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FIRST GLASS

81
FIRST CLASS 7
Piano Fortes, Books, Stationery, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Liquors, Oils, &C., lin
bottles.) Camphene and Spirits Tur
pentine lin barrels } Carpetng, China
Glass and Glassware, Cigars(n cases,)
Clocks ConectOnaries Cotton Cards,
Casks and Boxes, Dry Goods lin box
and bales,) Drugs, Fruits Fruit
Trees and shrubbery, Furs, Garden
Seeds, looking Glasses and Looking
Glass Plates, lat owners risk,) Oys-
tiers Tin cans and jars Saddlery, Tin I'D.
and Britannia Ware, Teas and Spices
Georgia and South Carolina Domes-
tics-per 100 lbs .................... 1,15s2H 70
SECOND CLASS.
Hardware, except such as specified in
first and third classes, Coffee Mills
Moasses, Machinery, Foreign Liquors
lin barrels and pipes,) Tobacco lin
boxes,) Leather lin rolls and boxes,O
Oils lin barrels and casks,) CrGckery
and Queensware lin crates and casks,O
Rice, Whiting, Plaster, Sheet Brass
and Copper-per 100 lbs ............I 1,00l IS 70
THIRD CLASS.
Axes, Sugar, Shoves, Spades, Sad Irons,
Pig and Bar 1ron Zinc and Tin lin
pigs,) Tin Plate, Anvis, Vices, Nails,
Casks of Chains and Hoes, Manila
and Cotton Cordage. Cement, Coffee,
Heavy Castings, Mill Gearing, Rail
Road Wheels and Axles, Chairs and
Spikes, and Rosn lin barrels)-per
SPECIAL RATES.
Furniture and Carriages boxed and
other light articles not enumerated;
also Carboys OF Acids or other Chem-
icals, will be charged by actual weight
but at double first class rates-per -
loo IDS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ........ 2,3O 100 loz
Single Packages of 100 pounds and under, will be
charged % cents on each Road.
Articles not enumerated in the above rates will be
subject to classification by the Agent at the point Of
shipment.
Operchdrges to be promptly settled by Agent deiv
ering the goods.
Damages to be settled by Superintendent Transpor-
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WILLIAMS AZ HUMPHREY

IIAvING bought the interest Of the above named
parties at Sweetwater, will continue the business
at the old stand where they will keep hand gener-
al assortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, and every
thing else in their line to which they invite the atten
ton of old customers and friends.
Sept IS, 1s5T-tlJa-469
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DANGER OF FIRE:
AND
AND
PROMPTLY PAID.
N eW Goods---Late Arrival !

- X. REEDER, Zone door North of the
=. old "Athens Hotel.") has received and
opened large and well selected assortment
Of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS!
embracing a variety adapted to the season
and to the wants of the country; to which he
invites the attention of his friends and the
public. Without designing to boast. he thinks
he can safely say that his stock is equal, If
not superior, to any brought to this market
He also has good supply of GROCERIES,
Hardware, Queensware, Cutlery, de-, de-
All of which he is disposed to sell on terms
as reasonable and accommodating as the law
of self preservation will admit Of
Nov. l3, lS57-tf, ATT
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DECATUR HOTEL.

TUE subscriber has taken this House, Decatur Ten
nessee, formerly kept by Mr.. Lillard, and respect
fully solcits share of the public CUSTOM He assures
the public that he will keep the right sort Of house
that his table will be supplied with the best the country
stable well supplied with provender and that
every effort will be made on his part render all
Portable who may call. R0BT H. LUTTRELL
march G. 1851 -tk-44l
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WHITFIELD HOUSE,

THE undersigned takes this method Of informing the
travelling public and Others wishing board or iodg-
ing that he has purchased the large White House. known
as the "Whitfeld House," formerly occupied by y r.
sasseen, and is now in charge o the and prepared
to accommodate all who may call upon him. Ills table
VIII be furnished with the best that the market Affords
April 3-1y*-445 NJ G. MARTIN
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Committed to Jail,

IN Washington. Rhea co., Ten.
nessee, on the I'd day of November,
, 1887. two NEGRO MEN, One says
! his name is Ben, aud that he be.
J longs to Nathaniel Ewing. of Lee
I county, Virginia, Said boy is about
} 20 years Of age, five feet eight or
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D AMSEY'S ANNALS of TENNESSEE,
HI Price reduced TO So, 5O-jsst received and fer
sale by Aug2S G. W. ROSS.
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McEwen g. Gillespie

HAVE resolved and opened their Falf and Win,
Goods, and respectfully invite attention to then
October 8, Sc
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ThrcSherS.

Would inform persons wanting Threshers that
have several different styles OF Horse Powers such
as think equal II not SUPERIOR to any the country
Persons wishing any thing OF the kind will call at the
Athens -Four dry where the machines can be SEEM
There is great saving to . rsons purchasing where
they canh nv the OF the patterns In case any paes
of the msehi e should break. Call and see. Prcrt
moderate. Jan 6-tf @. ZIMMERMAN.
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Wheat Wanted.

VUNHE subscriber wishes large quantity or good
u Merchantable Wheat, for which he will pay the
highest market price. [July10l s. X. REEDER.
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LIE UTY's HOTEL,
Valuable Farm for Sale.

k1O ACRES Of Land, lying seven and half
~ II - miles from Athens and Ave miles from Chill
howee Springs-about 200 acres in cultivation lies WELL
soil mostly very good, two three most excellent
Springs, tolerable Houses and Barn, uncleared land
well timbered and soil good. will take pleasure in
showing the premises to any wishing to purchase.
0ne-third purchase money to be paid down-terms
as to balance will be made easy
J. NJ HENDERSON.
Athens, Tenn, July 10, 1s57-tf-459
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Dead Animals.

Ii 1t should be your misfortune 10 have
Lorse, COW, an OK, or other animal to
die on Your hauds, after skinniug them,
haul ihem into Your barnyard, cut up
tRRSehSpti;fu ar 'drJ2pp,u it. iut .ca,nnost
or charcoal, over the body, place four
inches in depth uuder the parts Of the
animal, then cover them over with six
times the weight of the animal with peat,
marsh mud, river mud or muck, mould
from the woods, or any other earthly veg
etable matter. Let this remain six months,
when ihe flesh will have been separated
from the bones, and the earthly compos.
will be tit for use, then mix with it ten
bushels of ashes, and you will have ma.
nure enough to fully fer:ilize an acre of
land to 60 through a rotatlan Of crops.-
All such composts when being made,
should, as each layer Of earth is put on to
the depth Of six inches, have fiue charcoal
or fine plaster strewn over it.
The bones should be dissolved with
dilute sulphurc acid, and mixed with ten
bushels of ashes, which will be found
equal to the mauuring of another acre of
land.
And now let us ask it this disposition
of a dead horse, COW or OK. into L%a4t7
bushels of wheat thirty bushels ~ barley
twenty bushels Of rye, or forty bushels 81
oats is not better than To I'LL the a-r with
the intolerable stencil of the an,ntt while
undergoing decomposition in the Ordinary
way in which dead animals are disposed
Of. Economy, your pecuniary interest,
health, comfort and cleanliness answer,
yes.-AmericGn Farmer.
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We never Advertise"

over hearing the above remark the
other day, we took the liberty Of putting
few questions to the gentleman who
inadvertently dropped those words, ave
never ADVERTISE. ou say, sir YOU
never advertise your business, never nav
dollr r TO newspaper, save the two
cents per day for reading the news; rrav
tell us, II you would he willing TO be
charged six cents each, or at the rate of
eighteen dollars year for your journal" ="
"iMd'y, sir said the gentleman, could
not stand that, beside the profits or a
paper would DC enormous, al such rates.
the public would not subscribe to that
sort of thing" "WeII, sir, we beg 70
say every journal sold in New York CITY
costs to get tup more than you pay for
1t daily, and if it were not supported bv
advertising, could not live an hour, and
II all mankind were like you, every news
paper, AT present rates of charge to its
subscriber would fail. If not, it would
he because they were willing to pay the
SIX cents each for daily issue. On po
o!Ier rates could paper live if yom idea
OF business were carried out"
The great masses do not think of the
expense of the matter in a newspaper set
before them every morning and eveninr
which the price of two cents is nut upon
but which, if the business men thronrb
out the city aud county did not support
with their advertisements, would obIipe
readers to pay triple its present price
In order to support free press, and make
sound and healthy paper, one that can
afford to give an honest AMI open ey.
preston OF its opinions upon all subjects
liberal course should be pursued by the
business community, and u liberal return
OF Their money would be insured. Ad.
VertlS'ng patronage insurcs cheap price
ana the latter, insures large circulation,
large circulation produces a return to
me advertiser not only does it beneG,
hun, or them, in u business way, but the
small price which the publisher is enabled
to sell his journal at, gives the masses n
chance to become intelligent. aud CamiI
lar with vast stock Of valuable knowl.
edge, which, were it not for the "advor.
llser,' they never could reach. The
business man who reads daily naner
tor which he pays only two cents, and
never "adverlises," is the worst specimen
of gratitude the sun ever smiled unor
lie may well be liked 10 hog under an
oak tree muncing acorns and never look
~" ~" '".""" 'Sl.""" .ihau coma from
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Episcopal Convention.

After a session Of three days, this body
adjourned on Friday evening last. A
large number Of Delegates, clerical and
lay, were IN attendance. The utmost
harmony and good feeling pervaded the
body, and its deliberations were marked
by dignity and decorum.
1t was determined by the Convention
to establish Theological Seminary at
Camden, S. c., and six Trustees for the
same were elected, viz : Rev. G. p. Gads
den, Rev. j. p. Shand and Rev. J. j.
Roberts from the clergy, and Col. A. p.
Aldrich, Col. J. B. Kershaw and Ii. ID.
Lesesne from the laty. 1t is intended
that the Seminary shall go into opera.
ton shortly, and when organized the
Bishop will nominate the Faculty and
the Board of Trustees will make the SO.
lection.
The pulpit was occupied on Sabbath
morning by Rev. Mr.. Kidny; in the af
ternoon by Rev Mr. Wallace, and in the
evening by Rev. Mr.. Dennison. The
church was crowded to its utmost capaci
ty, and the congregations were entertain
ed by learned and eloquent discourses.-
AT the close Of the services in the even
ing the ordinance OF confirmation was ad
minstered to seventeen candidates bv the
venerable Bishop Davis, whose voice still
remains clear, distinct and musical.
GreenyiNe Patriot.
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LANCASTER t. SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING. Up On 100

Jlst tuck his kase in ban, slit hole in
each OF his years, and run his hne laigs
:hru EN- over the hook. gin him sum cum.
inrtln advise with keen hickory. and
lald him onto my trail. lie looked now.
eriu' sorry For what he'd dun, An | wen,
tn trarelin agn. When the balance owe
the dogs cum up, they sot intu workin
on I'M, and the two laiged houus he'd TO
stoP tn save his meat from bein scattered.
and while they wer a doin that. I wur
maxim last time towards my hole. III
J'st g'n dollar to swear they'll kill me
now sartin, ef they ketches me. ksse the
w'mmen am agin me. Now ;hev can't
ihrgIt thar intimacy with them ar bomi
nable lnsex. Use goner, | speck, an |
don t keer I'm no count no how. Jis
look at me did ye ever see lis such A
sampil owe human aforel feels like
Ia be glad tu be ded, only I'm feared
ove the dyin. don't keer fur hereafter.
'ur hits impossible fur me tn have ARA
soul. who ever seed a soul in jis sich
rack heap owe bones and rags es this =
lse nuthin but sum new tangled sort owe
oeSte, Il sorter cross atween a crasv ole
'""nNer an - wore out hominv bea
TER ise "un owe dads expites maxim
cussed fools invenshuns, an cum afore nv
time ct that. bIamcs him fur tLs boj.
owe hit; alters tryin tn be king fool, the
cussed oIe-never mind.
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count at the first door, and aptil ba,
counted eight I found that thew nj
looked just exactly alike. opened IN,
eighth door and went in, feeling certain
that was the one picked out for me. A
candle was burning on the table, by th,
light OF which saw that some person
was In bed. Not feeling inclined to kick
up another muss, concluded TO crawl in
with him aud say nothing about it. In
q very short time was in bed ard ready
to go to sleep. had not been in bel
long before the door opened, and younO
n'"n ana woman came into the room and
took seats l'y the candle-stard
Something else on hand, Nat, thought
to mvself, bat let 'em np.'
They looked very serious at first. hin,
IL nna'ly wore off, and they got to chat.
TN very lovingly, and to hupuin' and
k'ssln' little | was delighted with the
performance. and that that feller in bed
VIVID me ought to see it and enjoy the
ran 100, :" whispered TO him:
SW, CHpta'n--oid hoss just look up.'
'ihey BOTH started up, like Electricity
shock'n' mill had touched 'eu, ani thew
seemed to TO orfuilv scared, till the pail
SAD It WAS only the wind blowing agin
the winder.
!hey soon got to huggn' and kissiu
again, and as could not rouse nv fr;erd
thought I'd just have little fun to nv
sell; Slips! says I, JEST as they we're
iotch,ng lips together, aud up they sprung
''ke ''ghtn'n' and sloped for the door, but
as fortune would have it, the young fel
low dropped the key and couldn't re,
out.
Never mind said ], it's fun for me AS
well as you. | love to see such things
20 on
This seemed to scare them more than
ever. 1t was rich--too rich to enjoy a.
lone, aud | determined to wake nv bed
Fellow; slapped him on the cIin-it was
cold as ice.
thunder An ST. Louis, Nat said l.
you're IN bed with u dead man, and with.
Out waiting to consider the matter I
sprung to tie floor. The youngsters gave
a iound squal, fetched agin the door, and
pitched with them, which resulted in
Snashn' the darned thing open. With.
out waiting for formalilies we all bol,ed
tor the stairs. Hearing the racket, the
landlord, who occupied a room further
oack come boiling after us. Catching a
glimpse Of him took him TO be the dead
man, and so pu, all steam on, and ran
close III the wake Of the lovers. Icouldn't
sass saa 'ss os 5 Aq1EEsTrs 1Ess s N ss 5 sA As
but that was the deceased in close pur-
suit. In this condition we all tumbled
promiscuously down stairs to the bar
room.
Now let's take something, old hoss,'
said Nat, 'bu, don't say anything nbou.
it when you get bone, or Sally may be
uneasy about me-
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lqruultutnl.
Agricultural a in Common Schools.

a common school education is deemer!
| OF great lnportance,and The branches
here taught should be of practical utility.
Among these no one will rank higher
than knowledge OF the elementary prin
cip'es OF agriculture. If these are taught
IN our common schools, impressions will
be made on the minds Of youth highly
salutary to their future usefulness and
happiness. They will be likely to engage
In agricultural pursuits, and deem the EN-.
pLoyment Of the husbandman the most
honorable and useful of all and when
ttls Is the case, toe earth will bud and
blossom as the rose, aud under the smile
OF mercituI Providence peace and plenty
VIII bo the common lot of man.
Considerable efforts are being made
at the present day to elevate the stand.
ard of common school education. But il
is unpopular to say much Oh the impor
tance OF instruciing youth in the eemen.
tary principles Of agriculture. Books OH
almost all other branches are introduced
INTO our schools and highly extoIIed. But
AN elementary book OH tie subject of
agriculture is hardly named, or if named
Is SAID to be out of place; aad distaste
ls impressed on the minds Of youth
against rural and agricultural pursuits.-
This proves highly detrimental to their
future usefulness and happiness. How
many young men and Young women
seorn Tho idea Of living Il farmers life p
With them, some profession or somo
splendid residence in city is preferred
to rural dwelling place in the country,
where tho mental and physical powers
may be cultivated, and where health and
happiness may be enjoyed so far as it for
the good of man in this world. viii no,
the true friends Of good practical COM
mon school education discuss this subie,.
through the medium of the press, and
give all classes Of people to understand
The importance Of introducing elementary
books of agriculture into our common
Schools
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CSNsEcTICVT TO THE RESCUE !-Ha,.
Ian Hyde, Of GreenvilIe, paIt OF Norwich
lost his third wifc one year ago. About
a week since he went to the cemetery,
dug open the grave, opened the coffin and
took out whati--a set OF false teeth, for
the sake OF the gold plate! Hyde con
fesses, and justifies himself. He is about
fifty years Of age, house carpenter by
trade, in comfortable circumstances AS to
property, aud member of a Christian
Church. Itis currently reported that he
tried TO get the teeth out--ss she lay
dead 10 bis house before the funeral, but
the rigid mucles would not selax. The
woman OF Grsenvlle wish TO lar aud
feather him. All which we gather from
the Norwich Courier Boston Foa.
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A young friend Of ours tells the follow

A young friend Of ours tells tho follow
ing story Of himself:
"When young, he had read the well
known story Of George Washington's
love Of truth, aud the fathers love of the
noble principle of his son, so we'll mani
tested on the occasion referred 10, Of
George cutting down the cherry tree. &C.
knOwIedging The transaction, and receiv-
ing full and Tree pardon, besides praises
and kind caresSes from his father. So
jim, actuated by so noble an example,
thought he would try experiment. He
supplied himself with the hatchet. and
going into his fathers orchard, cut down
some choice fruit trees. He then coolv
sat down to wait the old mans coming,
and as he made his appearance, marched
up to him with very important air, and
acknowledged the deed, expecting the
next thing on thoprogramme to be tears,
benedictions and embraces from the of.
Tended parent But sad to relate, the old
gentleman caught up a hickory and gave
him an all fred lamming." +"
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PLowING,-The depth Of the blowing
should be regulated by the quality of the
soil. 1t might prove serious injury to
some fields to turn up at one blowing
two or three inches of the dead, inert
irony subsol. And ii might not be good
economy to plow at once, even good
soil, two or three inches deeper than pre-.
vious pIowings, unless an extra quantity
Of manure can be applied. AS general
rule, 1t is the safest way to gradually
deepen the sol! at each successive piow
ing, till the required depth is obtained.
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A RECIPE FOR MAKING BROWN BREAD.
i will give YOU my recipe for making
brown bread, which have adopted OF
late and find it very good. Take two
quarts Of corn meal, two do. Of shorts,
one tablespoonful of salt, one teacup Of
molasses. Stew squash or good pump
kin, in water sufficient to wet this mass,
pour it on boiling hot. When cold enough
add a pint of yeast and two quarts Of
wheat flour; and this will make four
loaves. When tight, bake three hours. -
Lady Rreader.
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To COLOR BLUE ON coTToN.--For D
pounds Of cloth take 2 ounces OF copperas !;
put il in water sufficient TO cover the cloth;
keep il tscalding hot two hours; take out
the cloth turn out the copperas water,
rinse the kettle, put / ounce Of prussiale
Of potash in soft water; when dissolved,
put in the cloth; letit lie two hours; then
take out the cloth and aid spoonful ol
oil Of yitriol; stir j. well; then again pal
in the cloth; let it lie few minutes; TAX,
i OUT rinse thoroughly in cold water
RuroL Ne,o Yorker.
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@rlfrtel sturQ.
Nat Harrison
TUE REPRESENTATIVE FROM HAM,


In early DAYS, old Nat Harrison was
elected to the legislature from Countv,'
said AN old fellow, as we were all seated
around the lltlle hotel at McLanesboroueh
Hamilton County, illinois.
'Olt Nat was a regular 5rick--he was
el"c:ed jus, because there was no one to
run IN opposition 10 him. Our country
WAS rather bad of for intelligent people
in those days. A few days after old Nat
had gone to Springfield, to attend to the
duues % his Office, happened to be there
also, on some business Of a private char
acter, aud thinking he would be glad to
hear from the folks at home, | concluded
TO call on him At the 'Prairie,' and en-.
quire after his health
I've been well, Tom said he, but
got awiully scared the first night staid
in this darned place
How was that . inquired. s
'Well,' said Nat, IN tel! YOU all about
1t. You see, that fellow behind the coun
ter the fellows here call him the host
we'll, / told him wanted to see my bed,
40 I'd know where TO sleep when I'd come
in after while. He took me up stairs
to a little room, and said could sleep
there, and then he went down. took
good notice OF it-orown. door with yell
low s,reaks hers and there, aud white
airthsn lock hsndle--I started down, a
thinkin' about this, an wouldn't look at
no other door, for fear Id kinder get 'em
mixed up in my head, aud forget whicl,
was mine,
'Abouttwelve o'clock that night, cam .
in with a half growia' bummin' IN my
head, and :be very first thing that found
at the top Of the stairs was my identical
door, with the yellow streaks and white
lock handle. Good, says I, and in Ium
bers. ] walks up TO tue bed and what
do you thinkl Why | found one Ufyour
long legged. black whiskered town fellows
in il fast asleep. takes him by the
beard, rears him up on his end. aud gives
him a short ssrmin'; tells bin to leave ms
quick as double triggers. or III be cussed
il wouldn'i kick him down stairs; tells
bin don't want TO do it nuther, for WAS
y s.aember OF the Legislature, and Repre-
sensitive from Hamilton, but IL got to
Gghting he'd find me to Re full team.
The isliow looked awfully scared, and
Eilhout saying word he got up, very
humble like, and started for his dry goods
which hung or chair up in one corner.
sot down the light and begun to un.
dress ) and says Ito him, draw on them
duds aLd ,oddIe from here. or I'll be
darned II I--(turning round to look
fierce at him) sees him COMM at me
with one of the dod droddesl butcher
knives in the world. Well, thought I,
Nat, yep',e got yourself into tight place
by Jingo! aud 40 we began To lumber
around the room Ike the very nation
Here | went, and here he came. At last
| got between him and the door and ou,
Ishct.
This beats alr said +, Representative:
Of the Legislatures treated 10 this way.
went down stairs and told the feIler be
hind ths cOuater that some cuss was ia
mr. goom.
No. gass not,' said he, perhaps
there IL some mistake ! your's Il No. 8.
Thinks perhaps there may be som,
mistake, and 90 goes back. When
got up to the top Of the s,airs ! began q
r =. Il = ..e.I
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How TO BIND THE Widest HoRsE
FOR sHoING AND THE Widest Cow FoR
MILKISG.-The way TO do il is simply
this:-Put around them, just back OF
the fore leg, strong rope, or chain, into
this twist stick, so that at every turn
the rope will be Lrawn tighter, until .he
animal will submit to being handled at
your pleasure. The most unmanageable
animals can be subdued in a few minutes
in this manner.