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•Til ' A CjuJtwWrUfgißtff. CONTKHH.OA., THURSDAY N*V 23, 1876. y— ■ - ' ’ FORTY* YEARS iBETWEEN brines. Disastrous Result® of Prolonged Abstinence on the Part of an lowa Preacher. A Keokuk tout il, whotat waiting at St. Jowpli lor the train lor Quiiny ~l‘ other day, while paoing the platform, was necof ted by an old gentleman, and the two entered into a conversation. In 'the oourae of the pow wow or Keokuk man ascertained that the stranger was * ministry of the go*i*l, and, like liinwelf, was bound lor Quincy. Tlicy r.al in the eatne sent in the car, and alter they had traveled some distance the Keokuk tour ist pulled a flask from his pocket, held it to the light, pulled the cork, and, turning to his companion, remarke I: •I m ver drink when 1 am at home, but when 1 am on the toad, constantly drink ing all kinds ol wa'er, I take a little for the stomach’s sake,’ and taking a mod erate drink, he politely offered the flask to the minister. •My friend,’ said the preacher, ‘I atu n minister of the gospel, and have be.-n for forty years. In that time a drop ol liquor has not touched my lips, but, as you seem to Ins a gentleman, and cousid ering the circumstances, I will take n drop c.r two,' and placing the flats* to his mouth he swallowed about halt the con tents. They bad proceeded but a few miles and the reverend gentleman was waumng up. ‘My brother, I’m a preacher, and havu't drank a drop of liquor for forty yearn, but 1 have a pain, and if you will let me have a drink from your flask I think it will do me good.’ The flask was passed, and about half of the remaining contents was taken. The divine began to feel good, lie was talkative and exhilarated. As the train pulled up nt the station he reached over and taking the flank from the seat, he re marked: •You slice, ’in preacher of the gospel; havu’t drink any forty years for a long period of whisky,’ and the balance of the contents of the flask disappeared down his throat. up for lost time, eh?' said the Kookukian. ‘Losht time can never he regained, 'in a goshpelo of the minishtry, hut the watersh had. Got any more—hie licker,' and as he caressed another flask, lie re marked : ‘Shec, ray fren, forty iniministry. Never drunker-drop hi verdrop. Water bad. Makes me hie sick, and lake a little for the stomaeh-hic sake,' and he keeled ove r and slept until the train reached t Quincy. As our Keoktik man was making his way out of-the depot a hand was laid ou his arm, and turning he saw his ministe rial companion, who remarked : ‘Two score years have I been a minis ter of the gospel. I'm in a strange laud, and 1 feel the ueed of something to sus tain me. I haven’t drank a drop for 40 years, but if you have any whisky handy I believe I could take a drop The Keokuk man muz'ed, and the last he saw of his acquaintance lie was lean ing over the corner of a Quincy bar explaining to the bar keeper how for 40 years he had preached the gospel and never, U\ The trouble with him was it was too long betweeh drinks. — Jieokuk ( Iowa) Constitution.- It ia Better It is better to wear a calico dress with* out trimming if it he paid for, than to owe the shop-keeper for the most ele gant Bilk, cut aud trimmed in the most bewitching manner. Better live iu a log cabiu all your own, than in a brown stone mansion belonging to somebody else. Better to walk for ever than run iu debt for a horse and carriage. li?tler to use the old caue seated chairs and faded to piay carpet than to tremble at bills sent home trout the upholalfrer’s for the most elegant pat lor set ever made. Belter to meet your business acquaint auccs with a Iree, ‘don’t owe you a cent entile than to dodge nrouud the coiner trout a dun. Belter pay the organ-grinder two cents for music, if you must have it, than owe for a piano. Better gaze upon the bare walls than upon pictures unpaid for. Better eat thin soup from earthen dish es, it yon owe your butcher nothing, than to dine off ot lamb and beef and know it does not belong to you. Better have a fit oi hysterics than tun in debt for furniture, cloth, or any thing else that you may wish for. ■, ~ , - ~ ■ ■ . NY list the American people want is the honest vote, and no candidate who has not teceive it can afiord to lake the office Xar York Tribune. The Mnn Who Gave Odds. After a strange man had finished eat ing a hearty meal at one of the stands in the City Hall Market, he remarked to the w oman: ‘As 1 was sitting down to this meal 1 said to myself that 1 1? bet ons dollar against the dinner that the greenback candid sics would not carry a single State. If they do, you have won the dollar and shall have it ’ ‘1 want thirty five cents of joti,’ she replied, pulling off her comforter. ‘Or I’ll bet you five dollars against a meal that the Democrats carry New York Stipe,’ he continued. ‘I want my pay, or there’ll be trouble right hero!’ she exclaimed, slipping off her .bon net. ‘Or I’ll bet ihe same sum, on the swmc terms, that the Repubhoana will carry it,’ he remarked, as lie wiped off his sandy goatee. ‘I never bet, and I want my pay !’ she culled out, being now all ready lor action. ‘Great Heavens! but look at the odd* I offer yoti!’ he gasped. ‘I not only let you bet tui either side, hut I offer you the iv.ost feat fill odds that have ever b'en piven since the advent of the Christian ora!' ‘I can’t help the odds,’ she answered as she got hold of his coat tails. ‘1 ou don’t leave here till I get my money.’ Or, I'll bet you $35 against this 85 cent debt,’ he went on, ‘that neither Ilayes nor Tilden will be elected. One of them must bo, simply to permit you to coin $35 dollars out ol my hard earns irigs Great Jigs! but such another offir was i) ver known since Oliver Cromwell kept a fighting dog! ‘Thirty five cents!’ she shrieked, pull ing him around. ‘Last, but not least, I'll bet you forty to one that I haven't had thirty five cents about mo for a month ! Come, now, I offer you every chance to win.’ She gave him two solid kicks, and was designing and drafting a third, when he made a bolt and left a coat tail in her gtasp. While an officer was looking lor him around the market he was placidly surveying the Soldiers’ Monument and picking Lis teeth with a straw. — Detroit tree Dress. Effect of Astonishment. lie walked into the drug store and eiiiti : ‘Gimme a glass of sody.' ‘What syrup will you have ?’ said the boy. ‘Syrup 1 1 don’t waut any syrup. I want sody !’ The hoy put the g’ass under the faucet and turned oil the soda wa’er full head. As it struck the glass with a hissing noise the stranger said : ‘Gosh all Jerusalem, what’s that!’ and starting backwards fell over a siool, and a* he tried to get up he brushed against a | orfumery sand, which causoda bottle to fall off and strike him on the hack of the head. At the same time the boy, thinking something serious had happen ed, dropped tlio glass ou the marble counter, breaking it into ninety-nine pieces. The stranger, with his hand to the back of his head and his eyes protudin r with fright, started lor the street at a speed of twenty miles an hour, and ran plump into the arms of a policehian, w ho, collared him and saul : ‘What’s the matter ?’ ‘Matter!’ said the stranger, ‘why, the drug store lias exploded and I am the only man saved!’ —New Orleans Halle ti 1, Common Sen3e in Ploughing. Teams drawing loads on the ground get a breathing spell on tlio desoeuding ground, while in hloughing the draught is the same trom morning till nigh*. There is a certain number of pounds that teams can draw day after day and not worry them. But if more is added, even as little as fifteen or twenty pounds, they work unsteedily, fret and soon tire. No amount of feeding will keep them in eon dit ion. I have seen many plows iu use on which it would have been an easy mutter to decrease the draught twenty five pounds, and if men were drawing them instead ot horses, it would have been done. It must he plain to every tanner that every pound that ho can take off from the draught of his plow, is so much gained lor his horses. It may he done iu this way : For any soil except sand and gravel, use a steel plow. They cost but little more, ond the draught is enough-less to pay the difference in ploughing twenty acres. In ploughing sod, the colter does a great deal ol the work, and should be kept sharp by forging at the blacksmith’s aud grinding every day if necessary. Ot course it will wear out sooner, but new coulters ate cheaper than new’ teams. Set the coulter in with the plow, the edge squaro in front, with an angle ol tot ty-live from the point to w hich it is attached to the beam. When the shate gels worn out, it is poor econetny to use it any longer, but replace it with anew one. Let the tra ces be as short as will allow the horses to work without hitting against the whifle trees. it the handle crowd continually’ one way, the draught is not right, and if the plow i* s good one, it can easily lie remedied at the clevis. To prevent the horses stepping over the traces in turn i ,g, fasten a weight of three-fourths of a pound, on the outside of each swingle, tree : that is, on the rii>lu end when you turn to the left, or vice versa. Kvery obset ving tarmer knows that horses are susceptible to kindness, and equally so to unkindness. I have seen horses that were working steadily, made reeking with sweat in a short lime by shatp word or a jerk on the bit. Let your horses do their work as you do yours, as easily ns possible, and be as w illing to overlook their mistakes as you would the mist akes of a human being. THE RiCHSfEB, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. Jar the ROCKDALE REGUrTKR PUBLISHING CO. AT CONYERS, GEORGIA. RATES OE BUBSCKU Tl' N : One Year °° six Month*, 1 ~ Three Months, 50 Clubs of Dice or more, 25per cent, less ! ■ -0- The liKOiBTKK is a lurge 2t column paper. The Register is the Old Reliable.. THE REGISTER Will give you the Genera 1 end Local News. Democratic at ah times and under all circurnstan <es ! Tlw Political Campaign for 1876—the Cen tennial year—is now opened. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE "REGISTER,” And keep posted on tho coming lissues of the day. # Within the next six months, every elective Office iu tho United .States, from Bailiff to President, will be elected. The Campaign will be “Ked Hot and still a Heating.” The most, vital issues are in this Campaign Subscribe for The Rboistkr, iho Old Belitt le, an l keep up with the Timca ! Awarded the Highest Itledal at Vienna, E. & 11. T. MHONI &to- 591 Broadway New York, (Opposite Metropolitan Hotel) MANUFACTUBKRB, IMPORTERS AND DEALER IN ENGRAVINGS, CHROMOS AND FRAMES. STEREOSCOPES AND VIEWS, Albums, Grapliosoopes, Photographs, And kindred goods—Celebrities, Actresses, etc PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS. H’c are Ueadqnvrtersfor everything in the way of STEUEOBCOPTICONS A MAGIC LANTERNS Being Manufacturers of the MICRO-SCIENTIFIC LANTERN, STEHKO- PANOPTICON, University Steroopticon, Advertiser's Stereopticon, Artoptioon, School Lantorn, Family Lantern, People's Lantern, Ea-h style being the lest of its eUist in the market. Catalogues of Lantern and Slides, with di rections for Using, sent on application. Any enterprising man can make money with a Magic Lantern. to the Centennial Exposition will do well to defer purchasing goods in our line until they come to our store in New York, where they will find greater varitey aud more moderate prices, and can select more at leis ure. But we have a concession to soli some styles of our goods in the building of the De partment of Public Comfort, and those not coming to New York are invitod to call on our representation there. tHTA full stock of Views of the Exposition Buildings and their contents |yCut out this advertis t for reference. JAMES BANKS ATTORNEY A.T LAW, Office No. 8, James Bank Block, Atlanta, Georgia. Special attention given to the collection of claim. All businets attended to promptly Apr Syi Week to Agents. Samples \HH2 \ I /fBEE. P. O. Vickon-, Anguata yUv yflMva; tujint-lT W. M. JLMff, M. &. i : ; DRUGGIST amd APOTHBOARY j j j Centre Street, CONYERS, ii ii t: : GEORGIA —Dealer in— DRUGS. MEDICINES, CHEMICALS Perfumery and Fancy Toilet articles, PULE WINE* k LIQUORS for Medicinal use. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Ac. Trusses and shoul der Braces. Fresh Garden Seeds. Patent Medicines of all kinds. s Pre scriptions accurately compounded., ,fr% PIANO AND OROAN DEPOT. flllK, M , ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Sole Agents for tho World-Renowned [&SJ ASS Grand, Squ are| ndJUprigh t PIAIfOi. These instruments have been before the public for more than foi ty years, aud upon heir excellence alone have attained an Unpnr chased Pre-eminence which establishes them as Unequalled for their Tone, Touch, Work manship and Durability. They have received seventy -five gold and silver Medals over all other competitors. Endorsed by ‘Thalbe g,” “Gottsclialk,” “Strakosh,” “Pauline Lucca.” ‘Clara Louise Kellogg,” “lima De Murska,” “Muzio” Mills, and others. Also securing the first aud high est premiums at tho JMIATIONAL CENTENNIAL EMBITION, PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER, 1870. The prices of these instruments are as low as the exclusive use of first-class materials will allow. and price lists mailed free on application to PHILLIPS. GREW & EItEYEK, General Agents, Atlanta, Ga. gjjjjTSold on easy terms. 16-tf Wonderful Success. It is reported that Boschke’s German Str op has, since its introduction in the United States, reached tho immense sale of -10,000 uo een per year. Over 6,000 Druggists have or dered this medicin: directs from the Factory, it Woodbury, N. J., and not one has reported i single failure, but every letter speaks of its astonishing success in curing severe Coughs, Colds settled on the Breast, Ccnuumtion, or any disease of Throat and lungs. We advise any person that has any prediposition to weak Langs, to go to their Druggist W. H. Ler, and get this Medicine, or inquire about it. Reg ular size, 75 cents; .‘'ample Bottle, 10 cents. Two doses will relieve any case. Don’t neg lect yonr cough. Increases the * Quantity. Improves the Quality. ARMSTRONG'S mm Bomf. nma. OOOD FRKSH BCTTBB ALL THE VRAB ROUND. BUTTER IN 20 MINUTES. Lincoln Butter Powdei is an entirely harm less .-.rlicle made from a celebrated English recipe, and now in daily use by many of the most noted farmers in the butter counties a round Philadelphia. In hot weather this Powder makes batter much firmer and sweeter than it usually is, at 4 keeps it from turning rancid. It also romovie the strong flavor of turnips, garlic, woeds, corn stalks, cotton seed, etc. : and the increased yield of butter much more than pays the tri fling expense of using it. 35 CENTS PER PACKAGE. WHOLESALE l KI*OT: 106 MARKET Si „ PHILADELPHIA, PA. v11n044-6m gfAßOfl P O JuIBH. A GREAT DISCOVERY! By tho use of which every family may give then- Linen that brilliant polish peculiar to fino laundry work. Saving time and labor in iron ing, more than its entire cost. Warranted. Sold by Druggists and Grocers Every where. ASK FOR DOBBINS’. DOBBINS, BROS. & CO. 246-3 m 13 N. Fourth St., Philadelphia. For sale by BRYANS A SPEER, Conyers, Ga THERE IS MONEY IN IT. In these hard times a good- return for hones labor is very desirable. Any active young man or young lady can earn a haudsorae sum by addressing, for particulars, the Managers of The Constitution, the great politieal and family journal published at the Capital of the State. CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO., Atlanta, Ga. 1 THE GEORGIA DAILY COMONWEALTB IB PCBLttKEP EVEtIT KVENINO [Except Sunday] JBT THE COMMONWEALTH PUBLISHING CO MI'T. Atlanta, Georgia. And is edited hy Col. Curey W. Styles, late of the Alnany News, with efficient assistants. The Commonwealth gives tho current news of the city, State, and elsewhere, market re ports, and vigorous editorials on Municipal, Political and General Subjects. The coming canvass, State and National, will be closely watched and properly piesented while the Mechanical and Agri.ultural inter ests of the State will not be neglected. It has a large and rapidly increasing circulation. TEiUfS. One mouth, 75 cents; Two months, [sl 25 ; months, $6 00. Piinting, Binding and Ruling of every kind done in the best Btyle and nt lowest prices. Commonwealth Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia. i\ BE*. WIMO* CQj, ATLANTA, G E O It G I A , OKXKJtAL ijE.H.KKS IS Sen * for CircnlaiH* fir** kood lor Circular!, MILBURN & STUDEBAKJStI WAGON*; A VERY' & SONS & WATTS’ STEEL and OAST PLOWS; LMPKVED FIELD and GARDEN SEEDS; INCLUDING SEED WHEATS, RUST • PROOF OATS, BARLEY, RYE and the GRASS ES. GENERAL AGENTS FOR > . ; wood! tabes & morse steam '• '• '• '• • •ftnqnsMto • 10 J I' M S •tutqn.Mi;) jcj pusg ( tRAVKXS” Cotton Gin Feeder. Send for oircu:: ars of description and prices. I i jjjr’.Mw.* Oeerhay represent s at Cony era, Georgia. Lolt-if eve | II E GREAT EST A Y Ol{ GAN! | THh. MOST EXTENSIVE ORGAN MAN UFACTciK Vini n z W ()R 1 > 1000 ORGANS MADE EREKY MONTH OF THE MOST ELABORATE STYLB 9 MPROVED TONE AND SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION. 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PRICE 1 5 pev Bo’.tle. BSySold by all Druggists in the United States.* I ®* $ L. 11. It RAD FIELD, Atlanta, Georgia , Proprietor. READ! READ!! It is well known to doctors and ladies that woman are subject to enormous diseases peeh* liar to their sex,—such as suppression of the menses, whited, painful monthly periodicals, rheumatism of the back and womb, irregular menstruation, hemorrhage or excessive “ flow prolapsus, uteri, or falling of the womb. . 3 . J , . Blooming in all her Prist, e Beauty, health, strength and elasticity. Tried doctor after doner Ri tledok,Ga., February 18. 18,4 This is to certify that my wife was an invalid for six years Had disease of the womb and headache, weight in lower part of the back ; suffered from languor, exhaustion and nervous I ess loss of appetite and flesh. She had become so exhausted and weak, her friend" were apprehensive she would never get well. Tried doctor after doctor, and patent mediciness— and despaired of her improvement, when fortunately she c mmenced on Dr. Bradfield s fe male Regulator. She is now well: three or four bottles cured her. Improved in health, sp petite and flesh ; “ she is blooming in all her pristine beiuty, strength, and elasticity. tre ward you as her savior from the dark portals of death, —and my benefactor. May ow never irtmr less, and von never become weary in well-doing. JOHN SilANt ®*For Sale hi- W. H. LEE and JONES dr CAPS WELL Convt is, Ga. To the Working Class—We arena prepsred to furnish all c'asses with constant employment at home, the whole of the time or for the spare moment*. Business new, lrirT and profitable. Persons of either sex' eatn, earn from 50 cents to 85.00 per evening, and* proportional sum by devoting tbeir whole tiiue to tho business. Boys and girls earn nearly u much as men. That all who see this notii* 'may send their address, and test the buMnet* we make this unparralleled offer: To suoh s are not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of-writing. Fullparticu. lars, samples worth several dollars to comment's work on, and a copy of Home and Fireside, ons of the largest and best illustrat ed publications all sent tree by mail. Header, if you want po,-! manent, profitable work, address, Geo, s Tls _ soN & Cos., Portland, Maine, Agents. Investigate the merits of the I!lu s . trated Weekly, before determining U p, )n your work for this fall and winter. The com. binat ion for this season surpasses Anything heretofore attempted. Terms'sent free on ap plication. Address, Chas. Clucas., 1* M arr*a street, New York. 4 W JtKIDLR fc GULLETT'S IMPROVED COTTON GINN ; COOK S patent sugar and syrup evaporating PANS; VICTOR CANE MILL; SWEEP STAKE THRESHER and SEPARA TOR ; CARDWELL'S THRESH- , , Eli and SEPAIiA L'OR ;