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THIS MESSENGER.
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA.
Thursday Mohm.no, Feb. 10, 1881.
Meadows ami Pulttm,
HT DR. F. If COIIDO.N, OF TIN it.
Thu direction In pe*. n stand of
pra*x by tramping tl>*» ground »!-
wav* looks strange nn>l wrong to
every p*i*nn unacquainted with
the process of making posture. Hut
the i x perienoe of all stuck farmers
Jia* taught them, Unit the ground
must bu well packed. both to pre- j
vent the freezing process of winter !
from tlniowiiip (lie grass out of the ;
ground to die, uml to protect it
from the drought. of summer.
If tlie ground lie trumped haul, the
grass will not he killed by bard
freezing, nor by dry weather, but
if the anil be loose, it w ill be ilnm
nged or destroyed by either. This
fact is not merely true of Rluegrass
but it applies forcibly to all grasses
The reason will therefore be plain
xvhy we direct that pastures of all
sorts shall be tramped during the
winter, because thereby they are
nil prepared to stand dry weather
and extreme cold. The young far
mer need not fear his trumping the
lots too much, because this would
be hard to do. I suppose if ail his
cattle were to remain in the same
spot, so as to work the ground into
perfect mortar, this would do in
jury; but ifallowed to ramble over
a lot, they will never tramp it too
much. Your grass may be tramp
ed in the winter by heavy stock,
till it looks as if it were ruined, and
yet the very next summer will
prove that ; t bus beer, much bene
fited by the unusual luxuriance of
tbs grass.
Do not graze your lots in early
spring. As soon n» the grass be
gins to grow, nothing ought to go
on them, till the spring crop of
grass is made. In this latitude all
stock ought to be taken oil the IMs
about the middle of February, and
and nothing—not even one brood
mare or one colt, should be allowed
to rnn on them till the eeed stalk
of the Bluegrass is about 3 inches
long If you allow your lots to be
grazed at all in early spring, they
will make puny and scanty grass
the balance of the season.
Du not let the grass go to seed.
We have seen the injury of grazing
100 soon; it must now lie under
stood that delaying lo graze at the
proper time will also injure it.
When the seed stalk of the Blue
grass gets about three inches long,;
ell lots ought to he grazed as soon
ss possible. Do not put some stock
in every lot, but put all you have
on one lot and when grazed down,
turn on another, and so on in rap |
.id succession till the seed stulks in J
all are fed down, so us to prevent
them feom making seed. It any j
grass be allowed to make seed, the I
seeding proceed process will ex
haust tie roots of the grass and
make it dwarfish for a whole year.
But if the seed stalks he grazed off
just liefure seeding, the grass shoots
ami spreads rapidly from the roots
and sends up a luxuriant grrwtli
ofbladcs. You ought not there
fore todepend on setting the ground
by letting the grass make seed to j
Bet it because if not allowed to make
seed, the spieading from the roots
will set it much sooner, and also
a (lord more pasture in the mean
time. Therefore, should your own
stock be insufficient to graze your
lots fast enough, borrow stock from
your neighbors to help you till all
seal stalks are fed down, then your
Jots may bo left to grow up.
Grass will not prosper if contin
ually wounded by stock. Having
many lots will enable you to graze
them in rotation, so as not to con
fine your stock lung on any one at
a time. If in your power, you
ought to have at least ten lots.
After having grazed your lots i
once around, to prevent them from
seeding, they will wait ns long ns
as you desire without injury.
If you have any lots that are well
sodded, selected them for winter
pasture, or as many of them ns
your stock can spare, and do not
let any stock on them till late in;
the winter, ufier all other pastures
are fed completely down. These
Jots will continue to make blades
from the time they were grazed to
prevent their seeding, till hard
freezing weather, except a lew
weeks in mid summer. \S lien all
oilier grass is gone, graze your
winter lots in rotation. Put all ,
stock in one lot and keep them
there till the grass is fed to the
ground; then put them on another
and so on till ail are grazed. Were
some slock put on every lot at once
they would ramble over, tramp
and expose it, so that the cold
would kill and destroy moie grass
than the stock.
(The end.)
tii.NL.UAL NEWS.
Ilaycs will soon March 4th.
| Las* week Philadelphia lost #283,- '
| by (ire.
Ninety cases of small-pox at Ji f
ferson Dakota. But six recoveries.
The electoral vote will be coun
ted I’cb., 9th.
Ciiiittamioga will lie made u port
of di livery.
Hang tbu thermometer! That's
all ils good for.
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Counterfeit dimes, if they are
heavier than water, are afloat.
j Soohtt, n town on the Mobile &
I Ohio It It. lost eight stoics by fire
| I'Vb., 2nd.
The liaiobridge Fuclorv was do
! alloyed by lire on the 30th ult.
, Isis* 20.000.
A dead body found in the Ten
nessee near the Put, has not been
identified.
Georgia claims $20,000 used in
public defense in 1812; and it is
thought she will get it.
; Hiram H. haver while in Tiffin
0., to procure his marriage license
was killed by the cars.
A case to test the constitutionali
| ty of the Railroad Commission is to
be tried in Atlanta shortly.
Near Santa Cruz, Cal., eight Chi
nese wood cutters were buried alive
by a land slide.
Chattanooga claims an increase
of 117 per cent of population in the
last ten years. Let her Imom.
A midnight colored burglar was
caught in Block’s wholesale drug
store in Chattanooga. Hu goes to
jail.
Three stills and eighteen bun-
I dred pillions of mush and beer have
| been seized in Dawson and Pickens
counties.
In Atlanta, the grave of Mrs. (lo
ber was robbed and the body carri
ed oft. Supposed to be the work
of nodical students.
David A. Mann, recently elected
Secretary of State try the Tennessee
Legislature, is a West Tennessee
; Republican.
1 JacKsnn, the newly elected U. S
J Senator ofTenn., is a lawyer, mem-
J her of the Legislature and a high
tax Democrat.
The E. T. V. & Ga., Railroad of-
I sere excursion tickets good so fifteen
j days to ail who want to attend the
j inauguration.
The three-cent rate went into ef
fect on the Georgia R. R’s., Fob. 1.
Some nf the smaller roads are al
i lowed to charge more.
The new Orleans Picayune snys
j that Garfield is not obliged to sliov
jel the snow oft'his side walk. The
office-seekers keep it beat down.
Chattanooga bus established a
Telephone station 130. That is,
there are 136 points where you can
stay in one place and talk in an
other.
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In Pennsylvania t*'ey have taken
j fourteen ballots for U. S. Senator,
j Twelve candidates in the field, hut
j Wallace and and Gore nro in the
| upper end.
| The town of Plymouth N. C. was
j almost entirely destroyed by. fire
lon the night of Jan., 31st. Only
I one store and one ware house left.
The explosion of a kerosene lamp
i started the tire
Nelson Rogers colored, while dig
ging a trench in Chattanooga eight
j feet deep, was buried alive by the
j caving in of the sides. When ex
tricated, he was alive, hut Ins skull
j was found to be fractured and chest
crushed. Fatal injuries.
Chili is ready to make peace but
she must have $30,000 (XX), of which
Peru must pay 20,000,000. and Bo
livia 10,000,000. Antolngoata must
alsobegiven up, and she must
hold the guano, copper and nitre
mints until the money is paid.
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'Vest Tennegse has the Gover
nor, two United States Senators,
the Treasurer and Secretary of
| State, Speaker of the House, Chief
Clerk of the Senate and Engrossing
Clerk of the House, Are ali the
people in West Tennessee original
froin llhinh ? — Chattanooga Times.
In Butler county Ky., on the
night of Jan., 28, the house of
Wiley Embrey was set on fire.
When the old farmer and his wife
were awakened, the upper part of
the building, where their six chil*
i dren were sleeping, was in flames.
! Embrey perished in a fruitless ef
fort to save them.
Rev J. 11. Campbell, of Colurn- j
bus, who is one of the most active
| philanthropists in the State, thus 1
. writes the Columbus Times: ‘ln all
my experience among ttio poor,
extending hack over fifty years, I
have never had an application for
ohaiity from an Israelite. Last
week, when wood for the poor was
being disti ib itril, and when people
of both rue'** and of all denomir.a
'ions were clamoring for their share
the Jews stood entirely aloof. They
sometimes give me money fir the
poor, Init l evel ask charity for
themselves. If there are needy
ores among them, they are provid
ed for by their own brethren. I
leave it to others to account for
these fact. They are worthy of
serious consideration, and nro high
ly creditable to the Jews.’
•m 4 ———
The Futharintseil Paaseugers.
You may have been a pas eager on
a street car at a liute w hen ►ouie one
picket a half-dol'.ai (>•' the cushion* or
a dolla.i-bill font the straw and anx
iously Inquired tor an owner. At Hill li
a time every 'min Instinctively feel* in
liis pockets. Every man feels like
saying that lie is the lucky, party hut
in inward voice somehow restrain him,
and he remembers that George Wash
ington could not. tell a lie The mon
ey is invariably pocketed by the tinier
lie is set down in the opinions nf hi*
fellow-passenger as contemptible and
mean.
On a Woodward avenue car yesterday
a young man purposely (Implied a green
back on tlic tl )Or, and at a proper mo
ment he picked it up, and observed:
“Who lost lids dollar?’’
Every one looked at him, and every
mouth watered,
“Did any one drop this bill ?'* con
tinued the young man as lie held up a
corner.
There was another embarrassing
pause. Then a man reached out hie
hand and said:
“I dropped it, sir. You are an
honest man to return it.”
“Are you sure you dropped it.”
“I am. lam not a liar.”
i “But—you sec—>'on ” stamiuer
! ed the fellow.
“You give me that dollar, or I’ll
ring your neck!”
The voting mail gave it up. He looked
~ed and white and green, and lie Iclt
so bad over it that ne soon dropped oft’,
and took to tile icy walk.
Keep Ahead.
One of tho grand secrets of buc
ccss in life is to keep ahead in nil
ways possible. If you once fall ho
hind, it army he very difficult to
make up the headway which is lost
One who begins with putting aside
j some part of his earnings, however
small, and keeps it up for a num
ber of years, is likely to become
rich before he dies. One who in
herits property and goes on year
bv year spending a little more than
his income, will become poor if he
fives long enough. Living beyond
their means has brought multi
tudes of persons to ruin in our gen
eration. It is the cause of nine
tenths of all the defalcations that
have disgraced tiie age. Bunkers
and business men in general do not
often help themselves to other peo
ple's money until their own funds
begin to full off, and their expen
ditures exceed their receipts. A
man wlio is in debt walks in tho
midst of perils. It cannot hut im
pair a man’s self respect to know
that he is living at the expense ot
others.
It ; s also very desireable that we
should keep somewhat ahead in
our work. This may not he pos
sible in all cases; as, for instance, j
when a man’s work is assigned to
certain fixed hours like that of the
oprratsves in a mill. But there are
certain classes of people *vho can j
choose their time for the work j
which they are called to do, and j
auumgst them are some who invu
ribly put oßTthe task assigned them
as long as possible, and then to i e
to its performance hurried, perplex
ed, anxious, confused—in such a
state of mind as certainly unfits
them for doing their best wont
Get ahead and Keep ahead and
your success is tolerably sure.
A Pastor Made Happy;
1 have been greatly troubled with
my kidneys and liver over twenty
years, and during that entire time I
was never free from pain. My medi
cal bills were enormous, and I visited
both the Hot and white Springs, noted
i for the curative qualities of the water.
lam happy to say 1 am now a well I
man, and entirely as the result of 1
Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. !
With such glorious result I am only
too glad to testify regarding the rem
edy which lias made me so happy. i
, (Rev.) I*. F. Hakkmkf,
Coal Run Crossing, Arkansas.
F. IVI. Nyimm
Makes a trip to Chattanooga, passing ;
through La Fayette every week. He j
pays higher prices for produce, poultry ;
and eggs than anybody. His charges for
hauling from Chattanooga is very rea
sonable, nod he takes better care of j
goods than any man ou the line. He is
accommodating to all, and deserves a
liberal patronage. Have your orders
ready every Saturday evening. He will
return to LaFayette on Weduesday.
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
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Dealer in
WATCHES, CI.OCKN, JHU’KIiRV,
MLVI R I'I.ATCI) W AKE, AAD A
FIVE SELECTION OS' CiODI), SIL
VER AVI) STEEE SPECTACLES.
SOLID GOLD ROODS «!•’ ALL DE
SCItiPTBO.YS A AII LOOKS AVAR
■MATED AS ItEPRES EAT E D
Ati L U »IS la WAStiIA AT E D
PER -OXAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO RKI’AIIIIMi.
E. P. DURANDO, 240 Market aleeet. Tower-Wheel, r BKxk.
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It fiti pui«h#d j»-v»l r when ov**ftnrnpd I I* «»T t ifsolfwliei *ed fcotn
tu thr kiuil! It *x r iri;p , i‘dM»* it*f!f v, h*n broken! It cmi be carried
at plras'ir*. KU»* down liie rbiicM*> *»v turning flown th«
witU to iti« i iglii, pidirrlf unnecessary.
On exhibiiion and forßAloby
Gr, TJZ. ID. X-Xearcl,
Crockery, Cliiu.T, (jiaeswaie, Lniiip# nml Lamp Goods, .Silver-Plated "Ware,
Looking i * lassos, etc.
I fy Itomovd to I*2o Market street. Next to old N. OrlentiP store.
CM ATT A A OLA, - - - TEA A’ESSE E.
.BALTIMORE CLOTHING"HOUSE,
jE&ZI-SLnr^LJY..
FALti SEAJSOJV!
The Largest Stock of Clothing!
FOR
Men, Boys, and Children.
I brsi'to inform von'thnt we carry the Lent selected
slock in Cattaneoga, at
LOWER 2
Than elsewhere.
I manufacture most of my goods and thus far can
UMOKHSEIaIji!
Those buying theirs.
CALiI. 0,23.cL SUSIES ME!
Ilefore buying elsewhere.
JS. M.
DE*OS3S» BULlldilAgr.
I, KOUFF. J. M. GILLESPIE. C. A. ROUFF.
HOUFP cfe 00.,
MANUFACTURERS OF ■
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, Dressed
Boer and Window Lumber, Flooring,
Frames, Mantles, Ceiling, Weather-
Brackets, Ballasters, boarding, Etc., Etc.
AVD DP.AI.F.R IV
ROUGH LUMBER. FANCY POSTS , LATHS, SHINGLES, AC.
Market Street near Railroad Crossing,
CSIATTA AOOGA. TEAA'ESSEE.
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IPXJIFf.I^rZIT'XJIFS.E,
SUCH AS
BEDSTADS, Bl' REAPS, WASIISTAADS, TABLES
CHAIRS, VIETA LIC CASES, CASKETS, COE
FIA BOSSES, AAD A LEAL ERA L
LIAE OE TSEMIT!SALS.
All orders by mail or telegraph promptly filled.
Ao. 91 market Street, CHATTAAOOGA, TEAX.
L. I* Al. YP* JL£, , 55=5 1
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FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES, &C..
We have a splendid line of Also a tine assortment of
llou*ci'urm»hing Goods, Whiskies and everything
Factory Yarns, Codec, usually kept in n first-
Sugar Salt and class LKOCEUY
mackerel. STORE.
All kind* of 1
Produce wanted
for which wc w ill pay
the highest market price.
WTlie trade of Aorth Leorgia respectfully solicited
Between the W. & A. R, It.crossing and the A. A G. S. Depot.
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RESIDENCE, FREE OF CHARGE,
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129 & 131 State St., Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.
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Bladder and Urinary Organs [A I | THROAT DISEASES,
by wearing the ; '"BREATHING TROUBLES.
Improved Exeelsior Kidney I’ad ,
It is a Marvel of HEALING and Relief it DRIVES IXTOthe system curative
Siuiltlr, Sriltiible, Hired, agents and licaiiiig’medicim'K.
IS .HESSt 6 OWC 1 I 111. the poisons that csinne death.
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REVELATION and REVOLUTION a nou,anai.it3Uivto its Virtues,
in Medicine. Absorption or di.oct Bp* j YOU CAN B . IIFLIKIED and CURED
pliouion, as opposed to unsatisfactery Hunt’ despair until you have tried thin
internal medicines. Send for our t?ca- Sensible, Easily applied and RAI> I
tisc on kidney troubles, sent free. S E d CAL L V EFFEC TU A L
by druggists or sent by mail, on receipt Remedy.
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Lamar, Rankin & Lamar, Drpggists,
J. F. WARDLAW. K. C. JONES.
WARDLAW & JONES,
At the Old Stand of Reece Bros., in. DeSoto,
Dealer, in all klndi of
FABGYAfSD FAMILY GROCERIES,
ALSO BAGQ'RG AfiD 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'fwagon
yard.
The trade of Walker and adjacent counties especially solicited.
6tak“We pay the highest market prico for all kiuds of country produce, and sell
our goods at “rock bottom prices.” WARDLAW At JONES.
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