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S.] EASLY s - jy- \ VO.1]EASLEY, GOUTH CAROLINA, FRIIDAY, MAY 30, 1884 - NO. 4 PBite.'ed (it the Postoffie i at le S. C.,, ws xeeoizd Class' Ma-1tter. TERRM8 0P SUI4QRIPVION. One. year. Strictly II iiiitLalie .... $100 1 Six 11on1ths ~ ( Mwe sq.;ar( (I. filh) I itiseldoti .... 75 e Ubm-l dictlit ils loillrc- o. byi Lic-hmild (1iultil o (14-1 corml I )i t lU Iiv.- ()v(vr 1,2 liil's iec ht-a oil for. bp mlst givi. thiii fill] adtl(ess. .011S; Of om.P voPI('spolillits. 1111.4 lv adl-llesed1 to IlII( Elit ors ; 1 .isli 5~ letes t tliel'lllislhei of Ihle, 1; i I. N l'T''I'E N 4) 1 C~OQ U jI'I'IS. (Illov tiZa II( US.ttos i,,ar " 1iiit ht-y l)Ue.1h I Iw' Ir-arlts I imt hImve I hell). IW da i'll )fh m.I''o''n t1,11114. A14 nil lie eoII.-s with :t. flil warn T[)' Iteort-. 111 it 11c b:Ielk (f evv'. I Imt ;~ ofIM io-,4H t. 1..1 I.or i I OII S th( ~- IIle fic'e willd Thalnt as~s tio)f OSit p)tM-('S. ifi.I-lel le h il~ d fO Or vhoivti Atlana il II~tI- lll. Nor It if-m It I [L I ' I E' 1 )( 1 I III - A D~ark ('i. Ad Ca uses HmI-ridy vnu ny3sy to Gel. Si(rel. do iW to 1istea plank and slide in. FInrridy Teinysy gits in ever Cih 'she sees a veloud a risin' MA w 'she beli. es in rnakin' use ofl everthing, so 4he turned in and. sot i' last bar'l ofsaft'soap down thar. That was Flurridv was at Ainit Nancy's, and when she come home here tother nigh t, time'th at big, w~ind riz jiSt aboult dark, she', was skeered so ) ad she riz the plink and slidI right dow.nVI spanlk ker(lab in that har'l of 1ye soap, a1id fetlled a Vell vou'd a though.1t the jedgemelt <ay had c(ome, or the si-clone lul striuck her. ( Cap I)ew ber vry was a settin' up 1 a courl ten', er MV Inl tother house, and me1( 1aul him flew in thir like tihe house was a fire., alot Aw she was a trv pin' her boeIk :111d vellin' 1or Pap. andA here com114 1;'ap, and1( budd11I ni 11(1 mIdaWi 0111 Ill they got her It, :n )f all t 11c ig ts ever vot -,!I( she was thIe tot a cioulse.-t look in'. 3Iaw she fu1;sedl o I.n Ir ' h it ur l e a bout11 1II l I n I' all 1hat ,-; i' ;n p, :1nd( Flurrii d 1he 1:1(1a hard n t: i ne a gritt inl' slet 0f tle soa.) as om )avis did the lasses 10)'1 h'\' hend. 1('spi' ( A Thsh rain riz Hr" hec -ek mck" UP' in~ " oh i 1Ss Strn g' 1"Ims "hth ih nigtj'. :md11(1 she tih.ut 1 it was tl e i11)()d1 mll that her timoe h-. 1d 111(1 she11 "ot i to praill ' L ot all: ihld IuIoe Nmw 6) lftIevtch lisk rk 8i01 I I (I ' OFn' ll lashi I i1 an J I ke he takenF the 110 (1 !MC :11114 poblled upill thair :nl nick' her out. ie owed She was ai Pri' d 1 11 as she Ja b eh ller and a fsin', up1 her sinls inl 11ur y i (i1)h. LorI, ji t le me live to git it foot one't m1orte on td.t ground :111m( I la e I'll sarve you 1il mv lif'e, and( . Illy I neVVer'1,1rV1,es4 t heI devil in m'ore, oal I never s Ills n10 more01 settin' ni'S While I liv,( :'ni I lav I'll all es h()e -inl "ood mi( sure on ever pin t of nlt* o\sopam siesog uma~ t sses Vai sells., I y I 'll i ry. v 4U) o (rve t he Io rd o)!Itl tha12t prayinSi)' nd shoutdin'lt'ha un loF Sai:"~he raik4in : I wouldjvi O4 lne ofn 1 em1L rupolmale '' ef1I. wasn't but a little hitty old (hick enl sna1ke," says she, "1ut I 1 bouild I 1ever hangsi .up nairy niothern11.9, Last 1'idaiay. me ttlIa Flurridy sot inl to wnrp. a pieceof . loth. Frid y i A luy as 14n11(-6 4.-k j rv other (Iya'?. liss Freslo t's ste Pt i1 111n looked skee.'iel. ' "L aws,' says s1, "ef you haint a sftirtin' a piece of work and tluis a Fr1iday. It's turrible h(I luck, it s ,I siI yoli'll die fore its wore out. 1. -al lers 1b)egifls 111 inie of n Thuridhy if it hiaint but a stitch oi' two." I wvas tickled to death kase0 e(-ver' body, knows ()hd Fs reshours don't kill lirself starhi' work no <htly. She i .s1 ideine m nd , e N'ss; Mne dayf as tother, ni( rail v does inore a Smillav than '-fir da y ill the Ve k. -'Yes," say s 1. --l kno0iwed( it, vas n Fridny, but it read"i th book smnc .(rs i x (ys wls Illa(le to wor lliul Sui (In 'y to rest,' 1d1 I (1 1 don 't k cp !14 vly elpt ' ull lny, On"l <dou t- i inne1h rest thon,'' for jI though-I Iethed a gang CA cli ill un to spend I Il V "I: YlI,' k0As she, "YV( aih-r a ua em 1 ias t i I on ueky~ (av nyiald I hIus (el1"ll-it I I< luck tlilit startil'n work m F ri day .. :und I know inl rn--;(n I'd have a priveri inO iit wIs t't I'm InY )1!1-we shi oe mYe 4n1(l or, :111(, Inv rabbhits4 foot inl 11Ny pcc e ; and,"111 When I sees ai rabbit run n3- aert-A t lt 1':dI 1allers tuilns ill\ poc(ket il .sidelot' rds, and hw :alers tlirn hi~s bat nstf ie d:1n'111;11i shore ns I t'rgits and 1 has to .i beck atter an ytn Ii i i I linAk(s " r s 11:11k an(d spit in it 81141 I know monstrous wel these het, blood heads Is kl) m nlose fro-mv bleedin', and ths'hn rass rineL 0on 111V ll midiii ng(er h Ikey w nIl the leuimatiz. I k now soine fol k don't believe ill ig s. bu1t I've1 tick notice, and whenl(eVr I dre us oh losi it' -.- toth si (' of 1 mY 111ks dies'.'' '11.'h inks..l t( ) invl self, aI sig-Iht of in ini t . de ')r th-ir ha int but ne or 1. two 01sia"le teth Iteft inl her,..igoit h1. '-And . I 'v .1pteik nioti ce?' says,* she, "that I aillei's (deams8 0f a e dlin' afor)e aniybodl d ies."' A ipi a3 we hdi n', k *%se.j3' she (etern'u iv n mel(dl in' :about tsomelh( odyV n'IilrIv r'eady 1for e'veryt lih Ole..Aliss .St ronn:1' '' jid ole IN iSS G reei. w11fl as(both. re01(1 hTo knii', *n .\lm .s', eng t eo abthe hawkst kepthi herk chick na('i". Oly Mas v.'ti's 81'11 on a big quid er terbacker and lowed: 've tried that and it never don( nairv grain of good-not the fl'lus smliggin. Old Miss Freshours spit on the hath and tuclk another di p of sn1u, andi( lowed: "Sister Stroug, you 11 shorely iever donle it right. You ha-d orter take three big flint 'rocks the same size anl Iav 'emi inl the iiddle of your fireplace; put (m riglit w hair, you kivers your chunk the over iOt, and let 'in1 git cold, aniid I lay a hawk'll never (1ome a iigh *your ebieikens." '1The best thing" ever. I tried," says old Aliss Str1own, e'nlmlillill noti'r 'u11id of, terhackel ini her mouth, "is to take t11w 'for'ardest hoin' lickell of t hIle Fust litterl that's hatchecd ouit inl the srn and miake you a hresl-pile, and Ilay it on top and set it a, fire and luu-n the chiickenI ho'hzviously up. feth ers, gizz'erId ma all, and I hnv if Vou do that a hnyk wont. come ii grh." Miss 41,eshour taken 1i' her1 sAhwe nudl knockedl the, dirt mut'nl it, iu11l lowed: "MY fow enehe'; - I i a hil h. ' oh wi ler alk wMIsrnelll. Thinks I that 's what I heen a wanitin' vou to t. :I I im- 1ut ntier I sed h1er1 foot I 1didnt. low that was what mde it each. Soap and water woubM or hopme it mre'n1 -Ill tha1t ise rntIehIiu'. This is what ly Roberson wrif, in iny I'lst reonh'r at school. ht was 2le(;rudey's elet'ritied relieader,'i and he writ it in blue ink, bekvse its 1 he sign of It rue love, and he mlade i hec poe tr bisYI selIfI: AI v love foI' Vu 0 1eV(r flows I' water downi the co,n r)I Ows. mlIll), 1), - I I Ial, w.I O was (OIs(l in11 yOll wido on the death of her 11HuSbandl(, spomke in a very seri -(mus tone, remr 1 king that he was -n' (f the few.' Su(h a jewel of I (' i bristni)-- vou atII ( I find his equal. vol well know." To which I will !' *--A~\ plai i and unschooledA manm, pr1inci pally3 benieath the opeil sky, in the field, and the foiest; and1( whno had weilded the axe more tha the pen, whilst speakinig of chiil Ircin, remar'ked, with truie and b( heai' tiul simrplicity, "'The little chip. arie n earest the hear't." -' )(-Doter, look inig Iearnied1 speak islow: .'"Well, mainer, what tooth (10 you want extracted? Is it a molar' 01' an incisor?' Ja'ck, shot ndsharp: 'It is in the up per tier', on the larbhoard side, 'Bed' a hand,' you swab, for it is nipl'finig my inn like a lobster.