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THE LETTERS AT SCHOOL. One da/ the letteis went to AChool, And tried to learn each other ; The/ got so mixed 'twu really hard Te piek out from t'other, A went in tint, and Z went lost, The rest were all between theui? K Ij nnd M and N 0 1'. 1 wish you could huve seen them ? B C D E and J K I Soon jostled with their betters ; U R S T I grieve to say? Were very naughty letters. Of courso, ere long, they came to words? What else could be expected t 'Till K made 1) J C and T Decidedly dejected. Now through it all the consonants Were rudest nnd uncouthest, While all the pretty vowel girls Were certainly the smoothest, But simple U keot fur from O. With face demure and moral, " Because," alio said, i,vrc are, we two, So apt to start a quarrel." Cried A, "Now E and C come licrc I If hot i will aid a minute, (4ood 1* will join in making peace, Or else the mischief's in it." And smiling E the ready sprite, Said, "Yes and count me double," This done, peace shone o'er the scene, And gone was all the trouble ! Mennwliilc when U and l* made up, The cons' nants looked about them And kissed the vowels, for, you sec, They couldn't do without them. German Millet.?This choice aud most valuable seed is rapidly attaining a popularity unprcecdeutcd iu this country by any of the grasses. The yield, both of hay and seed is immense, aud it is considered by those who raise it as a more profitable crop than cotton, requiring only about one-half the labor. It will produce to the acre, froui three to four tous of rich, succulent, juicy hay, which all kinds of stock devour greedily. It will produce from fifty to eighty bushels of seed to the ajro if sown on ground properly prepared, aud in the right season. It is universal iu its adaptation to almost to any soil or climate, makiug a flue crop on comparatively poor upland, and growing luxuriautly on rich bottom land. It will stand very dry weather better than any species or variety of Millet, and flouriollPQ WltV> onil %*r? ?' ?kuvu if ?vt* v iqv/i uuu lajiiuivj ul {iiunui UU* equalled in the extreme South as well as in the Northern and Western States. In the South, if sown early, two crops cau be gathered in one season from the same ground. Stock can be fattened and raised on this feed alone without any other hay or grain. In the Southern States especially this grass is most valuable, as it matures in about sixty days, and if sowed early enough, will bring in a splendid crop of hay just when it is needed, (during the cultivating season,) and will, to a great extent, take the place of corn, (which always couimauds such high prices at that time of year,) iu feeding stock, arid if used in connection with corn will keep horses, mules and cattle healthy and in good condition. Evry planter should sow a few acres in German Millet, for hay. It will pay you ati hundred fold ! When a crop of hay it? desired the seed should be sown "broadcast"?one bushel to the acre?and the hay cut while iu bloom, while the seed is still in the milky state, and the stalks and leaves arc tcuder, or as soon as the head is formed. * If you wish to save it for seed, drill it in rows about 18 inches apart, and let it got fully ripe before cutting. From one peck to a half bushel^to the acre is sufficient in "drills," Cultivate by plowing as you would drilled corn. What tiik Railroad Train Sings.? Lying broad awake in a berth of a sleeping car, says Brett Ilarte, I could not help making some observations which I think are not noticed by the day traveler. First, that the speed of a train is not equal or continuous. That at certain times the engine apparently starts up, and says to the baggage train behind it: "Come, come, this won't do! Why, it's nearly half-past two; how shall we get through '{ Don't you talk to me. Pooh ! pooh !" delivered in that rythmical fashion which all meditation assumes on a railway train. Exempli gratia,: Oue night, having raised uiy window curtain to look over a moonlit suowy landscape, as I pulled it down the lines of a popular comic song flashed across me. Fatal error ! The train instantly took it up, and during the rest of the night I was haunted by this awful iefraiu : ;tPull down the bel-lind, pull down the bel-lind ; somebody's klink klink. O don't be shoo shoo!" Naturally this differs on different railways. On the New York Central, where the road bed is quite perfect and the stool rails continuous, 1 have heard this irreverent train give the words of a certain popular revival hymn after this fashion : "Hold the fort, for I am Sankcy, Moody slingers still, wave the swish s'.vosh back from klink}*, klinky, klanky kill." On the New York and New Haven, where there arc many switches, and the engine whistles at every cross road. I have often heard : "Tommy, make room for your whoopy ! that's a little clang, bumpity bum pity boopy, clikitty clikitty, clang." Poetry, I fear, fared little better. One starlit night, coming from Quebec, as we slipped by a virgin forest, the opening lines of Kvangcliue flashed upon me. Hut all I could make of them was this: "This is this forest prim-eval-cval; tho groves of the pines and the hcm-loeks-lockslocks-locks-ioooook !" The train was only "slowing" or "braking" up at a station. Ileuce the jar in the meter. A party who recently lectured in Denver nDrtnnrA/1 JA KA nA??*AM.l*?A J ?- - * * * Mf/^/vuiuu W %JM OUIIIWTTIIUl U1IIHUUHIICU Wlin his reception. "Did you have a largo audience ?" asked a sympathetic friend. "No; the authorities having neglected to close the saloons, there was not inueh of an attendance " An old colored preacher was lecturing a youth of his fold about the sin of dancing, when the latter protested that the Bible plainly said, 'There is a time to dance.'? 'Yes, dar am a time to dunce,' snid the dark divino, 'and it's when a boy gits a Whip pin' for gwinc to a ball.' A village congregation in Vermont waa disturbed the other Sunduy during the momentary stillness following tho opening prayer, by a voico from the adjoining dwelling exclaiming : "Mary, whore's the nails?"' Soon tho answer came : "In the coffee pot, you fool." . v' * * ?~ ni' 1 ' * ? AN ELECTIONEERING DODGE BY > k J. T. HABT. ? *1^ v" j ~ SOMBTlllNG may be gained to all who desire to buy good aud choap Groceries fvr Pdt/i, by calling at my store, one door west of Rice, McLure & Co., where you will get the Worth of Your itoney in BACON, LAUD, SUGAR aud COFFEE,. TEA aud CHEESE, FLOUR, MEAL, SPICE, GINGER and PEPPER Knowing Ones Say that I keep the best OREAM, LEMON and SODA CRACKERS, NIO-NAOS and OINQER SNAPS, in town. ALSO, FLAVORING EXTRACTS. All kinds of CANNED GOODS. Best Plain and French CANDIES. To all who desire n pleasant smoke or plcasnt chew, just trj some of my choice ClKitra and Tobacco, and a wee dip of my stuff, and if you aro not pleased, you uiay say I'm a llart-less fellow. Don't pass the store without calling. J. T. HART. Oct. 27, 187G 43 tf (pronicic mul jltnliiicl is published daily, tr1-wkbkly and weekly, AT AUGUSTA, GA. Ry WALS1I & WltlGIIT, Prop'iis. :o: Pull Telegraphic Despatches from all Points. Latest and Most Accurate Market Reports. Interesting and Reliable Correspondence from all parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Washington Citg. GEORGIA am? CAROLINA NEWS a specialty. DAILY: One Year $10 00 Six Months 5 00 TBI-WEEKLY: One Year $5 00 Six Months 2 00 WEEKLY: One Year $2 (X) Six Months 1 00 Dec. 8, '76 49 If THE Grreenville Hotel. GREENVILLE, S. C. rpiIE UNDERSIGNED having leased this propJL erty, took possession os Thursday, the 8th inst. THE GREENVILLE HOTEL is complete in all 1 (a nnniisninimiia ami lao *%<*..?* i r? ?i ?? .?T?uiagw for ladies and children in its comfortable rooms, large verandahs and shade trees, and its convenience to the beautiful grounds of Furmnn University. I am prepared to promise to the patrons of the Greenville Hotel new aud neatly furnished rooms nnd n .able not surpassed in the up-country. The house will be under the direct muungcment of the undersigned aud his family and will be kept scrupulously clean in all its departments. lie invites the patronage of his friends and the public generally. A. M. SPEIGHTS. Greenville, S. C., March 28d, 1877. March 23 11 tf WEST SPRINGS INSTITUTE. rilllE Spring term of this Institution, will open X to Males and Females, with a competent crops of Instructors, on the 8thof January, and close on the 15th of June. The location is fine. Situated in Union County, twelve miles froni the C. II., near the Spartanburg line. Its healthfulness is unsurpased, nnd the Mineral water inferior to none in the State. Tuition Tor term or twenty wcckH: Primary Class 9 7 50 Intermediate 12 50 Higher llranches 15 00 Board, with fuel, for females, in the Institution, $10.00 per month ; for males, in the community, $0.00 per month. For further particulars address Rcv.O. S. AND EPSON. Principal. Glenn Springs, 8. C. Feb 2 4 tf HAMPTON HOUSE. MAIN STREET, SPARTANBURG, So. Ca. as. ualeutt, (Formerly of Palmetto House,) Pro p rictor. HOUSE WELL VENTILATED, ROOMS NEWLY FURNISHED AND CARPETED?TABLES SUPPLIED WITH THE REST IN MARKET?ATTENTIVE SERVANTS?OMNIRUS TO ALL TRAINS. TERNS 012.00 PER DAY. Jan. 12, ly77 1 tf PAINTS AND OILS. Linseed Oil, Raw and Roiled. Machine Oil, Turpentine, Kerosene Oil, Colors in Oil, Varnishes, Window Class, l'utty, Sand Paper and Olazier'8 Paints. For Sale by A. IRWIN A COMarch 2 8 tf THE KENNESAW GAZETTE, A MONTHLY PAPER, PUBLISHED AT ATLANTA, OA. Devoted to Railroad interests, Literature, Wit and Humor. Fifty Cent* per year. L'HROMO to every subscriber. Address Kennetaw Gazette, ! ATLANTA, GA. March 30 12 tf Cient'fi Hand Made Shoes. ASTLENDID ASSORTMENT just received, at GEE k HUMPHRIES' Hotel Stove. Wpril 21, '76 18 tf Brandy, Maderxa, Sherry and Port Winet, and Brandy Peaehet, at B. F. RAWLS k CO S. No. 1 Store. Nov. 19 46 tf IamIIcm' Custom Made Nhaes. FRESH SUPPLY for Spring and Summer wear just received, at OF.R A 7/UMP//RTE8' Hotel Store. April 21, '78 16 tf / 555-T "" " V" ' ^TjrATTENTION OOTTOTV PLANTERS I You can 8W?M? TTMft, TROUBLE AND MONEY, By using the Oebbrated "FABMERS' FRIEND" WEST'S 0UANO DISTRIBUTOR, BALENTlNjp'SC O O TON PLANTER, Manufactured by ^QJ^yLCoi A MAKKLEY, ?reenvllle, 8. C. 4 W. A.T3S^BwSON, Agent, Union C. H. March 16, ? 10 ?,m? SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE S(0)N. NEW STOKE AT THE OLD STAND. JAMES H. RODGER HAVING purchased the entire interest of his father, Mr. JOHN RODGER, in his Grocery Store, respectfully announces to tlio old Friends and Customers of the former owner that he will continue the GROCERY BUSINESS At the Old 8tand^ and will always keep a full stock of all kinds of Groceries, PLANTATION SUPPLIES, Table and other Cutlery, Plows and Plow Steel, Canned Fruits, Meats, Oysters, &c? WOODEN WARF. ALL BRANDS OF TOBACCO, & c., &c., which he will sell at PRICES TO SUIT TIIE TIMES. * I respectfully invite the old friends and customers of the house, ana any number of new ones, to CALL AND TRY ME. You will find two "Live young men," standing ready at all times to wait on you, and what we cannot showse^ Jou is not worth, asking for or having. Call at tlie Rodger Old Stand If you want good bargains, polite attention, and perfect satisfaction. JAMES H. RODGER. v ytw TO THOSE INUEUTKD. HAVING sold out my entire interest in the Grocery Business, to my sou, I aui anxious to settle up all outstanding indebtedness. I, therefore, call upon thoso in any way indebted to uic to come forward and make settlements immediately. My Books aud Accounts arc still at the Store, aud if I am not present my sou, Mr. Jauics II. ltodgcr, is empowered to make settlements. JOHN RODGER. March 2 8 tf SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO. :o: THE ABOVE WELL KNOWN GUANO AND COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE iS now offered for sale at the following places in this County. Consumers of this Guano will find it fully up to last year's quality v which gave such increased satisfaction. For Circulars and prices apply to J. T. l tll .1. Ac CO., Union C..I1, S. C-, v. W. W. OROSB?TS?eIton, S.d.^to E. H. FROST & CO., Charleston, S. O. ' February 10 6 3m Violc'ts* ENCOURAGE HOME PEOPLE Flower and Vegetate Garden and IS the most beautiful work of the kind in the IX o in o Enternrinn world. It contains uearly 160 pages, hun- a-wa^aame. dreds Of fine illustrations, and tix Chromo Plate* of Flower*, beautifully drawn and oolored from _ nature. Price 60 cents in paper covers; $1.00 i1 C.ltyL in elegant cloth. Printed in German and Eng- KSgBr&tft 1 j pfow Vick't Floral Quide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year. IJ fcfclf [ F * Vick's Catalogue?300 Illustrations, only 2 yr^j?22nL^31 j Varnishes & ^ Linseed Oil?Belled OKTffifTFff tT A HTTF-P A ROVn Window Glass and Putty ? bUW B Kept for Sale, By FACTORY, No, 19 ? F* ?AWLS & ??f Charleston, 8.0. . mill/ ? 1- re ? ? ? - .. - ? ? i win* i?u?r, oasn nnu unna KMiorj wm. cttknokr. _ JL owned and managed by a Carolinian in tbis "rttanitar a: "edmonds ci,f- all work guaranteed. Llienger OC XiUlilUIlU^ Always on hand a large Stock of Doom, Saah. RICHMOND, VA. | Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Scroll and Turned M nnu Ctl oturora op Work of every description. , JO* .. . u. Glass, White Leads, and Builders' Hardware, Portable and Stationary Bnyinee, at Manufacturers' Trices. BOILERS OF ALL KINDS, G. &, T. Flooring Boards, and dressed Lumber CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, of every description, delivered at Union at the GRIST M1LL8, lowest figures. MILL GEARING, March 8, 1876. 0 ly SHAFTING, PULLEYS,,Ac. & _i -L+HAMPTON IS GOVERNOR. v < at!Jl0|<riie" w JUST SO HURE . . SAMUEL a. STdkiiT - " SffiWySS "* A.t <oi noy ftt I^fVW Will those who owe ins will have to nay me, . Jwt1 esF* jf * * - " ,t??H ?.?, .JT1 . 2L _ r'rT-.?if)Bi f j-iir ow ourbt^sJIJW T x? IAL ?T U STIC iLi 'Will k!l papers left in my office for Reoord here Union C. H., H. C., * to be accompanied with the Cash to reoeire WcL'S"""*'h,fire,u "d rnUU rnr" ""?"?Ti?ke Heed All business in the jurisdiction of a Trial Jus- CHARLES BOLT, tice attended to with promptness. '* Special attention given to collections, &c. ^ Deo JO 6J tf * Office for the present, third door to the leftia WEDLOCKS, TABLE and POCKET CUT*, xi u House. 1 LERY, Trace Chains, Homes, Hackbands 'Brc" J ^ *r and Hooks, Spades and Shovels and Plow lines, I> . A.. TOWNHEND, at GEE & HUMPHRIES*. a** a r \ Feb 4 6 tf Attorney at Law J I \ i (k u g< > w;r t ABIM shawm AT 11 S I O S X. II., S( U. IJ OER h 7/UMP//RIES. if arch 2 8 f tf Oct 29 43 tf .1 ' STEAI6HT0UTISH 1 TRIUMPHANT. ? s 2-&L:. . Wado Ilampioii I t IS Our G-overnor! ? i A Democratic Congress AND A 'd Democratic Legislature; AMD TH? UNION TIMES WILL CIVI . -? i * <. f > . i * A Weekly Sviiomtia of the Pro ~ ~ ' X- k ceedings of BOTH THESE BODIES. j\oav is the 'X'iiii.c TO SUBSCRIBE. ?. Now is tlie Time TO ADVERTISE. a new bra has dawned upon . . * r>- the STATE AND NATION! . :? THE NEWS WILL BE STIRRING AND" INTERESTING TO ALL CLASSES OF THE PEOPLE. *r 1 * * TO* 12 IH CrtTBS, You will Keep Posted a Whole Year. 4 Single Subscribers, $2.50. 1 ?Ci ? .. *5 * ? * I ' * I ' PAY WHAT YOU OWE and RENEW ? 1.ADIKM!! .. + IHAVfc just reoeived a nice lot for EMter $ SUCl) M RIBBONS, SILKS, FLO WFHS SILK AND tAPE FI8CIIV9B, COLL A RETTKSi, LO VEL Y MECK TIES d*c.? 4e' Also, A small variety of hats of the latest style. Call and see for yourself, ^ ALLCHEAP FOR CASH. M. GRANT, March 23 11 * tf '* A a *" 1 CI.ME TABLE No. 8. SPARTANBURG & UNION R. Rv nEffect 9:80 Ai Mv TntMiiiy, June 6,1870 i)0\vTiWA~iuv | tiPWAffiV.' " IoMdayi*, kukknuays and I XuHSiTl, Thuk.mdy a ad * ?">*?. [ tym/aifAY. . 5 TATI0N8. J Airlre. Leave. 5 Arrive. I Leave* 2J ! - 7 ipartanburg. 9.30a.m 68 3.10pm % 'acolet. 11 10.20a.m 10.26 ' 67 2.2S " 2.80 pm onesville. 18 10.85 M 11.00 " 60 tM V %?\ * Jnlon. 28 11.46 " 12.16pta 40 12.65 " IkO ?V lantuc. 87 12.56pm 1.00" 811X16" lt3?* ' "l*h Dam. 42 1.20 " 1.26" 26 UAOajii llAfia aO ^ '. >? ihelton. 48 1JJ0 " 2.00 " 20 11.16 " 11.20 " ^ .ylea' Kord. 63 2.26 " 2.80 " 16 10.47 " 10.60 41 itrothcrs. 50 2.45 " 2.50 " 12 10.25 " 10.30 " Uaton. 08 3.45 " 9.30 " O'Uum Connection made with Greenville and C?unibia Trains?Stage* al Trains on arrival lu Spartan urn, to convey rassengors to Olcnns or Cheroket ' tprings samo evening. eer -wwr ?-?. a -my---?? ? T? . ?T , V XJliW, Suporlntendent. Juno 9, 1878 . tf Greenville and .Columbia R. Br ** CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays except* od, connecting with Niglit Trains on South Carolina Railroad up and down. On and after MONDAY, May 20th, the following will be th* C schedule: cr. Leave Colyftfcia at 7.46 a m Leave Alston 9.30 a in Leave New|mrry 10.50 a in Leave Cokeebury 2.17 p m Leave Belton 4.00 pa ? Arrive at Greenville 6.36 p m DOWH. , Leave Greenville at S.06 a m Leave Helton 9.66 am Leave Cokcsbury 11.83 a m Leave Newberry 2.40 p m Leave Alston 4.20 p ta Arrive at Columbia 6.66 p i? ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE DIVISION. DOWN. IIP. Leave Wallialla....6.1o a m Arrive......7.16 p n* Leave Perry ville...7.00 a m Arrive 0.40 p m Leave Pendleton...7.60 a m Arrive C.00 p n? Leave Anderson...8.60 a m Arrive 6.00 p mr Arrive at Belton...9.40 am Leave 4.00 p n> THOMAS DODAMEAD, General Superintendent. Jarkz Norton, Jr., General Ticket Agent. Juno 9, 1870. 23 tf ^ PROTECT YOUETBUILDINGS. Which may be done with one-fourth the usual expense, by using our PATENT SLATE PAINT (Fiftesn Tears Established.) MIXED READY FOR USE. Fire-Proof, Water-Proof, Durable, Economical and Ornamental. ulie-third the Co?t#of Re-8hingling. IT STOPS *5VERY LEAK, EXTREMELY CHEAP. No Tar is used in this Composition,. CHOCOLATE C 0 L0 K, .TIN ROOFS BRICK Our only eelors are Chocolate, Red, 15hTW4A Rki>, and Orangk. ? NEW YORK CASH PRICE LIST. 1 Gallon, can and box : $ 1 50 2 . " " 2 85 5 " ?? ; 5 60 10 " keg 9 50 20 " half barrel 10 00 40 " one barrel 80 00 10 lbs., cement for bad leaks 1 . 1000 ltbls Slate Flour per bbl. 98 00 1000 Son pat one Hour ? ?? 8 00 1000 11 Grafton Mineral " " 8 00 1000 " Met alio Paint, dry ? 8 00 Special prices per ton or car-load lets. N. Y. SLATE PAINT COMPANY. 102 k 104 Maiden Lane, New York. Ftb 2 4 . 8 ms. ~~ Tiiii COLUMBIA REGISTER, published DAILY, Till-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY. THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC PAPER AT THE CAPITAL. ? TERMS, IN ADVANCE: Daily, six mouths $3 50 Tm- Wbkkly, six months 2 50 Weekly, six mouths 1 00 .'AS*S*P CHEAPEST Book and Job Printing Office ' IIS THE STATE. Address all communications, of whatever character, to Manager REGISTER PUBLISHING COMPANY . COLUMBIA, S. O. May 12^ '76 19 tf^ VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE A BEAUTIFUL Quarterly Journal, finely illustrated, and containing an elegant colored Flower Plate with the first nnmber. Price only 26 cents for the year. The first No. for 1bt7 i -a n ?-? "?" i j uoi ioouou hi vi cr mi an tnu j^ngUBfl. Viek't Flower ,j- Vegetable Garden, in paper 50 ceata; with elegant cloth covert, $1.00. Viek't Catalogue?800 llluttrationt, only 2 cents. Address, JAMKS. VICE, . rtbtffcetterj IfrT'."* Illustrated Priced Catalogue*. FIFTY PAGES?800 Illustrations, with Doscript ions of thousands of the best Flowefaand Vegetables in the world, aad the wayettr grow them?all for a Two Cunt postage stamp' Printed in German and English. Viek't Floral Guide, Quarterly, 26 cents a year. Viek't Flower and Vegetable Garden, 50 centsin paper ; in elegant cloth covers, $1.00. Address, JAMK8 VICK. Rochester, N. Y. Dec 1 187ft 48 tf REMOVAL . j F. M. FARR A CO., ( HAVE removed their Steele of Groceries lathe Store opposite B. F. Bawls A Co.. alongside the Railroad, where they will always be pleased to meet their customers. A full Stock of Grvoerles aad Plantation sup*- j plies will always be kept fbr sale at the lOJMdP market prises. V Feb $ ' I MlT " , ; .. .r - . ^ ' Teas! Teas!! FINK Black cad Green Tec fer acle at A. IRWIN k CO.'en Feb 9 t If F, XKK CTS?WTfTTE~A N1T~C<5LORED, at GEE A HUMPHRIES' Oct 16 41 tf. m fland-Mnde Hsofa and Shoes, j F>K Gentlemen, Ledie* end Cliildrqp, war' ranted. IUCK, MoLURF. k CO. a. l Get. 1ft 41 tf ^ old Pnpora for Hnle. ? A 1 JjVNQUIRK nt this office. #