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AGRICULTURAL •Let. idle Ambition her bauble pursue, bile Wisdom looks down with disdain, The Jiomo of the Fanner has charms ever n.cw, y here health, peace and competence reign. Table of Weights nml ’leas iires. Bushels. Lbs. Buckwheat, 52 Dried peaches, 38 Dried apples, 24 Onions, 57 Saif, 50 Stone coal, 80 Malt, 38 Wheat, liras, 20 Turnips, 55 Plastering hair, 8 Unslacked lime, 80 Corn Meal, 48 Fine Salt, 55 Ground peas, 25 Cotton Seed, ’ 32 flush els. Lb*. Wheat, 00 Shelled corn 50 Corn in the ear 70 Peas, 00 Rye, of, Oats, 32 Barley, 47 Irish Potatoes, CO Sweet Potatoes, 55 White Beans, 00 Castor Beans, 45 Clover Seed, 00 Timothy Seed, 45 Flax Seed, 56 Hemp Seed 45 Blue Crass seed. 14 Compost. Thero is no subject of greater importance to the farmer than com post, and yet it is a rare thing that you sec anything written about it, and still rarer to find a farmer who composts }>is manure The value of coinposting your manure can hardly be estimated ; for, how of ten do you hear farmers say, that tlio value of barnyard manure can not be estimated ? How much more so, then, is the expression true of compost, which in reality increases your manure fourfold.— Or in other words, one load of man ure composted is worth four loads not composted. No one, no mat ter how ignorant, can deny that manure is constantly losing the very best of its substance, which is carried off in the shape of gases, in the air, and the only thing that re mains to bo proven is how much goes off in the air, in tho course of decomposition. ‘According to the best of my knowledge, (after some years of experience,) ono load of manure composted, is equal to four not composted. Some believers in compost put it higher, There is one thing about a compost heap which I do not understand and can not explain, l’rof. Johnson says, a compost heap being made up of several ingredients, when thorough ly decomposed, the whole heap is equal to the best ingredients. My mode of composting is easy and ef fective. I simply haul the tnanuro when I want to use it, and cover with twice as much earth as there is manure, putting the manure in rows, about three feet from the top to the ground, which is sufficient quantity to decompose rapidly, and can bo spread without ro loading. Compost manure should be used as soon after it is made as possible, and the better the manure tho bet ter it pays to compo t. To me the idea of a farmer buying fertilizers and not composting bis manure is absurd. 1 .know of a farm, one half of which was given a coat of compost, and thbav years after the effect was plainly visible.—[Ex. A Word j* Farmers Never keep your entile short.— You can’t afford i-t. If you starve them they will starve you ; besides, it is wicked. Be merciful to your beast. Never hoe a great field for a lit tle crop, or mow twenty acres for five loads of hay. You can’t af ford it. Enrich your land and it will pay you richly. Take care of your tools, spades, shovels, rakes, hoes, pitchforks, &c., &c ; keep them housed when not in use. Above adl things, cultivate your heart as well as your soil ; “what soever a man soweth that shall ho also reap.” Keep notes of remarkable events. Never build a spacious barn till you have something to put in it. Good fences make good neigh bors. Cows fed well in the winter, give more milk in summer. Italy, it is calculated, produces annually 750,000,000 gallons of wine. Of this, reckoning the con sumption of twenty-five gallons for each person living in the country, 625,000,000 gallons would bo re quired for home use, whilst 125,- 000,000 remained for exportation. .—“Who cute your clothes, Tommy?” asked a visitor of a curiously ragged boy. “ Well,” said he, ingeniously, ma cuts my pants and pa cuts my jackets.” Flowers for l lie Bier. Sweet flowers ! tenderly, I take you, one by one, to strew upon the bier ! ! Como first, Camellias !—pure as ' an infant’s soul—too delicate to bear the pressure of a finger’s weight, ve shall lie here above the heart which ever beat warm and true, but coul 1 no more than you endure the rude rebuff of life. Blossoms with Orange breath! I scatter you around, so that your sweet perfume shall rise, even as does his memory now from parents’ and brothers’ hearts. Gentle Violets, and Rose buds fair ! Fay, did some spirit whis per to you of your sal mission, and tell you for what ye unfolded your white and purple potals ? Metbinks yo wear a look of chas- tened-grief, like those who linger round the loved remains. Crocus, and Primrose ! Types of Spring and Youth ! Be not re luctant to go down with him into his cold and narrow bed. For, oh he loved your delicate shapes, and cherished in his soul your dainty beauty. Now, full-blown Damask Rose, with smell of garden odor ! Come, take your turn last. I’ll put your you here, as if tho hand but now had plucked you from your stem ; whilst to my thought you shall be typical of royal robes. There —I have made you all dewy with my tears. So shall your freshness last the longer, when the earth shall hide you from my sight. ’Tis tho last—last tribute I can bri ng.—[Old Ex. Keeping up wifii (lie Fashion “Ma, can I go and bear the ne gro serenaders to-night?” “No, my dear, I cannot think of lotting you go to such perform ances.” “Why, ma, everybody goes to hear them ; they sing such comic songs, and toll all sorts of funny stories—you can’t help laughing all the time. Ido wish you would let me go.” “You must not urge me Charley, for I cannot throw away money on fellows who go about disguised as negroes, singing songs that have no good tendency, and telling sto ries that are not calculated to im prove tho mind, but rather to do .harm. And, more than that, Ido not believe that any better class of society visit these concorts.” “Indeed, ma, then you are vrst ly mistaken, for I heard Judge Brown’s boys say they were there witli their father and sisters, and 1 saw Mr. Jones, my Sabbath School teacher, go in last evening; and I was in the store to-day where they Sell the tickets, and the minister of tho Broad street Church came in and purchased three or four, to take his family.” “Are you sure about what you tell me, Charley ?” “Yes, ma ; and Mr. Smith re marked, when he sold the tickets, that the concerts were attended by fashionable audiences ” “ Well, that alters it some ; you may go and tell your sister Angel ica to dress for the concert, and I will accompany you; I believe there is nothing but a prayer-meet ing at our church to-night. We must koep up with the fashion.” The Jewish holiday, called the Passover, commences on the 20th and continues until the 27th of the present month. It is the festival of the Jews in commemoration of their providential deliverance on the night before their departure from Egypt, when the destroying angel, who put to death the first born of the Egyptians passed over the houses of the Hebrews, which had been previously marked with blood of the paschal lamb. It is known as the feast of unleaven bread. Atkins says he was never smit ten with one man’s wife. He was the man himself, and she smote him with a rolling-pin. A little girl, only nini years old, has traveled alone tram Farming ton, Minn., to Searsport, Me., her only passport being a letter from a Masonic Lodge, stating that her father was a Mason and she an orphan Asked how she got along, she answered “Everybody I met was a Mason.” mmU FERTILIZER. Standard THIS FIRST-CLASS FERTILIZER HAS BEEN used for years wiih the 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. TERMS—final * - . • 00 Time—Anv. Ist .... fiO OO Or, Middling Cotton at 15 cents per pound. BARRETT & CAHWELL. Augusta. tin- NO 16TON A WEAVER, LOCAL AGENTS, Greenesloro’ , Ga. January 28, 1875—3 ms The Celebrated mi w* ;m : km, t AMMQNIATEB BOP. rn X HIS unrivaled Fertilizer stands at the head of tho 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-cla.-s Fertilizers. The celebrated planter, liAVID DICKSON, of Oxford, Ga., says of it: “The EU REKA is the best commercial manure I have ever used.’’ CASH PRICE: IVr Ton, 2,000 Founds, SSO Gift TIME PRICE: ler Ton, 2,000 Fouiuln, WOO OO With Cotton option. NORTON & WEAVER, AGENTS. Greenes boro’, Ga. January, 28tli—3m. BARGAINS! BARGAINS! [ I AM Seijisg STOVES Cheaper than over, and warrant them to give satisfaction. I am prepared to fill all Orders for r £TI at low rates. Also 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. mJKIIAM Ga., Feb. 11, 1875—3ras Xislsiiidl G l AN 0. T L HIS excellent Fertilizer is a pure Standard article, unsurpassed by any Commer cial Mamiro on the market, It is Compounded of the very best material, under the immediate Superintendance of onr oxvn Chemist, and every sack subjected to a scrutinizing analysis by the State Inspector of Fertilizers, before being offered fox 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. TKitAis-casii oo Time—Payable Xov. Ist .... GO OO IC. W. L. BASIN & Cos , Manufacturers, i:\i/rnioiti:, Aid. Norton & Weaver, Jan. 28, IS7s—Sms Local Agents, Greenesborough, Ga. Fertilizer at Reduced Prices! THE SXCELLENZaTfERTILIZER, W IIICFI has been extensively used for a number of years and never failed to give entire satisfaction, is now offered at reduced prices Cash and lime. Planters who wish to purchase Fertilizers will find it to their interest, to try the te: jl- -ms imr jm. • Or, our Chemical Preparation for composting, which is a great favorite „ith those who used it last season. We also have for sale, f 1 1 hillock's f \gctator , A Fertilizer unsurpassed by any in use. DISSOLVED ItOMi and I. VXD PLASTERS at lowest prices. SIBLEY & WHELESS, Feb. 18, 1875—2 ms COTTON FACTORS, 11CISTA. A. • PACIFIC fiCMO COMPANY, CAPITAL - - $1,000,000. *gT AM AND COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE, FOR Composting with Cotton Seed. - IYIIE SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO is now so well known for its remarkable effects as an agency for increasing the products of labor, as not to require especial com mendation from me. Its use, for Ten Years past, has established its character for Ite liable Excellence. The large, Fixed Capital invested by the Company in this trade, affords the surest guarantee of the continued excellence of its Guano. The Guano and Phosphate will be delivered to any boat qr depot in the city, free of Drayage. C.A.SH PRICE 2 Per Ton, 2.000 Pounds, Soluble Pacific f nano, 9 W Per Ton, 9,000 Pounds, Acid Phosphate, T'XISVS:ES IPR.ICE ! Without Interest, and option of paying in Liverpool Middling Cotton, delivered at the nearest Railroad Depot, at Fifteen Cents per pound : Per Ton, 3,000 Pounds, Soluble Pacific Guano' SSB Per Ton, 3,000 Pounds, Acid Phosphate, 13 jgjp'Orders received and information furnished on application to my Agents at va rious Local Markets. J. <>. M A THE W SON, Jan. 21 —3m. Agent Pacific Guano Cos., AUGUSTA, Ga. Norton & Weaver, Agents, Greeneshoro\ Ga. GUARANTEED. EXCLUSIVELY, PETEK MEM. ATJGUSTA, - Q-ESOIFI-CSrXuSL, f WITIiS the people of GREENESBOROUGIT, and the country at large, when they come to AUGUSTA, to call at his FIRST-CLASS BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE, Where they can find everything they require in flie way of prime Shoes of every de scription ; not from the Cheap Factories of New England, but made to order by the best makers in Baltimore and Philadelphia. Every article sold, warranted in the strictest sense of the word, and reclamation made when work does not give full satisfaction. One Price, and STRICTLY Fair Dealing, the Rule of the House. Nq “Drummers” employed—the character of the goods he sells, and the extremely low and uniform prices at which he sells, is his best recommendation. Come to where you may have a positive certainty of being honorably and fairly dealt with. O\E PRICE—\O imiAIJSBiECS EMPLOYER—FAIR DEALING OR NONE. PETER KEENAN, January 21, 1875—if Central Hotel Block, AUGUSTA, Ga. SB ■•si B 9 m PATENT SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME ACID PHOSPHATE. TJ t LANTERS will find the above Commercial Manures of the first-quality,'and infe rior to none in producing satisfactory results. They are prepared of the best materi al by experienced Chemists, and have invariably given entire satisfaction. The SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME is a complete manure, suitable alike for Cotton and cereals. > The ACID PHOSPHATE is rich in Soluble-Phosphate, and carefully prepared for composting with Cotton Seed and other vegetable matter. TERMS—Patent Super-Phosphate of Lime. CASH 850 00 TlME—Payable Ist November 60 00 with option of paying Middling Cotton at 15 cents per pound. ACID P HOBPIIATE CASH, $33 00 TlME—Payable November Ist, 38 00 WIL.LIA3IS, LANGSTON & CRANE, AGENTS, ATLANTA, GA Norton & Weaver, January 28, 1875—3 ms Local Agents, GREENESBOROUGH, Ga. The Augusta Hotel, CORNER BROAD AND WASHINGTON STREETS. :o: This HOTEL has been thoroughly renovated and furnished throughout. It will be reopened on the Ist of OCTOBER for the reception of guests. The Traveling Public will find excellent accommodations and a well supplied Table at fair prices. FKED. S. KOSHER, Prop r. JOSIAH MOSHER. Superintendent oct. 8,1874 —6 ms MM (tfiliUflrliliillAliA Dr. J. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters are a purely Veg etable preparation, made chiefly from the native herbs found ou the lower ranges of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom with out the use of Alcohol. The question is almost daily asked, “What is the causo of tho unparalleled success of Vinegar Bitters?” Our answer is, that they remove the cause of disease, and tho patient recovers his health. They are thj great blood rurifler and a life-giving principle, perfect Reno vator and In vigors f ..i- of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded pos sessing the remarkable qualities of Vinegar Bitters iu liealing the sick of every disease. They are a gentl. Purgative as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of th. Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious Diseases. The properties of Dr., walker’s Vinegar Bitters are Aperient, Dia phoretic, Nutritious, Laxative, Diu retic, Sedative, Couuter-Irritant, Su iorifle, Alterative, and Anti-Bilious. n. ii. McDonald & <x>„ Druggists & Gen.Agfa., .San Francisco, Califnr ilia. & cor. ofWhasiugtou & Charlton StR.,N.I' Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. Grateful Thousands proclaim Vinegar Betters the most woiidt-.il ; luvigorant that ever sustained the sink ing systei l. So person can take these Hitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are net destroyed liy mineral poison or otbor means, and vital or gans wasted beyond repair. Bilious, Remittent, and Iji terni ittent Fevers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our gic.it rivers throughout tho United States, esj> ■ dally those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois. Tennessee, Cumberland. Ac 1 .- Red. Colorado, Brnzs. Rio Grande. P.:.;vl, Alabama, Mobil', Savannah, Roanoke, James, and many ott.i r.;, \vi,h their vast trin ti 1 trie.-;, throngLo.it onr entire country during the 8.,b. •. ;or an I Aut.ir.io. aud remarkably so duri: g seasons of tm _ usual heat and dryness. - invariably accompanied by extcnis’.V * .(itvauga meula of the s “.much and liver, and other abdcminal viscera, in their treatment, a pu.;:ut;ve, ex'rting a p n.-ert'ul influcu. upon these va ious organ :, is e s.. ;' s. Thoie is no cathartic for tile p> •; • eimnl to Dr. J. Walker’-. Vinos: - ; thir.nw, its they will speed.ly r mow r,!i • dark colored vi:s'id Lutt v v th which tho bowels arc load-.i, at tho :.aiae time Btiuir.h'.riug the sec. iio s ■ f the liver, and gen-.rally re-:o.i;,;> .In h.uhl.y functions ol ihc dige-hive 'rgars. Fortify ti.o i;?dy ; UAin.sk diSs'JiSh by put if; ill;' all its fluids with vhe Bitters. No epidemic can take hold of a sy . h m thus iore-anceii. Dyspepsia er ludL’.osHon, Headache, Ruin in the Shoulders, Cough q Tightness of Uic Chest, Do ziness, Sour i'.rueti)ilon of the Sto mach, Bad Tasi' in the Mouth. Bili ous Attacks, Pid;,i\".f : on of tie Heart, Inflammati n oft: L Rain in the region of tap Kidn- ys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, arc the off springs of Dyspepsia. One bottle will prove a better gnnrau! c of its nitrite than a lengthy advertisement. Reroftila, or Kinaj’s Evil, While Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swell.-d Neck. Guitr-, Scrofulous In flammations, Mercurial affections, Old Sores, Eruptions v f the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc. In lh.se, a in ill other con: iitntional Disease-., Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters have shown thoir great curative powers in tho most obstinate and intractable cases. Foi’li'flanmiiitor.v or Lhron ic Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Ititermiiteiit Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood. Mechanic;;] Diseases.—Per sons engaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, are subject to paralysis oi the Bowels. To guard against this, lake Du. Walter’s Vinegar Bitters. For Skin Discuses, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt-Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples. Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ringworms, Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thou sands, are effectually destroyed and re moved. No system of medicine, no ver mifuges, no antlielminitics will free the system from worms like these Bitters. For Female Complaints, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so de cided an influence that improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its impurities burst ing through the skin in Pimples, Erup tions, or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it when it is foul ; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the sys tem will follow. It. 11. MCDONALD <fc CO„ Druggists & Geu.Agts., San Francisco, Califor nia. & cor. of Wliasington A Charlton Sts.,NT. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. October 15, 1874—1 y Consumption Cured. To the Editor of the Herald, — Esjeim*d Friend ; Will you please inform your readers that I have a positive Cure for Consumption and all disorders of the Throat and Lungs, and that, by its use in my practice, I have cured hundreds of cases, and will give for a case it will not benefit. Indeed, so strong is my faith, I will send a Sam ple IVee, to any sufferer addressing me. Please show this letter to any one you may know who is suffering from these dis eases, and oblige, Faithfully yours. Ir. T. r. IS CRT, 09 William Street, NEW YORK- Feb. 18. 1875—6 ms