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c b. wootenT
Attorney at Law,
MACON, GA.
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»» South-west Ga , and in the Di-trict
and Supreme courts of the State and United
States. All business from whatever section
or of whatever character entrusted to him
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Attorneys at Law,
JUCOV, - - - GEORGIA.
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tt iness in the Macon, South western &
I’ataula Circuits ; in the U S Courts, anSa
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Office next door to the “Journal office," on
Main Street, where he can be found in the
dav, unless professionally engaged, and at
night at his residence opposite the Baptist
church feb. 2-l(:
K. J. WARREfi,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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C. W. WARWICK,
Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity
SMITH VILLE, OA.
practice in South Western ami Pataula
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B A. COLLIER. C. T. CIIEVES*.
TOWNS HOUSE,
ISHUAU RT.,
ALBANY, GA
BY
11. A. COM.I is: & co.
McAFE HOUSE,
At SmithviUe, (>a.
r undersigneo having fitted up the Mo
I Afoe //ouse at Smithville, takes pleasure
in notifying the travelling public that the
above house is now in the “full tide”of sue
ecssful administration by himself. He will
spare no expense to make it a First-Class
Hotel. J/eals ready oifthe arrival of the
min. ‘ W. M. McAFEE.
PLANTATION
l*®p Sale'.
I OFFER for sale my place, five miles be
low Dawson, immediately on the Railroad,
containing 14174 acres. Well watered and
timbered. Asa Stock /'arm, unsurpassed-
Healthy ,desirable everyway. To any one
wanting a home, here is an opportur ity to
Ret one at half its real value, as I am deter
mined to sell, either for money or cottan, to
1 responsible party. .4pply to W. F. ORR,
»t .Dawson. If not sold, will be for rent.
ieptl4 3m W. T. BURGE.
COTTON
Campbell &. jones
■Again offer their services to Planters and
Merchants, as
Warehouse & Commission
MERCHANTS,
-dud ask a continuance of the patronage so
liberally given them the past season.
Close personal attention given to the S*or--
s ge and Sale ot Cotton, and to the filling of
orders for Bagging and Ties and Plantation
Supplies.
_ Refer to the patrons of the past season.
Demeuiber the place—
Iron "VV r arehoso,
Poplar st., MACON, OA.
P- S.—Agents for the Winship Improved
f-ottou Gin and John Merryman & Co.'s Jra
mouiated Dissolved Bones, which we now of
rfc at a reduced price. Septl4 S.n
< A A &K INCIDW^-i,
i cS? 6 a f r '™ oo^in nion'f%f'Tune
r >"> a lad y Jeep mourniiT*, and
iollovjedv by ..a child, entered *uo of
saloons in flie city of
-N The writer happened to bo pass
ing a t the time, and, impelled by cu
riosity', followed her in to see what
would ensue. Stepping up to the bar
and addressing tbo proprietor, who
happened to be present, she said :
“Sir, can you assist me ? I have no
home, no friends, and am unable to
work.”
He glanced at her and then at the
child, with a mingled look of curiosi
ty ana pity. Evidently ho was some
what surprised to see a woman in such
a place begging, but without, asking
any questions, gave her some change ;
then turning to those present, lie said:
“Gentlemen, here is a lady ia dis- 1
tress. Gan t some of v you assist her a
little ?” They all cheerfully acceded
to this request, and soon a purse of
two dollars was raised an i put in her
hand.
“Madam,” said the gentleman who
gave her the money, “why do you
come to a saloon? It isn’t a very
proper place for a lady; and why are
y on driven to such a step ?”
“frir, I know it isn’t a proper place
for me to be in, and you ask why I am
driven to such a step. I will tell you
in one short word, pointing to a bottle
behind the door labeled ‘ whiskey,”
“that is what has driven me to this—
whiskey. I was once happy and sur
rounded by all the luxuries that
wealth could procure, with a fond and
indulgent husband. But in an evil
hour bo was tempted, and not posses
sing the will to resist that temptation,
fell, and in one short year my dream
of happiness was over, my home for
ever broken and desolated, and.
kind husband and the wealth’ some
called mine, lost, lost, never to return;
and all by the accursed wine-cup.
“You see before you only a wreck
of my former self, homeless and
friendless, with nothing left me in this
world but this little child,” and weep
ing bitterly, she affectionately caressed
the golden curls that shaded a face of
exquisite loveliness. Regaining her
composure, and turning to the propri
etor, she continued:
“Sir, tie teason I occasionally en
ter a place like this is to implore those
who deal in the deadly poison to de
sist, to stop a business that spreads
desolation, ruin, poverty and starva
tion. Think one moment of your own
loved ones, and then imagine them in
ttie situation I am in. 1 appeal to
your better nature, I appeal to your
heart, fer I know you possess a kind
one, to retire from a business so ruin
ous to your patrons.
“Did you know that the money you
receive across this bar is the same
thing- as taking the bread from out
the mouths of the famished wives and
children of yi ur customers ? that it
strips the clothes from their backs, de
prives them of all the comforts oi life,
and throws unhappinness, misery,
crime and desolation into their once
happy homes? Oh, sir, I implore, be
seech and pray you to retire tr im a
business you blush to own you are en
gaged in before your fellow men, and
enter one that will not only be profita
ble to yourself, but to your creatures
also. You will excuse me if I have
spoken too plainly, but I could not
help it when I thought of the misery
and unhappinness it has caused me.”
“ Madam, I am not offended, ” he
answered, in a voice tremulous with
emotion, “but thank you from my
heart for what you have said. ”
“Mamma,” said the child—who in
the meantime had been spoken to by
some of tbe gentleman present —tak-
ing hold of her mother’s hand, ”
“these gentlemen wish re to sing
1 Little Bessie ’ for them. Shall I do
so ? ”
“Yes, darling, if they wish you to.”
They all joined in the request, and
placing her in a chair, she sang in a
sweet, childish voice, the following
beautiful song :
Out iu the gloomy night, sadly I roam,
J have no motherdear, no pleasant home;
No one cares for me, no one would cry,
Even il poor little liessic would die.
Weary and tired, I’ve been wandering all day,
Asking for work, but I’m too small, they say;
On the damp ground I must lay my head,
Father’s a drunkard, and mother is dead I
We were so happy till father drank rum,
4 hen all our sorrow and trouble begun
Mother grew pale and wept every day—
B:\by and I were too hungry to play ;
Slowly they faded, till one summer night
Found their dead faces all silent and white:
-/•hen With bigtears slowly dropping, / said,
Father’s a drunkard, and mother is dead!
Oh! if the temperance men would only find
/'oor wretched father, and talk very kind •
1 should be so very happy again I
Is it too late, temperance men 1 Please try,
Or poor little Bessie must soon starve and die;
All the day long I’ve been begging for bread-
Father’s a drunkard, and .’other is dead!
The games of billiards wero left un
finished, the cards were thrown aside
upon the counter; all had pressed
near, some with curiosity, some with
sadness, and some with pity beaming
from their eyes, entranced with the
musical voice and beauty of the child,
who seemed better fitted to be with
angels above than in such a placo
The scene I shall never forget to
my dying day, and the sweet cadence
her musical voice still rings in my ears
and every word of the song, as it
dropped from her lips, sank deep in
the hearts of all those around her.
With her golden hair falling care
lessly around her little shoulders, her
face of almost etherial beauty,, and
looking so trustingly and confidingly
upon the men around, her beautiful
blue eyes illuminated with a light
1 that seemed not of earth, formed a
I picture of purity and innocence worthy
.DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY,'nDJ&IEMBER 21. 187 L
thoigenius of a poet w painter.
At the close of the song, many
were weeping ; men, who had not shed
a tear for years, now wept liko chil
| dren. One young man, who had ro
, sisted with shorn the pleadings of a
; loving ‘mother, and the entreatios of
i friends, to strive to lead a better life,
i to desist from a course that was wast
| ing bis fortune and ruining his health
1 now approached the child, and taking
both her little hands in his, while
tears streamed down his pale chocks,
exclaimed with deep emotion .
“God bless you, my little angel !
you have saved mo from ruin and dis
grace, from poverty and a drunkard's
grave. If there were ever angels on
earth you are one ; God bless you,
i God bless pou !” and pairing a bill in
| the hand of the mother, said, “Please
i accept this trifle as a token of my re
| gard and esteem, for your little girl
I lias done me a kindness no wealth
1 can ever repay. And Remember, j
1 whenever you are in want, you will
find in mo a true friend,” at tho same
time giving her his name and ad
dress.
Taking her child by the hand she
turned to go, but pausing at the door,
said :
“God bless you, gentlemen ! accept
the heartfelt thanks of a poor, friend
less woman, for the kindness and
courtesy you have shown her.” Be
fore any could reply, she was gone.
A silence of several minutes en
sued, which was at last’broken by the
proprietor, who exclaimed:
“Gentlemen, that lady is right, and
I have sold my last glass of whisky ;
if any of you want more, you will
have to go elsewhere.”
“And I have drank my last glass of
whiskey,” said a young man who had
long been given up as utterly beyond
the reach of those who had a doep
interest in his welfare—that he had
sunk, too low to “There is a
temperance 'organization in this city
called tho Temple of -Honor, and at
their next meeting I sltell ‘send up my I
name to bo admitted. Who will go ;
with me ?”
“I—l—l—T, and I!” several ex
claimed in a chorus, and fifteen names
were add to his. •
True to his word, the owner of the
saloon, where this strange thing was
enacted, disposed of his entire stock
the next day, and is now < ngagod in
an honorable business. Mould to
Heaven that lady with her little one
could have gone into every hamlet,
town and city throughout our coun
try, and met with like results. — Lara
mie Sentinel.
TSi cScw fitiitu Ekemocratic Ilx
ucutivc < MHitiillcc Appointed
by i.’uii. JHiiiiii liiirtritigt 1 .
niider Autiioriiy of ilie H.aie
Coiiveniioii.
By virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Convention of the Dem
ocratic party of Georgia, which as
sembled in Atlanta on tho 6th instant,
the following named gentlemen are
appointed members of the Executive
Committee of the Democratic party of
Georgia, to act until the assembling of
another Convention of that party :
For the State at large- Clifford An
derson, of Bibb ; E. F. Hoge, ot Ful
ton ; Joseph B. Cumming, of Rich
mond ; Carey W. Styles, of Dough
erty.
For the First Congressional Dis
trict—John C Dell, of Screven; Jas.
U. Hunter, ot Brooks.
For the Second Congressional Dis
trict—Charles C. Ivihbee, of Pulaski;
Win. O Fleming, of L>ecatur.
For the Third Congressional Dis
trict-Albert R. Lamar, of Muscogee;
Hugh Buchanan, of Coweta.
For the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict—A. D. Ilatnmond, of Monroe ;
John L. Hall, of Upson.
For the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict—Geo. F. Pierce, Jr., of Hancock
James It. Mathews, of Oglethorpe.
For the Sixth Congressional Dis
trict—Garnett McMillan, of Haber
sham, and W. E. Simmons, of Gwin
nett.
For the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict—John T. Burns, of Floyd; C. D.
McCutchen, of Whitfield.
Julian Hahtkidce, Chairman.
Democratic papers in the State will
please copy.
TITLES OF l>lt RUSS’ NOV
ELS
An ingenious romance reader has
concocted the following Diekensy :
“Oliver Twist,” who had some
“Hard Times” in the “Battle of Life,”
and having been saved from “The
Wreck of the Golden Mary” by “Our
Mutual Friend,” “Nicholas Nickly,”
had just finished reading “A Tale of
Two Oities” to “Martin Chuzzlewit,”
during which time “The Cricket on
the Hearth” had been chirping mer
rily, while “The Chimes” from the ad
jacent church were heard, when “Sev
en Poor Travelers” commenced to sing
a “Christmas Carol.” ‘Barnaby
Budge,” then arrived from the “Old
Curiosity Shop,” with some “Pictures
from Italy” and “Sketches by Boz” to
show “Little Dorrit,” who was busy
with the “Pickwick Papers;” when
“David Copperfield,” who had been
taking “American Notes,” entered
and informed the company that the
“Great Expectations” of “Dtmibey &
Sou” regarding “Lirriper’s Legacy,’
had not bean realized, and that he had
seen “Boots at the Hollytree Inn”
taking “Somebody s Luggnge” to
“Mrs. Lirriper’s Ijodgings,” in a street
that has “No Thoroughfare,” opposite
Bleak House,” where the “Haunted
Man,” who had just given one of
“Dr. Marigold’s Prescriptions” to an
“Uncommercial Traveler,” was brood
ing over “The Mystery of Edwin
Drood,”
Tu “Saulif Clau«—The Clirixt-
Cln It.’.”
BY AGNUS LEONAItD.
Oh, Santa Claus I When \ jwir waud’rings to
nijfbt,
You stud any am ill htockuips, dainty and white,
Tour into th ir depths a wealth of bright toy*,
iml fill to the brim childhood** fast fleeting
joys.
The shadows come quickly, the days are sofbrlef
Us innocent trust pud untutored belief. 4
And, Jantn Claus, Christ child, if you aftould flud
A dear little stocking I have in my miud,
Hearing the print of a dimple or two, *
Oh, SautH Claus, Sautu Claus, what would you
4 do ?
What would you say to the wee precious tiling
.4nd what, in its* depths, you hgst-£it to
tliug 9
Would you think of it* mate, and bewitch the
small pair,
.4nd say that “Whoever these stockings shall
wear
.Shall nevermore wulkb? .2*e shadows of pain,
Nor hear Vue low n sorrow’s refrain;
Nor stand in the chill of Fame’* mountainous
mist
By affection forgotten, by love all un kissed.”
Fair beauty, bright genius, gay wealth and strong
power.
Oh, Santa Claus ! Christ-cli ild, with these would
you dower
The dear little baby I have In my miud,
/Those stocking perchance in your rambles you’ll
lind ;
JFould these be your gifts* -the glory of earth ?
The torchlight of pleasure, the revel of mirth i
7*lie gay silken masks that pale envy and care
/delight, in the world’s masquerading’ to wear,
Oh, Santa claus, Christ-child, / pray you come
nearer,
No chit*.* to us mother could evci be dearer
Than this one of mine, and 1 ask for her more
Than anythink kept in your glittering store.
I ask that herlii’e may forever be blest
With a sweet, trustful Jaith that God’s ways are
the best.
I ask for her rather the rare gift of grace
Than any poor honors of time or of plare.
For path nee i« better than sensuous ease! •
And gifts that instruct than poor toj%AhaJ
please.
a/nd if more 1 mav ask foi the child of my soul,
1 would ask that a good anpel ever control • -
Every thought of her heart, every deed of her
life.
That out of all waiting, ants sorrow, and strife,
A lesson may speak so loud as to liud
The ears that are deaf and the hearts that are
blind.
A lesson of patience a mystery of peace,
A pcan of triumph that never shall cease
Then &mta Claus, Christ-child, if you should
And
A dear little stocking I have in my mind
You may think of its mate aud bewitch the small
pair
With an answer of love to a mother’s fond
prayer.
TO SOU I iIDKV I* I RENTS
All) Ti:UilLß<i.
A < a tl From Gen. Gortbti.
My excuse for addressing you must
be the great importance of the subject
to which I would call your attention—
that of the proper education of our
children, and the proper development
of their self-respect and character.
1 need not repeat any commonplaces
in regard to the lasting effect of early
impressions, the almost impossibility of
diverting the mind from the bent giv
en it in early years—all this you know
as well as I. Nor need I say any
thing about the powerful silent influ
ence, in this educational work, of the
school books from which our children
derive their views of right and wrong,
and their knowledge of the facts, or
misrepresentations, of history for
this, too, you know fulf well.
And when I say that having been,
for long years, almost entirely depend
ent upon the North for our school
books, we have been compelled to use
many which were very distasteful to
us, because we had no alternative, I
only state that which every reader
can substantiate.
Long before the war we ail felt the
necessity for a change in this respect
—the necessity lor unobnoxious school
books for unsectio.ial, unpolitical
books—school books prepared by our
own scholars, if that might be ; and
since tho war this necessity has itt
c: eased tenfold. Individual efforts, of
the most praiseworty character have,
from time to time, been made in this
direction by Southern men, but not of
a sufficiently comprehensive nature to
accomplish the purpose iu view.
To fully meet the want thus univer
sally felt, several of our ripest schol
ars, most successful teachers, unitod
in preparing a Series of School Books
unsurpassed in excellence, beauty and
cheapness.
Maury wrote Geography and As
tronomy ;
Venable wrote Arithmetics, Alge
bras, &c ;
Holmes wrote History, Grammars
and Readers;
Scheie de Vero wrote French Books ;
Gtldersleeve wrote Latin Books ;
Le Conte wrote Scientific Books ;
Duutort made Writing Books, &c.
And the combinod series is called
the University Series of School Books ;
a series not only not objectionable to
our people, but positively attractive
to a degree heretofore unknown. Our
history, institutions and modes of
thought here receive impartial treat
ment ; and instead of being ignored,
the interests of the South here received |
equal representation.
Then a3 to intrinsic merit who knows '
more about Geography than Maury,
or of History and Grammar than
Holmes, or of Mathematics than Yen- j
able, and so on through all tho list ?
Each author is master in his special
department.
It is for this Series of Books, so ex-’
eellout, so acceptable, so cheap (they j
are the cheapest books published) that
your favor is solicited.
Tho books of tho University Seric9
are presented distinctly upon their
merits : you are not asked to use in
ferior bcoks.
If these two questions can be an
swered affirmatively :
Are these books equal to aiiy in
merit ?
Are they as cheap as any ?
Should they not roceive your pref
erence ? Wlmt is more reasons!A*
than that Southern Schools should be.
supplied with books written by Au-th-'
oru scholars, provided they are equally*
good with those written by Northqrh
men Jsjit not better both for us,
-and for our chJdron, that such books
should bo ; use/?
Already the response which was in
evitable, to this question, has come.—
More than 5,000 of cmr bo.st Southern
Schubjs are usirg these books; sover
uupouthprn Status have adopted them'
for exclusive use in their schools
County Boards ia every Southern
State are adopting them ; i»ud«iie l|es*
private schools are repl rci
hitherto used, with them. Tho
of the. “University Series” is unpre
cedented in the history of school book
publishing, and it is destined to be
yet greater.
Do the people of tho South desire
to rid themselves of obnoxious books
aud pernicious teachings ? Can it bu
better done than by unanimously sus
taining this first comprehensive educa
tional enterprise of our own scholars,
aud by making the “University Series”
the
UNIFOItII SERIKS IN KVEBY SOUTHEKN
STATE.
(Including, of course, any other books
having equal claim for consideration.)
Our schools will then be supplied with
books which they can long continue
to use ; pupils compelled to change
their schools will no longer bo retard
ed in their studies by a change of
books, for all use the same ; and pa
rents will be saved the expouse of pres
ent constant changes, while they are
.relieved of all anxiety in regard to the
character- oT the teachings under
which their children are brought.
This subject, in all its bearings, is
of the highest importance to us as a
people, my countrymen. It is not a
sectional movement, but a nutionul
and patriotic oneN .It is not a mere ri
valry between different publishers, or
I would not presume to ask your at
tion to it. It goes down doep into
our dearest interests : it is the form
ing of your children and mine, which
is at stake ; tho developing of their
self-respect and character, which is to
bu the result.
It is an diitorprise so important to
us, that our best citizens—our Repre
sentative men iu evury State, to the
number of 2011 and more, tho men we
all honor and esteem —have put their
money into tho to make
profit out of it, although that is cer
tain, but that abundant means should
not be lacking to prosecute the enter
prise on the largest scale.
Will the teachers aud pTrents of
the South unitedly sustain these au
thors and these gentlemen, in the
work thus described, by adopting and
and uisng these b.oks to the exclusion
of all not so acceptable ? I do uot
doubt your answer.
If you desire further information in
regard to the books, write to the Uni
versity Dublishing Company, 155 &
157 Crosby St., New York, or 54 Lex
ington St., Baltimore, —or to me at
Atlanta, Ga., and illustrated Cata
logues, and other information, will he
sent at once, without charge.
J. B. Gokdon.
IScmitilu! Ireland.
We know of course, that Ireland is
called the ‘Emerald Isle,’ and that
the color of the emerald is green, but
never had it entered into our immagi
nation that there was any where iu
the world to be seen such verdure as
it charmed our eyes to look upon in
the rural districts of Ireland. The
slopes, the knolls, tho dells, fields of
young grain, over which the breezes
creep like playful spirits of the bcau
| tiful; the pastures, dotted over with
: sheep of the purest wool; the hillsides,
rising up into mist shrouded moun
tains, aro all covered with thick car
pets of smooth, velvet-green. But
Ireland should also be called the Flow
ery Isle. There is not a spot in Ire
land, I believe, where blessed nature
: can find an excuse for putting n flow
j er, but site has put one- not only in
; the gardens and meadows, but upon
the very walls and tho crags of the
, soa, from the great blooming rhodo
' dendrotts down to the smallest flower
et that modestly peeps forth from its
grassy cover. The Irish furzo, so
richly yellow, covers all places that
might otherwise be bare or barren;
tbe silkworm dulights everywhere,
from thousands of trees, “to drop its
web of Gold ;” tbo blooming hawthorn,
with the sweet scented pink, and es
pecially the white variety, adorns the
landscapes and the gardens; wall
flowers. of every hue and variety,
clamber to bide the harshness of the
mural supports; the beetled cliffs of
the North Sea are fringed and soften
ed with lovely flowers, and if you
kneel anywhere almost upon the yiel
ding, velvety carpet, you will find lit- j
tie, well-nigh invisible, flowerets, red, j
white, blue, and yellow, wrought in- J
to tho very woof and texture. Ire- j
land ought to be called tho Beautiful '
Isle. The spirit of tho Beautiful hov
ers over and touches to living loveli- j
ness every point.— l’all Hall Gazette. |
Greeley’s war book sold for less at a |
Jersey City auction than Josh Billing’s
Almanac.
! “Thou rainest in rny boi O’er,” as the
i chap said when tho basin of water .
was thrown over him by the lady ho
was serenading.
Let everyone protect himself from
| sullen, egotistical spirit, for there can
bo none worse.
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resultck in tffo
value of his hvffis, which wore judi
ciously purchased in localities where
improvements wore steadily going for
ward. But at tho time of his death
not a very large sum of money was
found among his effects ; nor itad his
family any knowledge that ho had
other funds than what his bank ac
count anil bis pocket-book showed.
The administrator of tho estate w as
proceeding by due course of law to
settle its aflairs, aud this made an in
ventory of the contents of his late res
idence in Charlestown necessary
This inventory was being proceeded
with on Thursday last, when an old,
but tolerably large trunk, was found
stowed away in a closet under a pair
of stairs, on the first floor of the
house, and within the bed room occu
pied by the deceased during his life
time. This old flunk was drawn out
from its dingy quarters, and was liter
ally covered with dust and cobwebs.
Its great weight, however, attraettd
particular atteution, aud as no key
could be found w lit which to unlock it
the lock was broken.
And now comos tho singular part
of tho story. On raising the lid of
the trunk it was found that the body
of tho box was literally filled with gold
and silver coin and government bonds.
A grandson of the deceased informs
us that there were twenty-five thousand
dollars in gold aud silver coin, and
ton thousand in government bond|l
Mrs. Hammond, who survives her
husband, says that duriug tho raid of
of General John Morgan through In
diana, Mr. Hammond drew ail his
money from bank and other sources,
anil placed it together in this old
trunk, which ho secreted where it was
found. She hail supposed, however,
that after tho danger of Morgan and
his men had passed, ho had uguiu de
posited the money from whence it had
been drawn; and although it was
known to her that tho trunk was in
the closet, she never onoe dreamed of
the immense treasure it contained.
The money was counted by the
proper parlies, and it wa9 then carried
to Jeffersonville, where it was deposi
ted for-safo keeping in tho Citizen’s
National Bank. At tho time of his
death Rev. Mr. Hammond was the
wealthiest Methodist minister in the
wost, except, perhaps, Bishop Ames.
We aro informed that his estate is es
timated fit not less than throe hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. It is
uot often that a minister has so fortn-
a run of luck in tiio accumulation
of wealth. Mr. Hammond several
times a few days before his death, at
tempted to tell his family something
that seemed to bear with weight upon
his mind, but he was too debilitated to
talk or write. Several times he was
noticed to point anxiously toward the
closet, and it is now thought his de
sire was to communicate to his family
the placo where his treasure was hid
den.—Louisville ledger.
I.ook to Vour Hollies.
The study of agriculture may be
very interesting, but tho business <ff
farming can never bo pleasant an-1 at
tractive until more of our people learn
to make their homos in the country
more agreeablo. Ride through the
State and look at the ordinary farm
houses ; if pretentions, they are pain
ted a glaring white with two windows
rainged m each side of tbo hall, above
aud below, that look as prim and
precise as a Cfuakoros. and as grim
as a Puritan. The front yards are
destitute of flowers or shrubbery.
There are no pleasant verandas, that
cuptivate the eye as much aa they add
to the pleasantness of the house. Par
lors, if there are any, are scantily
furnished’ under the impression that
there is no need for such things in the
conntry, just as though the girls iu
the family should not prize a neat par
lor quite as much as they do a neat
dress or a dashing beau. Books are
scarce, so that, during rainy daj’s or
bad weather, the boj’s have to retire
to the barn and catch rats for instruc
tion, or shell corn for utnusoment. In
the house are no pictures, no attention
paid to taste or comfort. There is no
flower garden without doors, to lend,
a fascination to the scene by its fra
granee and beauty : nojeroquet gre ands
no anything to relieve toil its hard
ships or make leisure hours profitable
Stingy aftd penurious are many such
farmers. They compluiu of an- ina
bility to do these things, and yet per
mit their hirelings to go forty or a
hundred yards from tiie house to get
drinking water from a rickety old well
and so lose time enough during the
year to work a flower garden. Their
cribs are placed cm one part of tlfe
farm, their stables on another.- With
no tool house they are left where the
work is ended, when wanted again
must be vexatiously hunted up. No
1 wood ltouso holds its wealth of fuel
; during wintry days and. snowy weath- !
tivy so live ra town. Let o U r
ftJbSVSJ
dyi a picture fit-morrow, and without
utfyly entrenching upon their income
their homes will soon be arrayed irf
beauty and make the hearts of tho
children rejoice. Union §• American. .
Dlfuatie Among Hogs;
A writer in the country Gentlomari
who mails Ins letter at Gallatin, IU
describes a rapid and fatal disease
that is prevailing among hogs in that
section. Ih o first indication of the
disease is shown by the hogs slobber
ing, as they do sometimes when feed*
mg clover The next appearance is
“ * swell ‘“« ‘he face, a general
dullness and difficulty i„ broa hintr
In some of the cases the tongue be
comes swollen and black, and th<*
holly and inner parts of the legs aro
covered with dark purple spots. Those
that die quickest show no symp'taiite
butm breathing. The disease is ai
new ono in that locality, and no effec
tual remedy against it has yet been
to u iid.
Snviiig Oabb ige Mil Vriirsf.
We know of no better way to pre
serve cabbages through the wiuUf
than that which we have recommen
ded for a number of years. It i 8 to
plant or set them up in rows as they
grow—that is with tbe roots ddwri,
fill iu with soil pretty freely, then
make a covering by planting two pests
where there is a fence to rest on, four
where tiiere is not allowing pitch to
carry off the water, lay poles opposite
the way of tho pitch and cover with
corn fodder or straw or boards. Iu
using through the winter avoid as
much as possible the sun side and
close up again. We have kept our
cabbages for more than a dozen years
this way in a perfect state through
the winter aud into the spring, and
could even up to the first of May if
dosiruble — Germantown Telegraph.
H«I Cholera.
The previous disease called liog
ehfdera, confined to corn districts of
the Western States, I am satisfied, is
produced by feeding corn to hogs
without other vegetable food. The
natural tendency of that kind of feed
-1 lr >g ‘ s to produce Worms and other an
malculae that infest the intestines of
the hog, and from thence make their
way Enough Abe flesh and infest the
whole system. The peculiarity of the
disease is that, il a hog becomes one*
infected, it will never entirely recover.
Sows once infected will never raise a
healthy litter of pigs, even if kept for
jeais. The pigs will usually show
symptoms of the disease before they
are and weak old, and some or all of
them dio within one or two months.—
A largo sharo of the hogs of the
Western country are more or less in
fected in this way, and quite often
where there appears no visible signs of
disease. This kind of meat is not
tempting to the palate. All white
hogs seem to be sooner affected and
die sooner than black or spotted ones.
I find the Berkshire will resist it much
longer than any other hog.— ljiv.t
Home Mad.
A Goon Gxe.—<The Atlanta corres
pondent of the Augusta Chronicle &■
Sentinel tells the following story !
The “woman’s right” act, giving a
wife a cause of action against a party
selling liquor or anything else to her
husband while drunk, and allowing
the proceeds of the fine to go to the
wife, was passed. The most uotioea
ble comment evoked by the passage
of the bill came from Whit Ander
son, the courtuujp and popular mes
senger of tlie"-nate. " “Now, said
W hit, “I cun afford to get married,
for my wife can easily support the
family on the fines I will bring her.”
How to Make L.um White. —Our
readers may not know that a quart of
lime water to a kettle of lard, when
drying it up, will make it as white
and as clear as spt nnacefi. Rancid
lard may also In made sweet and
white by rebefliug with a small quan
tity of lime water. An additional ad
vantage gained in the use of lime is
the absence of nearly all cracklings,
the lkne water acting as a dissolvent.
For several years we have made uso
of thi» agent,- and the appearance of
the lard is improved and its market
price enhanced:
There ore sixty seven female editors
and reviewers in I’aris.
A cynic raln’uks that the only time
ar woman forgets to be vain is when
she is sea-sick.
Adelin Patti was recalled after her
first performance at Moscow twenty
nine’times.
Dr. Willard Farkcr, M. D., of New
York, stated recently that one-third of
the deaths in New York city were the
result, directly or indirectly, of the use
of alcohol, and that in the last thirty
eight years ono hundred and ninety
thousand p*-:-soc# in that <ity had died
from-its use