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PHILOMATH INSTITUTE.
Editor Oglethorpe Echo :
We attended the annual examination
and exhibition of Philomath Institute,
on Thursday, 29th July, and knowing j
the deep interest which the Echo always j
manifests in all matters of county con
cern, we take the liberty of sending you
a short account of it. This school is lo
cated in the charming little village of
Woodstock, in this county. It was
originally started and brought to a very
high pitch of excellence as an institution
of education, under that grand old man,
the Rev. Dr. Reed, whose memory is still
so green throughout our county, and it
is now conducted by Mr. C. T. Boggs, a
highly competent and experienced edu
cator.
The exercises commenced at 8 o’clock
a. m. The whole forenoon was occupied
in an examination of classes in the de
partment of Sciences, Ancient Languages,
Mathematics and Literature. The ex
amination was impartial and practical,
and the ready and correct answers of the
pupils gave evidence that their time had
not been unprofitably employed. In
fact, the whole examination must have
been a source of deep gratification to the
parents and friends of the young scholars,
and of pleasing reflections to the. latter.
Little children, some of whom are but
six or seven years of age, evinced a
knowledge of English Grammar that was
remarkable. One little fellow (Bennie
Drake,) we suppose about ten years of
age, was examined upon the whole of
English Grammar, and his quick, correct
answers showed him possessed of a thor
ough knowledge of the analysis of our lan
guage. Many similar instances of remark
able proficiency among all the pupils, did
space pcrmjt. Suffice it to say, that the
manner in which allacquited themselves
is worthy of the highest praise.
After all had partaken of one of those
matchless basket dinners which the good
ladies of Oglethorpe know so well how to
prepare, the exercises were resumed—
opening with prayer by Rev. Brantley
Calloway. Two little girls and three
small boys then sang a “ Greeting Song”
in a manner so pleasing that every heart
was captivated. Compositions were then
read by the charming young ladies, and
speeches delivered by the young men
and boys—the “Fisher Band” ever and
anon discoursing sweetest music. We
regret that we may not notice separately
the compositions and speeches. The
young ladies read with great clearness
and most melodious voices, while the
delivery of many of the speeches by the
young gentlemen would have put some
of our public speakers to the blush.
Rev. John G. Gibson then delivered
the address. His subject was an old
one—“ Education”—but his manner of
treating it was novel and attractive.
“ Shoddyism” received a rough handling.
The address, to say the least of it, was
entertaining and full of instruction.
The exercises took place in the T*res
byterian Church; the house was crowded
almost to suffocation, and hundreds of
people gathered on the exterior, seeking
in vain for standing room within.
In conclusion, we take occasion to say
that the entire occasion reflects the high
est credit upon Prof. Boggs, upon his
pupils, and upon our glorious old coun
ty, the Mother of them all. Kerr.
——— . —.—
A Wild Boy Caught. —A gentleman
arrived from Marcos yesterday, and
brought the news of the capture of a
wild boy a few miles from that place.
The boy was first discovered wallowing
in a pond of shallow water, and when
approached he broke like a quarter-horse,
running about a mile before he could be
overtaken by men on ponies. Riding
up near, the boy was lassoed, when a
fierce contest ensued, the strange being
striking, kicking and lunging about in
the most fearful manner, and apparently
being frightened almost to death. Fi
nally he was overpowered, tied and taken
to the house of the man who first discov
ered him. His body was covered with
hair about four inches long, aud from
size and appearance he is supposed to be
about twelve years old. He is unable to
talk, but possesses reasoning power, and
now follows his captor about like a dog.
lexas paper.
A Distressed Agriculturist.—A
Western paper tells a story of a distress
ed agriculturist : A farmer dropped in
here on Wednesday last to pay his rent,
putting on a long face to correspond
with the times. On entering the house
he told the landlord that, times being so
bad, he could not raise the money at all,
and dashed a bundle of greenbacks on
the table.
“ There,” said he, “ that is all I can
pay.”
The money was taken up and counted
by the landlord, who said :
*“ Why, this is twice as much as you
owe!”
“ Dane me! give it me again,” said he
farmer. “I am dashed if I ain’t took it
out of the wrong pocket.!’
—A farmer in Spalding county found
a way to make a balky horse go. He
took him to a strange town aud put him
up at auction. He went for SB-3.
CRAWFORD, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1875.
VON MOLTKE.
Editor Oglethorpe Echo:
I notice going the rounds in “the pa
per” a criticism of Von Moltke on West
Pointism, and indirectly charging that
our late war failed to bring to the front
or to the view of the world any Generals
of distinction, either in the Northern or
Southern armies, and charges that
“ even their respective partisans hardly
claim any leader of transcendent genius;”
and attributes it to the fact that both
sides looked only to “West Point” for
their Generals.
I am not going “to speak out in the
meeting” for the purpose of either de
fending West Point or Jefferson Davis,
for history will defend both, but, if we
of the South are silent, the world may
take it as an admission of the truth of the
assertion. While I give to Von Moltke
the credit of having commenced and ter
minated two gigantic wars successfully,
yet do charge that no General, either of
ancient or modern times, could boast of
more war material or a greater number
of well disciplined soldiers than he had
at his command, and with all, let him
speak who will and show in what battle
of either of his wars in which he or any
one of his Generals will compare with
Lee or Jackson. On what field did he
meet the Austrians with less than equal
numbers? On what hill or plain did he
dare meet the French with less than two
to one ? Was it at or near Weissenburg ?
There he had five to one. Was it at
Gravelotte? He had three to one, and
with this great advantage in his favor,
had to bring the “ King’s body guard,”
so great was his distress, and to save the
day and stave off another attack of Ba
zain, used the ruse de guerre of marching
the same soldiers over, over, and over
again the line of battle for fear of anoth
er onslaught of the French. How was it
atSedan ? Went into the fight with two
to one and had to call in a reserve of
ninety thousand to save the day.
Now look at that picture and then
upon this. In the valley of Virginia, in
one day’s time, General Stonewall Jack
son met three armies, either of which
outnumbered his own two and three to
one. Please tell me—who can—in what
engagement Jackson ever met his anta
gonist with equal numbers?
And shall I refer to General Lee’s
many, many battle in which he fought
two, three and five to one. How stood
the case at Sharpsburg ? Lee had forty
thousand against one hundred and twen
ty five thousand. How at Fredericks
burg or at the Wilderness, Chancellors
ville or the road to Richmond, by Gener
al Grant, in which engagements General
Lee killed and disabled three and a half
times as many of his enemies as he had
soldiers under him ?
Then, VonMoltke,“ tell it not in Guth,
publish it not in the streets of Askalon,”
lest someone takes it as true and rejoice
with the world in triumph, that educa
tion and training are not necessary to
bring out genius and distinction, and
that we had not Generals either of dis
tinction or genius.
More anon. T. M.
I ->#■■
Average Personal Wealth.
A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post has put himself to the
trouble of finding the average wealth
from the census of each citizen of the re
spective States of the United States. It
is something new to us and our readers,
and from them the correspondent will
receive thanks for his enterprise. We
give it:
The average personal wealth through
out the whole United States and Territo
ries is $772. The wealth per capita in
the various States is as follows : In Al
abama, $202; Arkansas, $322 ; California,
$1,097 ; Connecticut, $1,441 ; Delaware,
$777 5 Florida, $234 ; Georgia, $226 ; Ilii
noise, $835 ; lowa ; S6OO ; Kansas, $506 ;
Kentucky, $431 ; Louisiana, $454 ;
Maine, $555 ; Maryland, $824 ; Massa
chusetts, $1,463 ; Michigan, $605 ; Min
nesota, $513; Mississippi $252; Missouri,
s<46 ; Nebraska, $435 ; Indiana, $754 ;
Nevada, $530 ; New Hampshire, $793 ;
New York, $1,481 ; North Carolina, $243;
Ohio, $838; Oregon, $506; Pennsylvania,
$l,OBl ; Rhode Island, $1,366 ; South
Carolina, $294 ; Tennessee, $395 ; Texas,
$194; Vermont, $711; Virginia, $334;
West Virginia, $431 ; Wisconsin, $659.
A Queer Tenant.—This Texas liz
ard story is from the Dallas Commercial:
A singular scene was presented to a
I number of gentlemen yesterday. On
cutting a large watermelon, comfortably
in the center was a small, yellow spotted
lizard, about four inches in length.
Apparently lifeless when taken out,
it was soon resuscitated on being placed
i in the sun, but lived only a few minutes.
I It was of a beautiful brown color, with
white stripes aud yellow spots. Most sin
' gular of all, like a fish caught in the sub
terranean rivers of the Mammoth Cave,
in Kentucky, it was destitute of the or
gans of vision. It was secured by Colo
nel Merrick, who will preserve it in spir
its, and send it to the Smithsonian Insti
j tute, to be added to the wonders and cu
j riosities of the national museum.
ALL SOBTS.
—Keely’s motor has gone to meet per
petual motion.
—You can always tell a business man
that advertises. He invariably wears a
smile upon his countenance.
—lt is one of the curiosities of natural j
history that a horse enjoys his food most 1
when he hasn’t a bit in his mouth.
—Andrew Roeder is a Milwaukee ba
ker whose left hand offending him, he
yesterday deliberately chopped it off.
—Would you believe it ? There are
a million and half of Grangers in the
United States.
—A wagon tongue guides while a wom
an’s runs. Put the two together and
you would have a first rate locomotive.
—The verbatim report of the Beecher
trial is published at four dollars. Every
man with a family ought to be without
one.
—The Christianized Fejees have apos
tatized, and gone back to the worship of
their indigenous gods, because of the
measles.
—The latest California institution—a
milksmen’s mutual aid society of San
Francisco. One holds the can while the
other pumps.
—The man whose wife gave away his
last bottle of cock-tail to a sick beggar,
has since been heard to mildly express
the opinion charity should be gin at home.
—An epidemic of wife-killing has
broken out in the City of Churches, it
seems. Four attempts by husbands to
make themselves widowers were reported
Thursday.
—The latest story of the Niagara hack
man is, that one of them drove a wedding
party one morning to a clergyman’s
house, and afterward called upon the
clergyman for a percentage of the marri
age fee.
—Virginia once more comes to the
front with the sword of Lord Cornwallis,
exhumed near Richmond this time. This
make only thirteen swords, and you know
Cornwallis had over forty buckled around
him,
—An engineer on the Western North
Carolina Railroad shouted to a crowd of
rustics, who had gathered to'see the first
train of cars come in, “ Tut down your
umbrellas! you’ll scare the engine off the
track I” The umbrellas were lowered at
once.
—“ As to he confected with the gout,”
said Mrs. Partington, “ high living don’t
bring it on. It is incoherent in some
families, and is handed down from father
to son. Mr. Hammer, poor soul, who
has been so long ill with it, disinherits
it from his wife’s grandmother.
—A father fearing an earthquake in
the region of his home, sent his two boys
to a distance friend’s until the peril
should be over. A few weeks after the
father received this letter from his
friend: “Please take your boys home
and send down the earthquake.”
—Mrs. Podger detected her husband
burying an old saucepan in the back
yard the other morning, and asked him
what he was about. “Nothing much,”
returned Podger ; “ only it’s high time
we were getting ready to send some Re
volutionary relics to the Centennial.”
—During a late tour a traveller walked
up to the bar of a hotel in the English
lake district, and with a considerable
flourish signed the visitor’s book, and
exclaimed : “ I’m lieutenant governor
of .” “ That don’t make any dif
ference,” said the landlord, “you’ll be
treated as well as the rest.”
—About this time the following is not
an unfamiliar scene in schools: A small
boy rises in the class and gazes timidly
but significantly at the teacher. Teach
er, Speaking angrily—“ Well, what’s the
matter with you ?” Small boy, in a low,
melancholy tone of voice—“ Green water
melons.” Teacher, promptly—“ Scoot,”
—She stepped into the car radiant with
youth, and looking cool and bright in
her flower-trimmed hat and speckless
suit of linen. Four young men immedi
ately offered her their seats ; she accepted
one with ah entrancing smile and instant
ly gave it to a poor,” wan, little old
woman who had been standing for ten
blocks. Whereupon the young men did
not know whether to get up again or not,
and tried their best not to look foolish.
—A young Boston mechanic saw an
overcoat in a second-hand clothing store,
which he thought he would be glad to
possess at a reasonable price. “How
much ?” he asked. “Twenty-one dol
lars,” was the answer. The usual hag
gling took place, and the mechanic star
ted to leave the store. “How much you
gif?” asks the merchant. “Three dol
lars.” “Take it, then. I shall shust be
ruin of myself. I only make two dollars
on that coat, zo help me graceous.”
—“Old Rock,” the soubriquet by
which the late Gen. Henry L. Benning,
of Georgia, was known throughout Lee’s
army, is said to have been gained in this
way: Gen. Benning was moving his
brigade rapidly into action to support
Anderson, at the second battle of Manas
sas. A wounded soldier on the ground
cried out “Hurry up, Rock, Tige has
treed.” “ Ilock” and “ Tige” were
henceforward the army names for Gens.
Benning and Anderson.
A remarkable instance is reported
of a child being killed by a snake, in the
sixth district of Cecil county, Ohio. The
child, about seven years old, was missing,
and when searched for, was found in the
wood yard dead, with a large black snake
coiled round its body, and its head and
the child's limbs were broken.
—The crop prospects arc again prom-
I ising.
A TEREIBLE WALK.
A Pedestrian Followed Through the Woods
by a Cougar.
[From the Dowagiac Monitor.]
Asa test of nerve, the recent expe
rience of a wayfarer, traveling a wood
road near Olympia, Washington, was
as remarkable as any on record. The
man was a speculator, looking out wild
land, and he trudged through the for
est, following the almost unused path
formed by an old road made by pioneers
in the wilderness. His mind was devo
ted to one subject—-the critical examina
tion of the kind of trees upon the land
about him, and of the character of the
soil, and he failed to notice for some time
a “ pit-a-pat” upon the dead leaves near
him. He at first scarcely looked down,
when he felt something rubbing against
his legs and heard a slight purring
sound, but when he did look his heart
chme up in his mouth and a cold sweat
startled as suddenly as though he were
suspended by a weak rope over Niagara.
Pressing itself softly against his legs,
twining about him as lie walked, moving
its flexile body swiftly, but with never
a sound, turning up fierce eyes with some
thing almost like a terrible laugh in
them, was a huge cougar! No chicken
was this man in the woods, but his ac
count of the manner in which his hat
was raised by his hair is not to be con
sidered as apocryphal at all. Sleek and
supple and muscular the beast glided
about, and at intervals it would come
closer again, and press its body against the
legs of the man, the light touch making
goose-flesh of every inch in his form. It
was a terrible experience, that interview
with the cougar in the forest primeval,
and it was well for the man that his
nerves were of the kind to do honor to a
frontier adventurer. Steadily pursuing
his course with steps that would falter a
little occasionally, he kept on, and with
him the beast continued its treacherous
gambols. At time it would glide a few
paces to the front, and roil over and over
in the road, and wa.it for the man to come
up, and then it would circle around him
again until the impulse, almost too strong
to be resisted, would come upon him to
spring upon the brute, opposing fists to
fangs, and ending the intolerable sus
pense at any risk. The movements of
the terrible animal were but as the play
ing of a cat with a mouse, and the man
knew it. The moment came, at length,
when the strain could be borne no long
er, and the man kicked desperately as
it passed by him. In an instant it bound
ed in front and crouched for a spring,
growling hoarsely and showing its teeth.
The man stopped and shouted hopeless
ly for aid, while the cougar did not spring
at once, but appeared waiting to gratify
its humor a little longer. The shout,
fortunately, was not in vain.
There were hunters and dogs in the
immediate vicinity, as rare fortune would,
have it, and the hounds dashed sudden
ly from the covert at the cougar,and itsee
ingthem,leaped foratree. A few moments
later the beast fell a victim to bullets,
and the man with whom it had taken a
stroll was telling his story and trying to
restore the normal condition of his
nerves by internal applications from a
small flask. It was one of the episodes
which turn men’s hair gray—one which
would, doubtless, have brought death to
a man with less nerve than the hero of
the affair.
A Gorilla in Florida.
The Welaha [Fla.) Times tells the fol
lowing wonderful tale : “ About one
mile south of the Ocklawaha river com
mences the great Ekaniah scrub. All
kinds of game, such as panther, bear cat
amount, dear, turkey, &c., there abound,
but, on account of the denseness of its
thickets, it is rarely visited, except by
old hunters. Some of these have noticed
at different times a singular sign or track
in the scrub, which they have been un
able to determine the nature of. A few
weeks ago while some parties were out
hunting there, their dogs started what
they supposed to be panther. They fol
lowed the trail for over two miles, and
came to a scene that for a moment stag
gered them. Not twenty feet distant
stood a most singular-looking creature;
it appeared to be about five feet high,
was entirely naked, and jet black in color
with hair and whiskers of remarkable
length. It had a heavy club in its hand,
and was striking to keep off the dogs who
had run it down and had it surrounded.
The party advanced, called off the dogs,
and spoke to the object, which uttered a
wild unearthly yell, and darted off. The
dogs again gave chase, and after a run of
another mile, brought it to bay. Al
though apparently exhausted, it fought
desperately, and was only brought down
by a well directed blow over the head
from the breech of a gun. Leaving one
of the party in charge of the body, the
other started for the boat to procure ropes
to tie and secure it, but on his return
was informed that a few minutes after he
left, the object recovered itself, jumped
| to its feet, and darted oft' into the brush
! again. It was now nearly dark, and the
j chase had to be abandoned for the time.
! A large party is now forming for another
j attempt to capture the animal, which,
| from the account given us by those who
j saw it, very much resembles the Chaillu
gorilla,”
—ln Mount Joy, Ohio,a young gentle
man playfully threatened to cut off the
end of a young ladv’s nose with a pair of
scissors. And he did it, too, by accident.
1 The doctor put it on, and managed to
! make it stick ; but it never will be the
: same nose again.
—The brains of an elephant which
died lately at Regent’s park. London,
weighed 12 pounds, though the animal
never wrote a line of original poetry in
its life.
VOL. I--NO. 45.
Curious Facts.
Fishes swallow their food whole. They
have no dental machinery furnished for
them.
Frogs, toads and serpents never take
any food but that which they are i ati .fled
is alive.
If a bee, wasp, or hornet stings, it is
nearly always at the expense of its life.
Serpents are so tenacious of their life
that they will live for six months with
out food.
Turtles dig holes in the sand by the
seashore, and bury their eggs, leaving
them to be hatched by the sun.
Lobsters arc very pugnacious, and
fight severe battles. If they lose a claw,
another grows out.
Naturalists says that a single swallow
will devour 6,000 flies in a day.
The tarantula of Texas is nothing hut
an enormous spider.
A single codfish produces more than
a million eggs in one season.
A whale suckles its young, and there
fore is not a fish. The mother’s affection
is remarkable.
Toads become torpid in winter and
hide themselves, taking no food for five
or six months.
Serpents of all species shed their skins
annually, like sea-crabs and lobsters.
Turtles and tortoises have their skele
tons partly outside of, instead of within
the body.
It is believed that crocodiles live to
be hundreds of years old. The ancient
Egyptians embalmed them.
In South America there is a prolific
honey bee that has not been furnished
with a sting.
In the darkest nights fishes .pursue
their usual movements, the same as by
daylight.
Serpents never feed on anything but
animal, which they themselves put to.
death or swallow alive.
Seals are as intelligent as dogs, and.
may be made to perform many tricks
like them.
The head of the rattlesnake has been
known to inflict a fatal wound after being
separated from the body.
If the eye of a newt is put out, another
perfect eye is soon supplied by rapid
growth.
Fishes have no eyelids, and necessari
ly with their eyes open.
Alligators fall into a lethargic sleep
during the winter, like a toad.
There are agricultural ants in Texas,
that actually plant grain, and reap before
the harvest.
A Dead Body Attached to a Live Head.
Dr. William Wilson, formerly a resi
dent of Alleghany City, but now located
at Chariton, Lewis county, lowa, is in
the city to-day and stopping with his
friends on his rdfurn From Philadelphia,
en route to his Western home.
The story of the doctor’s visit, as rela
ted to a gentleman from whom we ob
tained our information, is as follows:
Not long since a man, middle-aged,
residing near the doctor’s home, met
with a railroad accident and sustained a
dislocation of the neck. Medical aid
was summoned and everything possible
done for the relief the unfortunate man.
The surgeons succeeded in partially ad
justing the vertebrm of the neck of the
injured man and he remained alive. But
now comes the singular part of the story.
Whilst his head is perfectly alive, there
is but a feeble circulation in the whole
body, and to all appearances it is dead.
In fact, it has already began to wither,
and is becoming shriveled and wrinkled,
and the surgeons have been puzzled be
yond enlightenment. The unfortunate
man having relatives residing in Philadel
phia, it was decided to take him there
and place him in the Medical University,
and to Dr. Wilson was assigned this du
ty. He performed it, and the patient is
now in that institution. Such is the sto
ry as it reaches us,and we have no doubt
that some of the Philadelphia reporters
will straightway proceed to interview the
man as soon as this item comes under their
notice. “ A live head on a dead body”
will worry the brain of the best physi
cians, and we anxiously await further
developments.
A Tender-Hearted Brother.
A couple of enterprising men, doing
the clothing business in Atlanta,
are interviewed bv a customer in
search of a coat. The senior of the firm
handles the new comer, and soon finds
“ first-class fit.*’ In an answer as to the
price, the response is, “ Eighteen dol
lars.”
“ Well, sir, I like your coat very much,
but don’t like the price.”
“ Well, mine frent, ze price is noting
so you likeze coat. We let you take ’em
at fifteen dollars.”
The customers still complains of the
price, saying that fifteen dollars is too
much. This was too heavy for the deal
er; so, taking his customer to the ex
treme end of the store, and drawing him
into a dark corner, he whispers in his
ear:
“ Mine frent, I let you have zat coat
; for twelve dollars and a half.”
“ Well, sir,” said the customer, “ I like
your coat very much, and I am satisfied
with the price; yet I would like to
know why this mysterious performance.’*
“ Veil, mine frent, you see dot leetle
mandere? He was mine broder. He
got ze heart disease, and so help me
gracious, If he was to hear me tell you I
take twelve dollars and a half for zat coat,
he drop ded mit his track.”
—“Well, Uncle Billy, don’t you want
any more Civil Rights?” “Not any
thing mo’, I thank you,” replied Billy.
“ Nearly done ruined now. Hev to pay
my own doctor’s bill, lost all my money
in de Freedman’s Bank, nebber got no
40 acres an’ de mule dev promised me,
an’ can’t help myself to a little chicken,
fryin’ size, without gwine to de peniten
tiary. I’se got ’nufl' cibbil rights!’’