The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07
VOL. VIII.--N0. $3.50.

since. i ne Dont was suudenly capsZeu, anu
they were thrown into the water. The fath-
er who was not an expert swimmer, while
his son could not swim at all, at once COM
menced to aid the lad. He seeing that his
father was becoming exhausted, calp,ysaA
to him, "Never mind me, save youptself for
mothers sake" God bless that boy. and
God be thanked that both wess rescued
from thcpcril in which they were involved.
aFor mothers sake" There spoke true.
son ard true hero. He knew thas histd
yenrs lily fitted hin to support and sustzml<
who bore him-that If his father pcrshea,
she might be reduced TO want as well as steep
ed in sorrow-that if the oak fell, the ivy
would fade and die. So he bid his soul bs
quiet amid the troubled waters, amid the ex.
citement and apprehension that such scene
must engender, and resolve to die for his
mother unless in Iced, some hand was stretch
ed forth for his safety and the safety of his
father: 1t was all right because il WINS done
for mothers sake"
WIND SUcKrSe.-Ths detestabe habit in
horses may be cured, says contributor to
the Ohio Cullivator, by the following process:
Wind sucking is n habit, 0ke chewing to.
bacco)much easier acquired than forgotten.
1t can only be practised, however, under fi,-
v0rable circunstances--that is when there
is some object on which the horse can rest
his teeth, located about rs high as his breast
such MS Il common manger, for instance
The best remedy, therefore, is to place the
feeding trough MS low as the ground or floor
of the stable, and The hayrack MS high as the
horse can reach; and see that there is no OBJ
ject of an intermediate height for him to rest
hin teeth to suck wind. Care must also be
taken that when out of the stable, he is not
allowed to stand near fence or stump, or
any object of convenient height, for practis.
Ing this habit. In the course ofa few months,
say five or six he willforget the trick.
sYT The Free Lovers who fourished for
some time Mt their rendezvous in that emf.
nently moral city, lSs4 Fork, have gradually
paIed away and ffizz!6d ont. The Evening
Express, Of the esh h6ays
3, Afsss t',s!s 4! W I; 4. shsy ,eurishsd
attendance ses<S snall " degrees, and beau.
lS6s sftS 81 4 ' ~ s1ftsss, i654
ls6 ! ! sosissy now
meet SalsSIy 4 jsash p3IlSsS houses. So
i y3 u zRsspI I! ~ slau3ien" Of ,h.
:!I;s!:s!I s: { 1 ':ss::s: ss:'!:
1 M oxe "a IA hS lfid 1'tth- -wliei, Il reuuninS
n |ie19 n con l0fni9 4 piculiqr poisonous
snlE The 6ecQ betopies covered with q
layer of adelllp fborate, ehioride and sui.
plate Of lend, athdnhlIre from six to thirty
I grains in q half pound. The presence of lead
in tobacco Is detected BY burning the tobac.
co in n cruciblc, treating the ashes resulting
with dydrochloric acid, then evaporating the
mixture, and treating the redesolved resi-.
, dunn with the iodide of potassium, sulphate
ofsodn, and snlphurated hydrogen.
MUTUAL F.oRBEARAHcE.-Tha' house will
be kept in turmoil where there is no tolera.
lon of each others errors. II you lay sin.
gle stick of wood in the crate and apply fire
to it, il will 90 out; put on another stick and
they will burn; and half dozen, and YOU
will have blaze. There are other fires of O
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gets into passion, and il let alone, he will
cool down, and possibly be ashamed and
repent. But oppose temper TO temper; pile
on all the fuel draw in others the group
and let one harsh answer be followed by an.
other, and there will soon be u blaze which
will enwrap them all.
I POUNDS TO BusHEL-The following table
. of the number Of pounds TO the bushel may
. he OF interest to farmers and deaIers:-O
7 wheat, 60 pounds; of shelsd corn, Sc pounds
i of corn in the cob 10 pounds; of rye, sc
e pounds; of oats, 35 pounds; of barley, as
, pounds; of potatoes, 60 pounds of beans, &C
:, pounds; of bran, 20 pounds; of clover seed, 5s
u pounds; of hemp seed, A pounds; of blu,
grass seed, Is pounds; Of castor beans, Al
pounds Of dried peaches, 3S pounds; of driet
) apples, "a pounds OF onions 81 pounds.
, New FLowERiSG SHRUB.-The Januar,
v number of the llorticuliurist gives plate an,
G. notice of n shrub found in Macon county
D. North Carolina, said TO be n namcless AM
undescribed variety of Rhododendron, tn
flower of which is second only in mngnifi
Pe cencc to the Magnolia GrandihOra. Ii grow
" to the height of four or five feet, and Is easil
transplanted and cultivated. 1t is stated tina
no American flower exceeds this in beauty
Its color is bright crimson, approa.hin,
;s scarlet, and the conieles are composed O
twenty or thirty flowers, forming conica
mass nearly MS large rs mans head Tn
ID leaves are evergreen, Of deep color. Th
lr spot where found is on the top of almos
inaccessible mountains.
THE 7TH SECTIoy.-rhe Louisville Demo
u, cra., one of the most ferocious enemies O
a Amercanism, speaks Of the 7th section Of tn
re American Platform, ns follows:
ct "No form Of cords could be deriSed repudi
ID ating more clearly the doctrine of the Wilmo
Proviso; and il just as distinctly repndiates til
doctrine OF the Missouri Compromise"
Id FRozEN PoTAToEs.-We are assured b
ct one who has tried the experiment. that pot,
r, toes, though frozen ever so hard, il put int
IL boiling water without washing in cold, are ,
$. sweet and rs palatable MS though the fro
IN had not touched them. lnasmuch MS frozc
III potatoes are over plenty Just now, this is
fact worth knowing Chicago Daily Time
n, Coon AvDIcE.-'rhe learned and pio,
81 Bishop Horney says:-"Only take ncwsp
st per, and consider j well, pay for it, and
nc will instruct thee"
o. CURIOUS STATIsTIcs-We find u paragrar
in circulation in which il is estimated that ii
clergy cost the United States six million dc
lars per year; the criminals, twelve million
the dogs, ten millions; and tho lawyers, thi