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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
A Great Western Prophet on the sic'
nrnIz Sure SIGNS.

i rom Inc bNrIlNA.NN 'l"Nh-IN''l
1t is an easy matter to forecast the
weather, like Prot Tica and Mr. NennoT,
if people will only give their minds to
ii. ny closely reading and studying tine
predictions OF there GOOD weather-breed-
rrs we have deduccd the following rules
bv which they make all their 'orrta7t-.-
hindcnsts of the weather are not made
until next day.
An intensely blue sky indicates tenn
porary absence Of clouds. Under other
circumstances an intensely blue sky in
dictates n tornado.
When woman leaves piece of soap
on the stairs where her husband Will
tread urou it, it is It dcad.surc Hlgn oi
storm
When the sun lscs hrnind Il bank OF
clouds and the clouds hang low all
around the horizon aud all over the SKY,
and the air feels damp. and there is Il
fine drizzling mist blowing, the lndica-
tions are that there will be rain some
where in the United States or Canada.
When it begins to thunder iooE mt
.or lightning
When II man gets up in the night and
feels along the top pantry shell III the
dark md knocks the big square bottle
without any label dowp to the floor and
breaks it, it is sign there is gong to
he Il dry spell until 7 on s O'CLOCK N
,hc morning.
When the spring millinery openings
are advertised look for bright, sunny
weather all around the house, with
trcacEarous Gains and rising barometer,
indicative Of sudden tempest and mean
temperature.
when the cradle begins Ia vibrt"
with irregular, spasnOdio mollohS aIluh'
o'clock III the morning, look ont Tor
signals and try TO remember where You
put the parcgoric the last time You
used it.
When the youngest boy in the family
comes home three hours after school
hours, with his hair wet and his SHIRT
wrong side out, look out for spanking
| breeze.
70 see the head of the family feeling
in his right.hnnd pocket, then in his left
hand pocket, then nail his vest pockets,
then in his hip pocket, then III his coat
pockets, and then look at the ceiling,
| indicates "no change
If he suddenly stops whlstllng to the
ceiling and expands his broad grlmace,
Of delight, in means unexpected
change"
If the spring bonnet comes home
trimmed on the right side of tie wearer's
seat in church, and has two more sprlSs
and three more dandeions than the
woman in the next pew, it is "set iair.
The weather during the whole oil
Thanksgiving week--FF*fCDf B.!
Am unusually large number Of spiders
presages n very mild or very open
winter, rs the case may be.
II the corn husks are very thick the
winter will he colder than the sum
mer.
If the corn hlsks are very thin the
summer will be warmer than the win
| ter.
1.-THE corn husks are neither too thin no.
too thick the summer will be warm
and the winter will be cold.
II the weatherprophet predicts rain,
season and it happens to rain away on
in Calaveras county, and it is us dry a
bone all over the rest OF America, TIN
rain must he set down to the credit o
the wcather-breeder and all the dry tint
counts Tor nothing.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26
HUMORS or THE DAY.
WAS EYES first dress made of bear


WAS EYES first dress made OF bear
skin?
U NATURALLY look P Qliar if U r @
d and going to d K,--BW Nye.
Is SOME hats the cabbage leaf must
feel perfectly at home. -Q"hcy Modcr"
IJUO.
lNoulnE: The most horrible suicide
on records is that OF the man who took
drink of Chicago water. ---BOSton POSt
My father was irish,
My mother was irlsn,
Aud am Irish stew.
-Yonker's Statesman.
Ir WAS probably an Irish missionary
who, when about to be masticated ny
the cannibals, originated that beautiful
song
WHEN you lose a needle on the floor,
the quickest way to find it is to take on
Your shoes and walk about. But some
how people don't do thst way
"GEsrIcuLArIoN," says an eminent
actor, sis fast becoming "A lost art = lie
probably never saw TaImage fencing
with an imaginary lobster. 49, Herdtd
Il. l.
An ALBANY paper tells of q woman III
this city who woke her husband during
II storm and said: 81 do wish You would
stop snoring, for want to hear 1t thun'
der
"CoNFoUND it you've shot the dog !
| thought you told me You could hold a
gum Pal. Shme, and 50 | can, your
honor. It's the shot, sor, | couldn't
hould y
4 BAD-TGMrEREp MAN: He had lost his
knife and they asked him the usual
question: "Do You know where you lost
it?' eyes, yes" lie replied, "ot course |
do. I'm merely hunting in these other
places for it to kill time. "
Nor every man can tell from exper-
fence how it feels to be struck by light
ming, but he can get some idea OF 1t by
going suddenly around corner and
meeting his mother-in.Iaw while he Is
walking with pretty girl. - BoSto"
Past.
A KEoKuK man succeeded in hugging
his sweetheart to death. But he has no
trouble in finding others. The girls
secm rather anxious TO take their chances
on his hugging them to death IheH
don't beliye he eau do it; would just hka
to see him try it.
An lRlsu lady was so much on her
guard against behaying her national nc
cent that she is reported to have spoken
Of the "crcot,pc Of Ncsuyius,' fearing
that the cyOter would bctray her GGaln,
--IliaHy JpurR0i. She finds her pnrhL
lei in the Yankee who speaks of the pil'
iOrS of n portico.
WHEN corpulcnt citizen cndcnvors &c
Jump oil the dummy of one OF ollr canlt
roads while ON he down grade and falls
on the track in the front Uf the wheels
nothinQ gives him so much genuine sat
i,iutlon NJ, just when h" is about to be
crushed to pulp, to wake mp and iinC
himself ON the floor beside his own bed
--Nui francisco Post.
How FOSTERING little things will hap
rm, A stranger in II MiddleseX Count,
village vas looking for man nance
Ondcck, and wh"u he went mp to o iaI
low and asked "Are you Ondeck? tn
fellow answered. 81 reckon ] am, AM
fine stranger tried TO talk business to hi
and thcy got all mixed up i'll misundei
standing and had to be parted ny tn
hyMaudrrs before they got through. An
IT WAS all on account of that contoundc
name. n oSion Post.
ENGLISH social life presents man
points Of interests in its slang. We hay
all probably read the anecdote OF
-. L ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

GENERAL GARFIELD wrote in answer
to a friend who had congratulated him
upon his election to tho Senate "As
to the hope you express that J shall be
called higher, I can only say that my
idea Of the highest ambition of public
man ought to be to discharge fully the
duties of the position to which he is al
ready called. A man is not in position
TO discharge his duties fully and without
bias if he is aspiring to higher places
and laboring to secure them. The post
of greatest usefulness ought to be the
place of the highest honor
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

Mr. vENSor says in the preface oil MS
almanac for 1882: az lay no clam 10
fine discovery of m infallibIh system o.
forotolling weather. The science oil
,,rocticol meteorology is yet IN It's III
fancy and is being studied by men
whose abilities are far greater than any
Tconla endeavor to lay claim to- There
will be many mistakes before " ri&h'
understanding or Interpretation OF i''
principles is arrived at. Based as my
system Of predictions must he, on records
Of weather as yet incomplete AMI very
faulty. the results eau not be entirely
satisfactory, more especially in respect
to new ground yet Iboiieve the Key 10
the solution Of the problem has Deen
foupd. and that all errors will but aia III
moro correctly discovering tho secrets Of
comiug months"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

JOHN BArrERsBY, for twenty yeRrs the
chief of living skeletons in the side,
shows, has of late been missed from the
ranks of the human cumosities. The
reason is that from n weight Of fifty,
seven pounds he has rapidly grown to
1876, and he has considerably gone 10
blacksmithing.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26
LOVE was at the bottom of the Arkan-

LOVE was at the bottom OF the Arkan-
sas train robbery. The threeiboyish fell
lows who committed the crime were
monevcss and desperately in love, and
reading how easy it was for the James
boys TO rob a train, resolved to initiate
them to bridge over the obstacle standing
between themselves, their girls andmatrl-
mony. They obtained the money bq'
thinking they would not be pursued
.bcv made no effort to escape. Their
girls, no doubt, feel bad to think that
for their sake they were led to the com
mission of a crime that has eliminated
in sevonty-years sentence in the pen'-
tpntiarv
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

TIE st. Louis GiObc- Democrat says
that the hog crop Of the territory trbu,
tary to st. Louis will be very inferior in
quality and less in quantity than TO-,
many years past The high price Of
corn is given as reason for this condi.
ton of things.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

EroHT members of the last House OF
Representatives are now United States
Senators Messrs. Frye and Hale, OF
Maine Aldrich, of Rhode Island; Haw.
ley, Of Connecticut; Lapham and Mil
Ter, of New York Mitchell, Of Pennsyl.
vania, and Congor, of Michigan.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26
NEWS GLsANINGS.

n nn is selling in East Tennessee at
;,,v cents per bushel.
Some 100000 feet of cross ties will be
,i,,ed from Kentucky to Mexico.
Tho leyee at New Orleans is to be iIlu-
mated with the electric light
Professor Gather, of Alabama, predicts
bard winter
immigration and capital are steadily
bvug into Tennessee.
/ fine vein of coal has been discovered
Jackson county, Alabama.
Albany, Ga, is going to spend 5000 for
pntesian well.
[ There are 634 convicts in the South
molina penitentiary.
Theaverage produc of the cotton crop
T 1.-The Memphis district is fiIty-onc per
Is,t. less thai last years yield.
! TYLER James, colored was given twenty
Iipes by a Richmond. Va, court for
taing an overcoat.
Three thousand snappers were carried
Pensacola, Florida, in one day last
rsk.
/ At the Florida state fair premium of
Tx dollars was offered for the be. t darned
|sNking.
Allover the south Geographic inquiries
|We been received from New York
mixers about Confederate coupon bonds,
few F orida farmers who have plant
Earow-root make as much as 81 600 on
raCre.
Rev. Father A. J. Ryan, the sweetest
bit in the South, has taken charge of
I Catholic chunch at Eufausa, Ala
|na.
Last year j. +. Yates, of Rappahan-
|k county, Virginia, purchased 275
hap, for which he paid $3.50 apiece
Be lambs and wool this year brought
nSl,7 700.
One firm in Virginia, with 81 acres
Ind, has produced $500 gallon. of wine
na season. Two counties in that state
biz season will make 10000 gallons,
Msssrs. Stuart Il Mcdowell, Of the
ludisill mine in North Carolina, have
ant to the Atlanta exposition solid
,ece of geld sulphuret ore weighing 500
snnds, and is assaycd at about $50 per
In.
The tobacco trade of Richmond, Nir-
tnia, have decided to appoint an in
Eector of tobacco, WHO shall have charge
n the entire market ThiswjIl separate
he business of warchousing and of in
gectiou.
James Phil lips, twelve years cid, wa
ut at home by himself in Robson
0anty, North Carolina, During the
night some devilish boys visited the
house and .ried to gain an ensrance for
hepurpose of frightening the boy. The
little fellow was scared so badly that he
vas thrown into spasms, from which he
died shortly afterward.
Rome ( Ga.) Courier: Two sister
Misses Emma and Susie, daughters of
FidOw Cornwell, of Rocky creek, Gordon
county, picked out with their own hands,
last week, a bale of cotton, had it ginncd,
and sent it to Rome. Mr.. II. II. Smith
bought it at twelve and half cents, and
lent it to the Atlanta Exposition as {
amDle of of North Georgia cotton.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

THIS is a sad comment on the insur-
ance question: One insurance Presi.
dent, whose company loses $4,000 by
the fire in Mcrrell's Building, in New
York, himself had $4,000 worth Of
property stored there and only $4,000
insurance on it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26
American Inventions.

The sixteen American inventions OF
worldwide adoption are the cotton gin,
the planting machine, the telegraph, the
grass mower and reaper, the rotary print
ing press, steam navigation, the hot-air
engine, thesewing machine, the India
rubber industry, the machine manufact-
ure of horse shoes, the sand blast for
carving, tine gauge lathe, the grain ele-
vator, artificial icemaking on large
scale, tue electric magnet and its practi'
cal application, the telephone.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

THE father Of Mrs. Christrancy testl-
fed in Washington the other day that
previous to accepting the Senator his
daughter had refused twenty-five offers
Of matrimony. This, we suppose, is an
instance of passing by al the straight
and taking crooked stick in the end.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

WRANG1E LAND, which Canada claims
under the old boundary treaty, aud
which claim the United States disputes,
is on the north coast of Siberia and over
a thousand miles from the American
coast. There will he no lighting over lis
possession. It amt worth it,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26
ever, does not crave the service, and will
endeavor to excuse himself.

"THE Momols are held together, "
says the Mormon organ, "by an in
tluonces that is beyond thepower of men
or nations to prevent, destroy or con-
troll" That "inauence +" is a plurality
of wives, certainly not divine.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

IT Is said that large proportion OF
boiler makers are deaf, which seems to
be due to tine rupture or deadening o!
the tympanum, in consequence. OF the
repeated shock TO which 1t l. subjected
by the sound Of !ammerlng on iron
plates datlns tie years Of service,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

MASSACHUSETTS, has a Judge who cvi.
IDENTIFY enjoys his morning maps. He
has rendered decision that the ringing
of church bell at ; o'clock in the morn.
ing is public nuisance, and if people
must worship at that hour they should
do so without disturbing their neigh,
bOrs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

THE Cincinnati Commercial says the
situation in Ireland is quite too utter
Wo sunpose this means that it IS IN a
STOPPING posture. Nations, hike 'noi'iu'
nails are nothing if not fashionable
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

UNDER the old French law, being In
toxicated three times deprived men OF
their right to vote. Such law in this
country, it is to be apprehended, would
prevent the holding of an election in
some sections.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

An AGENT of the Land League in Ire
land has been arrested tnr n"'ii nee
dies in potatoes to be fed to the cattle
Of Il farmer guilty Of paying his rent.
That is partaking of very low kind oil
liendishness.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

SINCE David Davis is President OF the
Senate, the public generally are anxious
to know to which party he belongs. Mr.
Davis, we believe, is not much annoyed
on the subject. He is whore he feels at
liberty to take a plum from either party,
and plums he is very fond Of.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

JuDGryG from results, the Ohio voter
is scratchcr. That comes of getting
poor men on the regular ticket-a fact
that the late election has forcibly pre-
sented to party managers.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

SINCE Information has been filed,
we have failed to hear that Brady, OF
Star Route notoriety, is still rantin5
round, demanding an early trial. His
ardor for Justice has cooled down some
what.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

THE Pal MaU GazGite acknowledges
the United States to be the most power
full nation on the globe. This confession
is great one, coming from an English
uOurCp
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

THE Gar of Russia is resigned to any
fate that may overtake him. He is said
to often declare, 81 am quite ready to
meet death when it comes.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

THE Mormons take great consolation
at the present political status. They feel
that their polygamous institution Is
secure and that the Lord Is with them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

THE convicts Of the Ohio Pcnitentiary
sent $l0O to the Michigan sufferers.
They raised the amount by denying
themselves the luxury of tobacco and
the sale Of trinkets which they had
made. Really, this expression Of sym
pathy from such source is touching.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

The mummy Ct the daughter Of King
Rameses is said to be among the discov-
cries Mt Thebes-tho woman who found
Moses in the bulrushes.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

SARAH BERNHARDT was Missed nj
Amieus, and stepping TO the footlights,
remarked: 81 am not accustomed to
play to geese" Ready wit.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

The expense Of Garfeld's illness is
estimated at 100000, Of which the
doctors bills will be $53, 900. DR.. Bliss
is accredited with claim Of $25, 600.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

GrrrEAU seems determined to have
Ben Butler to defend him. lngerSolI ne
,loesu't want. His discrimination Is based
npps religion, principles, Butler. how
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

TIE Presidents brother, William Ar
thur, who Is Major and Paymaster in
the army, was married few days ago AT
Governors Island, to Miss Laura Bou.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

GEondn FRANCIs TRAIN says he has
made his last speech and written his last
letter. We knew there was silver
lining somewhere.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

GLADSTONE is held responsible for the
arrest of Parnell, and Gladstone Is OF
the opinion that the arrest IS i'f ,ho
vindication of law and order, and 1.-THE
frat elements of civilization.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

ELLEN NELSON, a Swedish woman
committed suicide in Philadelphia the
other day because SHE could not get a
husband. She must have been horld
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

A RECENT frost in the vicinity OF BoS'
ton is said to have done damage to the
extent Of 81 900, 900.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

PRESIDENT GARrIEhD's picture is to be
placed upon the five cent international
postal letter stamp.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

IT is thought the indianapolis Jow"aI
has an eye open to Cabinet position.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

Mn. WINDOW will retire from the Cab.
met and return to the United States
Senate.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

SITTING BULL says he has killed twen-
tv.seyen Indians with his own hands.
How the United States army m''s' CIV!
him
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

Ex-Gov. SHEPHERD (" Boss y is about
b return to Washington from Mexico.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

TOBACCO in Virginia will be only half
a crop this year,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

BosToN women gamble in railroad
stocks.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

ILLINOIS oldest citizen is dead-Mrs
Margaret Noughton, aged ZIG years.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

CHINESE are becoming plentiful in
Chicago.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian, is
cighty-one years old.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

A MONUMENT to Dean Stanley will be
erected in Westminster Abbey.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

THE students at Harvard are COM
PEELED to attend prayer meeting.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

Boston now boasts of ono female
lawyer, Miss Leila J. Robinson.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-26

THERE will be a scarcity Of coal in the
West the coming winter.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-03

his usual uDexceptionable manner
At the afternoon session officers were
elected for the coming year, General
Spencer being re eiecsed President.
Elizabeth, on motion OF Chief Jefries
was chosen as the next pace Of meet
iug and resolutions of thanks TO the
fire department and citizens Of Bur
lington for courtesies extended the
convention, and also to James Fl
Birch for the gratuitous use of his
Opera House were unanimously adop
ted At an early stage Of the pro-
ceedipgs, his Honor Mayor Rigg, a
member Of Mitchell Fire company,
being called upon the stage gracefully
welcomed the convention to Burling-
TOP, and on behalf of the department
and citizens rendered the hospitaIities
of the city to the delegates. After
final. adjouroment, tie delegates under
charge of Chsef Jeffrles and commit
tee, and escorted b. the Burlington
baud whose musical selections were
much appreciated at the banquet, WIS.,
tied the houses Of the department and
expressed their high qualification at the
order aud completeness Of the appar-
atus and appointments Among the
leading spirits Of the convention was
Hon. w. Budd Deacon of Mount
Holly.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-03

Gen. A. E. Shiras Post 26 of this
place, will hold fair during the first
two weeks of November in aid of the
relief fund of the Post Among the
specialties announced is the purchase
Of solid gold hunting case watch,
stem winding, l8k case, U s. Mint
assay, new model, P. s Bartlett Jew
elled movement, made by the Wal
than Watch Co 1t is beautifully
engraved with the badge of the Grand
Army Single chances are sold at 30
cents each, and only to comrades
William Helt has been selected to
solicit chances and will visit the vari.
GUS Posts in parts Of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania and exhibit the watch.
1t is beauty.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-03
LuMsERros. October 1. 1881


Editor Of The Nelus There is consid-
cradle dissatisfaction in this township in
regards TO the call of the Chairman Of the
County Executive Committee of the Re-
publican party. The call announces
Thursday evening the 9th inst, for tho
caucus. Now then, Thursday evening
may suit the voters in Northampton,
Burlington, Bordentown and such other
townships whose limits comprise the
town only, but in Lumberton it is very
different. There are voters living in this
township over four miles distant from the
polls, and many of them are hard work.
ing men who have equally as much right
in naming the delegates as the "bosses'
have, hut they are virtually denied that
right from the fact that the time of hold
ing the caucus is very announcement to
them. Saturday night would have suited
every one. because then they would have
Sunday TO rest themselves. We think in
making call for such meetings the con-
venience of the voters should be consult
ed little. When we consider the fact
that it is over eight miles from one end of
the township to the other, we think it
hardly the right thing for few of the
bosses to hold a caucus in the middle of
the week it looks as though the working
men were not wanted As matter of
course, not possessing their own convey
anees, it is impossible for them to get
there after doing hard days work and
get home in time to gain sufficient rest to
do another the next day, It has already
been rumored that call will be made for