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A Honey Grove.
It ia not often that so admirably
well informed a pnblieation as the
Mannfaotnrerß’ Rioord get left, but to
judge from the following in its ourrent
issue, it is evident that some rascally
wag has succeeded in imposing upon
its credulity:
*'aeorgia has long been noted for its
remarkable productions. It ha 6 more
wonderful things to boast over, or at
least boasts over more wonderful
things than any other state in the Un
ion. If anything out ot the usual line
is heard, nine times out of ten it is safe
to guess that came from Georgia. And
now oeorgia comes to the front again.
This time it is a honey grove, or rath
era grove of honey trees.
“The etory goes, its reliability is,
of coarse, unquestioned, for no one is
surprised at hearing of new and mar
velous things in Georgia, that some
years ago a swarm of bees settled in a
large hollow oak and remained there
undisturbed for three year*. At the
end of that time the owner of the tree
concluded that he would tap the tree
by boring in it with an anger and in
serting a faucet. His success was great,
and six barrels of pure honey flowed
out. In a few days he noticed a large
number of young twigs putting out
from the body of the tree, and palling
off one, found that instead of sap,
honey ran out.
“Then a bright idea struck bim,
and he took 300 of these twigs and
planted them At the end of three
years tbe£ bad grown so large that be
determined to experiment, and so bor
pd a hole ime one of the trees. What
was his joy to find his expectation*
fully realised and a stream of pure
honey ran out. then he qaickly or
dered 300 faucets and inserted them
nto the trees. As he turned them on
she honey flowed freely, and be aveiag
ed 10 gallons from each tree. The
next year each tree yielded 20 gallons,
anc last year the amount increased to
one barrel to oach tree Next'”
The Brown Appi'iDt***.
By the terms of the Brown don a
tion fond each son of the senator has a
right to appoint one beneficiary of the
fund. They have just exereised the
right for the first time, Maj. Cebb re
oently received their appointments for
three vacancies for the coming year.
Mr. Julias Brown appointed O. C.
Houghton, Mr. Joe M. Brown, M. C
Houghton of Hartwell, Mr. Geo.
Brown and Joseph Smith of Green
ville. The only difference between
the appointee* and other benefioiar.es
is that they are not required to stand a
competitive examination.- [Banner
Watchman
Wbt shall it profit the industrious
and eobsr workingmen of this country
if the price of whisky shall be reduced
to 25 cents per gallon, while they
most continue to pay high taxes upon
the materials of their labor and the
necessaries of their families? Cheap
and abundant whisky is the base bribe
which the Republican leaders offer to
workingmen as an inducement to pa
tiently bear the grievous taxes that
are imposed on them for the aggran
diaement of trus‘s and monopolies
Misdeed of a Texas Pony.
A “culud” gentleman came to town
Saturday afternoon last, riding a poDy
of the genus Texas, which he fastened
to one of the hitching racks. Wend
ing his way down town he had a gal
lon jug which had accompanied him
and the pony to town filled with a lair
grade of epiritus frumenti, at the
a une time purchasing several pounds
of sugar with which to take some cf
the lightning out of his liquid refresh
ment. These he tied to the pancel of
his saddle on each side of the Texas
and then went on his way probably iD
search of a candidate. At any rate be
remained away for sometime and what
was his dismay upon returning to tind
that his sugar and whisky were mix
ed. The pony had taken a notion to
have a wallow, probably on a< 0 >un
of tbe attack of the fleas which chick
en raisera aeeuse him of importing to
this country, at any rate he had the
wallow and in so doing spilled the so
gar out of the bag, broke the jug
which held the whi ky, and the sad
sight same near fracturing the darkey’s
heart.—[Quitman Free Press.
“Great dissatisfaction has be-~n ob
rained amongst what are known < s
fourth olass postoffiees, on account of
the meagre compensation allowed
them. There is scarcely a iuuth clash
office in the United States, but what
has petitioned congress tor a oorrecti< n
of this injustice. Acting probably ia
obedience to these petitions the com
na tee has reported a bill doing away
with this class of offices and bavinp
only first, second and third-class of
fices. In addition to this, which may
increase the salaries somewhat, com
pensation ’ allowed for rent, light ard
tael. This arrangement will doubt
less be much more satisfactory.**
An esteemed Northern contempora
ry says that oue may easily aympa
thizs with old Teoumseh Sherman’*
wish that the man who composed
“Marching through Georgia” hsi
been haDged first. The tune is nnme
iodious, idictic, offenaive to musical
ears, and only fit for barbarians. Let
some, let any other musical ebes 1 aat
be substituted for it by the band lead
era.’*
Another sily nineteen year old boy
turns np in Atlanta and blows a hole
through his skull, where brains should
be—because some chit of a girl won’t
marry him. If this sort of people
could only be recognized at sight, eu
thanasia would probably beoome one
of the regularly ordained instruments
of the law.—[Exchange.
W. J. Andrews sometimes wears a
coat that his great grandfather used to
wear in North Carolina and which ill
-12 years old. It is made of linen and cot
ton, whioh was spun, colored and wov
en by the wife of ita original owner.
It is cut in the Continental style, and
the buttons are round mo ride cut
from a gourd and covered with cloth.
The question raised by the Chicago
platform ia whether the American peo
ple will aeeept the base bribe of ohetp
whisky aa an alternative to redaction
of taxes upon the raw materials of
their labor and the necessaries of their
familes.
FREE TO ALL.
Call at the Store of General Mer
chandise & Plantation Supplies,
Dry Goods, Notions,
’tQofa, 'fco.vkvwb'vt,
4
Flour and Meat, Sugar and Coffee, for Cash, or Country Produce
Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Price.
W. C. J. GARRISON, Homer, Georgia.
Cheap Cash Store,
General Merchandise
SUPPLIES, DRY GOODS A NOTIONS.
Keep on hand a full stock of Groceries, Flour, Meal. Meat, Sugars,
Coffees, Teas, Molases, Tobacco and Cigars. Country Produce Taken
in Exchange at Highest Market Price. When in town call in.
Notions and Groceries*
J. E. STEPHENS, HOMER, GA.
A Nice Line of Confectioneries,
XvA, 'Soamaji Qjcddb,
sKvJSb, 'SaIo.CCQ OAA,d,
C'Min'ry Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market prices.
