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i’Si gy^: <c 9 ti >- IS TOLU. A WOMAN’S VIEW OF THE SITUATION, “THE LAST ear OF CORN.” 1 read what my ole man had writ in the paper at At lan ty, Erbout oar troubles, losq and debts, and ‘Christinas without Santy.’ I red it ter the chilluns and they wuz sich mightv proud Ter see poetry dad writ; but Jimmie up and lowed: “Hit’s mighty pretty, that’s a fac’, but Law, what would folks say, Ef ma would write the truth on pap, and tell hit yore own way ! Altho’ you’re not what they call an eduicatad lady. The Constitution ’ll give you room, jes’ trus’ ter Mr. Grady.’' An’ then that boy fetch peu and ink an' hunted up iny specks “Come, ma.’ he. sez, “now do it: speak for the female sects.” “But, Laws!” I sez, “why Jimmie,” 1 ups and sez I then, “Why jes’ fer think uryore ole ma er saesin uv the men! Tho’ I have had ihy ‘pinions^ I’ve For forty kept them mighty still b’iieve year or ino-e, hut now, I I raly I will— I’ll grab that pen yer daddy used, fer wunst 1’il make her talk, But, Jimmie, ef he tins hit out, yore have ter walk!” So, Mr, Grady, this is how I’m writin’ you this letter, Ter tell t he truth about our craps, my ole man k no wed no better Than ter lay our loss on drouths an’ floods, when he was sich a shirk; When craps were ruined long afore, lie sed jes, fer the lack er work ! our cotton “shed hit’s fruit,” and hit was “powerful short,” Bdl Law! sura naybors jiuiu' us had They quite ernuther sort.. lef never sot up in er porch, and hit fer er nigger Ter make er crap, an’ then cussed round bekase kit wuzzent bigger, Erbout that “drouth” the truth is; ttffe drouth hit don’t When a good nea t mule, an’ man he ui* keeps stirnn’ up the dirt. But when er man gives up the fight, au' sets down in the shade, I tell you, sir. hit are a fack, no hon est iiveu’s made! The flood hit cum, I’ll not deny, that we had trouble, which jes 5 Oum frum this.t hein low lands drown ed whar he’d not cleaned er ditch; An’ flopped then he down plum gin up, bed. he did, an’ on ther “Hit’s the lawd’s will,” do you be lieve, was what the crit ter said. But when I red what lie has writ erbout our plow mule’s deth, I tailed and c: ied together till I like ter los’ my broth : Why, sir, he kilt that po’ ole beast, he broke her clean plum down, Eir ’tendin’ ’Jiance meoiin’s,er riding ‘herter town! Er skeleton she were, with a so’ upon her back, An’ she died uv thirst aud hunger, hitched to er town boss rack. Er nuther pint he’s touched upon, our killin’ Jimmie’s steer, But raiy, now, that poor # old ox, he didn’t so much keer. He had no pleasure in this life, it had bin monny a day, Sense he had er good squar’ meal, er jest er bite er hay, truthj Altho’ last summer, *tis the in our bermuda fiel’. Three tons ter every acre would er bin erbout the yield. But law! he never cut it; you see that warn’t his way, That grass grew rank and pretty, but hit rotted whar hit lay, An’ when ’twas ripe and reddy, what did my|ole man do? He rid off in er buggy ter ’tend er bobby-cue! Now do you think hit’s strange, sir, we’re nongryaud forlorn, An’ the bailiff’s cum and tuck er way the last ear of corn? He says -‘we have no bred to eat,” but some one tell me why My ole man raised no wheat nor oats No no taters barley, peas or rye, shotes within the and no i sorghum, no He pen? jea’ wnz plagued lazy, sir, like He plenty luved yuther men. his ease and pleasure, and He •orne had days nr the fishia’ week in that to go er down Char creek. He luved ter^kotch the' rabbits, the foxes an’ the * coon; “OUR AMBITION IS TO MAKE A VERACIOUS WORK, RELIABLE IN I -STATEMENTS, CANDID IN ITS CONCLUSIONS, AND JtJST IN ITS VIEWS, - He lured ter rock in rockin’ cheers, an’ go to sleep at noon. My husband quotes the Bible erbout the ‘sparrer’s fall,” But bnn that quotes the Scriptures had better quote it all. Aanuther tex’ that’s plainly writ, » Hit cams to me just now, Er man must earn his livin’ by the sweat uv his own brow!’’ That tex' don’t say er man can strut ter round ’noeth an umbreller, An’ have his sweatin’ fer him done An’ by git some other feller, his cloze and vittles from er man that works in town. An' pay him back in cussin’ when lie sends hi* bal around, Now, who must hear our loses, my husban’ or this man, Who’s fed and clothed us all the year, since fusi the year began? I , ve studied on this subject, I’ve think er long time sbo’, An’ I’ve persued the merchant when I’ve traded in his store. And I will tell ther truth ef they The hang farmer me to er limb, hns er easy time, now jes’ compared with him. He takes no rest from weary toil, fer him no holiday, And ef at last he gets Ins dues, the laborer’s wuth his pay, Altho’ he sent the bailiff that luck We’d away our corn, eaten more than that ot his as sure which as you are born; 1 raiy- blush we never for paid a cent; and shame hear our people *bu6in men that hazzent been ter blame. A merchant holds a mortgage now, he hoi’s it in his ban’, On this roof erbove my chillen’a beds, and on our little lan’, Yet he never has foreclosed it, but has struggled year by year, To ( pay iiis own creditnes’s and nevei aturbed us here. Lord knows that I am'grateful, an’ I want our folks to know, Ef it hadden been for him they cuss, I’d perished long ago. He’s vakenl .lcito net got, an d never made er moan, An’when at last they’ve laid h im low, Fit put ou his headstone Er message fer the farmers ef enny one attends; •‘This honest merchant’s heart was broke from trusting of his friends” An’ now I'll say m ending, I know how wimmen feel. Ef we wuz men, an’ had their chance we wouldnt starve nor steal, Nor beg, nor whine, nor make sich fuss; Lord knows for one I’d try Ter make my bread by honest toil— I’o do it or I’d die. The folks that work with all their might from dawn till set of day, On Georgia soil, has got enough ter eat and give ei-way, Tbo sum has got no corn bekase, They though they have delved and dug, never put no corn in sacks, they kep' hit in er jug! Perhaps I’d better say no more, my meauin’ you can guess, And so I’ll stop right here, hit maybe is the bes’, husband's But jes" one word—my writ uv leaving this yere worl’, An’ settin’ round them golden streets ergin them gates er pearl. But law! he is so lazy, ef the angels don’t look sharp, He’ll take er long or nigger fer to And help him play his harp! I now as ter any uv my name, druther you’d keep shady, Aq’ don’t you toll my ole man, for the Lawd’s sake, Mr. Grady. —Atlanta Constitution. There are forty two states now the Union. We have heard of a man’s run ning so fast that it took his shadow ten minutes to catch up with him, we heard a man say the other day that Ben Cause and Dawson Smith were so slow that their moved off from them every time they got in the sunshine and they have to take a shady path to to catch it, or they would be entirely a shadow. Several of our ladies are of tbs same opinion these young men, as they have failed so far to join the army of bene Say, young men, get a move on you and put a stop to these re marks.—Milledgeviile Chronicle, GRAY, GEORGIA, MARCH 9, 1889. The largest peach orchard in Cal forniais near Marysville, it cos tains 4256 acres. In the great museum at Londo a small watch, one hundred yeaj old or more, in tho shape of 4 apple. The golden outside i adorned with grains of pearl- ; lion. Ben Terrell, a prominei Allianceman. of the Lone Star Statj is in tiie State of Georgia and v.i remain until July next, durin which time he will address the fai mers throughout the State in tl; interest of their oocupation. After a hard rain at Ihe site q old Andersonville prison it is easi to collect trinkets worn by Unioj soldiers who were confined in th prison. A dozen brass buttons and belt clasp with the letters U. S. on i were picked up there the other day A woman in PittsBeld, II!., fora, number of years has been lookin' under the bed every night belore rj The tiring, to see if a man was ther. other night I ho man was then He was a big, ugly tramp, and th woman had the satisfaction ot put ting to route those people who wei-< This disposed ought to make be light of her habit to other to who very encouraging women have the same habit. m OY/U r Ka f ROYAL gggJaiu J ^ ’ Tt- v §|pf !==5= =H^||a ''V Iil SI *4KlN e POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A mar vel of purity, strength and whole sornenesB. More economical than the ordinary competition kinds, and cannot be sold n with the multitudes ow test, short weight, alumn orphos phate ROYAL powders. Sol only in cane BAKING POWDER CO 106 Wall Street New York $50,000 |-TO LEND-| To Farmers on long time at 6 per cent interest. Apply to TURNER & WILLINGHAM. Mulberry Street - - Macon Ga Loans Negotiated On Farms & Town Property IN BIBB AND] ADJOINING COUNTIES ELLIOTT ESTES& GO 318 Second St. Macon Ga ROB!. V. HARDMAN CLINTON, GEORGIA PRACTICES IN OCMULGEE CIRCUIT Office in Court House. OR. R. A. JONES. 1§ RESIDENT DENTIST MONTICELLO GEORGIA I L ‘Uy‘. . gfi' Eyfififiigay N, THE WEEKLY Detroit Free PI’BSS -3!» ‘-'_‘_. <?*~...;~r-~;~:“;~?~P ‘l‘fu‘ 2‘ “ ONE.DQL1..AR .A. YEAR. Tow I‘maustu:ofDou-rw.okhps ' M n or chow Wham. , muchasbmwlhhflxoméhdiu.’ lmahlootcon fim a:hodb 13%;“ man M II! I [?;?;lfiafimgfix: whfikfisfi'n 931-189 00.. Detroit} ufén. CLUB KATES. The yearly subscription of the GEORGIA FARMER is 50 cents. To any one getting us a club of ten at 35 cents each we will send the Farmer free six months, and for a club of twenty will send the Farmer ree one year. Address, GEORGIA FARMER, Barresville, Ga. A PIANO TO BE GIVEN AWAY THE GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE Macon, Ga., with its characteristic progressive spirit, will this year give some lover o 1 music a hand some Upright Piano. This is a big stroke of enterprise, and those who would like to have an elegaut piano, free, should write at once and learn particulars. It will cost you but a postage stamp. QUICK TRIP TIME. Send brother, send with care. Three nickels to VickofRochestare, And in quick’trip time you’ll get from there A book full of seeds and plants so rare, Seud, brother, send with care For The Floral Guide from Rochestare, (N.Y.) Vick’s Floral Guide contains a certificate good for 15 cents worth of seeds. CENTRAL K. R. OF GEORGIA. ■x Notice to Travelii Pole. The best- and cheapest passenger route to HEW YORK $ BOSTON is via Savannah and elegant steamers thence. Passengers belore purclia ' ** * * *»t raAn* . rOUf* 3 * do well to inquire first or the -merits of the route via Savannah, by which they will avoid dust and a tedious all-rail ride. Rates include meals and stateroom on Bteamer. For further information apply to Any agent of this Co. or to E.T Chariton, G. P. A. Savannah Ga To it once iiubllih a trade in nil port*, mnohiowj. by.. ’piecing goods ° where Dr the and will paoplt • can too V them, vra tend free to ona person in each locality,(be very 9 best sewing-machine made in (ha world, with nil the atteebmento. We wilt alee tend Wren a complete line of oar eoctly and valuable art •ampler In return we nek that yon show what we eend. to those who may call at your home, and after t imonlbs all shall become your own r,property. This ilugrr grand marhiue it made after tbo patents, k which have ran out iWS, .before patents run on t it sold for with the fBBlBEpSSHSng attachments, and now telle for brief Infractions given. Those wke write to an at once can ee curo A^g the beet aewing-auchiaa in tho world, and iha > 3 & -G* ONE a C ONE DOLLAR. » ♦ * ♦ DOLLAR. K| W £ REDDING A BALDWIN. CLOTHING m * H AT.S AND GENTS FURNISHING GOODS L Keep always on hand a good stock and guarantee to give satisfaction to all their patrons. 368 2nd Stv*T» $\coN f Qa. WINSHIP a CALLAWAY’S OLD STAND. t N—H—9—20—8m. trnv. EADS, NEEL & GO. CHE, HITS, 9HB U HOBS. and Latest Styles THE LOWEST PRICES. Seud us your ordersand come to sco us when in Silicon. Goods sent U. O. D. unless city reference i* given. EADS, NEEL & CO, 6570IIEUKY ST Clarence H. Cubbedge. 672 CHEERY STREET, MACON QA General House Furnisher. Bernier* In Crockery, Glassware, Tinware, Cutlery, Excelsior and^Capitola Cook Stoves and Ranges. Rodgers Worsham & Co. 420 and 422 Third St., Macon, Ga We offer our services to the farmers of Jones and Jasj e Counties for the season 1888 and 1889. We have now in stock pure TEXASIRUST PROOF OATS GEORGIA RUST PROOF OATS, RYE and BARLEY. WttALfY» avb* i LARGE STOCK OF BAGOUTO and TIBS FLOUR, GRAIN, BACON, TOBACCO’S etc., at the LOWEST PRICES. We have made the best trades of our liyes in fertilizers and we assure planters that their interest will be served by calling on us before buying elsewhere. For next season we are GENERAL AGENTS in Middle Geor gia for II S MILLER & CO’S., famous Bone Fertilizers. ‘ PLOWBOY’S BRAND” a complete fertilizer. "SOLUBLE BONE DUST” the best acid sold. xMACON OIL and FERTILIZER CO., cotton seed meal. W® have also; imported a very large lot of genuine QeRpAfi fC^iNiy and (f(Jft ,A T e °rP°T4 s H' Estimates made to Alliance Clubs. All farmers are cordially invited to call or write us for prices etc. RODGERS, WORSHAM & CO.. H-9-2 6m. 420 and 422 Third St.,MacOn, Qa.