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VOL. XI.
ftuililiiis 0,1 ll,c S,H,€ *’
by emza cook.
Tis well <o woo, ’ tis welllo Wed ’
For bo the world hath done
Since myrtles grew and roses blew,
And morning brought the sun.
But have a care, ye young and fair,
Be sure ye pledge with truth:
Be certain that your love will wear
Beyond the days of youtlf !
For if you give not heart for heart,
As well as hand for hand,
You’ll find you’ve played the unwise part.
And “built upon the sand.”
’Tis well to save, ’tis well to have
A goodly store of gold,
hold enough of shining stuff,
charity is cold.
not all your hope and trust
In whit the deep mine brings;
We cannot live on yellow dust
Unmixed with purer things;
And he who piles up ’• ealth alone
Will often have to stand
Beside his coffer eldest, own
'lis “built upon the sand.”
’Tis good to speak in kindly guise
And soothe where’er we can—
Fair speech should bind the human mind,
And love link man to man.
But. stop not at the gentle words—
Let deeds with language dwell;
The one wht? pities starving bird*
Should scatter crumbs as well;
The mercy that is warm and true
Must lend a helping hand,
For those that talk, yet fail to do,
But “build upon the sand.’’
ORIGINAL.
Letter from Florida.
FI*OKIS%, A\l> was AT I
SKIS THERE.
NUMBER 111.
Jacksonville, Duval county, is on
the high bank of St. John’s river going
.up, and about thirty-five miles from its
mouth. It contains ten thousand in
habitants (so said,)— city regularly laid
out at right angles, and many of the
buildings quite handsome. There arc
four large Hotels and a number of the
resident families also accommodate
strangers; notwithstanding which, so
great has been the influx of Northern
travel during the past winter season, it
was impossible to accommodate all ma
ny were obliged to domicile in Railroad
cars, on board of steamboats, or in fact,
they were willing to stow anywhere
until opportunity offered of bettering
themselves. This year the travel has
set in fully a month earlier, and almost
every locality is filling with Northern
visitors seeking health or pleasure,*and
whether traveling on rail car, steamship
or steamboat, the sensibilitiw are taxed
J in witnessing the suffering of the inva-,
lid traveler, numbers of whom, when
too late, have left comfortable homes
and dear friends to die among strangers
The fact of being in the midst of so
much palpable suffering is to the ner
vous fellow-invalid, depressing and of
great injury.
To see the amount of travel to every
part of the State is really astonishing
and to tho*e not familiar even with or
dinary travel, the numbers coming here
would seem the out-of
the-way places are filled up during the
season. Many persons also are seek
ing permanent homes. The profitable
and easy Orange culture having great
attractions, the most favorable localities
are eagerly sought after and secured
The modus operandi of Banana and
Orange culture, I shall give your read
ers in a future number.
There are many strange and curious
things to be seen in Florida, a majority
of them alone peculiar to this quarter
of the country. One of the most pleas
ing is a grove of “sour or wild Orange,
containing also trees of the bitter sweet
Orange. I vigited such a grove near
th>s locality, and was perfectly delight*
ed not only with the immense size of
the grove, the great number of trees,
(oertainly in Thousands,) the quantity
of fruit and their large size; but the
most singular part to me was, seeing
last year's fruit hanging on the same
branch with the rijc fruit of the pre*
sent year—~ the former of a deep golden
yellow, nearly approaching red, the
Vother of a light pale yellow. Then too,
was the blossom for the third
jft. already forming. The tenacity
with which the fruit holds on to the
small delicate twigs is remarkable, I j
could the more readily separate the:
branch from the tree than the fruit
from the twig. I have now before me
a small limb not a foot in length, nor
larger than my lead pencil, on which
are six full grown ripe Oranges, cither
of which measure eight inches in
circumference ; and a larger branch on
which are thirty-four full grown Or.-
anges, some of them of crop 1871, and
measuring ten inches in circumference.
These I carried over my shoulder a
distance of three miles without detach
ing a singlo Orange. These two-year
old fruit do not yield much juice, but
they have not the sharp acid of those
of the present year, being rather pleas
ant than otherwise ; the flavor and fra
grance is very much that of an over
ripe “Shaddock.” The juice of the
sour Orange affords a most delicious
and refreshing beverage made up with
sugar and water ; in fever, especially,
it is wonderfully grateful to the palate.
Many persons here prefer the “bit
ter-sweet” Orange to either the sweet
or sour, they are sub-acid and slightly
bitter, tha rind intensely so. With
such a grove, a fortune could soon be
accumulated in the manufacture of
“Marmalade” and “Citric Acid”—the
juice of the sour (Orange affording the
latter in large quantities, nearly or
quite as much as the Lemon. This
plantation, by the-way, I am told, was
one of the old sugar estates, and is of
immense size, being several miles in ex
tent. The remains of the old sugar
mills are still to be seen. One field
adjoining the Orange grove presents
many characteristics of eastern (India)
scenery, according to the descriptions
and paintings. The immensely tall
Palmetto trees with their peculiarly
straight, slender bodies, seemingly ar
mour-plated, and their rounded tops,
differing entirely from every other tree
in their vicinity, (many ot them a hun
dred feet high,) growiug snugly over
the landscape, separated wide distances,
resembling the eastern Peiin tree; the
tall rank undergrowth of coarse grass,
differing from anything in .Middle
Georgia, interspersed also with the saw
Palmetto, helps out the delusion.
A lam-e herd of semi wild cattle, as
we approached them eyed ns suspicious
ly, erect tail scamper away, and in e
few moments would be almost down up
on us from a different direction, f Hew
ing us in this way a mile or two thro’
this field, and sometimes presenting a
really threatening aspect, I was glad
when they finally left us. The soil on
this place seems to be uncommonly fine,
judging from the stalks of long staple
Cotton and sugar cane, the former be
ing higher than I could reach. This
long staple cotton is often rattooncd or
suffered to remain in the ground, pro
tected from stock ; it then springs up
from the roots and in favorable seasons
produces a good second crop. It is
still packed in round bales, of course
by hand, so as not to injure the staple,
and is at present worth in market about
odc hundred dollars per bale of four
hundred pounds; it, however, is not so
fine Dor silky as the long staple Sea Is
land cotton. Through the aid of ma
chinery and chemicals, the foreign
manufacturer changes the Sea Island
co; ton into the most lustrious silken
fabrics!!! many a lordly dame priding
herself upon her silks and satins, lo !
and behold !! they are .only cotton at
last!
But to resume. On some of the Or
angeries here, I find quite a variety of
fruit trees, all young trees however,
among them are the Sicily and Florida
Lemon, and quite distinct they are.
Lime, Tamarind, Guava, Shaddock,
several varieties of Grape and “Grape
Fruit.” The latter is larger than the
Shaddock aud in flavor partakes so i e
what of the bitter-sweet Oranges, but
far richer. Ordinarily the sweet Or
ange sells for two dollars a hundred,
though I have seen fine lots sell at one
dollar, at retail twenty-five cents a doz
en, The Florida Lemon in shape, re
sembles an Orange, and differs also in
color from the Sicily Lemon, being of a
dirty brownish yellow when ripe, nor
does it possess its fine fragrance. It is
a prolific bearer, and the trees are very
often laden down with fruit, growing
frequently in large clusters. The trees
are also very large. I have seen trees
on which I judged there were at least
ten bushels.
But I must not occupy too much
space at this time, giving you more
matter for a future number. J-I.M •
Bargains! Bargains! Bargains!
A t Hightower’s old stand.
GREENESBORO’, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1876.
Teacliiiis Children Courage.
Courage is a vital element of
Christian chivalry. Without it in
deed neither truth nor fidelity to
promise can be hoped for. The
coward is sure to lie when truth
means punishment, and sure tore
treat from his engagements when
they involve peril. We need
valiant souls that have learned to
endure and scorn pain, and to ficc
danger fearlessly and promply when
duty requires. Some parents evade
this vital part of training by gloss
es and deception. A mother who
has taken her boy to the dentist’s
to get a tooth out will often say, if
he is. shrinking, “Sit still, my
hoy; it won’t hurt you.” Now,
sbe knows it will hurt him, but
thinks if she can only get him by
this device to sit still and let the
dentist get hold of the tooth, then
his discovery of the pain will not
hinder its extraction. This is a
double mistake. It destroys’ her
boy’s confidence in her; for he de
tects her in a lie. And though it
gets the boy this time to sit still, it
is under the delusion that there is
to be no pain, whereas he should
be taught to face the pain and to
scorn it. This makes the differ
ence between the cowards and the
heroes. A regiment of poltroons
could march up to a battery as
cheerfully as a regiment of heroes
if they thought there was no enemy
at the guns. The difference is that
heroes know the danger, and yet
face it valiantly.
Moths will work in carpets in rooms
that are kept warm in winter as well as
in th n .seUßSßer. A. sny.o motlv-d of remov
ing the pests is to pour strong alum
water on the floor to the distance of half
a yard around the edge before laying the
carpets. Then once or twice during the
season sprinkle dry salt over the carpet
b fore sweeping. Insects do not like
salt and sufficient adheres to the carpet
to prevent their alighting upon it. A
very pleasant perfume, and also a pre
ventive against moths may be made of
the following ingredients: —Take of
cloves, caraway seed, nutmeg,mace, cin
namon and Tonka beans, of each one
ounce; then add as much Florentine
orris root as will aqual the other ingre
dients put together. Grind the whole
well to powder, and put it a mongyour
clothes, &c.
There is evidence that an enormous
species of ox existed in Ohio in ancient
times. The Natural History Society of
Cincnnati has reoently acquired what
were at first supposed to he a pair of
immense horns. They were dug out of
o-ravel about eighteen feet below the
surface, on Bush Creek, in Adams
county. Instead of being the horns
themselves, they proved to be the cores
which are not more than one-third as
long as the horns in which they were
inclosed; yet they measure almost six
feet from tip to tip, and their circumfer
ence is twenty two inches.
The Fin castle Herald has been inform
ed that a piece of iron huug in fruit
trees, will effectually prevent the ravages
of frost. The informant states that the
night before the freeze in last April, he
hung several pieces of old iron in ten
of his peach trees, and the trees were
loaded with fruit, the yield being not
less than seventy five bushels. The
fruit of tha remaining trees, (sixty-five
in number,) in the orchard was killed.
A piece of horse-shoe was hung in a
cherry tree, in the same orchard, and
the yield was abundant, while in three
adjacent trees the fruit was entirely kill
ed. He says the idea originated with
hi mother, and that he, by her instruc
tions when a boy, tried the same thing
frequently, and with the same result.
This is important, if true, and it will
eost nothing to try it.
A young man was caning a goose at
a dinner tabic one day, when by an awk
ward move he knocked it into the lap
of a lady who was sitting opposite, in all
the glory of a green satin dress. In
stead of .showing his verdancy by pro
fuse apologies aid a confused manner,
he'simply said: “I’ll trouble you for that
goose, miss!” Can the annals of society
furnish an example of self-possession
more sublime?
fie Irnti
$2 OO a Year in Advance.
J. It. PAICIi, - - Proprietor.
V, M. WEAVER. - - Editor.
Justness cards.
M. W. LEWIS } H. G. LEWIS.
M. U, Lewis & Son,
Attorneys at Law,
GKEEA’ESItOItOECiH, - GA.
april 8, 1875-ly
Philip B. Robinson,
Attorney at Law,,
GREENESBORO’. . . . GA.
IX) ILL give prompt attention to business
'' entrusted to his professional care.
Feb. 20, 1873—Oms
11. £. W. PALMER,
Attorney at Law ,
G IIEE A ESISOItO", - - - GA.
A LL business intrusted to him will re
x\_ ceive personal attention.
B®“OFFICE (With Judge Heard,) in
the Court-House, where he can be found
during business hours. oct.lfi,’74-tf
Wm. H. Branch,
A TTORNE Y AT LA W.
GA.
/ CONTINUES to give his undivided atten-
V J tion to the practice of his Profession.
Returning thanks to his clients for their
encouragement in the past, he hopes by
close application to business to merit a con
tinuance of the same.
j&ijyOfiice over Drug Store of Messrs. B.
Torbert. & Cos.
Greenesboro’ Jan ltitli 1874—1 y.
JEWELRY!
t iriSiliXC to devote myself entirely to
VV the legitimate business of Clock
and Watch Repairing, 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 I prefer.
n. JIAISSk VYAGTKK.
Greenesboro’, Ga., Sept. 24, 1874-tf
t. W. LEM PRIM.
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
UNION POINT, - - f>a
OFFERS his professional services to the
people of Greene and adjoining coun
ties, and hopes,by close attention to busi
siness to merit and receive a liberal share of
patronage. jan23 74 ly.
I h\ Wm. Morgan*
RESIDENT
DENTIST
GREENESBORO ’, GA.
feb. 1, 1874.
Medical Card.
Drs. BODKIN & HOLT,
HaYING associated themselves in the
Practice of Medicine, respectfully tender
their services to the citizens of Gkeenes
nono’ and surrounding country.
March 4, 1875—tf
CENTRAL HOTEL.
BY
llrs. VV. MT. THOMAS.
AUGUSTA. 'Ga-
Jan. 21 —Iy.
T. Markwalter,
Marble Works x
BROAD Street, AUGUSTA, Ga.
MARBLE Monti men 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. All work for the
country carefully boxed. n0v2,1871 —tf
JAMES B. PARK,
tI? OIS* Z.T HZ3 "IT
AND—
COUNSELOR AT LAW,
GREENE SB Oli O', - - - GA.
XX TILL give prompt attention to all bu-
W siness intrusted to his professional
care, in the Counties of Greene, Morgan,
Putnam, Baldwin, Hancock and Taliaferro,
U3F*OlHcc—With Hon. Philip B. Rob
inson. april B,lßi5 —dins
.1. F. TAYLOR,
FASHIONABLE
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER,
r>oom over J P Cartwright’s saloon,former
ly occupied by M L Richter,
rp}’2o.’7s-tf Greesesboro’, Ga
Exchange Saloon
Brpa,d Street west of Mai ij,
Greenesboro’, - Ga
Having purchased of g. h.
THOMPSON the above Suloon and
the Family Grocery connected therewith,
1 will always keep oil hand the Finest Im
ported and Domestic
LIQUORS,
WINES,
ALES,
BEER and
CHOICE CIGAES
ALSO, a full line of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Guaranteeing satisfaction, I respectfully
solicit the patronage of my friends and the
public.
J T. SCOTT.
December 2, 1876—tf
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bs&- : “aa
: COURT :
iAVENGE SALOON!:
■•••; (rear Hall A Co.’s.,)
: Cireenesfooro’, :
i John P. Cartwright, Prop’r.!
Bgg-T respectfully announce to my“i®g
friends and the public generally
that I have just opened the finest
Saloon in this city. My bar is
supplied with the finest pure do
ggy** mestic and imported “YSB
Whiskies, Rramlies,
BINS, WINES AND LIQUORS OF EVERY
VARIETY, AND CHOICE CIGAR#.
FRESII LAG E R RECEIVED DA I LY.
ICE ALWAYS ON HAND.
The patronageof the public is solicited,
may 20th, 1875-yl J I’ Cartwbiqht
pure mm.
AND
4 ’iii-iii ieals,
PATENT MEDICINES,
FINE PERFUMERY,
TOILET ARTICLES, WIN
DOW GLASS, all sizes, LAMPS
and LANTERNS.
BUNT'S GAIll>I!\ SUEBS.
KEROSENE OIL,
WHITE LEAD, Colors, I.IN
SEED OIL, BRUSHES, Ac.,
For sale by
Toil si A. Griffin.
prescriptions carefttjly
dispensed, april 8, 1875-ly
HIDES,
GREEN " DRY,
W anted
jK Exchange for
SHOES ami
LEATHER.
For first-class Hides, we wiil give the
highest market price. What we mean by
First-Class hides is, those clear of holes
and taken from healthy animals. Murrain
hides can not be rated as first-class.
Persons wishing to sell their Hides as
first-class, must not keep them till they are
partly destroyed by worms.
We have a supply of Hark now on hand,
and hope our customers will cover up and
take care oi'their bark until we can make
room for it at our yaht.
We have as good stock as can be found
anywhere, and remember ours is a home
enterprise. _ . „
BROWN & MONCRIEF.
Greenesboro’, Ga., May 27, 1875.
WANTED.
DRV JUDES and Counfrv Produce
generally. J. W. STONE, Ag’t.
Greenesboro’, Ga., Nov. 18, 1875 —tf
Sma FOR CATALOG if&if.
Horses ami
Males.
T HAVE JUST ARRIVED FROM MID
-1 die Tennessee, with a drove of fine
broke Horses and Mules. My Horses will
work anvwhere. Persons wishing to pur
chase will do well to call on me at Doster’s
stable, where thev will find bargains for
cash. W. *l. IM 1,1,0 V
Dec. 2, 1875-1 m
A ManJlimg
yOU can save money by calling nt
NEAL CARTWRIGHT'S
CHEAT VARIETY STORE.
Kegs Best Frs>h T.aG liEERKR, nt 5 cents n glass
AH PLAIN Drinks, best Liquors, at 10 cents.
All Mixed or Fancy Drinks, best Liquors, at Ijcee's.
The Beat stock of
Imported if Home®He Liquors
Ever offered in this market, nt $1 7o to J 6 00 per gallon. No ether House in this town
can keep the following brands of fine old Li )Uora, which 1 have the exclusive Rale, viz;
ISolit. lltMigli & Mon'tt italtinivi r (liili Olil %>t> bishy,
s liefkins <& ffSiiKiciiis’ Old Slock KtDtiick.T BSourbou.
And several other Popular Brands that cannot bo equaled by any o her bouse.
I have aleo all grades of CIQA RS, from a
CHER UTE to a Full HAVANA.
Z 2 /Sh PfesJ B 5 H SBS CLJ W HTS £=af
Will find it to their interest to cal! and buy their Christmas Tricks, Fruits, Produce,
Fancy Groceries, Notions and Family supplies generally, nt Greatly Deduced Prices to
suit the HARD TIMES. Everybody come and be convinced—don’t take uiy word for
W. c. CARTWRIGHT.
Greeuosboro’, Q*., Dee. 23, 1870.
265 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, ----- GEORGIA.
O
4ic .is
Organs mid Piano Paries,
THE LARGEST and BEST assortment South of Baltimore, oT the MOST CELEBRA
TED MAKERS, at the LOWEST Factory Prices for CASH, or small monthly pay*
m ' D,i ' QUICK SALES— B3I A Ms PROFITS!
Special Inducements to CASH Buyers 11
PIANOS wUh 11200d stooUcJ c '’ rer ’ “ ORGANS
at New York and Boston prices forwarded to any point—freight paid—with no advance
m 'eVERT INVESTMENT i3 not only fully warranted far Five Years, hut intended
to be a permanent advertisement of superiority and cxce leuce.
MUSIC AL HSTKIJMEXTS AND MUSICAL MEIM'IEA3DISI
Of oiir own importation direct through tlw Savannah Custom House a: lowest importers
prices
VIOLINS, VIOLONCELLOS, BASS, DOUBLE BASS, GUITAR?,
FLUTES FLUTINAS, CONCERTINOS. < LA HI ON E IS. FLAGE
OLETS, TAM BO RINKS, PICOLOS. DU L' ’I M HRS. CONCERT
IIARMONICOS, FLUTE HARMONIOUS; ZITHER, AC
COIII)EONS (French tml Gem,a i.) TRIANGLES,
HAND ORGANS! MUSIC BOXES. MUSIC AL
BUMS, HR ASS ami SILVER INSTRI MEATS
DRUMS, FIFES. CYMBALS,
And everything appertaining ton First-Class Music House. Fs-ipp,,ol with
Silvpi* "itriiNS and String In*triimi*iits t prices that will defy ompeiiiion.
oyITALIAN STRINGS for ’Violins, Guinn*. Fa .jus. #•*<•„ received monlh'y direct
from European manufactories, including ti e (,eh*lirati?d “Unß’gaitini ’ Strings made
bv RI7EPI.nI. of Sanies, Italv.—superior to all others.
y A Full Stick of SHEET MUSIC, SONGS vd MUSIC BC'OKS, of all kinds.
Qrjp-\Y#> receive MUSIC daily liy mad or express. 01 oo 1 1 *usjc, otiinga,
etc., will receive prompt attention— mailed fiee, or charges 1 ai ‘i c
Augusta, Ga.,.Oct. 28, 1875—au&f-Cmcs O. I- • ui,
NEW STORE
.IVR
At WakeGeH’s old Stand, undsr Tam M
GKEE\ESIIOHO\ - - - GEORGIA,
Largs and full Stock of
0
US ft TV f)
As LOW as the LOWEST!!
ft f will not he undcvsold by
anybody !
CLAUDE N. WYNNE & CO,
ftectmber 2, 1873 —tf
NO. 1