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BREVITIES.
new comet is on hand !
lnsmall change is scarce in this town !
[j? Fruit jars at Pendergrass Pros. & Cos !
[T"!lands arc scarce. The railroad is the
cause.
Spellers at Pendergrass Bros.
& Cos.
CF'TUc wind knocked the corn down con
siderably.
[ cTJim Randolph has commenced work on
Mrs. .T. I). Long's dwelling.
Rich Hancock will run Garrison’s
gin at Pond this season.
that rust is injuring their cotton.
Mr. Jim Wills will weigh cotton at his
gin this season upon a pair of platform scales.
ITPT’ruit jars at Pendergrass Bros. & Cos!
new e-op is moving rapidly. And
from Itioso who have been to Athens, we learn
that the crop is coming in lively.
lip* Mr. Henry Human is putting up an
immcoce cotton warehouse at his store. lie
proposes to buy cotton this season.
Nthlaek will commence making
brick next Monday. He proposes to make
just as long as the weather will permit.
l*p J Fruit jars at Pendergrass Bros. & Cos!
noted that our colored friends were
circulating a petition during Court week to
allow their names to be placed in the jury
box.
1 On last Monday night the gin house of
Mr. Ben Matthews, located near Bethany
church, was destroyed by fire, which resulted
from lighting a match. Nothing was saved
except the steam engine. One bale of cotton
was burnt in the lint room.
While it did considerable damage up
this way. yet the effects of last Sunday’s storm
was nothing in this section pf the State to
what it was down on the coast. The papers
report a severe storm all along the coast, ac
companied by a large loss of life and property.
i'F’The following is a list of dead letters
remaining in the Post Oflice at this place, and
will he forwarded to the dead letter office at
Washington. I). C., if not called for in 30 days
from this date : Mr. Martin Dillard, Miss
Law Harrison, Mr. John Hunt, Rev. Green
Lee, col’d, Mr. 11. R. Mitchell.
( rThe Hartwell Sun turns loose in the
following manner upon what is beyond a
doubt a disgusting habit. We reproduce it
with tho idea that it might possibly be appli
cable or of benefit to some of our church-goers
or churches : “ There are so-called Christians
who go to God’s house and spit tobacco juice
over the floor so that a decent man can not
kneel for prayer. If 3*oll were to go to the
residence of one of these tobacco saints and
spit puddles of filthy arnbere upon the floor
lie would put you out of his house and set
the clog on you. Do these filthy fellows think
they would he admitted into Heaven with
their pockets full of tobacco, and be allowed
to squirt the filth}* fluid over the pearly gates
and golden streets? If they can not spend
one hour without it in worship upon earth,
how will they pass endless ages without it?
It would be far more genteel to pull out a
flask of whisky in church and take a pull.
Any man or boy who spits tobacco upon the
floor of a church should be kicked out of the
house by some stout man who wears No. 10
heavy boots, and such a kicker should be
appointed at both the Baptist and Methodist
churches in Hartwell.”
The Gainesville, JefTerson & Southern R. R.
This new narrow guagc railroad, which is
extending its arms across the county in two
directions, is destined to develop the countv
in a manner that will be as unexpected as it
is pleasing. Scared}' any one ever dreamed
that Jackson county was rich in other things
than her water power and agricultural pro
ductions. But in this the}' have been mis
taken. as I ween we’ll discover ere the rail
road has been put into operation, which will
be by the middle of the coming winter. Al
ready has the pick of the construction hand
let the light fall on as pretty kaolin as can
be found anywhere. The cut worked by Mr.
H. I). Jackson, near Laura City, is some 300
yards or more in length and from six to fif
teen feet deep, the walls of which, for the
the greater part of the way, look as though
they were plastered and neatly finished. In
other cuts 1 learn iron ore has been found in
abundance; in others, more precious metals
•md an excellent quality of slate. But we
diil not begin the railroad to develop minerals
and precious stones, but to improve the hus
bandry, the markets, the schools, the civiliza
tion, but if the minerals are here, we will
throw them in to purchasers that may choose
to purchase our lands and help us enjoy our
many advantages.
1 he railroad is on a boom now, which will
not abate till the steam horse awakens the
echoes of our hills. And speaking of hills,
reminds me that the most deceiving country
in the county is that around Laura City.
hile it is white and sandy, and, to a casual
observer, appears a dead level, yet, when
closely examined, it abounds in small emi
nences and gentle slopes, and drains itself so
that no water will stand and become stagnant
and produce fever and other ailments. It is
■n plain view of the Blue Ridge mountains,
,s ,e dividing ridge between the Apalachee
•ind Oconee rivers, and is an elevated plain,
unsurpassed for its health giving breezes and
1 uro water. The lands are very productive,
making as fine corn and cotton, wheat, oats,
&c " as any in the country. When the rail
road reaches there it will boa fine trading
I it, and is destined, in the near future, to
thr^? e ° ne 1C prettiest inland towns in
the State. So mote it be.
(SrECTATOEj
Personal Mention.
Mrs. ,S. I*. Carithers is seriously sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hancock are both sick.
J. R. Crane, of Athens, was in the city
Wednesday.
Col. Silman made his family a “ pop call”
last Sunday.
Morgan Nix stocked our town with eider
last Monday.
We note with pleasure the arrival of W. J.
Davenport and family.
Zack Niblack has bought land near Thomp
son’s mills, upon which he will settle.
We learn that Mr. L. Y. Bradbury received
a fall last week that has confined him to his
bed.
Pendergrass Bros. & Cos. have secured the
services of Mr. G. W. Stanley for the fall and
winter.
We are glad to state that Mr. J. D. John
son’s injuries arc not as severe as wa3 supposed
at first. He is able to lie out on the streets
again.
Dr. MoElhannon bid his many fronds of
this place farewell last Monday morning and
departed for Greenesboro*, where lie will re
main for some time.
Mr. Thai] Oiivc, of Oglethorpe county,
visited our county last week in quest of land.
\\ e hope that lie will be suited, as we would
like to have him live in our county.
We note with pride the fact that one of our
immediate representatives, the lion. J. B.
Silman, made a splendid and telling speech
upon the educational hill when it was before
the House for action. Col. Silman was pledged
to use his utmost endcavous in this direction,
and it will he gratifying to his friends to
know that lie is using his best efforts in the
furtherance of their interests and the whole
country's.
Harmony Grove.
BY OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
—The rain came at last.
—lt is not too late to sow turnip patches.
—We will soon have two brick buildings
in our village.
—There was a young man laid out here last
Saturday night.
—Col. J. B. Silman came in on the down
train last Saturday night.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hood and Mr. M.
Jacobs are in New York citv.
—There was no preaching last Sabbath
morning at the Baptist church.
—Mr. F. Stan la lias bought a business
block from our cousin Johnnie C. Yeargin.
—Some of our boys bad their part of the
camp meeting over about Billie Morgan’s last
Sunday.
—Misses Ida Newton, ofUnion Point, and
\N ortlcy Lester, of Lexington, are visiting in
our village.
—Mr. I. 11. Ilix will soon go over into
Madison county to take charge of Messrs.
Bird & llix's gin.
—Rev. T. M. Foster will preach at Bold
Springs rext Saturday night, and on Sunday
following, at 11 A. M.
—We need a telegraph line on our railroad,
and should have it. Other towns of far less
proportions have telegraph communication
with the outside world, and why not 11s ?
—“Old Foggy” traveled five miles out of
his way, and a very rough road, the day lie
was married, to keep from passing through
our village, for fear the hoys would congrat
ulate him.
—Dwelling lots arc getting scarce in our
village. The land owners are squeezing to
them so tightly that it would be almost im
possible for a comet to shoot between them
and their land.
—Wc have discovered another comet away
up in the northwest. The tail is just getting
long enough to attract attention, and if it
keeps growing it will in a few years furnish
light almo3t equal to the moon.
—Apple Valley, our neighboring city, had
several representatives here last Saturday.
They say it is the W. C. breed of hogs that
is troubling them so much over there. Some
body shoots hogs over here; that is the
quickest way to get rid of them.
—Wc had arranged, and so had many
others, to take in the camp meeting over in
Banks last Sunday, but on account of the
rain we did not go, and missed pulling the
chicken that was promised. Wc trust some
good clever fellow answered when we were
called, and made a good job of it.
—Some unknown party has been playing
the wild during the past week with some kind
of a shooting-iron. Mr. C. W. Hood lost two
fine pork hogs on Friday night. Mr. A. C.
Appleby also lost one a few days ago.
Reuben Jackson’s (col.) horse was shot a few
days ago while in the pasture. The hogs
were killed and left lying. This is purely
malicious, and it should be looked after by a
vigilant committee.
—Farmers should bear in mind the price
that was paid for bay a few months ago, and
try to save everything that will do for forage.
The prospects arc now, that even thing will
be higher and scarcer next year than it has
been this year. Flour is now worth $9.00
per barrel and very firm, while corn is worth
SI.OO to sl.lO, and bacon 11 to cents.
These prices at this season of the year begins
to make things look squally. The hotels have
raised board from $lO to $12.50. and yet the
young men can’t see married life at these
figures.
A Smooth Complexion can be had by every
lady who will use Parker's Ginger Tonic.
For promptly regulating the liver and kidneys
and purifying the blood there is nothing like
it, and this is the reason why it so quickly
removes pimples and gives a rosy bloom to
the check, fece noth o-
Athens Presbytery.
This body met in the Presbyterian church
Wednesday night, at 7i o'clock, and was
opened with a sermon by Rev. C. W. Lane,
D. I)., the retiring Moderator.
After sermon, proceeded to its organiza
tion. After prayer by the presiding officer,
the roll was called and the following mem
bers were found to be present: Ministers—
Revs. G. 11. Cartlcdge, C. W. Lane, D. 1)., J.
B. Morton, R. W. Milner, T. P. Cleveland, J.
C. Grow, J. R. Baird and Z. B. Graves. El
ders—E. L. Newton, Athens church ; F. S.
Smith, Thyatira church; John Chambers,
Homer church ; J. 11. Glazier, Hebron church ;
L. G. Johnson, Pleasant Ilill church ; W. 11.
Johnson, Pleasant Grove church ; George L.
Rice, Daniclsville church ; C. F. Hardy, Miz
pah church; J. F. Ray, Maysville church ;
John A. McCurdy, Now Hope church ; S. F.
Woods, Betliaven church.
Rev. R. W. Milner was chosen Moderator,
and Rev. Z. IL Graves temporary Clerk.
Letter from Hosch’s Store.
This settlement is lively now, for wo have
j had rain. Did you ever know fodder-pulling
( time to come but that it would rain about a
week ? Wish we had fodder to pull once a
mouth, so we could always get plenty of rain ;
and then it would pour, too. just in the right
time. John sa}*s if we could got rain once a
month—that is, a great big un—this country
would grow rich after awhile, and every far
mer would have to build larger barns to hold
their storage; that is, if they would plow
deep, like John does, say with a No. 40 Oliver
whirl-over plow. John believes in a big
thing.
Wonder what John P is up to ? He’s
got a right nice house started, which will be
completed before a great while.
John seems to think that Mr. P. is nearly
ripe ; says ho could tell better if lie could get
to thump him, and knows lie could tell if he
was plugged.
There’s a boy up here that loves a girl so
well he can’t rest day nor night. lie would
tell her so, but thinks lie’s too late; thinks
maybe she’s done said yes to someone else ;
wishes he did know. John says aval's a gal
an’ a boy’s a boy ; no use to stand back ;
says slic’d like to know it; says they love for
a body to talk to ’em that way. John knows.
Try it, young man, or go out West one. This
thing you call love nearly kills a fellow when
it takes rank hold on him. John says he
druthcr have a tolerable had case of small
pox. Seems like I had too. I tell 3*oll when
a boy goes to church an’ another boy goes
home with his gal, it makes his face look
mighty long. Seems like he can’t stand it,
an’ you better not beer joking wither fellow
when he’s in that kind of a fix, for he’ll but
heads with an engine right then. Seems to
me I vc seen in print that love is an agree
able passion. Don’t know what they put it
up that way for, when boys will fight for a
gal like bears. Don’t seem to agree with
some folks much, you bet. Met a fellow
tother day an’ he said if lie hadn’t er got the
one he did he’d er died in less time than a
month, and that wouldn’t er been healthy,
would it ?
Schools are dropping off considerably. The
parents are obliged to have everything that
can pull a boll of cotton. So that takes very
near all the children.
Messrs. John and Rus Bosch arc making
preparations to gin cotton at their old stand.
Going to run by steam this season.
IIOOSIEII.
Items from Marcus.
Mr. Editor : — Crops are very good around
Marcus, and we are now having good rains,
which arc very much needed to make turnips
come up and potatoes grow, both of which
will be needed this fall in order to make
buckle and tongue meet.
Well, camp meeting is over at Wood’s
Camp Ground, and many souls have been
blessed, we trust, from the preaching of the
Word. There were many preachers in at
tendance, and we think all who attended the
meeting are left without an excuse, and as
the good people of this community would not
allow whisky sold there, the meeting passed
off quietly, without any disturbance, or with
out a drunk man being seen on the Ground,
as far as I know.
Mr. A. T. Yearwood is lining his store with
new goods, which he proposes to sell as cheap
as the cheapest. Give Mr. Y. atrial, and we
think you will get the full value of your
money.
The farmers around Marcus are now pull
ing fodder with a rush, and the little children
picking cotton as though they thought their
lives depended upon it.
Mr. J. G. Justice, proprietor of the Jack
son County Nursery, says that his nursery
stock is better than usual. The writer has
been the happy shearer of some of the fruits
obtained from his Nursery, and can say, with
out any hesitation, that they are the finest he
ever saw. Any one wishing to supply them
selves with good fruit trees, will do well to
buy from Mr. Justice.
Mark Whitehead has bought outS. P. llir
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gins, near Mr. Wni. Seymour's. We welcome
Mr. Whitehead among us.
Terrell Wood has bought a tract of land,
adjoining the above Higgins tract, from Jas.
Matthews, of Dawson county.
Mr. J. G. Justice has secured the services
of Mr. Pannel, to repair his mills.
Yours truly, T. W. E.
Marcus, Ga., August 23d, 1881.
Lost Cows.
Lost, strayed, or stolen, from near Thomp
son’s Mills, in this county, one deep red cow,
short horns, pointing together, no ear marks,
and one yearling, red and white spotted. Any
one taking up the above described cows, and
notify me at Thompson’s Mills, Ga., wll be
paid for their trouble.
A Card.
I would respectfully call the attention of
my friends in Jackson county to the fact that,
having severed my connection with Pender
grass Bros. & Cos., of Jefferson, I am now
located in Athens with the well known firm
of OTarrcll Bros. & Cos., where I will take
pleasure in serving the wants of ail who desire
to purchase or look at our stock. I will be
glad to have my friends call upon me, and
trust that I can make it to their advantage to
do so. Respectfully,
Trios. Harrison.
An Eloquent Speech.
The correspondent of the Augusta Chron
icle, writing from Atlanta, says : “ I was led
into an error in regard to the lion A. T.
Bennett, of Jackson, reported by me as
having spoken on the school tax bill. It was
Hon. J. B. Siiman, his colleague, from that
county, who spoke so eloquently and so
forcibly on the subject, surprising even his
best friends by bis fine maiden speech.”
Representative Silman is one of the quiet
members of the House, yet he is always in his
seat and never fails to attend faithfully to his
duties as a legislator. He is a working and
not a talking member, hut when lie does speak
it is alway to the point. —Atlanta Post-Appeal.
Letter from Logansville.
Spring chickens.
Crops injured a little, but fine.
Cotton opening quite rapidly.
These are the palmy days when the “ pack
saddle” exulteth and the festive farmer rip
peth out the oath.
Logansville is bound to have a railroad,
possibly two.
J. J. Fbyd will make seven bales of cotton
on seven and a half acres.
Logansville will gin fifteen hundred bales
of cotton this fall.
Logansville boasts of seven stores, four
saloons, the best school, prettiest town and
more energy than any other place in Georgia.
Judge Dobbins says he’ll raise Cain if the
Herald docs not correct the statement about
his duster and hoop-skirts. Says he didn’t
wear ’em, but bought ’em for a friend.
Jug L. City contemplates establishing a
number of railroads, with herself as center,
viz : to New York, London, Chandler’s Dis
trict, Logansville, etc. It is thought here
that when the Logansville branch is built
there will be a demand for a perpetual mo
tion, hand sanding, grip-sack, “git-up-and git”
engine, for slants, valleys, hills, &c. But
Wiley B. will hump it through, in spite of
Bill Arp, hills, moon attraction “or any oth.
er man.” We fear by the time one road is
completed, the situation and Jug L. City will
remind us of the couplet—
“ Jack Spratt could eat no fat,
llis wife could cat no lean ;
And so, between the two,
They licked the platter clean.”
In the meantime, people here fear that Jug
L. City, with her newly added weight, will tip
over Jackson and Walton counties. Wonder
what John N. R. thinks of that?
Fears arc entertained that Stevenson, ac
cased of murdering Mrs. Stevenson, his aunt,
and who is now jailed at Lawrcnceville, will
be lynched by the infuriated citizens.
We learn to-day some particulars of a fear
ful tragedy which occurred on the 22d, about
ten miles east of this place. It was*caused
by the explosion of an engine. Mr. J. O.
Perry was killed instantly. 11 is son, James
Perry, will probably die, as his skull, collar
bor.c, and two ribs were broken. The entire
head of a negro man was blown off; and
Ilamet’s leg was broken. The cause of the
explosion is not known positively, but is
thought to be due to the carelessness of the
negro who was firing. Fag.
Logansville, Ga., Aug. 23 d, 1881.
The Cotton Crop.
New Orleans, August 27.—The Democrat
has the following reports :
Louisiana—Cotton is fruiting poofly. The
crop is generally earlier. Some damage is
reported from both worms and drouth. The
acreage is unchanged and picking is general.
One parish reports the same yield as last
year; two only one-third and one-half a
crop.
Mississippi—Cotton is fruiting poorly.
Some damage is reported from rust and worms.
One county reports two-thirds and five iffily
half a crop.
Texas—Cotton is opening fast and fruiting
poorly. The condition is not as good as at
this time last year. The crop will be about
two-thirds of an average one, but the quality
is much better. Picking lias begun and some
cotton is couvng into town.
I> UFAIOKIAiH.
Little Lizzie Guffin, daughter of Mr. W. J.
and Mrs. A. C. Guilin, departed this life on the
26th of August, ISSI, aged four years, four months
and twenty-three days. She was loved by all who
knew her. She left a father and mother, two
brothers and a sister, and a number of relatives
and friends to mourn her absence. Wc know she
is numbered with the bright angels in heaven, but
it grieves us to give up such a sweet little llower.
A Friend.
“The Gods Help
Those who help themselves,” and Nature in
variably helps those who take Warner’s Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure.
One of the many attractions of the Atlanta
Cotton Exposition will be a ensilage cattlery
under full operation. Ensilage pits are being
constructed, and horses, cows, sheep and mules
are to be fed during the Exposition from
them.
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Great stringency is reported in the Northern
money markets. That is the chronic condi
tion of the M. M. down here, but it is consol
ing to know that our Northern brother is in
the same condition.
Postmasters have authority to destroy all
annoying postal cards without delivering them
when SO directed bv t he person.-; Pi ad^aa-LLcm
We Deal in Spots!
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Ought Jackson County to Havo a City
Court?
To determine this question, without preju
dice, it is necessary to understand what the
City Court is and what the demands of the
county are. One difficulty on the minds of
some citizens is that they are opposed to the
County pourt, and probably for good reasons,
and they draw no distinction between the
City Court and the County Court. There
being quite a difference between the two
Courts, the one ought not to be condemned
on account of the defects of the other. Inas
much as the County Court has been tried in
the county, it is only necessary to present
the outlines of the City Court to make appa
rent the differences between the two.
The City Court has jurisdiction, concurrent
with the Superior Court, over the county in
all civil cases above the jurisdiction of the
Justice’s Court and not exceeding a thousand
dollars in amount involved, and except civil
cases of which the Superior Court has exelu
sivc jurisdiction by the Constitution of the
State. The criminal jurisdiction covers all
cases below the grade of felon}’.
No case can be sent to the Superior Court
by certiorari or appeal from the City Court.
Juries are drawn for the City Court in the
same way they are drawn in the Superior
Court.
The officers of the Superior Court, to wit:
the Clerk and Sheri(T, are ex-officio Clerk and
Sheriff of the City Court.
The City Court holds four regular quarterly
terms, and can have called sessions to dis
pose of cases where juries are not demanded.
The Judge of the City Court can try all
criminal cases in his Court without a jury,
unless a jury is demanded by the defendant.
Cases go from the City Court direct to the
Supreme Court, under the same regulations
that they go from the Superior Court.
The foregoing is a brief outline of a City
Court. The next question to consider is,
what are the demands of the county ? Ami
would the City Court meet these demands?
Does the good of the county demand that
business should be dispatched more rapidly ?
And would the City Court accomplish that
end ?
These questions are pertinent and sugges
tive of sufficient importance to evoke dispas
sionate consideration.
It is thought that the Court i.s unpopular,
and hence the demagogue and subservient
politician, who desire to curry favor with the
dear people, are ready to express themselves
in terms of strong condemnation. The aver
age lawyer of the local bar, desiring to be
City Judge or Solicitor, or build up a lucra
tive practice in the City Court, is ready to
become a champion for a City Court. These
fellows are to be watched, just as if they had
axes to grind. The writer does not mean to
intimate that there are no honest politicians
and lawyers ; orr the contrary, the lawyers at
least, as a body, are as honest as an}’ other
class. As to the politician—well, he loves
the people.
Mr. Editor, hoping that your corps of cor
respondents will discuss the matter, with an
Walton News stays: “Hearing last Mon
day evening that Mr. John O. Perry had been
killed by the explosion of an engine, we 1
hastened to the scene, that we might bo able'
to give to our readers a full and accurate ac
count of the terrible accident. The first honso
at which we stopped was the home of Mr.
Perry. The weeping wife and children were
enough to touch the sympathies of the hardest
heart. The body lay in the front room, closely
watched by kind friends. The removal of the
sheet showed a form mangled beyond descrip
tion. No one could have told that it was the
body of Mr. John O. Perry. With face and
forehead all crushed, with nearly every inch
of his body bruised, one leg broken in two
places, one arm cut nearly off, it was a scene
too awful to look at. We went on to a cabin
near by and saw Frank James, colored, who
was wounded in the bead and knee, but not
seriously. A few yards farther on wc were
pointed to a cabin, where lay the lifeless form
of William Cook, colored, whose skull was
literally torn to pieces and his body scalded
nearly white. But this was but the beginning.
Over the river lives Mr. James Hammett, a
handsome young man and a brother to
Andrew Hammett, who, a few years ago,
killed Mr. lloquemore, in this county. Mr.
Hammett was lying on his back in the
middle of the floor with both legs badly
bruised, one knee shattered, swollen and black.
He was suffering agonies, and had just been
informed by his physician that his leg must
be cut off above the knee to save his life. Two
or three hundred yards beyond lives Mr.
William J. Forrester, whose skull was
fractured, collar bone shattered and several
ribs broken. The doctors told us lie would
die. James Dalton lives near by. whose body
was fearfully bruised, and near him lives Mr.
L. T. Perry, who was standing in two feet
of iiis lather when he was killed. His knees
are badly hurt and complains of severe inward
pains. The chances arc that Mr. Hammett
and Mr. Forrester will die. The engine that
exploded was a six-horse power and weighed'
3,800 pounds. It was jerked from where it 1
stood a distance of 150 feet by actual measure
ment. It went over the heads of the unfor
tunate men and up into the trees, a distance
of at least thirty feet from the ground. There
was not a sound part of the saw mill to bo
seen. Fragments of iron were seen all around
sticking in the trees. The wreck was scat
tered over an area of at least an acre, and
how any one of them escaped alive seems a
living mystery. Mr. Thomas, the engineer,
was the only man unhurt, and he was stand
ing within ten feet of 1 lie engine, but he had
just stepped behind a large tree, and thus his
life was saved. The explosion filled the air
with flying timbers, and it was these that,
wounded most of the men.
HOW TO TREAT YOUR WATCH.
Wind it up at the same time every day. Keep
it in as even a temperature as possible. Sudden
transition from heat to cold may cause the main
spring to break. If you would keep it clean nev
er put it in any pocket except one of leather.
Those pockets which are lined with cloth, cotton
or calico, give by the constant friction a certain
Huff, which enters most AVatch Cases and makes
its way to the delicate parts of the watch. See
that the pocket is turned and cleaned often, and
take an old linen handkerchief and wipe carefully
all the dust from under the backs, bezel and cap.
of the case. Rut above all vou must be sure that
the Case fits firmly, and to be sure of this, select
one where the parts (center backs, cap, &c.) are
each made from one piece of metal.
The JAMES BOSS’ Patent Stiffened or
filled Gold \\ atch Case is so made, .and not.
only docs such a A\ atch Case become stronger
and lit more perfectly, but it enables the manu
iacturer to turn and form three pieces of metal
(the outer ones being gold and the inner one of an.
inferior metal) into shape for the round parts,
making to all appearaces and practical purposes
just as good a Watch Case as the solid gold, at
about one-half the cost to the purchaser.
There are nearly one hundred thousamlofthe.se
AVatch Cases now carried, and theirgood qualities
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