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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
The Farmers Creed.

We believe in small farms and tho
rough cultivation. We believe the
farm loves to eat as well as the owner,
and ought, therefore, to be well ma
nured.
We believe in : ving to the bottom of
things, and, therefore. in deep plough
ing and enough of it. All the better
ii ii be subsoil plow.
We believe in large crop, which leave
the ground better than they found it
making both the farm aud farmer rich
er at once.
We believe that every farm should
own good farmer.
We believe that the best fertilizer of
any soil is the spirit of industry, enter
prise and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. this,
lime. gypsum and guano will be of lit
tie use.
We believe in good fences, good barns,
good larm-houseS, good orchards and
children enough to gather the fruit.
We believe in clean Kitchen, tidy
wife in it, clean cupboard, clean dairy
and q clean conscience.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Mr.. Stokes.

The Nashville Union and AmericdH
informs us that Mr.. Stokes has retired
to his home in the Mountain District"
and that braggadocia which character
lied his canvass from Chattanooga to
Nashville is no longer heard. He has
been so utterly overwhelmed with de-
feat that he has no heart to attempt to
carry out his threats of revolution. 1t
may be fortunate for the people Of Ten
nessec that condemned his rcvolutiona-
ry threats by such an overwhelming
vote. 1t has silcnced the Radicals who
were disposed to encourage Stokes, and
sent them to the shades of private life,
whence they will not soon be resurrect-
ed. Even the Memphis Post, which
was bowling but the other day about
"the grand trial at frauds and about
Democrats elected to the Legislature
having pcrjurcd themselves, now ad-
viscs its cohorts to "wait events
Let us see" quoth that paper chow
the new order of things results" "Pos-
sibly," it adds, "there will be that wis
dom and moderation which will give
the people their best protection and the
national government its best support y
This is the wisdom which the Conser-
vativcs have had to maui into these
Radicals.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Something About Hogs.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial has written an amusing ar
ticle on hogs, a portion of which we
produce for the edification of the read
crs of the POsr, as follows.
The strangcst fact connected with my
subject is his taste for snakes. lloggy
regards snakes as delicacy. and makes
no distinction between the harmless and
the poisonous sort. When first came
to Mnc-a-chcek the valley abounded in
copperheads and rattlesnakes. The hogs
have cleared them out. 1t is amusing
to watch Mr. Hog at this sort Of a meal.
When he first sees the. snake he makes
after it, on u lively trot. His express
sive countcnance says plainly, Here
is the first delicacv of the season." He
takes the indignant snake about the
mildle, and with his fore-hoof placed
arf,tically OH the back of the snake,
heI commences eating in the most delib-
e,--apd husiness-like manner. The
siirke remonstrates he strikes wicked
~ n the gourmand. Uoggy .Winks and
grunts, aud continues his meal until
Mrs. Evc's first lover and last domestic
trouble has disappeared.
| insist upon it, although frequently
laughed ut for my opinion, that the hog
has u very expressive countcnance: at
least it j. equal to al. the emotions and
mental processes to which piggy is sub.
iected. If one will study it, lie will find
an intense seriousness, and an eye to
witness it, as it were. He looks up
from under his ears with an expression
that says: " Come, now. no nonsense
| doubt whether hog is capable of q
joke. 1t is the trait, shared with some
of our good ncighbors, to be capable oI
fun. A drunken hog, however, is very
entertaining. | once saw penIul III
this condition. The distllcr. had, by q
mistake, turned out quantity of wills.
! Ky. The hogs drank as all hogs do, tC
excess, and acted very like their digni
tied and prctcntious supcriors. They
were irisky and sensclcss. They woulC
lean against each other and squeal.-
Then they would run, and, striking {
root or stone, would turn somcrsaut,
in the most comical manner | observ
ed ofe fellow leaning in silence agains
the fence. lie had an intensely solemn
expression. Look at that Old cuss.
cried the distiller, "a lcttin on he ain
drunk"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
An Aspiring Young Man.

The sprightly young man who does
the locals for that respectable sheet, the
Atlanta MteNigencer, wants to leave
this dull plodding earth and go on a
visit to the "man in the MOON" Read
him:
One of our friends informed us yes
terday that he saw the comet about 1913
o'clock last night. We would like to
see it, but l2la o'clock at night is too
late for one of our habits it must show
itself sooner. Would it not be charm
ing, one of these clear, bright nights, to
forsakc the earth with its dullncss, and
man with his seltishncss, and go cup in
u balloon, boys" and clcave the circum-
ambient, making trip "all among the
little stars look down upon our city
and Stone Mountain, and the country
below us-have a good view of the
comet, and have jolly time generally
"sailing around the moon!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
What Next?

Before the Red Sea and Mcditerra-
mean are united by canal, the master
hand that directed this work, NJ. de
Lesscps, has suggested to Prussia Il
work of immense importance to the
last power, one b. ship canal through
Schlcswig-lIolstein, by which the Prus-
sian Baltic fleet will also find passage
exclusively its own to the North Sea
and the Mediterranean, and which saves
for commerce generally the time and
distance between Hamburg and the
Baltic, instead of taking the long, dan
gerous and circuitCus route by the Cat
tcgat and Sound. All rhe country bor-
dering on the Gulf of Bothnia and the
Baltic will be benefited by this ship
canal. But not to stop with this inn
provement, the proposed Duke Of Sue2
also adds the enormous scheme of con-
verting the ocean of Sahara sands into
Il real sea by means Of n canal. This
desert is about thirty feet below the
Red Sea at its nearest point, and a cana
sevcnty-iive miles long would etlcctual'
ly put the sea to bed in Sahara. ISM
it about time to move in the work of {
ship canal between the Pacific and AT
lantic.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Grave-Yards, Schools, &c.


Editor Post: Some of your cores
pondents in their "diurnal percgrina-
ton and nocturnal lucubrations," have
swung round the circle, and reported
various improvements in the Southern
part Of the county, and in one of my
communications | called attention to
the condition of several grave-yards,
aud the new Academy, proposed TO be
built at Coghill. | recently sat out on
Il tour of observation, and | am proud
to say that the graveyard at Salem has
been enclosed with neat and substan-
tial plank fence, and the graveyard at
Coghill will be enclosed in a similar
manner in a few days, and also that the
graveyard in the wilderness" at old
Providence, will be enclosed shortly.
On visiting Coghill, was very much
pleased to find that "the immense
pile Of lumber alluded to in my other
article, had assumed the proportions Of
IA large, beautiful. and magnificent two
story building, with bclfry and a
bell, and that the Trustees had en-
ployed Prof. Drummer and Miss Kate
Carlock to open the School in Sep
tember On examination, found that
the old Academy had again changed its
base, and is located about one hundred
yards west Of its former position, and
- y oC'up'ou y! i1us colrcSp1'iut''s III
uu!9 ut! T., !o,ew'" 1 i'o"s', any l.t""i
a,it, Mio n"S 'i'o>eu neru " ,,i; v1uon'e NE
Gmnn rroo,i Jo .nJ ne" Du'l"S ,,"d ion Io"
~ 'U ,iuM ,,t nI,.Ii! i 'Tu,. I. J,o",
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nnar ''i'' w Wi, aI",'"",s' "'.,'I' ~
pn,;, lUi, -, tio " ".Mv' "SH,s''u y! hiuu ,n",
ano 10. man ~ a,,7. , ,i,nt I"1i I.17.oi Gn,,t
u.,, ~" .iio"' ~ an! ''i"' "a. cN.oi N'p'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
The Nervous Man.

The nervous man is the original harp
of one thousand strings. He is fiddle,
past finding out. The tread of the ele-
phant don't scare, but he wilteth when
the mouse nibblcs in the wainscot. lie
turneth pale at the coming Of the spi-
der. lie lauglieth when the whirlpool
is on bender; but shuddcrcth when
the striped snake walks out for an rir-
ing. lie gazeth at the red Lightning
with JOY when it gashcth up the hca-
vens, but the scales Of his back lift up
in horror when old Baxter files his wood
saw. Our advice to the nervous man is
to drink milk for living, and for eX-
element chew spruce gum.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
StOneman and CANDY.

Bluff and gallant Stoneman, being
Governor of Virginia and rational
creature, found that he had to relieve
some persons of the necessity of taking
the test oath, because there were not
men to fill responsible places who could
take it. Insisting Oh the oath, he could
get only rogues or niggers to fill posi-
tions affecting the whole property of
the State. But along comes the tinscled
and pompous Candy and requires the
very letter of the law.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Killed While Hunting.

Capt. William Stewart, Of Scquatch-
lie, near Dunlap, formerly a Confederate
Captain in Col. b. j. Hills regiment,
25,h Tennessee, lately met with vio-
lent death. lie was one of a hunting
party, out upon Walaen's Ridge. y
deer was driven into laurel thicket
when he and one OF his companions
went into the thicket from opposite
sides. Stewart had on pants of brown
jeans, and was crawling on his all lours
Hi, companion mistaking him for tho
deer, fired; the shot took fatal effect il
his hip, and ranged upward into his vi
tails. He lived only a few hours.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
"The Coming Empire"

The Imperialist avows its dctermina-
tion to keep on "the even tenor of its
way" no matter what opposition it has
to encounter. Every day, it tells us,
furnishes new proof of the future Of
Rcpublicanism, with fresh forcshadow-
ings of the "coming empire We
quote:
"All things are pointing towards it,
all things arc hurrving it on. Not one
of all the busy hands now AT work up
on our national fortunes is being exert
ed to stay its coming, while all alike.
ignorautly or carclcssly, seem bent up
OH doing the very things which render
its coming inevitable. 1t is true that
here AMI there a startled worker lays
aside the tools of his vocation long
enough to curse us for telling him
plainly what he is about, but the mo-
ment his patriotic spasm is over he sets
to again. laying brick after brick, in the
ovcrshadowing structure of future En-
pirc-or it may be Of despo,ism. 1t is
a thanklcss task to talk to such men,
who will never hear. understand. 0i
profit, but our duty is none the less
plain. We must tell them Of the end
and we are glad to be able to say that
that end will be TO them at least IA good
and not an evil. They are building
better than they know"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
White Cliff Springs.

Editor Post. Many of your readers
have heard of White Cliff Springs;
but to fully appreciate this Fountain of
Health summers sojourn is absolutely,
indispensable.
They are situated upon the top of
Starr's mountain, at an elevation Of
about twelve hundred feet above the
surrounding valleys. The scenery is
magnificent, as viewed from the camps
equal, l imagine, to the beautiful,
soul-stirring landscape beheld by the
old prophet from Pisgah's lofty heights.
They are above the dew-point," and
are not subject to chilly nights and cold,
ioggv mornings, as some one has erro-
ncously said, but pure, cxhlarating
breezes are continually moving, beafing,
on their bosoms the elixir of life. The ,
two chalybcate springs furnish suffi.
cicnt water TO supply thousand peo&
Pile. and. although the water has never
been analyzcd. its health giving proper
ties have been proven by hundrcds,S
your correspondent one Of the number.
They are owned by company ofsthe
best men of Monroe county, who are
pushing forward their Improvement
with highly commendabls energy. They
have completed a road to the turnpike
near the base of the mountain, have i'm
proved the streets Of the town, and are
building a "carrage-drive along the
summit in order that those who are
fond of this exercise may enjoy i! with
out descending to the valley. If l
should undertake to enumerate the
sources OF enjoyment afforded 10 health
and pleasure seekers, or to tell hoy
much ! have enjoyed a visit of five
weeks in this delightful retreat time
and space would fail me; but 1 can
heartily recommend them 10 those who
would like TO spend season among the
clevercst people on earth.
| cannot close this without saving
something about the hoquet Of feminine
lovliness assembled here. and how their
goodness has craven their names in
this Bachelors heart, and their many
kindnesses have weighed him down be-
meath load Of obligations. But will
dcsist, for l cannot do the subject JUS
tice. BACHELOR.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
ETERNITY,

Edward Bulwer Lytton gives the fol-
lowing idea of Eternity: "What we
call eternity may be but an endless Sc
ries of the transitions which men call
death; abandonments of home after
home, ever to faircr scenes and loftier
nights. Age after age the spirit, that
glorious nomad, may shift its tent, fat
cd not to rest in the dull Elysium of the
heather, but carrying with it evermore
its elcments-activity and desire. Why
should the soul ever reposc? Labor is
the purgatory of the erring; and is none
the less the heaven Of the good"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Murder at JOhnSOn'S.

On Thursday, the day Of election, a
murder was committed at Johnsons de-
pot, under the following circumstances :
There was dispute about saddle
that had been borrowed by Il boy. Ru-
fus Baily, to whom the saddle belong
ed, said that Finley Hale had stolen it..
Hale heard Of the remark, called Bailey
into the house, asked him to be seated,
when he asked him if he had said it, AT
the same time drawing pistol. and af-
ter passing few words, fired. The ball
took effect in the lower abdomen, and
produced death in about two hours
Hale fired Il second shot which missed.
He has not yet been arrested.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
GratUitOuS,

The New York Herald says: "Ten-
ncssce has slaughtered Stokes in an out
and out style. Even the district that
he counted upon as his stronghold-cv,
cry candidate has q stronghold some
where-has laid him out as stiff as Pad.
dy's daddy when he was nine days dead
There is only one bad sign in this Ten.
ncssce election. That is that the vic.
tors already differ as to what their vic
tory means. If they quarrel over thai
they will lose their triumph"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Chase for President.

The Baltimore american, a leading
Radical print, has already taken the
alarm in regard to the next Presidential
election and cautions the people to be-
ware of Judge Chase. We copy por-
ton of itsarticle, as follows:
That there is a movement on foot
throughout the Southern, and some of
the Middle States, to get up Chase
party within the ranks of the Rcpubli-
can organization is too apparent to leave
any room for doubt. What is called the
Conservative movcmcntin in the Southern
States which has just resulted in the
election of Walker in Virginia, and has
produced the nomination of Scnter in
Tennessee, and Hamilton in Texas, is
but the forerunner of the nomination of
Chief Justice Chase as Conservative
candidate for the Presidency in 1872.
The Democratic party will not attempt
to put up another candidate for the
Presidency, but will support Judge
Chase. if nominated by Conservative
convention An intelligent Was. ag-
Ton correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette, speaking of the result in Vir-
ginia, says: "From first to last Chief
Justice Chase was consulted, and for
much Of the time he was on the ground
in person. His preference for Walker
did more than any thing else to divert
the negro vote from Wells, and it was
the division Of their vote that elected
Walker. The election may be regarded
as the first success of the Presidential
campaign, which has already much
wider ramitications than many believe.
In Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, Missis-
sippi. Maryland and New York, it has
already actively manifested itself"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Amenities of Journalism.

The New York TifJaae ventilates its
views on Journalistic amenities. 1t
says;
We often find statements, representa-
tion>, and arguments, in another journal
that we are impellud to combat; but it
never occurred to us that we might do
this with effect by asserting that the ed
iior of that journal were bad hat, or
had ink status Oh his vest, or that his
boc.> need backing. If one has moth
iu@ Gore TO the purpose to say, why
wouldn't it be infinitely wiser to say
nothing? In fact, this whole business
of discussing a writer rather than his
propositions seems to us cilhera Il pitiablC
confession Of incapacity or Il culpablc
pandcring to vulgar appctitcs and Vi
ciOuS DrocliViticS.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Grain.

A gentleman who has recently trav-
elled extensively in Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, and Iowa, assures us that the crops,
wheat and corn, never gave better pro-
mise per acre in those States than this
year, while the area sown is greatly in
excess of any previous season. In Mis-
souri,, there is the largest yield of wheat
ever harvested there. With the large
yield of wheat, the farmers are not q
little exercised about prices. Some sales
range at 81 q Sl.l0; and one very large
mill in Howard county is Offering but
rs cents.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Ocean Steamers.

Aoua, n,ao,, c,,,,,, A. r. or,,,,,,;
A"o',cr Ooc"'' @'ca'ie'' 'io "e''','',
ca, has been wrecked ana lost Such
casualties are becoming fearfully fire.
ouent. Noting this fact a New York
nonor sovs.
p"p'' :"s
Aealh ,he WIN "aters vi lhe ocea',
nave ihaue snu havoc WIN the WORK OF
man. NOT al. .he lhsenui'y, sk''l nh9
enterprise ol 'ie n"'i'al 'i'iWu coulu
prevail ag''.'sC ,neir power. " hei, ,9r
a series OF 'ionlus 'herc Is no tcfrlDle
uisaS'cr aC scu W oc oetaiIcu 10 "i awe
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
7 E R M S 1:
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At Two Dollars n Year, Payable
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Advertisements will be charged S1.50 per
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Ut Persons sending advertisements should
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Transient advertisements must be paid for
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Announcing names of candidates for office,
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Obituary notices over five lines, charged at
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All communications intended to promote the
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JOB WORK, such as Pamphlets, Circulars
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All letters addressed to the Proprietor will
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Communications, to sccuoe insertion, must
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
After Boutwell,.

The New York World shows what a
useful man in his way is Secretary
Boutwell, 1t says:
"Mr. Boutwell's letter in favor of
Stokes gave Governor Sonter about 1O,-
600 Of $4,000 majority. Now let him
write letter to the Texan and Missis-
sippi Radical nominees for Governor,
and he will achieve the only success of
his fiscal career, Mr.. Boutwell,, you
know, affects reduction and he has
reduced Stokes to most loathsome OBJ
iect,'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Predictions,

A German astronomer asserted that
on the 10th, lllh and 18th of August
preliminary shocks of earthquake would
be felt in Peru and Ecuador, to be fol-
lowed on the Goth Of September or Oc-
lober by movement Of the earth in
that region, and along the line of the
Andes Mountains generally, that will
be perfectly appalling in its effects
This prediction has, it appears, created
widespread terror among the Peruvi-
ans. As soon as we learn that the first
part Of the prediction was verified, we
will try to put our readers in the coun-
,rics namcu III possession of the fact
that they may be prepared for the last.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Illinois,.

ST. LOUIS, August 1.-THE RepudN-
can has special from Springfield, Hi
nois, which says Governor Palmer made
a speech yesterday at the Republican
County Convention, which was States
Rights in politics. He avoided the suf-
irage question and the fifteenth amend
mcnt for tho reason that he opposes the
surrender of the State control of suf-
frage to Federal authority.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Aid for Cuba.

Nine vessels from the United States
have landed men, arms and supplies in
Cuba, and as the tilibusters get used to
this operation they will perform it with
greater ease and safety. Thus it is like
ly that by the time Spain sends her
twenty thousand soldiers in the fall Gu
ba will have as many to meet them.
There will be plenty of soldiers if there
is the prospect of a fight.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Tennessee Bonds.

The recent election appears to have
had very little effect onTenncssee bonds,
nor is there likely to be much change
in the quotations until the Legislature
meets and adopts some definite policy
with regard to the State Indebtedness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
North Carolina.

The Supreme Court of North Caro-
lima has lately declared the acts of the
late Legislature of that State authOriz-
ing large land appropriations to rail
roads unconstitutional and void. North
Carolina securities have advanced con-
siderably in the course Of the past few
days Oh the strength of this decision.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

BGs~ Michigan hens are tough. a farm.
er lately cut of the head of pullet
which lived nevertheless until the next
dav and survived a second decapitation
three hours. She did not lay her regu-
lar egg after losing her head, however
which is Il great drawback,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Ohio.

Gen. Rosccranz having declined the
nomination for Governor of Ohio, the
Democratic State Central Committee
has nominated Hon. Geo. II. Pendlc-
ton. That gentleman accepts, and will
probably he elected.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Whe gost.
Athens. Friday, August 20, 1869
Death of Judge Ridley.

Judge Bromfield L. Ridley died Of
appoplexy, at his residence in Murfrccs-
boro' OH the 18th instant. He was aged
G4 years, having been in North Caro-
lima in 1904.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Imports and l.XpOrts.

The official statement shows imports
for the year ending June 80, in value,
S437, ,026.54l. Increase from the pre-
vious year SC5.000. Exports, mixed
values, chiefly currency, S4l3,SG9, ,lS2, a
decrease of S40.0O0,O00. Exports, gold
values, S25,l3O,lG7, increase S2,50O0,0OO.
Custom receipts for the week ending
August 7. were S3,590,345.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

Bs5- Kentucky, which has just re-
pcated her Democratic majority of tens
Of thousands, it is said never lost one
cent by the Geialcation Of any official
during her entire existence as a State.
No wonder the old State is so hated
and denounced by carpet-baggcrs and
scalawags.