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The Farm and Household. Table of Weights ami Measures* Bushels. m Lbs. Bushels. Lbs. •Vheat GO Blue Grass Seed...l4 Shelled corn 58 Buckwheat, 52 Corn in the ear 70 Dried peaches 3S Peas 60 Dried apples 24 Rye 56 Union 07 Oats 32 Sail 5g Barley 47 Slone coal 80 Irish Potatoes 08 Malt 4^ Sweet Potatoes 55 Bran 2 (J White Beans 58 Turnips 5 Castor Beaus 46 Plastering Hair .’lover Seed... 60 Unslackcd Lime. ..B Timothy Seed 40 Corn Meal 4_ F lax Seed 50 Fine Salt 5^ Hemp Seed 44 Ground Peas 2^ ■nyteti vwy w w*— Poor Land. It is never profitable to cultivate poor land, and especially it is not profi table v to cultivate it with hired labor. — Let the owner of poor land, says the old Geoigfa Plantation, pay good wages to laborero working by the month or year, rnd 't will often happen that the entire crops ai.se and will not sell for enough to pay theirjwages. Results like these drive the c . ners of such unproductive soils to sol! ibi what they can get and remove to ft new country, where Iresh land may be had at a low price. Rut is there no way in which old fields, and naturally thin soils, may be greatly improved dlul, *t the same time, pay good wages fcr la bor. It is precisely at this point that science comes to assist the farmer where he most needs assistance to keep him bis wife and children, flit of their far-off wilder net.6. Science tells him that all agri cultural plants are formed of air and pure water, to a large extent ; and that 0 itnioon air and water are as useful for making crops on and over poor land, as on and over rich land. If every owner of f poor farm understood these tw important facts, the information would holp him wonderfully to supply the few lacking substances to make go.,d crops andan independent living on the old homestead An acre of earth, such as is cultiva ted with the plough, weighs a thousand tons ,if taken up to the debth ot ten inches. It ofteu happens that from three hundred pounds of agricultural salts applied to an acre ol poor land, add four, fold to the harvest. The salts con tains no vegetable mold, and nothing to make it; and the solid matter whicn they add to earth in which corn, cotton cr wheat grow is only one part to seven or eight thousand. The spring and summer heat and sunshine the rain and dew, and the atmospheric gases, over and in poor soils, are substantially the same that they, the ooean oi gases an vapors m which ail agricultural p ant grow, in f ruling said plants, vi 1 be cnrefully studied, and unniversall known. In manuring the ground at the bottom < f this vast ocean of air, in an unsaientifio manner,farmers thro.v away millions of dollars in U>or misapplied and impoverish a great (leal of land to ■ their ini ury, and the public oss. bound agricultural education will, one day. put an end to this error in farming.— Mobile Register The Western Hog Crop. Though full returns of the West’ rn hog produce for the past season are u<d yet iu. from all the minor points, the es timates now at hand will probably vary but little from the final total. Ve give these iu another column. The state meat includes the number of h )gs pack ed the average of weights and yield of lard ; also' the amount of mess pork made The total packing represents 4,805,300 hogs, as agan5t5,566,000 a decrease of about 700,009. The average weight for the season of IS/5-6 is placed 21799 pounds uet, as against 200<7 pounds last year, an increase of 8 | pounds noi or nearly four per cent. The averag* yield ot lard is 34.55 pounds per hog against 35.20 last year- 1. ho total yield of lard shows a falling off ol 20,500.000 pounds, or about 54,800 tierces, es com pared with 1875. The aggregate net weight of hogs wi'l fall about 100,000 OOlfpoands below that of last year, a de crease of about nine per cent. JS'cic York Tribune. _— Tlie Continued Extort of Cot* ton Goods. — It is a fact not generally known that the British drills, jeans and sheeting imported now are all stamped with American brands and the names of leading American mills. Respecting the export of cotton goods to England the movement continues with consider abl<s success. The number of packag e shipped from'* New York and Bostnh since January Ist amount to nearly 18 000 packages, against 10,000 package* during the same period, iu 1875 It i*. admitted that there is notT much rrofi in the movement, but it has a tendency t > rid the country of a portion of th surplus cotton, beside giving employ ment to thousands of hands, though at a reduced rate of wages. It isuanec ebsary to add that the quality of good* thus export* and is of a superior quality t<- those of English make, and at the same tini! enabl s the Manche te • manufact urers to export their rnjorinr goods to China, for which a good jrolt is realiz td C • 'NCETt Crp.fc -Wp are indebted to aca spondent ibr the following reeoipe He avsit is u Spanish remndy : Take too yolk of an egg. with as much fine salt as it will absorb; stir it to a salve spread a little of it,.on a piece of silk and apply it fresh twice a day. KEEPiNQ Honby—To keep honey al* , ,the yen round., let it run through~a fine sofvo >o separte it front particles wav llip# boil it gently in an earthen vessel, skim off the foam which gathers on top and cool in jars. After eoveing tlise tightly set them away in a cool eel : ale/ • 7i*,T V ■ * ***' ** * v** jb' A CORRESPONDENT of the New each bill of cucttmDers cr melons, and you will have uu trouble from the atrip ped yoga that ary so destructive pi rfifo plants. * The points "Ivin be tied > ' t!r:kiS, a‘d, if well pruned when large b th stlVo*>t can nroeeed with their fruiting to one an other. * ***** *' * ‘ J 1 AN ADDRESS TO THE SICK. Do you want to purify the system? Do you want to get rid of Biliousness? Do you want something to streng hen you? Do you want a good app Rite ? Do you want to gm rid of nervousnes ? Do you want good digestion ? Do you Want to .-deep well? Do you want to build up your constitution?. Da you w Hit a brisk and vigorous feeling ? If you do. T AKE simMOttS’ EiVER rkgilatolH Purely V e^euiMie. T s h:.rmlcKS| Is no drastic violent medicine, E sure to cure is taken regularly, Is no intoxicating beverage, Is a faultless fan ily mediemt, Is the cheapest medicine in the world, Is givf and with safety and ihe happiest re sults to the most delicate infant. Docs not disarrange the system, Takes the place of quinine aud bitter "of every kind, Contains the simplest and best remedies Ask the recovered dyspeptics, b.lio - sufferers, victinn of fever and ague, the mercurial diseased patient, how they recov ered hoalili, cheerful spirits and j 00 1 appe titc—they will tell you by taking Simmons Liver Regulator, The Chenpod, Purest, ami Best Family Medicine in the World. It contains tour medicinal elements, nev r united in the same happy proportion in any other prepa id don, viz : a getnlecuihar tic, a wonderful tonic, at uti ixceptionable alterative and ccri tin corrective of all im purities ft he body. Such signal success has attended its use, that it is now regarded I} s the EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC! For all cti eases of the Liver Stomach and Spleen. As a Remedy in MALARIOUS FEVERS, BOWEL COM PLAINTS, DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL DIP Pit ESS ION, It ESt LESS Nil; IS. JA UN DP, ’ E N VUSEA. S ICK 1411 \ D4CHE. COLIC. COV STL RATION and BILIOUSNESS. IT HAS NO EQUAL. CAUTION. As there aie a number of imitations of fered to the public, we would caution the community to buy no powde s or prepared Summons’ Livca Il&Gt/LVTOR unless in out engraved wrapper with trade mark, slump and signature unbroken. None other is genuine. J. H. ZEiLIN & CO., Macon, Ca.i and Philadelphia. lour valuable medicine, Simmons’ Liver /.’egulator, has saved me many doctor's 'tills, I use it for everything it is recoin mended end never knew it to fail ; l bav used it in colic and grubs, with my mult and horses, giving 1 ;em about ha Ifa bolt! at a time. I have not lo:.t one that I gav it to, you can recommend it to evety on ■ hat has stock hs b ung the be t meilicin kuown for all complaints (hat horse flesh b heir to E. T. Tayl.r Agent for Grangers of Georgia. sep‘2o-ly. CHEAP MUSIC ! EIGHT . Peters’ Household Melodies, No. 14, comaius eig.t Song:-, q A Vf ft o worth 30 cents each, namely: m\J iN <J[ Oq. lo Ilundvcd Years Ago, Silver at Evening, Golden at Noon, No for ra.Dear, l Want to see her Face Again, Message from the Sea nfj rantokton’t Forget Me, Hannah, From ’ ' ’’the Liglit and LovC'of llcnte, and Worth32.so^G_ <)lll y Friend. 7 Itcse are late Songs, hy Hays Stewart, I),inks, etc. SEVEN Peers’ Parlor Music Ko 14, WfUUIUS VVU Piillio :1 e ... . , TA Ol mode.ate iEfiiculfy, name], 1 lAM) Little Old Cabjn G• T< p, Chd perick Waltz, Czaar and Zim PIEPPQ "Hermann, Rustic Polka, Lily ot - Killarney J/arch, Silvery ,1/oon light Nocturne, and the Skylark FOR Galop. These pieces arc by Kink el, ** e\ r\ 1 Wagner, Wilson, and other pop- Olt t'CHlSular wr ters—a fine selection. FIVE Uu Creme cle la Oremc, No. 2->, contains five brilliant ... Piat.o Pieces for first ebisy Piano bnliailt players namely : L’Esp-ranee. Nocturne by Asher—Welding (P I?'ll0 Lei Is, J/orccau de Salon by G. .JfljJlfj D. \\ ilson—La limine du Salon, Polka brilliante by Licbner— FOR Andante leTrio’ e William T“H, by FrudouL arid Le Feu Follet, ia n . Capvieoio bydvulte. ■U* ItC.ilS J hrsc at all first-olassMieces, worth §2.30 in sheet form. These magazines are pubTishod monthly Price -)0 cents ecch for single numbers, or v-1 per year postpaid, to subscriber’s*. Send eO cent ; for a sample cop t, and we will relupd your inouey |f not found as re presented. Address' J. L. BETELS, marß-lm. 843 Broadway, New York. *3 \HMiimm I The Rest Presses Made 9 yFmnlTlNßjj@pr> They are V, c l. r*ifco*>&o Bu.lt. t" j oipre sion come up trim,-oven and ii, ?RI?IT2RS,;^:" tot ’’ I ' v;ng " Euhaets- Men do t.ib .uust A D . , Larger sizes, self-ink- Amateurs. i Ug . ALSO Jol) Type for Amateurs! AND Printers’ Furnishing Articles' Of Every Ue. eiaptiou. Send 10 cts. for pamphlet. Address . L. GI MP * CO., 17G Wir'am s-reet, New York VUi Fisk's Patent Matalie BURIAL CASES. Having pn- eha -od the* stock of Boftz iiarvettt w£ivh\ill 6ot!f7vnly bo added to, ■> full r’tiw t>f iv;e*? e*in nlwa v -fa found at, •he old stand of Reeves & Vlaloue. dec 15 fun. 'ft A. FOSTER*. The Diamond f** fT"* cotton v#ll ■ r L.* iMPHuVtU&WARRA.'.i l.j <uuf-mm <9Eij.UK. ,STT- /: **•£„.' : V\\sAT |S '*"• . • * Yv V ~ et it • . . o.rp*yt‘iiivuiik v GMX* H. C.. ry. total iet-nw w : MUSIC EMPORIUM. \ CUMMINS, ! 47 Gay Street. Iviioxville? Term., WHOLESALE AND lIETATL DEALER IN PIANOS ORGANS. SHEET MUSIC, MDSIC BOOKS, And All Kinds of MUSICAL MERCHANDISE. New Pianos from $250 to sl,soo~organs from SSO to $750! INSTKUMI NTS SOLD ON EASY INSTALLMENTS. Great Inducements to CHURCHES, SABBATH SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IncLucemeiit® J AGENTS WANTED IN THE SOUTHERN STATES Send for Catalogues and price lists, and correspond with this house, if you want bar gains. Pantos.and Organs of all leading manufacturers furnished at the lowest prices. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Usual inducements to SouHitrn papers on advertising. t’TiHTnrT*-rift- 1 ' r~ fmhMai.r. mifVHfciir - rtffir-iai- fc tjPCje^J2CU~ss;it'rJVi< , rfy BWra •■’WirTTqiuriVgi O UD— „ \l ;t*OV*NE^ fin"' Uu Lmom \ ftZCEJ VZD THE f : ' CRAM';P PRIZE *k£_" yftK i ipnijki ; v = : t•i la DAL % I E Z 873. . tS I I- isC]uir33 no rnr utilzz rtt st-i it. 1% can not get out of order. It Mill do ever 7 ctaco end kind of It T7lll sss7 i cn tissue TrTcr to Harnoss Leather. St is as far ia, advareo c? c :.:r ?. aoLinss ia tlis anagaitude of its superior isaprsTcsaents, as a Ltcarv Ca? ©sccil3 in acMovsmeata tt > all ixZl&z% 0 tage. C gac h, * .vasSp Eitiheib for* CQch. or Credit. j AUEiVTS WANTED. Address: v/ILCOH GEWIMG MACHINE CO. OLLTLiLAITD, Qt.% TOHS, . rfw , ' :, or.L3Atef i M.| ' fcy, LoYdr,iio* JOB PRIXTINir! .f- k, ’ r%£ m ' - - - ' f i-1 It ji a * *)? f'ln 5 constantly adding new, ma serin ODE, JOB DEPAETiIENT and increasing our facilities tor tbs cxeeu lion of lob ''Printing of all kinds. Wean n#-w prepared to print, in neat style on shon notice, 1 o\ni>B. i o\ T blank.*, c r ' ! BLANK NC'TVS BILLHEADS, BLANK REGEI Pi'P LETTER HEADS, ENVELOPES, TICKETS, L.-.BLUS T-USTERS, PANfPIPItET &.C., Ac We* gifuiant’c* Satisfuctim..tftrn’t pend your orders avv*ay.to have them fillca, y .u have, an <•*•;.,hifshnv nt at home that will execute work neatly, and at. AT EXCEEDINGLY T.D\Y RATES. 6ivo your pEon b of fice Specipieus cap at cur Hi *< . .T. TANARUS , X> IT IT IZ X . ! A‘V*. ;V • ;* xm Tj • , 'df r?s’ ■:* 4 ‘ : r - s v - v ! •-a: '*. > -itnta.'tr'-.'. . -*“ ’ L ' ' Tf' “ MASUFAC TUBE S .EABMtfISS if. I’ u fl‘l •*■■■■■ *• 7/ '• SADDLER BE I DEES,' ! s '. . A JIOITSE CQLLABB . r * vf Ip* in, fiw. liuev.yPtfice *. ry lowest .- uWnU bipUfforhli.)A tiAe Uiiu a v4l.- U'j ~ ■ h; fabV. Mortgage Bale for May. \W LL be sold before the Court House door in the town of Calhoun,Gordon Coun tj, GeorSia between the 1 gal hours of sale, jon hrsPji'yyfSday in May next, the fol [ lo'wLtig property' to-vvit.: ; One r.ed < <fw. one yoke of oxen, one wag on, arid oi**ht head of sheep, as th* } roper tp of C. D. Hester, and R thia Hester levD upon bv virtue of a mortgage fi fa issued from Gordon Superior Court, in favor of Saijmui Pulliam and T. A. Foster as. C. D. Hester, and Itu'hia Hester. Property pointed out in saui fi fa. I E. BARTLETT, Sheriff. CENTm'NIAL Soji6s e and Quartets. 'Onf Hundred Years Ago. Song and Clio By H ys 35c One Hundred Years Ago. Quaitet for Ma'e MarchiT'g’neath our Sta *ry Flag. S. & Cho. Glover 30c Marehing'Neath our Starry flag. Qt. for A’ale Voices 10c Let the Hills and Vales Resound. Quar tet. J/ixed A r oices 12c memorial” songs. Scatter Sweet Flowers o’er her Grave. Danks. 30c Weep o’er tbe Graves of the Loved Ones. Banks. . . 5 , . . . 30c d/emorial Flowers. Ballad. Mendelssohn 30u Scatter Sweet Flowcrs.trio for Female V 30e Weep o’er the Graves. T’ io for Female V 30c ZITHER, Ilaniiltoi/s New MA ho'd.'Prico' 75 emits each. /' ISI ■ . : CORNET. Sedgwick’s . vi ioCii-.Aot" and oi tiie Cornet 75c' Sedgwick's Complete Method $1 50 : .. ,iCs’OHDION j.,N ; IjjPAN.;. \i .QV-y. B’pd lor. Gei j . ft Ajiii ifnion 75e . S‘' i %v*ek>^ ; oni|deU* Met3io<l ‘SI 50 Adgav iokvr.-fCE f 'ltl'M for fi ef ch i LlUtnifcn.* 75^ Sfiigwick’s Ce.AHm hVW s (f .CONCERTINA. 'kMioyiv'k .S f'es ie.t. Jiethy t lor Ge t -nian Cory.ertina *'• | Metiol ' T :i i > .Uini ; : ‘ ■ { by i. L. PETERS, Tork'V 1 8 *3 P< (K and mailed*_post-paid, on receipt of tae j •. iwmtiv iu[..■ ar2o-lm. , . - 1 THE CALHOUN TIMES. I A Spicy, Interesting Local and Family Newspaper. ✓ PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AT CALHOUN, GORDON COUNTY, GA. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: ONE YEAR $2 00 THREE MONTHS $ 75 SIX MONTHS 1 oo CLUBS OF TEN 1500 TheTnm having entered th* sixth year of its existence, ami become firmly e-tsb S&S m,lke u * "'"■ * •- HOME NEWS at a small cost, as well as a general selection o#news from all Dart* while these of lb GS-ooca. Newspaper, and one that will be highly appreciated every week as a welcome visitor to the idl j if > ? • it trot *H) s'*> itV ■' r ol f* to, ’ . am FAMILY CIRCLE TO ADVERTISERS. . j ’i. ■ j tyrga j t. iie TIMES h:rs*a constantly increasing circulation in the counties of Che okee eor gta. making it an invaluable medium to tlie business man through which tt mak <c ow Uijj haziness., tts securing the greatest good to he greatrt number. Kates r .oi abj. !' . i WpiHCAI ‘’OlTaa.'b.CG 4 * -i - - ! J : : -.. DBi REEMAN, Proprietor. . n . U , K fi • -i . --- * * x MFOR SAMPLE OH ROMO AND PAPER 5 FOR SAMPLE CHKOMO AND PAPER ! FOR SAMPLE OH ROMO (JO Cl'S. AN D PAPER I $1 10 A YEAR ! $1 10 A YEAR! Including Pigdiiu i) and i > >sf. ociading Premium ami j OUR OWN FIUESUI j Is a Home Journal for the Fireside. Eight large pages, w ith lllustvati.n Now in its Fourth Year. Price $1 00 a year. 10 ets extra tnu-i ent to pay postage. A Chromo teith Every Number. A Chroma with Every Number. A Chroma with Every Number For $2.00 a Year, For $2.00 a Year. Eor $2.00a Year Subscribers of Our Own Fireside, desir ng a chromo with every paper, will remivi he same upon the payment of $2 00 in stead of $1 10. These chromos are larger and of a better class than t hose used by other publishers, and every one worth more than the sub* scription price. Sample number of the paper with sam pie Chromo sent to any address upon receipt of cents. Fveiy family should take Our Own Fireside. For its good stories ! For its fashion articles ! For its miscellany ! For its household news Address: “OCR Own ’“’jreside,” 17(3 William street, New York. N- 15. —Canvassers Wanted. —Jt a relia ble busines man will accept the agency lu control canvassers in this vicinity, we will put his name to this advertisement. <.m! will give him special inducements to ct as our agent. USTotice. U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE SPECIAL TAXES, MAY 1, 1876. TO APRIL 20, 1877. The revised statutes of the United States, sections 3232. 3237, 3238, and 3239, require every person engaged in any business avo cation, or employment which renders him liable to a special tax, o übocuke and PLACE CONBPICOFOBLY LN Ills ESTABLISIi.MKXT ob place of business a s.amp denoting the payment of said special tax j ear for the special tax year beginning May 1, 187(3, be fore commencing or continuing business alter April 30. 18/(3. The taxes embraced within the pr (visions of the law above quo ted are the following, viz: Rectifiers S2OO 00 Dealers, retail liquor 25 00 Dealers, wholesale liquor, 100 00 Dealers in mail liquors, wholesale 50 Oil Dealers in ma t liquors, retail 20 00 Dealers i leaf tobacco 25 00 Retail dealers in leaf tobac o AOO 00 And on sales oi ov r SI,OOO, flfty cents for every dollar in excess of sl,. 00. Dealers in manufac ured tobacco 5 00 Manufacturers of stills 50 00 And for eac i still manufactured 20 (•(> And for each worm manufactured 20 (0 Manufacturers of tobacco 10 00 Manufacturers of cigars 10 00 Pmdtors of tobacco, first c!a>- [move than two liorseSjOt other animals] 50 00 Peddlers of tobacco, second class [two horses or othel arrmals.] 25 00 Peddlers ot tobacco, third class [one horse or oilier animal] 15 00 Peddlers of tobacco, fourth clais [on foot or public conveyance] 10 00 Brewers of less than 500 barrels 50 00 Brewers of 500 barrels or more 100 00 Any person, so liable, who shall fail lo comply with the foregoing leqnireniei ts will be subject to severe peijaltie . Persons or firms liable to pay Special Taxes named above must apply to Juo. L. Conley, Col lector of Internal Revenue at Atlanta, or to Samuel Slieats, Deputy Collector at Rome, Ga., and pay for and procure the Special Tax Stamp or Stamps they need, prior to May 1, 1870, and without urtlier notice. D. D. PRATT, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Office of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. 0 , February 1, 1870. mar22-2w—aprl9-2w. CARRIAGES, BIGGIES yIAZ> WAGONS. mHE undersigned having purchased of X Mr, Z. T. Gray his shop, tools, and took of material, consisting of everything ne cessary to the completion of fust class Wag ons, Carriages and Buggies, and also Har ness, Bridles, &c., together with All Kuuls ot Farm Work, in Wood, I*-on aucl Steel. Horse-shoeing done in the best style. All kinds of repairing done at short notice, and in good st\le. The same bands cont;n* ued in the shops, with the addition of Mr. Metis, who is known to be among the best of wood workmen. Mr. Gray will give his personal attention in the shops for awhile. Try me. All work and prices warranted satisfactory. A liberal discount will be made for cash. A. W. JIEEVE. r. s. McCreary, JACKSONVILLE, ILL., Breeder and shipper of the celebrated POLAND CHINA HOGS. OF THE BEST QUALITY. Send for price list and circular, feblb 6m. S* 4 A Woman Fair to Look Upon. A RA, The Princess 1 Facsimile of a celebrated Oil Painting by B ROC HART, in 21 oil-colors—size 17 x 22 incites kpe royaL beauty of face and form, rich Oriental costume, romantic Eas tern landscape background, wit! its web. palm trees, fiochs, tents, and .long stretch of desert and' distant boundary of mouu t ins, combine to form a rare and lov ty picture. It would grace the walls of public or privfue gallery. CAM Y AS** EKS are wife < ver it. and ate competing for the Cash Freminins. Send for our 3DLJCSDID oiter. Address, J. B. FORD & CO., New York'City. < febl6-St.