Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-09
Peculiarities Of the People Of Eseps;-
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| vertisers.
Peculiarisies Of the People Of Eaeps;-
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| Brsver, better people you will not find. kni
yet. in consequence of certain pecu!isrities they
| arc not happy. They don't want tc be. Ono
| wonders, in view of their marvellous !esources.
| that they should torment each o.hcr sbou:trins s
It is not 30 with other people.
Their pecuta.ilies ara these: They have tSS
souls withon. single thought. and look liko
but rotate. like men in Office. They srs WEB.
footed as to their hands, and mako good couGty
treasurer. Readjus!inS themselves to circun,.
stance, they accept any public situation gladly.
When business is dull, they spend ths money
they expect TO make in pic.nics and excursions
They are very religious, and 80 regularly to
circus. Their principal crop is rye. which is
rslsoo IN great Quantities c! their court house.
For fear their court houses might be burn. o.
stolen, they etesl Off from their wives every dag
and fire up themselves defending their corc.
houses with their lives. Thcy clear their ooa
science with the whi.o Of egg, aud sc into bsas
ruptey.
Tobacco is exomo. from taxation. SPIT is e..
cred. All that comes out OF q man during ia
lifetime is put into 3 20. or urn--their grave.
yards are full Of thonl. Internal revenue ia Dc.
rived solely from green apples-ra,her Js Juao
sysleu, but productive o. Ereat activity ii bus'
iness circles.
Their circulating medium is mud. IN flHi
weather, when times ara bad, it is abundant sn,!
colt; In fair weather, when times sro good, j:
dries and becomes ha.d money Thus it ex~
psn6s and contracts by natural law; it is u per
feet currency. The standard coin is mud pie
1t passes from hand to mouth, and sstsii S every
want of the farmer. Land is alwaye nigh, Grd
dirt ut premium.
Game is very plentiful the woods arc fail q
live glass bslls which dar. r.on tree 50 tree. 81.
fordlng fine s2ort and developing the gontlemac.
~ mind very gently. Angling with tie dout!,:
barrel breech-loader at sunset for bull bats is
universal, So is debt. Tho habit Of the country
is to play on the flute which clears tho atn,os-
phere and conduces to patience under atii;ction,
The men smell like sole leather. They believr
| in nothing now, but have faith in Gcaat IIore
after, when somebody will como and do come
thing for them. Their faces arc handsome bot
peculiar; an excess Of chin being compensated
by an unusual amount Of cheek Tbs women
| are sweet and sullep, like :obby spOngus cake.
Whom married they quickly becoma afflicted
with permanent wen or tumor, called Dp2!o-.
! The young ones are very pretty and pin thci-
clothes back Why they doE's pin :ham ir front
| don't know, Eor they ei!hor: and yat, sonl0
body ought to know upon which sidc nature hsa
the bulge on en-
Everything is free, except opinions. Tenants
collect rent ostheir landlords Ut tie point Of tho
| carving klfe. and there is no bad butter thers,
| eIcept thu billy goat. War is conducted with
| the knucklcs, and the Survival Of tho isties."
ia considered the sum Of al scionce. So whs7 "a
| felloW knuckles down, then his bsck Is up
Good people. yea and OF Soodly land, hu. til"
roaring Of the lion and the 7ing o! the whaog
dood'e which neve: cease, mar /. II lhNty.--G.
| ". Ba96y.
CLAY 2s.-Tbis uioraies. Mas r=potjrs
dipped into l1W, uapGioted frame bulldog O..
the corner cf Campau avenue and Etsukliu
street, aud Witnessed fer tho first tine 10 hig
eventiul life the operation 0! making cay plrca.
As the isot Of the existence OF clay pipe FAC
| tory 10 Detroit has neVer yet been published,
| few words about the modus operaad Of pipe
| making will not be Gu: OF place. Al the olsy
used is purchased at Baltimore, aoI casts from
! $40 to 500 per oar load. |. arrives at tho
| factory 10 hard. dry Jumps, and Duss be thor
! oughly soaked 10 big tub or ts1k before Il is
| ready for use. The soft cIoy is thea rolled and
kneaded and mixed together unit! it forms
soid mass without auy Iunpa SIX men 81.
around table with lot OF damp clay withic
easy reach. Grasping lump 10 cecl hauG
the workman rolls it back aad forth on tha
table, shaping it with his hand uo,i it rcaCni
bles pipe, and then laying it cao side uatii
tray full of wet. embryo pipes has been occu5i
ulstcd. The tray is then placed GUT doors ia
the sun to dry, aud after an bouc or two II
| brought inside by the same workman, shoy;2
into 40 iron mould and pressed into shape with
quick pull at lever. TIC hole through tho
pipe is made by hand With pcca oil wire, veil
3grcascd. Two girls ct an aoi9ioirg table re-
lceive the pipes at this stage or their manuiac
ture and sorape off the ridges aud other i'm
perfeclions left by the mould. Tae wet Pipes
arc then taken Gu. OF the shop and placed 10
large crooks or tubs of fire clay, called s,gsc's
As fast as the eaggers are filled they arc piled
one above another inside brick kllo, aud two
or three times week the kiln is fred and sub
Iisc!ed to intense heat for sevaral hours until
the pipes aie baked thoroughly white The
stem Of each pipe is then coated with yellow
mix :ure of shellGc, tumer!c and other substances
10 preyept il from sticking TO the lips, and ~"
nine is ready for shipment in b1xes psrtl;'r
| filled With saw dust.
A steady workman can roll scd peu!d eah'
aross cf pipes day, aud is capable ci rsK!pt
slO or sl2 per week, if he attends to hia tu=:-
: nes,. Tho factory llas g capacity CT toEa!cf
ont $50 to $50 toxes per week, each bcx coz
Isiniup two gross Of pipes Every tcu' or tVo
weeks q ten ton CAT load ic'ay Is 5rec:l7ed from
Baltimore. Amcst al! clay pipes ere s:amp:d
With the letter I. D., baiug the initials or Ihos
D,nnelly, q famous msrutscurir OF ca
} Mines in Scotland, many years ago. Lis !ah'
is sill psrpe.uated by manufacturers ot cia
pipes n Europe and America. ca.-Detro't Nc1rs
fT The Products OF INDIGESTION, Ina
bii.y Of the stomach to act upon the lood ls pro
, ductiYe of serious and speedy mlscniei 70 VI
entire bodily economy. The circulation lsT
I guishes and grows poor; learness, pa!lor. and
! lcss of muscular and organic power superVeaa
but, worse than this, the functions associate
with and dependent upon digestion, sucn
10 evacuation and the secretion of bile, grow II
> reoulsr. and the organs, whose business 1t -
~ discharge those functions, become badly DISC
m dered. This disastrous state of things is noi
ze resdily and thoroughly rectihed with Hostetto'
stomsch Bitters than any knoSl Al peals!i ,hS 7;
AGENT. The stomach being inVigo::sted. tco >; y.
n1.;no n,incinles Of the blood sro inc7ca5oj, II
,r system @ propsrly nouri.hsd Ioenness and DEB,
ity overcome and the bowels and i'Sef '''
oEehly and promptly regulated.