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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
BAUNESVILLE, Ga.
-r-Tr'T _ nJj practice in the countie
Y/y comprising the Flint Judicia
Circuit, an lin the Supreme Court of the
state. O'iicc over Drug Store of J.
V/. Hightower. dec2-ly
f ifE 'raAtai,
attorney at law,
I > ittN'KSVI LLE. <A. Will practice In the
O i iniLii sof the Flint Circuit anti lntheSu
j.rc in court of the State. sep2B-3m
Bq. Q. f. Gfi t fBpBELL,
DEXTIST,
His re-";i-! (and an nfliw —Room li. Bank Building.
Filling and extracting a specialty. Would be
'•'ad to see 'i friends an new ones 100 that will
: V i,r him by c tiling. janll-3m
Dr.Wm7 A. WRIGHT,
MfiNESVILLE, GEORGIA,
Dealer in
Drugs, Medicines
Chemicals, Paints, Oils,
VARNISHES, GLASS,
putty, fine soaps,
SPONGES, BRUSHES,
PERFUMERY, DYE
STUFFS, TOBACCO,
SEGARS,SNUFF, Etc.
SEEDS,
Of the lU . t (Quality
V 'her goods that are usual In his line. He
. ■ pleasure of returning thanks for past fa
una solicits a continuance of the same, and
sin the future to be able to satisfy those
1 a) patronize him, in
Prices, Quality of Goods, etc.,
•• at ftv’.s oouhdent that 1,1 will he to the Interest
ctall to call oM him before purchasing elsewhere.
i & i'esci # ipt ion
Fillled on the most Keast nabics Terms.
f \ ‘ Thv-c n) arrears marl settle by
the first of March.
feh22-3m
A New Store
IN ATLANTA.
G. U, .MILLER* CO\S
. JTttfUN SALESROOM FOM
Tiic Meriden Britannia Cos.
and
ROGERS BROS’. FINE
Silver Plated Ware,
BRONZES, ETC,,
i ■ as at N. T.
!•> ITi or V'! rt’et, Pitiler Kimball House,
ATLANTA, - - GEORGA
Thrash’s Consumption Cure I
? 'trtha! Dr. LOVIC PIERCE
to say about it.
Y,! v “, i ' ,u "’ riIESI Davies—Excuse me for writing
1 deeply Interested. I have been
'- s ' ■ : two months. Could not read and
; •' f‘ : , :u| ir. J/n l tried many things. Got no
" ne it irom ansince Conference, someone sent
. ‘mm (men s, a bottle of THRASH’S CON-
I' U'P' o: hi: AND LUNG RESTORER,which
oven (aiongnow this is the ninth day. lean
II 0 '. " :t ‘ ! mo ease. I came here among other
• ;:s to sup- myself with this medicine. No
u g‘ • has it on sale. I must have it. I want
;•' in ]>i r-on to Messrs. Thrash & Cos. and
v !i m t:i - letter, and make them send me, to
i; i-, mi.,, two, three or four (bottles, with bill.
- a}L tting OU jiinly.
; a 'e Vkolesale and retail by D. W. CURRY,
s . Caitarsville, (Ja Call and get a trial bot
-1 ioiss cents.
■LDFTvT PREFORM. Now ready for
--i-JUi-ii’ agents. The National Hand Book
■rs. with Life of Titden & Hendricks, and
... I'v- '-e of Rings and Frauds. 500 pages, lllus
-7 5o ets. wiii secure outfit and territory.
1 luernh made’, ft. B. Thkat, Bub., sOS
kimidway, N. Y.
jV ! .J<TTIONI.STS JOUilNATigives clioic
~J, -'tan .ard and new prices for professional and
7 n readers and speakers, school exhibition,
. iiii° r sting articles on appropriate subjects.
" me thin.'wanted. l,,rge size, ldcts. of any
, ''* l !■ i"* nr by mail.
HANEY & CO., 119 Na -MU St.. Now York.
feb'-i-tf
; ;>••> |t * otir large life-like Stem- Exohav
‘ “**- ‘sings of the Preshkntta, Canui
..." ■ a dates sell rapidly. Send for clrcu
day§; r. N. Y. Engraving Cos., 33 Wall
- kl. N. Y. ' scpl-tf
'•? to £ W 5- !
\,'i i § $% f g %
i <> ■ lie V/orliingClass.—We are
ll, ' y taopare,! to furnish alt cla.ses with constant
■aijiKiyineiit at home, the whole of their time, or for
‘V S 1 ‘ u ’' moments. Business new, light and prof-
Heisons of either sex easily earn from 50
Y/ llK }° J ! per evening, and a pvoiiorfio:-.al sum by
ae\"’.mtr ti.eir whole time to the business. Boys
1 -ms ts.cn nearly as much as men. That all who
nis notice may send tlu ir address, and test the
cLp.-ralieled ollVr; To such as are not well satis
• • 'i we will send one dollar io pay for the trouble of
•iituur. rail particulars, samples worth several
to commence work on, and a copy of Home
v ~*• ire ?ide, one of the aargestaud Im.G Illustrated
iUiakatfons, all sent free by mail. Reader if you
v.aat permanent, profittiblc woik, address, geouuk
I1!f '" s A: Cos., Portland, Maine.
VOL. VIII.
Flowers and Seeds,
VECETA3LE PLANTS ANDORNAMENTAL SHRUBBERY
Atlanta Nurseries. Atlanta. Ga.
M. C’OLE & CO , Propiuetors.
**** asul S*laut Ntor* .Vo. WlsitihalS slreot.
MONRS- SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
~n i ii '■iwiiT.-i 11 i CAMPBELL WALLACE.
Meuical Dispensary,
J>r. Gcg. W. Glanin again ten
ders liw professional service to his
oltl friends and the public. Dispen
sary and consultation rooms, Xo. 1
White hall street, in Centennial buiE
<ling, Atlanta, Ga., where patients
can get reliable treatment for all
diseases of the Throat, Lungs and
Catarrh. The above diseases treated
by inhalation.
I lie Doctor treats all diseases of
long standing, such as Eruptions,
Gravel, Paralysis, Rheumatism, Go
itry, Dropsy, Biliousness Diseases of
the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Nervous
Depression, Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plaint, all Diseases peculiar to Wo
men, all Private Diseases, Heart Dis
ease Swol. .i Joints, Coughs, Gout,
AY bite swelling, St, Vitus Dance, etc.
Electricity applied in cases where
it is required. The Doctor is per
manently located, and persons who
ha> c been under the treatment of oth
er physicians and have not been cur
ed, arc invited to call, as he treats all
curable diseases, and cures guarnteed
or no pay. Call and see the Doctor
without delay. His charges are mo
derate, and consultation free. Office
hours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
feb22-ly
\ Rtapiinn.
FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
BY W. P. U.
Weep for the fallen, how your heads in
sorrow
And modrnfh liant the requiem sad
and slow!
Thousands have shed in the storm of
battle ;
Dli weep for fa. m valor, oh weep for
youth and a i ity !
Oh weep for y. i p and beauty in the
grave laid \v
Voices of wailing tell our Coumr an
guish,
While sorrowing widows drink the cup
of woe :
Hark to their accents!—mothers broken
hearted—
Who weep for fallen valor—tlieir sous
of youth and beau y,
Who weep for youth a,.d beauty, in the
grave laid low.
Garlands and floweis twi above the
fallen,
While niem’ry’s sad lean like dews and
showers flow;
For they are worthy, and it duty
To weep for fallen valor—to weep for
youth and beauty,
To weep for youth and beauty, in the
grave aid low.
Weep for the fallen, hut amid your sorrow
ltemember they've more than victory
could bestow—
Conquerors truly, dying for tluir eounliy;
They died for truth and duty—their souls
live in their beauty'—
We weep for ashes only, in the grave
laid low.
Barnei.viu.e, Ga.,
April ilGth, 1877.
75-a s•: .ti or i \ soa a .
Wlicn flowery Summer is at hmd,
And Spring lias gemmed the earth
with blooms,
We hither bring, with loving hand.
Bright flowers to deck our soldiers’
tombs.
Chorus: Gentle birds above are sweetly
singing
O'er the graves of heroes brave and true,
While the sweetest llowers we are bringing
Wreath and in garlands of red, white and
blue.*
They died our country to redeem,
And from the loving earth we bring
The wealth of hill and vale aud stream,
Our grateful land’s best offering.
Chorus : Gentle birds, Ac.
But purer than the fairest flowers
We strew above the honored dead,
The tender, changeless love of ours,
That decks the soldiers’ lowly' bed.
Chorus : Gentle birds, &c.
Golden Robin.
The Constitution prints a long
ami horrible account of the burning
of Conyers jail and its inmates, two
negro prisoners. Of the origin of
lire, etc., that paper says :
The origin of the tire was certain
ly it. ndiary. It is equally ascer
tain ■ at it come from the inside of
the l lding.
Tin x was no one living i 1 he jail.
It was believed at first lui (the
prise. < ’s themselves had b ed the
building in the hop** o etfe'ting
their escape. This tli v denied
while talking w : 'h the crowd tin ougli
the burning bars. They said that
an hour before they saw the lire they
heard a match struck on the uojmt
floor and supposed it was the jailer
who had called at the jail f o sec that
every tiling was all right. r ! hey Knew
nothing moro till they saw tic. flames.
It. was then believed that ti. out
side friends of tlie prisoners had
poured kerosene oil through the >■.ey
hole and fired the door for the pur
pose of attempting a rescue of their
lriends. This is still accepted as the
most reasonable theory of tiie tire.
Of the negroes, one had been sen
tenced to lhe penitentiary for live
years, and the other for twelve
months. I'hey had both been put m
the jail ui: Saturday last, and only a
day and half before they lost their
i i v os.
The jail was worth about fc?,(XK)
and is a total loss.
THOMASTOX. GA.. SAIT 111)' Y MORNING. APRIL 21, 1877.
Hon. .f. I*. Stewart’s Adores*.
Last Thursday during the adjourn
ment of court for dinner, Hon. John
D. Stewart, of Griffin, addressed the
citizens of Pike on the subject of a
constitutional convention. His
speech was short pointed and sensi
ble. lie said that in these days of
newspapers, magazines and circulars,
the people think for themselves, and
lie should present facts, not declama
tion. He personally favored a cqii
ventiojp, and when one favored a
change of the fundamental law.
he should give well founded reasons.
The constitution being the basis of
njl contracts, and governing the
rights of all, it should be a good one.
He stated all the papers in the State
except one or two had expressed
themselves in favor of a convention,
and these few papers opposed a con
vention for local reasons. The
Grand Juries of about seventy coun
ties have recommended the call of a
convention. Two successive Legisla
tures have given tlieir endorsement
of a convention. Then there must
be some good reason for it. The
last Legislature was largely in favor
of a convention, but differed as to
the time of calling a convention, and
this majority was reduced some by
local and secular interests.
lie gave as one of the reasons for a
convention, that the number of Leg
islators was too largci He asserted
that eighty or ninety members in the
House would be amply sufficient to
transact the legislation of the House.
If Pike and Spalding had one mem
ber to represent them, they could he
as well served as if each county sent
a man. By this reduction of the
members of the Legislature, there
would boa great reduction of expen
ses. The speaker asserted that
enough would be saved in one year
to pay the cost of a convention/ A
convention for this reason is abso
lutely necessary. He referred to
the criticisms against the legislature
for passing so many local bills. He
very j ustly concluded that there was a
demand from the immediate consti
tuents for such legislation, and the
evil could bo remedied, only by a
convention, which shall write in the
constitution that the Legislature
shall meet once in two years. As
the annual meetings bring tlie mem
bers into contact, the idea that these
local laws are needed, and that con
stant changes of laws are needed, and
thus the practice of changing and
enacting new local laws. He referr
ed to the statement of a Supreme
Judge that the local laws were so nu
merous that lie could not keep up with
them. If the courts can’t keep
up with the laws, because of their
rapid increase and changes, how can
the people ascertain enough about
the laws to know how and when to
protect their property and their
rights. By changing the constitu
tion and having sessions every two
years, there would be a reduction of
expenses to one half the present cost
and at the same time give more sta
bility to our laws and better protec
tion to life, liberty and property.
Then there should be a convention to
write biennial instead of yearly ses
sions. Asa fHither demonstration
of the saving, by this change ho said
that the local laws passed by the last
legislature, cost the state sixty thoux
sand dollars. If then a convention
is called the constant changes of her
laws and this tlood of laws would
be remedied. The present constitu
tion requires annual meetings and
they cannot be avoided unless a con
vention is called and the constitu
tion changed so as to require bien*
nial sessions. Ho argued that forty
days would bo ample tune for a ses
sion, every two years, and annual
sessions were a fraud on the people.
He urged as a most important
reason foi a convention, that there
were eight millions of fraudulent
bonds, held against the State.
There are men in New York, in
Europe, and in our own State who
are using heaiy exertions to have
these bonds paid. The State has in
vestigated these bonds, and pro
nounced them fraudulent and should
not be paid. The Legislature have
the right; to pay them if they should
see fit. There should be a conven
tion to write in the Constitution a
prohibition against tlieir payment.
The speaker emphasized this reason
and insisted that a refusal to pay
these bonds, should bo written, and
re-written m the new constitution
forever and world-vi thout end.
The prohibition on the Legisla
ture should be can ie.l further, and
allow them to go so far in taxing the
people and no farther. The issue of
bonds for State and municipal bene
fits, under the present constitution
has no limit. A convention should
be called in order to incorporate au
thority to go so tar and no farther.
This reason is ton good a one to
need elaborating. In his reference
to the Homestead feature his remarks
were much to the point. We hope
those who heard him and those who
may read his position on tins quos*
tion will ponder them well. In our
opinion this one question operates
more against the call of a conven
tion than all the other objections
combined. He favored a homestead,
every civilized State had a home-
St ad, pqt not a fraud as our State
now has. lie asserted chat we have
no homestead, but a. fraud. Ami
why ? Because when a man avails
himsoli of ’the present homestead,
and his children are all of age, at his
and higwifes death, the homestead
does nut revert to his children, but
is sold to pay his debts. The Su
preme Court nave so declared. A
man mav get a ferfipoary exemption
Out lie*Gees not get
disposed the hiTsbamPcan wake the
right of homestead, and the wife and
children perish and there is no
remedy. A funner may take a home
stead, and the provisions and crop
tiiut the land yields may be pounc
ed on and sold, and there is no
Lhcjspeakor pronounc
ed tue present lioyfcscea 1 law a
cheat, a deception and a fraud.
rhcGoYCriiors appointing power
was too large, and should be curtail
ed. The salaries of many offices
should be reduced. The Legislature
could not reduce them, and hence
the need of a convention. The per
diem of mein hers of the Legislature
should he reduced to SSOO.
The pubLc school system was re
ferred to, and the idea presented
that there might be a change in pol
ities, and in the event, of such
’■change, there might boa tlood of
bonds to raise school funds. We
apprehend this reason will be too
much appreciated to need elabora
tion. Tiie speech, though short,
was an ..able one, and greeted with
cheers.
JSeciiiAg ortiie Executive Com
mittee,
Pursuant to the call of the Presi
dent the Committee met on Satur
day in their rooms. A quorum was
present, and the chair announced
that the call for a meeting was made
to pfoyide for the assembling of a
district convention of the Twenty
second Senatorial district.
Mr. R. J. Ralls introduced the fol
lowing resolution, which was unani
mously adopted :
Resolved, That the Executive
Committee of the Democratic party
of Monroe county, in view of the ap
proaching election for delegates to
represent the Twenty-second Senato
rial district in the proposed Consti
tutional Convention, here-by respect
fully invite the people of Bibb and
Pike to appoint delegates to meet in
convention held in Forsyth on the
second day of May next for the pur J
pose of agreeing upon the number of
dt.legate;-which ttioh county of
the district is entitled : and to ar
range for the selection, by county
nominations, of the delegates thus
apportioned among them respective
ly, t4lbc voted for by the 2'l Senato
rial district on the second Tuesday
in June next.
Mr. 0. F. Gibson intioduccd the
foliowidg resolution which was also
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the president of
the eomm'ttee appoint six delegates
and six alternates to meet the dele
gations from Bibb and Pike coun
ties on the second day of May next
to curry out the purposes of the
above resolution.
The President appointed tlm fol
lowing delegates : B. A. Ponder, J.
R. Ralls, 11. 11. Cabaniss, R. O.
Banks, J. M. Shannon, W.w. IL
Head.
Alternates—G. W. Adams, J. E.
Childs, Dr. J. \Y. Jordan, A. J.
Howard, Dr. J. M. Shi, J. T. Crow
der.
The Macon Telegraph and Mes
senger, Central Georgia Weekly and
the Barnesville Gazette were reques
ted to copy the proceedings of the
meeting.
Ij. N. POXDEIt, J. G. PIIINAZEE,
Secretary, President.
There are two hundred applicants
for the Callao Consulate, made va
cant by the death of Mr. Clayton.
Charles Foster is quoted that he
desires General Garfield’s electi.m as
Speaker, but that important reasons
compel him to remain in the field
No proceedings have been had
against Brigham Young for compli
city in the Mountain Meadow mas
sacre. Many affidavits were received
by the Attorney General exculpating
Young from connection in the affair.
mi 477 ii I
The New York Tribune says
among the documents of Boss Tweed
now in the hands of Harper & Broth
er for future publication is said to
be the evidence that $250,000 was
divided among five Republican logis
lators to secure the passage of the
city charter.
The returns of the charter election,
held in Jersey City show that the
Democracy under the new law have
elected all of the board of public
works, five of the six police and five
commissioners, six aldermen, five
directors of education and eleven of
the twelve free holders. The Re
publicans have held these boards for
■he past six years by appointment of
the Legsilature.
Forty cities in the United States owe
four hundred and fifty millions of
municipal debt*,just one-fourth of the
aggregate of our immense national
debt. New York leads with $148,-
000,000, then Philadelphia with
$00,000,000, then Boston with $43,-
000,000, then Brooklyn with $42,-
000,000, then Cincinnati with $22,-
000,000, then Orleans with $22,000,-
000, and Chicago with $18,000,000,
Charleston owes $4,672,G03, ami
Savannah $3,600,040.
The Telephone.
A VERY CLEVER HOAX.
The Cincinnati Conunercial says:
‘*Mr. E C. Armstrong, superinten
dent of the Suburan Telegraph Com
pany, j laved a practical joke on the
newspaper reporters yesterday. Mr.
Armstrong lias recently been in Chi
cago and on his return represented
that he had made arrangements to
test the musical powers of the tele
phone between Chicago and Cincin
nati. Accordingly an invitation was
extended to the reporters to be pres
ent at a trial in one of the rooms of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany’s building at 2.53 promply yes
terday afternoon. Quite a company
assembled at the tune, and were held
in suspense for a considerable period
by Mr. Armstrong, who busily rush
ed about making arrangements for
the entertainment. At length the
eager party was admitted to the in
ner room, where the telegraphic
concert was to be held. There was
a great array of wire coils, and the
preparations were immense. After
testing the wires, and finding them
strongly charged, the operator con
nected them, and the music began to
play. Two or three famous tunes
were jingled off in good style to the
no small interest of the visitors
crowding about the instrument. No
less than four modest reporters of the
Enquirer were present to take in the
situation and tear the sensation to
tatters. The Gazette sent its musi
cal critic to hear the strains, and
with his ear close to the instrument
ho expressed liis satisfaction at the
tone, and noticed a peculiar whirr,
that was due, no doubt, to electric
influences m transmission. The
evening papers were fully represent
ed. When the edified congregation
had been wrought up to the highest
pitch, Professor Armstrong detached
the instrument from its wire connec
tions and held it up to the gaze of j
the crowd, explaining that the fact i
of its continuing to play was cine to
its having become fully charged with
musical lightning. At the same
time ho discovered that a Swiss mu- \
sic-box had been neatly fitted into
the relay instrument, and had been
doing all the playing. It wasa clev
er hoax, and every one present ad-1
mittod it. Armstrong escaped with- j
out physical injury.
Eating salt in doses of a half teas- j
poonful four times a day, is claimed
to be an infallible cure for con
sumption.
The amendment to the con
stitution of New Hampshire, aboh
isliingthc religious tost, was ratified
by only thirty-two majority.
The President has notified his
private secretary to inform all ap
plicants for office that they must
begin by filing applications, with
testimonials attached, with the dc
paitmcnt heads.
A certain way to keep aunts from
sugar barrels, lard pans and preserve
jars, says one who has tried it, is to
tie a string wet with kerosene around
the barrel, can or jar. Repeat the
wetting of the string with the kero
sene oil every few days.
The latest invention to indicate
the breaking cut of tiro is quicksil
ver alarm. When the temperature
rises above a certain point a quick
silver thermometer is causeu to
break, and tiie quicksilver runs into
a dish, where, by its weight, a clock
work is set in motion which ope
rates an alarm bell.
The work of setting up the affairs
of the late Freedmen’s Bureau is
progressing slowly, and the expen
ses of the concern are steadily de
creasing, though it cannot be stated
when the business will be entirely
finished. It is now confined strictly
to the payment of claims of colored
soldiers and sailors and their heirs
for bounty, etc.
A bill before the New York leg
islature offers some new features in
the way of insurance. Twenty-five
or more persons residing in a town,
and collectively owning property to
the value of $50,000, are authorized
to organize themselves into an in
corporates! company for the purpose
of insuring the property of the in
corporators, and none other, except
that of such as may afterwaM unite
with them. These complaints are
to have flic same powers and be sub
ject to the usual restriction and du
ties of corporations; to select a
board of directors, a president and
secretary, and not to take more than
SO,OOO insurance in any one policy.
In the New York Methodist Epis
copal Conference Rev. Isaac J. Lan
sing, agent for the Freedmens’s Aid
Society, made an impassioned ad
dress, reciting the wrongs of the
colored race m the South, and de
claring that the white people oppos
ed to tlieir education. Christian’Min
lsters in tlie South refused to frater
nize with him because he worked to
educate the blacks. He said frater
nity North and South had different
meanings. Roman Catholics are ex
pending thousands of dollars among
the blacks at the South. Thev
drew no color line Methodists
South drew a color line. Catholics
merit to control the votes of the
southern blacks, and the Methodist
Church North is the only power that
can meet and baffle them. Methodists
must go at their work in earnest if
success is desired, and not drive the
subject out of tho pulpit, as they
now do.
How She Fooled Hint.
John Sanscript’s wife went to hod
Saturday night with Iter mind made
lip to foot the old man nex. day or
die in the attempt. In previous
years she had found John impervious
to jokes of all kinds, and she realiz
ed the Augean task before her on
the morrow. With her mind fail of
her self-imposed task she weut to
sleep. At daylight she awoke and
at once began to operate, ller vic
tim was lying with his back towards
her, apparently in a sound sleep.
She poKed him vigorously in the
ribs with her sharp elbow, and claw**
cd his shins with her toe-nails, pre
paratory to startling him with a half
whispered warning.
••John—oh, John—there's sonic
one ringing the door bell.”
“Lem ’ini ring,” was the sleepy
response.
“But, John, maybe it’s the man
on the next square who owes you that
SIOO conic to pay you.’
“No, ’tain't neither,’’ said John,
with a yawn.
“But you don’t know, and it may
bo that ve y man.”
“I guess not, for lie’s buried.
Died last week. Besides, old wo
man, your ears deceive von. 1 too!,
the bell knob off hist night to fool
April-foolers ”
Heavens ! what a mess she made of
it, to begin with ! But when the old
man rolled out of bed, yawned and
picked up his pants, she rammed the
sheet m her mouth to plug up her
laughter.
“Oh, jimmy! won’t lie tumble
•when he puts his foot in them pants
and finds the legs sewed up !’’ she
said to herself.
Judge of her rage when the pro
voking brute innocently carried the
block; ded breeches to the wardrobe
and inquired :
“Nancy, where’s them chocolate
colored pants I had on last week
“Rut on the ones you have in your
hands, John ; what’s the matter with
them ?”
“I burst a button off yesterday,
and they need mending.”
At breakfast she poured out a nice
cup of coffee for him and sweetened
it with two spoonfuls of salt.
“You needn’t giye me any coffee,”
lie said ; “keep that yourself.’’
‘‘Why, John, what’s the matter ?
This is the first time since we were
married you refused coffee ?”
“The blamed stuff lias made me
nervous lately ; and, as this is the
first of the month, I thought I’d
break off and only drink it for sup
per. You keep that yourself.
\\ hen he came home to dinner she
had prepared him a neatly directed
envelope with a asheet of blank pa
per enclosed within. He eyed it sus
piciously, and, throwing it into the
fire, said :
“I know that handwriting. It’s
from that crazy lunatic who wants
me to vote for him to-morrow. Bo
much for his letter.”
Li the nAcning she disguised herself
m one of her husband’s old suits and
came to the door to beg for charity.
‘‘Please give me a nickel to buy
some bread.”
‘‘Get out, or I’ll give you a nickel
with my boot,”
“But, sir, consider. I’m starv
ing.”
“The devil you are! Now, I’ll
bet you fifty dollars against the suit
of clothes you wcai that you are an
imposter.”
“But, sir’’
“If 1 were to search you now I
shouldn’t he surprised to find you
loaded with wealth. For two cents
I would see.”
“For heaven’s sake”
“Now, none of your soft soap on
me I don’t believe in beggars. Here,
you policeman, take this infernal
impostor to the station house.”
“ Just as the “peeler” grabbed the
supposed beggar by the back of the
neck a shrill voice yelled :
“John ! John ! you wouldn't send
your wife to the station house,
would you r r
“The h—ll I woiqdn’t!” was the
cool response. “Anybody who lies
to me about my door-bell, sews up
my taousers, puts salt in my coffee,
writes me anonymous notes and
steals my clothes ought to go to the
penitentiary for life.”
“But how did you know ”
“lf you women wouldn,t talk in
your sleep you might keep a secret
once in awhile.”
Mrs. Banscript says that heroafter
when she attempts an April-fool joke
she intends to sit up all the night
previous.—Cincinnati Enquirer, 2d
April.
Blackberries a Profitable
Crop for Georgia.— Under this
head, the Chronicle and Constitu
tionalist lias the following on this
subject :
Last year a portion of North Caro
lina, and particularly about Salem,
did a thriving business by shipping
dried blackberries to Chicago, a firm
in that city having offered fifteen
cents per pound for them in any
quantity. It cost one cent a pound
to cany these berries from Salem to
Chicago, and hence the Salem mer
chants could afford to pay the coun
try people from seven to twelve cents
a pound for them. The little town
of Salem, with scarcely over 2,000
inhabitants, shipped during three
years over three millions of pounds
of dried blackberries, for which it
received $450,000, or nearly half a
million dollars, equal to nine thou
sand bales of cotton at ten cents per
pound.
Tiie crop is, of course abundant—
almost infinite. The old fields lit-
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NO. 19.
erally awaiin with the busy pickers
during the season. Frequently
whole families turn out at early
dawn and pick blackberries till dark.
A bushel of berries wdl yield twelve
pounds of dried fruit. At 15 cents
per pound, this will make the
fruit worth SI.BO a bushel.
It is estimated that it costs
two cents per pound to dry the
fruit. It is dried m tin? simplest
manner, being simply spread out on
boards and left in the sun. The
smallest child in the family can
watch the berries as they are drying,
and carry them through the whole
process. Deduct for the gross cost
one cent per pound for freights, two
ce its for and say two cents
fo the merchant’s profits, and we
have the net revenue of a bushel of
berries to the picker, and fixed at
A child can easily pick a
bushel a day. A laborer with live
or six children, or a widow with a
lot of bairns, will find it a perfect
Godsend uo have them each bringing
iu a revenue of $1.20 a day.
The merchants in Salem had un
limited orders for the berries, and
could have sold ten times the quanti
ty they were able to procure. The
berries are used for pies, for eat inl
and for distilling purposes. They
are exported regularly to Europe;
and especially to (Jerma.iv, where
they are considered a great luxury.
This trade gave employment to a
large number of people in North
Carolina during the season last year.
Men, women and children support
themselves by it.
The section about Augusta is la
mous for its blackberries, and we see
no reason why the trade could not
be made as profitable here as in North
Carolina.
tiupes in Chicken*.
Koine, Ga., April Gth, IS7G.
Editor Agricultural Department:
In your issue of the sth inst, I see
an inquiry by J. W. S., of Barnes
ville, Ga., for a cure of gapes in
chickens, A. few years ago 1 almost
dreaded to see a brood of chickens
hatched, for I felt sure that two
thirds or more would die with gapes.
Now I have but little if any .fear of
that dread disease. I have iisod a
great many remedies. One was to
take a wing feather and strip it to a
small point, then drip it in spirits
turpentine and run it down the
windpipe, give a quick twist and
draw it out. This I found to be a
very successful way, for if it did not
extricate the worms the turpentine
would kill them, and the chick
would be able to cough or sneeze
them up. Yet this is rather a rough
operation and the patients sometimes
died under the treatment. 1 have
tried other remedies, such as soft
soap, soda, tallow, smoking over
carbolic acid, and a hundred others,
but I scarcely ever use any, of them
now, for I have at last found a sim
ple one that lias never failed when
properly administered, and that is,
the fames of tobacco, both as a pre
ventive and a cure. Asa preventive
burn tobacco in your henerics cr
under where your fowls roost, which
prevents them from having lice or
mites. If they arc never infested
with these, they will never have
gapes. Smoke them at night, close
the house so as to fumigate them
well that the smoke may get all
through their feathers, but not long
enough at a time to make them
sick. Do this frequently. White
wash your house with good lime, in
which put the disinfectant carbolic
soap. The acid does not have the
same effect as the soap.
Asa cure, if you have but a few
cases at a time, puff a few whiffs of
tobacco smoke down the tliroa of the
patient until you see it sick, let it
alone a minute or so, but if it shows
no signs of reviving, put a few drops
of cold water on its head, and a drop
or two in its mouth, at the same time
giving it fresh air; and nine cases
in ten, it will be well and eating in
a few minutes. A good way to
smoke them and make them inhale
the smoke is to get a pipe with a
stem, put cloth over the cowl of the
pipe and Ihe stem in the mouth of
the chicken, then blow the smoke
into the mouth. This is attended
with a little more danger. If yon
have many cases at once, make a box
with holes at the bottom to admit
the smoke, have it tight elsewhere,
put your chickens in it, set it over a
vessel of burning tobacco, so that
the smoke will till the box. Do not
allow them to remain long, but as
soon as they begin to look sick,
take them out into the fresh air and
apply the water, if they do not re
vive without it. I have had to give
a second smoking, but not often.
There is a diversity of opinions,
even among the learned, as to what
produces the gape worm, or how it
gets into the wind pipe of the chick.
Ido not propose to discuss that
question with them, but I will say
this: that if you will keep your
fowls free from vermin, you will
have no gapes among them, but
if you don’t you will, just in
propotion to the vermin. I speak
from fifteen years observation and
experience. 1 believe in a dry hen
house, a tight roof, with lattice, or
open work, around the top, just un
der the eaves enough to give free
circulation of air, a tight plank floor,
that can be swept out clean every
day m spring and summer, and very
often in winter, using dry earth or
ashes under the roosts every day,
which makes the sweeping an easy
matter.
Who will give a preventive for
chicken cholera? M ary E. I'eury.