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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