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THE 6HEROKEE ABIAIOI
VOL. 1.
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CHURCHES
M. E. Church, South—Rev. E. K.
Akin, Pastor. Preaching every first
Sunday by the pastor. Preaching on
the 3d Sunday by Rev B E Ledbetter.
Prayer Meeting every Wednesday night.
Sunday School at 9 a . M. Ben. F. Payne,
Superintendent.
Baptist Church-Rev. J. A. McMur
ry, Pastor. Preaching every second and
fourth Sunday, and Saturday before
2nd Sunday. Sabbath school at 3 p m.,
M. B. Superintendent.
ft HERS
F. a. M.—Meets every first and third
Monday’s at 8 p. m., in Masonic Hall.
Jabez Galt, W. M.
J. W. Hudson, Sect’y.
K. of H.—Meets ev. ry Ist and 3rd
Tuesday at 7 1-2 p. m., in Masonic Hall.
W. A. Teasley, Dictator.
Jabez Galt, Reporter.
COUJUTY" OEEICERS
O.W. PUTNAM, Ordinary.
JABEZ GALT, Clerk S. Court.
E. G. GRAMLING, Sheriff.
JOS. D. DOBBS. Treasurer.
A. L. KINNETT, Tax Collector.
J. L. JORDAN, Tax Receiver.
Wm. T. KIRK, Coroner.
W. W. II a WKINS, Surveyor.
C. M. McCLURE, County S. Com.
Dr. J. H. SPEIR, | County
M. A. KEILII, | Board
Rev. M BUCKET, [ ’f
A. T. SCOTT, I _
J. B. RICHARDS, J Education.
The mail routes having all been
changed on the first of July, we
in consequence thereof have seen
best to change our day of publica-.
tion to Thursday, in order that
we may give all the latest news
possible. Hereafter we will issue
on Thursday, instead of Wednesday
as heretofore.
“Examine how your humor is inclined,, and which the ruling passion at your mind.”
CANTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1880.
FORTY YEARS AGO.
H<>w wondrous are the changes, Jim,
Since forty years ago.
IV hen gda w M re woolen dresses, Jim,
And boys wore pants of tow;
When shoe- were made of calf skin
And socks of homespun wool.
And children did a halfday’s work
Before the hour of school.
The girls took music lessons, Jim,
Upon the spinning wheel.
And practiced late and eaily, Jim,
On spindle, swift add reel;
The boys would ride bare back to mill,
A dozen mi las or so,
And hurry off before ’twas day,
Some forty years ago.
The people nd* to meeting, Jim,
In sleds instead of sleighs,
And wagons rode as easy, Jim,
As buggies now a days,
And oxen answered well for teams.
Though now they’d be two slow,
For people lived not half so fast,
Some foity years ago.
O well do I remember, Jim,
The Wtlsan patent stove,
That fater bought and paid for, Jim,
In cloth our gale had wove;
And how the neighbors wondered
When we got the thing to go,
They said ’twould burst and kill us all,
Some forty years ago.
Yes. everything is different, Jim,
From what it used v o was.
For men are always tampering. Jim,
With God’s great natural laws;
But what on earth we’re coming to —
Does anybody know?
For everything has changed so much,
Since forty years ago.
Agricultural Nates.
A well known fruit grower, in
making a new
matters apple trees so
that the summi <t be ‘ples will be to
gather, then the , ipples, then the
winter apples, an o on. It makes
it easier to gather ll6 bm, and avoids
the necessity of hat oing all over the
orchard. ig
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Ashes for Peach Trees.—Prof.
Beal, of Michigan, says: Ashes are
good for the peach and good for the
peach tree, at any season of the year,
summer, winter, spring or fall.
Potash, the principal ingredient of
ashes, is for all fruit trees inside and
out.
Rat Exterminator.—Copperas
is the dread of rats. In every crev
ic( or euery hole where a rat treads,
scatter the grains of copperas, and
the result is a stampede of rats and
mice. Every spring a coat of yellow
wash applied to the cellar is a puri
fier as well as a rat exterminator.
Corn Smut. —There is no doubt
of the hurtful character of corn
smut, and the cattle should be pre
vented from devouring stalks affec
ted with it. Where the cattle are
worth more than the labor of saving
them, this may be done by throwing
out smutty stalks by themselves and
burning them.
The Prosperous Farmer.—An
English journal says if a careful in
quiry is made, it will be found that
the farmers who are most successful
ly weathering the present storm of
adversity, are those who have kept
their farms up to a high state of
tertelity, and those who are sinking
arechitfly those who have been farm
ing in a slip-shod style.
To Rid Sheep of Ticks.—An eld
Virginian says the following mixture
will rid sheep of ticks: “Get some
leaf tobacco, dry the leave and Tub
it up fine; then mix, with bran aud
salt and feed to the sheep.” He says :
‘ I fed them the mixture about twice,
a month for three or four months,
and have never seen a tick on my
sheep siuce. Some of my neighbors
used the same remedy with like sat
isfactory results.”
The Dark Horse.
One of the readers recently ask'd
through the columns. of the Rich
mond Dis arch the origin of the
phrase “the dark norse.” TheOinciti 4
nati Enquirer says it originated as
follows:
Oi'Ce upon a time there lived in
Tennessee an old cnap named Sam
Flynn, who traded in horses a'-d
generally contrived to own a speedy
nag or two, which he used lor racing
purposes whenever he cou'd pick up
a “soft match” during his travels.
'l’he best of his flyers was a coal-black
stallion named Dusky Pete, who was
almost, a thoroughbred, and able to
go in the best of company. Flynn
was accustomed to saddle Pete when
* iproi.chiiig a town and ride him
into it to give the impression that
the animal was merely “a likely hoss,’
and not a flyer. day he came
to a town where! country race meet
iug was being held, and he entered
Pete among the contestants. 'l’he
people of the town, not knowing any
thing of his antecedents, and not be
ing over impressed by his appearance
b eked two or three local favorites
heavily against him. Flynn moved
quietly among the crowd, and took
all the bets offered against his nag.
Just as the ‘flyers’ were being sad
dled for the race old Judge McMin
amee, who was the turf oracle of that
part of the State, arrived on the
course, and was made one of the
judges. As he took his place in the
stand and was told how the betting
ran, and of the fully of the owner of
the strange entry in backing his
‘plug’ so httlvily. Running his eye
over the ruck, the Judge .instantly
recognized Pete, and he said: “Gen
tlemen, there’s a dark horse in this
race that will make some of vou smell
h— before supper.” The Judge was
right. Pete, the “daik horse,” lay
back until the three-quarter pole
was reached, when he went to the
front with a rush, and won the purse
and Flynn’s bets with the greatest
ease.
General Hancock’s Pedigree.
[Rochester Union and Advertiser.]
John Hancock was born in 1670,
died in 1750, aged 80 years. He
was a minister at Lexington, Mass.
John Hancock was born in 1703,
died 1744, aged 41 years. He was a
minister of Braintree, Mass., and a
son of the preceding.
John Hancock, LL. D., was born
in 1737, died 1793, aged 56 years.
He was the first of the signers of
the declaration of American inde
pendence, a son of John Hancock,
of Braintree, and the grandson of
John Hancock, of Lexington. He
was a native of Quincy, Mass.; grad
uated at Harvard College in 1754;
member of the house of representa
tives from Boston in 1776; presi
dent of the provincial congress of
Massachusetts in 1774; president
of continental congress in 1775;
governor Massachusetts from 1780
to 1784 and 1787 to 1793.
Benjamin F. Hancock was a son
of John Hancock, LL. D., signer of
the declaration ol American inde
pendence; was a lawyer at Norris
town, Montgomery county, Pa.; was
a member of the Baptist church and
superintendent of the Sunday school.
Winfield Scott and Hilary Han
cock, twin brothers, sons of Benja
min F. Hancock, were born in
Montgomery township, Montgomery
county, Pa., in 1824.
Hilary Hancock, twin brother, is
a lawyer at Minneapolis, Minn.
[WinfieldS. Hancock, twin broth
er, is now the Democratic nominee
for Pigai'dent, and will in March,
1881, be - inaugurated Pres : dent of
the United States.]
•Two fools and two handkerchiefs
are the only materials necessary
for a handkerchief flirtation.
SUNDAY THOUGHTS.
Ability and necessity will dwell
near each other.
Success in most things depends on
knowing how long it takes to suc
ceed .
Blushing is a suffusion—least seen
in those who have most occasion for
it.
By the over sugaring of all good
qualities yon may turn them to acid
i ties.
I’he sunshine of life is made up of
very little beams that are bright all
the time.
Those who excel in strength are
not most likely to show con tern nt
for weakness.
Knowledge without justice be
comes craft; courage without reason
becomes rashness.
If rare merit be the rarest of all
rare things, it ought to pass through
soma sort of probation.
If mortals could discover the sci
ence of conquering themselves, we
should have perfection.
Innocence is a flower which with
ers when touched, but blooms not
again, though watered with tears.
No one ought to enjoy what is too
good for him; he ought to make
himself worthy of it and rise to its
level.
There is enjoyment even in sadness
and the same souvenirs which have
produced long regrets may also sof
ten them.
We bear within us the seeds of
greatness, but suffer them to spring
up and they overshadow boih our
sense and our happiness.
Politeness is the imitation of a mu
tual good will among men ; this good
will, therefore, exists somewhere, for
without a model there could be no
copy-
Examples of vicious courses prac
ticed in a domestic circle corrupt
more readily and more deeply when
we behold them in persons of au
thority.
Like many other virtues, hospital
ity is practiced in its perfection by
the poor. If the rich did their share
how would the woes of this world be
lightened.
At thirty we are all trying to cut
our names in big letters” upon the
walls of this tenement of life; twenty
years later we have carved it or shut
up our jacknife.
Love, like a beautiful opal, is a
clouded gem which carries a spark of
fire in its bosom, but true friendship
like a diamond, radiates steadily
from its transparent heart.
Experience teaches us indulgence ;
the wisest man is he who doubts his
own judgement with regard to the
motives which actuates his fellow
men.
The truest self-respect lies, not in
exacting honor that is undeserved,
but in striving to attain that worth
which receives honor and observance
as its rightful due.
When we are out of sympathy
with the young, then I think out
work in this world is over. That is
a sign that the heart has begun to
wither—and that is a dreadful kind
of old age.
Seek to be distinguished from oth
ers by noble conduct, not by dress.
In the highest sense of the word, the
honor of an officer is involved in
his right to learn ol those placed un
der his charge.
The fountain of content must
spring up in the mind ; and he who
basso little knowledge of human na
ture as to seek happiness by chang
ing anything but his own disposotion
will waste his life in fruitless efforts,
and multiply the griefs which he
reposes to remove.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
The following platform was unan
imously adopted by the Dmioiratic
convention, winch convened in Gin'
cinnaii June 22nd, ult:
The Democracy of the Uhited
States in convention assembled, re
solve:
First- We pledge ourselves anew to
the constitutional doctrines and tradi
tions of the Democratic party as is illus
trated by the teaching and example of a
long line of Democratic statesmen and
patriots, and embodied in the platform
of the last national convention of the
party.
Second—Opposition to centralism and
to that dangerous spiiit of encroachment
which tends to constitute the powers of
all departments in one, and thus to cre
ate, whatever be the form of government
—a real despotism. No sumptuary laws;
separation of church and state for the’
good of each, and common schools fos
tered and protected.
Third—Home rule; honest money;
con fisting of gold and silver and paper
convertable into coin on demand, strict
maintainance of public faith, state and
national, and tariff for revenue only.
Fourth—Subordination of military to
civil power, and general and thorough
reform of civil service.
Fifth-Right to free ballot is the right
preservative of all rights and must and
shall be maintained in every part of the
United States.
Sixth—lbeexsitiug administration is
the representation of a conspiracy only,
and its claims of right to surround the
ballot boxes with troops and deputy
marshals to intimidate, aud obstruct elec
tors, and the unprecedented use of the
veto to maintain its corrupt and despot
ic power insults the people and imperils
their instructions.
Seventh—That the great fraud of 1876
-77, by which, upon a false count of the
electoral vote of two states, the candi
date defeated at the polls, was declared
to be president, and for the first time in
American history the will of the people
was set aside under threat of military vi
olence, struck a deadly olow’ at our sys
ti mos representative government. The
Democratic party to preserve the country
from ciyil war, submitted for the time in
the firm and patriotic faith that the peo
ple would punish this crime in 1880 s.
Ibis issue precedes and dwarfs every
other. It imposes a more sacred duty
upon the people of the union than ever
addressed the conscience of a nation of
free men.
Eighth—We execrate the course of the
administration in making places in the
civil service a reward for political crime
and demand reform by statute which
shall make it forever impossible for a
defeated candidate to bribe his way to
the scat of a usurper by billeting yillians
upon the people. [This was read again
in response to the demands, and was re
ceived with applause.]
Ninth—The resolution of Samuel J.
Tilden, not again to be a candidate for
the exalted place to which he was elect
ed by a majority of his countrymen, and
irom which lie was excluded by the lead
ers of tue republican party, is received
by the Democrats of the United States
with sensibilty, and they declare their
confidence in his wisdom, patriotism and
integrity, unshaken by the assaults of a
common enemy ; and they further assure
him that he is followed into the retire
ment he lias chosen for himself bv the
sympathy and respect of his fellow-citi
zens who regard him as one who, by ele
vating the standards of public morality
and adorning and purifying the public
service, merits the lasting gratitude of
Ins country and his party.
Tenth Tree ships and a living chance
for Americ m commerce on the seas and
on land, no discrimination in favor of
transportation lines, corporations or mo
nopolies.
Eleventh—An amendment of the Bur
lingame treaty, that no more Chinese
immigration, except for travel, education
and foreign commerce, and therein care
fully guarded.
Twelfth Public money, public credit
for public purposes solely, and public
laud for actual settleis.
lliirteemh—The Democratic party is
the friend of labor and the laboring man,
and pledges itself to protect him alike
against cormorants and commune.
Fourteen, h—We congratulate the
country upon the honesty and thrift of
the Democratic Congress, which has re
duced public expenditure forty million
dollars a year; upon the continuation of
prosperity at home and national honor
abroad, and, above all, upon the promise
of such a change in the administration
of the government as shall insure us gen
uine-and lasting reform in every depart
ment of the public service.
NO. 28.