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I ov THE JACKSON COUNTY ) I PUBLISHING COMPANY. \ VOLUME I. I|fe §ms I pi'BLlsnED EVERY SATURDAY, ■ h* lafL* 0 " bounty PnbliNliins I’ompttiiy. [ jKFfERSOy, JACKSON CO ., GA. I v f V . COR. PUBLIC SQUARE. UP-STAIRS. ■ orFR f - • ■ _ I ■" WALCOM STAFFORD, i MANAGING and business editor. TEWWS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ■ One copv 12 moiitfcs .7.. 1. ........ ..V.....52.00 ■ - 6 “ Y . r 1-00 f I ,i * 3 “ - r >o ■ every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex it,, copy of the paper will be given. rates of advertising. I OVF. Dollar per square (often lines or less) ■for the first insertion, and Seventy-fiVe Cents ■ for each subsequent insertion. i Advertisements sent without specilica ■ ;;on of the number of insertions marked thereon, ■ will he published till FORBID, and charged I accordingly. or Professional Cards, of six lines I or less, Seven Dollars per annum ; and where I they do not exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars. Contract Advertising;. 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EOtViRI) Ac HOWARD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Jefferson, Ga. Will practice together in all the Courts of Jack son and adjacent counties, except the Court of Ordinary of .Jackson county. Sept Ist '75 MRS. T. A. ADAMS, Broad Street , one door above National Bank , ATHENS, KEEPS constantly on hand an extensive stock of SEASONABLE MILLINERY GOODS, comprising, in part, tire latest styles and fashions of Ladies* Hut*. Honiiets Ribbons Ijicen, Flowers 4*lovew, Ac., which will be •obi at reasonable prices. Orders from the coun try promptly tilled. Give her a call. July 31st—3m, DK. W. S, ALIA A ADLIt. SURGEON DENTIST, Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga. July 10th, 1875. 6m V A. WH I.lUlsin WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, •Vi Dr. Wm. King’s Drug Store, Deuprce Block, Athens, Ga. All work done in a superior manner, warranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi- I ht(l y CASH. JnlyKMJm. [ c. Wll.ltlVS A t 0., u • BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GA., DEALERS IN STOVES, <fcC. (Opposite North-East Georgian Office.) July 3d, 1875. STANLEY & PINSON, ! JEFFERSON GA ., JjFALKRS in Dry Goods and Family Groce ries. New supplies constantly received. [ heap tor Cash. Call and examine their stock. June 19 ly |\ F. WOI I'OKIK Attorn*v nt Ijim, J :.v homer, banks 00.,‘ga., ■'l practice in all the adjoining Counties, and prompt attention to all business entrusted to > care. Collecting claims a specialty. 19th. 1875. ly U. OAlilX x HARNESS MAKER, JEFFERSON, GA. onV" *' buggy and wagon harness always dm/. ' Repairing same, bridles, saddles, Ac., • 1 s bort notice, and cheap for cash. Junel2 —\y JU>Yp, I J. B. SILMAX, ’ll, Ga. Jetferson, Ga. I ' ovn A ssuaiaa, w ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. tho . P r _stctice together in the Superior Courts of coun Ues of Jackson and Walton. Junel2—i v \\ *• Attorney nt I>:iav, Prarti. JEFFERSON. JACKSON CO.. GA. p r 1 1 ' ln the Courts, State and Federal. kii w l s an< * thorough attention given to all count/' business in Jackson and adjoining June 12, 1875 '‘EXDERGRASS & HANCOCK, \\ }| ) respectfully call the attention of the P’ l die to their elegant stock of n ? ry G ' ood - S of all Kinds, A IY-n AOK CLOT IIING, n INK CASSIMERES, HATS, CAPS, Trimming ‘ S !\° es; ladies’ Bonnets, Hats and "arc Hardware, Hollow Ware, Earthen °pc*s 100 Hooks. Paper, Pens, Inks. Envel ttsu a fiv _ ,n( ‘ s Patent Medicines, in fact everything the tim,. ° un< * ln a General Store. Prices to suit Jefferson, June 12, 1875. tf DON'T GO BAREFOOT! rnV<) U ' V / ant Boots and Shoes, neat fits, r *U onll!! ood stock. <liep, for Cash? 4 M I will t cor, er of Mrs. Venable’s residence, Sur c. 0 better for you than any one else, *J I2 ‘-bn] N. B. STARK. THE FOREST NEWS. The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. Miscellaneous ileillci). A RAILWAY INCIDENT. It was a third-class carriage. She was a pleasant-faced young woman, going, I think, for the first time after her marriage, to visit her parents in her old home, to show them their two fine grandchildren. At least, this was the little history I built up for her in mv own brain from a word or two that I heard between her and her husband at the station, as he put her into the carriage with an affec tionate farewell. I .always watch with great interest the farewells and greetings of my fellow-travellers, and have a fashion of think ing out for myself the whole story of their previous lives from the little hints that I get in this way. It is to me as if I were permit ted to open the second volume of an interest ing romance, and allowed to read only one short scene in this, and asked to guess as nearly as possible from this one scene the previous course of the story and the charac ters of the actors in it. The youngest child was an infant of about three or four months old—very quiet and good ; the other was a pretty, restless little girl of three, who could not be still a single moment, and kept the careful mother busy by her questions and wants and childish prat tle. She was not at all bashful and soon talked to us also in such a natural, coquettish, condescending way that we were quite in love with the charming little lassie, and beg ged her mother not to check her innocent advances to us. When we had been traveling together for two or three hours, and began to feel quite like old acquaintances, while the train was going at full speed, the mother half rose from her seat to place the girl, who had left her place, again on the opposite seat. How it happened I have never understood ; it was one of those accidents which seem impossible, and, in fact, only happen once in a hundred thousand times ; but just as she stood half erect, holding her sleeping babe upon one arm and her little frolicsome maiden some what awkwardly on the other, the little girl made one of her sudden, quick movements, and in an instant she was gone from our eyes. What a moment! The poor mother stood fixed and rigid in exactly the same attitude, her arm still bent as though around her child, gazing witli wide open, fixed eyes at the place whence she vanished. She seemed literally suddenly turned to stone ; with the rest of us the case was almost the same. llow long this lasted I do not know ; doubtles it seemed to us much longer than it really was. Then the young mother seemed to come to herself, and made a sudden movement as if she would spring through the window after her vanish ing darling, now far away. I caught her quickly fast and held her, while the kind young lady who sat opposite to me took the baby from her arms, and we all began to talk together, no one listening to the other, about what was to be done for her. Somehow we managed in our excitement to do all-that was possible ; the guard came, the train was stop ped, and the mother, without speaking to one of us, or even looking at us. left the train, supporting herself on one arm of the sympa thizing guard, while he held the still sleeping baby fast in the other. Of course the train must go with increased speed to make up for the moment of delay, so there was no chance for us-to see more of the poor bereaved mother. “Telegraph to us at the next station,” said one of the railroad functionaries to the guard. “ Yes, yes, be sure to do it immediately,” cried a dozen voices ; for in some mysterious way the news of the accident had run through the train as if by electricity, and a long row of sympa thizing faces watched from the carriage the disappearing forms of the mother and the guard. “ It will take her half an hour to reach the spot, and it is just thirty-five minutes now to the next station,” said the stout gentleman in the corner, taking out his watch and hold ing it open in his hand, his eyes fixed upon it." lie had struck me as one of the most selfish and disagreeable old gentlemen possi ble ; scarcely answering a polite question from a neighbor; and then in the shortest and gruffest manner possible ; he had seemed completely absorbed by his newspaper and his snuff-box, not having noticed the little fairy in any way except to glance at her now and then with a savage expression as her clear, childish laugh had disturbed his read ing. Now his whole soul seemed to be fixed on the watch before him, and he, “chided the tardy flight of time” again and again in words more forcible than ornamental. There was a young would-be dandy in one corner ; light, straw-colored gloves, a slender cane, an infant mustache, and an eye-glass stuck in one eye, seemed to be, in his opinion, tokens of vast superiority over the other tra velers ; and he spoke very little, except occa sionally to make some supercilious remark or ask some question about third-class travel ing, apparently to produce on us the impres sion that he was a young nobleman, or prince, perhaps, in disguise, seeing for himselt how ordinary mortals fared. What a change had come over him now ; the eye-glass hung dang ling hither and thither ; with the kid gloves, of which he had been so dainty, he had grasp ed the dusty facing of the door, and was straining his gaze, first backward, until the poor mother was no longer to be seen, and then forward to the next station, where news was to meet us. Now at last we are there ; the train halts, and one of the guards runs quickly into the little office over which “Telegraph” is paint ed. Everybody who can possibly get his or her head out of the window on that side thrusts it out. There is a moment of intense suspense ; here comes the guard again with a dispatch in his hand; he stands about mid way between the ends of the train and begins to read it out in his clear, loud, official tones : ‘ Child perfectly sound; alighted on a pile of straw in a field, not two feet from a stone wall!” Then what a scene! Every man at the train windows has his hat off in a moment and is waving it and cheering as if he would 1 split his throat: every woman is buried in her JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, SERT. 18, 1875. pocket handkerchief, crying and laughing together. The stont old egotist and the vain young dandy have thrown their arms around each other, and are embracing with that heartiness that belongs to the sons of the Vaterland, although they never met before this morning. The stiff old maid in the cor ner has shaken my hands in both of hers so many times that I feel they are quite sore. All the inhabitants of the little village come running around the train. “What is it? here is he ? Is it the Kaiser himself, or is it the Kronprinz ?” they ask in bewildered excitement at the sight of ours. But all thfe Kaisers and Kronprinzes in Europe put together could not have aroused the flood of feeling that surged through that train. It was sympathy with a sentiment far older than loyalty—older than the kings to whom loyalty is due—which was stirring ev ery heart; it was sympathy with a mother's love! < How Truffles Did It. I returned to Ashville after an absence of three years and found my friend Truffles grown fat and jovial, with a face the very mir ror of peace and self-satisfaction. Truffles was the village baker, and he was not like this when I went away. “Truffles,” said I, “how is it? You have improved.” “ Improved ! How ?” “ Why, in every way. What have you been doing ?” Just then a little girl came in with a tat tered shawl and barefooted, to whom Truffles gave a loaf of bread. “ Oh, dear, Mr. Truf fles,” the child said, with brimming eyes, ns she took the loaf of bread : “ mamma is get ting better, and she say*s she owes so much to you. She blesses you, indeed she does.” “ That's one of the things I’ve been doing,” he said, after the child had gone. “You are giving the suffering family bread ?” I inquired. “ Yes.” “ Have you any more cases like that ?” “ Yes, three or four of them. I give them a loaf a day—enough to feed them.” “ And you take no pay ?” “ Not from them.” “Ah ! from the town ?” “ No ; here,” said Truffles, laying his hand on his breast. “ I'll tell you,” he added, smiling. “One day, over a year ago, a poor woman came to me and asked for a loaf of bread, for which she could not pay —she want ed it for her poor suffering children. At first I hesitated, but finally I gave it to her, and as her blessings rang in my ears after she had gone. I felt my heart grow warm. Times were hard, and there was a good deal of suf fering, and I found myself wishing, by and by, that L could afford to give away m re bread. At length an idea struck me. I’d stop drinking, and give that amount away in bread, adding one or two loaves on my ac count. I did it, and it's been a blessing to me. My heart has grown bigger, and I’ve grown better every way. My sleep is sound and sweet, and my dreams are pleasant.— And that's what you see, I suppose.” — N. Y. Observer. Curious, if True. We copy from the New Orleans Bulletin of Friday the following story which it obtain ed from Mr. Holley, of the United States Cir cuit Court, just returned to New Orleans from Bayou La Battre, thirty miles west of Mobile, on the New Orleans Railroad : It appears that five days ago, at Devil’s Hole, a curious craft of schooner rig put in. She was very small, but had the appearance of having come some distance, her build be ing unlike anything seen hereabouts for years. Her crew consisted of two men and a dog. The men conversed well in English, and from their appearance were evidently connected with the sea. Coming to anchor at sundown, just outside, a man came ashore and rowing up to a fish erman at the mouth of the bayou, asked him if he would pilot them up to this Devil’s Hole. They gave him at once forty dollars in gold, on this agreement, and accordingly the other man on board the schooner was signaled, lie throwed in spades, lanterns, etc., in the boat and all got in. Piloted by the fisherman they went up the bayou four miles and com menced work. They selected a spot from a diagram they consulted, and after digging until 12 :15 that night, the spade touched a metal box. They became very excited dug faster, and at last lifted out of the hole, some seven feet in depth a strong iron chest, corroded and rusty. Breaking it open with an iron bar, they were rewarded by a sight of $75,000 in gold coin. The fisherman was excited and hardly knew what to do. He heard them count the money and imag ined the}' were some band of robbers. He assisted them with the chest down to the boat. They rowed off to the schooner. When the fisherman looked out over the waters next morning, no sail was in sight. Wanted to be Hung. A California Sheriff, who had got tired of having conscience-stricken Nathan murderers give themselves up and desire free transpor tation to New York, there to expiate their crime on the gallows, addressed the last can didate as follows : “So your conscience ain’t easy, eh?” “Ah,” replied the murderer, “ 1 have the curse of Cain upon my brow; I wander, wander, but find no rest.” “ And you’re the man ?” “ I am.” “ And you want to be hanged ?” “ I feel that \ shan't rest easy till lam hanged.” “ Well, my friend,” replied the Sheriff, thoughtfully, “ the county treasury ain’t well fixed at present, and I don’t want to take any risks in case you’re not the man, and are just fishing for a free ride to New York. Besides, those New York courts can’t be trusted to hang a man. On the whole, as you say you deserve to be kill ed, and want to be killed, and as it can’t make much difference to you or society how you are killed, so long as you are, I guess I’ll kill you myself.” So saving, he drew his revol ver, but that conscience-stricken murderer had departed in the direction of Alaska with such fervor that people couldn’t see the brand of Cain on his brow for dust. A coflin is wanted for a dying echo. FORTY YEARS AGO. llow wondrous are the changes Jim. Since forty years ago. When gals wore woolen dresses, Jim, And boys wore pants of tow ; When shoes were made of calf-skin And socks of homespun wool. And children did a half-day’s work Before the hour of school. The girls took music lessons, Jim, Upon the spinning wheel. And practiced late and early, Jim, On spindle, swift and reel; The boys would ride hare-hacked to mill, A dozen miles or so. And hurry off before ’twas day, Some forty years ago. The people rode to meeting. Jim, In sleds instead of sleighs. And wagons rode as easy, Jim, As buggies now-a-days; And oxen answered well for teams. Though now they’d be too slow, For people lived not half so fast Some forty years ago. O ! well do I remember, Jim, The Wilson patent stove. That father bought and paid for, Jim, In cloth our gals had wove. And how the neighbors wondered When wc got the thing to go ; They said ’twould bust and kill us all, Some forty years ago. Yes, everything is different, Jim, From what it used to was, For men arc always tampering, Jim, With God’s great natural laws. But what on earth we’re coming to. Does anybody know ? For everything has changed so much Since forty years ago. Forty Thousand Bushels of Potatoes on one Farm. Some three or four months since, wc published an account of a large potato farm near West Point, Ga. The farm is owned by a party* of Atlanta gentlemen. They purchased three hundred acres of land about nine or ten months ago, and planted it all in sweet potatoes, from which they expect to realize 40,000 bushels. Now the question naturally arises, what are they r going to do with so many potatoes? They can find no market near enough at hand to sell them in their natural state, lienee arises the supposition that they may be raising them to feed to stock. But even this is not the case. To raise a crop of forty thousand bushels of potatoes, on three hundred acres of land, costs comparatively* but a mere trifle, say, about eight or ten cents per bushel. Pota toes, at. any time in the year, will command at least fifty cents per bushel. From this it will be seen that a clear profit of from thirty to forty cents per hushel can be made on the potato alone in its raw state. But when further consideration of the question is had, it appears that they* can make over four huudre l per cent, profit above this amount! 'The mere statement makes it apparent when it is known that they have erected a large distillery* on the farm and propose to distil every bushel of the potatoes they* can make, in ad diton to all they* can purchase. It is a paying invest ment. The whiskey distilled from potatoes is as good as the best, and will command two dollars per gallon, perhaps a little less. In addition to the profit to be made on the potato in growing if, there is another enormous profit to be made in the business, and of which the gentlemen in question pro pose to avail themselves. That is this: They have purchased a large number of stock hogs, wieh they* will turn loose in a large pen contiguous to the distillery, and will feed them on the slops and refuse from the still, and thus fatten them. By this means of economy nothing will be wasted, and even the refuse will be turned to advantage. For the last four or five weeks the distil lery* has been in operation, making brandy from peaches. They have now got stored in their still warehouse over ten thosuand bush els of peaches. Although this thing of dis tilling the potatoes may be severely reprehen sible, yet as will be seen, it is a source of enormous revenue to the proprietors and projectors of the novel scheme. But they could stop with the mere growing of the potatoes, and derive a large profit; and it is certainly strange that none of our thrifty, foreseeing farmers have not paid more atten tion to the raisng of such crops as this instead of raising so much cotton. It can be made equally as profitable to raise any other one crop—say*, for instance peas. We hope such enterprises as this will loom up all over Georgia.— Atlanta Herald. other day a Detroit husband went on a fishing excursion with a small party of friends. Returning at midnight, he pounded on the door and awoke his wife. As she let him into the hall she saw that something ailed him, and she cried out: “ Why, Henry, your face is as red as paint.” “ Guesser n’t,” he replied, feeling along down the hall. “ And I believe you've been drinking,” she added. “ Whazzer mean by zhat ?” he inquired, trying tb stand still. “Oh ! Henry, your face would never look like that if you hadn’t been drinking.” “Mi to blame ?” he asked, tears in his eyes. “ Spozen big bass jump up’n hit me in th’ face and make it red—mi to blame ?” And he sat down on the floor and cried over her unjust suspicions.— Detroit Free Press. A Nevada editor on his travels East writes home: “The Rev. Henry Ward is still putting on the lion’s skin afore his fellow men in the White Mountains, but I guess he is worse off to-dav than Job ever was on his dunghill. Job had a few scabby spots on his body outside ; but Ward has ’em inside incu rably r . God doesn't pay every Saturday*, read ers. but when he does pay r you can just bet your last red he generally squares up!” A tall, stalwart Indian is often seen about the streets of Vicksburg City, Nevada, dress ed in calico like a squaw. He is compelled by the Piutes to wear women's clothes for cowardice shown in battle several years since. Th Indians all make their cowards adopt, the hard station of squaws. Is a Great Religious Revival Coming? Some of the papers are anxiously* asking whether we are going to have a great Amer ican revival now that Mr. Moody has reached this country. No doubt to some sheets such an event would occasion a notable loss of subscribers, and its possibility may reasona bly cause anxiety. It seems to be agreed that the conditions are generally* favorable to a grand revival in the United States. If revivals follow periods ot business depression, as seems to be the rule, we certainly may reasonably* look for a very large one. It is also remarked by those who know, that there is an unusual fervency of religious feeling at the campmeetings of the various denomina tions now being held throughout the country. There is also an evident tendency on the part of the people who seek religious edifica tion to seek it in irregular, outdoor, unde nominational gatherings and bv emotional experiences. Many regular clergymen in deed complain that this tendency amounts to downright Sabbath-breaking. These arc by many accounted signs that the minds and hearts of the people are prepared for a storm of religious feeling by* such methods of wholesale evangelization as Moody employs with results equal to those obtained by* the preaching of Peter and Paul. There is no doubt, that Mr. Moody's great prestige as an evangelist would be a powerful predisposing influence in bringing the people under his influence. Should lie deem it in the line of his duty to undertake evangelistic work on a large scale in this country lie would no doubt have the general co-operation of the press. Even an infidel, if he be an intelligent man, would behold with great satisfaction the spread of an influence so beneficial to popular morality as. a great revival conduct ed by the unexceptionable methods that Mr. Moody uses. Evangelists of his style are an American product, and no doubt the growth of a great revival would develop a hundred Moodys all over the country. The work would spread like wildfire instead of merely attending the personal labors of Mr. Moody* as was the case in England. And so we say* heartily if there is a great revival in the air the sooner it comes the better.— Springfield {Mass.) Union. Wouldn’t Marry a Mechanic. A young man commenced visiting a young woman, and appeared to he well pleased. One evening he called when it was quite late, which led the young lady to inquire where he had been. “T had to work to-night.” “ What 1 do you work for a living?” she inquired in astonishment. “Certainly,” replied the young man ; I am a mechanic.” “I dislike the name of mechanic,” and she turned up her pretty nose. This was the last time the young man visited the young lady. lie is now a wealthy man and has one of the best women in the country for a wife. The, young lady who disliked the name of mechanic is now the wife of a miserable fool —a regular vagrant about grog shops—and the soft, verdant, silly, miserable girl is obliged to take in washing in order to support herself and children. You dislike the name of mechanic, eh? You. whose brothers are but well dressed loafers. We pitty any girl who is verdant, so soft as to think less of a young man for be ing a mechanic—one of God's noblemen — the most dignified and honorable personage of heaven’s creatures. Beware young ladies how you treat young men who work for a living, for you may one of these days be menial to one of them. Far better to discharge the well fed pauper with all his rings, jewelry, brazenness and pom posity, and to take to your affection the callous handed, industrious mechanic. Thousands have bitterly repented their folly who have turned their backs on honest industry. A few years have taught them a severe lesson. The Chau ley Ross Abduction. —The trial of \\ estervelt, now in progress in Philadelphia, for complicity in the abduction of Charley Ross, revives tlie widely-spread and painful interest in the sad affair. The evidence against Westervelt, as indicated in the opening speech of the district attorney, will show that he was in the plot to kidnap the boy, and had full knowledge of the sub sequent movements of his captors. Imme diately after the crime was committed he put himself in communication with the police, and professed to be able to assist them in recovering the child. Instead of doing so he kept Mosher and Douglass informed of the movements and other actions of the offi cers, and thus aided them in escaping arrest. There is little question that Westervelt knows where Charley Ross is, if he be alive, or can clear up the mystery of his fate, if dead. The friends of the lost boy hope that, if convicted. Westervelt can be induced to make a confession that will throw light on this most singular and baffling case. A R kmakkable Siieep. —Says the llamil ton Visitor: —While several gentlemen of this neighborhood were out on a fox hunt one morning last week, one of the dogs saw a sheep a good ways off, and made for it as fast as he could. Instead of running off. as most do when they see a dog coming, this one moved forward to meet his antagonist, with a determination to save his life, if possible. Both advanced rapidly, and when within ten feet of each other the sheep sprang high into the air and fell upon the dog with such force that he was knocked flat to the ground. The dog succeeded in regaining his feet, however, before the blow could be repeated, and ran off very fast, followed by the victorious sheep jumping gullies and fences with as much ac tivity as the dog. The chase was nearly three miles in length, and would, in all prob ability have terminated in the death of the dog had not some children interfered. The Union and American and Republican Banner, of Nashville, have been consolidat ed, and the new combination journal is call ed The American. It is metropolitan in its looks and make up. and an ornament to Southern journalism. S TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM; ( SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS. GLEANINGS; The fattest girl in the country is claimed by Rome; N. Y. A Colorado woman beats the bnsfi drum for a bfass band. Nevada expects to produce this year bull ion to the value of $25,000,000. Olive Logan says that Nellie’s baby baS cut his Ist 2th. That’s tooth in. Tennessee lias been a State seVeiity-liind years, and the western section has never pro* dueed a United States Senator. “ Who opened the sky to let little brother in ? asked a three year old girl, gazing in a brOVvn study upo'ii the clouds the other day/ A lady of Georgia was recently married t <i an Orange county (Fla.) man whom she had never seen before the da}’ ofmafrlage. Benton’s tomb in Missouri is unrecogniza ble amid ruins. It must always be so. lie who fails to btlild his own tomb while alive seldom gets one built for him after his death* The Tennessee dog tax yielded $300,00(7 last year, the State thus putting into omf pocket a portion of what went out of the oth er in damage to the wool industry. “ Who would have thought they would take' to lacing around the hips ?” remarked a coun tryman in astonishment, this morning, as a “ pin-back lady" passed him on the street. One of the mottoes at the great Democrat -' ie meeting at Newark. Ohio, Thursday, was ! “Grant vetoed the currency bill of 1874, but he can't veto the Allen Bill of 1875.” Turkish tailors are never reproached for misfits. They have only to cut out two bags* hitch them together, and the customer lias a first-class pair of trOwsers. Sixty and ninety days* discount arc tod short for farmers and manufacturers. Thd good old days of six and nine months’ loans is what we must have again.— Union <s• Amu The London Lancet says that no person should sit for more than half an hour. S'pti sin a fellow is sitting on the sofa with his girl, is lie going to be particular to a minute? Mrs. Joseph Custer, of Worcester, Tenn. f stung by a bee, died a few days after, her arm swelling to the shoulder, and a yellowish liquid being discharged from it in several places where it broke out. An editor at a dinner party being asked if lie would have some pudding* replied in a fit of abstraction : “Owing to the press of more important matter we arc unable to find room for it.” “ Do you keep matches ?” asked a Wag of a country grocer. “Oh, yes. all kinds,” was the reply. “\Y ell, I'll take a trotting match,’ ** said the wag. The grocer handed him a boX of pills. On the 3d inst.. the decrease in the cottorf sight was 305,084 bales as compared with the same date of 1874, and 201,770 bales as com pared with the corresponding date tff 1873/ So says the Financial Chronicle. The success of the Democrats in California will give the Democratic party a majority of States in the next Congress—a very impor tant matter, should the election of President be thrown into the House. The Baptists are making strenuous endea vors to endow their Southern University, which will be located nt Jackson, Miss. It is hoped that a large sum will be collected during next year. They are trying to secure' an endowment of $300,000. The University will be opened for the admission of students next month. A country girl near Utica a few days ago mistook the meaning of a young man Who was hunting up pickers for his father's hop yard, and when asked if she was eiigaged, sweetly said, f ‘ Not yet, but always thought it would be pleasant.” The young man rode home quickly, and dreamed all night of breach-of-promisc trials. Au old man died recently hi l Marysville, Cal., who had been a devoted admirer of Henry Clay. When Mr. Clay was a candi date for the Presidency this man Was so sure of his election that lie made a yew not to cut his hair until his idol was installed at the White House. After liis hair had become so lung that it made him the laughrng-stock of his neighbors, he retired from the haunts of men and lived as a hermit until hte death. A citizen of Vicksburg, who Wanted a few hours' work done, accosted a colored Aian and inquired if he would like a job. “I’d like to do it, but I haven't time,” was the answer. “Why. yott don't seem to be doing anything.” “ I don't, eh f Well, now, Yze a gwinc fishin' to-day. To-morrow I’zc gwine ober de ribber. Next day Pze got to git my butes fixed. Next day I'ze a gwin'e to mem! de table ; and de Lawd knows how I'ze to gft frew de Week Unless I hire a man to help l me !” A YOtrxG lady who resides a few miles from town, the other day refused the hand of a young man, who offered her liis service for life. lie had the boldness to remark to her that there was “still as good fish in the rivef as had ever been caught.” She replied Ul him that his statement was correct, but that the young ladies nowadays did not bite at a hook that had no bait on tt,-~ Jonesboro' Her ald. NUMBER 15.