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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17
BAsTRoP, La, January 81, 1885.
Editor Morehouse Clarion:

BAsTRoP, La, January 81, 1885.
Editor Morehouse Clarion:
Dear Si''-I said to you some time since
that would give you the result OF my gin
ginned 81 900 lbs seed cotton, weighed in lots
Of from 800 to 1900 lbs, which turned out
Al $500 per cent of lint cotton.
of May. Had the usual cultivation on the
share system. No rain after LIST of July.
Stands more hot, dry weather than any
other cotton grown. Hands claim they can
cotton. Can also gin at least one-tl,ird
more Of 1t i'm the same length of time than
any other cotton.
no other cotton planted on my Line planta-
ton in 1884 except tho Peterkin.
I believe there is more money to be made,
~ at least 80 per cent in planting the Peter
kin than any other cotton.
Yours Respectfully,
GEO. A. PETERKIN.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17
Fort Motto, 8. c., Nov. l, 1873

Fort Motto, 8. c., Nov. l, 1884.
Capt. j. A. Peterkin:
planted ten acres OF cotton with your
seed. Had two other valieties-the Jones
and the Dixon Cluster. All tho land was
alike and fertilized and cultivated the same;
your seed stood the drouth, made more seed
cotton per acre and turned out Az per
cent. lint, tho other varieties 80 per cent.
I consider your cotton a blessing to our
country.
Yours Respectfully. N. CAROL.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17
AN lNKY REVOLUTIONS

We DELIVER FREE anywhere, all
charges positively prepaid, one or more
quarts of the very finest BLACK, VIOLET
BLUE, GREEN or SCARLET Writing Ink,
Of brilliant, unohanging colors, nom
receipt of only 25 cents per quart. Stamps
accepted.
STANDARD INK, st. Louis, Mo.
The company and It's inks are entirely
liabe.-ftiblishcr Telegraph.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17
Notice To The Tax Payers Ouachita
Parish.

I hereby give notice that the State Il
Parish Tax on the Roll OF 1885 are now due
and Ccllectible and will become delinquent
on the Slst December 1886. If not paid on
or before that date. The law imposes GER
tain cost and penalties on all delinquent
Taxes and this Is to notify all parties in
tereeted that I will in every instance en-
force the payment of all penalties and on
taxes unpaid on the date above mentioned.
Therefore pay In time and save money.
j. Z. MCGUIRE, Sheriff.
Nov, z, 1885.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17
CAMDEN, 8. c.. Dec.

OAMUANs w 1'oc' 1V1 1e's'7'
Capt. J. A. Peterkin;
Iplanted your seed on two acres of poor.
sandy land, after cutting oats from same,
Oh the first day of June. 1t was we'll fertll-
lied. grew off nicely, but had a severe
drouth, which it stood remarkably we'll.
Made two balos, weighing $50 each, with
the bagging included. 1t turned out Al per
cent of lint. Yours respectfully.
w. A.. ANKROM.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17

v ngos. Singleton's r. O.. s, G
writes, November "a, 1884:
Please allow me to say your seed has in
every way far exceeded my expectations.
The plant will stand more drouth than any
of the green seed varieties that have over
planted; will make as much seed cotton per
aero; the staple is better, and then your
seed cotton will turn out 4OX TBS lint per
100. I congratulate you on promoting the
interest Of the cotton planters. and feel sat-
isfied that with your seed, higher manuring
and economy. they will grow jolly and in.
dependent.
FORT MoTTE, Dec 2, 1884.
Capt. j. A. Peterkins
planted two other varieties of cotton be-
sides yours YOU'RE Treated them all alike in
made more seed cotton per acre, and turn:
ed out 80 per cent of lint. Iwant seed
enough o. You this coming year to plant m,
have paid you five dollars per bushel thi.
year and planted my crop Of it.
Yours Respectfully,
J. q. DARBY,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17
Shot.

JACKSON. Miss., Jan. ia. Terry,
Miss, last Tuesday. Dan Nicholson,
Jr., shot aud killed Albert Victor, a
companion. The murderer escaped.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17
CHESTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

AA3ASAAs~'
We, the undersigned, James II. Hamilton.
John Millen and r. Blanks, do hereby cor
tifY that we W 20 present and did assist in
the ginninga weighing Of q lot OF cotton
Of the Peterk !, proved VARIETY Seed
cotton, 1920 r yield of lint 574 lbs, or 401z
lbs to 100 his sed cotton. Also that 1857 ns
seed cotton of The Same lot Tinted 1886 lbs:
The above mentioned cotton was ginned
ONT. FL. Moffat's Field Gin, without taking
any extra care in ginning; also, that the
above mentioned cotton was raised by Capt.
o. A. Wylie on his plantation at Wylie's
Mills, in the county and State above writ
: JOHN MILLEN,
p. M. BLANKS,
Certified and subscribed before me, this
oath day of October, 1884.
JOHN e. MAGILL, Notary Public.
SrATEsBURa, 8. c., Dec. l, 14s4.
Capt. J. A. Peterkin:
this year planted the seed bought of you
and am pleased with there. 1t has mado
more seed cotton Per acre than any other
cotton, stood drouth better, and turned ont
IL per cent of lint. can sell some seed in
my neighborhoOd tor you.
Yours respectfully.
nESSUMORE BULL.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17

5 Life, 10 like 4 harness. There are
traces ef carr. lines OF trouble, bits OF
good tSetune. breaches Of good man.
Asrs, br!dled tongues, and everybody
haa, 90 20 1dtl t6roas ~ En-.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17
BAsTRoP, La, January &c, 1ss'

BAsTRoP, La, January &c, 1856.
Geo. A. Peterkin, Esq:
Dear Sar-I take pleasure in testifying to
the value of the Peterkin Cotton Seed. 1
obtained enough OF the seed last spring to
plant a little less than q quarter of an acre.
May on the bayou land and received the
usual cultivation without any fertilizer. 1t
1t had no rain after about the first of July
lint was at the rate of 62S pounds per acre.
and considering the waste from ginning SO
small quantity in an empty lint room,
cent of lint cotton, and think SO we'll of
seventy-five bushels OF see.l to plant this
year. Respectfully, , ,,
PLANTERsVILLE, La, December I, 1885.
Capt. G. A. Peterkin:
Dear Sir-From tho sack cotton seed you
gave me planted 334 acres land. All who
saw the cotton admit that it had only two
thirds stand. 1 am satisfied there was not
cotton on the whole 81 acres to cover
acres. 1 packed five bales weighing 1870 net
lint each. The cotton grow finely all sum-
mer. Did not wilt nor suffer from hot, dry
July until picked. Saw no sign OF rust.
Two pounds cotton to the stalk was com
mon occurrence.
I exhibited one stalk at the Southeast
Arkansas Fair in October, which won first
premium for best stalk cotton raised in tho
district. This stalk had one hundred and
sixty well-open bolls on it. The Peterkin
improved cotton will yield over 10 per cent
lint per 100 fbs seed. 1t is the most prolific
and in every way the hardest cotton ever
cultivated. Have cultivated Allen, Ozier,
Dickson, Duncan's Prolific and many 9th
ers. Would not sell my cotton seed for g.
per bushel ana plant any other.
Yours Truly, r.. 8. MUM.
X my Agent Mt Monroe for the sale
A. PETERKIN.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17
Mr.. w. II. Tabor, Oakland Plantation,

writes: .
OHANaEDURa Co., s. c., Nov. q, 1884.
1t gives me pleasure to testify to the un-
equaled value of the Peterkin seed, being
Of the number who have hitherto discredit-
cd its true worth. have just ginned my
first bale from this seed having planted
only two acres, and from 12i4 pounds SEED
cotton have ginned bale weighing $40
pounds. I can't say too much for 1t, and
intend another year planting my whole
crop with 1t.
Rev. Thomas B. Clarkson writes from
l. .stoyer, S. c., November %, 1884:
The cotton seed you gave me proved most
satisfactory. The yield OF lint turned out
y-one per cont, tested in the presence of
VI. Richard Singleton, at whose ginhouse
it was ginned. am SO much pleased with
it that intend to plant no other seed It Is
everything it claims to bo; it is far superior
to the Ozier, the Duncan or any seed have
ever seen tried.
Mr.. John L. Moorer. writes from Orange
burg County, November q, 1854;
I have tried tho Peterkin Seed on small
experimental scale against five other Kinds
the Thomas, tho OZier SILK, the Duncan,
and my own, Mixed Dixon, and am salts
fled it yielded one-third more than the best
of the others. / like it because 1t picks we'll
and holds its own against all bad and ex-
Mr.. u. j. Carroll writes from st. Mat
thews, ). c., December l, 1884:
The Peterbin Seed far exceed my expec-
tations; has made me moro seed cotton
per acre than any 1 planted. end yielded me
AZ lbs lint cotton to every 100 TBS seed cotton.
Send me SO bushels whom you ship +. j.
| Buyck's.
Mr.. r. +. Clark, Fort Motto, =. c., says
Having received so many letters of en-
curry about Peterkin's Cotton Seed, since
some correspos ,dent of the News & Courier
saw fit to mention my purchase OF Capt.
Peterkin, will AXE this method of answer
| ing them and Ito all interested in cotton
planting, that will dispose of a part OF my
purchase at 50 >'ar bushel sacked and de-
livered at &c ->Aotte, s. c. l planted
several acres NE past season and was so
thoroughly coav: ced of its great value that
shall plant Iargerlv and entirely of this
seed. 1t yielded me fifty-tive roudns seed
cotton more per acre, and every hundred
pounds seed cotton has yielded me forty
pounds lint.
II. Z. Clare.
Fort Motto, Orangeburg Co., s. c.
L have made DR.. j. ii. McCOrmi,
of the Peterkin Cotton Seed.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17

TIE sesshsrs have have appeatsd' to
A1iassu usseegle, 10 New Yosk. ana
- Gopssnl OF favorable answsr
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17

Bone Ohio men on rs;urniOs from
visit to Mckee to examine. some
minss, were telling old Ben Wade,
the Congressman, about the charms
ofAAe eeeatry, It's climate, rich mines
stcsand nnally said., "All. IT, needs
ieAoaAef ind.soed company" "Humph
1 9nted the old gentleman, .that's all
~ loxer xeglepa need. - Cleveland
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17

The recent cold wave was q real
Dsspentie onA II knew no North,
nesaSalA, 10 Easi, no West. :
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17

= Lttsrsry club. in Chin1N b. in
eestaclts over one Of its yOsug lady
uiSld bess Who can say ths maltiplica-
sloa 4a6>s haekwasas while standlss
81 - lOot. 81 $. g.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-01-17

ys&lS Who'd that blows nobody
q non ne harvesting Tons
81 S1sH1ext sunniier, while coal dea.
~ - Akipg up for lost time and
ase uu(1 <lJnx their over-steck Of fuel.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
''it was that jim; he's SO careless!

''it was that jim; he's SO careless!
lost a letter for me oncc..'
viii was persuaded to accompany
them home, and it was Il very merry
party that surprised Mrs.. Allen By their
early appearance.
As SOC as possible Mr.. Allen hurried
his wife off to the kitchen to unravcI
the mystery, while VIII and Lizabcth
read and reread the old letter by the
light of the hickory fire.
What Ruth Miller would say was q
source of much anxiety to Mrs. Allen.
until n day Will remarked, much 10
her peace Of mind, that Ruth had been
engaged for some time to Il friend Of
his in the Wcst--l gentleman she net
some years before while visiting in the
city.
The house upon the hill Will and
Liza both call home, and the old yci-
low slcigh-weil, As Mr.. Allen say.
its rot every sleigh that can boast OF a
romance like hat.-ChjcGgo NcpS.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
A Bit of Persian Advice.

A father on the occasion of his sons
marriage gave him a little special adj
vice. "You are going TO be married,
my son; and you will wish that your
wife should be quiet and submissive TO
YOU in all matters. Follow the advice
which l % give you. Procure 4 cat,
and one night after your marriage so
orange that the animal shall be in
the sleeping room ut the time when
you and your wife retire to rest. You
will 90 to the room as usual. and on en-
tcring it you will pretend to be very
much annoyed that the cat should be
found there. and you will draw your
at once and slay it. Your wife,
of course, will be terribly frightened.
and from the sight of the slain cat. and
n hint from you that she will fare like
wise if she is not very careful over her.
self, you may depend upon it that she
will be the proper, dutiful wife that
she should be. "--Fr0m The Persian.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
UNNECESSARY WORK.
Why 1t Is Woman's Boandcn Duty to
Take All the Rest She Can Get.

why 1t Is NOmanS boanurn Dnty 10
Take All the Rest She Can Get.
The early fading Of married women
is always a subject for comment among
their dearest friends. And each par
ticular friend has some very good
cause to assign for it. Butt is a cues
ton whether, in many cases, it is not
greatly the woman own fault.
Think, mothers, do You not do much
unnecessary work? | am not going
into an elaborate discussion of the sew
inc question. Every body knows that
you all, or at least nine-tenthS Of you,
sew much more than there is any ne
c~essity for. | am going to speak only
Of the sitting question. Now think
carefully. Do you not stand to do
many things about which You could as
well sit if you were only accustomed
to it. 80, but it looks so lazy" A
tie for the way at looks Why
should a woman stand up to pare po-
tatoes?: I've seen women stand half
the morning preparing vegetables.
Ask them about it and what is their
answer. 80 don't know. | always
stand. I'm used to it. ! can work
better So" They have no business to
be used to it. With all that a mother
or housekeeper must do, she has no
moral right to strain her physical or
nervous system by doing one thing
that she is not obliged to dc. Accus-
tom yourself to sitting as much as
possible while at work. Have a high
chair with a rest for the feet made to
fit your table and sink. 1t will not
cost much. but it will save you many 4
hack-ache, many a doctors bill, many
a season of regret over Il cross word
you have spoken under the strain of
having "been on your feet all day
Plenty of women work in such a back.
handed way that one wonders they
can live.
Il never lie down in the daytime
says some one decidedly and so self.
righteously that the poor little meek
woman who has venturcl the remark
feels quite criminal in cvcr having in.
dulscd in such a disposition.
1t is not only right, says the Laates'
Home JouyHa', but 4 woman's houndpr
duty to take all the rest she can get. If
a mother can possibly find time to
throw herself down on the sofa for n
few moments she should do so. 1t is a
necessity. and one that can not with
impunity be put aside. If baby is
awake and you are afraid to leave him
put him and his play-things in
dry-goods box. give him Il quart OF
meal and some little tin plates,
or some other novel amusement, re-
for just such emergencies, then
seize five minutes, or even fifteen min
ltes', rest. and you will 90 at your work
again with Il renewed yigor that will
YOU to much more than make
M for lost (?) time. -NHral NcW York.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
LAST YEAR.

&c, voar he wrote: "Thc roses blossom red
And nolely white to scent the hot, still air,
md then. soft sprlnging In tho garden bed,
Tha aromatic pinks, all tall and fair,
va IN each other as the dawn grows clear"
Thot was last year: sod heart! mat was last
year!
More Is the page! as there I sadly trace
aho failing hand that pains keen touch had
pressed.
, rote the faltering, the increasing space,
Az If the task were hard. h longed-for
rest
vore vet more urgent. All! ! sitting here
gemcmber all this letter said last year.
Inl now ! rise-and wander all alone
peneath his roses; when wan night glidcs by
40 the moonlight sleeping on the stone
That marks the spot where he out thercd doth
lie.
Al rcst-alone-he who was once so dear,
From whom that letter came; last year-!ast
year!
Il 4 not cruel how his roses bloom?
How lives this letter. though the writer's
dead:
Kew there last on his chair. his desk, his room
The Howers he planted-whito or pink Or
red
while no is deaf, nor heeds each h%eart-wrung
That falls as ] think OF him there last year!
How laugh the children, gathering In the dusk
As ioye-eifts o. reach other. sacred leaves!-
sacred to me at least. That old-world musk
We always gathered. God! how memory
wenves
Immortal spells! I feel--I see him near.
FYtat true, good friend God took from me last
year!
And yet ! am alone, beyond life's pain
That fr end l loved lies silent-while his
Towers
Mise from the earth. and blossom once again
AZ the did blossom In those better hours
When that which Is was but a haunting fear,
be was with us still; oh. sad last year!
And yet! If they can spring from out the
sod,
VIII he and l not meet and speak once
more?
maker Of our friendship; patient God!
Send me one message from that silent
shore!
nothing SEQ I. nothing can / hear,
echoes family calling ah! last year!
All the Year Round.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06

-Four little children. the eldest but
eleven years old. were gathering hazel
nuts the other day near Atlanta, whes
their pet terrier began swapping at
them. The eldest, Il girl, ut once cor.
cluded that the dog was mad, and, al
the risk of her life, grabbed the animal
by the neck and held it until her brother
got a rope, made a slip knot. threw i,
over the dogs head, and fastened it 10
Il tree. Then the little girl threw tho
dog from her and ran. The ferries
proved to have a genuine case Of n.y.
drcphobia. atlanta Constitution.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
THE OLD SLEIGH.
b It Was Found q Letter and
Great Joy.

Coming"
"Thcre, mother. old Speckle has re-
turned thanks at last holding up a
plump white egg that would do credit
TO any queen of the poultry yard.
"Well, l alters said that hen was
thankful for past mercies. though your
father would laugh every time l said
So Liddy Stephens has jest been here;
she wanted to see you, but you was
gone so long that l thought you must
be down to Mis- Pennell's."
YES, l met her as she came through
the yard"
"shc didn't tell you the news, did
she!!"
"shc told me viii Marston had re-
turned from California"
ut does beat all bout that boy
seems jest like the piece O. poetry you
read sometimes about the Teller that
went of and stayed SO many years and
men come back and took his mother
out o the poor-house -only it's the
'a'her this time. The very worst of
.he deacon's Six it called him. and
,ha' 5 Jest what Will was then. Incver
oc'leVe'i he had any thing to do with
mat scrape down to the village. Lid
~ says he's terribly rich, and is going
70 take care of his father; the deacon
must be glad, for I guess he's stayed
WIN Caleb most as long as he can
comfortably. They say he's going to
"arry Sam Miller's darter Ruth. You
.ee' when Bob Miller went out there
.or his health VIII found him out and
|uohe little kindnesses for him. and
|wnen he was too sick to write home
"ii wrote for him. Part O. the time
Pam was sick hisself, so Ruth answered
une letters, and he fell in love with her
(.hat way. There didn't anybody but
""o ueacon and the Millers know he
wa" coming. Sam drove down to the
and carried him up to Caleb's.
him."
Ann ,ner is no knowing how long Mrs.
.aen would have conc on, her tongue
p.hs time tn tho busy click.clack of
needles, had not Mr.. Aliens step
'unde on the walk.
hlzabeth never talked much. and the
.;O,aes did not mind her silence to-
(;ya slight CULVER about the sensi-
wa mouth alone told how kcenly the
L,I I;us were felt and the sigh Of relief
LSa NV, .n. escaped at the welcome sound Of
1" fathers voice was lost in the noise
krom as as ne entered, stamping the snow
\, WY, father, does II snowr ben
III. 'osy talking ! hain't thought to look
~ .,v =. me window Tor some time"
~ begun 70 come down right
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06
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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06

But two deaths resulting from by.
drophobia have ucl urred in New York
City during the past eight years.--N
J. Sun.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-06

Earthquake shocks remind us thai
all of Us have to live on Il crust.
Burlington Free Press
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-07
A RGVIVALlsTIs LONG FAST.
Thomas Green, Of Wisconsin, 0oes With
out Food Seventeen Days

Thomas Green, Of Wisconsin, 0oss With
out Food Seventeen Days
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan, b-'rhe beautiful
litto village OF Palmyra, forty miles woat Of
this city, haa been In foyor OF oXcitemrnt
Tor two weeks In consequence Of the seven.
teen days. fast OF one Thomas Green, ro-
igIoua monomaniao, Tho pastor OF tho
Free Methodist church OF that place has
been conducting revival Tor aomo time,
and among tho attendants was Gro'n, who,
encouraged BY tho pastor, became possessed
OF tho idea thnt ho Should attain 10 "h'avons
" powoIp by iHstng and continuous prayeH
On ID cDmbcr " he Btartal upon his fast.
Since that time h, has tasted no food and
has drunk but very small allowance OF
WAtOr,
ilo has regularly attended tho revival
meetings and been the most enthusiastic Of
tho worShipcrs, io has gradually become
pmaoiatsd and hoggard In appearances
During tho past fow days no has become 20
weak that II was necessary 10 carry him 10
aud from the church, and tboro waa talk on
the part of the villagers Of appealing 10 tho
authorities 10 take stops toward 0dJudglng
him Insane aud putting him under proper
treatment THIS coupled with tho fact that
bis action wpa making the revival moro like
dime museum than religious ey,nt, un.
ioubtcdly influenced GrOOn, who announced
that ho would cnd his fast nnd ".eturn 10
the worldn Green declares that he has suf-
tered no bodily pain or Inconvenience iuring
hia fast