Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-02
The Burnt (hiInneyS.


A correspondent Of the Nottherp Meek News
writing from Lancaster Z. ii. gives the follow
ing Interesting acccuot Of Burnt Chimncys
au uo,cmeu,i, name for Z romantic spot:
About one mile ab;vc Lancaster &. 4 there
il "a sembre pine forest. Deep doWu 10 the
heart there is spot wher. no pines grow, bu!
Thousands of lilies ap,ing. 10 the middle Of
this spot there is h,ie, ia aud around which
macy brieks lie scattered This cleared spot,
too rich iJr pines 20 eTaW 90, these lilies, the
hole. add the scattered hfcis Ell! iodic,te that
Dwelling orce stood there. These iudicaliots
ore Confirmed tya GARRETT tradition. Away
back in COLONIAL Tunes. 80 tradition says. M rl:'
CANT mansion stood there. The Balls, who
owned it, lived 10 styl, Whilo a severe thun
der storm wts rising this hous, was struck By
Lightning aud huIned. 10 short time build
ing in every resptc: equal TO the first oc,uped
the same site. Scarcely hsd this second buil!
log been iniShed when il: too. was rack by
lightning aud c,nsIgei, leaving the oninnoys
grim seu'oels amid liz ruics; heno, the name.
Burnt CEnneys. Tie Owners, concluding that
this spot was doomed. moved away. Reader.
do sou say, what Superstition WHAT wouli
you havo done uod9r similar crcums ance-
Several massive old tombstones c,ntirn this
tradition. tho Inscriptions iodica'iog that those
who lie beneath have slept for more than
century and hall. This old piaco, graveyard
and all, has boon long since neglected and for
gotten. When you I'D there 90 that desc
late CID spot, how fJrc!bly those lines OF Gray
strike YOU
The boast Of heraidry, the pomp of poWer.
Aud oil That beauty. oil that wealth CIR
lave,
Await Ghks the Inevitable tou.:
The paths Of g,1r7 lead bu. to the grave
This old p,ac! hav;n. b,eu ABANDONED, the
negroes commens,d 10 burr their dead there;
but, uolike Abraham. they lid not buy il.
HurdredS Ct these humble beings liz there u
graves neglected nud toreo:ttu. Such plaza
is Burot ChinDeys. No wonder that the euo
rant and supcrsitiYul believe that this place il
haunted. Though | am no. supcrsttiou9.
always have fee lag OF relief when get Gu;
Of such place 90 dark uish;. Many ghosts
such thi0Rs. While | caunot believe such
things, yet c.nnot wholly dsoredit doctrioe
which found such an elegant writer t,r on ad
vocac IS Addlsoo. To believe all tina. sight
secrs say would b, credulity; to r. &c! all wou'i
perhaps border on presumption
OLE0MARGARlNE BUTTER AND CHEESE
More than 90. coo 600 pounds of these articles
were manufactured 10 the Uaited States in
1878, mu,h and probably most Of it so care.
fully disguised tha! it is sold 10 The markets
without detection. Mr.. John Mcbelj. az en-
inent nicrotcopist Ct Ncw Yolk city, says that
10 the proofs, Of manufacturing the oIeomn
garIne butter aud cheese The 1T used is ptvr
subjected to higher temperature than I3O'
Fahrenheit that such butter may be sill COB.
sldered TO Do 10 raw state; that sCy germs OF
disease, morbid secroll ,ns. or cmbryos Of para
sites 10 the animals ircm which this oil was Oh
tanned are liable to b. transferred in lvog
c )ndluon loto The systems Of thcs, who use
this butter; that at nalS used for food afo sab.
ject to tho attacks Of internal parasites, ,ha:
lodge 10 countless multituies 10 all rars cf
their bodies; that some ct II, most dsuger-
Gus forms will also live and thrive 10
mao; that the tllchit % wh CT enters the body
at once breed by tho miillor, and Invade The
whole system from head to foot; that it is veil
known that living tr4aEisms have Withslood
tenn Deralure much higher than that which cauI
tat Is sui :ctad to 10 the preparation Of octs
margarine, and that even 100 degrees have
been resisted 6y these germ; that i. would not
be strange if the eau fit from diseased aoi
mails. whose meat IL Eot used {, r food. should
often be sold 70: ihis purDos, lna! he has
found 10 oleonarga:ins animal tissues, with
fragments AID Cells OF suspicious na,utt; that
be has reasoo t, telievo that tbs refuse IA, OF
II least one pork packing establishment is used
o Its manufacture, aud that be views with
'oXlety la5 lntrodu,tioa Ii an article OF food.
Professor Chm CT st.t,s that he has found 10
'leCm ,rsa'ioe, by ana Jsis, horse fa,, fat from
ZONES and vase fat, suoh as ia used for m,k'
Jog cabdes.
The election returns from different psris a
: ruesls come IN slowly. 60 far as received
hey indicate The SUCCESS of the Conservatives.
The decreaee in the public debt. as pabi.net.
OF the last month was 81 563 1913.
DIED.
In Au.liG, Teyss, Sep!r. li.h, LUCY, intsut
laughter of j. ID. and Willie :. Roberdeau,
Ped months - Bait Md Gsz nlpase copy.