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DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL PROGRESS - INDEPENDENT IN AIL THINGS, VOL. X. Railroad Schedule. Arrival and Departure of Trains. Arrival nl Trains at (irccues- Itni'ii’ B>"!Mt. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. From Atlanta, . . 11:12 A. 51. From Augusta, . . 11:58 A. 51. N GIIT PASSENGER TRAIN. From Atlanta • . . 3:33 A. 51. From .-uignsta, . . . 1:14 A. 51. May 20 H. 11. KING, Agent. Georgia. Hailroad. Day Passenger Train. Leave Augusta, 8.45, a. m. Leave Atlanta, 7:00, a. m. Arrive at Atlanta, 5:45, p. m. Arrive at Augusta, 3:30, p. m. Night passenger Train. Leave Augusta, 8:15, p. m. Leave Atlanta, 10:30, p. m Arrive at Atlanta, 6:25, a. m. Arrive at Augusta, 8.T6, a. m. ACCOMMODATIOX TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, 5:00 p. m. Leaves Stone Mountain, 6:45 a. nr Arrives Atlanta, 8:00 a. m. Arrives Stone Mountain, 0:15 p. m. S. K. JOHNSON, Sup’t. Western A. Atlantic R. II AND ITS CONNECTIONS. —“K ENNESA W ROUT E.”— The following Schedule takes effect May 23d, 1875: NORTHWARD. No 1. Nc 3. No 11. Lv Atlanta, 4 20pm 7 00am 330 pm Ar Cartersville, 0 14pm 0 22am 7 10pm Ar Kingston, G 42pm 0 50am 8 21pm Ar Dalton, 8 24pm 11 54am 11 18pm Ar Chattanooga,!o 25pm 1 50pm SOUTHWARD. No 2. No 4. No 12. Lv Chattanooga, 4 00pm 5 00am Ar Dalton, 5 41pm 7 01am 1 00am Ar Kingston, 7 38pm 9 07am 4 19am Ar Cartersville, 8 12pm 9 42am 5 18am Ar Atlanta, 10 15pm 12 06m 9 30am Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2, between New Orleans and Baltimore. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and S, between Atlanta and Nashville. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 3 and 2, between Louisville and Atlanta. £tfe-jy"No change of cars between New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore, and only one, change to New York. Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4:10 pm, arrive in New York the second afternoon thereafter at 4:oopm. Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs and various Summer Resorts will be on sale in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co lumbus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta,at greatly reduced rates Ist of June. Parties desiring a whole car through to the Virginia Springs or to Baltimore, should address the undersigned. Parties contemplating traveling should send for a copy of the Kcnncsaw Route Ga zette, containing schedules, etc. for Tickets via “ Kennesaw Route.” B W. WREXN, ten’l Pass, and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga MASONIC. - San Marino Uodge. Xo 31. GREENESBORO’, GA. m ’Regular Meetings—First Wednesday night of each month. M. MARKW ALTER, See’y. Greenesboro’ IC. A. €’., Xo. 37 GREENESBORO’, GA. Regular meeting—Third Fiiday night of each month. C. C. NORTON, Scc’y. Union Point Uoilgc, Xo. 2fM*. UNION POINT, Ga., Meets regularly the 2d and 4th Thursday day evenings in each month. W. 0. MITCHELL, Sec’y. Feb. 4, 1875 tf #0 0 & Creme Xo. 41, B O O F. GREENESBORO’, GA., Meets regularly every Monday night. Wm. t. doster, n. g. I). S. Holt, R S. #¥i c Creeneslioronu;ii E.otlse. Xo. "20, Independent Order Good Templars, meets at Odd Fellow’s Hall, on 2d and 4th Friday nights in each month. J. HENRY WOOD, W. C. G. W. Miller, Scc’y. Special Notice. THE Stockholders of the Greene County Fair Association are hereby personally no tified that unless they pay up their pro rata share of an execution I hold against said Asseciation. 1 will be forced to havo executions issued against them severally, for their proportional parts of said c aim. Capt. W. M Weaver is authorized to re ceive and receipt for mono' -* so paid. ' .I.VK. N ARMOR om #■ gsi# _ „ <# .-#• S3 0(1 si 5 ('ar in Advance. A. IS. PA UK, - - Proprietor. W, ’B. WEAVUIt, - - Editor. BUSINESS' CARDS. M. W. LEWIS } <( 11. G- LEWIS. n. W. Lewis & Smu Attorneys at Law, tiREEAESISOKOt GII, - GA. apvil 8, 1875-ly Philip B. Robinson, Attorney at Law, GREENESBORO’. . . . GA. yU ILL give prompt attention to business entrusted to his professional care. Feb. 20, 1873—6 ms Il7¥. W. PALMKR; Attorney at Law fJ GKEGAESBORO’, - - - GA. A LL business intrusted to him will re- A ceive personal attention. jjgg“OFFloE—(With Judge Heard,) in the Court-House, where ho can be found during business hours. 0ct.15,’74-tf Wm, H. Branch, A TTORNE Y AT LA W. SE SIIINUSnOKO’, <4 % . I '(ONTINUES io give his undivided aiten ' J t ion to tlie practice of his Profession. Returning thanks to his clients for their encouragement in the past, he hopes by -dose application to business to merit a com tinuancc oft lie same. £<ssy“ Office over Drug Store of Messrs. B. Torbcrt & Cos. Greeueaboro’ Jan ICth 1874 —ly. J VMES B. PARK, AND— COUNSELOR AT LAW, GREENESBORO', - - - GA. YY7"ILL give prompt, attention to nil bu- VV sln-'ss intrusted to his professional care, in the Counties of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Baldwin, Hancock and Taliaferro. OS'* Office —-With lion. Philip P.. Rob inson. apijl 3, ( 18T6—Gins w7w. LtwsiiWi ATTORNEY AT LAW, POINT, - - G:i- OFFERS his professional services to the people of Greene and adjoining conn ties, and hopes, by close attention to busi siness to merit and receive a liberal share of patronage. jan23 ’ 7 4-— ly. l Wm. Morgan, RESIDENT GREENESBORO ’, GA. fob. 1, 1874. Medical Card. Drs. BODKIN & HOLT, IT AVI\G associated themselves in the Practi.ee of Medicine, respectfully tender their services to the citizens of Gkeenes noTio’ and surrounding country. March 4, 1875—tf CE \TIt AI, ~i i OTEL fc BY Mrs. VV. M. THOMS, ALGLtS TA t Gw Jan. 21 —Ty. T. Markwaiter, Marble Works „ BROAD Street, AUGUSTA, Ga. MARBLE Monumen s, Tomb-stones, Marble Mantles, and Furniture Mar ble of all kinds, from the plainest to the most elaborate, designed and furnished to order at short notice. Ail work for the country carefully boxed. n0v2,1571 —tf JEWELRY! \\T SUING to devote myself entirely to \ > the legitimate business of 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. . M. MAIBKWALTER. Grcenesboro’, Ga., Sept. 24, 1874-tf tfrffn FOR iTATAIiOGIfBif. GREENESBORO', GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1875. POET’S CORNER. OATS OF *ll iOI'TSI. The following iiing lines were writ ten by the elder St. George Tucker (step father of Mr. Randolph,) and it is said that hey so affected John Adams in his old ago that lie declared he would rather have mitten them than any lyric of Milton or Shakespeare : Days of my youth, ye have glided away, Hairs of my youth j ye are frosted and gray; Eyes of my youth,your keen sight is no more Cheeks of my youth,ye are furrowed all o'er, Strength of my youth, all your vigor is gone; Thoughts of my youtlr, your gay visions are flown. Days of my youth, I wish not your recall. Hairs of my youth, I'nj content you should fall ; Eyes of my youth, you much evil have seer, Checks of ray youth, bathed in tears . i have been ; Thoughts of my youth, yc have led me astray, Strength of my youth, why lament your decay ? Days of my ago, ye will shortly he past, Pains of my age,'yet awhile you ran last; •Toys of my ace. in true wisdom delight, Eves of my age, he religion your light; Thoughts of my age, dread ye not the cold sod, Hopes of my age, he ye fixed on your God. ORT.IN4L [TOR THF. TIERAT.n.] Sliver Sprinss, Ele.rliln. Sept., 10th, 1575, Home ngnin for a brief season. Many of the citizens of Oedar Keys, fearful of the advent of Yel low fever, have made hasty depar ture for the country, and others taking advantage of the temporary cession of trade and travel l.a.e sought an interim of rest, and re creation. But. this must needs be of short duration, as trade will soon revive and its votaries obeying its mandates must hasten to place themselves in grooves well worn. We have had little fear of Yellow fever at Cedar Keys, there being no Ifical cause for it, and our sani tary measures being most rigidly enforced. Never perhaps was there a more rigid Quarantine enforce ment than at Cedar Keys. The mail from an affected port was not allowed to he received, hut this Uncle Sam would not sanction, a order having been telegraphed from Washington for its delivery. There occurred one violation of theQunrantine laws.but it was unat tended with any inconvenience ex cept to the party committing the breach. The Mayor F. E. Hale was unavoidably absent at the time the cose was up for trial, and his Honor having asked your corres pondent to hear the case for him; Capt. G., of the Schooner. “Tam ahausser” and witnesses appeared, and a hearing had. But the diffi culty arose, the law had been vio lated, but Capt. G., an urbane gentleman, was regretful for his infraction of the laws, and wo had to let him off with the nominal fine of twenty five dollars and costs.— His offense was not in bringing his vessel ashore, nor even himself coming ashore, but in coming with in the forbidden grounds. Avery considerable business has been done at Cedar Keys, in the sponge, turtle and fish trade, the past season; and the Cedar and PineAlills have been kept in constant operation, giving employment to several hundred operatives. The Pencil mills owned by E. Faber, a German millionaire and the cele* brated pencil maker, constitute an important business for Florida.— Here the heavy Cedar is received, sawed into strips ixl| inch by 8 inches in length, boxed up and shipped to New York, where there are other mills and where the pen cils are turned out many thousand every day. Mr. 11. Winter, the efficient and gentlemanly agent of the works here, is now on a Euro pean tour, but the work goes on. and will probably continue ns long as there is Cedar to be had in the State. We not re improvement in every section of Florida. Our quiet, lit tle neighborhood of Sivor Spring is throwing off (to the regret of some) its pristine cast of rusticity We now have several stores, two ware houses, a turpentine distillery, a school, hotel and several hoarding houses, and it is proposed to build a church. Several new dwellings have gone up recently, and a rail road to Crystal river is in process of construction—an other from Ocala to some point on the Atlantic, j Gulf, and West India Transit Cos., R. R. is in contemplation; but -we understand the charter for said Road is in the hand of David L. Yulee, the principal owner of the A. G. & W. I. T. Cos. R. R. win. for some personal reasons, iefu. es to deliver up the charter and op poses the construction of said, road As soon as we can get such men in the legislature as he (Yulee) can not buy, he will he compelled to yield up the charter and then there will he some prospect of complet- ing a much needed railway. One “feature” of Florida often surprises those visiting our ofnre; it is the almost nnverisal disposi tion of Real Estate owners to sell; which is to he accounted for, not in the dissatisfaction of those liv ing here, hut in the plentifulncssjof good lands—almost every one is willing to sell and pitch upon some other “rarche.” This willingqMJs to move will very soon cease, to Ho hopeiL /*■“ up so rapicflv (its population doub ling as the statistics show every two vears) the good lands will soon all be taken up, am] those holding desirable places will be unwilling ' i to sell, except at very high figures. 'Good lands in Florida are destined : to be valued at very high rates in a very few years. The interest in all kinds of semi-tropical fruit cul turo was never greater than at ! present. Almost any real estate i investment here is safe, and almost I ■any land is adaptable for some kind of fruit culture. With due regard for the selection of a building site, wood health can be bad anv where O *- in the State. Florida ranks sec ond, in point ofhealth, of all the States, and we think after our hummocks are opened and swamp lands drained we will be at the very highest. Until a week or ten days past we have had in this section (Marion, Alachua and Levy comities) a very trying urouth of about 7 weeks duration. The rciny season which generally sets in about May or June has but just commenced.— Most of the Fanners say they have lost from one third to one half of their grain crop this is most un fortunate as the demands of Eng- land lor grain, will exhaust the supply here, and while this will be an advantage commercially, those who have not made sufficient here for home consumption will find it difficult to supply their needs.— Many of the little fruit trees have suffered in consequence of the long continued drouth. We have lost about one hundred orange trees and some peach trees. But strange to say there are several thousand orange trees of siv months growth, that have been very thrifty, and have grown to better size than any others we havo noticed within the same time. The orange culture is receiving much attention through out the State and deservedly so; — there is money in it; we have known of several parties, within two years to raise sufficient orange seedlings to repay them for their improvements, and this without other sources of profit. Quite a sad accident occurred hero recently, a gentleman super- mtending Col. Rogers’ orange Grove lost his life from a tree fall ing on him. The tree struck him to the earth falling across his chest and bruising him internally. His leg was twisted out of place and the ankle bone driven through the skin into the ground. lie lived three days after the accident, suf fering much pain. lie leaves a wife and three little children. I. Y. W. MISCELLANEOUS. St Was a ISoe. [Detroit Free Kress.] Any one passing along Howard street just before noon, yesterday, wouid have seen him lying under one of the shade trees in his yard, a pillow under his head, his feet on a bench, and a magazine in his hands. He looked the picture of comfort and contentment,and the women who were going along with pull-back dresses on,sighed and wished they were men. The great eitv hall bell struck the hour of noon. The deep-toned echoes 1! lated out on the still summer air and touched a tender chord in the Howard street man’s heart. The echoes sound ed to him like funeral whispers—like the whispers of the night wind sighing through the grand old wilderness. “Oh ! solemn bell!” he said. “Oh ! sad, solemn !” That was all he said about the bell. A bumble-bee settled down on him to look for sugar, and as be turned partly over he gave the bee a rub. It is a bad thinn to rub any kind of a bee. He feels insulted and gets annoyed at things which, a mud turtle or a dove would pass by without a thought. The away when the Howard street n.bn got up. He got up like a man in a hurry. Ho went away from there. lie didn’t meander—he went like a rocket. Something seemed to ail him. lie made a line for the bouse, went up the steps at a bound, and, as his wife asked him the cause of his haste, he replied : “Thunder —oop ! hoop!" “Is this house on fire ?” she asked as he tore around the parlor and upset things. “ House be oop ! Lordy 1” he answered, as ho .made a circuit of the room and dashed out of the house. The dos rushed after him ; the wife rushed after the dog, and the man bounded out of the house. “ Are you crazy, Robert?” shrieked the wife, as she beheld him pounding his legs with his silk hat. Two or three boys ran in from the street; a strange dog came in and got up a fight, and all things conspired to make a lively time. Tie’s got the colic 1” yelled one of the boys. “ Or (he tremors 1” shouted another. “ See that hat !” called a third. ‘ Roys, go out of here !” whispered the panting man as lie stopped using his hat. They went out and as he, limped into the house, his tearful wife asked : “ Now, then, will you tel! me what happened ?” “ No, I won’t!” he shouted, and he didn’t. She fell into hysterics at the thought that ho had used his brain too much, and had suddenly become crazed; aud he went down to the drug store and applied arnica to the spot, and in formed the clerk that eleven thousand of the largest kind of bumble bees set tled right down on him in a body. A little fellow was overheard to re mark to his companion.who he thought was telling an untruth, “ Remember Anna Maria and Sophia were struck dead for lying ” An exchange says: “About this time look out for colds.” But it is not necessary. The man who can not catch Cold without looking out for it, hasn’t enterprise enough to sneezo if he should catcli one. Marriage, after making a will, ren ders the will void, probably for the rea son that the testator is held to have been of unsound mind, or he would not have committed the folly of getting married. The less men think, the more they talk. Tl:e liiiiikiiril!*. In tlieir meetings, they not only feast tlieir souls, but (heir bodies, and in connection with their religious services, have a feast somewhat resembling the fowish Passover, consisting of a pas chal lamb, soup, bread, etc One part of the Church is partitioned off for a kite-ken, and along one entire side of the house tlie tables are arranged for the guests —males at one end, females at the other. The soup is served np in large pewter bowls, and set about six feet apart, so that half-a-dozen can eat out of the satnc dish. The mutton, bread, ete., is strung along the table at convenient distances, and, after thanks arc returned', all cat to their satisfac tion. . Before eating, however there is au extensive kissing operation. and wash ing of feet —each sex at nding to their own department. This is done 1 by two persons, one bearing a pail of water, the other girded with a long towel. The congregation being all ar ranged for the ceremony, the man bear ing tlie water comes up and kisse3 the first man, next washes his feet, then kisses him again, and goes on to anoth er. The man with the towel goes through the same operation, only dry ing instead of washing the feet. Thus every man and woman is kissed not less than four times in this one performance. After supper the preaching com mences; am] if there are a dozen min isters present, they must all say some thing. The following is a synopsis oT one of the sermons: ‘ Dear Predren : Yen I look over dish congregaston, and see so few proad prim h:its, long peards, and straight coats, I fear after all der be but a rem nant saved. Dear Predren, let us keep God's holy commandments, and not i.;t ; our shildren go and hedr h.myl pr —A ' era, who splain away alf de Goshpei. Let us, dear Predren, keep God’s com mands in wearing long peards, straight coats, and in washing of feet. And now, predren, let us give tanks, eat a little soup, and be dishniissed. After preaching, the Lord's Supper is administered Unleavened bread and wine are the emblems used in this Sacrament; but, just before partaking of the bread, every man and woman leans over and kisses Lis or her next neighbor. In baptizing, they dip their candi dates three times—once in the name of each person in the Godhead —and with their faces downward, not believing in going backward In Heaven, After baptism, the men generally wear long beards, straight coats, and broad brim nied hats; and the women a blue eali eo bond, or sun-bonnet, and small, bor derless caps, with a tight-gored dress. They are an industrious and honest people, non-resistant, and charitable to ward their own sect ; but not strict ob servers of the Sabbath, as they regard all days alike —[Old Paper. IVasliiiigioii's Sf roust It. (Tenoral AYiison relates an account of a conversation with Mr. Curtis, from which he obtaina 1 some interesting personal reminiscences of Washington. During a visit at Arlington House,Va.. in 1854, th.e writer asked Mr. Curtis if Washington could, like Marshal Saxe, brake a horseshoe, ar.d the reply that he received was, he had no doubt he could had he tried, for his hands were the largest and strongest ho had ever seen. Mr. Curtis then gave several instances of the general’s strength, of which I recall the following: When Washington was a young man, ho was present on ono occasion, as a looker on. at wrestling games, then the fashion in Virginia. Tired of the sport, he had retired to the shade of a tree, where he sat perusing a pamphlet, till challenged to a bout by the hero of the day, and the strougest wrestler in the State. Washington declined, till taunted by the remark that he feared to try con-* elusions with the gladiator, calmly came forward, and without removing his coat, grappled with his antagonist. There was a fierce struggle for a brief space of time, when the champion was hurled to the ground with such tre mendous force as to jar the very mar row in his hones. Another instance of his prodigious power was his throwing the stone across the Rappahannock at Fredericksburgh—a feat that has never been performed since. Later in life a number f -••mg gentlemen at Mminf Vernon were contending in the exer ■ise of throwing the bar. Washing ton, after looking on some time, walked forward, saying, “ Allow me to try,'* and grasping the bar, sent the iron fly ing through the air twenty feet beyond its usual limits. Still later in his ca reer, Washington, whose age was like a lusty winter, ‘ frosty, yet kindly,’ob iserved three of his workmen at Mount V ernon, vainly endeavoring to raiso a large stone, when, tired of witnessing their unsuccessful attempts, he put [them aside, and taking it in his iron lliko grasp lifted it to its place, remouut eJ his horse and rode on Alt flemifricold Itachclor. Jefferson is rather a dilapidated little village, but boasts an excel lent school called the Martin In stitute, so named after an eccentric old bachelor, Mr. Win. D. Martin, who lived in Jackson county several years ago. This old gentleman willed ail his property to citizens in Jackson county, although he had many relatives in Virginia; for ho declared that where he made his money, there lie meant to leave it. He left §15,000 to the academy which bears his name, and to the Methodist Chutch he bequeathed §5,000, lie also willed §SOO apiece to every girl in the town of Jefferson between the ages of six teen and twenty. The relatives in Virginia tried to set the will aside, and employed th o Honorable Howell Cobb to conduct their case. On the other side was employed the Honorable Thomas R. II; Cobb, who Came off victor in the case, •>i.d the old gentleman’s will wa3 outits the letter, One of the eccentricities of Mr. Martin was the writing of his own epitaph, which in his will he ordered to be placed upon his tomb. The epi taph is as follows: Remember, fneuds, as yor. i&if by. That as you ar,, so once was‘l, That as I am so you shall be; Prepare for death and follow me. [Cor. Augusta Constitutionalist. A man on being received into the small pox hospital at Bedford, was asked if he had been vaccinated “ Ye?,” he replied, “ when a child, and [ was christened at the samo time, but neither of them took.” An old bachelor says : “ When I remember all the girls I’ve niet to gether, I feel like a rooste? iD the fall exposed to every weather ! I feel like one who treads alone some barn-yard all deserted, whose oats are fed, whoso hens are dead, or all to the market started.’’ While a couple of women were dis cussing the other day, the merits of a certain physician, one of them asked the other what kind of a doctor he’was. “ Sure, I dunno,” was the reply. “ hut I t!iink it’s ah a'apaca doctor they cal* him.” Last season I’. was attacked with the cholera, and his friends and physicians gave him up as a lost case. As hb lay there apparently upon his death bed, the doctor asked him if the medicine he had taken had in any manner affected his teeth. “ I don’t know,’/ faintly whispered P., “ but you can see, they are in the top drawer of the bureau. Mrs. P. will baud them to you.” ' The following advertisement appears in the Sandersville Herald: Notice. —We, the colored citizens of Washington county, call together the colored citizens of said county, otj the 18th of September next, to meet at the Court House door in Sandersvillo, for the purpose of choosing two up right and intelligent men to send to one or two States for the purpose of finding some suitable place for said peo ple to emigrate to. j Anew party which has for some time past been quietly at work in or ganizing, ]ietd a convention at Boston, Mass., on Saturday, and proclaimed its name, candidates, and platform. It is to be called the “National Union party.” Tt nominates Gen. Banks of Massachusetts aid Gen. Lamar of Ms. sissippi for President and Vice-Presi dent. Opposition to fraud and cor porate monopolies, and honest adher ence to the nation’s pledges concerning finances, arc the salient features of the dlatform NO, 37