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Jackson Sheriff’s Sales.
\\J ILL he sold before the Court House door, in
IT the town of .Jefferson, .Jackson County, Oa..
within tha legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in November next, to the highest bidder, the
following property, to-wit:
The remainder interest, subject to the life estate
of benjamin Atkins, in a tract of land in said
county, containing four hundred acres, more or
loss, known as the Elizabeth Duchanan place, on
the waters of the I’ond Fork of the Oconee riv
er, adjoining lands of Jason Harrison, Jack Ad
dington and the Minor Lipscomb place. About
forty <>r fifty acres of said place under cultivation,
balance old field, with the exception of twenty
acres of woods. Tolerably fair residence and out
buildings on the place. Sold as the property of
Elizabeth Duchanan. deceased, to satisfy a ti fa.
in favor of Benjamin Atkins vs. 11. C. Appleby,
Kxecutor of Elizabeth Duchanan, deceased. Prop
erty pointed out by the plaintiff and tenant in pos
session. scp2S
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
throe hundred and thirty acres of land, more or
loss, on the waters of the North Oconee river, said
river running through said land, leaving twenty
acres, more or less, on the cast side of said river,
adjoining lands of Thos. Denton. Margaret Caritli
ers and others, the balance of said tract lying on
the south and west side of said river, adjoining
lands of W. (’. Potts, S. S. House, das. England
and S. S. Smith’s mill tract. On said land is a
good comfortable dwelling and necessary out
buildings; supposed to he some SO or 00 acres in
cultivation, 50 or 55 of which is bottom land ; sup
posed to he SO or 100. acres of forest land, the re
mainder pine old fields. Levied on by virtue of a
li fa. issued from Jackson Superior Court in favor
of John N. Montgomery and Rufus M. Meroney,
Kxeeutors of Robert W. Prewitt, dee’d. vs. James
11. Ihirns. Property pointed out by I). .1. Chan
dler. who controls said fi fa. Notice served on J.
H. burns. 11. C. Pearman. John Hunt and (i. \V.
lan/.ant. tenants in possession, as the law directs.
Also, at the same time and place, will he sold
thirty-nine acres of land, more or less, on the wa
ters of the North Oconee river, bounded by said
river on the west, on east by the land of Margaret
t’aritlieis. on the south by the mill tract of land
<>l S. S. Smith. There is on said land some cab
bins and a few acres of land in cultivation, the
balance in old fields and forest land. Levied on
by virtue of a ii fa. issued from Jackson Superior
fourt in favor of J. M. Potts vs. James ii. Dorns,
principal, Arminda Burns, Executrix of W. D.
mints, dcc’d. J. M. Burns and 11. J. Long, secu
rities. Property pointed out by D. J. Chandler,
who controls said fi fa. Notice served on J. 11.
Durus. A. I). Stapler, Thomas Stapler and 11. C.
IVarman, tenants in possession, as the law directs.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
flu* remainder in ninety acres of land, more or less,
lying in the 245th (Jefferson) District, G. M.. on
die road from Jefferson to Academy Bridge, ad
joining lands known as the J. 11. Newton place
md the Giles Mitchell place : whereon J. M. Gar-
hit now resides. Of the said ninety acres there
are about 50 or 40 acres in a good state of cultiva
<l,m - I’here is a comfortable dwelling and ordi
nary out-buildings thereon. Said land has been
bill oil to said J. M. Garner and family as a home-
M r:ol. and is to he sold subject thereto—the pur
oa<er will get only the remainder, after the ter
mination of said homestead. Levied on as the
property of J. M. Garner to satisfy a Justice’s
< o >irt li fa. in favor of J. A. B. Mahaffey vs. J.
; • I 'artier. Property pointed out I)3* plaintiff,
■r'ymade by \V. F. Johnson, L. C., and turned
rto iue. Written noticegivcYi to J.M. Garner,
1 nant in possession, as required by law.
' ‘Mi. at. the same time and place, will be sold
, ‘ 1 '' undivided half interest in and to seventy
-Bion acres of land, with the improvements there
' ■ Sui'l tract of land lies in said count}* of Jaek
ir" t * U> ,"'nters of Sandy Creek, adjoining lands
Ali ved Smith’s estate. S. Smith and others,
n' (dace known as the Moore tract of land, and
1 '"'vved in a certain indenture of mortgage, dated
, " resides. The place is well improved and in
“ l date ot cultivation. Said undivided half in
fl‘'t m and to said tract of land, and the im-
I. "'ciuents thereon, levied on and to he sold as
in l-*'' T* u, ty of Robert M. Smith, to satisfy a
fi fa. issued from Jackson Superior
11 k returnable to February Term. 1870. in fa
a!, 1 !’• f :,s h. adm’r. and M. K. Smith, ad
a Mratrix of the estate of Alfred Smith, dec’d.
- ' .st said Robert M. Smith. Property pointed
andi >il 'd *' * a - Notice given in writing to Elijah
j 'G ilead, tlie tenant in possession of said land.
Sm o* 1 i tc . ll ,lot iee sent by mail to Robert M.
1 j- defendant in ti fa., who resides in Madison
'"‘■fiv. Georgia.
t:> JOHN S. HUNTER. Sheriff.
a. Jacking 4'ohiii>.
n fv! rt: > S ‘ ames Randolph, Administrator
r ni "' Lipscomb. late ot'said county, deceased.
, h . (t Y l ' , l ts ’? the Court. in his petition duly tiled,
tsj.., , as fully and completely administered the
jj, sa ’d deceased, and asks the Court to
I uui Letters of Dismission from the same—
to eite all persons concerned, kindred
tlie l \t >rs ' to s ‘ ,o ' v °ause. if any they can, on
Al(,l >'lay in -January. .1870. in the Court of
sii lll i- ,u ' * ,,r s ul county, why Letters of Distnis
il ' !i<-ii t estate should not be granted the
Kt | . lill der niv otticial signature, this October
11. W. BELL, Ord*y.
\J •lacltMui iIMUUjr,
ii, M aml p \| Wilbanks, Admin-
f S;i j ( J r ' "" die estate of Abijah Wilhanks, late
for Ip. (v * ou,, ty. deceased, make application to me
to I 1 ,0 s °ll the land in said county belonginir
estate—
itipi-„ .' ' u c ' te all concerned, kindred and cred-
Ur ten" ca u.s£\ if any they can, at the regu
tol >e ,'V, l * ,e Court of Ordinary of said county,
vrliy ' .° n the first Monday in November. IS7~B,
fiiv,.' h‘ ay e should not be granted.
ISjs ' Ull( ‘ er I|i y official signature. Sept. 24th.
H. \\\ liKLL, Only.
1 an!]'! 1 Ai KS. Circulars. Ac., for schools
‘ acu demics. printed at this ollice.
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Administrator’s Sale.
\ GREEA BIA to an order of the Court ofOrdi
nary of Jackson county, will he sold, before
the Court House door, in Jefferson, in said countv,
on the first Tuesday in November next, within the
legal hours of sale, one hundred and eighty-two
acres of land, more or less, lying in said county,
on the waters of Little Sandy Creek, adjoining
lands of J. M. Pittman, J. H. Boggs. Geo. Strick
land and others; the place whereon W. S. Smith,
late of said county, deceased, resided at the time
of his death, and whereon the Administrator, J.
A. Smith, now resides. Said place is well im
proved ; about sixtv-flve acres are cleared ; there
is about twenty-five acres bottom land, twenty in
original forest, balance in old fields. Sold for the
purpose of making distribution among the heirs
of said deceased. Terms, cash.
J. A. SMITH.
sep2B Adm’r W. S. Smi th, dcc’d.
Administratrix's Sale.
WILL he sold, before the Court House door,
IT ill the town of Jefferson, Jackson county,
Ga., on the first Tuesday in November next, with
in the legal hours of sale, the following property,
belonging to the estate of E. H. Borders, deceased,
to-wit: A tract of land in said county, on the
waters of Turkey Creek and North Oconee river,
seven miles from Jefferson, two miles from Har
mony Grove, on Northeastern Railroad; one
fourth mile to a good merchant mill; containing
four hundred acres, more or less, adjoining lands
<>f Houston. Jackson. Davis and others, it being
the plantation on which the late E. 11. Borders re
sided at the time ot his death. Oil the place is a
good frame dwelling with 10 rooms, newly paint
ed ; good frame kitchen and smoke-house, and all
other necessary out-buildings; good well and
springs, and a splendid orchard of peaches a :d
apples on said place; also, gin house and screw,
with gin and thresher in good condition. Four
frame dwellings for tenants on the place. 100
acres in a high state of cultivation. 50 acres in
river bottoms. 15 in first-class creek bottoms, 50
acres in pine field, and the remaining 185 acres in
wood land. Convenient to schools and churches.
Any one wishing to purchase, would do well to
look over the place, as it is one of the best farms
in Northeast Georgia.
Also, at the same time and place, another tract
of land, belonging to said estate, situated in said
county, on the waters of North Oconee river, six
miles from Jefferson and two miles from Nichol
son, on Northeastern Railroad, containing 213
acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Haynie,
Potts, Gathright and others, formerly known as
the Clark Gathright place. On said place is a
good frame dwelling, good kitchen and other ne
cessary out-buildings, and good well water and
springs. 5(1 acres in a high state of cultivation.
25 acres in good river bottoms, 15 acres bottom
land not in cultivation. 10 acres in pine field, the
remainder in good original forest. The place is
in good repair. Any one wishing to purchase a
splendid farm, would do well to look over before
day of sale. Sold for distribution. Terms, cash.
octs E. A. BORDERS, Adm’x.
Executor’s Sale.
A GKKEABIA to an order of the Court of Orui
xX nary of Jackson county, Ga., will he sold,
on the first Tuesday in November, IS7B, before
the Court House door, in Jefferson, Jackson coun
ty. to the highest bidder, during the legal hours of
sale, the following property, to-wit : One hundred
and fifty acres of land, lying in said county, on the
waters of the Walnut Fork Oconee river, adjoin
ing lands ofG. S. Duke. Mrs. Long, W 11. Bridges
and Mrs. Bowles; known as the James Rodgers
home place. There is about sixty or seventy acres
of said place first-class bottom, mostly in cultiva
tion ; about thirty acres upland, well adapted to
cotton ; balance in forest ami old pine field. Three
settlements of pretty good buildings on said place,
and the same is well watered. Sold as the prop
erty of Janies Rogers, late of said county, deceas
ed. for the purpose of paying debts and distribu
tion. Terms—one-third cash, remainder due in
twelve months from day of sale, purchaser to give
notes, and receive titles when all the purchase
money is paid. L. J. JOHNSON.
sep2S Executor James Rodgers, dec’d.
TACKSOX <OB ht of ordinary.
J Application for
HENRY I). HUMAN probate of will,
vs. } in solemn form,
Heirs at law of { on the lstMon-
MALISSA E. STEWART, j day in Novem-
J ber, 1878.
It appearing that Rutha Jane Osborn, one of
tlie heirs at law of said Malissa E. Stewart, testa
trix in the above stated case, reside out of the
State—
It is ordered, that service, to attend the probate
of said will, in solemn form, on the first Monday
in November, 1878, in said Court of Ordinary, he
perfected on said Rutha Jane Osborn by publica
tion of this notice once a week for thirty days in
The Forest News, at Jefferson, Ga.
(riven under my official signature, this Oct. 2d,
IS7S. octo 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
STOP AND READ!
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Pains in the Back, Sides and Loins arc posi
tively cured by
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Its effects are truly marvelous in Drops}*, Gravel.
Bright’s disease, Seminal losses, Leucorrhoea and
lost vigor, no matter of how long standing the
case may be, positive relief is had in from one to
three days. Do not despair, hesitate, or doubt,
for it is foaly a specific, and never fails. It is
purely a vegetable preparation. By its timely
use thousands of cases that have been considered
incurable by the most eminent physicians, have
been permanently cured.
It is also indorsed by the regular physicians and
Medical Societies throughout the country. Sold
in bottles at Two Dollars each, or three bottles,
which is enough to cure the most aggravated case,
sent to any address on receipt of Five Dollars.
Small trial bottles One Dollar each. All orders
to be addressed to
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VI-.* in SI.. Worcester, Tlass.
aug J
ATTENTION! FARMERS.
Good Fruit Trees
CHEAP!
rno ALL who need Fruit Trees or Shrubbery of
X any description. I will furnish them at
LOW PRICES !
and warrant them to be as GOOD as ANA , when
properly cared for.
I am representing the popular
Richmond Nursery,
the most reliable in the South, and will be pleased
to take the orders of those needing GOOD '1 REES.
Respectfully.
julyG K. M. WHITEHEAD.
ft • week in your own town. *•*> Outfit
2% 1313 tree. No risk. Reader, if you want a
business at which persons of either sex can make
ert-at pav all the time they work, write for partic
ulars to 11. llaixbtt & Cos.. Portland, Maine.
March 30, 1878.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26,1875.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Bill Arp’s Talk.
ft/ tut Feltonites are Made of —The Bigoty,
the Upity and the Finicky—Why Stephens
and Others Hate Democrats—Keeping Hilt
in Harness—A Good Field for the Fool
Killer—The Coming Dress Parade.
The Gilmer and Fannin wagoners ain’t
tco good to camp at my branch. Sometimes
I go down and discourse ’em about craps and
politics, and I haven’t found the first man of
’em y r et that will touch Emily Speer, as they
call him, with a ten-foot pole. They say she
won’t get nary vote where they live, and Dr.
Felton nor his secretary wouldn’t do any
better. You see those people are Democrats,
and they like the good old ways that Mc-
Donald and Cobb taught ’em some 30 or 40
years ago. They are not going to kick out
of the britchin. You ought to hear the old
ones talk about those two old Governors, and
about John Henry Lumpkin and John Under
wood. And I’ve noticed everywhere in this
region that all the old line Democrats arc in
( Une now. When you hear of an old man
being for Felton you may be shore he used
to be a wuig. A heap of ’em took whigery
so bad they have never gotten over it. and
never will. They’d vote for the devil before
they will for a Democrat. There’s Alek
Stephens and Bobuel Toombs call them
selves Democrats, but they would resurrect
the old carcass to-morrow if they could.
That’s the reason they are for the parson.
They can’t help it—you see they fought
Democracy so long and abused it so much
they have never got reconciled to the situa
tion in which they find themselves situated,
and they take their revenge whenever they
can. Why. 3*oll may talk as much as 3*oll
please about Alek’s patriotism and large
nationality*, but don’t 3*oll remember that,
about thirty years ago, he had every* Demo
cratic postmaster in his district turned out
of office ? lie swept ’em as clean as a dough*
bench, and he’d do it again if he had a
chance. Well, Toombs wouldeut do it that
bad quite, for his heart is right smart bigger,
but he wont work in harness with ’em to do
any good, and when he hears of a man like
Felton abusin the party it does his old soul
good way down in the holler, and it don’t
take him long to choose between the parson
and our George. Well, there's our lien, who
was another old whig, but you know he is a
heap younger and dident have it so long nor
so bad, and I think with good nursin is
likely to get over it. Out of abundant cau
tion, however, we had better keep him in
office a few years longer, for l don’t think he
could give security for good behavior if we
should drap him. Do you ? 1 see 3*oll keep
suggestin that some other prominent Demo
crats had better follow General Gordon's
example and blow a few* tellin blasts on the
Democratic bugle in this district, and I’ve
supposed maybe y*ou had Ben in your mind.
Well, he mout come and he moutent. It’s a
powerful strain on him to do which or tother,
for it’s a contest betwixt wliigist instinct and
Democratic duty, and nobod3* knows which
of the two will whip. I don’t believe he
knows it himself exactly* as 3 r it, but my hope
is that since he has got through with his
Hayes letter he will find time to display a
few talents on this missionary ground.
Well, there’s another class of people that’s
supportin the parson—the dissatisfied com
plainin sort—them what’s bigot3* and upity
and finicky; who think they know more
about everything than anybody else and won’t
work anywhere except in the lead, and won’t
pull a pound even there, but want to prance
along and blow off and make a big show, and
if you don’t humor ’em they’ll sorter pout
and go off on some other shoot. Why I
knowd schoolbo3*s would do that, and it was
the hardest matter in the world to git along
with’em. If you dident play sweepstakes
or shinn3* or bull-pen their wa3* they wouldn’t
play at all. Well, them sort of boys made
the same sort of men, and they are now hur*
rahin fur the independents. You can find
’em in every community—in every* church
and masonic lodge and board of commerce,
and tlie3* are the first to kick out of the
britchin’ or rise to a pint of order or appeal
from the chair or file a protest or carry the
case up to a higher tribunal. If 3*oll want
to manage ’em you must consult with ’em
firstly and make out like they are doin’ of it
all. You can toll ’em along that way right
easy sometimes, for as a general thing this
class of people air.’i afflicted with sense to
any alarmin’ extent. It’s amusin’ to hear
’em jine isshu. 1 jist remarked to one of ’em
that “in unity there is strength” and he
jined isshu right strait. I don’t know about
that ses lie—lll3' opinion is that it’s better to
shoot with a scatterin’ gun, for 3’oifll kill
; more birds by it.
Then there is a hateful passel of fools who
made character in the late war and they'll
vote for Felton. They don’t like a good war
record any* better than he does One of ’em
told me the war was a great mistake, and he
diden’t blame Alek Stephens for doin’ the
I cause all the damage he could ; and when I
j told him we had more provocation to fight
than our four-fathers did in the revolution,
he said the revolution was a mistake, and we
would be better off if we were under the Brit
ish government now. Well, 3*oll can’t talk to
a man like that; 3*oll can't do nothin but
wait for the fool killer to come along, and it
looks like if he don’t come soon lie needent
comeat all, fertile fools and the filistines
will take the county*.
Bat there is a heap of leaven in the old
land yet, and maii3 r a wool hat, (I don’t
allood to the secretar3*,) and 3’ou’ll hear from
’em in a few weeks. You sec there are 1.200
young men who couldent vote two years ago,
and over a thousand of ’em are for Luster.
Young men may be foolish and reckless about
some female things, but the3* are the pride
and hope of the county*. They have not
seen trouble enough to make ’em sour, nor
got mean enough to be jealous, and they
honor a hero wherever they see him. I did
see one at Silver Creek who was a nausv
Felton boy, but he took the bigoty* several
years ago and liasent got over it. It aint
often a young man has it so bad and so long.
But if you want to have a good old-fash
ioned Democratic love-feast, come tip to our
barbecue. We are going to wind up the
canvass with a dress-parade at Cartersville.
and all the world is invited. Governor Col
quitt is a coming, the man whom the people
love and delight to honor. The Governor
has considered the political situation prayer
fully, and is shore to come if lie’s well and
there's no Sunday-skool in the way. Yours,
Bill Arp.
I*. S.— Pell Harris to come and bring a
sack-bag with him. He al way’s looks to me
like he was hungry. B. A.—
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The Origin of the Moonshine Whisky and
How It Is Made.
The conflict between Federal and State
Courts in South Carolina over the shooting of
Ladd, by a United States Marshal under the
supposition that he was Redmond, a noted
illicit distiller, has again drawn public atten
tion to the moonshiners. These men live in
the mountains of West North Carolina, East
Tennessee and Northeast Georgia. The
country is wild, the soil excellent, and there
is a fair sprinkling of herders and farmers.
The people arc reasonably honest and passa
bly industrious, but they lack a thorough
knowledge of farming. They seldom manure
the ground. Mowing machines and cultiva
tors are not seen. Farmers plow and reap,
but cut the grain with a sickle, and use a plow
so light that it can be lifte 1 to the shoulder
with one hand. As the roads are rough and
the mountain streams bridgeless, their pro
ducts do not reach a market. There are nei
ther railroads or telegraphs. Silver is scarce.
Easy-going trappers and hunters turn farm
hands a few da3 T s in each 3’ear, and take their
pay in produce. Houses are poorly furnish
ed. Chairs with cowskin bottoms arc a lux
ury, and guests at first-class hotels usually sit
upon rough broad benches while eating their
meals. Antique clocks reach from the Iloor
to the ceiling, and are wound up by pulling a
cord. Home-spun garments are worn, and
the hum of the spinning-wheel is heard in
every house. Most of the travel is upon
horseback. Women ride as skillfully as men.
The writer drove forty* miles and did not meet
a vehicle. The country is not a net work of
turnpikes. Thousands and thousands of tin
fenced acres lie between the roads, over which
branded cattle roam at will. These lands
are ridged with towering mountains and
seamed with rocky* defiles. Burling brooks
and dashing water-falls fill the air with mu
sic.
The inhabitants are self-sustaining. They
export but little anti import less. They live
on hog and hominy, and drink corn whislyy
the same as a Northern farmer drinks eider.
They call it “sweet mash.” Before the war
every man either made his own whisky or sent
his corn to the still, and got his sweet mash
in return, less the distiller’s per centage, the
same as a Northern farmer runs his apples to
a cider-press or drags his grain to a grist,
mill. Whisky was as free as water. *lt was
found in ever}' house, Preachers, Deacons,
Church Trustees, and their wives and daugb
ters, bush-whackers and slaves .drank it as
Englishmen drink beer or Frenchmen red
wine. No one thought of declaiming against
it. With possibly a few exceptions, it was
rated next to hog and hominy, and could be
bought at from fifteen to twenty cents per
gallon.
At the close of the war the honest moun
taineers heard that they must pay a tax of $2
a gallon on their favorite beverage. They
were thunder-struck. The tax seemed to
them particularly unjust. The same rate on
beer in Germany, or red wine in France,
would create a revolution. The mountain
eers. however, had had enough fighting. They
protested and questioned the right of the Fed
eral Government to impose so exorbant a rate
upon what they regarded as a necessity of
life. State rights were arrested, and they re
fused to pay the demand. As they were un
represented in Congress when the law was
passed, they quoted the example set by our
forefathers when the British Parliament im
posed a tax on tea.
i An army of Government officials Hocked
to the mountains. One by* one the well known
stills were dcstro}*ed. Their owners could
not pay* the tax, for the most of them distilled
whisky only* For consumption, and the moun
taineers would not pa3 r $3.25 a gallon for
what they* had been getting for twenty cents.
II they toted corn to the stills the)* were obliged
to allow the distiller his per centage and pay
$2 a gallon for its distillation. The whole
country was impoverished, and a farmer with
$2 capital was regarded with envy. There
was not enough money in the mountains to
bii}* a homestead for a freedman. What was
to be clone ? The whisky must be had.—
Many thought that the}* could not live with
out it.
In all agricultural districts there are men
who have a natural dislike for farming. They
will hunt, fish, drive stage, burn lime, or do
any labor except till the soil. These men
came to the front. They began to distill
whisk}* surreptitiously, and were upheld by*
community*. Nine-tenths were rollicking
young fellows, who spent much of their time
squirrel shooting and patting and dancing
Jti has. 'File other tenth were gray-haired
veterans, with hawk-like eyes and beaks. No
fox or deer was more wary or knew the
mountains better. Little stills came up like
mushrooms. The work was done in lonely
dells and wild mountain gorges. On moon
light nights the rough taverns were deserted,
and the cool mountain air was laden with the
• •dor of sweet mash. The boys were busy.
They carried corn to the stills on their backs,
and returned with demijohns of liquor, which
was poured into pickle-bottles or whatever
was handy*, and distributed among the farm
ers. Occasionally* a little money* was receiv
ed. but payment was generally taken in pro
duce. Once an old hog was given in pay
ment for a gallon of whisky, and change re
ceived in pigs. As most of the work was
done in the light of the moon, the boys were
dubbed moonshiners, and sweet mash was
known as moonshine whisky*. A barrel of
the stuff kept its distiller in provender for a
month.
From that time to the present there has
been but little variation in the process of dis
tillation. In some cases seven or eight men
club together anti make a barrel or more a
night.. This is smuggled into country towns
and villages, and the boys receive cash for it.
Moonshine whisky is plentiful in such places
as Asheville, Hendersonville, Rutherford,
Murphy and Charlotte, N. C., Spartanburg,
Pickens Court House, Greenville, Yorkville,
Anderson, Abbeville and Laurenceville, S.
C., Morganton, Blairsville, Clayton, Clarkes
ville, Hartwell and Athens, Gn.. and Marys
ville. Greenville, Newport, Sevierville and
Renton, Tonn. Occasionally a few barrels
reach Charleston, Wilmington, Savannah and
Knoxville, but very few gallons go over the
border. The color of the prepared liquor is
light 3'ellow. Some of it, however, is as clear
as Mexican aguardiente or Chinese rice rum.
The mountaineers prefer the latter. The
former sells more readily in the villages and
cities. To an educated New York or Ken
tuck}' palate its taste is campheney and dis
agreeable. It scorches the gullet on its way
down, and, once down, makes a man feel as
though carrying a red-hot grape-shot in his
stomach. A Kentuckian says he felt as
though he had swallowed an electric cat back
ward. Three fingers will upset a stranger,
but a genuine mountaineer never succumbs
to less than half a gallon. It is frequently
sweetened witli honey or molasses. This im
proves the taste, and makes it an insidious
drink for novices. Well sweetened, it will
throw an unsuspecting Yankee under the
table quicker than egg-nog.
Despite the dangers surrounding them, the
moonshiners seem to live a happy life. They
are courteous and obliging to strangers, and
kind and hospitable. They scorn pay for
services rendered by them. A man with a
million is perfectly safe among them ; but
woe betide the revenue spy. His life is not
worth a shuck. They kill him as readily as
a Bulgarian Christian butchers a Turk. In
the long run, the}’ hold their own with the
Government officials, avenging every death
on the first opportunity. I never saw a moon
shiner with a woolen shirt. I saw none with
undershirts. They wear unbleached cotton
shirts, and pass the summer in their shirt
sleeves. They run to soft felt hats and broad
brogans. They delight in weird negro hymns,
and the mountain glens echo their songs.
At times they meet in rude taverns on cross
roads and have glorious blow-outs, seasoned
with the music of the fiddle and banjo. They
are tall and well-formed, and climb the crags
like goats. Their complexions are ruddy and
clear, ami they wear their hair long. They
are welcome guests in all farm-houses, for the
hearts of the farmers are bound to them with
bonds of steel. Some are church members,
and regular attendants at quarterly meetings.
They cache their whisky in the mountains.
I have walked with them in the most obscure
mountain paths. There was no house within
miles. At the slightest reference to whisky
one of the party disappeared, and quickly re
turned with a pickle bottle or tomato can
leaded to the muzzle with the clear juice,
""lien asked where they got it, they smiled
\ TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
t SI.OO For Six Months.
mysteriously, and answered, “ It came from
the moon.”
Although the tax on whisky has been re*
duced to ninety cents per gallon, the moon*
shiners arc as hnsy ns ever. They never
complain of tlie hard times, and are perfectly
satisfied if they can trade a quart of the liquor
for a bushel of potatoes or a peck of hominy.
—New York Sun.
#
The Liars’ Club.
Four II a wired Pitjcons Killed at a Single Fir#
With One Hundred Shut — How Wes. Dom/ft
t;i Counted 118.000 Pones of Gloss—A Won
derful Rise in Pork.
The Liars’ Club has been in session in the
mountains, near Fall City, Pa., and.here are
some o( the facts placed on record by its
members. Sain
A WONDKIIFri. SHOT,
Dr. Frank Cowan.ofOrcensliurjj : “On one
occasion 1 killed just four hundred pigeons
with exactly one hundred shot, at a single
fire, and then got all the shot back again.—
Shall I tell the story ?”
“By all means,” was the unanimous re
sponse. “It used to he.” said the doctor,
that pigeons were plentiful over in West
moreland. A thousand dozen to the acre
was considered a light crop. There used to
be a good deal ot rivalry between Lieutenant
Governor Latta and myself as to which could
kill the most pigenos at a single shot, until
finally we got to considering it a waste of am
munition when wc brought down less than one
hundred. One day Latta killed two hundred
and thirteen at a single shot, and went around
crowing over me at a great rate. I made up
mv mind that I would have to beat that or
leave Greesburg; consequently one day I
bought a lot of turkey shot, counted out just
an even hundred of them, and put them down
on top of two ounces of powder. When I got
out into the field the pigeons were pretty
thick, coining in from the big roost up toward
Cresson. At last I saw a tremendous flock
coming. In the aggregate they were so
heavy that they couldn’t flv more than four
or five lect from the ground. I st>opcd down
and let them pass over me, and then I bang
ed away.
“About two minutes afterward I picket)
myself out of a fence corner and saw the
whole field covered with pigeons. 1 picked
them up and counted them, and there was
just four hundred of them. I noticed that
the shot had not passed through the last hun
dred that I picked up, and when they were
plucked and cut open there was a shot in each
one of them. Kach shot had passed through
three birds, and the force being spent had
lodged in the fourth. 11 I had put in two
ounces more of powder I would have brought
down at least eight hundred pigeons.
now WHS. doughty counted 98,000 panes
OK GLASS.
Wes. Doughty, of Roseville, has a faculty
of counting that would make Rob Mackey
turn green with envy. Jf a flock of a thou
sand sheep goes by him on the run he can
count the last one of them. ()n one occasion
lie bet $250 with Col. R. L. I*. IJaber, of Co
lumbus. late a prominent Democratic candi
date for Congress, that he could ride a horse
at full speed from one end of a street to the
other and count the exact number of panes
of glass in the front windows and doors of all
the houses on both sides. The feat was per
formed on High street from the railroad
crossing to the southern terminus, covering a
distance of three and a half miles mostly
built up compactly. Having ridden over the
course at break neck speed he reported the
number of panes of glass, great and small, at
98,732. It took Captain Engclke, Chief of
Police and referee in the contest, with a squad
often policemen, seven hours to go over the
ground and verify the account. When the}*
got through with their computations they re
ported the number at 98,731|. Doughty
didn't expect them to deduct the missing half
of the broken pane, otherwise he could have
won the wager easily.
A HINT TO I’OKK DEALERS.
“There is something in fie signs of the
moon,” put in Tim Hardin, of the Excursion
House. “One day.” said he. “when I was
about to kill my hogs, a neighbor came in
and told me that the moon was on the de
crease, and that the meat would all shrivel
up if I killed the pigs then. Rut I only
laughed at him and went on with the butch
ering. When I salted away the pork I thought
it looked rather light, and every time 1 went
to look at it the pieces seemed smaller. Rut
when it come to cooking the meat the shrink
age became absolutely appalling. A big
slice shrank into a mouthful, and a whole ham
or a side wouldn’t make more than an ordina
ry meal for four persons. The next year I
concluded to butcher iny pork when the moon
was on the increase, and did so. Gentlemen,
I don’t know whether you will believe m# or
not, but it is true nevertheless—l didn’t have
that meat salted down three weeks until it
swelled out so large that 1 had to enlarge
the smoke house to double its former size to
keep it under cover. When it was put into
the frying pan the effect was wonderful. A
piece two inches square would spread until it
was bigger than a napkin. Fact, and I can
prove it. Xo. gentlemen, don’t you fool your
self about the signs of the moon.” After
this story the club solemnly adjourned. —New
York Mercury.
NUMBER 20.