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About The standard and express. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1871-1875 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1873)
THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. VOL. 14. THE Standard & Express I publish 1 every THURSDAY MORNING IIV 8. H. SMITH & CO. ‘•UBsuuiPTrox i*m< E: per annum, in advance. Professional and Business Turds JOHN \V. WOKKORD. TifOM AS W. MII.NKH WOFFORD & MILNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CAUTEJtSYILLE, GA. / \ FFit B no -tuirs, Hank Block. u t 1 ( . TUMLIN, IT. ATTOII NE Y A T LA W , CAIIIUISVILLi-., GA. (jilt ,*e over the Bank. |«» fl N L 7 moiTn , A TTOH XE V AT LA W , (..’ART HUS VITAE, Will pnieriee in the counties comprising the i!. p. ■<- ('i rei i it, Office over Lie inn ill’s > tore. I ) \V. MUnTIIEY, ATTORNEY at law, C \UTKIISVIM.E. GA. Will juMeti •' lu flm courts of the Cherokee i •.]’< .•■.I .t r at. tent ion given to the eol ol i titns, office with < 01. Abda Johu- Oct. 1. a I*. WOFFORD, A,. j A T TOR NE Y A T LAW . j CAItTiiRsVILLE, GA. OFFB K in Court-House. ian 2(5 M. FOUTE, ATTOR NE Y A T LAW, CARTKRSVILLE, GA. ( With Col. Warren Akin.) Will practice in the courts of Harlow, Cobb, Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield anil ad Joiuinjc counties. March 30. jl 11. MCDANIEL, Hi. AT T O>R NE Y A T LAW , j CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office with John W. Wolford. jan ’72 \W. D. TRAMMELL. ATTO RN E Y A T LA W , CARTERSV ILL 0, GA OFFIUF \V. Main St., next door to standard X Express Oltice. Fob, 15,18 TJ —wly. G, H. BATES. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oil ice oyer store ol Ford X lirian t. Feb. H DR. W. A. TROTTER OFFERS his 1* lit) FKSSSON A L SERVICES to the citizens of Cartersville. ()llice with Dr. linker. Uarlersville, Git., Jan. 7, 1871. IVTetlicnl TV ol ice. I v U. W. HARDY, having removed to this | / city, proposes PRACTICING bI£D!CI HE , in all its blanches, and is also prepared for OPERATIVE SURGERY. _ Al-01-l DR. J. A. JACKSON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SIRGEoN. OFFICE in W. A. Loyless’ Drug Store, next door to Stokelv & \Y illiants’. oet‘27 W. M. Mounlcastlc, Jcvvolcr and Watch and Clock Repairer, C .VET MIS VIM E GEORGIA. Office in front of A. A. Skinner A Co’s Store. GEN. W. T. WOFFItD. JNO. 11. WIKIiE Woiforcl Wiltlo, ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, AND llcsi.l Estate Agents, Cnrtorsvillo, Ga. SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the pur chase and '.lie of Real Estate. -28-6’.u. DENTISTRY.; rnUE iin<loi-si>:iic.l respectfully informs tiic citizens of CartcisviUe ami vicinity that lie has resumed the practice of Dentistry, and by «-lose attention to business and faithful work h.t hopes to receive a liberal share of success, (■(lice over Erwin. Stokely & t o. Jan 30-6 m. I . M. .JOHNSON. I>entiil rpilE undersigned, a practical dentist of 18 1 years experience, having purchosed jirop erty and located permanently in the city of cartersville, will continue tiie practice in rooms opposite those of Wofford ,t Milner, in the new building adjoining the Hank. With experience and application U> my profession, charges al ways reasonable autf just, I hope to merit the patronage of a generous public. oiliec hours, from November Ist proximo, 8 to Ma. m., 2tosP. m. Sabbaths excepted. Calls answered at residence, opposite Uaptist church. it. A. sKAI.K. 10-17—ts Surgeon Dentist. DB. CiIAS. D*ALVI6Kt, 1> E TV T Is r r , Carter,sville, da. SPEC IA L ATTENTION given to children’■ teeth. 8-15— HEAD HOUSE, Fronting Passenger I>epot, CHATTANOOGA. JOHN T. HEAD, Proprietor. Jan IG-’72. For over FORTY YEARS tliis PURELY VEGETABLE Liver Mt-iriue has prove s to be the GREAT UNFAILING SPECI FIC lor Liver Complaint ami the painful offspring therco , to wit: Dyspepsia, Constipation, Juun dice, JSiliious attacks, Sick Headache. Colic, Dope, -ion of Spirit-, Sour stomach. Heart Hum, < HILLS and FEVER, Ac.. Jtc. Alter years ot careful experiments, to meet a great and urgent demand, we now produce irotn our original Genuine l J oudu n THE PREPARED, •i :i;j:.id b’- m < I SIM MON'S LI V Lit RKGU LAT 1 It. cor.aining all its valuable and won dcr id i rojx-i tic-, not offer it in ONE DOLLAR BOTTLES. The Fun 'or (as before).. .SI.OO per package. Sent by mail 1.04 “ :w CAUTION. I!it; no Powders or Simmon’s Liver Regula tor uu'.e-s in our engraved wrapper, with the Trade Mark, Si-imp , :i I fignaiitre unbroken. None other i- gen a i ue. J. H. ZEILIN & Cos., PdACGH, GA., AND PHILADELPHIA. SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTB. It Leads 1 o Happiness I A Been to tiie Wiiole Race ot Woman! DR. J. BRADFIBLD’S FEMALE REGULATOR! It will bring on the Menses;, relieve all pain tit the monthly- “l’eriud;” cure Rhc-iunatt-m and Neuralgia of Rack and Uterus; Letn-or rliccaor "WliiteS, ” and partial Prolapsus Uteri; cheek excessive flow, and correct all irregular ities peculiar to ladies. It will remove flit irritation of Kidneys and If ladder; relieve CoM.it eness; purify the’Blood: give tone and strength to the whole system; clear the 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 i- in Chills and Fever. Ladies can cure themselves of all the above diseases without revealing their complaints to any person, w Inch is always mortifying to their pride and modesty. It is recommended by the best physicians and the clergy. LaGuangf., Ga., March 23,1870. (BRA DFIELD A GO., Atlanta, Ga,—Dear mi s : 1 take pleasure in stating that 1 have used lor Lhe last twenty years, the medicine you are now putting up, known as Dr. J. ilr.idlield’s FKMALE KEGI LATOIt, and consider it the best combination ever gotten together for the disea-, s for which it is recommended. I have been familiar with the prescription both a- a practitioner of medicine and in domestic prac tice, and can honestly fay that 1 cons tiler it a boon to suffering females, and can but hope that every lady in our whole land, who may be suffering in any wav peculiar to their sex, may he able to procure a* bottle, that their sufferings may not only lie relieved, but that they may be restored to health and strength. With my kindest regards, I am respectfully, W. B. FERRELL, M. D. XkAlt Marietta. Ga., March2l, 1870. ML-Mt-S. \VM. ROOT A SON.— Dear Sirs: ‘■'nine months ago I bought a bottle of liUAD FIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR from you, and have used it in my family with the utmost sat isfaet ion, and hate recoin mended it to three other families, and they have found it just what it is recommended. The 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 tile public. Yours respect lull v, Rev. 11. B'. JOHNSON. We could add a thousand other certificates; but. we consider the above amply sufficient prooi of its virtue. Ali we a.-k is a trial. For inil particulars, history of diseases, and certificates of it# wonderful cures, the reader is referred (•> the wrapper around the bottle. .Manufactured and sold by BRAD FIELD & CO,, Price *1 50. ATLANTA, G A. Sold by till Druggists, 1-30-ly. Win. Gouldmith, Manufacturer and dealer in \} ft N 1 T U/j jglgp) (VIETALIO bUfIiAL CASES & GASKETS - *=• ~ f ... . ..; % '/5 • ' Also keeps on hand wood corriNS of every desm iption. All osiers by night or day promptly attended to. aug. 22 NOTICE~TO“FAKMEIIS ! OUR attention is rsspectfnlly invited to tli A t/i'K’ul tural Wa re house OF ANDERSON & WELLS, ATLANTA, GEORG IA, DEALERS IN Guanos, Field and Garden Seeds, FAHM WAGONS, PITTS’ Tii aESHEPtS. Size 20 to 32 inch cylinder, with or without down and mounted horse powers. SWEEPSTAKES THRESHERS. Size 26 to 32 inch cylinder, with or witgout down and mounted horse powers. Bali’s Reaper and Mower, Buck-Eye Reaper and Mower PLOWS—ONE AND TWO-IIORSE BUGGY PLOWS. Also General Agents for “ Pendleton’s Guano Compound,” Cash, $0? 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* credit Ist Nov., SSO; And all other kinds of implements and ma chinery, which we sell as loyr as any house in the Mouth. Call and sec us, or send for Trice List. ANDERSON & WEILS. 52 COX & HILL, WHOLESALE I) EALE It S IN Foroi and Domestic LIQUORS, Peachtree Street, ATLANTA , €i EOBOIA. an. 30-ly. SAMUEL 11. SMITH & COMPANY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. CAKTEItSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH JO. 1ST:!. j From the Peterson Guardian.] IS TIIE DEVIL DEAD? AN ANTI-MORTUARY Dltsf o! ILSE BY REV. MR. DAY. USES AND ABUSES OF SATAN. The Rev. Mr. Day preached on Sun day at the comfortable little Chapel of the Independents on the query; Hs the Devil dead?” Tiie theory of the speaker was, the devil is the era i bodiment of all the evil in the world, • dissa.se, disaster, death. Christ him : self triumphed over the devil, but so long as there is in the world sutu r ing, wrong-doing, and death, Christ’s work is not yet performed. The dev il is therefore just as active, strong, 1 and triumphant in the world to-day as he ever was. Mr. Day, however, | believes that mankind are not to be I finally handed over to the tender mercies of the devil to be tormented everlastingly, but that after death they wilt be punished, purified, and ultimately enjoy the happiness of ; heaven. If we understand the reverend gen tleman correctly, he believes that j same great change or series of chang j es, such as those that have already j taken place in the ages of the past. | may finally occur in the world—and 1 the present laws of the univerese, be changed or modified by the Almigh ty, when sin, physical suffering and death will be banished, and the King dom of Christ reign supreme. The devil will at this period be east into hell and forever destroyed and blot ted out of existence. Mr. Day’s argument to prove his particular theories were ingenious and subtle, and although a little mis ty, his views are no more visionary than those of other theologians who treat of subjects that must, after all, remain mete matter of opinion. A good many people must have antici pated, from the subject announced, •‘The Destruction of the Devil,” that some serious accident had happened to their old friend and associate, and the audience was‘quite large. After all the abuse that has been heaped on ‘Old Xick,’ with bis cloven foot and red-hot tail, we really don’t know how the world would get along after it has become so used to his company. It would certainly be ve ry lonesome to a good many people, and monotonously dull. The devil is the grand motive pow er of the business world and keeps everything lively. Without him what would become of all the mag nificent cathedrals and churches, tiie ministers and missionaries, the theo logical schools and tract societies?— Henry Ward Beecher's and oilier re ligious newspapers, and all the nu merous branches o£ industry connect ed with them? What would become of Dr. Banvat'd’s stately church and his theological thunder? OfDomi nee Knapp’s “baptismal pants,” and Mr. Dunn’s fiery phillipics against sin and satan, and the thousands of good sermons that are preached all over the world every Sunday? The devil furnishes more employment in this world than is generally supposed, and we doubt if he can be spared just yet, without creating too great a vac uum. Only think of the many enterprises ■ he is managing in this country alone, be sides the New York daily papers. The great coal and railroad moiiopo- ; lies, the national banking and men- j eyed monopolies, State Legislatures,; the election of United State Senators, * Woodhull and Clafiin’s Weekly, the-; atres and gift concerts. Credit Mobil-; er schemes, thousands of gambling' hells, the New York Custom House, | and scores of places of infamous re- : sort; this whole Radical party and a great many other wicked things, as ! the auctioneers say, too numerous to ; mention. Dominec Day is right when he says ! the devil is just as active and power ful as ever, in spite of all the theolog ical missiles that havt- ever beau launched at his head for so many hundred years. We fear that he is a tolerable, permanent institution in this world and would be greatly miss ed. We have never had any dealing with him ourselves, but those that have seem to have prospered just as well as we have. A great majority of mankind do not act as though they wanted him destroyed. COURAGE AT THE LAST. The excellent Sir William Fobers, the biographer of Beattie, uttered this, “fell those,” said he, “that are drawing down to the bed of death, from my experience, that it has no terrors; that in the hour when it is most wanted, there Is mercy with the Most High ;and that some change takes place which fits the soul to meet its God.” When the loyal. Earl of Derby came to Ids execution, although he had said in previous times, that lie could die in fight, but knew not how it might be on the scaffold, he now said he could lay Ids head on the block as cheerfully as on his pillow. “Let my people know,” said the pious Archdeacon Aiymor, “that their pastor died undaunted, and not afraid of death. I bless my God that I have no doubt, no fear, no reluctance, but an assumed confi dence in the sin-overcoming merit of Jesus Christ.” So said President Finley: “Give my love to the people of Princeton ; tell them that I am go ing to die, and that I am not afraid of death.” “Oh !do not fear to die,” said Mrs. East in dying; you will find the word of God sure, ail will bo fulfilled, and you will find It so.” These were the"words of Halliburton: “I, poor, weak, timorous man, once as much afraid of death as any—l, that have been many years under the terror of death, come now, in the mercy ol God and the power of His grace, composedly and with joy to look death in the face.” it often appears that those from whom constitutional courage or phil osophic firmness could least be ex pected, go down to the valley of death with most complete triumph over their past apprehensions. In the re collections ol many, some such ex ample of a dying friend will occur with convincing power and tender ness. They tell us that this absence of fear is no fruit of nature, of habit, or of strenuous effort, but the gift of Him who gave to death its terrors when he made it the doom of sin, and who takes those terrors away when sin is blotted out through the blood of the Lamb. An amateur editor in Indianapolis has made a fortune by Ills pen. His father died of grief after reading one of his editorials, and left him £.200,- 000. IT IS* BETTER. Better to wear a calico dress without trimming, if it bo paid for, than to owe the hop-keeper for the most elegant silk, cut and trimmed in the most bewitching manner. Better to live in a log cabin all your own, than a brown stone mansion belonging to somebopy else- Bettcr walk forever than run into debt for a horse anti carriage. Rotter to sit by a pine table, for wh you paid three dollars ten years ago, than send home anew extension black walnut top, and promice to pay for it next week. Better to use the old cane-seated chairs, and faded two-ply carpet, than tremble at Hhe bill* sent home from the upholsterers for the most elegant parlor set ever made. Better fro meet your business ac quaintance with a free “don’t owe you a cent” smile, than to dodge a round the corner to escape a dun. Better to pay the street organgrin der two cents for music, if you must have it, than owe fora grand piano. Better to gaze upon bare walls than pictures unpaid for. Better eat thin soup from ea: then ware, if you owe your butcher noth ing, than to dine off lamb ami roast beef, and know that it does not be long to you. Better to let your wife have a fit of hysterics than to run in debt for nice new furniture, or clothes, or jewelry, oi any thing else that women wish for. A fit of hysterics, properly mana ged, is often more real benefit to a wo men than anything you could buy. It is better to treat them in this way: “When she begins to cry for some thing she ought to know she cannot have, try to reason with h r a little.” COMMODORE MAURY’S PRAY ER. Commodore Maury was not only a scientific inmi of the highest class, but a Christian. His dying testimo ny in favor of Christianity is worthy of record and preservation. The Southern Churchman says: “Two days before bis death he called Ids son, Col. R. L. Maury, to his bedside and dictated the following prayer which lie composed and used daily for nearly forty years—‘ever since that 29th of October when I was laid upon my back at Bomerest, Ohio;’ and which he desired him to transmit to to Lis absent children, should they not arrive in time. He refered to the accident which fractured his leg and lamed him for life. lie also stated that every petition in the prayer had been granted. ‘Lord Jesus, thou Sou of God, and Redeemer of the world, have mercy | upon me ; pardon ray sins, and teach me the errors of my way. (five me anew heart and a right mind. Teach j mo and all mine, to do thy will, and in all things to keep thy law. Aud ! teach me also to ask those tilings nee-! essary for my eternal life. Lord par don me for all my sins; for thine is the kingdom j and the power, and the glory forever and over.’ J it 1810 Commodore Maury connec ted himself with the Protestant Epis copal Church. Long before his lov ed ones felt that he was indeed going to tiie, Commodore Maury felt it— knew it. He summoned" them all (for they were all present) to His bed side and told them he was dying, but not to grieve, for he was at* peace with God, and was ready and anx ious to go. During the forty-eight hours just prior to his death, he ate nothing, and talked of the glories that soon awaited him. St Louis Republican Now York Letter.] A CAT INVESTMENT. A Mr. Rogers, on Warren street, lias been advertising for cats, and boasts he had one hundred and eigh ty brought him. That ain’t a cir cumstance to Geo. Fox’s catastro phe. They were about to play a piece, some years ago, at the Bowery, in which an oltl maid loses her Cat, and advetising it, the cats come in dozens. A placard was affixed to the door of the theatre, offering a ticket to the pit for a cat. The atten tion of the boys being particularly called to this bulletin, George waited for cats, and ho did not wait long. The procession reached up the street to Houston street. Such a time tak ing in cats the Bowery never had be fore. As they were received they were dumped through a trap in a door into an empty room. B;y night fall the din was horrible. Respecta ble mothec cats torn from their fami lies cats with business engagements for that particular' evening; black cats, and gray, and white, and tor toiseshell, and Maltese cats, agree! to speak out and let the worst be known, and there was a jolly row. They slid the door open just a lit tie way, for a slim youth to go capture a cat. Alas! You’ve heard of fur Hy ing, and if you had stood there at that crack, you’d have seen it— nine ty six cats, by the clock, flew through the aperture. And for six weeks the most emotional efforts of Eddy and * .oorge Boniface were interrupted by the appearance from some wing of an attenuated, elongated, curvilinear backed cat, with a tail the size of a stovepipe and a voice of prolonged anguish. It was a great investment, and yeilded Fox certainly ten per cent. NIPPED IN THE BUD. A certain Doctor T ,of a town north of tiie Clyde, was a strong and decided Prcsbyteriad, and his lady love was a strong and decided Bap tist. They were si tii ng together, one evening, talking of their approach ing nuptials, when the doctor re marked : ‘1 am thinking, my dear, of two events which I shall number among the happiest of my life.’ ‘And pray what may they be, doc tor?’ remarked the lady. ‘One is the hour when I shall call you my wife for the first time.’ ‘And the other?’ ‘ls when we shall present our first born for baptism.’ ‘ What! sprinkled ?’ ‘Yes, my dear, sprinkled.’ ‘Never shall a bairn of mine be sprinkled, Doctor T ” ‘Every bairn of mine, Miss McD—, shall be sprinkled.’ ‘They shall be, hey?’ ‘Yes, my love.’ ‘Well, sir, lean tell you then, that your bairns won’t be my bairns. So, good night, sir!’ The lady left the room, and the doctor lelt the house. The sequel was no marriage—no bairns. TO YOUNG MEN. The young man who has an antbi ? lion to make a great noise in the world should learn boiler making. He can make more noise at that trade than at anything else ho cau engage in. If he believes a man should “strike for wages,” he should learn blaek smithing—especially if he is good at ; ‘blowing.” j If he would embrace a profession |in which he can rise rapidly he houkl become an aeronaut. He couldn’t timl anything better “for ; high.” , He vrtaialy could do a staving land perhaps a starving! business at the cooper trade. If he believes ii “measure, not men,” he will embark in tailoring i business. if the one great objeafe of iris life is I to make money, he sii-iul.l gat a posi tion in the United States mi at. If he is a punctual sort of a cha*> and :• nxiou3 to bo “on tune,” he should put his hands to watchmak ; iag. -e if ho believes it the chief end of man to have his business largely “felt why, of course, ho will be ; anno a hatter.” i If he wants to “g datth ? root of a j thing,” ho will become a dentist—al i though, if he does, he will be often | found “looking down in tiie mouth.” If a man is a burgler at his best he should become a physician, and then j he will have none of his bad work j thrown upon his hands. It is gener- j ally buried out of sight, you know. Should he incline to high living, but prefer a plain board, then the car penter's trade will suit him. He can piaine board enough at that. If he is needy and well-bred he will be right at home as a baker. He shouldn’t become a cigar mak er. If he does all his work will end in smoke. The young man who enjoys plenty j of company, and is ever ready to scrape acquaintance, will find the barber business a congeinal pursuit. The quickest way for him to ascend to the top round of his calling is to become a hod-carrier. Avery “grave” young man might flourish as an undertaker. Don’t learn chair-making; for no matter how well you please your cus tomers, they will sooner or later get down on your work. And don’t become an umbrella ma ker, for their business is “used up.” If ho would have his'work touch the heads of the nation, we know of no way he could sooner accomplish such an object than l>y making combs. The young man who would have the fruits of his labor brought before the eyes of the people will become an optician. The work being easily seen through cannot be difficult to learn. A man can always make a scent in the perfumery business. If a young man is a paragon of hon or, truthfulness, sobriety, has never sworn a profane word, and has twen ty thousand dollars that he has no use for, then he should immediately start —a newspaper.— F. C. , .Saturday Ni'j M.” PB ESI DENT ED WARDS’ DEDI CATION TO GOD. When Jonathan Edwards was nineteen years of age, he wrote in his diary: ‘T have this day solemnly renewed my covenant and self-dedication which I made when I was received into communion with the church. “I have been before God, and have given mvsoli', all that 1 am and have, to God, so that I am not in any re spect my own ; I can challenge no right in myself; 1 can challenge no right in this understanding, this will, these affections that are in me; nei ther have I any right to this body or any of its members; no right to 'this tongue, these hands, nor feet; no right to these senses, these eyes, these cars, this smell, or taste. I nave giv en myself clear away, and have not retained any thing as my own. I | have been to God this morning, and I told Him that I gave myself wholly jto Him. I have given (‘very power ! to Him, so that for the future I will challenge no right to myself in any respect. I have expressly promise* 1 Him, and do now promise Almighty God, that by His grace I will not. I i have this morning told Him that I | did take Him for my whole portion I and felicity, looking on nothing else as any part of my happiness, nor acting as if it were; and His law for the constant rule of my obedience; and would fight with all my might against the world, the flesh and the devil, to the end of my life. That I did be lieve in Jesus Christ, and receive Him as a Prince and a Saviourjrand would adhere to the faith and obedience of | the gospel, how hazardous and diffi cult soever the profession and prac tice of it may be. That I did receive the blessed Spirit as my teacher, sanctifier and only comforter, and cherish all His motions to enlighten, purify, confirm, comfort and assist me. Tins I have •.lone. And I pray God, for the sake of Christ, to look upon it os self-dedication, and to re ceive me as entirely His own, and deal with me in ait respects as such, i \\ hether Ixe uffbets in i or prospers : me, or whatever He pleases to do with i me who am Ilis. “Now henceforth I am not to act in i any respect as my own. I shall act ; as my own, if I ever make use of any I of my powers to any thing that is not i to the glory of God, and do not make the glorifying Him my whole an l entire business; if I murmur in the least at atliictions; if I grieve at the prosperity of others; if I am in any way uncharitable; if I am angry be cause of injuries; if 1 revenge; if ido any thing purely to please myself; or if I avoid any thing for the sake of my ease; if I omit any thing because it is a great self-denial; if I trust to myself; if I take any of the praise of i any good that I do, or rattier which i God does by me; or if I am in any way proud. For fear that our readers may for get it, we would remind them that it was over in Birmingham that the celebrated dog-killing case was tried, 1 in which, when defendant was asked by the Justice if he killed the (log, j he answered: “Yes; 1 killed the dog, | but let him prove it.” And plaintiff, : when asked by the Justice what the , dog was worth, replied: “Oh, the darned dog wasn’t worth any thing, but ns be was mean enough to kill him, let him pay the full value.” THE OLD I’ROVERB PROVEN - APPEARANGES DEUEPTIVE. One day recently a venerable dar key, with a regular class-meeting ex pression upon his faee and hat in nan 1, approached the residence of an i editor of this paper and tasked: “Is j dis whar do preacher lives?” lie was answered in the negative, but in sisted that it “must be xle house.” ! In the meantime the editor himself appeared, ami t ie old darkey saluted him with a marked respect, saying— “ Bar's de Parson, 1 kuowM 1 was 1 right.” He then delivered to the ed itor, with a profound bow, a bundle j containing a tine lot of beef and a note. Thu note, sure enough, was [addressed to the editor, presenting i him with the beef; but how about the i parson? After much trouble the old | darkey was convinced that he was edkirtg to an editor instead of a par son. Scratching fib head, the darkey | remarked—“Do eyes are mighty do j ceivin’, masoi, I always took you for ! a preaoiicr—you looks so meek aud j solemn, and 1 thought 1 could see de parson in your walk and in de'elewa tion of your head.” Now, if that venerable nig had walked into this office soma cold day and left the yloor open, or scon that editor prepa.mg to agitate the leather question under some disrespectful fellow’s coat-tail, we’ll be hanged if he hadn’t changed his notions about meek and pious looks in a jiffy. Let it be understood that ve Local is not the editor referred to.— E.r. HOUSTON COUNTY TO EMI CE ATI()N AG ENTS-\YARN ING FR O M A COL- O R E D MAN. Fort Valley% March 4, 1873. Editors TcSegraph and Messenger'. ; [ write this brief notice for tiie ben- i end of the farmers, both white and black, of my section of the country. Our fanners have been greatly trou bled by these emigrant agents induc ing hands under contract to leave.; I took it upofl myself to visit Mocon and inform the agents that all th 1 hands are now under contract, ami they have promised not to come into our country again, stating they were not aware of tb it fact. (Should they now come, knowing that all the hands are under contract, they will come here as the enemy, both of the ; white and black. If I ever favored emigration, I state positively that 1 am opposed to this specie# 'of einigra- j tion. if my color desire to go to Ar kansas, let them pay their way and go as freemen and not as slaves, bound to any one or to settle in any , certain locality. Go there free to choose your home, and the party you desire to work with; and, going in this way I would say, have money, enough by you in case you did not \ like tiie country you can return, but j the way you go now, you are bound before you get there, and they can place you in the swamps where death ! is certain, and you will be compelled to stay. Paul Barn Err. .SETTLING WITH THE DD'JTOR. In Texas, the other day, n doctor rode fifty miles to attend a patient. After he had cured the patient, he presented a bill for B>o, and proceed ed to complete his preparations for the journey back to the post thinking no more about the matter. As ho was about u> mount, the patient’s husband nut in appearance, with his trusty rifle in his hand. ‘Doctor,’-said he, ‘I reckon we’d better settle this here matter now.’ And taking him aside. ‘You wa’nt goin’g off without a settlement, was you? I don’t want to owe no man nothing.’ Here is a ten, which I reckon is about the s.piar’ thiag. Now, it you ain’t satisfied, jest get yor w vepon, and come round behind the iiill t liar’so’s the old woman won’t be riled up, and we’ll settle it. I don’t want no man to go away from my house dissatisfied—’specially you, Doc.’ —r- - Daily Food.—Whan kind of bread do star actors live upon ? Their g rea t roles. W hat do vagr.mts ii ice? Common ioaf. What do < aniry editors live upon? Puffs. What do commercial travelers live upon ? Sdr aboui*. What do lawyers live upon? Sue-it pudding. What do gnmbiers live upon ? Stakes. What is most sat isfactory for any contractor? Indian; isn’t it? What sustains the Georg ians? crackers. What kind ofdrinks do children like? Tease. What kind artillerists like ? Shells. What kind sextons like? Bier. What kind do milkmen like ? Water. What kind do doctors like ? Old ail. What kind do cotton planters like? Gin. Silk Worm Nuhseriib.—Dr. J. S. Barnwell, of Beau ford, S. (J., is now visiting the Northern (-ivies for the purpose of bringing the facts of the advantag sos sericulture before the man if.tcturers intcreste l in Nilk, with a view of establishing a siik worm nursery at Beaufort. In colo nial times this was a business of great profit In Sentli Carolina. Til an e is some talk of forming a new State to be called “Alleghany,” out of Western North Cfroiina, East ern Tennosseo, and South western Virginia, with the Capital at Knox ville or Chattanooga. The territory thus-described consists almost wholly of mountain land, and the new State wouid bo the Switzerland of Ameri ca. Many frantic efforts have been made to Show in writing how “Cred it Mobiiier” is pronounced in French. We make our effort. Add a Quak er’s affirmation to the name of a Southern city, and you nave the last word —“ Mobile-yea.” The whole may be presented thus—“Cray-dee Mobile-yea.” But any way is good enough for such a concern.— PUUn. Aye. Thin party (to street urchiu).— “Boy, what do you suppose that dog is following me for ?” The youngster casting a knowing look at him vert.li ly replies: “Guess he takes you for a bone!” A school-boy’s toast: “The girls— May they add charity to beauty, sub tract envy from friendship, multiply genial affections, divide time by in dustry and recreation, reduce scandal to its lowest denominations, and raise virtue to its highest powers.” In Germany, when the vote of the jury stands sixffo six the prisoner is acquitted. A vote of seven against five leaves the decision to the court, and in a vote of eight against four, the prisoner is convicted. P 0 E TRY. THROUGH THE PASS. [Ju-'i before liU J.-uli, U.ipL Matthew F. Maury expres ,e.l tli wL-.ii which, almost in lii» cry vr-H-ff, R here given :] 1. “Home—bear in ■ hum \ at Lust,” ho said, “And lay mo where mv dead are lying; , But nut while skies are overspread. And tu nirnfu! wintry winds are sighing. 11. “Wait till the roy.il mirvli ofSpriuy; Carpets the mountain fu-tnesa over Till chattering birds are on the win/. And Iku/.lug boos are in the* clover. 111. ; “Wait tiil the laurel bursts its buds, And creeping ivy tlinyf-s its graces About the nehonid rocks—and Howls Os suuslmie till the shady places. rv. “Then—when the sky, the air, the ffrasy — Sweet N itnre all, it- triad and tender— Then, bear me through the Goshen-Pus,* Amid its flash of May-day splendor.” V. —So will -vc boar him/ Huinin heart To Nature’* own drew never nearer; And uever stooped she to Impart Her love to one wiio h**ld it dearer. VI. The stars had secrets lor him; Sea* Revealed the depths their ways were treat ing, The winds gave up their masteries— The tidal flows confessed their meaning. VII. Os Opctu-paths, the tangied clew He taught the nations to unravel; And showed the track, where safely through, Tiie lightning-footed thought might travel. VIII. And yet, unspoiled by all the store Os Nature’s grander revelations, Who bowed more lovingly before The lowliest of her lair creations ? IX. •No sage of all the sages past, Ambcred in Plutarch’s limpid story, Upon Ills living age has c.u.t A radiance tons'll with truer glory. X. His noble living, for the ends God set him—(duty underlying Each thought, word, action) —naught tmns ccnyls In lustre, pave his nobler dying. XI. Do homage, sky, and air, and grass! All tilings he Cherished sweet nnd tend *r, A» through our gorgeous Mountain-P is, We bear him in his sunset splendor! M VUGABBT J. Pkikhsox. *A magnificent mount tin g rgc, between Lexington, Va., (where Captain Maury ex pire:!) and the Contra! ltaiiroad. “’POSSUM” HUNTING -A SONG. Old Marster lie loved ’po- inn, and loved to hunt him,l »; We niggers iv mid go along wid him to put de bu-duess through. De diyseu da; pUmtation would bark and wag der tails, And when dey couldn't jump de fence, would squeeze ’em through tie rails; And come a Iblicriu’ .-trier a> fast ns dey could go: For when we wcn\ a po.-suming dey all was shoo to know. A nigger den would al’lays climb right up in- \ to de tree, And peep around about him to see what he could see. Old Marster lie would surely den creep up wid his axe, And ’gin to cut upon dat tree wid most pow’- j ful whacks; Afore de nigger could come down de tree would mostly fall— Then smack among da dogs would light de ’possum, nig and all. De dogs would pitch upon ’em bofli and most tar dem in half, Oid Marster he would stand aside and kill his self wid laugh. When, at last, dad nigger did scramble otit’n de dirt— lie would lie it’nin. f naked, and minus ob his shirt. But he would wid us ’joy it, and hold de ’pos sum light, And Marster and let him hub it, which we all tlio’t was right. We’d slip de ’possum in a hag, and ’gin to hunt again, An and hab a jolly time ob it—no matter ’bout de rain. For our fun right heavily at times we’d hab to pay— VViien ’ittong dc briars m de swamp we'd come to loose our way. Tills only li. ppS:i ; and when ’twas dark, for when the stars shone bright, j By de “seven rimer.-.’ we was shoo to come out right. I '-■muetimes de and ys would strike a trail and | shake just litre de devil; I And stop de hunt—and dcu we’d know dat dey had seen de evil; | At odder times we’d hunt all night and not go home till day; And Irtish as larks turn out to work as es ’twas only play. Old Marster he’d Ire kind to us, and give us a little dram, Old Mistress send us biscuits, and extra slice of ham. We’d fatten up de ’possums for our Christmas pig*; And when we’d fed on ’possum fat, we’d sing and dance our jigs. Wo all was slick and happy den, and ’joyed our ’possum grease; Dose was do times afore de war, de times of piping peace. i But de war it den come on, and Lineum set us i free, i Old Murder he was killed—and woke as poor as we can be. ' De game laws stop our hunting—we all must j ’bey de law. What good does voting do us? It don’t fill up our craw. i Dose young uigs may like it, and boast of equal rights— But gib to us old Minister'sdays—and dem goo l i ’possum nights. An Old 13th. l „ "****" When may a ship at sea bo said ! not to bo on water? When she is on tiro. What is it that has three feet and cannot walk, sixteen nails and cannot 1 scratch ? A yard-stick. A Kansas editor huag himself late ly, and left a note for his foreman, telling him to go and chop wood if lie would be happy. Gen. Jno. B. Gordon was s .vorn in to-day as Senator from Georgia. The president’s salary was raised, with that of members of congress, to $50,000. The city authorities have invited the president to visit Charleston. The legislature of Virginia lias in vited the president to*" visit Rich mond. A. Alpeora was arrested in Colum bia, S. C,, on Tuesdad, for cheating and swindling. The labor market in Texas is said to t>e greatly overstocked by the immense i migration from other .Southern States. SUBSCRIPTION : $2 per annum. Fan, Hmekili and Garden. f kklJ . A-- -■ - ; :' A meadow irrigated by mailing water is suid to be double the val • of one irrigate l by flooding ; a flood ed one double the Value of a rich loam not irrigat'd. 1 frail the Kugle. J MONEY MADE ON POOH LAND. The best cotton planters are saving | two thirds of their money f r : -rtili ■ /.ors. by using cotton sood'nnd ground plaster, as follows; Build a mil pen, | put down cotton seed one foot iltiek. i wet them well, and tramp them ; down closely; then put down a layer j of ground plaster, say one inch thick, ; again another layer of cotton seed, j wet as before, alternate with plaster, and so (ui, finishing off with plaster ,on lop. Always leave this heap to rot out of doors. Wo are credibly iu j formed that Mr. Gabriel . nhs* a; - ; on thirty-eight acres of Up i.i.ui, ma nured with Uiis fertilizer, rais'd thir- I tv-seven bales of cotton, weighing ! 4ff> pounds, average. Having the cotton seed already at hand, or even bought at 12 cents u bushel, and the plaster at SIS or S2O a ton, gives yoa a splendid fertilizer at one-third the usual cost. It makes a still better manure, to add an occa sional layer of dissolved bone. Ap ply the mannre in the furrow when the seed is well rotted. P. C. M. EXPERIMENT WITH FERTILI ZERS ON COTTON. Editor Southern Cultivator: J send you below the different pick ings of the cotton experiment of 1872, as requested. The experiment was made on thin sandy 1 uid : Fertilizers. 11m. Iks. lbs. Ammm.intcil Bone II 9 2 PeiKHeto.i’w 12 9*. id Bnsey’s :...y l:) lo pi Soluble Uiß-ifio |ll | 8 fi Dickson Com pound j 111 71 4 Dickson (A.) 114; 7-‘j 4 Zell’s ll’i 7; i 4 Nothing I 7 o I 4 i’itt's half quantity 1(J , o] 4-\ Fitt’s double il 7 4 Glasgow, ! 11 21 Dugtlftlc ftp 7 til Etiwuu | II ! S ! 2| \Y undo II 8,8 Eureka I 10}! 7U Ticos. B. Welt. Thomson, Ga., Jan. 31, 1873. CUCUMBERS ON TRELLI Wherever wego we s. c tin* cucum ber iu the open air suffered to run on the ground. This is, no .burnt, a relic of European culture, i h -n-il. n essarv. The climate is not hot enough, and {lie plants have to be started, if not grown altogether in low lint gla frames. But where the cucumber grows wild, it spreads over bushes and trees, and the growth and prod uct is enormous. Ail plants with tendrils prefer to ramble in this way. The grape vine, it is well known, seems fairly to rejoice when it can find a large mass of twiggy brush to ramble over as it wills; and so don the cucumber. No one who lias not tried, can have any idea of the luxu rious growth of a cucumber wli trained to a stake which has a of stubby side branches left along its length. Some, which the writer saw, might be taken at a distance for some vigorous kind of ornamental gourd— and the crop was enormous. A great advantage in this style, of culture is, that the plants occupy less ground than when permitusl to spread over the surface in the u -mi way. This is a great gain to small gardens—and to large ones for that matter, for if we have land enough ami to spare, few of us hav time to waste in preparing more of it than is necessary to the perfection of a crop. . Gardener's Month.’ /. DEPTH FOll DEPOSITING FER TILIZERS. Editor S;>u'l iii:un Cclti vat.jit— My experience in applying fertilizers at different depths, [mbilwiod lu tin* Southern Cultivator, February No., page 43, shows that where i applied the phosphide deepest, the yield is best. Eut Mr. John F. Lewis’ expe rience published in same number of Cultivator, page 49, shows that where ho deposited the manure shallowest, the yield was be.->t. Why this con flict? If both articles are ear.Tuny examined, it will he observed . ..it there is really no conflict, - tvo in words. Our experience is about the - an-. The difference is ju-t this: What .Mr. Lewis called shadow, l called u cp. Mr. L. states what he means by .•■ '< - low, i: that the shallow rows were laid olf with one going, with a r.v.y/ - ; /.j two-horse shoo! p'.ow.th, follow-.-! ;u the same furrow with aon •-hors, ue soil plough. Mr. L. does not . ; ;.* how deep this furrow was, bat it is natural to suppose that this furrow was 7or 8 inches deep. This is v. hat he calls his shallow fiti row. A:; ! 1* ■ states, it gave the heat yield. My deepest farrow was about the same deptn, as his shallowest. And my deepest gave the best yield. Now combine my experience with that of Mr. Ijcwis, and it will give you a more extensive experiment as r -rds the right depth to deposit nnu. ,• - that is on the kind of land eArdi dln these exjw^rimental plot- referred to. I thank Mr. L-wis, not only f., r ex perimenting, hut for giving it public ity. i feel Uuil I have been benefited by his experience. From the fact that 1 commenced in jxperim.int on one extreme. t viz.) very shallow, and continued r-. go d• .», >* until I reached a depth oi i or s inches, I in fer from Mr. l.d. -lateie- ut that ibis was about toe depth of bis shallow • furrows, and he took the • -ite ex treme, (viz.)deep. Take • he two ex tremes, and you will ob awe the re sults of our experience prove ti>. same thing. That is, we both made more where the manure vva deposit ed 7or 8 inches deep. Id> n*t ina.:i this is a standard depth to de; ■ manure. Different soils or different fertilizers require tdii&rvnt manage ment. For instance, on light sandy land—my opinion i.s, it is b-t not to deposit fertilizers over 4 inM < - below tlie surface, and if the fertilizer is ve ry soluble, U inches would be better. « Gkouuk C. bixax. Cameron, G 0.., Feb. 13th, 1873. NO. 12. 3d picking. 24 picking, list [licking.
