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FARMER BROWN. A Story of the Times, with a Moral. Old Farmer Brown came into the house, And wrathfully slammed the door, And flopped himself down in the chair, And flopped Iiis hat on the floor. For Farmer Brown was dreadfully wroth, And his dander it was up; And he looked around with an angry scowl, And wrathfully kicked the pup. 'Ttai tired from head to foot." he said, "And hungry as I kin be! I'd like to have a mouthful to eat? Is dinner most ready?" said he. The farmer's wife, she was pale and thin; And hungry and wan was she; And her eye was dim and her step was slow, And her dress was a sight to see. "Your dinner is ready," she meekly said, "And the dodgers are smoking hot, But I've scraped the meal all out of the hob, And the last jint's jest from the pot." "lie mischief you have !s' said Farmer Brown, ? Heaving a doleful sigh; "Thar's plenty of bacon and corn in town. And I ve no money to buy." Then spoke the farmer's daughter, Marie; And she hadn't spoke before:? "Thar's cotton out under the shed," said she, "Some dozen bales or more." "Cotton, the devil 1" said Farmer Brown, ,. Hi is dreadfully wrong to swear,) "My cotton is all mortgaged for last year's work, With never a bale to spare." "Well, then," his daughter up spoke again, "If that won't do for feed, You've got two or three wagon loads or more Of Dickson's Prolific Seed." "Do you think me a beast?" said Farmer Brown ; 'Tin neither cow nor steer; And what if I was? I've hardly enough Of seed to plant this year." "Then," reid his daughter, Marie, again, "Thar's guano, lots," she said; "Thar's twenty sacks full into the bam, And barrel's under the shed." "Guano? Oh, Lud!" said Farmer Brown, "I need all the precious stuff To pnt on my cotton land this year, And then not half enough." . But when the farmer had eaten his fill, He fell into thought profound, And smoked his tobacco which cost at least Some ninety cents per pound. And then he muttered : "Thar's something wrong About my farm I swear! We don't have even enough to eat, Nor half enough to wear! "My mules are almost starving to death, My cows ore dreadfully thin ; Thar's barely a ear of corn in the crib And nary oat in the bin ! "The times ain't like they once have been, When I was young aud spry; Wc had fat horses and mules in the lot, And fet hogs in the sty. "My cribs were always chuck fun of corn; My smoke house groaned with meat; We then had plenty of clothes to wear, And always enough to eat! "By jingo; Til change my habits at once, From woeful experience lorn? This year my cotton I'll plant in a patch, And plant*nay fields in corn." All you whose farms are going to wreck? Whct've neither corn nor meat? Just make the resolve of Farmer Brown, And go for something to eat. THE BEAUTIFUL GATE. It is a fair tradition, one of old, That, at the gate of heaven called beautiful, - The souls of those to whom we ministered On earth, shall greet us, as we enter in, With graceful records of those lowly deeds Of Christian charity, wherewith frail man Proffers his humble loan unto the Lord. 1 Oh, think, if this be true, how many eyes, Whose weeping thou hast stilled, shall glis? ten there, How many hearts, whose burden thou hast shared, And heavy feet, whose steps were turned by thee Back to their homes elastic through the joy Of new found hope, and sympathy, and love, Shall welcome thee within the gates of bliss, The golden city of Jerusalem. The Leaven of Dishonesty. Among the characteristics of the times we are living in, there is one not much mentioned by the many popular speakers, who seem to think the men they speak to are .to be benefitted chiefly by being assur? ed how much wiser and better and more "progressive" they are than any of their fathers were, who suppose the age is to be instructed by being flattered, and that the country needs to De glorified rather than purified; which was certainly not the way of the old prophets. The charac? teristic I mean is dishonesty. I am not discrediting any of the actual modern merits?intelligence, enterprise, . inven tion, philanthropy. Grant all these, in large degree. Nevertheless, they do not bring with them honesty in proportion. Falsehood and fraud flourish along with them, and in some cases by the help of them. From the vulgar sediment of society up to its highest summits, there spreads a tremendous force of selfish materialism?call it sharpness or call it crime?by which men reach after and snatch and call their own, for use or for show or for hoarding, what is not theirs. It is stolen property, only stolen in? geniously ana indirectly, and in such ways that the old forms of law, which undertook to punish outright robbery, fail to overtake them. If there is the least doubt about it, turn to the files of I your public journals, and find one day if you can when there was not an allusion to some conspicuous corruption of the public conscience. Not in a few rare spots, but in every spot where two or three hundred' people live together, a part of these people consume, or lay up, or waste, what belongs to other people, and what they have managed to get by some species of deception. What natural Jiroduction of the earth is there, meant or the sustenance or comfort of man, that is not adulterated by some degrad? ing mixture, or shortened in the meas? ure ? Do not the devices of Anglo-Saxon traffic repeat, in faithful exactness, the devices of the Jew, denounced by the prophet, making the ephah of the seller small, and the shekel of the buyer large; selling the refuse for wheat, and "falsify? ing balance by deceit 1" What line of | mechanical work is there, where the base material, or the shabby construction, or the overcharge, does not disgrace the handicraft? What branch of commerce without its delusive labels, its broken promises, its advertising fictions, its post? poned payments, its calculated bank? ruptcies, its hollow contracts? Men who will not suffer their respectability to be challenged, look one another in the face, and with a mutual jugglery of knavish tricks conspire to grow rich by villainy. The brilliant audacities of the great com? mercial centres have their lame and creeping copies, hardly '. less cruel or calamitous, back in the little rural vil? lages in sight of graveyards, where sleep the ashes of clean handed ancestors, liv? ing and dying, in their day, in the faith of a God who has righteousness and judg? ment for the habitation of His throne. Outside the church are financial Ahabs end social Jezebels. Inside are Ananias and Sapphira, tacitly agreeing together to lie to the Holy Ghost, pretending to give to God, for missions or Bible socie? ties, a hush-money . fragment of what they have seized from their fellow-men., Too often there is no Peter with the courage to search out their sin?"Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much f The grand difficulty with our popular piety is, that it is still trying to find a way, in this nineteenth century of the Gospel, and close to the centennial of a nation founded iu the Gospel's name, of serving two gods together. Brethren, it seems to me that if our national Christianity is to maintain its respect, or if it expects to go over into another century, with much honor on its head, or much authority in its voice, it will have to deal with these abominations somewhat more fearlessly, and more per? sonally, than it is doing now. Greatly to their credit, our contemporary moral? ists have undertaken to investigate crime, its source, its statistics, and its correction. But the criminals are of two classeB. One class, ill-bred, ill-fed, ill-clad, with little knowledge, bad examples, and strong temptations, take what they have no right to take, and render no equiva? lent. Another class, better clothed, better educated, with a better chance of living honestly, perhaps holding offices, and entertaining flattering assemblies, do precisely the same thing. The first class perform their lawless work in the dark; and so do these. The detected felons sometimes put on masks; and what else are good manners over an unprincipled heart ? The vagrant robbers occasional ly come together and lay out their schemes ana count their booty. The gentlemanly robbers who haunt the lob? bies of Legislatures, the municipal cham? bers, and bribable courts?tramps of the commercial highways?understand each other with an instinct just as keen, and a cunning just as infamous. Now, if this is all true, and if the habitation of the living God is righteousness and judg? ment, then what is sure to come by and by, when the King, patient as He is, un? covers that Throne, and the Judge finally brings these souls, one by one, to the reckoning?1 Are we any safer than Ananias and Sapphira? Is this a safe country? With all its advantages, its anniversary pageants, its celebrations of what it has done, and its loud predictions of what it is going to do, is America rest? ing secure and approved at the foot of God's righteous judgment-seat??Bishop F. D. Huntington. Familiar Reminiscences of Confederate/ Times. The following picture of life iu the South during the war will be painfully familiar to thousands of our readers; In the last days of the Confederacy a yard of calico brought forty dollars in Confederate currency, a spool of sewing cotton twenty dollars, and other dry goods were proportionately dear. Flour rose to twelve hundred dollars a barrel; a ham of bacon cost a hundred and fifty dollars; sugar was seventy-five dollars a pound, and black pepper three hundred dollars. * . * * Every household be? came a nest of domestic manufacturers, every farm had its cotton patch and* its sorghum field. Spinning wheels and looms, which in former days had been ! used for clothing the slaves on large plan? tations, but which, during the era of cheap dry goods were comparatively idle, were again set going. Ladies whose white hands were all unused to such la | bor learned to card, to spin, and to weave. Knitting became as fashionable in South? ern parlors as it is in German bomes. Homespun dresses were worn by the first ladies in the land, and she who was clev? erest to contrive and deftest to execute had highest praise from her associates. Foreign dyes were well-nigh unattaina? ble, and the woods at home were ran? sacked for the means of coloring the ! home-grown flax, wool and cotton.? Black walnut bark furnished a rich brown, varying in intensity with the ! strength of the dye; swamp maple, a clear purple; pokeberries, a solferino, bright but not durable; wild indigo gave a tolerable blue, and elderberries an un? satisfactory black.. Indeed, no experi? ment with bark, root, leaf, or berry ever resulted in any substitute for logwood; and as black was the dye most needed for Southern garments in those dark days, the blockade-runners learned to make it- part of'their regular cargo. * * * Coffee was a luxury seldom en? joyed, and f?r which rye or wheat, toast? ed and ground, was the usual miserable substitute. Some quick-witted person conceived the idea of using sweet potato chips instead. These made a more pal? atable drink, but were, after all, only a hollow mockery. Dried raspberry leaves were used for tea, and some people fell back upon sassafras, the North Carolina beverage, grimly assuring tho?e who scorned it that it was good for tbe blood and would save doctors' bills. Not a few eschewed all these transparent de? ceptions?if that may be called a decep? tion which deceived nobody?and when unable to afford milk, drank cold water with patient heroism. * * * In view of tbe scarcity of breadstuff*, the use of edible grains in tbe manufacture of spir? ituous liquors was forbidden, under heavy penalties of fine and imprisonment, in addition to tbe confiscation of such liquors and the implements used in their distillation. Fruit brandies, apple, peach, and blackberry, and tbe rum dis? tilled from the juice of tbesorghum cane, became almost the sole intoxicating bev? erages of the Confederacy. These brought high prices, and much of the fruit crop was converted into brandy.? From this, also, the alcohol for medicinal purposes was distilled. The wine of the scuppernong and of the common wild grape was also extensively manufactured. * * * A volume might be written on the ingenious contrivances of the ladies to replenish their wardrobes. Home? spun dresses were among the least of these. They made everything they wore, from hats to shoes, and some of the work was exquisitely done. Such articles as were beyond their skill?and they were few?were substituted some way or an? other. Large thorns, with heads tipped with sealing-wax, did duty as hairpins. Common brass pins, imported from Nassau, sold near the close of tbe war for ?40 a paper, and needles and thread were used instead whenever such use was prac? ticable. Economy was an obligatory vir? tue in those days, and nothing was wasted which could possibly be turned to ac? count. The Woman's World.?Although they may not be willing to acknowledge it, the happiness of the race depends to a !;reat extent upon women. They regu ate the Domestic life, and upon it, more than the great events that fill the pages of history, depend individual peace and comfort. Probably few things nave more to do with the happiness of a household than the presence and absence of that exquisite tact which rounds tbe sharp corners, and softens the asperities of dif? ferent characters, enabling people differ? ing most widely to live together in peace, cheered by mutual good offices. The possession of this quality is the especial characteristic, and its exercise one of the most delightful prerogatives of woman? hood. We may be willing to lose all, to die, if need be, for those we love, but if we do not, from day to dav, abstain from the little unkind or thoughtless acts which interfere with their comfort, we shall utterly fail to make them happy, and their hearts will inevitably escape us. The heroic and magnificent acts of life are few. To many but one, to most none, comes in a life-time. Therefore in? fluence can only come through the right performance of the "trifles" which "make the sum of human things." ? A distinguished Virginia lawyer, addressing a court recently, was in the midst ot a brilliant argument, when he grew red in the face, stammered, and stopped abruptly. He had seen his wife enter the court room, and as she had never heard him make a speech, the fear that he would not make a good impres? sion upon her was too much for his equa? nimity. ? "Have you Goldsmith's Greece?" asked a gentleman, on entering a book shop, 'fco, sir; but they have Bears oil in the next shop," replied the boy. A Light Spread of Wisdom for the Se? riously Inclined. If we seize too hastily, we may have to drop as hastily. The wife makes the home, and the home makes the man. A straight line is the shortest in mor? als as well as in geometry. Good words and good deeds are the rent we owe for the air we breathe. Curiosity is as much the parent of at? tention as attention is of memory. People shouldn't talk about having the second sober thought who never had the first. Many a lool who has sense enough to get him a good wife, lacks the wit to know "t. The man who is honest from policy is the most dangerous customer we have to deal with. What are Raphael's Madonas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in. per? manent outline forever. We do not believe immortality because we have proved it, but we forever try to prove it because we believe it. He who has once done you a kindness will more readily do you another than will one whom you have benefitted. A cockle-fish may as soon crowd the ocean into its narrow shell, as a vain man ever comprehend the decrees of God. Violent observations or affected blun? ders look not more suspicious than strained sanctity or over-oficnded modes? ty. The rest of heaven will be sweeter for [ the toils of earth. The value of eternal rest will be enhanced by the troubles of time. God has no need of falsehood; but falsehood very often has need of God ; and it is never so potent a 3 when it is set forth in his name. The reflection of what we might have done, compared with what we hare done in a given time, must always be mortifying to earnest natures. Theodore Cuyler well says that the world's worst want to-day is more Christ-like men and women ; the preach? ing it needs is sermons in shoes. There are some minds lika either con? cave or convex mirrors They repre? sent objects such as they receive them, but they never receive them as they are. It is vain hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back to one-half the world. Bashfulness is more frequently con? nected with good sense than we find as? surance; and imprudence, on the other hand, is often the mere effect of down? right stupidity. Poverty is the grimmest foe the world has. A serpent that stifles talent ere talent can line, that sows hot hate by a cold heart i, and that turns the germ of good into the giant of evil. People who live a good deal in isola? ted farmhouses seem to dwell in a sort of social twilight, and they have a way of looking at one another that reminds me of owls in the daytime. After a tongue has once got the knack of lying, it is not to be imagined how im? possible almost, it is to reclaim it.? Whence it comes to passj that we see some men, who are otherwise very hon? est, so subject to this vice. The Pendleton Transaction.? Hon. George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, a leading Democratic statesmau, candidate for Vice' President on the ticket with General McClellan, and an aspirant for the Presidency, has been before the Com mittse on War Expenditures to explain his connection with the claim ol the Kentucky Central Railroad Cora fany against the government. Mr. endleton says that the claim was for nearly one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. He was president of the compa? ny and the administrator of the Bowler estate. As president he made a contract with himself as agent, by which he was to receive fifty per cent of the claim.? The government, through the aid of Mr. Belknap, paid him the claim, eighty thousand dollars of which he retained as "fee"?sixty-eight thousand dollars going to the company. He swears that none of this money was paid to Mr. Belknap or to any of his family, or to any one repre? senting the Secretary. It is difficult to characterize this trans? action. If Mr. Pendleton received the eighty thousand dollars for his "influ? ence" then comes the uncomfortable re? flection that "influence" is much too valuable, especially when possessed by a Democratic statesman over a Republican administration. If the money was really due the road then Mr. Pendleton, as president, awarding himself the larger share of the claim, is in a painful posi? tion, one that will admit of au intelligent explanation to the stockholders of the road. If the money was not due then Mr. Belknap in awarding the claim was fuilty of a breach of duty, in which Mr. 'endleton shares. It opens up the whole question of "influence" in the depart? ments, a question underlying much of the corruption that has been developed in Washington. It is not long since we had a suit against General Sutler for the ftortion of a fee of twenty cnousand dol ars paid him for his "influence." It is not pleasant to see George H. Pendleton in the same business. Altogether the transaction reflects no credit upon Mr. Pendleton, however we may view it. He may have been legally entitled to the money which he earned under his contract. But morally the whole business is a job. Its revelation closes the career of Mr. Pendleton as a useful and trusted leader of bis party. It will be regarded with sorrow by the country.?New York Herald. New Hampshire Politics.?It is a good thing to be a voter in New Hamp? shire. A correspondent of the New York Tribune thus describes the way in which the vote is swelled without either illegal ballots or false returns: The organization of both parties is so perfect, and the excitement of a campaign goes to such extreme lengths, that there is absolutely no stay-at-home vote in a heated contest like that of la?t year. Be? sides, every New Hampshire man who is living in other States, and who has the slightest pretext for asserting that his home is still here, is brought back at the expense of the State Committee of his party. About four thousand men came back in this way last year. One jour? neyed all the way from Colorado. If a young man goes to Boston, New York or Chicago to live, he has only to leave an old trunk or an old hat where he last stayed in New Hampshire to enjoy a free trip back every spring for ten years to come. There is a landlord in one of the close towns who has a dozen empty trunks stored in the garret of his tavern, and every trunk represents a vote. As regularly as March comes around the owners turn up from all parts of the country to vote on the strength of the personal property they left as evidences ot their continued residence. The sick, the halt, the lame and the blind are all brought to the polls. Nothing but the actual presence of death excuses a man from party service. When a funeral pro? cession goes by just before election, peo Ele ask what ticket the dead man would ave voted had he lived, and the mem? bers of the party that has thus lost a vote<, appear, to feel an ill-will toward the de? ceased for choosing such an inopportune time to die. The other day a coffin was put on board a train at a station on the railroad between Manchester and Ports? mouth, and among the group of men lojking on, one said to another: "Too bad I There's one Democratic vote lost, and the town's going to be dreadful close, too!" These seemed to be nothing gro? tesque to the minds of the listeners in this style of funeral lamentation. ? When can a lamp be said to be in a bad temper ? When it is put out. The Education of the Presidents. ?The Syracuse University Herald has made up the following table of presidents and their places of education, which is of interest: Washington, Good English education but never studied the ancient languages; Adams, Harvard; Jefferson, William and Mary; Madison, Princeton; Monroe, William and Mary; Adams, J. Q., Har vard; Jackson, limited education; Van Buren, academic education; Harrison, Hampden Sidney College; Tyler, Wil? liam and Mary; Polk, University of North Carolina: Taylor, slightest rudi? ments ; Fillmore, not liberally educated ; Pierce, Bowdom; Buchanan, Dickin? son ; Lincoln, educated very limited; Johnson, self educated; Grant, West Point. Monroe and Harrison did not graduate. Monroe left College to join the revolution? ary army. Financial reverses deprived Harrison of a full course. Polk was the oldest when graduating being 23; Tyler the youngest, 17. The majority gradua? ted at 20, this being also the average age. Jefferson probably had the most liberal education and broadest culture. It is said that his range of knowledge would compare favorable with that of Burke. The drill at West Point maybe consid? ered equal to a college course, and in many respects superior. In discipline and mathematical training it is not equalled by any American college.? Counting General Grant, two thirds of our presidents have been college men. A Southern Preacher.?The Rev. Samuel Clawson, a Methodist preacher of eccentric manners. 6ome times called the "wild man," was very popular in Virginia some twenty years ago. He was cross-eyed and wiry made, and very dark-skinned for a white man. At times surprisingly eloquent, always excitable, and occasionally extravagant. He once accompanied a brother minister, Rev. Mr. R., a prominent pastor, to a colored church. Mr. R. gave the colored preach? er the hint, and of course Clawson was invited to preach. He did so, and during the sermon set the im? pulsive Africans to shouting all over the house. This, in turn, set Clawson to extrava? gant words and actions, and he leaped from the pulpit like a deer, and began to shake hands with the colored brethren and mix up quite happily. He wept for joy. Th'en pressing through the crowd he found Brother R., and, sitting down beside him, he threw his arms about his neck, and with tears streaming down his cheeks, he said: "Brother R., I almost wish I had been born a nigger. These folks have more religion than we have." "Well, well," said Brother R., "you came so near that you needn't cry about it." A Healthy Time.?One of our ex? changes has made the discovery, in an almanac, that January, February and March are the healthiest months of the year to pay subscriptions in. We do not understand why this is so, unless it be from the fact that good deeds and good intentions carried out in the first quarter of the year are more likely to be benefi? cial to the persons than otherwise. We feel sure that farmers would be able to carry on their business with a clearer conscience, if they did not owe the prin? ter, and be more likely to have good crops. We, of course would like to nave a healthy list, and trust all of our sub? scribers will take the hint. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? What keeps Lent the longest and best? Money. ? An author says that one of the uses of adversity is to bring us out. That is true, particularly at the knees and elbows. ? John Linger and Joseph Halt, are to walk a match at Savannah. We don't see how such men can make good time. ? If a young lady wishes a young gentleman to kiss her, what papers should ahe mention? No Spectator, no Observer, but as many Times as you please. ? When a certain woman in town speaks' of her "late husband" you must not conclude she is a widow. Her hus? band is living, but he never comes home until midnight. ? The New York Tribune plays with the feelings of its readers in this way: "A large dog was discovered yesterday in a closet in Twelfth street, which had been locked in for ninety-three days without food or water. His iron constitution en? abled him to feel no evil effects. He was an andiron dog." ? An Irishman was brought before a justice of the peace on a charge of va? grancy, and was thus questioned: "What trade are you ?" "Sure, now, your hon? or, an' I'm a sailor." "You a seafaring man! I question whether you have ever been to sea in your life." "Shure, now, an' does your honor think I come over from Ireland in a^vagin?" ? A Frenchman roasts coffee, grinds it to flour, moistens it slightly, mixes it in twice its weight of powdered white sugar, and then presses it into tablets. One of these tablets can be dissolved any time in hot or cold water, making at once the very perfection of coffee; and it is claimed that a pound, of the berry will go much further by this than by any other preparation of the beverage. ? A capital way of disposing of the remains of a ham and making an excel? lent dish for breakfast is: Take a pound and a half of ham, fat and lean together; put into a mortar and pound it, or pass it through a sausage-machine; boil a large slice of bread in a half pint of milk, and beat it and the ham well together; add an egg well beaten up. Pour the whole into a mould, and bake a rich brown. ? A few years ago, there was exhibited in England a beautiful model of a ship, pronounced by competent judges to be a perfect specimen of naval architecture? every detail being proportioned and fin? isher! with nicest exactness. It was made by the imbecile son of a gardener, in an interior county. Up to that time, it is claimed, he had never seen the sea or a ship, hi? pattern being a printed ship on an old pocket handkerchief. ? A very distinguished 'awyer of Richmond, Va., who has pas.-...J the me? ridian of life, and has won renown as an orator and jurist, was addressing a court recently, and was in the midst of a bril? liant argument when he saw his wife? the idol of his heart?enter the room. He at once became confused, and conclu? ded with some abruptness. It was the first time his wife haa heard him speak. Fearful that he would not make a deci? dedly favorable impression upon her, he who had triumphantly faced judges, ju? ries, legislative assemblages, mass meet? ings, political conventions and the best of the literati, succumbed, and before one who in her love for him would have seen only the gems of his speech, and whose criticism would have been fullest praise. m i " "" " -~ THEN BUY FOR CASH AND MONEY SAVE. HAVING exhausted all our means by selling Goods on credit and not get? ting paid for them, wc will hereafter sell for CASH or its equivalent. Call and examine. You can buy Goods Fifty per Cent. Cheaper by paying cash. MERRYMAN'S GUANO, The best in the world, for side by J.N. SUTHERLAND & CO. BELTOJT, S. C. Jan 27,1875 28 GILREATH & PEOPLES, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in STOVES AND TIN WARE. THE above is a cut of one of the best Stoves in the market. Can- be fur? nished with or without a reservoir. All we ask is a call. If any of our Stoves fail to give satisfaction, we*will refund the money. Buy the DISPATCH and the HOT BLAST COOK STOVE. We also keep a full line of HOUSE FUR? NISHING GOODS?such as Chamber Sets, Water Coolers, Waiters, Casters, Muffin Pans, Spittoons,, Potwarc, Ovens, Spiders, Andirons. We also pay the highest prices for Rags, Beeswax, &c. Merchants will save their Rags, as our wagons are out with Tin. GILREATH & PEOPLES, Cotton Buyers. Jan 6, 1876_25_ LAURENS V'LLLJE FEMALE COLLEGE. THE Scholastic Year consists of two Ses? sions. The first session from the first of October to the 15th February ; the sec? ond, from the 15th February to the 5th day of July. Terms, per Session?in Advance. Primary Department.$10 00 Academic Department. 15 00 Collegiate Department. 25 00 Contingencies. 2 00 Extra Studies?(Optional.) Music.$25 00 Use of Instrument. 2 00 French. 10 00 Drawing and Painting. 10 00 Ornamental Work. 10 00 Pupils in all the departments have the advantages of daily Calisthcnic exercises. Board, (including washing.fueland lights,) $15,00 per month, payable quarterly in ad? vance. Pupils from abroad allowed to board in private families of relatives and friends, when requested by natrons; but such pupils must be subject to the rules and regulations of the College. It is important to pupils that they be en? tered at the beginning of the Session, and that their studies be not interrupted by un? necessary absencos. No deduction for ab? sence, except in cases of protracted illness. Pupils must be subject at all times to reg? ulations in deportment as well as in studies. For further particulars, apply to JAMES FARROW, President, Laurcnsville, 8. C. Feb 17, 1876_31_ Notice to Teachers. TEACHERS of Free Schools in Anderson County arc required to endorse on the back of each monthly report the names of | parents, the number of children and the number of days each pupil is in attendance, in the following form: Names. No. Pupils. Attendance. All Teachers must have their Schools lo? cated by the local Trustees. After the 22nd of January instant, I will be in my office every Saturday for the trans? action of business connected with the Free Schools. THOMAS P. BENSON, School Commissioner. Jan 15, 1876_27_ M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND. PHSNIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. HAVE always on hand Stationary StoamEngines and Boilers for Saw Mills, etc., Saw and Grist Mills, Cotton Presses, Gearing, Shafting, Pullies, etc Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass. We guarantee to furnish Engines and Boilers of as good quality and power, and at as low rates as can be had in the North. We manufacture, also, the Gaddy Im? proved Water Wheel, which we recom? mend for power, simplicity of construc? tion, durability and cheapness. We war? rant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in filling orders. GOLDSMITH <fc KIND, Columbia, S.C. May 28,1874 46 ly THE ST0N0 PHOSPHATE CO., Charleston, S. C. SOLUBLE GUANO.?(Available Bone Phosphate of Lime, 18.55 per cent.? Ammonia, 3.14 per cent.) April 1st, $44. Nov. 1st, $50. Cotton option?middlings at 15 cents?$05. ACID PHOSPHATE.?(Available Bone Phosphate of Lime, $22.83 per cent.) April 1st, $28. Nov. 1st, $33. Cotton op? tion, as above, $45. Special rates to Granges on cash orders. For particulars apply to E. C. WILLIAMS, Treasurer, Charleston, S. C, Or to C. A. REED, Agent, Anderson, S. C.; J. & D. S. McCULLOUGH, Agent, Hon ea Path. Jan 27, 1876_28_3m THE ANSOJf HAIIDY PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS Commission House. Every article in the Publishing and Print? ing business bought at the lowest market prices. Strictly upon Commission. Send for ciradar. ANS0N HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Feb 10, 1876 30 Gin Dr7 W. G. BROWNE, DENTIST. Anderson, S. C. A reliable TOOTH POWDER for sale at 25 cento a Box. LUMBER!LUMBER! IAM now prepared to furnish PINE, OAK, HICKORY and POPLAR LUMBER on the Bluo Ridge and Air Lino Railroads at Seneca City, in any quantities desired. Mr. Jas. H. McConnoll is my agent at Anderson, who will always bo found at the ShcrilFs OINco, ready to wi?t on cus? tomers. WH. J. HARBIN. July 8,1875 51 IAM now offering my entire Stock of Merchandize at VERY JLOW PRICES FOR On hand, I have? Groceries, Hardware, Iron, Crockery ware, Bnggy Material, etc. The following Goods I will Sell at Cost for Cash, yiz: Clothing, Hats, Boots, Jeans, Cassimeres, Etc. I can also supply the Farmers with first FERTILIZERS, And the justly celebrated "CHEALTHAM. COTTON SEED." Call and sec mc, for I mean what I say. C. A. REED, Wareriy House Corner. N. B.?Those who have not yet settled their accounts are earnestly requested to come forward and pay up, or close their ac? counts at once by well secured notes. Fcb 3,1875 29 SIMPSON & SADLER, DRUGGISTS, BENSON HOUSE CORNER, WOULD call the attention of their cus? tomers, and the public generally, to their largely increased Stock of ZDK/TJC3-S, MEDICINES, &C. They also have on hand 15,000 LBS. CHEMICALS FOR Home-Made Fertilizer, At reduced rates for Cash. ALSO, A LARGE LOT OF Fresh Garden and Field Seed From Johnson, Robbins & Co., D. M. Ferry & Co., and Robert Buist. Feb 17, 187G 31 pTpTtoale, manufacturer op DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c, dealer in BUILDERS' HARDWARE, ^Paints, Oils, &e. SOLK AGENT FOB The National Mixed Paint Co. Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. Send for Prices. OFFICE ND WARER00MS, Nos. 20 Is 22 Hayne & 33 & 35 Finckney Sis. FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley River, West End Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23, 1875 10 lj Hew Advertisements. Qi C) a day at homo. Agents wanted. Outfit and V*-" terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. A FARM OF YOUR OWN IS TUE BEST REMEDY for HARD TIMES! FREE HOMESTEADS AND THE Best and Cheapest Bailroad Lands ABE ON Till: LINE OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IN NEBRASKA. SECURE A HOME NOW. Full Information sent free to all parts of world. Address O. F. DAVIS, Laud Commissioner U. P. R. R., OMAHA, NEB._ MIND READING, PSYCHOMANCY, FASCI natlon, Soul Charming, Mesmerism and Marriage Guide, shewing now cither sex nioy fascinate and gain the love and affection ot any person they chooso instantly. 400 paces. By mail 50 cents. Hunt & Co., 139 S. 7th St., Phila. A WEEK GUARANTEED to Agents, Male and Female, in their own locality. Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Address P. O. VICKERY & CO., Augusta, Maine._ $77 in iOfl per day at home. Samples worth Si ?pj IU 'piu free Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine "W A N T H J Hp? in the woriS ii li.ll At JLJ A\-r it contains 15 sheets of paper, 15 Envelopes, Golden Pen, Pen Holder, Pencil, Patent Yard Measure, and a piece of Jew? elry. Single package, with elegant Gold Stone Sleeve Buttons, post-paid, 23 cts., 5 for $1.00. This package has been examined by the publisher of the intelligencer and found as represented?worth the money. Watches given away to all agents. Circular free. BRIDE A CO., 765 Broadway, NewYork. FITS AND EPILEPSY POSITIVELY CURED. The worst cases of the loueest standing, by using DR. HEBBAKD'S CURE. IT HAS CURED THOUSANDS, And will give $1,000 for a case it will not benefit. A bottle sent free to all addressing J. E. DIB BLKE. Chemist. Office: 135-5 Broadway, N. Y. AGENTS WANTED 1 Medals and Diplomas Awarded for AL HOLMAN'S NEW 1,800 Illustrations. Address for new circulars, A. J. HOLMAN A CO., U30, Arch Street, Phila. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of anderson. IN THE PROBATE COURT. W. S. Williams, Survivor, vs. Sarah A. Ban? teln, W. R. Rankin, ct al.?Complaint to sell Real Estate, Marshal Assets, etc. THK creditors of Thmnns P. Rankin, de? ceased, arc hereby notified to prove their respective claims* before mc at my office in Anderson C. H., on or before the 29th day of April next, or be barred of all the benefits of any decree in this complaint. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Jan 27, 1870 _28_ing_ TWO MONTHS FREE! ! THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, ?'The Leading American Newspaper." On receipt of $2 and this advertisement, The Weekly Tribuxb will be sent, postage paid, to any address until December 31, 1870, or for $12.50, six copies; for 22, eleven; for 30. thirty-one. Address THE TRIBUNE, New York, look out i ::L:??i::?xfT!|i public announcemmt: TT7E desire to call attention to the fact tba' wo bare on hand a LARGE and TT well-selected stock of Heavy Groceries, Dry Groods, Boots, Shoes Eardwaice . Crockerv Ware, Etc Wo have just received a large lot of Bit m Sides, Shoulders, Sugai -CuredHams, Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, De ; crara and New OrleanB M?Ma8sesj . 100 BARRELS CHG TJE FAMILY FLOUR, A complete assortment of Sugars, Cofl- cs and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, &o, A very large stock of Iron, Steel, Hot-.'. Shovels, Spades, and farming- Implements generally. In short, we have everytti ig that the farmer or man of family used*, We are selliug the forogoing articles :it the most reasonable cash price*. Call aud be convinced of this fact. p?T- And now a word to those that ? e have supplied ?with Goods during the year 18/2,1873 and 1874. Unless you come forward and pay up, your Notes and Ao? counts will be placed in the hands of an Officor for collection. BYRUM & McGRATH. Important to those Indebted to Us. To those indebted to us on Accounts for last year, we will giw one-half cent above the market price for Cotton, in payment of such Accounts and Notes, at any time between the 1st of November next. We must have the money on them, and do not wish to add any cost. So come forward at once and settle up. ?, BYRUM & McGRATH, Mechanics' Row. Oct 7, 1875_12_ ly THE ALABAMA GOLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY C. E. THAMES. President. T- N. FOWLEB,'Secretary. Gen. S D. IEE, Superintendent of Agencies. CASH CAPITAL PAID IN, - ij $200^ ? Assets, $759,084.79. Surplus in hand,"$266,92L47. THE above statement is based on examination of Company by the Insurance Commissioner of Maryland, on admitting Company to work-in Maryland. The Company has paid from 17 to 27 per cent, dividends per annum ainoe. organi? zation. Policies issued in Gold or Currency, and non-for/eitable after .two years. . BOARD FOR ANDERSON COUNTY. ? B. F. WHITNER, President. F. C. v. BORSTEL, " W. IL NATtDTN-, ? J. L. ORR, Secretary, G F. TOLLY, ' T; B. LEE, :" - C. A. REED, P.. F. DIVVER, - B. LEWIS,? v?J I -s? . J, A. HOYT. The. abovegentierneu are insured in Company, and. will take pleasure lugivinjr Information as to obtaining policies,and any facts as to Company." '. WM. WATIES, Agfeiit. Sept 2, 1875_ 47_ ' ' .'" ' '"" j C. A. REED. - A.'S. 'STETTENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF BUGGIES, PH/ETONS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C., &C. A. J. STRINGER, Agent. W. J. HIX, Agent, Belton, 8. C. Fair .Play./ ESPECIAL at? tention paid to REPAIRING, and all work ful ,, ly warranted.' ? ? We claim tlie most thorough Ironwork, Wood work, Painting and Trimming, as we employ on? ly the best work? men. . ? None but well-seasoned lumber used in.tbe manufacture of our work. 'All per?? sons desiring to purchase are cordially invited to call at our Manufactory, (at the buildings formerly owned by John A. Reoves, Esq.,) and inspect tho work for themselves. ? ' ' :' : i BUGGIES always on hand at Our REPOSITORY, (near the Railroad Bridge, on Main Street,) where Mr. Joseph Martin can always be.found, ready to,sell a new set of HARNESS, or to repair old ones. Anderson. Sept. 9, 1875_ ' "? 8'm " 1 TALBOT & SONS, SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, TA. Manufacturers of Steam Engines and Boilers, Agricultural Engines, Circular Saw Mills, Grist, Bark and Plaster Mills, Shafting. Hangers and Pulleys, Improved Turbine Water Wheels. Oct 14, 1S75 13 lv WM. ETTEXGER. H. P. ESMOND. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RICHMOND, VA., MAIfTJFACTtTKERS PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds; Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting. Pulleys, &o. American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. Send for Catalogue. Oct 14, 1875 13_ly_ G. F. WATSOtf, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, RICHMOND, VA. COTTAGE Beadsteads, Chamber and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, ?tc., manufactured of Walnut and cheap? er hard woods. No soft Pino used. Cot? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. Oct 14,1875 13 ly METROPOLITAN WORKS, Canal St., from Sixth to Sevekth, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. ENGINES, Portable and '.Stationary. Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Boilers, Castings of Brass A Iron, Forgings, Ac. ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK, IN all its branches, done by experienced hands. We call special attention to our Improved Por? table Engines for agri? cultural and other purpo? ses. A number of second? hand ENGINES and BOIL? ERS of various patterns, in first-rate order, on hand. Repair work solicited and promptly done WM. E. TANNER & CO. Aug 5, 1875_3_ly THE ANSON HARDY COMMISSION HOUSE. Orders for every description of Eastern Manufactures and Importations, Promptly filled, strictly upon commis? sion. Send for circulars. ANSON HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Fch 10, 1876_30_6m Notice. PARTIES having business in my hands will rind my office and papers in the care of Col. J. N. Brown, who will attend to any business in mv absence. JAMES L ORB. Nov 18,1875 18 Can bay direct of the Manafr on favorable terms. "The ANSON HARDY CUTTING MACHINES are the best and cheapest loir priced machine made, and have a national reputation for utility and du rabillty."?(The ETectro-typer, Chicago.) ? "The ANSON HABDY PAPER CUTTER is by far the best machine which can be obtained for a less prico than one hnndrcd dollars. It is of great 'JThese machines hare^sYwaysiakeri-ihY- feghest stand. It is the only machine, to which is applied the patent MovableCuttingBoard. This device has a reputation'of itself; by it, the catting bo?rd can be instantly And accurately moved,so that a perfect cut is Insured. This is a very Important point in this machine, and one that is possessed by no other. It greatly reduces the labor of preparation in work? ing the paper backward and. forward.. We cannot too strongly rocominend the advantages of .this pat? ent movable board.'. It is worth the price of this, machine, and purchasers should fully Understand how highly It Is to be valued."?(Row-ell's ?*Co.'* Monthly: Reporter and Printer's Gazette.) The LATEST IMPROVED HARDY CARD CUTTER is pronounced the most desirable Card Cutter in the market, for the general uses, of a printing office. The well-known. RUGGLES CABS CUTTER with my' latest Improvements, it still preferred by many printers, and holds its favoritism'over'other machines.. ,:> ; 1 t&* None genuine but these having p-.y full ad? dress letterediir the feas'tings. ' " ?o- Newspapers in want' of. advertising, from first parties, should send for my circular proposal. ANSON HARDY, AUBUBNDALE, MASS. I will bay o f ,thoae that, buy of. me. Febl0,1876 .iiiAa?J0naau.ud 6m GreenvjHe and Columbia Railroad CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains ran dally, Sunday excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad up and down. On and after Monday, February 14, the following will be the Schedule: Going West. Leave' 8 15 am 9 tSJ* 10 00 " 10 28 " 1.0 55 " 11 20 " 11 30 ?' 12 00 m 12 IS p m 12 43 " 1 25 " 1 55 " 2 47 " 3 25 " ' 3 53 " 4 30 ." 4 5S " ? 85 '* Arrive 6 00 Stations.. Columbia Littleton Alston Pomaria Prosperity Newberry Helena Silver Street Sal ud a O. T. Chnppell's Ninety-Six Greenwood Cokesbury. Donnalds' Honea Path Bf lton WilUaui8ton .Golden Grove iGrecnviUfi?? G'.ing East. Arrive 5 80 p m. 11 ? 4 80 ? " 3 55. " 8 25 "? 2 63- " ? 2 13 2 05 " 1 35 " 1 10 " 12 48 " 12 00 m 11 28 a ra. ?10 53 ? 10 10 " 9 ???" 9 15 " 8 33 11 7 55 " Leave 7 30 a. m. ^CH^AND. BL.UE BIDGE Leave at 4 30 p ui 5 30 '* 6 80 " . 7 10. " Arrive at 7 45 " Drvdsii Bel ton . Anderson Pendleton Seneca City, Walhallla Arrive at 9 00 a m 8 10 " . 7 10 " 6 10 Leave'at H 35 " Accommodation Train leaves Be lton 10 00 a. m., arrives at Anderson 11 10 a. m. Returning leaves Anderson 2 30 p. m., arrives at Belton 3 40 p. m. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. . ?? Change of Schedule on South Caro? lina Raidroad. Columbia, No ?ember 8, 1875. Ou and after this date, the Regular Day Passen? ger Train wiU run as follows, Sundays excepted : Leave Columbia at.........;.9 00 a m Arrive at Charleston at._.?._4 45 p m Leave Charleston at.'..9 15 a ra Arrive at Columbia at..-...5 00 p m night express accommodation train. Leave Columbia at..-..7 00 pin Arrive at Charleston at.?6 35 a m Leave Charleston at.7 00 p m Arrive at Columbia at.?...6 80 a m Camden Train will run through to Columbia on Mondays^ Wednesdays and Satanlays. Leave Col-uubia at....:.\. 2 00 p m ?Arrive at Columbia at.?.12 10 p m S. 6. SOLOMONS, Superintendent. ADVERTISING: Cheap: Good: Systematic.?All persons who contem? plate making contracts with newspapers for the insertion of advertisements, should send 25 Cents to Geo. P. Rowell & do., 41 Park Row, New York, for their PAMPH? LET-BOOK (ninety-seventh edition), contain? ing lists of over 2000 newspapers and esti? mates, showing the cost. .Advertisements taken for leading papers in many States at a tremendous reduction from publishers' rates. Get the book. ^__ day. Agents wanted, classes ot working peo? ple oi botli sexes, young and old, make more money at work for us, in their own locali? ties, during their spare" moments, or all the time, than at anything else. We offer em? ployment that will pay handsomely for every hour's work. Full particulars, terms, etc.. sent free. Send us your address at once.' Don't delay. Now is the time. Don't look for work or business elsewhere, until you have learned what we offer. G. Stinson & Co., Portland Maine. 14 ly $510 $20 pie of both sexes, yoi