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INN HAS HISTORIC INTEREST
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Hostelry on Long Island Sound a
Place of Entertainment for
y Hundreds of Years.
One of the oldest and most distln-
Eulshed hostelrles In the United States
Is the Canoe Place Inn, between Shin
necock and Peconlc bay, on Long Is
land sound. The charter of this fine,
old, rambling, red-brick structure was
signed by Queen Anne, but the Inn was
doing a thriving business years pre
vious to this. An Interesting figure
Is the venerable figurehead of the fri
gate Ohio, which, after an honorable
service, was displaced by the Ironclad
and finally broken up In the waters
which was the cove. One of the most
massive of existing figureheads, It was !
carved In Greece and presented, with
much ceremony, to this government.
It shows Hercules In impressive pose
and was warranted by the Greek
donors to possess magic gifts. One of
the most valuable sets of registers to
be found In this country Is to be exam
ined In Canoe Place inn. Its famous
autographs begin In 1659 with the
mark of Wyandach, grand sachem of
the Montauks, and Include famous col
onial governors, Manhattan, Dutch,
Swedish and English, for two hundred
years. The inn fell Into the hands of
the British authorities during the Rev
olutionary war and provided for the
'officers under Lord Howe and Sir Hen
ry Clinton —as close an approach to a
club as existed In those days in this
part of the world.
I
WORK THAT IS IMMORTAL
i
Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall of the Ro
man Empire’’ Long Acknowledged
as Masterpiece.
I The “Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire” was written by Edward Gib
bon (1737-1794) ; It is universally ac
knowledged to be one of the greatest
masterpieces of historical composition.
The first volume was published in 1776,
and had an immediate success. The
second and third volumes appeared in
1781, and the final publication of the
entire work In six volumes took place
in 1788. The author’s uncompromising
hostility to Christianity, however, gave
great offense to many readers, and
was occasion of several attacks by
English divines. Allison, the historian,
declared the “Decline and Fall” to be
the greatest historical work in exist
ence. Gibbon’s profit from the sale of
his work was £6,000 ($30,000 normal
exchange), that of his publisher, £60,-
000 ($800,000).
The author says: “It was at Rome,
on the fifteenth day of October, 1764,
as I sat musing amidst the ruins of
the capltol, while the barefooted friars
were singing vespers in the temple
of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the
decline and fall of the city started to
my mind.”
) That Pesky Mosquito.
! Imagination often works as an ally
of mosquitoes in causing sleeplessness
In summer. When the weary sleeper
has tossed about the bed and exhaust
ed himself slapping at the winged tor
mentor he pulls the sheet over his head
and tries again for slumber. The pest
may have fled, but in a moment the
buzzing sound is heard again.
Half unconscious in sleep the vic
tim holds his breath waiting for the
mosquito to alight. The buzzing seems
far off, but slowly gets nearer and
nearer. Now fully awake he frees his
arm from the entangling sheet and
prepares to strike, Still the buzzing
seems at a distance. He lies awake,
every nerve tense, determined to make
an end of his foe when it gets near
enough.
Still the buzzing goes on. The vic
tim sits up in bed the better to locate
Its source. Then all of a sudden the
clang of a bell proves that he had been
listening to the hum of a street car.
He turns over and waits for the real
mosquito’s return.
* Hoatzin Remarkable Bird.
• and weird as the adult
hoatzin may be it is the young birds
that really amaze us. For both thumb
and forefinger are armed with sharp,
recurved claws, better developed thun
In any other known bird, and, what Is
more important, they are entirely
functional. YVilllam Beebe, director of
the Tropical Research station in Brit
ish Guiana, has done more than any
other scientist to reveal the secrets of
the hoatzin. He has found that this
remarkable youngster uses its wing
claws to haul Itself about the rough
nest in which it Is hatched, and also
to help in climbing about among the
branches. Mr. Beebe has also de
scribed the strange ability of the
naked fledgling to swim under water.
Football With a Golden Text.
Little Earl, aged three, lived near a
certain college campus, and he was
much excited last fall over the foot
ball games. One day he placede a foot
ball that had been given him be
tween his sturdy legs and leaned over
it as he had seen the center do. Then
for a moment he was stumped. He
knew that the players called out some
thing before the ball was put into
play, but he had no idea what it was.
All he could think of was his Sunday
school text; so he called out, “Be ye
kind to one another—go!” and gave
the ball a vigorous punch.—Youth’s
Companion.
Always in Good Humor.
Blanche —Billie called on me last
evening and I sang a couple of songs
for him.
Clara —How did you happen to hit
upon that way to discourage his call
ing? —New York Sun.
ADDITIONS TO FRUIT SUPPLY
Belief That Central and South Amer
ican Products Might Be Grown
in This Country.
Green olives, grapefruit, tomatoes,
the banana—these were once practi
cally unknown to Americans, whose
taste for them had slowly to be cul
tivated.
“In "Food Products From Afar,” K.
H. S. and H. S. Bailey suggest that
several other fruits from Central and
South America may .vet become well
known. One is the white sapone, which
has a sour-bitter flavor, like grapefruit,
but a smooth, custard-like texture, and
is enthusiastically liked by many
i northern visitors. Experiments lndl
j cate that Florida and California can
| produce it. The chayote Is immensely
liked in South America and the West
Indies, while In Brazil the grape-like
fruit of the Jabotleaba tree is a fa
vorite.
But It would appear that Americans
miss more in not knowing the Brazilian
custard-apple or sugar-apple than any
thing else. “It occurs In creamy
flakes,” say the authors, “which seem
to separate into segments. When
eaten, it melts in the mouth and car
ries the flavor both of the pineapple
and the banana. Some varieties have
a flavor suggesting clotted cream with
sugar, and the odor of rose-water.”
NO PLAYTIME FOR IDLE MAN
Philosophicaf Reasoning on the Sub
ject, That It Is Impossible to
Satisfactorily Refute.
In a quaint volume published some
fifty years ago, occurs the following,
credited to “Jones of Nayland”:
“The words commonly used to Sig
nify ‘play’ are these four; relaxation,
diversion, amusement, recreation. The
idea of relaxation is taken from a bow,
which to retain its springiness must
be unbent when not in use. Diversion
signifies a turning aside from the main
purpose of a journey to see something
that is curious or out of the common.
Amusement means an occasional for
saking of the Muses, as when a student
lays aside his book. Recreation is the
refreshing of the spirits when they are
exhausted by lubor so that they may
be ready in due time to resume it
again.
“From these considerations it follows
that the idle man who has no work
can have no play; for how can he be
relaxed who never is bent? How can
he turn out of a road who is never in
It? How can he leave the Muses who
is never with them? How can play
refresh one who has never been ex
hausted?” —Cincinnati Enquirer.
First View of Ships.
One of the great disappointment* to
tourists from the middle west or other
inland sections on their first visit to
New York is the size of ocean-going
vessels. The ships are exceedingly
small to them, remarks a New York
Sun writer.
A trip to the waterfront and harbor
generally is the first on the itinerary
of a visitor who is paying his Initial
visit to a seaport. If the first ship
encountered happens to be a loaded
freighter of 10,000 to 14,000 tons, with
Its top deck scarcely more than six
or eight feet above the water they
register amazement that such a craft
could negotiate the open sea.
Even a close-up view of a 22,000-
ton passenger liner falls to come up
to their idea of what a real ship
should look like. The ships don’t
measure up to the Impressions first
gained through the pictures and litho
graphs back home.
Nail Facts.
Finger nails grow faster In summer
than in winter.
This is only one of many curious
facts about nails. For instance, the
nails on your right hand grow faster
than those on your left, and no two
nails grow at the same speed.
The average time each nail takes to
reach its full length is four and a half
months, and at this rate a man of sev
enty will have renewed his nails one
hundred and eighty-six times.
Taking the length of each nail as
half an inch, he will have grown 7 feet
9 inches of nail on each finger, and
on all his fingers and thumbs the total
growth will be 7J feet 6 inches.
High Cost of Failure.
In his book, “The Evolution of Medi
cine,” Sir William Osier quotes a bit
of the ancient Hammurabi code thus:
“If a doctor has treated a gentleman
for a Revere wound with a bronze
lancet and has cured the man, or has
opened an abscess of. the eye for a
gentleman with the bronze lancet and
has cured the eye of the gentleman,
he shall take 10 shekels of silver.
“If the doctor has treated a gentle
man for a severe wound with a lancet
of bronze and has caused the gentle
man to die, or has opened an abscess
of the eye for a gentleman and ha*
caused the loss of the gentleman’s eye,
one shall cut off his hands.”
Ancient Roman Empire.
The Roman empire during the reign
of Augustus is supposed to have con
tained 100,000.000 inhabitants, ball
of whom were slaves. It included the |
modern countries of Portugal, Spain !
France, Belgium, western Holland,
Rhenish Prussia, parts of Baden, i
Wurtemberg and Bavaria, Switzerland 1
1 Italy, the Tyrol, the former Austrian
empire proper, western Hungary, Croa
tia. Slavonia. Turkey in Europe, ;
Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine !
Egypt, Tripoli, Tunis, Algeria and most
of Morocco. I
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON, GEORGIA.
Notice.
This is to notify the people of
Ailey, Ga., and the public gen
erally that the town council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting
the cows and hogs from running
on the streets of Ailey, to take
effect January Ist, 1923.
J. W. Downs, Clerk.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Notice is hereby given to all
creditors of the estate of H. B.
McNatt, late of said county, de
ceased, to render in an account
of their demands to us within
the time prescribed by law, prop
erly made out.
And all persons indebted to
said deceased are nereby required
to make immediate payment to
either W. A. McNatt, Sr., Lyons,
Georgia, or H. G. McAllister,
Scotland, Georgia. This the 12th
day of December, 1922.
W. A. McNatt, Sr.,
H. G. McAllister,
Administrators of the
estate of H. B. McNatt.
Deceased.
Sale of Land Under Power
Contained in Security Deed.
Under and by virtue of of the
authority contained in a Deed to
secure debt executed byC. P. Lad
son to First National Bank of Vi
dalia ou the Bth day of Aug.,
1919, and recorded in the office
<>f the Clerk of Superior Court of
Montgomery County in Deed
Book 27 page 288, there will be
■old before the court house door
in Montgomery County, between
the legal hours of sale on the first
Tuesday in Jan., 192.3, to the
highest and best bidder for cash,
:he property conveyed by said
deed and described as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land
lying, situate and being in the
1443rd Dist., G. M. of Montgom
ery County, Ga., containing 48
1 2 acres, more or less, bounded
on the north by the lands of J. E.
Ladsur, on the west by lands of
W. B Ladson, on the south by
the 'an Is of James Morris and on
the northeast by the lands of
Flora Cooper. *
Default has been made in the
payment of the principal and in
terest on a certain promissory
note of even date of said deed,
for SIOOO.OO, which said amount
said deed was executed to secure,
and the said First National Bank
of Vidalia. the legal holder of said
note and security deed, in accord
ance with the terms thereof will
sell said described property for
the purpose of paying said indebt
edness and the said First National
Bank of Vidalia will make to the
purchaser a good and sufficient
deed to said property under the
terms of said IJecd to Secure Debt
aforesaid. This Dec. sth, 11>22.
First National Bank of Vidalia.
House for Sale.
Five-room dwelling and small
tract of land, located in edge of
Mt. Vernon, for sale cheap. See
J. I. Fountain,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
W. R. GRACE & CO.
Nitrate of Soda
Imported Direct From South
America. Use it on Your
COTTON - GRAIN - CORN
And Grow a Crop. Get Latest
Prices From
C. T. WATKINS, DUBLIN, GA.
or
Nitrate Agencies Co., Agents
Savannah, Ga.
MULES FOR SALE.
I have just unloaded
at my barn in Ailey
a car of nice young
Tennessee mules, and
I am offering for sale
or exchange. Prices
8135 upward.
W. J. PETERSON.
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j! 1 Nov. 25. 1922.
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For Leave to Sell.
State ot Georgia—Montgomery
County.
To Whom it Mav Concern:
Notice is hereby given that
Louis Roberson and M. B. Cal-i
houn as administrators of tho es-j
tate of C. H. Petereon, deceased, ,
have applied to me by petition
for leave to sell the following
real estate belonging to the es- 1
tate of the said U. H. Peterson,;
deceased, to-wit:
One lot of land situated, lying
and being in the Town ot Soper
ton, originally Montgomery but
now Treutleu county, Georgia,
which said lot fronts fifty (50)
feel on Main Street and runs back
south a distunes of one hundred
(100) feet, add being bounded on
the North by Main Street; east
by lands of W. T. McCrimmon;
south by lands of Mrs. Lillie M.
Williams and west by Second
Street, together with the perpetu
al right to join a twelve inch brick
wall running along the eust side
of said lot, the same being 15 feet
high and 100 feet long, and also
the perpetual right to join th
twelve itch brick wall runiiiigj
along the south side of said lot,!
the same being 15 feet high and,
and 50 feet long and that an or- j
der was made thereon at the De- j
comber term, 1922, of the court of
ordinary of said county for cita
tion, and that citation issue. All
the heirs at law and creditors of
the said 0. H. Peterson’ deceased,
will take notice that 1 will pa»s
upon said application at the Jan
uary Term. 1928. of the court rs
ordinary of Montgomery county,
Georgia; and that unless good
cause is shown to the contrary,
at said time, said leave to sell the
above described land will be
granted bv the court. This the
4th day of December, 1922.
J. (J McAllister,
Ordinary of Montgomery
County, Georgia.
Gin Report Dec. 1.
The tabulation of the gin report
up to December 1 shows that;
there were ginned in Montgon -
ery county to this date 6565 bales
of upland cotton. To this date
, last year the figures were 3321
i bales ginned in Montgomery.
Ivor ijw[TKt>
put my Store
tO the r rr -, r ,r I , when in Need of
TESI
(Dependable Herchandise
at Satisfactory Prices
J. M. DAVIS UVALDA, GA.
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MOUNT VERNON, GA.
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