Lamar County AlArchives News.....Vernon Courier March 11, 1887 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Veneta McKinney http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003775 October 27, 2007, 4:13 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History March 11, 1887 Microfilm Ref Call #371 Microfilm Order #M1992.4966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE VERNON COURIER ALEX A. WALL, Editor and Publisher VERNON, LAMAR CO, ALA. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1887 VOL. I. NO. 41 Subscription $1.00 Per Year THE LOST YOUTH – Poem - [Helen Irwine Grigg} ENGLISH SIGNS – The Decline of an Important “Institution” …….(first column cut off)…of their own degradation from the high position they once occupied. Inasmuch as they now usually bear the name of the house in written characters, they show most clearly how entirely forgotten are the reasons which originally led to the adoption of the use of signs. Only now and then do we see a pictorial signboard of the real old-fashioned sort. This decay in the use of inn-signs, however, is no greater than the decline in importance of the inns themselves. These have, within little more than the last half-century, descended from a position of great importance and prosperity to one of comparative degradation. Few persons of the present day have an adequate idea of the extent to which tavern-life influenced thought and manners fifty, one hundred or two hundred years ago. Then each man had his tavern, much as we now have our clubs and reading-rooms; there he nightly met his friends, heard the high-priced London newspapers read aloud, and discussed the political and business topics of the time. Dickens, in Barnaby Rudge, has well sketched the select village company which for many years had met nightly at the old Maypole to tipple and debate. Ale was the universal beverage on these occasions; and in days when there were no colossal breweries at Burton, Romford, or elsewhere, the fame of any tavern was great or small according to the skill of the landlord or his servants in producing this beverage. Inns, too, formed the stopping-places of the many coaches of a hundred years ago, and at them were kept the numerous horses then required for the traffic. In the old coaching days, indeed, many a small town or village on any main road consisted largely or chiefly of inns; and supplying the necessaries for the passing traffic may be said to have formed the “local industry” by which the inhabitants of such places lived. Thus the inns of olden times combines to a large extent within themselves the various uses to which modern clubs, reading- rooms, institutes, railway stations, eating-houses, hotels, public-houses, livery stables, and the like, are now severally put. Then they were the centers round which most events of the time revolved; now they are little more than tippling houses for the lower classes. The various devices used as signs are of infinite variety and varying degrees of interest, from the heads, or portraits of modern political, naval or military celebrities, to such signs as the Rose and Crown, the Fleur-de- leys, the Spread Eagle, the Cross Keys, our numerous Arms, fantastically colored animals of all kinds, and many other similar devices. Signs of the former kind require little or no explanation, they are usually modern and uninteresting vulgarisms, and their meanings are self-apparent. With signs of the latter class, however, the case is generally far different, and a search for their original significance, often much obscured by the mists of antiquity, is usually an interesting one. As a rule, such signs will be found to have been derived from the armorial bearings of some sovereign, noble or other historical personage. From the quaint and almost forgotten science of heraldry, indeed, has been derived a large majority of our oldest and most interesting signs. This fact need cause no surprise when it is remembered that in former days every one was familiar with this so-called “science”. The incomprehensible jargon, spoken of as “blazon” by heraldic writers, and the various devices appearing on all modern coats of arms, though little more nowadays than grotesque hieroglyphics to most, were once read and perfectly understood even by the common people. A knowledge of heraldry was once, probably, as general as a knowledge of the “three Rs” is now. It was no wonder, therefore, that the idea early suggested itself to the minds of tradesmen and others to use their own coats of arms – when they had any or those of the great trade guild to which they belonged, or those of their landlord, or some patron, as signs. This convenient customs, once established, would be sure to be largely followed; there can, indeed, be no question that in this way arose the custom of naming houses the “So-and-so Arms.” At the present time, the custom itself remains, though its origin has been almost entirely lost sight of. Many inns have in consequence come to be known as the Arms of person’s trades, places, and things which never did, and never could bear a coat of arms. Such signs, for instance, as the Liliput Arms the Cricketers’ Arms, and the Libra Arms, are modern and meaningless absurdities. Clearly the origin of the King’s Arms had never occurred to the simple clodhopper of whom it is related that he once walked many miles to see King George IV on one of his journeys, and who came home greatly disappointed; for he found the King had arms like other men, while he had always understood that His Majesty’s right arm was a lion, and his left a unicorn. Arms of various kinds form a large proportion of our modern signs, often as much as ten percent, and sometimes double that in particular districts. As a general rule, where a house ha displayed for many years together an armorial sign, the “coat” will be found to be that of the larges landowner or most prominent personage in the district. When the general knowledge of heraldry began to decline, and armorial bearings fell largely into disuse, many houses, formerly known as the “Somebody’s Arms: probably came gradually to be called after, and distinguished by, the most prominent “charge” in the coat, or after the “crest’ of one of the “supporters” which might have been, in heraldic blazon, a lion guiles (red), a boar azure (blue), a white hart, or a rose crowned. Thus undoubtedly originated many strange signs which are still common. The personal “badges” adopted by kings and great nobles in early times, and worn on the arm by their servants and retainers, have also given origin to many similar signs. Thus, the White Hart – one of our very commonest signboard devices – represents the favorite bade of King Richard II, although the white hart has also a legendary existence. The Rose and Crown – another extremely abundant sign – owes its resistance to the fact that most of the earlier English sovereigns used a rose crowned as a badge. The Blue Boar, the bade of the once powerful De Verses, earls of Oxford, is to this day commoner in the county of Essex, where lay the family seat, than anywhere else. The Red Lion, another of our very commonest signs, is probably in the same ways derived from the personal badge of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, though it doubtless represents also the lion in the arms of Scotland. As a rule, fantastically colored animals will be found to have had a heraldic origin. Creatures in their natural colors either may or may not have been derived from heraldry; thus the Greyhound, though it has figured both as the badge, and one or both of the “supporters” of the arms of several English sovereigns, may owe its frequent appearance on the sign-board to its modern use in the coursing- field. In the case of the White Horse, too, a very common sign, it is difficult now to decide whether it represents the White Horse of the Saxons, or that of the House of Hanover, or one of the many white horses to be seen in our streets. – [Chamber’s Journal] WOMEN MECHANICS – European Countries Where Female Labor is Employed in Rude Avocation The papers are still discussing the case of the New York girl, who, after having learned the locksmith’s trade from her father; has now set up for herself, and is doing a prosperous business. In Paris, there are more than five hundred women who exercise mechanical trades, such as wheelwright, farrier, carpenter, saddler, boat-builder and mason. Many of these are widows, who are merely carrying on the business of deceased husbands. It is not, however, very unusual in and near Paris, to see a woman take a horse’s foot in her lap and nail on a shoe; and still less so, to see women on a building carrying mortar. Germany, however, is the land where women are most employed n rude avocations, such as postillion, cab-driver, street-sweeper, sailor, and hod- carrier. In Prussia alone there are six women who work in foundries, mines, and quarries – brawny, strong, broad-shouldered women, differing little in appearance and dress from the men with whom they toil. It is said, too, that neither in language nor in manners are they more refined than the men. It is almost impossible for an American to conceive of such a state of things. Women, fortunately, have never been reduced to such a condition anywhere in America, and we trust they never will be. – [N. Y. Ledger] SOCIETY AND CRIMINALS In coming time the world will look back with amazement upon the days when it let known, determined criminals run at large, only punishing them occasionally, be a temporary deprivation of their liberty in short and determinate sentences. We can see today that it is a thoroughly illogical proceeding. The man determined upon a life of crime is of no use to himself at large and he is both a danger and expense in his community. He commonly gives evidence in his character and his acts of this determination – evidence sufficient for the court which tries and sentences him; but if that is too uncertain, then conviction for a second offense may be legally taken to define his position. After the second offense the criminal should be shut up, on an indeterminate sentence, where he will be compelled to labor to pay for his board and clothes and the expense of his safe keeping. – [New Princeton Review] In a Pullman car that arrived in San Bernardino, Cal. the other day there were seventeen babies. PITH AND POINT – jokes WILL BE INVITED IN – anecdote THE PRESIDENT’S CONDITON – anecdote THE POWER OF GAB – How It Advances the Schemes of Loud-Mouthed Politicians “Talk is cheap” affirms one of the practical proverbs of the day. We beg to differ. Talk is not cheap; it is an expensive commodity, and too often a commodity of little value. The ability to express one’s thoughts in a concise, intelligible and effective manner is a valuable accomplishment, but the rhetorical art of aiming a spread-eagle speech with one grain of sense to ten of superficial bombast, can almost be rated as a vice. Many a man has elevated himself to a responsible position of public trust with not fitness for the proper discharge of his duties. But he could make a nice speech. He could shake up his auditors with some side-splitting anecdote, or melt them to tears by reciting some pathetic incident. No one stopped to inquire whether in the management of his own affairs he was a success or a failure. Nobody carefully considered whether the ideas he advanced were sensible or practical. He could sway an audience and that was considered a conclusive test of his ability. Isn’t this a fair presentation of the manner in which we select men to administer our public affairs? A man of admitted executive ability who has made a success of his own business, but has no rhetorical gifts, will stand no show against the mealy-mouthed candidate who has failed in everything he has tired to do, but who can talk. Talk is cheap, is it? Look over the records of Congress and see what it costs the country to print and publish the useless talk, talk, talk that hinders useful legislation and serves no better purpose than to advance the personal interests of ambitious politicians. The country has to pay for all this talk, at a big ground price, too, but the man who has been sent to Congress has to furnish his constituents some evidence of his great value, and nothing is more conclusive than a long-winded speech. Great is the gift of gab. – [Western Plowman] THE HIDDEN EGG – A Noted Mind-Reader’s Most Interesting Out-Door Experiment One of the most interesting of outdoor experiments I ever performed took place in Berlin twelve months ago last Easter. Having purchased an Easter egg and put into it a quantity of gold, the egg was given to Mr. Ransom, the American Minister, to hide anywhere within a radius of a kilometer of the Hotel de Rome, which was the starting point. Accompanied by Count Litko, his Excellency, Dr. Lucius, and Prince Ratiben, as a committee of inspection, Mr. Kasson took away the egg and hid it, while I remained with the balance of the committee in the hotel. Instead of taking Mr. Kasson by the hand, as I had done in other cases, I caused him to be connected with me by a piece of this wire. One end of the wire was twisted round my right wrist and the other end round his left; the coil itself remained slack. Thus connected we started on our errand of search. From time to time the wire was drawn taut and it cut into our wrist s with the force I exercised in pulling my subject along; but, as far as possible, I avoided actually touching his hand with my own. After leaving the Under den Linden we turned into a narrow street and then into the Emperor Wilhelm’s stables. I went up to a corn box and found it locked. For a moment I took Mr. Kassn’s hand in mine in order to increase the impression. This done, I moved toward Prince Ratlbon, and putting my hand in his pocket I fetched out the key of the box, which I at once opened, and inside, among the corn, I discovered the hidden egg. The egg and its contents were afterward presented to the Crown Princess of Germany as an Easter gift for the kindergarten, in which her Imperial Highness takes so deep an interest. – [Stuart C. Cumberland, in Nineteenth Century] MARY AND WILLIAM COLLEGE There is a sad illustration of the decadence of power in the present condition of that once famous and prosperous institution of learning, the Mary and William College, the first endowed college in America. In order to preserve the State Charter it is necessary that the college bell should be rung every day, and as there is neither school nor pupils this duty devolves on the President. Every day, storm or sunshine, the lonely professor may be seen wending his way to the old college, and soon the melancholy sound of the school bell wakes the echoes in the silent and deserted building and preserves the sad memorial of happier days to the city of Jamestown and state of Virginia. It is, indeed, a mournful commentary upon departed greatness, but there are hopes that it may yet be resuscitated as a seat of knowledge. – [Detroit Free Press] It is said that the edelweiss, the famous flower of the Alps, is found on Mount Rainer, in Washington Territory. – [Portland Oregonian] MURDEROUS APACHES – A Brief Review of the Campaign Waged Against Them in 1886. The campaign waged by General Miles during the summer and autumn of 1886 against the Apache Indians in Arizona, led by their chiefs Geronimo, Natchez and Mangus, was not one of vengeance or vindictiveness. It was marked by very great bravery and admirable feats of endurance on the part of the soldiers, but there was very little bloodshed or cruelty. The Indians had broken from their reservation, and were carrying fire and sword through Southern Arizona, Southwestern New Mexico and Northern Mexico. Lieutenant-General Sheridan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, had instructed general Miles to move against them. He directed Miles “that the greatest care be taken to prevent the spread of hostilities among the friendly Indians in his command, and that the most vigorous operations, looking to the destruction or capture of the hostiles, be ceaselessly carried on.” General Miles divided into districts the whole hostile country, which is a series of almost inaccessible mountain ranges, crossed by deep canyons and gorges, and placed each district under the command of an officer. Each detachment had heliograph, or looking-glass, signals, by means of which they communicated, flashing the sun’s rays from mountain-top to mountaintop. Whenever a band of hostile Indians was discovered, the soldiers gave pursuit. In the chase which followed, the Indians invariably had one advantage over the soldiers. Riding their horses as high up the ranges as they could go, they then abandoned the horses, crossed the summit on foot, and stole fresh horses in the valley below. The troops, who could not steal horses, were obliged to send their animals around the foot of the mountains, and proceed on foot. Lieutenant Brett’s command went at one time twenty-six hours without halt, and was without water eighteen hours in the intense summer heat of Arizona. Captain Lawton’s command, crossing into Mexico, pursued the Indians continually through the mountainous country of Sonora for nearly three months. He followed them from one range of mountains to another, over peaks nine or ten thousand feet above the level of the sea, and in the depths of the canons, where the heat in July and August was of fearful intensity. A part of this command was without rations five days, three days being the longest continuous period. In these mountains it was impossible to move the pack-trains. Captain Lawton hunted the Chief Natchez down. Natchez was willing to surrender to General Miles, but not to Lawton. So Lawton followed him northward until General Miles’ camp was reached. Geronimo had already surrendered. Natchez hesitated, but he saw the heliograph signals flashing across from mountaintop to mountaintop as far as he could see, and then made up his mind that it was useless to attempt longer to evade the whites. One after another of the scattered hostile bands surrendered General Milers says in his report: “The hostiles fought until the bulk of their ammunition was exhausted. Pursued for more than two thousand miles over the most rugged and sterile districts of the rocky Sierra Madre mountain regions, beneath the burning heat of midsummer, until worn down and disheartened, they find no place of safety in our country or Mexico, and finally lay down their arms and sue for mercy.” – [Youth’s Companion] PHOTOGRAPHING FLYING GULLS An example of the speed with which pictures are now being produced is afforded by a photograph of a number of flying gulls taken at Southport by a local photographer, Mr. Mallin. Of course, animals in far more rapid movement have been photographed by Mr. Maybridge in American and M. Marcey in France, but these are produced by special apparatus, and rarely give much more than a silhouette of the object photographed. The picture of the gulls was taken under ordinary conditions and with ordinary apparatus; but the lens must have been a good one, and a very rapid shutter must have been employed. The pate also (one of those named the Derby plates, from a formula invented by Captain Abney) must have been of especially high sensitiveness. The various attitudes of the birds are curious. Most of them have the wings spread in the orthodox manner, but some of them are caught in that curious position with the wings having down, which, from the shortness of the time during which it is maintained, the eye does not appear to catch. About sixty birds are shown quite sharply and distinctly. – [London Times] “Go back thar an’ shev shet that air door,” bawled a Kansas school-master to a tardy pupil. “Ef I kain’t l’arn ye grammar an’ sich I’ll leastwise l’arn you manners enough not to leave doors wide open behind ye, like as if you’d been borned an’ raised in a sawmill. Shov it shet tight.” – [Tid-Bits] PAGE 2 THE COURIER ALEX A. WALL, Editor and Proprietor Vernon, Alabama Friday, March 11, 1887 On the 1st inst, the steamer Gardner burned to the waters edge on the Bigbee River three miles below Gainesville. Twenty lives were lost. Among the lost was Miss Alice Blackman’s brother. The Columbus Index says: The name of Sumter Blackman, who left Columbus on the ill=fated steamer Gardner, appears among the lost. Mr. Blackman was a skillful and industrious mechanic, and a young man of many admirable qualities, whose sad and untimely fate meets with expressions of sincere regret by those who knew him here. Alabama has a great fortune in the walnut trees that abound in almost every quarter of the state. No effort has been made to bring them into market, yet the wood is sought after in all quarters of the world. A dispatch from Indian Territory says: “All the walnut is being cut for shipment, and there will be none of this valuable timber left from the looks of things unless the Chief issues an executive order stopping the cutting. Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and other cities have buyers her e scattered around through the country taking all the walnut they can get and paying from $25 to $35 per thousand feet for the same in the log, delivered on the railroad track.” A WOMAN HUNG Herkimer, N. Y., Feb 28 – Precisely at 12 o’clock the trap sprung, and Mrs. Druise was hanged. The execution was attended with no sensational feature except what arose from her sex. It was conducted with due decorum in private, in the presence of only twenty-five persons, permitted by law to be present. Because the criminal was a woman, great interest has been attached to her case, but from that cause only. Her crime was one of phenomenal atrocity. She murdered her husband with every appearance of long premeditation, and concealed her crime. She cut the body into fragments and burned them in her kitchen stove, the cremation occupying eight hours of her time, keeping her little son and a hired boy busy carrying fuel. Her daughter Mary is now serving a life sentence for aiding in her mother’s crime. TAX ASSESMENTS The Mont. Advertiser says: Auditor Burke is stirring up tax assessors and calling attention to the fact that taxes collected next fall on assessments now made, will be at the rate of 55 cents on the $100 worth of property, and that no property subject to tax should escape listing. Under the new law, approved February 28, 1887, the Governor is authorized, up on report of the auditor, to suspend any tax assessor for failing to do his duty. The auditor’s past record is sufficient guarantee that he will do his duty in the premises, and tax assessor would do well to scan closely their returns. The auditor in a circular letter says: “Each tax assessor should at once address himself earnestly and energetically to the task of making a legal assessment of all property in his county. Otherwise a commissioner who will perform the duties of the office will be appointed to do the work. The “cash” value of the property is the credit value with the discount off, as defined by the amended revenue act. The assessment and valuation of property as heretofore made, is reproach to the state. Our boated wealth and prosperity are not sustained by the assessment books and the comparison subjects the state to ridicule. The time has come when there must be a legal assessment of the property of Alabama and if the assessors now in office will not make a legal assessment, others will be found to perform the necessary duty.” Kingville, Ala., February 26th, ‘87 Mr. Alex A. Wall: Dear Sir: Being a subscriber to your very valuable paper, the Vernon Courier, I will write a short communication for publication in the same. As the State Superintendent of Education has recently agitated throughout the state the subject of the importance of planting trees on school grounds, I shall attempt to say something upon that subject, hoping that by so doing some lover of the cause of education may be encouraged to put forth greater efforts in her behalf. The most of your readers are perhaps aware that the 22nd ult. was the day set apart by the state Supt. For observance and celebration of Arbor Day. On that day the students of the Kingville School came prepared for taking a part in the celebration of Arbor Day, and quite a number of them brought trees which they set out, each student naming his own tree. Just here the inquiry is likely to arise in the mind of the reader, what was the name given to each tree? The answer to this inquiry should it arise, is given below. The names given to the trees as follows; Christian Never Dies, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Grover Cleveland, Sam P. Jones, J. R. Graves, J. C. Kirkland, C. A. Wheeler, Sylvester J. Givens, T. W. Springfield, J. H. Halbrook, and B. H. Wilkerson. It was with great pleasure and admiration that I looked upon the young people assembling or the purse of celebrating Arbor Day, and planting trees on the school grounds and connecting with tem the names of persons whose energy, devotion, perseverance etc. admired. I dare say scarcely any honest worker with hand and brain, for the benefit of his fellow men, would desire a more pleasing recognition of his or her usefulness than such a monument, a symbol of his or her production, ever growing, ever blooming, and ever bearing wholesome fruit. ……(small poem in article.)…. Just here I think it not out of place to introduce the names of a few historic trees within the limits of the United States. I shall commence with the Elm tree at Philadelphia, under which William Penn made his famous treaty with nineteen tribes of barbarians; the Charter Oak at Hartford, Conn. which preserved the written guarantee of the liberties of the Colony of Connecticut; the wide-spreading oak tree of Flushing, Long Island, under which George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends or Quakers, preached; the lofty cypress tree in the dismal swamp under which Washington reposed one night in his young manhood; the huge French apple tree near Fort Wayne, Ind. where Little Turtle, the great Miami Chief, gathered his warriors; the Elm tree at Cambridge in the shade of which Washington first took command of the Continental army on a hot summer’s day; the Tulip tree on King’s Mountain Battlefield in South Carolina, on which ten blood-thirsty ---- were hung at one time; the tall pine tree at Edward, N. Y. under which the beautiful Jane McCrea was slain; the magnificent Black Walnut tree, near Haverstraw, on the Hudson, at which General Wayne mustered his forces at midnight, preparatory to his gallant and successful attack on Stony Point; the grand Magnolia tree near Charleston, S. C., under which General Lincoln held a council of war previous to surrendering the city; the great Pecan tree at Valier’s plantation, below New Orleans, under which a portion of the remains of General Packenham was buried; “the Burgoyne Elm” at Albany, N. Y. which was planted on the day the British General Burgoyne was brought a prisoner into Albany, the day after the surrender; the weeping willow in Copp’s burring ground, near Bunker Hill, which has grown from a branch taken from the tree that shaded the grave of Napoleon at St. Helena, now waves over that of Cotton Mather, so noted in Salem Witch craft; the Ash trees planted by General Washington at Mt. Vernon, which form a beautiful row of immense trees which are the admiration of all who visit the home of the “Father of his county;” the pear trees planted, respectively, by Governor Endicott of Massachusetts, and Governor Stuyvesant, of New York, more than two hundred years ago. All these trees have a place in our national history, and are inseparable from it because they are so consecrated. My eyes have never seen any of these trees, but patriotic emotions are excited at a thought of them. Let all who are friends to the cause of education in Lamar County put forth one united effort in her behalf. Yours truly, B. H. WILKERSON Cotton! Cotton! Cotton! S. E. WEIR & Co. Kennedy, Alabama Pay highest prices for cotton, country produce, &c, and sell all goods at rock bottom prices Fancy prints 4 ½ @ 7 Ladies Hats 25c to $3.00 Brown Domestic 7/8 5c Men’s hats, 25c to $3.50 Brown Domestic 4-4, 6c Kip Boots, $1.75 to $3.50 Cotton Checks, 6 ½ @ 7 ½ Kip Brogans, $1.00 to $3.15 8 oz Osnaburg, 10c Best Brogans, $1.25 Dress goods, all styles and prices Men’s and boys clothing, latest styles and lowest prices. Muzzle and breech loading guns, $2.50 to $35. Stoves with full line of fixtures, $10.00 to $20.00. We keep constantly on hand a full stock of bridles, saddles, harness, &c. Also good and fresh line of groceries, such as salt, flour, meat, lard, sugar, coffee, and all shelf goods, that we will sell as low as any market. Bring us our cotton and produce and we will pay you the highest cash price for same and sell you any and all goods kept in a first-class store, as cheap as money will buy them in any market. You will find it to your interest to give us a call before purchasing elsewhere. Mr. GARLAND SMITH will be found always on hand to serve his friends and the public. S. E. WEIR & CO. W. G. RICHARDS & Son – Dealers in general merchandise and country produce. Fernbank, Alabama. Not in favor of two weeks court, but selling goods low for cash. Headquarters for dry goods, notions, general merchandise, hats, caps, boots, shoes & clothing. Choice family groceries, including the best coffees, crockery, queensware, earthen and wooden ware, and a thousand and one “Nick Nack’s” which can not be enumerated always in stock. A car load of flour just received, which will be sold at a small margin above cost. We mean business, and I will sell any and all of our goods at rock-bottom prices. Columbus prices paid for cotton, hides, chickens, eggs, and all country produce. Please ask for what you want, we like to show our goods. Clothing and hats. When you want a first-class article in the clothing line or a first class shirt or hat, call upon the clothing and hat store where you can select from a very large, nice stock of all kinds of goods for men’s wear. We deal especially in men’s goods, fitting a man from head to foot. We carry suits from $6.00 to $30.00. We have attached to our store a Tailoring Department, with a large stock of piece goods and trimmings to make suits to order. Call and see us when in the city. BUTLER & TOPP, No. 55 Main, Columbus, Miss. Fall and Winter Goods. F. OGDEN & Son. Cansler, Alabama. Dry goods, boots, and shoes. Dress goods, prints, notions, etc. Also keep constantly on hand, flour, meat, sugar, and coffee all of which will be sold as cheap as the cheapest. A fine line of snuff and tobacco and in fact everything usually kept in a first-class dry goods store. Give us a call and be convinced that we mean what we say. We wish to call especial attention to our wool carder which is now in first-class repair. We have with us Mr. W. T. TROTTER, an experienced hand in carding, and who will take pleasure in giving prompt attention to all wool brought to our carder. F. OGDEN & Son. Cansler, Ala. Established 1867. Cash Store. A. A. SUMMERS, Special announcement for Fall and Winter. The best selected stock of general merchandise ever brought to Vernon. Now on exhibition fine clothing and dress goods at giving away prices, hosiery and furnishing goods at astonishingly low prices. A fine line of notions in abundance at a great discount. No lady can afford to buy elsewhere before seeing my goods and prices. Bargains in shoes, boots, and hats, never heard of before in Vernon. A full line of medicines, hardware, and goods of general utility. Call and see the attraction for yourself. COLUMBUS MARBLE WORKS. Monuments and Headstones of every description furnished to order with the best of stock. I invite orders for anything in my line from all parts of the country. Don’t be deceived before calling at my yard, for seeing is satisfaction. Everything warranted. LIST OF PRICES OF PLAIN HEADSTONES LENGTH WIDTH THICKNESS 3 ft. 0 in. x 1 ft 0 in x 2 in $12 3 ft 6 in. x 1 ft 2 in x 2 in $15 4 ft. 0 in. x 1 ft. 4 in x 2 in $20 5 ft 0 in. x 1 ft 6 in x 2 in $25 All work done on short notice. Material and work warranted the best. Correspondence solicited. W. H. NEWLON, Columbus, Miss. OTTLEY & NEWBY Dealers in Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Guns, Pistols, Powder, Shot, Steel, Iron, nails, Castings, Sash , doors, blinds, and a full line of stoves and tinware. Special attention paid to the repairing of tin work. No. 51 Market Street, Columbus, Miss. W. B. SPANN of Lamar County with NATHAN & OPPENHEIMER Whole sale & Retail Dealers in Staple & Fancy Groceries, Tobacco, cigars, plantation supplies, etc. Wholesale dealers in liquors, wines, etc. Columbus, Miss. Note: I respectfully solicit my friends from all parts of the country to call in and see me when in the city. Will sell you goods at a very small margin above cost. I am ever thankful to my customers for the past favors. – W. B. SPANN L. S. METCALF, with T. O. BURRIS, Columbus, Miss. Groceries, Dry goods & shoes, hats & caps & clothing. Note: I respectfully ask my friends of Lamar and Marion to give me a call when in the city. Will sell you goods at a very small margin above cost. L. S. METCALF. J. A. JORDAN of Lamar County in now connected with TROST & SOLOMON Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Wines, Liquors, Cigars, & Tobacco. Columbus, Miss. Call and see him before purchasing elsewhere. WALKER & DONOGHUE, Dealers in Staple and Fancy groceries and plantation supplies Columbus Miss. Keep constantly on had a full supply of all goods usually kept in a first-class grocery house. Give us a call when you are in the city. Mr. GEO. TAYLOR is connected with the above firm and will be pleased to see his friends and will sell them goods at rock bottom prices. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL Located in the live and growing town of Kennedy on the Georgia Pacific Rail Road. The moral and religious influences surrounding this school are unsurpassed in any part of the state. Boarders can find pleasant homes in refined families at very reasonable rates. The first session will commence on Monday Nov. 1st, 1886 and continue for a term of ten scholastic months. TUITION PRIMARY: Embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing, Primary Geography, and Primary Arithmetic, per month, $1.50 INTERMEDIATE: Embracing English Grammar, Intermediate Geography, Physiology, History of U. S., Practical Arithmetical and Elementary Algebra, per month $2.00. ADVANCED GRADE: Embracing Higher Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Rhetoric, Elocution, and Latin, per month, $2.50. An incidental fee of 25 cents, per session. Special attention will be given to those who expect to engage in teaching and preparing boys and girls to enter college. Tuition due at expiation of each quarter. For further particulars address J. C. JOHNSON, Principal, Kennedy, Ala. Ad for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment PAGE 3 THE COURIER Published Every Friday LAMAR DIRECTORY ALEXANDER COBB Judge of Probate R. E. BRADLEY Circuit Clerk S. F. PENNINGTON Sheriff L. M. WIMBERLEY Treasurer D. J. LACY Tax Collector W. Y. ALLEN Tax Assessor JAMES M. MORTON Reg. in Chancery B. H. WILKERSON Co. Supt of Ed. R. L. BRADLEY Representative ALEXANDER COLLINS Coroner N. L. TRULL, County Surveyor COMMISSIONERS R. W. YOUNG W. M. MOLLOY ALBERT WILSON SAMUEL LOGGAINS S. J. SHIELDS – Attorney-at-law and Solicitor in Chancery. Vernon, Alabama. Will practice in the Courts of Lamar and the counties of the District. Special attention given to collection of claims. J. D. MCCLUSKEY – Attorney-at-law and Solicitor in Chancery Vernon, Ala. will practice in the Circuit Courts of Lamar, Marion, Fayette, and Walker. The Federal Court and Supreme Court of Ala. Special attention given to collection of claims. NESMITH & SANFORD, Attorneys-at-law will practice in all the Courts of Lamar, Fayette, and adjoining counties. THOS. B. NESMITH, Vernon, Ala. J. B. SANFORD, Fayette, C. H., Ala. ABRAM I. HUMPHRIES. Attorney at Law. Columbus, Miss. Special attention to collection of claims SAM’L M. MEEK, WM. C. MEEK - S. M. & W. C. MEEK, Attorneys and Counselors at law. Office on Military Street, (Opposite Court House), Columbus, Miss. Will practice in the Courts of Lamar County, Alabama LOCALS A. Cobb & Son have a lovely line of new goods. Dr. BRADLEY worked the street leading east from the court house this week. Remember you can sell your chickens at the Hotel. So bring them in. Mr. T. R. LANGSTON, of Kennedy gave us very pleasant calls this week. Chickens will bring a good price at the Hotel this week or next. JONAS KIRKMAN, colored, was lodged in jail last Wednesday on a charge for carrying a pistol concealed. Every street contractor should put his street in good condition. It speaks well for a town to have good streets. ED MORTON returned from a trip to New Orleans this week. He reports a pleasant time, and a heap of fun with his yearlings. We are under many obligations to Mr. MURRAY COBB for a fine and beautiful present one day this week. Mr. A. H. SANDERS will be in Vernon during court weeks to take pictures. Let all that wish work in his line remember this and give him a call. Capt. S. J. SHIELDS is an applicant for the office of District Solicitor. Also Esq. JOE MCGUIRE, of Fayette County, and many others we presume. Miss RAMA LACY spent last Saturday at the Hotel. She presented Mrs. WALL with four geranium cuttings; for which the Courier in behalf of Mrs. W., thanks the lovely young lady. FEED STABLE. I will feed horses at 20 cents for single feed, 2 feeds for 35 cents, or 59 cents per day. O. F. HALEY, Vernon, Ala. We understand that J. C. CLARK, President of the Illinois Central R. R. has decided to extend his line of R. R. from Aberdeen to the old Furnace iron ore bed, which is two and a half miles from town, and thence to the Jaggers Coal Field. “Yet lackest thou one thing,” This was the text used by Elder SLAUGHTER upon last Wednesday night, at the Methodist church. His remarks were able and interesting. The marked attention of the audience during the sermon is evidence that Elder SLAUGHTER is loved by the people and all welcome him back to this work. BOARDING. I am prepared to take boarders during court weeks. Neat rooms, a first-class table set with the best the market affords. Terms reasonable. HUGH PENNINGTON Remember from this time on we wills ell goods strictly for the cash. Our customers will please call and settle the little tickets we hold against them. New goods and new and low prices at G. W. RUSH & Co. The undersigned calls especial attention to his commodious Livery and Feed Stable, convenient to the court house. BILL FRY, a thorough and first-class stable man can be found at my stable during court weeks. Give me a call. Terms as cheap as the cheapest. HUGH PENNINGTON. FUNNY SIGHTS – Poem THE FARMER – Poem – [By Harold in Mont. Advertiser] THE WAY TO DO IT It is related that a very wealthy and somewhat eccentric old gentleman residing in Massachusetts, journeyed to Dakota recently to look up a grandson, to whom he designed to leave his fortune if he found the young man worthy. One reaching the flourishing town where the youth lived the old gentleman made a quiet investigation and the young man was pointed out to him lounging in the door of the saloon smoking a cigarette. He did not make himself known, but took the first train for home and changed his will in favor of a theological seminary. The moral is evident. Had he had sent word of his coming he would have found the young man in a Sunday School. – [St. Paul Globe] THE JURY The following is a list of the Grand and Petit Jurors, drawn for the Spring term of the Circuit Court of Lamar County, Alabama; commencing the 3rd Monday and 21st day in March, to wit: JOHN B. HANKINS Town Beat J. E. PENNINGTON Town Beat JOHN SEAY Town Beat JAMES A. CASH Town Beat HARRISON BUTLER Lawrence THOS. SIZEMORE Sizemore GEO. H. STANFORD Brown’s W. S. METCALFE Henson W. F. HAMILTON Millville T. J. LOWRY Pine Springs THOS. MIXON Goode PLEAS MAY Moscow R. S. JACKSON Moscow JOHN T. HILL (IEABODSON) Moscow L. C. SMITH Military Springs ELZY BOYD Bett’s A. J. LOTTES Trull’s M. A. TAGGART Vails J. J. PHILIPS Millport J. M. MORTON Steens CALVIN GUIN Strictlands C. G. JOHNSON Stricklands M. R. SEAY Wilson’s S. M. CURRY Wilson’s SECOND WEEK JOHN B. WHEELER Town Beat R. E. JACKSON Town Beat J. W. CLEARMAN Town Beat N. F. MORTON Town beat H. A. BROCK Lawrence D. S. BLACK Sizemore J. D. GANN Brown’s PHIL HEALY Goode CHARLES DUNCAN Henson’s S. H. BROWN Millville W. G. SPRINGFILED Millville J. W. NOE Pine Springs G. E. BANKHEAD Moscow LEE KENNEDY Moscow HENRY HILL Moscow J. T. MCMANUS Military MACK BROWN Betts B. L. FALKNER Trulls H. K. CADDLE Millport BASCOM GLOVER Millport JOE JONES Steens JASPER COLLINS Strickland N. L. TRULL Strickland JOHN M. DELK Wilson GRAND JURORS T. W. SPRINGFIELD Town A. H. BURROW Lawrence W. J. KIRK Sizemore WATSON BROWN Brown’s S. W. MOZLY Henson JESSE D. CARTER Millville G R. TURMAN Pine Springs JOHN T. THOMPSON Moscow B. M. MOLLOY Betts JOHN F. HAYS Trulls JOE MILLER Vails W. C. WILLIAMS Millport W. T. WALKER Steens G. W. ALLEN Strickland N. S. PARTAIN Wilson Two men who chopped down a tree near Trenton, Mo., for a coon found 400 pounds of honey in a hollow. They also got three coons instead of one, and in scraping out the honey they came across an oyster can with $280 in gold in it. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Montgomery, Ala. February 25, 1887 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge of the Probate Court, at Vernon, on April 27, 1887; viz; WILLIAM T. RICKMAN, Homestead No. 10136, for the S. E. ¼, S E ¼, Sec 19 T17, R 15. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of said land, viz: T. J. SMITH, Arno, Lamar County, Al; J. S. WILSON, ABNER SMITH, and J. T. MORDECAI, of Fern Bank, Lamar County, Ala. J. G. HARRIS, Register HUGH PENNINGTON’S Livery and Feed Stable - centrally located within 50 yards of the Court House. Vernon, Ala. My price for feeding and taking care of horses shall be as cheap as the cheapest. The public generally is invited to give me a call. Respectfully, HUGH PENNINGTON. I MEAN BUSINESS From this date I will not sell to any one on a credit, or on a ticket. I must have the CASH for all goods sold from now on. Respectfully, HUGH PENNINGTON PENSIONS J. D. MCCLUSKY, Esq. has associated with him Esq. H. S. BERLIN, a prominent attorney of the Washington City. These gentlemen will give close attention to the collection of Mexican War Pensions. A law has recently been passed in Congress granting Pensions to Mexican War veterans and their widows under the Pension laws. Application to J. D. MCCLUSKEY, Esq. will be promptly forwarded and looked after. Barber Shop. KELLY & ALBERT No. 58 Market Street Columbus, Miss. Upstairs, opposite Cady’s Stable. Hot and Cold Baths. KINGVILLE HIGH SCHOOL under the principalship of B. H. WILKERSON will open Oct. 25, 1886 and continue for a term of nine scholastic months. Rates of tuition as follows: PRIMARY: Embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing, Primary Geography, and Primary Arithmetic, per month, $1.50 INTERMEDIATE: Embracing English Grammar, Intermediate Geography, Practical Arithmetic, Composition, and U. S. History, per month, $2.00 ADVANCED: Embracing Algebra, Geometry, Physiology, Rhetoric, Logic, Elocution, and Latin, per month $3.00. No incidental fee. Discipline will be mild but firm. Special attention will be given to those who wish to engage in teaching. Board in best families from $4.00 to $5.00. Tuition due every three scholastic months. For further information address B. H. WILKERSON, C. Supt., Principal. Kingville, Ala, Oct. 29, 1886 Ad for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Little Liver and Kidney pillets Ad for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment Ad for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier FARMER’S INDEPENDENT WAREHOUSE. We have again rented the Whitfield Stables, opposite the Court house, for the purpose of continuing the Warehouse and Cotton Storage business, and we say to our friends and farmers of West Alabama and East Mississippi, that we will not be surpassed by any others in looking after the wants of our customers to make them comfortable while in Columbus. We will have fire places instead of stoves for both white and colored; separate houses fitted up for each. We will have also good shed room for 100 head of stock more than we had last year; also a convenient and comfortable room for our friends who may come to Columbus. We do not hesitate to say that we can and will give you better camping accommodations than any other house in the house in the place. Mr. J. L. MARCHBANKS of Lamar County, Ala., and MILIAS MOORHEAD, of Pickens County, Ala., will be at the stable and will be glad to see their friends and attend to their wants, both day and night. Our Mr. FELIX GUNTER will be at the cotton shed where he will be glad to see his old friends and as many new ones as will come. All cotton shipped to us by railroad of river will be received free of drayage to warehouse and have our personal attention. Thanking you for your patronage last season, and we remain the farmer’s friends. Yours Respectfully, J. G. SHULL & CO, Columbus, Miss. Clothing! Clothing! At A. COBB & Son Dealer in General Merchandise. Ladies best fitting (picture of a corset) always in store, and at prices to suit the ladies. Our summer stock is complete – consisting of ladies fine dress goods, ladies shoes, men’s shoes, boots, hats, etc. Our stock of clothing of the best quality, which we are offering at a small margin above cost. We are selling cheap. We mean what we say. Don’t fail to call when you are in town. We have a lot of Iron Foot plows which we will sell very low (picture of iron foot plow). Very Respectfully. A. COBB & Son Ho! (picture of canteen) Every one that Thirst food and lodging for man, and provender for horses can be had to live and let live prices at the WIMBERLEY House, Vernon, Ala. L. M. WIMBERLY, Proprietor Gilmer Hotel. Columbus, Miss. This establishment has changed hands and will be thoroughly overhauled and refurnished and first-class accommodations guaranteed and charges will be moderate. A. W. KING, Proprietor THE FERNBANK HIGH SCHOOL under the Principalship of J. R. GUIN, will open Oct. 25, 1886 and continue for a term of Ten Scholastic months Rates of Tuition: PRIMARY: Embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing, Primary Grammar, Primary Geography and Primary Arithmetic, per month $1.25. INTERMEDIATE: Embracing Brief English Grammar, Elementary Geography, Elementary Arithmetic, Letter Writing and Hygiene, per month, $1.50. PRACTICAL: Embracing English Grammar, Practical Arithmetic, Complete Geography, English Composition, U. S. History and Physiology, per month, $2.00. HIGH SCHOOL: Embracing Rhetoric, Elocution, Algebra, Natural Philosophy, Botany, Geology, Zoology, Hygiene, Physiology, Latin, &c, per month $2.50. Discipline will be firm. Special attention will be given to young men and women who wish to engage in teaching. Good board at $7.00 per month. No incidental fees. Tuition due every five months. Correspondence solicited. Address J. R. GUIN Fernbank, Ala. Lamar County G. W. RUSH B. F. REED New Cash Store. BUSH & REED, Vernon, Alabama. Dealer in Dry goods and groceries, boots, and shoes, hats and caps, clothing, hardware, Queensware, etc. which is offered at bottom prices for cash or produce. Our stock of clothing is complete and first-class. A superb and well selected lot of notions. We have a large and handsome line of school books, also inks, pens, and paper. Always keep constantly on hand a full stock of Patent Medicines. J. T. STINSON & COMPANY. Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants. Columbus, Miss Ad for Mme. Demorest’s Reliable Patterns and Demorest Sewing Machine (picture of sewing machine) $19.50 Ad for Chicago Scale Co. (pictures of scales, wagon scales, sewing machines, safes, etc….) PAGE 4 SWEDISH KNACKBROD – The Staff of Life in One of Sweden’s Historic Mining Towns At Falun we found the “average Swedish inn, with a cheerless dining- room, where each table was pile high with knackbrod, enough on each table to feed twenty soldiers. The knackbrod is a national institution and a sign surer than any sign post or frontier stone to tell one that he is in Sweden. It is made of rye or barley flour, mixed with potatoes and quantities of caraway seeds; is baked in thin sheets a foot in diameter, with a hole in the middle, and through this hole the market women run a string an carry it around for sale. In the bread market at Stockholm they fasten these strings of knackbrod to their shoulder yokes in piles that reach from the yokes nearly to the ground. To an unappreciative palate it tastes quite as much as it looks like dog biscuit and is tougher than any thing else the human teeth struggle with. Besides the knackbrod the Swedes offer you many varieties of sweet bread full of caraway seeds, and with the morning coffee give you plates of these fancy kickshaws, but never any plain white bead, and the coffee at Falun was something to make one shiver with disgust. The unfortunate one who, following Mark Twain’s old plan of saying: “If this is coffee, give me tea; and if this is tea, give me coffee,” and grandly ordered the coffee pout off the table was sure she was poisoned when she had a rashly swallowed some of the tea. Then we mourned that we had ever let ourselves be jolted more than a hundred miles from Upsala to this dull, dead, stupid provincial town of Falun, and an Englishman at an adjoining table further consoled us by telling our American miner that the Falun copper mines were not interesting and not worth seeing at all. “There’re all under ground, you know,” said the Englishman, “and you have to have a man carry torches to see it. There’s nothing picturesque there at all.” Despite the Englishman’s kind information that the mines were underground, we made ready and drove through the dreary line of villages that combine to make the town of Falun to the gruff-tuga, or mining office. The whole region was sore and desolate, covered with dump heaps, slag and refuse from the mine, and there was enough sulphur and vitriol in the air to give us unpleasant sensations in our throats, although the inhabitants claim that these fumes have kept off cholera and pestilence in times past. This falun rufra (Falun mine) or stora koppearberget (great copper mountain), has the other high sounding titles of the “Purse” and the “Treasury of Sweden” and its yield was once equal to the revenues of the Eronn. The mine has been worked for over five hundred years, as its known by records, and all prehistoric museums show how rich the Bronze Age was in Scandinavia, where the deposits of Falun and Oster Gosland only could supply the savages of those earlier centuries. By the guide’s statistics the mine regularly yielded 3,322 tons of copper annually during the seventeenth century. It now yields less than 800 tons annually. The company owning the mine numbered 1,200 proprietors in 1815, and each of these shares is now worth a little over $100 in our money. To any one who even knows about the copper miens of Lake Superior this Falun mine, with the poor ore, exhausted veins, and high sounding titles, seems a small thing; and after seeing American mining methods and machinery, the diamond drills, electric lights, and work going on night and day by hundreds of miners, the “Treasury of Sweden” seems a poor and trifling affair. – [Buhumah, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat] FARM DETAILS – Why Every Agriculturist Should Keep a Strict Business Account There are farmers who investigate the details of their business so little that they can not tell what branches of it bring a profit and what are carried on at a loss. They know, in a general way, whether they are as well off at the end of the year as they were at the beginning, but they can not tell just where the loss or gain was made. If a strict account is kept in detail, it can be easily told whether a particular crop cost more than its value in market, and thus the farmer be enabled to decide intelligently what crops his farm is best adapted for. Lack of business methods cause many a farmer to go on from year to year making little or no headway, and claiming that farming does not pay. Nor is this lack of systematic business methods confined to those who devote their farms to grain-raising? How many stock-raisers are there who can tell what it costs them to raise a horse or steer and prepare him for market? How many dairymen are there who can tell just what the returns from each cow of the herd are, so they can tell which cows should be disposed of and which retained. Now is a good time for a change in this respect. More system and attention to the details are necessary in these times of lower prices and closer competition with the producers in other countries. Those who understand their business the most thoroughly and give it the closet attention will secure the best results. – [National Live-Stock Journal] A flock of blackbirds said to have been three miles in length and nearly a hundred yards wide, lately passed over Edenton bay, North Carolina. They obscured the heavens like a dark cloud and the noise of their flight was like the rush of a mighty wind. THOUGHTLESS CRUELTY – Parents who Neglect to Properly Care for their Children Comparatively few parents nowadays would send their children out without merinao underwear or rubbers as was commons some years ago. Few would say it was foolishness or extravagance to protect the extremities, or advocate “hardening’ their little ones by insufficient clothing. Fewer still, probably, would insist on children getting up before they had their sleep out, or eating fat meat or scraps which the parents were too dainty to eat. But there is a species of cruelty which I fear has not entirely died out. I refer to overheated living rooms and cold sleeping rooms. Parents have a stove put up in their own chamber as early as November, but a stove in a child’s room is, to many a preposterous idea. How do children take it? Not half enough credit has been given to the martyr spirit. “Oh, we can’t expect to be warm; we’re nothing but children. It would cost money to have fire in our rooms. We ought to try and save money, for we’ve nothing but trouble and expenses, anyhow.” The sitting room, dining room, kitchen, and school room are stifling hot. the little frames are forced to accommodate themselves to the unnatural atmosphere by day, but at night the very entrance into their sleeping apartments, often many degrees colder than the outside air, is enough to strike a chill to the stoutest heart. Then think of undressing and washing in such a medium! Is it any wonder than in winter so many children dread to go to bed, or, once in bed, to get up? If parents can not afford to heat their children’s room they should show their practiced sympathy by going without heat themselves. But, after all, stoves cost less than coffins any day. Coal is not as expensive as medicine. You buy a handsome wrap for Jennie, to be worn a few times, and think nothing of it. The old wrap would be just as comfortable, and the cost of the new one would keep her warm all the time. Have a uniform heat through all the living rooms. Put plenty of warm clothing upon your children’s bodies by day and soft woolen blankets upon their beds at night. Keep their bodies warm externally, and they will not need to breathe such hot air at any time. Have growing plants all through the house. It is now known that the temperature of a dwelling can be regulated in this way. Living plants actually imparting oxygen and moisture to the atmosphere. Plants are particularly corrective in their influence when dry furnace heat must be depended upon. The old idea that flowers in a bedroom are injurious is exploded. It has been proved that they are positively beneficial, particular in case of invalids and consumptives. If a room is warm enough to sustain plants it is warm enough to live and sleep in. If it is too cold for plants it is too cold for human beings; if too hot for one too hot for the other. – [Philadelphia Press] DECORATIVE HINTS – How Ungainly Articles May Be Converted into Home Ornaments A handsome screen is made of a large three-fold clothes-horse covered with crimson felt or plush, fastened on with gilt tacks, the frame gilded – thirty cents worth of gilding from any artist’s paint store will do god work – gray storks outlines in floss, tall river cat’s-tails in green and brown, a green frog and some streaks of water in sea-green and blue, for one fold; for second, white and ox-eye daises, a bob-o-link in black and white, white cloud heads and gray swallows living’; for the third, delicate grasses, golden-rod, purple asters, a green grasshopper swinging on a grass spry, and brown sparrows fluttering. An ox-horn hollowed out, gilded and mounted on claws of silver, nickel or wire covered with plush, makes a handsome ornament for the table and receptacle for cigar ashes. A spinning-wheel gilded, with a bunch of flax, and the treadle covered with blue or crimson, makes a handsome article to fill a bare corner. Two big brown earthen preserve jars painted with Japanese figures and decorated with broad bows of yellow ribbon will grace each side of a fire place. Common wooden platters painted with poppies, or white ox-eye daisies on a brown background, make pretty plaques for the wall. Take a plain calendar, cut a piece of paste-board square, as large as desired, and the center just large enough for the calendar. Cover the board with plush of any color preferred. Outline daises, or poppies, or forget-me- nots, in the corners. Fasten the calendar in by pasting a paper across the back, and then cover the entire back with any plain material. Put bell fringe on the bottom. Hang e with cord and tassel. A pale leaf fan painted with pinks, poppies or daisies, with a butterfly or bird, or artificial flowers fastened on instead of painting, a ribbon bow on the handle, is pretty for the wall or the mantel. Cruets from worn-out table castors may be transformed into pretty cologne bottles for the dressing table by cleaning thoroughly and then decorating with broad ribbon bows. Pasteboard cut in the shape of a tambourine, covered on one side with canvas painted with a glowing landscape, on the other, with pale blue plush, filled in between with loose corn-colored satin, with crossings of crimson ribbon is handsome and very decorative, when hung from a mantel corner or any position where both sides may be exposes to view. – [Housewife] LONGEVITY IN THE QUAKER CITY – [Philadelphia Ledger] – (Statistical paragraph about Philadelphia) Small ads PRESERVATION OF DEAD BODIES The body of Edward I., who died in 1307, was found not decayed 463 years subsequently. The body of Canute, who died in 1017, was found fresh in 1766. Those of William the Conqueror and his wife were perfect in 1523. In 1569 three Roman soldiers, in the dress of their country, fully equipped with arms, were dug out of a peat moss near Aberdeen. They were quite fresh and plump after a lapse of about 1,500 years. Lady Kilsyth and her infant son, who were embalmed in 1717, eighty years later were so thoroughly preserved as to have an almost lifelike appearance. – [Guillard’s Medical Monthly] Small ads File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lamar/newspapers/vernonco1520gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 60.8 Kb