Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-05-23

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editor Of the Aberdeen Examiner. have
been frequentiy claimed by. or cred
tied 20. other. Our readers will be
Interested in knowing the eircums,anee
tha; inspired them We felt il our
duty some years ago 70 settle the au-
th0rship Of The Bonnie blue Flag
asd il ix even . greater pleasure to
side.rzck the plagiaris;s who would
rob the real author Of the credit due
him
Innedi.sely after Johnsoa's surren-
der a. High Point. n c. numher Of
Confederate oheerS obtained trznspor-
tasion TO Richmond. Va. where they
awaited means 70 return 20 their homes
Several were Quzrtered at the Powhat-
tan Hotel. the guests OF its kind pro-
prietor. A Philadelphia comedy com
pany was staying there. and one Of the
lady p-rsormers-Nlss Annie Ruch-
requested that they would all furnish
her with their autographs I, 80 hap
pened that among the spoils Of the
Confederacy floating aro.nd At that
time through the town were many $50
bills ineomplete-that is. the reverse
sides or backs had no, been printed
and Miss Rueh presented each Of the
party with one of those bills upon
which TO write They complied with
her request. each writing \ compliment
or q sentiment, that Of Maj Jonas be-
ing the lines in question
The original copy on the note fell into
the hands of the editor OF the Metro
politan Record. Of New York. who
Published il under the heading Some
thing Too Good TO Re Lost and this
was its first appearance in print The
FIRST person. except the author. who
ever read il was Capt A b shell. OF
Louisville. who was one OF the party
.. the Powha,tan Hotel He was the
commander of Cleburne's Snapshot
er~ His criticism uas invited snd
passed upon the lines before they were
copied on the note
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Ass tsls aEsie casrk represented iss pay
rh.t ear sz1rrtax .eterass ears-1-
We kse. = ha1 hardly 4 val1- +, xssf.
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Bz; oar ssys thoarns little q pro. Or psy,
80 q, hills thaf ser. 0yer1ae.
We sn<. q u eSa<ef - ear sr.a1 tosay
T.as tie oest eur poor eszasry cSzis "a
k--p II 10 tells All eur Aistory ever.
Frea tie esrta q The er-sz ts - last.
M~ses;. Aa1 s-srn x tie Aag-l H0pe.
Llse ozr sope o< sscc>s 1t pass>f-
The good old counties Of Rankin and
Wayne are ~ present engaged ia q
new-fangied educational contest under
the management of the county super
intende1ts- The contest is between
the colored applicants for teachers IL
censes. and up TO date has developed
some rich. rare and raey answers TO
examination questiouS
An extended list of these replies
would doubtless surprise Of no. en-
hghtenl some people. but we have
room for Only one or two samples of
the truly original style Of education
prevailing among certain wOuld-he
teachers in the Wayne and Rankin
county eolored schools
In answer 10 the question. Who are
the MOrnonsgr this reply from o1e of
R2nkin's female applicants came forth:
They are = peculiar ser Of people that
lives in Utah They believes
in plurzitys of wives. and thinks old
maids don't have no souls Another.
in summing mp The Eastern Situa-
tiOn- opened up her FIRE of eloguenee
with the statement. In ui9ol the
concluded with sentence which de6es
all the ancient laws of grammar and
the modern rules of higher English- IL
reads. They 1.-THE Anericznsl has been
ineura,ed very noticeable
Wayne comes 70 the front with star
performer, whose dissertation on Phys
les would be = revelation to all the
medical exzmining boards in the land.
The liver sho1ld not be crowded
when il Is it drops down low and
causes diseases
Lymph IS an infanasioa Of the
trunk
Bills Is diseases that effects the liver
and causes sickness AZ the stomach
Evidently the writer meant TO say
bile. buf bids goes in this case
IL is plain there IS yet work to be
done in these and o.her eoanfies in
certain Directions
Yaxoo goes On steadily with the work
Of raising money for her cotton mill
She has go. .0ol-oo now. Six thousand
Of this was subscribed during the las,
fortnight Yaxoo City i. substantial.
growing city. and its people have much
reason for the intense local pride that
animAtes them AL alike. We rejoice at
every evidence of her growth
Mississippi has Abs Federal pension
ers. most Of whom are negroes. and, 50
says the yicksburg Herald. and il
knowSl most of this grand army of
dusky pensioners were recruited along
the river after viekSburg fell
L shipment OF more than common in
terest was started within the fortnight.
from r. W. Hinton & Co, a; Lumber
tou. and passed through Jackson via
the G. & s. l. z r 70 New Orleans
over the l. C. z r. and there. at the
Stuyvesant docks. was loaded on the
steamship Istraar. bound for South
Africa. via London The shipment was
of pine lumber-loo, 900 feet-and IL is
to be made into stamp mills for the