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BY W. A. LEE AM) iiU II WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1874.. - VOLUME III?NO. 43.
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1873. FALL 11
WE tako pleasure in announcing to
now receiving our Stock of (i(
TKADE, and arc confident of our abili
a call, both in price and quality. In o
STAPLE AND FA]
-Hosiery* Gloves, Gorsets> Ribb
MAMnnlci GViirfc. R})irf
XllUiaiO) II11U VU) U
.mod ftiany'oUVer articles too numerous t
Wo toduld ditefct special attention to
iBoots SttO
We this line of Trade a specialty
iihat tbose who favor us with a call cm
complete Stock of ^
heady-mad:
BOTH CHEAl
In *$\iition to tho above, we keep ot
GROCERIES AN
And have at all times
SUGAR, COFFEE SOAP, I
CHEESJ
Give us us a call, and we will certain
SoptTloj 83 22?tf ' ^
IN CIIAJ
Miss ?)a?i
WHO will always bo found rcai
WELL-SELECTED STOCK C
HATS and BOlST^s E"!
Hair Goods and I
Blons, Flowers, Plus, Corsets,
in every variety kej
S. T. EG
LATE .1
Oct. 8,1873, 26-tf
COTTON IS
o-:What
we want is a 1
WE would give notice to planters, t!
currency we wi'l pay OU'i'SJ
TRADE. We arc receiving o ie of iUe
f GroixU evar Drougnt to mis wwn, ?u
than they have been at any time since t
mont8 to largo buyers and are prepared
: DRY C
BOOTS AH
^ariuuare, ?rocc
CROCKED
W? would urge upon those indebted
wants, and as an inducement to our cu:
cotton we promise them the vory higes
' WHITE 1
Oct. 1, 1873, 25-tf
goods in mm
m
Barnwell
arc now opening tl
BEY GOODS, GROCER!
Which owing to the scarcity of mono
friends in EXCHANGE Jb'Oli COT
FULL MAR!
0?t-1, 1873, 25-tf
BARG
IKT OIL.O
. >'
A
&TO&EE8 &
Who have the largest ;i
FALL AND WIN
they have ever brought
n
GENTLEMEN'S FJ
COMPI
HATS, HAND-SEWED BOOTS J
Gloves, Cotton and a
all Wool D
"tuft
"WVare constantly receiving fashional
Ladies. Also
GROCERIES AN
OF THE BES
QUARLES <
Sept. 30a 1873, 25-tf
HUES ISP
our friends and ihc public that we are
ODS for the FALL and WINTER
ty to please all who will favor us with
ur Slock may be found full lines of
ICY DRY GOODS,
oris, Edgings, Insertings, Bal*
Fronts, Collars, Cuffs,
o mention.
our Stock of
id Slices.
r, and can and will offer inducements|
j not fail to Du.y; Aiso; u iuh ana
E CLOTHIHGr,
? AJSTD GOOD. J
j hand full lines of
D PROVISIONS,
a good assortment of
IACON, FLOUR, TOBACCO,
3, Etc. :
I
ily please yon.
uuraoa. J
]
iGE OF
b Ramey.$j *
fly to exhibit a HANDSOME AND
iF TKIM MED AND UNTlilAlMED
rS of the latest Styles. ?
lead Trimmings,
Bistios, Motions, Faacy Ms,
>t in this department.
IILI.ER & ROSERTSOX.
"MONEY I 'f
-0
[edium of Eschaage !!'
T
tat dtiritiif the present "look-up" of u
D1-: FICUKKS FOli COTTOX IN 5
most extensive and attractive Stocks t<
d the prices of our g.#ods are lower;
he war. We will olferspecial iuduceto
furnish them with all kinds of
D SHOES, I'
la
xics, |Jroois!on0,iJ
,Y &c., &c.
to us the necessity of prompt pay"
i < i .. t
sLotner.s ior winging iwrwuru iui-u||
t prices that can possibly be paid.
ISE FDR COTTUN,
& ???<,
leir new Stock of
ES, PROVISIONS, &C,
v, they are offering to sell to their ]
TON for which they will allow the a
(ET PR1CL
_ ! S
;ains "
'THIMG
T
.iid best assortment of
TER CLOTHING!
to tlii.i market. Also,
OiS.-M} GODS, . ;
:isixu
M SHOES, SHIRTS, HOSIERY,
l! Wool Drawers, and ;
'nder Vests.
1
tie and substantial goods to suit the
D PROVISIONS
T QUALITY.
& PERRIN.
WALLE1 ir
JuJLJLAJaJ ^1/
meroha:
GREEN WO (
A PiK now offering to tho public in thcii
isL line of all the CioinLs generally neode
THEIR ST<
A , f**.V?0 /^?
i&WFSS $3
hav* been selected with great ea
READY - MIDI
& FINE STOCK OF
A good assor
Groceries, Hardware, Croc
which the attention of purchasers is in\
WALLER
Feh. 10, 1S73, 45-tf
0" AM receiving daily my FALL A2v
L everything usually kept by the lute
;reat care after the panics in money inal
. will be able to sell at prices to suit the
My Stock embraces in part
Staple and Fan*
OIJOTI
SOOTS AND SHOES,
Hardware. Crock
GROCERIES, N
J. T. 10
LATE M
Oct 8, 1873, 20-tf
Ja Hu & ?? J
DEALER
Btj floods,
iOOTS, SHOES, COIFEC
pi ^ T VS
Jte* JbJSiti \JX jbiL JIa
ITJTAYE now on hand :i lrirg<?, wcli-^clcci-.
IJSL of Gootis in their line. Tlu-y piuvli
?ew York during t!:c: lule depression lit uiu
) sell ut the lowest figures.
They have in .Store u very fine lot of
C3r !F8. O O S
a x:
nd in fact keeps only the best articles. T1
nd guarantee complete satisfaction in thee
n them at No. 2"GRANITE RANGE.
rt> h ^.rmk i
?iu ?? JL'i'l if JU> c
MAXl'FACTUI
CARRIAGES, WAGON
CS-jreon-w o>
?"7" EEP constantly on liand the best mat*
OL perienced work men and arc manufa
. varied assortment of vehicles of every 1
heaper than the cheapest?which for beau
oinpare favorably with work from the best
All work warranted to be fully lip to repn
They manufacture a one-ami -a-half hoi
uitsmall farmers for ONE HUND11ED D
al favor wherever used.
They manufacture at low prices Harness*
tock on exhibition
Tj]srpjmT.
They arc manufacturing OOFFIX8 OF
issortment on hand, and will attend fuuem
B.0WLAN
V?.. in 10TQ Q1_1i?
IV) ui ij
White, Hill & CmiBiliaffl, l!
AT 189,
iRE ZOW HEADY TO OFFER r
TilJilll STOCK
Qssr-R CH&WR 1
AT RATES (tlioy believe) to suit'
every buyer. "Live ami help
live" is their motto. They have ^ jjood ^
stock lor sale, ami will show their goods j
with pleasure. The interest of the buyer
will be kept In view at all times. ^
Call ami test the truth of their assertions.
\p
April 16, 1873, 1-tf \
| i
Dr. Morse's Indian Root Su- a
gar Coated Fills c
< for purifying the blood. s
W. T. PENNEY.
Oct. 1, 1873, 25 tf
1NTTS .AT
)D, S. C.,
' new and handsome building, a full
d in this community.
OCK OF
Wli i
re, and unusually attractive.
E CLOTHING.
SCOTS AND SHOES.
tmcut of
ikery, and Glassware,
itecl. Give us a call.
& BROTHER.
D WINTER SUPPLY embracing
firm. Mv stock was bought with
o
Iters commenced, and I am sure that
times.
3y Bry;, Goods,
HATS AND CAPS,
:ery, Saddlery,
OTXOHS, &G.
>BER rSON,
ILLER & ROBERTSON.
G- ies, J
riOMSISS, Etc., Etc. a
G. H., S. C., "
"1 and well-assorted Stock of all kinds 1?
ased their (ioods in Baltimore and t(
markets for tlie cash and are enabled ,,
u
?iifc. -.'j /*~>a
Li JriL JL i?iii 3^5*
icy desire fhe public topatronize them c'
[uality und price of their poods. Call
Sept. 124, 1873, 24-tf a
? FATTOW" r
' 1)
IKUS Uir
S, BUGGIES.
od, 3a 0.?
? pill ^ ,,
,aess*\\^< 81
i pattoT^^I ?
crial and have cniploj'od the most exctiuing,
and have constantly on hand
kind, at the most reasonable prices?i?*
ly of linif.li and elegance of style will
i shops of the State. ]-,
mentation. |.
-se wagon, with tongue and shafts to V
OLLARS which has met with univer* j
>f every description, and keep a good|
AKING. *
EVERY VARIETY, and have a large ^
ils with their line new Hearse.
D & PATTGH. p
SUPERIOR LUMBER ,
For Sale.
?...? jt
S^lIK subscriber is prepared to fill.f
I nil orders directed to liini in;]
'uiiirnhin, for the supply of (irst-elassIs
i U.MI] Kli at reason able rates. j't
Isaxak Saliiwaager, jf
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Fct. 29, 1873, 2D-tf t
rEA! TEA II TEA!H;
r
TjFlIE undersigned have just rcceiv- ^
| ed a large lot of PUKE UN- ]
L&ULTERATEI) TEA of all kinds, jj
,nd\*is they are now Agonts of the J f
J S.Vlea Company, can sell it at;
heape>: nitcs than it has ever been j |
old in t&o market.
PARKER & PERRIN. I
Jan, 14, lSf4, 40-tf i
\
\
HEARTSEASE.
Of oil the bonny buds that blowIII
fright or cloudy weather,
Of all the flowers that come and go
The whole twelve moons together,
This little purple pansy brings
Thoughts of the sweetest, saddest
^ things.
I had a little lover once,
Who used to give me posies;
Hi* eyes were blue as hyacinths,
His lips were red as roses,
And every body loved to praise
His pretty looks and winsome ways.
The girls that went to school with me
Made little jealous speeches,
Because he brought mo royally
His biggest plums and peaches,
And always at the door would wait
To carry home my book and slate.
"They couldn't see"?with pout and
fling? ;
"The mighty fascinations
About that little snub-nosed thing
To win such admiration ;
As if there weren't a dozen girls
With nicer eyes and longer curls!
And this I knew as well as they,
And never could see clearly
Why more than Marion or May
I should be loved so dearly.
So once I asked him, why was this?
He only answered with a kiss.
TTtWII T fnncAfl 1i!m ^Tnll mo
U1ILIJL A kCUOUU 1J1 III JL W11 UJt Hiij
I want to know the reason
"When from the garden-bed close by
(The pansies were in season,)
He plucked and gave a llower to me,
With sweet und simple gravity.
"The garden is in bloom," he said,
""With lilies pale unj slender,
"With roses and verbenas red,
And fuchsias' purple splendor,
But over and above the rest,
This little heartsease suits me best."
"Am I j'our little heartsease, then?"
I asked with blushing pleasure:
He answered yes! and yes again?
Heartsease, and dearest treasure;
That the round world and all the sea
Held nothing half so sweet as me!
I listened with a proud delight
Too rare for words to capture,
Nor ever dreamed what sudden blight
Would come to chill my rapture.
Could I foresee the tender bloom
Of pansies round a little tomb?
Life holds some stern experience,
As most of us discover,
And I've had other losses since
1 lost my little lover;
Butstil this purple pansy brings
Thoughts of the saddest, sweetest
things.
A ranssian Sketch.
"It is no use, Louis?I relinquish
II hope."
The speaker was the young
lountLeoliu de Mailly, who had
ist entered the apartment of liis
iend, the Marquis D'Aubinot, and
ung himself dejectedly on one of
ie velvet lounges.
"This morning i liave made my
ist attempt to obtain a private iuirview
with the women I love so
ladly?Mademoiselle Stefanie St.
laroche."
"And you failed?"
"Utterly."
"Tim rri'im O M 11 f etill lllflipfs 1107*
resence
"Perpetually. I am in despair,
can not openly avow tny love bene
mademoiselle Clemence. What
ourse is left me?"
"Only one." said the marquis,;
fter a meditative puff at his
ookah of several months duration.
"And that?" eagerly inquired
icolin, bending forward to catch
is friends reply.
"You accompany mademoiselle!
nd lier maiden aunt to the opera
jis evening, do you not?"
"Yes."
"And will send them both bouuets
?" I
"Certainly."
"Slip a note into that of MadeIn
Qf^fnnin "
KJ iv. i(i u i v,t I
"Superb idea! You are my benfactor,
D'Aubinot!" lie exclaimed,
and you have proposed a mastertroke
of finesse."
"Tell me about this maiden aunt,
fadernoiselle Cleruenec. She is
lways present when you visit the
lotel St. Barocbe to see the lovely
emoiselle Stefanie?"
"Invariably," replied Lcolin.
"And she id then a Medusa in
i in jvv
"By no means. She is a fine,
andsome woman, of the Juno
ype, thirty-live or thereabouts."
"Surely, my friend, even if you
re in love with Mademoiselle Steinic,
the society of another haudoin'e
woman?"
"j understand, Louis," interruptd
the other. "But you must know
hat I have an unconquerable dread
>f Mademoiselle Olenience."
The marquis laughed boisterousy
and long.
"Afraid of a woman !" he cried,
t length. Impossible, Lcolin; I
vill not believe it."
"But I speak the truth," coritinicd
Loolin, half seriously, half inected
by the contagion of his
riciid's merriment. "As I live,
)'Aubinot, were that woman to
ay 'yes,' I should as soon presume
o charge single-handed a regiment
)f Hussars, as to answer 'no.' "
"But what io the strange power
lie possesses over you'{"
I can not account for the emoipn;
I merely know that it exists.
Vs for asking Mademoiselle Clenence
St. Baroche for the hand ol
ler neice, I do not dare to' make
he request. So entirely does Madenoisclle
Clemence monopolize
vhatever conversation takes place
ictween her neice and myself, that
n the society of those two ladies 1
tm wholly miserable. She has be:onie
the medium, as it were,
hrough whose intervention I am
lerinitted to com in imitate with
^tephanie. When I address a renark
to the niece, it is received by
M?HPM
tlic aunt,* and?if I may express
the operation?handed from her to
Stefauiei In like manner, all that
the younger lady desires to say is
presented first to the hearing of
the elder, who in his turn, proposes
it to myself. I assure yon,' my
dearD'^Aubinot, that for the actual
and personal' relation existing between
Leolin de Mailly aud the
woman he adores, they might as
well speak different languages?
the one a Chinese or a Turk, the
other a Pole or a Russian. Ah,
my friend, it is narrated'of Tyramus
and Tliisbe that they made
love to each other through a stone
wall; but I fancy that our fate is
still more disagreeable. As if the
words which Stefanie St. Baroche
speaks to me," lie continued warmly,
"needed an interprctess to make
me comprehend them. Sometimes
I feel as if I should go mad .under
this perpetual system df*conversational
gend'armeric"
"My dear Leolin," said the Marquis
l)'Aubmot. roused into excitement
by what his friend had said,
"there is only one way for accounting
for the behavior of this Mademoiselle
Clemence. I am older
than von, and have had more expe
ricnce in Parisian life. The type
to which she belongs whom you
have been describing, is, briefly
that of the femme terrible; they arc
generally handsome, like the demoiselle's
aunt, and possessed of
an imposing, Juno-like beauty. Beware
of her."
"And why ?''
"She is not only what I said. She i
is more just at present."
"Explain."
"A femme terrible is at all times
difficult to deal with as a battalion
of insurgent soldiers. But a femme (
terrible terrible in love is
"Ma foil" interrupted Lcolin. ;
"In love! And with whom ?" <
Louis D'Aubinot puffed a voluminous
cloud from the mouth-piece j
of his hookah, and answered : ;
"With yourself, Leolin; there |
ctjn be no doubt of it after you |
have told me. Try that plan I sug- i
gested,of slipping a note into the i
houquet. But I still repeat?beware
of Mademoiselle Clemenee."
"You may leave the room, Stefanie."
It was her aunt who spoke.
Standing in the centre of the brilliantly-lighted
drawing room, directly
beneath the blaze of an immense
chandelier, Mademoiselle
Clemence St. Buroehe was unquestionably
a superb woman to look
upon, Robe a statue of Juno in
purple velvet; give to its pale,
haughty countenance a pair of vividly
black lustrous eyes; wreath
its full-moulded arms with pearls;
place upon its imposingly-modeled
bust a corsage of the same jewets;
and the result, 1 am sure, would be
no lack of weak resemblauce to
Stefanie St. Baroche's aunt.
The command which she gave
her neice?a pretty, golden-haired,
blue-eyed blonde?was accompanied
with just the least imperious
wave that could be imagined, of
Miulemoiselle Clemence's white
jeweled hand. And Stefanie, who
had never dared to disobey the
ftli Atlifnof tlTAV/ wmnnn kin^Al
VIU VJL llllO II VlllMii m?mww
the time at which she liad been
confided, an orphan, to lier guardianship,
obeyed now without a
moment's hesitation.
Beside her aunt, Stcfauie St. Barochie
had not been the 011I3' occupant
of the drawing-room. Count
jLcolin de Mailly was also present?
I he had called to accompany the,
ladies to the opera that evening?j
and toward him Mademoiselle
now directed her attention.
"Be seated, if you please, M. de
, Mailly," she said.
j Tho tones had a womanly softness
about them which .was far from j
habitual with Mademoiselle Cle-j
mence, and which, in spite of his j
sincere horror at being left alone!
with the femr^e terrible, tilled Lcoliu's
j heart with delight.
I 'Stcfanie has found my bouquet,'
!hc thought, "more precious than
(she imagined, perhaps, on first re!eeiving
it. She lias read the note,
land confided its contents very pro-;
Ibabl.y to her aunt. What do these J
|unusually soft tones signify on the!
part of Mademoiselle Clemence?:
: Why, simply, Lcolin de Mailly, youI
I are a lucky dog, and are going to i
j marry her ncice with the august
i lady's full consent."
Here mademoiselle coughed au-'
'gustly, and glanced toward a side
table on which a bouquet of violets
and tube-roses had been conspiiciously
placed. Lcolin followed!
! her glancc and recognized his gift '
of the afternoon to !Stetanic tft.
iliarocbe?the flowers into which
his passionately-worded billet, beginning
with "clearest angel," and
I purposely mentioning no name save
J his own, had been slipped by the
(florist according to direction. A
' little further toward the wall, and
j far less conspicuously places, was a
I second boquet of jessamine and
heliotrope, his gift to Mademoiselle
I rifinoinro. which had accompanied
the other to her niece.
As we have said, Mademoiselle
Clcmence coughed and glanced
toward this table. He whole manner
was now so thoroughly and unexpectedly
auspicious, that Leolin
summoned courage enough to murmur
:
"You mean the bouquet, Made
moiselle ?"
A brilliant smile instantly over
spread tlie statuesque features of
Glemence.
"Yes, monsieur/' she anstfer'ed,
in tones of the utmost sweetuess,
"I do mean the bouquet."
Leolin's courage rose immensely.
"And you have read the note V:
be'.asked, eagerly. "You consent
to my?my proposal ?"
Mademoiselle's^ qtieenly head
was bent lo\Vj and.the Juno face
suffused with bitishesi
'"Yes, M. Leoliu, I eonsent."
. "-4b to settlement," began the
Coupjt de Mailly, too overcome with
bis new feeling of delight to notice
the blushes of his companion?"as
to settlements, Mademoisell "
She interrupted him with a gentle
wave of her hand and a repetition
of her former smile.
"I do not desire settlements, Leolin
de Mailly. My own fortune,
left me by .the late Due St. Baroche,
Sfefanie's father, will amply supply
all my personal wants. But this is
no time to speak of dry business,"
she continued, her voice sinking
suddenly into a low passionate
murmur. "Oh, Leolin, you cannot
imagine the feelings with which I
ry
reud the note inclosed in the bouquet
of violets you sent me this
afternoon. The dream of my life
was at last realized?the longing
to bccome the wife of one toward
whom every sentiment and impulse
of my nature, every Great
Heavens! you are pale?you are
ill! I have spoken too earnestly,
perhaps, I did not imagine your
love was a matter of such intense
seriousness, that for me to discuss
how passionately I reciprocated it
would thus affect you."
She was binding over him now,
f'lnnino- liim with nil AYnnisita tnv
'"""'"8 """ l ?
ot marabout feathers which she
seized from an adjoining table.
Leolin's eyes were closed, Lis face
colorless.
"Speak to me," she murmured, ,
in a tone of thrilling entreaty; ''oh
speak to me, Leolin. I cannot
bear that deathly look, though 1
love you all the more for knowing
that your love has caused this emotion.
Speak to me if only three
words?lI love yon.'"
"Wasit the subtle power.which
certain strongly vital tcmperrnents
are known to possess over certain
weaker onea? Was it real oldfashioned
witchery? AVas it an
immense exertion of one will
brought to bear upon another?
Was it mesmerism? Was it magnetisra
? In short, what was it that
made the white lips of Leoliti de
Mailly unclose and murmur softly
in the car of Mademoiselle Clenience
:
"I love you."
Will our readers credulously accent
the statement that in a fortMirrVit
tlia pvpninfr on wllinh
we write, Leolin de Mailly was
married, with all attendant solemnities
usual on such occasions, to
the demoiselle Clemence St. Baroclie
? It is a fact, nevertheless.
A year has passed. One bright
May morning, two men, both
young, both handsome and distingue
meet near the great statue in the
Place Vendome, Paris, and the following
conversation takes place
l\AfmnAn f li r*r?S
UVtH UJ^ia
"Ah, Leolin, I am delighted. I
have not seen you since "
"My marriage,".interrupted the
other. "1 recollect that you started
tor Germany a few days before
the wedding, D'Aubinot."
"More than that, rny friend," answered
the Marquis, with a curious
smile. "You and I have not met
since a certain morning when you
visited my apartment, and "
"Yes,-yes" again interrupted the
other, with an odd mixture of prim
humor and irritability in his voice.
"You suggested the plan of the
note to a certain person, which
failed disastrously,"
"Failed?"
"Yes. The florist put the note
in the bouquet, as I desired, but
sent it to the aunt instead of the
neice. The note was addressed to
no one in particular; I called a
certain person "dearest angel." So
now your curiosity is, I hope, grat-|
ificd. Mind, marquis, no word otj
this at the club. It is inviolablyj
cntre iwus.."
"Of course, mon ami But, I say |
one more question. And so you?"
"And so I thrashed the florist for
his carelessness, and?married
Mademoiselle Cicmence St. Baroche-"
Found at Last !?A remedy that;
not only relieves, but cures that j
enemy of mankind, Consumption,'
us well Ms tlin numerous statollites!
which revolve around it in the
shape of congli9, colds, bronchitis,
sore throat, influenza, <fcc. The
remedy we allude to is Dr. Wistar'sl
Balsam of Wild Cherry, prepared|
by Scth W. Fowle&Sons, Boston.
A noted horse jockey down east '
was awakened one night by a violent
thunder storm. Beuig somewhat
timid, he awoke his wife with
"Wife! wife.! do you suppose the
Day of Judgment has come?"
"Shut up, you fool!" was the reply;
"how can the Day of Judgment
come in the night V"
?
"Came to his death while beinghit
on the head with a long-handled
stewpan in the hands of his wife,"
was the verdict in a recent cate in
Illinois.
[From the Anderson Intclligencer) [r
Stabled Cotton Seed aS a Manure fot
Cotton.
Cold Springs, Pickens Co., \ \
December 29,1873. J
Mr. J)mtor?For two years hd&M
have used this manure (almost eX*
clusively) for cotton^ applyiug only,
fifty to seventy-five pounds- of gu- m
ano per acre* witl^the pl^ed seea^
in bottom Tanck"
Previous to tbe rliscoyefy ofjiliis,
manure, I used guano' almost en-'
finely. My success wkfci. this manure
has given/the greatest satisfaction*;
exceedirig any-ffoawo l have tried.
and I have qseS the best kinds/ I
will state the results of the tise of
this manure. Hive Heal- the north" ~
ern limit o?tbe cctton belt?almost jfc
under tfcrcsliadeof the Blue Rid^e. W
The lands. planted are very old,
mostly in sedge 27 years^go, when
I became in possessibn of theni.
They were originally good for this
part of the country, and have been,
planted in cotton for 20 years, except
during the war. The yield of
the crop last year from 55 a<jres was,
43 bales, of 420 lbs. This year 40
acres have made 35 bales, of -430
lbs. These crops were made entirely
with this manure, except 75
lbs. of guano to the acre on half
the land (bottofri) each year. Had
the caterpillar not injured 20 acres
of this year's crop, the yield would
have been not less than teu. bales
more, which would have been 44
bales from 40 acres. I feel certaiu
of this yield, as the same laud made
1,430 lbs. per acre last year and
only 7o0 this, which is the better
cotton year of the two. %
The mode of making and applying
this manure is simple and easy,
but requires attention. I will state,
in the first place, I have four mules
rnd one horfee, and do not make
any of it during the months of
-June, July, and August, as it would
endanger the health of the place, *
The mules stand haltered in separate
stalIs, and in each one I put
sihoiit 35 bushels of seed rierht from
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the gin house. These seed are
stirred duly with a manure fork,
mixing the excrement thoroughly
with the seed; every other day
would do, but is better done every
day, only requiring about twenty
minutes to do it.
I find it requires about twenty
days to get them thoroughly mixed
with the excrement. At the expiration
of this time they are 'carried
out and deposited in an open lo^
house, well covered, and remain till
I am ready to put them on the land.
OccasionalIv they should be thrown
about in this house to prevent burning,
or fire-fanging. Burning deteriorates'their
value, and it cannot
be obviated, unless a very large
shelter is used, or mixed with some^
thing else that will prevent the escape
of ammonia, which is objectionable,
as it increases greatly tKe
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lauui ui ixaumi^ uuu uppij ?
I apply them by preparing the
land just as I would for any other
manure, which should be deep and
close. I apply about 35 bushels
per acre; 20 or 25 is enough for old
red*land as they will burn the crop
in a dry time on this kind of land.
On low, moist land, 40 bushels or
more would not be too much, but
when this quantity is put on, the
plow should be run through them
after they are deposited in the farrow,
mingling the soil with them,
so they will not present any mechanical
obstruction to the roots of
the plant while young and delicate.
In fact, this is a good plan with all
manures, but more particularly
where they are abundantly applied..
I bed on them as with, other manure
What I claim for this manure
is that it is the onlv substitute for
guano?that is, it is the onlv ma
iiure, cxccpt guano, tnat can De extensively
used. Of course, it can
not be hauled and applied as easily
and rapidly as guano, b.ut four
mules can haul enough for four or
five acres at one load, and three
hands can apply them about as fast
as one can guano. -I use handled ?
baskets in distributing them,
Many farmers say thev have not
seed enough to make this manure.
I reply that I bought no seed for
last year's crop or this, but sold
over 200 bushels, and had about
this much left after planting cotton
this year. If 800 or 1000 lbs. of
seed cotton are made per acre, it
will be sufficient to manure the same
land.
In concision, I will say tbatthose
of my neighbors who havefollowcd
this example, and those who have
seen the crops, verify all I say about
it. If the fanners of the country
will carry out this plan as stated
and are not greatly delighted with
lie result, I shall be sadly disappointed*
.
The general use of cotton seed
applied in this way would ruin
every guano company and save
millions of doUars to the planters,
I nope I'm not over sanguine about
this matter. I try to be practical.
Jf any farmer, after testing this
manure, thinks lie ha9 been suflir.
ciently benefitted to do so, he caii
send a bale of cotton or a button
(either will be satisfactory compen
sation) to
J. W. CRAWFORD.
"Closed in consequence of a debt
in the family," is the communicative
announcement; on the door of
a fugitive trauesman in a neighbor-*
ingcity. " \