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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-03

C. NJ. Wi,cman VS. Al Travis, ct ais.
By vir.uc of a decree Of the Chanccry
Court ot Franklin county, Tennessee, pro-
nounced at its June Term 1872, in the
aboye cause, | will at the Courthouse
door in Winchester, on
Monday, October 9TH, 1872,
sell to the highest bidder for cash, all the
ripbt. title and interest that defendant. A
J. Travis, has in and to a tract OF Ian
known AS the short Creek Tract lying
i'm Lincoln county. now Moore county,
near Marble Hill village. and also AL the
right. title and interest he has in the re-
maiuder interest in 4 tract of land on
which James f. Travis died. on which his
widow now lives. lying in Franklin conn-
ty, Tenn. in civil district NO. q, together
with the uSufruct interest. -,
A more particular description OF said
lands will be given On day of sale. ,
Sold to satisfy compliments dcbt ana
cost. This September Sd, 1872.
I. IL. FINCH, c. Il NJ.
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d. S. Long, admir-, vs. Margaret {. Barnes
and others.
By virtue Of a decree Of the Chancery
Court of Franklin county. Tennessee, pro-
nounced at its August Special Term 1872
in the above cause. | will, at the Court
house door in Winchester, on
Monday, October It'll. 1872,
sell to the highest bidder, the tract of lane
described in the ~plcadings, situated IN
civil district No. ofFranklin county. and
bounded by j. NJ. ElkinS, Glenn Feather
ston and others, containing 1888 acres
more or less.
Said land will be sold on = credit of one
and two wears, except ten per cent. cash
Purchasers required to give notes WIN
GOOD securities. and 4 lien retained until
all the purchase money is paid. Biddings
to commence at S. per acre. This sept
I'd, 1872. Til. FINCH, G. & NJ.
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Smyrna times., 1872-02-28
Fourth Annual Session of the Whining
ton M. E. Conference.
FIRST DAY-WEDNESDAY.

The fourth annual session of Wilmington
Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, met at Laurel, Sussex CO., on We'd
nesday 2lst. at nine o'clock, Bishop Ames
presiding.
One hundred clerical and lay delegates were
present
After devotional exercises Rev. T. E. Mar
tlndale was elected Secretary, Rev. Henry j.
Thompson Journal Secretary, and Revs Ridge
way and Tompknson Statistical Secretaries.
The committee appointed at last session to
procure such Legislation as was necessary to
enable Conference to Lawfully hold property,
reported that charter had been obtained at
the last session of the Legislature
The annual report of the Wesleyan Female
College, at Wilmington, was read. The re-
port states that the institution has one hundred
pupils, and is in good condition.
The llth question of the Discipline--Are
all the Preachers blameless in life and conver,
sation was then taken up Under this ques-
were reported upon by the Presiding Elders.
Seventh Question-"Whoa are the supernum-
erares? p Answer, Hubbard, Kemp, Way,
Cooper, Z. +. Bell, Barton, Esgate
Rev. j. Humphries said Il have been
laboring in the effective ranks about Al years.
My first religious meeting was held under some
apple-trees about fifteen miles from this town.
My first charge was old Asbury, between this
town and Georgetown. God has been with me
from that day to the present. Religion grows
better and better with me all the time. ASK
the Conference for a supernumerary relation.
Granted.
Who are the Superannuated Preachers? J
A. Massey, HI. Sutton.
Who remain on Trial? Geo. R. Bristor, W
J. Duhadaway, j. H. Harding, L. w. Lay
field, G. A. Campbell, W. l.. s. Murray, E. j
Ayres
Who are Deacons? T. B. Hunter, J. E
Kidney, w. p. Davis, J. A. B. Wilson. E. II
Miller, John Shilling, P. II. Rawlins, E. Davis
j. NJ. Williams.
Who are Candidates for Elders Orders
F. NJ. Chatham, James Conner, G. w. Pretty
man, j. G. Fosnocht, G. ID. Watson, w.
McFarlane. A. l.. Hood was granted super
numerary relations.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28
Quiet People.

No man who mixes in society can have failed
to remark that tehre are always few persons
present-of both sexes-who never open their
lips, except to eat and drink They will sit
whole evening amidst talkative, pleasant peo-
pie, listening, apparently, to all that is said,
and taking their full share OF the good things
placed upon the table, but never by word,
look, or sign, giving expression to a single
idea.
In every company you enter there is sure to
be certain number of such people. You just
see a respectable looking man or well-dressed
lady, and there is no more about it, You go
away without carrying with you the most
vague impression of the lineaments of such
persons, and if you take your memory to task
afterwards, in order to recall the general
features of the class, you will find yourself
completely at fault. You only recolect a dim
and unindividualized mob of genteel men and
women. For the life Of you, you could not
| recolIect the name of any such person that had
ever previously come across you You might
say Smith" upon chance, and perhaps you
would be right; but it would be all guess work
You would find that you had not the leas
certain knowledge upon the subject.
How does it happen that the quietist are
here ?-that is to say, in this company Wha
purpose can have animated the lnviterr and
stranger still, what object can the invited have
had in accepting? 10 all appearances, they
have no enjoyment in what is going on
Whether common place remark is made upor
the weather, or the host utters the most bril-
liant thing in the world, it is all the sam
to them. They come, remain and depart, Will
one everlasting face of non-interest. The,
bring nothing. and they take nothing away
they come blank paper, and they go blan
paper. Why. then, do they come at all? Hoy
: can they be at the trouble to dress, and walk
and sit several hours in one confined posture
when they would be as happy, if not happier
| Of home
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28
The Peach Crop Of the Peninsula.

At the meeting of the Peninsula Fruit |
Growers Association, at Dover, last week, the !
committee appointed at the meeting last Fall, |
to ascertain whether direct shipments could |
not be made to Boston, and other cities East
of New York, and to the Interior of Pennsyl
vania, and New York State, reported on the
first portion of the subject. They had gone in
person to examine into the matter, in Novem-
ber last, and found there would be no difficulty
in forwarding loaded cars of fruit direct to New
Haven, Hartford, Providence, Springfield and
Boston.
The plan agreed upon, after consultation
with the various railroad officials, (who all
seemed very friendly to the proposition is to
ship the loaded cars, from Jersey City, on
large barges, one of which will carry eight
cars, across the North River, to the foot of 32d
street. From that, branch railroad very
Gently completed runs to Mott Haven, miles
East of New York. on the New York and New
Haven Railroad. The ferriage will take 20
minutes for round trip; from 32nd street to
Mott Haven, 40 minutes. The General Super
intendent OF the New York & New Haven road
assured the Committee that he would forward
cars landed at 32d street, promptly, and if 20
cars, (enOugh for a train came together, he
would send at once, at the rate of 20 miles an
| hour lie would provide cars, or pay his share
of the use of the Delaware cars.
No freight rates were fixed, but the Com
mittee think that they will not be unreasonable.
The time required for the whole transfer
around New York would be about II hours.
From Dover to Jersey City is $50 miles, re-
quiring 9 hours; and from Jersey City to
Boston, 240 miles, taking II hours or 81
hours in all, from the peach district to Boston
direct Freight is estimated at 1925 per Cal
for the whole distance, S75 to Jersey City, anC
S SO thence to Boston. Verbal additions tC
! this report were made by Mr. Townsend, Mr.
Hayes, Mr.. Il. II. Cummins, members of the
Committee.
The following, from the Wilmington Com
nlercidpS report, will prove interesting:
MIR. Fulton, Chairman of Committee ap
! pointed at last meeting, read the draft of al
> Address proposed to be issued by this Associa
' ton to the Fruit Growers of the Peninsula
representing the magnitude Of the interest
! they now control; and the importance G
e organization and concerted action.
v The address is quite elaborate, and discusSe
) the whole subject with much ability. 1t pr,
e sents the following estimates:
n Peach trees on the Peninsula, 100000
e I" . in bearing, 3,000,0t
e Acres in peach trees, 5000
G Value per acre. (ow average) :;
Whole value of orchards, 50, ,OC
II Investment in wagons, baskets, &c $25O,OC
e Capital invested in peaches, 81, ,OC
n A full crop of peaches is estimated at 1000
n 600 baskets. That of last year reached abol
'e these figures:
t. Shipped by rail, 2,456.S76.
it BY water (estimated,) 100000.
e. Canned, $4,000.
sc Dried, (Alden process,) ll,000.
Otherwise consumed $4,000.
We Total, baskets, 3,O5G,876.
ny Value Of 100000 baskets, 100000
On Expense Of picking, $l50,000.
10 freight, 100000
in Commission, 100000.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28
WHOLE NO. 9S7

SAVING A SUNDAY SCHoOL-Donn Piatt
tells the following touching story of how life
was saved "a Sunday School superintendent
out in Alaska treated his entire charge to a
sleigh ride. There were just forty-one of the
cherubs and a six horse sleigh. On the way
home they were beset by a pack of ferociOus
wolves. Cool and collected in that hour of
fearful trial, the heroic superintendent saw at
a glance that he must soon be oveltaken. In
an instant his quick mind grasped the only
chance of escape Selling the child that
always sang L want to be an angel two notes
too high, lie flung it to the rapacious horde.
1t stayed their onward rush for a moment.
Next came the urchin who never brought any
pennies for the heathen And so on swept
the pursued and the pursuers, until the last
infant was exhausted. But the brave fellow
had economised his material nobly. He was
saved"
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28
SECOND DAY-THURSDAY.

Rev. DR.. Kynott, of New York, Secretary of
the Church Extension Society, addressed the
Conference on behalf of the Church Extension
Society, and requested the Wilmington Con-
ference to raise twenty five hundred dollars.
The following Lay members were, on motion
of Rev. Wesley Kenney, added to the Com
mittee on Education: Cove Salisbury, f. A.
I. Collins, c. H. B. Day, Ii. &. Lewis and
L. F. Hammersley.
Rev. g. A. Phebus read and presented the
report of the Committee, with specifications and
rules for organizing the Wilmington Confer
ence Youths Academy.
Bishop Ames questioned the propriety of the
Conference tying its hands so that females are
excluded. He was satisfied that the system OF
separate education of the sexes was remnant
of the old Monkish system, which should not
! find favor in the present enlightened age He
alss questioned the prOpriety of keeping a
regular Boarding House, as they often became
places of contention and disorder.
DIR. kenney said nothing existed to preven
the alterations of the rules so as to adml
females, should the necessity occur, but a
present the Conference had College for tn
education of females second to none in th
broad land. After further explanations b.
Hon. Cove Salisbury, and Rev. Messrs. Mann
PIebus, LightbOurn, and others, the resolu
tiOn to appoint twelve Conference and twelv
Lay Trustees was unanimously adopted, afte
which the whole report and plans were adopted
An appeal being made, four hundred an
twenty shares were subscribed for the Acad
emy.
Rev. T. J. Thompson presented charges {
immortality against Rev. N. w. Bennum, {
Dover District. The charges were referred t
the Presiding Elder
Rev. A. ID. Davis presented a resolution frol
Al 4
. requesting action favorable to the formation
r Youths Temperance and Anti-Tobacco Soci
ties in Sabbath Schools. Referred to IL
o Committee on Temperance.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

During the Franco Prussian war a great
deal of fun was poked at the New Jersey
editor who read in the dispatches that
" "Bazaine has removed twenty kilometres out
of Metz" He thereupon sat down and wrote
an editorial, in which he said he was delighted
to hear that all the kilometres had been re-
moved, and that the innocent people of Metz
were no longer endangered by the presence of
those engines Of war, standing upon volcano,
as it were And then he went on to describe
some experiments made with kilometres in the
Crimea, in which one of them exploded and
blew trigate out of water.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

We notice that Mrs. Victoria Woodruff,
who has really become as prepOsterous and as
intolerabe bore as George Francis Train or
the Count Johannes, signifies her purpose Of
sending out five hundred female orators to
make shrll and incoherent the coming Presi-
dental campaign. Perhaps she can do it.
Who knows?
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

THE TALE OF SHIRT.-The Moulten
Uowa) Independent has pretty little romantic
story of an Iowa soldier, who, while in the
army in 1863, received, among other clothing,
gray wooden shirt, with the name of the
maker, young woman employed in one of the
large shops of st. Louis, stitched in at place
so that when he put the garment on the name
came over his heart. He wrote, she answered.
ditto, ditto. Coming home on furlough he
called. Courtship followed The war over,
the wedding was in order Then the gallant
fellow explained how he came first by the
address of his fair bride-he produced the
identical garment with the girls name still
stitched into it. Julia that is her name--still
makes his shirts, also those of a promising
five year-old, in which they have joint
interest. All residents of Appanoosa county.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28
REAR AND FORBEAR.

Re careful. ye, whose welded hearts
Are lovingly united;
Re beedful lest an enemy
steal on you uninvited
A little, willy, serpent form,
With graceful. Turing poses
Or. coming in a diff'rent guise,
A thorn among the roses
Re careful. ye, whose marriage bells
Now merrlly are ringing;
Be heedful OF the bitter word,
The answer keen and stinging-
The sharp retort. the angry eye
Its vivid lightning flashing
The rock on which so many hopes
Are daily, hourly dashing
"Bear and forbear"-the only way
To tread life's paths together.
Then come, add welcome, shining sun,
Or come, dark, cloudy weather;
Two welded hearts, conjoined in one
That cannot live asunder,
Have put Loves golden armor on
OwOrld, look on and wenderl
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

STOCKING -MENDING.- pape: tells how a
servant girl mends her stockings: "When a
hole appeared in the toe, Bridget tied string
around the stocking above the aperture, and
cut off the projecting portion. This operation
was repeated as often as necessary, each time
pulling the stocking down a little, until at last
it was nearly all cut away, when Bridget sewed
on new legs, and thus kept her stockings
always in repair"
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

The eminent physician, DR.. Gull, of Guys
Hospital, London, is said to have the largest
consulting practice of any physician in the
world. 1t is of no use whatever to go to his
unless you have made an appointment some
days previously His spractice is worth certainly
not less than 925, 900 year ($l25,O0O).
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

After iull of a few weeks, we have re-
yiyal of tbe old rumors anent the Pope's leavr
ing Rome. 1t is now reported that the Pontlff
will convene the Gcumenical Council in the
Island of Malta, or in the Tyrol and that the
meeting of the Council will be the signal Tor
the Popes departure. There are SO many
reasons in favor of the theory that the rope
will not leave his seat, and SO few against it,
that it win be safe to disbelieHe all Of these
rannrtS-
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28
THIRD DAY-FRIDAY.


On Thursday evening DIR. Vincent, Cor
responding Secretary of the Sabbath Schoo!
Union, spoke two hours in behalf of the
Sunday schools The Church was crowded.
Bishop Ames introduced j. I'll. Haynes, who
was transferred from the Virginia Conference
to the Wilmington Conference, also Rev. j. H.
CALDWELL of the Georgia Conference, trans
ferred to the Wilmington Conference.
Bishop James was also introduced by Bishop
Ames.
Second Question" Who Remain on Trial. "
A. J. Crozier, Thos o. Ayres, Joseph Waters,
Isaac Jewell John W. Poole. Adam StingIe,
Edwin Ii. Nelson, Francis Broadbent.
After searching and affecting address by
Bishop Ames, they were all admitted to
Deacon's orders except Isaac Jewell and Jno
w. Poole.
Mr.. Broadbent was continued on trial.
The great feature of the day was the election
of clerical delegates to the General Conference
of the United States, which meets in Brooklyn
in May.
Two only were elected on the first ballot
Rev. j. b. Quigg, of Chestertown and Rev
DIR. Thompson, of Smyrna. After a sharI
contest, Rev. DR.. Kenney was en- the fourtl
ballot elected the additional delegate.
David I. Richards, local preacher of Viii
mineton, tried for improper conduct, made al
appeal to this Conference, which was refcrre'
to committee tor hearing.
[Continued on second page.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

''Mister, how do you sell sugar to,day?",
''Only twenty cents pound, sir. Cant
give it. In drink my coffee without sugar, and
kiss my wife for sweetening. Good day, sir.
Good day. When you get tired OF that t klnq M
will" He called next day.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28
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Eight trains on the Union Pacifc-the first
in % days-arrived at Ogden, Utah, last
Saturday, the blockade having been tenn
porarily raised Among the methods used by
the passengers to while away the monOtony of
their journey, were Indignation meetings and
sboveling of snow, the latter being universal
recreation. Que death and two births also
occurred, and number of passengers were in
jured by collisions. Much of the detention IS
attributed to to the incompetency of the rail
road officials, and suits for damages are threat
ened.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

A Missourian, while journeying to Louisville
recently, took sleeping car for, convenience.
During the night he got up and went out ON
the platform; the door closed and fastened
with spring lock. The porter was asleep and
the citizen enjoyed fifty-mile ride IN his night
clnthes ON the platform.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

A good, finished scandal, full-armed and
equipped such as circulates in the world, is
rarely the production of a single individual, or
even of a single coterie 1t sees the light in
one; is rocked and nurtured in another; is
petted, developed, and attains its growth in a
third and receives its finishing touches only
after passing through multitude of hands.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

An editor in Illinois having engaged a new
reporter received the following as his first ef-
fort: I'VE are informed that the gentleman
who stood on his head under pile e-driver, for
the purpose of having tight pair of boots
druv on, shortly afterwards found himself in
Chiny, perfectly naked and without cent in
his pOcket
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

The SPIRIT OF DISCONTENT.-The other day
we stood by cooper who was playing merry
tune with his adj round a cask.
"Ah" said he, ''mine is hard lot-forever
trotting like dog-driving hoop.
"Heigho!" sighed the blacksmith on hot
summer day, as he wiped the perspiration from
his brow, while the red iron glowed on the
anvil; this is life with vengeance-meltlng
and frying ones self over a fire. "
''Oh that were a carpenter, calculated a
shoemaker as he bent over his lapstone;
" Here am, day after day, wearing my soul
away making soles for others-eOoped up 10
this little en-by-nine room. Hi-ho, hum
"Im sick of this outdoor work exclaimed
the bricklayer-'b boiling under swelterlng
sun or exposed to the inclemency OF the
weather. | wish | was tailor.
''This is too bad!" perpetually cried the
tailor-''to be compelled to sit perched up here
plying the needle all the time. Wouldt hat
mine were more active life !"
Last day of grace banks won't discount
customers won't pay-what shall do "
grumbles the merchant. | had rather be
truck horse, dog, or anything else.
Happy fellows!' groans the lawyer as ne
scratches his head over some dry, musty record
-"happy fellows [ had rather hammer stone
all day than puzzle my head on this tedious
vexatious question.
And though all the ramifactions OF society
all are complaining of their condition-hndlng
fault with their calling. eff it were only this
or that or the other [ should be content, Is
the universal -"aDything but what am
So wags the world, so has it wagged, and Sc
will it Wag.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

STUDY AND RECITATION IN ScHooLs.-The
School Directors of Delaware county deeming
that too much time is consumed in the hearing
of recitations, have resolved that, as far as
possible the morning session shall be devoted
to recitations by the pupils, and explanations
and instructions by the teachers, and that
the afternoon sessions be given entirely to the
preparation of lessons by the pupils, under the
care and supervision of their teachers.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

1t is said that the Narragansett steamship
company of which Fisk was President, has
paid only 100000 of to original purchase
money for the boats and other property,
obtained from the BostoH, Newport and New
York Steamship Company, the price being
$1,000, 600 for which the latter company hold
a D,ortuaun
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

A colored gentleman having been brought
before a magistrate and convicted of pilfering:
who asked, "Do you know how to read =
Eyes, massa, a little " well, don't you ever
make use of the Bible? p "Yes, massa; strap
nv razor ON him, sometimes.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

London is a wonderful city. Every eight
minutes, day and night, one person dies;
every FIVE minutes, one is born; 100000 have
been added to the population since 1851. 1t
is a world in itself
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

HOME RULE-Mamma Ito Naughty Boy)-
You should always behave the same, whether
YOU are in company or not. Naughty Boy
We'll, ma why don't you behave The same as
you do to company, and press US to have ano'
ther tart
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

A widow lady in. Louisville has buried five
husbands, the last of whom previous to his
death, had buried the same number of wives.
The lady is now in the prime of life, and quite
gnnd- locking.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

The thirty and far-sighted burghers of Bos-
ton have insured Mr.. p. S. Gilmores life for
two hundred thousand dcl ars, so that it he
dies before the big Jubilee" comes off, they
can get their money back.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

A farmer residing near Utica, N. Y, while
being run away with by pair of frightened
horses, shouted, II leave my wife $4,000; no
time to make will He is still alive, but
badly bruised
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

shawl manufacturer in Philadelphia is
said to have spun thread twenty-seven
miles long from one pound of American WOOL
This is one of the greatest yarns on record.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

For the first time since the bre. king out of
the rebellion. Washington's birthday was
celebrated at Richmond, Va, Thursday, by
general military parade, the turn out included
a colored organization. No disturbance is
reported.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-28

It is true saying that those against whom
our hearts harden most are not those who
have wrongod US, but those whom we have
wronged.