The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 01, 1877, Image 4
The Piedmont Cotton Factory.
We are indebted to the courtesy of Col.
H. P. Hammett, Presideut of the Pied?
mont Manufacturing Company, for the
followiug statementsand figures in refer?
ence to the Piedmont Cotton Factory in
this county, and we take great pleasure
in presenting them to our readers, as it
is a Greenville enterprise, and one of
which our County and State may well
feel proud. Ii has been built, started
and operated during the financial pres?
sure, which commenced simultaneous
with its construction, in the Summer of
1873, and to-day it stauds the proud
monument to the indomitable energy
and will of its projectors, and will be an
? honor and source of benefit to this coun?
try for all time to come.
The following figures and statements,
being the result of the first six mouth's
operations of the mill, are very encour?
aging and wonderful; and the more so
when it is remembered that the brand of
goods was new and entirely unknown in
the markets, and had to be introduced
and sold at a time when it was exceed?
ingly .difficult to sell the oldest and most
popular brands. They have now been
introduced into the most of the towns in
the upper part of the State and are very
popular, the home demand taking a
large part of the production of the mill,
and we are glad to learn that in New
York and Baltimore they are classed
equal to the best goods of their class
made in the United States. This is nat?
ural that it should be so, for the machin?
ery and appliances are of the very best
kind, made by the best makers, combi?
ning all the modern improvements known
to the manufacturing world, for the man?
ufacture of similar goods, and is handled
with a skill which we presume is unsur?
passed auywhere.
The net profits from the operations of the
mill from Julv 1st, to December 30th, 1876,
were.I.$12,689 58
and after paying all interest and
charges of every kind, there is
left a net balance of..9,674 09
There were 764 bales cotton used, aver?
aging 432 lbs. each.332,172 lbs.
The goods manufactured during the six
months were:
i shirting, 560,969 yds, 151,385 lbs.
4-4 sheetings, 392,257 M 127,356 "
Total.953,226 " 278,741 '?
Cost of manufacturing, per pound,
everything included.'..5 05
Cost of Goods, per pound.17 23
" "& Shirtings, per yard.4 65
" 4-4Sheetirgs, " ".5 59
Average cost of cotton, per pound.10 21
" number of looms running.112
*? " " yards cloth made
per day.6,125
Average number of yards g Shirtings per
loom, per day.56 91
Average number of yards 4-4 Sheetings
per loom, per day.53 06
No. of Warp Yarn. 13
No. of Filling ". 15
Number of Picks per inch. 52
We are glad to learn that the company
contemplate filling the balance of their
mill with machinery during the coming
Spring and Summer and are indebted to
Col. Hammett for the following state?
ments and explanations which we add,
showing the capacity and production of
the mill when the original plans are car?
ried out.
There are now in the 2d, 3d and 4th
stories, in full operation, 2 Lappers. 48
Cards, p* Fly Frames, 3,520 spindles and
112 looms, with water wheel, shafting,
belting, slasher, boiler, tools and all ne?
cessary preparatory machinery and fix?
tures.
To fill the three stories according to the
original plan will require an addition of
1 Lapper, 4S Cards, 6 Fly Frames, 4,224
spindles and 124 looms, making the cloth
mill when complete to consist of 3 Lap?
pers, 96 Cards, 12 Fly Frames, 7,744
spindles and 240 looms.
The first story, containing a floor ca?
pacity of 10,000 square feet is designed
for a yarn mill and cloth room, the for?
mer of which will consist of 36 cards and
1872 spindles, with all the preparatory
machinery.
The average daily production of the
mill when filled with machinery accord?
ing to the original design, as indicated
above, at the same rate per spindle and
per loom, that the machinery now run*
ning is producing, will be
Cloth Mill.13,125 yds. cloth, 3,872 lbs.
Yarn Miil.1,700 lbs.
-lbs.
Total.5,572 lbs.
goods, equal to 14} bales cotton, weigh?
ing 450 lbs. each, per day.
The cost of the balance of the machin?
ery and fixtures to be added will be much
less in proportion to the whole cost, than
that which is now in operation, because
the real estate, water power, dam, canals,
wheel, heavy shafting and belting, boiler,
tenement houses, &c, &c.( are all com*
pleted and in position, besides many of
the machines will not be required to be
duplicated when the mill is filled. The
percentage of profit upon the whole in?
vestment will also be increased in like
proportion; because many of the items
of expense and cost of production will
not be required to be increased, and oth?
ers not in the'same proportion, and the
cost of manufacturing the goods will be
decreased correspondingly.
The water power is all controlled, and
is ample, without additional expense, it
is believed, to drive all the spinales now
running in South Carolina, with looms
to weave the entire production. Every?
thing has been constructed in the most
substantial and durable manner, with a
view to permanency and convenience, and
will well repay a visit, to see the place
with its surroundings.?Greenville Daily
News, January 24.
How to Cube Sleeplessness.?
Thousands suffer from wakefulness who
are otherwise in good health. To some
of them this becomes a habit, and too
often a growing one. -Some resort to so
phorific drugs, and this is how the opium
crave is often initiated. Others find wine
or spirits occasionally effectual, and are
thus induced to take alcohol every night,
and not a few, it is to be feared, have in
this way laid the foundation of intemper?
ance. There have, however, never been
wanting people who have found a way of
going to sleep without resort to such
measures. The mesmerists at one time
were popular, and from them a host of
people learned that looking at any fixed
point steadily would often succeed in in?
ducing sleep. In the dark, however, this
is not so easy; but this difficulty was not
felt in Braidism, which consisted merely
in closing the eyes and trying to think
they were watching attentively the stream
of air entering and leaving the nostrils.
It was asserted that whoever would will
to see this stream as if it were visible,
would infallibly soon fall asleep. We
have known the plan succeed, and it is
evidently the same in principle as fixing
the attention on any single visible object.
Another plan has just reached us pro?
posed by an American physician, Dr.
Cooke, who tells us that in numerous
cases of sleeplessness it is only necessary
to breathe very slowly and quietly for a
few minutes to secure a refreshing sleep.
He thinks that most cases depend on hy
pereemia of the brain, and that in this
slow breathing the blood supply is less?
ened sufficiently to make an impression.
Certainly, when the mind is uncontrolla?
bly active, and so preventing sleep, we
have ascertained from patients whose ob?
servations was worth trusting, that the
breathing was quick and short, and they
have found they became more disposed
to sleep by breathing slowly, This sup?
ports Dr. Cooke's practice, but at other
times his plan quite failed. It is certain?
ly worth any one's while, who is occa?
sionally sleepless, to give it a trial. In
doing so, they should breathe very quiet?
ly, rather deeply, and at intervals, but
not long enough to cause the least feeling
of uneasiness. In fine, they should imi?
tate a person sleeping, and do it ajeadily;
for several minxft&.--Mcdica! Ezdnttrfcr.
Skill in Skating.
The record* of feats of skill in "skating
is unusually full. The famous Chevalier
de St. George, who was marvelously ex?
pert in all exercises of the body, was
able to sign his name on the ice with the
blade of his skate. A certain young
lady, it is said, accepted a challenge to a
correspondence on the ice, and in a few
minutes a questiou and answer were writ?
ten down with an elegance unsurpassed
by handwriting upon glass with a dia?
mond. There was a Swede who was able
with one foot to design portraits on the
ice. Strutt, in "Sports and Pastimes of
the People of England," speaks of four
skaters who were able to dance a minuet
upon the ice with as much elegance as if
they had been walking on the floor of a
ball room, and William Hone, in his
"Every Day Book," speaking of the skati
ing on the Serpentine River, says: "The
elegance of skaters on that sheet of water
is chiefly exhibited in quadrilles, which
some parties go through with a beauty
scarcely imaginable by those who have
not seen graceful skating." Mr. Sam
Weiler, as we learn from the veracious
history in which Mr. Pickwick figures so
prominently, was an adept at the beauti?
ful feat of fancy sliding known as "knock?
ing at the cobbler's door," which is
achieved by skimming over the ice on
one foot and occasionally giving a double
knock with the other. Tracing the letters
of the alphabet on the ice has long been
a favorite exorcise, but with us, in these
degenerate days, the execution of the
figure eight is about the severest test of
skill. In Germany, particularly, there
are many graceful skaters. Baron de
Brincken, who was page to the King of
Westphalia, was able while moving over
the ice at a great pace to leap a distance
of two yards and clear two or three hats
placed one above the other, or some of
the little sledges which the ladies use.
Klopstock not only wrote fiery lyrics in
praise of the art of skating, but was an
expert at the exercise even in his old age.
"What!" the less active among his coun?
trymen would exclaim, "the author of
'Mesian'linger over pleasures no longer
suited to his age I" When he and Goethe
met the conversation for the most part
was about skating, and the latter is said
to have found in the exercise a relief
from the tortures of mind he suffered in
consequence of the breaking of the love
link which had existed between him and
Frederick of Sessenheim. With us' it is
within a comparatively recent period that
ladies begun to skate, but in the counties
of Northern Europe both sexes practice
the art. In Friesland most people skate
more than they walk, and skating races,
especially for women, are frequent in all
of the towns. The course is always care?
fully laid out, long strips of wood being
ranged in line to keep the competitors
separate, and as it is sometimes more
favorable to swift progress on the one side
of this demarcation than on the other,
the skaters are required to change sides
every time they turn. The lists are in?
closed by ropes which run around by the
sides of th?- canal, along which there is
always a multitude of excited spectators.
The prizes are valuable, but to obtain
them it is n-cessary to win from sixty to
eighty races. As a matter of course the
races in which women alone engage are
more interesting than those open only to
men. First, there is the honor of attach?
ing the skates to the feet of the fair con?
testants, and second, the reward of a kks
tothe fortunate swain. In these coun?
tries, if the women are not as swift as the
men, they are at least more expert, and
excel them in lightness and beauty of
style. "The races on the ice," says
Palati, "are the carnivals of the Dutch;
they are their fetes, their operas, their
dissipations. At this season, during
which many fashionable people in differ?
ent parts of the world are ruining them?
selves in their extravagance, the only ex?
pense to which the Hollanders are put is
the cost of a pair of skates, .and the out?
lay is called for only once or twice during
their lives."
A Frightened Janitor.?Peter
Holtkamp, the janitor of the First Dis?
trict School, started to make his fires in
that buildiug Wednesday morning about
five o'clock, when, as he approached the
house, he heard the sound of bells from a
sleigh coming down the street. It was
still dark, and thinking the time unusual
for sleigh riding, he stepped and waited
for it to pass. The horse come along at
a moderate pace, as if the driver was not
in the least hurry, and halted in front of
the residence of Mr. J. B. Gilbert, before
which the janitor was standing. The
driver sat perfectly still, holding the
reins, and after waiting for some obser?
vation from him, Holtkamp called to
him, but received no reply. Then he
inquired what he wanted, and still no
answer; where he was going, with no
better success. Holtkamp advanced out
into the road and spoke again. The man
sat quite composed, but said nothing.
Holtkamp put his band on him and found
the man perfectly stiff. He was startled
by this, and going to Mr. Gilbert's home,
aroused him, saying there was a man
frozen to death in the sleigh. Mr. Gil?
bert came out, and they lifted the man
out and carried him into the school-house
and deposited him on the floor by the
fire. There was no indication of life in
the body, and in carrying him it had
been necessary to grasp him by the hair.
They were decidiug as to whether it was
best at once to call the Coroner, when a
groan came from tinder the blankets with
which the body was covered. Dr.
Daugherty, who lives near, was called at
once, and in an hour's time the limbs of
the man were straightened, his blood set
in circulation so that he could walk about,
and was in a condition to go home. He
said his name was John lams, and that
he had been to a dance the night pre?
vious, and after taking home his lady was
returning home himself, when suddenly
he fell asleep, he thought, in his ? own
bed. He felt very comfortable, and knew
nothing more until awakened before the
fire. John lives in "Texas." He had
taken nothing, he said, but two glasses
of beer that evening, but he will be care?
ful next time be takes a girl home. In
a few moments more he must have been
frozen beyond recovery.
Tilden and Wheeler.? The Char?
leston News and Courier answers the
question as to how the election of Tilden
and Wheeler could be evolved from the
new electoral bill as follows:
The Constitution requires that the can?
didates for President and Vice-President,
to be elected by the Electoral Colleges,
shall receive the votes of a majority of
the whole number of Electors appointed.
The whole number of Electors that could
be appointed was 368. Now it is certain
that there were two sets of candidates for
Electors in Florida and Louisiana, and
that one set or the other was elected, i.e..
appointed. In no State was there a fail?
ure to elect. But the Commission may
decide that it cannot tell which of the
two sets of candidates, in Florida and
Louisiana, was elected. In that case
neither set of votes will be counted, and
Mr. Hayes, with the whole Oregon and
South Carolina vote, will have only 173
votes, or twelve less than a majority,
while Mr. Tilden would have one vote
less than a majority. The election of
President would then devolve upon the
House, aud that of Vice-Prsident upon
the Senate. Any decision that Electors
were everywhere appointed, but that, in
any one State, the Commission connot
say who they are, will result in Tilden
and Wheeler.
Per contra, if the Commission decide
that, in any one of the disputed Stal es, no
Electors were legally elected, then Tilden
and Hendricks arc elected, their 184 votes
being a majority of the whole Electoral
vote, if any one disputed State be ruled
out.
? Editing a newspaper is easy work
where a man has a surplus of ideas, words,
tlmV iimi nfdrrey.
Dueling by Balloon.
Dueling in ballo^Khas already been
tried by two F.~-n<mfRen, und with re?
sults that should commend it to duelists.
M. De Courcy and Remonin fought a duel
in this wise near Paris a few years ago
with satisfaction to both principals and
seconds. The quarrel was about the famous
danseuse Hen rietta, and as there was some
difficulty during the preliminary negotia?
tions about selecting a spot for the encoun?
ter- somebody suggested that the fight
should come off?in air! A piquant sug?
gestion of this kind was sure to take
with Frenchmen, and it was at once
adopted. Nadir furnished two balloons
of about thirty thousand cubic feet each
?that is, of a capacity for carrying each
three persons. When all was ready the
aerostats were convoyed to a secluded
spot near the capital, where they were
expeditiously inflated by a secret chemi?
cal process. M. De Courcy with his
second and a physician entered one car;
M. Remonin, General Nebel and surgeon
occupied the other; and preparations
were made for the start. The circum?
stances were altogether favorable for the
singular experiment. It was a delight?
ful morning in the middle of September;
the sky was cloudless; scarcely a breath
of wind stirred the foliage ; the affair
had been so carefully concealed that no?
body was present but the friends of the
parties and the aeronautical assistants
employed to superintend the arrange?
ments. A brief code of signals had been
devised by the seconds for the arrange?
ment of the aerial combat. When all
was in readiness, the word "let go," was
given, and instantly the two aerostats
shot into the air. M. De Courcy's bal?
loon was made of blue and white spin?
dles of silk ; that, of Remonin white silk,
painted with diagonal stripes of purple
and green. At the height of one thou?
sand feet, by barometer, while th. bal?
loons were yet very near together, the
seconds exchanged rapid signals, and
agreed that the conditions were favora?
ble for the contest. "Ready !"?a pause
?"Fire!"?nobody hit. "Reload and re?
peat?quick !" Bang. When the smoke
cleared away, M. Remonin looked over
the side of the car and saw his oppo?
nent's balloon rushing downward with
frightful rapidity. His shot pierced the
gas-bag, ana the violent out-rush of gas
had torn open the whole side of the fab?
ric and a general smash of the occupants
of the car seemed inevitable. However,
the bag, suddenly loosening itself from
below, gathered upward in the netting
like a parachute, the terrific descent of
the machine was arrested and M. De
Courcy and his friends reached the earth
with no further damage than a sousing
in a small brook. They landed within a
kilometer of the place of ascension. M.
Remonin and is friends, however, were
wafted in the direction of Tours, and
a freshing of the wind made their atter?
rage somewhat more difficult and perilous.
However, they managed at length to
anchor and get out of the car with
nothing worse than a few bruises. The
affair was the talk of Paris for a week af?
terwards. Both principals and soconds
declared themselves satisfied and there
was no renewal of hostilities. Aeronau?
tical duels have the advantage of re?
moving the affair from every bodies ju?
risdiction to a regiou, in fact, where
writs are in-operative and sheriffs harm?
less.
All Sorts of Paragraphs.
? The taxpayers of Mississippi cer?
tainly have cause for rejoicing over the
overthrow of the carpet-bag government
in that State. During 1876, under a
Democratic administration, the State ex?
penditures were $330,000 less than under
Governor Ames, in 1875.
? The New York D-ibune's Washing?
ton correspondent mentions a Republican
project to place Senator Morton in the
chair of the presiding officer of the Sen?
ate, that he may have a chance of becom?
ing acting President of the United States
on the 4th of March.
? Some persons 3eem utterly incapa?
ble of appreciating agenerous act. Mere?
ly because a young man calls on a young
lady half a dozen evenings during the
week, and occasionally drops in between
meals, there are people mean enough to
insinuate that it means something be?
sides anxiety about the health of her sick
?mother.
? The Home Journal objects to the
wearing of diamonds when traveling, be?
cause it is vulgar. It is a position which
we assumed years ago, and we are glad to
say that no one connected with this pa?
per has ever been guilty of such vulgari?
ty. We have occasionally takeu a ride
with a lawyer, but there are some depths
to which we cannot sink.
? Ex-Senator Trumbull remarked the
other day that if the truth about Louisi?
ana ever comes out he believes it will be
found that there were more murders,
more scourgings, more whippings and
more abuse of colored men by their own
race for voting the Democratic ticket
than of colored persons by whites for
voting the Republican ticket.
? A would-be swell, wishing for au
excuse to speak to a beautiful woman on
the streets with whom he was unac?
quainted, drew his nice white cambric
handkerchief from his pocket as he ap?
proached her, and enquired if she hadn't
dropped it. She glanced at the handker?
chief, nodded assent, thanked him and
passed on, leaving the exquisite to be
laughed at by his companions.
? Two South Carolina negroes fought
a duel at Fair Bluffs, near Wilmington,
N. C, on Friday last. One was a Demo?
crat and the other a Republican, and the
quarrel between them was about politics.
Four shots were exchanged, and one of
the men was wounded three times dan?
gerously ; the other was wounded in the
right arm. The affair has caused great
excitement in the neighborhood.
? The New Orleans Democrat says the
Packard government cannot collect a
cent of taxes; it cannot arrest a thief or
a murderer; it cannot put down a rabble
of twelve year old boys which may choose
to chunk it with rocks and mud ; it can?
not exist for ten minutes without the
protection of the Federal bayonets, it
stinks in the nostrils of the people, who
hate and loathe it as a robber organiza?
tion.
? The grand jury at Abbeville con?
demn the interference of armed soldiers
in the late election, and find that Cham?
berlain's allegations of lawlessness and
violence are untrue as regarding Abbe?
ville, and are without foundation and de?
famatory. They did not, however, feel
justified, from the information received,
in making a presentment of any particu?
lar persons by name for trial and punish?
ment, for either of the offenses alluded
to.
? By about the middle of May the
public will have seen the last of the pres?
ent three cent postage stamp, and begun
to get used to one that is red, or possibly
a new tint. This change has been ren?
dered necessary, as stainpwashers take
off the oily cancellation without acid or
alkali and use the stamp again. A series
of experiments just completed convinces
the Postal Department that green is the
poorest color to-be found. With the
change of color there will be a change of
design. The medallion head of Wash?
ington will be retained, but it will be re?
lieved by an open scroll of white, and
the scroll work will have a different pat?
tern.
? The Selraa (Ala.) Times of Decem?
ber 27th prints this paragraph: "While
one of our young men of literary persua?
sion was meandering our streets last Sat?
urday night he was very much startled
and seriously frightened by coming in
direct contact with a desperate looking
negro. Our young friend, true to his
native grit, promptly placed a pistol in
the eyes of Raid desperado, who in turn
being duly terrified, promptly 6tammerod
out, 'For de Lord's sake boss, don't shoot,
I'so got no money, sarch oft and see,'
The foMtr* mau subsided.''
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Corn Meal, Corn Bread nnd Corn Meal
Padding.
Fortunately, for the people in our sec?
tion, they can have whatever kind of
bread they prefer. Every planter and
farmer can easily grow wheat enough to
furnish himself and family with wheat
bread the year round if they prefer that;
but corn is our great staple grain. While
this is true, and bread, made of corn
meal is the most nutritious of all bread,
many are prejudiced against it and reject
it for wheat bread. The French Acade?
my of Science, consisting of the most
learned men not only in France, but in
Europe, decided years ago, that corn is
more nutritious than wheat. The taste
of the bread made of corn is not as agree?
able to most people as that of wheat
bread; and the latter is attributed to
that. It is owing in a great degree, to
the preparation of the two articles. Cora
bread is usually made with meal and a
little water and salt, while to wheat flour
is added lard, or butter, and often sweet
milk instead of water.
The most nutritious part of wheat is
thrown out by b- ''ing; the flour is an
impalpable powder and is unfit for
healthy digestion. The bread would be
better if the wheat was left unbolted, but
in that case it is uot so palatable. In
this case, we sacrifice nutriment and
healtli to taste. Corn, ground so fine and
bolted, and prepared as flour is, into
bread, would nearly equal wheat bread
in delicacy of taste, but it would uot keep
long, for such meal soon acquires a rancid
nnd bitter taste. The best corn bread is
made of meal that is not ground so fine.
Such meal with a little water, or milk,
and salt, to which is added a small por?
tion of lard, or butter, when thoroughly
kneaded and baked in a hot oven, or in
cakes on a griddle, until brown and en?
tirely done, is more wholesome tnan flour
bread, and, eaten with butter, is equally
as tasteful. No flour bread is superior to
that made with meal and eggs; common?
ly called "egg-bread," nor is any prepara?
tion of flour superior to muffins made
with coarse meal. Homony (big and
little) is a nice dUh made from corn that
we cannot get from wheat. There is a
dish that can be made of meal, flour and
Irish potatoes that is superior to any
bread made of corn, or wheat, alone.
The receipt is this: Stir a pint of meal
in a pint and a half of boiling water until
it is freed from lumps, and set it aside for
24 hours, in warm weather; peel and
mash three or four good sized Irish pota?
toes and knead them thoroughly into as
much flour as a pint of hot watec will
convert into a thick batter; then add a
teacupful of baker's yeast; or a some?
what less quantity of other good yeast, if
the baker's yeast is not at hand. Make
this preparation a short time before the
expiration of the 24 er 12 hours hereto?
fore referred to, and at their close, add it
to the meal with a little salt and lard or
butter; work and knead it till they are
all intimately mixed. It is better to di?
vide it, so as to have several loaves in?
stead of one. Put them into pans so as
to rise moderately for an hour, and then
bake in a hot oven. This bread will be
moist and wholesome, and superior to
any made from all meal or flour. For a
larger quantity of bread use larger quan?
tities of the materials in the proportions
heretofore stated.
Buckwheat cakes are improved by add?
ing corn meal prepared as above, using
one-third of the meal and two-thirds of
the flour. A little wheat flour may be
added to advantage. Be careful that the
batter does not over-rise and sour, and
never use saleratus if it does.
We close by giving a receipt for corn
meal pudding. It will look better if
made with the meal of yellow corn, but
that is not essential. Take a quantity of
skimmed milk that has been scalded, and
put meal into it in sufficient quantity to
make it as thick as gruel. When cool,
add finely powdered ginger, cinnamon,
nutmeg, salt and sweetning, (sugar, or
pure sweet molasses,) to suit the taste;
add a little fine cut suet, some raisins, or
j dried peaches, or one or two fine cut ap
| pies. It should bake an hour or more,
according to the size. If vour good
j "better half don't like the 'trouble of
making puddings, don't insist upon try?
ing this com meal pudding, but, if you
can presume upon her good nature, try it
and you will be anxious to try it again.
One thing is certain, you will ever after
dispute the declaration of any one who
may say, "nothing good can be made
with corn meal." Besides being good, it
has another great merit, it is cheap.?
Union and Recorder.
The Pig for the South.?-Black or
slate-colored pig.* are freest from skin
diseases in hot climates. The choice is
practically between the Essex and Berk
shires for males with which to improve
the native stock of hardy grubbers of
the root-or-die variety. Those who have
tried the former have been delighted at
first, but after a few years begin to recall
with longing the lean hams and thin but
solid and flavorous bacon of the old race?
horse breed. The trouble with the Essex
pigs in the South is that they are not
active euough. They are not the
eat-and-sleep, and wake-to-eat kind,
and their grades are of course like them.
The side fat is superb, and so is the leaf
lard, and so far the breed is all that could
be desired; but the hams and shoulders
are too fat for profit, and the ham is not
marbled with fat like the Berkshires.
These (the Berks) are much more enter?
prising, more wide awake, less easily con?
trolled, but good foragers. The grades
are a wonderful improvement upon the
original stock, may be made very fat, and
yet the proportion between, fat and lean
in the hams, shoulders and side pork or
bacon is such as to develop aud preserve
the excellencies of the meat. The hams
are large and rich, and juicy with diffused
fat. Berkshires are not quite so easily
fattened when penned and systematically
fed as the Essex grades, but they will
take much better care of themselves in
the woods, and when penned for fatten?
ing may be finished off with half the feed
the original "land-pikes" would require.
?American Agriculturist.
Spreading Manure.?For some yeare
we have spread manure during the winter
upon meadows, clover sod to be plowed
for corn, and ground plowed for spring
?crops. The practice is economical of
labor, and convenient, and we have no
reason to believe that the manure loses
any valuable constituent. The ammonia
of fresh manure is in a nascent or inac?
tive conditior, and is not wasted during
the cold weather. Those who may find
it convenient to use manure in this man?
ner, can do no harm by making the ex?
periment. Dairy farmers cau not do bet?
ter than spread manure upon their
meadows and pastures as fast as it is
made.
To Cook and Serve a Loin o f Beef.
?Select a twelve pound loin of beef of
good quality, bone, season the inside with
salt nnd pepper, roll and tie it firml) :th
strong strings, cook the same way as beef
a la mode, omitting the calf s feet; when
done (it takes at least four hours) drain,
pure, glaze and keep it warm till wanted;
free Ihe gravy of its grease and reduce
with a quart of Espagnole sauce; dress
the beef on a layer of brazed red cab?
bage, garnish around with alternate
groups of glazed onions and boiled and
glazed beet roots, nicely rounded; pour
the same over the garnishing and serve.
Compost Heaps?Much may be done
in making compost heaps. In the South
there is a greater choice of materials than
at the North, and anythiug that can be
seeured to add bulk to stable manure,
whether it be cotton seed, bone dust,
guano, night soil, or other readily fer?
mentable matters, should be collected'
and saved. Where salt, marsh mud or
swamp muck can be procured, these make
a gtto'u tfasis* for a coufytfct ht?ifp\
Compost,
"I have four head of mules and six
head of cattle, with any quantity of old
leaves near at hand, with lime and plas?
ter cheap, and cotton seed at fifteen cents
per bushel; how shall I make a.compost
neap,.with these advantages that will pay
me best?"
The question is more easily asked than
answered. We advise, however, if you
have shelter, (and if you have not, you
should have,) stall your cows as well as
your mules, and litter the stall once a
week, turning the litter, as far as practi?
cable, every day, so as to thoroughly in?
corporate it with the droppings of the
animals. Once a week empty or clean
out the stable and compost the manure
under shelter. Use neither lime nor
plaster on the heap until it is to be carted
to the land, then sprinkle each load with
plaster.
Sprinkle the lime broadcast on the
lank; it should never be used on the
compost heap. The effect of the lime
will be to set free from the hoap many
elements that are contained in and re?
tained by the compost. The plaster has
an opposite tendency. When it is
sprinkled upon the cartload of manure it
absorbs the escaping gases and carries
them with the cart to the field. The
lime will disengage them, and let them
loose in the air.
Leaves spread broadcast over the land
and sprinkled with lime, and then
ploughed under, will add vegetable mould
to the earth, but it is a very slow and al?
most imperceptible manure. The lime
in this instance hastens the decay of the
leaves, and sets free the gases created in
the process of decomposition, which are
in turn again readily absorbed by mother
earth and held in that peculiar state that
makes them fit for plant food.
We question the economy of trying
cotton seed at fifteen cents per bushel,
when cotton is only worth nine cents per
pound. In practice, we have usually
found thirty pounds of cotton seed to be
worth about as much as a pound of cot?
ton. And yet, we have often found them
remunerative at twenty-five cents per
bushel.
We would not recommend composting
cotton seed with stable manure, simply
because they, like the stable manure,
contain a sufficiency of one ingredient
and not enough of the other to constitute
perfect plant food. Cotton seed applied
alone will furnish all the ammonia neces?
sary for any crop, but the phosphoric
acid is lacking. Hence, we prefer to
compost seed with acid phosphate in
about equal weight, and in doing so we
have never failed to get a plant food that
would produce a good crop, other things
being equal. And these other things
needed are dry, well drained soil, fre?
quent showers at the proper time, and
elbow grease enough to keep the crops
clear.?News and Courier.
The Bright Side.?Look on the
bright side. It is the right side. The
times may be hard, but it will make
them no easier to wear a gloomy and sad
countenance. It is the sunshine and not
the cloud that gives beauty to the flower.
There is alwavs before or around us that
which should' cheer and fill the heart
with warmth and gladness. The sky is
blue ten t:.ines where it is black once.
You have troubles, it may be. So have
others. None are free from them ; and
perhaps it is well that none should be.
They give sinew and tone to life, forti?
tude and courage to man. That would
be a dull sea, and the sailor would never
acquire skill where there was nothing to
disturb its surface. It is the duty of
every one to extract all the happiness
and enjoyment he can within and with?
out him ; and above all, he should look
on the bright side. What though things
do look a little dark? The lane will
turn, and the ?ight will end in "broad
day. In the long run, the great balance
rights itself. What appears ill becomes
well?that which appears wrong, right.
Men are not made to hang down their
heads or lips, and those who do, only
3how that they are departing from the
paths of true common sense and right.
There is more virtue in one sunbeam
than in a whole hemisphere of clouds
and gloom. Therefore, we repeat, look
on the bright side. Cultivate all that is
warm and genial?not the cold and re?
pulsive, the dark and morose.
Where a Driver Should Sit.?The
Scientific American says: One of the an?
omalies in American customs is that of
the driver of a wagon sitting on the right
hand side, while he always turns out to
the right when passing another team. It
matters not whether on the broad, safe
thorough fare or on a narrow lane or
crowded city streets, his seat is the same.
Tiius seated' it is very difficult to see the
exposed wheels in passing those which
require the eye of the driver. Doubtless
this is a prominent cause of the many
collisions between passing teams, and the
wonder is that more do not happen. The
custom was brought over by the Pil?
grims, but like a Dutch sentence, the
parts got transposed in the translation.
Across the pond the driver sits on the
right, but always turns to the left. In
copying the practice we retained the use?
less part and changed the essential for
some unexplained reason. Possibly our
fathers thought to be consistent in the
matter, and rather than be right-handed
in the driving changed the latter to suit.
At all events, the thing as now practiced
is every way inconvenient, and is a wor?
thy subject of reform in this year when
reforms are so much in favor. And
since it is easier to change our position
on the seat than alter the custom of turn?
ing to the right, let us henceforth hand
our friends up to the right side of the
wagon, while we as driver take the op?
posite side.
Live Stock.?Regular attention to all
live stock is very important. If an ani?
mal is only half fed, it is better that it be
half fed regularly, as it will suffer less
injury than if attended to one day and
neglected the next. But it is poor econo?
my to stint food. "The liberal soul shall
be" made fat." To see one's stock conten?
ted, comfortable and happy, is not only a
happiness to a good farmer, but money in
his pocket. Regular hours of feeding,
regular watering, regular rations, and
regular rest, are conducive to comfort.
With regularity there is no haste, no
waste, nothing is forgotten, and nothing
is done twice over. Animals then digest
what they eat, and thrive.?Agricultural?
ist.
-. i-^^. t?
? Now is a very good time to resolve
to plant more corn, and less cotton.
?"Didn't she return your love ?" "Yes,
she did ; she said, she didn't want it.?
That's what's killin' me."
? A rural lady at the Centennial asked
to be shown the leather building, and
when she found that it was built of wood,
and not of leather, she manifested con?
siderable disappointment, and remarked
that she couldn't see why the newspapers
lied so about it.
? The New York Journal of Commerce
estimates the total value of the personal
property of the late Commodore Vander
bilt, invested in railway and other secu?
rities, at $67,673,000. This is a smaller
total than the wealth with which the
Commodore was generally credited at the
time oi his decease; but it is probably
the largest fortune accumulated in mod?
ern times in a life-time by a man who
had no foundation left him by his ances?
tors. The accumulations of the Roths?
childs in one year, or in a series of years,
far exceed those of the late Commodoie
Vrderbilt in a corresponding time; but
their ancestors began the present century
with large sums to their credit, and the
Eresent members of the house were born
eirs to many millions.
This is a dangerous season, and often
the fondest mother's care is no protection
against Coughs and Cold and Hoarseness.
Dr. Bull's Cough SvrtlP should therefore
bo kvpt in rc?ci?b\ price ft cfcnte,
During tbe past five yean the public have
carefully observed the wonderful cures accom?
plished from the use of VEG ETINE. From i ts
use many an afflicted sufferer has been restored
to perfect health, after having expended n Email
fortune in procuring medical advice and ob?
taining poisonous mineral medicines.
Its medical properties arc Alterative, Tonic.
Solvent and Diuretic. There is no disease of
the human system for which tbe VEGETINE
cannot be used with perfect safety, as' it docs
not contain any metallic or poisonous com?
pound. It ia composed exclusively of barks,
roots and herbs; it is very pleasant to take;
every child likes it. It is safe and reliable, as
the following evidence will show;
Valuable Evidence.
The following unsolicited testimonial from
Rev. 0. T. Walker, D. I)., formerly pastor of
Bowdoin Square Church, Boston, and at present
settled in Providence, lt. I., must be deemed as
reliable evidence. No one should fail to observe
that this testimonial is the result of two years'
experience with the use of VEG ET INK in the
Rev. Mr. Walker's family, who now pronounces
it invaluable:
Providence, R. I., 1C4 Transit Street.
H. R. Stevens, Esq.:
I feel bound to express with my signature the
high value I place upon your VEG ETINE. My
family have used it for the last two years. In
nervous debility it is invaluable, and 1 recom?
mend it to all who may need an invigorating,
renovating tonic. 0. T. WALKER,
Formerly Pastor of Bowdoin Square Church,
* Boston.
A Walking Miracle.
Mr. H. R. Stevens:
Dear Sir?Though a stranger, I want to in?
form you what Vegetine has dono for me.
Last Christmas Scrofula made its appearance
In my system?large running ulcers appearing
on me, as follows: One on each of my arms,
one on my thigh, which extended to the seat,
one on my head, which eat into the skull bone,
one on my left leg, which became so bad that
two physicians came to amputate the limb,
though upon consultation concluded not to do
so, as my whole body was so full of Scrofula;
they deemed it advisable to cut the sore, which
was painful beyond description, and there was
a quart of matter run from this one sore.
The physicians all gave me up to die, and
said they could do no more for me. Both of my
legs were drawn up to my seat, and it was
thought If I did get up again I would be a crip?
ple for life.
When in this condition I saw VEGETINE
advertised, and commenced taking it in March,
and followed on with it until 1 had used six?
teen bottles, and this morning I am going to
plough corn, a well man. All my townsmen
say it is a miracle to see me round walking and
working.
In conclusion I will add, when I was endur?
ing such great suffering, from that dreadful
disease, Scrofula, I prayed to the Lord above to
take me out of this world, but as Vegetine has
restored to me the blessings of health, 1 desire
more than ever to live, that I may be of some
service to my fellow-men, and 1 know of no
better way to aid suffering humanity, than to
Inclose you this statement of my case, with an
earnest hope that you will publish it,audit
will afford me pleasure to reply to auy com?
munication which I may receive therefrom.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
WILLIAM PATN.
Avery, Berrien Co., Mich., July 10, 1872.
Reliable Evidence.
Mr. H. R. Stevens :
Dear Sir?I will most cheerfully add my testi?
mony to the great number you have already re?
ceived in favor of your great and good medicine,
VEGETINE, for I do not think enough can be
said-in its praise, fori was troubled over 30 years
with that dreadful disease, Catarrh, aud had
such bod coughing spells that it would seem as
though I could never breathe any more, aud
VEGETINE has cured me; and I do feel to
thank God all the time that there is so good a
medicine as VEGETINE, aud I als?think it one
of tbe best medicines for coughs and weak,
?inking feelings at the stomach, and advise
everybody to take the VEGETINE. for I can
assure them It is one of tho best medicines that
ever was._
MRS. L. GORE,
Corner Magazine and Walnut Streets,
Cambridge, Mass,
Prepared by H. E. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Dissolution.
THE firm of J. N. Sutherland <fe Co. is
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
All indebted to the firm will make payment
to J. N. Sutherland, who is authorized to
settle up the business of the firm.
J. N. SUTHERLAND,
H. J. ARMSTRONG,
W. F. SUTHERLAND.
Belton, S. C, Nov. 20, 1876. '
The undersigned, having purchased tbe
entire stock of General Merchandize of
J. N. Sutherland & Co. have fowned a co?
partnership, and will continue to sell Goods
low for cash at the old stand, under the
firm name and style of Sutherland & Arm?
strong.
J. N. SUTHERLAND,
W. C. ARMSTRONG.
Belton, Nov. 20,1876. 19
DENTISTRY.
DR. G. M. JONES
IS prepared to do all kinds of Dentistry
at snort' notice. Being in possession of
all the latest improvements and best of ma?
terial, can do work in the best of style. In
setting and filling teeth, he is determined
not to be surpassed by any. Old decayed
teeth treated and made good, at very little
above the price of extracting. Good teeth
within the reach of all, at the present re?
duced prices. All work warranted. Office,
adjoining T. J. Leak's residence, second
door below market. Terms low for cash or
barter.
Sept 7, 1876_8_
UPHOLSTERING.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform
the residents of Anderson and vicini?
ty, that he is prepared to do all kinds oi
Upholstering on Sofas, Lounges and Chairs
or anything else in his line, with a tine ?
and dispatch. Trunks and Valises also
paired.
J. J. SMITH,
At J. L. Fant & Co.'s, opposite Jail.
I Nov 2, 187G 16 3m
LUMBER! LUMBER!
IAM now prepared to furnish PINE,
OAK, HICKORY and POPLAR
J LUMBER on the Blue Ridge and Air
Line Railroads at-Seneca City, in any
; quantities desired.
Mr. W. T. Reed is my agent at Ander?
son, who will always be found at the
I Lumber Yard, ready to wait on custo
[ mere,
WM. J. HARBIN
July 8,1875 51
Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday excepted,
connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina
Railroad up and down. Ou and after Monday,
May 29, the following will bo tho Schedule:
UP.
Leave Columbia at. 7 -15 a in
Leave Alston. 9 30 a m
Leave Newberry.10 50 a m
Leave Hodges.2 17 p m
Leave Belton. 4 00 p m
Arrive at Greenville. 5 35 p m
DOWN.
Leave Greenville at.8 Off a m
Leave Belton. 9 55 a m
Leave Hodges.11 33 v in
Leave Alston. 4 20 p m
Arrive at Columbia. 5 55 p m
ANDERSON BRANCH-DOWN.
Leave Walhalla. 6 15am
Leave Perryvllle. 7 00 a m
Leave Pendleton. 7 50 a m
Leave Anderson. 8 50 a ra
Arrive at Belton. 9 40 a m
UP.
Arrive at Walhalla. 7 15 p m
Leave Perryvllle. 6 35 p m
Leave Pendleton. 6 00 p m
Leave Anderson. 6 00 p m
Leave Belton. 4 00 p m
THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Sup't.
Change of Schedule on South Caro
lina Raidroad.
charleston, May 18, 187G.
On and after this date, tho Regular Day Passen
?er Train will run as follows, Sundays excepted :
,eave Charleston at.9 00 a m
Arrive at Columbia at.5 00 p m
Leave Columbia at.8 40 a m
Arrive at Charleston at.4 20 p m
night express accommodation train.
Leave Charleston at." 10 p m
Arrive at Columbia at.6 :to a in
Leave Columbia at.7 15 p id
Arrive at Charleston at.6 45 a n:
On and after this date the Camdcn train will
connect at Kingvillc daily (except Sunday) with
Up and Down Day and Passenger Trains.
S. S. SOLOMONS, Superintendent.
Atlanta and Richmond Air Line R. R.
Atlanta, Ga., June 4, "876.
GOING EAST.
Passenger Train, No. 1. Arrive. Leavo.
Atlanta. 3 00 p ra
Seneca. 7 54 p ni 7 54 p m
GrecuvlUc. 9 41 p m 9 44 p m
Spartanburg.11 05 p m 11 08 p m
Charlotte. 2 03 a m
GOING WEST.
Passenger Train. No. 2. Arrive. Leavo.
N. C. R. R. Junction. 2 10am
Charlotte. 2 IG a m
Spartanburg.511am 5 14am
Grecnvillo.o 37 a in G40am
Seneca......?....,.,. 8 31 a m S 31 ?0
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<t!?? a week in your own town. Terms and $5
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Newspaper Advertising Agents.
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They have the satisfaction of controlling the
most extensive and complete advertising connec?
tion which has ever been secured, and one which
would be hardly possible in any other country but
this. They have succeeded in working down a
complex business into so thoroughly a systematic
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America can escape notice, while the widest infor?
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THE GRANGERS'
LIFE AND HEALTH
INSURANCE COMPANY
United States of America.
Authorized Capital, ? $4,500,000,
Of which $100.000 is to be owned in
each Department.
PAEFNT OFFICE, MOBILE, ALA.
F. E. DAVIDSON, President.
M. G. HUDSON, Vice President.
R. W. FORT, Secretary.
South Carolina Department, Colum?
bia, S. C.
Capital Stock, - - $100,000.
Tnos. B. Jeter, President.
Thos. A. McCeeery, Vice President.
H. P. Green, Secretary.
McMaster & LeConte,
Attorneys, Columbia, S. C.
J. H. Evrss,
Attorney, spartanburg, S. C.
Dr. B. W. Taylor,
Medical Director.
Security I Economy I Liberality
Are the leading principles of this Conipa
ny. All approved forms of Life and En?
dowment Policies issued. Also, Term Poli?
cies of one, three, five or seven years.
All Life Policies non-forfeiting after an?
nual payments, when the insured will be
entitled to a Paid-up Policy, or cash surren?
der thereof.
Dividends may be used to protect Policies
against lapsing in case of failure to pay pre?
miums. This, with the non-forfeiting and
cash surrender features, are sufficient to
make this Company popular among think?
ing men.
Good Agents wanted.
B. F. MAULDIN, Jr., Agent,
Anderson, S. C.
April 13, 1870_39_
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
IN THE COURT OF PROBATE.
E. M. Brown, Plaintiff, against Chester M.
Walker, Columbus C. Walker, Benjamin
F. Walker, et al., Defendants.?Summons
fur Sale.
To the Defendant, Mary Andrews :
YOU are hereby summoned and required
to answer the complaint in this ac?
tion, which is filed in the Probate Judge's
office December 21,1876, and to serve a cony
of your answer to the said complaint on the
subscriber at his office, at Anderson Court
House, South Carolina, within twenty days
after the service hereof, exclusive of the day
of such service; and if you fail to answer
the complaint' within the time aforesaid
the plaintiff in this action will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in the com?
plaint.
Dated 21st December, A. D. 187G.
JOHN B. MOORE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
To the Defendant, Mary Andrews:
NOTICE is hereby given that an action
has been commenceu in this Court upon a
complaint of the above named Plaintiff,
for the purpose of obtaining a sale to pay
debts and liabilities of deceased, of the
premises therein described, under the direc?
tion of this Court, and for a division of the
proceeds of such sale among said creditors
according to their respective rights, which
premises were at the time of the commence?
ment of this action and the filing of this
notice, situate in the State of South Caroli?
na, County of Anderson, and are described
in the said complaint as the real estate of
Peter L. Walker, deceased, of which you
have an interest.
JOHN B. MOORE,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
Dec 28, 1876 24 6
MANSION HOUSE,
Main Street,
COLUMBIA. S. C.
THIS House is now open for the recep?
tion of visitors, and every means will
be employed tn render guests comfortable.
It is newly furnished throughout, and the
tabie is supplied with the best the market
affords. The Mansion House is located in
the centre of the city, convenient to busi?
ness and all principal points. Transient and
permanent board at reasonable rates. Car?
riages in connection with the House.
R. N. LOWRANCE.
Oct 19, 1870 14
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The prospectus for the new volume give* tho ti?
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Wo have "A Winter on the Nile," by Gen. Mc
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Three serial stories arc announced: "NICHO?
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