The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-09-04
NOTES AND DOTS.
Through Granger, Claiborne,
Hancock and Hawkins.

1 Il
had considerable experience of interest.
While going towards the.Holston river
from Rogersville, on Monday, discov-
cred some thoroughbred Jersey stock,
and it proved too much for me. / was
compelled to stop and see the man who
had enterprise enough to raise such ex-
cellent cattle. I found that they be-
longed to Newton T. Beal, who resides
on farm two miles or more from town.
| And he is a subscribe to the GAZETTE,
too. Mr.. BeaPs herd consists of six
cows, two excellent bulls and two
calves. He has had more but has sold
them off. Indeed. his young bull is
sold and awaits the call of the purcha-
ser. His name has escaped me, but /
have to say, the purchaser is fortunate
in finding so excellent an animal. He
has now in his pasture six cows, viz /:
Cyrene Sd, 1899; Cyrene 4th, 40; Nom
pariel Cd, 1413; BlondIne, 2749; Matin
4th, 2750. The above cows were bred
by s. j. SharpIess, Philadelphia. Pa.
Also, Cerita of Meadow Brook, 5056 of
the herd headed by the bull Clitus of
Meadow Brook, 2218. The first two are
grand daughters of the second prize
COW at the Centennial in Philadelphia,
Blondine is a grand daughter of the
first price cow Niobe, 90. / have to say
that they are all fine specimens of the
Jersey cattle. / asked Mr.. Beal how he
came to deal in Jersey cattle. He told
me that, since the war, he had an in
different herd of cows sometimes he
would not have either milk or butter.
During the war he learned that north
ern farmers did things differently; they
managed to have plenty of milk and
butter, aud that he determined to find
out how 1t was done. He requested ].
B. r. Lyons, of Greeneviile, to send
him the best agricultural journal in the
country, and received copy of The
Country Gentleman, printed in Albany,
N. Y, which induced him to subscribe
/ for it. From it he learned something
of the Jerseys as mixers and butter
cows, corresponded with breeders, and
finally made a purchase, which has re-
doWnded to his satisfaction. He now
has plenty of milk and butter for his
own use, all the year round, sells his
surplus butter from his own door at
from % to % cents, besides selling
calves at high figure. What man has
done man may do, and l have written
the above to call attention of farmers 20
these extraordinary butter COWS, When
one Is getting an article, the best is the
most profitable in the long run.
Mr. Beal has some Angora goats.
They are good animals, and must, in
time to come, become as common as
good sheep. / have known an Angora
goat to bring three hundred dollars.
Mr.. B. showed me specimen of cloth
of which the filing was spun from the
feeces of his goats. 1t was an article
of excellent texture, and as strong as
iron.
next found myself in the hands and
under the kindly care of APP. Buren,.
He has large estate and knows how
to live in stately way. Like Paul
Pry, 81 don't like to intrude :" that is
to say, l desire to meatiOn one or two
things saw in his house, and never saw
anywhere else, and don't want to be
impertinent and enter into the descrip-
ton of things of a domestic character.
Yet, begging his pardon, will venture
to do so. He sat down to table with
me- 1t was circular in form, with a
shelf or outer rim on which were the
plates and knives and forks An eleva.
ted circular platform stands on pcdes-
tai in the centre of this shelf, which re-
wolves. You take one seat, another
takes another, and others set around till
the table is surrounded. The hostess
pours the coffee, on the outer circle,
places it on the elevated circle and she
or you take hold of it and turn it till
the coffee cup and saucer is before you.
You take them off and place them on
the rim or outer shelf, and as all the
victuals are placed on the elevated GEN.
ire piece, you help yourself to meat,
potatoes, bread, butter, or any other
article of food that may be on the table.
This table, Mr.. Buren, told me, was the
invention of the late Judge f. E. Gil
Ienwaters, who resided only few miles
from where am writing And, by the
way, Mr. Buren, married the Judges
widow for second wife.
The other article is F. f. F. This
ALTERATION does not at all mean First
Families of Florida, but Fowler's Fly
Fan. tits late invention. and was
gotten UP by one Fowler, of Ohio, l I'M
derstand. who had scarcely perfected |
the machine till his career was cut short |
by death. His administrators, assigns or
successors have taken the invention |
into their care, and have introduced |
them extensively already, and Mr.. Blu
rem is agent for Hawkins county, and /
expects to ''push things" and introduce |
them to the public by next fly time.
Many of your readers, who have travel
led, may have seen the F. F. F., but theat
copy at Mr.. Burem's is the first / ever
heard of or saw It consists of an up
right standard, with two wings or fans
attached, which extend on either side
of the standard. Within the standard,
the way up, is some clock
work, which is wound up. The stand
ard revolves round from right to left,
carrying the extended fans, which are
of the shape of rowing oars.
AS they revolve they cast a shadow all
over the table, and the flies believing
that these fans are going to strike them
keep entirely off the table, not touching
honey molasses or other delicacies on
the table. Indeed, one can eat off of
the table without the least molestation.
The fan moves ninety minutes by wind
ing once, when it stops, and the fans
IRE folded upright and allowed to stand