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Bring Home Something.
Nearly every farmer goes to the nearest
Village to trade, visit a mechanic, or obtain
bis letters and papers, at least once a week,
lie often takes a load to market, but he rarely
brings one home. lie can, with very little
trouble, haul a load of material that may be
obtained for nothing, and which will be of
great benefit to his land. Most village people
make no use of the ashes produced in their
stoves or of the bones taken from the meat
they consume. Scarcely any brewer has any
use for the hops that have been boiled in his
vats, and the blacksmith hardly ever saves
the clippings he takes from the feet of horses.
All these materials make excellent manure.
A barrel of shavings cut from the hoofs of
horses contains more ammonia than is con
tained in a load of stable manure. Applied
to land without preparation, they might give
no immediate results, but they would become
decomposed in time, and crops of all kinds
would derive benefit from them. They ma}’
be so treated that they would produce im
mediate results. By covering them with fresh
horse manure they will decompose very
rapidly. They may also be leached in a
barrel and the water that covered them drawn
•off and applied to plants. Water in which
pieces of horns and hoofs have been Soaked
is an excellent manure for plants that require
forcing. It stimulates the growth of tomatoes,
rose bushes and house plants very rapidly,
and emits no offensive odors. A vast amount
of fertilizing material is wasted in towns that
farmers could obtain the benefit of with very
•little trouble. —Chicago Times.
Plant Young Trees.
'We advise people most decidedly, to plant
young trees in orchards and gardens, especial
ly if ordered from a distance, and for the
following reasons:
1. Young trees cost less throughout, at the
nursery, in freight charges, also in handling
and planting.
2. They are surer to grow, having, in
proportion to the size of tops, vastly more and
better fibrous roots.
3. Having fewer tops, and almost perfect
roots, the small trees become established, and
grow off vigorously at once. The tops of
large trees newly planted are often shaken
and blown by the wind until they become
leaning and unhealthy, even if they survive.
4. Making most of their growth on the
ground where they are to stand, the small trees
soon become more stocky and sturdy ; ever}'
way perfectly adapted to the soil and location,
as well as the preference of their owner.
Setting young trees, the planter can fashion
both bodies and tops, exactly to suit his
sfancy. .
5. By setting such young trees, will he lose
no time ? you ask. To answer truly, I reply,
if you give these young trees the first year or
two, a little extra watching and care, to the
amount, say, of the difference in their cost,
you will not lose a day, but get thereby a much
ihandsomer and more valuable orchard.
6. Or, if not ready to plant out in the orchard
;permanently this year ; or, if about to open
‘in a year or two anew farm, as for a son or
daughter, why not plant yearlings, or root
.grafts, growing them yourself in the garden
with but trifling cost. In the meantime, your
children can study and learn all about them
•as well as about colts or pigs. Root grafts
are set in deep, mellow soil, with earth firm
about roots, dipped, just before setting in
“ grout,” i. e., mud and water, with the top of
graft or scion, two inches or so above the
surface.
Plant one or two year old trees, and unless
you plant on a hill side where soil washes
badly, plant only an inch or two deeper than
they grow in nursery, as deep planting ruins
many trees. The first season in the orchard,
two or three short stakes by each tree may be
well enough and then see that the ground is
properly stirred, the cattle, vermin and weeds
kept away. Planting a few larger trees for
immediate bearing and effect, as about cities
and towns, is a very defferent matter. In
such cases, expense and risk are no object.
For complete homes, surrounding trees as
near perfect maturity as possible, are im
peratively demanded ; hence, large sized trees
are of prime importance.
Be sure to plant some trees at all hazards.
As people in this country fell thousands of
trees in the aggregate, we claim that they are
in duty bound to plant some of the different
and more useful varieties in their stead. It
has always been a great satisfaction to the
old farmer to take a stranger into his orchard
and relate the exact time when this or that
tree was “ set out” by him twenty or twenty
five year ago. Go and do likewise ; you will
never regret it, if you plant carefully.
Wearing Out Tools.
Farm tools will rust out sooner than they
will wear out. Many farmers injure their
farm implements more by exposure to the
weather than by the use on the farm. An
implement which, with good care, would last
twenty years, will, when exposed to the
weather, become useless in five years or even
less. A farm cart which, with good usage,
would last almost a life time, will last only a
few years when exposed to the weather. The
explanation of the reason why farming does
not pay with money is found in this neglect
to take care of the farm tools. All farm im
plements are costl}', and the farmer who has
to buy three or four times as many as Ins
neighbors, because he does not take care of
them, of course will not find much profit in
farming. The same carelessness in any kind
of business would insure equally as disastrous
results.
*
Professor Stockbridgo before the State
Board of Agriculture of Connecticut : “ The
soil is best plowed when it is most thoroughly
crushed, twisted and broken, with the°sod
well covered. On some kinds of land I would
have furrows lapped an inch, as the Canadian
farmers plow. Let the air and water have a
chance to circulate underneath the surface.
Light lands, however, should have a flat
vui'b lands more
W txvysvAe, CWWxcyxaws.
Dr. Tanner, of fasting fame, is peddling
patent liver pads in Kentucky.
It is said that the temperance fever runs
so high in Southern California that in one
town two saloons have been blown up with
bombs.
The Mississippi river this year has flooded
a territory as wide as the State of Massachu
setts and longer than from Boston to Omaha.
The specie in the three banks of England,
Germany and France has decreased $48,175,-
183 in the past year.
Enough sweet potatoes will be made in
Florida this j’ear to supply the United States.
A Kentuckian recently stole four swarms
of bees, carried them eleven miles in the
night, and set up new hives without a sting
from the bees or his conscience.
The winter wheat in Central Illinois is re
ported to be suffering from the chinch bug
and Ilessian fly. Thousands of acres have
been ploughed up to plant corn.
The two physicians of Maquoketa, lowa,
inconsiderately chose the same week for a
spree, and their patients were dangerously
neglected for several days until other medical
help could be obtained.
The model of the statute of Mr. Gladstone,
which is to be erected in East London, has
just been completed by Mr. Albert Bruce Joy
of Fulham. It is a little over nine feet high,
and represents the great statesman in the act
of addressing a vSSt assemblage.
A bank clerk in Boston was accidentally
locked up in the vault a few afternoons ago.
II is frantic cries brought no release, but,
fortunately, a book that had been carelessly
left out caused the reopening of the door.
Electric lighting is in successful opera
tion on more than sixty steamers on the
Mississippi river and its tributaries. It is
believed to add much to the safety of that kind
of traffic and traveling.
One Dr. Wild, of Canada, predicts fifty
five years of war after 1882, and announces
that the millennium will begin In 1935.
A witness in an Ottawa court refused to
be sworn on the old version of the Bible, and
the Judge allowed the use of a revised New
Testament.
It is asserted that the tract of country, in
cluding the celebrated “Everglades,” which
the State of Florida is now going to drain,
will be able to produce more sugar than the
United States can consume.
The death of a woman at Portsmouth, R. 1.,
revealed the unsuspected fact that for sixteen
years she had kept a maniac son concealed
in an attic room, attending to his wants her
self, and never letting another human being
see him.
There is now building in the Baldwin
Works, Philadelphia, a locomotive designed
to be the fastest in the world, and intended
to do 80 miles anhourwithouttakingin water.
It will be taken to Europe, and tested on the
railroads of England and the Continent.
Prof. Dolbeare of Tuft’s College, one of the
original inventors of the telephone, whose
rights were bought by the Western Union
Telegraph Company, has now invented an
entirely new telephone, through which it is
claimed conversation can be heard over an}’
length of wire.
A German critic, discussing the tendency
of his countrymen to exhaust any subject that
they study or write about, and at the same
time to exhaust themselves and their hearers,
gives some amusing illustrations of the way
the theologians of the fatherland have labored
upon the Bible. Thus a Prof. Ilaselbach of
the University of Vienna lectured twenty two
years upon the first chapter of Isaiah, and
had not finished when death surprised and
carried him off. Chancellor Ulrich Penzi^er
O
of Tubingen gave 312 university lectures,
covering a period of four years, upon the
prophet Daniel, then lectured twenty-five
years on Isaiah, giving 1,509 lectures, and
then taking up Jeremiah, finished one halfof
him in seven years and 459 lectures. At that
juncture, in his 80th year, death ended his
achievements.
Professional & business (Ennis.
Jon:* J. STItICKLA^I),
ATTORNEY. A T- LAW,
Danielsville, Ga.,
Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to
him. dec 17, ’SO.
DU. nr. 11. CASH,
NICHOLSON, GA.,
Tenders his professional services to the surround
ing country. Rheumatism, Neuralgia and the dis
eases of women a specialty.
Feb.l3th, ISSO. ly
HOWAUD THOMPSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Gainesville, Ga.
Prompt .and faithful attention given to all busi
ness placed in his hands.
WILEY C. 110 AVAR I),
Attorney :ml Counselor nt Law,
JEFFERSON, GA.
Will attend faithfully to all business entrusted
to his care. mch4,
SIIAIAA & THOMPSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
J EFFERSON, G A,
Will practice in Jackson and adjoining counties.
Outfit furnished free, with fill) instruc-
tions for conducting the most profitable
business that anyone can engage in. The busi
ness is so easy to learn, and our instructions are
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
nnrii>. _A 11 furnished free Address Tkue fc
LOOK AT THIS!
THINK OH 1 IT I
-AJXTD
COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES.
JUST RECEIVED
300 ELEGANT COOK STOVES,
3000 Dozen Wash Pans,
100 Dozen Splendid Baking Pans,
100 Dozen Elegant Dish Pans,
And a large stock ol' goods in our line which will be sold
CHEAP FOlt CASH.
A. K. CHILDS k CO.
Feb. 25 Opposite Reaves. Nicholson & Cos., Athens, Ga.
MARBLE! MARBLE J
A. 11. ROBERTSON,
DEALER IN ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE
Monuments, Tombs, Hed & Foot Stones,
. LARGE and SMALL CRADLE TOMBS,
Marble and. Granite Box Tombs,
AT ALL PRICES TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
A Large Lot of Finished Monuments and Tombstones on
Hand, for Sale and Ready for Lettering,
My Yard is Full ol* Marble, and Ready to Fill Any Orders.
C3-XN7"E IVEE A CALL, -A.3STI3 GET IVEY PRICES.
A. R. ROBERTSON,
Monumental Builder, Athens. Georgia.
BALDWIN & BURNETT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
BOOTS AND 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
EXCLUSIVELY
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 you freight.
GIVE XT S -A. C -A. LL .
BALD WIN Sr BURNETT.
Athens, Ga., October Ist, 1880.
LOVE &c CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS,
WINES, Etc., Etc.
ALSO AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
Stone Mountain Corn Whisky.
Corner Broad and Jackson Sts., Athens. G-a.
Feb. 25
V. W. SKIFF,
DEALER IN FIXE
WATCHES Sf- JEWELRY,
Clocks,
Solid Silver and Plated Ware.
The Diamond Spectacles and Eye-Glasses.
Fine watches adjusted to heat and cold, and re
paired in the best manner. Hair Jewelry, and
all other kinds, made to order and neatly re
paired.
Sign of llie “Rl Wateli, M
BROAD STREET ATHENS, GA.
A,.
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
ALL persons having demands against Thomas
Dalton, late of said county, deceased, are
hereby notified and required to present them,
properly attested, to the undersigned, within the
time prescribed by law, and .all persons indebted
to said deceased arc hereby required to make im
mediate payment.
may 6 J. L. WILLIAMSON, Adm’r.
To Debtors and Creditors .
ALL persons having demands against Micager
M illiamson, late of said county, deceased,
are hereby notified and required to present them,
properly attested, to the undersigned, within the
time prescribed by law. and all persons indebted
to said deceased are hereby required to make im
mediate payment.
mav G J. L. WILLIAMSON, Adm'r.
Richmond and Danville Rail Road.
Passenger Department.
ON and after May 15th, 1881, Passenger Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line di
vision of this road will be as follows :
: ! • !
; U. S. Mail, ;N. Y. Express, U. S. Fast Mail,; Suwanee
EASTWARD No. 43, No. 47, No. 40, i Accommodation
A. j B. j C. ; No. 21.
Leave Atlanta j 4.00 A. M. | 3.15 P. M. j 6.30 P. M. j 5.00 pTm.
Arrive Suwanee 1); 5.18 kk 4.37 “ 7.45 “ 7.08 “
“ Lula Ei C. 45 “ 5.59 “ \ 9.0 G “
“ Toccoa Fi 7.58 “ 7.15 kk j 10.10 “ j
“ Seneca Gi 9.20 “ 8.40 “ : 11.25 “
“ Greenville 11l 10.58 “ \ 10.20 kk j 1.00 A. M. ;
“ Spartanburg K; 12.14 P. M. 11.40 “ 2.11
“ Gastonia Li 2.30 “ 2.04 A. M. j 4.27 “
Charlotte..... Mi 3.35 u j 3.15 J 5.35 “ j
; j ! t
U. S. Mail, jN. Y. Express, ill. S. Fast Mail.; Suwanee
WESTWARD. • No. 42. No. 48. No. 50. ; Accommodation
1 i j j No. 22.
l ; • . :
Leave Charlotte Mj 12.30 P. M. ; 12.20 A.M. j 12.10 A.M.
“ Gastonia L; 1.27 kk i 1.30 kk 12.56 kk
“ Spartanburg K: 3.50 “ j 4.05 “ j 2.53 “
kk Greenville II; 5.07 kk i 5.18 k * j 4.05 ki =
“ Seneca Gi G. 50 kk j 7.02 “ 5.27 kk
“ Toccoa Fi 8.01 “ ! 8.15 “ j 6.30 “ !
“ Lula E: 9.16 kk 9.31 kk j 7.59 kk j
“ Suwanee D; 10.38 “ 10.54 “ 8.51 “ 5.40 A. M.
Arrive Atlanta 1 12.05 A. M. : 12.20 P. M. i 10.00 “ ; 8.00 kk
CO3ST3SrECTXO3SrS.
A with arriving trains of Georgia Central and A. & W. P. Railroads.
B with arriving trains of Georgia Central, A. & W. P. and \V. & A. Railroads.
C with arriving trains of Georgia Railroad.
I) with Lawrenccvillc Branch to and from Lawrcnceville, Ga.
E with Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to and from Athens, Ga.
F with Elberton Air-Line to and from Elberton, Ga.
G with Columbia and Greenville to and from Columbia and Charleston, S. C.
II with Columbia and Greenville to and from Columbia and Charleston, S. C.
K with Spartanburg and Ashville. and Spartanburg, Union and Columbia to and from Henderson
and Ashville, and Alston and Columbia. *
L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Guage to and from Dallas and Chester.
M with C., C. & A—C. C.—R. & D. and A. T. & U. for all points West, North and East.
N with North Carolina Division R. & D. Railroad to and from the North.
B6TPULLMAN SLEEPING CAR SERVICE ON TRAINS Nos. 47 and 48, DAILY, WITH
OUT CHANGE, BETWEEN ATLANTA AND NEW YORK.
A. POPE,
General Passenger Agent.
PARKER & CAMP RROB.
We have within the last few weeks
opened up a first-class stock of
FANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES,
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
STAPLE DRY GOODS, IIATS AND SHOES,
All of winch we are offering at
Hock. Bottom Brices.
i
Our Goods Are Bought From Manufacturers For Cash,
And We Will Sell As Cheap As The Cheapest .
GIVE US A CALL,
•Kv\A fie CowvawccA WeWc ww 'WXvcA a
Respectfully,
PARKER & CAMP BROS.,
Feb. 25 No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
Marble Works
JS/L ANUF ACTO R Y .
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA.
WE call the attention of the public to our new and the ONLY MARBLE WORKS in Northeast
Georgia. A\ c are prepared, with ample capital, large experience and skilled workmen, to
till orders on short notice for G-IELA.'V'E STONES beautifully and artistically finished ,
Monuments, Marble Mantels, Etc.
M c guarantee all work in our line, and will sell as cheap as the same can be procured in any
market, North or South, and respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. Office on Main St.*
near the Depot.
IT. T. MENGS, Proprietor .
December 17th, 18S0.
Dr. J. B. PEJ?DEB GRJI SS,
HAVING BUILT AND FURNISHED A SPLENDID
BRICK. DRITGt STORK.
HAS OPENED UP A FULL LINE OF FRESII AND
Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines
of every description. He is now prepared to furnish the public with anything usually found ill A
first-class drug store, such as
PAINTS, OILS,
VARNISII. DYE STUFFS ,
PAINT BRUSHES, TOBACCO,
CIGARS, SNUFF,
STATIONERY, PENS, PENCILS,
INK , HAIR BRUSHES,
COMBS, TOILET SOAPS,
PERFUMERY, DEN TRIFICES,
MA TCHES, BLA CKING,
BLACKING BRUSHES, 4c., 4c.
Special Attention Given to the Compounding of Prescript
tions at all Hoars.
With thanks for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him in the past, he still offers hi* pro
fessional services to the public, and will endeavor to answer calls promptly and treat diseases w it ft
skill, after the most approved methods. Charges as low as the lowest.