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Sfom! ftrfns. ‘r ' _ ______ Jackson County Publishing Company. Br. J. D. Long, j N. H. Pexperokass. l >■■ > ■■ •<>. T. 11. Nl BLACK, S'rr’y §• Thnu. JEFFERSON - , K J TO THE PUBLIC. The undersigned Executive Committee, in discharging tite duty devolving on them, have suo'cefferf in securing the services of 31 r. MALCOSI Stafford. as Managing and Busi ness Editor of The Forest News. Being a practical printer and for many years connect ed with die newspaper business, and posses - ing. as we believe, the requisite qualifications for the jtosition—and being, as he is, a good and true man, he comes duly and truly pre pared, worthy and well qualified before the readers of the News, most heartily commend ed by us and through us by each and all the members of the Company, as one most fit and proper to be at the helm in launching our n -w “ barque’' on the sea of public opinion ; and we confidently hope that, aided and sus tained by a large number of intelligent read ers, he will succeed most nobly in his efforts to steer clear of breakers, and that the spars of the News will ere long be seen riding proudly over the waves of the sea of journal ism. bringing “glad tidings of great joy” to all its readers, and prove indeed and in truth a blessing to all the people of the grand old County of Jackson. Evaders of The Forest News, we take great pleasure in introducing to you our Managing and Business Editor. Mr. Stafford. I?. J. Hancock, G. J. N. Wilson, Wiley C. Howard, Ex. Com. Jack,ion Cos. Cub. Cos. To the Readers of The Forest News. From the above announcement, it will be seen that the undersigned—at the solicitation of those immediately interested—lias assum e 1 Editorial control and management of The Forest News. Having spent nearly forty years within the precincts of a Printing office, we are perfectly aware of the responsibility devolving on those upon whose shoulders the “ Editorial Mantle” may chance to fall; con sequently it is not without some “ unavoida ble misgivings of the human min i” that we cutty on the discharge of our duty in cultivat ing “the field” now open to us in the man agement pi’ thht paper. lu. most instances, it is customary for those wl vj aspire to all the rights, privileges and high functions of the “ fourth estate” to mark out for themselves and furnish the general reader with, at least, a dim outline of the pathway in which they expect to travel while paSsffig through the intricate mazes and laby rinths of the modern quill-driver. But at the present time an l on the present occasion, the “ 4iii tmuiU voice” of mqilesty whispers, -‘be known by your works.” To-day we have set- our little “craft” afloat on the “sea of public favor,” and at its mast head will bfe seen the inscription— “ The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Eafica jhottj S<'f< nee, Agriculture and SontJiern M> (jinjuctur s." For this The Forest News will labor; for the attainment of those ends the- humble writer will devote his even’ ener gy. Elsewhere in this paper, will be found the “Prospectus” which has already been widely circulate 1; to bring our paper up to the standard there indicated, and to fulfil as tar as possible, every promise therein con tained. will engage the best endeavors, not only of the undersigned, but we doubt not. of every stockhol ler of the “Jackson County Publishing Company.” Very respectfully. Ac.. Malcom Stafford, Xunagtuy 4' Jlusiness Editor purest Xnr. *. Re-Union of the “Troup Artillery.” Asa nn>tts?r of general information—and mojs especially for the deop personal interest we feel in the matter—attention is most re s;KVtfutly called to the fact that’Capt, 11. 11. Carlton, -who was at the close of the war, and for several years previous, in command of the “ old, Troup." has called fora re-union of his company at the Court House in Athens, at 10* o'clock, A. M., on Wednesday, the 18th day of August next. To say that we hope this re-union may be carried out to a most successful termination, is bid a feeble expression of the interest felt on the subject by the writer of this brief no tice. By all means let us have a “Rouser." And that we may not be '“alone in our glory,” let us invite as many as possible of the gal lant artillerymen from other States, with whom it was our good fortune to be associat e 1 during those dark days in which the “souls of men were tried." A goodly number of the members of this veteran organisation reside in Jackson coun ty; we hope to see them active participants in this matter. ?iP Lieutenant Governor Ilubbard. of Texas, being unable to accept an invitation to a Grangers’ festival at Kaufman on the Ist of May, wrote a letter instead, in which he earnestly advises the Patrons of Husbandry i* keep from involving themselves, as an or der, in the political strife of the day, and says: “The history of the country teaches the important lesson that uo secret organiza tion. lioyever great its numbers or eminent its talents, when debased .o mere political ends, ever 3’et survived more than a brief and stormy hour upon the stage. It will always be so, and it should. Is The Atlanta X< res, we regret to learn, has pennant!v mspeuded.' It wy, r. lively og->e; vfciicdt • i ted. *- * . il hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh COUNTY FAPERS. Though we arc well aware that many men— ;md men, too, for whose opinions we have al ways and do still entertain the highest respect —differ with us on this point, still the con viction has for a longtime forced itself upon ! our mind that almost every county —especially those as large in area and with as many in ! habitants as that of Jackson, for instance— should support its own county paper. From j ■ •a* to time, in looking over the various pa pers of the country, we are admonished to •‘support home industry;” if, then, this in junction applies to cotton factories, shoe shops, carriage and harness shops, and in fact all the various industries of onr land, v. hy should the proposition not hold good in the i case of newspapers and their usual concomi tants. We do not mean to say that a man should take his own count)’ paper and exclude all others. No, no. But what we would im press on the minds of all, is the fact, that just I as is the case with every other branch of home industry, there is a certain amount of money paid out every year by each county for ser vices rendered by some newspaper—either one that is pnblishe 1 at home or one publish ed abroad. Now, then, if it is practicable to keep this money at home, there is no telling the .amount of good to be accomplished there by. The printers have to be supported—they buy their supplies, their shoes and hats, and, in short, spend nearly or perhaps quite all the money received, not only from the people of the county, but from every other source, with the merchants and business men of the town ,or village in which they are located. This money, then, is kept in circulation at home ; probably very little if any of it ever finds its way out of the county in which the paper is published. Tims, we cannot sec any good reason why the injunction to “support home industry” should not apply—wherever it is possible and practicable—to newspapers as well as any other branch of industry. A s previously remarked, we would not have the realer infer that he should support his county paper and no other. By no means.— Because there is no investment that pays so well—in proportion to the amount involved —ns the subscription price of a half dozen newspapers. From no other source can so varied an amount of information be obtained at the same price ! Then we repeat, support your own county paper, and subscribe for half dozen others if you possibly can afford it. This done, long after you have been laid beneath the green sod, will “ your children's children rise up and call you blessed.” JEFFERSoVdAVIsTn TEXAS. Hon. Jefferson Davis recently made a tour through Texas, and by invitation, was pres ent at the State Fair held at Houston. Dur ing the progress of the Fair, Mr. Davis made “timely extemporaneous remarks to various (Organizations then holding re-unions there." On Thursday, the 13thof May, the “ old Texas \ eteran Association" held their meeting, and on this occasion, (to borrow the language of another.) 31 r. Davis gave utterance to a sentiment which does credit to him who is now most aptly described in the line of the poet : " A patriot in every country, save his own,” and which has attracted the attention and the plaudits of good men and liberal minds throughout tiie Union. The following is the language of the chief tain of “The Lost Cause” above alluded to : “Teach your sons and their sons, and let the precept, descend again from them, that patriotism is their next highest concern after God and their families, and that, whether as a Texan or an American, the voice of duty calls him, he should be as prompt to respond as his fathers were in the older time, when the voices of Austin. Fannin. Bowie and Houston celled to arms, [Great applause,] You are a great people to-day—you had great progenitors and your history is one of which'to be proud. At no time," not even in later conflicts and under fated circumstan ces, have Texans ever failed to add lustre to their fame. [Cheers.] I shall always remem ber them with gratitude, and honor them with the highest respect of my nature. [ Loud cheers. ] And parting with you, the fathers of two noble generations of sons, I do it with a feeling of pride that you are my friends and my countrymen ; and with the hope that Texans may always continue to add to their greatness and achieve as much fame in giv ing the honest loyalty to the stars and stripes of their country to-day as you did in the dark days of ’36, when you were both zea lous and brave in defence of your first flag— ihe Bone Star of Texas—which was the bea con to rally the Texans to the defence of their houses, their liberties and their rights, and which was followed as “ a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, guiding you to this flowery sunny land of promise.” [ Loud and prolonged cheers.] The pitch of enthsiasm (says an exchange) to which these words wrought the large assembly was wonderful, and cheer rose upon cheer, for full five minutes. The sen timent was so noble, so happily expressed, and seemingly so spontaneously born, that all hearts were captivated, and Jefferson Davis never before appeared so sublime a hero as at this moment. Thousands crowd ed around him to speak to him and shake him by the hands, while the telegraphic wire quickly transmitted the unlooked for and valued expressions of patriotism to all the nation. No one who witnessed the scene will ever forget it. and the occasion deserves to have its place in th£ written annals of the times. if A wealthy New York merchant is re ported as having said : " I always fell happy when 1 am advertising, for then I know that, sleeping or walking, I have a strong, though silent, ofator working for me; one who never makes mistakes, and who is certain to enter ihe household from which, if at all, my trade must come.” A premium of SSO is offered by the State Agricultural Socle* * for the best six of .'• fio: exhibited r*i the next S.r.te Fair. Newspaper Influence—Pauper Immigra tion to this State. M e would be the last to deny the prodigi ous influen e of newspapers, but when the Evening Commonwealth points to a solitary and penniless Swede who has junketed from Kansas to Georgia, and bids The world ap plaud the enterprise of the Atlanta Herald s or magnetically attracting him from the region of grasshoppers, we beg to say a word on the subject, by way of demurrer. What in the name of common sense does Georgia want with any more paupers, foreign or native?— The Mayor of this city is put to almost daily expense in getting rid of this sort of immigra tion. Such men are not only not desirable in the South, but they are positive nuisances. Our lands are not suffering for want of men to till them. If every idler in this State could be put to work a stupendous change would instantly take place for the better. Again, when thousands of our own people, for no fault of theirs, are out of place and pocket, it is the supreme of folly to invite poverty stricken creatures to come here and add to the embarrassment. What the South em phatically needs in the way of immigration is a moneyed class, be the amount of capital small or great. But if the newspapers are lending their influence to coax penniless ad venturers here, the sooner they put on brakes the betier. The hurrah of the Evening Com monwealth. over the influence of the Herald in bringing a dilapidated Swede from Kansas to Atlanta, reminds us of the commotion caused in London over a missionary who re turned from a twenty years’ sojourn in the Cannibal Islands, and reported that lie had probably converted rmc man-eater, but would not swear to it. When the Herald succeeds in bringing men into the State who enn do some good, by subscribing to cotton factories and buying small or large farms, we shall get up a jubilee for its benefit. But. heaven de fend us from an irruption of tramps who come here to demand money, and nrt. to furnish it. The Commissioner of Agriculture may get up a special report on this Swedish pet of his. but it will be another ease of hog-shearing— a deal of squealing and no wool. We would not on any account deter poor men from com ing here and trying their luck ; but in the midst of general depression, when charity is taxed to its utmost at home, and even stands aghast at the future prospect, we respectfully submit that it is both impolitic and inoppor tune to swell the number of unfortunates by so much as a solitary Swede or stray New Englander, who. when he arrives, has to be come a beggar for shirts to cover his naked ness and greenbacks to buy a loaf of bread. —A ngusta Coi)stit at io n<dud. Matrimonial Amenities—-Baptist e • Presby terian. In one of the recent excursions of the writer, he came into possession of the fol lowing incident: The scene was in one of the numerous thriving inland towns of our State, and the dramatis personae a loving husband and wife, who were so unfortunate, however, as differ in their religious tenets. The head of tiie house was a zealous, thorough-going Bap tist, who insisted upon “burying” every convert beneath the “yielding wave,” and his better half belonged to the “Blue Light Presbyterians,” and was equally pronounced in her opinions. They were the guests of a friend who had invited a large party to dinner, and during the progress of the meal, our zealous im mersionist as usual, began to hold forth upon the power and prestige of his peculiar sect. Do you know, he exclaimed, “that tiie Baptists number 150.000 members in Geor gia and are by far the most numerous and influential denomination ? And just look at Mercer University and our other numerous schools a:id seninaries, male and female ?’* In the midst of his enthusiasm, however, his Presbyterian consort piously ejaculated : “ Broad is the road that leads to death. And thousands walk together there.*’ The good matured man both amused and discomfited, could only say “Ah, Mary, you always get the best of me.” Yet that couple never quarreled, and thought none the less of each other because one be lieved in a regular duck, and the other receiv ed the water of baptism in more homeopathic proportions. Perhaps they thought that so long as the ordinance meant identically the same thing, the form was of minor importance. But we don't pretend to give the why and wherefore, supposing that mutual affection and respect for each other was the best solu tion of their differences. — Tel. <.s• Mi s. Legal Weigh!. The following is the Legal "Weight of a bushel# as fixed by an Act of the General As sembly, approved February 20th, 1875 : Wheat, .... 60 pounds. Shelled Corn, 56 “ Ear Corn, ... - 70 “ Peas, - ... 60 “ Rye. - ... 56 “ Oats, ..... 32 “ Barley .... 47 “ Irish Potatoes, - - -60 “ Sweet Potatoes, - - 55 “ White Beans, - 60 “ Clover Seed, - 60 “ Timothy, - - - 4.5 “ Flax, - - - 56 “ Hemp, - ..4.4“ Blue Grass, - - - 14 “ Buck Wheat, - - - 52 “ Unpeeled dried Peaches, - -33 “ Peeled dried Peaches, - - 3ft “ Dried Apples, - - . 24 “ Onions. - - - 57 “ Stone Coal. - - .80 “ Unslaked Lime, - - 80 “ Turnips. - - - 55 “ Coni Meal, - - . 48 “ Wheat Bran, - . 20 “ Cotton Seed. - - - 30 “ Ground Peas. - - - 25 “ Plastering Ilair, - 8 “ Idr 3 The Rome Courier says: We are pleased to learn that a premium will be given to every farmer in Cherokee Georgia and Alabama at the fair this Fall who will furnish satisfactory evidence that they have not bought any farm products this year for the use of their family and stock. This means business in the right direction, and is calculated to do great good in encouraging farmers to raise their own products. We hope that every fanner who can furnish such evidence will do so. for we regard all such as substantial and well-to-do citizens, out of debt, good and comfortable homes, and living upon the fat of the land, and not afraid to see any one, and control their own crops. Butts county has voted for the prohibition of liquor ritab mg. Vote—B6 u> 51. To the Press of Georgia. In pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting of a number of the representatives of Georgia newspapers, held in Athens on the 20th of May. I take pleasure in inviting the editors, publishers and proprietors of all pub lications in this State to meet in Atlanta on the sth of July. The resolution assigned the 3d of July as the day of meeting, but as that date falls on Saturday, I have, by con sent, changed it to the sth. J. H. Estill, Ch'm. Self-Supporting Farms. The State has. in it j liberality, provided a refuge and an asylum for our unfortunates, those who are bereft of reason, and are no longer capable of providing for or taking care of themselves. Eor some of our agri cultural population an institution of this kind would be eminently proper. 1y their system of farming they have not only impoverished themselves and their fami lies, but have taken millions of treasure from our State to fatten the grain and pork . merchants of the West. Our advocacy of self-supporting farms is well known to our readers. We desire to see our farmers freemen, not slaves. Financially independent, and for ever “ the hewers of wood and drawers of water" for the cotton factor. One-fourth of the tillable land on each farm in cotton, and three-fourths of the same in grain and grasses, will we believe secure this end. Let every farm in our section be “ a model farm," not only self-supporting but containing everything which will elevate the mind and refine the taste of the tiller of the soil. Besides the covey of the well fed catttle and the well filled dairy, let the front yard of every farm house be decorat ed with an array of modern bee hives and luxu riant with flowers from every clime. The well stocked poultry yard would net only fill the table with its delicious products, but make happy the heart of the "glide house wife," with its pictures of plenty. The fish pond hard by, could furnish an economical and palatable food ; whilst a well cultivated garden could provide for the wants of the spring and summer, and the canned vegetables for the winter. The farmer should be a progressive man. llis library should contain the latest wbrks on agriculture, and the leading journals on the same subject. If we had ten thousand dollars in gold, we would l>e willing to give the same to be the happy possessor of such a farm as pictured above. If every farmer in Georgia only had the same in motion, we would not only be the happiest but the wealthiest people in the world.—-V. E. Georgian. Brf.c kinridoe's Escape.— The escape of Breckinridge after the surrender of Lee, was quite romantic. Accompanied b}- Col. Wilson, of his staff, he made his way to Florida, where the two refugees were joined by Colonel Taylor Wood, the brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis. Securing a small skiff, they boldly embarked, near Ivey West, for Cuba, and succeeded in reaching the port of Cardenas, near Havana, in safety. From thence General Breckinridge proceeded to Europe, and finally took up his residence in Canada. The last years of his life were] quietly spent in Kentucky. General Breek- 1 inridge leaves one son who bears his name, j and another who. curiously enough, was | christened " Owen County," in honor of the county which secured the election of his , father to Congress in 1853, in the contest j with Gov. Letcher. “‘For the Forrest News.” UNCLE JAKE LOOKOUT’S VISIT TO “J£F FURSIN.” R' whirs of the Fur refit Niv:s: —lt a.r not oftiu that I rite for the prenters ; but as how nu things turn up once in awhile, I am think en as how I'd giv a naration ov sum things that I've seen shortly. Now. Jeffursin is the kounty-siglit ov Jak sin bounty, an' the place wliar unirendly na burs go tu sittle thar ditinrinsis 'bout ev'rv leetle fool tiling one nabur says or thinks 'bout another. This ar amity bad wa of do in. an' if ev’ry body wnz tu stay tu home more an" mind thar own bizness, and let utlmrs consarns alone, thar'd be a site less fuss 'bout nuthen. But tu git bak tu my naration. I waz a sayen that Jetfursin is the kounty-sight ov Jaksin county, an* bein I'd not bin thar in a long time, 1 says tu the old umern, says I: ““ Dorothy, I'm gwine tu Jeli'ursin.” “ What for. Jake?” says she. *• Kase they say they've got a prentin press thar now, an' l want tu see the critter.” “Aprentin press! what's that?” says she. “ Kakes alive!'* says I, “you’ve lived nigh onto forty year an' don't know that a prentin press ar a big barril poured full ov sum sort uv blak stutf like untu tar. an' when tha want tu tell the nuse tha nock the hoops loose, and the nuse runs out all over the pa per like ten thousan pig-tracks.” ” Lawry massy, Jr.ktf !” says she. “ take a r bottje an’ fetch me sum, an' we'll do our own prentin. That’ll save me ov the trouble ov going roun tu carry the nuse. We kan send it by the kart load, an' then ydu kno every body'll believe it when tha see it prented.” “ Wliar's the Itottle?” says I. “In the kitchin, Jake. I lurry bak,” says she. So r got the bottle, an' mount in old Shave Tail, off I puts to Jeffursin. I jogged along purtv fast until I cum in site ov the long rows ov white houses an' fenees that reached away through the feels an' meders as fur as my eyes could see. Presently Shave Tail cum tu a ded stop, an’ begun tu caper mitilv. I listin ed, an' sieh anuthur yellin’ you never hem in yer ltom days. I spared up Shave Tail tu i e what on yerth it was, an" the fust thing I knowd a stream ov foist' dogs about two hun dred yards long cum tearin by arter a red caf that wuz blatin like all wrath. Thinks I tu myself, thinks I, Jeffursin is a powerful place fer foise dogs. W hen I got by the dogs I begun tu look roun' fer a hitchen place, an* arter awhile I seed one. an’ so I spared Shave Tail up tu it with a sort ov dash, tube smart like. A yung chap cum up. an' says he : “ Whar's yer pole?” “What pole?” says I. “ To hitcli to.” says he. “ Why can't I hitch tu the rac?” says T. “ It's too scatterin,” says he. and out he whipt a pokit-knife and puts out at full speed arter a feller that waz a toatin a big box on hiz shoulder. When tha got tu whar sum utber fellers wuz a settin, tha all kickt the l)ox to pieces, an' sieh anuthur whitlin you never did see. Thinks Itu myself, thinks I. Jetfursin is a powerful place for whitlin. T wuz the fust one tha* got tu town, an’ as’no ' : Jy wuz in my way. 1 give a big jump and throad my bridal over the rac, as l had not fetched a" pole with me. I then lookt around tu see if the prentin press wuz rollin round with the nuse, I could not diskiver it, so I went an’ sot down on a big rok about the mid dle ov the street tu watch fer it tu cum out. While I wuz settin on the Tok, a big boy like cum along by me an’ gin sick a keen whistle that I thought the foises wuz cumin bak, but I wuz mistakin. Thinks I tu fty self, thinks I, Jetfursin is a powerful place fer wkislin. Still I did not see tlie prentin press cum out. an' so I kep a watchin. My seat got mity hard, an' that put me tu Jhinkin about roks. I lookt, an' see sev'ral. Thinks I tu myself, thinks I. Jetfursin is a powerful place fer big ants, or horny-heads one. While thar I sot a wanderin an’ and a won derin whar the prentin press wuz. a ftdetgy vung chap cum along, an' says I : " Mister, whar's the prentin press?” “ Ar you a Georgia Ann?” says he. "No; I'm a nativ ov Jaksin kounty,” says I. " What!” says he. " an' don't kno whar's the prentin press? Cum along, an* I'll show it tu yer.” I waz powerful glad fer sum exkuse tu leeve my rok tu go an' see the barril, so I jumpt up an' follered him. He led me up a mity long par ov star kases, an* puskin open a door. 1 lookt in a room whar sum fellers waz a pickin up sum irun shu pegs an’ putin 'em in a sort ov one-sided box, like unto a goes pikin up korn. Thinks I tu myself, thinks I. this is nuthin but a shu shop, I lowsmnever, I felt in my pokit for Dorothy's bottle, an' then lookt for the barril. I did’ent see narry barril, but thar stood a big irun frame on legs with a handle tu it, like a blue crane with its neck broke. “Look a here, mister,” says Ituoneovthe fellers that wuz piking up the shu pegs, “what ar this ting fer?'’ “Tu ketch medlars with," say's he, mity snappish like. At fust I thought he sed molasses, but then I thought lie did’ent, an' bein ashamed to ax questions much, L went tu whar anuthor feller waz putin down the shu pegs in nice little rows on a big rok. I notised that the shu pegs had leetle notches all cut in 'em tu keep the slms from ripin—a good idee, too—l'd never thought ov it afore. Thinks I tu my self, thinks I, Jeffursin is a powerful place tu git idees in. When the peg-piker-up had 'em all fixt tu hiz notion, I patted the rok and says I: “ Mister, who's toom-stone is this?” It s ter the mail that axis the most ques tions,” says he. Now I never did like the idee of axin ques tions, so I stood round a leetle and lookt about sum to keep the toom-stone from bein mine. Arter awhile, says I tu a feller that cum j stalkin in an' stnrin round : “M hat’s yonder room fer?” “ That's the Editor's Saiiktuin Sanktorum,” i says he. Thinks I tu myself, thinks I. I’ll go an' see what sort ova place a Sanktum Sanktorum be. So I stept in the room perlitely like, an' thar sot a man ritin sumthin. I peeped over liis shoulder tu see what lie waz niin, but he put his hand over it an' turml round an' lookt at me over hiz specks, an' says he tame, says he.: “ Will you ‘scribe tu our paper ■ What paper?’’ says I. “The Furrest Nuse.” says lie. ” Don't kno." says I, pullin out Dorothy's bottle. I waz about tu ax him tu put sura ov the furrest nuse in it. when amity sassy loolcin chap lookt in at the door. The Sanktum Sanktorum man pinted at me, an’ the sassy lookin feller nodded hiz lied, an' went off in powerful hurry. “Whowaz that?” says I. “Our Fit in Editur,” says he. “ What's he fer?" says I. “ He's the chap what thrashes fellers round fer axin too many questions,” says he. Thinks I tu myself, thinks I, if I don't look purty sharp I'll git the toom-stone yet; an' then thinks I tu myself, thinks I. preehaps I’d better be gittin way from here. So I sorty went bak wards, craw-fish like, tu keep my eye on the sanktum man, an' all ova sudin 1 stumbled over a little barril. and down me an' the barril cum sprawlin on the fhxor. “Thar,” says the feller, “you've turned my preuting ink over.” So I lookt, an’ shore enuff I seed a leetle barril rollin over the floor with one bed noet out. an’ the black stuff runuin on the floor. Thinks I tu myself, thinks I, now the Furrest A use is runnin! so L wliact out the bottle tu ketch Dorothy sum, when a whoppin feller cum bolt in in the room, and says lie : “ What's all this fuss about?” Tliinks I tu myself, thinks I, that's tlie chap what the sassy lookin feller went arter, an’ so I gethered up my legs an' bottle an’ made a bee line fer the door, but I dident go bak wards. When I got down stars I met anuthur fel ler. what lookt at my bottle with a smile on hiz face. It waz the fust smile that I'd seen smole iu Jeffursin, so I kinder took tu the feller like. “ What yer gwine tu do with yer bottle?” says he. “ I want tu git it full ov—” “ Oo with me, an’ I’ll go tu show you whar tu go,” says he, befour I’d time tu tell him what I wanted. Thinks Itu myself, thinks I, you're powerful on the “</o” part. But I foilered him, and terrectly we cumtu a place whar a lot ov bottles waz setting round on shelf's with big letters on ’em. I kinder red sum ov 'em, an* they sed, “Limber Jim.” " Suple Jak,” "Mint Julip,” an' so on an’ sir forth. “ Sling me sum in this ur bottle,” sed I tu the man what had the other bottles. He fild it up, an" I waz 'bout tu put it in mv pokit, when the feller what cum with me says: “ Arent you gwine tu drink sum ov it?” “It arent tu drink, is it?” says I. “ Sartinlv,” savs he. I kinder smelt ov it, an* as it smelt kinder good. I sorter tasted it like, and jewhilikins ! how good ! The feller then tasted it. too, an’ he smoled anuther smile. I tasted it, and it was so monstrous good that I kep on a tastin it an' a tastin it, til I felt sortv nusy shore enuff. Thinks Itu myself, thinks I. I’ve got sum ov the stuff in spite of the feller. So as I kep on getin nusier an’ nusier, I put out tu Shave Tail, an’ waz soon on my way tu home rejoicin. As I went by a crowd of fellers, one ov ’em hollered out: “ Yonder goes a man !” But on I went, an' as I jogged along I felt powerful happy. Thinks Itu myself, thinks K Jeffursin is a powerful place tu git idees in, It's a powerful place to git them out agin. Whoa : Q have Tail! Hurrah for the Fur rest Nuse ! Tu lar ala dinktum fidee, tol de rol fidec! Rispietfnrly. J.vkk Borneo* t. JEFFERSOK BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PROFESSIONS. Physicians. ..J. D. &H. J. Long, J. jn A ter, N. W. Carithcrs. b * 1 oft ~ Atty’s at Law... J. B. Silman. W. I p;i„ J. A. B. Mahaffey, W. C. Howard, M,M, Pitman P. F. Hinton. MERCHANTS. Pendergrass k Hanewck, F. M. Bailey, Stznl*v & Pinson, Win. S. Thompson. MECHANICS. Carpenters... Joseph P. Williamson. J. P. Williamson, Jr. r * Harness Maker. .. John G. Oakes. WAGON Makers... Win. Winburn, Monroe Ray, (col.) Buggy Maker. ..L. Gilleland. Blacksmith... C. T. Story. Tinner... John H. Chapman. Tanners...J. E. & 11. J. Randolph. Boot and Shoe-Makers. ..X. B. Stark, Sea born M. Stark. HOTELS. Ranixjlph lloCse. by Mrs. Randolph. North-Eastern Hotel,, by John Simple m* Public Boarding House, by Mrs. Elizabeth Worsham. Liquors, Seoars, L. Bailey. Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin... J. D. & r J. Long. Saw-Mili>and Gin.-JL 8. Smith. - SCHOOL DIRECTORY. Marti) , Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principal; S. P. Orr, Assistant; Miss M. E, Orr, Assistant, Miss Lizzie Burch, Music. Centre Academy. —L. M. Lyle, Principal, Galilee Acwbshty. — A. L. Barge. Principal, Harmony Grove Academy. —R. S. Cheney, Prin cipal. Murk Academy. —-J. H. McCarty, Principal. Oak Grove Academy —Mrs. A. C. P. Kiden, Principal, Academy Church. —J. J. Mitchell, Principal. Duke Academy. —Mrs. 11. A. Dcadwyler, Prin cipal. Park Academy. —Miss V. C. Park, Principal. Chapel Academy. — W. 11. Ilill, Principal. O ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS. Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes days and Saturdays, at 10 o'clock, A. M. T and de parts same days at 12 o'clock. M. Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes days and Saturdays, at 11 o'clock, A.M_ and de parts same days at 12 o’clock, M. Lawrenceville mail arrives at Jefferson on Satur days, at 12 o’clock, M, and departs same day at I o’clock. P. M. F. L. Pendergrass, Dep’y P. M. o Useful In forma lion, for the Millions. A note dated on Sunday is void. A note obtained by fraud, or from one intoxi cated. cannot he collected. 1f a note he lost or stolen, it does 4t release the maker; he must pay it. An endorser of a note is exempt from liability if not) served with notice of its dishonor within twenty-four hours of its non-payment. A note made by a minor is void. Notes bear interest only when so stated. Principals are responsible for their agents. Each individual in a nartnesluip is responsible for the whole amount of toe debts of the linn. Ignorance of the law excuses no-one. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. The law compels no one to do impossibilities. An agreement without consideration is void. Signatures in lead-pencil are good in law. A receipt for money is not legally conclusive. The act of one partner hind all the others. Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced. A contract made with a minor is void. A contract made with a lunatic is void. To ascertain the length of day and night.—At any time in the year, add 12 hours to the time of the sun’s setting, and from the sum substract the time ol rising, for the length of the day. Subtract the time of setting from 12 hours, and to the remainder add the time of rising the next morn ing. for the length of night. This rule is true of ■ither apparent or mean time. RT RAI.*DIV?NI TIES. Fi.ora—The goddess of Flowers. Pan—The god of Shepherds and Hunters; fa mous for his whittling which fatigued him so much, that lie invented pipes to blow on. PllTt'S—The god of ltiches ; represented with wings. Pomon a—The goddess of Orchards and Fruit trees. DOMESTIC POSTAGE. NEWSPAPERS. Maoazixks, and Periodicals sent from a known office of publication, or by newsdealers 1 to actual subscribers, postage to be prepaid in bulk by publishers and newsdealers, at office of mailing, and go free to subscribers. Letters .’5 cents each .} 0y..: Prop letters at let ter-carrier office, 2 cents ; Drop Letters at non letter-carrier offices, 1 cent. Transient matte® embracing newspapers, circu’ars, andotherprjntcd*mattcr, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots and seions. books, merchandise and samples. 1 cent for each 2 oz. Registered Letters 8 cents in addition to regular postage. Post-Office Money Orders.—Attention is called to the Money Order system, as a safe and cheap method of transmitting money through the mails. Orders are issued in sums of not more than fifty dollars. Larger sinus can be transmitted by additional Orders. Orders not exceeding #lO. 5 cents ; over *lO and not exceed ing 840, 20 cents; over 810 and not exceeding SSO, Jj cents. INTEREST RULES. For finding the interest on any principal for any number of days. The answer in each case being in cents, separate the two right hand figures of answer to express in dollars and cents : Four per cent.—Multiply the principal by the number <f days to run : seperate right-hand figure from product, and divide by 9. Five per cent.—Multiply by number of days, and divide by 72. Six per cent. —Multiply by number of days, seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 8. Eight per cent.—Multiply by number of days, and divide by 45. Nine per cent.—Multiply by number of days, seperate right-hand figure, ail’d divide by 4. Ten per cent.—Multiply by number of days, and divide by 36. Twelve per cent. —Multiply by number of days, seperate right hand figure, and divide by 3. Fifteen per cent. —Multiply by number of days, and divide by 24. Eighteen per cent. —M ultiply by n umber of day*, generate right-hand figure, and divide by 2. Twenty per cent.—Multiply by number of days, and divide by 18. Twenty-four per cent.—-Multiply by number of days, and divide by 15. USEFUL TABLE EOR FARMERS. 4 inches make one hand. 56 lbs. Corn make one bushel. 56 lbs. Rye make one bushel. 60 lbs. Wheat make one bushel. 60 lbs. Clover Seed make one bushel. 196 lbs. Flour make one barrel. 20) lbs. Beef or Pork makes one bbl. ( 32 lbs. Oats make one bushel. 60 lbs. Potatoes make one bushel. 14 pounds make one stone. 3 miles make one league. 6 feet make one fanthom. A perch of stone is 16$ feet long, 1$ feet thick, and 1 foot high, or 24| cubic feet. A mile is 320 rods—l,76o yards—s,2Bo feet— -63,360 inches. An acre is 4.840 square yard—43,s6o square feet—6,272,640 square inches. COUNTING. 12 units are one dozen. 12 dozen one gross. 20 units one score. 5 scores one hundred. PAPER. 24 sheets one quire. 20 quires one reams 2 reams one bundle. 5 bundles one bale. Recipes.—To drive cabbage worms away, put China tree leaves on them. To kill lice on them, | take one gallon of ashes, three spoonsful of salt, and one of sulphur: mix and sprinkle it on while wet with dew. A sure remedy.