The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-18
VOL. X.--N0. sos.
ATALE OF TERROR.

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journal. 1t appears that as farmer OF Orsl-
novia, near that city was lately returning
from market, he stopped at roadside pub
lie house, and imprudently showed the Inn
keeper large sum which he had receved.-
In the night the nnkeeper, armed with n
poignard, stole into the farmers chamber
and prepared to rob him, but the farmer,
who from the mans manner at supper, cou-
ceived suspicious of foul play, had thrown
himself on the bed fully dressed, without
going to sleep, and being powerful man,
he wrested the poignard from the other, and
using il against him, laid him dead at his
feet. A few moments after, he heard stones
thrown at the window, and voice which he
recognized as that of the innkeeper's son,
said: "The grave is now ready" This
proved to him that the father and son had
planned his murder, and to avoid detection,
had intended burying the dead body at once.
He thereupon wrapped the body in Sheet
and let it down from the window; he then
ran to the gendarmere and stated what had
occurred. Three gendarmere Immediately
accompanied him to the house, and found
the young man busiIy engaged in shoveling
earth into the grave. "What are you bury
ing!" said they. "Only horse which has
just died." "You are mistaken" replied
one of them, jumping into the grave and
raising the corpse. "Look" and he held up
u lantern to the face of the deceased. "Good
God" cried the young man, thunderstruck:
at is my father" He was then arrested and
at once confessed MI.
The Honey -MooN.-Why is the first
month after marriage called the "honey.
moon!" Doubtless on account of the sweet
lunacy which controls the heads of the par
ties during that brief and delighted period.
What pity that they should ever get quite
rational again! that sentimental should give
place to sense, love yield to logic, and fiction
to fact, till the "happy pair" are reduced
from the Eden of romance to the Sahara of
rcality-from Heaven TO earth and perhaps
peg lower Strange as it may seem, there
have been couples who have quarreled in the
first month of matrimony, and have got
back to their astonished parents before the
good mother had fairly done weeping (and
rejoicing too) at her daughters DEPARTURE
Their "honey.moon" sourcd at the full of
her horn and became n moon of vinegar in.
stead. a bad omen that There was much
sense aud proprety in the text.
FUR AND PovEGTY.-Poverty runs strong
" to fun. man is never 50 full ofjokes ms
when he is reduced TO one shirt and two
potatoes. Wealth is taciturn and fretful.-
Stock. brokers would no sooner indulge in u
hearty laugh than they would lend money
on "second mortgage" Nature is a great
believer in compcnsations. Those to whom
she sends wealth she saddles with lawsuits
and dyspepsia. The poor never indulge in
woodcock, but then they have n style of ap-
peti that converts number three mackeral
into n salmon, and that is quite as well.
WoMAN's RIGHTs.-The strong g-minded
women are becoming more definite and prac-
tical in the assertion Of their rights. Their
platform has heretofore been rather vague
The eloquent divine, the Rev. Antoine,te
Brown, however, announced to the Conven-
ton 10 New York, the other day, that ono
of the most precious Of wOmen's privileges
is to 90 West, squat on an eighty acre lot,
and plant corn. That's more sensible thai
one had right to expect from such source'
THE FOLLY OF LITIGATIoN.-An illustra-
ton is to be found in Portage, o., in the
suit of Moses A. Birchard vs.. Worcester
Bliss, for damages done to sheep Of plaintiff
by dog of defendant. The trial just closed
was the fourth one OF the case by n jury
II occupied four days, and resulted in ver-
dict OF $50 damages for plaintiff. The idena
lity of the dog was the main point in the
case. The costs have run up to the sum Of
$1,000.
DEATH OF THE OLDEST WOMAN IN MICnt-
aAN.-The Monroe Commercial says Mrs.
Villette, of La Sale, Monroe county, was
buried Wednesday morning in the Catholic
burying ground. She was ll2 years of age
at the time of her death, and had lived in this
region the better part of n century. Her
husband-the third or fourth oEe-is still
living, aged some sixty or seventy years. II
is said that she made her will in the latter
part of the last century, and, what is most
singular, she has outived all the persons to
whom she had bequenthed her property
She was small woman and very active for
one OF her age.
A FIdHT WITH GRAssHoPPERs.-The Com
zales (fexas) Inquirer has an amusing ac-
count ofan attack upon that city by grasshop.
pers, and the attempt Of the citizens to re-.
pei the intruders
Everybody turned out-men, women and
children, white and black, little niggers and
chickens, editors and deriiS--every body,
with fire and sword bushes and brooms,
| blankets and buckets, carried on the deadly
conflict, but to no avail; the hoppers hoped
on and the defending forces were obliged to
beat m inglorious retreat, leaving the bar
barians in undisturbed possession Of the
conquered city"
An EDIToR's AssEssMENT.-lt does n
body good to have lis pride fattored once in
while. We realize the benefit of it once
u ycnr, when the assessor comes round and