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VOL. IV.—NO. 11 THEJOURNAL BY LUfATIE & GBANBi'H'-'Y. CAt-n SPBSCtUPiIQN KATES. One copy one vtsar f! Oi* copv six month* One copy three months ' Any one furnishing five subscribers, wit! the money, will receive a copy free Subscribers wishinu their papers ch imre from one po t-office to another. must stat the name of the post office from wlucl. the wish it chanced, as well as that to who tbev wish it sent. All sul< crlptlons mast he paid in ad vane. The paper will be stopped at the end of tl time (mid for, unless subscriptions are pr vionsly renewed. Fifty numbers complete the year. CASH ADVERTISING RATES. 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Sheriff’s sales, per i-'ch, four weeks.. .S3 fit “ mortgage ft fa sales, per inch, eight weeks ■ • • • 5 6< Citation for letters of administration, guardianship, etc., thirty days 30( Notice to dehtois and creditors of an estate, forty days 6 Of Application for leave to sell l.iud, four weeks. 4 Of Sales of land, etc., per in li, forty days 6 00 “ “ perishable property, per inch, , ten davs ” ™ Application for let tors of dismission from guardianship. fnrtv davs. 5 00 Application for lettersofJismi-sionfrom administration, three in mills 7 60 Establishing lost papers, the full space of three months, per inch ‘ 00 Compelling titles from executors or ad ministrators. -vhere bond has been given hy the deceased, the full space of three months, pier inch j 00 Es rav notices, thirty davs - ■ 3 00 Rulo for foreclosure of mortgage, four months, monthly, per inch 6 00 Rale of insolvent pipers, thirty days... 300 Homestead, two weeks 00 Businetsss CardLs XDr- T- i_j- JenlLins, dun £§£ ' - - td;t, h; ■ HAMILTON, CA. J. M. M O BLE Y, attorney at law, HAMILTON, GA. Will continue to yvnu-tire law in all the State and TJnit'-d States Courts. Til Off. S. MITCHELL, M. D., Fftfrfrßt Physician nn-1 Rnrscon, HAMILTON GEORGIA Special attention Riven to operative surgery #sn~ Terms Osli CEA TTA HO O CBFE EO USE. By J. T. HIGGINBOTHEM. WEST POINT, <' ' ~ ALOISZO A. HOZIEkT Attorney and Counselor at Law. COLUMBUS, GA. Practice* in Rtate and Federal Court* in 0 corgi a and Alabama. Hake-- Comner’ol Law a Rreci tlty Office over C. A. Pg & Co’k store, Columbus. Oa. dec4-lv Hines Dossier, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, HA MILTON, GEOHOIA Will practice in th* Circuit, •r nnvwlierp elrffi. Office In ibe ’ corner of tl.e Conrt-h'oisp, up-*t- i’s. j ; nB Columbus Dental Rooms, W. T. POOL,,Fkopriftor, Unmr Wril?inr. rnls'inbus O' CENTRAL HOTEL, Columlous, Ga." Mrs. S. E. tVoi.DP.iDGE, Prop's*. 1.1. Harvey, Clerk. B. A. RUSSELL. C. R. BUBSEELL BUSSELL & RUSSELL, Attorneys at Law, COLUMBUS, .... GA. Will practice in the State and Federal Cour f . ;3#*offlue rmr Ac*e & Murdock's is tore. 103 Broad Street, Colnmbu? Ga. HA N KIN IT O US E COLUMBUS, G.i. 11k8. F. M. GRAY, Proprietress J-A, Sellers, Clerk. Bfl. /s 111 |j lif ii ill hJI 1 1 ~ . . Vl ' • V tJ 11. 11 if iJS Written for the Jopkxal. iRETGIILN AM) TIIE KINO. Hie King paid a visit t > the village school, And after each child lnd rear!, fe called to Ids He a blue eyed maid, And uno her smilingly said : 'Little one, you gave us your poem so well, That you must be unusually bright; me look in my face, and answer me uow, And then wo shall s:u it I’m right.” i'o what kingdom my child, does this or ange belong ? ” or a moment silt, lowered her head, Hut bravely she lifted her eye-1-. his face, To the vegetable kingdom, she said. ” And this ? ” (as he heal up a :olden coin Vltich shone in the li.lit of the sun) lo tli" mineral kiigil in,” she promptly j replied, While he Burgomaster wlißpered, “well done 1 ” Right, right, little maid, now, only one more; Ponder wed, and an-wer not wrong : > which, of a ) the great kingdoms, Do I, your soveiign, belong?” > iue-open and solemn were Gretchens blue eyes, As she look and in the King’s smi ing face; It'd she | \v/.7. ed her wit in vain, P rshe found No answer, not even a trace. tint suddenly her fice lhhtsup with a smile, An 6be thinks of her evening prayer ; For the name of the King with a blessing be sought She lemempers is ever found there. 1 riumph and victory shine forth from her eyes, As she bravely returns to the se'ge, And says with an air win, h admits of no doubr, “To the Kingdom of Heaven, my Liege ” I hen the King cau lit the little one close in his arm , And he placed her upon his knee, While be rev’ivntly thought, of such it was said, “ Suffer them to come unto me.” And lie pressed FT lips to the golden head, While Ills heart ascen led in prayer, That God would make him e’en like this child, To the Kingdom of heaven an heir. D STARTLING PHENOMENON. A SHOWER Or QUIVERING FRESH FALT.S FROM A CLEAR SKY, NEA.It JIT, STERLING —XIIS PEOPLE AWE STRUCK. From t’uo Courier Jour:.;.l.] Mount Sterling, March 8. One of the must singular and woixterfai p- euornena that hi.vr ev-.r occurred in the modern woii.l, took place in Bath county, on JMtidlick creek, about seventeen miles east, of this place and a short distance from Gill’s Sulphur S; rings, and near the house of M. Crouch, - bout 2 o’clock on the afternoon of Friday l;i-n, March 3. A SHOWER 1 F I’Li t:II tel! from a clear sky, covering- a space of one acre u id -and two acres long, with little strips of Ush fi-oiri one inch 10 two inches wide ns and from an inch to three fourths of an inch in diicknesN Ft- m Friday till 'ol,day evening the flesh slid remained on the ground, and hogs and chic : ens picked it np end ate it. Hundreds of people visited iln* locality from Friday til! yesterday and were still going. Your correspondent talked with several lvii bio gentleman who had seen a number-of persons who had seen the STRANGE SIGHT, arid hundreds of persons arc willing to make affidavit to the above tacts. The county for miles is filled wi h re port* of the wonder. 'Uhe p<>ple of ihe neighborhood approached the flesh with a supe'stitioiis dread, the majority refusing to lunch it. Mr II Gill, of Mqdliek Springs, secured a number of piec -s for examination nil chemical ana’yMs, and if po-ible your correspondent will secure a specimen and send to Prof. J. Law rence Smith. I will endeavor to get all tlie facts and details and write you again. O THE SIIOWZR OF FLESH. Louisville, Ma cli 11.— In regard to the show er o' fle-h in Bath courry, Prof. J. Laurence Smith, the scion ist, says in his analysis of the specimen* examined: “In my mind, this mat ter gives indication of being the dried spawn of Batrachian reptiles, doubtless that of the frog. They have been transported troin ponds nnd swampv grounds hy cnrrenis of wind, and have ultimately fallen on the spot where they were found. This i~ no isolated ocenrre: <:e of the kind. I have c me across several i the course of my reading, Th ■ only one which I cm affix the date is re corded by M u-mhonbroeck, as occur ring in 1 1 land in 1 Sfie. Straw ben ie* are dj rarity in Ya - dog fa. HAMILTON, HARRIS 00., GA„ WEDNESDAY, HARO 22, 1876. THE STRONG MAN HOUND. Slid Story of Inebriation. A True Sketch from Ileal Life. | For the Journ and. In the year ISO” it was my fortune to be sent as a pastor to the town of G . This being the first year of my itin erant career, its labors were entered upon with considerable trepidation. Responsibilities, duly appreciated, in the new fienl before mo, demanded the closest application of head, heart a id hands. As might bo expected, a deeper ami clearer insight into the natures and peculiarities of men was granted mo than was over had before, ami ii is scarcely necessary to say that this insight was often startling and alarm ing. In this new sphere of action an l enjoyment, objects of pleasing ami pain in! inlet cst abounded. Many b'ieuds bailed my arrival with a warmth of cordiality that was truly exhilarating, ami hade me tied speed in the good work which, as an hum ble ambassador, I was commissioned to perform. The following incident, which I find in my jottings of that memora ble year, may prove profitable to many readers as an illustration of the depravity of human nature, and its a'urming helplessness when once en slaved to np; e itc or passion. Early aft r my arrival at the afore mentioned place, I formed the ac quaintance of a Mr. C.—a man of pleasing address and genial spirit, lie was no ordinary man. There wa a wonderful combination of the ele ments of mind and heart, in his case, that ought to have made him happv, and a blessing to the world. Hut he was a slave, and bowed obsequiously to every command of that most fear ful of earthly tyrants, alcohol. His intoxication was, however, periodical. At times, when the domination of tho fell destroyer was suspended, all the admirable characteristics of the man stood forth, and the best of men, iu spite of fits antecedents, would Low at the shrine of his genius, and would court his society for the \\ armth of iiis ing( nitons nature. To this man I w s v, arnily attached, Mid our continued association only served to strengthen the bonds of our mutual friendship. A wife and three sens (the eldest was an imbecile l’l' tn childhood) composed the home circle. liis wife, as to her domestic, s cial and moral qualities, wasu paragon of excellence. Rarely have I seen such pati -nee and moral heroism as were evinced by her under the circumstances that tried her soul. She pitied rather than censured the way wardness and shiv ery of her husband; for when not under the inlitunce of intoxicating drink, he was as affectioua'e and kind as husband ever was, though, when intoxicated, cru l, and even danger ous. Many times ho talked to me of his sol condition, and often promised to reform, while burning tears would course tlo.tn his manly cheek. One day ho related to me the cir cumstances of his first aberration. He said, that about t chi 1 y years an terior to that time, he hail been a member of the church, and was happy in that relation. An enemy injured him, and to retaliate was his fhsi im pulse. This he resolved to do, but not then. Having great veneration for the sanctity of the church, and a deep sense of hir. obligation a- a mem ber of it, he determined to dissolve his connection with it, and then avenge himself of his enemy. And to silence the eludings of his own conscience, he promised that when he had accomplished his purpose he would rejoin the church. lie nettd accordingly, as to his en emy, hut concluded to def. r his re turn to Lis former allegiance to the church till a more convenient season. The force of tln resolution he found to weaken with each revolving day, until he had concluded to postpone his return to the church to uu indefi nite pi : iod. H oi l not plunge headlong into he ces.-poo! ol Vice and corruption at once, but simply turned an eye and an ear to ti.o seductive charms of the world. Through these ave nues to the soul there poured in the earthly l-av n, until he found him self too wiling to Le led by the ene" mies of hi- ~ u. About this time he contract and t' e habit of taking an occssioiia soc.-l gl is-*. r lhis rapidly grew upon him, until, constrictor like, it had wound it-elt around his moral powers, and he stood a cap! i\v hound. Wearly twenty y-air. of such sad j bondage ho had passed, and still the I tyrant swayed over his crushed ami i mangled moral manhood iiis sceptre of lire. On otic occasion lie solemnly prom bed me that he would drink no more till after a certain period; bill hi promise was soon forgotten, or his moral strength was insufficient to keep it, lie was carried homo bv s ime friends to the bosun of his f un ily in a state of beastly intoxication.* Tn a tit of delirium treni;*.!- lie sought to inflict deadly wounds and blows upon the persons of his v,. and chil dren, who were compu',’ and to seek refuge under a neighbor') ro .f. On the day suec'Oilig s, 1. all ,j, pointment a few tntles a, ay, ami on the road that passed hfs residence. I had not proceeded far beyond bis house on my way to clu' ch, when a terrific looking rain clou over spread the heavens, and admonished me to seek a shelter quickly; 1 reined up my horse and turned right about, and went to his house rather fearing con sequences. lie had ju t. Awoke from a profound sleep <>t seve-ul hours. ] knocked at the door for admittance and to my surprise ho answered the call, and with his usu I C'rdialily and urbanity he took mo by the hand and bade mo be sea ed, blit (.loud over spread his countenance, which c!o qtiently bespoke the war within. I determined not to advert lo the fact of his drunkenness, f.r 1 (lid not coo sidcr him in a lit condition to receive any words of counsel. A few mo ments, however, only elapsed, when ho himself rem irked, ‘T suppose sir that yoa have heard of my recent in toxication.” I then rep i 1, “yes sir, with pain I have heard m it,” an 1 1 continued, “you have ruined yourself and besides being p r.souvly cruel to you: family, you have eouiiicd upon them a measure of the disgrace which you have brought u;ton your self. True, ’tis If. rd 1. a tu in’f •fimily should suffer on account of the deeds of the husband and father, lint so it is, and so the world in its coldness will h tve it. I>i I you know, I continued, that in your drunken, tiesi you lid attempted to murder your pood v. ife, ami that, ton set tick loth, ground your ufilieied son?’' “I did no'.,’’ iiu replied, bursting into a hood .<f tears. “I>y the grace ol God i will never touch another drop of liquor.’’ Now, said f, “that is it, if you rely for help noon the grace of God, you will certainly be able to withstand all future temptation, but if you fly upon your own strength, von will be Mire to fail again.” Said lie, “I am detorini ed never to drink again, God being my help t,’’ and added, “I will fa .e an oath from you to-day that I will not.’’ We spent litc day in solemn conversation, with very little indulgence in anything of a facetious character. At last jhe sun was rapidly sinking in the West, when I atmtionced that the day was forspent and 1 must bo gone. “Hut stop,’’ said he, “not till you hsve ad ministered that oath to me.” I did nothing and said nothing, however, to encourage him in this matter, for I had learned from otlu rs, that lie h id had several solemn oaths recorded, ev n in due and soL mu form, but, h id violated all ot them; bi -ides I could not see what good could be accom plished. 1 had no confidence in his ability then, properly to appreciate the solemnity of an oath, but still, he insisted, 1, lectured him awhile on the solemnity of an oath, told him that an oath administered by a ser vant of Go 1 and on the holy Sabbath, looking lo such moment'.us results, all being done in the fear of God, was perhaps Ihe most solemn, and if pos-ible the ruo-t binding. He said that h was deeply conscious oflhe-e facts, telt the weight of their impor tance and was none the less del. i min ed on his avowed course. lie rose to his feet ami walked to the turner of the room ane took from the stand the f itni y H ide, t;ie>i be placed the book in mv hend and said, ‘administer the o-ih.’’ We were standing iri the center of the root), he pieced ids hand on the Bible anil knell before me. I admin istered an oa b extempore, and lie pressed the Hoik to his lips, then in broken accents exeiaime 1, “now pray for me.” and v.c ki. It op'flier. A;! that wa'< a s )'t ;::u hour—tl,< mother and so::- s bbi'.g as if their h -s: ‘ - would brief, and cubing upon God o aid he father to keep inviohre dial, last solemn oath. Wo arose from our knees anh after invoking die blessing of heaven upon the mournful group T returned home. Days, weeks and mouths sped on and h i was true to his oath until the end of the year. In the Provi dence of God, 1 was called to anoth er field of labor, and my connection with this man ceased; but I learned afterward that he did not long re 'poet his fiohunn oath, an I was drink nig as in other days. Now I haw no doubt as to that mans sineeritv’ and had he relied upon God for strength, instead of his own puny arm, lie would h ive been kept from tho tempters power. Young man; middle aged; remember flus, and •hun the path of the distroyer;’ touch not the wme cup for it may be toyuu the filiation of an imperious habit or the first link in the chain that shall hind you forever in tho gloomy re gions of the damned. G. IS. ,f. Hamilton, Ga., .March 20th. It Got Monotonous. Six or seven days ago an old man entered the store of a Detroit hard ware man, who alscfdeals in seed-, and, inquiring for the proprietor soon -lood face to face with him. “Want to see me?” ashed the deal er. “Yes, sir, I do! Seven years ago dfis coming spring I bought a p iper if seeds from you !’’ “I presume so.’’ “I’ll swear to it, sir! Seven years ago, sir, and not one of those seeds e two up!" “Wi ll that’s funny,’’ laughed the Ictl'T. “You may think i' was,’’ sai l the fid man, “but. I’ll make it cost you ten thousand dollars! When you sold me those seeds, sir, you did not miow that you were dealing with a ion!’’ “Well you stop your blowing and get out of here !” “Give me a package of cabbage cods sir “I won’t I’’ The old man went away, but in an hour came back and said iu a loud voice: “Sever years ago ibis coming spring I bought a package of seeds at this store. Not one of those seeds arose lrvm the silo 1” He was ordered out, and ho went, out. lie was there next morning as soon as the proprietor was, and lie said; “Seven years ago this coming spring you sold me a package of seeds. Not one single sued matured to man hood !’’ lie was put out that time, but he returned in the afternoon, when tho store was l'uil of customers, and ex claimed : “Seven years ago thia coming spring T was swindled by that man there! He sold me a package of gar den seeds, not one of which ever thruv!’’ When he went out something hit him three or four times in the back. He went down tho street for awhile, and 1 lien returned and stood in front of the store and said lo tho people who passed : “Seven years ago this coming spring this store here sold mo garden seeds that never sprojued I’’ lie repeated the words over and over .i.t,l the crowd began to gather, when ho wu called in and given a dozen papers of seed and told lo for give find forgot. “Bix papers of onion seed to pay for the choking!” he said as he but toned his overcoat. They were given him, and when slowed a way he remarked, “six pa pers of cucumber seeds to pay for lour kici-.s!’’ Aker some argument these wore iiaudtd him, and as lie backed out of doors he said: “It’s ad tight! Y ui’vo acted like a min about it, a .'l if you want any vcgetab.c.s next fail i’ll make a dis count to you 1” Cut on id - aid S.-utiiel: “ l'mies a; . very hal’d iu Georgia,” “Money is ex c-edmgiy light.’’ “Everybody is fuming ihe evil effect of the teurlu! stringency.’* And yet Ji iw.u 800 h played Hi the Statu four loch nights and received twcti y-.-cx thousand dollars and a ehaiuiid ring. Too poor to give to choreaes, too poor to iv : to tin; poor, t >-> p >or to do a y iLitig but i! ami le -Rid pay th m -:i . to Edwin Booth! Boor t.. et.-giu. GURU UN ATI) ilAii. What Gin IVtKsofUio N'nte Said on Gio Subject Lti.it Week. [•’ ippxi from t'ie Constitution.) (.'union Times—Some think the ale speaker of the house of rcpro.sen la'.ivcs will b-a li.irilnii.tn lo boat to* governor. Valdosta Times.—There are four hundred ean lidait's for governor in Georgia ami every ruin think) the race is between himself anil Governor Smith. Home Commercial.—The Catoosa Courier says there is an ominous si lence in Cherokee Georgia about the candidacy of Colquitt, Ilardemau, Gmtivll, el id, which means that it Gov. (Smith is no!, renominated, north Georgia will present a candidate for the pusi ion. Darien Gazette.—A correspondent of the New fork Herald publishes a pack of lies in that paper of a re e.ent dale, about Gov- feimlU and hi.-> administration. There seems to he a terrible struggle to beat Smith Right hero we will state that persons coming liotti Atlanta tel! us that ciwilh is getting stronger every day. Columbus Tim us. —lion.’Martin J. Crawford authorize* ns to say that while he appreciates the purdallty oi the uuktiowu friend who, through tin Uara-rsvide Express, proposes Ins nomination fur the office of governor, tie wishes it lo be undo;stood that he is not m the list of candidates and has no aspiration lur tho position, CiaiAiuow’N itucono.— Nearly all the pagers in the state, both great wild small, are sugg : ting ddlcroni names lor governor. There has probably' been one Hundred names suggested, ttud cacti el them t/ut man. A i we get a good man, one who lots die uui.uy and die manliness lo exe cute the niws properly, wo shall be commit. Kllijay CoUujßß. We advocate the claims lo llm guOern.ttorial chair General L. J. Gartrell. Wo think him a true born 1 o ilem.m ar heart — 100 high to stoop to ignoble doo-U— --100 true to the country’s'interest to peddle out the tenure oi ofli-.o lot greed or gain. Wo hope ho Will lie proinincutly brought before the peo ple at large. Old Towns will roll him up a large majority’ at the polls. Gainesville Eagle: Oar mind like that of a great many of tho correspon dent;:', is not fully made tip on tho gubci-na oriul question, but before Gov. Smith is called on to answer to anything, and before judgment is tak en against him pro confesao, we want to woo the charges against hint stated by somebody willing to shoul der the odium of having circulated a falsehood, if ho cannot prove what he alleges. “That’s business,” and we desire to sec this question dispos ed of in a business way. Augusta (Vinstitutionali it.—\\ 0 re produce this morning the correspon dence of tho New York Horahl, from Atlanta, a ‘ailing Gov. Smith. It was intended lo mortally wound our state executive, hut has fallen hurt less at his feet. The fangs of tho lit erary adder have been ’drawn by the press of Georgia, and publication at this time, far from injuring Gov. Smith, it will help his cause. We have never known, iu our experience as a journalist, a document, so charged with venom to bo so harmless, and the author of it, in i ttcinpiiig to prove the governor a fool, has writ ten himself down a Dogberry of the first degree. Gainesville E tglc: The butt'-rflics, blue birds and martins are begining to 11>; fruit tre< s are in full bloom; vegetation is begining to “put up;” cud everything indicates that winter H past and that, sp ing is upon us. Atlanta C (tuicr: r-inc-c the war, the Republican administrator* h ve spent or wasted enough in m ney in Mis'.-.ining u-'hone.'t natrupes 111 the Southern IS ales and enriching tings of'stock-jobbers everywhere else, to have paid for all the emancipated Haves without warding a drop of bio and. Slate Line ihe : M tny Vnrers hare abandoned their contl' cl and exchanged this healthy region for the MirsDippi and Texas graveyards. None (rout our i nm' dialo vicinity Give gone. We hear of numbers ro u [,i:: ' akeidy. Our opinion is i! .hey aid g-i and stay, the change iv.ll till!..lately wolk lo oar L.n.li.. ;• : iOO it VPA i> -’.W ft juAju.*,. S > l - I >> ili N.* v.ij (Vumbuft hvt i lai l :l| i flection for a member o' L'-g --lsUturo merely to cstnb'ish a princi pal As the Hon. Potty would re mark, “Girnmo n pound uv prim-ipT, and I’ll give you a whole bod tick full uv peanut hulls.’' 'i ho , successful candidate will never take his seat iu the , resent Legislature unless aaex >r > s. -si ,11 is called: which God. for bid 1 i a.button A. and ard ; It is trulva mystery that r. inuu, who Ini* fifdfn thousand dnli.ira in clean cash, can stand and see a widowed niece, with two children, struggling dry lo keep the wolf from hat door, and nover "frer her a penny, and yet sn-b a nan lives within the county linen of good old Talbot, lie has a through ticket to hell and no mistake. Columbus Enquirur-Btni: Suppose we just postpone the dead issue ot the Andersonville prison untill some satisfactory explanation is furnished is to what became of the funds in the Freedman’s Hank. Tho work bef the committee is simple. An immense amount of money belonging to poor, ignorant negroes Ims been stolen, and the people want to know who got it. Tho committee have lb* records of the bank to show where Tie money went, as the. most of it undoubtedly remained in Washing ton, il ought to be easily traced. Dry your eyes, good Republican saints, over the sorrows of Anderson villa, and turn your pious p< oitets in 'ido out. For the Journal. What is a Cow Worth! I find great destitution iu the coun try round about in the matter of milk did butter, and a corresponding bur goring and thirsting tiller them. My wife, who, like most women since the war, has occasionally taken a hand at cooking, has repeatedly told me that a cow that would givo iso gallons of milk a day, was worth tSO a year for but it r, milk and cook ing j imposes. To make a cow do that, one mutt employ a colored girl between Hand 18 years old, who lias no kin in four or live miles, whom you must teach how to miik, dress her well and cora- I'ortubly, make her sleep in your own house, and only allow an occasional visit to a prayer-meeting or singing. Yofflr cow will go dry in three month* if you employ a woman with a family, and the milk will not make butter two months. A cow milked in five or ten min— nb t ui'l soon go dry. It will take a full third of her time for a girl to milk and attend to two, three, or more cows. A married womati v ill attend to them in one-sixth of her lime, for tho aforesaid three months, and after that lime there will Le t,o occasion. Hut a girl a* aforosaid will continue a year. Now let us figure a little on the worth of a uiw, Two gallon* a d*y will he 730 gallons a year; at 10c. a gallon, $73 ; and lb*, of butter for every four gallons, at 26c. a pound, would be $13.50; or, milk and butter *118.60. Suppose three cows at the above rates, or 1355.60. Suppose you g;v-.i $26 wages for girl—her wage* and board and cloth ing at $00; or one third or S3O of her time and labor given to the cows. Huy 3,000 Ihs. bran and 100 bn,she’s of cotton seed—tiie latter at !60. a bushel and tho former at $1.50 per hundred—or the need at sls and the bran at $45; or SOO, to which add the S3O girl’s hire, 01 S9O; then add to that, for vessel* and incidental*, ! $lO, or a total aggregate of $100; which, taken from Llie $365.60, leaves a nett value of $255.60, or for each ( cow so giving two gallons per day the year round, $25.10. The milk 1 vaitte-d at 10c. a gallon was butiermiik, country price, as well | as the butter. We have sold for six months, daily, front four to eight gallon* 01 butter milk, at 10c. a gallon, for work, brat, 1 chickens and money. One sto'eu chicken iu the time, for winch the ; negro worked f.r its wnor a mouth, and a few pounds of meal were ten dered ai otto time, but refused. The figures ab -ve given of' food expenses ar , l thins, . i’i-i-at tu bring the twogiiiou- a day from a good, fair cow, on average pasture and waste slops, scraps from garden, etc. 'i be three cows tint gave the milk .f.r. uid gave it from May, 187-1, tiq two of Ui.ce mooth s.ltce tVio left d>v, vi iiiuii y V j il u'm I> ur to ?gX '..l.viii a -ay. u LJ i ARMiti—