Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S1TEI'j2 3dEJrI' TE2J 2J6$II-EE CLIMAITIC REVEIES. The extraordnary cold winter we have had this year in Texas is sill the general subject of conver sation. It has given a great deal of diisatisfaction to man and beast, excepting, of course, those who iell fuel and winter clothing. As a general thing, a good natured man can go through a Texas win ter without having to use much had language, but we have been assured by a church member, who is .proverbially abstemious in the use of protanity, that he has had to use more of the arlicle this winter than any five preivious winteis since he came to Texas, and there are several weeks yet, during which he will have to use strong language. All classes of citiznes have suffer ed more or less from the cold wave, but, the stockmen have un dergoie more mental anguish than any other, as a great many sheep and cattle have died. It was sug gested in the Stockman's Conven tion that as the mortality among the cattle has been principally among the yearlings, that a bill be introduced m the Legislature to advance the minority of yearlings, naking them two years old, thus enabling theni to better stul the new kind of norther that is being imported into the State. Our houses in Texas are not constructed with a view to keel) out the ice fiend. Texas houses are designed to allow the sum mer breezes to come in and out as much as they please. They are very well ventilated, which is an undesirable architectural peculi arity in winter, when an icy bliz zard is howling on the outside for free admission. It was so cold that some of our citizens sent off for their wives' mothers to come and pay them a visit, in order to, make the house hot enough for ev erybody in it. The weather was so cold that unless a person in~ front of the fire revolved on his' own axis, as our planet does, there was dIaniger of such person becom i ng well dlone on his front side, while ice a quarter of an inch thickc accumulated on his other or reverse: side. We have never known a cold spell to last as long as thme lnat ne did. It wa intnnsely! cold, below the freezing point, for almost a week. The theory is that. the mercury fell- so far, that it crippled itself badly, and could not get up again, all at once. By the way, we got. even with that oldest inhabitant, of which there are fifty or sixty in every community. Le came in and took a chair, and as soon as he thawed out, he began talkincz to us about the big freeze in 1832, when all the trees on Buffalo Bayou broke down with ice. After he had al most persuaded us that the freez ing weather we had just had was trol)ical compared with that he had gone through, we asked him. "Colonel, do you remember the time that the Thames was frozen ove r three feet thick, and it snow ed forty days withouit stopping " "Reember it ? I should say I did. That was the year me and Sam Hiouston came to Texas to gether. We had a bottle of pure whiskey, but it froze solid. We bioke the bottle and chipped off our drinks with a hatchet." "Do you remember when the Adriatic was frozen over, and the trees birst open with reports like cannon ?'' "Of-course I do. I had a plan tation on the Adriatic, and lost ever so many niggers." ''Then you must remember when the Dardanells and the black Sea were frozen over, and the snow was piled 100 feet high.'' The Colonel remembered it. and said that he helped to shovel away the Snow. "'low old are you, Colonel ?" "I'm a young man yet ; only 83 this (om1ing spring. ''Colonel, the only time the Straights of D~ardanelle were fro zen over was inl tihe year A. 1). 408, so you must be mistaken in yonr age. You muist be nearly 1,475 years old1. The 01(1 man said it was aston ishing how "'templus fuget,'' and walked off as balmny ats a sp)ring moru.. As a part of the marriage cere mony in Servia, tile bride has to hold a piece of sugar between her Ilps as a sign that she will speak little and1 sweetly during her mar ried life. Jncldeb/ed IL ?I Tis To -us Pzcrf G UANO; .A.-Trr S UPL~PLIIES, Os |ICCO7 Lt, Azre earnesty re quested to call and SETTLE AT ONCE.1 Don't wait for us to call on you-it is un pleasantfor both you and us-but come1 right along and PAYi UP, so that we 1I Lu.a be able to "RT N" YOU AGAIN W. M. Hagood & Co. T sisr, s.. a. Nov 2-tf _____ BS~CBIB L NOW THE CO.TTO.N OPLA.N}T, An 8-page 40-column Agricultural Journal, the only paper in South Car olina published exclusively in the inter e'st of theC Farmner and Manufacturer. 'The) best and cheapest Agricultural paper in the South. ONLY @0 CENTS A YEAR. Thle ofilei.dl organ of the State Grange. *Endorsed by the lading citizens of the State, and by the best farmers in the State and the South. Send postal for spechnen copies for yourself and yo ur nieighbors Address, W'. .J. McKunAtr., Mat-loan . C.i THE Dry Goods mporism DR. J. W. QUILLIAN, . Easley, S.C., Still lives, and be 'desires to thank lie public for their liben d pat roige in the past, 11nd say to thei tht. his Stock of Notions, Hats, Caps. Boots4 and Shoe, Hard ware, heavy and Fancy (octries, =rmgaf, 3.vredaioinem, Paints, 'Oils. Glass and Dye Stifls, are complete at PA NIC PR ICES To the Ladies I desire to say that ily Fall Stock of Millinery has jiust eome in. embilracing all the I ate'st Novelties, and Lattst Styles of Hats. Bonnetsq Ribbons and Neck wear, all at ROT TO PRI(.ES. fi e i- i i e nie .a11l yon1 will be pieaed. Oct 12-12m HUDGENS & HUDGENS, COTTON B UYERS -AN) DEAlES IN General Merchandize, Easley, S. (2 Invites the attention of their patrons and the gene-" ral public, to the large and attractive Stock of Goods just opened, which embraces Dry Goods, Nottons, Clothing, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Grocer ies, Driugs, Glassware, Grockry & Woodenware, TOCACCO, KN ITTING COTTON, &c., and in fact everything usual Iy kept in a stock of General Merchandize. We ca1ll especial attention to our large STOCK of READY-MADE CLOT HING, JE ANS and SHOES. Yuwill find it to your interest to examine them before p urchasin g. When you want F lour' call fot the ''FROST ;" for a " Choice Family " it has no superior. SOct 12-1 2mn _____ Lime ! Lime ! Lime ! CAN BE BOUGHT OF H-I. .T. GIGNrILLIAT, Easley, S. C., Either in Car Load Lots or by the single barrell at very CHEAP RATES. Oct 12--tf