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AGRICULTURAL
‘Let idle Ambition her bauble pursue,
While Wisdom looks down with disdain,
The homejof the Farmer bus charms ever
new,
Wi .ere health, peace and competence reign.
Table ol Woislils anti Jlons
i res.
Bushels. IM. Bush rlt. Lbs.
Wheat, 60 Buckwheat, 152
Shelled corn 56 Dried peaches, 38
Corn in’the ear 70 Dried apples, 24
Peas, 60 I Onions, 57
Rye, 56 I Salt, 50
Oats, 32 1 Stone coal, 80
Bariev. 47 I 'fait,
Irish Potatoes. 00 I Wheat bran, 20
Sweet Potatoes, 55 | Turnips, 55
White Beans, 6u I Plasterin'! liair, 8
Castor Beans, 45 | ITnslaeked lime, 80
Olover Seed, 00 I Corn Meal, 48
Timothy Seed, 45 I Fine Salt, 55
Flax Seed. 50 I Dround peas, 25
Hemp Seed 45 | Cotton Seed, 32
Blue Brass seed. 14 j
One Reason why Farmers
are so Foot*.
It is believed that seven-tenths
of the planters and farmers of this
country, North and South alike,
are staggering to their fall under a
load of debt and mortgage. What
is the matter? Asa class, farm
ers are not lazy. They are seldom
idle. They work as hard as any
body ought to work. They make,
taking one year with another, what
may he considered, under prevail
ing standard of agriculture, fair
crops, and they get, as a rule,good
prices for the surplus products they
put into the market: still they
don't get rich—in fact, arc getting
poorer and poorer every year.—
Why is it so ? To say nothing now
of a faulty system of Cropping—all
cotton, all wheat, or all something
else: or of credit, liens and inter
est, the reason which we had in
mind with which to point this par
agraph is, that it costs too rnuen to
make our crops. We grow poor,
not so much because our incomes
are so small, as because outgoes are
so large There is no strict meth
od in our operations and no close
economy of means. The expense
of making a crop has not been re
duced to a minimum. Wo fence in
too large a field and travel over too
many acres to produce ten hales of
cotton or a hundred bushels of
corn. We pay out too much for
labor and for fertilizers for the re
sults produced. The remedy must
besought in sounder methods,labor
saving implements and better train
ed labor and less of it.—[Rural
Carolinian
Hoav (o Improve Seed Corn.
[From Son. Cultivator.]
Mr. Editor, — I notice in a late
number, you recommend a corres
pondent to improve his seed corn,
by taking the top ear from stalks
that produce two cars. If your ad
vice is followed, considerable im
provement will be made; but rea
son and philosophy point out the
bottom ear as being more likely to
improve the seed, and I know,
from actual experience of many
years that it is best to take the
bottom ear I have made a great
many experiments in improving
seed corn, and my rule is to take
the part that is not usually devel
oped, and the result proved quite
satisfactory and very interesting.
The changes that can be effected by
judicious selection are truly sur
prising. Every farmer ought to
ertw£e in the business of improv
ing seed of all kinds cultivated by
him. It is profitable and highly
interesting.
Southern farmers ought to expe
riment a great deal more than they
do. The proper distance for corn
ought to be settled at once. This
alone would save the South thou
sand of dollars, annually, in labor.
The proper mode of cultivation
should be settled this season by ev
ery farmer. This would save to
the South tens of thousands annu
ally. Corn can be produced far
more cheaply than is supposed. A
great loss is incurred by planting
more rows and hills than necessa
ry ; and a much greater loss is in
curred by trying to keep the ground
pulverized to a great depth after
the corn is planted, which is, in
many instances, worse than useless.
M H. ZELLNER.
Ashville, Ala , 1875.
We agree fully with our corres
pondent that seed corn should be
taken from the bottom ear, and so
intended to state in the article to
which he alludes. It was an over
sight which wc are glad he has
brought to our notice.—[Ed. Cult
Priming mid Training Toma
to Plants.
Wo have tried almost every
known plan for growing the toma
to, and we are convinced that while
considerable pruning is advantage
ous, that the best training for our
climate is as near no training at
all as is consistent with keeping
the fruit from the ground. This
must he done to prevent rotting.—
A low frame work of laths, or lay
er of brush on which they can
spread their branches horizontally
suits their habit of growth, and al
lows them to touch the ground here
and there and layer themselves,and
prolong their term of existence and
their hearing season. But what
ever mode of training ho adopted,
he ground should be heavily
mulched, before the trellis, stakes,
arbor or brush is put in place. One
hint more: If you desire your to
mato plants to give you sound,
smooth, well ripened fruit, and con
tinue long in bearing, plant them
on good soil (previously manured
for other crops,) but give them no
manure at the time of planting.—
This advice is not, of course, in~
tended for those who are growing
for market, where earliness is the
most important point. [Rural
Carolinian
Profanity.
We arc emphatically in the age
of profanity, and it seems to us
that wc aro on the topmost current.
One can not go on the streets any
where without ’having his ears of
fended with the vilest words, and
his reverence shocked by the most
profane uso of sacred names. Nor
does it come from the old or mid
dle-aged alone, for it is a fact, as
alarming as true, that the younger
portion of the community are most
proficient, in degrading language.
Boys have an idea it is smart to
swear; that it makes them manly;
but there never was a greater mis
take in the world. Men, even
those who swear themseives, are
disgusted with profanity ig a
voung man, because they know
how, of all had habits, this clings
the most closely, and increases
with years. It is the most insidi
ous of habits, growing on so invis
ibly that almost before one is aware
he becomes an accomplished cur
ser.
Induration.
"To read the English language
well, to write with dispatch a neat,
legible hand, and be master of tho
first four rules in arithmetic, so as
to dispose of at once, with accura
cy, every question of figures w hich
comes up in practice I call this a
good education. And if you add
the ability to write pure grammati
cal English, I regard it as an ex
cellent education. These are tho
tools. You can do much with
them, but you are helpless without
them. They are the foundation ;
and unless -you begin with these,
all your flashy attainments, a little
geology, and all other ologies and
osophies, are ostentatious rubbish.
—[Edward Everett.
-
A Hood old Deacon on Hiss
ing.
Ed. N. Y. Sun.
Sir:— l think I can help Mr.
Beecher's explanation, why he di i
not return Mrs. Moulton’s ‘‘kiss of
inspiration” by relating the story
of the good old Methodist de 'Con.
It seems tho young people of the
Church were in the habit cf play
ing games and kissing, but the
good old man was much troubled
about it, and said, "He was not so
much opposed to kissing if they did
not kiss with an appetite.”
Mr. Beet her must have feared
that he would "return it with an
appetite,” and thus offend Mrs.
Moulton’s delicacy. There appears
to have been a great deal of kissing
done by this “Plymouth party.”—
We have "the paroxysmal,’’ the
"noly kiss,” and "kiss of inspira
tion,” but, sir, we would like to in
quire if any one "kissed with an
M.
Schenectady, April 12, 1875.
—“ Is the candidate for Sheriff
here ?” asked a stranger as be look
ed into an Illinois bar-room. "Y T es,
why ?” asked eighteen men, as they
rose.
ORIGINAL.
For the Herald.
ICnnhius and the Hull.
Rankins was a man who enjoy
ed fun in every shape and form.—
One Sunday evening as a party of
us were strolling down one of the
back streets enjoying the pleasant
afternoon, Rankins said:
“Boys. I'll tell you what von do.
You see that yonder animal ? Well.
I’m going to have some fun out of
him ; you watch me.”
The animal alluded to, was a
Bull that was silently cropping
grass on the road-side, and seem
ingly not disposed to bother any
body that didn’t bother him ; hut
Rankins didn’t know much about
the nature of gentleman-cows ; so
he cut him a stick and whittled it
to a sharp point at one end, and
started towards the Bull. One of
us asked him what ho was going to
do, hut he said :
“Never mind, you just watch
me:” arid he shook his head and
laughed. I venture! to tell him
that he had better let that Bull
alone; but he told me to hold on,
and he stopped and laughed again
with the thought of the fun he was
going to have. (Rankins could see
fun further ahead than anybody
else.)
As soon as he got close up be
hind the animal, he looked around
towards us and winked, and his
countenance wore as happy a grin
as ever was on a man’s face. He
plunged the stick into the side of
the Bull with all of his might, and
fairly yelled with laughter; he
thought this was the place for the
fun to come in, “hut mark the se
quel ” That Bull beeame lively.
His tail flew up. He turned round
two or three times. He leaped
clear up off of the earth, and made
inquiries after Rankins. He found
that individual enjoying himself,
but he didn’t leave him in that fix.
He picked him up on his horns,
shook him around awhile, and sent
him aloft. Rankins was a rising
man—he rose about fifteen feet in
two seconds, and lit astraddle the
Bull, whicn frightened the animal
for the first time, and being fairly
into business now, he tore off down
the fence, with his tail as straight
as a ramrod, and Rankins sticking
to his back. Rankins’ part of the
fun might have come in here, but
every corner of the fence they pass
ed, left a piece of fence rail in bis
leg. Finally bis leg came in con
tact with the end of a sharp rail,
which tore off a piece of hide abort
as big as the bottom of a skillet,
and at the same time tore him loose
from the Bull. He picked himself
up from the corner of the fence,
routed, demoralized and somewhat
scattered, and 'started for home.
One of the party ventured to tell
him that, his experiment was a suc
cess, but one glance of Rankins’
red eye silenced all comment He
hasn’t gone about much since, and
when he does go out, ho totes a
pistol and looks fierce. I wouldn't
say “Bull” to him for forty bonan
zas ; and in my opinion, the man
that looks at him and laughs, is
going to get into trouble Z.
Punctuation.
There is a great carelessness, if
not ignorance, in the matter of
punctuation, whereby much misun
derstanding arises. Many persons
even emulate the ancient writers in
leaving out all marks or divisions
of any kind, like the barbel who
wrote over his door, "What do you
think 1 shave you for nothing and
give you a drink,” which was in
terpreted by some to imply an easy
shave and a morning tipple to be
got for the asking. Such, howev
er, was not the meaning of our
worthy tonsor, who, on being ar
raigned before the magistrate for
what seemed a clear case sf decep
tion, exclaimed, —
"What! do you think I shave
you lor nothing and give you a
drink ?”
Points were first used by Aristo
phanes, u grammarian of Alexan
dria, 200 years B. C., but wet not
generally used until the modern
system was introduced at the be
ginning of tho sixteenth century
by a learned printer of Venice,
named Manutius. Punctuation not
only serves to make au author's
meaning plain, but often saves it
from being entirely misconceived.
And thore are many cases where a
change of points completely alters
the sentiment. The fellowing an
ecdote of an English statesman,
who once took advantage of this
fact to free himself from an embar
rassing position, is an amusing il
lustration :
Having charged an officer of the
government with dishonesty, he
was required by Parliament, under
a heavy penalty, publicly to re
tract the accusation in the House
of Commons. At the appointed
time he appeared with a written
recantation, which he read aloud as
follows,—“I said ho was dishonest,
it is true; and I am sorry for it.”
This was satisfactory But what
was the surprise of Parliament the
foil owing day to see the retraction
printed in the papers thus; “I
said he was dishonest ; it is true,
and lam sorry for it.” By a sim
ple transposition of the comma and
semicolon, the ingenious slanderer
represented himself to the country,
not only as having made no recan
tation, but even as having reitera
ted the charge in the very face of
Parliament.
—■-
An Indian ISury iug-<round.
A correspondent of the Columbia
(Ky.) Spectator tells the following
story:
Hr. R. H. Perryman, of Cassey’s
Creek, has made a discovery that is
truly wonderful. On a perpendicular
cliff not far from his house, about
twenty-fr'e feet from the bottom, is a
shelving rock about one hundred yards
long, sheltered from the rain and
stormy blasts by an overhanging rock,
which was once used by the Indians a
a grave-yard. Hundreds of well pre
served bodies were lyiug there side by
side, with a thiu rock slab between
them. Each body lias a stone vault,
covered over by a thin rock,aud th<
whole row is covered with dirt brought
from a distance. It was a very cmd
day when the doctor made this discov
ery. and he opened only three of these
vaults, but m each ol these he found a
well preserved corpse—the hair and
everything couiplete, but they melted
to dust as soon as the ai^struck them.
The boues remained intact, and cue
skeleton was of enormous size, some
seven or tight feet long. In these
vaults were willow baskets ornamented
with .-hells ami various trinket-, show
ing the handiwork of (he departed
1 hese trinkets all crumbled on coming
in contact with air. This place, the
doctor says, has been observed before,
but there- being nothing visible but
dirt, has attracted no attention. The
place is almost inaccessible to man, and
how these bodies and these stones were
got there will ever remain a mystery.
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Consumption Cured.
To the Editor of the Herald, —
Esteemed 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 *
3$ 4]]!
for a ease it will not benefit Indeed, so
strong is my faith, 1 will send a Sam
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Please show this letter to any one you
may know who is suffering from these dis
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Faithfully yours.
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09 William Street, NEW YORK-
Feb. 18, 1875—Oms
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Offece, 0. Sackett, Drugs & Medicines,
New Albany, Ixd., April 10, 1874.
Dr. J. J. Pemberton, Atlanta, Ga.:— Sir
—I have received your circulars, and in
! consequence of the distribution, I have sold
about six dozen Globe Flower Syrup in the
las', two weeks. The Globe Flower Syrup
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 26, 1874.
Dr. J. S. Pemberton: Dear Sir—l have
used your Globe Flower Cough Sprup my
self, aad in my family, with benefits so
marked as to leave unquestioned the merits
of a remedy, which, in my experience, has
proved one that excels everything for colds,
coughs and obstinate lung affections. I
shall always use it with perfect confidence,
and recommend it to the public as a reme
dy which will afford that satisfaction expe
rienced by me and mine.
Very respectfully vours,
JAMES M. SMITH.
Governor State of Georgia
May 14 ’74—ly.
WANTED!
Hides and Tanbark,
IN EXCHANGE FOR
X-.1E3 ATHER AND
M !■
In this exchange we allow 15 cts per lb.
for hides, and SO,OO per cord for bark, and
put our Leather and Shoes at cash prices.
We shall keep o.i band a choice variety of
but-oak-ianned sole, harness, upper, kip
and calfskin leather, also, a stock of hand
made and home-made shoes for men, women
and boys. If encouraged by our friends
aud the community, we intend to furnish
the beet and cheapest articles in our line.
We trust that a home enterprise like this will
not be permitted to die out for the want of
patronage, as has been too often the case in
the South. We will pay 13 cts. for hides
and $5 for bark, dash, at the yard
BROWN & MONCRIEF.
Nov. 26’ 71—tf.