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About The Carroll County times. (Carrollton, Ga.) 1872-1948 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1877)
THE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES. YOL. VI. KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Ona Year s*oo Six months l 00 Three months ..... 60 CI.VI RATH. Five Copies «*ne year » (# Ten Copies one year . I7 6 p Twenty Copies one year 30 All payments Invariarly iff Advanck. The paper will be stopped at the expiration ot the time paid for, unless subscription ts previously 'lfthe address of the subscriber is to be chang ed w e must have the ci(t address as well as the t-ewone. to prevent, mistakt Servedby Carrier in town withoutextra charge, yjo attention paid to anonymous communica 'x mark after subsctiber’s name, indicates that h« time of subscription is out. OATR.V OF ADVF.KTISINr.. As an invitation to Bvieuiess men to make nse of our columns to further their interests, the fol lowing liberal schedule for advertising has been adopted; these terms will lie adhered to in all cod tracts for advertising, 6'r where advertisement t(re handed in without instructions: One inch or less, $1 for the lirst and 50 cents f 3 «4ch subsequent insertion 'onTTiKS |T t. 11m.|3m. [tim. | l-> m. "TTnch $ 1 $3 ssl*7 $lO i Inches 4 5 7 10 15 3 ‘lnclres 3 7 9 12 18 4 inches 4 0 10 15 23 5 Ifiches 5 10 12 17 25 V Column ti 12 15 20 30 v 'C/ilUmn 10 15 20 30 50 1 Column 15 20 80 50 100 1> I It F C T OK ¥ . iVavonic. Carroll Lodge, No. 09, Free and Accepted Ma- Warrant granted November 1,1848. Meets tin the first and third Tuesdays in each month. Tlie ( liiirdics, Baptist Church.—Rev, J. A, Wynne, Carivll •ton, Ist, 2nd and 3rd Sabbaths in each month. Mktuooist Church.—Kev. W. F.Quillian; Car rollton, Ist, 2nd and 4th Sabbaths iii each mUuth; 'Stripling chapel, 3rd Sabbath in each month. Presbyterian Church - Rev, Wm. Dimmock's •ipointments in this County arfc : £rrH Nublmthat Villa Rica; 3rd and 4th at C irrolltou. Methodist Protesta#* Church —Rev. j. .A McCariity’s appointments in thin comity are; First Sabbath; Antioch; Ist Sabbath evening, Tern pie; Friday before second f&bbath, Shady Grove id kai'batli, Furinville; 3rd Sabbath. New Hope Friday before the fAtjrtb Sabbath, Philrtdelphia dh Alabama; ItH sabbath, BoVtdon: Patrons* of llusbandryt Sand Hill Grange, N’t). 285, meets second and ‘f-’Urtl Saturdays, 1 o’clock p. m. A. C. liiitou Master; J. W. Carroll, Secretary. Kowe Grange, No. 401, meets third Saturdays in each mouth. William Brooks, Mastei, (josheu Grange, No. 204, meets oil file third Sat urday .n each month, at 2 p. h. W. J. Pyrou, Master. Bay Spring Grunge, No. 442, meets on every second Saturday. S. W. Millie* , Master. J. W. Birins, Secretary. Key Stone Grange No. 579, meets every Saturday evening. J- F. Crowell, Master, J. W. Ballard, 'Secretary. Farmville Grange, meets Ist and 4th Saturday, Gieli inouih; Master J. V. Green, Secretary, P. Cratchflold. 4MIOFEBSIONAL <fc lUJISLJNEKS CARDS AUSTIN & HARRIS, Attorneys at Law, Car rollton, Georgia. Office in the Court Rouse. nr, I. N. CIIENEY ,offers Hits professioual servi ces lujthejcitizensof Carroll andarijacent couu 'ius. Special attention given to chronic diseases. Office near his residence, Carrollton, Ga. 1) J. LUNQUEST, pr.ctical wdichihaker and Xyjeweler. Watches, clocks, and jewelry re paired in the best manner and warranted. All Work done prodiptly. Can lie found at/.he farul lure store of C. P. Edmuudson. r P W. DIM MOCK, Architect and Builder; Cttr -1 roll ton, Georgia, is prepared to and o any and all kinds of work 11 his line, in the latent, style; Al im drawings and specifications gotten rip iy the most modern ail 1 improved style, a 1 liiodfefttte -prices and in s'loitt .ine Have no objection ro inking vork in the coltutry: rj’IIE VIRGINIA HOTEL, Newuan; Gedrgta; Is 1 kept by Miss E. C; Yancey late of Yirgitiia: The building occupied is the brick tiotel (better know n the Met towel imtise) and is both ei gibie to town and depot. Prof. War. Wells the gentle manly Clerk is always ou hand, to look after the slightest wants ofguests. 7V. W. FITTS. J. G. ARNALL FITTS & ARNALL, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS, CARROLLTON - - GEORGIA. or Office, Rome street, third door be'ow the brick building. 5. E. GROW. W, C. ADAMSO&" GROW & ADAMSON; Attorneys a.t Uaw, Carrollton - - - Georgia. F3roffiee No 1. up stairs, in the Garrison brick ’'building. W. W. & G. W. MERRELL Attorneys at Ijaw. CARROLLTON - - - GEORGIA. tW“ Office on Rome street next door to A. F. Sharp & Bro. EDWARD J. REAGAN. Attorney at X.»aw, HAMPTON GEORGIA, in the Counties of Henry, Clay ton, Spalding, Butts and Fayette; and elsewhere by special contract. Collection a specialty. J. M. DENT, Attorney at Law, NEW NAN GEORGIA. Will practice in the State and Federal 'Courts. MEUiICAri CARD. I>R. WILLIAM GAULDING, Having located in tlie city of Carrollton, re spectfully tenders his services, in the various branches of physic to the citizens es Carroll t<-h and vicinity. He will make a specialty • t diseases of women, clfrcfnic diseases ot a-il Seans, and midwifery. Having been regular ■it practice for more than twenty years, feels prepared to treat any disease, and give sati: faction, to all who- may apive him a trial. Can always be found at his office just across thestieet, south from the hotel, in the lay time, and at his residence, the Charley Whin* house, near the depot, at night. Char ges to suit the limes. Rkfbrencks— Drs. J. A. Long, Charlie Ridley and John Baugh, LaGrange Drs. Hud M>n and Boozer, Hogansville; or Dr. Jcu- Jiings, II arrisonviile, Drs. Peddv & Daniel, I ianklin, and a thousand living patients. Carroll Masonic I istitute, CARROLLTON, GA. 'V, W. & 15, J, KOOP, Principals. 'Take f as t hold of T Q instruction, let her *ot go: keep her-. JL O 4 r for she is thy life.' Spring sessioh begins third Wednesday in January. Tuition $1 50. £2 50, $$ 75 {tor month, ac ■ cording to the gradfe' ot studied jnlrsued. 1 uition due from date o's entrance till close bf ses.Joti. Deduction.- trtadc tet absence on ly in cases of sickness or other providential can se«. £ cT Incidental fee $1 00 per Scieilar for Oie session. v £ Music department condilcted as • lp i>tofoie by Mrs. Rlnkiy, charges liWdfer ate. 0 1 t —4t. For fiiuist. J, "The beaut fnl and conlinodi « k oils honse formerly occupied br ■ Mr, I irkle, situated fSO yard* vj.fffn?North of Depot. Also the hotise Ben formerly occupied by Mr. El j v the Depot and the hotise former oot Ce, . l . J>ied B White, North-east of the De s favorable. For further particulars “khly to G. A. Gardner, at the Depot. tWm „ A - WHITE, swrroliton Ga., May 24th. RSTtk THE PRUNING KNIFI AS AFFl.lfex> TO STATE EXPENSES BY COT. tOt QUITT. A REYIEW OF THE EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT— THE TIMES DEMAND ECONOMY, AND THE GOVERNING POW- Eli MUST BEND ITS LEGISLATION IN THAT DIRECTION. Executive Department, > Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 20, 1877. j" 1o the General Assembly. In response to your joint resolution of inquiry find request I bew leave to submit the following suggestions in regard to the financial matters of the state, wh eh, in anticipation of your action, I have prepared in order that I might be able to reply promptly to your request and save delay in the le<r . * O lslation deemed necessary: 1. be condition of Georgia is such that it is proper that we who have heen chosen to administer her public affairs should try to devise some means to lessen the burdens of the state gov ernment. In the year 1876 the amount ex pended for the public service, as re ported by the comptroller, was $2,280 435, 46 Os this ghnotmt $1,336,177,95 was paid on the principal find interest of the public debt; of which SIOO,OOO vtas principal and the balance interest. The large payment of interest included a part of nearly three years’ default mg interest on the endorsed bonds of the Macon and Brunswick and North and South Georgia railroads, said in terest amounting to $544,342 12. This left the sum of $944,257 41 as expen-, ded for the other disbursements of the state gdyhrnment. Our public debt at present upon which we have to pay interest by ta.vx ation ot the people, is $10,671,500, upon which the yearly interest is $748 005. Os the principal oi the debt SIOO 000 is to be paid this year. This makes the sum of $858,005 necessary to be raised by taxation tor the public debt alone. It will be observed that I have in cluded Til tile statement of this debt the sum of 2^4, 000, this 'leitig the State’s liability on the endorsement of the bonds est the Macon and Bruns wick, North and South Georgia, and Memphis Branch railroads; the two first railroads being now in the pos session and under the control of the state; If the ciirrent expenses ot the state continue the same as last year, viz: $944,247 51, then by adding to that amount the sum of $848,005, that rilust be paid on the public debt, we get the large sum of $1,792,250 as the amount to be raised this year for our public expenditures. As the comp troller general has estimated the prob abb* receipts ot the state at the sum of $1,457,000, you will see that we have a deficit of $325,256 to be paid up by increased taxation, bv a system of economizing or, by the plan of a temporary loan, as appears to have been the custom. Increased taxation is to be avoided if possible. Our re ceipts of taxes must be necessarily less because property lias depreciated in value in the last year fifteen mil lions of dollars, audit maybe well for us to recognize the unwelcome tact that it is piopable that property everywhere will undergo still farther depreciations this year. Even at the same rate of taxation the income will be less as the property to be’ taxed lias fallen off in value, and therefore if we can administer the state government at the same tax we shall have effect ed some retrenchment. The remedy for us is 10 economise, find I have giv en no little anxious thought to this problem of possible economy. So tar as the public debt is concern ed we need expect 110 lightening at present of its burdens. We must pay promptly principal and interest in money, so as not to increase the principal ol the debt. It may be proper to offer our regular bord bred itors the privilege of either payment in money, or ih new bonds at a lower rate of interest. One incident of our financial prac tice; has been a floating debt, carried over; from one vedr to another, and not included in tile stiiterrient ot the public debt proper. This is regularly reported; Under the head of th£ tem porary loan. It would be well for us to get rid of this as soon as we ean.— Last year the money temporarily bor rowed was $359,000, and the amount paid out under this head, up to the date of the comptroller's report, includ ing interest was $312,000. The idea in maxing this loan is not to burden the people by taxation to pay its prin tnpal, but to relieve by raising simply CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 2, 1877. | the interest to carry it. This tempo rary loan is the part of the sum of $944,259 51, referred to as outside of the money paid on the public debt, be ini* the sum covering the general ex penses ot the state government Tske this temporary loan ot $312,009 from the $944,259, and we have about $639 099 as the real amount of the current expenses to be raised, taking last year as the ba-is of calculation. When we can bring down our taxation to cover l.iis sum, the burd nol the govern ment would be light oh the people.— But we cannot now lessen the state debt to stay appreciable extent, nor are our people in a condition to be tax ed to raise money to pay the floating debt. If, as has been the past experience, the receipts will not enable us to pay this floating debt, I would suggest as the most practicable and convenient disposition of the matter that bonds at 6 per cent interest be issued to retire it and all other past floating debts.— File interest upon the bonds will be le* s than the cost of ii temporary loan, while much inconvenience will be sav ed. And the liability will be added wiiefe it properly belongs* viz., to the regular debt. If there is any possibility of retrench meet, and my judgement after careful scrutiny is that expenses can be re duced and saving utade to some ex tent, it will come from a more exact return of property for taxation, a more rigid collection of taxes, saving in the cost ot collecting the taxes, reduction id the Cost, of' legislation and clerk hire ot the general assembly, diminu tion ot the outlay of the contingent printing and building funds, in the appropriation by tlm state of all per quisites, in the reduction so far as practicable in the number of clerks in the various departments, and in cut ting off all unnecessary offices. Small economies practiced in every branch of the government will aggregate a handsome saving of the peoples mon f-y- An examination of (i.e comptroller’s reports for the last twentyafive years shows that since the war the amount of uncollected tax and the cost of col lecting the tax are greater in propor tion to the tax than before the war.— They now average each ten per cent Os the lax. or both twenty per cent of the wifole. Before the war the largest figuie that these two items reached was one sixth, or sixteen per cent of the whole. This was in 1854. The tax assessed that year was $449,990. The net tax was $374,914, leaving $75,076 or one-sixlh as the lost tax and cost of collection. The closest and cheapest collection of state tax was in 1853, when the whole amount of tax uncollected arid cost of collect ing wa- one tenth of the whole, and the general average of these two item? before the war was one-seveuth or only fourteen per cent of the whole. Now the average is twenty per cent. In the year 1874, by way of example, the aggregate tax was $1,365,460, and the whole collected tax was $1,21 I,h 628, leaving a balance of $153,832 of uecollected tax. The net tax was sl, 092,029, showing as the cost of col lecting the tax the Urge sum of sllO, 599. This includes the receivers fees. The two items of uncollected tax and cost of Collection that year therefore summed up $573,431, being one-fifth or twenty per cent of the whole tax. If the average had been the same as before the war, of fourteen per cent in imcollecfed tax and cost of collect ing, instead of twenty per cent., the saving to the people would have been six per cent, of the whole, or the amount of $68,273. The rule or or dinary compensation for collections is that it diminishes in proportion as the amount increases. We have here in our state matters the cost increas ing as the amount to be collected be comes larger. It will be seen, there 1 fore, that there is a chance to increase I the public revenue in these two items i ot reducing the cost of eoH«etion and the uncollected tax. « The law of compensation of tax re- 1 ceivers and collectors has been chang ed, and the law ot reduced compensa tion goes into effect this year. In 187 G under live old law, the compensation I of the*e officers was $135,000 for col i lectieg the tax, property, poll and pro fessional, ot $1,476,017, or nearly one tenth; Under the new law, the sav ing will be between twenty and tweir t*Sve per cent., or $30,090 ot the $135,000. A consolidation iu more j ol tlie same counties ol the offices ot i tax receiver and collector, under a law that requires the returns of assess- ; ments to be made as now, with a re due.ion of the compensation allowed the two, would operate a still further j saving. In the' hasty examination given this subject no sufficient reason ©cures to me why such a law might not be gen eral. We shall under the new law have a considerable saving in the cost of col lecting the tax. L°t us see if still far ther saving cannot jus f ly be made. It ought not to cost over $90,0 )9 to as-* sess and collect our tax. We should thus]have*a saving of $45,090 The loss of uncollected anddnsolvent tax should not be more than five per cent. It be fore the war tlie average of loss was only six per cent., we ought to now be aide to do as well. Every dollar of uncollected tax is a wrong to those who pay their taxes promptly. There is no justice in exempting one man’s property and burdening anothers. I"- stead of $150,000 of uncollected tax out of a million and a quarter of as sessments, there should be not one half ot that amount. I find by reference to the auditors’ report ot Y irgima, that the cost in 1876 of receiving the tqx ot $2,477,- 714, was only $47,071, while in Geor gia it was $67,901 for receiving sl.- 229,265 of tax. And the uncollected tax was only $51,006 in Virginia while it was more than double that in Georgia. The practice in Virginia will show that a much closer and cheaper collection of the tax can be made. If we now add the increased tax resulting from ajuster appraisement of property we can see a chance for still more revenue, Taxable property is notoriously re turned at less than its value. I find by reference to the census of 187 J that the estimated difference between the returned and true value of the property in Georgia was some forty millions of dollars, it being returned then at $227,219,519 and estimated at $268,169,207. In this matter of revenue from taxes there is possible ground for its in crease in other wavs. It is a grave question how far the tax laws should be amended so as to make the tax equal on individuals and corpora tions whether the real and persoual property ol every kind of the ineorpo rated institutions of the stale should not be made to pay full state and conn ty taxes, respect of course, being ob served to vested rights Telesnaph and express companies pay too little tax in proportion to their wealth and transactions. I find that in the year 1876 the express companies with con siderable property and an office in ev ery city and town, and doing thou sands of dollars of business only paid the state $658,12 of tax In Al*f*ama it paid $2,099. The telegraph com pany paid only $52058 of tax in Geor gia. The sleeping car company only paid $374 48. These sfeerfr small rev enue from such large and wealthy in teiests. Iu Virginia in 187 G the tax from telegraph companies was $4,310 or $3,799 more than rn Georgia. In Wisconsin this tax was $2,288, or sl, 768 more than in Georgia. I can on ly call your attention to these few de tails as matter for investigations. It may be practicable to revise the civil list. In 1552 there were twelve judical circuits, and the cost of the judiciary was $33,825*. In 1861 there were sixteen eircuits r costing about $55,099. In 1376 we had twenty cir cuits, tlie judiciary costing spoilt SB9, 000. If twelve judges did the work in 1872 and sixteen in 1861, the question arises wnother legs titan twenty can properly perform the same work in 1877. In 1856 the taxable property was $495,478,045; m 1861, $643,803, 000, and in 1876, $245,853,750, or one halt less than in 1856, when twelve judges administered the law. It is true that while properly the ma terial of litigation decreased so much, the voting population, the material for litigants and criminals, hits grovfrn from 101,505 polls in 1861 to 208,939 in 1876. This increase of polls has been due to growth of population and the en dowment of the colored people with citizenship, and this increase, affected by the demoralising influence of- war, has multiplied criminals and crime But the disturbed soeial condition re su'ting from live war is passing away, andorder prevails. As an offset against the increase of criminal business there is less civil litigation, as the result of the decrease of property. Lawyers ev erywhore in the state complain of in sufficient business, and the large in crease in the number of applicants for the offices of solicitor geneial and judge, attest the lack of tees. I have the opinion of 8 ime of the judges of tlie courts that the number of circuits can be decreased without injury to the state. Some of the judges have all they can well do. Others could easily 1 do more. The increase of courts. cYunty and ! city, and the raising of the jurisdic tion ot the loWer courts, has rendered fewer circuits rteCessdfry. The reduction c 4 (he judiciary to 1 sixteen circuits 1 would save the state a 1 largo amount. I find the sum ot 1 $2,455 paid io 1873 ttndfer the so-> I heitor geueral s act of I SOB, and about this amount is paid yearly. This is compensation to solicitor* general for cas *s carried to the supreme Court, and is about equivalent to' their ex penses* it* attending that coltrt. This amount coufd be saved by having the attorney general to attend to such ea se9 without cost, the solicitors send ing him briefs This would not diimn -Is> 1 the compensation of solicitors # while it would *ivc the stale coined era ole expense. The offices of superintendent of pub lie works, of wild land clerk.and pin - t sician of the penitentiary are unneces- j sary, and can in my be abol ished without detriment to the public interest. My present idea is to impose the duties ot superintendent of public works upon one of the persons- in the executive department. Whet her the clerical departments can be reduced, is a proper matter for you to investi gate and determine. I venture to a very consul* erable item ot saving in the clerical service of your own body. The ex* penseof clerk hire has been thought by many to be too large. In 1876 the house, with one hundred and seventy five members, had seveuty-four attach es; and the senate, with forty tour sen* ators, had fifty attaches Toe cost of these 124 attaches for 210 members, or one to two, was $26,343,00. Over $15,000 ought to be saved in thiscler i. al work. There is good reason for the opin* ion that the existing system of public printing should bo remodeled. The profits of t**is work are excessive, as I am informed by those who have tried it. The state pays too much for the work done, and there is too much printing. A private irdividual could and would get the work done cheaper. The basis of cost upon which the stale pays 25 per cent ot profit has itself a margin of profit. And the amount of printing executed is in excess of the public needs. More copies ot the laws and journals are published than aie re quired. Perhaps nearly every mem ber can call to mind in county towns boxes of undistributed taws and jour nals, or distributed to persons not enti tied to them. It vs useless .to- be pub* lishing copies not demanded for the public benefit. The fees ot inspectors of oils ands er tilize! s are generally in excess of a fair salary. In some places they amount to a magnificent income. By paying the inspectors a reasonable salary and re* quiring the balance of the fees over the salary to be paid into the treasury revenue could be derived from this source. I would suggest that there can be effected an economizing in each one of the foregoing items of state expense, to which I have referred, amounting in the aggregate to about the sum ot one hundred and fifty thousand dol* lars. It this should be realized the amount saved would pay the inter est ou two millions of the public debt. Savings may not be practicable in all of these matters, but it behooves us to attempt in earnest all of them that are possible. A ieduction of $150,000 ot the $630*000 that it takes to pay the current expenses ot the state goveramentj would be an impor tant benefit to the taxpayers. It would be a decrease of over one* fourth in these expenses. If all the servants of the public will cooperate in thisjatteinp ei retrenchment we can accomplish a great deal. Nor does the work stop with the officers and expenses ot the state. In county and city matters the reform can be carried on, aiding us in our state retrenchment. \\ e find in 1870 that the tax in Georg a was as follows: State Tax $945,394 County Tax p K 2 70 Municipal Tax 775 $2,627,929 Our people paid that year ovei two and a half millions of taxes. The conn* ty ? nd municipal taxes were each near ly as large as the state tax. A reduc tion in these will relieve the taxpay ers. YY hile the state not regulate the city tax, it can, l>y proper general laws, improve county management, and comity officers by good ad minis* i.ration can make the inevitable burden ot state taxation easier^borue. I do not mean, in urging a policy of reduced ex;>enditure. to co.itend for either parsimony in salaries or a crip pling ot the needed machinery of the ■ government. The state nftfrt be just to her servants and alive to hot own necessities and dignity. Poorly paid officials will not render faithful service, and the administration ot tiie affairs or the commonwealth must not be cramped in any department, and, while I argue for state economy, I w ould not have'you understand that in the candid statement of the reasons for it, there is cause for our being asham ed ot our financial s'auding, in com parison with other states. The statistics show that Georgia is in a better con- ( dition in proportion of we ;lth to debt than any ot her sister s mthem states, ! and our securities stand higher in tlie com me real world. Our debt has in creased, but the increase is due to an administration that unfortunately gov erued us for a few years since the war. In spite ot all the drawbacks of that burdensome rule and the depreciation of values last year, there has been an increase in Georgia since 1870 ot over $10,009,090in wealth, and over 49,000 polls, and our per capita lax is far less than that of the best governed and most prosperous states of the north and west. In conclusion it should be borne in mind that the extent ot your appiopri ations i« the measure of of taxa- tion. It you limit the rate of taxation, you must nee3ssarily limit the appro priations accordingly, unless the per nicious policy prevails of running in expenditures beyond receipts iiHd swelling the public debt. Let us oro ceed in this patriotic work of retrench merit resolutely vet wisely and care fully. Let us begin at the bottom an and work up. Let the pjo pie give in their whole property at just valuation. Let tie tax be impartially imposed and rigidly collected. Let every depart ment of the public service, city, coun>» ty and state, be economically and faithfully administered. Let all su perfluous offlees and unnecessary ex penses bi cut oft L*t new debt be avoided and old debt promptly paid. Let a high senti'HCnt of public duty animate all pub!i c officials, and we shall see a most gratifying result. Alfred II Colquitt. Josli Billings on Prayer. From til tueniiy friends and from things at luce ends, good Lord deliver us. From a wife who don’t luv us, and from children who don’t like us, good Lord deliver us. From snaix in the grstss, and fiorn snaix in our boots, from torch lite processions, and from all new rum, good lord deliver us. From pack peddlers, young folks in luv. from old ants without money, and from koleramoibus, good Lord deliv er us From wealth without charitee, from pride without sense, from pedigree worn out, and from rich relatiuus good Lord deliver us. From virtue without fragrance, from butter smells, and from kats th at are courting, good Lord deliver us. From old folks’ secrets, and from our own, from megiums and women kommittees good Lord deliver us From politicians who pra and from saints who tipple, from ri koffi red herren, and grass widows, good Lord deliver ns. From folks who won’t laugh, and •rumthem w ho giggle, from lite boots and easy virtu and ram mutton, good Lord deliver us. The Country. A young man from the country who had recently come into possession of a few thousand dollars, visited aa on cle in the city, an old merchant, to get his advice about the investing his capital in business ‘Go back to the country, young man/ said lire mer chant, ‘and invest yot!r money in land. Buy a farm, settle down on it, and do a safe business I have been in bust, ness here nearly forty years and have acctminfated a fortune, but it has beeu done by a fearful risk, heavy respond sibiliiy, constant toil and worrying anxieties. A dozen times I have been on the verge of bankruptcy, and twice I have been tempted to take my own life. Os ten men who commenced business here when I did, only one besides myself succeeded. The rest a!l tailed, one after another, some dragging theii families down to pov erty and disgrace. Take my advice, i-eep away from the city' and its delusive business avenues. Quiet Con- on a modeiate competency n the country is the best fortune I 1 could wish you.’— Practical Farmer. WHAT PAYS P IT PAYS every Mamfactcrbr, Merchant Mechanic. Investor, Farmer, or Pbotcss vn al man, to keep Informed 011 all the impr.oeo S ments* and discoveries of the ace. IT PAYS tho head of every family to Introduce ' into his householn a newspaper that is instructive, on* that fosters a taste for investigation, aid pro motes and eacourages discussion among the n* ui hers. * The Scientific American. 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