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-J! Cuting SdMDring*. Beer is laid to Ik* going U|>, but the general impression has been tha< if, was going down. Poor Adam had no choice when be felt matrimonially inclined. He had to take the first woman he came •cron. I believe laziness is the cause of More misery in this world than sick BeM is, but i cau’t prove it.—Josh Billings. Wl en the billy gout boasts that he is a pirt of the circulating litter- ©hewer of the day he does so in the Spirit of he gostism. The first almanac w»e printed in 14 00, and the issue of 1880 contains the Same fresh and sparkling jokes that appeared in the first nnmber. An Illinois justice who was called on to marry a couple ran off with the girl himself, leaving the lover in his office to look over law books and Spit on the stove. “Ah, me,” said a pious old lady, • our minister was n powerful preach •r; for the short time he ministered the word of God among us he bang ed the in’ards out cl five Bibles.” Selling kisses to swell the Irish re lief fund threatens to be inaugurated by tbe girls. Il’m; if oomplimen taty tickets are issued to editors, we favor the plan.—Philadelphia Chron icte. A Brooklyn man steped up behind a lady in a dark room and kissed her, and when he found out that it whs his wife, aud she foutid out that it wus her husband, they both weie as mad us wet hens. Ikut li; muny a sun-bonne, in the berry pasture there is a bright eye and'u rosy tanned cheek that causes the farmer’s boy to drop bis ox whip and scale the stone wall, just, to “help fill up the basket,” that’s all. “You have not given me my change’ laid the gentleman to the saloon # keeper; “I gave you a 15 bill, you know.” “Shange, sbange?” was the astonished reply ; “vot you mean ?” “Vasn’tyoua gandidate, don’dit?” In tha country: “My, whut a steep bill! Aud ses those ten or eleven Wretches packed in one wagon that poor staggering horse can hardlv draw!” ‘Wretches? Them are ail Christians, mum, goin’ to the camp meetin’.” He entered a grocery store and said Dot a word, but allowed bis cane to swing to and fro exactly as the pen dulum of a clock. The grocer said, ‘We sell nothing on tick,’ and tlu man with the cane passed sadly and silently out. The other evening a gentleman’s button caught hold of the fringe ol a lady’s shawl. “Iain attached to you,” suid the gentleman, laughing, while he was industriously trying to get loose. “The attachment is mu tual,” was the good natured reply. ‘Is this my train ?* asked u travel* ©r of Dennis Owens at the Union Depot. ‘I don’t know, but 1 guess not,’ was the doubtful reply. ‘I sec- it’s got the rame of the railroad com paoy on the side, and I expect it be longs to them. Have you lost u train anywhere ?’ * A Philadelphia Miss bothers the young men to whom she is introduc ed by starting off in this way befim they have a chance to sav a word : ‘Yes, it is awfully hot. We cairn- last week. We will stay two weens more. VN e are at this hotel. I like Long Brunch. Now let’s talk about something else.’ A young lady went to a drug store yesterday aud had a prescription made up. ‘How much?’ asked the lady. ‘Lilly cents,’ said the clerk. •But I have only forty-live cents now with me,' replied the fair cus tomer; ‘cun’t you let me have it lor that ?’ ‘No, ma’am,’ said the clerk, ‘but you ,cau pav me five cents when you come in again.’ ‘But suppose I were to die,’ said the lady jocularly. ‘Well, it wouldn’t be a very givat lo3B,’ was tbe smiling response. And immediately the smiling clerk gathered, from Ihe uiugugt.aiit flush on the young lady’s face, that be had GEORGIA UiTHEKlMoS. Harvesting wheat iu Lee county. Atlanta enjoys cheap freights on coal. Sweet potatoes are being dag in Hous ton county. The State election couies off on the Sib of October. % Macon has shipped a barrel of this year’s flour. Atlanta enjoyed a fine fireman's display last Mntiday. Savannah indulged in a cutting affiay a few days ago. Sumter couuty people sre feasting up on watermelons. A boiler exploded in Savannah recent ly, killing two men and wounding six. Savaunah is affected with a band of robber* who only take pure silver ware. Many towns in Georgia held in saciud remembrance the graves of our fallen he roes. Some one broke into a chflych at At luuta teceutly Hint took thereiroiu three lamps. Hill Sasser Hint and kill' d a negro, Ned Ucccher, in Stewart county, a few day < since. A colored boy in Marietta recently ta ken and overdose of whiskey and died in a few hours. ['Here are eight hundred patients at tiie luuatic asylum aud over two hundred officers, attendants, servants, laborers, etc. i he Western and Atlantic Hoad has given an order for one hundred new box cars, to be built at the car works rt Chat tanooga. Fish, we arc told, are more plentiful in the Etowah, and adjacent creeks than they have been for many years past.— Express. The Watchman thinks it very strange that Athens cannot furnish a resident with sense enough to superintend 40 miles of railroad. ® In Atlanta last Saturday there is said to have been 0,000 persons in the proces sion, on the occasiou of tbe Children's Sunday School day. The residence belonging to Mr. C. F. Mansfield, iu Marietta, was consumed by fire on the 28th ult. It U thought to be • uc work of an inceudiary. We don’t care anything about it our- -elves, but several of tho readers of the Atlantn Constitution want to know why i' uses suebrotten print paper.-Journal. riie Greensboro Journal says: “ A uum- h«r of intelligent farmers with whom we have conversed say the area in small grain in this county isubnut20 per cent, in excess of last year, and the condition of the crop about 20 per cent, leas prom ising.” A lady sa : d site had to stop on the side-walk, the other day, and wait until two men, who obstructed the sidewalk In chairs, to uncross their legs to afford room for her and daughter to pass Ye crossd-legged “shinny” on your own side. —Journal. Cedartown Advertiser : There is a one armed woman living in G<»rdou couutv who very recently gava birth to four c’ ildrcu, and only a year ago the same woman gave birth to three children We suppose the husband lias concluded it is rbout time to “pass around the hat.** The Athcus Watchman says: “Hap pening in at the store of our old friend, W.F. Hood, tsq, the other day, he handed us samples of several new brands of cigars he hasjust received, with the request that we •puff" them. We have done so, and pronounce them ‘A No. 1.’” Oglethorpe Echo: “we learn that in some sections of this county the feeling against the stock law is so strong with a certain class of whites that they threaten to shoulder their guns in defense of what they conceive to be a God given light, should the law pass. This is all bun combe. We suggest that after court a delegation of planters be chosen by the farmers of this county, composed of fence and anti-fence men, whose mission it shall be to visit the counties of South Carolina where the new law is in opera tion, and by observation •Wl inquiry among tbe fanners there, set how it works. Upon their return home, let thorn make a report setting forth their ©\,G|cAAwon.at oSB alcU. L. . . ciprtreli, ATTORA'EV aTI^ART ATLANTA, - GEORGIA. Practices in the United States Circuit and District Cornts at Atlanta, and the Suprem- aud Superior Courts of the State. jWar. 22d—6m. Ben. F. Paine. P. P. DuPhk Payne A DnPre, ATTORNEYS-AT-L AW, CANTON, GEORGIA, Will practice in the Blue Ridge Circuit, and in Cherokee. Office tn the court-house, with the Or dinary. Collection of claims a specialty. A. Reynolds, Jr.. DENTIST. Office in Me Clatchy s Building, o uth- went corner Public Square, MARIETTA, «.f. IST‘» ood work at lowest prices. Wm. A Teasley, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, CANTON, - - - - GEORGIA, Will practice in the courts of the Blue Ridge urcuit, and give special attention to the sueing and collection of claims. Refers to Messrs Crane Boylston & Co. and Capt. Jas. R. Wiley, Atlanta, Ga., and J, J. Northcutt A Son, Marietta, Ga. H. W. Newman. ATTORNEY AT LAW. CAN ION, GEORGIA, WILL practice in the superior courts of Cherokee and udjoiuing counties Prompt attention given to all business placed in his hands. Office in the court house. Robert E. Cason, DENTIST. Anyone wishing work in the way of Dentistry will do well to give ms a call at the McAfee House, where I will be hereafter the ffrst week in each month My Prices are down to sui the times 11. Jill H. Till. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Tenders his thanks to the people of Canton and Cherokee county lor the very liberal patronage conferred upon him for the last ten years, and lie hopes to merit a continuance of the same. Office on corner Main and Mulberry streets, Cantou, Ga. James 0. Dowda, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CANTON, GA. WILL practice in the Superior Courts of the Blue Ridge circuit; in the Dis trict Courts of the United States of the Northern District of Georgia, and in tbe Supreme Court of Georgia. Will give special attention to the col lection of claims and to questions aris ing from land ngcncies, &c. Y ova'g j?iejt Who wish a Thorough preparation for Busiucss, will tind superior advantages At Moore's UtiHiuesH University, Atlanta, Georgia. One of the best Practical Business Schools in the country. fgfStudents can enter at any time. tSfSend for Catalogue to B. F. MOOltE, Pres’t. hpen milsundelslood, and before In . . ...... 0 , uii , j , , i i views. If it is favorable, let tho question Could assure her tout me litiie uai-j uttce, and not she, would be no great. loss, she had bounced out at n go-as- j nd- VOJJ gait, and was beyond tj egatioa be & large one, composed of i v sonyd of his voice PRIVATE Boarding House. HAVING BOUGHT AND REPAIR ed tl e Old Academy building, I have opened a fust class Boarding House where satisfaction is guaranteed. The house is beautifully, located in a large grove* overlooking the waters of tbe Etowah, and is easy of access. Withal it is a very desirable place for one seek ing a quite and healthy boarding house. My charges are very reasonable, and for u longer time, less than below : Day Boarders - - - - 75 cents.. Single Mea's - - - - 25 “ JAMES M. HUTSON, Pro, Mar. 22—2m. be at once voted upon in this county; if adverse permit it to drop. Let this del egation be & large one, eoi cry class, color and condition.’ Wilson House, ALABAMA’ STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA J, L. KEITH, Proprietor Take your County Paper. SO '•O o .1-1 o S Gft £- K C. M. MeCLUBE, CANTON, GEORGIA, DEARER IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, HATS, BOOTS and SHOES, And a full line of goods usually kept iu a General Stock. Thankful for past favors, he earnestly solicits his friends generally to call and see him, at the corner of Marietta and Gainesville streets. 0. M. McClure. Canton, Ga., Jan. 14tu 1S80. THE NEW ESTABLISHMENT OF JOhn M. Vance MANUFACTURER of Saddles and Harness—uses the best of material and ull hand work. Repairs of all kinds a speciality. Give me a call. Cantou, Ga. Feb 25 tf, J. C. JVBIY k 1, MAIN STREET, CANTON, GOllQIA. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, BOOTS SHOES, IIATS, GROCERIES, HARD WARE, AND CROCKERY. All of which we are offering at prices that will convinco the public we intend selling goods cheap. Our stock was bought in the North by J. J. Northcutt, one of the best experienced buyers in North Georgia. We have a lot of Ladie.* Hats we arc selling low. A good stock oi General Merchandise, and also keep in stock “The "Boss Coffee Pot," which for saving and purifying coffee can’t be beat, liivc us a call; our motto is, ‘square dealing, quick sales and short profits.” . C. Avery & to. Mar. 19—3ni. mm i MARI TTA, GA., IS NOW RECEIVING A BEAU IT* ful line of MILLINERY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC., Such as Ties, Laces, Embroideries, Per fumeries, Hosiery, Gloves, Etc , which she is selling at reasonable pricef-. Thankful lor past favors she so'.i'-it all to call and examine her stock a: the. North side Public Square, Manilla. Mrs. E. F. Anderson, Ma-'cli Oih i.-80.~Sm. marietta Livery, Sale and Feed Stable. (Opposite the Kenm-snw Houce.) -I. A. G. ANDERSON, Proprietor, THE BEST OF VEHICLES, THE -afeat nt drivers and the fastest of horses are always ready, night and day, for lure. No man, woman or child ever has given me a call in the past, who has Iki d, nor diall any ever in the future, be dissatisfi ed with my teams or the men in my etn- loy. Everything and everybody about me are A No. ONE. I have cheapened my charges propor tionate to the stringency of the times. For references as to the truth of what I say, as to the turn outs and charges, go to my trimds, which means the public gen erally. Parties hiring are strictly responsible tor thesafety of themselves, vehicles and horses. J. A. G. ANDERSON. Jan. 8th 1880.—lyr. Twit ft Hardin, Ornamet.a HOUSE PAINTER, KAL80MIMER and CARRIAGE PAINTER. CANTON, GEORGIA Jan 10—6in. JOSEPH ELSAS, North Side Public Equate, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, lias a large stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Huts, Caps, Clothing, Etc., Crockery Ware, Boota and Shoes—tbs best, custon made work—which he offers cheap for CASH. « all and see for your self. No trouble to demonstrate to you what is going on in selling goods now in times when goods must be sold for cash, and cash only. Thanking all iny friends for their lib eral patronage, and usking a continuance of the same, I am, very respectfully, JOSEPH ELSAS. J. W JARVIS, JEWELER and OPTICIAN, 0 AHTOH, QAs I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE PAT- ronage ol all parties needing work in my line to give me a trial before going else where. I GUARANTEE MV WORK and will work extemelv low. Partics living at a distance, who will give me their work, need have no fears of its safe delivery, I will return uny urticle left with me/ree of charge. I ulso have in connection with my Jew elry Shop a well fitted up PHOTOGRAPH GALLERV <vhere I will take your FERROTYPES and PHOTOGRAPHS cheaper than the cheapest, aud guarantee satisfaction. I can be found on Main Street between the stores of R. T. Jones and Dr. Greene Give me a cull and a tria J. W. JARVIS Canton School for BOYS AND CIRLS. THE SPRING TERM OF THIS IN 1 stitution commenced on Monday Febru ary 16th, 1880. No pains will be spared to give entire satisfaction in every De partment. Method of instruction thor ough and practical. Morals of pupils carefully guarded. The School is not sectarian in the least degree, Terms 81 25 to $3,00 per month. For further partic ulars apply to B. E. LEDBETTER, Principal. m Feb. 25 4m. McAfee House, CANTON, GEORGIA. I have leased the above first class Bo tel and thoroughly renovated and refitted it for Transient Visitors and Regular PCT r de"S Terms: Single Meal s .50 Bvy.ird per Bay, - . . $1.50 £ri/ Special Rates for Longer Time, m ff% Pi’ M'HIT*1aOIIE, ProH kvibKcribc ior the Advance.