The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-12-07
Quarterly meeting at the Methodist
Church next Saturday and Sunday.


. Bellefonte, Ala, recently.
: Rev. 7. j. Murphy, pastor of the
Baptist Church, exhibits as much ear
nestness in his sermons as any minister
;, we ever heard. His sermon last Sun.
day morning was lucid and edifying.
The young ladies composing the Ar,
gonaut Society of Mary Sharp College
are rehearsing every week preparatory
Tor their Concert. 1t will come off on
the night Of the 23d inst, and we are
satisfied that it will be entertaining in
the highest degree.
The post-ofiice at Sewuncc, in this
county, wus broken into last Friday
night, but the burglar failed to get into
the safe. The party suspicioned was
arrested tried before magistrates
court, and bound over tc Circuit Court
IN the sum ofSl 800.
Our noblcheartcd friend, Charley
Shiycrs, was in town last week, and tells
us that his district--the 4th--is the
banner one Of Franklin county. On
one day there were shipped from Hunts
Station fourteen carloads Of hogs, one
half Of which belonged to Mr.. Elliott, of
Bedford, and the other half to Mr.. Ed
mondson, of Lincoln county. Charley
claims still more for his district in other
matters, and wants Hunts Station in
corporated. We hope he will succeed
and let Hunts Station be known as IL
town and not Il village. Here is to
Charley and Incorporated Hunts Sta
ton!
Last Friday evening tIght-rope per.
former, calling himself Mons Leroy,
gave Il performance in our town. The
rope was stretched from the roof Of the
two-story brick building on the south,
east side Of the Square to the second
story window in the Courthouse cupola.
His performances were equal to any we
ever saw lie walked the rope back
ward and forward, and went through all
the manmuvres usually performed by
rope-walkcrs. There were several hun
drcd people present, and on passing
around with the hat he succeeded in get
ting up 81 or So. Owing to the break
Ing Of one Of the guy ropes he failed to
walk the entire length of the rope, and
it was limited by some that it was his
custom to have the rope broken by some
ut every place he vistcd-that he was
afraid to walk the entire length, DC. {
Al the close of his performance he an
nounccd that he would walk to the Gu
pola aud return the next day at one
O'clock, which he did. lie also walked
to the center Of the rope with his feet
cncascd in Il pair Of boots, returning
backward (; and then walked the same
same distance blndfolded. He had
promised to walk the rope on stills, but
failed to do 50, his excuse being that Il
IL sufficient sum was not made up
about So. 80 being all he received for
this last performance.
In our last issue there was Il notice to
the effect that Mr.. f. Kellogg, citizen
Of the 18th district Of our county, had
on exhibition in town a colt with hui
man head and neck, together with other
curiosities. Mr.. Kellogg occupied the
room next door to Mr.. Bud Evans sa-
loon, and was doing pretty fair bust
ness for a Decent show, as he took III
about 50 on Tuesday, the first and only
day he exhibited. On the night Of that
day certain parties lit having been cir
culated that the show was Il traud,)
slipped in the back door, while Mr.. X.
was at the front door setting forth the
curiosities he had on exhibition, and
Selling the stuffed "ircak Of nature"
carried it to the Courthouse yard and
hung it to tree, where it remained I'M
til next morning about 10 o'clock,
when the owner took it down, packed
up his goods and left town. We have
heard several versions of the affair, but
give what we consider to be the most {
correct one. Mr.. Kellogg had agreed
to give one half Of the proceeds OF his
show to the Christian Church. hut upon
rendering it it was refused. We are :
sorry that the "certain parties saw fit
to treat the property of Mr.. Kellogg in
this manner. 1t seems to Us their bet
ter plan would have been, if the show
was not as he represented it, to have de-
manded their money back, as he had
agreed to return the money to all who
were dissatisfied.
Cheese and canned goods at Lee Ay-
ers'.
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