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AGRICULTURE.
Fattening Hogs. —As the season
for feeding hogs is near at hand, a few
words on the subject may not be amiss.
Much thought has been indulged in
every year by farmers as to the time
when they should commence to fatten
their hogs.
I believe that hogs should be fed ear
ly. The Ist of September is 1 think,
about the best time to put up hogs that
are to be fattened. Many farmers do
not think of feeding hogs before the
middle of November. My experience
teaches me that more fat can be put on
hogs in September and October, with a
certain quantity of feed. The weather
of September and October is warmer,
and it does not take as much feed to go
simply for the production of heat as it
does when the weather becomes colder.
Hogs should be provided with a good
clover range through the summer and up
to the first of September. And through
the month of August each hog should
be fed one car of corn twice a day to
keep them thriving; and helps to make
them gentle; and if they arc running
out in the woods it encourages them to
come up. Hogs, if put up September
Ist, and well fed, ought to be ready for
slaughter by November 15th. Where
it is convenient, old corn should be fed
through September. Hogs do not fatten
as fast on new as old corn; besides, it
takes double the quantity.— Cincinnati
Gazette.
Apprenticeship with Farmers.—
\oung men who would be farmers, but
who have not been brought up to the
business, have been advised often to let
themselves for a few seasons to some
farmers who wants help, and to look up
on such service as an apprenticeship, be
fore going into business for themselves.
I would offer an amendment to that
advice, to the effect that no one who
would become a successful farmer should
work with or apprentice himself to one
who cannot make farmingpay, but when
they hire are obliged to do some job in
the winter off the farm, to pay their
hired help.
Any young man of intelligence can
judge for himself as to the income and
expenses of a farmer after he has been
employed by him twelve months It
would be poor encouragement for him to
give his best energies to a business that
would not pay the interest of the capi
tal invested. Were he to do so, his time
would be worse than lost—unprofitable
to his employer, and entirely unsatisfac
tory to himself. Should he stick to the
farm under such a tutor, he would learn
nothing he should, but much that he
should not. Many farmers think their
hired help have no business to inquire
why or how they do their work. If they
desire intelligent, reliable laborers, they
must pay more money, or make the farm
a school where the knowledge acquired
shall beau equivalent for part of the
services performed. I would send a boy
to any respectable work, rather than to
a farmer who says “farming does not
pay.” f.
Mast Yard , N. 11. , 1870.
The Agricultural Pursuits of
Prussia.— The withdrawal of so many
men from agricultural and other pur
suits, by the war between France and
Prussia, will not, it is stated, produce as
much material loss as might be supposed,
since in both the countries mentioned
out-door labor is to a great extent per
formed by females. In Prussia, at the
present time, not only peasant women,
but females of the middle classes are
gatherings in their harvests, guarding
the flocks, and doing field work. For
many years women have been employed
in Prussia as station agents and signal
officers on the railroads; and, if, neces
sity required, women, no doubt, could
act as conductors on the trains. The
call for troops has brought out only men
under forty years, and it. is estimated
that fully a million of able-bodied Prus
sians could be placed under arms in ad
dition to the seven hundred thousand
now in the field. Under these circum
stances, it is believed that there are men
and women in Prussia in sufficient num
bers to perform agricultural labor, so
that the population will not suffer from
want of food.
Clover. —ln some remarks on the
value of the different farm crops and the
mode of growing them, the Southern
Cultivator says:
To secure a ‘‘set” or “stand” two things
are requisite: Ist, that the seed be cov
ered very slightly—not more than half
an inch deep; 2d, that the surface soil
be rich. The little seed contains so
small an amount of nutriment that the
young plant has to draw its supplies from
the soil almost from the very beginning.
A third condition should be added, to
wit: a good stiff soil. A sandy soil will
answer, provided a stiff sub-soil under
lies it at a moderate depth. Not less
than ten pounds of seed to the acre
should be sown. They should be mixed
with ashes or fine dirt, and sown broad
cast like turnip seed. It requires much
care to get them regularly distributed,
and at this point failure often begins.—
They may be lightly brushed in, or
pressed in by a roller, or left to be buried
by the rains. We tried the last plan a
year ago and it succeeded admirably.”
Quick and Easy Cure for Foun
der. —Clean out the bottom of the foot
thoroughly—hold up the leg so as to
bring the bottom of the hoof upward,
holding it firmly in a horizontal position
and pour in, say a teaspoonful of spirits
of turpentine, if the cavity of the foot
will bold that much—if not, pour in
what it will hold, without danger of run
ning over; touch the turpentine with a
red hot iron (this will set it on fire) —
hold the hoof firmly in position until it
all burns out. Great care must be taken
that none runs over on the hair of the
hoof, lest the skin be burned. If all the
feet are affected burn turpentine in each
of them. Relief will speedily folio w r and
the animal will be ready for service iu a
short time.
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A Judge in Indiana threatened to
fine a lawyer for contempt of courp “I
have expressed no contempt for the
court,” said the lawyer ; “on the contra
ry, T have carefully concealed my foci-
Cure for Skin Diseases in Horses.
—A tablespoonful of copperas once ev
ery two weeks, wheat bran mashes, (with
a teaspoonful of sulphur in each) twice
a week, and give him nothing to drink
but sassafras tea, for one month or six
weeks. We will insure a cure. Pul
verize the copperas, and draw out the
animal’s tongue, and put it up as far as
possible. Give the tea when it is cold,
and use it instead of giving water.
To Cure Blind Staggers.—Meas
ure a stick from the nostril to the inner
corner of the eye so as not to have it too
long; sharpen well and run it up the
nostril, twisting it around once or twice,
so as to make the nose bleed freely, and
it will give instant relief.
Brick-dust, obtained by rubbing
two soft bricks together, is the best
remedy for lice on stock, says a corres
pondent of the Western Rural that he
ever tried. Sift the dust evenly over
the animal and work it well into and
among the hair.
The Alta Californian says that
many grape vines in that State grow to
a great size. One at Montecito, Santa
Barbara county, now 74 years old, and
10 inches thick in the trunk, yields
from 0000 to 8000 pounds of grapes
annually.
The House-Keeper.
A New Way to Dry Peaches.—
Dr. Joseph Treat, of Vineville N. J.,
gave last season the following, and, as
he says, new discription for paring
peaches for drying:
“Never pare peaches to dry. Let
them get mellow enough to be in good
eating condition, put them in boiling
water for a moment or two, and the skins
will come off'like a charm. Let them
be in the water long enough, but no lon
ger. The gain is at least six-fold—sav
ing of time in removing the skin, great
saving of the peach, part of the peach
saved, the best part, less time to stone
the peaches, less time to dry them, and
better when dried. A whole bushel can
be done in a boiler at once, and then the
water turned off. This very morning we
had over two bushels skinned, stoned
(halved) and on the boards, long before
a quarter of them could have been peel
ed.”
Pleasant Remedy Now in Sea
son. —l)r. B. F. Getting, in a recent
number of the “Medical and Surgical
Journal,” sustain the good opinion ad
vanced in a paper, by Dr. Webber and
Buckingham, of the beneficial effects of
the free use of “Watermelons” in Diar
rhoeas. He publishes nine cases where
the free use of this fruit, eaten ad libi
tum, and without other treatment, put
an end to these “summer affections.”—
It also, it is asserted, relieved the nausea
sometimes existing. He conduces thus:
“If these are cases of post hoc , as they
must be, relief came immediately after
a much pleasanter and less injurious
treatment than is often resorted to in
such complaints; and their historise
may furnish fruitful suggestions to the
considerate practitioner, who may wish
to avoid “abuse of the alimentary canal.”
It appears likely that, before long,
householders will have opportunity to
wliat they can do Avith Chinese men for
maid servants, if the expression may be
allowed. San Francisco ladies say they
are tidy, ready, steady, honest, frugal, in
dustrious, and take pride in giving sat
isfaction. They are good nurses, cham
bermaids, cooks and seamstresses, clean
ly in everything. Some charge them
with pilfering and deception.
A nice way of cleaning marble is the
following : Take two parts of common
soda, one part of pumice-stone, and one
part of finely powdered chalk; sift it
through a fine sieve, and mix it with
water; then rub it well all over the mar
ble, and the stains will be removed;
then wash the marble over with soap and
water, and it will be as clean as it was
at first.
There ought to be no cellars under
any dwelling, because they are always
more or less damp and musty, and are
the receptacle of every variety of sub
stances subject to decay, decomposition,
and the promotion of unhealthful gases
and odors ; not one cellar in a thousand,
either in town or country, is clean or
dry, as any housekeeper may verify in
ten minutes.
White-faced black Spanish fowls
are especially adapted for the South, are
hardy, lay large, white-shelled eggs and
a great many of them, and seldom desire
to set; other hatchers must be kept, es
pecially if early chickens are wanted.—
They do not do well in close confine
ment —too lively for that. Their meat
is as good as that of the common chicken.
Experienced farmers say the only
cure for a dog that sucks eggs is to cut
his tail off three inches behind the ears,
or tie a rope around his throat, and then
fasten him to a tree with it so that his
hind feet are four inches above the
ground.
Voices. —We are all. to a greater or
less extent, extremely susceptible to the
influence of voices. Who would not far
rather listen to the blithesome, cheery
tones of a pleasant voice, than to the
inharmonious, grating sounds of a coarse
and disagreeable one ? and what a vast
difference there is, too, in human voices.
Have you not, some time during your
life, listened to someone talking, wl*>se
voice was entirely capable of holding
you spell bound, while you hearkened
enthralled to its thrilling tones, the
gushing, melodious tones issuing tberc-
Irom, seeming, meanwhile, to completely
fascinate your ear, and pervade every
fibre of being. We meet w ith such a
voice not more than once in a lifetime;
when we do, we seldom, if ever, forget
it. Its tones will ever live iu our me
mory, just as fresh, and green, and
bright, as when we first hung enchanted
upon its accents, waiting almost im
patiently to catch every syllable, as
though it were a treasure of inestimable
value. Does it not appear as though
heaven had bestowed such a miraculous
gift upon some of its creatures, in order
to give them almost unlimited power
and unbounded influence over their
fellow-mortals '!
A Kentucky Tragedy.
Last week there occurrud in Bullit
county a strange affair, which is as yet
unsolved in its particulars, but which
was one of those very particular transac
tions which seem to have no motive.—
A widow lady, with a daughter some
eighteen years of age, lived near Mount
Washington. They were without male
protectors, and lived quietly and securely.
One day the old lady recieved five thou
sand dollars, in payment of an old ac
count, and locked it up in her trunk.
The night following was dark and
gloomy, and one that would cause peo
ple naturally to bar and lock doors and
windows, and cause one to hesitate to
open them to a stranger. Toward night
an old bent up. decrepit man came to the
door, and on its being opened asked for
shelter for the night. The widow told
him she was alone, with no men folks
about the house, and she disliked to'take
strangers under her roof. The old man
sa-id he was a stranger, poor, decrepit
and destitute, and only asked for shelter
from the approaching night.
The lady acceded to his request, and
in due time he was shown to his room
up stairs. The night now grew darker
outside, and the widow and her daughter
were preparing to retire, when a heavy
knock came upon the door, and /oices of
men outside were heard demanding ad
mittance in threatening tones. Terrified,
knowing the danger of possessing such
a large sum of money, the widow con
cluded that the part ies outeidc were "Con
federates' of the man to whom she had
given shelter. Acting upon the suspi
cion with trembling limbs she ran up
stairs and locked the door of the suspi
cious stranger. Returning down stairs,
she heard the blows of an axe on the
door, and as she reached the foot of the
stairs encountered the man she supposed
she had locked safely in his room. No
longer decrepit, bent and feeble, the
stranger stood upright and assumed stal
wart proportions. The gray hair, the
trembling voice had gone, and instead
was a man of*powerful and determined
mien.
Believing that all was lost, the wid
ow exclaimed, “You know what I’ve got,
I’ll give 'up 1”
The stranger, instead of acceding to
the terrified woman’s offer, replied:—
“Don’t annoy me; go to your room and
I’ll protect you.” He held in his hands
a rifle he had taken from the rack and as
the blows of the assailants axe fell fast
upon the door, pushed the widow
into her room. The door gave way, and
the first man that entered was shot by
the stranger, who grasped the falling
body and pulled it inside the door. He
then pulled the door wide open and fired
again, killing another of the assailants.
The party turned to fly, and another of
the number recieved a shot from the val
iant stranger.
The attacking party having fled, the
door was secured, and the affrighted in
mates took occasion to examine the feat
ures of the dead robber, who proved to
be the son-in-law and neighbor of the
widow.
In the morning another man was found
leaning over the fence, with his arm
thrown over the rails, dead. Mortally
wounded, his failing strength had car
ried him to the fence, where in support
ing himself he had died. The stranger
gave himself up to a magistrate, who ex
amined into the ease, the stranger refu
sing to give either his name, place of
residence, or the nature of his business.
The magistrate ordered his discharge,
and the mysterious stranger departed.—
I Who he was, why he assumed the dis
guise he did on that night, what was the
nature of his business, or whither he
went, is a mystery not yet explained,
and comment would be superfluous.
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Eternal Death. —l know not what
eternal death is. I can tell you some
things. It is far away from heaven—
those blissful plains where eternal joy
dwells. It is far away from hope—hope
that here “ comes to all.” It is the
abode of all the abandoned, and profane,
and vile—the collected guilt and wretch
edness of this world. It is a place
where no sanctuary opens its doors and
invites to heaven; where no Sabbath
returns to bless the soul; where no mes
sage of mercy comes to the suffering and
the sad. It is a world unblessed like
this with the work of redemption.
On no second Calvary is there a re
deemer offered for sin; and on no tomb
there docs he rise to life to bless the
sufferers with the offer, and to furnish
• the pledge of the lost; and on no zephyr
is there the message of mercy borne
whispering peace. No God meets the
desponding there with promises and
hopes; and from no eye there is the tear
of sorrow wiped away. There is no such
friend as Jesus; no voice of mercy; no
day-star of hope; no father, mother,
daughter, pastor, angel, to sympathize;
no one to breathe for the lost the prayer
■ pardon; no great intercessor to bear
the cry of mercy to the throne of God.
It is death—lingering, long, intermi
nable death—the dying sorrow prolong
ed from age to - age; onward toward
eternity—ever lingering never ending !
[Christian at Work.
Many damsels who act in winter as
“school manns.” recuperate their wear
ied frames in summer by acting as wait
resses at the mountain houses.
A wiialeship. built by Stephen Gi
rard at Philadelphia, in 1801, is now,
having its planking renewed, for the first
time in its seventy years’ service.
The Prussians have iu arsenal a spare
bran new Zunduadelgewehr, needle gun,
for every soldier iii the army of the
North German Confederation.
The range of age in the higher offi
cers of the Herman staff runs from fifty
five to over seventy, at which age Stein
metz takes the field.
A New Orleans Court has decided
calling a man “small potatoes” doesn't
render it legal to knock him down with
a watermelon.
Eye-witnesses of the battle of Wis
senbourg state that the Prussian infant
ry seek particularly to pick off the ene
my’s officers, for whom four practiced
marksmen to the right of each Prussian
platoon are especially instructed to re
serve their fire.
DRUG STORE!
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DR. D. C. HUNT.
DEALER I y
DRUGS
—AN I) ——
MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS. LAMPS,
WINDOW-GLASS,
DYE STUFFS,
PERFUMERY,
TOILET
ARTICLES,
&c. &c.
Also, Agent for the
GREAT SUMTER BITTERS,
Corner of Railroad and Court House streets,
CALHOUN, GA .
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SODA WATER.
My splendid Soda Fount is now in full
blast, with pure Syrups to suit the taste
of all. Aug 11 I—ts
Groceries at Atlanta Prices!
PITTS & JOHNSON,
Wholesale and Retail
GROCERS,
And dealers in
WHEAT, CORN,
And North Georgia and Tennessee Produce
Generally.
Our facilities for Buying are unsurpassed,
and Ave are enabled to furnish
Country Merchants and Planters,
of this section with
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
AT ATLANTA PRICES.
We pay the Highest Market Prices In
Greenbacks, for Wheat.
A trial is only necessary to coimnce
the people that we
Mean Wliat we Say.
Call and See us, on South side of
Court House Street.
Calhoun, AuglTst 11, 1870. ts
T. M. ELLIS. AV. M. COLBURN.
ELLIS & COLBURN,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
HARNESS,
SADDLES and liIUDLES,
FINE FRENCH CALF BOOTS
ATVX3 SHOES,
AND Jill kinds of work usually done in a
Xjl first Class Boot and Shoe Shop.
We keep constantly on hand and for sale,
Harness and Sole Leather,
Also, a good stock of SIIDES and SHOE
FINDINGS, which we will sell
Cheap for Cash.
Boots and Shoes made to order at Short
Notice. In this department we employ the
best of workmen, and guarantee satisfac
tion.
We pay cash for all GOOD HIDES.
‘ ‘ ELLIS & COLBURN.
Calhoun, August 11, 1870.
WAGON AND BUGGY
Manufactory 2
l T. GRAY,
Respectfully announces to the people of
Gordon and surrounding counties that his
Wagon and Buggy Manufactory at
CALHOUN, GA,
is now in full blast. He is prepared to fur
nish any style buggy or wagon at
SHORT NOTICE,
AX D A T
PRICES TO DEFY COMPETITION.
Mv w r ork is well known to many of the
people of North Georgia, and speaks for itself.
REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS,
DONE AT SHORT NOTICE.
Blacksmith Shop.
In connection with my establishment is a
blacksmith shop, where all work in that line
is promptly attended to.
The best of Workmen
are employed in every department, and en
tire satisfaction always given.
A«g 11 ‘l if
LOOK HERE!
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WOMRFII REFOR.iI!
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NEW GOODS
AT
New Prices !
Just Arrived and Arriving
From New York I
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R, I. YOUNG
TAKES pleasure in informing tlie
Trading Public that he has on hand
A LARGE and GENERAL Stock of
Hilllß ,11 FALL
GOODS,
F ROM NE W JORK !
Which he has selected in person, with
special care to the LATEST STYLES
and CHEAPEST PRICES, for articles
combining Beauty of Finish with dur
ability of Texture.
My stock comprises everything in the
Dry Goods
LINE, usuasly kept in this market.
FAMILY
<G roceries!
JAVA,
LAGUIRA,
and RIO
COFFEE,
LOAF,
CLARIFIED,
and BROWN
SUGAR,
BACON,
LARD,
FLOUR,
SYRUP,
RICE,
TEAS,
LIVERPOOL SALT, &c.
Boots, Shoes and Hats,
HARDWARE, Iron, Woodware, Oils,
Paints, Drus, Medicines,
Dyestuffs,
HEMLOCK LEATHER,
Also, a good supply of the Athens
and Roswell Yarn always on hand.
THE
BAE ROOM,
In tlie Cellar,
Is supplied with every variety of Bran
dies, Wines, Cordials, Rum, Gins, &c.
Pure Corn Whiskey,
Mellow with age, from barrels soiled
with the dust of days agone.
My entire Stock has been purchased
in the best market in the country, at
Greatly Reduced Prices, and will be
Sold for CASH
As Low as the Lowest.
COUNTRY PRODUCE, at the
highest market price, taken in exchange
for goods.
Call and examine my goods before
purchasing elsewhere. Nothing charged
for showing them.
Fisk's Patent Metalie Burial Cases
For ordinary interments, Depositing in
A aults and transportation, they have no rival.
Made of most imperishable material. A good
assortment alwavs on hand.
R. M YOUNG.
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