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* A Model Farmer. Prominent among the leading agri culturists present at the Grange Con vention recently held in Atlanta, was Judge B. H. Zellner, of Monroe county. Judge Zellner is a model farmer, and one whose excellent example should be imitated by every intelligent farmer in the South. He was an earnest advo cate of the policy embraced in the resolutions of the Convention, to give greater prominence to the cultivation of provisions, by planting less cotton in future. He stated that he had pur sued that line of policy from the beginning. He improved his land by keeping cotton from it, and turning vegetation under. His plan is to turn green crops under in the fall, before the maturing of the seed. He ploughs, cross-ploughs, and sows again. His stock is kept in pasture, and not al lowed to go into the woods. He pays cash for all he buys, and for all the labor he employs; and by so doing has kept out of debt for many years. His cotton crop is clear cash profit. * Ener gy, perseverance and economy have made him a most successful fanner. His farm is a bright sample of what these qualities, added to practical intel ligence, will accomplish. flow to Allay Panics. Mr. Bagehot, the eminent writer on financial topics, holds the theory that commercial panics are largely mental phenomena, and that they can be allayed by remedies addressed to the imagination —that is to say, by a plentiful sup ply of money to frightened people by the banks at the first outbreak. It is a curious fact that panics occur in London every ten years with almost perfect regularity. The distress, misery, starvation and death resulting from “panics” in our country are terrible facts, and can not “be allayed by remedies addressed to the imagination,” as this foreign and eminent financial Bag-o’-Shot intimates. Nor does it take ten years for the honesty of the banks of this country to “grow small by degrees and beautifully less,” until its total evaporation is con summated in a so-called “crash.” The State Horticultural Society, we learn, proposes to meet in Atlanta on Thursday, January 29th prox. We learn from J. J. Toon, Esq., the able and energetic Secretary, that the Socie ty will take into consideration the pro priety of holding bi-monthly exhibitions of garden and orchard products, at va rious points throughout the State, dur ing the coming season. It will also discuss the best means for promoting and encouraging the production of or chard and garden fruits. This is an excellent field for the farmers, and oth ers Interested in the progress of Geor gia, to labor in. The diversifying of our agricultural system demands the earnest attention of all intelligent men, and, as a very practical and very efficient means lor this desirable end, we hope that the deliberations of the State Agricultural Society, at this meeting, will secure the the full endorsement of our people, and that their labors will be crowned with the success they so eminently deserve. IB In Hand. —The proceedings of the recent Agricultural Convention is now in the hands of the printer, and will be ready for distribution by the Secretary of the State Grange, at an early day. They will bo read with interest. The Convention was a success, and was the first step in the right direction. In this connection, we cannot refrain from referring to the officers of the Convention. Rev. 1). E. Butler, Chair man, is a man of noble impulses, pure of head and heart, and has but few equals as a presiding officer. Possess ing all of the requisites of fine admin istrative ability, he won for himself praise from Hit' people, whom he so much loves. Messrs. Taylor and Toon, Sec retaries, were “ the right men in the right place.” Many of our citizens h ive, anil should, in sure their lives for the benefit of their families* Rut before doing so, they should carefully study the organization, the advantage and dis advantages of the several kinds of companies. Insurance agents often, and really unintention ally misrepresent the matter. They believe their company the best, when it is not so. And when in after years the policy holder discovers his mistake, he also finds it will cost him an increased amount to get into the better com pany, simply because of his greater age. In another column, this question is discussed un der the head of “The Question of a Safe and Profitable Insurance Company.’’ I Personal.—Among the most effi cient and reliable Insurance Agents, f our worthy friend, Dr. Win. H. White, of the North-western Mutual Life. j , stands prominent. We are glad to ; i learn that he, like the Company he [ r represents, is prospering. 6588611 GE ANGE.'-- Agricultural Industry. “We are liable at times to overlook the obvious truth that the germ of all the wealth and power and grandeur we see around us is to be found in the sim ple fiat of Omnipotence, that man should ‘till the ground from whence he was taken,’ and that all our marvelous civilization depends directly upon agri cultural industry for its perpetuity as well as its further development. “Yet such is the fact. It lies at the very foundation of social order, and forms the basis of every profitable pur suit that can possibly engage the ener gies of mankind. Without it, not a solitary avocation known to civilized society could be pursued for a single day. To have a clear conception of this important truth, you have simply to reflect that perhaps nine-tenths of all the vast variety of materials upon which the manufacturer exercises his craft are directly or indirectly the pro ducts of agricultural labor, and that almost the sole office of commerce con sists in the dissemination of those same products, either in their natural state, or as modified by the skill of the manu facturer ; while both the artisan and the merchant, as well as all other classes of society, are immediately dependent upon the labor of the husbandman for the very means of sustaining life itself. Or, if you would realize still more ful ly the paramount importance of this great branch of industry over all other human pursuits, you have only to im agine, if you can, what would be the inevitable consequences of a total sus pension of all agricultural production whatever. Let all the cotton, the wool, the flax, the hemp, the corn, the wheat, and the thousands of other commodities of prime necessity, to say nothing of the innumerable luxuries which are produced alone by the culti vation of the earth, be entirely with drawn from use; and what then would be the condition of our race ? Let everybody of every class be remitted to the necessity of depending upon the spontaneous bounty of nature, or the precarious fortunes of the chase and the fishery for even the commonest necessaries of life, and what would be the fate of all our boasted civilization ? The din of the factory would be hush ed, the spindle would cease its perpet ual whirl, and the roaring furnace would be silent. The wheels of the locomotive would rest upon their idle axles, and the ship rot sailorless in the useless dock. The bat would flit through the silent halls of legislation, and the fox make his den in the de serted forum. The owl would perch upon the broken printing press,and the serpent coil beneath the moldering al tar-piece of the crumbling cathedral. The rank weed would flourish in the lonely" thoroughfare of the depopulated citv, and the blissful precints of Long Branch become a melancholy realiza tion of the poet’s mournful picture of the desolation of Balclutha. Society itself would disintegrate and topple into ruin. The President would aban don his “cottage by the sea,” the Sena tor would leave his ponderous speech half written, the judge would cast aside the ermine, the banker would quit his balance sheet, the lawyer would de sert his office, the doctor “throw physic to the dogs,” and the clergyman rush from the sacred desk, all to mingle in the universal strife for the coarsest morsel of food that could alleviate the pangs of hunger. And, finally, the remnant which might escape the terri ble ravage of universal famine, or the more horrible exactions of cannibalism, would sink into a level with the naked Bushman of Africa, who is looked down upon with contempt by his more intel ligent neighbors—the gorrilla and the baboon. Then you would see the beauteous ‘belle of the season,’ who toils through the intricate mazes of the last new dance, with a first-rate farm on her back and a valuable house and lot hung to each ear, catching’grass hoppers for her dinner, or embroidering a pair of raw-hide moccasins for her favorite suitor. While the ‘glass of fashion and the mould of form,’ who cocks his number-six hat on one side of his exquisite head and contemplates the propriety of his necktie, or the set of his back hair in a thousand-dollar look ing-glass, would realize in its fullest force the brief but peremptory mandate of necessity, ‘root, little hog, or die.’ ” —Hon. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky. W. L. Scruggs, of Georgia, has been confirmed by the Senate as Minister to the United States of Columbia, at Bogota. Mr. Scruggs has been in Columbia several months. What the Press says About the Georgia Grange. “The paper is a model of neat ty pography, and can be made one of the most popular journals of the day.”— Savannah News. “Devoted to the farming and indus trial interests of the country. In typographical appearance, it certainly excels any other paper published in the State.”— Griffin News. “A new and handsome eight-page paper, recently started in Atlanta, Ga., devoted entirely to the interests of the Patrons of Husbandry.”— Cuthbert Ap peal. “A large, elegantly-printed paper, published weekly, in Atlanta, by the Georgia Grange Company, in the inter ests of the new Order of Patrons of Husbandry. Gives evidence of con scientious editing. — Wilmington (N. C.) Star. “It presents a beautiful appearance, is a splendid specimen of newspaper printing, and is put together by those well tutored in every branch of the art. Success to it.— Cartersville Standard and Express. “It is certainly a beautiful, readable paper, refecting great credit in its editorial and selected matter upon its conductors, and in its typographical department.— Sumter Republican. “The paper is devoted to the Arm ing and industrial interests of the country, and if the initial number is a sample of the future character of the journal, we can say unhesitatingly, The Grange will be a first-class weekly. The copy before us is filled with choice literary and fireside reading, and nu merous articles and items concerning the organizstion, whose cause it will defend, and is faultless in its typo graphical execution.” —Neitnan Herald. “This is undoubtedly one of the very best gotten up Grange organs. Contents excellent; paper and type fine.” — Rural Southland, New Orleans. “We have made several selections from The Grange, and if each number continues as good as the first, we must admit that it is possible for a good thing to come out of Atlanta.” — Mil ledgeville Union and Recorder. “The typography and general make up cannot be excelled. It is published (as its name indicates) in the interest of the Grangers, and is bound to be come one of the most popular papers of the day. — Barnesville Gazette. “It is large and well printed, the heading is in black and green, and a green border is around every page. It is edited with care, and has a great variety of subjects.”— Buckeye (Ohio) Farmer. “We unhesitatingly pronounce it one of the finest specimens of the ty pographical art we have ever seen pub lished in the State. And more than that, its matter is also gotten up with taste and ability. The Grange repre sents and advocates the interests of the Patrons of Husbandry in this State, already numbering ten thou sand.”—Carroll County Times. “It is a large eight-page journal, in large type, well printed, with fancy title page, and filled with valuable mat ter from every department of business, but more especially with Grange infor mation.”—Thomasville Enterprise. “ We have not seen a more hand somely appointed paper in the State than this. It is just such a paper as the agricultural classes have long need ed, issued weekly, largely devoted to the interests of farmers, complete in every department, ably edited and neatly printed, it is bound to succeed. Send for a specimen copy, or call at this office and we will show you a copy, of which, as a contemporary journal ist, we feel proud.”— Catoosa Courier. “In both editorial matter and typo graphical execution, we must class it as one of the finest papers we have seen. It is devoted to the interests of the Grangers, and they should certain ly give it a hearty support. — Houston Home Journal. “In typographical execution equal, and in some respects superior, to any publication of- its class in the United States. Its title is a beautiful design, exhibiting rural scenes, the trees and shrubbery the natural color. It is well edited, and has a mass of information in regard to the objects and workings of the Order in that Stat ■ and through out the Union, which cannot fail to be productive of good. We give it a hearty welcome to our ranks.— lowa Homestead. “The neatest paper published in America, and a triumph to American art. Let our Grange friends call at our office and examine the copy, and we know that each and every one will en dorse it as worthy not only of being the organ of the Grangers, but the best agricultural paper published on the continent.” — Barnesville Patriot. “Its get-up and general typograph ical excellencies surpass anything that has yet appeared in Georgia journalism. As its name indicates, it is devoted to the objects of the Grange movement, and the interests of the agricultural > community generally. We pronounce it a success, and it should receive the hearty support of every farmer in the South.— Talbotton Standard. “We unhesitatingly pronounce it a success from the start. Its typograph- i ical execution is simply faultless. It ' is the hixndsoinest periodical ever pub lished in Georgia. It will doubtless become, (as it certainly deserves to,) the organ of the Georgia Patrons, and we wish it success. It is a new and bright feather in Atlanta’s journalistic cap. — Atlanta Herald. “Its typographical execution and general make-up is unexcelled by any other paper in the State. It contains all the latest news in regard to the several Granges in Get rgia and other States. "—Dahlonega Mountain Signal. Monroe County. This good old county justly enjoys an enviable reputation for the progress, wealth, intelligence and high standing of her citizens. During the recent Ag ricultural Convention, her different Granges sent up able and worthy rep resentatives in the following gentlemen: Judge B. H. Zellner, Capt.L. A. Ponder, Judge Jas. M. White, M. T. Harper, Esq., Col. John R. Ralls; Messrs. Hol land and Davis, of Culloden Grange ; Col. E. Taylor, Secretary State Grange; ’Lige Taylor, Mr. Perkins, J. S. Lawton, Master of Forsyth Grange, and others. All clever gentlemen and good farmers. ■ We are always glad to see them, and to receive results of their planting for the readers of The Grange. More Monopoly. The most superficial observer cannot fail to see that we are at present in a most critical position, so far as the im mediate development of our manufac tures is concerned. In the matters of quality of material used, skill on the part of our operatives, and good busi ness management on the part of our manufacturers, we are abreast of the rest of the world, if not a little ahead of them. But then, on the other hand, it must be remembered that labor is more costly with us than it is in Eu rope, and that our manufacturers have not the same command of capital that is posessed by their rivals across the wa ter, so that thus far the balance of cir cumstances has been rather against us than in our favor. At length, however, circumstances have conspired to give us the advantage; the high price to which coal has attained in England, and the numerous strikes into which her work men have entered, have taken away from her that high vantage-ground upon which she has hitherto stood, and an opening has thus been made in the markets of the world fdt the products of American industry. We all know how little it takes to turn the tide of commerce in any required direction; and especially do we know how very little it takes to stop it. With nations as with individuals, “There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the full, leads on to fortune I” That tide is now rising towards high water on our shores, and if we are quick to take advantage of it, we can place ourselves in a position from which we cannot be easily dislodged. But just at this time, when the very crisis of our manufactur ing industry is at had, those having control of the matter see fit to raise the price of one of the most essential of the material elements of success. Coal, which is the very life of all manufactures, has increased so in price that every branch of industry feels the deadly influence. Gigantic monopolies, controlling under one management en tire regions, and possessed of a capital of over thirty millions of dollars, insist upon still furtherenriching themselves, come what may to every other kind of industry. Possessed of abundance of power, but at the same time being like all other monopolies, shortsighted, self ish and penurious, they raise the cost of labor by increasing the price of the necessaries of life; they raise the cost of the motive power that rolls our iron or drives our spindles, and they increase the cost of transportation by adding to the first cost of the machinery and to the expense of operating it. If, un der these circumstances, our manufac turers succeed in taking advantage of the grand opening which has been made for them, it will be a wonder. To the coal monopolists, however, we mav pro perly say, “Gentlemen, you are pursu ing a shoitsighted and suicidal policy ; you are emphatically killing the goose that lays the golden egg.”— lndustrial Monthly. * Change in Organization of Subordinate Grange*. By resolution of the Georgia State Grange, at its recent Macon session, each Master of local Granges was empowered to organize neighboring Granges. A fee of five dollars, and one dollar ger capita for males (over nine), are required from each organi zation. A farmer of Irwin county made twelve hundred bushels of sweet pota toes on ten acres of land this season. 1 PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. Constitution of the Order of Ute Patrons of Husbandry, and By-Laws of the National Grange. Adopted at the Sixth Annual Session of the Na tional Grange, January, 1873. CONSTITUTION. A rticle I Officers. Section 1. The officers of a Grange, either National, State, or Subordinate, consist of and rank as follows: Master, Overseer, Lecturer, Steward, Assistant Steward, Chaplain, Treas urer, Secretary, Gate-keeper, Ceres, Pomona, Flora, and Lady Assistant Steward. It is their duty to see«that the laws of the Order are car ried out. Sec. 2. How Chosen.— ln the Subordinate Granges, they shall be chosen annually; in the State Granges, once in two years; and in the National Grange, once in three years. All elections to be by ballot. Vacancies by death or resignation to be filled at a special election at the next regular meet ing thereof; officers so chosen to serve until the annual meeting. Sec. 3. The Master of the National Grange may appoint members of the Order as depu ties to organize Granges where no State Grange exists. Sec. 4. There shall be an Executive Com mittee of the National Grange, consisting of three members, whose terms of office shall be three years, one of whom shall be elected each year. Sec. 5. The officers of the respective Granges shall be addressed as “ Worthy.” Article ll— Meetings. Section 1. Subordinate Granges shall meet once each month, and may hold intermediate meetings as may be deemed necessary for the good of the Order. All business meetings are confined to the fourth degree. Sec. 2. State Granges shall meet annually, at such time and place as the Grange shall from year to year determine. Sec. 3. The National Grange shall meet an nually on the first Wednesday in February, at such place as the Grange may from year to year determine. Should the National Grange atfiourn without selecting the place of meeting the Executive Committee shall appoint the place, and notify the Secretary of the National Grange and the Masters of State Granges, at least thirty days before the day appointed. Article lll—Laws. The National Grange, at its annual session, shall frame, amend, or repeal such laws as the good of the Order may require. All laws of State and Subordinate Granges must conform to this Constitution and the laws adopter! .by the National Grange. Article IV—Ri/waZ. The Ritual adopted by the National Grange shall be used in all Subordinate Granges, and any desired alteration in the same must be sub mitted to, and receive the sanction of, the Na tional Grange. Article V—Jfe mbersh ip. Any person interested in agricultural pur suits, of the age of sixteen years (female), and eighteen years (male), duly proposed, elected, and complying with the rules and regulations of the Order, is entitled to membership and the benefit of the degrees taken. Every appli cation must be accompanied by the fee of mem bership. If rejected, the money will be refun ded. Applications must be certified by mem bers. and balloted for at a subsequent meeting. It shall require three negative votes to reject an applicant. Article Vl— Fees for Membership The minimum fee for membership in a Sub ordinate Grange shall be, for men five dollars, and for women two dollars, for the four degrees, except charter members, who shall pay —men three dollars, and women fifty cents. Article Vll— Dues. Section 1. The minimum of regular monthly dues shall be ten cents from each member, ai d each Grange may otherwise regulate its own dues. Sec. 2. The Secretary of each Subordi nate* Grange shall report quarterly to the Secretary of the State Grange the names of all persons initiated or passed to higher degrees. Sec. 3. The Treasurer of each Subordi nate Grange shall report quarterly, and pa> to the Treasurer of his State Grange the sum of one dollar for each man and fifty cents for each woman initiated during that quarter; also, a quarterly due of six cents for each member. Sec. 4. The Secretary!.feach State Grange shall report quarterly to the Secretary of the National Grange the membership in his Slate, and the degrees conferred during the quarter. Sec. 5. The Treasurer of each State Grange shall deposit to the credit of the National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry with some Banking or Trust Company of New York (to be selected by the Execu tive Committee), in quarterly installments, the annual due of ten cents for each member in his Slate, and forward the receipts for the same to the Treasurer of the National G range. Sec. 6. All monies deposited with said company shall be paid out only upon the drafts of the Treasurer, signed by the Master and countersigned by the Secretary. Sec. 7. No State Grange shall be entitled to representation in the National Grange whose dues arc unpaid for more than one quarter. Article Vlll— Requirements. Section 1. Reports fmtn Subordinate Granges relative to crops, implements, stock, or any other matters called for by the Na tional Grange, must be certified to by the Master and Secretary, and under seal of the Grange t ing thes one. Sec. 2. All printed matter on whatever subject, an 1 all information issued by the National < r State to Subordinate Granges shall be made known to the numbers with out unnecessary delay. Sec. 3. If any brothers or sisters of the Order are sick, it shall be the duty of the Patrons to visit them, and see that they are well provided with all things needful. Sec. 4 Any member found guilty of wan ton ciuelty to animals shall be expelled from the Order. Sec. 5. The officers of Subordinate Gran ges shall be on the alert in devising means by which the interest of the whole Order may be advanced ; but no plan of work shall be adopted by State or Subordinate Granges without first submitting it to, and receiving the sanction of the National Grange. Article IX— Charters and Dispensations. Section 1. All charters and dispensations issue directly from the National Grange. Sec. 2. Nine men and four women having received the four subordinate degrees, may receive a dispensation to organize a Subordi nate Grange. Sec. 3 Applications for dispensations ; shall be made to the Secretary of the National 1 Grange, and be signed by the persons apply- : ing for the same, and be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars. Sec 4. Charter members are those per- 1 sons only whose names are upon the appli- ' cation, and whose fees were paid at the time ( of organization, Their number s-hall not be Z less than nine men ami four women, nor more than twenty men and ten women. f Sec. 5. Fifteen Subordinate Granges . 2 working in a Stale can apply for authoii y to organize a State Grange. Sec. 6. When Stale Granges are organized dispensations will be replaced by charters, issued without further fee. Sec. 7. All charters must pass through The State Granges for record, and receive the seal and official signatures of the same. Sec. 8. No Grange shall confer more than one degree (either First, Second, Third or Fourth) at the same meeting. Sec. 9. After a State Grange is organized, all applications for charlers must pass through the same, and be approved by the Master and Secretary. Article X— Duty of Officers. The duties of the officers of the National, State, and Subordinate Granges shall be pre scribed by laws of the same. Article Xl— Treasurer. Section 1. The Treasurers of the National, State and Subordinate Granges shall give bonds, to be approved by the respective Granges. Sec. 2. In all Granges bills must be ap proved by the Master, and countersigned by the Secretary, before the Treasurer can pay the same. Article Xll— Restrictions. Religious or political questions will not be tolerated as subjects of discussion in the work of the Order, and no political or religious tests for membership shall be applied. Article Xlll— Amendments. This Constitution can be altered or amend ed by a two-thirds vote of the National Grange at any annual meeting, and when such alteration or amendment shall have been ratified by three-fourths of the State Granges, and the same reported to the Secretary of the National Grange, it shall be of full force. BY-LAWS. Article 1. The fourth day of December, the birth-day of the Patrons of Husbandry, shall be celebrated as the anniversary of the Order. Article 2. Not less than the representa tion of ten St ites present at any meeting of the National Grange shall constitute a quo rum for the transaction of business. • Article 3. At the Annual Meeting of each State Grange it may elect a'proxy to repre sent the State Grange in the National Grange in case of the inability of the Master to at tend, but such proxy shall not thereby be entitled to the sixth degree. Anicle 4. Questions of administration find jurisprudence arising in and between State Granges, and appeals from the action and decision thereof shall be referred to the Mas ter and Executive Committee of the National Grange, whose decision shall be respected and obeyed until overruled by action of the National Grange. Article 5. It shall be the duty of the Mas ter to preside at meetings of the National Grange; to see that all officers and members of committees properly perforin their respec tive duties; to see that the Constitution, By laws, and resolutions of the National Grange and the usages of the Order are observed and obeyed; to sign all drafts drawn upon the treasury, and generally to perform all duties pertaining to such office. Article (5. It shall be the duty of the Sec retary to keep a record of all proceedings of the National Grange, to keep a just and true account of all monies received nnd paid out by him, to countersign all drafts upon the treasuty, to conduct the correspondence of the National Grange, and generally to act as the administrative officer of the National Grange, under the direction of the Mas el and the Executive Committee. It shall be his duty, at least once in each month, to deposit with the Fiscal Agency ho'ding the funds of the National Grange all moneys that may have come into his hands, and forward a duplicate receipt thereof to the Treasurer, and to make a full report of all . transactions to the National Grange at each annual session. It shall be his further duty to procure a monthly report from the Fiscal Agency with whom the funds of the National Grange are deposited of all moneys received and pailbout by them during each month, and send a copy of such report to the Executive Committee and the Master of the National Grange. Article 7. It shall be the duty of the Trea surer to issue all drafts upon the Fiscal Agency of the Order,said drafts having been previously signed by the Master and counter signed by the Secretary of the National Grange. He shall report monthly to the Master of the National Grange, through the office of the Secretary, a statement of all receipts of deposits made by him, and of all drafts or checks signed by him during the previous month. He shall report to the National Grange at each annual session a statement of all re- ■ ceipts of deposits made by him and of all drafts or checks signed by him since his last annual report. Article 8. It shall be the duty of the Lec turer to visit, for the good of the Order, such portions of the United States as the Executive Committee may direct, for which services he shall receive compensation. Article 9. It shall be the duty of the Exe cutive Committee to exercise a general super vision of the affairs of the Order during the recess of the National Grange; to instruct the Secretary in reg nd to printing and dis bursements, and to place in bis hands a con tingent fund; to decide all questions and appeals referred to them by the officers and members of Slate Granges; and to lay before the National Grange at each session a report of all such questions and appeals and their decisions thereon. Article 10. Buch compensation for time and , service shall be given to the Master, Lecturer, , Secretary, Treasurer, and Executive Com mittee, as the National Grange may, from time to time, determine. Whenever General Deputies are appointed by the Master of the National Grange, said Deputies shall receive such compensation lor time and services as may be determined by the Executive Committee: Provided, In no case shall pay from the National Grange be given General Deputies in any State after the formation of its 8 ate Grange. Article 11. The financial existence of Subordinate Granges shall date from the first day of January* first davof April, first day of July, and first day of October, subsequent to the day of their organization; from which date their first quarter shad commence. State Granges shall date their financial existence three months after the first day of January, first of April, first of July, and first of October, immediately following their or ganization. _ . The Madison Home Journal says that three 5 boys, named Head, aged respectively nine, . I | eleven and fifteen years, by great industry ! n a y e last year, on land rented from Col. J. b. Reid, < I seventeen bales of cotton, averaging four run- ( * dred and fifty pounds, seventy-five bushels of £ com, and plenty of potatoes and ‘ garden j truck” to last the whole family a year. They i E are brave and manly boys. 5