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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28
NOTES.

In II Article Of last week on Davis
md Sherman the printer made us say
Davis charged Sherman with "rowlr
Islander Now we said "foul, and not
"fowl." But we are not sure that the
latter is wrong. Some people in this
part of the world nrc strongly Of the
opinion that Sherman and his BUM
mcrS* were vulturrs-birds Of prey.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28
ELLIS G. GRAYDON,
January 20, 1885.
GREENWOOD HOTEL,
Tnos. F. RILEY, Proprietor,
Greenwood, 8. C..

Dinner house Of the 4. & H., road.
Passengers on tho down train OF the G..
" C.. road, going East, have ample time
to SECURE Il good dinner before the do
parturc Of the train for Augusta.
Transient board ~ per day. 4 liner
al discount from above rates to parties
wanting board by the week or month.
Ray Livery, Feed and Sale Stables
connected with this hotel.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28
NOTIt:s..

The undersigned have this day entered
into a partnership under the firm .anc O.
COTHRAN & rERRlE, r.r the
purpose OF conducting a general drug
business. They have secured tn. ser.
vices of Mr.. i. f. HARRISON. a Pharmacist
of ~unloubtcd skill, who will devote his
exclusive attention to the preparation Of
prescriptions at any time of day Or night.
w. S. COTIIRAN,
IL. G.. PERRIN.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28

Mnch has been said in the papers
about the new law regulating the admis-
sion of lunatics to the asylum. Senator
Maxwell in these columns last week full
~ explained the necessity Of the law,
and in our opinion showed conclusivcly
that there is nothing Objectionable in it.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28

Under tho provisions Of Sec. 1876 of
the General Statutes, the Clerk of the
Court has the power to grant n charter
to IA Building and Loan Association. 1t
is a society for the improvement Of our
town and the cultivation Of economical
habits. Let's have one.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28

There is n great scarcity Of none
here. Young couples anxious to build
have not the money and cannot borrow
1t at amy per cent A Building and Loan
Association would relieve this pressure
to n great degree.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28

The Town Council Of Walha,la have
discharged their Marshals since the
active operation Of the prohibition law
in that town Of ''magniticcnt ]distanccs.'
"Othello's occupations gone"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28
LAW PARTNERSHIP.

lTIIIE undersigned have this da, formed
4 q partnership for the practice Of law
under the firm name Of
GRAYDON & GRAYDO%.
We will practice in all the Courts Of
the State, and in the United States
Courts for the District Of South Carroll
ma, and will give prompt and careful at
~trntion to all business placed in our
hands.
ELLIS G.. GRAYDON,
WILLIAM y. GRAYDON.
January 20. 13S
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28

\ good assortment Of the following
named articles may he Ind at the store
of White Brothers Table Linens, Tow
els, Blankets, Shcetings, Bed Tickings,
Counterpanes, Furniture Prints, Carpets
and Rugs. i-tf
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28

We arc indebted through the kindness
OF Mr.. Alexander White, Of Spartanburg,
to tho Asheville & ~Spartanburg Railroad
for our annual pass over that road.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28
$40 BROAD STREETAUGUSTA, GA.
AYERS PILLS,

A large proportion Of tho diseases whioh
cause human suffering result from derange-
ment Of tho stomach, bowels, and liver.
AYERS CATHARTIC PILLS act directly upon
these organs, and are especially designed to
cure the diseases caused by their derange-
mont, including Constipation, Indiges-
ton, Dyspepsia, Headache, Dysentery,
and a host of other ailments, for all Of
which they arc n safe, sure, prompt, and
pleasant remedy. The extensive use Of these
PILLS by eminent physicians in regular prac-
tice, shows Enthusiastically tho estimation III
which they are held by the medical profess
sion.
These PILLS arc compounded Of vegetable
substances only, and arc absolutely free from
calomel or any other injurious Ingredient.
ga Sufferer from Headache writes:
LAYERS PILLS are invaluable to me, and
are my constant companion. 1 have been
PILLS arc the only thing / could look to
Tor relief: One dose will Quickly move my
have ever found. 1t Is a pleasure to me to
speak In their praise, and 1 always do 60
w. L. PAGE, Of W. L. Page g. Bro"
Franklin ST., Richmond, Va, June 3, 1882.
II have used AYERS PILLS in number
less instances as recommended by you, and
have never known them to fail to accomplish
SiO cu lCSulb. we COHbLAnGly Keep IQGm
on hand ut our home, and prize them as q
pleasant, safe, and reliable Family medicine.
FOR DYSPEPSIA they are invaluable.
j.. I. HAYES"
Mexia, Texas, juno II, 1882.
The REV. FRANCIS B.. HARLowB, writing
from Atlanta, Co., says: "For some years
past l have been subject to constipation,
cines of various kinds, 1 suffered increasing
Inconvenience, until some months ago !
began. taking AYERS PILLS. They have
entirely corrected tho costive habit, aud
have vastly improved my general health"
AYERS CATHAnTIo PILLS correct irresu-
larities Of the bowels, stimulate tic appe-
tite and digestion, and by their prompt and
thorough action give tone and vigor to tho
whole physical economy.
PREPARED ~
Dr.. &c Ayers Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28
AnnEvlLLE, S. c., JAN, &c, 1855.
His EXccllency,

His EXccllency,
Gov. HUGH S. THoMpRoN,
Columbia, S. G..
Dear Sir: | have the honor OF
transmitting to you the minutes Of n
meeting Of the Abhcville Bar called for
the purpose Of recommending one oft
members for appointment by your Ex-
ccllcncy az Master Of this County, rice
Mr.. NJ. J.. Bonha,n, Jr., who declines re,
appointment.
Your Obcdicnt Servant,
II. i. CoTHnAS, Secretary.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28
This Great Remedy Is

Lawyers go to the MESSENGER office
for Letter Heads aid Cards.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28
DISSOLUTION.

The partnership heretofore exi*tin.
between W. S. COTHRAN Il T.. L.
LYON, under the firm name Of ". s
COTHRAN. e. CO., Druggists. is thi:
day dissolved by. mutual consent.
Jan. =, 1885.
,,tr W. s. COTHEAE,
+. l.. LYON.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-28

Satchet Powders, the most delightful,
at w. s. Cothran & Go.
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, 1885-04-14

A farmer, who has had several years ex-
perience with Lima beans OF various sorts,
and recently with uniform success, says: q.
Il prefer the mnan white Lima to all
others for market or for family. For seed l
use none but IN seed, selected and i'm
proved, from three OF four TO -four or five in
a pod Select a sunny, protected location,
prepare a bed rs you would for a hotbed,
without manure. Cut some pieces Of sod,
four inches square and three inches thick,
place them in the prepared bed, making the
surface even. Plant the seed in the sod with
eve down, three or four seeds to a sod, cover
un inch deep with loose soil, protect from
frost and cold rains till the vines start, then
prepare your ground for planting in the gar
den, which should be rich and well ma
nured.
Pillow deep and stir thoroughly, lay OH
rows in burrows four feet apart, plant every
alternate row in some early vegetable, leav-
ing your bean row eight feet apart-none
too wide; your outside rows will be the best
then. Set hills three feet apart in the row,
leave two or three plants to a hill, stick
them with II stout pea-brush, eight feet high.
This Is a new departure. but l find on trial .
is the right way; the yinen will not mat and
crowd, thereby preventing maturing on the
tops Of the poles. The brush should be set
one foot deep. Cultivate often and deep:
stir every time the ground becomes settled
or crusted by heavy rains. Clip, with q
switch, the ends of the vines when they
reach above the brush, also all branches
when two or three feet long. By following
these directions you may have this delicious
vegetable two weeks earlier than your neigh
bors, and until frost kills the vines. l would
rather get the brush than have the smooth
poles for nothing
, 1885-04-14
innings To DO and 10 Know.

The wheat outlook In lndlanA Is favorable.
1t is stated that there Is a general move
ment and disposition in many sections OF Ken
lucky to start creameries.
Women constitute over a quarter of Ger
many's agricultural laborers. OF 4,692, 34s
persons engaged in agricultural work in the
last census, 1,23s,O $50 were females.
Those fields which were sown in fall grains
OF In grass last fall should have about ten or
twelve pounds of clover seed per acre sow
upon them as soon as the ground thaws. II
the land is not too soft it will do no harm,
and possibly much good, if a light narrowing
Is given at the same time.
A Pennsylvania farmer last year sold 50, 200
worth Of potatoes from twelve acres. He
fortified with a compost OF hard wood ashes
and oyster shell lime, plowed deep, planted
medium-sized, wen-formed, uncut potatoes
three feet apart, gave level culture and cult
waited often. From one hill be took 81 fine
large tubers.
The grapevines should be trimmed il they
need IL, and tied up on the t%rellis; the dead
wood cut from the blackberries and raspber-
ries, II was not one last fall, and the new
canes tied up to stakes; the coarsest Of the
mulching taken off the Strawberries, and the
asparagus bed forked over and MANFRED if it
was not MANFRED, as it should have been, last
all.
An experienced butter maker says that
crooks OF butter to be kept for several months
should never be placed upon the cellar bot
tom. This causes two degrees Of tempera-
ture in the crock, which will be at the expense
of the quality of the butter near the top. The
crooks will keep their contents far better IL
placed at least a foot from the cellar bottom
upon a bench and a thick woolen cloth thrown
over them.
, 1885-04-14

The only goose r~anch-that is, a farm de
voted TO the breeding and care Of geese-in
this country is owned and operated by Phila-
delphians. The farm is located on the eastern
shore of Virginia, and covers nearly 5000
acres, over which the feathered occupants
are free to roam In England there are a
number of such farms, some of them having
as high as 1000 geese. The American one IS
of much larger proportions, as its hocks
number in the neighborhood of 5000 birds.
In certain textile branches of trade the
down and feathers of geese are the main
raw materials. The manufacture of fine
quilts and the preparation Of certain articles
Of dress utilize the down, and in cheaper
grades of goods the younger and softer
feathers are used in the way of a~dulteration.
The large and strong feathers Of the tails and
wings go mainly into the quill pens used by
professional engrossers, lawyers, clergymen,
authors, and others These are too tough for
much use in the textile productions noted
above.
The American farm is devoted exclusively
TO producing the raw materials needed for
the fine down quilts. Several species OF geese
are bred, all of them being, however, of
American lineage. The largest specimens
are the swan geese, and the plumage Of all Is
Of snowy whiteness. Thu birds are regularly
fed with corn and other grains, and are given
the utmost freedom consistent with the pre-
vention of straying and loss. In consequence
men are employed as herders to keep watch
full eye on their charges Sheds for shelter
are provided in case Of inclement or espe-
cially severe weather, but the birds rarely
use them
About every six weeks the plueking takes
place Only the breast and portions Of the
sides are touched, the feathers Of the back,
the wings and the tail being left intact 1t
requires nearly 100 average gecss to furnish
a pound Of down, though the smaller feath
ers, which are also taken, weigh much heav-
, 1885-04-14

One OF the pioneer farmers who helped
strip this fair country Of its forest growth
would stare at the idea Of planting trees
along a line, In regular order, with a view to
using them as fence posts by and by; but
scientific agriculture, the kind that reads and
thinks, has reached even that. There are
many farms, and ought to be more, where
rows OF beautiful trees outline the whole
estate along the roadside. In summer they
offer a grateful shade for the highway; in
winter they break the force Of the bleak
winds. OF trees TO plant for this purpose
the locust Is perhaps one of the best. 1t Is a
graceful, rapid-growing tree, and its timber
Is valuable. An acre OF locust timber in
many sections Of the country is almost as
valuable as an acre Of orchard. When the
trees attain sufficient height and strength a
regular wire fence may be made along
them, as in the illustration. Then your fence
is done, without a cent of expense or a stroke
Of work for posts or p~ostholes. Another
beauty about these living posts is that they
do not rot as dry wood would do, but last
and grow in beauty and value year by year.
The trees are sometimes planted as boundary
lines between fields and farms. The Ameri-
can Agriculturist has some useful suggestions
on this point. At the corners Of the fields 1t
recommends planting three Of the tall, stih
Lombardy poplars TO mark the spot. Set
one exactly upon the corner and another
upon the field line each way a foot away
from the first. Measure our distance, get
the lines straight and plant with mathemat-
cal exactness. After the poplars, set nine
willows upon the line, a rod apart, then
another poplar at the same distance, then the
willows again. Having every tenth tree a tall
one is for the purpose of making s~ightings
and measurements. They are a great conve-
nience in taking sights in blowing, The effect
Of the variety is also pleasing to the eye.