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The Farm and Garden. How to Fatten Chiefcciift. It is hopeless to attempt to fatten chickens while they are at liberty.— 2 hey must be put in a proper coup ; and this, like most other poultry ap purter cnees, need not be expensive To fatten twelve fowls, a coon must be three feet long, eighteen inches high, and eighteen inches deep, made entire ly of bars. No pmt of it solid —neith- er top, side nor bottom. Discretion must be used according to the sizes of the chickens put up. They do not want room; indeed, the closer they are the bettor provided they can all stand up at tho same time. Caro must be taken to put up such as havo been accustom ed to be together, or they will fight. — If one is quarrelsome, it is better to remove it at once; as, like other bad examples, it soon finds imitators. A diseased chicken should not bo put U P- The food should be ground oats, and may either be put in a trough or in a flat board running along the front of thc coop. It may be mixed with wa ter or milk ; the latter is bettor. It should be well slaked, forming a pulp as loose as can be, provided it does net run off the board. They must be well fed three or four times n day—the first time ns soon alter daybreak os possible or convenient, and then at intervals ol fjur hours. Each meal should Ire as much and no more than they can cat up o’eun. When they have done feeding, the board should be wiped, and some gravel may be spread. It causes them t> feed and thrive. After a fortnight of this treatment, you will havo good fat fowls. If, how ever, there aro but four to six to be fattened, they must not have so much room as though there were twelve.— Nothing is easier than to allot them tho proper space ; it is only necessary to have two or three pieces of wood to pass between the bar 9, and form a par tition This may also servo when fowls arc put up at different degrees of fat* ness. This requires attention, or fowls will not keep fat jmd healthy. As soon as tho fowl is sufficiently fattened it must be killed, otherwise it will still get fat, but it will lose flesh. If fowls aro intended for tho market, of course they aro or may bo all fattened at once; but if for homo consumption, it is but ter to put them up at such intervals as will suit tho time when they aro re quired for the table. When tho timo arrives for killing, whether they are meant for market or otherwise, they should be fasted, without food or water for twelvo or fifteen hours. This en’ ables thorn to be kept some time after .being killed, even in hot weather. — Jjondon Cottaye Gardener. ,A tho World Wags. FARMERS IN 1825. Mon to the plow, Wile to the cow, Girls to the yarn, Boys to the barn, And all dues settled. FARMERS IN 1850. Men a mere show, Girls at the piano, Wife, silk and satin, Boys, Greek and Latin, And all hands gazetted. FARMERS IN 1877. Men all in debt, Wives in a pt, Boys mere muscles, Girls, puffs and ruffles, And everybody cheated. Corrcot. True bill. Clover. —No matter how tnismaq agcd, cloroi is a benefit, aud whatever else he may do, the farmer who grows clover, 18 making his farm better.— What, then, might not the result be, if the same care wore taken of the clover field as of other crops ? It does not need cultivating ; the long, deep reach ing roots mellow and pulverize the soil ns nothing else ca"n. If tho clover grows thriftily, the top acts as a mulch, seeding the ground and keeping it moist. A crop of two tons or more of clover, whether ploughed under or cut for hnj, can hardly fail to leave tho soil better than it was before, It should be the farmer’s aim to grow the largest possible crops of clover. A slight dressing of gypsum ono hundred pounds per acre in early spring—often produces wonderful results. But if a farmer has a little well rottod manure, the scrapings of barnyards, fall is the time to apply it- Clover is often iur jured by freezing and thawing in win ter, and a very slight cuvcring of ma nure will afford a great deal of protec tiou. Rich earth from corners of fen ces, is well worth drawing a short dis tance on young clover, provided the ground is hard and firm. If the field is not mowed next season coarser tua uuro can be used.— Country Gentle man. Hints About Making Preserves. —lt is not generally known, that boil ing fruit a loog time, and skimming it well, without a oover to tho preserving pan, before the sugar is put in, is an economical and excellent way—econom ical, because the bulk of the scum rises from the fruit, and not from the sugar, if the latter is good; boiling it with out a cover, allows tho more perfect evaporation of all the watery parlicules therefiom ; and the preserves keep firm and well flavored. Tho proportions are, three quarters of a pound of su gar to a pound of fruit. Jam made in this way, of currants, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, is excellent. All preserves keep better if the fruit i ripo. Summer Mince Pice. —Pour crack ers, one und ono half cups of eugar,one cup of molasses, one cup of cider, two= thirds of a cup of butter, ono jup of chopped raisins, one-half cup of cur rants, two eggs, woll beaten aud stir red in, the last thing; spice to the tafltf f rzxnmxxrr xaau. a iwu. wjm'i yore*. GLEXX’S SULPHUR SOAP. Tiie Leading External Remedy fob. Local Diseases of the Skin, Blemishes of the Complexion, Sores, Scalds, Burns, Rheu matism and Gout, and a Reliable Disinfectant and Preventive of Contagion. This incomparable specific removes entirely and speedily, Eruptions of the Skin or Scalp, Sores, Scalds, Burns. &c.; cures Rheumatism and Gout, and counteracts a predisposition to those diseases. It especially COMMENDS ITSELF TO the Ladies on account of its puri fying and deautifying influence upon the complexion. Every one possessing a cake of Glenjts Sulphur Soap, costing 25 of 50 cents, may enjoy at home alb. THE BENEFIT DERIVABLE FROM a series of costly Sulphur Baths. It disinfects clothing and linen im pregnated by disease, and prevents ob noxious disorders caused by contact with the person. Dandruff is eradicated and the hair prevented from falling out or prema turely turning gray by its use. Physicians recommend its use. Prices—2s and 50 Gents per Cake ; per Box (3 Cakes), 60c. and $1.20. N.B.—Sent by Mail, Prepaid, on receipt of price, * and 5 cents extra for each Cake. i “ HILL’S HAER AND WHISKER DYE,’* Black or Brown, 50 Cents. CJ.Crittenton, Prop’r, 7 Sixth A\J.Y< READ Til*, JtNNVNCERU£NT OF TUB Murray Hill PuhlishmgCo. John P. Jewett, Manager. DISEASES Cured, H E ft? -us f g >S ■ New paths marked out to 3 0 & IU 8 H E Health by that plainest ol all books— Plain llomb Talk and Medical Common Sense, which contains nearly 1,000 pages of original matter, as entertaining as ufascinating story. Health and long life made easy for tho learned and unlearned. Crammed full of brand new ideas, which aro cheering to the eick, and intensely entertaining to those who are fortunate enough to escape disease. It guards the reader against the pitholcs of human suffering, and points the way of deliverance to those who are already engulphed. By all means, find out all about it. It is for you. * It’s author, Hr. Ii B. Foote, of 120 Lexington Avenue, New York, is consulted by invalids at home and abroad, in person and by letter, and has had the experience of nearly a quarter of a century In the treatment of long standing and difficult dis eases of every character; hence hie ability to write practical tiutlis for the invalid reader. His consultations are fkee to the eick everywhere; henco hisimmense correspondence with the eick all over the globe, You, header, are at lib erty to consult the able author of Plain Home Talk and Medical Common Sense. Write to him and yon will be struck with hie Common Senee. Whatever your malady, you will receive light which will do you good, by investingonly a postage stamp, and writing to Dr. F. We wish to interest you in both the doctor and his im mortal book. The Booh itself, which gives satisfaction to all who read it, can he had of agents, or of the publishers direct. Plain mus lin biuding, $3.25, in the English or German language. Library binding, in English only. $3, i5. Sent by mail, postage prepaid, on receipt of the price. A lady writes the author: “I have always felt that you were the physician of the world, from the fact of your wonderful suc cess and original ideas." One reader says “ I have found it to be one of the grandest works of tho age.” Another says—“ I would not be without it for twice it* cost.” Similar letters reach the author eiary day. Contents table free. * ** STORY; also by 'b 1 _Sip* i\il| ~§* Hr. Foot*. Cheap edt %3UajLIvHLdBL. ti<n, 5 vols. >n 1, neatly bound, $2; in 5 separate vote, at &■ and $7.50, according to binding. Sent by mail on receipt of price. Just the tiling for young people. Con tents table free. DBR fig® Publications. We can fnr iSHli® nish Foote's popular ■ BWSim Dime Publications on health and kindred topics. “ Old) EYES JtADB NEW toils how to restore the sight and give up glasses, without the aid of Doctor or Medicine. Half a million have been issued already l “Com fort and cure for tiie Ruptured” Is a valuable monograph for those who ore afflicted with Rup ture or Hernia. ••Physiological Improvement of Humanity,” relates to tho subject of having people bom right. ‘‘Physiological M arriage h gives the latest researches regarding the laws governing temperamental adaptation, &c., &c. A Step Backward, reviewing inconsiderate legislation concerning tho Prevention of Conception. “ Speiuhatorrhoja,” or Sem inal Weakness with evidence of its curability. “ Croup, its causes, prevention and cure,” inval uable to every mother having tho care of small children. “Cold Feet.” causes, prevention and cure. Any one or the foregoing Dime Publications will lie 6ent by mail, postage pro paid, on receipt of ten cents. mrr Publications. We will sop gW% FI" ply Dr. Footb’s Free Publica- I 1 1 la las tions. “ Gratuitous Advice to ths Sick," abroad as well as at home ; a circular of value to the sick. “ Evidences of Dr. Foote's Success ;" a sixty page pamphlet, free by mail. —Scud for them. 6,000 good Agent* i_ta ft I I \ can find profitable emnloy ruOEoS’t 8 0 meut in the sale of the foregoing publications, and also several others published Dy us. Head all of the above, and send for particulars. Address, for terms, outfits, &c.,The Murray Hill Publishing Company, IXO East Itßth Street, JNGtv York. ThcLctJes’ Hand-Book/r of valuablo information to woman, OLD or Married or Single. LADIES*** will thank u% for this. fS?/**** Hand-Book, and n( VvS / ****** mother will |rD a to placing it in tli / bands of her daugh / *SAy M 0 II S ters These Hand- /<* / Books are not/^DERAim private treat-/ / MEMTS of both f , / sexes, particularly isos, but ‘analysis, Apoplexy, intended and all ner for gen derangements ; prnl Cause and Cure. /This Essay will be found cu *** lee ply interesting to all sufferers. BOTII Jr .y EITHER of the foregoing ,/fHAND-BOOKS sentFKEEto ®yysss/any address. Address,, with ****/stamp, N. Y. P. Cos., Bedford,Mass. * -TIIC NEW—® SewiNCMACHINE " Simplest & Best. n -Agw: 7 Wanted— jofficJ No. 177 W. 4 T . H St. CIKI CIN NAT I, o . THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE. The People’s Favorite, THE LARGEST SALES BECAUSE THE MOST POPULAR. The Most Popular Because the Best. VERDICT OE THE LA DIES. IMIE stubborn fact shown by the official returns, that the Singer Sewing Machine the only one whose sales have largely and steadily increased eveiy year, uninterrupt edly—that last year the sales more than doubled those of the ncit. highest competitor, and nearly equalled the sales of all the other companies combined, demonstrates beyond all controversy that TIIE SINGER SEWING MACHINE is the most popular, because, in the estimation of the ladies of the country, is superior to any other ma ufaclured. The following returns of sales, sworn to by each company tells t he story : Sales in 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. By the Singer 131,200 219,753 232,444 241,079 249,852 Wheeler & Wilson 128,520 174,08£ 119,190 92,827 103,740 Ilowe (Jan. 1, to July 1) 34,010 145,000 No returns 35,000- 25,000 Remington 25,110 Domestic 10,397 49,555 40,114 22,700 21,452 Sales fflr 187 G, 202,316 Machines. Sa?es Still Increasing. All Competition Distanced. Send your address for a catalogue of the celebrated B AZAAR GLOVE-FITTING PAT TERNS. They are the best, the cheapest and most stylish patterns in the market. Address C. S. BEATTY, The Singer Manufacturing Cos. o r'o. wTbonard.'a*”." I'’ 1 '’ 1 > Cor. Broad and Ala. St. Atlanta, Ga. W. 11. T ORRENCE, mayss Canvassing Agent for Gordon County. THE OLDEST HOUSE IN CALHOUN Estabislied 1857. NEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS WE arc pleased to notify our friends that \vc aro ~ow J..yin in a .nrge and superi stock of Seasonable Goods. Those who wish Bargains will give us a call, FOSTER &l lIARLAIN. u lain I- : V / jlifc' if /^niiipi ' Ihl v" C i m # ' si l W',' .- : 's4. lip sip >4^2 j ill--' "4Ssl ASK YOXTR GROCER FOR IT! * Depot, 104 READS STREET, lew York. jun 9 ly. JOB PiUNTINU . are costantly adding new material OUR JOB DEPARTMENT and increasing our facilities for tl>*> cxecu tion of dob Printing of all kinds. Wear* now prepared to print, in neat style on shor notice, CARDS, ;LEGAL BLANKS, CIRCULARS, BLANK NOTES BILLHEADS, BLANK RECEIPTS, LETTER HEADS, ENVELOPES, TICKETS, LABELS, POSTERS, PAMPHLET &c., No Wc guarantee satisfaction. Don’t scn‘l your orders away to have them filled, whe you have an establishment at home that wli. execute work neatly, and at EXCEEDINGLY LOW PRICES. GRAHAM & BARNETT. STEAM SAW MILL Three Allies iron* Calhoun on (lie Sugar Valley Hoad. Lumber. A good supply of Lumber ou hand, and any bill cut to order-on short notice. Shingles. We arc prepared to fill all orders for Shingles, and guarantee satisfaction to purchasers. Lathes. Lathes supplied iu any quantity on short notice. Our prices are in accordance with the hard times. Ve solicit the patronage of those wishing anything in our line. Our facilities for supplying the public are not excelled by any similar enterprise in this section. WHITE OAK LOGS WANTED. We want good White Oak Logs, and will pay the cash for them. GRAHAM & BARNETT. jun 2 Bm. Unabridged Dictionary ! FOR THE SCHOOL ROOM. 3000 Engravings; 1840 Pages Quarto. Price sl2. A’NEW FEATURE To the 3000 illustrations heretofore in Webster’s Unabridged, wc have added four pages of COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS engraved expressly for the work nt large expense. Nearly every State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the Union, or corres ponding officer, where such an one exists, has recommended Webster’s Dictionary in tho strongest terms. Among them are those of Eastern, Northern, Middle, South rn and Western States—twenty-eight in al i STATE PURCHASES. The State o* New York has placed 10,000 copies of Wooster’s Unabridged in as many of her Public Schools. The State of Wisconsin, about 5,000 — nearly every school. The State of New Jersey, 1,500 —nearly every school. The State of Michigan made prevision for all her schools. The State of Massachusetts has supplied her schools—nearly all. The State of lowa has supplied her schools. The State of Connecticut has ma pro vision for her schools. Over 8000 schools in Indiana were supplied during the year 1872, an.’ many more in 1873 and 1874. In other States many been purchase 1 for supplying schools ol cities, counties and towns. What better investment can be made'for schools ? f More than ten times as many are soldof Webster’s Dictionaries, as of any other se ries in this country. At least four fifths of all the sc 00l books published in this country own Webster as their standard, and of the remainder few acknowledge any standard. üblished by G. & C. MERRIAM,Spring field, Mass. _ mar MAKSFIELD STEAM ENGINEN, HTEAM THBESHING MACHINES SAW HULLS AND FLOVBINH MILL MACHINERY. Pamphlets describing any of the above sent on application. When writing say In what paper you read this. - SEMPLE, B IRC 12 6c CO. 010 Washington Ave„ BT> liQUXB* 1877. ML The Calhoun Times. * - •' 4 '* SI P UTilASJllil> EVERY SATURDAY AT CALUOUX GORDON COUNTY, GA. By D. B. FEEEMAN. ’Warranted 'as Represented ! - - SKtfste: -s -a r™ WIDE AHIKK, PROGRESSIVE AND READABLE 1 apers in injection, and no pains will be spared to render this end attainable T„^p ßC^ tentS f* eh 7* ak will Co ®P riß earefuMj prepared collection of Inter- Lng lv eadi a character well adapted to the wants of its subscribers. ItOME AFFAIRS f will receive especial attention, and everjr ereat, worthy of mention will be noted the tivies Will labor unceasingly for the promotion of the interests of our county and sec* oand lojffif*!} itwlaflt ir and encouragement of the people. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : °“ 0 Year, - - - 33 o Six Montlis Tlireo Montlis _ _ _ go CLUBS! CLUBS! We offer he TIMES in Clubs of fire at $1.50 a year, and will K i vo an eatra copy to any person who will raise a Club. A Club call be raised in ao* neighborhood with little trouble, and aid thus rendered to the home paper BUSIN ESS MEN Will find the Timm ene of the meet euooeasful advertising „ lt h * B M ** ? * arga iißt in Jt * own Odiums io Northern tion ia aujoiuiag counties. JUtea ▼ etj low. THE NEW : Swii tail WAS AWAIIDED TUB FIRST: PREMIUM! At the Centennial Exhibition, 1576, and has always carried off tho lushest honors wherever exhibited. > A COMPACT, A?Of rL 77, DURABLE, Light xtunninK’and EFFICIENT “LOCK STITCH” MACHINE. A RAFTED to tho WANTS Of EVERYBODY. The HOME SEWING IWACHIWE wasPerfectodeight years since by the aid of the best inventive ialent and Mechanical Skill. It oomuikks nil the Essential l'arta of a FIRST OLABS MACHINE, is SIMPLE in CONSTRUCTION, SUPERIOR in Strength and Beauty, contains less Workinfl Parts and isGanablo of DOING a wider runyo of If'or h than 6ther Sewing Machines. JtwillKUN foryoars without COSTING ONE CENT for Rkpaiks. In the Manufacture of this MACHINE the Very liost Materials are USED. The WEARING PARTS are HARDENED, and the Mechanism lias been constktjctkii with the special vUw of jproduoing an Easy Running, DURABLE, and almost NOISELESS MACHINE, adapted EQUALI.r ■WELL for Coarse or lino THKKAD, COT TON, SILK or LINEN, SEWING from tho JLiahte*t Muslins to Reaver Cloth and LEATHER. Such ConflHoncoia FELT in the INTRINSIC MERITS of tho HOME SEWING, MACHINE that every MACHINE is fully Warranted for Five Years. LIVE AGENTS wanted in localities whero wc are not represented. Send for prices, and samples of work dono on tho HOME, or call at any of our ollicas. Johnson, Clark & So,, v. 30 Union Square, New York. 564 Washington Street, Boston, MaBS. 1114 Second Ave., Pittsbargh, Pa. 141 State Streot, Chicago, 111. 21 South sth Street, St. Louis, Ko a 17 New Montgomery St., San Franciaoo, Oal. Newsy, Spicy, Reliable.” The Atlanta Constitution. Under its new management, the Atlanta Constitution has won for itself the title of the leading journal of the South. Its en terprise, during the recent election excite ment, in sending correspondents to difier ent portions of tiie countrv, and its Reries of special telegrams from Washington while the electoral commission was engaged in consummating the fraud that placed Uadi, c Jism once more in power in our national councils are evidences conspicuous enough to prove that no expense will be spared to make tlie Constitution not only a leader in the discussion of matters of public concern, but a leader in the dissemination of the la test and most reliable news. There is no better lime than row to subscribe for A Fresh and Vigorous Newspaper. Albeit, there has been a quasi settlement of one of the most difficult and dangerous problems of modern federal politics, the discussions springing therefrom and the re sults likely to ensue have lost nothing of their absorbing interest. In addition to this, the people of Georgia are now oalled upon to settle The Convention Question. and in the discussion of this important sub ject (in which the Constitution will take a leading part) every Georgian is interested. If a convention is called its proceedings will find their eavliest and fullest embodi ment in the columns of the Constitution, and this fact alone will make the paper in dispensable to every citizen of the State.— To be brief, The Atlanta Daily Constitution. will eudeavor, by all the means that the pro gress of modern journalism has made pos sible and necessary to hold its place as a leader of Southern opinion aud as a purvey or of the latest, news. Its editorials will be thoughtful, timely and vigorous—calm and argumentative in their methods and thor oughly Southern and Democratic in their sentiments. Its news will be fie-h, reliable and carefully digested. It will be alert and entcrpri&ing, and no expense will be spared to make it the medium of the latest and most important intelligence. The Weekly Constitution. Besides embodying everything of inter est in the daily, the Weekly Constitution will eontain a Department of Agriculture, which will be in charge of Mr. Malcolm Johnson, the well-known Secretary of Georgia State Agricultural Soc ; ety. This department will be made a specialty, and will be thorough and complete. The far* mer will find in it not. only all the current information on the subject of agriculture, but timely suggestions and well-digested advice. Subscriptions should be sent in at once. Terms of the Daily; 1 month „.$1 00 3 months 3 00 6 months 5 30 12 months 10 00 Terms of the Weekly: 6 months $1 JO 12months 2 20 Money may be sent by post office money order at our expense. Address: TIIE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ga Fisk’s Patent Metalic BURIAL CASES! 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