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Published on every Tuesday and Friday Mornings
volume x.
The Cartersville Express
Is published Semi-Weekly on every TUKB
- AND FRIDAY, by
S. H. SMITH & Cos., Eiitors and Prop’rs.
In the town ot» artersville, Bartow County, Ga.
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ft, I Jcssional (fffwids.
Joint W. Wofford,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE - GEORMA.
Office over Pinkerton’s Pruß Store. Oct. 17.
A. P. Wofford,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTRRSVILr.t, ..GEORGIA.
Office in the Court-House,
June 28,1870.
It. W. Mitrphey,
ATTTORNEY AT LAW,
OAITEItSVILI.E, GF.ORGI A.
'Will practice in the cotivtsof the Cherokee
Circuit. Particular attention piven to the col
lection of claims. Office with Col. Abda John
on, Oct. 1.
.Toßui *t. Jones,
TTORNEY VT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
OARTERSVILI.E .. ...GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to nil professional busi
ness entrusted to his rare; also, to the buying
and selling of Real Estate. Jan 1.
Jerc. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County.
■ CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Jam 1, 1870.
A. Iff. Foutc,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ARTEIUJVrtLK - ...GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow. Col,b,
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. March 30.
’ T. W. MILNER, 0. H. MTI.NER.
Hilncr& Jlilner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERSVILLE ..GEORGIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
1 their care. Jan. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CAHTERSVT LK GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of the State.
Nani. If. Patailo,
Fashionable Tailor and Agent
fob Sewing Machines,
WILT, attend promptly to the Cutting. lie
pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’
Clothing; also, Agent for the sale of the cele
brated Grover Baker Sewing Machines, of
fice over stokely & Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. feb 17.
W. It. rtloiintfcasllc,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
'Repairer,
CARTERSVILI E GEORGIA.
Office in front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s Store.
Kennesaw House,
MARIETTV GEORGIA.
IS still open to the traveling public as well as
summer visitors. Parties desiring to make
arrangements for the season can be accommo
dated. Rooms neat and clean and especially
adapted for families. A fine large piazza has
been recently added to the comforts of the estab
lishment. FLETCHER & EREYER,
junelSwtf Proprietors.
S. O’SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
Cartersville, Georgia.
HAVE just received the latest European and
American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Cloth
ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making to or
der. Office upstairs in Liebmau’s store, East
side of the Railroad. sept. 20.
Hr. J. A. Jackson,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
O FFIC E IN THE NE W DRUGS TOR E.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Jan 4th, 1871. _____
WM. 0. BOWLER,
MANUFACTURER OF,
AND DEALERIN,
SINGLE AND DOUBLE
HARNESS,
Saddles,
COLLARS, LEATHER. kC,
R£rAIRIHO DOIE
With neatness and dispatch.
»gj&»Shop ( n West Main Street, near the old
Market House, CAKTEKSVILLE, GA.
febSl-wly WM. O BOWLER.
~“GEAR SHoP,”ljy Mjgjjfo
1. c. 3EBWMM,
CART IRBVILLE, GA.
M/nofacturer of Harness, Bri
dies, Gear, etc*, AND Bealbr in
Sa<l<lle«, Leather.
Itepairtng done on short notice. Work war
rants to stand the test. Hides W anted.
jan.24,1871.-swly
Teeth drawn without pain, by the use 01 nar
cotic spray. inch 9.
r GEORGIA BARTOW COUNT V—AU
X persons jadebted to the estate of
Thomas Dabbs, late of said County deceased,
are hereby notified to come forward and
•cttle at once; and all persons having Claims
Against said estate, are likewise notified
to present them. Charles T. Daubs,
Executor.
Sept .loth.
The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Express.
Bridles,
Church Directory.
Iff<‘llio<li«>t Church,
Ret. John- T. Nohkis, Supernumerary.
The pulpit of tills Church is filled, the first Sab
bath in ea<-h month, by Rev. Wm. 11. Fri.tos;
the 2nd in each month, by Rev. Jas.
W. Harris; the 3rd Sabbath in each month,
by Rev. jno. T. Norris; the 4th Sabbath in
each month, by RXV. I>r. W. W. Leak. Ser
vices every Sunday night. Prayer meeting
held on Wednesday evening of each
week. Sabatii School Sunday mornings, com
mencing at ft o’clock.
Baptist Church.
Rev. Robert 11. Header, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday and Sunday night by
the Pastor.
Player Meeting Held on Thursday night of
each week.
Sabbath School everv Sunday- morning com
mencing at 9 o’clock.
I’rrshytevian Church.
Rev. Theodore E. Smith, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning and mgnt,
by the Pastor.
Prayer Meeting held on Tuesday evening of
each week.
Sabbath School every Sunday- morning, com
mencing at 9 o’clock.
Episcopal Church.
Rev. Alexander J. Drysdaee, Rector.
I’restching every Second Sunday in each month,
commencing at half past four o’clock, p. m.
Services, in the future, will be held in the
building belonging to Dr. W. VV. Leak,
in the rear of the new MethodistCliurch.
I. O. o, F.
nnil E regular meeting of Etowah Lodge, No.
J| 49, 1.0. O. F., is held on every Thursday
night, in the Masonic Hall.
JOHN M. DOBBS, Sec’y.
Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 9th, 1871.
Cherokee Railroad Time Table.
ON and after Monday, October9th, trains on
the (Jherokee Kail Road will run as fol
lows :
Leave Taylorsville,. 8,30 A. M.
“ Stilesbovo ..9 “ “
Arrive at Cartersville. ..9,50 “ “
R E TURNING.
Leave Cartersville 1,30 P. M.
•* Stilesporo 2,30 “ “
Arrive at Tay lorsville 2,50 “ “
C. T. SABIN, Sup’t.
Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 7, 1871.
SA'SSEEN HOUSE.
(Formerly United States Hotel,)
CORNER ALABAMA & PRYOR STS,
Atlanta, Georgia.
E. R. SASSEEN, Agent Proprietor
ItiSy* Terms— I Transient Boarders, per day, $2
iSngTe meal and lodging, 50 cents.
THECATSE AN 10 Cuke OF CONSUMPTION.
—The primary cause ofCoasumption is derange
ment of the digestive organs. This derange
ment produces deileient nutrition and assimila
tion. By assimilation I mean that process by
which the nutriment of the food is converted
into blood, and thence into the solids of the
body. Persons with digestion thus impaired,
having the slightest predisposition to pulmon
ary disease, or if they take cold, will he very
liable to have Consumtion of the Lungs in some
of its forms; and I hold that it will be impossi
ble to cure any case of Consumption without
first restoring a good digestion and healthy as
similation. The very first thing to be done is
to cleanse the stomach and bowels from all dis
eased mucus and slime, which is clogging these
organs so that they cannot perform their func
tions, and then rouse up and restore the liver to
a healthy action. For this purpose the surest
and best'remedy is Schenck’s Mandrake Pills.
These Pills clean the stomach and bowels of all
the dead and morbid slime that is causing dis
ease and decay in the whole system. They will
clear out the liver of all diseased bile that lias
accumulated there, and rouse it up to anew- and
healthy action, by which natural auil healthy
bile is secreted.
The stomach, bowels, and liver are thus clean
sed bv the use of Schenck’s Mandrake Pills;
but there remains in the stomach an excess
of acid, the organ is torpid and the appetite
poor. In the bowels the lacteals are weak, and
requiring strength and support, ft is in a con
dition like this tlmt Schenck’s Seaweed Tonic
proves to be the most valuable remedy ever dis
covered, It is alkaline, and it use will neutra
lize all excess of acid, making the stomach
sweet and fresh; it will give permanent tone to
this important organ, and create a good, hearty
appetite, and prepare the system for the first
process of a good digestion, and ultimately
make good, healthy, living blood. After this
preparatory treatment, what remains to cure
most cases of Consumption is the free and per
severing use of Schenek's Pulmonic Syrup. The
Pulmonic Syrup nourishes the system, purifies
the blood, and is readily absorbed into the cir
culation. and thence distributed to the diseased
lungs. There it ripens all morbid matters,
whether in the form of abscesses or tubercles,
and then assists Nature to expel all the disease
matter, in thetorm of free expectoration, when
once it ripens. It is then, by the great healing
and purifying properties of Schenek’s Puimonic
Syrup, that all ulcers and cavities are healed
up sound, and my patient is cured.
The essential thing to be done in curing Con.
sumption is to get up a good appetite and a
good digestion, so that the body will grew- in
flesh and get strong. If a person has diseased
lungs.—a cavity or abscess there, —the cavity
cannot heal, the matter cannot ripen, so long
as the system is below par. What is necessary
to cure is anew order of things,—a good appe
tite, a good nutrition, the body to grow in flesh
and get fat; then Nature is helped, the cavities
will heal, the matter will ripen and he thrown
off in large quantities, and the person regain
health and strength. This is the true and only
plan to cure Coi sumption, and it a person is
very bad, if the lungs are not entirely destroy
ed. or even if one lung is entirely gone, if there
is enough vitality left in the other to heal up,
j there is hope.
! I have seen many persons cured with only one
sound lung, live and enjoy life to a good old
i age. This is what Schenek’s Medizinesfwill do
to cure Consumption. They will clean out the
stomach, sweeten and strengthen it, get up a
good digestion, and give Nature the assistance
she needs to clear the system of all the disease
that is in the lungs, whatever the form may
be.
It is important that xvhile using Schenck’s
Medicines, care should be exercised not to take
cold; keep in-doors in cold and damp weather;
i avoid night air, and take out-door exercise only
I in a genial and warm sunshine.
I wish it distinctly understood that when I
recommend a patient to be careful in regard to
taking cold, while using my Medicines, I do so
for a special reason. A man who has hut par
tially recovered from the effects of a bad cold
is far more liable to a relapse than one who has
been entirely cured; and it is precisely the
same in regard to Consumption. So long as the
lungs are not perfectly healed, just so long is
there imminent danger ol a full return ot the
disease. Hence it is that Iso strenuously cau
tion pulmonary patients against exposing
themselves to an atmosphere that is not genial
and pleasant. Confirmed Consumptives’ lungs
are a mass of sores, which the least change of
atmosphere will inflame. The grand secret of
mv success with mv Medicines consists in my
ability to subdue inflammation instead of pro
voking it, as many of the faculty do. An in
flamed lung cannot, xvith safety to the patient,
be exposed to the biting blasts of M inter or the
chilling winds of Spring or Autumn. It shoul
be. carefully shielded from all irritating influ
ences. The utmost caution should be ooserved
in this particular, as without it a cure under
almost anv circumstances is an impossibility.
The person should be kept on a wholesome
and nutritious diet, and all the Medicines con
tinued until the body has restored to it the nat
ural quanity of flesh and strength.
I was myself cured l»y this treatment of the
worst kind of Consumption, and have lived to
get fat and hearty these many years, with one
lung mostly gone. I have cured thousands
since, and very many have been cured by tins
treatment whom I have never seen.
About the First of October 1 expect to take
possession of mv new building, at the North
east Corner of s-.ixth and Ai;ch Sreets, where I
shall be pleased to give advice to all who may
1 C Fa*ll directions accompany all my Remedies,
so that a person in any part of the world can he
readily cured by a strict observance of the.
Brtme ‘ J. H. SCHENCK, M P..
Philadelphia.
( ARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY , GEORGIA, OCT. 'ZQ 1871.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Successors to Geo. SHARP, Jr.,
ATLANTA, GA„
Wholesale And Retail Jewelers.
We Keep a Large and Varied Assortment of
FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS,
DIAMOND*, JEWELRY,
AND
SPECTACLES.
m mm win,
A SPECIALTY.
We Manufactuae Tea Sets, Forks, Spoons.
Goblets, Cups, Knives, etc.
ftqemiums .Agricultural
We are prepared to fill any order for Fairs at
short notice; also to give any information in
regard to Premium*.
Orders by mail or in person, will receive
prompt and careful attention. We ask a com
parison of Stock, Prices and Workmanship with
any house in the State.
Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired
and Warranted. Masonic Badges and Sunday
School Badges made to order.
All Work Guaranteed.
ENGRAVING FREE OF CHARGE.
SHARP & FLOYD.
May 23, swly.
Lawshe & Haynes,
HAVE ON HAND AND ARE RECEIVING
the finest stock of the
Very Latest Styles
of Diamond and Gold
JEWELRY,
in upper Georgia, selected, with eat care for
the
Fall and Winter Trade.
Watches,
of the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A
merica;
American and French Clocks;
sterling and Coin Silver Ware;
and the best quality of
Silver Plated Goods,
at prices to suit the times;
Gold, Silver and Steel
Spectacles,
to suit all ages
Watches uml .Towelry
Repairsd by Competent Workmen;
Also Clock and Watch Makers
C
Tools and Materials.
sept 13,-swly ATLANTA, GA.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
WESTERN dc ATLANTIC R. R. C(
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAlN—Outward.
Leaves Atlanta, 10 30, ?. m.
Arrives at Chattanooga, 6 16, A. M
DaY PASSENGER TRAlN— Outward.
Leaves Atlanta, .. 6 00, A. M.
Arrives at Chattanooga 1 21, p. m.
FAST LINE TO NEW YORK—OUTWARD.
Leaves Atlanta 2 45, P. M.
Arrrives at Dalton 7 53, P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAlN— lnward.
Leaves Chattanooga 5 20, r. M.
Arrives at Atlanta 1 42, a. m.
day passenger train—inward.
Leaves Chattanooga 5 30, a. m.
Arrives at Atlanta 1 32, p. M.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN—INWARD.
Leaves Dalton 2 25, a. m.
Arrives at Atlanta 10, a. m.
E. B. WALKER,
sept 14,1871. Master of Transportation.
New Route to Mobile? New Orleans,
Vicksburg and Texas.
o
Blue Mountain Boute
VIA
SELMA, ROME AND DALTON
Railroad and it» Connec
tions.
PASSENGERS LEAVIMO ATLATA
BY THE SIX A. M. TRAIN OF THE
WESTERN: & ATLANTIC, arrive at
Rome at 10 A. M., making close connection
with
FAST EXPRESS TRAIN
Os Selma. Dalton and Rome Railroad, arriving
at
Selma at 8:10, P. M.
and making close connections with train ol
Alabama Central Railroad, arriving at
Meridian ... .4:00 A. M.
Jackson... ... ...... 1J:50 a. m.
Vicksburg fc;ss P. M.
ALSO, make close connection at CALEB A
with trains of South and North Alabama Rail
road, arriving at
Montgomery 7:10 p. m.
Mobile 7:45 A. i£.
New Orleans 4:25 p. m.
The road has recently been equipped and its
equipment is not surpassed by any in South for
strength and beauty of finish.
change of cars between Rome and
Selma.
PULLMAN’S PAEACE
CARS
run through from ROME VIA MONTGOMERY
to MOBILE, without change.
NO DELAY AT TERMINAL POINTS,
Fare as low as by any other Route.
Purchase Tickets via Kingston at the
General Ticket Office,.or at the H. I. Kimball
House. JOHN B. PECK,
General Passenger Ageut.
E. G. BARNEY,
General Superintendent.
E. V. JOHNSON, Local Agent,
oct. 2—ts No. 4 Kimball Ueuae, Atlanta
“Onward ami Upward
POET R Y.
THE MEANEST MAN.
Well, I thank ye, deakin, I don’t: much keer
If I du set down and talk fora min it ;
Here’s a cheese-box handy—don’t mind a
cheer,
\ou kin see the store if anyone’s in it.
I thought you'd be kind o’ curious like
About bow I did in to Jareoy ;
Thank the Lord, I live in a Christian land,
And that I'm back in it whole is a marey.
I should judge a man mean whose riches
arise
From selliu’ mahogany hams, and report,
erg
Tell a vam of a chap who from dead men’ ?
eyes
Stole the coppers, and swore ’cause they
wan t quarters;
And I hev seen some men so mean in my day
They would skin a flint and make soup of
it arter;
But, deakin, a Jarsey Quaker, I say,
Could beat ’em all at a swap or a barter.
The fact is, deakin, that mare of mine,
I thought when I went to Jarsey I'd trade
her, "
She was gittin’ so old that she’d stand with
out lyin’,
And so bony they sed some carpenter
made her.
But I fed her up smart, and I filed down her
teeth.
And I laughed as I thought how the fellers
in Jargey
Would swear arter tradin’, but, sure as you
breathe,
Ex they said us at court, it was just vicy
varcy
For down in a town that they call Hacken
sack,
I found at the tavern a meek little Qua
ker,
And he looked at my mare, ez she stood at
the rack,
And sez, “Friend, how much money wil]
make thee forsake her?
Thee must know I’ve a very uice horse of
mine own.
But I’m somewhat askeered, for he’s young
and he’s frisky.”
Sez I, “Mister”—assumin’ my pleasantest
tone—
‘ Let’s go in to the bar, and we'll sample
some whisky.”
He sez, “Friend, these strong lickcrs git in
to my bed,
And I fear they might make me do things
as is foolish,
But I’ll follow thee, friend, for it never was
sed
That Israel Jones did a thing ez was mul
ish.”
Well, I treated ten times., and Jones drank
apple-jack,
While I pooty near busted on darned soda
water.
When 1 said to him, “Jones”—he was full
as a sack—
“lf you drive your horse home yau’ll be
killed, and you’d ought cr.”
Well, the upshot is, deakin, I traded with
Jones,
My mare for liis horse, and kinder felt
phy
Ae I left him there drunk with his bundle of
bones,
Wh ; le I driv off his horse on the road to
the city,
But I scarcely had got half a mile njien a
CUBB
Yelled out, “There goes one of them darn
ed carpet-baggers
Stuck with Jones’ blind horse, and Itellyou
wat’s wuss,
He can’t go a mile, for he’s got the blind
staggers.”
’Twas gospel truth, deakin, for that ere horse
dropped
On the road, and was lanced by a sargeon
soon after,
Who remarked on his goin’ so far ’lore he
stopped.
While those Jarsey men stood there just
dyin’ with laughter.
And what did Ido with him? Nothin’ but I
Started back to the tavern arttr Jones, and
the fact is,
That Quaker was sitting there straight as a
die,
And was swappin’ jack-knives with a fel
ler for practice.
I looked square in his eyes, and 1 sez, “Mr.
Jones,
Os all livin’ hogs you’re a little the lean.
est,
And at swappin’, if truth your mean soul ev
er owns.
You will say of all men you’re a little the
meanest.”
But that Jones he looked up in his meek,
quiet way,
And he sez with a grin tkat was simply in
famous.
‘‘Friend, ’twere sinful to tell thee thou liest
but I say
I’m convinced tbq,t thee never met my
brother Amos.”
The local editor of an Indiana
paper introduced a quantity of carboL
ic acid into bis bed-room to drive
away the ruusquitoes, and then—went
and slept in the woodshed.
A thrifty citizen of Lewiston,
Me., saved a dollar the other day by
unscrewing and returning the handles
of his wife’s coffiin. .
—— .... ■~V p t I
ti&v. A Quaker’s advice to his son on
his wedding day; “When thee went a
courting I told thee to keep thy eyes
wide open; now that thou art married
I tell thee to keep them half shut/*
A Graphic Description of the
Great Fire by an Eye-Witness.
Chicago, October 10. —The follow
ing description of the fire h.ts been
furnished by a gentleman who aided
in subduing the flames:
None but an eye-witness can form
an idea of the fn vr and power of the
fire fiend as lie revelled among the pa
latial buildings w» re-houses on
the South side. The wind blew a bur
rictine. it times it seemed but the
j "’° kof a f or the fire to enter
the south ends of buildings fronting
on Randolph, Lake, and Water streets,
and re-appe ftr n f. the north doors and
windows, belching Girth in fierce flames
which often Ticlced the opposite build
ings. The flames issuing forth from
the buihbngs on each side of the street
would BDife ft nd present a solid mass
of fire, completely filling the street
from side to side, and
SHOOTING UPWARD A HUNDRED FEET.
into the air above the housetops in
their mad career. Thus was street af
ter street filled with flame, and a roar
ing sound, which conld only be equal
led by combining the noise of the
ocean driving upon a rockv beach with
the howl of the blast. Hnge walls
would topple and fall into the sea of
fire without apparently giving a sound.
The roar of the firece element was so
great that all minor sounds were swal
lowed np, and the fall of buildings was
only perceptible to the eyes. If Ihe
reader will recall to his mind the fierc
est snow storm in his experience, and
imagine the snow to be fire as it surg
ed hither and thither before the fury
of the wind, he will be able to form a
faint conception of the flames as they
raged through the Streets of our
doomed city.
Many of the buildings situated along
South Water street buried their red
hot rear walls in the w ater of the river,
into which they
PLUNGED WITH A HISS.
The heat wns so intense at times from
some of the burning buildings, that
they could not be approached within
150 feet, which accounts for the man
ner in which the fire worked back so
often against the wind. The fire, af
ter reaching the business portion of
Randolph and South Water streets
leaped the river to the north side in a
short time, and thence among the
wooden buildings on that side, reached
the lake shore after touching blook
after block of dwellings with its firerce
blast. A scene of such utter power
lessness in face of an enemy was never
presented than that of this people
trying to combat the fire fiend, for the
combat was not of long duration; the
people bowed their heads in anguish
of spirit and suffered the fiend to have
untrammelled sway.
THE MEANEST OF HUMAN HYENAS.
While there are many instances of
generous devotion on the part of rich
and poor in dividing with the desti
tute, there are painful instances of
meanness and selfishness. One person
was trying to remove valuable papers
from an office, and asked two firemen
to help him, but they refused unless
he paid them SSO. The papers were
destroyed. Drivers of express wagons
have taken SIOO, and even SSOO, for
an hour’s use of their vehicles in get
ting distressed people away from the
danger.
Among the sad scenes of the calami
ty was the appearance of hundreds of
men and boys beastly intoxicated
around the 6tfeets of the North Divis
ion, where saloon keepers’ stocks of
liquors were turned into the streets,
and furnished a convenient opportuni
ty for the gratification of their slavish
propensities, and there can hardly be
any doubt that many of these poor
wretches found their death in the
flames, from which they were too help
less to escape. One poor man had
crowded for refuge into the water
main, tying in the street near the wa
ter works, but the flames found him
eveu there before he could get his bo
dy wholly in safety.
Sunshine and Sleep. — Sleeples peo
ple~and they are nanny in America—
should court the sun. The very worst
soporific is laudanum, and the very
best, sunshine. Therefore, it is very
plain that poor sleepers should pass as
many hours as possible in the* sun
shine, and as few as possible in the
shade. Many women are martyrs, and
yet they do not know it. They shut
the sunshine out of their houses and
their hearts, they weir veils, they car
ry parasols, they do all possible to keep
off the subtlest aud yet most potent in
fluence which is intended to give them
strength aud beauty and cheerfulness,.
Is it not time to change all this, aDd
so get color and roses in our pale
cheeks, strength in our weak backs,
and courage in our timid souls ? The
women of America are pale and deli
cate ; they may be blooming and strong,
aud the sunlight will be a potent aid
iu thii transformation.
Igk, A woman got tired seeing a
can of powder tying around, and threw
it in the stove. Her hnsbr.nd is look
ing around for 3econd wife,
'nnfc' ; A ; '*
jgb- A, ll Indiana japer fcayite'“lf the
party who plays the accord eon ia this
vicinity at nights will, only change his
tune occasionally, An at where’we can
scald him when the engine has eteiana
on, he will hear of something kr his
advantage.” ‘ *
Ecapedcsn Mrlfllfl—JiifNWi Cle
ver; or King Grawi.
Editor Farmer and Artisan :—ln a
recent number of your paper I see a
piece taken from the Nashville Union
and American in reference to the Japan
clover, or wild clover as it is familiarly
called in this region. "While I think
that piece is an exaggeration in refer
ence to Rome of its qualities, yeti am
prepared to concede for it several
things that, does not yipplv to any oth
e plant we have ever seen growing in
this latitude.
Ist. It grows on poor l ft nd
more luxuriance th n anv other grasß
or weed I have ever seen; aud it has a
small leaf, rather contravenes the gen
eral idea of vegetable physiologists,
that large leaved plants feed mostly
on the atmosphere. I snppose, how-,
ever, that, this deficiency is connterac
ted to a large extent by the number
of leaves, for they are legion.
2d. It has great powers of endur
ance, so far ns the roots ere concern
ed; but the branches and leaves will
parch and die ont nnder a burning sun
very soon, especially where it grows
sparsely. During a wet summer it
luxuriates wherever propagatfj on
poor hill-sides as well as meadow
lands. It loves, however, rainy sea
sons on thirsty lands, and I fear will
not prove to be all we desire in snch
localities. It, howpver, reminds us of
an anecdote of Mr. Dickson, when he
was showing some gentleman his farm
during the prevalence of a severe
drought. As they passed through a
cornsi e ]d in which some of the stalks
were actually dying for lack of mois
tui'e, one of them called his attention
to several in that condition. “Yes.”
said he, M I perceive the fact—but ??
(Haft gome.” And so of the Japan clo
ver, it dies from severe drought, bnt
rallies again ae soon as the rain sets
in.
3d. It is a good pasturage for *tock,
and I think would make good hay, if
cut and cured. This I intend to test
the present, season. But Ido not be
lieve that onr stock like it as well as
the native grasses, and I doubt, wheth
er it is as nutritions as the Bermuda.
As cattle love variety, however, this
may subserve a. good purpose in that
way 7 . Mv opinion, however, is, from
not a very close observation in the
matter, that they would soon tire out
on it exclusively.
4th. Tt furnishes a largo supply of
vegetable matter to the soil, and T be
lieve will prove to be the best humus
making plant we have at the South,
where so much is needed from our
clean cotton culture. T intend to test
the matter thoroughly the present
winter in this wav, and hope others
will do the S ’me, As it is ?aid to be
difficult to gather the seed in large
quantities. I intend to plow up the
surface where it has seeded, and rake,
up the grass nrd top soil, and sow the
d’rt over my oats and wheat fields,
especially on the poor places. My
opinion is that a most luxuriant
growth of this clover will follow, which
can be turned under in the fall while
green, and thus furnish not only
hnmus bnt nitrogen to the soil.
sth. Another rare quality of this
plant is indicated in the name I have
given it King grass—in Ihe met that
it absolutely roots out and destroys
every living plant in its wide-spread
path. Not even old Bermuda, which
has so long held undisputed sway over
his circumscribed fields, cannot resist
its ercroncbes. I have a bottom leng
since given up to the Bermuda. Re
cently I passed through it and found
that the had almost; com
pletely throttled it, though like Mr.
DieksonV corn, if died gome, as here
and there, peering above its enemy,
conld be seen an isolated sprig of
Bermuda, which, as it cannot stand
shade; will have to yield entirely be
fore the close of another season. I
have bnt little doubt tlmt any pest
like Coco or Bermuda could be rooted
out by this King grot** in a few 7 years
in any locality, and would recommend
it to be sown on snch fields if for no
other purpose. I intend to gjve it a
fair trial myself on one or two similar
localities.
E. M. PENDLETON.
Girls Beware. Girls beware of
transient young men. Never suffer
the addresses of a stranger. Recollect
that one good Farmer’s boy, or indus
trious Mechanic, is worth all the float
ing fops in the world. The allure
ments of a dandy Jack, with a shoe
brush over his upper lip. a gold chain
around his neck, a walking-stick in
his paw, a cent cigar in his mouth,
some honest tailor’s coat on his back,
and brainless though fancy skull, nev
er can make up the loss of a good
father’s home, a good mothers co»r~
sel, and the society of brothers and
sisters* their affections last, while that
of such young man is lost in the de
cline of a honey-moon. This is true.
The editor of the London Sat
urday Review says he well remembers
the answer he rsce'vod of an Amerisytu
of whom he inquired, what the
“war .powers bv President
Lincoln V' It was “jes what he damn
■pleases.” 1 ! ’
An- Alabama paper published
the following notice ; “Married, at
Flintstone, by the Rev. Windstone,
Mr. Nehemiab Sandstone and Misn
Wil helm in a Whetstone; both of Lime
stone.” Look out for brimstone
next,;- ■- ‘ '
S. H . Smith 4' Cos. t Proprietors,
Henvpn help the fruin who im
agines he can dodge enemies by trying
to please everybody! If ntich nn indi
vidual ever succeeded, be should he
fried of it—not that orte should U* go
ing through the world trying to find
beams to'knock and thninp bis bend
ngainst, disputing every man's opinion,-
fighting end elbowing, nnd crowdit g
all who differ from him. That, again,
is another extreme, Other* people
have their opinion, so have yon; don’t
fall into the error of supposing they
will respect von more for turning your
coat, even* dnv, to match the color of
theirs. Wear your own colors in
spite of wind and weather, storm nnd
sunshine. It costs the vacillating and
irresolute ten times the trouble to
wind and twist, and shuffle, that it does,
honest, manly independence to stand
it a ground.
How things borrowed are often
used is well exemplified in the case of
‘a boy who was met on horse-back
crying with cold. Some sa id to him,’
“NV hy don't yon gpi down nnd lead
your horse ? That is the way to keep
warm." "Ho," said the bov, “it's ah
b-borrowed boss, nnd I’ll ride him if I
freeze.”
A Boston minister says he once
preached on "The Recognition of
Friends in the Future." and was told
after service by a hearer that it would
he more to the point to preach about
the recognition of friends here, ns he
had been in the church twenty yearn,
and didn't know any of its members.
At nn lowa Sunday School the
su|)erintendent was reviewing the lee
sons, and was talking of the verse,
"Let yonr loins be girded, and vonr
lights be shining.'’ He asked the
question. "Why are we commanded to
gird our loins?” One little shaver
sung out, *‘To keep your breeches up."
A gentleman seeing nn Irishman
fencing in a barren, desolate piece of
land, said: "What are you fencing in
that Jot for, Pat ? A flock of sueep
would starve to death on that land."
"And sure, your honor,” replied Pat,
“wasn’t I fencing it in to keep the poor
beasts out of it?”
An eccentric wealthy gentle
man stuck up a board in his field up
on his estate upon which he painted
the following;
"I will give this field to any man
who is contented.”
He soon had an applicant.
"Well, sir, are you a contented
man ?”
“Yes, Sir; very.”
"Then what do von want with my
field ?”
The applicant did not stop to reply.
86?“ An eloquent orator proposes to
"grasp a ray of light from the great
orb of day, spin it into threads of gold,
nnd with them weave a shroud in
which to wrap the whirlwind which
dies npon the bosom of our western
prairies.” We fear the machinery will
break before tbe fabric is through the
loom.
86?“ Almost everything has its
bright side. A little girl in West Vir
ginia, busily engaged working a pair
of slippers intended for a birthday gift
to her father, said to one of hor play
mates; "I think you are real lucky, for
\our papa has got only one leg, and
you needn’t work but one."
In response to nn inquiry of a
scientific publication: Whence cornea
fie as ? a Western journal savs it does
not care a nickel, but would like to
know where in the thunder they go to
when you go for them.
Bgkr-A summer boarder (very close
calculator) recently astonished the
landlord by asking him how much he
was going to deduct from his board
bec«.nse he had two teeth extracted—.
Next!
General B aur< gurd has been inter
viewed. He sr.ys Grant ill inaugu
rate a military despotism if be is re
elected. He goes for the new depart
ure and Gratz Brown for President.
l@~Tbe entire alphabet is found in
these four lines :
God gives the grazing ox his meat,
He quickly hears the sheep’s low cry;
But man, who tastes his finest wheat.
Should joy to lift his praises high.
George F. Bekde, of Fremonnt, N.
H b»R onions enough on bss than an
acre of ground to buy a thousand
I bushels of corn.
SS?" A child five years old has been
found in the Baltimore Jail charged in
the criminal docket with being “a com
mon thief.”
—
in great quantities, is
said to have been discovered in Butts
county, Georgia.
it will thq .grup? vine 'gfdw, is
the latest ballad, • >l >! -
*6r\Ve learn from the Nashville
papers that a lady h" 8 been elected
Engrossing ,Cleik by the lemiessee
Legislature.
A love letter, picked up in
oirit gfield, Illinois, had the following
aragraph V ** st loved one ’ 1
Phased the postage st.-.mp on your
u last letter all to thunder, ‘ because I
knew you licked it on.” v
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