Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-17

ern as it is now. They get to the Junction about 12 o'clock at night and have to wait there three hours when they are going west The Siftings learns that 1t will be changed some way soon.-Dothan Siftings.
 He Has an Eye to Business.-The Jour nals article on Learning the Bicycle
 has attracted considerable notice and is producing good results. Councilman Lockhart had a good class before his drug store early this morning going the preliminary gaits all of them wearing that serious expression of contenance beittng the occasion, and sufficiently near to a good supply of court plaster and llnIment to provide against ordinary accidents.-Selma Journal.
 Happy Editor.-Our office has been crowded with pleasant visitors this week, and many of our country friends and others have paid up back dues and re- newed in advance. Letters speaking in very high terms of the Gauge have been received in the past few days from sev- eral points in this and adjoining counties, all of which are highly appreciated. It IS pleasure indeed to know that our efforts to give the people a good paper are req sonably uccessful.-Brewton Standard Gauge.
 The Old Boys are Dropping Out.-But few of the old time conductors of passen- ger and freight trains on the Nashville and Decatur and South and North Ala bama railroads are now running on any
 part of the lines of the Louisville and
 Nashville. Pat Stephenson and Pitts
 Brown and Joe Jacobs are dead. Al Bai- ley and Dick Braden are farming in mid
 dle Tennessee. Joe Robinson and Jack
 Mitchell and George Flanders and Rufus
 Crenshaw and Aaron Wiles are running
 on other roads and Mark Dillahay and
 Ed Wells are living in Nashville. few
 years has wrought many changes.-De- catur News.
 The Pumps All Right.-We have heard
 a great deal of talk about the pumps at
 the water works not being large enough
 for the purpose Hearing this rumor
 from several gentlemen the editor went
 to the mayor and found that he had also
 had the reports come to him and had
 written to an expert who had sent him
 a rule for figuring the power of pumps.
 He together with others, had figured
 the power of our pumps under this rule
 and found that they would furnish about
 76000 gallons more than the plans called
 for So we can all sleep easy.-Demopo-
 lis Express.
 A Philosepher-Our genial friend, A.
 T. Clemons, of St. Florian was in the
 city this week, and reports crops in fine condition in his neighborhood. Said MT.
 Clemons: We have good crops, good
 health plenty of yellow legged chickens
 and plenty of religious meetings The
 people have nothing to complain of, and
 I never saw better times. When I was
 at JohnsonS Island a prisoner l said
 that if ever got enough corn bread and
 salt again I would never be unhappy. I
 have never had any complaint to make
 since" There Is a lot of good hard
 sense and logic in the above remark..-
 Florence Herald.
 He Walked Under the Wagon Wednesday of last week one of the old est and best known citizens of Randolph county departed this life-Mr James W. Bradshaw. He was about 93 years of age, and had lived in Wedowee beat long time. He was clever, inoffensive citizen and lifelong democrat Since the death of his wife several years ago he has lived alone with only a dog as companion. This faithful animal fol- lowed his master to the grave, walking under the wagon that carried the re-
 mains. There is something melancholy in the passing away of this old land mark Peace to his ashes.-Randolph Leader
 The Calera Pear.-The famous Calera pear, which is known far and wide on account or US SlZe, beauty and delightful flavor, will ere long be upon the market. The Adams orchard, in the corporate limits of the town. and which was plant ed by the late MT. David Adams and tended with much painstaking care dur ing his lifetime, is indeed a scene of beau ty. The trees are laden with the mag nificent fruit, now rapidly maturing, and the yield of the orchard promises to be several hundred bushels. The Duchess variety seems to have been MT Adams favorite pear, though the Bartlett, the Seckel and the LaConte have not been neglected. These pears, when ripe, read | fly bring $4 per bushel, and during years past have brought that price in the or chard just as gathered from the trees, the purchasers saving Mr. Adams the trouble of shipping The present crop is as good as any of the previous ones | and possesses all of the fine points, A | visit to this orchard now is a treat in deed, as such sight of splendid pear | trees in full bearing and heavily laden with almost perfect fruit is rare indeed | in this section and equaled by few in | other sections. The fruit itself is not sur passed if indeed it is equaled by the best | grown in California and other fruit grow | ing regions. Another attraction of inter- est to the visitor pertaining to the or l chard is the large and conveniently ar- range and constructed fruit house, in which the fruit is brought to perfect ripe ness after being taken from the trees. It is thoroughly ventilated by large doors and windows, and can when the occa- sion requires, also be closed almost air tight-Shelby Sentinel.