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TilK MESSEMiEU.
t.AFAYETTE, GEORGIA.
Trtuinli.iv Mounixo, Jan. 13, lb,Hi.
l’onds for Watering Stork.
We hear a good deal of talk from
|mii llrfi living on forms containing llv-,
ing streams olionl I ho necessity of run
ning wntcrjfor stork. This Is .111 very
wrll. No olio(loithts Iho ootivrnlolior
of having perennial si minis nf water
for watering slock, and, other tilings <
licliig equal, men would lie considered
foolish In making a selection of a farm
to cho-e one without springs or run
uing water in preference to one that
1-ad‘them. lint that Is not the point.
We are lohl that pure running watei |
is lndis|H-nsaldc for stock —a fallacy
easily proved hy experiment, wliat
every others may say to the contrary,
(liosc’nho have tried the experiment
will testify that ponds can he so con
structed as to answer every purpose
for supplying the wants of live slock
to any number, and that, w hen there
Is no spring in the neighborhood.
There are parts of the country where
evcjy variety of improved stock is
raised in perfection, and not one
breeder In twenty know s any thing
about running w ater, depending alto
gether, as they do, on.the rainfall to
finish theirj stock with water. In
fact, It is known by-all observing
fnrtnejs that to give stock their choice
they will always prefer pond water to
either cistern, well or spring water.
To horses that have been worked dur
ing the day, it is undoubtedly a fact
that pond water is more wholesome, it
not being so apt to chill Ihe animal
when in an unnaturally heated condi
tion,
On farms that contain neither
springs or water-courses great dillleul
ty is experienced in supplying the
stock with water, in which case Un
usual course lias been to sink a well.
But this is often attended w ith consid
erable expense before water is found,
(if found at all,) and then tntieli daily
labor is afterwards reqttied to supply
the wants of the stock. This may all
lie avoided By constructing an artifi
cial pond, using a plow and two-horse
road scarper for the purpose. The
pondehould be built on rather rising
ground, wliete there will he no danger
from sudden inundations of water
rushing down from adjacent hills in
times of rain. Indeed tin- location
should lie sueli Hint tin- water should
(low rather from than ill the pond, and
the cniharkmcnt surrounding it la
large and strong, with a single-pole
feme, placed on forks Hi only set in the
ground, reaching all round the em
bankment except at one place, where
should he a little recess inclosed on
three sides w ith posts and rails, and
extending just far enough Into tin
water to allow tlie stock to drink w ith
out getting their fret into it to defile
it, I’mills tints constructed not only
ail'ord good, clean water for the stock,
but can he further utilised in rearing
fish for family use. as well as in get
ting ice in winter, in stead of relying
on distant creeks, and w hich, at best
is attended with considerable trouble
and dilllculty.
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A Wonderful Swallower.
George Wilson, more fumilinry
known as the "frog man,” died in
Strafford a few days ago. Last
July lio caught a frog and swal
lowed it alive. This jwas in the
forenoon, and in the afternoon lie
complained of a severe pain in his
stomach. He was sick several
weeks under the care of a physici
an, and got letter. The first of last
month lie came hack to Stafford,
but had worked hut a few days
when lie was taken sick with infla
mation of the stomach and bow
els. There is no doubt hut what
his death resulted from the swal
lowing of that frog, Wilson seemed
to have a mania for swallowing liv
ing tilings. On one occasion lie
caught n green snake more than a
loot long, and swallowed it alive.
At another time he caught a black
snake about five leet long, cut it
open, look its heart out and swal
lowed it while pulsating. At the
time he swallowed the frog, the first
time he swallowed it his frogship,
not liking his quarters,, turned
around and came back. It was not
until the second or third time he
swallowed it he succeeded iu im
prisoning him in his stomach.—
Dover Democrat.
Two Bold Young Hunters,
On Tuesday of last week Eppa
11 union Maddox, aged eleven, and
Jefferson Davis Maddox, aged thir
teen, sons of Lr, Martin Maddox,
of Augusta county Ya., denned a
fox near Moscow and killed it. On
their way home with their hounds
they srorted a deer and chased it
across the country on horseback
for five miles, and caught it with
their dogs. They made the run
stright across the fields, taking
fences and ditches as they went.
When they had killed the deer it
weighed 22-3 pounds, and was top
heavy for the little fellows to lift
up so they disemboweled it,
and lightening it that extent threw
it over the horse and look it safely
liou r.— Staunton Vindicator.
HUMOROUS.
—i nif t~ t-ja^w , r--ryggmTiMuiA«-jr i :»MW iMnnw
A new play is called a Ynnkie
: idyl —but who ever saw a Yankee
idle*?
You can deceive your guileless
little wile, young man; hut lur la
ther's wife—t ever.
Why do girls k iss i neb other and
men do mu ? I!- cause girls have
! nothing In tli r to kiss and men
li.ve.
Align Debtor “Here is your mon
ey, liov. Now tell me will your mas
ter ivi ole eighteen li-tlei's about that
palliy sum.” Shoplmy—“ I’m sure I
eatt'l tell, sir; if you’ll excuse me sir,
I think it was la-run r seventeen iliil
not fetch It."
A Hiss, said young Charles, is a
noun, we allow; hut tell tin-, my
Hear is it t-ninnum < r p op-r?
Lovlv Mery hluslo-d deep and cy
claiuu d, Why, I vow, 1 !hii./<a /.-nos
is both proper and cuiiinam.
A horse in Nevada, being sic/,
with colic ended l is sufferings by
deliln ratcly duelling out Ids bruins
against the stone wall of Hie corral.
It was in Nevada, also, that a pet
dog recently committed suioidu l»y
d rowiiing,
A woman, just married, wishing
to impress her husband with her
ability asa housekeeper, bawled out
to the servant ns sho entered the
door “Matildy, bring me the wash
hoard; I want to wash tlie potatoes
for dinner.
A certain doctor of divinity said
every blade of grass was a sermon.
The next day he was amusing
himself by clipping his lawn, when
a parishioner said: "’1 hat's right,
doctor; cut your serinous short.”
A clergyman in this city last his
hat one evening last week and was
obliged logo home with a shabbi
er one, which had been left in the
place of it. Next day the hat was
returned by the penitent nppripri
alor, w ho thus apologized : ‘ I II nev
er lake a minister’s hat again. You
cannot think what queer tilings
since that event I’ve had run
ning through my head ever since I
pul that hat on.”
Parson !S., of Connecticut, one day
hail a man ploughing in Ills livid, ami
went out to see how the work was
getting on. The ground was very
stony, ami every time the plough
struck a stone the man took occasion
to swear a little. “Hook here,” cried
Parson S. “you must not swear in that
way in my Held!" “Well I reckon
you,d swear, too,” sai.l the man “if
you had to plough a stony field like
this.” “Just let mo show you,” said
pan-nit, taking hold of the plough
He soon had considerable trouble with
the stones, and as one alter another
caught the ploughshares, Mr, S. ejac
ulated, “Well, I never saw the like!”
And this ho repeated every time a
stone stopped his onward way. A»
soon as lie had ploughed around once,
lie stopped and s.-lid to the man, ‘‘There
now ! you see I ean plough w ithout
swearing.” But I gue s it’s pretty
near as had to lie,” answered the man;
“and yon told lozons o’ lies. Kvcry
time the plough struck a stone yon said
I neyer saw the like,’ when the same
tiling laid happened only a minute lie
fore!”
The other night when Dickie?
went home, ho found his wife pur
licular retrospective. She talked
of the past with a tear, and looked
to tlie future w ith a sigh.
1 Oh, by Hie way,” said Dickies, ns
lie sat on the side of the lied pull
ing offhis hoots. 1 sawa gentleman
down town to-day who would give
a thousand dollars to see you.,’
‘ Who was he? Dots lie live in
Lillie Rock?”
‘ I don’t know his name.”
“I'll warrant that it was Oliver
Gregg.”
’No.”
‘'Then it must he George Wear
tlienton.’
’Guess again. I might know his
name if 1 were to hear it.’
Oil, I do wish I knew I’ said the
Indy exhibiting excitement. Was
it Oscar Peoples?’
’Guess again. 1 remember his
> name now.’
‘Harvey Glenkins ’
‘No; his name is Lucus Went
winr.”
"I don’t know a mini !>v that
name. Why would he give a thou
sand dollars to see me ’?
1 ‘Decause lie’s blind.’
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A woman who lias raised a large
number of hens says that after vainly
’ trying the recommended remedies for
lice, she lev- hit upon the plan of giv
ing them once or twice a week alai-ge
loaf made of graham tloiir, iu w hieli a
■ handful of siilpnur lias boon mixk.
The liens like it, are freed from lire
ami kept healthy through the season.
That is certainly the easiest plan w e
have iet seen suggested. As such, it is
worth a trial.
_ .
When cow s teats become sore, take a
1 full pail of cold water amt wash and
rub tlie sores well. Iso the whole
pailful of watei’before milking, which
cools the teats or reduces the fever and
’ the cow w ill stand pci tcclly still; after
, j milking, use half as roue'll more cold
] water, cleansing tlie bag and teats well
- ! and in a few days the sores will be
i healed. Tills is not alt the good you
i will receive. You will have clean
I milk, and that is the way to have clean
1 butter.
On Tuinlii.v night last, Mrs. Gen
it»l Lucius J. Gurlrell, who has
Ihoii sick for some time, wan given
up fur fleuil, mill an announcement
wan duly made of her decease. Re
storatives were duly applied to hel
however, and to the great joy of her
husband and friends alio revived,
and on Wednesday she was repor
ted a* being able to sit up in the
bed and eon verse.
That stn ngtli of will and fiery
energy which founded each of the
great monarchies of Europe, front
Charlemagne to Napoleon, bus
never beer, repeated in any of the
royal lii.es. The blood of Crom
well flows in the veins of many
men in England to-day, ‘liut in
those of no great man. No .great
.'-tntesmnn ev« r has a great state
man for a son, no great military
genius has ever been perpetuated
by decent, no poet has ever inher
it* d er L* <|Ueatl.( <1 l.is genius, the
highest rank in painting has never
been nchidved by two in the same
family; in fact, in every depart
ment of greatness hcridity is not
the rule, but the rare exception
[Pi* f. McCuKagh.
Not the Table of the Tax,
A Gratiot avenue saloon-keeper
owns a fox of good size and savage
disposition, which Ire keeps in a
cage in the back yard. The other
night he was telling how quick his
fox had killed a lien, when an ac
quaintance said iie had an old lien
which the fox wouldn’t dare lay
hold of at all, and he would bet 810
on it. That bet was tiuen very
suddenly, and 12 o’clock noon was
the lime set lor the trial. Prompt
ly at the minute the man appeared
with iiia hen, a crowd assembled,
and the fowl was tied to a stake by
one leg in the yard and the fox let
loose. Iteynard walked, leisurely
out, squinted at the hen, walked
around her, and then returned to
his noonday nap. lie was trotted
out twice more, but ho was totally
indifferent to the lien, and the wa
ger was handed over.
"Now, my frient,” said the sn
loonist, as he returned to the bar,
"tell me how dot comes aboudt und
I dreats all tier crowdt.”
"Perfectly plain and easy,” repli
ed the man with the hen. I had a
hoy feeding your fox through the
hack fence from 10 to 12, and the
reptile lias a whole hen in his cage
for supper, lie may be a buster
of a fox, but he can’t eat hen all
day without a rest.
Os the late Lord Chief Justice
Cock hum, of England, it is said
that on one occasion, while still
without the bar, lie had to exam
ine a witness named Phinn, and
asked,"Well, sir, bow do they spell
your name; with an F or a Pli?”
"Some spell it one way and seine
another. 1 beleive,’ replied the
man. Yes; but I presume there is
a right way and a wrong way, eh?
l)h certainly, assented the witness.
Very good, rejoined Coe&burn, now
certain of his answer. How do yon
spell it yourself? O'l I —I —I don’t
S| ell it! 1 always no a£e my mail-!
CocJbburn was once counsel for
the plaintiff; Mr. B. was fertile de
femlent. CocAiburn called a witness
and proceeded to examine him. I
understand, ho said, that you called
on plaintif, Mr. Jones. Is that so?
Yes; replied the man. What did
lio say? demanded CocKburn. Mr.
B. promptly rose and objected. The
conversation could not ho admitted
as evidence. But Coc&burn persis
ted, and Mr. B. thereupon appealed
to the Judges, who, after a time
retired to consider the point. They
were absent for nearly half an
hour, and when they returned
they announced that Mr. Cocfcburn
might put his question. Well what
did lie say? listed counsel. He
wasn’t at home! replied the wit
ness without moving a muscle.
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A TALE OF lIIOKKOIt.
An old volunteer officer, who is
now writing an interesting account
of the Irish brigade for the Boston
Commercial Bulletin, relates the
following story:
There was a tragic event at Mal
vern Hill, which deserves to he re
corded, and shows what may come
in a civil war. One of our best
non-commissioned ofliers, Sergeant
Driscoll, an excellent shot, noticed
the distinguished during of a Con
federate officer, and resolved to
counteract his inspiring efforts in
j the most effectual way; so, stating
j his intention, lie waited till he got
a fair view through the smoke,
raised his rifle as he would at a
pigeon, and cracked away. The
officer fell, and his men broke, with
| ourmenafterthen. Driscoll stopped
as he came to the victim of his
I unerring shot, who had fallen on
I his face, and turned him over. The
victim feeldy opened liiseyes, mur
mured, "Father,” and expired.
Driscoll had shot his own son!
His grief transformed the man.
Conspicuous for his coolness hith
erto, he became possessed with im
measurable fury, and with a fearful
exertion tore off his coat and equip
ments and with unloaded musket
plunged headlong into the light; the
enemy were strongly reinforced and
the conflict was warm. Driscoll
dashed in and fought like a fiend,
hemmed in by the enemy. He was
brought to the ground again and
again, each time springing up afresh
and striking out with deadly force.
He fell dead just as our line reached
1 him, covered with wounds.
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
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Dealer in
W ATCHI’N, CLOCKS, JEWELRY',
*n. vine plater ware, \ \■» a
FI VE MELECTIO.it OF GOLD, SIL
VER A,\l) STEEL .SPECTACLE*.
SOLID GOLD GOODS OF ALL* »E
--sckiptioas ;a a«; coon* war-
RAATED A* REPRESE A Til D
AI. I. AV ORE WAItItA AT E D
PER 'ON AI, ATTENTION GIVEN TO REPAIRING.
E. P. DURANDO, 240 Market sleeet, Tmver-VV’heeler Block,
CIIATTA AOOGA, TEA A’
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File Aladdin Safety .Lamp*
| It extinguished itself when overturned ! It extinui-hes itself when propped from
jn the liiiiul ! It extinguishes itself u lieu liiokeii! It ciin be carried
at pleasure, blowing down the chimney or turning down tho
w ick to extinguish the light, entirely unnecessary.
On exhibition and for sale by
jD« ]E3C<3O,:rdL,
C'rnekrrv, Chinn, Glassware, Lamps and Lamp Goods, Silver-Plated Ware,
Looking Glasses, ete.
tarliciuoved to 220 Market street. Xext to old'N’. Orleans store.
Csl ATT A A OCA, - - - TEAAESSEE.
j BALTIMORE CLOTHING HOUSE,
EXTRA.
FALIi SEASO> !
The Largest Stock of Clothing!
FOR
Men, Boys, and OSatlds-eii.
I brg; lo iitfbi'iii yoiijfhiif ;wc carry the best selected
slack in Cattanooga, at
IPRICSS EOTOTEiFL l
Than elsewhere.
I manufacture most of my goods anti Jims Ihr can
■O' ID JSS JKrft. 5E3 B IL-a X_a l
Those buying theirs.
OALiXj st:o.dL {SJtLiJbjiI^OISS
Before baying elsewhere.
M. GLASS,
I. ROUFT. J. M. GILLESPIE. C. A. BOUFF.
ROUPF dt OCX,
M A X U FACTU 11 K U S OF
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, Dressed
Door and Window Lumber, Flooring,
Frames, Mantles, Ceiling, Weather-
Brackets, Ballasters, hoarding, Etc., Etc.
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AND DEALER IN
ROUGH LUMBER, FANCY POSTS, LATHS, SHINGLES, &C.
Market Street near Railroad Crossing,
CIIATTA AOOGA. TEATWESSEE.
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DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
SUCH AS
BEDSTADS, BFBEATS, WASIISTAADS, TABLES
CHAIRS, BETA LIC CASES, CASKETS, COF
FI A UOIIES, AA D A 6EAGERAL
LIKE OF TiIIMMIAGS.
All orders by mail or telegraph promptly filled.
Vo. 31 Market Street, CHATTANOOGA, TEAIV.
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DF.ALKU IX
FAMILY ANO FANCY GROCERIES, &C..
We have a splendid line of Also a fine assortment of
ISonsefiiriiisliiiig Woods, Whiskies and everything
Factory Yarns. Codec, usually kept in n lirst-
Scigar Salt and class GROCERY'
.Mackerel. STORE.
All kinds of
Produce wanted
for which wc will pay
the highest market price.
td-Tltf trade of Aorth Georgia respectOillv solicited
Between the W. & A. R. R. crossing and the A. &G. S. Depot.
I CIIATTAXOOGA, TEN XJi
At the Balloon! At the Balloon!
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P P] Paper Patterns IS fj
C Ks 1 Superior to all otliers SB C
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FOR LOW PRICES
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST.
Everything guaranteed as represented or money re
retunded.
Since wo have decided not to sell out, our New York buyer ha* keen piling la
the good* by the car load, until every corner is full and running over
WITH BARGAINS ALL OVER THE HOUSE,
Dress floods, Motions, Fancy foods, Tlillincry foods,
Class imercs, Jeans,
Cottonadcs, Prints, Domestics, Syndics Linen Suits.
THE SCT. COUNTER IS FULL OF NEW AND USEFUL ARTICLE 3
at a much lets price than you can get them elsewhere.
THE 30CT. COUNTER HAS MANY ARTICLES THAT WOULD,
cost you 25 to 50cent at other places you will save money by making your pur
chases at the BALLOON.
THE SEWING MACHINE DEPARTMENT.
The largest variety of first class Machines in the State, such as,
The Eldridge, White, Royal, St John, Weed,
Victor, Remington Domestic, Ameri
can, Davis, Singer, and Wanzer.
The Wanzer and Singer a.rc our cheapest machines. Persons wishing cheap Sad
Hand machines, can always find a good assortment. Exchange new ma
chines for old ones. Sell lor cash an on monthly payments.
Don’t fall to call at the Balloon before buying anything in our line.
H. U. SOUDEK,
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
j. I'\ WABDLAW. K. <’. JOKE
WARDLAW 4 JONES,
At the Old Stand of Reece Bros., in BeSoto,
Dealers in all kinds of
FANCY km FAESILY GROCERIES,
ALSO OASS'B6 [AND TIES,
and all kind of supplies, usually kept in a first class grocery store.
We have ain connection with our store a large commodious stable and wagon
yard.
The trade of Walker and adjacent counties especially solicited.
ftdT* We pay the highest market price for all kinds of country produce, and suli
our goods at “rock bottom prices,” -WARDLAW & JONKS.
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DEALERS IN
I CLOCKS, CLOCKS,:
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WATCHES, JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE.
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