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Till'; MESSEMiER.
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA.
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'I'm'RiDAV Morning, Jan. 20,1881.
Meadows nn<l I’aslures.
r.v Dr. F. 11. Gordon, ok Tens.
Observation haw tauglit, that ev
rry species of grass, ns well as all
plants and trees, nourishes best in a
rlimate suited best to is constitu
tion. Red clover, Herds-grass (or
Red top), Timothy and Blue-grass
are the only varieties which have
stood the test of long experience.
These are not found to flourish well
in extreme northern or southern
latitudes. And such doubts as
once existed here in the minds of
the farmers, as to the adaptation of
some of these to our climate, have
been removed by numerous well
conducted experiments; and we
now have ample proof, that with
suitable management, theso grasses
will prosper ns well here, as in any
part of the Union. Where they
have not succeed*d well in this
State, the failure has been due to
such improper treatment ns would ■
not end successfully in any part c f
the world, We may therefore, 1
rightly decide that our climate is j
well adapted to these valuable:
grasses.
Herds-grass requires hut little
lime in the soil; hut it flourishes
best where sand is abundant, and
(ho soil is rather too wet for tillage.
The more vegetable mould, within
ordinary limits, the better. Red
clover, Timothy and Jiluegrnss do
better where vegetable matter is
abundantly mixed with clay, a*nd
a large share of lime. Excess of
sand is unfavorable to all three of
them. Rlue grass requires more
lime and loss sarnl than any of our
well tried grasses. The farmer will
he much aided in selecting land
lor blue grass by observing the
growth. The best soil for grass is
indicated by a growth of Sugar
Maple, wild Cherry, White and
Black Ash, Pino Oak, Lynn, Buck
eye, Walnut, Scale) Bark Hickory
Mulberry, Hackberry, Elm, Red
Bud, Poplar and Paw-paw under
growth. Where most of these
growths aro common, and lime
stone rocks are visible on the sur
face, good bluegrnss can he made.
With such a soil, you may succeed
where the climate is not so suita
ble, because much more depends,
on the soil than the climate. Nor
is it absolutely necessary that lime
stone rocks shall be io the soil; he- j
cause if it contains plenty of lime
it will make grass. 4 •
Timothy and Herdsgrass have j
given full proof of their preemi
nent value as meadow grasses, and
they are also valuable for pasture.
They may be sown in the fall or
latter part of the winter; but the
tall season is preferable, provided
there is plenty of rain, because if
sown at this season, the meadow
comes to maturity cno year sooner,
than if sown in the latter part of
winter or spring. But the choice
of the two periods must he deter
mined by the weather, if there be
plenty of rain to give the young
grass a vigorous growth, it will
soon take root enough to withstand
the hard freezes; but if the fall he
dry, the sowing should be post
poned till January or February.
The modes of preparing the
ground for the two seasons, must
differ essentially in one respect, for
the fall sowing the ground must be
well plowed and harrowed; but for
the latter part of winter it must be
ns firm as it can well he made. In
the fall, having plowed and har
rowed the ground level, if the soil !
be moist enough, drag a light rail
or pole to mark it off into lands
about ten feet wide. In sowing
walk close to the mark on the right
so as to finish a land of ten feet at
two throughs. Six quarts of Tim
othy seed will sow an aero. If
your object be to maLe n Herds
grars uieadow, after sowing six
quarts of Timothy, go over the
same ground and sow to the acre
four gallons of Herds-grass seed
also. Then harrow and brush or
roll it well. This should be done
between the Ist and loth of Sep
tember. The reason for mixing
Timothy where Herdsgrass is aim
ed at is this, the '1 imothy is rapid
in growth, and will take possession
of the ground, keeping out weeds
in the meantime producing good
annual crops oi hay, till the Herds
grass, which is slow of growth,
shall have time to overrun the Tim
othy and take full possession of the
grounrl.which will occur about the
4th or sth year, when the Herds
grass alone will have full possess
ion. It will thus he seen, that for
n Timothy msadow, Timothy seed
alone are to be sown; but for a
Herds-grass meadow, you are to
sow both Timothy and Herds grass
in full proportions, just as if either
\ ere to lie sown separately.
(Continued nal week.)
Malum Hill
A Confedrate battery succeeded
I in getting into a position which en
i aided it to*rnke the whole {length
ot the Thirteenth New York Vol
unteers ns the men lay in line. In
the regiment wnp one man —Con-
nolly,- of "IF’ Company—an odd
sort of genius, with a dash of the
“Green Isle” in his nature, who,
though a capital soldier, was yet
inclined to be just a trifle too in
dulgent to himself in .one rsspect;
he never would hear a burden—
• nottv-n a weapon—when he could
find nny way to get rid of it. A
short time previous while on the
march, he had succeeded in getting
hie Remington rifle rendered un
-1 servicuhle by carelessly fastening
; it to a w»gon,frorn which it f 11 un
der tho wheels, and the value of
l it was cl ar„ed to Him upon the
pay-rolls. Justpiiorto the bat
; tie he received his now weapon,
i When the artillery opened he was
j lying flat upon the ground, his gun
underneath him, the muzzle pro
! jecting a foot or so beyond his
I head, which was slightly elevated,
| “tnking observations.” The shells
j came in thick and fast for a few
moments, and most of the boys
[ hugged their mother earth pretty
; closely; hut not so with Connolly.
! He still kept on the lookuot, crack
j ir.g jokes as missle after missle
j flew byjwithout doing any harm.
Presently a shell, a slight
elevation in front ol the writer,
ricochelted, struck again wilii a
dull heavy thud, and then,g’ancing
over the heads of the men on left,
exploded. , When the shell struck
the second time, Connolly got up.
In fact he was {obliged to do so,
for the 12 pounder struck the muz
zle of his rifle,{ploughed a furrow
underneath him ehe whole length
of hisjboily and|gave him a most
decided lift in life. As he after
wards said, he “felt ns if tie had
swallowed a barrel of powder and
a friction primer.” Os course, the
concussion knocked the breath out
of him, tore his clothing, bruised
and lacerated his person, at the
I same time reducing his Remington
jto a complete wreck. Every one
expected to see him fall dead, but
for several moments ho danced
about, first upon one foot, then on
the other, meantime rubbing his
stomach and grasping like a drown
ing' person.
“Lie down, you d d fool, you '■ ’'
I (tho situation demanded strcrie lan
j nuaye) was shouted from every Nide, but
I Connolly paid uo lived. Presently he
stooped over, keeping his stomach well
iu hand, picked up his dismantled j
■weapon, and, continuing to caress his j
astonished front, hobbled up to his as
tonished captain, and said:
“I say, Cap, will I have to pay tor
this d d gun?”
The effect was irresitiblc, aud aboye
the booming of cannon and hissing of
shell went up “three cheers for Con
oily” from half a thousand throats.
He was sent to tho rear, and it was
many a weary day before he fully re
covered from what ho oalled his ‘at
tempt tp ride a twelve-pouud shell bare
back.” '
i |
Curing a Horse.
One of the commission houses on
Wood bridge srect lias a horse which
was the terror of every pedestrian
who got with ill three feet of his head.
The animal lias teeth like a shark and
up to a few days ago liv’d bite every
thing within reach except a pile of
grindstones. Whipping had no effect,
mi l lie would get rid muzzle* as fast as
they were put on. The linn had paid
out considerable money to settle for
his bites, and was wondering what
they could sell him for, when along
came a limn who guaranteed a cure for
$5. He was told to go to work, and
his first move was to get an old suit of
clothes amt stuff it with straw, —The
j horse was driven down street, and the \
suit tied to a hitching post, hack to 1
tlie street, A full pouud of Cayenne
; pepper then rubbed into and sprinkled
j over Hie garments and the straw sutll.
| ing, and the joke was ready.
The horse came jogging back, and
• die driver left him stamliug within siz
| feet of the man of straw.
The old biter’s eye shed a twinkle
I as he saw a fine chance to use his teeth
I and as soon left alone he began edging
i toward t lie post. When ready for
business he made a sudden lunge and
caught tlie “man” by thd shoulder.
That old horse meant wickedness but
1 lie had a surprise in store for him. As
lie lifted the tligure off Its fectand gave
it a shake it fell apart and his mouth,
nose and eyes were filled with the
smarting powder. Great tears rolled
down his long nose, he sneezed mid
snorted and coughed, and lie was just
as chagrined at the general laugh on
him as a man would have been. He
backed away from the remnants, open
ed his mouth to cool it, and hung ids
head in shame. He did not cease
weeping for half a day, but w hen he
got so that ho could look Hie public
; square iu the face, lie was a changed
| horse. Anybody cno pull his ears or
I rub his nose now with impunity. In
j fact, he courts eercsses where lie defied
them, and on the approach of a stran
ger will shut ills eyes and mouth as if I
i fearful of another dose. —[Detroit Free '
j Press.
Curious Kentucky town nomencla
ture: “I’lilltlght” in Hopkins county,
I “Plncliciii Hlylv” ill spencer, “I’lmk
’em in” Shake-rag” and “ling Walk”
! in Muhlenberg, “Lick Skillet,” “Grab
1 All” and “Ti-wa-pa-tu” In the vicinity
ty of Klklon, “Fool's Hollow,”
and “Bowden's Hole” hi Henry, and
“Devil's Den” and “Hell's Half-acre 11
in Spencer.
Warm quarters, as well as plenty
of nutritious food, must be provided
ed for all stock. Wiien stables’are
cold, animals consume much more
food to produce the same results as
when they are kept warm. Cold
freezing weather dries up cows
rapidly, but ibis may be mitigated
to a great extent by providing
warm stables.
Marrying.
Josh Billings thus writes to an old
| friend about marrying:
By awl means, Joe, get married M
you have a fair show. Don't stand
shivering on the bank but pitch rite in
and stick your head under and the
shiver Is over. Thar ain’t any more
trick iu gett’ng married tliau tliar is iu
eating peanuts. Menny a mail has
stod shivering on the bank iiiilill tho
it ream run out Dont expect to get an an
gel Hit-in in-v all been picked up long
ago. Itemeniber, Joe, you ain’t a saint
yourself. Do not marry for b ity ex
clusively; buty is I ike ice, auful slip
perary and thaws dreadful easy. Don't
marry for luv, neither; luv is like a
cooking stove, good for nothing when
the fuel gives out. But let the mixure
be some buty lie coiningly dressed,
witii about $250 eu her pocket, a gud
speller, handy and neat in her house,
plenty of good settee, tuff constitution
and bylaws, alight step; small feet;
sound teetli and a a warm heart.
This mixture will keep iri any climate,
and will not evapo'ata. If Hie cork
happens to he left out, strength ain’t
gone, Joe. Don’t marry for pedigree
unless it is hacked by bank notes. A
family with nothing but pedigree gen
erally lacks senec.
The Baby Didlt.
A Frenchwoman was a few days
since brought into court charged
with stealing three gold prices
from her employer, lie toSKied
that ho followed her home, and the
moment she saw him she turned
and handed them to him, saying,
“I was just going to bring them to
you.” said : “The day I went
to my employer’s I carried my
child with me. It was in my arms
as it is now. I wasn’t paying atten
tion to it. There were several gold
coins on the mantelpeice, and, un
known to me, it stretched out its
little hand and seized three prices
wl.ich I did not observe until I got
home. lat once put on my lion
net and was going back to my em
ployer to return them when I was
arrested. This is the solemn truth
as I hope for Heaven’s mercy.”
The court refused to believe the
story, and said it would inflict a
severer penalty on her for her du
plicity. She only reiterated her
defense. One of the judges pro
posed renewing the scene. Three
gold coins were placed on the
clerk’o desk. The mother assumed
the po ition in which she stood at
her employer’s house. There was a
breathless pause. The baby dis
covered the bright coins, eyed
them, smiled, and stretched forth
its hand an 1 clutched them in its
fingers. The mother was at once
acquitted.— Detroit Free Press.
A Hoggish Jamboree.
All hogs and pigs on Joseph Per
rin’s ranch, four miles below town
went on a big bender on Wednesday,
which happenenin this wise: Several
casks of native wine had been placed
outside of the eoure and facing the
barnyard, imp it is supposed that some
of the hogs iu rubbing against one of
the casks knocking out the spigot and
caused tho contents to run our. The
wine formed a pool in the depression
in the ground, and around it all the
hogs, little and big about the premises,
to the number of about thirty, con
gregated and drank their fill, and be
fore any person about the place was
aware as to what happened, ill the por
kers were drunk and going through
the queerest antics imaginable Some
where trisky and full of play, others
belligerent and swaggering around
hunting up flights; some meandering
around iuan imbecile way, walking
in corkscrew style and tumbling over
the toast obstruction that lay in tlier
path, while several of tho larger hogst
t hat had managed to got on tho heav
iest loads, were drunk and incapable
of motion. Those who saww tills queer
performance say that was the most apt
illustration of the saying “drunk as a
hog” that they every witnessed, while
the inebriates acted wonderfully like 1
humans in a similar state of debauch.
The lisgs we re all “blind drunk” be
fore tney could drink up all the wine,
aud the balance of the grape juice was
turned into a temperance beveage by
turning a stream of water on it. The
bogs were ail blear-eyed and stupid on
the following day, and from their ac
tions seemed to say that ttieir “hair
pulled dreadfully.”—Gross Valley j
Union,
A Yankee has just taught ducks to,
swim in hot water with such success
that they lay boilded eggs. j
PRICES TO SUIT THETIMEB.
ES. P. DURAKTDO
Dealer in
W AT( Hi:x, ( LO( kS, .H U B !,SI V.
SILVER PLATIvi) WARE, AAD A
FMAE KELIXTIOA OF (/iOIJ), SIL
VER A.VIB STEEL SPECTACLES.
SOLID GOLD GOODS OF ALL DE-
StKIPTIOAM AAD, WOODS WAR
RA A TED AS RKPIt ES EAT E l>
AL L W ORK WARRA A T ED
PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN’ TO REPAIRING.
E. I‘. DURANGO, 21(5 Market steeet, Tower-Wheeler Block,
CIIATTAAOO<<<A, TLA A
The Aladdin Safety Lamp’
I It extinguished itself when overtnrned t It extinnishe c itself when stropped from
m the hand 1 It extinguishes itself when broken 1 It can hi' carried
at pleasure. Blowing down the chimney or turning down the
wick to extinguish the light, entirely unnecessary.
On exhibition and for sale by
Or. IVE. 3D. 3~Sl©si:rclj
Crockery, China, Glassware, T.amps and Lamp Goods, Silver-Plated Ware,
Looking Glasses, etc.
ESf'Kemoved to 220 Market street. Next to Orleans store.
CIIATTAAOGA, - - - TEAA'ESSLE.
BALTIMORE CLOTHING HOUSE;
ES^TJIA.
P,VLL SEASON!
The Largest Stock of Clothing!
FOR
Men, Boys, and Oliildren.
I beg;to int'ortii youjthat jwc carry <hc best selected
stock in Fattanooga, at
lORMOES® LOWER l
Than elsewhere.
I manufacture most ofmy goods and thus tar can
XJnXT3D^SIR.^ISIX^X^2
Those buying theirs.
nATtls ia.z2.ci SEEJME2
Before buying elsewhere.
». NS. GX.A.SSHS,
Posa 33~ULlld.i3a.tgr.
I. ROUFF. J. M. GILLESPIE. C. A. ROUFF.
nOUI-'E' eSs CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Doors, Sash, Iliads, Moulding, Dressed
Door and Window Lumber, Flooring,
Frames, Mantles, Ceiling, Weather-
Brackets, Eallasters, boarding, Etc., Etc.
AND DEALER IN
ROUGH LUMBER , FANCY rOSTS, LATHS, SHINGLES, &C.
Market Street near Railroad Crossing,
FIIVTTA AOOGA. TEAAESSEE.
nrmuMiiw'PHwmi ■ iiiwi i mm n i '■“■bm—b
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DEALER IN
FURNITURES,
SUCH AS
REDS TADS, BUREAUS, W A SHST A ADS, TABLES
CHAIRS, META LIU CASES, C ASKETS, COF
IIA ROBES, AAD A GEAGEISAL -
LIAE OF TRLMMIAGS.
All orders by mail or telegraph promptly filled.
A,*. 21 Market Street, UHATTAA’OOGA, TEA’IV.
DEALERI\
FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES, &C„
We have a splendid lino of Also a fine assortment of
Elouseftirnishing Floods, Whiskies and everything
Factory Varus, foilee, usually kept in n lirst-
Stigar Salt and class kIUHTUV
Mackerel. STORE.
All kinds of
Produce wanted
tor which we will pay
the highest market price.
trade of Aortli Georgia respectfully solicited
Between the W. Si A. R. R. crossing and the A. & G. S. Depot.
CUiISiKOOCi, XEitXLtjikSß.
At the Bailoon! At the Balloon!
T / BUTTERICK'S T
Paper Pnllerns p
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| FOR XjOW FRICESI
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST.
Everything guaranteed as represented or money re*
refunded.
Since we hare decided not to sell out, our New York buyer ha» been piling ti
the good* by the car load, until ever; corner is full and running ever
WITH BARGAINS ALL OVER THE HOUSE,
WresM Woods, Motions, Fancy Woods, millinery Woodi,
Cassimercs, Jeans,
Coltonades, Prints, Domestics, Ladies Linen Saits.
THE SCT. COUNTER IS FULL OF NEW AND USEFUL ARTICLES
at a much Ices price than you can get them elsewhere.
THE «»CT. COUNTER HAS MANY ARTICLES THAT WOULD,
cost you 115 to SOccnt at other places you will save money-by making yon/ pur
chases at the BALLOON.
THE SEWING MACHINE DEPARTMENT.
The largest variety of first class Machines in the State, such as,
The Eldridge, Whhe, Royal, St John, Weed,
Victor, Remington Domestic, Ameri
can, Davis, Singer, and Wanzer.
The Wanzer and Singer are our cheapest machine?. Persons wishing cheap Bid
Hand machines, can always find a good assortment. Exchange new ma
chines for old ones. Sell for cash an on monthly payments.
Don't fall to call at the Balloon before buying anything in our line,
H. H. SOUDER,
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
J. F. WARDLAW. It. C. JUNE
WARDLAW & JONES,.
At the Old Stand of Reece 8r03., 7 in BeSoto,
Dealers in all kinds of
FANCY AND FAMILY OIiCEIIES,
also mmm ;aho ties,
and all kind of supplies, usually kept in a first class grocery store.'
We have a in connection with our store a large commodious stable and wagon
yard.
The trade of Walker and adjacent counties especially solicited.
isarWe pay the highest market price for all kinds of eoimtry produce, and tell
our goods at “rock bottom prices." WARDLAW & JONES.
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