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AGRICULTURE.
Constitution of the Georgia
Agricultural Society.
Article 1. This Association shall be
known by the name of (he Georgia State
Agricultural Society.
Art. 2. The officers of the society
shall }»e a President, one Vice-President
from each Congressional District; which
officers shall be elected by ballot by the
society in convention, as hereinafter pre
sen bed.
Art. 3. The legislative and elective
power of the society shall be vested in
the convention of delegates from the
county agricultural societies. These del
egates shall be elected by ballot by the
county societies in January of each year,
or as early thereafter as practicable.
Each county shall be entitled to send
three delegates to the Convention, and
if there shall he more than two organ
ized societies in each county, tlien the
representation from that county shall be
double this number. The delegates
shall hold their appointment for one
year.
There shall be two conventions annu
ally. the first on the 22d February, the
second at such time and place in the Fall
as the Spring Convention shall deter
mine. At the Fall convention the An
nual Fair of the Society shall be held.
An election for President, Vice-Presi
dents, and members of the Executive
Committee, shall be held during the
present convention, and shall be inaugu
rated at the Spring session in 1871.
Hereafter the election of these officers
shall be held during the Spring session
of the society. The present officers shall
hold their offices until their successors
are inaugurated us provided for in this
constitution.
At the fall sessions hereafter, the
President and Vice-Presidents and mem
bers of the Executive Committe from
the Congressional districts shall be elec
ted for the succeeding year, their duties
to commence with the first or spring ses
sion of the next year, at which time the
Executive Committee and Secretary and
Treasurer of the preceding year shall
m ike their annual report. The Presi
dent shall be inaugurated at the spring
convention, and publicly, on the 22d of
February ; if this day shall fall on Sun
day, then on the day succeeding.
At the spring convention the standing
committees on all subjects deemed im
portant to the interests of agriculture,
mechanics, manufactures, and the min
cralogical interests of the State shall be
appointed, and they shall make their re
ports at the fall session.
'flic President, Vice-President, and
members of the Executive Committee,
or Presidents of the Society and life
members on the roll of the Society, and
life members as hereinafter provided for,
shall be members of this legislative body.
Any person who shall be interested in
the agricultural, manufacturing, mechan
ical or mineral interests in this State,
shall be nominated to the Executive
Committee of this Society for election
as a life member upon the payment of
ten dollars, but the Society reserves the
right through its Executive Committee
to reject any person so nominated.
Any person who shall pay two dollars
to the Secretary shall be an annual mem
ber of this Society, and shall be enti
tled to a scat in the convention of dele
gates, but shall not be allowed to vote on
any question before the convention.
Upon the rejection of a person by the
Executive Committee, who shall be nom
inated for a life membership, the fee of
ten dollars shall be returned to him from
the Treasury of the Society.
Art. 4. There shall be three Execu
tive Committeemen from each Congres
sional District.
The delegates in convention, from each
District, shall nominate five names, from
which the convention shall choose three
members of said Board to serve as the
Executive Committee from their Dis
tricts. The members of this Board, at
the first election, shall be elected for one,
two and three years, and one member
from each District annually, thereafter;
one member from a county only. The
J‘resident and Vice-Presidents shall be
ex-officio members of the Executive
Committee; and the committee, thus
constituted, shall have power to elect the
Secretary and Treasurer, and prescribe
their duties. A two-thirds vote of the
whole Committee shall have the power,
for cause, to remove these officers and
fill these vacancies.
The President may suspend the Treas
urer or Secretary for any gross malfeas
ance in office, and appoint a successor,
pro tempore to discharge their duties.
The members of the Executive Com
mittee shall be ex-officio members of the
legislative and elective body of the socie
ty, and entitled to vote on all questions
coming before it.
The President may call extraordinary
sessions of the committee and convention
Bkdeemed necessary.
6. Two counties, represented by
delegates, shall be a quorum of the con
vention of the Society, for the transac
tion of business, in conjunction with a
quorum of the Executive Committee.
Eleven members of the Executive Com
mittee shall be a quorum. If seven
Congressional Districts are represented
at any meeting of the Executive Com
mittee, five members shall be a quorum
thereof.
Art. 7. The Treasury shall keep the
funds of the Society, and disburse them
on the order of the President or a A’ice
President when acting in his place, and
shall make a report of his receipts and
disbursement at the spring annual meet
ing. The Treasurer shall pay no order
'"that is not countersigned by the Record
ing Secretary. lie shall be required to
give a bond in a sum satisfactory to the
President, to be approved by the Execu
tive Committee. The Secretary shall
take charge of, distribute or preserve all
seeds, plants, books, models, specimens
in mineralogy or natural history, which
maybe transmitted to the Society; shall
have charge of all communications de
signed or calculated for publication; and
so far as may be deemed proper shall
collect, arrange and publish the same in
such manner and form as he may deem
best calculated to promote the objects
and interests of the Society, by the ——d
day of February of each year. Me shall
also keep a neat and perfect record of
the acts and doings of the Annual Con
ventions or Extraordinary Sessions of
the Society, and act as Secretary to the
Executive Committee, keeping a perfid
and neat record of their transactions,
and shall publish his records as directed
by the Executive Committee or the So
ciety.
Art. 8. The annual Fairs of the So
ciety shall be held at such time and
place as may be determined by the Ex
ecutive Comm it tee.
Art. 9. The Executive Committee
shall, by ballot, elect a Secretary and
Treasurer, whose term of office shall
continue for three years, but removable
upon cause; and the- Executive Com
mittee shall fix the salaries and define
the duties of these officers.
Art. 10. The Executive Committee
shall make’ an annual report of its ac
tions, through its presiding officer, at its
annnal meeting; this action of the Ex
ecutive Committee shall be subject to
the approval of the Society, in Conven
tion.
Art. 11. At all elections held by the
Executive Committee, under the provi
sions of this Constitution, the persons re
ceiving the greatest number of votes,
shall be declared elected.
Art. 12. Each County Society repre
sented in this Society shall be required
to forward through its proper officer such
sum of money as the Executive Commit
tee shall assess upon its membership,
this sum not to exceed 50c per capita of
the membership.
Art. 13. The Constitution shall go
into force at once, except so much there
of as applies to the regulations of the
Executive Committee made for the con
duct of the Fair of 1870.
Art. 14. This Constitution shall be
amended or altered by a vote of two
thirds of the members present at any
annual meeting of the Society in con
vention, upon one year’s notice in wri
ting.
The House-Keeper.
J elly Ice Creams are made by dissolv
ii g animal or vegetable jellies, and ad
ding them to the ordinary ice cream in
gredients. Gelatine and isinglass are
also used.
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Nail in tiie Foot. —To relieve from
the terrible effects of running a nail in
to the foot of man or beast, take peach
leaves, bruise them, apply to the wound,
and confine with a bandage. They cure
as if' by magic. Renew the application
twice a day, if necessary; but one appli
cation usually does the work. I have
cured both man and horse in a few T hours,
when they were apparently on the point
of having the loc/.-jaw. This recipe, re
membered and practiced, will save many
valuable lives.
——
Toothache. —All who suffer from
toothache, or neuralgic affections, arising
from teeth in any state of decay, may
experience relief, instantaneous and
permanent, by saturating a small bit of
clean cotton or wool with a strong solu
tion of ammonia, and applying it im
mediately to the affected tooth. The
pleasing contrast instantaneously pro
duces, in some eases, a fit of laughter,
although a moment before extreme
suffering and anguish prevailed.
Recipe for Blackberry Wine.—
Gather nice, ripe blackberries; mash
them well in a wooden or earthen vessel,
strain, and for every gallon of juice thus
obtained, add two quarts of water to the
pomace. Let this stand several hours,
stirring occasionally; then strain and
mix with the pure juice. To every gal
lon of this mixture add three pounds
white sugar. Place in any suitable ves
sel to ferment, substituting a piece of
gauze neatly pasted on for a stopper,
After fermentation, loosely place the
stopper in. Rack off and bottle in Oc
tober.— Country Gentleman.
Certain Cure for Ear-ac^ie. —
A writer in the Western Rural says:
“As soon as any soreness is felt in the
ear, let three or fyur drops of tincture
of arnica be poured in and the orifice
filled with a piece of cotton to exclude
the air, and in a short time the uneasi
ness is forgotten. If the arnica be not
resorted to till there is actual pain, the
cure may not be as speedy, but it is just
as certain, although it may be necessary
to repeat the application. It is a sure
preventive for gathering in the ear,
which is the usual cause of ear-ache.”
Caution to Mothrs. —A distin
guished physician of Paris, declared just
before his death, “ I believe that during
the twenty-six years that I have
ticed my profession in this city, twenty
thousand children have been borne to
the cemeteries a sacrifice to the absurd
custom of naked arms. ”
“ Boston, ” adds Dr. Warren, “ sacri
fices five hundred babies every year bv
not clothing their arms.” What these
little arms need is thick, knit, woollen,
warm sleeves, extended from the hand to
the shoulder.
The extremities require as much
clothing as the body. Women should
dress their arms and legs in woollen of
some kind. The absurdity of loose flow
ing sleeves and wide skirts, worn in our
climate, hardly needs be discussed.
Warming Cold Feet. —An excel
lent mode of warming cold feet by exer
cise, which is the true way of warming
them, is by means of an ordinary iron
dumb-bell, the balls of which are from
four to six inches in diameter, or a cyl
inder of heavy wood some six inches in
diameter and a foot and a half long, may
be used.
The bell or cylinder is placed upon a
smooth floor, and the patient, with slip
pers or shoes on, steps upon it and rolls
it along backward and forward, balan
cing at first with a rod. or by taking hold
of another person’s hand or other sup
port. A little practice will enable him
to balance himself and move along with
out assistance. All who are troubled
with cold feet, and are strong enough,
should try it. »
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The Turcos, mentioned as a part of
the French military force, are native Al
gerines, trained to war by the French.
They are light infantry troops..of quick
movement, and accustomed to the scal
ing of difficult places.
Poe’s Song of the “ Bells. ”
WHERE AND HOW IT WAS COMPOSED.
The following incident was related bv
a member of the Baltimore bar .who, : t
the time of its occurrence, was but re
cently admitted to practice. The truth
of the statement may be depended on ;
and evep the conversation introduced. I
give. I think, nearly word for word as
reported to me.
At the period referred to there were
several single-storied houses on the east
side of St. Paul street, between Lexing
ton and Saratoga streets, each of which
contained but two rooms. They were
rather massive—according to present
ideas—constructed of brie&, but have
been for a long time displaced by tall
and stately buildings. One of those sin
gle-storied houses was occupied by my in
formant. r I he front apartment was used
as a law office, the rear as a sleeping
room.
One calm and clear moon-light winter
night, when the snow lay deep upon the
city trees and roots, Mr. was ma
king preparations to retire to bed, when
his front door-bell was rung. He arous
ed his negro servant-boy, who was nod
ding on his st >ol by the chimney corner,
and sent him to open the door to his late
visitor.
The boy almost immediately returned
alone. He said that nobody was at the
door, but that a gentleman was standing
iu the snow in the middle of the street
taU-ing to himself and tossing his arms
about.
Mr. now went to the front door
himself. When he opened it he found
one who was evidently a gentleman—he
could see that by the moonlight—stand
ing on the pavement facing him.
“ Was it you who rang my bell ?” he
asked.
“Yes, sir,” was the reply. “I owe
you an apology for disturbing you at an
hour io unreasonable. But the fact is,
some thoughts have come into my mind
which I wish to commit to paper, and
seeing a light in your bac& window (the
house stood on the corner of an alley)
and considering it a matter of course
that a lawyer’s office is supplied with
stationary, I took the liberty of ringing
your bell. ”
“ You are very welcome,” said the law T
yer, “ walk in sir.”
The stranger followed him into the in
ner apartment, where a bright coal fire
was burning in the grate. The manner
of his guest was so impressive of intel
lect that Mr. offered a bed, but
the visitor only asked the use of a chair,
t ible and writing material. So the ne
gro boy lay down upon has pallet on the
floor, and the young lawyer retired to his
bed, leaving the stranger bending over
the table.
"W hen Mr. awakened in the
morning his visitor was sitting in a chair,
with his head upon the table, asleep.
The motion made by the young lawyer
on awakening aroused the stranger-
The latter seemed at once to be wide a
wake. He arose from the seat, thanked
his host for his hospitality, and grace
fully apologized for his intrusion on the
previous night, He was then about to
leave the room.
“You are forgetting your manuscript,”
said the young lawyer, pointing to some
pieces of paper on the table.
‘ I have a copy of what I have emu
posed, ” said the stranger, “and leave
the original with you as some acknowl
edgement of your kindness under circum
stances so trying. ”
The stranger left. The lawyer did
not know until a long time afterward,
when the “Song of the Bells”—of whi< h
he still has the original—had been pub
lished and become famous, that his sin
gular visitor was Edgar A. Poe.
Catching a Fly in Church.
A lady in one of our churches rested
her head on the back of the pew in front,
as all devout people do in the time of
prayer, but in the pew before her sat a
young man who neither bowed his head
nor kneeled. A beautiful plume noded
and danced upon the head of the fair
one dehind him, occasionally touching
the neck of the youth, who evidently
considered it a fly or some other trouble
some insect. For a time he bore the
unpleasant sensation without a murmur,
but patience ceased to be a virtue,
and from the flash of his eagle eye, one
could plainly see that the hour of “that
fly’’ had come. Instead of saying “shco
fly, don’t bodder me,” cautiously his
hand moved toward the supposed offend
ing insect; then followed a frantic clutch
and a spring behind him. Imagine the
horror of the youth to find in his hand
the nobby hat of the fair one, which he
had torn violently from her head, sadly
disarranging the contour of braids and
chignon. The lady was indignant, of
course, and the youth could have been
purchased at any immense sacrifice about
that time. Explanations and apologies
followed, and the disorganized was put
in order as soon as possible, and the de
votional exercises were resumed. —Lima
( Ohio ) Gazette.
Treatment of Sick Children.
A correspondent of the Herald of
Health writes as follows :
I was reading, a short time since, Dr.
Humphrey’s description of a case of
cholera infantum treated at first drug
opathically, when it occurred to me that
one of an opposite treatment might be
interesting to the readers of the columns
of “ How to Treat the Sick ” without
medicine.
My little boy who has never eaten
any meat, salt, butter, cookeys, dough
nuts, or die like, was taken violently
sick last summer, during teething. He
seemed as well as usual that morn ing,
only that he ate no breakfast, which I
knew was a sign that something was
wrong, as he never eats when not tyell.
Before I left the table, he was taken
with bloody discharges and rapidly grew
cold, though a very warm day. I never
saw one grow sick so fast; he had eight
discharges in an hour with griping pains.
I put his feet in warm water, made a
bed of warm blankets put a battle of hot
water to his feet and warm flannels on
his knees. When he was well warm. I
removed the bottle from his feet, and
gradually, as the color returned to his
checks, removed the covering.
* • *
GRAND RAFFLE!
AND SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY!
IN' GEORGIA,
October 24th, 1870.
TICKETS ONLY ONE DOLLAR. !
ill TlfflT (WARMTH) A PRIZE!
NO STOCKHOLDER PERMITTED TO PURCHASE or be INTERESTED
I3ST A TICKET !
Never before, in the memory of man, was there such inducements offered to
People ewby where to make their Thousands on the investment of ONE DOL
LAII. There is nothing lost, and Thousands to be gained by purchasing Tick
ets. Look to your interest, and let Every Man, Woman and Child have a ticket,
or tickets, before the time appointed for Raffle. ONLY ONE DOLLAR A
TICKET !
LIST OF ARTICLES TO BE RAFFLED FOR.
Ist CAPITAL PRIZE—One Plantation lying on Coossawatte
River, well improved, and in a high state of cultivation,
valued at : ; ; : ; : $6,000
2nd Prize—One Lot Creek Bottom Land, 1 on the Western
& Atlantic Railroad, well timbered, valued at : : 3,000
3d Prize—One small River Farm, within half a mile of the
Depot at Calhoun, valued at ; : : ; 2,000
4th Prize—One House and Lot in the town of Calhoun, on
Railroad Street, fronting Depot, elligibly located, : 2,000
sth Prize—One Livery & Sale Stable and Lot, new building,
put up upon the most modern improvements, ; 2,000
Gth Prize—One Large Dwelling, 2 acre lot, good well water
and all necessary out buildings : : ; 2,000
7th Prize—One 6 room Dwelling, acre lot, near Court House, 1,500
Bth Prize—One pair very large, extra fine, young mules,
Carriage and Harness, all new : : : 1,200
9th Prize—One Lot and Dwelling near Calhoun Hotel, 1,000
10th Prize—One Business House and lot on R. R. street, 1,000
11th Prize— “ « “ “ “ “ •* 1,000
12th Prize—One pair extra large fine Match Horses, 600
13th Prize—One pair fine match Horses, : 500
14th Prize—One lot and stable fronting Wall street, 500
15th Prize—One house and lot near the Academy, 500
16th Prize—l6o acres land in Gilmer county, 400
17th Prize—One fine buggy, harness, &c., : : 350
18th Prize— “ 44 “ “ : : 325
19th Prize— “ “ “ “ : : 300
20th Prize— “ 44 44 “ : : 275
21st Prize—One new iron-axle Wagon, coach harness, &c., 275
22nd Prize— 44 44 44 " 44 44 250
Also, 29,778 Prizes consisting of all articles kept in a first class store, such as
Watches, Saddles, Boots, Hats, and other articles too numerous to mention.—
Prizes valued at from 81 to $6,000.
There will be 30,000 tickets issued and sold. Every ticket will be duplicated,
the purchaser holding one, the other to be filedin the office. On the day of the
Raffle the 30.000 duplicate tickets will be placed in a wheel, and the three first
drawn out will be entitled to Raffle for the highest prize, and the two remaining
tickets will be placed in wheel No. 2. Wheel No. 1 will again be turned, and the
next three tickets drawn will be entitled to Raffle for the 2d prize, and the
two remaining tickets will also be placed in wheel No. 2 ; and so it will proceed
until wheel No. 1 is emptied of all tickets then wheel No. 2 will be turned and
drawn from the same as No. 1, and the remaining two tickets, after each drawn,
will be placed in wheel No. 1; and so continue to draw from wheel No. 1 and 2
until the 30,000 tickets are drawn; thereby giving each and every one a chance
and a prize.
The Raffle will be conducted with six dice, thrown from one box, at the same
time. In the event there be a tie between the contestants, a throw from each
will determine the fortunate one.
Refer to Hon W. H. Dabney. Atlanta, Ga.; Col. R. M. Young, Calhoun, Ga. ;
H. C. Hunt, Clerk Superior Court; D. W. Neel, Ordinary, and other County
Officers of Gordon County.
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE.
For every Ten Tickets sold, the Agent will be entitled to one Extra Ticket.
Send for Circular and Tickets.
Money sent for Tickets by express or registered letter (if by mail at sender’s
risk) wiil be promptly attended to.
All communications, or orders, enclosing stamp, should be addressed to
H. K. HICKS & CO.,
Managing Agents. Calhoun Ga.
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