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the approval of, our people.
acts of the Inst Legisla
ture are now ready for distribution
by the Ordinary.
Tom Kimbrough has our
thanks for two very nice beads of
eabbage.
Cnopfc.—lt is the general report
from all sections of the country that
crops are good, and it is the excep
tion, and not the rule, where the con
tinued drought Ims materially injured
vegetation. In various parts of the
county the crops compare favorably
with any year since the war, but there
are portions in which farming is al
most an entire failure. In portions of
Catania district no rain of oonscquence
has fallen since May 3d, aiul the re
sult is that crops are almost worth
less.
• We were told, a few days ago, by
a gentleman living near the line of
Harris and Muscogee, that ho would
not make more than filly bushels of
corn on a hundred acres, and that
bis neighbors were no better oil” than
himself.
Esq. Jenkins and Capt. Roberts,
who are good farmers, and planted
largely, say their corn crops are not
worth gathering. In the centre and
upper part of the district the crops
are a little better, but not more than
one-fourth of a crop can be counted
on.
With the present prospects, there
will not be corn enough made in Ca
tania district to feed the stock until
Christmas. C. 11.
Personal.— Our young friends,
Johnny Mobley and Monroe Jones,
Lave returned from the State Uni
versity, whore they have been pursu
ing their studios during the term
just closed. We are glad to wolcome
them borne again. Gentis Mobley
remained to witness the commence
ment enro’ses.
A Qiery. —We have been re
quested by several citizens to put
the following question before the
readers of the Visitor, and if any can
g : vetfie desired information, W) will
bs glad to hear from them: How,
when, and by whom are the dele
gates appointed to the agricultural
convention which meets in Dalton
On August 10th next? This is impor
tant, as our farmers are interested.
■a i ■ <mm
Get a Fly Trap.—-The best way
to get rid of those pests, the house
flies, is to have a trap; and if you
want a good one, try Harper's patent
fly trap. It is very simple and cl nap,
and can also be used to catch miners,
roaches, and cUrculio; thus saving
your bees, your fruit and your gar
ments. Any one wishing a trap
can order it through the editor of
the Visitor, or direct from the gen
eral agent, T. H. BoUhaw, Bavamiuh,
Ca jE
Try Your County I’aplr.—A cou
ple of Whitcsville merchants solicit
the trade of this county through the
columns of the West Press.
It might pay them better to try their
county paper—the Visitor,
ring Reporter’s Locals.
! Drouth!! Drouth!!!
t> jy Bryant, aunt of Mr. J
•at, his residence on the
;ed 7fl years.
lobby Osborn, infant son of
Osborn, died on the 22d.
:! rs.
inal meeting is now in ses
lyrna. Large congregations
andance.
Springs B is very solicitous
if Hamilton has accepted
lenge. The town reporter
o notify them,
at ions arc now being made
Id Beach Springs church,
v not the particulars, but un
it will occupy the same
Tim C ‘3 says, if a preach -
as earnestly as Elisha and
id for rain, they Would re
*
T. Thetford says his cotton
fully represented. Eight
two, from hue blossom.
r. 11. Hadley has a cabbage
her garden which supports
tinctly formed heads,
ard a fastidious young man
on Sabbath that the pin
osent quite an enticing con
argclt met a couple in the
r Collins’ ferry, a few days
were hunting sortie one to
cm. The Major performed
ce there and then, and the
ent on their way rejoicing,
vfl in our district a polished
ichelor who wear* a beaver
ial occasions; en route for
a, a few days since, while
Dr. B.’s quarters, 'he heard a
nbue uichin of the sable persuasion
exclaiming, “ Mam, is dab yonder a
black gemman ? ”
Rev. J. T. Lowe has left for the
district-meeting which convenes at
Carrollton to-day.
We have in our district a lady
friend who has sold 82 dozen eggs
outside of home consumption, which
was bountifully supplied Young
man, we would advise you, if she has
a daughter, to look after her.
Owing to inconvenience and bnsi
iness engagements, wo were silent
last week.
Ellrrslio Reporter’s Locals.
lio rain yet.
Oh, for a good ioc-cream 1
Hof, hotter, hottest, and still heat
ing.
A briar in a young lady’s shoe is
said to cause much pain.
Capt,. Jno. Turner, of Dougherty
county, is visiting his friends here.
Prof. Jas. Calhoun has taken charge
of the Mt. Hope Academy, in Mus
cogee county.
Layingby time is here, and the
number of unemployed day laborers
is actually astonishing.
The general indication for a shower
of rain at an early day is very favor
able, and we hope to see it. soon.
The citizens of this and Catania
listriets are co-operating together to
roteot themselves against the iuva
•ion of horse thieves.
Waverly Hall is to have a Sab
bath-school celebration on the 6th of
August. Ellerslie has been invited,
and all who can, will attend.
“ Thank you, I never take the wing
of a goose,” said a young lady to one
of our young men who offered her
his arm. “ Well,” said the gallant
escort, “you are the first gosling I
ever saw refuse shelter at sunset.”
Is there such a thing as a law pro
hibiting vagrancy ? If so, it is high
time it was being enforced, for tliero
are too many negro loafers around
here, who make a business of stealing
and robbing the premises ofour hard
working citizens, while they sleep at
night.
J. S. Ykrnon and Daniel Robinson,
of CusafAla., passed here last week
in search of stock stolen from them
by the H horse-thief clan. Bow
en, one of the party, now boarding
with Sheriff Robinson, refused to give
them any information concerning the
whereabouts of his brethren.
Billy has disappeared, and the good
citizens of Harris and Talbot counties
would, no doubt, be much gratified
to know that he had left these parts
for good, and taken up bis abode in
a much warmer climate, where be
might call on the members of his clan
to sing from “Greenland’s Icy Moun
tains,” instead of stealing horses.
Goon Corn.— Mr. J. J. Hadley
writes ns that M , L. P. Hopkins, of
. his ct nnty, has corn fourteen 'eel
high, and seven foet up to the ear.
tiT The Fiji islands wore visited
by the measles last spring, and 20.-
000 of the natives have died.
Letter from Texas.
La no xi a, Fan xix Cos., Texas, )
July 12, 1375. f
Ed. Visitor —l take this opportu
nity to give you some items from this
locality. ) will say, in the first place,
money is as scarce as I ever knew it
to be in my life, and this seems to be
a general thing; at. le >st in the-'o
parts. In o'her parts it seems to he
the saino cry, but as the farmers have
been blessed with good crops, there
fore I apprehend a better time in the
money line.
I have been told by a doitrn farm
ers, or more, this week, that the corn
crop was made, and they say that it
will be an abundant one.
I have not been out in the country
much since the crop was planted, con
sequently I have only seen the corn
around town. I will give you an idea
how it looks. Say you have had
good seasons on your patches in
H miilton, which were planted four
feet apart each way. Now bring
your rows three feet apart and eight
een inches in the diilt, and you will
have the desired peep. The ears are
no larger than your best bottom corn
when the season hits right. The far*
me s say that it is only about, every
third year that they -have good sea
sons. 8o yon can just put it down
that corn gets scarce in this S’ate as
well as any other. Corn at this time
is worth 75 cent*. It, is predicted,
though, that it will be worth only 3d
cents. Of coarse I had rather see
tl.is than to hear talk of it. I don’t
think it will be lower than 50 cents>
from the simple fact that immigration
will be so great that corn will be in
great demand all the time during the
fall.
Some wheat has averaged-40 bush
els per acre. The average yield of
Grayson county is 26 bushels per
acre. Fannin county about 25. The
wheat crop is better than has been
known for many years.
Cotton is as promising as the soij
can afford. It grows oil here about
like guanoed cotton does in Georgia
—no larger nor better —but stands
the drought belter. We can’t, make
as nice cotton in Texas as you can in
Georgia, because the ground is as
black as a crow, and i-* quick to stain
the cotton.
The oat crop is good. 1 heard a
farmer say that his crop yielded him
90 bushels per acre. I’m not respon.
sible for that. I liavn’t heard the
average yield of oats, but learn that
it is above tho ordinary yield. < ,
This has been an extraordinary
year for good crops.
I received a letter from a friend in
Hamilton, last week, w ith these ques
tions: “When you write me again,
give mo all your Texas ideas—what
you think of tho country. How
would it suit me, do you think ? Will
you remain, and are you thoroughly
satisfied ? ”
Answer: I think well of the coun
try. Some things yon would like,
others you would not. I think I’ll
remain, lam no: perfectly, but very
well satisfied. I like the country
much better than I did when I first
came here. I think it would be treat
ing the subject with injustice to say
nothing of the disadvantages. So
here we go: We don’t haul our wa
tor but 2‘J miles at this time. Sick,
ness pretty common. Chills, you
bet! The population of this place
about equals that of Hamilton—six
doctors, one lawyer, and a calaboose.
So, if you have a lawyer that you
think you can do without (a enial
one will do), I’ll send to Gov. Smith
and see if I can’t have him and a mon
key sent to us for the purpose of
amusing ourselves by hanging them,
as we are about tired of running
horse-races, pitching dollars, and go
ing to grinder-pullings.
We'll make out on marbles until
wc hear from you, if you’ll be in a
hurry about it.
In my next, I will tell yon about a
Texas deer hunt.
T.UK C. DoGOETt
A Clever Man. —Darwin G. .To tes,
of Atlanta, not only makes as good
vinegar and sweet cider as anybody,
but be is one of the most clever men
living. He complimented the press
convention, on their recent, excursion,
with a keg of sweet cider, and lie also
sent a keg to I)r. Mitchell and the
writer, a short time before that,
which was distributed among onr eil
izens, aurt they all pronounced it cap
ital.
nr Franklin, in Heard connty,
must be a nice place, to live in. Two
ditfienlties originated in the academy
in that place a tew nights ago, while
an exhibiton was in progress. One
man got his head badly bruised with
a stick, and two others had a falling
out, which culminated, a day or two
subsequently, by oe of them shooting
and’killing the other.
Bankrtpt Deposits. —By a recent
act of ihe Supren e court of the Uni
ted States, fifty dollars is required for
deposit for Register's fees in bank
rupt cases, iueteud of tweuty-tive, as
.heretofore*
Wisdom’s Store Reporter’s Locals.
Charlie goes up the road twice a
week, Sunday too.
There was a man at the picnic Sat
urday who eat like lie had been tak
ing an appetizer, but there is no
doubt but what he got plenty.
A man called to ece some yoting
ladies not long since. He spent
about two hours, during which time
he used the term “sweetheart’’ at
least seventeen times. lie also said
“gals” during his stay. But, dear
render, understand that he was not
one of our local boys. No, no; they
know better than that.
’ltah higher, B bbie.
Think what you and your kinf-Jks
really and truthfully are before you
censure oth“r people, and do not fall
out with other people because they
don’t agree with you on every point.
When a young lady is in company,
and wants to get with her sweet
heart, she excuses herself by saying
she sees some relations that she must
sneak tii. Five minutes later she is
sefti talking with a mustache man.
Ha! ha!
’Gene says the o-der of the day is
to engage six weeks ahead. We
reckon he has an engagement in Mer
iwether, as the camp-meeting is about
six weeks off. Don't get sick on ir,
’Gene, but come by, and wo will loan
yon a red hit.
The young lady who was holding
tho blue parasol, and sitiing in the
buggy with the young man wearing
a straw hat, says she was not there.
The membership at Beech Springs
met on Monday to repair the chitrcb,
which was torn to pieces by tho last
storm.
Keep Alive Until 1889. —Mr,
B. Woodruff, of Grand Rapids, Mich
igan has published a pamphlet in
wbi h he* says information has been
communicated to him in a vision of
great physical changes to take place
on the earth fifteen years hence. He
dec’ res that during twenty-one days,
commencing January 16,1889, anew !
plane:, will be formed from a belt of ;
matter thrown off from the sun, and j
anew moon from a belt of matter j
now surrounding the earth, and that
our present moon will be pushed fur
ther off That the earih’s a'mos
phere will be purified by the change,
and that sickness from natural causes
will thenceforth be unknown. The |
chances are that all of us who can
y anagWTXpvolong ott? existence uu
tifTßS9 will be in a position to live
forever.
There is a manly style of so
licitation, a certain modest assurance
about a well written and honest ad
vertisement, which naturally attracts.
It is this very need of a frank, off
hand integrity in the making of ad
vertisements that creates the opinion
among advertisers that a man should
write his own advertisements. Hois
the only one who really knows what
he wants to do and to say, and if he
undertakes to do it simply and fairly
he is apt to succeed.
Doing Without Rain. —The no
small honor of being the discoverer
of a method of doing withot rain, if
necessarry, is now attributed to M.
Paraf. He knew that the air was
full of moisture, and he knew* that
ch'oride of calcium would attract
and condense it (or eultural.purposfs.
Htlias applied this chloride on sand
liilk and road beds, on grass, and
on all sorts of soils successfully, and j
he has ascertained that it may be ap- i
plied in such proportions as will pro
duce the irrigation of laud cheaply
and efficiently.
To use advertising is to use a
business measure, which, once suc
cessful, can be repeated acl libitum.
It may be used accurately, knowingly
with precision, for ii has become
understood by the advertiser. The
methods of advertising once known
and used may be ropeatel for the at
tainment of certain probable and well
eahKlated results. They are business
methods on which fair computations
injjj? be made according to the ex
penditure to be be settled upon.
C f r ~ It may interest y ung and old
to know that RobinsonTOrusoe’s Is
land, in the South Pacific ocean, was
peopled by a colony of seventy Ger
mans, in 1862. They found on the
island large flocks of goats, thirty
,half-wild horses, sixty asses, and a
number of domestic animals. The
colony has rapidly increased, and
now has hogs, cows, fowls, and farm
ing utensils in abundance.
JsS“ “ I make my money work Sun
days, it I don’t work myself,” said a
New York merchant, who having re
ceived a large remittance on Satur
day invested it at once in good, inter
est-bearing paper. It is so with ad
vertisements. He who invests in
them knows that they are working
day, night and Sunday without break-
a commandment or creating a
Lines Written under the Dog-
Star.
The following question was asked
in the catechism of the Commissioner
of Agriculture, returnable June loth:
“ What is the principal obstacle to
sheep-raising? ’’
The response from the correspon
dents was so uniformly “ dogs,” that
Mr. J. A. Stewart (who happened to
be in the Commissioner’s office during
the conversation in reference to it)
was requested to write something on
the subject. After a short absence
Mr. Stewart ■ returned with the fol
lowing:
ON DOGS.
A lirifX Or RESIGNATION.
Tune: “ Old Father Grimes .”
To be sung by Grangers at tlieir meetings,
and by Farmers Generally.
“Let dogs delight to bark aud bite,"
Or chase the buck and ewe;
Let dogs eat 9hecp while fa'incrs sleep,
“ For God ha? made them so."
lot dogs come forth to fill the earth—•
Let sheep in plenty grow,
To m ike tha meat for dogs to eut,
“For God has made them so.”
Let dogs, a score surround each door,
The lank, the lean, the low—•
Or track a( night the lambkin's flight,
“For God haih made them so.”
Let flop-eared hounds range pasture-ground-
To scent the buck and ewe—
Let curs yelp r ounrl, as well as hound,
“ For God bas made them so."
Let every man keep, if he can.
A dozen dogs in tow;
And let their greed on mutton feed,
“For God has made them so."
Let man eat hog?—feed sheep to dogs—
Raise mutton here below
To feed the dogs, while man eats hogs,
“ ForG and has mads them so.”
It is thought absurd for a man
to s t and wait for trade. Micawb rs
in business do not, in fact, make
large fortunes. “But,’’ say some
men, “ I cannot leave my store to go
about and stir up trade.” Perhaps,
indeed, he cannot, but he can send
out bis winged messengers of enter
prise in the shape of such lively ad
vertisements as will cause people to
“stop and talk” wi'h him before
buying elsewhere. Advertisements
are good scouts and first-rate skir
mishers.
B®* Some people advertise regu
larly, like it, find their profit in it
and continue it. Others have tried it
and given upas afailure. Some have
never tried it, but are going to and so
“some time or other,” and others
are firm in their intention never to
ad'-ertise at all. Those who have
given it up as a failure, should ask
themselves if they have given it a fail
trial, with reference to the style of
advertising, the ground covered and
tho period of time occupied—for
some fishermen pull up their books
and depart just as the fish are begin
ning to bite. Those who are going
to advertise “some time or other,”
should go out of business altogether;
thoy are too lazy for it. The fact of
their intent in the matter shows they
believe advertising a good thing for
their business, yet they wilfully neg
lect it. Of those who think they will
neter advertise, it is safe to say that
they will be likely before long to
change either their principles or their
business.
til?" The first guano brought to
this country was sent by Commo
dore Stewart from Peru in 1825. It
attracted little notice at first, though
it was used with some success in Ma
ryland. In 1840 it was introduced
extensively and used very advanta
geously in Great Britain, and ever
since the demand has gone on in
creasing until whole islands have
disappeared under the pick and
shovel, and numerous fleets laden
with the precious material are navi
gating the seas in every direction,
to distribute it to all parts of the c v
ilized world. On certain lands and
for some crops guano is invaluable,
but like any other pungent remedy,
must be used cautiously.
JfeSf Including sidings, there are
about 80,000 miies of railroad in the
l nited States. M< re locomotives use
wood than coal. Railroad ties run
more than 2,000 to a mile, which
would give 172,000,000 ties to tho
above mileage. About 64' of these
ties make a cord, and the whole num
ber will amount to about 2,700,000
cords. The average life of a railroad
tie is about five years, so that the ties
alone required for a single year are
something like 540,000 cords. Add
to this large amount the enormous
quantity of wood consumed by loco
motives and steamboats, and the ques
tion of forest denudatiou would seem
to be in a fair way to a settlement.
At this rate it will not be many years
before the pure forests and cypress
swamps of the South Atlantic and
Gulf States become immensely in
creased in value.
200 COOKING STOVES
Fob sale at prices to suit sard times, by
W. H. ROBARTS St CO.,
who invite the attention of the public to their large and complete stock,
Consisting of
Cooking; £vxici. Heating STOY^ISS
(Charter Oak and other first-class patterns),
Grates, Hollow Ware, Wood ard Willow Ware, Silver, Plated and Britannia Goods,
Crockery and Glass Ware, Pocket and Table Cutlery, of our own importation.
Manufacturers of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware of every description.
Prices as low as the lowest. [Columbus, Ga., Nov. 28, 1874.
A. M. ALLEN. A. G. BEDELL. J. S. GARRETT. J. SI. O’fclEK.
ALLEN, BEDELL & CO.
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants,
FONTAINE WAREHOUSE,
Columbus, - - Georgia.
THE ffPliM iNGER
AGAIN TRIUMPHANTI
THE WOELD’9’ AWARD
AGAIN RECEIVED BY
“THE WORLD'S FAVORITE,”
S&" See the following Sew nr) Machine Sales of 1574: “©g
Tin? table of Sewing Machine sales for 1874 shows that our sales last year amounted t a
241 679 machines—being a large increase over the sales of the previous year. The table
Shows that ora salbs exceed those of ANv other company for the period named by ihe num
ber of 148,852 machines, or nearly three times those of any other company.
It may be further stated that the sales ot 1873, as compared with those of 1872, show a
relatively larger increase beyond the sales of other makers. For instance, in 1872 we sold
45,000 more machines than any other company; whereas, in 1873, the sales were 113,245
machines in excess of our highest competitor, and in 1874 our sales were 148,852 machine*
more than any other company.
BAI.ES FOR 1874. SALES FOR 1872.
The Singer MANt-FACTt-RiNG Cos. si'ld 241.679 219,758 Incrtnso.... 21,921
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Cos 92,827 174,088 Decrease.. . 21,261
Howe R-wing Machine Cos, estimated.... 85.000 145.000 Decrease... .110,000
Domestic Sewing Machine Cos 22,700 49,554 Decrease 26,854
Weed Sewing Machine Cos 20.496 42.444 Decrease.... 21,949
G.over & Baker Sewing Machine Cos, est'd 20,000 62.010 Decrease 32,010
Remington Empire Sewing Machine C 0... 17,608 9,183 Increase 8,425
Wilson Sewing Machine Cos 17,525 22 606 Decrease 5,141
Gold Medal Sewing Machine Cos 15,214 18,897 Decrease 3,680
Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing MachineC<> 13,710 33,639 Decrease 19,929
American Button-hole Se . ug Machine Cos 13.529. 18,930 Decrease 5 401
Victor Sewing Machine Cos 6,292 11 901 Decrease 5 609
Florence Sewing Machine Cos 5.517 15,793 Decrease 10,276
Secor Sewing Machine Cos 4,641 3,430 Increase 1,111
J E Brannsdorf & Cos, .Etna 1,866 4,262 Decrease 2,396
Our New Family Machine embodies new ancl essential principles—simplicity of construc
tion, ease of operation, uniformity of precise action at any speed, capacity for range and vie
riety of work, fine or coarse—leaving all rivals behind it.
Test the Singer before purchasing any other. Terms easy—payments light.
T 13.0 Singer Manufacturing Cos.
C. A. VOSBUKGH Manager for South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Office at Savannah, Ga. Branches—Atlanta, Athens. Augusta, Macon and Thomasvillt*
Ga ; Charleston and Columbia, SC ; Jacksonville-and Tallahassee, Fla.
Ben<l your address to either of the al>ove offices for a catalogue of the celebrated Baza*
Glovk-fittixo Paper Patterns—the cheapest, best and roost stylish patterns in market.
NEW ARRIVALS.
Spring & Summer Clothing
THORNTON & ACEE,
®To 76 Broad St*, Oolia.ua.txaLS, Q-Aj
Are constantly receiving additional shipments of New Clothing of all
kinds, for men, boys and children.
Their stock of Furnishing Goods is complete and Unsurpassed.
They defy competition in style, quality and price. Call and see them.
Mr. C. A. Lovelace, formerly of Hamilton, Ga., Is with them.
J. H. HAMILTON,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER
Junction Franklin, Warren and Oglethorpe Sts., Columbus, Ga.
I beg leave to inform my friends and the public that I have on band a large stock of
GROCERIES .AINTD PROVISIONS!
Consisting, in part, of FLOUR, of all grades, at $6.25 to $8.50 per barrel.
Bacon and Bulk Meats, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Florida Syrup and Molasses,
t-iilt, Oats* Corn, Meal, a choice lot of Planting Potatoes, Liquors* Wines/
bhoes, Tinware, &c., dc.
From this date my terms will be strictly cash, except to prompt paying
customers, and prices to suit. No charge for drayage. Respectfully,
J. H. HAMILTON.