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TIIE ADVANCE.
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i Friday, December 5 , i»79,-
STANDARD WEIGHTS.
An Act to fix by law the
weight of a bushel of the
and commodities hereinafter
(toned:
See. 1. Be it enacted by the
Assettby of tiie State of Georgia, that
the iegai weight of the following
cles and commodities per bushel shall
he as follows:
Wheat................ 60
Shelled corn............ 56
Corn In the ear.........
J’eas................... 60
life .................... 56
Oats................,. fcC
Barley................. ^4
Irish potatoes........... 60
Sweet potatoes ......... 55
While beans............ 60
Clover seed ............ ^
Timothy seed........... 56
Flax seed............... ^
Hemp seed........ *.... ^
Cotton seed............
Buckwheat............. ..52
Blue grass seed......... 14
Dried peaches (unpeeled) 33
Dried peaches (peeled) .. 38
Dried apples............ 24
Onions................. r ' 7
Slone coal,............. 80
Unslacked lime......... 86
Turnips............... 55
Cofa meal.............. 48
Wheat bran...... ......
Ground peas............ 25
Plastering hair......... 8
Section 2 rcjieals all conflicting law’s.
Approved February 20tb, 1875.
BO ME- AND FARM.
GObn Smut.—T here is no doubt of
the hurtful character of eotft sfffttf,
and cattle should be prevented from
devouring stalks affected with it.—
Where the cattle are worth more than
the labor of saving them, this may be
done by throwing out smutty stalks
by themselves and burning them.
Horses. —The seasou is too far ad¬
vanced for turning horses out at night.
A ddlff rain coming on suddenly may
do dlucli harm. If horses are caught
in the rain and thoroughly drenched,
it will he well to rub them dry and
nlanket them as soon as they reneh
home. But the blankdts should never
Me put on until the horses are thor¬
oughly (Jpy._____________
Sheep.— Dong wool sheep are easily
ebilled by a cokl rain that would not
rtterible a Southdown or Merino.—
Long-wools therefore, require protec¬
tion from rain storms, although the
weather may not bo very cold. An
open shed in the field may he sufficient
If brought into Hie yards at night,
sheep should riot be shut up; they re
quire abundant ventilation, and can
not be crowded with impunity in close
quarters. Where ticks abound, or
scab exist, use tiie Cresylic or other
effective dip.
Coarse fodder, bard and unnutri-
tious,' is the cause of much disease
among stock at tbis seasou. If there
is no pasture available but tiie wood
or a swamp, the animals condemned to
such bard fare should get a cheap
food. A cheap, nutritious and health¬
ful food may bo made by mixiug 100
pounds cotton seed meal and 200 of
oats; add two pounds of Epsom' saltfc
and mix thoroughly. Two pounds a
day or lid* mixture will be found of
remarkable benefit when fed under the
above circumstances.
The value of everything a farmer
buys will probably increase considera¬
bly before long, if the increase has not
atteady begun. Whether agricultural
products advance ib proportion” of
a rigid economy in expenditures will
be prudent. The experience of the
past few years ought not to be soon
forgotten. Every tool, implement,
machine or appliance about the prem¬
ises should be used and preserved
with care; and before anything is
purchased it may well be
if it cannot be produced or madb atf
home. Then the money may be
doubly saved, for the needed article
may be bad without much cost;, and
the money it would have required will
be Btill in the pocket.
A good woman, after the death of
lier husband, had married the brother
of the doparted. 1 She preserved! nev¬
ertheless, in her dining-room, a pic¬
ture of her first 1 spouse. Ouo day a
guest at the tablfe, noticing the por¬
trait, asked her if it was a member of
hfer family. “Yes,” replied the wdy,
frankly, “it is therpBrttwiPof ifly poor
bretber-iii-law.’’
-———
MeGorquodale Liquors. <fc Co., keep every
**aud of Good
It FOR Hit AN DMA."
A bit of a girl, not more than
years old, wearing a faded old hat, and
her calico apron fall of rents and
entlSttsd the fftfcUfffiCe yesterday With
an unstamped letter in her liand and
said to the first person she met:
“Say, I’ve writ a long letter to tny
grandma, and I want to know if
is tflfe frtace t(f feave ft V
“Yes, this is the place,' 1 he
ed,” but yon must put a stamp on
“Won’t they carry a little girl’s
ter to her grandma for nothing ?”
asked.
“I guess not."
“Then I don’t know what to do,
and I ana awful sorry, for I told her I
had a new doll baby, mtd that my
was dead, and that ma was awful
and that the IRtle girl who used
play with me was dead. If
send my letter, I’ll pay just as soon
tnerlcim.”
“I’ll put on a stamp for you,” said
the gentleman as be took the letter.
“Will you ? Now that's real good.
Mebbe I’ll be rich and you’ll be
3 oroe day, and I know I'll lend you
and coffe and whatever you want.
your grandma dead ?’’
“Yes.”
“That’s too Lad I Did she have
scarlet rash of the measles
*T hardly think so. Here—I’m
afraid your letter won’t go.”
“Oh, yes it will, for I got a big
to dftect it and he writ just as slow
and big as could. ♦ »
It was directed: “Fof Grandma-
Ohio,’’ and almost every other
was a capital. The gentleman shook
his head, and the child cried'out:
“See bow big the writing is ! It’ll
go straight to grandma, aod she’ll
tickled to death to hear from me ! I
was roore’n a whole week writing it,
and at the end it says: ‘I’d give any.
Ob, I know it’ll
go!’’
He looked into her child-face and
could say nothing to crush the hopes
she bad cherished and the work she
bad accomplished.
“It may reach her,’’ he said as he
posted it.
“And she’ll write back and tell me
if any oi her cats are dead, and if the
hens have got any more chickens, and
if any more boys have fallen into the
mill pond I Just think of me writing
to my grandma way off, and grandma
Writing buck and putting a regular
stamp on the letter I I can’t wait, for
I know I’ll feel awful big over the
other girls! Well, good-bye—I’ll pay
yon just as soon as ever I can, and I
bope to die H I don’t V—Detroit Free
Press.
THE BUTCHER WHO LOST.
A hump shouldered old man, follow¬
ed by a dog which seemed to have
Pasted- fot a year past,entered a Wood¬
ward' aV'Chilb btiftcbe¥-sht>p' the other
day and made some inquiries about
the price of smoked hams. The butch-
er saw the dog, of course, and whoev-
er saw a butcher who didn't want to
know all about a dog 7
“Is that a good coon dog ?” asked
the butcher as he patted the shy canine
on the head.
“Ofi, no—he's a trick dog," answer¬
ed the owner.
“Is, eh ? what tricks can he do ?’
“Oh, a dozen or two. He has one
very peculiar trick, though. Would
you litre to see him do it ?”
“I vfd’JlYt'hdt. What is it V
The man directed the Ihttclier to
put a pound of nice beafsteak on a
sheet of clean brown paper and place
the whole on the dbotstep: He' then
said to liis dog, which had watched
matters very keenly:
“Now, Cato, I am about to call on
you to perform a trick. You have
never gone back on me jtet', add Tliave
perfeWtf confidence in you now. Cato,
do yon see that meat V’’
Cato saw it He walked over to it,
seized it in bis mouth, and as he went
up the street it was bad to tell dog
from dust.
"Hum I yes muttered tiie butch¬
er;-“do you*call'that a trick f*’
“J do,’’ confidently replied the man.
“Well) it’s a titrated mean one.”
“Just so—just so,” replied the man.
“You-couldn’t expect such a
dog afi' that’ tb' be around playing
tricks on a guitar or harp, could you ?
I'll see you later about the hams.”—
Detroit Fret Press.
She certainly had a pretty foot, but
after all it didn't make half so much
impression on him as the old man’s.
You will and 1 afitry iter the very
best Imported 1 Brandies, Whiskies and
Wines for medicinal'ptftposes.
A. P. Duke.
To makebomi! happy, subscriber fof’ the
AbvAKofc—- tS-per annum-
WHY HE KISSED HER AND
Why she wept.
A lady friend lias transmitted to ns
the following “Gpfoion of the Tress’
>n ah parts of the world, upon the
subject of the text which tells you that
J“C -b kissed Rachel and lifted up his
Toicft nn< * wept: -v
If Eachel was a pretty girl, and kept
ber face clean, we can’t see what Jacob
bad (o cry about-Daily Tel^dpll.
H” w do you know but that she
tapped his face for him.—Ladies Trea¬
srtry.
Weeping is not nuffetjuently pro-
duced by extreme pleasure, joy, hap
ness; it might have been so in Jacob’s
case.— Hardwickc's City Gossip.
The cause of Jacob’s weeping was
the refusal of Rachel to allow him to
kiss her again,— Nonconformist-
It is our opinion that Jacob Wept
because he had not kissed Rachel be¬
fore, and he wept for the time he had
lost.— The City Press.
The fellow wept, because the girl did
not kiss’ him .—Pall Mall Gazette.
Jacob wept because Rachel told him
to “do it twice more,” and he was
afraid to.—Methodist Recorder.
Jacob cried because Rachel thfeat-
ened to tell her mamma. —Sunday Ga¬
zette.
He wept Lbcunao there was only one
Rachel to kiss. —Ctcrkcuwell New s,
England.
Ho wept for joy because it tasted so
good.— Jewish CU'toiiieXO.
He thought it was fast color, and
wept to find the paint come off.— Fine
Art Gazette.
We reckon Jacob cried because
Rachel had beoD eating onions.—
British Standard, Eng;
Our own opinion is that Jacob wept
because he found after all it was not
half what it was cracked up to be.—
New Zealand Famine tier.
A mistake—not his eyes but his
mouth watered.— The Ladies Chrom¬
dU.
He remembered lie was Ire? Tronic-
and recollected what the Prayer Book
says. — Church Journal.
He was a fool and did not know
what was good for Lira.— Englishwo¬
man's Adviser.
He knew there was a time to weep
—it had come, and lie dare not put it
off. — Methodist News.
He thought she might have a big
brother. — Sporting Ch/onicle.
Because there was no time for an¬
other.— Express'.
When he lifted up his voice he
toriiiaTt was heavy, and could not get it
up so high as he expected.-— Musical-
, Notes.
He tried to impose on her feelings,
because he wanted her to lend him
five shillings.— Baptist Guide.
Amen to all. Beneath the starry
vault or golden sun is there aught in
nature or in art equal to 1 the failure
and intense deliciousness of the first
kiss? I answer verily, No. Jake had
kissed said 1 maiden before, and’
never
his first realization of crowding a
life’s deliciousness in these moments
i overcame liim,> and he wept for joy.—
Hornsey Hornet.
He wept because bo was cohscioilk of
having lied and stolen Esau’s birth¬
right, and was a fugitive, and knew
also that lie was a fraud on Rachel.
Conscience will do its work.— Savan¬
nah Recorder.
A WO&DERUL SCENE.
An unusual scene for Europe,that of
the sun not setting,but sbiningthrough
whole night, is to lie witnessed
from the summit of Mount Avnx, in
Finland, near Torrioe, at Sixty-six
degrees latitude. Every year, on June
23, a multitude of people of different
nations visit that mountain to witness
the interesting spectacle. According to
the reports of the Finn Journals this
year there were on Mount Avax about
three hundred travellers. Three of
these were Englishmen, two French¬
men one was a Russian. There were
several Germans, Danes and Swedes,
and the rest were Finns. The Gov-
ennent of Finland is now erecting ou
Mount Avax a hotel for the accom¬
modation of travelers.
W. T. SAXON
is stUl al hireftd atanfi’^lth sf Ml liite’o'f
Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco,
CONFECTIONERIES, &c.,
Which he will sel! as cheap as the cheapest
LAGER BEER
on draught and in bottles.
It want to feet good give him a call.
He solicits is thankful continuance for past'Hy’ors, the and earnest- prom¬
lv a or same,
ising to do all in his power to merit your
patronage. OCtl7-ly
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