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Jackson County Publishing Company.
Dr. J. D. Lo>o, | N. 11. Pendergrass,
President. | Yire President.
T. If. Xl BLACK, Seer'y A* Treat.
Ex rent ire Committer.
W. C. Howard CVm.
ft. J. X. Wilson, | R. .1. Hancock,
JEFFERSON, OA.
SAHKIHV nOHVft, Al'Ca. 7, 1*75.
Patrons of Husbandry.
On Saturday before the 4th Sunday in this
month, there will be a Farmers' Dinner, at
Jefferson, to which all Patrons of Husbandry,
farmers, and the pubfic generally, re
spectfully invited. All are requested to bring
their baskets, to contribute to the common
supply. The services of distinguished speak
ers have been secured, and the hearty co
operation of Patrons and farmers is earnestly
solicited.
MARTIN INSTITUTE.
We cannot bclieVe there in a sensible man
or woman in onr whole land, especially in
our own grand old “ Empire/’ who does not
look with more than ordinary pride and hail
with more than ordinary delight, the con
stantly growing interest manifested in the
great subject of the education of the people.
If, therefore, the general reader will, for a
moment, take a “ birdhs-eye view of the situa
tion,” and contemplate the incalculable
amount of crime, misery, wretchedness and
degradation that has its foundation and
starting-point in “ icnouaxc e,” a sufficient
apology, we are induced to believe, will there
be found for the space taken up in the col
umns of the News this week, in the endeavor
to impress upon the public mind the benefits
to be derived from, and the great necessity
of a proper and liberal support of the above
institution of learning by the people of
Northeast Georgia. Especially to the peo
ple of Jackson and the adjacent counties,
do the interests of this institution appeal in no
nnmistakable terms. Whatever benefits the
“ Institute” benefits the community and con
tiguous neighborhoods. And leaving out all
the more weighty considerations, in a pecu
niary point of view, the “ Institute” and its
“ concomitants” are of vast material benefit
to those already named. For example—the
income to the county from this institution—
all told—is put down variously at from ten
to twelve thousand dollars per annum. This
amount is nearly, if not quite all, spent and
distributed among the citizens in close prox
imity to the institution ; and while the fact
.may be considered insignificant by” some, yet
it is well worthy of notice, that some six or
eight hundred dollars of the first named sum
are paid out annually for the apparently
“ trivial items” of butter and eggs. While
everything else that goes to make up the
‘■‘billot fare ? for the support and mainte
nance of those immediately connected witli
the institution, is in proportion.
But we do not propose to “write up” Mar
tin Institute. M e only hoped to impress
those into whose hands this sheet may fall,
with the importance of a careful perusal of
the communication of ‘ One of the Board,’
to be found on the first page of to-day’s issue.
Read it, and make up your mind to foster
and cherish “ home institutions” and support
and nourish “ home talent” and enterprise.
State University Commencement.
From all we can learn, this “ great event’’
has been “ just about as usual”—in keeping
with those convocations at the same place
from year to year in the past. A big crowd
—lots of people of all conditions, sizes and
colors—and very little satisfaction to any
one except those immediately interested in
the exercises. The “ great event” however,
of the occasion—-judging from the amount of
breath that has been “ wasted on the desert
air” in regard to it—was the election of a
Chancellor and Faculty for the next four
years. This election was held on Saturday
evening before Commencement, and resulted
in the choice of the entire old Faculty, from
Chancellor down. In this, as in all other
elections, “ somebody's darling” was disap
pointed ; still, “ things works” aud the world
moves on. The Commencement sermon (a
most able one, we are told,) was delivered by
Chancellor 11. 11. Tucker; Rev. (Gen.) C. A.
Evans, preached the usual sermon before the
Young Mens’ Christian Association, and 11.
t B. Van Epps, Esq., of Atlanta, delivered the
Literary Address of the occasion. Judge
Jackson, who was to deliver the Alumni Ad
dress, was called away to take his seat in the
Supreme Court, consequently his address was
not delivered. “ Professor” Halwick added
somewhat to the interest of the occasion by
a “ free show rope walk” across broad street
in the afternoon and by “torch-light” Wed-
nesday night. The above, we believe, were
among the “ greatest events” that marked
this epoch in the history of the University.
Everything “ passed off” without accident,
and mauy a poor fellow who lost two or three
days’ time and spent all his “loose” change
in the purchase of a “ first rate headache”
is now at home, a sadder if not a wiser man.
While on this subject we are gratified to
remark lastly, though not leastly, that on
Monday last, Mr. W. M. Howabd, who was
for some time previous to his entrance into the
State University, under the training of the
Martin Institute Faculty at this place, was
the honored recipient of the first prize as So
phomore declaimer, at the hands of the very
able committee appointed judges on the occa
sion. We congratulate the jmung gentleman
on this his maiden triumph, and express the
hope that it is but the precursor of other and
numerous civic victories in the stern battle
of life now just opening to him.
No News Good News.
That sterling and ever reliable journal, the
Macon Telegraph $• Messenger, speaks thuslv
concerning the general dearth of “News” at
the present time:
“ Let this old saw console newspaper
readers for their utter barrenness of stirring
incident at the present time. The world was
never more profoundly quiet than now, and
our news telegraphists can find nothing more
exciting to flash over the wires than a boat
race or a shooting match. It is true, now
and then a quid nunc has unutterable ideas
on the matter of a great war brooding like a
smothered volcano beneath the crust of
continental Europe; but let it brood, so it
don't hatch.
Few governments or peoples, with a recent
experience of war, are quite ready for
another, however much they may talk about
it. We don’t know of an article so easily
satisfying to the appetite as war—so repul
sive—so ruinous even in its very successes.
Hence, we have no idea that either Germany,
France or Austria are ready for more of it.
In America the great tendency of the day
is towards a rapid subsidence of the war
spirit and of sectional and party animosities.
There is a universal disposition to accommo
date differences. Not a rebel or Kuklux out
rage has been seen for six months. Further
more, there are manifest indications among
the people to amend their ways according to
the I 10ly r Word. None of these events and
tendencies are sensational. They do not
make startling news, but they are good
news, for which let us be thankful.
The Georgia State Fair, 1875,
Judging from all we can glean in the matter,
promises to be something “ ahead” of all
preceding expositions. With the curtail
ment of some features which have heretofore
been a curse and “ dead weight” to the suc
cess of the enterprise, it is hoped that each
and every one having the honor of Georgia
at heart, will, in the language expressed be
low, “come to the front,” and that such a
display will be made as will forever set aside
the objections which have been made against
the Fairs of the past. The Telegraph <s
-of Macon, in speaking of the ap
proaching Exposition and its hopes of suc
cess, most timely and wisely remarks :
“ The fame of the Empire State of the
South, the enterprise, energy and industry
of her sons, the complete restoration of the
State government under the auspices of the
ancient owners of the soil, her financial
credit abroad, teeming crops and rapid
material progress, all seem to have deeply
impressed the people of other States, and
they intend to come to our beautiful city of
Macon, and see for themselyes the condition
of Geogia.
“That the old Commonwealth will be fully
alive to its duty and come to the front with
the best possible display of her varied re
sources, no one can doubt, from the interest
which has already been manifested.
“In an interview with President Colquitt
on Wednesday, when returning from Forsyth,
he stated that every day the assurances grow
stronger and stronger that the fair will prove
a grand and triumphant success. The dis
play of blooded stock will be larger, more
machinery and improved agricultural imple
ments will be on the ground, greater miscel
lany and variety obtain in the objects on ex
hibiton, and the crowd from abroad promises
far to exceed any similar previous gathering.
“Left to themselves, without the adven
titious assistance of the turf, and the nume
rous sporting addenda of roulette tables,
faro banks, and other ingenious devices to
attract and gull the crowd, the exposition
will stand upon its own merits and Vie the
true exemplar of the industry and resources
of the State. As such all the good and
patriotic will rally to support, and whatever
honor and renown may be acquired will be
fairly won.”
I reasons are given by the
Cincinnati Enquirer for its belief that the
Democrats will carry Ohio in October. The
last, and perhaps best, assigned is the posi
tion of the party on the financial question.
While there is some lack of harmony in this
regard, it is not evident that any Democrat
will vote against the ticket because of the
platform. It is certain that thousands of
men who have heretofore acted with the Re
publican party will vote the Democratic tick
et this year on account of its financial creed ;
and every day’s discussion will dispel false
hoods, make clear the doubtful points, banish
heresies, and add to the popularly of the
greenback doctrine. The silent mines and
mills ; the acres that God bountifully bleoses,
but that bring no dividends to the owner;
the unpaid claims of every merchant are elo
quently pleading for the Democratic cause.
Hard times will and ought to beat any par
ty that is responsible for them.
Milledgeville Union regards the
suggestion that the old penitentiary build
ings, now vacant, be turned into an asylum
for idiots, as a most excellent one. With the
assent of the governor the buildings could be
brought into immendiate use to the relief of
the unfortunate beings who are now suffer
ing in hot and badly ventilated jails. This
suggestion, says the Union , offers a satisfac
tory solution of present difficulties in the
case of lunatics and idiots. It has no doubt
but that such an order by the governor would
receive the sanction of the legislature and of
the people. It would transform the old
buildings into a permanent and much need
ed institution for idiots, one of them per
haps being devoted to the cure of inebriates.
We believe with the Union and Recorder that
immediate action in the matter is demanded,
and that the people would approve and ap
plaud an order so clearly wise, economical
and humane.
SdF'There is one poor fellow, a lunatic,
now in the common jail of Jackson county,
whose frieuds no doubt, would like to have
placed in better quarters. Let our wortirr
Governor act at once in this important mat
ter.—En. News.
The Crop Outlook.
Since onr last issue a kind Providence has
smiled upon us and refreshing showers from
day to day have cheered and made glad many
a low-spirited farmer. Still, while this has
been so, yet many sections, some not far
from Jefferson, in our own county, are suffer
ing and drying up for the want of rain. In
some parts of the adjoining counties, we learn
| the condition of the crops are distressing in
! the extreme, while from the Southern and
| Southwestern section of the State we learn the
J continued dry weather is causing the farmers
;to become gloomy and despondent. Corn
that four or five weeks ago promised an
abundant yield is almost entirely ruined.
Cotton has stopped growing and were the
rains to set in now the crop in that section
must necessarily be a short one, as it is too
late now for cotton to grow up and
mature. It is still truly gratifying to remark,
that from many other sections of the country
the glad tidings come up ‘‘that crops were
never better.”
Taxation.
The Governor and Comptroller General have
fixed the rate of taxation at \ of one per cent, for
the present year, an increase of 52 per cent, over
any previous year since the war. ‘•Retrench
ment and reform” was the motto of the Demo
cracy when it came into power four years ago in
this State. No administration has been more har
monious than that of Governor Smith's. There
has not been the slightest discord among his Cab
inet. or between him and the Legislature, and the
Governor in his message to the Legislature said
“the credit of the State was never better.” Then
we ask, why this increased taxation? Have
not all the “fraudulent bonds” been repudiated?
Has the public debt increased? Did not the re
port of the Treasurer and the message of Govern
or Smith to the Legislature show a reduction of
the public debt? Taxable property certainly has
not declined, b.ut on the contrary has increased
since last year. No excessive appropriations have
been made by the Legislature to be met that we
are aware of, hence we see no necessity for this
increase of taxation. Our people already groan
under the burdens imposed, and when2s percent,
extra is drawn from them they have just cause to
complain.
The above we copy from the Gainesville
Southron, and give it as our opinion that the
editor is “ eminently correct” in his conclu
sions. The fact is there is too much “ gov
ernment” and too many “ governors” in
Georgia and everywhere else.
What is the Matter with the Preachers of
Tennessee?
Only a few weeks ago the public mind was
considerably agitated in certain circles, at
the revelations made in the case of a hither
to highly esteemed minister—a Presiding
Elder, we believe—of the Methodist church,
in Tennessee. Now, on the heels of that
comes the following tit bit of scandal, in
which a Presbyterian divine seems to stand
“head.”
Last Friday, Knoxville was all agog with
excitement consequent upon the discovery
of an alleged undue intimacy between Rev.
John Crisman. pastor of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church at Sweetwater, and one
of his flock, Mrs. E. A. Tucker.
statement (says the Constitution.)
that there are a thousand skilled white
mechanics in Atlanta out of employment
and clamorous for work, meets us at every
turn. It first appeared in an Augusta paper.
If it possesses the element of truth in the
slightest degree then we do not understand
the situation. Our mechanics were never
busier. More building is going on in At
lanta to-day than in all the rest of the cities
in the state. None of our factories are idle.
In short, the story is a sensation without a
particle of foundation.
Yellow Fever at Pensacola.
The most malignant type of the disease is
raging near Pensacola, with three months of
hot weather in which to ravage the Gulf
coast. The fever had not, at the latest ac
counts, reached Pensacola, but it is scarcely
possible to preserve that city from its inroads.
It is not reasonable to expect the scourge to
spare Pensacola and ravage Barancas, only
a few miles from it. After it reaches the
former city, the first natural stride of the de
stroyer will be to Montgomery. The com
munications between the two cities are fre
quent. Persons daily pass from one to the
other. Pensacola cannot probably be saved
from the scourge, but Montgomery certainly
can be by prompt and strict quarantine reg
ulations. We have a direct interest in the
matter. Not that the fever will, under any
circumstances, visit our unpland region, but
if it is permitted to come to Montgomery it
will endanger a large number of towns with
in easy reach of Atlanta, to their great inju
ry and ours also. In other words. Montgom
ery is the key of the situation. If her streets
are kept free of the epidemic, then all the in
terior towns of Alabama and of middle Geor
gia are secure ; otherwise not. * *
From a letter in the News it is evident that
Savannah is a little uneasy on the subject.
But as there is no local cause for the uneasi
ness, and as the city has an energetic health
officer, no epidemic is apprehended by those
who are well informed. We have no desire
to excite unnecessary alarm—far from it
—but it is well for exposed towns to appre
ciate the situation, and not underrate the
dangers with so much hot weather ahead.—
Atlanta Constitution.
Death of Ex-President Johnson.
Bristol, Tenn., July 31. — Ex-President
Andy Johnson died this morning at his
daughter's residence, in Carter county, at 2
o’clock. He was attacked Wednesday
evening at 4 o’clock with paralysis, and did
not speak after he was attacked.
Mr. Johnson is so \yell known that it is
hardly necessary to refer to his history. He
was born at Raleigh, N. C. in 1808, and was,
therefore about 67 years of age—though, we
thoughVbefore seeing this statement, that he
was ten years older. Left an orphan at an
early age. he learned the tailor’s trade, and,
when quite young, settled in Greenville,
Tenn,, where he set up a shop and shortly
afterwards married the daughter of a sub
stantial farmer, who proved a most excel
lent wife and mother. It is said that to her,
he owed the rudiments of an education.
At the time of his death he was U. S. Sen
ator from Tennessee—having been elected
to that positon last winter. —Southern Watch
man.
A Newton county, lady dressed herself in
men’s clothing and forced her suitor to marry
her.
Communications.
[COMMUNICATED.]
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE
Our Watchword I To Patronize Home In
dustry Our Practice.
Mr. Editor :—I have been led to these re
flections from having paid a visit to the re
nowned Hurricane Shoals—the place where,
in the language of Judge Giddens, “ Tom
Foggy raised the Devil." Having some busi
ness in the neighborhood of the Shoals, I paid
a flying visit to the house of one of the own
ers and proprietors of the Shoals, the urbane
and gentlemanly A. L. Shelor. Learning
that he had been making some improvements
in the old mill’s machinery, &c., I proposed
that we go down through the beautiful grove
from his cottage to the mill. I was agreeably
surprised to find that he had, at considerable
expense, been improving his valuable prop
erty, indeed. lie has built anew water
house : put in new wheels, which run with a
velocity I never saw equalled ; put in new
mills, the wheat mill, smutter, bolter, &c., en
tirely so, and he is making an article of flour
that cannot be excelled by the famed Kenne
saw. llis corn mill also does excellent work.
Ilis miller, Mr. Henry, is not only a first
class miller, but is an a “No. 1” millwright
and a gentleman withal, as all first-class me
chanics are.
The Messrs. Shelor are erecting anew gin
house, in which to operate their new Winship
Gin and Condenser, that gave such satisfac
tion to its customers last season. They are
moving their saw mill, and propose to put a
new one up, (in fact, have the foundations
now laid.) which will saw five or six thousand
feet square lumber per day. They propose
to run all this machinery, to-wit: a corn mill,
a wheat mill, a saw and a gin, with what wa
ter will run in their race, which is about one
sixth of the stream, the remainder will do as
it has been doing for two thousand "years,
past— continue to run to ivaste.
The gentlemen who own these shoals would
like to utilize all the water, but a lack of
capital prevents. We could but sigh for a
cotton factory, when we learned that enough
water is there running to waste to drive 15,-
000 spindles. Who can estimate the value
to the county, and this whole section of-coun
try, that a cotton factory at these shoals
would be ? The gentlemanly proprietors are
willing and anxious that a factory be erected
there ; they will do the fair thing with regard
to the shoals and water, and money, too, as
far as they are able. What say you, people
of Jackson and the surrounding country, shall
we have a factory at Hurricane Shoal? Monied
men, start the ball—let’s see what can be
done ! We ought to spin all the cotton we
raise, and quit feeding and fattening North
ern and Eastern nabobs to oppress us. Let
U3 adopt the sentiments which head this
article—encourage internal improvements,
and patronize home industry—in this way
only, can we pro sper as we should.
I will at some other time in the near fu
ture, give some statistics with regard to fac
tories, and show something about the fitness
of these shoals for one ; in the meantime, be
thinking about it, and if you have nothing
else to do, go and look at the site, and see
how much nature has done for us, and how
polite all hands about there will treat you,
Penelope.
Jefferson , Go., Aug. At It. 1875.
For the Forest News.
LETTER FROM HARRISBURG.
Mr. Editor: —'Twas very kind in you to
grant me space enough in your columns to
give the readers of the News a brief sketch
of Harrisburg District.
I see others are looming up and coming
forward with their good crops and other good
qualities that please the people of a country,
so I want you to see how near up or how far
ahead old Harrisburg is of some of them.—
Well may Jackson county—yes, well may
the glorious old State of Georgia be proud
of such a District. As for our lands, they
are unequalled in the State or States. On
the North and North-east, and running in a
Southwardly direction, we have Big Curry’s
Creek and North Oconee river, on which are
large quantities of bottom lands, rich, and
producing Irom eight to ten barrels of corn to
the acre, -which not only speaks enough in
favor of the lands, but it gives you a broad
hint and an idea about the farmers we have
—honest, hardworking and good farmers.
Then we aiaim the honor of having the
head-waters of Little Curry’s Creek, -which,
though a small stream, yet, I will not only
tell you that it has fine bottom lands on it,
but will tell you something of it after awhile
which will make you say ’tis an honor to own
its head-waters.
To prove our sood lands and good farmers,
I have only to tell you that we have numbers
of acres of cotton which, had it not been for
the late and now present drouth, would have
made a bale to the acre, and while it is in
some degree injured, still, if we could have
anything like seasons, we would not miss a
bale to the acre far. Corn is equally as good,
besides other cereals in proportion.
That. Mr. Editor, will give you some idea
of our lands, products, &c. As to our stock,
they are all large and good. Fine pastures
for raising and grazing, so much so that some
of our farmers are raising young lambs here
as late as July 12th. I refer here to my es
teemed and valued friend, Capt. A. T. Ben
nett, who, as a farmer, is second to none—not
even to Georgia's boasted and much lament
ed Dixon, or any other farmer—nor can Geor
gia boast of a better citizen.
Well, now. Mr. Editor, as I have tried to
give you a faint idea of our lands, our stock,
and our farmers, I will try to give you a brief
sketch of the conveniences which surround
us. First, then, about the centre of the Dis
trict, we have the steam saw-mill of Brooks
& Cos., whose early and late whistle tells that
it is doing the work, and also by what kind
of men it is run. Now I will bring our
Little Curry’s Creek into notice by stating,
that farther South, is the large merchant mills
of Mr. Micager Williamson, situated upon
this little creek. On the West and North, we
have the merchant mills of the Drs. Long and
J. G. McLester, and connected with the
former is a saw mill and first-class cotton gin,
and with the latter, a saw mill and wool fac
tory. Right close to the latter mills is the
mineral springs of Mr. F. H. Legg, which is
destined, some day, to be a favorite summer
resort and health-seeking place, as much for
the kindness and courtcousness of the pro
prietor as for the medicinal properties of the
waters. Next, we have on the North-east,
the Hurricane Shoals mills, connected with
which is a first-class circular saw and cotton
gin. Just below this, and upon the same
stream, (the North Oconee,) we have Mat
thews’ mills, and a little farther East is Jack
son’s mills, situated upon Turkey Creek. All
these mills are first-class flour and grist mills.
I will simply state, Mr. Editor, as I wish to
be brief, that commencing at the Hurricane
Shoals, we have Tumbling, Thornton, Flat,
Hay and McLester’s shoals, all situated upon
the North Oconee, and all offering the finest
water-power for machinery of any kind. On
our west, w ? e have the tannery, formerly of
J. E. & 11. J. Randolph, but now of Mr. F.
S. Smith, connected with which is a first class
circular saw and gin. Next, we have the
shoe-shop of Mr. E. C. Nunn. ’Tis enough
simply to mention this gentleman’s name, as
every one knows him be an honest, hard
working man as well as a good citizen. His
shoe-work will give satisfaction to all who
try him, and I think he deserves alarge share
of patronage. Next, we have three churches,
Oconee, (Baptist,) Union Grove, (Methodist,)
Thyatyra, (Presbyterian.) The first is under
that most efficient and noble pastor, Rev. A.
J. Kelly ; the next is under Rev. Mr. Tarp
lay; the next is under that “ man of God”
Rev. Groves 11. Cartledge. Next and lastly,
but not leastly, I would call your special
notice to the school situated upon Park’s creek,
at Merk Academy, and taught by the efficient
and accomplished teacher, Mr. J. 11. McCarty,
formerly of Jefferson, but now of noble old
Harrisburg.
Mr. Editor, you must allow* me to revert,
though rather abruptly, to a description of
the lands, &c., of Park’s Creek. This is
rather a remarkable stream, because of its
rising in one side of the district and flowing
nearly through its centre, and is noted eve
where for having more and better bottom
lands on it than any other stream in the State
that is twice or thrice its size, also affording
numerous first class water-powers for any
kind of machinery. These lands are owned
by such men as O. G. W. Carter, Capt. APT.
Bennett and others.
Well, now, Mr. Editor, I will revert again
to the school above mentioned. Too much
cannot be said about this competent instruc
tor. His school speaks volumes in his praise.
He has now forty-five or fifty scholars; this
fact speaks for itself. Ilis course of instruc
tion in the studies pursued by his pupils is
thorough and complete. What I say of him
I also say of his school; ’tis in a most flour
ishing condition ; ’tis one of the best commu
nities for a school anywhere. The parents
in the community of the school know how to
raise their children so as to make men and
women of them. They all realize the fact
that “ knowledge is power” and that “ the
pen is mightier than the sword.” The many
patrons of this school are all first class farm
ers, which speaks in language plain enough
to be w 7 ell understood. Mr. Editor, I could
enlarge, but desist; though I hope I have
given you and your readers some idea of our
lands, stock, farmers, conveniences and
school. Yours, Mykneii.
Harrisburg , July oOth, 1875.
COUNTRY GLIMPSES.
For the Forest News.
Mr. Editor : — Quite a number of the
citizens of the surrounding country, as well
as some from abroad, gathered at Galilee,"on
Saturday evening last to hear the address of
Capt. A. C. Thompson, and the essay of Miss
Annie Johnson, before the Oconee Agricul
tural Club.
“Sheep Husbandry” was Capt. T.'s subject,
and he handled it in a manner alike credita
ble to himself and instructive to his audience.
We would be glad to see our agriculturists
put the Captain’s theories into practice, as
we have long -been convinced that a large
profit could be realized from sheep-raising
in this country. Ilis onslaught upon the
canine tribe was wholesale and unsparing.
If poor “Trav” knew how his general charac
ter was estimated, doubtless he would hie
himself away in search of an abode of securi
ty, but dog as he is, he must await, uncon
sciously, the annihilation that must inevi
tably overtake him.
From the vehemence of his plea for mut
ton, we should judge the captain to be a true
lover of this delicacy' of the table. It would
be an enjoyable scene, (provided the observ
er was not hungry himself,) no doubt, to
see him in an ordinary hungry state, paying
his respects to a quarter of barbacued mutton
at a “big dinner.” We are not of opinion
that many baskets full would be gathered up
when dinner was over, unless there was a cer
tain female present to “mash his toes” a3 a
reminder when to stop.
From the position we occupied, we failed
to hear the subject of Miss Johnson’s essay,
but from its tenor judged that co-operation
among the farmers was the theme. It was
elegant and witty—the production, undoubt
edly, of a w'ell-stored mind and cultivated
judgment. Poetry and flowers were inter
woven with common sense—the whole blend
ing together in a garland of worth and beau
ty- At the close she was most heartily
applauded.
DIALOGUE.
Husband. —Wife, they had a spelling bee
in town last night, and I tell you it was one
of the funniest exhibitions I ever witnessed !
Wife. —What kind of a bee?
II. —A spelling bee.
W. —And could the crittur really spell?
H. —Pshaw ! you are a dunce ! It was a
crowd of and girls spelling in Webster’s
Spelling Book, and—
W. —Look a here Jonathan Doolittle, do
you see them tongs? Do you want your
brain-pan sounded ? Now jest call your hard
working, affectionate wife a dunce one
more time !
Like the calf the boy run over, Jonathan
Doolittle hadn’t another word to say. And
Jonathan’s head was level, too. At least,
such is the opinion of
Yours, tuggingly, Tugmutton.
Galilee, August sth 1875.
tdP’Col. L. E. Bleckley has accepted the
Judgeship of the Supreme Court of the State.
This, says the Atlanta Constitution , makes a
full bench, and a good one.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
The Methodists of Georgia are consult}
about establishing a grand central Ca 3
meeting ground at Stone Mountain. *'
A Cobb county farmer had a somum
bulistic daughter. She got up the o the
morning, milked the cows, swept the hoiw
and whipped Neal and Massey before * a
ing.
Our city was blessed with a refreshin 1
shower of rain on Monday afternoon, tb
first time for three weeks or more. —AtUi
Georgian, 4th.
Sixty thousand shad, or shadlings, Werfe
placed in the Coosa at Rome last week
Like bread cast upon waters they are ex
pected to return after many days. Xkev
were hatched at Holyoke in the Connecticut
valley, and when placed iu the Coosa were
extremely small, not larger than an ordinary
sized pin. But they will grow.
The crops in this section were never more
promising than at present. They were l*
•ginning to suffer for rain, but at the present
writing, Monday, the clouds are low, the
rain descending, and a general season is ex .
pected. We can now safely assert, should
rains continue, that more coru and cotton
will he raised in this section than any p re .
vious year. —Gainesville Southron.
I. O. O. F.—The Grand Encampment of I
| the State of Georgia, meets at Odd Fellows'
Ilall on Thursday, the 10th inst., at 9 o'clock
a. m. The Grand Lodge of the State off
Georgia meets at the "College Chapel oaf
Wednesday, 1 1th August, at 9 o’clock a. m,
where the address of welcome will be deliver,
ed by P. G. Frank Lumpkin. The public 1
; are cordially invited to attend. —Athens Geor :
\gian, 4th.
Another Good Citizen Gone.—
Rev. Bedford Langford, a highly &
teemed citizen of Oconee county, died at his |
plantation on the 18th instant. In all the ::
relations of life, he was pre-eminently a good f
man. It was our privilege to know "him for
more than tweny-five years, and we have j
rarely met with any who was, in all respects, ;
his equal. He had suffered for many years I
past with an excruciating disease, and bore i
his affliction as none but a Christian could.
“Peace to his ashes.”— Athens Watchman.
Oconee Fair Association.—Athens.
$1500.00 in premiums.
The Premium List of the Oconee Fair
Association, says the N. E. Georgian, is now
being distributed. The Executive Cora-*
mittee will spare no pains to make this the I
most successful and interesting Fair that has |
ever been held in this portion of Georgia. I
Let our whole people become interested, and j
this enterprise of the Patrons of Husbandry I
will do much towards developing the agri- !
cultural interest of our North Georgia.
Alice Brown, the fasting girl of Evans
ville, Ind., died last Saturday. She lias not
tasted food for fifty days. The Chicago Tiiue< j
says the Louisville editors express great
disappointment at the unfavorable result of a
Miss Brown’s experiment, for they saw in
her case a means of subsistence commensu
rate with their incomes.
The Unitarians of Troy are building a fine
church. A passing traveller inquired re- j
cently of a hod carrier what kind of a build
ing it was. The man didn't answer. “Is it
i church.” “What kind of achurch?” “Can't
tell the name, sir, but it’s for them folks as I
is trying to knock the bottom out of hell.”
A philosopher asserts that the reason why
ladies* teeth decay sooner than gentleman's
is because of the friction of the tongue and ]
the sweetness of the lips.
NEWS NOTES.
There was a heavy hail-storm, last week, on the
line of Walton and Gwinnett, near Logansvilk
Damage to crops considerable.
Two young ladies—one in Atlanta and another
in Edgefield, S. ('.—have been recently terrioly
burned by attempting to pour kerosene on the
lire. The lady in Edgefield died from her injuries.
Gen. Geo. E. Picket, of Virginia, died at Nor
folk Saturday. Jlis remains were temporarily de
posited in a vault in Norfolk, but will eventually
he brought to Richmond.
The Toccoa Herald says the Northeastern rail
road will, under favorable circumstances, be com
pleted from Athens to Belton by the first day of
November.
St. Louis, July 30, —A man drowned in a privy
vault. Three men attempting to recover the body,
were overcome and died in the rescue.
It appears a little singular that while in a grot
many sections of Georgia and other Southern
States, the earth and all vegetation is almost
burning up for waint of rain, that the reports are
‘‘the Hoods West are doing great damage to I
crops. Wheat is sprouting in the shock. The I
streams are already bank full and will be beyond 9
control in a few days, and it is still raining.’’*
Cincinnati, Jnly 29.—The reports of the dam-1
age of crops from the late rains continue to eonr
in from Ohio and southern Indiana. All report
swollen streams and submerged corn and sprout
ing wheat.
Indianapolis, July 31.—Dispatches front I
eighty counties in Indiana, and twenty-five coun- |
ties in eastern Illinois are discouraging. Wheiti
is sprouting in the shock, it is raining steadily.
streams are already bank full, and beyond contn 1 J
to day.
The rains of the northwest extend down into
Kentucky' and Tennessee. A correspondent ®-
the Nashville Union and American, writing fro* l
the Mouth of Wolf creek, Clay' county, east renr. ■
says :—Rain, rain, rain! All business in the farm j
mg line has ceased. We have had nothing bus
rain for the last three weeks. Wlieat— most j
yet in the shocks—exposed to the weather
greatly damaged. The tobacco crop is also set"
ously injured.
In Mississippi, the Democrats are very
dent of carrying the State at the next electro 5 ?
Ames will have to step down and out as his fatnf 1
ir.-’aw. Benjamin F. Butter, has done in
chusetts. One by' one they take up their lit* i
carpet-bags and silently steal away.
The Supreme Court.—The Supreme cou'|
commenced its regular fall term Monday inornin? |
Judges Warner, Bleckley and Jackson will
side. A heavy docket is on hand, and the sessio s ]
promises to be an extended one.— At. Const.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Jefferson, Ga., July 30th, 1573.
Council met this evening at 7 o’clock. Preset-1
his Honor Mayor Long, presiding; Councils
Williamson and Randolph. Minutes of I*-’ j
meeting read and confirmed.
The Committee appointed to report on the strc f I
leading from the Ross place to |
street, made a report recommending that I
street be opened. Report received, and the |
shal was instructed to open said street as soon 1 j
the crop growing near said street is gathered. |
The Committee appointed to inspect the bs ! ' |
lots asked for further time to report. Granted- j|
On motion, it was ordered that 200 copies of ; 1
By'-Laws and Ordinances of the town of Jeffier- j
be printed in pamphlet form. It was furtherm* |
ordered, that the proceedings of Council be p l! I
lished in The Forest News. . j
There being no further business, Council a ‘
journed. John Simpkins, Clerk, a