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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
Itiiixinc Wnicr,prlNne.


The editor of the Maryland Farmer
says he has been making his surplus
watermelons into nlolassos by simply
peeling off the outer rini, pressing out
the juice in cider press and then evaP-
Grating as one would evaporato the
juice of sorghum or sugar cane. After
that he says: 1--WE can give our read~
ers another useful hint for utilizing
their surplus watermelons. 1t is this
Last year we saw some Virginia farmers
feed watermelons TO their mich cows,
when they came up at night, with very
good effect, by increasing the quantity
of their milk
Writing on the same subject the edi-
tor of the Florida .fgric1iturist says:
Watermelons make a most excellent
light colored vinegar. There are thou
sands of these thrown away that are
too small for marketing. Why not ex~
tract the juice from the sweet portion
aud convert it into vinegar? ANY old
whisky barrel would DO to keep it in.
All that is required is a little syrup or
molasses to start the fermentation. If
we wish our State to prosper We must
tnra our attention to these little arti-
cles. and live within ourselves. There
are plenty Of melons etill left 10 tun
into vinegar Do net let another cent
go out Of the State for vinegar.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
Under A CLOUD.

Morris Fucker and his uncle sat at
their cosy breakfast,taole Que winter
morning, each with copy OF the morn
inc's papcr in his hand, with clouded
brow, and troubled eyes. The elder
gentleman was the first to speak.
"It is bad business, Morris!
ga bad business, indeed, sir!'
Then there was another long silence,
while each again read the omlnous
new. of the failure of a firm, whose
business was SO involved with their
own. that the failure OF one house Was
nearly utter ruin to the other. The
hot chops cooled on Ethe dish, the coffee
WAS untouched and the breakfast literal
ly forgotten, when the gentleman left the
house to ascertain the extent OF their
m,sfortunes. Bad as they feared these
would prove, the realities We're even
worse than the anticipation, and before
night the old firm of Tucker & Go. WAS
on the list OF failures.
There was dreary amount OF hard,
distasteful work to be done, after the
failure was an established fact; but
Morris Tucker never fiuchsd from any
task or interview till nigh shadows fell
and he faced his uncle at the table once
more. Then with set features and q
pale face, he said:
'If you can spare me for an hour, sir,
7 think [ had better call upon Miss
Cresswell."
81 can spareyou, but are you wise'to
hurry an interview that, I fear, will be
very painful?'
s'Batter to understand my position at
once. sir. If'-he moistened his dry
lips Ii ere, as if the words choked him
"if Meta is true to me I will remain
bere, and try to work my way up again
to the position I held on yesterday. Ii
she frees me from my engagement ao-
cept yonr proposal to go to California.
II think it is good time too look mp
those old claims" said Mr.. Tucker
sliding easily over the first part of Aif
neplew's speech, there may be money
in them!''
"We will see. If I do not so we may
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
Salt for Pear Trees.

MY father found two young pear
trees in q fence corner, which he took
home, and planted in the yard. They
grew very nicely and commenced to
bear some five or six years ago. The
variety is one which begins to rlpen the
last week in September. The trees ev-
cry year were full of pears. but more
than one-half would drop off before
they were ripe. In the spring of 1874,
I took fish and pork pickle and sprink-
led Ave bucketsfull around the two trees.
to distance about ten feet all around,
and the result was that my trees have
been since so full of fruit that the
limbs nearly broke down. l don't be-
lieve that one hundred pears fell off be-
fore they were ripe. I think salt and
wood ashes are the best fertilizers for
pear trees that we can get.-D. ~.
Kern, N, PracE'cal Fwwef.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
A Retainer iv Y .1A,Si,uJaixl Ease.

A young asricuituralist and his
sweetheart, just from the country
struggled into lawyers Office and swk-
wardly inquired if the Justice OF the
Peace WAS at home.
"Well. you see, Emsline s1d mt
want to get married, and"
"Ah, see; yau wish. to get married
aud you want to be sure the thing i
done properly, and everything all
straight, eh? Il that itp"
well, 1 suppose ="
Every we'll; 8 if you please, y
said the young man extending his hand
-, is my usual fee"
The country boy forked over the V,
and said:
"Now drive ahead Squire"
The lawyer stepped ont, hunted mp a
Justice Of the Peace, and taking him to
one side, said:
"My cousin is here from the country
and wants to get married. Como up
and do the job, will yon?"
Together they entered the Office. and
while the ceremony was going forward
the lawyer applied himself to the work
Of Transforming 4 page Of legal cap to
manuscript. After the bonds had been
properly welded, and the marriage GER
iihcate duly signed and witnessed, the
Justice requested the sum OF 1.5o "a
his fee. The Granger was astonished.
he said, "Whv thought"
"That. all right" broke in the at
tornev; "vha.'s sll right pay him.
"whv, look here, I in-t gave 70" =
20 paw for the business, didn't IL?
"That. nv dear Sir" said the yonth>
full counsellor, smiling blandly. "that
was . .etainer. and here, sir, is my
opinion written ont guaranteeing the
marriage to have been perfectly formal
and legal in all respects"
The c,untvman in dssad and
manner pocketei tho opin-
ion and paid the Justice hi. fee and
vent ont. seemingly ashamed to think
he didn't know that q marriage would
be utterly VOID unless supported by an
attorneys opinion.-Ex.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
Parallel Of the Sexes.

There is an admirable partition of the
qualities between the sexes, which the
Author OF our being has distributed to
each with wisdom that challenges our
unbounded admiration:
Man is stropg-woman is beautiful.
Man is daring and eonfdent-woman
is diffident and unassuming.
Man is great in action-woman in
suffering.
Man shines abroad-wonan at home.
Man talks to convince woman to
persuade and please.
Man has ragged hoart-womau a
soft one.
Man prevents misery-woman relieves
it.
Man has science--woman has taste.
Man has iudgment-womsn has SEN
sibility.
Man is being Of jastice--woman an
angel OF mercy.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

There 10 no rule which philosophers
can devise for choosing either husbands
or wives wisely that has very much ef-
feet. for the young do not trust the old
on that subject, and choice. for women
especially, is by no means so free as We
affec. to believe. Not one woman In
fftv, unless she is for some reason
such as fortune, rank or beauty
"catch" has anything like real power
of selection among admirers, and even
when she has, she often gives it away.
in obedience to . passing. possibly
sensible, possibly blunderins fancy
that she has found an ideal. But We
should have said there were two broad
rules still worth teaching, because they
had some chance Of being believed. and
they we're these: let the womsns frst
requisite be . man whose home will be
to him q rest, and the mans fret oh-
iect be q woman who can make home
restful. It ia the man with man inter
ests. with enerossins occupations. with
plenty of people 70 hght, with . stfus-
gle to maintain against the world. who
is the really domestic man, in the wlfe's
sense, who enjoys home, who is tempted
to make..a friend Of his wife. who relishes
prattle, who feels in the small circle
where nobody is above him and nobody
unsympathetic with him, as if he were
in heaven Of ease and reparation.
The drawback of home life. it's con-
tanned possibilities of insipidity, same
ness and consequent we~riness, 10 never
present to such man. He is no more
bor.d with home thsn with sleep. He
no more tires of his wife than Of his own
happier moods. he is no more plagued
with his own lighter thoughts. The
worry and the sameness and the weari-
mesa are all outside, and home no more
insipid, than bis berth to . sailor, or
his tent to the soldier on active service.
He gets from the home, just the
change, the fillip, the pleasant stimulus
which the idle man receives from the
society he happens to enjoy. There Is
not much champagne in life anyhow,
but for the active man most Of the little
is at home.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
Oct Her Nwt 1 Iiitie.N

Not long ago an engineer brought his
train to Q stand ct . little Massachu usetts
village where the passengers had five
minutes for lunch. A lady came along
the platform and said:
"The conductor tells me the train at
the junction in P. leaves fifteen min
utes before our arrival. Il is Saturday
night, that 10 the last train. 1 have Q
very sick child in the car, and no money
for hotel, and none for private con-
veyance for the long, long journey into
the country. What shall 1 dos"
"Well," said the engineer, II wish I
could tell yon."
"Would it be possible for you TO hur-
~ little?' said the anxious. tearing
mother.
"No, madam; have the time table.
and the rules say l must run by it,"
She turned sorrowfully away, leaving
the bronsed face OF the engineer wet
with tears. Presently she returned and
said, "Are you christian?"
II trnst I am." was the reply.
"Will you pray with me that the
Lord may in some way delay. the train
at the Junction."
"Why, yes, will pray with you, but
have not mnch faith
Just then the conductor cried ont,
"All aboard" The poor woman hur-
ried back to her detormed and sick
child. and away went the train climbing
the grade.
"Somahow," said the engineer. ''ev-
ery thing work to a charm. As l pray
ed, couldn't help letting my engine
ont inst little. We hardly stopped at
the first station, people got on and Oh
with wonderful alacrity, the conductors
lantern WAS in the air in half minute
and then away again. Once over the
summit it was dreadfully easy to give her
. little more, and then little more. rs
I prayed, till she seemed 10 shoot
through the air like All arrow. Some
how couldn't hold her knowing had
the road, and 20 We dashed. mp TO the
junction six minutes ahead Of time"
There stood the other train, and the
conductor with his lantern on his arm.
"WelI," said he, will you tell me
what am waiting here for. Somehow.
I felt must wait your coming to night.
but don't know why" II guess.
SAID the brother conductor, 'it is for
this woman, with her sick child. dread
fully anxious to get home this Saturday
night" But the man on the engine
and the grateful mother. think they
can tell why the train waited.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
Two republiran Votes Saved.

Two tRUbiNuu vVsVS '~H'N"'
EXTRACT from negro preachers sermon in Ala
bams.
II was passing by house not long
ago, and saw two turkeys . gobhter
and hen-eitting on the fence along
aide the big road. Before got huns
dred yards tother side turned round,
rode back 70 that house and hailed.
Nobody come the hrst time, and hail
ed again. Presently white lady come
10 the door and saws l. "Theres two
turkeys down yonder ON the fence close
10 the road. Maybe you'd better have
them drove up, OF somebody will steal
EN-" Lord bless your soul! she sent
little gal down there quick and drove
'em ND to the house. Nov, fellow clti-
sens, Just by riding back to that house
and telling them to drive them turkeys
of that road I saved two Republican
votes. You say, "Howis that?' Well, I'll
tell YOU. If them turkeys had'of staid
thar, the first nigger that come along
would q took one. and the next one that
come along would took tothe1. And
you know white ladies will go their
death on turkey; them two plggers
would have been caught and tried,
and been convicted and ther'd hsve
been two Republican votes lost.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
si,eep on 81. J4rm.

| The lTichig.a FaiHer says (apd
what it SAYS applies to Alabama as we'll
as TO Mich gam that there are many
considerations in favor Of keeping few
sheep on every firm. They are good
fertilizers, they are a food-producinS
animal, their wool :lways selis for cash
at some price. and they are easily hand
led and their product ehespiy marketed.
No crop can Il ii OF take the place OF ths
wool crop We understand that there
will be disposition to sacrifice sheep
on account OF the low prizes Of wool.
We r-colect the scare of 1853, and we
also recollect that those who held on to
wool prodnction ma lie the money, and
we spprehend this viii again be the
case.
We do most earnestly recommend,
that wool growers Gull ther focks, and
turn OF all inferior, non-produetive
sheep, but let no ,ns imagine that tins
bottom is about to fall ont of the bust
llT7o' hrIC h't o't''t5'thEi wv -AA''J
sheep sheariug two and half to three =
pounds Of wool; n, sheep should be
retained that ehears less than four
pounds Of wool; turn of sil this low
k md of trash and the best time to test
their value is at the time Of shearing.
Then mark every sheep for the sham
bles that does not come up to the stanN
dard. The best fJcks are the ones that
are going to pay. 1t is with sheep as it
is with hogs or with cattle--there must
be selections, focLs must be cui!ed--
somn pains must be taken With breed
ing stock. All We can say is, let the
man who has good lock Of sheep keep
it better Resolve to add one
pound Of wool to each fleece. Mobile
Re0isier.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
CENTRAL
FEMALE aNSTlTJT &
Su.-.ou Minds County. NsaSS.

The Twenty-Fourth Collegiate Year
will begin Thursday, the 26'h day OF Sep
tember, 1876. For Catalogues, address the
President of the Faculty, REV. WALTER
HILLMAN, LII. d. .
Possessed of the abundant facilities
which it has acquired during its long and
prosperous exis.e zee, the Central Female
insti u.e offers. at a moderate expense, edu-
sttional advantages equaled BY few and not
excelled by any similar Institution OF
Learning RoBr KELLs, Pre5t. B /.
f. w. W.CApANIss. Sec'y. July 27-3m.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
MISSLSSIPPI COLLEGE
Clinton. KEinds County. Miss.

Clinton. EEintls COunty, NJ ASS.
win open its 2eth Annual Session,
september 27, 1876, and close June rs,
1877.
full, Faculty; rigid discipline; tho,
ou-h instruction and low terms.
Board in College Hall, $40 50 per
moath.
Send TO REV. W. S. WEBB, President
Of the College, for Catalogue.
W. T. RATLIFF,
President Board Trustees.
Clnton. Miss, July 27-3m
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
..;. .;.x ovns -. hon viii,

AIApY in this city owns hen which
il known to have attained the green old
age Of seventeen years. This venera-
Bile foul has resided here all her life,
coming safely through the war, and, by
habitually roosting high, avoided the
greater dangers Of Radical rule which
followed; she is now very decrepit and
hssn't . tooth in her head.-Er.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
VOL. g..
Khe New Church Organ.


For all their fuss and search;
They've done just AS they said they'd do,
And fetched it into church.
The, re bound the critter shall b seen,
And on the preachers right
THEY'VE hoistei up their new machine,
In everybody's sight.
THEY'VE got a chorister and choir,
Ag'in my voice and vote;
For it WAS never my desire,
To praise the Lord by note.
I've been sister good an true
For fve-an' thirty year;
Ive done what seemed my part to do,
An prayed my duty clear;
I've sung the hymns both slow and quick
Just as The preacher read,
And twice, when Deacon xubbs WAS sick
took h. fork m ledi
And now, their bold new fang led ways
l, coming all sbout;
And ], tight IN nv latter days,
Am fairly crowded ont;
To-day the preacher, good old dear,
With tears all in hi. eyes,
Read II can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies"
I always liked that blea-ed hymns
s'pnse I always viii;
1t somehow graiifes my whim
In good old Ortonvile;
But when hat choir got mp to sing,
I cou|dn't catch word;
They sung the most dos-sondest thing
A body ever heard.
Some worldly chaps was standin' near;
An when see them grin,
"bid frewell 10 every fear
And bold waded in.
thought I'd chlse :heir tune along,
An tried with all my might;
But thou III nv voice is good and strong
l cou'dn't steer it right;
When they WIS high, then was low,
An also contrawise;
An too fast, or they too slow,
To mansions in the skies"
/ n after every verse, YOU Know,
They play little tune;
didn't usder~tand, and so
I started in too soon.
I pitched it pretty middlin' high,
fetched a 'utv tone,
But oh, alas! fonnd that l
Was -ingin' there alone!
They laughed little, am told;
But | had done my best,
And not wave Of trouble rolled
Across my peaceful breast.
And sister Brown--I could but look
Sac sits right front of :ar,
She never Wis TO sin&iug' book,
An never meant to be;
But then she always tiled 10 do
The best she could. she said;
She understood the lime right through,
An kept it with her h'-a;
But when -he tried this mornin', oh,
had to laugh or cough!
1t KIP her head a-bobbin 50,
1t e'en allaost came of!
An Deacon Tubbs-he ali broke down,
AsCne might well suppose;
IL took one look At sister Brown,
And meeklv scratched Iii. nose.
He 10. k his hylnn-book thro' an thro',
And laid ii On the seat,
And then pensve sigh he drew,
And looked compie ely beat,
An when they took another boat,
lie didn't even rise,
But drawed his red bandanner out,
And "wipel his We, pin' eyes"
I've been a sister good an true,
For fve-an'-t thirty y'sra;
Pve done what seemed my part to dc,
An prayed my duty clear;
But death will st p my voice, / know,
For he ia on my track;
And some day | to church will go,
And never more come back;
And when he folks gets up to sing
Wnene'er that time htl be
| do not want No patent thing
A squealin' over me.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

TIE London Nilk Journal says that
q pint OF milk heated . little, but not
boiled, taken every four hours, will
check the most violent diarrhea, stom-
ache, incipient cholera, and dysentery.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

SAID dry>goods dealer: "Of course
we lose money on every piece of goods.
But, my dear madam, We sell such enor-
NOUS uuantities'of them
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
How to Fiad a Persons Name.

Let the person whose A B D H 9
name you wish to know G O f H
tell you in which of the e T F J 8
upright columns the first G. q G K 8
letter of his name is I J L L T
found. If it he found in K K N VI q
but one column it is the NNN
top letter. if it occurs in o o y 0 W
more than one column it 9 II T < <
is found by adding the al s 8 V q 7
phabetical numbers of the o WY q
top letters of these COL WWW
umns, and the sum will 7 z
be the letter sought. By taking one
letter at time in this way the whole
number can be ascertsined. For exam>
pie, take the word Jane. J is found in
the two columns commencing with B
and H, which are the second and eighth
letters down the alphabet; their sum is
ten, and the tenth letter down the al
phabet is J, the letter sought. The
next letter, A, appears in but one COL
umn, where it is found at the top. N
is seen in the columns headed B. d,
and H; these. are the second, fourth,
and eighth letters of the alphabet,
which added give the fourteenth or N,
and so on. The use of this table will
excite no little curiosity among those
unaoquainted with the foregoing ex-
plaAation,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

AN Illinois girl sheared thirteen
sheep in two hours, and when she turn
ed them into the street there wasn't a
whole enr or tail among them.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

A DOWN town man caught red bat 3
few nights ago. 1t was a brick bat,
and he caught it between the shoulder
blades. He is now trying to catch the
man who threw it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

One square. first insertion. sI,30; oacs
subsequeut insertion - ecnts-
one square one year.slI; two Sgu@rs9
one year. SO. a.t. .,,o
half column one year 500.
one column one ycli SlSC'
local Notices twenty cent. line.
The space occupied by square 10 "'e
Marriage notice. ant deaths, not x.
ceedinx sx lines. published trre. -
9tersix lines charged for AZ regular a"-
Veri -In- pat"s-
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

sI HAUNT heern one this year." la
ments Mrs. Partington, "not ono Bae-
haraliala seasnon,"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
e o0n n0ke C0EI eye.

He;t session begins Sept. 6th Collegiate and
preparatory courses TusurPassei locatina,
hegithv mountain climate, moral commu7 ~,
moderate expenses. : on si6l 10 s24l for ten
months ono Gd ug board tuition, etc. etc} OIL
!Apr quite y, oSueTOus. Stuients from al sect ons
of the co~ltrv Il from Mississippi. For cata-
logues, etc, add ess Secretary OF Facl,ty, R@a-
woke College, Salem, Va. July 2o-I'h-
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
University OF mississippi.
The next Sessi"n of the University OF
Mississippi, at oxford, opens
October Atia. EsSG.

October Aeln. HsSG.
The Faculty is complete, able and rro-
fcient
The Campus. Buildings and Appara-
tus are in COED repair.
The location is healthy. Church Ia
cilities and society excellent.
Tuition free to candidates for the MN,
istrv. Tuition tee 9 others SO. Total
expenses need not exceed 500 to $500
per annum. ..
For Catalogues and lnformatioh ad'
dress II. NJ. SULLlV AN,
Secretary Board OF trustees,
sug10 2m oAio o' MISE
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21
EDUCA TIONAL.
KS - q Ut T. e Y

KS "a O Ut Il u X.
Ry,. Fl. F. JOHNSON. A. NJ. Prest.
pRor. h. $. RICKETTS,. A. NJ, Sec y
Of Faculty.
pror, E F. POWELL, A. NJ.
Miss EDWINA BURNLEY. VI. E~ L.
MISS ADA WARREN,
Miss ADDIE MARSHALL, A. NJ.
Mrs SALLIE T. CLARK.
Preparatory Department.
Nns. MARSHALL.
E'rcmc.l Department.
Ano. L. A. DUQUERCkON.
Art gscp1rtsmRuas
exsr. GEO. A. COULON.
Music seaparsnsenfs
rsor. c. G. P. ECKHARDr,
Miss BERTHA BURNLEY, N. E. l.
AlEs. CARRIE ECKHAkDf,
Miss ADA WARREN,
Miss SALLIE JOHNSON.
amp't EFos~fsimG ssepartunens:
Nae. II. T. JOHNSON.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

WE know God easily, provided we do
,et .roNstrein euyse}yps tp define him.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-09-21

Charges. low. Dresses required 10 be plain.
English Textbooks, Copy-booss and states. aiso
Medicines ana Medical attention furnished wi 4
out extra charge. Maps Charts, ApparatuS-dli
the APPLIANCES of tirst-cas' COLLEGIATE IN con
stant use. NO college fu. n.shes better advanta-
ses For Catalogue, address
L. f. JOHNSON, President.