Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-07-04

mined to gather for its readers.
matters Of historic interest Their. ara
very few communities In which thsr.
mas not been. at some time. occurrences
o, more than ordinary interest These,
while not always Of historic value. ar.
always Of local value. and should be
collected and preserved. The writer
has long desired to make a TIN
through the interior sections Of Miss
iSssppt. for the special purpose Of col.
leering lust sucn information. and in
addition 10 all Of these valuable stories
the world would be anazet at the xrsa:
wealth Of curious and beautiful old
treasures hidden away in the homes
Of Mississippi
Among the things Of which IN.
Meteor speaks Is an interesting relic
IN the shape Of a sword Of the Revo
luton owned ~ Mr. J. NJ Thompson.
OF Naben- and descended to him
through his grandfather. John ThSup
son. Who came TO this country frur,
Scotland in isl He was then Is years
old and died At ths age Of -. and was
buried in Henry county. Va Mr.
Thompson enlisted at the beginning Of
the rzr. and served through it-seveu
years The sword which his grandson
50 values has blade al inches Iouz
and Ia inches wide The handle i
81, inches. making the sword - inches
long IL would seem a cumbersome
weapon 10 the soldier Of today. but
history records that IL did valiant ser.
vice in the attack On stony Point. a.
well as many other places
Mr. Thompson was fourteen years
old vhen his grandfather died but he
recalls. wildly the wonderful stories
he used TO tell Of his azhring DAYS,
Particularly does he recall the srory
Of stony Point-that memorable NJ
tack The old soldier said that II
vas our plan to scale the xaIl-a few
men to 90 AZ first. and when the Brit
ish fred a votsey the rest of the Auaerf.
cans who stood With ladder and bavuu~,
we're TO charge the British before thew
could reload OF the hundred meu
who answered the call for volunteer.
only twenty we're chosen for this des
perate attack Seventeen Of the twenty
were either killed or r0unted. aaa OF
the three remaining. one was Mr..
Thompson one 4 man IA ned CIexx
and the other Rane has been forgot
ten
The capture Of Stony Point ION IN.
Hudson about 40 miles above Ne-
York; has been carefully looked IN
BY the Neseor's correspondent. and
does not differ essentially fruur this
most interesting Of many Grand
fathers tales that our people could
remember
Communications have appeared in
several State papers recently. touehinz Z
the longevity Of certain citizens in
the various sections from which rheSe
letters we're written All Of these
have been read with interest hecauss
l. Is \ pleasure 10 know that the
days Of a good man have been Iong
in the arf-- A correspondent srou,
Aekerma1 has. 50 far. earned the blue
ribbon BY his report Of an old gentle
uan and lady. Mr.. and Mrs Shur,aker
VINO had lived TO the good old age ot
ioi and loo years Up TO 4 few years
before her death. Mrs ) walked
seven miles 10 ehureA each Sabbath
Another aged citizen Of that section
Mr. Whitehead despite his ninety
three (s5J years. continues to do al
his farm vork-plowz. makes rails
etc. and does It as well and as rapidly
as men on the bright side Of Fifty Nr
Whitehead helped build the first Ccur,
House AZ Louisville, Miss. AMONG
the numerous things that set this old
citizen apart as remArxahle. il the fac,
that he thinks nothing Of going %
town. horseback GA nilesl to trans
act his businesz-and more wonder
ful still. he has his third set Of natural
Cor should We say un-narural-l teeth
In excellent condition Ackerman
should advertise her air and water
along with other arrractfo1<-ard ws
viii soon have people lourreying q
Central Mississippi In search Of the
Fountain Of Youth
A correspondent from a neizhborins
shipping point writes TO the Crystal
Springs Meteor that, despite the good
quality Of vegetable shipments this
season. the prices have not heen good
because Of what is termed -faIs<
packing This 1t seems. has been
przctiesd 80 extensively by some
shippers as to have injured. In a meas
ure. all in that section This Ia bad
for the section and the State. a. il
takes much longer to kill a bad name
than IL does 10 make a good one and
that Is saying a good deal Truck
farming has done too much for the
planters Of this section for them %
allow their reputation to be injured
by a few careless. or dishonest, pack
ers- The Aeteor's advice Is good and
should be needed
While -hoeing bis own row In the
cotton fields Of Webster county last
spring. q farmer turned up. along with
the dirt. an old piece Of silver. which
turned out to be a coin bearing the
following inscription: Del Gratiz
Carolus Ill., I7es" On the reverse
side Is: -Hispau ct Ind Rex NJ z.
l. j. The coin Is In q remarkable
state Of preservation. and Is about the
size Of our silver dollar. The inscrfp-
tion Is zs bold and as clear as dollar
fresh from the mint lne farmer paid
IL TO his merchant as one dollar.
Needless to state the merchant won
be caught in any such folly
One Of the prettiezt and perhaps
uuire the most elegant boat cruising
along our Gulf Coast is the new rae
ing Yacht. The Pfcayune. owned ny
Nessrs. Leonard and forke Nicholson.
sons Of the late lanented Pearl
Rivers dear alike to readers and
writer's OF her own home State Her
'-boys-nov grown TO mans estate
are held in affection BY many for their
brilliant mothers sake. and all Of Us.
.~nerfzfIy of the old Press gang take