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(tile poet’s (Eomct.
NOT ONE TO SPARE.
The following beautiful poem will, it is pre
sumed, l>e familiar to many of our readers,
but it will bear to be read again and again.
It tells how a poor man and his wife refused
the olfer of a rich friend’s comfortable provi
sion, if they wovdd give him one of their chil
dren.
“Which shall it be ? Which shall it be?”
I looked at John—John looked at me,
(Dear, patient John, who loves me yet,
As well as though my locks were jet);
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak ;
“ Tell me again what Robert said !”
And then I, listening, bent ray head.
“ This is his letter : 4 1 will give
A house and laud where you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given.’ ”
I looked at John’s old garments worn ;
I thought of all that John had borne
Of poverty, and work and care.
Which I, though willing, could not share ;
I thought of seven mouths to feed,
Of seven little children’s need,
And then of this. “ Come, John,” said I,
“ We’ll choose among them as they lie
Asleep so, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band—
First to to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lillian the baby slept,
A glory against the pillow' white :
Softly the father stooped to lay
Ilis rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said, “ Not her. not her.”
We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of lamplight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so pitiful and fair;
I saw on Jamie’s rough, red cheek
A tear undried. Ere John could speak,
“ He's but a baby, too,” said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.
Pale, patient Robbie’s angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering’s trace.
“ No, for a thousand crowns, not him,”
lie whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick 1 bad Dick ! our wayward son,
Turbulent, reckless, idle one—
Could he be spared? “ Na3 7 , He w'ho gave
Rid us befriend him to his grave ;
Only a mother's heart, can be
Patient enough for such as he;
And so,” said John, “I would not dare
To send him from her bedside prayer.”
Then stole we softly up above
And knelt by Mary, child of love,
“ Perhaps for her ’twould better be,”
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in willful way,
And shook his head, “Nay, love not thee,”
Only one more, our oldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad—
So like his father. “ No, John, no—
I can not, wdll not, let him go.”
And so we wrote, in courteouswwar,} r ,
We could not drive one child away ;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed, —
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place ;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven !
FACTS AND FANCIES.
All flowers of speech spring from tulips.
A flourishing business—ornamental pen
manship.
A man has been arrested for taking things
as they come.
A circular saw—A proverb that goes the
rounds of society 7 .
A lofty position—the top of an editorial
staff.
Why is making love like studying law ?
Because it’s making ready for courting.
“Oh. mamma!” said the youngest darling
yesterday, “ I tried to read and I rode.”
Before a Turk gets married he asks all good
men to pray for him.
According to the articles of war, it is death
to stop a cannon-ball.
Who ever knew a miser to forget where he
had buried his gold ?
A cotemporary calls his items “Nits,” to
show that he gets them out of his own head.
“ Sambo, dis am a magnificent day for de
race.” “What race, Sambo?” “Why, de
colored race, you stupid nigga.”
What is the difference between a hill and
a pill ? One is hard to get up and the other
is hard to get down.
A sensitive girl has broken off the match
because he said she had a foot like a raisin
box.
The editor who said that his mouth never
uttered a lie, probably spoke through his
nose.
An old toper say 7 s if there is anything which
makes his mouth water, he doesn’t wish to
see it.
He was chopping wood and his axe caught
over the clothes-line. After life s fitful fever
he sleeps well.
A writer on school discipline say T s : “With
out a liberal use of the rod, it is impossible
to make boys smart.”
“ ill you have me, Sarah?” said a young
man to a modest girl. “ No, Johu, but you
can have me if you will.”
“ I say,” said a fellow to a fop with con
spicuous bow legs, “ don’t you have to have
y 7 our pantaloons cut with a scroll saw ?”
An Aberdeen girl supposes that the reason
she has never kindled a flame in any man’s
heart is because she is not a good match.
If the mosquitor who left our nose in such
a hurry that he forgot his bill, will call, he
can have it, and no questions will bo asked.
“Don't you think things look blur ?” said
a man to Spilkins yesterday. “ That’s just
azure inclined to look at them,” ren’ied the
incorigible Leander. 1
Said an Arkansas civil service committee
to an aspirant for justice of the peace, “ what
would you do in case of suicide ?” “ Make
him support de chile.”
Very likely : “ I wonder if it’s sea-sickness
that makes sailors always a-heaving up an
chors P exclaimed aunt Ilepzibah? as she
looked thoughtful^ 7 up from the paper.
A? £ ,,v <T ti8 ® ment
vel take the Pan-Handle Route.” Many a
man has been utterly routed by a pan-handle
with a mad and lively woman having hold
of one end. 0
STORY DEPARTMENT.
FILLING THE GAP.
As the political pot begins to l)oil and bub.
ble, it brings vividly to m3’ mind an incident
of the last campaign in which I took a part-
Reing naturall}* a vehement, as well as an
eloquent cuss, I was much in demand with
the “ speaker committee” in various portions
of the State, especialty where hard blows
were wanted. If there was a forlorn hope, I
was sure to be called on, and given to under
stand that the place was to be carried for our
“ party,” or ruin would be the result.
One da3’, towards the close of the cam
paign, I received a call from the chairman of
the State Committee. There was another
forlorn hope. The town of Cowgrass had to
be carried in spite of all opposition. If the
enemy were victorious in Cowgrass, our jig
was up.
The train for there started at six o’clock,
and it now lacked onl3 r ten minutes of that
hour. The depot was about a mile away, but
as the whole responsibility of success rested
on me, I hailed a hackman, and shifted the
responsibility temporarily upon his shoulders.
I shook a five-dollar bill at the driver, and
he put on all the speed that could be worried
out of his horses. Luck was on my side. I
was just in time to hand a one-dollar bill (by
mistake, of course, for politicians are alwa3’S
honest) and to make a dive after the train as
it rushed out of the depot.
A brakeman snaked me, losing his hat by
the operation, and making me pay five dol
lars for it, and without more than the usual
number of mishaps, I was landed in good or
der at Cowgrass.
The town is an important one, for those
who live in it. There didn’t appear to be
much excitement around the depot, and I be
gan to have doubts as to whether I was ex
pected or not. It was dark, and the heft of
the town la3 7 about a mile away from the rail
road.
I found a coach driver who had interest
enough in “our party” to take me to the set
tlement for fifty cents, being that lie was just
going that way, and that was his regular busi
ness. He was a reticent, half mysterious old
rooster, and I could get but little informa
tion out of him regarding the situation.
“ Have 3'ou heard that anybody was ex
pected here to speak to-night ?” I asked.
“Wal,’pears to me I did hear somethin’
’bout it.”
“ Where is the hall ?”
“We go putty nigh onto it. Re 3*oll the
man ?”
“ Yes, I was sent up here by the commit
tee.”
He looked at me somewhat oddl3', I thought,
as he gave the reins an extra jerk, and his off
horse an extra touch with the whip.
“It must be nigh onto time 3'ou warthar,”
he muttered, jerking the reins again.
“ What time is the meeting called ?”
“ Half-past seven, I b’lieve.”
“Why. good gracious ! it is eight now.”
“Isit ? Wal, I guess as how it is. Git
up, Rob ! .Sure you ain’t fast, mister?
‘•Fast! I wish I was faster, or that 3’our
horses were !”
“Git up. Bob,” was his 01113 7 reply.
After being bumped and jumped for about
ten minutes more, the driver held up in front
of a little hall. A few half-grown boys were
loitering about the entrance, and everything
was as quiet as a Qaker meeting.
“ Good heavens !” I exclaimed ; “it is no
wonder they want a stirring up here. What
is the matter ?”
“ Wal, kinder don’t-care-a-darn, I guess.
They want a regular overhauling and shak
ing up. Give it tew’um, mister!” said the
driver, cracking his laz3 r horses and driving
along.
“By gracious !” thought I, “ won’t I stir
the dry bones of Cowgrass, won’t I !”
Fully aroused to the importance of the oc
casion, I darted up stairs into the hall. It
was only a small affair, with, perhaps, two
hundred men and women quiet ly assembled
there. They looked as though they were
sleepy, and without waiting for an introduc
tion, I resolved to make my way to the plat
form and come a little stage business and
George Francis Train on them. I’d wake
*m up.
As I entered the room, the Moderator ap
peared to have just said something and then
sat down. I darted up the aisle, mounted
the platform, threw iny hat and overcoat into
a heap at the back of the place, came to the
front and exclaimed, “Fellow-citizens !” amid
the most intense excitement.
“ Fellow-citizens ! why do we stand here
idle ? What is it that tax-payers want ?
W hat would the3' have ? Is life so dear, or
peace so sweet, as to be bought at the price
of chains and slavery ? Not much !”
Ry this time the entire audience were on
their feet, while the Moderator looked at me
in terror.
“ That's right! Rouse, 3 7 e Cowgrassians !
Rouse, ye slaves ! Get up and shake this
political sloth from 3’our bodies ! You are
dying with the potato-rot! Our enemies,
like potato-bugs, are in our midst and are
gnawing at our best seed ends ! The issue of
this campaign is narrowed down to these
four points—”
I—l beg pardon, sir,” put in the Mod
erator, who had got up courage enough to
speak, “ but this is not a political meeting !”
“ I should say not! I should sav that you
were a set of old grandmothers, who never
experienced anything more exciting than
a pinch of snuff! Rut I have been sent up
here to shake your dry and musty bones ; to
show you wherein the danger lies; to strip
the mask from the face of our enemies, and
knock their political harrangues into a cock
ed-hat ! Bring me an opponent, bring me the
best, and see me snuff him out and place the
glittering cap of liberty and of triumph upon
the brow of our own party !”
“ Rut him out!” shouted two or three whom
I had roused.
“Good! let me have opposition, for that
will whet me for victory!” said I, while the
Moderator again approached.
“Sir, you have evidently made a mistake.
There is a political meeting being held on
the other side of town. This is a church
meeting, held to make arrangements for giv
ing our minister a donation !”
Ihe situation flashed upon me. Every
thing confirmed it. I had put my foot into
it the worst way. I seized my hat and coat
and rushed for the door. I caught one of
those boys who stood grinning at me by 7 the
door as I went out, and. taking him by the
coat-collar, I compelled him, on pain of in
stant annihilation, to run with me to the oth
er hall, lie wanted to live, and so went with
me.
I rushed into the hall. There was a noisy 7
crowd, and I felt that I was right this time,
sure. They 7 were on the point of hustling out
an old rooster who had bored them with a
speech on beiug good to their pastors, and
who said the committee had sent him to
B Peak. We compared notes for a moment.
We had mistaken and got upon each others’
stump. He should have gone to the dona
tion confab, and I should have been here.—
He went and I stayed. I was fairly aroused
and at once began to let off my rockets of
eloquence. They took ; they brought down
the house, and it was lucky 7 that the two
speakers from New York found out their mis
takes. or both meetings would have been dead
failures.
SUNDAY READING.
Why Are You Not a Professor of Religion 7
1. Is it because you esteem temporary
things more than eternal things ? “For what
shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul ?”
*2. Is it because vou are indulging in some
sinful practice, which you are not willing to
give up ? “ Sin, when it is finished, bringeth
forth death.”
3. Is it because y 7 ou think there is no dan
ger in living as von are doing ? “ How shall
we escape, if we neglect so great salvation ?”
4. Is it because you fear you are too great
a sinner to come to Jesus ? “ The blood of
Jesus Christ Ilis Son cleanseth 11s from all
sin.”
5. Is it because of the inconsistent conduct
of some church members ? “ Rut why dost
thou judge thy 7 brother ? So then every one
of us shall give an account of himself to God.*’
6. Is it because you are ashamed to con
fess Christ before the world ? “ For whoso
ever shall be ashamed of Me and My 7 words,
of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when
lie shall come in His own glory.”
7. Is it because you are afraid of back
sliding ? “He which hath begun a good
work in you, will perform it uutil the day of
Jesus Christ.”
8. Is it because you think there is time
enough ? “ Boast not thyself of to-morrow,
for thou knowest not what a day may bring
forth.”
0. Is it because there is no advantage in a
religious life ? “ Godliness is profitable unto
all things, having promise of the life that now
is, and of that which is to come.”
10. Is it because you have not received the
most pressing invitations ? Christ says :
“Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”—
Matt, xi : 28. “The Spirit and tHe bride say 7,
Come. And let him that heareth say, Come.
And let him that is athirst, Come. And who
soever will, let him take of the water of life
freely.”
Why 7 , then, are y 7 ou not a member of Christ’s
church ? What excuse can you give at the
hour of death, which is near at hand ?
“ Because the Bible Says So.”
A few days ago I met a little girl to whom
I said, “ Do you know that Jesus loves you?”
Her face lighted with a simple smile of confi
dence, and the ready 7 answer came forth :
“ 0, yes, sir.”
“ How do you know that ?”
“ Because the Bible say r s so.'’
“ Rut as you speak about the Bible, my lit
tle girl. I must tell you that that holy book
says, that we have all sinned, and come short
of the glory 7 of God, and that there is none
righteous—no, not one.”
“ Rut Jesus said. ‘ Suffer little children to
come unto me,’ ” she replied.
“ Rut you are a sinner. You have done
many naughty things. W hat makes you think
lie would receive y ou ?”
“ The Bible says He died for sinners, and,
therefore, He died for me.”
“ Rut this is a very great thing for you to
say. How can you be so sure about it ?*’
“ Because the Bible says so.”
“ The Bible also say 7 s, that Jesus will come
again and take His people up from the earth
in a moment some day. What will become
of you then ? How would you feel if he were
to come now, while you and I were talking ?”
“ I should be very happy 7.”
“ Why would you be very happy 7 ?”
“ Because He would take me up to be with
Him forever.”
This was childlike faith, and I found that
she showed by 7 her ways that the confession
of her lips was the real working of the Spirit
of God in her soul.
We know that God is love, because the
Bible says so, and when we believe God’s
Word our hearts answer to its truth. Are y 7 ou
sure that you are saved ? You may be quite
sure, because the Bible says so.
The Proper Length of Sermons.
A discussion is going on in the religious
newspapers as to the proper length of ser
mons. The Boston Congregational publishes
a number of communications upon the sub
ject, which give various opinions. Most of
the writers seem to think that thirty minutes
is the standard length for sermons under or
dinary circumstances. One writer approves
of forty minutes for the morning sermon, less
for the afternoon, and an hour for such start
ling occasions as the taking of Richmond, Va,
during the late war, or the assassination of a
Lincoln. Allowance is to be made for the
weather, and preachers must be merciful to
hearers in danger of freezing or roasting.—
Account must be taken also of the preacher’s
gifts of speaking. An off-hand sermon, alive
with spirit and full of apt illustrations, will
win attention forty or fifty minutes from an
assembly who will nod over a dull homily of
twent\ r minutes. Reference is made to the
length of the whole service, and it is said that
seventy-five minutes is long enough to keep
people together at one time. In reply to the
remark that there are no conversions after
thirty minutes, the Christian Register smartly
says that conversion is not the aim of all
preaching, but that instruction belongs also
to the pulpit, and instruction often requires
time and patience. Some men—and w*e be
lieve that Rev. Dr. Bushnell is one of the
number—have said that they cannot “turn
around” in less than forty minutes. The
Rev. Dr. Rylance preached on Wednesday,
at the Diocesan Convention, in this city, about
fifty minutes, and kept the attention of his
hearers, while the whole service lasted nearly !
three hours. So it is impossible to fix a uni- i
form rule.
A Word for Boys.
Profanity is a mark of low breeding. Show
us the man who commands the best respect;
an oath never trembles on his tongue. Read
the catalogue of crime. Inquire the charac
ter of those who depart from virtue. With
out a single exception, you will find them to
be profane. Think of this, and let not a vile
word disgrace you.
Honesty, frankness, generosity, virtue—
blessed traits ! Be those yours, boys, we shall
not fear. You will claim the respect and love
of all. You are watched by your elders.—
Men are looking for clerks and apprentices,
they have their e} T es on you. If j'ou are pro
fane, vulgar, they will not choose you. If
you are upright, steady and industrious, be
fore long you will have good places, and the
prospect of a useful life before you.
Ihe suspicious mind will alwa}’s find
something on which to rest its doubts.
THE FARM.
From the Southern Cultivator.
THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH.
Nothing is more tedious or disagreeable
than picking cotton, after the days become
short and cold. It drags so slowly, hands
become diskeaatened and the farmer impa
tient. Finish up that work, then, just as ra
pidly as possible. Don't wait for more cot
ton to open that hands may do a good day’s
work. Many a farmer has been caught just
that way—bad weather coming on, and pick
ing suspended much longer than he anticipa
ted or intended. Never put off for to-morrow
what can be done to-day, is a very safe rule
for a farmer. Gin and pack cotton as fagt
as picked, and take it away from the gin
house. There is always risk of fire about a
gin-house —the experience of the last ten
years has shoWn this very clearly.
Look well to the cotton seed—so valuable
that English farmers buy thousands of tons
of it every year, and pay freight across the
Atlantic, whilst our farmers allow tons of it
to lie in the weather and rot, whilst its costly
ammonia passes off in to the atmosphere. By
all means house it—keep it dry until you are
ready to compost it or put it in the drill. Of
the best modes of utilizing it we shall have
more to say hereafter.
WHEAT.
This is the month for wheat sowing in the
Cotton States. Along their northern border
some is sown in October, but the bulk of the
crop is seeded down in November—many
! fearing the “fly,” if sown before frost, and
! many thinking that they have no time previ
| ously to attend to it, and must wait until cot
ton is picked out to sow in a cotton field.
Has an}' one tried the plan of sowing wheat
in cotton in October, in same manner as oats
are during September ? Don’t forget to soak
seed in solution of blue stone or salt—one
pound of the former in enough water to cover
j five bushels of wheat. It is usual to soak
1 about twelve hours. This is so absolute a
preventive of smut, it is very surprising that
any farmer omits its use. We heartily wish
| it was possible to give as effectual a remedy
against rust, but none is known. There are,
however, some palliatives—sowing early va
, rieties on high, dry land, rather destitute of
vegetable matter, and not retentive of mois
ture, and sowing in drills running North and
South, to admit sunshine and air, and allow
it to dry off rapidly.
SWEET POTATOES.
Dig potatoes at once, if an3 r remain in the
field. Put them up in hills containing 25 to
30 bushels. Large quantities put together
are apt to heat, followed by rotting—this is
one cause, probably, of their not keeping well
in “potato houses.” They would keep better
anywhere, if the spaces between tubers were
filled with dry sand. Have the hills well pro
tected from water and be sure to put on a
: plenty of dirt as the weather gets cold. One
foot of earth is none too mucn in mid-winter.
TURNIPS, BEETS, AC.,
Should be taken up before hard freezes, or
else well covered up (if in drills) by ridging
them up with a turn-plough. Towards the
Gulf they will need no protection. They will
not require as warm a place as sweet potatoes.
If put in cellar or banks the tops should be
i cut off.
CLOVER AND GRASS FIELDS.
Take stock off of these awhile before very
I cold weather, and see that they arc not too
closely yrazed. Close grazing weakens the
plants and unfits them to stand the winter.
Many a failure in raising clover and grass at
the South is due to grazing them too early
and too late and too closely.
PLOUGHING.
Keep the turn plough going and bury the
; weeds and grass. Fasten a chain to beam,
just in front of standard, and to end of dou
ble tree, so that the “loop"’ will run just in
front of share an 1 hold down tall growth. As
old wheel box hung on the chain, so as to run
in last furrow, will improve the arrangement.
If the land is stitf, be careful not to bring up
too much raw clay to the surface—it will less
on its productiveness for some time—but not
more than one inch a year will not harm the
land, and the gradual deepening of the soil
will, in the end, prove very advantageous.
When running deep it is well to take narrate
slices, so as not to invert the sod, but lean
each slice against the preceding. This will
keep the vegetable matter distributed uni
formly through the soil, instead of confining
it to one thin layer several inches below the
surface.
Just as soon as the cotton has been gathered
from those fields that have not been sown in
grain, beat down the stalks and plough them
under. The debris of a cotion crop is rich in
fertilizing substances, but if left standing
through the winter, a large part of the leaves
and bolls become blown and washed away
and lost, and the stems and branches if not
covered now, will not rot in time for next
year’s crop to get the benefit of them—be
sides lying unburied and on the surface du
ring the summer, they will rot slowly and
their gaseous products pass off into the at
mosphere. The same procedure may be very
advantageously followed with corn stalks ;
bury them at once, that they may rot in time
for the next crop to feed on them.
DITCHING.
This is an admirable time for draining wet
lands; as the earth contains comparatively
little water at present, the locations of springs
may be easily detected. Land ditched now
will be much dryer next spring than if drain
ed then, and it will produce more the first
year, because time is needed after the drain
ing for the air to penetrate and correct what
is usually termed “sourness”—we should pre
fer saying, to convert unavailable substances
into available plant food.
Peas as a Farm Croi\— The idea has got
ten hold on the public mind that it is a good
thing, but a costh' one. It is true that, when
considered simply as a preparation for wheat,
without calculating on any immediate return
except through the increase of the wheat crop,
the outlay of money and labor might form a
considerable item ; but I am confident that a
return ranch more immediate, and even, if
possible, more valuable, may be realized. If
farmers would give one field to the pea, to be
drilled in with 100 lbs. superphosphate to the
acre, and, after maturity, fed down upon the
ground by hogs the pork realized would more
than pay the entire expense of the pea crop,
and leave the land almost, if not quite, in as
good a condition as if the entire crop had been
turned under, for everything would be left
upon the land, except that carried away by
the form of fat. lam satisfied that an acre
of good peas will make at least 100 pounds
of pork, which will pay all the expense at
tending the crop twice over. — Cor. So. Farmer.
It is said that if a sheep or calf is covered
with a rubber or leather spread, or thick blan
ket, and tobacco smoke be made under this
covering, every tick and nit will be destroyed
in half an hour or less.
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Wheat, .... 60 pounds.
Shelled Corn, - - - 56 “
Ear Corn, ... 70 “
Peas, - 60 “
Rye, - ... 56 “
Oats, - - - - 32 “
Barley .... 47 “
Irish Potatoes, - - -60 “
1 Sweet Potatoes, - - 55 “
White Beans, - - - 60 “
Clover Seed, - - 60 “
Timothy, - - - 45 “
Flax, - - 56 “
Hemp, - . 44 “
Blue Grass. - - - 14 “
Buck Wheat. - - 52 “
Unpeeled dried Peaches, - - 33 “
Peeled dried Peaches, - - 38 “
Dried Apples, - - . 24 “
Onions, - - - 57 “
Stone Coal, - - .80 “
Unslaked Lime, - . 80 “
Turnips, - - - 55 “
Corn Meal, - . 48 “
Wheat Bran, - . 20 “
Cotton Seed, - - - 30 “
Ground Peas, - . - 25 “
Plastering Hair, - 8 “
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YV. M. BURROW,
P. O. Box 58, Bristol, Tenn.
Ordered, by the Bhard of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenue of said county, that one hun
dred per cent, is hereby assessed on the State tax
for county purposes, specifically as follows :
Two-tenths of one per cent., to pay jurors
and bailiffs attending the Sup’or Court
of said sounty, amounting to 83,479 53
One and a quarter tenths of one per cent.,
to pay the expenses of public bridges
of said county, amounting to 2,174 70
One-half tenth of one per cent., to pay
the Jail expenses of said county.
amounting to 1. 869 88
One-quarter tenth of one per cent., to
raise a pauper fund for said county,
amounting to 434 94
One-tenth of one per cent., to raise a
contingent fund to pay lawful demands
that may come against said county—
there being no special fund to meet
them—amounting to 1,739 70
Aggregate $8,698 81
WM. SEYMOUR, )
W. J. HAYNIE, L Com’rs.
W. G. STEED, J
A true extract from the minutes of the Com
missioners Court of Itoads and Revenue of Jack
son county. T. 11. NIBLACK, Clerk.
Notice to All Concerned.
APPLICATION having been made to the Com
missioners of Roads and Revenue for Jaokson
county, for the road turning off to the right on top
of the hill at C. M. Shockley's, thence going by H.
R. Howard s, 11. T. Fleeman’s, and intersecting
the old Federal road near the residence of A. T.
Yearwood, to be made a public road, and review
ers haying been appointed to review said road,
and said reviewers having made their report that
said road is of public utility, this is, therefore, to
cite and admonish all parties interested, that after
the publication of this notice thirty days in the
Forest News, a paper published in Jefferson,
Jackson county, Ga., said application will be
granted, if no good cause is shown to the contrary
. WILLIAM SEYMOUR, 1
M . J. HAYNIE, [-Com’rs.
W. G. STEED, j
Sept 25
sells the cheapest Oil
anti Lamps, at Kilgore’s stand, Athens,
DIRECTOR Y.
JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY^
PROFESSION.
Physicians...J. I). & 11. J. Long ii ,
ter, N. \ Y. Carithers, J. (). Hunt. ' ” * "os.
Atty's at Law... J. B. Silman, W i n .,
J. A. B. Mahatfey, W. 0. Howard, M. M lkf .
P. F. Ilinton, R. S. Howard. ’ Ini ®.
MERCHANTS.
Pendergrass & Hancock, F. M. Bailor ,
& Pinson, Wm. S. Thompson. * 1 '
MECHANICS.
Carpenters... Joseph P. Williamson .
J. P. Williamson, Jr. ’ ben h
Harness Maker... John G. Oakes.
Wagon Makers... Wm. Winburn yu
Rav, (col.)
Buggy Maker...L. Gillclnnd.
Blacksmith...C. T. Story.
Tinner... John 11. Chapman.
Tanners... J. E. & H. ,J. Randolph.
Boot and Shoe-Makers...N. B. Stark. m
Forest News office ; Seaborn M. Stark, over W
S. Thompson's store.
HOTELS.
Randolph House, by Mrs. Randolph
North-Eastern Hotel, by John Simpkins
Public Boarding House, by Mrs. ElizaWtK
Worsham.
Liquors, Segars. &C...J. L. Bailey.
Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin...‘j l) i u
J. Long.
Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith.
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COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY.
Martin Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principal'S
P. Orr, Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Assistant'
Miss Lizzie Burch, Music. tant:
Centre Academy. —L. M. Lyle, Principal.
Galilee Academy. —A. L. Barge, Principal.
Harmony Grove Academy. —R. S. Chencv, Pr®
cipal.
Murlc Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal,
Oak Grove Academy —Mrs. A. C.#l\ RjL
Principal.
Academy Church. —J. J. Mitchell, Principal
Duke Academy. —Mrs. H. A. Deadwyler. Pnr r
cipal.
Park Academy. —Miss V. C. Park, Principal
Chapel Academy. —W. H. Hill, Principal.
Holly Spring Academy —W. P. Newman, Pn ßi
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A RRIVAL AND DEPA R T URE 0F MA ID,
Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes!
days and Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, A. M.. and de
parts same days at 12 o’clock. M.
Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson onYYedncs
days and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock. A. M.. and de
parts same days at 12 o’clock, M.
Lawrenceville mail arrives at Jefferson on Satur
days, at 12 o'clock. M, and departs same day at 1
o'clock, P. M.
F. L. Pendergrass, Dep’yP.M,
MAGISTRATES AND BAILIFFS.
Jefferson District, No. 245, N. 11. Pendergrass
J. P.; 11. T. Fleeman, J. P. John M. Bura<,
Constable.
Clarkesborough District, No. 242. F. M. Holli
day', J. P.; M. B. Smith, J. P.
Miller's District, No. 455, H. F. Kidd. -J. P,
Chandler’s District, No. 246, Ezekiel Ilewitt
J. P. ; J. G. Burson, J. P.
Randolph’s District, No. 248, Pinckney P.
Pirkle, J. P. ; Jas. A. Straynge, J. P.
Cunningham’s District, No. 428, J. A. Hazle
ton, J. P.; T. K. Randolph, J. P.
Newtown District, No. 253, G. W. O’Kelly, J.
P. ; T. J. Stapler. Not. Pub. A Ex. Off. J. P.
Minnish’s District, No. 255, /. W. Hood. J. P.
Harrisburg District. No. 257. Wm. M. Morgan.
J. P. ; J. W. Pruitt, J. P.
House’s District, No. 243, A. A. Hill. J. P.
Santafee District. No. 1042, W. R. Boyd, J. P.
S. G. Arnold. J. P.
Wilson's District, No. 465, W. J. Comer, J. P.
M UNICIPA L OFFICERS Of JEFFERSON
W. T. Pike, Mayor; J. P. Williamson, Hr., G.
-J. N. Wilson, R. J. Hancock, Aldermen? *T. H.
Niblaek, Esq., Clerk A Treasurer; J. H. Burns,
Marshal.
JACKSON SUPERIOR COURT. 1
Hon. GEO. D. RTCE, - - - Judge.
EMORY SPEER, Esq., - - Sol. Gen’L
COUNTY OFFICERS.
WILEY C. HOWARD, - - - - Ordinary.
M. M. PITTMAN, - - Judge Cos. Court.
THOS. H. Nl BLACK, - - - Clerk S. Court
JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheriff.
WINN A. WORSHAM, - - - Deputy “
LEE J. JOHNSON, ----- Treasurer.
JAMES L. WILLIAMSON, - - Tax Collector.
GEO. W. BROWN, “ Receiver.
JAMES L. JOHNSON, - - County Surveyor.
WM. WALLACE, - - - Coroner.
G. J. N. WILSON, County School Coimniss'r,
Commissioners (Roads and Revenue.)-W®.
Seymour, W. J. Haynie, W. G. Steed. Meet on
the Ist Fridays in August and November. T. H,
Niblaek, Esq., Clerk.
COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY.
METHODIST.
Jefferson Circuit. —-'Jefferson, Harmony Grore.
Dry Pond, Wilson’s, Holly Springs. YV. A.Far
ris, P. C.
Midberry Circuit. —Ebenezer, Bethlehem. C#
cord. Centre and Pleasant Grove, Lebanon. A.B
Anderson, P. C.
Chapel and Antioch supplied from YVatk. -
ville Circuit.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Thyatira. Rev. G. H. Cartledgw. Pastor: Sai.'}
Creek, Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor; Plea.-antOrov';-
Rev. G. H. Cartledge, Pastor; Mizpah. Rev. N>
Smith, Pastor.
baptist.
Cabin Creek, W. R. Goss. Pastor; Harmon.'
Grove. YY . B. J. Hardeman, Pastor; Zion, ty
•1. M. Davis, Past.; Bethabra. Rev. <>'. L. Bag" 1
Pastor; Academy. Rev. .J. N Coil, Pastor.
YY'alnut. Rev. J. M. Davis, Pastor; Crooks
Creek, YY . F. Stark, Pastor; Oconee Church. Jk'V
A. J. Kelley', Pastor; Poplar Springs. Rev.
A. Brock, Pastor; Kandler’s Creek, YY’. F.Star
Pastor; Mountain Creek. YV. 11. Bridges. Pa> tor
PROTEST ANT M ETII < >J)JST.
Pentecost, Rev. R. S. McGarrity. Pastor.
"CHRISTIAN."
Bethany Church. Dr. F. Jackson. Pastor.
Christian Chapel. Elder YV. T. l.owe. Pa^ ,(ff
Galilee. Elder P. F. Lamar. Pastor.
FIRST UNIVERSALIST.
Centre Hill. Rev. B. F. Strain. Pastor; Chur
meeting and preaching every third Saturday a;
Sunday.
FRA TERN A L DIR ECTOR I '.
Unity Lodge, No. 36. F. A. M.. meets I
day night in each month. 11. W. Bell, Y. ’ I
John Simpkins, Sec’y. . |
Love Lodge, No. 65. I. O. (). F.. meets on -* F
and 4th Tuesday nights in each month. J. R*‘ S| I
man, N. G.; G. J. N. Wilson, Sec’y. . |
Stonewall Lodge, No. 214. I. O. G. T.. meets o" j
Saturday night before 2d and 4th Sundays m e
month. .J. B. Pendergrass. W. C. TA NARUS.; Miss J*
ry F. Winburn, W. R. S.
Jefferson Grange, No. 488. P, of 11., meets 11
Saturday before 4th Sunday in each month. • la "'
E. Randolph. M.; G. J. N. Wilson, Sec’y. #
Relief (colored) Fire Company. Xo. 2. meet?' ®
4th Tuesday night in each month. Henry Loiv
Captain; N*ed Burns, Sec’y. . u
Oconee Grange. No. 391. meets on Saturday
fore the first Sunday in each month, at Galilee,
1 o’clock, P. M. A. C. Thompson, W. M. : >
Bush, Sec’y.
MARTIN INSTITUTE
\\7 ILL open on the 23d of August. Parents*"
▼ t Guardians will find it well worth the tr
to inquire the expenses and character of ’ nS )O
tion here, before deciding where to seek educ
for those under their charge. They will ffß® . jj,
penses little over half as much as in most w*
tions of equal grade, and for its character,
fer them, with perfect confidence, to the p at - t .
and pupils who have known the Institute, " li !
present corns of teachers, for years. Appb 1
J. E. RANDOLPH,
Secretary Board Trusts
Or and. W. GLEXX.
July 31st, 1873. I’rinctp*^
Oil, 25 cents per g :l,k :
gt Kilgore's stand, Athens.