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POETRY* ... . "OLD XIMES." 'ThcroVa beautilul song on the slumbrotw air, That drift a through the valley of dreams; It comes from a clime where the roses are, And a tuneful heart and bright brown hair Thai waves in the morning bean?. Soft eyes of azure and eyes of brown, And snow-white foreheads are there; A glimmering cross and a "glittering crown. A t homey bed and a couch of down, .\o st hop c-3 and lea Act u of prayer. A breath of spring in the breezy woods, Sweet woifa from the quivering pipes? Sine violet eyes beneath green hoods, A bubble of brooklets, a scent of buds, ' Bird warbles and clambering vines. A-rosy wreath and a dimpled hand, A Hng and a plighted jrow? Three, golden links of a broken band, A tiny track on the snow?white sand, A tear and a sinless prow There's a tincturo of grief In the beautiful song, That sobs on the slumbrous air; And loneliness fell in the festive throng, JSinks down on the soul as if trembling along, From tho clime were the roses were. "We heard it first at the dawn of day, And it mingled with matin chimes; But years have distanced tho beautiful lay, And its melody floateth from far away. And we call it now. "Old Times." A GRICTJLTTJRAL. "Agriculture is the General Furauil of Man; U it the Basis of all others, and tltcre fore, the most Useful and Honorable." MOON'S PHASES. First Q'tr. Fall. Last Q'tr. New. 1 h, 0 m. lUd, 4 h, 42 m. 10 h, 13 m. 3 h, 53 m. 10th, 17th, 24th. Morning. Evening. Morning. Evening. May. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 52. 20. Days, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tweed ay. Wednesday. Thursday, Sun Rises, i Suit Sets 4.52. 4.52. 4.52. 4.52. 4.53. 4.53. 4.53. 7.11. 7.11. 7.11. 7.11. 7.11. 7.11. 7.12. communicated. Mr. Editor :?In the Times of tho ] J8thofMay, your correspondent "B*F. W." says: "all efforts made to grow ?lover or foreign grasses has been a fail ure in this county, and in the issue of the 15th, "Edisto says: "Espeiionce teaches 4t dear school and none hut fools will leam therein'^?which I believe, for T\ have been taking lessons in that school for many years. But to the olover, I wanted to try it for myself, so I got a few seed, Jast Bpring, and planted a few yards square. Though I got the seed too late for a fair trial, I now have some, six and seven inches high; now if I can make it on few yards square, I can on an aore square, and will let you know in the Fall how I come out with it. Mr. Edi tor, we have been having a great deal of J rain, and crops that have been worked well are doing finely, but unfortunately in some places the grass seems to be as good or better than the cotton. Respectfully, "SUBSCRIBER communicated. Are Manures Stimulants ? Mr. Editor :?I don't deny that ma nures furnish furnish food to the plant, but they nlso stimulate tho roots and force them into the soil, in search of other food. This can be easily ascertained by applying manure in bulk, twelve inches from the plant, several inches deep ; and when tho plant shows, by growth and development that it is receiving good benefits from the manure, dig down to tho place, and you will find countless numbers of roots diverging into the soil. These roots are tho main feeders, and if manures furnished food only, these roots would not go from the food. You will find comparatively very few coming to the manure, but a great many going from it. I have been forced to conclude that ?manures are stimulants, from experi menting for tho purpose of asccrtaing their relative value. I had a field 1 j acres long, i acre in length, which was a truck patch, and very rich; one-half acre was level and good natural soil, the other half acre was hill-side, with tho best of soiled washed off. I planted cotton, ma nured with cotton seed, stable manure, and guano, and loft several rows unma nured. I put down the manures with Ay fingers, and put enough certainly.? On the hill side, the guano doubled the unmanurcd row, and the cotton seed and -.?.-r-??- "; ? stable manure- doubled the guano. On the level part there \vas a very percepti ble difference; the cotton seed and stable Manure each producing one-fourth more than the guano. In the truck patch there was no difference between tho cotton seed and stable manure and guano. There was a considerable difference between the three and the unmanured row. Now, sir, what other conclusion ? could I come to, than that the guano was a Btisttdan't as good as cotton seed or stable manure, but-did not furnish' the some amount of food to the plant. In our commercial manures you will find the stimulating properties of manure abundant, hut do* ficient in food. These manures stimu late the roots of tho cotton, and they soon take up tho lictle nourishment in the soil, and rust is the consequence, be fore the season is half out. I think I have furnished proof enough; if not, lei me know, and you shall have it "EDISTO." COMMUNICATED Mr. Editor :?I am due thanks te your correspondent "F." Please tender them to him for me, for tho valuable in formation given on tho subject of plant ing, cultivating and* curing long-forage from corn?to me n very important item in our revolutionized state of fanning, and valuable to every progressive farmer who reads and thinks. If more of our farmers would come to the front, and through your columns tell "what they know about farming/' and what they do not know?and ask for im form at ion from their brother farmers, it would bring out tho practice and expe rience of our best cultivators of the soil, and would be of great benefit to the farming interest of the country. Wo have all, as farmers, much to learn, and there are but very few if any, from whom we cannot glean some new thought or idea, which if properly applied will aid us in our avocation. At least, such is the experience of "A FARMER." HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. Receipt for Making Tea.?The most im portant thing in browing a cup of tea consists in having the water in the teakettle freshly boiled, and one should never use that which has been steaming and stewing for several hours. So turn out all the water in your keUle and fill it np with fresh, pure water; then boil it up briskly, and, as soon as the steam appears, turn a small quantity of water into the tea-pot, and shake it about in it. Then pour it out, and add 0*0 teaspoon ful of tea for each person who will drink from the pot, and one teus poonful for the pot?(this is the old rule 0} our grandmothers.) Over this pour one large coffeecup of boiling water, and for breakfast tea let if boil exactly ten minutes; boil bard. But for green and Japan teas, proceed as above, and then place tho teapot on the back part of the stove, or upon the elevated reservoir for water, and let it deep from Ovo to eight minutes. Tea made from freshly-boiled water, and steeped in this manner, is an entirely different beverage from that prepared in any other way In water, when first boiled, there is always a small amount of alkali, which seems to have a peculiar effect in extracting the pleasant prop erties of the tea; and I can tell, the instant 1 taste a cup of tea' whether the water has just boiled or been boiling for even half an hour. Rick GniDnmi CAKias.^-Tako a cofleocup ful of cold boiled rice, add to it the same a mount of wheat flour?thin it to a batter with cold sweet milk?beat up orte egg to a froth, and a pinch of salt, aud stir into the cakes* Fry on a hot griddle, and you will always boil enough rice for dinner upon one day to give you a cupfull for cakes for the next mor ning's breakfast. LEMON SUGAR, FOR THE SICK AND FOR PaRTIEM. DEVILLED HAM, A Delightful Relish and Lunch. SAFOLIO, For cleansing Silver and Tin. ?Sea Foani and Horsford BAKING POWDER, BEST FOR FAMILY USE. ENGLISH CRACKERS, Cheap Coffee Sugar. Just received and for sale by JOHN A. HAMILTON. May 29, 1873 15 tf To Consumptives, SMITH'S LUNG PRESERVER is A 8uro and Efloctual euro for all diseases of tho Throat and Lungs such as Consumption^ Asthma, &c. Send for Circulars to WM. A. SMITH, Concord, N. C For salo by Pr. E. J. OLIVEROS, Orangeburg, S. C. March 13,1873 i tf F. H. W. BRIGGMANN HAS just received a full supply of NEW SPRING GOODS, and HAS ? GONStANTLY^ON HAND a ftdl lino <ot T>ry GoodS of nil kinds, lie offer* for sale1 EVERYTHING Needed by everybody, at low- rates, comUting of BOOTS AND SHOES, QBOCEBIES, HARDWARE, HATS, &c., &o? ALSO,. FOR SALE, Tho' BUTTON-HOLE SEWING MACHINE, (which took first Premium at last County Fair,) for which he is Agent. Call and see for Yourselves. also Agent for the FOUNTAIN PUMP! , .^Portable PUMP and SPRINKLER April 10, 1873 8 ? . tt. W MEDICINES QUALITY IS OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE,. E. J. OLIVEROS, M, D* Dealer in. Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Var nish, 1ST on-Explosiv e Lamps, Garden Seeds, <fcc. &c. &o. PRESCIPTFONS prepared with accuracy ond fidelity, for which purposes, mil and plcte assortment of PURE CHEMICALS and GENUINE DRUGS will bo cons on ban com stantly LONG Experience?a successful business carcci of more than eight yeara in Owmgcborg, and a good knowledge of the DRUG MARKET, at Home and Abroad, will afford a sufficient guarantee that all goods sold or dinneused at my Establishment will be GENU INE and RELIABLE. k rrnECiATiNO the suceess wrnVh, ih the past, lies attended my efforts, T have dctcr ojL mined to spaxe no pauis to merit a continuance of the imtronagc so liberally bestowed. E. J. OLIVEROS, No. 100, Russell Street, Ornngeburg a H., S. C. Feb. 27, 1873, 2 ly . DR. A. C. DUKES, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, fine Toilet Soaps, FANCY HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES, TPTJSSJSS AJSTD SHOULDEB BEA.CES, GRASS ?ND GARDEN SEEDS, PURE WINES AND LIQUORS, * FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES; PAINTS, OILS, VAR NISHES-AND DYE STUFFS, LETTER-PAPER, PENS, INK, ENVELOPES, GLASS. PUTTY, NON-EXPLOSIVE OIL LAMPS, &c, Ac, &&- Physicians Prescriptions accurately compounded. -?a FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY? Insure your Dwelling, Store or Stock of Goods in the LIVERPOOL, LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE CO Capital, $20,500,000 in Gold. This company paid over three (3) millions at Chicago fire, and over one (I) million at recent fire in Bodtou. JAS. H. FOWLES,* Agent. J. W. Patrick & Co., (fiUCCKSSOKS TO T. G. VINCE.) RESPECTFULLY call the attention of the Pnblic to the new addition of SPRING GOODS jnst received and for sale at EXCEED INGLY LOW PRICKS. Our stock consists in part of J>no?, JajxineM, Grenadirxt, Oil Colored Per cales, Polka Dolt, Laien?, Crochet A'an sooks, Plain and Cheek (iinitric White and Colored Organ die", White and Col ored ftwiss, White and Colored Pique, Notions, Para sols, Ac, Latest Styles Sprinp Cloth ing and GENT'S FURNISH ING GOODS. We have brought to this market the Cele brated Star Shirt which we guarantee to fit and wear better than any other kind. Meas ures taken and made to order. Having for a long time seen the necessity of introducing a first class Pout and Shoe in this market, will make this Department a specialty, where can be found any kind of Pool and Shoe desired from the nicest Philadelphia hand made to tho moro common grades. Call and inspect our stock before you purchase and see if wc can please you. J. W. PATRICK & CO. March 20, 187.1 5 ly r W. T. M?LLER. p The Subscriber with a vie-*-, to - |4 s change in his business is now offering his t3 entire stock of choice and well-selected ? ?3 FAMILY GROCERIES DRY GOODS &cH nt Cos! Criers. Those desiring flood and Fresh Groceries will find it to their interest to rail and examine his poods and prices, be foro purchasing elsewhere. g> May 28, 1873 15 tf W. T? MULLEK. 4 ? r H E. EZEIUEL SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH. Dealer* in CLOCKS and WATCHES, FINE CUTLERY, SILVER WARE, AND LANDRETH'S GARDEN SEED, BST* Watches and Jewelry repaired, March *3, #73 4 \? I>R. H. BAER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST, 131 Meeting Street, Charleston, So. Ca, DK. BAER keep* n completo assortment of everything that belongs to his branch of business ; and makes a specialty of Trusses, Ab doaiinal Supporters, Elastic Stockings. Shoulder Braces, for ladies or gentlemen. AJso. Mag neto-Electric Batteries, Ilomosonathic Medi cines : and Medicine Chests for Physicians or Families. He is proprietor of numerous valuable reme dies, and agent for many more, no cordially, invite , orders from his couutry friends. snip 16, 1873 8 6m FLOUR. PER?OM WISHING AJFSfTHINCr EXAMINE our Stock and Prices ^5 Before buying. Wo do not advertise ? ? B?t felfc^idSt?nft raoneVv fiQ Can bo BAVEB ' v by buying from 19* Grist and Meal at Mill Price?. *?r* Goods Delivered. October 2, 1872, 4 HAMS. M?PE8' OF LIMB, AND H. PRESTON & SONS' Aiiimoiiiated Bons Superphosphate of LIME. CASH, S50; TIME, &60. THE OLDEST SUPERPHOSPHATE MANUFACTURED IN THKF ? COUNTRY. rJTj^g Above Fertilizers arc made from the best and1 finest material obtainable' Tho proportions Of each of\he ingredients are such as to produce powerful and fcc^ tivo Fertilisers. * ItllVSltfAN, & HOWELL, General Agents for South Carolina. No. 128, Easl Bay, Charleston, 6. C. * J. A. HAMILTON, Agent at Orangeburg C. H., S. C. January 20, 1873 50 > tf WILLIAM M. BIRD & CO., IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF OILS, WHITE LEADS; ZINCS, COLORS, PROPRIETORS FAVORITE] BRAND I1RILLIANT PE TROLEUM. AGENTS FOR v"* T Marvin's Saftes, and Howe's Scales,. 201, East Bay Street, (Sigu of the Whale,) ? Charleston, S. C. March 27, 1873 6 * 3m GEN. J. B. CORDON, President. * W. C MORRIS, Secretary. GEN. A. H. COLQUIT, Vice-President C. F- McCAY, Vonsnltins Actuary. BEANCH OFFICE OF mvr urn ti'iniin i ij| ATLANTA DEPARTMENT. ASSETS, January 1st., 1873, $1,241,047 4=0. BLACK & WARING, J, A. HAMILTON, General Agent. Agent at Orangeburg, S. C. IWOSELEY & CROOK, H COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE, AVING Fbrmcd a copartnership under the Firm Name ana style ?b above, we would respectfully call the attention of the public to the name. Constantly on AS^ Particular atten hand a full supply ^ I? ? tion given to the of DRY GOODS, ?1* f C T T O purchase of RICE Groemes^ard.varo A?|^ A ^AUG^ Corn Peaj, &c. HATS, CArs, Boots HAVING If O V G II T Call and examine and and Shoes, Tin- ^ OUR STOCMC WITI^ THI^our well - selected dies,'Bridles, Tools, ^j^T^Xlv ^ft?Mi?r?8E prices that we know Garden Seeds, Ac; S0\fa! GOODS AT ^^^iv?8^c^ all very cheap, LOW PRICES AT AND INDUCE Come and see us E. EZEKIEL'S YOU TO CALL once and you will OL?STAND AGAIN, calll again. ?SITE " come and seb come and see J, W. MOSELEY. THE POST OFFICE* W.' K. CROOK. Feb. 13, 1873 02 ly * The Citizens' Savings Bank OF SOUTH OA.ROL.I2STA. ORANftEBURG BRANCH Will pay 7 PER CENT INTEREST on 8PECIAL DEPOSITS and 6 PER CENT on 8A\ INOS DEPOSITS compounded Semi-annualiy. # Local Einaiio? Committee. Hon. THOS. W. GLOVER. Col. PAUL 8. FELDER. Opt. JOHN A. HWLT0N.g fl> mch 10-ly AwWwrt Owhitr.