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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-09-13
BoARp Oh DIRECTORs.

R. t. Wilson, Joseph Jaques, r. c.
Jackson, C. NJ. McGhee, Adrian Iselin, S. d..
Reynolds, John Talbot, Joseph Galloway,
r. H. Richards, 81 Boyd Joseph r. An
derson, Robert Snead, Thomas Barrett,
Joseph III. Earnest
On motion of S. ]. Newman, the Secre-
tary and Treasurer was requested to pub
lish with the next report full list of
stockholders, with amount of stock and
residence.
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IINooI.N oounTy. >. -

LINCOLN COUNTY.
Iaco OEen, one pale red the other deep
red, one marked with swallow-fork in right
ear, the other crop off left ear and swallow
fork in right, years; Thomas Monks, 10th
dis, March +S25. q. sll, +
o., deep red, little white between fore
legs, crop and split in left ear and crop in
right, 3 years; Hutcherson Manley, 10Th
dis, March 6-$12. r
Bullock, red and white speckled, very
small for his age, long tail and large horns,
underbit in both ears and swallow-fork in
right 4 years; G. F. Renegar, 9th dis, March
SIS.
; Steer, red brindle, smooth crop off each
ear, underbit in the left, about II years; NJ.
B. McLemore. Goth dis, Feb 9-$7.
/ Heifer, red, star in face, no brands or ear
marks, years old; A. D. Summerford,
Goth dis, Feb 11-S4 SO.
Steer, red, two or three small white spots,
smooth crop, split and underbit in left ear,
about 18 months old; W. J. Pitts, goth dis,
Feb 1885. ~
/ Cor, white and brindle pided, no marks
nor brands, or years old Pleasant Hal
bert, sth dis, Jan. 27-$20.
| Cosc, red brindle, little white on her
DdSh lcko, hO hOlhoj oPiiS IA SASH S'Ni
about wears old; John Rogers, 18th dis.
Jan 1852. s...l. .1.s "A. -r.-.
BEDFORD COUNTY.
Horse sorrel, both hind feet white, small
white snip on nose, white spot in forehead,
has fistula, 1917 hands, about 10 years; by
Geo Ivie, col, 3rd dis, Sept. 1880.
MADISON COUNTY. 9te-
Mare. chestnut sorrel, blaze face, both
hind feet and left fore foot white, branded
on left shoulder with letters u. A." about
ii hands, about 6 years; Benz. B. CLARK,
June 16-$87 90. .-. --- 4
LIMESTONE COUNTY.
COT, mare, bay, in bad order years; j.
W. Thompson, on Mrs. Mary a. Walton'o
plantation, Feb. $50. --
TpO OreR-one deep red, hind feet white
tothe knees, white along the belly, bunch of
tail white, uuderbit and split in each ear ;
the other pale red, heart-shapod white in
face. white back, belly. tail and hind legs to
the knees, half under-crop in right ear and
swalow-fork in left; Joseph N Petty, Nov.
$40.
Mare bay, no marks or brands, about Is
hands high about 10 years old; Fred Nc
Williams, {coPd) Nov. 29-$75. E..s.
GILES COUNTY.
Mare, BAY, right hind foot white, small
blaze in face, blind in left eye, Is hands high,
Is years old; Mrs. Mary A. Rhea, near Camp
belIsville, Jan 1856.
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MARBLE CAKE.-White por-
tion;. the whites of four eggs
beaten to a froth; white sugar
one cup; two tablespoonfuls
sweet milk; one-half a teaspoon
full soda, and of cream tartar,
and one half cup of four
Dark portion: the yolks of
four eggs; brown sugar, one
cup; molasses one-half cup; but
ter, one-half cup; one tea
spoonful Of each of the follow
ing spices; nutmeg, cinnamon,
and, alspice.: one!half tea
spoonful soda; and two and a
halt cups of -four. This
makes two cakes. ..-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30
Raise More Fruit.

+ A large number Of our farmers
neglect almost entirely the culture
of fruit, and many Of them pay SO
little attention to it, that it is
never the source of any profit
Every farmer should have a good
orchard, and there are very few
whose farms are so small that
they could not devote moderate
portion of it to this interesting
aid profitable branch of their
calling. The expense and troub-
10 are. Insignificant compared
with the many advantages to be
derived from it; and we would
urge upon all those who are with.
out fruit on their farms, to take
immediate steps to supply them
selves with. a choice lot of trees,
and to give them the proper at
tention to insure success. Of
course you will not derive any
immediate benefit from your Or
chard, but when the trees shall
have reached maturity, and year
after year your hearts are glad
dened ty the bountiful harvest
which will surely be the reward
of your enterprise, patience and
industry, you will surely realize
that your toll has not been in
vain. We remember reading an
anecdote OF O young man, who,
passing along the highway, noticed
an old, gray haired man, planting
an apple tree in an adjacent field,
and forgetting the respect and dit.
ference which youth OWES TO old
age, be rudely accosted him with,
"Here |! old man! why do you
plant that tree? you will be un-
der the sod long before it bears
fruit" II know it, my young
friend" said the old man, resting
his elbow Oh his spade as he spoke,
Il know it +; | am an old man, and
the sands of my life have nearly
run out, bnt in years to come,
when this tree shall annually re-
turn its. harvest of golden fruit,
others tUhO tCiH lire after me will
partake of and enjoy it," Il was
noble thought, and the venera-
bic man had his reward in this
world, in anticipating the pleas.
ures Of those who were to live af.
ter he had passed away. We
would urge all who have the
means a. their disposal, to initiate
the example of this old man. Do
not confne yourself to Apples s,
Pears, and the rest of the larger
fruits, but get good selection of
"Small Fruits" consisting of the
best varieties of Grapes, Currants,
Strawberries, Blackberries, &c ,
&C., give them all the attention
which your other duties will per
NIT, and you will not only reap
an abundant reward yourself, hut
will have the satisfaction of know.
ing that you have done some thing
which will contribute to the pleas,
ure and happiness Of others.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30

COOKING FooD FOR HoGs.-In
July, W. II. Wilmot, Lawn Ridge,
Ill, wIote the Farmers Club /:
Living within sight of the smoke
ot my chimney are more than
fifty farmers, each of whom will
sell from one to five thousand dol
lars worth of pork next fall. AS
near US l can learn by talking with
many of them, they all think
that now is the acc opted time for
erectingsteamers and getting mills.
They Keep their hogs on clover
pastures, and all who have mills
land many are just getting them,
even if it is not SO proper month
as November, cook small portions
of corn meal for the hogs. In this
section no milk is fed to the hogs,
for the reason that there is hardly
enough for the people. Farmers
have found that hega cannot live
and thrive on grass alone, but by
making swill with cooked meal
they keep the hogs growing, there
by getting large frame hogs be-
fore the corn hardens. Thes.
farmers generally plant quite
large quantities of early sweet
corn, which they cut up when
iD good roasting ear, and feed
stalks and all. The success of
these swine herds for few years
past has been due to the course !
have given. Nearly all began
poor, and now are rich"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30
SURE REAlEpY FOR CATARRH.

SURE REMEDY FOR CATARRH.
"A subscriber informs us that
"a sure remedy for catarrh is salt
water. Take half a teacup of
blood warm water and dissolve
sufficient salt init so that it can
be plainly tasted. Then pour
into the palm of the hand and
snuff into the nostrils. Two
applications a day will soon
produce good results. Surely.
such q remedy is worth trying.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30
WINTER ARRANGEMENT

WINTER ARRANGEMENT
1871 1IGor THE .yft7gi
ST., LOUIS, MEMPHIS, NASHVILLE
g.. 'Ts 80 ssf Esa AND 81 81 ias-a
la4L 1cu4TTANooG4.. = =. l. p
Great Central Through Lime,
Yg>RAINs run to and from Church Street
Depot as follows: Il f1sH iGE-
LEAVE. Chattanooga Trains. ARRIVE,
9:5oA. Sunday excepted, 1l:5e A. N
LEAVE Memphis Trains. 4Rs1vs.
400 AIM eiao2 Daily. Pc 4;35'A. N
$50 FIN Daily, Sunday excepted, 500 A. N
Time to Memphis, IL Il hours. - '-9.-
LEAVE. & st. Louis Trains. ARRIVE
40oAsM Daily. - ABS A. "
1900 NJ Daily, Sunday excepted. $40 7. N
Time to ST. Louis 49, hours.
LEAVES. Shelbyville Train. ARRIVES
$50 pm. ~ s-s7i l,f-41 i5 g.1 a. $40 A. n
This Route is 7s miles shorter to
,ss;e Memphis than UiG Decatur.
More than 100 miles shorter 10 81.
.o5b Louis. than ria Louisville. 81.
IT is the only Route running cars through
to Memphis and Columbus, KY,
Alci ecithout change. '-
Time to St.bLouis 1871 hours,
sfc Al hours quicker than
,l-.J oil By any other Route. GO b.
The 400 A. NJ. Train runs through TO
Memphis daily without change of cars, ar.
irving there at AS p. M same, day, three
hours quicker than by rival lines, andmakes
Connection for st. Louis and all points West
and Northwest. The 800 r. a.Train makes
close connections for Memphis. jackson,
Tenn, Jackson, Miss, Yicksburg, New Or
leans and Galveston Passengers have the
choice of routes via Memphis or jackson,
Tenn, to all principal points in the South
west. The 1900 ". train connects at Union
City for st. Louis, Chicago, San Francisco
and the Northwest. The $50 A. N. and
Gas P. N. Trains cennecta Chattanooga for
Rome, Atlanta, and al principal Southern
cities. 7sR [ gIsdI3 bga Isjp- = -
Passengers for Washington City,
Baltimore,t Philadelphia, New
York and Boston, as welfas ell points
in East. Tennessee and Virginia, make di-
rect connections through by taking the 6:45
r. N. train out of Nashville. 90 .,aPf
This is the Shortest Route East
and the only direct route to the South and
Southeast. ...-.tT e..srs-sg. tal
. Passengers for McMinnville and Man
chester, Winchester and Alabama. or the
Jasper Branch Railroads, will take the $50
A. Il. Train. .....1r|-. 81.
Sleeping Cars accompany the $50 ?.
" and 6:45 P. NJ. Trains. !. > 800. go
For THROUGH TICKETS and further
apply at City Transfer Office,
Maxwell House, and at Chattanooga Depot, |
Church street, JNO, ", THOMAS,
W..L. DANLEY. 80 Gen'l Sup't.
Gsn'l P and T. Agent. jams If
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30
INSOLVENr NOTICE.

lDURSUhNT to an order of the Clerk Of
il the County Court of Lincoln county,
Tenn, upon the suggestion of the adminis-
traitor of the estate Of Wm.H Stephens, dec,
Of the insolvency of said decedent's estate !;
notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present them TO
the Clerk of said Court authenticated, on
or before the st day Of August, 81 4,
for pro rata distribution, or they will be for.
ever barred, ..@1f 70 9Zoiu ,s91
isRss i''4.' D. @. HALL, Adm.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30

A San Francisco physician
has analysed a portion ofsSooth:
ing Syrup" and it yielded
nearly one grain of morphia tc
the ounce, In that city and
State 100000 ounces of the
syrup are sold annually, and
one-tbird Of the babies born die
before they are two years old.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30

REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA.-The
following comes from good author.
ity, andfor the sake Of the suffer.
ang. we hope it is true. Let the
-afflictedtry it, s9i Ht as".,t -a~
Crate horseradiSh, and mix win.
egar the same as for the table, and
apply to the temple when the
face or. head is affected; or to the
wrist, when the pain is in the arr
or shoulder: 5es epNy1-( E. q
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30

DELIoATE CAKE.-One and a
half cups white pulverised SUI
gar, one and a half cups of but
ter, one and half cups flour,
half a cup of sweet milk, half a
cup corn starch, whites of six
eggs, one teasponnful soda.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30
To Measure an Aero.

To aid farmes in arriving at accuracy in es-
timating the amount Of land in different fields
under cultivation, the following table is Civ
en- by an agricultural paper :: Lt---l
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30
Come andsee Us!

We take in exchange for Gloce-
ries Greenbseks, Bacon, Lard, Corn,
Flour, Meal, &c. All articles that
we have not, We CIDER for our Gus
omrs. ftL24t
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30
Lincoln County Directory

H. B. MORGAN, Sheriff. --G'
". : ! e e51E Deputy sherif.. y.
E. F. BRowN, - -.
W. P. HICKERsoN, Judge Of Circuit Court
RAxE MCKINNEY, Clerk do do
JAMES H. HOLMAN, Attorney General.
A. S. MARKS, Chancellor.
DAVIS w. CLARK, Clerk and Master.
H. C. CowAN, Judge of County Court.
JOHN Y. GILL, Clerk do do
JAMES D. SCOTT, Trustee. e#
P. D. BoYcE, Register.
n. o. WALLACE, Ranger.
WM B. HEDGPETH, Tax-Collector.
Z. C. MCLAUGHLIN, Coroner,
HKSRY HEEDERsoS, Surveyors Entry Taker
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30

To PRESERVE PoTAToEs.-
This method, as recommended
by the Board of Agriculture, is
70 Dig in a very dry spot,
trenches six feet wide and eigh-
teen inches deep; spread straw
to pile the potatoes into the
shape of a roof of house, and
to cover tight and close with
straw, six inches thick, and then
with earth eighteen inches
more, 4iatted regularly and firm
~, and sharp at the top, raised
from three to five feet above
ground. IL there should be
any apprehensions of moisture
dig a trench at a few yards off,
deeper than that in which the
potatoes are laid. The drier
they are when thus packed up,
the safer they will be.
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oHcerR..

JOHN ", BASS, President ....-.. ~ 4
j. W. HOYTE. Secretary. =
T. A. ATCHISON, NJ D., Med. Examiner
]. G. MCCRORY. Treasurer. - ~
d. P. FACKLER, Consulting Actuary.
S. FL. STOUT. NJ. D., General Agent .e''
BEa. d. w HOLMAN, Agent Lincoln Go
BkA. Drs. B L. Hester and S. N. McEtpoy
Medical Examiners. declq-9m
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VALUABLE TABLES.


1St Rindof Animal Is giren--2nd, Cblor----
Sd. Description 4A. dgs-5th. Poster 8
maw,s--6th. # inns and Place Of arrest
ia. Valuation. tsFtvaff a-ir a. =
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Job -Work.

" z employ the best workmen, have the
w best machinery, material, etc., ard are
prepared TO do the distributing 4 n easonabie
rates andshoEs notiss.
.4fOBsERvER OFFICE. Fayetteville.
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Thursday MOrnir 6, March 80, 1871.
Sell When You can get a
Good Price. 5.rz-

Inns should be the farmer S
rule. To hold produce in hopes
of getting extravagant prices
may occasionally succeed, but it
generally fails. Farmers, by
holding back their produce, may
help spectators to Storm cor
ner," but the spectators never
divide the profits. IF you can
get a fair price, sell as soon as
you arc ready! But if an arti--
Gle that you can hold does not
bring a fair price, if it is below
the cost of production, do not
dispose, of it. . 1t will certainly
rise. We know that there are
few things that make a farmer
STEEL so bad" as to find out that
if he had held his produce a few
weeks he could have got much
higher price. We know that
farmers that sold barley at ST.
50,and their wheat at 81. %, while
some neighbors held both, and
sold their barley for 50 10, and
have their wheat still on hand.
Now, it is not pleasant to think
that you could have got 60 cents
a bushel more for the barley,
but then there is some consola-
ton in thinking that you got 90
cents bushel more for the
wheat than you could get now.
We once crossed the Allan
tic with a we'll known captain
in a sailing vessel Another
equally celebrated captain left
Liverpool on the same day
When we took in the pilot, the
first word the captain asked was:
'-Any news of the New World?'
''She reached New York three
days ago" We all 'felt as bad7
Mt being beaten as the farmer
who sold his barley at 81 Co.
But our captain remarked
He must have taken the South
ern course. He has hit it for
once. But it is wrong never
theless." So,we say of the far
mer who got$2 10 for his bar
ley He Int it for once but the
principle is wrong. Better sell
when yoh are offered a fair
price. The same farmer had
some capital hogs. They were
very fat, and he was offered 134c
for them. He kept them three
weeks and sold them for 1O4
cents.-Agricultsgist. .tftsf
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-05-26
From Dle Monthly Report ofthe Department
of Agricultural
REPRESENTATION OF HUSBAND.

| Regret is felt by the true friends
Of Agriculture, that SO few farmers
should be found in the halls oflegisla-
ton, and especially in Congress. If
it is true that national detriment re-
suits from the misrepresentation of
tenant farmers in the British House
of Commons, an affirmation recently
made as fact to be deprecated, how
much greater the loss from lack of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in a ma
ton of independent, thrifty and in
telligent farmers tits not that there
is the slightest difficulty in finding
men Of the breadth and brains af an
average Congress among the farmers
of any individual State but farmers
are isolated, and unable to combine
with facility they are more indie
pendent, and thus in feeling and fact
are less inclined to "crook the preg-
nant hinges of the knee where [ polit-
ical] thrift may follow fawning they
are comparatively single minded and
conscientious, and are therefore
aversetot the insincerity and sinuosity
of the genus politician. While ag-
riculture is thus unrepresented, Its
interests suffer. Ambitious lawyers,
scheming merchants, spectators, and
railroad monopoIists, men who do not
represent the producing interests,
and who arc at best the expensive
go-betweens Of production and con-
sumption, have an fmpelling person,
al interest in seeking legislative posi-
ton, and they, therefore obtain it
Commerce has yearly had its millions
in subsidies, improvements of navi-
CATION, lighthouses, and other aids !;
railroads have millions of dollars of
money and of acres of land, and their
managers arc permitted to water
their stock anddrain the resources
of the farmers for double dividends.
Now, the farmers want but very little
money in appropriation in aid of ag-
riculture, but they do need an exemp-
ton from adverse legislation--states-
men understanding and conscientious
ly working for their interests-protec-
ton against rings of land monopolies
and the Tyranny Of freight combina-
tions. Farmers have the numbers,
wealth and ability to protect them
selves, by acting in concert, in COM
bination against combination, as
grand "ring," which shall overwhelm
all mercenary "rings" whatever. To
the honest masses of the rural popu
lation, both on account of integrity
and numbers. must the country look
for its salvation from unhallowed
greed and knavery in legislation.
Then let the agricultural classes
combine and make sure they are
represented in State and national
Legislatures.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-05-26

How TO Ruin A REPUTATION
Anybody can soil the reputation of
an individual, however pure and
chaste, by uttering suspicion that
his enemies will believe and his
friends never hear Of A puff of the
idle wind can take a million of the
seeds of a thistle and do a work of
mischief which the husbandman
must labor long to undo, the floating
particles being too fine to be seen
and too light to be stopped. Such
are the seeds of SANDER, so early
sown, 50 difficult to be gathered up,
and yet so pernicious in their fruits.
The slanderer knows that many a
wind will catch up the plague and
become poisoned by his insinuations,
without ever seeking the antidote.
No reputation can refute a sheer,
nor any human skill prevent mis-
chief.