt line, substantial
fences around his house and out
buildings; and to-day he has one of
■ lie most beautiful and productive
State, with some ) 111.000
Iui iiis in H
al interest.
Now, B
hail no ••
things cits
cultural p:i
farmers,” s
I II In- ah
was a illfferenl man. lie
iiet-gy of character, look
i, subscribed for no Agri-
pel’s. wasopposed to “hook
aid to Ids help, “go hoys,
mg liv-and-hv,” w
staiitli on lln- watch for somebody to
bilk to. while his work was delayed,
never bail any work I'ui- rainy weath
er. considered Hie new faugleil im
plements a humbug, was opposed to
blooded stock, set out no trees around
his dwelling, considered the old out
buildings and I'enooK "good enough,”
lie didn't think that paint was of any
lieuelit on anything. It spent a good
share of his time in lln- village talk
ing politics; and now his farm is
worn out. the fences a re out of repair,
hi- Iioii-i- is so leaky that il isdatiger
mis to liu- in il. his ham ami shed ar
tumbling down, and tlie saddest of all
is. Hie sheriff,has advertised the place
Ibi-sale. Farmers, it pays well to at
tend to" yotir business cnci-gcth-alty
ami Ihoi'oiighl).
Tin- Washington t’ily Slur says re-
porls ia ivoil from secret service
agent in all parts of mill in
dicnlc that llie business of connteiT'cil-
ing silver coins is a large and rapid
ly increasing one. The spurious is
sue, include lln- new silver dollar, the
trade dollar, halves ami quarters;
the larger denomination are
the um t numerous.
How to Have Infants.
INSTRUCTIONS KROM THE BOARD OF
HKAI.TH.
The Board of Health in Nciv Y’ork
issued the following circular in rela
tion to the care and feeding of infants
during the hot weather:
In nursing, over-feeding docs more
harm than anything else ; nurse an in
fant a month or two old every two
or three hours. Nurse an infant six
months old five times and no more,
every twenty-four hours. If an in
fant is thirsty, give it pure water,
or barley water, no sugar. On the
hotest day a few drops of wliiskey
may l>c added to cither water or
food, tlie whisky not to exceed a tea-
spoonful in ttveuty-four hours.
If the infant must l>e fed, Imil a
tcasponful of powdered barley
(ground in a coffee grinder) and a
gill of water, with a little salt, for fif
teen minutes, then mix it with half
as much boiled milk, add a lump of
white sugar the size ot a walnut, anil
f ive it luke-wartu from a nursing-
ottle; keep bottle and mnuth-piece
in a bowl of water when not in use,
to which a little soda may lie added.
For infants five or six months old,
give half barley water and half boil
ed milk, with salt and a lump of su
gar. For older infants give more
milk and less barley-water. For in
fants very ’costive, give oat-meal in
stead of barley. Cook anil strain as
before. When your breast-milk ia
only half-enough, change off bet ween
the breast-milk and this prepared
food. In hot weather, if blue lilimus
paper, applied to the food, turns red,
the food is too acid, aud you must
make a fresh mess, or add a small
pinch of baking soda. Infants of six
months may have heef tea or beef
soup once a day, by itself or mixed
with other food ; and when ten or
twelve mouths old, a cruel of bread
aud a piece of rare beef to suck. No
child under two years old ought to
eat at your table. Give no candies,
in fact nothing not contained in Hu-sc
rules, without a doctor’s orders.
Summer complaint come - from
over-feeding and hot and foul air. —
Keep doors aud window open. Wash
your well children with cold-water
twice a day and oftener in the ho:
season. Never neglect looseness of
the bowels in an infant; consult the
family or dispensary physician ai
once, aud he ivili give you rules about
what it should take and how it should
be nursed. Keep vour rooms as cool
as possible, have them well ventila
ted and do not allow any bad stnell
to come about the house where you
live. See that your own apartment
are right. Where an infant is cro
and irritable in hot weather, a tnj
on the wuter will do it a great deal
of good (ferry boator excursion boat )
and may prevent cholera infantum.
Pruning Grapes in Summer.
Grape Vines are managed in sum
mer in different ways by different
men; and when one has read the dif
ferent methods of summer pruning,
published iu the agricultural papers,
he finds the opinions of grape-grow
ers so various that he is merely befog
ged by them, if he is a novice in the
business. Even the books published
on grape culture are of little value,
as they were from fifteen to twenty
years ago, and when our ideas on
grape growing were very crude. I
will state a few points twenty-five
years experience have proved to me
to be correct, as follows:
1. Thriftv vines, as the Concord,
Hartford, Prolific and other varieties
of very free growth, should have trel
lises ten or twelve feet high, in order
to obtain the greatest amount of fruit,
after the vines have fruited font- or
five years; and the summer pruning
should consist in cutting away feeble
shoots wherever found, thus throw
ing the vitality of the vines into the
stronger canes, which will produce
the fruit buds of the next’season.
2. Pinching hack hearing canes to
within a leaf or two of the nearest
bunches, is of no benefit to the fruit,
as the leaves of the cane nre the lung
of the vines; and I claim if tlie vines
be shortened in at all, it should he
done very moderately, merely stop
ping the further growth of cane - hi
pinching Ihcm off near their ends.
3. In no ease should the most trifty
canes be shortened during the sum
mer, as they will he the canes which
bear the next > car’s fruit.
4. As the fruit begins to turn in
color, do not remove any leaves to
expose tlie grape tolh- sun, as they
l-ipcn no sooner by o d ,ing, and tin-
effect of the sun is injurious rather
than beneficial, while the removal of
the leaves actually relards the ripen
ing of the grapes Iiv checking t In
flow of sap through the canes which
the leaves regulate according to the
requirements of the growing fruit.
5. To produre the best fruit, and in
perfection, the small clusters of
grapes, when the vines sot a great
deal of fruit, must lie cut or pinched
off, leaving lint one biiueli gcueralli
to each shoot or cane. Many vine-
are often so productive that it is im
possible for the roots to ntl'ord full
sustenance to the entire crop; and iu
such cases I remove about one-half,
always leaving the largest hunches
all-) the 1-etitlt is splendid 1’i-iiil, u hit.
that mi vines nut so served is .if nmol
less vTlno.
Billy Ross, a tent porn nee Ici-tui'ci-ci
al Ituslivillo, III., was preaching t<
(lie young on his favorite I heme. II.
said :
“Now, hoys, when I ask you a
question, you musu't lie afraid l.
speak right out anil answer tile. When
von look around and sis- all tlic-c fine
houses, farms and cattle, do you ever
think who owns them—your fathers,
do they not ?"
“Yes, sir," shouted a liiin.lre.l
voices.
’’Well, where will vour father
twenty veurs from now?"
“Dead," shouted the liovs.
“ That’s tight. Aud ivlm will own
this pi-opei-tv then V”
"Us liovs,' 1 shouted the ur. hin .
“Right. “Now tell me. did ion
ever, in going along the : licet:. no
lice Die drunkards loiingiiig around
the saloon doors, waiting fur some
body to treat them ?”
“Yes, sir; lots of them.”
“Well, where will tltev he twcnli
years from now ?"
"Dead?’, exclaimed the hoy
“And who will he the druul.ur.l
then ?”
“Us liovs!”
Hilly was thunderstruck for a in .
incut, hut recovering himself, tried
to tell the bays how to escape such a
fate.
Captain F ulton, of Daw8on,Glvea
his Experience In Wheat
Growing
Sautter Rfpublican.]
In the fall of 1876 I had a five acre
patch which I intended to plant In
wheat; but as the ground was oeou*.
pied with cotton, like a great many
others, I waited till Christmas for the
“top crop" to open. During Christ
mas week I broke up my.lahd with a
turn plow, and commenced planting
wheat the 4th of January 1876, by
laying oil’rows 18 inches apart with
att 18 inch shovel, putting in thjs fur
row 150 lbs. Baughs’ Haw Bone
Phosphate, and 10 bushels cotton seed
per acre, and on top of that, half a
bushel of purple straw wheat per
acre. Covered with the same eight
inch shovel, but bursting out the ridge
between the rows. Then knocked off
the top of the ridges with.a straight
hoard. Finished planting on the.7tli
January. Had a fine stand in'Yen
days, which grew tip finely. Reaped
on*the 30th of May following, turn
ing out about 15 bushels per: acre,
weighing GO lbs. per bushel aud turn
ing out 38 Ihs. of good flour. * Pas
tured hogs on it two weeks, and plant
ed in speckled peas; picked off twelve
bushels, pulled up the vines, cored
them ami fed to stock during the win
ter.
On tlie 1st of Nov., 1876,1 com
menced breaking land again with turn
plow, and finished on*thw8th, bavin,
been delayed hy rains, Ac. Laid oi
rows one foot apart with a five inrli
-cooter, and strewed iu furrow 160
Ihs. Watson A Clark’s Guano, and 10 or
12 bushels cotton seed per acre. On
tlie loth commenced stfcwlog hall
bushel of wheat per acre, iu furrow
with guano and cotton seed, and cor-
ered all with the same five inch scoot-
cr. hy bursting out the ridge between
the rows. Finish planting on the 26th
November. Soon had a line stand on
top of the small ridge, which grew oil
finely, and commenced heading on
i2th April. Reaped on the 23rd ol
May, 1877, thrashed on the 25th, and
measured up 22 bushels per acre.. Had
sonic ground on the 28th. Weighed
til lbs. aud turned out 39 lbs. first
quality of flour. No rust nor amut.
After pasturing stock on the waste
wheat four or five weeks, I,laid ,ofl
rows 3.LJ feet apartand planted speck
led peas'. Made a fine crop and gath
ered about fifteen bushels, and then'
opened a deep furrow between the
rows of peas with a large shovel plow;
pulled up the pea vines while green
and laid them down in the row,
added about four bushels cotton seed
per acre, and bedded on them with a
turn plow. On the 15th of Novem
ber, 1877, 1 finished breaking ont the
middles, planted 20 lbs. or Ji bushel
wheat per acre, in water furrow, af
ter strewing in said farrow 10 bush
els cotton seed and 75 lbs. English Dis
solved Bone per acre, composted
about five or six weeks before using.
Covered wheat and compost with a
: in all diamond pointed scooter.
Again I had a fine stand of wheat
with rows 3*4 feet apart Early in the
spring, before the wheat began to
joint, I barred it off as closely as 1
could, with a very small scooter. Lei
it stand a week, then ran another flir-
roiv round it, filling up the first and
putting a little dirt to the wheat—
This was ail the cultivation I intend
ed to give it, as I did not wish to dis
turb the bed of pea vines and cotton
seed in the middle, which I Intended
for cottou. But the weeds came up so
quickly and grew so rapidly that )
feared they would absorb tfae fertil-
izers and injure the wheat; so 1 took
a gopher or solid sweep and ran- two
furrows iu each middle, shaving off
the weeds and throwing a tittle more
dirt to tlie wheat and still leaving a
slight elevation or ridge in the mid
dle above the pea vines, Ac. 1 am sat
isfied that these plowings materially
benefited the wheat. It grew off rap-
idlv and commenced heading on the
first of April, nearly two weeks earli
er than last year.
On the 23rd of April I commenced
planting cotton between the rows ot
wheat hy opeuing the bed where )
had buried Hie pea vines and cotton
seed, with a three inch scooter, put
ting in 75 lbs. Zell’s Guano per acre,
strewing the seed through a guano
trumpet and covering with two fur
rows with same scooter. Finished
planting on the 1st of May, and in a
day or two knocked off the tops ol
ridges with a board. The cotton cami-
up nicely, Imt the stand was a little
injured by cut-worms and grasshop
pers (locusts). On the 18th of May
I had my wheat cut, and thrashed oil
the 23ril', and it measured up lOSbtlsh-
e!s» or a tittle over 20 bushels per
acre, of the very bestqualityof wheat.
Mr. B. 11. Hood, who has* thrashed
over four thousand bushels this sea
son, says it is the heaviest and best
wheat lie has thrashed; and Mr. J.
M. Curry, of our city mills, says it is
the licstjic ha- ground. I attribute
this partly to the care and manage
ment of the seed, care and mode ol
planting and partly to the distance
and cultivation.
Soon after removing ntv wheat crop
1 barred oil'and chopped" out my cot
ton : plowed and hoed it again and
am now plowing it the third time. I
have six acres in ectton.and it is very
pretty for its age, will average 18
inches high, and is growing rapidly
and blooming and boiling proftiscly*;
ami if it continues at its present rate
1 think I will make three hales, or
half a halo per acre.
But I fear I am making this letter
too long. If you or your readers wish
to know my reasons for drilling wheat
instead of. broadcasting, in the old
wav, t will give them in another ar
ticle. Also what I know and think
about cultivating wheat, Ac.
Yours truly,
John A. Frt.roN.
Dawson, Ga., July 15, 1878.
“Father, ulntt does a printer tire
■ Why, child?”
“Because, you said you hadn't paid
him iu three \ ears, and still take the
paper."
"Wife, spank the child."
Oak sad Tmnm—W. P. Barks
BhetUr—J. W. Itsjo.
Tax Oolfector sod ex-officio Stieriff-J. R. F.i-
OkxiMeelTCr—l.M. Whtauo.
atop commuowns
iXNatrtct—fl. P. totter,J.L.Dollar. L M.Sto-
r*DMifct—John M. CnUiffi C It. M.yo, J. c.
TmhAMiM-E. E. Wilder, E. H. Bacon, a F
eZODtrtrict—A. K. Jennings
MS DUtrkt—Jos Armstrong, A. P. drew, Jr.
t09t District—5. D. BesUc.
Jodfi—W T Jonas
CITY OF ALBANY.
Major—W H Wilder.
COUKCUJUDf.
Ketoon Tift. 6 Mirer, John Jackson, J G StepL
T li WilUugbant, H F Mercer
Clerk end Treisurer— Frank V Erani
Muihil—F G Edwards.
Policemen—J W Kemp, W Eason Smith.
City Physician—Dr >V \V Bacon.
City Attorney—Wra Oliver.
COUNCIL COMM.TTKrs.
Warn rad Means-John Jackson, Setuuel Merer
Iff tittphnra
On QmbraeU—Samuel Mayer, T If Willingham.
Sei«ou Tilt, N F Mercer. Thun li Willingham.
On Are Department—J Stephens John .Isrkw ,
suaiwl Mayer.
On Hemkkmtd Ormeterg—N F Mercer, NVlmn lift,
John Jacknon.
^On Account*—T H Willingham. J fi Stephen*-, N F
On Printing-S*mnel Mayer J O Stephens, Kehoa
Tift.
RELIGIOUS.
BarraT Causes—Rer Mr Riley, Pastor. Ser-
* J *— wry Sunday, forenoon ami night, r'abbath
* ~ a m each ^uuday. Prry«*i mini (tig er. tf
J evening, 7 oYiurlt.
JH«T rui'Ki-M—Krv H K Felder. Pltrfni.
htfkn every Sunday, Ham aod 7 p iu .-raUmih
School, >U a m. Prayer - V«unj; nten a
fumday nights; general prayer meeting Thursday
LPIWOPaL FaUKcn—Rev T «• Pond. .Services
.tvery rmnday lummou and afternoon. Nat**ath
tchool, a mi.
PuKMftVTSitiaN i Humu KrtV Jure t McHryde.
rooter, fterviee* Anri :.nd third yuM*a!hA in t«l>
month. Prayer meeiinr. 1ue>ttaj evening*. 7
■/(dock. Saklutk school each Suitdar alisruooM.kt
4 o'clock.
POSTOFFICE.
Puatmader—I' W Arnold.
Deputy Ptedmauler—1». Kol4n->on.
aRkival and LKPANsraa or M«n«.
SouthWealein or Kamlum. chue- mi iu i»M,«n<t
t y p in, daily.
A child spvon ypars old has boon
convicted of murder at Bellary, in
Soul hern India. The mother wta dy-
iutf of famine and fever and was uii-
nhlo to nurse her infant, who was
wailing. In her despair she told her
liitle daughter to throw her haby .sis
ter into the well, and the child,'with
true oriental stolidity, obeyed. The
little creature was tried for murder,
aud, by some strange legal perversi
ty, convicted, as we have saia, but the
judge recommended a free pardon,
which will, of course, be accorded.
2 pit
Vlotvday*, TunulAy*, *1 hnrsdAys, I rid-iys, iikt optui
oltKftlam, Tiic-iayn, Udined»y*, iTtJay*. Saur-
•lavn.
Hiunitarick and Albany HiilroaO. cloi?* Tut .rtaya,
rhunda/s ami Saturday-, at ; .-i * U i. atul open-
Mondays, WeduFutlay* ami t ij.lt*>>, at 7 p u«
Warwick. Vlctiua and a$cLctlnmr» .MiU, open*
rid aya d p hi, and cfaren Saturdsi “
Gintovn. Arnold, Minion, M«ul
day*, 0 p ui, aud fkm lhur-xd*) *
urriCK MOCK*.
From 7:*<0 a hi to 7 pin.
Office k open all tti- luc- during the atated hour*,
with the exception of linie iruuiirei lor dispatch nai
delivery of mail.
Money order office (or the German Empire and
dutoaenand.
FRATERNAL.
Albany Lodge No 24, F a il -T it Dupont W M
. MWolihio, secretary. Meets lirst and third
Friday ntfhtsot each rounth.
Albany cumu, Mv la & A M.—W B JDanlci
ti P. ▲ M iVotlihin, seentar; Meeia 2ua Friday
i cacn month.
iil-A .
Meets tut Monday
night in each month.
• Micka Lodge,i O B B—Meets2a land4th Thurs
day nlgnu in each month, at Welch's HaiJ. M oil
man. President. Richard itypiuson ; Secretary.
MILITARY.
Aiaxjnr Glaxw-E L W! t iu, Cxt:x‘-o. IJ Brtn-
xm. u t>.
FI&EMANIC.
Ckitf of Fire Department-.—T M Carter
Am. Chief Fire Depart:—A if Quriwiowakj
Tbbonatskski Mo 1—(Si cam Fire Lagu;e,—£
Wight, Foreman,
RaolsMo.2—(Band Engine ■ Isaac Jackson, col
ored, Foreman.
^UwxiwUoog ft Ladder—F W McCarthy,
OFFICIAL OlUtUTOar.
LEE COUNir.
Judge Superior Court, C F CriSG
solicitor General, C b Hudson.
Court hold Cuarth Monday iu March and second
Monday to November.
- Ordinary, J W Moua.
i dark, James Morgan.
MalC I r Tlaon.
f CepSeritf; ^sSailer.
■ Tax Collector, Ueo C td wards
Tax Receiver, J F DceaJ
* 917 District, T M Booker, A J Miller, E t& Scar-
. _ District, W £ li Us ai an, H L Long,
|t J tutgan ; 976, U C Edwards, M It Beil, J T Bat-
am. iLBM and »75 districts not mown,
Justices OF XJZEP4UCE.
73S District, it J Kagan.
*76 District, N Powell.
Y76 District, W W L Crocker.
915 District, W U Moldy.
1.2JS District, J M D ureeo.
BOAKD OF KDUCAUOK.
G M Stokes, W H Baldy. o C Edward*. J R Gil-
uert,- H L Long.
COMMISSIONER* OF HOADS AND »AVtfNUKS
W A Maxwell, T k Porter, ix M Byaer, W F Sad-
iar. J a Alien
COUNTY COURT.
Judge. K J Warrcu.
solicitor, tt k‘ Armstrong.
Clerk, Jame* Morgan.
MITCHELL COUNTY.
Judge Superior Court, «• J Wright; Soliriior Gen
eral W U Fleming ; Went. Johu IV Fierce ; >heitd,
oB Davis i Ordiuary. it C lusher ; lax collector,
U U Cochrau ; Tax toedver, Johu n U ttoou ,
Treasurer. John * * lomt-r; Attoiuc* tor touutv.
i'hos. tt. Lyon.
Jt siick corata.
Camilla, 1,173, Fourth SatuniAV lu each mouth:
KII Shackellonl. .1 P ; M t aiucroti N P niiu J p.
Brauchvilie, Third i'riduy m each month-
K K Fttreioth, J 1*; J kL Artiue, N p aud J P.
Porker** Mill. k ind Finlay in «-»cti month:
Johul* Mouioe,J P; Held Adam*, Nl’awiJ P.
Mam»*aMill, 1,1^4, Thno .N*tuiJay iu each month:
JohnPKoniuwoii.jp.
Maples* Mill, Till, Firm NUtmiut in each month-
A. K Caries, J P.
UumpomL 42.1, Third Katmday iu each mouth
Green & Jackkou, J I*.
County < oMMissroNvas—T Itbeuueu, Krutia
Tucker, hrad Maple*, u a Jw KmiIi.
WORTH COUNI V.
Judge Superior Court, U J Wtight, Solicitor
General, W O P*emiug ; Ordiuary, 1 li»s -J. t ipum,
Clerk Miperior Court, (.hath I'ipiwn ; luwuitr
M W Iftearaao ; Sherid', H J l'ord ; Fax tdliclui,
J Z Row ; Tax Receiver, f* W muunei.
Vincent, l.dh District, J J tun*. .IE ittllupa aud
William Hall. l«th Dotriet, .lohu J I md. a ii
Eereeand DChauipi.m. 7th 1‘iMri.i, I> k Sikes,
Meudersou J A J Kaye
ii Mh ks of niK riin'K.
net, JJ
IfUtiki,
Isaac HoffarJ , Mil Disiiu-i, I. »• 1‘utvi; Dd-
trict, WiUiaio SuiMi*er; -uJ lajik-t, W tt IVli-
liam*.
COUNTV M-HOOt. DriOH'sMNrBS.
R T For**, Warren Shiver. I. t< Paikcr aud Wn
RAKER COUNTY.
riorComt.G J Wright ;
Flemiug ; ordinary, J P B«oxdasray :
Clerk Su|ierior t 'oiui, U I* it; t** usurer,
LG Koweil, Tax KM Odum ; Tax K«-
cel vet, J M (>dum ; Shcrilt, .1 H ku*«a.
Judge, J O Perry . olictor, It B \\ hitchetd;
Clerk, P L Odum.
CO UN IV CUlIXKSlONlUis
G T Galloway , 937th Dtstrurt, I V Jbuiey : 1,^4
District, K K McCollum.
CALHOUN COUNTY.
Judge Superior Ccurt, *» .1 WrUht, b >l:cUo* Gen-
rol, W O Fiemiuy ; ordinary and ex-Otftrlo Treas-
jrer, BCMitcheJl: Ordinary'stUnirt, Ut Mood&ys.
W Colley, SherUt and cxiMicic lax Collector; V
B Colley, I^eputy Shcrldi Alimi 1 Monroe, Cinrk
Superior Court and cx-officio l ax Receiver.
County Court: J J Beck, Judge; James Keel, Solic
tor. UdId fourth Monday in each month.
Justices Courts: I?4th district, J R Mills, J P; held
at Cord ray’s mill first Saturday ia each mouth. n86th
district. J C Price. J P; held at Lcaiy third Saturday
to each month. 1123d district, Mam Brown, J 1%
held at Morgan second .Saturday in each month.
itSSd district, S S sutton. J F: held at Williamsbuqi
fourth Saturday in each month.
Commissioners ot Rood* and Rcrenue: John Col
ley. (Tank Perry,and Ed J Plotrden.Commissioners:
D U Miller. Clerk. Held first Tuesday to each
mouth.