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VOL*rx 11x] .L SOTH , CRA FRIDt JN & EOO 11 s8840 VOL. 1.] EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1884. [O3. tke fnzleg *euesener. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year, strictly in advance.... .*$1 .00 six mont10"01.... 65 RATES O1AUVERTISING. One sqdare (1 Ineh) 1 insertion.......75c Each subsequent insertion............ 40c Liberal discount on contracts or by the column, half or quarter column. Marriage notices free and solicited. Obituaries over 12 lines charged for. Correspondents, to Insure attention, must give their full address. We are notyesponsible for the opin .ons of our correspondents. All communications for the paper must be addressed to the Editors; business letters to the Publisher of the MESENGER, Easley, S. C. THE BOY WHO KISSED 1118 MO. THER. She sat on the porch in the sunshine, As I went down the street A woman whose hair was silver, But whose face was blossom sweet ; Making me think of a garden, Where, in spite of the frost and snow Of bleak November weather, Late fragrant lilies blow. I heard a footstep behhid me. Aad the sound of a merry laugh, And I knew the heart it came from Would be like a comforting staff In the time and hoir of trouble. Hopeful and brave and strong, One of the hearts to leant on When we think that things go wrong. I turned at the click of the gate latch, And met his manly look; A face like his gives me pleasure, Like the page of a pleasant book, tt told of a steadfast purpose, Of a brave and dariig will - A face with promise in it That God grant the years fulfill. He went up the pathway singing; I saw the woman's eyes Grow bright with worldless welcome As sunshine warms the skies. "Back again, sweet mother," He cried, and bent to kIss The loving face that was lifted For that which some mothers miss. That boy will do to depend on, I hold that this is true From lads li love with their mothers Our bravest heroes grew. Earth's grandest hearts have been lov ing hearts Slnce time and earth began; And the boy who kissed his mother Is every inch a man. EBEN E. REXFORD. OBSERVATION S. Spi ing days of old were warm and long, Thjey'rec longer now, and colder. The world once liked a merry song; It's sadder now, and older. The fairies and the merry elves Are shy and discontented; The 'd sense enough to hide themselves When east winds were invented. Wheni songs they sang were sad at all It was a cheery sadness; The songs we wrIte, if glad at all, Express a solemn glad ness. Our smile is but a chastened grin, ,Our father's laughed and meant it; Ahd when they sinned some jovial sin They left -us to renent it. 1 munds is the same way, and *< was Conklin whoti in the Senate. Most of the members are verj careful about correcting the proof of their speecees, and some chang< is and revise until their speeche a. could scarcely be recognized bj Pm one who heard them'on the floor o: t. the House. The new members an t, particularly whimsical.and uneasy n though some never got over theil Df nervousuess, no inatter how lonj o they have served in the House a Some members are very neat i al their speeches, Cox and Hewitt o: th New York come under this head in and anothar New York man, Skin nor, is said to furnish the bos le copy that goes to the printing offic( r. from the Captitol. Mr. Morrisor a is one of the best-natured men it e the House concerning his speeches d and is always very free to mako 3f allowuces for errors Randall ii le also good-natured in this respect ri Hewitt, of New York, is a thoro i business man, and is very prompi . in settling with the printer. It ii it customary to have speeches printed I- by subscripiion, each member pay le ing for the number of copies of th( y certain speech he wants. Mr. Her. bert will not allow this with hib it speeches. He pays out of his owr %- pocket for every copy printed, ani i. gives them to those who want them, - From his quick nervous manner d he has gotten the reputation 01 "fussy." But that he is fusdy is denied by his printers. They say 1. he is neat and careful but is al I- ways pleasant, and never in the a- least impatient. AUGUST. , A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMIENr WITI io OAT.-Between the 1st and 10t '0 of last August just after "laying t- by" a ten acre field of cotton, Mr )f A. J. Kibler had sown down it I. oats at all-allowed the. seed t< t- lie upon the surface of the earti Et at the mercy of the birds, weath r- er, &c. It took one a half day t< sow the seed. Last week the oati >f were harvested at an expense o ie $7.50, and the yield was nearly 304 r. bushels, enough to feed his tw< t- mules 12 months. Thus with ai he outlay of not more than $8, Mr se Kibler has provided for the sup re port of his working stock for an b- othet year, and at the same tim< Is proven the fact that oats can bi e, made just as well without cover s, ing as with it, upon comparative s- ly fresh land. About the sam< is time Mr. Kibler was having thii t- grain sown, a tenant of his trie< d the no covering process upon is few acres of cotton land that ha< it been "laid by" more than ten dayi and upon which rain had fallei a-. since last plowed. It looked lik< )t throwing the seed away, .but i r- made a magnificent yield likewise I- -Lancaster Review. (From Our Regular Correspondent OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6th, 1884. By the time this reaches you, it to be hoped that the exci I ement i cident to the Chicago conventi( will be at an end; but at this wri ing, Washington is at a fever hea and very little business is done : the departments except reading the Chicago Telegrams which aj posted conspicuously on the nui erous bulletin boards. I shis therefore dismiss the subjtct wi the invocation: "Requiescat pace." Gen. Orville E. Block, whoi sad death by drowning on the Flo ida coast has been announced wo a gallant officer and a man. of fir abilities. To his energy and goc taste is due much of the beauty the "New Washington," as, whi superintendent of public buildinj and grounds, he co-operated heart ly and intelligently with the Di trict authorities in cariying o what is known as the comprehei sive plan of improvements. Ti pretty lake in Monument lot vet properly bears his name. Something like $40,000 is spel by members of Congress each so 3ion for the printing of their speecd es. An unusual number of speec es were made this session, at iver 1,000,000 copies have hee printed. Of Morrison's speech j lone 125,000 have been distribute( Norrison's, Hewitt's, HIurd's, Ke ley's, Russell's, Randall's and Ka son's speeches have been distribi ted in all sections of the countr the relative demand being in ti order of the names above. Thei was also a big run upon the prin ing office for the tariff speeches' Eaton, Welburn and Hiscoc] Next to the tariff speeches of E top, Welburn and Hiscock. No to the tariff the general public e joys anti-Chinese and education speeches, and whenever one these is made it is scattered to ti farthest bounds of the countr All these subjects are consequel ly popular with the members. Ti most versatile speaker in the Hiou is S. L. Cox, and his speeches a in demand,no matter what the au ject. lHe makes more speech than any other man in the Hous and upon more varied subject anid is looked upon as the best po ted upon general topics. He sepoken of at the government prin ing office as remarkably neat ar natty about his speeches, aind noted for the care he takes abol the title p)ages. The most indifferent man is E Lon, of Connecticut. He will ni read the proof, but leaves ever; thing to the printer. Senator E > 1he Talking Dog. r It was in a Market street res taurant. A solemn man entered, I followed by his dog, seated himself, i and asked for the bill or fare. It was given him. 'What would you like to have, sir?' asked the waiter, flipping the table with his napkin. The dog meanwhile had climb ed upon the chair on the other side of the table, and was gravely i regarding his master. 'Well,' said the solemn man, re , flectively, 'gimme two fried eggs, turned over.' b "Gimme the sadie,' said the dog. The waiter gazed at the animal k with amazement mingled with hor ror. The solemn man continued: 'Then I guess you can gimme a sirloin steak, very rare, with fried potatoes.' 'Gimme the same,' said the dog. The waiter's face assumed the color of cold boiled veal. 'Cup o' coffee, plenty o' milk,' went on the solemn man. The waiter shuddered, and turn ing, fled for the kitchen. A man with a squint, at an ad joining table, was much interest ed in the scene. He hadobserved I it closely, and finally spoke to the solemn man: 'It must a' been a fearful lot o' work to learn that dog to talk, mister.' 'It was,' said the man. 'I should smile,' said the dog. 'What 'ud you take for him, now?' said the man with the squint. 'Wouldn't sell him,' said the sol emn man. 'You'd better not,' said the dog. The man with the squint was much impressed. He began mak ing wild offers, and when he reach ed a thousand dollars the solemn man relented. 'Well,' said he, "I can't refuse that. I hate to part with him, but riyou can have him.' S'He'll be sorry for it,' said the dog. The man with the squiet drew a check for the amount, which he -gave to the solemn man. The lat ter was about leaving when the dog cried out: 'Never mind-I'll get even. I'll never speak again. -And he never did. The gentleman with the squint Bwas proprietor of a Dime and SFreak museum on Market street. The solemn man was a ventrilo Squial crook. II -"Kiss Me as I Fall Asleep," is the title bf the latest song. It is intended, we suppose, as a pointer for young men who takes their girls to church in the evening.