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Burning of the Missouri.

The telegraph announced last wcnl
the burning Of the steamer Missouri
The following are the details;
The steamer Missouri was burned a'
sea in n gaic on The 22l inst, The fr,
was discovered Mt about . 4, W. in the
pantry, and suddenly burst out in vol
umcs Of flame amidships. spreading
rapidly over the ship The boat, were
lau"rhcd Immediately aud all bnto
were ,Wnmprd nt once. Those remain
Ing on board were compelled, on nc
count Of the flames. to Jump into lhr
sea. Those saved landed in one Of the
boats at Abaco about Gp. m. on the even.
lng OF ne Z2n aud w., ,"r,n T,o,,,
there in Il small schooner to NauSau. II
was 4 terrible sight for those in the
llo0Iing boat to see those in the water
rIugiug TO the swampcd boat begging
for assistance. There were about ten
ladies on board. ltis not known whclh-
cr any of the missing have since been
picked up. II Is said that the Captain
used every effort to save the lives OF
passengers. Three Of the saved paS~cn.
GERS are now here. The origin Of the
fire iS unknown.
Two Of the boats of the ill-M,cd Mis-
souri, were burned alongside the vessel,
aud there j, no probability ,lar any Of
the others ever reached shore. 1t is
probable that not a single life would
have been saved had it tuot been for
James Gunner, resident Of Eieulhcra
and passenger on board, \ new boat
had been purchased in New York aud
placed on deck, but as the weather had
been boi.Icrous She Ind been ,ccur-
ed either by Gripc> or checks. when il
was known that the vessel would Nc
destroyed. Culmcr, withn few others.
launched this boat. holding fat Dhr
pointer. When he jumped overheard
and swain to the boat, eleven other, fol-
lowed him. Even then, had il not been
for Cumcr who was acquainted with
the management Of the boat and took
charge aud pj'orrl her safely through
tho surt, she would have been lost with
the others. The three passenger, who
are here were bound to Havana and
will be forwarded to that port Fur
thcr particular, will probably BE- re
cciVci Tomorrow.
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VOL. XX---N0. 25S.
Poisoning not u Modern Art.

The crime was not common among
the Greeks. When it did occur, tho
mNlCiaclors were condemned 10 death
. by the Arcopagus. Tie Romans arc
said to have learnt the art Of poisoning
/ from the Pcr;ious. In thi, they soon
rXcclcd their masters and, indeed, al
most every other nation. The first great
outbreak Of the crime is reported by
Livv, which occurred about the ycarG.
G.. $50. At This period, the morals OF
the upper classes Of society had become
so ,cludalouS that the more virluous
and honorable members of the senate
set themselves to stem the torrent of
vice. Soon afterwards, the frequent
uruutt,v,e or .ul1ru lgQth among the
i,lustrous Senators filled The clty WiIn
alarm. and led to Investigation. By the
evidence OF slave, who had been
Drivv to their councils, a secret society
LOT patrican women was discovered,
whose ayowcd objects was to get rid
Of the obuoXiou~ Senators by means OF
poison. They vchcmcH'ly denied the
Charge: asserting ihGt their rrcpaa-
tiuHs. which were luuul were only
medicines for the poor. Asa test, they
were compelled go drink their mcdi.
riucs, which proved fatal 90 them all.
Their accomrliccs. TO the number OF
one hundred and seventy, were thrown
into prison, where they pnW-hcd. Two
hundred wear, aijcr'lj- occurrence, Sc
Drrt poisoning agaiu became extremely
frequent aud led To the passing OF the
lamuu, law "da 5'rnrfriy = ".'GTttS' by
- N,tl lax
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Athens Post Off e.-T h Mails

Up. or Eastern bound Mail, closes at $50 \. NJ.
Down, or Southern and Western bound Mail,
closes at $40 r. NJ.
sulphur Springs. va Srwce and Pin Hook,
thrr" times wcck--lcavcs Mondays, Wrdncs-
days and Fridays.
Pikrvillc. via Decatur, WASHINGTON & smith,
X RrnhS. twice week lrny~ Tu'-day> and
Fridays, 1t & A. NJ
Coghll, via Cantrrll'> X Roads. once n week
leaves Saturdays ut A. NJ. and returns >nulr
NY at PM.
The Mails for Benton, Dnrktown and other
points in Polk county. are supplied VIA tlrvr-
land. and leave that point twice week, Mon.
days and Thursdays.
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Honorary.

Not bad is this remark of n pastor {;
"rwo-thirds of the members of my
church are honorary members. They
don't come to prayer-mcelingS; they
don't attend the Sabbath school they
don't add to the life OF the church; they
are passengers on the gospel ship; they
bear no burdens; add no strength their
names are on our books they are homo
rarv members
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7 E R M s..
THE POST IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
AZ TwO Dollars ~ Year, PayabIc
in Advance.

II 40 attention paid to orders for the pa
per unless accompanied by the Cash.
a vrftiscmcnts will be charged 5l.50 per
square Of ten lines, or less. for the first inser-
lion. md - cents for euch continuance. A
LIBERAL deduction made to parties who adver-
use by the wear.
IT prrson- ending advertisements shoulC
ntrk the Number ,f times they desire them
nserted or they will be continued until for
hid aud charged accordingly
Transient advertisements must be paid for
t the time Of insertion. ~
Announcing names Of candidates for office,
$500, Cash. in all eases.
Obituary notices over five lines, charged at
regular advertising rates.
All conInunicationsin intended to promote the
private cnds or interests of Computations, So
rictrs or individuals. will be charged as adj
rertisrmrn.s.
Jon YORK. such A. Pamphlets, Circulars,
Cards, Blanks, 'Eondbil-. etS,xnsfGill be exc
'u'tcl in good .,vlc and ot N ll{le rates.
All letter. addressed to it'd iSbrittor will
D" promptly attended to. ;v,t.t,
Communications. to >eruor th46ftion. must
pc accompanied hy the name Of theauthors.
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MCaIllIcSS.

A dispatch from Key West SAYS: The
only expenses incurred in thi, port 10y
the little English steamer Anna be-
longing to the Atlantic Mail Steamship
Company, which brought to this port
the survivors of the Inflated steamship
Missouri. from Nassau. was forced up
on her by the United State, Customs.
officers, who even charged her wit h
tonnage dues for twelve months in ad.
vance Every one else with whom the
Anna had business worked Willingly
aud graluitously.
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GEN ERAL DIREC TOR Y
Courts at Athens.

,hrnrrry Court Hon. u. NJ. Key. Chancellor;
,ourt meet, m Mondays in May and Novom-
Der: j. NJ Hcnier,on, Clerk and Master Office
1T residence, Main street.
Circuit Court Hon. John b. IIoyl. Judge;
Count meets ~ Mondays in April, August and
Drc,mhcr, John +. slower. Clerk, office in the
Court House.
County Court Wm. G.. Horton ChlirmHn;
,,unrt'rly Court moot, 1T MonIHr-m January.
Apr,L July and uriUbrr; Quorum Court meets
~ Noud', IN 'nrh month; Lon BLIZZARD, Clerk.
office in tn CourI House.
DrurR COUNTY OFFICERS John 4. Gouldy,
Sh"riIlt Il t.. Snylrr. TRUSTEE; w. VI. Kelley,
Tax Collector: Wm. C. Davis. REGISTER: ThoS.
Sherman, Coroner; A. +. Kcith. Public Admin
i-tratOr w. Gcttys, Public Guardian.
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Frank and Candid.

The New York Erenjpg Post. Enpuh.
lican, says
We are not among those who hold
that it was an unparIIonnblr ,iu to be-
lieve in November and Dccrmbcr 1862
that rather than have civil war we had
better submit TO dissolution Of the
Union. any more than we hold il 20
have been an unpardonablc sin TO he II
rebel. Not only was it quite possible
for an honorable and honest mnu to be
a rebel, but, given the rebellion. the
manly thing on the part Of n native oi
the South Was 10 be true to his own sec
ton. Taking the avcra9" man. tie best
test Of character is his fidelity 10 his
surroundings, his education, hi> order
and all to which he belongs. and which
belongs to him.
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Churc Direct tory.

NJ. T.. CHURCH. SOuTH-Rrv. Y. II. Parker.
Pastor Services every sabbath: Prayer Meet
ing every Wednesday night. sabbath school in
the morning.
MARS HILL PRESBYTERIAN cHCRCH-kcv.
J. A. Wallace, Pastor Services every other Sab
bath. Sabbath School in the evening.
NJ. T.. CHURCH, "NORTH'- N.G. TAYLOR.
Pastor Services every Sabbath; i'ray,r Meet
ing every Wednesday night. Sabbath S"hool
in the morning.
RAPTIsT CIIURCn-Rev. j. b. Lee Pastor
Servi cs, Fourth Sabbath in each month. at the
Masonic Hail.
ST. PAUL's EPISCOPAL CHugCH- Rector
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The Longest Bridge in the world.

The bridge now in course Of conStruc-
ton over the Firth of Tay, and linking
the towns of Newport and Dundee,
Scotland will he, it is said. the longest
in the wOrld-lOn@cr even than the IA
nous Victoria bridge at Montreal BY
over l.OOO feet. II the 'Iay bridge were
eighty yards longer, it would be two
miles exactly, and for all inirnt> md
purposes it may, therefore, be called
the two-milc bridge. II will have nnc.
ty piers and cighty-ninc spans. The
greatest hight Of the bridg" will be
cighty-cight feet above hi9h water mark
which is not half the elevation Of the
East river bridge at New York. The
total cost Of the structure will be Sl.jSj,-
600. and it> construction in all it, details.
has been undertaken by one firm.
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Thr 2ost.
Athens, Friday, November 8, 1872.
Agricultural ImnlcmCntS

The census Office has completed its
statistics OF tho manufacture of agri-
cultural implements in the United States
in 1871, showing production of S52,-
100000 worth during the year. or
more than three times the amount In
1870.
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G + > d 7 e NJ p | q RS.

r.."r Lodgr. No. lli, l. o. G. lrmplnrs
!. :. Mntth W.. w. g. t. Regular Meeting.
- and th Thursday NIGHTS in each month. at
Masonic Hall
EpStHnrllcc Tcmr,c. I. q. 6. T.-Jacob
~ Matthew D".rrr rrmplrr-Mrris in De-
gree " Fidelity On III" 1T rud the Deere" of
charity the 'h Thursday "y uug> oi each
month
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Masonic Directory.

McridiHn sun Lodge. No. ID. A. +. & 4. Ma
.so,s- A G RobeSon, Wor>hipul Master
Regular Meetings l>t and 81 Saturday nights
~ Hrcl month.
MrNIinn Chapter. No. a. Rov"l Arch Ma.Ons.
john +. slower, High Priest Regular Meetings
t>t Monday night in each month.
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SC hool Directory

,ANE CHrrK hCNpFNY:- L"r7tluN, coghll,
IN 'ull Vie" Of ,hrihow"r Mountr'n>. Build
iur, NiMty by Forty t. 4, Two tori -. Library.
Soy. 'u' ,rowiur. ~ vurWu, r..uh"r,. j.
II. 3.uuun. prurip.E \ .>i.i n Prof. ili"k,,
Mss f.Ni' =. t"hh, Mia \. !. .''u"hfn.-
i'UNil-. Present 'y,-ion 90 in : ronrh. 3!3.
charges. iow,r th'm q nv other In -itHton Of
'Hn" gIga., 81 'Jr ~ .>nown. COURSE " study.
JnIern,lrI bat thorough. \ Collegiate De-
pIrmunt viii hr ,lh,! ii Ut rlosc Of present term.
EASr Tenn. WESLEYAN UNIvERsITY:- =
Location. Athens, On the line of the T.. I. Va.
II Ga. Railroad. half way between Knoxville
and Chattanooga. Building. Seventy by Fiiiy
feet. itrrc ~torir., Library. over za0O volumes.
RorrI. IN private families. including room.
fir'. tights and washing. $500 per week.
It,chrrs, james \. Dean, President: Assist
ntS, W. Z. +. MilburD. !. J. Mankcr. L. \ .
Atee. Misc Y. Stephenson, Miss Helen ltO>.
o"orti. Pupils. - ~ Regular tally ttrnd-
lu"c. charges moderate. Course ur study
thorough
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-08

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Wool Cards for Sale.

THE SUBSCRIBER HAS u SIT OF
i Double Wool Cards that h" offers 70 ale.
Any one wishing to purchase can get hrr-
gam. Address. ;. +. GETTYS.
Riceyille, Tenn, Aug. 90, lSl2-tf.li7
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New Invention!

CALL AND EXAMINE WOOD COLLAR
" and Ilame, altogether. No more chance
for sorc-,houD"erfd horses, if YOU buy these
Collars. T.. +. GIBSON.
Athens, May n. lSI2-tr<l
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IMPORTANT NOTICE.

WYE EHAvETNDUEGED OUR PATRONS
w from crop to crop to ennble them to pay
without sacrifice. Now. they have good wheat
and this Is. therefore, TO notify them that we
are expecting our pay, and must have it.
j. A. TURLEY 4 co.
Coghill. Tenn, June -, 1SI2-if239
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3. .A.TURLEY X CO.. COGl,uaE..

A RE RECEIVING THEIR STOCK OF
N Goods suitei to the wants Of their early
autumn trade. Come and see them.
Aug. -, iSi2tf249"
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Letter from Texas.

: answer the many yqnestions that Hrc pro-
pounded 40 me slmost daily by people
from all parts ofcyolr State, who con-
template remoyigg to Texas. Bell coun-
tty is Situated near the centre of Texas,
on the 3lsi parallel of north latitude,
and between the 9th and 9Sth parallel
of west longitude. The Lron, Tampa
saS and Snlado are the principal streams
uniting near the eastern boundary of
ihc county and forming Little River,
which flows for sixty miles through
Milan county, discharging its waters
into the Bra2os below Port Sullivan.
Knob, Friar', Pepper Cedar, Stampede,
aud other creeks flow into the Leon on
the north, and lIowand Owl, Cow
House and other creeks on the south
side. The LampaSnS aud Salado are
supplied by large number Of small
branches flowing from springs of the
purcst Limestone water and over rocky
beds. Darr'S and Donahoc's creeks
flow through the southern part Of
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into Little liver near the eastern bonn
Diary. There are many fine watcr-pOw-
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the favored irnl'-@roWIng sections OF
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that |lVOp are susceptible OF culliva-
lion-avrraging, in period of two
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A. F. X E | T Il.
Attorney nt R.a,y nnh snIici,nr in
ahaus.rI',.

AND PUBLIC NnMINI%TRN TOR.
for McNiuu toyuN. VIII rrHrtjr. ,l so,
Courts Of III, lth Juuisi., irrutt.
OFFICE On White st., tFUEN.. rINN.
Jan. !. lS1g-tl-ii4
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Horrible Mistake.

There must be something done to pre-
went those horrible mistakes Of drug
gi-t, clerks. One of the careless ic!-
low, lately gave young man in Louis
giIloa bottle Of mucilagc instead of co.
lognc, The youth went to church, and,
aNcrapplyiug the contents freely to hi,
handkerchief, and applying the hand
Icrchicr freely to his nose, he was in
no condition for dcyout worship. This
thug i, getting to be alarming,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-01-11

UNCLE TIM's CAr-1n introducing Un-
Gle Tim Smith. allow me to say that no
man in Western Oxford, in Maine. was
better known in his day. He was an hon.
orable. poor, hard working man. and whose
only failing-if failing it could be called
was the telling Of big stories. I am
sure. however. that in one respect his
memory had become 80 warped that he re-
ligiously believed his wonderful reyela-
tions to be true. He was the first man to
put spade into the soil Of the first farm
ever owned, and thereafter he did much
work for me.
Talking about cats said Uncle Tim,
puts me in mind Of a cat once owned.
Let me tell you about her. She was q
Maltee-one got of Charles Baker
and what that cat didn't know wasn't
worth knowing. Here's one thing she
did:
"In the Spring Of '46. moved into the
old house down on the Crooked river
We put our provisions down iu the cellar,
on the floor. But We didn't sleep. No
sooner had it come dark than We heard n
tcarin and squeakin' in the cellar that
was awful. / lit candle and went down
Jerusalem. Talk about rats. 1 never
saw such 4 sight in my born days. Eve
ry inch of the cellar floor was covered with
'em. They ran up onto me. and then
went over me. l jumped back into the
room aud called the cat. She jumped
down and looked. guess she sot there
about ten minutes looking at the rats. and
| was waiting to see what she would DO.
By 'mby she shook her head. and turned
about and went up stairs She didn't care
to tackle 'em.
THAT night, tell you. there wasn't
much sleep. In the mornin' 1 called for
the cat. and couldn't find her. She'd
gone guess the rats had frightened
her, and, to tell the plain truth. don't
much wonder. Night came on again, and
the old cat hadn't shown herself. Says
Betsy Ann to me, says she: Tim. If that
old cat don't come back we will have to
leave the place the rats II eat as up
SAYS I, Just you let the old cat be. l
don't believe she left US for good
Just as Betsy Ann was putin the
cniiuTeu 10 Deu. We neafu Scr3tcnlu anu
waulin' at the outside door. l went and
opened it. and there stood our Maltee cat
on the doorstep. and behind her whole
army Of cats. all paraded as regular as ye
ever saw soldicrsl let the old cat in
and the others followed her. She went
right to the cellar door and scratched there
I began to understand The old cat had
been out after help. Iopencd the way to
the cellar. and she marched down and the
other cats tramping after her in regular
order; and as they went past me. count
ed fifty-si Of 'em.
"Gewhittaker il there wasn't row
and rumpus in that cellar that night.
then am mistaken. The next mornin
the old cat came up and caught hold Of
my trowsers. and pulled me towards the
door. I went down and saw the sight
Talk about yer Bunker Hill and yer Bos.
ton massacres! Mercy! l never saw
such before or since. Betsy Ann and me
and our boy Sammy was all day hard al
work as we could be clearin' dead rats ou
Of that ere cellar. It's fact. every word
of it. and if you don't believe it. ask Bet
~ Ann"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-01-11

A PERSIAN TALI.-There was once a
prince. who having been much displeased
with one Of his mobiles, determined TO punish
him. The prince commanded that he
should be shut up in high tower. Into
this tower there was only one entrance.
which was walled up Immediately after the
nobleman had been placed there. Thus
all hope Of escape seemed to be cut of.
and the unhappy man was left to perish.
Inside the tower there was long wind
ing staircase. by which the prisoner reach
ed the top. While looking down from
there he observed his wife, who had come.
iudulging . faint hope that she might be
able. by some means or other, to aid her
husband in escaping from his place of con-
6nement. On inquiring if she could be
Of any service to him, he replied: "Oh.
yes; 60 and procure black beetle. lit
tic grease, a skein Of silk, a skein of twine,
and long rope" The poor wife hasten
ed to obtain what her husband asked for.
wondering. no doubt. at the straugeness
Of his request. She soon re,urned, fur
nished with the things. Her husband
then directed her to pu, the grease on the
beetles head. to fasten the silk to its hind
leg. the twine TO the silk. and the rope tC
the tuine. aud then to place the beetle on
the wall Of the tower. On being set n
liberty on the wall. the beetle-smelling
the grease on its head. and not being abls
to discover where il vas. crept up the tow.
er in search Of il. till it arrived at the top
The nobleman caught ID. and taking th,
silk from its hind leg. carefully drew i
up When he came to the end Of th,
silk. he found the twine, and next b
came to the rope. Fastening shis 10
crook. he let himself dsvn, and thus mad
his escape.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-01-11


grotesquc simile Is sometimes very express
sive We mention those Of Daniel Web
.ter. who likcned the word ..would" in Ru-
fus Choase's handwriting to 4 small grid
iron struck by lightning: of sailor who
likened 4 gentleman whose face was COW
cred with vhiskcrs up to his very eyes, to
a rat peeping out of bunch Of oakum !;
Of Western reporter. who. in a weather
item on cold dag, said tha. the suns
rays in the effort to ,haw the ice were n
futile az the dull reflex Of a painted yell
low dog Of a conductor. who. in a dis
cussion as to speed. said the last time be
ran his engine from Syracuse the tele-
graph poles on she side looked like fine
tooth comb. Smiles Of like character
are often heard among the common peo-
pie. and are supposed to be the peculiar
property of Western orators. Instances
As sharp as the little end Of nothing; big
as all outdoors; It strikes me like thou
sand bricks; slick as grease or creased
lightning; melancholy As q Quaker meet
ing by moonlight; fat as n founder
quick as wink not enough to make gru-
el for q sick grasshooper nos clothes
enough to wad gun: as limp and lin.
Der a. an india rubber store pipe; unea
~ rs eat in . strange garrcs not strong
enough to haul Goldfish Of gridiron.
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much space to tell. Not long ago his
master. to test his power Of understand
ing. said 10 him. "Bill. 20 up into my
room and bring me nv hat" The dog
darted up stairs. but found the door to his
masters room closed. Unable to get i.
open. be ran into an adjoining room where
sat lady member Of the family. and be-
gan barking in such q manner that the
lady exclaimed. There must be some
thing wrong" She thought something
had happened to the dogs master. and
vent to his room to see. When she open
ed the door. the dog darted in. jumped
upon the table where MIS- hat lay.
seak Ahe hst Il hin month. and ran down
staifs with it TO its owner!
One day the past Fall. this dogs mas.
ter was paying out some money. and drop
ped roll Of $50 on the floor. As he was
about leaving the house. the dog punched
his nose against his masters leg, and re-
peated it. This strange movemen. attrac-
ted attention. and the roll of bills was
found in the dogs mouth! Till this time
the man was not aware that be had lost
the money.
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f~ 4 retired oovernoss 81

EEA retired governess says: 81 am
one of those whose lot in life has been to
get out into an unfriendly world at an
early age : aud Of nearly twenty families
in which made my home in the course Of
thirty years. there were only three that
could be designated as happy families -
The source of trouble was not so much
the lack of love as the lack ofcare TO mum
Isst IT," The closing words of this SEN
tence give us the fruitful source Of family
alienation. Of heartaches innumerable, Of
sad faces and gloomy home circles.