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THE OGLETHORPE. ECHO.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3^1874;.
T..L. GASTT, F.ditor.uml Prop.
ECONOMY IS WEALTH;
The great misfortune with most of us
is, that we never fully appreciate this
till the best part of our lives is past.
AVith yotith, and health, and bounding
pulse, we vainly imagine that we’ve got
the xyoi id in a sling, and take for our motto
‘‘NoyTing venture, nothing have,” for
£et A>g that the largest piles are putto
gfier piece by piece.
To us of the South, experience (that
school for dullards) has been a severe
master. It has taught us, at the cost of
some yf the best years of our lives,, that
we have been pushing a stone to the top
of the hill, that the fall would find fur
ther in the valley than when we started :
with it in the spring. We have laughed j
at the experience of older and wiser !
heads, and fondly hoped and believed
that we would be an exception.
To a farmer, economy consists in pro
ducing everything that he needs at home,
instead of paying two prices for it
abroad ; in so handling his labr.that the
best results may be obtained from fit, and
in so dividing his crops as to obtain, the
largest returns with a given number of
hands. We have a money crop that
should insure us greater wealth than
any other farming community upon
earth, while the fact is we are the poorest
people under the sun. In cotton we
possess a comodity, that, as Greely once
said, Time cannot rust, rot, nor corrode ;
a staple that is-of great value in a small
package. Our lots have been cast in
pleasant places, and the fault of failure
rests entirely with ua- when we do not
succeed.
When we convince ourselves that
wealth is a coy thing, who comes less
often to those who eagprly seek it, than
those who quietly wait,. we shall have
acquired the first great lesson in gaining
it; and when we learn again- that there
is more wealth in saving than in. spend
ing, in hopes or .a larger return,, we will
have advanced another step on the road
that leads to fortune.. Great wealth, like
religion, is not of mushroom*; growth j; . its
comes not in a night, but rises like the
pyramids, after much labor... ’TIs the
little dimes that make the dollars and.
the little drops that swell the ocean.*
The past seven years have been bitter
ones to most of us, but they have not
been in vain if they have taught us that
“ Economy is Wealth.”
The* Western Elections. —Ohi
lias gone Democratic by about 10,000
majority. They elected thirteen or four
teen Democrats to Congress—a gain of
six or seven.
Indiana has gone Democratic- by an
increased majority over last year’s elec
tion. The majority will probably peach
10,000. /
Arkansas has adopted her rtew con
stitution.. t J
Nebraska and lowa hat e gone Republi
can. /■
— I
Horrors of- the j Yellow Fever
Flague at Pbnsaoola. — A private let
ter from Warrington, near the Pensacola
(Fla.) Navy Yard, dated. October 1,
says : “ TKte fever has not abated yet.
Three Sisters of Chsrity died last night.
Ther tre six officers down with the fe
ver.. * * * I wish the first of No
vember was here, and we were spared.
Tub suspense is perfectly terrible. No
on£ seems to escape the fever; people
ditwhad it before, and everybody,
is frightfully lonesome ; almost eve
dy is dead..
+. m ’ m
,aneast r county farmer writes to
cal paper that as he was going past
~i crib d ier morning, he ob
bat also tron l ] a rge sized ear of
iety which another
l£r j-which his tail was
wasn t a g°°d day for
. Either,
m Phi. . v--.
lect his having lost his situ
ter in 1 hi s w ]f e took some
U^°n ~r N saved and started
x * * k a 'ucceeded.at once,
An Js her husband, as ckrk
?aid
prcachin . r
raid Mr. residing on Jack
and y° w Mass., is the owner of
after, a-yeais- old and still in.
blacksm; n g SO und and kind,,
said: I haves’ farm work, as
“And for
shoeing your hon
horse shod here,U 0 since the
fault is your o".n, q V avs, and
ope of
a£t. 0 , n jle*
LATEST GEORGIA NEWS.
Bin .Hill has bought a $20,000 resi
dence in- Atlanta.
While Northern mills are slacking up,
Georgia is increasing her looms.
Mr. C. C. Hammock has been nomina
ted by the white people • for Mayor of
Atlanta.
Not a Radical wcfi.ajscatin the Senate
chamber this year. Only three negroes
have been elected.
The Augusta, papers of the Bth inst.,
furnish us with the sad intelligence of the
death of Col. James Gardner.
A pumpkin measuring six feet and
seven inches in circumference was ex
hibited in Savannah last week.
Three men and a woman, emigrants
from North Georgia, to Kansas, were
murdered by the Indians recently.
The State University opened on the 7th
with about one hundred and thirty-five
students, half of whom are new students.
The people of Eiberton were enter
tained by an exhibition by the Eiberton
minstrels Friday night of week before
last..
The election returns from all over the
State show that the next Legislature will
have a Democratic majority of over two
hundred.
Mr. C. W. Coram, of Randolph county,
is the happy possessor of George
Washington’s priming horn. Anybody
else got it ?
An Indian preached at the Baptist
chuisch at Fort Valley last Wednesday
evening. He sang several songs in his
native dialect.
M. L.Drew, a white man of Eufaula,
was arrested and committed to jail last
week, on a charge of attempted rape on a
small white girl.
Newton county has a negro who can
pick a thousand pounds of cotton in a
day, and a horse which can run three
miles in =as - many minutes...
Senator T. J. Perry, while on his way
to his marriage, was run over by a train
at Macon, and his leg so badly fractured
that amputation.was necessary..
The Washington (Wilkes county)
Gazette says : “We do not think that
much more than half as much cotton will
be made in Wilkes, county this year as
last.”
Hon. L. N. Tammell has tendered liis
withdrawal from the canvas for Con
gress in the Seventh District to the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee-cf. the dis
trict.
Three cheers and a large Bengal tiger,
with red stripes around it, for the Em
pire State, where Radicals ara as scarce
as hen’s teeth, and Democrats as numer
ous as falling leaves in autumn.
Mr. Diggers Damie, of Upson county,
though only one hundred and two years -
old,,gathers in his corn, cotton and other
crops, with all of the ability of youth.
He also draws a nimble how across a,
fiddle occasionally.
A man living in Baldwin county plan
ted one watermelon seed and raised a
vine therefrom, from which sixty-seven
melons were pulled, the smallest of
which weighed fifty-seven pounds.” The
story is larger than the melons.
The Valdosta Times says some un->
known person entered the Ordinary’s
office the night before the election and,
off the tax hooks. We suppose
it was done for the purpose of prevent
ing the payment of taxes on the day of
election, as they were found deposited
&|the Court-house door at daylight yes
tijjjiay morning. The Ordinary had
blam|| printed, so that the theft occa
sioned no trouble.
There being a pretty large crowd in
Sandersville on Wednesday, attending
the election, Jerry Simmons, one of the
colored candidates for Legislative honors,
concluded it was a good time to turn an
honest penny. So he equipped him
self with a basket of ground-peas and a
supply of sugar-cane, and went around
peddling the same while his- colored
brethren were trying to send him to the
Legislature. Not a pea or a “lint” would
he give away either to friend.or foe..
The Crawfordville correspondent of
the Madison Journal says: “ About
three weeks ago a difficulty occurred be
tween a white man of this county,..by the
name of Hancock, and a colored , man
by the name of Harris, as they were go
ing in a wagon, with others, homeward
from town—Hancock was drinking.
Words ensued between him and Harris,
the final result of which was, Hancock
struck Harris several blows with his
fist, .also with a stick and knife; Harris
at last picked up a rock and threw it at
Hancock, wounding him on the left tem
ple, from the effects of which he died on
Saturday night last.
Mrs. Elizabeth Akers Allen (Flor
ence Percy), the anthor of “ Rock, Me to
Sleep, Mother,” is at present editorially
conneeted with the Portland Advertiser. .
The poem was written by her, while a
■factory girl in Maine, upon, a sheet of
coarse brown writing-paper in which she
had brought her noon-time lunch, while
waiting for the hour to commence labor.
A lady at Princeton,. lowa,, was re
-1 cently stung on the neck by a honey bee,.
and died in twenty minutes..
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Senators and Representatives.
The following is the result as far as
heard from l
senators.
First district—R„ E. Lester.
Third district—Willis Clary.
Fifth district—Daniel Lott.
Seventh district—J. McDonald.
Eleventh district—W. A. Graham.
Thirteenth district—L. M. Felton..
Fifteenth district—T. D. Wilcox.
Seventeenth district—G. R. Black..
Nineteenth district—C. S. Dußose..
Twenty-first district—W. O. Daniel.
Twenty-third district—Wins. Ruth
erford.
Twenty-fifth district—W. I. Hudson.
Twenty-seventh district—H. D. Mc-
Daniel.
Twenty-ninth district—W. M. R< ese..
Thirty-first district—J. M. Freeman.
Thirty-third district—G. E. Deadwy-
Thirty-fifth district—E. P. Howell.
Thirty-seventh district—J. T. Slaugh
ter.
Thirty-ninth district—E. C. McAfee.
Forty-third district—R. E. Wilson.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Appling—Paul Carter.
Bullock—D. L. Kennedy.
Bryan—J. DeLoach.
Burke—J..A. Shewmake, H. C. Glis
son, J. B. Jones.
Baldwin—W. McKinley.
Bibb—T. Hardeman, A. O. Bacon,
D. D. Craig.
Banks—J. J. Turnbull.
Bartow—Dr. T. H. Baker, John Neal.
Coweta—J. E. Stallings, J. B. Wilcox
an.
Carroll—Camp, Shellnut.
Cnattahoojhee—J. Whittle.
Chatuam— A. R. Lawton. J. L. War
ren, Dr. J..G,. Thomas.
Cobb—YV..D. Anderson, E. H. Lind
ley.
Catoosa—A. H. Gray.
Campbell—J. W. Nelms.
Columbia—S. C. Lampkin.
Clayton—Jesse Anthony.
Clarke—Dr. H. H. Carlton, Wilson.
Dougherty—Davenport, W essaiowsky.
Chattooga—Dr. D. V. RudiciL
Cherokee—Sharp.
Clay—Saunders.
Dodge—D. David Sapp.
Dade—E. D. Graham.
Douglass—F. M. Duncan.
DeKalb—O. Winningham,
Decatur—Daniel Magiil, Thomas T.
Maxwell.
Elbert—H. P. Mattox.
Effingham—H. E. Cassidy.
Emanuel—Kennedy.
Fayette—E. W. Leach. &
Fioyd—Hamilton, Turner.
Forsyth—R. A. Lakes.
Fulton—W. A. Wilson, W. L. Cal
houn, E. F. Hoge.
Gwinnett —X. M. Peeples, A. A. Dyer.
Glasscock—W. J. Wucher.
Giynn—J. Blue, (col.)
Greene—L* B. Willis, L. D. Carlton.
Gordon —W. R. Rankin.
Henry—Dr. Winn.
Harris—ll. E. Moss, Geo. Kilpatrick.
Hancock—J. L. Culver, J. E. Binion.
Houston —Brown, Simmons,\V imberly
Mali—A. D. Candler.
Heard—Ware.
J ohnson—Tiieophilus Christian.
Jetterson —Dr. il. E. Battle, Col. R. T.
Little...
Jasper—T. L. Lane.
Jones —H. B. Ridiey.
Jackson—G. R. Duke, Potts.
Lumpkin—Gen. H. W. Riley.
Lowndes—A. li. Smith.
Lee—ii. Al. McAiee.
Laurens—Dr. J. T. Chappell.
Liberty—W. C. Bacon,
Milton—O. P. {Skelton.
Murray—B. F. Wolford.
Madison—Meadors.
Mem wether —G. Warner, W. T. Rev
ill.
Monroe—G. W. Adams, J. G. Phin-
azee.
Macon—W. 11. Willis, J. B. Fred
erick.
Muscogee—T. W. Grimes, W. F.
Williams.
Mitchell —C. O. Davis.
McDuffie —J. 11. Scott.
Morgan—O. Tliomasson.
Newton—L. B. Anderson, L. F. Liv
ingston.
Oglethorpe—Elder D. W. Patman,
Dr. T. D. Hutcherson.
Price—J. S. Bennett (all up except
initials).
Polk—W. M. Hutchings.
Pike—A. G. Peden.
Pulaski—Harrell.
Putnam—Frank Leverett.
Pierce —Bennett.
Quitman —W. H. Harrison.
Rockdale—Dr. J. A. Stewart.
Richmond—J. C. C. Black, P. Walsh,
W. A. Clarke..
Randolph—W. M. Tumliu.
Sumter—Furlow Stewart.
Spalding—A. M. Speer..
Stewart —Bell, Walton..
Talbot—J. H. Maxwell,. W. H. Searcy.
Telfair—D. A. Graham.
Terrell—W..G. Simpson.
Thomas—W. M. Hammond, Isaac
Alderman.
Taliaferro—J. G. Asbury.
Taylor—J. F.. Ficklen..
Troup—J. H. Fannin, {Pittman.
Wilkes—Colley, Quinn.
Whitfield—J. P. Clements.
Walton—J. W. Carter.
Wilkinson—Dr. J. B. Duggan.
Washington—W. Warthen, G. J. El
kins.
Ware—Miller.
White—Sire Craig.
Warren—Dr. H. R. Halli.
Wayne—H. R. Fort.
VALUABLE REGIBES..
Preparing Bones for Fertilizers..
Of all the agents that ean.be employed,
for decomposing and dissolving bones,.
the best and most practicable are wood
ashes.. They are generally plentiful in
country.places, they prevent any unploas
aid; odor, from being given off*mid, above
ill, cause airapid, and complete decom
position. The bones are e mvertedJnto
a.fine powder, which, mixed with ashes,,
furnishes an excellent fertilizer,, very
rich in potash and phosphoric acid.. The
method of using them is as follows :: A,
trench three or four feet deep and of any
desired length, is dug in the earth and
filled with alternate layers of ashes and
whole bones, each layer being about six
inches thick. The lowest as well as the
top layers are of! ashes, and each layer
of ashes is thoroughly saturated: with
water. At distances of three feet, poles
are rammed down to the bottom of the
ditch., and. every eight or ten days they
are taken out and enough water poured
into the holes to saturate the ashes. At
the end of two months the whole heap is
tlioroughly stirred.up with a fork, so as
to* mix. the ashes :uid softened bones,
which are then, left to ferment again,
wafer, being added as often as necessary.
In about three months after, the heap
being worked over twice or three times
more, the decomposition of the bones
will be so complete that only a few of the
largest remain, and these are taken out
and. put into,another heap.
Where wood ashes are scarce, recourse
must be had to house manure:. The bones
are soaked a. few. days, in, water and then
placed, in rectangular pits with alternate
layers.of horse manure, each layer being
drenched with the water in which the j
bones were soaked. The strata of bones |
are-three inches thick, and those of ma- I
nure a. foot thick. The pit is covered '
with, earth, so as to be tightly closed. I
The decomposition of the bones will re
quire,.in this case,, about ten months,
when* the mixture will be ready for use
as a fertilizer..
Antidote for PatsoEi.
If a. person* swallows any pciscm what
ever, er-bas- fallens into-convulsions front
having overloaded the stomach, an in
stantaneous remedy, more efficacious and
applicable in a large number of eases
than any half dozen medicines, is a heap
ing teaspoonful of common? salt and as
much ground mustard,.stirred rapidly in
a teacup of water,, warm, or cold, and
swallowed instantly.. It is scarcely
down before-it begins to come up, bring
ing; with it the remaining contents of the
stomach, and lest there he any remnant
of the poison, however small,, let the
white of an egg or a teacup of. strong
coffee be swallowed as soon as the stom
ach is quiet.. These very common arti
cles raulify a larger number of virulent
poisous-than any medicine in the shops.
Bed Bugs.
A correspondent writes;: “'After
fighting them* eight years, I learned
from/, tv girl who had;served as chamber
maid, in. a large boarding house that bugs
could he entirely, exterminated for all
time. I immediately followed her di
rections, which was to take grease that
was melted.out of salt pork,, to, melt it,
and t>?keep it melted (the vessel can he
kept in a pan. of coals), and, to put it
with the feather end of quill in every
place where I could find a bug. It is
necessary to see that the • bed cords are
entirely free from the pests*, and I will
warrant there will be no more trouble.
It is more than thirty years since a hug
has-beeniseen in my r house.”
The negro troubles which occurred
about, ten, yyears ago in Jamaica seem
likely to he renewed. The island con
tains about 440,000 negroes and 15,000
whites,. The colored people demanded
rights which were denied them,, and
when, they attempted to frighten, the
authorities into yielding they were
promptly put down by military force.
About 2,000 negroes perished, and the
lesson has had its effect during the past
decade. Now they are rebellious again.
Gld“Baldy,” the volcanic mountain,of
North Carolina, is at it again. A gen
tleman living near the base reports that
the rumbling has been heard several,
times within the past ten days.
Ail the letters in the alphabet are con
tained in the following sentence:
“John P. Brady gave me a black wal
nut box of quite a small size.”
Won’t the fourteen Radical members
elect to the Legislature feel rather lone
ly in the midst.of over two hundred Dem- j
ocrats ?
It is asserted that five hundred !
pounds of frogs are daily- consumed in j
New York.
FREIGHT LIST.
The following is the names of persons
having freight remaining in the depot at
this place up to the morning of publica
tion :
ELBERTON.
G. B. Almand, BAckwell & Son,
T. C. Burch, J. D. Clark,
J. M. Carter, W. H. Clarkj
M. P. Deadwyier, Duncan & Bro.,
H. C. Edmunds, J. Eberhart & Son,
S. H. Fortson, J. L. Heard,
J. H. Jones & Cos., H. P. Mattox,
Mathews & White, A. Oliver,
Swift & Arnold, J. R. Stevens,
N_ J. Swift, H. P. Sims,
Tate & Almand, Mrs. E. A. White.
LEXINGTON.
J. W. Bacon, T. D. Biggs,.
Z. H. Clark, J. V. Collier,.
J. S. Gilbert, R. L. Hargrove,
BLA. Hays, C. S. Hargrave,
T. H. Hawkins, W. H. Jarrell,
J. G. Jonas, H. Kinnebrew,
N. M. Mattox, E. G. Murrah,.
J. M. Norton, G. F. Platt*.
E. J. Reynolds, A. Shelverton,.
G. W. Smith & Bro., Young & Cos..
MARKET REPORTS..
CRAWFORD, October 15, .1874.
Cotton $ i&,@ 131
Flour, per bbl 8 00 (a 10 00
Corn, new, per bu L li)
“ old, “ none.
Corn Meal, “ l 40
Pkas, “ l 00
Wheat, “ l 50. @ 1.75
Oats, “ .„ 75, @ 1 00
Rye, “ i 50
Sweet Potatoes, per bu.... 75
Bacon—Market falling 15 @ 18
Laud, per ft 20 (& 22
Bagging *...„ 15 18
Ties 9 @ 10
Chickens 25
Eggs 20
Butter 25
Syrup, per ga1.... 75 Ot 1 25
Molasses ... 50 @ (>5
Sugar 12J@ lGjj
Coffee - 25 (a, 30
Tobacco 75 % 1 25
MISCELLANEOUS.
PHOTOGRAPHS!
YI7 A. IHJNTER, ARTIST, HAVING
T’t . located for a short time in Crawford, is
prepared to take
Photographs', FerotjipesAGem Pictures,
in the finest style of the art, and at very low
prices. Satisfaction assured. Parties desir
ing pictures had better call at once, as. I will
remain but a short time. Photograph, Al
bums and Picture Frames>foe'sLo low.
STOVES
grAtes, And
TIN WARE!
To be had Cheap for Cash at
J. C. WILKINS & CO’S,
Broad St., Athens, Ga.
50,000
WANTED FOR
THE. OGLETHORPE
ECHO.
J.F. WILSON &ca,
MANUFACTURERS OF AXIL
DEALERS IN
ALL KINDS OF
FURNITURE
FRANKLIN HOUSE BUILDING,
Broad Street, . Athens, Ga.
Bedsteads, fflireaos,TalsCliairs^g
CHAMBER AND PARLOR SETS,
Wood and Bctalic
BURIAL CASES,
Lower than can be bought elsewhere in the
city. Give us a. call. octl-tf
LUCBJE & YANCEY,
DEALERS IN AND REPAIRERS OF
Watches, Jewelry, Etc.
No. 3 Broad Nt., Athens, Ga.
octt*—lv
merchandise and drugs.
the question
*-*ll
WHERE; GAN, WE
BUY SfIODS CHEAP
BEEN AGITATING THE
mimlfc-of the citizens ot Oglethorpe and
adjoining-counties. It:need no longer-trouble
you, for- it is settled beyond all controversy
that
Mata £ Midi's
is the place. You will find there EVERY
THING usually kept in a
FIRST-CLASS RETAIL STORE!
And yon will MISS a good chance if you
leave Crawford without visiting their store.
Articles are too numerous to mention, but
rest assured that you .will find
WHATEVER YOU WANT
(if they have it.) They will he found in the
BouffiEormeili Bucupied by Martin £ Cos,
BE S¥RE A XI) CALL OX
THEM BEFORE PVRCHASIXG
ELSE WHERE..
oestt-Sp
R. T. BRUMBY l CO..
DRUGGISTS
MI) PHARMACISTS,
DEALERS IN
Drugs', Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
DIUGGISTV SINDRIES,
Paints. Oils, Lainp.i, Glass.
Slladissi, fhaniois Skins*,..
Sponges, Etc., Fie.,
College avenue, la-tween Book Store and P. Oi.
Athens, Ga.
Sprrial attention-y inert to
lions at nil hours* oetfttf
MISCELLANEOUS.
Carriages, Buggies,
WAGONS.
Pu \\ TUCKER & BR0.„
CRAWFORD, CA.,
Ha VLN G REBUILT
their- Shops, and:
oughlv stocked them
the l>est tools and a full supply of: the finest*
seasoned LI MBER, are now prepared to.
manufacture, at short notice, every descrip
tion of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES'ROCK AL
WAYS, PILETONS, WAGONS, CARTS,,
etc., etc. We will also do all manner or
Klaeksmitliing and Repairing, arid!
guarantee all our work to give j>erfeet satis
faction. pjr- We sell our TWO-IIORSK.
WAGONS at from 81)0 to sl£3, am; eve
rything else J.'.VW, in proportion. oc.tP-tf
LUCKIE & YANCEY,
DEALERS IN ANDaRERAIRERS OK /Ag; '
WATCHES, [gl
Jewelry, Ktc?.,jE3..
No. 3 Broad St., Atlien*, Ga-.
j oetJMy
HENRY LUTHI,
( dIAWFORO, GA., IS NOW. PREPARED?
™ ak ?’ at sllort the FINEST
I ROOTS and SHOES. I use only the best
I material, and warrantjny work to give entire
! satisfaction, both as.to finish and wear.
REPAIRING AND COARSE WORK also
at tented to. oorf-lv
SUPERIOR ORIENTAL
TOOTH
POWDERS!
F°i? ffLBANSING THE TEETH AND
1 untying the Breath. Prepared by
R. T. BRUMBY A CO.,
Druggists and Pharmacists, Athens, Ga..
ATHENS
MarlM Sranite Yard
A R. ROBERTSON, DEALER
-VA. in Monuments, Head Stones,
Cradle Tombs, Marble and Granite T’Y/pi' ftn
Box Tombs; also, Vases and Mar- fffW] jl
hie Tops for Furniture. Persons tiilfjk&f
desiring work of this kind would kf(CrOi>
do well to examine my designs be
fore purchasing elsewhere. Prices Jr *£
moderate. oct9-ly*
OPERA COLOGNE.
AN ELEGANT PERFUME.
This cologne is- manufactured
from Pure Materials, ’sfith the greatest
care. Prepared only by
R. T. BRITIBY 4c CO.,
Druggists and Pharmacists* Athens, Ga.