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CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28,1884.
$1.00 A YEAR.
fine
Stomach Bitter* is
klood deparent, a rational cathartic, and a
BBberb antl-bilioue specific. It rallies the
failing energies of the dobilitnted, and
•keeks premature decay. Fever and ague,
billons remittent, dyspepsia and bowel
•emplalnts are among the evils which 16
entirely removes. In tropical countries,
where the liver and bowels are organs most
unfavorably affected by the combined In
fluence of olimate, diet and water, it Is a
Very necesarv safegaurd. For sale by all
Draggists ana Dealer* gti
generally.
JjJ
SIMS & WAT.KT.~R,
CARROLLTON, GA.
Chair and Furniture Shop.
Will make bedsteads and all kinds of
furniture. Repairing done at short noAe
and in the best of style. A large lot of
chairs ou hand for ale .s
HELP WAHTED.-Pemale.
TT 7'ANTT'D—In every town,
VY county, an intelligent,
city and
w energetic
lady of good address and some business
ability, to introduce to the consumers,
Ha da mi: Dean's Celebrated Spinal
Supporting Corset. Splendidly adver
tised, highly reeeommended by the lead
ing Modistes, the Dressmakers, and the
most eminent Physicians of the United
States and Europe. Agents are making
$15 to $65 weekly. Address
Lewis Schiele & Co.,
390 Broadway, New York.
Z. T. GUTHREY,
Boot and Shoemaker,
ROOPVILLE, - - - Q A.
Solicits the patronage of those wanting
any work in his line. Repairing at *h<*rt
notice and in good style. Give me a
trial
ID Ft. J. IF. COLE,
CARROLLTON, GA.
Is devoting most of his time and atten
tion to surgery and surgical diseases, and
is prepared for most ant’ operation . Mb
charges are reasonable.
ATTENTION FARMERS.
I am agent for Cooper's celebrated en
gines, Centennial and Winshipgias.—
Before purchasing give jne a call, as I
think 1 can make it to your interest.
X. FAIJT.
JOHNSON HOTEL.
FYTIDFYFTTFA, G-^Y
50 Y DECATUR STREET.
MRS. E. A. RAGLAND, Proprietor,
TEEMS, $1C0 TO $150 PEE DAY.
This House is centrally located with
in half a block of Depot, with good ac
commodations at reasonable rates.
Land for Sale.
I offer for sale my farm3 miles north
east of Carrollton. There are 03 acres on
the place GO acres of it cleared, in good
state of cultivation. Good dwelling and
outhouses, apple and peach orchard
good as in the county.
W. S. II/ ALEXANDER.
Carrollton Ga.
Heard County Land for Sale.
86 acres more or less in the Twelfth
district of originally Carroll, hut now
Heard county, being part of lot of
202 in said district. Will he sold cheap.
Apply at this office.
CLEVELAND',fT„r,;
vanted
authentic
edition of his life; written at his home
with his cooperation and assistance, by
the renowned Goodrich. Largest cheapest
handsomest, best. Costs more to man
ufacture than other lives that are sold for
twice its price. Outsells all others ten
to one. One of our agents made a profit
of over $50 the first day. A harvest of
gold will be realized by every worker.
All new beginners succeed grandly.—
Terms free and the most liberal ever of
fered. Save valuable time by pending 25
cents for postage, etc., on free outfit,
which includes large prospectus book.—
Act quickly; a day at the start is worth
a week at the finish. 3nio.
II. HALLETT & CO., Portland, Maine.
For Sale.
A v-iluahle farm of one hundred and
seventy-five acres, one mile from Carroll
ton. 'Thirty acres cleared, balance heav
ily timbered. Good road covenient.
Bounded by little Tallapoosa riveron one
side Terms easy. Apply at this of
fice.
r. c. McDaniel,
IDZEFTTIST,
CFAFtFtOFiXiTOISr,
GA.
Is now inserting full sets of 2S teeth fer
$20, half set 14 teeth, $10. Partial seta
and fillings cheap in proporton. Satis
faction guaranteed in every case. Ofitae
In Mandeville building.
From the New York Sun.
The Two Great Parties.
We hear a good deal among po
litical philosophers about the probr
ability that the two great parties
that have so long divided this coun.
try between them will presently en
ter intodsssolution, and go out of
business, leaving their places va
cant for new organizations that are
not yet visible.
For our part, we cannot see the
signs of any such catastrophe.
A partvthat has been through a
long term of years is always more
or less in danger of dissolution. So
is a party that grows to excessive
proportions, taking in all kinds of
discordant material, until it be
comes so large that its elements
lose their cohesiveness, and are
more disposed to fight each
other than to fight the
common antagonist. But
where parties are evenly divided,
undone about as strong as the
other, so that neither can gain a
destructive victory, there is no rea
son why they should not hold to
gether and fight again.
As for the Democracy, it has cer
tainly shown a most extraordinary
tenaciousness of life. Constantly
defeated in every national contest
from I860 to 1881, with one single
exception, and that exception re
moved by successful fraud on', the
part of the Republicans, the Demo
crats have come up every time
briht and smiling, fora new set-to.
It is true that much of their vitali
ty has been due to the fact that ev
cr Since the reconstruction of the
Southern States, all that part of
the country has remained solidly
Democratic; it is true also that
their fundamental principle, the
minimizing of government, is great
and precious, though there are few
of them who understand it or really
believe in it; yet, whatever the
cause, the result is worthy of admi
ration. But now that they have
once more carried a national elec
tion, we can’t see any present dan
ger that the Democaats will dis
solve. No army scatters and goes
home in the moment of victory.
Many of the strange allies that
have helped to elect Cleveland
may fall away from the Democrat
ic standard, but the old party will
still be there, especially the 'solid
south.
Neither is it probable that the
Republican party will now break to
pieces, and give up the offort tore-
gain the possession of the govern
ment. It has been beaten, it is true;
but such a close defeat is encoura
ging to renewed exertion. Moreo
ver, the losses it has suffered
through the withdrawal of the In
dependents have been mnde up by
the accession of Irishmen and
workingmen, wno went over from
the Democracy in large numbers on
account of their belief in the protec
tion of home industry and their an
tagonism to Mr. Cleveland. There
never before was a party which
gained at once such a body of ear
nest and valuable material from
the very bone and sinew of the
country, the men who live by their
own labor and who believe in
American ideas with an intensity
that never gives down and an ar
dor that never slackens.
Thus while there is no sense in
the idea that either of these two
parties is going to be broken up at
present, the Republicans are politi
cally in much the better condition
of the two. They are compact and
united. There is no difierence of
opinion or of purpose among them.
The discordant elements have gone
out, and the army which remains is
peerless for steadiness and discip
line. The defeat of last week tends
to promote and enliven their cour
age rather than destroy it. Consid
ered merely as a political organi
zation, the Republican party is
in good fighting order.
But, while this is true of the de
feated, it is not true of the victori
ous party. There is no such unity
among the Democrats. On the ques
tion of protection and free trade
wide divisions prevail among tqpm.
Between the wing so brilliantly
represented by Mr. Morrison and
Mr. Dorsheimer, and the wing
championed by Mr. Randall, there
exists a degree of antagonism
which is all the more dangerous to
the party because it is based upon
material interests and is animated
by antagonism of principle. This
antagonism may for a time be re
pressed through the exigencies of
party policy, but it cannot be got
rid of except through-bitter conflict
in which one side will be /victori
ous and the other will be crushed.
In the recent election the free tra
ders have undoubtediy gained a
great advantage; but it remains to
this new* dispensation, sharp dis
cords and internal convulsions are
pretty sure to arise; but, of course
there is no sign of them as yet, and
only a prophet can foresee when or
how they are to be manifested.
Meanwhile tliereiscau.se for pa
triotic congratulation that these
two political parties are evenly di
vided, so that each is entirely able
to watch the other and exercise
powerful control over the follies
and blunders of its antagonist.
Toombs on the result.
After wavering between hope and
fear, victory and defeat for four
long restless days, our people took
courage and determined to cele
brute the election of Cleveland and
Hendricks in a wild burst ofenthu
siasm last Saturday night. The
crowd formed in line on the public
square, with banners and lanterns
to march to the residence of Goner
al Robert Toombs.
With respectful silence the crowd
filed through the gate leading to
the brilliantly lighted residence of
General Toombs, and formed ii
front, presenting from the front
porch a great sea of faces
The fir.«t call was for “Toombs.
Toombs, Toombs.” The fond mem
ories of such occasions as these
nerved up the feeble form, and this
noblest Roman of them all, with
steady step and bared heard, walk
ed out to the head of the steps that
lead up to the porch, and once more
addresssed his fellow-citizens. His
voice trembled with emotion as he
said: “It lias been long years since
I have had the opportunity of re
joicing with my people in such
victory as this.” He thanked God
that he had lived to see the day
when honesty in the administra
tion of national affairs had once
more gained the ascendency, that
he believed that now this needles
burdensome taxation of the people
would cease. That the policy of
the republican party had been to
extort enormous sums of money
from the people, divert it from its
natural channels in trade and pile
it up in the vaults of the treasury,
when the government did not need
it, simply that the men in power
might steal it by all manner of jobs.
That the fact that Blaine had fol
lowed this policy was what had
now brought him to grief. That
the honest men of the republican
party had turned their backs upon
suchjmen as Blaine and to them we
are in a large measure indebted for
the election of Cleveland and Hen
dricks. General Toombs spoke very
feelingly of the old county in which
he was born, where he has always
lived, and whose bosom would re
ceive his dust. He said this was
likely the last public speech he
should ever make, and heartily
thanking the people who had al
ways stood by him, he bade them a
fond farewell. His heart seemed
to overflow with gratification' that
the time and circumstances should
have brought about such an occa
sion.
General Toombs was followed by
Hon. Sam Barnett and Hon. Wm.
M. Reese.
The greatest enthusiasm pervad
ed the occasion and the speakers
were continually applauded to the
echo. It was proposed that upon
the threshold of the home of Gener
al Toombs three cheers and a tiger
be given to the independent repub
licans of the north who had so ma
terially aided in achieving this
great victory. The general most
heartily assenting, the cheering
was loud and prolonged.
The crowd was then invited into
the dining room to take wine at the
hospitable board of General Robert
Toombs.—Washington Gazette.
be .seen which faction will most en
joy the favor of the new chiefs who
are now to take control. Under
The Way to do it.
A great deal has been said about
our farmers raising their meat.
That it pays to do so has been de
monstrated by Mr. W. S. Askew,
one of our most thrifty and enter
prising farmers. He has raised this
year about sixty hogs, and has this
season soid 44 head, 36 of which
were sold in this market this week.
He realized nearly three hundred
dollars for them. The cost of those
sold he does not think is more than
seventy-five dollars making a clean
profit of more than two hundred
dollars. Besides this he has a suffi
cient number in his pen, waiting
for the cold weather, which will be
more than sufficient to run him for
another year, and which have not
costhimupto the present more
than twenty-five dollars.' What
one man can do, all can do, and
then our farmers would be the most
independent class on k earth.—Cowe
ta Advertiser.
The Free Pass System.
A correspondent of the Railway
Age calls attention to the striking
contrast between the free pass sys
tem in Great Britain and the Uni
ted States. In Great Britain very
few free passes are issued and com
paratively few people think they
are entitled to them. Members of
Parliament never ask for them,and
are never furnished with them.
No class of public officials get them.
Even large shippers of freight are
not provided with them. They are
supposed to get the value of their
money in the transportation of their
freight. Railway officials, those
occupying high positions, inter
change courtesies in the way of
free passes, but only half fare tick
ets are granted to their wives.
Even stockholders are furnished
free passes only once a year to at
tend their annual meetiflgs. In this
country free passes are the rule
rather than the exception. About
everybody who has been honored
with a public office thinks that he
has a right to a free pass, and rail
way companies feel, that for the
protection of their interest, they
must give free transportation to
members of congress and state leg
islatures. The number of those
having no shadow of claims on rail
roads who ask for free passes is re
markably large.
Of course the legislature or the
judge who receives favors from
railroads cannot act with the same
freedom in matters relating to cor
porations from which he received
favors as he could if he were under
no obligation to them. He may be
honest and mean to do his whole
duty, but, unconsciously almost, he
will be influenced by the free
pass.
The system is a drain on the re
sources of the railroad companies
and injurious to public interests.
The free pass is’not exactly a bribe
but it has much the same effect as
a bribe. A legislator who travels
about the country free of expense
is much more likely to look out for
the interest of the railroad compa
nies than a'legislator who pays his
own expenses. This the railroad
companies know, and they are very
free, therefore, in favoring those
■/ho can aid them. It would be
very interesting to know how ma
ny members of congress there are
who would not only accept them
but actually demand them. Many
of them not only travel at the ex
pense of the railroads, but they do
all their telegraphing free of
charge.
No doubt the great majority of
people are satisfied that the free-
pass system is bad and would like
to see it abolished, or at least so re
stricted that it would be deprived
of many of its worst features. How
to reform the system, however, and
confine it to healthy limits, is one
of the questions the railroads have
not yet undertaken to solve.
Buy to Keep not to sell.
Mr. Bonner, the Ledger man, is
not a selling man in any sense, says
a newspaper correspondent speak
ing of the editor’s purchase of Maud
S. Pretty much everything he buys
is bought to keep. All the fast hor
ses lie has bought, and which still
live, remain in his possession. When
he makes an investment in that
line, or any other, it is permanent.
He has had many opportunities
to sell the Ledger, at an almost fab
ulous price, but he would not even
consider the question of selling. He
takes a pride in the paper and a
pleasure in conducting it, and he
intends to keep full charge of it
while he lives. He lias also had
scores of offers for the block of
ground he owns on Fifth a venue,
just below Central Park, but that he
has also thus far refused to sell.
The lots are said to have cost him
about $10,000 each, and each is now
worth $50,000 or $60,000. The plot is
the only one on the avenue below
the park, that remains unimprov
ed. It is now getting on to thirty
years since Mr. Bonner took hold
of the Ledger and began making
his fortune. The Ledger when he
purchased it was a cheap sort of
business paper, with a very small
local circulation. He had already
made some money, and he sunk
the most of it in putting the new
Ledger on its legs. His enormous
advertising and his payment of $100
a column to Fanny Fern (who is
now nearly forgotten) for special ar
ticles, were the talk and wonder of
the time. Some said he was rush
ing to ruin, but he Was confident
from the first that his plan would
pay, and it certainly did. I have
never seen an estimate of Mr. Bon-
ners’s actual wealth, but it runs
well into the millions at all events.
And not many years before he took
the Ledger in hand he landed as a
friendless youth from Ireland, with
almost empty pockets.
The well broken saddle horse of
Kentucky has five different gaits.
From the Atlanta Journal.
Conscience in Politics.
Neither the Republican nor the
Democratic party has any property
right in a voter, says the Nashville
Banner. One of the best signs of
the times is the growing indepen
dence should be encouraged. The
spirit of independence of voters in
both of the old parties. This spirit
of independence should be en
couraged. The strength of the par
ty hold upon the voter should be
only in proportion to its claim up
on an intelligent, sincere and hon
est support of the principles it
maintains. There should be an in
dependent element in both parties
strong enough to be able to check
each party in any wrongful course
it may pursue.
“When the party is prostituted
to the selfish uses of politicians.”
says our contemporary, h “or loses
ight of the high principles upon
which it was founded, it should
be curbed, rebuked, and, if necessa
ry, defeated, through the efforts of
its own independent and conscien
tious membership.”
The experience of the campaign
just past proves the correctness
and eternal truth of the proposition
as stated by the Banner. Itw’as the
application of this principle which
defeated the Republican party. Ev
ery party sows the seed of inevita
ble dissolution within itself when
ever it departs from the paths of
rectitude. It cannot sin rgainst the
laws of God and man and hope to
escape the penalty. Public opinion
moves slowly but surely. The sense
of right can be blinded for a time,
but the darkness is transitory. The
light will prevail.
A newly discovered cave in Mer
cer county Ky., has been explored
for three miles without the end be-
in^ reached.
Milton Democrat: On last Tues
day, being at Gainesville, we ob
tained leave of Sheriff Gaines and
visited the cell of Eugene W. Beck,
the murderer of Clayton.- We
found him in good health. He ex
pressed himself pleased at our com
ing to see him, and asked after the
people of this county. It will be er-
membered that he was a citizen of
this county until one year ago. He
asked what the people thought of
his case and conduct. We told him
that they w r ere surprised, grieved
and outraged in their feelings, and
asked him to give us an account of
the terrible tragedy. He gave us
substantially the following state
ment: “I am here in jail without
sympathy, and have committed the
worst crime ever committed in
Georgia. I have killed the best
friend I ever had—my wife—and
an inoffensive, good girl who had
never done me any injury, and I
ought to and will suffer death for
it.” We asked him if he remem
bered the killing, and if he had con
templated it. He said: “I never had
comtemplated killing them or even
harming a hair of their heads, and
if I had ten thousand worlds I
would give them all to restore them
to life. I have a vague recollec-
tien that is like a horrible dream of
shooting at something, but did not
then think it was human beings
that I was killing. It was two days
after the deed before I could fully
realize the enormity of its charac
ter. I had delirium trements. I
had been drinking hard for four
weeks, but had stopped that morn
ing, and in consequence took tre
mens. There was no cause for my
act.” We asked hiqi what his fu
ture hope was. He said: “I have
no hopes save in the mercy of God.
I am praying to him every hour,
and I want all the good people of
Milton county to pray for me. I
shall nbt trouble the courts to try
me. I shall tell them as I have told
you, that I am guilty and deserve
death. I would not live if I could.
Tell the young men that read your
paper, that I requested you to say
that I am here in jail for the most
horrible murder ever committed,
and that there was no cause for it
but whisky, and for them to let it
alone before it ruins them as it has
me.” He said that he was afraid
that Dr. Bailey and his wife could
not survive the shock, but that he
was praying for them. We left him,
believing that we had seen the most
wretched man living.
San Antonia is the
market in the South.
largest hog
Texas furnishes over half the beef
of the United States.
The area of coal lands in Texas is
sti mated at twenty thousand
iuare miles.
The Old Man who has not Shavod Since
i860 Turns Up—A Chain for Cleve-
. land.
A tall, broad-shouldered man, of
apparently 55 years, says the New
York Telegramfof Monday, walked
into Hinder’s Seventh street bar-
hershop in Philadelphia this morn
ing and seated himself in a chair.
A heavy black beard covered his
face, and his shirt front, and was
finally lost to sight within the ca
pacious recesses of his waist
coat.
“Hair cut sir?” said the barber
as he began to tuck a towel around
the collar of his customer, prelimi
nary to picking up his shears. The
old man, who had been busy with
his beard during this interval, now
exposed it to the astonished gaze of
the shopmen.. It reached three inch
es below his knees when it was^un-
coiled. He replied: “No, but”—here
he glanced around the shop with a
triumphant smile—“I want this
beard taken off clean.” Apparent
ly seeing that some explanation
would be welcome to the astonished
gathering of barbers and customers
the old man said in tones that
showed the emotion stirring within
him:
“For twenty-four years no razor
has touched my face.” said the man.
“This beard is the result. It was in
1860. I was as spruce a young chap
as ever kicked up his heels at a
wedding, - and everybody knew
young" Joe Barstow in those parts.
They called me “young Joe” to
make a difference between the old
man and me. The old man was a
Bourbon Democrat to the backbone
and I was with him till the split in
the 1860 convention, when the
Southerners put up John C. Breck-
enridge and we—the North—nomi
nated Stephen A. Douglas. The old
man went in for Breckenridge. I
felt strong on the suejectand work
ed for Douglas day and night. I
used to be very smart in my appear
ance in those days, but I worked so
hard I had no time for primping up.
One night I made a speech at a
meeting in the old Turnpike tav
ern. I had a week’s growth of
stubble on my face, and before I
had spoken a dozen words some
lout sang out, “Go get a shave.”,. Ev
erybody laughed as they looked at
me. “Get a shave?”says I; “no ra
zor touches my face until I see a
Democratic President in the White
House. I have kept my word.
Take it off and roll it up carefully
in a piece of paper, barber, for I am
going to send President Cleveland
a chain made out of it.”
President Cleveland Interviewed.
Washington, November 19—The
editor of the Capital, of this city,
who has just paid a brief visit to
President Cleveland at Albany,
writes:
“I naturally fell to talking witlk
the Governor about Washington
and asked him if it could possibly
be true, as reported, that ho had
never visited the capital. He re
plied that there was no truth intklf
statement, as he had been inWaal^-
ington two or three times on busi
ness, although never, of course,
since he became Governor of New
York. He said he had come to no
decision as to when he would giro
up his present office and prepare to
go to Washington, but I learned af
terwards that, in order to give his
successor in office the fullest advan
tage, he would probably resign the .
Governorship by the 1st of January
This would leave him two ft*
months in which to devote his f*
tention to the organization of W*
cabinet and the administratis
national affairs. I remarked the
Governor that his election hadVe®* 1
followed by something like a pfc n * c
among the minor employees of the
government at Washingt^p
are supposed to hold their ? 18 ^ *
accordance with the new Cr P** c "
vice relations,and I inquired
whether it might not be \
while for him to indicate somr
if that were his purpose, tha*
spirit of the Civil Service re^*
tion would be adhered to after
1st of March next. To this the dl*
ernor briskly replied: 2
>
“I think I have said enough on
that subject. It is in my letter. Ill
in the platform. There is no n?
trying to beat brains into peopl
heads. Let them attend to the
own business—let them attend
their own business,’ he said repeat
ing the words in a very decided
manner, and with a gesture of the
head that indicated more than the
tone in which he spoke. In conver
sation the Governor speaks with e
good deal of animation, and the
strongest impression one gets ftoro
him is of great firmness and force
in adhering to a course once it ill
adopted. One would say, “Here ie *
man surely who can not be djlven,
but who will do the driving himself r
whenever it be necessary.” Onb
might ask a good /deal of such e
man, but to demand, I should think
would be a losing business.”
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From the Marshal Messenger.
A Norther.
An old Texan being asked by a
stranger to describe a norther,
said:
“I’ll tell you what it is, stranger;
a norther puts in the quickest work
of anything you ever saw. You
see that lake down there (pointing
to a beautiful lake about a mile dis
tant), last spring, in the latter part
of March, I was fishing in the after
noon, the sun was shining, and it
was as warm, almost as the middle
of summer. The fish was jumping
up all over the lake, and they were
biting splendidly. A shade came
suddenly over the lake and I
thought I smelt a strange smell
that often precedes a norther. I
immediately turned away from the
lake and looked toward the north
west, and I saw a small dark cloud
passing like lightning and knew I
mnst hurry home. After looking a
short time at the cloud I turned and
looked at the lake, when, to my as
tonishment the lake was frozen ov
er and many fish were lying on top
of the ice. The fish had jumped up
and the lake had frozen over so
quick they could not get back.
Stranger, maybe you think that is
stretching things a little, but I’ll
tell you a norther can beat any
thing, but lightning and it can hur
ry that up mightily.”
Macon Telegraph: Politicians
pay dearly for their success. The
wear and tear upon minds that
lead In great political struggles
cannot be estimated. Y T ictory sus
tains some. Defeat is fatal to many.
There comes a time in the lives of
all prominent politicians when the
reaction fails to take place. The po
litical campaigns, the fierce strug
gles over vital issues, the frantic en
deavors to stimulate lot energies
artificially, have strewn our shores
with frightful wrecks. Some there
are so constituted, as to longer re
sist the evils of political life, but
ninety-nine out of every hundred
young men, in the land will find
greater peace and happiness in bus
iness spheres.
J efferson’s Ten Rules.
Thomas Jefferson’s ten rules, any*
a correspondent, are worth repro
ducing for the benefit of the rising
generation. They are: j j-
1. Never put off till to-morrow i j .
what you can do to-day. .__At ,
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2. Never trouble others for what
you'ean do yourself.
3. Never spend your money before
you have it.
4. Never buy what you do not
want because it is cheap.
5. Pride costs us more than hun
ger, thirst, or cold.
6. We never repent of having eat
en too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that wa
do willingly.
8. How much pain have those
evils cost us w hich never happen
ed?
9. Take things always by their
smooth handles.
10. When angry, count ten before
yon speak; w r hen very angry, connt
a hundred.
“Never throw away dirty water
till you are clean” is a proverb that
has kept many a man in good plaee
when he wanted to find a better and
could not. Scores of men beeome
discontented with their situation,
and for a time they regard it as
impossible for them to stay where
they are. What is unpleasant is
magnified into an intolerable troub
le. In an hour of weakness they re
sign their situation. And then they
find that it is far more difficult to
get anyplace when they are ont of
employment than to get a better
place when they are in one al
ready.
The fall is the best time to deep
en and clean open ditches. The
grass and weeds that grow on their
sides should be all removed so as to
leave a free course of water. Espe
cially if willow's have got a foothold
on the banks they should be pulled
up by the roots. It is impossible to
keep an open ditch in good working
condition where its banks are in
fested by willows.
In dealing With neighbors and
hired help it is good policy to be
liberal rather than narrow or cIom.
A farmer who is accustomed to bo
always making hard bargains soon
{ jains this reputation and often
oses sale for articles
do not like to deal