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Sjje ifimnesboro’ fteralb. DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, LITEBATVBE, AGRICVLTVRE AND GENERAL PROGRESS-INDEPENDENT IN AIL THINGS. 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 | 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