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marti-lf
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the
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A I.SO
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Now in yonr chance to purchase the
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trade, at prices that any planter can
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should purchase between now and May
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Address. TBUE&OO., Augusta.Me
V'7bs
: Where is the man with soul so dead.
Who hsa not a beastly *!**&] in his lKad.
In this: his owu—kermfilcbow !-er-er
on-umm-er-k-ktss-shorauchhh ! ! !
—The people of Georgia spend six
j millious of dollars annually for mules
and gnano.
—ln the little town of Mali on, Ala.,
thirty divorces Were granted at two
terms of court.
| —Mr. Fred Hard n, of lvobeson,
IN. C., who will be one hundred and
i three years old his next birt 1 duy v lias
I just professed religion.
—The proprietor of a bone factory
aunomiees “that persons leaving their
boues with him can have them
grouud ar short notice.”
-Aunt Betsy has said inuny thi: gs
—among-tbe /*est, that a newspaper
i like a wife, because every man
, ought to have one of his own.
—The paint mine at Reno, Nev.,
comprises a ledge forty-two feet wide
| and of unknowu depth. The mutt ri
al is said to mix well with oil.
—An Alabama child s total weight
is 58 pounds, aud the weight of its
; head fiU>ue is fifty pounds. She bus
a remarkably retentive memory, and
a very bright mind.
I —William A. Brewer, a lecturer on
religion and temperance, married a
woman of 70 at Os?ipee, Mass., lived
with her until he had got possession
of her S7OO, and then ran away.
| -—A pack of wolves out iu Mi nut s
i sota chased a couple of lawyers o\er
live miles the other day. The New
Orleans Republican thmka this show
ed a lack of professional courtesy.
—Dr. Spencer, a dentist at Finite
; City, Mo., was shot and killed by a
i ir.nn whose w ife he had kissed while
1 she was in his operating chair, partly
, under the influence of chloroform.
—Mount Hood, Oregon, baa lately
! been giving out volumua of smoke
! from a long extinct crater, where or
-1 dinaiily a smell of sulphur and a
{slight warmth only indicate inward
i fire.
—The greiilest number of vessels
of war at any time m the norvioe of
the CufooiiaA during'tlie lit'vol ition
ary wu*, was * wenty-five. Tlie little
AinfricaVi navy captured ovor 800
vi of.cits (luring 1 77fC77.
—There is a curious creek in west
Texas, which enters a rocky gorge
and runs under ground for forty
in lifts. In some places natural wells
210 fset deep uro found, through
which tho roaring of this subierane
aa creek can be beard plainly.
—Remarkable ar- the stories com
ing from Newfoundland as to the
wealth <.f copper . re. According to
these accounts vast masses of copper
have been discovered near the sia,
rising above the surface in lo.ty cliffs,
easily quarried, and easily shipped,
aud of superior riehne s.
—Dr. D. Laurence of Boston re
ports ulrnt iie characterizes as a mir
acle. Kis son had an attack of spinal
meningitis, and was soon ut tin- point
of death, in spile of ti e m st. careful
medical attention. Mr. Webster, a
neighbor, then seemingly cured the
boy by the laying on of bauds.
—During a game of base ball on a
farm near Lancaster, Pa., last Sun
day, a young man named Frank Bry
son threw the ball playfully at Byron
Clark, aged eighteen, striking him on
the neck below the left ear, and kill
ing him almost inst intly. An exain
ifiatou showed that the lud’s luck
had been broken.
—James Palmer weut into un uu- j
dertakerV shop at Riverton, Va., ami
got measured for a coffin, which he;
said was fur a man exactly his size. (
“Have it ready this afterno.u” he
said, “for the corpse will he ready by
tlmt’time.” Then he weut to a rail- I
road track near by, lay down on it, ;
and let a train run over him.
—The w idow Berg of Evansvil'e,
Ind., had a suitor in the pen-on of
Matthew Schoantz, and they had
made a marriage engagement. Al
though she was only 31 years old,
she had a daughter of 16, and when
Sctinantz saw the girl, on her return
from a boarding sohool, he transfer
red his love to her. The mother then
committed suicide.
—Philip Teasdale, cashier of a St.
! Lcuis mercantile firm, dreamed that
the figures 2-2-2 would win in the
| Chigago races of the following day.
, He accordingly bought pool tickets ]
ion the three horses thst were No. 2 ■
! in the entries as figured on the pool,
room black board. They won races,
i On the following day lie repeated the
| operation. Altogether he made sl,-
341 on an investment of $6.
—A Memphis physician advocates
the theory that free perspiration will
cure nearly every disease by expell
ing it through the pores. He adver
tises a resort for invalids where “the
| sun pours down with nurestritced
j fierceness," a cooling breeze is nn
| knowu, and the thermometer indi
cates over 90 day aft -r day. He ad
: mite that life there would be unen
’ durable, bnt for the consciousness
! that the suffering is incidental to cure.
THO MSOX, GA, WKDISI Ej.sfo'A.Y,~ JULY" 16.1879.
•>IN THE I.ON HUN."
The ol 1 fashioned saying,
So lightly.expressed,
And ss carelessly uttered.
Is >ne of the best,
Oli. ponder, young trifler,
With young life begun;
The deep earnest meaning
C’f “in the long ruu.”
For “in the long run,” hoys,
The seed will spring up
That was sown iu the garden
Or dropped in the cup.
Aud, remember! no roses
Will spring from the weed,
Aud no beautiful fruit
From unworthy seed.
How many a stripling
lu trouble to-day,
By riotous living
With comrades too gay;
With character shipwrecked,
Aud duties undone.
Will bo sorrows harvesting
‘■ln the long run.”
Aud "in the long run,” will
The toiler fare best
Who perforins honest labor
And bikes honest rest.
Who, contented and happy,
Hastes not, in a day,
Or a year, to heap riches
That will paes away!
The good cud the evil
That hide on the earth.
The joy and the sorrow.
The pain and the mirth;
The battle- unheeded,
The victories won.
Will yield what was sown, lads,
"In the long run,”
A Hunger’s Adventure.
Once upon a time, as the prim
er books say, while trailing on
the western coast of Africa, in
tho equatorial region, I ran my
vessel about twenty miles up one
of the rivers in that vicinity, and
remained there several weeks,
having a very profitable inter
course with some of tl e inland
tribes of natives. A portion of
my leisure tinio I spent in hunt
ing through the thick woods and
dark jungles for which that
coast region is famous, and it
was on one of thoso excursions
that I first met a living gorilla.
My guide was u nativo, of tho
cannibal species—black, low
browed. thick-skulled, and but
littlo removed from tho brute
animal himself. He could .make
himself understood, however,
knew the country widl, and
atoed in sum salularyjiiwo of the
wonderful while man, that 1 felt
perfectly sale in inn-ting myself
with him far beyond the reach
of friends, and in places where J
would not have ventured with
any single one of my country
men.
One day wo had thus ventured
e ft'into one of tho dourest re
cesses of one of the darkest aud
most tangled of jungles, where
tho spreading branches and
leaves were so thick and denso
j 'hat scarcely a ray of the vorti
ile sun eo lil find its way down
I through them to the damp, ma
I larious earth oencath, when sttd
\ dO"ly wp were both startled by
! a succession of the wildest and
| most discordant shucks, I had
, ever heard—though with some
! thing human in the sound—ac
companied by a rustling of and
plunging through the hushes
; ahead of us, as if the creature,
| whatever it was, was hurriedly
making its escape.
At tho fiist sound we both
j stopped; the black trembling,
frightened, and as white as the
: i,attire of bis skin would permit;
| and cocking my double-barreled
| rifle, 1 stood ori the defensive,
| and at the same time anxiously
j inquired wl at it was.
My guide replied in broken
English that ho had picked up
jin his intercourse with white
traders, that it was a terrible
: gorilla, ami that unless wo turn
| ed back ut once, and made good
our retreat, wc should probably
never have tho pleasure of seeing
our friends again.
I hud before heard some rath
er marvelous accounts of an an
imal so-called, and said to bear a.
close resemblance to man, and I :
naturally felt a hunter’s desire to j
sec with my own eyes, and, if j
possible, add the skin of it to my
collection of cuiiosilies. There
fore I was rather in favor of
going forward than buck, be
lieving that my steadibess of
nerve, quickness of sight, and
the reliability of my two loaded !
barrels, woujd be sufficient to j
protect rao from actual harm, to
say nothing of the assistance in
! a straight of my companion, who
was armed with a spear that lie
; could throw with the force and
i precision of in old harpooner.
! “Can’t think of turning back
! for a mere gorilla, that has been
so frightened at our approach as
to have fled away shrieking,”
said I, in a cool tone of con
tempt, intending to reassuro my
guide and induce him to go
forward. “What, two bravo
hunters, armed ns we arc, to run
! from any "beast that roams the
i forest!—We who have killed the
big snake, tbe leopard, and the
erocodilol Pshaw, Mocha! that
will never do—never, lad! '
“Do shako him big,” replied
Mocha, With his tooth almo-t
chatteling. and his eyes glaring
upon the thickets all around
him; “do leopard him snbnge; do
crocodile him bigger; but do go
rilla—oo-oo oof! him awful!” i i
“Hut we have not scon any 1
i gorilla yet,” said I; “and if that 1
animal that ran away was one, ]
we are not likely to, either.”
“Him woman ran—him man
stop tight—hi;,, debil, master.”
‘Weil, man, woman 4r
thing else. Mocha, I must see
something before I go back
frightened.”
“Master him see, no go back
—him goril kill master.’’
I had by this time made up
my mind tp go.forward through
the thicket, even it I wentalono; ;
and ordering, Mocha in a tone 1
that admitted of no question, to
keep at my heels, as ho valued
his life, though, if troth must bo
told, not half so courageous in
feeling us I seemed in action.
Hut at the end of these few
paces I came to another sodden
stand, for I saw a denser thicket
some fifteen or twenty yards
ahead, agitated by the movi ,g
of some heavy body within it,
while almost immediately there |
appeared, in plain view a mon-1
ster of such hideous appearance
that 1 felt the blood freeze thro’
my veins and gather about my I
heart, as if appalled by some !
horrible visitant from lho other I
world.
My powers of description are
limited ; but had l the bytgiiugo
of a Milton or a D nte, 1 could
only hope to convby to your
minds a:a ut idep of tho hid
eotisr.ess of tho living creature
that, now stood before me . end
us to its voice—itstenoaof warn
ing, anger and defiance—l know
net to ** haV theyWn ho likened
unless yon can injhgine
of.! dog, tho groaflßT a tiger
the mi aiding 4H*'"
pelit^'o'Cpliant; all uni:.'<J (
and combined with sulphurous'
vomitings from- tho regions of
pandemonium.
In shape he was like a man—
but like a matt deformed —with a
monstrous big chest and body—
small shoulders—large, long
arms and huge hands —and short,
thi k how-legs, terminating in
hands instead of feet. Ho stood
erect like a man, was nearly six
feet in height, and was covered
all over—face and all with short,
black hair. llis hear! was small
in proportion to his body, and
had a human con ft rainliun
Fierce, glittering gray eyes, sot
deeply in the hollow, cavernous
sockets, rolled and glared de
monically. Tho forehead was
low, an>l let rented sharply.—
There was but little dose, with
highly prominent cheek-bones.
The mouth was immense, with
huge, massive jaws, and short,
thin bps, that parted angrily,
only to display a formidable ami
ft rocioas set of teeth, tho canine ;
neing long unit sharp-pointed.
lie stood before us—orect, do- j
fiant and awful—uttering the
horrible roar I have attempted
to de-cribe, and beating his I
breasts with his hugo fists, pro- j
dueijg a hollow, drum-like
sound, that combined with all
the rdst, vtyis truly lerillic, and
made mo wish I was safe beyond
uis reach. Then ho advanced a
few steps, with a sort of rolling,
waddling motion, stopped again,
villi his gleaming eyes fixed in
tently on us, heat hi* I roast as
before, and uttered that prolong
ed and dreadful roar.
I stood on the defensive, wise
ly determined to reserve my fire
for tho approaching crisis of my
fate, hoping and praying I might
be successful in putting an end
to the monster. I hud been in
many peiilous situations before,
but none that ovor affected me
with so much terror. One .mo
ment an icy chill would make me
shiver, and the next, perhaps, I
would feel a burning flush send
ing out the perspiration in
streams. I glanced at tho Af
rican, and saw him firmly plant
ed, witli his spear poised for the
onset, his eyes dilatod, his nos
trils expanded, and his breast
heaving.
“No run, now, master!” he
said, in low, quick, almost inar
ticulate tones; “no ’scape him
run. Hint swift as tiger- strong
as elephant. Must kill!”
“Shall I fire now, Mocha?”
“No fire him come nigh—den
! firo through heart.”
He was coming nearer and
nearer, by slow degrees, a few
paces at n time, with a short.
aWful roaring and breast-beat
ing intervals between, and I thus
had time to think over manv of
my sips, and say prayers that
had too long been neglected.
“Mocha, ho ready!” I said
when the monster had once
more stopped to roar and beat
lis bregst within ton paces. 1 1
am about to end this suspense-
I ajn about to fire.”
I I took deliberate aim, but, in
! spile ot nil I could do, my arms
that I was afraid to
-! -jnW ruy'it-iggtv,' and twice I low
ered the weapon to get more
I steadiness of nerve. It was as
if some fearful spell were on me;
dtld at the third trial it seemed
as if tho fingers of my right
hand were paralyzed and would
j not obey my will —a fact for
which J have never boon able to
! account.
The monster again advanced,
and now not more than five or
( six paces divided ns, and ap
peared as if about to make hit.
fiw\l desperato rush. Delay now
wmrtd be death—an awful death;
and, summoning all my will, I
pulled both triggers in success
ion.
Only one barrel was dischar
ged by the act, the other miss
ing fire. Tbe ball went straight
to its mark, and lodged in the
breast of the gorilla. It did not
hi jig him to the earth, however,
hut made him wildly furious;
au|. gnashing his teeth and ut
tering most unearthly shrieks
and yells, ho bounded forward
for his rovongo. Quick us light
ning the gallant Jloelia throw
himself before mo and struck
wit'll liis spear—hut it might as
iviil have bcou a reed. One
blow of the ponderous arm of
the brute turned it usbio all
shivered, while tho hand of the
ol for stretched the poor fellow
blJcoUtfr ami- sense/cs “n tho
be- Mi nrtwuts> back
i'll force that
. . ,Xt that o- j
s diff hope of
TitW, and, knowing in;, self utterly
disenseless, ..'.‘spun- took com
plete possession of me, and I
made no effort to rise.
This, and I believe this sdone,
was my salvation; for, seeing ns
belli still, and probably thinking
us both dead, tho furious brute
- cued my gun, and, first fairly
denting tho barrel with his teeth
he struck it against a treo with
a force that sh verod tho stock
and hunt the iron nearly double;
then, throwing it down, putting
his hands ovor his breast, and
uttering tho most terrible ho v!
ings aad shriokings of rage and
pain, ho hastily disappeared in
the dense jungle, leaving mu to
thank Heaven that I bad so mi
raculously escaped unharmed.
Mocha had been stunned, and
his breast brdly lacerated; but
ho was neither killed nor mor
tally wounded; end, dressing ids
wounds as well as I could, I got
the poor fellow upon his
|i-ot v and assisted him hack lotbc
vessel, where our surgeons lit-
tend to his case, and soon res
tored him to health. I did not
forget that ho hue 1 saved my life,
and I assure you I made him
proud and happy of the heroism
he hudaUsplayed in my behalf.
Whether the gorilla died ofi
his wounds or not I never know,
and 1 never felt the least curios
ity to go and see. t crlaiii it is,
hC'T.TCk his skin away with him,
and I was only too glad to see
tho lust of him. 110 was the fir-t
of his kind I ever saw alive, and,
with Heaven's ] ermission, he
will be tho last I sliull ever look
open in his native junglo.
A reckless drunkard at Shn
kopoo, Minn., crunched a wine
glass between his teeth and
swallowed it. Ho soon died in
dreadful agony.
J. 11. Smith, of Boston is dead,
lie was a negro, a caterer, a
close friend ot S miner, a mem
ber of tho Massachusetts Legis
lature for many years, and a
! very intelligent ma'n.
A Frenchman published a
translation of dickens’s uricom
-1 pletcd “Edwin ldrood,” with a
I conclusion lyingly announced as
I by Wilkie Collins, who has ob
j tuinod a legal judgment for dam
; n B CB, _ _ _
The body of the I’rince gt
Orange was bin i in three uof
j fil s. Tbo 'first, was lead, the
second oak covered with glass,
abcTYketlird, massive mahogany,
| with hand# of chiselled silver.
THE f.ADY’S YES.
"Yes,” I answered you last night;
“Bo,” this morning, sir, T say;
Colors seen by candle-light
Will not look the saino by day.
When the viols play their best,
I-antps übove and laughs below,
Love me sounded like a jest,
Fit for yes or fit lor no.
i Call me false or call me free,
, Vow, whatever light may shine—
-1 No man on your facs shall see
Any grief for change on mino.
Yet the sin is on us both;
Time to dance is not to woo;
Wooing light makes fickle troth,
Scorn of me recoils on you.
Learn to win a lady’s faith
Nobly, us the thing is lugh,
Bravely, as for life and death,
Witter a W-yrd-gravTig. . a|
Lead her from the festive boards,
Point her to the starry skies ;
Guard her by your truthful words
Pure from courtship’s flatteries.
By your truth she shall bo true,
Ever true, as wives of yore;
And her yes. once said to you,
Shall bo Yes for evermore.
REMINISCENCES OF COLUMBIA
COUNTY.
BY AN OLD CITIZEN.
CURTIS 11. SHOCKLKY
was horn in Abbeville District,
8. (’. Ho came to Appling about
1833, when quite a l- young mail,
and commenced the study of
Law in the office of Wenslow
Hobby. Mr. Hobby was a son
of old Tom Hobby, who was
well known to the citizens of
Augusta from 1830 1“ 1840. He
was a Federalist in theoid school
of politics, hut iu alter life be
came a Democrat aud was edi
tor of a ponulur newspaper iu
Angusla, kept a Book store on
Broad street, and was a zealous
member of the Presbyterian
Church. Wenslow Hobby was
a rising young attorney of fine
intellectual attainments. He
er arried Martha K. Martin, Her
father dying, widow married
Wm. Luke.
Mr and Mrs. Hobby raised but
oneyckild Dr. We ratio w Hobby
I, jnnsiuna
Wm
ajfl
XI
r% . •y _ y
b v
idasiiel a-, a soldier ami rcJH
for duty in Atlanta.
too young and frail to stand tro
hardships of camp life, and ere
tho war was over he returned
lior-no, not with his shield, but
on it.
Curtis 11. Shockley was a fine
Lawyer ami a gentleman of ex
tensive reading and strong, vig
orous intellect. I’omberlon, ed
itor of tho Augusta Chronicle
during tho Seminole campaign,
called Mr. Shockley from Ap
pling to lake charge of tho edi
torial department of his paper,
and his career as editor gave
general satisfaction. Mr. Shock
ley was a very poor hoy and
worked his way up by his own
genius and industry, aided by a
strung and vigorous intellect.
Ami as lie rose to eminence, so
likewise can others similarly sit
iiatod. He sot to work to suc
ceed, and “whore there's a will
thole’s a way,” and ho found it.
110 was, for many years, tho
lending lawyer of tho county,
and his reputation was not con
fined to the limi's of tho county.
Ho was a noted and prominent
citizen, a Whig in uolities, and
was an able and distinguished
Representative in tho Legisla
ture. At tho death of tho Whig
party ho joinod tho Know Noth
ings. Ho was a man of very
temperate habits, and here is
another very important clement
of success in the future make up
of tin man. Mr. Shockley lmd
but oie had habit, and 'hat was
an excessive devotion to the
pipe, nsing all the t’mo tho
strongest tobacco lie could gut.
He was a very healthy man, and
hut for this habit might have
lived many years. Hut li art
disease came on from the iinlcm
peratc ase of tobacco, which wus
followed by general dropsy, of
winch be died at about H 2 yours j
of; go. His widow still sin vivos
him, and a noble specimen of a
woman she is. With an intellect
bright and polished, a heart
warm Hivd lender, with love fi* ■
| all hor race and for everything
1 that is good, she lives in the em- r
| brace of that kind and charita
ble disposition which sums up!
| all in its grand total, “peace oil (
; earth anil good w II to nil mjip- >
kind.” hho is deserving of more '
of the world's goods than have
; fallen to iicr lot in her declining
years. But she is consoled with
the reflection that riches await
her in that upper and better
world.
Charles 11., the eldest son, is
gifted with a fine intellect which
lias been well cultured, both as
to general information and in
| constitutional and statutory Law,
i and has it in his power to make
for himself an enviable name j
and fame. lie can, if he will,
j place himsolt on the topmost
I round ot the ladder. Ambition
and lho will are all that are
needed.
Dr. Julian Shockley is a rising
practitioner, devoted to his pro
fession, and must and will suc
ceed. I predict for him a place
in the front rank of his profes
sion.
John David died last year in
the early prime of young man
hood, loved and respected by all
who kn&w him.
Latent Forces.
A Kansas r ul -, of the hrindle
denomination, was standing in a
pasture field, hacked up uncom
fortably close to a mild-eyed
Texas steer. The mule was not
feeling in a very good humor.
He had lost his railroad ticket,
or hud a note to lift, or
had kicked his dog. or something.
Anyhow, he was cioss, and feel
ing just ready to do something
mean, tlio first chance ho got.
By and-by . a careless swish of
Lite Texan'S- tail gave Idm the
longed-for provocation, and be
fore the mule got his h-tiels back
to the ground, the Teijin thought
somebody had shot him with a
double-barrelled cannon. And
then the steer slowly 'turned his j
head, and opened wile his clear, j
pensive eyes, am) without swear- j
ing ;u breath or j
sayuuaMMKi, lie lifted one of
i ... ;f :u lupp I
'> 11 J
1 ‘eb lie 1 :
I < mull. T*!-.. , .*)
i ‘ 1
And . I
a !rt- to r ,vc.fi
.Sratii'iiViK finally .ho lay. '.; >u.i
V<l held Ins legs iip li'o,. iho /u-
Bd said, in a liusky ytilisgj r, |
Ihat if In' could ot))v die (ini In j
Hver with it, he would bo glad i
h ; got over it, a littio ftte-i- a I
Rrhilu, and as ho was limping sub !
ly toward the fence, trying ta
dliink just how it hupponiui, and'
wqndei ing just whero ho was hit,
helmet Jjik motlior, who rxHiOcd
his countenaneo and"- his
paiWufßccomotion.
Well, she said, and what's tiio
mutti'r 'with you ?
the mule said faintly,
Oh nothing, I have just kicked
a hook a^-ent.
Heaven suvo us, said his moth
er with derisive accent, I thought
you hud more sense.
A Froacher'fi Subterfuge.
The Rev. Daniel Isaac once
alightod at an inn to slay the
night. On asking for a lied ho
was told that he could not get
one, as there was to be a ball
that evening and all tho hods
were engaged.
‘•At what, time docs tho ball
break up?” inquired Mr. Isaac.
“About 3 in the morning, sir.”
“Well, then, I can have a bed
until that timo?"
| “Yes, certainly; but if the bed
;is asked for, you will have to
move."
“Very well,” replied Mr. Isaac,
and away ho wont to get bo
tween tho sheets.
About throe in tho morning he
was awakened by a loud ltnockl
ing at tho chamber door.
“What, do you want?” he ask
ed.
“How many of yon are in
there ?” inquired a voico.
“There’s mo, and Daniel, and
Mr. Isaac, and an old Methodist
preacher," was the reply.
“Then, by Jupiter, there's
plenty of you!" and the speaker
passed on, leaving Mr. Isuuo' to
enjoy his bed.
The Prince of Wales has been
swindled by one of his finauciidi
employees. M
The Adjutant-General of
us publishes a list of
"and 1 fngitivo criminals ivha^B'<.
1b"I ! hut Si ui c. SM
are accused of riyjxdor.
Gen. Garry
special agent f
Pfti'l men' l.a- "..MB
duly in the Sixth^H
i‘- compos,-,) !
Georg ami '
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IXo. 30.
Farm and Garden^
July iu the Garden and
Orchard.
We aro aware that it is un
fashionable i > the South to do
much gardening in July, but! wo
are so unfashionable as to hava
vary liulu respect, for bad task,
ions.
Strange as it may seem, nine
tenths of tiie gardens of the
South, whether in town or conn
try, will show a better crop of
weeds than vegetables iu July,
j The ground that has been occu
pied by shallots,’ onions, beets,
peas, beans and potatoes, is now
generally given up to tho weeds,
instead of being occupied by a
crop of corn, .beans, tomatoes,
cabbages, cotlards < r egg plants.
The garden is generally tbe most
valuable plat of ground \>t> the
farm; provided, proper ouiiiva
ration is given, much lime, la-
bor, and seme capital having
been expended in bringing it in
to a high state of preparation
and productiveness If properly
eared for, it is not ozly lho meat
valuable, liiLthe most profitable
spot on the farm.
It is true a man may subsist
upon corn bread and fat bacon,
but lie need expect neither pleas
ure nor health, withoi|t fruit and
vegetables.
We have already advised our
readers u keep the gruand in
tho garden constantly occupied
by Some profitable crop, but wo
feel justified in ugain insisting
/ I pon 11.0 observance of onr pro
cept, which is simply a reflex ot
our pranveo
, Whatshall|l pi: nt in July?
Why, cor tinge to plant success
ive crops of corn aid beans. Set
out more tomato plants to keep
up a omiuenous tfiippiy of fruit.
>n -ii a ili-.' r piaulings
will afffis'd a C'l&litioous supply
■•>f fruit, llt generally they fail
durii\J!Htcjnijntli of August and
part cAPopiem&i£f.
Plafifc- s--t in July will corns
ifitoJpii hearing Just ,n timo to
belli*® over this gap.
/ puta Imgiis may bo planted
tehenevor the soil is in prop r
•condition during this month; the
oariier the better. The ground
on which Irish potatoes have
been, grown may bo devoted
either to ibis crop or to winter
collards.
To secure satisfactory ri suits,
the old vinos should be taken off
and tlr own into the vegetable
compost heap, the ground ma
n>t y 'od broadcast with cow ma
w i t
least two por cunt. Lf ftotash.
Tmnips delight id a clean soil,
free from undecomposed vegeta
ble matter. Many Vil to makti
turnips in their gardens, because
they uliow the weeds and grass
to grow until August, when the
soil is hastily and imperfectly
broken and prepared, tho weeds
and grass raked of!', and the tur
nips planted in tho soil, kept
loose and porous by the multi
tude of roots left by the weeds
and grass—fuiluro results; while
if tho ground had been kept
clean during the summer, and
the turnips sown upon tho same
soil free from grass and roots,
success instead of fuiluro would
have crowned his efforts.
Flat dutch turnips may
sown during this m -nth
fall use; while this is
l iety ot l
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