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The Cherokee Georgian.
THE OLD FAIi.V GATE.
The old farm gate hangs, sagging down,
On rusty hinges, bent and brown ;
Its latch is gone, and, heie and there,
It shows rude traces of repair.
That old farm gate has seen, each year,
The blossoms bloom and disappear;
, The bright green leaves of spring unfold,
* And turn to autumn’s red and gold.
The children have upon it clung,
And, in and out, with rapture swung,
When their young hearts were good and
pure,
When hope was fair and faith was sure.
Beside that gate have lovers true
Told the old story, always new ;
Have made their vows, have dreamed of
bliss,
And sealed each promise with a kiss.
The old farm gate has opened wide
To welcome home the new-made bride,
When lilacs bloomed and locusts fair
With their sw T ect fragrance filled the air.
That gate, with rusty weight and chain,
Has closed upon the solemn train
That bore her lifeless form away,
Upon a .dreary autumn day.
The lichens gray and mosses green
Upon its rotting posts are seen ;
Initials carved with youthful skill,
Long years ago, are on it still.
Yet, dear to me, above all things,
By reason of the thoughts it brings,
Is that old gate, now sagging down,
On rusty hinges, bent and brown.
Pits for Storing Plants in Winter.
A cold pit, as it is usually termed, is
quite a useful structure about a place in
which to keep half-hardy plants over winter.
The hot-bed sash may be used for covering
'them if a person can not afford to have two
sets of these very useful adjuncts to a good
garden. As the heat to be depended upon
for preventing freezing in winter is sup
plied mainly from the earth, it is quite im
portant that the pit should be made in a
dry, well-drained soil, for if where water can
enter it, the entire object of the structure
will be defeated. If no dry, warm bank of
earth is convenient, one may bo made; or
in other words, the walls of the pit may be
laid up from the surface of the ground and
then banked up to the very top with earth
drawn from a distance. But these above
ground pits are far more likely to freeze up
than those excavated in the natural soil,
unless very thoroughly banked and to a
good width. Brick or stone are the best
materials fir the walls for a permanent
structure of this kind, but logs from the
split timber, or even slabs from the saw
mill, may be used if the former is thought
to be too expensive. The width of the pit
is usually regulated by the length of the
sash used for covering, but four or five feet
will generally suit better than much wider
or narrower. Os course it is immaterial
how long tlie pit is made, as this will depend
upon what the pit is to be used for, as well
as the quantity of plants to be stored in it.
The depth may be varied to correspond
with the climate; the further north the ex
cavation the deeper it will have to be to
prevent freezing. Four to six feet are not
unusual depthseven when placed in a warm,
protected situation. The pit should be
placed lacing the south, and the sash cover
ing them descended in the. fame manner as
in an ordinary hot bed.
Straw mats, or some such material, for a
covering over the glass, should also be pro
vided, because in very cold, cloudy weather,
in bright, sunny days the mats are removed
to give light to the plants, and also secure
gome solar heat, even in very cold we ither.
In the middle states, and further south,
pits two to four feet deep will answer every
purpose that doefief ones do at the north,
and less heavy and expensive materials will
do for covering the glass. Almost any one
cm plan And build a pit like this kind to
meet, his wants, and we can assure those
who have never list d such a structure that
they will be found quite useful and con
venient. The ladies will tml such pits
good places in which to store their large
•bullions, oleanders, and similar coarse,
woody but tender plants. They may be
either shaken out of the pots and hee’ed in,
or plunged in the soil at the bottom of the
pot*. Even geraniums, Qutanas, bouvardi
•s, and many other rather delicate plants,
may be kept safely through the winVr in a
good dry pit by giving proper care in the
way of admitting tdr and light occasionally,
to prevent mildew and rotting. Ihir.ng the
coldest weather the pit m ty be left banked
•nd covered with snow for a week er two
•t a time without serious injury to its con
tents; still, it is well to uncover and give
light and air as often as it can lie d >ne w ith
•afety. It is frequently th.e ease that the.
pits cau be so arranged udjomiv; 'he house
•r Imm that ingress to them may be hid
through a cellar, thereby avoidtrg the no
ertsity of opening them from the outside
during the coldest months. N xt to the
hot bed, the cold pit is om. of 'he most ad
juncts to the fl iwvr and vegetable garden,
•nd it costs but little bevond the Leer of
building.—[Rural New Vwker.
Had Been Abound.—Some time ago a
lady was pu chasing a whitefiJi ; a man
•bout tlftv years old, and a stranger to her,
approached and remarked:
“Missus, I luxvq Havel d over Europe,
Asia. Africa ana the Holy I.and. I have
viewed the pyramids, sailed on the N .<■
and fished in the Tiber. Permit me to offer •
you a word ot a lvi«a: D >n‘t cook that fish
with the scales on ”
•’I didn’t mean to, sir.” she indignantly
replied.
“Very well. M ssu s. I huv c the
Atlantic Ocean fourteen times; wended
the Andes ;s.dkxl up tue Mi-sounan 1 down
the Mississippi, asd tiampel mt ss the
Great S.liar.i Dvm.l la’liuvm’ uuewvid
more: Cut the hea I off before you cook
it.”
“Do you think I’m a heathen?” she
retorted. “I guess I know how to cook a
fish.”
“You may, madam, you may. I have
soldiered for Queen Victoria, fought for
Uncle Sam, drawn a pension, kept a post
office, learned to fiddle, and was never sued
in my life. I beg your pardon, madam, but
let me advise you not to eat the bones of
that fish. Some folks eat bones and all, but
they sooner or later come to some disre-
( putable end.”
“I’ll thank you to mind your own busi
ness!” she said as she picked up the fish.
“I have traveled over the smooth prair
ies,” lie replied with the greatest politeness,
“climbed the Rocky Mountains, killed In li
ans, fought grizzlies, suffered and starved
and perished, and I leave you with th j
kindest and most earnest, wishes for your
future welfare. Also cut oil the tail betore
cooking.”
And he went away.
Growth of Character.—From the mo
ment a child begins to notice surrounding
objects his character is under the process of
formation. Day by day character grows
and strengthens until it becomes fixed for
good or bad. You see a model man of
business —prompt, reliable, conscientious,
cool and cautions, clear headed and ener
getic. When did he develop fho;~c admi
rable qualities? In boyhood aiW'tyoutli.
Observe the time a boy of ten years rises in
the morning, how he works, plays, studies,
and you can tell what kind of a man he
will make. The boy who is late to break
fast, late at school, who never does anything
by lamp light, will certainly fail to make an
industrious man. The boy who half washes
his face, half studies his lessons, half does
his task will always be, at most, only half a
man. If you forget your duties while young
you will forget more important business af
fairs when older. Again mark the lad who
cares not for the suffering or pain of ani
mals or insectseven, and you have the type
of an ungenerous, unkind and cruel man.
The world would be far hanpier if children
were taught to cultivate their character.
How often might the dissatisfied and un
scrupulous man have been transformed into
the upright citizen and reform begun in
early life. Every act and every thought
moulds the character of our after life.
Where does the sin of intemperance be
gin? At what point docs gui’t originate?
What amount of liking for strong drink is
necessary in order to its being deseivedly
called an appetite ? No answer can begivi n
that can satisfy the tender conscience, or
guide In safely the conscience that is weak ;
no answer sufficiently explicit to mark the
point of danger, and to arrest the drinker
before that point is reached. The further
one advances along the line the speed be
comes increasingly accelerated, for it is a
downward progress, and in the case of many
who stop far short of the lowest depths, the
habitual use of strong drink entails a Avcak
cningof moral strength and a waste ot men
tal power, which from their gradual insidi
ous development are never fully real zed
The tenninus ad quo, let us again remark,
is absolutely sobriety, and the terminus ad
quern is confirmed intemperance. The path
at the outsit is pleasant and tempting but
there are no waymarks whereby your exact
position.may at any time be determined;
and the wilderness becomes more wide, the
path more strangely fascinating, anti the
way back more encompassed with difficulty
the farther you proceed.—[From Prize Essay
by Rev. James Smith
<
A troup of elephants were accustomed to
pass a green stall on the’r wly to w iter.
The woman who kept the. stall took a sane y
to one of the elephants and frequently re
galed her favorite with refused greens and
fruit, which produced a corresponding at
tachment on the part of the elephant for the
woman.
One day the group of elephants unfor
tunately overturned the poor woman’s stiil;
in her haste to preserve the goods, she for
got her little son, who was in danger of
being tramped to death. The favorite ele
phant perceived the child’s danger, and
taking him up gently with his trunk, care
fully placed him on the roof of a shed close
at hand.
The following were a few of the maxims
of that king of printers, Bvi.j nnin Frank
lin: Trade is the mother of money; be
beforehand with jour business; spend and
be free, but make no waste; prayer and
provender hinder no journey; credit P
like a looking glass, easily broken; he who
looks not. before finds himself behind; keep
thy office, and thy office will keep thee;
God helps them who help themselves.
A Quebec editor announces f»r sale, for
one thousand dollars in g-’Li.t: . ,wo- ’ w
by the gallant Montgomery in his ; t Uo \ on
that city a century ago L is well preserved,
elcariy authenticated, and owned by a de
scendanl of the man who took it troin the]
General' body. Does any patriotic Ame-i
rican wish to purchase?
“What is the distance of the sun from j
the earth ?" was the question that was 1 .t ly '
> put to a candidate for the Civil Service. ;
The reply made was that he couldn't tell
the exact distance, but he didn’t think it'
was near enough to inte: fire with his du- ;
ties o! post-office clerk.
The man who will invent cheap irriga-'
linn will be one of the main benefactors of
the rate. The man who will convince |
firrm rs of the full benefit of diainsge will
be another.
Never insult a man bccanse he is poor
in purse or raiment; for. beneath a ragged I
coat it may be that a muscle lies concealed
that could put a held on the eldest man in
luc business. •
MONEY MADE.
I desire to call the attention of all
those who owe me anything, that
iheir accounts and notes are now
due, and that I am compelled k)
have money. We have been blesß
ed with bountiful crops, and all
can pay who are so disposed, as I
will take corn, fodder, wheat, oats,
rye, cotton, peas, potatoes, pork,
and almost everything, in payment
of debts due me. So 1 hope my
old friends and customers will re
spond liberally to this call, for by
so doing they will save cost and
their good name at the same time.
I mean business, when I say that I
am compelled to have money. All
those who are indebted to the firm
of McAfee & Moss must pay their
accounts and notes at once. Those
failing to do so, or to make satis
factory arrangements, will certainly
find their accounts in the hands of
collecting officers.
I want to purchase 10,000 bun
dles of fodder and 1,000 bushels of
corn, for which I will pay goods or
cash to those not indebted to me.
I have now got, and am receiv
ing daily, one of the largest and
best selected stocks of goods ever
exhibited in North Georgia, which
I propose to sell very cheap for
cash or barter. I am determined
to sell as low as the lowest, as my
experience in business and facili
ties for buying arc not excellecTby
any in this country. We—l mean
myself and clerks —invite all the
children and ladies to call before
purchasing elsewhere, as we will
give all the children candy and
love all the ladies.
9 J. M. McAFEE.
ATTENTION,
Citizens and Friends of the M. &
N. G. Railroad!
JOSEPH ELSAS,
At the old Pinckney Young Corner,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA,
! Has a large stock of—
DRY GOODS.
NOTIONS,
HATS, CLOTHING,
CROCKERY WARE.
BOOTS AND SHOES—the best custom
made work,
Which he offers cheap at Panic Prices.
Call and s-e for yourself. No trouble to
i dem initiate to you what is going on in sell
' ing goods now, during panic time?, when
goods must be sold for cash, and c«»h only
Thanking ail niv friends for their liberal
patronage, and asking a continuance of the j
same, I am, very respectfully,
17 JOSEPH ELSAS.
Don’t Go Away
TO BUY YOUR
siOVES AM) TINWARE,
When your wants can be supplied at home.
PERRY HASTY A CO.,
Successors to John A. Webb,
Will continue the Tin-shop in Canton, and
will keep in stock STOVES and TIN
WARE of all kinds, and will manufacinro
tin and sheet-iron work u> older, in work
manlike majner, al prices as low as cau be
afl irded.
REPAIRING made a specialty. 17
I recommend the above firm to a gener
ous public, and ask for them the patiouage >
friends extended to me. JOHN A. W EBB.
JOHN U MOON. OHO. F. WOOTEN.
DON & WOOTEN.
' ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Atlanta, _ _ - Georgia,
Office, Opposite Rational Hotel.
Brewster, Sharp &Dowda,
FVELMMOW
thb cnnocMi saoaauN,
Real Estate
▲ feats,
BUY AND SELL
KRAL BSTATB,
Examine Titles,
FURJUSM ABSTRACTS.
Make Collections,
ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL BUSI
NESS IN OUR LIN JR.
THB CHgILOBBB OBOBGMX,
CAJTfOK, OBOMIA.
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The Greatest Medical T >iscov«ry
OF THE
Nineteenth. Centurv.
Hbaltw, Beauty and Hapfiness Restored to Mopkkm 'V\omamm«<»l
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FEMALE REGULATOR. I BEST FRIEND.
READ! HEAD! READ! ,
It l» well known to doctors »nj women Utnl lbe Utter me
emw. pecnlUr to their such » Yrremtl” Hemor.b.l. i
Periods, Rheumatism of the Back and bomb, I n „ ■ -
Excessive “Flow,” and Prolapsus I ten, or hulling • 1( , w<l ,.i<i enable tteeai !•
most skillful physicians in the Slate ol Georgia, ihe remedy
Dr. D’omcTlo
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Bl.m„,n S In .11 Her rrt.cl.te Benuty, htren.th -4 El..U«l>r-TrM H
tar Doctor.
Rutledge, Ga., February ICth, 1871,
rr .« ia rfl rtifv that idv wi r e was an invalid tor six years. Had es tW
womb UeudeUte. weight * •»« lower p-rtor.he beck, ,mtlered from l«-
g-. ..a “. d “h "sr nsi
hausled and weak, her f r -.mni ihcdi< in<-s—bad despaired of the improvemeat
DR ' BRADFIELD’S FEMALE
tor’ well and three 01 four bottle* cured her. Improved in health •>-
I?im ami fli’b sue is blooming in ail her pristine beauty, strength and elaatieity. Ir*-
Krd v“ .?« ! n MViot tt Irum il.e d.rk porlnl. of dentil. «nd « B.NWACT... IM>
your JS “w ..rer grow le», end you never breome wowy m «'l
aug26-ly
Thankful for the very flattering reception the FEMALE REGULATOR haa art wiA
fro n ail portions ot the country, the Proprietor tiegs leHFe ?°, announce that he_ ha«
Scelv increased his manufacturing facilities, and hopes that befor. very long be will b.
l*>k to ilace wnhin the > of every aufieriug woman thia, the grenleal boos to h« M
Mt o® hot Bottle, For safe by all Druggiata in ibe United States.
JdT I nve. Sl.o® per uuiu BRADFIELD, Proprietor, Atkrnta,