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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-11
Augusta Market

From price list Of a leading Augusta
Commission House under date OF Nov 9Th,
1874, we take the following as the state OF
the market
Provisions-The market has been rather
quiet during the week. Stocks are fair
indeed may be said TO be light according
to the demand, which has been steady
There is considerable confidence backing
the amount held. We report the market
firm c. r. bacon, 13ial3I; bacon shout
dcrs 81; d. s c. X, sides, u; bellies, ~ /;
sugar-cured lcanvassed hams, II. Lard
l3al3l. Flour, the demand has been quiet
and the price has declined fully - cents
per barrel. Low grades are in better re
quest than the high ones; fancy 500;
family, Go; extra GOO; super g. So
Wheat, stock fair, with steady demand.
without any change In prices; choice
white l.42lal 4J; amber. 13sal 10; Med
i.erguean red. l35 Corn markC, duh
and lower. There is light demand for
choice old white for milling purposes We
quote prime white Sll0; mixed OF yellow.
los, Oats quiet prime white, 71lasU cts.
mixed IS c,- Hay nominal. Shopper lOl
pounds.
All grain Is quoted sacked czcapgwlcal
sacks returned Provisions quoted packed
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-11
Chattanooga Market.
Corrected to Nov. S. 1874

Grsin-Corn, buying, on the wharf, So
SOC; selling in the depot, 92la95. Oa.s
per bushel; buying on the wharf 6O3; sellin,
in the depot, 55a57i. Wheat, $l.00al.l2l.
Hay-Prime clover. new, per ton, 5000
$500, Timothy and Herds Grass per tor,
$25.0Oa30OO.
Flour-Choice, Sc. 7ja7. co; extra family,
$3.50; family, $500 superfne, S6OOaG2 9
Bacon-CIear sides, ID shoulders, o.
hams, ~!
Lsrd-Brime leaf fierce, To-; in cans, Is
Country Produce-Butter, per pound
each, 15a@0 Potatoes, Irish, per bushsl
I5aSi 90. Sweet potatoes 1OnSO.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-11
Knoxune Lumber Market.

Rough boards and scsntling, Sl5.OOsb
l6 30 per | 900 feet.
Clear seasoned plank, $20OOa25OO
Dressed weather boarding, SIS. OOa20O1
Flooring, S35. O0a4O
Ceiling, S30.O0a35.0O.
Black. walnut, green, $50. OOa35OO; ses-
soned, S400OaJO0O.
Oak posts sawed tapering, 2Oc each.
Rough cedar posts, 2Oc.
Tspered cedar posts, soc.
Sawed laths per thousand, 3.OOG35O.
Sawed shingles, S4OOa5OO
Shaved shingles, S4.60a5.50.
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81. Innis Market.

81. LOUIS, Nov. 9.--Flour in gooB
demand low grades scarce; higher
grades lower to sell. Corn opened
higher; new No. mixed 70; closet
lower, 20. Pork in good demand
SO. 25al9.50. Bacon firm and in good
demand shoulders, s. clear rib, II ;
clear, II. Lard higher, 12l. Whisky
steady, 90.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-11

A standard brand IN every magGc. where
Old The leading brand iu the market
where manufactured Dr. y, Nat Lyle
proprietor
The following quotations Of Eureka Mills
made from actual sales:
Fancy, $500; Family, SlOO; Superdne
$500; Fine, 500 Bran 20 cents TO SlOO
Corn Meal without q superior in quality.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-11

Rice.


The trade in drugs for the Fast week
goods has been handled. There ere very
few changes in prices TO note We quote
turpentine, Go cents; red lead, II cts per ID.
gum opium, Sl05Oall00 per 10; grain
pepper, IS cts per h.; grain spice, II cts
per ID; bromide potash, Sl.l0 per lb.i
chlorato potash, 20 cts per ID, iodide pot
ash, Sj.C0per b.; spirits nitro, 90 cts per ID.
bi-carbonate soda, 7 cts per u b.; gum carG-
phor, so CTS per b.; boraI, IS cts per ID.
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Cincinnnti NInrI,cf.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 9.-Flour steady
Corn firm ear, 62aG3 shelled, 81
Lard scarce wanted, Is on the spot o.
this week. Bacon firm and scarce
shoulders, saSl clear sides, IA NJ
clear rib sides here. Whisky firm ;
Gg
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In ChanCery al cambridge

ia. Arnold e.. al ys.S.,as Nayer- &c a..
10, CO.
~ THIS CAUSE IT APPEARING FROM
| The return Of tho Sheriff that Thomas Dods0r
uas removed from the State, and his Whcrcabou,
are unknown; and thnt thc residence Of ThGrcs
Meyers Is unknown 10 is therefore ordered, Ly
thc CLERK and Master hat publication be made
iGT four consecutive weeks, I'm the Knoxville
Weekly Chronicle notifying said defendants 70
appear before the ChmCcry Court 20 pandridge.
and make defense 90 compliments. bin, or tLr
luC win be taken i0r eJuiese "a gu3 the cause se.
Cor hearing cy ..l.H as % them. nov. Z, 1877.
yulwf %. NO, MEEK, @. d NJ.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
About a Singing school.

EDUOES CHRONICLE: In the New
Market Nglrs Of October 18th, we no.
tice q communication from this place
over the names Of " Jake aud Sandy, -
i'm which some reflections are cast
against the singing at Green Hill
church, conducted by prof Mills"
Now we do not wish to get up news
paper controversy, but just set our
selves right. We happen to know the
writer of the article referred to above,
and the feelings that actuated him
while writing. Prof. Mills was not the
conductor of the singing, and the class
was one that Jake and Sandy had
been teaching. Jake and Sandy fell
out with his class for some trife, and
took the sneaking way of disgusting
his name and publishing the poor
singing for bis revenge. Jake and
Sandy has weak spot in his COM
position somewhere, for after being
snubbed, almost insulted, and the same
as kicked out of the church, with his
singing class at Wesley Chapel, by the
/ Trustees, he had not sense enough to
stay out, but came crawling in at the
other door.
Now, Messrs. Editors, our sing,
ing may not be as good rs the best, but
we sing praise 10 God with oul
hearts and souls. and do the best we
can, and it comes with poor grace fol
our teacher to 90 back on III" be.
cause we can not agree.
In addition to this communication
we wish TO say few words 10 the
Trustees Of Wesley Chanel A'OT
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Rome .Go) Marhct.

FHIEe t.WleT, now.
NLea.--Pcr LlsheI SLC0al-L Corn.
slalO0 FlJur-FamI'v and extra,
ST.. 00a7. 10 superGnc, $500 choice. S-O1a
ders. lOaI2; hams l5al7. Moal-Pcg bushei,
Oall0 Hay per 100 lbs, g0aSl2j
Lard On t.ercos, l1al8; In kegs lsal9 Butter
per DO, country 2Jajiy.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-11
Louisville Market.

LOUISVILLE, Nov. 9.-Breadstuffe
unchanged. Pork unchanged. Bacon
shoulders, s.; clear rib, none here
clear, ii sugar cured hams, 1lal2 ;
Lard in tierce, l&l keg, II. Whisky,
tg
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HOME CIRCLE.
RELIEF FOR TmE POOR.

FRS, Presbyterian Church, Sabbath
. evening. November oh, 1874 TIE
meeting was opened with religious ex.
srcises by Revs cunningham and
Dachman, after which MI Bach
nan stated tue object of the meeting
md Rev. Dr.. Cunnyngham was called
to the chair, and MI T. II. Hesld ap.
polluted Secretary. Tie first bushes;
was the reading Of the Secretary and
Ereasu.pr's reports by the ReV.J How.
a-d-5mith, aud is as follows;
As we read the thrilling records Of
lultitudes rescued and trained TO he
y turn the TesCuer- OF others, We are
lused 70 o sense ot our duty and
privilege to take par. in this work Of
God: sure that 81. effort however
humble, can be il vain when linked
n hv living faith {. The glorious en-
-atpr,se rt the NCr.. Ge.tyCraucn. go
which t.e promise a.t power OF t.u
ave secured complete success.
At the close Of last winter, we E..U-
7uteI Oh our u.-s..,. Eats "a SUMMARY
q our seasons WORK. BY means Of
borough visiting aud taithluI iuvs-tl-
-t'--f ''--.- ---..- was '.'t'.. .'r '...H
sd otfeclet more thoroughly IMAM .u
ny p'eN-3.' Wl-!eL 10 tae ig.lei o..
ne slear 90. ell-~-- anu the a-. ~.
TINS ia-ll the lANs.e..al.s % the
tjy have borne ain. ana decided .e,-
m1u- ia Tie daily paper. That y.e
ave not yer been a..- - Danish beg
ing from our gtr-. g.. though greatly
.llLlA!aAgu, is occasion q regret 10
.-e ASSOCIATION, a' WEI q, 70 Inc pub
.'. But I'D EfapII!LE with evils so
.-Hu ana MlN-, i-eai as those "e -ges
ID relieve. we lave need Ot great pa
-2a-e anu ''i t1aA1.g.Le-~ Tor any
.-'a-u'g 'l success NctalnE lCt the
--sIla.un thal II :, EoC work more
lAn our WoIH viii enable ~ 70 go on.
us. success ln E-- own ,.-e is GER
.-iu.
- usG-- with lIAl.sl associations,
our distribution o. ne. igod and cloth
"as o. cease villa t-t severity OF
"!ltFf. W e seek 20 hep the poor 60 q
--.I-sLst sIul-E ioollC!u, aud carefully
81 a."iu mahluE c4Tol-c psuuer- of
Ut u-Nsl.tlaFlt-. some s-ya VII al
'sys De found, to IDLE 20 work and
-iuksi ~ sin. We prCt-s, not % ut
Use. tuHl 81. F4C-, but huMuly ac-
s-y. tAe comuaaa God has given Us
y hllh' ~ any s'' not work,
----ues ,IaIt lie eat.
~ me Ciyse O. Our ".-te. opera
l-'-, lae Tune seemed 20 have come
at entrance upoA our pan for the
i.nlug ana eieVaiion OF young and
e=@titute gus, tLat win ,ae blessing
o- COU' We might serve 90 INltE tie
E.ry FOUNTAIN head o. tue bitter waters
= pau 't. .-'L al L-a-t l- some sG4sl. .
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baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 9.-Flour dull.
Wheat steady. Corn active for South
ern and Western nominal. Provisions
quiet Coffee nominal. Whisky dull
at SLo0al.ol. sugar quiet.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-11
NEWS MISCELLANY.

~ II w = NlllDO ELLA ~ I
Massachusetts, has given new life TO
our national Banks.
The New Orleans papers report fine
prospects for good sugar crop.
n special train on the Pennsylvania
railroad ran SO miles in 10 minutes.
Following the defeat in Oregon, wo~
man suffrage meets another in Michi-
gan.
Mr.. Tullivaut, a wretched Illinois
farmer, will have only $4,000 bushels
of corn, this year.
1t was unlawful in 1889 to smoke on
the streets of Savannah. 1t was con-
sidered ungentlemanly.
The Protestant Episcopal Conven-
ton has closed its session in New
York, adiourning to meet at Boston,
in 1877.
An apple said to be the largest ever
ripened in the United States, has been
picked in Nebraska 1t weighs 90
ounces.
Massachusetts, has over 100000 chill
dren in her ), 305 public schools, which
she supports by an annual tax Of over
s. 900 900.
never sleeps, never makes mistakes,
and who is certain to enter the houses
holds from which, if at all, my trade
must come
The New York law requiring that
every child shall be sent to school or
be Taught at home goes into force
within a few weeks.
When a man dies and leaves nice
young widow with plenty of money,
and you see her walking out with the
executor on Sunday afternoon, change
is imminent.
a dispatch from Akron, Ohio, says
The fires In the woods in this neigh
eral days. COpley Swamp for miles
is a mass Of fire.
The Nenia, CO.. Ncus prcianeiy re-
ports that the Supreme Court has de~
cided that the site Of dam above the
railroad could not be stopped 10y dam
site below the railroad,
The coinage Of the United States
mint for the past year, it is said, was
greater than for any previous year in
the history of the Government since
1852, which is good, il true.
? Louisville, Ky, has 500 manufacto-
ne, ~ eSr,uS 1Ioo ~ od Ri CS6
io 600 ,oJl,
L Zoo 300 o,,,,,,otI,- ~, -, ~
There is parrot on State street that
cries stop thiefW 1t takes four pc
licemen to keep the sidewalk clear, as
rfe, n,l'v reTS ne y, iiS " el9Gll"i IN
\ wealthy Pittsburg merchant is re-
ported as having said al always feel
happy when | am advertising, for
then know that, sleeping or waking,
| have n strong though silent orator
working for me-0ne who never tires,
They have found a new species Of
carrier pigeons that fly $50 miles an
hour. The London papers use them
for carrying dispatches from Paris,
Lisbon and Brussels. They make the
trip from Paris to London in one hour
and q half.
nj, s..r,.. t.,. i...,,,.;,,,
49, I,s,,,,,i,,, fi,,i 49,. -
.,. 49, - CT - , >. o'ti
hTtiiC,.,,' III - 80 80
J'C 'oIIC oro tor'SS
of farSn y" T6o n;ro ooI = sorth ~
- ~. g. Iii t,r,7i,, U'''7 VI
Mt C,,a,.a,a,,l ty-.,,,,J a. a., L.,
o., 49, ~, - VI ~
s4J QI III Ii"l.oieo a,iu -, eutE lies
tr-I 6hio MAJ, iIS,2 ~,
d. "a tii'
raiIi,, 10 ~ e., 80
49, "a 80, ~ i,'i AZ
wv ''''>' "a ''-0 ~ i'9'
/ a Griffin GA paper says that there
. is a girl in that town with the follow
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FEATHERs-BuyinE, prime. ass. mixed,

FEATHERs-Buying, prime, 45c, mixed,
30aS0c.
BUTTER-In demand al l5a2oc, for fresh.
EGas--In demand, at l6alsc.
RAGs-Coiton, 2ia3l
BgEswAX--27a2SC pea pound.
ToB tennessee leaf, Sale.
GRAss = gt-- notify, S5.7jai GO per
hush
Grass SEKp-Clover, S7.O0a7. J0por b h.
uprds grass, q o. '
Blu, Sl.6O
Orchard grass, $3.50.
GlEsESa-SL3lal. 4Oal.45.
SENERA SNAKE-Dul, 4J0j)C.
yellow ROoT-- Dull, &C.
Wool Washed. fla&jc per d.
FUEs-All kinds dull and low.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-11

] Only ItLl ltll.I.l--r tlt Nl-lAtu Altlh
once fortnight. to enquire into their
circumstances, O. foster self>reliancei
10 counsel and --buke them, to recon.
-sliutu The ruined family life, to pre-.
serve aud develop family and neigh
/ boriy relations and by every means to
prevent dependence on charity.
| Where help was imperative, to give
nomore than was absolutely necessary;
where work was wanted, To provide IT,,
| to detect imposition and 70 reclaim the
outCGst
The details Of the working of this
system are deeply interesting. We
can only alluGe TO the principle, lead
ing to such results.
THE simple sense ola deep human
fellowship is at the bottom otit, OF the
power Of human sympathy and con
tact, Of human duties that are owed,
not through corporations, but from
man TO man. This it is which pene-
tratcs and sustains the WHOLE And
1t Is on this principle that our own eN-
perimeuts are founded, I'm whose work
ing out, we ask your generous and
continued help.
Very gratefully we uuEuCwIed-e Che
kindues~ aud sympathy of The CONF
wvui'v thu, far, and above all, do We
feel the goodness of our God and
saviour who has touched many hearts
thus kindly towards us, aud has also
given us ia car COuuse.- and .ayors,
such harmony OF feeling and ui action
as makes our work, even ll .,- rugged
and misunderstanding, labor oi love
and Us own abundant roc9mpeusc.
oar Home is giving us as much en-.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-11

The arrivals of beef cattle have beer
moderate yet fully equal to the demand
and the markl, remains about the same a.
las reported We quote No 4, heavy at
81 fat gat'.... q 30. common B. good
ru % cents
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In Chancery al cambridge,


EuW b. Pc'rse So. Martha j. Peirae-O, Divorce
Bill
30. lg--
APPEARING TO THE CLERK AND Mao
/ TER, from tLe Bill, which j. sworn TO- thB
the residence of the defendant, Martha D. ICirCe
is unknown tits ordered by the Clerk and Mas
ter that publication be made for four successive
weeks in the Knoxville Weekly Chronicle, mott
Tying said defendant TO appear before the Chan
Gerry Court az cambridge, Tennessee, and make
defense 10 complainant Bill, On OF before the "a
Monday Of January next, OF the same will be
taken for confessed and the cause set Tor heari1E
ex parte 20 her. November z, 1874.
Eillw' d. "A. MEEK, G & N.
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Sursr House
None In mIrEetI
Prime ana cLOiCC-r-l d.
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Al branlss21 sI1ggN
ErMrcre' nrAi.s.


= V7VT y II u =
Indigo, SF5l25ll.E1F 70
do hlaliiil 1901 IS
DlJlh NajI2r..l5g l5c
.Ennr mud ansH
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-25

-qs!Iqease uAo Ino o. psuln}oI pue ssleqa
ment, with mingled pleasure and chagrin.
"What pity" said l to my wife, thai
Bowen don't keep within his income
He does" she replied.
"But how can he on SCOOP" was my
answer; "If he gives $40 to this charity and
IS to that, and lives SO snug and comfortable
too?'
"Shall tell you ?" asked Mrs. Slackwater,
Certainly, if you cam"
ellis wife" said my wife, finds it just as
easy to 60 without 500 or $50 worth Of rib
bons and lace as to buy them. They have
no fruit but what they raise or have given
them by country friends whom thy repay by
thousand little acts of kindness. They use
no beer, which is not essential to his health,
as it is to yours; and then he buys no cigars,
or ice creams, or apples at 100 per cent. on
market price, or oranges at 10 cents apiece,
or candy, or new novels, or rare works, that
are still rarer used in short, my dear Mr..
Slackwater, he has no hole in his pocket
1t was the first word of suspicion my wife
had uttered on the subject, and it cut me to
the quick Cut me l should rather say it
sewed me up, and my pocket too they never
have been in holes since that evening.
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HoIsTEp. second intelligent animal -
story of the Boston TfaceJer is thus "The
hosting horses, who raise the bales TO the
lofts in our wool houses become remarkably
intelligent in their business, SO much SO that
they work by themselves without direction
When the hook is fastened on to bale, the
horse with his head turned aside, notices it,
and starts off briskly, perhaps from the know.
ledge that he thus escapes crack from TIE.
whip. The other morning one of the work.
men had on an army overcoat, and by some
unaccountable accident the hook got caught,
in the belt Of said coat. The horse, feeling
the weight, started off, and up went the work..
man like a rocket. He was taken in, badly
frightened and as palo AZ ghost, at the
third-story window
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C0LLAMER,S LITTLE MISTAKE.

Old Mr.. Collamer, one of the members of
our church, is extremely deaf. Last Sunday
the clergyman, during his sermon, had occa-
sion to introduce quotation, aud as it was
quite long, he brought the volume with him,
and when the time came he picked up the
book and began to read from it. We always
sing the Old Hundred doxolosy after the SER
mon at our church, and Mr.. Collamer seeipr
the pastor with the book thought the time had
come, SO while the minister was reading. he
opened his hymn book at the place. Just as
the clergyman laid the volume down the man
sitting next to Mr.. Gollamer began to yawn
and Mr. Colamer, thinking he was to sing
Immediately broke out into Old Hundred a
the top of his voice. As the Clergyman wa
! Just beginning secondly" and as there was c
course perfect silence in the church the effec
of Mr.. Collamers vocferation was very start
ling. But the good old man didn't notice tina
anything was the matter, so he kept right OF
and sang the entire verse through. When h,
concluded he observed that everybody els,
seemed to be quiet excepting few who wer,
laughing, so he leaned Overland said out loud tc
with this congregation anyhow? Why don't
they go home?" The man turned scarlet, and
the perspration broke out all over him, for
he felt the eyes of the congregation were up
on him, and he knew that he would have to
yell to make Mr. Collamer hear So he
touched his lips with his fingers as sign for
the old man to keep quiet. But Mr. Collamer
misunderstood the motion .sGoin' to sing
another hymn, hey? All right" He began to
tumble his hymn book again. Then the sex
ton sailed up the aisle, and explained matters
out loud to Mr.. Collamer and that gentleman
subsidized while the minister proceeded with
his discourse. The elders have written Mr..
Collamer note requesting him in the future
not to join in the sacred harmony.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-25

All mems faults are not written on their
foreheads, and it's quite as well they are not,
or hats would need very wide brims; yet as
sure as eggs are eggs, faults of some sort nes-
tie in every mans bosom. There is no telling
when a mans sins may show themselves, for
hares pop out of the ditch just when you are
not looking for them. horse that is weak
in the legs may not stumble for mile or two,
but it is in him, and the driver had better
hold him up we'll The tabby cat is not lap
ping milk just now, but leave the dairy door
open, and we will see if she is not as bad a
thief as the kitten. There's fire in the flint,
cool as it looks wait till the steel gets a
knock at it, and you will see. Everybody can
read that puzzle, but it is not everybody that
will remember to keep his gunpowder out OF
the way of the candle.--John Ploughgan, By
Spurgeon.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-25

ToEs.-We arc accustomed to use our toes
so very little, that for all the practical pur
poses Of life we might almost as well be with,
out any. They were intended, in the first
place, to give flexibility to the foot, and to
help us in our walking; but the modern Gus
tom of cramping them up in tight shoes makes
them almost as immovable as if they grew TO-
gether. So the help they give us in walking
is not SO much after all. And as for putting
them to any other use, we never think of it.
and torture them, and pinch them out of all
likeness to their original shape, until they
would never be known for the pretty, perfect
little baby toes that we like to cuddle, and
count, and go to the market with, grown up.
Who, for instance, would imagine that the
second toe is intended to be longer than the
first? Aud yet in q perfect toe it always u.s.
though we are obliged to go to statues and
paintings to find it out. And who, putting a
foot and modern narrow-toed shoe side by
side, would ever suspect that they were in-
tended for each other? The fact is, our toes
are onr most abused members, and so we
don't get half the good from them that we
might The Chinese, and the Japanese, and
the Bedouin Arabs it is said, from continual
practice, use their toes nearly as well as their
hands. They can pick up their tools with
them, and even work with them while they do
something else with their hands. Arabs braid
ropes with their fingers and toes working
together in ert.-CAicago 1d0ocate.
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4 PECULIAR ORIGIN.

Immediately following the declaration of
the last war with England, Ebbert Anderson,
of New York, then a contractor, visited Troy,
on the Hudson, where was concentrated and
where he purchased large quantity of pro-
visions-becf pork, etc. The inspectors Of
these articles at that place vera Ebenezer and
Samuel Wilson. The latter gentleman (inva-
riably know as Uncle Sam generally SUI
perintended in person large number Of
woflxmen, who, ON this occasion, were employ
cd in overhauling the provisions purchased by
the contractor for the army. The casks were
marked = E. A.--U. 50 This work fell to
the lot of facetious fellow in the employ Of
the Messrs. Wilson, who, on being asked by
some of his fellow workmen the meaning of
the mark for the letters 6 u. s." for United
States, were then almost entirely new to
them, said she did not know unless it meant
Ebbert Anderson and Uncle Sam Wilson,
The joke took among the worlSmen, and pass
ed current ; and Uncle Sam himself being
present, was occasionally rallied by them ON
the increasing extent of his possessions
Many OF these men shortly afterward follow
ed the recruiting drum, and pushed toward
the frontier lines for the double purpose of
meeting the enemy and of eating the pro-
visions they had lately put in good order-
Their old jokes of course accompanied them,
and before the first campaign ended, this iden-
tical one first appeared in print. 1t gained
favor rapidly tillitpenetrated and was recog-
nized in every part of our own country, and
will no doubt continue to do so while the
United States remains nation. 1t origina-
ted precisely as above stated, and the writer
of this article distinctly recollects remarking
at time when it first came into print, to a
person who was equally aware Of its origin,
how odd it would be should this silly joke, or
ignating in the midst of beef, pork, pickles,
mud, and salt, become national coguomen.