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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
A Sad story.

The Dallas (Texas) Commercial rc-
cords this strange incident:
"a most singular and melancholy
affair occurred a few days ago, which.
nizance Of our worldly affairs. aLi meie
out lust punishment for our misdeeds
in taking his name IN vain. A man by
the name OF Sibley WAS having an nj
tercaiion with his wife. Jennie Siblcy.,
or Big jennie, ms she Is called NJ their
home, aud AS the quarrel wayed warm,
he took his Makers name IN vain. apd
hoped God would paralvzo him Re-
fore finishing ;iie sentence he was struck
dumb. and has not uttered word sipce.
Big Jennie IL n beer jerker nj The varic-
ties. She Ia womDn of tinc culture, n
fine musician, and Of extraordinary
conversational at,ainmen,s. She was
formerly the wife OF Major General in.
the United States army, anh through
her influence she induced her first hus.
band to join the Conrcderacy. Through
the wIles Of Confederate General Shc
Tell, aud her husband who loved her de-.
votedy, upon learng the fact. drank,
himself to death, She thon took mp
with her pnramonr and lived with him
until his death. We believe s"e was
lawfully married 10 Siblcy. The his.
tory IL a asad one and The poor unfortu
naies have our wnrmest sympathies.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
+ Professional slood.sackers.
ashVII'e BAhhfE'I .nolIIDiafI

| %'"'''N fN'WFsl .WWsl ..fs VI
There never WAS a canvass. perhaps,
or al least not one since the late "nn.
rpleasaniness." but that u brought with
II a hosts Of dead beats. " no are a. yrea,
plague as were the lpenste ia,lhe davs Q
OF Pharaoh. In whatever diree,ion
YOU may take your steps YOU are, spru 40
stumble npoh ono of,hese corfAofshts,
who pounces dawn upon Your pocket
book and draws from II numerous qIeer
bills despite your efforts to proven, H..
lie comes upon yaa when and where
you least expect Il. sounds you TO know,
whether You are a ramlihats or friend
lofa candidate, stiongly advocates tho
cause OF whomsoaver YOU ,espnuse,
holds out his right hand after The ri,aa.
nerof the figure in the hurdy.guriv.
aud tells you that he knows where a
certain amount of. money can be expend.
ed to yen or YOUR friends advan,ge.
Perchance you are led to,believa his pros
fassinnR- aud ti,row a,stan - nannia af
greenbacks.
Take him all in all he sinks aud swag.
gers. plnnges into the political depths
aud talks YOU 10 death fora small pitt
tante which, In all probability, l. ipme,
diately after transferred TO rum mill,
aud the leech falls by the way side from
an overplus of the .Oh. be joyful." ff
he be moderate In his taste aud easily
satisfied, he will intimate dryness Ia.
the throat. a disorder in the stomach or
cold in the head, which might be I'M
proved with little bit OF stimuallon..
Perhaps he hasn't had good square
meal since the last canvass. for which,
he was indebted to the princelv' liberal.
ity of poverty.stricken candidate. az
terward defeated aud an inmate OF tho
county poor-housc.
His family are In exceeding great dis.,
ircss and he can find relief for them
in a V. ae Il ..,H,
But there isno end to his plausible
stories, which he presses upon YOU
with vigor and pcrlinacitv peculiar
only 10 himself lie insists that he W
vote for each individual man; that, he.
has an undeiiiable influence IN a toFtalH.
locality, and II the small amount, for.
which he calls to asss, him in their con.
version to the faith, Is moi forllicom.
ing, he predicts with an injured and dey,
pressed air, that The aspirani Is sure 10
come out Mt the little eud of the horn.
In this way this leecll supports himself
until the close Of the canvass, aud after,
no more political battles pre to be fought
and won, he is forced 10 work Or have
it written of him, Died BY his oan
hand"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
A Kentucky Marvel,

This is the story letter from james
town, Russell county, Ky..tells: r...
A few days ago The Mcssrs. Pierce,
who live IN the Long Bottom, dis.
covered something in the cioudlcss
sky. Just under the sun that very much
resembled man. They Immediately
went tc therown or n ncighbor's house
aud told what they had seen. Pretty
soon others went forth to make obser-
vations, but instead Of seeing tho man
that had been recognized by the Others,
thoy plainly discovered two women
emerging from the sky, one FROM the
lett aud the other from the right of the
sun. They gradually came together
Just under the cenler Of the sun UNFIT
they were IN the embrace Of zach Other,
al which moment q arg, englo cave
forth aud sailed around The women for
fncen minutes. aud nj length rested on
their heads aud remained ller0.for somc
time. The same evening Mr.. Davis.
who lives two miles from the Pierces,
saw the same sights nj The same lime or
day. Mr.. Davis aud the Pierces nrc re-
liable gentlemen. however strange their
discovery may appear.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
Millers.

The Grange Outlook, the organ OF
the farmers, has this item;
Millcrs say they cannot afford to pay
IN ore than S1.00 to $1.l0 for wheat, and
still they ask from seven TO eight dol.
lars per barrel for family flour That
will not do. There is a little decrep-
ancy in these prices. When wheat is
one dollar per bushel, -four can be sold
at good profit for Ave dollars per
barrel. If millers ask seven and half
per barrel for -four they can afford to
pay Sl.50 per bushel for wheat. Milers
must either advance the price of wheat
or lower the price of flour.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
A Pulpit Incident in California.

A Methodist parson, called TO preach
at an out Of the way town In California,
was informed, before enlcring the pull
pit, that he must DO caro'u, as many
Of the assembled congregation were
"r0ughs,' and would not hesitate 10 dis
turb him II. Iis remarks didn': sun
The holy man made no reply, but hav.
lug reached the desk he took from his
pockets two reviewers. aud placing one
on each ,ide OF the Bible gave q sharp
glance around the house aud said: "Let
us pray" a more orderly service was
never conducted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07

AdulteratiOn of Coffee.

The Cincinnati Gazette tells us how
coffee is adultcrated:
Acting npoa hint rcceatly presented
by the daily press, Mr.. August Hinkle
an apothecary of Hamilton, tested the
purity of about pound hall OF green
coffee, purchased from respectable
grocer at a respectable price, by pour.
ing over it about quartz of tepid wa.
ter. The water poured oil about five
minutes afterwards, was. Of n deep green
color. IL was thrown out, however, be-
fore an examination was made Of II.
and the test was accordingly repeated
upon the same coffee, this time with cold
water, in which the coffee was allowed
to remain about ten minutes. When
poured Off it was also dark green
though perhaps hardly so deeply col.
ored ms the first, and was found to be a
clear solution of sulphaie OF copper.
This adulieration seems 10 be used fol
the purpose OF cqualizing the color ol
the beans, aud so cover the defects oil
rotten grains ms to render them indis.
tinguishable from the healthy ones
Roasted coffee probably contains ac
much sulphate Of copper rs The green
although II is less apparant. The effects
OF its use is felt in pains aud colics
which would be much more general
except for the free use in the West o
sugar with coffee, sugar being an anti
dole for copper. Whether antidolcs be
convenient or not consumers would
do well 20 thoroughly tesi coffee before
using 1t, aud the practice would soon
drive the adul,cratcd article out of the
market.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
TIE Wheat Crop.

Ihe Hutai sun 10. mistaken 40 Il
where the newspapers get their iufor
nation in regard TO the growing crops
They obtain il from the farmers them
selves-at least, we always do--and moi
from the traders aud middle men, whc
reside in the towns aud ciiies aud are
generally prestirhed 20 be without accu,
rate knowledge on the subject. In re.
gard TO the present wheat crop, the far
mers made the overestimate Of the
yield. We talked with hundreds oil
them before harvest In this aud the ad
joining counties. and they all told the
same tale--all agreed that The yield
would be an unusually good one, and
so II turned out. though less BY one.
fourth than had generally beeu eslinat.
ed. The newspapers are no more re-
sponsible for the present unsatisfactory
price Of wheat than they were for the
rust which appeared IN some fields ten
days before harvest. In regard 10 early
markets-we have always advised the
farmer not TO hold his produce IL the
opening prices offered him a reasonable
margin for profit. The farmer who
follows this plan one year with another
will do better, make more money, than
his neighbOr who holds aud takes the
chances of rise. We have not travel
ed through life from youth to old age,
from spring TO autumn. with our eyes
and ears shut, and that which we have
learned through the exercise of these
senses we know beyond the peradven.
ture OF doubt.
The general wheat market cannot be
perceptibly effected by the amount pro-
duced IN East Tennessee. This Is n
which needs no demonstra.
ton. Neither can our farms, with their
average Of eight bushels TO the acre
successfully with the farms Of
the west which produce from eighteen
to twenty bushels per acre; and 1t oc:
ours to us that any one ought TO see tha,
our only hope, in view Of good crop
IN the heavier wheat growing regions,
is to get the bulk Of our surplus to mar
ket before the western crop ia ready.
The fact of the business Is, not one
bushel Of wheat ought TO be exported
from East Tennessee. II should all be
into good flour and ship
ped to the southern markets, where II
Is always in demand over western -four.
Up to last Saturday the 1s.. not car
load OF wheat of the new crop had been
shipped nom the Athens Depot. BY
reference TO the files of the PosT, we
notice that to the 7th OF August, 1873,
the Agent here had shipped over a hun
drcd thousand pounds Of the new crop,
and on that day had two more car loads
ready for shipment. The quotations at
Athens then were as folio VS.: Wheat,
bearded, l.l5 ; red, 1875 white, l.35, and
in good demand. The price here at this
wrting-August l, lS74-is one dollar
per bushe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
A Good Education.

The late Edward Everett condensed
into single paragraph his estimation
of what constituted good education.
Here IL is:
"To read the English language well,
to write with dispatch neat legible
hand, and be master Of the first tour
rules of arithmetic, so as to dispose of
at once, with accuracy every question
of figures which comes up in practice
i call this good education. And If
you add the ability to write pure, gram
matical English, regard il as an excel
lent education. These are the tools.
You can do much with them, but You
are hopeless without them. They are
the foundation; aud unless you begin
with these, not with flashy attainments,
little renlnpy. aud al nthor alnEioe
and osophies. are ostentatious rubbish" !"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
DO You Chew Gum?

Fair damsels listen to The wodrs oF n
mathematical editor: do YOU chew
gumY The price of three pieces q
week, at one cent APIECE, amounts Ia
Sl5G year; or in sixly.seven years to
Sl04.52. That sum will purchase a
complete set of Appleton's Cyclopndia
a marriage licerse. black bombazine
dress for your aunt German silver
coflln plate. aud a bottle Of Scotch
snuff" Cut this out Young woman, and
paste on your lookinY-gass.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
An Old Girl.

Mrs. Katie Shepp, near Harisonburg
Pa, pleads to 120 years-hav!ng been
born in 1854. She Is represented TO be
"as lively as cricket never uses spec
tacles, does the work for the family
with whom she lives, aud occasionally
takes in sewing. She was married at
the age of 20, aud her husband was a
WAGNER IN the old Revolution.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07

The Knoxville Chronicle is wicked
enough to say that the Democrats com
miliod themselves TO mixed schools
aud all the "enormiiie." embraced In
tho Civil Rights Bill, when they en-
dorsej and voted for Greeley,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07

II is told that n Cincinnati boarding.
school girl, while indulging with her
companions IN the amusement Of kick
ing at n mark the other day, dfslocated
her thigh joint.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07

Turn for moment, says q malicious
writer, from the Beecher scandal and
ponder over the fact that the footprints
of Chicago lady on the prairie near
Michigan City got crowd of men out
TO hunt for u stray elephant
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07

Ten years from now Germany ex.
poets to be able 10 put into the field a
trained army of ono million six hun
dred thousand men. This. fora country
that has no Indian war on hand will be
rather enterprising
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07

Al High Falls, N. Y, the other day,
n young lady, while crossing n field,
was knocked down by a ram, and the
next time tho damaged damsel saw her
lover she informed that astonisbcd
youth that he might go about his busi-
ness, as she was disgusted with the sex.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
CHE Cost
Athens. Friday, August Z, 1874.
Iowa.

Iowa.
The destruction of the crops and the
scarcity Of provisions thereupon has
compelled many Kossuth county, Iowa,
farmers TO abandon their farms for a
time aud 10 seek more favorable locali-
ties wherewith to procure the staff OF
life. Nearly, II not quite. all the able.
bodied men will have left the county
within the next three weeks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07

No man ever struck blow in anger
aud felt better for 1t when he ceased 10
he angry,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-07
Caution.

A reporter for an Atlanta paper had
an interview with United States Sena-
tor Gordon (Gen. John b.. few DAYS
ago, and in reply to the question wholh-
er he thought the Democratic party has
victory ahead Of il in the next Presi.
denIil campaign, the Senator said:
almost certainly, unless they make
same terrible blunder. If, by any i'm
prudence Of speech or action, the
Southern people give the Republicans
n chance to dodge the issues of corrup-
ton and misgovei and run upon
the differences on which the war was
fought, and which are still invinCible in
the North, we will lose the fight. The
passions and prejudiccs of the war are
dying out very rapidly in the North,
and, II nothing rash is done TO revive
them, we eau meet the Republicans on
the paper issues and rout !hem, horse
foot and dragons. One reason that
have for believing that tho war pre-.
judices are dying out in the North, is
that the House, which Is the freshest
from the people, is much more couser.
vaive and liberal than tho Senate
Thfs Is a noticeable fact, aud very
significant one"
What n good thing IT would be II the
Injunction Of the Apostle was carried
out, "lr any man will not work neither
shall he eat" Ifali the drones Of society
the men who do nothing useful and
subsist OH the fruits Of oiher'e labor
were starved out, tho world would be
rid Of a great nuisance.
Somebody at Cincinnati wants n new
party. The little experiment made in
that direction two years ago seems Ia
lave been without effect upon soifie
people.
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OFFICE-In Savings Bank Building IA Water
St, Bank open diily, from A. NJ to L. NJ and
from TO $50 7, NJ. saturday Evenings, from to
3. 30 O'Clock.
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Premiums arc received and Losses are paid il
cash only. Policies are issued payable at the dealt
of the Insured, also payable at the end of certain
nun her of wears. Policies are also issued ON the
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Boston Hide and Leather Market.
Friday, May |,

fTluay, MAY 10.
The demand for leather the past week has been
light, and the sales been in small quantities for
current use Prices generally are unchanged, and
on common grades Of rough or finished leatherrule
in buyers favor.
Sole leather is quiet and sales the past week have
been small.
The best grades of rough leather are not in large
supply and prices are well sustained, but there is
good sunly of common leather, and some conces.
si0ns arc offered to buyers.
Calf skins are dull, and the demand for either
rough or finished skins are light
Wax and kip of the best varieties are in steady
request and the demand is enough to prevent any
Accommodations.
Grain leather and splits remain quiet and are in
limited request.
Hides have ruled quiet and transactions are light.
Western seconds have been sold tri1e of, and
wet sailed hides are not so strong,
The receipts for leather the past week have been
II ,05l rolls, 42l2 bdls, and 20 05l Sides
We quote:-
Hides Buenos Ayres and Rio Grande, selected,
27a25c gold Monteydeo, 26s4c; Orinoco, 25d25l4c
California, 25lsc; Texas, 23n as c, currency
Western dry, lia2lc currency.
Leather--We quote
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Daniel Drew !
GARDINER, Saturdays, Johnson
Stables.
Young Lambert

BY Daniel Lambert, by Ethan Allen, by Black
Hawk; dam by st. Lawrence. Record, 2:34H
Relatives to Pocahontas, 2I74; Ethan Allen, 2:l5,
double: Honest Allen, 2 10; Sensation, 2 :2Gi4 Hot
Spur, :23l4 Billy Barr, 2;24; Major Allen, :25
Gomez, II; Nonesuch, 2:23: Fanny Allen, :26
Warwick, s years old, 2:2S; and host of others
who can beat 2 80. Lambert is four this summer,
and can speed in 40 gait; finely formed, beautiful
ly gated, and as near perfect as horses can be
made by careful study of the source of all trottng
blood from which the best of trotters have sprung.
1t will be seen that the animals offered are each
of the very best trotting blood, and especially to
cross with Knox mares. They are put at very low
figures TO induce persons to breed from something
that will pay. Gentlemen, give us a visit
Mares sent in our care will receive the best of at
tention. We will lake a few promising colts to
handle and inn rove, sell, &c. Horses and colts
kept by year at low rates. For further particulars
address
mars tMW&S&wtf L. \. +. ADAMS,
BOWloiDhaul,
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Selling Out
ALL OUR
Hamburg Edgings and
Vases
AT COST !

Hamburg Edgings from to 90 cents yard.
Vases IRON cents to 81 60 each.
New Kind Of spool Cotton at 30 cents ' dozen.
Ladies' White Hose for cents pair.
Gents's Cotton Hose 10 cents pair
ftH sired Handkerchiefs for Ladies for % cents.
Gents Paper Collars for 3 cents a boz.
Dotted and Plain SILK Wells cheap
Gems Undershirts and Drawers, As cents each
Good Brown Duck Oyerhals for 60 cents.
Atwood's Vegetable Jaundice Bitters, rs cents
Howes Arabian Milk Cure cheap.
Vinegar Bitters 70 cts. Plantation Bltters 20 cts
Very Good Towels for cents Wti, each c,r
Black Walnut Work Boxes for 80 cents.
Good Note Paper p 6cents qa,:re
Good White Initial Note Paper 10 cents a box.
New Style Tinted Initial Note Paper, 20 cts.
French Corsets (Best we ever hati) for 80 cts.
New Lot of Leather Belts good ones, for % cents.
Gents Linen BosOms from II TO 81 cents.
Gents iIemmed Linen Hats from 20 to so cents.
Ia Cakes Honey or Glycerine Soap for 25
Gents Overshts from 60 cts to 81 90 each.
Linen Table Covers for 40 cents and up.
Good Hoop Skirts for 81 cents.
Small Lot of Kid Gloves for 40 cents.
Gents, p Meek Ties ana suSnende E,;s cheap.
Ladies' Bustles for 25 cents each.
Twelve doz. Agate Shirt Buttons for cent?.
Clarks Best Machine Cottons cents spool.
Best 100 yards Machine spool Silk 10 cents spool.
Childrcn's Round Rubber Combs cents.
Hoyts German Cologne only 20 cents.
Nice Large Linen Towels for % cents,
DR.. Cummings Vegetine only So cents.
QUAKER BlTTERS ONLY 20 CENTS.
Adamson's Cough Basam, Is cents.
Nice Highly Perlumed Hair Oil -
Hagan's Magnolia Balm (for the complexion scots
Ayers Sarsaparilla and Cherry Pecoral each 65cts.
Peruvian Syrup preparation OF lron) IS cts.
Constitutional Catarlh Remedy 90 cts.
Burneus Cocoalne for the Hair, 10 cents bottle.
Ayers Hair Vigor IS cts.
Hals Hair Remover 80 cts
Rush's Sarsaparilla and Iron, Cheap
Rush's Buchu and Iron, Cheap
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, -
Calder's Dentine, nee 'or the Teeth 20 cents
Schenchs Mandrake Pills 20. Hollowav's Pills 20
Ayers Pills, 20 cts.a box. Wings Pills, 20 cents
Pain Killer 2Ocls Russia Salve 90 cts
Miss Sawyers Save, $50 cent size) for 10 cents
Kennedys Medical Discovery Sll5
Best Lily White, 10 cents. Tooth Brushes, 10 cts
Good Perlumery for 10 cents.
Gon7s Best Alpaca Braids, Is yd. sticksl S cents
Ladies' Neck Ties and Ruchings Very Low.
Remember we keep a full stock of
Ladies' and Gents Furnishing
Goods, Fancy Goods, Patent Medi-
cines, Linen Table Covers, Towels,
Napkins, Doylies, and sell them at
prices that can't be beat on the Ken
ncbec River, at
WIN. Cooks
CHEAP VARIETY STORE,
Second Door above Post Office.
Observation-Disclosures InuOwen.
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Ayers Hair Vigor,
FOR REST0RINGgGRAY HAIR

TO IT'S NATURAL VITfLITY fND COLOR
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Deposits of any amount received from one dollar
upwards and interest payable twice year, Feb
and Aug, Interest not drawn out ia added to the
deposit, thus making COMPOUND INTEREST.
Interest begins on the first day OF each month.
Money deposited on or before the tenth d0V OF each
month, will draw interest from the dfSt dry of the
same month.
Eg-The law passed by the last Legislature er-
eapts from municipal tordti0R, all deposits IN Saw
ings Banks. Under this law, this Bank mW guar
dntee to deposors interest at the rate OF six per
No returns of names of depositors are required
to be made to State or town authorities, aid all
counts held by this Bank to be strictly prirate
and coafdeatiH.
Married women and persons under age can de-
post money in their own names, so that it can be
drawn only by themselves, on their order.
Especial advantages afforded TO Executors
Guardians, Trustees, and others having in charge
Trust Funds.
WIN. r. SMITH. Treasurer.
Augusta April u, 1874. t&wtf
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AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK
Organized in lS13.

TRUSTEES Thomas Lambard, Jas. W North
ARENAS Libby, VIM. s. Badger Saml Titcomb.
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HENLOCK.

Rough hemlock, light, 2sa32c; do do heavy, 27a
29c rough oak, 30a35c; rough calf, G0a65c; Rio
Grand and Buenos Ayres wax, heavy and medium,
2sa23c; six months; do Western and slaughter,
medium and heavy, 20a2l19c; do do light l9a2lc
gar sr ann Rman" epinrn an1 9
dry hides, 25a29c; finished calf skins. Goa soc.
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APPLETON'S
AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA.
New Revised Edition.

Entirely rewritten by the ablcst writers On every
subject. Printed from new type, and illustrated
with Several Thousand Engravings and Maps.