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John Hhary and H uun . lite
John Henry looked 4s p*U *• deeth,
Susan looked •( soft u butter.
They shelled and popped that com,
(John * month was like 4 hopper.)
They stirred the lire, sprinkled salt,
Aud shook end ebook the popper.
The clock struck 9 end then struck 10,
And still the corn kept flopping;
It struck 11, end then struck lk,
And still no signs of stopping.
And John he ete. while Hasan thought,
The earn did pop and patter,
TUI John cried out, ibe corns afire!
Dear Henan what's the matter ?"
“Jab o Henry Kinney, it's I o'clock !
Yon fool. youH die of indigestion s
I’m eiok of all this popping oorn
Why don't you pop the question t"
~wTsE AND OTHER WISE.
A head-scan ter—The pomade memifactu
ree.
“Atone" by any other name would be
“got up.”
In what key weold a loser write a propo
cal of marriage ? He mine, eh!
Tweed la mid to be secreted in the capi
tal of Canida Weak That's a good place,
Toronto.
“Ton hare lost your little hatchet," is
the Centennial way of tolling a meu what
bo is, when be Is one.
Ithode Island peopla never write letters
to places in the State. When they went
anything they “holler."
A Granger writes to a rural paper to ask
“bow long cowa should be milked ” Why,
the asms M short oows, of course.
Practiod jokes don't go well out in Ari
sons. The man who came one over an
editor out there the other day, never came
two.
Tom Thnmh Is going to Texas to live,
and some day ws shall hear of Tom being
waylaid and abdncted by a Texaa grass
hopper.
A woman In Manlius N. TANARUS., has recently
presented her husband with three Itouncing
boys. In thane days of Women's Bights
this is the Manlius sot we'vs heard of.
Dr. Hall sayy that people sometimes
take oold through their ears. This explains
wby a Milwaukee man always stuffs his
earn up with horse blankets and buffalo
robes.
A business man in Watertown, N. Y., la
named Tubbs, and every time he fells down
the boys begin, “Every tub must stand on
ita ” sad then Tubbs gets up and tbs
boys run. “
A Minnesota lady, in taking her morning
gape, put her jaw out of joint, and it was
two days before the doctor could get it in
place again. Her husband says he haan't
had anch a vaeation since he was married.
Rawing machine men and lnsnrance
agents don't want to nay a word for aix
months te the man who walked nineteen
ssilee to call for an advertised letter, and
found it was a printed advertising circular,
To asters of free lnnchea :
Lunch, brothers, lunch with care,
Luueh in the presence of the barkeepair,
And help yourselves to tho eassenjairo.
And touch very light on the strong buttaire,
And pay your bit on the man's conntaire.
Much has been mid ebout tbe go-ahed-
Itlveneas of the Western people, but there
ie many a man in the neighborhood es Chi
sago who bae been known to stop short in
the midst of an important job just to watch
an Illinois girl trying to climb a hay stack,
A Trenton editor makes the statement*
for the benefit of correspondents, that they
need not ooinmenoe their communications
“I take my pen in hand.” aa he don't care
whether they write with their toea or with
the pen in their mouth, so they send the
news.
A few years ago yon could *it up and
talk philosophy with a girl all night; but
now, if yon stay after one or two o’clock in
the morning the old people begin to pound
on the floor up stairs for you to go. We
don't mind it ourselves, lmt we can't help
feeling sorry for the girls.
Do not Imagine, when you see one of
thoaa broad-chested statesmen get up iu
hit place ou the floor of the House of Bap
masntltivos, that your soul ia about to be
thrilled by a burst of sonorous eloquence.
He carries his paper of chewing toltaeso in
his coat-tail pocket, and is too fat to reach
it without rising.
A train was carrying a clergyman and
five or six youths who kept stuffing at re
ligion and telling disagreeable stories. The
good man aodurad it all, timply remarking
aa ha got at: “We shall meet again, my
ehikbun." “Why shall we meet again?"
said the leader of the band, “because I
am a prison chaplain," was the reply.
Young men, never trifle with tbe heart
at a pure and innooent girl. A gentleman
in town, after visiting a bashful vnung
tady two years, was asked his intentious,
and when he gave an evaaixa answer, she
hit him on the head with a potato masher,
and it coat him #2 to get his beet silk het
altered to fit the strange shape his head
assumed.
“Cussed if the darned thing ain't a
going! was the surprised remark of a
nght seel <; Granger, from Maine, who ea
raasad the teeth of a circular saw in a
planing mill; and now, should you pro
pound to him the first problem for young
arithmetician is, “How many fingers have
you on your right hand ?” he would bite
tho losmlj thumb and sadly reply : “Nary,
■Hunger"
?‘J SA&'StktU
TABLE OK WEIGHTS Ah’l) MEASURES.
Htuhrls. IJ't. I thuhfh. Lbt.
Wheat «0 ; Blue glass seed II
Shelled corn 56 Buckwheat 52
Oorn in oar 70 j Dried peaches 38
Peas <SO I Dried apples 24
Rye ii!* i Onions 57
Irish potatoes 58 Bran 2o
Sweet potatoes ....55 | Tnruipe 55
White beaus .58 , Plastering bair 8
Castor beans 46 Umiaked lime 80
Clover seed 30 j Corn meal 48
Timothy seed ...48 j Pine salt 54
Flax seed sti j Ground pee* 23
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Reasons yon Diversified Farwiko.
1. Because, undei the present system,
the market ia over-stocked with some
products, and tho price is corresponding
ly low, while right here at our own
doors, other farm prod note bring as much
as io New York City, a great centre of
consumptiqn and export. Dire.sity of
corps tends to equalize prioes.
2. Becanse diversity of cropping menus
rotation; and under a system of rotation
larger crops can lie prodeed each year,
and the fertility of the soil will, last
much longer than when the same crop is
sown yoar after year.
8 Because it is safer. He who stakes
all on a single crop, merely buys a ticket
in a lottery. If everything proves favor
ablo, ho gets a good thing and a large
sum of money ail at once ; but, if the
orop proves a.poor one, he is in a corres
pondingly bad condition.
4. It distributes the labor, and the
cash receipts also, more equally through
tbe year. Thus little hills can be paid
as they fall due, and the loug credit sys
tem discontinued,
6. Another advantage will arise from
fewer pnrehnses at the grocery store,
and greater variety in tho lioftio fare.
What it Costs. The following esti
mate from Col. It. H. Hardaway, an iu
telijjent planter of Thomas county, shows
the cost of making cotton, and the aver
age costs for a series of years. The fig.
ures will probably astonish some of our
intelligent friends in this section who
persist in farming on tho all-cotton pfhn.
Col. H., in answer to to an inquiry,
says :
“It gives mo pleasure to promptly an
swer your question as to the cost per
pound to raise cotton. I give you the
cost for seven yvs-s, to wit: 1860, $14.-
fiO; 1867, $12.20; 1868, 312.25; 1860,
*10.90; 1870, *8.00; 1871, *18.01; 1872,’
*10.77. The average is *ll.BB. This in
olndcs the interest ou value of land, re
pairs, interest on teams, tuxes, labor
of cultivating, fertilizers, picking and
packing, but nothing added-for persona;
supervision. The latter would be hard
to (td i mate. This year’s crop lias not
been marketed, but will not exceed ten
oents.
I keep a record of my crop annually,
and it simply requires the copying as
the calculations are already made and
entered on my memorandum book."
Chttino Lower Limiw.—lt is a very
common error, and a very injurious one,
to out off large limbs near the body of
a tree. We meet with mutilated fruit
trees all over the country which have
suffored iu this way from the use of use
or saw. Forest trees that nre hollow,
’ornishing hiding places and habitations
for squirrels nml other animals and birds
should tench a lesson, showing the folly
and danger of cutting off large limbs
from the tree’s trunk. Hotting is almost
certain to follow, for the wouud is too
large to heal over, aud sufficient care is
seliloiA taken to cover tho surface pro
tection to keep out the moisture of the
atmosphere; and besides, tho growing
tree itself keeps the wound moist. The
consequence is decay sets in, and eventu
ally the tree becomes rotten at the heart,
aud bcouines injured and loses much of
its vitality. Tiiis could lie easily pie
vented with » little oar© and a proper
and judicious method of priming.
Early Tomatoes.— As soon as your
tomatoes have made four leaves, pinch
the top bud from the stem, theu take up
tbe plant, piuch off two inches from the
tap root and transplant in a common box
frame, where tho soil is rich and loamy.
Tho box will keep oft' the wind, and
plants sown and grown there, eighteen
inches apart, will produce fruit two
weeks sooner than planted in the open
ground. A mat or a few boards spread
over the frame at night, will keep them
from the frost, aud is far easier and
qnicker than going over a filed nightly
aud setting boxes over each hill. As
soon as the plants have set fruit on two
blossoms of each branch, and the top has
grown to from two to four leaves, the
ends of each branch aud top should be
again pinched off.
Aw KxcKtodtHT Rkcipk.— Take one
part (by weight) rosin, oue part bees
wax, four parts good fresh or sound lard.
Mix it and melt together over a slow lire,
being careful not to burn tbe mixture.—
It makes an ointment that is superior to
anything I have over tried for the flesh
of either horses or cattle, for either fresh
or old eoraa, and especially good to re
move old aoabs. It softens the soab tuni
oom*s off, leaviug the skiu ao't and
tough. The mixture is tire host thing I
ever used for boots and shoes for ont-
Uoor wear, as it makes Rjiongy leather
waterproof and hard leather soft.
Economy is leal!
rr :p UNDERSIGNED respectfully iu
-1 forma the public that he is prepared to
REPAIR OLD FURNITURE,
of all kinds, at a very moderate cost. If
von desire your Bureaus. Wash stands.
Wardrobes. Bofss. Settees. Chairs, or any
kind of room or parlor Furniture made to
look ns good aa new. bring tjiem along.
Hatiafsction gnaraiited. Can lie found at
J. M. Curtia' Shop. WTerms Cash.
GEO. C. ATKINSON,
at 2-ts. Main Street, Thomson. Ge.
For Sale or Rent
It A Y H V I I, L E,
With good Dwelling, Store, Ac., do., farm
for one to three horses. Also toy home
fsrm, with comfortable dwelling Ac., farm
for one or two horses. Good ueighliorhood,
healthy, good water, fruit, Ac.
V. M. BARNES.
QTApply to Editors Journal..
U-ts.
LIFE AND MONEY SAVED
BY THE USE OF THE
SOUTHERN REMEDY !
FOB IT WILL CUBE
Dysentery, Diarrhoea,
Cholera Morbus.
—AND— .
CUTTING TEETH of CHILDBEN
And no mistake. Examine tho following
certificates, which are enough to satisfy any
reasonable man, woman, or child, that it is
not an imposition palmed off on tbe peo
ple. To prove it, get a bottle, and use as
directed on the bottle, and yon will lie ant
isfiod that it is ail that is claimed for it.
It is prepared purely from vegetables of
a medical property.
S. T. BIDDERS, M. D. Proprietor.
Atlanta, Ga.
TESTIMONIALS.
Atlanta. July Ist, 1874.
DR. BIGGERS-Dear Sir : In the n«e
of your Southern Remedy in my family. I
have found it tho most pleasant medicine
for children to tako, and the most satisfac
tory U> cure I have ever met: I have used
it now for several years, and never allow
inyaclf to be without some of jt on hand,
and its immediate use saves all trouble and
danger. I hove always felt that if you had
no other claim to tho public confidence
than this specific, it alone should give it to
you, and botli fame aud furtune added, if
yon would only sufficiently advertise it to
let the world know its healing power and
benefits. Respectfully,
* O. A. LOCHHANE.
The above ia from the Ex-Chief Justice
Buproiue Court of Georgia.
EUREKA ! EUREKA! (I have found it.)
My Wife and two children were down
with Bloody Flux, We had two doctors,
as good as any in the city, aud found no
ralief. My baby, 7 months old. while
teething, was expected tb die for two
weeks, when being indued io Gy Dr. Big
gers’ Southern Remedy, the relief of each
iv»s marvelous, and are at present doing
well. I tried it on myself for tho same
disease, and it proved a success.
C. C DAVIS,
Atlanta, Ga.
This medicine ie for sale by Dr. A.' D.
Hill, Thomson, Ga.
ITroTsT
Q
AnpstalsicHoiise,
IS roil it Street*
—o—
Masou & Hamlin Organs. New
quperiority everywhere ac-
O KNOW HEDGED. First-Prize awarded
at the “World's Fair," in Paris, 18117; at
the “Vienna Exposition," 1873; and at tho
recent Exposition, 1875, at. I.inz, Austria.
They lmve always received the Highest
Medals in competition with the celebrated
European makers. A LARGE ASSORT
MENT. at Lowest Factory Prices, for Cash,
or Small Monthly Payments, at the
AugiiHtn Mimlo lloum>,
O. O. Rt IBINSON A CO.
Wholesale Southern Agents.
T*. 1 ».’<*. H. - -
AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE.
| Special Inducements!
PIANOS AT NEW YORK PRICES, with
a good Stool and Cover, forwarded to
any point, freight paid, for Cxsh : or Small
Monthly Payments, arranged to suit all re
sponsible parties, at Lowest Factory Prices.
Six of the best makers are represented by
G. O. ROBINSON A Cos.
_q_
L. P. Q. S.
Augusta Music House
265 BROAD STREET,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
SILVER, BRASS AND STRING,
In great variety.
MUSIC BOOKS and SHEET MUSIC.—
THE . VACATIONS.
MUBIC receiv i.-nry layby AUilor Ex-
Press. Ordeff; promptly filled by
fik O. ROBINSON A CO
JOHN M. CURTIS,
DEALER Ilf ALL RINDS OF
Bua&ns, ) Jsp" EEPAranfo
CAkEIAQES, F ° mptlj J“
WAGONS. &e, \^/'\/ y' rates.
Un(ler t a k in *£.
HAVING purchased a large lot of Coffins of all sizes and qualitea, will sell the same
ou aa reasonable terms as can be had in A- gusta.
VjMy new hiarse lias arrived end will be sent
llP’’ * * . . wjS when desired to any portion of town or in the
country at a reasonable price.
v/w vfw Curtis,
D2l-H
SPRING GOODS
—AT—
CHRISTOPER GRAY & CO’S.
We have mi hand a Superior stock of the CHEAPEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE
SPRING GOODS ever offered in this market.
We keep a Buyer constantly iu the Northern markets, and are therefore always aide
to ahow our customers
New hikl l'’iisliioimbl<‘ Goods
long before.they are aeen elsewhere in onr market.
As there may lie many of onr friends among the readers of the McDUFFIE JOUR
NAL who would like to purchase their supplies of SPRING GOODS, but cannot spare
time to go to market,, to such we will always take pleasure in
SENDING SAMPLES OF OUR STOCK
We have only ONE PRICE, from which we never depart, except when we make a
general reduction.
Our customer may therefore feel the fullest confidence that on sending us their or
ders they will receive tU much attention as if th>y were present in permit.
Our motto for a quarter of aeentury has been
FA IR DEALTNa !
And to thin we attribute onr present nuecesH. We will Prepay Freight on all bills
amounting to over Ten Collars.
C. GRAY & CO,, AUGUSTA, GA.
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t BRADLEY’S STiHOiRD FERTILIZERS.
PRINTUP, BROTHER & POLLARD,
FORMERLY
POEjILAKZS & CO.,
Cotton Factors, General Agon Is. Augusta, Georgia,
(SS)
B. D.
Sea Fowl feuaiio.
SEA FOWL GUANO, in Bags 200 lbs e:ch.
C. C. COE'S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, in Bags, 200 lb«.
BRADLEY'S AMMONIATEO DISSOLVED BONES, in Bag*. 200 it,s.
*ffThe above Standard Fertilizers having been in use for the, past seven years in
th.e South, with m equalled success, are again offered at prices that cannot fail'to give
satisfaction, while the statdavd is guaranteid to 1 e equal, ii tot m i en r to m v ever sold.
For Prices and Terms, apply to
.1 olin IG. ltonton,
AGENT.
O. M. STONE,
COTTON FACTOR,
Corner Reynolds and Mclntosk-Sts.,
AVGUSTA, GA
GENERAL AGENCY for any variety of plantation machinery, embracing the celebrated
Gut left's Liifht Draft Cotton Gins.
Farqunr’s Wli-nt Tlirosli, i-m neiel Superators
which are aot surpassed by any, besides being the lowest priced.
THRESHERS rang# iu price from $55.00 to SIOO no
The SEPERATOIt first threshes, then separates from the straw, then cleans and
sacks the wheat ready for market- Can furnish them mounted on wheels or not as
desired. Prices from $180.(X) to $32 :, .0U, according to size, Ac.
Stationery and Portable Horse Powers. Wright's Improved
Wrought Iron Cotton Screw, patented 1875-
With this Sdfew two hands can run down 450 lbs. Cotton in five to dr minutes, or three
hands aSO 1 lb. bale in the same time. Pack np or down—can be placed in doors or out
side. Can be run by Hand. Horse. Water or Steam Power. Will deliver at the planters'
nearest depot at prices, 20 per cent lower than the present prices of any other Wrought
Iron Screw.
STEAM ENQIITES.
Planters, spare your stock by buying a small plantation engine. With it yon grind your
com. prepare food for your stork, thresh your wheat aud g:n cotton.
The ECONOMIZER a small Horizontal Engine, with return tubular boiler. 411 P
S4OO : 5 H I’ *450 ; 8 II P $575.
The BIGELOW UPRIGHT BOILER PORTABLE ENGINE- 1 H r *;ico ; «hp
*430 : 7 H P $175 ; 8 H P $540; 12 H F $725 ; 15 H P *3OO
COLEMAN’S CORN MILL, <* n ’P ,ete Ali ped, v A for sen ice. Makes good
meal. Can be run by Horse. Water or Steam Fe wer. P.-.-cs according to size, from
sllO to $240.
Terms easy. Send for circulars. Address O. M. STONE,
b23-h* ’ Augusta, Ga.
p. S.— l Will furnish an INSURANCE POLICY so- 12 months with each Bigelow En
gine.
A FIRST-CLASS SOUTHERN INSTITUTION.
THE
MOBILE LIFE Bin COIPAHY
OF
MOBILE, ALA.
M. McCarthy, Pres’t- H. M. FRIEND, Sec’y.
SHEPPARD HOMANS, Actuary.
“ 1 ■ ' -HSSSSSHSHP
Patronize Home Institutions. Insure in this
sterling 1 , sound, reliable company.
company. ° bi * e Lif * can « ive J on “ for your money M any Northern
The Mobile Life was organized, by well known merchants and bankers of Mobile
in June, 18.1, and, up to January, 1875, has issued 4000 policies, and paid over
One Hundred Thousand Hollars
Heath Looses.
Every loss has Iwn peomptly paid without a day’s delay.
INSURE vorli I INSURE YOUR WIFE’S LIFE.
INSURE lOLR LIFE. [ INSURE YOUR WIFE’S LIFE
IN THE MOBILE LIKE.
WESLEY C. WORRELL, Agent,
THOMSON, OA.
Live achve, enterprising men wanted in every countv in
“f ' A ‘ ,t>,ytf ’ R - °‘ RA iXter
' OADSDEN, ALA.
&T. MARKWALTER,
MARBLE works,
BROAD STREET, NEAR LOWER MARKET.
V 1101 'BTA, GEORGIA.
£L” A "*“' *». "•*
A. 19-el6
“Augusta Crockery Store.**
T. C. BLIGH,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
China, Glass, Earttaware, Lais, Brackets,
CHANDELIERS & HOUSE FURHISHING GOODS,
No. 297 Broad Street,
V. Ricliards & Km. AUGUSTA, GA.
i a’-’fi-ct
AUGUSTA VARIETY STORE,
334 Broad Street AUGUSTA, G/.,
OPPOSITE C. V. WALKER'S AUCTION ROOMS.
stock of goods, comprising inpart™ “ ° f th ® puWl ° to their varied
CROCKERY, CHINA, GLASS, AND ERATHENWANE.
Table Cutlery, Silver-plated Ware Britannia Tin tv , „ „
generally, with an endless variety . f LAMPS and LAMP GOODS^ETC^ K ** ping Goodß
NON-EXPLOSIVE KEROSENE OIL, ALWAYS IN STORE.
GROCERIES AND FINE CANDIES.
AU the above will be sold at BOTTOM PRICES. a j
QUARANTINED
EQU4L TO ill EVER SOLD
D. H. & J, T. DENNING,
DEALERS IN
DOORS, SASH & BLINDS, LIME,
CEMENT, LATHS, PLASTER PARIS HAIR,
IVails*, Grlass, Putty, «fco.
promptly” *** Wel H “ d R “ lin ß 8 ’ Sssh Wei t?bts and Blind Trimmings, filled
AGENTS for the valuable Fertilizer CALCINED MARL, WATT PLOW
Circulars and Price Lists sent on application.
to Jackson treet, AUGUTA, GA.
bS-c*
I. H. HALL & (JO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
WHITE LEAD, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY,
BRUSHES, COLORS, AC.,
READY MIXED PAINTS, strictly pure, sold with a gnarantee,
DOORS. SASHES, BLINDS. MOULDINGL. BITIDIES’ HARDWARE’
Every description of Builder’s supplies, of most reliable character, s. Id on most pleas
ing terms. Agents for
COTTAGE COLORS METALIC CENTRE PIECES. Ac.
ADDRESS, I. h. HALL A CO.,
2.J. 6, 8 MARKET. 723 A 225 E BAY-STS., Chariest on, S. C.
s*? Send for Price List aud Circular, D5-c #