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Howto Keep Our Boys on the
Farm.
don.’t «ee. for my part, what
«tisco«niry'a coming to!” exclaim
ed my neighbor, a* he dropped tn
on Monday evening; “so many of
the beat boys are quitting the farm.
Why, when I was a boy, 1 ’ lie pro
ceeded, warming up with the recol
lection, “it was considered a reli
gious duty ior one of the sons in ev
ery family to succeed to the home
stead of his father ; and the steadi
est Os hie brothers pursued the same
honorable calling. Now and then,
a promising youth adopted a profes
sion ; but, as a general rule, not to
be a farmer was considered about
equivalent to being a vagrant.—
How how is it ? Why, bless ujc !
three quarters of our boys are de
serting the shelter of the farm-roofs,
leaving their fathers"' aores to more
patient plodders from Ireland and
Germany, and eagerly seeking ref
uge in the strange city. What can
have got into them ?
Such a state of things is surely to
be deplored. The prosperity of a
nation always depends on the thrift
and (sappiness of its rural people.
The sources of ibis dissatisfaction
ought to be removed. As they are
numerous, so is the remedy complex.
1. The homestead must he made more
attractive. —A thrifty farmer’s boys
generally see that their father’s
house is built more carelessly and
kept more slatternly than that of the
' city merchant. Their first uncon
scious inference is that fine houses
are the exclusive product of the ci
ty ; their next deduction—“that’s
tneplace to live.”
What is the picture which they
often leave behind when they take
their flight ? A house unpainted
and without blinds ; a barn rickety
and hastening to decay ; rheumatic
fbnees, offering kindly passage to
hungry horses and filthy, bony cows;
in the foreground, obtrusive piles of
neglected tools, wagon-w heels, old
iron, and infinite rubbish ; in the
background, a dreary waste of skin
nfed and.plundered fields. Without
any expense, except a little time
and taste, our farmers’ homes can
be embellished and rendered de
lightful ; and only so can the best
youths of this generation be induced
to remain in the homesteads ol their
fathers.
Farmers must sceJca higher*social
training. —A few of the best educa
ted and cultured men of America
are farmers, and their studious sons
are gracing the same occupation.
But such are a small proportion of
the whole.
“The fault, dear Brntua, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
Farmers ought, as a class, to cul
tivate better manners in parlor,
kitchen and field ; at fireside and
table. Urbanity and rusticity orig
inally meant merely city life and
country life; it is not by accident
that these words have come to signi
fy politeness and boorishness. Only
through human contact can we ac
quire polish, and, by lack of this at
."jtVftlon, we, as a class, have come to
undervalue the affable manners
which mark the gentleman. Integ
rity and benevolence are not a guar
antee of politeness ; there must be
added to these, intercourses with
well-bread people.
To recover what we have lost, or
gain what we have missed, let us
seek to construct a society about us,
to encourage neighborhood gather
ing?, farmers* clubs, agricultural so
cieties, and evening parties of every
innocent kind, that may bring, us in I
contact with others. To this in:,] j
let us.try cooperative farming—thou- I
sands tnMo the city because they!
wish to “see folks.” To this end, j
also, we can, if vve will, learn from I
our wives, for they are often better
read and usually better-mannered
than wc.
3 Progressive farming must he sub
stituted Jar routine farming. — Abolish
the old plodding system ; break up
traditional routine, and the boys wilj
stick to farming. Scientific farming
does* not mean the adoption of fancy
theories; it means learning from the
Ikws of Nature, and the experience
of other practical farmers, how to
exchinge bad habits of husbandry
for better ones.
Mind governs matter; and no art
or profession demands for its perfect
development so much general ancj
special information, and so wide a
range of science; as does the tilling
of the soil. Yet, agriculture, as
commonly practiced, is to-day be
hind' every bther art. Farmers
have studied less to master their
calling than have the members of
any other trade. How many thou
sands there are, iu every State,
who never see an agricultural jour
nal qr book 1 „ Such farmers lack
new' ideas more than they dp new
riatplemfeDU/ Their minds need
subsqiiiflg: more than their grounds !
To make farming attractive to
ouriwys; the drodgefy of routine
farming must be given up, and the
scientific Why must be taught.—«
This is the day of transition between
and brain; Thought hiding intro
to rolfeve the
Inventive genius has atrewn over
Mingle county of Ohio more agri
cultural machinery than could be
foua<s * a the whole West a few year*
ago ; and it is changing riel whole
.character of farming aa an occupa
tion. One intelligent man now can
:do more than a stupid hundred, and
derive from it more pleasure and
profit. Farm machinery ia not only
labor-saving, it is consequently civ
ilized, because it saves human toil,
it tends to elevate and refine oar
people.
Progressive agriculture carries a
blessing to the future. The pro
gressive farmer budds tasteful and
commodious dwellings, with fuel
and water convenient, and every
accessory that can lighten the good
wife’s toil; he adorns his grounds
from time to time with shrubs and
flowers; hegrafts pippins and green •
ings on the native stock, sets out
new orchards, and takes care of old
ones ; he obtains the handiest tools
nnd houses them ; he builds stalls
for cattle, and raises roots and
steams fodder to feed them. He
adapts the soil to the needs of vege
table life ; if wet ho drains ; if
light or sterile, he turns under clover,
and mixes more tenacious soil; if
sour and cold, he gives lime ; and
he. almost always ploughs deeply
and manures liberally.
He teaches his sons not only how
to plough, but why to plough ; not
only how to manure, but what is the
effect of various fertilizers ; not on
ly what will thrive host on a given
soil, but the reason for it; not only
how to drain and irrigate, but why
—because if they know the Why,
they cannot forget the How. Thus
he turns their eyes from their State
capital to their own township, school
district, home, and cultivates that
local patriotism which is the founda
tion of the nation’s strength. Sueh
farming pays —morally, mentally,
and pecuniarily.—W. A. Crofut,
in Hearth and Home.
DBUT-WOOD.
A Western town is sadly discon
certed at finding itself without a
graveyard.
Louisa Muhlbach has purchased
a villa near Dresden, where she will
henceforth reside.
Two hundred and twenty-four
life insurance frauds have burst in
in twenty-six years.
The population of Liverpool is
shown by the census to have de
creased thirty-five thousand in the
last ten years.
The new style of ladies’ hats are
very beautiful. They resemble a
pen-wiper with a fringe, and they
are quite becoming.
General Forrest has engaged for
his railroad all the Chinamen here
tofore employed on the Stanton refad,
numbering abouteight hundred.
The San Francisco Chronicle says
that Mrs. Fair’s appetite is “dainty
and exacting,” but that she eats but
little. She also sleeps but very little.
A polish nobleman who speaks
seven languages is working at Chi
cago for $6 a week. One of his
languages is undoubtedly the pro
fane.
It is quite certain now that the
King of Bavaria will be married at
an early day to the daughter of Czar
Alexander 11. of Russia. The wed
ding will take place at St. Peters
burg.
A railroad conductor being asked
why they locked the stove, replied
that it was “to prevent the fire from
going out.” He would be a firsts
class man for a New York murder
jury
live is the only woman who nev
er threatened to go and live with
ton rnxn a. And Adam was the only
man who never tantalized his wife
about “Lite way mother used to
cook.”
The book to reed just now is
Tyndall on Heat. According to
this author, heat is a mode of motion.
In fact, it will shortly, if it continues
in its present force, set men in mo
tion toward the sea-shore.
There are at least one hundred
million acres of fertile land in Tex
as, owned by men who for various
reasons are compelled to sell it;
and half the land in Texas is in mar
ket at prices ranging from fifty cents
to two dollars per acre.
It is not (says the Army and Na
vy Gazette) the intention of the Brit
ish Admiralty to construct any more
huge armor-plated ships for the pres
ept. The largest vessels which will
be built during the current year will
not bq of a heavier burden than 2,000
tons.
The works of Adolphe Thiers
have been translated into eleven
different languages, and the Belgian
Literary Review has reason to be
lieve that altogether over one million
volumes of the historical writings of
the President of the French Repub
lic were sold. ;' -
C. N. Payne, formerly “cham
pion long distance pedestrian of A
nterica,” undertakes to bsat Wes
ton's 112 miles in 23 hoars 44 min
utes, for a wager of $2,500. He is
to walk at the Empire Rink in New
York, commencing between 10 and
Ilf. u., July 3,
.jF.vwwsM* ' wu twutusfc uuu
Prtwee Frederic Charles, the two
great commanders cf the Prussian
armies in France, are among the
beat chess-players in Germany,
while Bismark is not only a very in
different player, but also gets easily
impatient when defeated.
A short lime ago a very strict
young lady in society gave ner pho
tograph to a devoted admirer for hri
locket. Two dftys afterward her
brother found it on the floor of a
billiard-room decorated with a pair
of mustaches and an immense ci
gar, artistically done with a pin.
The King of Sweden has munif
icently rewarded a young Swedish
composer who has set a number of
the king's poems to music. One of
these songs bids fair to become “the
Swedish Marseillaise .” It is sung
evety where, in the city and in llm
village, in the palace and in the
peasant’s cot.
As Sheridan was entering court one
day, carrying his books and briefs
in a green bag, according to the cus
tom of the time, some ol his brother
barristers, thinking to play a joke on
trim, urged some boys to ask him if
he had old clothes for sale in his
green bag. “Oh no,” instantly re
sponded Sheridan ; “they are all
new suits.”
Prior to the settlement of Califor
nia, singing-bird?, fragrant flowers,,
and honey-bees, were not to be
found in the entire country. Now,
however, in all parts of the State
may be found many varieties of
singiqg-birds, like the mocking-bird,
bobolink, lark, linnet, thrush, Balti
more oriole, and the common robin,
which always follow civilization.
The forests in all parts of the Slate
are filled with the honey-bee, and
honey from Los Angeles county is
an important article of commerce.
And, as for fragrant flowers, Cali
fornia can now beat the world.
One of the Siamese Twins islying
at the point of death, at their home
in North Carolinia. The other is in
good health. In anticipation of
death, arrangements have been
made for the immediate separation
of the living from the dead brother.
The dream of an ocean pier at
Long Branch is about to be realized.
Engineers are now upon the ground
selecting a location. The pier will
be of iron, 1,200 feet long, and
throughout the first one thousand
feet it will be thirty feet wide. The
last two hundred feet will have a
width of 100 feet, and on it will be
a pavilion and parlors having ac
commodations for 2,000 persons.
A Prussian cavalry officer, who
was badly wounded at the battle of
Gravelotte, was greatly annoyed by
the cries of some wounded soldiers
lying near him. He stood the
annoyance as long as he could, and
then testily called out: “Stop your
howling over there ! Do you think
you are the only petson killed in
this fight?”
A story is told of a father in a
church, who, when the marriage
service came to the point where the
clergyman asks, “ Whogiveth this wo
man to be married to this man ?” re
plied : ,‘Well, sir, I am called to do
it, although it do go again the grain.
I wanted her to marry Bill Plowser,
who is worth twice the money o’
that ’ere man.” The answer was
not considered regular.
The fastest railroad train in the
world is probably the new express
on the Exeter and Great Western
Railway, England, which runs from
Plymouth to London, one hundred
and ninety-four miles, in four hours
and a quarter.
In view of the vatebing season all
the girls are becoming nauticle to a
degiee unprecedented. Sailor hats
and sailor jackets occupy their entire
attention ; all sorts of phrases of the
ocean, which no sailor outside of a
novel ever heard of, are sedulously
conned with a view to the astonish
ment of the natives; sea songs are
being practiced, and general good
limes anticipatedly talked over.—
And by-the-byc, ladies’ brandy and
red pepper is splendid for sea’ sick
ness.
Niagara is suffering from a cata
ract of brides. They are said to
arrive by the dozen every day, and
add no little to the natural attrac
tion of that watering place. Letter
writers are trying in vain to account
for the anomaly, but agree in as
signing it to one of two reasons.—
Either Fashion has dictated anew
necessity, or else the matrimonial
fever is raging without precedent.
They speak of the air of “newness”
Worn by the cooing wanderers as
“rapurously bewitching.” Persons
contemplating a Northern trip will
doubtless note the information.
A story is going the rounds of the
press that an Alabama planter, sev
eral years ago, becoming satisfied
that the vitality of the cotton plant
was destroyed only by fost, tried an
experiment with a single plant.—
The second year he picked 800
pounds from it; last year it yielded
1,293 {lounds of best cotton, and
now it is twenty-five feet high and
promises to yield not less than three
bales of the staple. There is noth
ing incredible about this, any more
than there is about the true and vo
racious history of Jack and the
bean stalk,
tmr—
~W. H. FAY,
LOUISVILLE, GA.
m A P X> Xj 3EI
—AMD—
Harness Maker.
ALBO,
HOOTS Cb SHOES
ade to order AH work warranted and ant
is {action guaranted both aa to work and prices
Give me a call.
May 5,1871. I Cm..
WARREN <fc HAYLES,
XUBTAXL DEALERS XXV
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,
—AND—
ART2O&&S
of every DESCRIPTION.
NOTIONS,
HOSIERY,
GLOVES,
"White G-oods,
BOOTS, SHOES,
LOaiOss aaaadOL CSsijpss
of the most seasonable styles
always found on hand.
In connection with our business
we have a fine assortment of
GROCERIES,
which we offer cheap for
O-A.—-S-.-EC
WARRBKT A HAYLES,
Louisville, Oa.
MnyS, 1871. 1 ts.
BOWDEN COLLEGE.
£36 Miles, by Stage, West of Newnan, Ga.]
BOWDEN, CARROLL ?
County Ga. (
THE Next Scholastic year begins on Thurs
day, August 17th, 1871. This is a good
time to enter, in order to escape the sickly
season in lower latitudes.
For Catalogue just issued, and giving full
particulars. Address.
Rev F. H. M. HENDERSON Pres’t.
J. D. MOORE, Jr., Sec. B. TANARUS,
p n r S( f June 24, p 76 n 8 Im.
PULASKI HOUSE
Savannah, Ga.
WILTBERGER & CARROLL, Prop’
“BROWN'S HOTEL,
Opposite Depot, MACON GA.
W- F. BROWN & CL, Prop’rs
(Successors to E. E. Brown & Son,)
W F. Bbown. Geo. C. Brown
18'7’1. Spring o.xicL summer, iS'ZI.
MILLINERY GOODS.
MRS LECK.IE
IT
**AVING returns i from New York, takes pleasure in informing her
friends and the Ladies generally, that She has now open a
SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
E^ E ? N A B 0 » n ' l HATS purchased from some of the LEADING IMPORTERS
oLXEW YORK. Beautiful SASH RIBBONS, cheap. Ladies’ DRESS CATS Infant’s
LACE BONNETS and HATS'
The largest stock of FRENCH FLOWERS in tlio city.
The handsomest assortment of Jet and Gilt JEWELRY ip the city.
The largest stock of Jute and Roil HAIR CDRLS and CHIGNONS in the city.
All the above goods will BE SOLD AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES
MBS. LEOHXEf, 171 Broad street,
„ . Under the Augusta Hotel,
n &p April 8,1871. 65 ts.
JOHN VOGT & C 6.,
IMPORTERS OF
French China, Belgian and Bohemian Glassware, Lava ware
UPtsoupaciAua SXSsacp'Dbllq&o ££33® o®
86 <Sc 87 place,
Between Church St. & College Place, NEW YORK.
54 Hue de Paradis Poissonniere, PARIS. C Cour* Jourdan, Limoges, FRANCE
46 Neuerwall, HAMBURG. , 8 ’
Jane 4,1871, np r C 73 22 6m.
Agents Wanted.
IN Middle sad Southwestern Georpin for
Mortimer's “Acme Linen'Marker,” end .Cfrd
Printer, a neat end ingenious Utile instrument
lot mtfriuefl all; artiaJea »f peering appwsel,
and for the printing of Business Cuds end
Envelopes neatly and quicklrr Idbwhl termq,
given to rood canvassers. No humbug. Ad
dress with stamp, H. W. J. HAM,*
General Agent,
Louisville, Ga.
n May 19,1871. ? 3tf.
Look to Your Interest!
M.A. EVANS & CO.
Bartow, Ga-, No. 11, C. R. R,
Keep on hand the
LARGEST AMD BENT
Assortment of Goods,
to he found in this Section of Coun-,
,r y-
Which will be sold
la'.O W FOB OAS H. -
If Profits and Correct
Dealings are properly estimated,
This is the Place to Trade.
Liberal Prices Given for
COTTON, WOOL, HIDES, EGGS
AND POULTRY, See., &c.
Don’t forget to Call on
M. A- EVANS & CO-
Bartow, Ga.
n. May 5, 1871, 1 3m.
SPOTSWOOD HOTEL
©2>sP®33S>3a S’ASSliSS'SJilia
DEPOT,
T. 11. HARRIS, Proprietor
MaCON, GEORGIA.
To Gin Owners!
TIIE Undersigned Repairs Cotton Gins at
Gin House—On Tiipe, Thos. E. Dick*
ena agent at Sparta; E. A. Sullivan agent at
Sandersvilie; Thos. N. Sliurby agent at War
renton; T. 11. Harlow agent at Louisville.
J. B. CAEN, Louisville, Ga.
p April 1, 1871. G 4 ts.
Carriage Manufactory.
THE UNDERSIGNED takes pleasure in
informing the citizens of Jefferson and
adjoining counties, that I have opened a
Buggy, W agon
—AND—
PLOW MANUFACTORY,
where work of all descriptions, both new and
repairing, will-be done with neatness and dis
patch.
lam also agent and manufacturer of
the celebrated
Ham Universal Plow,
a specimen of which may be seen at the shop
at all times.
Plows of all descriptions made and ropaired
upon short notice. The celebrated
DICKSON SWEEP
furnished on demand.
IIORSE SHOEING done in the neatest and
most substantial manner.
Coffins Furnished at Short Notice.
GIVE ME A CALL.
G. 11. ikARRELL,
~ r Louisville, Ga.
May 5, 1871.- ] ts
Books, Music, Stationery &c/
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TCNO WING THE ADVANTAGE AFFORDED THE PEOPLE BY A
Southern Branch Book and Music Depot,
we have accepted the management of a branch of eeveral large Publishing and Manufacturing
Houses, by which arrangement we are enabled to sell
Books, Music, Mnsical Instruments, Stationery &e., &e., Ac
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at New York prices.
IN our Book Department we offer at lowest publishers’ rates.
LAW AND MEDICAL BOOKS,
SCHOOL BOOKS,
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS,
THEOLOGICAL BOOKS
Music Books ! Music Books 1!
a
PIANO PORTE METHODS,
PIANO STUDIES,
PIANO MUSIC.
Primers, Dictionaries and Theoretical works, Musical Literature, Organ Instruction
Music.
”~HARP AND GUITAR,
VIOLIN INSTRUCTION BOOKS,
FLUTE INSTRUCTION BOOKS,
FLUTE AND VIOLIN MUSIC.
ACCORDEON, FLUTINA AND BANJO, FIFE,
DRUM, BUGLE AND BAND MUSIC.
. •:!' t« r. ’ e
VOCAL METHODS and Exercises for Adults and Juvsnile Classes.
GLEE BOOKS AND PART SONGS,
VOCAL MUSIC, CHURCH MUSIC, ORATORIES,
SABBATH SCHOOL MUSIC A &e., &c
Under each of the above beads we have a large and varied selection. All kinds of First
Class writing papers. Note, Cap and Letter Paper, Cards, Envelopes Bill-Head Paper, Leva 1
Blanks <fcc., Ac.
As we have a Job PrmtingOffice in connection with onr store, we can famish printed Let
ter Heads, Bill Heads, printed Envelopes Cards Ac., &e„ at a small advance on first cost.
Pianos, Organs, Melodeons and any other Musical Instrument famished at
Ivl anufaoturers’ Frices
When a large organ or piano is sold, wo send a man to put it up, free of charge.
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Miscellaneous.
GOLD AND STEEL PENS,
GOLD PEN AND PENCIL CASES, -‘
ENGLISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN WRITING PAPER S
COPYING BOOKS,
COPYING AND SEAL PRESSES,
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COPYING, -
WRITING AND INDELIBLE INKS,
LETTER, NOTE AND WEDDING ENVELOPES,
PORT-FOLIOS, WRITING DEBKB,
CHESS AND BACKGAMMON BOARDS AND MEN,
DOMINOES, CROQUETS,
PLAYING AND VISITINtFfcARDS,
SEALING WAX.
INDIA RUBBER BANDS,
PEN KNIVES,
DRAWING AND TRACING PAPER,
MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS,
SURVEYORS’COMPASSES, '
PORT MONIES, &c„ &c.
Subscriptions received for any Periodical, American or Foreign, payable in ail eases ih
advance.
Foreign Books imported at New York prices. ,
Books are being constantly ordered, and a single volume of the smallest value may at any
time be sent for.
Small packages sent by Express or mail at a very slight cost
Parties unknown to ns must remit with their orders.
Packages sent by Express collect on delivery, when desired.
All inquiries as to cost of any article, must be accompanied with a stomp for return letter
with price lists &c. ' ‘
Address all communications to . . .
B. A, HARRISON & CO.,
■parts, 04-
May 5,1871, ! >' >: <>.’ v 1 t