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VOLUME IV
PEKRY, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1874
NUMBER 26.
WASREK I. HOTTDJGHAM.
Attorney at Law.
PEBBY, GEORGIA.
Particular nttmtion given to the collec-
I tioll of claims in Houston and adjoining
(counties. ,
C.J. HARRIS,
Attorn o'er at Law,
MACON GEOBGIA.
W ILL practice law in litigated cases in the
, B| jfi
f counties of the Macon Circuit to wit: Bibb,
| Houston, Cruwiord and Twiggs.
J. A. EDWARDS,
Attorney at Law,
marshai.lvh.ee gforgia.
W. H. REESE,
Attorney at Law.
MARSHALLV1LLE GEORGIA.
09-Special attention given to cases in
rnptoy.
DUNCAN & MILLER.
Attorneys at Law,
PERM and FORT VALLEY, GA.
The Eobber-Govemor.
Every interested statement to the
contrary notwithstanding, it ia now
definitely settled that F. J. Moses, Jr.,
will he a candidate on the Republican
ticket for re-election as Governor of
the State of South Carolina. It is also
stated by all classes of politicians that
should he run there Can be but little
of his success. Such being the case,
it may be well to explain to the Re-
publican party of the North whatman
ner of man F. J. Moses. Jr., is. That
he beasts.of having hauled down the
American flag from the walls of Fort
Sumter, and that he ia openly charged
with all sorts of crimes, is well known
to newspaper readers throughout the
country. Of his recent indietment for
malfeasance in office and grand larceny
much has been written, but as yet fcl e
whole truth in relation to the matter
has never been laid before the public.
From Maj. Cbas. W. Buttz, the Shite
Solicitor, who prosecuted the Govern
or and who is most intimately acquaint
ed with the whole case, the following
plain and unvarnished statement is
derived. At the election of Moses for
Governor, and during the canvass, he
became desirous of obtaining political
control of a newspaper published in
Colnmbia, and known as the. Union
Herald. With this object iu view, he
entered into communication with Mr.
T. C. Andrews, one of the proprietors
#%.C. C. Duncan, Perry, office on Public Square
a, l. Miller, Fort Valley- office in Mattiov.-’a Hail ( 0 £ the journal named, and soon after
B. M. DAVIS.
Attorney atLaw
PERRY, GEORGIA.
•yyiLL practice in tlic Courts of Houston
and adjoining counties; also in tilt’ Su
pra m* Court and U. S. District Court.
U. M.
Attoxnoy
GUNN,.
at Law
BYRON, 8. Wi R, R. GA.
Ay-Special attention given to collections.
E. W. CROCKER,
Attorney at Law
PORT VALLEY, GA.
^ Collections and Criminal Law a special!'
Cilice at Miller, Brown & Co’b.
D R.
JOBSON
LEUTIST,
PERRY AND HAWKINSVILLE GA.
H
K WILL SP: ND the first half of eaeh month
uitl one-fourth, or the latter half of each mouth
rill be given to his practice in Hawkiusville, at
Mrs. Hudspeth's. ang23 i
A. M. WATKINS,
CURRIER, SHERWOOD <fc CO.,
Broome Street,
2XT 33 "W" XORK;.
BOOTS & SHOES
AT WHOLESALE.
Cash Saloon Re-Opened.
C.V. MARKET,
PERRY, GA
FINE WINES,
WHISKIES,
BRANDIES, ETC.
AT RETAIL.
$S§°“The best LAGER - BEER a
cents a glass.
Everybody is invited to give me a
call at my new store next door to my
old stand. G. Y. MARKET.
March 21 3 m.
D. H. HOUSES,
W. H. HOUSES.
STONEWALL WILLS.
H AYING completed the repairs of our
STONEWALL, late Carr & Sone’s,
MILLS, we are now ready to grind for the
public, saw on shares or sell.merchantable
Lumber at $1 00 per 100
Feet.
<i^,Hopmg by strict attention, to give
full satisfaction we solicit the patronage ot
the neighborhood.
April 56 «, 5 HOUSER & SON.
Look! Look! Look!
'fJiHE JUCTORY QRIST j^jTLL
Is now newly repaired with two fine new
bolting cloths of the best quality. SniUt
mill, Screen and Fan aR in nice ordei,
ready to reoeive the New AVheat Crop of
Houston County.
Let your wheat' be good and dry, and
we nill give yon nice flour and a good
turnout June 5, 187-1.
TOOEE, PARR & DFNNAED,
lm " PerD. W. Parr.
: - 55 2- - - .
vsr. j. ASDESOS, Diet ideal W.E. Brmvn, Casluer.
CASH CAPITAL, SMOJIOO.
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
Transacts a General Banking, Discount,
Exchange Business,
State, arrived in Orangeburg, and on
DIRECTORS.
Wit 2. Axdebsox,
H.L. DEKKJLBP, k- NI. FELTiJ i
ty-B.TT37.7.1 ypyrVt vlATIUTA
made a written agreement with him
for the purchase of a one-half int.ere - 1
in the entire political control of the
paper. This agreement, which is now
in possession of Buttz, and which lias
been seen by your correspondent!
stipulates in distinct terms that Moses
is to pay 512,000 for the interest sold
to him, and that 56,000 of this sum is
to be taken from the State civil con
tingent which had not yet been appro
priated! The rest was to be paid in
other State securities. In order to sn
ore the paymant of one-half of tue
m mey, Moses appoiuted a negro boy
named Humbert to be County Treas
urer of Orangeburg county. At the
time of his appoit tinent, the boy was
not yet twenty-oue years of ago. Soon
after Moses drew a warrant on the
contingent fund for 56,000 and sent
it by Andrews to Humbert, with in
structions to collect taxes to that a-
monut and hand them over to An
drews. At (lie same time Moses as
sured the bc.y treasurer that he would
make the matter “allright.” Reiving
on these promises, Humbert, did as he
was directed. Some weeks after the
Legislature being in session, appro
priated S20,0G0 as a contingent fund
for the Governor. Immediately upon
.lie bill being -passed, Moses, with his
signature still wet, presented it to
State Treasurer Carkozo. and drew
the Whole amount! A week or so af
terward Humbert went to Columbia to
pay over the taxes he had collected,
and settled ltis nceouuts with the
State. As a voucher for the 56,000
he had given to Moses, he present; <1
that gentleman’s warrant on the con
tingent fund. The Treasurer refused
to accept this, saying that the Gover
nor had already drawn every penny of
the fund. Humbert, greatly alarmed,
then called tin Moses, who told him to
say nothing about the matter, and
that he would protect him and see
that he came out alt rigghi At the
same time he advised him to go back
to his office and buy school claims
against the State—to be had at forty
oents on the dollar—sufficient to cover
the amount he was short, and that he
would get Cardoza to accept them for
their face value. Humbert again
did as lie was directed, but on pre
senting the claims to Cardoza, that
gentleman not. only refused to accept
them at their face value, but caused
the arrest of the unfortunate negro
lad on the charge o e being a defaul
ter. The boy was bailed out by a
friend, and Moses requested him to
come and see him. Daring the inter
view which folowed, the Governor
tried to induce his dupe to give up the
written evidence which he possessed
in relation to him. At the same time
he advised the boy to go to court, to
plead guilty before his examination,
and assured him that aftei his con
viction he would at once be pardoned
and set at liberty. Humbert, having
no faith in Moses’ promises, declined
to do as he desired. Interested par
ties laid all thPse facts before the State
Solicitor Buttz, whd decided to frame
an indietment against Humbert for a
breach of trust, fraud, and an attempt
at grand lareeny, and against Moses
for aidteg. advising and abetting him
in the crime,; The law makes the pun
ishment for all these offenses the same.
As sOon as the indictments were is
sued, it is understood that Moses went
to Mr-. D. W. Chamberlin, one of tbs
ablest Northern men in the State, and
promised him that- if he would rise
his official position to shield him from
the consequences of any of his private
actions. This statement appears very
well on the surface, but, as is alleged,
Moses never had any intention of liv
ing ui to it. On the day fixed for his
trial Attorney General Melton appear
ed in court and prepared another in
dictment against Humbert, charging
him with a failure to return money
collected to the State Treasurer. Had
the boy been convicted of this he
would have beeD sent to the peniten
tiary, and thus made powerless as a
witness against the Governor. Buttz,
understanding this, and having deter
mined to allow Humbert to turn State’s
evidence, objected, and the ease was
put off un til the next term. The sec
ond trial resulted in the merest farce,
as already reported. —Exchange.
The Stevens Battery.
So far this vessel has cost some 52,-
000,000. and her completion will prob
ably cost another half million. Her
length is 400 feet on the deck, or 300
feet at the water-line. The breadth
of her beam is 45 feet the hull proper,
and 54 feet above the armor plating.
The depth of the hold is 24i from
deck to keel. The intention is that
the vessel shall draw 22 feet of wa
ter. Her total weight when in sea
going trim will be about 6,000 tons.
She has eight boilers, and will burn
eight tons of coal per hour. She has
four engines, arranged iu pairs, each
pair driving one screw. The steam
cylinders are six feet in diameter, with
a piston stroke of three feet nine inch-
Her average speed will be from
14} to 16} knots per hour. The screws
of the twin pattern eighteen feet iu
diameter with a pitch of twenty-sev
en feet. The weight of the engines
and boilers, taken together, will be
about 1,000 tons. The side armor of
the shin is ten inches thick, and her
turrets will be one and a half feet.—
Her guns will weigh 100 tons. She is
built in seven air-tight compaitmeuis,
with a double hull, and with bews
cellular in stractme. They are iu
fac f , so constructed that thirty-five
feet of them might be earned away
without any material injury to the-
vessel. It lias been estimated that,
acting as a ram, the Stevens battery
would strike a blow of sufficient force
to raise a vessel of her own size ten
feet iu the air. According to these
calculations, the force of the blow
would be equal to that of six shots
from the heaviest guns known, fired
simultaneously on the same spot.
Lig great influence to protect him in
(last-i flea tin n of Foods.
A recent writer undertakes to class
all foods under four physiological di
visions, namely, carbonaceous, nitro-
genized, pliosphorized and fresh veg
etables. Of the first, he makes bread
and butter the type, and to it belongs
in general all articles of which flour
or starch, fat and sugar, predominate;
they are the fuel,' serving chiefly to
sustain the animal heat by slow com
bustion of the carbon given off as
carbonic acid in the act of respiration
—a kind of £o<k1 which consumptive
people should use in abundance. Of
the second class, roast beef is present
ed as the type, and. in general, the
flesh and blood of quadrupeds, which,
when taken in one’s stomach, are r .til
er simply absorbed than digested; be
cause, being already muscular ingre
dients, they need no elaborate.cnange
to be appropriated into the muscular
tissues iu order to supply their waste.
This class is consequently of great
value to hard working people. To the
third class belong oysters and fish, of
well understood adaption to persons
given to brain labor. Lemons and
lemon juice are by this writer made
the type of the fourth class, -which is,
as be thinks, good for everybody, be
cause of the medicinal effect of all
fresh vegetables and fruits —stimula
ting the secreting organs, keeping the
system pure, aBd counteracting any
tendency to scurvy, scrofula, erup
tions, indigestion, constipation, etc. -
Cut your Hay Early.
The practice of waiting until grass
is thoroughly ripe before cutting, and
after cutting, allowing it to remain in
the field until the little juice that is
left is dried out before it i3 put into
the stack or bale, is simply a relief of
agricultural barbarism. This system
of hay-making was evidently founded
ou the mistaken notion that more
growth was secured by allowing the
grass to stand until thoroughly, ri
pened; tmd from a fear that it would
heat aud mould if put away before
it is thoroughly.dry; bnt the first sup
position is now proven to be false, and
the fears in regard to- the latter point
have vanished before the light of ex
perience,
One of the most sound and ortho
dox tenets of agricultural faith is that
£ grain is not cut before it is thor
oughly matured, 1 it loses substance.—
his need, he would resign in Ms favor • ohr oldest "and - most experienced
at the next election and do all in his j f arme rs, those whose judgment has
power to have Mm (Chiimberlin) elec- ne t been biassed T>y book farming,
fed Governor. The truth of this state
ment is not vouched for; it- is certain,
however, that on.the eveuing of the
indietment of Mcses by the Grand
Jury, not only Chamberlin, but Ms
law partner, Mr. Melton, the present
***&, * Attorney General, together with E.B.
Elliott, member of Congress from this
would
will assnre us that if wheat is not cut
before it has thoroughly ripened^ a
ground. _. .
portion of this portion; the
going abroad u;
wind from whet
mg Indian com also, if th e stalks are
not cut before the ears are perfectly
ripened, there is the same loss of suo-
1 stance. ~ "I
the next day appeared in court and the stalks which, as we aU know are
... ,, rendered almost worthless by remain-
stated to the Judge that Gov. Moses ^ uncu j. through the ripening sea-
nv i l o
Lion Hunting. |
There was an old Artib at Constan
tine, Abdailah, a char’oal-buraer by
trade, who wa* both bolder and a bet
ter shot than his countrymen. He
was proud of his achievements, and
not a little reserved with the French.
Lieutenenant Gerard once proposed a
lion hunt to the general, and sent for
Abdallah to act as guide. By way of
opening conversation, when the famed
Arab arrived, Gerard asked whether
there were many hares in the neigh
borhood. Abdallah did not utter a
word of reply, but strode away haugh
tily to a group of Arabs at some dis
tance. Returning with one of these,
he presented him to Gerard, observing
contemptuously, “Here is one of your
hare men.!”
When 'Abdallah was in the field,
he was true as steel. He had been
known to grapple with a lion hand to
hand, to seize Ms throat, to bite him,
and never to relax his hold till the
brute was killed. But how unskillfnl-
ly even his hunts were managed, we
may learn from an anecdote told by
Gerald.
A party of Arabs, under his leader
ship, followed the track of a large
lion through the woods some distance.
They are suddenly stopped by a loud
shout. “On the ground!”shouted the
chief; “on the ground; remember yen
are men, and that I am with you.”—
Instantly the whole band is prostrate,
huddled int-o a compact mass. Ab
dallah is on the lookout. So is anoth
er Arab. So is "a third. But sharp as
they watch, the cry—“the lion”—has
hardly been breathed before the brute
ha j sprung, and is among them, tear
ing, crunching and lacerating. All
fire at once; the lion is wounded, and
escapes to the woods.
When he had gone, the Arabs fell
to quarrelling, to find-out whose fault
it was that they were taken by sur
prise. All talk as loud as they can,—
Each lias some new plan for prosecu
ting the hunt. While they are jab
bering, the bon, roused by the taste
of blood, enraged by his wounds,
creeps back as before, and springs up
on the group again. This time the
Arabs fire better. They riddle him
with balls. Hedies, gathering strength
into one effort, crunches a man’s head.
Net result of the hunt: The lion kil
led; but two men dead aud four bad
ly wounded. Snell is Arab hunting.
Lieutenant Gerard was invited by a
tribe of these Arabs to accompany
them in one of these expeditious. He
agreed, and admired much the calm
manner in which they discussed, the
subject te council, and decided upon a
plan of operation. There were two
lions to be killed, both large and old.
The Arab idea was that Gerard should
constitute a reseive of the army; that
their young men should attack the
lion, and if they failed, that Gerard,
with his superior weapons should
come to their aid. If he disliked this,
they had uo objection to let him be
an advanced guard, to .challenge the
lion, fire the first shot at him, and
then fall back on the main body.—
Gerard heard these proposals with
a smile; then choosing a voting Arab,
whose, face be.tokened coolness, to ear
ly Ms second gun, he announced Ms
intention of doing battle with the two
lions alone. Great was the amaze
ment of the natives; but Gerard's fame
forbade remonstnuce.
Gerard went forth accompanied by
bis gun-bearer, and took up a strong
position on a rock near the lion's re
treat. From tbis he could see the
lion approach, and fire with the ad
vantage of a steady rest. His position
chosen, the dogs were sent to rouse
the enemy. Out came the lions, at
fifty paces distant from each other;
the foremost approached the rock.—
Gerard took cool aim, sighted the
shoulder and fired. Down fell the
lion with both shoulders broken and
helpless. His oompanion was more
fortunate.
Gerald hit him a few inches beMnd
the shoulder; he fell, bnt rose direct
ly, and bounded toward the hunter.’—
So suddenly and so swiftly did he
spring, that one immense bound pla
ced him at Gerard’s feet, and the lat
ter had j nst time to snatch his second
gun from the hands of the Arab, fire
point blank, and send the ball crash
ing through his brain.
How to Dress a Turkey.
Take a board four feet long, one
and half wide, bore an inch hole in
the canter about eight inches from one
end, saw out a strip from this end to
the hole abont one inch wide, or wide
enough to admit the neck of the tur
key. Place tMs board one a barrel,
’with one end against your Mps. Lay
the turkey on this board on its back,
with its neck in the slat and and the
head underneath; then, with a sharp
knife cut its- throat under the board
(that the blood maybe out of the way);
take the turkey by the legs, draw
steadily, to keep its neck in place,
raise it from the board that it may not
be braised, and commence at once to
fto£”°Ahd 2T d^tbM » nll ' oat the . taii ? nd . feathers, r“The Freemasons of Italy have he
in Some the present week the an
election of administrators of the affairs
of their order. It appears by the r, ■
aud by the time it is done kicking
will find that they will come off nearly
§ The _ ~
om, and their number as
TMs loss is not confined to j When dressed, carry to the house, j well as initiation of members, is con-
lay the carcass upen the table in posi- j stantly increasing. Steps are about
. , , . | to be taken for the building m Rome
tion, wipe dry, and w^en yon S et j n f a t em pi e) 0I a central place of meet-
if any should be taken out at- once.
The Neruda Fashion Reporter.
The fashion reporter of an Austin
City, Nevada, paper described the
bell of th» masquerade ball in the
following astonnd’ng language: “The
most gorgeous, stunning, high-toned,
richest, firstest-classest, Mcest, or any
other adjective for costume* in the
‘outfit,’was that worn by Miss Fran
kie Clarke. She was the highfalntin
est, gayest and gallnsest dressed gal
in the room. She appeared as a page,
and she was a page that no man would
leave to any other man to read. Both
in costume and action she was as per
fect as a big sunflower.” A couple of
days after the'appearanoe of tbe no
tice, into .the editorial room of tbe
paper stalked a young man. His
brow was wrapped in thunder, Ms
body into a Suit of tweeds, and his
hand clasped a big lump of hickory.
He pulled a paper out of Ms pock
et, and pointing his finger to the par-
agrah, said: “I want ter see the man
as wrote that ere.” “I aitt the indi
vidual,” replied the person. “Wat
did yer go and do it fer, that’s what I
want ter know?”.
“Oh, because I thought you’d like
to see your girl made out one of the
most bewitching females that was ever
sent on earth to keep a man from his
hash and r rive balmy sleep from his
pillow.” .“Now look here. Ever
since that was published I can’t get a
word out on her. She sits in front of
the lookin’-glass and keeps ft gazin’ on
herself, and a puckerin’ up her mouth,
and a actin’ as if she was a blasted
sight better’n anybody else. I want
this ere thing fixed, or there’ll be an
editor’s situation vacant.” He loohed
significantly at the club. For a mo
ment the reporter stood in profound
thought; then his face brightened,
aud he said, “I’ll fix it in next week’s
paper. After yon’ve seen the next
issue, call and teil me the result.”—
The young man left. In tlie next
week’s issue appeared the following
paragraph.
“A Correction.—We made a grave
mistake in our issue of Last week. In
our description of the masquerade
ball, we accidentally substituted the
name of Miss Frankie Clarke for that
of Miss Georgic Walter. Any one
who is acquainted with the first-
named lady must have discovered the
error. Tt is true she appeared as
what was intruded for a page bnt
she looked more like a boot-black in
hard luck. She is rot good-lookin
her actions wer.e absurd, and every
man iu the room kept as far from
her as possible. She thinks of moving
out of this community, it’s unappre
ciative. When she goes, she will be
escorted out of town by a brass band.
The people of Austin will gladly miss
htr from among them.”
The next day the young man eh
tcred the office. Iu his hand he bore
a rifle, and his belt wa3 ornamented
with a big six-sbeoter and a tremen
dous bowie-knife. He sailed up to
the reporter. “I look warlike, don’t
I? I don’t feel a bit like fightin, you
bet. You jest ougliter have seen her
when she read that correction. Why,
she just danced a jig with madness,
and she sot down and cried, and then
she came up and threw her arms
around my Deck, and said: “Arthur,
do you love me?” “You bet your
best bonnet on that,” said L “Well,
never expect me to speak to you
again if.you don’t go and kill the fel
low watwrit that slander.” In course
I promised. And here I am to kill
yon,” He laughed long and heartily.
After a time he quieted down, and
the reporter said: “I suppose in order
to make it all right between yon and
your girl, I’ve got to become a corpse.
I’ll do it. Sit there a minute and I’ll
fix the business. He sat down at a
desk. and. scribbled away for a few
minutes, and then returned wi*h -1
sheet of paper on which was written
Obituart.—It grieves us to be com
pelled to annonnee the sadden death
of Mr. Chas. Keller, the young and
talented fasMon editor. In a moment
of mental aberration he had sLandered
an estimable, accomplished and bean
tifnl young lady named Miss Frankie
Clarke. Yesterday her betrothed cal
led at this office and asked for the
anther of the slander, and when he
discovered him he shot him dead on
the spot. This paper will be unable
to give fashion gossip hereafter. We
find it impossible to fill tbe place left
vacant by Mr. Keller. Though errat
ic, he was a man of kindly heart, and
could listen more attentively to stale
stories and drink more bad whisky
than any other man in Austin.—R. L
P.”
“That’s your sort,” said the infuri
ated lover. “That’s the thing to a T.
Come along, Mr. Corpse, and hist a
little ligLtmng.” The lady was. satis
fied when the paragraph appeared in
in the next issne of the paper, her
lover was regarded as a hero, and the
Austin paper ceased to give reports of
fasMonable balls.--
The Brain Under the Microscope.
The amount of original scientific in
vestigation going on even in this
country is greatly beyond thecommon
impression on it The first thought
is that original investigations are not
open to every one, the field of science
seems so thoroughly tilled already.
Bnt for those who have eyes there is
alwas something to sec. Dr. Kemp
ster. of the Oshkosh (Wis.) Insane As-
sylnm, whose investigations were em
bodied in a recent paper before the
Illinois Microscopical Society, has
been examing the brains of the jin-
sane persons under the microscope
and taking photo-micographs of cere
bral scenery. To make his inqnest
as thorough and consciencioos as pos
sible he learned photography, so that
he conducts the whole investigation,
from the post-mortem examination to
the mounting of his views.
It is certainly an interesting ques
tion, whether the brain or any portion
of our bodies shows a trace of insamty
which we call and miicall a n e.ital
disease. Dr. Kempster was never
found in medical work bnt g. single
case reported of an investigation of
tbis character. He has in the past
six years made microscopic examina
tion of the brains of 49 lunatic*, and
he discovers decided difference be
tween sane insane brains, and between
different classes, acute mania pre
senting quite a different aspect from
dementia, and from other descriptions
of lunacy.
What the. phenomena are which he
discovered we need not detail in then-
precise and technical language of sci
ence. It is impossible to determine
whether these marks indicate the
cause of the ' disease. The usual
course of insanity, however, we take
no be this: First, the soul-disturb-
as by a groat grief, then the physical
lesion.’Bnt a dose|ofJmorphine or a lick
may produce’ the same physical lesion
and, inverting, the order, occasion
insanity backward.
Dr. Kempster advances no theory
or explanation of his work, and de
clares himself simply anxious to bring
out the f-icts in each case and let them
stand for what they will.
If the law could be laid down with
precision that the remaius of a peison
will indiciite sanity or insanity, it
would have an important bearing
upon many cases. The “insanity
dodge” in murder trials seems as yet
safe from exposure from this sonree,
since the brains of a living person
cannot be submitted to the micro
scope without a personal inconveni
ence not less embarrassing than hang
ing itself.
Sulphur.
There is no remedy and assistant so
easily aud cheaply obtained, so harm
less to fowls, nor so satisfactory in its
results as sulphur. It being in the
system of animals to a small degree,
there is a greater affinity for it than
there otherwise would be. It can be
administered to the fowls by having it
in a small box, so that they may help
themselves, or by mixing it with their
food once a week, or as often as there
are indications of vermin. Penetra
ting, as it does, to every part of the
system, all parasites are quickly and
surely destroyed. Also, gapes are
said to be prevented in chickens.—
Fowls need it more than most others,
their reathere containing between four
and five per cent, of sulphur, Their
eggs also have also a small quantity,
which is noticed by a silver spoon com
ing iu contact with a boiled egg being
discolo el. Applied externally to the
fowls when on tbe nest, to the nest it
self, or mixed with the soil in the dust
ing-box, it is equally efficacious in de
stroying vermin.
To be used as a famigator of build
ings, it is necessary to remove the
fowls, close the room or house, mix a
little saltpeter with the snlphnr iu an
iron vessel, and apply a match to the
mixture. ■ This should be done in the
morning aud the doors and windows
opened in the afternoon for a thor
ough ventilation.
Lard mixed with sulphur in proper
proportions and applied as often as is
necessary to the feathers and neck and
back of young and old turkeys, is a
very good safeguard against the rava
ges of foxes.
For our own. profit and the com
fort of the fowls, let ns then use sul
phur or remedies of a like nature.
Lying Epitaph.
1 took a walk through the cemetery
yesterday, and I have been in a brown
study ever since.- Cushman’s tomb
stone stands np there n foot above all
the rest, and on it I read:
“Let- us meet Mm in Heaven.”
I don’t know who ordered that epi
taph, but I used to live beside Cush
man. Many’s the time I’ve kept him
from ponnding his wife when he was
drunk, and went bail for him when
li estole a horse and wagon, and was
on the jury when he was sent to the
State Prison forstealfiig bay. He was
killed in a saloon row. and if I ever
“meet him in Heaven,” I shall ask him
whether he climbed over the fence or
tnnnelled under it.
Davidson has a very nice headstone
wilh a pair of clasped hands upon it,
and these words:
“too pure for earth,
Gone to his Heavenly rest.”
I was much affected at reading the
lines, bnt I coniun’t help but wonder
if he repented setting fire to the rail
road sheds, and of several other little
matters, which caused him to make
the acquaintance of the jailer. It is
possible that he was “too pure for
earth,” bnt I know men who will bet
ten dollars on it.
1 hatcher has a monument with a
lamb on top, and hte loving wife has
put on the words:
“I shall meet him hd there.”
I don’t know what they put the
Iamb on for. Lambs don’t carry the
dispositions which Thatcher hntL I
could cover that monument wi lt chalk
marks if I should commence to rem
ember tbe times I had seen him come
home, throw his wife out of doors and
play smash with the furniture. Wasn't
I present when he hit Billy Madden’s
left ear off in a fight? Wasn’t I
around when he broke bis sou’s ribs?
Wasn’t I there when he gouged Jack
Spray’s right eye out? And now Ms-
widow is trying to live so that she
might meet Mm “np there.” If she
should look around and fail to see his
beloved phiz in that region of eternal
bliss, she need not think strange of
it
Peterson’s tombstone held me a
great while. It is of costly Italian
marble, with an urn ou top, a hand
with the fingers pointing upward; and
it bears the words:
“Gone before—blighted by earth’s
wickedness. We shall gather with
him on the other shore.”
I remember when lie was blighted
though it’s a long time ago. He mi
dertook to lick a fellow that wouldn’t
vote his ticket, and he was knocked
over a chair and his skull fractured.
The coroner said it was the worst
blight he had seen in six months,
don’t kuow, hot his nnmerons family
will “gather with him on the other
side,” but I have my doubts. If they
should ever see Mm again, or if they
think they will, I know of several gro
cers and butchers who will give ’em
ten per cent, to collect old accounts of
twelve years’ standing.
I found Deacon Werner’s tombstone
also. It bears a stem, solemn look,
jnst as he used to, and it says:
“Heaven’s gates shall open to us who
are like him.”
Perhaps they will. Whether they
do or not I shall always remember
how he sold me a blind horse when I
had sore eyes: how he raised the
house rent on the widows; how a Jus!
tice fined him 820 for thrashing a
poor bound boy; how he put chicoiy
in his coflee and hay- seed in his tea,
and how regularly he used to pass
t':e con'rlbution box to the rest of ns,
bnt forgot to put in anything Mmself.
If the gates of heaven are going to le
laid wide open to those of Deacon
Warner’s class, I want to put in *ny
time in Michigan.—M. Quad.
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Of double the strength of any other •
SAPONIFYING SUBSTANCE.
I bare recently perfected o new method of
packing my Potash or Lye, and am now
packing it only in BALLS, the coating of
which will saponify, and does not injure
the Soap. It is packed in boxes containing
24 and4S lb. Balls, and in noother way.—
Dir ctions in English and German, formn-
king hard and soft soap with this Potash,
accompanying each package.
B. T. BABBITT.
64 to 84 Washington St,, N. Y.
JOHN B. COFIELD.
Photographer & Portrait Painter
Perry Georgia.
Y\ r LLL take all stylet* of pictures at the lowest
prices, and guarantee satisfaction. He In
vites everybody to call and examine his speci
mens. aud to compare bin work with that of any
other artist. In price and style of work he dehos
competition.
Gallery on Carroll Street,
otherwise amply prepared to serve those who
may call.
Dec. 13.
BETTER & CHEAPER THAN
COFFEE
BUY AND DRINK
T ThR United Staten OBagM
rp
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cheapest. ■■■■
GFNUINEFIKST CLASS; THEY F.ARNOT THE
Dried Dregs of New York Hotels and Chinese Tea
Shops, but are warren t h! to be what they are
represented They are sold in pound tin cans at
31 and $150*
For Sale in PERRY only by
DR. J. C. GILBERT.
mar 21 f
DAY & GORDON,
Want everybody to know
That they hava just received one of the
choicest
SPUING AND SUMMER
Stoclta
Freemasonry in It: lr.
Toads Eating Bees.
A Missourri .correspondent writes:
I have read that toads do little or no
damage to the bee keepers, bnt I late
ly fohnd several -on the front board of
my bee Dives, and one I watebed, and
within fifteen minutes saw him eat
four ItalL os aiid two flies; then I exe
cuted and dissected him, and found
his stomach perfectly crammed with
Italian workers. This was a very
small toad and could not have had
les? than twelve bees in his stomach,
toad twice as large would likely eat
twenty-four bees and three meals a
day {I think I am right) make seven
ty-two beas for one toad in a day,
and a small family of fonr would make
Food for Young Chickens-
Chickens want no food many hours
after they are hatched, as they are
then digesting tbe yelk of an egg,
which constitutes their first food, and
acquiring strength to run about.
A letter from Rome, May 16, says: away with 238 bees a day. Pretty
my calculation may be
dav.
. Certain that, when a toad
it is to get his meal at
the entrance <
stand Ms trial the same as any sen, bnt the eaHoscs in weight-and through, call in your wife and yon may teg, so as to perfect tbe organization
other citizen, and that he did not wish ; richness. be sure oi her approving smile. ; of the order.”
bee hive, he wont
look for bugs or worms. But the
the most sei ions thing they can do is
to gobble up young queens returning
home from their bridal trip. Let
those who have their hives near the
ground loot oct for toads.
Handling of Cotten.
In the Cotton Exchange Convention
at Augusta last week, a resolution was
adopted, urging upon producers great
er care in gathering and hanlding cot
ton, such as will prevent the rninous
mixture of different grades—clean and
trashy, wet and dry cotton in the same
b-de, resulting in loss to the producer
and the buyer; that producers be en
joined to provide suitable thelter for
cotton; that different exchanges pro
vide for and enforce the prosecution
of cases of fraudulent or falsely packed
cotton that may come to their knowl
edge; that the several constituent v
soeiations herein represented memc-
rialize their respective Legislature to
enact laws to compel railroad compa-
ries to issue receipts for all produce
offered them at their regular stations
for transportation, and thab they- be
required to provide snch shelter and
platforms as may be necessary to pro
tect the same from exposure to the
weather or depredations of cattle
DRESS GOODS.
STAPLE DRY-GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS AND CAPS,
FANCY GOODS ETC
EVER BROUGHT TO I’EKRY.
Also,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE,
CROCKERY, Etc.
A LL our goods will be sold at the lowest
living prices.
Call at once at the comer block;
And there j enU see our splendid stock.
apl 25.
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GINS! GINS!! GINS!!!
To the Patrons of Husband
ry and Farmers
Of Houston and Macon Counties.'
Gin Repairing Done in
all its branches.
Satisfaction Guarranteeu to reliable parties
or no charge.
Farmer’s of Houston can leave all order#
with W. L. Rainey at Ferry.
Farmers of Afacbn can leave orders with
W. L. Vanlandfegham. Marshallville.
have the best of retereaces-
fal inducements to Grangers.
May 9. 3m
W, J. GOLDEN,
Toombsboro.
HhHHmK
be fed with soft food and very
grain. Unquestionably, the best
is aa r-gg beaten np with a tablespoon- ,
f«I :>f milk and heated iu an oven or
by the fire until its sets into a‘soft
costard Chickens fed or pa
fed on tMs make wonderfnl pr _
If they are to make large fowls tbey
are to be fed soon after daylight; if.
as is too often the case, they are left
hungry for three horns in the mom-
ing, they are always stunted in their
growth. Tfiey must be ted tin
thing, and while they are votiDg every
two or three hours during the l-’.v.