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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO.
Friu <y Tlornina;, Feb. 18, 1575.
PUBILSIIED WEEKLY BY
T. L. GANTT. Editor and Prop’r.
A Bewildered Baddy,
The following, from an ecstatic father,
refers to an event not uncommon in mat
riinoirial life. Bv abrubt changes o!
theme, the writer succeeds in unwitting
ly attributing the most remarkable quali
ties to the innocent darling of which he
is so proud to be called’ the parent:
Dicar Lister:—l now take mv seat
and sit down to take this opportunity to
inform you that I am a “daddy ” at last;
that is, I suppose I am, for Abbe has
got a nice,fat baby, and we hope these few
lines may find you enjoving the same
great blessing. Now this is to be
strictly a business letter. Firstly, as I
said before, Abbe has got as nice a baby
as ever made up *a?es. “ Nextly, I ha\ e
swapped away old Buckskin, and think
I have got a pretty nice horse; it is a
a girl, and weighs nine pounds, (I m ur
the baby) and is just as fat as butt r,
and has got a good strong pa i r of lung- !
She is red, and has a bobtail, (the hor-
I moan) and is a pood driver. She ha
pet blue eyes and a dimple in her chin
(I mean the baby now) and just the
prettiest moiJth that ever opened to re -
ceive pap; and judging from her teeth I
should think she was about six years
old (I mean the horse now). She is
sound, smooth and kind, (I mean ti e
horse or baby either, now) and the doc
tor says she is the fairest he ever saw
without any exception. (He means t! e
baby.) I got twenty-five dollars to boo<
(not on the baby though, for in its case
the hoot was on the other foot, and two
or three sizes larger, as near as I can
find out). I am going to harness the
horse now, and go after mother; she was
born last night at twenty minutes past
ninc - (I hope you don’t think I mean
mother or the horse— l mean the babvh
is as hearty as a pig, ate an err ,v , a
biscuit," and drank three cups of tea for
dinner. (I mean Abbe). She isgetting
along nicely, and if she don’t have any
bad luck she will get along first rate.
She is subject to disorders of the stom
aca, and they say this is a sign of the
colic. (T irfean the baby). I hope it is.
for the nurse says colicky babies never
die. She talks about her nose as she
takes snuff. (The nurse T mean now).
There, I’ve been reading this over, and
I see plainly that I ain’t fit to write
The amount of it is I am flustrated. T
am a happy daddy, and that accounts for
it, so you must excuse me this time.
Sam.
Reasons in TTo+nral History.
"Why have birds gizzards ? Bemuse,
having no tenth, the tough and fibrou
gizzards are employed to grind the food
preparatory to digestion.
\\ hy does a black down grow under
the feather of birds as winter appoaches ?
Because the down is a non-conductor o
heat, and black the warmest color.
Why have ostriches small wings? Be
cause, having long legs, they do not re
quire their wings for flight ; they nr
merely used to steady their bodies whil
running.
Why cannot flesh-eating animals
live on vegetables? Because the gastie
juice of a flesh-eating animal, beingadan
ted to the duty which it has to perform,
will not digest vegetable matter.
by are there so many bodily forms
in the animal creation? Because the dif
ferent creatures which God created have
different modes of life, and the forms o'
their bodies will be found to present a
perfect adaptation to the lives allotted to
them.
hy have birds with long legs short
tails? Because the tails of birds are
used to guide them through the air by
steerage. W lien birds with long legs
ta~e to flight, they throw their legs be
hind, and they then serve the same pur
pose as a tail.
hy have fishes air-bladders? Be
cause. as the density of water varies great
ly at different depths the enlargement or
contraction of the bladder regulates the
relation of the specific gravity of the bo
dy of the fish to that'of the water in
y hich he moves.
hy are woodpecker’s tongues about
three times longer than their hills? Be
cause, if their bills w 're long they would
not bore the tree so efficiently ; and when
the trees are bored, and the insects alarm
ed, they endeavor to retreat into the
hollow of the wood; but the long, thin
tongue of the woodpecker fixed them on
its sharp, horny point, and drawn them
into the mouth of the bird.
W hy lias the elephant a short, unbend
ing neck ? Because the elephant’s head
is so heavy that it could not have been
supported at the end of a long neck, or
lever, without a provision of immense
muscular power. Note.—According to
Culver, the number of muscles in the
elephant’s trunk amount to 400,000, all
of which are under the will as it is to
these that tlie proboscis of this animal
owes its flexibility. It can be protracted
at pleasure, raised up or turned to either
side, coiled around on itself or twined
around any object.
A Eema'-‘ "V 8 Set.
Old Farmer Gruff was one moraine
tugging away with all his might and main
at a barrel of apples, which he was en
deavoring to g< t up the cellar stairs, and
•ailing at the top ot n?s lungs for one oi
bis boys to lend a helping hand, but in
vain.
\V hen he had, after an infinite amount
of sweating and puffing, accomplished
the task, and just when they were not
needed, of course the “boys” made their
appearance.
“W here have you been, and what
have you been about, I’d like to know,
that you couldn’t hear me call?” inquired
the farmer in an angry tone, and address
ing the oldest.
“Out in the shopsettin’ the saw,”’ re
plied the youth,
“And you, Dick ?”
“Out in ti e barn settin’ the hen.”
“Andyou, sir?”
“Up in granny’s room settin’ the
clock.”
“And you, young man ?”
“Up in the garret settin’ the trap.”
“And now, master Fred, where weie
on, and what were you settin’ ?” asked
de old farmer of his youngest progeny,
the asperity of his temper being somewhat
softened by this amusing category of an
swers. “Come, lot’s hear!”
hi the door-step settin’ still,” replied
the young hopeful, seriously.
“A remarkable set, I must confess,”
a bled the amused sire, dispersing
the grinning group with a wave of the
hand.
How Hi; Saved a Choking Ofttt and.
—A correspondent, writing from Reno,
Nev., to the Sacramento Union , tells
how he saved the life of a child. He
writes : *‘l was engaged in hauling word
from a timber to Austin, Reese river.
There was a house over the summit from
the above place, where resided two fam
ilies belonging to the. wood choppers,
and on arriving in sight of the house a
woman came out and beckoned me t<
make haste, that some they was wrong. I
did so, and just in time, for the other
woman came out holding a chib! in 1 r
arms, apparently dead. It was black in
the face. She told me the child had been
eating pine nuts, and had got a shell in
'ts throat, had choked, and was dyin
I immediately gota piece of board abot t
four feet long and p!ac< and it across th
door sill. She sat the chil don on? en '
and I tipped the other, making a sndfb ?
jar, which caused the shell to pass do n
ward, and gave the child immediate re
icf. No person can imagine how over
joyed that mother was for saving her
on y child. I know of several c< s°s in
which this ] rncess has proved success
ful.”
— ■.—
Farmers and dairymen have fr< m
time immemorial imagined they knew a
cattle disease called “horn ail” or “hol
ow-horn.’ Prof. Cressy now tells them
it is an oid wives’ fable. The professor
has cut open innumerable horns and
‘bund them all hollow. Jit 1 tolls the cow
doctors there is no such disease as “ hol
low-horn.” The cure practiced is to bore
into the horn and inject some remedy.
This is generally followed by bleeding at
Tie nose, wlrch is sunposed to be a synu
tom of the disease and a sign that the
remedy is becoming effective. The pro
fessor proves by cac-tle skulls that the
nasal passages are nominally connected
with the hollow in the horns, and this
accounts for the boring and the internal
application of the remedy. Horned cat
tle generally will be glad to hear that the
surgery of the gimlet is not necessary to
their health, as scarcely any of them ever
got through life without being horribly
bored.
There is a project ta’.ked of for cut
ting a tunnel under Niagara Falls. M
lliam N\ allace, an engineer who has
ma lea prelim’narv survey of the falls,
iys that no insuperable difficulties eith
er oi a material or financial description
need be feared. The length of the tun
nel proper from shore to shore
is about 1,000 yards, while the cuttings
on both banks will extend to nearly
thrice that distance. Mr. Wallace de
cides to give any estimate of the cost of
this undertaking.
A hog with an artificial leg must be a
touching and picturesque object. The
cow-catcher at Dunleith took off one of
the hinder limbs of Mrs. Smith’s hog,
and his benevolent owner made a wood
en succeed an eum and strapped it to the
stump. The creature shows its gratitude
by accumulating fat with - great rapidity,
and the only drawback being that when
killing and curing time comes one of the
hams will have no Randle.
A little boy who has recently lost a
favorite kitten was mourning over its
death the other day, but suddenly bright
ened up and said, “ Say, mother, ain’t
kitty a little angel now?”
One of the most interesting and hotly
contested law suits ever known in Mich
igan arose from the fact that two women
claimed the same waterfall. The trial
must have beeu harrassing.
Feather collars are just out. They
are for street wear, and have long ends
falling down in like the scarf
MISCELLANEOUS.
£SOO CIGARS
Now in store. Can suit anv one in price and
quality. Anew lot of
TOBACCO
just in. If you want a bargain in that arti
tiele call on us and vou can get it. We will
also sell
500 YARDS OF CALICO
at from Sc. to 10c. per yard for cash, in the
next sixty days, if we can. These Prints
are all new, having been bought in the last
four mouths. \\ e also have a small lot of
FINER DRESS GOODS!
that we will sell cheaper than ever before
offered. And if you should want Shoes, Hats,
Shirting, Jeans, or anything else in the Dry
Goods iine, you can buy it from us cheap for
the cash.
McMahan & Stokely.
STOVES
GRATES, AND
TIN WARE!
To he had Cheap for Cash at
J. C. WILKINS & GO’S,
Broad St., Athens, Ga.
M. T. Castleberry | P. H. Snook | J. Neal, Jr.
Cheapest Furniture Haase in eorgia!
FURNITURE
EMPORIUM
20 Peachtree and 1 Marietta Streets, and 70
and 72 Whitehall Streets,
Atlanta, Ga.
CAST EBERRYI CO.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Parlor, Office &• Chamber'Furniture, Spring,
Hair, Moss and Cotton Mattresses, Metal
lic and Wire Mattresses.
Special Inducements to Grangers.
dee2s-2m
-S2O
- BUY A
FIRST MORTGAGE PREMIUM BOND
OF THE
H. I'. Industrial Exposition Company.
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These bonds are issued for the purpose of
raising funds for the erection of a building in
the City of New York, to be used for a
I'erpehial World's Fair,
a permanent home, where every manufactu
rer can exhibit and sell his goods, and every
patentee can show his invention ; a centre of
industry which will prove a vast benefit to the
whole country.
For this purpose, the Legislature of the
State of New York has granted a charter to a
number of our most wealthy and respectable
merchants, and these gentlemen have purch
ased no less than eight blocks of the most val
uable land in the city of New York. The
building to be erected will be seven stories
high (150 feet in height), surmounted by a
magnificent dome, and will cover a space of
22 acres. It wi 11 be constructed of Iron, Brick
and Glass, and made fire-proof. The bonds,
which are all for S2O each, are secured by a
first mortgage on the land and building, an<i
for the purpose of making them popular, the
directors have decided to have quarterly
drawings of $150,000 each; this money being
the interest on the amount of the whole loan.
Every bondholder must receive at least s2l,
but he may receive
#IOO,OOO !
Or $35,000, or SIO,OOO, or $5,000, or $3,000, kc,
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EVERY BOND
purchased before Jan. 4, 1875, will participate
In the Fourth Series Drawing,
Held Holiday. March 1, 1875.
Capital Premium, SIOO,OOO.
These Drawings take place every three
months, and eventually every bond will par
ticipate in them.
Address, for bonds and full information,
MORGENTHAU, BRUNO & CO.,
Financial Agents,
23 Park Row, New York.
Post Office Drawer 29.
Remit by Draft on N. Y. City Banks, Reg
istered Letter or P. O. Money Order.
Postponements impossible under this plan.
declS-tJulvl
BOOTS AND SHOES
HENRY LTJTHI,
CRAWFORD, GA., IS NOW PREPARED
to make, at short notice, the FINEST
BOOTS and SHOES. I use only the best
material, and warrant my work to give entire
satisfaction, both as to finish and wear.
REPAIRING AND COARSE-WORK also
attented to. octS-ly
KALVARINSKI & LIEBLER,
Under Newton House, Athens, Ga.,
Cigar Maifactiers,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Tobacco, Pipes, Snuff, &c.,
Dealers would do well to price our goods
before purchasing elsewhere. Our brands of
Cigars are known everywhere, and sell inor
readily tkaa **t othes.
LEAPtNC FERTILIZERS, R)RWmPg L ETC.
PACIFIC GUANO CO., - - - CAPITAL, $1,000,000!
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SOLUBLE PACIFIC
CrTT-A-HSrO
And COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE,
For Composting with Cotton Seed.
The SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO is now so well known for its remarkable effects as
an agency for increasing the produce of labor, as not to require especial common lution from
me. Its use, for Ten Years past, has established its character for Reliable Excellence. The
large, Fixed Capital invested by the Company in this trade, affords the surest guarantee of
the continued excellence of its Guano. Tfckc The Guano and Phosphate will be delivered to
any boat or depot in the city FREE of Drayage.
CASH PRICE:
Per Ton. 2,000 Pounds, SOLUBLE PACIFIC 1 Gl IXO SI!S
“ “ “ A€ll> PHOSPHATE 36
TIME PRICE:
Without Interest, and option of paying in Liverpool Middling Cotton, delivered at nearest
Railroad Depot, at Fifteen Cents per pound :
Per Ton, 2,000 Pounds, SOLUBLE PAC IFIC GUANO ss*
“ “ “ ACT I> COMPOUND 42
Orders received and information furnished on application to my Agents at various
Lo "' J. 0. MATHEWSON, Co
janls-3m J. G. M. EDWARDS, GA.
“ EUREKA I 33
0
The Best Fertilizer Now in Use!
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Cash Price per Ton, - - - - $5Ol Time Price per Ton, S6O
MADISON, Ga., Dec. 15, 1874.
Messrs. McMahan <fc Stokely, Crawford, Ga.:
Gents—My house, Messrs. A. W. Foster &
Cos., sold the EUREKA last season, and mv
friends are so well pleased with it that we will
sell it again. If you desire to run a Fertilizer
I am satisfied the EUREKA is as good a
brand as you can get, and will give general
satisfaction to your friends who use it. From
my long and intimate acquaintance with some
of its manufacturers, I am fully satisfied its
present high character will be fully maintain
ed, as long as they have anything to do with
it. Yours, truly, W. L. HIGH.
janis-2m M’MAHAN & STOKELY, ...
WILCOX, GIBBS & GO'S
MANIPULATED GUANO
Pi *ice, pep Ton,
With Option of Faying in Cotton at 17 Cents.
Call and get Circular, and Certificate of men who have used it.
M’MAHAH &, STOKELY,
ian29-2m AGENTS, CRAWFORD, GA.
DICKSON FERTILIZER!
I MOST respectfully announce to the citizens of Oglethorpo and the adjoining counties
that I am again Agent for the above Fertilizer, and would be glad to receive a share of the
public patronage. It is useless for me to speak of its qualities, as it has been thoroughly
tested for several years past by some of our best farmers, and has given pretty general satis
faction.
TERMS.
CASH PRICE (in Augusta), per ton £55 | TIME PRICE (in Augusta), per ton $65
Making it cost, delivered at the Lexington Depot—
CASH, per ton SSB | TIME, per ton SGB
The Company will continue the COTTON OPTION as in the past, allowing 15 cents per
pound, basis of New York Middling, delivered at their store in Augusta, on or before the Ist
day of November, 1875.
PP A ni? LOCAL AGENT,
• I Lexington, Ga.
HARK! WHAT'S THE MATTER AT
R. S. MARTIN’S
No. 4 Elbert strost, Crawfor, Georgia.
JUST RECEIVED A LARGE LOT OF
FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES
AT UNPRECEDENTED LOW PRICES!
7psf~ Come one, come all, and see for yourselves, the following prices:
Good Coffee Sugar, 9 lbs. for sl.
Extra C, white, 8 tbs. for sl.
Coffee, best, 31 tbs. for sl.
Coffee, good, 4 tbs. for sl.
Soda, 3 tbs. for 25c.
Starch, 10c.
Turpentine Soap, 4 bars 25c.
Matches, per doz., 40c.
Shot, 15c. Candles, 20c.
REMOVAL! REMOVAL!
To No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, G-a.
The Largest and Cheapest Furniture Establishment in Harth-East Georgia!
.1. F. WILSON & CO.
Furniture, Coffins, Burial Cases, Etc.
Give us a call before purchasing elsewhere. janlo-ly
SUMMEY, HUTCHESON & BELL,
(SUCCESSORS TO SUMMEY & NEWTON,) Dealers in
Hardware, Catlsry & Afiricnlmriil Implements.
Factory Agents for the sale SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, JACKSON WAGON, COT
TON GINS AND MILL FINDINGS,
OXFORD, Newton Cos., Ga., 1
Nov. 30, 1874. t
IF. G. Crenshaw, Fs/., President AH ■ •
Virginia Fertilizer Cos., Or in-1. /.. /..
Dear Sir—l have sold in the last lour y
over 2,000 tons of the Hi ill U A Ferti
which has proven to be rSt,- best standard f
tilizer I know of, and i have used it myself
for the last five years, and find 4 to b • the
best I have ever used. ) ours *i u!v,
[Signed] DAVID Dl< Kf.
Will also respectfully refer to Mr.
Mordecai Edwards and M. II." Dillard.
Tobacco, sound, GOc.
Tobacco, finest, 85c.
Pine Apples, 2 lbs., 80c.
Oysters, 1 tb. can, 12|c.
Strawberries, 2 lbs., 25c.
Also Pickles, Sardines, and
Crackers of a 1 kinds.
Stick and Fancy Candies.
BexF Come and see.
MISCELLAN EOUS.
JILZ’ IMPROVED
PATENT
WELL
AUGER!
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WILLIAM BROOKS,
Genera! Agent for Georgia,
Crawford. OgJettoorpe County, Ga.
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The Auger ts operated by either hand or
horse jiower, three men being required when
the former is used. We can bore to any
depth, and as large a thirty-six inches in di
ameter. As soon as the well is ltored we tube
it from top to tmttom with good inch lumber,
ripped in strips three inches wine, and of the
proj>er beveled edges to suit the inside of the
well. The tubing nearest the surface will
last fifteen or twenty years, and then vou can
pull it out and put in anew joint. That be
low the water will last for ages. The wood
causes the water to taste of it only a week or
so. Either pumps or buckets can le used in
our wells. The bucket tills from a valve in
the bottom. At the bottom of each well is
kept a galvanized iron bucket, left there for
the purpose of cleaning out the well, which
can be drawn out at any time, and your well
thoroughly cleansed of the most miiiute parti
cle of trash or garbage that should chance to
fall into it. The old-fashioned dug wells cost
from £5 to $lO per year to be kept clean—our
bored wells costs nothing. We bore through
quicksand easily, and guarantee it to never
after annoy you.
Ufts. '• ii \ r :\ u!
is my prie
an iv;
SL
we!!-hoi ae
:i. i :onal charge. Can 'bore ill either
winter or summer
COUNTY RIGHTS
FOR AN f COUNTY IN GEORGIA
FOR !>ALE BY ME.
IS FEE BAY CLEAR
(•! at-, expenses .uaraute<-d m good territory.
• ids is the bc -i opportunity ever offered to
[ oink* e sr -. t leal oi money with little labor
and sr a .-mail outiav 'of onpital. This is no
| Yanke ■ cateh-p.amy, hut a Southern inven
tion, • 1 1 n by Soiuhern m.-a, and guaranteed
Ito he as represented. 1 wll sell County
R-ghts at d* ffereiit prices, owing to class of
territory. Any one wishing to purchase can
address or apply to me for full particulars.
Refer to the following prominent gentle
men of Oglethorpe county, who now use the
Bored Wells and will testify to their worth.
S. H. STOKELY, Crawford.
J. j. c. McMahan, “
R. A. McMAIIAN,
J. B. POYNER, “
TOM WITCHER,
W. K. D. MASON, Lexington.
M. B. BROOKS,
Rev. J. G. GIBSON, “
Elder D. W. PATMAN,
And many others.
CKRTIFICATK.
I now use a well bored by Mr. Wm. Brooks,
and cheerfully testify that it surpasses, in
every point of excellence, iny greatest expec
tations. I was surprised at the large amount
of water furnished. It gives full satisfaction
in even- way. It cost me fully sls less (hav
ing paid $1 per foot) than any other well
would have done. H. C. ZUBER,
Maxey’s, Ga
PERSONS DESIRING WELLS
in Oglethorpe and adjoining counties, would
do well to correspond with me before con
tracting with any one else, as I will guaran
tee to furnish them a better well, better wa
ter, easier drawn, and for less money than
any one else. No danger of children falling
in my wells. The ladies all like them, and
when they once try them will use no other.
For particulars address me at Crawford,
Oglethorpe countv, Ga.
WM. BROOKS,
janß-ly General Agent for Georgia.
ATHENS
MarlMGraiite Yard,
\ R. ROBERTSON, DEALER fflwv
in Monuments, Head Stones,
Cradle Tombs, Marble and Granite fl|
Box Tombs; also, Vases and Mar- IT■
ble Tops for Furniture. Persons !l|j|W
desiring work of this kind would
do well to examine ray designs be- JjF~M
fore purchasing elsewhere. Prices
moderate. *oylct-9
General Met km
RAILROAD TICKETS
For sale, by all routes, to all principal points
In the United St a es.
Buy your Tickets in Athens, and get all
information from
Capt. WM. WILLIAMS,
Agent Southern Express Cos., Athens, Ga.
C. S. HARGROVE
CRAWFORD, GA.,
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Boots, Shoes,
Groceries, Provisions, Etc.
Dr. J. H. McLEAN'S PATENT MEDICINES
Be sure to give me a call and examine my
stock if yon want to
Buy Goods Cheap I