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The Cherokee Georgian
P. H. BREWSTER, )
- J. J. A. SHARP, > Editors.
J. O. DOWDA, )
Canton, Ca., ’
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.
A Visit to the Capitol.
We went to Atlanta early last Thursday
morning, and spent the day very pleasantly
in that bustling city. We first visited the
Representative hall, -where we met our
friend Col. Sharp, who kindly invited us to
a seat on the floor, and introduced us to a
number of his friends, who occupied seats
near him. Among the number were the
Hon. Mr. Crymes, editor of the Toccoa
Herald, a very pleasant and intelligent
gentleman, and the Hon. Mr. Wilson,
of Oconee, the new county. Mr. Wilson is
a plain, sensible farmer, a true Southern
gentleman, and just such a man as every
county should send as its representative.
As an evidence of his good taste and good
sense, he subscribed and paid for The
Georgian.
We found Col. Sharp “wide awake and
duly sober,” and watching sharply the in
terests of his constituents.
the House, Candler, of
H dl, was speaking on the bill calling a
convention to frame a new Constitution,
but the acoustical arrangement of the hall
was so bad that we failed to understand
half that he said. Several other members
spoke while we were present, but their re
marks were also unintelligible. The noise
reminded us of a bumble-bee in a barrel-
So far as we were enabled to learn there
seemed to be quite a diversity of opinion in
regard to the propriety of calling a conven
tion at this time. We hope to have a Con
stitution formed by white men and honest
men, at no distant day, but it may be best
to bear a while longer, “the ills we have
rather than fly to those we know not of.”
This will be a stormy year for the country,
• and a bad time to “swop horses.”
Soon becoming tired of the “confusion of
tongues,” we sought the rooms of Dr. Lit
tle, the State geologist and spent an hour
delightfully in examining his magnificent
collection of mineralogical and geological
specimens. We found the Doctor to be an
intelligent, polite and accommodating gen
tieman, who seemed to take pleasure in
showing us the results of his labors and in
giving us such information as we desired.
He. and his co-laborcrs have already accom
plished great things in developing the min
eral resources of the State, yet he informed
us that his work was only fairly commenc
ed. We hope the legislature will make a
libefttl appropriation, that the important
work may be continued without embarrass
ment; for, when completed, it will certainly
add millions to the material wealth ol the
State.
From the rooms of Dr. Little, we went to
those of Dr. Janes, the Commissioner of Ag
riculture, and were no less pleased with
what we saw in that department. Dr.
Jones is also an accomplished scholar and
gentleman, and deeply inti rested in the ag
ricultural resources of the, country. lie
showed us many fine specimens of cereals
and vegetables, among which was a variety
of oats that was without husks. We also
were shown a specimen of corn of which
225 bushels and seven quarts were produced
on one acre. It was grown in Alabama,
was planted in hills three feet apart each
way, and three stalks in a hill. Every citi
zen of our great State should take an inter
est in its agricultural and mineral develop
ment, and contribute such articles for ex
hibition as they may think will promote
that object. If any of our readers will send
us such articles we will take pleasure in
forwarding them to Doctors Little and
Janes in Atlanta.
The Departed.
We should accustom ourselves to think
of departed friends, not as being lost, hulas
having gone before ; for in reality they are
not dead, but are only sleeping, and will
soon awake and arise to everlasting life.
Drath to them is a short and dreamless re
pose, and a thousand years to them will be-
M hut as ytsterday when it is past.” Though
we no longer la-hold them, they are ours
still—ours to love and cherish till we all
shall meet again. Our departed friends are
gone before, and, foot sore and weary, we
follow on, and soon with them we will
shnnl»er in the dreamless grave. Many of
the good, the beautiful, and lovely, have
vanished from our view, but they still have
an existence, and we can think of them,
dream ot them, and love them the same as
if they wire here, or separated from us bit
fur awhile. They are our jewels, our hearts,
treasures, and they shall be ours forever.
“Tlx» departed ! the departed !
They visit us in dreams,
And they glide above our memories
Like shadows over streams ;
But where the eheerf i! lights of home
In constant luster burn,
The dejMi ted, the d- parti d,
U*ui ntvu' more return !
The good, the bravo, tlw lieantifvl,
How dreamless i* tin sleep.
Where rolls the dirge 1 ke music
Ol the ever-tossing deep!
Or when- the surging night-winds
Hale winl< r's rotas have spread
AN»vv the narrow palnces,
lu the chits of the dead!
I sometimes dream their pleasant smiles
Still on me swectlv t.»il;
Their tones of I >ve 1 taintly hear
My name in sadness cull.
1 kn-’w that they a t- h -ppy,
With their ange| pHrn-uf - on.
But my he: rt is verv desolate
To think litai they are gone."
The clerk of the city cat mil of Gaim's
-vbl is named A C. D. rscy. TV Order
why they diiui gtvc u.m the diaUucc of
thca’pUdxt? \
R; J. Cowart.
[Thoughts suggested on witnessing the
arrival of nis remains at Canton for inter
ment.]
Here once he lived in manhood’s glorious
prime,
Here cherished brightest hopes of future
fame,
Here once in strains of eloquence sublime,
He, spake, and thousands praised and
loved his name.
His mind was strong and massive as his
form.
And there was magic in his God-like
voice,
When uttering mighty truths; when like a
storm,
He forced the eye to weep, or heart re
joice.
And now his lifeless form has come to rest
Amid the scenes and friends he loved so
well,
Where oft in blessing others, he washiest,
Where most his Christian deeds like man
na fell.
’Tis meet that here his quiet grave should
be,
Near by the winding river’s verdant shore,
Where birds in spring time make sweet
melody,
And e’er is heard the river’s dirge-like
roar.
Where mountains high adorn the North and
West,
From w’hence soft breezes flow at even
tide,
And seem in -whispers low to speak of rest,
For those who love and serve the Cruci
fied. B.
A Dog Law — Mr. Hamilton of Floyd,
has introduced a dog law in the General
Assembly. He proposes to have all the dog
in the State registered iu a book provided
by the ordinaries between the first of April
and the first of June, the owner paying
one dollar for registration and twenty-five
cents fora certificate of registration declar
ing the registered shall wear upon his neck
a collar bearing on it the name of his own
er and the registered number. A violation
of this law subjects the owner to a fine not
exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment
not exceeding thirty days. The money
arising from the registration of dogs goes to
the public school fund of the county. Any
person ki ling a dog not registered is enti
tled to receive one dollar. —[Rome Com
mercial
No less than twenty-one tons of materi
als used in the manufacture of immoral
publications have been destroyed by the
society for the suppression of vice: 160
works of a meretricious kind suppressed ;
5,000 negatives for prohibited photographs
and 500 steel plates tor making vice pic
tures secured; and nearly 300 persons deal
ing in these articles punished.
In his recent message to the Wyoming
Legislature, Governor Thayer extols wo
man suffrage and recommends its undisturb
ed continuance. A Cheyenne correspond
ent, declares, however, that the women do
not seek office, have entirely abandoned the
jury room, and seem to be growing yearly
more indifferent about voting.
Mrs. Thomas or Thomasson, widow of
the dynamite assassin, and her children leP
Hamburg on Wednesday for New York.
She has been universally pitied. The Amer
icans in Dresden subscribed and present! d
her $1,500. She resolutely refused to per
mit the adoption of her children by German
notabilities.
Some wag has s<id that Miss May, to
whom young Jim Bonnett is engaged, has
made him promise not to shoot the beauti
ful young pigeons. There is no record of
his ever shooting anything, though he
been engaged in a hundred matches It is
absurd for him to promise not to hit.
Kirkwood, the newly elected senator
from lowa, first attracted public attention
by making his appearance at an evening
party in a red flannel shirt. An lowa leg
islature can detect genius quicker and re
ward it more nobly than any other body of
its size iu the country.
A centennial pig has been born in Ken
tucky. Its distinguishing characteristics
are a perfectly hairless body, eyes as large
as sheep’s, ears like those of a hare, and a
horn, several inches long, projecting from
the top of his head downward.
In France the average salary of work
men (without board or lodging) is sixty
eight ccn’R; in Germany, Italy and Switz
eiland, thirty-tight cents; in England,
eighty-three cents, living being thirty per
cent, dearer than in France.
►-
The conservative House ot Delegates ol
Virginia has just seated a negro member
from Essex county over a conV sting white
conservative by a unanimous vole.
Mr. Beck, the newly elected senator
form Kentucky, has reached the highest
official elevation that is open to him in this
country. He was born in Scotland.
The prince of Wales is to receive a sword
so aristieally tempered that it can be worn
as a belt.
ATTEisfriON,
Citizens and Friends of the M. &
N. Q. Railroad!
JOSEPH ELSAS,
At the old Pinckney Young Corner,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA,
Has a large stock of —
DRY GOODS,
NO HONS,
HATS. CLOTHING,
CROCKERY WARE.
BOOTS AND SHOES—the licst cu.-tora
„ made work,
Win h he offers cheap at Panic Pric<-s.
Call and see tor yotweclf. No trouble to
dem »nstratc to you what is going on in sell
ing goo is now, during panic tinny, when
goods must lx- -old tor c i-h, and rash only
Thanking all my friends tor their lilieral
patronage, and asking a continuance of the
sim , I am, veiy respect tnllv.
17 JOSEPH ELSAS.
NOTICE
rpHE undersigned ar' now prepared to
L furnish planters and bnilbers with a su
perior quality o’ prey liine, at the (. n -rokec
Li ne Works s»x nii < s 'V •>’. Waloca,
Gi. Price 20 < ;x i he kiln.
2 > 2m "HAUP A Hit. H ARDS.
CHEAP CASH STORE.
W. M. ELLIS,
Second door west from corner Gainesville
and Marietta streets,
CANTON, GA.,
Dealer in
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES AND HARDWARE.
Will also do a general Bartering business,
and allow the highest market prices for
country produce. It will be to your inter
est to call and examine my stock and prices
before purchasing elsewhere. You will
find goods at the old prices, tor cash.
Highest market price, in cash and barter,
paid for Hides and Furs.
8-1 v W. M. ELLIS.
J. B BARTON’S
FAMILY SUPPLY STORE.
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81, JI O’SHIELDS
HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL
Painter,
FRESCO AND SCENIC ARTIST,
Canton, .... Georgia.
Refers to Rev. P. IT. Brewster, W. M
Ellis, J. B. Birton & Co., Canton, Ga.; J
A. Stover, J. W. Dyer, painters, Carters
ville; John A. Matthias, Cass station, Ga
Prices to suit the times.
aug 25 4-2 m
Livery Stable I
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N. J. GARRISON
Has opened a Livery Stable in (b> .on.
and is prepared to furnish Horses, Buggies,
and Wagons to the public for r<-nsonablc
compensation. He will also do Hauling r >
and from the railroad and elsewhere for
those desiring such service.
The starting ot a livery stable in Canton
is only an experiment, but Mr. Garrison
hopes by attention to business ami satMac
tory charges to make bis experiment a suc
cessful undertaking. 23
Furniture!
ALL jx'rsons wanting anything in our
line will do well io call on us. We
will put up as good and as cheap Furni
ture as you can buy in Atlanta, or any
other market. You will save money by
giving us a call, as we can and will make
anything vou want in the line of Furni
ture. All’kinds of produce at market
prices taken in exchange. Material and
trimmings furnished at any time.
Shop on Main street, op|x>site McAfc< s
hotel, Canton, Ga. J D. HARDIN,
15.1 v J. L HARRIS.
A Special Card.
DR. D. S. SOUTHWICK, formerly o!
New Orleans, one of the most success
ful physicians and surgeons, has located
in Atlanta. He cures privately, quickly,
and certainly, all disease! brought on by
abuse or indiscretions ot any kind. Ail
diseases peculiar to females confidentialiy
cured in a short time. Medicines (purely
vegetable) sent C. O. D. or by mail to all
parts of the country. All c immunic ition*
strictly private. Office and nxnns, 85 and
87 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. 17-ly
BENJ F. PATXK. JAS. U. VINCENT.
Payne & Vincent,
Attorneys at Law,
CANTON, - • GEORGIA,
Will practice in the Superior courts of Cherokee
and adioiuiug couutie., an-1 tn the juatioes' conn.’
ot CUerofcee. Prompt attention will t>? siren t
the collection ot accounts, etc. Oai«re in the Conrt
bouse. 2-1 y
JAMES O. DOWDA,
Attorney at Law,
CANTON, - - - GEORGIA
AVTILL practice in the Superior Courts
\V ot Cherok’-e and adjoining counties.
Will faithfully ami promptly attend t<> the
t-oll’-ction ol all c'.iim'- pul in his hamis.
Office in the court-house, Canton, G.t.
aug 4, 1 ly
d. McConnell,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Acworth, _ - - Georgia,
Wdl practice in all the courts of C*>l»h
Cherokee. Ptnlding, and Bartow counties
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G. & C. MERRIAM, Publishers,
25 _Springfield. Mass_
C - TT Jk IST O
For i 876.
Cotton Option at 15 Cents.
rjVIKE your choice of the following:
John Merrvmm’s Ammoniated Bone,
Baldwin & Co’s A nmoniated Bone,
Stern’s Ammoniated Bone,
Preston cf- Son’s Ammonified Bone,
Reese’s Soluble Pacific,
Wando Guano,
Etiwan Guano,
Acid Phosphates and Chemicals,
For composting with stable manure and
cotton seed.
For terms, etc., apply to
WINTERS & WHITLOCK,
Marotta, Georgia.
A few bushels of Pearce's Prolific
Cotton Seed for s ue. The cotton is early
and superior in staple and well suited to
this section. Price, $5 per bushel. 25-3 m
J. D. HEAD CO.,
Dealers iu Staple and Fancy
I3IIY GOODS,
CLOTHING, HATS,
JDootss; SlYOOfei, ZEEtc.,
No. 71 Peachtroo St.,
(Opposite junction of Bread and Peachtree,)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Our Cherokee and Bartow comity friends
are cordial }' invited to call on us, when in
the city, promising to give them courteous
treatment and an old-les'iioned Georgia
welcome. Otr stock will be found com
plete in all its departments, ami prices to
correspond with the times. We promise
goo I, honest goods ami t'air dealing to all
of our North Georgia friends. 23
Ac worth Hii’-ii School.
r TMIE SPRING SESSION will open on
1 Mondav. Jm.it iry 10, 1876, under the
control of J. C Holmes and Mrs. S. E.
Holmes, Principals, an i Mi-s E. Johnson,
Teacher in Mti*ic D pai tment.
RATES OF TUITION I'ER TERM OF 20 WEEKS.
Reading, Writing, and Spell ng... .$lO 00
English Grammar, Arithmetic and
Geograp’nv 15 00
Lal in,A Umbra, Rhetoric, Logic.... 26 00
Gre. k, Trig mometry, Sub j ing.... 25 00
Music, per term 25 00
Good board can be ha I at from $8 to
$lO per month.
Thankful for past favors, the Principals
ph dge th- tr b< st efforts to suslatn the repu
tation of the Institute. 22 6t
131-. J. AL. Turk.
WILL CONTINUE THE PRACTiCK OF
Medicine and Siargery.
TWISE \SES of WOMEN and OBSTET
-1 ’ RICS nad • •- SPECIA LT Y. Office on
M il. street, west cud.
Aug 11- ts
FARM' IMPLEMENTS.
PRICES REDUCED.
Mark AV. Johnson & AVoodruiT,
ATUANTX GEORGIA,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Farm Implements, Seeds, Fertilizers, Carriages, Bug
gies, Wagons, Portable Steam Engines,
Improved Live Stock, Etc.
offering, at prices greatly reduced, the following attractive stock :
50 Boyd Excelsior Plows, 50 No. C. Ex f e’s or two-horse St-vl Plow,
500 Dixie Cast one-horse Plows, at $3, or 6 at one order for sls,
500 oue and two-horse Farmers’ Friend Cast Plows—the best Turning Plow ever offered
to the public.
500 Feed (-utters, all sizes and prices, 150 Corn Shcllers, from $9 50 up,
200 dozen Handled Farmers’ Shnnk Hoes, cheaper than ever before offered,
75 two-horse iron-axle Farm Wagons, from $75 up, and warranted,
BUGGIES—We have the largest Repository in Georgia, and can suit every taste and
every pocket.
ZF’ertiliizieirs.
3,000 tons of the best standard Fertilizers, now ready for delivery, eoncisting, in part of
1,500 tons Russell’s Ammoniated Bone 8u- 200 tons Sumo Soluble Guano,
perphosphate, 100 ions Pure Flower of Raw Bone,
500 tons Stono Acid Phosphate, 150 tons Land Piaster.
50 tons Potash Compound, 500 tons O .’ster Shell Lim-*.
Also, 20,000 pounds Sulphat; of Ammonia, Nitra.e <>f S 'd.i, Muriate of Potwh, »lc.
Seeds.
Our Seed department is the most complete to be found North or South. No need can
be called for that we can not furnish. We have now arriving—
-10 000 doz Papers of < home and genuine Ga'den Seeds,
1,000 bbls Early Rose, Snow Flake. Brownell’s Beauty and Pi'erb ss Potatoes. Order now.
250 bushels of the celebrated St. Domingo. Yam, very fine and early,
500 bushels of Red Clover,
1,000 pounds Lucerne. White Clover, Crimson Annual Clover, etc ,
2,000 bushels German Millet. And right here let us mge every farmer, in Gcorgin to
order at once, one or more bushels of th’s German Millet. W< know of nothing
equal to it under the sun as a hay or forage pl.m'. and seed will be sca'ce.
1,000 bush Is Hungarian Grass, 5.000 bnsl els R< d Top or Herd’x Grn«e,
500 bushels <»f Timothy, 10,(MX) bushels Red Rust Proof OnU. thr only
2,000 bushels of B ue Grass, Orchard Grass, Oat worth planting Horn January to
Rye Grass, A r iteln‘«. etc., March,
500 bushels of New, Rare, ami Desirab’e Cotton Seed, etc
We are in earnest, mean to s- II cheap, ami will give one of Warn n’s Patent Hora to
all who send us ae order amounting to $lO Semi for pi ice li<ts.
We sell Farm Engines cheaper than any other Southern house. Try us.
26 3m MARK W. JOHNSON & WOODRUFF, Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN 8. REESE & Co., General Agents, Baltimore, Maryland.
Geovaia,
Sole Agents for the District of North anil Middle Georgia, North Ala
bama and Tennessee, for the
PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY,
Gapital, $1,000,000 I
JUST RECEIVED:
1000 Toils Soluble Pacific Guano,
100 Tons Acid Phosphate for composting.
(NO OLD STOCK ON HAND)
We arc now prepared to furnish doalers and planters in any quanti
ty desired of the above high grade and popular Fertilizers, which are
fresh and in fine condition, and the analysis recently made, of the new
stock, show about 15 per oent. available ‘Phosphoric Acid, 3 1-4 per
cent. Ammonia, and nearly 2 per cent, of POTASH. Sold on time, m
usual, at low price, with the option to the planter to pay in Cotton first
November, at 15 cents per pound.
Call on, -or send to us for circulars and analysis.
Respectfully, [26-2111] ADAIR <fc BROTHERS.
Rome Stove and Hollow - ware
Works.
A written guarantee with every stove sold. If any piece breeU
frmn heat, or anything is the matter with your stove,bring it back an*
we will fix it in two hours or give you another one. Every article
warranted. Tots, Ovens, Skillets, and lids of all sorts.
SEAY BROTHERS, Proprietors,
Office and Salesroom -09 Broad 9t-
Foundry, corner of Franklin street and Railroad.
Gin-gearing, Mill-wheels, Castings, made tc order.
copper, tin, and sheet-iron ware.
Tin Roofing. Guttering, and Jub work promptly attended to. Tui
Ware sold very cheap. 13-3 m