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The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
A Good ADcCdOtp,

Judge of Baltimore, is an nble
Judge and n pious man. He knows
for what the island of Jamaica is
chiefly celebrated and thinks with
Lord Byron, that The two things
most consolatory to fallen man are
rum and true religion
Disdainnig to imbibe perpendicular
in bar rooms, he keeps a demijohn ol
conceded Otard inhis office, and there
slakes his thirst as inclination prompts
The judge has d son who knows bis
fathers habits, ard emulates them
with fIial hssiduity. On Sunday
morning the judge-Would say:
Well, Rufus, going to the First
Presbyterian with me this morning?'
no, father, | reckon III 90 down
to the Second Methodist
But on his way to that edifce, Ru-
fts uniformly stopped at the office,
unlocked the old gentleman's private
closstj and indulged himself with
the pleasant fluid.
Every Sunday morning the Judge
repeated his Iaudable inquiry, but Ru-
fus preferred the Second Methodist.
! he Judge soon began to notice a
marked diminution in the contents of
the demHohn, and rightly suspected
who was the Culprit. The Judge
ethPtied the remaining liquid into
another vessel and placed it in
secluded place. Next Sunday morn.
ing came the usual interrogatory:
Going with me this morning, Ru.
fusF
40, Father, 1 reckon I'll STICK to
the Second Methodist
On reaching the Office and taking
holt of the demUohn he not only saw
with disgust the empty jug but no.
tioed a small piece of white paper at.
tached 10 the hands Oh which was
legibly inscribed theso words: Sc
cond Methodist closed for repairsp
After church father and son met
and looking curiously at each other
smiled q little smile but said nothing.
The repairs on that Methodist build
ing have not yet b.en completed
So Rufus ayers.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
THE HAPPY MATCH.
4 story OF our Village.

"Now," said Henry Herphill to
his young wife, when they went to
se-keeping, " it's my business to
bring money into tho house, and
yours to see that none goes foolishly
out Of it,"
This was the agreement with which
they set forward in tho World. He
chose her first because he loved her,
and in the second place because she
was sensible, economical and indus
tfious, Just the reason that should
influence every sensible man IN his
choice now. And ne also thought it
best that both should have distinct
spheres of action. Their interest
were one and invisible, consequently
each had Ehe same motives to act well
the allotted part. His business call
cd for his attentfoH-be wished, there
fore, 10 pursue it undisturbed by other
cares.
For himself, he looked for happi.
ness at home there be expected a
supply for all his wants, and be was
not disposed to spend anything abroad
IN htrsaft Of what he thought every
reasonable man ought TO eni9y IN the
bosom Of bis own family! Her duties
being all domestic, she was able TO
contpres6 thenf the better by turning
her attention to them.
Her husbands business doing hab.
it's, bis temperate, correct life, had oil
the power Of example, Increasing her
esteem aad doubling her anxiety TO
increase bis.
They had married without waiting
10 Get rich. They never mistrnsted
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
Learn Trnln.

Stephen Grard had favorite clerk
always said he "intendcd to do wei
by Ben Lippihcott." So when Ber
got to be tweuty-ohe, he expected
to hear the governor" say some
thing Of bis future prospects, and per
haps lend him helping hand in start.
ing him in tho world. But the old
fox carefully avoided the subject
Ben mustered courage.
ii suppose | am now free, sir" said
he, "and / thought | would say some
thing to you as to my course. What
doyou think / had better dol"
eyes, yes, l Know yoi are, and
my advice is, that you go and learn
the coopeFS' trade" replied the mil
lionaire.
This piece Of advice nearly froze
Ben out; but recovering his equili-
brlum, he said, If Mr.. Girard was in
earnest, be would do so.
81 am in earnest" and Ben forth
with sought the best cooper in Spring
Garden, became an apprentice, and
in due time could make as good a
barrel as the best. He announced
to old Stephen that he had gradua-
ted and was ready to set up in bust
ness. The old man seertied gratifed
and Immediately ordered three Of the
best barrels he codld turn out. Ben
did his prettiest; and wheeled them
mp to his counting-room. Mr. Girard
pronounced them f1rst-rate, and de-
manded the price.
"One dollar is as low as can
live by" replied Ben.
"Cheap enough. Make out your
bill"
The bill was madh out and old
Stephen SETTLE it with a check for
$4,000, which he accompanied with
this little moral to the story:
"There, take that and invest It in
the best possible manner; and if you
are Unfortunate and lose it, you have
u good trado to fall back on, which
will afford you a good living"
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
Practical Hints.

A coating of three parts lard and
one part rosin, applied to farm tools
of iron or steel, will effectually pre-
vent rust. Common nails heated red
hot and dropped into cold water, will
clineh aud answer the purpose Of
wrought nails. The sharp corner of
a common Indian arrow head. or flint
will cut glass etfectually. A good
wagon jack may be made of boards
two or more feet long Place the
board in front Of the wheel, ono end
on the ground and the other just un-
der one of the spokes, close up to the
felloe then take hold of the spoke on
the opposite side of the wheel, and
lift it, at the. same time placing the
second board under the axel. In this
way a loaded wagon may be lifted
with ease. Rusty nails may be drawn
from wood without difficulty, by first
giving them blow hard enough to
start them a little. A gun viii not
need cleaning for FIVE years, if the
muzzle is tightly corked, and piece
of rubber kept upon the tube under
the hammer, when standing idle.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
The Horrors OF war;

France, witha population of 10000.
600, lost between the years 1902 and
1874, moro than five millions of men
sacrificed TO the bloody holock of
war in Europe, tie loss Of life was
about two thousand per day or in all
more than sixteen millions of human
lives. In the great conflict through
which we have Just passed, at least q
million lives have been lost What a
comment on the civilization of tho
age. Has Christianity no power TO
"smoothe tho wrinkled front Of war"
or is reason to bc always subject to
tho sword
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
'prCCOciOus;

Three little girls were playing
among the sage brush in the back
yard. Two of them were making
believe keep house," few yards dis
lant from each other-neighbors as it
were. One of them says to the third;
"There, now, Nelly, you, 60 to
Sarah's hou6e, and then stop little
while and taIIt; and then come back
and tell me what she says about me
and then Ill talk about her; then 20
and tell her all l say, and then we'll
get mad and won't speak to each 9TH
er, just like our mothers do, you
know. o! that'll be such fun !"
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
Fhe TRefh 0fthe H0rse.

Ahorse has forty teeth--twenty-four
double teeth or grinders, four tushes
or single file teeth, and twelve front
teeth called gatherers. AS general
thing mares have no tushes. Be-
tween two and three years old the
colt sheds his four middle teeth, two
above and two. below after three
years old, two other teeth are changed
one on each side of those. formerly
sheGi he now has eight colts teeth
and eight horses teeth; when four
years Of age he cuts fournew teeth.
At five years old the horse sheds
his remaining colts teeth, four in
number, when his ttshes appear. At
six years Of age his tushes are up,
appearing white, small and sharp,
while a small circle of youug grow
ing teeth is observable. The mouth
is now complete. At eight years Of
age the teeth have fiIled up, the horse
is aged, and his mouth is said TO bo
full
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
GreaSlng Wagons.

But few people are are aware that
they do wagons and carriages more
injury by groasing too plentifully than
in any other way. A we'll made wheel
will endure common wear from ten to
twenty five years, if care is. taken to
use the right kind and proper amonnt
of grease; but if this matter is not
attended to, they will be used up in
five or six years. Lard should never
DO used on wagon, for it will pene-
trate the hub and work its way ont
around the lemons of the spokes, and
spoil the wheel. Tallow is the best
lubrioator for wood axletrees, and cas-
tor oil for iron.
Just enough grease should be ap-
Piled TO the spindle of q wagon to
give It a light coating; this is better
than more, for the surplus, put on will
work out at the ends, and be forced
by tho shouIderbands and nut.wash
ers into the hub around the outside of
the boxes.
To oil an axletree, first wipe tho
apindle Glenn with a cloth wet with
spirits of tarpentine, and then apply
a few drops of castor oil rear the
shoulder and end. One teaspoOnfui
is sufficient for the whole.-Ohlo Far!
DleT.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
Peach ROrer...Killine.

1t is stated on authority deemed
reliable that to exterminate the
peach bour it is only necessary to
pour a small quantity Of common
sperm oil on the bark Of trees, close
to the roots, without disturbing tho
earth. II the scaly bug infests tho
bark fyour trees, rub them wits an
oiled swab and it will bo destroyed
also, Oil is the most effectJlal poison
for all insects. II closes their spirn.
cles, or breathing holes, on the side Of
the body. Essential oils, such us cam
phor and turpeutino, kill or drive
away insects for the same reason, and
not because their odour is pungent.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
SaIlaid lShes fOr Horses.

Those keeping horses should, twioo
a week, throw in handful Of salt and
ashes. Nix them by putting in three
parts Of salt to one of ashes Horses
relish this, and will keep their hair soft
and fine. 1t will prevent bots, collie,
cts. A little ground sulphur mixed
with salt and ashes. and given onco
in two or three weeks, is also benef-
eial. All domestic animals will bo
thus benefted.-TuJ, Field and Farm.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
poe g R e .
/ Am Dying.

The following beautiful poem We copy from q
Memphis Bulletin. It Is rarely We hld such contrib
tions to the columns OF a newspaper. 1t is sweet
beautifully sad:
Raise my pillow, husband dearest
Faint and fainter comes my BREATH
And these shadows stealing slowly,
Must, know be those of death.
Sit down close beside me darling,
Let me clasp your warm strong hand,
Yours that ever has sustained me,
To the borders Of this laud.
FOR your God and mine-Our Father
Thence shall ever lead me, onj
Where upon thrune eternal,
Sits his loved and only Son,
I've had visions and been dreaming
Ger The past for joy aud pain;
Year by year TTo wandered backward,
Till was a child again.
Dreaming Of grlhood, and the moment
When stood your wife and bride,
How my heart thrilled Loves triumph,
In that hour Of woman's pride.
Dreaming Of thee and all the eGrth.ehords
Firmly twined about my heart
Oh the bitter burning anguish,
When first knew we must part.
It has pASt--and God has promised,
All thy footsteps to Ettsnd
He that's more than friend or brother,
He'll be with you to the end.
There's no shadow ser the portals,
Leading to my heavenly home
Christ has promised life immortal
Ard ttia fla thai bida him eoTaa
When life's trials await around thee,
And it's chilling billows swell;
Thoult thank heaven that I'm spared them,
Thoul't then feel that "sll Is WELL"
Bring our boys unto my bedsldci
My last blessing let them keep
But they're sleeping-do not wake thOmj
They'll learn soon enough to weep.
Tell them often Of their mother,
Kiss them for me when they wake,
Lead thsm gently in life'S pathway,
Love them dOubly for my7sake.
Clasp my hand still closer, darling,
Tis the last night OF my life;
For tomorrow shall never
Answer when you call me "wis."
Fare thee well, my noble husband,
Faint not meath the chast'ning rod
Throw your strong arm around our children,
Keep them close to thee-and God.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
Business Marriages.

Somebody thinks the marriage ser
vice should read thus:
Ciergymah-Will you take tbls
Siono mansion, this carriage and pair
Of horses, these diamonds for thy
welded hfsbandl Yes. Will you
take this unpaid milliner'S bill, this
high chigbon Of foreign hair, these af-
fected accomplishments, and feeble
consultation for thy welded wifel Yes.
Then what man has Joined together
lot tho noSt best man run away with,
40 that the frat divorce court may
tear them asunder,
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14

he and Mary mutually give each other
the credit of all this."
y My heart expanded thcn-it e6.
pands Still when hear Of them. |
pen this simple history, that, as it is
entirely imitable, some who read it
will attempt imitation.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
Juvenile Logic,

"Wby does Jewel wag his tail, pal"
"Becauso ho is pleased, my son" ."
A few days afterwards the son
skinned an eel by way Of recreation.
Elbow could you DO so cruel my
boy"
"Gfiei pa" fho sci wigglod his tail
all the time and 30 ain sure no was
wonderfully please"
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
Wounds ON HORSES.

One Of the best washes that wo
know of for ordinary wounds on hor-
ses is to take one quarter Of q pound Of
saltpeter, half pint Of turpentibe,
and put them into bottle shake up
well before using apply to the wound
three times a day with a feather
This we have heard highly recon-
mended from reliable sources.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14

Rt9sANNoUF6tNG,C ,CANDIDATEs--For Munich
iPal Offices So 90; County S. 90; State;
$40 90.
JoB-PRNTrad, of all descriptions neatly
executed.
BeA. AL communications tetdifg to per-
sotal agrRndizement or emolument will be
charged the same as advertisements.
Advertisements and Subscriptions con-
tinued unless Rrrearages are paid and
ordered to be stopped, and they will
be charged for accordingly.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14

tr Josh Billings correctly remarks
Success in life is very apt to make
ne forget the time we wasn't much. Il
is just 30 with the frog on the Jump"
he can't remember when be was tad.
po,e--but other people can.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
~ An English traveller, by mis-

" An English traveller, by mis-
take, left an undergarment at coun-
try inn, whore he had passed a night.
lie wrote TO the landlady TO forward
to him the missing article, from whom
he received the foiIoWin reply:
"Ny gentle sir, pray don't feel burt
I'll fraakly tell yuu all about il;
I've made a shifi Of your old shirt,
And you must make shin without Il.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14

6r What is the differnce betweon
gauze dress and drawn tooth3
One is toolhin and the other is tooth
out. .
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14

6E There is a man in Totness so
witty that bis wifo manufactures nll
tho butter tha. the family used from
the cream of his jokes.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
raS- The editor of ..an exchange IN

rS- The editor of AN exchange in
making an appeal to his subscribers
who are in arrears, to pay up says
We hope they will settle without
delay. Not that we want the money,
oh, MOI Our ink is given US, we steal
our paper, and we win our printers
wages at seven up. So it costs us
nothing to carry on business. Never
theless as a matter of accommodation,
and to ease their conscionces we will
take what they owe us if they will
send it in Immediately"
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14

ta- " What is the use of living?"
snarled a veteran grumbler, the other
day. ave are hogged for crying
when we are babies; hoggcd because
the schoolmaster is cross when we are
boys; obliged to toll, sick or well, or
starve, when w5 arc men to work
still harder (and suffer Something
worse , when we arc husbands; and,
after ezhaGstfhg life and strength in
the service of other people, die and
leave oar children to quarrel about
the possession Of our watch aud our
wife-to catch somebody else.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14

Tar Josh Billings says rum Il \
good thing in It's place, and hell is the
place for Il. Pretty veil said, Josh.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14

n@- Wanted pair Of spectacles to
suit the eye of potatoes. The club
with which an idea struck the poet.
A stick to measure narrow escapes.
The identical hook and line with
which an anglo caught cold. An
umbrella used in the reign Of tyrants
A knot from the board q man paid
seven dollars q week for.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-14
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-15
Southern Production.

Notwithstanding the many discouragements
which the South has had to encounter sluce the
close OF the Rebellion, such as the unsettled
state of social, industrial, aud political affairs,
lack OF ready means and low state of credit, it
is gratifying to note the substantial progress
towards reparation OF the losses and wastes of
war. The Southern States have not only become
nearly or quite a:elt-sustaining in the matter
of food, but their great staples of cotton,
tobacco rice, sugar, etc., are increasing in
volume at a rate which bids fair to enable them
speedily to resume their legitimate position in
the commerce and industry of the country. The
and climate, which are adapted not only TO a
very large production of the recognized staples
of that section, but TO most of the cereals,
fruits, and root crops of the higher ldti-
tudes. This has been abundantly de-
moustIated in the last year or two,
during which the Northern markets have been
literally supplied with great variety of farm
and garden produce which has yielded even
better returns 10 the producers than cotton.
Manufactures have also made some progress,
but nothing like the beadway which this branch
of industry is destined to make IN succeeding
years, when complete pacihcation shall bring
into IequisitiOn the necessary auxiliary forces
of capital and labor. In addition to fine soil
and diversified climate, the South possesses
untold wealth in her mines of iron, lead, copper,
and sulphur, not to speak OF the more precious
metals, which will, without doubt, be placed
unoeT tribute by unfailing energies soon as
the present anomalous condition of social affairs
shall give place TO law, order, and general
stability. IL is altogether probable that the
healing art OF time viii overcome the animos-
ties engendered by the war, and thus permit, in
succeeding years, uneXampled progress in mate
rial property NJ Y. Shtpp ng and CONNER
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-15

bazie. the hereditary shum or Prince o. Wag, a
most formidable antagonists and the most sue
cessful of all the insurgent chiefs. Until very
recently he appeared to have exercised jurisdic.
tion over the larger portion of the province eff
T19Te, and several chiefs in Northern AbysSinia
acknowledged bis supremacy. During the Brtish
war OF INVASION he maintained large army
near Magdala, and he frequently boasted that
he would attack the royal camp. Lieutenant
Prlde9uX' letter from Magdala, 1868, states that
1.-THE Wagshum GObazie and ManiIek of Sb "a are
knocking about somewhere in our neighbor-
hood, but don't appear to do any business" In
q previous letter, dated 18th of October, 1867 he
had reported that the Wagshum had marched
into the Wollo Gala country against the Queen
Waizero Mastyat. The British we're In direct
communication with Gobazie and IL has beeu
reported that he sent friendly message to Sir
Robert Napier.
Prince Ksssai or Kassa is, IL is said, the most
powerful native ally of the new sovereign. This
man joined the Wagshum GobaZie in bis hrst
rebellion against Tbeodorus, but subsequently
turned against Gobazie and set up to be king
on his own account Wrestling from his former
master the larger portion, If not the whole, at
one period, of the territory of Tigre. Hts last
relate ons between him and the Wagshum' were
for years anything but friendly, aud his over
lures to the British were made with view to
strengthen his position against a formidable
antagonist, who, once relieved from his pro-
ceedngs against Theodorus, mi9ht make short
work with Kassal's royalty. Since the return
march of the English the chiefs must have
become reconcleu, If the cable telegram of the
present union be correct.