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OUR .1l . l'm thining$l a lkei'~ J1st f1fty years ago, It was the proudest of our lives At. least I deenied It so; For Ellen, 'twas ur' Weding-ay, And you were sweet sixteen, A(l in my heart you reigned as now, its loving, gentle queen, Our -otie was but & huniible oue, Its Comforts then were few, But still we always kept the hope Of better things in view.. We worked together, you and I) Till many years had passed; Our carefui saLvings day by day Grew quitc a sim at last. Ai.d in those years the darling bahes We called our little three, Like sunbeams came to cheer our h1ome And comfort you and me, We had trials to be sure; An( mau' .a b4r gdef, [lut in eac hf We al'n 'sl rilint. Your locks are Spilkled o'er witlh grey, And mine ire white as snow; We both have lost the youthful bloom Of fifty years ago. And yet the same devoted love Unites us heal t to heart; Its linkA the hand of trutli has holind1' And only death can part. Our Golden Wedding, fifty years! Why. Ellen, can it be Our children's children in a group On yoider lawn I see? Well. well, though we are growing old, We'll 110t lie gtrave hut- gay (Come, jom Olr frieis who Ihil n it bus Our Golden Wedding Day. NoBODY'S. ABUSINES.--A travel er just from therSouth ieports the following: On one of the Southern railroads thel'e is a station alled 'Sayer.' Lately a newly married couple boarded the train, and were very loving indeed. The brake man utied. td ush n:;- grooma k iss tI61iCd j dot t wo "udred times, 4.but maiitained ..a serene quiet. Finally the Statian in <ues. tion was reached, and just after lie whistle sounded the g:-o6n gave the bride a rousing sAnack on the lip, and the.brakeman opened the door and shouted: 'Sayer !Saver!' 'What's that?' responded the groom, looking over his shoulder at the brakeman, 'Sawyer! Sawy&er 'Well, I don't care if you (lid, she's my wife.'--Merchant Trav AN~ EnITon~ INSUJLTE~D.--Editors have to put up with all manner of taunts and insults. Not so long ago, at a social gathering, an Aus tim lady said to a young man who is connected with a local paper: 'You ought to belong to a church choir.' 'But I oan't sing. What put the idea of my belonging to a church choir into your head?' 'Olgnogiipg, egcgp,t that 1. was. -redVhg the 6ther daf'that~a: Sa Francisco church proposes to in trod uce harp music into the choir, and there is not much differ'ence, you krlow, between a hai'p and a lyre, solI thought I'd just make the suggestion.'--Siftings. -'Tere -Touiimy, this is the second time you have forgotten the lard!' 'Indeed mother it was so greasy that it slippedl off of -my mind !' -The accilsed -as the wife 4f the complainant and the charge was that she had struck him across the nose with a chunk of wood. Magistrate to prisoner--'Did you have any quarrel with your hus-. Iband ?' Prisoner-'No, your honor.' Magistrate-,-Did he ever scol or abuse You? Prisoner-'No, your honor., Magistrate-'Why, then, did you commit this assault upon him? Prisoner-'Because I heard the doctor say he ought to be bled.' -An Omaha preacher is the last pulpit pounder to try to puta stop !to Sunday night courting. That preacher would meet with great success by fighting. a cycloiAe with a snow shovel. This Sun(lay night courting business iq .as sure to come as death and the ta collec tor. It is an old established indus try which has been going on since the beginning of time and is sure to continue to the end. It is about the only -inddstly tiat dorit asL for a protective thrift, as the more foreign Competition it has, the_. bet - ter it thrives. President Webb, of Mississippi College, w.as intrviEved by "'a young man Wiofanted "to g6 to school. 'Well,' said the President, 'what do you know !' 'Nothiug,' was responlded. 'Well, you are just four years ahead 6f some of the students sIt tkkes th.em feny ye-ars to learn what you know to start with. Your prospects are fine, s ir.', G tA (I a ..sweet ung wife, to her husbani, 'v -had a talk with the servants and have agreed to raise their wages. They said everything was so dear now--rent was--so. bigl4 #nd tle pric'13 of meat and butter ha. .rises to such ,a pri'q, 'ai4' evryything thought this was reasonablo, he plain of the same thing.' - -The.43lest .Ja(Iy guig)dj'an the' poort In L~ondoIadeeleres ThM women ia more economical than men. But as she says that men are more inclined to spiend money than women because 'they-.hgve more, she adlmits thatthe greater econo my of women is fr-om compulsion, not pr'inciple. *-Thei trial of T'homias L. Sh'eld, for th~e murder of Joseph (- Sit'on has been transferred fromi Charlotte to Statesville. It is saidl that Sh ields looks broke n downi. lfs ong con finemi ent mn jail has blendhed' his fa~ ld his eye. have a staring, lasszy appearance. There are many wo pr'edict that he ilii -not he able" timut many. more months In jail.' --It is stated that-in' an average life of fliftty 'yeat-s a -ran' works 6,000' days and1 sleeps as many more, eats '3,000, walks 800, and 'pends the rest of the half century in amusing himself.--N. Y. Trib une. --A Louisville paper' heads an article "An Editor in Church.' It. is rather odd that a Kenitucky edi tor should have mistaken a church for a saloon. DISSOLUIOflN, THE FIRM OF W. ;M Hagood' & C(i., is this da dis solved by mutual conent All parties iidebted. are re" spectfully begged to com forward as Soon1 ats possibs and pay their Notes and Ac counts to W. M. Higood as monley is badly nee'ded. W. Mt.HA o> .McD. AiLEXANDER. COPAItTNE RSIUP. The undersigned have en tered into *partlerl'ship for th1 puEpose of 'conducting th Mercantile business at Eas ey under name and style o W. M. Hagood & Co . an( respectfully ask .the patron age of the public. W. M. HIAGOOD, ,J. McD). BRUCE, W. Wv. RoBrNSoN. atug 4 tf'. Established 186.4. No Patenit No Pay. PAT ENTS Obtained for Mechanical D~evices, ('ow All pr'elimmanry exaIintions8 as t< patentability of in ventions, Free. O "Guiide~ fora Obtaining'Paten ts," is sen free everyeVher'e. A ddress, LOIS BAGGER & CO. SolIctorsi of Patets, May 30 tt Washington, D. C Joseph Weston, Boot & Ahoe Maker Over Wash. H~owell's Beef Mar ket, Main St., GREEN VJLLE, S. C I F you want to save money exII 0o JO.WESTON and1( have you Boots andl Shoes mde to Order, ami guaranteed perfect fits. Itepairin g both neatly, cheaplya promptly done, for Cashb.1Ya Dec 21 12m BUY FINE AC OT IIN. .-9 5 HO ES GREENVILLE, S. C. Dec '21-ly THE CHEAP CASH Store of OWNBEY BROS., Is the place to buy your Staple-aiiI Fancy 0 rocerisc, o'IobaccA), SegArs, Ft r-' mers' Hardware, Garden .Seeds, &(' OUR SPECIAL'TIES. We keep Stoves, Crockery and Tin.. ue. at- hard tnes prices. "hanking the public-generaltly for liberalpatronagein the pait, we rope by close atttion to busine.s to .nierit a contiuuance of' the same. Country produce bought at ighies Remembjer our1 mlOtto i 'lalick sales and short 3poflts. Giv'. us a ca-i. OWN BEiY BR~OS.. Jan 25--8m ,$.C Furniture House EASLEY, S. C. COME ONE, COME ALL ND furnish your Ihouses hii elegan t A.style for the Summer ith a~ nice - Line fledstbads, Mattresses, B. reaus, Tables, Stands, Chairs, Rockers, - &c ,&c. A general usegr'tment. r* of Landscape chrom:os in 22x30 'ina~h tfrau es, chord, &c., all reatd for hang.. hug 0o1 the walls. Also, on. hand, at line of cabinet, promenade, panel and card .sizie photograph frames, all In artistfc style. Always on hand a full line of UNDEWTrAKER'S SUPPLIEES. Caskets andl coffins, allsizes auIg styles. Burial Robes for each sex, all quialities and~ p~rices. Readly at all honrs to wait upon customners. Coffins trimmed in an ity style, and when so desired, will be trIiunmed'( and shipped to any point on r~ ilroadI free of extra charge. y T1hanking you for past favors, and so)lieinug y'our further patronage I am, Respectfully yours,. A. M. R1UNION. fe8--8m