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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
Sow Oats.

The corn crops having failed in many
localities, it is all imp' rant that Planters
take the necessary steps to provide food
for their working animals, when the corn
gives out. For this purpose oats are the
best, as they are the earliest grain grown
and, if properly managed, yield a good
return. We therefore advise all, who
can, to SOW crop Of winter oats. The
black oat is the best kind for this pur.
pose, as they are not so ii BILE to he win
ter Killed as the white. Sow in corn
ground, the earlier after the first week in
September the better; Oct. or Nov. will do
very well, however. If theground is i'm,
poverishcd give it a light sprinklins OF
Short manure, harrow the ground over.
Sow from one to one and a half bushels to
the acre, put it in with the shovel plough
and roll the ground with a heavy roller.
Do not neglect 10 make water burrows,
which are easily run with o turning
plough, to drain off the surface water.
In some localities winter oats are apt
to freeze out; when that is the case, the
sowing should not be done till in the
spring. 1t should however, be rccol'ect'
ed that the earlier in the Spring and
Fall this grain is sown the heavier Tie
crop will be. Oats ought never to be
harvested until ripe. Ii cut green, The
grain will be shrivillcd, very light, and
really not better than cheat.
The best way TO feed oats to work
horses is to cut the sheavcs, unlhra>hed
in q cutting box. put bran, shorts or corr
meal with them, wet the whole with {
small quantity of water. Care must be
taken that neither too much or too little
water is used. If too little water, tho
meal does not mix we'll with the cut oats
if too much the feeds apt to sour. Some
have the oats ground and mixed with cu
hay this however, is not to be recon-
,ncnded, as the miller receives the mos
nonri>hng portion of the feed, very mucl
! to the Disadvantages of the animals.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
Fruit Culture.

Strawberry beds may be planted this
month, ad the peach budded, if the bark
will slip. Ii you intend enarging your
orchard, begin to prepare th, ground this
month. If your soil is inclined to wash,
throw up banks high enough to retain the
water, using level for the purpose. In
our climate, we generally need all the
rain that falls during the summer, and if
permitted to wash, no soil long retains
its fertility. On these terraces, the fruit
trees may bc set in the deep soil, near
the edge, which if it is made sufficiently
high to retain the water, it will not re-
quire much additional digging to form .
basis deep enough for the tree. The re-
naming part of the terrace can be trench
plowed and prepared at leisure. These
terraces may be made with very slight
slope to q surface drain at one enc to
carry off the water, in case of flooding
rain. The edge should he made so high
as to never overflow. If trees are set on
level ground, strip of soil beneath them,
some eight feet wide, should be thorough
ly prepared, by subsoiling or trenehlng.
In these operations, always leave the most
fertile and frablc earth near the surface
! in contact with the roots of the tree.
After the trees are set, the rest OF the
soil can be prepared at leisure. ,.,
Fruit trees do finely on terraced hill
sides. Set out your trees the latter part
of November, as they then throw out
young rootlets, and get established before
sspring-making almosta years difference
in the growth. Give out now your orders ,!,
for fruit trees, as you willbe more likely
to get the kind you wish, and trees now "
secured, are better grown than those left
over until towards spring. Look over
the stocks budded during the summer
and remove the shoots that threaten to
impoverish them by exhausting their
share of the sap.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
Tu1RT1ETH VOLUME.

yu7uIS we'll known religious family newspaper
commences its THIRT1ETH VOLUME. In
January, 1867, under the editorial control OF the
REV. +. H. MYERS, D. D., who has conducted
it for the past twelve years. a.
Devoted to Religion and the Interests OF the
Church of Christian organ OF tho MG.nodis'
Eniscoral Church South, in the South Eastern
States-ofh high literary character-having among
;ts contributors and correspondents many OF the
most eminent divines in that Church, ana giving
due attention to every question OF pubic lmpot-
tance TO facts in Science and Art to the News TO
The Markets, etc, etc., deem it the rery paper
for the Family, where but one paper is taken, and
worthy place with the best where several are
taken. e. a. /.
B,sides it is emphatically the paper Tor the
noor man. (and such we all are now tor It Is
Cheaper, style and size considered than any paper
in the Southern Suites.
medium of extensive country advertising
it is the best paper in the South East, having
wide range of circulation, and large list Oi suo
scribe-s in South Carolina, Georgia, FLORIDA ana
Alabama ..;.,od 70 :,
COPY Of the paper for one year. LOT tnls scr
o- annIv TO the nearest itinerant preacher OF the
Methodis. Episcopal Church South, oil OF whom
arc Agents for the paper. n,
Terms Three Dollars for one year Two DOL
lars for eight months; One Dollar ior
four months.
J,ror;obIv. Cash in adrance. When the money
is exhausted, the paper is discontinued.
J.W. BURKE, & CO..
Macon, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
The Canteen.


There are bonds of ull sorts in this world o
ours,
Fetters of friendship and ties Of flowers,
And true. lovers knots ween;
The girl and the boy nre bound by kiss,
But there's never bond, old friend, like this
We have drunk from the Same canteen!
I. was sometimes water, and sometimes milk,
And sometimes apple. jack fine as silk,
But whatever the tipple hns been,
We shared it together, in bane, or bliss,
And warm to you, friend. when think OF this
We have drunk from tho same canteen
The rich and the great sit down to dine,
And they quaf to each other in sparkling vino
From glasses Of crystal and green;
But I guess in their golden potations they nlss
The warmth of regard to be found in this
We have drunk from the same cantcen!
We have shared our blankets and fonts together
And have marched and fought ip all kinds Of
weather,
And hungry and full we have been;
Had days of battle and days of rest,
But this memory cling TO and love the ocs;-
We have drunk from the same canteon!
But when wounded lay on the outer slope,
With my blood A,wing fast, and but little hope
Upon which my faint spirit could lean;
Oh, then, remember you crawled to my side,
And bleeding SO fast it seemed both must have
died,
We drank from the same cantcen!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
From the Southern Cultivator.
Salt and Ashes as a Manure.

Statement of facts with regard to ap-
plication of salt to land as a manure.
In 1852, purchased 25 bushels dirty
salt which fell from bacon which was
stored in Atlanta, at cost of Is cents
per bushel. mixed it with all the old
icached ashes that could be collected on
the lot-the ordinary quantity which ac.
cumulates during the year on town lot.
This spread broadcast over eight acres
of thin, course, sandy soil, badly worn by
continued cultivation, but which had in
previous years manure applied in the
hill.
My recollection is, that ashes, salt and
all, made about s bushels per acre. This
piece (of s acres,) ! planted in corn, 4
feet each way, one stalk to the hill. Du-
ring its growth, it was frequently noticed
by persons who knew nothing of what
was done to the land, on account of the
deep green color of the corn. Many ques-
tions were asked about it. The seasons
think were good. gathered from these
eight acres fifteen large two horse wagon
loads of corn in the shuck-equal, sup
posed, to about 80 bushels per acre.
Again, in 1858 or a, planted another
piece of land, on The opposite side of the
road, somewhat thinner than the eight
acres described above. This land was
laid off 5 feet apart. In those rows, !
drilled the same mixture of old leached
ashes and salt, at about the same rate per
acre. The green appearance of the corn
while growing, and the great height to
which the stalks grew, was still more re-
markable, and attracted more notice and
more frequent remarks. did not pay
any particular attention to the gathering
of this crop, and cannot say how much it
made per acre. But of one thing there
can be no doubt, the product was vastly
increased by the application. X.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
Tribute to Jeff. Davis.

The Daily Indez, of Petersburg, Va.
gets off the following tribute to jeff. Da
Wis. Certainly the "measure of his am
bition" must be as full as that of Mr.
johnson:
When the smoke and dust of this con.
flict shall clear away, and the record Of
the great assize of history be made up,
and the sentence pronounced on this most
stupendous struggle for nationality. there
will stand forth no figure so sublime as
that of this gallant soldier, brilliant orator,
sagacious statesman, and Christian gentle
man, bereft Of every earthly possession,
shut out from all converse with the hu-
man family, guarded by mutes, tailored
by tyrant, accused by an assassin, trem-
bling with paralysis, blind, lnanacled, tor
tured with an ingenious cruelty, which
denied him sleep, with brutal mob of
millions clamoring for his blood, yet
calm, defiant, and undaunted, asking no
favor of the best, and no guard against
the worst, save public trial in the courts
Of his foes.
Lille has been allotted to him well nigh
to the verge of his three score years.
Honcrs have poured on him for more than
half his life, filling full the measure of
American fame. Yet were his life to
rival the ages of the patriarchs, and his
honors to double the glories of the illus
trious son of David, the bright particular
year of his history would be that in
which, chained captive, The last victim
of lost cause, he raised his voice in per-
pctual claim for no favor of twenty mil
lion of enemies, but justice.
A feeble tongue, it may be, that makes
the appeal, but the cry pierces the triple
iron Of his dungeon, pierces the massive
walls of his Bastile, browns the multitude
nous roar of the neighooring sea, rises
above the victorious nations p@ans, and
a fallen nations will, and will go "sound-
ing down the ages" to assure the world
that the virtue men call Roman, and the
courage they call Spartan. died neither
ON the Tiber nor the Eulotas.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

of one quart to two gallons OF water
You will find, if you have not tried this
daily practice, that your cow will give
twenty. five per cent. more milk immedl,
ately under the effect of it, and she will
become so attached to the diet as to re,
fuse to drink clear water unless very
thirsty, but this mess sheaAl drink almost
at any time and ask T@s iRore.@ The
amount of this drink necessary is an or
dinary water pail full each time, morning,
noon and night. Your animal will then
do her best at discounting the lacteal.
-Four hundred pounds of butter are often
obtained from good stock, and instances
are mentioned where the yield was even
at higher figure.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

SAD AFFAIa.-The Macon Telegraph
gives an account of the shooting of a
young man named Lewis Bronson, under
sad and singular circumstances Bronson.
with two other young men, were seated
together, when one of them offered to
sell the other his pistol. The weapon
was produced and examined, but there
being disagreement as to price, Bronson
asked to see the weapon, and it was hand
ed to him.
In examining it, he held the muzzle to-
wards the owner of the weapon, who re-
marked to him if he wanted to point it at
any one he had better dirict it against
himself
No sooner had this remark been made
than Bronson placed the muzzle against
his righ, temple, and asked, in jocular
manner, rs the young men thought,
"Shall pull the trigger?" lie was an
swercd that if he did. he was dead man,
when Just at that moment, the pistol fired,
the ball entering his skull, causing his
death in few moments. 1t is said that
he had previously made two attempts to
kill himself, and therefore the act was be-
levcd to have been voluntary.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

TIE REBELS CHEER A FEDERAL Sol.
p1ER.-At recent tournament in Tus.
cumbia, Alabama, the prize was won by
an ex-oficer of the Federal army. T6e
Huntsville Independent thus describes the
manner in WHICH his victory was receiv.
ed: The thickest ice muss melt. Cheer
burst forth for the knghtly victor. The
judges, the president, General Forrest
and X. and @. said hurrah for him and
took him by the hands. The silver spurs
were his-there was not dissenting
voice. And just here We have the plea
sure of recording an impromptu act by
the off.haud knight, which does credit to
the heart. Through Gen. Forrest he an.
nounced to the crowd that the spurs were
offered as present to. tho association fol
the cause of sepulture to the Confederate
dead. Well done, son of the North. You
fought for your side in the war, we fol
ours. You are piece man now, and ne
one can say you have not acted the gen
tleman throughout, and at times whel
ones patience would be sorely tried.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

A WORD TO CorToN PLASTERs.-Why
are You so parsimonious in the use of
bagging? We daily see our great staple
brought to market in condition that re.
fleets but little credit upon the producers.
Bullying ends and gaping sides, admitting
dirt and moisture, detract from its ap-
pearance and diminish its value. You
are more than repaid for the bagging re-
quired, and it is false economy and a
prodigal thrift to pat up cotton in the
usual manner. Try the experiment, and
see if you do not obtlin better price by
following our advice Chester Standard.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

A gentleman sent his Irish servant up
to his room for pair Of boots, and at
the same time told him to be sure and
get mates, as there were two pairs to-:
gether in the closet. Patrick returned
with two boots but odd ones. =" Why,
don't you see that these are not alike?
One is a long top, and the other is a
short one!' said the gentleman out OF
patience with the fellow. "Bedad, your
honor" said Pat, in apology, "and it's
true for ye, but thin the other pair was
lust so too"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
GROvEsTEEN & CO.,
piano FORTE MANUFACTURERS,
400 Broadway, New York.

yENHESE PIANOS received the Highest Award
Il of Merit at the Worlds Fair, over the best
makers from London, Paris, Germany, the cities
of New York, Philadelphia, baltimore and Bos-
ton also, the Gold Medal at the Americen
Institute, for FIVE SUCCESSIVE YEARS.!
Our Pianos contain the French Grand Action,
Harp Pedal, 0verstrung Bass, Full Iron Frame,
and I'll Modern Improvements. Every Instru-
ment ,arrea'ed FIVE YEARS! Made under
the supervision of Mr.. ]. II. GR0VRSTEEN,
who has practical experience Of over thirty FIVE
years, and is the maker Of orer eleren thousand
Piono- Fortes. Our facilities for manufacturing
enable US to sell these instruments from 500 to
$500 cheaper than any first class piano forte.
AugS lyHar 81
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
To MAKE Cows GIVE M1LK.-A writer

TO MAKE Cows GIVE MILk-A writer
who saws his COW gives all the milk that
is wanted in family of eight persons,
and from which was made two hundred
and sixty pounds of butter the year, gives
the following as his treatment. 1t is cheap
and worth at least trial: =,
If you desire to get large yield of
rich milk, give your COWS three times a
day. water slightly warm, slig ghtly salted,
in which bran has been stirred at the rate
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

DRIVEN TO DgspERAr1oN.-The Boston
Ioicc says Bcncdick who las taken a
wife recently, was driven to the extreme
measure by the treatment he received in
boarding house where he was sick re-
Gently. He said he ordered the servants
TO bring him some Cruel on Monday
morning, but which he never got until
W, W,dnesday afternoon. During his con-
lincmen. not single soul visited him,
save the young gentleman who cleaned
the knives and he came not for the pur-
pose of consolation, but to inform him
that :: Missus would be much obliged if
Mr.. would do his shaking on chair,
so as not to let the bedstcad part" This
was the feather that broke the back OF
his bachclorship. From that moment he
resolved to connect. his fortunes with q
piece of dimity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

An Irish footman having carried bas-
ket of game from his master to a friend,
waited considerable time for the Susto.
mary fee, not finding it likely to to appear
scratched his head, and said, "Sir, if my
master should say, paddy, what did
the gentleman give you?' what would
your honor have me to tell him :"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

A worthy old farmer, residing in the
vicinity of Lake Mahopeck, was worried
to death last summer by boarders. They
found fault with his table and said he had
nothing to eat.
"Dang it," said old Isaac, one day,
"what fuss you're making. | can eat
anything" -, g .,,o
aCan you eat crow said one of the
boarders.
cYcs, ken cat crow! !"
aBet you a hat" said the guest.
The bet was made, the crow caught
and nicely roasted, but before serving up
they contrived to season ID with a good
dose of Scotch snuff. Isaac sat down to
the crow. lie took good bite, and be-
gan to chew away.
Yes, ken eat crow! (another bite,
and an awful face.) ken eat crow but
I'll be darned if banker arter it,"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

EGGS IN W1NrER.-Give the manufac.
turers materials 10 make them with, and
a comfortable place to walk in. Let the
eggless say what they will, we know what
we assert, that it is perfectly feasible to
keep the hens laying all the winter Give
them animal food to supply the place of
insects they catch in summer, and let
them have warm place to run into, with
plenty of umfrozcn water, not snow, and
a frequent taste of green food, such as
cabbage leaves, potatoes, &C., and re-
member to supply gravel for their grind
ing mill, and lime to make shells Uut OF,
and we will warrant the animals to repay
all the care and food, in nice plump eggs
no matter what the particular breed may
be. Try it.
A hen without some kind of meat, and
gravel, and lime, compelled to eat snow
for water or 60 without, cannot make
eggs. If she has to keepconstantly changing
from standing on one foot to the other to
keep both from freezing, she can't stop to
to think about getting up eggs. If all
she eats and can digest, must be expended
in keeping the heat of her body, she hasn't
room outside for an egg of respectable
size, and though her instincts may some
times induce her to produce thin-shclled
"pullet's egg" at the expense of lime ir
her bones, her pride revolts against such
dwarfed production, and sho seldom
furnishes beyond two or three.
Give madame hen the odd bits Of fresl
meat, and, the other fixipgs named above
not forgetting the water, and make hei
quarters so free fiom cold air holes tha
she is comfortable, and she can't helE
giving attention to her natural occupation
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
Executors Notice.

a Ill persons indebted to the Estate of 0HN
"A OUATTLEBAUM, decd, will please make
Immediate payment, and all persons having de
mands against the said Estate are requested t
present them, duly attestea, to the undersigned q
The late residence of the deceased, on or befOr
the 3oth day of January 1867, as there will be
final settlement of the Estate on that day.
SIMEON C0GBURN, Ex'or.
Tan 20 1y 5
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

@ One quart of nest foot oil, four
ounces of beef tallow, and three table
spoonsfull of lampblack-with four ounces
Of beeswax for summer use-is recon-
mended as superior mixture for the pur-
pose of oilinr harness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
Welcome 10 Congress.

The following card has been issued,
and is most extraordinary. 1t shows the
desperate &c ,igns Of the radicals:
Being profoundly impressed with the
importance of the struggle through which
the country is passing, and of the necessi-
ty of preserving the results gained by its
triumphs in the field, and more recently
at the polls, the undersigned, commit
tee appointed by the Soldiers and Sailors
of Washington, ID. c., do in their name
earnestly invite their comrades, the loyal
veterans of the republic, with all other
friends of the great cause d Union and
liberty, to meet in national mass well
come and council, to be held in this, the
Federal capital, on Saturday, December
the lst, proxmo.
We ask your presence tohonor and as
sure protection to the loyal majority in
the thir,y-nin,h Congress, inwhom We re-
cognizc faithful guardians Of our assaied
Institutions and able supporters Of the
principles involved.
Come in your might. Bi your pres
cnce, show how sternly loyaly can rebuke
treason. Prove thereby tht the threats
and insults of a trcacherols Executive
against the Legislative brallcn Of the Gov.
crnment cannot inlimidatc a free people.
Here in the Federal capital must our
great struggle culninate III wise and
equitable legislation. Here then, should
we assemble to encourage and strength
en- Congress-to whose hands the Con-
stitution wisely entrns's Inc po~er-to
SUCH just ''I,''o'' ~, 40 w." '..'n t"'0
lnanent and liberty universal:
~ .. Iuh @ 70;
Ii. >. IN oN,
a; >: bENNEl1' N,,,.
W. ): MON9G, ,,1,
H. El'W IN DGDLE !.
Correspondence IS hS''eu' M anu may De
addressed H. D. !lMloh' washington
ID. {.
The National 1"I'l'g'"eer Is sa'ned 10
l'aTn' from many sources ol rc'iaois M
formation, that Tue anoVe ca'l LOOKS 10
the establishment III F" as.'i'5'oh' {" per-
ma"e"ce, oi all organized i'' c'' 10 oI S,s SUI
Jcct to the orders pl Congress " nat
they may be, and what disastrous caialiii-
ties impcnd over our beloved country,
Heaven only knows; But INC leroc'ous
counsels OF Butler, Wade, forney and
others may be carried out by Tue sword
smoking with bloody execution. IT. 's'
indeed, sad looking forward lor patriots
from all sections ol the country. goa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

A colored cook expecting company of
her own kind, was at q loss how to enter
tain her friends. Her mistress said:
aChloe, you must make an apology"
"Oh, missus, how can | make it? got
no apples, no eggs, no muffin 10 make it
Wild"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21

yEyuIs wRINGER has again taken the FIRST
PREMIUM in the Great Fair of the Ameri-
can Iustitute-it has also tuker the FIRST PRE-
MUM at the State Fairs of New York, Vermont
Ohio Michigan, nnsaaia Ripo,
Valley Fair, Champlain Valley Fair, and at mSs1
of the County and Institute Fairs throughout the
country.
Over 100000 have been sold and arc now in
us, in the United States, and roc nerer heard o
ono that ,ods not liked.
Tho UNIVERSAL is superior to oil Other
Wringers, in having large rolls of solid lndif
Rubber so protected by strong coGwHEELs tha
they cannot slip or break loose from the shct. 1T
strong wood frame cannot be broken, and doei
NOT r1st or soil the clothes. Every Universe
Wringer is WARRANTED.
We select few testimonials from persons
widely known to the public, who speak from &C
tual experience, and ore above suspicion OF mis-
statement.