The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-04
CURIosITIEs FROM CHINA.
A Unique Spoon, Cup and Saucer In
Possession of a Gainesville Lady.

a Unique spoon, Cup and Saucer In
Possession Of q Gainesville Lady.
GAINESVILLE, FLA, Sept. 3.-When Mrs.
J. W. Tenoh returned from South Carolina
she showed your correspondent q unique
spoon, cup and saucer. The spoon is OF
silver and about one-shird the weight and
size OF . teaspoon OF to-day. The cup and
saucer came from the Flowery kingdom over
$50 years ago. The CUP Is small and
the saucer, more the shape of a
shallow bowl, holds more than the CUP;
$50 years ago John Nuokolls, the grand
father of the Hon. William Thompson
Nuokolls OF Union county, s c, and for
years representative IN the American con-
gress, started from Virginia on horseback
with his wife aud household goods to make
home in the Piedmont region OF South
Carolina. He located on 1hiokety creek
on knoll which he called Wing Hill, and
which bears the name to this day, mid way
between the two historic places, GrindaiI
shoal on the far famed Pscolet river in
Indian parlanos, swift water and
the not less famous Cow Pens bat
tie ground. On the top of kings mountain,
then without other Importance save as
lookout for the Indians upon the fertile
plains below watered by the three beautiful
streams, Broad aud Pecolet rivers and
Thiokety creek, the brave pioneer, John
Huckolls, halted that his still drawer wife. a
Miss Bullock OF Virginia might give birth
to her first child, afterward Mrs. Sukie Lit
tie John the maternal ancestor of very
large family Of good men and Christian
women. Gen. Elijah Dawkins Of the
war of 1919 married Nancy, one Of the five
daughters Of Sukie, the baby girl OF the
pioneer, born on the top of the now his
torio peak, and of this marriage came
| .lHd ra Thnrnaz NnCEan ~ I'd
s. c., Judge James Baird Dawkin of this
city, and Mai. Joshua Petty Dawkins, the
father OF your correspondents better half
aud whose initials the tiny spoon bears.
Just think of it. One hundred and fifty
years, two delicate pieces of china on
| pack horse, over rough bride
paths, down mountain slopes, through
rocky fords 800 miles aud yet after all this
here in use for the purpose made. Gilmore
Sims, South Cardinals historian, poet and
romencer, speaks Of the early settlers drink
ing tea from small bowls. The saucers Of
that day were small bowls-nothing else.
Csrew, the son of Samuel o. Tucker, ex-
| sheriff of this county, died yesterday. The
| death was caused. it is thought, from eating
| which, lodging. formed an nbscess in the
intestines
D. w. L. Barton, a neighbor farm
or, is an interesting man to talk
to. In a conversation with him
a few days ago the talk turned upon the
topic of childish superstitions. He said when
a boy 10 years old he was living ON bis
fathers farm in Western New York, aud
having an aching tooth he went TO q coun-
try doctor and had 10 drawn. On his way
homo he met an eeceAtTic farm lsborer, and
showing the extracted tooth by way of sx-
PLANTATION az to where he had bsen, The
eooentrie man said 20 him: "It you viii
take lock of Jour hair and wrapit and the
| tooth in a piece OF paper, then bore a hole ia
beech tree, place the tooth and hair therein
and plug the hole up tight and fast, you will
never have thu soothAche again" So he did,
| and tnirty-1Ve years atter, on visiting
sbe old homestead be was seized with a de-
sire TO again view TIE leak OF his boyish
hair and the noSax. so getttng an AZ he
! soon Clipped them QUA UnroNing tAe pa
per he read "The Life and Adrentures OF
Joseph I. Hare, the HiRhwaymaa, and
found the lock and molar ia the same con-
dition as when placed there more than a
| third Of century ago