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VOL. 14.
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Professional and Business Cards
John w. m-ovvord. thomas w. milneu
WOFFOED & MILNER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTE ICS VILLE, GA.
OFFICE ur> stairs, Bank Block.
a-5-tf.
G. c - Troujjr -
AT T O 11N E Y A T LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office over tl'C Bank.
JOHN L. MOON,
ATT Olt KEY A T LA W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in the countieH comprising the
Cherokee Circuit, Office over Licbman’s store.
I AV. M U RPIIEY,
ATTOIt NE Y AT LA W ,
OARTER3VILLE, GA.
Will i)rnc.tice In tlie courts of the Clierokee
Circuit. Particular attention given to thecol
ectiou ol'claims. Office with C'ol. Abda John*
ion. Oct. l.
*T* p. WOFFORD,
ATTOIt NE Y A T LAW.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE in Court-House. Jan 2C
M, FOUTE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
l’olk. Floyd, Cordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
Joining counties. March 30.
II B. McDANIEL,
Jm
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office with John W. Wofford. jan ’72
W. 3>. TRAMMELL.
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
CARTERSVILL E GA
OFFICF W. Main St., next door to Standard
A Express Office. Feb. 13,1872 —wly.
C, H. BATES.
ATT O FI ft E Y AT LAW,
Office oyer store ol Ford & Briant.
Feb. 0-
DR. W. A. TROTTER
OFFERS his PROFESSSONAL SERVICES
to the citizens of Gnrtcrsville.
Office with l)r. Baker.
Cartersville, da., Jan. 7,1573.
Medical INotice.
DR. W. HARPY, having removed to this
city, proposes
PRACTICING feISDIGINE,
in all its branches, and is also prepared for
OPERATIVE SURGERY.
DR. J. A. JACKSON,
I‘R.«T[CI\C I'HISICH\ AND SI'BCEOS.
OFFICE in W. A. Loylcss’ Drug Store, next
door to Stokely & Williams’. 00t27
W. R. Mouutcastle,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CAUTEBBVILLE, GEORGIA.
Office in lront of A. A. Skinner Jfc Co’s Store.
GEN. W. T. WOEFUL). JNO. 11. WIKLE
WoHorddb VAZililo,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
AND
Real Estate Agents,
Cai iers\ llle, Ga.
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the pur
chase and sale of Real Estate. -28-Gm.
DENTISTRY.
THE undersigned respectfully informs the
citizens of Cartersville and vicinity that lie
has resumed the practice of Dentistry, and by
close attention to business and faithful work
ho hopes to receive a liberal share of success.
Office over Erwin, Stokely & Cos.
Jan 30-6 m. F. M. JOHNSON.
Dental Card.
ATT O It
TIIE undersigned, a practical dentist of 18
years experience, having purcliesed prop
erty and located permanently in the city of
Cartersvill#, will continue the practice in rooms
opposite those of Wofford & Milner, in the new
building adjoining the Bank. With experience
and application to my profession, charges al
ways reasonable auu just, I hope to merit the
patronage of a generous public.
OlUce hours, from November Ist proximo, 8 to
18 a. M., 2to6P. m. Sabbaths excepted. Calls
answered at residence, opposite Baptist church.
K. A. SEALE,
10-11 ts Surgeon Dentist.
pB. CHAS. D’ALYIGAV,
ENTI S T ,
Cartersville, Ga.
Special ATTENTION given to children’s
teeth.
8-15-
BEAD HOUSE,
* r ®nting Passenger Depot,
CHATTANOOGA.
JOHH T. BEAD, Proprietor.
Jan 10-’72,
STEELING
SILVER-WARE.
SIIAIiP & FLOYD
No. 315 Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA.
Specialty,
Sterling Silver-'Ware.
Special attention is requested to the many
new and elegant pieces manufactured express
ly to our order the past year, and quite recently
completed.
An unusually attractive assortment of no vel
ies in Fancy Silver, cased for Wedding and
Holiday presents, of a medium and expcnslv
character.
The House we represent manufacture on an
unparalleled scale, employing on Sterling Sil
ver-Ware alone over One Hundred skillod
hands, the most accomplished talent in Design
ing, and the best Labor-saving Machinery, en
abling them to produce works of the highest
character, at prices UNAPPROACHED by any
competition. Our stock at present is the lar
gest and most varied this side of Philadelphia
A n examination of our stock and prices will
guarantee our sales.
OUR HOUSE USE ONLY
925
BRITISH STERLING,
1000
an4—tf
It Leads to Happiness!
A Boon to me Whale Race of Woman!
DR. J. BRADFIELD’S
FEMALE REGULATOR!
It will bring on the Menses; relieve all pain
at the monthly “Period;” euro Rheumatism
and Neuralgia of Back and Uterus; Leucor
rheoaor “Whites,” and partial Prolapsus Uteri;
check excessive flow, and correct all irregular
ities peculiar to ladies.
It will remove all irritation of Kidneys and
Bladder; relieve Costiveness; purify the Blood:
give tone and strength to the whole system;
clear tlie skin, imparting a rosy hue to the
cheek, and cheerfulness to the mind.
It is as sure a cure in all the above diseases
as Quinine is in Chills and Fever.
Ladies can cure themselves of all the above
diseases without revealing their complaints to
any person, which is always mortifying to their
pride and modesty.
It is recommended by the best physicians and
the clergy.
Lagrange, Ga., March 23,1870.
BRADFIELD & CO., Atlanta, Ga,—Dear
Sirs: 1 take pleasure in staling that I have used
for the last twenty years, the medicine you are
now putting up, known as Dr. J. Bradfiold’s
FEMALE REGULATOR, and consider it the
best combination ever gotten together for the
diseases for which it is recommended. I have
been familiar with the prescription both as a
practitioner of medicine and in domestic prac
tice, and can honestly say that I consider it a
boon to suffering females, and can but hope
that every lady in our whole land, who may bo
suffering in any way peculiar to their sex, may
bo able to procure a bottle, that their sufferings
may not only be relieved, but that tliev may be
restored to health and strength, with my
kindest regards, I am respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. I).
Near Marietta, Ga., March 21,1870.
MESSRS. WM. ROOT & SON.—Dear Sirs:
Some month'* ago 1 bought a bottle of BRAD-
Fl ELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR from you,
and have used it in my family with the utmost
satisfaction, and have recommended it to three
other families, and they have found it just
what it is recommended. Tnc females who
have used your REGULATOR are in perfect
health, and are able to attend to their house
hold duties, and we cordially recommend it to
the public. Yours respectfully,
Rev. li. B. JOHNSON.
We could add a thousand other certificates;
but wc consider the above amply sufficient
proof of its virtue. All wo ask is a'trial.
For full particulars, history of*discases, and
certificates of its wonderful cures, the reader is
referred to the wrapper around the bottle.
Manufactured and sold by
BRADFIELD & CO„
Frice $1 50. ATL A N TA. GA.
Sold by all Druggists,
1-30-ly.
Win; Gouldinitli,
Manufacturer and dealer iu
METALIC BURIAICAS^^^S
Also keeps on band
WOOD COFFINS
of every description.
All orders by night or day promptly attended
to.
atig. 22
NOTICE TO FARMERS !
y OUR attention is rsspcctfully invited to th
Agricultural Warehouse
OF
ANDERSON & WELLS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
DEALERS IN
Guanos, Field and Garden Seeds,
FARM WAGONS,
PiTTS’ TH RESHERS.
Size 26 to 32 inch cylinder, with or without
down and mounted horse powers.
SWEEPSTAKES THRESHERS.
Size 26 to 82 inch cylinder, with or witgout
down and mounted horse powers.
Bali’s Reaper and Mower,
Buck-Eye Reaper and Mower
PLOWS—ONE AND TWO-HORSE
BUGGY PLOWS.
Also General Agents for
“ Pendleton’s Guano Compound,”
Cash, $67 per ton of 2,000 lbs.; Credit Ist Nov.,
$75 per ton 2,000 lbs.
“Farmer’s Choice,”
Manufactured from Night Soil, at Nashville,
Tenn.—Cash $45 per ton; creditlst Nov., SSO;
And all other kinds of implements and ma
chinerv, which we sell as low as any house in
the South. Call and see us, or send for Price
List. ANDERSON & WELLS.
52
COX & HILL,
WHOLESALE
DEALERS IX
Foreign and Domestic
LKHJOES,
Peachtree Street,
ATJLANTA, GEORGIA.
Jan. 30-ly.
SAMUEL H. SMITH & COMPANY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 6,1873.
IS
MOD MADE.
Buy your Goods
C H EA P .
While you can.
has oh
hand and is constantly re
ceiving
New and Beautiful
GOODS,
ol* every description just
from tlie Eastern iHarkets,
which will he sold at the
LOWEST FIGURES FOR
ft
sm m ls Z
I offer .superior induce
ments as’regards
Stylo,
Quality,
and
Prices.
Aia examination ol* my
Stock will convince you
that you can hsay your
Goods cheaper of me than
elsewhere
Handsome Styles of
DRESS GOODS!
SHAWLS,
Striped and Reversible, of
the Uatest Fashions.
PRINTS,
Os every Style and Shade
WHITE GOODS,
otions 5
CLOTHING, •
MENS WEAR,
BOOTS,
hat! ® 9
Gaps,
CIMI,
GROCERIES,
My assortment ofLadies’
misses and’cliildren's
BOOTS, SHOES & GAITERS,
Cannot be excelled! In ci
ther style qualify'or cheap
ness.
Mens 9 Roots and Shoes at
all Prices, Hats Lower
than the Uowest.
I would call special at-
tcuiion to my system of do
ing business. Ist., I sell
strietly for CA&II. Having
lao aeeoamts I lose no debts,
and do not have to add on
an extra profit of 15 to 25
per rent to make up for
time customers.
2d., I have but one price on
each article, so that a child
an buy Goods as low as a
snail, and a poor judge [as
cheap as the best judge of
Goods in the country.
Buy your Goods at the
IGIIIIII STORE
and save money. No trou
ble to show Goods.
A. P. NEAL.
POETICAL.
P. H. Brewster, Local ana Ag. Editor.
Francis Emmett Waters, to
whose memory the following touch
ing lines are inscribed, was the son of
Col. H. H. Wat3rs, and was born in
August, 1843, at Canton, Ga., where
he spent the years of his childhood
and early youth. When about twelve
years of age, his father removed to
Milledgeville, where he resided until
the close of the war. Though quite
young at the beginning of the war,
Emmett, full of ambition and love of
country, volunteered, and soon after,
went with his regiment into Kentuc
ky. While on that “dark and bloody
ground,” the battle of Perry ville oc
curred; but Emmett’s regiment not
b6ing Engaged, but encamped about
ten miles away, and in hearing of the
guns, he begged the officer in com
cand to grant him leave to go and
participate in the fight. Permission
being granted, he mounted his horse
and hastened to the field of strife,
with his favorite “Maynard rifle”
swung to his side. lie was soon in
the thickest of the fight, and remark
ed to us afterwards that he fired
so often and so rapidly that his gun
became so hot that he could not hold
the barrel in his hand. That part of
the lines with which lie was engaged,
was compelled to retreat, but he did
not notice the retirement of his
strange comrades until he found him
self alone. When lie beheld his per
ilous situation, he mounted his horse
and left the field in the, midst of a
shower of bullets. A couple of regi
ments having been organized for the
special defense of Georgia, Emmett
received a commission in the first
regiment, with which he remained
until the close of the war. He was
one of the few who loved to fight,
and lie declared to us, that so far as
he was concerned, he desired that tlie
war should last to the end of time,
rather than that the South should sub
mit to the shame and disgrace of sub
jugation. His regiment was often
sneeringly called “Joe Brown’s pets.”
This contemptuous epithet was very
distasteful to Emmett, and after Sher
man’s army hud crossod the Etowah
river, he, wih a few others, including
the gallant Maj. John Brown, broth
er of the Governor, sent up a petition
f aru ally requesting that their regi
ment be turned over to the Confede
rate authorities. The request was
granted, and the regiment became
subject to tlie command of General
Johnston, and did noble service. In
the great battle of Atlanta, while
in front of his regiment, and with
uplifted sword, urging his comrades
forward, Emmett received a severe
wound in the thigh, and when sever
al of his men ran to give him a&sist
ance, he exclaimed, “never mind me.
On to the charge!” He was carried
from the field all covered with blood,
but with a cheerful, hopeful heart
The bone of his leg was so badly frac
tured that amputation became neces
sary, and for some time he was una
ble to be at his post. He was a great
favorite with all who could appreci
ate real worth, and it is said that if
the war had continued but a little
while longer, he would have been
made the Colonel of his regiment.
The sad story of Emmett’s untime-
ly death is briefly told by our corres
pondent, below. At the time of his
death he was attending college at
Millersburg, Kentucky, whither he
had gone at the solicitation of a gen
erous and wealthy Kentuckian, who
accidentally formed his acquaintance
on the cars, and being struck with his
noble appearance, his gentlemanly
bearing, and undoubted genius, kind
ly offered to assist him in completing
his education, and prevailed on him
to enter the Millersburg college. At
college he was the favorite of the
President, the Professors, the stu
dents, and all. A citizen of Millers
burg informed us that when he re
ceived the fatal shot from the pistol
of the drunken desperado and vaga
bond, the news sent a thrill of sorrow
to every heart in town, and with tear
ful eyes, one would say to another, as
they met on the streets, “Emmett is
deadl” He was regarded the most
brilliant young man in college; and
if he had lived, he would, doubtless,
have reached, at no distant day, a
lofty distinction. But alas! he was
cut down in the morning of his life,
and a nobler spirit never passed away.
He called our house his home during
the war, and often, when we were
despondent, did he cheer us with as
surances of the final success of the
Southern cause. We loved him as
our own son, and will cherish his
memory while we live.
[For the Standard & Express
LINES.
Written in memory of Maj. F. E. Waters,
who was accidentally shot by a schoolmate,
during a trial of the latter, for a breach of the
pcacej by the trustees of the school at Millers
burg, Ky., March 36th, 1866, aged 23 years.
Sad Is my muse, while here I bring,
My melancholy offering,
And o’er thy grave affection weeps
While memory tond her vigil keeps,
For thou art gone, thy bright young head
Lies lowly with the silent dead;
And O! how sad it is to know
That ’twas a friend that laid thee low,
And ou the altar of thy fame,
Forever laid thy cpotless name.
Yes, he had elaimed to be a friend,
And o’er thy bleeding corse did bend,
Whey thy youug life, in that sad hour,
Had quickly fled, by passion’s power,
For sorrow broke the magic spell
When Emmett, our loved Emmett fell;
Repentance then had come too late,
Thy sool had passed the spectral gate
And home to many a bright hearth-stone
Came the sad words, “your Emmett’s gone."
Aye, gone in all thy manly pride,
Thy blood had flowed, a crimson tide,
While future laurels fresh and bright,
Lay crushed, and withered in our sight;
Yet, oft we feel we must forgive,
And bid him turn to God and live,
Forsake dark passion’s dangerous road,
Uproot the 6ins she long hath sowed,
In penitence, bis bosom lave,
And recompense the sorrow gave,—
Thy father's grief can we forget?
Nor sad lament, when thee he met,
To follow toothy last long rest,
In moans that seemed to rend his breast,
While thus his agonizing wail
Was earned on the passing gale,—
“Euiaittt, my hope in life’s decline,
O! must Ito the grave consign
My brave, my noble, fair-browed boy,
My bosom’s pride, my dearest joy,
Farewell my child, thy race is run,
Thy sun is set, thy work is done,
Too soon, alas! I give the up,
Must quaff indeed, the bitter cup.
Father, forgive thy erring son,
Tis hard to say ‘Thy will be done,’ ”
But he has joined thy peaceful rest,
Aud thy dear form again has pressed,
And tliy fair mother, meek and mild,
IQa clasped again her darling child.
But sorrow many a warm heart fills,
Oa patriotic Georgia’s hills,
Aad far beyond the raging main
A Bister moans her brother slain ;
A brotlior too, beyond the sea, *
In sorrow often thinks of thee,
Aad dreams, that o’er thy peaceful grave,
Perchance the weeping willows wave,
While sadly iu some neighboring tree,
The dove sing3 low, and mournfully,
Aud flowers bright, bedeck thy bed,
In that lone city of the dead.
And we will think of thee when loue,
When wintry winds around us moan,
When Bpring lights up the hill aud dale,
At evening time when stars are pale,
When Summer comes with bird and bee,
O! then we will remember thee;
In Autumn when the leaves are sere,
We’ll cherish still thy memory here;
And o’er thy honored, cherished tomb,
May flowers fresh aud fragrant bloom,
Till thy pure spirit, Heaven born,
Shall greet the resurrection moru.
Bronson, Fla. L. J. C.
A GOOSE QUESTION.
A correspondent of Appleton’s
Journal is in a rather unsettled state
of mind as to whether the contrac
tion “don’t” is really ungrammatical
when used in the third person. The
contraction “won’t,” he thinks more
objectionable than “don’t.” As the
former is a contraction of “will not,”
he makes the novel sugestion that it
be called “win’t” instead of “won’t,”
that being more in accordiance with
principle anil with the truo spelling.
For instance, “I win’t go out this
evening”—that has the merit of nov
elty, if nothing else. This writer is
in as great a quandary as was the
country hardware merchant who
wanted to send to the city for two
tailors’ geese or gooses, which seem
eth best. He sat down and wrote the
order thus:
“Please send me two tailor’s goos
es.”
But he didn’t like the grammar,
and was hfraid he should be laughea
at, so ho destroyed that order ?md
wrote:
“Please send me two tailors’ geese.”
After he had deposited the letter in
the office, he was much troubled in
mind lest lie should have a couple of
live geese sent him, purchased of
some tailor; so ho returned to the
postofiice, got the letter out and des
troyed it, and wandered two days in a
maze of doubt and perplexity as to
how he should ever get an order off
so as to be understood, and grammat
ically worded. At last, in despera
tion, he sat down and wrote:
“Please send me one tailor’s goose
—and; and , send me another one
just like it.”
That hit the goose on the head,
and the man got his geese, or his
gooses, or his one goose and another
one. A corresponde it of the Wash
ington Capital, awhile ago, much ex
ercised on this point, sent the story
of the merchant to that paper for de
cision on the question. But it affect
ed the editor like all the others who
had pondered on it—pondering seem
ed to make matters worse. He said
“the goose hung too high” for him.
He consulted thirteen unabridged
dictionaries, encyclopedias, and
learned treatises on ornithology, and
found the question getting deeper and
deeper the more he studied it. His
conclusion, after much research, was
this:
“Sometimes we believe the plural
should be goose, and then we don’t.
We don’t no more frequently than
w r e do. We will keep our inquiring
friends advised of our progress.”—
Hartford Times.
Madison as a Temperance
Man.— Many years ago, when the
temperance movement began in Vir
ginia, ex-President Madison lent the
weight of his influence to the cause.
Case bottles and decanters disappear
ed from the sideboard at Montpelier
—wine was no longer dispensed to
the many visitors at that hospitable
mansion. Nor was this all. Har
vest began, but the customary barrel
of whisky was not purchased, and
the song of the scythe-men in the
wheat field languished. In lieu of
whisky, there was a beverage most
innocuous, unstimulating and nnpal
atable to the army of dusky laborers.
The following morning Mr. Madi
son called in his head man to make
the usual inquiry, “Nelson, how
comes on the crop?”
“Po ly, Mars Jeems—monsus po’-
ly.”
“Why, what’s the matter?”
“Things is seyus.”
“What do you mean by serious?”
“We gwine los’ dat crap.”
“Lose the crop! Why should we
lose it?”
“’Cause dat ar crap ar heap too big
a crap to be gethered ’thout whisky.
’Lasses and water never gathered no
crap sence de worl’ war’ made, ner
’taint gwine to.”
Mr. Madison succumbed. The
whisky was procured, the “crap” was
“gethered,” case bottles and decan
ters reappeard, |and the ancient order
was restored at Montpelier, never a
gain to be disturbed.
Why is a chicken pie like a gun
: smith’s shop? Because it contains
I fowl-in-pieces.
A BIG SCARE.
Mark Twain says the following story
was told him by a fellow passenger,
who said he had never been searea
sinee tlie time he loaded an old Queen
Anne musket for his father.
You see the old man was trying to
teach me how to shoot blaeic birds,
and beasts that tore up the young
com, and such things, so that I could
be of some use about the farm, be
cause I wasn’t big enough to do much.
My gun was a single barrel shot
gun, and the old man carried a Queen
Anne musket that weighed about a
ton, making a report like a thunder
clap, and kicked like a mule. The
old man wanted me to shoot the mus
ket sometimes, but I was afraid.
One day, though, I got her down,
and taking her to a hired man asked
him to load her, because the man was
out in the field. Hiram siad:
Do you see them marks on the
stock, an X and a V ? Well, that
means ten balls and five slugs—that’s
her load.”
“But how much powder?”
“O, it don’t matter; put in four
handfuls.”
So I loaded her up in that way, and
it was an awful charge—l started out.
I leveled her on a good many birds,
but every time I attempted to pull the
trigger my heart failed me; I was
afraid of her kick. Towards sun
down I fetched up at the house, and
there was the old man resting on the
porch:
“Been out hunting have you?”
“Yes, sir,” said I.
“What did you kill ?’’
“Did’nt kill anything, sir—didn’t
shoot her off. I was afraid she’d
kick.”
“Giramus the gun,” roard the old
man, mad as sin. “Do you see that
sapling?”
I saw it, and began to drop back
out of danger. The next moment I
heard an earthquake and saw the
Queen Anne whirled end over end
in the air, and the old man spinning
around on one heel, with both hands
on hisjaw and the bark flying from
the sapling.
The old man’s shoulder was set
back four inches, and hisjaw turned
black and blue, and he had to Jay up
for three days. I have not been
scared since.
THE “FAT SHEEP.”
Some twenty-five years ago, when
I was a pastor of a church in , 1
took occasion one evening to visit a
social meeting, in the church occa
sions. One after another gave in his
or her experience. After a time a
man in humble circumstances, small
in statue, and effeminate, squeaking
voice, rase to give a piece of his expe
rience, which was done in the follow
ing manner:
“Brethren, I have been a member
of this church for many years. I have
seen hard times. My' family have
been much afflicted, but I have, for
the first time in my life, to see my
pastor or the trustees cf this church
cross the threshold of my d00r.,”
No sooner had he uttered this part
of his experience than he was inter
rupted by one of the trustees, an aged
man, who rose up and said in a firm,
loud voice.
“My dear brother, you must put
the devil behind you.”
On taking his seat , the pastor in
charge arose and replied so the little
man as follows:
“My dear brother, you must re
member that we shepherds are sent to
the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Whereupon the little man arose
again, and in answer, said in a very
loud tone of voice
“Yes, and if I’d been a fat one’
you’d liavo found me long ago.”
The effect upon the audience can
better be imagined than described.
A PRESIDING ELDER EGGED.
Westville, a village of one or two
hundred inhabitants, situated some
four miles west of this city, is a place
long since noted for its almost innu
merable acts of violence, arising from
various causes, but principally from
the too free use of rotgut whisky.
On the Ist and 2d of this month the
Rev. A. Meharry, presiding elder of
the Springfield district, Cincinnati
Conference, was engaged in the ser
vices of the second quarterly meeting
for Tremont Circuit at the above
named village, it being the occasion
of his first visit to the circuit in the
capacity of an elder. lie took for his
text at the eleven o’clock service on
Sabbath, “I pray thee have me ex
cused,” etc., and concluded his re
marks in the evening from the same
words. While speaking of the vari
ous occupations that men followed
for a livelihood, he took occasion to
come down on the distillers, and
spoke of them as a class upon which
neither God nor a Christian commu
nity could look with any degree of
allowance.
During his remarks upon this sub
ject ho took occasion to refer to two
prominent citizens of that communi
ty who had been engaged in the li
quor traffic, and who, in consequence
of their violation of both the laws of
God and man, had taken the short
road to ruin by hanging themselves
with a rope. He then referred to the
fact of some of their sous being drunk
ards, and spoke of the probability of
the children squandering the im
mense amount of property left them
at their parent’s death, ‘it so hap
pened that both families of the de
ceased were largely represented at
the meeting, and consequently took
offense. At the close of the evening
service an unusual commotion was
noticed in the crowd at the door, and
threats of lynching the elder were
not a few; but better counsel pre
vailed, and he was allowed to go in
peace for that evening. At the dose
of services on Monday evening, as he
was making his way from the door
of the church to the carriage of M.r
Noble Osborn, a perfect volley of rot
ten eggs were hurled at him,“a num
ber of them taking a very strong ef
fect. After taking his seat in the car
riage, the eggs continued to be appli
ed to it, a number of them striking
the daughters of Mr. Osborn, who
were seated in the carriage.
The remarks of the elder did not
meet with the full approbation of the
church, let alone the outsiders. Yet
the conduct of the young men was a
thousand-fold worse. The commu
nity in which the above shameful
scene was enacted is composed, large
ly of an element antagonistic to the
interests of the M. E. Church, and
j the remarks of the elder made in al
i most any other community w'ould
! have had an eutire different effect.—
; While none approve of the course of
; the elder, yet all l’ight-thinlcing men
: condemn the course of the opposite
I party.
MRS. PARTINGTON ON DOMES
TICS.
‘,The plague of our housekeepers,”
said Dr. Spooner, as he sat with Mrs.
Partington iu her little front parlor,
“is domestics. They don’t work
well: they are always troublesome;
and ihey make such a racket there’s
no living in peace with them.
“I’m shore I am surprised to hear
’•ou say so,” rep bed she; “for mine
is very different. It never gets de
composed, and a little ile in thejints
makes all go as smooth as can be.”
‘•‘Oil in the joirts, madam!” the
Doctor almost screamed; “that is im
possible ; besides, it would be highly
improper. No domestic will submit,
madam, to be tiled in the joints!
Impossible!”
“But, my dear Doctor,” said Mrs.
P., laying her finger on his coat
sleeve, “I can insure you that it is
not impossible; and, if you will step
into the next room, I will show you
how I incubrate my Domestic, in ev
ery j’int, jjnd nothing improper in it
at all.”
The Doctor looked at her, half a
ghast; his sense of propriety was in
danger of being offended. Should he
or shoujfl he not? he asked, and de
cided he should. They entered the
adjacent room, and stopped at the
threshold with surpriso; for there sat
Ike at Mrs. Partington’s “Domestic”
Sewing Machine, making the wheel
revolve rapidly and the needle fly at
a bewildering gallop.
“Wbat are you doing with my Do
mestic, you bad boy?” said she exci
tedly.
“1 was seeing if ’twouldn’t make a
noise, like Aunt Tilda’s,” replied he,
getting out of the chair, and grinning;
“but there isn’t a bit of noise ir it.—
Aunt Tilda’s is like a Bteam a fire en
gine and a locomotive—bully, I tell
you!—but I’ve been running this for
half an hour, and can’t get even a
squeak out of it.”
Mrs. Partington smiled.
“And this, then, is your domestic?”
remarked the Doctor, relieved of his
apprehension. “Such a one must be
invaluable in a quiet family, whose
violence can be subdued by merely a
drop ol oil!”
Tlie Doctor went out, and Ike turn- 1
ed his attention to slamming the
stove door, in faint imitation of Aunt
Tilda’s machine.
FLIRTING.
J t is remarkable, but nevertheless
line, that as a rule, flirts, both male
and female, do not marry quickly.
The chances are that a girl* who be
comes engaged at eighteen, and goes
on becoming engaged and disengaged
as is the custom for flirts to do, ulti
mately settles down into a confirmed
old maid. If she does wed, as a gen
eral rule, she develops into a virulent
wasp, makes her husband miserrble.
and brings up her children badly,
It is not very difficult to find reasons
why flirts do not marry. Sensible
men admire in women something be
sides a pretty fiice and engaging man
ners.
They love intellect, common sense,
and heart qualifications, which the
first does not possess. The true wo
man allows her affectious fall piay,
and is not ashamed of them. She
will not lead a man to beleivo she
cares for him when she does no such
thing; she will not flirt with him
just for the sake of flirting. She has
a true conception of what is right,
and posessesa great deal more com
mon sense. She has derived her
education from something else than
three-volume novels and the society
of the empty-pated. She can be
throughly merry, but she can be mer
ry without being idiotic. She may at
tract less attention in a drawing-room
than the flirtdoes, because she is less
noisy and obtrusive; but, for all
that, she will be married sooner, and
make her husband a better and truer
wife. A true woman does not care
for the spoony young man. She dis
likes his foppishness, the vived com
pliments he pays her, and his effem
inacy. He quickly finds this out,
and leaves her in peace. Thus, if he
ultimately gets married, it is to tlie
flirt, and the happy pair lead thejoll
iest cat-and-dog life imaginable’
“AN HONEST MAN,” ETC.
Old Judge W., of in the old Do
minion is a character. He was a law
yer, a legislator, judge, and a leading
politician among the old time Whigs
of blessed memory: but alas like
tiiem his glory departed, and like
many others of his confreres, has
gone where the woodbine twineth.
Notwithstanding the loss of property
and to free us of apple-jack, he main
tained the dignity of ex-judge, dress
ed neatly, carried a gold headed cane,
and when he had taken more than his
allowance of the favorite beverage, he
was pious at such times, attending
church and sitting near the stand as
erectly as circumstances would admit,
and responding fervently. On one
occasion a Baptist brother was hold
ing forth with energy and uuction
on the evils of the times and in one of
his flights he exclaimed, ‘Show me a
drunkard! 4 The judge rose to his feet
unsteadily balancing himself on his
cane, said, solemnly ‘here I am sir;
here I am !’ The elder, though a good
deal nonplussed, by the unexpected
response managed to go on with his
discourse, and soon warming up again
to his work, again called out, “Show
me a hypocrite, Show me a hypocrite,
Show me a hypocrite.” Judge W.
again arose and reached across a seat
which intervened, touched Deacon
D. on the shoulder with his cane and
said, “Deacon D., why don’t you
respond? why don’t you respond? 1
did when they called me.”
A SECRET.
“How do you do, Mrs. Tone; have
you heard that story about Mrs. Lu
dy?”
“Why, no, Mrs. Gad; do tell?”
“Oh, I promised not to tell for all
tho world; no, I must never tell it.—
I am afraid it will get out.”
“Why, I’ll never tell it as long as
I live; just as true as the world; what
is it? Come tell.”
“Now, you won’t say anything a
bout it, will you?”
“No, I’ll never open my head a
bout it, never. Hope to dio this
minute!”
“Well, if you’ll believo me, Mrs.
Founday told me last night that Mrs.
Trot tokl her that her sister’s husband
was told by a person who dreamed it,
that Mrs. Trouble’s oldest daughter
told Mrs. Nichens that her grand
mother heard by a letter that she got
from her third sister’s step-daughter
that it was reported by the captain
of a steam boat, arrived from the Fiji
Islands, that the mermaids of that
section wore shark-skin hustles, stuff
ed with pickled eel’s toes.”
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FARMING.
Farming is, without doubt, the su
rest occupation there is. Farmers
may not grow rich, but they always
manage to get a living for themselveu
and family, which is more than can
be said of any other pursuit. They
may grow rich in this as in any other
pursuit, according to the degree of in
telligence and industry brought to
bear. If you desire to see the success
of your children rendered safe in life,
educate them for the farm. But this
word educate has a deep signification
here; it is the want of this that maktw
tarm life, generally, so dull, and the
attainment of great wealth, by farm
ing, so rare. There is no occupation
of life that will repay intelligence,
thought, and study, better than agri
culture will, and it is because intelli
gence lias so little to do with the gen
eral farming operations that it is so
unattractive to young men, and leads
them to forsake it for the professions
or other intellectual pursuits. In
duce your children to take an early
interest in the farm, in their imple
ments and in their stock. Tell them
ail your plans, and the history of
your success and failures; tell them
vour own history as a boy, but don’t
harp too much on the degenerate
character of the young men of the
present age. Praise them when you
can, and encourage them to do still
better. Give each one a calf or a colt
to raise, or a small patch of grain to
cultivate on his own account. But,
above all, let them study chemistry
and the laws of breeding in stock.—
Light your homes brilliantly,.in the
evening, with kerosene, and provide
pleasant agreeable reading; encour
age your children to dreaa up in the
evening, and encourage your neigh
bors to drop in, and then talk agri
culture—the importance of large
crops, good stock, liberal feeding, ju
dicious crosses, the ad van tage of keep
ing animals comfortable, judicious
rotation of crops, the chemical prop
erties of manure, etc., rather than
grumble about hard time*) and the
price of wages, in this way you can
make farming an intellectual pursuit;
and whatever has intelligence in it
wiil be attractive.
PUKE WATER FOR COWS.
A erase of scientific investigation at
! U o ,™* ll University, by Prof. Low, is
j full of interest to farmers, and espe
! eilally dairymen. The milk furnish
i ed by the milkmen attracted the at
; tention of the professor, by the pecu
niar appearance of the cream, which
had a ropy look. When subjected
;to a powerful microscope, there ap-
S peared a large number of organisms
ofdifferent stages of growth. Thein
vestigation was pushed by the pro
fessor, and the cause ascertained.
The milkman admitted that he al
lowed the cows to take their drink
from a stagnant pool, instead of giv
ing them good pure water. It was
I shown that the foul organisms which
were taken up by the cows when
drinking such water, pass into the
circulation, enter the blood, and even
taint the secretions, making the milk
a mass of filth.
Everlasting Fence Posts.—“l
discovered many years ago that wood
could be made to last longer than iron
in the ground, but thought the pro
cess so simple and inexpensive that
it was not worth while making any
stirabout it. I would as soon have
poplar, basswood or quaking ash as
any other kinds of timber for fence
posts. I have taking out basswood
posts after having been set seven
years, that were as sound w hen tak
en up as when first put in the grouud.
Time and weather seemed to have
no effect on them. The posts can be
prepared for less than two cents a
piece.
“For the benefit of others, I willgivo
the recipe: Take boiled linseed oil
and stir it in pulverized charcoal to
the consistency of paint.—Put a coat
of this over the timber, and there is
not a man that will live to see it
rot ten. “ —Cor Western Rural.
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
A series of experiments instituted
to test the average loss in weight by
drying, show that corn looses ono
flfth, and wheat ofle-fourteenth by
the process. From this statement it
appears that farmers will make more
by selling unshelled corn in the fall
at 75 cents, than the following sum
mer at $1 a bushel; and that wheat
at $1 32 in December is equal to $1 ,50
for the same wheat in June follow
ing. This estimate is made on the
basis of interest at 7 per cent, and
takes no account of loss from vermin.
These facta are worthy of considera
tion.
Peach Yellows.— Peach tre s
are never attacked by the yellows in
thissection, the sickly color of their
foliage is, doubtless, caused by their
stunted and consequently starved
condition, and the presence of borers
at the roots. To guard against the
latter, remove all the worms you can
discover under the bark of the roots
apply a handful of lime or ashes and
afterwards hill up the trees as you
would a hill of potatoes. Leave tho
trees earthed up until November
when the cone of earth should be lev
elled; and repeat the hillingnp every
Bpring, before insect life beeomes
active.—P. J. Berkmaxs in Farmer
and Gardener.
Chicken Cholera Cure.—G. IT.
N., Berlin Heights, Ohio, wants to
know what will cure chicken cholera,
and I suppose many others would
like to know the same. Feed them
Venetian Red, mixed in corn meal
dough, until the dough is red. Or, if
the chickens cannot eat it, wet the
Venetian Red, and poor it down
their throats.
To prevent it, put the Venetian Red
in W’ater where the chickens can drink
every day.
This is a sure cure. It has never
hilled in any instance where it has
been tried, so far as I know. It will
cure when the chicken is so far gone
that it cannot make any noise. The
Venetian Red costs hut 10 cents a
pound.— Exchange.
Ckolt Cure.—We find the follow
ing in the Montgomery Advertiser:
j This is a croup season, and as croup
I is a disease that requires prompt re
| lief it w ill be well to hear the follow
| ing remedy in mind: Take the white
| of an egg, stir it thoroughly into a
i quantity of well sweetened water,
! and give it in repeated doses until a
j cure is effected. If one egg is not
sufficient, a second,, or even a third
I one, should, ho used.
so. 10.