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Mtxm ?vAtlti$mm. WIDDER GREEN'S LAST WORDS. "Fiu^goin' to die!" says the Widder Green, 'Tra coin' to quit this airthly scene ; It ain t no place for me to stay In such a world as 'tis to-day. Such works and ways is too much fur me, Nobody can't let nobody be, The girls is flounced from top to toe An' that's the hull o' what they know. The men is mad on bonds an' stocks, Swearin' an' shootin' an' pickin' locks, I'm real afraid I'll be hanged myself Ef I ain't laid on my final shelf There ain't a creetur but knows to-day I never was a lunatic any way, But since crazy folks all'go free I'm dreadful afraid they'll hang up me! There's another matter, that's pesky hard? I can't go into a neighbor's yard To say 'How be you ?' or bony a pin But what the paper'll have it in. 'We're please to say the Widder Green Took dinner a Tuesday with Mrs. Keene, Or 'Our worthy friend Mrs. Green has gone Down to Barkhamstead to see her son.' Great Jerusalem! can't I stir Without a raisin' some feller's fur? There ain't no privacy,?so to say, No more than if this was the Judgment day. And as for meetin'?I want to swear Whenever I put my head in there? Why even Old Hundred's spiled and done, Like everything else under the sun; It used tc'be so solemn and slow, . Praise to the Lord from men below? Now it goes like a gallopin' steer, High diddle diddle! there and here. No respect to the Lord above, No more'n ef He was hand and glove With all the creeturs he ever made, And all the jigs that ever was played. Preachin' too?but there I'm dumb, But I'll teU you what! I'd like it some Ef good old Parson Nathan Strong Out o' his grave would come along. An' give us a stirrin' taste o' fire,? Judgment an' justice is my desire. 'Taint all love an' sickish sweet That makes this world nor 'tother complete. But law! Pm old! I'd better be dead When the world's a turnin' over my head ; Sperit's talkin' like 'tarnal fools, Bibles kicked out o' deestrict schools, Crazy creeturs a murderin' round? Honest folks better be under ground. So fare-ye-well! this airthly scene Won't no more be pestered by Widder Green." MOODY AND SANXEY. Some Hitherto Unpublished Anecdotes of the Great Revivalists. I. How Mr. Moody and Mr. Sankey. who live well and are well attired, subsi?t with? out the contributions of money which are offered to them invariably in vain, is a question that puzzles a good many peo? ple. Ever since they began in the West their work, which was afterward exten? ded into England, Scotland and Ireland, they have sturdily declined payment. 'They receive considerable profits on the sales of their hymn books, but Mr. Moody will have nothing to do with such mon? eys except to use them for poor churches and Sunday-schools and for other reli? gions purposes. He never keeps a cent, nor, it is said, does Mr. Sankey. How, then, do the preacher and the singer, neither of whom has any private fortune, pay their way. Mr. Moody'8 startling success in Chi? cago was illustrated by the conversion and the friendship of many of the richest citizen*. Among his best friends was John V. Farwell, the great dry goods ? merchant of the Northwest, to whom while he was accumulating his estate the late Mr. Stewart extended credits. Mr. Farwell said to Mr. Moody at the con? clusion of his.labors there: "Moody, I know you want to go out and preach.? You ought to. Go ahead, ana I'll see that-you have the means." Mr. Farwell and several other wealthy gentlemen speedily arranged for the necessary in? come; and have ever since maintained it. This is why Moody and Sankey are able to decline to take toll for themselves along the way. II. An opulent and stubborn Chicago merchant who became one of the sub? scribers, declined for a long while to be converted. Mr. Moody was so persist? ent that, although the merchant liked him for some traits, he resented what he felt to be a persecution. It was not, is not, and probably never will be, entirely agreeable to a man to be pursued by the best-meaning evangelist into his office and his dwelling, and urged, vehemently, to "save his soul." At last the merchant said with candor: "Moody, if you ever sneak to me again on the subject of reli? gion, by God, I'll horsewhip you, even if it's on the public street." The next time they met was on the verge at one end of a swing bridge, which was withdrawn to give passage to boats. They shook hands, and Mr. Moody, without flinching, said : "Mr.-, I hope you will remember that you have a Saviour who loves you, and a soul to save!" Crossing the bridge, they went their different ways without the horse-whipping. A few days later Mr. Moody entered the merchant's store, as intent upon his purpose as ever he had been. He was anticipated by the mer? chant, who drew him aside, and togeth? er they sat on a dry-goods box. "Now look here, Moody," said the merchant, "what you said to me the other day there by the bridge?that I 'had a Saviour who loved me and a soul to save,' made a profound impression on me. I want you to talk to me." The revivalist seized the opportunity so long coveted, and soon the two men were on their knees togeth? er, in business hours, in the merchant's private office, turning it into a place of prayer and tears. m. Not long after his recent arrival in New York, a distinguished merchant in? vited Mr. Moody to his house to meet a party of eight or ten of the wealthiest business men" at dinner. Being averse to such ?entertainments he thanked his host and said: "I will be elad to go, on one condition?that it shall be understood among your guests' that at the table reli? gion shall be the topic, and that I shall be sure to urge it upon them all." The condition was acceded to, the gentleman who gave the invitation judging rightly that the curiosity of the rest of the com? pany would transcend their dread of a possible bore. They came in force, and one of the toughest, most "wide-awake" men amongst them accompanied Mr. Moody into an adjoining room to talk, to be convinced, and to subsequently offer his check for several thousands. IV. When the revival in Brooklyn was at its height, a very wealthy, cultivated and skeptical lady from New York went over there to hear Mr. Moody preach. She was amazed and a little disgusted by bis style of oratory. But for some reason which probably she could not have de? fined, she went again. Still again. On her fourth visit she passed into the in? quiry-room and said to Mr. Moody that she would like to hear from him, directly and privately, his argument why she should become a Christian. He an? swered her, saying, "Madam, I know of no surer way to reach your heart than through prayer. Let us pray." Mr. Moody knelt, His manner was such that the lady could not choose but kneel beside him. He asked her to repeat after him his prayer. In low earnest tones, and with -all the tender and pathetic phraseology of which on such occasions he is a master, he uttered his supplica? tion, pausing after each sentence for his companion to follow. The prayer con? cluded with the vow: "And now, 0 Lord, I give my life to Thee!" "Mr. Moody," said the lady, in a hard, fainful whisper "I cannot say that; truly, cannot." Mr. Moody made no reply, nor did he change his position. There was a pause of half a minute. Then again he uttered the words: "And now, 0 Lord, I give my life to The lady, trembling, did not respond. The evangelist paused for about the same space as before, motionless. And now with a voice still more resolute and fer? vid, he repeated for the third time tho pledge. After a momentary interval of silence, the new convert said: ''And now, 0 Lord, I give my life to Thee!" Mr. Moody rose, took his weeping charge by the hand with the words, "Mn dam, I devoutly thank God!" and led her quietly to the door. She has ever since been actively employed in religious work. ?Jerome* B. Stilkon, in New York World. Honor Thy Mother. Not long ago, a good looking man, in middle life, came to the door asking for "the minister." When informed thut he was out of town he seemed disappointed and anxious. On being questioned as to his business, he replied: "I have lost my mother, and as this place used to be her home, and as my father lies here, we have come here to lay her beside him." Our heart arose in sympathy, and we said, "You have met with a great loss." "Well?yes," replied the strong man, with some hesitancy, "a mother is a great loss in general, but our mother had out? lived her usefulness. She was in her second childhood, and her mind had grown as weak as her body, so that she was no comfort to herself and was a bur? den to'everybody. There were seven of us, sons and daughters, and as we could not find any one who would board her, we agreed to keep her among us a year about. But I had more than my share of her, for she was too feeble to be moved when my time was out, and that was more than three months before her death. But then she was a good mother in her day, and toiled hard to bring us up." Without looking at the face of the heartless man, we directed him to the house of a neighboring pastor and re? turned to our nursery. We gazed on the merry little faces which smiled or grew sad in imitation of ours, those little ones to whose ear no word in our language is half so sweet as "mother," and wondered if that day would ever come when they would say to us, "She has outlived her usefulness?she is no comfort to herself and a burden to everybody else I" and we hoped that before such a day would dawn we might be taken to our rest.? God forbid that we should outlive the love of our children! Rather let ns die while our hearts are a part of their own, that our grave may be watered with their tears and our love linked with their hopes of heaven. When the bell tolled for the mother's burial, we went to the sanctuary to pay our only token of respect to the aged stranger; for we felt that we could give her memory a tear, even though her own children bad none to shed. "She was a good mother in her day, and toiled hard to bring us all up?she was no comfort to herself and a burden to everybody else!" These cruel, heart? less words rung in our ears as we saw the ceffin borne up the aisle. The bell tolled long and loud, until its iron tongue had chronicled the years of the toil-worn moth e r. One?two?th ree?fou r?fi ve. ?IvW clearly and almost merrily each stroke told of her once peaceful slumber in her mother's bosom, and of her seal at nightfall on her father's knee. Six?sev? en?eight?nine?ten, rang out the tale of her sports on the green sward, in the meadow and beside the brook. Eleven ?twelve?thirteen?fourteen,spoke more gravely of school days and little house? hold cares and joys. Fifteen?sixteen? seventeen?eighteen, sounded out the en? raptured visions of maidenhood and the dream of early love. Nineteen brought before us the happy bride. Twenty spoke of the young mother whose heart was full to bursting with the new strong love which God had awakened in her bosom. And then stroke after stroke told of her early womanhood?of the loves, and cares and hopes and fears, and toils through which she passed during these long years, till fifty rang out harsh and loud. From that to sixty, each stroke told, of the warm-hearted mother and grandmother, living over again her own joys and sorrows in those of her children and children's children. Every family of all the group wanted grandmother then, and the only strife was who should win the prize; but hark, the bell tolls on ! Seventy?seventy-one ?two?three?four. She begins to grow feeble, requires some care, is not always patient or satisfied; she goes from one child's house to another, so that no one place seems like home. She murmurs in plaintive tones, and after all her toils ana weariness, it is hard she cannot be allowed a place to die in ; that she must be sent, rather than invited, from house to house. Eighty?eighty-one?two? three?four. Ah, she is now a second child?now "she has outlived her useful? ness, she has now ceased to be a comfort to herself or anybody;" that is, she has ceased to be profitable to her earth-crav? ing, money-grasping children. Now sounds out, reverberating through our lovely forest and echoing back from our "hill of the dead," eighty*nine. There she lies now in the coffin cold and still?she makes no trouble now, de? mands no love, no soft word, no tender little offices. A look of patient endur? ance, we fancied also a look of grief for unrequited love, sat on her. marble fea? tures. Her children were clad in weeds of woe, and in an irony we remembered the strong man's words, "She was a good mother in her day." When the bell ceased tolling the strange minister rose in the-pulpit. His form was very erect, and his voice strong, but his hair was silvery white. He read several passages of scripture expressive of God's compassion to feeble man, and especially of his tenderness when gray hairs are on him, and his strength faileth him. He then made some touching re? marks on human frailty, and of depend? ence on God, urging all present to make their peace with their Maker while in health, that they might claim His prom? ises when heart and flesh failed them. "Then," he said, "the eternal God shall be thy refuge, and beneath thee shall be everlasting arms." Leaning over the desk and gazing intently on the coffined form before him, he then said reverently : "From a child I have honored the aged; but never till gray hairs covered my own head, did I truly know how much love and sympathy this class-have a right to demand of their fellow cieatures. Now I feel it." "Our mother," he added most tenderly, "who now lies iu death before us was a stranger to me, as well as all of these her decendants. All I know of her is what her son told me to-day?that she was brought to this town from afar, sixty nine years ago, a happy bride?that here she has passed most of her life, toiling as only mothers ever hare strength to toil, until she reared a large family of sons aud daughters?that she ltft home here clad in the weeds of widowhood, to dwell among her children ; and that till health and strength left her, she had never ceased in her devoted kindness to those she loved. God forbid that conscience should accuse any of you of ingratitude or murmuring on account of the care she has been to you of late. When you go back to your homes, be careful of your example before your own children ; for the fruit of your own doingyou will sure? ly reap from them when you yourself totter on the brink of the grave. I en? treat you as a friend, as one who has himself entered on the evening of life, that you may never say in the presence of your families, or of Heaven, 'Our mother had outlived her usefulness?she was a burden to us.' Never, never; a mother cannot live so long as that. No; when she can no longer labor for her children, nor yet care for herself, she can fall like a precious weight on their bosoms and call forth by her helplessness all the noble, generous feelings of their natures." Adieu, tlfen, poor, toil-worn mother; there are no more days of pain for thee. Undying vigor and everlasting usefulness are part of the inheritance of the re? deemed. _ A Baby.?The following is no less ad? mirable as a description of a baby than as an example of a keen sense of the proper place at which to put a full stop : Did you ever watch a dear little baby waking from its morning nap? It is one of the prettiest sights in the world.? There is the crib with its small prepara? tions and snow-white drapery that covers something, outlined, round and plump. There is nothing to reveal what it is, not the slightest movement of the pillowed whiteness that is visible?no sound to in? dicate keenest actual life, until the hour hand of the clock that stands sentinel, like yourself, has twice made its circuit. Then there is a slight pulsing in the drapery, a small, pink, tremulous hand, fair as a rosebud, is thrust out, and from the nest thus broken into appears a round, diminutive face, with wide open eyes that have not much speculation in them.? Soon, however, they cease to stare, and become questioning, serious, as if won? dering what kind of a world it is they open upon ; aud the head lifts itself just a little, and two snow white feet stand up spasmodically, with a simultaneous movement, each toe of which has an attendant dimple. But the head is too heavy?it falls back on the pillow with its own sweet weight, the hair all damp and golden?the cheeks peachy?the mouth pouted, as if the angels kiss it in dreams. A first lingering goo-o-o comes from its rosy depths, sweeter than any bird's song, for it has a spirit tone and yet retains a thrill of its native skies. The chubby hands are lifted imploringly, persuasively?the baby is awake and ceases to be an augel. Hunger.?When the system begins to need nutriment, it sends a fluid from every portion of the body towards the stomach, where it accumulates in little res? ervoirs, the distension of which causes the sensation of hunger; the fuller they become, the more hungry are we. This fluid not only gives notice that food is needed, but it has the power of dissolv? ing it, as water dissolves sugar, and thus prepares it for yielding its nutriment.to the system. If, therefore, a person eats without an appetite, without being hun? gry, there being none of this dissolving fluid in the stomach, the food is not dis? solved, does not undergo any healthy change ; on the contrary, being kept up to the stomach heat of about a hundred degrees, it soon begins to ferment, to de? cay, to rot; if meat, it literally becomes carrion; if vegetable, it sonrs; in either case, generating gas and wind, causing unseemly belchings and noisome eructa? tions ; or these gases, being confined, dis? tend the stomach, causing pressure against the nerves, originating various pains and discomforts more or less dis? tressing, to last sometimes for hours or half a night, preventing refreshing sleep, to be followed by a day of general dis? comfort and unfitness for business.? Sometimes the stomach becomes so dis? tended with wind that it crowds up against the lungs, preventing them from receiving their proper amount of air, and there follows a distressing feeling of im? pending suffocation. These same effects | follow when too much food is eaten; more than there is fluid in the stomach to dissolve.?Dr. Hall. The Planter too Much for the Judge.?Judge Grant was in Little Eock, Ark., a couple of weeks ago, in at? tendance at the United States Court. One morning he saw a farmer with a slouch hat and a genuine butternut suit, trying to sell a cow in the market there. It was a large, long-horned animal, and the planter was informing a man that the cow would give four quarts of milk a day, if fed well. Up stepped the Judge. "What do you ask for the cow?" "About $30. She'll give five quarts of milk, if you'll feed her well," replied the planter, and he pro? ceeded to describe her good qualities. Said the Judge, "I have cows on my farm, not much more than half as big as your cow, which give , twenty to twenty five quarts of milk a day." The planter eyed the Judge sharply for a moment, as if trying to remember whether he had ever seen him before or not, and then asked: "Stranger, where do you live ?" "My home is in Iowa." "Yes, stranger, I don't dispute it.? Stranger, there was heaps of solgers from Iowa down here during the war, and, stranger, they were the d?est liars in the whole Yankee army. Stranger, may be you mought be an officer in some of them rigiments!" The Judge slid for the Court House.? Davenport Gazette. A Short Corn Crop.?Colonel Fin neean was a Florida planter, wealthy ana hospitable. Toward the poor he was always kind, and even the shiftless he would not turn coldly away. A man who had often been the subject of this bounty was named Jake Hartruff. Jake was a squatter in the woods where he had a log cabin, and a small clearing. Upon this land he sometimes raised corn, and with his gun he captured game. Of the game he ate the flesh, and the skins he traded for whisky. Long before the winter was over he was sure to be out of corn, in which emergency he would bring his bag to the Colonel for a supply, which was generally furnished. Once upon a time Jake came with his bag very early in the season?in fact, winter had just set in. "Why, how's this, Jake?" demanded Finnegan. "Seems to me you arc rather early in your call for corn." "Well, Colonel, fact is my crop failed this yer season." "Failed! How is that! I thought it had been an uncommonly good season for corn." "Yaas, I s'posc it has, Colonel. But? y'see?I forgot to plant." Use Your Influence.?Young wo? man, you don't know how much influ? ence you have over young men. if you would labor earnestly, we should not have so many dissipated young men in our land. Do not let them fill a drun iard's grave. I suppose you will say, "I am not to blame ; I don't believe we have anything to do with young men's getting drunk." Think a moment. Did you ever do anything to prevent them ? Did you ever go with a young man when he had been* drinking a little ? "I be? lieve so." Well, did you think as much of him as yon did before he drank 0? "No." "You should have said to him : "If you drink, I will not go with you any more." You might have saved him from a drunkard's grave. Will you say to that young man who is attentive to you, that you do not mean to go with any young man who drinks one drop of liquor? He may shun you for a few days, but he will think of it and will make up his mind that you arc right; for what woman wants a drunken husband ? Fat Babies.?Fatness is no more an indication'of health than leanness, both of which, in the extreme, are evidences of disease. If babies, like pigs, were de? signed for the market, it might be desira? ble to have them very fat and plump.? They are often too fat for health or com? fort, and especially liable to attacks of the croup and kindred diseases. This fatness results from too much food for the small amount of exercise, and from wrong food, such as an excess of sweets and oily food. Babies using the bottle should have milk as nearly resembling the mother's as possible, which is made by adding one-third water to cow's milk. The mother's milk contains less cream, which shows the folly and wickedness of of feeding a babe on cream and water. When a child is too lean it is well to add cream, and when too fat to reduce tho milk in richness. The fat babes often sleep too much and the lean ones too little. Give the fat ones less food, less sweets and cream, and more air and exercise. All S?rts of Paragraphs. ? The key to the penitentiary?whis? key. ? When asked to contribute for char? ity a poor excuse is better than none. ?The man who pays more for shop rent than for advertising, don't know his busi? ness. ? As a general thing, the political out? look with candidates is to lookout for themselves. ? Don't tell an editor how to run a newspaper. Let the poor fool find out for himself. ? We should not forget that life is a flower which is no sooner fully blown than it begins to wither. ? A lady thought it was the essence of rose that made her hair white. Jerrold suggested that it might have been the es? sence of thyme. ? Fringes for ladies' dresses are unu? sually rich this year, and will be worn very long?long enough to reach to the bottom of a man's pocket proba My. ? "Mamma, don't you want some nice candy ?" said a little child. "Yes, dear, I should like some." "Then, if you'll buy some, I'll give you half,"' lisped the polite girl. ? A good book and a good woman are excellent things for those who know just? ly how to appreciate their value. There are men, however, who judge of both by the beauty of the covering. ? The man who is curious to see how the world could get along without him, can find out by sticking a cambric needle into a mill-pond, and then withdrawing it and looking at the hole. ? About a half a million pounds of old bullets and pieces of battered lead have been picked up off of the old battle fields around Marietta, Ga., and brought to that town, sold and shipped. ? As an evidence of hard times it may be mentioned that a young man in New York State wrote to every bank in De? troit offering to "be your kasheer for $20 per month and board;" and no bank could give him a place. ? "How like its father it is 1" said the the nurse, on the occasion of the christ? ening of a baby whose father was more than seventy years of age, and who had married a young wife. "Very like," said a satirical lady; "bald, and not a tooth in its head." ? An illegitimate child is not a natural inheritor of its father's estate. It can only inherit from the father by special Erovision of his will. It is a natural in eritor of the mother, however, and can only be dispossessed of her estate by her own act or will. ? The first day Artemus Ward entered Toledo, travelworn and seedy, he said to an editor who was on the street: "Mister, where could I get a square meal for twenty-five cents?" He was told. "I say, mister," said he, "where could I get the twenty-five cents ?" ? A merchant asked two friends to keep store for him while he went off a while. During his absence each sold the other a large lot of goods cheap for credit. The merchant considered it a joke, but they claimed to be his agents, and now the courts will have to decide the matter. ? A young gentleman in New York ately made an evening call upon a young lady, and got rather shabbily treated. It was getting along toward nine o'clock, when the young lady inquired the time of the evening. "Five minutes to nine," was the reply. "How long will it take you to go home?" "Five minutes, I should judge." "Then" said the young lady, "if you start now you will get home at just nine o'clock." ? The seal of the Confederate States is on exhibition at Jacksonville, Fla.? It is inclosed in a handsome case, and is two and a half inches in diameter. In the centre is a fine representation of the equestrian statue of Washington in the Capitol grounds at Eichmond. Sur? rounding this figure is a wreath of the agricultural productions of the South, and encircling this, on the outer rim, the words "The Coufederate States of Ameri? ca, 22nd Februarv, 1862, Deo Vin dice." ? A young man told us yesterday that he had written to his cousin in Philadel? phia that the family had agreed to accept the invitation so often extended, and would pay their long deferred visit this summer, about the time of the Centen? nial. The cousin replied: "There won't be any Ceutennial this year, the exposi? tion having been postponed on account of J the weather, the high-water, political de? velopments, etc. Have shut up the house and gone to boarding; should be happy to see you, and may spend all sum? mer in Vicksburg."? Vicksburg Herald. ? A gentleman out of the kindness of | his heart asked a dozen small boys to take a walk in the field one pleasant summer day. But when he was ready to return home they began to get weary, and he took the smallest boy on his back. Theu they all cried to" be carried in the same way. He then resorted to an inge? nious experiment. "I'll get horses for us all," and jumping into a hedge, cut small wands for ponies for the littic fellows, and a great stake as a charger for himself, which put mettle into their lit? tle legs, and they all ? rode cheerily home. THE WEEKLY SUN. 1876 NEW YORK. 1876 Eighteen hundred and seventy-six is the Centen? nial rear. It is also the year in which an Opposi? tion House of Representatives, the first since the war, will bo in power at Washington; and the year of the twenty-third election of a President of the United States. All of these events are sure to be of great interest and importance, especially tho two latter; and all of them and everything con? nected with them will be fully and freshly repor? ted and expounded in The Sun. The Opposition House of Representatives, taking up the line of inquiry opened years ago by Tue Sun, will sternly and diligently investigate the corruptions and misdeeds of Grant's administra? tion ; and will, it is to bo hoped, lay the foundation for a new aDd better period in our national history. Of all this tiir sun will contain complete and ac? curate accounts, furnishing its readers with early and trustworthy information upon these absorbing topics. The twenty-third Presidential election, with the preparations for it, will be memorable as deciding upon Grant's aspirations for a third term of power and plunder, and still more as deciding who shall be the candidate of the party of Reform, and as electing that candidate. Concerning all these sub? jects, those who read The Sun will have the con? stant means of being thoroughly well informed. The Weekly Sun, which has attained a circu? lation of over eighty thousand copies, already has its readers in every State and Territory, and we trust that the year 1876 will see their numbers doubled. It will continue to be a thorough news? paper. All the general news of the day will be found In it, condensed when unimportant, at full length when of moment; and always, wo trust, treated in a clear, interesting and instructive man? ner. It is our aim to make the Weekly Sun the best family newspaper in the world, and we shall con tiuue'to give in its columns a large amount of mis? cellaneous reading, such ns stories, talcs, poems scientific intelligence and agricultural information, for which we are not able to make room in our daily edition. The agricultural department espe? cially is one of Its prominent features. Tho fash? ions uro also regularly reported in Its columns; and so are the markets of every kind. The Weekly Sun, eight pages with fifty-six broad columns is only 81.20 a year, postage prepaid. As this price barely repays the cost of the paper, no discount can be made from this rate to clubs, agents, Postmasters, or any one. The Daily Sun, a large four page uewspaper of twenty-eight columns, gives all the news for two cents a copy. Subscription, postage prepaid, 55c. a month or 80.50 a year. Sunday edition extra, 81.20 per year. Wo have no traveling agents. Address, THK SUN, New York City. April 27, 187G_40_6_ .AT LAST I AM READY TO EXTRACT TEETH WITHOUT PAIN! WITH NITROUS OXIDE GAS?bat it costs something. To Physicians, applicable to all cases of minor surgery, or where the vitality is too low to admit tlieusc of anv othcranresthctic. W. G. BROWNE, Dentist, March 30, 1877_30_ KOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.? Notice is hereby given that the un? dersigned, Administrator of John Erskine, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 20th of May next for a final settlement and discharge from said Estate. THOS. ERSKINE, Adm'r. April 20,1870 40 5? THE MONEY MUST COME! WE NEED EVERY DOLLAR DUE US, AND YOU MUST CALL AND SETTLE YOUR NOTES AND ACCOUNTS AT ONCE, OR -fjltz- the costs. prompt paying customers can continue to buy goods at prices as low as the lowest. -o OUR STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDIZE IS COMPLETE. GIVE US A CALL. lewis <5c co., NO. 2 BENSON HOUSE PLACE Jan 20, 187G 27 LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT ! PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.. WE desire to call attention to the fact thaf we have on hand a LARGE and well-selected stock of Heavy Groceries, Dry G-oods, Boots, Shoes Hardware Crockery Ware, Etc. Wo have lust received a large lot of Baron Sides, Shoulders, Sugai -Cured Hams Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, Do '.orara and New Orleans Molasses, 100 BARRELS CHOjCE FAMILY FLOUR, A complete assortment of Sugars, Cotl'eos and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, <fec. A very large stock of Iron, Steel, How, Shovels, Spades, and farming Implements generally. In short, we have evorythi jg that the farmer or man of family nseds. We are selling the forogoing articles at the most reasonable cash prices. Call and be convinced of this fact. And now a word to those that v? o have supplied with Goods during the year 1872, 1873 and 1874. Unless you come forward and pay up, your Notes and Ac? counts will be placod in the hands of an Officer for collection. BYRUM & McGRATH. important to those Indebted to Us. To those indebted to us on Accounts for last year, we will give 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 C. A. REED. A. S. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF BUGGIES, PHOTONS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C, &C. A. J. STRINGER, Agent. W. J. HIX, Agent. Helton, 8. C. lair Play. ESPECIAL at? tention paid to REPAIRING, and all work ful? ly warranted. Wo claim the most thorough Ironwork, Wood i work, Painting 'and Trimming, I as we employ on? ly the best work? men. None but well-seasoned lumber used in the 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. Reeves, Esq.,) and inspect the work for themselves. BUGGIES always on hand at our REPOSITORY, (near the Railroad Bridge, on Main Street,) where Mr. Joseph Martin can always bo found, ready to sell a new set of HARNESS, or to repair old ones. Anderson, Sept. 9, 1875_8_1 THE ALABAMA GOLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY C. E. THAMES. President. ? T N. FOWLER, Secretary. Gen. S D. LEE, Superintendent of Agencies. CASH CAPITAL PAID IN, - - $200,000 GOLD. Assets, $759,084.79. Surplus in hand, $266,921.47. THTC 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 since organi? zation. Policies issued in Gold or Currency, and non-forfeitable after two years. BOA ED FOR ANDERSON COUNTY. B. P. WHITNER, President. F. C. v. BORSTEL, W. H. NARDIN, J. L. ORR, Secretary, G F. TOLLY, T. B. LEE, C. A. REED, R. P. DIVVER, J. B. LEWIS, J. A. HOYT. Tho above gentlemen are insured in Company, and will take Dleasure in giving information as to obtaining policies, and any facts as to Company. WM. WATIES, Agent. Sept 2, 1875 _47__ THE BEST P?IP [N THE WORLD. NOTHING conduces more to GOOD HEALTH than PURE WATER. Such is fur? nished by the DOUBLE ACTING STONE FORCE PUMP, Manufactured by J. C. Nichols & Bro., Atlanta, Ga., which brings the water pure and fresh from the bottom of the well. No slime or filth collects on the pump or in the well. Nc? j snails, worms or green moss gets about the water. It is free from rust or other impurities, and can be operated by a small child with case, and brings the water fresher than any oth? er Pump. It is of stone, glazed inside and outside, and never will decay. It improves the water beyond a doubt by ventilating the well, and keeping it like a moving stream of j water. With a hose attached, it becomes a good fire-engine, ever ready at your door to extinguish tlie names in case of lire. It is better aiu. cheaper than insurance. Its work? ing gives complete satisfaction, as those acquainted with it will testify. It is a home enterprise, permanently established, and relics on its own merits, upon which it asks your patronage. This Pump is represented in Anderson and adjoining Counties, together with the Counties of Hart and Elbert in Georgia, by .ALonsrzo l. welch:, Anderson C. H., S. C Send in orders at once for Pumps, and they will he delivered and put in immediately. He means business. March 2, 1875 _M_ly CONFECTIONERIES, FANCY GOODS, TOYS. ?" J". K/. IFj^HSTT, CONFECTIONER, - - ANDERSON, S. C, KEEPS constantly on hand a well-selected stock of CONFECTIONERIES of all kinds, such as French and Plain Candies, Canned Goods of every description, Pickles, Jel? lies, Dried Figs, Raisins, Currants, Citron, Dates, Crackers or all styles, Fruits, Ac. A^ large selection of TOYS AND FANCY GOODS, Such as Toys, of every kind, Ladies' Work Boxes, Companions, Writing Desks, Portfolios, Fine French and Bohemian Vases, Perfumes of the very best quality, Toilet Sets, Fine Silk Flowers, Musical Instruments of different kinds, Wax Dolls of every kind, from 5c. to $7.00. I have one of Mathcws' splendid SODA FOUNTAINS for dispensing pure Soda Water. Tickets will be sold cheap. Any one buying three dozen tickets at a time will get them at 00c. per dozen. J. R. FANT, East E t Masonic Building. CH^AP GOODS. IAM now offering my entire Stock of Merchandize at VERY LOW PRICES FOR On hand, I have? Groceries, Hardware, Iron, Croekeryware, Buggy Material, etc. The following Goods I will Sell at Cost for Cash, viz: Clothing, Hats, Boots, Jeans, Cassimeres, Etc. / I can also supply the Farmers with first FERTILIZERS, And the justly celebrated "CHEATILAM COTTON SEED." Call and see me, for I mean what I say. C. A. REED, Waverly House Corner. N. B.?Those who have not yet settled their accounts arc earnestly requested to come forward and pay up, or close their ac? counts at once by well secured notes. Feh 3, 1875 29 P. P. TOALE^ MANUFACTURER OF DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. DEALER IN BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Paints, Oils, ?See. SOLE AGENT FOR The National Mixed Paint Co. Great Ameiiean Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. ?S' Send for Prices. OFFICE ND WAREROOMS, Nob. 20 Is 22 Hajrno & 33 & 35 Pincknej Sts. ? FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley River, West End Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23, 1875 10 ly Encourage Home People and Home Enterprise. GEORGE "sT HACKER, Charlestoiij S. O. THE only DOOR, SASH and BLIND FACTORY owned and managed by a Carolinian in this City. All work guaran? teed. Terms Cash. Always on hand a large Stock of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Scroll and Turned Work of every description. Glass, White Leads, and Builders' Hard? ware, Dressed Lumber and Flooring deliv? ered in any part of this State. March l?, 1870_33_ly THEN BUY FOR CASH AND MONEY SAVE. HAVING exhausted all our means by selling Goods on credit and not get? ting paid for them, we 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 sale by J. N. SUTHERLAND & CO. HELTON, S. C. Jan 27, 1875_28_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Albert J. Clinkscalcs, Plaintiff, against The Pendleton Manufacturing Company, Wil? liam Perry and others Stockholders, Wil? liam M. Ramply and others, creditors of the said Company, &c, Defendants.?Com? plaint for Injunction, Appointment of Re? ceiver, Sale of Property, Relief ix. To all and singular the Creditors of The Pendleton Manufacturing Company: TAKE NOTICE, That by an order of the Court in the above stated cause, you are required to establish your several and respective claims against said Company be? fore me, at my office, on or before the FIRST DAY of JULY next. JOHN W. DANIELS, Special Referee. Clerk's office, ) April 26, 1870. j_ 41?10 THE ANS0N HARDY COMMISSION HOUSE. Orders for every description of Eastern Manufactures and Importations, Promptly filled, strictly upon commis? sion. Send for circulars. ANS0N HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Feb 10, 1S70 30 Gin THE AXSOX HARDY 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 circular. ANS0N HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Feb 10, 1876_30_ 6m LUMBER! LUMBErT^ IAM now prepared to furnish PINE, OAK, HICKORY and POPLAR LUMBER on the Blue Ridge and Air Line Railroads at Seneca City, in any quantities desired. Mr. Jas. II. McConnell is mv agent at Anderson, who will always be" found at the Sheriff's Office, ready to wait on cus? tomers. ? WM. J. HARBIN. July 8, 1S75 51 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.? Notice is hereby given that the under? signed, Administratrix of John B. Earlc, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 30th day of May next, for a Final Settlement and'dis? charge from said Estate. JANE A. EARLE, Adm'x. April 25.1876 41 5 Hew Advertisements. rouNG mmm BOYS and MIDDLE-AGED MEN trained for ? successful start in Business Life at Eastman Col lege. The oldest, largest and only Institution that Rives an Actual Business Practice. Currency and Merchandise used have a real value. Each day'a transaction based on quotations of New York Mar? ket. New Buildings. Rates low. Graduates as? sisted to situations. Applicants received any week day. Refer to Patrons and Graduates in nearly every city and town. Address for particulars ana Catalogue of 3,000 Graduates In Busines?. K. G. EASTMAN, LL.D., Poughkeepslc, N. Y._ a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free. TRUE &. CO., Augusta, Maine. $12 FREE TIOKET To Philadelphia ^,Kv .>. From any point in U. S. ea.t 01 Ui r??PSjTQ Abovo? R. TicketCHalin MUEill III mi's lo OrtUennta li.-oupbj and $10 cash a day eiuily o.irnu l enm>mtu forour paper pi tur-s. An?.-? .ilyc-ii .1 ? it "Particulars ttvp. t >t.<\ a it ?wen pn.l.Ionl. J Torcceivpco;iyoti ni>-rnl>n..srn Itett, A.l Jdrcsa : 'Tnr. fuiMTXATO WtBStr, No. 11 Dcy tit.. New York. ^0.* Mf I IMale and F (I) / I Terms and 0' GUARANTEED to AgcnU. Female, in their own locality. [ OUTFIT FREE Address P. O. 1 VICKERY & CO., Augusta, Maine. *K in Ann per day at home. Samples worth 31 IU <j?4V free Stissqs ?t Co., Portland, Maine MIND READING, PSYCHOMANCY, FAS 01 nation, Soul Charming. Mesmerism and Marriage Guide, shewing how cither sex may fascinate and gain the love and affection of any person they choose instantly. 400 pages. By mail 50 cents. Hunt & Co., 139 S. 7th St,,>lilla. THE BEST FAMILY MEDICINES, Tested hy popular use for over A QUARTER OF A CENTURY! Dr. Strong's Compound Sanative Pills Cure Constipation, Biliousness, Liver Complaint, Malarial Fevers, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, and all diseases requiring an active but mild purgative. ? Dr. Strong's Pectoral Stomach Pills Cure Coughs, Colds, Fevers, Female Complaint*. Sick Headache, Dyspepsia,, and all derangements, of the Stomach. C. E. Hcti. & Co, New York, Proprietors._ ADVERTISING In RELIGIOUS and AGRICULTURAL WEEK? LIES HALF PRICE. Send for Catalo,;ue oa tioa LIST PLAN. For information, address GE0. P. R0WELL >&, CO., 41 Park Row? _NEW^YORK. $ubli?hw<???rinhr# Can buy direct of the Hanuf'r on favorable term*.. "The ANS0N HARDY CUTTING MACHINES' are the best and cheapest low priced machine made, and have a national reputatioa for utility and du? rability."?(The Electrc-typcr, Chicago.) "The ANSON HARDY PAPER CUTTER is by far the best machine which can be obtained for a less price than one hundred dollars. It is of great strength. "These machines have always taken the highest stand. It is the only machine to which is applied the patent Movable Cutting Board. This device has a reputation of itself; by it, the cutting board can be instantly and accurately moved,so thataperfect cut is insured. This is a very important point ia 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. Wo cannot too strongly recommend the advantages of this pat? ent movaole board. It is worth the price of this machine, and purchasers should fully understand how highly it is to be valued."?{Rowell'i 4 Co.'s Monthly Reporter and Printer's Gazette.) The LATEST IMPROVED HARDT CARD CUTTER is pronounced the most desirable Card Cutter in too market, Or the general uses of a printing office. The well-known RUGGLES CARD COTTER with my latest improvements, if still preferred by many printers, and holds its favoritism over other machines. xfS- None genuine but these having my fall ad? dress lettered in the castings. 49> Newspapers in want of advertising, from first parties, should send for my circular propoaaL ANSON HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. I will boy of those that bny of me. FeblO, 1876 * 30 6m METROPOLITAN WO? Canal St., from Sixth to Sevekih, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA ENGINES, Portable and Stationary. Saw Mills. Grist Mills, Boilers, Castings of Brass ?t Iron, Forgings, &c. 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-j 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 Aug 5, 1875 WM. E. TANNER & CO. 3 It TALBOT & SONS, SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, YA. M ANUFACTURERS OF Steam Engines and Boilers,' Agricultural Engines, Circular Saw Mills, Grist, Dark and Plaster Mills, Shafting, Hangers and Pnlleys, Improved Turbine Water Wheels. Oct 14, 1S75 13 It W3I. KTTENOKR. H. r. EDMOND. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RICHMOND, VA., MANUFACTURERS PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting. Pulleys, &,c. American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. Send for Catalogue. Oct 14, 1875 13 ly' G. F. WATSON, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, RICHMOND, VA. COTTAGE Beadsteads, Chamber and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, &c, manufactured of Waluut and cheap? er hard woods. No soft Pino used. Cot? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. Oct 14, 1875 13 ly It. GOLDSMITH. p. KIND. PHOENIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. HAVE always on hand Stationary Steam Engines 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 ho had in the North. Wo manufacture, also, the Gaddy Im? proved Water Wheel, which wo recom? mend for power, simplicity of construc? tion, durability and cheapness. We war? rant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in filling orders. GOLDS>IITH St. KIND, Columbia, S.C, May 28,1874 46 ly