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DEVOTED TO HEWS, POLITICS, LITERATI’RE, AGRICULTURE Am GNERAL PROGRESS—’INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. VOL. X. •fee |mti $3 Ort a Tear in Advance. BUSINESS CARDS. Philip B, Robinson, Attorney at Law, GREENESBORO'. . . . GA. give prompt attention to business entrusted to liis professional care. Feb. 20, 1873—6 ms M. W. LEWIS & SON Attorneys at Law, GREENESBORO’, GA. 'T'HE Senior member of this firm having A concluded to devote his time (hereto fore divided with his farm,) more exclusive ly to his profession, the undersigned, in re newing their partnership, hope to give such prompt and efficient attention to business as te merit the approval of their clients. M. W. LEWIS, jan9,1873-ly E. L. LEWIS. Wm. H. Branch, A TTORNE Y AT LAW. .lt K i:A E ItORO’, A . I CONTINUES io gite his undivided atten ‘ J tion to the practice of liig Profession. Returning thanks to his clients for their encouragement in the past, he hopes by tlose application to business to merit a con tinuance of the same. SsST’Office over Drug Store of Messrs. B. Torbert & Cos. Greenesboro’ Tan 16th 1871—ly. II.’E. W. PALMER^ Attorney at Law, 6HEE\ESnORO’, ... GA. ALL business intrusted to him will re ceive personal attention. rtBpOFFICB—(With Judge Heard.) in the Court-House, where he can be found 1 during business hours. oct 1G,’74—tf HI V.W IISSIIHH’ ATTORNEY AT LAW , UNION POINT, - - Ga. OFFEUB his professional services to the' people of Greene and adjoining coun ties. and hopes, by close attention to busi ness to merit and receive a liberal share of patronage. jan 2 3 ’74 —ly. Ifr. Win. Morgan* RESIDENT IDEVHST GR E EXE SB OR O', GA feb. I, 1874. T M\USi\\ ALT E It, Marble Work#, BROAD Street, AUGUSTA, Ga. MVRBLE Momimen s, Tomb-stones, Marble Mmtles, and Furniture Mar ble of all kinds, from the plainest to the most elaborate, designed and furnished to •rder at si ort notice. All work for the country err- fully boxed. n0v2,1871—tf Pure Drugs, Chemicals, . I*atent IHedirines FINE PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES. WINDOW GLASS,aII sizes, LAMPS and LANTERNS, BCIBT S Garden B**edw, KEROSENE Oil,, WRITE LEAD, Colors, LINSEED OIL, ' BRUSHES, &c.. For sale by .1. A. GItIFFIW Physicians’ prescriptions carefully dispensed. march 12, 1874—1 y Teaching! Learning! ! HARRIS’ INDEPENDENT HIGH SCHOOL. I SHALL commence Teaching again on the Stl 410 Al* IV in JANUARY, next, (1875.) *6S“TU ITION the same as heretofore, $4 00 per month—half to be paid in ad vance. W . 1,. 41. Harris. December 17, 1874—tf G - EORGlA—Greene County—John A. Champion, Administrator of Seaborn L. Hutcheson, applies for Letters of Dis mission and such Letters will be granted on the first Monday in March 1875. Given under my hand and official signa ture this December Bth 1874. JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’v. Dec. 10 74- -3m. <Tljc (Grmiesbcm’ Hmi I it. II uilroad Schedule. Arrival and Departure of Trains. Georg-iu JKailroud. * Do’f Passenger Train. Leave Augusta, 8.40, a. m. Leave Atlanta, 6:30, a. m. Arrive at Atlanta, 5:45, p. m. Arrive at Augusta, 3:45, p. m. Night Passenger Train. Leave Augusta, 8:15, p. in. Leave Atlanta, 0:00, p. m Arrive at Atlanta, 6:05, a. m. Arrive at Augusta, 4:00, a. m. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, 6:00 p. m. Leaves Stone Mountain, G:45 a. nr Arrives Atlanta, 8:00 a. m. Arrives Stone Mountain. 6:15 p. m. S. K. JOHNSON, Sup’t. Western A. Atlantic R. R Nigh' passenger Train — Outward. Leave Atlanta, 6:00 p. m. Arrives Chattanooga, 1-30 a. in. DAY PASSENGER TRAlN ,— Outward. Leave Atlanta, 8:30 a. m. Arrives Chattanooga, 4:28 p. m. Night Passenger Train—lnward. Leaves Chattanooga, 3:45 p. m. Arrives Atlanta, 11:20 p. m. DAY PASSENGER TRAlN.—lnward. Leaves Chattanooga, 5:45 a. m. Arrives Atlanta, 1:20 p. m, DALTON ACCOMMODATION Lsaveg Atlanta, 4:35 p. in. Arrives at Dalton, 12:20 a. m. Leaves Dalton 2:00 a. m. Arrives Atlanta, 9:50 a. m. Jos. E. BROWN President. JEWELRY! 117-iSinNG to devote myself entirely to T T the legitimate business or Clock and Watch Repairing, from this date, I of fer my entire Stock of Watches and Jewel ry at cost, finding that it interferes too much with the business 1 prefer. Ji. TIARKW ALTEIi. L HOTEL. BY Mrs. W. M. THOMAS. AUGUSTA, (hr Jan. 21—Ty. W. i\ Cartwright, AT THE VARIETY STORE, I S just receiving, in addition to his usual large and varied stock, his fall supply of Groceries. Liquors, Confectioneries, ,<:o. Keeps the best assortment of foreign and domestic Liquors and Sugars at the lowest prices. Fine old Kentucky Rye and Moun tain Corn Whisky a specialty. Call and get your Groceries, something to drink, a Cigar, have your Guns repaired, play a game of Billiards, all for the CASH and go home happy. W. C. CARTWRIGHT. Corner Broad and Main St’s. Sept.l7’74. J, MURPHY & CO. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in English White Granite and Common Cliina Ware. —ALSO— Semi-China, French Chi na, Glassware, Ac. 341 iCItOAI) STREET, jan 21—lm. AUGUSTA, Ga Alfred Shaw, KEEPS constantly on hand in Greenes boro’ and Madison, a full assortment of ROSEWOOD and MAHOGANY and imitations of the same. Also, ,4111 ALIC CASKETS of all grades. In beauty, durability and price, these Cases and Caskets will compare favorably with any to be found elsewhere. JAMES W. WINFIELD, Is our authorized Agent at Greenesboro’. NOTE.—AII persons indebted for past purchases, are requested to come forward and settle their bills A. SHAW. January 9, 1873—6m5. — 1 , d(frOA Per day at home. <P<W Termß free Ad _ dress'G. STINSON & Cos., Portland, Maine. Jan 21, 1876-1 y* Work neatly executed and at reasonable prices at this Of fice. i GREENESBORO’, GA., THUROAY, MARCH 11, 1875. POETA CORNER. feUAMHIA'S BRGAN, I wonder what grandma is thinking ahout, As she sits in the corner there. With the fire-light shining into her eyes, And over her silver hair? Shelias laid her knitting across her knee, And folded her hands so thin, And I know that her thoughts are far away, In spite of the children’s din. I’m sure it is something strange and sweet That brightens her eyes so dim ; Perhaps she is seeing the golden gates, And hearing the angels’ hymn ! And she smiles to think that she soon will cross Where the wonderful river rolls, And gather the rose of her youth again, Tn the beautiful garden of souls 1 RIM EI.MNEOIN Work Bhiring Sleep. Those cases in which the brain is hard at work during sleep, instead of being totally oblivious of everything, may be called either dreaming or sonnambulism. according to the mode in which the activity displays itse f. Many ot then) are full of interest. Some men have done really hard men tal work while asleep. Condorcet fin ished a train of calculations in his sleep which had murh puzzled him during the day. Tn 1856 a collegian noticed the peculiarities of a felbw.stu- dent, who was rather stupid than otherwise during his waking hours, bur who got through some excellent work in geometry and algebra dining sleep. Cotidcillaek and Franklin both worked correctly during some of their sleeping hours. The work done partakes in manv cases more of the nature of imaginative ti n. Thtls ~ " 4 “ scientific caltula is in print, which Sir John Herscliel is said to have composed while asleep, and to have recollected when he awoke. Goethe often set down on paper, dur ing the day, thoughts and ideas which had presented themselves to him dur ing sleep on the preceding night. A geutlotnan one night dreamed that he was playing an entirely new game of cards with three friends; when he awoke the structure and rules of the new game, as created in tlio dream, came one by one into his memory, and he found them so ingenious that he afterward frequently played the game. Coleridge is said to h ve composed his fragment of “ Kuhla Khan” during sleep He had one evening been read iug Purchas’ Pilgrim; some of the {romantic incidents struck his fancy; jhe went to sleep, and his busy brain composed “ Kubla Khan.” When he | awoke in the morning, lie wrote out what his mind had invented in sleep, until interrupted by a visitor, with whom he conversed for an hour on business matters ; but, alas ! he could never again recall the thread of the story, and thus “ Kubla Khau ” te tuains a fragment. Dr. Good men tions the ease of a gentleman who in his sleep composed an ode in six stan zas, and set it to music. Tartini, the celebrated Italian violinist, one uight | dreamed that the devil anpeared to him, challengid him to a trial of skill on the fiddle, and played a piece wonder ful for its beauty arm difficulty ; when Tartini woke, he could not remember the exact notes, but he could repro duce the general character of the music, which he did in a composition ever since known as the “Devil’s Sonata.” Lord Thurlow, when a youth at col lege, found himself, one evening, un able to finish a piece of Latin composi tion which he had undertaken ; he went to bed full of the subject, fell asleep, finished his Latin in his sleep, rememhered it next morning, and was complimented on the felicitous form which it presented,—[All the Year Round. llw I Was mold. You may remember that I lectured lately for the young gentlemen of the Claytonian Society. During the after noon of the day I was talking with one of the young men referred to, and he said he had an uncle, who from some cause or other, seemed to have grown permanently bereft of all emotion, and with tears in his eyes, this young man said: “Oh, if I could only see him laugh once more! Oh. if I could ip see him weep !” I was touched. I never eouhrith stand distress. I said : “ Bring him to my lecture. I start him for you." “Oh, if you could but do it. 'you could do it .-,11 mir family woyijdiless you forevermore; for he is vcry(dr to us Oh. my benefaeto*. can you nke him laugh? Can you bring seeing tears to those parched orbs?” I was profoundly moved. I lid ; “ My son bring the old party mind. I have got some good jokes io u lec turc that will make him laugh ilhere is any laugh in hiut; and if theymiss fire. 1 have got some others tin w ill make him cry or kill him. one the other.” Then the young man wept ) my neck, and presemly spread bh his hands on my head and lmltd up toward heaven mumbling seething reverently; and then wut ter his uncle. He "placed him in fuli/iew, in the second row of benches, tit night, and I began on him. I tried itn with mild jokes —then with ceverefnes. T dosed him witb bad jokes am: riddled him with good ones; I fired Id. stale jokes into him and peppered liui fore and aft with red-hot new mes. I warmed up to my work, and tssaulted him on the right and left, and behind; I fumed, and ohar#d and ranted, till I was hoarse and sek, and frantic amMurinus; but I tie .nr moved him once—l uever started a Emile or tear! never a ghost of a smile!never a suspicion of moisture! I wp aston ished I closed the leeiuiest last with one despairing shriek—with one wild burst of humor—and hurled :! joke of supernatural atrocity full at htn Then ! sat down bewildered and exhausted. The Piesident of the Smiety came ttatcT, aWsafa “ What made you carry on so toward tiie last?” I said, “I was trying to make that confounded old idiot laugh, in the second row.” And he said: “ Well, you were wast ing your time, because lie is deaf anJ dumb, and as blind as a badger ” Now, was that any way for that old man’s nephew to impose on a stranger and an orphan like me? [Mark Twain G'hiii{ of tli? Olden Time. A giant exhibited in Rouen, in 1830, measured nearly eighteen feet. The Chevalier Scrog, in his voya.e to the Peak Teneriffe, found in one of the caverns of that mountain the head ol the Gunich, who hud sixty teeth, and was not less than fifteen feet high. Gorapius saw a giant that was ten feet high. The giant Galabra, brought from Arabria to Rome, under Claudius Caesar, was ten feet high. Fai/uum, who lived in the time of Eugene 11., measured eleven aud a half'feet. Near the castle in Duuphine, in 1623, a tomb was found thirty feet long, six teen wide and eight high, on which was cut in gray stone these words " Keto loehus Rex.” The skeleton was found entire, twenty-five and a fourth feet long, ten feet across the shoulders, and five feet from the breast bone to the back. Near Palermo, in Sicily, in 1516. was found the skeleton of a giant thirty feet high, and in 1553 another forty-four feet high. Near Mazrino, in Sicily, in 1816, was found the skeleton of a giant thirty feet high, the head was as large as a hogshead, and each of his teeth weighed five ouuces. The giant Farragos, slain by Orlando, nephew of Charlemagne, was twenty eight feet high. In 1814, near St. German, was found the tomb of the giant Isorent, who was not less than thirty feet high. In 1593, near Rouen, was found a skeleton whose skull held a bushel of corn, and who was nineteen feet high. The giant Bacart was twen ty-two feet high ; his thigh bones were found in 1703. near the river Moderi And not only were the past ages dis tinguished for the prolific proportions of these monsters ; but their history is cot more remarkable than that of dwarfs, several of whom were even smaller thaw the Thumbs and Nutts of our own time. i— • mi— —lt is said that not a single gradu ate of the Kansas Agricultural College has become a farmer since 1867 LIFE. Like the falling of a star; Or ns the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring’s gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like the wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man, whose borrow’d light is straight call’d in, and paid to night; The wind blows out, the buhhle dies, The Spring entomb’d in Autumn lies; The dew dries up, the air is hot, The flight is past —and man forgot. iIT !■■■ The Lady-link’s. BY AUNT F.t NNY. Three pretty little lady-bugs wt.e creeping ahout on Jearitiie’s hand, and two were poking their mites of noses in and out of Lulu's fingets, hoping to find something to eat, when, all of a sudden, Jcannie cried out in what se*med to them a tre mendous voice : “Lady-bug, lady-bug, fly away home ; Your house is on fire, your children will roam.” With a frightened kick of all their little legs at once, away flew the lady-bugs, while Jcannie arid Lulu extended their arms, pointing in the direction where the poor little things’ houses wero supposed to be burning. “Oh, don’t tell them that!’ im plored Kittie; “it is n’t true and my lady-bug don't believe you.” “No, indeed!” said the pretty bug, who was sitting up for compa ny on a big leaf near Kittie ; “no, indeed! this is mv house; our houses scarcely ever burn up ; they fade and wither, hut they last as long as we den toned so easily. Upon this the fly-away lady-bugs wheeled around, folded their wings an l floated softly down upon the grass,near where some lovely fring ed gentian flowers were talking to six fat, round, droll-looking toad stools. They wore rather low com pany for the refined, delicate flow ers—so the lady-bugs thought— and they hastily crept up to Kittie, and skipping upon the big leaf, made themselves quite comfortable and happy. The new baby-moon rose up in the quiet sky, and the tall purple bells nodded and waved a graceful welcome. In the west the sun was going grandly to rest, trailing clouds of glory after him. The children sat down close to the big leaf, and Jeannie, who was a curi ous little puss, said : “Lady-bugs, tell us, won’t you, where did you come from ?” “We do not know,” they answer ed ; “and where are we going, who can tell ? Wo live out our little lives in the warm sunshine, and turn peacefully over on our backs and die when our time comes.” “o—h,” said all three little girls ; and they had not finished thinking about it when their mamma came to take them home, give them each a large bowlful of bread and milk, hear them say their prayers, and put them in their pretty white beds, so soft and sweet. When they were gone, the fairies came flying thro igh the moonlight, and carried away the little scarlet lady-bugs. [Scribner’s St. Nicholas. Robert E, Eoe’s Tomb, A recent letter from Lexington, Va., to the Richmond Dispatch says: “Valentine has been here for several days conferring with the memorial committee in refer ence to the final arrangements for placing his beautiful sepulchral monument over the grave of Gen. Lee. It is hoped that full arrange ments can be made, and the statue inaugurated on the 12th of October next—the anniversary of General Lee’s death—with an oration by ex-President Davis, and appropri ate ceremonies, participated in by those Confederates who can gather thero. It will be a matter of general in terest to mention that fresh flowers have never been wanting to deck Gen. Lee’s tomb. From all parts of the country the most exquisite wreaths, crosses, anchors, etc , are sent, and the fair hands in Lexing ton are continually fashioning ev ergreens, immortelles, etc , in the most beautiful decorations for the tombs of the General, Mrs. Lee and Miss Agi es. The beautiful cus tom of having a student guard to keep daily watch and ward at the I tomb is still kept up, and the Gen eral’s office is still preserved just as he left it on the day of his fatal illness.” Teinpcvanee and the Church. Every church that claims to be a blessing to the community and the world, ought by every consideration ol piety and morality to take high ground on the subject of temperance. This holy warfare against the monster vice of intemperance must be waged chiefly by the church of God. Others, from various considerations, may fall into the ranks, but the church must be in the van. He wbo iu this day utters one doubtful word on the temperance ques* tion is a traitor to the cause,even more than he who advocates licensing -a loons and those traps set by the devil for ensnaring youth—the beer garden-. This is the time when the mask must be stripped front the hideous face of that greatest foe of humanity, intem perance. Children of God, speak out Touch not, taste not, handle uot the uc> cursed stuff. The curse of .God rests putteth the bottle to his who putteth the wine Y her lover’s lips.—[Ex. - —■ A Alee Property. The Astor estate contains about 700 houses, which cover forty acres in very desirable localities. The Astor House alone is worth 51,800,000. Avery large part of the property lies on the Fourth and Fifth avenues, also Madi son avenue, where entire squares of elegant houses acknowledge his name This land was bought by the original Astor at prices ranging from 5500 to 81000 per acre, and each acre is uow worth nearly 81,000,000. All of these seven hundred tenants have been visi ted during this week. Astor’s collec tors are men of brief language. All that needs to be dope is to utter the ca balistic words “ check for the rent,” and delays are taken with ill grace. The reply is, “ We cannot be running twice—too much to do.” Indeed, if people want to hold Astor property they must be ready with the money. The rent roll is said to fill thirty pages of writing paper. Even the endorse ment of the checks is no suia.l task. Old William 11. was wont to do this until extreme age enfeebled his hand. How many thousand checks has he en dorsed with his potential name ! The Astor land office has received in this manner during the past week nearly 8400,00 J, and all is not yet collected. This money is deposited in the Haok of New York, the Chemical Bank, and other old-fashioned institutions and will soon be reinvested in good securi ties.—[Ex. —The Canadian Government spends 8200,000 per annum to run its Indian Bureau. The United States spends about 87,000,000 per annum to look after its aborig ines. When it is considered that Canada has one-fourth the Indian population which the United States has, the query naturally arises, why should we spend more than 8800,000 to run our Indian Bu reau ? The Indian character is the same everywhere, but the Ca nadian Government has no Sheri dans to irritate its Indians, and it always keeps its faith with them. Grant’s government has robbed the Indians and broken every treaty made with them. The immense sums of money appropriated for the “benefit” of Indian tribes arc usu ally stolen by rings. The present: Chcctaw claim is a swindle for the! benefit of those ardent friends of the Indians, as it is quite certain the Choctaws have been paid long ago all that was due them FACETIOUS How doth the busy little pig Improve each shining hour, And gather sausage all tho day From every opening flower. And when the shadesof twilight fall He slumbers in his sty, Or sings his pretty evening song, “ Root, little pig, or die.” —\\ hich is tho butt end of a goat T — ll A prudent man,” says a witty Frenchman, u is like a pin ; his head prevents him from going to far.” —mm ♦- —The man who sang, “ Oh, breathe no more that simple air,” went into the smoking car where it was more mixed. —This is the latest form of weddiug invitations : “ Come arsturd and see me capture a mother-in-law at S o’clock r sharp.” ■ ■ - —He was a Warm Spring Indian* the moment he sat down on a hot stove. —A dress maker’s apprentice speak* of her cross-eyed lover as the fellow whoso looks are cut bias. —A kangaroo is a curious chap p when it’s awake its leaping —Why didn’t a dog want a place irr the ark ? Because he had a bark of bis own. —The last thiug seen by many peo ple who have come to violent deaths was kero-sene. —A Sunday-school girl was asked concerning “ the pestilence that wulk eth in darkness,” and answered: “■ l guess it’s bed bugs.” “ Have you Blasted Hopes?” asked a young lady of a librarian, with a handkerchief tied over his jaw. “ No, | he, ‘ R’- blasted —A grocer in the suburbs, wheo oomplaiocd to about selling bad eggs, said: “At this tinea of the year the hens are not well, and often lay bad eggs■ —“C-c-c-can that p-p-p-parrot talk?” asked a stuttering man of a German. “ Yen he don’t talk so gooter as you, I schop, by tarn, his head off.’’ —“ I see very little of you,” said so old gentleman at a Louisville hall to a young lady whom he had not met in a long time before. “ I know it,” was the artless reply, “ but mother wouldn’t allow me to wear a very low-neck dress to-night, the weather is so cold.” —A woman, in East Jaffrey, N. H., has had an accurate picture of a Juni per tree printed on her leg by a flash of lightning And the editor who hronicled the event has had u lively time explaining to his wife where he the item. ——♦-—■ —“ In my time, Miss,” said a stern aunt, “ the men looked at the womeu’s faces, instead of their ankles.” “ Ah, but my dear aunt,” retorted the young lady, “ you see the world has improved and is more civilized thau it used to be. It looks more to the understanding.” —The St. Louis Globe tries to make its subscribers willing to die by pre dicting the approach of the time when Wagner shall draw the themes for his operas from Bancroft’s histories. Ima gine Washington singing, “ I cannot tell a lie, father,” in a minor key, with a drum accompaniment representing the blows of the hatchet. —Gov. Leb Vance is a Presbyterian in theory. In his lecture Saturday night he said the only difference be tween him and his brother, Gen. Vance, who is a Methodist, is that Bob believes in falling from grace, and never does it, and lie, Zeb, don’t believe in falling from grace, but is al ways failing.” A Detroit gentleman walking be hind two school child: cn the other day heard the boy inquire, “ will you be at the party to-night?’’ “I shall be there,” answered the miss, “ but I may as well tell yon now that your love is hopeless. Mamma is determined, father is set, and it isn’t right for me to encourage your attention. I can be a sister to you but nothing more. Therefore you needn't buy tne any val cutine or give me any more guuj.” NO. 10