The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, May 23, 1884, Image 1
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VOL. 1.] EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIIDAY, MAY 23, 1884. [NO. 33.
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Ente.'ed at he 'Instof-Mee at Easley
S. C., a s Iecond Cl.a% Matter.
J. R. HAGOOD, Editor and Prop'r.
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TiHE RAD HIOY AN) IllS PA.
' he O!d Gentleman Inveigled lino a
Big Ilihnder-Mistakinlg an Old
Maid's Pet )og for a Haby--Trou
bMe Caused by anl Abseice of Spec
tacltes. m
"Ilere, hre," saidl the gro-er-Ov
mwan to the had boyv, as he( caime
ill the back door hurriedly alld
holtetl it., and hid behind a harrel,
'.vwhat you coming in the hak
door for in that manneri,, like a pi
rate of the Spanish main? My
othier us(itomllers doi, sneak in the;
back door and hide behind thing"s.
W hat ails you?"
"-S It h ! If a ian comes from
te street car in b1)Out two liin
utes with one coat tail torn otl
d pieces of umbrella fra tme stick
ingo out of hiisself like porcupinel
quills, his hlt gone, :111 a scared
complexion l his face, and asksi
it you have seen a chubby-facedl
little bo 6y, you (drive him out doors,
'eause he isn't responsible," and
the boy pulled ( cofree sack dlown1
off a barrel to cover himself up. 1
"Who is the wild man you are
(xpectin1g, and what have you
done?" asuked the grocerymian.
"Sh s sh ! It's pa. And1 if he
got out of the ear without coming
through the window, he is liable
to0 shoW up) here p)retty quick. You
se pa has5 been tryinig to make us
believe he could1 see just as well as
le ever could, and lie has quit
wearing splectacles, anid gets miad
ever'y time0 anlybody suggests that~
hie can't see ver well. Ma say
le is ashamed to have folks think
he is getting old. Somec times .I
come in the room and pa snaps his'
igers a~nd says "Hello, Bruno,I
good dog," thinking I am the (dog,
when he finds out his mistake he
laughs and says it was only a joke,
and lhe says he (can seet as well as
any man in this townI. T told him
some dam Som norann)m wonl Ilae!
a joke on him and convince him
that he was near-sighted, and he
said they might try all the jokes
they wanted to on him. Well, pa
is awful polite to ladies, and. for
fear, lie will pass some lady that
he knows and not speik. to her, he
speaks to all of'em. Some of 'em
get cross to have a stranger speak
to them, but pa has such a inno
eent, benUevolenit. vacanUt Sort of a
look when he smiles, that they go
on thinking he has esca ped from:
so1e asylum. Well, we was in ai
Street car-, a lin 01 the other side of:
the car was an old maid, with a
pug dog in her lapl, curled ulp likej
a. haby, I saw pa was getti ng his
eves sot oi the woian and the doy,
but I kiiew he couldn't make out
whether it was a bah she had or
not, So I whispered to pa that' it'
Was too h.ad to carrv habies on tihe
street ars, poor littfe things. That
was eniouigh for paI. Ie hit like a
bass. IIe 1 ergaii to 1oo(k hleneVo0)
lenIt., 111d smiled at the ladyN just
as though h1' live(d n1ext (oor to:
her ald she looked sort of Cr0ss.,
blt pa could not see that, and lie
smiled again and leaned over to
ward her an(d poilted to the dogs
and asked. "1low old is t he little
0hing'r" Wrell,, I thought I should:
Jest melt and run th rough t. lhe per
f'ra ted Seat of tle ca7. Te woF
1111111 Si& it was oily I i monitls
Old, but she 1ooked1 as t-ho n h she
'idi't kuow as it was any of his
busin!ss 1 Iv w1 v. I tried t get
pa to elnge the subject ,aLd Ualk
with me, but)1 whienm heogets to talk-;
ing with a woman that settles it,
anld lie told1 me to hush u) 2111d
look out of the window at the seen -
er. 'Tlet pa smiled again andi
got 1e eye on the lady N anI1d one on
the suplosed haby, which she hiad
wrappt)P)ed a1 ifhawl around, ai'd said,
"little oie aw ys beetn helthi I
suppo Ise ?" The womani snap1ped
out that it, had always been
healthy enIough11, except wheni it.
was cutting teeth it had a sort, of
distem pe r. The other p.)assen1igtrs
began to look at pa1 a1d smile, aid
the lady wa s 1)eginniig to )lus
and1( I cold~ seeQ distanit muhtterius
fa ('yelone,' andi I pulle'd pa's
sleeve and told himi I wou1ldn1't
tal1k to strangers that way if I was
him, but pa he pIuched mec in the)
ribs with his elbow, andl told1 me~
to miindl my own busliness, ami1( II
went to the end( of tihe (ar near the
door so as to get out qui1ck iln (case
of ani a larmn of fi re. Pa retu rnedl
to t110 assaulI t, ald it mfade mei per
sir e. "'Is it a h oy or girl !" saiid
p)a, and1( the lady's tace coloredl up~
and1( she pullled t he strap) to stop
the ('ar1. Julst as the10 (1ar3 stopped
pa got upl)~and in his politest miani
ner' heo said1, a1s he( held( out, his;
hands, "'Let me help you with the
baby.'' We'l1, you'd (ad1(ide. YouI
wo(uld hiave just laid righlt down
in the straw in the car and Ila
ted. Whei the driver opened
door I flew out and just then I
looked in n1(n the dog had got
mad nt pat when. he put out his
h1ands1, an( had grabbed pa's hand,
and was chewing his mitten and
growling, and the lady called pa
an old wretch and sai(l lie ouyht
to be arrested for going around in
siltinhg uil pro(A(ted femiales. and I
saw her uimbrella go up in the air
and come (own on pi's head, id
pi yelled to somebody to take the
(log off. The womiIan enilme out of
the car ini a gallop, holding the
log by the leg and th(e dog had
one of pa's buckskin mitteis in its
moutl chewing for all that was
oi t. Whenit she struck the street
she told me to call a i po)licemani
and11( have the old trano arreste(l
and I said "yessum," andi(1 she1
went off with the d(og n tider her
arm. I nkad pa it' I should fol
low his hu(v frien i anI dwl get his
Iittemi awav tromh tier little bab1y,
th1at he was usinrig to teeth on, anutd I
pi looked so m2ad, that I rot off*i
the car iol came here, and left
him pit king pieces ot 11111brella
fimi) ot of his nwelktie. and e'x
pl i n1e 1 tO he ot her passengers
that lie kitew that it w'-n't n ha
by all the time.''-----Peck's Sun.
(G iF TuE Doo..,\Mrs. Walil
ter's () ell. of S ta pletoI St tioni Is
bidl, died at 3 o'clock on Ties
day' minorninAg, March 25th. A
Scotehl terrier. Fidlo, hial bven heor(,
pet tn 12 yeairs. IDuri1g. two
Ifborntli4 of tier illness, Filo) rt'iain
ed beside her be(l. A tler her
(eatli Ie persisted inl lying(&r besidei
tiie o i. lie tol lowe 1 it. to) the
hiearse, a nd1 trie(l to jump inside
the ars. When the processio
rehie(d tle grav'e, Fid Was there.
Aft.er the funeral lie took up his
t*6rm1er position besidle thev bed.1
lately occupie( by I' IM. (dell. Ie
refiused1 to eat.
Two day1's ago he fomIII1 I1 pa ir
of shio's thiat forncrl belogieI to
Mrs. (dell, but had beeln throwni
out of loors. 'hiese he took up
in1 his mtouith anid carried to. his
and1(, placinig the shoes On t he floorj
laid hiis fore paws anid head across
them, in which position he renmin
ed several hours. D~uring Moni
dlay night 21 st, he( rouised the
household b y ruiol efl eries. At
3 (o'clock on Tu'iesday' norning ex
aetly one week to an hiour afterj
Mrvs. Odll's dleath, Fidl)oldied tbe-1
side thet bed(, his he'ad ando tore'
paw rS estinrg on the s hoe)s.--N. Y.
Sun.
er cap~es aIre (crotcheted, heiads be
inug st rung on the silk anod left at'
the 'orneIirs of the meshes, or' in
patternis ts t he worker chooses.
TIhie frinages are sniked iet
The Clothing of the Sexes.
I agree that the tax of carrying
Alothes from the waiste is utterly
un1justiflable, and that the parts'
that should bear the burden are
the shoulders, and none other. In
bhis regard women ought to be
plaued under just the same favor
thle coniditions for movement of
lie body as men, and tihe greatest
'mancipation that women will ev
tr have achieved will have arrived
when she hias discoverd and carri
d out this practicall and good im
provemxieit.
Any o iv h) will for a moment
think eandidly must admiuit that
t lhe (1ess of, 1 men, lowever had it
may he in taste, or in whatever
bad taste it may have been con
('eivel. is, ill rc-Spect to health, inl
finitely su11perior to that of women.
In the ldress of the man every part
of the body is equally covered.
The middle of the bodN is not en1
veloped inl a numbeiil. of close lIy
ors, while the lower iubs are left
Wit'liuit (los c(lothiig altogeth(lr:
the centre of the body is not strain
ed with i a weight which ahniuost
(lags down the lower Iillibs an d
hack: the chest is not exmsod to
ever wil thit blows, aml the
feet are llot bewilereI with heavy
g&arments which they have to kick
towfit or drag from belhil with
every I Vn hIci ng st ep. TIeI b)odyI
is clothIied equally, a11(l the cloth
ing is borlc by tle shioulders; il
gives free motion to ireath ing; it
grive-s freedom ofimotion to the cir
cll:ation; it- naikes no undue pres
s1re ol t he digest, ive or Mglns ; it
leaves the Ii iI)s fr( iS easily put
l and1( oft; an11(d it atl lows of' readv
.an:1tRg'e iln vicissitudos of wea the-.
It is tohl of the late emiient
rgeon, i r. ('Ilie, the tAen1che ot
Sir Astlev ('ooper, tHit when he
wais conulted by a lady on the
Sinestion how She shoul prevent t a
irl om groIving iup Iisshfapen,
he replied, "IAet her have no stays
uni( let her nin albout like the
oys." I gildly r-cecho this wise
idvice of the great silrg'eon; ail
I would& venture to 21uld to it ant
>t her sliggestion: I would~ say 1(1
:.he mrothers of Entgland, let your
irls dress'5 like your' boys, make
to diffhere nce whate ver inl resp)c~t
~o t hem- give them knriekerbioek
IrS, if you like-with theseN( excep)
ions, th at the undorga rments he
>a littlIe lighiter material, andl
thant they be supp~jlemliented by anWl
lite(r gown or01 .10ohe wich shall
take the pla1ce of the' outer coat of
Ithe b oys, aw l shall make themci
look dlistinctively whiat they are
.irls (lothed CapI a-pie, and1( well
lothled from11 hkead to f ot .. -1,oni
1on TIruthi.
Surrns.-T'he neOw directory of
Phdnadel phija coiitainus tha r~an es 0 of
n en rll'y .3.000 Simitlis.