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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.