The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03
A WORD ABOUT BED COVERING.

product called common sense-and in rea.
ton TO nothing more than bed covering.
What one sleeps under has vital conncc.
ton with the healih and many day is made
miserable just rs the sleep Of the preceding
night has been beneath proper or improper
clothing
A popular writer has the following:
I'hree.fourlhs of the bed covering of our
people consist of what are miscaled "com'
fortablcs," viz: two calico cloths with ga-
zed cotton wadding laid between and quilted
in.
The perfection of dress, for day or night
where warmth is the purpose, is that which
confines around the body sufficient Of its own
warmth while it allows escape to the rest
Where the body is allowed to bathc pro.
tractcdly in its own vapor, we must expect
m unhealthy action upon the skin. Where
there IS too little vcntilatiny escape, what
is called inscnsiblc pcrsplration is checked,
and something analogous to fever supcrvcncs.
Foul tongue in taste, aud lack Of iaorniny
appetite, bctrays the error. In all cases the
temper suffers, and "my dear this is cxccr;l.
bic coffee" is probable the morning saluta-
tion.
How much is the rosy health of poor chill
dren due to the air.lcaking bed rooms oftheir
parents, and what generator ofpale faces is
Il close chamber
TO be healthy and happy, provide your
bed with the lightest and most porous blan-
ket. The finer the better. The cheapest in
price are the dearest in health. "Comtort;l-
blcs" are uncomfortable and unhealthy. Cot
ton, if it could be made equally porous and
keep so, we should prefer it to wool. The
same for daily undcrclothcs. But more than
all else, let your chamber be wel.ventilatcd.
Knock in Il hole somewhere to give your es.
Gaping breath exit, and another to give fresh
air to your lungs in place of what they have
expired. So shall you have pleasant dreams
at night, and in the morning cnccriul rising,
sweet breath and u good appetite. These
blessings combined, will secure to hcalthful
parents n household Of BRIGHT, rosy-chcekrl
memorials of rich and frutful affection.
A STEEP RAILROAD GRApE.-Thc steep
est railroad grade in Europe, is upon the
picdmontcsc Railroad, between Turin and
Genoa. 1t is r"ar the town of GIcni; and
the ascen; i, 1855 feet to Il mile. Experiments
which have been made have shown that two
locomotives, drawing n train of six loaded
gravel cars, weighing altogether 100 tons, as
ccnded the grade at time when the rails
were exceedingly wet and slippcry,ata speed
/ of nineteen miles an hour.
/ CHANCE OF GETTING MAEElEp.-Fanny
Fern says she is ready to jump at the first
offer of marriage, and presents her qualica-
ton rs follows:
II have very black eyes and hair, and am
very yeiite. | am rs sensitive AS the 'Alinosa'
spirited as an eagle, and untamablc as cham
rhtniug.-Can make pudding or write Il
newspaper squib, cut II capcr, and crowd more
happiness or misery into ten m'nuteS than
any Fanny that WAS ever christcncd."
Fanny, says the New York Mirror, has
been twice married and only quite recently
aa-marrcd So iany cntcrpriaing bachelor
has fancy for pressed "Fcrn Leaves" here's
Il fine opening for him.
KICKING IIogsEs.-It occurred to me that
Il recipe published in your paper, for the
cure of kicking horses, might he OF much
service to persons afflicted with such danger
Gus animals. The operation for cure TO be
commenced AS follows, cly-put on Il
hea,d,talI or bridlc, with twisted W, or twist
ed STRAIGHT bits in the mouth of the horse
/ to be curricd: then put on common back
saddle, with thl lugs, or any strap or g'r'h,
with looms on either side of the horse, is
equally good; then buckle palr OF long
rrins. omen in the middle, into the bits, and
pass through the thil lugs or loops one to
each hind foot, above the ictlock JOINT, there
mukccach rein fast to the lcg, allowing suill-
cicnt length of rein for your horse TO walk or
trot, Us the operator may think proper. Every
thing complete You will have the animal com.
mcnce the operation of kicking; the first Will
be a smart kick, the second lighter, and SO on
till your horse cannot be made to Kick any
more. By the above method many now
worthless horses may be made valuable
Maine.
rIy"When you see man in business who
will not advertise in his own village paper
/ look out for Il mean, penurlous sklnillnt, too
tirh, to enjoy good health, and who holds y
penny 50 near his eyes that he can't see a
dollar.
rJs"B Brigham Young advises and warns
the Indians of Utah TO let his house alone
"Let an hostile band of Indians come round
INV house, and am good for quite number
of them. II one hundred should come,
calculate that only fifty shall be able to 9,
to the next house; and if they use up the 9th
or fifty, the third house will be safe
o. A private letter from kosshtf', dated
London. Jan. 81, and addressed to gentle
man in this country, concludes by saying;
avon shall soon hear of a titanic work on
our part; of our helping up Ossa upon Pc
lion with but our nails for tools.
ToucII.-The Boston Bee, paper notorl-
Gus for its vcraci,y, says that man up IN
New Hampshire went ont cunning one day
this spring-he saw flock ofPigecns sitting
on a limb of an old pine, 50 he dropped a
ball into his gun, and fired. The ball split
the limb. which closed up and caught the
toes of all the birds in it. lie saw that he
had rot them all, so he fastened two balls to,