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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS
Ky SMITH, WIKLE & CO.]
HOMES REDUCED BY DRESS.
Only those women who have not
the money to “dress” can fully ap
preciate the crashing weight which
society ruthlessly heaps upon this dis
ability. To be unable to “ dress” is
to be treated with almoetdisrespect in
the car, the boat, at the public gath
ering, the street and the shop ; to be
ignored; to feel the shrug of con
tempt, the sneer of levity and the
smife of scorn ; to Ik? thrust aside; to
be laughed at; to be unceremoniously
displaced ; to Ik* cruelly driven out of
go*x 1 society; to have your heart,
your intelligence, your thought,your
virtue, your character held as noth
ing against silk ; to Ik* stung; to be
outraged ; to be proscribed ; to Ik; in
sulted ; all this and much more for
the lack of money “ to dress.”
It matters not whether this rule of
society is right or wrong, the fact re
mains to blight and to ruin. The
fashionable lady thinks nothing of
paying $7.5 for making a dress, made
up of forty yards of silk, at from $1 to
$lO per yard. These are the women
who rule the street, drawing-rooms,
theaters—dare we say churches.
After such the lesser lights take pat
tern. "What defense have the girls
who work for from $1 to $lO per week
against this array!
The rich can be fashionable, the
poor cannot be by honest means. The
|KK)r industrious shop girl looks upon
even S6O dresses and they are beyond
her reach. There is a S4O gulf Iks
tween her and t Item —between her
and the respect ami attention of soci
ety. Her virtue will span the chasm.
She longs to lift the load of poverty,
to receive the caress of society, to be
freed from bondage. She sells her
self to hell for dress. After the tirst
step is taken it is not long before all
useful labor is eschewed, and the foul
vice made to be the only service of in
come. This is no picture, but what
happens every day, and is a plain
statement of how the recruits to
brothels are made.
The mania for “ dress” is devastat
ing our American society and demor
alizing American women toan alarm
ing extent. The wives and daugh
ters of the rich men who lead society
in this fearful race of extravagance
are responsible for a great share of the
prostitution which curses the nation
us well as lor thousands of business
failures, scattered families, and the
long train of miseries among us under
the cover of “ keeping up appearan
ces.” Let those wno have the cour
age take this lesson and act upon it.—
Exchange.
LIFE’S HAPPY HOIKS.
Not long since I met a gentleman
who is assessed for more than half a
million. Silver was in his hair, care
upon his brow, and lie stooped be
neath his burden of wealth. We
were speaking of that period of life
when we had realized the most per
fect enjoyment, or, rather, when we
had found the happiness nearest to the
unalloyed. “ I tell you,” said the
millionaire, “ when was the happiest
hour of my life. At the age of one
and-twenty, J had saved up SBOO. I
was earning S6OO a year, and my fath
er did not fake it from me, only re
quiring that 1 should pay for my
board. At the age of twenty-two I
had secured a pretty cottage just out
side of the city. I was able to pay
two-thirds of the value down, and al
so to furnish it respectably. 1 was
married on Sunday—a Sunday in
June —at my father’s house. My
wife bad come to me poor in purse,
but rich in the wealth of her woman
hood. The Sabbath and the Sabbath
night we passed beneatli my father’s
roof, and on Monday morning I went
to my work, leaving mother and sis
ter to help in preparing my home.
On Monday evening, when the labors
of the day were done, I went not to
the paternal shelter, as in the past,
but to my own house—my own home.
The holy utmosphero of that hour
seems to surround me now in memo
ry. I opened tho door of my cottage
and entered. 1 laid my hat upon the
little stand in the hall, and passed on
to the kitchen—our kitchen and din
ing room were all one then. I push
ed open the kitchen door and was—
in heaven! The tflble was set against
the wall —the evening meal was
ready—prepared by the hands of her
who haa come to be my helpmeet in
deed as well as in name—and by the
table, with a throbbing, expectant
look upon her lovely, loving face,
stood my wife. I tried to speak, and
could not. J could only clasp the
waiting angel to my bosom, thus
showing the ecstatic burden of my
heart. The years have passed—long,
long years—and 'worldly wealth has
flowed in upon me, and J am honored
and envied; but—as true as heaven—
I would give it all—every dollar—for
the joy of the hour of that June even
ing in the long, long ago I”— N. Y.
Ledger.
KEEP STRAIGHT AHEAD.
Pay no attention to slanderers or
gossip-mongers. Keep straight on in
your .course, and let your backbiting
die tnto death of neglect. What is the
use of lying awake of nights'brooding
over the remark of some false friend
that ran through your brain like fork
ed lightning. What’s the use of get
ting into a worry and fret over gossip
that has been set afloat to your disad
vantage by some meddlesome busy
body who has more time than char
acter? These things cannot perma
nently injure you, unless, indeed, you
take notice of them, and in combat
ing them give them character and
standing.
If what is said about you is true get
yourself right at once; if false, let it
go for what it will fetch. If a bee
stings you would you go to the hive
and destroy it ? Would not a thous
and come upon you ? It is wisdom
to say little respecting the injuries
you have received. We are generally
losers in the end if we stop to refute
all the backbitings and gossippings
we may hear by the way. They are
annoying, it Is true, but not danger
ous, so long as we do not stop to ex
postulate and scold. Our characters
are U i mod and sustained by ourselves,
and by our own actions and purposes,
and not by others. Let us always
bear in mind that “ calumniators may
usually be trusted to time, and the
slow but steady justice of public opin
ion.”
Plots GIIILS.
It is reported that several young i
ladies at a fashionable watering place,!
who had the benefit of pious training,,
still show the fruits of their early ed
ucation by using on Sunday for en
bon poiitf , nothing but religious news
papers. They are true as steel, too,
to their denominational tenets, and a
bright little Presbyterian blonde pat
ronizes the Southern Presbyterian;
another black-eyed disciple of Wes
ley will support nothing stive the
Christian Advocate, while a certain
coy maiden with dark complexion
and flowing ringlets, who has been
under the water clings to the dear
“ Index,” which is so eloquent about
immersion and the necesity of being
“ buried beneath the liquid wave.”
All aver that they feel better while
wearing near to their dear persons
these emblems of " their faith, and
why not let the pretty devotees enjoy
their religious principles. This is
carrying into practice what they pro
fess, and surely no one will be so ill
natured as to suggest that they had
better leave off these prodigious ap
pendages, and emulate the simplici
ty of the quaker. Out upon such a
barbarous insinuation.— Sfctcon 'Tele
graph.
are seventy-nine narrow
gauge railroads, aggregating nearly
ten thousand miles in length, already
built and under construction, on the
North American continent.
JESTING ON SACRED THINGS.
There is scarcely a week passes but
i the ear of such as reverence God’s
Word and His name is pained by
coarse jests on holy things, or by puns
jon sacred passages. It is not only the
I vulgar prints which we exclude from
our homes, but respectable papers
and first-class magazines which are
guilty in this matter, and offend the
taste of their more relined readers,
whom they imagine themselves to be
gratifying. The most tender entrea
ties and touching appeals and terrific
threatenings of scripture are put into
the mouth of some “ hard-shelled
Baptist,” or other ignoramus, and
are henceforth made the occasion of
mirth to many as often as they recall
the ludicrous stories. The ordinances
of God’s house, the glories of heaven
and even the woes of the lost are
made subjects for jest by these would
be wits, who are not confined to the
ranks of the scoffer, hut who some
times come down from the pulpit,
where they have pleaded with men
to honor God and to heed His words,
and by some misapplication of a pas
sage of scripture turn the heart of the
hearer away from the truth.
COI NS EL FOB I’A RENTS.
Nervous children suffer untold ag
onies from fear when put to b<xl alone.
No tongue can tell the horrors Os a
lonesome room to such children. A
little delicate boy whom his parents
were drilling to sleep alone used to
cry violently every night, and his
father would come in and whip him.
He mistook his pertinacity for obsti
nacy, and he thought it his duty to
conquer the child’s will. One night
he said: “Why do you always
scream so, when you know you will
be punished ?” “ Oh, father, father!”
said the little fellow, “ I don’t mind
you whipping me, if you only stay
with me.” The father’s eyes were
opened from that moment. He saw
that moment. Ile saw that a human,
being cannot Ik; governed by dead
rules, like a plant or an animal.
GREAT BEE FIGHT.
Captain Brown, of this city, recent
ly robbed three hives, and Dr. West,
a" neighbor, robbed four. The bees
thus deprived of the fruit of their la
bor became furious, and uniting,
making an army of seven hives, they
invaded the premises of Mr. Horace
Bledsoe, and made a tierce attack on
five of his hives. Bledsoe’s bees were
taken by surprise, and although out
numbered, fought for their homes
with desperation. The battle lasted
several hours, and four of Bledsoe’s
hives were literally destroyed. The
invaders were finally repulsed, after j
being almost annihilated. Itwasthe
the bloodiest bee battle on record, and
deserves to be handed down to pos
terity.— Tennessee Whig and Tribune.
DEATH FROM A SINGULAR CAFSE.
The Columbus Sun relates the sol
ing:
A gentleman told us the overseer
of the Wright river plantation met
his death strangely a few days since.
As lie was entering his house, a fa
vorite clog, in the joy of meeting him,
leaped upon him and otherwise sig
nified his delight at seeing his master.
While gamboling, one of the paws of
the animal scratched the owner’s arm
above the wrist. In a short time the
arm began to swell, and mortification
and death ensued. The tear of the
flesh was very slight—hardly notice
able.
PERSON AL IN 1 LI FA (E.
No person is without influence.
Some persons fall discouraged on the
highway of life because they cannot
be this or thatehiinentperßon. Why
not be willing to be themselves. No
person who ever lived, or who will
ever live, is without influence. Wby
not make the most of it ? Since you
cannot grasp that which you wish,
why let what you have slip through
your fingers? No person in the
world is exactly like you. You have
your own faults; but you have your
own excellencies, individual to your
self. Give them air. Because you
cannot go to college, should you there
fore forswear the alphabet ? Because
you cannot build a palace, should you
not rejoice in your own humble room,
and that because it is your own?
Will not the sun also shine into your
window, if you do not persist in shut
ting it out ? If you cannot have a
whole house full of flowers, may you
not have oue sweet rose ?
NOT ONE MISSING.
A whole family in heaven! Who
can picture or describe the everlasting
joy V No father, nor mother, nor son,
nor daughter is away. In the world
below they were united in faith and
love and peace and joy. In the mor
ning of the Resurrection they ascend
together. Before the throne they
bow together in united adoration. On
the banks of the river of life they walk
hand in hand; and, as a family, have
commenced a career of glory which
will be everlasting. There is hereaf
ter to be no more separation in that
family. No one is to lie down on a
bed of pain. Never in heaven is that
family to move along in the slow pro
cession, nor in the habiliments of woe
to consign one of its members to the
tomb. God grant that in His mercy
every family may be united.
SHUN AFFECTATION.
There is nothing more beautiful in
the young than simplicity of charac
ter/It is honest, frank ami attrac
tive. How different is affectation.
The simple minded are always natu
ral. They are, at the same time, orig
inal. The affected are never natural.
As for originality, if they ever had it,
they have crushed it out, and buried
it from sight utterly. Be yourself,
then, young friend. To attempt to
be anybody else is worse than folly.
It is contemptible to try it. But sup
pose you could succeed in imitating
the greatest man that ever figured in
history, would that make you any
better? By no means. You would
always suffer in comparison with the
imitated one, and be thought of only
as a shadow of a substance, the echo
of a real sound, and the counterfeit of
a pure coin. Let the fabric of your
character, though ever so humble, be
at least real. Shun affectation.
That Mule and the Forty
Acres,— When Grant was a candi
date for President, four years ago, his
carpet-bag and scalawag partisans
promised the poor negroes of the
South who voted for him forty acres
of land and a mule. This the delud
ed blacks took for their enfranchise
ment. Now' Wendell Phillips threat
ens them that, in case of Greeley’s
election, they will loose the mules
and land they didn’t get. That is
about as bad as the Radical stumper
who swore to negroes that the land
was all mapped out, and the mules
selected, but the d—d Democrats had '
stolen the surveys and owned all rail-!
roads, so that the coveted long-eared i
equities couldn’t be distributed, nor I
the forty acres enjoyed for the pres
ent. — Imwi. {Pa.) Intelligencer.
A Fort Wayne man has a pocket
knife which belongs to Wilkie Col
lins, and has a history. It was made
in Sheffield. Collins bought it and
had his name engraved on it. He
lost it at Tours, France. The finder
committed a murder with it. Col
lins chanced to be in attendance at
the trial and recovered the knife, lie
lost it again at Bath England, and the
finder committed suicide with it. Col
lins again recovered the knife, but
lost it the third time. This time it
w’as found in Fort Wayne. The gen
tleman who picked it up claimed to
be a great admirer of the marvelous,
and wrote to him, receiving in reply a
letter detailing the above facts.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY’ 18, 187*.
ANECDOTE OF GENERAL LEF.
Not many anecdotes are extant il
lustrative of the humor and wit of
the late General Robert E. Lee, for
the sufficient good reason that the
General wore a gravity and severity
of manner toward all but his most in
timate friends inconsistent with the
'allies which at odd times, however,
he made in the happiest style. At
the close of the first session the Wash
ington College, after General Lee had
become President of that institution,
(in the Chapel of which he is now
buried,) at>out sixteen young gentle
men, all from the South, were gradu
ated with full collegiate honors, and
delivered public addresses on Com
mencement Day. The General, with
the rest of the Faculty, occupied seats
on the stand, and the youthful ora
tors, naturally ambitious of shining
as much as possible on such an occa
sion and in the eyes of the Confede
rate Chieftain, sprinkled their speech
es with an unusually large quantity
of rhetorical gems and flowers; in
particular alluding very frequently
and pointedly to tne General in lofty
terms of eulogium, which above all
things in the world he disliked. As
me after another emptied himself of
his glittering language, the impar
tienoe of General Lee obviously in
creased. Presently while the band
was performing, he leaned toward
Colonel Wm. Allen, one of the Pro
fessors, and enquired, in his peculiar
ly slow, modulated tone: “Colonel
Allen, how many more of them are
to speak?”
“Only four more, General,” replied
Colonel Allen.
General hitched his chair a lit
tle closer, and, with all solemnity,
asked:
“Couldn’t you arrange it, Colonel
for all four to speak at once?”
The arrangement was not made,
and the General had to listen till all
four gentlemen seperately had had
llieir several full says.—“ Editor's
Drawer in Harper's Magazine for Ju
ly• _
A good story is told of a parrot
who had always lived on board a
ship, but who escaped at one of the
Southern ports, and took refuge in a
church. Soon afterwards the congre
gation assembled, and the minister
began preaching to them in a regular
red-hot fashion, saying that there was
no virture in them; that every one of
them would go to hell, unless they
speedily repented. Just as he spoke
the sentence, up spoke parrot from
his hiding-place:
“All hands below!”
To say that “all hands” were star
tled would be but a mild way of put
ting it. The peculiar voice, from its
unknown source, had much more ef
fect upon them than the parson’s
voice ever had. He waited a mo
ment, and then, a shade or two paler,
he repeated the warning.
“ All hands below!” rang out from ;
somewhere.
The preacher started from his pul
pit, and looked anxiously around, in
quiring if any body had spoken.
“ All hands below!” was the only
reply, at which the entire panic-strick- j
en congregation got up, and a mo- ]
ment after they all bolted for the 1
doors, the preacher trying his best,
to be first, and during the time the
mischievous bird kept up his yell
ing:
“ All hands below!” /
There was one old woman there
who Nvas lame and could not get out
so fast as the rest, and in a very short
time she was left entirel y alone. Just
as she was about to hobble out the
parrot flew down, and, alighting on
her shoulder, again yelled in her
ear:
“ All hands below!”
“No, no, sister Devil,” shrieked
the old woman, “ you can’t mean me.
I don’t belong here. 1 go to the church
across the way!”
“Paddy,” says a joker, “why
don’t you get your ears cropped—
they are entirely too too long for a
man!”
“ And yours,” replied Pat, “ ought
to be lengthened—they are too short
lor an ass.”
A young lady once married a man
by the name of “ Dust,” against the
wish of her parents. After a short
time they lived unhappily together,
and she returned to her father’s
house; but he refused to receive her,
saying:
“Dust thou art, and unto Dust
thou shall return.” And she “ dust
ed.”
“The other night a young man
propounded the usual question to the
idol of his heart. She laid her soft
white hand in his, put her head up
on his manly shoulder, hove a sweet
sigh of resignation, and in dulcet ac
cents, that sounded like sw r eet music
upon the Nvaters, whispered, “Yes;
any thing to beat Grant.’ ” — Macon
Daily Enterprise.
“Potatoes!” cried a darkey peddler
in Richmond.
“ Hush dat racket—you distract de
whole neighborhood,” came from a
colored woman in a doorway.
“ You. kin hear me, kin you?”
“Hear you! I kin hear you a
mile.”
“ Tank God for dat—l’se hollowin’
to be heard. ’Tatoes!” — Ex.
That’s just about the way some of
our fire-eating politicians are doing
—“hollering to be heard,” that is
all.
Is it So?—Some one who assumes
to know says that womanly despair
for the loss of a lover endures three
months in the winter, and two in the
summer; the second month the lady
becomes interested in the new style
of hair-dressing; the third she burns
her love letters. Twelve months af
terward she hears of her lover’s mar
riage, and. wonders “ how she could
have loved a man with a red mous
ache.”
First Bale ofNjsnv Cotton.— A
telegram from Galveston dated the
Bth inst., and printed in the New Or
leans Picayune of Tuesday last, says :
The first bale of new cotton is re
ported from Brow r nsville. It was
baled on the 3d, and will be shipped
to New Orleans by the first steamer.
It is classed Low 7 Middling.
A Western New 7 York miss ungard
edly volunteered the remark in the
family circle that when gentlemen
eat warm maple sugar it gets into
their mustaches and makes them
scratch. Her father is curious to
know 7 how she found it out.
The quickest w 7 ay for a man to for
get all common miseries is to wear
tight boots.
So far eight hundred dead bodies
have been recovered from the ruins
at Antioch.
The wile of Gratz Brown is a hand
some and winning lady, mother of
seven children, of whom six are liv
ing, the eldest not being over fourteen
years of age. Os these children, five
are girls. It is related of the Gover
nor that he married for love, when
Mrs. Brown was a country maiden,
and that he first saw her swinging on
a gate in front of a country farm
house, as he and tw 7 o or three other
members of the Missouri Legislature
w ere strolling out of town after one of
its sessions.
To Settle Coffee.—The best
j method of settling coflee, is as soon as
you brown your coffee, and w 7 hile the
kernels are yet warm, mix it with a
| beaten egg—say one egg to a pound,
the egg forms a cover round the ker
nels, preserving the aroma, and when
j ground is an admirable settler.
THE NUMBER SEVEN.
This number is frequently used jin
the writings of the Bibla
On the 7th day God ended, bis
works.
In the 7th month Noah’s ark touch
ed the ground.
In 7 days a dove was sent out.
Abraham plea Rad 7 times with
Sodom.
Jacob served 7 years for Rachael.
And yet other 7 more.
Jacob mourned 7 days for Joseph,
Jacob was pursued at 7 days jour
ney by Laban.
A plenty of 7 years and a famine of
7 years were foretold in Pharaoh’s
dream by 7 fat and 7 lean beasts, and
7 ears of full and 7 ears of blasted
corn.
On the 7th (lay of the 7th month
the children of Israel fasted 7 days,
and remained 7 days in tents.
Every seven years the lands rested.
Every 7th year the bondmen were
set free. Every 7th year the law was
read to the people.
In the destruction of Jericho seven
priests bore seven trumpets 7 days.
Oh the 7th day they surrounded the
wails 7 times, and at the end of the
7th round the walls fell.
Solomon was 7 years in building
the temple, and feasted 7 days at its
dedication.
In the tabernacle were 7 lamps.
The golden candlesticks had seven
branches.
Naaman washed 7 times in Jordan.
Job’s friends sat with him 7 days
and 7 nights, and offered 7 bullocks
and 7 nuns as an atonement.
Our Saviour spoke 7 times from the
cross, ou which he hung 7 hours, and
after his resurrection appeared seven
times.
In 1 lie Lord’s prayer are 7 petitions,
eonlaining7 times 7 words.
In the Revelations we read of 7
churches, 7 candlesticks, 7 stars, 7
trumpets, 7 plagues, 7 thunders, 7 vi
als, 7 angels, and a 7 headed mon
ster.
THE WELL THAT LEAKED.
When the General Manager of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
was pushing that great enter]iris;'
southward at the rate of three miles a
day, ho came across a veteran Missou
ri farmer, who, for fifty years, had
lived on his frontier plantation, wars,
pestilence or famine, so far from dis
ease and telegraphs was he.
One night the advance men came :
upon his old farm-house, when the
following dialogue ensued:
“ Then ye’re gwine to build a rail
road, are ye?”
“ Yes.”
“ Whar am it coinin’ from, and
where am it gwine to go?”
“ From Sedalina, in .Missouri, down
through Missouri, Kansas, the Indian
Territory, and so on through Texas to
the city of Mexico.”
“ Are you’s gwine to run it right
through my plantation?”
“ Yes.”
“Do you hear that, old woman ?
We’ve got to move!”
“Not necessarily. All we want is
the right of way.”
“Ye can have that air; but who’d
a thought a railroad would ever Hit
us?”
“ You have a farm here?”
“ Yes—fair to middling.”
“ How many acres ?”
“About four thousand.”
“ Not many improvements?”
“ No—it takes me so long to look
after the cattle, I can’t improve
much.”
“ Have you a good well on the
premises ?”
“ Y’es—a clippin’ good one ; only it
leaks a little.”
Remnants of food should never be
put away in gravy, if intended to be
eaten cold. Warmed up vegetables,
stewed fruits, sauces, puddings, etc,,
should appear on the table in clean
dishes, and not in the dish they were
sent from the table in, unless cleaned.
Some housewives send warmed up
fodft to the table in the same dish in
which they were warmed, which is
always untidy. A dish which is pre
sentable at table should not be subject
ed to the heat required in cookery,
excepting, of course, pie and pudding
dishes.
TO-DAY.
To-day, wo gather bright and beau
tiful flowers; to-morrow, they are fa
ded and dead.
To-day, a wreath of leaves shades
us, to-morrow, sear and fallen, it
crumbles beneath our tread.
To-day, the earth is covered with a
carpet of green; tomorrow, is is brown
with the withered grass.
To-day. we hear sweet songsters of
forest and meadow, the buzz mid hum
of myriad insects; to-morrow,
breathe softly, for all nature is hush
ed and silent.
To-day, a stately edifice, complete
in finish and surroundings, attracts
the passer-by; to-morrow, a heap of
ruins marks the site.
To-day, there are cattle on a thous
and hills; to-morrow, they fall in
slaughter.
Every iron rail on a north and
soutli railroad is a perfect magnet, the
north end attracting the south pole
and the south end the north pole of a
magnetic needle. So, also, is a T rail
on such a railroad, the lower flange
attracts the south pole and the upper
flange the north pole of a needle.
They say that the potato bug in
Kansas is causing all the converted
fanners to back-slide.
The Bangor (Maine) Democrat
makes its point rather cleverly when
it says: Our genial neighbor of the
Whig is anxious that we should quote
some of the hard things that Horace
Greeley used to say about the Democ
racy. We prefer the good things he
is now saying. The things that Saul
said after that remarkable noonday
vision are remembered and repeated
by the whole Christian world, while
the things that Saul did before the
vision of light are forgotten.
It is reported that the Emperor of
Germany has decided the San Juan
boundary question in favor of the
United Sta tes. The decision will give
the island of San Juan to the United
States and also the right to navigate
the waters surrounding it on the Brit
ish side.
Newport is the most aristocratic of
our summer resorts; Long Branch
the most democratic and promiscu
ous ; Saratoga the most cosmopolitan
and fashionable; Richfield and Shar
on quiet and select; Lake George
select and substantial; Narragansett
genteel, fashionable and a trifle shod
dy; New London exclusive, and
Cape May most dangerous, socially.
The report of the State Road Com
pany covers the period from 27th of
December, 1870, to January Ist, 1872.
The gross earnings were $1,397,742 60,
and the expenses 81,078,76511, or
8281,022 51 more than the earnings.
The shipments of gold coin and
bullion from New York to England,
which were quite large in May and
the early part of June, have again
been resumed on an extensive scale.
From New York alone over 859,000,-
000 in specie has been exported in the
last twelve months, and in the year
preeeeding $83,000,000. These fig
ures are without a precedent in
the history of the commerce of New
York.
There were fifty thousand people
at Long Branch on Tuesday, the day
of the race between Bassett and Long
! fellow 7 .
Heavy bets in New York on Gree-
I ley’s election.
Agricultural Department.
THE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO A GOOD
FARMER.
We were never more forcibly im
press and with the necessity to Ihe far
mer of an almost unlimited education,
than in the perusal of the list of sub
jects arranged by a committee of the
Georgia .State Agricultural Society,
to which we made reference in the
May number.
These subjects, to the number of 11(3,
are arranged in 1? general classes.
We refer below to a few of the sub
jects, a casual examination of which
will show the broad field open to the
i observation and research of him who
tills the soil. And a man, to be a sue
; cessful farmer, must have a fair ac
quaintance with nearly all of the sub
jects presented, and Ik? able to har
monize inconsistencies, to compre
hend seeming incongruities, and,
above all, must be able to combine
theory and practice.
The following are some of the sub
jects presented under the first general
1 division: “ Original Condition of the
Farm.” He muss consider its cost;
its capacity* for production, not only
as a whole, but in its several fields,
and decide upon the class of farming
he will undertake as influenced by ac
cessibility to markets, etc.
Under the head of “ Preparation of
Land,” he must decide first when he
shall plow, whether in the fall or
spring; whether it is necessary or ad
visable to subsoil; what kind of plow
will best turn or stir the soil; wheth
er it will answer to turn up day;
plow shallow or deep ; the effect of
liarrowing, pulverizing or leveling ;
whether he shall cultivate in beds or
on a level; and all these considera
tions are to be influenced by the kind
of seed he proposes to plant.
Under the head of “ Fertilization,”
he must decide what constituents the
land is lacking; what kind of manure
that is available will best supply the
want; this calls for a knowledge
which years in the chemical labrato
ry will hardly afford; how it shall be
applied—on the surface, mixed with
the soil or deposited in the drill—
whether in liquid or solid form ; the
mode of hauling out to saveexpense;
when to apply; whether previous to,
at the time of, or subsequent to the
planting of the seed.
But why go farther ? We could fill
our sixty-fdur columns and not ex
haust the subjects which should re
ceive the farmers attention, and all of
this is set apart, generally, for the dull
members of the family. This sort of
knowledge is unworthy the consider
ation of the “ pride of the flock,”
whose mind must be cramped and
stunted by confining it to the acqui
sition of what men have written in
books, instead of exploring the realm
and unraveling the mysteries of na
ture.
How much should a farmer know?
He may possess all of practical knowl
edge which the books can teach ; all
that the observations of a lifetime
will unfold of the great book of nature,
and yet have nothing which may not
be made available in the routine of
farm life. He may not require spe
cial education in all the various
branches, indeed, this would be im
possible, but he needs a fund of gener
al information from which to select
as occasion may require.
The sooner we divest ourselves of
the idea that the farmer needs no spe
cial education, the earlier may we be
hold agriculture occupying the fore
most position among the world’s in
dustries to which it is, by right, en
titled. It is gratifying indeed to
mark the revolution in public senti
ment now in progress, and having
special reference to the creation of a
proper class spirit among the farmers,
awakening a commendable pride in
their vocation and inciting them to
vigorous action in promoting the good
work.— American Farmers Advocate.
HARD TIMES AND THE CAUSE.
We are first becoming a nation of
schemers to live without genuine
work. Our boys are not learning
trades; our farmers’ sons are crowd
ing into cities, looking for clerkships
and post offices; hardly one Ameri
can girl in one hundred will do house
work for wages, however urgent her
need; so we are sending to Europe
for workmen, and buying of her arti
sans millions worth that we ought to
make for ourselves.
Though our crop of rascals is heavy,
we do not grow our own hemp;
though we are overrun with lads who
deserve flagellation, we import our
willows.
Our women (unless deceived) wear
European fabrics; our men dress in
foreign clothes; the tops which amuse
our younger children have generally
reached us from over the sea.
Hence it is that we plunge deeper
and deeper in debt to the Old World.
We are like the farmer who hires his
neighbor’s sons to cut his wood, feed
his stock and run his errands, while
his own boys lounge at the grog-shop,
playing billiards, and then wonders
why, in spite of his best efforts, he
sinks annually deeper and deeper into
debt, till the sherilf cleans him out,
and he starts West to begin again.
We must turn over anew leaf.
Our boys and girls must be taught
to love labor by qualifying themselves
to do it efficiently. We must turn
out fewer professionals and more
skilled artisans, as well as food grow
ers. We must grow and fabricate
two hundred millions worth per an
num, that we now import, and so re
duce the foreign debt that we have so
long and successfully augmented year
by year. We must qualify our clev
er boys to erect and run factories, fur
naces, rolling mills, tanneries, ma
chine shops, etc., to open and work
mines, improve and fashion imple
ments, and double the present prod
uct of their father’s farm. So shall
we stem that tide of debt that sets
steadily against our shores, and cease
to be visited and annoyed by hard
times. — Exchange.
Bread Pudding.— One pint of fine
bread crumbs, one cup of sugar, two
tablespoonfuls of molasses, half a
pound suet chopped fine, one coffee
cup raisins, half a rind of preserved
orange-peel or citron cut tliinand fine,
a very little nutmeg and cinnamon,
two teaspoonfuls cream tartar, one
small teaspoonful soda, one teaspoon
ful of salt. Stir in milk enough to
make it thick as poundcake ; beating
all thoroughly together; put it into a
buttered padding mould, and boil
three hours. Be careful to keep the
water boiling all the time.
PREMIUM LIST,
Rules and Regulations of tlie
CENTRAL CHEROKEE GEORGIA
AG CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
TO BE HELD IN CARTERSVILLE
OCTOBER Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th.
RULES Si REGULATION'S.
Ist. The exhibition will be open to the
public on the First Tuesday is Octoder,
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 he 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. JNo exhibitor’s ticket will
be issued. All exhibitors are required to
pay entrance fees as other persons.
ENTRANCE FEES:
sth. Beascn Tickets, $1 50
Half Jo., 75
Siujtle Entrance do., 50
Half do., 25
Single do. for Carriage, 1 00
do. do. Buggy 50
do- do. Wagon, 50
do- do. Saddle Hurse, 25
Family Life Tickets, 2500
No return checks to be givers at gate.
Tickets will be sold at some place in Car
tersville, Ga., and at ihe Secretary's Office.
No money will be received by ga :e 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
the enclosure 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 eu
the grounds.
10th. No intoxicated person shall be per
mitted to exhibit an animal, contend for a
premium, or remain on the premises.
11th. Evert- animal or article introduced
ou the grounds for exhibition shall be un
der the control of the 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 hatjds 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
best by a red ribbon, to be affixed on the
morning of the last day.
17th. 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 sufficin' to pt event the
same, and to see that the rules are observed.
19th. This Association will take all prop
er and necessary c ire to prevent accidents,
but will not be responsible for losses or
damages, nor unnecessary expense not
specified.
20th. 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
on the grounds of this Association.
21st. In addition to awarding premiums,
the exhibition will be enlivened each day,
at suitable intervals in the forenoon and
afternoon, with equestrian contests by la
dies and gentlemen, and with music from
the band.
«, l f /. KE6 f L,» TlO.fS.
Sillies far Exhibitors.
Ist. The Secretary's office will be opened
at Cartersviile, on the 15th September, for
the purpose of receiving entries. Persons
intending Jo become exhibitors at the ap
proaching Fair, are requested to notify the
Secretary ten days before the opeuing 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 the close of the exhibition. No pre
mium will be paid ou animals orartioles re
moved in violation of this rule Alt arti
cles and animals entered for exhibition must
have cards (issued by the Secretary, with
numbers thereon corresponding with (lie
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 off.-r ani
mals or articles foi sale, shall notify tlie
Secretary of such intention at the time of
entry.
4j.h. 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 he in numerical order, to
lessen and facilitate the labors of the Judges
in their examinations.
In all cases Judges and Superintendents
will enforce a strict observance of these
regulations.
Forage for Stock.
There will be a forage-master on ihe
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
daugerous animals, nor for stock not on ex
hibition.
etnnual Jtddress.
An Address before the Association will
be delivered at the public stand, on Thurs
day.
.!teard of Premiums.
The Premiums will be awarded from the
Executive Stand, at ten o’clock ou Friday
morning, 4th October.
Sate of Stock and Other .Arti
cles,
Notice will be given on the da_y previous
of all Auction Sales of Live Slock 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, Ga.
rnEJfiiu.n uist.
First Oay .
1 Best 6 yds home-made Jeans, pr’m, SIOO
2 Best 6 yds home-made Linsey, 3 00
3 Best C 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
C Best 6 yds home-made Carpeting, pr. 3 00
7 Best 10 yds Factory Carpeting, Diploma
8. Best piece home-made Rug Carpet
ing, premium, 3 00
9 Best llearth-ltug, 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, 100
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 doten wool Hats, home
made, premium, 3 00
24 Best specimen Colton Embroidery,
home-made, premium, 2 00
25 Best specimen Silk do., premium, 200
26 Best Specimen! Wool do., premium, 200
27 Best specimen Millinery, home
-28 made, premium, 300
Best Fly Brush, premium, ‘IOO
29 Best Suit of Clothes—coat, pants
and vest—made by a lady, pr’m, 500
30 Second best Suit, do., premium, 3 OO
31 Best specimen of any Ornamental
Needle, Crochet. Carved or Fancy
Work, exhibiting cultivation anil
taste, by a Miss under 12 years of
age, premium, 2 00
82 Best specimen Needle, Shell and
Carved Work, by a lady, 3 00
33 Best bale 8 oz Osanburgs, 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 Flams, do
40 do Ticking, do
41 Best coil Rope, cotton, do
42 do hemp, do
43 Best assortment of Woolen Goods,
I comprising eassimers, plains, sati
nets, linseys, kerseys, tiannel, Ac.,
exhibited by manufacturer or ag’t. do
44 Best sample Cotton Blankets, Diploma
-45 do Woolen do do
46 do washed wool, 20 Its,
premium, $3 00
[Note. —All articles in this Department
of Southern Domestic Manufacture, and m
needle, shell and fancy work, not provided
for in this list will receive.special attention,
and have premiums awarded.
SECTION 2— ART UALLERT (OPES TO THK
WOULD.)
1 Best Historical Fain I ini' in Oil,
connected with the history of
Cherokee, Ga., $5 OJ
2 Best specimen of Animal l’aiut
iug iu oil, 5 00
3 Best specimen Cherokee Ga. Land
scape Faulting iu oil, 5 00
4 Best specimen Fruit Faiuung. Diploma.
5 do Pencil Drawing, do
6 Best display of House uud
Sign Painting, Diploma.
7 Best display Photograph and
K-Imbrotype 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 (OPEN TO
THE WORLD.)
1 Best Piano, Diploma
2 do Meloaeon, eio
3 do Violiu, do
4 do Flute, do
5 do Harp, do *
6 do Set Brass Band Instruments do
SECTION 4—POCLTRT.
1 Best pair game Chickens, pr’m., $3 00 ;
2 Best pair of Chickens, any breed,
for table use, premium, 3 Of* ,
3 Best pair of Turkeys, premium, 3 00
4 Best pair of Geese, premium, l 00 !
5 Best pair of Muscovy ducks, pr., 4 00
6 Best pair common ducks, pr'in., 1 00
7 Best lot of Capons, premium, 3 00
8 Best and largest variety of barn
yard fowls, not less than 16, owned
and exhibited by one person, 1 00 i
9 Best pair Aylsbury, or other im
proved Ducks, premium, 3 00 |
10 Best pair Chickens, other than na
tives, 3 00 j
11 Best pair Ducks, other than na
tives, 3 QO
12 Best lot Poultry, not less than one
half dozen, 5 00 j
13 Best 10 Poultry, natives uud mix'd sou
14 Best pair Capons, 6 00;
SECTION 5— HOUSEHOLD, FABM AND ORCHARD.
1 Best specimen Country Butter, 5
lbs., premium, 3 CO ;
2 Best specimen Country Cheese, 5
lbs., premium, 3 00 !
3 Best display home-made Pickles, pr 3 00 I
4 Best display home-made canned
Fruit, premium, 5 00
5 best display home-made Preserves,
Jellies, etc., 3 00 I
6 Greatest yield of honey from one
swarm of bees, with a lull ac
count of management, protection
agaiust the moth, etc., the honey
to be on the Fair Ground, and
the quantity duly certified to, pr., 500
7 Best loaf Wheat Bread, prem., 2 00
8 Best Found 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 Kelts, 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 iu the Mouth, 3 00 ;
16 Best specimen soft soap, 5 lbs.,
made in the South, 2 00
17 Best £ bush, dried peaches peeled 200
18 Best $ bush, dried apples peeled, 200
19 Best .j bush, dried pears, peeled, 'J 00
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 Coru, premium, 200
4 Best Bushel White Wheal, premium, 300
5 do Red Wheat, premium, 300
6 do Oats, premium, 3 00
7 do Barley, premium, 3 00
8 do Rye, premium, 3 00
9 do Cornfield Peas, pr’m, 200
10 Best half bushel Ground Peas, pr. 2 00
11 Best peck White Beans, premium, 100
12 do Timothy Seed, pr’m, 2 00
13 do Clover Seed, Georgia
Raised, premium, 10 00 j
14 do Orchard Grass Seed, pr. 2 00i
SECTION 7— KITCHEN AND GARDEN.
1 Beat dozen Beets, premium, 1 00
2 do Parsnips, premium. 1 00
3 do Carrots, premium, 1 00
4 Best half bushel Turnips, premium, 109
5 Best half dozen Cabbage, premium, 100
6 Best specimen Celery, premium, 1 UQ
7 Best specimen Tomatoes, premium, 100
8 Best peek Onions, premium, 100
9 Best gallon Butter Beans, premium, 100
10 Best half bushel Irish Potatoes, pr. 1 00
11 Best half bushel Sweet Potatoes, pr. 100
12 Best collection and great est 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, Pearlash, 200 j
3 Best Bituminous or Anthracite
Coal, Diploma ;
4 Best Marble Monument, do
5 Best Marble Mantel, do
6 Best Miirbleizod Mantel and Grate, do
7 Best and largest exhibition of Stone
W are, $2 00
8 Best Specimen Earthen Tile, Diploma
9 Best specimen Fire Brick, do
Second Oay.
SECTION 9 —AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT—
OI*EN 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
111 ‘- Hay Rake foo general use, do
17 1 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 Plow, do
24 “ cultivator Plow for Corn, do
25 “ cultivator Plow for Cotton. do
2(5 “ Iron Tooth Harrow do
27 Best portable cider mill, Diploma.
28 Best Wheelbarrow, premium, $2 00
29 Best Grain Cradle, premium, 2 00
80 Best Grass Scythe with snath, pr, 200
31 Best farm gate Hinges, premium, 200
32 Best moveable Ilorse-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
30 Best and cheapest plantation
feuce, Diploma
37 Best portable plantation Fence, do
38 Best Horse Collar, shuck or bark,
premium. $1 00 I
39 Best Horse Collar, leather, prem 200
10 Best one-hurse Mowing Machine. 500
41 Best Post Augur, Diploma
42 Best Water Drawer, do
48 Best Pump, do
SECTION 10 —AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
OPEN TO CHEROKEE GEORGIA.
1 Best combined Thresher und Sep
arator, premium, $25 00 j
2 Best Reaping machine 15 00 |
3 Best Mowing Machine, premium, 10)00
4 Best combined Reaper and mower 25j00
5 Best Threshing Machine, prem., IOsOO
(5 Best Corn Sheller, premium, 600
7 Best Wheat Fan, do. 6joo
8 Best Smut Mill, do 10)00
9 Best Straw Cutter, do 2|oo
10 Best Corn Planter, premium, 6uo
11 Best Cotton Plauter, do 600
12 best Wheat Drill. 2000
13 Best Guano Distributor, prem., 5 pO
14 Best 4 horse Wagon for general use, IOJDO
25 Best 2- do do 6DO
lti Best Horse Rake for general use, 600
. II Best Clover Seed Gatherer for
general use, premium, 5 00
18 Best 2 horse Plow, prem., 600
19 do I-horse Plow, do 300
20 Best hiil-side Plow, prem., 2 00
21 do subsoil Plow, do 3Do
22 do double shovel plow, prem., SDo
23 do Sulk/ 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.
2t> do Iron Tooth barrow, prem., 300
27 do Portable Cider Mill, do 500
23 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 llorse-power, 10 pO
33 do Cotton Giu, to be tested
on the grounds, TO 00
34 Best Cottou & Hay Press, to be
tested ou the grounds, 10 00
33 Best Stocked plow, premium, $2 00
3G do and cheapest plantation
fence, 5 00
37 do portable plantation fence 500
38 do Horse Collar, shuck or bark $1 00
89 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, 600
BKCTIOK 11— MECHANICAL LKi'AKTMINT.
1 Best Family Carriage, Southern
made, premium, $3 00 -
2 do buggy, Southern made, pr 600 !
3 do Grindstoue, complete, prem., 200
4 do display of Tin Ware manu
factured in Cherokee Georgia 300
6 do Cooking Stove, Diploma '
G do Specimen Horse Shoeing, pr. $2 0J
7 do side Harness Leather manu
factured in Cherokee, Geo., 2 (X*
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 iu
Cherokee Georgia, 2 00
11 do set Carriage Harness, manu
factured in Cherokee Geo., 5 00
12 “ set buggy Harness, mantifac’d
in Cherokee Ua., 5 0()
13 “ set Wagon Harness, do, 3Qo
14 “ Plow for Plantation use, do- 200
15 “ Man’s Saddle muuufac’d in
Cherokee Ga., Cooj
10 “ Side Saddle, 600^
17 “ Riding bridle, 2©oj
18 “ Wagon and Reaping Machine
Harness combined, 3 00
19 “ pair Boots, premium, 300 I
20 *‘ pair Lady s boots, premium, 20di
21 “ pair Gent’s Shoes, premium, 200 j
22 “ Panel Door, 800 !
23 “ Window Blinds, 200
24 “ Window Sash, 200
25 “ specimen Brooms, J dot., pr’m, 300
2G “ specimen tight Cask, pr’m, 2 0O ;
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
83 “ set Cottage Chairs, do
34 “ set split-bottom Chairs, do
35 “ Extension Dining Table, do
3G “ Tin or Wire Safe, do
37 “ Kitchen Table, with Shelves
and Drawers, do
38 “ collection of iron Castings, do
39 “ 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
41 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 Chester
White Boars, 3 animals, S3O 00
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 18 — SHEEP.
1 Best Merino, Cotswold, or South
down Buck and Ewes, iu pairs, 3000
2 Best Merino Buck, 600
3 “ Cotswold Buck, 600
4 “ Southdown Buck, 600
5 “ Native, any age or breed, 10 00
SECTION 14 rißE 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 RINO.
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 1C 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 < "olts, 10 OO
5 Best Colt, 10 00
6 Best Suckling, Colt, 500
7 Best Mare, 10 00
8 Best Stallion, 1500
SECTION 17 FOR THE LADIES.
1 Best Horseback Rider, pr’m, 1000
1 lU-t Driver, (Buggy, 1 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. 600
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, 2 (10
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 500
4 do Mule 6 years old and .over pr. 500
5 do Mule oto 6 years prem., over 500
6 do Mule 2 years old and under 3 300
7 do Mule Colt, premium, 2iOO
8 do pair aged Mules, premium, 1000
9 do pair ilules 3 years and under 500
SECTION 19— HARNESS GELDING RING.
[Made-up teams prohibited; must be two
or more entries.]
1 Best aged Harness Gelding,
Mate, or Stallion, 6
years or over, (in harness,) 10 OO
2 Secoud best, premium, 5 OO
3 Best Hsrness Gelding, Mare or
Stallion, 3to 6 years old, prem. 1(J OO
Second best, premium, 5 OO
5 Best Harness Gelding, Mare or
Stallion, under 3 years, prem., 5 OO
6 Second best, premium, 3 OO
7 Best pair Harness animals, re
gardless of sex, premium, 10 OO
8 Second best, premium, 5 OO
SECTION 20— SPEEED BING, (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 00
2 Second best, two or more en
tries, premium, 10 OO
3 Fastest Trotting Stullion, 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, 10 OO
5 Fastest trotting Double Team in
harness, twice aronnd the track,
two or more entries, . .10.00
6 Second best, two ox moreeu'ries 500
7 Fastest Racking or Pacing Double
Team, twice around the track in
harness, two or more entries, lO OO
8 Second best do., premium, 6 OO
9 For fastest two year old Colt,
twice around the track, under
the saddle, two or more entries,
VOL. 13-NO. 3
(or in the event of only one en
try then against time, which
will be made known on dny of
race,) premium. 25 GO
SECTION 21 —BLOOD KIB-< “T
[Georgia raised, and pedigree to bo exhib
ited.]
1 Best Mallion 6 years and over, $25 OO
2 do Stallion 4to 6 yearn old, pr. 10 OO
3 do Stallion 2to 4 yaaxa old, pr. lO OO
4 do aged Mare, premuShf, 1000
5 do 4 to C years old Mare. prem. lO OO
| 6 do 3 years old Filly, premium, 500
7 do 2 years old Filly, premium. 600
8 do 1 year old Colt, premium, iOO
! 9 do suckliug Colt, premium, 600
I lO do Stallion 4 years and over, pr 30 OO
|ll do Stallion 3 do do 20 00
;12 do Stallion 2 do do 1500
13 do Stalliin 1 do dt) iOOO
13 do Mare 4 years and over pro 20 OO
14 do Mare 3 do do 15 OO
15 do Mare 2 do do 10 OO
15 do Colt 1 year old or over, pra. 10 *»0
SECTION 21 — HORSES *OX ALL WORK.
1 Best Stallion, aged, premium, $>Q OO
2 Second best, premium, & OO
8 best Stallion, 4 years old, prem 5 OO
4 do Stallion, 5 years old, prem 5 OO
5 do aged Mare, (brood), prem, 5 OO
6 do Mare 4 years old. premium. 500
7 do Filly 3 years old, premium, 500
8 do Filly 2 years old, premium, 5 OO
9 do Poney 13| hands or uttJor, pr 500
10 best Colt 1 year old, premium, 500
11 best suckliug Coll, premium, 500
SECTION 22 —SW1EPITAK18.
Fastest trotting Stallion, Mare or Gel
ding, twice around the truck, five or
more entries making a ring, SadJls
or Harness, prise SSO OO
Ist Horse gets a pr’m worth 25 OO
2d *• 15 00
3d •• “ lO OO
Entrance fee 20 per cent., open to all ex
cept the suceesslul horse in Speed Ring.
SECTION 24— PLOWING MATCH.
1 Best Plowman, premium, $5 00
To oouic off during the Fair. Ground* will
bo prepared for the some, and entrant*
open to Mules, Horses and Oxsu. Judge*
to be governed in their awards by th*
depth and width of the furrow, shoe turn
ed by the plow of oach competitor, and th*
general perfecti.ui of the work, and tk*
lime employed to complete iris* work.
SECTION 25 —CATTLE, THOROUGH BBBb
(Owned by exhibitor.)
1 Best Bull, 20 OO
2 •* Cow, 16 00
3 “ lieifer, 3 years and under, 10 00
4 “ Bull, 3 years and under, 10 OO
5 “ Thoroughbred Bull, any
breed, pedigree exhibited, 4
yrs old and upwards, pr'm, 1500
6 Second best, premium. 500
7 Best thoroughbred Bull, under 4
years old, premium, 1000
8 Second best, premium, 500
9 Best Cow. 4 yrs and upwards, pr. lO OO
10 “ Cow under 4 yrs. pr'm, 500
11 •* Bull Calf, premium, 600
12 11 Heifer Calf, premium, 600
13 best calf 3 years and under, pr. 600
MIXED OB NATIVE.
14 Best bull, 3 yrs and over, 1000
15 “ “ 1 and 2 yrs and over, 1000
16 “ “ 1 year and over, 500
17 “ milch cow. to be milked on
ground, 3 yrs and over, 16 OO
18 “ heifer, 2 yrs and over, 600
19 “ “ 1 yr. and over, 3 00
20 “ beef, fattened for market, 10 OO
21 “ pair Oxen, to be worked
on the ground, 16 OO
22 “ Bull, mixed or native, 3 yrs.
and over, pr’m, 15 00
23 Second best, premium, 500
24 Best bull under 3 years, pr'ui, 600
25 “ “ premium, 600
26 “ Cow, 3 years and over. 10 00
27 Second best, 500
28 best Heifer, under 3 year* old, 500
29 “ fatted bullock, 10 OO
30 Second best, 500
31 best fatted Cow, 800
32 second best. 200
33 best milek Cow, to be milked on
the grounds, 10 OO
34 second best, sOO
35 best pair of Work Oxen, 11 OO
36 second best, 500
SECTION 2G —PLANTATION AND EAUM—
FIELD CHOPS.
J Largest Crop of Cotton produced
this year upon one acre of ground,
with the mode of cultivation, the
amount and kind of manure u**d,
the period of plantiug, the num
ber of times plowed and hoed, th*
kind of cotton, the land to b«
measured and the cotton weighed
in the presence of three disinter
ested and reliable witnesses, with
a certificate from them, (yield aot
to be lestt than 500 lbs. liat per
acre,) premium, S2O 00
2Largest Crop of Corn grown this
year upon one acre of upland and
bottom each, theperiod 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 requisitiou iu all things as
above, premium, 10 OQ
4 Largest Crop of Oats of any kind,
specifications as above, per acre,
premium, lO OO
[ 5 Largest Crop of Barley of auy
kind, specific .tions as above, per
acre, premium, 5 00
6 Largest Crop of Rye, any kind,
specifications as above, per acre,
premium, 6 OO
7 Largest Crop of Clover, (with
mode of management,) per sere,
premium, 1000
Exhibitors of all the above erops must
i state in writing to the Secretary *n the r*»
| q nisi tions as laid down for cotton, earn, *t#.,
as above, when the articles are te be entered
on bis books for exhibition, with the wit
, nesses certificate for measurement *f land,
! pounds and bushels per aere, without whisk
I the judges will be required to withhold tkekr
I awards; and exhibitors not complying with
these requisitions will not be allowsd t*
compete for premiums of the Association.
SECTION 27 CROPS BY BOTE UNDKB 1C
TKARB O/ Mi*.
1 Largest crop of Corn grown by
any hoy under 16 years of age,
upon an acre of lautl, premium, 10 OO
2 Largest crop of CoUpn grown by
auy boy under 16 years of agv,
upon an acre of land, promium, 10 OO
The rules of field crops to be complied wit*.
SECTION 28 -SAMPLE FIELD CROP* THIS
TEA a
1 best bale of Cotton not less than
450 lbs., premium, $5 OO
2 best bale of Clever Hay, prem , 5 OO
3 do of Timothy Hay. prem 500
4 do of native Grass H*y, 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. latPrix*. .'930; 2d Prise,
S2O ; five or more to ride.
GRAND SPEED RING FOR-MULES.
OPEN TO ALL MULES, REGARDLESS OF AGI
OR SEX.
A Silver Cup worth $5 00, to be award
ed to the slowest mule. No oie allowed t*
ride his own mule.
Note.—As many articles of merit ia th*
various departments not especially provided
for in the Premium List may beu presented
for Exhibition and premium, it is aunoirn*
ed tb&t a Committee on Miscellaneous-Ar
ticles will be appointed, to examine.w»d r*.
port upon and recommend prp*niam*, up**
all such articles worthy of premium*.
The second best of any'Brticle or animal
not otherwise provided for, will receive a
Diploma. t
The Knights of CartersTille ar* invited
to make the necessary arrangements for a
Tournament, to come off during the Exhi
bition. . __
A copy of the Premium List will be sent
to any one desiring it, upon application.
For further particulars t<r information,
address FRANCIS FOR TALMA,
Secretary,
Cartersvffie, Go.
Auctioneer will be appointed when th*
occasion requires.