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oir THE JACKSON COUNTY t
PUBLISHING COMPANY. (
VOLUME 11.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
„ .hfjnckson County lul>lisliing
Company.
jBFPERSON, JACKSON CO ., GA.
((f p[ C K. N- M • COK. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS.
MALCOM STAFFORD,
MANAGING and business editor.
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JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
NEW MAIL SCHEDULE.
frijM Jefferson to Athens—William 11. Bird,
ontraetor.
L ca vc Jefferson, 'Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 2T. M. Arrive at Athens by
;P. M.
Leave Athens, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 7A. M. Arrive at Jefferson by 12 M.
fm Jefferson to Gainesville — J. N. Twitty,
Contractor.
Leave Jefferson, Monday, Wednesday and
Fridav at IT. M. Arrive at Gainesville by
7 P.M.
Leave Gainesville, Tuesdays Thursday and
Saturday at 7A. M. Arrive at Jefferson by
IP.M.
fm Jefferson to Lawrenceville — William P.
Betts, Contractor.
Leave Jefferson Saturday at IP. M. Ar
rive at Lawrenceville Monday, by 12 M.
Leave Lawrenceville Friday at 1 P. M. Ar
rive at Jefferson Saturday by 12 M.
ffIICIPA h OFFICERS OF JEFFERSON.
W. 1. Pike, Mayor; J. J\ Williamson, Sr., G.
J.X. Wilson, li. J. Hancock, F. M. Hailey, Al
dermen; T. If. Niblack, Esq., Clerk A Treasur
er; W. F. lluntcr, Marshal.
PROFESSIONS.
Physicians... J. -J. Doster, N. W. Carithcrs,
J.O. Hunt, C it Liles, W 11 G reen wade. (Indian
Doctor.)
Atty's AT Law... J. B. Silman, W. I. Pike,
J.A. If. Mahatfey, \V. C. Howard, M. M. Pitman,
P, F. Hinton. It. S. Howard.
MERCHANTS.
Pendergrass & Hancock, F. M. Bailey, Stanley
1 Pinson.
MEC HA NICS.
Caiu’KNTEKS...-Joseph I*. Williamson, Sen’rq
IP. Williamson, Jr.; Warwick Milson, Ed.
Wilson. Mitchell Few, (col.)
Harness Maker... John G. Oakes.
Wagon .Makers... Win. W inburn, Monroe
liv, (col.)
Brouv Makers...L. AA. J Gilleland.
Blacksmith...C. T. Story, James Montgomc
rv.
Tinxkk... John 11. Chapman.
Tanxeus...J. E. Ji 11. J. Randolph, F S Smith.
Boot and Shoe-Makers...N. H. Stark, under
i'fi'.it \ >/r.t office; Seaborn Al. Stark, J W
M'Hire, shops in the “ Hilly Thompson” corner
store-house; Henry Evans, (col.)
IVkxiture Makers... Warwick Wilson, A J
Gilleland.
HOTELS.
Randolph House, by Mrs. Randolph.
Nortu-Kastkkn Hotel, by .John Simpkins.
Public Hoarding House, by Mrs. Elizabeth
Worsham. J
U'H’oks, Segars, Ac...J. L. Bailey.
Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin... Long &
Randolph.
Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith.
COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY,
f 'din Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principal; S.
‘ "it. Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Assistant;
''' Myrtie McCarty, Music.
Outre Hill Academy. —A G Strain, Principal.
'"’like Academy. —Rev. P. F. Lamar, Prin.
■Ormoinj Croce Academy. —ll. S. Cheney. Prin
■V’lrk Academy. — J. 11. McCarty, Principal.
Creek Academy —Mrs. A. C. P. Ridcn,
■k'l'kmy Church. —J. J. Mitchell, Principal.
'.Ueyler's Mill. —W. P. Newman, Prin.
Thompson Academy, J. J. Boss. Principal.
Cain and Ornamental Penmanship—Col. A. L.
CO UNT Y OFFICERS.
I n ‘JYC. HOWARD, --- - Ordinary.
PITTMAN, - - Judge Cos. Court,
sH. Nt BLACK, - - - Clerk S. Court.
IPS. HUNTER, ------ Sheriff.
irr ) A - WORSHAM, - - - Deputy “
| T'hJ. JOHNSON, ----- Treasurer.
JMES L wilijaMSON, - - Tax Collector.
• BROWN, -----“ Receiver.
W\i k-JOHNSON, - - County Surveyor.
, 1 ALL ACE, - - - Coroner.
''N. WILSON, County School Commiss’r.
Sessions County Court, 2nd and
each month.
. "'•msSIOXHK.S (ROADS AND REVENUE.)-Wm.
{i' Vlllollr ,_W. J. Haynie, AV. G. Steed. Meet on
v‘i st Fridays in August and November. T. 11.
Eso.. Clerk.
:. n ty B'j> of Education.—Robert AN hite,
vi-.pt' *L G. McLester, James L. Johnson, J. L.
Thurmond.
Medical Card.
I) R W- p. DeLAPERRIERE having complet
,ol Ills Medical course of studies at the L ni
;|y of Georgia—his native State —locates at
U s old stand, where he will practice
‘ me in all its branches, and will treat dis
ihe mos t approved remedies known to
,| Profession. Returning thanks for the conti
f'/' manifested by the liberal patronage bestow
i caM‘ In r s P ast course of practice, he hopes by
inter 11 a V I constant guarding of every possible
*u! ° f P at ‘ents, on his own part, together
;i '‘ tlle assistance of his father, to merit a con
. , Ce of the same. attention giv
' ,sc ases of children and females. aplo
F. P. TALMADGE,
DEALER IN
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES,
CLOCKS, JE WELR Y, SIL YER Sf PLATED WARE,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C.
Batches, oilooiks -A-hstid jewelry repaired
In a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction.
Orusiiiiciit.il and Plsiiu Engrsiving si Specially*
Nation—College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA,
Ist, IS7G ly
THE FOREST NEWS.
# OWII liulcis, Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
|)rofcßsuma[ & ddusiiicss (lards.
D ' j * b> Pendergrass, m. and.
f) R n ll| r & PENDERGRASS
Having formed a partnership for the pur-
Eranches P of C tbo ng T dlcinC in all thc various
oranenes of the profession, respectfully tender
rmmrU CrVICCS t 0 citizens of the town Ld sur
n?d § community. Office at Col. W. T. Pike's
o u anU - july29
J. A. B. MAHAFFEY, W. S. M'CARTY.
MAHAFFEY & mcCARTY,
-LTX attorneys at law,
Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga.,
AN ill practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
tention given to all business entrusted to their
care. 1 atronage solicited. OctJOly
DR. €. It GILES
XAII'ERS his professional services to the citizens
fp of JeJerson and vicinity. Can be found at
the office recently occupied by Col. Mahaflev
Jan. 22, IS7G—tf J
El-". MOUIOKI), Atloriiev at Ehm,
• HOMER, BANKS Cos., Ga.
M ill practice in all the adjoining Counties, and
give prompt attention to all business entrusted to
his care. fcgr Collecting claims a specialty.
June 19th, 1875. J jy
J. J. FLOYD, I J. J3. SILMAN,
F Covington, Ga. | Jefferson, Ga.
LOVI> A: SILIIIY,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Will practice together in the Superior Courts oi
the counties of Jackson and Walton.
junel2—ly
W*- !*■ *W E, Attorney sit laiw,
• JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA.
Practices m all the Courts, State and Federal.
Prompt and thorough attention given to all
kinds of legal business in Jackson and adjoining
counties. June 12, 1875
WILEY C. HOWARD. ROB’T S. HOWARD.
Howard a sioward,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jefferson, Ga.
Will practice together in all the Courts of Jack
son and adjacent counties, except the Court of
Ordinary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75
“STANLEY & PINSONr
JEFFERSON , GA.,
TAEALERS in Dry Goods and Family Grocc-
LJ ries. New supplies constantly received.
Cheap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
June 19 1)'
Dis. w. s. am:\ amh:r,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
July 10th, 1875. 0m
SPRING AND SUMMER
stock: of
Millinery and Fancy Goods!
—o—
A. ADAMS
VNNOI NCES to the public that she is now re
ceiving a large and varied stock of Ladies’
bonnets, Hats, Laces, Ribbons. Trimmings, &c.,
which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam
ine and be convinced. Next door to the Hank of
the University, Athens. Ga. April 15
THE REASON WHY
J. H. HUGGINS
Sells yoods cheaper now, is because he
has adopted the
CASH SYSTEM!
The ready cash enables him to buy goods very
low, and consequently lie is offering to the public
every thing in his line, such as
.1// kinds of Crockery and Glass-ware, Lamps,
Chandeliers, Farmers ’ Lanterns,. Kerosene
Oil, at wholesale and retail; Family and
Fancy Groceries. Dry Goods, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Saddles, Harness
and Leather.
And also a large stock ofI.IAIE, 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 CROCKERY and GLASS
WARE, there’s the place to get it. If you want
TOBACCO, FLOUR, 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. 11. HUGGINS’,
No. 7, Broad. St., Athens.
the place. marlS
BOBBINS’ STAIICII POLISH!
A GREAT DISC Y,
By the use of which every family may give their
Linen that brilliant polish peculiar to line laundry
work. Saving time and labor in ironing, more
than its entire cost. AVarranted.
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS AND GROCERS EVERYWHERE.
ASK FOR 1)0RBIXS\
DOBBINS, BROS. & CO.,
juncl7 13 N. Fourth St., Phila.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, AUG'T 26,1876.
POL I T I C A L .
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Being solicited some months ago, by many
friends, to let my name go before the citizens of
Jackson county as a suitable person to represent
them m the next Legislature—and having been
again solicited more recently, I now give my con
sent thereto, and with thanks for the confidence
reposed, declare myself an I N D E P E N D E NT
pIUA LE for the next General Assembly :
pledging mpself to do all in my power for the
benefit and welfare of mv County and State
should I be elected. J. M. SAUNDERS.
Democratic Meeting.
The Democrats of Jackson county will
meet in the Court House at Jefferson, on the
Ist Tuesday in September next, to select
delegates to represent them in the Democratic
Convention to be held in Gainesville, on the
13th of September next, to nominate a can
didate for Congress. All democrats arc ear
nestly requested to be present and partici
pate in this meeting.
l>3 r order of the Ex. Committee.
Aug. IG, 187 G. W. I. Pike, Chm’n.
Jackson County Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
In obedience to the call of thc Chairman,
the Democratic Executive Committee met in
Jefferson, and was called to order by the
Chairman.
On calling the roll, the following were found
to be present: G. E. Deadwyler, J. F. Har
rison, L. Y. Bradbcrry, D. L. Hancock, S. G.
Arnold, J. 11. Rhinekardt, W. C. Howard and
R. 11. Boon.
On motion, it was ordered tiiat the Y r ice-
Presidents complete the organization of the
party for the coming campaign by appoint
ing four men to act with them, and consti
tute a District Club in each of the Militia
Districts in the county, and that they perform
that duty by the Ist Tuesday in September
next, and that they report the names of those
so selected to the Chairman of the Commit
tee so soon as their organizations are per
fected.
Resolved, That a primary election be held
at the several election precincts in the county
on Monday, the lltli day of September next,
for the purpose of determining the choice of
the Democratic party as to whom they desire
should represent them in the next General
Assembly.
Resolved further, That the two candidates
receiving the highest number of votes at said
primary election shall be the standard-bearers
of thc Democracy at the ensuing election on
thc 4th of October next.
Resolved farther , That the primary election
herein provided for shall be conducted, as to
keeping tally sheets and consolidating the
votes polled, as elections for county officers
are conducted, and that the returns from the
several precincts shall be consolidated by the
County Committee, publicly, on the next day"
after the said election, and that the result be
published.
On motion, it was ordered that the Chair
man call a meeting of the Democrats on the
Ist Tuesday in September next, at the Court
House in Jefferson, to select delegates to rep
resent Jackson count} 7 in the Congressional
Convention to be held in Gainesville on the
13th of September next.
On motion, it is ordered that this action of
the Committee be published in the Forest
News till said primary election is held ; and
they take this occasion to ask those members
of the Committee who are absent to organize
their Clubs in their respective Districts in the
manner herein pointed out, and they earnest
ly request all members of the Committee, and
the Clubs in the Districts, to be active in get
ting the people to the polls at said primary
election, so as to have a fair expression of
their will in the selection of candidates to
represent them; and, voters of the Demo
cratic party, they ask your heart} 7 co-opera
tion. Come out cj t masse at your election
precincts and say by your votes who is your
choice.
On motion, Committee adjourned to meet
at the Court House, in Jefferson, at 10 o'clock.
A. M., on Tuesday, the 12th of September,
to consolidate the vote of the various pre
cincts at said primary election.
Aiaj. 1 6th, 1876. AW I. Pike, Ch’n.
new and extremely fatal disease
called “eharbon” has made its appearance
among the cows, in the parish of Glantane,
county of Cork, Ireland. The animals at
tacked generally die within a few hours. The
Pall Midi Gazette ralates that the stomach of
one of the cows thus suddenly taken off, “was
divided into small pieces which, with great
kindness and liberality, were divided among
some ducks and geese. The result was not
satisfactory. The ducks and geese varociously
devoured the feast thus placed before them,
and in less than five minutes, began to totter
about and then fall down dead.” An attempt
was made to bleed the infected animals, but
no blood would flow. The blood resembled
tar in its color and consistency. Information
from St. Petersburg has been received that
the cattle plague has again appeared in the
neighdorhood of that city, and the most strin
gent regulations have been adopted to preveut
its spreading.
At the annual celebration of the DeKalb
Sunday School Association on the 16th, six
thousand persons were present. Gen. Col
quitt offered a resolution endorsing the action
of the International Sunday School Conven
tion to meet in Atlanta in 1878. Adopted
unanimously.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
The Coachman and His Prayer.
I was once riding on the box-seat of a
stage-coach, when the driver began to swear
in a most fearful manner.
“ Coachmatl, do you ever pray ?” I quietly
said. 1
He seemed displeased, but replied, “ I
sometimes go to church on a Sunday ; I sup
pose I pray then, don’t I?”
“ I am afraid you never pray at all; for no
man can swear as you do, and yet keep up
the habit of graying to God.”
As wo rode along lie seemed thoughtful.
“Coachman, I wish you would pray now,” I
said.
“Why, what, a time to pray, sir, when, a
man is driving a coach !”
“Yet, my friend, God will hear you.”
hat shall I pray for ?” he asked in a
subdued tone.
“ Bray these words : ‘ O Lord, grant me
thy Holy Spirit, for Christ’s sake, Amen.”’
He hesitated, but in a moment he repeated
them ; and then, at my request, a second and
a third time. Soon after I arrived at thc end
of m3’ journey.
Some months passed, and we met once
more.
“Ah, sir,” said he with a smile, “the
prayer you taught me on that coach-box I
believe was answered. I saw myself a lost
and ruined sinner; but now I humbly hope,
through the blood that clcanseth from all
sin, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, I
am a converted man.”
“Are you far from Christ by wicked
works ? If you are, will you also use the
coachman’s prayer for thc converting grace
of the Holy Spirit to rest upon your heart ?
Saturday Night.
How many a kiss has been given, how
many a kind word, how many a caress, how
man} 7 a promise has been broken, how many
a heart has been wrecked, how many a loved
one has been lowered into a narrower cham
ber, how many a babe has gone from earth
to heaven, how many a crib stands silent
now, while Saturday night held the dearest
treasure of the heart.
A week is a life. A week is a history. A
week marks the events of sorrow, or gladness,
of which people have never heard. Go home
to your family, men of business ! Go home,
you heart-erring wanderer ! Go to the cheer
that awaits you, wronged waif of life's break
ers ! Go home to those you love, man of
toil, and give one night to the joys and com
forts fast flying by ! Leave your books with
perplexed figures, your dirty workshop, your
busy store. Rest with those you love ; for
God only knows what next Saturday may
bring forth. Forget the world of care and
the battle of life which have furrowed the cheek.
Draw close around the family hearth. Sat
urday night has awaited your coming in bit
terest tears and silence. Go home to those
you love, and you may bask in the loved
presence, and meet in return the loved em
brace of your heart's pets ; strive to be a bet
ter man, and to bless God forgiving his wea
ry children so dear a stepping-stone in the
river to the Eternal, as Saturday night.
The Name of the Deity Written by Light
ning.
The Lynchburg News stoutly maintains
that John Brown, a negro recently killed in
Campbell county, had the letters God im
printed upon his body. Dr. Thomas E. Moor
man, of Campbell county, in a letter to the
Richmond Christian Advocate , corroborates
the statement. lie says: “The lightning
had set fire to his clothing, and he was burned
on his chest and left side and arm before the
fire was extinguished. In his maniacal ef
forts to free himself from those who were re
straining him, the skin was rubbed from the
burned flesh, and presented the following
characters, GOD, very close representations,
to say the least of them, of the capital letters
used in printing the name of the Deity, while
around and between them the skin was unre
moved and apparently not burned. The above
characters occupied the angles of an equila
teral triangle, which, as you are doubtless
aware, was in ancient days the symbol of
Deity. This man, then, appears to have been
branded with the name of his Creator in the
symbolic language, it may be, of his forefath
ers three thousand years ago, and in the
printed language of the nation to which he
belongs.
A Strange Drink. —“Blood drinking” is
becoming general in Cincinnati. The Com
mercial says that between the hours of two
and four o'clock almost any afternoon, the
curious visitor may observe many handsomely
dressed ladies and others enter a cleanly,
well-kept slaughter house, and waiting, glass
in hand, for a draught of crimson elixir yet
warm from the throat of some healthy bul
lock. Just as soon as the neck of the animal
is severed, glass after glass is held to the
spouting veins and quickly handed to the in
valids, who quaff the red cream with evident
signs of pleasure, and depart their several
ways.
An Irishman having been told that the price
of bread had been lowered, “ That is the first
time that I ever rejoiced at the fall of my
best friend!”
A New Forage Plan! in Georgia.
During the session of the Agricultural
Convention at Gainesville, we made the
pleasant acquaintance of Mr. S. W. Brooks,
a delegate from Brooks county, lie carried
to the convention samples of a forage plant
which is now extensively cultivated in Brooks
and some of the adjoining counties of Geor
gia and Florida, and which is held in great
esteem there for its valuable properties. He
calls it “Indian Clover,” or “ Beggar Weed.”
Tt bears a resemblance to the plant which we
call “Beggar’s Lice,” and produces an ad
hesive seed very similar to that weed. But
as it is cut for forage when in bloom and be
fore the seed hardens, there is no trouble on
this score. The seed is sown in drills, about
as thick as cotton seed, though the drills are
only two feet apart. The plant grows to the
height of four, and even five or six feet, and
lias a busliy top, full of leaves, very much
resembling the foliage of the field pea. They
are evidently fully as palatable and nutritious
as the pea leaves, and do not fall ofr like the
latter. To the human taste the dried leaf is
sweet, agreeable and succulent, and its fra
grance is as pleasant as that of clover. Mr.
Brooks says that when this provender is put
in a trough with other kinds, the mules will
push the oats and fodder out of the way to
get at the “ Beggar Weed.” For milch cows
it is especially valuable, being rich and juicy,
and eagerly devoured by them.
The yield of this plant is very great. It
may be cut three times in a season, growin< r
° ’Of?
up repeatedly from the old stumps, and
yields many hundreds of pounds to the acre
at each cutting. The samples which Mr.
Brooks carried to Gainesville were of the
second cutting of this year, and he will cer
tainly get one and perhaps two more cuttings.
It is not a perennial, but the seed must be
planted each year. It produces well on poor
lands, but of course docs better on rich soils.
Horses, mules and cattle will eat it up clean,
stalks and all, and thrive on it. —Columbus
Times.
One Horse Farm.
The true path that leads to private and
public welfare, and that will lead us out of
the slough of despondency into the delect
able land of independence, is illustrated in
the following description of a “one horse”
farm and its operations last season, as fur
nished by a farmer living in Bishopville, S.
C., who is the happy owner of this model
farm. All the ploughing was done by his
buggy horse, the time so used averaging two
days in the week. The results are as follows :
Thirteen acres were planted, six in corn
and peas, and seven in cotton. All the work
of cultivation was done with day labor, at fif
ty cents a day without meals, except for
plowmen a part of the time. The cost of
preparing and cultivating the corn and peas
was $13.75. The cotton seed and commercial
manures cost $100.50, and the cost of gather
ing was sl3 ; a total expense of $127.25. —
The land produced 250 bushels of corn, 3,000
pounds of fodder and 30 bushels of peas, val
ued at $3lO. The net profits were $182.75.
The expense of making the cotton and pre
paring the cotton for market, including sll3
for manures, was $201.45, and the proceeds
of the seven bales produced amounted to
$375.85. The net profits on the cotton was
$174.10, which, added to the profits on the
other crops, gives a total net profit of $357.15.
The cotton costs seven cents a pound to pro
duce it, and six bales sold for twelve cents,
and one bale for seven and a half cents net
per pound.
This is the true road out of the wilderness
of ruin in which the late war involved the
Southern States.
A Remarkable Boy.
Some dozen years ago a child-orator was
making quite a sensation in the country, and
now a legitimate successor. Master Harry
Shannon, is forming quite a study to the cit
izens of New York, Baltimore and Washing
ton. The child is a native of Washington.
Some time ago he suddenly developed the
capacity to commit any speech or writing to
memory at a single hearing. llis mother was
reading aloud, when her child stopped her
suddenly and asked permission to recite what
she had been reading, lie started otf and re
peated correctly the piece she had read, at
the same time making gestures and modulat
ing his voice where it was required. .She was
frightened, and ran to inform some of her
neighbors of what had happened. Ever since
that time the phenomenon has remained the
same, and two or three public exhibitions
have been given in Washington. Master
Harry is now onty seven years old. He has
never received any education—not even learn
ing to read. He manifests no desire to get
book learning, apparently satisfied with what
he seems to get by inspiration.
Personal by the local editor of the Augusta
Constitutionalist: “ Does the lady with the
Clipper built sack, moire antique spectacles,
bronze gaiters and green umbrella, who pass
ed down Green avenue this morning on a
dray, remember the gentleman reposing on a
cellar door, who waved his cravat at her ?
Can he indulge a hope for her acquaintance ?”
Genius is the gold mine; talent is the
miner who works and brings it out.
S TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM.
( SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
GLEANINGS.
Gwinnett has 15,654 acres in cotton and
32,825 acres in corn; 5,842 sheep and 1,735
dogs.
Numbers of Georgia negroes who emigrat
ed West are on their way back to their old
homes.
Alabama intends to raise thirty thousand
dollars for the endowment of the Theological
Seminary at Greenville, South Carolina.
John 11. James,, of Atlanta, pays tax on
$159,350 worth of property, and Joe Brown
on $142,525 worth.
This is an unfortunate season for circuses,
and several of the largest traveling concerns
have become bankrupt.
A twenty dollar premium for the fastest hog
team is a feature of the approaching Robert
son county, Tenuessce, Fair.
A New York man has christened his daugh
ter Glycerine, lie says it will he easy to
prefix Nitro, if her temper resembles her
mother's.
A Florida man made $4,500 this year by
getting three hundred bushels of cucumbers
into the New \ork market before the season
at which they arc generally offered.
Col. Joshua Harper, one of the oldest and
best millers in Georgia, has owned 7,000
geese since he first commenced house-keep
ing, in 1802.
When a woman comes to the door and calls
after her husband, “ Hcn-RE-K”—finishing
the last syllable in capital letters—you may
know that she is not in a capital humor.”
A sarcastic young lady says she never was
so much in love with a man that two rainy
days together in a country house would not
effectually cure her.
The Southern Methodist Episcopal church
has appropriated SIOO,OOO to foreign mis
sions for the current year, and laid aside
$1,500 for one of its bishops to yisit China
and other Asiatic fields.
A wealthy New York manufacturing firm
has voluntarily raised the price of making
shirts from fifty to seventy-five cents a doz
en. At this rate a poor woman can earn
over a dollar a week.
The Raleigh Sentinel hopes that every Con
federate soldier will spare at least ten cents
for the Custer monument. Though “he fought
our armies, he did not steal cotton or rob
hen-roosts.”
Rev. Mr. Ellison, an aged minister of Vir
ginia, who has nine churches to take care of,
says his salary has averaged $l5O per annum
since he entered the ministry.
Colored Democratic Clubs are being organ
ized in different parts of the State of Florida,
and the members are enthusiastic in their de
sire to secure the election of Tilden and Hen
dricks.
San Francisco lias a strong man who, with
400 pounds on his back, 400 on his breast, a
200 pound bar on his neck, and a man on
each end of the bar, dances, wearing shoes
that weigh 75 pounds.
In Philadelphia they have handkerchiefs
with the Declaration of Independence printed
on them in French, German, and English, so
that one can now blow his nose in three lang
uages in the Quaker City.
The Grant brethren have nicknamed Gov.
Tildcn “Soapy Sam.” Well, he’ll need soap,
sand, brooms, mops, scrubbing brushes, and
a lake of water when he comes to deal with
the Augean stables in Washington.
Everywhere the same story ! It has been
so hot this summer in Seville, Spain, that
birds trying to fly about at noon have fallen
sunstruck and lifeless in the plaza; so, at
least, says a Seville newspaper.
“Bat guano,” to the amount of fifteen or
twenty thousand tons, has been found in a
cave twenty miles northeast of San Antonio,
Texas. It has been pronounced a valuablo
fertilizer by the United States Commissioner
of Agriculture.
The story goes, believe it whosoever will,
that the sun was so hot on Sunday last that
apples on a tree in the Rev. W. A. Drew's
garden, at Augusta, Me., were actually baked
on the side exposed to its rays. The mercury
indicated a heat of 138 degrees.
The oldest son of the late Gen. Robert E.
Lee is now one of the most substantial farm
ers of Fairfax ebunty, Va. A local paper de
scribes him as having “just passed our office,
sitting behind a fine pair of mules that seemed
to know that a master hand held the ribbons.”
Beauty in Politics. —The best looking
man on either Presidential ticket is Hen
dricks. Tildcn looks like a renegade Quaker,
Ilayes like the landlord of a fifth-rate hotel,
and Wheeler like a life prisoner in a peniten
tiary. —Canon City Avalanche.
The New York Express calls attention to
the fact that the North has never given an
important office to a negro, and yet expects
that persons, many times more ignorant than
colored men at the North, can be Judges,
Governors, Congressmen and Sheriffs of
Southern States.
The Vicksburg Ilemhl says that the effect
on that city of the cut-off in the Mississippi
can be now calculated pretty correctly, and
that it will be beneficial rather than other
wise. It believes that the channel of the
river will not for many years be much more
than half a mile from the city.
Speaking of Senator Norwood, the Green
ville (8. C.) Neivs sa}'s : “Whenever Geor
gians refuse to acknowledge the great abili
ties of Tom Norwood, and forget the work he
has done for them, and the great amount of
labor per ormed. they forget their ablest
statesman and best friend.”
“ Mister, will you just loan pa your news
paper ? he onty wants to send it to his uncle
in the countrjV’ “Oh, certainly; and ask
your father if he'll just lend me the roof of
his house. I only want the shingles to make
the tea-kettle boil.”
NUMBER 12.