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THE ANTI-BOOK FAKMEB.
He plows three inches deep, lest be
should turn up the poison that, in bis
estimation, lies below; bis wheat land
is plowed so as to keep as much water
on it as possible; he sows two bushels
to the acre, and reaps ten, so that it
takes a fifth of his crop to seed his
ground; his corn land never bus any
help from biro, but bears just what it
pleases, which is from thirty to thir-
ty-five bushels by measurement,
though he brags that it is fifty or six
ty. Ilis bogs, if not remarkable for
fattening qualities, would beat old
Eclipse at a quarter race; and were
the man not prejudiced against deep
plowing, bis hogs would work his
ground with their big snouts better
than he does with his jack knife plow.
His meadow lands yield him from
three quartors of a ton to a whole ton
of bay, which is regularly left out for
a month, and very irregularly stacked
up, and left for the cattle to pull out
at their pleasure, and half cat and
half trample under foot. His horses
would excite the avarice of an anato
mist in scgrqh of osteological speci
mens; and reluming from thoir rango
of pasture, tbqy are walking herbari
ums, bearing specimens in their mano
and tail of every woed that boars a
burr or a cockle. But, O, the cows!
If held up in a bright day to tho sun,
don't you think tlioy would be semi
transparent f But ho tolls us tbat
good milkers aro always poor! His
cows got what Providonco sends them,
and very little besides, except in win
ter —then they have a half -peck of
,eorn on oars a foot lpng thrown to
.them, and thoy afford lively spectacles
of animated corn and cob orushors.
Never mind, they yield on an aver
ago, tbreo quarts of milk a day, and
that yields varieties of hotter quite
.astonishing.
JUs farm nevor grows any bettor;
in many rospeots it gets annually
worso. After too years’ work on good
soil, whilo his neighbors havo grown
rich, he is just where ho started, only
hi» house) is dirtior, his fences more
tottering, his soil poorer, his prido and
his ignorance groatcr.
Unquestionably, there are twosidos
tp this question, and bosh of them
uslrtme, and therefore both of thorn
deficient in soienco and in common
eenso. If men woro made according
o\jr notions, thoro should not boa
silly ono alivo; but it is other wiso or
dtretl, and t,koro is no department of
human life in which wo do not find
the weak and foolish man. This is
true of farming as much as of any
oilier oalling. But no ono dreams of
setting down the vocation of agricul
ture, bocauso, like ovory other, it has
.its proportion of stupid ojon,
LOCATION OF FAItXI BUILD
INGS.
Judicious location of a furm-stoad
ing, with a viow to profit simply, will
bo always near tho oontro of tho lands
farmed: this is ngrecablo moreover,
to overy landscapo-ruling in the mat
,tor. Tho ricks, tho chimney, tho barn
roofs, tho dove-cots, tho door-yurd,
with its skirting away of shrubbory
and shade-trees, if only good ordor
and neatness belong to them, as good
economy would dictate, form a charm
ing nuoious for any stretch of fields.
If thero be a stream, whose powor for
pochanical purposes can be made
available, economy dictates a location
of the farm buildings near to its banks,
taste does tho same. If thoro be a hill
whose sheltering slope will offer a
warm from tho north-wosters, a due
regard for tho oomfort of laborers and
of boasts, to say nothing of early gar
den crops, will dictalo tho occupancy
of such sheltered position by tho group
Os farm buildings, taste will do the
same. If suoh slope has its rocky fast
ness incapable of lillago, and of little
value for pasture, economy will sug
gest that it bo allowed to dovolop its
own wanton wild growth of forost; a
just landscape taste will suggest the
Thb Sabbath Stone. —“ln the deep
coal mines of England, tho water
trickling down and the coal dust ri
sing, form an incrustation of stalaotite,
by tho depositiou of carbonate of
limo, of white and black. When tho
miners work this deposition is black
from the coal dust; when they rest
at night and Sabbath, it is white.
This formation preserved through
ages, would reveal the fact whether
the miner did or did not keep tho
Sabbath. When broken and placed
under the microscope, six fine white
and black lines, with ono larger white
one would indicate tbat they had
worked six days and rested the se
venth." Header, just so faithfully is
yo.ur record kept fin high.
The Baltimore Transcript, speaking
of the great increase of the trade ip
wool in the United States, says: “The
Southern States aro better adapted to
sheep husbandry than any portion of
the world, and we would specially
commend this branch of enterprise to
the attention of their people. The
idea entertained by some Southerners j
that the South is too warm for sheep ;
to flourish, it is entirely without foun- j
dation. Any part of Maryland or
Virginia is admirably adapted for
sbeep raising. The whole South has
a most decided advantage ovor other
parts of the United States for tho pro
duction of wool, in soil, climate and
abundance and varioty of grasses.—
Tbo winter feeding of tho most favored
part of the North averages ono hun
dred and fifty days, and costs, under
tho most favorable circumstances, 27 i
conts per pound ; while iu the South
ern States it is not necessary to feed
in winter, except undor the most
extraordinary circumstances. The
Southern States, including thoso west
of tbo Mississippi river, embrace an
area of four hundred and fifty thou*
sand square miles, or two hundred and
eighty-eight million square acres.—
The attention to sheep husbandry
need not impair the cultivation of the
great Southorn Staplos.
MEN OF GENIUS.
Tasso’s conversation was neither gay
nor brilliant. Dante was neither taci
turn or satirical. Butlor was either
sullon or biting. Grey soldorn talked
or smiled. Hogarth and Swilt were
absent-minded in company. Milton
was very unsociable and irritable,
when pressed into conversation. Kir
wan, though copious and oloquent in
public addrossos, was mcagro in collo
quial discourses. Virgil was heavy in
conversation. La Fontaine uppearod
heavy, coarso and stupid; ho could
not speak and describe what ho had
just soon : but then ho was tho inodol
of poetry. Chaucer’s silonco was
more agacablo than bis eonvoi sation.
Dryden’s conversation was slow and
dull, his humor saturino and roserved.
Cornolius in conversation was so in
sipid tbat ho never failed in weary,
ing ; ho did not oven speak oorroetly
that languago of which he was such a
master. Bon Johnson nsod to sit si
lontin company and suck his wine.
Southoy was stiff, sedato and wrapped
up in usuoticisms. Addison was good
company with his intimnto friends, but
in mixed company ho preserved his
dignity by a etiff ( and reserved silence.
Fox in conversation never fiaggod ;
his animation and vivacity woro inex
haustible. Dr. Bontly was loquaci
ous, ns was also Grotius. Goldsmith
“wroto like an angel and talked like
poor poll.” Burke was outortaining,
enthusiastic and interesting in con
versation. Curran was a convivil lo
ity. Leigh Hunt was a pleasant
stream in conversation. Carlylo
doubts, objocts and constantly demurs
HASTY YVOKD3.
“Charley, I hate you,” said Emma,
in angry tones as sho ran into tho
dining room to show mama hor bro
ken doll.
“Yes, mama, but I didn’t moan to
do it,” replied tbe sobbing boy. “I
was looking at hor prolty blue eyos,
and she fell from my hands and broko
hor head.”
“And for this, Emma, you hnto your
littlo brother." said Mrs. 11. “Did
you not toll me last night that you
loved God 7 The Bible tolls us that‘if
any man say 1 lovo God, and hatoth
his brother, ho is a liar,’ and you know
what will bo tho portion of all liars.”
“Charley,” oxclainied the repent
ant sister, as sho tenderly kissed his
trembling lip, “my dear little brother,
I don’t hate you ; I was only angry
with you.”
“Only angry,” continued her moth
er. “‘But I say unto you, that who
soever is angry with his brother with
out a cause, shall be in danger of tbe
judgmont.’ ”
“Does the Bible say that 100 7” ex
olaimed Emma, bursting into tears.
“Then what shall 1 do 7 Will God
forgive me ?”
“Go to Jesus, my child. Ask him
to help you to overcome your hasty
temper, and to make you loving, gen
tle aud kind, for he has said, ‘ask and
ye shall receive,’ ”
Let all of our little readers who
I have hasty tempers, go to Jesus, and
ask his aid ic conquering this great
! infirmity.
j An Irishman, in describing the trad
| ing powers of the genuine Yankee,
said—“ If he was cast away cn a deso-
I late island, he’d get up the next morn-
I ing, and go around selling maps to the
| inhabitants.”
)' ONLY A FLOWED TO GIVE.
“Mother,” asked little Pbebe Cary,
I “have you nothing I can carry to poor
j Aunt Molly?”
Phcbe’s mother was poor, and her
1 closet was very scant that morning.
“I wish I had, Pbebe,” said she.
“Can you think of anything ?”
Pbebe thought.
“I’ve only a flowqj,” said the little
girl. “I will take her a sweet-pea.”
Pbebe bad a sweet-pea which she
planted under tho window, and, as it
grew and flowered, both mother and
daughter loved and enjoyed it. Pho
be picked one, and ran down tbe lane
to poor Aunt Molly’s cottage. This
was a poor old sick woman, who for a
wholo year had lain in her bed, suffor
ing great pain.
In the afternoon a lady called to sec
Aunt Molly. She saw a sweet-pea in
a cracked tumbler on a small stand by
the poor woman’s bed.
“Tbat pretty posy a little girl
brought mo this morning, who said it
was all she bad to bring," said Aunt
Molly, looking up with a grateful
smile. “I am sure it is worth a groat
deal to know that I’m thought of;
and as I look at it, it brings up tbe
imago of green fields and tbo posies I
used to pick when I was young; yes,
and it makes mo think wbat a won
derful God wo havo. If this little
flower is not beneath Ins making and
care, ho won’t ovorlook a poor crea
ture like mo.”
Tears came into tho Indy’s oyos.—
And wbat did sho think 7 Sho thought,
“If you’ve only a flower to give, glee
that.'’ It is worth a great deal to the
poor, the aged and the sick to know
that they are thought of.
Sometimes an cluborato and able
sornion is not liked because of the
want of mental strength in the hearer
to comprehend and appreciate i‘. Dr.
Swaim, during his pastorato in Wor
cester noticed that ono of tho mem
bers of tho church by the naino of
Lamb was occasionally absent from
his place on tbo Sabbath. Meeting
him one day on tho street, ho said to
him—
“ Bro. Lamb, ißeo jcp.i- place va
cant somotimos.”
“ Yes," was tbo reply. “Tbo truth
is, Mr. Swaim, 1 have to go down to
tho Mothodist mooting otico in a while
to got fed ; I don’t always got fed up
here.” -* »
“ Well,” replied tbo doctor, “ por
haps tho fodder is so high iu llio rack
tbe Lambs can’t reach it.”
SUNDRIES.
I HAVE on Itainl nml mtrntl lo koep on
hands good supply of 8. W. Collins, best
A !.otof very fiofl WATER BUCKETS.
Those fond of good CHEESE oau get by cal
ling soon at
, S. H. Crenshaw’s.
Jan. 24, 18««, 40—ts
SAVE TIME AM) FREIGHT,
BY BUYING YOUR
Drop, Medicines, Gariii Seeds, Oats, Corn, Floor, Bacon, Lard, &c„ of
W. L. EDMUNDSON, Jr.
1? VERY BODY should study their neigh hors’ interest as well as their own.
-J If you want Drugs (the best) call at the Drug Store.
If you want Patent Medicines At the old price* l , c.%11 at the Drug Store.
If you wwh to get what you call for, buy at the Drug Store.
If you want the best laudanum, paregoric, camphor, Bateman’s drops, No. 6, morphine, qui
nine, opium, castor oil, salts, saltpetre, cream tartar, mustard, yeast powders, soda, starch, blue
stone, borax, spices, lamps, oils, paints, varnishes, turpentine, Ac., Ac., fancy articles, hair
brushes, hair oils, pomade, flavoring extracts—in fact if you want the best of anything for
the same money you pay for an inferior article, cull at, the Drug Store
We are the ouly Licensed Druggists in thecouuty, and nil Dry Goods stores that sell Drugs,
do it in direct violation of the State law.
We have just received the largest assortments of Garden Seeds ever brought to Washington,
direct from one of the best producing Gardens iu the “United States ” We know t!i«t we esn
Sell them as cheap as they can be sold by any house, if not cheaper, and we know them to be
the crop of 1866. We have TURNIP SUED, in bulk, BEANS, in bulk, PEAS, in bulk, COT
TON SFEI).
Thankful for the liberal patronage we received last year, and promising to give the busi
ness close attention this year, we hope that our patrons will see fit to increase their purchases
from us—and we believe and hope that such will be the case.
W. L. EDMUNDSON, JR.
Washington, Dec. 14, 1566, 36—5 m.
J. J. ROBERTSON, A. P. BOGGS,
WASHINGTON, GA. * AUGUSTA, GA
HOUSE?
J. and. ROBERTSON & CO.
WILL CONTINUE THE
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS
In all its branches at their large and commodious fire-proof close store
NO. 5, WARREN BLOCK, AUGUSTA, GA.
I>ERSONAL ATTENTION given to the Storage mol Sale of Colton and Prodnee of all
kinds. We will furnish our customers with BAGGING and ROPE, and arrange the
pavmeut of the Revenue Tax ou all Colton consigned to us. Colton sold by us for persons iu
; this section of the State wili be paid for by Dr. ROBERTSON, at the Bank in Washington as
! heretofore.
j Thanking our friends for the very liberal patronage extended to us during the past year, we
l respectfully solicit a continuance of their confidence. Sept. 24, 1566, 20-'tf
PLANTER’S HOTEL,
AtTGUSTA, OA.
fffiUJLtj EtfUtfififfEli
AXD
It E-F I T T E 13,
UNSURPASSED BY ANY HOTEL SOUTH
Wu re-opened to the public
OCTOBERB,IB66
T. S. NICKERSON,
Proprietor.
Late of MILTS HOUSE, Charleston, and
Proprietor of NICKERSON’S HOTEL, Co
lumbia, S. C. Not. 23, 32 6m
piumSSßtner.
212 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
WE have ju*t received a fine lot of OMON
SETS, and will be supplied with all the
varieties of
GAIOT SUM
As fast as the new crop is harvested.
PLUMB & LEITNER
Nov. 80, 19ft6,33 t 4m Augusta, oa.
oniWD /rln.iiHro’
mnm «r nom aonciLH
roH THC
MAIWM . MAHER
M 183 SOPHIA PERKINS begs leave to in
f<>rni her friends and the public that
she is now prepared to do all kinds of
MANTUA MAKING
ON THE MOST REASONABLE TERMS,
at the residence of Mr. William Perkins.
Feb. Ist, 1860, 40—if
To Rent.
4 HOUSE and LOT containing eight large
Rooms and all necessary out houses And
the best Garden spot iu Washington.
Apply to R. L. FOREMAN.
Jan. 18, 89
CLOTHING INTELLIGENCE.
~" rfr " ~ * ’ *“*’ *' ij * ~~ ilT'Vg-
LARGE UNIVERSAL REDUCTION
EVERY ARTICLE IN OUR ESTABLISH
MENT REDUCED.
~' jS . .
KENNY & GRAY
Wish to inform the public that from this day forward they
will sell the remainder of their
FALL AND VINTER CLOTHING
AT GREATLY REDUCED TRICES,
In order to make a Grand Clearance of Heavy Goods
and make Room for Spring Stock.
Gentlemen will please take notice of this important an
nouncement, and they should not buy a singlo garment be
fore visiting our House.
KENNY & GRAY,
233 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
Jan’}- 18, 1867, If
TO TEE PLANTERS OF GEORGIA, AND SOOTH CAROLINA,
KETTLEWELUS
MANIPULATED GUANO,
AMMONIATED ALKALINE PHOSPHATE,
ALKALI HE PHOSPHATE,
The GREAT FERTILIZERS of DAY.
AT the solicitotion.of ninny planter**, we have endeavored to find something of real merit
that we could sell as FERTILIZERS of standard character, and. after the most thorough
investigation into the character of the Manufacturer and practical use of hie compounds, wo
**r« prepared to assert that, we b. lieve that we now present to the planting community the
most reliable and certain FERTILIZERS ever offered for sale iu this Slate.
HENRY WARREN & Cos.,
175 & 177 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
General Agents for Georgia and South Carolina.
ARNOLD, GREEN & CO,
AGENTS, WASHINGTON, GEORGIA.
Jan. 11, 1806, SS—Stn.
THE GREAT SUBSTITUTE FOR PERUVIAN GUANO.
BAUGH’S RAW BONE
swsm-mm&im m ims, roa
Cotton, Tstaca, Beat Cora, Tie Siar Caae, aii all Crop
This Article is Warranted not to Exhaust the Soil, but Permanently to improve it.
Sold by R. H. Vickers & Cos.,
WASHINGTON GA.
To whom Plonso -A-pply for a Pamphlet.
F»b. 7, 1867, 43—Stn.
PLUMB & LEITNER,
Druggists anti dpotljccarics,
2L2 13road Street,
NEAR THE POST OFFICE CORNER,
ATJ G UST A , GEO XX &I A,
RESPECTFULLY invite the attention of Merchants, Planters, aad Physicians to their larga
and well assorted Stock of
UNADULTERATED MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS, DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS .
And all other articles in their line Iso bouse in the South can offer a stock snpericr in
GENUINENESS aud PURITY. ALL OFFICINAL PREPARATIONS beins: made in
strict accordance with the Formulas of the UNITED STATES PHARMACOP(EIA t
with the Best Material, and by t «* PROPER WEIGHTS and MEASURES.
They respectfully solicit orders, and pledge themselves to fill them with fidelity and dia
patch* If any artieleehould not prove to be precisely a* represented, they shall feel thankful
to have it murned at their expense, audlhe money will be refunded. [Sept. 21. 12m.