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pteK JnMtgenw. Anderson Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Anderson, September 15. The crops along the line of road as far up as Newberry look extremely poor; though I am tojd. that this.is one of the poorest "belts" in the State, aud, of course, the crops are not a fair sample of those of the surrounding coun? try. After leaving Newberry, however, the crops begin to improve, and I saw a few really fine fields of cotton. The corn crops are not up to the average. At Bel ton we stop to change care for Anderson and Walhalla. A short ride of ten miles brings us to this pleasant country town. Upon my arrival here 1 was amused at the singular mode of the hotels in procuring boarders. Instead of the usual cry of hack drivers, "here's your 'bus to the Waverly House," &c., a stalwart "freedman" politely walks upand inquires if you have any baggage for the Waverly House. Whether this mode is adopted to prevent "carpet-baggers" ^ from gaining access to the house, or not, I did not stop to inquire, as my musings were cut short' by three little white-headed urchins, with "Oh, here's papa; I am so glad," &c. A short walk from the depot brings us to the Waverly House, a fine two story brick building. Two well supplied stores occupy the basement; the dining and bed-rooms are all on the second flooc 'fi The rooms are large, well ventilated and arranged, and kept scrupulously clean and neat. The table is well supplied with all the country affords; the food is well cooked, and the bill of fare will compare favorably with our city ho? tels. The house is presided over by Mrs. Rob son, a widow lady, who lost three sons in the Confederate army. There is an old saying, that but' few men were born to keep a hotel, and however true this may be with the men, I am sure it does not hold good with the women. In proof, I would cite Mrs. R., of this place, Mrs. Butterfield, Mrs. Hilbur, and other ladies of Charleston. As I "pay for my board," I hope your readers will not consider this a "puff." I have just returned from a visit to the plan? tation of Mr. Keys, (to whose kindness and hospitatality I am much indebted.) This gen? tleman, together with his son and two other gentlemen from this District, were arrested (as you will remember) by the Federal authorities, shortly after the war, incarcerated in Castle Pinckney, tried, found guilty aud sentenced to be hung, removed from thence to the Dry Tor tugas, from thence to Fort Delaware, where they were released on a wjit of Habeas Corpus, and all this without one item of proof of guilt. After fourteen months of intolerable hardships they returned to the bosom of their families, whose anguish during those long months none oan realize except those who have experienced it. Mr. Keys, however, instead of repining over the past, put his shoulder to the wheel to retrieve his fortunes, How well he has suc? ceeded, a well cultivated and finely stocked plantation will testify. What, however, sur? prised me-most, and will also perhaps some of your readers, was a fine rice field of about fif? teen acres. The seed planted was the genuine low land rice, planted in rich low laud, and so arranged as to be flooded at will. The rice will average throughout the field from four and a hilf to five feet in height, and some over six feet, it is well headed, and the seed full and plump. I have procured a sample for exhibi? tion at the Courier office, on my return. Mr. Keys has also the best cotton that I have yet seen, although he does not expect to gather above half an average crop. This is owing to the long drought in July, which caused the young forms and squares to drop. I have met and conversed with a number of planters, and gentlemen from different sections of this State and Georgia, and I have found none who pre-, diet more than a two-third crop, and a great many not more than one-naif. Anderson is a quiet, pleasant town, of about three thousand inhabitants. There are some beautiful residences in the town and around the suburbs. Ex-Governors Cur's residence is about a half mile out of town, immediately on the line of the railroad. There are a number of Charleston families here, and all seem well pleased with their coun? try cousins. Rut feariug to weary your patience, I.will bid you adieu. How Monkeys are Caught.?We were much amused at reading the following extract from a letter in Africa, which recited how mon? keys are caught there: In Dafour and Sanaar the natives make a fer? mented beer of which the monkeys are passion? ately fond. Aware of this, the natives go to parts ot the forest frequented by the monkeys, and set on the ground calabashes full of the liquor. As soon as the monkey sees it and tastes it, he utters loud cries of joy that soon attracts his comrades. Then the orgie begins, and'in> a short time they show all degrees of intoxication. Then the negroes appear. The few monkeys that come too late to get fuddled, escape. The drinkers are too far gone to dis? trust the negroes, but apparently take them for larger specimens of their own species. When a negro takes one by the hand to lead him off, the nearest monkey, will cling to the one that thus finds a support, and endeavor to go off also. Another will grasp at him, and so on, until the negro leads- a staggering line of ten or fifteen tipsy monkeys.. When finally-brought to the village, they are securely caged and Sadually sobered down; but for two or three ys a gradually diminishing supply is given them, so as to reconcile them by degrees to their state of captivity. Dr. Darwin has for sometime been teaching die scientific world that men are only improve? ment on a well-grown monkey. From the above, which was clipped from Flake's Bulletin, and sent us by a friend, we have something to strengthen the monkey origin doctrine! But strong as the conduct of the monkeys resemble drunken men, the conduct of the negroes re? sembles that of the liquor-sellers still stronger. The negroes take advantage of the fondness of the poor monkeys for the beer, and use it to deceive and capture them. Once drunk, and the poor monkey is no longer free. So the liquor-seller sets out his beer and liquors, knowing the weakness of some of his fellow men, that when once they have gotten a taste of the poison, they will be no longer able to take care of themselves, but may be easily led off into captivity, to answer the purposes of the oaptor. Who is monkey enough to taste the accursed stuff, and be a caged victim the balance of his life?? Texas Visitor. As Usual.?A handsome bachelor clerk in one of the most popular dry goods stores in Atlanta, is smitten with a fair resident of a neighboring city. The father of the young lady came to Atlanta recently and registered at the hotel where the bachelor clerk boards. As soon as this discovery was made, the old gentleman was looked up and made the recipi? ent of earnest attention, (such ?sali of us have and are disposed to pay the parents of the "hoped for,") to ingratiate himself into the parental favor. Just before going up to dinner the old gen? tleman wanted information of the young one Avhere he could get a drink of "peach and honey." "Well, I don't know myself, but I've heard that in the bar-room good liquors are kept," was the innocent reply. The old gentleman asked the young one to show him the way. "Certainly. Though I don't driuk myself," replied the teetotaler. Arrived at the bar, the want of the old gen-; tleman was made known, when the bar-tender, j turning to the young man, coolly remarked : "I suppose vou will take gin and sugar, as usual, Mr. ? ?" He "had ortcr" winked sooner. I The Perils of Newspaper Life. The following o'er true tale, which is told in a vein equal to anything from the pen of John Phoenix, or Mark Twain, will be appreciated by both press and public. It is from the Phil? adelphia Dispatch : A week or two ago one of our reporters had occasion to refer to a certain woman, whom we will call Hannah Smith, as a denizen of the Eleventh Ward. A day or two afterward a huge man entered the office with his brow clothed with thunder. In his hand he carried a fearful club, and at his side trotted a bull dog whom hunger evidently had made desperate. With that quick appreciation of the situation which is creditable to the superior intelligence of an educated man, the editor of this paper and the proprietor dared to the window, climb j ed outside, slid down the lightning-rod, and went across the street to watch the bloody fray through a spy-glass. With the fearlessness of conscious innocence we sit still, merely insert? ing our legs in two sections of stove-pipe to guard against any misapprehension of facts on the part of the bull dog. The man with the club approached. "Are you the editor?" he asked, spitting on his hand and grasping his club. We told him that the editor was out; that ho had gone to the North Pole with Captain Hall, and that he would not return before 1876, in *?me for the centennial celebration. "Are you the proprietor?" asked the man. ? We explained to him that we were not; that the proprietors were also out; that they had gone to South America for the purpose of in? vestigating the curative properties of cundu rango, and they expected to remain there for several years. "Well, whoever you are," exclaimed the war nor, "my name is Smith 1" We told him we were glad, because, if there was one thing better than possession of the name of Smith, it was the privilege of know? ing a man of that name. "But, Smith," we said, "why this battle array ? It is absurd for a man to put on the panoply of war, and frisk into editors' sanctums, fumbling a club, accom? panied by a disheartening bull dog, simply be? cause his name happens to be Smith." He said he called in to burst the head of the man who had insulted his sister. "It is impossible, Smith, that such a thing could have been done by any one in this office." "Yes, but it was, though; and her name was published, tool Miss Smith?Miss Hanner Smith 1" "May we be permitted to inquire, Mr. Smith, j what was the precise character of the affront offered to Hannah?" "Well, you see," said Smith, "the blackguard said she was a denizen. Anal want to under? stand," exclaimed Smith, becoming excited and ! brandishing his club in a wild manner over our 'head, while the bull dog advanced and com? menced to sniff up and down our stove-pipe, ' "I want you to understand that she is a decent young woman, with a good character, and none of your denizens and such truck. The man who j says she is a denizen is a blackguard and thief! and I'll smash him over the nose if I get a 1 chance. They may say what they please about me, but the man who abuses my sister has got to sutler." And Smith struck the table in a violent manner with his club, while the bull dog put his forelegs up on the back of our chair. We pacified Smith with a dictionary. We pointed out to raging warrior that the Webste rian definition of the word "denizen" gives such a person an inoffensive character and deprives the term of anything like reproach. Smith said he was satisfied, and he shook hands and kicked the bull dog down stairs. The editor and proprietors, seeing that all was safe, imme? diately climbed the lightning rod and soon ap? peared at the window, where fthey were intro? duced to Smith, with the remark that they had returned from the North Pole and the clime of the cundurango somewhat unexpectedly, in or ,der to surprise their relations. And now we suppose Smith will be mad be? cause we have told this story about him, and he will be coming down to interview us again in war's magnificently stern array with a fresh bull dog. But it will be in vain. We have rented an office in the top of the shot tower and planted torpedoes and spring guns all the way up the stairs. We warn this incendiary Smith beware. [sekret service.] "Offi's ov Josh Billings Farmer9 ) Allmaxax for 1872. J ?Mi Dear Mr. Editor : :' Sum men are born grate, sum men git grate ! after they are born, and sum men have grate ness hove upon them. It seems tew me that I am all 8 of these men hove into one. At a mass meeting lately held in Pordunk county (mi natiff village) the inhabitants past the following preamble and resolutes: Whercaz, It is hily good that a Farmer's AU minax should be born for the year 1872. Resoluted, That Josh Billings should be sot apart, fand hereby is expressly sot apart) tew beget the job. Resoluted, That this Allminax shall be be gottcd on the fust ov nex Oktober, wet or dry. Itesoluted, That this Allminax shall kontain milk for babes, meat for elders, and crumbs for all. Retolutcd, That Enower bilt the .ark. and Joncr waz the fust man who went a whaleing, bat Josh Billings has the right ingredients for a Farmer's Allminax. Resoluted, That Faith wins the battles of life, Hope beautify^ them, and Charity makes them immortal. Resoluted, That more dogs than a man wants are a nuisance, and less than ho haz got, iz posi? tively no loss. Resoluted, That we fully believe that man cum from the monkey, but whare tho monkey cum from, we don't seem to kno. Resoluted, That the thanks ov this meeting be sent to Darwin (or tew the monkey) we dont kare whitch. Resoluted, That all the nuzepapere in our beloved land (without distinction of color) be allowed to print these Resolutes. Resoluted, That this meeting now unanimus ly bursts quietly, sinun di. Josh Billings, Sekretary. Ditto, Allmanacker. P. S.?The meeting did bust quiet.?J. B. Saturday Night.?Saturday night makes people human, sets their hearts to beating, as they used to do before the world turned them into drums, and jarred them to pieces with tattoos. The ledger closes with a slash, the iron-doored vaults come to with a bang, up go the shutters with a will, click goes the key in the lock. It is Saturday night, and wc breathe free again. Homeward, ho! The door that has been ajar all tho week closes behind us ; the world is shut out. Shut in, rather. Here are our treasures after all, and not in the vault, and not in the book?save tho old record in tho old family Bible?and not in the bank. May? be you are a bachelor, frosty and forty. Then, poor fellow, Saturday nigtit is nothing to you, just as you are nothing to nobody. Get a wife, blue-eyed or brown-eyed, but above all true eyed. Get a little home?no matter how little; a sofa, just to hold two, or two and a half, and then get two, or two and a half in it of a Sat? urday night, and then read this paragraph by the light of your wife's eyes, and thank heaven and take courage.?Exchange. ? Money is said to be the root of all evil? vet many people spend their lives in rooting for it. ? Why are some young ladies like the fish? ermen of Galilee ? Because, when they draw their nets they find them full to overflowing. ? A little girl, just returned from a party was asked by her mamma how she had enjoyed herself. "Oh, mamma!" she said, "I'm so full of happiness ; I couldn't be no happier, with? out I was bigger." I Startling Phenomena in Florida. The last Palatka Herald has a letter from Orange County, Fla., containing a thrilling narrative of the sinking of a good portion of that County and the formation of a lake where it once stood. After relating the experience of one man, he goes to another, whose account is as follows: More and more wonderful. Mr. Alex. A. Foster has just come in with more marvellous and startling reports. He says that on his way from Orlando to Millonville, after crossing Fort Metlin branch, he left the road to avoia the constant bogging to which he was subjec? ted. The safest place he thought would bc on the crown of a high black jack ridge, running' parallel with the road, which he'accordingly took. After riding perhaps a mile, his horse commenced bogging, and for some distance it was questionable whether he could get through; he, however, reached more solid footing; again he commenced bogging; at this time he no? ticed remarkable portentous sounds in his rear. The bogging now grew worse as be progressed, until he had to dismount; there seemed no es? cape for him, both he and his horse were still bogging. The sounds in his rear increased more and more, and became more and more alarming and the route in front more boggy? he darecf not stop, as this would have rendered it impossible to have extricated himself?he neither dared nor could look behind him, his ; whole thought and aim was to reach terra firma. At last, after the most superhuman exertions, both he and his horse exhausted to the most extreme degree, he reached the solid ground. Turning to examine into the cause of those fearful sounds in his rear, he saw the most ter? rific and appalling sights it has ever been my fate to listen to. The first thing that attracted attention, was that the trees were moving, first a giratory motion of the top, then some sink? ing gradually out of sight, the tops revolving more and more rapidly as it sunk and disap? peared, others following, and as they fell, re? volving and describing arcs of a circle against the sky. Then the whole earth, as far tli the eye could reach, sinking, and its place supplied by a sea of waters, rushing, seething, boiling with the noise of mighty cataracts, and ever and anon casting to the surface the roots, tops or bodies of mighty pines and oaks. If I could only tell it to you in the language of the awe stricken witness; it must have been beyond comparison tbe most fearfully appalling and awe-inspiring sight ever witnessed. The horse and man lie now panting at the memory of the horrors they have so miraculously escaped. People are rushing from the scene of disas-1 ter. Our camp is crowded with the terror stricken inhabitants from the country in our rear. Everybody is waiting with forebodings and horrible expectations. They believe the day of judgment has come. This extraordinary phenomena appears more and more extraordinary. The country from two or thsee miles from here to Lake Matlin is entirely submerged, and is now one vast sea. Nothing authoritative from beyond, though ru? mors are rife that Orlando is swallowed up, and the whole chain of lakes to Lake Conway are united and form an immense inland sea. We lqa>ve* immediately and in terror for our own fate. Deceiving Children.?Dr. B. was called to visit a sick boy, twelve years of age. As he entered the bouse the mother took him aside and told him she could not get her boy to take any medicine except she deceieved him. "Well, then," said Dr. B? "I shall not give him any. He is old enough to be reasoned with." He went to the boy, and after an examination, said to him: "My little man, you are very sick and must take some medicine. It will taste badly and make you feel badly for a little while, and then I expect it will make you feel better." The Doctor prepared the medicine, and the boy took it like a man, without any resistance; and he would take from his mother anything that tbe physician had prescribed, but- would take nothing else from her. She had so often deceived him and told him it was good, when she gave medicines, that he would not trust to anything she said. Honesty with children, as well as with all others, and in all circumstances, is the best policy. An Affecting Incident.?For years, says the Eureka Sentinel, we believed that the young man who killed his father and mother, and ap? pealed to the court for mercy on the ground that he was an orphan, was the height of the profession in that direction; but an actual oc? currence, a few days since, is just a lit tic, better. A woman had been tried for killing her hus? band, and had been declared not guilty. She was shaking hands with her friends, and ap? proached the clerk's desk, on which lay the pistol with which she had snot him, and asked the judge if she could have it It was assented to, when she remarked: "This is the only thing which L have to re? member my poor, dear husband by!" Could feeling go farther, after acknowledging that she shot him ? ? - What is Home ??"Home,." says Robertson 1 in his sermons, "ia the one place where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of con? fidence. It is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which the world forces us to wear in self-defence, and where we pour out the unreserved communica? tions of full and confiding hearts. It is the spot where expressions of tenderness gush out without any dread of ridicule. Let a man travel where he will, home-is- the place to which 'his heart untraveled fondly turns.' He is to double all pleasure there. He is to divide all pain. A happy home is the single spot of rest which a man has upon this earth for the culti? vation of his noblest sensibilities." ? A correspondent of the Scientific Ameri? can Bays: Let any one who has an attack of lock-jaw take a small quantity of turpentine, warm it and pour it on the wound, no matter where the wound is, and relief will follow in less than one minute. Nothing better can be applied to a severe cut than cold turpentine; it will give certain relief almost instantly. Tur? pentine is also a sovereign remedy for croup. Saturate a piece of flannel with it and place the flannel on the throat and chest, ana in a very severe case three to five drops on a lump of sugar may be taken inwardly. -Every fami? ly should have a bottle on hand. ? The watch trade is cited as as illustration of the reason why women cannot earn the same wages as men, although possessing equal me? chanical ability. In England it is stated that many of the workmen had tried to instruct their wives, sisters and daughters to follow the busi? ness, but that the nervous power of women was inadequate for work requiring such strict accu? racy as watch-making. The watch trade, it was asserted, had gone to Switzerland because many persons were not particular as to the va? riation in the rate of their watches, and there? fore purchased a cheap and inferior article, the product of the labor of the Swiss women. ? The ladies say that the bustle that is made about the Grecian bend is newspaper stuff. ? Time is woman's rival; for no tight lacing can be compared to the waste of time. ? The sailor who knew for a fact that there was a man in the moon, had been to sea. ? The chaplain of the Iowa State prison was asked by a friend how his parishioners wero? "All under conviction," was the reply.. ? A party wants to know if the danger on a steamboat arises from there being an engine near, or an engineer. About half and half, wc should say. FOUETH ANNUAL PAIR . OF THE Anderson Farmers' Association, 1st, 2nd and 3rd November, 1871. PREMIUM LIST. FIELD. CROPS. Beat bushel of White Wheat: Rural Carolinian. Best bushel of Red Wheat: Southern Cultivator. Best sample (12 ears) of Corn: Rural Carolinian. Best bushel of Barley j Southern Cultivator. Best bushel of Peas: Rural Carolinian. Best bushel of Sweet Potatoes: Southern Cultivator. Best bushel of Irish Potatoes: Rural Carolinian. Best bushel of Turnips: Southern Cultivator. Best bushel of Ruta Bagas: Rural Carolinian. Best sample of Cotton?five stalks: Southern Cultivator. Best sample of Cotton?five pounds: Rural Carolinian. Best Sheaf of Rice: Southern Cultivator. Best specimen of Pumpkin: Rural Carolinian. Best specimen of Winter Squash: Southern Cultivator. Best specimen of Beets?five: Rural Carolinian. Best sack of Flour : Southern Cultivator. DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Best Bull, 3 years old or upwards: Cup. Second best Bull, 8 years old or upwards: Premium. Best Bull, 2 or 3 years old: Cup. Second best Bull, 2 or 3 years old: Premium. Best Bull, between 1 and 2 years: Cup. Second best Bull, between 1 and 2 years: Premium. Best Bull Calf, under 1 year: Cup Second best Bull Calf, under 1 year: Premium. Best Cow: * Cup. Second best Cow: Premium. Best Heifer, between 2 and 3 years: Cup. Second Best Heifer, between 2 and 3 years: Premium. Best Heifer, between 1 and 2 years: Cup. Second best Heifer, between 1 and 2 years: Premium. Best Heifer, under 1 year old: Cup. Second best Heifer, under 1 year old: Premium. Best pair of Oxen: Cup. Second best pair of Oxen: ' - Premium. Best Beef on foot: Cup. HORSES. Best Stallion: Cup. Second best Stallion: Premium. I Best Stallion, 3 years old: Cup. Second best Stallion, 3 years old: Premium. Best Stallion, 2 years old: . Cup. Second best Stallion, 2 years old: Premium. Best Stallion Colt under 1 year old: Cup. I Second best Stallion Colt, under 1 year old: Premium. Best Brood Mare: Cup. Second best Brood Mare: Premium. Best Filly, 3 years old: Cup. Second best Filly, 3 years old: Premium. Best Filly, 2 years old: Cup. Second best .Filly, 2 years old: Premium. Best Filly Colt, under 1 year old: Cup. I Second best Filly Colt, under 1 year old: Premium. Best pair of Horses, broke to harness: Cup. Second best pair of Horses, broke to harness: Premium. Best pair of Mares, broke to harness : Cup. Second best pair of Mares, broke to harness: Premium. Best Horse, broke to single harness: Cop. Second best Horse, broke to single harness: Premium. Best single harness Mare: Cup. : Second best single harness Mare: Premium. Best Saddle Horae or Mare: Cup. Second best saddle Horse or Mare: Premium. Best Pony: Cup. Second best Pony: Premium. Best Jack: Cup. Second best Jack: Premium. Best Mule: Cup. i Second best Mule. Premium. Best Mule over 2 years old : Cup. I Second best Male over 2 years old i Premium. Best Male over 1 year old: Cup. Second best Male over 1 year old t Premium. Best Male ander 1 year old: Cup. Second best Mule ander 1 year old: Premium. Best draft Horse or Mule?draft to be the test: Cup. HOGS. Best Boar, of any age: Cup. Second best Boar, of any age: Premium. Best Boar, between 6 and 12 mos. old: Cup. Second best Boar, between 6 and 12 mos. old: Premium. Best Sow, of any age : Cup. Second best Sow, of any age: Premium. Best Sow, uuder 12 mos. old: Cup. Second best Sow, under 12 mes.. old: Premium. Best pair Pigs, under 6 mos. old: Cup, Second best pair Pigs, under 6 mos. old: Premium. Best Pork Hog: Sausage Grinder. POULTRY. Best pair of Fowls: Premium. " Muscovy Ducks: " u Turkeys: " " Geese: ? Coop of Fowls (not less than ten): Premium. HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT. Best sample Lard, not less than 5 lbs.: Premium. Best sample Domestic Soap: M " gallon Domestic Vinegar: " " sample Jelly: " " a Preserves: " " M Pickles: " " Jam: " u Catsop: " [Recipe for preparation of above to accom? pany the articles exhibited.] Best half bushel Dried apples: Premium. " " Peaches: u specimen Canned Peaches: " Dried Figs: " Loaf of Bread: " Butter Crackers: M Plain Cake: " Sponge Cake: " sample Butter, not less than 2 lbs.: Premium. " Honey: " " Chinese Syrup: " " Bacon Ham, with recipe for keeping: Premium. Beat specimen corned Beef, with recipe: Premium. " display of hermetically sealed Fruit: Premium. J WINES AND CORDIALS. Best sample Grape Wine: Premium. " " Muscadine Wine: " " " Blackberry Wine: " M " Peach Brandy: " ORCHARD AND NURSERY. Best and largest variety of Apples: Premium. " Apples for winter keeping: " " specimen Pears (half doz.) " Best and largest variety of garden vegetables, raised by one person : Premium. Best sample Cabbage: " DOMESTIC FABRICS. Best pair Woolen Blankets: Premium. " " " Coverlets: " " Cotton Coverlets: " " 7 yds Woolen Jeans: M pair Woolen Socks: " " " Cotton Socks: " PATCH WORK. Best Patchwork Quilt in Cotton: Premium. " do Silk: " " do Worsted: " Best Patchwork Quilt by girl under 15 years old: Premium. Second best ditto: " NEEDLE AND FANCY WORK. Best specimen Needlework: Premium. Second best specimen Needlework: " Best specimen Needlework by a girl under 14 years of age: Premium. Second best specimen of Needlework by a girl under 14 years: Premium. Best sample Sewing by hand: " WORSTED WORK. Best Table Cover: Premium. " Mat: " pair Slippers: " MISCELLANEOUS. Best Willow Work Basket: Premium. " sett Willow Table Mats: " " pair Boots made in the County: Cup. " " Men's Shoes: Premium. " " Ladies' Shoes : " sett Buggy Harness made in Co.: Cup. " " Wagon Harness " " Premium. " Side Upper leather tanned in Co. Cup. " Side Sole Leather " " " CalfSkin " ? H " Family Sewing Machine: Diploma. u collection Tin Ware, made in So. Ca. Premium. " collection Pot Ware, Jugs, &c., made in So. Ca. Premium. Best sample Broom, manufactured in Co. " WORKS OF ART. Best Oil Paintings by gentleman : Premium. " Water Color " Oil Painting by lady: " " Water Color " " " Pencil or Crayon Drawing: M " collection Painting and Photographs: Premium. PLOWS AND PLOUGHING. I Best two-horse Turning Plow: Premium. " Subsoil Plow: " " . Plow for general purposes: " " Turning Plow-Hoe: ' " " sample Sweeps: " Best ploughing with two horses or mules by a white man : Cup. Best ploughing wirh two horses or mules by a colored man: Cup. Best ploughing with one horse: " Best ploughing by boy under 14 years: " SPECIAL PREMnJMS. The largest exhibition of articles grown and exhibited by any one planter, including stock, field crops, &c.: Premium. The largest number of articles exhibited in Household Department by any one lady : Premium. Best Horseback Riding by Lady: Premium. Best Horseback Riding by Gentleman: " ARTICLES NOT ENUMERATED. As many articles of merit in the various de? partments of labor and industrial pursuits? which are not specially provided for in the Premium List?may be presented for exhibi? tion, the Committees on Miscellaneous Articles will examine, report upon and award premiums for all articles deemed worthy of this distinc? tion. RULES AND REGULATIONS. The following Rules and Regulations for the Fourth Annual Fair of the Anderson Farmers' Association have been adopted by the Execu? tive Committee: 1. All articles will be exhibited free of charge. 2. All persons, not members of the Associa? tion will be charged an entrance fee of Twen? ty-Five Cents to the building each day. 3. Animals or articles having received pre? miums from the Association heretofore will not be awarded premiums at this exhibition iu the same class. 4. The Committees will be expected to with? hold premiums when the articles or animal is not worthy, though there be no competition. 5. Every animal or article introduced on the grounds, for exhibition, will be under the con? trol and direction of the officers of the Asso? ciation, and exhibitors must not remove arti? cles (before the award of Premiums) without obtaining permission. 6. Exhibitors will not be allowed, by pres? ence or by personal statements, to seek to in? fluence the decision of the Committees in mak? ing awards. 7. Exhibitors will be furnished with dupli? cate cards, one of which must be securely attached to the articles entered for exhibition; the other will be retained by the exhibitor and surrendered to the proper authority when de? livery is claimed at the close of the exhibition. 8. Articles for exhibition must be entered upon the Secretary's books by 8 o'clock p. m. of Wednesday, 1st day of November?except live stock, which will be received until 11 o'clock a. m. Thursday, 2nd of November. The Secretary's office will be open in the build? ing from 9 o'clock a. m. until 3 o'clock p. m. of each day. 9. Premiums will be awarded on Friday, 3rd of November, at 2 o'clock p. m. JAMES A. HOYT, Secretary and Treasurer. SIMPSON, HILL & CO. WOULD respectfully inform their custo? mers that they still keep on hand a va? ried supply of Dmgs, Medicines, Soaps, Toilet Articles, Trusses, Wines and Liquors, Patent Medianes, Lamps, Dye Stulls, Blue Stone, Paints, Oils, 6cc Wo would call special attention to a large lot of BUIST'S fresh TURNIP SEED just re FRUIT JARS of the most approved styles. Extra lino MACHINE OIL. CALL AND SEE US. SIMPSON, HILL <fc CO. July 13, 1871 2 m. goldsmith. t. kind. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (riiasxix luos woeks,) COLUMBIA, S. C, MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, of all siies; Horse Powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills, Ornamental House and Store Fronts, Cast Iron Railings of every sort, including graveyards, residences, &c. Agricultural Implements, Brass and Iron Castings of all kinds made to order on short notice, and on the most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses, &c. May 19, 1871 4? lj IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF DRY GOODS. All Retail Orders amounting to $?0 and Over Delivered in any Fart of the Country JFi-ee ox Express Charges. HAMILTON EASTER & SONS, OF BALTIMORE, MD., In order the better to meet the wants of their Betail Cus? tomers at a distance, have established a SAMPLE BUREAU. and will, upon application,promptly send hy mail full lines , of Sample* of the Newest and moat Fashionable Goods, of . FRKNCJI, KNdLISIl and DOMESTIC MANT7r\iVCTTOE, guaranteeing Ht all times to sell at lote, if not at lets price*, : than auy bouse in the country. . . Buying our goods from the largest and most celebrated' manufacturers in the different part? of Europe, and 1m* 1 porting the same by Steamers direct to Baltimore, our stock is at all times prompily supplied with the novelties of the London and Paris markets. As we buy and sell only /or caeh, and make nc bad debit, ? we are able and willing to sell our goods at fkom Ten to Fifteen Per Cent. Less Profit than if we gave credit. In tending for samples tpecijy the kind of goods desired, We keep the Lest grades ot every class of goods, from tho lowest to the most costly. Orders unaccompanied by de cash urill be sent C. 0. ? PROMPT-PAYING WHOLESALE BUYERS are inv* ted to inspect the Stock iu our Jobbing and Packing Do* partment. Address HAMILTON EASTER & SONS, 19", 139, 201 and 203 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md, Oct 27,1870 18 ij MARBLE WORKS. JL.OCA.TIOr?, Main St., near Railroad Bridge. WE WILL FURNISH MARBLE WORK AS LOW AS CAN BE BOUGHT ELSE? WHERE. Below is our Price List i Tomb Tops, of Vermont Marble, common and ordinary, 6x3 feet...S 35 to 46* Good Quality. 45 to 47 No. 1 and Statuary. 50 to 65 Italian, of same. 50 to 55 Head Stones, 4x1 ft. 6 iffches. 14 to 16s Head Stones, 8x1 ft. 2 inches, and 3x1 feet. 8 to 9 Monuments, Monumental Head Stones at same rates. Box Tombs, plain. 115 to J25' Paneled, good quality. 135 to I6(3f No. 1 Heavy Paneled, with po?ts... 175 to 190 Lettering.3 cents a lettefv At our Shop we put up those $250 Tomba at $160, and guarantee to furnish as good ma terial and heavier paneled work for the samev Parties wishing Marble Work will find it to* their interest to call on us. T. WILDMAN & CO. May 25,1871 47 SHARPE & TOWERS Have lately been receiving Shoes and Boots, Dry Goods, &c. Our stock in all the departments, via: Dry Goods, Shoes and Boots, Hats, Clothing, Hardware, Crockery and Glassware, * Leather, &&, Groceries and Provisions, viz : Bacon, Lard and Flour, Is complete, and we arc offering BARGAINS to CASH BUYERS, and our old friends and customers. We wish to reduce our vtoek Ijv the first of October. Please give us a calf. Vv or charge nothing for showing our Goods. Our motto is and shall be, Quick Sales and Small Profits. Call at No. 7 Granite Bow, Anderson" C. IL, S. C. fV SHARPE & TOWERS.] August 3, 1S71 5 Greenville & Columbia Railroad* Columbia, S. C, March 1,1871. ON and after this date, the following Schedule will be run daily, Sundays excepted, connecting with' Night Trains on- South Carolina Road, up aael down, also with Trains going North wd South on Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad: UP TRAIN, Leave Columbia->.-.7".00' a. m " Alston.9.10 a. m, " Newberrv.11.15 a. m, " Cokesbury.-..........3.00 p. ni, " Belton.- 5.00 p. va. Arrive Anderson.~.-. 6:00 p. m? " at Greenville.-6.30 p. va, DOWN TRAIN. Leave Greenville._.-.sj5 a.m> " Anderson-.?._G.4?S.ro> M Belton.-?.04 a. m. " Cokesbury._;.?10.07, a. m, " Abbeville.8.15; a.in. " Newberry.1.50 p. va, " Alston.- 4.05 p. m,. Arrive Columbia. 6.55 p. m? M. T. BARTLETr, General Ticket Agent. March 9,1871 3d WAVERLY HOUSE, Anderson, S. C. JOHN A. MATES, Proprietor. THE WAVERLY HOUSE has been repaired and fitted up, and has now a magnificent ap? peal ance. Mr. Mayes is lately of Abbeville, and is well known as a good Hotel Keeper. The House has been newly furnished, and has all the modern improvements and comforts, and will give the best the country affords is way of fare, which wilt b* served up in the best of style. Stop and see us, and you will be well treated. March 23, 1871 88 ~-? ? . -. ? I New York, Elgin and Walfliam WATCHES, Seth Thomas' Eight Lay and Thirty hour "Weight Alarm Clocks, Engagement Rings and other Jewelry of the latest styles, Rodgers & Wostenholm's Pocket Cutlery, &c, &c, &c For Sale as Cheap as can be sold South. WATCHES and CLOCKS of every mako and style Weaned and Repaired to order, and warranted by Special Certificate for ono voar at the old stand of W. K. Harris, Masonic Building. J. A. DANIELS. July 13, 1S71 2 wm. 1ikxry trkscot. w. w. iiumfhrets^ TRESCOT & HUMPHREYS, p Attorneys at Law, WILL practice in the Courts of the Kghtk Circuit, and in the United States Court Olhce in Broyles' building, opposite the Bensoa House, Anderson C. U. Feb 0, 1871 32 J. d C. FEATHERSTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WILL practice in the Courts of Anderson, Abbe? ville and surrounding Counties, and in the United States Courts. Office?No. 8 Granite How, up stairs, ever Watson & Hro's. Store, Anderson C. H. Jau 5, 1871 27