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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29
A Curious Craft.

More than six years since a New
Brunswick farmer living on the Upper
st. John took it into his head to build a
vessel in which to take his family to
Australia He went to St. John and
there visited a ship-yard for the first
time in his life, and examined the build
of a schooner. Returning home with a
few tools and a book on navigation, he
worked all the time he could get days,
and stgdied, with the aid of his wife, his
"navigation book" evenings. At the
end of six years his vessel was COM
pleted. During the spring freshets he
foated the craft down to St. John. At
that time he had expended every dollar
he could raise, including the proceeds
of the sale of his farm. Mr.. Pomeroy,
an American shipper, saw the craft,
and finding that it was an object of Gu
riosity, advanced the money for an out
fit and chartered her to take to Phila-
delphia. The craft is said not only to
be great curiosity in point of con-
struction, but has numerous inventions
never before seen on a vessel of any
kind, which Mr.. Draper, the backwoOds
builder, has studied out himself. Draper
has chartered his vessel for three months
in order to get the means of taking his
family on trip to Australia. The YES
sci is of about fifty tons burthen. She
is expected here every day, and will re-
main in the harbor several days
Portland (Me.) Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29
Suicide by Cremation.

WHITEHALL, Mich, June 14.-One
of the most shocking suicides occurred
here last night. One Mons. Jensen
burned himself to death in log heap.
The last known of him was yesterday
afternoon. He went out from dinner
and assisted his son to harness a span
of horses to come to town. After this
he came to the house, went down to the
cellar, got a crock of butter for his wife
to sell and put it in the wagon. The
mother and son started for town, and
that is the last they saw of the husband
and father alive. When they started
he bid them very cordial and atfec-
tionate farewell, and wished them a
pleasant journey, which was very un-
usual for him. The mother on the way
home stopped at a neighbours, and the
boy went home, took care of the team,
went into the house, sat down and read
a while, and becoming restless ne went
into his fathers room, where he dis
covered a key in a chest which was
never opened only by his father. The
chest was known to contain two jugs
and a can of oil, also a quart bottle OF
powder. The boy opened the chest out
of curiosity and discovered that it was
empty. On the top of the chest lay a
dirty shirt and a pair of susPenders.
On the bed lay his pOcketbOok and
knife, and in the pocketbOok was found
the following note in Norwegian:
1 wish what is left of me to be burned,
and what will not burn / want buried right
on the spot. Mons. JENSEN.
1t seems that he had frequently
threatened to commit suicide by some
means. This morning he did not ap-
pear, and search was made, when the
charred remains of human being were
discovered in log-heap. About forty
feet from the lOg-heap they founa jug
and bottle, also pair of socks. Ap-
pearances indicate that he threw powder
over the log-heap, poured the kerosene
oil over his body, chained himself to a
LOG and fired the whole.
An inquest was held before Coroner
Moag and the jury rendered verdict Of
s'premeditated case of burning"
Physicians johnson and Switzer and
your correspondent saw the note and
portions of the remains. Cor. Detr0t
! Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29
Death n the TreaeherOus .Quieksands.

The Hawkinsville (Ga.) Dispatch con-
tains letter giving the particulars Oh
the drowning of Miss Addie Smith,
daughter of DIR. II. j. Smith, in the Sa-
tilln River, on the 23d ult. The leieF
was written by an elder sister TO 4
friend, and is rs follows:
" My DEAR AGNEs-One OF the most
cainful, agOnizing and terrible grlets
that has ever come to our lives happen
ed the 23d OF this month, just three
DAYS ago. My sweet little darling SIS
ter Addie is no more on this earth. she
was drowned in The Satilla River, hive
miles from Blackshear. She was Du-
ried on her birthday, to which she was
looking forward with so much pleas
NC, None of the family were present
when she was drowned. If we could
only have foreSeen!
s'Major Robertson, who was IN tne
habit of taking Addis 20 ride with his
little daughter-she and Addie being
very much attached to each Other-
came round Tuesday morning ana ask
ed ma to let Addie accompany hlmsen'
wife and Marie in a ride to the river
Ma readily gave her consent, as she
had been in the habit of going with
them, and as they had always taken
the same care of her that they did OF
Marie. Two young ladies accompanied
tbGta Slso. The music teacher, Miss
Daisv Owen, who boards at the Majors,
persuaded Mrs. Robertson to let her
self, Addie and Marie take their gowns
so they might 90 in bathing. She
consented. After they had been
in the water some time
Mrs, Robertson called her little daugh-
ter out, allowing Miss d. and Addie to
90 once more around the sand-bar.
They were returning, walking side by
side, in water that was only about two
feet deep. The young lady noticed that
Addie had made plunge in the water,
and looked to see what she was dong,
and thought she was ducking her head
under the water in play. After shOrt
time Miss d. looked again and saw that
her head was under the water precisely
as it was before. She had stepped In
uuicksand and was drawn into the deep
water. EIrs. r., about this time seeing
the condition, began screaming, which
brought as soon as possible the Major
and his eolored man. The colored man
Jumped in and saved Miss d. as she was
sinking the last time, leaving poor little
Addie to the deep waters
When Miss d. saw that Addlc
was drowning, she knew that she
was pOwerless to save her, but she re-
solved to 90 to her Outstretched arms
and die with her, which she did, that Is
she went to her, and they went down
together, locked in each others en-
brace, and how they saved one without
the other we will never be able to deter
mine in this world, nor does it matter,
as it would not restore Addie TO us. Her
dear little body was in the deep, dark
water six hours. 1t was l O'Clock at
night before she was brought home to
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29
A Spider Epidemic.

Last Sunday Mr.. Thomas Walsh,
Master Mechanic at the Louisville Rail
road shop at this point, was bitten by
a spider. The wound became inflamed,
and last night Mr.. Walsh was in criti-
cal condition on account of the poison
injected into his system by the venom
GUS insect. To-day he was much bet
ter, and is out of danger. This morn
ing Mr.. J. d. Danbury, well known
citizen, was also bitten by a spider, and
he had to summon medical aid, as he
was suffering intense pain from the ap-
parently slight wound. 1t is reported
that he also is seriously i'll from the eff
fects of the poison. On Saturday last
a little daughter of Capt S. S. Garret,
while attending the Templars' picnic
down the Mississippi and Tennessee
Railroad, was bitten on the face by
black spider. Her face became terribly
swollen, but no dangerous effects be-
came apparent. The spider whose
poison is so venomous is a small black
one, which generally has red specks on
its body. Its bite is exceedingly poison
Gus, and from it many persons have
died on account of not attending to the
wound in due time.-MemphiS (Tenn.
appeal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29
iiumOrs Of an Eccentric Englishman.

Leavenworth City is pestered with aiI
eccentric E.glishman. His name IS
Henry Arnold Green, bu: he is better
known about town as the ''wild English
man." Exactly where he came from no
body knows; why he struck Leaven-
worth and stuck nobody has inquired; !;
and what his eccentricities are practised
upon the town for nobody can imagine.
A few hangers-on found out that the
wild Englishman received large
amount of money quarterly from some
unknown source, and they Thought he
must Ire rich and worth cultivating for
good-fellowship. the wild English
man does not seem TO be vicious, but ne
has caused some unfortunate accidents
to happen to other people. He is
practical Joker full of English humor,
but some of his jokes have turned out
seriously. He went down to Kansas
City one day on a self-iollifcation, and
in d iocos6 way shot man. He had
to pay the man large sttm to put him
in as good running condition as he was
before the accidental shot, but he got off
with a short imprisonment ard the above
mentioned money consideration. He neASS
came into prominent public notice by
indiScriminate pistol practice in house
of no doubtful character, where some
of his friends lived. Then the Police
Department took hold of him, ard he
paid some heavy fines, like a man, He
displays an insane disposition to do all
sorts of extraordinary and outlandish
things, and is perfectly willing to pay
whatever they cost. Henry. Green's
last exploit was his queerest yet. He
went to an undertaken and told him he
wanted to sober up, after a two-days'
spree. He knew of no Better way than
to teach himself solemn lesson OF
mortality. He hired q hearse, and
coffin that would fit him, and a driver
and a carriage for some picked-up
mourners. He paid for these accom-
modations, put the coffin in the hearse,
piled in the tnOurners and crawled into
the open coffin and gave the driver di-
rections for the line of march. The
procession started one evening just at
the time when people most like to
promenade. The funeral train
was obliged to stop for
large crowd of people who were
going to q festival. They remarked
upon the strange occurrence of funer-
al so late in the evening. The English
man saw a splendid opportunity to
make a sensation, rolled over his coffin
and thrust his boot heel through one of
the oval glass sides of the hearse, at the
same time calling loudly to the driver
to explain why this funeral had been
thus rudely stopped on the highway.
The crash of the glass, the appearance
of corpse breaking out of its coffin,
and the vocal communication of Death
with the driver caused a wild stampede
of the festival patrons, many of whom
ran home spreading alarm as they
went. Then Henry Arnold Green, sit
ting bolt upright in the hearse, enjoy
ed the terror he had created, and order
ed the driver to return to the place
whence he came, and at a arattling pace,
toe. The wild Englishman paid his
bill, regarded the exploit as one of the
best jokes of his life, and was complete
ly sobered up ready to utilize the next
gay and airy whim that might seize
him.-St. Louis Republican.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29
Suggestions About Celebrate pg the
- Coming Fourth.

/
Some ingenious editor proposes that
every man, woman, and, child in the
United States shall plant ''Centennial
tree, on the Fourth of July next, and il
4 is not impossible that this curious meth
cd of celebrating the. day will be follow
ed, 10 "a very considerable extent. A
more useless proposaIwas never made.
1t is true that we have cut down forests
in many places where their destruction
is a serious evil, but no one dreams of
setting out their Centennial trees in the
AdirondaclNregion, or in other remote
localities where forests that ought never
to have been touched have been ruth:
lessly hewn down, The Centennial
trees viii he planted where people can
sse them-in the backwards of CIV, civ
houses suu IN the. streets of country
villages. Nor is it safe to say that the
volume of trees in each of these latter
localities Is already fully commensurate
with the needs Of the 1iOsduitUes and
caterpillats, and If every resident of this
city or its suburban villages were to set
out new tree; the population would
become palid with "a preposterous ex-
cess of shade, and would be eaten by
mosquitoes and overrun by the "meas-
nring -wormsp that in former days made
certain streets in the upper part of the
town almost impossible during the
summer. OF c0tirse, tree-planting is
tery poetic and beautiful in the alb
stract, but unless the tree-planters will
promise to plant forests under the di-
rection of competent scientific guides,
they had better confine their planting
operations to tomato plants and straw
berry vines,
There is, however, a modification of
this tree-planting proposal, which, were
it to be carried out, would be of i'm
mense service to mankind. Why should
not every American resolve that on the
morning of the Fourth of July, 1876, he
will begin the day by planting a cat in
his back yard? 1t is by no means GER
tain that we need a single additional
tree, but the next wall that sweeps from
the back fence will convince every
thoughtful man that we have at least
sc, 900, 900 cats in excess of our require
ments. What a magnificent spectacle
would America afford the civilized
world if this vast array of cats was to
be solemnly slaughtered as slight ex-
preston of our patriotism and our love
for free institutions! The thing is per-
fectly feasible. The cats are within our
reach, and every citizen can, at small
expense, provide himself with Cen
tennial cat within the course of the next
three weeks. Let us then resolve that
we will not waste our time by setting
out unnecessary trees, but that when the
sun of the next Fourth of July morning
sends his beams into our back yards
they will fall like so many aureoles upon
the brows of the precise number of free
men mentioned in the last census, each
one of whom will be in the act of dig
ginT a centennial grave in which to lay
the centennial cat that thoughtful and
intelligent patriotism has carefully pre-
pared for so noble and impressive a GER
emOny.-Nea0 York Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29
Treachery OF a Duelist.

A melancholy action is being tried IN
Paris. 1t will be remembered that al
ter the recent duel at LOngwy, which
resulted in the death of NJ. Olivier, one
of the combatants, it was stated by the
surgeon in attendance and the Mayor
of LOngwy that a considerable part OF
the body of the deceased was protected
by broad steel girdle. The surgeon
added that the girdle in question was
unlike any thing of the kind with which
he was acquainted, and, further, that
M. Olivier suffered from no intirmlty
which would account for the presence
of such an article. The inference was
the more derogatory to the memory OF
the dead as NJ. Oliver was professional
duelist, the encounter in which he lost
his life being the eighth in which he
had appeared as principal. On the
facts being published, the mother
of the deceased laid the blame
upon NJ. Lafenilhrade, her late sons an
tagonist, and sent letter to several OF
the newspapers upbraiding him with
traducing the memory of the man he
had slain. NJ. Lafenilhrade felt COM
PEELED to respond by publishing letter
which he had received month earlier
from the two seconds of NJ. Olivier, in
which these gentlemen stated that they
were forced to confess, after the expose
referred to, that their principal had
been guilty of treachery and felony.
On the publication of this letter Mad
anne Olivier has based an action for de-
famation of the character of her son.
In the trial the advocate for the defend
ant has expressed the sympathy of his
client, NJ. Lafenilhrade, with the be-
reaved mother, and has forbOrne in
sisting on the results of the inquiry
made by the surgeon and the Mayor,
contenting himself with merely plead
ing that the mother of the deceased has
no legal right to bring such an action:
The point is a curious one in law, and
the tribunal has reserved its decision
for a week.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE LAWYERS of this country are said
te cost six times as much as the minis
ters; but there is more law than relig-
ion in this country.
IT must make man feel mean topay
an old debt because he thinks he is go
ing to die, and then have the doctor
pull him through all right.
THE very last curiosity spoken OF IN
the papers is q wheel that came on 8
dogs tail when it was Vaughn. The
man who discovered it has retired from
public life.
MUSICAL MEM.-A treble singer does
not sing three times as often as those
who have the other parts; sometimes,
however, she is paid three times as
much.
You can now buy paper collar with
n picture of George Washington on
each corner. The time is at hand when
q man earning Sc per week can have
pictures all over his shirt.-FTee Press.
A PROVINCIAL professor in announc-
inc his lecture on geology for the sec
ond time saws that SHE will again re.
peat and teach the great lessons, "men,
etc. If this is not taught-olcSy VIC
should like to know what is.
YOU can buy a cane fish-pOle for %
cents and catch just a. many fish with
it as you can with n jointed one that
costs S17; but you can't take 1t apart
and slip it under your coat when ilshnS
Sunday, as you can one that IS jointed,
and a religious outside appearance IS
worth S16.75 to most men.
SEVEN O'Clock a. m.- Boy has terri
bic toothache; can't go to school. HAN
past nine n. ma solitary figure may
be seen skulking through the streets
leading 10 the creek; perch and chuos
bite Half past six p. m.-Scene, wood
sheo; dramatis persona, the old man,
one trnnk strap, one boy. Let's draw
the curtain.
Mr.. PETER DEiAEEY returned from
the Black Hills yesterday. He return
ed on ice in long box, and the general
opinion among the friends Of the family
was that, if the wig they put on hlm 10
hide the place where he was scaiped,
had matched better with his mustache,
he would have made a much handsomer
corpse. -ChicdgO Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29

SOME sharp and needy natives, aided
by European, recently played neat
trick on the people of Bangalore. They
organized a system of tolls on all
native vehicles and animals entering
the city They established five stations,
employed servants with official badges,
and displayed a series of bylaws, dated
April 1st, the concluding clause of
which was "Any one bringing mer-
chandise should not make any bother,
but read the pass and pay the money,
any disturbance being visited with a
tner of one pound or fifteen days i'm
prisonment. This went on for two
weeks, the rascals making SIS or $50 a
day, until the officials woke up and put
a stop to their work.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29

sound of the teeth crunching and the
breaking 81 e. bones, mingled with the
stihed death cry of as faithful brute
rs ever man bestrOde. Then all was
still, and the frightful creature lay mo-
tionless, as if digesting its meal. Pres
emily it stirred, and, giving myself up
for lost, made up thy mind to be. its
next victim, when, turning, it rapidly
rolled away in the direction from
which It cams, without as much as
looking at me. More dead than alive
with terror, l made the best of my way
to this place, where l arrived, horse
less as l was and nearly all my provi-
sions gone, this morning.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29

He was very young man. A few
stray hairs upon his lip attested thefact
that he was engaged in deadly strug-
gle with a moustache. He went into a
variety store on Main Street, and said to
the proprietor, (" Have you Charles
Reade's Lost Heir? ?''' ssNo, i haven't" !"
replied the storekeeper. ! s'But,n he
continued, looking into the young mans
face, "I've got something that will make
that moustache of yours start out like
boils in the spring time"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29

A COTEMPORARY, supposed to be
especially smart upon social subjects,
asserts that "One of the most import
ant of the questions which concern the
present generation is this, Are the
young females who have Just blossOmed
into womanhood fitted for wives?"
This is, doubtless, important enough
but another query which seems Just as
pertinent is this, Are the young females
Of the present day fitted for husbands'
Judy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29

Two men own 100000 acres of land
in San Joaquin and Santa Clara val
leys, California, upon which they pay
about $4,000 yearly in taxes. Their
names are Lux and Miller, and they be-
gan their business lives in San Francis
co as butchers, without any capital.
The land is used as meadows and pas
lures.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29
TOK-

Yes, TOMS the best fellow mat ever you knew,
Dust listen % thist
When the old mill took IRE, and the flooring fell
And with it. helpless, there, fun in my view,
What do you think my eyes saw through the nre,
But Robin nv fah .lse- laBrhing 20 see
The shining; He must have come there after
Toddied alone from the cottage without
ANY oue's niissing him Then, what shout
OH how shouted, "For heaven's sake, men,
TseS ssS % sd SSe SSe e Asaa a a. Sem SsnP back IKE
could hear them 20 az and at j, f, and can,
Never miBds haby, ~ sill likeA mn.
They could not see him, but Iconlds ~ sat
Stin on aheam, his little straw hat
Carefully placed by his side, and his eyes
Stared ST the lame with 3 baby's surprise;
calm and uncoDsci0ue, rs near i erept
INC roar Of the FIRE up aoofe must have kent
The sound Of his mothers yo4ce shrteking his
From reaehing the ciald But Thcard. IL came
a Agaln and agaln-O, God. wbaf q cry .1-s
The axes went faster, EawiiFe SHARKS ay
where a she srn men worked hke tiseTss nor minded
That seorched them-when, suddenly. there at
The great Beams leaned m -tley saw hirn--then;
crash,
Down came the WALL The men made dash
Jumped to get out of the way-and thought
All up VIII lfkt4k .sjttlls anu brought
Slowly the arm That " Is east hurt TO Tide II u
The sight OF the child there, when, swift, at my
side
-some one rushed by, and went right through the
fame
Straight as dart-caught the child-and then
came
Back with hiH,--esoAing 3 auJicr =Bnt-saveal.
Saved safe and ,scnndfs u - AZ - Z
Oh, how the men raved
shouted' andcried, and hurrahcd' Then they
Bushed at tie work again, lest The back wall
here A w9a1ying away from TIE lre. rss "a
should fafEAaanG bug ne.
OH yo0'f admire
To See Robin now, he's as bright a. a dime.
Deep IN some mischief, too, most Of the time;
Tom, II was, saved him. Now isn't IL trl,e
Toms the bcet fellowtnft ever YOU knew-s
Ihere ttobtn npar--sec : fe's Strong as a log
And thereconDes Tom. too
1es, Tom was our dog,
-AgpletO1i's JOSTNcs,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29

Two Physicians of Boston are named
Aiken and Aying.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-29

Oh, how the men raved
Shouted, andcried, and hurrahcd' Then they