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DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, LITER ATV RE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL DENT IN AIL THINGS • VOL. X. $8 OO n Year in Advance. BUSINESS CARDS. Pliil ; p B. Robinson, Attorney & w, GREEffSSBORO’. . GA AI7ILL give prompt attention to 1 tisincs ” entrusted to liis professional cave. Feb. 2'J, 1878—tims Wm. H. Branch, ATTORNEY AT LAW. SKI-II3*I3BORO\ <-*• f CONTINUES to give his undivided ntten -1 j tioti to the practice of his Profession. Returning thanks to his clients for their encouragement in the past, he hopes by ■jlose application to business to merit a con itinunnee of the same. /><Jf“f)fifice over Drug Store of Messrs. Tl. Torbert k Cos. -Greenesboro’ Jan 16th 1874 1)’. 11. E. W. PALM Ell, Attorney at taw, €rKEENESBORO\ - - - A. A LL business intrusted to him will re- J\ m ceive personal attention. IST OFFICE—(With Judge Heard.) in the Court-House, where he can be found during business hours. oct 15, 74-tf wV W. ITIm phi*. attorney a t law, UNION POINT, Gil OFFERS his professional services to the people of Greene and adjoining coun ties. and hopes, by close attention to busi ainess to merit and receive a liberal shat e of patronage. jan23 ,4 ly. Dr. Wm. Morgan, RESIDENT C3HJ$y DEXTKST ORE EXE EH OR O’. OA. fob 1. 1874. T. M A&K W 4 LTE It, Marble Works, BROAD Street, AUGUSTA, Ga 1 ARBLIS Monttmen s, Tomb-stones* jVI Marble Mantles, ami Furniture }lar hie of dl ki ids, from the plainest to tli e most eliibor.i'c, designed anti furnished t° or ler a' short notice. All work for the country carefully boxed. n0v2,1871 —tf Pure Dings, ijPf Chemicals Patent Medicines FINE PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES. WINDOW GL AS4,all sizes, LAMPS and LANTERNS. BUIST *i harden Uipfd*, KEROSENE OIL, WHITE LEAD, Colors, LINSEED OIL, BRUSHES, kc.. For sale by J. A. GIIIFFIX. Jfcjy* Physicians’ prescriptions carefully 4ispensed. marcli 12, 1874 ly W. C. Cartwright, AT THE VARIETY STORE, IS just receiving, in addition to liis usua large and varied stock, his fall supply of Groceries, Liquors, Confectioneries, &c. Keeps tile best assortment of foreign and domestic Liquqrs an I Sugars at the low isl Fine old Kentucky Rye and Moun tain Corn Whisky a specialty. Call and Vet your Groceries, something to drink, a Icigar, have your Guns repaired, play a •game of Billiards, all for the CASH and go tnome happy. W. C. CARTWRIGHT. Corner Broad aji<j Main St’s. fiept.l7’74. j. MORPHY & CO. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in English White Smite and Common China Ware. —ALSO— Semi-China, French Chi na, Glassware, 4e. 34 BROAD STREET, jan 21 lni. ACGLSTA , Go ggfjob Work neatly executed and at reasonable prices at this Of fice 3l)c (Em*itrsliciro’ firraib. II ailroiid Schedule. Arrival and Departure of Trains. Georgia Railroad. Day Passenger Train. heave Augusta, 8.40, n. m. heave A tlanta, 6.-30, a. m. Arrive at Atlanta, 5:45, p. m. Arrive at Augusta, 3:45, p. m. Night Passenger Train. heave Augusta, 8:15, p. m. Leave Atlanta, G:00, p. m \rrive at Atlanta. 6:05, a. m. Arrive at Augusta, 4:00, a. ni. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. heaves Atlanta, 5:00 p. m. heaves Stone Mountain, 6:45 a. m- Arrives Atlanta, 8:00 a. m. Arrives Stone Mountain, 6:15 p. m. S. K. JOHNSON, Sup’t. IVo*t<rn dfe Atlantic R- R Night passenger Train — Outward. ho vve Atlanta, 6:00 p. m. Arrives Chattanooga, 1-30 a. m. OA Y PASSENGER TRA IN,—Outward. heave Atlanta, 8:30 a. m. Arrives Chattanooga, 4:28 p. m. Night Passenger rain — lnward. heaves Chattanooga, 3:45 p. m. Arrives Atlanta, 11:20 p. m. DAY PASSENGER TRAlN.—lnward. heaves Chattanooga, 6:45 n. m. Arrives Atlanta, 1:20 p. m, TANARUS) A LT() N ACCOMMODATION. Lsavcg Atlanta, 4:35 p. m. Arrives at Dalton, 12:20 a. m. Leaves Dalton 2:00 a. m. Arrives Atlanta, 0:50 a. m. Jos. E. BROWN President. JEWELRY r TYT-SHING to devote myself entirely to W the 1 dtiniate business of Clock and Watch Repaiiing, from this date, 1 of fer my entire Stock of Watches and Jewel ry at cost, finding that it interferes too much with the business 1 prefer, M. MAICKWALTER. Greenesboro’, Ga., Sept. 24, 1874-tf * rami hotel. BY Mrs. W. M.'THOJIAS, A UG r ST A. Ga Im It- l=j ifil p .1/ILV STREET, GUEEXESBOROIGII, ii A. J. T. CULVER, _f\ LWAYS keeps on hand the choicest — LIQUORS, CIGARS antid TOBACCO. ,lis BILLIARD TUUI Is new and elegant. Call and see. Feii. 18, 1875—(inis Teaching! Learning! ! HARRIS’ INDEPENDENT HIGH SCHOOL. I SHALL commence Teaching again on the ?<l MOX DAY in JAXUARY, next, (1875.) gfe#-TUITION the same as heretofore, $4 00 per month —half to he paid in ad vance. XV. L. XI, llarris. D“cember 17, 1874—if EORGlA—Greene County—. John A. JC Champion, Administrator of Seaborn L Hutcheson, applies for Letters of Dis mission and such Letters will be granted on the first Monday it) Jirqh 1875. Given under my band and official signa ture this December Bth 1874 JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’y Dec 10’74—8m. DEAD W. persons indebted to Hightowers & Cos., are hereby notified to come forward and settle their accounts immediately, as we are determined to close out Books for 1874. All persons failing to do so, will find their Accounts in the hands of an Attorney —no exceptions. Nov 19, 1874—if GREENESBORO’, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1875. BARGAINS! BARGAINS!! .[ AM Selling STOVES Cheaper than ever, and warrant them to give satisfaction. I am prepared to fill all Orders for r M"'in- WW !p® at low rates. AI3O all kinds of Job Work in Tin and Sheet Iron done at short notice. Leather and country Hollow-ware, cheap. Country Produce, Hides, Tallow, Bees wax, etc., taken in exchange for goods. W G. DURHAM Greencsborough, Ga., Feb. 11, 1875—3 ins The Celebrated AMMONIATED BONE. unrivaled Fertilizer stands at the head of the list of Commercial Manures. It is prepared with great care, of best material by competent chemists, and guaranteed to come fully up to the established standard of first-class Fertilizers. The celebrated planter, DAVID DICKSON, of Oxford. Ga., says of it: “The EU REKA is the best commercial manure I have ever used.’’ CASH PRICE: Per Ton, 2.000 S’ouihlm, B*so OO TIME PHICEs Per Tom, 3,000 Pounds, B*C© OO With Cotton option. - NORTON A WEAVER, <jia. January, 28th—3m. • r "VT CAROLINA FERTILIZER. Standard THIS FIRST-CLASS FERTILIZER lIAS BEEN used for years wiili tnc most satisfactory results. It is Compounded with great care, of the purest materials, under the supervision of a First-Class, practical Chemist, and Standard guaranteed. oo Time—Xov. Ist .... OO OO Or, Middling Cotton at 15 cents per pound. RAICRETT & CASWELL. .Augusta. On. NORTON & WEAVER, LOCAL AGENTS, Grcenesboro’, Ga. January 28, 1875—3 ms Soluble 9 &>flso HB €8 GUANO. rn 1 HIS excellent Fertilizer is a pure Standard article, unsurpassed by any Commer cial Manure on the market, It is Compounded of the very best material, uDdcrthe immediate Superintendance of our o.wp Chemist, and every sack subjected to a scrutinizing analysis by the State Inspector of Fertilizers, before being ottered for sale. It has been extensively used, and invariably given entire satisfaction. Being rich in plant food, it is adapted to Cotton, Corn and small grain. TERMS- Cush 850 w 0 Time— Payable Xov. Ist ... • OO OO R. W. L RASIJS&Co, Manufacturers, BALTIMORE, Xld. Norton & Weaver, Jan. *2B. 1875—3 ms Local Agents, Orm-neshorongh. On. FOR SALE A Light two-horse CARRIAGE tfn Harness —all new. T. X. POI LLAIX. Greeeesbero’, Ga., June 18—1874, t f tA EORGlA—Greene County. J Whereas Wm. L. Bethea applies for an Exemption of Personalty, and 1 will pass upon the same at my office at 10 •’clock, a, m\ on Saturday, March 6th, 1875. JOEL F. THOKNTON, Ord’y. Feb. 19, 1876—2 ts POET’S CORNER. TW ill T A IIIIOP. “ ’Tis but a drop,” the father said, And gave it to his son ; But little ilid he think a work Of death was then begun. The “drop” that lured him when n babe Scarce lisped liis father’s name, Planted a fatal appetite Deep in his youthful frame. ’Tis but a drop.” the comrades eric, > In truant schoolboy tone “ It, did not hurt us in our robes It wi 1 not now we are grown.” And so they drank the mixture up, That reeling, youthful baud ; For each had learned to love the taste From his own father's hand. “’Tis but a drop—l need it now,” The staggering drunkard said ; “ It was my food in infancy— My meat, and drink, and bread. Adn p—a drop—O let uie have, .’Twill so refresh my soul!” He took it—trembled—drank and died, Grasping the fatal bowl. MIStELUNEOrS. Critical Curiosities. [Chambers’ Journal.] When Professor Felton, rending “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” In the captain of the ship of which ho was a pa-senger came to the description ol Oberon sitting on a promontory listen ing to a mermaid on a dolphin’s back, the seaman was disgusted. “ The dolphin’s back,” said lie, •• is as sharp as a razor, and no mermaid could p. s •sibly ride the beast unless she fust saddled him !” Wa lack the actor tin dertook to read *• Macbeth ” with a French friend, but. the first scene proved enough for both ; for the Frenchman br ke out: ‘•Monsieur Vallsfce, you have t Id me Jat Shnk speare is de poet of nature and com mon sense; good! Now vot is dis? Here is his play open—“ Mnebesn ’ — yes ; good very good ! Well, here is free old—old vat yon call veetch. vid de broom and no close on at all—yes; upon the blasted heath—good ! Von veetch ssy to the nder veetch : * Ven shall we tree meet ngen ?’ De mlcr veetch she say: ‘ln tondare de oderj she say : ‘ln lightning ’ —and she sa\ | 'o dem herself agen : ‘ln rain!’ Eh bien ! now dis is not nature! dis is not common-sense ! Oh. no ! De tiee • Id veetch shall ne-’are go out to meet upon de blasted heath with no close on in tondare. lightning and in rain Ah,! no! It is net common-sense! mn f\' dey stay at home ! —aha !’’ Such t> tit ter-of-fact criticism reminds us of tl e -tory tn'd bv the Rev Newman Hall of the negri preacher who informed bis flock that Adam was made of wet clay, and set up against some palings to dry ; and upon a sceptical darkey rising to ask. “ Who made the palings, den?” retorted, ‘-Sit down.sar! such i)UPStions ns dal would upset any sys tem of toology !” GUARANTEED. Extorted c itieisms arc apt to >rove severe ones, and no wonder ; th" vic tim. if lie has any spirit, naturally re senting what seems an attempt to free him to flatter the extorter. When Henderson the actor asked Johnson. wh it he thought of Joseph it ed's “ Dido,” the doctor replied: "Sir ij never did the man an injury, yet he would read his tragedy to me!” A Sc itch lady, pressed in the author’s] presence to express her opinion of a poem called “ Eternity,” said : •' It is a bonny poem, and weel named ‘•Etern ity,” for it wi 1 never be read in time!” —a verdict for which doubtless, the poet was very grateful. N T o mm, per haps, ever extorted such a Compliment out of another as Boswell did out of Lord Thurlow ; when, just after the publication of his famous book. John son’s biographer stopped him, as he was hurrying to the House f Lords. with : “ Have yu read my I?” and received lor answer : ” Yes. bane Vju! every word of it —I couldn’t help mjaelf Sometimes a man’s friends favor him with criticism, none the more wel come because it comes unsolicited Richard Wagner sent Offenbach a copy o? his work, “ Le Regne des Juils dans la Musique,” which his brother-com poser acknowledged thus : “ Dear Wagner—You will do bet ter to write music!” Upon this, the musician forwarded his “ Meistersingcr." eliciting a seem and note from (MFeiihach : “Dear Waonku—On reflection, you will do better. I tfiii k. to continue writing books !” Wh -n Th mis. n sent n pn s nt ition Copy of his *■ Winter” to Joseph Mucheli. the latter wn-t Lack : Beauties and faults so thick lie scattered here, Those [ could.read if these were not so near. An uugrmi m- ack now Vd rimnt of ’he gilt, stinging the poet, t . reply : Why all not faults, injurious Mitchell ? Why Appears one beauty to thy blasted eye? Damnation worse than thir.e, if worse can be. Is all I ask. and nil I want from thee! Wc may be'sure Sir Waiter was inure amused than offended when his faithful Purdio, after delighting him with the as.ur,-trice that the novels were invaluable to hi i . went on : “ For when I’ve been out nil day hard at work, and come home tired, T taku tip one of your novels, and I’m asleep di rectly.” Fancy Mr. Hatton's delight, alter pi ying in l'i-*best style two ~f Radi's finest fu.-ues at a London con '■eit. at being told that a l.ulv who was present, on being asked next day how she liked the pianoforte playing, rep ied that there was none; the only thing approaching *o instrumental music she had heard the whole evening wa-uhen mine one etmo in between the pails and tuned the piano! About IHTits. [Flenringsburg Democrat.] We publish the following extraei from an address delivered bemre tin- Louisville ( Kv ) Medical College at its G immeueemeiit. on the 2d of March, hy Hmi. Win. N. Beckman We com mend it to all our readers : I now p'oposo to address you a few sitcgsl to us (~r your guidu cc hi the world The mo.-t of y>u are novices. I imagine, in the affa is of practical life. First I won! 1 urge you to eschew dcLl, cxce| l under pressure of some mperiou- necessity What I have to say, I need hardly add, applies lot ah.lie to you but to all oilier young men who are cutting lo..;,o from the mooi ings of youlli and selling sail up< n the great icean upon which we all j oiriiey to iho grave To you. ami to all sui h as you, whose young and trembling left are just, pressing ihe threshold of manly life, l would ad dress my monitions on the subject Debt is the cause of nn .incalculable am .unt or misery and shame , of de moralizaiioti and crime. 1 urge you to avoid it. Kan) and possess your money before you spend it. Have you been lib: ci vaut ? D n’t you know that nine tenths nl the y ling men Woo Spend all tilat they earn, spi-nd more than they earn ? Alas! what dangerous grou.d tliey are ire.nl Img then Let your income, hovvewi I small, be at least a trifle in excess nl your outlay This mixim is worth more than all the complex themes oi all the political economists together Who ever heard of hard limes, of w hich the world is complaining, seriously op pressing the man whose iilcome exceeds his expenses ? Ma y young men with llie poorest and most honorable mien lions go in debt needlessly, confi lentlv believing that they will be aide to nay at some future day. A large prop >r tion of these are doomed to disapp tint meet. T eir obligations mature and they are not prepared to cancel them They are hopelessly in debt. Then, a sensitive man requires more courage t > enable him to face the frowning eiadi lor than tiie soldier needs on tile fi Id of battle. Debt is demoralizing. In order to deaden your ser.se ol humilia tion and misfortune, you may resort to the drunkard’s bowl; yon gradually become hr util zed ; tin illy, you ILrfeii your self-respect, and then you are ir retrievably 10-t Debt may tempt yoi iV your moral structure is n t high and strong, to use the mouey of another iu your possession for your own purposes. It may tempt you to steal, to forge, to pi iy the cut-purse on the highway, to murder your fellow man. I know no slavery worse than the slavery of debt. Talk we of the brutality of Russian ab solulisiu. < f the cruelties of Acstiiaft tyranny, of the horrors of E yptian bondage. I know of no servitude more galling, no humiliation more in tense and degrading, uo despotism more me eders thtin this servitude, this hu miliation. this remorseless despotism of d'c&t Shun it as you would a door on which t lie mark of ihe plague is wr.t jten. Avi.il it as you would avoid the [death breathing pestilence that Wnlketh in ditknjss and wasleth at Mot.ndiy. Turn and flee flour it as you li'om I 6 seductive wb specs of tome di ead emissary of evil that, in Serjient I r l ll . vv odd tempi y.-u ur y.-ur fail. * feed l- hysoi eb y. U. this counsel, and in the tar coming year-, y u wifi tTvritrtt me ior it. Disregard it. go In debt, and you will p'ant ihoTus in your pil low you will carry abo'ot wirh you a heavy heart ; your days will be made miserable with calking cares and wast iug anxieties, and yoi'nf nights will be unde restless with dreams of ruin.” f43k nosy —'l he old fashioned women’s cru* sole—a boy’s'head and a fine tooth comb. A disgusted Milwaukee fisherman offers a ch"oiiio to every fish which will take t be bait. —The Chicago Times boasts that that city has the finest assortment of ruins in the world. —(lnina.iind by tho loss of her husband,” is I e newest style of indi cating a Widow's gref. “Papa, 1' know what rna'kes the lightning. It is find scratching matches against the sky !” —mam • mm —The s tig of h re e tant h shnnd after knocking his wife down : “Gome to my arms, my own stricken de r.” The Milwaukee News wants to' know why “a woman drops her ho/ip jskirt nn r'te floor instead of pulling it lover the head when undressing.” A hn-bund in Wyoming territory rode twenty-eight miles to get bis wife a bustle, and vet Pusan R. Anthony ye wls around about man’s tyranny. ——— ■■ “ Sir.” said John Henry’s wife, to a gentleman treading on her dress, “you are delaying the train.” “ Madame.” said he, “ your conductor should pull the belle.” “ Juge not lest ye be juged.” was a eopy recently “ set ” by a teacher in one of ihe publle seho Is Doubtless that teacher considers spelling one of • lie ornament#’ I r> che . ——mm • mm \ good way to restore a man ap parently drowned, is to fi.st dry him thoroughly, inside and out. and then clap a Spi'afciiig trumpet to his ear and inform him his in 'aw is dead. A sleepy deacon, who sometimes engaged in popular games, hearing the minister use the words *• Shuffle off your mortal coil ” stalled up. tubbed his eyes, and exclaimed, " llolil on! it is 11 I " my (Sc 1 1 . —i■' ■ A eieduh us man said to a wag, who had a wooden leg : " How came you to have ft wooden leg?” "Why,” answered the wag, “ my father had one, so had my grandfather. It runs in the blood.” A wicked boy. upon whose shoul ders his mother was expressing her re -cn'ment with both slippers, felt too proud to cry and kept up his courage by repeating to himself: “Two soles that beat as one.” ——• tm —•* Why is it,” asks an exchange, ‘ that nearly every Senator’s wife in W.isliingt- n is a handsome woman ?” It is simply because nearly every Sena tor’s wife who is not a handsome woman is left at home. i— ♦ and the pious Elder, standing on the shore, points with admiration to a dozen or so of sylph-like forms gliding •gracefully over the ice. and pr, udly ex claim*, " Them’s ail fnine ” • —■ —A Nevada paper says: “There was no regular trial in the case of John Flanders, yesterday He had an inter view iu the woods with a few friends, however, and it is perfectly certain that J-.hn won’t burgle any more.” —-mm • m* Rlind man-" Ah. Mr. Evins, I ain't lirer’d you pass ihis way iu Some time; l fear’d you was laid up with yur oomeytia.” Mr. Evins-“ Worse nor that, John ; worse nor that. My wife went au’ found u>c a job o’ Wuik.” NO. 12