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Insr-e your property in the Georgia
Home Insurance Company, of Columbus,
Ga. N. T. Johnson, Agent at Marshall
ville, Ga.
Houston Home Journal
ley, showed' us his “Shoo Fly” -a
machine invented by Mr. Frank Hunt,
of -Marshallville, for fanning, and for
driving away flies. It is quite a curi
osity. "We expect to have a picture of
one in the Home Journal next week
and will explain its workings.
The Washington Patriot, after show
ing that the President’s proclamation
of riot in South Carolina is'wiiolly un
necessary, continues thus:
There may have been local disorders
in South Carolina, and it is only sur
prising, with the untold outrages th;r
hsve been committed upon the whit
population, that they, have not been
nore frequent and si-rioiis. The in
diligence, Christianity and substuiic.'
•oft that'Shite have been tamed over to
he barbarism-df basibtti d ’blacks, 'by
whose gross and inflamed passions they
are raled,'imtil,civiliaatioirsidken§jinG-
'revolts at the inhuman spectacle, and
is outraged by the shocking libel on
rise government.' TheiddeoUs revels
in the mockery of thc.lnsi.Legislature
worthy-of Dahomey, where taxes and:
subsidies and. plunder were voted b
the heathen demons in human form
directed by white wretches without
conscience of pity, have no parallelii;
history. The State has bee*, robbed
Of millions by a corrupt conspiracy, a
;he head of which notoriously stand.*
the Governor, and taxed until desola
tion-stares an unfortunate people in
the face, already afflicted by civil wai
audits ruinous results. The blacks
who ~w§re used-by . this gang of -plum
deriirg adventurers for their nefarious
The best and cheapest mode of ad
vertising in the wcrld, is that in the
■newspapers. Every successful adve:-
tiser will say this. Seed strewn then
—if the seed is good for t nothing—al
ways brings up a crop of some value,
most generally a hundred fold. Plc< -
rding.the'dead-walls and showerin;
hand-bills among the people are aui-
.liaries in advertising, but it is donb 1 -
ul whether as a rule, they more thtn
'pay the expenses, while there is ro
' doubt that they are a riusiancc, Th.-
blankest of dead-walls is only disfig
ured by posters, provoking, in th
weli-iegaiated mind, a sense of aver-
ion to the man who so.advertisesnpon
whose excellence' he expatiates; wlnl
s to hand-bills, nothing so prejudice
If you want a few tons of the “Home-
Made Fertilizer,” prepared by L. W. Hun:
<fc Co., Macon, Ga., call on If. T. Johnson,
Agent, at Marshallville, Ga:
Notices.
Consumptives.
aer lowing been permanently cured
disease, Consumption, by a simple
1 -oils to muse known to his fellow-
mcsnB 0 f cure. To all who desire it,
i copy of the prescription used, (free
;th the directions for preparing and
* c .yidcb they will find a suns CUBE
n0 >-, asthma. Uron'chitis/Sic.
Ong the prescription will please nd-
Eev. EDWAED A. WILSON.
Second Street, Wflliamsburgh, K. Y
If you want a
Woodruff Wagon or Bug
gy, of the very best kind, call on N. T.
Johnson, Agent, MarshaUvflle, Ga.
The Agricultural meeting last Tues
day was well attended. _ Some of the
best and most experienced planters in
the county were in attendance. CoL
Barnett, who was appointed by- the
last' Georgia Agricultural Convention,
Superintendent of county societies,
was present and made a short speech,
full of useful, practical points.
J. W. MANN
Thai “Queen of Durham ” Smoking To
bacco has arrived, and smokes delightfully.
For sale by N. T. Johnson, Alar-hallvillo,
Georgia.
Calls everybody’s attention to his :aam-
moth .tock of
Agents of the Houston Home Journal.
ROCERIES, DRY G00D8,
of.Youth,
Fort Valley—Geo. W-. Stnrges.
Byron—Thomas B. Goff
Marshalvilk-—N. T. Johnson.
Hayneville—Samuel ■ Henley.
Henderson-riS. D. Henderson.
Errors ^
tjoIAX who puffered for yea-* from
uaBcVJity. Premature,Decay, and aU
of youthful indiscretion, will, for the
Teriiig humanity, seu.l free to all who
o recibe and direction for making the
sedy by which he waa cured. Sufferers
profit by the advertiser’* experience.
ONFECTIONKRIES
Fruits, Toys. &c.
The April number of. the New-
Monthly Magaxine is;at band prompt
ly, “Nothing but a Woman’ is c >n-
timued; so also are Celebrities I have
seen, Folk Lore from Many Lands;
Wonders of the Sea, Historical Sketch
es, and An Old Maid’s Evenings.—
The illustrations are elegante—the fron
tispiece, Capture of .Babylon by Cy-
rimi* particularly ‘ so.' ' Oar ’Methodist-
friends -are missing a great deal by
not taking this magazine. Published
-t citizen against going to see any 'show
or buying-any goods, as the ugly slips
if paper thrust- at him from all quarters'
eloquently recommending him to d
those ; things. —Journal of Commerce
The medicine man, last Saturday,
sent a bottle of-his * “magic oil”: -tc
-MayorDavis. The Mayor was doubt
less overwhelmed at this magnificent
'present but we do hope he will no:
think he can imitate the 'flying-tra
peze with impunity.
Life and Fire Insurance
Tn the be*t Companjea at the following rates:
addressing, in perfect confidence,
JOHN B, OGDEN,
No. 12. Cedar Street, New.York
The. following singular means ? oi
curing habitual : drunkenness is em
ployed by a Russian physician, Dr
Sehreiber, ' of Bryese'ILitewski. I-
consists in confining' the drunkard in .*
room, and ’ furnishing him at discre-
with his favorite spirit, diluted
-MADE FEBTITiTZER.
Ill Points of Importance
nllLSKIEH. LRANDIES.
Sunday Evening Aiiurements.—
Jackson Powers and Thomas Nelson
two negroes, disturbed the quiet soli
tude that reigned over the classic bank
of “Fanny Gresham” by a small fra
cas, on Sunday evening. Results;
Powers lost that parf of "his unmen
tionables which the poets'-suppose a
bull-dog has a peculiar fondness - for,
and Nelson was fined by the Mayor on
Monday. - . -
Private Dwellings and contents, isolated, .for-
$1,00(1, Ip** than 4 cent*—the. same ratio for larger
amount*. Also ’
Gin Houses, Hams,
And other propc:tv at a* lor.- rati:S as charged by
safe Companies. JNO. S. JOBS0N.
feli23-tf Agent Perry, Ca.
by A. H. Rfiadford; Nashville Tenn.,
at §3. per annum.
• The Southern Cultivator for April
is received. It is printed a great deal
better-than it was a short time ago,
and'has scarcely a paragraph in it, that
is not interesting.
We want to call the' special atten
tion of our readers to the Southern
Farm and Home, the April number of
WewonW. be
Tobacco and Se'gars,
."Inch will be sold at mest reasonable nta*.
and the Cheapest by 100 per
Cent! . \ ... v
;ion
with two thirdsof water; as much wine
>eer, and coffee as he desires, but
containing one-third of spirit; al
'tEh^focid-i-tlie-bread; "meak/and-thi’
l-gremes—axe steeped in spirit and
water. - The -poor devflis cpntinufflh
irnnk and “dort.” On the fifth daj
jf his regime, he • has an extreme dis
gust for spirit; he earnestly request;
jther diet, but his desire must not b
yielded to untilthe poor wretch n>
monger desirds tp eat'or drink; he is
-hen certainly cored of his penclian
or drunkenness. He' acquires sufch .
fisgust for brandy, or other spirits,'
;hat he is ready to vomit at the very
ight' of it. '; 1
Tho saiie treatment is equally tidap :
ted'to the wine pr beer. drunkard," bu
in.such cases . the favorite liquor— ’
whatever it may be^-innst hS the one
employed to soak the victuals in.
raE-WOdtHS! FIBS-WORKS 1!
A big supply of all kinds.
from the report of a committee consiBt-
essr*. H. A Clinch, K. B. Baxter end
dte, appointed by tho Hancock Connty
al Club, on .Fertilizers:.
■ommitto having again carefully inspect
nlta upon corn and .cotton of the Home-
t’lizer, beg leave to report our examina-
c experimental, plat of Mr. IL Tapimn.
‘loin*, Greene County. These, picking*
ly weighed and noted:;
- Opdexxa Ala., June28, 18701
MEssns,.Cp.AwroKD & Walkek, West
Point Ga.,
Gents’: After twelve months' painfhl
suffering, from Dyspesia in its most
aggravated.forms, I am now in perfect
health." And can attribute my relief
only to your valuable Liver Medi
cine. v
Until its use, I had tried every rem
edy, . exercised the greatest-.prudence
in diet, and tho result -was I grew
.worse. I now feel that'I am almost
indebted, to you for life,, and hope
your .success in disseminating its use
fulness may be proportioned to its in-
P. S.—J. W. II. w_*aea to say to all the
,aopk that tha choapness of his goods is as-
i jnishing.' Tho only wondor is, that his
jompatitoiB in this Metropolitan city will
;o to so sihall a price as Now York, to buy
;oods, when they can make much more by
joying from him. .
decl7-3m
If any of our friends,have a^copypi
the "IHoine Joiu-ntil of March' 23, wc ;
shall be glad to have, it loft at oui
offlee. . '
which is «n oar tabic,
glad to know that every farmer in
Houston takes the-Farm and Home,
for we believe that by so doing they
would make more money and live
happier.. Do you ask how? We an
swer; In this way—Any one who ’ wili-
earefully read its'pages cannot help
learning how to make his land more
productive;- besides this, he will get
new ideas, from experienced persons,
about raising stock, and poultry,, the
management of milch cows, gardening
and in fact everything else pertaining
to a farmer’s business.
■*, each 188 feet long, fertilized wifli
Weighed 42 pound*: Cost'per acre,
-*, each vs6 feet.long,Xeittlized with,
anurc, weighed 42 ponndB. Costper
*, each 18* foe* long, fertilized wiii;
ano, weighed'81 Coat-per
s, each 186 feet loug, fertilized win:
— weighed aopound*. Cost,
“magic oil’-’ was descanting.,on ifc,
virtues, warranting it to enre.all kindL
of pahij a little, four-year old remark
ed; “Pa, hadn’t you better gat t
bottle- Of that stuff for Ma—she’s ah
Ml of pains.”
AND KNOW
CAMPBELL & JONES
It is the very Article
0E FFHTIUZEC,
S9 00. ... ^ . -W-SF
owe, each 186 foot long, ta*SB»4 will:
manure, weighed 48 pound*. ,Cdrtf per
owe, each 186 feet^long,'fertilized witL
perphoephate, weighed kS pouudii. eo*t
*21 00. , "
imittee vrare'nniverBaltr-i’f'tM epurior.
umber of unopened hoi!* on the Homo-.
tilizer, were in excess ofAhe xAimr fty-
GENERAL
The store between our office and
Col. Mavis' store is being refitted by-
Mr. Jno. R. Conk, to be used by Miss
nJLcCprkle as a millinery store! When;
finished- it will be one of the very
nicest stores in town. We would b.
"glad .to' see more of our property-hpld-
.n-s imitittri Ilf. Cook’s example.
You need not
say you know all these. things better
ban the ones who.- write in thAFarhi
.and Nome. . The .eoatnUntors who
treat of agrictiltare are farmers ' like
yourself, but probably of mere erfen
I sherifis, black bailifife, black supremacy
everywhere and in every form, directed
oy the fiendish spirit of blacker, heart*-
iinder_ white faces, which is incapable
of subduing an ordinary riot in a
.parsely populated district, and cra.-
,-enly invokes Federal intervention to
lo its common police duty? - South
Carolina is a sad example of 'Radio::
reconstruction carried on to its ex
treme conclusion. Look at her to-da
Optdm Eating.'—Thesnhjeetis again
revived of. opium eating in the United
itates, particnlarly 'in New York city,
and the developments are startling.
Physicians are called upon not to pro
scribe it in any shape unless absolutely
ecessary, as the habit is often co, -'
jraeted by beihg’flrst taken to aileviab.
sain. Is is reckoned that - many mii-
dbns of dollars are annually spent in.
ihakeity al ine, for the. drug, which .is
;aken in the form of pills. Women
ire known to use six or eight ounces of
it in a day.
SiBAWBEBitiES.—Mrs. Col. Havisiai
sent its «. plate, of delicious strawber
'lies; the flrst we have heard of this'
season. Wb liaie a weakness for sti-aw-
berrfes ar.d the like, and we wonldsa y
something nice in the way qf .thanks,-
^nt they came.just;as we were going
to press,- and. we haven’t time. Mrs.
Haris may j list- imagine herself thanked
in the most elegant langiiagc:
t L. W. HUNT a CO., -Praggid*. *2 and
f street, Macon, Ca. lmvc tli* foingiki fO;'
f-made Fertilizer above mi-ntloucd, aril
(pleasure in ezlilriting it to a’i planter*
ig all ncoesaaryinforinatiou -intzegaid Ito
[are prepared to furnieh tbe chemieal*-
Lre now taking.ordera. In ordey to in, ■
hpt delivery, all order* *lroulil be sent in
DOMMiSSiON MERCHANTS,
- The Cattaraugus (N, Y.) Union ha:
;lris to say concerning a once’prbsgmoa'
man in that place, his downfall and the
cause of it: : f
“Whisky Has Used Him. Up.”—
There is- scarcely a community oi"
neighborhood from Maine "to Oreg n
where this saying is, not used aiinos'*
every day in the year, and altogothei
too t ruly. A snbjeet of this kind is t<
be found in almost every .town. Th*
merchant has failed, and* and. whisky
has done it. _ The" lawyer, with bril
liant talents and a large .business, ha-
fallen below the range of. respectabili
ty and confidence; 'whisky.,.was the
series of articles is being published
discussing the different kinds ofbuild-
ings .adapted to. this country, the com
parative cost f'.nd stabilit.y of each, by
Prof.. Charbonnier, Professor of En
gineering iii the University o'Georgia.
All these things are tieated of "by men
who have better educations than most
farmers:; ' ...
Then there is in every number some
thing on. the cidtivatiou of-flowers,
which will gi ye you "all the informa
tion needed for the an-angement of a
flower yard; and what man would not
bo happier for having a neat flower
yard in, front of his house? For the
ladies some provision is always made,
in the shape of domestic receipts, i ar
ticles on household economy etc.
'. The Farm and Home is w’eU printed,
neatly'- illustrated, m ost'" al ily edited,
and why every farmer does not take
it,-wS can’t understand.
That-best- of all juvenile magazines,
the Chatterbox, for April, is oh our
table. Its illustrations are unexeep--
tionable. Why doesn’t every man
who would like to amuse and instrhet
liis children send. and get it? It is
'published by Pott & Ambry, Coop
er Union, New York; price only §1.50 s~
year. - ,
In Scribner’s Monthly for April,
Dr.: Holland discusses, yin i t-lia * ‘Top
ics oi the Time,”'^Proxessionid Mor
ality,” “The Temperahcs Question
and the Press,” and “The San.Domin
go Question. ” The illustrated articles
are “Life in the-Cannibal Isknufs”
(a second and exceeding, valuable pa
per from Mr. J. C. Bates); a carious
microscopic disquisition on “The
Fly;”, an account of the recent -“Dis-
coveiy of Antique Silver” in Europe,
and an article on “Children who'
Work.” 'JTne latter is, in .some res
pects, the most important-article in
.tne present number. This written by
Mrs. Julia A. lioiines; a lady connect
ed with the Bureau of Education, who
'Here-presents the resorts ox her recent
investigations in -relation to. the em
ployments in whxaii young children
are’engaged, in the metropolis. Tire
expose.is a meiahuhpiy one indeed, and,
cannot fail to excite tne symyathies ox
the philanthropic everywhere. The
publishers promise great- attractions
ior their second volume, which begins
in -May—among other tilings; a fine
portrait of McDonald, vnose “Vvii-
-xrid Onmbenneae” isjirovingsc popu
lar; a- new story by Mrs. Oiip.naht;
some marvelous cnapters of discovery;
sketches and portraits of Aihencan ar-
Oar readers snouid
pen. C, P. ANDERSON. Agont,
.. Furt Vaili-y, C.a.
Dr. J. Ci GILBERT, 'Agent.
perry, Ga.
JoC Marshall, colored, bas an .•ulycr-
tisement . in another place, in which
he uses rough language. Ho cedis no
^niootes,' but Joel Griffin is evidently
the oncrefe.-Tid t-i, asjie is the onlypm--
aon in,the county who can answer .to
di the spedfleatiofij.
shipping Africans. There she stands
a monument of th£ “humanity” am,
“inoral ideas” of trafficking hypocrite:
and canting knaves, who, in ther dese
crated mime of Republicanism, have
committed the greatest crimes, ane
have conspired to overthrow onr free
institutions. Who is there, with a gen
erous heart in his breast, or an instinct
of American character, that does net
regard this spectacle with horror , anc
indignation, and tuna from it bowed
with; sorrow and with shame? Such is
Radical reconstruction!
GUANO! GUANO!
A beet-sugar factory company, ai
Blackbawk, near Madison Wis.
raised, last year, one hundred and
ixty -acres of beets, with an. avenig
rield of ten tons per acre; and is
low running through about" one ton
of beets per hour, night and day.
A. HOPSON
PHENIX GUANO,
SALT ANDPLASTERCOMPOUND,
WILCOX GIBBS & CO. MANIPU
LATED GUANO.
I am offering the above well known
standard fertilisers for cash or on
time at]
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
to correspond with the low price of
COMMERCIAL
MACON, GEORGIA,
* The, surveying party of the Fort
Valley and Hawkinsville Railroad ar
rived in Perry Momlay oveuing-; and
TucSihiy Vent on to Hayneville.'
SEA-FOWL
FERTILIZER
:ceived a handsome £sso»;tmcsit
We give below a list of the Giahd.
iind"' Petty Jm-ors,-ik : %wn to serve ac
May Term of Houston Snpuripr Goart:
- .. GliASiD Jtn'iX—BASEL L
^jas. !>., Thnrp, %in. F. Griffin, ,
Geo. W. Nelson, L. M. Houser,
J. W. Wooholk, H. T. Gray,
James R. Rice.. Wm. 1J. Long,
Thos. ji Cater, : E. Vv’. Jackson,
John HalL r Geo.. P. Lamar,
\Vme Grace, Thos. MJButner,
D. L. Adkins, ‘ W, O. Hancock,
B. F.- Parker, B. G. Mnlkoy,
D M: Napier,- C. G. Gray, .' ..
A." W. Peurifoy, A. W. Johnson,
. : ^Joseph palmer.*
point with derision", and his friends
bang their heads in shiimg;: and whis
ky lias done it. That kind-hearted
neighbor and hard-working man has
become a pect in society and atroubli-
to his _fiiihily: Whisky has beat,
him.. Whisky -will beat any man liv T
ing, and that is just what it was made'
'40,0 Pounds Low Middling Cotton,
And Bargains in
Ethiopian Rampant.
The blessed nigger is again in luck.
An enthusiastic contraband who
scrawls his signature J. Milton Tur-
neiy and who for-years-has. pawed aiid
-bejlowed in the politiealatmosphere of
Missouri, lately discovered to be a rel
ative of-the -President, has been ap-
MPEIXS, TABLE LEiENS,
QKOHOIi.
“I am going,” says Grant, “to
Richmond, to Petersburg, to heaven,
and it may be I will go to hell ”
After eyeing the General for sever
al moments, the old “Confed” said:
“General . Grant, yon can’t go to
Richmond, for General Lee is there;
you can’t go to Petersburg, for Beau
regard" is there; yon can’t go to heaven,
for Stonewall Jaekson is there; but as
to going to hell, you may get there,
for I know of no Confederate in that-
region.”
Per ton, payable Novembri: 1st Now Is
die time to get a genuine article oil liberal
terma Forsaleby
. .PANEL 2: -
Wm. Means; Jas. H.~Allen,
M. G: Powell, . F. A. Teomer,
BaincttHolleihon, E. M. Hulsey,
Frank George, A. C.' Jones,
J. A. Evans; Jesse Watson,.
Chas. J. Holmes; S. E. Jordan,
Coley Bryant, Jas. A. Roquemore,
John A. Hafer, - . Archibald Parker,
D. G. McDonald, James D. Buff,
Jno. W. Taylor, Jna. H. Thomson,
T. P. Watson,.': TerreQl-P'my, •
George S. Haslam, Sr.
HAYTGNSVILLE, GA,
He will spend the first half of each
month in his office in Perry over the
old Drug Store)’ and one fourth, or the
latter half of each month will be given
to his practice n Hawkinsruie at Mrs.
Hudspeths.
pointed Gonsnl-General to Liberia, at
a salary of §6,500 ayear, in .gold.’ Du
ring " the" war this eminent Missouri
contraband sold'chiekehs/ eggs, .horse-
’•addish and cabbage to soldieiSj laccn-;
mnlating enough wealth by this means
to start' in as a politician. His re
ward has now come. To . Liberia he
goes!—Pomeroy's Democrat.
TWO THOUSAND TONS !
L HOPSON-resiicbtfnlly invites
friends and former. customers
iston to call on him aiid inspect
ads, when they come .to Macon,
els sare that he can make it to
iterest to trade with him.
janl9--tf
MOORE S
EUEAL AEW-YORKER,
e l portion of niankmc! it is
tion why so many fritter
y, tho inestimable boon
e means of rsgeneration
ach. The excellence oi
I Family Bitters has been more gen-;
naorsed than any other ‘ ‘medicine”
Wduced to the public, and hundreds
>k upon the cure effected by the
as next to a niirade, and we would-
dl who are suffering froin whatever
, to try a “bottle,” tm we know they
tted hundreds, and heuce we -speak'
hook, and it is no wonder that
body Takes It.”
During the celebration of the crystal
wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Geo... Bum-
ham, in - Portland, last week, a young
man named Robert Wood, one of the
■guests, fell down a flight of stairs from
the dining room, by taking a false step
backwards;’ owing to the careless flirt
ing of a handkerchief ill his face by
a young girl, and struck";on his head,
severing the menegital artery. Four
physicians were called, but, although
he was trepanned, he died.
FOB BOTH TOWN AND OOCNTW.
Iht* Famotu which enters npo* Hi
taecty-eecouc year on th* 7th of Jan.. 1*71, Is no*
<raly the Largest, Best and Cheapest, bnt by far
the largest-circulating Journal of its class in tbs
world. Kational in Character, Ably Edited, W%-
P«rbly Illustrated and Printed, it is the
BEST AMERICAN WEEKLY,
The Rural New-Yorker hafl become the standard
authority on all branches of Agriculture, Horticul
ture, etc., throughout the Czilou, and is iUTshsafala
to city, village and suburban cultivators. Am %
Literary and Family Paper it is a favorite in bib*
of the best families all over the Continent.
The great enlargement of the Rural laal jaar
has rendered it necessary, for convenience of
handling and reeding when bound, topubliah
TWO VOLUMES A YEAR!
Commencing January and July. of tho am!»
annual volumes contains as ranch Reading sad
more and better niuatrftionR, than wo formerly
gave in a whole year!—and double what moot of
the eight page w^kiie* of the same class furnish.
ITS ILLUSTRATIONS
Are numerous, beautiful and varied. Indeed fit*
Rural has no-rival in its sphere—is unequalled M
an illustrated Rural and Family Newspaper.
Though double its former size—now containing
sixteen largo pages of five columns each, weekly—
the Rural la tdUi furnished at its former price.
Its Market and Crep Reports
Are full and reliable. Remember that Rio set*
monihly, but the largest, cheapest sad WSffln
trated weekl;-'.—and that it comprises is «so«
greater variety of Reading, Choioe Rngrsvtasfc
Ac., than is given in half a dozen ordinary
Next to your local paper, Moon'iisttites
for yourself, family and Meads.
CLOTHING.
W. W. SHARPE A CO.,
Juts' Agents, Tribune Buitdi/igs,
JdeiD York,
aathorized to contract for adyer-
in this paper.
d “Beicx” Pomtjioy says:
Dmeroy’s S. Y. Dcmocrai, Dec- "th.
§5 Weld Do.—J. C. Derby is
ing of some valuable property at
,S.C., as will be seen by ah j
•isement in to-day’s paper. He,
aopted a novel plan: for §5 he
1 picture worth §5, and a .ticket
drawing. Mr. Derby is not a
sung vagabond speculator, but a
°ned, honorable business man,
tee word, plans and promises we
ftfll faith. His scheme is a
one, and somebody will make a
le it-for a mere pittance, fbr
'foperty he offers is valuable,
at his advertisement and buy a
lists,' -&&, Ac:
remember that this lively and swriing."
monthiy is one; dollar cheaper. than
any "of the otiier leading magazines.
?S3~ Send for a pamphlet. An Agent
may be fonnd at almost every Depot, but
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SHOES AND BOOTS
PAXKfi. 2. .
J. W. Mann, J. W. T. Howard,
C. D, Apderson,. L H. Moreland, .
j. IS. Stewart, * L. G. Palmer;
Geo. B. Plant; . M. H. Means,
A. J. Todd, G. E- Solomon,
W. W.- Lancaster, W. H. Howell,
J. W. Hudson, W. T. Ftogers,
-A. H. Daniel, A. W. Murray,
Calvin Tfll, D. H. Riley,
J: H. Rutherford, Wm. Sears,
C. A. Thompson, W. D. Day,
A so-called doctor was in our streets
Saturday selling his magic “Chinese
oil” warranted to curd every thing.—
He ciired; Scab Smith, a darkey, ox
tooth-ache, on tne spot, hut Seab eon-
lessed aiterwurds liiat he had been
paiu to have the tooth-ache and ”ue
.cured. We do not'suppose itisneces-
iiary to tell our readers to bew_re ol
tills man and iris nosuram, as he seems
to get all patronage irom the negroes,
very few oi whom read tnis paper.
i A Connecticut farmer, wishing to
: tiy the experiment of raising-cotton,
instead of the. time-honored wooden
nutmeg, wrote-to Mr. Greeley for some
advice, and received it. Horace told
him he hadn’t better go into it too ex-
tensivelv until he found whether he
could raise it, and advised him to first
get a yard of unbleached cotton and
cut the eyes out, and plant the eyes,
! the same as potatoes. The farmer did
as directed, and is sitting up nights to j
It Is said that tnere are over tw?n-
ty thousand children working ten
"hours a.day In New York and Brook
lyn tobacco factories and fully half
that number are under fifteen years of
age.
Lettuce.—GoL Havis, having seen
something in the paper about a head
-of lettuce two feet in circumference,
informs" us that he has one in his gar
den, on which he has bestowed no
exits culture, that measures twenty-
flveiBChes around.
An Ohio youth, who desired to wed
the object of his affections, had an in :
terview with her B^H^BmaeMSaaai
which he stated that, although ho-j»d
no wealth worth speaking of, JBrhe
was “chock fafl at day-’e-works. ” Be
fOt the: $&, - '
“How is your husband this after
noon, Mrs. Quiggs?” “Why, thedoc-
i says as-how if ha lives till morning
he shall have some hopes of him; but
if he don’t he must give him up.”