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VOL. XVI. si; r.;:: 1 ~ - *•• Henry M Stanley has been heard from. A long letter from him has been published. He suffered great hardships, had numerous fights with hostile natives, lost many of his men, met with strange tribes, some of them dwarfs, wild and shy ; the letter de¬ scribes strange experiences and reads like a romance. **** The Constitution, and some other democratic papers think the Southern democrats ornffit to have voted for the confirmation Halstead Halstead. Tl»ev They did did ri-ht rifdit t> t f vote Aot.e against him. Mr. Halstead is intense- lyseetional. A minister to a foreign government should be in sympathy with all portions of our connin' alike; he should represent not a part, but the whole nation. **** T„V 1 he ex^llpnt exce nt letter tte of o Chmcellor . Boggs m this issue of theNEWS should he read by every friend of education, The editorial in the News to which the Chancellor alludes, emphasized the importance of educating teachers for the rural districts; suggested Nor- mal training schools as necessary; re- ferred to results of such schools in oth- er states; . t urged . 4l their . adoption . 4 . . m tins ... state, but did not enter into details,or intend to convey the idea of one great cmitral Normal school for Georgia,for ,t believes more than one school is nec- C8Sary - * *** True, one Normal school is better than none,but ten will reach far great¬ er results than one, and the News heartily seconds the suggestion of the Chancellor of establishing ten,sup¬ plemented by summer classes, or in¬ stitutes. If those institutes can be held in every county, the work of ed¬ ucating the teachers will be brought quite close to their homes. Primary classes in the colleges afford facilities to supplement scientific instruction with the practical training of teachers for their duties in the school room. ■***.* However they may differ as to de¬ tails, doubtless all friends of educa¬ tion agree as to certain important measures;prominent among which the following may be mentioned: Pri; mary education should be free to all; the common schools should be sup¬ plied with properly qualified teachers; secondary and higher education should receive liberal state aid. To obtain all our educational needs, two obsta¬ cles oppose;—want of money,a ml stub¬ born legislators. Were the means at hand, our educators could easily de¬ cide what measures to adopt, but lacking funds it becomes a difficult and perplexing problem to decide which educational needs are the most press¬ ing, and to adopt t’n se for which the legislature will make the necessary ap¬ propriations. It is but natural that people should differ as to what is most needed. It appears to the News that the educational wants of the country districts are the most pressing just now. The want of suitable means o? education among farmers caifbe view¬ ed only with the deepest concern. Without school houses, without prop erly qualified teaehers;burdened with debt. The News does not intend to be “dogmatic,” but this is not a ques¬ tion of dogmas,of opinions,but of facts, of necessities. * * * * The ratio of illiteracy is increas- ing. A school commissioner of a county not Swr from Atlanta told the writer that the negro teachers of country schools in his county are bet¬ ter educated than the white. As to educational advantages, the farmers are more needy than an\ other classes ot citi- zens. The towns and cities of our state, as a rule, have good schools, well Wr vij onalifiod quaimed teachers* uauiri>, barrino* bairni, the we buildings, these schools compare fa- vorably with those of the other slates. But the great masse* of farmers are prived in a large measure of suitable means for educating their children. It is earnestly hoped the Chancel¬ lor of the University, the State Com- misioner of education and any other competent educators whom they may select to aid them, will devise some method to supply these most wants; then it will be the duty of the press and people to lay aside* ences, second the measures recom- mended, and bring such potent influ- ences to baar upon the legislature this coming session that whatever is asked will be granted. ~ a„emer.t and help, t i-ase a statement: Georgia should make am- pie provision for the highest training of boys of good character and ability, but no. possessed of private means, Mj i->~ » “-a. this should be done, not as a charily to them a, all, bnt as a means of self advancement on the part of the State. A civilized com- mtinity cannot afford to be deprived the assistance of such men in the tbe higher walks of * ranee in the day of her humiliation the question: “Why in her mo- ment of peril did Prance fail to have ureat , * intellects to £' ffnide and save her?” The accepted answer is: u Be _ cause she had destroyed her system of University education.” France,there- fore meet's the demands of the occa- sion by expending in Higher Educa- tion $2,500,000 yearly, after giving mora than §13 000,000 in a lump for restorirur n the provincial collecre n buildings which the first ISapolean had dismantled and sold. France finds that it cannot compete with Germany unless it can rear great intellects like Bisrnark and Von Molke. To help j n this she is adding to the above princely gifts $150,000 annually to found found DUO 500 seholarshins scholarships worth worth &300 each . S he knows that she may ex- pec t to find great brain power among the “sons of the people” and she is re- 8()lvoJ (0 , |ave tl ,„ use ot them . Let GeorKiaseew|]atEufopeis doingto day, and profit by it. 1 note the News’ idea as to a great central Normal College in Georgia. You may be correct in the exception. I am for whatever will best serve the great end in view. We can hardly afford to be dogmatic, much less can the friends of education afford to be impatient with one another. Perhaps a slight error of the printer has ob- scured iny meaning. The News cites from the Constitution the words: “That would be talking science to the people.” My words were: “That would be taking science (i. e. know]- edge) to the people.” The people do not particularly need at this time to have science “talked” to them, but they do need to have it taken to them. If, for example, the leg is la- tore should take measures in July to establish a “Branch College” in each of the Congressional distriotsnf Geor- S ia not already supplied, and a chair of the Art of Teaching (Pedagogies) were ordered in each, instead of one institution or two necessarily far off from many homes, we should have ten. This would be “taking science” to the people. The immense advantage would be that nearly ten times as many persons could be taught the Art as could be in remote institutions. Want of money, failing to fully ap- preciate the great importance of tech- nical training &c., would prevent as large results from a central Normal Culiege it least fur years lo come. Of cunrse the Art of Teaching can be yiroperly learned by actual work only, no matter where the instruction is given. Each of our Branch Colie- ” ges affords every J facility J fortunately, * Each , of , them . , has grade , from , every the “Primary” up to “Advanced.” The work of the chair could only be done by actual experiment with these . , TlmiCif _ lwere permitted to make . to . these ., ten . Normal -r i /n Uol- i suiTcrestions . leges . Georgia, . T J would T > n in ^ say: By J all have . Normal classes , means in the summer for . the , teachers , of , your _. Dis- triet. This would be “taking science to the people” and thus diffusing it rapidly. * j ai n encouraged in my plan by n,■din. my friend, Dr. A, G . Hay'- tr tK)d? to be heartily persuaded that it is better adapted to our condition in Georgia than a central Normal Col- , , He agrees with , me that , by and fay the , Normal CoUe g 6 will ^ ^ adde „ dum _ as the com . pletion of these ten chairs of Pedago¬ gies. This would be healthy devel¬ opment on Georgia soil of her own stitutions, rather than attempt to im- port the , full . „ grown plant , from , anoth- . er s, - iL Wisconsm f“t«aampla deals largely, I imagine, with New land P^P ie in training her ( for bom people do little teaching.) This makes a wide differ¬ 0n00 in the methods best suited Wisconsin. But about these we will not dogmatize. For one I wish to learn whatever is best, and do that. Wx. E. Boggs. The Toccoa lews. TOCCOA, GA. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1889. arssssssK. »•" - ■ -■ n * la it is in you. ,, S a ^ S ’ '''' 0 t,re ® J * hrothers older 1 , than , mjsel, and •« used o run together. T «*y -•« ■»- a «- —« •» »«'■««• home affairs You we had to work all week 1,1 ^aturday noon. Our afternoon task was to prepare enough fire wood for ensuing week, and that being we w As f re we at dul !'j >ert not 3 r have tlU Monda a stove >' thought it was a pretty tough ifc was > f « r we had to lug every of it from the woods not less l q „ t ti,, three oa quarters of a mile distant, ' hi le engaged at our afternoon task bright Saturday evening in May, senior half bud conceived the idea lat there was much betterand quick- getting along in the wood Accordingly he called us S Qthef a,ld U ravo us hi s P^n as fol- 1 10 ” s - Ellison, you and h rannie may pre- pare a load of wood, while Hud and I are gone after the wagon. The wagon was an old fashioned country >«ade piece,adjusted to shafts or pole. So, Billyaraan (as we called him) and I did hot loose much time in getting h back Billyaman and Ellison . being . nearly matched m size agreed to be hitched and worked like little oxen; Frannie and I were to push if 1 was tickled half •» when Frannie and I werefixing tbo bows on the little oxen s necks, bu * ^ held my lip. T ho grade was ber steep for my young bulleys to Y down a hea\y load for tno first hitching, but you see 1 held my lip. ^ n a ver J short time the young team vv ^ s standing with their necks bowed * n ** a ger readiness t > move at the first cra ck of the whip. So frannie gave tbe word and fb 0 wagon moved, and lhe little oxen beil, S rather sf arte d °ff 0,1 a trot, and it was trot, trot, trot, for a short distance when it became necessary for the little bul- le )' s to run as f:ist aS tbe y cou,d to kee P out of the approaching wa g on * Ellison beginning to realize that he couldn’t run fast enough,very ^V 1 }' unyoked himself and left it for P oor Billyaman to manage the best be cou,(1 b y himself. After Ellison -’leared the track 1 saw that the show was fast com,n^ to a close, ^.o I shut my eyes to avoid the terrible scene a '* d 1 heard a great crash that caused oe to look, when I saw poor Bdiya- -n lying flat on the ground with t,ia t everlasting ox bow twisted a roun d his neck and the huge path that had plowed for twenty feet over roots a °d stones with his Roman nose; ^ te ^ y ou tba ^ was a scene Fll never f 0r g 0 t- Gld Boy. _ Persons who lead a life of expos- <»re, are subject to rheumatism, neu ra '=' a and and lu ,T1 h a SO will find L'an’Tvolcmnic^ OnUuimeJ, it null banish pai n and subdue im fiamation. |^T^ for THi: klugu, uitbyvN's jies ^ v ^ aess > Malaria > indigestion and iron bittehs. med^efne^efet the genuine. > -— ■ — DOGS AND SHEEP. - 1 — Ttli! r ° !lo "'ing statement in regard to shoe P lM»t»»ndry in Georgia ap pears in a publication recently issued tl,c Agricultural Department: ‘Sheep 1 husbandry is still on the wane, ’ not because it does not pay but chienv on the , account of . the . annoyance of dogs. , ... It impossible , to estimate : the is nuQ1 her destroye I by dogs the past year.” W e infer from this statement that sheep could be raised successfully and l >ro ^ abl v in Georgia, ir the flocks - Ijf'‘worMnes'slr™" 1 ‘ti must do without sheep and hold on to their dogs or vice versa. In a case this kind, it seems that it would be an easy matter to arrive at a conclusion, ,,, curs ougl)t „„ Sheep can be raised with great sue- ilST rESiStt: ^ natural" pncinv of the sheep. The latter is a prev to the former. The sheep is a source or income to the former The .lno is of little or no value. We mean be ordinary, tiie sheep-killingdog. Th .n, iet rid of dog. If it can be done in no other wav, legislate him out rhe sheep growing districts or require iiis owner to keep bira in his kennel. Enquirer Down with Sun. sheep-killing dogs!— Tnere are many accidents and dis¬ eases which affect Stock and cause -enons inconvenience and loss to the farmer in his work, which may be quickly temedied by the use of Dr. J. H. McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment. „2::r:rrr:: clean, the stables and yards clean, the ud(k . r9 and hand, clean while milking; the dishes, should bo perfect. iy swet snd cltl , Good butter will bri „ g 40 „„„ 50 cents> wto „ ordiDar y „ eold for 15 „„ d 20 cents. „ „ sak , if pig3 fed „„ abnn- dance of bone and muscle (lean meat) f orm j n g food S . S ucU as wheat mid- dlings, Tublo clover, peas and oats, they are n „ lo have the bo; cholera. Tho Duroc-Jerscy hogs are said to possess the following excellent qual- ities : very hardy, goo ,\ feeders on grass as well as grain; will fatten at any age, yet grow to a large size. mere prolific than any other ,, , b.eed, - extra good mothers and suckers, raising large numbers of good strong pi«». are the fast comming popular breed o! hogs. 1 he Cbcsire Hog ranks very higL dressing when fatted and grown 500 to 600 P ounds - Good P»?9 average 300 pounds when nine months old. The m p.t fine "rained and solid ’ ^ lUl a muc 1 lar ^ r Proportion o ^ “^of quiet disposition. § They ^,. fi „ ood mothers nursing usua jj J v from n , ne to thirteen oKiinpd that eottmi seed lard is . prepared by a New _ York Company, ^ that ^ flaVQr is hi hl eeable . Biscuits sboTtene d by it are superior to tbose made of butter ' Jts ” aeneral ^ ^ a(JJ millions of doU ar . t„ lh8 valoc „ f th# cotton ctop , It will be a g00(i ldea for our grocers to G r- der SO[ne as sam ples. toultry. The Langshan is regarded by many as the very best breed of fowls. The new born chick is black, with spots on the head breast and wings. When full grown they are entirely black. The Longshan matures earlier than the Brahama, lays more eggs, is not so clutnsy, and its meet far sweeter. In order to have hens lay enough eggs to pay for their keeping and money besides, it is neccessary to introduce fresh bloxl from other flocks ' evCry yCa,i - Tbis Can be t,wne by getting a male not akin and place it with the flock every spring, The value of the poultry product _ the United .tales is estimated at thre ® hum rcc mil inns ot ( ollars Ho ”‘ W * J - 1 or ^n, advises pu - teUrr re" r ^ pMtnro an() | my ^ than any o If the Und poor , bar „ manur0 i9 t he best fertilizer, p eac h sto ies In‘California me s*ii 1 to d oduce t.my bring & toQ ^ an , areused f or f uel in can . ner ; es> free distribution of seed is to be ^ ra , s f erred from Washington to the a g ncu itural experiment stations in the various states. The Alliance at Cawthorn Ga„ de- nounces jute bagging and subjects an y nicmber to expulsion who uses it U ‘° Cr cek"stick firmoiDongi.ert^c<mnty ... „ . says: ‘Georgia as a stock country e q Ua lg Kentucky or any other state in the Union . That is,we can raise just s good stock here as there, it we would only try. This gentleman raises blooded hoises and trotters, which bring as good prices as the Kentucky | ljg i, ste ppers; lie has fine herds of horned cattle-and makes gilt edged butter, and lots of money. silo; ensilage. Ensilage is growing in popular fav¬ or more and more every year its great value becomes better known. 1 he News believes it will greatly aid in making the stock business a success in this Piedmont belt. A silo, a tow acres of some Kind of corn or sorgh¬ um sowed in drills quite near together are the requirements. The produc¬ tion is from 10 to 30 tons to the acre, tbis cut when green, properly placed in the silo, computes the work. It will be seen the enormous yield will feed a large number of cat-* lie from a few acres. I he silo is in- valuable for herding,or where the no fence law • is in operation, jp .. QU su jf er pricking pains on raov- ■»* «>• «.V«S « cannot boar bri»ht .'« !<• and «“? v,H ,r "* ht " 0;lk ■ la>l'ng.'on siiouh . pron ,lly ,. usi Dr. t fL Mc |. tan s strengthening Eye Salve , ce " u a ljox - ' i «— .. Use RrowiTs Iron RRters. Physicians Tccoramend it. A:i dealers keep it. SI.On per bottle. Genuine has trade-mark aud crossed red lines on wrapper. GRAPE CULTURE. We commence this week a series of articles cm grape culture. The in¬ formation will be valuable, as it will contain the views of men who have had large experience in the bnsiness. The following is condensed from the pen of Hon. Felix Corput, published iZJtt&zszh.'Z! ■ »s ex »,«—..... » e . Ration an 1 If.*7''° soil. Any well S ^ s ! VC r retcJuvo The still red tndraln clav’subs'oil ut« and hard Any bet northern exposure will do. A ^ SIlS^ "^^1^0 we^lT dal, f ! Hpen oar- ior arc less liable to rot, and the must registers from five to twenty per cent higher; the dew on western slopes dries by evaporation before the - [f^o® to 'sun" scaUL * Twenty ‘ wUl vines will be found on western, as gainst one on eastern slopes. preparing the soil. This should be commenced at least two months before planting. The rowg sbouM be eight feet apart. With a turning plow’ open a furrow in the middle between the rows,follow in the some furrow with a subsoil plow as yon to’bo'wbere°you'inte'nd to plant Uie vine3< When the ground is thoroughly settled, repeat the process, this time bedding on the water furrows, on the ground intended to be occupied by the vines ; this will leave the soil un- disturbed, with the clay el broken to the de ^ “ f of^varift^ 8 ' c I K Among dark g:apcs, the Concord is foremost/the Ives and Hanford will bQ fou " d valuabie * 0f l !le reJ grape the choice 1 i ie the Delaware, TA , Catawba and Salem; f white, the Ni- agara, Martha and Frentiss. For red wine, nothing will excel Cynthana, Notion s Virginia Clinton “ d Iv «*- quality of vine. In this, a well rooted, strong No 1, one year vine will be found the best. The vine should be cut back to two buds ; in slow growing, hard woo l va¬ rieties, to one, and the roots pruned in to about eight inches, giving it a di¬ ameter of root surface of sixteen in- ckes;all crown roots should be remov¬ ed, vines placed in a basket or box with moi-.t moss or straw around them to keep the roots from dying out, and only taken out when planted. The ground oeii g well prepared, the hands who dig inc holes are fur- nishished with measuring sticks or poles of proper length, and mark off the distance the vines are to be apart in the rows. The holes are dug 20 to 24 inches in diameter; Item this the surface soil should be removed, and the hole dug to the depth of 2 or 3 in- i hes in excess of the length of your flant. By the use of a spading fork or pick, the bottom of he hole should be thoroughly loosene no, then put about three inches of oil mixed with a handful of fertilizer, (pigeon or chicken droppings are best,) draw this up to the center in tl.e shape of a cone, upon the middle of which the stem should rest. Allow the roots to shed in their relative position to the lower edge of this mound; top soil should then be shoveled in until it reaches the upper tier of rootr, when the vine should be slightly raised and shaken so as to allow the soil to settle among the roots, when it can be thoroughly firmed with the foot. A common lath will furnished a good support for the vine the first season, this cun be read¬ ily forced in the ground near tbevine, always being careful to place it with the edge to the vine to prevent cut¬ ting or bruising the roots. To be continued. ---- tm » —i - Physicians prescribe Dr. J. II. McLean’s Tar Wine Lung Balm; in it they find no trace of opium or mor¬ phia, while its efficacy in curing all throat or lung diseases is wonderful. Neuralgic Persons And those troubled with nervousness resulting from care or overwork will be relieved by taking Broivn*s Iron Bitters. Genuine has trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. ABOUT LADIES. Mrs. Langtry’s physician has order¬ ed her to discontinue the use of all wines, coffees or other stimulating dri ks. Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has set sail for her English home. She does cot expect to visit this country again for several years. Mra r , Mutseo, the pretty young wife of t ie Japanese minister, can now speak our language almost fluently as a three-year-old child. Mrs. Hornan=, widow of Dr. Chas. D. Homans, of Boston, has been mourning her husband 3 years. Now she is about to re-enter the gay world of society again. She is very hand¬ some, an accomplished linguist, ex¬ ceedingly and brilliant in conversation, is called the Madame de Stael of Boston. Queen „ TT . . . studying , . Hindus- r . i V ictoria is uni, and is making considerable progress in that difficult At the age of ten she spoke several languages, and read La.in classics. The American lady who married the duke of Marlborough is not py with her husband. Perhaps her heart aches for a companion of her girlhood days,on thisside tl.e whom had she married, although she she would had not been nave happy. been a duelled, yet Mrs, Frances Bod^son Burne ; ie now at work on another play, the leading character in which will, as in “Little Lord Fauntleroy/’ be a child. lalking about ‘Little orli , ina i t hoi, 3 |»t »r. neec.-ssarv to in- me in the great Al ' deal ler a groat nl e.xplain n*. 1 ^ ^Ifc «•« > mVtabov Pm*.ijiV « •« *«*»■' « hut n no *. * f*^ baseball ••*«- is » not • * ^ _____ SUMMER 110 d MS. —— Piedmon^AiiTineVs gaiT.ehn mation with a view of publishing the names, etc., of persons wl.o will take boarders for the ensuing summer. c would like to see our section ot the country thronged with people next summer, and to this end would s „g- gest that families desiring to aecorn- modate summer boarders comrauni- eate at once with nearest station atent on post-office or near ad-lress, which they'"reside, ^Id via i at or near what station conveyance used, if any, number of guests to be accommodated, with terms per day, week and months. Blanks will he furnished by applica- tion to station agents. Far better than the harsh treat- ment of medicines winch horribly gripe the patient and destroy the coating McLean’s of the stomach. I)r.'J. 11. Chills and Fever Cure, by mild yet effective action will euro Sold • at 50 cents a bottle. m+m+m OUR MAGAZUnES. Lippincott’s magazine is first of the April monthlies ou our table,and it is rich in choice literature .It contains the entire Hew novel by Amelie Rives, The Witness of the Sun; Bayard Taylor, by Ii. If. Stoddard; What Pessimism is not, by Edgar Saltus; several fine poems; Our One Hundred Questions; Our Monthly Gossip; Book Talk; Every Days Record. The price is only 25 cents; it is difficult to con¬ ceive how so much excellent reading can be furnished at such a small price. Names of subscribers will be forward¬ ed from this office. Once A Week is undoubtedly the best of all weekly magazines. It has introduced a novel feature. It is giv- ing each week quotations, from au¬ thors, which include m all 100 quo¬ tations. It gives four prizes, one of $250, one of $100, one $50, and one $25, to subscribers who will indentify with their authors the largest propor¬ tion of the 100 quotations. Here is a chance to get a handsome prize, besides the enjoyment of t idy¬ ing authors and the luxury of weekly visits of this delightful peri¬ odical. Price, $4. a year, 35 cents a month, or 10 cents a week. The editor of the News will forward the names of subscribers. The Southern Cultivate!* for April comes to our table filled with most valuable and interesting reading on many subjects connected with the farm,the garden, and the home, includ¬ ing the dairy,butter making,live stock, horses, cattle, swine, poultry, fruit, especially strawberries and grapes, grain and root crops. Considerable space is devoted to the Farmers’ Alli¬ ance, the Grange. Woman’s Work. Young Farmer’s Club, and numerous articles on great variety of topics. The article on Grape Culture by Hon. Felix Corput is worth the price of the magazine for a whole year. Only $1 a year. IF FOUR It AC,1C AC11KS Or you ate all worn out. ready good for nothing it i.s general cebilitv. Trv Itli OU A’.N l It ON I-1 TTHttS. It will cure yon. and .give a good e opetlte. Sold by all dealers in medicine. When nature falters and rc'|nin*- help, recruit her enfeeble I energio with Dr. J. H. McLean's t ing Cordial and B ond Pnrifi. r. $1X0 per bottle * mr BBoatr* won on tors Cures indigustion, I’-iiiousutss, itys-pupsi:; Mala- c£rn T has trade mark and er<»sed red lines on wrapper. M f. AliiV bCiaBlANGF. Mr. Airy, Ga., March 27th, ISSJ. The Rev. T. G. Pond has purchas¬ ed of Mr. T. A. Capps, now of your town, his former elegant and cotnmo dious residence in this L place. The lot is de%htflllIy louated d is i„ wa . -'’ one ° , t , ie moot , . , . places , uesira -.e in Mt. Airy. We congratulate Mr. Pond on the successful trade he lias made, but at tlie same time we from” ret/ret very sincerelv tbe rem oval our n,,dst . Mri hh: ,, or . ' ‘ a,,u estimable daughter, Miss These excellent ladies are an acipti- s.t.on to the society of any tj* Mr. John Echol’s family are - Occu .... tne,r house, and py lrj o new to be very comfortable and ia less and prosperity. The house is a ! -»—.«. ‘ uork ; two of our energetic anil worthy , E»is, citizens. | ! Work on the the new court house, or hall , ..der thd *"*•*» ®» <-'oh £ O. Wilcox. The building street is centrally located, corner Oth. and Railroad Avenue, and will be used, we learn, not only as a place from which to dUnense [.■ iustice * i col Z ** i nr. In»ln , i . ! e a of J histrionic character, Mrs. Etta Parker, wife of our ex¬ cellefit neighbor, T. O. Parker, has . - ., , * H ’ now, we are ! pleased to learn,convalescing rapidly: their little baby Edna has been quite unwell ‘ but is ‘ also ^ much 11 b ^ t f ' er er ' Mrs. Henry H. Bacon, nee Miss Annie Pond, is on a visit to her par- cuts at this place and expects to re¬ main several weeks. Miss Gaines and Miss Fannie M alls, of Cornelia visited our towii on yesterday. We would be pleased to see these pleasant young ladies a little oftener in Mt. Airy. Our Sabbath school is in a flourish- ing condition and deserves the praisa of every one. The attendance is large, the system and good order in urivalled The good work has begun by Mrs*. Isabella R. Wilcox and still owes much of its success to her unfailing energy and devotion to the good cause. It is a union Sabbath school to which come children of all denomi¬ nations of Christians and unite har¬ moniously in all parts of it religious worship. On Sunday night last, the 24th. inst. we had quite a heavy fall of rain and considerable thunder and light¬ ning; there was an ominously black cloud in the North-west, which had a very cyclonish appearance; it caused considerable apprehensions to those who beheld it, but'a kind Providence changed the course of the storm and we were left unharmed. 4t is a very remarkable fact that during the 1(5 years since Mt. Airy was founded, it has never suffered a public calamity. It has never been visited by a storm, a fire, s pestilence of any kind. Hous¬ es are left untenanted during the win¬ ter months, and are nbver molested. The people who make this a per¬ manent home are quite industrious and sober. There is a brave fight to keep down the sale of ardent spirits and the Sabbath is religiously kept. E. W. C. Spzciai. Corbespoxdench op The News. Items From Rad Hill. Carnesville court has stopped a good many plows this week. Major J. L. King declares he will no longer be known as “The Major” since his sweet-heart has named her little black fist, “Major.” Log rollings are the general order of business this week. Theyaveraga one a day and two some days. The boys siy that one day a logrolling is better for the health than a week’s practice in calisthenics, A gentleman who lives on Leath- erwood Creek, took his position on tho boueyard at Carnesville last Tuesday and said he wanted a good horse that was so ugly that nobody else would have him and such a one he carried home. An old mule with a hump on his back which very much resembles an Arabian camel. Mr. Bill Taylor who has been run- ning two shingle mills in this section has moved to Martin, Ga. Mr. Taylor d ... his excellent „ family , a " are missed , very much; Torn for his music and OTSe bUB “* charming loquacity and beauty will a<11 8™'% tothe embellishments of Martin. Mr. Aaron Terrell, of Habersham Co. has been looking for a farm in this section. We hope Mr. Terrell will get suited in some of the many good farms of Franklin Co. He is a good citizen and we would be glad to , l- “ ‘ - , . Red Hill has one of the finest do- bat ;,,j, societies in North East Geor- gia, entitled The Rural Debating and Literary Junto. There are ai o at 2 > names on the roll, and it is about a rear old. Hurrah for the young folki of Red Hill. Russ 'Terrell has turned out las lnastach e, and we think they w,U "be visib)e to tlle 1)aked eye in .he course i'' * of the farmers will ... be l some soou j re ady to plant cottm seed, Const a xtin’e* ■