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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. A Grand Georgia Enterprise—the Great Events of the Coming Year. No man or family should be without a newspaper. It is the most intelligent and entertaining visitor to any household, and is the best of all educators. Besides this ad mitted fact, there are now additional reasons for subscribing to a good newspaper. Per haps no year of the last half century furnish ed a greater combination of Important and Thrilling events than will the t’ear approach ing. The Presidential contest, the Guber natorial election, the Centennial and other Great Events transpire. As in the past, so in the future, the Atlanta Constitution, published at the Capital of the State, will be foremost in the Chronicling of all News, Political, Commercial, Agricultural, Religious, of Legislatures and Conventions. A Democratic Journal, it is independent of all Political or Personal influences, and is Free to devote itself to the best interests of the people of Georgia and the South. It is accepted through the Union as the represent ative paper of the State. The Constitution is known as The People’s Paper. 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No pains will be spared to equal in this respect to any newspaper in the the Useful, and the Entertaining will be pre sented to its readers. Upon a basis of as sured prosperity, it will be able to fulty exe cute all its undertakings. The Daily Constitution is furnished, post age paid, at $10,60, $5,30 for six months ; $2,65 for three months ; SI,OO for one month. The Weekly' Constitution, made up from the Dailv, is a Mammoth Sheet of FORTY COLUMNS; price, including postage, $2,20 per annum ; sl,lO for six months. Sample copies sent free on application. Address W. A. Hemphill & Cos. Atlanta. Legal : * * The following is the Legal Weight of a bushel, as fixed by an Act of the General As sembly', approved February 20th, 1875 : 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 “ Try Your laick ! 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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. o 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 o 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.