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UL ARY LYON.
A Biographical Sketch.
BY MIBB A. C. BAFFOHI).
Should chance or inclination lead
the travel ler to the picturesque locality
of South Hadley, Maas* he would no
tice HpeeifUiy in his journey through
the township that buil ding which
bears the name of Mount Holyoke Fe
male Seminary. Initoshadows sleeps
quietly the woman by whose deter
mination and energy it was founded.
A marble monument bears her name,
the date, and the noble inscription,—
one of her last utterances to her pu
pils, “ My only fear is that I may not
know or do my whole duty,” but her
grandest monument is in the hearts
of thousand* of women whom she
trained during her life as teacher, im
pressed with her own character, and
sent out as missionaries, teachers and
wives, to influence others in their
turn, and thus perpetuate her memory
to the latest generations.
We select her its the representative
woman and teacher Os the first half of
this century, distinguished as one of
the most devout and intelligent of an
educational circle eminent for relig
ious and intellectual attainments, and
who seemed truly inspired as the har- j
binger of a fresh and higher standard '
of female education, in her literary '
and religious personality she stands
alone, i-’or two or three short years
she remained in doubt whether she
should or should not accept the offer
of marriage pressed upon her but fi- I
naily decided that the home and love, |
however tempting, to be gained by j
compliance, were not tantamount to j
the great object upon which she had
set her mind—the elevation and im
provement of her sex. She put aside
these offers once and forever with un- j
reserved self-sacrifice. At no epoch :
of her life-history does her heart seem
to have regretted what the world
calls “Love;” nor does she who
taught others how to make happy
countless homes appear to have
breathed one sigh for her voluntary
renunciation of a home for herself.
Mary Lyon was born in a secluded
farm house among the hills.
Her parents were not of the aristo-;
cratic and wealthy of the land; those j
who attain distinction rarely spring
from that class; but they were worthy |
descendants of a long line of honest ]
ancestors. Her father died while she I
was a child, her mother lived to lead !
her through the paths of youth, to ,
sympathize in the struggles of her j
womanhood, to rejoice in her ulti-■
mate success. Her early life was
spent on no bed of roses. Beyond a I
solid rudimentary education her
mother could not provide for her, and j
her own labor, stimulated by a noble 1
ambition, had to furnish means for j
further improvement. In various |
ways she worked until she obtained j
money to enter the best school she
could find. That she attended ’till I
her funds were exhausted, and then j
she took charge of a school to get |
another supply. Thus alternately
studying and teaching she gained the
highest training that day afforded.
Her biography tells how assiduously
she improved her opportunities. At
one school where her time was limit- j
ed she would hurry through her meals
and give herself only four hours for
sleep that she might have more space
for study. 1 lere, she learned accu
rately in three days as much of Latin
Grammar as is commonly learned by
students in three months.
She had little taste or care for dress..
Through life she acted on the princi
ple that “ cleanliness is next to godli
ness,” and doomed it a sin to neglect
the bodily frame which God designs
to inhabit, but mere adornment she
disliked. In truth, the thinking,
wondering girl was iitting for a great
work, and she could not come down
to the ordinary routine of fashion.
Years passed, and the pupil-teacher
began to win a reputation. She re
ceived and accepted an invitation to
take the charge with Miss Grant of
the Adams Female Seminary, at
Londonderry, N. 11.
She was twenty-six years old. but
at this ripe age finding her knowledge
of Chemistry deficient she placed her
self under the instruction of Prof.
Eaton, a celebrated scientific man,
that she might learn to give instruc
tion experimentally. Long after
wards, at the zenith of her fame, we
find her studying with Prof. Hitch
cock. One secret of her success as a |
teacher was that she never counted I
herself too old to learn. Those who j
will not as Miss Lyon did keep:
abreast and even in advance of the
age laid best retire. Even an old 1
field school ought to reject them.
The Adams Seminary soon became !
a power in the land. Misses Lyon I
and Grant introduced a mode of gov
ernment which had not been used be
fore in American female schools.
They substituted appeals to conscience
and affection in place of the old com
pulsory methods, they put religious
motives above all others as incentives
to good behavior and progress in
study, demanding and creating a high
standard of truth and moral recituue.
In after days the mass eminent edu
cator of boys in England, Arnold of
Rugby, introduced this plan success
fully in his school, but to two)Ameri
can women and teachers belongs the
honor of having first illustrated it on
a large scale in this country.
For ten years this seminary, first at
Londonderry, then at Ipswich, flour
ished wonderfully. It was consider
ed a sufficient guarantee for any girl’s ,
culture that she had completed her
course there. At that period the j
name College, so inappropriate to a
school for girls, was never given to
such a school. Even now, whilst the
sounding title catches the ears of some, •
it is in the minds of so many identi
cal with sham and show that it had
better be dropped, and Institute or
Seminary permanently adopted. A
name cannot confer distinctions on a
school, but the school must shed lus
tre on the name. Miss Baldwin’s,
“Aligns.a Female Seminary.” which
numbu.s to-day more pupils than half
the female colleges in the South, Mrs.
Willard’s, “ Troy Female Seminary,”
which graduates its hundreds, are,
like the Ipswich Seminary, incorpo
rated, and confer honors, and those
honors are quite as synonomous with
a high standard of education as the \
honors conferred by anv college 1 —
while the distinction is the same, j
Miss Lyon had the sole charge of |
Ipswich Seminary for four years, the i
health of Miss Grant having failed, i
and in this time she displayed more
fully that executive talent, tact for
instruction, and broad benevolence
which made her a fit instrument for
an undertaking now before her.
The recollection of the great diffi
culties she had encountered in obtain- i
in" her own education had long in- j
spired her with a desire to aid those i
who wished to attend school but had
no means. Gradually her desire be
came a settled purpose to found a
seminary in which the highest ad
vantages of education could be fur
nished at a low rate to those of mod
erate property. With her to think
was to act. There were lions in the
way, but by persevering zeal she had
so far overcome these obstacles as to
have a plan really drawn and trustees
appointed when, through the mis
management of others, the scheme
failed. It is believed there were at
one time hints at the consolidation of
Ipswich with some other school, but
these couid only lie promptly and de
cidedly rejected. The woman who,
by the help of God, had made the in
stitution w hat it was felt perfectly
competent with His help to keep it
still to itself and control it as hereto
fore: nor did she, having borne the
burden and heat of the day, feel dis
posed to share its fruits in the cool of
the evening with those who had not
aided, nay, perhaps had striven
against her.
Still less could Mary Lyon accept a
subordinate position under any Prin
cipal who might Ik* magnanimously
suggested to father her plan, she car
rying out the details as conceived in
her own brain, disciplining and teach
ing the school, while he complacent
ly took the credit, his ease, and the
lion’s share of the profits. This is
the true history of Principolship in
many cases, and no true, high-spirit
ed woman could do aught but reject
peremptorily the slightest suggestion
of such injustice. Miss Lyon’s wish
to exercise as wide an influence for
good as possible, to execute her own
plan in her own way, induced her to
take once for all an Independent posi
tion, and henceforth she was to per
form single-handed the work assign
ed her by God. In the winter of 1834
she severed her connection with Ips
wich and set about establishing a sem
inary on a new' plan.
At first she labored under great dis
couragements that would have daunt
ed the energies of most men, and put j
all the heroines of the novels to flight.
But she was immovable, “tier
character great in itself was strength- j
ened by religion,” and with tranquil
activity she pressed onward. People :
misunderstood her, and she was pa
tient; misrepresented her, and she,
put a charitable construction on their j
slanders; sometimes refused her
funds, and with the purest generosi- j
ty of a loving heart sne gave all her
own earnings to the cause. Such quiet
energy and self-reliance had their re
ward/ Efficient aid was given, a local
habitation was found for her concep
tion of a school, and in three years
she opened it under the name of
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in
a building which she, as a practical
teacher, had assisted in planning,
and whose erection site had super
vised.
Eighty pupils recorded their names
the lirst month, and the number ap
plying for admission being far great
er* than could be accommodated, in a
short time additional buildings were
commenced, and in eight years from
the first thought of her plan Mary
Lyon was tit the head of a school of
tiiree hundred girls, complete in its
appointments, empowered to confer
degrees, and resting upon a basis of
thorough scholarship, high principle,
and systematic method, which gave
it a reputation not only over the
United States but in foreign lands.
Amidst her success she bowed in un
selfish humility, “giving the honor
to Him to whom belongs all glory
and honor, as from Him comes all
power.”
After the first year she chose her
assistant teachers from the graduates
of the seminary, thus securing help
ers imbued with her own spirit and
capable of carrying it out in practice.
One peculiarity of this institution
which we do not consider suitable or
advisable in a majority of female
schools, was steadily pursued by Miss
Lyon in the face of much violent hos
tility. The whole domestic duty of
the establishment, even to the care of
the culinary department and the
laundry, was performed by pupils
and teachers—each girl in regular
succession giving one hour a day to
such work. “ The price of board and
tuition had been put at one half that
of seminaries of the same grade gene
rally, and no compensation was al
lowed for the time spent in work,
but it was intended to make the pu
pils independent of servants, to teach
self-reliance, to promote health, and
to preserve interest in domestic du
ties.” The motives were good
whatever we may think of the meth
od.
For twelve years Mary Lyon con
ducted this seminary, seeing it in
crease in usefulness and strength, and
then she “ was not, for God took
her.” At the age of fifty-two she sank
to rest, casting not one backward look
to earth.
In her life she had taught more
than three thousand girls who loved
and trusted her as a woman whose
true soul read theirs and put forth all
its energies to make them wiser and
better, to fit them for a noble career
on earth, an immortality of happiness
in heaven.
In these days when fanatics on the
one hand would unsex woman, and
timid souls on the other hardly think
her capable of managing even a
school without masculine direction,
it in refreshing to read the life of one
who demonstrated a part of her real
mission as the best and proper educa
tor of her own sex, and proved that
the truest and most desirable teach
ers for girls are women of elevated
principles, refined tastes, self-dedi
cated to the holy calling of instruc
tion.
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
yet flourishes, not however alone, for
in the North and West several others
have been reared on its model.
The fame of its founder is tar more
enviable than that of warriors whose
garments are dyed in blood, or states
men whose intrigues keep the nations
unquiet, for her record is on high, and
her works follow her and testify be
fore God.
Miss Nellie Grant and Queen
Victoria.
The San Francisco Chronicle has
received through private sources a
letter written by Miss Nellie Grant
to Queen Victoria, previous to her re
cent visit to Windsor Palace. Its
charming simplicity and thorough
good sense—if it be authentic—put
beyond question all doubts as to the
nature of the visit, and the feeling
which prompted it. It reads as fol
lows:
Langley’s Hotel, May, 1872.
My Dear Lady and Queen :—I
am embarassed at the honor of an of
ficial request, given through a high
officer (your Lord Chamberlain. I
think,) to be presented to your Maj
esty. I should dearly love to see
you, that I might teil my mother
and father that I had been thus hon
ed. I am but a simple American
girl; that I am the President’s
daughter gives me no claim to your
recognition as a sovereign. If, with
the lady who is acting as my chaper
on, I might visit you, I should be
very glad. Our Secretary of Lega
tion hints at some political signifi
cance in this opportunity. I cannot
so interpret it, and would not like to
be so received, because it would not
be right, as I am nothing in Ameri
can politics, and I am sure my father
would not desire me to appear any
other than as my simple and very
humble self. If, with this explana
tion, your Majesty will allow me to
visit you, I shall be greatly honored,
and be very proud.
I have written this note of my own
notion, and because 1 think it the
right thing to do. lam your Majes
ty’s very obedient servant and admi
rer, * Nellie Grant.
The reply is equally refreshing,
and betrays a spirit which does more
honor to the British Queen than
multitudes of other actions for which
her subjects have loudly applauded
her:
Windsor Castle.
Miss Nellie Grant:—l have in
structed Lady to convey to you
this note, and we shall receive you as
the daughter of your honored parents
without the intervention of high offi
cers of the State. I shall accept your
visit as an ‘‘American girl,” and
there shall be no other significance in
the fact than your kindly expressed
desire to see the lady and not the
sovereign. I shall find it pleasant to
forget that I am Queen in receiving
you to-morrow afternoon at our Pal
ace of Windsor. Victoria.
The great essentials to happiness
j are, some thing to love and hope
1 for.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 187*.
TUE PEiCESAKEE AT IICHMOSD
There was no small amount of he
roism in the act of Horace Greeley in
signing the bail bond of ex-President
i>uvis, at the time, and under the cir
cumstances, in which it was done.
So great was the prejudice at the
North against the fallen chief that it
required a bold heart to declare sym
pathy for his fate, and there was but
i one public man in the Union party of
the North heroic enough to step for
ward and condemn its cruel policy.
That man was Horace Greeley. But
there was a Northern poet brave
enough to appreciate and to honor
the noble sentiment which inspired
the act, and he has perpetuated it in
the following appropriate lines:
At Rocket’s pier the bugles blow,
1 he clattering horsemen ride,
Ami squadrons wheel with naked steel
Jiy James’ peaceful tide,
A un up the steeps of Richmond tower
1 he column flies at will,
As if a traitor rode to die
Up Tower or Tyburn hiU.
A poor old man, gray haired and bent,
Amongst the troopers rides;
lie sees the captured capital
O’erlooking floods and tides,
Where in his power the standards blew,
Unfurled at his command.
That waved in sight ol Washington,
Auu dyed the itio C,ramie.
Now silently the people peer,
W ho used to hear his name,
As if it w ere a time of fear,
And his were all the blame;
They soon forgot both lame and power,
Who but disaster win,
And he who ruled, un empire's chief,
Must make his jail an inn.
They bring him to the traitor’s court,
This old and broken man;
And e’en the judge looks down in grudge,
Like any partisan.
The lawyers wait to tell his crimes,
The Jury hate, forewarned,—
By heaven! it is a fearful thing
To sec a strong man scorned.
Then one stepped out from all the throng,
And said: “This must not be!
My pen, which wrote his cause unjust,
fthall w rite his liberty.”
On yonder bill the grass is green
W ith pleasant spring's increase.
So green be all the fields of war.
And all our duty, Teace.
“ Ve dare not test him lest he ’scape;
Ye shall not keep him pent;
Each foe stands now a citizen,
A flock for every tent;
Let kindly law again prevail,
And victory do no crime,
For hand in hand we twain must walk
Down all the paths of time!”
They marvelled much who loved him not
This quaint old man to see,
Whose name the planter’s children knew
An ancient enemy;
And though some mocked his loving zeal,
With many a coarse retort,
lie made the rebel chieftain feel
The North had still a heart!
geokok Alfred Townsend.
A LOVER’S LAMENT.
[The subjoined verses were solemn
ly laid on our table by a young man
with a melancholy expression of coun
tenance. Whether he wrote or stole
them is unimportant. They reveal
his heart in eleven sections.]
“ Luv is a kurious critter.”—Josh Bil
lings.]
My wounded heart is throbbing
While now' X think of thee,
And up and down is bobbing
Like a tom-tit in a tree,
l’auline.
I feel an agitation
That shakes me to the core,
And my imagination
Is like the black gnat’s gore,
Pauline.
For I’ve heard another fellow
Is cherished in your breast,
Whose cravat and gloves arc yellow—
-1 fear you know the rest,
Pauline.
But hope, which is eternal,
Bids me my fortune try,
For the yellow gloved infernal
May droop away and die,
Pauline.
Or maybe you don’t love him
As the case at present stands,
And oil' a bluff would shove him
Like Mrs. Johnny Sands,
Pauline.
Oh, maiden! I am smitten,
And now' at heart am sick,
F#r 1 love you like a kitten
Loves tlie hot uud genial brick,
Pauline.
By Jove! I swear I love you
As none have loved before;
May the moon-lit sky above you
Be sunny evermore,
Pauline.
I’m lonely when without you.
And ponder o’er my fate.
And droop and pine about you
Like a dove that’s lost its mate,
Pauline.
The starlight now is gleaming
From heaven’s chandeliers,
And from my eyes are streaming
Love's penitential tears,
Pauline.
O fair one, make me happy,
And do not me reject;
I’m sure your generous pappy
Does not at all object,
Pauline.
Love’s homage here I render.
And the simple tale doth tell,
And now in accents tender
1 sigh and say, farewell,
Pauline.
Dueary Heabtii, June IST2.—Memphis Ava
lanche.
Will BO CHILDREN DIE.'
In answer to the question, the Med
ical Recorder holds the following lan
guage : The reason why children die,
is because they are not taken care of.
From the day of birth they are stuffed
with water, suffocated in hot rooms,
and steamed in hot bed clothes. So
much for in-door. When permitted
to breathe a breath of pure air once a
week iu summer, only the nose is
permitted to appear into daylight. A
little later they are sent out with no
clothes at all on the parts of the body
that most need protection. Bare legs,
bare arms, bare necks, girtled mid
dles, with an inverted umbrella they
air and chill the other parts of the
body. A stout, strong man goes out
on a cold day with gloves and over
coat, woolen stockings, and thick
doubled-soled boots, with cork be
tween and rubbers over. The same
day a child of three years old, an in
fant of flesh and blood, bone and con
stitution, goes out with shoes as thin
as paper, cotton socks, legs uncovered
to the knees, neck bare, an exposure
which would disable the nurse, kill
the mother outright, and make the
father an invalid for weeks. And
why ? To harden them to a mode of
dress which they are never expected
to practice. To accustom them to
exposure which a dozen years later
would be considered down-right fool
ery. To rear children thus for the
slaughter pen and lay it to the Lord
is too bad. We don’t think the Al
mighty had any hand in it.
We notice a society has been organ
ized in this country to co-operate with
the English “ Palestine Exploration
Society,” which is engaged in making
searches for the ruins of ancient Jeru
salem. It has recently made some
very valuable discoveries. Having
sunk shafts to the depth of one hun
dred and eighty feet, through debris
composed of shattered arches, broken
columns and rich pavements, the
workmen, at the depth of one hun
dred and twenty-five feet, came upon
an ancient bridge, which learned
arelneologist belive to be the bridge
on which Titus held a conference with
the beleagured Jews. Thirty feet be
low this was a curiously-wrought
pavement, and twenty-four feet low
er, still another. The result of the
researches has fixed many disputed
localities mentioned in the Scriptures,
and tends to sanction what have been
regarded as the wildest romances of
Josephus. The present city covers a
dozen old Jerusalems, which like
Pompeii, are ready to yield up their
treasures to pick and spade.—Chris
tian Standard.
A Missouri legislator clinched an
argument against dogs the other day,
by swearing that the money expend
ed insupporting 21,000,000 aogs in the
United States would buy 1,344,000,000
I whisky cocktails every year.
THE RAILROAD HOG.
[Geo. U. Harding, in the Cin. Commercial.
“This seat is taken, sir.”
All of the Commercial readers, who
have traveled to any considerable ex
tent are familiar with this formula.—
It tells the story of the railroad hog—
the smaLl-souled, mean, selfish brute
who pays grudgingly for one seat,
and strains nis small wit to hold two.
This part icular hog wore a plug hat,
shiny with genuine Boston gloss, and
enameled shirt and closely cropped
iron beard. I know his kind. He is
an eminently respectable beast, who
always pays his debts promptly,
takes an interest in Sunday Schools,
administrates his deceased brothers
children out of their patrimony, is
the president of joint stock compa
nies, and has biographical eulogies
published in the newspapers, when
he finally kicks the bucket. I knew
the hog lied when he said “this seat
is taken, sir,” and watched him to
see how many times he would repro
duce the falsehood. The coach was
rather full, and would you believe it,
that miserable hog told sixteen sepa
rate and distinct lies in order to grat
ify his mean selfishness —enough to
have sunk a healthier soul to perdi
tion. He varied the formula; one
time it was a wave of the hand and a
look to the rear of the car to indicate
that the holder of the seat had gone
for a drink of water, and would be
back soon. Another time, to the in
quiry of a mild-mannered and timid
questioner, he replied by a stolid
stare, and then, spreading himself a
little wider, he resumed the perusal
of his newspaper. I was tempted to
crawl up behind him and hiss into
his ear: “You are an awful liar.”—
But I had my revenge. A big, red
faced, two-hundred-pounder, in a dir
ty linen coat, came in at a way sta
tion. He was sweaty to a fearful de
gree. His feet smelt like valerianate
of ammonia and rotton fish, and his
breath was a hot, stinking sirocco,
based on bad whiskey and onions.—
This fiery and fragrant behemoth
preferred to settle himself in the seat
that was taken.
“This seat is ,” began the hog.
“Well, I guess I’ll take it till the
other fellow comes,” returned the
sweet-smelling weight, and down he
plumped, partially crushing the hog
in his descent.
The latter frowned and began to
bluster, but the red-faced ruffian soon
took that out of him with a threat to
swallow him whole —to chaw him up
and spit him out —to pitch him out
of the window—to go through him
like a dose of salts, and to make vari
ous other dispositions of him, in case
he didn’t simmer down. Our porcine
friend simmered, and the the barba
rian grew good-humored. He told
funny anecdotes, and poked the hog
in the ribs. He wanted to know
where he came from and where he
was going. He spat quarts of tobac
co juice acroas him out of the win
dow, spattering his shirt-front, be
tween his boots, on his valise, and all
around. He offered him a “chaw,,
every time he took out his plug of
navy. The hog perspired freely, and
shivered with digust. Finally he
crawled out and stood up for forty
miles, until another seat was vacated.
FEMALE INTELLECT.
The superior facility of the female
sex in the power of expression has re
ceived a palatable illustration in the
compositions written in the Boston
schools on the subject of cruelty to an
imals. With a single exception, the
first prize in all the mixed schools of
the city was drawn by a girl. The
boys, on the average, are older than
the girls in the grammar schools; but
this does not avail to overcome the
deficiency. The girls, as a rule, ar
range their thoughts better, and ex
press them with more grace and finish
of style. Girls have the gift of the
power of composition by nature, in a
higher degree than the other sex. If
the boys excel them when mature
life is reached, it is generally by the
force of intellect and application. Men
have excelled women in literature,
however, always in the graces of style,
as well as in more important qualities.
There have been scores of the class
represented by Addison and Thack
eray to one of that of which Mrs.
Browning and Miss Evans are exam
ples. Whether this be because the
female intellect is, as a rule, incapa
ble of reaching the highest attain
ments, or is to be attributed to the
fact domestic sphere of most
women prevents them from compet
ing up to this point, is a question on
which, perhaps, there will be a differ
ence of opinion. Facts, as far as we
possess them, prove that woman en
ters the race best equipped with fac
ulties, but falls short invariably of at
taining the goal which is frequently
reached by her male companions.
A Noble Spirit.— The Baptist
Union, an able worker, spreads the
cement of brotherly love in the fol
lowing style, speaking of a sister
church: “ For solid worth, steady res
olution, endeavor to do good, intelli
gence and integrity, the Presbyterians
are not excelled by any other people.
They are attached to their own sect,
but are not narrow andclanish. They
give largely to their own institutions
are generous to other denominations,
and really do more than any other
body of Christians except the Congr
egationalists, for general Christian en
terprise unsectarain in character.
They have the ablest and best educat
ed ministry in the land, and a mem
bership which constitutes the back
bone of the nation and a credit to the
cause of our Redeemer. We thank
God for the Presbyterians.
GENERAL SHEEHAN'.
Last European accounts represent
General Sherman as expected at Ge
neva with Miss Grant. He descends
from the position of rival of Grant, to
which precedent and nature w T ould
have exalted him, to the place of at
tendant of Miss Grant. General
Grant is probably quite pleased at the
degradation of his superior in milita
ry science and genius. He would
much rather see him chaperoning
his daughterthan have him as a rival.
He cannot tolerate rivals. G’olfax
bowed his neck at him, and he issued
an order w r hich the marginal note of
the clerks of criminal courts abbrevi
ate th us: Sus,per col. , and Colfax w r as
accordingly politically hanged at
Philadelphia.
We do not know how General
Sherman likes his office. But, phi
losophically and by example, he
should have been the candidate in op
position to the present party in pow
er instead of being dry nurse to the
White House.— Richmond Dispatch.
A New' Jersey editor publishes the
following “ notis to the publik
“ No notis will be took from this
date, hereafterward, ov letters that
haint got a postage stamp onto them.
Don’t w'rite only on one side of the
manuscript, and don’t write on that.
Don’t send a manuscript unless you
can read it after it gets dry. We pay
all the way up-hill, from ten cents to
one dollar for contributions, according
to the length; and settlements made
promptly at the end of the next ensu
ing year. Poetry and prose pieces
are respectfully solicited. The high
est market prices paid for awful rail
road smashes and elopements with
another man’s wife. No swearing
aloud in our paper.”
A colored preacher at Sparta, Geor
gia, some time ago, was heard to say
in a funeral sermon of a deceased
brudder: ‘‘He ruminates no longer
among us; he have exonerated from
the syllogisms of this world’s discrim
ination, and w'hen he gits to de cold
dry stream of the river Jordin, the
Kerosines and Peraphens will meet
him dare to row him over on dry land
to the silverstering city.”
Agricultural Department.
TSE Os PLASTER.
The following is from the proceed
ings of the American Institute Far
mers’ Club:
A writer, who failed to give his
name, wrote a long letter, in which
he tried to prove that plaster was of
little use on a farm, and that it would
not pay any man to use it.
C. D. Bragdon—The difference be
tween myself and that man is just
this: My landgrowseonstantlyrich
: er by the use of plaster, while my
neighbor’s grows poorer. I find that
the expenditure of $5 or $0 per acre in
plaster is money made.
Dr. A. Sylvester—l live in a region
1 where plaster is used extensively.
; Our farmers store up plaster as they
would money. It is money to us. It
is an absolutely essential part of our
farming. We use it especially as an
application upon manure when
thrown from the stable, and to be
mixed with it. It fixes the ammonia.
I am satisfied, from experiments, that
j by thus using it at least one-third
| more of value is given to the stable
manure.
Henry Stewart —There has been a
great mistake about plaster. It lias
been estimated that its only benefit
was by the absorption of ammonia.
Plaster can only absorb ammonia
which is free. It is not valuable for
j its lime, but contains a large amount
of sulphuric acid. Grain crops do not
derive much benefit from it, but clo
ver and other grasses do. It is very
valuable for dressing stables, and may
be thus used every day with profit.
C. D. Bragdon—My experience with
it proves it of value on winter wheat,
as well as on spring oats. It resulted
in increasing the yield.
Dr. Sylvester—l have found it of
much value on corn. I think Mr.
Stewart will acknowledge himself
wrong there.
H. Stewart—There I made a mis
take. I always use it on corn.
R. S. Dodge—He acknowledges the
corn.— N. Y. Sun.
NUTRITIVE VALUE OF MILE.
A chemist of Providence, R. 1.,
states that milk is more nutritous
than meat. The nutritive value of
milk, as compared with other kinds
of animal food, is not generally appre
ciated. There is less difference be- i
tween the economical value of milk
and beefsteak (or eggs or fish) than is
commonly supposed. The quantity
of water in a good quality of milk is
eighty-six per cent., in round steak
seventy-five per cent., in fatter beef
sixty per cent., in eggs about sixty
eight per cent. From several anal
yses made last winter, I estimated
sirloin steak (reckoning loss from
bone), at thirty-five cents a pound, as
dear as milk at twenty-four cents a
quart; round steak, at twenty cents a
pound, as milk at fourteen cents a
quart; eggs at thirty cents a dozen,
as dear as milk at twenty cents a
quart. Many laborers, who pay sev
enteen cents for corned beef, would
consider themselves hardly able to
pay ten cents for milk, when, in fact,
they could as well afford to pay fif
teen cents.
Milk is a most wholesome and eco
nomical food for either the rich or
poor. It ought to be more largely
used. If the money expended for
veal and pork were expended for
milk, I doubt not it would be an ad
vantage both to the stomach and
pocket, especially during the warm
season. Relatively speaking, then,
milk at ten cents, or even twelve
cents a quart, is the cheapest animal
food that can be used. Whether far
mers can afford to produce it cheaper
is a matter for them to decide. It is
very probable that were they to ask
twelve cents a very large number of
poor people would refrain from its
use from mistaken notions of econo
my, notwithstanding they are exces
sive meat eaters.
A GREAT FARMER’S MAXIM.
The successful life of Mr. Jacob
Strawn, the prince of American far
mers, is attributed to the close obser
vation of the following maxims orig
inated by himself.
When you wake up, do not roll
over, but out. It will give you time
to ditch all your sloughs, break them,
harrow them and sow them.
Make your fencing high and strong
and tight, so that it will keep the cat
tle and pigs out.
If you have brush, make your lot
secure and keep your hogs from the
cattle ; for, if the* corn is kept clean,
they will eat it better than if it is
not.
Be sure to get your hands to bed by
seven o’clock ; they will rise early bv
force of circumstances. Pay a hand,
if he is a poor hand, pay him a little
more; it will encourage him to do
still better.
Always feed your hands as well as
yourself, for the laboring men are the
bone and sinew ofthe land, and ought
to be well-treated .
I am satisfied that early rising, in
dustry and regular habits are the best
medicines ever prescribed for health.
When rainy, bad weather comes, so
that you can’t work out of doors, cut,
split and haul your wood.
Make your racks; fix your fence or
a gate that is off the hinges, or weath
er board your barn where the wind
has blown the siding off, or patch the
roof of your house.
Study your interest closely, and do
not spend your time in electing Pres
idents, Senators and other small offi
cers, or talking of hard times when
spending your time whittling store
boxes, etc.
Take your time and make calcula
tions. Don’t do things in a hurry,
but do them at the right time and
keep your mind as well as your body
employed.— Huralist.
To Drive Away Bed Bugs.— An
exchange gives the following as a sure
w r ay to drive bed bugs from old beds:
Take green tomato vines, put them in
a basin or tray, pound them to pieces
as fine as possible, then stain the bed
stead, where they inhabit, with the
juice, fill the crevices with pieces of
vines, and lay lea ves under the ends
of the slats. If th is is practiced twice
a year not a bug will remain in the
bedstead. _
Cottage Pudding.— Warm two
and a half tablespoonfuls of butter,
stir in a teacup of white sugar and
two eggs. Put two teaspoonfuls of
cream tartar in one pint of flour, add
a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a
cup of milk ; flavor with lemon or
vanilla. Bake three-quarters of an
hour in a moderate oven, and serve
hot with rich sauce.
PREMIUM LIST,
Rules and Regulations of the
CENTRAL CHEROKEE GEORGIA
AGCULTURAL ASSOCIATION
TO BE HELD IN CARTERSVTLLE
OCTOBER Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th,
RULES Si RJBGLXJTIO.VS.
Ist. The exhibition will be open to the
public on the First Tuesday in October,
and continue four consecutive days.
2d. The gates will be opened each day at
9 o’clock, A. M., and at that time every of
ficer is required to be at his post.
3d. The exhibition will on each day com
mence. at 10 o’clock, and will continue un
til the programme of the day is through.
4th. 'The entrance fee on all articles con
tending for premiums of Five over Dollars,
and under, will be 50 cents ; and all articles
contending for premiums of Five Dollars
will pay an entrance fee of ten per cent, on
the premium, except as provided in the
Prmium List. No exhibitor’s ticket will
be issued. All exhibitors are required to
pay entrance fees as other persons.
ENTRANCE FEES:
sth. Season Tickets, $1 60
Half d0.,.... 75
Single Entrance do., 60
Half do., 25
Single do. for Carriage, 1 00
do. do. Buggy,.. 50
do- do. Wagon 50
do' do. Saddle Horse, 25
Family Life Tickets, 25 00
No return checks to be given at gate.
Tickets wiL be sold at some place in Car
tersville, Ga., and at the Secretary’s Office.
No money will be received by gate keepers.
Every person must procure tickets before
attempting to enter.
6th. Judges are requested to report
themselves to the Secretary at his office, on
the grounds, at 9 o’clock, A. M., on the day
on which they are to act. Those who fail
to act will be superceded by the appoint
ment of others.
7th. No stock will be permitted to enter
j the enelosure except under perfect control
of the groom.
Bth. No premium shall be awarded to
any animal or article without competition,
unless the Judges shall regard it worthy.
fth. No spirituous liquor shall be sold on
the grounds.
10th. No intoxicated person shall be per
-1 mitted to exhibit an animal, contend for a
premium, or remain on the premises.
11th. Every animal or article introduced
on the grounds for exhibition shall be un
der the control ofthe officers.
12th. No one shall act as Judge if related
to the person competing for a premium.
13th. Owners of animals under age must
place in the hands of the groom a card
stating the age.
14th. Animals entered as thoroughbred
must bo furnished with a well authenticated
pedigree, which will be referred to a com
mittee appointed to inspect and report the
same.
15th. The best animal or article to be in
dicated by a blue ribbon, and the second
I best by a red ribbon, to be affixed on the
1 morning of the last day.
Nth. No animal shall be entered in other
! name than that of its owner.
18th. No disorderly conduct will be al
! lowed on the grounds. A police force will
be in attendance sufficient to ptevent the
same, and to see that the rules are observed.
19th. This Association will take all prop
! er and necessary care to prevent accidents,
but will not be responsible for losses or
damages, nor unnecessary expense not
j specified.
I 20tli. No racing will be tolerated on the
! trotting tracks, nor any kind of betting, or
gambling in any shape or manner what
ever: nor any immorality tolerated
I on the grounds of this Association.
21st. In addition to awarding premiums,
I the exhibition will be enlivened each day,
1 at suitable intervals in the forenoon and
afternoon, with equestrian contests by la
! dies and gentlemen, and with music from
I tlie band.
GL.FE/ML KEG ULATIOJt'S.
Hales lor Exhibitors.
Ist. Tlie Secretary’s office will be opened
at Cartersville, on the 15th September, for
the purpose of receiving entries. Persons
intending to become exhibitors at the ap
proaching Fair, are requested to notify the
Secretary ten days before the opening of
the Fair, which will greatly facilitate bus
iness, and prevent confusion.
2d. No article or animal entered for a
premium can be removod from the Grounds
before tbe close of the exhibition. No pre
mium will be paid on animals or articles re
moved in violation of this rule All arti
cles and animals entered for exhibition must
have cards (issued by the Secretary, with
numbers thereon corresponding with the
numbers in his books), attached. These
cards must be obtained, and entrance fee
paid, before stalls will be assigned them.
3d. All persons who intend to offer ani
mals or articles foi sale, shall notify the
Secretary of such intention at the time of
entry.
4tli. No entries received after the first day
of the Fair
Instructions to the Judges.
The animals to which premiums shall be
awarded, shall be led up for exhibition at
the delivery of the premium, and so with
other articles, as may be convenient; and
after or before the delivery of the premi
ums, each animal which shall have taken a
premium shall be designated as provided in
Section 16, and led into the ring and around
it for exhibition of its superiority and high
quality to the assembled crowd.
N. B.—No person whatever will be al
lowed to interfere with the Judges during
their adjudication ; and any person, who by
letter or otherwise attempts an interference
or bias, from misrepresentation with the
Judges, will forfeit his or her claim to pre
mium.
The Superintendents will give particular
direction to all articles in their respective
departments, and see that all are arranged
as near as may be in numerical order, to
lessen and facilitate the labors ofthe Judges
in their examinations.
In all cases Judges and Superintendents
will enforce a strict observance of these
regulations.
Forage lor Stock.
There will be a forage-master on the
ground, who will furnish grain and forage
at market-price to the owners of stock.
Stalls will not be furnished upon the
grounds of the Association for unruly or
dangerous animals, nor for stock not on ex
hibition.
Ann ual Address.
An Address before the Association will
be delivered at the public stand, on Thurs
day.
Award of Premiums.
The Premiums will be awarded from the
Executive Stand, at ten o’clock on Friday
morning, 4th October.
Sale of Stock and Other Arti
cles.
Notice will be given on t[je day previous
of all Auction Sales of Live Stock and oth
er articles, but the animals and articles
sold cannot be removed from the ground
until the close of the Exhibition, without
the special order of the Executive Commit
tee. FRANCIS FONTAINE,
Secretary.
Cartersville, oa.
PREMIUM LIST.
JPirst Day.
1 Best 6 yds liome-mado Jeans, pr’m, §3 00
2 Best G yds home-made Linsey, 3 (X)
3 Best G yds home-made Flannel, pr'm, 3 00
4 Best pair all wool home-made blank
ets, premium, 3 00
5 Best pair cotton-work home-made
Blankets, premium, 3 00
G Best 6 yds home-made Carpeting, pr. 3 00
7 Best 10 yds Factory Carpeting, Diploma
8. Best piece home-made Rag Carpet
ing, premium, 3 00
9 Best Hearth-Rug, home made, pr’m, 3 00
10 Best pair woolen Hose, home-made,
premium, 1 00
11 Best pair cotton Hose, home-made,
premium, 100
12 Best pair woolen half-Hose, home- 1 00
made, premium, 1 00
13 Best pair cotton half Hose, home
made, premium, 100
14 Best patchwork Bed Quilt, pr'm, 300
15 Second best do., premium, 2 00
16 Best woolen Comfort, home-made,
premium, 3 00
17 Best cotton Comfort, home-made,
premium, 3 00
18 Best double-wove white Counter
pane, home-made, premium, 5 00
19 Best patchwork Cradle Quilt, pr., 200
20 Second best do., premium, 1 00
21 Best all wool, or cotton and wool,
Coverlet, home-made, premium, 5 00
22 Best Mattress, home-made, pr'm, 500
23 Best half dozen wool Hats, home
made, premium, 3 00
24 Best specimen Cotton Embroidery,
home-made, premium, 2 00
25 Best specimen Silk do., premium, 200
26 Best Wool do., premium, 200
27 Best specimen Millinery, home
-28 made, premium, 300
Best Fly Brush, premium, 200
29 Best Suit of Clothes—coat, pants
and vest —made by a lady, pr'm, 500
30 Second best Suit, do., premium, 3 00
31 Best specimen of any Ornamental
Needle, Crochet, Carved or Fancy
Work, exhibiting cultivation and
taste, by a Miss under 12 years of
age, premium, 2 00
32 Best specimen Needle, Shell and
Carved Work, by a Indy, 3 00
33 Best bale 8 oz. Osauburgs, Diploma.
34 do Yarn, all Nos. do
35 do Shirting, do
36 do Sheeting, do
37 do Kersey, do
38 do Stripes and Plaids,
or either, do
39 do Plains, do
40 do Ticking, do
41 Best coil Rope, cotton, do
42 do hemp, do
43 Best assortment of Woolen Goods,
comprising cassimers, plains, sati
nets, linseys, kerseys, flannel, &c.,
exhibited by manufacturer or ag't do j
44 Best sample Cotton Blankets, Diploma.
45 do Woolen do do
46 do washed wool, 20 lbs,
premium, $3 Oil
[Note- —All articles in this Department
of Southern Domestic Manufacture, and in
needle, shell and fancy work, not provided
for in this list will receive special attention,
and have premiums awarded.
SECTION 2— ART GALLERY— (OPES TO THE
WORLD.)
1 Best Historical Painting in Oil,
connected with the history of
Cherokee, Ga., $5 00
2 Best specimen of Animal Paint
ing in oil, 5 00
3 Best specimen Cherokee Ga. Land
scape Painting in oil, 5 00
4 Best specimen Fruit Painting, Diploma.
5 do Pencil Drawing, do
6 Best display of House and
Sign Painting, Diploma. 1
7 Best display Photograph and
Ambrotype Pictures, Diploma.
8 Best specimen of Job Printing do
Note.—No premiums will be awarded in
this department unless the specimens exhib
ited are considered meritorious by compe
tent judges.
SECTION 3 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS — (OFKN TO
THE WORLD.)
1 Best Piano, Diploma
2 do Mclodeon, do
3 do Violin, do
4 do Flute, do
5 do Harp, do
6 do Set Brass Band Instruments do
SECTION 4— POULTRY.
1 Best pair game Chickens, pr’m., $3 09
2 Best pair of Chickens, any breed,
for table use, premium, 3 00 j
3 Best pair of Turkeys, premium, 3 00
4 Best pair of Geese, premium, 1 00 j
5 Best pair of Muscovy ducks, pr., 1 ot> j
6 Best pair common ducks, pr'm., 1 00
7 Best lot of Capons, premium, 300
8 Best and largest variety of barn
yard fowls, not less than 16, owned
and exhibited by one person, 1 00
9 Best pair Aylsbury, or other im
proved Ducks, premium, 3 00
10 Best pair Chickens, other than na
tives, 3 00 ;
11 Best pair Ducks, other than na
tives, 3 00 |
12 Best lot Poultry, not less than one
half dozen, 5 00 j
13 Best 10 Poultry, natives and mix’d 500
14 Best pair Capons, 6 00
SECTION S— HOUSEHOLD, FARM AND ORCHARD.
1 Best specimen Country Butter, 5
lbs., premium, 8 00
2 Best specimen Country Cheese, 5
lbs., premium, 3 00
3 Best display home-made Pickles, pr 3 00
4 Best display home-made canned
Fruit, premium, 5 00
5 best display home-made Preserves,
Jellies, etc., 3 00
6 Greatest yield of honey from one
swarm of bees, with a full ac
count of management, protection
against the moth, etc., the honey
to be on the Fair Ground, and
the quantity duly certified to, pr„ 500
7 Best loaf Wheat Bread, prein., 2 00
8 Best Pound cake, premium, 2 00
9 Best Sponge cake, premium, 2 00
10 Best Fruit cake, do 2 00
11 Best specimen of Biscuit 2 00
12 do of Rolls, 2 00
13 Best loaf corn bread, 1 00
14 Best boiled ham, with skin on,
raised in Bartow county, prem , 3 00
15 Best specimen hard soap, 5 lbs.,
made in the South, 3 00
16 Best specimen soft soap, 5 lbs.,
made in the South, 2 00
17 Best \ bush, dried peaches peeled 200
18 Best J bush, dried apples peeled, 200
19 Best g bush, dried pears, peeled, 200
20 Best specimen green apples rais
ed in Georgia, 2 00
21 Best specimen green pears, 2 00
'22 Best specimen grape wine, 1 gal., 400
23 do blackberry wine, 1 gal. 300
24 do of vinegar, 1 gal., 2 00
25 Best gallon Sorghum, 3 00
26 Best sample sorghum sugar, 3 00
27 Best sack 100 lbs family flour, 5 00
SECTION 6—CEREALS.
1 Best 50 ears Early Corn, premium, 200
2 do Bread Corn, premium, 500
3 do Yellow Corn, premium, 200
4 Best Bushel White Wheat, premium, 300
5 do Red Wheat, premium, 300
6 do Oats, premium, 3 00
| 7 do Barley, premium, 3 00
[ 8 do Rye, premium, 300
| 9 do Cornfield Peas, pr’m, 200
| 10 Best half bushel Ground Peas, pr. 200
11 Best peck White Beans, premium, 100
12 do Timothy Seed, pr’m, 2 00
jl3 do Clover Seed, Georgia
liaised, premium, 10 00
14 do Orchard Grass Seed, pr. 200
SECTION 7— KITCHEN AND GARDEN.
1 Best dozen Beets, premium, 1 00
2 do Parsnips, premium. 1 00
3 do Carrots, premium, 100
4 Best half bushel Turnips, premium, 109
5 Best half dozen Cabbage, premium, 100
6 Best specimen Celery, premium, 1 00
7 Best specimen Tomatoes, premium, 100
8 Best peek Onions, premium, 100
9 Best gallon Butter Beans, premium, 100
j 10 Best half bushel Irish Potatoes, pr. 1 00
II Best half bushel Sweet Potatoes, pr. 1 00
I 12 Best collection and greatest variety
; of Vegetables exhibited by one in
dividual, not less than ten varieties,
premium, 5 00
SECTION 8— SUNDRIES,
1 Best and largest collection of Geor
gia Minerals, premium. 25 00
2 Best (bbl.) specimen Lime, Gypsum,
Cement, Pearlasb, 200
3 Best Bitumincus or Anthracite
Coal, Diploma
4 Best Marble Monument, do
5 Best Marble Muutel, do
6 Best Marbleized Mantel and Grate, do
7 Best and largest exhibition of Stone
Ware, S2OO
8 Best Specimen Earthen Tile, Diploma
9 Best specimen Fire Brick, do
Second Day.
SECTION 9 AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
OPEN TO THE WORLD.
1 Best combined Thresher and Sepa
rator, Diploma
2 Best Reaping Machine, do
3 Best Mowing Machine, do
4 Best combined Reaper and Mower, do
5 Best Threshing Machine. do
6 Best. Corn Sheller, do
7 Best Wheat Fan, do
8 “ Smut Mill, do
9 “ Straw Cutter, do
10 “ Corn Planter, do
11 “ Cotton Planter, do
12 “ Wheat Drill, do
13 “ Guano Distributor, do
14 “ four-horse Wagon for general
use, do
15 “ two-horse Wagon for general
use, do
16 *• Hay Rake Too general use, do
17 ‘ Clover Seed Gatherer for gen
eral use, do
18 “ two-horse Plow, do
19 “ one-horse Plow, do
20 “ hill-side Plow, do
21 “ subsoil Plow, do
22 “ double shovel Plow, do
23 “ Sulky Flow-, do
24 “ cultivator Plow for Corn, do
25 “ cultivator Plow for Cotton. do
26 “ Iron Tooth Harrow, do
27 Best portable cider mill, Diploma.
28 Best Wheelbarrow, premium, $2 00
29 Best Grain Cradle, premium, 2 00
30 Best Grass Scythe with snath, pr, 200
31 Best farm-gate Hinges, premium, 200
32 Best moveable Horse-power, Diploma
33 Best Cotton Gin, to be tested on
the grounds, Diploma
34 Best Cotton & Hay Press, to be
tested on the grounds, Diploma
35 Best Stocked Plow, premium, $2 00
36 Best and cheapest plantation
fence, Diploma
37 Best portable plantation Fence, do
38 Best Horse Collar, shuck or bark,
premium. $1 00
39 Best Horse Collar, leather, prem 200
40 Best one-horse Mowing Machine. 500
41 Best Post Augur, Diploma
42 Best Water Drawer, do
43 Best Pump, do
SECTION 10 —AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT —
OPEN TO CHEROKEE GEORGIA.
1 Best combined Thresher and Sep
arator, premium, $25 00
2 Best Heaping machine 15 00
3 Best Mowing Machine, premium, 10 00
4 Best combined Reaper and mower 26 00
5 Best Threshing Machine, prem., 10 00
6 Best Corn Sheller, premium, 5 00
7 Best W’heat Fan, do. 5 00
g Best Smut Mill, do 1000
9 Best Straw Cutter, do 200
10 Best Corn Planter, premium, 5 dp
11 Best Cotton Planter, do 5(4)
12 Best Wheat Drill, 20 00
13 Best Guano Distributor, prem., 5 00
14 Best 4-horse Wagon for general use, 1000
25 Best 2- do do 5 00
16 Best Horse Rake for general use, 500
17 Best Clover Seed Gatherer for
general use, premium, 5 00
18 Best 2-horse Plow, prem., 5 00
19 do 1-horse Plow, do 3 (X)
20 Best hill-side Plow, prem., 3 00
21 do subsoil Plow, do 300
22 do double shovel plow, prem., 800
23 do Sulky plow, premium, 10 00
24 do Best cultivator Plow for corn, 300
25 do Cultivator Plow for Cotton, 300
Plows to be tested on the Grounds.
26 do Iron Tooth harrow, prem., 300
27 do Portable Cider Mill, do 500
28 do Wheelbarrow, premium, 200
29 do Grain Cradle, do 200
30 do Grass Scythe with snath, pr. 300
31 Best farm-gate Hinges, premium, 200
32 Best moveable Horse-power, 10 00
33 do Cotton Gin, to be tested
on the grounds, 10 00
34 Best Cotton & Hay Press, to be
tested on the grounds, 10 00
35 Best Stocked plow, premium, $2 00’
36 do and cheapest plantation
fence, 6 00 |
37 do portable plantation fence 5 (X)
3S do Horse Collar, shuck or bark $1 00
39 do Horse Collar, leather, prem., 200
40 do 1-Horse Mowing Machine 10 00
41 do Post Augur, premium, 200
42 do Water Drawer, premium, 500
42 do Pump, premium, 500
SECTION 11— MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT.
1 Best Family Carriage, Southern
made, premium, $5 00
2 do buggy. Southern made, pr 600
3 do Grindstone, complete, prem., 200
4 do display of Tin W are manu
factured in Cherokee Georgia 300
5 do Cooking Stove, Diploma
6 do Specimeu Horse Shoeing, pr. $2 00
7 do side Harness Leather manu
factured in Cherokee, Geo., 2 00
8 do side Sole Leather manufac
tured in Cherokee Geo., 200
9 do side Upper Leather, manufac
tured in Cherokee Georgia 2 00
10 do Calf Skin, manufactured in
Cherokee Georgia, 2 00
11 do set Carriage Harness, manu
factured in Cherokee Geo., 5 00
12 “ set Buggy Harness, ntanufac’d
in Cherokee Ga-, 5 On
13 “ set Wagon Harness, do. 300
14 “ Plow for Plantation use, do - 200
15 “ Man’s Saddle manufac’d in
Cherokee Ga., COO
16 “ Side Saddle, 500
17 Riding Bridle, 200
18 “ Wagon and Reaping Machine
Harness combined, 3 00
19 “ pair Boots, premium, 300
20 “ pair Lady’s Boots, premium, 200
21 “ pair Gent’s Shoes, premium, 200
22 “ Panel Door, 300
23 “ Window Blinds, 200
24 “ Window Sash, 200
25 “ specimen Brooms, j doz., pr’m, 300
26 “ specimen tight Cask, pr'm, 200
27 •* specimen Churn, any style, to
be tested on the grounds, pr’m, 500
28 “ Washing Maching and Wring
er, (open to the world,) Diploma
29 “ Sewing Machine, do
30 “ Bureau, do
31 *‘ Sofa, do
32 “ Bedstead, do
33 “ set Cottage Chains, do
34 “ set split-bottom Chairs, do
35 “ Extension Dining Table, do
86 “ Tin or Wire Safe, do
!37 “ Kitchen Table, with Shelves
and Drawers, do
38 “ collection of Iron Castings, do
39 u collection of Wooden Ware, do
40 collection Mechanical Tools
by one manufacturer, do
41 “ specimen Bar and Round Iron do
42 “ set Blacksmith’s Tools, do
43 “ Ox Yoke, premium, $2 00
i 44 Second best Ox Yoke, Diploma
| 45 Best Sorghum Mill and Fixtures.
for manufacturing Sorghum, Diploma
46 Best Sorghum Mill and Fixtures,
for manufacturing Sugar, Diploma
section 12— HOGS.
(All premium stock to be owned by exhibi
itor.)
1 Best Essex, Berkshire, and Chest! r
White Boars, 3 animals, S3OOO
2 Best Essex Boar and Sow, 800
3 “ Berkshire Boar and Sow, 800
4 “ Chester White Boar and Sow, 800
5 “ Hog, mixed or native, 500
section 13— SHEEP.
1 Best Merino, Cotswold, or South
down Buck and Ewes, in pairs, 3000
2 Best Merino Buck, 600
3 “ Cotswold Buck, • 600
4 “ Southdown Buck, 600
5 “ Native, any age or breed, 1000
SECTION 14 — FIRE ENGINES.
1 Best Steam Fire Engine, tested
on the ground, Diploma
2 Best Hand Fire Engine, tested on
the ground, Diploma
3 Best Hook and Ladder Equip
ment, Diploma
SECTION 15— SADDLE RING.
1 Best Saddle Horse, Mare, or Gel
ding. style, form and saddle quali
ties, 4 years old and over, pr’m, 10 OO
2 Second best, premium, 500
SECTION 16 HORSES, GEORGIA RAISED.
1 Best Saddle Horse, 10 OO
2 Best Buggy Horse, 10 00
3 Best pair Harness Horses, 20 00
4 Best 2 and 3 year old Colts, 10 OO
5 Best Colt, 1000
6 Best Suckling, Colt, 500
7 Best Mare, 1000
8 Best Stallion, 1500
SECTION 17— FOR THE LADIES.
1 Best Horseback Rider, pr’m, IO OO
1 Best Driver, (Buggy,] pr’m, 1000
Third Day.
SECTION 18— JACKS AND MULES.
1 Best Jack, premium, $lO 00
2 do Jennet, do 10 00
3 do Jack 6 years old or over, pr. 10 00
4 do do under 6 years old, prem. 500
5 do do Colt, premium, 300
6 do aged Jennet, premium, 500
7 do Jennet 3 years old and under, 300
8 do Colt, premium, 200
MULES.
1 Best Mule, to be tried on the field in
harness, single and double and
in plough, premium, S2O 00
2 Best mule, Colt Geo. raised, prem 500
3 do do 1,2& 3 years each 5 1)0
4 do Mule 6 years old and over pr. 500
5 do Mule 3to 6 years prem., over 500
6 do Mule 2 years old and under 3 300
7 do Mule Colt, premium, 200
8 do pair aged Mules, premium, 1000
9 do pair Mules 3 years and uuder 500
SECTION 19— HARNESS GELDING RING.
[Made-up teams prohibited; must be two
or more entries.]
1 Best aged Harness Gelding,
Mare, or Stallion, 6
years or over, (in harness.) 10 00
2 Second best, premium, 5 OO
3 Best Harness Gelding, Mare or
Stallion, 3to 6 years old, prem. 10 00
Becond best, premium, 5 00
5 Best Harness Gelding, Mare or
Stallion, under 3 years, prem,, 5 00
6 Second best, premium, 3 OO
7 Best pair Harness animals, re
gardless of sex, premium, 10 OO
8 Second best, premium, 5 OO
BECTION 20—SPEEED RING, (TIME )
[Made up rings prohibited.]
1 Fastest single foot racking or
pacing Stallion, Mare or Geld
ing, twice around the track, in
or out of harness, two or more
entries, premium, $25 OO
2 Second best, two or more en
tries, premium, 10 OO
3 Fastest Trotting Stallion, Mare
or Gelding, twice around the
track, in or out of harness, two
or more entries, premium, 25 OO
4 Second best, two or more entries, lO OO
5 Fastest trotting Double Team in
harness, twice around the track,
two or more entries, 10 OO
6 Second best, two or more entries 500
7 Fastest Racking or Pacing Double
Team, twice around the track in
harness, two or more entries, 10 OO
8 Second best do., premium, 5 OO
9 For fastest two year old Colt,
twice around the track, under
the saddle, two or more entries,
\ OL. lb—NO. 2
(or in the event of only one en
try then against time, which
will be made known on day of
race,) premium, 28 OO
sßcnoa 21—blood kbo*
[Georgia raised, and pedigree to be exhib
ited.]
1 Best Mallion G years and over, S2B OO
2 do Stallion 4to 6 year* old, pr. 10 OO
8 do Stallion 2to 4 years old, pr. lO OO
4 do aged Mare, premium, 10 OO
5 do 4to 6 years old Mare, prem. lO OO
6 do 8 years old Filly, premium, 500
7 do 2 years old Filly, premium, 600
8 do 1 year old Colt, premium, &OO
2 do suckling Colt, premium, 800
10 do Stallion 4 years and over, pr 30 OO
11 do Stallion 3 do do 20 00
12 do Stallion 2 do do 15 OO
13 do Stallion 1 do do 10 00
IS do Mare 4 years and over pre 20 00
.4 do Mare 3 do do 15 OO
15 do Mare 2 do do lO OO
15 do Colt 1 year old or over, pre. lO *»0
section 21—horses ron all work.
1 Best Stallion, aged, premium, S»Q OO
2 Second best, premium, 5 OO
3 best Stallion, 4 years old, prem 5 OO
4 do Stalliou, 2 years old, prem 5 OO
5 do aged Mare, (brood), prem, 5 OO
G do Marc 4 years old, premium, 6 00
7do Filly S years old, premium, 500
8 do Filly 2 years old, premium, 5 OO
9 do l’ottey 13] bauds or under, pr 500
10 best Colt 1 year old, premium, 500
11 best suckling Colt, premium, 800
SECTION 22— SWEEWTAKBS.
Fastest trotting Stallion, Marc or Gel
ding, twice around the track, five or
more entries making a ring. Saddle
or Harness, prize SSO OO
Ist Horse gets a pr’in worth 25 00
>d “ “ ' 15 00
3d “ “ 1000
Entrance fee 20 per cent., open to all ex
cept the successful horse in Speed King.
SECTION 24 PLOWINO WATCH.
1 Best Plowman, premium, $5 OO
To come off during the Fair. Grounds will
bo prepared for the some, aud entrance
open to Mules, Horses and Oxen. Judges
to be governed in their awards by the
depth and width of the furrow, slice turn
ed by the plow of each competitor, aud the
general perfection of the work, and the
time employed to complete his work.
SECTION 26—CATTLE, THOROUGH BRED.
(Owned by exhibitor.)
1 Best Bull, 20 OO
2 “ Cow, 15 OO
8 “ Heifer, 3 years and under, 10 00
4 “ Bull, 3 years and under, 1000
5 “ Thoroughbred Bull, any
breed, pedigree exhibited, 4
yrs old aud upwards, pr'm, 1500
6 Second best, premium. 500
7 Best thoroughbred Bull, under 4
years old, premium, 1000
8 Second best, premium, 600
9 Best Cow. 4yrs and upwards, pr. 10 OO
10 “ Cow under 4 yrs. pr’m, 500
11 Bull Calf, premium, 6 00
12 “ Heifer Calf, premium, t 600
13 best calf 3 years aud under, pr. 600
MIXED OR NATIVE.
14 Best bull, 3 yrs and over, 1000
15 “ “ 1 and 2 yrs and over, 1000
1G “ “ 1 year and over, 600
17 “ milch cow, to be milked on
ground, 3 yrs and over, 16 OO
18 “ heifer, 2 yrs atjd over, 500
19 “ “ 1 yr. and over, 3 00
20 “ beef, fattened for market, 10 OO
21 “ pair Oxen, to be worked
on the ground, 15 00
22 “ Bull, mixed or native, 3 yrs.
and over, pr'm, 16 OO
23 Second best, premium, 600
24 Best bull under 3 years, pr’m, 600
25 “ “ premium, 600
26 “ Cow, 3 years and over. 10 00
27 Second best, 500
28 best Heifer, under 3 years old, 500
29 “ fatted bullock, 1000
30 Second best, 500
31 best fatted Cow, 800
32 second best, 200
33 best milch Cow, to be milked on
the grounds, 10 OO
34 second best, 500
35 best pair of Work Oxen, 11 OO
36 second best, 500
SECTION 2G—PLANTATION AND FARM—
FIELD CROPS.
1 Largest Crop of Cotton produced
this year upon one acre of ground,
with the mode of cultivation, the
amount and kind of manure used,
the period of planting, the num
ber of times plowed and hoed, the
kind of cotton, the land to be
measured and the cotton weighed
in the presence of three disinter
ested and reliable witnesses, with
a certificate from them, (yield not
to be less than 500 lbs. lint per
acre,) premium, S2O OO
2Largest Crop of Corn grown this
year upon one acre of upland and
bottom each, the period of planting,
the mode of cultivation, kind of
corn, times ploughed and hoed,
amount and kind of manure ap
plied, the land and corn measured
in the presence of three disinterest
ed witnesses, with certificates,
premium, 10 OO
3 Largest Crop of Wheat grown up
on one acre ground, the landand
wheat to be measured under the
same requisition in all things as
above, premium, 1000
4 Largest Crop of Oats of any kind,
specifications as above, per acre,
premium, 10 OO
5 Largest Crop of Barley of any
kiud, specifications as above, per
acre, premium, 5 OO
6 Largest Crop of Rye, any kind,
specifications as above, per acre,
premium, 5 OO
7 Largest Crop of Clover, (with
mode of management,) per acre,
premium, 10 00
Exhibitors of all the above crops must
state in writing to the Secretary all the re
quisitions as laid down for cotton, corn, etc.,
as above, when the articles are to be entered
on his books for exhibition, with the wit
nesses certificate for measurement of land,
pounds and bushels per aere, without which
the judges will be required to withhold their
awards; and exhibitors not complying with
these requisitions will not be allowed to
compete for premiums of the Association.
SECTION 27 —CROPS BY BOVS UNDER 16
YEARS Os AUK.
1 Largest crop of Corn grown by
any boy under 16 years of a^e,
upon an aere of land, premium, 10 OO
2 Largest crop of Cotton grown by
any boy under 16 years of age,
upon an acre of land, premium, lO OO
The rules of field crops to be complied with.
SECTION 28— SAMPLE FIELD CROPS THIS
TEAR.
1 best bale of Cotton not less than
! 450 lbs., premium, $5 OO
' 2 best bale of Clover Hay, prem , 6 OO
j 3 do of Timothy Hay, prem 500
| 4 do of native Grass Hay, pr, 500
5 do of Pea-vine Hay, prem 500
SECTION 29 —BURLESQUE TOURNAMENT.
After Premiums are awarded on the
fourth day, the exhibition will be continued
with a Grand burlesque Tournament. En
trance fee $lO, Ist Prize, S3O; 2d Prise,
S2O ; five or more to ride.
GRAND SPEED RING FOR MULES.
OPEN TO ALL MULES, REGARDLESS OF AGE
OR SEX.
A Silver Cup worth $5 00. to be award
ed to the slowest mule. No on# allowed to
ride his own mule.
Note. —As many articles of merit in the
various departments not especially provide
for in the Premium List may be presented
for Exhibition and premium, it is announe
ed that a Committee on Miscellaneous Ar
ticles will be appointed, to examine and re
port upon and recommend premiums, upen
all such articles worthy of premiums.
The second best of auy article or animal
not otherwise provided for, will receive a
Diploma.
The Knights of Cartersvill# are invited
to make the necessary arrangements for a
Tournament, to come off during the Exhi
bition.
A copy of the Premium List will be lent
to any one desiring it, upon application.
For further particulars or information,
address FRANCIS FONTAIN*,
Secretary,
Cartersvill*, Ga.
Auctioneer will be appointed when tit*
occasion requires.