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Jackson County Publishing Company,
Dr. J. D. LoXCI, I N. 11. PENDERGRASS,
President. \ Vice President.
• T. 11. Nl BLACK, Sccr’y Treas.
Executive Committee.
W. C. Howard Ch’m.
G. J. N. Wilson, | R. J. Hancock,
JEFFERSON, G-A.
NATI KUAI nOIt.VW. AI <. 31, IN7S.
“Be Sure You’re Right, then Cos Ahead 1”
Is said to have been the trite and, (in these
dirfU' fied times) it might be termed, inelegant
motto of the immortal Crockett; still, we do
not know that a more forcible or appropriate
expression could be employed to convey the
idea we entertain as to the, steps to be taken
—politically—by the people of the South,
and more especially the Southern Democra
cy, in view of pending issues. Between this
and the opening of the ‘'campaign” next
year, many a “ gilded bonanza” will be held
out to the people of the South. But let them
be chary of the “ sugar-coated” dose. At
present, the “ silver lining” that the Radicals
have placed behind the “ cloud” in which
they have kept the country enveloped for
years past, is the finances —the currency. As
this is the “ lever power”—the “prime mov
er”—the “ poofcetoierve” of the masses, it is
supposed that by the agitation of this ques
tion they hope to create such confusion and
division in the minds of the people—more
especially among democrats—as will insure
success, to some extent, in the elections soou
to be held, and a still greater success in the
all important ordeal through which the coun
try w ill pass in 1876. Then, with these facts
patent befose us, let us heed the sentiment at
the head of this article. In the meantime,
let the people, “the bone and sinew—the
rank and file” of the land, push steadily for
ward in the “ great work” of Southern Inde
pendence, by opening new avenues of trade
and industry, by avoiding folly and extrava
gance of every description, by “husbanding”
their means and living inside their incomes,
by raising their own grain and stock—and
then, no matter what the “ texture” of the
currency, whether “hard or soft,” the South,
unaffected by the failure (?) of stock and mo
ney gamblers, can snap her fingers at panics,
“ live at home and board at the same place.”
Let us bear in mind the last Presidential
campaign and its fruits, and learning wisdom
by experience, “be sure we are right—then
go ahead !”
The Keeley Motor
Has been superseded, and now John A. Iloc
tor, of Rochester, N. Y., “ has brought a new
ly discovered vapor to the test of utility in
hauling trains of loaded cars on a railway,
and driving balls and other missiles from
guns, large or small, employed in war.” To
give the render a faint idea of the power of
the new motor, we will state that two small
globes, the size of an orange, were applied to
drive the ball of an Enfield rifle through a
three inch wooden target, backed by a plate
of iron one-fourth of an inch thick, at a dis
tance of five hundred yards. The experiment
was entirety successful—a clean hole being
made through all by the force of the ball.—
A wine glass of water seems to have been the
principal agent employed in this experiment.
Other experiments, on a proportionate scale,
were tried in hauling trains of loaded cars,
&c., all with entire success. We will publish
a more extended account of this wonderful
motor next week.
Athens District Conference.
This body held its usual session in Athens
last week. It was, we are informed, a pleas
ant and harmonious meeting, and the reports
showed that despite “ hard times,” “ Zion” is
prospering, and the people are encouraging
the spread of Gospel truth all through the
land. The next Conference will be held at
Union Point.
PIT The Baltimore papers state that a young
German named Schroeder has commenced
work in that city on a “flying machine” with
which he proposes to cross the Atlantic in
fifty hoars. The invention, we believe, com
bines the balloon and the steam engine for
steering—the latter in a boat below the
balloon. Schroeder expects to have his
machine completed by the 20th of August,
and then to make an experiment trip to
Washington. We thought that the sad fate
of Donaldson, who was probably swamped
in a lake, would for a time prevent any such
daring Undertaking as the crossing of the
Atlantic in a balloon.
t The Danburg grangers, Wilkes county,
have resolved to reduce their cotton acreage,
and plant a sufficiency of land in corn and
small grains to mi.ke a full supply for home
consumption. Each member of the grange
also agreed by resolution “to experiment
with one or more acres of land planted or
sown in corn, cotton, wheat or oats, and
make a full report after harvest to the grange
of the result, giving amount of manures test
ed and plan of cultivation.” The object of
all this is to learn to farm more successfully.
We hope every grange in the state will take
similar action.— Const.
L3T The Savannah News is urging a favor
ite scheme of ours, namely, the establish
ment of tanneries in connection with shoe
factories. “ The joint enterprises would,” it
says, “give employment to an increase of
population and create a home market for
provisions and supplies, and would at the
same time make our section independent of
northern manufacturers for our shoes and
keep a large amount of money in circulation
at home which now goes abroad for these
indispensable articles.”— Constitution.
THE SOUTH’S SECURITY.
We are not sure that our section is yet
fairly on the road to prosperity marked out
for it in the paragraph which we copy below
from the Baltimore Grocer. But we do be
lieve that the road has been marked out so
plainly that criminal stupidity only can now
mistake it. The people of the South have
had many difficulties to enconnter within the
last ten years. The confusion of languages
at Babel was not more complete than the
confusion of their labor, industries, means
and resources at the close of the war. The
situation was one never contemplated, and
wholly unprovided for. It was one to
which no people could at once readily have
accommodated themselves. The Southern
people at first made a brave and energetic
efTort to rebuild the old system under which
they had, before the war, attained so much
prosperity. In this they have failed, but the
fault was not wholly in them. They are now
! satisfied that they must pursue different sys
tems. and to these systems they are gradually
adapting themselves. It is not and cannot
be a work of one year, but each year’s ad
vance will so plainty show the wisdom of the
“new departure” that turning back will be
out of the question. The new system con
templates the greater independence of Southern
agriculture and mechanical industry. But
for an extraordinarily unfavorable season, the
farmers of the South would this year have
made a greater advance towards this condi
tion than they have made in all the other
years of “free” negro labor. Their expecta
tions have been somewhat disappointed, but
they seemed so near realization, and the ad
vantages to be secured were so apparent,
that a mishap this year cannot divert them
from another and a successful effort to attain
their object. They have made in the last
ten years money enough to enrich any coun
try or people, but their bad economy was
shown in the neglect of savings, and to this
chiefly is the failure to make progress due.
They now see plainty that with the laborers em
ployed, and the competition of other cotton
growing regions, they cannot make money
by exclusive devotion to that crop—that
their plans for the future must contemplate
the saving as well as the making of money.
There is, after all. some advantage in be
ing down at the foot of the hill in times like
these. We cannot easily be driven any
lower. “Suspensions” and panics like those
of 1873, and the latter utter break down of
the great house of Duncan, Sherman & Cos.,
may carry dismay to the owners of stocks and
the speculators in money and produce, but
a people who have no such entanglements—
who make at home what they are compelled
to consume, and raise for sale a staple that
will command ready money all over the civ
ilized world—need not be greatly incommoded
by such events. It looks, just now, as if our
position at the foot of the hill was the only
place of safety, and that we are in some
danger of being crowded out by those above los
ing their hold and being precipitated to our
financial level. If so, we can only move up
higher, and the lesson which we have learned
will give us a firmer footing when we get
there. —Columbus Enquirer.
The following is the article from the
Grocer:
Down South.— From a politico-economi
cal point of view there is nothing to-day
more encouraging than the sturdy, uncom
plaining way in which the South has been
going to work. That it should ever con
descend to work its own cotton, to hear the
whirr of the spindles on its rivers, or in the
suburbs of its towns, was something that few
hoped for. But that time has come, and one
or two of our cotton States are laying the
basis of a prosperity beside which their con
dition before the war but as a myth, an un
substantial shadow. They are recuperating
so fast, and they are acquiring such strength,
that before half a dozen more years have
flown they will demand attention as centres
of working capital with the soundest collater
al strength. This uttered at the end of the
war would have sounded like lunacy; now it
is an accomplished fact. It is a queer revo
lution that has been worked, and the man
ners and habits of the people will be strong
ly affected by it, while their material happi
ness and moral worth will be in every way
enhanced. For the political economist there
is no broader or more important field of study
than the South affords to-day. Of the many
predictions that were made about it, it has
verified scarce one.
A double child is on exhibition here,
says the Augusta Chronicle <s• Sentinal. The
curiosity is the offspring of a colored parent
of Beach Island, South Carolina, One of
the children is a perfectly developed female,
large for her age, and with every appearance
of health. The other is a male, has only
the rudiments of limbs, and does not eat,
depending for sustenance upon its sister.
They are about six weeks old. They are
joined together by a broad band, in the cen
ter of which one of the lungs of these strange
creatures seems to be located.
(P In the Southern Medical Record , Dr.
T. S. Powell, one of the editors, writes, in
answer to a question as to the mode of keep
ing down quackery, that all those attempting
to practice medicine without a regular diplo
ma, are subject to indictment, fine and im
prisonment. We refer the readers to the
article in the Record, which is interesting.—
At. Const.
pF’The floods still continue out West.—
Railroad communication has been disturbed
—many bridges being washed away—and
breaks are very common. The Mississippi
river at many points is above the danger line,
and the rains still continue. Much damage
to crops and property has resulted.
A Mountain girl wants a description of
the tie backs. If she will just imagine her
self a closed umbrella with all the ribs
broken out but two, she will have a good
idea of a pretty girl leaning up in a corner
attired in the modern style.
The Origin of the Grange.
Mr. O. 11. Kelley has written a book. Mr.
Kelley, is the secretary, past, present and
probably future, of the national grange. He
has done a big thing, and now he has written
a book, as a hen cackles after she has laid
an egg, to claim the credit of originating the
powerful order. Mr. Kelley’s claim is un
doubtedly good, for no one has risen up to
snatch his laurels from him. His book tells
how it all came about—how from the germ in
his modest brain the order grew and grew un
til it overshadowed the land. May its sha
dow never grow less; but to Kelley and his
book, for we propose to abbreviate his story,
following as fiear as may be his version.
He was a farmer in Minnesota, but in
January, 1867, he left the bleak prairies to
accept an appointment in the post-office de
partment at Washington. In May, 1867,
while he[was|laboring under the mighty idea of
an agricultural order, he made the acquaint
ance of a Mr. Ireland, one of his fellow clerks
in the postal service. They occupied the
same room. Kelley first converted Ireland
and then the two took in Mr. Saunders of the
agricultural department. This triumvirate
gave idea practical shape. Mr. Kelley wrote
out a ritual and the skeleton of the degree
of Maid. About that time Mr. Sauders was
booked for St. Louis to attend a meeting of
the United States pomological society. The
originators deemed this a good opportunity
to spread the glad tidings, and so Mr. Kelley
prepared a letter setting forth the objects,
methods and advantages of the proposed
association. This letter Mr. Saunders was to
show to prominent agriculturists of the west
and southwest. He did so, and much en
couragement was the result. Kelley was
made happy. He prints the letter in his
book, and the order to day does not vary
much from the outline sketched by its origi
nator in 1864.
We are not one of those who believe the
grange has reached the height of its power.
We believe it has a grand future before it.
It has passed safety through the political
crucible, and no further danger is apprehend
ed on that score. The patrons will hereafter
keep free of politics. The social, educational,
industrial and commercial [features of the or
der have by no means Reached their full de
velopment. It is towards these that all the
energies of the millions of patrons will be
devoted, and if vast practical and valuable
results do not follow, and the order does not
not attain more real power, then set us down
as'no prophet. The papers are not as full
of grange items as they were, but that is no
evidence that a mighty influence is not at
work,under the surface of affairs. The pa
trons have got down to business, and we be
lieve they will be heard from in due time.—
At. Const.
Air Line Railroad.— The meeting of the
stockholders of the Air Line held in Atlanta,
a few days since, was adjourned at the in
stance of President Buford until the 14th of
September, he not having his report ready
to submit. The real condition of the com
pany is not known to but few. Mr. Buford,
in the course of his remarks before the con
vention said that negotiations were pending
with the creditors, and he hoped to soon have
the road out of litigation and again into the
hands of its owners. He stated he had pur
chased three new engines for the road, which
would be ready for the fall trade.—Gaines
ville Southron, 17th.
The Fall Trade Prospect. —The New
York Bulletin of Tuesday says: “There are
decided indications of an early preparation
for the autumn trade. A large number of
merchants are in the city from different sec
tions of the country, who have been waiting
for further developments as to the probable
wants of the fall trade, but are now taking
hold with renewed confidence in the prospect
of a satisfactory season’s business.”
BPMr. C. W. Davis, the gentlemanly and
highly accomplished Photographist, of Ath
ens, has the of all who know him,
in the sad affliction through which he has
been called to pass in the loss of his most
estimable lady, who died suddenly on Friday
night, the 13th instant.
PFTn our notice, last week, of the Grand
Lodge, I. 0. O. F., we failed to mention the
place of next meeting—which will be Dalton,
on the second Wednesday in August, 1876.
iW* Jacksonville, Fla., seems to be pecu
liarly blessed. The Mayor casually remark
ed on the streets the other day that he’d be
d—d if he’d ever do another thing for the
promotion of the health of that city until his
salary is raised. The name of this remark
able man is Jones.
A physician was called upon to attend a
seamstress who felt indisposed. He inquir
ed as to her health, and she replied very ap
propriately : “Well, it is about sew sew,
doctor, but seams worse to-day, and I have
frequent stitches in the side.” The doctor
hemmed as he felt her pulse, and said she
would mend soon, and left a prescription
the ex-Treasurer of South Caro
lina, recently tried and found guilty of plun
dering the State, escaped from the Columbia
jail some days ago, but has been captured at
Camden, and will be carried back in irons.
IdF’Within three Presidential terms, five
Presidents —Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Fill
more and Johnson—have died. Mrs. Polk,
Mrs. Fillmore, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Lincoln and
Mrs. Johnson, the wives of five of these ex-
Presidents, are yet living.
The forests in the neighborhood of Hines
ville, Liberty county, Ga., have been burn
ing during the past too weeks, threatening
at one time the destruction of the town. The
woods were fired by some superstitious cuss
to make it rain.
EFTt is stated that of the present Con
gress, composed of 336 members, 200 are
lawyers, 50 merchants, and the rest editors
and farmers.
PF’On Thursday, (says the Atlanta Con
stitution of the loth,) the agents of the Signal
Service reported a snow storm on Pike’s
Peak, and the temperature down to thirty
three degrees. We feel the approach of win
ter when we think of it.
A farmer in Muscogee county, Ga., at*
tempting to stir up a rain by firing a big log
heap near his fencing, lost about 5,000 rails,
by the operation, since which time he has
done nothing but “cuss,” and replace rails.
State Agricultural Convention.
The semi-annual Convention of the State
Agricultural Society, which closed its labors
at Dalton on Thursday, was not behind any
meeting of the past two years in interest and
attendance. The material of the convention
has never been excelled. A finer body of
representative men has rarely ever assembled
in the south. It was the people in conven
tion assembled almost literally.
The report of Dr. E. M. Pendleton from
the experimental farm was a splendid paper
and a valuable addition to agricultural sci
ence. The convention took a decided stand
in favor of direct trade, as their reception of
the English deputation attests. John Stark,
of Thomasville, one of the most successful
wine growers in the south, read a valuable
paper on the culture of the grape and wine
manufacture. The report of a year’s opera
tion on the farm of Dr. J. S. Lavender, was
elaborate and full of facts. The report of
the state Geologist, Dr. George Little, was
full of information, much needed at the
present. The convention very appropriately
testified their appreciation of the founder of
the society, Hon. Mark A. Cooper, in the pre
sentation of a gold medal to him. Mr.
Cooper, whose eye is as keen as in days of
yore, and whose form is as commanding, in
acknowledging the gift, gave his reasons for
organizing the society.
The state agricultural society is now in its
29th year. It is a fixed institution of the
land. It has acomplished much good in the
land, by bringing farmers in close compan
ionship and unity of action, by developing
our resources, and diffusing light among all
classes. This society acknowledges its in
debtedness to the railroads of our state for
much of its success. For without free trans
portation of delegates, the meetings would be
attended only by the most wealthy. But by
a wise provision of holding the summer ses
sions in north Georgia, and the winter ses
sion in south Georgia, the toiling men of
both sections, through the liberality of the
railroads, can meet together and interchange
“experiences,” and compare results. In
this way has light and kowledge been diffus
ed. and none can be so ungrateful as not to
accord to the railroads their meed of praise.
The re-election of G6n. Colquitt for the sixth
time, was a high compliment to a worthy
and efficient officer.— At. Const,.
Are Striped Snakes Poisonous?
The St. Albans ( Vt .) Messenger records the
following singular incident: A valuable
cow, belonging to Mr. Jewell, at the Bay,
died from the effects of a bite received from a
venomous snake last Saturday. The
cow wandered off from the pasture and went
to some marshy land near the lake, and while
eating the grass the snake got into her mouth.
In a few minutes the poor beast became
frenzied and ran into the lake, but was
chased out of the water by several people
who witnessed her antics. She ran to the
barn yard, and after being there a few minutes
she fell dead. Soon after dying, a striped
snake, three feet in length, crawled out of
her mouth, which proved to have caused her
death.
The cow probably died from convulsions
induced from overwhelming fear and the
presence of a reptile in her mouth. The
bite of a striped snake is probably no worse
than that of a squirrel. A snake with no
glands for secreting poison would be like a
drone bee with no sting, unless anger or
strong passion develops poison, as some
scientists believe. Fear is thought to favor
the spread of contagion ; and if one poison
why not another?— Ex.
A Queer Tenant.
A singular scene was presented to a num
ber of gentlemen yesterday. On cutting a
fine, large watermelon, comfortably in the
center was a small, yellow-spotted lizard,
about four inches in length. Apparently
lifeless when taken out, it was soon resusci
tated on being placed in the sun, but lived
only a few minutes. It was of a beautiful
brown color, with white stripes and yellow
spots. Most singular of all, like fish caught
in the subterranean rivers of the Mammoth
Cave, in Kentucky, it was destitute of the or
gans of visions. It was secured by Col. Mer
rick, who will preserve it in spirits, and send
it to the Smithsonian Institute to be added to
the wonders and curiosities of the national
museum. —Dallas (Texas) Commercial.
Singular Effect of Swallowing a Bee.
—The Trenton (N. J.) Gazette has this singu
lar story : “On Wednesday, on the farm of
Samuel Allison, near Yardville, in this coun
ty, a man employed on the place was run
ning with full speed after some sheep, with
his mouth open, when a bee or some other
insect flew into his mouth and stung him on
the back part of the glottis. The bee was
swallowed, and, strange to say, in a very
few minutes afterwards a rash similar to
measles, broke out over the man’s whole
body. The family did the best they could
for the man until a physician arrived. At
last accounts he was doing very well.”
Uip The fall elections this year, though of
no great importance intrinsically, will be
watched with interest on account of their
bearing on the Presidential campaign of next
year. The first comes off in California, Sep
tember 1 ; the Arkansas election comes one
week later, and that of Maine follows, Sep
tember 13 ; lowa and Ohio vote October 12 ;
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mas
sachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, Minnesota,
Kansas and Virginia hold their elections No
vember 2, and Texas votes the following
week. The chief interest, of course, centres
in Ohio, where the battle will be fought, in
part, upon the issue of forced resumption.
General Concert of Prayer.— To the
Sunday Schools of Georgia: I respectfully
but earnestly urge the evangelical Sunda}"-
Schools of Georgia, to unite in a general con
cert of pray, for the conversion of the Sun
day-school children of the State, and an in
crease of the power of the Sunday-school for
good, on Sunday and Monday, October
17th and 18th, at such hours as may be most
convenient. The Sunday-schools of Europe
have selected the same dates. Then let the
Sunday-schools of the world meet on those
days in prayer to Almighty God for the con
version of the Sunday-school children of the
world. W. G. Whidby,
Pres't State Sunday-school Convention.
Tiie Wild Goose Plum.— The wild goose
plum, successfully and extensively grown in
Tennessee, was introduced into Kentucky a
few years ago, and has become quite a favo
rite with orchard men there. A Kentucky
fruitgrower, who is at present in Nashville,
claims to have traced its history while on his
visit here. Years ago a Tennesseean, by
the name of Gantz, killed a wild goose, in
the stomach of which was found a seed,
fFom which a tree was grown which bore the
plum which took its name from that circum
stance, It has been much cultivated since
on account of its fine size and flavor.—Chat
tanooga Times.
People Who Think They Have Seen God,
Heaven and Hell.
In conversation with a Kentuckian, yes
terday, I learned something of the relations
existing between the Methodist Church North
and the Methodist Church South. The lat
ter is disposed to fraternize with the former,
provided the North restores to the South the
plunder taken during the war, and with
draws its work of opposition in establishing
missions or chapels throughout the South for
the purpose merely of enlarging and strength
ening its own sectional borders. The South
wants its own field to itself, and justly, too,
and there is a desire, at least on the part of
some of the Bishops here, to accede to both
requests, whereby peace and unity may be es
tablished. The colored Bishops are awaken
ing great interest in behalf of their own peo
ple. Bishop Miles, in a meeting yesterday,
related a number of facts that had fallen un
der his own observation relative to the super
stitions, idolatries, &c., which abound in the
swamp regions of Mississippi and Alabama.
He said many of his people firmly believe
they saw God, talked with Him, and He
with them, and saw the devil and hell like
wise. They believed these things to such
an extent that they would scoff at the idea
that any man had been converted who had
not seen God, who had not been “suspended
by a thread right over hell and seen its hor
rors.” Another class worshiped a colored
woman god. They dressed her up and stood
her in church. When they confessed their
sins they laid her down on the floor, with a
pillow under her head, and would then lie
down by her and whisper in her ears. Anoth
er sect hold their pastor as a veritable
shepherd. Their worship consisting of the
shepherd calling “Sheep, sheep, sheep,” and
the people replying “Bah, bah,” as they
gathered around him, or followed him to
different points. A third sect has a practi
cal idea of conversion. It is that God cuts
open the breast, takes out the heart, opens
it with a silver knife, washes it, puts it back,
places a Bible in the bosom, and then sews
them up. The idea that God places this
Bible in the bosom is a very general one, and
whenever encountered it is quite impossible
to eradicate the idea and prevail upon them
to read any other. The devil was frequent
ly seen—a creature with “feet big as a half
bushel and eyes big as pewter plates and red
as fire.” The Bishop said he met with one
man who “spoke up” in meeting, and said he
didn’t believe that “old God was ever a
friend to man.” When asked what he meant,
he said he meant what he said, that old God
—the old man Jehovah—was never a friend
to man. That with lightning, winds, storms,
sun, frost, war, tempest, plagues, &c.. He
would have destroyed the world long ago if
it hadn’t been for Jesus Christ.”
“And don’t you believe Christ is as old as
God?” asked the Bishop.
“Do you think I am as old as my father?”
replied the native logician.
Revenge on a Fatherly Tutor.
An Oregon paper prints the following : “A
certain Oregon Professor was a very fatherly
sort of a man, particularly toward his young
lady pupils. Whenever a young lady asked
a question, he would place his hand lovingly
on her head as though she were a little child,
and make considerable more fuss than was
necessarj’. Of course the girls got tired of
this, and conspired to break him of his fath
erly proclivities. One of them hit upon a
plan. She fixed up a nice little pin cushion,
had the pins inserted so that they would stand
on their heads, points upward, and then ad
justed the infernal machine on the top of her
head, covering it with just enough of her hair
to hide it from view. This done, she left her
seat during the session, walked demurely up
to the professor’s desk, stood a moment in
his august presence, and then in a meek and
plaintive tone of voice she asked him for in
formation as to whether Washington crossed
the Delaware on the ice or on horseback when
he left Trenton. He raised his hand over her
head and soothingly said : ‘why, my dear lit
tle child—.’ The balance of the exclamation
was a sort of a half howl, half whoop, which
we can neither write nor print, for just as he
said ‘child’ he lowered his hand caressingly
but forcibly upon the crown of the girl’s head,
and the whole surface of his extended palm
felt the tickling and exhilarating influence of
a couple dozen of pin points.”
Snake Shoes.
We saw in Winchester last Saturday, a
nice pair of shoes, about No. 4, the vamps of
which were made of rattlesnake hide and the
•quarters of chicken snake hide. Also several
snake hides, neatly tanned, and three feet
long and eight inches wide. They belonged
to Mr. J. H. Henderson, who lives on “Bis
coon,” in Jackson county, Ala. He makes a
specialty of catching all kinds of snakes, rat
tlesnakes in particular, and, without injuring
or killing them, proceeds to take off their
hides. These he tans in about two months,
and then makes them into shoes, slippers,
etc., for he is a worthy disciple of Crispin.
He uses a certain weed, which grows in the
mountain, to mesmerise the snakes. He says
they will readily become harmless under the
influence of this weed, which he fastens to the
end of a long stick, and, rubbing it for awhile
about the snake’s head, soon has it insensible
and then he ties it, preparatory to skinning.
Winchester Journal.
A Walking Pincushion.
A curious story is told of Gen. C. A. Evans
of Augusta, Ga. At the battle of Monocacy,
Md., while leading his brigade in battle, he
was struck in the left side by a minnie ball.
The ball passed through his arm, and thence
through his body. In ploughing through
his coat pocket it tore through a paper of
pins, burying some of them in his flesh. For
the past few months he has been troubled
with a pain about a foot and a half from the
wound. A week or two since a bump about
as large as a pigeon egg was raised on the
spot where the pain was most severe. A
few days ago three or four pins worked out
of this bump, and it disappeared at once
Thus for eleven years Mr. Evans has been a
walking pincushion.— Baltimore Sun.
The Sin cf the Age. —Archbishop Lynch
in the course of a recent sermon at Toronto,
Canada, alluded to the “dreadful crime” so
prevalent in some portions of the United
States, which he characterized in strong and
plain terms, and against which he warned
his congregation. He called it murder, and
said that the blood of the innocent victims
cries to Heaven for vengeance against the
assassins. His meaning will be understood
from the following sentence which we quote
from the telegraphic synopsis of his sermon.
He said: “In the New England States an
ungodly people are exterminating themselves
from the face of the earth, and a chaste
and God-fearing people are succeeding to
their inheritance, as the statistics of births
show.”
STATE NEWS ITEMS.'
Sheriffs sale on Tuesday, some land sold as l
as one dollar per acre. — Lumpkin Independent
Corn was sold by the sheriff* at 80 cent*
bushel. — Toccoa Herald.
The Quitman doctors cut a two ounce st
from a negro's bladder the other day. '
Some of the State papers are again clamm
for a State Convention. ° s *
There are over one hundred vacancies i n
Agricultural College of the State University
says the papers. 80
It is solemnly stated that a man living
Rome has nurtured into being a squash weigh
one hundred and thirty pounds.
Four men in Houston county killed one th
sand and four rats in one day recently. .?*
Mirror says.
One thousand people attended the celebraf
of the Buford, Gwinnett county, Sunday s-w' 0 !
Association, at Suwanee, last week. 00
The negroes in Muscogee county are return,
one thousand dollars richer than they were ] ,
year. About one hundred and fifty neg'- o*st 0 * st
Muscogee own a little over $96,000 in real estat?
Just as Savannah has buried in a corner-stn
several coins made before the birth of Christ ,
jumps Rome with one made during the reign i
Henry V. Rome will please take her seat.—JfoJ
Flatwoods district contains in the radius of on
mile three churches, two Sunday schools a J!i
templars lodge, a grange, a debating society
Judge A. R AY right, and good looking women
Cave Spring Enterprise.
Col. James Thornton, county school conmus.
sioner of Greene, is 72 years of age, and in some
respects a remakable man. The united aes of
himself, horse and buggy, is 133 years. B
A railway sinashup occured on the Athens
branch of the Georgian Railroad, one night
week. The recent rains had loosened the track
and the train ran off. Nobody hurt.
A party of hunters invaded an alligator’s den
in Big Indian Creek, and killed three measuring
one foot each, and one 9 feet long weighing m
pounds. 25 were seen, 17 being in one hole.—Per.
ry Home Journal.
It turns out that the man who was killed by the
cars near Atlanta was drunk, and refused to gj 7e
his ticket to the conductor, when he was put off.
The road will probably be compelled to pay heavy
damages.
The Athens and Madison papers are trying to
awake an interest in the chartered Eatonton, Mad.
ison and Athens railroad company. The comply
tion of the Northeastern roaeji would render this
road, it is thought, indispensable.
Two boys, Bracket and Arendale, while on the
road to Auroria, Lumpkin Cos., a few days since,
had a quarrel—and then a fight—which resulted
in Bracket’s cutting Arendale several times with
a pocket knife. Wounds properly dressed, and
pronounced not dangerous.
While digging a well on Dr. Hatch’s lot, a fev
days ago, a bed of oyster shells was fonnd thirty
feet below the surface of the earth. Mr. William
Holmes, of Washington county, had his back bro
ken, by being thrown from his horse.— Herald $•
Georgian.
A gentleman here, fifty-five years old, has never
shot a gun or pistol, and never rode horseback but
once.—Carrollton has a negro woman weighing 400
pounds.—Young Mr. Lowry killed 26 snakes in
one day.— Carrollton Times.
Dr. Harrison has a chicken preserved in alcohol
with four wings and four legs, and the eyes, nose,
mouth, chin, neck and the whole head resembling
a human face divine. The feathers around the
neck looks like hair combed back. —Senoia Jour
nal.
Savannah had its first case under the civil rights
bill, on Tuesday. The case will perhaps be dis
charged. On Tuesday the 10th, the comer stone
of the Wesley Monumental church, on Calhoun
square, was laid. Prominent was the venerated
and esteemed Dr. Lovick Pierce, now in his ninety
first year. —News
Saturday evening Augustus Carter, son of L.
W. Carter, while bathing in the Chattahoochee
river, in company of Paul Armour was drowned.
Carter attempted to dive, and cramp is supposed
to have struck him while under the water, as he
never rose any more. Body recovered.—Gaines
ville Southron 17 th.
3leit> diilix’rfeemetifs.
Q.EORGLI, JarkNOH County.
Leroy Morris has applied for exemption of per
sonalty (additional); and I will pass upon the same j
at 10 o’clock, A. M., on Wednesday, September
Ist, 1875, at my office.
Given under my official signature, August ICth,
1875. ’ WILEY C. HOWARD,
Aug. 21st—2t—pd. Ordinary.
LAND for SALE
r |MIE undersigned is offering for sale a very dc- \
JL sirable farm, 5 miles North of Jefferson, on
the road leading from Jefferson to Clarkesville.
A nice and desirable place to live on; well im
proved ; containing about one hundred acres.—
Any person wanting to purchase, call in two
weeks. Terms, cash.
Aug. 7th, 1875—2 t THOS. A. NUNN.
Sale.
By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
of Jackson county, will be sold on the first Tues- j
day in October next, before the Court House door ;
in said county, within the legal hours of sale, the j
following property, to-wit: One tract of land lying *
in said county, adjoining lands of Washington Ar- i
nold, Mrs. Maxwell, Osmint and others, contain- :
ing one hundred and thirty acres, more or less, on
which is a comfortable dwelling, some out houses, 1
and an old grist mill with water-power. Sold for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of John
lines, deceased, subject to the lien of Washington j
Arnold, (vendor,) for the sum of about three nun- j
dred dollars, to secure which he holds the title. |
Also subject to the widow’s dower, (which has
not been laid off.) Terms, Cash. Aug. 2d, 1875. ;
F. R. IMES, Adm’r of the
aug7 Estate of John Imes.
Jackson County.
Whereas, W. J. Roberts, Administrator of the
estate of M, M. Haines, late of said county, do- j
ceased, makes application to me, in proper form,
for leave to sell the land belonging to said de
ceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, on or before the j
first Monday in September, 1875, if any they can.
why said leave to sell should not be granted, s
prayed for by applicant.
Given under my hand officially, at office, Aug.
2d, 1875. W. C. HOWARD,
Aug 7th, 1875. Ordinary.
EORttLl —Jackson County.
Whereas, William McSmith, Administrator oi
the estate of W C Harris, late of said county, de- ;
ceased, makes application to me in proper for®. ,
for leave to sell the land belonging to said de
ceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned, are hereby j
notified and required to shew cause, if any the/ j
can, on the first Monday in September, 1875, at the
regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be the®
held in and for said county, why said leave shorn!
not be granted as prayed for by applicant.
Given under my official signature, this, Aug
2d, 1875. WILEY C. HOWARD,
Aug 7th, 1875. Ordinary.
MARTIN INSTITUTE -
A\riLL open on the 23d of August. Parents and |
VY Guardians will find it well worth the trout
to inquire the expenses and character of instrut' ,
tion here, before deciding where to seek educate
for those under their charge. They will find e J * j
penses little over half as much as in most institn
tions of equal grade, and for its character, we re*
fer them, with perfect confidence, to the i
and pupils who have known the Institute, with i 3
present corps of teachers, for years. Applv to
J. E. RANDOLPH,
Secretary Board Trustee*?
Or J. W. GLENN,
Principal
I Watchman and Georgian, of Athens, pk* s< i
copy. July 3l *