The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-25
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Correspondence OF tne hfCnm0au DispAechj
BRISTOL, TENN, July %, 1878.
The weather has been extremely warm
here since july 1sf. consid ering the eleya.
tior, OF our city. The average temperature
at O Am. has been 75 1925, and at @ T.
nj. &C has been $40. The hottest evening
was the, 18th, when the therrn0mete was
9eo,at8P. If. This morning the tempera-
ture ID 0so., The highest temperature at .
0clock was a4o, ION the 1dth.s@s 'tae ~
siA correspondent In your pepper afshort
time AGO wanted to know the reason Why
...,.....15 HoP-yISEs n .g;isI-55 ri
always ran the, same way around 9. pole, Il
remember some thirty years ago hearing
Or. ,Boynton lecture on electricity, ana mag.
netism at Lexington, Va, when ne sta sa
that 'hop-Vines always had the peculiarly
OF turning or winding to the !tett IN run
ming up pole; and he said that TINS
was owing to the magnetism OF the eafth.
This popularity was confined to the north
ern hemisphere, for in the southern hemis-
phere they turned to the right. he also
stated that IL water he poured through :
funnel the little curlS formed on the top OF
the water In running through weuld always
be found curling one way in the nortnern
hemisphere and different way IN the
III.
turn in a: different direction from hops.
Each species OF running vines has, a; pecu-
liarity OF its own. Or. Boynton attributed
all these phenomtna to terrestrial mag
netism. d q - ~, +. aai.'t.'@1
Bristol is a popular place for l.. ~.
q RUNAWAY MARRIAGES. 49, -. -
So; extensive business is carried on inthis
line that the clerk OF Sullivan county has
had to establish an agency here fol. selling
marriage-Iicenses. The price Of License
at the agency Is $3.50, whilst the price. al
the clerks office, which is nine miles dis
tant, is, only fifty cents. The loss OF time
and cost OF conveyances to the courthouse
induce nearly all runaway couples to pa
tronlZe the agency 80 't' -.''
A few days ago we had quite romantic
affair here A lady: some tWenty-seYen
wears OF age anda lad OF fifteen beng en-
gagged, they concluded 10 patronize Bristol.
Having learned that the cost OF license
was only fifty cents, and the LAD not having
the requisite sum, the lady sold pig Worth
$3.50 for fifty cents, and gave the iad INC
money to- buy the license. On coming 10
Bristol and learning that the price OF ~
cense was s1:50 at. the agency, the Lao, was
disappointed Some mischievous boys, see
lO1 the SllultlQu, lOio IuC i"o euAo 49, 49,
a place in town where licenses could be pro-
cured for fifty cents. and pointed him tetne
place where he could be accommodated.
On reaching the place designated party
who was already in the secretmet him and
asked him what he could do for him, and
upon stating the object OF his visit the mar
riage-licenseI was promptly made out, the
fifty cents paid, and the joyful youth started
off in high, hopes Of soon being: happily
united in holy wedlock to the'lady OF his
cIoice; but on reaching the magistrate, you
can we'll imagine the surprise when the
couple were informed that the license was
worthless After consultation they both re-
turned to the bogus Office where the license
vendor, not being anxious to carry the joke
any further, handed back the fifty cents to
the disappointed lady, and the couple ieit
to arrange plans for future operations. the
sequel has not as yet TRANSFERRED.
The crops in this section are doing well.
We have had no drought, and fruits are
abundant Such a crop OF peaches has
never been seen here! g. =. i%..~h'
Politics quiescent. z" r. I'm.