The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-15
= Jonathan Bass, the original Of

Jonathan Bass, the original Of
the many celebrated "ossifed" men,
first noticed that his joints were stiff
fleming into solid bone in the fall of
1848. At that time he lived at Cam
bria, N Y, and, although his frame
continued to ossify as rapidly as the
disease could make progress, he did
not die until quite recently. He first
took to his bed in 1857 and remained
there perfectly helpless, with every
Joint perfectly solid, unable to stir or
even masticate food, for upwards Of
35 years During all that awful or
deal his constitutional health remain
ed in what the physicians pronounced
"splendid condition. His was un-
doubtedly the most remarkable case of
total ossiffcation on record.
England has sent 672 women
missionaries to China within the past
FIVE years. Thirty-six left in q body
recently for work in China and India.
The proportion of women who take
this rigorous and self-denying work on
themselves is far greater than that of
men.
Loves young dream-A little
signing, "a little crying, "a little. dying,
and very great deal Of lying.
= new way to preserve grapes on the
vine is reported in the Allg. Weinzeitung.
In.the neighborhood of the vineyard, q
hole is excavated about three feet deep,
small rods being placed acrossth cavity.
The grapes that are not quite ripe are cut
off. vine and all, and suspended from
these rods In such way that the grapes
do not touch the ground below. When
the cavity is filled with grapes, boards
are laid across the top and covered with
q layer of earth, which is packed close, 80
as to prevent the entering of air, as we'll
as of the frost. In this way grapes will
keep until late in the spring without
losing any Of their aroma, and can be
taken outin perfect condition at any time.
When one of these holes Is opened it can
not be closed again, and its contents must
be used or shipped at once.
- The article from Blacksburg in Sat-
urday's State and In the Washington cor.
respondence of the Ne,0s and Courier in
regard to the pitohfork sent to Senator
Tillman, both missed the cream Of the
joke. The Washington letter said that IL
was sent by one Of the Senator's "ad.
miring constituents" On the contrary
the sender, Mr.. Motz, of Brewer Mine in
Lancaster County, is most earnest pollt.
ical opponent of the Senator, and sent the
pitchfork simply as joke on Tillmar
for his threats of pitchforking the Presi.
dent. He addressed 1t to the Senate
Chamber in the hope that it would be de-
llvered there.
New York World: Probably moi
many people are aware that December
| just passed was different from any Other
since the beginning of the Christian era
December, 1895, enjoyed the unique priv.
ilege Of having two new moons, which Is
| phenomenon that has not occurred in
any December in 1896 years. The coin
cidence of the last event of this kind hap.
| pening in the same year as the birth o.
| Christ, was not widely noted, however
or it would probably have been looked
upon by many as significant. The oc.
currence was purely an astronomical one
| what they are doing. It was learned
| incidentally yesterday that No. 5 of the
Pelzer company, the biggest single mil
in the South and one of the biggest in the
world and one of the first of its kind. {
mill run by electricity, began work. i
started from Its electric power, transmitted
from three miles away, as smoothly as 6
silk bolt running over satin wood post
and went right ahead without hitch or 6
Jar. Pelzer goes into the new year witt
the biggest plant this side Of the Potomac
river in operation GreenviIle Ne,1S, Dec
| "a.
| "A hundred pound shell that had lair
innocently about the yard of farm neal
Williamsburg, Va. was used the Other
day to prop up kettle in which water
was to be boiled for q hog killing
There were two young men concerned
one white and one black. The latter be-
lieved the she'll to be dangerous ant
dragged it out Of the fire, but the more
intelligent white declared it to be unload
ed, rolled it back, and when 1t exploded
| lost both arms and was q good dea
knocked to pieces in other ways.
| "A horse which Gen. John Morgan
rode in his famous raid in 1862 died neal
Versailles, KY. q few days ago. Morgan
| rode the horse into Versailles and left Il
there, taking in its place a fine mare
The horse was, when 1t died, more thar
81 years old.
- The Supreme Court of the United
States holds that smooth worn ten-cent
piece is still legal tender, and common
carrier will refuse it at the risk of paying
in damages many times as many good
dollars as there are cents in the abradeo
coin.
= An eccentric New York gentleman
has had his house painted black, as 6
token of grief for the loss of his wife.
- The grip seems to be on another grand
tour through the country. This Time il
is in modified form.