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YOU. NYU
A genuine case < f yellow fev r is
reported in Phi lade ‘r
During the late storm *> :
and half dollars worth of gro tt
crops were destroyed in o .e con 1 .
in New York.
T. II. McDow I,a, boon Mictcl by
the oran.l jury forth,: murder of EJi-
tor Dawson in Charleston. Me plead
noLouilty, and expects to he cleared
on the plea of self defence.
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Three years ago Rhode Island a-
dopted a prohibitory artide in her
constitution. On Thursday this ar¬
ticle was repealed, so prohibition is
ended in that state for the present.
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Mr. John Temple Graves, editor of
the Rome Tribune, made a speech be¬
fore the Alumni Association in
Athens on Thursday, which is said to
lx- the finest annual oration delivered
in Athens in years.
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A little insect called the “green
midge,” is destroying the wheat crop
in Indiana. Millions of them appear
in the fields drawing sap from the
stalks causing them to shrivel up.
They have not been seen before for
twenty five years, and very little is
known concerning them.
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Gen J. Ii. Lewis is the new post
master at Atlanta. lie is a native of
Pennsylvania, served in tho war in
the Federal army receiving a wound
which cost him his ann. After the war
he came to Georgia,and was appoint¬
ed state school commissioner. In 18 SO
lie was secretary of the International
Gotton exposition. For some years
ha lias been selling Rubber goods.
He says he cares nothing about the
politics of employes in the post office,
will keep only first class men, and
intends to make the Atlanta oflico
the very best in the country.
•
The Rev. Jl/. T. Martin a Baptist
minister is holding a series of revival
meetings in Georgia. Among the
newly converted, are members of
churches who think they were not con¬
verted when they united with the
church, and the Rev. Martin baptizes
them over again. Among these con¬
verts is a minister, the Rev. J. A.
McMurray who expects to be re-bap¬
tized. lie is a missionary of the Bap¬
tist State Board. It is reported the
Board does not approve of these ideas
of baptism, holding them to be un-
seviptural. The matter is creating
quite an interest in Baptist circles, as
it involves diverse opinions with ref¬
erence to the sacre 1 ordinance
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The subject of burying people alive
is attracting wide attention. Thrill¬
ing stories fill columns of newspapers.
To become rigid, pale and cold as in
death; to ho laid out, and dressed in
the garments of the grave ; to be
placed in the coffin ; to have the fu¬
neral sermon preached ; the weeping
friends take the last farewell look;fin-
ally the coffin lid screwed down, while
one is all the while perfectly con¬
scious, hearing all that is said, and
knowing all that is done, is a subject
by no means pleasant to contemplate.
Yet, if we are to believe the stories,
such things do happen,but how often,
no one knows. People should not
bury their friends unless certain they
are dead. This can positively lx>
known only when decomposition takes
place. The mysteries of the human
body and soul, of life and of death, are
too profound for human ken.
Mr. H. O. King, of Greenville, 8. C,
has invented a machine to take the
place of flagmen and prevent
road accidents. It is a very ingenious
contrivance, consisting of a small
placed on two wheels, one in front of
the other,so it runs on one track. Its
motive power is a spiral spring, and . it
will run much faster than a man can.
It has automatic arrangements for
throwing ' skv • rockets, • and lavingdown ' °
torpedoes. It an accident happens to
a train, the little car is placed 'upon
the track, and away it goes carrying
the signal flag, throwing up skv rock-
etivmd laying ‘ down to^edocs \ to *=» give
. Y\ hen .
warning o a coming tram. it
reaehes the distance of 800 yards, by
an ingenious device it is thrown out
of balance and jumps off the track
lying quietly down on its side. This
wonderful machine is being made by
the students in the tecnological school
in Atlanta.
The Toccoa News.
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Jx XX JX V 1 1 \ ii Jx. xX. X IT iNl I
TOCCOA HIGH SCHOOL.
The time has arrived when Toe-
con. should 1) l VO a school house-ade-
qu: to the needs of the city. There
should lie ample facilities for a prop¬
erly systematized school, embracing
all grades, and including all branches
of sl, "’- v frora clbklroa up to full
grow., men and women. I Ins will
require a bnildiug of consul,-rnh e
siw; liter ,01ns should ho properly
planned and turn shed until
MODERN APPLIANCES
for the present advanced, needs of
educational work, making it a first
class school in all its appointments
A bile the mam idea should be to
provide for the present and future re¬
quirements of Toecoa, the plan may
very properly includes a school for
OUTSIDE STUDENTS.
A large territory for many miles a-
round, is destitute of a school of a
high grade, from which students will
naturallv come to this city if a suita-
ble building and good accommodations
are provided. They will greatly aid
in defraying the cost of running the
school without adding materially to
the expenses. One hundred students
from abroad may not require any
more classes or teachers than are neo
essary for our home children, while
they will bring to the city hundreds of
dollars in tuitions, and thousands of
dollars for food and clothing every
year. Besides the ordinary studies
of all good high schools, a
BUSINESS COLLEGE
department should be added giving
the students a thorough commercial
education, and fitting them for keep¬
ing accounts and transacting the bu¬
siness of all occupations from the me¬
chanic and farmer up to the mer¬
chant and banker. 'Ibis is the kind
of education our young men and wo¬
men mainly need. There should al¬
so he included a
NORMAL D K R A R TMENT
for training teachers, and fitting them
for their duties in the common schools.
This would necessarily require the
management and instruction of the
whole school to he of the highest
character, greatly increasing its pop-
ularity and usefulness, and bringing
it to the front rank of schools for pri¬
mary and secondary
throughout the state. The natural
and necessary question is; what will
Ly the
COST OE THE DLILDING?
That depends on the probable num¬
ber of students aud classes. Consid¬
ering the population of Toccoa and
the country tributary, the writer,
were the matter left to him, would
say $10,000- is the minimum sum;
$S.000 for the building and $2,000
for furniture and apparatus.
This would make a convenient
substantial building sufficient for all
requirements for years to come, at
least until the growth of the school is
such as to require additional build¬
ings.
But funds are wanting, how can
tliey^ be obtained? This of course,
must be left with the • Mayor and
Council. Already bonds for $6,001
are ready to bo issued. Even this
sum though small, would build a com-
fortable.neat school house, which may
answer for some years,
The News utters the sentiments
ot the people in urging the impors
tance of taking immediate steps to¬
wards establishing a school that will
afford the best educational advan¬
tages possible for the children of our
city and the surrounding country,
WILL IT PAY?
The payment of the bonds being
extended over a series of years
will scarcely be felt by the tax pay**
era. The following advantages Avill
necessarily result,
1st. Real estate in the city will be
immediately than enhanced in value more
the cost of the bonds.
2nd. Outside students will bring a
l nrg0 amount herq. very year. For ex-
ample, 100 students from abroad
would pay m tuition $2000 which
", ouW 1h? « M|> »> Jiving
the expenses of the school. Their
board aml expenses would not aver
age less than $3 a week which would
amount to $12,000 Many of them
would buy clothing here and it is quite
*>fe to say Unit lOOrtudcntofrom »-
broad would spend m loccoa ^15,000
every year, a sum which would eer-
taiuly fully compensate for the cost
of buildings.
3d.The influence of the school would
naturally bring good j>eople here to
buy land and build homes for the sake
of educating their children aud en¬
joying the advantages of good socie¬
ty in an educational town.
TOCCOA, GA. SATURDAY, JUNE 22. 1889
FROM EASTON ALL E,
June peaches are ripe.
Harvesting is in full blast.
‘The poor man’s crop,'’blackberries,
are coining in.
Some of our farmers are laying-by
ct , rn .
P enty “frying size” chickens, arid
girls on hand in this vicinity.
Garden vegetables are doing well,
and most everybody has ‘snap beans’
for dintier.
Mr. Hugh Cojlins can boast of
having cotton blossoms the 14th.
.1. P. Farrow had “roseu-ears” the
14th. inst.
BiP’e Stouecyphers b:.b,' is very
ill.
II. N. Kelley’s little 7 year-old
daughter had a very narrow escape
fr0rn drownin 2 the ]4th ’ at Stonecy-
pher & Looney’s mill pond. She was
8aved from a watei 7 g rave b y the
tiin ely assistance of her father, who
was onl y a « hor t distance away when
she fell in.
Mr. J. P. Scott and Miss Dora San¬
ders were united in the bonds of mat-
rimony last Sunday morning by Rev.
W. YV. Stowe. We wish Jep and his
‘better half’ a long and peaceful life,
We went to Red Hollow church
last Sunday, to hear Prof. Vaughn
sing, and we must confess that the
singing was the best and sweetest we
ever had the pleasure of hearing. A
large congregation was present, and
the house was filled to overflowing
with eager listeners. All seemed to
be delighed with the charming music.
The entire day was devoted to sing¬
ing. Plenty of baskets were brought
out, filled with tho good things of
this world, and all parties satisfied
their appetites with those bodily re¬
freshments.
The weather is somewhat warmer
now, which makes us fevi liko surely
summer had come to stay awhile.
For the last teu days cotton has
grown more than for six weeks pre¬
vious ;corn and cotton is now looking
well and growing very fast, and the
present outlook is very flattering.
Wheat in this section is only toler¬
able; and oats are cf the “cut short”
var ’ et )8 year,
You cannot imagine our surprise at
seeing the letter we atrempted to
write, in print, as we justly believed
it was destined for the waste basket.
Tab Heel.
Eastonalle, Ga., June 18th.
'YtioyTtTlton.
Rev. J. A. Moor, aged 80, died
very suddenly, Sunday June 2d. near
\\ r oodlawn, Murray county. Having
lost his first wife several years ago,
he afterward married a widow Hayes,
which union soon became very disa¬
greeable ;for she proved herself to be
quite lewd; and finally left him. His
life, for several years, has been one
of trouble,. But trust his troubles
are over, and that he is gone home
to rt stin the “sweet by aud by.”
A difficulty occurred at Bill
Ground court, some time back in
which YY T . D, Heartsell, Esq., narrow¬
ly escaped getting seriously hurt.
Berry Masengill and Tate Clark were
coming together in a fight, and Mr.
Id. ran between them to command
the peace, when Clark, striking Mas¬
engill with a knife, cut several holes
in the clothing of Mr. Heartsell. For-
uately no serious damage was done in
the contest.
Some one visited the smoke house
of Mr. Stroud,- of Wells, Murray Co.,
Ga. a few days ago,and took two fine
pieces of bacon without the consent
of the old man. The thieving was
done during the day while there was
no one at home.
A Sunday School picnic was held
at llesaca Saturday 8th; it is said to
have been quite a nice affair.
If berry patches could talk they
would tell one that they have many
friends; as it is nothing strange to
see children, and others too, going to
and from them on the lookout for
berries.
Rev. J. H. Philips, returning home
frem this place the other day was
vertaken by a heavy wind and rain,
aud has been on the decline ever
since. His is a very bad case of
chronic blood poison of several years
standing. It is said he is now confined
to his room.
Ws are glad to say that Mrs. J.
Townsend, of Holly Creek, who has
been confined to her bed for |Ted
time is improving and it is 1
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Die picnic at this piace I nursday
u as a big affair, but we are sorry to
Sa t ^ iat ’ rs lli!IuefK -° v as bl the
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u rong directior. Drinking,
swearMig, quarreling, dancing and
bghtmg were the most prominent
features connected with the occasion
and one b made to feel that Tilton
would have been better off if such an
occasion had not been. It is said
there were twelve fights during
day. Dalton was well
ti.ere being about four or Uve linn-
dred from there, lion. \V. O. Glenn
of Dalton, and representative of
V\ hit field county made a short speech
at 11-80 a. m., but in the evening be-
came very much intoxicated and re-
turned from this place drunk. Great
crowds poured in bom Murray,
Whitfield and Gordon counties. We
are sorry to say that many church
members were decoyed into the evils
of the day. The Dalton Cornet Band
rendered several good pieces of mu¬
sic, but the various scenes kept one’s
mind so confused that the music was
b y no means enjoyable.
Rev. Mr. Tyson, of this place,
found a swarm of bees, settled near
his residence Sunday morning, and
he went to work and soon had them
consigned to a box, and they are
working nicely.
It was a mistake to say in last
week’s letter that the cotton was not
killed,for time has proven the reverse
to be true. While cotton is not all
killed we can say that the frost of
June 1st did kill some of it. But if
all our cotton, and corn too,had been
killed, yet we would have been much
better off than the thousands who
were consigned to watery graves up
in Pennsylvania. So, upon the whole
notwithstanding the wickedness of
our section, we are greatly blessed.
The directors of the cotton mills
at Dalton are proposing to furnish
the Alliances of this section with cot-
t n goods for covering cotton; they
don’t think, however, that they are
prepared to make it the desired
width, nor to weigh more than 11 oz.
per yard. They have made some
samples, which were presented to the
county Alliance,which met in Dalton
Saturday. The Alliance was not
prepared to make a contract with
them, and it is not known yet wheth 1
er they will make any further ar¬
rangements in that way.
Mrs. Pygmies thinks that the
the “pencil boys” get about out of
“soap” sometimes; but she desires to
say that sho has just made a good lot
of soap, and will divide with them.
And now, fellow ‘ pencil pushers”
cheer up, there is plenty of soap yet
for us boys.
It is quite a pleasure to exchange
“locals” through the columns cf the
Toccoa News. Pygmies.
\\ T ben you are headache, constipated, with
loss of appetite, take one
of Dr. J. II. McLean’s Little Liver
and Kidney Pillets. They are pleas¬
ant to take and will cure you. 25
cents a vial.
IF 11ft .i ...... at lil.S
Or you are all worn out, really yood for nothing
it is general debility. Try
71 Ro¬ IV-V litox It ITT Fits.
It will cure von. and give a good appetite. Sold
by all dealers in medicine.
FROM TOCOOaTvALLEY.
Mr. Joe Grant, of Clarksville was
in the Valley on business last YY r ed-
nesday. Come again Joe. We think
the above would be echoed by some
of the young ladies cf the neighbor-
hood.
Mr. Thomas Taylor, Miss Lucretia
Sisk and Mr. B. S. Vandiver, of Red
Hill, were shaking hands with rela-
tives and friends here Saturday and
Sunday,
The many friends of Miss Ida
Griggs will be glad to hear of her
rapid recovery from herrecent
Ordinary Edge and Mr. Arthur
Russell,of Clarksville,attended church
at Shiloh Sunday,
The writer had the pleasure of at-
tending a picnic near Powel’s Store,
S. C Saturday .After fhe threatening
cluuds of the morning had cleared a-
way, we found ourselves among a
merry throng of picnicers, who had
gathered themselves beneath the
spreading boughs of the ancient oaks
from the shade of which the coolest
of water bubbled up and meandered
away among the grass and shrubbery
of beautiful green. «."GT' Hie crow J gath-
ered over this ground, some to play
games, others to talk and listen to
of music rendered by an amateur
band. Toecoa was represented by
the Misses Ramsays, Bessie Davis and
Birdie May Jones; Westminster, by
Misses Burns and King. Dinner was
spread upon the grass in quantity
amply sufficient for the number there
which the people gathered in
the school house and danced to the
music of the violin and banjo.
votes takes ox the uuoum
Miss Bird-.e May Jones heroically
draws the peg amid cheers when she
looses.
When the banjo is being ‘flunked,’
Mr. Julius Ramsay throwsaway pa-
ternal cares and displays an unconi-
m on amount of activity,
The girls are rather hard on Char¬
lie Jarrett, judging from the size of
the peg we saw being prepared for
him to root.
Mr. George Jerrett’s knife got so
it was up every time he throwed.
Mr. John Griggs got lively every
time the violin was played. J,
Cronpv suffocations, night coughs
and all the common affections of the
throat and lungs quickly relieved by
Dr. J. II. McLean's Tar YYine LuiG
Bairn.
mF" SvGWN’ii BUYERS
Curt s Iniiitrestioi), I’.iliousm'ss, Dyspepsia Main-
ri:i, Nervousness, and General Debility. Physi¬
cians rceovnineuil it. All dealers sell it. Genuine
has trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper.
‘MUSIC HAITI CHARMS.’
Wo would recommend all who
wish to secure a first class Piano or
Organ to send for catalogues to the
B. Slioninger Co. Fifth Avenue New
1 ork. Established in 1830 their fac¬
tory at New Haven, Conn., has ex -
panded until r.ow it is one of the
largest and most completely equip¬
ped of its kind in the country.
Their instruments are shipped to
all quarters of the globe, and among
the flattering testimonials of which
they are recipients, may be found t lie
signatures of prominent patrons from
every part of the civilized world.
If your kidneys arc inactive, you
will feel and look wretched, even in
the most cheerful societ}’, and melan¬
choly on the jolliest occas ons, Dr.
•j. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney
Balm, will set you right again. §1.
bottle.
NOTICE TO TRESSPASSERS.
I hereby forbid all persons from
hunting or fishing on my lands,or en¬
tering upon the same with fire arms
without my leave. Trespassers will
be prosecuted to the full extent of the
law. June 8 th 1889. Wm. Haves
IN THE SUMMER OF SUCCESS.
The June number of The Southern
Cultivator is incomparably the hand¬
somest and most interesting and val-
auble periodical ever published any¬
where. Its table of contents covers
the entire range of topics connected
with every department of farm life,
and the practical information impacted
in a single number is invaluable. The
Cultivator is pre-tminently practical,
and its motto is: we strive to
make eaeh issue belter and more
practical than its predecessor. YY r e
reco mnieml it to our readers. Send
on one dollar and get it for one year
Address The Cultivator Publishing
Co., Drawer M, Atlanta, Ga.
NEW YORK LETTER.
a. t. stewart’s millions.
So the fight over the millions of
dollars ieft by Mrs. A. T. Stewart is
ended at last, and the contestants !
have decided to accent $600,000 as a
compromise. The ;
wonder is that the ‘
lawyers did not keep it up in L.mfinB
tely. The first hearing in the
was in January, 18S8, when one of tin
lawyers Mr. Choate,sarcastically re
marked that it would take about ten
days. It took Imn that length
time to cross^xamine one witness,
and the whole testimony took over
year. Mrs. Stewart died in October
1886, leaving about $20,000,000
be divided among her relatives and
Judge Hilton. The contest was
begun uutii two years later and in
were engaged s me of the most prom¬
inent lawyeis in the country,
ing Joseph 11. Choate, Roscoe Conk-
ling. ex-Surrogate Rolling, Judge
Gilbert and Elihu Root. jPhe fees of
the lawyers , it is said will amount
to $500,000.
A , sea ,‘“ Imn just m few “ clays old is
a
the great attraction at Central Park
now. He is the second sea lion born
in New York City. lie is the color
of a 3/altese kitten, and his mother
him about by the nape of the
neck, mu ch as a cat carries a kitten.
He makes a sound which could not be
told from the bleating of a iamb. The
httle animal is not yet able to swim
for two weeks his mother will
kec P hira safb (m ’ hind. At the
end of that time she will carry him
into the tank of water on her hack,
IIc wil1 livs on a iV “ lk lliet till he is
s:x mo, dhs old, and then hi* mother
will wean him and he will begin to
subsist on solid food such as bass and
herring.
GKAND lodge, f. and a. m.
The 108th Annual Comunmica-
tion of the Grand Lodge of Free and
and’Acccptcd Masons was held here
last week. For the first time in its
history the Grand bodge mot in a
building owned by the fraternity, and
entirely free from debt or ennum-
. branee. lor .. four r the i labor i r
years
clearing , ” off , r4i tne debt , * on the ,,, Temple / ,
. has absorbed . . , „ the attention .. of the fra-
termty, . and , the .. icjoicmg .. at , its sue-
cessful result is . heartfelt. , , P ,? Ex-Grand T , n ,
Master Frank R. Lawrence, who has
held that exalted position during all
this time, found the Grand Lodge in
debt, $100,000 on the Temple . The
rer.orts in the hands of the Grand
Secretary shows the fraternity in the
State to be in excellent financial con-
dition. One Hundred Thousand dol-
lars were appropriated for the pro-
posed Masonic Home to be built in
Utica, and John YV. Vrooman was e-
lected Grand Master.
Edwin Arlington.
Old people suffer much from disor
dc-sr of fie urinary organ*, and area !
ways gratified at the wonderful cf-
Lets of Dr J. II. McLean’s Liver and
Kidney Balm m banishing their
troubles. $1. per bottle.
“The Land of the Midnight Sun”
must indeed be an interesting portion
of the earth’s surface to visit if we
may judge from the extremly interes¬
ting and beautifully illustrated article
about that region that appears in
Demorest’s Monthly Magazine for
July; and that the modes of travel
in that far-off country are ages behind
the times is clearly shown by turning
to another article in thepsarae number
of this valuable Family Magazine.
In a most charming manner we are
told of the “Comforts of Modern
Railway Travel” in our own country,
and the illustrations gives ns a corn-*
prehensive idea of the luxury one
may find in one of our palaces on
wheels, from the kitchen to the bou¬
doir. “Birds in Our Homes,” by
Olive Thorne Miller, also handsomely
illustrated, will pleas e nil lovers of
feathered friends; “Aids to Beauty,’
a series of articles commenced in this
number, will certainly be of great
benefit to those who wish to enhance
their personal charms. The stories
in the July number arc particularly
attractive and summery, and the
beautiful “Rose” frontispiece is a
study in colors well worthy of fram¬
ing. Published by YV. Jennings Bem-
orest, 15 East 14th Street, New York.
Ducks can be hatched at any time
during the year, but much better
growth and finer plumage is secured
Gy hatching early.
OUR EXCHANGES.
Athens Chronicle: Two of the
leading colored men ir. the city are
forming a society to rid Athens of
the idle negro tnicves now in our
midst. They are getting up a list of
the names of a worthless class who
infest Athens and who never work nr
p:y ta X;S . UlS . list .. t 13 to , I e pres*!-.
ed to the police force, and the va-
grants run off. Tney are engaged in
a pra i 3ew orthy undertaking and will
receiyc U)e thanks of the community.
Murphy Bulletin: Goldman Cry-
son, of Bcavcrdam Township, is the
possessor of a Plymonth Rock chick-
en that v/a3 born with four legs. It
;s now three weeks old, and promises
to mature into a good sized hen.
Anew substitute for jute has been
discovered by the Momroe Advertiser.
Its name is not known, but it con
tpius a fine, llireaiKhke, strong fibre,
easily controvertable into large or
small threads that can be woven with-
out difficulty, Its cultivation is to
be attempted.
NO. 24.
i 5 "cshninisicr Banner: TLcre is a a
gentleman w l.n r,v QO - ^ , C
from this 3
place that million ha rT . *
t*> something over one I?
IIis claims are gojd and itwillmvt
: be long until he will be in possession
j of tins property which consists f
Stocks and Bonds, money and a con
sidcrable number of fine residences
and stores in a large Western city
about tiie size of it- Ivertisim^ II 6
q nn: ^ oriiC mcn . n ^ Retook
! tIlc Jndian tried f eflt bers
j one f ea ther laid it on a board and
s!o])t on it aU nig|)( . In the morning "tenth”
i )e remarked, “ White man say
j ers heap soft, white man d n fool”
Some business men invest a qnartCT
or fifty cents in advertising and then
because they do not at once realize a
great increase of business declare
that advertising does not pay.
r* ; i „ , ^ ^ ^
r ,, and I,. W.II. w "tt /° Maxwell, * of
'r PP ‘ Dg “
„ .^C'lGVakl™ is\"““u£ 2
‘’chgbted . with .. ,,, Blue Ridge. " lie says 1
Hl . the natural „ . , advantages , such
are
... that it. ... bound , . , be
is , to the . lsading
town the ®
on Macon , r and , Nprth _ y Gcorc
- railroad. , As ,
gia „ a summer resort he
. 0t ^ . ^
,j' W “ f ° Und
Pi 0 10118 - ° cor S la or
”
jfcrtb CaroUna ‘
^’bottom, ,s K a pair New of Era: hatched Mr. M. VT.
‘ geese in
| , cf 1S41.
C spring Ihe goose wa3
\ ct a Q1 “‘ k al!OU tlen days ago.
, r
c ® anternow !' v ^ n g« Mr* Hollis
' 10us 1 1 ,rc0 home-made
° llar ^ oa p ^ that ^ is was motkcr made in the spring
*
£ *r. R, A. Mizzell reports that he
has , a hen fifteen old, sho lays
years
every day. That hen has borne much
fruit,
Mr. William Adams, thebatchclor,
has a peacock thirty-five j'ears old
that has mated with a turkey hen.
ITS A GOOD STORY, ANYHOW.
A well known A T ew Yorker has had
an adventure which discounts by 10,-
1)99 the average conventional parrot
story. He was fond of knocking
bout in out of the way quarters of
the world, aud left ship on the Cen¬
tral American coast with a party of
comrades to explore the wilderness.
During a cruise of several months
the entire ship’s company— a merry
crew—had devoted their odd hours
in singing to a parrot. The sailors
had lost r>o oppotunities, and taught
the bird all the seafaring lingo, aud a
.
few more or less elegant expletives
besides. When the exploring party
had bidden the bird and the sailors
good-by the}' plunged into the heart
of the tropical forest. After twenty-
right miles of mortal effort they
reached their camping place for the
night. Just as ilie sun was going
down they were startled to hear in
the primeval silence a familiar
voice calling down from the top of a
tall palm, “Avast there 1 Ho, heave
ho!''
It was the ship’s parrot. But be.-
fore they could recover their startled
senses the faithful bird, having flown
ahead to prepare this unexpected
treat for its chums of tho voyage,
fluttered down to the top of a dead
stump near by and, with a shrill call,
summoned thousands of the little
green paroquets of the country. It is
said that 11,000 of them were coun¬
ted as they circled around the great
gray African oracle on the stump,
and Gnaliy took their places on the
ground row after row. The explorers
looked on in dumb amasemmt.
When the feathered assemblage be-
I came quiet,the ship’s parrot burst in¬
to the words of a familiar song and
to the inextinguishable laughter of
the travelers, the consternation of the
rest of the tropical world, and the de¬
light of the festive precentor, the
whole of the 11,000 paroquets, with
one mighty burst of song, broke into
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