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THE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES.
VOL. VI.
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D I K E C T Oft Y .
masonic*
Carrol! Lodge, No. Ok, Free and Accepted Ma
«uus Warrant granted November 1, 1 848. Meets
«n the first and third I'uesdays In each month.
Tlic Churclie*
Mbthsbirt Church.—Kev. W. F.quU) inn; Car
rullton, !st,2nd and 4th Sabbaths In each month;
btripling chapel, 3rd Sabbath in each month.
bAKTisT CuUHcn.—ißev. J. A. Wynne, Carroll
tan, let, 2nd and 3rd Sabbaths iu each month.
Phksbytkkian Chubck. ltev. Win. Diinn.oek's
npwiutments in this County are ; 2nd Sabbath at
v'illa Rica; 3rd and Ath *t C*r roll ton.
Mbthobist Pmotestant Ciccnc >i llev. F. 11.
M HrKde*-*on l '*Sui»<rindeiit: First Sabbath, Anti,
och; Second Sanlmth, Farmville and Shady Grovc
alternation; Third Sabbath. New Hope,; Fourth
Sabbath, Bowdon Temple, Thursday before the
Fourth Sabbath; Furac.vi.lle and Antioch, Friday
before the Second Sabbnth adZeonstii g.
Falrvns of Husbandry.
Hand Hill Orange, No. 285, meets second and
y. wrtl Saturdays, 1 o’clock P. M. A. C. Hilton
M»«b:r; J. W. Carroll, Secretary.
Howa Orange, No. 401, meets third Safcttt'dst,} <• in
eich month. William Brooke, Mastei,
(lo*heu Orange, No. 264, moots on the third Sat
urday in each mouth, at 2 p. m. W. J. Pyrou,
Master.
Bay Spring Orange, No. 412 meets on every
second Saturday. S. W. Millica ~ Master. J. W.
Burns Secretary.
Key Stone Grange No. 579, meets every Saturday
ereniag. W. 11. Baker, Master, J. O. Robinson,
Secretary.
Farmville Grange, mceto Ist and 4th Saturday
wb month; Master J. T. Green, Secretary, P,
Crutchfield.
IWESSIONAL <fc UI.'SItNESS CARIhS
Dr, I. N. CIIBNKY ,offers his professional servi
ces to the citizens of Carroll and adjacent coun
ties. Special attention given to
Wffice near his residence, Carrol.ton, Ga.
q> W. DIMMOCK, Architect and Builder, Car
-1 rollton, Georgia. Is do any tuid all
kinds ol work n his liuc, ill the latest, style. Al
sodrawiugs aud speciffications gotten up in the
most modern an i improved style, at moderate
prices and in shoit time Have uo objection .o
taking vork in the country.
M’HE VIRGINIA HOTEL, Ncwnan, Georgia, is
J kept by Miss K. C. Yancey late of Virginia.
The building occupied is the brick hotel (better
known ns the Mfijowel housy)aml is both ei gible
to town and depot. Prof, Wm. VVclle thegentlc
manly Clerk isalways on hand, to look after the
slightest wants of guests.
J. L. COBB,
Attorney sLt l^aw,
CARROLLTON GA.
SAV Offlje in the Court House.
H. C. TIMMONS,
Physiolau db Surgoon
ALLKNS MILL, GEORGIA.
CHARLES H. MERRELL,
Attorney at Law,
CARROLLTON--- -GEORGIA,
pr- Office with W. W. &G. W. Merrel L..
tn your claims
<V. W. FITTS. J. G. ARMAI.t,
FITTS & ARNALL,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS,
•CARROLLTON - - GEORGIA.
ITT Office, Rome street, third door be'ow the
lek building.
6 K GROW W. C. ADAMSON
GROW & ADAMSON,
Attorneys st
•CARROLLTON - - - GEORGIA.
Uroffcce.No.L up stairs, Inithe Garrisou brick
uliding.
W. wT&"g7w. MERRELL
Attorneys at Ij»w.
CARROLLTON GEORGIA.
»y Office on Rome stTect next how to A. 'F.
tatyi & Rro.
EDWARD J. REAGAN.
Attorney at Law,
Hampton gkougia,
in the Counties of Henry, Clav-
Butts and Fayette; and elsewhere
°y ‘pedal contract. Colle tiou a specialty.
Medic Aii c ar.d.
DR. WILLIAM GAULDING;
llavino located in the city of Carrollton, re
•Pecttully tenders his services, in the various
branches of physic to the citizens es Carroll
ton and vicinity. He will make a specialty
°f diseases ofvvonien, chronic diseases, oi all
and midwifery. Having been regular
practice for more than twenty years,
freU prepared to treat any disease, and
satirfaction, to all who may give him a
trial. Can alwavs be found at bis office in the
Maodeville brick building, up sta rs, in the
<% time, and at his residence, the Charley
"bite home, near the depot, at night. Char
to suit the limes.
Rkkkrrxciv#— Drs. J. A. Long. Charlie
Ridley and John Baugh, LaGrange Drs. Hud
*° n and Boozer, Uogansville; or Dr. Jen
“'"gs, Ilanisonville, Drs. Peddv & Daniel,
franklin, and a thousand living patients.
Carroll Masonklistilute,
Carrollton, ga.
tV- W, & |{. J, ROOP, Principals.
faktfat hold of T her
**9o: keep AcrilO I • for li f*'
, Spring session begins third Wednesday in
J »nuapy.
fiiitiun SI 50, $2 50, $3 75 per month, ac •
cording to the grade of studies pursued.
Tuition due from date of entrance till close
f Deductions made for absence on
•v c*es of sickness or other providential
v.irisev:,--. _
Incidental fee $1 00 per scholar for
session.
, t-f? Music department conducted as
""“'MutOie by Mrs. ltiiudy, charges moder
aie. * w 1
jan 5 77—it.
JPor H^ut.
Tlie beautiful and commodi
oue house formerly occupied by
Mr Bfrkle, situated 150 yards
MllllPfftiML North of Oepoi. Also the house
formerly occupied oy Mr. KH
South of the Depot and the house fernier-
A? ce upied bv C H White. North-east of the De
rD- Verms favorable. For further particulars
too. A. Gardner^ the Depot.
<SV, May tftt, IVtiT
From the Columbus Times.
More Reasons for a Conven
tion.
Editors Times. —l trust that I
have shown in toy two last articles at
least two good reasons fur holding a
convention; reasons founded, not only
upon policy, but upon principles fuu>»
damental to liberty. One of these,
‘State Rights/ is the keystone of the
arch that supports tfie enure fabric of
our government. The other, equally
important to our political well-being
ing and absolutely vital to our man
hood and our honor. Either ought to
be sufficient to secure the calling of a
convention, unless there are contra*
vetting reasons which outweigh those
to which I have referred. But if there
are no good reasons against holding a
convention, and that many may be
superadded to those already given in
lavor of it, it seems to me that there
ought to be but one opinion ou the
subject.
I will merely refer to some itnpor*
tant omissions in the present consti
tution, in which it differs from the
constitution of 1865, and pass on to
other questions.
•SVc. 9. Art. s —Miscellaneous pro*
visions— Constitution 1865.—‘The
marriage relation between white per
sons and persons of African descent,
is forever prohibited, and such mar*
nages shall be null and void, etc.’
1 lie section is entirely omitted in
the .constitution of 1868, aud an abso
lute prohibition inserted against legist
lati-ve interference on this question,
contained iu the XI Sec. of Funda
mental principles,’ as follows:
■* The social status of the citizens
shnll newer be the subject of legisla
tion.’
The intent of this omission and ad
dition is too apparent, and the evil
consequenses too important to require
comment.
The following is the constitution of
1865, and is omitted from the consti
tution of 1868:
‘Laws impairing the obligation of
cou tracts, and retroactive Itues in
jurioirsly affect vs any rigf\t of the
citizen , are prohibited.
So much of the section as omits to
prohibit the impairment olthe obliga
tion of a contract is immaterial, as
that prohibition is contained in the
Constitution of the United States and
operates bv its own force upon the
States; but the second, portion in iiai*
ics, is very important ''There are ma
ny rights of the chiton that do arise
from contract, for instance the home
stead light, title to land or personal
property by mere possession, etc.—
There is nothing in the constitution
of the United States, nor in the con
stitution of 1868, which prohibits re
troactive legislation injuriously affect*
ir.g rights thes acquired. All previ*
ons constitutions of the State, so Jar
as I have access to them for examina
tion, contain this clause which
is omitted in the constitution of 1868
—a clause only second in importance
to that which protects contracts
from injurious retroactive legisla
tion.
The right to a private way over an
other's land was carefully limited in
the constitution of 1865 to cas
es of necessity, and where the use
was for public purposes. But the con -
sitution of 1868 strikes out all coodi*
tions and limitations except that ‘just
compensation shall be paid by the ap
plicant.’
These restrictions ought to !>•* re*
stored. No man ought to be allowed
a private way through the property of
another, except as iu the .constitution
of 1865, ‘in cases dt necessity or for
public use.’
A more liberal appropriation of one’s
private property might have been
deemed expedient when the minds of
‘statesmen’ were contemplating the
subdivision of the State into tracts of
forty acres, which would necessarily
cause an increase of highways and by
ways. But with that theory explos
ded‘we had better come back to the
good old rule, that private property
(except in cases of absolute necessity )
shall not be taken for public use, and
in all cases only after paying just com
pensation.
There are 9Ub other classes subject
to just oi'kiefrsm, but as each objec*
tion pointed out would require more
or less comment, these articles would
be extended to a length laborious to
me* and perhaps tedious to most of
vour readers.
In these hard times I suppose all
persons are in favor of economy. I
speak fiorn experience when I say
that the public funds are wastetully
appropriated by the Legislature; that
tb«y wall eontiatlo to be wasted, nev*
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 18, 1877.
er ir : id what parly organization baa
control of the government or under
what platform and pledges the Legis
lature is elected. There is hut one
remedy, and that is a constitution so
framed as to cut oft supplies as far as
possible and limit the legislative dis
cretion in the appropriation cf public
money. Take from the Legislature
the discretionary jiovver to tax the
labor and property of the country ex
cept for such contingencies as cannot
be specifically named in the constitu
tion. The experience of a hun
dred years enable us to approximate
very nearly to the specific items for
ibe payment of which the people
ought to be taxed.
Let them be defined:
First of all, without necessarily re
ducing the number, save $40,000 an
nually, by limiting the pay of mem
bers to $4, and the mileage to
cents per mile, each way. Limit the
pay of clerks, doorkeepers, messeu.
gers, porters, etc., of the House and
Senate, to SIO,OOO, and save $16,000
on the pay of 1876. This was some
what reduced under the pressure of
the people for retrenchment at the
Last session, but not half as much as it
should have been, and could have
been reduced it there had just been a
line in Ihe constitution limiting the
9tnouiu to SIO,OOO. That’s all that is
necessary: one line mill slop the leak.
The public business will be as efficient
ly performed, and the public morals
will be incalculably benefitted >by the
change. Uner the present system the
‘lobby' is crowded with idle young
men allured to Atlanta by the shower
of gold that is to rain on the righteous
and unrighteous, the idle and disso
lute, whose claim for participation in
I the public plunder are founded Jiaton
merits, not ou qualification tor partic
ular service, but as a reward for par
tisan services performed in the antic
ipation of forty idle days amidst
the pleasuies of the capital, with a
stipend of seven dollars per day to be
obtained by the influence of the suc
cessful member with the successful
clerk. The members are scarcely
elected when letters come pouring in
from a score of candidates ror cierk.
Each of these tries to secure votes for
Ininsdt as chief clerk, and then comes
an uffbr to locate some of the number
in sorhe fat place. Then, as all can
net be elected, the vaiious condidates
combine into two or more sets, each,
set concentrates his influence upon
the strongest candidate, promises
made by the different candidates are
transferred like bills of exchange and
duly honored. In this manner rings
are formed, chief -clerks elected, and
as many of these promises as possible
are fulfilled, by final drafts on the
Treasury, which are duly paid, and
this composes a part of that deficit or
floating debt of $525,000, which the
impoverished people of Georgia will
be taxed to pay. It will never sink;
it will float a while longer, be added
to the bonded debt, to be followed by
another float.
Limit the pay of the *hief clerk lo
what will fairly compensate him and
his necessary assistants, which are
very few, and there will be no room
tor division of spoils, no object for
formation of rings; an acre or -so of
young men who flock to the annual
sessions will seek employment at
home and spare themselves and the
country a repetition of scenes which
will follow the capital to Milledgevilie
or the most impenetrable coiner ot
northeast Georgia, so long as the
clouds around the State House
threaten a shower of gold or green
backs.
Think of parties to sweep the State
House, that yoia can hire at fifteen
dollars a month, getting four dollars
per day ! Boys ten old called
‘pages’ getting three dollars per day,
with a ‘city fuff of the same kind to
be had at fifty cents. Doorkeepers
multiplied to stand at doors, because
the doors happened to have been put
there tor the convenience of an opera
house—not because they are necessary
to the ingress and egress of members.
The doors are kept because each door
makes an additional place for the occu
pancy of which somebody’s man can
draw three hundred and eight dollars
tor forty-four days' attendance, more
money than one halt of the tax payers
make in twelve months. I had them
I closed for twenty-four hours but the
next day they were swinging on their
hinges at a cost ot seven dollars per
day.
You can save $20,000 per annum
by fixing in the eoustitution an al
lowance to Tax Collectors and Tax
Recivffrs, reducing the percentage as
the aggregate amount ot taxes re
ceived in a particular comity Is in
creased.
That ought to be the rule, and is
the general rule; but, according to the
present law, Bibb, Fulton, Ricluuoud
and Chatham are paid three per cent
while the largest commission paid in
any other is two per cent. They work
in an inverse ra»io: the more they re
ceive the larger their commissions—
the more they get the more they vvaut
An attempt was made to save $20,000
to State and counties in collecting the
taxes in these four counties. The
Joint Finance Committee reported ta
vorably a law reducing the commis
sions in these four counties to per
cent but midst the mazes ot legisla
tion the bill was lost, and these four
fortunate officers continue to receive
their princely salaries, while the peo
ple groan in want and suffer from pe
nury.
Another line in the constitution
will stoj) that leak. Remember 1 this
burdens falls on the ‘homestead’ as
well as the palace; for, however the
public money may be wasted, it must
be raised by taxation, and even home
steads are not exempt from the tax
gatherer.
The Comptroller s Department,
Treasury Department, Executive De
partment, Stale Department, Judicial
Department, are all largely on the ins
crease. Thirty dollars will not cover
the amount that can be saved with
just another line in the coristitu
tion !
All these expenses have grown up
on us to administer a government un
der the •constitution of 1868, which
was administered under the constitu
tion ol 1860 and previous to that at a
greatly reduced cost.
Why is this? We then had about
$670,000,000 of property; we now
have less than $300,000,000, with
about the same population. There is
but one department (the Treasury)
vhere the labors have necessarily in
creased.
The fact is that the duties ot the
Executive Department under the com
plicated machinery of the constitution
that we did not make , have so in
creased that the Executive Depart
ment alone has $6,000 clerk hire, $3,
600 secretary hire, besi Jes divers con
tingencies, rnd the Governor and his
employees are fully employed in the
discharge ot their necessary duties
created by the vast appointing power
the accumulated correspondence inci
dent thereto, and all for what? To ad
minister the same govei nment that Joe
Brown administeied and managed the
Western & Atlantic Railroad under
our constitution, with one secretary
and owe elerk.
To correct the various Daks will re
quire‘line upon line* in the consti,
tution, but the correction can and
will be made if we have a conven -
tion.
I am sure that I am inside the mark
when I say that the annual expenses
of the government, in a very few
items, will be reduced over SIOO,OOO
per annum by making anew consti
tution, and I am sure that it will neve
er be reduced under the present one.
This is a question in which every cit
izen is interested— the laborer be he
black or white; the homestead man,
and the man without a homestead—
all, all, are interested in a reduction of
expenses and a consequent reduction
ot taxes, and in an increased prosperi
ty. I will close for the present.
’Respectfully,
R. J. Moses.
How Mar'bles are Made.
The chief place of the manufacture of
marbles—those little pieces of stone
which contribute so largely to the en
joyment ol boys—is at Oberstem, on
the Nabe, in Germany, where there
are large agate mills and quarries, the
refuse of which is turned to good pay
ing account by being made into small
balls, employed by experts to knuckle
with and are mostly sent to the Amer
ican market. The substance used in
in Saxony is a bard, calcareous stone
which is first broken into blocks, near
ly square, by blows with a hammer,
j These are thrown by the hundred or
; gwo into a small sort of mill, which is
formed of a flat, stationary slab of
stone, with a number of eeeentiic fur
rows upon its face. A block of oak
eg- other bard wood of the diametric
size, is placed over the stones and
partly resting upon thera, The small
block of wood is kept revolving while
water flows upon the stone slab. In
about fltteen m imites the stones are
turned into spheres, and then, being
fit tor sale, are henceforth called mar
bles, One establishme«t wrth but
three mills, turns out sixty thousand
marbles each week.— Exchange.
Russia’s Religion.*
The Greek is destined to next
tc the Catholic church in the list ot
Christian churches; and its principal
doctrines are therefore matters of in
terest. Let us glance at them.
The Greek church believes that
Mary was a virgin at the time of
Christ’s birth, and remained so—that
no ordinary woman could be the
mother of God. Mary was chosen tor
the divine relation not only on ac
count of her superior merits, but also
on account of the superhuman en
dowments which those very merits
through God s appreciation, entailed
upon her.
The church believes in the ‘inter
cession of the saints ’ A Christian, it
says, cannot help believing that he
may with profit pray tor the interces
sion to God of those holy men and
women who have attained sainthood.
And Mary the greatest of all saints,
the mother of God, is the most pow*
erful, as well as the most sympathetic,
intercessor before God to whom
a human being can address pray
er.
The Greek church believes in seven
sacraments: baptism, absolution (or
confession), eucharist, confirmation,
matrimony, holy orders, and extreme
unction. Baptism cleanses the soul
from original sin in which all men are
born, because of Adam’s fall, and im
mediately places its recipient in the
true church of Christ. So efficacious
is this sacrament that after having re
ceived baptism the child, too young
yet to know the diffeimice between
good and evil, may partake of the eu
diarist, although he cannot.appreciate
it. Absolution is the forgiveness of
sins that the priest, representing
God, bestows through the confession
al. The eucharist is th • sacrament
that gives its recipient the real flesh
and blood of God at the communion
table. Confirmation is the sacrament
that ar.noints the baptized member of
the church as he attains the age cf
discretion, in other words, confirms
him as an intelligent-member ot the
church. Holy orders is the sacra
ment that confirms the
and annoints the recipient as ‘a priest
tor ever according to the orders of
Melchisidee.’ Extreme unction is the
last sacrament, wherein the limbs and
organs ot the senses of the dying are
annointed with holy oils as a symbolic
al prayer that it Gcd considers it
unmeet to restore their use, He will at
least cure the dying soul ot its remain
ing infirmities.— Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Stonewall Jackson and His
Sister.
Stonewall Jackson and his sister
were orphan children, aud were
brought up together until he went to
West Point. Like most orphan chil
dren they were unusually attached to
each other. She married and settled
in Beverly, West Virginia, where her
husband carried on a large farm or
plantation. Her brother, the Gener
al, frequently visited her, and during
these visits he would frequently go
to the quarters ot the slaves for the
purpose of exhorting them on the
subject of religion. Frequently the
soldier would be seen upon his knees
in the midst of the children of AJrica,
offering earnest prayers for their sal
vation- When the war broke out the
brother espoused the cause of the
South and became ttie greatest of all
Confederate Generals, with a world
wide reputation for consummate mili
tary ability, and la : d down his life on
the bloody field of Chancellorsville.—
The sister, in spite of the opposition
of her brother, uninfluenced by his
brilliant achievements and the oppo
sition of her finvsikuu; and her rela
tives, sided with the cause of the Un
ion and remained true to that cause
:to the end of the war. So great was
the feeling engendered airaiust her
that she eventually separated from
her husband and moved to Spring
field, Ohio, and resided with a
daughter who had married a Union
officer.
Macon A Brunswick Rail Road.
—The Macon Telegraph says: ‘We
are pleased to learn from Col. Jones,
one of the directors, that the sun of
fifteen thousand dollars has just been
paid into the Treasury of the Slate,
iroin the net earnings of the Macon
& Brunswick railroad over aud above
running expenses.
This is encouraging, and we doubt
not, if the road was properly equip
ped aud put on really an independent
footing, it would soon become more
than selDsupporting. The turpentine
and lumber interest alone in five
years will piove a source of heavy dn-
Gomq/
Frum Cbe Sewnan Vlode.
Letters from a Farmer,
Crab-Grass Hollow, May 4, 1877.
Editor Blade: I have Been exer
cised a heap in my mind of late on
the crow question. What I want to
know most is this : Was corn Huade
for crows to pull up, or were crows
made to pull up the corn ? Xf I could
only remember which was invented
first, I might be able to answer the
question myself, but I can’t. I know’
the Bible says that the trees and veg
etables were made first, but our kind
of corn was discovered in America,
where the fiist creation didn’t take
place, as lar as I know. Besides the
Bible dont say anything about crows,
and they may have been made after
the flood, along with niggers and
mules. I hope some of your debating
societies will tackle the important
question and report.
And there is another thing that I
have a great curiosity to know' some- 1
thing about. How iu thunder does a
crow know a gun from a stick ? You
may march over the field with a hoe
handle on your shoulder all day and
they w ill laugh at you, but just start
towaids a flock with a gun on your
shoulder, and oue old fellow on some
high stump will tell the rest all about
it before you get in camion shot of
them. I believe they can teli a load
ed gun from an empty one. and if you
leave your shot pouch hanging in the
field, they will examiue it and count
the bullets while you are gone ! I rec
ollect some sw'eet old singer of Israel
makes the crow sav to the black
bird:
“Ever since old Adam was born
It's been my trade to pull up corn, ’
and it may be that both corn and
crow were among the original inven
tions, but I can’t say.
I’m really afraid I’ve planted some
of my corn with the wrong side of the
grain up, for it seems bound to stay
under ground all the spring. How
ever I may have planted a kind that
don't come up at all, but makes all its
crops under the ground. If that be
so I shall apply for a patent for my
discovery, as it would be a great thing
to make a crop below the weeds and
grass. What do you say ?
I’m having a right smart chance ot
trouble with moles of late, and I have
not yet decided w’hat they were made
for, either. Naturalists tell us that
they are blind, and that they don’t
eat corn, but two things are certain:
They can follow a corn row with as
much mathematical certainty as a land
surveyor, and a hundred eyes couldn’t
do it any better. Then, if they don’t
eat corn they take a savage pleasure
in cutting off every stalk that cono-s
in their W’ay, ard they might as well
eat it. I’ve a notion to set some fish
hooks in their paths, baited with
worms. Wouldn’t that take ’em where
the wool w as short ?
Yours, doubtfully,
Sandy’ Higgins.
How to Succeed.— lt your seat is
hard to sit upon, stand up. If a rock
rise up before you, roll it aw-ay or
climb over it. It you want money,
earn it. It takes longer to skin an
elephant than a mouse, but the skin
is worth something. If you w’ant con
fidence, prove yourself worthy ot it.
Do not be content to do what anoth
er has done—surpass it. Deserve
success, aud it will come. The boy
was not born a man. The sun does
not rise like a rocket, or go down like
a bullet fired from a gum slowly and
surely it makes its round, and never
tires. It is as easy tc be a leader as
a wheel-horse. If the job bo long,
the pay will be greater; if the ta*k be
hard, the more competent you must
be to do it.
The following paragraph, which is
receiving a full press circulation, is
well calculated to cause the most
vigorous heart to quail and the do
tcatfiic home to tremble to its very
base:
‘Four years after Mr and Mrs
Spratt were married in Brooklyn he
hit her on Ike head witti a pie, and
she wants a divorce. The divorce Utu- i
ges on the kind ol a pie that was I
used, some witnesses swearing that it
was a pumpkin pie and otters that it !
was a mince pie. This case is
watched very closely by several mar
ried couples, who want to know
whether they will have Weaker a
mince pie or a puiupkin pie judge to
deal with.’
• -•«•» ——
Lose no time in executiug your res
olution.
-4.— I «.)>■ .
Blame not before you examine the
truth.
«•■
.Some good may be extracted fiom
1 jsvery evil
ST. NICHOLAS
“The Ttfng of all Publications I.swumJ t for
the Young on Either side oftho Atlantic. —-
Southampton ( England y 01aevtr. -
The third volume c»f this incomparable M«m
--| *ine is now completed. With its eight tnmdTed *
i royal octavo pages, and It* *ix tpmdrcd .ijluatra
i tidns, It* splendid serial* its shorter stories. po
i eras, and sketches, etc., etc.. In it* benutllnl blud*
1 Ing of fed aud gold, it la the meat sp'enn’d glfl
j book for hove ever tlmprwa,
! Price, $4; iu full gilt, $6.
“St. N k iioi-v* U full Qf the choice ft thing*. The
puNication is. In ail respects the best qf tie It fid Me
, Xara never yet seen a nttmiot that tea* not smfpritktg
' ly good.— The Churchman, Hartford, Conu.
ST. NICHOLAS for 1877,
Which opens with Nov«nlwr, IR7*. begin*.
A Short and Very entertaining Serial from the
French, “The Kingdom of the greedy,*! a Story
j Adapted to the Thanksgiving Season. Auolhor
l serial, ot absorbing iutorest to the bo?*,
‘llig Own Muster,’
By J. T. Trowbridge.
i author <>f 'he "Jack Hazard Stories, * begins in the
Christ iu t» Holiday Nnniber.
| During the year there will he interesting pa
! per* for boys Ky William Uußeii lUyau'. Julio G.
Whittier, Thomas Hughes, William Mown, Dr,
Holland, George MacDonald. Sanford B. Hunt,
Frank H Stockton, and others.
There will be stories, skutches, and poems, of
special ’Merest to girls, by Harriet Prescott Spof
fi>rd, Susan Ooolidge, Sarah Winter Kellogg, isAla
al*etii Stnart Phelps, Louisa Alcott, Lucfetia P.
Hale, Celia Tbnxlrr. Mar> Mapes Dodge, and uuny
other*. There will be also,
‘Twelve Sky Pictures,'
By Professor Proctor, the Astrouomer,
with maps, showing “The Stara of each Month,"
which will be likely to surpass In interest any se
ries on popular scieuce recently given to the pub
lic.
oMUSEMKNT AND INSTHUCTIOJPwWh FUK
AND FROLIC audJWIT AND WISDOM, will be
mingled as lveret pfure, ami St Nicholo* will con
tinue to delight the young and give pleasure to the
old. •
Tllfi LONDON LITERARY WOULD Pfiys:
There Is no.magaziue for the voting that can be
said to equal this choice production of Scribner's
press. All the articles, whether tn-prose or rhyme
are throbbing with vitality. * * * The liter
ature and artistic illustrations are both superb "
The London Daily News says: “We wish wo
could point out it* equal Iu our own periodical lit
erature.”
Good News for Hoys and Girls.
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so that all may give their ahihlren a complete set.
These volumescoulaiu more attractive material
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Just received, a lot of new goods fresh
from the market, among which are, all kind*
of
DOMESTIC GOODS, SHOES,
BOOTS, HATS, CROCK
ERY, GLASSWARE,
ETC.
These goods will be sold at the lowest
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no goods- Will be glad to sell but must
have
THE CASHt
I would resjiectfully invite the public to
cali and examine my goods before purcha
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JOHN U. RUSSELL.
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Allow mo to call your attention to the fact
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THE
COMMON SENSE
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Excels all in the market in tbe quantity and qua!
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No. 2, euttiug capacity 4xlß inches. Pries $45
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Now Yorlx.
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ELEGANT NEW BUILDING
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THE VICTOR
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