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CHRISTMAS STORY.
THQ VACANT SEAT.
BY COBB, JR.
It was on till morning of the day licfore
Chrtatmas. Most of the people wlio lived in
the little hamlet of St. Anne’s were looking
forward with joyous Anticipates to the mor
row ; hut not all. In the cot of Arkwright,
the pilot, there was sadness instead of joy,
ami the looking forward to the Christmas
time was sadder still.
Sitting down to the table on this morning
before Christmas, were Mrs. Arkwright and
three children—the widow and the fatherless.
The widow was a woman of ftve-and-forty,
ret fair and comely, though care and sorrow
had drawn deep, dark lines npon her face.
Of the children the oldest was a girl. Mary,
of fifteen ; and the youngest a boy, of eight.
And at the table were two vacant seats—one
at the head, and anotlier on the right of the
head. And this is why they were vacant:
Six years before there had been another
child in the household—the first-born—a
stout boy. named Edward. At the age of
sixteen he had been able, when circumstan
ces required, to take his father's place at the
or outgoing vessels, and
had been looked upon by the hardy pilots
and fishernleif of St. Anne’s as a lad of more
than usual Strong and manful for
his age. and handsome and good, he had been
not only the pride and joy of his parents, but
the pride of the hamlet. One day, six years
ago, Edward went out in charge of a vessel
bound to Liverpool, taking with him only a
light dory in which to return when he should
have piloted his charge lieVond danger. A
sudden and unlooked for storm arose, and
Edward came not back. It. was said, by those
w!k> iwylfrstood such matters, that he must
havf wfr*Ae vessel before the coming of the
storm. Three days afterwards the wreck of
his dory was picked np outside the Black
Rocks, and there was no more waiting for
the lost one.
Following a custom which their fathers
with them from another land,
Edward's seat at the frugal board had )>cen
from that tune left vacant. Morning, noon
and night the Chair which the brave youth
had once occupied was set. in its accustomed
place, nnd perhaps they, in their simple faith,
imagined that the spirit of the departed might
sometimes keep them company, and witness
theif sorrow, and know, of a verity, how much
and how truly they had loved him.
4>oen at the right of the head ;
and nw#—wbw—anotlier seat was vacant.
During the Autumn last passed the husband
and father had been swallowed up in the sea.
and the chair which he had occupied for full
thrge-and-twenty years str/ -ant by the
side of the other. Surely S' . was upon
the humble household. Aye,* vcr > *nore than
sorrow—want stared them in thews.o- And
yet, perhaps, this very wolf barking at their
door tefVea to blunt and smooth the ragged
edge of the keener misery.
“Mother,” said Mary, looking tip from the
breakfast-table with a face that bore marks
of an age beyond her years, “to-morrow is
Christmas.” “Yes, mv child ; but it can be
no Christinas to ns. Christmas should le
joyous. Alas ! joy is not for this household P*
mother," tlie evening of to-day will
be ffrltWas-Eve.”
“Certainly, ni}' child.”
“ Did you not say, mother, that after Christ
mas-h S-e We would have but one vacant seat
at our boanV r
An expression of paiitffASsed over the face
of the matron.
“Yes, Mary,” she replied, huskily, “ I said
so; and I think so it must he. H.id Edward
been with us he would have been at the head.
The single vacant seat will keep the mem
ories of both fresh and green. And, moreover,
I see that, ere long, we must sell our chairs,
and content us with more simple scats. One
chair we will keep, and it shall be severed to
the memory of both our loved ones departed.”
And on that evening the chairs which were
to be sold were set apart, and the widow and
her three children sat at the table upon rough
wooden boxes. Only one chair remained—
at tljw head of the board—vacant.
While the family were at their painfully
frugal repast, the door was unceremoniously
opened, and Phiflip Seabury entered. He
was a pilot—had been a dear friend of John
Arkwright—and was a bluff, big-hearted man.
He was welcomed heartily, for a ray of
something akin to sunshine came in with his
honest, genial face.
** Phillip,” said the widow, reluctantly, “I
wish we could ask you to sit at our board ;
but, alas f It could only be an empty invita
tion.'*
“ I had thought of that, Mrs. Arkwright,
and partly for that reason am I here. We
want you to have as merry a Christinas as
you can, and—”
life widow pnt up her hand.
** Hwsh. Phillip. I know the goodness of
your heart, and I appreciate it; but I cannot
think of an attempt at joy for the morrow. It
#ould seem to me almost impious. Perhaps,
at some time, should the need come more
cruelly upon me, I may ask a favor: but not
of joy far the morrow. No, no,—l feel that
we can best serve ourselves, and pay respect
to the dear ones gone, by making our Christ
mas a day of mourning. We will remember
the Crucifixion rather than the Birth.”
The old pilot sat by the fire, and rubbed
bis hands over the lazy flame, and after an
extended reason of reflection he looked up as
though anew idea had struck him.
By the way, Mrs Arkwright, did you ever
know the Dolorosa family V'
The widow said she had never known them,
though the name hail a familiar sound.
They c**ce lived not far from here,” pursued
Seabury,* “and they had a son who was a pi
lot, Excuse me. but their case was, in some
respects, so near like your own, that I couldn’t
help thinking of it. But I won’t go on if you
wish me not.”
“On the contrary,” said the widow, “I
should like to hear the story. Even in direst
misfortune companionship is a relief.” And
she and her little ones came and gathered
around the fire ; and she added, —“Tell me
the story, Phillip.”
“It was your own case that marie me think
of it just now,” said the pilot, still rubbing
his hands over the fire. “ You see, old Dolo
rosa—queer name, isn’t it ?—was a pilot, and
Ins eon was a pilot.—D’ye wonder they made
me think of old John and Edward ?—One
day, as I was told—l didn’t see it myself—
young Dolorosa, the lad, went out in charge
of a vessel bound to some foreign port, taking
his skitf to come back in. While he was gone
a dreadful storm came on ; and it was known
that he must have left the vessel, and that the
sudden storm caught him in his egg-shell of
a skifT. Of course he was lost, —but, as it
turned out, he wasn't lost for all time. Some
years afterwards—l won’t say just how many
—young Dolorosa, grown to be a grand and
handsome man, came home, and joy came
with him. He had l>een all the absent years
in India, and had grown rich, —that is, rich
for him, —rich enough, at all events, to sup
port the old home without another stroke of
work.”
“ Bless Got! for tle joy given to that moth
er !” said Mrs. Arkwrighi, folding her hands
u|>on lier breast. “My boy can never come
back to me! But—liow was he saved, and
why did he go to India Y'
“Thns it was,” answered Phillip—“and
this I have from one who heard him tell the
story: On that day of the storm he had left
the vessel he had piloted ont, as had been
supposed. When the storm caught him it
swamped him very quickly, but be clung to
his light boat, and as good luck would have
it, he was picked np by an ontward-bound
Indiaman. Of course he was forced to keep
on in the ship; and when they reached Cal
cutta the owners had planned that the ship
should go into the Chinese trade. A grand
chance to make money was offered to our
young pilot, and he accepted it; and there
he sailed, to and fro, in those far-off waters,
doing so well all the time that his folks at
home were mourning him as dead.”
“ And did he not write to his mother du
ring all those weary years P* asked the wi
dow, deprecatingly.
~ Aye,—be sure he did ; but not one of his
letters came to hand. Two of those letters,
he afterward learned, were lost by the wreck
ing of the ships in which they were sent.
How tlie others miscarried he could not dis
cover. And thus, you see. he came to his
home like one risen from the dead.’’
A silence fell upon the group as the pilot
concluded his story, broken only by the low
sobs of the stricken widow. At. length Sea
bury arose to take his leave. Before reach
ing the door he turned, twirling his hat nerv
ously in his hands.
“Mrs. Arkwright,” lie said, “we aren’t go
ing to impose upon you ; but somebody has
made arrangements for a grand Christmas
dinner for yon to-morrow. It will be sent
to you, and if you don't want it, you can
throw jt out of doors.”
And with this the old pilot disappeared;
but he was not gone long. In a very few
minutes he caine back, and a companion
came with him.
“Mrs. Arkwright,” lie said, “it’s astonish
ing how things do turn out. Just ns I was
leaving your door who should I meet but the
very man I'd been telling you about—young
Dolorosa.—and here lie is. If I’ve left out
any parts of his story’, perhaps you can get
him to tell the rest himself. This is .Cbrist
mas-Kvc, Mrs. Arkwright, and I’ve no doubt
you have much to make you sorrowftrt ; but,
I declare for it, I’m going to wish you, and
Mary, and little Nellie, and little Tommy, a
right ine.rry Christinas for the morrow !”
And again Seabury disappeared, but he
left a stranger standing in the room—a strong
grand-looking man, though young, with the
odor of the sea upon him. He stood a few
moments where the old pilot had left
him, and then his whole frame quaked as
though he could endure no more. He stretch
ed forth his hands, and a single word drop
ped from his lips—a word next akin to Heav
en—a word holy and sacred beyond all other
earthly things—a word beautiful and divine
from the foundation of the world, —“ Moth
er !”
And it had been the story of her own Ed
ward that Phillip Seabury had told. It was
a long, long time, clasped in the strong arms
of her son, before sho could realize it all;
but reason came at length, and joy came also.
And on the following morning the bright
December’s sun ushered into the Widow’s
cot a Merry Christinas indeed.
A Christmas Song.
While Christmas bumpers deep arc qua fled,
And night long revels kept,
Be ours the more delicious draught
From Iloreb’s rock that leap’t.
Let toners hiccough songs obscene
And pass the ribald jest;
We cheerful sing the joy serene,
In Temperance possessed.
While Bacchus spreads the festal board,
llis brimmers drowning sense—
From nature’s sweet canteen—the gourd,
We’ll drink to Abstinence.
Ye fair on whom Rum’s evils fall,
Like sword of double edge ;
Young men and old, come one—come all,
And join our Christmas pledge.
To water pledge ! Distilled of God,
No demon's in its foam ;
It gives a character abroad,
And happiness at home.
Ttmptranrt Trtasury.
Legal Weight.
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 “
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
Cora Meal, - . . 48 “
Wheat Bran, - - 20 “
Cotton Seed, . *3O “
Ground Peas, - . - 25 “
Plastering Ilair, - - 8 “
♦♦ 1 I
“You here again, sir,” remarked the mag
istrate. “Scuze me. Judge,” replied the vic
tim ; “I’ve been vazzinat’d four (hie), five
times, an’ juz I spozed, ’s too much, to
much.” —Brooklyn Argus.
A man was found dead on a country road
in Kentucky, recently, with fourteen bullet
boles in him, and the coroner’s jury rendered
a verdict of “Death from undue excitement.”
“My landlady,” remarked a man, “makes
her tea so strong that it breaks the cups.”—
“And mine,” said another, “makes her’s so
weak that it can’t run out of the pot.”
The Yreka Union's devil is delighted with
the new pi*fcaek skirts. He and his holly
hock went out walking last Sunday night,
and just for experiment imagined it rained]
and he says they could just snng up under
one umbrella lots easier than they could last
winter.
11? Kerosene Oil, 25 cents per gallon,
at Kilgore’s stand, Athens.
best Wagon Yard in Athens,
at Kilgore’s stand.
SUNDAY READING.
TESTIMONIES OF THE DYING.
BY REV. J. 8. C. ABBOTT.
The testimonies of the dying contain
important lessons for the living:
The name of Sir Humphrey Davy is one
of the most conspicuous in the annals of the
past. Asa philosopher be attained the
highest eminence. He-had opnlence which
enabled him to surround himself with all the
luxuries of life. His celebrity gave him
rank which made him a welcome guest in
the castles of nobles and the palaces of
kings. This illustrious man as he placed his
bead upon the pillow of death left behind
him the following testimony:
“I easy no qualities of the mind and
intellect in others, nor genius, nor powc£
nor wit, nor fancy. But if I could cljoose
what would be most delightful and I believe
most useful to me, I should prefer a firm
religious belief to every other blessing, for
it makes life a discipline of good, creates
new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish,
throws over the decay of existence the most
gorgcona of all lights, awakes life in death,
and calls from conniption and decay beauty
and everlasting glory.”
Such testimony from such a man is
certainly worthy of being deeply pondered
by every thoughtful mind. And how much
confirmatory testimony have we of the same
nature. Recall to mind the words of Prince
Albert as he was breathing his last amid the
splendors of one of England's most gor
geous palaces:
“I have enjoyed wealth, rank, and power.
But if this were all I had, how wretched
should I be now.
“Rock of ages cleft for ine.
Let me hide myself in thee.”
Visit in imagination the solitude of Marsh
field, where Daniel Webster is dying with a
heart broken by disappointments and
regrets. The silence of the dying chamber
is disturbed only by the ticking of the clock,
and the breaking of the snrf upon the shore.
It is midnight. Listen to the last utterance
of that voice to which a nation has often lent
its car in willing homage :
“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power.
And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,
Await alike the inevitable hour,
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
The silence of the death-chamber remains
for a few moments nnbroken, when again
that voice is heard exclaiming in its solemn
and fervid tones:
“Show pity. Lord, 0 Lord, forgive,
Let a repenting rebel live,
Are not thy mercies large and free?
May not a sinner trust in thee?”
Enter the mournful gloom which envelopes
the dying bed of Sir Walter Scott. His
genius has won the admiration of nearly all
Christendom. Now impoverished, disap
pointed in all his plans, paralyzed, he is
gasping in the death-struggle. He raises
his imploring eyes to his son Lockhart, who
is standing by his side, and says :
“My dear, dear son, be a good man ; be a
religious man ; nothing else will give j’ou
any comfort when yon come to lie here.”
Edmund Burke has arrived at the close of
his wonderful career. The diplomacy of
evcrj ? cabinet in Europe has been swayed by
the energies of his gigantic mind. He has
stood upon ti e highest pinnacle of intellect
ual greatness and admiration of an applaud
ing world. With weary heart and palid
cheek he now stands upon the verge of the
spirit land, looks back, and looks forward.
Hear him:
“What shadows we are and what shadows
we pursue. I would not, in this hard seasoq,
give one peck of refuse wheat for all that fs
called fame and honor in the world.”
Prince Talleyrand, one of the most re
nowned and successful of Europenan states
men, having attained the age of eighty-three
years, is prostrate on a dying bed. In
scarcely legible lines he traces with a pencil
upon paper the following as his dying testi
mony :
“Behold eight}’-three years passed away!
What cares, what agitations, what anxieties,
what ill-will, what sad complications *• And
all without other results save great fatigue of
body and mind, and a profound sentiment of
discouragement with regard to the future,
and disgust with regard to the past.”
And now let us enter the death-chamber
of Edward Pay son. He had devoted the
energies of his life, as a disciple of Jesus, to
winning souls to God. Thus he has been
preparing for a dying hour and laying up
treasures in heaven. To his sister he
wrote:
“The celestial city is full in my view. Its
glories beam upon me. Its breezes fan me.
Its odors are wafted to me. Its sounds
strike upon my ear and its spirit is breathed
into my heart. The sun of righteousness
has been gradually drawing nearer and
nearer, appearing larger and brighter as he
approached, and now he fills the whole
hemisphere, pouring forth a flood of glory, in
which I seem to float like an insect in the
l>eams of the sun.
“O my sister, could yon but know what
awaits the Christian, could you only know
as much as I now know, you could not re
frain from rejoicing and even leaping for
joy. And now, my dear, dear sister, fare
well ! Hold on in your Christain course but a
few days longer, and you will meet in
heaven your happy and affectionate brother.”
Reader, you soon will be prostrate upon a
dying bed. Are you prepared for that
hour? And what will be the testimony you
will leave behind you?
Prayers of the Righteous.
Cranmer says : “This is a great comfort
for us to know that all the Chnrch and
congregation of Christ doth pray for us, and
that all the treasures of God’s riches, i. e.,
Christ himself, the kingdom, the holy gospel,
the sacraments and the pra} T ers of all godly
men, be common to us all. For whensoever
any godly man reqnireth anything of God,
he also requireth the same thing for us; for
no man ought to pray for himself alone.
And this is a great consolation for all Chris
tian people ; for the Scripture saith that the
prayer of one just man availeth much with
God; and therefore when many just and
godly men do make their supplications unto
God with one accord, we may be sure that
their prayers are heard.”
—
IIT We are surrounded by motives to
piety and devotion, if we would but mind
them. The poor are designed to excite our
liberality; the miserable, our pity; the sick,
our assistance; the ignorant, our instruc
tion ; those that are fallen, our helping hand.
In those who are vain we see the vanity of
the world ; in those who are wicked, our own
frailty. When we sec good men rewarded,
it confirms our own hope; and when evil
men are punished, it excites our fear.—
[ Bishop Wif son.
THE FARM.
How Farmers Waste their Manure.
The Crop Reports of the Georgia State
Agricultural Department are instructive doc*
uments, always containing, in addition to con
solidated returns from all parts of the State,
some useful information or suggestions. —
Here is what Mr. Janes, the able and efficient
Commissioner, says in his September Report,
on the waste of manure:
“It is a matter of surprise, that only fifteen
per cent, of the farmers of Georgia save, un
der shelter, the manure from the stock. This
is a record of deliberate and unpardonable
waste. Animal manures exposed to the
leaching effects of rain and the evaporation
of the sun, lose a large portion of their soluble
plant food. Experiments shows that nearly
one-half the value of animal manures are lost
by such exposure. Farmers will consult
economy by sheltering all the manure used
on their farms. In composting manures that
have been exposed, it will be necessary to use
more concentrated material to supply the
waste thus occasioned. By composting such
manures, at least six hundred pounds of acid
phosphate and fifty pounds of sulphate of am
monia should be used to the ton, or six hun
dred pounds of an amraoniated superphos
phate, composted with one thousand four
hundred pounds of manure and cotton seed.’*
A Vicious Circle in Farming.
A correspondent of the Southern Plantation
is reminded of the anecdote which the Pro
fessor of Political Economy, in the University
of Virginia, used to tell:
A Pennsylvanian one day hearing a Vir
ginia gentleman boasting of the large crop of
corn he expected to make on a farm, remark
ed, “ Colonel, you must make a great deal of
corn to sell.” “ No, sir, I never sell corn.—
What we don’t eat I give to my hogs.” “ Oh!
1 beg pardon, you are a dealer in bacon.”—
“No, sir, I don’t sell bacon, I give it to my
negroes.” “ And pray, Colonel, what do you
do with your negroes ?” “ What do Ido with
them ? Why, sir, they make my corn.”—
This is the circle, only a smaller one, which
most of our farmers pursue. They make cot
ton to buy meat, mules, etc., and they buy
meat, mules, etc., to make cotton; and when
the cotton is not sufficient for this purpose,
they buy on credit, and mortgage their mules,
land, etc., for payment. But an industry
needs to be diversified in other respects. In
the language of Mr. Jefferson, “we must now
place the manufacturer by the side of the
agriculturist.”
A Tinshop in the Kitchen.
All house-keepers may not know of what
they are capable in the line of keeping their
tinware in order. For the benefit of such we
will say that it is easier to solder such things
than to pay a traveling tinker two prices for
mending them. Take a sharp knife and
scrape the tin around the leak until it is
bright, so that the solder will stick. Then
sprinkle on a little powdered rosin (they have
liquid solder to sell, but rosin will do as well)
lay your solder on the hole, and with your
soldering iron melt it on. Do not have the
iron too hot, or the solder will not adhere to
that. After two or three trials you can do a
job that you will be proud of. If you do not
own a soldering iron, procure one by all
means; but when hard-pressed, I have used
the knob on the end of the fire shovel, or a
smooth piece of iron, or held a candle under
the spot to be mended. Anything is better
than stopping leaking pans with beeswax or
rags. Try it, young housekeepers, and see
how independent you will feel. Your pans
should be dry when you take them in hand.
IdF*The Canton Georgian urges farmers to
burn the woods. The policy of allowing the
undergrowth to grow up into thickets around
plantations and in the forests, is productive
of many evils and inconveniences. It de
stroys the grass and keeps it from growing;
furnishes a harbor for snakes and insects;
makes it difficult to get timber for fire-wood
and other purposes; and Dr. Fort declares
that the vegetable matter which accumulates
from year to year in the countiy, and is left
to decay, is the prolific source of disease in
the form of typhoid fever and various other
malarious disorders. Burn the woods in the
spring, when the sap is up, tliereby killing
the undergrowth; and afterwards keep the
leaves from decaying on the ground where
they are never needed, by hauling them out,
composting them with lime, and putting them
on the land you cultivate, and the gain realiz
ed in many ways will be great.
Destroying Lice on Cattle.
To remove lice from cattle, make a salve of
fresh lard ground up with fine sulphur (one
ounce of sulphur to four ounces of lard) and
raw linseed oil mixed with kerosene oil in
the proportion of four parts of linseed to one
of kerosene. These should be rubbed from
between the ears all along the backbone to
the root of the tail, about twice a week. Two
applications are generally sufficient. They
are not in any degree hurtful if they are lick
ed by the cattle. Lice which been
placed in contact with a small quantity of
either of these mixtures were immediately
killed, while mercurial ointment and carbolic
acid failed to kill them in several hours.
Cultivation of Cuba Tobacco in Vir
ginia.—A tract of land was recently purchas
ed in Virginia on which was to be tried the
cultivation of Cuba or Havana tobacco. The
party making this purchase and experiment,
it is said, have succeeded in raising a double
crop of a very fine quality. The product is
being made up into cigars at a factory in
Caroline county, Va., which is selling as
rapidly as they can be manufactured at°s2o
per thousand. He asserts that the genuine
Cuba tobacco can be raised in Virginia, and
equal in every respect to the original product.
Farming lands are said to be offering at very
low prices, and it would not be surprising,
ere long, to see “real Havanas,” of Virginia
tobacco and make, in the markets.
tdPA writer from Senoia, speaking of the
Rev. H. C. Hornady, says: “We learn that
he has rented the desirable place of Mr. R.
M. Cheney, just out the city limits, and is
sowing one-half of the farm in small grain.
He will plant three-fourths of the balance in
corn, and the remainder in cotton. This
strikes us as being very sensible, and if every
farmer in the land would pursue a similar
course, in two years’ time we would be an in
dependent and happy people. Why will not
our people view their interest in a proper
light?
IhTA lecturer before the Industrial Uni
versity of Illinois presented figures showing
that the cost of seed, labor, harvesting and
marketing an acre of corn is $10; of an acie
of wheat, $11.25. Allowing sixty bushels for
the crop of corn, and twenty for the wheat,
the price of the corn seventy-five cents, and
the wheat $2, the gross value per acre of the
wheat is S4O ; of the corn, $45.
JUpectiaements.
READ THIS .NOTICE!
GEORGIA, Jackson County.—Nat ice is here
by (riven 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 askit, as this is
thelaw J. S. HUNTER, Sheriff,
NoSo W. A. WORSHAM, D. Sh’ff.
Receiver’s Sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Janua
ry, 1876, 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 Wm. S. Thompson
Store-house. Said property sold under the au
thorizing order of the last Superior Court of
Clarke County, Ga.
PETER W. HUTCHESON, 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 H 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. H C Giddens vs Lemuel
Howard. Fi fa controlled by H 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 field land ; well watered ; a splen
did orchard; and very good dwellings, and other
improvements on the place. Sold subject to the
life estate of the widow of G M Duke, dec’d, in a
portion of the place, the purchaser taking only/he
interest of remainderman in that portion laid ott
as the widow’s dower. Sold as the property of G
M Duke, late of said county, deceased, for the
purpose of paying the debts ? and for distribution
among the heirs at law of said deceased. Terms,
cash. G. S. DUKE, Adm’r of
dcc4 G. M. Duke, dec’d.
Q.GOJICiIA, JackNoa 4’oaanty.
Whereas, J. H. Cronicmakes application tome
in proper form, for Permanent Letters of Admin
istration on the estate of E. P. Yeal, late of said
county, deceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if any they can,
at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to
be held 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
JR& L C Matthews vs. Jesse Hull. Propertj
pointed out in said mortgage fi fa.
novl3 W. A. WORSHAM, D. Sh’ff.
QEORGIA, Jackdon county,
Sallie Benton, wife of J. R. Benton, makes ap
plication to me for exemption of personalty,
(there being no realty) and I will pass upon the
same at my office in Jefferson, by 11 o’clock, am,
on the 23a of December, 1875.
Given under my official signature, this 13th day
of December, 1875.
dec 18 2t WILEY C HOWARD, Ord’y.
DNLVWTIIATOK’B Buie.—Will be sold
before the Court-house door, in the town of
Jefferson, Jackson co., Ga., on first Tuesday in
Jan’y, 1876, fifty acres of land, more or less, ad
joining Austin Fulcher, Zion Morris and others,
known as “ Pea Hill” • tolerably well improved.
Sold as the property of Mary A. Patman, dec'd,
for distribution. Terms, Cash,
dll MARSHALL A. PATMAN, Adm’r.
—Jackson County.
W hereas, it has come to my knowledge that
Eudora E. Gathright, minor orphan of W. M.
Gathright, dec’d, and Tallulah F. Gathright, minor
orphan of Mary V. Gathright, dec’d, (domiciled in
said county,) are without Guardians, and are pos
sessed each of an estate, and that there is a neces
sity for the appointment of a Guardian for each of
said minor orphans ; and whereas, no person has
made application for the Guardianship of said
minors—
Therefore, notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned, that on the Ist Monday in January,
1876, in terms of the law, T. H. Niblack, Clerk of
the Superior Court, or some other fit and proper
person, will be appointed Guardian for said minor
orphans, unless some valid objection is made to
such appointment.
Given under my official signature, this Dec. Bth,
1875. decll W. C. HOWARD, Ord’y.
QEORGIA, JACKSON COUNTY.
Whereas, N L Maddox applies to me, in proper
form, for permanent Letters of Administration on
the estate of Mary Maddox, late of said county,
deceased—
Therefore, all persons are hereby notified and
required to show cause, if any they have, on or
before the regular term of the Court of Ordinary,
to be held in and for said county, at Jefferson, on
the Ist Monday in January, 1876, why said letters
should not be granted, as prayed for, to the aDpli
cant.
Given nnder my official signature, Dec. G, 1875.
decii Wiley c. Howard, ord’y.
Jackson county.
Whereas, J H Cronic makes application to me,
in proper form, for Permanent Letters of Admin
istration on the estate of B. F. Veal, late of said
county, deceased—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, at my office, if
any they have, on or before the next regular term
of the Court of Ordinary to be held in and for said
county on the first Monday in January, 1876,
why Letters of Administration should not be
granted the applicant as prayed for ; otherwise I
shall proceed to grant the same.
Given under my official signature and seal of
office, this 16th of November, 1875.
no2< W ILEY C HOWARD, Ordinary.
—Jacksoa County.
Whereas, Mary E. Long makes application to
me in proper form, for Letters of Auministration
upon the estate of John D, Long, late of said
county, deceased:
Therefore all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if any they can,
on or before the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary to be held in and for said county, on the
first Monday in January, 1876, why said Letters
should not be granted as prayed for by applicant
in her petition.
Given under my official signature, at office, this
Nov. 30th, 1875. WILEY C. HOWARD,
dec4 Ordinary.
DIRECTOR Y.
JEFKBSOW BUSIHISS BIRECTQm"
pjtorEssroirs.
Physicians...J. D. 4H. J. Lone, jj h
ter, N. W. Carithers, J, O. Hunt. ’
Atty’s at Law...J. B. Siloum, W. In
J. A. B. Mahaffey, W. C. Howard, M. M Piti3
P. F. Hinton, R. S. Howard.
MERCHANTS.
Pendergrass A Hancock, F. M. Bailev. Su..
A Pinson, Wm. S. Thompson.
MECHANICS.
Carpenters ...Joseph P. Williamson.
J. P. Williamson, Jr. °* , i
Harness Maker... John G. Oakes.
Wagon Makers... Wm. Winburn,
Rav, (colj H
Buggy Maker. ..L. Gilleland.
Blackbmith...C. T. Story.
Tinner... John H. Chapman.
Tanners. ..J. E. AH. J. Randolph.
Boot and Shoe-Makers. ..N. B. Stark
Forest News office; Seaborn M. Stark, ovtr t
S. Thompson’s store. "•
HOTELS.
Randolph House, by Mrs. Randolph.
North-Eastern Hotel, by John Siapkia.
Public Boarding House, by Mrs. JEliulwi
Worsham. * lh
Liquors, Sugars, *c...J. L. Bailey.
Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin...J, and k t
J. Long. *
Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith.
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COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY.
Martin Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principal *i
P. Orr, Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Aasiitaat.
Miss Lizzie Burch, Music.
Centre Academy. —L. M. Lyle, Principal.
Galilee Academy. —A. L. Barge, Principal.
Harmony Grove Academy.— R. S. Cheney Pri*.
cipal.
Murk Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal.
Oak Grove Academy —Mrs. A. C. P. Rilitn
Principal. '
Academy Church. —J. J. Mitchell, Principal
Duke Academy. —Mrs. H, A. Deadwyler, Pri*
cipal.
Park Academy. —Miss Y. C. Park, Principal.
Chapel Academy. —W. 11. Hill, Principal/*
Holly Spring Academy— W. P. Nawmsn, Prb,
o . , ,
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILI
Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on 'Yft&m
days and Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, A. M., n&44.
parts name days at 12 o’clock, M.
Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson on Wedpm
days and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock, A, M., and 4*.
parts same days at 12 o’clock, M.
Lawrencevifle mail arrives at Jefferson on Sit*,
days, at 12 o’clock, M, and departs same davaLi
o’clock, P.M.
F. L. Pendergrass, Deja’y P. MJ|
MAGISTRATES AND BAILIFFS .
Jefferson District, No. 245, N. 11. Pendererm,
J. P.; H. T. Flecman, J. P. John M.
Constable.
Clarkcsborough District, No. 242, F. M. Halfi.
day, J. P.; M. B. Smith, J. P.
Miller’s District, No. 455, 11. F. Kidd, J. P.
Chandler’s District, No. 246, Ezekiel Hewitt,
J. P.; J. G. Burson, J. P.
Randolph’s District, No. 248, Pinckney f,
Pirklc, J. P.; Jas. A. Stravnge, J. P.
Cunningham’s District, No. 428, J. A. Brack
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, Z. W. Hood, J. P.
Harrisburg District. No. 257, Wm. M. Morrai,
J. P.; J. W. Pruitt, J. P.
House’s District, No. 243, A. A. Hill, J. P. 4
Jas. Guffin, N. P. ex off. J. P.; M C HemV
Bailiff.
Santafce District, No. 1042, W. R. Boyd, J, f,
S. G. Arnold. J. P.
Wilson’s District, No. 465, W. J. Comer, J.P,
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF JEFFERSQS,
W. 1. Pike, Mayor; J. P. Williamson, Sr.,o.
J. N. Wilson, R. J. Hancock, Aldermen; T. H.
Niblack, Esq., Clerk A Treasurer; J. 11. Bora,
Marshal.
JACKSON SUPERIOR COURT.
Hon. GEO. D. RICE, - - - Jadg*.
EMORY SPEER, Esq., - - Sol. Goa l.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
WILEY C. HOWARD, ... - Ordinary
M. M. PITTMAN, - - Judge Cos. Court.
TIIOS. 11. NIBLACK. - - - Clerk S. tend.
JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheril.
WINN A. WORSHAM, - - - Deputy “
LEE J. JOHNSON, Treaaurtf.
JAMES L. WILLIAMSON, - - Tni Collett*
GEO. W. BROWN, “ Receira.
JAMES L. JOHNSON, - - County Sumyer.
WM. WALLACE, - - - Corour.
G. J. N. WILSON, County School Conmiaft,
Commissioners (Roads and RevenuxJ-F*
Seymour, W. J. Haynie, W. G. Steed. Meet h
the Ist Fridays in August and November. T. I
Niblack, Esq., Clerk.
COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY.
METHODIST.
Jefferson Circuit. —Jefferson, Harmony Gr*W
Dry Pond, Wilson’s, Holly Springs. W. A.
ris, P. C.
Mulberry Circuit. —Ebenezer, Bethlehem, C*"
cord, Centre and Pleasant Grove, Lebanon. A.k
Anderson, P. C.
Chapel and Antioch supplied from Watkiw
ville Circuit.
PRESBYTERIAN. _ .
Thyatira, Rev. G. 11. Cartledge, Pastor; S•!
Creek, Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor; Pleasant Gr**-
Rev. G. H. Cartledge, Pastor; Mizpah,
Smith, Pastor.
BAPTIST.
Cabin Creek, W. R. Goss, Pastor; Harm*#!
Grove, W. B. J. Hardeman, Pastor; Zion,
J. M. Davis, Past.; Bcthabra, Rev. G. L. Bagvw
Pastor; Academy, Rev. J. N. Coil,
Walnut, Rev. J. M. Davis, Pastor; Crook**
Creek, W. F. Stark, Pastor; Oconee Church ***■
A. J. Kelley, Pastor; Poplar Springs, Rv*
A. Brock, Pastor; Kandler’s Creek, W.F.Stiff
Pastor; Mountain Creek, W. H. Bridges, Yvl&<
PROTESTANT METHODIST.
Pentecost, Rev. R. S. McGarrity, Pastor.
“CHRISTIAN.”
Bethany Church, Dr. F. Jackson, Pastor.
Christian Chapel, Elder W. T. Lowe,
Galilee, Elder P. F. Lamar, Pastor.
FIRST UN I VERSA LI ST. i
Centre Hill, Rev. B. F. Strain, Pastor; CWJ
meeting and preaching every third Saturday * B
Sunday.
M. E. CHURCH—(NORTH.)
Simpson Circuit , Ira Wooaman, P C.—
lation church, 2d Snnday; Pleasant Groi*i
Saturday; Mt. Olivet, Banks co; DunneJ* 1 "
Chapel, Hall co ; Corinth, Franklin co.
FRATERNAL DIRECTORY.
Stonewall Lodge, No. 214,1. O. G. TANARUS.,
every 2d and 4th Saturday night in the mo”*?'
T. S. Johnson, W. C. TA NARUS.; Miss Eula Gober,
R. S. ’
Unity Lodge, No. 36, F. A. M., meets Ist Tf
day night in each month. 11. W. Bell, W.
John Simpkins, Sec’y. .
Love Lodge, No. 65, I. O. O. F., meet*
and 4th Tuesday nights in each month. J.® ,L
man, N. G.; G. J. N. Wilson, Sec’y. f
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, meet* f
4th Tuesday night in each month. Henry k®
Cwptain; Ned Bums, Sec’y.
Oconee Grange. No. 301. meets on SatnrdU
fore the first Sunday in each month. att*l ~pf' f
1 o’clock, P. M. A. C. Thompson, W. M.! **
Bush, Sec’y.
—Jacksoa County.
H. T. Allen makec application for exemj>***,
personalty, (there being no realty.) and I
upon the same at my office in Jefferson. on Jjf
day of January. 1876, at 11 o’clock, a. m.. •
day. Given under my official signature, tn
day of December, 18?5. mrf
tllß 2t WILEY C. HOWARD, Ordm*n
blanks printed at thi?