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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XII—NO. 9.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
METROPOLITAN
Cotton,Stock & Produce
EXCHANGE,
Library Building, AUGUSTA, Ga.
Send for copy of rules for trading. Cor
respondence solicited. Daily market re
ports furnished free of charge,
H. E. CUMMINGS,
febß 83 Manager.
MONEY JO LOAN.
On improved farms in Greene
county. We are operating through
the Corbin Banking company, and
can promptly negotiate all loans
we undertake. Our assistant, Dr.
J. S. Holliday, will be in Greenes
boro on the First and Third Fri
days in every month to explain
terms and take your application.
Meet him at the appointed time or
address ns at Atlanta, Ga.
HI EPFS, CAIIION & Eli,
jan2s ATLANTA, GA.
AUGUSTA HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GA.
LEWIS & DOOLITTLE,
PROPRIETORS.
TABLE First Class in every particular.
Large and well ventilated rooms. Rates
$2 per day. Centrally located near railroad
crossing. Telegraph office and Barber shop
in the building.
ttHl IBTEL lESTAIRAIIT.
—AND—
Z.X7KCXX ROOM.
Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Meals
to order at all hours. janll 84
Will be mailed pDCC *° applicants and to
customers of last lIiCC year without ordering it.
It contains illustrations, prices, descriptions and
directions for planting *ll Vegetable and Flower
Seeds, Plants, etc. ffnvalunhle to all,
D.M. FERRY & Co.°.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
Georoia Railroad, Cos. )
Office General Manager, >
Augusta, November 17th, ’83.)
Commencing Sunday, theioth inst.
> the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated. Trains run hy 90th meridian
time, 32 minutes slower than Augusta time:
PAST LIITBI
NO, 27. WEST DAILY, j NO. 28. EAST DAILY.
Lve Augusta 7:40 am ' Lve Atlanta 2:45 p m
Ar Athens 12:30 am I Ar Gr’nslio’ 5:21 p m
“ Gr’nsbo'lo:ls “ | “ Athens... 7:15 “
Ar Atlanta 1:00 pm | “Augusta 8:05 “
NO. 1 WEST—DAILY. NO. 2 EAST — DAILY.
Lv AugustalO 30 a m Lv Atlanta 825 a m
“Macon.. 710 “ “ G’boro’.l2 00 p m
“ Mil’dge. 918 “ Ar Athens 445 p m
“ Cainak.l2 29 “ Ar Wash’t. 255 “
“ Wash’t.ll 20 “ “ Oaiuak. 157 “
“ Athens. 905 “ “ Mil’dge. 449 “
Ar G'boro’. 215 pni “ Macon .0 45 “
Ar Atlanta. 545 p m Ar Augusta 355 p m
NO. 3 WEST — DAILY. NO. 4 EAST —DAILY.
Lv Augusta. 900 p m Lv Atlanta. 850 p m
Ar G’boro’. .1 44 a m Ar G’boro’ 140 a m
Ar Atlanta.. 640 “ Ar Augusta 610 a m
■HTSUPEUB IMPROVED SLEEPERS
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA.
Train No. 27 will stop at and receive
passengers to and from the following
points only: Berzelia, Harlem, Thomson,
C’amak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro. Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Moun
tain and Decatur.
Train No. 28 will stop at, and receive pas
sengers to and from the folllowing stations,
only, Berzelia, Harlem, Dearing, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain
and Decatur.
The Fast Line has Through Sleeper from
Atlanta te Charleston and connects for all
points West and Northwest, East and South
east.
E. R. DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent
Jno. W. Green, Gen’l Manager.
CARPETS,
House Furnishing Goods. The largest stock
south of Baltimore. Moquet, Brussels, 3-
ply and ingrain carpets, window shades,
lace curtains, cornices and poles, wall papers,
chromos, cocoa and Canton mattings, rugs
and mats. BAILIE & COSKERY, Ma
sonic Building, Augusta, Ga. junß
CANARY BIRD'S.
FINE IMPORTED CANARY BIRDS
guarantee! good singera, also the finest as
sortment of Cages in the city. Plain and
Mixed Bird seed, Gravel Song Restorer,
Mocking Bird food etc. etc. Orders by
mail promptly attend to and satisfacton guar
anteed at
E. J. HICKEY,
Fashionable Hair Dressing
Saloon!
No. 212 Bth Jackson Street, rear of E.
R. Schneider’s,
AUGUSTA, - - - GA.
The brands of guano sold by W. Addi
son Knowles are tried and true. They
stand all tests.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
RUFUS GARTER & GO.,
(Successors to Smith & Carter,)
—WHOLESALE—
TOBACCONISTS,
Library Bl’dg. Augusta, Ga.
■SsTTobacco exclusiyely at Wholesale
only febS 83
BUCKINGHAM.
AFIISIiIFIE WHISKY.
This brand of WHISKY is guar
anteed
Pure and Genuine!
It has a delicious flavor, is mild,
and with a fine farewell. Try it
and you will drink no other. For
sale by
id. Hi.
GKEENESBORO, GA.
f ebß 84
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are forewarned not to bunt,
fish, picnic, walk, ride, or otherwise trespass
on our land as they will in every instance be
prosecuted to the extent ot the law.
Du. T. P. JANES,
V. T. SANFORD.
Greene County, Ga., Feb. 6. 1884.
TRESPASS NOTICE-
I hcrebv forewarn all persons from
Hunting, Fishing, Riding, Walking or oth
erwise trespassing on my premises, by day
or night. They will be prosecuted by law
in every instance, if they disregard this
notice. J. M. FIGGS,
White Plains, Ga., Jan. 4th, 1884.
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jgpKeeps perfectly pure for any length of time and in any conditions of temperature
or climate.
Testimonials given on application. Ah orders for barrels oi half bar
rels should be addressed to
W. C. ORR, Sect., and Treas. of the
XDa.nJ.el Xsd3ja.eraAvSpxi.g Ctmpaay, Athens, O-a,.
oct. dth, 1883.
Gr. H. U.
THE GREATEST ARTISTS OF THE
WORLD ACKNOWLEDGE THE SU
PERIORITY OF THE PIANOS
AND ORGANS SOLD BY
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They are selected from ten of the BEST
Makers, and are so much Superior
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Less that Pcrchasers
Save from
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By visiting or writing to
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DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF TILE PEOPLE
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29,1884
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
GREENE COUNTY
SHERIFFS SALES.
YYTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in
March, 1884, before the court-house
door in Greenesboro, Greene county, Geor
gia, within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following’pro
perty, to-wit:
One tract of land containing one hflndred
and forty-two acres, more or less, adjoining"
lands of Mrs. M. Glass, J. R. Lawrence, A.
L. Kimbrough and others, —levied on as the
property of S. J. Glass to satisfy g tax fi fa.
of State of Georgia vs. S. J. Glass. Levy
made and returned to nie by J. T. Smith,
Bailiff 100 Dist. G. M. Written notice giv
en tenant.
Also, at the same time and plaoe, oneacre
of land, more or less, with improvements
thereon, levied on as the property of the es
tate of Ferruby Dawson, one and one half
miles from Greenesboro, adjoining lands of
J. J. Burke, America Morris and others to
satisfy a tax fi fa. State of Georgia vs. Es
tate of Ferruby Dawson. Levy made and
returned to me by W. B. Cartright, Bailiff
143 Dist. G. M. Written notice given ten
ant.
Also, at the same time and place, 35 acres
of land, part of the tract of land of 400 acres
situated in Greene county,adjoining lands of
Y. F. Gresham, Mrs. O. P. Daniel, J. M.
Storey and others. Levied on as the prop-,
erly of Inman, Swann & Cos , to satisfy
one tax fi fa in favor of the State of Georgia
vs. Inman, Swann & Cos. Levy made and
returned to me by W. B. Cartright, Bailiff
t 43 Dist. G. M. Written notice given de
fendant.
Also, at the same time and place, 100 acres
of land, lying anti being in the 14!) Dist, G.
M. in Greene epunty, adjoining lands of
Wm. Neal, T. W. Powell and others. Lev
ied on as the land belonging to the Estate
of Thomas Wray,to satisfy a tax fi fa State of
Georgia vs. Estate of Thomas Wray. Levy
made and returned to me by J. It. Drake,
Constable. Written notice given tenant.
C. O. NORTON, Sheriff.
January 81, 1884.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
INVENTORY!
has been taken. Goods regulated
and prices reduced on man}' arti
cles at the store of
1 ! TAPPAN kl,
WHITE PLAINS, GA.
Now is the lime to buy Sugar and Coffee.
Don’t forget that W. M. Tappan & Sou
offer it at icJJigurcs. * '
“Myrtle Flour” is a fine article and' flie
price is low. It gives satisfaction. Buy it
at W. M. Tappan & Son. Tliev guarantee
every sack.
Something Nice
in Syrup very cheap. First-class prints
selling at 5 cents a yard. Sweeping reduc
tions in Clothing at W. M. Tappan & Son.
A lot of naiman's Original and Gate City
Plow Stocks at W. M. Tappan & Son.
Some nice Cooking Stoves just received
by W. M. Tappan & Son.
Just sold a handsome breech-loading Shot
Gun to Captain Tom Rogers. Ho says it’s
“O. K.” Only a few left and they will be
closed out at reduced prices.
Prices low in every line at W. M. Tappan
& Son.
Kainit, Acid Phosphates and standard
Guanos for sale by W. M. Tappan & Son.
Buy of them.
We keep at our store a well-assorted stock
of General Merchandise and we solicit a
share of public patronage. We propose to
sell goods at low prices and will do our best
to give our customers satisfaction. Our
store is well-lighted, well-heated and well
ventilated. It is a comfortable pleasant
place to trade, and we invite all to call.
W. M. Tappan & Son,
jan2s 83 WHITE PLAINS, GA.
weddinT
•Yosents in largo variety in Solid Silverware
*nJ Jewelry, bend for illustrated Catalogue.
J. P. STEVENS & CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
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Atlanta, Ga.
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WOOD WORK,
BLACKSMITHINB,
—AND-
General Repairing,
-BY-
I. 1 MILL k 1,
GREENESBORO, GA
\VrE have just opened business at the
* ' Copeian Shops, in Greenesboro, and
arc prepared to do all kinds of work in our
line.
BLACKSMITHING,
making Wheels, Turning, Shoeing, Forging
and repairing of all kinds. We ask for the
public patronage. We do first-class work,
and guarantee it in every instance. Terms
CASH.
“W-A-GSOHSTS.
One-horse Wagons, S4O to $45. Two
horse Wagons, $02.50 to S7O.
J. & SON
,
GREENESBORO, GA.
jan4 84
THE STORM!
A GALE OF DESOLATION
WHICH SWEPT OVER ALA- I
BAMA AND GEORGIA.
. ■ i • .
Over Three Hundred Lives Lost.
A riTIFUL STORY OF TtUl" AND DEATH
—HOUSES THEUIT'IL
LARS RY THE FFftOyS WIND—“DE
TAILS OF THE CYd .ONE’S WORK,
—— :.7 i.i .
In our issue of last Friday it was
impossible for usj;’'*T*.ve more than
a brief outline Btyages of the
cyclones which sv*yq*r through sour
State on
ing death, desolation ttnd dp&tjoc-:
tiou in its train.i. Below we give
fuller particulars of the course, of
tho storms, and in abridged ac
count of the destriwt ion. A
The cyclone ajipggu'S to have orig
inated in the Gulf of Mexico,Juid
passiug through Ittississippi fold
Alabama struck ofo Western bor
ders at Columbus. a.few minutes
after twelve o’clock! Tbp main,*cy
clone divided just be l ow Columbus?,
one division passing towards JVfonb
gomery. Alabama,"swept tlitohgb,
Anderson, LadigS 1 , ran a
miles south of Rome, struck Gave
Springs, and went south to Carters
ville. Here it sifuck the Kehne
saw heights, and iffc course was,de
flected to the nJ.i, and it *jei#t
through Cherokee and Pickens into
Harbersham, and. so on out of the
state.
The other division of the cyclone
struck Columbus, and went to the
northeast, througli the general track
troubled by cyclones before. Be
fore reaching Milledgeville it divi
ded again on the hills to the south
west of that city. .One division
went northward through the lower
edge of Putnampdrjking Haddock’s
station, BloutityMlatudHumber’s.
It. went in Jaspsr cofinty aud there
expended itself or went out toward
Camak aud Columbia county. The
other division swept south of Mil
ledgeville, barely missing Tennille
and striking Davisboro. It then
turned northward and left tho state
through the upper edge of Rich
mond and lower Columbia county.
AT EATONTON.
The division of the cyclone struck
Putuam county about four o’clock
in the afternoon, and seems to have
again divided. The Macon Tele
graph’s special gives this account
of the damages :
“The first one passed through
tho northern, part of the county,
just missing this place, doing great
damage to G. W. Stinson and Mrs.
E. Mappin by unroofing houses,
blowing down fences aud heavy
timbers. Just on the outskirts of
the town a negro was badly hurt,
and it is thought she will die. At
Mrs. Mappiu’s place one or two
negro children were badly bruised;
The second one passed about
eight or ten miles south of this
place, and so far as heard from did
more damage than the first. From
Mr. John Bagly, of Dennis Station,
who came for Drs. Nisbet and
Brown last night, I learn that Col.
R. C. Humber was badly damaged
both in person and property. His
leg was broken, his oldest daugh
ter hurt, and Mrs. Wm. Paschal,
who bad been stopping in Milledge
ville and was on her way home, left
her buggy and sought Col. Hum
ber’s house just in time to be crush
ed in the fall of the house, causing
instant death. Several negroes
were badly injured, and the houses
on Col. Humber’s place were de
molished.
IN MCDUFFIE COUNTY.
The main storm passed through
the northern portion, sweeping ev"
erything in its path.
On Mr. Geo. Granade’s place, six
miles north of here, every house
was blown down except the dwell
ing.
Mr. Perry’s barn and stables were
blown down. A little further on a
house occupied by some negroes
on Dr. Reese's place was complete
ly wrecked. There were several
negroes in the house. One man
was killed and four others badly
hurt.
Mrs. Virgil Wade and Mrs. Mar
shal saw the storm coming and run
out of the house. Mr. Wade was
struck by a piece of flying timber
from the negro house and badly
but not seriously hurt.
HANCOCK HURT.
The cyclone could be plainly
c een from the public square in
Sparta. It was seveal miles north
west of the city and pursued the
course of the one on the 20th of
March, 1875, and was not two hun
dred yards out of the track of that
one in some places.
All the, houses on Mr. J. S. Sykes,
who lives about seven miles north,
had all his barns and every house
on his place blown down except his
dwelling. It crippled Bill Evans,
another colored tenant. Scarcely
any of his fences are left, for the
cyclone swept over them, sweeping
them from the, face of the earth to
all appearances. Besides crippling
Bill Evans on Mr Syke’s place, it
mangled and bruised several chil
dren of the tenants. On B. J.
Harper’s “Rosser place” and old
negro named Wahen Davis was
blown out of his house, and is sup
posed fp be dying frolu his hurts.'
fflr.'jSjke’s Joss was about $1,5000.
Afterpfosing through Syke’s place
the cyclone crossed J. W. Tread
well’s plantation, destroying much
timber and fencing, and doing some
damage to houses and stock in it's
course. It eontined in rather n
northeastern .direction, destroying
much timber and fencing, and on
Mrs. Simpson’s place blew down
some houses and inflicted some
damage to stock. Have not
Jaeard the extent of damage,‘here,
but hope'it is not great, as Mrs. S.
is not prepai‘e.d to stand much Joss,.
A little negro child was ' killed at
Mr. S. L. Patillo’s place, and l some
houses were blown down on the
premises of Rev. A. J. Hardwick.
It destroyed all the houses on
Mr., Saojj Johnson’s place except
his is badly damaged
The Misses Hardwick had the roof
of their house blown away and
scarcely a rail left on the planta
tion.
During the prevalence of the
storm lightning set fire tQ a barn
on Mr. Dffvid Dixson’s place, de
stroy ing the' barn and contents, and
doing some damage to stock.
AT DAVISBORO,
it first struck the Christian church,
blowing it down, and then swept
over the creek demolishing every
house in its path. It unroofed a
number of houses and blew down
the Central railroad warehouse, ta
king the roof some three miles dis
tant. Tho wife of John Hudson
was severely injured. The cyclone
then crossed the railroad track,
breaking down the telegraph wires
and striking the store-house of A.
Herman, who kept the post-office
aud express office, blew it iuto frag
ments. One house occupied by J.
.T. Palmer ass a general store was
taken up from the ground and twis
ted around. Josh Doster, the clerk,
was uninjured.
Mr. W. H. Varene, in charge of
the Central railroad woodshed,who
was in bis store, was taken up aud
carried about fifty yard and thrown
violently under some timbers. He
was so badly injured that he died
in an hour afterward. The heavy
sills of a two-story house were car
ried fully fifty yards away. A huge
iron safe was blown the same dis
tance and one door broken. The
goods were scattered for miles a-!
round. Several persons were badly i
hurt and not a tree in the path of ■
the cyclone was left standing.
The damage to the town of Da
visboro is estimated at from fifty
to seventy five dollars.
' CASUALTIES ELSEWHERE.
—Feathers were blown from the
bodies of birds and chickens.
—The whole number of deaths
reported from the storm is some
thing over three hundred.
—Near Jefferson a lady was kill
ed, a number of houses unroofed,
and a quantity of stock killed.
—The town of Tates, on the Ma
rietta and North Georgia railroad,
was entirely demolished, and not a
house was left standing.
—Near Jasper, in Pickens coun
ty, twenty people were killed by
the storm. Along the track of the
cyclone houses were unroofed,great
trees uprooted and twisted like sap
plings and fences demolished.
—At Leeds, in Alabama, forty
one persons were killed outright or
so injured as to die afterwards. At
this point a rock, three inches in
diameter, was driven by the wind
several inches into a lady’s back
and had to be cut out.
California’s devastation.
A dispatch from San Francisco
says : By the bursting of Ballma
Creek into the lake, near South
Monica, Drs. Jeffreys and Cook
were washed out to sea and drown
ed. At Telachopi, Cal., there have
been slides in the Southern Pacific
tunnels Nos. 1,5, 6, 8 and 17, from
Majave to Lancaster. The ground
is too wet to work, and the foreman
reports that there is work on his
section alone for 1,000 men. The
San Fernando tunnel is reported
to have caved at both ends. It
will be a week before the road will
be open to Los Angeles. A dis
patch from San Bernardino says
j that there are 3 feet of water in the
streets and houses are flooded.
The town of Fall Brook is re
-1 ported to have been entirely wash
ed away. Many of the inhabitants
are missing, and the supposition is
that they have been drowned.
Many orange groves and vine
yards in the San Grabiel valley
are completely destroyed.
At Truekee, Cal., the fall of snow
i has been terrible. Trains both ways
are delayed by the falling of snow
sheds. The railroad company is
j doiug all in it's power to keep the
road-open. A large is work
ing to clear the track.. The storm
still continues.
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1U: ‘
CAUSES OF CYCLONES.
The following synopsis of a lec
ture delivered by Dr. Horace ; It.
Hamilton before the New York
Society for the Promotion of .Sci
ence, contains so much, that is
timely and important that it can
ho read with both interest and
profit':
“There is probably no snjblect
of modern times that has caused
and is causing greater attention
thali the origin of tornadoes. Sci
entists have studied it for the ben-;
efit of humanity ; meu have inves
tigated it for the welfare of .their
families. It has been avexedsulw.
ject, long considered, and through
all this investigation the cyclone
has swept across the land, carrying
destruction to scientists as well as
to the iqnocent dwellers in its track.
One thing, however, is certain : the
cause of the cyclone must be sought
far away from the whirling body of
wind itseF. Its results are power
ful ; its cause must also be power
ful. Let us, therefore, consider a
.few facts. First, the appearance
of a cyclone is invaribly preceded
by dark spots upon the face ofthe
sun. These spots, indicating a dis
turbed condition of the solar re
gions, necessarily affect the atmos
phere of our earth. An unusual
generation of heat in one part of
the atmosphere is certain to cause
a partial vacuum in another por
tion. Air must rush in to fill this
vacuum. Hence the disturbances
—hence the cyclone. This theprv
finds additional confirmation iu the
fact that torn aQoes com eon ring
the day and not at night. The
dark spots upon the surface of the
sun, whatever they may be, seem
to cause great commot'iofi in the
atmosphere of the world, and it is
almost certain that the extremely
wet weather of tho present season
can be accounted for on precisely
this basis. Is it reasonable to sup
pose that the marvellous effect of
the sun upon vegetation and life in
general shall be less than upon the
atmosphere itself through which
its rays come ? The cause is re
mote, but tire effect is here.
AT WHITE PLAINS.
A TLEASANT VISIT TO A DELIGHTFUL
SECTION.
Special Correspondence Home Journal.
It is very agreeable to one that
has been confined to business for a
considerable length of time, to
spend a few hours of pleasant en
joyment with friends and acquain
tances in the neighborhood. It
seems to make one’s “gizzard” act,
and furnishes fresh matter for idle
thoughts and romantic gossip.—
Home is sacred, but there is such
a thing as growing tired of every
day surroundings, and thus a nat
ural longing for a knowledge as to
how others are getting on in the vi
cinity, comes up occasionally. It
is really nice, anyway, to free ones
self awhile from—
“ Where sits the sulky, sullen dame,
Gath ring her brows like gath’ring storms,
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.”
The Monday of last week was
lovely. The sun arose in splendor,
and shed his genial rays on na
ture’s habitation in his silvery man
tle. Now and then a misty cloud
came over his disfc, which only ad
ded a lustre of transparent golden
edging, making it appear like ap
ples of gold in pictures of silver.
The birds were chittering their ac
customed spring day songs amid
the branches of the hawthoi’n, and
indeed all nature was gay with the
beautiful surroundings. Such was
the lovely attitude that hallowed,
our pathway as we rode along
en route for the beautiful little vil
lage of White Plains. The first at
traction that came under our no
tice was the stalwart form of Mr.
D. E. Allep. Mr. A. is one of our
most substantial farmers. He is
thoroughly versed in the science
I and interest of raising home sup
plies, corn and small grain a spe
; cialty. His farm is in prime fix al
ready ; pastures prepared, fencing
moved off and hedge-rows cleared
up, beside plowing and other work
done. Hastily we drove od, over
smootke glazed roads, about two
and a half miles, till we reached
the handsome and elegant farm
TEII3IS :—sll OO per Annum, fn AdvaiK-e.
house of Billy Ruarks. Here we
| notice a model farm, kept up, in
(prosperous luxuries of modern
taste. Barns laden with rich pro
duce, that only finds its way by
hard work and shrewd management.
Orchards neatly pruned and gar
riens planted, plowing done, and
other preparatory work for com
menciug the farm. Mr. Ruarks is
among our best farmers, intelligent
and thrifty. Near this manor is
Fuller’s Academy, under the direc
torship of Prof. T. C. Smith, a yo'jng
man of noble intellect, courteous,
affable, and among the finest eCa
cators in the county. HisVsch’fe
flourishes with a number fi f fiftf*
scholars. A little further ou we
come to Dr. Wm Purks’. Here
is indeed a magnificent homestead,
where the prosperous luxuries, of
commonwealth spreads her foliage
in perfect grandeur. Drl Purke is
a scientific, prosperous farmer, as
well as one among our best physi
cians. His opinion in farming in
terest is ol undoubted experience,
and the care of his farm proves his
succCfcW. His farm puts ou a fresh
appearance with the new year,
ditches ppenecl, fences remoddled
aud pastures built for stock. On
the top of a little'hill about three
miles further on, stands a cosy lit
tle cottage known as the residence
of Mr. J* M. Figs. Here our horse
was almost reluctant to pass, for
he looked earnestly at the temptfug
foddet and hay that hung out Vat
an upper window of the commodi
ous barn, and we imagined \ve
could hear a sigh from the large
sleepers below as they bore pa
tiently their burden of corn, oafs,
etc. Mr. Figs is one of those thrif
ty, saving, hard-working youtag
men, and his experience, Yacked
up by sound judgement, gives hjm
a place among the highest ranked
farmers. Barns filled to overflow
ing, and the larder to the bripi,
both affording,an ample supply for
each year, raised at home. He has
arranged his farm for a hew crop,
putting fences in order and ’pre
paring his land for cultivation. We
finally reached the village,
our surprise, on the first day of ttto
week, everybody was astir, and ela
ted over the business prospect fof
the new year. Mr. W. L. Grant's
plaining milk furnished the villa
gers music with its Continual hnfo.
Mr. Grant has one of as good wobd
working machines as can be pro
duced anywhere, giving him a ca
pacity for business unsurpassed hy
any Southern wagon or buggy man
ufacture. He also dresses, and
matches ceiliug, flooring, moulding
in any style or shape, brackets to
order, any size or design, can he
had, beside a general line of first
class vehicles, from a wheelbarrow
to a road cart. Mr. A. B. Tappan’s
saw mill on the south kept up a
song all day. AVe noticed his yard
was crowded with forest pine stock.
Mr. Tappan is alwaj’s in business,
it makes no odds where you strike
him. The merchants, too, have on
ively looks over the coming pros
pects of a fruitful and prosperous
year. We were told by sevefal,
'that time trade would not by far
exceed last year, although some
have already begun to trade ou
lions. Some must buy this way to
keep up the fashion, while others
will be cautious. Wo spout the
noon with Mr. J. D. Grant. He
and his esteemed lady spared no
pains to make our visit pleasant in
their beautiful and elegant little
home. They treated us to a sump
tuous dinner. Mr. Grant is one of
White Plains’ ingenious young
men, thrifty and energetic. While
in the village, we were pleased to
meet Mr. John Holmes, from Craw
fordville. Mr. H. is a sterling
young man, genial—and we liked
to have said handsome, but we will
let the young ladies give him that
credit. The small grain crop in
the vicinity of White Plains is look
ing well. In some localities it
seems to have been hurt by the
freezes, but very little, and there
is scarely any need of sowing
spring oats for a crop. Most of
the farmers are taking advantage
of the stock law, by moving off
their fence to make pasturage, and
plowing up the hedge-rows. Our
visit was indeed a treat, and will
long be remembered. But there
is a part of sublime interest we
“din a care to tell,” that will haunt
us in our dreams like a “stewed
ghost.” A. P. R.
—There are one hundred and
thirty-eight counties in the State
and ninety-two of them have adop
ted prohibition. Exactly two-thirds
of the counties in Georgia are op
posed to whisky.
—Mrs. R. B. Hayes has the fin
est poultry yard west of the Alle
ghenies. It is said , that when Ru
therford goes out in the morning
with a tin pan full of ludian meal
and warm water mixed, the rush
reminds him of his old-time popu
larity in Washington when he had
offices at bis disposal.
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