The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-03

vi TUE Slltc. uuucT SlisS.
An irrevercnt fellow took his vclocipede to
the Sing Sing camp-mccting to have il soon
verified" into a two-wheelcd chaise.
An Illinois hen, in AN interesting condition
during the eclipse, produced II fac simlc of
that phenomenon, at the period of totality.
A young man in Illinois has read one hun
drcd and forty three dime novels and is as
sane as when he began.
1t is reported that the Suckers at Nashville
are negotiating for the purchase of the Press
and Times.
The Columbus Sun srys that the Chattahoo-
che river has not for years been so low as at
this time.
Handle rough. sided men carefully. 1t pays
to take little time when you are opening
chestnut burrs.
The great international boat race occurred
on the river Thames on the 9th ult., and was
won by the English crew.
Montana has now sent out "calico appeal
to New England. for girls to act in the capaci-
ty of wives and mothers.
The immortal ~. NJ announces that he
will "lift the VAIL from Tennessee politics on
the 18th inst.
The Frcemnsons Of Murfrcc>boro, Tenn,
have purchased a lot Of ground at n cost of
$4,000, and intend erecting spacious hall.
The heaviest storm of the season occurred
on Friday night in Central Iowa, and has re-
suited in much damage.
We like your angular all-day man. Like
mud-turtle he is neither very fast nor very
handsome. But when he sets out OH a jour-
ney he is always mighty constant.
Young men usually swell while sowing
their wild oats. But they always shrink fast
enough when the devil steps into the field in
the autumn to harvest the crop.
c. r. Kellogg. very extensive wool grow
or of Illinois. is going to transfer his business
to East Tennessee. He will bring with him
1900 sheep.
A gentlemen of st. Louis recently received
II letter from Chief Justice Chase, in which
the statement is made that the distinguished
jurist would not return to politics.
Several prominent members of the Radical
purity put in an appearance at Nashville last
week. to devise ways and means '.to maintain
the organization intact"
One of the Quaker Indian agents writes
home that he has not seen handsome Indian
woman yet. Is that ''what he went out for to
scc?"
A Davenport husband took some magncsia
and made his wife think it was poison. She
had his stomach pumped till he thought the
year of jubilee had come.
instance of the benefit of advertising. A man
lost SI7, advertised it in that paper, and found
tin his boot.
A loaf of Indian bread has been found in
Indiana, buried in the earth. and biologists
are trying to ascertain its age. thick bark
had grown ovcrit.
A gentleman who has been struck by a
young lady's beauty has determined to follow
the injunction and kiss the rod that smote
him."
One of party in pursuit of Bill Hathaway,
who killed Henry Frazier, in DcKalb county,
Il short time since, is said to have been killed
by the deSpcrado
The recent rains and hot weather have re-
vived hopes in regard to the growing corn in
Indiana. but accounts from various sections
of the State indicate only about half crop.
E. A. Pollard, whose wits have long been
turned inside out. is now writing for the New
York Times, and turning his name wrong end
foremost, thusly -'Dralopac."
An Austrian woman has been arrested for
the horrible offence of bleeding young girls
and drinking their blood to rcplcnsh her own
supply. On being detected, she tried to poison
herself.
The wing of the Kansas State House now
building is so nearly ready, that it is expect
ed to 'resound next winter with the roar of
our border Wcbsters addressing the youth,
beauty. and intellect Of the State"
1t is proposed by German deputy that
tax be laid upon pianos. He finds that in the
Zollverein there are no fewer than 100000 pia-
nos, not counting those belonging to music
teachers.
w. Britt, I. Britt, and w. Andrews were
killed and T. l.. Taylor, Bug Steward, Bell
Andrews, and James ueHry badly wounded,
at Wilderville, West Tennessee, a few days
ago, during drunken quarrel.
The negro murder in Burke county, Ga,
which gave rise to the late rotous proceedings
which nearly resulted in an indiscriminatc
slaughter Of whites and blacks, is as much
mystery as ever.
In Memphis, on Friday, Mrs. Ann Deck,
Northern lady, and teacher Of the Avery
Chapel coiored school, murdered herself and
her colored baby by leaping into deep well
containing fourteen feet of water. She tried
to destroy her older white child, but the little
fellow saved himself by running away.