. Canadian forest industries 1884. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 341 A BIG STICK. A correspondent writing from Mt. Sterling, Ala., to the Brewton Banner, says : I read, a few days since in the Star (copied from an ex- change) of a large stick of timber manufactured by the Etheridge Bros., and delivered to the Mobile market. It was got out octagonal and is a large piece of timber, but I hauled a piece for Gaines & Slater at Tusahoma in Choctaw county last week that was 45 inches in the centre of the log, 86
. Canadian forest industries 1884. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 341 A BIG STICK. A correspondent writing from Mt. Sterling, Ala., to the Brewton Banner, says : I read, a few days since in the Star (copied from an ex- change) of a large stick of timber manufactured by the Etheridge Bros., and delivered to the Mobile market. It was got out octagonal and is a large piece of timber, but I hauled a piece for Gaines & Slater at Tusahoma in Choctaw county last week that was 45 inches in the centre of the log, 86 feet long. These parties were young in the business and made this piece square edged and by the two-thirds rule meas- ured 30 inches ; it had four straight lines, nice- ly squared and worked ; it had but one knot which was sound and only measured one inch in diameter. Now, if this stick had have been got out in ocotagonal shape it would have measured 40 inches in diameter. It was the finest piece of timber I ever saw, perfectly sound, straight, and of good heart, it would take the premium at the World's Exposition at New Orleans if exhibited. I would not be afraid to risk $100 that it will be the finest piece of wood that ever went to the Mobile market, or perhaps to any other market in the United States. Advice to Mothent. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your restbya sick child suffering and crying with pain and cutting teeth? If so, send at once and get a bottle of Mrs. Wlnslow's Koothlng Hyrup for children teething. Its value Is Incalculable. It will relieve the poor little sufferer Immediate- ly. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mis- take about it, It cures dysentery and diarrhoea, regulates the stomach and boweis, cures wind, colic, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, and gives tone and energy to the whole system. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething is pleasant to the taste, and is the per- scription of one of the oldest and best female nu
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