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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
A Rich COurtcSan,

The Louisville Democrat, of recent
date, says:
One of the frail sisters of our CITY.
who is we'll known in sporting circles,
under an assumed name, will be some
what astonishcd this morning, if she is
still in Louisville, to learn that she has
fallen heir to the snug little fortune of
S30O,0O0 in gold, and that the solid cash
is ready to be planked down to her as
soon as she calls rit. 1t is her portion
of an estate, valued at SG66,l7S, left by
her grandfather, the Rev. William Will
liams, of London, England.
Judge w. M. Leslie, of Illinois, at
torney for and co-heir to the estate, ar
rived in the city last evening in search
of the heiress. He has drawn the full
amount in gold, and holds the girls por-
ton at this time subject to her order.
The name OF the lucky woman who has
thus suddenly been elevated from pow
erty to princely atlluence is Miss Mary
Hayes, but she has never been known
by this, her true name, since she left
her home in Columbus, Ohio, where
some Of her relatives now reside.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Good Nature.

BE good naturcd. 1t is by far the
best nature that is cultivated. AS q
matter Of fact any other sort is hadly
worth cultivating at all. 1t is the gol-
den passport Of many q man and wo-
man to the best graces Of society,"
Good nature is always current. 1t goes
well everywhere and at all times. 1t is
the home Of the healthy, the happy and
the wise; and equally adorns both SEX
es. People are sought because of its
possession. 1t is a grace Of ITSELF
GpFHIuaturc is all nature rolled togeth-
er. suppose, reader, if you don't know
anything about it you try it. 1t won't
harm an infant, and gives dignity and
strength TO giant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Rather Singular.

Near Lake Chautauqua, in Western
New York, remarkable as the highest
navigable water in the United States,
stands barn from the northern slant of
whose roof the water flows toward
Lake Erie, and thence by Niagara, Lake
Ontario and the st. Lawrence, into the
Gulf of st. Lawrence; while from the
other side of the roof it runs, by way
of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, in
to the Gulf of MeXico-twenty degrees
of latitude in the destination of drop
depending upon the variation of q puff
of wind!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
They Had Better Not.

The bondholders and other Radical
leaders are insisting upon two measures
in regard to the finances. They de-
mand the commitment of the Govern
ment and the nation, first, to the pay
ment of the $40 bonds in gold, policy
not required, as they themselves recog-
nizc, by any law; and, secondly, an i'm
mediate return to specie payments
If they think that they can carry out
these two measures or policies without
conjuring up a storm that will sweep
them and their party off the face OF
things. they are among the most arrant
financial fools that live.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
The Daddy Dds.

One of the most numerous and noisi-
est of the grasshopper tribe is called the
katydid from its unceasing and sense-
less gobble of that sound. There is .
class OF farmers almost as numerous,
and quite as senselcSs, who are rs mn
ccasingly crying Daddy.did. Daddy
did. This is the sole and only reason
that they have, for any and all things,
that they do, be or suffer. They do GER
tain work and in a certain way, because
"DaGdydid.. Indeed. they only live
because "Daddy-did," and they will die
and 20 where such folks ought to 60,
only because "Daddy-did."
The DADDY dds" are a very numer-
ons class. and there are many families
and subvarieties, but no one of observa-
tion will ever class them wrong. Five
minutes talk will be sure to bring out
the inevitable "Daddy-did." These three
syllables are enough. 1t needs nothing
more to determine, the class. And such
a class. Reader did you ever see one e?
<Wc know you are not one yourself, be-
cause the Daddy-did was never known
to read an agricultural paper, because
Daddy never did, Well, he doe every.
thing Just as his daddy did before him.
He neither improves nor falls off. He
generally lives on a creek. lie lives in
a log house, because his daddy did has
a rail fence around it for the same rea-
son. and for the same reason his stables,
so-called, are built of poles or rails.
They have never been cleaned, and in
the winter time there is mud hole in
front Of the door that he crosses by
rail, as his daddy did; he curries his hOr-
ses with cob as his daddy did. lie uses
the wooden mold board plough, tramps
out wheat with horses, cleans it with a
hand seive. His stock is all thorough
bred scrub. His house is just as his
daddy left it, save perhaps, that one or
more old hats have been added to the
windows, and a lot more chinking has
disappeared from cracks. Anewspaper
was never seen in his house he has a
bible, but the unmoved dust of years
/ lies on it. lie works for his victuals
aud clothes. If he gets these he is con-
tent. lie lives rs any other scrub ami
NAL. and dies without the world being
in the smallest degree better of for his
! life.
Such folks are only fitto be field hands.
They do not deserve to own land any"
where, much less. land ON which natIr"
has lavishGd all of her wealth of ierii-
ity. They are but dead weights that
clog the wheels of progress, and the
sooner they are removed, the better it
will be for the country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
The Coming Peace.

The London Star predicts that in less
than six months from tho time General
Grant enters upon his term Of Office, he
will have restored peace and order in
the South, made the laws respected, and
fully restored those civil and political
rights which are now partially in abcy-
anco. Whatever can be done by firm
ness and modration he will do; and
these are precisely the qualities that are
now needed in the Chief Magistrate OF
the American republic,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Cheerful Experience of % Chicago
Husband.

A Mr.. Thos. Adlard, citizen of Chi
cago, being as is alleged in his right
mind and of lawful age, has applied
for divorce, and lays in the following
specifications as sufficient grounds there
for:
July 1SG7-Whilc he was lying on
the sofa, sick, she struck him with a
piece of wood.
November 5, lSG7-TIis wife cut his
head open with stool.
December 1S66-lIis wife struck him
with stick of wood across the face.
December, lS67-She locked him out
of the house, and he was obliged to
sleep in the wood-shed.
December %. 1S67-She struck him
with such force as almost to break bis
arm in consequence of which he lost
the use thereof for three months.
January II. 1S6S-IIe being at the
the room, and went at him with a bot
tie, calling him foul and scanda,ous
names and when he left the premises
she threw brick at him with such force
as to break several of his ribs.
February, lSGS-She threw his clothes
and private papers into a vault.
February, lSGS-She astonishcd him
by preparing tea for him, which act be-
ing so unlike her, he refused to partake
Of it. Afterward he had it analyzed,
and found it to contain sugar of lead.
which he charges she put into the tea
with intent to poison him.
lie then takes mp the charges of adul-
terry This sin he says she committed
at divers times and places.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04

The Hartsville Valette says, about q
recent unpleasantncss between two
prominent characters:
Judge Mansen Bricn is greatly trou-
bled about Brownlow's Radical style Of
offering rewards for the arrest ofNncn
who are already arrested. The Judges
pilgrimage to the Radical party has
been very much like that of the man
who asked the boy if he knew where
Jake Kleintcltcr lived. Says he, "can
you tell me-" Yes. sir said the boy.
DO you see our barn down there p
Yes says he. Go to that. About
three hundred yards beyond the barn
you will find a lane. Take that lane
and follow along about Il mile and q
half Then you will come to u branch.
Go up the branch about quarter of a
mile, and then you will come to slip
perry elm log. You be mighty kcerful,
stranger, about going on that log; you
may get into the branch and then YOU
go OH mp until you get to the brow of Il
hill, and there the roads prevaricatc,
and you take the left hand road and
keep that until you get into big plum
thicket, and when you get there, why,
then-thcn-then' what then?' Then,
stranger, I'll be burned if You amt iost.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Odd Fellows.

The Semi-centennial anniversary of
the establishment of the order of Odd
Fellows in the United States, will oc.
cur on the Goth Of April next. The
event will be celebrated by q national
fetc in Philadelphia. The programme
includes an immense procession of
members Of the order in full regalia.-
A committee of the Grand Lodge is al
ready engaged in the work Of making
preparations.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Planting Fruit Trees.

We learn, says the Clarksville Chroai-
Gle, that great may young fruit trees
for planting, are being distributed
through this section, and affords US
pleasure to know that the attention OF
our people is being called TO the culture
of fruit. Our climate and soil are adj
mirably adapted to the growth of the
valuable varieties Of fruit, and it is first
rate economy to become independent OF
our Northern friends as rapidly as pos,
siblc. There is health, comfort and
money in good orchards, and we hope
to see a good one the appendage OF
CYerY homestead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Tanning.

Tie following, from the Boston CM-
Ncotor, may prove of use to somebody
Some time since it was asked how
to tan skins with the hair on? ANY
one can succeed in doing so by taking
two parts saltpctrc and one of alum,
pulverizing them well together, spread
the skin careful, fur side down, before
it has got dried apply the mixture even
ly, being careful to touch, every part in
sufficient quantity to thoroughly wet
the surface after it dissolves double
the flesh side and roll it up closely, put
it in cool place out of the way of the
frost, and let it remain three or four
days, perhaps according to the thick
ness then unro!l and when it gets near
ly dry, with a dull knife remove the fat
that may adhere in spots, and little
rubbing may make it pliablc and fit fol
use.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
The 2ust
Athens, Friday, Dec. 4, IsGs.
The Rebel Democracy.

During the late presidential campaign
the New York Tribune, Cincinnati Ga
xette, and number of the lesser lights
of the Radical party spoke of the party
opposing them as "the Rebel Dcmocra-
cy." This party polled in the late elcc-
ton about 2,250000 votes. Had cleo
tions been held in Virginia, Mississippi
and Texas, this party would have pollcd
10000 more. This shows that ''the
Rebel Democracy" number nearly 2,50O-
600 votes, nearly all Of whom are white
men, without counting the disfranchiscd
white men in West Virginia, Tennessee
aud Missouri
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Significant.

The following suggestive idea occurs
in recent editorial Of the Nashville
Press and Times:
After ones hope of getting what he
wants utterly fails him, he then loses all
his former prejudices, or affects to dis
card them--and commences to seek af-
ter what he may be able to obtain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
A Bad Bill Lost.

The Nashville Union and American
of the 2Sth ult. says: In the Senate yes
terday, the bill No. 2G0, providing for
the equipment of State Guard and
regulation of the Governors staff, was
laid on the table. Certain persons anX-
ious for fhe commission and pay Of mi
litia officers are doubtless disappointed,
but they must try and bear their cha
grin until something better turns up.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Ohio,

Feed is is so scarce in some sections
of Ohio that farmers are selling of their
stock at remarkably low figures. Sheep
are being slaughtered for their pclts by
the thousand. Five thousand two hun
dred and fifty sheep were sold at Clevc-
land last week for s272 80. or five cents
per head, the seller retaining the hides,
and the purchaser slaughtcring the an
imal. Carcasses Of sheep all ready for
delivery are sold at the astonishingly
low figure of 40 to GO cents EACH
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
New England Religion.

Henry Ward Beechcr went to Boston
the other day, and returning he told his
people, at an evening prayer meeting,
that the religion of Boston is as cold as
ice. In answer to n question how he
accounted for the frigid theology of the
Bay State, Mr. Beecher said it originat-
ed in the dead orthodoxy of former
age. If the Puritan Fathers had preach
cd Christ instead of Calvinism, the men
who deny the divinity of the Savior
would not now be in power in New
England. t-a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
r E r M s.:
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Ar Two Dollars "a Year, Payable
~ i'm Advance.

nj No attention paid to orders for the paper
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. Announcing names of candidates for once,
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All communications intended to promote the
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Cards, Blanks, Handbills, etc., will be exc
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
SOftening of the Brain.
New York ErpreSS says:

IHC NUW IUTh EUP7USS sH!s'
Softening of the brain is, like dis
eases of the kidneys, becoming fash
ionable afliiction. 1t is to be attributed
to the "grand rush" with which people
go into all the affairs Of life, nowadays.
We wish softening of the heart could
be substituted for it; particularly now
that Winter, with his oppressive grasp,
is approaching the habitations of the
nO0r-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
California.

The product of gold in California,
which formerly was siXty-iive millions
per annum, has fallen to about twenty
five, but the State is not going back
ward on the contrary the development
never was so great as at the present
time. There is more wealth in the fer
tile soil of the plains yet to be trans
mitted into golden grain, purple grapes
and fabrics Of silk than has been taken
from the mountain gulches.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Small Farmers.

In England there are many farmers
who support themselves and large fam
lilies on the product Of six acres, besides
paying heavy rents. Agriculturists in
Germany who are proprietors of six
acres, support themselves on two, and
lay up money on the remainder.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Wait. Mother.

Wait, Mother, before you speak harsh
ly to the little chubby rogue who has
torn his apron, and soiled his w.ite
Marseillea jacket. He is only child.
and "mothcr," is the sweetest and most
sacred word in all the world to him.
Needle and thread, and soap-suds will
repair the damage now, but if you once
teach him TO shrink from his mother,
and hide away his childish faults, that
damage cannot be repaired.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
More About California.

Few people have an idea of the cX-
tent of California. The State is 100
miles long, about 200 wide. San Fran
cisco and Sacramento together have a
population of about 100000, leaving
about 100000 population for this vast
area of country-as large as all New
England and New York and Pennsyl-
vania togcthcr-an area large enough
and rich enough to sustain a population
of 30,OOO,OO0. 1t would make large
sized European Kingdom. The State
will have 100000 bushels of wheat
to spare, which will bring in from S1S,-
100000 to $2O,OOO,OO0. The wool clip is
larger than ever before. The vintage
promise. to be the best ever gathered
Twenty-Five million grape vines are in
bearing, and new vineyards arc the
order of the day. The State has just
begun its network of railroads, soon to
be connected by the long spider-thread
across the continent. The development
of the State promises to be more rapid
during the coming months than ever
before.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
The Resources of the South.


Here is something worth rcprinting
and studying. We copy it from the
Savannah Republican,:
Some idea Of the immense resources
of the South and it's recuperative quail
ties may be derived from statistical
statement lately published by Alcxan-
der De.mar. 1t is there shown that on
June 30, 1865, the population of the
South amounted to $685. .7O9, and all of
the States together to S34, ,5Oj, j,SS2 that
the exports of the South for that year
amounted to 272,000,000, whereas, in
1920, the entire population Of the United
States scarcely exceeded that Of the
South forty years after, and the entire
exports only amounted to SOL, ,000,0O0.
In 1850, with population Of 23.00o,00O,
the exports Of the United States only
reached Sl3G.0U.000. the South now,
with not onc-half the population, OK
ports annually double that sum. No
where else upon the face of the earth
do such elements of latent prosperity
exist; and entirely undevclopcd as We,
remains by far the largest proportion
Of its territory, shows that an ;ndusSriaI
population, honestly laboring, vii ~ ii !;
comparatively short time, raise iS<}Etit
most prosperous the sun ever shd6iftH9
on. The only thing requisite i5ssHPt
relieved from political annoyance
disabilities and then bend our I'd
energies to its development &Ifi,
course pursued, the rcaping hodM vii
soon conquer what the sword lostto us
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04

Bay@ Col. Powell, of Tennessee, has
been appointed consul to Port Stanley,
Falkland Islands. t"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Whipping the Devil.

The Lynchburg RepUJzicdn says:
We know of a leading Apostle of
temperance, who lives not more than a
thousand leagues from Lynohburg, who
has been abnormally eXhiarated for
more than six weeks on-Bitters! Our
friend complains of severe dyspepsia
which necessitates the use of tonic,
and on this assurance cOntrivcs to keep
drunk about seven -eighths of his time
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Gen. HOlISseau's Report.

A Washington dispatch of the 25th
says:
Col. Kcelcr presented Gen. Rous-
seau's report to Gen. Grant to-day
The Colonel had an interview with the
present Secretary Of War and several
prominent members of Congress who
are here, giving details, from personal
observation, of the condition of affairs
at New Orleans. lie represents the
hostility of the white people to the pres
cnt government Of Louisiana as intense
and bitter, and says that with tie force
under Gen. Rousscau's command du-
ring the recent troubles it was impossi-
Bile to preserve the peace at all points,
though every measure was taken to pro-
tect the people in their rights, without
regard to party. The Republicans did
not vote because they We're advised by
their leaders not to do so, the leaders
believing that it would be unsafe. In
this opinion Gen. Rousseau concurred
and, with the means at his command
he was powerlcss to establish differ
ent order of things. Rousseau was in
constant communication with War.
mouth and other State authorities du.
ring the disturbances, and his OWL
course meets their warmest approval
as it does of all classes. Kecler repre-.
sents that up to the date of Gen. Stead
mans assuming charge, the police wa;
utterly worthless, being composed O
two or three hundred negroes and one
hundred and thirty whites. No riot
have occurred since the change of po
lice, and no city is more quiet and or
dcrly than New Orleans since the
change. Gen. Rousseau courts search
ing investigation of his management o
affairs during the recent tronbles.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04

R.E" n family man in New York
very much of one we should say-haS
recently been favored with tripplets, all
feminine, and he has named them Faith,
Hope and Charity. 1t is a great thing,
even though in small packages, to have
the leading Christian graces under one
root,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04

By" Mrs. "IIole-in-thc-day" i in
Minneapolis, anxious for a situation to
do house-work.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04

bay The Republican tickets for Con-
gressmen and Electors in South Caro-
lima bore 1.-The strange device" of an
eagle soaring in the clouds with car
pet-bag in its talons.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04

seJ" John Fisher, formerly Cashier Of
the Bank of Tennessee, died in Nash
willie on the 2Gth ult. He had been in
bad health for some time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04

S0@ The estimated cotton crop of
Maury county last year was fifteen
thousand bales, and this years crop will
be about twelve thousand five
hundred bales.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04

PS" Gen. Grant owns 100000 house
at Washington, and farm of thirty
eight acres, worth $4,000 per acre, with
in the city limits. His real estate at St.
Louis, Galena and Philadelphia is worth
100000 more, and 100000 is said to be
fair estimate of his "total valuation"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Evidence of Prosperity.

1t is not difficult for the readers of
to tell who the prosperous
business men of the community are
Look at the advertising columns
There the story is told. ...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04

By" ADrop of writer expanded will
rem. rock but il, takes q great many
rocks TO rent 1irst-class hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
Difficulty Between Churclmen.


A dispatch from Lowell, Massachu-
sets, says:
The difficulty in the Congregational
Church of this city eliminated in per-
sonal interview between Gen. Howard
and Rev. DR.. Boynton, pastor of the
Church, who casually encountered each
other on the street Gen. Howard COM
menced the colloquy by saying:
:" take this occasion to pronounce
all that you have said of Inc an unmiti-
gated falsehood.
DIR. Boynton: Do you mean to call
me liar?
Gen. Howard: mean what I say,
and pronounce your statement an UNI
mitigatcd falsehood.
DIR. .Boynton: Then you mean to call
me liar?
Gen. Howard: Yes, sir, l say that you
have lied.
DR.. Boynton: If, sir, you had two
arms l would thrash you for insulting
me.
Gen. Howard: Never mind my arm
try it, and thrash me if you can.
At this point the reverend gentleman
turned away from the belligerent mem
Der of his congregation, and will nc
doubt report the facts of tho iuterview
at the mutual council which has beer
summoned to consider and settle if pos.
siblc the unfortunate difficulties now
existing in the congregation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04

Bag- About 100000 American post
age stamps are used daily.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-04
What a Big Railroad Earns.

4. In October, 1866, the Louisville and
Nashville railroad and its branches
earned $209,793 70; in October, 1867,
S2H,71516; in October, 1868, SlO7, ,272 SO.
In October, 1867, it earned S3l, ,92l 81
moro than in October, 1866, and S23,34l
81 more than in October, 1865.