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THE HOLY THORN OF GLASTONBURY
An Arroimt <>f « Tree vVltitli Formerly
\V;i- Said to (iron In IMiglaml.
The legend of the holy thorn of Glas¬
tonbury is very old. and, until very re¬
cent times, was quite generally R'diev.-d
in, in spite of its absurdities. Tiie orig¬
inal legend was that 8 c. .Joseph of Ari
ijafhea landed not far from HI-*-'--*
bury, England, and that he and his
companious went to a lull near the
town and there rested for a f hour:-.
Upon making the halt St. Joseph is
said to have thrust his staff, a dry haw¬
thorn stick, into tlie ground, and that
it grew and blossomed, being constant¬
ly in bud or full bloom.
The first account of this miraculous
tree found in print bears date of 1 < 1-.
Tliis states that the tree had a double
trunk in the days of Queen Elizabeth,
but that during her reign a Puritan,
taking (drcn.se at the tree’s observance
of Christmas (for it is said to always
bloom, no odds how cold the weather,
on .Jan. C, “Old Christinas"), hewed
down the largest of the trunks. For
tliis act of desecration the Puritan was
punished by accidentally cutting one of
his k g- and by the loss of one eye,
which w as injured by a chip from the
sa'Ted thorn.
Although tbe tree bad been ft lied to
the ground, ifstill adhered tothe stump
by u bit of bark, mid for thirty years
the fallen part continued to flourish !
just us the standing brunch did, and i
to always bloom at Christmas time,
Final!v the trunk, which renaim ,11 !
stand in-*, was cut down by a military j
saint in fk« time of King Charles I. and
after; hat lime tlie people of tie-vicinitv
did a thriving business in tbe sale u f I
young thutsprmigupattlieba.se
of tin- s „Tcd tree
For a c.-iitury or more thorn trees
continu 1 to be shown in that neigh
borho. d, each claiming to be the main ;
shoot of the original Uia.don bury thorn,
Tliere is a curious story told in a
British magazine of January, 175.8.
The oiiangeof the calendar from old to
new style had just been made. A num¬
ber of people visited the tree on Christ
inns day. new style, but it showed no
signs of blooming. Therefore it was
watched on Jan. 6, the Christmas of
old sty le, when it was seen to bloom as
usual.
In a work on British plants and trees,
published in 1618, I find the following
in regard f>> the winter blooming thorn
tree of C last cm bury: ‘‘It does not uow
grow within the Abbey of Glastonbury,
but i i a lane beyond the churchyard
on the other side of the street, by vhe
Bide of n pit. It appears to be a very
old tree. It lias been reported to have
no thorns, but that I found to bon
mistake. It. has them, like other lmw
thorns, but which also in large trees
are but few. It blossoms twice n v< ur.
The white r blooms, which aro iudivid
unity about the size of a sixpence, up
pear about Christmas, or sooner if the
weather be severe."—St. Ixmis Re¬
public.
I'jirth'H NeitiVHt Xol^Minr,
"Years ago it was supposed that Sirius
w.-.s nearer the ea-ib B. -u am th< r
«»•' i,s G' 1 ' 1 "'"' r «">
years t > reach us. N«»w, iiowi-ver.
Alpi'.a Centauri. a comparatively insig
nif'cant star <J flu* southern heavens, is
known to lie our nearest ueigblior, mid
Siiius is - > f.:r removed that the human
mind fails to gr.ep th>* distance when
express'd in miles.
The fact that light requires from
seventeen to twenty years to cross the
Space between our little earth and this
giant orb is scarcely more easy to com¬
prehend if one would appreciate the
magnificence of this most brilliant of
suns lie should not think it as near, but
rather let his mind make the vain at
tempt to follow a ray of light thither
as it travels on. unwearied, day ami
night, nt the rate of lSO.Opu miles a sec
on 1 for twenty years. — Boston Herald.’
AY:t?;inc Slffpers.
Of Dr. Francis Pringle’s people it is
narrated that some of his rural par¬
ishioners, win(Ne week day emploimetits
were iu tiie open Held, being unused to
n st tloiU ry iialiit, wout.i <k\ asiunaiiy
fall asleep during the sermon. For
this oiV,-!:>e bis manner of reproof was
soinewln.t original. After patient! v
periuitiing tlmiu to enjoy their nap for
about ten minutes, or for meh L ngfii
of time as he d.-eme 1 sufllcient to re
f(\-sh them, without saving one word
or for a moment losing the calm ami
benevolent expivssion of his eounte
nance, or nakiug the least pause in
disetmr.-e, i;e wouid bring down n vol
ume of Bavin’s Psalms on the U '
Bible that lay cIoschI before him witli
such pn«■ i_-**ms force that the creek
resembkd tiie report of a musket, and
in an instant "murdered sleep."—St.
Louis Glob, -Democrat.
0«u-« *• Stlllfrv ..... ..
I lie successful experiments winch
have been made abroad with dogs as
military messengers has caused tireGer
imui authorities to employ them in vet
anotber eaiwieitv ' h on the field uf glu'rv.
There are at the present ^ moment
number of shepherds* dogs iu training
; for finding the wounded on the battle
field, as formerly the St. Bernards were
trained to find tbe frozen wanderers on
the lonely paths of the St. Grottharu.
Tlie regiment of lancers stationed at
Hueiben possesses a dozen of these
shaggy coated members of the ambu¬
lance corps, which have been taught to
hunt up any soldier hidden in the
v.-> / ods and fields in tlie neighborhood
0 f the garrison. On finding a soldier,
tj )e y ruiJ hack and bark till the ambu
j a3( , e wagon arrives, when they return
w pp p to the very door of the hospital.
—Ihdl Mall Gazette,
Killt rn.u Cliarco.il from (sawdust.
White iawdust and shavings aie
turned to account by M. Cal man t, of
Paris, for :he production of fine vegeta
l,ie charco il, which is intended to be
used for the removal of unpleasant (la¬
vor in ordinary French wine, and as a
filtering medium, especially in dist.il-
1 rics, where it is said to be capable of
filtering forty ti lies its volume of alco¬
hol. whereas the vegetable charcoal of
commerce will only filter very much
less and costs more each year. If not
already separate the sawdust of hard
and soft woods most be separated, be
cause the former requires a heat of 700
degs. centigrade, whereas 500 degs. cen
tigni.de suflice for carbonizing tiie iat
ter.
Carbonization, which lasts about an
is effected in fireclay, plumbago
cast iron retorts of about 600 cubic
inches capacity. But previous to this
process the sawdust must be sifted,
^ through a coarse screen to remove
splinters and extraneous matter and
then through a fine sieve which only
permits passage of the actual wooo
dust with the adherent calcareous mat
ti ‘ r - product of carbonization
must again be sifted to get rid of this
calcareous matter which has become
detached during the process, when it
if operation lias been e.ueiully
performed, resist the action of hydro
chloric acid. Manufacturei.
Ev*?n tl>« Gods May N«xt.
Residence in Boston does not of itself
argue the possession of culture, as a re¬
cent Chicago man proved to his own
intense sat istaction.
The major laid much fun with the
conductor of the “grip" or cable car,
which be boarded at State street.
“This car to Washington street?” lie
asked meekly of the conductor. The
latter took Ins little dog whistle from
between bis lips only long enough to re
ply “Cert!” and then placed the whistle
back there again. The abruptness of
this response to a civil inquiry encour
aged the major to again test the con
doctor's vocabulary, which he did
with the following result,:
'd believe the fare is five cents?”
“('orrect. ”,
•‘May i smoke on this seat?”
“Sure."
“1 believe State street parallels the
lake?”
“Bet yer life.”
“Does this car go near the Union
depot?"
“Nixey."
The conductor blew his whistle and
punched up bis fares, all unconscious
. ..... ! '" r ’
I us expense.—Boston 1 raveller.
Why lUo WuuftfnH Hatch*
“Nice eggs, ain’t they?” said a man
at Wood River station, as he picked up
a sample of "b»ui fruit” from a pail tuat
a fellow passenger carried. “Yes," re
s ponded the owner of the eggs, “they’re
prt'tty good looking.” “Blooded stock.’’
he continued, “but as l only paid
twenty t wo cents for them 1 guess they
wouldn't hatch.” “Why. how's that?”
said an ignorant city man who stood
near.
“Well, you see.” replied the man
with the eggs, “if these eggs were sold
for hatching they would fetch
thing over a dollar a baker’s dozen, be
Sng of blooded stock, but the supply
being greater than the demand they
were sold for eating purposes at the
regular market rate of twenty-two
cents. The farmer, though, to guard
against their use for setting has run a
lin0 t ; irou -”b t’ie burt end of
80 as tne imior skui,
a trick that dims away effectually with
Ml hope of hatching it.”
Tills little selteme of the guileless
^mer to keep up tiie price of batching
i;i *••**'» »"*» »«‘w to the city man.
I,is '“formant sii i it was a practice
asoid ustavLius. 1 rovidenee Jour.lab
('niisuillplieU (luretl
An ol iphvss ian. f“‘ireJ lYom pracGce,
hnv ng n»d }>! c d in bis hmnls by an
1 a-t wd si*'* ary the formula of a
die pic veg'*t me lemedy for die speedy
and prei H wit cure of < ousumi tioe,
Urm.vidiS- v'.at.* i h. Astlnsia ami
tin« a' a< d l ."n.t \‘ ec ion- a's*> a jo-i
tiv m d r t he u m re *’<»r Norvoa D* bi¬
N«m v*.us i ompUims, uu«-r
h ‘ ,ts vv
t o"e<> n !b*»us.-.ii s i.t r. s.-s, nas te t it
hie dnu t<> m ik«- ii known io i>L sutler—
i .gi.lt. w-. A<- n t*'l Wy -hlsemtive
h i* * ImtiiRG
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l- r .m m.d iisi.ig. s. nt by ..nil bv a I
dreams: w »t 1* strmn.* » t»;:i
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R.^h star, N, Y . t« utsiy y-i» 2 .
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SHERIFF’S SALE FOR ADC®
Will be sold before the court house
door in the city of Conyers, Rockdale
county, between the legal li« ur^ of sale,
on the first Tuesday in Augus , 3861,
the fell-ewing pioprxiy to-wit: 8 xty
ii-. <■ seres of land, being ] tu t of lot No.
j42 in the lb'lh district of <>ri iina'.ly
Jle.iry now t.ockdale county being the
nvi miming interest the estate of John F.
I-Iardiu lias in the lauds set, apart to M rs
Ann K. Bardin, widow; or dower after
the tei ndnad-m of sai l dower estate.
Said land - f illy described in the pi it of
dower, returned a .d set apart lo sud
Mrs. Ann K. H rfiln and recorded on
t ag' s 7." an i 78, Minutes ‘E’, Rock ale
Superior c uirt, which plat and veten
arc hereby refeved to a* part ■ f this en
tty of levy. Levied on as tb-> property
of tiie estate of John F. llardin, dee’ed.
p )Si nhty a fi. fa. from the Superior
( . OU rt otA-ai I coumy, in fa 1 or of H P. &
D & Co. vs. dims H. Har¬
din a> ad mini-tracer of the estate ot
John F. Hardin, deceased.
Tenant in po-'S *<s ; on notifie I, thi*
June 2J:h, 1891
VV. H. JL Austin, Sheriff.
AlliealiDii for kite of AiafeMrafta
Georgi Rockdale County —
Net ce is hereby giv n h to a’l f persons
cone rued that on tli 7 dv August
1890 J. A. Swann late of itoc'-dide conn
Foil on the estate of a-d -I. A. 8 wan a in
said stf.e, the, a tmiuistr i ion wd. be
vest-d iu W. T. iln-on, oierk of the su
porior court, or some other fit. and prop¬
er person after t e pubiicati n of this
eitat on, umess valid o jections be made
to this sppointm nt. tiiven nuder my
01 Klu Ordinary!
ans,
All'iiiOalil fOT MBPS Of AflfflilliStr&liOIL
Georgia, hock dale County—
To nil whom it mac con er i: Where
ns, Mr. Li. G. Moseley having in due
form made application t > ih.; court of
orai ;u y f->r 1 ttora o: admiuistrat ou on
the estate of Wi linn M. Mas lev, late
of >nid county, deceased, and l will p
upon said appuca ion on the list .Uu
day in July next. Tliis June 2d, 1801.
O. Seamans,
^ts Ordinary.
Mce taDsMOR asfl Creditors
^ r , ora .„, s indebted to the * state of
\\ ^ l.angto (deceased) a f e hereby
notiRoffto comefoiward and make set-tle
uu .nts t o me. Also, al- persons having
demauds against said estate are requested
the sane
1 ’•* j j. Langkohd,
p. H. Lantoiu),’
Admini-’-vators.
This May 2 th, Ghl. io july
#r.’HML OF a » is. Ivcin? made hr John Tl.
Gocdttitt,'lM»’.N.V^iit enke %« <m!( i.*f K«nJrr,
y.ui nil'• H’J «,« u *N.t v. «
t<*a jh y**u«*u tkjy Imuv iveaiu mmi fS to
fi it H :!*»• i*‘art, and inert' u* y qy
**•». ll..«h -i s all wjrus. In way ixirt of
a. you f «u con.it** tiv h i'ettit*, jrfr
ur time,' r 'i.m i.i* nv \«ta <*; *«V to
. All in n*-\». (*rriit j Ml! K tor
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Conyers Georgia.
O#i,*e in rbe 6j»j|, building, njijNr-sifc
itolei, up .-t l.o.
SHINGLES AND LIME.
Have ou baud a large lot of (Ve$S)
lime for sale. Also keep a large
stock of shingles. If you want nnv
lime or shingles see me before you
buv them.
A. J. Pierce.
FTT l.mLi T J']?BETPures UL'iU'.£! Diphtheria or So'o
iro;l 4 . w }j ea 0 t} K! r Remed: s
have Failed. F-r sale by Dr. VY. H Lee
& Son, Conyers, Ga.
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