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Jackson Deputy Sheriff’s Sale.
llr ILL be sold, before the Court House door,
W in the town of .Jelferson. within the legal
Hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
Tuesilav in December next, the following proper
ty, to-wit:
’tine tract or parcel of land lying in said county
#f Jack son. State of Georgia. on the waters of the
Mulberry ami Walnut Pork of the Oconee river,
in the 2LStI Hist. 0 M. of said county of Jackson,
the place whereon 13 F Neal, dec'd. resided at the
lime of his death, containing one hundred and fif
teen acres, more or less. Said place reasonably
ell improved and in a good state of cultivation ;
jiul before the levy was made and for the purpose
of Making the levy, a deed was made, tiled and
recorded in the (Jerk's otliee of the Superior Court
of Jackson county, from Krastus Shanklc to J II
(/runic, adm’r of the estate of 13 F Veal, deceased.
Said tract or parcel of land levied on by virtue of
lift issued from Jackson Superior Court. Au
pntTerm, 1577. Krastus Shankle vs. J 11 Cronic
is administrator of the estate of said 13 F Veal,
doeeased. Levied upon to satisfy the above stat
ed Ii fa. Nov. Ist. 1577. Notice given to the de
fendant in ti fa and the tenant in possession of the
premises. (pr fee $8)
Al-o. at the same time and place, will he sold.
l*o black, horse mules, t) or 10 years old, one
hundred and fifty bushels of corn, and fourteen
hundred pounds of lint cotton, levied on as the
property of Wm I) Harrison, to satisfy one ti fa
ssied from Jaekson Superior Court. William
Pattinan vs. Win l> Harrison. Property pointed
out by S I* Thurmond, plaintiff's attorney,
novd*.! W. A. WORSHAM. DepShtf.
Special Notice to Debtors.
t 1,1. persons indebted to the undersigned are
-A earnestly, yet respectfully requested to come
toward and settle at once. All notes ami ae
counts unsettled on the loth November, will be
placed in the hands of an officer for collect ion.
JOHN S. MESSER.
Coml Fork. (la.. Oct. 27, 1577.
Administrator’s Sale.
Aini.l, tc sold, he fere the Court House door in
** the town of Jelferson, Jackson county, (ia..
*ithm the legal hours of sale, on the Ist Tuesday
in herein her next, the following property, to-wit :
"e undivided half interest in and to the tract ol
hml. in said county, whereon John Nixon now
p Irs. adjoining lands of Janies M. Varnmn, —.
""ii. containing: one hundred and sixty (1(50) acres,
more or less; hi or 50 acres well improved—good
"Hidings, orchard, Ac. The other undivided hwlt
m,, 'rest is the property of John Nixon, or his wife.
V | i as the property of Sarah Ann Cheely. dee’d.
r the purpose of paying expenses of administra
tion, awl for distribution. Terms, cash.
WM. E. CHEELY, Adm’r.
| jEORGIft, Jackson County.
I. K Rowe vs. W. J. Rowe. Libel for Divorce,
in Jackson Superior Court.
It appearing to the Court that the defendant in
, * ,ovo stated ease resides without the limits of
• ackson county, and it also appearing that said
"ctendant resides without the limits of the State
ot (>eorgia
J 1 i>, therefore, ordered that service upon the
"tcniiant, \\. ,J. Rowe, be perfected hv publica
■°n in the Korkst Nkws once a month for four
lanl ls to the next term of this Court.
J. It. SILMAN. Pfttr’s AtCv.
wanted:
'’ l). RICE, JudgeS. C.
J true extract from the minutes of Jackson Su-
Au S> Term. 1877.
T. 11. NIHLACK. Clerk.
j[^-^ORGI A, •l:ick*oti Coiuily.
U >r^'tlu lf ma, J concern:
, Jcr !‘ as - reviewers appointed upon the pc
-s p"''° certain citizens to review, mark out and
! 1 | H)n the public utility of the establishment
'* road leading from the Athens and Jef
toa.l, near .J. L. John son’s, to S. S. Smith's
reported favorably to said road, it is
„ t ' unless valid legal objections is otfev-
\ lf . lS,|> 1 birty days from this date, an order will
establishing and making said road
Un , ' lOl °^ K ‘>al signature, this October
oct 13 H. W. HELL, Ord*y.
l< i-,. All persons holding demands
Estate of Ceorge Merk. fate of
v * lk "Hity. deceased, are notified to present
i t .\ ’'l* 4 ' rly authenticated ; and all persons
s ' ! u Estate of said deceased, are re-
f '* u *ake immediate pavment.
1877. lIENRYMERK, AduCr.
•‘•’otic© to Debtors
~'fv ( 'au„ without cost;
I ‘ad accounts of Dr. J. (). HI NT.
tiuiK *,!" I: ‘- V hands for collection. My instruc-
TiiiM *" " :l 't longer than 25th instant. —
iiistaju ;V”" lls u 'iH he put in suit, Mondav, 20th
W.VIJ ’ f ,lot Pd bv that time.
•L A. B. MAIIAFFEV, Att’y.
Look OUT!
I till nv AT JEFFERSON every Saturday,
hh. sth i cw’j becemher. .Also, on the 3a,
my hookv ui 1 il - vs °f December, at which time
*" issue l-' 1 closed, and 1 shall he compelled
Pavers. against all defaulting Tax
'nt’tie m, . 111 Court-house. Come on.
n., VI 7 P ’ a 1,1 s ve cost !
J -_L* 'VILLIAMSON, T. C. J. C.
tadlleVc' 1 C irculars, .Ac., for schools
" Hues;, printed at this ollice.
THE FOREST NEWS.
I lie People their on Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
fWcssiiiuitl Jc <t)Ußtneßß (Curtis.
EARLY ROGERS,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
Near South-East Corner Public Square,
4*niiU‘M* i He, - - - - (hairgia.
Photographs, Ferrotypes, etc., etc., put up as
neat and lile-like as can be had anvwlicre. Makes
a specialty of C<>PVING and KNLARG I \G (>IJ>
IMCII RKS. Picture Frames (any size). Cord.
Nuiis. etc., always on hand. He sure to call and
sec me when you come to town. oct27-:hn
R'S'. .AICBjJBS, Attorncyaelriiw,
’• Harmony (shove, Jackson Cos.. (Ja.
>\ ill practice in Jacl son and adjoining counties.
Prompt attention given to all business entrusted
to him. Refers to Hon. John !>. Stewart, (iriffin,
j and Hon. .!. T. Spence, Jonesboro'. <• a. oetO
EMORY SPEER, I W. S. MORRIS.
Athens, Ga. | Jefferson, Ga.
si eer & morrisT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JHlVrsoii, 4,*:i.. will practice in Superior,
Ordinary's and Justices' Courts. in
building with Col. Silman, I P-STAIRS. suig2s
! t. J. BURNS
UA\ IX4. resumed the practice of Medicine.
. offers his professional services to the public.
1 hauklul for all past patronage, he solicits a lib
eral share in the futme. The Hr. can be found at
his residence, three miles east of Jelferson. when
not professionally engaged.
Aug 11 ‘ JOHN M. 13CRN'S. M. 1).
!) IN tTOI B'4>am. AUnrmy.al-S au.
J G Harmony Grove. Jackson Cos., <i.\.
W ill practice in all the adjoining counties, and
give prompt attention to all business entrusted to
his care. Collecting claims a specialty.
March 2d. 1877.
WTLKY C. HOWARD. ROB'T S. HOWARD.
W. ( ( . k R. N. HOWARD,
ATTOHXEVti AND COL XSEI.LOHS AT
LA IF,
i'2l Jefferson. Cia.
3lc<lic;?l and Surgical Notice.
DSS. W. WATS4).'\ respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens of
Jefferson and surrounding country. Residence,
at the old ** Watson Homestead," Sycamore st.
OHice, in Col. J. i>. Silman's law otliee. When
not professionally absent, can !>e found at one or
the other of the above places. Jan 27 fy
Dr. J. i>. Pendergrass,
| ) KSPKCTFCLI.V tenders his professional ser
-1 V' vices to the citizens of Jelferson and surround
ing country ; and by strict attention to bis studies
ami profession, hopes to merit continued confi
dence. iie can he found at his otliee. north end
>f Pendergrass iA Hancock's store, up-stairs, at
ill times, when not professionally absent.
January 12th. 1877.
f. A. I!. MAHAFFKY. W. K. JI't'ARTY.
\ l AHAFFEY & McCARTY,
AL A TTO R NK VS AT LAW.
Jefferson, Jackson C. (5a..
Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
tention given to all business entrusted to their
care. Patronage solicited. ()et2oly
1)1?. i?. UiLKS
OFFERS his professional services to the citizens
of-Jefferson and vicinity. Can he found at
the office recently occupied by Col. Mahatfey.
Jan. 22, 187<5—t f
.1. J. FIjOYH. [ J. 15. StLMAN.
Covingtftii, Ca. [ Jefferson, (ia.
l> A \ >.
ATTORNEYS-A T-LA AY.
Will practice together in the Superior Courts oi
the counties of Jackson and Walton,
j unci 2 —ly
Wf 9. AftoriM'v at I.:iw,
t T . JEFFERSON. JACKSON CO., (iA.
Practices in all the Courts, State and Federal.
Prompt and thorough attention given to all
kinds of legal business in Jackson and adjoining
counties.. June 12 IST.)
Dk. w. s. aij:aaai)i:k.
SUIKiHON DENTIST,
Harmony drove, Jackson Cos., (la.
July 10th, 1875. 0m
STAX LEY & VINSON,
JEFFEXSOX. 0.1..
DEALERS ill Dry (foods and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
Cheap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
J une 1 !> 1 y
To Debtors.
VLL persons indebted to the firm of PENDER
GRASS & HANCOCK arc respectfully re
quested to come forward and make payment at
once, as I am compelled to wind up all the busi
ness of the late firm. A'our notes and accounts
will be found at the old stand. Any person wish
ing to make pavment, will be waited on by Mr.
F. L. Pendergrass. N. H. PENDERGRASS.
Oct (5 Surviving Copartner.
VT o i iCi;. —To all irhom it may Concern :
_L\ 1 hereby consent for my wife, P. P. Lan
caster, to become a Free Dealer from and after
this date. Nov. 7th, IS ( 7.
nov 10 X. W. LANCASTER.
Dr. H. J. DONG,
—DEALER IN—
Drugs, Medicines, Points, Oils. &(*
WEST SIDE OF TI BLIC SQFJRE,
Gainesville, Ga.,
HAS on hand, and will constantly add thereto.
a full line of Drugs and Medicines. Paints.
Oils. Yarnishes. Ac.. See. A specialty made of the
mo-t celebrated and thoroughly tested
MIXED DAI A "TS!
Laudnum. Paregoric. Ac., put up in suitable
quantities for country merchants.
Full stock of Lamps. Kerosene Oil, Lamp
Wicks, Ac.
Machine and Train Oil
on hand constantly.
At this establishment will be found a choice as
sortment of Perfumery. Toilet Soaps, tine brands
of Cigars and Tobacco. Paint and Whitewash
1 frushes. Patent Medicines, and everything kept
in a first-class Drug Store. Having made special
arrangements in the purchase of his stock. Dr.
LONG offers his goods Low fok Cash ! Pure
medicines, quick sales and small profits, is the
motto of this house. Call as above.
prescriptions filled by a careful
and thoroughly competent Druggist.
March 24tli, 1877.
light job work,
PROMPTLY i:XK(TTED,
Executed promptly, at this office.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, DEC’R 1, 1877.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Summer and Winter Smiles.
The Astonishing Discovery of a City Bache
lor—How a. Person Can Drink with
Promptness, Neatness and Dispatch.
Mr. Smith is a bachelor. Mr. Smith lias a
hobby—it is drinking by clock-work. A
reporter fell in with Mr. Smith last night,
about G, p. m., at a well, at a place where
green doors, with glass lights, arc used to
screen gentlemen who call there from a curi
ous public. Mr. Smith opened conversation
as follows:
Mr. S.—Have a brandy-and-soda, sir?
Reporter—Well, I don’t care if I do. Hut
isn’t it rather late for brandv-and-soda ?
Mr. S.— It is my hour for drinking brandy
and-soda, sir. I drink brandy-and-soda at
no other time of the day. sir. Waiter, bran
dy-and-soda for two—at once.
Mr.Smith is a short, fierce-looking man.
with a bristling moustache, shaggy eyebrows,
and evidently dogmatic, lie emphasizes his
personal pronouns in a manner calculated to
let the world know that such a man as Air.
Smith lives, moves, and has his being, and is
a man of weight.
While Mr. Smith's description is being
noted, the drinks arrive, after having done
justice to which Mr. Smith, with a patroniz
ing smile (his fierce demeanor liavingovident
ly softened under the influence of brandy
and soda), lifted his index finger, and. in a
solemn and mysterious manner, continued :
ATr. S.—l have discovered a method where-
by drinks can be taken with safety to mental
and physical faculties, and it is—to drink by
clock-work. Yes, sir. to drink by clock-work.
As the clock is wound up to go through a
certain number of hours, so can the human
stomach be trained to receive certain fluids
at stated intervals without detriment, nay,
with positive benefit; for, as a clock rusts
when stopped, so the human stomach, unless
regularly attended to, becomes a burden to
its owner. Practice, of course, makes perfect,
and. by adjusting the drink to the condition
of the stomach (as, for instance, a plain soda
cocktail would soothe a bilious stomach,
while a fiery gin sling would irritate it), the
ne plus ultra of the art of drinking by clock
work can be attained. For the purpose of
assisting those who would like to test, this
system, or who may be inexperienced. I have
prepared the following carefully-graded tabic :
Mr. Smith here fished up from the depths
of an inner pocket the subjoined curiosity,
which was copied instantly :
TIIE SCIENTIFIC DRINKER*S TABLE.
Brandy Punch, 7. a. m.—Eve-opener.
Mint Julep, 8. a. m.—Appetizer.
BREAKFAST.
Milk Punch. 9, a. in.—Digester.
Gin Sling, 10, a. in.—Business tonic.
Soda Cocktail, 11, a. m.—Refresher.
Bourbon Sour, 12, m.—Noontide appetizer.
DINNER.
Peaeli Brandy. 1, p. m.—Business resumcr.
Rum Punch, 2. p. m.—Care light-oner.
Tom and Jerry. 3, p. in.—Solace.
Port Wine Negus, 4. p. m.—Time shortener.
Egg Nog, f>. p. m.—The hour glass.
Brandy and Soda, G. p. m.—The home run.
T EA —At IXI; I) DRINKS.
7, p. m.—Feel like anew man.
8, p. m.—Treat the new man.
9, p. m.—New man treats.
10, p. m. —Treat new man and several others.
11, p. m.—All hands treat.
12, p. m.—Nightcap.
1 to G. a. m.—Keep a few bottles of soda on
hand, in case you should wake lip and need
something.
Mr. Smith went on : By a judicious use
of this table a drinker secures a regularity
obtainable in no other way. He has a certain
drink for each hour of the day—his morning
eye-opener, breakfast appetizer, breakfast
digester, business tonic, refresher, noontide
appetizer, business’resumer, care lightencr.
solace, time shortener, hour-glass, home run.
and an assortment of mixed drinks, after tea
winding up with a nightcap. Of course, if
publicity makes drinking by clock-work
fashionable, it might look rather odd to have
a man to whom you are talking look suddenly
at his watch, a id carelessly remarking, “Time
for my business tonic.” or “My time shorten
er must be seen to,” rush off precipitately for
his favorite saloon. But, after awhile, it
would lie a matter of course, and a whole
string of business men, clerks, etc., in line
before a saloon door, waiting for their turn,
the same as before a bank or post office win
dow, would be an every day sight. Besides
the many other advantages of the use of the
table, no back doors would be needed to the
saloons, for drinking by clock-work would be
an hourly occurrence. — Charleston Journal
of Commerce.
A mean fellow in Butler has been arrested
:on a charge of fraud and embezzlement. 11 is
{ name is Charles Joiner. He purchased the
! cotton of a poor widow woman, promising to
pay for it, instead of which he sold it for fifty
| cents on the hundred less than he promised,
bought clothes with the money lie should have
paid the poor widow, and now she is bare
j footed and without her money. Mr. Charles
| Joiner ought to have his store clothes taken
off and fifty per cent, of his hide whipped for
his unconscionable meanness and rascality.
“In the sentence, 'John strikes William,”’
; remarked a school teacher, “what is the ob
ject of ‘strikes’ ?” “Higher wages and less
• work,” promptly replied the intelligent youth.
“They All Do It"
There are few books that comprise as much
vicious teaching within a space of four or
five hundred pages as is contained in this lit
tle phrase, ** they all do it, ” which has been
placarded on the bill-boards, and called into
the ears of the public forborne time past. This
is the one sentence which takes the courage
completely out of youth, searing their consci
ences ns with a red-hot iron, and permitting
despair to carry them off bodily into the
depths of crime
“Oh, they all do it: why should not you ?”
That is the suggestion. “That man there lies
and cheats, and will commit any crime which
tiie law does not make dangerous. Ho it is
with all of them. There is no use in yottr
trying to be different from other people.”
Such is the way the temptation comes to the
young man thrown on the world with little
knowledge of its ways, and perhaps shielded
only by the loose training of an over-fond
mother. “People are grossly immoral it is
said.” Even temperance advocates get drunk
in private ; church deacons swindle Savings
Banks; all you see of morality is but a sur
face show. Beneath, there is concealed wick
edness. You will find you must follow the
multitude and the youth with the pleasure
of the world thus held up before his glowing
imagination, and full of bodily health, plunges
forthwith into what he believes to lie “tiie
world.”
If the devil had concentrated all his cun
ning during the centuries which have elapsed
since his ejection from Paradise, he could not
have produced a more powerful argument with
which to conquer the soul of man than this.
“'They all do it.”
But young man. listen. That sentence is
a lie ; as base and foul a lie as ever was con
ceived in the mind of man or devil. They
don't “all do it.” There are thousands upon
thousands of good, pure men and women in
this world, bad as it may seem, who are lead
ing upright lives. They believe in God, and
in the commands of virtue, and are going
along with the happiest results to themselves
and their neighbors. There are men who
think that they are put into t his world not to
gratify their own base appetites, but to be
true and noble and higlmrinded men. 'There
are men who would disdain to tell a lie.—
There arc men who would disdain to he
accessory to a woman's fall. 'There are men
who would disdain to take an advantage in
trade, or to do any other selfish or mean ac
tion. 'There are men who try to be just,
always, and kindly both in words and feelings
to all. 'There are men who lead humble, un
pretentions lives, and who without making it
known to the world are daily doing a vast
amount of good among their fellowmen.
And, is it strange to say ? these men lead
very happy lives and as a rule very successful
lives. While the unprincipled man may en
joy temporary success, sooner or later he will
suffer for his lack of honesty. There are a
thousand ways in which Virtue revenges her
self upon him. But in one way or another
he gets his deserts. There are plenty of
criminals around you, it is true. But they
are to be pitied, not imitated. Never believe
that what some do, all do; make in your own
person a standing example of the falsity of
“They all do it.’’ —True Citizen.
Anomalies Of English Spelling.
HOW THE ALPHABET IS TORTURED TO GIVE
OYER FORTY SOUNDS.
One of the principal difficulties iu learning
the English language is the inexplicable man
ner in which most of the words are spelled,
twenty six letters of the alphabet vying with
each other to represent the forty or forty-two
sounds of the language in the most bungling
and disorderly manner.
Be the capacity of a child ever so good yet
lie must spend years in learning these “curi
osities of literature.” while a foreigner can
only master our noble language by a vast ex
pensejof labor, patience and time.
The Protean nature of tiie vowel sounds is
familiar to all. A few amusing examples will
show that the consonants are nearly as had.
B makes road broad, turns the ear into bear
and Tom into a tomb.
C makes a limb climb, hanged changed, a
lever clever, and transports a lover to clover.
I) turns a bear into beard, a crow into a
crowd and makes anger danger.
F turns lower regions into flower regions.
G changes a son into a song, makes one
gone.
ii changes eight into height.
K makes now know and eyed keyed.
L transtV rms a pear to a pearl.
N turns a line into linen, a crow to a crown
and makes one none.
P metamorphoses lumber into a plumber,
of itself, hath no significance.
S turns even to seven, makes have shave,
and a word sword, a pear a spear, makes
slaughter of laughter, and curiously changes
having a hoe in shaving a shoe.
T makes a bough bought, turns here there,
alters one to tone, changes ether to tether,
transforms the phrase “allow his own” to
“ tallow his town.”
AY does well, e. g., hose are whose ? are
becomes ware, on won, omen women, so sow,
vie view, it makes an arm warm, and turns a
hat into —what?
Y turns fur to fury, a man to many, to to
toy. a rub to ruby, ours to yours, and a lad to
a lady !
ElrAlan worship, sa\ r s an exchange, has
lost none of its power on the public mind.
Every day the papers are teeming with
long and minutious accounts of the life of
this or that nabob who, from a cook, scullion
or a bar-room bottle-washer, has grown to lie
a ten fold millionaire, a senator, a feudal
prince in fact, but whose sole claim upon pub
lic admiration, if not worship, is founded on
his untold wealth. Of his domestic, social
or public virtues, not a word is said. This
is not to betaken into account; but often the
reverse is blandly sketched out. showing him
a gambler, a libertine and contempter of all
human virtues; but his mines A'ield him two
millions, three millions a year, and that is
what makes man great and respected. Thus
is the youthful mind brought up to hold none
in reverence but the wealthy and to worship
no other God but the Almighty Dollar I
Sowing Wheat.
There is an unsettled controversy We may
father call it, than a discussion, now going on
upon this question : Is it best to broadcast
or drill wheat?
For years, all practical farmers have known
that for the raising of the very best seed vdieaJt,
the broad cast method was not the best, and
that drilled and plowed wheat was. But
still the best informed experimenters contest
ed the point as to yield, many claiming for
broadcasting, a marked superiority over drill
ing* as to the amount of wheat to be reaped.
While certain conditions of soil and cli
mate must never be disregarded in the calcu
lation. and while there may be some of these
conditions peculiar to our own locations, vet.
we are free to say, that the experience of
countries vastly older and more advanced in
agriculture than ottrs, ought not to be disre
garded,
The drilling and cultivation of wheat in
England, we believe, has got to be almost uni
versal, and so in France.
We would be glad if some of those intelli
gent leading lights in Georgia agriculture,
whose authority is always heeded by our peo
ple, would enter upon a thorough test of this
matter of sowing wheat, and after our next
crop, let us have all the light and advantage
which experiments will surely supply.
Fofour part, we feel very sure that a larger
and certainly a better crop of wheat can be
produced in 18-inch drills, the wheat plow
ed twice, between December and the nuddle
of March, than wc can secure by broadcasting.
Suppose, friends, we settle the question by
careful experiment. The saving of seed by
the drilling system, on a crop of about 1.200,-
000. would be nosmall matter, as ahalf bush
el of seed by that plan is fuller seeding, we
think, than a full bushel by the broadcast.
While we are on this subject, we would say
a word about asleep for wheat as an antidote
for smut. The spores which produce smut,
are no doubt, lodged in the brushy cleft in
the wheat grain. These, when a strong solu
lion like one of salt, or potash, or Milestone,
is brought in contact with them, are cer
tainly destroyed. And, although wo notice
that some learned bodies of amateur farmers
at the North, (who think they know all things.)
are still doubting and debating about the
best means of avoiding smut in their crops,
we. down in this benighted region, have known
of a perfect remedy, and used it for many
years.
Two ounces of Milestone, dissolved, and
applied to a bushel of wheat that has been
covered in water two inches above the surface
of the grain, and allowed to stand thirty-six
hours, will effectually destroy the last germ
of smut that is in that bushel of seed. There
is no more danger of losing a crop of wheat
by smutthan there is by lightning, if this re
ceipt is followed.— Geo. Grange.
Don't judge a man In’the clothes he wears,
for God made one, the tailor the other.
Don't judge a man by the house he lives in,
for the lizzard and rat sometimes inhabit the
grandest of structures.
Don’t judge him by his speech, for the
parrot talks the tongue is but an instrument
to make sound.
Don’t judge him by his family connections,
for Cain belonged to a very respectable fami
ly.
Don't judge him by his success in life, for
that is much oftener the result of a combina
tion of circumstances, with which he had
nothing to do, than of his own merit.
Don’t judge him by his failure in life, for
many a man fails because he is too honest to
succeed.
Don't judge him by the show he makes, for
an average turkey-cock in a barnyard can
strut all around him and not half try.
Don't judge him by his lack of display,
for the long eared beast is tlie humblest of
animals, but when aroused is terrible to be
hold.
Don't judge him by his activity in church
affairs, for that is not unfrequcntly inspired
by hypocritical and selfish motives.
Don’t take it for granted because lie car
ried the contribution box lie is necessarily
liberal. He often pays the Lord by services
in that war and keeps his currency.
Don’t imagine the Creator is under any ob
ligation to yon for the quarter you give to con
vert the heathen ; that is only a small frac
tion you owe for turning your ancestors away
from their wooden gods.
Don't walk into the house of worship with
your hat on. You bare your head when you
enter a lady's parlor. Is your lady friend
entitled to more respect than your Creator?
Don't spend the time devoted to prayer to
idiotically gazing about, whispering or note
writing; they are silly and rude if not sinful.
Don’t think when you have gone to church
Sunday, that entitles you to do as you please
the balance of the week. The upright man
lives through the six as he does the seventh
day.
During a recent thunder storm near Mem
phis. Tenn.. a negro was kicked by a vicious
mule, and just as he was picking himself up
a stroke of ligthning hit the mule and killed
him dead on the spot. “Well, dar!” ex
claimed the negro, “ef dis chile liain’t got
powerful friends to vengc his insults, den dere
is no use try in’ do hah faith in anything J”
A young beau, at his sister's evening party
began to sing, “Why am I so weak and wea
ry ?” when a little brother brought the per
formance to a sodden close by yelling out,
“Aunt Mary says it’s cause you come home
so late and drunk ’most ever}’ night ! !”
Gold was discovered in California in 1818.
' TERMS. $2.00 PER ANNUMi
( SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
Scissored Paragraphs.
At. a ball, a Columbia young fadv fell wltfy
such force as to render her insensible, and
Gun. Hampton ••toted” her out in his arms;
Washington uses a million and thre'e-'quar
ter gallons less water this year than last.
Congressmen take their whisky straight now/
Mr. Howell Cobb, of Athens, made a prac
tical and powerful appeal before a Good
Templar’s meeting in Athens recently.
Negro volunteer companies are organizing
in ail paits of the State, and arc applying to*
the Governor for orders to h6ld elections fVtr
officers.— At. Const. 23 d.
Rev. Joseph L. Key and Gen. C. K. Evan*
are mentioned as ])r. Harrison’s possible suc
cessors in the First Methodist Church (fi At
lanta.
At a late sale of patent rights in New York/
a combination toy sold for $1,450, while a
kin and 1 i ng-wood sp 1 i ttc r—blessed Inf cntion—
brought only $4 70.
Statistics show that the number <rf idiots is
increasing ; and yet some newspapers continue*
to make war ou quack doctors. What is a
qitack doctor for but to kill off the fools ?
1 he cremation of a child by agreement be-'
tween its parents—the father being a Chris
tian and the mother a Jewess—took place in
New 4oi k on the 20t.h (lit., at the chemical
works of which the father Was proprietor/
Mr. Henry Martin, of Lauderdale county,
Alabama, has in his possession an eiofit-leg*
god sheep, which was foaled on his place/
and when found, was dead. He has it. in and
box. and charges a niekleto take a peep.
\he i albotton Ueijister says laborers are
contracting with our farmers for another
year very freely, at SSO to $65 for first-class
hands. The supply is greater than the de
mand at the above figures.
A man named Douglass, living at Lancas
ter. met with a curious accident recently while
hunting, lie threw a stick to knock an ap
ple. The apple fell, and striking the ham
mer of his gun, discharging it. sending a loa<f
of buck-shot through his wrist.
Says the Enterprise: “A Covington negro,
who believes he is blind, carries a lantern'
during the day. At night he can sec a chick
en on a limb fifty feet high without lantern'
or spectacles. Truly the mysteries of nature
are wonderful and past finding out.”
After achieving a great legal triumph, Mrs.
Myra Gaines receives the congratulations of
her friends. Then she takes another look,
and observes that the lawyers have simply
climbed higher in her family tree and gone to’
roost.
Mr. Alexander .Teems, living cm Brief
creek, Lincoln county, cut down a tree near
his house which, falling across the dwelling,-
crushed the roof, instantly killing his little
child, about four months old. and narrowly
missing the mother of the bribe/
In November. 1870. Hinds county, Miss.,-
gave Hayes 1.474 and Tilden 4,7)04. On the'
Oth instant, it cast 3,377 votes lor J. M/
Stone, the Democratic candidate for Govern*'
or, and there were eight scattering. “Where
is that party now ?”
The LaG range Reporter" say a lt is really
too bad that not a solitary man of distinction
will come out for Milledgeville. All the hard
work is left to a few enthusiastic editors.—
We cannot recollect a solitary person Who
lias advocated Milledsreville over Ids oWir
signature. Anonymous letters are abundant,
but what does an anonymous writer amount to ?
The population of Georgia is 1,250,000. —
Of these GO per cent, are whites and 40 per
cent, colored. The population is mostly na
tive, only about 12.000 being foreign born.—*
The women are in excess of the merr by
about 21, percent. Of this population 6 per
cent, are engaged in manufacturing, 4 per
cent, in trade and commerce, If; per cent, iff
professional or personal service, and 75 petf
cent, in agriculture.
Fish ’Em Out.
A San Antonio gentleman recent !y had*
occasion to visit a neighboring to\fn. He
did not expect much in the wav of accom
modation at the local hotel, and in this
anticipations were more than realized. lie'
was very hungry, but had the luck to lose"
most of his appetite before lie got through
with his dinner, owing to his discovering a
few blonde hairs in the soup, lie thought
the landlord would feel very bad alnnit it,,
but that gentleman merely remuked, as lie*
excavated a perishing fly from the butter.-
“All I ask is, Judge, that you don't fish 'cm*
out with your finger. Yen- have got to use a
fork. It is one of the rules of the house that
no gentleman is expected to put his fingers in
the vittles. This ain't no railroad town, but
when it comes to style awl tome, wc*carry off
the blue ribbon every time the horn toots.”—•
San Antonio Ilerukl.
Slow But Sure Poison.
The Louisville Courier-Journal, which is'
published in a State where whisky ought to 4
be good if anywhere, confirms the statement
that probably nine hundred and ninety-nine'
gallons out of every thousand that are sold
as brandy are made from a vile compound of
whisky swill, distilled spirits and chemical*
abominations and adds; “And as it is also
true of whisky, what in the name of goodness
are we ail to do for something lodrink? It
looks as if we were to lie driven to the pump*
in spite of ourselves. If the world at large
knew what villainous studs brandy and whis
ky and wines are made of, the present crop
of drunkards would be about the last, or at
any rate, all future crops Would be smai.lt
Nearly or quite all of the liquors that are re
tailed now-a-days are undoubtedly a slow but
sure poison, and to drink them habitually is
simply n roundabout way of committing sui
cide. and unless you guard yourself carefully
the way is not roundabout either”
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