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STORY DEPARTMENT.
THE BASHFUL LOVER.
John Patterson was driving his venerable
horse slowly homeward from the little village
of Briarton. They were passing the low-lying
fhiyn of Nathan Wynne, and John, without
(hiring foYthe life of him to turn his head, j
rolled his great black eyes toward the sub
stantial stone farm-house in the hope of catch-!
ing a glimpse of Kitty, the farmer’s comely
daughter. But, though John kept his eyes
turned in their sockets till his head ached
fearfully, he saw nothing of Kitty.
John was desperately in love with Kitty
Wynne, and had been for many a day. and
yet dared not tell her so. Tell her that he
loved her and ask her to marry him ? \\ hy,
he would not so much as look at her w hen
there was any danger of his being caught at
it. for the world, and simply because he could
not. for it was John’s misfortune to he ex
cessively bashful. He generally made out to
bow to her when he met her. but even that
always brought a great lump into his throat
and turned his face the color of a penny.
As John passed over a little knoll and out
of sight of the house, the farmer's great orch
ard—the trees ready to break down under
HumF weight of ripe fruit —was before him.
“ Wlmt a while that miller kept me waiting
for my grist. I’in as hungry as a bear. I
must have a pocketful of those yellow beau
ties to eat on my way home.’’
And with this John drew rein on his horse,
scaled the fence and struck out in a bee line
for his favorite tree.
He knew as well as Farmer Wynne did,
and in fact every man and boy around knew,
just, where the best apples were to lie found,
for Nathan was not one of those whom large
and small boys of predatory habits designate
ai “ stingy old hunk.’’ His fruit was as free
to-fill ns the water in the little brook which
divided the orchard by its never-ceasing flow.
John had filled his pockets, and was about
to retrace his steps to the wagon, when lie
caught the flutter of a pink dress through a
.du-spur of quince trees and heard Kitty’s
merry voice in conversation with someone.
Stealing a hasty glance through the trees,
.John recognized Kitty’s companion to be her
cousin, I.lctty Shaw, from the village. They
were coming directly toward the tree under
which John was standing.
What in the world was he to do ? lie did
not fancy running away like a detected thief,
and his trembling knees and palpitating heart
warred him that if he would not die then and
there, lie must, seek a place of concealment.
id add to John’s bucketful of embarrass
ment on this occasion, he was conscious that
he was not in the least “fixed up.” lie was
in lys cvery-dsy garb, and there was a huge
black patch on the knee of his gray panta
loons; and John hated patches because he
was poor and obliged to wear them. The
sleeves of his coat were fat too short, as also
thosdegs of his pants, and to make the matter
worse his clothes were covered with flour,
which he had somehow got on while he was
waiting for his grist at the mill.
John glanced up into the tree, but the fol
iage was not thick, and there was little chance
for a hiding-place there. Near the tree was
an inverted hogshead, which had been used
ns a stand from which to pick apples from
tree. The hogshead had once been used
as a temporary dog-kennel, and a hole, perhaps
eighteen inches in diameter, had been made
to adgiit the dog.
There was no time to be lost. The hogs
head afforded the only retreat within the
trembling young man’s reach, and he was not
long in squeezing himself inside of it.
The girls came on and sat down on the
grass right where John, by stooping down
and peering through the circular hole, could
watch them.
Kitty, he thought, looked prettier and
brighter than ever in her pink dress, and the
sun, which was settling into the west, made
her brown hair as golden as the apples in her
hip.
Kitty held up an apple by the stem, say
ing :
“Name it, Ilet.ty ; but not Will Joyce, nor
Jerry. Davis, nor ”
v ‘ There, stop; the apple is named,” said
lletty, merrily.
Kitty pared and ate her apple, carefully
saving all the seeds. When she had them all
in her chubby hand, she held them out for
Itetty to spell the name. Touching each seed
witii her finger, Hett y spelled :
“ J -o-h-n-P-a-t -t-e-r-s-o-n.”
“It spells it exactly. Why, Kitty, what
are von blushing so for? One would think
that fellow's name was spelled out in your
heart in indelible letters, by the way you
look.”
Kitty said nothing, though she looked un
commonly sober for her, John thought, and
he wondered if the girls didn't hear his heart
beat; he thought they must, it was thumping
away so furiousty. He thought, too, that
Kitty was angry that any one would natural
ly suppose that she eared for him. How
humbly he felt: he could scarce have told
why ; and how his cheeks burned witli the
flush of wounded pride.
" Now. really, Kitty,” said her cousin, with
a bantering laugh, "if you don’t drive away
that forlorn look I shall think you care more
than your pride will let you acknowledge for
that great, awkward booby, who hasn’t the
courage, nor never will have, to ask you to
have him.”
“ Hush, Hetty!” said Kitty, as she rose to
her feet, and her cheeks glowed with a Hush
of deepest crimson. " You do not know John
Patterson as we do, or you would not utter
what you have. He is not awkward at home
with his mother. You ought to see how kind
and considerate he is to her. Father drops
in there often, and he says there isn’t a more
noble-hearted man to be found. Yesterday
you, Hetty, were making game of John be
cause he wears clothes that are patched and
old-fashioned. John is industrious, and do
you know what he does with Ins money ?
Father says he is paying off the mortgage on
his mother’s little farm, and that when he has
a few dollars more than are necessary for a
payment he expends it for books. Mark my
word, Hetty, John Patterson will yet be a
man that you will be proud to class among
your friends. He lias intellect of no com
mon order. It's only his great bashfulness
that keeps him back now.*’
“Now. Kitty, you are too absurd,” and
Hetty laughed as though she thought her
companion in jest. “ Well, it is leap-year ;
you had better offer yourself to this paragon.
I don't believe he will refuse.”
*' I know no one whom I would sooner mar
ry—Bo there ! And Kitty’s face was scarlet
with blushes as she made this frank acknowl
edgement.
But John was not looking at her now. He
was crouched in the most remote part of the
hogshead, trying by various gestures, to drive
awa*- a huge mastiff which threatened to make
his whereabouts known.
The sun had gone down, and John’s hungry
horse had quietly walked off home, and still
the two girls chatted away.
“ Well, Bruno, what have you got in there ?
I'm sure you’ve been whining and pawing
there for half an hour, at least.” And Hetty
came forward and patted the dog’s hairy back
with her hands.
Why, Kitty, there is some dreadful ani
mal in here. What a pair of eyes it has !
Are tliere any wild-cats in the woods ? Thank
my nerves, if uncle and Charley are away, I
can fire a gun. I'll soon know what that hor
rid creature is. In my opinion, here is where
vour geese have gone to. I’ll warrant the
ground in there is strewn with bones. You
and Bruno keep watch, while I run to the
house for a gun.”
Hetty had rattled all this off in a breath
less fashion, and before Kitty had time to
look at the “dreadful animal,” only the great,
I luminous eyes of which could be seen, her
I cousin was on her way to the house.
What was John to do now? Stay where
| lie was and be shot by the courageous little
Hetty, or crawl from his lair like a Hottentot.
■ from his hut, and right before Kitty’s eyes,
too ? The faithful dog began to wag his tail
and whine with renewed animation, ami John
thought the gun must be coming surely.—
Life was sweeter to him now. since hearing
what Kitty had said of himself, than before,
and, creeping to the opening, he began the
getting-out process.
Kitty, who. peeping anxiously in, saw that
"the creature” was moving—that it was com
ing toward her —and giving a spasmodic lit
tle scream, she sank helplessly to the ground,
and covered her face with her apron.
Kitty’s distress made John for the moment
forget that he was the most bashful man alive,
and surely the arms which Kitty felt encir
cling her waist were not those of a wild beast.
Knowing this, it did not need a great amount
of courage to enable her to uncover her face
and sec that the great eyes which had so
frightened her Jiclonged to John Patterson.
It was strange that neither she nor John,
during the half hour they tarried together un
der the apple-tree, thought of lletty or the
gun she had gone to bring. Perhaps neither
would have remembered Hetty’s boasted nerve
in connection with the use of that weapon
again, had not that young lady herself two
years later reminded a certain happy bride
groom and his equally happy bride of the in
cident. and informed them that she knew all
the time that John was in the hogshead, as
she saw him put himself there, and that her
part under the apple-tree was indulged in
solely with a view to encourage the bashful
lover to propose.
Mrs. John Patterson scolded her cousin
bride-maid for her duplicity, but for all that
it was plain to be seen she was not angry,
especially since Hetty had that very day ac
knowledged that she was proud to class her
cousin's handsome husband among her
friends.
ONE OF MOODY’S ILLUSTRATIVE STORIES.
A few years ago. a young Frenchman came
from Paris to London, to consult the celebra
ted physician, Dr. Forbes Winslow ; he was
a nobleman in France, and he had letters of
introduction from the French Emperor, re
questing special attention to the study of the
case. They were afraid he was going out of
his mind, that his reason was disturbed, and
the Emperor wanted the doctor to save him.
The doctor examined him and found there
was something preying on his mind, and lie
said to him:
“ Have you lost any friend ; is that what
troubles you ?”
“No, sir,” he answered.
“ 1 lave you lost any wealth ; and property ?”
“ No, sir.”
“ Have you lost any position in your coun
try ?”
“ No. sir.”
A knowledge of his trouble being necessary
to proper treatment, the doctor said :
“Be honest with me and tell me what
troubles you.
The young nobleman said there was nothing,
but finally, after much persuasion and hesi
tation on his part, as if he was ashamed to
tell, he said :
“My fither was an infidel, my grandfather
was an infidel; and I was brought up an infi
del, but for the past two years, one thought
has haunted me night and day—Eternity and
how shall I spend it.”
“Ah,” said the doctor, “I can't help you,”
and the young nobleman sprang wildly to his
feet, exclaiming: “Is there no help for me?
Am I to be haunted with this spectral thought
day after day. and night after night?” And
the doctor said. “No, you came to the wrong
physician.” He was a Christian doctor, and
lie told him of Christ crucified, and he point
ed him to the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah ; he
told him how Christ was wounded for our
transgressions; how he was bruised for our
iniquities, and the chastisement of our peace
was laid upon Him. lie held him up as the
sinner’s substitute, “and now,” said the doc
tor, “ I was an infidel like yourself, but I
learned to believe in the Lord Jesus, and
found peace to my aching heart; and now,”
he said, “it is all light beyond the grave.”
And the young man said ; “ Doctor, you don’t
believe that, do you ? You don’t believe
that Christ left his place at the right hand of
God, and came down to this world, and suf
fered and died in the place of sinners ?,’ Yes,”
said the doctor, “and I got peace by believ
ing ; and now }?our reason won’t let you be
lieve it.”
They got down on their knees to pray, and
the doctor being a godly, praying man, pour
ed out his heart in supplication to God for
the poor French infidel, and on its conclusion,
he bid him good day telling him to call again.
The young man visited him daily, and they
prayed together, and finally, one day, a flood
of light burst upon his soul, and he went back
to Paris a child of God, healed of his affiic
tions, and having no trouble about the uncer
tainty of eternity. lie is in peace and har
mony with the Son of God.
I’d be a Farmer’s Wife.
I am a wild and laughing girl, just turned of sweet
seventeen.
As full of mischief and of fun as ever you have
seen.
And when 1 am a woman grown, no city beau for
me;
If ever I marry in my life, a farmer's wife I’ll be.
I love a country life ; I love the joyous breeze :
I love to hear the singing birds among the lofty
trees ;
The lowing herds, the bleating flocks, make sweet
music for me ;
If ever i marry in my life, a farmer's wife I’ll be.
1 love to see the chickens skip, I love to milk the
cows,
1 love to hear the farmer's boys a whistling at the
plows;
And fields of corn and waiving grain arc pleasant
sights to me ;
If ever 1 marry in my life, a farmer's wife I’ll be.
Let other girls, who love it best, enjoy the gloomy
town,
‘Mid dusky walls and dusky streets to ramble up
and down ;
But flowery banks, and shady woods, and sunny
skies for me ;
If ever I marry in my life, a farmer's wife I'll be.
SUNDAY READING.
Cling Close to the Rock.
Not long ago a train of cars was going
over the Alleghany mountains. It had reach
ed a place where there was a deep precipice
on one side, and a steep wall of solid rock,
that rose sheer up to a great height, on the
other. The cars were running along quite
close to this rock wall. All at once the whis
tle alarmed the signal, “down breaks! down
breaks!” The passengers were alarmed.
They raised the windows and looked out ex
pecting to see or hear of some great disaster.
The engineer had discovered a little girl and
her baby brother playing on the track, just a
little way in front of the engine. It was im
possible to stop the train in time, and it seem
ed as if the poor children must be crushed to
death, lint just at this moment the girl’s
eye caught sight of a niche in the wall of
rock, made by blasting. And while the long
train went thundering by the passengers
heard the gentle voice of the little girl saying,
“Cling close to the rock, Jolmny! cling
close to the rock !”
How beautiful this was ! And it shows us
how Jesus makes his people safe. We are
exposed to dangers worse than those that
threatened that little girl, But. Jesus sheds
the light of his truth on our path. This shows
us that he is the rock in which we may find
abiding place. And when we look up to him
and say—
“ Rock of Ages cleft for me.
Let me hide myself in thee”—
then, like this little girl, we are “clinging
close to the rock.” And the safety which
we find in doing this, is safety found in the
light which Jesus gives us.
Forgiveness.
Frequently in listening to the conversation
of young men and maidens, this question
suggests itself, Where do many of the youth
of our day get their tenets of religion ? Not
from the Bible or our pulpits, for they teach
charity, mercy, and forgiveness. These beau
tiful qualities are scoffed at by some, and in
their places self-love and resentment made
tutelary divinities. Not long ago we heard
a sweet young girl in appearance, one who
reminded us of the poet’s lines—“ The rose
is fairest when ’tis budding new,” talking in
the most, enthusiastic manner on the subject
of forgiveness. “She might pardon an offence,
but she never forgot it; she had too much
self-respect not to remember and resent an
insult to her feelings.” Self-respect! That
very quality should teach us the heroism of
forgiveness. Vanity and selfishness cause
us to harbor resentment, but self-respect
should make us God-like in virtue; and if it
be necessary to rs'sent an insult, we can heap
coals of fire upon the head of the offender.
Socrates and Aristole, who lived and died
heathens, could instruct many who profess
Christianity in morality and true virtue, which
forgives as it hopes to be forgiven. Only those
| who teach and practice the beautiful iessons
of charity and peace and good-will toward
men, are the true men and women of any
age. —Baltimore American .
Revival in New York.
On the question of getting up a revival
the New York Observer says:
Therefore, no men are to be waited for,
but in all cases where Christians pray, and
ministers preach the truth, there the Spirit
of God should be expected with reviving and
converting power. It is the day when men
are in a remarkably fitted condition to be im
pressed with divine truth. Is is also a day
of abounding wickedness. In this city and
in other cities, and through our country large
ly, is a spirit of intense worldliness, a greed
I'or wealth, attended with such a decay of
principle, and honest uprightness, that faith
in marfis failing. Society is losing confidence
in itself. Who is to be trusted when those
whom all men trusted prove to be defaulters
and thieves, and forgerers and perjurers ?
Crime has become bold, impudent and secure.
The revelations of fraud and corruption in
public office are frightful, and almost incred
ible. The community may well stand aghast
before the mass of moral disease disclosed by
every committee of investigation, and even
more when the indifference of the public to
the awful revelations is considered.
Have Father and Mother with You.
In boyhood an aged aunt said to the writer
of this : “ When you grow to be a man I
advise von, if possible, to have your father
and Mother, live with you. The blessing of
God always rests upon the man who is the
support of his parents. I never saw an ex
ception to this, and never heajd of one, arid
I am certain there never was an exception to
this law of (lod.” Well that was thirty years
ago, and so deep was the impression left up
on my mind that I have ever since been look
ing for the exception, but have never seen
nor heard of it. Remember, men and women,
whose parents have been spared to you, if
you would be prosperous, happy and have
the very best that God can give, hold on to
the old peopl Q , and honor and obey them to
the beet of your ability. So says the Italic,
and so say we.
A Clear Track.
If a man's whole life-object is to make dol
lars. he will be running against those who
are making dollars. If his whole object is
to get applause, he will run against those who
are seeking applause. But if he rises higher
than that, he will not be interrupted in his
flight heavenward. Why does that flock of
birds, floating up against the blue sky so high
that you can hardly see them, not change its
course for spire or tower ? They are above
all obstructions. So we would not have so
often to change our Christian coarse if we
lived in a higher atmosphere, near Christ,
and nearer the throne of God.
Reading the Scriptures.
Suppose you have only a few moments ev
ery day. One of the holiest men I ever knew
never read more than five or ten verses at
once. Every verse had so broad and many
sided signification, that a few words gave
him as much mental food as lie could hear
at one time. Throughout the day they came
upon him in all their various application and
shades of meaning, as circumstances placed
him in one position and now in another.
W hen the stiffened body lies down to the
tomb, sad, silent, and remorseless, I feel there
is no death for the man. That clod which
yonder dust shall cover is not my brother.
The dust goes to his place, man to his own.
It is then I teel my immortality. I look through
the grave into heaven. I ask no miracle, no
proof, no reasoning for me. I ask no risen
dust to teach me immortality. I am conscious
of eternal life.— Theodore Parker.
CsPAnother great temperance revival has
grown from the continued religious interest
which has prevailed in Auburn, Me., since
last winter.
THE FARM.
FARM MANAGEMENT.
Our beneficent Maker has not stricken the
land with sterility. He but requires ot us
the use of the means he has placed at our
disposal. The proper application of these
means are illustrated in every land where
agricultural prosperity prevails. If we read
the lesson aright, it would teach us, among
other things, the actual necessity ot limiting
our cultivation to the area upon which we
can do thorough work; of keeping, to the
full capacity of our farms, improved stock of
all kinds; of increasing the quantity and
quality of home-made manures b} 7 fair
feeding and precautions against their waste ;
and of making profit from the manure ma
chinery by the sale of beef, butter, mutton
and wool.
Are none of these things possible to us?
The heaviest cost we annually encounter,
except in the gratification of our personal
tastes and habits, is the pay and mainten
ance of laborers. Can we not reduce this
number, and limit our cultivation to the
surface which it is possible, in some way, to
manure? If your present corn field of forty
acres produces two barrels to the acre, can
you not, by concentrating your efforts on
one-half of that surface —by green manures,
thorough and timely culture—greatly incease
the yield and sensibly diminish the cost of
production? And will not this rule apply as
well to all the crops you cultivate?
It is believed tliefie questions can be
answered in the affirmative, The matters
involved in them are of vital importance,
and our necessities demand immediate action
in the direction in which they point. Let
the farmer who has satisfied himself that his
occupation, as now conducted, is profitless,
prepare for a “new departure.” Let him
begin the use of green manures, as the
readiest and cheapest revenue at command
—repeating, if necessary, upon the same
surface. And should he obtain from them
the profit they elsewhere afford, let him not,
after the old Virginia custom, in such cases
made and provided, forthwith abandon their
use ! lie is poor, but he has a few cows.
Let him contrive to feed and shelter them
well during the coming winter, and, at the
proper season, procure them access to a
thorough-bred bull. By contnuing such care
and management for a few years, at the end
of them he will have an improved herd, from
which profit can be derived. Meanwhile, let
him make good use of the improved manure
which he will find to be at once accumula
ting. It is not probable that he has a sheep.
Let him contrive to procure six, if no more,
and, if it be possible, breed them to a
thorough bred ram. Keep, all the ewe
; lambs, and begin to feed the flock sparingly
in early winter, and their digestive organs
may be able to manage the full feeding hard
weather will require. In a short time he will
have as many sheep as he should have.—
; Then, with a full herd and flock of improved
animals, the further exercise of energy and
! common sense will greatly advance his
i poWrxion and prospects. They will not
! probably make a fortune for him, but will
| materially .assist in securing bread, meat,
I and a home for his family. These blessings
■ he now holds by a tenure which cannot even
| lie called precarious. His efforts at rising
j out of his hereditary agricultural rust will be
: greatly aided by the regular reading of one
, or more of the agricultural periodicals of the
i da}'. Without believing everything he finds
!in them, he can yet see what is elsewhere
! accomplished by the use of the means which
lie in his own reach.— Cor. Southern Planter
and Farmer.
Winter Garden.
To have a good winter garden, preparation
shound commence the first of September.
Two good months have passed and we are
now approaching the real cold weather; still
turnips, spinach, mustard and rape seeds
may be sown to advantage for a supply of
greens during the winter. Onion sets and
shallost may be set'out and will come into
use in January and succeding months.
The writer is now using daily the above
vegetables (excepting onions and shallots)
from seed sown one month ago. A garden
spot must be rich to yield fine vegetables.
They cannot be grown on poor land.
This is the way I effected so much in one
month. In the first place the ground is
good. Even if moderately so, the following
plan will make a profitable sowing :
The ridges were slightly elevated, say two
inches above the surface of the ground when
levelled off. Open the center with a sharp
pointed stick or the prong of a hoe about an
inch deep. In this sprinkle the seed mod
erately thick, and after gently covering
them, press the earth lightly to them with
the back of a spade. Having saved all the
soap-suds from washing, and all the dish
water in a tight box, or barrel, sprinkle the
plants with a mixture of the suds and] dish
water, mixed half and half, with pure water
when three or four days old. Do this every
other day until they are ten days old, and
then use the suds mixture without the addi
tion of pure water. A few days after this
put into a pail of the mixture, a pint of good
wood ashes, stir well and sprinkle with this.
In the meantime loosen the earth three days
on eacli side of the plants with a hoe. At
this period of the year, (November) it is best
to water them after the sun is up, that what
heat its rays may have will warm the roots as
much as possible. This is the whole process
whether used for salads, cabbages, beets,
& c.
There is nothing that will force young
vegetables better than this plan, except the
application of a solution in water, of am
monia. liut this article is too costly to be
used extensively. The nitrates of soda and
potash are much cheaper and may, especially
the nitrate of soda, be used in the place of
suds, dish-water and ashes. It is equally as
efficacious, but the suds mixture can be
readily obtained at each home without an
outlay of money.
It is not too late } r et to sow turnip,
spinach, mustard and a few other kinds of
seeds whose plants are hardy and can stand
the cold of our unusually mild winters.
Onion sets and esehalotes, will grow now
and during all the winter months. So will
long col lards as they are generally termed.
The aforsaid fertilizers are useful for all the
vegetables usually produced in our Southern
gardens.
Those who consult health as well as
appetite will not fail to have a due supply of
vegetables for every month in the year.—
Recorder <s• Union.
Brown sugar has been successfully
used as a remedy for hog cholera. Give
about two pounds to a hog as soon as it
shows signs of sickness. It acts as a physic
and carries off a quantity of pin worms,
which afford immediate relief.
fdP Cultivate every crop upon your fields,
and in the proper rotation.
£cf|(il ihluertisements.
BEAD THIS NOTICE!
GEORGIA, JacksonCouNTY.-Notice is here
by given that we will not, hereafter, advertise any
levy unless the advertising fee is paid in advance.
We will not violate the rules here laid down, and
hope plaintiffs in fi fas will not ask it, as this is
the law. -J. S. HUNTER, Sheriff,
Nov2o W. A. WORSHAM, D. Sh’ff.
Receiver’s Sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Janua
ry, 187 G, in the town of Jefferson, Jackson
county. Georgia, at public outcry, before the
Court House door, between the lawful hours of
sale, by me. as Receiver of the Estate of John
Shackelford, deceased, the following real estate
situate in said town, to wit: One undivided half
interest in the STORE-HOUSE AND LOT situ
ated on the south-west corner of the Public
Square, and known as the Win, S. Thompson
Store-house. Said property sold under the au
thorizing order of the last Superior Court of
Clarke County, Ga.
PETER W. IIUTCIIESON, Jr.,
Dec 4 4t Receiver.
Jackson Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Janu
ary next, before the Court House door, in
•Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga, within the legal
hours of sale, the following property, to wit :
Eight and one-half acres of land, more or less,
on the waters of the Walnut Fork of the Oconee
river, adjoining lands of Wm Shields, J II Adams,
and others. Eight acres of said land cleared and
in cultivation, with a common log cabin and some
out-buildings thereon. Levied on as the property
of Lemuel Howard, by virtue of a fi fa issued from
Jackson County Court, II C Giddens vs Lemuel
Howard. Fi fa controlled by II R Howard. Prop
erty pointed out by defendant.
dec4 J. S. HUNTER, Sh'ff.
Administrator’s Sale.
AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Jackson county, will be sold be
fore the Court House door at Jefferson, in said
county on the first Tuesday in January, 1876,
within the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, to
the highest bidder, the following property, to wit:
One tract, of land in said county, on the waters
of Walnut Fork of the Oconee river, adjoining
lands of Bowles, Rogers, Long and others, con
taining three hundred and forty-three acres, more
or less ; fifty !o seventy-five acres of fine bottom
—a fair proportion of strong upland in cultivation,
balance in old fiedd land ; well watered ; a splen
did orchard ; and very gQod dwellings, and other
improvements on the place. Sold subject to the
life estate of the widow of G M Duke, uec’d, in a
portion of the place, the purchaser taking only the
interest of remainderman in that portion laid oft
as the widow’s dow r er. Sold as the property of G
M Duke, late of said county, deceased, for the
purposb of paying the debts, and for distribution
among the heirs at law 7 of said deceased. Terms,
cash, G. S. DUKE, Adm'r of
deed G. M. Duke, dec'd.
Jackson Comity.
Whereas, J. 11. Cronic makes application tome
in proper form, for Permanent Letters of Admin
istration on the estate of E. P. Teal, late of said
county; deceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned arc 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 January. 1876. why said Letters should not be
granted said petitioner, otherwise his petition will
be granted as prayed for.
Given under my hand officially, at office, Nov.
16th, 1875, ~ W.C. HOWARD,
Dec 4th, 1875. Ordinary.
Jackson County Postponed
Mortgage Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in Janua
ry, (1876.) eighteen hundred and seventy
six, before the Court-house door in Jefferson,
Jackson county, Ga., within the legal hours of
sale, the following property, to-wit: A certain
bay horse, four years old, levied on as the prop
erty of Jesse Hull, to satisfy one mortgage fi fa
issued from Jackson Superior Court, in favor of
J R&LC Matthews vs. Jesse Hull. Property
pointed out in said mortgage fi fa.
novl3 W. A. WORSHAM, D. Sh’ff.
QEORGIA, JACKSON COUNTY.
Whereas, J D Johnson, Administrator of G W
McElhannon, late of said county, dec’d, represents
to the Court, by his petition duly tiled, that he has
fully administered said estate according to law,
and asks to be discharged from the same and for
letters of dismission—
Therefore, all persons interested are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if any they can,
on the first Monday in January, 1876, at the reg
ular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be then
held in and for said county, w-hy said Administra
tor should not be discharged and said letters of
dismission be granted, as prayed for by applicant
in his petition.
Given under my official signature, at office, Oct.
4th, 1875. AVI LEY C. HOWARD,
Oct 23 Ordinary.
Don't. regard it :is si C’nt<*li-penny.
Brairfield's Female Regulator—We have
often read in the newspapers of the grand success
of modical compounds put up at the North and
elsewhere. Many of those medicines have had
their day, and we hear no more of them. Their
proprietors have made fortunes, not so much from
the curative powers and virtues of their mixtures,
as from the notoriety given them by advertising,
by which people were made to believe all the good
that was said of them. A preparation is now be
fore the public which is becoming very popular,
and is known as Bradtield’s Female Regulator, put
up by L. H. Bradfield, of Atlanta, Ga., at $1.50
per bottle. Such is its curative virtues, that it
has gained wide-spread popularity all over the
country where it has been made known, and it is
being introduced everywhere. We are informed
that immense quantities of this medicine are be
ing sold in all sections of the South and South
west, especially in the city of New Orleans and in
Texas.
This much we say in justice to its proprietor,
who is a gentleman of integrity, and who would
not engage in the manufacture and sale of a hum
bug.—LaG range Reporter.
Ttco Miles before Breakfast.
In a neighboring city in Georgia, there is a mar
ried woman, who, after her third confinement, had
ulceration, with all its repulsive symptoms. She
tried in vain all the nostrums ; her husband car
ried her to all the famous mineral springs, went
" ith her to New I ork, Philadelphia, and other
places, to consult eminent obstetricians, to no pur
pose. After the use of the fifth bottle of Regula
tor, she has been fully restored to her former
health and happiness, and is nqw the joy of the
household—is able to walk two miles before
breakfast. Novl3
Excellent Teas.
Ihe Original American Tea Company,
of New York, of which Robt. Wells is President,
was established in 1840, and since that time has
been steadily gaining in favor, not only in the city
of New York, but all over the country, until now
teas reach every section. The leading press of the
city and of hundreds of plac’es in the country have
endorsed it as perfectly reliable, and parties wish
ing excellent teas at low prices, can with perfect
confidence send to this company for them. Their
teas are put up in one pound packages, with the
kind and price printed on the wrappers ; also, in
boxes containing 5, 10, 20 and 30 pounds. They
range in price from 40 cents to $1,30 per pound.
Our merchants can have samples mailed to their
address by enclosing 10 cents for each sample.
Ihe company wish reliable agents in every town
to get up clubs amongst families for their teas,
and offer great inducements. Send for our circu
lar. Address always, Robt. Wells, Pres't 43
V esey St., New Y’ork. Sept 25—3 m
flTThe best W"agon Yard in Athens,
at Kilgore's stand.
JB€*r’Magistrates’ blanks printed at this office
DIRECTOR Y.
JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY
PROFESSIONS.
Physicians...J. U. &H. J. Long, jj n
ter. N. W. Carithers, J. O. Hunt. * ios *
A tty’s at Law... J. B. Silman, AV. I
J. A. B. Mahaffey, W. C. How ard, M. M. pj t J kt -
P. F. llinton, R. S. Howard. lUai
MERCHANTS.
Pendergrass & Hancock, F. M. Bailey,
& Pinson, Wm. S. Thompson. ' an|| J
MECHANICS.
Carpenters... Joseph P. Williamson, Sen
•J. P. Williamson, Jr. ’ ° r !
Harness Maker... John G. Oakes.
Wagon Makers... Wm. Winbum,
Ray, (col.)
Buggy Maker...L. Gilleland.
Blacksmith.*.C. T. Story.
Tinner... John 11. Chapman.
Tanners...J. E. & 11. J. Randolph,
Boot and Shoe-Makers...N. lL Stark,
Forest Neics office ; Seaborn M. Stark, over V
S. Thompson’s store.
HOTELS.
Randolph House, by Mrs. Randolph.
North-Eastern Hotel, by .John Simpkins
Public Boarding House, by Mrs. ElizaW,
Worsham.
Liquors, Segaes, &C...J. L. Bailey.
Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin...J. and h
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.
Centre Academy. —L. M. Lyle, Principal.
Galilee Academy.— A. L. Barge, Principal.
Harmony Grove Academy. —R. S. Cheney,
cipal.
Murk Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal.
Oak Grove Academy —Mrs. A. C. P. ftyU
Principal.
Academy Church. —J. J. Mitchell, Principal.
Duke Academy. — Mrs. H. A. Deadwyler, Prjj.
cipal.
Park Academy. —Miss V. C. Park. Principal.
Chapel Academy.- — AY. 11. Hill, PrincipJ
Holly Spring Academy —W. P. Newman, Pr.
■ < fi O' H ;
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OFMARI
Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on Wetinw.
days and Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, A. M., aaddi.
parts same days at 12 o’-clock, M.
Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson on Wedwj.
days and Saturdays, at 11 o'clock, A. M., audde.
parts same days at 12 o’clock, M.
Lawrenceville mail arrives at Jefferson onSttn.
days, at 12 o’clock, M, and departs same day )
o’clock, P. M.
F. L. Pendergrass, Dep’y P. M.
MAGISTRATES AND BAILIFFS .
Jefferson District, No. 245, N. H. Ppndergms,
J. P.; H. T. Fieeman, J. P. John M. Buna,
Constable.
Clarkesborough District, No. 242, F. M. Holli
day, J. P.: M. B. Smith. J. P.
Miller’s District, No. 455, 11. 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,
P.; Jas. A. Stravnge, J. P.
Cunmngham',4 District. No. 428, .J. A. Brarfc
ton, J. P.; T. K. Randolph, J. P.
Newtown District, No. 253, G. AY. o'Kelly, J,
P.; T. J. Stapler, Not. Pub. & Ex. Off. J. P.
Minnish's District, No. 255. Z. W. Hood. J. P,
Harrisburg District. No. 257, Wm. M. Morgan,
J. P. ; J. AV. Pruitt, J. P.
House’s District, No. 243, A. A. Hill, J. P<;
Jas. Guffin, N. P. ex off. J. P.; M 0 Herrin,
Bailiff.
Santafee District, No. 1042, AY. R. Boyd, J. P,
S. G. Arnold. J. P.
AVilson’s District, No. 465, AY. J. Comer, J. P.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF JEFFERSOI
AY. 1. Pike, Mayor: J. P. Williamson, Sr.,G.
J. N. Wilson, R. J. Hancock, Aldermen; T. H,
Niblack. Esq., Clerk A Treasurer; J. H. Hums.
Marshal.
JACKSON SUPERIOR COURT.
Hon. GEO. D. RICE, - - - Judgf,
EMORY SPEER. Esq., - - Sol. Gal
CO l 'NTV OFFICERS.
WILEY C. HOAVARD, - - - - Ordinary
M. M. PITTMAN, - - Judge Cos. Cmrrt.
THUS. 11. NIBLACK, - - - Clerk S. Court
JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheriff,
WINN A. WORSHAM. - - - Deputy”
LEE J. JOHNSON, ----- Treasurer
JAAIESL. WILLIAMSON, - - Tax Collector,
GEO. AV. BROWN, Recant
JAMES L. JOHNSON, - - County Surveyor,
AVAL WALLACE. - - - Coroner,
G. -J. N. AVILSON, County School Comniiss’r.
Commissioners (Roads and ReventeJ-Wb.
Seymour, A Y. J. llaynie, AV. G. Steed. Meet on
the Ist Fridays in August and November. T. H.
Niblack, Esq., Clerk.
COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY.
■ METHODIST.
Jefferson Circuit. —Jefferson, Harmony Grow
Dry Pond, Wilson's, Holly Springs. W. A.F
ris, P. C.
Mulberry Circuit. —Ebenezcr, Bethlehem, tor
cord. Centre and Pleasant Grove, Lebanon. AT
Anderson. P. 0.
Chapel and Antioch supplied from Watkins-
Mile Circuit.
iJ*RESRYTERIAN. o .
Thyatira, Rev. G. H. Cartledgc, Pastor; S D “. f
Creek, Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor; PleasantGnrrc,
Rev. G. H. Cartledge, Pastor; Mizpah, RevA t: -
Smith, Pastor.
RAPTIST.
Cabin Creek, W. R. Goss, Pastor: Haro*®.'
Grove, W. B. J. Hardeman, Pastor; Zion, W]*
J. M. Davis, Past.; Bethabra, Rev. G. L. Bag* e ‘-
Pastor; Academy, Rev. J. N. Coil, P* st *i
Walnut, Rev. J. M. Davis, Pastor; Crooß-
Crcek, W. F. Stark, Pastor; Oconee Church,
A. J. Kelley, Pastor; Poplar Springs, Rev.
A. Brock, Pastor; Handler's Creek, W.F.Stai* 1
Pastor; Mountain Creek, W. 11. Bridges, P> ;,cr
PROTESTANT METHODIST.
Pentecost, Rev. R. S. McGarrity, Pastor.
“CHRISTIAN.”
Bethany Church, Dr. F. Jackson, Pastor.
Christian Chapel. Elder W. T. Lowe, Pastor.
Galilee, Elder P. F. Lamar, Pastor.
FIRST UNI VERSA LIST. v
Centre Hill, Rev. B. F. Strain, Pastor; CMJ
meeting and preaching every third Saturday
Sunday.
M. E. CHURCH —(NORTH.)
Simpson Circuit , Ira Woodman, P C.-T’ 0
lation church, 2d Sunday; Pleasant Grove.
Saturday; Mt. Olivet, Banks co; Duuneg* ll '
Chapel, Hall co ; Corinth, Franklin co.
FRATERNAL DIRECTORY.
Stonewall Lodge, No. 214,1. O. G. TANARUS.,
every 2d and 4th Saturday night in the n>°V
T. S. Johnson, W. C. TA NARUS.; Miss Eula Gober,
R. S.
Unity Lodge, No. 3G, F. A. M., meets IstTj*
day night in each month. 11. W. Bell, *• *
John Simpkins, Sec’y.
Love Lodge, No. 05. I. 0. 0. F., meets
and 4th Tuesday nights in each month.
man. N. G.; G. J. N. Wilson, Sec’y. $
Jefferson Grange, No. 488, P. of H., meet
Saturday before 4th Sunday in each month.
E. Randolph, M.; G. J. N. Wilson. Sec'y.
Relief (colored) Fire Company, No. 2, m ,
4th Tuesday night in each month. Henry
Captain ; ed Burns, Sec’y.
Oconee Grange, No. 391, meets on Saturday |(
fore the first Sunday in each month, atGab'yq
1 o’clock, P. M. A. C. Thompson, W. Md
Bush, Sec’y.
AUDITOR S COURT.
<r t
THE case of G. R. Duke, adm'r, &c.. ’;
Duke, et al ., referred to me as Audi -y
the last term of Jackson Superior Court, a*
heard at Jefferson, said county, on Tues
14th day of December, prox.,
o’clock. A. M. Parties, attorneys and
will take notice and govern themselves
ingly. 6 J. F. LANGSTON
Nov 20, 1875, Aud> t 0