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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.