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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17
Scales on the Farm.

A merchant does not sell dry goods
without a yard-stick or measure of his
own: a grocer does not allow his customer
to weigh the sugar for him when he gets
home and send the price according to his
(the customer's) own weighing; he 1.-THE
grOcer) keeps his own scales. Why should
the farmer allow pound of butter, cheese,
pork. or wool, straw. hay, or grain to 20
off his farm except it be paid for by his
own weight? There is only one good rea-
son for it that we know of, and that Is,
that it is rarely the case that he has any
scales with which to weigh his own pro-
duce when he sells it. 1t is rather absurd,
too, and very poor farm economy. Occa-
sionalIy farmer will dig out from some
where set of old, rusty steelyards with
which to weigh two or three pounds OIL
pork for some poor day labOrer; but, as
rule, it is as rare as ripe cherries on trees
in January to find a farmer who has
GOOD set of scales for either the house,
granary, or barn.
Scales. o. pair of balances, in the house
are of the greatest tcOnvenience for house
keeper and cook, and by those who have
tested their utility are regarded as essential:
For weighing butter, cheese, grain, dressed
hogs. etc, a set of farm scales are equally
convenient and useful as means both OF
avoiding and correcting mistakes, and OF
detecting and exposing dishonesty. a
/ farmer told us the past summer that his
scales had paid for themselves five times
over in one year by enabling him to de-
tect the errors mot to say tricks of deal
ers who might or might not be honest; at
any rate they were careless. lie had IN
/ sisted upon the accuracy of his weights
| and had always won in any controversy.
g Wbv," said he, 81 would as soon do
without churn in making Dutter, as with
out scales of my own in selling my pro-
duce." He was right.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17
A Remarkable Watch.

A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
writes from Ann Arbor, Mich, Dec. 2
'' Daniel Moseart, the well-knOwn watch
inventor, was to-day taken to the Insane
Asylum at Kalamazoo. He has for years
been engaged on watch which, without
being larger than usual, was to show quar-
ter seconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days
of the week, days of the month, and
months of the year. Every fifth time the
watch was opened it was to wind itself.
He had completed it, and had received a
large offer from parties in New York for
the right to manufacture it. A short time
ago he took the model apart to fix. He
was unable to put it together again, some
part having probably been lost, and the
intense mental application upon the diff
Guilty has deranged his mind Five years
ago he was Superintendent of the Moseari
Watch Company, of this city. which wa
bought out by the Rock Island Watch
Company, of Rock Island, H."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17
Paste This in Your Hat.

Profess or Spivens gives these short rules
for action in case of accident: For dust
in the eyes, find the fellow who threw it
and pound him to jelly; then hunt up
an emotional female TO weep with you for
half an hour. Soft coal cinders can be re-
moved by setting fire to them; for bard
coal, use crowbar and derrick. If you
discover that the house is on fire, throw
the baby into Tile flames. As its yells have
often put you out, they ought to be able to
put the fire ont. If an insect gets into your
ear, Immediately procure step-ladder,
climb up and enter the aperture bodily;
then whistle the Mulligan Guards, and the
insect will decamp. If you should get
choked. Mr. Wilder advises you to get on
all-fours and cough; but the surest way is
to hasten to a foundry and have your back
pounded with trip-hammer. In the case
of poison wounds, you should cut oil the
part affected at once, and you had better
cut Just below the ears, as there will then
be no danger of swallowing the pOiSOr
when you suck it out. Then cauteriZe the
wOu, ded part by throwing it into fur
mace or kettle of boiling pitch. If you
are about to drown, it is advisable to get
out of the water as soon as possible. To
do this, turn back the flaps of your ears,
so as to keep your head from contact with
the water, elevate your feet, and sail before
the wind to the nearest shore. When a
woman f;Iints, tell her that her back ha>-
is coming off. When a man taints. pull
out a pocket flask and offer hun a drink
Paregoric is an excellent thug to keep rs
the family if the baby should be sudden
ly taken sick, few ounces of this invalu-
able anodyne will relieve you of great
deal of trouble. If your wife should be
afflicted with the mpOrim, be sure that
you 90 to bed first, and leave your pockets
full of large and small currency. Ii you
should happen TO be standing before
shotgun while it goes OFF, send for law
yer and make your will. Above all, don't
lose your presence of mind. if you have
mind to be present when these things
haDDpu
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

THE fireman of the steam heating ap-
paratus at the Central Depot yesterday
found a penny as he was raking over the
hot ashes in the furnace, and he took it up
with the tongs and placed it on bench
outside to cool off. 1t had hardly COM
menced to cool when heavy man named
johnson, living in Saginaw, came along:
He was talking business with friend, and
as he came to the bench he parted his coat
tails and sat down on the penny, remark
ing: "As was saying, you can have
fortv acres for-whoOpl Thunder and
s-ouch-dash it-gosh to whOop ~
He galloped around in wild amazement
the hot penny sticking to him like broth
er, and it was TWO or three minutes before
any one found out whether he had drop
ped down on tack or been bitten by
dog. There was heavy aroma OF burn
ing cloth and blistering meat. and Mr.
johnson stretched firth his arm and ex'
claimed that he should devote the remain,
der of his life to hunting down the memo
who thus planned 10 waylay him. DE
troit Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17
HARVEST HYMN.
By join G. WHITTIER.

ONCE more the liberal year laughs out
Ger richer stores than gems of gold;
Once more with harvest song and shout
Is natures boldest. triumph told.
Our common mother rests and sings
Like Ruth among the garnered sheaves;
Her lap is full of gOodly things,
Her brow is bright with autumn leaves.
Oh, favOrs old, yet ever newt
Oh, blessings with the sunshine sent!
The bounty overruls our due,
The fullness shan1es our dlscontent.
We shut our eyes, the bowers bloom on;
We murmur, but the corn ears I'LL
We choose the shadow, but.the SUM
That casts its shine behind us still
Gives us. with our rugged soil,
The power to make it Eden fair,
And richer fruits 10 crown our toll,
Than summer-w welded islands bear.
Who murmurs at his lot to-day
Who scorns his native fruit and bloom,
Or sighs for dainties far away,
Besides the bounteOus board Of homer
Thank heaven, instead, thatfreedom's arm
Can change a rocky soil to gold;
That brave and generous lives can warm
A cline with northern ices cold.
And by these affairs wreathed with flowers
And fields with fruits awake again
Thanksgiving for the golden hours,
The earlier and the latter rain.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17
What Killed the Queen.

The Liverpool Daily Post has the fol
lowing explanation of a false rumor which,
few days ago, caused Engiishmen to in
vest uselessly in Grape for their hats:
The rCmor about the Queens alarming
illness had its origin in the following cir
cumstances: In a certain London newspaper
Office there is biography of the sover-
eign, which was written ten years ago,
and the editor, with the provident fore
thought of his class, deemed it desire able
that it sho1ld be revised aid brought
down TO date IE was given out to enc ol
the staff. and duly ''revised and correct
ed" The editor thought it would be well
to see the article in type, and he conse-
quently gave it out to be set up. A com;
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

positor happened to see the notice wher
it was in type, read the solemn and affect.
ing announcements with which it opened,
and Immediately proceeded to disseminate
the melancholy intelligence. As soon as
the story was fairly Set-a-gOing it travelled
in all directions, and underwent all sorts
of notifications. In one of its forms it
reached the ears of some credulous CORES
pOndents, and thus obtained a wide circu-
latiOn all o'er the country" The Times,
which long has been famous for its early,
full and well-written obituary memoirs,
may be the paper limited at in the above
gossip, bIt other London journals have
lately competed with it in this respect.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

The neighbors of a very worthy lady in
Auburn, Me-, were startled by loud cries
premises they found the lady, who is
somewhat fleshy, standing bolt upright in
a flour barrel, unable to extricate herself.
She had stood upon the only head the bar
rel had, to hang out clothes, when the top
suddenly fell in and down she went.
After consultation, she was extracted by
cutting off the hoops and thus demoiish-
ing the barrel. -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

ACCORDING to the Liverpool Daily Co'rr-
Ter, .sAmerican aquarium cars, newly
invented continuance for transporting live
fish overland, are to be placed on board
one line of transatlantic steamers, by
means of which it is hoped TO effect use
full exchange oil living fish Of various
kinds between England and America.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

An inuuiring man thrust his hngers
into horses mouth TO see how many
teeth he had. The horse closed his mouth
to see how many fingers the man had.
The curiosity of each was fully satisfied.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

81 WANT to know" said a creditor,
fiercely, ''when you are going to pay me
what you owe me?'' . give it up re-
piled the debtor, ask me something
easy"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

A GOOD way for parents to encourage
cremation, says a cynical person, is to
leave the matches where the children can
get at them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

A MUSICIAN is an airy fellow but he
can't help it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

they are brought for shameful purposes, 20 the
disgrace Of the communities where settled. and TO
the great decentralization of the youth of those 10
calitcs. II this bad practice can be legisated
aeainst il will be mx pltaGure aswell as duty 20
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17
POSTAL AFFAIRS

The education of the people entitled to exercise
the right of franchise | regard as essential to
prosperity everywhere, and especially so in Re-
publics where both education or previous cOndi-
ton does not enter into account in giving suf-
frage. Next to the public school the pOst-ofice
is the great agent of education over vast ter
ritory. The rapidity with which new sections are
being settled up thus increases the carrying of
mails in a more rapid ratio than the increase of
receipts.
The report. of the Postmaster General, here
with attached shows that there was an increase
of revenue in his department in 1873 over the pre-
vious year of ga, All, and an increase of cost
of carrying the mails or paving employees of
SS04, l46, ,79i. The report of the Postmaster
General gives interesting statistics of his de-
partment, as compared with corresponding sta
tistles of a year ago, showing growth in every
branch of the department, A postal convention
has been concluded with New South Wales, an
exchange of postal cards established with Swift
zerland, and negotiations pending for several
years past with France have terminated in con
venuon with that country, which went into eff
feet last August. An International Postal Con
gress was convened in Berne, Switzerland, in
september last, at which the United States was
represented by an officer Of the Post Office Depart
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17
THE. ATroRNEY-GExERAL's REPORT.

The report of the Attorney General contains
valuable recommendations relating TO the admin
istration OF justice in the courts of the United
States, to which invite your attention. / re-
spectfully suggest TO Congress the propriety of
increasing the number of judicial districts in the
United states to eleven, the present number being
nine, and the creation of two additional Judge
ships. The territory to be traversed by the Cir
cult Judge is so great. and the business of the
courts is steadily increasing, that itIs growing
more and more impossible for them to Keep up
with the business requiring their attention.
Whether this would involve the necessity of add
ing two more Justices of the Supreme Court to
the present number submit to the judgment of
Congress. 81. a. ssrs DFa ..-Fe -
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
The attention of Congress is invited to the re-
port of the Secretary of the Interior and to the
legislation asked for by him. The domestic in
terests Of the people more intimately connected
with this department than with either Of the other
departments OF the Government. It's duties have
been added to from time to time, until they have
become so onerOus that without the most perfect
system and order it will be impossible for any
Secretary of the Interior to keep trace of all ON
cial transactions having his sanction and in his
name, and for which he is held personally re-
sponsible. .-as---
The policy adopted for the management of In
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PRESIDENFS MESSAGE.
10 ne Seadse dad Mouse 81 pspresenfafires

'''0 '7V''I'' "71" HV1Ist q IitTITescTIIdItIt'f
, since The convenlng Of Congress. one year ago,
the nation has undergone n prostration in busi
ness ana industries such as has not been witness
co with us for many years. Speculation as 20 tle
causes for this prostration might be fRdulged in
without profit because ae many theories would
nc advanced ae there would he independent writ
ers, and those who expressed their own views
without hearing upon DE subtrct without in
dufgiax IN thcoFiee as 90 the cause Of this pros :
tfation Win or1y call your attention b the facf
and one dhesfi6n as 10 whiclit would spen there
should he IA dieaprpcuieUt
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

In accordance with section 3, of act approved
June %, 1874, L appointed a board to make
survey of the mouth of the Mississippi River,
with view to determine the best method OF OBJ
tanning and maintaining depth of water sufii-
cient for the purposes of commerce, etc, and in
accordance with an act entitled IAN act to
provide for the appointment of commission OF
engineers to investigate and report a permanent
plan for the excavation of the alluyial basin OF
the Mississippi River, subject TO inundation."
appointed a commission of engineers. Another
board has not yet completed its labors. When Its
reports are received they viii be forwarded 70
Congress without delay.
[Signedl Z. ). GRANT.
Executive Mansion, Dec. Z, 1874.
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IN this connection earnestly cah the attention
Of Congress TO the difficulties arising from fraud
ulent naturalization. The United States wisely
freely md literally offers its citizenship to ali
who may come in good faith TO reside within its
limits and on their complying with certain pre-
scribed reasonable and simple formalities and
conditions Among the highest duties of the Gov
ernment is that to afford efficient and equal pro-
lection % an its citizens whether native born or
naturalized. Care should be taken that such sup
port iron The Government shOnld not be fraudu-
lenfIy obtained, and should be bestowed only
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

.. In connection with this subject cali The atten
aon a M on Songress a. a generally conceded fact,
& .i,e .e = sreat portion cf Chinese immigrants who
come 70 our shores do not come Voluntarily 10
ilhs tnelr hoiaAss With Us aud their labor pro-
uuc1Ne ol General prosperity, hut come under
cont1act W ltn head men who own them almost All
solutely. In worse form docs mis- s,,.i,- ~
Chinese women Hardly respectable perceut-
age of them perform any honorable labor. INT
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-22
SPECIAL NOTICES.

BUSINESS NEcEss1T1Es.-In these days Of
progress, most enterprising firms use every
means of putting their names before their GUS
toners. In no way can this be more con-
veniently and attractively done than by using
Printed Letter Headings and Bill Heads. They
have come into such general use by Merchants,
that one seems old fashioned who does not use
them, and the custom should be generally
adopted by the Country merchants.
WALKER, EVANS & CoGswELL. Charleston,
S. c., furnish Letter and Bill Heads Of all
grade, and at the most reasonable prices. Send
to them for samples and prices.
BY the the way, MEssRs. WALKER, EVANS
& CoGswELL are getting up and selling like hot
cakes, some excellent books for our Merchants.
One, the Merchants Cotton Book, for keeping
correct accounts of purchases and shipments Of
Cotton the other, the Merchants Bill book.
for readily knowing how the payments on their
customers notes and accounts stand. Both
books are exceedingly complete, and answer
the purpose exactly.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-22
PRESB YTERIAN CEALETER Y.

The Ladies' Society of the Presbyterian
Church have resolved to repair the enclosure of
the burial grounds in the rear of the church /;
to plant around it hedge which may afford a
permanent protection, and to make such other
internal improvements as they may be able to
accomplish. They have likewise determined
to enclose the front lot around the church with
a suitable fence. For these purposes they have
already small amount of money, about ninety
dollars, secured by their industry. But as this
amount will be inadequate to carry out their
laudable and praiseworthy designs, an appeal
is made to all interested in this object, and es-
pecially in the improvement of the burial
grounds, for assistance. Mrs. A. B. Towers and
Mrs d. S. Maxwell have been appointed by
the society to receive all contributions for this
purpose, and as it is desirable to commence the
improvements Immediately, it is hoped gen.
erous response will be made by friends at once
through the above named ladies'
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-22
The Independent Republicans.

The progress of the campaign indicates that
the Independent Republicans are gaining
strength, and will poll heavy vote for their
candidates. The extraordinary efforts being
made by the Chamberlain Radicals prove con.
elusively that the rank and file are not held
together as formerly, and that defeat is made
possible by the strong disaffection in their par
ty lines. The paramount duty of the Conser-
vatives is to sustain the nominees Of the lnde-
pendent Republicans with entire unanimlty'
and the third of November will record the YER
dict of the masses against the shameful mis-
management of the State government, teaching
lesson to party leaders that will exert an IN
Auence for good throughout the future history
of the State. Let every man be active, vigil
lant and untiring in defence Of the right, and
the platform Of Honesty and Economy will
triumph in the coming election.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-22
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
T. d. KENNEDY, LOCAL EDITOR.
BRIEF MENTION.


Early to bed and early to rise will be all in
vain if you don't advertise.
William Holmes sends us mess of good
sized turnips of the fiat Dutch variety, for
which he will accept thanks.
DR.. F. G. Carpenter has sent to this office a
mammoth beet, measuring fifteen inches in cir
cumfcrence, and seventeen inches in length.
Toney Creek is the name Of new post office,
recently established on the route from Beton
to Laurens G. H., and J. NJ Cox has been ap-
pointed P. NJ.
The Pendleton Farmers Society recently
elected the following officers to serve the en-
suing year, viz: T. S. Crayton, Esq, Presi-
dent; w. H. D. Gaillard, Vice President; DR..
P. H. E. Sloan, Secretary and Treasurer; Maj
Geo. Seaborn, corresponding Secretary and
Librarian.
The Cantata will take place in the Court
House on Thursday and Friday evenings, Oct.
29th and 30th. Doors open at seven o'clock,
and performances to commence at o'clock
precisely. Admission so cents; children un-
der ten years of age, Is cts. Tickets can be
procured in advance at the Drug Stores.
The merchants and business men of Ander-
son have agreed to close their places of business
on Friday, 3oth of October, for the entire day,
to allow their employees an opportunity of at
tending the County Fair. Our friends from
the country will take due notice of this agree
ment, as no business will be transacted on the
day specified.
The Berger Family, widely known as the
"Swiss Bell Ringers" always so popular among
audiences of intelligence and refinement, have
entered upon their annual tour for 1915,
leaving their home in Michigan on the 1st OF
September. The troupe is now giving concerts
in West Virginia, and We hope they will visit
our town the coming winter.
We are indebted to Mr.. r. S. Bailey for sam
Piles of wheat grown in California, and recently
forwarded to him by an uncle, Chas. g. Bailey,
an old resident of the Golden State, who re-
moved from Anderson thirty or forty years ago
The varieties of wheat are known as the Chilli
Sonora and Australian. Our friend Smith pro-
poses to test the several varieties, with view
to ascertaining the most suitable for this eli,
mate.
We are informed by Mr.. 81. B. Fant our &C,
conmodating depot agent, that owing to GER
tain enlarged system of cotton packing, by which
seven and eight hundred pounds is very often
packed into a single bale, that hereafter bales
of cotton weighing over 400 pounds will be
charged for extra, as fourth class freight, OF
fifty cents per hundred pounds. On bales
weighing over 46O, freight will be charged
from $50 pounds.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-22
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.

We are informed that new Division of this
order was organized by A. b. Towers, Esq, at
Meals Creek Church, on Wednesday evening
Oct. l4th, with the following officers: J. n
Vandiver, W. p; J. A. Major, W. A.; Fl. G.
Shirley, r. S. A. A. Carpenter, A. r. S.. w
a. McFal, f. S.; f. M. Holland, Treas; j
B. Carpenter, Con-; L. G. Todd, A. c.; j. L.
Reynolds, I. S.; J. G. Major, 0. S.; Mike
McGce, P. w. P; A. Langston, Chaplain
The total membership numbers thirty-one
Jealous and efficient workers, who will advance
the cause of temperance in that community
The organization is known as Broadway Di-
vision, and We wish it an enduring success.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-22
Gen. Samuel MCGOWAN.

Gen. MCGOWAN opened the canvass at Aooe-
Vile on Saturday last, and evoked an enthusl-
asm in his own County which will sweep over
his competitor with a handsome majority.
His speech here on Tuesday last was eloquent,
pointed and powerful, magnetizing the vast
audience, and infusing the people with tlrm
determination to secure him as their honoreo
representative at Washington. His utterances
are entirely conservative, and utterly tree from
abuse of political opponents. We predict tor
him the largest majority in Anderson County
given to any candidate since the war.