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1)11. C. It. GILES
j IFFKRS his professional services to the citizens
'' of Jefferson and vicinity, fan he found at
tie late residence of I)r. 11. J. Long.
•fan. 22. IS76 —tf
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFFERSON, GA .,
DF.AI.KIIS in Dry (foods and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
('heap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
June lit Tv
Medical Notice.
Dr. J. O. IH'NIT having located in Jeffer
son for the purpose of practicing Medicine,
'"'pivtfully tenders his services to the citizens of
"h- town ami county in all the different branches
■dieprofession. After a Mattering experience
;inineteen years, he feels justified in saying that
b prepared to successfully treat any curable
um‘incident to our climate. He is. for the
’''eat. boarding with Judge John Simpkins, but
B* move his family here soon.
with Col. J. A. B. Mahaffey.
fcr Reference can be seen in the office of T. 11.
•'■W-vck. Esq., C. S. C. octlff
"tEY C. HOWARD. ROBOTS. HOWARD.
HOWARD a ■imV VKIK
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jefferson, Ga.
’dt practice together in all the Courts of Jack
und adjacent counties, except the Court of
il!ur y of Jackson county. Sept Ist'7s
1 '• 'VII.M IHXiOY
I 'VATUMMAKER AND JEWELER,
r - m. Kind's Drug Store, Deupree Block,
, " n '- '*a. All work done in a superior manner,
"Granted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi
_'J 1 -l Slf. JulylO-Oin.
1 'BH’I’OItO, Attorney at Ijiw,
'V home it banks Co s., Ga.
practice in all the adjoining Counties, and
r 'mpt attention to all business entrusted to
r • Collecting claims a specialty.
f uneJoth. 1875. 1 ly
oikix
N - 11 AHN ESS MA K EK, J EEFERSOX, GA.
eood buggy and wagon barness always
" • Repairing same, bridles, saddles, Ac.,
'liort notice, and cheap for cash.
.ineli ly 1
’ t ', ,Yn - I J. B. SI UMAX,
p, ' "' ln ?i°n. Ca. i Jefferson, (ia.
A NILH
\ Vj!] ATTORNEYS-A T-t.A W.
Practice together in the Superior Courts of
Jackson and Walton.
ae l-— ly
\\ *• >*krTa ttornrv at l.aw,
■.* JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., (iA.
hi>n V Ua " C Courts, State and Federal.
■ ind thorough attention given to all
: ; , t j ' gal business in Jackson and adjoining
June 12, 1875
I ) U ’ " *- W.IA AMH K.
SURGEON DENTIST,
July j nt| l j n ™_ non y Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
b'j "f rv O P cr day at home. Samples
p ft i worth free. Stinson A
,ort! and. Maine. marll
F. P. TALMADGE,
DEALER IN
AND IMPORTED WATCHES,
' locks, jewelry, sil veb $■ plated ware,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C.
CLOCKS JEWELRY REPAIRED
• 1 a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction.
Ornamental and l>lain letter Engraving a Specialty.
. —College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA.
Apr,! Ist, 1*76 ly
' “—* — *— *—*
THE FOREST NEWS.
The I eople their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Picture Gallery.
Lp-Stairs, betvieen the Billy Thompson comer
and Stanley <£• Pinson's.
A. H. BROCK,
DSP EC IT ULLY announces to the ladies and
-Av gentlemen of Jefferson and vicinity, that his
Gallery is now open for the accomodation of all
in want of pictures, and that he is prepared to ex
ecute his work in the best style of the art. Call
and examine specimens. Rates reasonable. All
work warranted to give satisfaction. fl 2
SPRINGDALE NURSERIES,
ATHENS,
W. HTJDGTN, Proprietor.
HAS now ready for delivery a splendid lot of
Pot-Grown Plants, suitable for Parlor or Con
servatory' decoration, at New York prices. Nurs
ery and Green Houses comer Rock-Spring Avenue
and Dobbin-Mill Street. marll tf
THE REASON WHY
J. H. HUGGINS
Sells goods cheaper note, is because he
has adopted the
CASH SYSTEM!
The ready.cash enables him to buy goods very
low, and consequently he is offering to the public
every thing in his line, such as
All kinds of Crockery and Glass-ware, Lamps ,
Chandeliers , Farmers' Lanterns , Kerosene
at wholesale and retail; Family and
Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Saddles, Harness
and Leather.
And also a large stock of LIME, both for build
ing and fertilizing purposes, all very low for the
CASH.
When you go to Athens don’t forget, to call on
J. H. HUGGINS. If you want KEROSENE OIL, at
wholesale or retail, he will supply you at the low
est price. If you want CROCK ERY and G LASS-
W ARE. there’s the place to get it. If you want
TOBACCO. FLOOR, BACON, LARD, SU
GAR, COFFEE and MOLASSES, go there and
you will find it. If you want LIME, for building
or composting with fertilizers, go to
-J. H. HUGGINS’,
No. 7, Broad St., Athens.
Remember the place. marlS
TAX RETURNS
For 1876.
IN ORDER that I may get my Digests complet
ed and returned according to law, my Digests
must be closed on the 10th of June. Tax-payers
will please make a note of this, and govern them
selves accordingly. Each tax-payer is required
by law to make their returns in person, unless ex
cused on account of sickness or non-residence.—
One giving in as agoutis required to procure a true
statement of the value of the property returned.
under oath. lam desirous, as a public servant of
the citizens of Jackson county, to perform all the
duties of my office with direct reference to justice
to alt men.
1 feel, fellow-citizens, truly grateful to you for
placing me in the position I now occupy. * I feel
that the right arm which to-day bleaches on the
gory field of Jientonville, North Carolina, was lost
in defense of the homes and ladies whom 1 now
love and respect.
I am, lellow-citizens, your obedient servant,
GEORGE \\ v . BROWN, T. R. J. C.
Below will be found the list of my appointments
for 1876. at which time and place l shall be pleased
to have the tax-payers make their proper returns :
Jefferson. Tuesday. April 4th ; Saturday, April
22d ; Tuesday, May 2d ; Saturday, May 6th.
Thompson's Mills. Wednesday, May 3d.
Harrisburg, Wednesday, April 12th.
McLester’s Mills. Monday, May Ist.
Williamson's Mills, Monday, May 22d.
Clarksboro', Monday, April 3d, aud Monday
and Tuesday, May Bth and 9th.
New Town. Thursday, April 13th, and Thurs
day, May 11th.
White's Mills, Friday, May 12th.
Harmony Grove, Friday, April 14th; Saturday,
May 13th; Monday, May 15th.
Wilson's, Monday. April 17th, and Tuesday and
Wednesday. May 16th and 17th.
Miller’s, Tuesday, April 11th. and Tuesday and
Wednesday. April 18th and 19th.
Human's Store. Friday, April 21st.
Appleby's, Monday, April 10th, and Thursday,
April 20th.
Randolph’s Store, Saturday, April Bth, and
Tuesday, April 23th.
Thompson's Store. Monday, April 24tli.
House's, Friday, April 7th. and Wednesday and
Thursday, April 26th and 27th. y
Chandler's, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
April 6th. 28th and 20th.
Sautafee, Wednesday, April 3th. and Thursday
and Friday, May 4th and sth:
fisjjr Farmers will please come prepared to
make returns of the quantity of “Crops produced'’
last year, and of the amount of land to be culti
vated in the various “ Crops planted*’ for this
3 \narlß G. W. BROWN, T. R. of J. C.
Jackson Mortgage Sheriff's
Sale.
\VTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in May
y\ next, before the Court House door, in Jef
ferson, Jackson county, Ga, within the legal hours
of sale, the following property, to wit :
One house and lot in the town of Jefferson, con
taining three-fourths of an acre, more or less, with
a good dwelling house and necessary out-buildings
thereon, bounded as follows : On the East by the
main street leading towards Gainesville, on the
South by J E Randolph's home lot, on the West
by a back street on the North by J E Randolph's
clover lot and horse lot; said lot embracing the
lot known as the J R North office lot, and more
particularly known as the Ii A (iowan house and
lot. Levied on as the property of P F Lamar, Sr,
by virtue of a mortgage ti fa issued from the Su
perior Court of said county in favor of Thomas It
Holder vs P F Lamar. Property pointed out in
said mortgage ti fa. Notice served on P F Lamar,
defendant, and C C Thompson, tenant in posses
sion, as the law directs. _
marll ($10) J. S. HUNTER. Sh’ff.
Job Printing at reasonable rates
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1876.
POETICAL.
THE THREE W’S.
A Poem read by Mrs. Lide Merriwether be fore the
Tennessee Press Association, at Lebanon, Man
Bth, 1873.
In ante-bellum days, when skies were peaceful,
And suns were radiant, and blossoms gay,
And men were brave, and women fair and graceful,
And all was lovely as a summer’s day;
Y\ hen gallants sought for language euphemistic
To drain a bumper, or adorn “ a hit,”
Our dashing corps of knighthood journalistic
Choose for their watchword, “ Woman, Wine
and Wit.”
Soothing in sound, soft in alliteration,
(No jarring consonants its billows break)
Lulling in word, sweet in interpretation,
A pleasing anodyne—“not bad to take ;”
A potent draught—if duns or debts should trouble
you.
Or bosom friend with purse or sweet heart flit;
Drown all your sorrows in the triple—W
And throw care to the winds, with “YYoman,
Wine and Wit.”
Woman ! a safe step in the right direction,
Id soothe your sorrow or illume your joy,
If chosen for her brain, not her complexion,
And made a home companion—not a toy
Eagerly grasped, as summer’s fragrant flowers,
Then trampled in the mire of life’s highway—
But like the pole-star through your darkest houns,
Guarding and guiding with love’s steadiest ray.
Wine ! a fair mirage, fading from the vision,
A treacherous quicksand lurking for its prey,
Grasping it—ere it reach the fields Elysian.
YVhere Pleasure’s mocking finger points the
way;
A luring devil, in an angel’s seeming,
Blood-red the feet that trample out the vine—
Blood-red the vintage, burning, glaring, gleaming,
Where heart, and soul, and brain, are drowned
in wine.
Wit! a most potent and divine elixir—
Arming the right, and strong in its defense ;
An empty sham—a cunning, servile trickster,
If aiding wrong, or used at friends’ expense ;
As sudden sunshine gleaming meadows cover,
And buds and blossoms glow beneath its ray,
Or like soft summer showers sparkling over
The shine and shadow of life’s changeful way.
“ All things to all men”—saith the revelation—
Each creed that suits its age, is good and true ;
This suited well the “olden dispensation”—
“ Old things have passed away” now—all are
new;
New aims, new creeds, new plans lor their dif
fusion ;
Let the past sl^ep —its epitaph is writ—
For all its gloss—“ a snare and a delusion”
Was your old watchword—“ Woman, Wine and
Wit.”
He who stood firmest in the smoke of battle,
Still firmest stands in desolation’s day ;
Undaunted mid the cannon’s roar and rattle.
Undaunted still, he works his patient way :
On blood-stained fields our country’s brave de
fendants,
Each grasping firm the colors of his State—
7'o you I bring, for our true independence.
The new evangel—“ Work and Watch, and
Wait.”
lie comes to conquer, and our waiting eyes sec
This peerless monarch, whom all earth shall haik
Whose banner bears its “ Veni, Vidi, Viei,”
Whose lexicon “ knows no such word an fail;”
Doing alike, the works of God or Devil.
Bearing his sheaves to Hell, or Heaven’s gate ;
Matchless for good, omnipotent for evil—•
A triune deity— ** Work, Watch and Wait.”
Under the banner of this King enlisting,
Strike, from the day-dawn to the setting sun ;
Strong for the right, and every*wrong resisting,
Die in the battle, with your armor on ;
Manning your battlements with Truth, God-given,
Guard well your ramparts, bar your postern
gate,
And fling out to the freshening breeze of heaven,
Y’our bold tri-color—“ Work ami Watch and
Wait.”
Work, with the heart—each pulse—beat ever ready
To yield its pleasure for another’s good ;
Work, with the hand, each arm strike true and
steady,
That so, it gain its honest livelihood;
When hollow hearts their shallow brains shall
trouble,
How best a life of sloth and waste to gain.
Teach them to know that it is good and noble
To work with heart, and hand, and soul and brain.
Work, for the meek, the lowly, and the erring,
To lift them up that they the light may see ;
Work, for the lost, the hopeless, the despairing,
To lead them back to God and purity ;
Work for each man, as for a friend and brother,
Work, for the true, the beautiful, the good—
Blessed is labor ! he who sows shall gather,
Reads, in our creed, anew beautitude.
Watch ! on each tower your wakeful sentries
keeping,
(Know that no fortress is impregnable.)
Lest haply one should come and tind you sleeping
Scale your stout walls and take your citadel.
Watch flest for soft and well-dissembled lying
You entrance give to smooth-tongued sophistry,
And from v r our ramparts, o'er the world send
flying
Her poisoned shafts of false philosophy.
Trust not in your own armor—’twill betray you—
Your watchful foe each fleck and Haw will see.
And, waiting the right moment, rend and slay
you—
The lurking demon, Opportunity.
The proudest heart that beats in God's creation.
Before his power, is but common clay;
Then, that you may be guarded from temptation.
And from all evil, hourly watch and pray.
Wait ! scorn not feeble steps and humble win
nings.
With steadfast footstep tread the weary way,
Knowing that great ends spring from small begin
nings.
Seek not to build your castle in a day ;
But slowly, stone by stone, your basis laying.
Till winds nor waters your strong walls shall
scathe ;
No price nor prejudice your firm course swaying.
And let your patience keep step with your faith.
Then having proved your truth by loyal serving,
With low obeisance knock ye at the gate :
Your hearts repeating, and your patience proving.
“ They also serve who only stand and wait.*’
With folded hands, and head in silence bending,
Waiting in faith, with courage undismyed,
Success, “ with healing on his wings,” descending.
Low whispers, “ It is I. be not afraid.’’
Work, Watch and Wait! their peerless power
blending,
Shall wake our land to beauty from the grave ;
An Easter glory from their altar wending,
Strong to regenerate, and swift to save ;
With joyful shouts the welkin shall be ringing.
And anthems sweet ascend to heaven's gate.
From ransomed nations, their hosanna singing,
- Hailing the trinity, “ Work, Watch and Wait.”
Something new under the sun has been un
earthed at Buffalo. An agency has existed
there for some time whose business it is to
supply professional jiir}*men, and furnish any
sort of testimony desired. That meets the
Belknap emergency to a nicety. Transfer
the venue to Buffalo.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
. Important Homestead Decision.
“We publish this morning (says the At
lanta Constitution, of the 29th 1i1t.,) an un
usual amount of decisions, and one of them
of very great importance. We are constrain
ed to pronounce it one of the most vital to
the people of Georgia since the close of the
war. The case is that of Simmons vs. Ander
son, and involved the question whether the
head of a family could waive for himself and
family his right to a homestead in mortgaged
property.
“The Supreme Court, by a unanimous de
cision, delivered by Chief Justice Warner,
declares that a man can waive his right both
for himself and family ; and the Chief Justice
even goes so far as to administer a rebuke to
him who would, after waiving the homestead,
attempt to evade an honest debt by disre
garding his waiver.
“ The far reaching effects of this decision
can hardly be estimated. It is practical sal
vation to multitudes of the people of Georgia,
who will rise up and bestow their fervent
blessings upon the Supreme Court. Times
are hard, and money is becoming scarcer and
more timid. The homestead law effectually
cuts off all borrowing by the masses. But
all this is changed by yesterdaj'*s decision.
Money will at once flow freely into the
market, the homestead law being entirely re
moved out of the way, or made inoperative,
when desired. A man can now borrow on
the full value of his property. Our farmers
can obtain supplies or mone}” by mortgage.
Northern funds will at once seek investment
in our State, being now fully protected b} r
the law. And we send up a shout of praise
that the dishonest debtor cannot so situate
himself that he can rob his creditor by the
operation of law.”
The same paper in its issue of a da)’ later,
encouragingly remarks :
“ The decision lifts the incubus of the home
stead from the vitals of the State. The peo
ple can now obtain credit on the faith of their
property, and money will freely seek invest
ment. A man, being now able to waive both
for himself and family his right of homestead,
can obtain means for supplies, farming opera
tions, and all enterprises calling for capital,
by a pledge of his property with a Waiver of
the homestead. The Supreme Court of the
State has conferred a blessing upon the peo
ple of priceless value. It will send new life
into all the avenues of trade, and insure for
Georgia a large crop and increased pros
perity.”
Simmette vs. Anderson. Homestead, from
Monroe.
WARNER, C. J.
This was a claim case, which was submit
ted to the decision of the Court, without the
intervention of a jury, on the following agreed
statement of facts : “ that the defendant in fl
fa, James M. Simmons, on the 27th day of
March, 1873. executed to the plaintiff, W. W.
Anderson, a mortgage upon one hundred
acres of land ; that said instrument was sign
ed, sealed and delivered with all the solemnity
necessary under the law, and is in all re
spects a valid mortgage ; that in said instru
ment. the said Simmons waived for himself
and family, all right to a homestead, to or out
of said bargained and described premises:
that said mortgage has been foreclosed, and
fi fa issued against the defendant, and levied
on said land ; that the defendant, as the head
of a family, has since said foreclosure and
levy of said fi fa. applied for, and obtained a
homestead on said land according to the re
quirement of the law, and has. as agent for
his wife, filed his claim thereto.” Upon this
statement of facts the Court decided that the
land was subject to the mortgage fi fa levied
thereon ; whereupon the claimant excepted.
The only question made here on the fore-
going statement of facts, was whether Sim
mons, the defendant in the mortgage fi fa,
could waive his right, as the head of a family,
to claim a homestead in the property describ
ed in the mortgage, so as to prevent him from
afterwards obtaining a homestead on the
specific property mortgaged, and to claim the
same as a homestead exemption, as the agent
of his wife, from being subject to that mort
gage fi fa. The 1753 section of the Code de
clares that ‘‘in this State, the husband is the
head of the family, and the wife is subject to
him ; her legal civil existence is merged in
the husband, except so far as the law recog
nizes her separately, either for her own pro
tection, or for her benefit, or for the preserva
tion of public order." The Constitution of
1868 declares, that each head of a family, or
guardian or trustee of a family of minor chil
dren, shall he entitled to a homestead of
realty to the value of two thousand dollars in
specie, &c., which, when set apart., is exempt
from levy and sale, except for taxes, money
borrowed and expended in the improvement
of the homestead, or for the purchase money
of the same, and for labor done thereon, or
material furnished therefor, or removal of in
cumbrances thereon. When the Constitution
declares that each head of a family shall be
entitled to a homestead in realty to the value
of two thousand dollars in specie, it was not.
intended that it should be compulsory on
each head of a family to take out a home
stead in his land, whether he desired to do so
or not. The obvious and fair construction of
this clause of the Constitution is, that each
head of a family should he entitled to a home
stead as therein provided, if he desired to
have one, and not otherwise. When Mr.
Simmons borrowed the money and executed
his mortgage deed to secure its payment, he
stipulated under his hand and seal, that he
waived for himself and family, all right to a
homestead in the mortgaged premises; in
other words, he declared that, as the head of
a family, he did not desire to have a home
stead on that land so mortgaged by him.—
As the head of his family, and owner of the
land, he could have made an absolute sale-of
it, and thus have defeated all claims of his
family to a homestead on the land. Why.
as the head of his family and owner of the
land, could he not stipulate that he would not
claim a homestead on it, the more especial I}*
if he did not desire to have one ? Besides,
it does not appear from the record in this
case, but that the defendant, Simmon - :., had
plenty of other land than that mortgaged, on
which lie could have taken a homestead ex
emption as the head of a family. The obtain
ing and claiming a homestead exemption in
the mortgaged properly by Mr. Simmons, as
the agent of his wife, after stipulating in the
mortgage, as the head of his family, that he
waived for himself and family, all right to a
homestead in the mortgaged premises, does
not, we regret to say, exhibit a very high
standard of either his legal or moral obliga
tion to pay an honest debt. In view of the
facts as disclosed in the record, we affirm the
judgment of the Court below.
Judgment affirmed.
Hammond & Berner, for plaintiff in error.
J. S. Pinckard, for defendant.
A Snake Bile and How It Was Cured.
Mr. John Frazer, as we stated last wrek.
was bitten by a rattlesnake, lie was on the
street yesterday, and we questioned him
about it. The darkies prescribe only one
remedy, and that is by pouring whiskey
down the man who has been bitten. Mr.
Frazer was setting out tomato plants in his
garden in the country. The snake bit him
on the knuckle of the samall finger of the
right hand. The impression was like that of
the pricking of a thorn. The incision was a
bare speck—a sharp thin cut. Mr. F. saw
the reptile just the second after. It was in
coil. It was what is known as a ground
snake, without rattles. He did not wait to
kill the reptile or for any poisonous sensa
tions to creep through the body, and in fact
felt none and experienced no pain except
the momentary effect of the pricking, lie
ma le quick steps to the house, a short dis
tance off, and demanded remedies. On the
way he pressed the upper part of the finger
tightly and sucked the wound. A daughter
tied a cord tightly around the finger about
the wound so as to prevent circulation. 11 is
wife called in her memory of remedies and
forced a quantity of whiskey down his throat.
Mr. F. is not certain about the quantity—a
half a pint or more—and a plaster of lime
and soft soap was applied to the wound, and
renewed every fifteen minutes. It extracted
a quantity of dark blood. Dr. Grimes was
sent for, and arrived as soon as possible.
Some three hours passed before lie came.
At that time Mr. F. was considered out of
danger. The Doctor administered two doses
of ammonia internally, and made a plaster
of iodide of potash (we believe). The only
trouble was the finger had been tied so tight,
there was some danger of its never recover
ing life, but now it has proven to be all right.
We give so much at length that all may have
an idea how to treat cases of snake bite. Mr.
F. has experienced no difficulty since. There
is never any danger of such poisons if the
circulation be shut off and proper remedies
applied as soon as can be.— Col. Enguirer.
He Suffered Long.
When it commenced to rain on Friday a
man stepped into an office on Grisworld
street and remarked : “ This rain will cool
the atmosphere, won’t it ?” The proprietor
agreed that it would. In about five minutes
another man came in to borrow a paper, and
he remarked : “ This rain will cool the at
mosphere, won't it ?” The proprietor thought
it would, and had just dated a letter, when a
man called to ask the loan of an umbrella,
and stood for a moment and remarked : “This
rain will cool the atmosphere, won’t it?” “I
suppose it will.” snapped the office man. and
he turned to his letter again. He had writ
ten four lines, when a man entered and ask
ed him the wav to the City Ilall, and then
remarked: “This rain will cool the atmos
phere, won’t it ?” “ Blamed if I care a cent
whether it does or not!” growled the bored
man, and he wrote five lines more, and was
biting his pen holder when a man jumped
into the door, shook himself, and remarked :
“ This rain will cool the atmosphere, won’t
it ?” “ No, sir !” veiled the office man at the
top of his voice, and he said he’d wollop the
next man who said “rain” to him. He had
turned his letter over when along came a tall
young man, with a long nose. He looked
into the office, halted, and, as he stood in the
door and shook his umbrella, he said : “Don't
you think this rain will cool the at ?”
“ No. blast your two white eyes, I don’t!”
yelled the man who was writing, and he
threw down his pen and made ready for the
next one. Along came the man who has an
office above, and who is a very good man and
a worthy citizen, and he stuck his head in
the door and called out: “Ah ! we’ll all sleep
better to night! Don’t you think the rain will
office man, and he shut the door with such
suddenness that the inquirer fell olf the step,
and rolled over his umbrella and sat on his
hat. He got up and wanted to lick some
body, and said that he thirsted for blood, but
the rain rather calmed him down, and the
office man locked his door and hung up a
sign reading : “Not a blamed bit cooler than
before.”
the din and clatter that lias been
coming up from Washington during the last
ten or fifteen days an exceedingly important
matter has been generally overlooked—the
refusal of the application of the sewing ma
chine companies for an extension of the pa
tent for what is known as the “four-feed mo
tion.” The effect of this action, says the
Baltimore Gazette , will be to largely reduce
the price of sewing machines, which will of
course be a direct benefit to hundreds of
thousands of poor women and others who
have for years been swindled most outra
geously to put money in the pockets of mo
nopolists who long ago received all the bene
fits to which they are entitled from their in
ventions. The Republican committees al
ways reported in their favor, but the present
Democratic Committee on Patents has smash
ed the sewing machine ring.— Sao. News.
Official notice has been given that two
thirds of the state granges have ratified the
amendments to the constitution proposed at
the last meeting of the national grange.
Those amendments are therefore in full force.
A tree was recently cut near Sweetwater,
Tenn., which yielded 2,400 three-feet Imards,
3,452 two-fect boards, 286 ten-feet rails, 172
' six-foot rails, and sixcordo of kindling wood.
V TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM.
'( SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
GLEANINGS.
The cedar pencil mills, at Tampa, Fla., are
in full blast, turning out 216,000 pencils per
day.
Gold Hill. Nevada, mourns for its pioneer
cat, which recently died at the ripe age of
eighteen years ami six months.
Congressman Lamar, of Mississippi, has
been threatened with paralysis, and has gone
home to recuperate.
A pine tree was recently cut on the Meno
minee river, Wisconsin, Mint scaled 4,400
feet.
A mule and wagon was sold by the bailiff
in Lawreneeville. Ga., last Saturday, and on
ly brought five dollars.
At the Madi Gras pageant in Dallas. Tex
as, there was a team of 100 Texas oxpn draw
ing a small pine forest on wheels.
A Lassen county. Cal., fanner recently had
two thousand sheep starved to death. His
teed gave out, and the deep snow prevented
the sheep from reaching grass.
Che Cincinnati Price* Current'* annual ex
hibit of pork packing in the West shows the
number of hogs packed during the past win
ter to have been 4,880,135, a falling off of
G86,0!)0, compared with last season.
A hunter shot a wild turkey near Nash
ville, the other day, and when he went to pick
it tip, found lying near it a half-decayed pair
of saddle-bags, in which were $36,000 in gold
and bonds.
The annual meeting of the Georgia Medi
cal Association will take place in Augusta
on the 10th of April. Ample preparations
are being made to entertain the members of
the Association.
Efforts are being made by Frederick Doug
lass and others to have the proposed colored
National Convention held at Cincinnati the
latter part of April instead of at Nashville oil
the 4th.
The recent “cold snap” extended as far
South as Lake City, Florida, where four hun
dred acres of vegetables were killed, notwith
standing tires were kept in the fields during
the cold nights.
The heaviest snow-storm of the season oc
curred in the North and Northwest last week.
In Nebraska the snow drifts were from thirty
to fifty feet deep. Much suffering among the
people and animals is reported.
Thomas Venn fell with a scaffold that had
been erected under the guidance of William
A. Taylor, his employer, in Williamsburg,
anil was disabled for life, lie sued Taylor
for $25,000, and obtained a verdict of $5,000.
A Middleton compositor has calculated that
in the course of a year’s type-setting the
average compositor will put up more than
seven million separate pieces, which with
their distribution requires more than fifteen
million motions of the hand.
A pretty little Ohio schoolmarm tried to
whip one of her pupils, a boy of fifteen, the
other day, but when she commenced opera
tions he coolly threw his arms around her
neck and gave her a hearty kiss. She went
straight back to her desk, and her face was
‘•just as red.”
The 26th of April is the day set apart for
the decoration of the graves of our fallen
heroes. Was this fact forgotten hj' those
who fixed the same day for the Congressional
Conventions to meet in the various Districts
of Georgia ?
A woman in Maine lost a gold ring in a
straw bed ; the straw was emptied into the
barn yard, and, with manure, was spread
upon afield. In the fall the woman found
her ring in a boiled potato that came from
the field. Next!
An old, rough clergyman once took for his
text that passage of the Psalms, *• I said in
my lmste all men are liars.” Looking up ap
parently as if he saw the Psalmist standing
before him, he said : “ You said it in your
haste. David; if you had been here, you
might have said it after mature deliberation.”
An execution, quite out of the usual order
of legal destruction in this country, is an
nounced to take place at Salt Lake on the
23d of June. The murderer is to be shot in
stead of hanged, the laws of the Territory
permitting him the ghastly choice between
these methods of making his exit.
A curious decision has been rendered b y
the Supreme Court of Missouri, awarding a
new trial to \ convicted murderer, not from
any doubt of his guilt, but because he was
manacled in court on account of his making
a violent assault in the court-room on the
husband of the woman for whose murder he
was condemned.
The people of Newton county are still in
frepedation at the visits of Charles and PM.
Kelly to that county. They made a visit to
Covington a few nights since, and the editor
of the Enterprise calls lustily on Gov. Smith
for protection. The reward of SSOO don’t
seem to be much inducement to the citizens
of that county to tackle the Kelly boys.
An exchange says a Wisconsin trader dis
covered two men. disguised with veils, rob
bing his store one night recently, and went
for them with a revolver. The rogues fled
and he followed, firing as he went, but the
thieves apparently escaped. The next morn
ing a man was found dead in the road with a
veil over his face, and he proved to be the
trader’s brother-in-law.
There are some few Americans who think
they are “doing the genteel thing” by doing
nothing; or who, if they must work on an
emergency, are ashamed of it. But sueh
people, fancying that they are imitating “for
eign airs,” are only adopting a spurious “gen
tility,” which is despised and ridiculed. No
matter what nominal rank, by birth or pre
ferment, people may hold, those who make
their mark in the world are neither ashamed
nor afraid to labor. The leading men in
Europe to-day, D’israeli, Gladstone. Bismarck,
Thiers and others are among the hardest
worked men alive. If they had not been
they would not have achieved their greatness.
In our own country the same remark holds
true. Given an idler, and you have a use
less, and sometimes & dangerous person.
NUMBER 44.