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HEXAGoNAL VINEYARD APIARy.


We have only space for notice of one more
interesting matter. We reproduce here a
picture of "A model apary 1t is from Mr..
Roots book. The square blocks represent
stands of bees the lines just beneath them
grape trclliacs. The bee plot is in Il vineyard.
Evidently Mr. Root is not afraid Of the bees
hurting his grapes The hives are seveh'feet
apart from center to center
In the center Of the plot the square is the
honey house A miniature railway and car
lead TO and from it to the wagon road. The
track and ties are of oak. The car is n large
wooden box mounted upon iron wheels and
aXlss The railway is great convenience,
for both honey and grapes have weight about
them
The only questionable point about this
handsome and picturesque apiary would be
The inquiry arising in the mind about how the
vineyard could be plowed and tended with
The beehives in it, No patent ever yet in
vented kept bees from singing either the man
or beast that disturbed them. But perhaps
AR Root can explain this satisfactorily.
In the advanced style of honey raising bees
40 longer swarm. They are kept from doing
20 by management on the part of their keep
srS. The s,ydrms are divided, Anybody can
learn to keep bees, though it will take a
, oouple of years for novice to make it
fDno1ltable Begin very small, with only two
M three hives. Rsms1nbsr th.; Bees al
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

nous is it, co precious to the people of
Charleston, that during the late war it was
taken down and sent TO England SO it
might not DO damaged by the Federal can
non known rs the swamp Angel The
chime is very Old. An incident that is said
really to have happened in connection with
the belfry of st. Mirhaels forms the fo,luda-
ton of fine and pathetic poem that is fire.
quently recited by clocutionists The hero is
a slave man.
Charleston has been particularly unfortu-
nate. War fire, tidal wave, tornado, and
now an earthquake, have spent their force
upon the doomed city. Several times the
town has been almost ruined 1t is enough to
discourage the inhabitants.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

Charleston was built, a structure older than
tho present one Its beautiful tower is ruined.
The most friGhtful sensation of all, however,
must have been experienced by the train load
Of excursionists on their way from Columbia
to Charleston. To find their train suddenly
waving up in the air, then humping down
upon the earth, then going up, then down,
and SO on for several seconds without any
known cause for it, at the same time with an
unearthly roar sounding in their ears, is an
experience utterly unique in history. The
front end of q car waved upward, while the
rear end went downward, and vice versa.
The engineer put tho brakes on as hard as he
could, and still that marvellous train moved
onward 1t actually kept the track through
this billowy motion of the earth. When the
rails were examined they were found to 10
bent in serpei:tine waves.
The most celebrated building in Charles
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

All Of us remember the pictures tue geog-
raphy books give of earthquakes in torrid
countries-walls and towers topping over
and people fleeing for their lives. But none
of us ever thought the scene could come to us
in our safe ATTITUDES. 1t has done so, and
now we know there are no ATTITUDES safe from
earthquakes, Just as the pictures repre-
ssnted the scene in the school books, even so
it was in Charleston. Women were drawer
than the men, it is said, courageously gather
ing their children together and leading them
coolly into the streets, after the men had fled
In terror. This feminine courage in great
emergencies is often conspicuous.
1t was the first shock that did the damage
In Charleston. There We're nearly, or quite,
dozen altogether, occurring within the next
thirty-six hours The shocks came in waves,
as, indeed, everything else does. The first
ones were from ten minutes to half an hour
apart. Those who were cool enough to observe
the motion of the tremors declare that the
earth roso and fell like the pillows of the sea
One man speaks Of having seen the sidewalk
rise and fall in waves. The effect on the
mind OF thus seeing the loosening OF the only
fabric we hGvo always believed to be stable IS
tadssoriLa y swfsi 1t Is this that nalres an
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

Now is the time to he preparing to set out
new strawberry beds. But before starting
into the business ono must take into account
the manure ho can get, and also find out
whether he can get pickers enough when the
season opens. 1t is Of little use to think Of
raising Strawberries for market without
manure and pickers in abundance.
An Illinois farmer has sixty acre straw
berry bed, from nine acres Of which he gath
ered in one season, G5, 800 quarts Of berries,
which is at the rate of about 227 bushels per
acre The Crescent has proved the most
profitable berry in that locality.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

ways sting person who is afraid of them, or
nh illnaturcd or nervous person.
There are some books on bee keeping which
will aid you in learning this pleasant and
profitable business Two of the best are: "a
Year Among the Bees" by Dr. c. c. Miller,
and "Thc a, b, c Of Bee Culture" by Rcv.
A. |. Root. There are also two small pam
phlets by Charles +. Muth: Bookkeeping, and
How 1t can be Made Profitable" and "Practi-
cal Hints TO Beekccpers."
Beelsecpors' supplies, bee wells and gloves,
honey jars, eXtractOrs, etc, can be got from
dealers in most parts of the country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

earthquake so terrible. All the foundations
of creation are broken up.
LISA thing you cannot fight" said one.
That expresses it. All damage done by man,
man can resist. Even in tornado or cy-
clone he can cling to the earth or take refuge
under ground. lut when earth herself fails
us, what is there to do, Man cannot even
run away, for lac knows not where the ground
will open next. lie might run into the very
jaws OF the destroyer
The best part of Charleston is mass of
ruins 1t was beautiful city. The churches
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17
UNITARIAN CHURCH.

terror in the streets and in vacant lots. In
fants were born in several instances, while
their mothers lay upon blankets on the ground.
The earthquake area appears to have been
the most extensive in modern times. Shocks
were felt from British America to Florida,
and as far west as Missouri. Gable dispatches
bring the news that ON the same night distinct
shocks were felt ut Athens, in Greece. The
gas wells at Pittsburg ceased flowing. The
bowels Of the earth were shaken up for more
than third of the planets circumference,
and death and destruction were to pay gem
orally.
The center of the quake on this continent
seems to have been at Summerville, 5. G.
This is a fashionable summer resort for arts
tocratic Charlestonans, and is twenty
two miles from the city. The whole
face of the earth seems to be changed
here. Where before were ordinary sand
and clay are now tottomless cracks in
the mud, brackish water and sulphur smells
1t will be a long time before it becomes
known just how many persons were killed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

There seems to be no longer any doubt Of
the existence of this marine monster. For
century or moro similar serpents have been
seen and described, but the stories have been
discredited until this summer, when, through
the persistence Of the monster in exhibiting
itself, it can no longer be considered myth
In tho last century q missionary to Green
land describes such monster. THIS was on
July q, l734 Soon after this the bishop of
Bergen, a member Of the Copenhagen
Academy of Sciences, published Natural
History of Norway" in which he collects con-
siderable evidence to prove the existence Of
this serpent In 1917 the sea serpent was first
seen opposite Gloucester, Mass, and the Lin
naen society of New England, after carefully
investigating the alleged apparition, reported
that it considered the testimony obtained
"sutficien. to place the existence Of the animal
beyond doubt" On Aug. 6, lS4s, Capt. Nc
Quahe, in command OF the Daedalus of tho
Brisish navy, encountered a sea serpent. But
this year the monster has been seen several
times, notably off Gloucester on the Massa-
chusetts coast and in the Hudson river and by
highly cred. - % witnesses, II the animal is
not eventually captured, it is to be hoped at
least photo r.. IA OF him may DO obtained
when the accuracy of our picture Of him viii
rs established
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17
Good PIunS,

In setting out fall orchards don't neglect
the plums. The following are among the
best and most reliable varieties:
Bradshaw, a large purple plum ripening
the last of August. Goes Late Red, medium
size, light purplish red, September Duane's
Purple, very large, reddish purple, last of Au-
gust. Lombard, of medium size, violet red,
very productive, last of August Red Mag
mum Bonum or Purple Egg, etc, large, pro
ductive, valuable only for cooking Bleeck-
er's Gage, medium size, yellow, excellent
Goes Golden Drop, very large, yellow, late,
excellent. Green Gage, Imperial Gage, both
fine and well known. jefferson, large, green
ish yellow end of summer. Mclaughlin,
rather large, yellow sprinkied, with red ex-
cellent. Refine Claude dc Bavay, yellow
spotted with red, very productive. Wash
ington, very large yeilowish green, early and
of good quality. Damson, if wanted, and
some of the German prunes. The jefferson
should be added to the above list as being
very desirable There are many newer vari-
cites than the above, many of very fine quail
ity, but with regulations not yet established.
Trees selected from the above cannot be far
wrong.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

In such calamities
it is found out how
generous h Il III n II
nature is. Aid has
poured into the
stricken city from
all quarters.
The tall, slender
spire of st. Philips
Episcopal church
stands the highest
in the city. In its
graveyard lies the
body of John c.
Calhoun. On its site
the first church i'm
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

ton, h we v er,
is the picturesque
old st. Michael's
church. 1t was de-
signed as long ago
as 1852 by n pupil
of Sir Christopher
Wrenn, the arch
itect of st. Paul's
in London. In the
n o W demolished
tower of tine ven
cradle churr h hung
the sweetest chime
Of bells upon the
continent so fn-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

This is an extraordinary fruit year Plums,
pears, Teaches and grapes are especially fine
Plant out lily bulbs the last Of September
or first Of October. Plant deep and have the
drainage good.
Tho British wheat crop has turned out well
after all. The grain yield In Austro- Hungary
Is very poor, v"i!e in New South w alss it MAJ
aoe bssG lrs ,,.ing sass ls7s
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Among his means of income the farmer
should always have some stands of bees, n
larger or smaller number, according to his
success with them. 1t is not n great amount
Of money from few main sources but
small amounts from many sources, that the
1SriCulturist in our time should count on.
Honey is MOI as profitable us it used TO be, be-
cause the price per pound is lower, On tho
other hand, Its consumption is increasing year
by year. New uses are being found for it in
chemistry and the manufacturing arts, so that
after oil the thing is about as broad us it is
, ong.
If you have never kept bees, begin TO do so
his year Honey is good for Sunday even
, ,ng lunch, with bread and butter; it is good
for the "lidrcu's sore threats, and for help
ng TO make cooling drink in harvest it
cannot hc BEATEN.
Find out where you can get Italian bees
and buy couple of stands They are moro
gentle and easily handled than the lively and
hot-footod native American variety. Move
The bees in cold weather when they can't get
out and punish mankind for buying and sell
ing them like 50 many slaves or dumb, driven
attic
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suffered gricvously,
owing to their hav-
ing very tall spires.
The u niturian
church was a noble
specimen of archi-
lecture. Its tower
was wrecked. Some
of the best present
piles of debris and
ruins.
Fifty thousand
persons spent some
,,;,,l,+. anJ lave ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17
PERFECTION SMOKER.

fEhF ZION sM"hhH' clog. The furnace is
ined with asbestos so that it will not burn the
operators fingers, and make him say bad
words, and vow that the smoker is worse
than the bee sting There are various pat
Germs of these smokers. The particular fca-
5ure about them is the bellows attachment,
which enables the bee man or woman to blow
he smoke upon any point needed.
One of the most helpful and ingenious de-
vices lately invented is an actual foundation
honeycomb. 1t looks even better than the
real II is taken in thin strips and put in
hive for fresh swarm to begin work upon.
it encourages them to set about their labors
at once, "a, it were 1t really saves the bee,
in some degree, from consuming its substance
making comb. This is n very cxhausting oper-
alton The beautiful artificial comb for da-
lion is the invention Of an ingenious Ill.,. Dis
man. On the whole the country has reason
20 be proud of the achievements of her bee
keepers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

Get the Langstroth hive. 1t is about the
oest, though the Blanton Simplicity and the
Martin spring frame are also highly COM
mended. There IS no patent on the Lang
stroth and after buying ono or two, if you
are handy as II farmer ought TO be, you can
mike your own hive and save money. The
Simplicity is adapted for use in the south.
The Langstroth hive has a brood chamber
below and honey chamber above. Honey Is
stored in rows of sections holding either one
Or two pounds each. There are different
sizes of the Langstroth hive, having slight
differences in their construction. They are
numbered /, >, 3 md 4. Charles F. Muth,
the famous Cincinnati bee keeper prefers the
No. hive to all others. Frames holding one
pound of comb honey meet with the best
sale There is not space here to describe the
interior arrangement of the Langstroth or
any other hive. Full explanations will be
given TO the purchaser of the hive wherever
obtained, so that he can readily understand.
Strained honey is now obtained by pro
,ess very unlike the old way. There are
honey eXtractors which by means of a whirl-
ng motion force the honey from the comb
and leave it empty and dry. There are many
inventions nowadays which make beekeep-
ing comfortable and profitable One of these
70 be especially commended is the bee smoker.
The "rcricction" Cold Blast Muzzle Feed
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17
will he no earthquakes.

II. City hall. "a. jail.
To get the situation properly it will be well
to consider a moment the location of Charles
ton. 1t is in the angle formed by the juno
ton of the Cooper and Ashley rivers. They
unite here and flow to the ocean seven miles
distant. Sea water and fresh water mingle
all in one, and this estuary forms the noble
Charleston harbor, landloclied on three Sides
The earthquake came from the sea on
the southeast and throbbed across the beau
tiful, hapless city toward the northwest.
What made the visitation still more distress
ing was the fact that only six days before it
terrific cyclone had swept over Charleston,
doing vast damage. When the dull, awful
roar of the earth tremOr was heard on that
Last night of August many thought that it was
another cyclone
Mr. Dawson, editor of The News and Cou-
rier, was in his Office at the time How a man
feels in an earthquake is thrillingly told by
him. He wrote:
"Frou the first to the last it was continu-
Gus jar, only adding force at every moment,
and as it approached and reached the climax
of its manifestation it seemed for few terri
bic seconds that no work of human hands
could possibly survive the shock. The floors
wore hcaying under foot, the surrounding
walls and partitions Nislbly swayed to and
fro, the crash of falling masses of stone and
brick and mortar was heard overhead, and
without the terrible roar filled TIE ears, and
seemed to fill the mind and heart, dazing per-
ception, bewilderng thought and, for few
painting breaths, or while you. held your
breath in dreadful anticipation of immediate
and cruel death you felt that life was already
past, and waited for the end as the victim
with his head on the block awaits the fall of
the uplifted AK.
Not man in the Office expected to escape
alive. The shocks began at 953 p. NJ The
clocks that were stopped by the awful shocks
made the record
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

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ing Smoker is tho
one shown in the
illustration. 1t was
designed 10y Charles
+. Aluth. Its inte-
)riOr arrangement
is such that the
smoke pipe cannot
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17

WHERE are SAN FRANClSCO'S LIT
TILE SIDE SHAKES NOW?

Earth's Crust Rising and Falling in Bill
Lowry Waves Over II Third of Her Cir
cumfcrcncc-IIcart-rcn Scenes in
Hapless Charleston,
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THE SEA SERPENT.

Portrait of tho Monster from Dcscrip-
tions by Capt. Robert Brush.
From careful description OF Capt. Robert
Brush, of the schooner Mary Ann, we are en-
abled to present our readers with an accurate
engraving Of the serpent seen in tho Hud-
son river by the captain, and by many others
on several occasions since.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
some ILLUSTRATIONS OF MODERN
METHODS IN BEE KEEPING.

Raising Asparagus from Sccd-Ex- Minis
ter Sargent on Riparian Iights-The
Best Ecchivcs--Bccs Sting Iilnaturod
People---h Vineyard Apiary.
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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-12-03
Mortgages Sale.

pY virtue Of n power of sale contained in u
ID mortgage given by A. G. Bentley to VIM.
Munro, dated February 5th, 1877, and record d
in the Office Of the Register of Mesnc Convey
ance for Union county, in Book of Mortgages
No. =, pages 229 300 and sol, will sell at
public sale, during the legal hours of sale, at
the Court House door, at Union, $. c., on sales
day in December next all that tract of land
containing one hundred and eighty-three acres
more or less, situated in Pinckney township, in
Union county, and bounded tho north by
lands of Ii. S. Porter, (called S. NJ. Porter in
mortgage,) on the east by lands formerly of ID.
d. Goings, now David Farr, and by lands form
erly Of VIM. Sprouse, now of the estate of
Henry r. Fowler, deceased, on the south by
lands formerly of John Rodger, now of Charles
Harris, and west by lands formerly of the cs-
tate of a. Iianey.
Terms-Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers.
s. a. .STRINGFELLOW,
Nov TO- 1886. Assignee.
Nov 10 IG 3t
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
Railroad
Subscription
IN
santuc Township.
OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,

UNION, S. c., Nov 10, 1886. !
w HEREAS, o petition has been filed with
w the County Commissioners of Union
county, signed by a majority of the freeholders
of Santuc Township, of Union County, in
accordance with the provisions of an Act of
the General Assembly Of South Carolina, entitled
"An Act to incorporate the Chester, Greenwood
and Abbeville Railroad Company" asking that
the question Of Subscription" or "No Sub
scription of the sum of twenty thousand dol
.ars to the capital stock of said company, which
subscription shall be made in coupon bonds of
said township, bearing per cent. interest and
payable twenty years from the date thereof, as
provided by said Act, be submitted to the quail
fed electors of said township.
And further, that the funds realized on said
| bonds to be expended exclusively in the con-
| struction of said railroad from q point on Broad
River, near Woods ferry, to Santuc, by the
most practicable route through the township, to
Clinton, in Laurens County.
And whereas, the said Commissioners have,
by resolution of their Board, xed the amount
proposed to be subscribed, according to the
request of said petition, at twenty thousand
| dollars in Z per cent. coupon bonds of said
| township; said bonds to be made payable
| twenty years after the date thereof rs provided
| in said Act.
| 1t is hereby ordered that un election be held
for said purpose, on Monday, the 9th day OF
Decemoer, looo, anu that the poils Oe opened
at the various election precincts within the said
township Of Santuc, from o'clock o. m. until
6 clock p. m, of that day, at which election
/ all the qualified electors of said township shall
be entitled to vote that the ballots shall have
written or printed thereon the words "Subscrip-
ton" or "No Subscription
The managers Of the last gen cral election for
the election precincts within said township are
hereby appointed managers of the election
herein ordered. Said managers shall make re-
turns and meet at the Court House of said
| county and count the votes and declare the
result of said election and certify the same to
the Chairman Of the Board of County Commits
| sioners of said county provided by law, on
or before Thursday, Decembcr 30, 1886.
BY order of the Board.
| JAS. L. DOUGLASS, Ch'n b C. C. U.C.
| COLUMBUS GAGE, Clerk.
| Nov II - Ct
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-12-03
The State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF UNION.
In the Probate Court.

W. S. Gregory, as Administrator of John =.
McCrackin, PainH9.
against
DavidiR!' McCrackin, and Efiie McCrackin, De-
PENDANTS.
11NDER an order in the above entitled action
y made 9th March 1886, will sell before
the Court House door, in the town Of Union,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first Mon
day in December 1886 the following described
property, belonging to the estate Of John =.
McCrackin, deceased.
115 ACRES.
All that certain tract Of land in Cross Key
Township, Union County, adjoining lands of W.
e. Gore, Thos. III. Gore, ii. W. Duckcr, d. ii.
Sheldon and others, containing one hundred
and fifteen acres more or less.
TERMS OF SALE.
One-halr cash, balance on credit of one
year, with interest from day of sale, the pur-
chaser to give bond and mortgage of premises to
secure balance Of purchase money.
J. NJ. GEE, J. p. U. G..
Office Of Probate Judge. Nov 18th, 1886.
Nov. 10 46 ct
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You can bet this Mems 1919,
$3.50 These goods bought anything
RIGHT FACE, FORWARD MARCH, HALT!

At Fynns and buy s4
double elsewhere goods well half