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The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09
HOW A RICH MAN STARVED.
All Kinds of Rood Denied Him
A Diet That Killed a Jersey
Man.
Sumerville Journal.

sumerville Journal.
The following. shows how dan.
gerous it is for doctors to disagree
and the great importance Of one
Doctors knowing what anothe,
one prescribed
$50 Jones is dead?" said one
Sumerville man to another.
Yes, poor fellow" was the re.
ply, hes gone"
What did he die OFF" inquired
the first speaker.
Starvation" was the answer.
Starvation Good gracious.
the man was worth $4,000.
u know that; nevertheless. he
died of starvation. "Tll tell YOU
how it was. Jones was ALWAYS
fancying that there was something
the matter with him; SO he went to
a doctor one day and had himself
examined, and the doctor inform
ed him that he had kidney disease
and that besides taking medicine
ne must diet himself. Said the
doctor: "You must avoid all kinds
OF salt meat, salt fish, potatoes.
cabbages and vegetables of every
kind. Jones followed the advice
but found himself no better. He
went to another doctor. and oftar
being examined was informed that
he must avoid all kinds of fresh
meats also. This did not do him
good, as he thought, and went to
another doctor, who highly appro-
we'd of the advice which had pre-
vlously been given, and further
warmed him against all kinds of
pastry, likewise shell-fsh, includ-
ing oysters and CLANS. THE best
thing for You is milk diet said
this doctor; SO Jones lived wholly
upon milk. Net feeling himself
any better he went to another doe
tor, who cautioned him to avoid
milk above all things if he wanted
to get well. This reduced Jones
to diet of cold water and fresh
air, and finding himself no better
under this regimen he went to an
other doctor, who advised him to
beware of drinking to much water
and being to much in the air
This last advice .crlt off the last of
Jones' article of diet, and he died
of starvation, as [ have told YOU"
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09
E1rd Dew,lrolp,s precents.

When the triangle had sounded
the call to order and the rafting OF
many hoofs had ceased, Lord John
Dewdrop atdse and offered the club
the use Of the following at very rea-
sonable rates: 4.t,
"Doan saw off de handles Of your
wheelbarrow to keep a naybur from
borrowing it."
De man. who loses his temper
will be sartin to lose his friends. .
"If it wusn't fur goslins dar' would
be no geese Gih a boy a chance to
be a goslin befo' expecting him to
be d gander.'' sj
can egotist am man on stills
Let him alone and and he am sartio
to come down.
'Befo' praising de philanthropy
OF de man who hasldonated n site fol
an orphan asylum try and diskibsr Il
his wife isn't doing lie kitchen. work
to save de expense Of a hired gal"
Ode man who has no friends ;tc
speak well OF am d man to b
avoidel,n; -. i9, sn5a
"Be guided in your outlay byiwbat
! yon kin affordrnot by what you
naybur brings home.
"Trutlr am mighty, but use it il
small doses in criticising de acts o
I'your friends
de peacock may make a fine dis
play OF colors, but when it comes
down to selecting something sole
doan oberlooE de gander. : Hes d,
same all de way frew, and you allu
know whar to find him"
ODE man who draps his wallet I,
test de honesty Of the public SHOULD
not give hisself away by advertiser ,
reward ADD no dushnns axed.9s
On motion pt Pickles Smith tn
club accepted tho, above at 80 pc
cent. OF their face value, and til
amount was passed to Lord John
credit on tile cash book.-Defsroi
Free PfeiS. e
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

WHAT He TOOK HIM roR:: The
PRESIDENT of 4 defunct savings
a oa9k OF this city got into a hack
a ad rode to the Central depot yes
tte;rday Upon arrival at his des-
,iiDn the driver said: Fare,
please one dollar"
eet AS the regular charge is only
nlty cents, the passenger indig-
.. .Wl} demanded Of the "Jehu,"
W ..I nat do you take me for?"
vos i Ivy. cents on the dollar, sir, I
t GaS , $lrala to say fifty. CENTS for
, sof1 FIde for fear you'd want to
P ba;, With me for a quarter, that
~ ENG nf1ty per cents, and the rate
"1 which you settled with your
other creditors
tbd Ihe'haekman got his dollar and
I Il,e eX-banker got something he
nad not thought of before.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09
Didn't Seem Possible.

a citizen Of Detroit, says the
TEE Press, who had been to Ian
siag on business was returning the
other day when an old farmer,
sgaing East with his wife, took the
next seat back and opened a CON
yersatipn which tasted almost into
the city. Then he happened to
mention something about Europe
which the farmer doubted, and the
citizen protested.
"But 1 have been there and
know"
"Whatl You bin to Yurup?"
eyes"
"Bin in England France?"
81 have"
Bin to Rome and seen the
ruins?" =
Eyes"
=: s'Bin right in Paris?''
II was there two months"
''By cracky, Maria?" said the
old man as he turned to his wife,
Here's a Teller who has bin all
over Yurup and ride with us hull
half day before he lets on word!
Why, the Bixbys didn't 80 no fur
Their than Boston the fust night
they got home they kept the hull
town up till 2 O'Clock in the morn
ing to tell about pavements and
pictur halls and opera houses and
street cars and door bells which
would ring by pressing on : but
toni wall, wall! Bin to Yurpr
and not Dragging over it.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09
Truck Farming in the South.


/ The farmers of Georgia and
other southern states, are divided
just now on the question whether
truck farming pays or not. There
is wide difference Of opinion
among them ON this point, and it
Is important to have it settled
which is right, as many southern
farmers have gone into the bust
ness of raising vegetables, fruit
and other garden truck, while
others are preparing to embark in
the business.
A few years ago, when truck
farming was first tried, it was pre-
dicted that it would prove an I'M
told blessing to the south. Fabu-
lous stories were told of the Weld
OF crops to the acre, and of the
wonderful increase in value of
land that had been hitherto worth
less for any purpose. Most of
these stories were wildly extrava-
CANT, and it is to this extravaganza
and exaggeration that we owe the
present sentiment of depression
among some of the truckmen.
They have been expecting to make
500 and 5000 an acre and being
disappointed in these wild dreams,
they pronounce truck farming
failure.
That the first persons who went
into this business should have
made large, almost fabulous sums
Is only natural. When, however,
more entered it, and it became a
regularly established business, the
profits naturally decreased from
competition, but still remained re-
spectacle. Truck farming in the
south was probably never in bet
ter condition than it is just now
The railroads have been more than
friendly to them, have put on cars
suitable for this trade, and have
expedited their trains so as to land
this perishable freight in the mar
kets at as early a time as possible.
The markets certainly continue as
good as ever, and the supply as
yet does not equal the demand.
1t would be astonishing, with all
these advantages, to learn that the
raising of early vegetables and
fruit for the north and western
markets was not a profitable in
'dustry. But it is. The Atlanta
Constitution, which has thorough
ly examined and investigated the
subject, shows exactly how much
this new industry has benefited
and enriched Georgia. Themelon
crop of that state alone is worth
more than a million dollars, and
the yield of vegetables and fruits
Of all kinds has increased four
fold III the last three years. In
southern Georgia, in the counties
devoted to the raisingo of earlHveg-
etables, ,real estate has increased
from fifty to one hundred per cent
in value; large investments have
been made in these lands by north
ern and western men, and the
number of acres under cultivation
has increased annually.
That some farmers have failed
in this business,as they would have
failed in any other, and that occa!e
sionally drought and unfayorable
weather has cut off much of the
porilt, cannot be denied; but the
cry started by the Macon TeIe-
graph, and taken up by some other
Georgia journals, that truck farm
ing in the south is san exploded
humbug" does not seem, upon in
yestigation, to be warranted or sus-
tanned by faots.-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09
B Pioneer L,fe. ! ~ /.

4 ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY or PloNEET
LIFE" is the latest and, uindiusstiona.
bly,, the best Contribution yet made
to this department Of history. The
reader finds it wonderfully absorbing
from the first chapter to the last,
and then there is a powerful impulse
togo back and read it all again. The
trials and successes of the early
settlers their wars and treaties With
the Indian /; captures, escapes, and
almost miraculous recoveries Of wo
men and children great conspiracies
which only lacked success to change
the history Of the world and turn
backward for whole century the
course of civilization upon these
shores ; romance, sentiment, toll, tri-
bulation, and gigantic achievement
OF class of brave and hardy men
and women, of'whom their descend
ants can not learn enough, will prob
ably never find more complete and
attractive record than is supplied in
the work under discussion.
1t is nervously, yet conscientiously
written. The narrative is in the
dramatic style, with thoroughly
appreciable predominance of that
peculiar metaphor which always de-
claies the writer patient student of
the classics. Had not Homer turned
his lofty Tyre, observes Cicero, the
valor of Achilles had remained UNI
sung. The yalor of our pioneers was
never surpassed, and, with another
Homer to celebrate their achieve
ments, the grandest epic in all litera-
ture would enmpture our age.
The setting of thrilling Incl
dent in this book, hair-breadth es-
capes, and thousand cventualities,
even more remarkable than those of
fiction, garnish every chapter, and
add such restful variety as relieves
and inspirits the mind, while they
pour INTO it the very cream of histor-
ic lore, 1t must interest every read
er, but for the young and middle
aged American, of either sex, the
fascination of pages is irresistible,
and their story should be known to
every one who cares to know upon
what strange and soul-tRrillipg event
the fabric of our Western Empire is
erected. 1t tells this story, and
baptizes its subject in the eversast
ing fame which belongs to civilized
liberty in every portion Of the herit-
age of God. mu
In this concentration it would be
unfair to author and publishers to
overlook the style in which tie book
is produced-its beautiful type and
heavy, toned paper great variety and
artistic excellence Of illustration;
neat and substantial binding; and
the score of minor details which cou-
spire to make volume worthy of
place upon every center table and in
every library. The publishers,
Messrs. Jones Brothers & CO., of
Cincinnati, are well known as pub
fishers of many of The best books
sold in the past fifteen wears.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09
HIS Rich Joke.

Detroit Free Press. a
The 9th er day a baggagelwagon
brought trunk to the Union Depot
which was tabled sta M
Dynamite within-smash if you
dare Prov 49, 5st
The trunk was closely followed BY
a young man who had about seven
minutes to get his check and catch
the train. When he presented his
ticket and asked for a cheek the
baggage master replied;
''lhis trunk can't go as baggage"
"Why ?" g1
''The contents are dangerous.-
You'll have to remove it from here at
once or I'll trouble YOU" a4g
'But there is no dynamite within.
"There is the warning
eyes, but that was for a Joke on
the Observation-Disclosures" bees
"Yodng man a railroad never
Jokes. Get chat out Of here"
Come, old fellow, it was only in
fun" entreated the smart .Aleck. 'I
have only four minutes to catch the
train"
%If you don't remove that danger
Gus trunk shall have to call an Off
Ger" was the firm reply.
81 tell you it is not dahgerous.'
'Get me inspect it,"
This was grudgingly acceded to,
and nothing more dangerous than
four shirts Which sadly needed wash
ing were discovered. BY this time
the train had departed, leaving the
joker with eight hours on bis hands,
and as the trunk was relocked he was
handed a scrSper and the advice
"Young man, it might Be safer for
you to liable yourself With something
like; aPerishable-no delay
You Dire evidently too ripe for this
section. Now scrape that sign off.
or the trunk can't CO."
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09
=, :, t.t8tsnaeN RHE Psszss
u. N.w,le6er. s,Qfr64y or
famed Channel of Intelli-s
gence. 49,,
Dr.. Talmage. in FEank Leslie'S
, nd, MIagaziiue says. s aiNpgs'
unI'"@ =. 9,A.lA,n Nthem adHafHe

n, Talmage. in FTank Deslle-s
cnndav Magazine; says. EalVpgs
u ata wars d stop the Ri, advance
l Citation or retard them. What
En- The last half century was the
iuanence of any other seven men
ll4 4bis country compared with thnt
8 IiIIioldecal Noah, James Watson
'M N James Gorden Bennett,
SHorace Greedy, Henry j. Ray
l l Erastus Brooks and Thur
Inw Weed? LilSesit on dislike it as
|Iy% may, I silnply State the po ,,s,
;oI and tremendous fact. The
sIn lGl men of all departments
AT llS recognized the newspaper
|nr r, as the most important,agen-
for influencing the public mind.
sioJrew jackson, who had no lit
sbrary faculty, would lie on The
gnnnoe in the White House and
rmo{e, while Amos Kendall, the
Ecnltnred, would sit by his side and
Trjtq editorials for the Washing
Aon Globe, expressive Of the Pres
Edents sentiments, the editorials
|Drinted or torn mp according as
|4bey pleased or displeased the
|Cbief Magistrate. So all great
|nolitical, and social, and literary,
|apd moral enterprises, if success
|fpl, have laid hold Of the wheel Of
|tbe printing press. That wheel is
either the front Fheelof the,c@yof
.Procress.of the Front wheel Of ah
awfal Juggernaut. A compare
lively few people read books.
Why? Because the newspaper
has for the great masses taken the
place Of the book. Look over the
street cars and ferry boats and the
great railroad tains, and where you
find a man with a book you will
find thirty with a newspaper
Take one of the great dalies, and
during the year it publishes me-
deal information to more people
than all the medical journals of
the land; religious information. to
more people than all the. track
societies of the country; agricul- |
tural information to more people
than all the farming journals putt
together. So far from deploring
this fact, it is a matter of congrat-
ulation. The newspaper is the
ordained channel Of intel
ligqnce for the people. Portable
and easily carried in the hand or
pocket, it is read on the way to
business, or on the way home.
That is about all the time
Our business and working people
have for reading. After man has
been all day bothered with dry
goods, or stocks or hardware, or
bargain making you might pile
around him "a bdrricade Of meta
physical treaties by Sir William
and he would not read
one Of them. The newspaper has
overcome the book. ! Oar business
is to pray God for the elevation of
the important agency | speak of,
and to employ it in the clistribu-
ton of the truth. The more good
newspaper: the less chance for bad
ones. Let us fight bad pictures
with good pictures, bad sentiments
with good sentiments, fraud with
honesty, lies with the truth.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

q say, Talleyrand," exclaimed
Napoleon, as he threw himself
back in Tuileries rocking chair
and lifted his boots TO the top Of
the black walnut centre table,
Sire" replied the astute Prince
Of Benevento, 81 am listening. -
"Talley," continued the great En-
perer, as he knocked the ashes off
his fve-cent Havana into the spit
toon, 1--WE gotanother one. Why
is the conductor of a street car
who is caught knocking down
like Josephine's new polka dot
calieof" ,""Your Majesty, | give it
up with The utmost alacrity.
Because" exclaimed the conquer
or, of Marengo, che is spotted. ;"
GRalleyrand swoons, and the En-
peror jumps to his feet and rings
the bell for the camphor bottle.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09
Propagating Melons.

Mr.. Jerry Lee comes to the
front. and tells us how to raise
large wateImelons. He says he
selected one of ordinary size from
those IN his patch, and not far
from the stem, inserted a string,
common yarn, through the vine,
the other end Of the string he
placed IN a pint vessel containing
water and manure. Mr. lee SAYS
lie fllied this cup every day, the
melon taking up each day a pint
OF the mixture: He repeated this
some time and tie melon grew
amazingly. and, began~to-assume,
sIgantlcA pfolortiefIs. - Bot one
morning N he paid the usual visit Ion,
the a purpose Of replsi1ishing the.
aulds when, to his surnrisa. he
iound the melon had grown So
large that it bursted wiaa open.
! ana the beautiful red melon lay
0G7loP him. He states that the
n IL was'tldliciohs, and thinks sitr
lne pan to raise large watermel-
c o. provided you can bine or con-
III lIile gheIlst6 prevent bursting
a a ne ifult can be favored with any
to suit by the profess of
Dublin Gazette.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

''No, that's soo4yoa can't siins
tell what Doy'll make,' replied the
old farmer; is he leaned back in his
seat. There's my Henry, fof in
stance" 4
"What for him?
Biggest fool you ever sa#.
SIS that so?
"Why, up to the othef dayit Seem
ed to me as if he didn't know huff
to open barn door straight, and
I've had serious thoughts VI sending
him to the fool asylum. y
'.But what has happened?
''The boy has developed. Just
when we all thought, him 4 fool he
was thinking out a scheme which
will roll US in wealth. You can not
guess what it isl
"No." etsh
TWen, we're going to i raise 49,
600 cowcumbers for the New York
market. We're going to wrap each
cOwcumber up in tin-foii, tie a
PLAGUE to the end and thromo TO
the other and sell the hull biziness
for three cissntsi It's Hentys own
idea, and its rich. The cooWS,o;6m6ers
can be made an ornament, will stand
in any climate, and the PLAQUES and
chromos will encourage art and give
a fresh boost to decoration. No,
sir-dont you call a boy fool until
he has had time to develop"
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

The man whom you can treat with
unreserved familiarity, ut the same
time preserve your dignity and his
respect, is rare companion, and his
ee4naintanceshould be cultivated.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

The discovery of what is true,
aud the practice of what is good,
are the two most important objects
of life.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

BArLEY's SALINE APERIENT is white
powder, and when placed in water, foams,
sparkles, and tastes just like soda water.
1t is very cooling and pleasant, acts
gently upon the bowels, relieves consti-
patton, cures sick headache, sour stom.
ach and heartburn.
ENGLISH FEMALE BlTTERs sends red
blood to sickly. woman's checks and
strength to her muscles, by giving, an
appetite, aiding digestion and building
up the system. All sickly women who
need never-failing female regulator,
will be delighted with its promut and
reliable action. R
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

again and chirped like the merry
little old man that he was.
Flowers, only fiowers,@ the re-
porter heard him murmar as he
wheeled the doll away.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

A wag, Who thought 10 have a
joke at the expense of an irish
provision dealer said: Can YOU
supply me with a yard of porky +
&Pat,' said the dealer to his assist
.aat, bring this man three pigs.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

"At a singing school the other
night young man was Dragging
about the strength OF his lungs,
and invited a girl in the company
to hit him in the breast. She said
she was left handed, had been
washing all day, was tired, didn't
feel very active, but at his urgent
request let go at him. When his
friends picked him up he said lie
thought he would die es 3ier lying
down. He had lost every recol-
lection of having any lungs, but
the young woman 6onsGled him by
admitting that she didn't hit him
as hard as she might have done,
because she rather liked him.
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

N ree,, ~ ~ VA, July Il, 1883
" 3 3I. Y. L. WESTON X Co:
Wy "a wife has given your Clothes
i, /" "2lier and Wringer several i'm
pau trials and we are deli6bted
y " 81, ,,r.. me result. The Washer is
i E ,I labor-saying machine and
II IL, also saves at least one-half Of
g c'ig soap, We most cheerfully
e = YOU tbs, certificate, and ta[e
s sogesal { = ,s.litledo,6mendipg yorf
Mdst RespaetfnHS;
III F.rM JENNINGS.
y e a4-skatfa -
s''''s-a a-
g.
N9rs ~ n 3.
$50 fAh
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

Trough on chills,'
Cures6 cases for 25 cts. in cash or stamps.
Nailed By John Parham, Atlanta, Ga. g
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09
Relirioll and Sliefice.


An editor having been sick for a
long time, preceived that his latter
end was approaching. His spiritual
adviser comforted him by saying
that he, the editor, would soon en-
ter his eternal rest, where there
would be no more worry or trouble.
care printers allowed in Heaven,
too O. feebly asked the dying man.
Certainly, if they have been good.
"Then, responded tie editor, fee.
bly,; 81 have no hope. My foreman
died last year, Is he was a good man
be must be in Heaven. I know |
won'tbe in Heaven more than five
minutes before I'll hear hiiH say,
More copyr ! don't see how I can
make anything BY dying And
pulling on his boots and clothes, the
editor went down to the office and
ground out d column editorial on
''The Conflict between Religion and
Science" and about four columns of
miscellaneous bre3ities, having pre-
viously refreshed himself with a
cocktail. Ha aa
The Dawson journal., 1883-08-09

j ZtAalt aistol Aas 9.s Afssr
The Portland daily press., 1883-09-12
The following additional entries were made
yesterday
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
A. A. Mitchell, Victor moving machine, Amer
Jean horse rake. Victor, Jr., moving machine
Palmer horse hay fork, Bay State fertilizer,
Planet, Jr. potato digger, do combined cultivator
and hore hose, with covering roller attachment do
combined hoe and seed drill do seed drill do single
wheel hoe combined, do, double wheel hoe combin-
ed, do Fire Fire pillow, .Whipple spring tooth har
row, Casaday sulky pillow, Temple chain pump
curb, Oliver chilled plow.
II Eelt 2 rotary rlowa
The Portland daily press., 1883-09-12

trotters as were ever seen together in Maine.
Jack maintained his lead throughout the first
half-mile closely pressed by the gallant gray
mare Surprise. On the second half the gray
mare settled to her work and easily went to
the front, winning the heat by four lengths
and coming under the wire hard pulled by her
driver. The heat was given to Surprise, with
India Rubber Jack second, Frank f. third,
and the balance OF the field well up. Time
1891.
Second Heat.-It was a prompt but stray
Cling start for this heat. Belmont got. the lead,
but he was outfooted by India Rubber Jack.
George o. commenced to trot magnfcently
and went to the front like tornado, complet-
ing the half mile two lengths ahead. He
maintained his lead and won the heat handily.
Frank f. was second and Surprise third, at
the finish. Time. ash
Third Heat-George o. led in the first half
mile, but break brought Belmont and Sur
prise upon his wheel, and it was another fight
ing race to the close. George 0. went under
the wire trtie ahead, and Belmont was
second, with the jaunty gray mare Surprise
close upon the wheel. 1t was close and fine
finish. Time, 2.421.
Fourth Heat.-The Belfast horse George o.
went OIL with the lead after considerable scor-
ing. He was hard pushed for long time by
Surprise and Frank F.. but kept TO the front
and won the heat and hard fought race.
Surprise was second, Belmont third, and
Frank II. fourth Time. 49,
The purses were won by the horses as above
named-George o., Surprise, Belmont and
Frank +.