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North Georgian.
Rellton, Gn., June 3. 1889.
FOR GOVERNOR,
OEM. IXrCICa J. OAKTKEIX.
or rvLTOir covirrv.
BaVJaet to the action of the Democratic
Convention.
To M*y f*na* sen din* as rtx est-
Kriben sad the aanoey, the paper will
be aea* giaUa nae year.
Pike comity delegatee to the Guber
natorial convention were uulnatructed,
but arc anti-Colquitt. McDuffie sends
one Colquitt and three aiiti-Oslquitt
delegates.
The Chicago Convention meet yes
terday, and the excitement h intense
among all factions. The Indications
are that the unit rale will be rejected.
PsrtkMlara next week. >-fc
A dispatch from Bonham, Texas,
says a terrible cyclone visited Savoy,
on the Texas Pacific Railroad, last
Monday night, and totally destroyed
the town, killing nine persons and
wounding sixty more.
Senator Brown says that as soon as
his duties in Washington will permit,
ho will return homo and meet the
people of Georgia in all sections of
the State, and repel the charges of
bargain or trade that have been made
regarding bis appointment by the
Governor. It will take all summer,
and then not half will be told.
The Atlanta Constitution stated last
week that Gen. Gordon would make
appointments all over the State and
meet the charges of bargain and sale
before the |>eople. This week it says
if his character needed defense among
the people he had served all his life
with fidelity, it would go undefended,
as he scorned to defend himself from
such a charge.
The county convention of Fulton
meet at the Court-house, in Atlanta,
on Tuesday. The Constitution says
the meeting wns made up in the
main of solid, substantial, true-blue
democrat*, embracing some of the
most prominent business and profes
sional men of the city. After some
wmngglhig the meeting adjourned
until next Saturday.
The Monroe correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitu ion, says: “Walton
county is solid against Colquitt. His
friends have left him by the hundreds
since his Senatorial appointment. No
one here believes the slanders that
are being circulated about the trade,
but he can never explain to our satis
faction why he did not appoint a sound
Democrat to fill the office instead of a
man whose record in polities is so far
from bring clear. Walton’s vote will
be recorded against him as sure as the
time comes.”
One of the daughters of Brigham
Young, who was lately expelled from
Iho Mormon church for suing some of
the rascally brethren who attempted
to rob her, when entreated to return
to the fold, replied: “My father,
prophet though you call him, broke
many a woman’s heart. If it was re
quired of me to break as many hearts
and ruin ns many women as my father
did, I should go to perdition before I
would go back into the church. A
religion which breaks women's hearts
and ruins them is of th* devil. That’s
what Mormonism does. Don’t talk
to me of my father!”
A Boston diwtor has struck it at
last. After years of experimenting,
he has produced a colorless, inodor
ous liquid which prevents all sense of
pain in n sensitive tooth, while the
dentist is digging at it. He calls it
Nnboli—the diawesls being essential
in order to give the name a learned
and scientific aspect. “One or two
drops of the liquid,” says the Boston
Advertiser, “are merely placed in the
cavity, and in a few minutes the den
tist proceeds to excavate it in the
usual manner, but without a particle
of pain.” Its action is “confined en
tirely to the tnoth that is operated
ttpnn;” and when the operation is
over the tooth returns to its normal
condition. It is claimed thnl the new
discovery injures neither the nerve
nor the bodily health.
Senator Hampton, in his speech ad
vocating the retention of the notori
ous Kellogg In the United States
Senate, has no doubt convinced the
people of tlie North that the South
has representatives who can rise
above party prejudice when it comes
to settling disputes between rtien like
Kellogg and Spofford. While we ad
mire the speech throughout, the idea
it was intended to convey and the
inotivea which have prompted many
«f our Southern Senators, we are
forced to believe thpt Ben Hill was
right iu what he dtd. It Is certainly a
great pity but that our section had
numbers of men who think aud act
like Senator Hill againat the prin
ciple involved in just such cases. A*
things now stand, it may be deemed
vrnwfsc.bm then there was never any
excuse for allowing things to assume
such shape in the beginning. Barn
” ell (s. ('.) .’Sentinel.
THE MEETING AT HOMER.
In another column will be found
the proceeding* of the Democratic
' meeting at Homer, on the 27th ult.
The action of the meeting should
meet the cordial approval and en
dorsement of all good and true
Democrats. We hope the people
i will attend the district meetings. It
is their meeting, and they should be
present and participate in the pro
ceedings. them come out and do
thrir duty, and ail will be well.
We wish to see a large crowd at
Homer, on the 15th of July, and we
want all good Democrats to lake a
hand in the deliberations of the meet
ing; and we do hope no discordant
elements will be injected into the
meeting to disturb the actions of the
body.. Those who are opposed to
conventions and organization should
take back seats. We have no desire
to ostracise any one, but we do object
to malcontents “capturing the meet
ing.” This thing is getting too com
. mon, and it must be stoppul, and the
I only way to do it, is for the people
to come out and frown it down.
The political pulse is not to fever
1 heat in Banks. But we believe that
’ a large majority of the voters are op
, posed to the re-election of Gov. Col*
, quitt, and we candidly believe that
Gen. Gartrcll Is their favorite for
Governor. We heard but little about
the Congressional race. All seem to
concede that Hon. H. P. Bell is the
right man to make the race. Suddath
is the favorite, so far, for Stale Sena
tor. It is thought that a candidate
for Representative will be nominated
by the meeting on the 15th of July.
Hon. J. J. Turnbull declared himself
as being opposed to the (e-election of
Hon. Emory Speer. Banks county i
will support none, but good men.
Fifty-four years ago—in the year
1826—the learned and wise Chancel
lor Kent, of New York, warned the
people of the United States in these
words: “If ever the tranquility of
this nation is to be disturbed, nnd its
liberties endangered by a struggle for
power, it will be upon this very sub
ject of the choice of a President. This
is the question that is, eventually, to
test the goodness and try the strength
of the Constitution; and if we shall
be able for half a century hereafter to
continue to elect the Chief Magistrate
of the Union with discretion, modera
tion nnd integrity, we shall undoubt
edly stamp the highest value on our
national character, and recommend
our Republican institutions, if not to
the imitation, yet certainly to the
esteem nnd admiration of the more
enlightened part of mankind.” We
all remember 1861, and the fraud of
1876, and we have much cause to fear
the results of the election of 1880.
Gov. Colquitt made a speech in At
lanta, Friday night. We have not had
the time to comment on it, and take'
the following special dispatch from
the Augusta Evening News: “The
house was about two thirds full. His
speech was not satisfactory to even
many of his friends. He did not deny
or explain away the charges that have
been made of there being a previous
understanding about the resignation
of Gen. Gordon and the appointment
of Gov. Brown. His remarks rather
censured a people who believed that
a Christian Governor could or would
be guilty of such action. The speech
and its effects falls far short of the
expectations of his friends, and it is
regarded as the weakest effort of his
life.” The Governor made a speech
in Decatur, on Tuesday, and Saturday
next he speaks in Albany. It will
take a great deal of explaining to
conrincc the people.
We see it stated that Hon. J. J.
Turnbull, one of Speer’s strongest
supporters, has declared that he
would support Hon. H. P. Bell, if
that gentleman should be nominated
by the Democratic Convention. The
fact is, ws are indebted to the two
. thirds rule and Hon. B. 11. Hill for
I the dismemberment and defeat of the
, Democracy in that district. Mr. Bell
came within a few votes of receiving
. two-thirds of the votes of the conven
, tion which failed to make a nomina
tion. He was then, and no doubt
now, the strongest man in the dis
• trict, and if the Democracy want to
■ reunite ami solidify the party, they
‘ should concentrate on him. Mr. Bell
made a capital member of Congress,
i and should be in the House now. He
i is, we think, the best man in the dis
i trict for the position, and was when
Mr. Hill wa.s scheming for his first
■ election.—Macon Herald.
It is now reported that instead of n
1 majority of the California Democratic
I delegation being for Tilden, pine are
for Justice Field, with the other three
doubtful. The convention instructed
the delegates to vote as a unit, ami
the twelve voles of California will be
east for Mr. Field, whose name must
1 j consequently be restored to the list
of eligible candidates. On the other
‘ hand, the majority of the Virginia
. delegation, reported as favoring the
nomination of Justice Field, is now
said tv support Senator Bayard.
THE IB6VE.*
We Insist upon it that none of the
principles of genuine Democracy re
quire, at the hands of the people of
Georgia, nn endorsement of the pres
ent State administration. The “vindi
cation” idea in politics constitutes a
departure from the honorable and
independent methods of the past. If
the present State officers have done
thrir duty they need no vindication.
If they have not done their duty they
are not entitled to vindication. The
vindication idea is the sickliest of|
political sentimentalisms. It isn’t j
wise to try to force the Democrats of|
tfeorgia to endorse the present Stale I
officers, in the face of the fact that I
there nre thousands of Democrats:
who cannot conscientiously do so. !
Most organized Democrats profess to ;
deplore the divisions in the party.
Then let them prove their sincerity
by acting so as to heal the party
wounds. Why should a man, to
whom there is implacable opposi
tion, be nominated for Governor,
when there are men in the State
quite as patriotic nnd decidedly abler,
to whom, when nominated, there
would be no opposition at all ? This
m Tildenism pure and simple. It has 1
hopelessly divided the party in New ;
York, nnd it will accomplish the
same end in Georgia if allowed to
work its purpose here. No man can
claim the Governorship as a right, by
the grace of vindication; and we I
think the people will so decide in the
coming State Convention. The unify,
ing of the party is more important
than the gratification of the ambition
of any man, how pure and deserving
soever he may personally Im*. We
have an abiding faith that the Con
venlion will decide this question with
a view to harmonizing interests that
are now conflicting, nnd not with a
view to gratifying the personal ambi
tion of the present incumbent, at the
sacrifice of the last hope of harmony
in the party. The hero business is
stale now, and needs a rest Sparta .
Ishmaelite.
Vessels arriving at New York con- j
tinue to report great fields of drifting I
icebergs, east of Newfoundland, and
some of these ice masses are of large
size—rising two hundred feet out of
water, and extending to n depth of
one thousand feet below the water j
line. The colder air thus produced !
by condensing the illimitable vapor I
drawn up from the sea by the warm ;
May sun, causes vast nnd thick fogs— i
so thick that in several instances the
men on ship board could not see the
bergs, but could hear the surf thun
dering upon their steep sides. Such
navigation is particularly perilous,
and the vessels thus threatened sheer
off, sixty to one hundred miles south
ward. well on to the other side of the
Gulf Stream, to escape the danger
from this silent, cold and ghostly I
fleet of death. It is a memorable 1
fact, nffinrks the Hartford Times,:
that these bergs began to make their
appearance off Newfoundland, this
year, before the end of April. That
shows the winter to have been a eoni
panitivcly mild one in the Greenland
seas. We have had, so far, but little
east winds; whßn it does blow from
that quarter, it bears with it, even
across the warmed-up summer land,
the cold dump breath of icebergs.
Now that the merchants have formed
an exclnuig* for their mutual benefit
and protection, and for devising ways
and means of advancing their trade,
we think it very appropriate that one
of the first things they should con
l sidcr, is the matter of securing a
| through freight tariff from Athens to
i Beliton. Tlie Bellton merchants arc
very anxious about it, and will heart
ily co-operate to remedy the present
evil. They say that Athens would
receive a very large trade from that
town if they only had to pay one
freight on goods, or in other words, if
they could get freight as cheap from
Athens to Bellton as from Atlanta to
.Bellton. Surely our merchants can
effect some arrangement by which
this can be done, and thus secure
8100.0 W more trade yearly than at
present. Think of it. merchants. “A
word to the wise is sufficient.” We
I clip the above from the Watchman.
| Our merchants should take some ac
tion in the matter.
- *■♦■«—- -
i The other day two Indian I’rcsby
: terian ministers passed through At
i Innin on their way to the Presbyterian
: Assembly at Charleston. While here
; * good old Presbyterian told them
that the church here had had a great
I discussion on the dancing question.
I They were much surprised to hear it,
and one of them remarked: “In our
country we have no trouble whatever
about dancing, because when they are
converted out there they never want
to dance again." It would seem then
that with all this boosted civilization
and profound piety the pale face
I brethren cun Irani something of the
1 true spirit even from the red religion
ist.—-Constitution. It does seem so.
—— "■
In order to get the proper informa
tion, census eniunerators will be com
|tel led nt sonic places to go into the
fields to find the head of the family.
JOE BROWN’S GREAT INTELLECT I
It is said that South Carolina Joe-
Colquitt’s Senator—is a man of very
great intellect. This cannot be demon
strated. A modern comffihnder who i
sends Aw (Joe Brown’s) Confederate
reegiment to Virginia, and to battle,
armed with iron apiku, must have i
been totally ignorant of the invention
of gunpowder and Winchester rifles. ! '
A great financier who could not com- !
preliend ‘a balance’ in a bank account i I
and who denounced tlie same as a|.
fraud, must be a simpleton as a book-I I
keeper; and a Governor who took!
possession of the Augusta arsenal
and Fort Pulaski, Im*fore the war,
witliout knowing that he was com-'
initting treason, must have been a,:
superficial student of the Constitu-li
tion of tlie United States.
He was tlie hireling of the Republi- ‘:
cans, and put their ‘refined cruelty’ in |
operalion when they were in power!
in Georgia. What dirty work have i
the Democracy now iu view that they jt
have employed this peripatetic politi
cal scavenger? ||
In a last analysis of his character. ;
‘Joe’ is nothing more nor less titan an
unscrupulous, crafty, intensely selfish, I
ambitious man. His intellect, it is !!
true, is above mediocrity, but his '
greatest talent is in the art of makinr) ■
money, nnd placing Ids associate.* and : I
members of his political rings under'
obligation to Mm for ‘financial favors’ jJ
nnd other courtesies, so that he may ,
compel them to do Ids bidding when 1
his political interests and personal j
advancement are al stake.—Athens t|
pnily Banner.
Ulysses S. Grant is a man driven !i
mad by ambition. He now seeks to |
"rasp the government of the United
States—a thine unprecedented—for a ;
third term. To aceumplish his pur
pose he resorts to methods heretofore ( '
unpracticed in American polities,—,
Such methods will be condemned by i I
the moral sentiment of the American
people.
High-handed have been tlie assump
tions of the Grant clique in New York
nnd Pennsylvania, and now still more
desperate are the means they adopt in |
Illinois. I
It is well—at least we think it will i
lie well in the end.
(.'an the American people be robbed ~
of their ri'rht to choose their own Pre- i
sident? Tn other words, can they lie
deprived of their liberties? Will they
submit to have Cameron, Conkling ].
and Logan, or any other three men, J
dictate to them whom they shall have
for President ?
The issue is now made more simple i
ami plain than ever.
Americans of grit, of blood, of self-! 1
respect!—rise and redeem your rights i
and liberties! The great majority of;
you are better men than Grant, who
seeks to be your Emperor or King!
Down with him !
Vole him down at the polls’
Consign him to eternal and condign ,
involuntary retirement!—N. Y. Sun.
Senator Morgan's resolution, repor-,,
ted from the select committee on ,
counting the electoral vote. ] assed ■
the Senate by a vote of 25 to 14, all !
the amendments offered by the Re
publican Senators being defeated.—
The resolution is in the nature of an
enforcement act, aud provides that if
any Senator, Representative or any
person bidding office under the Vni-'
ted States at the time of his appoint- !
ment as elector, shall attempt to i
exercise the powers of an elector, he j
shall be liable to indictment, and if!
convicted shall be punished by a fine I
■ of not less than 85,000 nor more than !
S2U,OtX), and imprisonment for not
I less than five nor more than ten |
| years. Tlie same penalties are im
! posed upon any person not rightfully ■
; appointed an elector who willfully
assumes to be such, and upon any
two or more persons who conspire
i together to aid or abet rtny person in
: falsely assuming to be an elector
; from any State. The resolution is
| intended to prevent the recurrence of
I what happened in 1876, when several '
well known Federal officers, though :
I expressly forbidden by law from act-;
ing as electors, could not be prevent
ed from serving because they incurred '
I no penalty in so doing.
Some days ago four colored dele-1
1 gates to the Chicago convention from 1
Alabama and Georgia, arrived in the .
: city of Washington. They intimated
i that they were paying titeir way by
; means oif contributions given them,
i and they further intimated that they I'
were Inclined to support Grant. Some |
!of Sherman's managers got hold of
■ them and began the use of their per- i
. suasive powers, and then the Blaine !
; managers began their work of fixing
things. All this came to the ears of;
! Don Cameron, who was shocked at
the wicked ways of Blaine and Sher
man. It is said that Don. in order to
get his colored brethren away from
Ixid influences, employed a man con
nected with the Pullman sleeper to ;
take charge of these delegates and to !
carry them from point to point, not'
remaining in one place more than •
twelve hours, and then to deliver
them at Chicago iu time to vote.
LETTER FROM UNION.
Editor GkorolAx: Your papers
sent to me have been received, and I
will do my best to get you some sub
subscribers. During my last trip over
the mountains, 1 tried to ‘pump’ the
people aa to their political opinions!
and sentiments. Bat very little atten
tion is being paid to politics, and no j
! doubt the farmers are the better off
!by it. As for myself, I would hardly ,
i feel the difference of Bob Toombs or
Jim Blaine occupying tlie I’residcn
i tial chair.
I I find that some nre plexsed with
the appointment of ex-Gov. Brown
‘ to the United States Senate vice Gen.
! Gordon resigned, while a great many
i are bitterly opposed to it. Ido not
I think Gov. Colquitt has gained many
■ votes in this part of the State by this
act; but I am satisfied he has lost'
I some.
General Gartrell seems to be the :
j favorite for Governor, so far as I can '
i ascertain. His zeal in defending our '
. mountaineers will not be soon for-1
gotten.
Hon. H. P. Bell is thought to be I
’ the strongest man for Congress in !
i this and adjoining counties, though I
1 have heard the names of Col. Price.;
( Col. Candler and Rev. David Butler j
! mentioned in connection with the I
' nomiualion.
The weather for tlie past week lias j
i beun quite cool for tlie season.
More anon. Mountain Boy.
NEWS ITEMS.
• Politics nre booming all over the i
' State.
j |
, Athens claims a population of eight !
I thousand.
Indians are depredating in Soutlieni
New Mexico.
The farmers and mcclianles nre for 1
Gartrcll for Governor.
I
Mr. Jim Brown thinks of running !
i for Congress in tlie Seventh.
The wheat crops of England and ,
I France promise a large yield.
Yellow fever and small pox prevails |
at Santiago de Cuba and Havana.
Congress has at last got seriously j
Io work and is pushing business with 1
a vim.
' _ ;
The Kansas Democratic Convention j
' send iu.instructed delegates to Cin-i
' cimiali.
Hon. H. I’. Bell has begun to can-1
vass the Ninth District for the Con
, grcssiotial nomination.
Senator Hill secured a change of
scats in tlie Senate, so as to have!
Gov. Brown next to himself.
11. I. Kimball has been offered a I
j salary of shi.ooo to take the Presi
dency of a factory in Boston.
Camphor placed with clothes in !
drawers and trunks, will prevent !
mice from doing them injury.
: Last Thursday, the thermometer,
'throughout the New England States,
ranged from 96 to 101 degrees.
I
The West Virginia Greenbnckcrs
I have nominated a full State ticket.
i composed of Democrat Greenbackers.
The State Convention to appoint
jdelegates to the Cincinnati Conven
tion, meets in Atlanta, next Wedilea
day.
Many farmers report that they are
'behind in their work, and there are
! some who have not yet finished plant
i ing cotton.
j Gen. Hatch's forces and Vietoriu's
I band have had a fight, in which, it is
i reported, the Indians lost from thirty
to fifty-five killed.
: It. is said that Judge Warner will
(appear in a letter in a few days, put
ting himself into the hands' of his'
friend* for the gubernatorial race.
Justice Field’s chances for the nom
; ination at Cincinnati seem to be loom
, ing up into huge proportions. He and
Clarkson Potter could whip the light.
The cut worm ha« appeared in cot
ton in some places, and is damaging
the young plant. The cool nights of
the past week have been favorable to
their destructive work.
j Delegates to the convention to the
held in Atlanta, on the 9th. will be
I charged full fare going and at the
: nite of one cent a mile on returning
. by the Air Line Railway.
Town Marshal McKneeiv and Col.
McCullum, of Hampton, ba., had a
, fight last week, when the former,
I after the fight was over, procured, a
' shot gun and killed the latter.
Tlie Baptist Home Mission Society
, was in session at Saratoga, last week,
j twenty-two States being represented
I by three hundred and sixty delegates.
The session was an mtere-ting one.
Thirteen North Georgia illicit dis*
I tillers were recently captured by Col
; lector Davis. Among the number is
j Berong and his three sons, who have
troubled the revenue collectors so
, much.
Senator Brown recorded his first
vote • against Senator Windom's pro
position to add S6OO.OtX) to the pen
; skin deficiency hill for the pay of
! United States inarslmls, the issue be
ing a strict party one.
Twenty-seven hundred miners in
: Colorado have struck for an advance
in wages, and are preventing others
from working. They have in their
possession the arms of tlie Leadville
military. The situation is alarming.
HINTS FOR JUNE WORK
We take the following items from
that excellent newspaper, the Maine
Standard, and hope onr readers will
be benefitted by a careful perusalr
rRUNINGv
June is a good time for pruning.
I larger limbs mny be cut away now,
I covering all cuts' with varnish', paint
i or melted grafting wax.
SQUASHES.
i The winter sorts should be planted
now. Much care is needed to’ ttaup
the young vines free from insects.
Paris Green’ may be used; hand pick
ing takes time, but cffgctiiai.
THE LAWN.
In order to have a fine velvety turf,
the mover must be frequently Used ;
nt least once a Week. In the corners,
and under the trees where the mower
cannot go, a sickle must be used. A
neat lawn is the leading feature of a
well kept place.
CAhBAOE
need frequent hoeing. Plants for late
; sorts in seed-beds should not be 100
i crowded; they need weeding-, and if
infested with the worm, sprinkle with
! ashes.
II EANS.
If the weather has injured them
i put in more at once. They need at
tention to make them ail take to the
! poles.
SOWING Fo» SUtCESSIoX
i is a useful method of prolonging the
seiison of many valuable vegrtabhs,
j mid should la* more generally prae
i tised. By sowing beans, peas, corn,
! etc., at intervals of a week or two,
I they may be had through the season.
TICKS.
. Immediately after shearing, ticKs
I leave the sheep for tlie longer wo 4
!<>f the lambs. The lambs thus in
fested should be dipped iu a decoe
; tion of tobacco stems.
THINNINU FRUIT.
The sooner this essential to the
j prwductiou of the best fruit is done
: the better. Il is seldom overdone,
: and too frequently eiitircjy neglected
. Thinning increases the siae :uid itu-
I proves the quality of the fruit, and
: »ill> young trees, just »t;u tiog into
bearing, it is a necessity.
BUCKWHEAT
may be sown durins tins month, and
! may be made a profitable crop, espe
cially npoti newly cleaned ground
I where the meljowing effects of the
j crop are of importance.
Atl:-SLACKED LIME
| will destroy currant worms. In th
j spring examine the bushes often, and
i when the lower leaves are perforated
I there tlie worms are to be found. If
, the bush is dry, tirsl sprinkle with
| water and then with lime. Two or
three applications will be sutlicient
for the season. The lime will injur.:
| neither the bush nor the fruit.
GRAPE VINES
I otic year old set this spring should
| grow only one shoot; let it. be th *.
! strongest aud b st one put forth.—
| Older vines recently set should iu".
Ibe allowed to bear this vea?. Th"
i young growing shoots of old vines
!.should be lied up before they fall
• over or are broken by the wii>d*: soft
cotton twine is the best for the pur-
: pose.
oiu iiakDs.
With newly planted trees it will
; pay to give a little time in examining
■ their condition. If they ai-e loose or
, leaning to one side, a minute spent in
1 pressing the soil, about them with th"
I foot will often save them. A niub h
, ing, if not already given to tlie young
| trees, should be "provided before th"
drouth. Almost any substance that
: will cover the soil and protect it from
the sun will do.
grafts
. set this spring should be looked t<>;
I and if the bud or buds grow too
vigorously, pinch back into shape; in
fact a graft should be. treated as if it
were a young tree. Cut a wav all
'hoots that come upon the stock
below tin- graft, that the nourishmeqt
may go to the graft. See that the
branches of the graft have plentv of
room, and tlie growth is not inter
fered with by surrounding branches.
the garden.
• j This is tlie lime when tho rake and
I the line count for so much In the suc
| cess of the season’s work. The weeds
! must be kept down, or much of tie
labor of preparation and planting is
! lost. Il is observed tiiat the rake is
, put before the hoe, and it should lie
so in the garden. A frequent use of a
long and shar;>-tootl»ed steel-rake will
■*nve much hard hoeing, at the same
time keep the soil in a better condi
tion for the young growing plants.
haying.
Clover and Timothy should lie cut
when in fall blossom; if allowed*to
get ripe, the quality of hay is not so
good. By beginning early the work
need not be hurried. Use the mower
after the dew is oft' in the forenoon.
’ I Cut only ns much as can be well
I cared for. It is often remarked that
[ the average quality of hav is not so
good as before the introduction of the
i mowing machines, from the tempta
tion to cut the grass faster than it can
be cured.
SHEEP SHEARING.
'Basiling sheep under the present
system of buying wool, will perhaps
be the prevailing practice. If care is
, taken to keep the sheep so that the
i wool will not be filled witli dirt, it is
j better not to wash. Fleeces should
jbe done up with care, nicely rolled
land securely tied with light twine.
When it is known that a farmer puts
■ up his wool iu neat shape without onv
. tags, etc., lie will obtain the highest
price. Everywhere, but especially
here, “honesty is the best policy.”
To the Voters of Banks Cosnty.
As I have been solicited by some of tbe
best formers and mechanics in the county,
I announce myself as a candidate tec the
nest Representative. M. I'- Brown.-