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J v i,-:srAnr.;si;i:n /v the yf.ui law). _ O. HEARD,) PROPRIETOR. j VOL. XIX. ge.y. scott. Thrie Interesting Anecdotes About Him. An old army friend of ut'i.c, says a Washinton correspondent, who remetti bers GeD. Winfield Scott as a tall, fine-looking old man, with white hair , a strict martinet, with a good head and a big heart, gives me a story or two about him. In his latter years Gen. Scott was very iracible. A groat many peoplo knew that, but few knew that be was always sorry far a hasty word. While he wa9 still at the head of the army, with his office on Saventeenth street, just opposite the War Depart paent, he was coming out one day to enter his carraige, cane in band. A rolunteer orderly who knew nothing of Scotts views of military propriety, ap proached him with a letter from a War Pepartmeut Bureau, whioh he had been directed to deliver to Gen. Soott at once. The orderly, recking noth ing of Adjutants General or Chiefs of Staff, interpreted his order literally, and hastily giving a salute, began : “Oh. General, here’s a paper I want you to look at before you— For a moment the proud Couimuuder io-Chief seemed petrified. Then, raising his cine, ho said in a loud voice: “Clear out, sir; clear out el the way.” The startled orderly sprang to one side, and the General gat into his catraige and was driven away The soldier then delivered his lotter to someone in the ofjjee and walked slowly out. Gen Scott’s carriage had not gone thirty rods before it stoppod and turned about. The driver, rais ing his voice, summoned the offending tho door. Trembling in ev ery limb, cap in hand, ho approached. Gen. Scott asked his name nut: regi* mont. Ilcg.ve them. “Well, Sir,” said tho Gen. al, “report to your Col onel that you were guilty of gfets dis respect to Gen. Necdt as an officer, and that Gen. Scott was guilty of grow disrespect to you as a man Gen. Seott begs your pardon. Go to your duty, sir.” In 18G2 a lady, passiug P>e season here, was anxious to get Gen. Scott’s autograph. He was very busy, and she found her task very dif ficult. One day the hsppy thought struck her that her pretty little 10- yearsold daughter might bo able in this cage to do what she herself could pot. So she sent tho diarming little girl to the General’s office with the autograph album. The orderly told her that she could not see the busy Gen oral. She would not be denied. She ■would wait, she said. At the end of half an hour the Orderly took her re quest to the Adjutant. The fatter ad initted her, but told her she could riot possibly sec the General. She said she must. At last the Adjutant showed her the door leading to Gen. Scott’s office, and told her she could go in if she dared. Taking him at his word, she marched right in. This is her de scription of the call given at the time .- “I was afraid at first when he lotfked .up ; but as soon as he saw it was only pie he said right pleasantly : “Well, little girl, what do you want?’ and I ,told him my ma wanted him to .write his name in her book , and he looked sharp at me and then smiled a little bit,* and shook hands with me and asked me who my ma was, and I told him, and I told him my pa was in tho army and ma was all alone with u:e, and then, he just kissed my cheek and wrote in ma’s book and said ‘good morning' to me, and I came out, and nobody did not hurt mo at all.” This is what he wrote : “Treason is the greatest crime. —Winfield Scott." Just ono more: One Saturday afternoon in the summer before Scott left the army forever, President Lincoln with somo friends sat on the balcony at the rear of the V\ hite House, listening to the music of the Marins Band, when Gen. Scott was announced. The President imme diately advanced to meet him, and re turned with the Lieutenant General, in full uniform, on his arm. The crowd on the lawn saw the President and the white-haired veteran, stopped talking, looked at the pair for i mo ment. and then broke forth into ap plause. Tho General at once stepped to the front and raised his hat in ac- | knewle fgaent. The band very tip propifafaly played*“llail to tho Ghief/’ while the crowd continued the clap ping of hands. “You’ve got a good many young Generals, Mr. President," said thu old hero, turning to Liatjoln; •“Luiiuey don’t forget the old GpoCTaf yet, do they?” “We could spare a hundred of them,” said thu President, helping the General to a teat, “bettea than him." “I thank you, Mr, Pres ident; I thack you," said tha General, with tears in his eyes. A BTK A.\4..1£ 8 I ORI The-strangest story of which wo have heard lately is related by A. W. Foster, of this place. For some time he has been troubled with rheuma tism of the shoulder. Several weeks ago, a lady relative of his told him that if he would try a remedy, that she would prescribe relief certain and quick would come to the affected part. 110 replied he would follow the suggestion to please her, but lie had no confiidence in tha result of treatment, usually suggest ed by women. ‘ You need not disparage’ said tho lady, ‘for my remedy is a rem edy,’ She then told him to carry two Irish potatoes, one in each pocket, and the first sign of a cure being effected would be evidenced by one of the po tatoes decaying, while tho other woyld beooaae very hard. .Mr, Foster laugh ingly told tho lady that he would givo it a trial, and procuring two sound po tatoes placed one in each pocket, us directed He thought both would dm cay, and the theory would thus be de stroyed But not so ;to his amuse meet, one of the potatoes decayed to such an extent that it became so soft and offensive that ho could no longer carry it, while the other became grad ually hard, until a few days ago we saw it. in a complete stale'of petrefao tion. His rheumatism has also sud denly dis ippeared, and he is, for the first time, at least a cured man. Mi Foster says that he will try two more potatoes in the same way, and if tho saiqe results follow he must be con vinced that some action of the human body on the potato brings about this strange consequence. //a is nut a be liever in signs, but iffiss uot under stand this potate business. —Madisoni- an. Wlmi tho kjiustlu J’jjijl Sniil. Detroit Free Press. Tho other evening tho Rev. Mr Philiacter sat down to tho tea-table with a very thoughtful air, and at tended to the wants of bis brood in a very abstneted manner, Pre gently he looked up to his wife and said : “The Apostle Paul—” “Got au awful lump on the head ’s afternoon,” brojie in the pastor's eldest son. “Playing base ball Bat flow out of the striker’s hand when I was umpire, and cracked mo right above tho ear, an’ dropped mo. ll urt ? Golly !” and the lad shook his head in a dismal but ex pressive pantomime as he tenderly rubbed a lump that looked like a billiard ball with hair on it. The pastor gravely paused for the interruption, and resumed ; “The Aposple Paul—” ‘Saw Mrs. G'Ghemmio down at Greenbnutn’s this afternoon,’ said his eldest daughter,addressing her mother She had on that same ev erlasting black silk, made over with a vest of tiileni green silk, coat-tail basque pattern, overskirts made with diagonal folds in front, edged wtih deep fringe; yellow straw hat, with black velvet Lacing inside the brim, and pale blue flow ers. She's going to Chicago.’ The good minister waited pa u tiently, and then, in toues just a shade louder, said: ‘The Apostle Paul ’ ‘Went in swimmin’ last night with Harry and Ben, pop, and stepped on a clam shell,’ exclaimed his youngest son; ‘cut my foot so 1 can’t wear my shot; and please can’t I stay home to-morrow?’ The pastor infortnc-d his son that he might stay away from the river, Devoted to llio Cause of Troth and Jusliec, and Hie Interests of llie People. GREENESBORO’, G A.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1884 and then resumed diis topic. lie said: ‘The Apostla Paul says ’ ‘My toucher is an awful liar,’ shouted the second boo; - ho says ;tba world is as round as an orange, and it turns around all the time faster than a circus man can ride. I guass he baiu’t got much sense,’ The mother lifted a warning fin ger toward the boy and said, ‘hush!’ and the father resumed; •The Apostle Paul says— ’ ‘Don’t bito off twice as much as you can chew,’ broke out the elds e3t son, reproving tne assault of his little brother on a piece of cake. Tho pastor’s face showed just a trifle of annoyacoo as he said, in very decided tones; ’The Apostlo Paul says— ‘There’s a lly id the butterl’ shrieked the youugegt hopeful of the family, and a general Jaugh followed. When silence was restored, the eldest daughter, with an air of cu riosity, said. •Well, but, pa, I really would like to know what the Apostle Paul said?’ ‘Pass ma the mustard,’ said the pastor, absently, The report that Bishop Pierce received over $5,000 in gold coin at his golden wedding is witnoui* foundation. Ho deserved even more than this amount, but the truth is,tho whole value of presents, including the coin, was Isas than SI,OOO. From partios who ought to know, we learn tho* tho money value of everything roceived was between sevcu and eight hundred dollars. lshmaelite. The foil owing important item of news, is given by a clerk in the dead lotter department at Wash ington City; The numbor of letters opened last year containing cur rency, checks, drafts and negotia ble paper, was over .34,600. The amount of actual cash takon from letters was nearly $39,000, and tho value of checks, etc., representing money, about $1,500,000. Dur iug the last year the number of pieces of rnsil matter that reached the dead letter office was nearly 4,500.000. The exact number was 4,440,822. This is about 14,- 500 for every day. Wil AT BSSKTOF Oi.i) AfciE Have you ever thought “What soil fan old person you would make?" [ Shall you be so querulous and acid in your disposition ihat there will coma a sign oi relief from the relatives and neighbors when the clods of the valley cover you, or will you be so bright and genial that your presence will be like n ray of sunshine, and throw brightness on the path of those around you ? Will you scatter benedictions from saintly lips, or throw out complaints as you move downward toward life’s close? Will you be sensitive and troublesome, taking offeuses when none are intended, or will you be generous and agreeable, making your life and the lives of those around you pleasant? These arc ques tions you dare not set aside, since your own happiness and that of those you love is bound up in the answer you shall make. You are the architects of your dettiuy. Oriflin, <ja., has only sixteen bar rooms and a population 0f,5,000. — The world accords more room to a lively donkey's heels, than it does to a lazy man’s entire anatomy. “How do you like the character of St. Paul V asked a paraon of his land lady, during a conversation about the old saints and apostles. “Ah!" said she, “he was a. good, clever old soul, I know, for he once said, you know, that we must eat what is set before us, and ask no questions fpr conscience’ sake. I always thought I should like him for a boarder." A sassafras tree at Gainesville n eas ures 9 feet it) crrctmJereriei) at the basej aud is 35 ft* 6l high. Forty-three acres of find, near Rome sold at shs'itf sale tho first Tuesday in this inautb brought SIOO pur acre.— Dirt is high in tho neigh borhood of Roma A solemn scientist prti' ;:d the fact that by bathing the feet it tepid water a man could double his air illation, and now the editors arc having tanks fitted to their office stoves Young girls who are desirous of se curing physical beautv are recommend ed by a physician, to sat neat once a day, pickles once a week; sweetmeats once a yoar ; also, to takt a cold bath and a five mile walk ever ■ day. {©“Remember, wo are Headquarters for fresh Garden Seed, Robert Bpists and Landreth’s. All lj£fd of Garden Implements, /roes, Bakes, pulverizers, Garden Liuos. Oopelan, Seals & Ar. mor. f• - - ' ”■'■■■ ■ * '■ 1881- THE 1884 Constitution. The DAILY CONSTITUTION has come to be a necessity to every intelligent man in the rauge of its circulation. For the next year it will he belter than ever. 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November 22nd, 188:1. /$ >Trcn - Of .Kentucky University, LEXINGTON, NT. Tf’-iir to complete Ihe Full Diploma Business Course attest 10 w;tKf. Total Cst, including Tuition. Boohs, Statioavry, 1 o.ard, ftc., about ?>v. Telerraphy taurbt. Literary Cearea • for one rear if dvsiroi, fre. Nearly 400 students from 21 State* last year. 5.000 successful graduates. Students cm De'in at any time; to racation. Pall semtee befiiis September 10th. For fufl particulars, address WILBUR R. SMITH, Leslngton. K. (T ICCICt. 1 A—Greene County. jt Elijah M. Philips, Administrator of the Estate of Maiy A. R Philips, applies for Letters of Dismission, and such tauter*, will be granted on the first Monday in April, 1884, unless good objections are fil ed- JOEL F. THORNTON, Ordinary i December 18, 1883. tlstMonday, April Wail toff 1 waDt fif?een ■ or * ▼ tillicn twenty young Leif e:s, from 1 to 3 vears old. c JAS. L. BROWN* January 11, 1884. —2ts. NO 8