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Americus Recorder.
W. L, OLKIBSBK, Kill tor.
OBelal Orpin of W (Inter' t'oauly.
the drills and other implements
used made right there at home.
The piping, rope and pulloy coat
leas than $75, and no money was
paid „qjit for anything else,
WEDNSDAT, APRIL 80, 1884
URAIM10 THE PVX1I8.
As wo have mentioned in these
columns before, Col. <1. I’. Fort, of
'Dougherty, has been engaged lately
in the experiment of draining his
lionds of the large body ol water
which covers them, thereby re
claiming very valuable land. As
many of the farmers in this vioinity
have many of these ponds, the
manner in which Col. Fort drained
his may be of practical benefit to
them. The Albany News and Ad.
vertiser oi last Friday gives a full
description of the work, from which
we make the following extracts:
The pond covered about two
acres, and was about ten feel deep
in the middle. In order to drain
it thoroughly lie wanted to make
his outlet in the centre or deepest
part of the basin. Selecting tins
point, he bound four pine logs to
gether in the shape of a square pen,
hnd floated them out to where he
wanted to sink his pipe. Taking
these four logs for Ids foundation,
he floated in others and laid one
log on alter anothor until the first
four logs had sunk to the bottom
and he bad » square pen reaching
from the bottom to above the sur
face of the water. Upon this pen
he built a platform, and upon this
be erected a derrick—four stout
•cantlings 27 feet long. A pulley
suspended from u cross piece on
top of the derrick, a windlass on
one side of the platform from which
a rope extended through the pulley,
and a three-foot cut from a white-
oak tree some eighteen inches in
diameter, formed a rather rough
looking but effective pile-driver.
The butt end of the wooden block
or driver was protected by an iron
facing, which was bolted on. Four
pegs driven into auger holes in the
side of the block formed slots for
two small scantlings or guide beams
which were run up inside the der
ricks to hold the driver in position.
With two men ut the windlass and
one to manage the rope as the dri
ver was raised and dropped, the
work of driving a three-inch pipe
into the bottom of the pond com
menced. The pipe went down sev
eral inokes every time the driver
atruok it, until it had been sunk
about twenty feet into the ground,
when a hard clay was encouutcred.
At a depth of thirty feet the pipe
rested on hard rock and could bo
driven no further. The block or
driver was theu dispensed with,
and tho work of clcaniug out tlu-
pipe and drilling down below it
commenced. A half-hollow auger
with two bits ou the end of it was
welded into a joint of 1} inch pip
ing, and with this tho dirt was
easily drawn out of the big pipe
down to tho rock. Now the work
of drilling through tho rock com
menced. A simple steel pick or
diill was substituded for tho hol
low auger, and, with enough of the
li inch piping to extend woll up
into the derrick, it is connected to
the rope and the windlass is start
ed again—now raising and drop,
ing tho drill-pipe instead of the
maul or driver. Tho process, in
short, is the same as is used in
borlpg tho artesian wells, except
they expect to derive from a stand
point of health,' but draining this
pond Col. Fort and Mr. Ruther
ford say they will get several
tons of muck from it from compost
ing. They have already experi
mented with some of this muck,
and are well satisfied with the re
sult. They put out about 2.000
Ions of it oil land planted this
spiiug, and the difference between
the growing orops on land where
remarkable preparation, whioh I
consider the finest tonic and stom
ach restorer in the world has over
come all,(bp evil influencedot ma
laria, f|(l the poison of the army,
Aside' from the benefit which- alt traces at dyspepsia, all roai-_
assimilation of food, and indeed
made a new man of me.”
The Captain remained silent for
a while evidently- musing over his
recollections of the past. When
he again raised his head and said:
“It would be agodsend if all the
veterans who have suffered so in
tensely and also all others in the
land who are enduring so much
misery could know of your expe-
pcricnee, Sage, and the way by
the muck was used and where it! which you have been restored."
was not used cau be seen at a glance.
AS ARMY EXPERIENCE.
U«w »u Old VlUrati Eleaped Audi
hllatlou and Llrcd to Impart a
Warning to outers,
(National Tribune*of Washington.)
A pleasing occurrence which has
And that is why the above con
versation is recounted.
COMPARE THE OLD PRICES WITH THE NEW
Just come to our notice in connec
tion with tho New York state meet
ing of the Grand Army of the Kc-
public is so unusual in many res
pects that wc venture to leproduce
it for the benefit of onr readers.
Cupt. Alfred Kensom. of New
York, while pacing in the lobby of
tlie armory, previous to olio of the
meeting), suddenly stopped and
scanned the face of a gentleman
who wus in earnest conversation
It is claimed by some of our ex-
dianges below us that Editor Free
man was the ugliest man on the
Georgia press. This is doing great
injustice to Editor Warren, who,
though young in the field, lias never
been vanquished.
Thera was something wrong with
the air Monday .morning. At one
time that morning every editor in
the city had the colic.
Stories on the Road.
with oueoflhe Grand Army officers, j ,- om „ trclt , Travelers ut a Wayside
THE OKTLiY
a
Spot Cash Store”
11ST AMERICUS.
and is known
that a hand windlass is' used in
stead of steam power, anil no force
pump is necessary to wash out the
sand and sediment from the drill.
The drill is drawn out and the hol
low auger is run down occasion
ally to briug up the sediment.
At a deptli of 50 feet below the
bottom of the pond the drill struck
an openiug, and at once the water
commonced to sink with a roar
through the big pipe, tho top of
which was only a few inches under
water. The drill pipo was drawn
out, and the poinl commenced to
empty itself as fast as the orifice
that tho drill had made through
the rocks would permit tho water
to flow. When the water in the
pond leveled itself with the top oi
the pipe a rcauicr was attached to
tho drill pipe and sent down to
open tho way for the big pipo to be
iunk deeper. In this way tho pipe
was sunk until the joint of two sec
tions was almost level with the bot
tom ofthe pon I, and there it wus un-
jointed. That was sometime last
week, and the water has been rapi
dly sinking oversinse. Had it not
been for the heavy rains, all the
watcrwould have been carried away
ere this.
When all the water has passed of)
Col. Fort will have a square pitting
around the pipe, and the pipe will
then ho driven down to a level with
the bottom of this pit. The top of
the pipe will bocoverd with wire to
keep the trash out, the pit will he
filled with rocks J&nd thus the drain
will he kept open.
The actual expense of draining
this pond has been very liule to
Col- Fort His superinacudent,
Mr. R. W. Hutberiord, to whom
much or the oredit lor the success
of this experiment it due, bad all
It seemed to him that lie had seen
that face before, partially obscured
by the smoke of battle, und yet lids
bright and brilliant countenance
could not be the same pale, and
death-like visage, which he so dim
ly remembered. Rut tbc recol
lection, like Kanquo's ghost, would
nol“down”at command and haunt
ed him Hie entire day. On the day
following lie again saw the same
countenance, and ventured to speak
to its owner. The instance the two
veterans heard eacli other's voices,
that instant they recognized and
called each other by name. Their
faces and forms had chauged, but
their voices were the same. The
man whom Cupt. Rensom had rec
ognized was Air. W. K. Sago, of St.
Johns, Mich., a veteran of the 23d
N. Y. Eight Artillery, and both
members of Burnside's famous ex
pedition to North Carolina. After
the first greetings were over, Cap.
tain Rensom said:
“I hardly seems possiolc, Sage,
to sec you in this condition, for 1
thought you must have been dead
long ago.”
"Yes, I do not doubt it, l'or if 1
am not mistaken, when wc last met
I was occupying a couch in the hos
pital, a victim of-Yellow Jack' in
its worst form,”
“1 remember. The war seems to
have caused more misery since its
close tlmn ween it was i n progress,”
replied tho Captain. “1 meet old
comrades frequently who are stiller-
ing terribly, not so much from old
wounds as from malarial poisons
irhioli ruined their constitutions.’'
“I think so myself. When the
war eloccd I returned home and at
times I would feel well, hut every
few weeks that confounded ‘nil-
gone’ feeling would come upon me
again. Aly nervous system, which
was shattered in the service, failed
me entirely and produced one of
the worst possible eases of nervous
dyspepsia. Most of tho time I had
no appetite; then again 1 would be
come ravenously hungry, but the
minute I sat down to eat I loathed
food. My skill was dry nud parch
ed, my llesh loose and flabby. I
could hold nothiug on my stomach
for days at a time, and what little
I did eat failed to assimilate. I
wus easily fatigued; my uiiud was
depressed; I was cross and irrita
ble aud many a night my heart
would pain me so I could not sleep,; T
and when I did I had horrid | LATEST
dreams nnd frightful nightmares.
Of course, these things came
un one bv one, each worse tban the
other. My breath was foul, my
tongue was coaled, my teeth de
cayed. I had terrific headaches
which would leave my nervous sys-
tom completely shattered. lu tact
my existence, siuce the war, has
been a living death, from which I
have often prayed for release.
Couldn’t the
you any good?"
‘-I wrote him and he treated me,
hut like every other doctor, failed.
Tiicp all said my nerve was gouc
and without that to build upon 1
could not get well. When I was at
my worst, piles of the severest na
ture came upon me. Then my liv
er gave oat and without the use of
cathartics I could not move my
bowels at all. My blood got like
a stream oi Ure and seemed literally
to bum me alive.”
“Well, you might better have
died iu battle, quick and without
ceremony.”
‘•How mauy times I have wished
I had died the day wo captured
Ncwbcrne!”
Inn-Hpinething to Put iu
(iripsaek.
Gentlcrmn, I almost envy y
‘Dll; your ox|)orioDce of i
9 TOSitlOll*
... _ orltl; yonr
knowledge of business; the cbm glng sight# yo'i
—e, Mi all th«t, yon know.’*
'lhl< s or inly expressed regret fell from the-
lip* of an elderly pleasure tourist, last Almost,
■dd>«,Hd io * ■emi-eirois o.fcommercial we arran g e( j an d marked down our goods. We are now prepared and ready to give you more
goods ior less money than any house that sell goods on thirty days time.
J». M
Ye*/’ responded a Now York representative
he profession, “a drummer isn’t without his
pleasure, but he runs his riski, too—risks outside
n;d steamboat
What risks for instance?”
’This, for Instance,” raid Mr. W. I>. Franklin,
“isn traveling fur an Kastern house,
n to merchants in oil parts of the
Tho risk—which, indeed, amounts
almost to a certainty—of getting tho dyspeps’a
frosts perpetual change of diet and-water aud
from haring no flxod hours for eating eud sleep-
in*. I myself was an example. 1 say, wo*, lor
1 uni all right now.”
"Nodiscount on your digestion?” broke in a
Chicago dry good6 traveler, lighting his cigar
while.
i advertliemenl
pllogf
paper. Finally I
oi PARKER’S TONIC. I tried it and It llxcl
up to jiertection. # There is nothing on earth, in
y opinion, eqaal to it ss a cure for dvspepi
Messrs. Ulecox dc C'o., of New York, the pro
prietor, hold a letter from Mr. Fmnklin statin?
that precise fact, PARKER’S TONIC aids di
gestion. cures Malarial Fevers, Heartburn. II* ad-
acta**, Coughs and Colds, nnd nil chronic diseases
of tho Liver and Kidneys. Put n bottle in your
valise. Prices, 60c, un.. ft. Economy In larger
rix?. sprit 2 ml.
Mrs. FRED LEWIS’ BOOK STOKE.
We promised in issue of the Recorder of January 2d, to give you some prices so soon as
Contemplate a few quotations and note the difference in SPOT CASH prices and thirty
days credit:
Flour. Flour.
MRS. FRED LEWIS
OFFERING BARGAINS IN EVERY
THING USED IN TJIK
SCHOOL ROOM.
SCHOOL BOOKS,
EXERCISE BOOKS,
SCHOOL PAPER,
SLATES,
PENCILS,
PENS, INK,
SCHOOL BAGS
AN’l) ALL OTHER THING* NEEDED IN j
THE SCHOOL ROOM.
IIKR LINE OF.
STATIONERY
IH COMPLETE, AN1) IIER LINK OF
Miscellaneous Books!
8 WORTHY OF IN8P F.CTION. SHE KEEPS
A FELL ASJOKTMKNT OF.
Paper Sacks and
W racing Paper!
In this article we stand head and shoulders above everybody, having ransacked the big
markets of the West and Northwest in search of the best, and paid the CASH DOWN. We
will sell you First Patent, (entire Roller system)
For 50 pounds, $1.90. Old price, $2.15.
2d Pat., for 50 pounds, 1.70. *• 1.90.
Fancy, for 50 pounds, 1.60. “ 1.80.
Choice Family 50 pounds, 1.50. •• 1.65.
W e guarantee all these Flours as represented, and if not satisfactory you can return them
und wo will cheerfully refund the money.
In future we will keep on hand the best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—cheap.-
Sugars Sugars.
Will sell you 10 pounds Grauulated Sugar for $1.00.
“ “ lOf pounds New Orleans Clarified for 1.00.
“ “ 11 pounds New Orleans (Bellewood) Clarified, for 1.00.
“ “ 12 pounds New York Sugar, lor 1.00.
In this line we are fully up and advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pur
chase at once a sufficiency for the year’s consumption.
Coffee. Coffee.
In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year to buy
all the “Santa Claus” you want ior the little ones. W r c deal pounds Choice Rio Coffee for SI.
Thurber’s No. 41, (Roasted) a combination of Java, Rio, and Mochn, for 23c per pound.
Salt. Salt.
Liverpool, full weight, tor $1.20 per sack. Fine Salt, seamless hags, 150 pounds, $1.05 per sack
Periodicals !
ALWAYS ON HAND. HUE ALSO KEEPS
We are slaughtering at the very low price of $1.15 per cwt. to make room tor a car load of
SEED POTATOES.
oM surgeon do
CIGARS!
Meat Market
PROVISION STORE.
Whiskies. Whiskies.
In this line we are full to overflowing, and to unload we have reduced the price on all grades
from 25c to $1.00 per gallon. Think of it! Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain
Com Whisky for $2.20 per gallon, usually sold at $2.50,
W. H.&T.M.C0BB
“Aud yet you are now tho pict
ure of health.”
“And tho picture is taken from
life. I am in perfect condition.
My nerve tone is restored; my
stomach rcinvigorated; my flesh is
hard and healthy; iu tact I have
new blood, new energy and a new
lease of life wholly as the result of
using Warner’s Tippecanoe. This
keep on hand Ui«* very best cats of
BEEP, POKE, Kill m SAUSAGE,
and also a full line of
Green Groceries' and Provisions,
Tobacco and Cigars.
We cau undersell anybody—we offer “Lucy Hinton” f»t 57c per pound, and all other grades
proportionately.
We regret that we have not space snflicient to give fall and complete quotations on all of our goods,but
you will hear from us occasionally. Remember that by buving your goods from ns and paying SPOT CASH
you do not pay from 25 to 50 per cent, for bad debts, as usual iu credit store.
embracing all kinds of Vegetables and FrulU In
keep 8 first doss establishment, and give their
America*, Dec. 15, Ittt.tf
ALDEN’S MANIFOLD
CYCLOPEDIA.
Over 300,000 subject* and 5,000 illustration*,
.OOO \ *>J tunes Choice Books-
000,000 Volume, cbole. Book.—dwcrirnlT.
(fctklofiu lew. Book, tor el.mii.atioe befor.
SkSlf'pricMtooTow **** W,h ' KOT ' oI ‘ l b J
' JOHN ILALDEN, Publisher,
’;“•**« *»**• *• Vwj II., X. T.
A Word as Regards the Penny !
To all those who sccut at the idea of introducing the Penny in Americus, we say that wc stand ready
to redeem In goods or the cash an}* amount from 5c upwards. Bring them along and get their full value at
THE NIT SPOT PAS! STORE It AM.
FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEY & CO.’S BANK.
Very truly,
SCHUMPERT & RONEY-
Americus, Ga., January 11, 1884.