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    EDWIN MARTIN, Proprietoz*.
Devoted, to Homo Interests and Culture.
TWODOLL ARSA Year in Adranoi>
VOLUME IX.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1878.
NUMBER 1.
THE
extemporized
TEER.
PRIVA-
- a rapidly falling barometer, following
I close upon a spell of warm, sultry
I weather, led us of our pleasure party of
I the yacht to seek shelter as qnickly as
[ possible, with an eye, of course, to
[ comfort and convenience. \Vo were
[ down off the coast of Maine, and slid-
i ter was found for the yacht in St.
I John's Bay, while we who chose sought
I still further shelter with a great-hearted
I host of -Bristol, And theie, in the
I quaintly furnished barroom of the
I quaint old tavern, an old man, to the
I religion burn and bred, told me the sto-
I ry which I will now relate:
■ It was in early May of 1814, while
I the blockade of our New. England
I States was aft,he highest pitch of its
I severity. There were British cruisers
I enough—mostly brigs of war, of from
I twelve to eighteen gus-to effectually
I close all the important rivers and har-
[ bore, and he was a brave and daring
I skipper who attempted to make the run
j from port to sea. The suffering was
I great. There were mouths during
j which the family of the mother of the
I writer—the household of her parents—
I were almost at the famishing point.
I Their homo was on the Kernebec; the
| father was a coasting captain, making
trips mostly between Boston, Salem
I and Hallowed. During this season of
I suffering he and his vessel were far'
j away, shut up in Salem harbor. Hun-
| dreds of families--aye. throughout the
j State, thousands—were in the same
[ condition of suffering,- their hose of u,>-
I plies being entirely cut off.
During the. first week of the month of
[ Mnv, as stated above, Tin English brig-
of-war appeared < ff John’s Bay, standi
1 iug in under a westerly breeze, wi'k
only her topsails, and fore-s'aysail set.
Just irside the- headland cf Pe’mmnqnid
I point, she clewed np und dropped an
I anchor, and shortly afterwards sent on
I shore a boar; iu which were a lieuten-
| nut aud ten men, all well nrmed. They
I enme to inquire where they could find n
I supply of fresh water fmffieisut to fill
[• six ordinary belts. A fisherman point-
I ed out a spring where they could ob-
I tain all they wanted. The boat ruturn-
I e l and before noon the brig s launch
I. catno to the shore, accompanied by the
first boat, landing .full fifty men, all
I ‘-aimed to the teeth.”
The E iglislitbeu had lining't ■ n
shore six large water butrs, and while
eight or ten of tln ir number filled the
receptacles frolu the spring, tl eir eoin’-
panions made an incursion inland where
they hud seeinlbe dwellings of the set
tlers.
Never mind ttieir doings, snffi it. to
say they were insolent aud over-hear
ing. Iu short, they made themselves
not ouly obnoxious and a terror, but
‘ really abusive.
“Where are all your men?” asked an
officer of a blooming damsel,- the ofli
cer was in lead of four sailors *.vho were
carrying off a pig.
“We haven’t got any men at home,
sir,” she replied; “the blockade has shut
them all away from us.”
“Ha! ha!” lauglnd the Briton, “if we
find ’em, we'll bring them home to you;
uud let ns hope they will have cargo
enough to pay their wav, if they don’t,
we may send them to Davy Jones’ lock-
L er for their neglect, for we like fiupick-
r* „•
lxgs. .
‘‘So I see, sir.”
The man then started on, pushing
the sailors witlv’tbfe pig, on iu advance,
i At a little distnnee lie turned and called
back to the girl;
“Tell me your name, pretty one?”
She told him it was Ellen McFarland.
“Well, wheujyour papa comes home
- —if he ever gets into port again—tell
liim to send a bill frjr liis pig to King
George; and Jie miglit make it j ayable
to Captain Rogers, of his Britanic Maj
esty’s brig! Hesperus. Oar Captain will
hi ve the pig, and he ought to collect
the pay. . Good-by. Give our love to
your daddy when yon see him.”
Ellen McFarland’s reply to this, the
officer did net hear, for she muttered
through close-shut teeth: “Ah, Briton,
you may see my d uldy soc nor than you
either think or desire."
The lieutenant pursued his way to the
boats, where^ie found the water tntls-
already brought down, the party put off
and returned to their vessel, where the
water was taken on board, the boats
i hoisted, the anchor lifted, and sail again
made.
In the meantime, where were the
i men of that Bristol hamlet. 9 Ah! they
had not been idle. Captain Kobert Mc
Farland—“Capr. Bob,” was the cogno
men by which he was universally known
—had sighted the brig early in the
morning, and when he saw her stand
into tke'bav, he knew she' meant to
make tile shore; and he lightly gm-ssei
Farland’s cot to the Muscongns shore,
was not more than three miles, and
word was sent over to have the schooner
made ready for sailing, while other
messengers were sent off to raise the
j able-bodied men, young aud old—all
that could posaibly be reached—to hav
them arm, and report at the little inlet
where the schooner Ellen lay, ai| quick
ly as possible.
The sun was just setting when the
schooner dropped away from her moor
ings. and made sail, with Capt. Bob at
the helm, and yonog Bob, his son, a
brave, stout lad of seventeen, at the
foretopgallant erosstree3, with a good
spyglass. They had raised ninety men,
ail told—men who had suffered—who
had seen their families suffer—who now
hoped to kill two very big birds with
one stone. To punish their sorment
ors, and at the same time, gain tome-
thing of provision and comfort for their
depleted homes. They were well arm
ed, ant each man held a weapon, or
hud it at hand, which he knew liuw to
use. And yet, the warrior trained in the
schools might have smiled at the arms
on which these hardy coasters placed
their greatest reliance. They had mus
kets aud pistols and cutlasses—and they
could use them, too; but a strange and
curious weapon had been strangely and
-euri ;usJy enough selected for the prin
cipal use at close quarters—and of
course in no other way could they cap
ture the brig.
A blacksmith of Bristol—named Sam
uel Thom—had shortly before entered
into a contract to make a lot of bolts
for a bridge which was to be built over
one of the streams of that conhtyj aud
ha had a hundred of these bolts al
ready forged. McFarland, being one
of the County Commi^hii.o.'s, had it fu
liis mind what these bolts would be if
they were entirely finished; and lie
found them to be, and further
more, lie had no difficulty in
persuading Thom to let tlu-m go. They
were just the right length—just the
right diameter for grasp, aud for
weigh!—with a solid head -upon the
stroke end for a ktu ck-down, unit a
nut screwed upon the other end to sene
us a knob, or pommel, to prevent slip
ping from the grasp; and a bit of serv
ing with rope-yurii at this, poiqt, which
each man did for himself, put the fin
ishing touch upon a weir on tigains;
which, in the hands of the average
fighter, the broadsword would have
been as a lath of wood.
Capt. B ib Mctarland had been alive
t iut afternoon. He had been hire,
there, aud ewrywlie.se. Had the good
people of that “Pint” been educated
uo 11 the use of such words, ih -y
would h ive itnhesitatingly declared 'lie
mail ubiquitous. As it was, old Tollv
Anderson hit the nail on the head when
she declined.-
“I’m blessed if the oupt’n ain't ev-
erywlieres jist iu the same mi nit! Mar
cy sakes! I never dul see anybody fly
Tmonu.l quite so gggeterisk afore. I
don't think I’d like tel - be iu them
Britishers places—tlhit is—if Cupt’n
Bob holds aout ez he lias conlm•‘Ilc’t.’ ,
And utht-rs were of the sofne opinion.
The sun was down when the schoon
er had got fairly away from the slioal-
ii'.gs, aud McFarland shaped his course
upon the proposition that the English
man would steer direct for the month
of the Penobscot. Should such prove
the fact the adveutnrers could take ad
vantage of. thei r inside position, and
their intimate knowledge of those rocks
aud islands, aud run their vessel
“across lots,” aud set iu nt a considera
ble distance ahead of the brig.
Anil there was to be no mistake. Be
fore dark young Bob, from his elevated
perch, discovered the Englishman
tunding leisurely to the northward and
eastward. Very shortly thereafter nigLt
had shut down, and though there®was a
considerable bit of moon hanging in
the western heavens, low lying clouds
shut away most of her Jiglit So the
schooner crept along underneath, the
shadow of tile shore, and fit ally stood
out to sea, and thus she stood until ten
o’clock. Just then, as though the
moou-sprite were in -league with the
Yankee crew, the moon peeped from
behind her vail of clouds, and shed
light enough upon the scene to enable
the lookonts upon the two vessels to see
and determine what needed to be done;
and this particularly favored the Yan
kee, because he held the leading hand,
aud was to make the game.
When the brig was first dir covered,
she was not more than half a. mile dis
tant, and, as has already been stated,
coming down before the wind, or, very
“Schooner ahov!” from the brig.
‘•Aye, aye!” from the schooner.
“What schooner is that?”
“The Ellen McFarland, of Bristol.”
“Heave to! heave to! and we’ll come
alongside. Don’t be alarmed.”
McFarland saw that men were sta
tioned at the brig’s guns ready to firo
if her orders were not obeyed. How
ever, the order was after his own heart,
for he was anxious to “come alongside”
as was the Englishman. - The schoon
er’s helm was put down, and her main
boom- swung over, which effectually
stopped her headway; and at the same
time the brig, with helm hard aport,
and larboard braces rounded in, came
to the wind under the schooner's weath
er quarter, having performed the ma-
neuvre very-prettily—the bow of the
brig juat touching the Ellen's waist
without a jar or jolt.
“What have you got for lading?” the
Englishman asked.
“Fish—a few on ’em fresh and a lots
ou ’em pickled.”
“I think we ’il have to trouble yon,
Jonathan, for some of both kinds."—
Just at that moment both vessels touch
ed.
Capt. McFarland had descended from
the bowsprit, and was now standing at
the rail, directly forward of the main
rigging, with an iron grappling in his
hand, and as he threw it into the brig’s
fore-chains, he shouted, like a stentor:
“Aye! aye! Nellie McFarland forev
erI” |
And from the schooner’s hold—np
the fore and main hatchways—came
pouring a a living throng! The way to
the deck of the brig was clear and easy.
Capt. Bob him«3lf meant to have been
the first, blit young Bob was bj his
side, and the twain struck the foeman’s
deck together; aud in a twinkling their
comrades were with them.
What a cracking itlid crashing those
iron truncheons made! The victim
stricken went down as beneath the
siioke of a catapault.”
“Surrender!” shouted McFarland!—
We won’t leave a man of yon alive ii
yon don’t—surrender!”
What .could the Englishmen do?—
Taken so suddenly and so unexpectedly
finding themselves beneath the fell
strokes of a hundred iron, clubs before
they could fairly open their eyes—what
could they do but surrender or die?
So. they surrendered. Said the com
mander of the brig, as he gave liis
sword to the Yankee skipper:
“I camiut complain, Yon have dote
1 his tiling very neatly. Bat let mi ask
you: Could I make yon an off.-r tlia
that would iuduce you to let us off?”
“Just one offer, sir—and ouly one,”
replied McFarland. “You und your
officers may jump overboard, aud I ain’t
sure that I wouldn't let yon do it; but
yon needn’t offer anything else?”
“No,” answered ygnng Bob, as. he
took the sword of a lieutenant, “when
yon chaps came to our pig-sty it was
whole hog or nothing, and I guees we’ll
follow suit..”
“Aha!” mattered the lieutenant. I
think I see. 'lira sebeonor is—*’
“The Ellen McFarland/”
“Aye,—that’s it. Weli, you’ve taken
pay for the pig, certainly.” -
There were not many hard things
said, but of the feelings we will not
venture to speak.
Of the wounded there were a f=-w
braised and cracked heads, bnt no man
killed on either side. The prisoners
were snlely hound and stowed away, to
be delivered, in good time, to the au
thorities at Portland; and of the pro
ceeds of the capture be sure the 1 rave
and hardy adventurers who -had made
it received a goodly share,
But after all. tue most joyful reward
—that which came nearest and dearest
to the hearts of Capt. Hubert McFar-
Jand and his improvised crew—was
fouuil iu .the glory and lustre of their
entrance into the buy, and the thunks-
giving that sounded to heaven. The
( news had spread, and hundreds had
come to see the sight—-tue proud brig
that had so long been a terror and a
curse, now m the hands of theiv own
brothers ana fathers and husbands—the
yankee flag flying above the meteor flag
of England, and old Bob McFarlanu al
her wheel, his head bare, and his gray-
hair floating in the breeze as he .nod-
del in response to the glad shouts from
the shore.
“Be sure,” said my informant, iu
closing, “it was a gretft day for old
Boh McFarland.”
“And young Boh?” said I, interroga
tively.
“Never mind, sir. It don’t become
present company to speak of him.”
“Ah,—I thought sol"—New Fork
nearly so, while the schooner looking
direct upon her over the weather bow, j Ledger.
J was, by her own movements through { ——— »-i « ■»■
I the water, helping to lessen the dis-1 Some Polish Botniu C.ituolic priests
j tanee. The result was. that verv short- j in the province oi Grodno lately sne-
I ly—.« Quickly, at all events, as Cant. I ceeded iu inducing their parishioners to
for what purpose. Au idea struck ' ;vIrPar)and could make his arrange-1 abandon the use of alcoholic liquors.
Capt. MeFiulaud at oi.ee. fie knew 1 iliynt:?’and fix thin-^s exactly to his li-|The local authorities complained of
: that the brig-of-war h. d her regular j kius? the twain were within hailing j this to the Governer. thereupon order-
I' beat..and as she had come from the! distance their relative positions being! ed aa inquiry. The priests were found
1 had come from the Kennebec, she would I same as before. On the forecastlej to have acted solely for the purpose of
make her way to the Penobscot. j of the brig, upon both sides, crowded I benefiting their parishioners, bnt the
Now, over in the Museyugns Bay, in j tw0 scurt , men or m0 re, curious to see j Governor of Grodno ordered them to
a snug harbor, or inlet, upon the oppo-j w hal mauuer of native era it they had ; be transported to the interior of Enssia,
site side of the long and narrow strip of ! overhauled. On the deck cf the schoon- j in order to give them time to reflect!
land fornriug the Pemmaqnid Point, lay ! er wc . re visible just three men—one at j there on the presumption of depriving'
a goodly schooner, built for the i o-.sting j the helm, oue at the l.mknnt, and the j a paternal government, by preaching!
Ira le, belonging to Capt. Bob himself j skipper biipsclf.tninipet in hand, stand- • sobriety, of ike revenue from the an-;
The distance .across tile land from Me- inn-let ween tie knight-heads. ty on spirits.
URAN1NE.
This is the most recently discovered,
and perhaps the most remarkable, of
all the coal tar or aniline group or colo
ring substances, now so extensively us
ed for the adorement of the finest fab
rics. TTranine is said, by chemists, to
be the most highly fluorescent body
known to scienc 3. Its coloring power
is astonishing; a single grain will im
part a marked color to nearly five hun
dred gallons of water.
A most interesting experiment, which
anybody may try, consists in-s prickling
a few atoms of Uranine upon the sur
face of the water in a glass tumbler.
Each atom immediately sends down
through the water what appears to be a
bright green rootlet; and the tumble
soon looks as if were crowded full of
beautiful plants. The rootlets now be
gin to enlarge, spread and combine, un
til a mass of soft green-colored liquid.
Viewed by transmitted light, the color'
changes to a bright golden or amber
hue; while a combination of green and
gold will-be realized, according to the
position in which the glass is held. For
day and evening experiment nothing
can be prettier than these trials of Ura
nine, which are especially entertaining
for the oonng folks. We are indebted
for examples of the color to the editors
of the Scientific American, wkj are
sending out specimens, free of charge,
to all their readers. The subscription
to the paper is §3, 20 for a year, or
$1,60 half year; and and a better in
vestment of money could be hardly be
named.
Feeding Fowls in Cold Weather.
—Whether it be due to caielessiisse, or
to a want of knowledge of the _require
ments of the fowls, wo connot say, but
mauy who keep aud breed fowls adhere
to the old-time practice of feeding corn,
corn, corn, and nothing else, winter and
summer, and then expects their fowls to
do well, to lay plenty of eggs,- and to
keep in goed health. They may, and
no donbt will, get lat on suen food,
when given iu liberal quantities, bnt
then that is not all that is required.
Iri summer the fowls require iood which
will not cause the production of much
fiit, heating nature to successfully re
sist the cold, although it should be giv
en Dot too liberality, or else they will
become too fat; and the food should be
changed at regular intervals to obtain
the best results. During the winter
months it will be found to be a good
plan to warm the grain and other food
before feeding it, aud not leaving the
fowls to run out in the morning before
the weather has become warm. This
latter is very necessary wiili Leghorns
and other large-combed birds. A sup
ply of meat scraps, or a mush made of
corn-meal with a fair proportion of
finely-chopped meat, should • be given
during wiu’er, to supply the absence of
bugs, worms and hoppers which the
summer affords.
The State debt of Tennessee is the
question of most serious concern in the
politics of that state. The bondhold
ers appear to have been very liberal m
offers of compromise, but even these
were not aggreable to the people and
the legislators. There are now two
propositions pending.
The last proposition of the holders of
the bonds Is to take as a compromise
the fnll amount of their debt with four
per cent, interest. The other proposi
tion is sixty per cent, of the debt with
six per cent, interest. The Nashville
American says it seems to be generally
understood that Gov. Porter, following
out the particular line of financial poli
cy that has marked his administration,
will recommend to the Legislature a
compromise of the State debt at sixty
cents on ike dollar at four per cent, in
terest, or fifty cents on the dollar at six
per cent, interest, both being prette
mnch the same in effect, with the bal
ance m favor of the low rate of inter
est.
—-t
The verdict of the jury in -the cases
against Gen. Sheridan for seizing the
Killona plantation appears to have been
another instance in which the law was
was made to fit a political pnrpo.-e. As
we understand it from the brief notices
seen, the court deeided that Gen. Sher
idan’s military order for taking posses
sion of the plantation was illegal, bnt
it nevertheless gave judgement in his
favor on the ground that as an inf i/ide
al (the character in which he was sued}
ha helped to put the rightful owner in
possession. That may be good law ad
ministered in a political Sense, but con
found ns if we can see the consistency
of it
The London Times is of the opinion
that the reported arrival of Yakoob
Eahn at Jellalabad cannot yet' be re
garded as complete submission of the
Afghans, as a nation to the English
terms, bat may bo-accepted as a sign
of willingness of a large and powerful
section to treat with the British.
In spite of absorbing natnre of Edi
son’s labors on the electric light, he
has found time to so far improve his
telephone that it is expected to make
practical vocal communication across
the Atlantic cable; that, too, with a
cciver without a magnet.
THE POTENCY OF MATTER. -
Consider the cycle of operations by
which the seed produces the plant the
plant the flower, the flower again the
seed, the casual line retaining with the
fidelity of a planetary orbit to its origi
nal point of departure. Who or what
planned this molecular rhythm? We
do not Enow science even fails to in
form ns whether it was ever “planned”
at ail. Yonder butterfly has a spot of
orange on its wing; and if we look at a
drawing made a centnry ago of the an
cestors of that butterfly, we probably
find the self same spot upon the wiug.
For a century the molecules have de
scribed their cycles. Butterflies have
begotten, have been born,, and have
died, still we find in tLem molecu ar ar
chitecture reproduced. Who or what
determined this persistency of recur
rence? We.do not know; bnt nre stand
within car intellectual range when we
sav that.there is probably notbiug in
that wing which may not yet find its
Newton to prove that the principle in
volved in its construction is quariative
ly the same as those brought into play
in the formation of the solar system.
We may even take a step further., aud
affirm that the brain of man—the organ
of his reason and sense—without which
he can neither think nor feel is also an
as3?mblege of molecules, acting and re
acting according to low. Here, howev
er, the methods pursued in mechanical
science come to an end; and if asked to
deduce from the physical interaction of
the brain molecules -the least of the
phenomena of sansation or thought, we
must acknowledge our helplcness. The
association of both with the matter oi
the bf-dn may be as certain as the asso
ciation of light with the rising of the
sun. Biit whereas iu the latter case we
have unbroken mechanical connection
between the sun and the organs, in the
former case logical continuity disap
pears. Between molecular mechanics
anil conspiciousness is interposed a fis
sures over which the ladder of physical
reasoning is incompetent to carry hs.
We must, therefore, accept the observ
ed association as au impirical fact,
witkon* being able to briugit tinder the
yoke oi rt priori deduction.— Tyndall,
Teichinoiis Poke in Chicago.—The
health officer of Chicago has been re
cently directing Lis attention to the ex
istence bf trichinae iu pork. The re
sults of his investigation are interesting
and significant. It was intended to ex
amine one thousand animals, but on ac
count of the urgency of an early report
the average of the first hundred were
taken as a sample. This gave a propor-
tian of 8 per cent of the animals infect
ed. It is worth while mentioning that
the hams were in all cases apparently
free of the disease, and that the ten
derloin is the most viLcted part. Some
hogs contained thirty-five to the cubic
inch. As a comfort to lovers of pork,
however, it should be stated that the
animal is destroyed at a comparatively
low temperature, so that no ill flflect
follows the eating of well cooked meat
Pickling does not destroy the vitality
of parasite, but the employment of sul
phurous acid in the lime kilis it at on
ly a small additional expense. The ac
id is easily removed after the pickling
process.—N. Y. Bulletin.
SUGAR-CURING HAMS.
New Advertisements.
First sec that the hams tire perfectly:
cold after the hog has been slaughter-:' PicUlOS and Organs at FacIO *
ed.- Wheu no more animal heat re-j fy Rates,
mains cut ont the round bone so as not j
to leave the ham too thick, then rub j ^^^dSKopucnoN sale, commencins Xov.
ii *.v i» « i *1 i, i-wu magnificent instruments from be^t
well \rith common suit, and leave them tors to be placed, fo • -
in a small tub for three days, j
turning them over in the salt now and I
then. If left in tin it is apt to rust. | snm^ig 1
and that will not make the hams look
.15 days test t
C years written puar-
introductio
A Chinese finferel of an odd ckarac
ter took place in a far West city, a few
days ago. An American band headed
the procession, which was composed of
Chinamen wearing badges and o:Lt-v
decorations denotaing their rank, while
to a large covered vehicle that foil iwed
the hearse were seated a number of fe
male musicians^--a regular Chinese
band, in fact. The noise made by the
Celestial musicians was such that after
they came tip and passe d, not an ■
other Dote from the American baud was
lit ard. Behind the native baud came a
wagon leaden with roast pig and all
manner of good things eatable and
drinkable tc be left al; the grave. Strips
of paper pierced in three place? with
cresent shaped. holes, in rows of five,
were strewn*by thousands along the
whole route of the precession.
Col. Dennis Kearney accuses Mr.
Hayes of breach of faith. He says
Bntherford promised to send a special
message to Congress on the Chinese
question, bnt failed to do so. He de
nounces the President as a condemned
Ananias. There is, says tne Augusta
Chronicle, a homely proverb that Mr.
Hayes ought to have remembered be
fore giving the agitator an audience.
There is a feeling in San Francisco
averse to Scott and Gould’s becoming
the Pacific Railroad kinga. The Morn
ing Call says: “Our railroads are in
mnch better hands for San Francisco
than they would be were they controll
ed by Goald and Scott. And yet we are
confident that GoulJ and Scott wonld
just as lief wound the feelings of San
Francisco on tni3 point as they wonld
bribe a Congressmen.
able, terms liberal.
Oct 25, td.
Two members of tlie house of Bepre-
senfatives died at Wasliingion within
three days. They are Mr. Williams of
Michigan, and Mr. Beverly Douglass of
Yirgiaia. Hon. Gilbert C, Walker, of
Virginia is also repoeted to be quite sick,
re- [ AH these gentlemen are Demo
crats.
unpleasant taste to the ham.
the salt has extracted all the blood
throw aw*y the brine and add the fol
lowing: For two hams of' eighteen
pounds each take one pound of moist
brown sngar, one pound of common
salt, two ounces of pulverized salt-petre,
and two teaspoonfuls of fine cayenne
pepper. Sprinkle over first half of the
saltpetre; rnb well, first with the salt
petre, ther with salt; fill up the hock as “ts.rice.potat.
fnll of salt as it will retain. Then
sprinkle over half the red pepper and
sngar. Turn over the hams and pro
ceed with the under side as directed
for the upper. This done and all the
ingredients well rubbed in, put the
hams into something large enongh to
hold them and the liqnor which will be
formed. Keep tlieein always covered
with salWuid turn them over every day.
After they have lain in this state three
or four days pour over them a quart of
the best cider vinegar, and leave them
in this brine one month; bnt be sure
and turn them over often in the brine.
If they are only intended for pickiod
haras, not to be smoked, take them out
of the brine or pickle at the end of the
month, put them to drain till perfectly
dry, then powder with coarse flour and
hang in a dry place. The same bune
will do to use again, but for the second
set of hams, if cured in that pickle
iliere must not be much salt used. If
the hams are to be smoked, have them
well drained when taken out; hang up
for two or three days in dry weather
before smoking, brushing off ull the
salt which adheres. Smoke from three
to four months. Hickoiy wood is the
best to use in smoking meats. When
done take them down and sprinkle with
black pepper over them, wrap in thick
paper and then put each iu a strong
bag, canvas or cotton sheeting, white
wash the bags after tying the hams, and
keep them hung up in a dry, cool place
until needed. The Bural New Yorker
says there is no better way to keep
hams through summer than to hang
them iu the smoke-house, which will
not be needed for smoking in the sum
mer, and keep it perfectly dark. If one
has no smoke-honse hang in a dark
room, pntting each ham into, a canvas
bag closed, sewed np, and whitewash,
the bag thoroughly; and rub them all
over with wood asnes, pack closely in
barrels and eover with wood ashes.
When! w£oie^,nS’o^ vaD - ur ‘ h: gV Th0 Grcat
What Boyal Children Do.—The
education of Qaeen Victoria’s erand-
clirildren is conducted on the principle
that the Prince Consort introduced in
to her family. Particalury is this true
of the children of the Crown Prin
cess of . Germany. They have to rise
i arLy and retire early. During the day
they have punctually to perform their
duties, and to keep strictly the time
allotted to the various branches of
study and recreation. They break
fast at eight with their parents; and
the time between ten in the morning
and five in the afternoon is devoted to
their lessons with an interruption of
ftlie hour for dinner. Accomplishments,
such as riding ?nd skating, receive
rhe same attention as art and science,
h eir meals consist of simple dishes, of
n kich they have their choice, without
being permitted to ask for a substitute
if what is placed before them, does not
suit. Between meals they are not al
lowed to eat. Only inexpensive toys
are placed in their hands, and the
princesses dres3 themselves with the
aid of waiting maids.
jail l)«?pot of 1112 South.
FARM FOR SALE.
of estivation. Good new buUd-
5, JK,5?r\ c ’ ea "r d -■ A nevMvftilius stream of
Ses!^^ 0UI i. d!UT ‘ }. a °' chard of Romani to
acres—bear well. Hole*, cattle, cows
eora and fodder. Also wagons and a
splendid assortment of farming utensils—for sale
if purebaser desires. The present crop—1G bnsbels
eacre, 1 bale coiton to acres wheat,
” L ‘?:P°t atoes .g r oundpe a s. etc—aguali y good.
TOih ordinary manuring, smali tracts of land cuu-
fe?s V , U I^ ed to maSe a !■**» farm, Of-
December 1st. Prices rcason-
M. W. HA VIS,
Perry, Ga.
LUMBER!
near PERRY.
I will furnish on short notice lumber
ont of the very beat timber and at the
The Lowest PHoes.
All Lumber First-class
Mill two miles north.of Ferry near Ma
con road and residence of Alfred Nel
son.
Cull on or address
W. T. GULLEDGE,
Agent for Murray & Harris.
Nov 21 lm
r«ACON, CA.,
MRS. S,L. WHITEHURST,Proprietress
TERMS:
Pei* Day, $1.25. Break
fast, Supper and Lodg
ing, $1.00 Per
week, $7 00.
C c. ANDERSON,
• AiroasF.r at Law,
Hawkiusville, Ga.
03- Will practice in the courts of Pulaski, Hons
ton aud adjoining counties.
ELI WAEBEX.
B. JI. DAVIS.
W ARREN & DAVIS,
ATTOJISETS
at Law,
Perry, Georgia.
At office formerly occnpied by Warren A Griae.
WUi practice in copartnership in the counties of
Houston, Crawford, Taylor, Alacon, Doolj, Pulaski
Wilcox, Dodgo, Telfaii and La wrens.
dec21 ‘77 ti
Notice to Debtors and Creditors,
All persons holding claims against the lati John
C. Ituinph are notified to reader iu au account of
their claims, and all persons indebted to said John
O.Eumph, are requested to settle at once witu
L. D. KUjIPil,
Admr, of John C, Humph.
I IMPLICATION FOR ADMINISTRATION.
Uecbou,—Horrsrov Conan:
Thomas Lane has appli oi for administritiDa on
thi estate of Win. H. Lane,late of said county de
ceased:
The Use Of The Electeic Light in
Agkicultuia*,—The electric light has! c ^“ d: .
- ■^ s _ ,| This is therefore to cite all persons concerned to
D3en pn w to a novel nse 111 France, and appear at the January term lKl'j of the Court of
one calculated to greatly benefit the ^
agricultural community. M, Albiifbfc l iapo2Laal signature this Nov- 15.1*HPi
lights np the corn field? of Mormant
. ulLE i, Ordinary.
D. H. Houser has applied for adraimstraiion on
the eotate of John O, Staley, late if said county de
ceased
This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned
to appear at tue January term 1*79 of th*x Court of
Ordinary of said county, to show cause, if any tb*y
nave, why said application should not he granted.
Witness mj official signature this liov, 15, 187s.
A. b. G1LKS, ordinary.
and Petit Bourg, by utilizing the light, j GEORGIA—Houston Count r:-
He attaches a Gramme machine on the
engine employed for corn entfing, affd
months on the mast an electric light.
Br this means every part of the coun
try is as visable as by daylight, and the
work of harvesting grain goes on con-
Unuous’y by the-aid of fresh hands, . ^ Houstoncbcsrr.
Thus, in threatening weather the entire I u .
crop can be saved without loss or dam- D ,' M: - S t° canilb applied for exemption of patina
v . ,. - t . , , auJ setting apart aud valuation »f homeauad.
age to the farmer. It ls also to be re-1 aad f pa««upoa the ialio u io o clock a m
membered that many farm hands in "328?# ^ l^Gius. OMu»rf."
the hottest days of harvest are prostra-1 .
ted by the heat, and in the co lnes; of A pplication fob dlsjiissiox.
the night cacao nearly doable wo-k „ — col-nty:
O J wu.n. | E. W. Johnson and W. P. Brya:i|, idmini«t.'»
of John Bryant, deceased, have applied for
lisawn from their trust:
> therefore to c;te all x»er3ona concerned to
at the -rl-ircn term 1?579, of the Court of
f staid county, and bUow cause, if any
why sa.d application should n ° he
offii-ial h
iatare thia Nov. 15lh, 187
A *S. (il-LES, Ordinary*
Commissioner Eauh waals an extra I
appropriation of S75.00D to be laid
in a rigid collection of the revenue
the moonshine districts. He
that the receipt? in the Nashville, the
Loaisville-nnd in three North Carolina
districts, where an ample force of ex-.
pert revnae officers were pat at woVk, j GEOEGIA—Houston County:
justly increase ! expenditures. He is j "william»nd j, d. Th'.cpe, excmIL’. u»--x»v=
now preparing to )aid the eastern and : Hanlm Tharpe of mid miuuty deceased, hare ap.’
western Kentucky districts and the eas- concerned to
tern it-mse.s-. I C iil.stnc:. lie propo.v S : appear at the January Term 1872 of the Coart of Or-
tp thoroughly owiran wh.it he calls ‘ £a ' t ? .vretme irany tmtj-
, “the d ::j«! di-sprmie region” of the'.
iiiooI.ii.iut.T~. ! 3.
'hysjj ] applicali.m shonjil not be granted,
ic-1 my al signature this Sept 27, 13'8,
A. o. GILES, Ordinary .