The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-10
A Column Of Items.

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sioners, aurpg the last FISCAL year. 1
/ - .H2, ,S6S0i, and to navy pensioners
sE}o0lg.N-a grand total OF S2S, f92ss,
SSltiS. The whole number Of pension
ers is lSI.g6S, and they are paid at any
hine ageacies.
4 geFilcman who had amasscd com
petence was recently asked bv fricn,
the sec1et of his success. Il have &C
enmulalell.' said he. "ene.half of m,
property by strictly attending TO M,
own business, and the remainder by let,
ting other peoples aloue.%
The spurious and worthless watche,
advertised as "Oroide." or "Gold Gro.
ide," or other brass watches. arc the re-
fuse of the European manufacturers
aud brought TO this country for swim,
asesEsIeSes sssss y 4 1
Dakota is growing rapidly. Nearly
/ a million acres have been taken hi,
year nnder the presumption and home.
stead laws. A colony of Wisconsin
farmers is mentioned as among the lat.
est arrivals.
! A man recently arrived In town IN
Minnesota, bought lot. built house,
and set up housekeeping within the
space Of forty-eight hours. and had a
son and heir born TO him before the first
meal was eaten in the house.
tits natural enough that tho opposite
sexes should come TO terms on the neu.
tra ground of Middicsex. and accord.
ingly 23l applications for divorce have
come TO q single court term in the coun-
ty Of that name in Massachusetts,.
A genius out West has Just patented
a machine for making chestnuts out of
sweet potatoes. He isa brother 10 The
old man who put handles 10 pricklv
pears and sold them for curry-combs
In The Indiana Supreme Court. Wed
nesday, dudge Ray rendered an opinion
that Congress has no constitutional
right TO impose tax upon the official
bond of county or State officer.
Come, Bill, its ten o'clock: ! think
we had better be going, for its time
honest folks were at home" "Well.
yes was the reply: al must be Of.
but you needn't so on that account"
Two colored girls in school in Ches.
teriield county foggcd their white Yam
kee teacher for attempting to brush one
Of them with switch. Served him
right
II appears iikely, from such figures as
have been made public, that the scheme
of anneNing Western Florida TO Ala
bama has been defeated.
in Vermont for having burglars tools
in their possession.
A Minnesota debating society has re.
solved that the "otlicc Of Vice Prcsi-
dent Of the United States is unnecessary
and dangerous
The best and most efficient law against
drunkenness, is TO refrain from the use
Of Intoxicating drinks yourself, and
persuade others to do the same.
a girl of sixteen, at Portland, Nc,
drugged her mistress, stole some valua-
BILE property and subsequently attempt
ed suicide.
Great destitution exists in the interior
Of Cuba. The bodies of eight persons.
who had died of starvation, were found
in one hut.
Magnificent donations dazzle the eyes
and win the praise of men; but private
charities delight the hearts Of angels,
aud win the appreciation Of God.
A Wayne county (Indiana) farmer re-
Gently had n corn-husking. and charged
his guests twenty-five cents each for
their suppers.
Sheriff G. NJ. Stubingcr was shot
dead Mt iberia last Saturday night by q
negro. The murderer was soon after
captured and hung by the citizen.
Some people think il is easier TO he
n preacher than physician, because II
is easier TO preach than to practice.
Labor, with all lis occasional wenri-
ness aud toll, is blessing when com
pared with indolent leisure.
France is said TO be the frcest and
happiest country in the world for poo-
pie who will let politics alone.
Gustavus A. Smith, Of Alabama, has
been appointed Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the District OF New Mexico.
A woman in Cincinnati, who is worth
S2l.000 and hrs $4,000 in bank, has sent
to Chicago fora husband
Brass, though very good material,
very soon loses its color, whether on the
knob of q door or human facc,
when poiulant individual observes
to YOU, "You had better eat me up,
hadn't you| don't YOU do it.
Fifty thousand women in New York
cannot get husbands.
BuiIulooS Moving.
! A correspondent writing from Hays
.