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Show Tl.r.. .-.ne Unl Tr. Waihlugton ha three trees, each connected con-nected with some importauttvei lutlw laying out of the town of Wiuhl gton tn KM. The commissioners who made tho survey began their work under the great white oak In thu front )ard of Jalgff Andrews oil home nt II ty wood. Through the following century this wim one of the flnt tree tu like county Another liistorlcal tree Is tho great poplar pop-lar on the Alexander homnUad Iu ITU) the first ordination of a Pretbtorlm minister west of thu Bavann ih river took plaw under that tree. This wan Key John Fnriuger, u man of noted character and talfUts, aud who would have bn insldent cf Prauklln college bad he lived. rimlly, coming down later tn time we reach the memorable, debate bi tween ItoUrt ToomU and Denjiinlu Hill in 1H0-P TLU wa one of the greatest In tdh-cttul tuutefet in the history of (leorgia, and will never bo forgotten by those who heard it. It took place under an oak In the grove of Haywood. It w a followed by n typical barbecue of theol 1 aouth. Wiuhiugton (Qa ) Uazette. Acorns form an Important article of diet atuoug many tribe of Indlaua They aro bruised Into meal and made into doujtU for bread. Thu imalUum ally soaked preliminary in water to tako away it bitter tatte. Acorn Are stored away in tree by wood pickers, und tu time of scarcity tho nathe rob these deposit. Wwdilngton Star. The work of excavating the undent ruin ut Pompeii ntlU continues, aud fhe more roomi containing many curiosities curiosi-ties wcro recently opined near the old forum, |