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THE MASKER.
I have a tim'lfiß face, aha raid
I have a josi for all I meet,
Ihaxe a garland lor my head
all itd fl.wers are sweet—
AacUo you ca l me gay, she said
Orio f laughf to me this smile, she said,
And wrong did teach this jesiing bold.
These flowers were plucked from garden bed
While a death bell was tolled;
And what now will you say, she said,
t
Behind no prison grate, she said.
Which slurs tbs sunshine half a mils
Live., captives so uncomforted
A., souls behind a smile.
r God's inly lot us pray,
I know my face is bright, she said—
Such brightness dying suns diffuse,
I hear up-n my forehead shed
The sign of what I lose —
The eudiug of ray day, she said.
If I dared leave this smile she sail.
And take a moan upon my mouth
And t>e a cypress 'round my head,
And lei my tears run an 10th—
It w,re the happier way, ska said.
And since that must not be, she said,
I fain your bitter world will'd leave !
H >w Cilinly, ca m y smile the dead
Why do you not. theref ,re. grieve !
The yea of Ueaveu rs yea. she said.
Hut in you hitter world, she said,
Face joy’s a t ot|y mask to wear,
'Ti bought with pangs long nourished,
And rounded to despair.
Grief's earnest makes life’s play, she said.
Te weep for those who weep, she said—
Ah fools! I bid you pass them by.
Go weep for those whoso bear's have bled
What time t mirey-s were dry.
Whom ssi is. cm l say J she said.
OUR NEIV YORK LETTER.
The National Misfortune— T ir r.
Volcano at Washington—Lent
in the High Church —Tilden
and Tweed—O'Connor and
Field. A Fat Fee —A
Good “Record"—lrre
pressible B o w e n
Cai*t. Kidd on the
East River.
[ From Our Own Correspondent].
New York, March 10, 1873.
Editors News A - Former :—No thun
derbolt f: mil a clear sky could have fal
len with more unexpected violence up
on the community than the late tele
gram! from Washington, revealing the
most startling instance of corruption in
high places which the country has yet
been called on to witness. For the mo
ment political dilferenccs vanish like
smoke before a whirlwind. Our citi
zens are neither Republicans or Demo
crats, Coutraotionists nor Inflationists,
but only heart sick Americans as they
look blankly into each other’s faces,
like men who sea that the g-oun 1 on
which they stand is the bubbling crust
of a volcano.
•Under whose feet will the next ex
plosion take place? - ’ is the question
that arises in all raincU ; and an answ
er is already more than hinted at iti the
threatened exposure of another of the
Cabinet of the President of the United
State—-men whose position are higher
in power and dignity than the sover
eignty of many a foreign State. The
whole affair thus far is like a horrible
dream, a nightmare, the reality of which
one hardly dares to admit. There were
none of the usual preparations of the
public mind—no vague suspicions, no
rumors, no gathering of the storm. It
was “a word and a blow, with the blow
first.” The accusation, the trial, and
the sentence were announced in one
breath “impeachment” headed the col
nmn that gave us the first intimation of
this new shame.
At this moment the events are too
recent for anyone to foretell their ex
act results, biit it is hardly doubtful
that impeachment will now, for the first
time, be successful at the national cap
ital. And for how pttinu a mess or
pottage was this splendid birthright
sold ! What amazing, what incredible
weakness must he his who would ruin
himself, his family, and a honored
name, would spread demoralization
throug the arm}' of one ot the greatest
nations of the earth, and force his
country into the dust and ashes of bit
ter bumilliation for a few thousand dol
lars 1 It seems impossible that all this
could have been done with any inten
tion ; but what shall we say of a man
who walks upon the edge of such a prec
ipice and realizes no danger? He has
not even the excuse ot't-he ostrich,which,
plunging its head in the desert sand be
lieves itself safely hidden from its pur
suers.
But one explanation of these things
remains, an i that is, that the atmos
phere of public life has in some way be
come posionous, and that like the fu
mes of charcoal, it so dulls and stupefi
es the senses of those who breath it that
they succumb to influences whioh thoir
normal strength would easily throw off,
aud the country itself is like a man
whc t nearly suffocate! by the same mi
asma, lias to be roughly handled, and
even to sutfer some cruel blows, to be
saved from a sleep which might prove
endless.
Truly the Centennial year brings
with it abundant cause to moderate M
tional transports and humble national
pride. But if its t empest* have the re-
THE NEWS AND FARMER.
LOUISVILLE. JI&TERSON COUNTY. GA.. MARCH 10, 1870.
suit of clearing this deadly atmosphere,
and letting in the fresh air of rugged
honesty to aid in rovivftg .the nation
from its moral lethargy, the devasta
tion which they work nothing to
the benefits they will confer.
With so memorable an Ash-Wednes
day as the last, Lent ought to be well
and mournfully kept. In New York,
however, the effect of the Lenten sea
son is getting rather weak, excepting
among the extremely High-church com
inunities, and even such people will oc
casionally indulge in a solemn and de
corous little hop during the forty days,
just to “keep their loot inand it
might be difficult to prove how much
they are spiritually damaged thereby.
A really useful and valuable enter
prise la the Carloton’s .-“iv monthly,
“KecoiM ot the YNir.’M.f which \hey are
just about to issue the first number. Its
plan makes it a sort of reference scrap
book, containing a record of every
event of the month worth preserving,
together with a careful seleetionof real- ]
ly good current miscellany, all properly j
indexed. It will also contain a series I
of fine engravings, the first being a steel ,
portrait of the late William B. Astor. j
The editor is Mr. Frank Moore, famous j
as the projector of “The Rebellion Rec
ord.” Any one can see at a glance how
exactly this new perio lical meets a
real want—how much trouble and fruit
less search after facts and dates it will
save, and how indispensable a resume
of the month’s doings it will be to many
a busy man. It will be a great sue-'
cess.
There have been two incidents of the
Tweed suit this week which served to
recall public attention to it fora time.
One was the reappearance in court of
Charles O'Connor who, as he wouldn’t
die and leave this suit in its then con
dition, shook off the tightening grasp of
the old chap with the scythe, and came
stalking back into the court room the
other day, gaunt, grim, and determined,
like the ghost of some -Id warrior re
turning to rally his wavering hosts.—
Amid general applause he at once re
sumed charge of the prosecution, and is
still busy in forcing David Dudley
Fields back from the vantage ground
gained daring i.is abseuce.
The other circumstance was the ex
amination on the witness stand of Gov
ernor Tildeu by Mr. Fieid. Now the
Governor is a very clam for seeretiv
ness, as is well illustrated by a little
story of Charles Nordhoffs, who relates
a visit to the executive mansion, du
ring which Mr. Tildeft, mysteriously
hinting that he had something to teil
hi m, led the way through savCi-nl empty
rooms, shutting all doors behind h in,
until safely closeted in some private
den of his own, he softly whispered his
communication, which, as Mr. Nor 1-
hoff remarks,was not so very incendiary
in its uature after all. Besides this reti
cence, the Governor is a very sharp
lawyer, and knows all the tricks of the
trade; and further, he knew that the
defense would do their best to connect
him with Tweed. So, as may be sup
posed, questioning him was pumping
water from a very deep well. But Mr.
Field’s pump has a r markably good
suction, and was operated with perse
verance and vigo r . The examination,
of course, failed to educe anything dam
aging to Mr. Tilden, but was one of the
occasions when Greek met Greek, and
the sharp hitting on both sides was re
ceived with raptuon s delight by all list
eners. It will be of interest to those
who are inclined to pitty the sorrows of
the poor lawyer, to state that Air. D. D.
Field's fee in the $15,000,000 suit, is re
ported to be $250,000. No wonder he
manages to eudure the sneers and at
tacks that are continually showered up
on him on account of his position as
Tweed's defetider. That amount of
greenbacks would make a plaster big
enough to cover a very large wound in
his feeliugs.
In the Beecher matter Mr. Bowen
has made a statement which, like all
other papers in this case, is regarded as
absolutely convincing, or weak and pu
erile, according to the settled opinions
of the reader. A western paper exact
ly hits the general attitu le toward
Br oklyn when it says the American
people may be classed in turee grand
divisions: Ist, Those who know **-,
Beecher to be guilty. 2d, Those who
know Mr. Beecher to be Innocent; and,
3d. Those who don't know anything
about it anyway. The ranks of the lat
ter class are being daily swelled by the
number of those who are getting tired
of playing shuttlecock between the two
sides.
Our journals are justly indignant
over the reappearance of river piracy
in an aggravative form. Some years
ago this nuisance became so pronounc
ed, that the authorities were forced to
recognize the popular outcry and hang
a couple of ringleaders, which ha I the
effect of temporarily discouraging the
gentry. Of late, however, they have
recovered their spirits, and have been
“going through” the crafts in our har
bor with perfect looseness. One night,
something less than a week ago, four
of the Captain Kidds robbed five ves
sels in succession, wounding and threat
ening to murder the occupants, who
thereupon made fuss enough to start
the river police, and the gang were ar
rested. What their fate will be is un
certain. but what it ought to be is quite
the opposite. They ought to be invited
to a dance in which each one would
have the yard-arm for his partner.
Radix.
The Government sues the New York
New Haven and Hartford Railroad for
$300,000 unpaid taxes.
MismLaises.
THE HOMESTEAD ACT.
The Law to "Adjust the Rights of
Parties Where Homesteads
Have Been Sold.
The recent decision of the .Supreme
Court of Georgia to the effect that
homesteads which had lieen set apart
could not be sold, and that sales where
made were void, ma te, it the duty of
the Legislature to provide some meas
ure for the protection of parties in such
cases.
Senator McDaniel introduced a bill
to meet the exigence? which passed
both houses and approved
by the Governor is now a law.
At BILL,
to be entitled an act to provide for the
adjustment of the rights of parties in
cases where property which .has been
set apart under the homestead and ex
emption laws of this State has hereto
fore been sold.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia,
That from and after the passage of this
act, courts of c pi'ity alone shall have
jurisdiction of suits for the recovery
of property which has been set apart
under the homestead and exemption
laws of this State and which lias been
sold, or for the recovery of any inter
ests therein, and that it shall be lawful
for any party to prove that the purchase
money of such property, or any part
thereof, has been invested in 0.h.-r
property, or lias been applied to the
benefit of tbe family for whom such
property has been set apart as afore
said.
Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted, That
in cases where the proceeds of proper
ty sold as aforesaid, has been invested
in other propert}Pof equal vatue for the
benefit of said family, the court shall
confirm the sale ail I the purchase, an 1
therefore the property so purchased
shall be held by the family as a home
stead and exemption in lieu of the
property so sol I, which shall be dis
charged of the particular estate vested
by said homestead and exemption laws
of said family.
Sec. 3. Be it further enaetel, That
in cases where all the proeeels of th -
sale of property have been applie 1 to
the benefit of sai l family, the court
shall confirm the sale, an 1 thereafter
tne property so sol 1 shall be discharged
of the particular estffce afore sai 1.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That
in cases where part only of the pro
ceeds of property, sold as aforesaid,
has been invested as afore j aid, the court
shall take an account of the proportion
that the amount so invested bears to
the entire value of the property sold,
and shall confirm the sale as to that
proportionate part of the property so
purchased held by said f inily as a pait.
of their h.mestsal and exemption, in
lieu of the proportionate part aforesaid
of the property so sold, which shall
be discharged of the particular estate
aforesaid.
[ Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
in cases where a part only of the pro
vince sold as aforesaid has been applied
!to the benefit of said family the court
! shall take an account of the proportion
1 that the amount so applied bears to the
entire value of the property so sold,
and shall confirm the sale as to that
proportionate part of such property,
which shall be discharged of the partic
ular estate aforesaid.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
in cases when any portion of the pro
ceeds of property sold aforesaid has
neither been invested in other property,
nor applied to the benefit of said fami
ly, the court shall ascertain the amount
thereof, and in the interest of said fam
ily therein, and shall mould a decree to
protect the rights and interests of the
said family in the property so sold, and
at the same time to protect the rights
and interests of the purchaser in the
reversion of suoh property after the
particular estate aforesaid, shall have
been determine 1, an 1 shall require par
ties complainant to do complete equity
in the promises before obtaining equi
■tr
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That
in eases where a portion or all of the
purchase money of property so sold
lias not been paid, the court may con
firm the sale and order the re-invest
ment of the proceeds, or may set aside
the sale, and compel the restoration of
any part of the purchase money which
may have been paid and may grant re
lief to the parties according to the
principals of equity.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That
all suits herein provided for shall be
brought within six months after the
passage of this act, or the right of the
party c implainant, and all right of suit
for its enforcement, * shall be forever
barred.
Sec. 9. Be it farther enacred, X hat
in cases where suits are now pending
in courts of law or equity for the re
covery of property sold as aforesaid,
parties defendant shall bo entitled to
the defenses and equitable relief pro
vided for in this act.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That
all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with the provisions of this act be and
the same arc hereby repealed.
A breed of dogs without tails has
been discovered in Africa, and how the
misohievous boys there utilise old tin
kottles and fruit cans, we cannot pre
tend to say.
j A GOOD STORY.
| From Ohio comes a capital temper
ance story. Judge Quay, the temper
ance lecturer, in one of his efforts
there, got off the following:
“All of those who in youth acquire a
habit of drinking w .iskey, at forty
years will be total abstainers or drunk
ards. No one can use whiskey for
years in moderation. If there is a per
son in the audience before me whose
experience disputes this, let him make
it known. I will account f r it, or ac
knowledge that I am mistaken.”
A tall, large man arose, and folding
his arms in a dignified manner across
his breast said :
“I offer myself as one whose own
experience contradicts your statement.”
“Are you a moderate drinker?” ask
e 1 tliejudge. -S V
“1 am.”
“How long have you drunk in mod
eration?”
“Forty years.”
“And you were never intoxicated?"
“Never.”
“Well,” remarked the judge, scan-
ning his subject close from hca Ito foot,
“yours is a singular case, yet I think it
is easily accounted for. lam remind
ed by it of a little story. A negro
man, with a loaf of bread and a flask
of whiskey, sat down to dine by the
bank of a clear stream. In breaking
the bread, some of the crumbs droppe 1
into the water. These were eagerly
seized and ea’en by the fish. That
circumstance suggested to tiie darkey
the idea of dipping the bread in the
whiskey and feeding it to them. He
tried it; it worked well. Some of the
fish ate it, became drunk, and floated
helplessly on the water. By this stroke
of strategy he caught a great number.
But in the stream was a large fish
very unlike the rest. lie partook free
ly of the bread and whiskey, but witli
no perceptible effect; he was shy of
every effort of the darkey to take it.
He resolved to have it at all hazards
that he might learn its name and na
ture. He procured a net, and after
much effort caught it, carried it to a
negro neighbor, and asked his opinion
of the matter. The other surveyed the
wonder for a moment, then said : “Satn
i'o. I understand dis case. Dat fish is
a mullet head ; it hain’t got any brains.”
••In other words,” added the judge,
“alcohol affects only the brain, a id of
course those having none may drink
without injury !”
The storm of laughter that followed
drove the moderate- drinker suddenly
from the house.
SA M. INTiI TS - S E LOT E MBS T.
“Yes,” sail the old lady, as she wip
ed her eyes an 1 proceeded to tell the
sympathizing neighbor about the elope
ment of her daughter. “Yes, Mrs.
Blobbs. you may well say it ar’ a dread
ful stroke. I ain't had suoh auother
shock since that last spell o’ rheumatiz.
To think that a daughter of mine would
do such a disgraceful thing after all the
care an' alfection me an" her father have
lavished on her from her infancy up. I
couldn’t bear up under the alllction no
how, butter her conserlation of religion.
Religion is powerful enervating in seoli
trials as these.”
‘Did you not suspicion that they were
'contemplating such a move?’ asked the
neighbor.
'No, we never suspioioned nary con
templation. After I’d runued the eon
cepted upstart otf the premises with the
mop, I didn’t think he’d have the insu
rance to speak to Samanthy agin. An’
she seemed to appear so consigns 1 that
I never suspected her of having any
underhanded contentions. But all the
time—so I've uearl sence—they used
to meet clandestinely, when 1 thought
Samanthy was at meeting, an’ decoct
their plans to run otf an’ elope. Well,
Samanthy lias made her bed, an’ she
will have to lay on it. I wash ray hands
of the ongratet'ul girl from this time
forthwith.’
‘Did you make any effort to intercept
them?’
‘You see, we didn’t know it, or else
wo’ a intercepted ’em within an inch
o’ their lives.’
‘X mean did you try in have them
stopped when you found they were
gone?’
‘Yes, indeed, father telescoped to five
or six towns, an' give their prescrip
tions—cost him lots o’ money, too, but
ho said he wouldn't mind spendin' the
price of a cow to git Samanthy hack.
But we never heard nothin’ from them
aud I told father to let ’em alone and
they'd come home after awhile with five
or six children behind ’em. But I tell
you, Mrs. Blobbs, they shan't set a foot
in this house except over the dead body
o’ my defunct corpse. Y r ou jest remem
ber that.’
THE ORASGE MEANS PEACE.
In a late circular the Executive Com
mittee of the Missouri State Grange
very truthfully says:
“There arc many professional and
trading men, and even some of our own
bretheren, who seem to think that the
mission of the Grange is fight everything
and everybody. Never was there a
greater mistake. If any body of msn
on earth moan “peace on earth and good
will to men,” it is the Grangers. We
desire the prosperity of all good men.
We have no antagonism to any honest
calling, trade or profession. We want
all to°flourish and to prosper, but wo do
not want them to be our masters. While
other trades and professions are pros
j pering, we want the farmer to prosper
also. We want the ‘man who holds
the bread’ to reap the fruits of his own
labor, and not have them go mainly in
to the pockets of the drones of society.
We want agriculture to flourish and
the tillers of the soil to be elevated fi
nancially, socially and educational! y
And why should we not try to build up
ourselves, if we do not aim to pull down
anybody else who ought to prosper?
Tliere is no agrarianism in the Grange.
Every patron wants all the property he
can honestly get by his toil.
We do not wish t,o injure the lawyer,
though one of our cardinal doctrines
takes away a great source of their prof
it.
One of our proudest achievmerrts is to
stop strife and lawsuits among fanners.
Where Granges flourish lawsuits di
nAnish, and the little breaches that,
Arise between bretheren are healed
without litigation.
A HINT TO GRUMBLERS.
“What a noisy world this is !" croak
ed an old frog, as he squatted on the
margin of the pond. “Do yon hearthose
geese how they scream and hiss? What
do they do it for?”
“Oil just to amuse themselves !” an
swered a field mouse.
“Presently we shall have the owl's
hooting; what’s that for?”
“It's the music they like best,” said
the mouse.
“And the grashoppers ; they can’t go
home without grinding and chirping,
why do they do that?”
“O, they are so happy they can't help
it t” saiil the mouse.
''You find excuses for all. I believe
you don't understand music, so you
like the hideous noises.”
“Well, friend, to be honest with
you,” saiil the mouse, “I don t greatly
admire any of them ; but they are all
sweet in my ears compared to the con
stant croaking of a frog.”
WISE S. 1 VISES
None but a fool is always right.
Some men, like pictures, are titter for
a corner than a full light.
To most men, experience is like the
stern light or a ship, which illuminated
only the track it has passed over.
If a man do not erect, in this age,
his own tomb ere lie dies, he shall live
no longer in monument than the bell
rings and the widow weeps.
There are many men who, appear to
be struggling against adversity and yet
arc happy ; but yet men who although,
abounding in wealth, are miserable.
Friendship is the only thing in the
world, concerning the usefulness of
which all mankind are agreed.
Show me the man who has warm
friends and bitter enemies, and I will
at least show you a man of character
and manhood.
He who will not reason is a bigot—
lie that cannot reason is a fool—and he
who dares not reason is a slave.
Men will wrangle for religion, write
for it, fight for it, die for it—do anything
but live for it.
Never join with your friend when he
abuse his horse or his wife, unless
the first is about to be sold and the last
buried.
Gunning is an invention of wise men,
to keep fools at a distance, and good
breeding is an expedient to make fools
and wise men equals.
If you hear a person slander another
mark that person ; the same will slan
der you in a like manner when oeca
sion offers. The slanderer always speaks
evil of those whom she hates, be they
saint or devil.
Beware of the man who makes a dis
play. If ho makes a display of his
piety he is a hypocrite. If he make? a
display of his charity, he is a miser. If
he makes a display of punctuality in
paying his debts, lie would swindle his
i creditors if he had a chance. If be
makes a display of his honesty, he is a
knave. In brief the man of display is
a sham —all he appears t, be is unreal.
MELLOW SOIL AROUND TREES.
Unless the surface of the ground is
mulched around young trees over an
area of six to ten feet in diameter the
ground should be kept clean and mellow.
Every farmer knows that a hill of corn
or potatoes will not amount to much
unless cultivated, and yeti there are
many who will neglect to yive the same
care to a tree which is worth a hundred
hills of either of the former. In rioh
soil trees may grow rapidly without cul
tivation. and no amount of weeds and
grass will retard them; but they are
other things besides growth to be looked
after. If the weeds and grass are al
lowed to grow up around the stem of
the app'e, peach or quince trees, the
bark will become soft near the base by
being shaded, a id thereby in a suitable
condition for the reception of the eggs
which will oventually become peach or
apple bores. Take any dozen young
apple trees in sections where the apple
borer is abundant, and allow a portion
to be choked with the weeds and the re
mainder well cultivated, and then watch
the result. From our own experience
wa believe the chanoes are nine to one
iu favor of those cultivated being ex
empt from tho post—-Not. Agriculturist.
The man who has no desire to please
others won’t amount to much iu this
world.
I never know a man to brag of his
money or his pedigree who had anything
else to brag off />>’; Billings.
TIMELY FARM NOTES.
The time for active operations on th
iarm will soon be upon us. and we should
prepare for it by embracing every op
portunity in getting everything ready.
Arrange your manures, reset your
j fences, clean out the ditches and ovei
haul your farming implements,
j The first favorable spell of weather
i should bo used in making and sowing
your tobacco beds. Sow at*least half
as much as you intend to sow during
the spring.
Do not plow around old logs in your
fields but have them burned or removed.
1 Laziness or carelessness are the onlv
excuses that can be brought to bear
Nmai suchJn|mders.
Though f.o;, much work in the *>-7ir.
(fen can be done this month in ’the
planting line, yet it is the tune for get
ting the ground ready an 1 the plant
beds in shape, cut your “pea stick” and
portion out the enclosure to suit your
coming plants.
Small and tough cabbages will grow
upon poor, thin soil, but’if you wish
large tender crisp cabbages plant them
in rich mellow soil that has been well
prepared. Now is the time to prepare.
Do not keep a drove of poor, worth
less cattle that must be an expense t f *
the owner. Better keep a few of the
fine breed and attend to them well, if"
you wish to see profit in the cattle line.
Careless irregular feeding of stock
is the next thing to no feeding at all.
If you wish fat, healthy cows and
horses feed them regularly. System
in feeding will improve the stock aud
the provender hold out—try it farmers.
Eve-y farm should possess at least
a half dozen bee hives, lhey are a
very little or no expense, and if right
ly attended to, will yield much more
net profit, than the guano—freelabor
cotton fields. Honey finds a ready
market and a good price.
This is a good month to kill out your
dogs and place pigs in their steads.
The useless curs usually found upon
the farm are double the expense of‘the
same number of pigs— Leave the dog
and care for the hog if you don’t wish
to buy meat on time.
Farmers should not forget to keep
their working utensils in-doors. Have
a place for your plows, hoes, gear and
wagons, and see that everything is in
its place when not being u*,ed. Trv it,
it will shorten the expense account.
Trimjup your fruit 'rees and see that
they are m a prosperous condition.
Good fruit will not grow upon a dwarfv.
sickly tree. Fruit raising is a paying
business in our State and we should
turn more attention to our orchards and
seo them properly cared for.
Do not waste your woodland by use
less clearing. \V hen you can improve
your old lands, with the same amount
of labor expended upon the clearing,
so as to produce as good a crop and
■ then the farm is much more valuable.
“Woodman spare that tree.”
Fariuers make your homes pleasant to
your boys, by not “bearing on the grind
stone too heavily,” learn them to lovr
the “old farm,” so when they come to
be men they will not run to the city for
a position behind the counter, bat ler
them be satisfied.
Keep your horse lots clean by having
a manure pen under cover aud see tha'
all the scrapings of the lot are thrown
into it at least twice a week. Such ma
nure beats the bought guano, and thc-i
it is paid for. Auother point for tin
hard times.
Reduce your store account by mak
your own soap. Put up vour a ie*
wel. under cover, and see nat they ar.
not wasted or injured ig
when you get ready to
you will find that you K \ v ' , ygjh
ter article than you pnfcure in a store
Shall we have hogs? it so> )t<
to raise them by making a “obj
crop for it would be well tq remember
that hogs can not be fed profitably on
cotton money. To make hog "rais
ing a paying success you must make
.your own corn, railroad corn don’t and
oaiFt pay.
AN OLD Woji. H TEN
'dollars to any farmer.
Take one part by weight rosin, oa*
part bees wax and four parts good fresti
or sound lard. Mix and melt together
over a fire so as to be sure not to burn
th* mixture. It makes an ointment
superior to anything I have ever tried
for tho flesh, or either fresh or old sores
and especially good to remove old
scaled It comes off, leaving the skin
soft and tough.
I was using a horse a void winter
day and the next uioruiug hjs legs
were owolen and rough, and so Btiff
that it seemed very diiticult for him to
move. I brushed off the dirt and aj -
plied the ointment as soon as I could
after finding it out. I made the appli
cation morning and evening for twe
days, and the tnird day one application
aud the horse was cured. I was com
pelled to use the horse a little the third
day and alter two hours ligßt work he
worked as good as ever aud 1 kept on
using him every day.
The mixture is the best thing i have
ever used for boots aud shoes fqr oin
door wear, aud it makes spongy leather
water-proof and hard leather soft
Tho man whose only ambition is to
make fo ks laugh will never- get above
the reputation of being a ttratssiaas
monkey.
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