The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-16
SALAMAGUNDI.

L. s. MINT.-DurinS the month of March
the mint at Philadelphia coined gold to the
value of S3,SS6, 632; also silver to the amount
Of S53, 1906 and copper to the extent of $780,
us cents.
A freshet in Ohio has been attended with
great loss Of property. In Cincinnati num-
Der of houses in the lower part Of the city
were inundated.
An USFoRrrSArr MAx.-There is a man who
has tried all manner of things and never
found anything answer but Echo
The l. o. of O. +. in the United States num-
Der 100000 members 1888 Lodges and 600
Encampmcnts. The amount of revenue for
the year 1851 was :l,200,OOO. The amount
paid the same year for relief was nearly
100000.
Ncatncss and good order contribute to
health, wealth, and happiness; while oppo-
site habits tend to disease, misery, poverty,
vice, and short life.
In the State of Indiana there are nineteen
hundred churches. Of the population, one in
eight is church member, and one in seven
cannot read and write
A Mr. Carman, of Borlentown New Jersey,
is said to be engaged in Matching eggs by
steam. The machine is placed on II table
about 81 long by l6 inches broad, and the
water is heated by an oil lamp. The machine
contains about loo eggs, and the chickens
thus produced appear to be as lively and
healthy as those produced by natural means.
There have been six hundred murders in
Texas in the last four years and out of this
startling number, not six have been convicted.
PoLmr DuSxISG.-It is said that some of the
Boston hosts place an extra fork across the
plate of delinquent hoarlcrs. They like to
have one "lork over"
There are thirty Thousand persons in prison,
in France, for political offences. a queer Re-
publican government, truly, where Louis
Napoleon prcsidcs.
The editor of the Rochester Democrat nc
| knowlclgins the recei pit of some fine salad OF
this springs growth, exclaimed, "Lcttucc be
| thankful"
Obadiah thinks the stree of knowledge
was the birch tree, the twigs of which have
done more to make man acquainted with
arithmetic than all the other members OF the
vegetable kingdom combined.
'>hort visits are best" as the fly said when
he lit on hot cookstove.
| 'What is the singular of MANI
'lhry is singular ven they pay up the prin-
ter without being asked to do it dozen
times"
| II is easy enough to tell n hard drinkcr-
his offence is always branded on the end o.
his nose.
We shall have twenty-three cclipses of the
sun i'll the course Of the next fifty years,
! hobbs. in his late lecture on Domestic
Economy, INDUCED in the following remarks
"Ihe best way to get along with women is tt
keep tkem well loved all the time. A woman
can never be satisfied unless she is loved tt
death. Keep her mouth stopped with kisses
and she cannot scold."
A great man commonly disappoints those
who visit him. They are on the lookout 70,
his thunder and lightning, and he speak.
about common things much like other people
The fire at Chilicothe, Ohio, on the Isl
inst, was even more destructive than at first
reported. About one fourth of the place il
! in ruins, and some 1000 people We're made
homeless The total loss is upwards Of si'
hundred thousand dollars, on which there il
an insurance of some S250,00O.
What requires more philosophy than takin!
things as they comet Parting with things IL
they so.
At Memphis, on Friday, W. W. Miller Of thu
firm of W. W. Miller d. Co., was killed in Al
aifray by his partner Mr.. Philips. He was
stabbed in several places and died instantly
The Odd Fellows of Boston are about t.
erect splendid Hall in that city. 1t is to b.
of granite, four stories in height, and will cos
$4,000 This amount is be TO divided il
shares Of $50 each.
Who Is uE3-An Albany paper gives us tho
statistics of the State Senate as follows -!
lawyers, farmers, physicians, merchants
! builder, mechanic, and GENTLEMAN
Despair is the offspring Of fear, laziness ant
impatiencc.
Vcrmonters live to great age, rs is wei
known. There are two men up there so ole
that they have forgotten who they are, NJ
neighbors living who can remember.
In feeding with corn, fifty pounds grount
60 as far as a hundred pounds in the grain
Sir, say that it is employment that make
the people happy.-IVetster
| The less man KNOWS, the WIDER he wear
his mouth OPEN 1t is as impossible for NJ
isnoramus to keep his jaws closed, as it is fol
a sick oyster to keep his shell closed.
The rich man oftcner wants an appetite ant
rest than the poor man wants food and bee
to lie on.
In town in Maine, loafer was brought
before justice for being drunk in the street
the fine being one dollar for each offence
The fine he paid, and was arragned again th'
next day. "No you don't, Judged" said he, :"
knows the law-one dollar for each offence
and this is the same old drunk"
The substantial prosperity Of a country Is
always in the ratio Of its agricultural industry
and wealth.
The Texas papers announce the death o.
TAYLOR White the greatest stock grower IN
the State. The sum of $4,000 in specie was
found in his safe.
INTERESTING ARTISAN WELL.-There is
an Artesian Well at the cotton factory Of
Joel Matthews, Esq, in Dallas co., Alabama
which is ITO feet 10 inches in depth, and