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A O. WHITEHEAD, M. D.7
WAYNESBORO, GA.,
(Office at old stand of Buunr.t.L A Whitehead.
Residence, corner Whitaker and Myric sts.)
Special attention given to Accouchement
and Surgery. •
Thanking the public for past patronage,
solicits a continuance ot the same,
jaul3—ly
DKNTISTRY.
GEORGE FATERSON, D. D. S.,
OFFICE NEXT TO PLAXTERS' HOTEL,
WAYNESBORO’, GA.
FAMILIES desiring his services at their
homes, in Burke, or adjoining counties, can
address him at tills place. dee23-ly
NOTICE
DR. THOMAS HURD ELL OFFERS
his Professional services to the pub
lic. Office at the Drug-store of Messrs.
Wilkins & Little, during the day; and at
night can be found at his plantation, two
miles from the village. janl3-tf
NOTICE.
DR. It. W. BANKS OFFERS HIS PRO
FESSIONAL services to the citizens
of Waynesboro’, and Burke county gene
rally, in the practice of Medicine and Den
tist'y. Galls left at Tub Expositor office
will meet with prompt attention.
nor'2>-ly.
•TOTIN' I). ASHTON,
A TT ORX E Y A T L A W,
WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA.
OFFICE IX • THE EXPOSITOR IIUILDIXU
PERKY BERRIEN,
attorney at law ;
WAYNESBORO, G EO RGI A.
OJtcc in Court Home hmemcnt—northeast room
A. M. RODGERS,
A ITO RX E Y A T L A W ,
WAYNESBORO, GA.
OFFICE AT THE COURT HQ CSS.
11. a. GLISSON,
ATT ORX E Y A T LA W,
LAWTONVILI.E, GA.
Will practice in the Augusta, Eastern, and
Middle Circuits.
JAMr.R S. HOOK- I JWKSGAROXKK.
HOOK St OA-H-DNEK.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AUGUSTA ‘ GEORGIA
Will prMtice in th Augusta Circuit and in the
United State* Ditrict and Circuit Courts for the
State of Georgia. Cases attended to in other
couutio* and in South Curolina by special con
tract. jantiWim
MAT B- PERKINS,
PROF. OF SCIENCE AND LITERATURE OF MUSIC
WILL TKACH CL ASS- St SiOf#-',
CONDUCT MUSICAL SOCIETIES,
. AND
aid Drill Choirs, with special reference te tli
wants of the Church.
Address, MAT B. PERKINS,
jy22* Lawtonville, Burke co., Ga,.
EVEHY STYLE OF
JOB PRINTING
NEATLY, CHEAPLY,
EXPEDITJOUSL Y EXECUTED
AT THIS OFFICE,
W; A. WILKINS,
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
TOILET ARTICLES, ETC., ETC.
WAYNESBORO\ GA.
JETHRO TIIOMAS,
dealer in
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Dry Groodrt and. Clothing
(Opposite Plantin' Hotel),
WAYNESBORO, GA.
By .Tamos E. Frost. II
VOL. JIT.!
Caiidiilnt.rs’ Notices.
Fellow-Oill/.eiist—l respectfully on
nounco myself a candidate for tho offieo of Re
ceiver of Tax Returns for Ilurko County ; sub
ject to tho action of the Democratic Conven
tion jy a.fPdjNYtns..
gy Mr. Editors—We hereby announce
Mr. Drowry Reeves as a candidate for tho office
of Shsrffff I Rnrki*County; suLjsct to the action
of the Democratic convention;
MANY FRIENDS.
announce Mr. Crawford T. Her
rington Has! candidate for the office of Tax Col
lector of Burke County, subject to the nomina
tion of the Democratic Convention, to meet in
September. DEMOCRATS.
HtT |Ve are authorized to announce Dr.
Stanley Young as a oandlUate for the office of
Tax Receiver, at the ensuing election.
_nu3 _ MANY VOTERS.
B Fellow-Citizens I respectfully an
nounce myself a candidate for the office of Tax
Collector of Burko County, subject to the nomi
nation of the Democratic Convention.
jy27 JOHN E. DAVIS.
Fellow-Citizens!—Thanking you for
the confidence reposed in me in the past, and so
liciting a continuance of tho same for tho future,
I respectfully announce myself a candidate for
re-election, subject to nomination by the Demo
cratic Convention. .ffilfN E. FRANKLIN. _
g£/~° Mr. Editor :—The friends of MILTON
A. CLARKE announce him a candidate for Re
ceiver of Tax Returns for Burke County, subject
to the action of the Convention to meet on the
first Tuesday in So tember next. jv27
Bg?”Mr. Editor: —Allow us to announce
tho name of Mr. Ueoftar. P llmnf vgton for the
office of Tax Collector of Burke County. Sub
jeet to nomination by the County Convention
jv2o MANY FRIENDS.
Fellow-Citizens-I respectfully an
nounce myself a candidate for re-oloction to the
office of Tax Colloctor of Burke County, subject
to the nomination of tho Democratic convention
jy 13 R. C. WIMBERLY.
The many friends of Air. Edward 11.
Blount announce him as a candidate for tho office
of Receiver of Tax Returns for Burke County;
subject to the nomination of tho Democratic
convention.
j*B MANY FRIENDS.
Special Notices.
Tub Gales or ArabY arc not ‘sptoh-r than the
aroma which the fragrant Sozodont impart* to the
breath. Nor.is the iit-ai t.if the ivory nut whiter
than the teeth that ate cleansed dally with that
matchless fluid.
To Own bus of Hobsbs.— No one who has ever
used Dr. Tomas' flora? Venetian Liniment win ever
be without it; it is a certain cure lor Colic, Sore
Throat, Cuts, Burns, Sores. Warranted
superior to any oilier; hi pintoottle*, at sl. Sold
by all druggie!s. Depot, 10 l’ark Place, N'. V.
BurnbttJs Sjani* ari> Fmavurjyg Extracts are
neatly put tip in unganneled ttox f oz; and 10 oz
bottles, ana Ore for Wale by tW trade generally io
every principal city and town in the United States,
Canadas, and British Provinces, as well as many
other foreign countries/ * ' ’ ’>
Uiclp for tub Ufli'EUij'v— You acu p eak, q-,
jeeted, miserable, and gosling (toes you any good,
you say. Aioa't.duspjiir. Tlifre is balm in Gilead,
llavo you tried Vinegar Bitters I No! Then, why
don’t you I Whether your complaint be dyspepsia,
billiousness, nervous weakness, constitutional de
bility, or any other IrofiflTe, Vinegar Bitters will
revive and renovate your shattered system, as a
genial rain refreshes the withered flowers.
For Dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits,
and general debility in their vurimis formsj also,
us a preventive against Fever and Ague, and other
intermittent fevers, the “Ferro-phosphorated Elix
er of Calisaya,” made by Caswell, Hazard <V. Cos.,
Now York,'and sold by ail druggists, is the best
tonic, and as a tonic for patients recovering from
fever or other si cl; ness it has no equal.
'Thurston’s Ivort I’harl Tooth |’owiei*>— Tho
best article known lbr cleansing ahd preserving the
theth and gums Sold by all druggists. Price 175
and 50 cents per bottlo. Wells V Cos., N. Y.
Cristadoho's Hair I>ye stands unrivalled in the
world. No lady or gentleman of discrimination uses
any other. It is the most perfect, reliable and effec
tive liair the world, Manufactory, 68 Maiden
4T^s-iiusr*i
the great ll|lilg OBmpound. I’f ic*'ls ets. per box.
John, F. a Cjjiilege lale e, M. Y.
RiSLey'S hdclio Is a re liable Diureticand Tonic
for all deraugomonts of the uriuary and genital
organs. Tbcgenuine, as formerly Bold by Havilaud
Harral & Uisley and their branches, is nuiv prepared
liy 11. W. Rieley, the c rigiuatorarid Proprietor; and
the tradhsupplied t>y nia successors. Morgan Si Kis
ley, Now York.
SvAp.NU, or, opium puritied, the most perfect an-,
odyno iu the market, made liy process of I)r I. M.
Bigelow, Detroit Medical College. Is always uni
form in strength, which is rarely tho case iu other
preparations of Opium.
Pratt’s Astrai, Oil, has a world-wide reputation
as the surest and best illuminating oil. Over two
mfllion gallon* litre been sold for the past two years,
from wljieh rlo atxlooms of any description llavo oc
curred. Send for circular. Oil Houso of Clian.
Pratt, llstaUtehed 1770, New York. _
Wb iiave friwckntly heard mothers Bay they
would not be without Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing
Syrup, from the birth of nio child until it has lin
isned with the teeth Jug, ptqgo, under any considera
tion Whatever. ’ ■ j ! ’• ** 1
Thb Secret of.Beauty. What is It i no longer
asked, for tho world of fashion and all the ladies
know that is produced by using a delightful and
harmless toilet prenaratiou known as G. \V. Laird’s
“Blootn of TmftV.”' Its beautifying efforts are truly
wouderful^^ejiot^iDGolcmtL^L^^^^^>Bd)^
Death-bed of ‘Stonewall’ Jackson.
A magnHioebt llxfS'lrtdh Kngraving._rcpret.oni
ing the death-scene of Gqn. Jackson. The officers
’’trn-ir 1 sorrowfully around his death-bod. In
ttifi riwwncc ft to b'eoeh the cnMmpMg army, tho
weary sentinel yn his heat, and many other things
w hich raakf this picture a gem Of art; one winch
should hang In Til parlor of every Southern homo.
Sent by mail, mounted on a roller apd post-paid, on
receipt Iff SO routß, or & for M cents. Address
J. C. & W. M. BURKOW,
Bristol, Tennessee.
K#“ Agents wanted everywhere to sell our pop
ular Pictures and take subscriptions for our Maga
azinc. From $5 to $lO per day can be made. Send
for Circulars. sepll
WAYNESBORO’, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872.
Too Bcuntiftil For Earth.
An angel in the book of life,
Wrote down an infant’s birth,
Theu added ore he closed bis book—
Too beautiful for earth.
And when the reaper Death passed by
He road the words and smiled ;
Then gently folded in his arms
The lovely little child.
The mother wept; but andgels sang
With soft and glad accord;
They v elcomed th’ transplanted flower,
In the garden of the Lord.
The mo.her wept; she will not weep
When all her days have run,
And at the gates of Paradise
She meets her little son.
lEHIIISGEICESJF OMUL
BY E. M. MURCH.
Grammar! “There is magic in the
sound J” How it summous before us
the old school-room with its lines of
benches and desks, and the rows of ju
venile beads above them; the black
board, white with its serried columns
of “sums” and “divisions” in echalon;
the desk, rough in its veteran scars,
where we tested our newly bought
blades and tried our earliest skill in
carving ; the little globe in the corner,
which squeaked as we turned it on its
axis; the fat boy in the spelling-class
who always settled gradually to the foot
by the law of gravitation; the big girls
across the broad aisle, whose eyes
laughed back to us while their lips
pouted, aud whose cherished uauies aud
sunny faces we have strung among the
brightest gems in memory’s oft-counted
rosary; the “parsing class” after school;
the elect few iD grammar—the elite of
the grown-up boys, ami the creme de la
creme of bloomiug girlhood when the
master relaxed his stern features and
“laid his terrors by;” when the saucy
eyes across the broad aisle turned soft
aud languid under a noarer view, and
the Routing lips smoothed, Jqpru, tq mpl
low smiles; where we sat and “parsed”
the time aWay, while the low sun shoue
in with slanting beams, touched with
still brighter luster a brace of golden
heads and painted the lengthening win
dow in checkered squares of light upon
the floor. Such are a few of the bright
spots that glow upon memory’s canvas
as our school-day scroll unfolds under
the wand of Grammar.
This was the “First the ' ! Large
Grammar”—the plant whose rudiments
grew up from the lower ground in the
“Primary Grammar.”
My earliest recollections arc of a
small book, about seven by five, sewed
in a calico cover, pretty well thumbed
and dog-eared within, with “Robbie
St. Clair” in every variety of ponmku*
ship all over the fly-leaves, and full of
“man, man's, men;" “him, her , it" “ I
love, you love, we love," aud such things.
I remember one place where “ Wo
might, could, would or should ?’ —do
something was repeated so many times
that we often wondered why we never
did it.
I remember there were three dis
tinguished “persoDs” in the book, and
it was very gratifying to kuow that “I”
was always the “first” one of them.
We could not help suspecting the gram
marians of a little egotism here.
Then there were “verbs,” which told
what things did; as “ Johu whipped
William.” It always appeared to ub
that William was the verb here, under
the definition, as he generally told what
John had done. Some of theso verbs
were “regular” in all their moods or
manners while others were subject to
“irregularities” iu theso respects. We
were taught that the verb “ whipped”
above was a regular verb, and our expe
rience testified that it became a pretty
regular thing in our class.
There were “pronouns” also, some of
them “personal” enough to point a con
gressional debate, aud although I was
“SALUS POPULI SUPBBMA X.E3C EBTO.”
far away from homo and a stranger in
a strange land when I first met these
pronouns, I was glad to find some rela
tives among them.
There were “ nouns” done up in
“cases;” some of them we liked well
enough, and others we “declined.”
Then there were “ adjectives” ns, “ a
good boy” (there have always been good
boys in adjectives, I believe) and “ ad
verbs as, “ John learns rapidly.”
Here we couldn’t sec the point as we all
knew that John wore tho dunce-cap
regularly four days iu the week.
There were “ moods” too of various
kinds, and our master used to get into
some rather unpleasant ones sometimes,
at which times he generally put our
several “persons” through the “ passive
voice” with his ferule, and wc used to
pay him back by qualifying him sundry
select adjectives in tho “ superlative
degree.”
The “first part,” I remember, ended
with “conjunctions” and “interjections.”
We found the list of interjections very
useful as so many safety-valves to keep
us from bursting when we got a whip
ping. We learned many of them under
these circumstances, and I am afraid we
occasionally threw in sojee rather rough
ones which were not in the book.
After these camo “Orthography,”
which made us think of the “ spelling
class, “where wo pretty generally stood
at one end—we won’t be positive now
which. And then enme “ Etymology,”
which made us think of the “ big dic
tionary,” and “ Syntax,” which wo
thought it a sin to tar us with.
There were “adjuncts” also. I shall
never forget these. Tha master on
one occasion required us all to pre
sent original examples of adjuncts; and
Tom Hadley, who was of a very practi
cal turn, as the best he could do in
that line, brought in a cat with an old
tin-pan adjoiued to her tail. I tell
you, the master weut into the “imper
ative mood” instariter; lie “ conjugated”
Tom to the whipping post and applied
the switch in a very “ active transitive”
manner.
Tom came out in the “objective
case” after a “ transitive verb,” the
switen ended in a list of “ disjunctive
conjunctions,” while the master stood
iu the “ nominative case absolute.”
Tom now went in loud upon the list
of “ interjections,” in which the cat
joined them, throwing in several shrill
“auxiliaries.”
On the way home Tom applied some
not very logical predicates’ to the
master; threatened to put bis visual or
gans into the “ singular number;” to
change his nose, which was a very
“demonstrative pronoun,” into an “ in
definite article;” and to punctuate his
“ persoo” into “periods,” **■ clauses,”
and “ phrases,” according to the most
approved rules of “ Prosody.”
The girls upon the row of back scats
used to conjugate “I love, we love,
she loves,” in the most agreeable of
moods” and the sweetest of “voices.”
There was one big hoy who was just
dying to be put in the “objective case,”
to these verbs, but the girls didn’t put
him in. Some time afterward, I believe,
when he ventured to put an “ inter
rogative” to one of them upon the sub
ject, her “relatives” interfered, and the
lady, having looked up his “ ante
cedents,” put him off into the “second
future tense,” and finally “ declined’’
him in the “ emphatic form,” of the
‘‘indicative mood.” Having fai'ed to
become the “ possessive case” in this
“proposition,” the big boy immediately
placed himself in “ corresponding con
junction” with a fair “substantive” who
happened to be put by “ apposition”
with him at an evening party.
Whenever the lady appeared there
after he always attended her as an
“adjuuct,” and finally by the aid of a
qualified “copulative” they wero “ con
jugated” and became a compound sub
ject of a very long and prosy “sentence”
II S3 a year, in advance.
modified here and there by various lit
tle “personal pronouns” in tbo “ plural
number.”
Our school-boy days bare loug since
glided into the " past tense,” our
“ mood” has settled into a mild “ sub
junctive;” and wc liavo become rather
an “ imperfect participle” in the “ ac
tive voice of life. When we reflect
what we “might, could, and would or
should” bare done when young and
strong in our “potential mood” our “in
terjections” flow forth afresh, and we
weep to think that our days of gram
mar like all sublunary things are “pars
ing away.”— JTome and School.
WHAT TO KEAI>.
I believe very thoroughly in courses
of reading, because I believe in having
one book lead to another. But, after
the beginning, these courses for differ
ent persons will vary much from each
other. There are but few books which
it is necessary for every intelligent boy
and girl, man and woman to have read.
First is tbe Bibte, of which not only is
an intelligent knowledge necessary for
your healthy growth in religious life but
—which is of less consequence, indeed
—it is necessary for your tolerable un
derstanding of the literature, or even
science, of the world which for eighteen
centuries has been under the influence
of the Bible. Around the English ver
sion of it, as Mr. Marsh shows so well,
the English language cf the last three
centuries has revolved, as the earth re
volves around the sun. Second, every
one ought to be quite well informed as
to the history of the country iu which
he lives. All of you should know the
general history of the United States
well. You should know the history of
your own State in the most detail of
all. Third, an American needs to have
a clear knowledge of the general fea
lures of the history of England. Fourth,
it is necessary that every intelligent
American or Englishman should have
read carefully most of Shakespeare’s
plays. Lastly, it is a disgrace to read
even the newspaper, without ktowifrg
where tho places are that are spoken of.
You need therefore, the very best atlas
you can provide yourself with. Re
member that what yon want from books
is the information in them, and the
stimulus they give you, and tho amuse
ment for your recreation. You do not
read for the pool pleasure of saying
von have rpnd thpin.
’ hrH mtn v *■ tr card-
A couple of romances are quoted in
New York as a relief to the bloodshed,
swindling aud multifarious exhibit j?™*
of human depravity which constitute
the rule for Gotham news. The first
is the story of a man who bus comq
from Greene county, Wisconsin, and is
on his way to Loudon. His name is
Joseph Langham ltrown, and he claims
to be the rightful heir to the title .of
the Marquis of Langham. He came
away, from home forty years ago, and
has delved in the mines aud the soil
ever since, af last marrying and settling
iu anew State. His education is of
the best, and his gentlo roycaf?
itself in spite of the horny hands and
coarse clothes. By the recent death
of his father he becomes heir to an es
tate of $15,000,000, whieh he is going
on to sec about. The other romance
is of a sadder kind. Some dozen years
ago ten gentlemen hoarding at the same
place on Great Jones street, formed a
circle of fast friends. The war broke
up the set, but before parting they had
a 6uppcr on the 10th of September,
1862, vowing to meet at the same lime
and place as many as remained in 1872.
Accordingly, Edward K. Winship, a
broker, on Monday ordered a banquet
prepared, and as the hour came round
he alone sat dowu to the courses. All
the rest were dead; most of them in
the army, but a few had died in the
walks of peace, and he aloue in a mourn
ing feast thought in sorrow of what ten
vears had wrought.
RULES FOR LEGAL ADVERTISING s
Nates of land, etc., by Administrators, Creditors,
or Uuar'dians are required by law to be held on the
first Tuesday in the month, between the house ef ten
in the forenoon and three in the qflmuron, at the
court-house in the eentnty in which the property is
situated. Notice* of these sale* must be given in •
public garette in the county where the tenet lies, if
there be any. Notice* for the tale if personal property
mutt be given in like manner ten day* previous to
tale day. Notices to Debt ore and Creditors if on
estate must be published forty days. Notice that ap
plication trill be made to the Court of Ordinary for
leave to tell land, etc , must be published once a week
for four weeks. Citations for fetters of Adminis
tration, Uuardianship, etc., must be published thirty
auyi. For dism ission Prom Administration and Eg
ccutorohip, three months—dismission from Ousted
ianship, forty days. Itules for Foreclosure if Mort
gage mutt bt published monthly for four months.
For establishing lost papers, fur the full spews tf
three r,:mths. For compelling titles from Adminis
trators or Creditors, whore bond hat been given by
deceased, three month*. AjrfUieaixon for Homestead
must be published twice. ( Publications will atweiys
be continued according to the— requirements unless
otherwise ordered.] ■tT One inch, ot about eighty
words, is a square; /ructions counted a* full tqumvoo.
INO. 4.
A Man to be Tried for SnooTtito
Himself. —There is a charge of murder
pending in the London courts against &
man for permitting himself to be shot.
The circumstances of the case are ex
traordinary in all respects. Two young
German geutlemcn of respectable family
visited London, aud in four daya man
aged to expend the sum of $2,000 in
pleasure. At the end of that time,
having exhausted their money, they
came to the conclusion that there vu
nothing left to them worth living for
aud agreed to die together. A few
lines of farewell were writteu to some
girls who had assisted in their revelries
after which they locked their door and
stripped themselves for death. One of
the young men, named Paul May, stood
up and the other shot him through the
breast. As May fell to the floor, his
companion finished his work by shoot
ing himself through the heart. It so
happened that May was not mortally
wounded, but is in a fair way of recov
ery, and when he is convalescent, be ie
to be taken before the authorities to
his trial for wilfully murdering the com
panion who shot him, in accordance
with the verdict rendered by the Coro
ner’s jury, which investigated his ease,
as in England, where two persons mu
tually agree to commit suicide together
and only one person dieß, the survivor
is bold guilty of the murdor of the one
who died. Some of the greatest Eng
lish Judges have ruled that such is tbe
law. The last trial of this kind occurr
ed in the old Bailey, in 1888, when Ben
jamin Allison was indicted for tbe wil
ful murder of Ellen Cripps, a woman
with whom he bad been living. The
two had agreed to commit suicide to
gether, aud drank three parts of a cup
of laudanum each. The large quanti
ty produced vomiting in the man and
he survived. These facts were proven
on the trial, and the man was convicted
of murdering the woman, and sentenced
to death.* 11
rj • •
Horrible Scene Burning or
Hearts in Connecticut Absurd
and Brutal Superstition. —The vil
lage of Peaccdale was thrown into ex
citement on Thursday last, by the re
port that two graves had been dug up
near Watson’s Corner, ou the shore of
the Saugntuck river. The family of
Mr. William Hose, who reside at
Sauuderstown, near the South Ferry,
are subject to consumption, several of
tbe family having died of tbe disease,
and one member of the family is now
quite low with it. At the urgent re
quest of the sick man, the father aaslst
ed by Charles Harrington, of North
Kingston, repaired to the burying
ground, located one mile north of
Peaoedale, and, after building a fire
first dug up the grave of his son, who
had been buried twelve years, for the
purpose of taking out his heart and liv
er, which were to be placed in the fire
and consumed, in order to carry out
the old superstitution that the con
sumptive dead draw nourishment from
the living. But aB the body was en
tirely reduced to ashes, except a few
bones, it was shortly covered up, and
the body of a daughter who had been
dead seven years was taken out of the
grwre beside her brother. This body
was found to be nearly wasted away,
except the liver and heart, which were
in a perfect state of preservation. The
coffin was nearly perfect, while the son’s
coffin was nearly demolished. After
the heart and liver had been taken out
it was placed in the fire and consumed,
the ashes being only put back in tho
grave. The fire was then put out, and
the two men departed t° their respec
tive homes. Only a few spectators
were present to witness the horrible
crime. It seems that this is not the
first time that graves have been dug up
where consumption was prevalent in
1 the family, and tho buried. parts burn
ed in order to save the living. A few
years ago the same was done ra the vil
lage of Moorsfield, and also in the town
of North Kingston, both of course with
out effect. —Providence Herald, sth iiut.