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WILEY C. HOWARD. ROB'T S. HOWARD.
HOW VKI> A lIOW Alt I>.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jefferson, Ga.
Will practice together in all the Courts of .Jack
ton 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, Gr-A-. a
KEEPS constantly on hand an extensive stock
of SEASONABLE MILLINERY GOODS,
comprising, in part, the latest styles and fashions
of Ijulie*' Huts, lloniietH, Ribbons,
laccm, Flowers, Gloves Acs*., which will be
sold at reasonable prices. Orders from the coun
try promptly filled. Give her a call.
July 31t — 3m.
DR. W. N. ALEXANDER,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
July 10th, 1875. 6m
P A. W 11.1.1 VUSOA,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
ia - King's Drug Store, Deupree Block,
Athens, Ga. All work done in a superior manner,
and warranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi
hec/y CASH. Julylo-6m.
T C. WILKINS A CO.,
u • BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GA.,
dealers in
STOVES, TIN-WARE, <3cO_
( Opposite North-East Georgian Office.)
Ju ly3d, 1875.
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFFERSON , GA.,
JjEA-LERs in Dry Goods and Family Groce
,,,r,es' New supplies constantly received.
T.. ea P or t’ash. Call and examine their stock.
Junt 19 \y
n WOFFORD, Attorney at law,
>f :|l HOMER, BANKS CO., GA.,
•j. in all the adjoining Counties, and
P rotn pt attention to all business entrusted to
m ; . Collecting claims a specialty.
W' UINESS MAKER, JEFFERSON, GA.
good buggy and wagon harness always
dono . ' H-epairing same, bridles, saddles, &c.,
j*nei2 S uo ** ce ’ c^ea P f° r cash.
1 J • F bYD, I j. B> siLMAN.
Pi , y^. vm ot°u, Ga. } Jefferson, Ga.
m>w> A
Wi ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
the .a P ract ' c e together in the Superior Courts of
jttnei2^ v ° f Jackson and Walton.
Attorney t Inw,
PractL, JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA.
F- r on '' n aR le Courts, State and Federal,
kiads l an thorough attention given to all
c0m,.;., le business in Jackson and adjoining
June 12, 1875
S>ERGRASS & HANCOCK,
\\ K 1 * res P e ctfully call the attention of the
P 1 J hc to their elegant stock of
Rt? G-oods of all Kinds,
' : ,>V< MA hi: CLOTHING,
Roots ; t:ASSIMKRES ’ HATS ’ CAPS ’
Shamin'" ‘bhoes; Ladies’ Bonnets, Hats and
Wa re Hardware, Hollow Ware, Earthen
9P;s ‘pi ' OQ Hooks, Paper, Pens, Inks, Envel
i4tllk° U H n Racon ; Lard, Sugar Coffee,
Usually f' n , Latent Medicines, in fact everything
the rh o e° * n a General Store. Prices to suit
Jefferson, June 12, 1875. tf
DON'T (.'0 UAH E FOOT!
m). ! u w ’ au t good Boots and Shoes, neat fits,
?oodstock ' i’heap, ior Cush?
1 u .:i, at corner of Mrs. Venable’s residence,
n r! . f o better for rou than any one else,
1.l 12 thii] * N. B. STARK.
THE FOREST NEWS.
Th C People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
£eg(if iitifoertigemmts.
Jackson County Postponed
Sheriff’s Sale.
be sold, on the first Tuesday in Novem
▼ f her next, the following property , to-wit:
One house and lot, in the town of Jefferson,
known as the Thomas Adams lot, containing one
acre, more or less; tolerable well improved;
bounded on the West by the Gainesville road, on
the North by Thomas Carithers' land. Also, one
other house and lot adjoining the same, containing
nine acres, more or less, with a splendid dwelling
and necessary out-buildings thereon ; bounded on
the W est by the Gainesville road, on the East by
Drs Longs” land. Levied on as the property of A
L .Shelor. by virtue of two fi fas issued from Jack
son .Superior Court, .J E Randolph vs a L Shelor.
Property pointed out by plaintiff. Notice served
on tenant in possession as law directs.
Oct 2 J. S. HUNTER, Sh’ff.
IMIIMS HCATOIC's Sale.
Pursuant to an order of the Court of Ordinary
of Jackson county, will be sold before the Court
house door in Jefferson, in said county, to the
highest bidder, at public outcry, within the legal
hours of sale, on the Ist Tuesday in November
next, the following property, to wit:—One tract
of land, known as the John Harrison place, near
McLcster’s mill, in said county, on Curry’s creek,
adjoining lands of Legg. Bailey anti others, con
taining four hundred and five acres, more or less;
thirty acres of bottom land in fair condition ; some
forty acres upland in cultivation, balance in old
pine field and forest timber ; good dwellings and
outbuildings and excellent water on place. Sold
fer the benefit of the heirs of John Harrison, de
ceased. MARGARET HARRISON,
oct 2, 1875. Executrix of John Harrison, dec’d.
Jackson County.
Whereas, II B Henderson, administrator of the
estate of John Henderson, late of said county, de
ceased, represents to the Court in his petition,
duly filed, that he has fully administered the es
tate of said deceased—
This is therefore to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they
can. why said administrator should not he dis
charged from his administration, and receive Let
ters of Dismission on the first Monday in Decem
ber. 1875.
Given under my hand officially, at office, Sept.
6th, 1875. ' W. C. HOWARD,
Sept 11th. 1875. Ordinary.
( j EORGIA, JACKSON COUNTY.
Whereas, W L Gilmer, Administrator of S M
Brooks, late of said county, deceased, makes ap
plication to me. in proper form, for leave to sell
the laud belonging to said deceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if anv they can.
at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to
be held in and for said county on the first Monday
in November, 1875, why leave to sell said land
should not be granted the applicant as prayed for
in his petition.
Given under my official signature, this 30th of
Sept., 1875. oct2 W. C. HOWARD, Ord’y.
— i'ouiity.
Whereas, Elizabeth Maynard, Administratrix
of Nathaniel T Maynard, deceased, applies to me,
in proper form, for leave to sell the real estate be
longing to said deceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if any they can,
at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to
be held in and for said county on the first Monday
in November, 1875, why leave to sell said land
should not be granted the applicant as prayed for
in her petition, else said leave will be granted.
Given under my official signature, at office, this
Oct. 4th 1875. WILEY 0. HOWARD,
Oct. 9 Ordinary.
JACKSON COUNTY.
Whereas, Green S Duke, Administrator on the
estate of Green M Duke, late of said county, de
ceased, makes application, in proper form, for
leave to sell the real estate belonging to the estate
of said deceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if any they can,
on the first Monday in November, 1875, at the
regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be then
held in and for said county, why leave to sell said
lands, as prayed for by applicant in his petition,
should not be granted.
Given under official signature, this 20th of
Sept., 1875. oct2 W. C. HOWARD, Ord’y.
JACKSON COUNTY.
Whereas. Paralee Carithers makes application
to me for letters of administration 011 the estate of
R T Carithers, late of said county, deceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if any they can,
at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to
be held on the first Monday in November, 1875,
in and for said county, why said letters should
not be granted as prayed for by her
petition.
Givcn'iinder niy official signature, this Oct. Ist,
1875. oct2 W. C. HOWARD, Ord’y.
Jackson County.
Whereas, W A. Worsham, Administrator with
the Will annexed, of Elisha Lay, late of said
county, deceased, makes application to me in pro
per form, for leave to sell the real estate of said
deceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned, are hereby
notified and required to shew cause, if any they
can, on the first Monday in November, 1875, at the
regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be then
held in and for said county, why leave to sell
said land should not be granted as prayed for by
applicant in his petition ; otherwise leave will be
granted as prayed for.
Given under my official signature, this 4th day
of October, 1875. WILEY C. HOWARD.
O c t 9 Ordinary.
Whereas. William E. Cheely, administrator of
Sarah Ann Cheely. dec’d, late of said county,
makes application to me in proper form, for leave
to sell the real estate of said deceased —
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show' cause, if any they can.
on or before the regular term of the Court of Ordi
nary in and for said county, on the first Monday in
November, 1875. why said leave to sell said land
should not be granted, as prayed for by applicant.
Given under my official signature, this, 4th day
of October. 1875. WILEY C. HOWARD,
Oct 9, 1875. Ordinary.
QEORGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas. II J Randolph. Administrator of G W
Duncan, deceased, makes application to me, in
proper form, for leave to sell the real estate of said
deceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, ii any they can,
at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be
held in and for said county on the first Monday m
November, 1875. why leave to sell said land should
not be granted the applicant as prayed for m his
petition, otherwise the order granting leave will
be granted. _ , ,
Given under mv official signature, October4th,
1875. octO "WILEY C. HOM ARP, Ord’y.
blanks printed at this office.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1875.
iliscellimeous Medley.
For the Forest News.
UNCLE JAKE LOOKOUT AGAIN VISITS
“JEFFURSIN.”
Deer Sur, Mistur Editur ov the Furr est
Nuse- Deer Sur: —Sence my purlite iiitar
duktion tu yu in yer Sanktum Sanktoruin,
whar I got intu the scrape with the littul bar
ril o tar, Ive takin a good likin’ tu yu be
kase yu tauk so nise in the Furrest Nuse, an’
now an’ then say a sassy thing like.
An’ as yu hay run all ov the floss outen the
State of Georgy by drenchin’ ’em with pen
uyrial tee, an hav sprinkuld sorgum merlass
es in thar path so tha kanuot git bak agin
without gittin’ thar foot stuk in it, an’ hav
found a man what iz tu lazy tu work by miss
take, an for the want ov room in Jeffursin,
hav movd yer bankin’ depositashuns tu the
sity ov Athins ; I, tharfour, think you ar a
superderogatory man, an’ will not git mad at
yer corrispondints bekase tha use big words.
Now, I wood a rit tu yu afour now, but I
wuz ashame tu rite, bekase peepul lafft at my
orthigrafy, an’ sed I spelld orful bad in my
other cominunikaslmn. I wuz mortyfide at
the tliawt ov bein the laffin stok ov peepul
what had a larnid edekashun, so I bawt me a
blu bak spellin’ book what wuz rit out by the
ole man Danil or sum uther Webstur, an’ as
yu kan see, I’ve impruved in my spellin’ so
mutch that I’ve konkludid tu rite tu vu agin,
the more espeshially as I've got over my
skeer ’bout cumin’ tu Jeffursin; for I’ve
larnd that ef a feller behaves hizself no bodey
iz agwine tu bothur him. an’ ef he iz railly
predispossest tu do rite, it iz onnecessary for
him tu go fur tu find a Goad ov laws for hiz
guvurment.
So one day aftur breckfust, says I tu the
ole umern, says I:
‘ Dorothy, I’m gwine bak tu Jeffursin.’
‘ What for ?’ says she.
‘ Bekase,’ says I, ‘ when I wuz thar afour I
got intu sieh a curus fix that 1 kould’ent see
the town for the housis, an I’m agwine bak
tu take a good look at things in ginral; but
yu bet I don’t go pokin ’round’mongst othur
tokes consarns like I did when I got so mi xt
up with the prentin’ buisniss.’
Quinsekontly I mountid ole Shave Tale an’
startid off at sieli a long trot that it joltid my
verry inards intu a juggle. I clapt my hand
tu my—side an’ lookt bak tu see ef Dorothy
waz watchin me. My—side hurt me mitely,
but when I seed hur wavin’ the dish-rag at
me, an' smolin’ one ov hur sweet smiles, I
felt so happy that I tliawt a streem ov sweet
end wauter wuz rimin' up an’ down ev’ry bone
in me. So I gin a big hoop, an’ spurrid up
Shave Tale, an' in less’an no time I hove in
site ov the town nestlid in aiming the hills so
nise. I lis’ened for the foist dogs and the
red kaff, but ev'ry thing wuz si 1 int an’ still.
I joggd along, howsumevur, ontil I enturid
what is kaw led Lazysamboshantydoasyou
please street, an' thar I hiteht Shave Tale tu
a lamp post, an’ sot down on the side ova
gul—no, a—a —that iz, I sot down on the
grassey green tu medetate on that lawov na
tur whot wares things out, an’ on the endus
try. enturprize an’ energy ov man what builds
’em up agin. Bout the time I'd konkludid
that natur had the best ov the bargin in hur
display aroun’ me. I hern sumthin’ came tip
pin ’long klose by me. Turnin’ ’round, I
see 1 a monstrus nise gal pummulladin' up the
revenue whot leeds tu the senterov the town.
Now, I'd seed party gals afour, but I’d nevur
see I one hav on sich a curus dress as that
one. I luv tu see dressin’ fit nise, but hum
wuz only half a fit, bekase it dun mity well
befnint, but sum bow it wuz all pull’d bak tu
the uthur side intu sum kine ova duble-an\
twisted wodd. I wotclit hur go up the reve
nue until she hit her f<x>t agin sumthin’, an’
I wuz nstoshinatid tu see hur stumbel bak
ards instid ov fruntards, like uthur peepul do
when tha stump tlier tow. Then tu make my
curosity gratur, she drapt hur liamkerchur in
the skrape, an’ when she went tu stupe down
tu pik it up, the tiling kould’ent be did. It
botherd hur at fust, but after thinkin a littel
she went tu a bush an' broke off a long swich,
an’ then she twisted up hur hankerchur jest
like I use tu twist rabbits outen holler trees
when I wuz a boy. Thinks I tu myself,
thinks I—‘What on yerth iz the reasun the
gal did’ent git in the middle ov hur dress?’
Then agin I sunk deep intu thowtan’ med
itashun. Awhile the meditashun fit wuz on
me, an’ the thowt outur me. I seed a kloud ov
smoke a curlin upards like it wuz agwine tu
kiss the verry hevens. I watcht it ontil it
made a brite surkle ’round the sun, then it
spred out an’ made too moons, anuther set ov
seven-stars an’ too or three milk-it-all-aways,
when lo ! an’ behole ! it wuz all us’d up be
four it kould make anuther world. Thinks I
tu myself, thinks I—shorely sum stray rale
rode is cumin by Jeffursin, an’ the biler’s
bustid. Then sweepin’ my eyes ’round az ef
tu take in a world at one vew, whot do yu
rekon I seed ? Why, a yer!in’ boy puffin’
away at a one cent c-gare at the rait of 200
seconds pur minit. Thinks I tu myself,
thinks I—go home my littul man—nok all the
hoops often yer mamma’s churn, an’ crawl in
’em, or diffurintlywise ther’ll be a bustin’
’bout here purty soon.
So thar I sot an' thowt an' raedetatid ontil
I seed a kroud ov fokes agwine tuards a big
white house up in the grove like. Presintly
'long cum a feller that I noed monstrus well.
I'd suffered, an’ bled, an’ died with him in
the army, so I bald out tu him, an’ sayS I tu
him, says I:
‘ Is that yu. Captin ?’
‘Why, good grashus, Jake, ar yu here?’
says he.
‘ I aint no wliar else. Whar ar yu agwine,
Captin ?’ says I.
*l’m agwine tu churtch, Jake. Don't yu
waunt tu go too ?’ saj's he in reply tu my re
jinedur.
‘ I don’t keeer ef I do,’ says I, in rejinedur
tu hiz replj'.
Then we trudg’d on tugethur, me a taukin’
this, an’ he a tankin’ that, when all on a sud
den I heerd a big bell go ker-thum ! ker
thum-um ! ker-thum-um-um ! ontil ev’ry thing
got intu a tremble.
‘ What makes that kaff hunch so hard ?’
sa} r s I, stoppin’ to listin.
‘Shaw! Cum along. Jake, yu goose yu.
M hat kow do yu rekon iz big enuff tu ware
that bell ? Cum along ! It’s the churtch bell
tell in’ us that it iz time for preechin’ tu be
gin,’ says the Captin, laffin.
‘Oil see now ! Is. that big white house
the churtch ?’ sa} r s I, wankin’ on.
* Sartinly,’ says he.
‘ What’s it got a pcizzer for ? It’s the fust
churtch I evur seed with apeizzer.’ savs J.
‘ That’s no peizzer. It’s the vestrvbule,’
says he.
‘O, yes ! yes !’ says I, like I know’d what
he ment, an’ so wee went on.
Tu tell the truth, howsumevur, I did’ent
know whot a vestrvbule was ; but when we
got. neerer tu the churtch I found out without
axin , for it wuz chok full ov trundle-bed
boys, ’bout fryin’ size. 1 notist that when
ladees went intu the vestrybule, the boys
open'd ranks an’ let ’em pass thru. Then
tha klos’d up agin an’ stood an’ lookt at the
gals tu see that tha got a good plase tu set
down. Aftur this fashunwise the boys open'd
an’ klos’d, an' klos’d an’ open’d ontil all the
ladees past thru the lane. Then the boys
turn’d themselfs intu a gang ov blak-burds,
an' outchatturid all chatturdom and the blak
burds too.
Now, wuz Ia poit, Mistur Editur, I’d gin
.yu a gloin' akkount ov the mu sick made Dy
them boys in that vestrybule, for ther burd
like notes wuz more intermellodius than thoze
ov the niteingale—more simtriraonius than
the kuin’ ov the turkle duve—an’ more som
nifferus than—than the hollerin' ov the bu—
big frog.
Tha wuz so bissy tankin’ that tha did’ent
open ranks for me an’ the Captin tu pass
thru ; but we twistid in an’ twistid out tell
we got tu the door, an’ then we seed that thar
wuz room enuff inside. So we went in an’
took a sete, an’ agin T fell intu thowt an’
medetashun. Thinks Itu myself, thinks I—
a vestrybule is a place whar goslin boys ar
plac’d on gard tu wotch the gals, an’ tu make
a lane for ’em tu pass thru intu the churtch.
Agin I fell intu thowt an' medetashun, but
I’d not got more’n one thowt in my befour all
the medetashun wuz nockt outen me by a
powerful shakin’ ov the house, that skeer and
me monstrus bad. I gin a jump, an’ says I
tu the Captin. says I :
‘Captin, did yu feel that yeth-kwake ?’
‘ Shaw ! Jake.’ says the kind-harted Cap
tin, ‘ don’t be skeerd. It wuz not a yeth
kwake—it wuz that yonder foist a trottin’
akross the floor that sliaks it so.’
I lookt, an’ shore enuff thar wuz the foist
agwine thim-pa-ta-thnm-pa-ty! thim-pa-tu-thum
pa-ty-yeow! ovnr the house, an’ a shakin it
wuss nor a six boss teem. Thinks I tu my
self, thinks I —ah ! I kno yu ole feller ! Yu
ar one ov ’em whot I seed arter the red kaff,
an’ I do hope yu ar the only one whot got
bak from the chase.
By-in-by all wuz still, excep now an’ then
when enny body cum in, I obsurv’d that sum
ov the kongregashun had jints in thar neks
whot workt on a rotary pivifc like a waggin
wheal, instid ova haff surkle ; for tu see who
wuz cumin’ tha’d turn ther faces plump ovur
ther bak-bone. This wuz kware tu me ; but
then I nevur larn’d an-a tom-y mutch, an’ I
rekon it’s all rite.
Arter the cumin in an’ lied turnin wuz thru
with, ev’ry thing went on edzackly rite, an’
when meetin broke, me an’ the Captin startid
bak tu whar Shave Tale was tide. When we
got in site ov him he wux rarin’ an’ jumpin’
at a monstrus rate, I soon seed whot wuz
the matter. A man wuz runnin’ ovur the ole
feel with a long string tide tu a wile goose,
an’ when it went floppin’ ovur my boss it
skeerd him most tu deth. Then tu male bad
things vvusser, the man gin the string a sud
din jurk, an’ pull’d the tarnil goose down on
Shave Tale, an’ then yu ought tu seen him
rare. I herd the Captin ball out sumthin’
’bout a kite ; but I had no time for thowt an’
medetashun then, for Shave Tale tore down
the lamp post, an’ put out home like he had
only a minit tu go in. I had tu put out arter
him, an’ so I did’ent git tu see rnore’n haff ov
Jeffursin at last. When I git outen my spell
in’ book, an’ intu my reedin’ book a peace, I
may cum bak tu see } r u agin.
Koherently, Jake Lookout.
THE HOMESTEAD QUESTION.
AN INTERESTING DECISION.
The following decision, in an important
case affecting the validity of homestead ex
emptions, has been rendered by Magistrate
Abrams. There has been much discussion
in reference to the points involved in this
case, and, in view of the interest felt, we give
it in full. We understand that, in forming
this decision, Magistrate Abrams has con
ferred with some of the most prominent law
yers in the city, and it may therefore be as
sumed that the points are well taken and of
value. In this case Hon. Rufus E. Lester
represented the plaintiff, and Mr. A. Pratt
Adams the defendant. The decision is as
follows.
W. M. Davidson vs. Geo. A. Jansen ; Sa
rah Jansen, claimant—Claim. In Justice J.
J. Abrams’ Court. P2th October 1875.
On the 13th of April 1874, plaintiff ob
tained judgment against defendant: on the
14th of December, 1874, execution was levied
on certain property, as the property of de
fendant. Among other goods levied on was
five hams and some soap. Sarah M. Jansen,
the wife of defendant, put in a claim to the
property levied on, and upon this claim the
issue is made whether the property levied on
is or is not subject to the execution.
The levying officer testified that he levied up
on the goods in a store, the sign over which
bore the name ‘‘Geo. A. Jansen that among
the property levied on was one-half barrel of
whisky and one stove, found outside of the
store, where they had just been delivered, and
that the half barrel was marked “George A.
Jansen that Jansen was in the store behind
the counter, attending to the business ; his
wife, the claimant, lie saw in the store, sitting
down in front of the counter. The execution,
with the return of the levying officer, being
introduced, upon this proof I held that the
plaintiff had made out such a prima facie
case as cast the burden upon the claimant to
show title in herself. See Bartlett vs. Rus
sell, 41 Ga., 196.
George A. Jansen, witness for claimant,
testified that he conducted the business in
the store ; that the goods levied on were his
prior and up to the 31st July, 1874, when his
wife, the claimant, took the homestead ex
emption, and after that time the business was
carried on for her altogether; the sign over
the door was not changed until after the levy ;
that only a portion of the goods were those
specified in the homestead schedule, viz : five
hams and some soap ; that the other articles
had been purchased • since, to supply the
stock as it was sold ; that after the homestead
he attended the store as Mrs. Jansen's agent;
had no interest; got nothing for his services ;
that all the licenses for selling liquor were in
his name, but that they were taken out for
1874, belore the homestead was granted;
that he, about the year 1869, took a home
stead, &c., for his wife and children ; that he
had sold the property and had with the pro
ceeds started business in his own name, and
so continued up to the time of the homestead
in 1874 ; did not know what homestead prop
erty sold for; did not know how much was
invested in his new business ; bought on cred
it sometimes.
A certified copy of homestead exemption,
approved July 31st, 1874, was introduced,
taken by the claimant upon the allegation
that the husband refused to take the benefit
of the laws ; the account of personality ex
empted was $802,10. A certified copy of
another homestead taken by the defendant
for the benefit of his family, approved 11th
of January, 1869, by which $550 in personal
property was exempted, thus making $1,352
of personal property exempted when the law
allows only SI,OOO.
The evidence, in view of these facts, fail
to show title in Mrs. Jansen, the claimant in
this ease. The burden on her was to show
title against the prima facie proof of plaintiff,
that the property at the time of levy was de
fendant’s. She has not identified any goods
as those specified in the schedule attached to
her exemption save five hams and some soap.
An attempt was made to show that the goods
levied on were in lieu of those exempted.
But the proof is unsatisfactory, and no proof
iS made of any authority to exchange the
property exempted for other property. And
the law requires for this purpose the consent
of the husband and wife, with the approval
of the Ordinary. (See Code, 2025; 43 Ga.
Rep.. 621.) If then there were no proof of
the taking of a previous homestead, I should
be bound to hold that all the property levied
011 is subject to the execution save five hams
and soap. But, inasmuch as the defendant
took the benefit of the homestead law in 1869
the exemption claimed under the proceedings
of 1874 are void, and gave no title to the wife
as the benificiary of the homestead, conse
quently none of the property levied on has
been shown to lie exempt from levy.
See the case of Pate vs. the Oglethorpe
Company, decided by the Supreme Court of
Georgia. September 7th, 1875. Bleckley,
Judge, delivering the opinion, says : “There
is no provision of law for taking a second or
supplemental homestead, although the one
already taken be of less value than the max
imum allowed by law.”
It is therefore adjudged that the property
levied on is subject to the execution.— Sav.
News.
Giant Families.
SPECIMENS OF VERMONT AND KENTUCKY HEAVY
WEIGHTS.
A Chicago man writes as follows to the
Paris True Kentuckian:
I understand you have in }’our county a
very tall family. Will you procure and pub
lish the name, height and weight of each mem
ber of that family ? Herewith I send jou the
following correct statement in relation to the
Metcalf family, of Royalton, Vermont:
TIIE VERMONT FAMILY.
Names. Height. Weight.
Samuel Metcalf 6 feet 10 inches, 184
11 is wife, Jane Sterling, 6 feet, over 300
Sybil 6 feet finches,
Betsy 6 feet inches,
John II 6 feet 4 inches, 184
Daniel L 6 feet 10 inches, 234
George S ~...6 feet 6 inches, 200
David 6 feet 7 inches, 210
Moses 0 feet 8 inches, 215
Samuel S 6 feet 5 inches, 190
Total 63 11 1,717
Ten persons—average height G feet five inches
nearly.
TIIE KENTUCKY FAMILY.
In Collins’ new History of Kentucky, we
find the following in relation to the Howard
family of this country :
“In February, 1856, there was living in
Bourbon county the parents and eight out of
nine children, of a family without a parallel
in the known world —for their size, height,
weight, good health, age and strength—sug
gestive of the bible record in Genesis vi., 4 :
‘There were giants in the earth in those days.’
The father, then in his 70th year, was brought
to Kentucky when quite young, and raised in
Bourbon county his family of six sons and
three daughters, whose height, weight, and
aggregate age are here given :
Males. Height. Weight.
Father 6 feet 4 inches, 200
Thomas 6 feet 4 inches, 230
James 6 feet 6 inches, 215
.John 6 feet 11J inches, 276
Elijah C feet 3 inches, 210
Matthew 6 feet G inches, 220
Eli 6 feet 6£ inches, 197
Total 45 5 1,538
Females. Height. Weight.
Mother 6 feet 11 inches. 285
Sarah 6 feet 2 inches, 105
Mary 6 feet 2 inches, 150
Daughter (deceased) G feet 3 inches, IGO
Total 24 7J 7GO
45 5 1,538
Total 70 £ 2,298
“The family, eleven in number, in the ag
gregate, measured seventy feet and one-half
inch in height, weighed 2,298 pounds, and
the sum of their entire ages then was 557
3 T ears. The computed strength of the father
and six sons was J,300 pounds. At that date
(1856) there were several grandchildren over
feet high, and still growing. The mother.
Mrs. Katy Howard, nee Current, died, aged
88 years, on May 14th, 1870, near RuddeH’s
Mills, where she had lived for sixty years—
seven children surviving her. She had twelve
brothers and sisters, each over six feet high.**
\ TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM,
t SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
GLEANINGS,
A dog weighing only three ounces is ns,
tonishing the fanciers of Troy.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is to be field officer of
tlic Centennial legion for the Southern States.
Ilcnry Clay's family carriage will be ex
hibited at the Centennial. It is in the pos
session of a citizen of Lexington, Ivy.
The elections, which took place in Ohio,
lowa and Nebraska last Tuesday, have all
gone Republican.
The Presbyterian Committee on the prize
hvinn and poem on Home Missions, have on
hand about 600 manuscripts.
A postal card passed through the mails the
other day, written on one side only, and con
taining 15,000 words.
The London Underground railroad last
year carried 70,000,000 passengers.
I hirty-one nations have accepted the invi
tation to participate in the Cincinnati exhi
bition.
Turn up your nose at peanuts, do you ?
Tennessee crop of 1875 is valued at over
$500,000, and there’s more profit in it than
on cotton.
An Armstrong thirty-two pound gun, with
five pounds of powder, has an effective range
of nine thousand yards.
Little Johnny Summers, aged 117. has just
died in Morgan county, Indiana. His father
was cut off in the flower of his 119th summer.
A New York paper advertises “ A child for
adoption, to be born in December.” It does
not state whether boy or girl.
Mr. E. M. Young, of Thomasville, grew a
watermelon vine this year, from which he
gathered 300 lbs. of ripe melons. It covered
a space of sixty feet, and had on it when pull
ed up on the Ist of September, over fifty
melons.
The cold snap iu New York hit a traveling
menagerie very hard. Mr. Adam Forepaugh
lost at Schenectady, a giraffe worth $7,000,
and a rhinoceros worth $20,000. The latter,
however, had received previous injuries.
There is a calf in Appling county, Georgia,
now about six months old, owned by Mr.
Wyley Carter, which has five legs, all of which
are perfectly formed, the fifth one being in
front of his two front legs.
Caution to Farmers.— We have heard of
several fine cows having died from being fed
on pea vine haju The cause is said to be
from the roots, which are very poisonous to
stock. The caution may be wortli remember
ing. Gather your vines without the roots.
Dr. Mary Walker has distinguished herself
by restoring a half-drowned woman, accident
ally knocked overboard from a Sacramento
steamer, and rescued in an unconscious state.
Dr. Mary was engaged two hours in the re
storation, and was finally successful.
Travelers from Kansas report having seen
the following notice displayed in the rooms
of the hotels : “ Gentlemen wishing to com
mit suicide will please take the centre of the
room to avoid staining the bed-linen, walls
and furniture.”
A New Orleans hen was buried by her own
er in his A short time after, in pass
ing the spot, he noticed that the ground was
broken and by the grave stood a little chick.
The sun's warm rays hatched it, the defunct
biddy having died with a fully developed egg
in her ova.
The Montezuma Weekly tells of a frog that
was shut up in 1863 in the brick foundation
of a tressel column near the bridge over Flint
river, and which was found alive and healthy
a few daj r s ago, when his prison was being
repaired.
The good boy who goes home and tells his
mother how he rebuked his companion for
robbing bird’s ne9ts, will perhaps pass the
pantry twenty times that day—and still find
it locked. How ignorant parents are, and
how little the}' understand their children.—
Brooklyn Argus.
Seven men in Texas lately agreed to draw
lotteries to see who was the laziest one; but
when the last man was reached he refused to
draw, on the ground that he was “two lazy
to reach out and make an effort.”
A woman in Maine recently married her
fourth husband under very peculiar circum
stances. The man had been her first hus
band, and she had been divorced from him.
She had married a second time, and the sec
ond husband had died. Then she had mar
ried a third time, and been divorced from her
third husband, and now she marries her first
husband for her fourth.
The Lynchburg (Va.) Republican reports
squirrels migrating southward in large num
bers, sa}'ing, “they may be seen above and
below the city just before nightfall crossing
the river on their bark boats, using their tails
as sails when the wind is favorable.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has just shaken
hands with Lamar Griffin, of Lodi, in Ohio,
who was born in 1759, and is consequently
11G years old—a little deaf, but in possession
of all his other faculties —looks about sixty
five —works around in his garden—reads the
papers and walks the streets.
NUMBER 21.