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An Independent Farmer.
Let sailors sing of the mighty deep,
Let soldiers praise their armor.
Hut in my heart this toast I'll keep—
The independent tanner.
When lirst the rose in robe of green
Unf >’d< its crimson lining.
Around his cottage porch is seen
The honey climbing.
When banks of bloom their sweetness yield
To bees that gather honey.
He drives his team across the Held,
When the skies are soft and sunny.
The blackbird clucks behind the plow,
The quail pipes loud and clearly.
Yon orchard hides behind its boughs
The home he loves so dm ly ;
The gray old barn doors unfold
His ample store in measure.
More rich than heap of hoarded gold,
A blessed, precious treasure ;
While yonder in the porch there stands
His wife, the lovely charmer ;
The sweetest rose on all his lands—
The independent farmer.
To him the spring comes dancingly,
To him the summer blushes,
The autumn smiles with yellow ray,
llis sleep old winter hushes.
He cares not how the world may move,
No doubts and fears confound him ;
llis little Hock is linked in love,
With household angels round him.
lie trusts to God and loves his wife,
Nor grief nor ill may harm her,
lie's nature’s noble man in life—
The independent farmer.
Thrift in France.
The sense of economy and thrift of the
French people is especially striking to those
who have lived much in other countries.
Nearly everybody possesses something in
this country. If anybody does not, you may
be pretty sure it is his own fault. Love of
economy often verges on avarice. Go into
any house in Paris, question the servants,
and you may be certain that almost every
one of them has some small treasure in the
shape of cash or bonds. It is the saving on
e\e:y day. The old servant in the house will
often consult his master about how lie is to
employ his money. The head servant of a
private house here, who has often filled my
glass at table, has saved enough to bring
him in T7OO a year. He has been for twenty
five years in the same situation, and does his
duty as strictly as he did the first day of his
service. He seldom goes out, never takes
anything between his meals, and all lie gains
is carefully put aside. I have met with so
many examples that I am bound to believe
this thrift to be the rule. A careful observer,
who has occasion to mix with the middle
classes in France, will be even more struck
by the qualities I have indicated. The whole
mode of living is made subservient to the
children ; the babe has hardly seen daylight
beforo the parents are already saving for him.
Every child’s future is provided for at his
cradle by the earnest efforts of his parents,
and it is rarely the\ fault if they no not suc
ceed. There is a curious exception to this
almost general rule—the workman, the arti
san. Here 30U find many, and especially
the better paid, in towns and cities, who have
not preserved the good qualities of their fel
low-countrymen. Here you find drunkenness,
improvidence, and with them Communism.
Still it may be confidently declared that these
are a small minority.— Times.
Cld Letters.
It is difficult to tdl to what end we keep
these old memorials, for their perusal affords,
in most cases, but little pleasure. Many, in
deed, are never looked at again, and yet we
could not destroy them without a struggle ;
others only bring forward evidence of words
broken and hopes chilled, and friendships
gradually dissolved; of old attachments
turned away, "and stubborn contradiction of
all the trusting in futurity, whose promise
we once clung to. One class alone of them
can call up our best feelings. If the almost
forgotten memorials of the once dearly loved
and long departed can carrj r our sym
pathies away from the cold, hard present,
over intervening years of struggling and
vexatious toil, to that almost holy peri
od of the gone and past, once' more,
if but for a moment, calling up old
thoughts and old affections, or soothing, by
one lonely, unsuspected burst of tears, over
charged hearts which have long required
easing of their burthen, there is yet enough
—there is more than enough—in these old
letters to plead an excuse for so sacredly
preserving them —Albert Smith.
She Dared.
A romantic marriage took place here on
Murdi Gras. A young gentleman and young
lad}’, who were acquainted, met on tlie street
and commenced bantering each other about
marriage. He offered himself in a jesting
way, and the conversation was kept up until
they reached the young lady’s home. Neither
had the slightest notion of getting married at
the time, but Cupid was at work shooting
arrows, and the discussion was resumed in
the parlor. lie again offered himself, and
dared her to marry him that day. She re
plied. as she caught up her hat, ‘'Let 11s go.”
lie seized his hat and assented. They visit
ed the County Clerk’s office, secured a li
cense, and repaired to the residence of a
clergyman, stating the object of their visit,
lie asked if it was a runaway match. The
young man replied l> Not exactly.” The
clergyman wished to know if the young lady's
parents had agreed to the marriage.
The young man said ‘ No, but that he could
send for her mother.” It was done, and the
mother, after objecting, was induced to say
‘•Yes.” They were married, and are now as
happy as any of those who married after long
courtships, and more so, perhaps. May they
live long and prosper. —Memphis Appeal.
Grafting Her Back With Her Lover’s Skin.
The girl Lizzie Yishow, whose father and
mother were killed and burned in the horri
ble tragedy north of this city on January
12th, is now in a fair way of recovery. She
is improving slowly, but has not vet been
apprised of her parents’ death. The most
serious place in her case is the severe burn
on her bact. The burn is about fifteen inches
square, and the skin within that space is
completely killed, and the horrible tore re
vises to heal up. Dr. Gordon has commenced
*>e process of skin-grafting, taking small
pieces of skin for that purpose from the arm
of Mr. Frank, the young man to whom she
was engaged to be married. About a dozen
graftings have been set, and they are doing
well. The doctor lias every expectation that
the grafting will be successful, and that the
girl’s back in turn will he covered by a now
and healthy skin. When Lizzie and Mr
Frank get married, then they will be one flesh
and blood in more than the ordinary accepta
tion of the term.— oablush Northwes'ern.
NEW GOODS!
IIIAVE in stock, and will continue to receive,
a full line of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, &c.,
WHICH I WILL SELL AT
ATHENS PRICES !
with freight added.
Call and price my cash stock of
MAGNOLIA HAMS,
BULK MEATS.
CORN and MEAL,
CHOICE FAMILY FLOUR,
SUGAR and COFFEE,
MOLASSES.
RICE, SPICE, PEPPER, Ac.
ALSO
vn\C\.\\\a IV\\A V? iU\C\\
X>x*3r Goods 2
I sell for the CASH, and sell LOW.
A. 11. BROCK.
April Ist, 1881.
Outfit furnished free, with full mstruc-
JL %jr tions for conducting the most protitable
business that anyone can engage in. The busi
ness is so easy to learn, and our instructions arc
so simple and plain, that any one can make great
profits from the very start. No one can fail who
is willing to work. Women are as successful as
men. Boys and girls can earn largs sums. Many
have made at the business over one hundred dol
lars in a single week. Nothing like it ever known
before. All who engage are surprised at the ease
and rapidity with which they are able to make
money. You can engage in this business during
your spare time at great profit. You do not have
to invest capital in it. We take all the risk.
Those who need ready money, should write to us
at once. All furnished free. Address True &
Cos., Augusta, Maine.
|sari p 4 y A K * T S
1)1*91 j\. .1 . WANTED.
\YE WANT A LIMITED number of active, ener
getic canvassers to engage in a pleasant and prof
itable business. Good men will find this a rare
chance
TO MAKE MONEY.
Such will please answer this advertisement by
letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what
business they have been engaged in. None but
those who mean business need apply.
Address FINLEY, lIARYEY&CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Outfit s.ent free to those who wish to en
gage in the most pleasant and profitable
business known. Everything new. Capital not
required. We will furnish you everything. $lO
a day and upwards is easily made without staying
away from home over night. No risk whatever.
Many new workers wanted at once. Many arc
making fortunes at the business. Ladies make as
much as men, and young bo3 r s and girls make
great pay. No one who is willing to work fails
to make more money every day than can be made
in a week at any ordinary employment. Those
who engage at once will lind a short road to for
tune. Address 11. llallett & Cos., Portland,
Maine.
IT If* TT TT* *P> Yourselves by making money
JOLaiEadwhen a golden chance is offer
ed, thereby always keeping poverty from your
door. Those who always take advantage of the
good chances for making money that are offered,
generally become wealthy, while those who do
not improve such chances remain in poverty. We
want many men, women, boys and girls to work
for us right in their own localities. The business
will pay more than ten times ordinary wages.
We furnish an expensive outfit and all that you
need, free. No one who engages fails to make
money very rapidl}\ l r ou can devote your whole
time to the work, or only 3 T our spare moments.
Full information and all that is needed sent free.
Address Stinson & Cos., Portland, Maine.
THE TRADE!
A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF
BLANK BOOKS
AND
Stationery,
LEDGERS,
JOURNALS ,
LETTER BOOKS,
WRITING PAPER ,
ENVELOPES,
INK,
MUCILAGE.
. INK STANDS,
PENCILS,
Etc.
Churches and Ministers supplied with Books at
! publishers prices. by
BURKE & ANDERSON,
I Feb. Athens, Ga.
.ENCOURAGE HOME MANUFACTURES.
3l;iysvillc Shoe Factory.
We manufacture all kinds of shoes; mens'
Brogans and Boots, ladies’ High and Low Quar
tered Shoes, childrens’ Shoes, HARNESS and
BRIDLES. We arc prepared to make all kinds
of line work. We work the best material in the
most popular styles, and
TJ 'arrant our Work Equal to
any Goods on the, Market.
We have experienced workmen employed, for
both coarse and tine work. As we defy competi
tion in quality, prices and service, we hope to
have the pleasure of supplying you with Boots and
Shoes. BROWN & ItILEY.
_ Maysvillc, (la.
J®”We also keep constantly on hand a select
stock of Groceries and Provisions. Bacon, Lard,
Sugar, Coffee, Syrup, Dry Goods, &c., Ac.
TEETHII\IA.
(TEETHING POWDERS.)
THING EASY
REGULATE
bowels
CURBfc§
ray- •
Carrs Cholera Infantum. Allays Irritation and
makes Teething easy. Keraeves and prevents
W ''rms.
T ’tons anils of Children may he mr cd ev
en/ year by using these Fo inters
1 or sale at Dll. PENDERGRASS" Drug Store
LOOK AT THIS!
THINK OH 1 XT I
-AJXTiD
COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES.
OHETSST HEOESIVIEID
300 ELEGANT COOK STOVES,
3000 Dozen Wash Pans,
100 Dozen Splendid Halving Pans,
100 Dozen Elegant Dish Pans,
And n large stork of goods in our line which will he sold
CHEAP FOB CASH.
A. K. CHILDS k CO.
Feb. 25 Opposite Reaves. Nicholson & Cos., Athens, Ga.
A. 11. ROBERTSON,
DEALER IN ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE
Monuments, Tombs, Head & Foot Stones,
LARGE ancl SMALL CRADLE TOMBS,
Marble and Granite Sox Tombs,
AT ALL PRICES TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
A Large Lot of Finished Monuments and Tombstones on
Hand for Sale and Heady for Lettering.
My Yard is Full of Marble, and Heady to Fill Any Orders.
G 3E 3VC E -A. CALL, J±2sTJD GET 3VEST PRICES.
A. R. ROBERTSON,
Monumental Builder, Athens, Georgia.
BALDWIN & BUBJVETT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
BOOTS JZJSTJD SHOES,
No. 3 Broad Street, Athens, Georgia.
WE HAVE just received the largest and most complete stock of Boots and Shoes ever brought
to Athens. The quality of our goods is of the highest order, and our prices within the reach
of all. We deal
in this line, and promise the most courteous treatment and perfect satisfaction to all who
may call.
TO MERCHANTS:
Our WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT is complete, and we guarantee prices as low as
any house in the South, and will save }'ou freight.
GIVE US LA CALL.
BALD JVLN S' B ULINETT.
Athens, Ga., October Ist, 18S0.
T. FLEMING. J. 11. FLEMING. ’ 11. FLEMING.
T. FLEMING if SONS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Hardware, Agricultural Implements,
Wagon and Buggy Material, Blacksmiths Tools,
RUBBER BELTING, TENNESSE WAGONS.
HARNESS, DOORS, SASII AND BLINDS,
Carpenters Tools,
A FULL OF HARDWARE.
Wa Would 1)8 Glad to Show You Oar Cools and Give You Prices.
Very Respectfully,
T. FLEMING & SONS,
September ioth. Athens, Georgia.
JUDSON S MARBLE WORKS
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
MANUFA CTU R E R AN D DEA LE R IN
Italian and Rutland Marble, Monuments, Box Tombs, Head and
Foot Stones, Iron Railing for Grave Inclosnres, &c.
OFFICE AND WORKS ON CORNER OF LQVD AND ALABAMA STREETS,
Opposite Georgia Railroad Depot.
Orders Solicited and Promptly Filled. Prices Reasonable, Tens Cash.
Address D. N. JUDSON, Atlanta, Ga.
PARKER k CAMP EROS.
Wc have with in tlic last few weeks
opened up a first-class stock of
FANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES,
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
STAPLE DRY GOODS, HATS A.YD SHOES,
All of which we are offering at
Hods. Bottom Prices.
Our Goods Are Bought From Manufacturers For Cash,
And We Will Sell As Cheap As The Cheapest.
CS- HV E3 US jQI. CA XL* H. „
■AwA Yw CowwvwccA A\\w\ AY c AVivw \W\wV AS c Vswvy
Respectfully,
PARKER & CAMP BROS.,
Feb. 25 No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
OBinsrS
DEUPKEE BLOCK, ------ Athens, G-a.
For Tile Spring "JT'x'gtcle!
MERCHANTS and housekeepers are invited to inspect the splended stock which is offered at
prices that cannot be surpassed in Atlanta or Augusta.
China, Crockery, Glassware. Lamps,
CUTLERY, PLATED WARE, WHIPS,
Tin, Wooden and Willow Wares.
Jobbing price list figured to the lowest notch —saving freights and danger of breakage.
1/ViWW & Wuv'a wVvY^,
Sept 17 Broad Steet, Athens, G-a
lIU BLEY & SMITH,
(SUCCESSORS TO HODGSON BROS, and 1). C. HURLEY,)
Atlxens, ....
WE MANUFACTURE AND DEAL IN
Fine Vehicles of Every Description!
Fine Hand-Made Harness, of Superior Leather.
lan end Harness Repairing: Promptly Done in tie Best Manner and at tie Lowest Prices.
WE HAVE ON HAND A FEW OF THE CELEBRATED
HODGSON BROS. BEST MAKE OPEN BUGGIES.
REDUCED PRICES.
WE WARRANT all of our work, and CHALLENGE any one else to produce as good for the SAME MONEY
YWvA YY Y>caA\aw YAaayyAacyc.
HURLEY & SMITH,
• Hodgson Bros, old stand, Oconee Street, Athens, Ga.
P. S.—l have associated with me in business Mr. FRED. C. SMITH, of Atlanta, Ga., a tine
Carriage Trimmer, and with enlarged means, line shops and good workmen in every department,
am better prepared than ever to give my friends good work at reasonable prices. Sincerely thank
ing them for their liberal patronage in the past, and soliciting its continuance,
I am, very truly, D. C. HURLEY.
Marble Works
ANTD
nva: antufactor y .
iisr
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA.
WE call the attention of the public to our new and the ONLY MARBLE WORKS in Northeast
Georgia. We are prepared, with ample capital, large experience and skilled workmen. „<>
fill orders on short notice for <3-3R_/AA7'E STONES beautifully and artistically finished,
Monuments, Marble Mantels, Etc.
t\ e guaiantee all w oik m our line, and will sell as cheap as the same can be procured in a.ty
market, North or South, and respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. Ollice on Main M.
near the Depot.
MAH UFA' MENGS, Proprietors.
December 17th, ISSO.
Dr. J. B. PENDERGRASS,
HAVING BUILT AND FURNISHED A SPLENDID
13niCXS. TTfA aiFO-R TANARUS.: t
lIAS OPENED UP A FULL LINE OF FRESII AND
Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines
of every description. lie is now prepared to furnish the public with anything usually found in a
first-class drug store, such as
PAINTS , . OILS,
VARNISH , DYE STUFFS,
PAINT BRUSHES, TOBACCO,
CIGARS. SNUFF,
STATIONERY, PENS, PENCILS,
INK . HAIR BREST AS,
COMBS, TOILET SOAPS,
PERFUMERY, DEN TR IF ICES,
31A TCIIES, BLA CKING,
BLACKING BRUSHES, Ac:, sc.
Special Attention Given to the Compounding of F'rcsci no -
tions at all Hours.
With thanks for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him in the past, he still offers hi 1 r r*
fessionat services to the public, and will endeavor to answer calls promptly and treat diseases w fin
skill, after the most approved methods. Charges as low as the lowest.