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BY and. b. freeman.
For the Calhoun Times.]
STRAY THOUGHTS.
BY MAY EBON.
We long with hungry hearts,
And wearU'L strjiuung eys f
To work some great and grand reform,"
Or snatch some star from out the skies.
We gaze away beyond the hills,
We stretch our hands and cry,
But naught comes back save emptiness,
Until we almost pray to die.
We dream of sparkling fountains,
That sing beneath our feet,
We stoop at once to quench our thirst,
The water seems our lips to meet.
But when our thoughts deceive,
And we our thirst would slake,
We find it all aq empty dream,
Aud in an instant w.kc-
The soul is never ,satisfied,
It cannot be, with earthly things.
Do you suppose the forest bird
Can love the in which it sings ?
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!'ov tlie*Cflmohn Times.]
One Act of Disohedicncc Shut
Mescs Oat ol' the I*i omisted
I.jiihl, f
BY MAY EBON.
f ✓
As we gaze backward through the
mist o f the gopc yeais, and contem
plate the character of God’s first fol
lowers. none fills us with more admirt.®
liuii man that of M oses. lie was a
model himboMd, a faithful friend, an
upright judge, a fearle c s leader, a skilL
fal General, a grand and trite and no
ble mjn : hi s character towers above
the ruins time has wi ought. Above
ilie oblivion l natco'v(rlPifiuch 'OTTTIB *
past wjih a steady, glorious
burning liont, 1 ; l.e a'beacon star serv
ing as an example for all who wish to
do right. lie was the most u.ipresum
rig cf all men, therefore it was hard
for him to bebeve that so mighty a
mission as leading Israel from a land
of boudage to iheir promised Canaan
was assigned to him, hut when con
vinced of his duty, faithfully did he
.crfomi it, fearlessly-he t. od tire halls
of the l’hsraces, ami demanded of
Egypt's haughty King, that he let the
childien of Israel follow him into the
wilderness to offer Sacrifice unto the
God in whom tliev (rusted, aud when
he was refused with a guiltless couro
?.ge he Vuneu the proud mon
arch the fierceness of Juko vah’s wrath,
and the fire of his indignation, one
plague after another followed in quick
succession, until every dwelling in the
hand cf Egygt was daikened by the an
gel of death. From the loftiest palace
to the lowli st but there was a ghastly
corpse in every house, and in every
heart a hitter pain. Truly with a
mighty hand and a strong arm did the
fiord lead fbitti bis chosen people.—
Aoy other man beside Moses placed at
the head of so startling, an enterprise,
would have grown arrogant and vain,
hut lioLso with him, he heard the
voice of Omnipotence, addressing him
in the hui uing bush, he talked with
the Almighty amid the muttering thun
ders and the blazing glory of Sinai.
Time and again was he cabled into the
immediate presence of Jehovah, yet
animfct if all he was’ mei?lv abowe all j
men that ever lived en the face of the 1
e.uth, arid vie n the J, id grew wroth,
with Israel for repeated acts of disobe.
dicnce, and threatened to cut them off,
and make of Moses a mighty natior.
he refused to avail himself of (he op
portunity to aggrandize himself at the
expense of the people he had lead
ihrough so many dangers, hut his fer,.
vent prayers in their behalf saved them
from the burning wrath of ihe Al
mighty. In only one instance recorded
did Motes give wav to his human pas
sion, and yet this one act shut him out
of the land of promise, he had borne
the burden and heat of the day had
risked his life in going before Phara
oh, bad led his people through the Red
Sea. and through the wilderness, had
suffered hunger, drought and sickness
with them, bad borne the cold of win
ter aud the heat of summer through
long, long years, and now as they reach- (
ed the verge of rest at the very entrance
door of Canaan, he was commanded to
yield up his authority to another, and
’o get him up to the mountain top, and
view the land that he should never ens
t“r, and then lie down and die when no
wonder he saw all the charms, and the
beauties,and the blessings the laud con
tained, he prayed that the Lord would
revoke his decree, and permit him to
Bass over Jordan, hut it might not be.
Lis destiny was sealed. His heart no
doubt was filled with anguish, and he
shrank from the cold hand of death
with a human dread, and then, too, he
must lie alone with no human band to
Minister to his wants, no loved one to
wipe the gathering damp of death from
his aged brow, no stone to mark his
milfoil r io mmm mv i
Coupon film
grave, that after generations might say
here lies a man of God. No empty
pomp, do useless parade, attended the
death and burial of this the 'grandest
leader the world ever’ produced, some
bird of the funeral
dirge, and.the night winds chanted* a
sad refrain as # liis freed spirit soared
away to a fairer land, grander
rest thaD any earth contained, and I
am sure that when he reached the
heavenly shore he no longer sighed for
the palmy plains and the goodly cedars
of Lebanon.
7 ♦-
Wild Men auil3 Domesticated
Snakes.
In the island of Rhio the Resident
assured me there men who
live in trees, and had noManguagj but
cries ; and in Sumatra, the Resident of
Paiembung said there were men who
lived in the forests, with whom not on’
ly the Europeans, but even the Malays,
could have no intercourse. He him.
self hail never seen one. Yet, strange
to say, they have a petty traffic with
the outer world, yet not ihrough the
medium of speech. They live in the
woods, and live by ilie chase. They
hunt|tigers, not with the gun, but with
arrows, which they blow out of a tube
with such force, and which are so keen
of poipt, and touched with such dctuK
ly poisoin that a wound is almost iumie*
diately fatal. These tiger skins or el
ephant tusks they bring for barter—not
for sale—for they never sell anything,
ior money is about the most useless
thing they could have. They cannot
eat it, or drink it, or wear it ; but as
they have wants they exchange ; yet
they themselves are never seen. 3 hey
bring what they have to the edge of
the lorcst and leave it there, and the
Malays come and place what they have
'o dispose of and retire' If tfhr offer
is satisfactory when they return again
they find what they brought gonu and
take what is left and depart. If not.
they add a few trifles more to tempt the
eyes of these wild men of the woods,
and so at last the exchange is effected,
yet all the while the settlers keep them
selves invisible.
Rut if these elephants are uncom
fortable neighbors, there are others
‘hat are more so—the reptiles, which |
abound here as in India. Rut famil
iarity breeds contempt, or indifference. J
The people are not afraid of them, and j
hardly notice them, outspeak of them j
in an easy sort of way, as if they were |
the most harmless things in nature — j
poor, innocent creatures, which might j
almost bo pets in the family, and allow
ed to tun about the house at their will.
Soberly, there are certain domestic
snakes which are indulged with these
liberties. Said Mr. K.: “1 was once
visiting in Sumatra, and spending a
night at the house of a friend. I heard
a noise overhead, aid asked, “ What is
that ?” “ Oh, nothing,” they said :
“ it’s only the serpent.” “What! do
you keep a family snake?” “Yes,”
they said ; “ It was a large black snake
which frequented the house, and as it
did no mischief, and hunted the rais,
they let it roam about wherever it liked.”
Thinking this rather a big story, with
which our friend might practice on the
credulity of a stranger, I turned to the
Resident of Palembang, who confirmed
it. lie said this domestication of ser
pents was not uncommon. There was a
kind of boat that was very useful as an
exterminatoi of rats, and for this pur
pose the good Dutch housekeepers al
lowed it to crawl about or to lie ended
up in the pantry Sometimes this in- \
• teresting member of the f.milv was I
,-lin roheji'nnt on the veranda to bask in
the Min —a pleasant object to any si ran
ger who might be invited to accept hos
pitality.—Dr Field , in the Evangelist.
Osman Pasha is described by a cor
respondent of the London Telegraph,
‘who was present at the battle
Plev.na, on September Bth, as a middle
aged man having the appearance some
what of an English farmer. He speaks
a'little French,but prefers to talk Turk,
ish whet, he can." He looks after every
thing himself—after the supplies of
ammunition, the commissariat stores
and the medicines. On the battle field
he received telegrams and messages
from every part of the field continually
“ aod when engaged, in trying to out
maneuver a numerous and wily enemy
he sai on a stool with a lead-pencil be
hind his ear sometimes, and sometimes
stuck under the edge of his fez, with
field glass in his hand and a cigarette in
his mouth, as cool and collected as
though he had been listening to a lect..
ure an the Arctic regions. He never
for an instant spoke or acted hastily,
maintaining his extraordinary coolness
throughout the thirteen hours of the
battle. He showed me a revolver rase
taken from a dead Russian officer, in
which there was actually a sham wood
en model of a pistol —that was all—with
a ring ia the but end.”
A member of Congress got out this
sentence : “ Mr. Speaker, the general
ity of mankind in general are disposed
to exercise oppression on the generality
of mankind in general,” when he was
pulled down to his seat bv a friend,
with the remark, “you’d better storg
you are coming out of the same hole
you went in at.”
Don’t tell a married man any juke
on the hoys, for he’ll tell his wife and
she will tell her sister and the sister
will toll all the rest of the girls.
CALHOUN. GA„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20.1877.
GOOD FARMING.
George Grant's 200 ; -
000 Aci'c Ranch.
A Denver letter to the Hartford
Times, describing a visit to the valley
of the Kaw and the wheat fields of west -
ern Kansas says :
This letter would be extended to fois
bidden length were I to enter into the
details of half that is to be seen along
this valley during the half-day’s ride in
daylight. As 1 had letters to Mr. Geo.
Grant, the Scotch-Euglish proprietor of
the two hundred-thousand-acre farm, or
ranch, of Victoria, midnight found me
at that station ; aud, after a six
hours, nap, l was driven over to his res
idence, some five miles south of the sta
tion.
This ride, in an open spring wagon,
drawn by a ,puir of Mr. Grant’s fleet
pure-bred mares, is more enjoyable than
the same distance would have been in
one of Pullman’s palaces ; and you have
my assurance, based on experience, that
it is a most excellent preparation for'the
substantial 9 o’clock English breakfast
to which jou are sure to be invited
should you ever stop off, on your way fo
the mountains, at this hospitable mam*
s ion.
I found mine host to be a well-in
formed affable gentleman. His ideas
are as broad as his acres ; and, consider-’
iog his experience as a silk merchant
in|London, it is interesting to see ihe
zeal he manifests in the breeding of fine
cattle aud sheep. lie is justly very
fond ot lr.s fine imported black-pollod
Angus hulls, brought from his native
Scotland, and said to be of super.or
quality for beef. These cattle at a little
distance, might easily be mistaken for
the native buffaloes,which fur thousands
of years have roamed and fed on* these
very pastures, 'i he grass there, and on
westward to the Rocky Mountains, is
seldom killed by frost in the laii, and
hence becomes nutritious hay,
affording excellent pasturage in win
ter.
Mr. Grant stated that these bulls had j
received no food for over a year except
what they themselves (bund on the
prairie, and they were ail fat, A fi w
short-horned Durham bulls were herded
with them, and it was that
the bluck-poli.d Angus were in the best
condition, It is claimed that this breed,
is superior both for the dairy and for
weight and quality of heel; as well as
early fattening.
Tlie success of his experiment is im
poriatit not only to tlie cattle men of
KanstdJ and ►Colorado and the beef
packers in Kansas City and Chi
cago and St. Louis, but also to ihe
beeJ-catets in New England aud t Oid
England.
A lev? years ago, when this uiagnili
ceut la 1 ded estate was pu chased by a
single man it would have been regarded
a wild conjecture to have said s that in
die year 1877,tresh-beef,fattened on the
prairie grass of Kansas and Colorado,
would Le sold in Liverpool to supply the
tables of the beef-eating Emglishman ;
yet such is now the fact. Mo"al —“Go
West, young man ! go West.” Mine host
might add by way of better advice —
First, get rich as a silk merchant, and
then go West.
1 did not have the pleasuie of seeing
the main herd of cattle, about a thous
and in number, as they were grazing
upon another part of the farm, some
twenty miles distant. The seven thous
and beau of sheep were also on some
other part of the premises, under caie
of herdsmen.
1 did see splendid fields of wheat
and Ci ru, millet and oils —one bundled
acres hfere two hunared acres there and
others of various sizes—dotting ihe
charming landscape that is seen for mile
after mile on both sides of Victoria li
ver, like gems worked by the hand of
man in the greeu background of nature's
handiwork.
Mr. Graut’s residence is a substantial
stone edifice, with a verandah pu three
sides, situated on a lidge of prairie,about
half a mile south ol Victoria cieek, and
commands an extensive view of the sur
ouoding country, and bears unmistak-*
able marks of English architect ure.—
A few miles east of the mansion house
b the site of old Foil Bfays, now dis.
mantled and made into an extensive
sheep corral, aid a very sarisfac
tory evidence of advancing civiliza
tion.
On the second day after my arrival I
bade the hospitable proprietor of Victo
ria Colony good-bv, and went to Hays
'City, some ten miles distant, where I
awaited the midnight.train Tor Denver.
At Hays City there has lately been lo
cated a Ui iied States land office, and
since the panic of 1878 the old Keys
stone SiaLe has been sending many cl
her skilled artisans, who we;e thrown
out of employment by the great collapse
in her iron and other industrial inter
ests, to this agricultural and pastoral
region, where, |bv “striking'’ gre; t
honest blows upon the mother Earth,
she has responded by giving forth an
abundance of food lor all that a e
there, and much to spare for those
who are yet suffering in the forced
idleness of the more thickly settled
East.
At Wallace the sleepy passenger on
board the Kansas Pacific is awakened
by .he welcome sound ’Wallace !
twenty mioules for breakfast,” and anon
you hear the words, “ venison an . ■ pc
beefsteak and chickens, and matron
chops.” One is forcibly reminded of
the clown who boasted that lie had
four kinds of meat for his breakfast —
“ram, lamb, sheep and mutton.”--
They are all sa good and well prepared
that when you pay one dollar for your
breakfast you are heard to soliloquize,
“Well, I am twent’,*-sve cents farther
West.”
A Descried City.
In the history of California one mav
find a moat wonderful story of mush
room towns and cities, some of which
are almost incredible. I was on the
site of one of the most extraordinary
ones last week, and found nothing but
ruins.
Iu 1f64 gold was discovered on the
shores of Meadow Lake, a small body
of water, two miles long and a half mile
wide, near the summit of the Sierra
Nevadas, and about thirteen miles north
of where Cisco station now is on the
railroad. Owing to the dull times
which had followed the waning of the
Placer diggings! an intense excitement
arose, an 1 uieu flocked to the new Gelds
by hundreds. There were no roads to
it then, and they packed their blankets
and tools over the barren rocks and
hills from every side.
In 1865 Summit City was laid out
on the west side of the lako. That
year and the'spring of 1866 saw build
ings going up everywhere, A fire-proof
store was erected at a cost of §IB,OOO.
It was as well finished as liny store in
the State. The shop bases were ma
hogeoy, the counters shelves of
sugar-pine. ’There t&ore four saw
mills, stores, saloons, gatnbling-h uses,
blacksmith shops, etc. The >V>wn was
a mile long and five sl’Tets deepj and
had a population of between five thou*
sand and six thousand.. A quartz mill
was packed in on muleSj the boiler com
ing in plate by plate ; five or six tvere
hauled in from 3 ruokee by Way of
Webber Lake. A road was built to
the stage route, but it is now so wash
ed out and filled up with huge bowlders
as to he impassable for wagons. The
whole country was full of men rres
pecting and locating claims.
Early in the summer of 1866 it was
found that the ore was rebellious and
hard to work. A:: exodus at once oc
curred. and as the season advanced it
became a risk to escape the enormous
snow all which the previous winter had
taught them was coaling. In three
months the city was deserted exeep by
hall a dozer, sanguine souls, ojre of
whom, Ilairv llaitweli, bus never de
spaired, but still lingers on the scene,
confident that some means will be dis
covered in this age ol thought and im
provement by which ro conquer the
stubborn rock and separate the mot,,
als.
The town is beautifully localcd. A
gentle slope extends from the water’s
edge to the steep rocks back of the fur
therest street. The forests extend to
the lake, and many fine trees were
spared by the lumbermen for the adorn
ment of the city. The lake is ninev
ieet deep, with only small streams (luw.-
ing into it. There are no fish of any
kind. The South Yuba Canal Compa
ny have built a daui across its mouth
and use it for a reservoir On’v sev’’
euteen or eigh eon houses are left
standing; many have been broken dowr
by snow and lie in heaps of boards and
timbers on the ground. A fire in 1871
burned half the town, and another iu
1873 almost all the There
are now four men .there. They do
work on their own and other men’s
mines sufficient to preserve their claims ;
to them.— Fan Francisco Bulletin.
Dad’.l Fiiiauciprinj.'’
A farmer’s wagon, in which were
seated a family ot eight, yesieruay drove
up to a house on Beauhien street, and
leaving his team at ihe curbstone the
farmer knocked on the door, drummed
on the windows, and seemed and teruiinod
to get in at every hazard. When all
efforts had failed he returned to the
, wagon, hitched his horses, aud the fam
ily sit down on the grass to wait. A
lad who had watched the performance
passed around tjie corner and suddenly
discovered the hoy whose parents lived
in the house.
“Here—yoi*—there’s a whole fami
ly trying to get into your house?” he
shouted.
“Hush—shut up !” whispered the
other.
• But they are visitors.” continued
the other.
“Don’t I know ail about it !” growl
ed the hiding toy —“didn't mam and I
see eui diive up, and didn’t we scoot
out of the back door as the feller came
thr.ough the gate? Fui here r.nd
mam's over in that house, and we fee 1
like someone ought to boot dad all over
‘own !”
“Why ? What did your father do?”
“\Vbat did be do? Why, he was
out in ‘.lie country buying poultry and
rags, and he stopped at a farm-housfc,
made ’em believe he was a distant re
lashuo and got his dinner for nothing
He came home anl told it as a big
joke, and he giiuned around for a week,
but now I want to see him wheu he
conies up to dinner and finds them ‘re
lashuns’ squatted around the gate ! Do
they show any signs of leaving?”
“Nafy Mgn,” replied the other as he
climbed ihe lence.
1 ’em stick. Mr.m won’t
come home, I’ll be gono, and if this
gums out a Black Friday for dad it’ll
; serve him riaht. Let’s get where we
e;n see his knees wobble as he turns
the corner ands >cs his distant rela
shuus covering hail’ an acre of ground !”
—*—
A singh county in Michigan has
standing pine equal to 2,311,120.000
1 feet of lumber.
A Bad Scare.
As Tom and I weie walking home to
dinner last evening, we saw an unsus
picious, bushy-dooking tail piotruding
from under Mr. Scroggs’ gate, and wag
ging in a pleased manner.
• On looking over the fence we saw
the family sitting under the shade of
an owning, and Scroggs, who is a two
hundred and fifty pounder, chopping up
some meat for h-s dog; and to this
pleasaut operation we immediately at'
tributed the aforesaid wagging.
“Fun,” said Tom ; and before I knew
what he meant, his heavy heel lnd
pinned the vibrating caudal firmly to
the gatesill.
A prolonged howl of misery and
pain, s. quick succession ofbaiks, strug
gles and fierce outcries, greeted the
pressure of the heel, and Torn, bend
ing double with laughter, urged me to
remain (for I tvas moving) aud the de
no ament.
1 did.
The family became excited, and melt
ed off that gallery in no time, and im
mediately appeared at sundry windows
in the second and third stories, crying,
“Mad dog l”
•Old Scroggs for the moment was tie*
priveJ of his presence of mind by the
startling' suddenness of the event, und
stood staring blankly in an opposite
direction until, by some intuition, ho
recollected that hydrophobia was catch
ing, .and led off in gallant style for the
house, which he unfortunately found se
curely locked and barricaded.
The dog by this time had freed him.
self, and gone off briskly and barking
lv after his master, who, turning and
beholding his imminent danger, imme
diately steered for the pigeon house
post.
lie reached it in safety, and com
uieneed to climb.
'! he family wcr.e .not idle, hut show -
ered directi.ois upon their beloved pa
rent, -rhuse excited hearing gave a mor
bid riot to every ward, and made him
the more wretchedly hopeless about es
caping the woisoned teeth of the rabid
• imiics off thej pige n’iouse
post would have done credit to a elowm,
and as his size precluded h.-ts climbing
up very far, he was, forced to exert
himself violently in order/to keep his
well-rounded limb out of'reach of the
dog who was leaping about at the fo< t
of the post'; and as he was' gradually
easing down from his perch, his agony
of mind became proportionately great
er.
How long this scene would have
lasted, and how long Ton/and 1 could
have held up lo witness it (through the
cracks of the fence), will m ver be
solved; for just then the scent of (he
chopped meat turned the animals at
tention in that direction, and Scroggs,
after continuing his girations a few
moments longer, suddenly slid to the
bottom wi'h a crash, and lay there
warding off airy canines, and making
night hideous wuh hia veils.
Scroggs is now lying in lei wi h
wol'-splinterei limbs, evolving some
veiy dogmatical ideas from his inner
consciousness.
Tom takes jolly and cigarettes over
to him. aud gets him to repeat his ad
ventures with a mad dog.
A phy-ician writes to young men as
follows : “My profession has thrown me
among women of all classes, and my exn
perdeuce teaches me that Heaven never
gave man a greater proof of his love
that to |>lace women here with him.—
My advice is ; (io and propose lo the
ne st sensible girl you know. If she
accepts you, tell her how much your
income is, and from what source
derived : and tell her you will divide
the last dollar with her, and that you
will love her with all your heart into
the bargain. And then keep your prom
ise. My word for it, she will live with
in your income, and to your last hour
you will regret that you did net marry
sooner. Stop worrying about' feminine
extravagance and feminine untruth.—
Just you bo true to her—love her sin
cerely, and a more fond, faithful foolish
slave you will never meet anywhere
You will not deserve her, I know ; but
she wiil never know it.”
A well-dressed negro applied lo the
judge of probate of Mobile for a mai
riage license. lie was asked hew old
his intended was, and answered with
great animation, “Just 16, judge—
sweet 16, and the handsomest girl in
town.” The judge said he could
not do it, as the law forbade bin to
issue license lo any one under 18
•* Well, hold on, judge,” exjlamed the
man. “ i know dat dem -airls am de
ceitful about dey age. -JShe is 19 if a
day.” “ Will you swear to it?” asked
the judge. “Yes sah,” he replied and
did. “ And how old are you ?” said
the judge. The chap looked suspicious,
and renlied, cautiously; “ Thirty, five,”
and added; “If dat wool’ do, judge,
Fve got more back.”
Lying. —Xo’voice more tadiy than
this stupefies a man’s conscience. He
who fells lies frequently will soon lose
the power of readily distinguishing bt>
iween the conceptions of ihe lum.iai.
tion and the recollections of hb memo
i v.
To ancient days the precept was
“ Know thyself.” In modern times it
has been supplanted by the far more
fashionable maxim, “ Know thy ne’gl n
bor and everyth ng about him.”
Japan has 33,009,000 inhabitants.
GRAH4M & BARNETT.
STEAM SAW MILL
Three Biles from Calhoun on flic
Sugar Valley Koaii.
Lumber.
A good supply of Lumber on hand, and
any bill cut to order on short notice.
Shingles.
We are prepared to fill all orders for
Shingles, and guarantee satisfaction to
purchasers.
Lathes.
Lathes supplied in any quantity on short
notice. .
Our prices are in accordance with the
hard time i. .Ve solicit the patronage o.
those wishing anything in our line. Our
facilit.es 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 3m.
Interesting to Farmers
McArthur & smith.^
do work cneuper than it Can bo done any
where else m Calhoun fc cash or pro tuce
You will do wuilLto .call aud gyUheir prices
and test the quality of their work. You will
get satisfaction, '
Mr. Smith is an excellent workman, a
polished steel smith.
All work done at prices conforming with
the present scarcity of money and toe pres
sure of hard times. Call aud have your,
horse shod, and see how reasonable will be
the bill. Also bring in your wagons and
buggies for repair mar3l-9mr
LOGS WANTED
We will pay CASH for Logs,.
Good POPLAR, 12, 13 and 14 feat
long.
WHITE-OAK, 14 and 16 feet long
A few 12 feet long.
PINE, 16,20,22, 24 and up. A
few 12 feet long.
WALNUT, of good quality.
A good suppiy of
Xj TU 3E§ 3E3 3rL
constantly on hand. Also Lathes and Shin
gles. which the cash can get cheap.
We are prepared to furnish
DRESSED LUMBER
in large or small quantities, and can
give satisfaction.
oclo6m L. HILLS & CO.
T. M. EJXiUIS 5
LlfflU Mill STABLE.
Good Si*/>dic aud Jiuggy Horses
and New Vehicles.
Horses and mules for sale.
Stock fed and cared for.
Charges will be reasonable.
Will pay the cash for corn in the ear and
odder in f lic bundle. feb3-tf.
HA. DOKSEY’S SALOON,
Railroad Street Always cn hand, choice
Liquors, etc., and the wants of customers
willl at all times be attended to with prompt
ness and politenesss. 3-lyebf
Gin Repairing-.
John H. Beard
Would respectfully inform the people of
this section of Georgia that, on short no
tice he is preoared to repair Gotten Gius in
a perfectly satisfactory maimer, having bad
much experience in tnis line of work. All
owning gins that need repair would do well
to at once secure his services.
House Carpentering,
Is also ready to engage his cervices in all
manner of work under the above head, and
also in the line of
Bricklaying.
i promising entire satisfactu n iu every case.
| sep29 3m.
| J H. ARTHUR,
Dealer in General Merchandise
CALHOUN, GA.
Always endeavors to give satisfactit a to
stomers.c
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ESTABLISHED (865.
GILMOHE &■ (X>.,
Attorneys at Law,
Successors to Chipman, Hosmer & Cos,
629 F. i>T., WASHINGTON* >. C
American and Foreign lauent.
l'rten's procured in all nointric*. \u
fkkb IN auvanck. No charge uiless I In*
patent is granted. No fees for n nking pre
liminary examinations. No additional lees
for obtaining and conducting: reheat in-.
Special attention given to InterL reneg
cases before tho Patent Office, Fxtensinm*
before Congress, Infringement suits in dil
ferent States, and all litigation aj p.n tam
ing to inventions or patents. Send stamp
for“pamphlet of sixty pages.
United States Courts and Depart
ments,
Claims prosecuted in the Supren * Join t
of the United States, Court of Tains,
Court of Commission!.rs of Alabama laims,
Southern Claims Commission, i.n a class
es of war claims before the Exe< t ve De
partments. .
Arrears of Pay and Bou \ y.
Officers, soldiers, and sailors of Le late
war or their heirs, are in many c es en
titled to .money from the Goveii-.m it, if
which they have no knowledge. Wrnefulj
history of serice, and state amount of pay
and bounty received. Enclose stamp, anil
a full reply, after examination, w ill be
given you Lee.
Pensions.
All officers, soldiers, and sailors wound*
ed ruptured, or injured in Ihe firs war,
however slightly, can obtain a j nsiou,
many now receiving pensions are ititled
to an increase. Sr nd stamp and i rma
tion will be furnashed free.
United States General Land C fflce
Contested land cases, private land c s,
ining pre-emption and homestead s.
rosecuted before the General Land cj
nd Department of the Interior
Old Bounty Land Warrants.
The last report, of the Commissioner of
the General I,and Office shows 2,807,500*
of Bounty Land Warrants outstanding.—-
These were issued under act of 1855 an 1
prior acts. We pay cash for them. Send
by registered letter. Where Assignments
are imperfect we give instructions to per
fect them.
La eh department of our business i con
ducted in a separate bureau, un 1 - the
charge of cxp'CTirnced hnr’ evs Us.
By reason of error <>i li
ueyj are suspended from
the Pension and other effici -■
Claimants whose attarrfev.- Ji
suspended will be graft* itouslv
with full information and rop.o j ,
application to as.
As we charge u.o fees unites suecessji;
stamps for return postage should be ,<nt
aSv
Liberal arrangements made with attoi
neys in all branches of business.
Address GILMORE & CO.,
P 0. Box 44, Wahtnyion, D. C
Washington, D. C., November 21, 1876.
I take pleasure in expressing mv entire
confidence in the responsibili y and fidelity
of the Law. Patent and Collection House of
Gilmore & Go., of this city.
GEORGE 11. B. WHITE,
{Cashier of (he National Metropolitan Bank ,
dec9-tf.
A GREENHOUSE AT
YOUR DOOR.
For SI.OO we will sent! free by moil,
any one of the follow iug lots:
Bdistinct varieties Monthly Roses, Winter
, . flowering.
8 “ Chin. Chrysanthemums,
8 “ Begonias. “
B “ Carnation Pink<,
8 Zonal Geraniums, “
8 “ trouble “
8 “ Ivy leaved “
8 “ Heliotropes,
6. “ Abutilons,
2 “ Double Camehas,
4 “ Azaleas, *<
4 “I obster Cactus,
0 “ Bouvardias •<
and “• Steviasand Eupaloriums ‘
8 “ Fuchsias, *'
4 “ Double Violets, <
2 “ Poiase(ta,scarlot&white ‘
4 “ I’rsmbagOi “
8 “ Ferns, for Wardian Cases
4 “ Palms, *
9 “ Mosses.
6 * Mirant as “
8 “ Hyacinth bulbs •*
40 assorted Tulips Bulbs.
20 assorted Crocus, Bulbs
2 asso ted Jacobean Lily, Bulbs.
12 assorted Oxalis,
4 Lily of the Valley.
8 New Pearl Tuberose.
OR BY EXPRESS:
3of any of the above $1 collecti; ns fa ,8-’
5 “
• ** < 4
?o
14 “ b 7,
Or the whole collection of ' 3 P .]! *
and Plants sent by Express o; *.-oi►.t of
$15.00. to which either of our books. ‘'Gar
dening for Profit, Practical Flori-i-ltu; e. f r
“Gardening for Pleasure” (\
each), will be added. Deacrir iv. tloeua
free.
PETER HENDERSON
Seedsmen and /
35 Cortlandt L:
jun!3-ly
GOLD.^/,
you can get greenbacks,
son in every town to tak
the largest, cheapest and b,
family publication in the \v.
can became a successful agei
elegant works of art given fre,
bers. One agent reports tnak
in u week. A lady agent r<p
over 400 subscribers in ten davs
engage make money fast. You can •
all your time to the business, oi only y
spa e time, lou need not be a way t’r <
home over night. You can do it as well as
others. Full particulars, directions and
terms free, tj you want profitable work
send us your address it once. It costs you
nothing to try the business. No one who
engages fails to make great pay. Address
“ The People’s Journal,” Portland, Maine,
ang! 1-ly
T. W SHELL!. s n pj; KENAN.
fKELLY & FREEMAN,
Attorney s a I Law,
CALHOUN, GEORGIA.
Will give their best attention to all business
entrusted to theii care. fuaT* Collections
made and promptly returned.