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bt THE JACKSON COUNTY ) PUBLISHING COMPANY. \ yOLUME I. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, ■* the Jitcltfta n County Publishing 91 Company. StTFEIISON, JACKSON CO ., GA. OFFICE, n. w. cok. public square, up-stairs. - ' iTalcomstafford, managing and business editor. TERNS OF SUBSCRIPTION. On* copy 12 months $2.00 ,4 “ 6 “ 1.00 .. “ 3 “ 50 ev*ry Club of Ten subscribers, an ex tra copy of the paper will be' glfcn. ' RATES OF ADVERTISING. Oxe DOLLAR per square (of ten lines or less) for the first insertion, and SEVENTY-FIVE Cents for each subsequent insertion. jcTAll Advertisements Sent without specifica tion of the number of insertions marked thereon, will be published TILL FORBID, and charged accordingly. or Professional Cards, of six lines or less, SEVEN Dollars per annum; and where they do not exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars. Contmet Advertising. The following will be the regular rates for con tract advertising, and will be strictly adhered to in ail cases: Squares. Iw. Im. 3m. o in. I*2 m. 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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.