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THB FLI8HIRTOM ADTAHCI D. McTavish O N KEEPS ON HAND FLE S H For Muse j- Han-id, and Noxon, Floury and Wilkinson farm implements. Fleury and Verity plows on hand all the time, also all kinds of repairs for the same. We manufacture Wagons, Buggies, Cutters, Sleighs, etc. Hurseshoeiog promptly attended to. Special attention to tender, con- tracted feet. Logging and Plow Chains constantly on hand. About Cutters and Sleighs (JKNTLKMKN- A* the scnson of sleighing i* agaiu approaching I would call your earnest attention to my winter atock in which I am pro- paied tn give you entire aatitfaction Ixith in quality and price. In cutter* I have a law stock t.. aelect from, made of boat of material and lateat design* in finish I am second to nonu. In sleigh* I can accommodate you, either light or heavy. Prompt nttrntiii j-iven to repairing, paint- ing and retrimniing. Call, whether yon want to purchaie or m.t, mid be your own judge. .T. Whitten Fle Go to . 3f.ea.rd -KOIl TUB BERT- [utters, : Sleighs , : Haps , : Buggies ' anfl ' Carts Plow and Log Chains Sheres and Repairs for every kind of plow. Wood, Lumber,8hini{los, Siraw C'utteis, horsepower, lor sale. Come and see them. H. Heard - Flesherton \V- Keep . . ON HAND Flour and Kce-J, Confectionery. Potaloo*, Rolngna Sausage*, Ham and S>de Meat, Canned Mc-its, Fruit* and Vegetable", Give us u Trinl Wm. Barnhouse FLESHERTON WE ARE Still in the land of the living, lellin' .mli- Flour, gude Tea and Buiiar and other Groccrie*. We tin ve some rale gude Sweet if -s for auld and young, and if you want a rale gude Trunk Ue 1 keep your cla*s in, <>r a i;uJe Satolicl i braw and now frse the manufacturer, juiit JHIIU tae' Willie Henderson in Sproule's lil.ck, MI. I lu will supply you at lowett prices. WM. HENDF.RSON * FLESKRTII STEAK LUIHT, I have open*"! up ft comj'letrt steam Imo.dry in Klf'lii'ii.iin, mnil >m |n rprv ii to uk* in UJF :> f liiiui.lr work l lower |.u.-. tl.nn arc charRwl ls*whre. I i I Itlsthetsitsst nn I moKt Improved n.iclii'i'Tv to that end. . Rivo 11,0 ft 0*11. Kntiro aWMMHM lUftrauUud. and prleoi low. HUF.GKO. MooaEBoCM. FlestertoD Hardware \m \ Car Load of Stoves Arrived at F. Karstalt's, Steel llai'gis, CVt I Spiare ami Kxtenilrd I 'i.i.k Sl.>\ i-v Box and Pnrlor Sio\e', which wo aro goinu li> offer cheap fur rash, or we are prcpMir.l to ^in- <>\\ to two yuan' time? if i. |n n.l. Come and get our prices boforu buying. Headquarters for Building Hard- ware and Binder Twine. F, 6, larslitt - Prop, J>f. a. y. Mrrr.ll, Aston ish ' ) Eugenia Mills AND Carriage Works. Carriages made nnd Repaired, also Planing and Matching, Band Saw. ing. Wood Turning of every des- cription. Planing and Gram Chop *>mg done while you wait, for Uuaver turim tho wheel. T.W. WILHOX :<.: t (,f a Weil Known Doctor pIlirr.VlLI.I-: * \M HTAOB. inm >tn(! IMVI-I Kli'. ,>ii *l 7.16 K h< . It -luriiH I . Htft4|i' tt I 4:. I'lmiii fl.ili ' in i Ptcllou, Orilarv tufty 1" i A. McCAULBY.l'rop " A;-"r'i fl n fqunl i I i . v.lii-re uttier . boon . bloud :. II hare i iu Its action, t i 4i nt cures as V Tin Advance. 'Wky Down in Tennesee Humphries County lie* immediately orth of Perry, the Tennessee river bein? * west boundary lino. Its county scat i Waverly. It i a thriving, bustling ttle city. Johnaonville is the only river anding in the stale having sufficient en- erprise to furuish the public with tho aily papers of Chicago, St. Louis, Ueiu- hi* and Nashville, a good sized packet f each being disposed of daily in this illace of only 350 inhabitants and fully OC of them negroes. During the war, lii* villUge being the base of suppUu* for Grant's arniy,^wa pretty strongly forti- ed, the line* of earthworks being ti'l p'ai ly vuible. The Confcil- rate* made artuccoufol attack upon them n one occasion, burning several of the ranaports, the hulU of which are yet to e seen below the water line. Many of tie Union trnops that manned the earth- works were negroes, which account t for i.e preponderance of the colorod clement f the village. From the habit* of (lose till left over it ia only fair to presume iat the xuivivois of the war were too azy to leave, as a more lazy, worthless, rap shooting lot of niggers dos not ez- t, about two day's work per week \ all ley can be depended upon to do unless lieir all absorbing love of crips, without nickel of capital, may induce them to waste a little more time in work. Of oune there are a few honorable excep- ions but they are few and far between. There is probably as much good farm- ig land in proportion to the entire acre- tge in Humphreys as in any other Ten- esaee river county in the state. Buffalo nd Duck river bottoms are rich, prod jc- ive soil. Big bottom of lower Duck riv- r extend* for fifteen or more mile* above U mouth, containing probably fifteen liousand acres which wo* originally cov- red by almost impenetrable canebrakee nd underbruoh but is now in a tine ttate f cultivation, yielding heavy crop* of orn. oaU.cotlon, pea nuts and 7rai, and s fertility tiiid.t a pood tecond in the ands of Buffalo creek valley which mi-ht lirly l.o classed a* a fork or branch of Duck river. Thin valley has an average width of about one mile aud is a very dcs- rablu strip of farm land, producing good TO]* of corn, wheat, iye, peanuts, tobac- , cotton, clover and grass. The farm* re generally level, beautiful laud, im iu\ed by tasteful houses, neat outbuild tigs, comfortable and commodious barn*, hile pretty churches and school houses end tluir civilizing influence and increase lie value of the neighborhood homes as In \ al way* serve to do. BufTiilo river, wluwio water*, as clear as lystal, abound with fall of excellent arietieo, and whose grassy bank,fringed with maple, elm and box elder, lend* it* harm to a landscape of complete uiral jeauty. These farms cannot l>o bought or a scii.;, their owners appreciating heir bt-auty and knowing by past expor- ence their pecuniary \alu"._ For some 'cars succeeding the war these tine, farms leprecialed in valuo from want of sulti- iont hands to cultivate them, and it i-> loubtful if tlsey ever will *gin prove n> rofitable or be aa beautiful as in ante elliim days. They are held at 925 to $50 per acre, while thousands of unimproveil acres of land of poorer quality, yet *us ceplible of kind cultivation, can be bought in the Mime county fiom 82 to $0 per acre. In.provcd bottom lands rent from ?:> to $5 per acre, cash, or one-third or ine-lialf the crop. The m.rtli part of the county is more broken and less desirable fur farming purposes, being very heavily tiinlieivil, the native* having during tin past few years relied considerably upmi the timber business as a source of revenue large quantities of railrond Ii, s havin. been made from the timber adjacent to the river ami shipped from the various landing*, thousands of good dollars fioni Chicago, St. Louis and EvaiinvilU banks have thus been transferred to tho bi of tho Tennessee and yet are the pc not happy, appoarauc. -s indicating that ii.ti more they (ret t.he nioro they ncod or fancy they do. However, since the advent of the panic price* have got t' low that there lius been no protit t > th timber dealur, owner or workingman, as must be evident when tho plico of soum full ai/.cd, .standard ties, deluin<l MI th river hank, ia only ten'y cent* each, th lowest possible price for making and haul ing t.o the river is fifteen cent < each,loav ing live cents for :',' font of timber in th i r in timber parlanoe"at the stump, or less than SI. TiO per 1COO fee', 1 measni". No wonder tho l.unk-. of th Tennessee threaten to suspend and thu t >ek hi 'Idurs aro not happy. Still the t'e ddllern Imvo widently fared no Ix tter, levuial of the heaviest operators having ftbenduned that section of country; some ailed, and none made money. The farms of this portion of the country. are small, being generally located in the alleys of the nuialler stream*, tho rifer xittoiii being too subject to nudden and teavy overflow. Pea nuts aie the ship- ling product of this section as there i-i ittle if any more c< rn and wheat raised ban is necetsaiy for homo use. The toil peculiarly adapted to pea nut*, and fifty luakeli per acre i* not a wonderful yield with proper cultivation. Hog* find most if their living in the lull* and some at- ention has been paid to the improvement 1 the native stock. Dogs and ihecprun ogeiher in this locality, a combination iol conducive tu tho improvement or ungevity of the nheep. Dot;* do wwll ! few negroes live in this part of the country. They are n <t popular. These ml land* ;ire well adapted to fruit rais- ng, but are not much utilized. Black- >erries, wild grapes and iniucndins grow n abundance in the wooda, and expett* ay the toil in excellently adapted to jspo*. The little county of Houston lie* direct - y north f Humphrey*. Large <(uauti- ies uf lime ar* burnt iu and shipped from his county. Building rock of superior [Uality it a!* > found in (hipping quat ities. The bottom Linda are very fertile :orn averaging thirly-f-ve to forty buahel* er acre with about the name yield of pea tuts. Tobacco yield* totter on the up- and* than in the bottoms, red top and lover thrive on the rolling lands and imothy dova well in the bottom*. Fruit A inobt varieties doe well when " u> I i>r, peach orchiirda located on ridge land re secure from Lite f rosU and prove pro Stable. One orchard of live thousand re.es was set out in this count y in the fall of 1UC7. The first crop was secured in 1872. Iu April, 1873, two thirds of the rop wan killed by frost, tho fro*t line be ig plainly seen, aa not a peach in the valley escaped while the trees on the crest of the ridge were loaded with fine fiuit. Vache* from that orchard were market- able on or about the fourth of July. In he same locality another orchard did not ail of a crop in twenty year*. Strawber- ries, raspbtrries, blackberries, hocklebvr- r e*, muscadines and wild grapes grow wi'.il in profusion. The county of Bunion lies weit of iumphreyx aiid H<.us'.i>n. This county s liberally watered and th<< river and creek bottoms are generally fertile ami >roductive, yielding fair crops of corn, cotton, peanuts, tobacco and Irish and sweet potatoes. Not much more than enough tobacco for home consumption * planted, but the home demand iu th" '.inning poitions of the entire .south IH Kiuit would pay well if at ten- M.IK paid to it. The farms aio gen- erally small, although there are sevend urge laiulfl [ i j i ! tors in the county but heir holdings ore generally divided into small houiuntcadii and rented for one-thi:il tho cr p. Land* are cheap, ranging from one to twiMily live dollars per acre for rough, heavily timbered upluuls to culti. \Me<l liottiiins. Lari<e ({uantities of rail- road tics are shipped from tl.ii county annually, and heavy bodies of tie timber are yet in the market. The wealthy farmcm who have accumulated their com pctcnco on thu lands which they still oc- cupy claim that want of energy is the only drawback, not want of soil or the prodticiiveiitsn thereof, and the variety and apparent vigor of all product* would Ke.ua to corroborate the assertion. The people aro kind hearted, gcni.<l, social, without sectional prejudice, kind ly il spoHd towards iminigiants from il.. north, 'he war not leaving them soured againrt their former foemon beyond re conciliation. Political topic* are f.e> ly di*cuKod without anger, and Republican* are often mtl who nerved in thu ranks of the Confederate army wth credit nnd promotion. Tim farms are tilled by the owners! or nuuit md negroes are not em ployed or 1 1 I, and the few that ro locate. 1 i oiinty wn'.ild lo parted with cher- ' Hogs thrive on the abuml.'i -he wood* and are edu- cated to ;..!.' ,ii n the buds of non-res identa if , , dojjH being trained to thive ' MB i. fur afield o possible. It results ii. loiat'lo waste ot tun.-, an t. l-iiinj u.vtenriv.' a largo part of tl ^ time is occupiml it looking t!im up at oucasioiial interval* to renew tlnir ac.|Uajiitaiico by means of a few earn of corn, i.therw IKC they wouli dugenerato into a wild bleed of foieai rungtrs. Sheep raining by dogs is stil practised in thin county, resulting in a scarcity ot \vool and a robust lot of dog* OKI "I, n in" nnd luuib lie down together, Lilt ' '1.11.11 ., in'i-.illy a I ,-> 1 for liolll. Whilti cdiii .Uioiuil prinlege* have been tadly neglected, religious exercises have not, regular services being provided ly Heveral denominations. Stewart is the northern county of the state watered by the Tennessee, which is its west boundary line, the state of Ken- tucky boundiuf it on the coith. The deep, serviceable Cumberland riverpniv.es through tho county north and south, giv- ing it iteveral miles of shore line on these two grand waterways. The Tennessee and Cumberland river* run so near par- allel with each other ss to form a ridge of high lai.d betwcnii the two streams called the Tniinesee ndt<e, making in fact A watershed, numerous smaller ridges shoot- ing out from the main oue.causiiig -.trnms to descend on the wet side to the Ten- nessee and on the eat to the Cumberland river. Tie land between the two river* is much broken and, with exception i,f tho small valleys, ia uf little agiiculiuril value. N.Tth-eaat from the Cumberland the land gradually becomes fertile and productive. Before the war there were in operation in Stv. . i County iron furnace* sutticieiit to prodii,-.- ,-ui annual output of 2<),000 to.is of | iron, a large [H-rtion Iwii g used for r-ugar kettle*, Stewart County iron bii!3 considered secoi d to none for that purpose. The lauds of this county aro so varied in qusli'y ami condition as to renUci it difficult nutter to make a correct estimate of their value. Many ucrt* of the worked out iron lands are fairly product iv?, yield- ing large quantities of clover an I ' ru and may be bought from $1 to $3 per acre. The ridge land* between the two chief riven are generally well tin.ln.-reJ and their ralue depends largely on the distance the timber products are from .lii| pnii; facilities, i-anu'in^ from two to en dollar* per acre. The bottom lands 'f the Tennessee and CumberUnd liven, and also of the numerous creeks, arc gen- erally very fertile, producing tine crops o f :orn, clover, millet and all grasses suitable or hay, the morning fogs serving to i'i- crease the tonnage of the latter largely, aa much as four tuns per ace being pos- sible. Unimproved bottom lands, suit- able for agricultural purpose*, on the river can be bought from 95 '. 910 per acre, while lands of apparently similar < > 'litioi . on Cumberland river md Siilii. Creek urn valued about twice 11 high, < >: lieaniiful, level, fertile ami c!doin ^ \' t to injurious ovcrfle>r. (To If i-:>'it!nucd.) KI .si i i-;i r roiv ROLLER MILLS ,\re uo\v couiplet ami aie ruuuing done every aftcrnoc as usual. P. IL.OI7CK S. regular. CHOPPING > Your horsfs fret from flies by getting theinauet ufleatk- JBy so doing You will save moupy. Your bor*es are not so apt to run awav wheu they are not irriUtuJ by tLe t'. COMBS AND BRUSHES 01 the best kind*, that will ssMrit you cr.'ally iu keeping your horses look- -lick. Greases Carriage Oil. W|fon Grea<, Hoof On.tmrut, Harness Oil. HarueM J 1 up, IMish.auil everything that will pre- serve your harness. Binder Whips Long Binder \\ hip*, .ami Whips of. every description and pri.'fs the lame All kuuls of light and heavy harnesr. WILL MOOKE. - Proprietor Flesherton Planing Ii now in active operation and prepar- ed ti> turn out any quantity of first class work, Mir 1 '. n diMiix, mouldiugi, flooringa, shoutings, i- to. Bo nds - t,, ,.i,icr. We aho manufacture Deuhin-s. (live UH Jimr iTikr for any- thing iu our line. Beecroft & Sloan.