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About The Meriwether County vindicator. (Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga.) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1876)
The Meriwether County Vindicator, VOL. 4 THE VINDICATOR. pnai.tttiao XT SKY f*II>AT, BY WM T. RJBVZLL, AT 9*oo PER ANNUM. in advance [U9n Sosth .14. •( tk. Overt llww ———ftwamaMT UveitM*. SpM* 11 wk 1 4 wks ! 3 two >mo j 1 year 1 inch | 1 00! t 50 4 s®. 7 00 1 ll 00 • Inches, 150! 5 001 |looo| 15 00 S iache* I S 00 | $ 001 10 00 1 13.00 25 00 t cal |SOO ; 10 001 MOO' t 5 001 S 00 i cat ' 7 00' 15 001 5.Y00 j 35 00. 0 i® t Ct IIOOO|MOO i 35 00 : 0000' #IOO QT A liberal deduction mad* to thoev advertising bv tk* mouth or year. COUN lY UFf ICERS. ORDINARY W.Ranuiog SHERIFF W. R. Fsver CLERK 8. C ...A. J. Hinton. TAX REOKIVKR W. P. Wheeta*# TA X COLLECTOR W. O. Po*t 1 HEASURER L M Adam* SURVEYOR . O. F.Msibews COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. A A. t’bunn, Aaron Sibley, U. J. Reeves, J. K Buchanan, Allen H. Yf.'sou. | BOARD OF EDUCATION, lake W. Park. W. J. Barnes, Mad .sou Iter res. It. A. Father, A- H. Frwnim, Sec. SENATOR SOili District, O. L. Pesvy. UEPRKbENTATIYEa Ohadiah Warner W T. Revlll BUSINESS CARDS JOHN W. PARK, Attorney at law, GHV. VUJ.K, O*. Will practice in Meriwether aud theed Joining counties. GECrtTCTE U PEAVY, A TTORNET AT LAW. J\ OMSKHYIU.B.O*. A. JL FREEMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW ORKKMVU.LK, Ok. AH bust rev* entrusted to bis care an.ml* •4 to pr> roptly and faithfully. JOHN L ROBERTSON, A TTOHSET AT.LAW, Ghhi.isviu.a. Ok. Will prsrtk;e in the Justioes' and Ordl • sry's Courts of Metinellier, and the Bs(>*rl>jr C<hiils ol the couultes oouijMMlng th* Coweta Circuit DR J. K. O. TERRELL “117 ILL CONTINUE the practio* el W Mvdictne In Greenville aud the country s<ijs vnt Ad cells left st lb* Drug Sters ot hi* ti-aidetxe pi.-niptly slierded to DIC K. R ANTHONY, f \ FKf.Rft bis I‘roieaehmal services to the ' ’i ttirvns of Ureenftll# and vicinity US' • Mile* at (J. J. AniJcmy A Co's Drug Mtorv seplO Jilt H V. HALL, 31 >iu| to Locale |>riui*nciii iy 1 It. (irr<-u%llle lenders his |iroUwtiiiti lo ilidlluiMollki (own ii sur routhng count-v. Offh.c on Uj* Not tli • •• •li tli* public squsir. TUI OLD JEWELRY *rut FANCY BTOR* Of lAUf Georgia. ALBERT LEHMAN Jf Afi N'iW, an] will keep always on J. bait'} at bit li| stand Kail *id* ot tbc public i|uaic, a k<) n J B WELL (HLKCTEI> STOCK or JEWELRY ANU FANCY COOUfe Const* ti ng, ti part, ot larUOLU and MILVr.K Watches, JK <1 Stem aod Key-winners, of lb* bertmsk*. BpJeudid Gold aod Surer WaU.b, Chain CLOCKS, ol ail sizes, makers and prior a Uold I‘eoaaodail kinds ol L olden; Odd biivrr A steel Spectacle* A kye-C lasses. , bOLID BlLVfcit TAB Lib WARE SiITOT put* Ware © ot all kh>da u<) style*; rocket, iTablf r*ilrr. *Ra/4tn by tbe very renowned tanker*, JOBAPi. HOIXiKUS MU liLOUUK WObTKK OLM# REPAIRING I *m fttll! repairing all good* la my line Too many citizen* of Meriwether and ad J oiniog co untie* hare teated my work to require a word from me a* to the charac ter of it, I will, howerer warrant all my work, if properly uaed, a* 1 bare always done, and respectfully ask a continuance or be patronage I bare received from ui rieadi in Meriwether ALBERT LEHMAN REEVE & HOTEL GRUTIjr GA. THE PATRONAGE ot Um many eiti aeaa of Meriwether county riaitiag Wriffin sa Te pert hilly wfatud by the un dersigned, proprietor ot the shore weii kaown Hotel. Polite and attentive aer rsnta, an ozcelkot table, tidy rooms and good beds me a specialty. Prices medermt* eaO to suit lbs time*. Wren*# atrial I Dr. J. Bradfield's FEMALE REGUATOR •WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND,” Will bring on the Menae* when they have not been esubiriied, aiao when they kav< Ireen suppressed rrm unnatural cauae* Will cure Rheumatism and Newwleta of, the back and womb. Will rmt Paiutul Menstnisahw, aad relieve lb Head, back and Soina ot those ditrcaaing pains and arfcaa. Will check menorrhagit or >xc*s aive flow.' Will core ‘ W bites' and falling of the womb, when it in the result ol rslsi •aiou r bad health. It la aa aure a cure In all the above dis aaea as Quhitne ia in Chills and Fever. Ladies can cure inemec-lve* of aU tha hove diaeaiea without tevealiag the! Ovunpiainta to any jh r-ou, which is alway morufyiug to their price and modesty. It U reoomroeooed and used by the beet physician* to their prtva'.e preclioe. For a history of the above diseases, certificates ot its wonderful cutes and direct lona, the reader ia le'erred to the wrapper around the bottle. Manufactur <! and sold by HRADFIELI) A CO Atlanta, Ga. 8 dd by all Druggist* Price $ 1.50 Ueed'Hfr, Swce thrart. iWi iUcti bv Ruth veil Jcnkyna, and pub lished ia the “OiecnwK-h Magazine tor Marineia,” lu.ibe year 1701 J Sweetheart go xl bye ! the fluttering sail 1* spread to waft me lar flora iLee; And soon tx-lora the la voting gale My ship shall bound upon iba tea Percham-t-, ail desolate and forlorn, These ayes shall uiiaa thee many a year; Uul uulorgoUeu every charm- Though lost to tight, to memory dear. Sweetheart, g tod-bye I eue lost irabraoe I O, cruel late I two souls Id sever I Tot in this heari'a moat sacred place, Tboa, thou alone, shall dwell tor ever I Aud atlll el.ell recollection trace to luncy'e mirror, ever near, Each trade, each tear, that loriu, that face - Though i'rat to sight, to tucinoiy dear. -It Wean'l ft* Whin I Wat Young Dam* Myrtle looked adowu ilia road, W heir, litod la liaad, two lurcra strayed And to the prying villager* 'l’ll* MCirl ol each heart betrayed. Tha look ol lore was la their eye*. And iore,waa la the aoug they auog ; “ Ati, tan I" tha gotkl dame aaid, aud sigh •t. “ Twasn't so wheu 1 was young I “ For maid* wno coy, and men gallant, And urged Until suit on beedtd kite* ; I bow wen the days of modest love, Tboac ware the days o' chivalry I Liui now a lever's look) aod ways Are theotea lor erery idle longue, And heart* are not the precious thing* They uaad lo Ira when 1 was young f “ Why. In my lime, ' and bera aba paused To sal tier cap an 1 smooth her balr, “ Wr tirougbt T was part of Lives bebett To keep a leVer in despair.. But now the maid ia lightly wooed, And lightly won, i must coulees ; Too willing lip* can revet yield Tite bn** <d that telucteut' Yes 1* ” 11sura Myrtle took her gUsse* dues, And wi|ied them very clean and dry, Wbila hand In baud, before her cot, The happy lorer* sauntered by. Hhe seemed Ur hear their wlriapeted words; She seemed to know lb* songs lb*y aung : Good darnr, confess that yon forget ; ’Twas just the aame whan you weve young. MB ■ r—j 111 S*■ maaagAkW ' LvvniMp. On Baturdsy a Mormon by the name of Fulmer, who had been chosen among tha laithful to go on a m Melon to Arizona, called uu Brigham Young. Married t queried the Prophet Not any, aaid Fulmar, o'er whose brow torty odJ years had left their Imprint • Must marry, Brother Fulmer, before you go k> Arizooa, to build up the Kingdom. Don't know anybody who will have toe was the reply. ] I'll find some ooe. Do yon know Broth er Brown in tbc 17th ward ? Well, be ha* several daughters; yon go lo Brot be Brown's and tell him I want you to marry one of bis daughters. Fulmer left and obeyed counsel to tbs •otter. Knocking at the door, be was ad mitted by Brother Brown, who, upon learning what waa wanted, called is sever al daughter* to be selected from. Fainter taking bis choice, Brown told the girl to got ready in fifteen minutes. I’ll do as you any, dad. waa her meek reply, aa aba walk ad out. Tbat'a tbr way ! raiaa my daughter! If they dieobey, there's war in the camp.— [Balt Lake Tribune. A gentleman non craning waa aealad a ear a lorefy woman, when the company wound him wet* proponing conundrums •o each other. Turning to hit companion, he said, Why in a lady unlike a mirror f She gars it up. Because, said the rode lei low, a mirror reflect* without speaking, but a lady apeaka without reflecting. And why are too unlike a mirror t naked the indy. He could not toll. Baca ana a mir ror is smooth and poßebed, and yon are rough and unpolished. The warmest hind ot n hat—one that’s gntateruit r GREENVILLE, MERIWETHER COUNTY. GA., APRIL 21. 1876. f Dubuque Herald.j Wedding* are aa thick ia this vietaflf )u*t now a* Week hint* In a mulberry uarah. This time it I* two neuplte fret* ibe clesaic and mystic ahade* of the be** gff ptj( (AAJIB ttUft t from Sisainawa Mawfl They had baard •and the fowpltality of ow dark*, ear law* yera, our 'squire*, and the people ol Du buque Hi genteel and concluded that the , enviroas of tha key city' was just the flt®o* wherein to weld the letter* that bind a life Arriving la Puwkllh. they boarded the terry boat, and placing thenalva* un der the protecting w logit el Oaptem Yates, noon atoed upon the leva* that baa coat the dtp *o much time, money and oor.dam oatioa. The horae oars took that ta a ho tel when they were eealgnad to the parlor while a messenger waa dispatched lor 'gquira Grkwwtd. Upon hi* arrival tb* squire look in the al'uetwn at a glance; after satisfying himself that all was legal and correct, performed the marriage cere in.'-ny ia duplicate. Tba groom* war* brothers and the hrldaa were sisters, young nnd han laom*. After they were married the clerk ol tha hotel was requested to show them suitable room*, which he did, putting John and hi* wife In oue, aad James and hi* wife In the other, which waa Immediately over John's room on the nett floor. The grooms left thalr newly-mad* wive* u their respective rooms, and sauntered abroad to look ever the city. During their wandering* they fell in with eevarsl of their rural neighbor*, and congratulatory drink* were the onuaequenca* ot the meet ing under the clremustencrs. The hilari ous greeting* were continued late la the earning when John and Jamas thought it waa about time to retire. John waa asked by Ibe cJeik if he should b* shown to hi* roam, but John arid be could easily lad It as it was ta tha northeast corner of the building. Jama* tarried awhile near tb* warm atove in which waa n cheery fire burnlug, and tor two hour* perhaps waa tbluking ot bygoM times, recalling old acet.aa and aummoniug half forgotten hoe* from the mist* ol lb* past lie too, soon retired, and with tb* MM MMrtDM to the clerk that he ooull easily find bla room, a* be remembered it was U the north weal corner of the building. Tha shades of night encanopled the hap py couple*, aa they slept in love’s dreams The rooming dawned, end with it the teat that tb* lovers end husband* had mistakan tha room*. John bad ueoeaaetooaiy re tired in James room aad with James’ wifi, while Jams* bad done the aame in Job*'* room. Hare was a dllemua, which bashful nae* had esuaed. What waa lo be doue The girl* war* perpleied and abashed, hut the mistake waa irreparable. Afters con sultation over the wreck of their connubi al bliss, they concluded to forgive aed tar get, aud avoid dark rooms in tb* luturt. ftaaow is Mundred feet Deep. (From the Denver (Coi) News, April 9 J A gentlemen who rnceatly came oyer from lb* Pacific elope ratalt* aemi Inter •sting Incidents ef the trip m the two great ranges of mouataiaA All along the Hatramenlo Valley everything was smil ing. Tim cattle wef# UtortsSlng fa tbn grass knee high, and tbn pbdea wme dock ed with flower*. At • o’clock r. u train turner! eastward to awsad tho Stem* Ne vada Mouutalea, and bf Id o’oiock reach ed Bin* Canon, troos wtftah to Troche* the enow waa from tear SO twelve loot deep, aod In the gulchon it wa* lo name places 100 feet deep. Tboee who boro kept enow gauge* on the Nevada report a fall of 899 inches ef enow during the winter. Im mense snow-plow*, operated by locomo tive* and hundred* ef China**, had opened the reads ever the Nevada*, end lb* train waa on lime until It reached the town ol Walts, on *.bt Humboldt Mountain*. There they overlook the train* which bad left Mao Freaciao* for the four day* previously. The road from Wells to Toano (thirty-sis mile*) wa* still blockaded, no train* hav ing passed over that section for four dnya The snow wen any depth from lour to fif teen feet As the wind was mill blowing, to open tbc track with shovels was at ftti tile a* dipping the ooenn dry with aepooe. Seventeen locomotive* were assembled at the western end ef the blockade, eight at which were pot behind an Immense snow plow. The five passenger train* were messed late three, end thee arranged e charge wee made cm the obstruction. As inch power was hard to resist, in thraa boors the scow-plow was pushed through to Tenno, aod the caravan of train* reach ed Ogden ealy three boom behind time Dot (be is nr—l 11 trial demonstrate* the trains can be pushed through any blockade seer likely to impede any road. The ebaege coming down the mountains waa aa great aa going op them. In the ralley o fflalt Lake, termers ware plowing, and Iba atmosphere mild. Starling out again In a fmr hours, the mows ware encounter ad on the Wasatch range, so deep that at some at the villages the comb of the root* of acme ot Iks houses eould only be seen. Bnt than was no obstruction; yet the can crowding atone bat wan snow tanks as high aa Um route waa Interesting to the peasants is. Tern Monro comparer Jon *° * P**** "becanir B shoots from the eyes’" Or rath er e ic.lmed Byron, because tt becomes •Ultaleiityl**!** Fhets Mm Senernlly Knasra iptnnch la a Persian plant Bam iwddiah ia a native at England. BMoae were found originally ta Asia. Filberts onginallv came from Graeoa Qubtnas originally earn* item Corinth. -TM fmßt oi from Horn? Thf paaab originally came Horn Persia Sag* Is a native of the south ot Kro;w The bean la said to be a native of Egypt. Demnona originally cams from Damai mmgF Tb* pea Is a native of the south of Be rope. at** k a native of the East aad Wart Indian Coriander seed came originally from the Keek Th**cumber was originally a tropical .-as- The flisek nailed bolter, bntrnwa—"cow choemt t fpiigi tm Iviil ttadtaewd fldMdkt •*• 4 j V UHki§wmvllr 1U Viml Britain, Aprtaota ara iodlgaoeua to the plaice of Armenia. Peaia were originally brought from the East by the Roman*. The walnut ia a native of Persia, the Cau casus, aad China Tha dove i* a native of ilia Malacca Is lands. a* also ia tba nutmeg. Vinegar k derived from two French words, vin algra, ‘‘sour wine." Charrtoa were known lu Asia as tar back aa the atVeateeuth century. Gariks came to us Irom Sicily and tb* shores of the Medlterrsnaaa. Asparagus waa originally a wild aaa coast plant, and a nails* ol Great Brit ain. Nectarine k said to have received (ta name Bum nectar, the principle drink ol the god*. Tha tomato Is a native of South Amer ica, aud it taka* lu name trem a Portu guese word. Parsley k said to have come from Egypt and mythology tell* ua It was used to adorn the head ol Uarculaa. Apple* ware originally brought from the Bast by the Romans Tha crab apple 1* indigenous to Greet Britain. When James Buchanan waa Minister to England be bad ears of earn, hermetically staled, sent to him from this country. It k a curious tact that while the names of all our animals are ol Baton origin, Norman names ant given to the flesh they yield. The eoion was el moat an object of war ship with IgyptlsM two thousand years before the Christian ora. It Drat came from ledfa. The cantaloup# ia a native of America, and kto called from the name of a place near Rome, where it waa first oultivatad In Europe, Before the middle of (bo seventeenth century las wee not usaj In England, end wa* entirely unknown to the Greek end Roman*. The word biscuit Is Frtacb for “twice baked," because, originally, that waa th* mode of entirely depriving It of moisture to Insure He keeping. Gloves cease to us from the Indies, and tak# tketr name from the Latin clavu* or French ektm, both meaning e nail, to which they have a resemblance. - Lemons wen used by the Bo mans to keep moths from their garment*, and In the time of Pliny, they were ooeeidered an excellent poison. They aia native* of Asia. Sooner or later, says a French writer everything la found nut. fust so. A menlod man, for instance, Is generally found out liter—about this* hours later than ha should bn Gushing Mint—How sublime this Mak ing ia I By Jove, 1 cnuld rink pith you as partner through life coaid you f Young Lady—Well I ooo't know ; you see it all dopoaJi on you riokeme I Gen. Hobart Toombs got the hotter of tho Washington interviewer* In a vary happy and characteristic manner, accord ing to the following paragraph which ap pear* la narly every northern Jeuroai: Robert Toombe, of Georgia, i* at the Na tional Hotel, Washington. A geo tinman who knew hint interviewed him recently te regard to the candidate# for the penes decoy, hot Mr. Toombe any* he i* net a cttlean ef thie country, *o cannot bo ex pee led In lake much internal in the matter. The John L. RouU, who to charged with baring raCairad e bribe of $20,000 while be waa aa Aestotoat Font master Oeoeral is at present Governor of Colorado. Ho was appointed a year ago to that position for the purpose of running the “machine” out them in eneh a meaner that Col orado would came in ea e Republican Stain. The President meat bare known hw man pretty weU when be selected him to do hie week ot bribery, oorraptlon sad taß at bra staffing. The Chicago laier-Oeean thinks it to low huaiaaee tor Onagraas to spend lie tiaan in vestigating Repnhtteaa etttsiaia The An gusto Ohraafoie sake: la it net e low bust nem that Rapnhbcan ofletoto should re quire invest Igaijna t It waa objaatod whan the famoaa M. X Monk waa emdo ahsrii of Maw York that a Jew would knee the beefing et Christiana. “Pretty Christiana," quoth Moefo, “to need bengiag." Tb# importance of the local newspaper cannot be overrate!; It k tha Hi* anJ spir it and necessity of the Sown.—The ambi tion of every young community i* to In crease and build up; to thrive ;to receive acreetdon to Ha population. Haanpftal end k huaineaa, and there U not ta any one thing so great an aid to ihl* as the local aswspa per. It ta through it that tha town be comm known. The local paper U a'ways a good index of Ha tows and serves mors than anything rise to teil abroad the character ot the peo ple, who are it* oenaUtatmu. It is always tilled op with advertisement*, but it ta not always filled with thee# that pay anything. In altogether toe many country villages and towns are business aten, who not only tad eoefldaut that the least newspaper* ought to be thankful lor the prlvitag* of printing thalr advertiaeamnu fMgjgigttaty, hot they firmly britave that Urn mkmable editor ahonjd thank Ood that he k permit ted to breathe the air aad tread upon the earth. There am communities that delight in extensive patronage to the local newspa per, and lor which they pay promptly as lor anything else they have in their busi ness. A paper from a community ot this character k always bright aad neat-look ing, and no matter it Its editor U net the most brilliant parson in the world, ha will, by neet type-netting and good press-work, produce a journal taat wilt be a ere lit to blmaell and tows. It k reperiod ol a large city wholesale dealer, that h* regularly took the local paper front the town where be had orediters. lie said ha watched the advertising columns, and so long as b* found hi* petrous advertising with sora spirit ha was satisfied they were all right but Ilia the moment he inlesed Uie adver tlaemsnt he sent on the collector, g>l eith er his money or hit goods, for he was sat isfied that a man who didn't advertise was a failure in huaineaa. The duty ef a vary mau is ta subscribe for his local newspaper, no matter what other papers bo may take. Iu his city weakly he can gat tbs news of the world, elaborate ad I tor Isis, essays, stories, agricul tural hints, and tha matters ot general in lareet; but b cannot And there tha news which ha will pruts most oi all, and which he can find In hk local paper, and that k the newt ot his neighbors. Tsa local pa per tells him that neighbor illggina has bought a now form; that neighbor Thomp son baa sold two extra heavy hogs at ao unusual price : that anew achool-houao I* la to bo built down la the Hollow, end there ktobe anew minister at tha old wblts church. Four columns out of every five that oontains reading ms tier ia the lo- cel psper should be devoted lo Itese* that everybody in tbs neUrhberbood is interest ed in, lor It require* no very deep Intellect to see Uiet such news is the very Ilf* and soul of the local paper, and (hose that have dou# this are the one* that have been meet successful. No man abould take a city paper In pre ference lo ble local paper. II be I* too poor to tek* only one, let that one by all means be the one published nearest Ids bom*. Take your local paper, and do all in ymtr power to make it a credit end hon or to th* town- Cnetly Caucll. [Washington Special to Ibe Chicago Tin—.J The most Important evidence that has bean taken In any ooe day was brought out I— Wsdaeeday before Wbltthorna'a Committee on Navel Affairs William Matthews, n coo tractor for furnishing clothing and naval supplies to the Navy Department, brought hi* books with him oed submitted to a rigid examination con cerning his method of securing contracts. He t—tiled that some yean ago he waa a bidder before the Navy Department for contracts hi hie line of goods, wb< ■ E. G. Cattail, of the firm of Cattail * Robin son, cams to him and told him that he had no show for securing any award* as the Cattails Intended to bid egaioet him. lie knew the greet in finance the Oet tails had with Robeson, and so he at once began to beg far term*. o*o*ll aaid he would give wey if be would tore over to him five per cent, npoa hie groee receipt* from oeotrect* Hie books as examined showed that upon receipt of $99,000,000, Matthews had paid ever $140,000 ta the CaUeJle far thus secu ring the contract from Mobeenn. His ac count also showed a payment of $10,900 to tbs Cattails for the procurement of the payment of a rebooted claim of $30,000. rho entire amount developed by to-day** torttnaony aa paid to the Cattails waa SIOO, 000. Mora, It to said, can to shown. At the efeae of Matthew*’ testimony ho tom ad aelemaly toward the committee sod said to Chairman Whit thorns : “fir, l am a Christian ; a member of the Presbyterian Ok arch. Mow. 1 want to know If than has taro anything developed before the eommltlea la aay toatknoey that to any waye derogatory to my character ee a Christthn gentleman T A broed grin chas ed over avary countenance at this qaery. it was too serious a question to to answer ed without consideration. Chairmen WbUtheroe dryly informal 14*tthews that ha should to Informed upon tbs subject at aa early day. A man always foals put not when ha to UiMPtfo THE STOUT SODTEI The Largest and Hand* uaeri Literary Fa par in America. Brillimmt Annouaeomant* U” trtCIMKXti ruMB jb% FTNHE following new stories will *ou be JL commeticid, and wHI ha the Met In tensely Thrilling ol any R -mawoiM yet pub lished in an America* journal. KILL A IiOSCOBt NORTH A.VD 80UTU A Thrilling National Romance, baaed up on the Adminlatraliena of President lia_ coin and Joh neon and tb* Btaoutloo of Mrs. Surratt, ta tflflfl—Written by a dta tlqgukbed SUtesmao. 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Address J H SEALS, Atlanta, Ge. \VT EBTEHN 1 offer lor sal* for DO da r a VY LAND I some valuable Iracti <>t terming end timber land in a thriving and rapidly growing Western Hut*. On sc count ot railroads, recently onostruclrd end Immigration, them land* are now rap Idly rising In value. They will be *44 very low lor cash. A Clear and Period Title will be Guaranteed, with every tract sold, with deed* of foil warranty lr<>ui lesponsl hi* grantors Parties desiring to purchase lends, lor an earl/ rise In value, Ibtal Estate agent* aod Trading Men, will flud It to heir Interest lo addr— M K. GUMP,KeeI Estate Dealer, 176 VV illiam kX,Y VICK'S Flowgr It Vegetable SEEDS are the beet th* world produces - They ere planted by a mil Ikm i**pi*- in AmnU-a* and th* result la, beautiful Flowers an.t splendid Vegetables A Prlc- and Cialn<u seat tree to all wb* enclose the portage -a. 9 cent stamp. VICK'S Flowtr k YfiUble Gardttt to tbs moat beantliui w*rk of the kind in the world. It contain* nearly UW i*** r *- hundreds ot One lUeeUatowe. and fmr Chrome Plater of Flown, brwiftituily drawn and colored trout nature. Piico S3 ,1a in paper coran; M cauls bound in a ley auk doth. flsk’i nsr| GiMt. Ekto to a beautiful (Jutrierly J mm!' y QiuaUsto I, and cooi-tinlng a* ele - gant colored Front toptoro with tbs fiiate number, price -elv *B it*. Um the year. The flrat Mo. tor lltfijust issued. AAtveas JAMES VIHK, Km-hartcr. M. Y. Notice. Usama. SCTTAr * PERKINS, Harm opened a splcn lid OAZiLIIT; < a Atlanta whims nfoturo* of all kind* can bq obtained Mvrtwraber paofde vwtti g At mttfo cordially nvtid to visit L* .► BCHAVD * PER If ISA. NO i<*