The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03


Fair a, knogille, Eext year.
/ There never was but one Isish Nor.
mon, and Il killed iiim; and Mermou
( lrl6ll woman never was known. Buily
I for any nationality that can get along
single-handedi \
A smart little Boston ufchin, whose
Iaunt WAS unwell from a kidney aiiec,
ton, was esked wha; allied the old lady
lie said she " caught cold aud IL settled
on her kid gioyes--that's ALL" The boy
is getting along very well.
A man in Upton, Oxford Co, Me-
has pair Of boets which he has Worn
I = sas' bes.i ssstss ersy Assgs .sii4s
are handsome yet and IN coed repair
| A citizen Of Manchester, N. a., re,
Gently found q brother in lennsylvauia
whom be had NOT seen for sixty wears
The long lost brother was doing well
however, us his Is grandchildren fully
attested.
The Vermont Legislature has passed
q bin holding liquor dealers responsible
for the damage TO person and property
done by those obtaining liquor Of them,
a man hung himself in Hudson. Wis.
because he couldn't get pay for a lob OF
work he had done. The credit system
has played with him, and so with us.
There isa volcano in Athens county.
Ohio,--a snail one. A hole in the
ground, about The size of stove-pipe,
at certain periods has cruptlons of hot
smoke, resembling steam.
A gentleman living near Ferry Point,
Va, says there Is noneccssity for fences
in his neighborhood. for the negroes
have stolen all the hogs and cattle.
The Goldsboro. n. c., Nessenqer adj.
yoca'es a change in the female mode OF
riding. II wants them TO ride as the
men do. Wen bet the editor has no
female relations.
The Journals generally profess sur
prise that Rochciorte, the eloquent edi-
torial yiiuperationist is no orator Very
few good orators are ever brilliant par
agraphists or short essayists, and rice
refSd There arc exceptions, but theu
they only prove the rule.
A humorist at Des Moines, Iowa, put
a litter of pups into a neighbor's well.
and it wasn't discovered until the fami-
ly began to lark.
Susan Anthony says: "Mon and wo-
men are not Only both animals, but they
belong TO the same species. Dress them
alike, and you can't tell the difference"
Git out, Susan! Don't tell That kind of
a yarn to the marryne "a ~ s.s-~..
Ihe fal,sssas..la,, =
tweSe primitive loF I;sd5s s@e N 'ns sss
carried the bag was flfia ..a1 !. iifaitoT.
AZ this day many of those who carry
F." carpet-bags" are no better
Niger deck-hands on the Mississippi
boats are addressed by the mate ~
follows; Here, You Fifteenth Amend
menl, shove ont that plank"
a lady in Santa Clara, California. had
to have leg 1--WE speak modestly) am
pulated In consequence OF an injury re-
ceivcd by lneeling on hoop-skirt.
Physicians say the white rubber used
for nursing bottles is poisonous. This
ia for the ladies only--read it II YOU
want TO, boys,) who Will understand it.
Another rough day on turkey next
montl--it's generally called Christmas.
Our great popular want isnot the
opportunity to learn, bat due sense o f
learning.
In Missouri the disadvantage Of not
having small change is strikingly Illus
iratcd, They shoot a man there who
can't give stamps fora s. bill.
1t is stated that young lady attend
ing a ball il she is in any kind of de.
mand for partner, will travel forty
miles during the night--amd still live.
A young couple at Urbana, O., left
a basket on a railroad train, which cou-
taincd q babe about three DAYS Old
They have not missed it yet. How care.
less some people are about such things,
An injured husband in Dayton, Ohio,
caught his wife just on the point of
eloping with n handsome man. lie
took terrible vengeance BY locking up
all her good clothes and then telling her
to go.
The Chicago Times complains that
most of the female servants In that city
are "mainly interested in area aud
back-door ilirtatlous With view to
early matrimony."
Six oxen drew the Cardiff giant TO
Syracuse, and he in turn draws two
thousand spectators daily.
There is a lady in Camden who cuts
of the bills of hcr canary birds to keep
them from fighting. Kind woman.
TO cure corns, hold your feet near
the fire until the corns pop. This, il is
said, is 4 sure cure.
There is said to be great similarity
between q. vain Young lady aud con.
Iirmed drunkard, in that neither Of
.hcm can get enough of the glass.
If you let trouble sit upon your sonl
Ike o hen upon her nest, you may ex-
.hc Matching Of a large brood.
Pollard wants JED. Davis to quit the
country. Prentice wants the question
submitted TO vote OF the people which
.hall lcayc--Jei. Davis or Pollard.
ts5" a South Carolina young man
went on "tear' fora week, and wound
lp by marrying girl in The county
,oor.housc, aud deciding her an his pro-
,erty lie is trying to get II back, but
! wont work Tho Gin says Il was